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The Washington times., 1906-07-29
IS BASE STEALING
NOW A DEAD ART ?
Close Observers Wondering
What IS Responsible for
It's Deterioration.
STOvEYS GREAT RECORD
Famous Veteran Purloined $50 Sacks
in One Season-Ability to Pilfer
Bags Worthy Accomplishment.

NEW YORK. July 2S.-Close observers
OF baseball throughout America are
scratching their heads In perplexity and
wondering just what disastrous cause
is responsible for the almost entire elm
inatiOn from the game Of its most pleas
ing and exciting feature, says George
V. Tuohey. / refer to the base stealing.
which appears 10 have become one OF
the lost arts. Yet up TO a decade ago
game fairly sparkled with daring base
running and wonderful sliding.
Mertes a Good One.
Harry stovey purloined 156 bases IL.
one season and steals OF 50 and 100
were not at all unusual for the men Of
those days. And. strange To say, the
fastest runners were not the greatest
base stealers. Take Kelly. for instance.
who was a big fellow and anything but
fast runner. yet he led the league one
season in base stealing. Sandow AIertes,
Of the St. Louis Cardinals. is another
big man. who never was a speedy run
ner, still he led the American League
in pilfering the sacks when he was IN
that organization. On the New York
Nationals IS George Browne. one OF he
fastest runners in baseball today This
player can make more bases on a short
hit. I believe. than any player in the
major leagues. Yet he is a poor one a,
stealing bases
Stealing Is a Science.
II ne could time his start 50 that the
pitcher would not dare throw the ball
TO first base Browne would be the cham
pion base stealer OF the National
League. But he usually waits until the
box artist has the ball well under way
and thus loses the ten or twelve feet
that he might have gained had he been
wise In judging the pitchers motion
And this is The great secret OF base
stealing. that so few OF the modern day
baseball players possess; that Of cor
rectly timing their start. Any man who
can get this point down TO a nicely and
knows how 10 slide into the bag Is
worth his weight in gold to his team,
as championships have been won
through base stealing.
Gilbert Of the New Yorks, is q great
base stealer and an expert in the art
OF sliding. but ne is a poor hitter and
does not get on the bases often enOuhh.
II he did il would be a safe bet 10 make
that he would lead both leagues In the
| matter Of stolen bases.
The Washington times., 1906-07-29
GREAT AUTO RACES
At BENNING TRACK
Kings of Racing Game Will
Appear There Next Satur-
day With Machines.
OLDFlELD AFTER RECORDS
Will Try to Establish New Eastern
Marks N Washington Events.
Many Stars Engaged.

The Automobile Racing Association
OF Washington. has decided 10 promote
what will be one Of the biggest meets
ever held in the East Oldheld, Webb,
Coey. Albert. and many other OF the
speedy stars viii take part in this
tournament with their lightning buzz
wagons.
The king OF the racing game. Barney
Oldheld. will show what real racing is
with his wonderful Green Dragon. the
car that has crashed through the fence
on several occasions leaving q trail OF
death and disaster in its wake. Oldfield.
the dare dey .. the speed maniac as he
has so often Haen called, will make his
first appearance in Washington and Will
have as his competitors Webb and many
others.
The Washington times., 1906-07-29
Dandefed Trainer.

Allen is very conservative. He has
not started In half dozen races all
year, prefe~fing to send out the colors
of Diamond jim" Brady only when
they are pretty sure to fost home in
front with the admiring eyes OF the
owner in the club house Balcony beam
ing upon the spectacle. Allen is dubbed
the ''The GIoved Trainer by "SaIn"
HiIdreth, John E Madden and other
trainers. The day that Allen saddled
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-06
RECORD ORDERS IN 1905.
Triple the Number of Cars Contracted
for Than in ANY Other Year.

