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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-10

shall, and he had been instructed as to the
location of the gasoline tank and other de-
tails of the municipalitys regulations. On
the occasion of the officials second visit the
proprietor had secured q proper tank, but
there were no signs Of a hole In the back
yard where 1t was proposed to bury 1t. The
establishment was still handling gasoline.
however from an ordinary tank kept In a
small shed In the rear of the store
Investigation by the fire marshal revealed
that the proprietor Of the store was keeping
on hand a larger quantity of gasoline than
he had been permitted to handle under
temporary arrangements with the ofhciais
Where is the proprietor asked the fire
marshal Of the clerk.
over In New York. He'll be back to-
morrow" was the reply.
when he gets back tell him that the fire
marshal was here today. and that ! said he
is keeping too much Oil in that tank In the
shed. Also tell him I'll be back here with
in three days, and that IL the new tank
isn't properly installed, according to the
regulations by that time I'll take some
other means of securing compliance with
the regulations. He'll understand what the
other means are.
From the expression on the fire marshals
face there was no doubling that he meant
business"
The .other means" referred to may be
translated into prosecution before the
Police Court for violation of District laws
A heap Of rubbish piled in dangerous dis
order on q vacant lot between two dwell
ing houses claimed the attention Of the
fire marshal in Northeast Washington. The
contractor who was responsible for the
storing of the rubbish on the vacant lot
was seen and ordered to have 1t removed
Immediately.
Another phase Of the fire marshafs duties
was presented when he drove Into the
northwest section and went into an apart
ment house for an inspection of fire es-
capes. exit lights. fire gongs and the stor-
age rooms in the basement
The owner OF the apartment house. so
Captain Nicholson afterward confided to
the reporter. was very different sort OF
gentleman from the owners OF apartment
houses he occasionally encounters On such
inspections. This apartment house owner
In question met the fire marshal with q
genial greeting and was courteous and ac-
commodating, and showed no signs OF re-
sentiment at the officers visit.
The ire escapes were first inspected the
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fire marshal discovered that the shutters
on the windows leading to the fire escape
landing opened back against the iron lad
der, obstructing the passage OF persons
down the escape. The owner agreed to
either remove the shutters or else have
them fastened shut. Exit lights or fire es-
and the owner agreed to have them in
stalled The IRE gongs were found In good
order.
In the basement. however the goods of
tenants were found to be stored in COM
partments separated by wire netting. The
fire marshal suggested that the compart-
ments should be inclosed with sheet iron
go as to afford greater protection from fire
The days tour Of inspection was conclud-
ed at a large apartment house In course OF
construction on Washington Heights. 1t
was being built of most modern fireproof
materials. but the fire marshal. the con-
tractor and the reporter trudged from the
basement up nine flights of stairs to the top
floor on the tour of inspection. Captain
Nicholson made suggestions for the location
OF exit lights and fire gongs and the days
work In the field was over. at about pm
But the fire marshal still had work to do
before he could go to his HON. He had
yet to write out reports of the days inspec-
fire department and to the Commissioners.
During the day the fire marshals assist
ants had been inspecting business houses
throughout the city, seeing that the cellars
were kept In proper condition. free from
rubbish and disorder, in order to prevent
conclusions and also so that In case of fire
in the cellars the firemen would not be him
dered by distractions in extinguishing the
blaze. All these reports had to be gone
over before the fire marshal could knock
or and call IL days work.
During the day the IRE marshal person.
ally had made seventeen different visits of
inspection in the -four sections of the city.
He visited the scenes OF seven fires; inves-
tigated four applications for permits to
store oil; examined two apartment houses.
two theaters. and looked into two COM
plants against storage OF rubbish on va
cs mt lots. The records of the fire marshals
Office show that about II 900 visits had been
made by tho IRE marshal and his assist
ants to business houses from July 1, 1905,
up to April Is.
Truly, II is no easy task to protect the
residents OF Washington from fire.
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Had Choice Of Sea or Jail.
From the Portland oregonian.

