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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-06
MILL OPERATIVES EFFICIENCY
Impaired by the Strike at Lawrence.
Task of Overseers.

From Fibre and Fabric.
OF the many conclusions drawn from
the Lawrence strike the most prominent
is that such disturbances seriously affect
the efficiency of the returning operatives.
for how long period is yet to be decided
Organizations have been broken up or
badly strained, and for several reasons.
The returning operator after nine or ten
weeks idlenesS has neither the mental
nor physical efficiency that he had before
joining the strikers. Difficulties practi-
cally destroyed manufacturing organiza-
tions. took people from machines which
they had worked on and knew as well as
their own names and brought about diff
ferences of opinion where before all had
been harmony.
When the settlement opened the mills
to all corners a marked change had
| taken place. Men and women who had
worked in groups for long periods were
separated and set to work among stran-
gers. The many little understandings,
bits of gossip exchanged and combina-
lions in productive lines were matters of
history. Practically the family idea had
been broken up and hundreds are still
Smarting as a result Of the strike, and
all admitting down in the bottom OF
| their hearts that their victory was d
costly one.
Under such circumstances loss of EN-
cheney is not surprising. 1t is a credit to
overseers and superintendent that this is
not greater than now shown. The forma-
ton of a well ordered manufacturing or
ganizatiOn is a mans job under the very
best conditions. The task of readjusting
things in the mills where labor troubles
have been acute is surrounded by so many
obstacles that time alone can make the
organization of its former efficiency. Just
now, with an undercurrent of unrest, the
Overseers and superintendent have al
most an impossible task
Fortunately the loss in efficiency has
not taken a turn that results in malicious
damage to equipment It is more in the
nature Of sulkiness, lack of interest and
the like. In a few more weeks, with a
full wage and the coming of good wealth
er, 1t is likely that the misunderstand-
ings will have passed and the productive
efficiency of the help will again be up to
par. For nine or ten weeks it was hur-
rah boys. with bands, speechmaking,
fights and frolics. For the moment the
serious side was not given due consid-
Grafton. After such a period getting
down to business at once could not be
expected, any more than that a crowd of
schoolboys could buckle down the first
few weeks of school after long summer
vacation. 1t is a costly affair from every
viewpoint to go out on strike, and neither
side ever gets back what it lost in wages,
trade and efficiency.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-06
STYLES SAME AS IN 1885:
Fashions of Present Spring
Nearly Parallel Those of
II Years Ago.

NEW YORK. May 6.-The fashions of
the present spring are very nearly drpli-
cations of those of 1885, according to a
newspaper investigator who has gone
back to the files of that year for con-
frTnation. The first edition of the New
York Herald, printed exactly seventy
seven years ago today, contains fash
ion notice. which, the commentator says,
might be very well used today, with the
substitution of the "pannier'' for its old
fashioned cousin, THE peiisse." The ex-
tract, printed on May 6, 1885, says:
open pelisses, composed of summer
silks and edged WIKI two or three pip
ings of different and striking color. will
be much in request toward the end of
the month. They will be worn over mus
lin robes. either embroidered or trimmed
with flounces.
Embroidery will be exceedingly fash
ionable both for robes and lingerie. Print
ed muslins are expected to be generally
adopted for morning dress.
The new colors are expected to be
different shades of green, primrose, IL
lac, fawn, cherry and a bright blue"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-06
VEGETABLE ON TRIAL
AS TABLE DEu|CACY
AgricuIturist in California Gull
tivates Japanese Product
Known as the ''Udo."

The Department Of Agriculture has sue
ceeded in introducing a new vegetable.
OF course. it is doing that more or less
frequently. and the dasheen. recently in
troduced as the southern substitute for
the Irish potato. is sample. But the
Secretary of Agriculture today got new
one in the shape of a bundle of fresh
udo, with a request from DR.. Fairchild.
who introduced it from Japan, to try 1t
out
lido has been experimental with in this
country since 1902. but this is the first
year it has been on the market. 1t Is
not widely distributed delicacy. but
there Is one grower who has several
acres he is raising commercially In Cal
ifornia.
Supplies Sample.
II was from his patch that the speci-
men sent the Secretary came. The vege-
table is a sort of cross between celery
and asparagus. and tastes like neither.
1t does not taste like anything known to
the housekeeper, unless you are careless
In preparing il. and then il has a strong
flavor of turpentine. This, however, is
not its real attraction.
1t grows in punches, like celery, and,
like celery, has to be bleached by being
kept in the dark. 1t usually is covered
with an inverted pickle jar. or a length
of drain tile with one end cemented up
When il is ready for eating it has to be
boiled twice in clean salt water to take
out the turpentine flavor. and then 1t Is
cooked like asparagus.
May Be Used as Salad.
II can be all eaten, in which 1t has the
advantage of asparagus. 1t also can be
peeled and used raw as a salad. but in
that case IL has to be soaked in clear
salt water TO get rid of the turpentine
II Is said TO be very attractive after one
is used to il, but IL requires time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-06
A Proposal for New Coins.
From the New York Times.


