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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-09
[ AJOIE WILL BACK
UP GRIF'S new IDEA

If Clarke Griffith is successful in having
the big leagues adopt rule forbidding
the umpires from standing inside the dia-
mond while officiating i'll games he Will
receive the heartfelt thanks of Napoleon
Laioie. for If there is any player in the
land who has been annoyed by the posi-
tons taken by the arbitrators during
games it is the eX-manager of the Maps.
Larry, in fact, has the reputation OF be-
ing the greatest fusser in this respect that
there is in the American League. CleVe-
land fans have often remarked how he
asked the umpires to move rev steps.
Frequently he became involved In argu-
ments with the officials when they nap
pened to spoil plays that had been start
ed. Terry Turner also often said that ne
failed TO catch the catcher's signals be-
cause of the bulk of the umpire that OBJ
structed his vision.
During the season of 1908 Cleveland was
playing a game at Boston. LaJole sew
eral times asked Umpire Esan to take up
some other position than that behind the
pitcher, but he refused to do so. Finally
a Boston man hit ball past Joss that
would have resulted in a double play mad
it not been for the umpire 1t hit the
latter and had to be scored as base hit.
Then Boston went on and scored TOUR
runs and won the game by narrow mar
gin. Inasmuch as the Maps lost the pen
nant by half a game, 1t can be seen
how costly Egan's refusal to remove
himself to some other position proved
to be.
It was that incident that started the
enmity between Lajoie and Egan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-09
NOVEL NEWSPAPER OFFICE.
Built in an Ore Lead, Mountain
Stream Furnishes Power.
.ristian Science Monthly.

From the Christian Science Monthly.
Perhaps the most picturesquely situated
newspaper office In the country is that of
the Megaphone, at Quilcene, Wash. The
owner is NJ. +. Satterlee, pioneer news
paper man. He says:
1T is hardly possible there is another
newspaper in the world situated in SIM
liar way to the Megaphone establishment.
On the one hand within less than four
rods of the office. is a virgin forest ex-
tending back to Walker mountain. while
on the other are the waters Of the Pacific
ocean. which pay daily visits within one
hundred feet of the huge water wheel
driving the Megaphone press. The wheel
Is turned by sparkling mountain stream
that flows in front of the office and then
empties into the bay. We can reach out
the window of the establishment and pick
from the tree early transparent apples.
while within five feet are apples of eight
other kinds. and pears, prunes, plumS and
cherries are but a few steps away.
"Of wild fruit there are blackberries
and salmon berries within rifle range OF
the editorial desk. Then We can go out
on a wharf. 200 feet from the Office door,
and catch salmon. trout, perch and rock
cod. while the beach is one spread of
clam beds. and fuel. in the shape of nr
bark, broken in proper lengths for the
office stove. floats to us on every side,
as it loosens from the log booms in tow
to the mills. The Megaphone office nes-
ties at the foot of Walker mountain,
whose shadow i'll summer falls upon the
spot at 4 pm. and where the morning
sun. flashing across the TarabOo PENN
sula, casts its beams at an early hour.
In winter the place is sheltered from
the blasts of the sou'easters which roar
over the sound. From the Megaphone
place can be seen the moonbeams glisten-
ing on the waters of Quilcene bay and
miles out on Hood canal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-09
"BATTING AVERAGE
IS MOSTLYLUCK''

CINCINNATI, Ohio, January Sect
ting big batting average is mostly
luck" declared Mike Mitchell, the Reds
famous Marathon slugger. when |
didn't hit up to standard last year 1t
good average the season before was more
or less Of a fiuke
Il came back this year. ranking Sec
ond to Wagner. and again the bouquets
are flying, and the wise ones are saying
that by cutting out early spring work l
got myself into proper shape for big
average. The fact is, l was either lucky
this year in getting a good average. or
unlucky the year before in accommodating
a rather ordinary collection Of base hits.
II know positively / hit the ball just
as hard and just as far in 1908 as did
this year. yet there was decided diner
ence in the batting averages of the two
seasons. The reason for this is that in
1908 most of my long wallors were COB
bled up by the opposing outfielders. while
during the last season a majority OF
them went safe.
Just do a little figuring on long flies.
IL one-fourth of the long flies l poled
out last year had gone safe l would have
brought home Il 800 average sure. Last
season at least One-fOurth more of my
long drives went safe, and that accounts
for my increased batting average. When
we started out to tour the Pacific coast
| was hitting poorly. 1t was the hardest
thing in the world for me to get a ball
safe, and / began to look upon myself
as joke slugger. Then suddenly luck
changed and 1 began to get the ball
where the other fellows weren't playing
and / imagine l wound up the trip with
a pretty fair average to my credit. vi
! course, there is some skill in hitting
but there is even more luck.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-09

