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The Washington times., 1910-03-21
SYSTEM OF McALEER
IS SHOWING RESULTS
Batting Comes for Most Attention During the Prac-
tice Hours While the Players Are Having Little
Difficulty in Fielding Properly
BY THOMAS S. RICE.

NORFOLK, Va, March 21-Manager
McAleer's policy in devoting the great
part Of the spring practice TO batting
seems 90 us eminently wise, and has
met with the approval Of the players.
Not only that, the wisdom Of his
course was proven in the exhibition
game with Norfolk last Saturday. The
felders go on their respective jobs with
out tine least hitch. while the eye Of
the men for the ball when at the plate
was clearly demonstrated, even though
they did not make a million hits
Some little crudities were apparent.
such as the outfielders playing too deep
FOR the minor league batters, and the
base running was not what II will be
later. but these are mere details at
tributable solely to the early stage Of
preparation. The felders viii know
their places and keep them when they
20 against the other American League
teams. and the work on the lines will
rot be lacking in quality. At present
the men are not taking chances on tear
ing themselves by sliding. TOR win they
whip the ball from a deep outield TO
the plate 10 cut on run that will sig
rlfv nothing in the seasons record. II
they did they would be foolish.
Bob Groom-Weu, I've heard a lot Of
talk about men being spiked, but ] was
only spiked once last season.
Bob Cnglauo-You'd a been spiked
more II you had covered first base
oftener.
Coarse Chuckles from audienceJ
~
One Of the wisest individuals who ever
drew a major league salary wa- Tom
Hughes.
He had studied the fine points Of pitch
ing until he frequently got by with his
head when his arm was weak. One Of
his most earnest. disciples was Charley
Street, who absorbed all the information
Hughes would impart, and is now retail
ing II 10 the Washington pitcher
Hughes had his own theories and was
/ his own boss when on the slab. but
Street. behind the bat. is carrying out
Hughes ideas in signaling what ball
shall be pitched. lie has become a FIRM
/ believer in the theory that the kind OF
shoot should depend largely upon the
| position OF the heIders, something ANA
teurs or Young professionals. and many
/ veterans. regard very lightly or do not
consider AT all.
Sometimes. of course. the dope goes
wrong, as happened Saturday when
J GesSler performed the very unusual
stunt OF knocking a long fly 70 left that
was caught bv a fielder who did not
have sense enough TO play over toward
center foT such a notorious right fielder
/ puller. But. the careful attention 10
minute details viii bear results. and
Street says he is going 10 pay more al
( tcntion this year 20 the placing OF the
/ fieldeTs than ever before.
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RUSHING ARMY CLOTH.

LOWELL, Mass. March 2L-Extra
help Will begin work tomorrow al the
Massachusetts mills 20 rush work on
th- 100000 yards or olive drab cot
ton cloth for soldiers uniforms or
dered ~ the Government The price
per yard according 20 the contract is
2Si4 cents. and the first delivery mus;
be made by April 80.
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FAREWELL TO OFFICER.

Lieut. James n. Reynolds, L. s A.
Will be given a farewell reception al the
Center Market Armory tonight by mem
bers of company G. Second District m
fantrN. Lieutenant Reynolds has cen
ordered 10 the Philippines and viii leave
Washington within a few DAYS
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CHAPTER V.
In Which ! NearIy Get Shot.

~ \ one occasion we were build
ing steel tanks at Chene. where
~ the big beet sugar factory is.
We had on the job with US a
great big husky negro known as Big
Tom. Tom was q good workman and
could drive six-mule team or handle
A slecge with anyone. But he had one
weakness. I never could unders. and
how a man as big and strong as rom.
and as ugly, could be afraid OF spiders.
But he was. A snake or a toad or a
spider would scare MIN almost INTO a
ft.
OF course, when We found that out II
was Pig Toms finish-or II came near
being his finish. at any rate, and m-ne,
100.
We were always fun Of rough tricks
In that camp Putting a horned toad
between q fellows blankets was the
easiest OF them. A horned toad Is per-
fectly harmless ard will only make you
jump when YOU touch il and think It's a
centipcde or z snake.
one day on the job when We we're
hrst up there 7 saw BIB Tom furnp about
ten feet when he nearly stepped on a
hzard. Ihat gave me an idea II was
up 10 me, OF course, according 70 all
precedent TO have some fun with aim.
so skirmlshed around a littl, and
picked up nice little horned toad ]
held II nat m MY hand and began stoOp-
ing over and tossing handfuls OF sand at
Big Tom. He took 70 good naturedIy
enough and tossed a pebble or two back
at me In a little time 7 stepped closer
Toms shirt was unbuttOned al the
throat. and pretending that ] was going
to throw some sand down his neck I
tossed the horned toad right into the
opening
Was a Scared Coon.
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Washington Ball Player
on His Way to Join Camp
at Norfolk.
CHILLY WEATHER
is NOW NO BAR
McAleer Has His Men Out for
Work Despite Threatening
Conditions.
BY THOMAS S. RICE.

