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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-14
VICTOR IN SCOTCH
MARATHON RETURNS
Hans Homer, Who Won Pow
derhadd Classic, Did Not Even
Send Word to His Folks.

NEW YORK. January 14-Hans Hol-
mer the great runner. who recently cap
tured the classic Powderhall marathon
run in Edinburgh, arrived here yesterday.
He was unheralded, and no one met him
at the pier He came without notice to
his parents. brothers. sisters and man.
ager, but not on cattleship. as he must
have come had he lost the race.
After paying a visit to his home in
Westchester he went to Sparrow Robert
sons rest" and there told a gathering of
athletes of the victory which won him
worldwide fame. He said:
THE race was a corker. AS you know,
| won 1t in record time. My victory was
no surprise to me. l knew I'd win it,
but 1 thought Id have q harder time.
Neither did l think I'd smash so many
records. The day was ideal for a long
race and l felt bully as l left the mark
trailed along the rear for q few miles.
while Louis Burchard, the French cham
pion, and Charley Gardner, England $
champion. set a fast pace.
AT the tenth mile I was in second
place on the heels of Burchard. At the
beginning of the fifteenth mile the rec
ords began to fall Until the eighteenth
mile those marks went to the credit OF
the Frenchman because he was in front
A half mile farther / took the lead, and
from then until the finish l had things
my own way.
When l finished the twentieth mile ]
was greeted with a tremendous roar from
the crowd. | didn't know what the
cheering was about At first 1 thought
one of my opponents was overhaullne
me. l looked around saw no one near
and continued at my same pace. After
| had finished 1 learned that the twenty
mile record had stood for ten years; that
hundreds of distance men had tried to
smash it and had failed. 1t was 1853 4211k,
made in 1899 by Len Hurst.
The pace Burchard set early in the
race killed his chances. AS soon as l
took the lead he began to fall back until
he was passed by Pat White Of Ireland
and Gardner. At the end Burchard was
much distressed. He finished eighteen
minutes and thirteen seconds behind me.
White. who finished second, was more
than four minutes behind
After the race | was heralded by the
natives as the greatest runner in the
world. l was dined and wined and Of
fered all sorts of inducements to stay in
Great Britain. Bnt / had had enough of
IT, l went abroad to win that race and
that was all / wanted"
Hans said he would take rest for a
little while and then meet any runner in
the world at any distance from ten miles
to full marathon.
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TO OVERHAUL THE PHILLIPS.
Barge Has Been Tightening Railway
Ties at Somerset Beach.

The power barge Frank P. Ii Ups.
belonging to Capt. Douglas Ramsay of
Alexandria. which was at Somerset
Beach for several weeks. engaged In
Tightening railway ties for large barge
loading there has returned to Alexandria
and is being overhauled. Capt. Ramsay,
it is stated, will shortly put the boat in
general freighting work on the Potomac
and its tributaries. 1t was aboard the
Phillips that Cecil Hufty of Alexandria
and several colored laborers were over
come by the fumes of gasoline ore night
early last month. One of the colored
men died from the effects OF the poison,
but the others were revived after long
fight ard have recovered. The men
reached Somerset from Alexandria during
the very cold weather and went to sleep
in closed cabin into which the gaso-
line fumes worked their way from the
ga soline engine. This is the only acct
dent of the kind that has ever. occurred
aboard q power boat on the Potomac.
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LONDON SEEKS OYSTERS i,
FROM AMERICAN SHORES
Syndicate in This Country to
Supply English Markets
With the BivaIves.

