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The Washington herald., 1912-10-06
Favorite Club in Series
Is Under Big Handicap
Matty Says Red Sox Are Favored by Fans and Thai
Giants Will Have AL the Best of
the Big Battles
By cHRIsTY MArHEwsoN,
OF the GixntS

The stage set for the big SERIES and both clubs will enter
the first game wifi full playing strength and opportunity
for losing Each is condition and both
have tipped weaknesses either real imaginary
club have made all the preparations possible There
S nothing do but get the returns.
All the advanced statistics and dope have favored the Red Sox
SERIES these figures have been compiled by lot of
deductions performances Past perform
ances don't amount baseball It's the future
But this inclination toward Boston has affected the betting and made
the ruling avorite the SERIES odds all the from
This situation is disappointment the Giants,
The Washington herald., 1912-10-06
KNIGHTS TO OPEN
BOWLING SEASON

Spalding Council Ok. c. Duckpir
League has reorganized for the comins
year with the same teams as last season
l. e. Raips. sheehys. Johnsons, and Nor.
moyles. This years schedule calls for
games every Tuesday and Friday, begins
October s. and viii be rolled on the Ca.
sino alleys. Fourteenth and Streets
Northwest The officers for the year are
=. J. p Cleary. president: DR.. J. r,
btgss. vice president; z. e. Werner, sec
retary and scorer. and +. p. Sheehy,
treasurer. The schedule:
FIRST SERIES.
Oofnbef CRslphs w. Sheehys
0cfooer u-Nomoyles ~ Johnsona
Ocfoha l5-Ralphs ~ Normoyles.
Ocfooer ls-Sheehys Va Johnsns
Octooo E-Raiphs "a Johnsons
octooT D-sheehys Va Nornoyies.
SECOND SERIES.
October 9-Ralphs Va Sheehys
November l-No1noyles Johnsons
November s-Raiphs " Johnsons.
November 6-Sheehys vs. Normoylex
November f2-Sheehys N. Johnsons
November lS-Raiphs vs. Ncrmoyles.
THIRD SERIES.
November 9-Nosmoyles Va Jchnsons
November 2-Ralphs va Sheehya
November B-Sheehys vs.. Nomoyies
November 9-Ralphs W. Johhsos a
Deccmber 3-Raiphs Va NormoyIes
Deceznber s-shsehys>vs Johnso,a
FOURTH SERIES.
Decsmber W-sheehy Va Normoyles
Decen,ber D-Ralphs vs. Johnsons
December r-Ralphs VS.. shechys
Decembef D-Normoyies vs. JohnsonS
January 3-Sheehys Va Johnsons.
JsnnaTy 7-Raiphs Va Noxnoyies
FIFTH SERIES.
January 1o-Sheehu Va Johnsons
January n-Ralphs Va Johnsons
January r-SheehB va Nornoyles,
January 1-Rairhs Va Johnsons
January A-Nomoyies VA ychnsnx
January 8-Ralphs uL Normoylesl
SIXTH SERIES
January a-Sheehys W Johnsons
fsbruary 4-Ralphs N Johnsons
february f-sheehys W Nomoyles
February Il-Rairhs W. Sheehys
Fsbrnsry H-Nomosies VI. Johnsons.
February n-.Ralphs IA Normoyles
sEvENTH SERIES.
February a-Sheehys W. Jodnsons
Fehrua1 > sheehys "a Normoyies.
Fehruap 3-Ralphs N ychpsons
MarcA S-Ra1phs "a Normoyles
March ll-Nomosles W. Jchnsuua
March atRs,phs ~ shsshys
The Washington herald., 1912-10-06
FIFTY GOLFERS TO CONTEST
For Handsome Trophy offered b,
Marquis AlkharaJ varadhara.

Much interest is being shown. In the
annual golf tournament for the siamese
Cup at the Chevy Chase Club this year
and from present Indications nifty golf.
ers viii contest for the handsome trophy
offered by Marquis Akharaj varadhara,
Minister from Siam. This cup Will be.
come the property of the member win
ming It three times. In addition to a
souvenir which is also offered.
Play In the qualifying round, which
began October 1 viii close October Is,
when the thirty-two lowest scores will
qualify with the club handicap deducted
and to continue at match play as fol-
lows: October Is. first round, Is holes:
October 1s. second round. Is holes; Oc-
tober II. third Sround. Is holes: October
Is. semi-finals Is holes, and October 10,
final round. Is holes.
J, H. Clapp won the cup last year, and
ABhmead Fuller was the winner In 1910.
The winners of previous years follow
1s6. G. L MarIatt; 1906, w. r. Tucker
man; 1901. .. NJ Taleott: 1903, Horace
Wyiie, and 1s0e. c. G. Treat
The Washington herald., 1912-10-06
st. Peters vs. srercurx.