Startling totals are in the figures
which the Railway Age prints in its
current issue showing its annual sta
tistics of the car and locomotive bust
ness. The figures show that in the
twelve months just closed the railways
of the country have ordered 341,315
freight cars. 6,265 locomotives and g.
2S9 passenger cars.
In 1904 the figures were: Locomo-
tives. 2,538; passenger cars, 2,213;
freight cars, 1876, 1861.
In commenting upon the matter the
Railway Age says:
The aggregate capacity of the car
and locomotive plants and the railway
shops which build new equipment is
not sufficient to produce in a twelve
month the large results represented in
the foOtings. It therefore follows that
the orders here recorded will in many
cases, carry the builders far into the
present year, and possibly in some
cases to the end Of 1906 before de
liveries are completed. It is not likely
in view of this condition of affairs. that
the orders for 1905 Will reach the high
level of the year just closed"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-06
STILL ANOTHER RATE BILL.
This one Follows the Suggestions Of
Judge GrOsscup.


washington, Jan. GA bill following
the outlines of a plan proposed by
Judge Grosscup of Chicago for the set
Element Of complaints of unjust rates
and practices in railroad transportation
has been introduced by Representative
Hogg of Colorado.
It provides for the abolition of the
present interstate commerce commission
and the substitution therefor of a trans
portation commission consisting of three
members in whom is to be vested all
of the powers of the present commission
and upon whom is cast the duty of pro-
ceeding in the name of the United
States in a special transportation court
when they shall have reasonable
grounds for belief that the law is being
violated.
The special court is to consist of seven
members. three of whom are to be new
appointees, the other four to be desig-
mated from the existing circuit courts.
The court is to sit at such places as the
public convenience requires. and from
its decision appeals on points of law
will be made by writ of certiOrari to the
Supreme court of the United States.
The bill provides for the publicity OF
accounts, methods of keeping the
same. and makes owners and operators
of private cars subject to the provisions
of the act.
The purpose is to preserve all of the
benefits of the present commission IN
the capacity as arbitratOrS in the dis
putes between the carriers and users OF
transportation facilities, and to provide
effective machinery for the enforce
ment of remedies against a carrier who
fails to act on lines marked out by the
transportation commission.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-06
CAssA1-r PAYS HIS FARE.
Not Even Son of Pennsylvania Presi-
dent Has a Pass.


PHILADELPHIA. Jan 6-That the rail-
roads are determined to observe the
mo pass order in the strictest sense
is evidenced by the fact that numbered
among those who have been cut off
from free transportation are members
of families of officers of the roads and
the officers of companies closely allied
with the railroad
Among the purchasers of commute
ton tickets yesterday was Robert KeIso
Cassatt. a son of A. J. Cassatt, president
Of the Pennsylvania railroad. Mr.. Cas-
satl bought Communication tickets for
himself and family between Rosemont
and this city. The Reading has even
cut off the passes Of the officers Of the
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron
company. This concern, closely allied
with the Reading railroad and owned by
the Reading company, has its offices
in the terminal. Yet, because 1t was
not, in the strict sense, railroad cor
noration. it came under the ban.
T. NJ Richards. vice president, and
W q. Brown, secretary of the coal
company who make frequent trips be
tween New York and-this city, yester-
davz purchased fifty trip tickets to New
YorE.
while the Pennsylvania stands by its
determination to stop giving passes, it
is unofficially stated that several of the
other lines declined to be bound by any
agreement and declare that they will
use their own discretion in issuing
passes. The Big -Four and the Balti-
more & Ohio today announced that they
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-06
ELKINs RATE BILL IN.
West Virginia senator Suggests Ne,
Way Of Handling Question.

