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Douglas Island news., 1913-06-04

Secretary or the luIerior DepdrIneuU Lane granted leave of absence with out pay, of one month, to Arthur r. Davis, chief engineer of the reclama- tion service, in order that he might go to Juneau, Alaska, for consultation re- garding the design and construction of a high masonry dam which Is to be built on Salmon creek to develop power for mining purposes.
 Fred Church, a young man who com mitted suicide by taking laudanum a month ago at Ruby, left the following poetic evidence of his mental condition: "I'm off on long journey, some time to stay; I'll take little laudanum and crawl in the hay. If you look for any confession of crime, by the way, you'll find it along with me, buried in the hay. My love went blindly, binder each day-on till darkness came and cast it away God bless each sweet heart that stood in the door and waited yearly for his return once more-'tls my insane prayer"
 Railway and Marine News, the trans
 portation paper published by J. P. Par kinson, is to have new editor ln the person of Kenneth c. Kerr, he having purchased an interest in the paper. Mir. Kerr has resigned from the posi- tion of industrial agent of the Alaska Steamship Company, but will continue in the employ of those two corporations under the direction of Vice President R. w. Baxter. He has done splendid work exploiting the resources and pos- abilities of Alaska and has sent tons of descriptive literature into the East, the South and the Middle West.
 If any person not familiar with the subject, or who has had his mind con- fused through reading much that has been written about it, desires to have clear understanding of exactly what is the matter with Alaska and what has retarded the growth and development of that territory, he can find 1t in the statement of J. F. Calbreath, secretary of the American Mining Congress, made before the senate committee on territories on May 10. His is clear cut analysis of the situation, which is literally and exactly supported by the record facts. As he says, there IS nothing mysterious about the situation in Alaska, although there has been a fog deliberately created around it by those intent on making the territory a theater for socialistic experiments, without the slightest regard for the in- terests of the people of Alaska and with but slight regard for the general interests of the country. What Alaska wants, and what it has wanted all along, Is nothing more nor less than precisely the same treatment at the hands of the general government aud of congress that was accorded every one of the original territories on this continent. She does not ask for the special and extraordinary privileges which have been accorded Porto Rico and the Philippines. Alaska has been strangled in it's development through the withdrawal, by executive order, of lands in that territory from entry un- der the laws which congress passed to facilitate their entry. Alaska can be released from this strangling by an act of congress which annuls the executive reservations and permits the laws to operate.-P.L. F
Douglas Island news., 1913-06-04

Now that the United States is going to take Alaska away from Mir. Pinchot, it should in common decency give him another, if less expensive, toy with which to amuse himself.
 Ottawa telegrams state that the gov ernment has awarded the mail contract for the Dawson .Whitehorse service, winter and summer, to the White Pass Company, at SS0,000 year.
 George Evans, government coal eX- pert, has gone to the Westward, but it is said that he will return in month to examine the claims owned by George Harkrader over on Admiralty island.
 A. F. Zipf, traffic manager of the Northern Navigation Company, went north last week to his station at Daw- son, from which point he will direct the operations of the company's steam. CTS during the present summer.
 Mrs. Ruth Kelsey, who was severely burned in the fire which destroyed the Dominion hotel at Whitehorse, died on the 18th ut. The fire was caused by the explosion of bottle of gasoline, which the woman was using for clean ing clothes.
 During smoker given by the Volun- teer Fire Department of Cordova, Dan- iel Reeder approached William Rowe from behind and without warning fired five shots into the unsuspecting man from revolver before he could be dis armed. Rowe died.
 An action has beeu filed in the dis trict court for the foreclosure of first mortgage bonds on the Nevada creek mines for S300,0O0. The title of the case is the Union Trust Company vs. the Alaska Treasure Gold Mining Com pany. The Nevada creek properties are located on Douglas Island and former ly belonged to M. s. Hudson and others.
 When an Indian, an untutored son of the forest, who knows nothing of schedule "K" in the Underwood tariff bill and who does not know whether the late European war took place in the Balkans or near Fargo, North Dakota, can devote half day to digging out a black fox which he can exchange for a team of horses, wagon and five hun- dred in cash, it is time for the average newspaper editor to sit down on the "hell box" and think.-Whitehorse Star
 A society event in the history of Cor dova is described by the Alaska Times as follows: At the Russian church at Eyak on Sunday evening last, Rev. Father Zollfkofer officiating, Mrs. Stephenita Irish, of Eyak, and Mir. Nels Nelson, of Cordova, in the presence of a few intimate friends and acquain- tances, were united in marriage for better or for worse. The bride was ar- rayed in conventional black alpaca and wore salmon berry blossoms in her hair, while the groom wore a beautiful all-wool grey tuxedo, borrowed from his partner, and white gloves. The bride on entering the church, was at tended by the two Misses Guyo, daugh- ters of MT. and Mrs. Guyo, the most prominent family of Eyak. The brides maids wore wreaths and bore large boquets of salmon berries, pond lilies and devil club blossoms.
Douglas Island news., 1913-06-04