LONDON, January 1f.-Time and mis-
fortune bring about many strange hap
penings. When the world was some 900
years younger Rome, if not other i'm
perial civilizations, sent with express
haste to collect at fabulous cost the
nightly priced and exquisite British oys-
ter. With tenderest care it was gathered
from the superabundance of stores and
transported to Italy, and possibly also to
Greece and Alexandria. Although in
those days, with the forms of carriage
in vogue. it could not but have lost some
thing of its native" pristine freshness
and flavor, still 1t so far surpassed all
else known TO the Romans that it was
ever regarded as the foremost of table
delicacies.
In that period and until fifty years ago
the British coasts were tnickly strewn
with oysters, from Lands End to John
o. Greats. stretching out to the remote
Hebrides and lying i'll shoals they were
even to be found among the rocks OF
Stornoway. But this great natural store
of rich. succulent food was for the most
part ignored by the people, and fashion
further decreed that oysters should only
be gathered from a few noted places.
English Beds Neglected.
A<O SpSC1dl CdIc uO dllcHlpl d. SSlcIllAS
culture, such as is the rule in France,
Holland and Belgium, was bestowed upon
the British oyster-at least until quite a
recent date.
Now it is said that big syndicate is
being formed to dump oysters from
America In unlimited quantity and un-
rivaled quality on Englands shores. and
IN particular on the London market. Inc
wondrous American produce is to be
brought to this side from beds some
where Off New York state or Rhode Is
land. 1t would appear that the American
bivalves are to be handled in some new
and special fashion-probably packed in
refrigerating chambers-and will be SO fit
and pure that they will keep for q month
or more en- route from the sea beds to
the consumers mouth.
oysters from America, 1t should be said
are no new thing in this country. In
bulk and in barrel they have been con-
signed by steamer from America to Liv-
erpool and other ports for over forty
years. and they continue to come in ir-
regularly in small and large quantities.
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HISTORIC SCOURGES
M-THE SWEATING SICKNESS.
By FREDERIC ]. T1ASkIN.

and the virtue of sweating treatment Is
well recognized in our so-called Turkish
and Russian baths and at certain of the
European cures. Indeed. in the reign OF
Queen Anne sweating houses were
we'll known public. institution in common
use in London a means to curative
process in certain humors of the day.
But, with these recognized limitations.
the sweating sickness. like the dance of
death and lycanthropia
Not Likely OF wolf-madness. has not
l. come back" nor is 1t
" A'e'uAA' likely to. The reasons
are not far to seek. As we have seen,
the sweating sickness was largely or
wholly due TO local causes or to personal
habits of those seized. Medical authorities
are generally agreed that with our better
and more hygienic living, modern quar-
antine regulations, better and more in
telligent nursing, and the elimination
among civilized nations Of those gross
practices of eating and drinking to excess
which disfigured the middle ages, there Is
very little chance that any sucn vi.ulent
ScOurge as the sweating sickness could
ever reappear among mankind Or gain
foOthold anywhere.
TOmorrow-HISTOR SCOURGES.
Iv.-SMALLPOX.
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INTERESTING GLANCE
INTO GOLF HISTORY
Women Who Have Earned
High Honors in the
Sport Here.

NEW YORK. January IA backward
glance into golf history so far as women
Of this country are concerned shows that
since they began championship play, in
1905, only one western contestant has gain
ed the coveted crown. That was in 1903,
when Miss Bessie Anthony of Glen View
defeated Miss j. Anna Carpenter of West
ward Ho in the final round over the links
of the Chicago Golf Club This is one
of the arguments used by those who con-
tend that the woman's national tourna.
ment should be held. save at rare inter-
walls, in the east. The figures showing
previous winners as well as those who
won qualifying score honors are as fol.
lows:
1885 Meadow Brook, Long Island. November
0 ImedaI playl-Mrs. 9. :. Brown, shinnecock
sss MISS Miss n Sisasas Essex county
sn ss-141 Ma, M1s VILLA" snippen' Morris
~ j.. October I to . ieght qualined,-won BY
Miss BeatrI1 Hoyt.., shinneeock::, who defeated
play. in the llnal round Low score in qualify
ing round. Miss Hoyt. 85.
August "a to 20 1cieht qualihed)Won by Mis-,
Beatri1 Hoyt. shinneccck. who defeated Miss
G. sarsent ESSEX COUNT Io. up ia and %u,I,, !,
1898. Ardsley Golf Club. Ardsley-on. Hudson
Miss Beatrix Heyt. shinnecock who defeated
Miss Maud X. Wetmore.. Newport. up and :
f to play round I'm Ins M nn' H eSa o. w
1859. Philadelphia Country Club, Bala Pa.
October 10 to Il sixteen anr S BY
defeated Mrs. Caleb F. Fox. Huntington Valley
2 up and / to play, in the final round: Low
score il the qualifying round Miss beatr'1
1900. shinnecock Hills Golf Club; August IS
Meron cr,Sket c"S defeated Ms.
Margaret Curtis. Essex County. Club. up and
Rss 1eu sst %:. s .'Ss The
sixteen quallhedl Miss Genesieye Hscker. Els
HERON. Cincinnati. by up and !. play, in the
final round Low score in qualifying flying, round Mra
l.. 4. Manice and Miss n. B; Adams. o.:
Hecker. Apawamis. who defeated Miss Louisa
A. Wells BrOokline. by up and 3 To play IN
ss s Miss oc and Mise
tember - TO October won by Miss B.ss se
Carpenter, Westward Ho : up and 9 to play u
the anal round Low sSofe IN aqafyins round
October 10 10 15-Won by Miss Georgianna n.
s ssaop Essex County Country Club, up and
8 to play. in the final round Low score IN
qualifying round, Miss lottle Dou, nSihhu
Hiss Louise Vanderhoef and Miss Harriet 5.
Curtis. 80 Plsy,o won BY Miss Miss vs a%sGht
j., October to 14-Won by Miss Pauline
Mackay, Oakley. who defeated Miss . Ma rre
Low score in qualifying round, Miss Georganna
NJ. Bishop and Miss NJ. Curtis. ST.:
1906. Brae Burn Country Club West Newton.
Mass October TO 13-Won by Miss Harriet y.
Curtis. Essex County Club. who defeated Miss
Mary B. Adams. Wollaston, up and 10 play,
in the final round Low score In qualifying
round Miss Pauline Mackay, ST..
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HARVARD PITCHERS REPORT
Dates for the Base Ball Games With
Yale Arranged.

