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The Washington times., 1911-12-25
Aoe Tinker Was Once
~. Sold for Batbag

Joe Tinker, shortstop of the Chicago
Cubs. was once sold by the manager Of
an independent team in Kansas City for
bat bag, and Harry Wolverton, the
new manager of the New York Ameri-
cans. didn't bring much more during
the early days Of his career on the dia-
nond. A s. bill once caused Wolverton
to change uniforms.
1t was out in Muskogee, Okla. Harry
was then just starting out as a profes-
siUnal player John +. Mulligan, who
was managing the team at MIscogee,
wasn't much impressed with NolVer-
tons playing at third base. and he
man named Bob Quinn, who managed
another team at Muscogee.
Wolverton'a rise was rand. and g
couple of years after the sale Harry
was playing with the Philliesy and
proving to be one of the best third
basemen In the National League.
The Washington times., 1911-12-25
yALE'S BASKETBALL
FIVE WON'T APPEAR
HERE. THIS SEASON
Unable to Obtain Sanction
for Game With George
Il town.
QUIT PRACTICE
UNTIL NEXT WEEK
Next Game Is With University Of
Maryland on JAN
uary 6.

Georgetown will not meet Yale a,
basketball this season, the dean OF
Yale University declining to allow the
Ellis to play more than one game dur
ing the holiday vacation. As the Ellis
had already arranged a game with the
Middies for next Saturday. they were
compelled to cancel the contest with the
Blue and Gray. Therefore. Yale will
not be seen in this city this season.
The Hilltoppers have discontinued
practice until waek from Tuesday.
when they will report to Car tain Gibson
and start In hard work for the battle
with Maryland on January s.
George Collifiower, Georgetown's
crack guard, has had the plaster cast
removed from his injured hand and will
be out in toys when the practice 10 re-
sumed.
Captain Gibson, who has been suffer-
ing from an attack Of the grip, Is re.
ported well on the road to recovery and
will be on hand to lead his team.
The Washington times., 1911-12-25
Johns Hopkins Has
Large Pick of Games

BALTIMORE, Nd. Dec. 25.-At the
Johns Hopkins football banquet an i'm.
portant notice was read relative to the
schedule for next season. The Black
and Blue. squad will have the pick OF
a number of high class aggregations to
meet next season. as letters have been
received asking for dates from Swarth-
more, Stevens, Randolph Macon, Ursi-
nus, Haverford, and Delaware College,
while the University of Vlrsint> is also
listed.
Johns College, Western Maryland, who
trounced the Black and Blue on Thanks
giving Day, and Washington College
The Carlisle Indians and possibly
Princeton University will play mid
week game here.
The Washington times., 1911-12-25
Bobby Lilies Pratt

Bobby Wallace is so well satisfied
with the reports he has re-
ceived of the playing ability Of
Pratt, the Montgomery, Ala,
infielder, he has decided to
place the Dixie boy on second
base and use Laporte in right
field. Shotten will play center,
while Hogan, Compton, and the
recruits will fight it out for the
left field job. Wallace excuses
Hogan's poor showing to the
fact that Hogan was a sick man
nearly all season and conse-
quently unable to do himself
justice.
The Washington times., 1911-12-25
Rudy Hulswitt Signs
With Columbus Team

COLUMBUS. Ohio. Dec. 25.-Secretary
Quinn of the Columbus American AS
ISOLATION baseball club, yesterday made
formal announcement of the signing of
Rudy Hulswitt and said that IL is
Manager Frieps intention to use the
veteran at second base. Hulswitt played
ninety games last year for Louisville,
hit .313 and led the second basemen In
fielding. At the end OF the season he
became a free agent He lives here
and was shortstop on the three cham
pionship teams successfully put out by
Columbus.
The Washington times., 1911-12-25
OArs1,e7 Lipe Long

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Dec. 25.-
Statistics prepared by DR.. Dud-
ley Sargent, Harvard's physical
director, show that of all col
lege athletes those who take up
rowing live longer. marry
younger, and have more chill
dren., Football and basketball,
says DR.. Sargent, are much
more injurious to the heart than
rowing, and the ratio Of deaths
among track athletes is also
larger than in rowing.
The Washington times., 1911-12-25
Joe Jeanette Posts
$1,000 for Johnson Fight