The steamer Senator, of the Pacific Coast Steamship Co.,, sailed from Seat tie for Nome on the morning of June 1st, and the Victoria, of the Alaska 5. s. Co.,, sailed 24 hours later
 It is now quite the style to jump on to Clifford Pinchot, the leader of the conservation movement. The latest to take up the hammer is Congressman Humphrey, of Washington, who created tremendous sensation in the house of representatives by charging Pinchot and other conservationists with steal ing from the national government in behalf of the Northern Pacific railway, the Santa Fe railway and the Weyer' hauser people tim Der lands valued at S20O,OOO.
 The Fairbanks Citizen has the fol lowing to say on the appointment of Irwin as marshal of that district: "We do not object to being dictated to by men of brains and tact, but when men whose intelligence is below par of the long cared Balaam locomotion, who have demonstrated their inefticiency in trust. seek to rule with bull dog ignor- ance, and assanine methods, the hair trigger of our dignity, inherited from Jefferson, Jackson and Bryan, immedl- ately becomes in danger of being sprung by our finger of self respect. Our sob machine becomes clogged and we shed our linen preparatory to a fight to the finish for the fundamental principles on which our government and democratic platform was founded. We are bound to win, for the right must prevail"
 A second stampede to the North, similar to that which occurred when gold first was discovered in Klondike and Alaska, will doubtless occur if the bill introduced in congress by Senator Key Pittman, of Nevada, providing for the establishment of an official "open- ing" day for Alaska, is passed. The Pittman bill, if made into law, would mean that no less than 5000 valuable coal land claims, each of which would be of sufficient size to be worked as an
 
 individual property, would be thrown open to immediate settlement, the claims being parceled out on the "first come, first served" plan. No other bill affecting Alaska so potentially and con- taining such rare promise and genuine advancement for the territory has been introduced in congress for a great many years.
 In order to double the capacity to the plant that furnishes gasoline and other fuel oil to the people of Alaska, the Amalgamated Development Co.,, of Vancouver, headed by James Me- Mahon, recently made the final pay. ment of S125,00o for 56 oil claims near Controller bay, owned by the Alaska Development Company, a Seattle or ganization headed by Charles F. Mun- day. The claims were optioned to Clark Davis at S3Oo,0O0 and sold to the Vancouver syndicate at an advance on this price. The Amalgamated Com pany has four wells, each producing from thirty to fifty barrels of crude oil per day Their refinery has a capacity of 250 barrels day, but this is to be increased to 800 barrels day. One we'll is 912 feet deep. The company plans to enter the gasoline and distil- late business all over Alaska.
Douglas Island news., 1913-06-04

The steamer Senator, of the Pacific Coast Steamship Co.,, sailed from Seat tie for Nome on the morning of June 1st, and the Victoria, of the Alaska 5. s. Co.,, sailed "A hours later.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-03
CROWD OF A. A. c. MEN
WILL GO TO COLUMBUS

one of the iiercest basket BAH games
of the season will doubtless be played
i'm Columbus saturday when the V ".
g. A. OF that burg PLAYS the Atlanta
Athletic club i've. The game will be
played ou tine tricky columbus court
anna should be a hummer.
B,tft,3uS have a clean slate So far
;his season and the per cent Of one or
IN" other has got to come down from
the 1000 perch.
The Columbus lads have. in recent
years. taken the Atlanta team into
camp both ON the home ana visiting
courts Last year the local players put
up the closest game of years against
Columbus losing by margin of six
points In each game Both have played
the Vanderbilt team and have won. CO.
lumbus beat Naudy 20 to 81 and the \.
\. &. team beat them - 20 "a.
The local men are i'm the best Of trim
and know that they Will have to travel
some even To keep in hailiug distance
Of their opponents, The local players
are SLOW starters. but after they get
warmed M they travel as fast as the
best
one thing uat viii puJ confidence In
the g. A. g. team is that n bunch OF
club members win accompany the team.
A special CAR has been chartered and
many swim $50 duWu 30 goo- Tor The
Atlanta ,t4l.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-03
JOE JACKSON NOT
HOLDING OUT:
WILL SIGN
~ REENVILLE, S. c., Jan. s.
Y Joe Jackson, contrary to re-