ton, suffering from yellow jack. 1t was
about four bells in the middle watch Cor
2 ann. when the pate. who was standing
near the pinnacle giving the helmsman
his course, suddenly became aware OF a
mysterious presence in the waist of the
ship. At the same moment his companion
clutched him by the arm, and, pointing.
shrieked: Dye see him, sir?"
Before he could reply the mate became
aware that the dark shadow he had just
before observed had SO far materialized
that it bore the appearance of Capt. Ellis.
The figure of the captain advanced along
the deck and disappeared slowly down
the companion.
Recovering himself. the mate left the
helmsman and hurried down into the
cabin. meeting, just coming out Of ii, the
second mate. who told him he had been
awakened with a start after dreaming
that the captain had como aboard and
was calling him. Both men then made
a complete search of the saloon and the
other cabins. but, it is needless to say.
without result.
Later it was found that Capt. Ellis had
died between i and . am. in the morn
ing OF June %.
The story got about and the ship OBJ
tanned a reputation for being haunted.
Consequently a difficulty was found in
obtaining crews, and. in the end. she
was renamed and sold to a foreign firm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-09
REAL GHOSTS.
Two Stories of ASPIRATIONS Alleged
to Be Authentic.

From Cassell's Journal.
Do you believe in ghosts No, of course
not! Who does? Yet there are some
remarkable cases of apparitions which
seem to be well authenticated.
Up the drive of a certain manor
house, which we will not particularize
more than to say that it is situated in
one of the southwest counties of Eng
land, a phantom coach, with spectral
horses and driver, is always heard or
seen prior to the death of the head of
family or of some important member of it.
On an occasion of quite recent years a
number of gentlemen and two ladies, who
formed portion of the house party at
Christmas, were startled Oh their return
at dusk to hear the sounds of several
horses hoofs coming up the drive. Upon
turning, all the party saw an old-fash-
Toned coach with team Of four white
horses advancing toward them. They
drew aside and as the coach passed them
the two ladies screamed and fell almost
fairting in the arms of their companions
One was the daughter of the house.
All retired to rest about IL o'clock
some, no doubt, to think over the mys,
ferrous appearance of the coach and
others to sleep. Early in the morning
telegram, which had been dispatched too
late the previous night for delivery, came
10 hahd' conveying the intelligence that
the only son Of the house had been
drowned while wildfowling in the Fens
1t was nearly forty years before that
the coach had last been seen, although
seventeen years previously it had been
heard to drive up to the front door and
away again down the avenue in the mid
die of the night. On this occasion the
head of the family had died in his sleep
the next night.
The Sea Flower Ghis is, for obvious
yno anff t,a ne tI.. ,A1A
bark of some $50 tons, was. in the
early hours of the 23d OF June, 1864
about 1G0 miles to the southeast of ia
maica. bound for Bristol. under the COM
mand of the first mate, her captain. John
Ellis, having been left behind at Kings
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-09
Rules to Govern Diving.

NEW YORK, January S.-George Gaid-
xix of the Chicago Athletic Association.
champion high diver Of the Amateur Ath-
letic Union Of the United States, has
forwarded to Otto Wahle. chairman OF
the swimming committee of the A. A. u,
a complete list of rules to govern diving
in competitors swimming events. On
account Of his form as fancy and high
diver Gaidzik was asked by Wahle to
suggest changes In the existing rules,
which in the main have caused much dis
satisfaction.
Gaidzik suggests that the judges. in
making the award of points for each
dive, shall have regard for the degree of
difficulty Of the various dives performed,
and take into consideration that the start
shall be made with confidence. grace
fully and in a bold manner. Also the
force and energy impaired in running
dives shall be particularly noted; that
the bearing In the air be easy, simple
and graceful: that when in the air per-
forming plain head dives. that is. dives
without a turn, the head is erect, back
followed; legs closed with feet bent back.
the arms to be stretched at right angles
to the body and the fingers closed. or
in advance of the head, with the fore
fingers in contact, palms downward.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-09
Public Lands in Kansas.
From the Topeka Capital.

