THE 13KK: Ml All A, THURSDAY, MAKCll 1, VJlb.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
.GIYEH GLEAN BILL
Attorney General Gregory in x
tended Statement Says. Organi- .
ration ii Legal.
ANTI-TRUST MOVE HAS NO MERIT
WASHINGTON. March .18. At
torney General Gregory. In a letter
addressed to James M. Berk, counsel
for the Sun Printing and Publishing
association of New York, holds that
there is no ground for action by the
federal authorities against tha Asso
ciated Press under the anti-trust
law. The attorney general's letter,
dsted March 12 and made public to
day, In part follows:
"I hsre bItmi consideration to th com
print saalnat the Associated Press for
allrgnd Solution of the federal anti-trust
. presented by my predecessor by you
i counsel for ths Bun Printing and Pub
lishing association.
Allraailaaa la f'ncaalala t.
The principal grounds of complaint
' . ar!
That members of the, Asso-
els ted Press ar prevented or at leaat
. aerlously hinder from obtaining news
by purchase or otherwise from any rival
agen'jr.
"!. That the membera of the Asso
ciated Press are prohibited from furnish
ing the news collected by them respect
ively to any newspaper which la not a
member.
"J. That tl.roush the operation of the
right of protest shows described a new,
paper In a aiven locality applying for
' membership cannot bo elected without
the consent or the members In that lo
cality. .
- "Assuming thai the kind of service In
whkh the--A mod ted press la engssed is
Intsrstats commerce, U question not free
from doubt). I am nevertheless of the
opinion that It la no violation or tha anti
trust act for a group of newspapers to
form an association to collect and dls
trlbnte news for their common benefit
and to that end to agree to furnish tha
news collected by them , only to each
other or to the association; provided, that
, no attempt (a made to prevent members
from purrhssing or, otherwise obtalnlna
newa from rlvul agencies. Aad If that Is
true the corollary must be true, namely,
V that newapapers desiring, to form and
maintain such an organisation may de
termine who shall be and who shall not
be their asaeclatea.
"This, of course, la not to aay that such
sn association might not develop into
' an unlawful monopoly. The facts ad
duced, however, In my opinion, do not
thow that that has happened la the case
of the Associated Press.
"This disposes of the second and third
crounds of complaint based on the r
ii.lreroents that members of the associa
tion shall not furnish the news eolleoted
ly them to any one outside the aasocla
tlea, and en the restrictions as to mem
bership. .
Attempt at Monopoly.
"Aaregards the first ground of com
plaint, assuming as I do that the col
lection and distribution of news among
the several states Is Interstate trade or
rommeroc. any by-law or other regula
. Hon adopted by the Associated Press
which woyld have the effect of prevent
' ingvor seriously hindering Its members
from purchasing or otherwise obtaining
-news from rival sgency would be, I
think, a restraint upon Interstate trade
or commerce, and an attempt to monopo
lise. The contention that the Associated
Press has Imposed such a regulation upoa
Its membership, or at least has the power
to do so. has a foundation la section T of
ertlele vill of the by-laws, which reads aa
follows: . , ... .,
ttuperlence having shown that It is !
very difficult, if not Imposstbts, to avoid
' ?I .prevent violation of the rules pre
scribed by the last preceding sactlou. or
to detect or prove any such violation, if
the mf?HorB are permitted to purchaae
news from other associations, and that
surh purohaa may be seriously prs
Judicial to tha interest and welfare of
- this corporation and its members, the
board of director may. in their dlacre-j
tlon. forbid tho nteiubers to purohsae In
telllgencs from any other autf associa
tion. . ,
When the board of directors by a voto
of two-thirds of all Ita members ahaJl de
cide and notify any member that tha
pun haae or receipt of new from any I
other person, firm, corporation or asso
ciation, not member of thla corpora
tion, or represented la thla corporation
y a member, or any other action by such
member, estahllahea a condition that will
be HKely to permit tho news of tha cor
poration to be diacloaad So unauthorised
persona, such members shall Immediately
niMonllnue purchasing or receiving euch
news, or aucb other objectionable action.
The derialon of tho board of directors as
1 J. J establishment of such condition
hall be flr.ai and the fact shall not thera
after be open tq question by a member.
