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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-16
RECORD WAGES THIS YEAR
FOR BASE BALL PLAYERS
Murphy Says Evers, Not Chance, Will Be
Highest Salaried Manager in Either
League-Six Gibbs in Scheme.

ayers. No one can deny that McGraw
has earned every cent Of the $4,000 paid
to him. Not only has he placed the team
in position second to none In the Ma
tional League. but he has thrown out
lines that enable the Giants at all times
to learn where the best playing material
may be obtained.
or the six changes made in the lineup
OF managers in the two leagues four
were In the National and the remaining
Chance by the Yankees figures as the
most important DEAL while the filling OF
the vacancy that he left In the Cubs
management ranks second. Chance has
had the novel experience of being let out
of a $4,000 job, sold twice for $500
only to receive despite Murphy's asser-
ton. what Is regarded as the highest
salary ever paid a manager.
Chicago. in fact. has played promi.
nent part in the remarkable base ball
shaking up Of the year. Joe Tinker, the
Cubs shortstop. who was the only man
on the team that could hit Mathewson
with any regularity. was only filling in
after Chance lost his job and Evers was
put in power. His usefulness had been
greatly diminished through the change
and he welcomed the trade that put him
in as manager of the Cincinnati Reds. to
succeed Hank" O'Day. Tinker IL a ball
player with lot of hard common sense
and there's every reason to believe that
uS Will start SOIuctIlIi6 LII ncW DcTlu
The team is not dead wood by any means
and its strength Is going to be increased
a whole lot by the presence of Tinker
himself in the infield.
Birmingham Heads Maps.
Joe" Birmingham made so good as the
boss of the Cleveland team after Harry
Davis gave up that he has been installed
by the owners Of the Maps as the head
Of the outfit. Without rejecting or
Davis. who is greatly liked by all his as.
sociates in the base ball game. 1t mus,
be admitted that the Cleveland aggrega.
ton picked up greatly after Birmingham
got in. When the vacancy arose he be.
came the logical man for the place and
was promptly installed.
The other two changes were in the St
Louis Nationals and the Boston Ma.
tionals. Miller Higgins has the man.
agerial job now with the Cardinals. sue.
ceeding Roger Bresnahan. who had 6
hot time Of it before he finally laid dowr
the reins. 1t cost the woman owner OF
the st. Louis club good many thou,
sands of dollars to cancel the four-yeal
contract that Bresnahan. had.
George Stallings. we'll known to New
York fans, is the new superintendent,
general of the Boston Nationals. Johnny
Killing had pretty bad luck with the
team and failed to lift 1t from the lowly
position 1t has occupied for years. Stall
ings, therefore. has a hard task in from
Of him, but there are many persons ir
that city who will wish him we'll.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-16

TALES OF THE DIAMOND
Humorous and Otherwise.
BY Billy Evans.

despite the fact he struck out twelve men
and allowed only four hits.
Late in the game. when 1t seemed tina!
Washington was to lose. Grihith starteo
Directing to the manner in which Powell
was delivering the ball. He knew sucn
protestations would not AFFECT Power
nerve. but thought possibly he might gel
Jack sore by his objections. Watch MS
foot, BILL he yelled to me half dozen
times, before admitted that had heard
him."
Don't bother me. Grin." answered,
Its too hot to be fussing over the way
Powell pitches. He was pitching that way
when I was in the bushes. No one ever
objected then. and 1t is too late to start
reforming him now"
His left foot is back Of the rubber.
tell you. Bill.' replied Griffith.
Possibly" I answered. "but you want
10 reform several of your pitchers be-
fore objecting to that slight teon adc.1
think it would be a lot better II you and
the boys would watch the ball instead OF
my feet. then they might have chance
to beat me-"
Copyright, 1913, by ". G. Evans)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-16
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star
NEW YORK, January 16.-Who's going
to capture first place in the league?
That question appears to be the domi-
nant one In base balloon just now. The
other day, when Frank Farrell engaged
France Chance as manager of the Yam
KEGS at a yearly wage estimated to be
SO, 900. the vexing problem seemed to
have been solved. But the irrepressible
Charlie Murphy. tsar extraordinary and
press agent extraordinary of the Cubs.
has today put his rotund figure on the
base ball horizon as disputant of the
Chance assertion.
Murphy says that Johnny Evers is go
ing to be the kingpin salary artist. If the
new Cub manager really gets all that his
employer declares Is coming to him In
the way of financial returns 1t Will be
only a year or two before he might enter
into partnership with Uncle Sam in the
United States business. Little Johnny,
who is much liked in Chicago and not SO
much liked here because of his criticisms
of the Giants. Is going to get SO much
money that Murphy doesn't really like to
tell any one just what the amount is.
Only one string Is tied to Evers annuaI
stipend That is, the Cubs must finish in
first, second or third place. With that
condition carried out, he will receive In
addition to a stipulated amount per-
centage Of the earnings and a bonus, the
latter depending on what position the
club occupies at the end of the season.
Salaries the Feature.
High managerial salaries promise to be
an important feature of the base ball sea-
son. The winter has brought about many
important changes in the base ball f1rna-
ment, with six Of the major league clubs
being placed in the hands of new leaders.
Discomfort in many cities has compelled
changes In the management OF the clubs,
. and In the general shifting about the men
selected to assume charge have been In
| position to dictate terms under which
| they would attach their signatures to
contracts.
| Every year for the last decade the
wages of ball players and managers have
| been on the increase. It was unheard of
| not more than ten years ago for man
ager to get anything like $4,000 for a
years services. John McGraw was the
| first man to- land real big money" 1t
has been understood that his salary 10
$4,000 a year. with other perQuisites
| that the position naturally offers.
| The example that McGraw set as
high-priced man has probably had a lot
| to do with the offering of large sums as
| an inducement to men with long expert
ence and known ability to serve as man
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-16
BOWLING BATTLES.
Tonight's Schedule.

