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The Washington times., 1907-05-26
ALL-HIGH TEAM
LOST ITS GAME
At PRINCETON
Michael Allowed Fresh
men Only One Hit,
But He Was Wild.

PRINCETON. May z5-WasLiugton
Aii-Hlgh, s; Princeton Freshmen.
Michael was unable 10 lead his team
mates To victory yesterday over the
Princeton Freshmen. With a little bet
ter control nc would undoubtedly been
able 10 turn the trick. but six passes.
coupled with ragged fielding, could noy
win today's game.
Wilson was on the firing line for the
home lads and pitched d good game. d.
lowing only four mis- and tanning nine.
Michael, however, accomplished the
feat of letting his opponents down with
one lone hit. besides tanning five.
The lads spent the morning looking
things over and playing pool around al
the various clubs where they were quar-
tered. After the game all went 10 see
the biz game between Princeton and
Harvard as guests Of the freshman
team. Cy- Macdonald played the best
fielding game OF any OF the Washington
boys. gobbling up ten hard chances
without an error He also poked out
the longest hit Of the day. d two-sacicr.
IN the fourth inning
Goodman had n good batting average.
getting two out Of the four hits allotted
10 his team McLain made the prettiest
catch Of the day, nabbing a pop fly be-
hind second that had all the earmarks
OF a safety.
The Washington lads started the scor-
ing in the fourth. when Macdonald dou-
hIed. went 70 second on Goodman s
single. and came home on a squeeze
play, which he and the Tech captain
worked, Goodman scoring on the at
tempt 10 catch Macdonald al the plate.
Tn the next round the freshmen came
back 81 the Washington lads with
vengeance. scoring three runs on pass.
a single. and two errors
The Al-High team evened things Up
in the next session on hit. two errors.
and "a stolen base. but the freshmen
went them one better in their half OF
the same round. and won tho game on d
pass. an out, and a feeders choice.
The Washington times., 1907-05-26
Battle With Wounded Bear
On IqUefUe-Foot Platform
At Brink of a Precipice

DENVER, May 25.-"Nevcr IN my lie
did / have such thrilling adventure
with a bear as I had last Friday about
thirty miles northwest Of Ceballa, in
Gunnison county-whew, II was a hot
fight"
This was the way G. Gordon Pickett,
OF the Tritch Hardware Company,
started his story OF the biggest bear
fight of the season He and Harry Car
penter. with J. J. Carpenters FIRE string
OF bear dogs, eight in number. started
out Friday afternoon from Caballa-
"The dogs jumped a good sized black
hear along about 3 o'clock" said Mr.
Pickett. we followed him something
like three miles and took long shot at
him, wounding him in the right foreleg.
We lost sight Of him for while and
then the dogs got next to him again
This time they had him COrncrcd or me
edge of a big precipice, al least 100 feet
high.
Crunched Dogs Necks.
1T seems that the wound had given
him made the bear crazy mad. He
nailed two of the dogs, one after the
The Washington times., 1907-05-26
TIGERS TAKE
SECOND GAME
BY SLUGGING
Harvard Changes TwirIers
Without Stopping Prince
ton Hits.

PRINCETON. May 25.-In a game
marked by sharp FIELDING and free
hitting by the Tigers. Princeton defeated
Harvard today by S 10 g.
II was the second victory for Old
Nassau. the Tigers having defeated the
Cambridge laos on May IS. Hartford
lasted only four innings for Harvard.
and Brennan, who relieved him, faredf
little better at the han6s OF the sluggers
from Princeton. Sides batting was an
especial feature. His three hits were
made at opportune times and did much
In scoring the runs for his team.
Leonard, of Harvard, was the bright
particular star in the field. his work
calling forth much applause.
Princeton took the lead in the second
and Increased II In the fourth. securing
a commanding lead In that inning.
Harvard's onl hope came in the NTH.
when two runs were scored This was
the only inning they hit Heyniger with
any effect. the Princeton twirler holding
the men from the Hub safe the rest OF
tho game.
Score:
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NOT WANTED AT HOME

