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Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1910-11-17

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Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1910-11-17
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Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1910-11-17

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Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1910-11-17

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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-08-19
OPPOSED TO LARGE FEES
Sherman's Name Again Mentioned in
Indian Land Probe.

Sulphur, Okla, Aug. l7.--Attempts
to show that the government was JUS
titled in delaying the sale OF 100000
900 worth Of Indian land in Oklahoma
occupied the congressional committee
in the investigation of the McMurray
contracts.
Testimony was given that it would
have been impossible for the govern
ment to sell out the land and dis
tribute the money alnons the Indians
as speedily as j. r. McMmrray lad
promised.
Representative C. D. Carter OF Okla
holna was recalled and asked what
is your opinion Of Vice President Sher-
man in matters pertaining to indian
affairs?"
"IIe has always shown n deep i'll
terest in the Indians" Carter replied.
What was his (Sherman's) attitude
toward large feeS?"
He was opposed 10 them"
It had been asserted in previous
testimony that Mr.. Sherman had eX-
pressed disapproval of the 10 per cent
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-08-19
MAYOR GAYNOR
GAINS STRENGTH
viii Be Taken to AdiIondacks
in a Couple Of Weeks.

New York. Aug. l7.-Mayor Gaynor
steadily continues to improve ano
seems to he stronger than at any time
since he WAS shot. Danger Of inie,:-
ticn is almost past. although every
thing is in readiness should circum-
stances render All operation necessary
MavOr GaynOr is being kept very
quiet and tew visitors are permitted
to soc HIM, The wounded executive
feels the heat, bMi otherwise seems.
not disturbed by his unfortunate sir
natiOn.
Should no complications develop il
is believed ilAt Mayor GaynOr can h..
taken TO the camp Of II friend in M.
Adiron1acks il. about two weeks.
The mAvor'S plivSirianS stated that
the patient had slept all during the
night ANA Was doing very nicely.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-08-19
News Of The Week From Vari-
Gus Parts Of the State
HARVEST IS IN FULL SWING
Practically All the Wheat Will Have
Been Cut by the End Of the
Present Week.

Around Grand Forks the 1910 har.
vesting is now in full swing, and the
work has progressed with such rapid.
ity during the past few days that prac'
tically all the wheat will have been
cut by the end of the week, and many
farmers have already commenced
threshing.
New wheat is already being hauled
to the local branch of the Russell
Miller Milling company, 1000 bushels
having been received within the past
few days, and Manager Kavanaugh is
authority for the statement that never
before in his experience has new
wheat been received at the mill at this
early season. The extreme heat is
responsible for the grain maturing
case.
Reports received from thirty differ
ent towns in the state give estimates
as to the probable yield. The total
average follows: General crop, Al
per cent Of last years; heat, drouth
and hail being responsible for the loss
OF 80 per cent; wheat averages seven
bushels to the acre; oats thirteen
bushels and barley nine and one-halt
bushels.
lnasmuch as the yield is Slightly
heavier than was anticipated, the
farmers are experiencing more or less
difficulty in securing sufficient help.
The exchange of labor is being prac'
ticed by many farmers to overcome
the shortage, but this method is not
entirely satisfactory. Wages of from
$3.50 per day upwards are being paid,
and as many have put off haying until
The grain is harvested there will be
work on hand for some time to come.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-08-19
RED RIVER NOW IS VERY LOW
But Not Quite So. Low as 1t Was in
1900.

The Red river will have to
drop .95 fee before it is as low as it
was on July 1, 1900. Many have
jumped at the conclusion that the riv.
er vas never SO low before and that
if rain did not come at once, the river
would surely go dry.
Captain Hayes of the government
boat has prepared a table giving dates
navigation opened and the highest and
lowest points of the river since 1895.
The records before that year could
not be secured, as Captain Hayes had
sent them to Washington. Since 1895
the earliest navigation opened was
March %, this year, while the highest
point was reached in 1897, being for
ty-five feet above zero and the lowest
point on July 1, 1900, being 1.6 feet be.
low zero. The zero" from which
point the measurements are made, is
confusing to many. 1t is nothing
more nor less than the height of the
river when considered in its normal
state. taken several years ago. The
zero" was determined before Captain
Hayes took charge of the boat at
Grand Forks, and consequently moth
ing more definite could be learned
concerning it.
To those who gave particular atten-
ton to the river in 1900 and during
this year. the water seems lower at
present than it was then, but such is
not the case. 1t is the condition of
the bed at present that makes the riv.
err look lower than 1t did at that time.
The amount of silt that has drifted in
contributes to this state of affairs.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-08-19
DOCTORS BLAME
BUFFALO CNAT
Declare Insect Spreads In
fantile Paralysis.
like YELLOW FEVER PEST

