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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-09-18
HOST Of FANS GIVE
| SUGGESTIONS AS TO
NATIONALS LEADER
Schaefer and Elberfeld Fa-
yorites in Today's Let
tiers to The Times.
"GERMANY'S" ABILITY
IS HIGHLY PRAISED
Some Prefer the kid" Because
of His Scrappiness on the
Diamond.

Washington fans are expressing their
ideas regarding the necessary qualities
of the man who they think could lift
the 1872 Nationals into the first division.
Already their suggestions are pouring
into The Times. Capital City rooters
are interested in this question, for they
want the team up where 1t should be,
fighting for the honors.~ They have
grown tired Of following a tsil-ender
end demand a change
Following are some of the short let
tiers received today. More will be pub
lished tomorrow. Fans, keep your let
tiers down to fifty words. and then you
may see them in print:
Wilson Wants Schaefer.
Sporting Editor. The Times:
Herman schaefer for manager. schae-
fer has the age, playing ability, knowl-
edge of inside baseball, ability to Judge
players, has played on a winner under
a great manager. Is always at his best
when the game Is closest. can give or
ders without offending, and is univer-
sally popular with players and fang
everywhere.
Where can anyone be found to excel
him as a leader Of the 1912 Nationals.
II. 8. WILSON,
1S4S z street northeast.
Picks Bayer, Unknown.
Sporting Editor, The Times:
Nationals would make no mistake In
signing Charles w. Bayer, of Hagers-
town, Nd, as manager.
DAN KELLY,
Qn ElRVa0fh street southeast
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-09-18
CAROLINA SCHEDULE.

november 1-NlrBlnla fol!teSAhiS
Institute at Richmond.
November 11-University OF South
Carolina at Chapel Hill.
November 1S-Washington and Lee
at Norfolk.
November 30-University Of Vir-
ginia at Richmond.
CHAPEL HILL Sept. 1S-The Car
olina football squad is out every AFTER
noon. going through light preliminary
practice. About fifty men have datly
appeared in uniform since the call Tor
candidates on Wednesday. captain
Rob Winston. Cardinals popular and
versatile 10-second man, who has scored
most of the touchdowns made IN me
mast few wears for the White and Blue,
Is fri superb condition. Last year
Winston played a sensational end, and
was put in rs quarter in the Thanks
giving game. OF last falls sweater
men, Venable. Belk, Applewhite, and
iAbernethy are back Deans, who held
down center year before last. is on the
Hill to try for his old position. Belden,
who played half season before last, has
registered for a course in medicine, and
says he hasn't time for football. Pos
sibly, however. he may be persuaded to
play. OF the old scrubs. Crutchheld.
Ritch. VIII Tillet. and Chambers are
working hard.
! Coach Bocock pithily described the
outlook os compared with that of last
fail as more speed and less beef"
Bocock is q graduate of Georgetown,
where he also studied law. AS q foot
ball coach he acQ Tired his first eN-
periencc at the University of Georgia,
where he is still remembered as the
developer of one of The most success
full teams ever sent out by the institu-
zion.
For the past three years he has been
at Virginia Polytechnic INSTITUTED The
teams he has turned out have been con-
kistently an ong those most strenuous
after the Southern championship.
Played Princeton to Standstill.
In 1903 his team played Princeton to
q standstill, yielding to Old Nassau
only by the close score Of SO. Year be-
fore last his team held the Navy 80,
In what was practically a tie game.
When the news went around the cam
pus that ne had been signed to direct
the Tarheels, the students were unani-
nous in expressions Of approval.
! Bobcock's most distinctive mark as
coach is that he is in every sense of
tire athletic career has been in the
South, and he is said to understand
football as played by colleges in this
section better than any other man. His
doctrine is that owing to the peculiar
climatic conditions in the South, it is
useless to initiate the methods Of the
Northern colleges, and the same severe
tactics which would produce results in
q rigorous New England climate would
be ineffective in this section. Again,
his watchword in training his men is
teamwork" the lack of which quail
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-10
Spsrns ana me odor.