From the Topeka Capital \
Within the next half a dozen years
Kansas will be the most compactly set
tied state in the west. By 1915 there will
not be an acre of government land left
within the borders Of the state. with the
exception of the military and Indian res
ervations, If filing by homesteaders con-
tinues at the present rate. according to
J. G.. Wood, receiver of the United States
land office at Topeka.
Since the Colby land Office was discon-
tinued there are but two federal land
Offices in Kansas, the one at Topeka and
tue Dodge City office. In the Topeka
district there is left a total of about
10000 acres of public land, while in the
Dodge City district the total is now about
100000 acres. making the total for the
state something like 10000 acres. When
it Is remembered that only few years
ago the public domain in Kansas ran into
millions of acres, the present compare
lively small total shows the rapid rate at
which the public has been taking up
homesteads within the last few years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-09

of lords to take a back seat Mr.. Bal
tours plain speaking about Germany
provided the sensation of the week. lie
is the strange bed-fellow of the socialist
Blatchford whose clamorous demands
for great navy and CONSUMPTION nave
made him one of the figures of the day.
Joseph Chamberlain puts forth daily let
tiers in behalf of the protectionlst can
didates.
The lords seem to have rather bettered
their position by meeting the people free
", and they have gained considerable
personal popularity, but the liberals ac-
cuse such "proconsuls' as Curzon and
Milmer of being so accustomed to ruling
subject races that they have lost SYM
pathy with a government by the people.
The meetings in halls, where regularly
enlisted speakers hold forth. have num-
bered thousands this week, but they are
few as compared with the informal
gatherings in the parks and streets,
where the question whether the foreign
er pays the tax in protected countries
is waged endlessly.
One hundred thousand volunteer work
ers with many automobiles are busy
in London.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-09
THE STAR, WASHINGTON D. c,

higher. and nothing but an encounter
with a Scott stone wall will induce him to
halt. His followers are already figuring
on setting up local legislative slate. on
the theory that if they could beat Scott
in his own county Hubbard would grow
in other sections, just the thing eX-Gov-
Dawson. for instance. would like to see
for his own advantage. Senator scott Is
just as anxious about his own stamping
ground, for while the loss of Ohio county
would put Hubbard out of the business.
Scott would suffer nearly as much In
prestige. He would not stop his fight with
that. but he realizes the full Importance
of his own county. With this in view the
clans are organizing.
In the meantime Hubbard defers his
awaited announcement of whether he is
TO run this year for the Senate or the
House or both
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-09
Life in Saskatchewan.
From the Baltimore Sun.

BdtI1nlUrt
Does farming pay? 1t certainly does-at
least in Saskatchewan. Thirty farmers in
that fair section made up purse of 500
600 the other day and sent one of their
number, by name j. G. Coe. to Detroit to
buy thirty automobiles. The average cost
of these devil wagons. as the accomp-
lished mathematician will discern, worked
out to more than 5000 apiece. Coe him.
self bought a very classy car for $500.
paying for II in spot cash and starting
home in it across the bleak steppes.
"All we need in Saskatchewan TO bring
us up to the level of the effete east" said
Coe addressing a crowd of gaping young
reporters. lis d garage and some speed
laws To which the student of NOR.
tally statistics may venture to add.
perhaps. a modern morgue. drove of am
balances. two or three hospitals. fiotilla
of motorcycle cops and half dozen COR
oners, with their attendant ANTAGONISTS,
clerks and catchpolls
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-09
The American Woman's Curiosity
From Harper's Bazaar.

