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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-29
The Four-strike Rule.

Manager Mack says that while he
was opposed to the adoption of the
foul-strike rule, he has grown to like
it. and is not sure that it would be a
good thing to change. Even the star
pitchers are so much often off form
than at their very best that managers
naturally worry most about their lack
Of condition. With the rules as they
are club owners feel it necessary to
carry at least five first-class pitchers
in order to guard against injuries. and
also several more experiments who give
day.
AS manager, Mack thinks the pitch
ing problem hard enough to solve as it
is. but as an owner he recognizes that
more hitting is desirable. A return to
the high and low ball rule Of the past,
he thinks, would give the batsmen too
much advantage, and kill the effective
ness Of some pitchers. He thinks other
methods to increase hitting should be
tried before resorting to the high and
low-ball plan. Four strikes and four
balls he considers the safest and best
proposition, notwithstanding the fact
that it means a change in a rule that is
as old as base ball.
''Three strikes and out" has with
stood every attack on the rules since
the origin Of the game, ranking in this
respect with the dimensions OF the dia-
mond, which have also remained the
same since the very beginning. Giving
an added strike to every batsman
would 1engthen the game little. par
feet of increasing the hitting, so 1T
might be we'll at the same time to
speed up the play in some other re-
spects.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-29

! Louis Connor. member of the Wesleyan
University track and relay team. is in
town, and is looking fine. He is unde-
cided whether or not he will get in shape
for the coming outdoor season. Conner
is a member of the Washington Grove
Athletic Association
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-29

Walcott. the Y. NJ. c. AS crack high
jumper, who won the southern inter
collegiate championship at Charlottes-
vile, is out of the city, and will not be
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-29

Among the rowing clubs of the country
the tendency is to do away with all crew
racing unless q coxswain Is carried along
to guide the craft. This is seen by the
falling of In the four-oared shell races
and the rapid rise Of gig races on every
course on American waters. At the re-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-29
B0ATH0UsE GOSSIP.

The oarsmen of this city were very
a signed statement from Commodore
Roderick NJ. Thomas Of the Patapsco
Navy denying the statement that the Navy
intended withdrawing from the National
and Middle States Associations and to
go ahead and form a Southern Rowing
Association. In last Sundays Star notice
was taken of such a move, and the i'm
probability OF affiliation of the Washing
ton clubs, especially the Potomacs. who
are stanch advocates and supporters of
the two associations Commodore Thomas
Of the Patapsco Navy puts the quietus on
the move most effectually which was
started by some overzealous members OF
the clubs composing the Navy, assisted
by some publicity in one Of the Baltimore
papers.
". H. Mccullough of the Potomacs has
been ordered to Porto. Rico on business
connected with the War Department. He
expects TO remain there for over year.
4 \ X
The Potomacs were not very much crest
fallen over the defeat they sustained at
Philadelphia at the Henley. They were
and Union, and say 1t was only due to the
fact that both crews were in better condi-
ton than they were. Both Wahnetahs
and Unions are composed OF ex-collegtans,
the former coming from Yale and Column
bia. while the Unions are those who have
pulled in Harvard crews. The Wahnetahs
have been training since January 1 and
are out to win the senior eight-oared
championship here In the National in Au-
gust next. It is q tremendously large
1S5 pounds.
Commodore Rogers Of the Washington
Canoe Club has sent a circular letter to
the rowing and canoe clubs. asking their
cooperation in making canoe racing more
featuIeable. He states that the Washing
ton cl,1D has ordered the purchase Of two
fast racing model canoes, one Of sixteen
and another of twenty feet, by which
they hope to raise the standard and eff
ficiency of canoe contests.
). X x
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-29