 Every boy who has struck Hints to- gether to make sparks knows the typi- cal odor that arises from the clash He also knows that the whiter the flints the more smell they emit. This phenomenon has been observed for centuries, but scientific men have been at loss to account for it. Many ex- plantations have been given, but ex- pertinent has proved all of these to be erroneous. Recently, however, two Italian scientists, the brothers Pic cardi. demonstrated that the smell of spark emitting fints is due solely to the minute quantities of organic mat ter that are upon the stone and that are burned by the sparks. This or ganic matter need be in only the most minute quantity. such as may be left by water in which hchens, weeds or water plants have decomposed, for the olfactory nerves are so exquis- itely sensitive that they can detect the burning of almost in6nitesimal bits of matter. The delicacy of these nerves is proved by the fact that even after the pebbles have been washed in lye the smell of burning can still be de tected But if the pebbles be heated in fire and then struck together at points that the hands have not touched there is absolutely no odor at all.- New York World.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-10
Fifth Panel of / veniremen With
 Excuses Galore
Little Chance of Filling Six Vacant Seats in McNamara Case From Present Bunch of Talesmen
Special from United. Press3

Special from United Press)
 Los Angeles, Nov. 10-When the fifth panel of veniremen in the Me- Namara case reported. today, for qualification, nearly every one of the 40 drawn presented excuses. The ma jority are residents of this city and most of them are businessmen and members of the Merchants & Manu- facturers Association which decried the prosecution of the McNamaras.
 There was little chance of filling the six vacant chairs in the box with this panel. There are fewer than 300 names remaining in the men liable for duty. When the list is exhaust Ii the sheriff will be compelled to make up his own jury list from the tax rolls. Because of this the state is ex- tremely desirous of qualifying a jury from the listed jurymen.
 Juror Liske is complaining that his eyes are giving way under the con- dnement. It is exertmely likely that he will have to be excused.
 The state undoubtedly will peremp- torily challenge M. Clarke McLane, the Pasadena man who admitted that he despised General Otis. It also de- veloped that he is an absolute be- liever in the theory that the Times Building was destroyed by gas.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-10

"A Missing Leat.
 That ordinary care which Is taken by the Japanese in their very exact flower arrangements" is Illustrated by an incident related by Frederic S. Isham, the author. He was present at a demonstration in Kyoto of the art of placing flowers, leaves and branches together in an artistic man. ner. At one point little maid ap- parently offended the master" deeply He spoke to her and ended by order ing her to retire. She did so. prob ably the most broken hearted girl in Kyoto, and the master proceeded to alter her work. The American, who had seen nothing wrong, ventured to ask what was the matter, whereupon he was informed that she had placed twelve leaves in a certain combina tion instead of thirteen. Twelve, it seems, was the right number 200 years ago, but thought, study, medita ton and prayer had led to the discov cry that not twelve, but thirteen, was the correct number for the artistic effect of that particular arrangement This may seem a trif1ing alteration. but 1t suggests Michelangelo's retort. in which he pointed out the relation between trifles and perfection.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-10
Some Welsh Weeds.

Welsh is a marvelously expressive language. In a souvenir guide to Car narvon there is a list of Welsh rail- way stations with their English equiv alents. Here are some of them: Aber- gwynf, entrance to the placs of bliss. Amlwch. place of frequent szpan- sion; Cefn Brynich, the back Of the screaking hil; Dowlais, the vo5cs of God, and Llanhister, the manure yxrd road" There 1s also one stat1on the name of which runs to Afty-sight let- ters. Its meaning is merely, The fair church at the pool of the white seagull near the alder grove where fhs fodder for the oxen is storsd in ths red barn." And surely teseotalism ought to flourish in a country where beer is known as "cwrw.r-Pa1l Mail Gazette.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-10
A Floor That Turns Over.

The floor in the Apollo theater in Paris is reversible, one side being made for dancing, the other being the usual inclined floor equipped with the fold ing seats of theater auditorium. The floor is mounted on a horizontal axis on which itsrevolves. It is built on a framework of steel girders, has an area of 2,5O0 square feet and weighs 100 tons. The sxis, which is parallel to the front of the stage, is not in the middle of the thickness of the floor. but nearer to the seating surface than to the dancing surface. The floor swings through an excavation over thirty feet in displacement Age.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-10
i obacco Merchants
 Protest Against
 Courts. Action
special from. United Press.) {