1t has been long since three-cent pieces
| have been coined. They resembled the
dime and were confused with 1t in the
hurry OF making change. The United
States has never had for general circu-
lationS,a 21s-cent piece nor. we believe
| a half-cent piece. The argument in
Their favor is that retail prices still
take account of the old American shill-
ing, equal to 1914 cents, and that the two
! fractional unit pieces would aid in max
ing exact change. Representative Buckley,
| whose bill for three-cent piece and half
cent has been approved by the House
subcommittee on coinage. weights and
| measures, says their minting will result
in lowering prices of many articles
bought by the masses, for which are now
charged the customary prices of 5 cents
and / cent.
To avoid confusion with the ten-cent
piece. Mr.. Bulkley would perforate his
three-cent piece in the middle like Chinese
cash or certain coins of Belgium, and his
bill provides for a white cent of nickel
alloy in place of the bronze cent to dis
tinguish it from the copper half-cent piece
The circular of the National City Bank.
commenting on this proposed change,
says 1t is likely to win approval, since the
white cent would be>"a brighter, cleaner
coin"
But there may be objections as we'll as
advantages N adding to petty cash de-
nominations. While they would increase
the facilities for making change, they
would. for a time at least, seriously dis
turb the equilibrium of businesses ad-
justed by custom and convenience to
price-mak.ng suited to present means of
exchange. In most large cities. for ex-
ample, would come popular demand of
the transit companies to accept three-cent
fares. The profits of these public utilities
cannot. of course, be taken away from
them. Fare zones might be established
70, <Ie 6ny,, nd h,,< xla a
pay the same aggregate into the COM
panies' treasures. and the net result
would be nil for the trouble and expense
of reforming the fare system. These and
other similar questions must be consid-
cred before the proposal for new small
coins is ratified.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-06
The Saving of the Bison.
From the New York Times.


The American Bison Society," now in the
fifth year of its existence. is doing good
work The announcement by Director
HOrnaday Of the New York Geological So
ciety that it will aid the Bison Society in
stocking the proposed Wind Cave. Ma
tional Bison Range in South Dakota with
a. nucleus herd as soon as the range
is established by Congress follows the
recent shipment by it and interested in
dividuals of gift bison to the national
ranges in Montana and in Wichita
southwestern Oklahoma. Yellowstone
Park. of course, includes a fourishing
herd, and the Corbin herd at Newport.
N H., and the. well kept group in the
Bronx Geological Gardens show how far
east these fine animals may Craze and in
crease in number.
Yet there are but 1000 more or less of
the American buffalo in existence. There
should be millions Of them. as once there
were They are still in imminent danger
of extinction. 1t is not merely that the
bison makes q valuable beef animal and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-06
Girl Dies in Hospital.
The Cross of Woman.

From the New York Press.
God help the women! Always they bear
the worst of it. Man, as ever he must IL
he be man, puts woman over the side
of the wreck in the lifeboat and himself
sta ds upon the deck, TO go down with
the ship. That test-his-is soon over;
hers goes on. She must see with her
ewes or picture in her mind the crus!
sight of her man as he goes down to the
quick ending She must see IL through
the life that is spared TO her; the drear
road she must travel after without him.
What thoughts must ever be hers for the
man. father. son. husband. 50 gong while
she stayed Poor woman; hers are the
heavy crosses:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-06

that its hide is more valuable than that
Of any domesticated beast: there is a SEN
timental value in its preservation. 1t is
the most conspicuous of the American
fauna The New York Geological Society
has not abandoned its efforts to establish
a state preserve in the Adirondacks and
in each Of the states In which the bison
originally ranged. 1t is difficult. how
ever, to stir state pride in this matter.
The bill now before the Senate committee
on agriculture appropriates only $50 900
for the purchase and fencing of a valua-
BILE tract in the Black Hills district of
South Dakota. 1t is little for the nation
to pay. The return will be rich and
lasting.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-06
Warning in Prohibition Maine.
From the Lewiston Journal.

