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The Washington herald., 1910-08-14

American Security pulled It's game out
OF the fire by a furious Overwhelming
rally. chasing five runs over the plate
and incidentally winning the champion
ship OF the Bankers League. a question
which has occupied the minds OF the
league officials. amateur commission. and
general public for some time. Both Raw
lings and Quantrelle did well. the latter
being especially steady with men on
bases. and pulled himself out OF num-
Der OF bad holes in which he was placed
by the combination Of hits and errors.
The Washington herald., 1910-08-14

circuits should get busy and make neces-
sary arrangements for the series, which
would not only be interesting but helpful
financially to both leagues.
stoddard In center for Commercial,
pulled off number Of sensational
catches. and in all nabbed six chances In
form and had an assist a beautiful
heave 10 the plate that broke up prom
Using rally His catch Of snowdon's long
ny, which he speared over his left shout
der. was the best play he made
The Southern Railway League will con-
tinue until all its games have been played.
and postponed contests will be played In
order Of their postponement. There are
three scheduled games this week, but It
Is likely that two extra contests viii be
pulled OFF.
The Washington herald., 1910-08-14

Followers OF the Railroad League are
anxious to know how their champions. the
Adams Express aggregation, viii fare in
the coming series for the District cham
pionship The team seems well fortified
IN regard to battery material. Peck is
clever receiver and Fitzgerald is an able
assistant With Mcmahon and Harvey
on the firing line and in such form as
they were against Southern they should
easily hold I'D their end Of the defense.
The inheld worked with clock-like pre-
cision in the last few games, O'Neii star
ring and Jewett at first pulling or stunts
IN big league form. In the outfield Stew
art and Violet. both chosen as all league
felders, should show up well. as both are
fast and are hitting the bali consistently.
The team is. moreover, fortunate TO have
a capable manager In the person Of J. F.
Waters. who knows baseball. and who is
directly responsible for the teams clever
showing against Southern in the series
for the championship
The Washington herald., 1910-08-14


The series between Adams and Southern
developed into a farce. due TO the fact
that certain members OF the team were
distinctly off color Young. although
credited with an error IN the final game
was right in the game all the time. and
was in the fight up to the last moment
His best piece Of work during the series
was IN the final inning Of the second
contest. when he walked, stole second.
and scored from there on StrobeTs bunt.
eluding Peck at tie plate by slide.
The proposed series between the Olym-
pia League and the Southern Railway
organization should be encouraged, and
viii undoubtedly be interesting Both lead
ers have had a walkaWay in their re-
epective leagues. and indications are that
they are about In the same class. The
auditors have on their lineup four MEM
bers Of the Southern team represented in
the r. r. Y. NJ. c. A. League. and should
show Up well. Representatives Of both
The Washington herald., 1910-08-14

A contemporary flares up at the sug-
gestion that the Ninth Street Church
team has come in for more than its
share OF unjust criticism by the other
members Of the Sunday School League.
II the party who covers amateur base
ball for this afternoon daily VIII take
the trouble to look into the matter he will
find that the situation is exactlyeas re-
ported in The Washington Herald last
Sunday.
All players are said 70 be superstitious.
but the recent kick registered by the
Petworth aggregation against having
their picture taken during the playing
season for fear Of bringing down hard
luck on the team, is about the widest
The Washington herald., 1910-08-14

President Page. OF the Suburban
League. states that the games in the
post season series which Petworth in
tended to play on the home grounds may
be played on some other field. unless the
collections warrant the contests being
pulled of at Grant oval II is tough on
the Suburban League fans II they cannot
support the home team when it lands the
bunting.
The Washington herald., 1910-08-14

The Blcomiugdale Club baseball team
will play every Tuesday, Thursday and
Saturday, beginning the 18th Of the pres
ent month. and Manager Klopfer would
like TO arrange games with uniformed
teams on their home lot The Southern
Railway. Twining Laurel CAfd). Takoma,
Tennallytown. Falls Church (Va). and
Relay Md teams preferred. Address
E. B. HOPPER, finance division, Pension
Bureau.
The Washington herald., 1910-08-14

Charlie salb caught a good game fol
Commercial at the park yesterday. and
was very much in evidence with the bat
His bingIe in the first round scored tht
first run for the losers. and his long drive
to right In the third gave them theii
second run when Gray dropped the ball
He also hit safely on his third trip to the
pan.
The Washington herald., 1910-08-14