The 81 Peters football squad Of
Southeast Washington win line unl
against the strong Mercury team at the1
Arsenal at 2 p. m to-day. A rood r,sneI
ID expected, as both teams ara about
evenly matched. with the addition 81
H Williams and Root. Of Erasmus HaII|
High School, New York, The st Pefsrss|
expect to give the opponents . haxd|
The Washington herald., 1912-10-06
BowLERs OPEN SEASON.

Law Plsys Tramc In southern Rail-
way League Te-norrew NiEAt.
The Southern Railway clerks Duck
pin Leasue win open MS season Mon
day, October I, ct the Casino alleys nj
Fourteenth and T streets Northwest.
Play between the Law and Trafnc teams
wtu tegtn q : e'clock. <.
The Washington herald., 1912-10-06
NATIONAL LEAGUE.

YEsrERDAY's RESULTS.
Cincinnati, o. Pittsburs, 5.
Boston. rs PhilaAelphia, ..
New York, !, Brool<lyn, o.
Chicago, 81 st. Louis, ..
The Washington herald., 1912-10-06
AMERICAN LEAGUE.

YEsrERDAY's RESULTS.
New York, - Washington, 9.
Boston, 3, Philadelphia, o.
st. Louis, IS, Cleveland, 4.
Chicago, Is Detroit, o.
The Washington herald., 1912-10-06

GAMES TODAY.
Chicago at Detroit.
Cleveland at st. Louis.
The Washington herald., 1912-10-06
RACING CARDS FOR MONDAY.
Laurel.

oticers Of the army and
up; 500 added; one mile
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-10-12
Old RIGA Reina ModernIzed.


The ancient city of Riga, on the
river Dwina, near the Baltic sea, is
undergoing a wonderful change. The
place was founded in 1901 by the
Knights of the Sword, a German order
instituted to convert the Let's and
Esthonians. It became in time a fort
ress Of considerable strength. 1t did
not lose the appearance of a medieval
town until 1857, when its masonry
walls were torn down. When Napo-
leon invaded Russia more than a cen
fury ago the governor of Piga burned
two thousand houses. Riga is now
being converted into a modern indus
trial city. The centuries-old moat has
been turned into a picturesque canal
and its banks have been planted with
ornamental trees and shrubs to pro-
vide a popular promenade. The old,
narrow winding streets of the inner
town are being widened and straight
ened. The suburban quarter, for Sc
long a collection of wooden huts. is
being built over into large apartment
houses. Several squares and public
gardens and buildings are being con-
structed. One of the squar is used
as a military parade ground On it is
the Russian cathedral, the city
museum and a school supported by
the chamber of commerce-New York
World
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-10-12
"slIkwornn Produeea PearIa.

Now that pearls are advancing SO
greatly in price, and with a fashion
able demand for black pearls, there
is an opportunity along the shores of
the South Atlantic and the gulf states
for the development of a new and
profitable molluscan fishery-the
mollusc concerned being the pima.
which is otherwise and POLITICALLY
known as the ''silkworm of the sea -
This interesting bivalYe not only spins
a very beautiful silk, which is util-
lied to some extent commercially
but produces uprising abound
ance of jet-black pearls DR.. Benja-
min H. Grave recently made a study
of it, collecting large numbers of
specimens, and he obtained an aver
age of one pearl from every FIVE of
the molluscs. AS many as ten were
found in a single she'll
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-10-12
ALL KINDS OF GHOSTS
Polly Andrews Discovered a
Daylight Species.
BY CLARA INEz DEACON.

