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The Washington herald., 1912-10-27
MARYLAND AGGIES
ARE BEATEN BY
ST. JOHNS ELEVEN
Farmers Lose Hard-fought Game to
Rivals by 81 to O Score
at Annapolis.
CADETS DEFENSE IS GOOD
BY . stan Correspondent.

Annapolis. Md. Oct. 2s.-The Maryland
Aggies' winning streak was broken here
to-day when the St Johns eleven
handed the Farmers q to o trimming
In the most important game Of the year
The Farmers were unable to gain
around the Cadets ends. as the grid
iron was slippery from the recent rains
and as result the many trick plays OF
the College Park boys were of no use
St Johns played a great offensive
game. using several forward passes and
end runs which completely baffled the
Farmers.
Time and again "Blondy" Clark. the
Annapolis cadets quarter back, swept
the Farmers end for gains Of from
to 80 yards. while Mellon and
Wilson went through the line for {
and yards whenever called upon
Country Morris. the former scholastic
star of the District. easily starred for
the Aggies. Had the game been played
on a dry field. the former Tech athlete
would have scored at least two touch
downs. as he circled the ends twice
for good gains. only to slip in the bad
soing. Country outpunted Clark on
every exchange.
Three Nj. A. c. regulars were out of
the game, and this. in a measure, was
responsible for two of the St Johns
touchdowns. Eddy. while he played a
fair game in center, is not the equal OF
kahler, who holds down the position
regularly, and a result the Annapolis
Cadets pounded the center Of the line
for good gains.
Mellon. the st. Johns captain. played
a classy game. being in every play and
fighting all the time. Aside from his
work on the defense. Mellon proved a
capable man TO receive a forward pass,
taking care Of four for 1O-yard gains this
way.
Morris Is Fast.
Clark's great end runs, the speedy
work Of the ST. Johns ends, Morris run
ming. and Knodes' handling of the team
were the features OF the game.
st. John scored in the first five minutes
Of play. The Farmers received the kick
and then shot several plays into the line.
The st. Johns forwards held and Morris
punted. Wilson brought the ball back ~
yards by a beautiful exhibition of broken
field running. A forward pass to Claude
netted the Cadets 10 yards more, and
Clayton circled right end for 10 more.
Clark went through the line for yards.
and Wilson again circled right end, this
time going 30 yards for a touchdown.
In the second period several forward
passes. two end runs. and a couple OF
line smashes put St. Johns on the Ag-
gies' 30-yard line. and Clark carried the
ball over for the second score of the
game.
The third touchdown came in the third
period. Line plunges and end runs put
Clark within striking distance and he
carried the ball over. The final score
came in the last quarter. Clark tore OF
30 around right end and NJ. A. C. was
penalized for holding. Mellon hit center
for 10 more. and on the next play Clark
took the ball over. going around left end.
Lineup and summary.
The Washington herald., 1912-10-27
KAHOB DECLARES
PITCHER HERRING
WILL MAKE GOOD
Scout Thinks G.ihith Has Diamond
in the Rough in the Young
Twirler.
BILL ALLEN OF SHARON
MIKES ONLY SELECTION
Nationals Purchase Sharon Out
fielder Upon Scouts Advice.
Other Gossip and Comment