The Rioters Club OF the Capital
City League has submitted a team which
the North Capitol street fans think can
wallop the one selected by Scorer Shaw.
The team selected is as follows: Smith.
Carroll, Murphy. Hurley. Sullivan, Mar
ceron. Taylor, Hummer. and Mullin. II
would be a good game il these two mines
could clash.
The Washington herald., 1910-08-14

Buck" Stewart, after many years OF
baseball. has at last landed with win
ming aggregation. Buck has been ad-
vertsed to eat EN- alive at third base
all season for Petworth. and he proceed
ed TO show the big crowd how he does
It when the Baby Dolls played Wood
burn last week Buck waxed so en-
thusiastic ne forgot 10 throw the ball
over the first baseman's head. as adver-
tised.
The Washington herald., 1910-08-14

Unless the Capital City League is rep
resented at to-morrow's meeting of the
commission that league viii not be able
to compete in the District championship
series. The commission is going TO en-
force a strict observance Of its rules.
and no fooling or sidestepping will be
tolerated
The Washington herald., 1910-08-14
The Score.

Totals. a u 33l7 4
Am. Security a Trust. ]
Commercial 1
The Washington herald., 1910-08-14

The Post-offce team. winners Of the
pc1nant in the Colored Departmental Cir
cult. are out with a challenge to play the
Commissioners, of the Departmental
League. az American League Park.
The Washington herald., 1910-08-14

The report that the Ninth Street Church
team would drop out Of baseball after
the close OF this season was emphaucally
denied by Manage Love of that team
yesterday and by other members Of the
athletic association OF that church. Ninth
has been in the Sunday School League
FOR a number OF years and to quote It's
manager. intends to win the flag again
next season.
The Holly chieftain., 1910-11-04
POLITICAL.


Oscar Straus. American ambassador
to Turkey, has rendered his resigna-
ton. it is reported Cause unknown
IF Mr.. Taft continues to make as
good a president as he is making no"
'he=will be the logical. and inevitable
candidate of his party in 1s12-unless
one thing happens-that the people OF
the United States shall repudiate the
administration of Mr.. Taft by such Q
crushing and overwhelming defeat OF
his party that it will be apparent that
Mr.. Taft can not be. reelected This
was the statement made Friday night
by. United States Senator Elihu Root
in speech In New York Casino. In
fact. he said a Democratic victory in
New York would more likely turn the
next national convention away from
national administration which could
not hold its party together and toward
Mr.. Roosevelt or to "one of the far
more radical leaders now looming up
on the political horizon in the, North
and Middle West :.
The Holly chieftain., 1910-11-04
SPORT.


Yussiff Mahmout, the Turkish
wrestler. pas posted a forfeit of $1,000
to cover appearance for a match
either with Zbyszko. the Polish wrest-
Ter, or George Hackenschmidt.
The crowd at Belmont park, New
York. Friday was all for Ralph John
stone, when from Middle Island Viii
lage, l.. l., fifty-five miles off the
course, he brought back new, Ameri-
can record of SAT- feet for altitude.
the secand he added to his string dur
ing the:E International aviation meet.
There's always room at the top. =
In France Maurice Tabuteau broke
the worlds aviation records for time
and distance Friday by flying 2S9
miles in six hours in a continuous
trip. A premium Of $4,000 goes to
him. Theipreyious record for time
and distance was held by olieslager.
the Belgian aviator. who covered 244
miles IN five hours, three minutes and
five seconds, July 10th. .--~
The American altitude record that j.
Armstrong Drexel so proudly brought
down out of the clouds Monday in his
Blerot menoplane was snatched from
his craps by Ralph tombstone Tues
day in headless Wright. climber.
Drexel reached 7,1o5, feet. but John
stone topped him by f98 feet with a
new mark of 1908 feet!'He came down
chilled to the bone and his goggles
were trimmed with frost. For half an
hour he battled with d Isl SNOW ssssS storm
above the clouds. seeking still higher
levels. The undenpnstratiye Wilbur
Wright danted with Joy when he
glanced. at the borkgraph.
The Holly chieftain., 1910-11-04
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NEST e RM.

