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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-03-09
Plan Is Simple.
Scheme in Brief.

The method of getting around the OBJ
stacle was 70 eliminate from the desIg-
nation Of the board Of education the
words. Teachers OF gymnastics ard
athletic games" and substitute teach
er I'm vacation schools"
But President Sullivan. Of the a. A.
T., thIcw up his hands in horror at
the suggestion. and peromptorily refused
TO consider the suggestion.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-03-09
UNION LEAGUE PARK
OPEN TO AMATEURS
Grounds VIII Fill a Long
Felt Want Among
Local Leagues.

The completion Of our stands at
Union League Park" said +. Z. Hem.
secretary OF the local outlaw club, this
morning, will solve the question OF
suitable grounds for amateur and
scholastic teams.
Aside from the fact that We viii
give the Washington fans high-c.ass
professional bali when the Nationals
are out OF town, the new venture de-
serves the support OF the Capital sport
ing public because we will cater ~
amateur baseball leagues and will fur
nish adequate facilities for their games
al nominal cost.
Present Conditions.
MY own interest in the club is in
no small measure que TO this feature.
AIy experience with local mines has
proved the undesirability Of playing 10
several thousand spectators who as
consistently ignore the hat as If they
were in church when the collection IS
be ny lifted. The troubles OF the high
school league. which puts up a high
class run Of baseball, ir securing
grounds IS one instance. We have prac-
ucaily secured the high school series,
which will be played when the pros
are out Of town. Other applications are
coming in from amateur leagues, aEG
as soon as our schedule is announced
we viii throw open the remaining
dates 10 Capital teams at "A nominal
price and will give them iull use Of
all accommodations, including dressing
rooms"
Mr.. Helm stated that work on the
oles,chtrs and grandstaud was To have
necessarily postponed on account OF the
rain. It will be started as sooT. the
weather permits and pushed &c a. ear
ly finish In order 10 have the park
ready for the opening OF the Union
League season on April q, the grand
stand capacity Will be only 500 and that
of the bleachers 200. until the attend
aHce Jusuhes additional seating room.
Scouting for Players.
Irwin is on the lookout for players"
continued the secretary, and in a few
contracts of the early Corners. He viii
continue 10 coach Pennsylvania. but as
fast a. our men sign viii call them
10 Philadelphia and there start them
60 work.
'1-he lateness in adopting "a schedule
3D. owing 10 the difficulties presented Dy
chr policy OF booking no conflicting
dates with established leagues. We haVs
TO figure on cvadlng the Tri-State book
ings In two cities. the Eastern League
ia Baltimore and, OF course, the
American IN this city In PhiiadelphlA
ne will have no trouble since our park
8 ten miles from either Of the ma jOr
league grounds. and its area Includes
q population OF 10000"
- For advertising purposes a block OF
100 season tickets will be Immediately
placed on sale and can be purchased
from Secretary Helm or President Hart
for SO When these are sold out the
regular price. so will prevail The
management has decided % make CD
cents the maximum price OF admission
20 Union League gamus in this city.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-03-09
WILL DICK.
Captain Central Track Team and Win
ner Of Scholastic Quarter Mile Race.

track team. viii formally present the
trophy 10 Central on both occasions
tho point winners viii appear on she
platform. All are Weu-kHCwu athletes
Captain Dick himself ran first Il the
quarter, Hamilton won the 55-yard dash.
Clancy was second, and NJ Clagett ran
second ia the 4ih-yard run Central
scored q total or fOrJy-siN points
Second 20 Central In the scholastic
competition was Episcopal High School
with six points and third came rome
with one point.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-03-09

Earned runs-Regulars. 4; Colts, 9. First
base by errurs-Resulars. 3, Colts, . Left
on bases-Regulars, 7 Colts. s. FEST base
on balis-On Falkenberg, /; of Oberlin o.
or Peterson, l. Innings pitched-Au three
apiece. Hits made-Om Burns 3. on FaI-
ksnberg, 8; of Wilson, 8; of Peterson .:
on Hughes !. Struck out-By Burns 2: bv
Wilson. ]: by Oberlin. .. by Hughes 3 Two
base hits-Street ~, O. Smith. CIymer.
Shipke Sacrifice hits-Ganley, Mcbride.
Oberln, T. smith. Gates stolen bases
Pickering %, Altizer, Mcbride Double ulav
n, Smith TO Gates 10 q. smith. His by
pftcher-By Peterson i. Tmpire-Case Pat
ten Time OF game-l hour and 80 minutes
Attendance-7s3.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-03-09
Has CantillOn Landed
Another Walter Johnson
In New Coast Recruit?
Showing Made by Burns in Game Between
Colts and Regulars Yesterday Would De-
light the Heart of Washington Fans.
By THOMAS S. RICE.