Washington, Jan. 6.=The long looked
for EIkins railroad rate bill was pre-
scented today to the senate committee
on Interstate commerce for informal
consideration. This is the measure on
which the West Virginia senator has
been working for some time. He has
presented it to the committee as in his
opinion, the simplest and best method
of attaining the ends sought by Presi-
dent Roosevelt and other advocates of
railroad rate legislation.
Senator Elkins' bill provides an en-
tlrely different method Of procedure
from that of other rate bills introduced.
In case of complaint against an existing
rate or practice, the interstate com
merce commission, after such investiga-
ton as it may deem necessary, if it
sees fit, shall be authorized to bring in
any federal court an injunction against
the rate or practice, thus raising i'm
mediately the question of laWfulnesS. If
the rate is enjOined, the court is to en-
ter an order within ten days that the
railroad or railroads affected shall make
a substitute or new rate or practice, the
same to be approved by the commission.
In case the commission does not APP
prove of this substituted rate or prac-
tice, it shall be authorized to establish
the rate or practice. which shall go into
effect within a specified date to be set
by the commission.
It is asserted for this method of pro-
cedure that it not only recognizes all
existing rights and authority, but
evades all constitutional objections
raised against other propositions adj
vanced. Under the Elkins plan the
question of the lawfulness of the COM
planned rate would be Immediately
raised and passed upon by the court
within two or three months at the out
side, while proceedings before the COM
mission have consumed about two years
on the average.
In its practical workings this Elkins
method would retain in the hands of
the commission the making of the final
rates in all cases where the courts hold
the railroad rate TO be unreasonable or
unlawful. The order of the court grant
ing the injunction would set date on
which the injunction would become eff
fective Meantime the carrier would
have an opportunity to make its new
or substitute rate, subject to the ap-
prevail of the commission. If the rail-
road did not do this, the commission
place of the enjOined rate.
It IS held by. Senator Elkins that this
not only sevades all the constitutional
objections lodged against the other
plans, but also complies with every pro-
position of the presidents message,
which call for two things-that power
to make the final, just and reasona bic
rate shall be lodged in an administra-
tive tribunal, such as the interstate
commerce commission. and that the
commissions rate shall go into erect
within reasonable time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-06
Plans Now Complete for Wichita
Mass Meeting.
Two Thousand Business Men of
Kansas to Attend 1t.
BEGINNING OF FIGHT
Which Win Be Waged on Rail
road Rates in State.
and Matters of Interest
in Railroad Circles.

Wichita, Kan, Jan. Gully two
thousand representative business men
of the state of Kansas will meet in
this city on the tenth of the present
month for the purpose of discussing
and forming some plan of action to
fight to a successful conclusion the
war now being waged upon the railroads
in this state for better and more
equitable tariff than is now charged.
All lines of business will be represent
ed The ToIer auditorium has been Sc
cured for the convention, and during
the evening a banquet will be served to
all delegates. While the meeting will be
one of delegates, selected from every
town and county in the state by the res
ldentS OF that place, several hundred
people of much ability and renown have
announced their intention of being pres
en-.
Invitations have been mailed by the
Commercial club of this city to parties
IN every town within the state They
nave succeeded in raising $1,000 for the
purpose Of entertaining and paying 9TH
er expenses. They have also secured
governor Van SAINT of Minnesota, l. L.
1enfoOt, speaker of the house of rep
resentatives of the state of Wisconsin,
ana carr w Taylor. attorney for the
board of railroad commissioners of this
state to address the meeting.
Ihe mass meeting is causing much
comment throughout the state and ad-
Joining states. 1t will be the public ex-
preston Of the business men of the
state upon the freight rate question and
a great fight on all railroad rates in the
state
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-06
TO AID A LINCOLN CHURCH.
The Choral Union VIII Give a Novel
Kitchen Party

Lincoln, Kan, Jan. 6.-Few towns
in north central Kansas have more
musical talent than Lincoln. Last sum-
mer the several musical societies of
this place gave a three days carnival
which was largely attended. The
Ladies' Choral Union are making great
preparations for an interesting ana
pleasing entertainment for the 18th of
February. This organization has
heretofore met with the best of sue
cess under the leadership of Mrs. L. v.
Mink. and is composed of the best of
LincOln's vocal talent. Mrs. Mink is
cultured. and possesses the talent
which insures its success
This entertainment is solely under
the auspices of the Choral union, and
its object is to raise funds to erect an
addition to the Lincoln Methodist
church for a choir room, which is a
worthy undertaking.
The play will consist of singing by
chCruses, instrumental music, a Jap
anese parasOI drill a frolic of the
cooking class, and many other attrae-
lions. The Japanese drill is new as is
also the cooking class sketch, and both
viii be entertaining. The latter viii be
arrayed in kitchen costumes, and they
will go through the routine of an up
tC-date cooking exhibition, the whole
to be accompanied with song and
talks. Music will be furnished for the
song, the kitchen utensils constituting
the melodiOus harp-like instrum ents.
There viii also be good quartette Sc
lecuons, especially the one by the old
maids, which has never failed to
bring forth hearty cheers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-06
EMERY DUST IN JOURNALS.
Some One Put a Santa Fe Engine Out
of Commission in This Way.