The barkeeper In the saloon on Main
street, Lewiston, which is the nearest
saloon to the lower Maine Central depot,
should be more careful. A calico curtain
covers a hole in the partition which looks
out from the bar on the front shop. The
other evening. as the writer went home.
this curtain was caught up at the side
and failed to cover the hole. From the
street one could look into the brilliantly
lighted bar and see the row of bottles Or
whisky, and even read the labels on
them. We. write this simply to- advise
the barkeeper and the proprietor. that,
unless he Is very careful our shrewu
sheriff. who IL something OF q sleuth, may
begin to suspect that liquor is sold there.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-06
Boer War Medals Unclaimed.

tUfFSFCIsItHVF
LONDON. April 81. 1912.
II will be news to many that there
are stored at Woolwich dockyard
nearly $4,000 South African war medals
for which owners cannot be found.
Each medal is engraved with the name
of the man to whom il was awarded.
and a special staff of clerks is en-
deayoring 10 trace them These. how
ever. are not the only medals that lie
the Zulu campaign of 1873. and
also seven medals presented by the
British South Africa Company for the
Matabele war, still seeking owners
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-06
Millions, But
the Catholic STANDARD and Times

From the Catholic Standard and Times.
Markley-Skinner has been trying to
get me interested in land boom in New
Jersey.
Wiseman-Pshaw. that tract of his is
practically worthless. I don't believe
anything could ever live there but mos
quitoes.
Markley-Ah l guess that's what he
meant; he told me there was millions
in it,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-06

From Lippincott's Magazine.
The virginian of the vintage of - was
brought up on McGuffey's Reader. the Sc
lections of which were balanced liter
airy ration, so 1t was not entirely surpris-
ing that one from little further back
in the woods should say to the other, 81
tell you, sub, DIR. McGuffey was a great
man, a great writer. Why. sub, If he had
never written anything but that piece IN
his reader. beginning, To be. or not to
be: that is the question: he would de-
serve to be called great man, suh."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-06
Seeing Double.

Conductor-we're travelling in two Sec
tons tonight
Slightly Intoxicated Passenger = Thatsh.
right. Justh what I've been trying to tell
m friends. OF coursh you are. and can
see both shectons Of you. too. conductor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-06
MURDERS THE DAUGHTER
OF FORMER EMPLOYER
Clerk Who Had Been Dismissed
Shoots Girl Who Was Writing
Him q Accommodation.

NEW YORK, May 6.-After having
threatened to murder the entire family
OF Charles Rucker, grocer, Of Little
Ferry. near Hackensack. n. j.. Anthony
Parchall. who had been discharged as
clerk in the store, shot and killed Mary
Rscker. seventeen Years old, and then
ended his own life yesterday. 1t so hap
pened that Fuckers daughter was the
only one the crazed man found in the
house when he entered by the rear door
of the living apartments.
She was busy at the desk writing out a
recommendation to give to Parchall when
| the discharged employee made his appear
ance.. Unknown to the murderer, Mrs.
Rucker was in the store. which is in
front Of the Office, and Rucker was rest
ing on bed upstairs, being somewhat in
disposed.
Scream Followed by Shot.
Parchall was heard repeating his threat
as he stood looking at the girl. She
| screamed as he drew revolver from his
hip pocket. The next instant came the
| report of the revolver and, though shot
through the body, the girl ran into the
| store
bullet went crashing through the plate
glass window ara just missed the heads
of two lads. The bullet crashed through
| the parlor window in a house across the
| street, the flying glass injuring the
owner.
| Mary Rucker dropped to the floor after
/, returning from the store. and never re-
gained consciousness. Parchall fired two
| bullets into his left side. just under the
heart. The second took an upward course
and he fell dead beside the body of his
/ victim.
Girl Dies in Hospital.
| The gir! died in the Hackensack Hos
pital twenty minutes after arriving there.
| 1t was said by some that Parchall was
insanely jealous of Miss Rucker. who was
one OF the most popular girls in Little
Ferry, but the father of the girl denies
/ this. He says Parchall had threatened To
kill the entire .Rucker family.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-06
CURATOR AT zoo PARK
. SEES ANIMALS IN PLAY
Says the ChinchiIIas Engage
InteIIigentIy in Game of
"Squat Tag"