~ REENVILLE. S. c., Jan. s.
Y Joe Jackson, contrary to re-
ports in the sporting press,
is not holding out" for a raise.
The truth Of the matter is that Jo-
seph will get an increase of Il
thousand or more without asking
for it. This much has been as
sured by President Summers, of
the Maps, who believes Joe this
coming season will eclipse the rec
ord of any player on the diamond.
Jackson likes the Cleveland
bunch, and they like him. Inter
viewed yesterday on his farm il
the suburbs. the heavy hitting
outfielder declared there was moth
ing in the reports that he was
holding out"
cleveland folks have been goo6
to me-" he declared, land naturally
! am appreciative. I am looking
for my contract in a few days, and
l am sure when it comes it will be
satisfactory" Joe was found in u
khaki suit and sweater in his
chicken yard. Mrs. Jackson had
just finished milking, and the old
folks were seated on the front
porch of the cottage in the warm
sunshine.
Prosperity has not spoiled Jack
son. He loves life on the farm,
and he is working in the open
eight hours, sleeping nine, hunting
and playing the remainder. Every
afternoon he takes a belt line car
into the city, and may be seen
with his girl-wife doing the
movies on Main street. Then they
will drop in a cafe for oysters.
Joe loves oysters. He usually
starts off with a dozen on the half
shell, progresses slowly through an
oyster stew, and winds up on
half fry. He says the succulent
biyalve is good any way but
canned. His digestion balks at
nothing, and he appears this win
ter more physically fit than ever
before. Clear-eyed straight, ath-
letic, swift-footed and sure hand
ed, he is going to surprise the dia-
mond in 1918. His place is close to
Paris mountain, and he spends
nearly all day in the open. "All
ball players like farm life" de-
clares Joe. The boys I know on
the diamond tell me it is their am
bition to own winter place in
california. But I tell you, old
Carolina is good enough for me.
And the only reason those other
fellows like California best is be-
cause they don't know the South
Carolina hills and old Paris noun
tain"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-03
Bill Smith, Cracker Manager,
Tells How Bad Day for Gandl
Saved Clark Griffith $4,000

all corners of the lot and played a
most sensational game, so Won
derful, in fact, that Griffith closed
the deal then and there. That
may make a better story, but it
won't be the truth. AS a matter Of
fact, Gandil had a bad day. He
didn't get hit and he messed a
pair of low throws that must have
caused his manager many moments
of anguish. Naturally Griffith
wasn't any more enthusiastic after
that game than before, because
Gandil had displayed his worst.
Still he liked the recruits stand
at the plate and the way he went
after the throws, even If he didn't
get them, and he still had faith
enough to make an offer
Five thousand dollars is my
price" said he.
We've been asking $1,000"
came from the Montreal people.
FOR such player?" queried
Griffith. He didn't get a hit, not
even a near hit He dropped a
couple of throws and booted some
grounders. Think I'm going to give
that much money for a fellow like
that? Well, l should say not. Any
time that l pay $4,000 for a player
he must not have any bad days. 1t
may be all right to go without a
hit but that kind of a player must
not drop thrown balls and he must
get all the Founders that come his
way"
Thinks Chick Best of Sackers.
They allowed Gandill to go for
$4,000 in cash and three players
for whom Griffith cared nothing.
The boss of the Senators saved Just
$4,000 because Gandil had a bad
day.
Griffith is OF the opinion that
Gandil Is the best first baseman IN
the American league OF course.
the fans who like Hal Chase are
going to find fault with that state
ment. They can see nothing save
the left-hand wonder when they
discuss first sackers. Yet, Crit
fifth insists that Gandil, one time
member Of the White Sox. is the
better man.
"Gandil isn't as snowy d player
as Chase" said Griff, as we were
discussing his youngster. Chase
does a lot OF things with one mitt
that no other living ball player
can do But that does not make
him greater first baseman than
Chick. The latter is the steadier
man of the two In my opinion,
he is better man on low throws.
He will hit for just as high a per-
centage and will get more long
drives than the New York first
baseman.
He isn't nearly as tempera-
mental as Chase. ] think the end
of the next season will find the
fans agreed that we have a better
first sacker than the Yanks."
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-03
By Billy Smith.