Pittsburg, Kan. Jan. 6.-It has just
been learned that some one placed
emery dust in the journals of the loco
motive on the Santa Fe passenger train
on the branch between this city and
Chanute on Monday, and that this was
the cause of the failure and breakdown
of the engine on that train that day.
This statement was made by one of
the passengers on the train. It was
not corroborated by any member of
the engine crew, although it is known
that the engine is now Gin the hole,
undergoing repairs
The train leaves Chanute at $50 and
is supposed to return to Chanute by 1
O'Clock. The engine was late in leaving
Chanute that morning, and it was near
" 9 O'Clock when it pulled out with the
cars. The crew was bothered with hot
boxes all the way to Pittsburg, the
emery dust or whatever it was which
had been placed in the journals cutting
out the brasses and erippling the loco
motive.
It succeeded in making the round trip
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-06
Are No Indications Now Of
DrOuth Injury.
CLEAR TO STATE LINE
The Acreage in the Western
Portion Is Large.
MacarOui Recommended for a
Philippine Market.

Kansas City, Jan. 6.-Emmett Hon
man OF Enterprise. Kan, member OF
a company operating a string Of flour
ing mills throughout Central and West
ern Kansas. made two important an
n0uncements ia this city last night
Captain Stivers, purchasing commits
sary for the United States army, sta
toned in Kansas City" he declared
has recommended that our macaroni
wheat be used as part of the ration
for the soldiers in the Philippines.
Should his recommendation be ap-
proved by his superiOrs, this viii be a
great boon to the macarOni wheat grow
els in the western part of the state
Heretofore they have been hampered on
account of the lack of market for their
bread and especially so for field service
in the army but there has been some
trouble in getting mills to grind II on
account of the hardness of the gram
The other announcement Wh1ch ne
made public was that the present snow
fan in the western part of Kansas sup
piled enough moisture to give the wheat
plant its needs until the month OF May
This means that the present indications
are that there win not be airy drouth
to interfere with the crop
"Of course, after May, no telling what
might come" he said "but the present
snow viii do wonders for the crop.
include i'm the section thus affected. all
the territory west from Hays City to the
Colorado line Fhe acreage out in that
section is good deal greater than ever
before and we are expecting this to be
a great wheat year for Kansas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-06
JOINT WITNESSES GONE.
Most of the Cases Announced for Trial
Dismissed.

Kansas City. kan. Jan. because
the sheriff said he could not find the
witnesses. eleven of the twenty-six
..ioint'' cases announced for trial by
James S. Gibson. the county attorney,
were dismissed by Judge W. G. Holt
in the common pleas court this morn
ing in Kansas City, Kan.
The men accused of operating
..ioints'' were in the court room ready
for trial When the first case was
called only one witness answered. The
case was then dismissed.
The complaining witness in many of
the cases dismissed was r. r. Wilson.
supposed to live at GIL North Sixth
street, Kansas City. Kan. He could
not be found at that address and no
one at that number had ever heard Of
him
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-06
WILD RIDE ON ENGINE PILOT.
Man WhirIesa Over. Desert With Tenn
perature Below Zero.