II don't very often make predictions"
nused Mike Kahoe. the Nationals scout,
last night. but I'll miss my guess II q
young man named Herring doesn't show
enough stun to make some of these ex-
perts wake up and take notice.
Herring has something" continued the
scout: of course. he is awfuliy green;
doesn't hardly know how to put on a uni
form. but / have watched him carefully.
and. believe me. Herring 10 going to Be .
regular pitcher next season II he Gets
any kind Of a break at the start"
Grin also believes that there 10 q fu-
ture for Herring or the Old Fox would
never have carried him during the re-
naming weeks of the season.
According to Kahoe and Grin, the
youngster has a remarkable spitban. ono
which breaks two ways. Herring is SIX
feet and weighs 175 pounds. and also Dos
sesses an easy delivery.
Scout Kahoe since last March has been
constantly on the trail gum -shoeinR
throcgh the minor leagues in search of
talent for the Nationals. but he only rec
ommenced the purchase Of one player
during the entire season. The youngster
In question Is Bill Allen. who formerly
pastimed with the Sharon, Pa. club.
In speaking of Allen, Kahoe declares
that the youngster is Just as promising
as any Of the others whom Grif has
drafted. Hes fast, stands I'D to the
plate well. and can throw" vouchsafes
Mike, and ! feel confident that GRIN
will like him
Snodgrass Speaks Out.
Fred snodgrass has arrived at his home
In California An inqui.itive citizen who
was looking for information asked HIM
how he came to nun that now celebrated
iy in the last half OF the tenth inning
in the final game with Boston.
Il was frozen to the marrow" was tho
reply.
From all outward indications it would
seem that Snodgrass has described his
case to a T. II ever a ball player had
buck fever he had II when that fly struck
his hands. He played the ball perfectly
NJ outfielder in the world could have
judged IL more accurately. stood waiting
for II TO drop. and when II struck his
hands never closed them a fraction of an
inch The bail hit his glove and bounded
out Immediately.
Knowing Snodgrass very WELL there
isn't the slightest reason to believe that
IL was the money involved so much a. II
was the fact he saw the championship
actually coming to the Giants, which un-
nerved him. II was as clear a case Of
buck fever as ever befell a hunter Tho
very case OF the thing paralyzed him for
the moment
Snodgrass wasn't the only one who had
buck fever In that game. Stahl was on
the wrong side Of second base twice when
he was trying to get home with the tying
run. and he didn't know II, nor did any
of the New York players who were op-
posed to him.
Merkle insists as his part Of the tenth
inning catastrophe that he never saw tho
foul which Speaker batted into the air
that is. did not see 1t until It was too
late.
The Washington herald., 1912-10-27

Touchdowns-J. Wilson. Clark 80. Goals from
toucbdowps-Mcilon t9. Clayton. Referee-Mr.
Nielsen. Of Nebraska Umrr--Mr. Cates of
Yale. Head hnesman-Mr. Howard. Of Navy
Lncsmen-MesHs. shipley and Brown. Time
keeper-Mr weems, Of Nary. Spbstituiions-CcS-
ter for Johnston, Thompson for Cfamie McIsinney
for Ru1 Loomis for knode. LOOMS for Morris.
Knods for Loonis, Hunterman for Hiadman Time
& quaEters-a2 and 10 minuteA
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-01-24
Report On Wool Industry.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.-The com.
plete report of the tariff board on the
wool industry in Montana, just out
from the printing shops contains
much of interest on the industry in
Montana showing that the state ranks
second among the states in the pro.
duction of raw wool. Wyoming leads
the states in production with a per
cent of 36 of the whole, and Montana
comes next with 1876 per cent of the
whole. In the domestic clip there is
eight to ten million pounds of what is
known as fine Montana staple that
meets the competition of the Austria
liam.
The leading sheep states are given
as Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, Colo
RADIO, California. Nevada, Utah,
Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Wash.
ing and Oregon. In these states the
board made a study of the conditions
of the industry and schedules of costs
we're secured from typical aocks repre-.
senting the various conditions under
which the sheep are un. Twenty
places we're visited in Montana.
The report states that in 1910 there
were 5,371,63 9 sheep in Montana.
Wyoming leading with 1894, 059.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-01-24
Waste In Postal Department.

San francisco Bulletin.
According to the interstate commerce
commission the best wooden mail cars
now cost SO, 900 and the best steel cars
cost $40, 500. The cost of maintaining
a mail car is about 81, 225 a year. A
wooden car lasts on the average 25
years: q steel car would, of course,
last much longer. The government
could maintain a car for % years for
Sal, l25.
At present the average rental paid
for its mail cars is 1929 each. IL
25 yeare, at the rate, each car costs
the government. slO5, 1875. This means
that in % years the government would
save $63, 600 on each car. Even II
there were no incrs ase in the mum bel
of cars, q ridiculous assumption, the
total saving would be about S75, 900,
600.
That surely would be an economy
worth while, but no one has heard o
Postmaster General Hitchcock advo
eating government ownership of mai
cars. He does very we'll with small
economies, but when the big extrava'
gances confront him he looks the othe
Way,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-01-24
k His Mark.