NEW YORK, Dec 25.-Before leaving
for Chicago, where lie expects to camp
on the trail of Jack johnson until he
nette, the negro heavy. posted 5000
here to bind a match should Johnson
agree. Jeanette declares lie has the
most supreme contempt for Johnso's
fighting abilities. Hes only a moving
picture lighter said Jeanette.
The Washington times., 1911-12-25
Four White Hopes Fight
In Gotham This Week

NEW YORK, Dec. 25-Four white
will probably eliminate two of them
from future consideration. On Wednes-
day night Tom Kennedy will try con-
illusions with Carl Morris. On Thurs
lav night Al Kaufman will try 10 take
hope away from AL Palzer.
The Washington times., 1911-12-25
Maps Catcher Brother
Of Famous Battery

Steve oNeil.. the young Nap pitch
er, Is a brother of Mike and John
O'Neil, who composed famous battery
for the st. Louis Cardinals a few years
ago. The catcher brother of the family
afterward went to the Cubs in a trade.
Both, have now retired from the dia-
mond.
The Washington times., 1911-12-25
Good Scraps Today.

NEW FORK. Dec. 25.-Fight fans this
afternoon are seeing two hustling scrap
pers in action when Willie Beecher
mixes things up with Marty Brown in
a ten-round fight.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-05-10
VERMONT NOTES.

G. Edward Hurlburt, a farmer liv-
ing near Richford, committed sui
eide April 20 by shooting. Before
committing the act he called to a
neighbor to come over and when the
man arrived he found him dead He
was 81 years old and had frequently
been in the courts for one offense or
another. His second wife secured a
divorce from him in March. 1t was
commonly thought that he was de-
ranged.
NJ. F. billiard, farmer in Dandy,
has a calf which has but two legs:
The legs are attached to the front
part of the body and there is small
tail which is partly grown on the
top of its back.
The stretcher mill of s. A. and e.
L. Cotton at Ludlow was destroyed
by fire April 20. The mill was un-
occupied and the cause of the fire
is unknown The loss is estimated
at $4,000 with insurance of only
$500.
Mrs. Martha Hammond of Barre
died May 2 at the home of her
daughter. She. was stricken with
blindness 15 years ago and was un-
able to see anything after that until
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-05-10

almost entirely with wooden busi-
ness blocks crowded together as
buildings are sure to be in business
sections of any modern town. Every
man who constructed building
there must have known that brick
OF. cement was much safer material
to use but he could not get so great
returns upon the money invested, SO
long as the building stood, because
lumber was cheaper In that place.
So he went after the immediate
profits and finally lost the whole
structure.
Not only has he lost his building
but all these years he has been pay
ing high rates to insurance COM
panies because his building was such
this hazardous method of building
in our towns and cities the fire loss
per year per capita in the United
States is $3.50 while IN Europe it is
only thirty-three cents. The Ameri-
can is paying insurance on his more
combustible property to make good
the enormous loss the country suf-
fers by fire.
Of course the first building in
America was naturally of wood be-
cause wood was the only available
material for giving immediate shell
ter which the settler demanded. The
co mo ann1iac ~ b0ono fouync 0f later
days and in the case of many towns
proved the wisest thing as these
towns were only temporary. The
time for them has passed now, how
ever, and the American who would
invest safely and profitably must re-
fuse to use wood in the construction
of buildings, especially in towns.
This is the only way he can hope to
enjoy as small a fire loss as the
European. 1t is a matter that the
American farmer can profitably con-
slider as we'll as the builder in
town. Very few farm buildings can
be protected from destruction by fire
in case a blaze gets well started but
many of them can be built so it will
be more difficult for blaze to get
started and in the long run the safer
buildings will be the most profit
able The temporary character of
buildings and communities has very
largely passed in this country, es-
pecially in Vermont, and it is the
duty of all to build more durable
and safer buildings than their faith
ers did.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-05-10