From the Portland Oregonian-
To Arthur Westerman. seventeen-year-
old boy who has been before the court as
many times as centipede has legs, was
given an undesirable preference by Judge
Cameron in the municipal court when. after
being convicted on larceny charge, he was
given the choice of going to the county jail
for one year or going to sea for the same
period. wesferman had been stealing cows.
Junk and bottles, and yesterday he was
convicted of entering junk shop and
STEALING old iron
to the county jail for year or go to scar
asked Judge Cameron.
Neither one; but I'll go to sea rather
than TO JAIL said Westerman.
We'll. ! don't know: I think II let you
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-10

YEARS ago the principal object of
city fire department was held
" 10 be that of extinguishing con-
l. hagrations. To this end the or
saniZation and most of the work
OF the departments were directed. But in
late years the modern idea OF prevention
Is coming 10 more and more supersede the
old object OF extinction. and the execution
OF the former idea is gradually claiming a
place OF paramount Importance among fire
departments. This is true In Washington
as in all other large cities. In fact, II Is
declared that Washington is In the van
shat In no other city of the country is
there In force complete system OF in
speclion and precaution against fire as in
the national capital.
A large amount OF the work OF preven-
tion OF CONGREGATIONS in Washington de-
Wolves upon the office of the District fire
marshal. The force consists OF Capt. Philip
". Nicholson. fire marshal; Lieuts. L. "
SeIb and NJ. q. Metz and Private Charles
G. Achstetter. assistants. The duties of the
Bre marshal are many and exacting. The
RYerage citizen of the capital probably has
manded OF this officer. In order to ascer-
tain something OF the different phases of
the tire marshals duties a Star man re-
Gently accompanied Capt. Nicholson on one
or his daily ours OF inspection about the
city.
The start was made from the department
headquarters about $50 am. in the fire
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delivery wagons but the government is not
In that sort of business. We allow the
carriers to receive no compensation from
the seller Of merchandise. and where mer-
chandise Is carried on the request of the
patrons the hire for the carrying must be
paid by the patron.
I'VE get thousands of letters from al
over the country Just this one point
what carriers may carry on their routes, II
the rural delivery patrons would only sre-
member that the government Is not In the
express business they would save them
selves, the carriers and the department a
great deal of trouble"
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Plenty Of Them.

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
You can't show me a single reason"
clustered the paterfamilias, why we
should go to the seashore this summer"
"What?" cried his wife, pointing to their
quartet of marriageafae daughters ST can
show you four single reasons"
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Ambiguous

From the Baltimore American.
Nell-"When you were first engaged, what
did you do when Harry asked you to en-
brace him?"
Belle-"Why. 1 was 10 In arms at the first
mention OF the ideal"
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The gunboats Alba, Mindanao ana mali,
emo, which were captured by Admiral
Dewey when he destroyed the spanish neer.
have been sold as junk for $1.0Do at Dion
gapo p l. The boats participated In the
battle Of Manila bay.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-10

A paint and oil establishment in the busi-
ness section of Southeast Washington was
next visited by Capt Nicholson. The pro-
prietor of the store desired permission to
store fifty gallons OF gasoline The regula-
lions governing the storage Of this infiam-
mable oil require that 1t shall be kept in a
specially constructed sheet-iron tank, which
must be buried three feet underground and
not less than six feet from any wall.
The proprietor of the store in question
had been visited previously by the fire mar
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-10