Special from United Press.) f New York, Nov. 10-That the fight mgain1t the approved reorganization plan Of the American Tobacco Com 6any has not been given up was man. nfesteA today following last nights meeting of independent. tobacco mer- nhants. called to protest against the nction of the United States Circuit
 Court of Appeals in approving the
 The meeting was especially { bHter, <but the most significant fact was fhat
 LHelix- H. Levy and Henry H. Hunter, Icounzel for various groups of inde- IDendents, declared that if Attorney AGenafal Wickersham did not appeal
 1gainst the approval of the plan, an- l0ther, method would be found to take fkhe matter again into the United fBtates Supreme court. Hunter de- Iclarod thafFas iast resort, he would Institute si1ano antittr4st suit |pany. which Attorney General Wicker fGham insisted should be wholly re- moved from the trust should the plan of reorganization be approved.
 The circuit court refused to order ' this in its decision, Wednesday.
 Inc meeting adopted resolutions ap- [pealiug to President Taft to carry the [0pprovad plan back to the United States Supreme Court for a final re- tH1ew.
 Samuel H. Harris. an independent manufacturer. was wildly applauded fWhen he attacked the United States Governmental system, declaring that,
 since the failure of the government to kfbust'' the tobacco trust he was
 XBhamed of his American citizenship.
 Ere shouted that, under the economic yand industrial situation brought about
 by the trusts, Russia was as good, if not . better eountfy in which to
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-10
insects That Initiate o.triehe,.

The habit of the ostrich of burying it's head and imagining that 1t has eluded discovery is copied after fashion by certain insects, according to pr. G. Rodman in his lectures on the subject of the stick insect, or ba cillus rossi, which he has cultivated These insects, which are so called be- cause of their resemblance to dry sticks, have two fore legs which they fold completely over their eyes when disturbed and evidently think that in so doing they themselves are lost to view. The eggs of these insects, Dr. Rodman says. take something over six months to hatch. They are only one tenth of an inch in their longest di- ameter, and by some miracle an in- sect which at matching is three-quar- ters of an inch in length is packed into them. The stick insects destroy the weddings of their number by eat ing their legs Westminster Gazette.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-10
Sims Out to Abolish U. S.
 Court of Commerce
(special from United Press.


 Washington, Nov. 10-Great impetus was given the movement of Represen- tative sims, Oem., Tenn.), to abolish the United States Court of Commerce today, following it's action in again reversing the Interstate Commerce commission, this time setting aside the result of 10 years work by wes- tern cities to gain reductions in rail- road rates. The repeated action of the court in overruling the commits sion. by refusing to allow reductions in railroad rates, granted by commits sion. has developed an acute situa- ton Congressmen now realize that the court and the commission are at swordspoints, with the result that nothing is obtained at enormous ex> pense.
 Sims bases his argument on the ground that the court is hearing cases on appeal upon questions of fact" usurping powers that do not belong to it. Sims holds that the commission has been created and maintained to Investigate the facts in all eases pre- scented to it.
 Confidence is expressed that Sims measure would be passed by the House. this winter
 In the meantime, it is practically certain that the question of the pow CTS of the commerce court will be taken by the commission to the Su- preme Court of the. United States.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-10
bIC CROWD TO SEE YALE
 AND BROWN
Special from United Press.)

-
 New Haven, Nov. 10-While Brown Lad a short signal practice at Trinity Held, Hartford, this afternoon, Yale's football eleven went through its paoes here. The Brownonians will move on khis city tomorrow. When the two team4 line up at 2 o'clock tomorrow Afternoon 1t is expected that fully 2O,- DO people will witness the kick off. The game has suddenly taken on the Importance of a big contest.
 Yale is in better shape today than heretofore this season. Instead of poming after the Brown game like last year. Tom Shevlin, to whose eff Forts are attributed Yale's recovery, last season, after the Brown defeat, game here in time to drill the Ellis Tor . victory over the Brownonians to-
 morrow. The hospital which, up. to late, has held several star players, Is empty. Dunn. a ''find", has been Dlcked for the fullback position with Camp and Spalding on either side. Eaptain Howe will be in the lineup to 'ur1vo the eleven as only he can.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-10
re.t For s4utterer..