T. ". O. A. Ieague-Hurou vs.. Seneca, Y. NJ.
G. A. alleys.
Post ONCE League-City Post Once VI. FL
nance, Executives VI. Supplies. Rural Nail VI.
Postal Savings, Palace alleys. ,
National Capital Leasue-oasinos ". Fat Men.
Casino alleys.
Southern Railway League-Accountants ~.
Auditors, Casino alieys.
CarrUll Council Lea&ue-Salvadors W. Trini.
dads, Rathskeller alleys.
Departmental Leagle-Bureau vs.. Treasury,
Capitol alleys.
Arcade Leasue-Imperials ". LAbuites. Ar.
cade alleys.
Dtstrict Ieaeue-Garrisons VI. Goodfellows
Carbon alleys.
Commercial League-Havenner Baking Co. "
Woodward LOthrop. Palace alleys.
TENPINS.
Individual touRnament-Sha6ef, Thomas, Brush
Palace alleys.
Colonial OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES W. Manhat
tana Palace alleys.
Departmental Observation-Disclosures vs.. Commits
sionef1. Palace allcys.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-16

The White Sox and the Yankees are 90.
ing to train about as far from each other
as they can get. The Yankees will go
out of the United States and prepare for
the seasons work in the national game
under THE British fiag. Comiskey's White
Sox 60 to the Pacific coast. the land Of
flowers. Cinnamon and winter base balE
The Yankees go to the Island OF Bermu-
da, the land of flowers. sandy beaches
and vacation headquarters for Presidents.
elect
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-16

he did the others and worked them all IN
regular turn. The result was that the
hard campaign did not prove detriment
to any of his pitchers. and for this rea-
son there is real hope that all will come
back in good form.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-07
Daddy : 5 Bedtime
O.. The Raven
= .. Old Bid

ADDY" asked Evelyn.
! showed daddy
That looks a
found In ~
then, in England and in
than Will
have !.
why don't a
always wants to have anything he
Daddy laughed
rid
they
Evelyns wouldn't
and hide anything could
think children
belonged
for
'Barnaby Rudge'
stable
afraid in fact would
his face this
had left behind them In the and that the of the
Like the first bird he lived the stable and learned stnb
would
Get
cared nobody the family
things This
an
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-07

tsnxity Of fk9 slGctf1AcStioa varied
with the difrere3k stars, but in the case
Of the sun bel4k calculated from the
character Of tkV electric rays passing
from the sun to the earth and produc-
Ing the aurora b0reaiis.
The lecturer asserted that he had
shown e9psrimsntally that body In
the condition Of the sun might become
magnetixed and give rise to electric
phenomena corresponding to those
seen in the sun-as. for instance, the
sun spots, arranged in belts on both
sides Of the equator and surrounded
by vortex rings, the movements Of
these spots in different degrees of lati-
tude and the appearance of a corona.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-07
DOCTOR URGES EuTHAnAsIA.
Movement on In Massachusetts TO L..
oaiixe Practice.