Reno, New, Jan. 6.-A ride of one
hundred and fifty miles on the pilot of
an engine which was going at the rate
of sixty miles an hour while the tenn
perature registered below the zero
mark, was the experience James
Mathews of Chicago had Wednesday
night and he narrowly escaped with
his life. Mathews was in Lovelock
and wanted to reach Reno. He was
down in his luck and decided to beat
his way No one saw him when he
crawled onto the pilot, and the en-
gineer did his best to make up two
hours lost time on the desert. When
the train reached here Mathews rolled
to the ground, exhausted, and a doc
tors services were necessary to re-
store him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-06
IN TROUBLE WITH HIS WIFE
j. A. RouIston of Atcl,ison Fined in
Police Court.

Atchison. kan, Jan. 81. A. Rouls-
ton publisher eff the AtchisOn Morn
ing Star. which recently Suspended pub
licatiOn. was arrested here on a warrant
sworn out by mis- wife. He was charged
with abusing her AID disturbing the
peace, and was fined $50 in the police
court.
Mrs. Roulston has sLed for divorce,
charging that she was compelled to
work out because of her husbands fail
ure to provide for herself and five chill
dreu. She was working as cook in a
hotel when she had her husband arrest
ed. She also charges, in her divorce
petition, that there is another woman in
the case. Roulston denies this and says
his wife wouldn't take care of their chill
dren, and Thar she mas left him thirteen
times. They came here from Enterprise,
Kan. "a year ago He announced that
ne would start a morning paper, and
the Star appeared. irregularly, several
months. Roulston did all the work him
self, printing a little four-page paper
on job press.
1t was not a success financially. and
a Kansas City type foundry recently
took possession of the type and press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-06
AFTER THE ALDERMAN
Kansas City, Kan, Counciinien May
Lose Official Heads.

Kansas City, Kan, Jan. 6.-Every one
Of the seven counoiImen in this city
who voted recently to uphold the ordi-
nances licensing pool rooms to- race
horse gambling, is III danger
On good authority it has been stated
that custer proceedings win be filed
against them. That is the plan nov.
at least. {. F. Hutchings, who was APP
pointed by Attorney General Coleman to
clean out the gambling houses across
the line, says the seven councilmen can
be put out of Office easily. All il Ie-
quires is proceeding In court. Iii.
Hutchings, however, will not admit that
he is going to file the proceedings.
I am working for Mr.. Coleman. and
viii do what he says do" is his state
menf.
Mr.. Hutchings filed an applics ton in
the district court yesterday asking
Judge Moore to declare the Derby Turf
exchange a nuisance and abate it.
Judge Moore at once issued an order
closing the place, temporarily at least
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-06
NEW FASHIONED MOTOR ROAD.
One Is to Be Built Between Davis and
ArClnore

Oklahoma City, Ok, Jan. 81 B.
Dlckerson, mayor of Turner Falls I. t,
while in this city yesterday closed a
contract with the New Motor Car com
pany of St Louis for the construction
of the first new motor roadway to be
tried in the southwest. The road is to
be built from Davis, I. T, to Ardmore,
via Turner Falls. a distance of twenty
miles. It is to be used for both passen-
ger and freight and is the invention of
an Illinois man by the name of T. P.
Johnson, of Xenia, III. The tracks con-
sist of two lines of concrete each about
20 inches wide and Hanged so that the
wheels Of the motor car run without
danger of jumping the track. The cen
ter of the rOddbed is filed with gravel
and grading to the Iever is not so neces-
sary as with the general railroad track.
The car will be propelled with gaSoline
and is built as to gearing and running
apparatus much the same as the or
binary automobile. The car will be go
horsepower, carrying so passengers,
and will make a speed of 40 miles an
hour
The Motor Car company is capitalized
at $3.50, 600, with T P. Johnson, presi-
dent: r. S Strobhart.~ vice president
and general manager, and W. Scott
Hancock, secretary and treasurer. A. E.
AshbrOok of this city is the representa-
tive in the two territories of the COM
pany, and it was through him that the
contract was made. The invention has
been tested with a short line of track
near st. Louis and found to be entirely
successful, so much so that it will like
~ take the place of the electric inter
urban method. It is much cheaper in
construction and operation and fully as
satisfactory as to results. The new
motor roadway, if found to be the thing
it is claimed to be. is destined to revolu-
tionize electricity in the construction OF
interurban lines.