The democrats of the second tMainel dis.
trict nominated Daniel J. McGillicudy as
candidate for Congress.
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clothing that was hanging out Of the WIN
dow.
You must not stuff rags into that hole
again ordered the marshal Get sheet
iron cover made and have 1t fastened over
the opening.
"'peed will" said the householder. Use
having one made now.
The fire marshal made visits to several
other small grocery stores in the southwest
for the purpose of passing applications
to handle kerosene and then drove across
the noisome old James creek canal into
Southeast Washington to investigate the
burning of a stable. 1t had been frame
structure and orly the blackened skeleton
of the building remained standing
The stable was in the rear of dwelling
house dilapidated that 1t appeared to be
unfit for housing animals even. Yet fam
lily of colored people lived In it. 1t was
two-story house but the upper story sag
ged badly in the middle, and holes in the
structure-and there were many-had been
roughly patched with boards off of dry
goods boxes
timbers with a board the fire marshal I'M
covered the blackened carcass of horse
that had been burned to death In the con-
flagration. The horse belonged to the col
ored resident of the dilapidated house, as
did also the remains of a small wagon that
were scattered in the debris. An estimate
of the amount of damages was made and
the fire marshal made inquiries calculated
to bring out the cause of the fire. While
he could get no direct evidence from the
small crowd that collected, he obtained in
formation which led to the belief that the
blaze had been caused by fire dropped from
a pipe which the owner of the stable or
some other person had been smoking In the
barn.
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The application of the proprietors of a
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The start was made from the department
headquarters about $50 am in the fire
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-07
THE SAILING PUNT.

been given place on the second team
was making q splendid showing and
learning the varsity game fast.
Another man who has been playing
on the college team is Ted Smith whose
chance at quarter on the freshman team
seems assured. Smith is quick and
heady altho bit unreliable at times.
Young, at tackle, has been making
d strong showing. '~-rI
favorable comment from those Who
have seen him. While the fast little
Central high man is light he has shown
perfect ability to deliver the goods:
Hunt is also showing up well at end
and proves himself to be remarkably
fast, steady player. Chapman, the big
candidate for center has been doing
good work and there is likely to be an
interesting race between him ana
Schmidt Who has been holding down
that position for the past two days.
For the guard positions there is a
husky-looking quartet in the field,
Malmsted a big fellow, Graham, Old
gard, Sandberg and Lund, new man:
Rademacher. who has been playing, and
Smith at fullback also deserve mention.
George Capron has been kept out Of the
game this week with bad eye.
The sophomore bunch have been
hard at work under Coach Dolan al
ternating with the freshman in going
against the varsity. Several members
Of last years freshman team are back
in the lineup while other men are out
who while not exactly second year men
are eligible for the team. Schain is
at center and has been playing a good
game at that position. Schaetzel altho
light is making good at fullbaek and
with Kaiser and Hubbard or Pancratz
| in the halfback positions there should
be a backfeld on the team that will
nrove formidable. Harry Capron and
Cram have been alternating at quarter
back. Another man who is showing
| up we'll is Will Summers.
| The first game between the two
teams comes Oct. 81 as curtain raiser
to the Ames game.
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COACHES STANDING
FOR NEW FOOTBALL
Conference at Chicago Did Not
Bring Out a Single
Complaint.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Chicago, Oct. 6.-Unexpectedly rosy
reports of the new football rules have
been sent out from the Big Nine camps.
The conference coaches have waded
thru the vagaries and intricacies Of the
1905 rule book almost without excep-
ton have approved it. It is unique
fact in unique football season, &C.
cording to the critics, that the grid
iron teachers have given practically
unanimous support to the rules, despite
ary context.
The gathering Of the western officials
with Walter Camp on Friday is be-
ieved to have helped wonderfully with
the popularity of the 1906 statutes.
There was no wrangling or dissatisfac-
ton expressed, and all Of the repre-
sentatives present declared that they
would stand by the rules until they
had been given fair trial.
The fair-catch and the on-side, the
two big novelties have been tried out
by the coaches, and the consensus of
opinion is all to their credit. Altho
the blur Of early season greenness and
consequent fumbling and inaccuracy,
the enthusiastics see great possibilities
in the game for this fall, and are root.
ing for it: With this impression of
the rules the conference schools are on
Today's minor games served served as q
small starter for The season, and 9
somewhat larger delegation have games
for next Saturday, the majority wait
ing until Oct. 20. Nothing approach
ing a fair test of the rules is expected
by the coaches until the last Of thu
month.
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s0P'Hs AND FRESHMEN
GETTING INTO LINE
Under Classmen Working with a
Will on the Foot
ball Field. ,ai
BY e. E.. Hall.