Sheriff Bob Andrews was climbing
into his buggy to drive to town when
his daughter jolly came out of the
house to call to him:
"Oh, dad, I'm going over to the
Ricketts, place today to get wild
p1ums."
Lots of them there" he replied,
but what about the ghosts?"
They never show up by daylight,
you know"
We'll, don't firt with them, If they
do
The old Ricketts, place was a mile
down the highway. It was a small
farm and a rambling old house that
had been abandoned for years. The
land had grown up to weeds and briars
and tangle, and the house was door
less and windowless, and tenanted by
all kinds Of ghosts, from that Of Henry
Ward Beecher to that of a murdered
pack peddler When the boys visited
the place to snook around they went
in gangs, and the men who drove past
after dark made their horses step a
little faster at this spot Everybody
laughed about the ghosts Of the Rick
ett's house, but nobody made hunt
for them.
Polly Andrews had been visiting the
place at intervals for the last five
years. There were arttchokes, apples,
plums and berries to be found there in
season, and a healthy girl has the
same appetite for those things as a
boy. She has never peered into the
front door. But that was the limit.
No use in tempting the ghosts to
spring out and do murder. The wild
plum season had come again, and
Polly would defy several ghosts for all
the fruit she could eat Yes, there
were plenty Of wild plums, as her ia
Their had said, and she sat down under
a tree to "gobble"
From where she sat, the girl could
see only one end of the house. There
were four windOw-openings in view
and she had glanced at them several
times and wondered what the interior
Of the house was like, when the face
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-10-12

Demand fer Teachers of Agriculture.
1t begins to look as if the demand
for teachers of agriculture in the
schools, for managers of farms, for
experiment station assistants, is like
" to prove a big factor in calling boys
and girls from the farm. This will
not continue indefinitely of course,
but if these subjects are TO be taught
and these positions filed, seYenty-fve
per cent of them by farm children,
then the farms are certain to lose,
at least in the present generation.
The interest in agriculture has so
rapidly increased; so many city men
own farms which they cannot person
ally manage; so many positions are
offered by the United States govern
ment in inVestigationaI work; agri-
culture is being taught in so many new
places, that the agricultural colleges
cannot nearly supply the demand. Not
so very long ago agriculture was
taught only in agricultural colleges.
Now it is taught in the rural schools,
county high schools, agricultural col
leges, paroehial schools, Y. NJ c. A.
courses and by correspondence
schools. Some states, notably Wiscon-
sin, are starting district agricultural
colleges
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-10-12

ton that such congregations of birds
become pests to the several neighbor-
hoods; but there is another view Of
this matter that should be consid-
cred. Measured on a basis of 10
ounces avoirdupois of insects to each
bird during the period from the egg
to maturity, or say twenty-one days,
100000 of these birds would de-
stroy 100000 pounds of destructive
enemies of the farmer. If measured
from the standpoint of the cutworms
taken from the red-wing blackbird.
and for just one week toward the lat
ter end of the period, or at 42O cut
worms to the bird, these birds would
have destroyed the enormous number
of 100000, 900 cutworms.
AS the name implies, the kingfish-
ers feed mainly upon fish. but they
sometimes consume vast numbers Of
grasshOppers, beetles, crickets, frogs
and lizards. Rodolph Matthews, vice
president of this society, once esti-
mated the number of fish taken from
Waldock lake, west of Wichita, in one
season by a pair of kingfishers at
5000, and ii is known that there was
no discrimination between the spawns
Of the several species of fish Their
damage to the propagation of desir-
able fish more than Offsets their use
fulness as vermin consumers.
The OmniverOus crow, that feath-
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-10-12

Of young man suddenly appeared at
one of the openings on the second
floor. 1t showed for only three sec
onds, but that was long enough to
satisfy the girl that she was looking
at a human being-a young man
whose face might have been interest
ing but for the look Of fear on it.
That chap is hiding!" whispered
the girl to herself, and she felt more
curiosity than fear.
Bob Andrews had been sheriff of
Boone county, term after term, and his
wife and daughter had always been
more or less interested in his cases.
Yes resumed the girl" eff he
were not a fugitive, he would not be
here. Hasn't the look of horse thief,
and he is a stranger in this locality.
May have been hiding here for three
or four days, but I haven't heard that
dad is after anyone just now. He is
probably armed Wonder what dad
would do if he were here?"
For five long minutes she kept her
eyes on the window, hoping the man
would show his face again, and then
she sprang up with the words:
Why, 1 know what dad would do.
He'd go in there and pull the fellow
out and find out all about him. I'll
do the samei"
Without giving herself time to ar
que. she walked straight up to the
house and halfway around it to the
porch, and looked in at the doors. A
cotting and dismantled stairway led
up from a hallway with little heaps Of
rubbish here and characterization on
every hand. 1t was a ghostly place,
even at midday
Come down here, sir!"
The girl stepped into the hall and
called to whomever might be above.
No reply-no movement
Then l shall come up!"
With chill at her heart and every
nerve tingling, Polly softly mounted
the shaky old stairs. There was fear
at every step, but she forced herself to
go upwards. Four bedrooms opened
of the hall, and no doors to any of
them. The girl looked into three of
them, and then shivered. The man
must be hiding in the fourth. She
hesitated for only a second and then
advanced. There was no challenge
Sitting on the floor in a corner was
the fugitive. His knees were drawn
up,and his elbows rested on them,
and his face was hidden in his hands
He knew that the girl had come up
and was looking at him, but he kept
his position until she rather impa-
! tiently demanded:
Well. you have a name and a
tongue?'
If they have come to arrest me-
he replied looking up.
Mister man, get to your feet!
That's better. Now get a grip on your
self. Why are you covering here?"
/ Il have been made a victim of a
base plot" he answered. 81 have been
hiding here for two days.
I have read of base plots in novels,
but never encountered one. They
didn't seem to pick out a hero to base
! plot against in this case!''
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-10-12