In Report Filed With Iowa State
Board Of Health Physicians Say
Gnat Is Similar to Mosquito Which
Carries Germs of Southern Scourge.
Will Now Seek a Remedy for the
Disease.
Council Bluffs, Ia, Aug. 17.-Phy-
sicians here are convinced that they
have discovered the cause of %infantile
paralysis that has reached the conta-
gion stage in many localities in Iowa.
Now they will search for a remedy for
the disease.
After laboring for weeks they unite
in announcing that in their opinion
the disease is produced by a small
flying insect, known throughout the
West as the buffalo gnat, which makes
it's appearance during June and disap-
pears with the coming of the first frost
in autumn.
In a report which they will file with
the Iowa state board of health the
doctors say the buffalo gnat is similar
to the mosquito which carries the
germs of yellow fever. They say it is
the only winged insect that will crawl
under the covers of the couch of it's
sleeping victims or find the skin of a
person in daylight by creeping under
the clothing.
The buffalo gnat, the physicians say,
has the short %antennae characteristic
of the yelloW fever mosquito and
when placed under a powerful lens
shows a long, slender, two-edged
lance, a small saw and the nose of the
disease breeding mosquito. 1t carries
a set of muscles that compress the
glands and squeeze from a small sack
in the head the paralysis germs, in
jecting them into the system of it's
victim.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-08-19

seam, and two fingers under it, not
touching the seam, and he spat upon
the place where the fingers came in
contact with the leather. Then he
pitched underhand with great force.
his hand swinging almost straight
downward at the level of his knee.
The overland spit ball." with its
marvellous shoot, brought an army of
strong armed pitchers into the game,
revived veterans whose careers
seemed over and ruined many great
hitters. Almost every pitcher learned
to use it-and in the hands Of Ed
Walsh, the giant of the Chicago
White Stockings, it reached its high
est stage of development and made
him the pitching marvel of the decade.
Immediately variations of the ball
we're developed. Slippery elm, talcum
powder, crude oil, vaseline were used
to lessen the friction of the fingers
while other pitchers, to get more fric.
ton on the thumb, used gum. pumice
stone, resin or adhesive tape.
Walsh, master artist of the spit
ball." pitches it in the most common
way. He uses a trifle of slippery elm
bark in his mouth and moistens a spot
an inch square between the seams OF
the ball. His thumb he clinches
tightly lengthwise on the opposite
seam and, swinging his arm straight
overhead with terrific force, he drives
the ball straight at the plate. At times
it will dart two feet down or out, de-
pending upon the way his arm is
swung.
Pitching from angles consists in
angling the ball from high overland
to the batter's knee, from the pitch
er's knee to the batter's shoulder
and from the limit of the outstretched
arm to the outside corner Of the plate.
One Of the best exhibitions of pitch
ing by angles ever given was in the
now famous game between Chicago
and New York in September, 1908, in
which Merkle forgot to touch second
base. Pfiester had strained a liga-
ment in his pitching arm and a lump
had formed on his forearm two inches
AASAS lAO LAu0N1C OuAASAAA6. 41C COu1u
not bend his arm and to pitch a curve
brought agony. He could pitch straight
balls and he asked Chance to let him
try, as he always had been successful
against the Giants. During the game
he pitched three curved balls, all to
Donlin, and all when he had to retire
Donlin on strikes to save the game.
After each time he curved the ball he
had to be helped to the bench, az he
was nearly fainting. BY changing the
angles he kept New York from win
ming until the famous mixup in which
Merkle figured.
Shadowing the ball, which was an
art in former days, is almost lost. A
few pitchers try it, but without the
skill of Bert Cunningham, Matte Kill
roy, Willie McGill and many of the
old school. Griffith was the last
pitcher to use it steadily. Shadowing
consists of the pitcher sidestepping
and placing his body on the line of
the batter's vision, SO that the ball has
no background except the pitchers
body and the batter cannot see it
plainly until the ball almost is upon
him.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-08-19