to bring it about would be to give the
batsman four chances to hit the ball in
place Of three. Four and four. Connie
holds. would be more effective in placing
the batsman on an equal footing with the
pitcher than any other change that could
safely be made unless it be to abandon
the rule which calls a strike on a bats
man for fouling ball. To make both
these changes would surely result in
more hitting and fewer, shut-outs.
The foul-strike rule was adopted for the
purpose Of stopping the practice of foul
ing off good balls for the purpose of
getting first on called balls. Such bats
men as Mike Kelly early in the game
and later Roy Thomas and few others
became SO adept at this that they could
get walk" on almost any pitcher at
will. and, while other less expert bats
men who tried the same dodge frequently
came to grief. the effect was demoraliz-
ing on high-strung pitcher in a close
game. and the rulemakers decided that
the practice should be stopped.
Now the umpire calls a strike for the
first two fouls, even though they be
made on hard swings at the ball, with
the unmistakable intent of hitting It,
This rule not only handicaps the bats
man in his chances Of hitting safely,
but it Is likewise a handicap to ''inside
ball." particularly the hit-and-run game
A batsman IL inclined to feel tinid about
throwing away chances to hit when he
knows that a strike will be called on
him every time he touches the ball with
his bat
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-29

Jack Sterrett will be on hand at the
South Atlantic championships, vaulting
under the colors Of the Washington Grove
Association.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-29

Connie Mack would like to see a little
more hitting, and he thinks the best way
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-29

Do not forget that the entries for the
Business High School Alumni meet will
close Tuesday night. Get them in early
and avoid tho y,,cb
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-03-26

Best made. Clover Leaf.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-03-26
Washington Letter.

Washington, March 26.-This be-
ing revolution season in the House OF
Representatives, other changes be-
way.
Plans have been drawn and all
preparations made for physical
transformation of the House cham
ber. All that Is lacking to set an army
of workmen on the job is the final
fall OF the Speakers gavel adjourn
ing to the House sine die. AS soon
as the coat tails of the last Con-
gresham disappear through the glass
doors, the. jeans overalls of carpen-
ters, itonworkers and wagons will
stalk in ana the most tremendous up
heaval ever witnessed under the big
dome WIFI begin.
The House is to be made smaller;
the desks OF the members are to be
replaced by Benches, after the fashion
of those usedpin the British House of
Commons; and an effort will be made
TO let more light into the now some-
what gloomy chamber. To accomplish
all this, congress appropriated $780,
900 some three years ago. but up to
the present year sufficient time has
not been given the workmen to get
al the task Year before last Con-
gress held an extraordinarily long ses-
sion, and last sumrier the law makers
were here sweating through the hot
spell making a new tariff law. Srhis
summer there Is likely to be nothing
to prevt mt the work. All the mem
hers wish to go home as soon as
possible anyway, to look after the
fences for November, so Elliott Wood
Superintendent of the Capitol under
whose direction this work will be
done, has issued orders for the be-
ginning of operations as soon as Con-
gress quits
The most noticeable change in the
appearance of the House Chamber
will be made by the removal of the
wall directly behind the Speaker
desk. and the bringing I'm of the two
walls right and left of the Speaker
to narrow the apartment. The pre-
sent press gallery will be wiped ou
and the newspaper men and tele'
Rraphers given quarters at elthei
side of the rooms they now use. Re-
placing the desks Of the Members or
the floor, will be little narrow strips
or shelves, only wide enough to hole
n small book The comfortable
swivel chairs they now occupy vii
make way for long hard benches Sc
that when the alteration Is complete
the House of Representatives VII
look like q district school. Another
and very noticeable change VIII b'
the installation of a large table II
front of the House directly before thu
Sneakers desk, for the accommodation
of the gentlemen in charge of bill
or for anyone who for any reason ma!
expect to occupy the floor for con
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-03-26
IS ORGANIZING
RELIEF EXPEDITION

\
New Orleans, March 25.-Backed
by 5000, 900 provided from some-myster-
ious sources, Brigadier General Cor
dan, a Texan who distinguished him.
self during the late fighting in Nicara-
qua, is organizing a relief expedition
for the Estrada government here
Agents of the Madriz government
are bringing all possible pressure to
bear on officials here IN the hope that
Washington will forbid the expedition
to leave.
During the past week at least 300
men from northern cities have joined
Gordans forces. Many are from Phila-
delphia. The men expect to serve
much the same as they would for any
ordinary labor, and are furnished with
small part of their pay in advance
A squad of 100 men is being drilled
near an old Spanish fort on Lake
Ponchartrain.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-03-26
How Good News Spreads.