Sir William WiEhtman held office in
lhe old Court Of Queens Bench IN Lon
oon far beyond the prescribed time. and
AT last. on the eve Of the long vaca-
uon' he took a sort Of farewell OF MS
brother Judges. However. when the
summer was over ne turned I'd srnilfrr-
az az, W estfninlster hall. Why. Brother
purnr you told us that YOU INTENDED
10 send IN your resignation 10 The Ior5
chancellor before the end OF August %
80 dld, said Sir William, but when
] went home and told nv wife So go
W ny. William, what on earth do Won
mink that we can do with your nlessinc
about the house all day. So. Won See
again"
The Washington times., 1907-05-26
NONGINI TO DRIVE
RACING AUTO HERE

Ralph Mongini. the terrible Italian. %
IS counted upon as a contestant in the
loO-mile race at the national circuit meet
scheduled for Benning next Thursday
afternoon.
Mongini is probably one Of the world $
most daring drivers and takes more
chances on the track with a hiEh-pow-
cred car than any of his Vanderbilt CUP
race rivals. MOngini drove i'm the TWEEN
ty-four-hour race at Philadelphia with
out a partner to relieve MIN. lie was
the only contestant in the race stated
10 drive single handed Mongini will
come direct here from Philadelphia and
viii make an effort to reduce the
worlds 100-mile record, which is no7y
held by n Western driver.
Mrs. CUneO, the woman driver. will
be here Tuesday and begin training for
the long event
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EXPERIMENTS IN BREATHING
IN RAREFIED ATMOSPHERE