"Tia president of the Associated Press
stales that the power reserved in thla
bylaw has not been eservls-d. As I un
derstand the complainant dlaputea that
assertion. It la not necesaary, however,
for me to determine that Issue of fact,
since my conclusion la that this bylaw,
whether tt has been enforced or not
should be abrogated I am advised by
tho president of the Associated Press
that that will be done promptly.
Heajalatlou ta fleaaaaaal. ,
' "The following resolution of tho board
uf directors of the Associated Press Is
also pointed to as an obstacle In the way
f the members ef the Associated Press
obtaining the newa of any rival agency:
"Resolved. That the placing of an oper.
!or .f anr othrr news Fathering or d)
irlhutins association tn tits ofrt.e of an
Associated tress pPer Is a step which
is Wish a cuixliilon w If h will be
liisely to penult the news of tMs corpora
tKm to e dlwlosed to unauthorised -t-si-tis
and so endansrra the inviolability
l lite nawa sarvir ef the Aseoclated
t'resa. that It la seriously prejudicial to
M e interest and welfare of thla roriOra-
tun and lis pirmlwn and ttia board of
directors, bv authority of the bylaws,
hereby forbid any member of tha Assn
tfsicd Press from placing of an operator
if tny other nea svtlwrna or dUtriUut-
vt awsuclstlon In. Ms pflVe or bul'ding.
ri-eduary JO. IWIJ , ,
;"l sra not prepared to. say, however,
that 'till regulstloa has no. reasonable
relation to a legitimate -end, namely, pre
venting repreeeatattvea ef rival agenctes
from coming Into poeaessloa before pub
lication of news collected by the Asso
ciated Press.
"Nor am, 1 convlixed thkt the regula
A Vouea: ay M icitv, ,
leisrx. or- tvs icsaot,
he uioi cmrr kk. -
K 0& TI C eCetjMa),I tfJJ&t'
tion seriously hinders members of ths
Aeaoclstrd Tress desiring to obtsln the
service of stiother neas sgency. On the
rontrsry. my Informstlon Is that some of
them de obtain news from other agencloa,
while at the same time complying with
this regulation. As further showing thst
a news agency msy serve a newspaper
without an operator In ths office of the
newspaper I refer to the statement made
to me by the president of the Aaaoclated
Trea to the effect that many of Ita mem
bers have neither an operator nor a wlra
of the asfoclatlon directly In their of
fices, but receive the news Itema by mes
pc niters and other means of communica
tion. It my Information on these points
is Incorrect I shsll be glad to have It
corrected.
"It Is perhaps unnecessary for me to
point out thst If the Sun Printing and
Publishing association Is not satisfied
with tho conciliator's I have reached. It
may itself bring suit against the Aaaocl
ated Press either for sn Injunction or for
damages, and thereby obtain a Judicial
determination ss to the merits of Its com
plaint. "Regretting that the pressure of ether
business entitled to priority ss to the
time of consideration hss prevented an
earlier disposition of this complaint, I
am sincerely yours,
"T. W. GREGORY,
"Attorney General."
WOMAN HALTSj REPEATERS
Suf fragiit Sayi that She More Often
Failed in Bkrrinp; Them at
Terre Haute Election.
0. 0. P. CHI.T.O0ERS BARRED
IN DIANA POLJS. Infl.. March 17. Con
tributions tn the ao-callad "slush fund"
and the defense fund In Jhn present
esse were described by saloon and gamb
ling house Droniietors'ln tha trial of the
Terre Haute election fraud caao today.
Before the gambling house proprietors
were called Prank T. Drake, a progres
sive election sheriff tn precinct B of the
Seventh ward, told of his arrest-st the
polls by Dennis Hhea. sheriff, and a
defendant.
'We had some trouhle about, vol Ins
foreigners." testified Drake, "aisrl I nh.
Jected to voting men who did not have
their cltlscnshlp papers. About S o'clock
In the afternoon ghea and three others
came to tha Dolls, took mv run. struck
me, called me vtle names, threatened' my
mo anq locssa me up.
PhCllD ("POP") riurns testified he con.
ducted a "little game of chance" over a
restaurant conducted bv William tinvt.
one of the twenty-eight men on trial. ,H
ssld Poyle was ha pertner. Together
they gave 10o for registration and lano
ior me oiecnon ana thst he gave Ell If.