'I am 70 years old and travel most
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Elizabethtown, Ky. Everywhere l
go l commend Electric Bitters, be-
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and bowels, stimulate the liver, in
yigorate the nerves and purify the
blood. They work wonders for weak,
rundown men and women, restoring
strength, vigor and health that's a
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isfaction is positively guaranteed to
Tschanen Brothers.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-03-26
Saved n Soldiers Life.

Facing death from shot and shell In
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ing it from what doctors said was
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down to 100 pounds. Then / began 10
use DIR. Kings New Discovery, which
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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-03-26
DYSPEPSIA ON THE DECLINE
seaver's Dyspepsia Tablets Cure For

SeaNerS DysppSiu iuDt's Surc TUT
ty-nine Cases out of Fifty.
Why anyone in Marion should con-
tinue TO suffer with indigestion when
q box of SEAVER'S DYSPEPSIA
TABLETS will cure, is certainly q
mystery. Schmidt & Co.'s Drug store
has been selling SEAVER'S DYS7
PEPSIA TABLETS for some time
and we know from actual expert
ence right here in our own store just
what SEAVER'S FAMOUS DYSPEP-
STA TABLETS will do, and II you in.
quire of Schmidt & Co., the druggists
they will tell you they never knew
a remedy to prove so decidedly bene-
fetal in the treatment of indigestion
dyspepsia. palpitation, sleeplessnesS
and other forms of stomach trou'
BILE.
II certainly ought to give you con-
fidence when you know that every
soc box of SEAVER'S DYSPEPSIA
TABLETS contains 20 days treat
ment, and at the end of that time II
you are not decidedly benefited, al
you need to do is to go back to the
dealer and get your money. SEAV'
ER'S DYSPEPSIA TABLETS are sold
right on their own merits. They cure
indigestion simply by toning up the
stomach and digestive org9ps so thai
the food win assimilate and give
strength to the system just a. 2ature
Intended. SEAVER'S DYSPEPSIA
TABLETS are such a good nerve
tonic, too. Just try o box and see II
Il don't give you new energy, new
ambition and new courage to carry
out your plans and daily work. II II
Gsesn't your money back
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-03-26

plaint filed recently with the Inter-
slate Commerce Commission by Sam
Il. Young, of Mexico, New Mexico. He
declares that the experience he had
was a common one among other en-
igrants entering that territory.
A year and a half ago Young ship
ped his "omigrant outfit" consisting
CT livestock, household goods, etc.
from Allensville, Kentucky He was
called upon to pay S134 in advance
and was told by the railroad agent
that would be the correct and total
charge between the two points. He
sent the stuff on In charge OF hired
man, but the shipment was held up
at Amarillo, on a demand for an ad.
ditional $26 for freight. Young
could not be communicated with and
for five days, the live stock was
neither fed nor watered nor was IL
allowed to be unloaded.
Finally, Young paid the additional
money under protest and when ne
filed his complaint, the railroads
promised to refund 1t but have not
vet done so. He says that many 9th.
er emigrant outfits going into the
Southwest portion of the United
states are being similarity treated.
He charges the following roads az
being responsible: The Louisville
and Nashville; the Chicago. Rock Isl
and and Pacific; the Chicago, Rocl
Island and Gulf Railway and the Pc
COS and Northern Texas Railway
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-03-26