GALVESTON. Tex. March 9.-Ficking
ponies is not in II for uncertainty COM
hared with making predictions about
spring phenoms in baseball. but we can
hot help remarking that It looks like
EantIlon made a ten-strike when he
Earnered Burns from the Pacific Coast
League
The showing Burns made yesterday,
when the Regulars beat the Colts by
1 TO l. and Burns shut the Regulars
but in the three innings he pitched was
eminentIy satisfactory. There is a nat
ural prejudice among fans IA favor Of
the brawny twirlers who can put steam
In their delivery and keep a fast pace.
Burns is Just that. He is no giant. but
he Is q big, substantial man. and no
kid in years. He handled himself like
he knew his business, and has a line OF
swift shoots that viii be a great com
fort TO the home fans. He did not let
himself out all the way yesterday, but
gave enough samples of his sourhpaW
delivery to make US glad Cantilon had
the forethought 10 buy him FROM Los
Angeles, instead Of taking a chance ia
the draft,
BIS Record Good.
Burns record as a left-hdndev last
year was good. lie won tWenty-thTee
and lost sixteen games. lie struck out
IL men or nearly four 10 a game, and
allowed eighty-two bases on balls, or
3 slight fraction over Two per game
This indicates that he had a deceptive
or unusually fast delivery in the Pacific
Coast League, with comparatively lit
tie W1ldness I5r an effective s0uthpaW.
His work yesterday was exactly along
this line. one OF his victims was Bob
Ganley, who made three futile swipes
at the BAH IN the third inning. He also
famed Falkenberg, but viii get no med
ais for that. CantlllOn cliues TO the
idea that he Will make a pitcher out of
Oberlin. and there is ground Tor the be-
lief. The yOungsIer had little chance
with the Boston Americans, and came
10 Washington last year when the team
was hOpelessly in the rear. lie is look
Ing good this spring, Is working indus
triouSly. has plenty OF strength, and IS
much heartened by Cantiuon's encour-
agement.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-03-09
A Serious Blow.

These who know Judge Jenkins and
are familiar with the influence he has
with the Judiciary Committee. realize
that his disposition TO regard the bill
as unconstitutional will prove a most
serious hindrsGce, II will take no small
amount Of influence and argument to
get il past the Judiciary Committee Of
the House with Chairman Jenkins an
tagOnistic.
Charles T. Terry and the members OF
the legislative board Of the American
Automobile Association viii visit this
city. and viii be given a hearing before
the House judiciary Committee March
f.. The fundamental feature of the
bill is the provision for registration of
automobiles under Federal regulations
thus escaping the varying regulations
of the States. Mr.. Terry and the advO-
Gates of the bill believe they can show
the committee the bill Is not in conflict
with the Constitution.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-07-17
WASHINGTON NEWS.

Senior veloz-G oiticoa, the venezue'
Ian charge d'affaires in Washington.
called at the state department and
presented to Acting Secretary Bacon
his letters of recall. This action was
taken by direction of President Castro
and as the result of the withdrawal
from Caracas of Jacob Sleeper, the
American charge. The effect of this
action is the complete rupture of re
lations between America and Venezu
ella.
At a conference between Secretary
Of War Wright. Admiral Pillsbury, the
acting head Of the navy department,
and General Clarence R. Edwards.
chief of the insular bureau, war de.
partment. 1t was decided that the
United. States marines should not be
withdrawn. from Panama until after
the elections.
The president has accepted the res.
ignation Of William Lochren. Judge of
the United States district court for
the district OF. Minnesota, and has ap.
pointed M. D. Purdy. present assistant
to the attorney general. to the W
cancy.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-07-17
PLAN OF FIRST O

extensive establishment having several
kilns. The most satisfactory kiln,
all things considered, is about twen-
ty feet square. This is q convenient size
to fill, so far as the preparation Of the
fruit is concerned. The heat can be well
regulated, made sufficiently intense for
the purpose desired and evenly dis
tributed so that the fruit will dry uni
formly, and for various minor reasons
a kiln Of this size is a desirable unit in
the construction of evaporators Of this
type.
"a kiln consists essentially Of a floor
made Of Stats and placed over a fur
mace room or owe a system Of steam
pipes. The floor is usually built from
ten to twelve feet above the floor Of
the furnace room. Provision should
be made for regulating the heat by
means Of small openings at the base Of
the walls communicating with the out
side. These can be opened or closed,
as desired. The inflow Of cold air can
thus be regulated. Such control is
especially desirable in windy weather.
"If the e%vaporator is a frame build
ing, the walls Of the, furnace room
may we'll be plastered or covered with
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-07-17
POLITICAL NEWS.