Redman, another defendant. tlOO. II
testified Redman said he would oav tt
back.
Cost ml Reglatratlen.
Albert and Jamaa Hhea. who
rmea Brothers saloon and a-smHitnir
houae, testified they paid 1300 "for regis
tratlon. tetlO for the election ami h.
James gave 1200 to Mayor Donn M. Rob-
ana ror the aerense in the present trial.
James also testified that he loaned Ell II.
Redman txa and gave him another lire.
He eaid he had never collected in urt
of the I30 loan.
On eross-examlnatlon the defense at.
tempted to show that the IJ00 was given
oy cnea to Jiooerts In behalf of John
Massollnk. another defendant, an
brothar-ln-Uw of the Shea brothera.
Several keepers of saloons and gam
bling houses testified t.hey , had , sent
money for election and registration funds
to John P. Nugent, assistant chief of
police. ' ' ' ' '
Mrs. 8. C. Stlmson. a prominent suf.
fragtst of Terre Haute, the first of a
number of women who will appear as
witnesses for the government, testified
she hold a poll book at a precinct Jn
tne re4 light district. he succeeded fre
quently, she said. In havlna- alWed, re
peaters turned away, but more often
failed. She testified that ths republican
challengers were never permitted to enter
the voting room, and that Jack Hlnes. a
democratic worker and one ef the eighty,
eight who have pleaded guilty.. told her
that the' vote over the city was light and
that It would have to be made up In the
cum war a.
Heads Stateaneat.' ' M '
Mrs. Ptlmson read a statement f i
ctdents that occurred on election day,
iuimdt oi iimea certain
names were voted, and the failure ef
some of the repeaters to remember their
fictitious names and addresses.
"You ran t get by thla time: h.
aeys she knows you." Mrs. Btlmsoo teetl
fled Jack Hlnes said to a group of ne.
rees who had been there a number r
frees te vets.'
Three men who served aa iIiimii,
Inspectors at the election seating tk.t
Dona U. Roberta called the Inspectors to.
miner ana instructed thera hew to raise
the lever ea the votlne machm u ts.t
It would not register "when niggers or
urmmies er "men who did not vote
right" tried to vote, num t i. u-..
Ilam H. Hurroella and Charles Pattoa
teatinea that Roberta told . them they
were Doaaes- er the election and they
were tho only ones permitted tn mum.
the voting machine.
UNITED STATES EXCLUDES
CORN FROM EAST INDIES
WASHINGTON, March 17.-Tha Depart
neat of Agrioulture has Issued aa ordsr.
effective Immediately, prohibiting the Inv
portatlon of Indian corn from Java,
India and ports of Ocean lea.
A disease known as sclerospore Ma yd I a.
ruinous to the core plant, 1 ravaging
corn in parte of India and tt waa to pre
vent the pest from reaching the United
Btatee that the embargo was ordered.
M0RRISEY BUILDING '
IN CHAMPAIGN BURNS
CHAMPAIGN. III... Msrch K.-rtre
whl h for a time threatened tha entlra
boalnesa district of .Ckainpagns was
brought under control today after the
flamea had deatroysd property astlmatr
at IbOO.OW In value. The Mnrrteey build.
Ing. occupied by the I wis store, was de
atroyed, with a loss estimated to exceed
1200.000. '
Tea Yoasv Stleery Eat.
J. T. Chamber, mere ha at, Jonesboro.
Ark.. wrlUst -roley Kidney puis cured
me f a tea-year standing case of rheu
matlam. X suffered miserably. A frlaad
told me ef being eured; ee I used then
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aged men and women are glad to leara
that Foley Kidney puis affurd a way te
escape sleep disturbing bladder weakness,
backache, rfceunaaltam, pufflneas - under
eyes, stiff aad swollen joints and other
Ills attributed te kidney troubles. Sold
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TWO COAST TOWNS
ARE BOjIBARDED
Oermana Fire on Nienport with
Heavy Gun and Allies Attack
Weitende from Sea.
AEROPLANES DIRECT GUNNERS
PAR1S, March 17. "The enemy
Is again furiously bombarding Nleu
port. this time with blzteen-lnna
howltiers," says tn undated message
from the Petit Parlslen'g wsr corre
spondent, who adds
"Thirty , Shells have fallen In this
town, making enormous boles and
demolishing several buildings, but
oo one wag hurt.