But the ultimate and greatest devel-
opment Of that slow ball was left for
Mathewson of New York, in whose
hands it became the most effective
ball ever used; the "fadeaway," which
is only a development of the idea and
the style used by Radbourne and
Griffith, is a ball which almost all the
pitchers in the country are trying
with more or less success to initiate.
Yet before Mathewson learned the
trick of pitching his "fader" there was
n who pitched the same ball in even
more wonderful style. Virgil Garvin.
a tall, slender young Texan, with ex-
traordinarily long fingers, pitched the
ball before Mathewson, but he did
not understand it's use and worth.
He pitched it with his middle finger
Tapped w the index finger and when
he released the ball his hand was
turned almost upside down. He
jerked the hand downward and back
ward, the ball going over the sides Of
the Tapped fingers, giving it a rapid
revolution that resulted in the inn
preston OF great speed.
Mathewson achieved his ~"fadeaway"
by holding the ball exactly as Griffith
did his slow ball and releasing it over
the side of the middle finger. BY the
sharp holding pressure and draw"
of his fingers he put the reverse Eng
fish" on the ball, causing it to revolve
rapidly for a distance, then lose speed
and fade" toward the ground and in
ward like a left handed pitchers slow
curve. The action of the ball is ex-
actly that of a .massed billiard ball,
and when the ball fades" it really is
striving to get grip enough on the air
to return toward the pitcher.
Scores Of pitchers have initiated
Mathewson's "fadeaway," some with
uccess. ~Falkenberg of Cleveland,
Willis of Pittsburg and Reulbach Of
Chicago can pitch it we'll. ."Vic" Will.
lis, a veteran, ranks as one of the
cleverest of pitchers and his use Of
slow curves is a revelation to young
players.
With all these varieties of speed
and curves, pitchers were not satisfied
and each kept seeking more varieties
of slants warranted to prevent hitting.
There came into baseball in 1908 a
ball that came near revolutionizing
the game. The Chicago White Sox
had signed Elmer Stricklett. While
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-08-19
The "inside Game"

Inside baseball" is merely the art
of getting the hits that "he couldn't
have got anyhow"
Now watch this play closely. See
whether you can discover what is go
ing IN. Pat Moran stoops behind the
batter and hides his right hand back
of his mitt. Ed Reulbach, pitcher.
shakes his head afirmatively. Johnny
Evers stoops, put his hand in the dust.
touches it on his knee and rests it
upon his hip. Jimmy Sheckard trots
20 feet across left field angling in to-
ward the diamond. Steinfeldt creeps
slowly to his left; Tinker moves to-
four Or five steps back and edges to-
ward Chance, who has backed up five
feet. Reulbach pitches a fast ball
high and on the outer corner of the
plate. Mike Mitchell hits it. The
crowd yells in sudden apprehension.
toward right field. Evers run easily
over. stops the ball, losses 1t to
Chance and Mitchell is out.
You saw all that. Now this is what
happened: When Moran knelt down
he put the index finger of his right
hand straight down, then held it hori-
zontally on the top of his mitt. Evers
saw that Moran had signaled Reulbach
to pitch a fast ball high and outside
the plate. He rubbed his hand in the
dirt, signaling Tinker. who patted his
right hand upon his glove. re-
plying he understood. Then Evers
rested his hand upon his hip. signaling
Sheckard, the outfield captain. what
ball was to be pitched. SheckauI
crept toward the spot where Mitchell
would hit that kind of a ball ninety
five out of a hundred times. While
Reulbach was winding up" swinging
his arm to throw the ball. Evers
called sharply to Chance (whose good
ear is toward HIND. and Tinker called
to Steinfeldt. While Reulbach's arm
was swinging every man in the team
was moving automatically toward
right field, in full motion h4.ore Nit
chell hit the ball. The gaps at first
base. between first. base and second.
over second base and between third
and short were closed Theoretically.
while the gap between Steinfeldt and
the third base line was opened up %
feet. The ball. If hit on the ground,
had no place to go except into some
tnfielder's hands. unless Reulbach
blundered and Mitchell pulled the
ball down the third base gap. Every
man on. the team knew II Reulbach
pitched high. fast and outside. Nit
chell would hit toward right field.
The only chance Mitchell had to hit
safe was to drive the ball over the
head Of the infielders. or hit It on q
line over feet and less than Is
feet above the ground. II Reulbach
had been ordered to pitch low and
over the plate, or low and inside, or
l.,,nd meet vrncIl
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-08-19
CAMP on CAPITOL GROUNDS
State Troops on Strike Duty at coIum.
bus, O.