Herman Ridder,, editor of the New
York Stats Zeitung, who visited Mr..
Bryan before the Denver convention
and requested him to withdraw from
the field on the ground, in MI. Rid.
der's opinion, that Mr.. Bryan could
not win in November, has wired the
Nebraskan that he will support the
Democratic ticket in the coming cleo.
ton.
That William J. Bryan is not tc
have the support Of William R. Hearst
is indicated by the attitude Of Mr..
iHearst's two New York, newspapers.
the American and the Evening. Jour-
nal. The two papers announce a loss
Of confidence on their part both In
the Democratic party and in Mr..
Bryan.
At a meeting of the Republican ex-
ecutiye committee at Hot Springs, Va,
Frank H. Hitchcock of Massachusetts
was elected chairman of the Repub-
lican national committee and manager
Of the national campaign and George
r. sheldon-o of New York treasurer Of
tie committee.
Mr.. Bryan declares that, II elected
president at the coming contest. he
will not be . candidate for reelection.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-07-17
Tho overtired Conductor.

When the horse ears were in exist
ence there was a greenhorn known as
John who conducted on the Thirteenth
and Fifteenth street lines. He boarded
with his two aunts, who lived on Cath
arine street, between Thirteenth and
Broad. One day his aunts thought they
would take a ride with John and see
how he was getting along. SO they
waited for his car. Soon the a began
to get crowded and passengers got of
and OF at every square. John began to
get angry. At last he became so exas-
perated at having to stop so often that
when an old lady asked him to stop at
Chestnut he bawled out: Sim darned
sick and tired pulling the bell. It's
nothing but stop here and stop there,
stop here and stop there. Away with
youse all down to Catharine street with
me aunts. and you get out in a bunch"
Philadelphia Ledger.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-07-17
PLANT.

a small plant for evaporating. 1t
may contain hints ever for those who
do not wish to erect so elaborate q
building.
ga conveniently arranged n kiln
evaporation and plan is shown here
WITH" says the magazine. "The space
is divided into a furnace room II by 1G
feet and a somewhat smaller work
room, in which the apples are pared.
An upright bleacher, which also serves
as an elevator for raising the fruit to
the second floor. is placed in this room.
"The second room Is divided in a SIM
liar way. The kiln has the same di-
mansions as the furnace room, with a
capacity of IS to 100 bushels Of I'M
pared fruit at each filling. The work
room on this floor contains the slicer
and the upper portion Of the bleacher.
The dried fruit as it is taken from the
kiln can also be held here temporarily
If desired.
Such a building may be so con-
structed that it will be useful for
many other purposes during the course
of the year than that for which it is
primarily intended. In constructing
kilns the same general principles are
followed. whether the evaporator is q
small one with only a single kiln or an
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-07-17
PROVISION PRICES DROP.
Pork, Lard and Ribs Show a Heavy
Decline.

Chicago, July 15.-Provisions, par
ticularly pork, took a long backward
leap, scoring losses all along the line
ranging from 27h to 80 cents. The
market was d~emoralized. An over
bought condition prevailed owing to
persistent purchases for a week or
more by both local interests and by
outsiders and some of the timid
longs, who had come in at top prices,
attempted to go out of their lines and
they gave the signal for a general
selling movement that sent prices
downward. A good many stop loss
orders came out as prices moved
downward, the execution of which
aggravated the general weakness.
September pork, from s16.72k, went
off to @15.S5, other deliveries
making almost as great losses. Lard
netted losses of 27A to 22h cents
and ribs of from 37k to so cents.
The packing interests were credit
ed with much of the selling and there
was little demand for the product un.
til the recession had progressed far.
when commission houses checked the
decline by absorbing the offerings on
resting orders.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-07-17
UNFORTUNATE EVENTS.