"Belgian troops, profiting by a slight
recession of the waters In the district
they occupy, carried two German sd
vanco positions. Tha first wss on the
Kloosterhook fsrm, near Btuvekenskerke,
while the second wss a line of trenches
on the road from Perveyee tp 8choor
bakke. "Warships and monitors of tha allies
vigorously hombsrded Westende. The
Oermsns replied feebly, but none 6f their
shells took effect. 'Torpedo host destroy
ers protected the bombarding alilp. shell
ing a Herman auhtnarine which attempted
tu approach. The fire against the ahore
positions was directed by aeroplanes."
Report af War Office.
The following official account of yes
terday's events at the front was given out
this afternoon by the French wsr depart
ment. "On the Tser the Belgian army has
made fresh progress -and has repelled
German counter attacks.
"On tho British front there has been
fairly violent artillery firing.
"To the north of Arras the enemy un
successfully attempted late In ths after
noon to deliver another counter attack
on the trenches on the spur of the HU1 ef
Notre llama de Lorette.
"8olsons snd Hhelms again were bom'
berded, two shells striking the Hhelms
rsthedrnl. In the Champagne, north of Le
Mesnll and west of Hill 1M, we have taken
possession along a front of some 500
meters of an Important eminence held by
tha enemy.
"In the Argonne several German coun
ter attacks between Rolane and Pour de
Paris have been repulsed.
"There hss been nn artillery duel in
the Woevre.
One of the aviators dropped bombs on
the barracks at Oolmar (capital of Upper
Alsace)."
Americans Hurt by
Mexican Bandits in'
. Fight Near Border
SANTA FK. N. M., March lT.-8everal
Americans are reported killed In a battle
with Mexican bandits who raided the
town of Dwyer, In Grant county, south
east of Silver City, last night. Tha Mex
icans escaped and at last accounts were
racing for the border with a reinforced
posse from Grant and Luna counties rid
ing hard te head them off.
The Mexicans rode Into Dwyer and
robbed the general store ef Frank Papier
ef a Considerable sum of money,-twenty
high-power . repeating , rifles and ' 1,000
rounds of ammunition. Aftsr shooting In
all directions to terrorise the Inhabitants
of the town the raiders rode southward,
heading for the .border. ,
, A posse was organized at Dwyer. aad.
well mounted and heavily armed. 'started
In pursuit. After a chase of twenty miles
the posse overhauled the Mexicans. A
running battle followed. George Tldwell.
Lafe Justin and another member of the
posse whose nnmo.hss not beea learned
bave been killed, according to reports
reaching , hore. Albert Tldwell was "re
ported missing. Advice's from ths scene of
the fight did not stats whether or not
any of the bandits were killed.
.The Dwyer posse did not succeed In
stopping the Mexicans, who continued
tucir flight' southward. Sheriff MoOrath
of Grant county was notified by telegraph
and formed a fresh posse, which started
south. Joining a band organised by sheriff
Stephens of Luna county. Ths Amer
icans at last accounts were still In pur
suit of the fleeing Meilcana.
Later aovtcea said several of the Mexi
cans had been killed and others raptured,
and that no Americans were killed. Lafe
Justin, a deputy sheriff, who headed the
Dwyer iiosse, and George .Tide 11 were
wounded. These advices alao stated that
the Mexicans had not coma from Mexloo,
but had earuped from settlements along
the Mlmbres river, which had been quar
antined for smallpox.
SIOUX CITY COMPLAINS
OF BURLINGTON RATES
WASHINGTON, March 17. The traffic
bureau of the Kloux City Commercial
club and, the Sioux City Board of Trade
complained to the Interstate Commerce
rommlsalontoday that rates over the
Chicago. Burlington A Quincy and other
railroads on corn and corn products from
Bloux City to points In Kansas, Missouri
and Oklahoma were unjust and discrim
inatory. HYMENEAL
Waller-Paare.
LITCHFIELD. Neb., March lT.-8pe-OaO-Vlrgll
W. Weller and Miss Mary
Poore, both of thla place, were married
at Tork. Neb., Tueaday. Miss Poore was
formerlty a teacher here. They will re
side on a farm near town the coming
year.