m0V0nSUS on IN WvUOoACVu9GSIS 10 L.
oalixe Practice.
There is an agitation in medical cir
cles throughout Massachusetts in ia
vor of the adoption Of a statute legal
izing euthanasia. Among the physi-
clans who favor the project Of merci-
fully killing the incurables through the
medium Of drugs is Dean Harold Will
liams of the Tufts Medical school.
Dean Edward r. Bradford Of the Har-
yard Medical school. while admitting
the virtues Of euthanasia. doubts
whether it could be administered un-
der proper conditions.
Dean Williams said recently:
1.-The function Of the physician Is
we'll understood to be the prevention
and cure Of disease and the alienation
Of pain. 1t should be the duty Of every
physician to protect his patient from
needless suffering, and in all cases in
which death ia inevitable believe hu-
manity demands the relief Of pain
even If the duration Of life may be
shortened by the agents so employed"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-07

-
Bpsed sat up Win : cream. ~
run ave miles," 10 said. II won't want
any breakfast" and no laid himself
down again gratefully was very
sore-whersat his companion fairly
dragged him out Of bed. A. yet the
room was black, although the windows
were grayed BY the nrst faint streaks
Of dawn. From the adjoining room
came q chorus Of distress: snerss Of
every size. volume, and degree Of In
tensity. from the last narrowing gasp
Of strangulation 20 the bold trumpet.
ings Of . bull moose. There were
long.dfaWn signs, grosns OF torture.
rumbling blasts. Speed shuddered.
"They sound like . troop Of trained
sea-lions, !" he said.
Don't wake 'em up. Here!" Glass
yawned widely, and tossed bundle Of
sweaters at his companion.
ugh! These clothes are all wet
and cold, and-it feels like blood"
"Nothin' but the mornin' dew"
tits Precipitation"
"Well, little sweat won't hurt you. y
NASTY word" Speed yawned in
turn. Precipitation! can't wear wet
Clothes" and would have crept back
into his bed.
This time Glass deposited him upon
stool beside the table. and then
lighted . candle, by the sickly glare
of which he selected pair Of running
shoes.
why didn't you leave me alone!''
grumbled the younger man. "The
only pleasure get is in sleep- for.
get things then"
"Yes." retorted the former. sarcas-
tically, "and you also seem to forget
that these are our last days among
the living. Saturday the big thing
comes Of"
Forget! I dreamed about it," The
boy sighed heavily. It was the hour
In which hope reaches its lowest ebb
and vitality is weakest. He was very
cold and very miserable.
"You amt got no edge on me-" the
other acknowledged, mournfully. T'm
too young to die. and that's q bet"
> Suddenly the pandemonium in the
clubhouse was pierced by the bra.
zen jangle Of an alarm-clock. wherest
q sleepy voice cried:
CLOUDY, kill that - clock!"
1.-THE Indian uttered some indistin.
guishable epithet, and the next instant
there came a crash as the offending
timepiece was hurled violently against
the wall.
In silence Glass showed his unsteady
victim ahead Of him out into the dawn.
In the east the sun was rising amid
r:otc.s srlendor. At any other time,
under any other circumstances. Speed
could not have restrained his admira-
ton, for the whole world was a glori-
Gus sparkling panoply Of color. But
to the stiff and wearied Eastern lad 1t
was all cruelty hooking. When he
halted listlessly to view its beauties
he was goaded forward, ever forward,
faster and faster, until finally, amid
protests and signs and complaining
joints, he broke into heavy, flat-foot-
ed jog.trot that. jolted the artistic
sense entirely out of him.
(To be Continued.)
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-07
Revi.ina an Old One,

Miss Prim-When ! marry am de-.
termined that my husband shall dress
in good taste. Miss Cayenne-But you
must remember. my dear Miss Prim,
the recipe on 'how to dress hus-
band" 1t begins like this: First catch
bi,u "-ClQvelnud Plain Dealar
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-07
Beyond III. Limit.

Husband examining railway ticket
Why, according to the announcement
on this excursion ticket it's only good
for ten days.
Wife Well. why complain Of that.
It's good deal more of guarantee
in that line than you can give.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-07
Paradise Plume. Tabooed.

The use of bird Of paradise feathers
IN millinery is condemned by the colo
nial secretary Of Berlin. who publicly
appeals to women to refuse to wear
hats so adorned. He says that his de-
partment will discourage the practice
by raising the export duty on birds
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-07
tn. witeh's Track.

