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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-12-07
ny HARRY NELLY

Sporting Editor The Times, Detroit.
Numberless schemes have been advo-
Gated to Increase batting. The best
seems to lessen the distance to first.
You can't eliminate the foul strike rule,
because the public doesn't want long
games. Four strikes won't do. az few
men. comparatively. strike out. The
simple way IL TO shorten the distance
TO nrst. But IL the rule makers won't
make minor changes. such as putting
the code into understandable language
why hope for any important change?
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-12-07
BY WILLIAM G.. wEART.
Baseball Editor Evening telegraph,
IaI

Batting can be increased by reducing
the balls from four To three. or increas-
ing the strikes from three to four. The
former Is advisable, as IL would shorten
the time or play Three balls would
compel the pitchers to put the ball
over and stop wasting balls with "a
runner on hrst. Changing the size of
the ball, increasing it's liveliness and
iengthenins the pitching distance won't
BE considered.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-12-07

sp~rung Edftsr The Post, Cincinnati.
10 increase batting without handI-
ssppsns tne pitcher too much, call only
me hrst FOUL a strike and permit rho
batter 10 foul of as many thereafter
as ne sees MT. This will practicanv
give the batter an extra strike and
allow the pitcher the leeway he now
has To waste a pail Limiting the nun.
Der or balls TO three will handicap the
pitcher too heavily and prevent effeo.
tive inside defensive play
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-12-07
ny THOMAS RICE.
Sporting Editor The Times, washing

1 believe baseball as IL is now played
fs about right. However. IL more bat
ting In wanted. any change should be
along lines that will not tend to
lengthen the game any more than nee
essary. BY calling only the first foul
strike, the batter would be fortified
better TO combat the pitcher, and this
would doubtless result in an increase
In hitting. 1 favor leaving well enough
alone and recommend no changes
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-12-07
BY ELMER II. RATES.
HAAehAn Edifar The lyInuaIn..I n =.
ny JOHN ID. FOSTER.
Sporting Editor New York Evening
TELEGRAM

II favor baseball as IL Is now played.
Many think more batting would NOT
be amiss. IL Is possible batting could
be increased by making the first foul
only a strike. permitting the batter TO
fcut on thereafter as he pleased II
would be only a slight modification
and X there IL anything greatly in de-
mand TO change baseball. so far as
batting - concerned, this might prove
n step In the right direction.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-12-07

ing, Billy Myer. Ill; David Boland. III;
Captain Burnett, III: Busy Man. III:
Prosper, Ill. Bitter Sir. los; Biskra.
Third Race turlongs: Edmond
Adams. i0s Making. los: Dutch Rock.
l04; Golden Agnes. l0i.
Fourth Race-% mile, selling: This
tie Belle. III: Wponoca; III Fernando.
III: Nc Quarter Ios, TiIlinghass los;
Fifth Race--Mile and 10 yards. SELL
ing: Tony Faust. ia: Miss officious.
I9s; l. c. Ackerly. 100. Dovalta. 1os:
Dave Weber, 100. Royal River. 100;
sixth Race--Il-le mile. selling: Gin
memoir. 10: Ethe! Mex. LOT; Vespaslan.
lO7; Circo. lo7. Sonia, 10Y: Wooiton.
l0T: Fereno. LOT: Sully. LOS.
AT JUAREz.
First Races furlongs. selling:
Boana, 100: Iwalani. los. Alta Rec, l05;
Uuconquered. lO5; Joe Wells, lo6; Smll-
ing Maiden. i05; Count De Orc. los:
second Race-s fqElonys, ceiling:
Cobleskin, l02: Joe Wood. l07: Mrs.
Nugent. 1o7: John Sparks, lo7: Dick
Moss. lO7: McNally. io7; Gene Wood
Third Race--6 furlongs. selling:
Quick Silver. 100: Outfie elder, 1903: But
ter Ball. los: Aragonese. lo5; Hesitate.
los: Gehtnicht. 100.
The Wolf. 90. Lomond. 81: Helmet li5;
Follie Levy. lis.
Fifth Race--6 furlongs, selling: Fly
ing Pearl lO7: Gibson, l07. Hidden
Hand, l07; Joe Enrich. 10; Light Wool
10. Force, ITO. Danronia, ITO; Preen.
liz.
sixth Race--Mlle. selling: Cheswar-
dine, l0I Task Master. l02, Cuban Boy
102; ST. Kilda, 1902. Nesme. l02; SizZ.
lee. Alma Boy. Zoe, Mlssprison, ITO.
HimaIaya, 1O9. Mauretania. 1o9.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-12-07
HOW TO INCREASE BATTING;
SOME VIEWS BY THE CRITICS
Three Of Six Writers Think the
Game l. All Right a. 1t Is
Played in Present
% Form.
Cleveland Man Favors Carrying Ex'
ira Hitter To Swat for the
Pitcher.
by TIP WRIGHT.