"One funny thing l have learned
about human nature" said a drug
store cashier, sis the habit many peo-
pie have of marking their name in the
city directory. They do that because
the directory is the only place where
their name ever gets into print, and 1t
has such a fascination for them that
they can't resist calling attention to it.
A funny little old man who likes to
talk tells me that he has made special
trips to different parts of the city just
to mark his name in the directories OF
the ~neighborhood. He puts a little
cross in red ink before it. l asked him
what good it did. He said none, pos
sibly, although he Is a teacher of Ian
guages and may get a few calls on
account of that queer advertisement.
"But his is an exceptional case. Not
many persons spend time and money
hunting up city directories, but every
time they happen to see a new one
they can't help looking up their name
and putting some kind of a mark
around it."-Philadelphia Ledger.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-01-24
ELIMINATING FARM WASTE.

There is a hoary economic theory
that nature never wastes anything.
The same idea may be put in the for
mula that everything on this earth is
good for something. Therefore the
work of scientists has been turned
largely toward the discovery of uses
for the vast bulk of waste products,
aud with great success. The modern
packing house exempli6es the econo.
mic value of finding out what a be
done with what was III considered
proftless waste, until today there is
little or nothing about q slaughtering
establishment that is not made valu-
able by scientific process.
The saving in waste is what has
transformed many of the farms that
we're nee considered worn out into
profitable institutions, and the bulk of
the work of the modern agricultural
colleges and experiment stations is in
pointing out how to utilize waste. It
was in this line of investig alton that
the government scientists turned their
attention to converting corn and cot.
ton stalks to commercial uses. The
old system of farming took little note
of any value tia t might repose in those
by.products of crops. The cor and
cotton stalks were either burned or
plowed under to get rid of them.
For three years extensive expert
ments have been made in Washington
by the experts of the department Of
agriculture, with a view of perfecting
a purpose for making high grade pa
per from corn, broomcorn, sorghum
and cotton stalks, and it is now an
nounced that success has attended
these efforts. The government has
found that not only al a fine quality
of paper be made from the stalk
waste, but that as a by.product OF
this process q good stock food is Sc
cured. Practically every ounce o.
stalks is utilized and it now remaini
only for the process to be so perfected
tha at it will be both economical ant
simpler
The manufacture of millions O,
pounds of paper pulp every year is
depicting the northern forests at ar
alarming rate. Therefore any sue
c~essful method by which the by-pro'
ducts of the farm can be utilized ii
making paper is of the greatest impor'
lance. 1t must be admitted even BY
the most skeptical that development
in eliminating waste from farm pro
duction have been most encouraging
Kansas City Journal.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-01-24
Electricity In Wheat Raising

The pr~scticsbility of using static
electricity to supplement sunlight in
the GUILTY. alton OF winter wheat ia be.
ing tested at the government expert
ment farm at Arlington, Va, accord.
ing to Popular Mechanics Magazine.
The theory of the government scien.
lists, headed by Dr.. Lyman J. Briggs,
Is that the natural electricity in the
atmosphere Is beneficial to plant
growth and that there would seem to
be no reason why, If this natural cleo
tricity be amplified or increased by
mechanical means, nature will not be
still further assisted in her work, par
ticularly during the winter month:
when the supply Of sunlight is cur
tailed.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-01-24

ton, in which q leading scientist
seemed to disprove the cl lain. A part
OF his argument was based on q very
carefully written weather record pre-
pared away back in the year l341 by
an English minister. This showed q
phenomenally arm winter, with vege.
tables blossoming in the garden, in
dicsting that 600 years ago the sun
used to chine and the rain and snow
to fall about as they do today.
A compilation of the temperature
records made by the weather bureau
for ten American cities from 1854 to
1879 and from 1879 to 1904 was made
not long ago. The earlier quarter of
a century differed from the latter by
only a triAing fraction. AS said wise
old Solomon, "There is nothing new
under the sum-"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-01-24
Must Increase Production,

WASHINGTON, Jan. live have
to make two blades of grass grow
where one grew before. If we do not
make u farms produce more, those
who come after US, our children's
children and their children, will starve.
That is all there is to it, gentlemen"
Charles Allen, q Paulding, Ohio.
banker and farmer, spoke thus to the
house sugar investigating committee
today. His testimony was sought as
to the conditions and profits of bee'
farming for the sugar refneries which
are being built throughout the United
States.
Mr.. Allen offered his solution fol
the high cost OF living. he said thu
costs of foodstuffs would continue t.
soar until more intensive farming
W as practiced in the United States.
The witness was enthusiastic ovel
the progress made by the beet farmer
In his state. In five years, he said
the farming property of the country
had enhanced in value more thai
s5, 900, 900. He said land values ha'
doubled and he predicted an era Q
great prosperity il the tariff agitation
ceased.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-01-24
A Scotch Marriaua.