THE American woman's intellectual
characteristic is curiosity. One feels she
would like to have ten pairs of eyes so
as to see everything. ten pairs of ears so
as to hear everything When l sit down
at table beside an American woman of
Paris she Immediately asks me: Have
you seen such and such a play? Have
you been to such and such an art exhi-
billion? What do you think of this novel
or of that philosophical or historical
book recently publisher And 1 am
forced to admit that l have not seen the
latest play. that for more than ten years
have not set my foot inside the annual
Salons that i read slowly and care
fully. and am therefore forced to read
but few books. And l know my Amer
lean neiehbor feels great disdain for my
inculture. Still. ] have infinite sympathy
fo:- her charming and universal intellec-
tual curiosity; only long experience has
taught me that mans head cannot con-
tain too many, ideas at once.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-09
Scott People Have Doubts.

The Scott people do not believe Blizzard
will be against them They cannot under
stand why Blizzard is not grateful for the
two terms he had. largely through Scott S
assistance. and refuse to believe the long
associations between Scott and Blizzard
will suffer. They can hardly understand
why Blizzard should be politically friend
~ to Hubbard because of their rivalry
In the Dawson-Teter scrap. which was
the memorable incident of a turbulent
convention. and more especially if Daw-
son expects TO profit by the entrance of
Hubbard. for between Blizzard and DaW-
son there Is an undying feud
Ctterances in Billiards. paper recently
have been so dubious as to excite com
ment, and there is even the impression
that Blizzard himself may try for the
senate He got one vote in the caucus
when Scott was first named. But he de-
clares ne is out of politics. Undoubtedly
he Is chaSrined over the recent federal
appointments. but lac Is expected to grow
sweet later ON, although he is cutting UP
some queer stunts ut present. \ remain
ing federal job is the assistant district at
torneyship, for which john Marshall is a
favorte. with a remote probability OF
spittlnS the office between him and Bliss
McCrum, another applicant
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-09

promises to make good with Washington
next summer and show the viseacres that
he is far from all In.
class in the world Most of the Tigers
lay all the bad luck of Coughlin and
Schaefer to the hoodoo job OF captain,
Consequently when Jennings tried to Sc
cure a man to succeed Schaefer there
were no takers In all probability the
Tigers will get along without a field cap
tain next year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-09
Adjutant General Resigns.

Announcement was made that Col. J. q.
Graham has resigned as adjutant general
and that Capt. w. S. Hullfish, assistant
adjutant, has been appointed to act as
adjutant general until further orders. 1t
was also stated that Col. J. Jarvis Butler
has been appointed president of the ex-
amining board. with Chaplain r. A. Cur
tbs, Capt. w. S. Hullfish and Lieut. r. Z.
Sherry as the members.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-09
The Hubbard Succession.

noffcial announcement OF Hubbard s
ambition TO mix into the senatorial game
has ha1 the logical effect of stimulating
"A desire to succeed him in the House
Besides Robert HaZlett OF Ohio county
and Judge NJ. III. Willis of Wetzel there
are Judge Lynch of Harrison and State
Senator w Scott Meredith and Howard
y. Ogden of Marion, who would not OBJ.
jeCt To being considered.
The springinS up of this lively field is
going TO bother Hubbard, if he decides to
take another nomination while he is wait
Ing on the next legislature. or if he de-
cides 10 step out of the lower branch and
take long shot at the Senate. He got
his great impetus in his home section
from the general argument used that he
was big and brainy man, who would
give this important district notable rep
resentation. Many OF his admirers want
tn keep him In Congress. a great many
of these are for Scott for the Senate and
they fear a fight between them will lose
two national represent atives to the city
If Wheeling and Ohio county. They think
Hubbard is being ill-adVised
Speculation INDUCED.
But Hubbard has an ambition to 60
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-09
Elimination of Issues.