sas Agricultural College, reported that
July 9, three years ago, he found
English sparrows feeding on the corn
ear-worm. Which would you prefer
to have on the place?
Bradley, another scientific writer,
reports that a sparrow destroyed 500
caterpillars in a day and SamueIs
says one killed 1850 caterpillars in
week. On the other hand examination
has proved that this bird has killed
many insects that were needed on
the farms and that it does much harm
more, probably, than all its dead cater
pillars are worth.
But the dove-the dove you have all
been killing for years and years, and
are likely TO be killing this fall, I'M
less the warden gets after you-the
mourning dove is friend. One
stomach was found to contain 5000
bindweed seedsI An expert from the
Agricultural College counted 3,1O8
weed seeds in the stomach of a dove
killed on the farm of the late John
Fennell, near Wichita, one afternoon,
last summer. The quail, too, is-as
you all know a good friend. And the
blackbird's: great eaters of cutworms
and of weed seeds. These birds &C
cumulate in millions, sometimes. In
the fall of 1905 it was estimated that
Is or Is million of these birds, of all
species, gathered at the roosts in the
cattails in the sloughs and along the
string of lakes thirty or forty miles
northwest of Wichita. In later years
general complaint was made of the
enormous numbers of these birds in
the vicinity of independence. In
these circum there is no nues-
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-10-12
SELF-SUPPoRT FOR BLIND
Maine School to Pay Them for
Work at Trades-Will Make Brooms
and Weave Rugs

Portland. Me.-If the plan which
Willard W. Baldwin. the new head OF
the Maine School for the Blind in this
city. is to put into operation when
the next term Of the school opens
proves a success there viii be no
blind person buried in a papupers
grave OF go to a hospital as a char
ity patient in the future
This school is an Industrial one.
where the blind are taught TO make
brooms. cane chairs. weave rugs and
other trades such as are adaptable
to the blind In the past those who
went there have received no compen-
sation for their labor. They we're
given their board and no more.
By Mr.. Baldwin's plan each man
and woman will be paid on the piece
system. At the end Of each week his
or her board will be deducted In ad-
dition a certain per cent. according
to the amount earned, will be taken
out and deposited to the earneT's
credit In a savings bank. So long as
the blind person remains in the school
this money cannot be drawn from the
bank by him or her, except by the
approval Of the trustees OF the
school. In this way a fund viii be
created for each pupil for use in Ia
ter life Another feature which viii
be introduced in the school by the
new superintendent is that of read
ing the newspapers to them a Ger
tain hour will be designated when
all will gather in the big hall OF the
school and Mr. Baldwin viii read the
important news of the day to them
MI. Baldwin is a native Of the State
OF New York and was for many years
connected with the educational work
OF that state, both as a teacher and
a supervisor Of schools For several
years past he has been engaged in
business in Maine, but was induced to
take his present position because Of
a lifelong interest in the work Of
teaching those afflicted with loss Of
eyesight.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-10-12