The committee appointed by thesCal-
ifornia State Federation of Labor an
nounces its conclusion that the explo-
sion of the Los Angeles Times build
ing was caused by gas. -
An alleged defect in it's. wording
that, ii is declared will invalidate the
woman's suffrage amendment to the
state constitution to be voted upon at
the coming Washington state election.
has been discovered in the resolution
adopted by the last Legislature. sub
mftting the question to the voters.
After; a night spent in police sta
ton cell at Paducah, KY, with sew
eral dirty tramps, himself classed as
a vagrant, Edwin A. Brown, Denver
millionaire, cousin of w C. Brown,
president of the New York Central,
disguised as a tramp, acknowledged
his .idsntity to newspaper men, and
was. released. Brown is visiting cities
all over the country studying the
needs Of municipal lodging houses and
the treatment accorded the man with
out dime" -, :
A proclamation issued from the gem
eral land office at Washington an
nounces the coming sale of 100000
acres of land in the. former :Uintah In
dian reservation, near Provo, Utah.
The auction will be held at Provo be-
ginning November 1st. The lands to
be disposed of are princfpally grazing
lands. and no person will be allowed
to purchase more than $40 acres. with
the very lewest'price' OF fifty cents per
acre. The full.spount. Tor each tract
must be paid into the Provo office
within two days of the sale, The gov
errment is having maps of the tett1-
tory made. and these are now on. sale
at the government office at Vernal,
Utah. :,
The Holly chieftain., 1910-11-04

Pinkham's Vegetable Compound made
me . well woman and I have no more
backache. hope I can help others by
telling them what Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound has done for
me."-MRs. EMMA IMsE, 833 First St.,
Milwaukee, Wis
2 The above is only one Of the thou
sands Of grateful letters which are
constantly being received by tho
PinkhAm Medicine Company Of Lynn,
Mass, which prove beyond . doubt that
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from roots and herbs,
actually does cure these obstinate dis
eases Of women after all other means
have failed, and that every such suf-
ering woman owes 1t to herself to at
least give Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta,;
!. bic Compound q trial before submit
ting to an operation, or giving up
hope OF recovery.
Mrs. Pinkham, Of Lynn, Mass.s
invites all sick women to write
her for advice. She has guided
thousands to health and her
advice u freq
The Holly chieftain., 1910-11-04
coIorado,. in.titutlon. commended

Denver.-fn his annual review of
the penal. correctional and charitable
institutions of Colorado, Secretary
,.Wilham H. Thomas of the board of
charities and corrections makes the
statement that -"in regard to manage
ment and conditions in general, they
are certainly above the average. The
workings of several of these institu-
tons have attracted the attention OF
and are serving as models for the
conduct and management Of similar
institutions in other states" A few
of the orphanages and private hos
pitfalls, which, owing to the fact that
they are semi-public institutions and
are patronized by the state. bring
them under. the jurisdiction of the
board. are the institutions which are
commended elsewhere as models for
sanitation and efficiency in the work
they perform. .-
The Holly chieftain., 1910-11-04
Colorado Cattle Capture Prize.

Denyer,--At the National Dairy
show at Chicago. the largest:dairy cat
tie show held anywhere in the coun-
try; Colorado exhibitors Of fine dairy
stock. carried off. a number of prizes.
One thousand Holstein cattle alone
were on exhibition at this show. and
to pull a prize in the midst Of that
aggregation of blooded stock is a tes-
tlmonial of great value.
Hall Bros. OF the Western dairy, ex-
hibited two bulls, one aged and the
other a yearling, and both won sec
ond prize. For the. best COWS in any
herd, the Windsor farm won first
prize. of $315 with four cows. There
were eight prizes awarded to the
Windsor farm at the Chicago show.
The Holly chieftain., 1910-11-04
scream Jared on Lions Nerves

Montrose.-Mrs. Grace Jones, who
has homestead twenty-eight' miles
southwest of Montrose. had thrilling
experience with mountain hon. Mrs.
Jones heard comotion among her
livestock and supposed a. coyote had
jumped into the barnyard. She ran
out toLinvestigate and, discovered q
large mountain lion chasing calf
around the lot. She was within
twenty feet Of the beast before she
discovered what it was. The lion
stopped intits pursuit of the calf and
seemed to be about to spring upon
her Mrs. Jones screamed and the
lion jumped the fence and disap-
pearedk
The Holly chieftain., 1910-11-04
Relesatlon Of the Ranch.