Five persons, all members Of one
family, ere drowned In the Nemaha
river near Unadilla, Neb. The dead
are John Doyle, Mrs. John Doyle and
their three children. The Doyles lived
on the Nemaha bottoms. A flood Of
water following a cloudburst lifted
their house from its foundation and
carried 1t to the swollen river.
A fire, believed to have been caused
by spontaneous combustion or q loco.
motive spark, and famed by a brisk
northwest wind. swept nearly a quar-
ter of a mile Of the harbor front of
East Boston. causing a property loss
estimated at nearly $1,500,00O. Much
of the loss falls upon the Boston and
Albany railroad.
Lincoln, Neb., has experienced what
was probably the worst food in its
history, causing the known loss of five
lives, an immense property loss, an
almost total suspension of railroad
traffic to and from the city and misery
to hundreds of families who have been
driven from their homes.
Four children and the father Of two
of them r dead and six persons are
injured as the result of a collision be.
tween a farm wagon containing eigh.
children, two men and n woman and
an electric car on the Santa Ana line
e Watts, Cal.
Four prominent summer residents
of Marion, Mass, met death through
an explosion on board a forty-fve-foot
launch. Two survivors were picked
up after having been in the water for
twelve hours.
D. Pisinti and his brother and elev-
en-year-old son and G. Cutone and
Rinaldo Poltoni, the latter two Greek
railroad laborers, were drowned in the
Big Hole river at Browns Station,
Mont.
AS the result of a gas explosion and
fire in a three-story tenement house
at Boston, two are dead, two hope.
lessly burned and eleven others sui.
fering from more or less serious In.
juries.
Fire which caused a loss of $3.50, 00O
at Coney Island destroyed two large
hotels and for a time threatened the
destruction of Luna park, Dreamland
and Sreeplechase park.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edmund Smith, both
aged eighty years, were burned tc
death in a fire which destroyed their
home at Rochester, N. Y.
Thirty-one deaths from the heat oc
cured in New York city in thirty-six
hours.
Five men were drowned by the cap
sizing of a boat in Baltimore harbor.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-07-17
ANIMALS AMBlDEXTROUs.
Why Man Gives Preference to Right
Hand Over Left.

Why Man Gives Preference to Right
Hand Over Left.
Right handedness and right eyedness
came with genus homo. DR.. George Nj.
Gould has watched for them in squir-
rels that use their front paws to hold
nuts, cats that strike at insects in the
air or play with wounded mice and in
many other animals, but he is certain
no preference is given to the right side
over the left.
But In the lowest human savages all
e the world choice in greater ex-
pertness of n hand is clearly present.
One cause for it's development is in
primitive military customs. In all
tribes and countries since man used
implements Of offense and defense the
left side, where the heart lies. has been
protected by the shield, and the left
hand was called the shield hand, while
the right hand was called the spear
hand.
Next to fighting came commerce.
The fundamental condition of barter
ing was counting with the low num-
bers, one to ten. The fingers Of the free
or right hand were naturally first used,
and all fingers today r called digits,
as are the figures themselves, while
the basis Of our numberings is the deci.
NAL or ten Gngered system. Every drill
and action of the soldier from ancient
Greece to modern America is right sid.
ed in every detail. Firing from the
right shoulder and sighting with the
right eye bring the right eye into prom.
MISUNDERSTANDING.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-07-17
pRoHlBI1,oN,s1s GATHER.
Many Names Mentioned for Presider
tial Nominee.

: Columbus, o., July 15.-The day
opened up lively for the Prohibition
lists, with delegations from various
states arriving and being escorted to
their respective hotels by a band
headed by a gaily decorated water
wagon, drawn by four milk white
horses and attached to the rear a
mule bearing a big placard, missouri
two-thirds dry"
The refusal of Seaborn Wright OF
Georgia to allow his name to come be-
fore the convention as a candidate for
president left the delegates very much
at sea as to candidates, but certainly
not for a lack of material. A new
boom makes it's appearance every two
or three hours.
Following the boom for DR.. A. B.
Leonard came n for Professor
Charles s. Scanlon of Pittsburg, field
representative of the Presbyterian
church in its temperance work. Fred
F. Wheeler of Los Angeles is still
strong and Joseph p. Tracey of De-
troit, Daniel R. Sheen of Peoria and
Alfred L. Manierre of New York are
all making active campaigns. (,
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-07-17
A DRAGON HUNT.
II Took Place In Turkey and Wss Q
Great Success.