A new method of voice control was tried by the lifelong stutterer. In few lessons the impeachment in speech was overcome.
 'That's fine," said a candid friend. "Now I wish you would take bit of advice. You talk all right today, but just keep a watch on yourself and see how you talk this time next week.'
 You're wet blanket, all right growled the ex-stutterer. Whats the matter with next weekT"
 'We'n be in the full moon, then," said his friend. Its a fact that everybody. who has ever stuttered shutters worse when the moon is full than at any other time. Until you get so you can talk smoothly then you can't count yourself really cured"
 The man with ha1ting speech took notice, as advised. and found that several full moons waned before he could control his speech at that time. New York Times.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-10
HEADS AND FACES AND
 THE TALES THEY TEIL

Evangelist H. F. Lutz who is draw ing such good audiences at the West Side Church of Christ, Iranistan and Maplewood avenues, will deliver free lecture on the above subject at the church on Saturday evening at 7:40. The lecture will be illustrated by orig inal charts and drawings showing diff ferent types of heads. faces, chins. noses, cheeks, mouths, etc. The sub ject will be treated from the stand point of health heredity, disease, dis cipline education, self culture with special emphasis on fits and misfits in matrimony and occupation.
 On Sunday at II a. m. he will speak on 'Scriptural Sanctification.'' In the afternoon at o'clock he will address a meeting for men only on Hard Times and Their Cure'', and in the evening he will lecture on Christian Union, How Can It Be Accomplished" !" Special music at all of these ser vices.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-10
vet. ... ....smsns.

vefs ..s ssss ~s~ssnsn@
 Old MT. and Mrs. Smiley were giving their annual party, and Mir. Smiley was making his usual speech
 "For forty years have my good wife and I traveled hand In hand down Hze's thorny path" he said. "In an those years not one single harsh, hasty, un- kind word has passed our lips. Isn't that true, motherT
 "Mother" had quietly fallen asleep on the sofa, and as he laid his hand caressingly on her shoulder she snorted defiantly and said sharply:
 Get up sourseff and light the lire. Sam. I lit 1t last, and I'll see you far enough before I'll do it this morning, you Oh. Gh. I-I-why, must have dropped of to sleepr
 "And think you'd better have stayed asleep, Lily" hissed Samuel into her ear.-London T1tBits.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-10
BRIDGEPORT H. s. ALUMNI BANQUET
 WEDNESDAY, DEC. 27

Plans for banquet of the Bridge port High School Alumni were made at a meeting attended by about 75 graduates, last evening. The follow ing were chosen temporary officers of the organization to have charge of the undertaking, with power to name a committee of nine members to arrange for the banquet:
 President, William Davenport; vice president, Miss Mae Wendell; secre. tary, Miss Myrtle Peabody; treasurer, Fred Morgan.
 It is expected that the banquet will be held at the Stratfield on Wednes- day evening, Dec. 27.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-10
Mike Murphy Not
 To Quit at Penn
Great Athletic Trainer Denies Report of Friction Between
 Himself and Coaches .,

Philadelphia, Nov. 10-Mike Murphy, the veteran trainer of athletes at the University of Pennsylvauia, yesterday absolutely denied the report printed here yesterday morning to the effect that he is about to sever his connec- tion with Penn as result of diff ference of opinion concerning the training and coaching of the football squad.
 leaving Penn at the close of the pres ent collegiate year." said Murphy. "I have a seven-year contract with Penn and could not quit if I wanted to do so. The story that friction exists be- tween <me and the football coaches is absolutely untrue.''
 Other athletic authorities at Penn are equally positive Murphy has no in- tention of quitting.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-10

nourishment turtle soup is not worth a tenth it costs. Sun dried turtles are found in some of the markets of the world, and many chefs say they are about as good as the fresh reptile As for the true secret of mock turtle soup, it is only the scalp of sucking calf, gelatinous fraud, masquerading as chunk of green turtle shell fat, but even so, 1t is better than the best genuine sea turtle soup at that-New York Press
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-10
WORLD SERIES
 TICKET SCANDAL
Special from United Press.)