0O0t VI
Columbus, o., Aug. 1.-THE state
house yard holds many tents Of the
privates of the First regiment, Ohio
national guard, who arrived here on
call by Governor Harmon for strike
duty.
There has been little rioting or Sc
rious disorder since the announcement
that the troops would return to Co.
lumbus and the street cars are run
ming on something like schedule time.
The militia is in absolute control Of
the situation, although martial law
has not been proclaimed.
The soldiers cook their meals on the
statehouse grounds. Director Of Pub
lie Safety McCune formally discharged
the thirty-three mutinous policemen
who refused to go on the cars when
ordered by Mayor Marshall.
Adiutant General Weybrecht has
made "a request for 500, 900 to
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-08-19
ALLEGED SLAYER C0MFESSES
Suspect. Admits Killing California wo-
mar Ranch Owner.

Los Angeles. Cal. Aug. l7-Otto
Schulz. a young German accused ny
the unrier ni Itrieda Schulz Cns,ine.
whose body was nnearthed by her pet
dog Sunday al her ranch near Ian
caster. was arrested by city detet-
tives He vas hiding in "A lodging
house.
When taken to the police station
Schulz was questioned through an in
terpreter and. according to the police
freely confessed the crime Of which,
he was charged in the verdict OF the.
coroner's jury.
She called me a hard name and 4
hit her with a shovel and finished the
job with All AK"
Schulz says he had come to America
a few months ago on the invitation OF
his sister-in.Iaw tO take charge OF her
ranch.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-08-19
Cleveland Laushingly Picked Out the
Pitchers.

the team was training at New Orleans
Stricklett was pitching to batters in
practise when ne pitched a ball which,
whirling rapidly for a short distance,
suddenly ceased revolving, com
menced to float and wabble like a
slow ball and then darted down and
out like q fast curve, leaving the bat.
ter staring in establishment. Stricklett
repeated the pitch and Immediately
every man on the field was clam0ring
to see the ball and bat at 1t, suspect.
ing some trick. That night CORE.
spondents sent messages filed with
wild theories regarding the "spit ball"
II. is odd to recall the "call down" one
of the correspondents received from
the managing editor who t~elegraphed:
please confine yourself to facts.
No such thing as a spitball is possible
and the expression is vulgar"
The managing editor was partly
right; the ball is not a spit ball but
a thumb ball. 1t is pitched with two
(sometimes with three) fingers held
on one side and the thumb on the
other. The ball is made slippery at
the point touched by the fingers, 90
that it slides of the fingers with the
minimum Of friction. The thumb,
gr1rred tightly against the a on
the opposite side. gives the maximum
Of friction at that ,.c:at, the result
being that the bail. leaving the thumb,
takes reverse English" It whirls
rapidly for a short distance, until the
heavy friction begins to overcome the
natural rotary motion of the ball.
when 1t stops rotating. as II a strug-
gle betwees the two forces was going
on. then the thumb English" gains
control and the ball darts just as it
would have done. II curved naturally,
shooting in the direction the heaviest
friction was applied. A spit ball."
when pitched directly overland, darts
almost straight downward, and when
pitched sidearm. with the thumb
toward the body. it darts as a fast
curve does, down and outward. Inn
mense power and speed r. required
to pitch the ball successfully, as the
faster It is pitched the faster and
sharper the curve will be
AL Orth used a thumb bali" and
saliva with astonishing success, but
oddly enough never hit upon the most
successful manner of using 1t. Orth
anne nearer pitching an upcurve than
any pitcher ever did and many think
his underhand ball really curved up
ward. He at least made the unnatu-
raj rotation Of the ball overcome
gravity to such an extent that the ball
did not drop. whether It rose or not.
In pitching he held his thumb on top
Of the ball, pressed tightly against q
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-08-19
AUTO PASSENGERS ARE HURT
Three Sustain Fractures When
Thrown From a Machine.