The tendency this week seems to be
toward the concentration and elimination
of issues. 1t was difficult to say even a
week ago whether the house of lords or
national defense, which means the Ger
man danger, was paramount in the public
mind. Now there are indications that
tariff reform commands the highest in
terest among the electors. If this be
true, it Is Il distinct encouragement for
the unionist cause. AS between free
trade and tariff reform, the country
would probably wipe out even the vast
radical majority in the house of com
mons II the choice could be free and
untramneled.
The most significant feature of the con
test is the almost universal indifference
to the home rule issue. The question
which fifteen or twenty years ago was
absolutely paramount, and which stands
In the same position before the country
today as then. so far as Ireland is CON
cerned. is almost ignored by the press, is
entirely neglected by the government,
speakers and is seldom brought up by the
unionists.
Lord Miner. a liberal peer, who has
been stumping the country, refers to the
great hstlessness which he encountered
whenever he spoke on this subject even
among the members Of his own party
The truth is that the liberals and radicals
alike care nothing for 1t except as a no.
litical makeshift in the tremendous strur.
gle over what they regard as more vita
issues.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-09

Doctor. / can't sleep" II will give
you something for your nerves" No; |
don't want any medicine for myself. but
for heavens sake can't you let me have
some kind of dope for our baby?"-Chi-
cago ReCOrdsHerald
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-09
One for Each Church.

1t is proposed to have a battalion at
each of the various churches. Arrange
ments were completed for the annual
banquet to be given the evening of Feb
ruary - at the Young Mems Christian
Association.
1t was announced that the annual COM
petitive examinations in religious work. to
to be held May Is. are to be based upon
the following passages of Scripture: Luke.
.:40-o.; Ephesians, 6:lO-1s, and the o4th
Psalm.
The first quarterly service of the brigade
is to be held at St. Marks Episcopal
Church, Sd and \ streets southeast, Sun
day, January 80, at $50 O'Clock pm.
Chaplain Henry \. Brown, L. S. A., will
deliver an address
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-09
Elliott's Resignation.

Elliott resigned the marshalship upon
Receiving his appointment. although he
had a few days yet to serve. lie sent "a
letter to President Taft in notification
which contained a sentence that was
construed as significant. Elliott thanked
the President for his late expressions of
friendship. The President is known to
have had a cordial feeling toward FL
lott, but could not in the face of the
conveniently insist on Elliotts reap
pointment. The senator's We're equally
solicitous for Elliott's future so far as
they could control circumstances and
earnestly urged the governor to put FL
llott in the state guard office.
There is just d little speculation, how
ever, as to whether Elliott will not be
found behind Dawson, provided Dawson
decides to take Il shy at Senator SCOTS
seat The ex-governor made a personal
trip to the White House to urge Taft
To reappont Elliott as marshal. and he
undoubtedly Endorsed Elliott to Glass
cock for adjutant general If his aid was
requested. Dawson and Elliott have play
ed close together since the early years
OF republican supremacy in West Vir-
ginia. and. although Elliott was lined
UP with the Teter cause when Dawson
ran for governor, his loyalty to Teter was
questioned, and he was certainly criticised
after Teters defeat. though, perhaps, I'M
justly by sundry hot Teter men.
Speculation as to factors that might
line up with Hubbard has developed the
more or less truthful information that
he will have the efforts and counsel of
{. l. Topping of Charleston. clerk of
the house of delegates. and a strong
but unsuccessful candidate for the nomi-
nation for secretary of state at the last
convention: of Representative George c.
Sturgiss. and probably of Judge Reese
blizzard of Parkersburg who is alleged
to cherish a crouch because he was not
handed another term as district attorney
M
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-09
BATTALION FOR EACH
DIVISION OF BOYS BRIGADE
ON CHURCH LINES.
Question Discussed at Meeting of
Council-Competitive Examina-
tons and Religious Work.

The question of dividing the battalions
Of the District divisions of the United
Boys Brigade into separate denomina-
tions was the principal topic of discus
sion at a meeting of the council govern
ing the affairs of the District of Column
bia and Virginia division OF the brigade
at a meeting last night at the Waugh
NJ. +. Church, Sd and \ streets north
east.
The question is 10 he decided later. Rep
rcsentativcS from ST. Marks Episcopal
Church. St. Thomas Episcopal Church,
Brookland NJ. T. and the Waugh NJ. T..
Churches were in attendance. The de-
nominations represented in the Boys Bri-
Gade in this city are the Episcopal,
Methodist, Baptist Lutheran and Pres
byterian.