At Peel. In the Isle OF Man, it is re-
lated that witch said once the her
ring fleet would not return. Every
ship was lost. and she was rolled down
the hill In barrel set with spikes.
The grass has never grown since In
the barrels track.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-07
Al Suns EIsetrAIsd.

The basis Of bis system. Professor
Btrkeland explained, was contained IN
tho belief that al the suns Of The mi
verse were strongly and negatively,
electrified, thar electrical condition ~
tng maintained By radiation The. in
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-07
stenshenae 10 Dc Sold

Sir Edmund Antrobus is selling his
Wiltshire property. in England, which
includes the lannon's druidic remains
Of Stonehenge. He has made the sale
conditional on Stonehenge being pre-
served for the nation.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-07
.o,evsisr,, Put Und.r Dad.

"0P0NIOFv put Under Dan.
The excise board Of the District Of
Columbia recently delivered . hard
blow to "growlers." "A ban was pnt on
the sale OF beer In buckets. Not only
II tho GROWER trade to be cut out.
but all thirst satisfying parlors must
be designated BY the proprtetor's name.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-07
SAYS UNIVERSE !. !.
IS ELECTRIFIED

Scientist Asserts These Atoms coaIsses
TO Form Planets That Revoivs About
the Suns-Thsory Similar TO Scion
fists Who Transmitted Matts-Mers
New Worlds Than Beings Born.
An amazing picture Of the future
development Of the universe is drawn
by Professor Kristian Birkeland. q
Norwegian physicist. in a lecture de-
liyered before the Academy Of Science
at Christiania.
The earth, said Professor Birkeland.
had existed as globe for over q mil
lard of years. Man had lived and de-
veloped for only fraction OF that
time. During the last two centuries
he had developed in culture and sci
ence far more than in the hundreds OF
thousands of years that he had pre-
viously existed on the earth.
How long has this evolution been
going on?". asked the lecturer. Geolo-
~ taught that life upon the earth was
only brief episode. Lucien Poincare
once said that human thought was
like 4 fash Of lightning in the dark
night, but it would seem to be con-
ceivable that new worlds had arrived
in space more frequently than human
beings were born on earth. Each
world probably had its fash Of light
ming with its human struggle OF
thought and discovery, again to disap-
pear without leaving trace. Worlds
died more frequently than human be-
tngs on earth, in numbers beyond COM
putation.
Agrees With Other Scientists.
The researches by which Professor
Birkeland arrived at these conclusions
show an interesting similarity with
those Of Sir. William Ramsay and pro
lessor Collie. who recently said they
transmitted metals. His experiments,
be said. showed that - . result Of IN
electric discharge in the vacuum tube
platinum and uranium appeared. AZ
any rata. tho original rays were sim
liar to the alpha ray2 or. In Other
words, behaved In manner compara-
bic with railium. Such action, he said.
WVOt0 OQV00E W oO00VDs SAeAADsssVeo
ton Of the elements concerned.
The bearing Of these facts On the
theory that Professor Birkeland pnts.
forward as to tho origin Of the uni
verse II that 1t gives experimental COM
flrmation to his hypothesis that bodies
strongly charged with negative alec.
tricity can give out positively elec14-
led particles. he regards the suns
and starr a. such bodies emitting these
particles which coalesce to form plan
cts circulating around the parent body.
From this premise he concludes WIKI
Arrhenius that the whole Of spacei
consists Of ether charged Throughout
with electricity. f
Al Suns Electrified.
The basis Of bis system, ProfeaDor
Birkeland explained, was contained IN
tho belief that all the suns Of The uni-
verso were strongly and negatively
electrified, THAR electrical condition ~
tng maintained By. radiation The. in
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-07
CHAPTER XII.