By the act of 1856 the parties sign
in the presence of two witnesses a
declaration that they take each other
as husband and wife. They then pre-
sent a petition to the sheriff asking
him to certify that they have been
married and that n or both of them
had their usual residence in Scotland
before the marriage or had resided
there for twenty-one days preceding
1t. This petition may be presented
within three months of the declara-
ton constituting the marriage, but is
usually presented within three hours.
The parties and witnesses attend be-
fore the sheriff, and the witnesses con-
firm on oath the statements of fact.
The sheriff thereupon grants warrant
to the registrar to register the mar
riage. The registration can then be
completed at once. The whole pro-
cedure takes only an hour or two, and
the cost is only a few shillings. On
the eve of the new year and summer
holidays there is a constant procession
Of newly married couples and their
witnesses before the sheriff in Glas-
gov. The suitors are principally
drawn from the artisan classes and
the classes below them, but there is
usually a sprinkling Of a better class.
London Spectator.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-01-24
Will Enforce New Law,

HELENA, Jan. 17.-According to au
announcement made by DR.. T. D.
futile, secretary of the state board OF
health, steps will be taken ut once for
q strict enforcement Of the new state
pure food law.
"There seems to be q belief in GER
tain quarters, from the tenor of one
or two letters I have received. tina,
the state board does not intend to en-.
force this act," said DR.. futile.
"This is an impression
which persons holding are likely &c
discover in the immediate future and
to their sorrow.
''This department will enforce il
strictly as soon as all persons affected
by it have been given the opportunity
to do whatever is necessary to comply
with its provisions"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-01-24

government Of Orenburg on the river
Ural, owing to not having received
any assistance from the authorities
are selling their children to the Khir.
gese nomads 10 the government of
SaratOv.
Many OF the people in the vicinity
have died from hunger and tyhpus
fever and more than 10 per lent OF
the children are stricken with q fear.
full epidemic in some of the villages,
while in other districts the distress is
extreme.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-01-24
When Ono Drills With Diamonds

A diamond bit for rock drilling Is
quite an expensive article, says Cas-
sier's Magazine. Its value, however,
will undergo fluctuations, dependent
upon the price of the diamonds. Per-
haps $500 is a fair value for a bit.
The diamond used is exceedingly hard
harder than those usually used as
jewelry. Their carat price is consid-
cradle, averaging. say, $50 per carat.
The diamonds used will weigh from
one to two carats, so that eight
have a value ranging from $3.50 to
5000 on the average. The loss of a
bit means many diamonds gone and
may lead to difficulty with the hole
The diamond is not tough, but brittle
1t will Withstand heavy pressure II
applied evenly and without shock. II
can readily be seen that drilling
through seamy rock may become quite
unfavorable. If there Is much quartz
present the abrasion may become ex
cessive. Under ordinary conditions
however. the wear on the diamonds
while considerable. is by no means pro
hibitive.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-01-24
Would Benefit indians.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.-Represen-
tative Stephens of Texas. charm an
of the Indian committee, has intro
duced q bill authorizing the secretary
of the interior in his discretion to with
draw from the treasury the entire
share of the Northern Cheyenne In
dians OF Montana In the permanent
fund created under the act OF congress-
of March 2, 1889, and to pay the same
to the members entitled thereto, or &c
expend it for the benefit of the said
Indians in the purchase of horses
stock cattle or such articles as viii
best advance the Indians in civiliza.
ton and self support.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-01-24
CLIMATE is NOT CHANGING.

There have been many Montana
folk, especially among the pioneers,
who have argued during recent years
that there was a gradual modification
of the rigors of the winters in this part
of the world, and who have thus added
the weight of their testimony to the
often-accepted belief that the climate
is undergoing some fund amental
change which had the effect of making
milder the cold seasons all over the
world. The weather of the past month,
however, has not been particularly
conducive to the growth of this belief
In this state, says the Helena lndepen.
dent, and II the temperature OF Decem.
Der and January 10 to be taken rs q
fair sample, it is not unlikely that the
old timers OF fifty years hence will re-
fer to the winter of 19ll.l2 as one o,
particular severity.
The theory that winters are growing
milder. however, is not entirely aban'
doned, and those who support this be
lief always point with satisfaction t,
the fact that Chesapeake bay wa
frozen over below the mouth of tn
Potomac in the winter of l779.SO an
that Long Island sound wat froze
over that winter and also in TAO Al.
Against these facts it has been sue
gested that distance lends not onl
enchantment, but magnitude to th
view. Recently in England it has bee
asserted with much emphasis that til
climate of that country has becom
much milder in winter. The subje,
was taken up in a recent paper rea
before the British Scientific associ,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-01-24
EXAMINE PACKERS BOOKS,
Values Of 6y-Products Changed To
Conceal Profits.