by TIP WRIGHT.
Kayl HEN the major leagues assem-
M BILE In annual conclave Dec.
It'll 1914, one OF the questions
n sure to be discussed Is the
increase OF batting The mo-
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-12-07

First Raoe--Futurity Course selling:
be.son, III; Lady Galveston. III: Don
aid. Ill; Lady Hil1reth, III: Twilight
los; Little Buttercup. l0s; Pal los.
Novgorod. l05. Yellow Foot, 1902: sir
Fretfui, lOz' Inauguration. iO2: PlA-
Second Rsce-Futurity Course. sell
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-12-07

ov NiF WHtoFIts
EaY\ HEN the major leagues assem-
ble In annual conclave Dec
"I 1914. one OF the questions
N sure to be discussed Is the
increase OF batting. The mo-
xuis may not take any action, put
I believe they will at least consider
making the game more Interesting.
And to make the game more In
teresting to the public means to pro
duce more hitting. While the oc-
casional 10 game, with the air'ught
pitching, thrills the fans. II Ii fact
that slashing hits produce more en-
thusiasm.
II not, why are men like Cobb. La
joio. Magee, Wagner, Speaker, Schultz
and Jackson regarded as great play
ers?" Why are scouts constantly look
ing for men who can hit 1902" Why
did Charlie Murphy offer Charlie
Somers $4,000 for Joe Jackson, who
batted 1897 for 20 games? The an
swer Is, hitters are wanted.
Baseball a. now played, with the
foul strike rule, finds the pitchers
in command. The pitchers have al
ways gained the ascendancy, no mat
ter how heavy the impost against
them. Every time the rules have
been amended, the pitchers have
solved the problem and gained con-
troll.
Whatever steps the rule makers
take. II any, they won't do anything
TO lengthen the game. They realize
that the public does not want the
game to last more than an hour and
q half, for nine innings of play.
But the public does want more bat.
ting, and look for the magnates to
move In this direction at the annual
gabfest. / have asked several we'll
known baseball writer's their ideas
upon this subject and they are pre-
scented here. The majority favor the
adoption OF rule making the first
foul count as strike. There is a
thought In this for the baseball
student.
In addition to the opinions print
ed here. l received a telegram from
Harry Neimeyer Of the New York
Globe, who advises. Get Rube wad-
dell back and let him pitch every
game"
BY ELMER r.. RATES.
nssebsh Editor The Cleveland Leader.
shall bat for the pitcher. He will dec
crate the bench when his side Is In the
Held 1 have talked TO many play
ers and they favor this idea Apropos
or the foul strike. I think that a hard
hit ball TO the outfield that goes foul
should not be classed as a strike. The
rule thus modified would be better than
IL now IL. In my opinion.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-12-07

Electrical illumination II used by
more than 100000 OF a total or about
s50O.0O0 households In the United
States
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-06-08
Illinois Senator Makes Speech De-
nying Bribery in Legislature.

Illinois Senator Makes Speech De-
nying Bribery in Legislature.
William Lorimer the other day ask
ed the United States Senate for an In
vestigation of the charges that his cleo.
ton was secured through the buying
of votes in the Illinois General Assem-
bly, at prices ranging from $1,000 up
ward. By way of preface to this re-
quest he delivered his long-awaited
speech. and in vehement language de-
clared before his colleagues that the
bribery scandal is the outcome Of a
political conspiracy Immediately
after finishing his speech Senator Lori
mer hurriedly put his affairs in order
and caught late afternoon train for
Chicago.
The main points in the Senator's ad-
dress were as follows:
Eulogy of Minority Leader Lee o'Neil
Browne, now under Indictment in Chicago
for bribery 4
Attack upon Governor Deneen.
Assault upon Representative Charles A.
Attack upon the Chicago Tribune.
Ftve-thousand-word history of Mr.. Lor-
liners political career since 1884, and an
outline of his newspaper "feud."
Declaration that Governor Deneen first
date for Senator. but withdrew his support
on the day of election. sa-5l +, e 5E5l
Accusation that Governor Deneen broke
4 Denial that Representatives ii. j. 6.
Beckemeyer and Michael S. Link have
made confessions corroborating Whites.
Declaration that Governor Deneen join
throw Lorimer. to get control Of the next
Legislature.
Mr.. Lorimer's request for an inves-
tigation was referred under the Senate
rules TO the committee on contingent
expenses
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-06-08
NEW YORK.