How high in the air can a man rise
without dying? Twenty years ago Il
was thought IL would be impossible
for him TO breathe at an atmospheric
altitude exceeding 5000 meters-or. at
the most, 5000 meters. It was sun
posed that a man would lose con-
seriousness If he were 20 be carried
about 5000 meters into the upper air.
writer Henri De Parville) in
Les Annals Of Paris, recalls the fact
that two aeronauts out Of the three
who died in the memorable ascension
OF the balloon Zenith. lost their lives
from accidents produced at an atmos-
pheric height Of 5000 and 5000 me-
tiers.
Paul Bert proved that repeated in
SEPARATION Of oxygen makes IL possible
T. avoid fatal accidents In the great
o. heights OF the air. and three years
"-e Behring and Surlng at Strasbourg
reached the greatest height ever at
talned-10, 500 meters. Yet they in
hailed oxygen. tainted toward the fin
ISL Of the ascension. ana since then
no one has tried TO 60 higher.
Prof. Mosso, of Turin, experimental
over a theory concerning the cause of
9sphyxiation at great heights and it
i5 important to remember that he ar
rived at the conclusion that n man
must respire oxygen mingled with a
strong proportion Of carbonic acid if
he would successfully fight the dan
gers Of the rarefaction of air.
The theory was new and IL appeared
questionable. but II IS said to be cor
rect A pupil of Pror. Mosso (named
Agazarotti) repeated the experiments
made by Mosso. He did not go up in
a balloon, but shut himself up i'm a
bell, where. by means or a pump. a
gradual Increase of rarefaction was
produced.
In the bell was a faucet connected
with the outer air. and all the products
of respiration were pumped out of the
bell Agazarotti covered his face with a
mask furnished with two valves. One of
the valves let out the vitIated air and
the other let in oxygen mingled with
carbonic acid. The proportions were
81 per cent OXYGEN. 13 per cent car
bonic acid AID the remainder azote.
Within thirty minutes the air was
rarefied to a pressure Of 40 miIIimeters
(Which is about the same as the at
mospheric pressure on Mont Blanc) The
experimental felt nothing abnormal. but
few minutes later when the rare
faction reached 800 millimeters. there
were symptoms Of asphyxia Then the
oxygen and carbonic mixture was sent
into the bell and Agazarotti was re-
heved Immediately. He then found that
he could bear pressure lowered to 40
millimeters. Later the air was rarefied
10 Il millimeters of mercury, and.
said Asazarotti, as he came out of the
bell; Il could have resisted even q
greater rarefactiOn. for the memory
was clear and my movements were nor
NAL"
Some time afterward ARazarotti mazda
his third experiment and the rarefac-
ton produced correspondent to an. alti-
tude Of 49, kilometers Ga kilometer is
l.O93639 YARDS. which exceeded bv four
kilometers the greatest height ever
reached by man-ReVisE nf RaviauzE
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wind. II in want OF money. all they
need do is 20 take out their teeth and
pawn them. One needy individual
makes this a common practice Though
he generally wears a beautiful set Of
false teeth. occasionally his gums will
be found as bare as an infants. The
teeth are reposing at HIS "uncle's."
An artificial Lex may be made the
means OF support in more senses than
one. If man VINO possesses an article
of this kind should find himself strand
ed. he can go to pawnbrOker and offer
his leg across the counter. He is
sure TO receive "a sum sufficient to re-
lieve his present necessities. In such
case a crutch is made to take the place
OF the leg until the latter can be re-
deemed.
Artificial limbs often figure in the
catalogue Of pawnbrOlIer's sales. while
such curious pledges as glass eyes. a
rhinOceros horn. a coat OF mail. and
many other singular things, sometimes
md a place in these catalogues
An elephant was once offered as a
pledge to a pawnbroker, and, what is
more, the pledge was accepted and the
sum required advanced A travelling
Snowman who found himself In difficult
ties was forced to resort 10 this means
OF raising funds. He offered his small
elephant TO a pawnbrOker. promising TO
redeem IL on the ensuing Saturday
evening. The transaction was duly car
ried out; but, needless to say. the ele-
plant was not put away with the other
pledges. 1t was housed in. the pawn
brokers yard until the Saturday even
ing. when the owner turned up to re-
deem IT,
Letters of celebrities. when they con-
tain the writer's autograph. can always
be pawned; but IL might appear ridicu-
lous to most people TO suppose that YOU
could take an ordinary business letter
to pawnbrolIer and obtain an advance
upon it, Yet this is sometimes done
There is one pawnbroker in London.
whose place Of business is near a large
railway station, who advances money
I'm this way TO certain of his customers
These customers are generally young
doctors out of practice. who take tenn
porary duty in the country. and are IN
need of their travelling expenses. They
take their lei FER of engagement to This
obfglng pawnbrOker. who advances
them the amount required
The sum has to be repaid at the and
OF the first week and this is ALWAYS
punctually done. for if any default wa 3
made the customer knows he would
never again be able to obtain an Al
vance in this way. and also that the
pawnbroker would probably write and
inform his emnInYer.
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ENDLESS CHAIN OF CORRUPTION

One evil produces another in the gov
eminent of cities. If councils sell fran
chises for payment of money to mem
bers, subordinate officials will levy trib-
ute for performing their duty or grant
ing immunity In lawbreaking II
mayors hold up big criminal enterprises
for blackmail, police captains and SER
geants will squeeze little criminals in
their districts. Finally. if public ser
vice corporations and city governments
combine TO rob the people by loading
the service supported by public charges
with monstrOus expenditures for cor
rupuon they must expect persons who
Work Tor public service corporations to
hold them up in return by unreasona hi :
strikes TO satisfy excessive demands
Minneapolis News.
The Washington times., 1907-05-26
RIFLE RANGE SITE
NOT YET SELECTED

LEXINGTON. XIV. Nav 25-Iieut
jackson Morris. Of Washington. officer
OF the district OF Columbia National
Guard, announced here tonight that il
Is impossible 10 establish a State rife
range here because the ground is too
level There are no mountains here
about
Great danger would result 10 life. as the
rifles 20 De used carry over two miles
state range Will be established AZ
Frankfort, where Lieutenant Norris
says. he finds an ideal site.
Lieutenant Norris wants fifty acres OF
land Small rife ranges will be estab-
hshed at every State guard headouar-
teTs In Kentucky. Lieutenant Morris
left tonight for the Eastern Kentuck,-
mountains 20 select a site
The Washington times., 1907-05-26
WHERE FIvE-POUND NOTES
ARE PAWNED FOR SHILLINGS