CAMBRIDGE. Mass, January lt.-Dr.
Frank Sexton, Haryard's new base ball
coach, began work with the battery can
didates in the Hemenway gymnasium yes
terday.
Harvard has arranged its dates with
Yale since the publication of the sched.
ule. The first game will be played al
New Haven Tuesday. June ~. the second
at Cambridge June 2S. and i'm case OF a
tie the third will be played in New York
Wednesday, June 20. The game at Cam.
bridge will be on Harvard's class day. /.
Harvard wanted the game on June -
or -, but Yale would not agree. Another
game has been placed on the schedule:
The team will meet Johns Hopkins Cni-
versity at Baltimore on April 10.
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SWIMMING RECORD BROKEN.
Longworth Lowers Daniels Figures
34-5 Seconds in 1920 Yards.

SYDNEY, y. S. w, January f.-Lons.
worth, the New South Wales swimmer.
today clipped three and four-fifths sec
onds off c. NJ. Daniels record for 1870
yards, making the distance I'm Il min
utes and ~ seconds. Daniels record OF
II minutes ~ A. seconds was made in
New York city February -, 1907. making
sixty-fiye turns i'm a tank. Longworth in
the present competition finished twenty
FIVE yards i'm front OF Cecil Healy. the
Australian holder of the amateur record
for 100 yards in open water, and who IN
turn was one yard ahead of +. T.. Beau
repaire of Victoria holder OF the amt
teur record for 1000 yards i'm open water.
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HEADQUARTERS IN THIS CITY.
Home for Postal Savings Bank
system Provided.

The Senate has passed bill authorizing
the expenditure of $4,000 for the rent OF
quarters at Washington for the Postal
Savings Bank system head office.
In the course OF the debate on the bill
Senator Bailey announced that no execu-
tive department would ever be granted
rooms in the Senate Office building.
Senator Bailey said it was crying
shame that the United StNes Supreme
Court was SO inadequately lodged. He
would favor giving the Supreme Court
justices quarters in the Senate ONCE
building.
He thought however. that 1t would be a
better plan il the House and Senate
would vacate the rooms used by commit.
tees in the old library section of the Cap
fitol and give them to the justices of the
SUPREME Court for their occupancy.
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ALONG THE RIVER FRONT.
Arrivals.