Il Took Place In Turkey and Was Q
Great Success.
Eyes, l wunst hunted dragons, and
the hunt was successful, too" said q
sailor.
ut was in Eyoub, the native quarter
of old Constantinople. I lived there
with my wife, a Circassian gal, Fat
nah by name, and, comm home from
the calf one night
"Calf?"
"surc! Calf. Don't you know what
q calf is? Kind Of restaurant where
you eat and drink and smoke. But
where was IT. Z
"You were coming home"
"Well, MS we come home from the
calf Fatmah grabbed my arm, pointed
to the moon and give a loud yell. The
full moon behind the domes and min
arets was goin' into an eclipse. l
laughed. but Fatmah says:
GA dragon, o my beloved she says,
is tryin' to devour the moon!' she
says. If the faithful STAY it not, there
will lie no more moonlight says She
'never"!
"Then, by tar, begun the biggest
racket I eve hear. All Eyoub was on
a dragon hunt. From every housetop
the faithful fired blunderbusses at the
moon in the hope Of KILN the dragon.
"When we got home l tried to ex-
plain to Fatmah what al eclipse was,
but she thought l was laughin' at her.
So l gave up my explanations, and,
with a pistol, each of us Joined in the
hunt, bangin' away at the dragon from
the winder turn and turn about.
"By crinus, we got him! The hunt
was a success! The dead dragon
dropped off the moon, and she loated,
round and silvery wunst more, above
the palms and minarets standin' black
agin the pale sky.
"Fatmah claimed it was her shot
what landed him, but ! was always
convinced it was my own."-New Or
leans Times-Democrat.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-07-17
WHICH WAS RleH77
See If Yor Can Untanele the Knots In
This Problem.

See II Yo.: Can Untanele the Knots In
This Problem.
A young nan named Enathlus de-
sired to learn eloquence and art of
pleading, and he bargained with Pro
tagoras, the ancient Greek sophist, for
instructions, agreeing to pay n half
Of the fee down and the other half on
the first day he gained a case. 1t took
the young man so long to learn that
his tutor came to the conclusion that
he was delaying his start in business
to avoid paying the other half Of the
fee, so Protagoras sued him for the
money.
When the case came up for trial Pro.
tagoras said to the young man: "You
act most absurdly. young man, be-
rause in either case you must pay me.
If the judges decide against you, you
must pay, and if they decide for you
you must pay, for you will her have
gained your case"
"You are wrong" replied the young
man. 81 will yin either way. If the
Judges are for me, l will not have to
pay, and if they are against me l will
not have to pay, for this last was the
very bargain between us-namely, If !
did not win my case"
The judges considered the case mex.
plicable, and as they could not see
their way to any decision they ad.
journed the case to a day that never
came for any of the principals. On
Protagoras' side it was a case of los.
ing when he won and on the young
students side winning when he lost.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-07-17
T0ATTACK PLATFORM
1aft's Acceptance Speech Will As
sail Denver Declarations
AN APPEAL TO THE RADICALS

Republicans Declare Democratic Doc
unent Was Framed to Attract Ger
tain Voters and to lnf1ame Glass
Feeling. ~
Hot Springs, Va, July 15.-From
present indications William H. Taft's
letter of acceptance will be a judicial
scoring of the Democratic platform
adopted at Denver. All day and late
into the evening MI. Taft's time was
devoted to a study of the platforms of
the two parties. When he has con-
cluded his labors he will be not only
an authority on the work of the re-
cent conventions but on political plat
forms of the past.
Mr.. Taft became SO thoroughly in
terested in his studies of the records
that he did not find time to dictate a
line OF his speech of acceptance.
After his usual morning game of golf
he again delved into the records. He
is securing the complete seclusion he
desired, as there is not a single party
leader here to interrupt his work by
requests of a conference. .
Republicans are frank in their dec.
laration that the Democrats have
framed up their platform to appeal
solely to the radicalism of the West
and to infiame whatever class feeling
there may be in the United States.
The Taft acceptance will be a warn
ing to the radicals to halt while there
is yet time and an appeal to the sane.
ness and reasonableness of the coun
try to make progress, but to make it
in such a way that there shall be no
evil consequences. The party now in
power is convinced that if the Demo
cratic platform is ever put into effect
the harvest will be the most stagger.
ing blow to prosperity that the coun'
try has ever known.