Wheat: Where the Word Originated.
The word wheat can be traced back
to the old English word hwaete, al
lied to hwit, meaning white Similar
", names from foreign languages ap-
piled to wheat also refer to certain
characteristics OF the seed, such as
color, shape, or to the necessity Of
being ground for food.
The most ancient languages men-
ton wheat, and the fact that it has
been found in prehistoric Iake-dweIl-
ings OF man is proof of its antiquity.
The Chinese cultivated it 1900 years
B. c, and it constituted the chief
crop of ancient Egypt and Palestine
Its geographical origin is some
what uncertain. but the best existing
evidence seems TO point to Mesopo-
tamia as the original source At
least there is rather wide acceptance
Of the belief that wheat grew wild in
the Tigris and ~Euphrates valleys and
that it spread from there to the rest
Of the world.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-10-12

the ball which terminates the event
full days proceedings.
At nine o'clock in the morning
sprightly young bachelors arrive
from ali parts of the kingdom by train
and proceed direct to the town hall,
where they sign their names in the
Golden Book" of the Girls Marriage
Society" Half an hour later they are
served with breakfast by the young Ia
dies, who are headed by their own
elected ''presidente" The ice now
being to some extent broken, the
young men and maidens set OF TO
visit the quarries and the fine old
church of which the inhabitants are
justly proud
Naturally the young ladies lead the
way, but they often cast furtive
glances at the crowds Of young men
who follow with great docility- At
haIf-past eleven a visit is made to the
old fifteenth century castle, which af-
fords excellent opportunities for bring
ing the young people a little closer to-
gether.
At noon everybody goes to lunch
the men to restaurants and the girls
to their homes. The latter tell their
anxious parents about the mornings
happenings.
Lunch must be finished by half
past one, as this is the time fixed for
the official reception of the bachelors
by the young ladies. The presidents
makes a speech in which she offers a
hearty welcome to the young men, and
extOls the charms of married life with
the wife of ones choice. A blaTe Of
trumpets signals the end of her dis
course. and dancing now begins In
every available open space. or in the
town hall if the weather is unfavoT-
able. The young couples sort them
selves out, and number of engage
ments, followed by happy marriages,
forms a fitting conclusion to the pic
turesque Husband Fair" Of Ecaus-
sineS
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-10-12
HUSBAND FAIR" BIG EVENT
Really the Ceremony OF the Year in
Quaint Belgian Village Of
Eceussines.

Brussels, Belgium-The tenth an
nual husband fair" of the quaint lit
tie village of Eceussines. situated q
Few miles from the Belgian capital.
was held recently.
Just about a decade ago the maid
ems OF the town resolved to take &C
tive steps to remedy the serious fall
Ing on in the number OF eligible
young bachelors Believing in the
wel-known feed the wretch" prin-
ciple. they organized breakfast, con-
sisting chiefly Of those dainty little
cakes for which the Belgians are not
ed, washed down with delicious cot
lee and fresh cream. All the girls of
the town club together TO pay the cost
Of the breakfast, the excursions, and
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-10-12

The justice of the peace scratched
his head ref1ectiveIy.
There seems to be some dispute
as TO the facts in this here case" hs
said. THE law imposes a fine Of SIS
for exceedin' the speed limit. but I
don't want to be arbitrary about it,
and If ven pay the costs I'll remit
the fine"
That's satisfactory to me-" said
Dawkins, taking out his wallet
"Au right" said the justice. There's
s. fer the sheriff, IS fer the pros-cutin'
attorney, IS fer the court stenogra-
pher, S. for the use o the courtroom.
an my reg1ar fee O. SO per case
Thutty dollars, please
Weekly,
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-10-12

cred IshmaeIite, which consumes
grain, insects, rodents, robins, jays
and other birds and their eggs, fire.
quently finds himself in the maws of
eagles, hawks and owls that them
selves consume rodents and other
birds. This bird is not all bad, how
ever, for he eats May beetles, cut
worms and field mice, and much of
the damage charged to him is the
work of other animals. Young crows
require one-half their weight daily of
food, and, on a basis Of 18.5 ounces
of crow the ounces of mice, small
birds, grasshOppers, borers, beetles
and crickets would equal about TWEEN
ty cents worth of wheat daily that
each crow would turn into a check
against the ravages of pests.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-10-12

Steers at the Kansas Agricultural
College that are being fitted for the
shows this faIl-the state fairs, the
American Royal at Kansas City, and
the International Live Stock EXPOSE
ton at ChicagO-aren't fed any pre-
digested food, nor are they fed sugar
or molasses, as many persons believe.
The grain ration fed these steers dur
ing the winter consisted of four parts
corn, five parts bran, and one part
oil meal. The grain was mixed with
cut alfalfa hay.