Major Uwar, Doraraaer,
FAITH. 8. D.. March 17 -Bpeclal.r-Major
Oscar Itorachiier, aged , a retired
soldier of the Ignited htatea army, u dead
here. Me lor Iorcliner was a native of
Austria and, served la the Austrian army
la early manhood. Emigrating to this
country, he Joined the United Stf taa army
and earned for thirty years, u I retired
on account of age. He waa atatlonrd at
Fort Meade for many yeara, atid had
campaigned all over weatera South Da
kota in the days when the Indiana were
troublesome, holding a nuptber of minor
officer's positions and rising to the rang
ef sergeant-major.
Ca'ald Nat Walk with Rheaasattaaa.
A satisfied patient writes: "Sloan's
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Only Kc. AU druggists. Advertisement.
.Nebraska Peasleae.
WASHINGTON. March 17.'- (Special
elegram.) Nebraska tension eranted:
tha CckiI. Central City. Imogen
'''n, ft., margart-i i Mlltoril,
Old. 112; lurrt Staalau. I'tillli,., ti.A
STEGLER AGAIN ON GRILL
Submitted to Further Crois-Exami-nation
by Attorneys for Men
on Trial.
OTHER WITNESSES ON STAND
NEW YOriK. March 17. Richard P.
fleglor, German naval reservist, govern
ment witness in the trial of Richard
Madden and Gustave Cook, charged with
aiding Ftcgler to procure a false Ameri
can passport, was submitted today to
further cross-exsmlnatlon by Charles F.
Oberwager, nttomey for the defendants.
The attorney resumed his attack upon
Ptegler's chsrscter. After denying all
Implications, the witness waa excused and
Frederick O. Behle took tha stand.
Behle said he was Ptegler's former
room-mate In Hoboken. He corroborated
tegkr'a testimony that Stegler had met
Cook In Mehle's room there and that he
(Itehlc) hsd stepped outside while the
other two were discussing- the matter of
getting the papers necrsssry to procure
Stealer a passport.
I.eonhardt Testifies.
Charles G. I-nonhnrdt, an employe of
Dmglcstedt & Co.. custom house brokers,
testified he had Identified Ptegler Ss Msd-
den before the elerlr A 1 1.- T-l..l c. ...
---- - - - - mo 1 1 1 1 - I, nikir,
district court wi.en'fctegler applied for the
passport, out anld that he thought Mad
den was Btegler's correct name. He ad
mitted knowing Stegler for two years.
dui earn ne had not called him bir any
name until Btegler. In savlnk that he .ie-
elred a passport, told him his name was
aiaaaen.
The government then rested It ense
snd George Cutley. for the defense, ad
dressed the jury. He aald he
that Btegler never saw Madden In his life,
mat Maoaen, Cook snd Btegler were
never together: that Madden i,.
cured tha birth certificates In order to get
a passport for himself, and that tha cer
tificate had been stolen from him.
Conk Is Witness.
Cook took the stsnj ss the first wit
nes In his own defense. He said he first
met Btegler In a Hoboken barroom about
three years ago. He denied Btegler's tes
timony that as esrly as September, lsit.
Cook had suggested to Ptegler that he
could procure an American passport for
him. He denied that he hsd ever had
any conversation with Btegler In regard
to obtaining an American passport or had
ever assisted him In procuring such a
document. .
"While In the ssme cell with Stealer In
the Tombs. Cook said. Stealer told him
that the editor of a New York morning
paper would pay money for his (Stegler a)
atory, "because he wanted to ahow up
Mr. Bryan."
"Stegler said, that any wsy. he could
fffBssssaassaaasssaassasaaaaa
: ... . tA v ) ' iSiSs
j. A - p. '
j f ; iiJ: Mr
; For Salem . .: . by
get monev from the Germans for repud
iating his stor.t." textlMcd the witness
"He said lio could get IS.ono."
Madden, tho next witness, also denied
all material allegations sgatnet him..
Msddcn silmltted procuring a birth cer
tificate. This ho had done, be ssld,
when three Germans offered to get him
a position with tha .Holland-American
line, they suggesting that he wov;ld need
the certificate. He agnln met the Ger
mans. 4-hose hist nams he said he did
not know, at the entrance of the Holland-American
line piers. One of them,
he !. Invited him to have a drink.