Quiet still rules In trade and many
lines Of industry. while speculation.
except in grain, seems in waiting
stage, pending clearer views OF the
ultimate crop and price outcome. Rel
atively the most activity In the job
bling trade is conferred in meeting cur
rent demands, and fall business still
lacks form. Retail trade has shown
some gain at the big Western mar
ikets. but is still classed as. below en-
,pectations. Unreasonably cool wealth
er is commonly assigned as the cause
for. the backward trade, but there are
still in evidence signs that uncertain
ty as to prices holds back future COM
mitments.
Business failures. in the United
States for the week ending May &c
were 200.s sagainst 225 last week,
205 In the like week of 1909, 1853 in
1908. and 142 in 1907 and 1877 in 1906
Business failures in Canada for the
week terminating with Thursday num-
sbered fifteen, which compares with.
nineteen last week and twenty-five In
the like week Of last year Brad
streets s. ls 2 ( w II ~ Il
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-06-08
BIG FIRE IN MINNEAPOLIS.
Implement Warehouses Destroys

Implement Warehouses Destroyed
as Blaze RACES for Hours.
Fire, which started at / o'clock on
a recent morning and burned fiercely,
was not got under control until 3
a. M, after burning down four large
implement warehouses and other
pieces Of property in Minneapolis, en-
failing loss Of over $4,000, accord
ing to last estimates. But one man,
Christ Madison, was burned. His con
dition is serious. The fire started
from an unknown cause in the ware.
house Of the Great Northern Imple-
ment Company. The burned district
is bounded by Washington avenue and
Sd street and 9Th and 9TH avenues.
south. "a
The implement warehouses burned
were: The Rock Island, the Great
Northern, the Waterbury and the
Northwestern. The Sixth Avenue Ho-
tel was practically destroyed. Three
engines were detailed from St Paul
to help fight the flames. The princi-
pal losses are: Northern Rock ISL
and Plow Company, 100000; Great
Northern Implement Company, $780,
500; the loss on the building owned
by G. w. Wright, Saginaw, Mich,
100000; Waterbury Implement Com
pany. stock and building. 100000.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-06-08
COURT STOPS RAISE
IN FREIGHT RATES
Twenty-Five Western Roads Are Re-
strained from Enforcing the
New Tariff.
PLEA CITES UNLAWFUL COMBINE
Action Is Begun by Attorney Gem
eral Wickersham on Behalf Of
Federal Government.

Twenty-Five Western railroads were.
temporarily restrained by United
States District Judge David P. Dyer
in Hannibal, Mo-, from enforcing or
making general advance in inter-
state freight rates. The injunction
was granted on a petition filed by the
United States government bn the ale
cations that the advance in rates were
hxed by the defendants by agreement,
without competition and in violation
Of the Sherman antitrust act.
The petition was fled In the United
States Circuit Court at st. Louis and
was brought to Hannibal to present to
Judge Dyer. 1t states that unless such
restraining order be issued the adj
vances will become effective at once,
to the grave harm and Injury of the
people of the United States.
The petition was presented by Ed
win P. Grosvenor Of Washington, spe.
cial assistant to the Attorney General,
and Frederick N. Judson Of st. Louis,
acting as special counsel. 1t was sign
ed by George w. Wickersham, Attor.
ney General; William s. Kenyon, AS.
sistant Attorney General, and Charles
A. Houts, United States District At.
torney.
The roads restrained from increas-
Ing their freight rates are:
Missouri Pacific Railway.
Chicago and Northwestern Railway.
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Rail-
road. 8 -
Chicago. Rock Island and Pacific
Railway.
Wabash Railroad.
Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul
Railway.
Illinois Central Railroad.
Chicago and Alton Railroad.
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Rail-
road.
Chicago Great Western Railway.
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway.
st. Louis and San Francisco Rail-
road.
San Francisco Railroad.
Quincy, Omaha and Kansas City
Railroad.
st. Paul and Des MONIES Railroad.
Minneapolis and ST. Louis Railroad
Iowa Central Railroad
Fort Dodge. Des Moines and South
ern Railroad. IS
Chicago. St. Paul, Minneapolis and
Omaha Railroad.
| Elgin. Joliet and Eastern Railroad.
| Chicago. Peoria and st. Louis Rail-
road Company Of Illinois.
Chicago. Milwaukee and Gary Rail-
way.
MINNEAPOLIS. St Paul and sault Ste.
Marie Railroad.
Kansas City Southern Railroad.
Chicago, Indiana and Southern Rail-
road.
Western Trunk Line committee.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-06-08
CURRENT NEWS NOTES