or Sn0 telegram, No became
.Rx q different person. Some
MSE fierce electric charge
htE-H wrought . chemical altera-
ton, In his every hber: he
became dominssr4ns. iron-villed au-
ltocsat, obssssed by tho ono idea of
his own preservation, and not hesitat-
ing to use physical force whom force
became necessary to lessen his peril.
Repeatedly Speed folded his arms
over his stomach. rocked In the throes
.of anguish. and walled that he was
Iperishing Of cramps: the trainer only
Isnorted With desision. When he re-
fused to don the clothes selected for
him. Glass fell upon him like q raging
grizzly. *
AYou won't. sh9" We'll sect"
Then Speed took refuge In anger,
but the other cried:
sNevse mind the hysterics. 30.
You're going 70 run OF some blubber
to-day" 4
'..But I haveSto 60 ridingl"
mot q chanee!"
II tell you III run when I come
back" maintained tho youth, almost
tearfully beseeching. They're wait
ing for me-"
LET 'em gallop- can run along
side"
with al these sweaters? I'd have
q stns:.c!.e"
.It's the best thing for you. I never
thought Of that"
AS Glass forced his protege toward
The house, the other young people ap-
peared clad for their excursion; their
horses were tethered to the porch.
And it was an ideal day for a ride
warm, bright, and inviting.
1--WE are ready" called Jean gayly.
what in the world" Helen
paused at sight Of the swathed figure.
"Are you cold. Mr.. speed?"
Climb on your horses and get q
start" painted the burly trainer; 'he's
goin' to race you ten miles,"
I'm going to do nothing OF the
sort I'm going TO-
But Glass jerked him violently. cry
~, 3, 49, r. =
"And no talkin' to gals. neither.
You're trainin'. Now. get q novel"
Speed halted stubbornly.
"Hit her up. Wally! G'wan. now
faster! No ioahng. Bo. or I'll wallop
you'll" Nor did he cease until they
both paused from exhaustion. Even
then he would not allow his charge to
do moro than regain his breath be-
fore urging him onward.
sec here" Wally stormed at last.
"what's the use? can't"
whats the use? That's the use!"
Glass pointed to the north, where a
lone horseman was Watching them
from 4 knoll. "D'you know who that
is?'
The rider was small and stoop.
shouldered.
''Willie!"
That's Who
"He's following us!"
With knees trembling beneath him
Speed logged feebly on down the road,
Glass puning ct his heels.
When. after covering five miles.
they finally returned to the Flying
Heart, It was with difficulty that they
could drag ono foot after another.
WaIly Speed was drenched with per
spiration, and Glass resembled moth.
Ing 90 much a. steaming pudding;
rivulets Of sweat ran down his neck,
his face was purple. his lips swollen.
"Y-youll have-to run, alone-this
afternoon" painted the tormentor.
This Afternoon? Haven't I run
enough for-ons day?" the victim
pleaded. GLASS. old man. I'm all
in, I tell you; I'm ready to die"
"Got tory OF some more-leaf-
lard" declared the trainer with vul-
sarity. He numbered into the cook
house. radiatfng heat waves. pufnng
IKE q traction engine. while his COM
panion staggered to the gymnasium.
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oAaks a. Ysss Risss,I ~. q "
New y the tima % 81 ~ e 49,
Try = tWenty-1vo ooat
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killed Ia the German colonies ana fore
shadows Z law entirely prohibiting the
killing Of these BIRDS
The daily Alaskan., 1913-03-22

Alaska lies between almost exact ly the same parallels of latitude as
 do the Scandinavian countries and Finland Alaska is warmed by the Japan current as the Scandinavian countries are warmed by the gulf stream. Alaska is 100000 square miles larger than Norway, Sweden
 and Finland put together. Out oi that, much of the northern part of Alaska as worthless, and a terri tory remains as large as the three countries named with a climate ay- eraging little colder. Alaska has as much copper as Sweden has iron. Alaska has more forests than all three countries. Alaska has coal ia unlimited quantities and large deposits of gold.-Chicago Journal.
The daily Alaskan., 1913-03-22

Few people know that the asso- citation of eggs with the Easter season, like many other customs among Christians, is of pagan ori- gin, and began far back in the mists of antiquity. when supersti- uon ruled.
 Between two and three thousand years ago, the Egyptians regarded the egg as the emblem of re-crea- ton. or of the renovation of the human race.
 This idea originated with them from studying the habits of the scarab. or sacred beetle, which buried its ball in the grave dug for itself. Not knowing that the ball contained an egg, when the young beetle was matched, supposing 1t to be the one they saw disappear in D earth, they concluded that it had again returned to life Thus arose the hope of resurrection of their mumiiied bodies, and when they later found that the buried ball ,)utained an egg, the egg became a symbol of resurrection.
 The ancient Persians had a leg end that the universe was matched from an egg at the time of the yer nal equinox, and among the Per sian Magi, or priests, the egg rep rt-euted recreation. In accord auce with this tradition. the Persian New Year began at the vernal eQui- noX. at which time it was the GUS tom for the people to present each r,her with eggs tinted red, yellow, or sky-blue.
 In Germany, the Easter egg plays part in a story told children to the effect that. if they are good, a white hare will creep into the