Kid Elberfeld and F~a-tk Foreman
left here this morning at il:45 O'Clock
for Norfolk, where they VIII join the
Nationals.
Elberfeld had planned To- g" last night
by boat but decided 70 remain over
until he was satisfied as to the condi-
tiOn Of his wife. who has been seriously
ir at their home al Garrett Park Mrs
Elberfeld is now much improved and
no serious results are expected 70 fol
low.
Foreman, the pitcher, came in this
morning from the West. but remained
here but a few hours as he was anxiou.
20 get down 70 work
The Washington times., 1910-03-21

When the blood becomes ovecharged with continually
circulation
are the natural result No OF rubbing application
the most be expected temporary relief from
is
cleanse the blood
because
enrlchng the blood rheumatism every changes
the sou blood to rh healthy que
removes the cause and drives Rheumatism system
inherited
g9od results are always experienced from Special
and medical TO al who write.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO ATLANTA ca
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Cold and Rain.

NORFOLK, March 2l.--Tt is cold
and raw and damp, and threaten
ing rain here today. but the days
OF let-uTs for a little cEilliness are
past, for the weather is no worse now
than it viii be in many championship
games. and McAleer had his he7chmen
at the ball yard at he UruaI ':A,e.
Bob UnElaub has soI1ethl:. the mat
ter with his ankle which Doc Gessler
IS trying TO diagnose. II gets as sore
as a boil every morning, and he cannot
flop the foot with great Success until
he has been on IL a couple OF hours.
The trouble seems 10 he or the bone
and has him somewhat wCI lied.
Killifer and Street W.. Jmparatively
frisky this morning. ana -rreet did more
work than he has done for several days.
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slaughtered up with some sand in his
hand 20 hrow back at me Then all
Of a sudden he felt the horned toad
wriEglinE Ground His eyes popped out
so far I could have hung my hat on
them. He WIS completely paralyzed
with fright.
Then he gave a Wild yell that sound
ed like the high note Of a circus cal
uope IN distress and began 10 shed MS
clothes. That coon didn't wait 60 hunt
for buttons. No, sir. He was dressed
IN heavy cotton jumpers that a man
could not tear with his hands 10 save
his If" under ordinary cIrcuustances
But IN about a fifth OF r. second Big
Tom had ripped every stitch OF clothes
on him 10 shreds and had thrown tho
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One Look Enough.

took one good look at Big Tom z1f
concluded that he meant f. He Iookesr
like a crazy man. His hands were trer-
bling His eyes were glued on that
harmless little garter snake ir ms.
hand. and ne was actually fro,hilg ar
the mouth with fear II Fd taken
another step toward hum he'd have
blown a hole in me as biz as a frsIuE
pan, and with my own gua- Fine 5cbe
on me that would have been Besides
that, I vas beginning 90 STOW sor-V for
the black fellow although ~ was funny
that he should be so afraid Of harm
a ratfler-
IN any case, there was no sense IN
getting filled with No slOt. SD
stood stiu and held the snake eiI-U1
me where DO Couldn't see it. 7 hooked
Big Tom ri-ht iu the eve ulrI he iC"-
cred the EGU- After few minutes he
slppei down on the other side or the
wagon and ran away Z le- him 60
tlGt A few DAYS later ne was swinging
"a slelge while ] held the set He missed
the set accidentally and brought the
slsdge down sgua-ely on top of rcv
hand. carry big scar from ID to tins
day
Tom hacked or and Z picked up -rs
set and started Tor HIM he ran 90 the
boss and said he was going 10 Quit --T
told the boss, and Mister Jim nell KAN
me sure Use going 20 quit and get
away from here
BY thar time had cooled of little
and realized that Big Tom hadn't
meant 20 hit me. and that if was cuIr
an accident OF course. I didn't carry
any grudEe, but he was afraid OF me,
and always liked 10 keep away after
ward suppose the poor coon
thought I'd Eit him some time 10 get
even He didn't know any better
We did have some more trouble with
Big Tom, bur Dr. wasn't our fault this
/ time Tom had a wife living IN
sIaU-y outside the camp One night
we heard her yelling murder at the
top OF her voice 7 started down there
/ on the run with some OF the boys fol-
I lowing When 7 reached the sEaUf~
there WASH "a sound. and 7 felt sure
the wcman had been killed. Then Big
Tom stepped out into the moon igr--
He was swinging iU one hand q piece
Of iron from a wagon bed.
I've killed her he said. Get ewav
from me, you white man, or III XIII
YOU stay away from me. -- vour'
Critic OF Next Chapter. aSonethfuE
! q bout the NyEferg of Nv SrreuEFh.~1
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My Story of My Life S<2zz5z
by h Associated rAargrr in nzau~ ~szy13