Greeley.-By the taking over of the
irrigation proposition of the Denver
Reservoir & Irrigation Company by a
big French syndicate, attention is
again turned to the Box Elder, in the
Denver-Greeley valley irrigation dis
trict, through which, it was learned,
both the Burlington and the Union
Pacific Railway Companies have COM
pleted surveys for branch lines, t9s be
built Within the coming twelve
months:
BY the bringing of irrigation to
10000 acres south and east of La
Sale, a territory now prairie is to be
brought under cultivation.
Three years ago hundreds of acres
Of government land were included in
the confines of the new irrigation
district, and there were but three
houses within radius of fifteen
miles. Today every acre of land is
filed on and claim shanties of home
steaders have arisen. while many
acres already have been plowed to lie
fallow for next years crops >.
The bringing Of irrigation to this
territory will eliminate the only cat
tie ranch in Weld county, the j. p.
Kay ranch :of $4,000 acres, owned by
p Klug. This will be converted into
farming lands. The ranch is being
used for pasture for big herds of cat
tie which wM be. fattened for marke.
this winter One:of the railroad COM
panies has offered Klug a large sum
for his place for q townsite. The
Box Elder is said to have the richest
soil in the county.
The Holly chieftain., 1910-11-04
FIRST CAR STARTS THROUGH
ANTHRACITE MINES OF
PENNSYLVANIA
TO REDUCE LIFE LOSS
WEST Is TO HAVE FOUR STA
TioNs; FIRST AID TO IN
JURED TAUGHT -

Washington.-The first of the six
which the new bureau of mines plans
to instruct the miners in the use OF
portable mine rescue stations with
mine rescue apparatus and first-aid.
to-the-injured appliances. started on
its mission Monday morning.
1t will be known as Car No. l, and
starting from Pittsburg will cover the
anthracite fields Ok Pennsylvania,
About November. LIST Car No. is
expected to reach the bureau of mines
rescue station at Urbana, ILL.,, where
it will recsfve its full equipment. This
car will then 60 through southern In.
diana.
Four other cars with headquarters
at Rock sSprings. Wyo, Billings,
Mont, Salt Lake City, Utah, and
Knoxville, Tenn, will be turned over
to the bureau Of mines within short
time. They will start on educational
tours within their districts. In addi-
tion to the educational work mapped
out for these cars they will be kept in
readiness to proceed at moments
notice to aid in rescue work at mine.
disasters. ~.
q; This is the first important step
that has been taken by the new bu-
reau in its effort to reduce. the appall-
ing loss of life in American coal
mines. In European countries, where
rescue apparatus has been In use for
some time, the per capita loss of life
in mines is smaller than in the Unit
cd States. Similar apparatus is be-
ing introduced In this country.
In addition to a mining engineer,
who will lecture. on greater safety in
mining, and a Red, Cross surgeon.
who will give demonstrations in first
aid to the, injured, each car will have
complete corps of rescue men who
will teach the miners how to use the
oxygen helmets as we'll as train them
Impractical rescue work.
Stops long enough to enable miners
to go through training fl Rescue work
will be made at each miiipg town.
This training will be free of cost to
the. miners. ''s''
Certificates. Of competency will be
issued to the miners who take full
course OF instruction in mias rescue
and first aid work, and record will
be kept of these men as..6eing avail
able for emergency calls in the event
Of a disaster:
The loss of life in the mines Of
the United States, according to bull
letin issued by the bureau, amounted
to from three to five for every 1000
employed, while records from foreign
countries show from one to two killed
in each 1000 employed. In those Eu-
ropean countries where the deaths are
least per 1000, continues the' state
ment, rescue apparatus mas been in
use for some time. :.
The Holly chieftain., 1910-11-04
GENERAL.

I. When dusk began to settle on the
aviation field at Belmont park, Long
Island, Wednesday there were twelve
aeroplanes in the air. two after dark
spesss closed down. Lighted by the,
stars finally the two aviators, HoxseY
and Johnstone, winged, their way backs
to earth safely. !,
"A report reached the headquart-
ersr of the American Federation of
Labor in Washington, that a general
strike OF elevator constructors
throughout the country is threatened
as, 8. result of. a lockout of '256' men
by the Otis Elevator Company of Chi
cago more than a! year and a half ago..
H. Q. Blaisdell won the profession
al typewriter speed championship of
the world Friday in New York: He
had an average of 1Q9. words a inmate
I'm a thirty-minute test against his
former record of 95 words. In single
minute contest.aRose Fritz, former
record holder, wrote 124 words. ~.
Curious as to what had become of
the body Of DR.. Teed at Bristo! Tenn,
who announced before his death a
year ago that he would arise from his
tomb and become the Messiah of the
Koreshans, two members of the cult,
according to Henry D. Silverfriend.
attempted to unseal the tomb, but be-
fore this was accomplished both we're
deprived of their reason, and died be-
fore they could be removed to an asy-
lum.
Snow many days ahead of its
average date of appearance has
fallen as far south as the north
sections of the Gulf states and
throughout the entire country. Un-
seasonably cold weather prevailed
Snow fell at Anniston, Ala, and at
Atlanta, where the temperature went
to 3S. Snow in the Lake Superior re-
gion was heavy and killing frosts pre-
vailed in the interior sections of the
| country.
Alan R. Hawley and Augustus Post.
the aeronauts of the balloon America
H.. for whom search had been prose
cuted in the Canadian wilds, are safe
and have established a new worlds
record for sustained flight. They
Travelled approximately 1850 miles,
and came to earth in Chicoutimi coun-
ty, Quebec, Wednesday, October 18th,
but were not heard from until Wednes-
day, October .26, when kilograms seut
from St. Ambroise, Quebec, reached
New York. The balloonists started
from st. Louis, with nine other CON
testants. in the international contest,
Monday, October 18th. All the oth.r
| balloons have been reported.
The Holly chieftain., 1910-11-04
WASHINGTON.