Hattie E. Barber, Mrs. Flora S. P.
Coolidge and Mrs. Eliza w. Lane.
The secretary, Mrs. ]. L. Livermore
gave a very encouraging report,
showing the past year to have been
one of the most prosperous in the
history of the club The treasurer,
Miss Lena l.. Sawyer, reported the
finances to be in good condition with
gain of 400 over the previous
year. Mrs. Josephine H. Arms, trus-
tee of the hospital fund, reported
$1056 on deposit for that worthy
object The Woman's club deserv-
es much praise for the work under
taken in the past year. that of start
project is not the only philanthropic
work undertaken by the club. They
maintain scholarship fund. One of
the Bellows Falls girls is now TAX
ing a course at the Normal school by
means of this fund. The visiting
nurse is also aided every year in her
grand work among the sick. The
following were elected delegates to
the state federation: Mrs. j. C.
Day, Mrs. George H. Babbitt, Mrs.
Albert E Ramsey, Mrs. w. w. Slate,
Mrs Edward Kirkland, Miss Caro-
line H. Arms.
AT the annual meeting or the Rut-
land Woman's club the following Of
ficers were elected: President, Mrs.
D.. B. Twigg; vice presidents, Miss
Margaret G. Clement, Mrs. George l..
Gilbert and Mrs. George F. Leonard;
recording secretary, Miss Mildred c..
Chapman; corresponding secretary,
Miss Alice M Chaffee; treasurer,
Mrs. A. E. Cahee; assistant treasur-
or Miss Ella M Wood ward. auditor
Mrs. A. G. Coolidge. Three new di-
rectors were elected as follows:
Mrs. J. B. Needham, Mrs. George F.
Pease and Mrs. Frank P Robinson.
The delegates to the meeting of the
state federation to be held at Lyn-
donville in June are Mrs. John A.
Mead, Mrs. George r. Leonard, Mrs.
Janet Dorr and Mrs. E. P. S. Moor !;
alternates, Mrs. H. A. Harna an, Mrs.
M. ]. Brophy, Mrs. J. n. Woodfin and
Mrs. George L. Gilbert.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-05-10

a few days before her death when
for an hour or so she had the sight
of one eye and recognized members
of the family.
John H. Flagg of New York, a
native of Wilmington and a well
known lawyer and poet, died in New
York May 1, aged 81 years. He was
clerk of the United States senate for
eight years, then praetised law in
Washington and New York. From
1882 until he retired from practise
in 1900 he was associated counsel for
the Standard Oil Co. He studied
law with Judge James NJ. Tyler of
the Vermont Supreme court.
Thieves entered the postofice at
Chelsea early Wednesday morning,
blew open the safe and got away
with stamps to the value of $500. a
book of money order blanks and a
small sum of money. A wallet con-
tanning $87 was dropped on the floor
in their haste.
The body of tiny b1by girl was
found floating near the shore of Lake
Champlain, south of the bridge lead
ing from Grand Isle to North Hero
on April 80. The body was in an
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-05-10


Frank G. Lyon, head of the Rey-
nolds store in Burlington said near
the close of merchants week there:
I'VE have about six times as much
business here as we can properly at
te- to. TIE week has been q grand
success People have come in from
near and far. and most of them in re-
Spouse to the Merchants week adj
vertising. We have more shipments
of goods to make than we can get
of in week, and we have packers
working at night Just notice that
nc says, most of the visitors have
come there in response to the Mer-
chants week advertising. Perhaps
other communities will some day
wake up to the fact that judicious
and liberal advertising is as neces-
sary and profitable as good line of
goods.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-05-10
First Agricultural school.

The Agricultural School establish
ed at Lyndon Center by T. N. Vail
has been in operation Tess than a
year but its success is shown by the
fact that it was planned to accommo-
date only thirty boys at first but
thirty-one are already in attendance.
The second annual catalog is just
coming off The Ca1edonian Press for
distribution and will prove an inter-
esting book to all interested in the
practical development of Vermont
boys. The catalcg states the purpose
of the institution to be:
The Agricultural and Industrial
Department of Lyndon Institute was
organized in 1910, with the object
of giving practical and theoretical in
struction to Vermont boys who have
neither the money nor inclination to
pursue an extensive college course.
The Agricultural Department is
strictly a Farmers School and it
aims to educate students along the
various lines of work that will be met
with On the farm and in the home life.
1t is not intended to fit students for
training that will be of immediate
use in farming and its allied indus
tries, like carpentry, blacksmithing,
masonry, and concrete work, prepar-
ing the students not only to do farm
work intelligenLly, but also 10 do for
themselves practically all the other
work in connection with the farm,
such as the repairing of buildings
from basement to roof and the re-
pairing of wagons and machinery; in
general way making them indie
pendent of any outside skilled labor
ano also putting then in a position
to assist their neighbors whenever
spare time may permit.
An especial effort is being made by
the institution to reach a class of
boys financially unable to go away
to school but who are willing to work
their way through such an institution
and it offers a limited number of
scholarships to enable such boys to
have as good an education as those
enjoying better financial advantages.
Anyone who wishes to aid such boys
in getting a practical education
should send to Director A. R. Merrill
and get catalog which will give
the desired. information.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-05-10