1.-The Cracker manager is now
the guest of the Washington mo-
gul at the capital.)
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-03

XX7AsHINGToN' d. c, Jan 8.
wv You have read many and
many a story about the
young minor league pitcher who
famed a dozen or so and who
shut out his opponents when the
scout from the big league was sit
ting in the stands and thereby
brought a large price as well as
winning a place in the majors for
himself You have read of young
outfelders who hit the ball over
the fence when the scouts We're
there. You have read of the SEN
sational plays made by the minor
league recruits before the eyes Of
the scouts from the majors. These
are old stories.
But did you ever hear Of fel-
low who booted the bali when the
scout of the big league was look
ing him over and who thereby
saved thousands OF dollars for the
Nor l until I heard the story of
Chick" Gandil and how he be-
came a member OF the Washing
ton Senators.
Gandi Big Aid to Team.
Gandil, it will be remembered,
was one Of the stars of the Ameri-
can league last season. The mo-
ment he joined the crew Of Griff
the Senators began to take on the
appearance of a real ball club. 1t
was Gandil who made the team.
Well, Griffith had been receiving
glowing reports of the work of the
first sacker who was playing with
the Montreal club in the Interna-
tional league. He wanted Gandil
all right, but he didn't want to pay
the price. which was $4,000 and
couple of ball players. But Griff
realized that with a strong first
baseman his team had an eX-
cellent chance Of sticking III the
race until the finish. And $4,000
isn't so much money when you can
see your way clear toward making
several times that sum.
Griff left New York, where the
Senators were playing, and went
to Montreal He didn't adorn him
self with false whiskers and he
made no attempt at secrecy. He
told the Montreal people that he
wanted their first sacker, but that
he would not buy until he had
lnpl.ayl oH-Ay. rapr,ft
Bad Day Saves $4,000.
We'll. Gandil had one of his bad
days. Some day when Gandil be-
comes even greater and some en-
thusiast writes about him he may
say that he slammed the ball TO
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-03
Real HitterS Are Born, Not Made;
Free Swingers and Bat Chokers
Have Both Made High Averages

George Winters, developed
choke" and with it an ability to
hit and to keep on hitting that was
uncanny. Also he had the happiest
faculty the league has ever known
of getting over to first by being hit
by the ball. Ginger" was abso-
lutely unafraid. crowded right in
close to the plate and when he
doubted his ability to make a hit
he would take a chance Of being hit
He had a way of whirling around
and taking the ball on one favored
and hardened spot and then of
looking at the umpire with a well
What-du-yo know about that-fel-
loW-trying to-kill expression
that seldom failed to gel free trans
portation. In that respect he has a
worthy successor in Whitley Alper-
man, another plate croWder." who
can stop the ball with his ribs Is
aGroitly as the next man. Whitley
also hits with choked bat, and hits
well, too He is not at all slug
ger however, his speciality being
singles.
Old Daddy" DUNCAN. at least in
his declining years, played with
the short grip and hit well, too
He had tremendous strength and a
cool, old head, with the result that
he could make a short chop at the
bail and still sail it a sufficient dis
lance to allow him to toddle over to
first base in safety. In his day
DUNCAN was one Of the league idols,
both because OF his hitting ability
and his unfailing good humor.
To 20 into the history of the wa
ter bucket brigade would be a
clear case Of in feeling, 1t might
be mentioned. though. that the
prince OF them all was the justly
famous Bob Wauace-he OF the
ivou a.u and the iron skull Bob
could make he awfuuest lunge at
the bail, ant the same time running
back farther toward the bench,
Jnan amy man who ever lived. II
uc hin 'em they went the proverbial
milo. Eut hr seldom hit.
There have been others. but the
one shining example is enough. For
they uev,r lasted long.
THE Weergst eNgmp.e OF weird
batting form and marvellous
batting ability in Dixie league his
tory was Carleton Molesworth. His
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-03
REFEREE is MOBBED AT
FRENCH FOOTBALL GAME

PARIS. Jan "a football riot occurred
here at the Pere DIES Princes. after
a Scottish rugby team had defeated g
French team q to g. The mob broke
down the barrier and assailed the referee.
}. w Baxter with sticks and stones 1t
REQUIRED the united efforts of the players.
police ana mounted officers to rescue
the official.
On returning to Paris q large crowd Of
the spectators paraded the boulevards,
shouting, Down with lie referee!' Aft
erwards they made denomination in
front Of the offices of a sporting news
paper.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-03
WELSH \ MENACE
To CHAMP|O
RICHIE
By Ed. W. smith.