II you had in your hand a crisp
Go Bank Of England note. one of
tho last things you would prob
ably think Of doing with il would be
10 take It to a pawnbroker's and pawn
it. Yet this is frequently done Not
only so, but a like amount, MADE up
mostly in silver and copper, IS OFTEN
pawned for the modest sum or los or So
The people who resort TO TINS pIaC-
tice are travelling showInen, proprietors
Of cacoanut ''shies," and other iunerant
enter tainers. They have reason Tor
doing so. Say their days takings
amount to &5. Instead Of keeping the
money upon them. and thereby running
the risk OF losing il or being robbed,
they take - to a paWnbroker ana
pledge Il for half sovereign, which Is
all they require for current expenses.
They go away with an easy mind, know
ing their cash is in safe keeping, and
that II can DE redeemed at any time
by post.
The sane thing is done by book
makers and betting men. only on a
much larger scale. Thieves and objec-
tiOnable characters of all kinds haunt
the race courses and take note OF every
thing that goes on. When a bOokmaker
wins large sums he fears being robbed
in the train on the way horne.
So IL is a common thing for these bet
ting men TO pledge their winnings,
amounting sometimes to hundreds or
EDhiAOs. ANL a s5ON q GAeSll VI ~ L NY -
deem the amount by post. receiving the
pawnbrokers cheque in return, and
thus safeguard themselves against rob-
Lery.
A season ticket on 2 railway line is a
useful thing in more ways than one.
should you happen 10 be hard up. and
nave such a ticket about you, all you
need Is take il 10 the nearest pawn
broker and pledge It. This is more
frequently done than would be sup
posed People who live in the suburbs
sometimes arrive in town without any
money, so they pawn their season ticket
tor the amount il will fetch
There Is one pawnbroker near an inn
portant London terminus who does con-
siderable business in this particular
line.
In like manner. if you possess a sea-
son ticket to popular place Of amuse-
ment you neeo never be short of a few
snlllinss. pawnbroker will readily
advance you the necessary ..trifle
People too, who wear false teeth can
always rely upon being able to raise The
The Washington times., 1907-05-26
"a CORK LFGn

"A cork leg?" said the dealer. why.
man. cork leg would crumble under
YOU like leg Of bread. You don't want
cork leg. but an elm or willow one. A
leg vas never made Of cork since The
worlds beginning. But many people
think as you do. and I'll tell you how
the fallacy originated. The inventor OF
the modern artificial leg-the leg in
stead Of the stick-was John Cork
Cork's legs. or cork legs, were famous
around 1910 And whenever a man
makes your mistake he pays an mcon-
scious tribute to COrks skill. New
York Press
The Washington times., 1907-05-26
MOTOR FARMING.

The problem OF making self-mOvng
vehicles To plow and SOW, 20 reap and
NOW. has been solved. 1t has been
demonstrated that they can be made to
DO all the work OF this kind under fav-
orable conditions and on all classes of
soil at less than half the cost and time
and with less than a third Of the num-
Der of men required to do the work by
any other method And, adds Motor
Car. optimisticaIIy. after these self
moving machines have TILED the soil and
harvested the crops they wiz take them
- rket
The Washington times., 1907-05-26
KEEL CANAL TOO SHALLOW.

When the Kiel canal in Germany was
opened for traffic II was large enough
TO accommodate any ship then afOat,
and that was only some fifteen or so
years ago. Now. however, 1t has been
found necessary to both deepen and
widen the canal and the reichstag has
provided for the commencement of the
work. Both naval and commercial yes
.sels have outgrOwn the canal and they
are getting bigger and deeper all the
time Germany Is taking steps TO keep
her North sea- Baltic canal and her
harboIs up to the demands OF shipping
Savannah News
The Washington times., 1907-05-26
VALUABLE SIRE KILLED.