With a list of such offers as would
surely follow such. requests, the Sec
rotary of state would be In a posi-
ton to take up the matter with
capitalists interested In hotel devel-
sopment. With perhaps fifty offers
from as many towns. together with
substantial assurances of liberal
treatment from transportation COM
panies and other parties who would
be more or less interested, directly
or indirectly from q financial stand
point, it ought to be possible to put
up proposition that would bring
results. Probably not big results at
first, but one success would make
the next one easier.
Would not something along this
line be worth trying out North
field News.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-05-10
Valuable Test For BOYS.

The Windsor county Y. M. G. A.
boys corn growing contest is even at
this early date an assured fact, as
close to one hundred enrollments
have been received, with The pros
poets good for a total of close to
200. With 200 Windsor county boys
at work with brain and muscle, to
the end of growing the best crop
of corn, great good is bound to ac-
crue to the farm life of all YER
mont If the young blood can be
kept at home, then one problem of
a greater Vermont will have been
solved -EThe Landmark
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-05-10


extension grip and it is thought
that it was dropped from a passen-
ger train some time ago for the body
was frozen.
In supreme court at Montpelier
last week Herbert w. Blake of
Brighton submitted a written apollo
gy for his conduct before the court
last fall and the order striking his
mare from the roll of practicing
lawyers in Vermont was vacated.
A meeting of the Burlington
Choral union was held Friday night
at the Howard Relief Hall, about
SO being present. A business ses-
sion was held and officers elected as
follows: President, George Little;
vice president, Guy n. Hull; secre-
tary, Miss Theodore Peck. treasurer,
Mrs. b. w Braley. MFR. Skiff, who is
to teach in Burlington this summer.
spoke on the possibilities of produc-
ing light opera later in the sum-
mer.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-05-10
DEVELOPMENT in Vermont.

Secretary of State Bailey is begin
ming the work of promoting the fur
Their development of the natural re-
sources of Vermont as provided for
by the last general assembly for
wn1cn an approprlaLlon of $4,000
was made.
Mr.. Bailey purposes to issue a
catalogue of farms for sale in the
state and also to list all farm houses
where the proprietors would be will
ing to take city boarders during the
summer months. All that is required
of such parties is to send in the data.
This is not g new idea by any
means but it is ?, good one as far as
it goes. If the lists are freely cir
culated throughout the country, as of
course they will be under Mr.. Bail
ey's energetic management, it will
undoubtedly bring new people into
the promised land.
We hope, however, that the secre-
tary of state will dig down deeper
and undoubtedly he will go as far as
the appropriation will allow. For in
stance, Vermont ought to have in ad-
dition to all the farm home accom-
modations that may be obtained some
new modern summer hotels and by
the way they should be so substantl-
ally built that whatever part of them
were necessary could be used to &C
! commodate winter guests from the
cities.
/ Of course it is easier to say that
| the state ought to have these &C
commodations than to get them. 1t
has a few excellent hotels already,
while the neighboring state of New
Hampshire has a great many. The
latter state has no more natural at
/ tract4ons, to say the least, than has
Vermont; but its White Mountain
region has been better advertised
than has Vermont's mountains and
the Lake Champlain region.
A large majority of Vermont towns
offer splendid natural attractions fol
city vacationists. That such towns
would profit greatly from a modern
summer hotel, under progressive and
] enterprising management Goes not
admit of doubt.
i AS a start in an endeavOr to en-.
courage the building of such houses
supposing that Secretary Bailey was
to ask each town in the state what
inducements it would offer for the
location of a summer hotel costing
from perhaps $4,000 to 100000 OF
more.
IL WOulQ Lnen De up TO the cltl
zens who believe in their town to dc
something. Tt seems possible that il
a good many towns the citizens
would be able to offer from 25 to sc
acres or more of land in slightly
location, that the taxpayers would
| gladly vote tax exemption on the
property and guarantee to maintain
a first class highway from the hote,
/ to the nearest railroad station. and
perhaps hold out other inducements
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-05-10
Legislative L1n1inaries. !"