Separation of the men who are out
for the two underclass teams on North
rop field into sophomore and freshman
squads respectively has been effected
and from now on the; work of Coaches
Strathern and Dolan will be to pick the
men for the teams and to whip them
into shape for the first interclass game
three weeks off. There Dis promising
material getting out for these teams and
the coaches are hopeful; but they COM
plain that too many of the men are
not turning out for practice regularly
enough. -.H.. :5o. gG." ~ ... '.''
The men were divided into the class
teams Thursday and their work since
has been to act as chopping block
for the varsity. ia " '''E
While weight is not a particularly
strong factor on the freshman team
there are plenty of men, Of medium size
whose speedy qualities show them to
be of the real football caliber. In the
two Oswalds Coach Nose Strathern
seems to have something upon which
he can depend to give siren 9Th to his
line. "Moose' has been ripping things
up at tackle on the freshman team for
the past week while his big brother
who until the middle of the week had
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-07
HOW TO PLAY FOOTBALL UNDER THE NEW RULES

right guard goes thru and tries to
block any Of the defensive players try
ing to back up their end. The center
does likewise, also the left guard. The
left tackle and left end 20 straight on
down the fields they either block the
opposing quarterback after they get
runner in any other possible way.
49,. - Diagram Nv. r..
Diagram Nv illustrates crisscross
with q forward pass. All four of the
backs stand in row about four yards
back Of the line. The instant the ball
is snapped oil four take one step to
the left. The fullback and loft half
back stop after this step and stoop
down, 50 as to hide themselves, but the
right halfback and the quarterback 60
on. The center rush snaps the ball di-
rectly to the quarterback, who passes
it to the left halfback as he goes by
him, then the fullback and the left
halfback start around to the right. The
left halfback, when he is tackled by
the opposing, left end, passes the ball
meantime going ahead and interfering.
The right end lets the opposing left
tackle charge and helps the right tackle
to block him, then he moves out so
as to be in position to get the forward
pass, keeping his eye on the position
of the opposing left end, SO that he will
not be too far away or too close when
the forward pass is made to him. The
rest of the team block their men as
long as necessary. which is, however,
quite little while, and then go thru
and hit the second line Of defense.
The beauty of this play is that when
the defensive team sees the ball passed
directly from the center to the runner
it " i'll calculate that the run must be
outside Of tackle, for the rules require
this. Therefore the whole team will
be apt to move over in that direction
and the deception Is thus made greater.
terback might give the ball to the full
back as he runs by and the fullback
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second number and the signal giver
wanted to call for NUMBER seven play.
he then might say lo-7-l3-l6-l2.
r A Good Key.
IS Twill now suggest a very good key
to use. You wlu note that l started
the signals at mo. Z. Wen, make your
key number the first number with this
provision that it the signal giver uses
any number up to seven for the first
number, then these numbers do not
mean anything.
In other words, the first real signal
number given is the signal. 49,
For instance, suppose l wanted to
give the IL play, which, if you have
saved last Sundays article, you know,
means the right half around left end.
might say l2-l8-15-2 or 6-12-18-l5-2,
or 1-4-l2-1S-15-2. ".<.." ~ --~
In this way you fool the opposing
team completely. Any simple method
like this is all that is necessary.
Never have your signal key number
more than second or third number, be-
cause then you interfere with fast play.
Never leave your signals laying
around written on a piece Of paper.
There may be a traitor in school
looking for just such chances. o.. ,
| 1lo WILL tuho q COPy duu k4VC tuCH w
your rivals and then bet against you.
A Good Signal Oliver. ~.>.
A good signal giver must first Of all
learn to give his signals evenly and
smartly. He must first give them slow
and Their fast, for one time yell and
the next whisper. Each number should