Schooner Mary Francis, cord wood
from Occoquan, Va. to j. II. Carter &
Co.. in tow of tug James o. Carter;
scow Roam, No. I, light, from Alexan-
dria to the Eastern branch to load
barge Brandywine, at Georgetown, to
complete unloading cargo of coal pre-.
paratory to repairs; tug Key, from
Broad creek, with lighter to the Eastern
branch.
Departures.
Schooner Mary Elvis, light, for lower
Potomac point to load oysters in the
shell back to this city; schooner Martin
Wagner, light, for Alexandria en- route
to a lower Potomac point to load oysters
for the Alexandria market; tug ID. M
Kew, towing lighter from the Eastern
branch to Broad creek; tug James ..
Carter. light, to Quantco after AleXan-
dria Chemical Company lighter, with
pyrites: tug Powhatan, with tow of
lighters for Piscataway creek; Hattie
Jumping Jack. from Alexandria for
down-river point to load back to this
city; tug Camilla has gone to a lower
river point after a tow of oyster boats.
Memoranda.
Schooner s. Sawyer has sailed from
the Rappahannock river with lumber for
dealers here; power barge Frank NJ.
Phillips is at Alexandria from Somer-
set Beach to overhaul; tug Southern is
due here today with a tow of coal
laden barges from Baltimore; schooner
Grape Shot is at lower Potomac point
loading for this city; schooner Sidonia
Curley is at Nomini loading lumber for
dealers here; steam yacht Roxana. from
this city, was at Jacksonville, Fla. the 18th
instant, en- route to the Gulf of Mexico;
schooner Qucktime is at Baltimore with
lumber from a RappahannOck river
point steam barge Daniel X. Jackson
will return to river point to load lum-
Der for this city: schooner Leroy is in
Chica muxen creek loading cord wood for
the dealers here; schooner Copia is on
the Potomac oyster grounds taking
aboard a cargo of oysters for the market
here.
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The Number of the Slain.
rom the Kansas City Times.

From the Kansas City Times.
Few persons in Smoke Ridge had ever
seen an automobile. 80 when one Of those
red devils stopped for few minutes in
the isolated village the curious inhabit-
ants gazed at the snorting demon with a
mixture of fear and awe. The owner.
who had entered the store to make q pur-
chase. heard one rustic remark: "I'll bet
1t is a mankiller."
"Of course it is assured the other,
look at that number on the back of the
car. That shows how many persons it's
run over. That's accordin' to law. Now,
If that Teller was to run over anybody
here in Smoke Ridge it would be our duty
to telegraph that number-12S4-to the
next town ahead"
And what would they do?" asked the
auditors.
why, the perlice would stop him and
change his number to 1885"
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changer Because in the past the Breton
women wore altogether clOse-fitting caps,
and, so far as appearances were con-
eerned. it made no difference whether
they had any hair on their heads or not.
But in an evil time for the hair mer-
chant Breton woman brought back
from Paris a hat, q real Paris creation.
Then every girl in Brittany coveted one
like it, and If she wore hat she wanted
her own hair. Thus the finest and
largest hair market has gone out of ex-
istence. 1t was the milliners that de-
stroyed the hair Dealers best market
and reduced him to the Chinese article.
All men sympathize. Curses on them
Can nothing stop them In their ruinous
course?
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play that position. 1t is understood that
II Gardner can play second base reeular-
ly Manager Chase will try knight "A
third base until lie has learned whether
Otis Johnson has quality enough To cover
short field permanently. If Johnson fails
to make good, then Knight will so back
to his old place, while Elliott and Austin
will fight il out for third base. IL is safe
to say that Daniels will play center field
regularly this year. with Cree i'm left and
Wolter i'm right That is the combination
Chase has been figuring on ever since
last fall. With the present well seasoned
material in hand Chase will have CONS
paratively few experiments to make. -
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Seek Free Transfers.

A petition signed by more than thou-
sand residents of Maryland living aions
the Bladensburg road was presented Il"
the Senate yesterday by Senator Smith
of Maryland. II asked for legislation
from Congress requiring the issuing OF
free transfers between the washington
Spa Springs and Gretna railroad ana Tue
Washineton Railway and Electric Com
pany. Mr.. Smith has such bill now
pendfng
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-14
BASE BALL BRIEFS.

Buttons Briggs formerly a Cub pitch
er, IS said to be seriously ill with tuber-
culosis, and will go to Arizona in hope
OF improved health.
Bud Sharpe, Boston's first baseman,
would like to play down south. The eli
mate agrees with him. and he wants
to stay there permanently.
Stony McGlynn, formerly of the Cardi-
mails, now with Milwaukee. is an Indian.
Quite a lot of brunette hall players are
really of Indian blood. but never mention
the fact, even to their eliminates.
Arellanes and Pape. pitchers, who were
farmed out by the Boston Americans, are
to have one more trial with Taylor ;
team. Both of them are good pitchers.
Pat Wright has accepted terms Of the
Eastern League as an umpire for next
season. Wright was with the Wisconsin,
Illinois League last year.
Lloyd Rickart, secretary of the st.
Louis Browns may accept the business
MANAGEMENT Of the Louisville (American
Association) CLUB.
pride and decided to sign with the Red
Sox, He has written for the contract he
earlier returned unsigned to John 1. Tay-
lor
Connie Mack won't return home until
February L. Many American League
managers would like to see the date No.
vember /.
Announcement was made last night in
New York that President Lynch Of the
National League has appointed the fol.
lowing committee on playing rules: M
/ s. Robson, chairman; Charles w. Muir:
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Not Too Hard on the Old Man.