McAlester, Okla, adoptedSa commits
sion form Of government by d vote Of
1900 to 800. & y.
sixteen hundred building laborers
all union men Informed the contract
ors OF Providence, R. l., when they fin
ished their weeks work that they.
would not return unless they RECEIVED
an advance in wages. is : az
Theodore Roosevelt. Jr.. has com
pleted his apprenticeship In the carpet
business and left Thompsonrille, Conn.
for New York. After his marriage in
June he will go to California to repre-,
seat the carpet company.
An increase in wages is to be grant,
ed by several of the leading flour man
ufacturers of Minneapolis to men en-
ployed in their mills. The increases
will average about s per cent.
In the marriage at Stamford, Conn,
Of Miss Emily Brown, scfoolteachert
to ,sarman Provist. ends a courtship
which began before the Civil War; the
two being sweethearts when Provost
enlisted in the Union army.
Throwing rings at knives or canes 1T
coarty fairs or other places of amuse-
r,ert is not gambling within the law
but q test of skill, according to an
opinion issued at Albany by the At.or-
ney General of New York State.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-06-08
KELINER GIRLS BODY FOUND.
Prisoners Husband Is Missing Jani-
tor of Church-Graye in Cellar.

Prisoners Husband Is Missing Jani-
tor of Church-Gfave in Cellar.
The body of Alma Kellner, who dis
appeared Dec. s, was found the other
day in the cellar of St. Johns Paro-
chial School, five blocks from the
home of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs..
Fred F. Kellner, in Louisville, KY.
Mrs. Lena Vending, wife of Jo-
seph Vending. who was janitor Of
st. Johns Roman Catholic Church,
and who disappeared Jan. IA. has been
arrested, charged with being an ac-
cessory to the murder. Mrs. Wend.
berg was housemaid for Father George
Schuhmann. the pastor. Vending,
who is "a years old, left no word as
to his destination. his wife asserted.
The child's body when found was
incased in carpet. sewed together
lengthwise, and the child had evident
ly been slain and then thrown through
trapdoor. Almost every bone was
broken and the skull was fractured.
It was evident that quicklime had
been used and that attempts had been,
made to burn the body. Alma Kell-.
ner was 8 years old, and left her home
to attend mass Wednesday morning,
Dec. s. 1t was thought she had been
kidnapped, and rumors of demands for
money had been frequent The car.
pet wrapped around the body, 1t is al
legged. belonged to Vending, and the
police have found some of his cloth.
ing crimson-stained.
The identification is thought to be
complete. The body was found by
Richard B. Sweet, plumber, who
was pumping water from the cellar.
The ground had been scooped out to
depth Of six inches, making shall.
low grave. Ii q &.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-06-08
CHICAGO.

R. g. Dun l& Co.'s weekly review of
Chicago trade says:
The aggregate payments through
the banks for six days exhibit a sharp
decrease for the first time this year
in comparison with the corresponding
period of last year and the record of
trading defaults continues unfavor-
able. Various contributing causes ac-
count for these adverse features in
the business situation, but all are Of
a temporary nature, the basic condi-
lions being sound in both commerce
and finance.
The increase In failures mainly APP
plies to concerns affected by made
qnate capital to meet the high cost Of
operation, and the bad weather, which
limit spring sales, is responsible ;or
the collapse in minor retail lines. The
season is still improving very slowly
and the general demand here and at
the interior does not rise equal to ex-
pectation. but a few warm days will
bring an adequate disposition OF
stocks.
WAoAeSaie uedinSs LUZ luluie ueilV.
cries compare favorably with this
time last year in dry goods, footwear,
clothing. suits and cloaks. and mems
furnishings, the attendance OF visiting
buyers being good. although the usu-
al uncertainty as to crop conditions
causes some conservatism in commit
ments.
Bank clearings. $257,619,466, are
b.S per cent under those OF the CORE.
spending week in 1909, and compare
with $216.46O,7O1 in 190s.i
Failures reported in the Chicago
district numbered twenty-seven, as
against thirty-one last week, twenty
six in 1909 and twenty-three in 1908.
Those with liabilities oyer $4,000 num-
bered five, as against eight last week,
eight in 1909 and eight in 1908"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-06-08