pieces as far as he could throz- them.
be didn't even have his boots on. HIs
eyes WetS DulSing out stil ana he was
yelling Ike a wild Indian .T- LT1
you I'll Kill you" e
OF course, being an unciviliz, SORT
or young cub. Just stOcd the q ana
laughed. hardly realizing how F,aSiy-
scared Big Tom was
A-ter feeling an around 70 make sure
he hadnt been bitten. Tom started on
/ the run tof Ihe WagOn-t0 get SomC
more clothes. ] supposed. I hI5nteT M
til ] found a little garter snake Then
! wrapped ID around my hand and fol-
lowed Big Tom. I found him. too IS
] started 10 climb on the wagon after
him he suddenly popped uD with ms
shotgun, full cooked. and covered me-.
That was one on yours truly-Big Tom
was going 20 plug me with my ovrn
shotgun that I had left in the waE-l
bed.
Keep of this wagon" he yelled.
Keep on or III kiH you'
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SPRING MOTORING
SEASON OPENING
Ideal Weather Brings Auto
mobiles Out of Doors in
Full Force.
Bv HARRY WARD.

An ideal spring day, with sunshine a
plenty, served 10 bring out the motor
lists in droves yesterday and today
Every road leading out Of the city
was thronged with cars. while in Rock
Creek Park. Soldiers Home grounds.
and the Speedway there was a con
stsnt procession OF machines Every
person who could beg. borrow or steal
an auto took advantage OF the fine day
to enjoy an outing. The taxicab com
panies reaped a harvest.
All IN all If was one OF the most de-
hEhtful days the motorists have had IN
months and marked the opening OF the
motoring season
According TO advices received by Man
ager r o. Sibbald, OF tie ZeU Motor
Car Company, the Chalmers agents i'm
Denver are putting a Chalmers go
through one Of the hardest stunts ever
attempted with motor car. The ma
chine is making round trio daily be-
tween Denver and Colorado Suriu..s
and the schedule calls for thirty trips
IN thirty days. The run IS $50 miles a
day, not a particularly long run as far
as mileage Is concerned, but the trim
involves climb 10 an altitude OF 200
feet There are many places on the
road which severely test the powers of
the largest cars even on Il single run.
The Chalmers has so Jar completed its
daily schedule without the loss OF a
minute for repairs or adjustments
1
The Studehakcr Automobile COMPANY
has always argued and maintained that
direct company branches gave the
proper protection to owners. and il was
ultimately best for the company. as
il keeps The company in closer person
al touch with their owners. Three new
branches have just been opened i'm the
territory controlled by the Philadelphia
branch One Of them is located at ISI.
New NorlJ avenue, this city =. y
STATION. manager Of the PhiIadelphia
u-aECh. mas been iD the CITY several
DAYS getting the new branch in run
nInS order. Al the different models oi
Studebaker cars. including EasOlene and
electric pleasure cars. delivery wagons
and uucks. viii be handled through the
new branch here
r T. Drake has joined the sales force
of Miller Brothers and will devote his
activities to tine exploitation Of Ford
cars. Mr.. Drake has been Unidentified
With the auto trade Of Washington for
several years He was one Of the OBJ
Eerz-pre on the Nfffue.4,- fo1r-
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Was a Scared Coon.

/ You never saw anything like that
coon IN your life. For a moment he
The Washington times., 1910-03-21

CTItlc Of Next Chapter. aSomethiuE
About the Mystery Of wv StrenEfh.~D
The Washington times., 1910-03-21

Dolly Gray says ne makes one home
run 4 year.
The Washington times., 1910-03-21

- \ one occasion we were build
ing steel tanks at Chene. where
u the big beet sugar factory is.
The Washington times., 1910-03-21

THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GA
The Washington times., 1910-03-21

He occasionally reaches for one over his
head or away outside. and sIugs it foI
Two or three extra bases In a manner
that upsets all calculations.
The Washington times., 1910-03-21

Are the House Democrats going to
have Insurgents on their ball team this
year2
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-03-04
DEMANDS PROOF THAT
PEARY REACHED POLE.