From the Housekecper
II saw you kiss my daughter In the
conservatory last night What have you
got to say to that, sir?"
well. I'll overlook 1t this time, but
don't let it occur again. please
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PILES CURED IN Q TO II DAYS.
Your druggist will refund money II Paso Oint-
uent fails to cure .any case OF ltchtngs blind,
Bleeding or PEotguding Piles In to u Gays. SOC.
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Evans
Ale
-,r-'-

IMPLY Ale-GOOD ALE. What
- wealth of pleasure. comfort and
benefit it means! Soothing, gratifying
and enchanting to all the senses, be-
sides lending helping hand to make
superior physical equipment. Natures
ally.
In splits il desired: Leading Dealers and PisceA
q. H. EVANS SON. HUDSON. n. K
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MANY COMMUTERSSEE
DESPERATE PISTOL FIGHT
Policeman Shot Down at
Mount Vernon, N. Y, While
Trying to Make Arrests.

NEW YORK. January 14.-Several hum
dred heme-going commuters witnessed
last night pistol fight In Mount Vernon,
which ended in the death of one man and
fatal injury to two other combatants, one
Of whom was Mount Vernon policeman.
There was a panic in the neighborhocd
as the shots were exchanged, and no
one made a move to aid the policeman
in his unequal struggle. When he lay
on the ground, paralyzed by a bullet
wound in his spine, the man who had
shot him ran down the street and none
strove to intercept him.
Pasquale ]. Ruffalo is the policeman.
He was patrolling a neighborhQOd in
which Italians reside. Shortly after 5
o'clock he saw two men struggling on
the sidewalk outside a saloon, No 21S
South Sth avenue. The men had just
been elected. They were brothers, Alex
ander and Arthur Tiso, the latter a resi-
dent of Mount Vernon and the former
of Mulberry street, New York.
Attempts to Arrest Drunken Men.
Ruffalo arrested Arthur for intoxica-
ton and disorderly conduct. Alexander
and he had been drinking heavily. AS
soon as buffalo arrested Arthur Alex
ander began pummeling the policeman.
In the scuff1e Arthur f1ourished a re-
volver Ruffalo then fired upon Arthur,
who fell wounded. Alexander managed
to knock the pistol from Ruffalo's grasp.
Then the pair wrestled. falling over the
body OF Arthur, who was dying.
Alexander struggled to keep RuffalO
around till he grasped the policeman's
pistol as it lay on the ground. Then
Alexander, gripping the officer with the
other hand, placed the pistol against
Ruffalo's back and fired. The bullet
struck the officers spine and he sank,
paralyzed below the hips.
Alexander fled, dropping the revolver
as he ran. Ruffalo dragged himself along
on his hands till he could reach the re-
yolyer, Picking it up, he handed 1t to
a sixteen-year-old boy, Frank Panzi, who
alone had courage to approach the scene.
and babe the lad pursue Alexander and
shoot him down, but the fleeing man had
too good a start and Panzi could not
catch him.
Policeman's Assailant Caught.
BY this time somebody had turned in a
police alarm and three other policemen
arrived in a patrol wagon. In it Arthur
Tiso and Ruffalo were taken to Mount
Vernon Hospital. Tiso died on the way.
A bullet from the policeman's gun had
penetrated the chest close to the heart.
Learning from Ruffalo who the other
man was, his brother policeman went to
Arthurs home. and found Alexander
there, covering in bed and moaning from
a wound in his breast. They dragged him
to the hospital, where Ruffalo identified
him, and in an ante-mortem statement
said that Alexander had shot him.
At late hour last night 1t was said
that neither Ruffalo nor Alexander was
likely to recover. The policeman is mar
ried and the father of eight children. His
police record is excellent.
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Arellanes and Pape. pitchers, who were
farmed out by the Boston Americans. are
to have one more trial with Taylor ;
team Both of them are good pitchers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-14

Connie Mack won't return home until
February /. Many American League
managers would like to see the date No.
vember /.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-14

Lloyd Rickart, secretary of the st.
Louis Browns. may accept the business
management Of the Louisville (American
Association) club.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-14

Pat Wright has accepted terms OF the
Eastern League as an umpire for next
season. Wright was with the Wisconsin
Illinois League last year