LEXINGTON, KY. May Captain
Sigsbee. noted thoroughbred stallion. sirs
Of Martin Doyle. Cottontown, and other
good ones owned by Turney Brothers,
OF Bourbon county. and valued at $1,000.
was kicked in the shoulder by another
horse tonight and ha5 20 be killed He
was by imp. Candlerlas; dam out Of
Landlady by Longfellow.
The Washington times., 1907-05-26
VICTORY FOR ST. JOHNS
IN ITS LAST GAME

ANNAPOLIS. May est. Johns COL
lege OF Annapolis closed the baseball
season here today by overwhelming
Western Maryland College by e 70 J..
George NJ Austin. catcher OF MardelI
Springs, Nd. has been elected captain
Of St. Johns for next season.
The Washington times., 1907-05-26
WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL DEFEATED BY PPNCETO
LAVENDER'S TEAM
BEST At WHIST
Wins Saturday Night Tour
nament at Washington
{ Club.

There were some lively proceedings
in the rooms of the Washington Whist,
Chess. and Checker Club last night In
the compass whist tournament Mr..
Lavender's team scored its first win in
the team matches. Tuesday night Cap
tain Firms Il" team was defeated by
three tricks. The team managed 10
keep the lead for the first two frames.
but the winners came in strong in the
last frame and won the match handily.
The scores made were:
The Washington times., 1907-05-26
DRY DOCK CUT I'm ROCK

At Port Florence, on the shore of the
great lake Victoria, which is the CHIEF
source OF the Nile, there Is a drvdocL1
cut out OF solid rock by natives who had
never DeIore done much serious work.
The dock is $50 feet long. IS feet wide
ano IA feet deep. IL Is 800 feet above
the level of the sea, or nearly three
nrnsS the altitude OF Lake Chautauaua-
The Washington times., 1907-05-26

Sacrifice hits-Harvev. Heyuiger. Stolen
oases-Briggs. Leonard. Mccall, Newcornb,
Harlan. CConey. Dexter SimCns First base
on errOrs-Princet0n. 4 Bases on balls-Or
Hartford. !, OF Brennan J. Struck out-By
Heynlger. 2. by Brennan. l. Hit By pitched
hall-HeyHiEer. T. Passed haIIs-Coonev.
Hits-Of Harford IN 20 innings. OF
Brennan. in 31-s innings Left on
bases-i'rinceton. ?. Harvard s. Double plav
Simon. Mccall and Briggs Umpire as-
sett- Attendance-6.O00 Time on Eame-2
hours
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FIRST FRAME.

TIC next match Is Scheduled Tor Tues
day evening, when Firms team meets
Turner's. The teams Will line UP as
follows: Turner'S team-Turner, Slime.
Townsend. and Parker. Firms team
Finn, Polk, Zimmerman, and Lewis.
The honors for the compass whist
tournament last night went TO Belt and
Lavender. playing north and south. and
Polk and Young. playing east and west
The scores follow:
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First base BIZ errors-WashinEton. 2. Fresh
men, . Lcft on hdsgs-Ai ashingrOn 9 Fresh
men. Z First base on baUs-OT Michael s.
on Wilson, J. Struck out-f3y Aicha-L 3 b.
Wilson O. Tvo-base hft-MacDoraId stolen
-laacDouald- Goodman .. Martin Reich
arl Reed. Dawson Warner Umnire-Vs-
Ciecf Time Of game-1 hour AMI u minutes
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PETER PAN LOSES
CARLETON STAKES
TO OINNA KEN
WhitneyHorSe Beats Out
Kcene Candidate in
GraveSend Feature.