Excited by stories of rich treasure
casket concealed somewhere in the
vaults of the Treasury Department,
Representative Flood, Of Virginia, in
stigated a search which, leading
through may musty volumes and
through rooms long closed to the
light, has just been concluded.
The story, which at first attracted
Representative Floods attention was
to the effect that in 1925 the emperor
.oe Japan sent q casket filled with gold
and precious tones to President Mon
roe, as a present. Starting with this
as a basis, Treasury Department off,
cials made n hunt through the ar
chives of the Department and estab-
lished the fact that 1maum of Mus
kat sent to President Van Buren q
treasure box. 1t contained a bottle
of diamonds, bottle of pearls, Q
bottle of altar of roses, a gold plate
with some gold ornaments and a boS
of mixed diamonds and pearls.
These were placed on exhibition In
the old patent Office where they at
tracted the cupidity Of a thief. He
stole them but they were recovered
within short time and in 1S40 the
box with its precious contents was
placed in the Treasury Department
for safe keeping. After remaining
there for several years, the present
from the Imaum was deposited in the
Smithsonian Institute where it Is now
kept.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-03-26

Il was required to sell tickets, both
local and coupon. and was also re-
quired to book from 2 to and 4 car
loads of freight in night in q book
which was practically copy of the
waybills giving item by item, the
weight, the grade, and the amount of
freight. I had then to what was
called expense those waybills, which
was to make out. what might be call
ed statement to each of those who
received the freight, and then to-
tailed. They used Kerosene for light
ing. and I was required to clean all of
the lamps in and about the station;
they used switch lights and / was re-
quired to clean and MI the switch
lights with oil and put them out at
night and take them in in the morn
ing When ] wanted any repairs for
the switch lamps, / would have to go
to the section foreman for them. In
addition, / had to sweep out the de-
pot every morning. II the local trains
reached there after night, and It was
frequently so, / had to take the
Fl eight which was unloaded upon the
depot platform and put 1t in the
freight house.
"1n addition to that, I was re-
quired to check the baggage and load
It. and l handled from two to three
truck loads of baggage at night, in
addition to putting the mail on the
trains and taking it off and putting II
in the house. In addition the railroad
| company required that the night op'
orator must handle the express a'
well, and he must take that out or
! the trucks and put 1t on the two
trains they had at that time, and
there are four now, and put 1t in thu
house as we'll. These are some Of
the duties which are imposed upol
| this class of men, at that time re
ceiving $40 a month, who today re
| ceive $50 a month"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-03-26

siderable length of time and wish TO
fortify himself with documents or
volumes from the library He can
spread his literature upon this table
and If his brother members desire,
they may crowd around the table to
get a closer view or come nearer ear
shot,
BY making the house chamber
smaller, It is hoped that the acoustics
may be improved. Just at present
they are about the worst that can
be found in the country. 1t is prac-
tically impossible for anyone in the
galleries to hear a Member on the
floor unless he has lungs of leather
and eXerts them to the utmost. BY
taking away the desks and easy chairs
It is thought that those Members who
are not interested in the speeches or
debates will absent themselves from
the chamber Under present condi-
tions about half of those In daily
attendance while away their time by
converslng with each other In loud
tones of voice or add to the racket
ty claiming their desks and kicking
the cuspidoors. superintendent Wood
says he is experimenting with an un-
kickable and noiseless cuspidoor
which he expects To install In the new
chamber.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-03-26

A systematic attempt by the rail.
reads to "hold-up" emigrants going
INTO New Mexico Is alleged In com.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-03-26