CHICAGO, Ian. l6.-Counsel for the
government continued their examine
ton of the books OF Morris and com.
pany, in the Chicago packers trial
today. Dozens of additional books
we're turned yer to the representatives
of the government at the beginning Of
the session. Shipment books showing
the sales of dressed beet by Morris
and company covering the period from
1908 to 1910, we're exhibited to the Jury.
When he resumed the witness STAND
H. A. Timmins produced q book show.
ing the number of pounds of fresh
meat shipped by Morris and company
to the branch houses in 1908, 1909 and
1910. He next produced the profit and
loss books for the same period and
explained the method of keeping them.
He said IN inventory of stock was
taken every month.
Timmtns was asked If the charge
made into the hide account for April,
1909, vas made on the same basis as
other months and the witness replied
that it was 90 far as he knew.
"If q mistake was made in not send
ing down the figures for hides for q
certain month it might go over to
another month";" explained the wit.
ness.
"Do you know Of any period where
this omission was made?" asked At.
torney Shean.
mo, I am merely suggesting a way
it could occur" said the witness.
The by.products. it is charged, in
| several instances we're sold to subsid-
larry companies controlled by the
packers at less than the market price,
where they we're manufactured and
sold at q large profit.
One of those subsidiary companies,
organized by the packers with a cap
ital of s15, 900 to handle oleomargarine
oil IL reported to have earned $1,000.
600 in one year.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-01-24
ENOUGH to Kill 10.

The Greek is usually not a
place for humor. nor Is the profess
sor Of Greek at the College of the
City of New York a very humorous
person. Nevertheless the following
joke was sprung on him. The class
had just returned from the chemistry
ROOM. where they had bravely listened
to a discourse on the elements. The
Greek lesson was commenced with a
history of 10 and her endless wander
ings. Finally Professor Tisdall ask
ed, "What did 10 die of" A student
who had been awakened by the ques'
ton replied. "Iodide of potasaV
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-01-24
Sell Children To Buy Bread.

LONDON, Jan. l6. - The terrible
conditions prevailing among the peas
antry in southwestern Russia are de-
picted in q telegram from a doctor IL
Orenburg. which is published here al
q special article. The doctor say
that the starving peas autry in thu
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-01-24
Nothing So Frivolous.

THAT fellow is playing politics, isn't
hep II should say he was working it."
Baltimore American.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-01-24

Fine Book and Job Printing q spe-
cialty at the RIVER PRESS Office,
Evening journal., 1912-11-05
MAS0rERAnE pARrY.

Miss sue and Helen Barcus enter
talned a number OF their friends at
their home, No 237 Woodlawn avenue
ON Friday evening at a masquerade
narty- The decorations were very ar
tistic. Among those present were
Misses Helen Barcus. May Russo l.
Jennie Deuer Katie Walters. Mary
Long, Helena Hickman. Jennie Good
man. Mary Kenney. Anna Sanders,
Julia Long, Agnes Maloney. Sue Ma
loney. Elsie Campbell. Marie Myers.
May Seidel, Margaret Harkins, Helen
Brady, Annie Ryon, Margaret Brady,
Catherine Maloney, Martha Peoples.
Mary Harrington, Helen Boyle. Agnes
Connor, Mrs. Walls. Mrs Petticrew
George Smith. Marion Evans, John
Toner, Joseph Godfrew. Joseph Har-
rington, Charles Hynson. Rob Lam
dry. John Yeates, Albert Biscoe. Ed
ward Lundy, Thomas Sweeney,
Charles Cook, Aleck Brown. Charles
Townsend. George Harrington.
Thomas Macard. Willard Comfy. Rob
ert Jones, William Rutter Walter
Hambleton, William Caller, Edward
Casey William McCool,. Charles VOL
har James Bowen, Joseph Hughes
William Cullen, oliver Walls and
John Petticrew