President futile, of the Boston and
Maine, announced that passenger rates
on that line would be advanced on June
i to those prevalent before the 10 per
cent reductions of 1907. The Increase
is said to be due to the recent advance
in wages paid to employees. 1t will not
AFFECT the suburban service.
Records now published show that
the number of accidents since the pay
sas-you-enter cars were put into opera
ton on the Chicago Rapid Transit
System about two years ago, have de-
creased 81 per cent. This Is due TO
the fact that the new system requires
that the car shall not be started till
all passengers are aboard. At the
same time the receipts of the Chicago
system have increased AZ per CEN.
and, allowing one-third OF this for In
creased traffic. there still remains to
the company gain amounting to ST.
900 day.
Several more railroads have Joined
the procession of those which had
granted better wage scales to employ.
es, and the largest of the independent
steel companies of Pittsburg have fol-
lowed the example of the steel trust
by volunteering per cent increase.
Trolley companies In many cities have
agreed to pay 10 per cent more, and
the Postal Telegraph and Cable Com
pany gives notice of advances of.from
IS to 25 per cent. At the same time
the railroads of the Middle West have
given notice of coming advances of
freight and passenger charges, the
former averaging Is per cent. Soft
coal miners in Central Pennsylvania
and In Pittsburg district have received
an addition of 5h per cent and have
gone to work. The Pressed Steel Car
strike at McKees Rocks, Pa, ended
without material results.
The Lehigh Valley Railroad has or
dered 100000 treated" cross-ties from
a new creosoting plant in New Jersey.
whose special process it is claimed will
double the life of the ties. This new
process differs from that already IN
use in that the saturation in creosore
oil is only partial. 81
BY order of Judge Kinkead of Column
bus former Attorney General Sheets of
Ohio and Henry ]. Booth were appoints
ed at receivers for the Hooking Valley
Railroad and an injunction was issued
to prevent the retirement of $15,000,-
900 of preferred stock, as was proposed
by the new owner of the majority, the
Chesapeake and Ohio.
Advances in railway wages already
made or to be made before the end OF
the year are estimated at 100000, 900
for the entire country. This Is the fig-
ure stated by w. c. Brown, of the New
York Central.
The strike of the car men employed
by the Philadelphia Rapid Transit
Company which started February 10
and resulted in the phenomenal gen
eral strike movement, was declared Of
formally by the Executive Committee
acting under instructions from nation
al officers in Detroit, although the men
had voted by a small majority against
the terms OF settlement offered BY the
company.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-06-08

The ships of the British navy con-
sumo 100000 tons of coal each year.
1t is proposed to forbid the exporta-
ton to America and Australia OF the
famous Angora goats from Turkey.
The Turkish minister of the interior is
drawing up regulations on the subject.
Commander Robert E. Peary gave
his polar lecture at 1.-THE Casino in Ber-
lin under the auspices of the Berlin
Geographical Society. About 200 were
present. The American explorer left
Berlin for Rome.
For the first time In many years the
czar visited theater the other night.
The visit was kept profound secret,
and surprise was great when the fact
became known. The occasion was a
grand military concert at the opera
house in aid of funds for old soldiers.
In their effort to suppress the re-,
bellion in Albania, the Turkish forces
under Gen. Shefket' stormed Katchan!k
Pass on the 29th. where the rebels were
stationed in strong force. The Alba n
ians retreated in good order and took
up their positions on the surrounding
mountains.
Herbert Booth of London, England,
youngest son of General William Booth,
founder of the Salvation Army, has am
nounced that he no longer is officially
connected with the Salvation Army.
Mrs. John A. Johnson, wife of the
late Governor, has started on a Euro
pean trip. She Joined Madame Frem-
stad in New York. whose guest she
will be, and the two sailed for Europe
on the Kaiser Wilhelm II.
A Japanese official report gives the
area of peanuts in Japan in 1907 as
1926 acres. yield 1,3O2,S57 bushels, The
total exports in the same year were
10.1S5.1s1 pounds, Sc per cent being
shipped to the United States.
. The population of Japan is increas-
ing at the rate of 100000 year. 1t is
now nearly 50,0OO.00O. exclusive of Ko-
rea.
The Chinese government by imperial
rescript, has abolished slavery through
out the empire, and has prohibited
henceforth the purchase and sale of
human beings under any pretext.
The Pope recently received the pii-
grimage headed by Mgr. Els, bishop of
Marquette. Mich, The pilgrimage was
made up chiefly of German Americans,
The bishop delivered a brief speech
expressing the fidelity of the pilgrims
to the holy see and presented an Offer
Ing. The pontiff replied graciously.