liickable and noiseless cuspidoor
which he expects to install in the new
chamber.
In dusty loft at the rear of the
Post Office Building in Washington
there Is n monument built of 1900
boxes to the memory of American
persistency and failure.
These boxes are the Offering of as
many inventors for the alluring bait
of the o. X. Of the department on
their Inventions which would have
brought them chance >at an order
for r, 600, 600 mail boxes for the rural
delivery service
All these cOntraptions have been
sent in since 1901. Up to that time
the department allowed the farmers
to use whatever they chose as a mail
box but when it found in many In
stances their choice ran to piece
of tillng, stove piping, old powder and
oil cans. and everything else from the
refuse heap back of the old home
stead, the Department baked and
decided to set standard. This I'M
mediately created a market for an
enormous supply OF boxes and all the
would be Westinghouse of the coun-
try set to work Justify To supply
Uncle Sans need.
The results of their efforts form a
most interesting index to what the
human mind can evolve. Some are
shaped like a dirigible torpedo, some
open on a hinge like a clam shell
One Is rugged out with more ac-
coutrements than a Harlem Hat, win
coin and letter holders, intcrlockins
signals and electric annunciators TO
tell the passing post-man whether the
ratron desires stamps, money orders
post cards or 10 register a letter one
'(probably invented by "A letter car
rier) has an arrangement whereby II
could be swung into the carrier
wagon emptied and returned With
out the carrier getting out of his seat
Some didn't stop at inventing box
they devised a whole system to be
run from a village post office by a
GASOLINE motor. Fourth Assistant
Postmaster General De Graw, who
has charge of the rural delivery, says
that even now he gets letter every
week from some one who has an idea
for collecting mail along rural routes
one device is battery of boxes to
be filed with mail at the post once
and automatically distributed along
the route, at the same time-picklns
| up other boxes filled with mail for
dispatch.
Does a telegraph operator at a
railroad station In a town of 2'ooo
have much to do? Well Congress-
man Murphy, of Missouri, heid sucn
| a position before he became law
yer and he told the House that TINS
| H. how he put in his time,
81 was working from twelve TO
thirteen hours at night. was re-
auired to go to the postofiice at night
get the mail, and take 1t to the depot
| was the only employee there al
night. In the morning | was re-
quired to take the mail to the post
office, block and a half distant IL
would average, besides the two
pouchres of first class mail from .
to IL sacks full OF papers, magazines
and so forth. | handled from 20 to
80 and sometimes 40 train orders q
night, and that hour OF the morning
was one OF the busiest had,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-08-30

patent roller process in fur blowing rooms of felt hat factories, and nu- merous similar establishments. Tn cases of this kind khe commercial ob- ject of avoiding waste, or loss of val uable substances, coincides happily with the humanitarian desire to re- duce health-inj conditions in in- dustry to a minimum
 There will always remain some occu- pations where dust avoidance will be practically impossible. The use of ef- fcient respirators is to be insisted up- on. One very simple precaution, how ever. is to breathe through the nose, and during work at dusty processes there should be as little conversation as possible. The nose is peculiarly adapted by nature to interpose effec- tive obstacles against the admission of particles injurious to the air passages and lungs. The nose should, there fore, be kept in a thoroughly healthy condition and it's cleansing morning and night insisted upon, as equivalent in importance to the brushing of the teeth.
 Tn it's large aspect, all matters of this kind involve the question of com munity responsibility. What is re- quired today is effective public sani- tary supervision and control of schools. factories, public conveyances, public
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-08-30

printing the same Application for extra ballots must be made not later than Thursday before said primaries
 Sec. 15 The Republican town com- mittee shall be in session the night pri- maries are held at the primary place in the First District. A majority of said committee shall constitute a quo- rum- Said committee shall receive and compile the votes of the several dis tricts, hear and decide contests and shall declare in public meeting the can didlates receiving the largest number of votes for the Various offices to be the candidates of the party for said of- fees. Said session shall Acommence at 9:30 D. m., but no contested matter shall be taken up before 10 p. m. Said committee shall stay in continuous ses- sion until all matters before it be de- cided, and it's. decision shall be final.
 Sec. Is. k The town committee shall fill all vacancies in any candidacy caused by death, resignation, or dis qualification after the primary. When there shall be a tie vote between two or more candidates for the same office the town chairman shall call a primary for the day following. at which said tie, or ties only shall be voted on, which primary shall be under these rules. except that there shall be no candidates except the parties tied
 Sec. IT. The present rules of the Republican party shall apply to all elections of delegates to State. Con gressional. County, Probate, Senatorial, Representative and Justice of the Peace conventions, and in all other herewith, shall remain in full force.
 Respectfully submitted,
 CHARLES H. MORRIS,
 EUGENE I. MEYER.