New York, Nov. 10-As result of yesterdays meeting of the National Baseball Commission, in Cincinnati, a meeting will be held in New York on December II, at which time the result of the investigation into the ticket scandal of the worlds series will be announced. Members of the commis- sion refused today to tell along what lines the investigation will be con- ducted, but there is good grounds for the belief that it will be thorough. The action of the commission in de- ciding that in future years it will the sale of tickets itself meets with warm commendation on all sides.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-10
PUBLIC DRINK CUP UNDER THE
 BAN, JAN.

''It shall be unlawful on and after January 1, 1912, to provide a common drinking cup in, or upon the premises of, any public building. hotel, restau- rant. theatre, public hall, schoolhouse or store; and in any public park, street, railroad station, railroad car Or steamboat"
 This ruling by the State Board Of Health made under a law passed by the last General Assembly marks the end of the public drinking cup. It will also terminate the habit of charg- ing to public drinking cups the dis eases caused by impure water supply. It will mark a boom in the sale of paper and collapsible cups.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-10
Coffee and Fatique,

The question is often asked, What will relieve fatigue more quickly than anything else? Clerks in stores and men generally, as well as women shop pers, become at times very tired. For tunately the British army has thrashed the question out and tried every kind of decoction that could be thought of, and we may profit by its experience. It awards the palm to coffee and de- clares 1t has neither superior nor equal for this purpose.-Indianap News.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-10
Growina Palm.

Never ignore growing pains" Many people seem to think they are perfectly natural and, in fact, that they are necessary part of growth. AS a mat ter of fact. they are sometimes an in- dication of strong tendency to rheu- matism. and child who complains of them should wear wool next the skin always. though lighter, of course, in summer than in winter, and be prop erly treated by doctor.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-10
Afa XulaARf4w

Mrs. Ffnefeather-Ars you fak1nx your husband abroad this year7 Mrs Bonton-No. I decided last year when he insisted upon speaking of the vsne- tan gondolas as canaIboats that ths real charm of Europe Is lost upon him St Louis Dispatch
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-10
The Lathe,

Originally intended to be operated by the physical exertion of one man, the lathe has now reached such a state of development that in many cases forty to sixty horsepower. or the equivalent of 600 men, is necessary to operate it 1t is one of the earliest forms of tool to he driven by machinery.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-10
A Whack at Turtle Soup.

Turtle soup is called green just be cause turtle fat is kinder that color" And believe it, whether you now do or not, turtle soup will make anybody sweat green who eats of it often and much. Hogarth has picture showing how green turtle soup and its fellow foods and drinkables in the good old golden days put London aldermen un- der the tables. From the viewpoint of
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-10
Women's Tears.

Marks-Eo when you got home from the club last night your wife was weepinga Parks-I said nothing of the sort. said she was crying It's when a woman is sad she weeps, when she cries she's hopping mad.-Boston Transcript.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-10
LINER EMPRESS CRASHES
 INTO STEAMSHIP TODAY
Especial from United Press.)

Liverpool, Nov.- 10-The Canadian Pacific liner Empress of Britain, ar rived here, today, after a collision with the steamship Calchfaen off the Chicken Rocks. The Canadian Pacific vessel was badly damaged. How seriously the Calchfaen suffered, is not known.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-10
Even.

Borrow-Untf1 now have never had to ask you for a small loan. Money-- And till now have never been obliged to refuse you
 Girl Wanted? Read the Farmer Want Ads.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-10
DEMOCRATS GET GOVERNOR BUT REPUBLICANS CLAIM
 NEW MEXICO LEGISLATURE
Special from United Press)

Santa Fe, N. Y., Nov. 10-Although they still concede the election of w.. c. Mcdonald, Democrat, to the gov- ernorship, the Republican leaders, to- day, claimed an overwhelmingly Re- publican legislature and at least a part Of the state ticket.
 Returns coming in from isolated counties indicate the Republican claims of a majority in the legislature are we'll founded.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-10

when | i. -> .lom the club last night Lushman-Did she demand one? Owtlaight-Of course. got home so early that 1t piqued her curl osity-Exchange.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-10
A MissIno Laaf.

When the tree is fallen every one Goeth to 1t with his hatchet
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-10
An Insult.

An InsuIf.
 Have you ever written on an empty st0machT asked the mere man. ~Sirv' exclaimed the literary person. ~y am poet, not tattoo artistr'
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-10
Novelty Excited Curiosity.

Owtlaight-I had an awful time thinking up an excuse to give my wife