Washington, D. c., Feb. 26.-Peary's
proofs that he reached the North Pole
have been called for by the naval COM
mittee of the House. A subcommittee
having under consideration the sever
al bills introduced for the purpose of
comforting various rewards upon Com
mander Peary for his explorations and
discoveries, adopted resolution call.
ing upon the secretary of commerce
and labor for any official reports or
briefs from Peary concerning his dis
covery of the pole.
During the last leave of absence
from the navy department Mr.. Pearv
worked under the direction of the de-
partment of commerce and labor. A
member of the naval committee said
that the members had had nothing
more than general reports" that
Peary had reached the pole, and that
committee felt that it should be fur.
nished with some official reports.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-03-04
GOMPERS OPPOSED TO
MOON INJUNCTION BILL.

Washington, D. c., Feb. 26.-Samuel
Gompers, president of the American
Federation of Labor, told Attorney
General Wickersham that if the pres
ent American workers movement,
which is said to be constructive and
conservative in character, is outlawed
and crushed out of existence by unfav.
orable legislation and court decisions,
it will be followed by another move
ment that will scarcely be construc-
tive. For two hours Mr.. Gompers and
Mr.. Wickersham discussed legislation
affecting labor.
Opposition was made by the labor
leader to the Moon bill now before the
judiciary committee of the House, on
the ground that it is a pro-injunction
measure.
Mr.. Gompers called the attention of
the attorney general to the status of
the labor organizations of the country
as result of his decision in the Dan
bury Hatters' case, telling him that Ia
Dor here should be dealt with as fairly
as it is in England, as result of the
"Taftvale decision against the railroad
employees, which was wiped out by the
trades dispute act, passed by parlia.
ment in 1906"
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public by this alleged create.
fetal prices, but warehouses - o. art
specifically to blame. By Thu sle hea
1t Is charged, the defendants W. neaas
cessful in keeping of tho were Sue
large quantities of meat ana nartets
which. if put on the marLa a poultry
have been sufficient to meet Would
able demand. feasop.
Significant relations betweo, :,
mours. Swift and Morris -; ne Al.
through the medium of the Ne
Packing Company, are set fo,. Ssatlonal
document. To carry out tho ~ ~ the
acy, it is charged, certain adirs soaspir.
in the directorate of the MS sa
Packing Company were necessa .a.l0nal
How Big Packers Combines
To this. end, the indictment =.
meeting was held in JERSEY c sass a
Dec. IA 1908. at which various w.. !! on
tors Of Armour & Co., Swift & O. uiiee
Morris & Co. were elected diract D,, aud
the National Packing COMPANY ''s =. Of
stituting a majority and controv con-
the board. oilng
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-03-04
Washington State
News Items

Ellensburg saloons will hereafter
pay $500 license. The raise is from
81, 900.
The Ohio Society of the Inland EN-
pire has been organized in Spokane
with $50 members.
Company X, the new militia com
pany organized at Walla, Walla, has
been mustered in.
Ortis Hamilton, former State Adult
ant General, has begun serving his sen
tence at Walla Walla prison.
A three-day convention of all the
charitable and correction societies OF
the state will be held in Tacoma from
May to 10.
The Schwager-Nettleton Mills com
pany has decided to erect a mill on
a tract of land on the outer harbor
line just west of the west waterway
at Seattle. The mill will employ 15C
men at the start and the force will
from time to time be increased.
The state of Washington made
$4,000 last year raising hogs at the
Eastern Washington hospital for in
sane at Medical Lake, according to
the report of DR.. J. M. Semple to the
board of control. Writing to the board
Supt. Semple says that over $4,000
pounds were raised.
The Tacoma city council has award
ed the contract to construct the first
unit of the city's Nisqually power
plant at LIE Grange on the Nisqually
river, 80 miles from Tacoma, it went tc
Wright, Sweeney & Cummings, the
lowest of the three bidders, on their
price of $685., 225.5O.
Aberdeen failed to secure reinstate
ment in the Northwestern baseball
league in the superior court at Seattle
Superior Judge Gillian rendered a de
cision declaring that the Northwest
ern league had 2 legal right to drop
Aberdeen for business reasons, and re
fused to issue writ of mandate com
polling the league to reinstate the Alb
erdeen baseball club.
When Sedro- Woolley paid in $1,11(
in back liquor tax money to the state
the other day it left but three towns
to be heard from, as the efforts of State
Treasurer Lewis to collect this money
with the assistance of the attorney
general, have been most successful
North Yakima still owes $2,643.80
Snoqualmie $50 and Buckley $3.50.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-03-04
RAILROAD BILL rs
REPORTED TO SENATE.