President Taft appointed William H.
Lewis. a negro to be assistant attor-
ney general of the United States.
This is the highest position in the ex-
eGutiye branch, Of the government
ever held by:a a:colored man. Lewis is
at present an efficient attorney in
Boston, = -fta'.|.' - :,
Figures tending to show the felatioa
between occupation: and: tuberculosis
of the lungs, and apparently indicat-
ing that agricultural pursuits are
more favorable to health il this re-
spect than other, ,employments, were
made public Wednesday by. the GEN.
sus bureau in the bulletin on mortal
ity statistics for .19O9:' =.
The final attempt of the'feredai gov
ernment to uphold. the validity.of the
Indictment in the New York. federal
courts of the Press Publishing Comps:
ny in a charge Of. libel, growing out
Of the publication of an article in the
New York World on the purchase Of
the Panama canal; was made in oral
argument before the Supreme Court
ment's efforts were opposed by argu-
ments for the Press Publishing Com
pany designed to sustain the action of
the lower federal court in duashing
the indictment .-.s-..
: 1t was announced at Ohio Republi-
can state headquarters that former
Senator Joseph B. Foraker, who quit
the stump because the state commit
tee asked him to- eonfine his speeches
to such matters as are in dispute be.
tween Republicans and Democrats in
the campaign. will speak at Dayton,
November 3rd. He also, according to
the committee, will speak at such
other places and on such dates as he
may determine. 1t was announced at
headquarters that no censorship had
been placed on the former senator.
Figures, the compilation of which
has just been completed at the Post.
office Department, show that the ex.
act reduction of the postal def.
icit during the fiscal year end.
ed June goth last was S11,5OO.
900. The deficit of the previous fiscal
year was $17,600.O00. so that in one
year the deficit was reduced to. Sc. 100.
O00 More than 1900 new postoffices
were established during the last fiscal
year. Great extensions were made in
the rural delivery system, SIS new
routes with total mileage of 1926
being put into operation. There were
| appointed from the civil service, list
over 1900 postoffice clerks to enlarge
the working forces of the city postof
fices, and more than 1000 additional
! letter carriers.
The Holly chieftain., 1910-11-04
Must Be a Fan.

Wcksburg, Miss.-Although his son,
Sterling Gum, Jr., met his death Sat-
urday night as the result Of concus-
sion of the brain following a scrinl-
mage during football practice, Rev. E.
Sterling Gum, Sr., rector of Trinity
Episcopal church, Natchez, lauds the
college game as manly SPORT and
does not think baseball compares with
it for college pastime.
The Holly chieftain., 1910-11-04
oree,ey's Got . Sore Heel

Greeley.-That infected blisters on
the heels are the cause of the many
cases of blood poisoning that have
prevailed here this fall and that the
Infection is due to the dye in stock
ings is the opinion of a prominent
Greeley physician who will ask that
an investigation take place to deter
mine the nature of the dye which has
presumably caused SO much trouble.
The Holly chieftain., 1910-11-04
Finds No Crumbs of Comfort There.

Paducah. Ky.-After a night spent
in police station cell with several
dirty tramps, himself classed as a va
grant, Edwin A. Brown, Denver mill
lionaire, cousin of W. G. Brown, pres
ident of the New York Central, dis.
guised as tramp, without a cent in
his clothing, acknowledged his iden.
tity to newspaper men, and was re-
leased. Brown is visiting cities all
over the country studying the needs
of municipal lodging houses and tho
treatment accorded the man without
a dime"
The Holly chieftain., 1910-11-04

me B well woman,
and I would like to
tell thewhole
Of 1t. I suffered
fromfemale trouble
and fearful painsin
my back. Ihad the
best doctors and
they all decided
that I had a tumor
In addition to my
female trouble, and
advised an opera
tion. Lydia e.