Robert Work, candidate for county
treasurer Of Cavalier county, had
a narrow escape from death while
going to Langdon in his auto. The
machine ran over a big rock in the
middle of the road. Mrs. Work had
her arm fractured, and Mr.. Work had
several ribs broken; Mrs. Mclean, an
other passenger. had her thumb bro
ken, and all of the other passengers
were badly shaken up. Mr.. Works
son took the wheel and threw on the
emergency brake after his father had
been thrown out, or the machine
might have turned turtle.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-08-19
Santa Re official Dies Abroad.

Topeka. Kan, Aug. IA cable
gram from Carlsbad. Austria. an
nounces the death of James T.. Hurley.
general manager OF the Santa Fc rail
road. lie al al Carlsbad for his
health. His death WAS caused by
heart trouble.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-08-19
workman's Body Split BY FAN.

Des Moines. Aug IA. W. Bald
win. a structural ironworker, fe, to
death from the eleventh story OF the
Equitable building here. On the way
down he fell astraddle an iron beam
and his body was split nearly half
way to his chin.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-08-19
WRECK on MISSOURI PACIFIC
One Man Killed and Thirty-five Per-
sons Injured.

Nevada, Mo-. Aug. 17.-One man
was killed and %thirty-five persons
were injured when the tender of Mis-
sonri Pacific passenger train No. 2O9
jumped the track eleven miles north
Ut here.
An unidentified negro was killed and
thirty-four passengers were injured,
none. it is stated. seriously.
Fireman Grover Murdoch of Neva-
da was scalded.
The smoker. baggage and mail cars
and one chair car were completely
wrecked. the Pullmans remained on
fhn track.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-08-19
Extinauished by cloekwork.

Clark, S. d., Aug. 1.-THE city OF
Bradley has installed a e system o.
street lights that are extinguished by
clockwork. The board of trustees has
placed ten new lights in the business
section of the town. Each has a gas
burner and generator, and q clock con-
nected with each light turns 1t out at
the required time.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-08-19
Customs officers Seize Opium.

New York, Aug. 17.-United States
customs inspectors recently made 4
seizure of opium in .Hoboken, N. j..
which, it is believed. may reveal a
plot of great magnitude to swindle the
government. Three arrests made
and the men were charged with hav-
ing brought in twelve pounds Of
opium bought in Shanghai.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-08-19
Women Work in Fields.

w. A. Meddaugh, president of the
Westhope Commercial club, sent an
appeal to Minneapolis for so to 100
men for harvest work. The crops are
ready, Mr.. Meddaugh says, and school
boys, old men and in some cases wo-
men are in the fields, because harvest
hands are not available. The scarcity,
Mr.. Meddaugh says, is due partly to
reports that there would be no crop
about Westhope, while the fields are
yielding very we'll and men are in de-
mand.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-08-19
Ends lite on Wife's Grave.

Minneapolis, Aug. 17.-Lying across
his wife's grave A. Fross was found
dead in I.ayman's cemetery. Fross
had a bullet hole in his head and :,
gun lay nearby. Ills wife died aLo;i
two months ago and 1t is thought tn!
dependency caused him to take his
life.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-08-19
Kentucky Election Fight Fata,

Lexington, KY, Aug. 17.-Word was
received here Of a general fight in {
school election in Breathitt county, In
which Lewis Napier was shot and
killed and several others more or less
hurt. Several arrerts were made, the
prisoners being taken to Jackson. Ky.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-08-19
Lived Months With Broken Neck.

A postmortem examination of the
body at Bismarck brought to light
the fact that Arthur Little, a farmer,
had lived four months in apparently
good health with a broken neck. Lit.
tie was injured in a runaway accident
May i, and while he had not been in
good health since tact tine it WAS not
ascribed to the accident.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-08-19

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