The sketches of different mem
bers of the late legislature which APP
peared under this head in The Brat
tleboro Reformer during the. session,
have been published in book form.
There are Is of them, each illustrat-
ed with portrait, and they make a
volume of interesting and amusing
comments, well printed in large type,
and attractively bound in green cloth
stamped in gold leaf. Single copies
will be sent postpaid to any address
upon receipt of Is cents (coin or
stamps) by the publishers, The Yer
mont Printing Company, Brattle-
boro. VT.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-05-10
WOMAN'S CLUB NOTES.
State Federation Will Be Invited to
Meet in Montpelier i'm 1912.


At the annual meeting of the
Montpelier Woman's club, which now
numbers 203 members, the follow
ing officers were elected: President,
Mrs Smith S. Ballard; vice presi-
dents, Mrs. James B. Estee, Mrs.
Pearl f. Blodgett, Mrs. Stanley F..
Bloomfield; recording secretary, Mrs.
Robert F. Bliss; corresponding sec
rotary, Mrs James. h Kelleher; aud
itor, Miss Evelyn Lease; treasurer,
Mrs. George w. Wing; directors IN
til 1913, Mrs. George II. Smile, Mrs.
F. HI. Puffer, Mrs. w. B. Richard
son. They report balance in the
treasury OF $325.35, 500 of which
will be applied to the district nurse
work. The delegates to the fedora
ton meeting to be held at Lyndon
vile IN June will be empowered to
invite the State federation to Mont
pelier for the next annual meeting.
The annual meeting of the Hypatia
club of Waterbury was held with the
president, Mrs. Perkins. The fol-
| lowing officers were elected: Presi-
dent, Mrs. Eva F. Stanley; vice pres
ident, Mrs. Katrine Bicknell; secre-
tary, Miss Reina Booker; assistant
secretary, Miss Welthy Demerritt;
treasurer, Miss Eta Graves.
The annual meeting and picnic of
the Pieiran club of Waterbury was
held with Mrs James Hattie. The fol-
lowing officers were elected: Presi-
dent, Mrs. Lulu Hattie; vice presi-
dent, Mrs. Margaret Knowles; re-
cording secretary, Mrs. Nellie Bates
corresponding secretary, Mrs Helen
Somerville; treasurer, Mrs. Bertha
Campbell; critic, Mrs. Edna Boyce.
The club will take the Bay View
course on Africa next year together
with a study of the geography of the
United States.
The tea, at the rooms of the Rut-
land Women's club recently, under
the direction of Mrs. George F.
Pease, was decided success. The
object of the affair which was held
during the afternoon and until 9
O'Clock in the evening. was to raise
money for fund to give deserving
] girls normal school education.
None but girls who have passed a
rigid examination as to character
scholarship and health are accepted
They must also be graduates of a
high school and without means fo1
further education Although not as
much was realized as they expected
the tea was a success in more ways
than one, and paved the way foI
mere such affairs to be given in the
near future
At the annual meeting of the Bel
lows Falls Woman's club the follow
ing officers were elected: President
Mrs. M. II. Ray; nrst vice presi-
dent, Miss Olive Prentice; second
vice president. Mrs. G. Fl. Rabbit
recording secretary, Mrs. Bertha E
Livermore; corresponding secretary
Mrs J. o. Spring; treasurer, Mrs
w. w. Slate; directors for two years
Mrs Edward Kirkland, Mrs. J. E.
Keefe, Mrs. E. L. Walker and those
who serve one year more are: Mrs
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-05-10

Everyone will be pleased over the
prospect of a settlement of the rail-
road fight over entrance 90 Brat
tleboro without the calling of the
legislature in extra session. It
seems good too that the Central YER
mont is to have concessions at Bel
lows Falls in return for concessions
at Brattleboro to the Boston and
Maine. The south east section of
Vermont certainly has all the rail-
road facilities necessary for its de-
velopInent and prosperity.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-05-10
An Early GubernatoriaI Bird.

There are already indications that
Hon. Allen M. Fletcher of Caven-
dish may be Candidate for governor
in 1912. That he can have the sup
port of many strong and influential
men; that he is in every way worthy
and well qualified for the position;
that he has been found in several
legislative sessions on the side of the
people on most questions and that
he would prove a popular candidate,
there is no question. He will not be
a candidate. however, if there is not
a real call for his candidacy from
the people. He will run no money
campaign and no barrel will be
opened in his behalf. He is not that
kind of mani Morrisville Mes
senger.