NEW YORK. May 6.-Do animals play
games? Curator Ditmars Of the Bronx
Geological Park believes that many do
and he has arrived at that conclusion
after much observation.
Three Peruvian chinchillas. for ex-
ample, were observed indulging in q
modification of childish game called
squat tag" The one who was lit"
would give a little squeak, and at the
signal the other two would roll over.
Rules Of the Game.
The third would try to nip the tail OF
one of the other two. if he could reach
one of them before the animal he was
tagging had got completely on it's back.
This done. the chinchilla who had been
tagged would be it, and they would
begin again.
Squirrels have an organized. game which
Mr.. Ditmars calls hide the NUT. and
some species of deer run races usu.
ally jumping races. at which they line
up and start at a signal and make for a
fixed goal. Badgers play tag, and also
play as good a game of puss-in-the-cornel
as most children.
Guinea Pigs Under Instruction.
AS an experiment Mr.. Ditmars took five
guinea pigs and put them in cage where
they had close view of the badgers al
play. In time. he says, the little pigs be-
gan to take notice, and after several days
it was observed that they were playing
tag in a very unsyStematic manner
Experience or observation taught them
better, and in time the five became very
proficient players. The puss-in-the-cornel
game appeared to be beyond them. The
guinea pigs, although usually OF gentle
disposition, seemed to quarrel more ovel
their game than did the other animals.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-06

Mems and Boys
Clothing Remnants
Sale
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Is Boys Wash Suits, sizes
2H, 3, 4 and 5........ oSc SOC
Is Children's Khaki Play
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IS Boys Khaki Knicker-
booker Pants. ........ 75c $50
8 Young Mems Suits. $3.50 $4.o5
E Boys Norfolk Suits. $500 oSc
Is Boys Double breasted
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Is Mems and Young Mems
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FL Mems Nobby Suits. :. $3.50 So.45
"a pairs Mems Neat Trou-
sers .............. $500 $I.39
| Fourth Floor.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-04
By Rube Marquard.

HAVE often marveIled over the
fact that even in the heat of a
pennant race, such as the one
in which our club is now engaged,
Manager John j. McGraW, of the
Giants, finds time to give the flu
ture a good deal OF consideration
and to maintain a training school
for the production of baseball
stars for the years to come
You would think that a man
fighting for a che mpionship would
forget the future--and most man
ayers would; but not McGraw. 1t
is further evidence of the base
ball genius of the Giant chief that
he can keep in front with one
bunch of ball players and at the
same time build underneath them,
as you might say, second team
to eventually take the place of the
first string
The average manager bases his
success on picking up men who are
naturally good ball players, and
who only require a little devel-
opment. McGraw needs only the
roughtest material or youth and
speed to form his teams. He is
especially a manufacturer
maker of players From one end
OF the season to the other he has
a training school operating in the
midst of his regular ball club. and
he manages to find time TO produce
one or two stars a year. even
while the fight for the pennant is
raging.
In what you might call his bench
primary class. McGraw now has
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-04
FODDER FOR FANS