~ EAL danger is threatened at
IL least one champion right
now The champion IS
while Ritchie and the ca dangor
is a young man from Wales named
Freddie Welsh whose rea moniI,al
is Fred Hail Thomas.
Welsh Is coming to this country
for the sole purpose Of giving bat
tie 10 Ritchie, If he be permitted
to DO So
And having already gained 81
clean-cut decision over Bitchte ina
twenty-round battle Welsh
should in all Justice be given an
early crack at the champion.
Welsh got that decision Owe
Ritchie when the letter, it is true,
was merely subbing 10. All VOL
CAST. who was seized with appen-
dicitis two days before Jhc contest
in Los Angeles. That also was 81
year ago last Thanksgiving day.
Welsh Also Much Better
But there is good reason TO- be
ueviug thar If Ritchio Is bette
now than he was on that occasion
Welsh also has come back into his
own aud SIS vastly improved oN,.
his American form Of 1911.
Note how Welsh has come bacI
-iucc ne took that trlp so England.
uc whipped Matt Wells aud re-
gained tao English lightweight
g. .r
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-03
MlSS0URIANS ATTEMPTING
TO REVIVE RACING GAME

ST. LOUIS MO, Jan S.-Judge Joseph
\. MURPHY. general manager of the Uni
FerSal Exposition Company. has drawn a
racing bin that viii be introduced I'm the
Missouri legislature in January.
The bill provides for limited meetings.
with parl -mutuel betting and state com
mission to handle The entire proposition.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-03
TOPS 1872
GOLFERS WITH
SIX RECORDS

II we're 1'sns en- i by 5s, 'ss soe-
ers during the season of 1912,
and in many instances the same
golfers have established new figures
for more than one links, An in
stance of this is in the case of
Charles Evans, Jr.. the Western
champion and runner-up in the ma
tional.
Evans has placed no fewer than
six marks to his credit, which COM
pares Interestingly with the one
lone record set up at Lake Maho-
pac by Jerome D. Travers, the ma
tional champion, although Travers
played less frequently than his
Western rival The lowest figures
recorded during the year were those
of Walter J. Travis last spring at
Palm Beach, where he went around
in So.
Following is list of The Eastern
records and the most important OF
the others;
Amateur Records.
w. J. Travis, Palm Beach. ..... Sc
+. X. Martin, Dorset Field club. 66
Elmer w. Loving, Van Cortlandt
Park ............. .......... 10
Francis J. Ouimet, Woodland. 81
Charles Evans, Jr, Chicago, G. c. 6S
Paul Hunter, Midlothian. 6S
Mason Phelps, Onwentsia. ...... 6S
Warren X. Wood. Homewood. 6S
w. r. Thurston, ApaWaniis 49,. SO
Heinrich Schmidt, Maplewood. So
Eben NJ. Byers, Allegheny. ..... 60
NJ G.. Mcdonald, DunwOOdie. ... 70
DevereauX Lord, Brooklyn For
est Park Observation-Disclosures. 40
Warren x Wood. Denver. 800. Il
ID. z. Sawyer, Denver. II
Charles Evans, Jr.. Denver. II
W. G. Tyson, Cape MRN....... II
J. {. Davidson. Columbia ...... Il
W. G. PheH, Yountakah...... Il
<. r. Campbell, Wheeling. ... y
+. +. Hunt Dyker Meadow. .... =
A Z. Hammer, Fox Hills........ IS
Francis j. Ouimet, birmingham rs
Harold Weber Inverness. .... rs
Charles Evans. Jr., Calumet.... I3
Jerome ID. Travers, Lake Maho-
t'S'N ''' q % 80
H. c. Legg, lnterlaNen .......... IS
Edward SatterthWatte, BaIa.. ... "A
Charles Evans, Jr., Mmhurst... -
Charles Evans, il. RidgemoOr. 10
Harold Congdon, AgaWam Hunt
club -......... ............... IS
j. +. WessiIs, acknowledgements. &c
Il. VI. Lewis, New Canaan..... rs
Howard w. Perrin. Merion.... ~
Women's Records.
Miss Lillian B. Hyde, Palm
Beach .......... 800. ....... i6
Mrs. Ronald H Barlow, Cape
May .......... ................ IS
Mrs. Ronald II. Barlow, Phil
mont .......,.. ............. so
Miss Myra Helmer, Beverly 49,. So
Mrs. Lawrence Swift. Waumbek 81
Mrs Frank h. Hayes, salisbury. SO
Mrs. Z. II. Barlow, Shawnee. ... 81
Mrs y. Pendelton Rogers, Gran
ford ................ 900. ...... 9h
Mrs. Y. II, PolhemuS, WNkagYl. 90
Professional Records-36 Holes.
Tom Anderson. Jr. st, Angus
tine ............. ..... .....1 2S
Gilbert Nichols Palm BoCcu 1873
Tom Anderson, IT, Florida. ...1 80
lack yoke san Francisco rs