Washington, D. c., Feb. 26.-The ad-
ministration bill to create a court of
commerce and to amend the interstate
commerce laws, was ordered favOrably
reported by the Senate committee on
interstate commerce, which will rec
ommend it's passage practically in the
form recently revised by Attorney Gen
eral Wickersham.
The attitude of the House committee
in regard to the bill is giving the Presi-
dent concern, and he has sent for some
Republican members of the committee
and urged them to do everything pos
slble to expedite the passage of the
measure, even if it should be neces-
sary to amend it, so long as the gen.
eral purpose of the act were carried
out.
Members at the White House confer
ence were Stevens of Minnesota,
Knowland of California, Kennedy of
Ohio, Miller of Kansas and Wanger of
Pennsylvania. These repres entatives
promised to do what they could to
carry out the Presidents wish, but
they were inclined to place response.
bility for the delay on the attorney gen.
eral, who, they alleged, frequently had
recalled it from consideration to make
many amendments.
The vote on the bill by the Senate
committee was to 4. Senators Cum.
minis and Clapp will unite in minor.
lty report, taking exception to many
features of the measure. They regard
the bill as a step backward, especially
IN regard to the provision creating a
court to deal with questions arising
out of the operations of the interstate
commerce law, and to changes in the
existing law regarding rate agreements
between railroads.
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name presented, Spokane indorsine
the selection. 1t was suggested .nas
Oregon, Idaho and Montana be lnSi'-
ed to send delegations.
Most of the afternoon session was
taken up with five-minute speeches. ana
reports were heard from every county
in the state. The delegates declared
the Aberdeen convention the pes. 'n"s
had ben held from an educational anu
social standpoint, and the hospltanty
Of Aberdeen was heartily praiseo
Those who remained in the city were
entertained at smoker given oy the
Chamber of Commerce in the ElKs
building. Governor NJ. +. hay was -
the company.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-03-04
WOMAN MAYOR FOR
DENVER Is DISCUSSED.

Denver, Feb. pa woman mayor
for Denver. That is the gossip fol-
lowing banquet of prominent Denver
aomen at which no men were admit
ted. The election is two years of, but
it is whispered that the ACCESSIBILITY
of having woman candidate in the
field-perhaps two of them-was not
only discussed but was advocated with
enthusiasm. More women than men
voted at the last election, it is asserted
Miss Katherine L. Craig, former
state superintendent of public instruc.
ton, is mentioned as the probable nom
inee of the Republicans.
The gossips have already settled it
that Mrs. Sarah Plat Decker will be
the Democratic nominee for mayor.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-03-04
ASQUlTH WINS IN FIRST
PARLIAMENTARY con--.

London, Feb. 26.-The first tri,,
strength in the new parlimon. VI
Cured at night session of tho uoS w
OF Commons, when Austin cbamn as'
lain's fiscal amendment was reioa.",
by a vote of 2S5 to 254. ''''ea
Although victorious only by tho no.
row majority of 81, the goyernmaa,
may regard the result as satisf.o,o"l
mas much as there was no cross.vot;.
and no evidence of any intention
the part OF the discontinued grouns IT,
overthrow the ministry. All tho ~
tionalists, O'Brienists as we'll as BOD
mondites, abstained from voting, NJ.
laborites voted with the government
and three liberals abstained.
The division was taken amid so,.
of great excitement, and the figures o.
announced, were received with tromor
dous opposition cheering. The nro,
mier, having given notice that ha
would move on Monday that govern.
ment business take precedence over
all other business until March "a tho
house adjourned.
Irish Hold the Whip Hand.
The governments existence now will
depend upon the production of a p]an
satisfactory to the nationalist and the
radicals for dealing in a drastic man.
ner with the House of Lords veto,
Freeman's Journal of Dublin said
editorially:
1T cannot be stated with too much
emphasis that the Irish party has not
budged hairs breadth from the pol
icy which John Redmond has laid
down. Unless the government speed.
lily produces a veto scheme and presses
it to an issue, the Irish party will en-.
ter upon policy of vigorous opposi.
ton to the government, with the result
that the ministry either will be defeat
ed or will be contented to exc out a
contemplate existence by the aid of
Balfour's supporters
Freeman's Journal further explains
that it was not out of consideration
for the government that the national.
lists abstained from voting, but because
they did not desire to commit them.
selves to tariff reform or to take a
step that would divert the issue of the
next elections from the House of Lords
to the tariff question.
Meetings of liberal and radical
groups are daily sending deputations
to Premier Asquith urging him to make
a strong stand on the veto question.