"A ball player is a fool to pay any At
tention to what is said to him on the
field, Bill Sweeney.
Head in Buffalo paper: Napoleon
Lajoie is Among the Real Second Base
Kings PerchanCe. also it might be ad
mitted that "Ty Cobb is one Of Our Best
Little Batsmen' and Walter Johnson is
Pitchers.
Dolly Stark, x-Southern Lacquer. per
petrated a run-in with Umpire Jack Dunn
at Buffalo and is now adjoining the bench.
Claude Derrick isn't playing with Bal
timore at present He is suffering with a
savage charleyhoss.
Minor league stars have come high this
year, but they had to have them There
have been no record sales, but the White
Sox gave $l0,O 900 for Catcher Ray schalk,
of Milwaukee, and have agreed to pay the
same amount for Liebold and Chappelle
Of the same club. Detroit paid Kansas
City $4,000 for Corridor and Cleveland
gave up $4,000 for Chapman (stage
money, maybe)
Arthur Fromme allowed 50 hits in eight
less than five to the game.
In conceding, as he did on September /,
that the Red SoX had gone away with the
American league pennant Connie Mack
finished about two millionth in the
American league guessing contest. All
the rest of us had piped it off a week be-
fore.
Here is list of the ten biggest big
league disappointments of the wear:
Teams: Cardinals. Browns. Maps Ath-
Players Marty o'Toole. Joe wills.
George Chalmers, Del Gamer, Chief
Bender.
The Pelican fans don't believe in giving
up their money. And when knapp coll
the first time money had been tossed to a
player in New Orleans for four years
Perryman. who goes to the Giants this
fall, has lost eight games for Richmond.
In seven Of them not a run was scored for
him by his teammates
Birmingham has scored the most runs
of any team in the league (499). but the
Mobile team has allowed its opponents
the least (34S). The Crackers rank tiurd
in the number OF runs scored but they
have allowed more than any other team
in the league.
A new umpire was working in the
American association. Rube Waddel hit
8 clean home run, but the umpire called
II foul ball Joe Cantllon, the Mime
apolis manager. rushed up to the umpire,
prepared to blow his head off-hut didn't
This is what the umpire said that made
him desist
Keep away from me, keep away from
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-04

line. II you get me excited cant do a
thing
When Hamilton pitched a uo-ht game
against Detroit the other day he was the
second American league left handler who
had ever done ii. Jesse TannehiH was
the other.
Jim Fox $ great showing in winning the
second half of the Sally league season,
coupled with his previous great record
with Columbus should make the former
Cracker first sacker a strong favorite for
a job as manager in the Southern league.
Jim doesn't look like a manager, but,
then, neither does Connie Mack.
Well, Jimmy johnson has broken the
Southern league record for stolen bases.
He passed Joe Ricketts, mark on Mon
day. BY the way, didn't we predict that
a couple of months ago?
Birdie Cree, whose wrist was broken by
pitched ball, has rejoined the Highland
ers.
One thing the Giants have on the Red
SoX is base stealing ability. Still. that
didn't get them much against the Ath-
letcs.
Doc White is to manage the sacra-
mento team of the Coast league next sea-
son.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-04
NEWS FROM RINGSIDE

No more boxing bouts will be staged
IN Birmingham according to advices from
that city Dick Gilbert of Denver. and
Bob Brown, Pittsburg pug, were
scheduled to fight ten rounds in the Ala
bama city Labor day, but the bout was
declared OFF when the sheriff interfered.
about by committee from the Pastors
union calling on him and asking that he
not allow the tight to be staged,
Joe Mandots win over Joe Rivers was
q great surprise. Very little betting was
done on the fight, as no Mandot money
was in sight. However there is one
who Is a little richer by placing his money
none other than MRndots father. who
tet $500 his son would defeat the Mexi-
can.
Mandots next step will be 10 challenge
Ad Nolgast for the lightweight cham
pionship However, the little fighter says
ne VIII take a good rest before appearing
in the ring again,
Happy Tim McGrath. who managed Ed
die Campi, the san Francisco bantam
Los Angeles, last Monday, is quite
hnd for the newspaper men on the
coast McGrath always has tale to
tell and he never tells the same one Tim
says, although II was not generally
known Jeffres and Sharkey fought the
twenty NTH round OF their Coney Island
pltRl In the twentY-hfth round. JEFF
fries glove came on. but the former
champion did not stop fighting but hit
Sharkey several times with his bare fist
As no one wanted this 10 appear in the
moving pictures, both fighters agreed TO
fight the last round over
Governor Deneeh Of Illinois, would not
allow promoters TO stage a tep-round ex-
hibluOn between Jack Foreman and Jack
Parish. at Cairo. Labor day. The pro
motors had arranged TO stage the fight on
"a ferry boat but had to call it or when
sheriff Frazier notified them Of the gov
ernOr's action.
Eddie Graney. manage OF the Tuxedo
club san Francisco. has wired Ad VOL
CAST an offer Of sl5.0 600. win. lose or draw.
20 light a twenty-roun6 bout with Willie
Richie at his club Thanksgiving day.
II the champion does not accept Granev' :
offer. an effort viii be made 60 match
Maraot with Richie
Ted FOLEY. the veteran Australian who
has handled some ~ the hest fighters in
the business. Is a. Sheridan Park hos
pltal. in Chicago. ir had shape as the re
suit Of street car accident which hap