The four then wrt tq various saloons,
he said, snd the Oermsns plied him with
liquor. He arrived home In an Intoxica
ted condition, he said, and the next day
he discovered the birth certificate wss
gone.
"Do you know Whether these three men
were working for Stegler?" asked his
rounsel.
"I don't know. I never ssw them
again," said Madden.
The defense then rested and counsel
began to sum up the testimony.
German Consul at
Seattle Accused of
. Trying to Bribe Man
F BATTLE, Wash.. March 17.-Dr. Will
iam Muller, Imperial German consul at
Pesttle, and his secretary, B. M. Schuls,
v.ere served with notice of arrest todsy
at the consulate. They are charged with
conspirscy in attempting to corruptly in
fluence John Murdock, an employe of the
Pcattle Construction and Dry Dock com
pany, by inducing him to sell business
secrets of his employers.
Consul Muller and his secretary are ac
cused by the state of Washington of of
fering Murdock a cash consideration to
stipply them with- Information bearing
out Ambassador Bernstorffa charge that
the Seattle ' corporation was shipping
knock-down submarines to the British
government via British Columbia.
Consul Muller denied tonight that he
had any agreement with Murdock or the
detcctlva to purchaae anything, nor did
he arrange to have them steal papers
from the construction company. He de
clered that Tarnlsnsky approached him
with a ststemsnt thst he had information
that submarines were being built here
for the British nay. but that he had
dealt with the detective only so fsr as
wss necessary to determine whether there
was truth In the report.
The warrants for the arrest of Consul
Muller and his secretary were served on
them through their counsel.
A going business can be sold quickly
through The Bee's "Business Chancss."
WILL FACILITATE
FOREIGNERS' EXIT
Carrania and Zapata Agree to Co
operate with Effort of Ameri
can, to Leave City.
NEAH PANIC IN PROGRESO
WASHINGTON. March l it. -Consul
81111njan, at Vera Crus, reported
today that General Carranza had
agred to co-operate In providing
transportation for Americans and
othey foreigners wishing to leave
Mexico City, and td facilitate the
transportation of Red CroUg 'supplies
to the Mexican capital.
Similar assurances of co-operation
have been received from the au
tboritlea controlling- Mevlcn ctt '
The srhr.oner Susie B. Dsntsler of Gulf-J
port. Mies., detained at Campcche. has
arrived at Very Crus and Ita owners ad
vise 'that Captain Dethloff was hot Im
Prisoned as had been feared.
Foreigners at Progreso, alarmed at dis
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Fashions. . - .
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tTHE HOUSE OF KUPPENHEIMER
CHICAGO , . -
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Cfvrifht, Mil, J ffwlt IhSW
orders In the vicinity. hve efked for
reiuge cn the' "Arm rlan rrehwr Des
Moines. General (aYransa however,
after conferences with American naval
and diplomatic officers at Vera Crux, has
Fnimld full. jprf'tertlorr fir them.
The situation at Prcprcso was summar
ized In this statement V the State de
triment: T ' . ' '
"Advices from" Vers JL'rux, dsted Msrrh
! state that much alarm exista at
Progreso on account of .-"the severe de
tent ot the Insurgent fores. Foreigners
there have triade a request for asylum
on the Vnlted States warship. In com
pany with the chief of staff of the Ameri
can admiral st Vera Crus, the represen
tative of the Department aof State called
at tho foreign office In regard to the
s.tustlon at Progreso. Assurances were
given that General Carranxa srotlld Issue
immediate orders .o his chief In command
to give full protection to foreign life and
property. The foreign office further
stated thst the aTmtrgi could Instruct
the enptaln of the i'cr Moines to Inform
foreigners to this effect.
"The foreign orflce. at Vera Crus. the
department Is informed, has issued In
structions to the effect that the port, of
Progreso has again been opened to in
ternational trsfflc."
. . M ill Tend t Business.
' Outfielder Dsn Moellrr. the Senators'
speedv outer gardener, says that he Is
nt going to be let out. ss he is going to
make himself .so useful Manaser Griffith
won't be able to do without htm.
Invited
i .
try on one or
of course!
of prices
to $50.00.
to $30 :
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