GRAVESEND. L. l.. May 25.-Mem-
cries of the old time Whitney Keene
turf war were revived when Mr. Keene's
Peter Pan. an overwhelming favOrlte.
was beaten for the Carlton by II. p.
Whitney's Dinna Ken in a grueling fin
ish throughout the last sixteenth of the
mile race.
Mr.. Whitney. when his gelding out
gained and unfinished Peter Pan. shout
ed enthusia stically. and slapped several
of his clubhouse friends on the back
The public suffered its second crush
ing defeat through failures of keene
horses to win, Transvaal. to favorite
was beaten. only to be followed by the
defeat OF Peter Pan. The public went
TO these two heavily.
The Carlton was pretty race, Charles
Edward setting the pace 10 the stretch,
where he was beaten. Peter Pan, al
ways second i'm the running. then moved
up. and appeared to be winning when
Dinna Ken tackled him and fought it
out stride for stride. with the Keene
candidate. the Whitney horse winning
by a head. Charles Edward finished
third.
H. p. Whitney's Prince Hamburg ran
a wonderful race I'm winning the opening
handicap over the about six furlong
course in 1:OS %. clipping Is Of a sec
ond off the record.
The final blow to the talent came with
the running of the fifth race when
Father Bill Days Sailor Boy tow-roped
his field in the mile and one-eighth race
at 30 to /. and in 1:52 Is. just a frac-
ton behind the track record.
C. r. Ellison lost $4,000 on his City
Park Derby winner, Yankee Girl which
was distant second.
The Summaries:
First racial ages: about six fur
longs. Prince Hamburg. 122 (F[oeIner).
9 To :. won. Halifax 1Cf (MOuntam).
to ,. second. Voorhees, 1I2 DOYLE 10 10
!. third. Time, los %. Edna Jackson,
oxford, Wexford. and Gentian also ran.
Second race-Empire State Stecple-
chase. four-year-Old and upward; full
course. El CuChillO I34 CDOnohuel, 70
T. won: Good and Plenty, 172 Ray), . to
J. second: Grandpa 16i (StoUe). TO l..
third. Time. 4.46. Agent. Altar T. s.
Martin. and Rose of Dawn also ran.
Third r;ce-The Hudson: twO-ycar-
olds, five furlonEs. Royal Iane. 1tG
tMCUntain), s TO !, won; TraDsvaal, 12e
CMiler), to ., second; Alauda, lis Gsowe)
I. J =
Considinc. Kings Plate. and Sudden
start also ran. Oling's Plate an added
startcr.1
Fourth racc-Thc Carlton Stakes;
three ear-olds. mile Dinna Ken. III
tkOcrner). l. 20 I. won; Peter Pan, ~
MARTINI. to D. second: Charles Ed
ward. lis fMountain). , to ]. third Time,
1.3S IS. Hickeroy and Saracinesca also
ran.
Fifth racc-Three-year-old and up
word; one and one-eighth miles
Sailor Boy 81 tBuTns), 40 to ], won: Yam
kee Girl. % CEoOkeT). Is To >. second {.
Ampedo. 100 (Grand), o to 1. third Time.
1;25 is. Go Between, Zambesi, and
Leonella also ran.
Sixth race-ThrCe-y car-OldS. selling.
six furlOnEs. Robin Hood. 10 tMilleT).
o 10 .. won, Miss Strome, 100 (Shilling),
20 TO I. second. Golden West. 50 CWalsh).
% TO !, third. Time. 1;1o. BattleaNe, Bel
cast. Masterson. Blondy, Right and
True. Lady Vincent. Ida Reck, and
EscutcheOn also ran.
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other, and crunched their necks like so
many soda crackers. He jumped down
into cleft of rock, where there was a
little platform about twelve feet square,
and beyond that the precipice.
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Killed at Close Quarters.

THE dogs went after him. and he
went after them good and proper. lie
had already killed two and IL looked as
II he We're going 20 finish the entire
pack TO save the lives of the dogs.
jumped down on the little bench, out
not until ne had lunEed al one Of the
best dogs and cuned him clear over the
Cliff.
'Of course. that finished that dog. and
the bear turned He wasn't FIVE feet
from me when / tore the top Of ms
head Off with quick shot from my
rifle lie didn't exactly have me 'buf-
faloed' but I think I never in ali my
twenty-five years hunting experience
came so near being seriously ratified.
The dogs killed were among the best
fighters in the pack