be given like word of command. Stop
Ply signals confuse your own side, but
signals given properly should inspire
the men. The quarter back should call
for play as if that play was the best
in the world right in that place. Il
his voice shows doubt or hesitation, his
men will be insensibly affected by it
If captain commands his soldiers tt
charge in scared way, he will not
get a very good, charge from them.
The men and coaches should NEE
very often in the evenings and discus
what plays they would give under Ger
tain conditions. and the quarterback
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ana 9a pst ceu SrdGs Sc up view q P@ WSaa
is going on in all the football fields
in the country, and then, with amagic.
carpet, drop into all the secret coun-
ellis Of the coaches, he would probably.
get some original ideas on football that
and then he might fly over to Chicago,
and study Stagg, ani. then, coming on
east, he might vis.s the big uniyersi-
ties and find out what Walter Camp,
TCzar'' Reid, "Tiger' Cochran,
ssQuaker" Carl Williams aqd the rest
are doing, He would probably discover
that all of them were studying out 9
way to get the most use OF the forward
pass which is now allowed. That for
ward pass will probably do more to
revolutionize the game than any other
thing in the new rules. When you are
thinking about the forward pass play.
do not forget that your two ends can
get the ball VIXEN passed forward from
q backfeld man. Your other hnesmen
cannot touch 1t.
Diagram III.
Diagram III illustrates the forward
pass. L this play. the ball is passed
From .ae center to the quarterback, and
who gets it on the run. The right half
back has started at full speed almost
parallel with the rush line and the full
back likewise. The right half runs
back of the opposing left enc, the full
terback inside Of the fullback. The left
halfback the instant he is tackled by
the opposing left end, or even better,
Just before he is tackled, passes the
ball forward to the right halfback, who
has run on for about three yards ahead.
The ball is passed over the head Of the
tackSer with both hands. If the op-
posing left tackle is playing far out,
The right end takes care Of him and the
right tackle goes thru and hits the *
and quarterback to block the opposing
left halfback in the interference. The
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dash straight ahead between right
guard and center, with the left half
back on his back; or then again there
need be no deception, no fake, or trick;
the quarter can just keep out on
round behind the other three men inter
fering for him. In this way you have
three plays from this backs-on-the-
line' formation.
Signals.
In our signal system the odd numbers
90 to the right and the even to the left.
Each play has number of it's own.
When the signal giver, who is nearly al
ways the quarterback, wants to call for
q certain play, he gives the signal num-
Der of the play in several other num-
beers, and the other players know the
KEY to the number.
Generally it is the second or third
number of the series. go
Suppose, for instance, the key was tho
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should never be at loss. Some men
are born generals. Good generalship
will be more necessary than ever this
year. I will discuss good generalship
and what plays to give later on.
1876 Punting. s!ya7t
Punting will be tremendously impor-
tant this year, and coach should set
all his men to kicking, hoping to pick
four or five promising kickers to de-
velop. ~ 49, = :,. -, ~.
! The sailing punt is going. to be
tremendously valuable because it goes
If you have a left halfback or full
back who can kick it, you can use it
| for 9 quick kick. The quick kick tends
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to keep the quarterback on defense,
playing way back, because no one else
has time to go back and help him. An
other reason for its use is that the OPP
posing ends do not block your ends.
a long high kick. which will be diff
cult to handle. It gives the ends more
time to get down the field. It cannot
be used very effectively in the quick
kick, so it is used from regular kick
ing formation. and several fake kicks,
which ] III give later, can be used in
connection with it. You will find that
kick are blocked by the opposing ends,
while they will not be so blocked when
your left halfback makes quick kick