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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-10-11
BOSTON bARKERS
ARE NOT THE BOSSES
OF Public Finances or Opinion. in
the Estimation of the Admini-
station

Washington. Oct. IA concert
ed defense by administration forces
against criticisms of the currency
ventiOn of the American Bankers
Association and against what was
alleged to be an organized effort to
hinder its consideration and pas
sage, served to clear the air in
Washington yesterday and TO inspire
a new feeling OF confidence tonight
III democratic circles.
4 senate debate in which the
bankers criticism came in for sharp
answer from friends Of the bill
found its echo later in the day when
President Wilson made plain TO call
ers his own view OF the recent de-
velopments surrounding the bill.
The president let it be known that
he dil not think the views of the
Boston bankers convention as they
bore on the currency bill now before
the Senate. represented the general
public sentiment of the country. In
the presidents 5 view, the attacks
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Needs Their Help

The president needs the presence
the backing and moral support Of
every democrat in congress. not only
to pass the deficiency bill, but also
effectually to put the currency bill
through the Senate.
Sizing up the situation. the WASH
ington Star says:
Mr. Mann is right-enJirely
right No legislation without repre-
sentation. Senator'S and represen-
tatives should remain on the job.
Let them either muster the nerve to
adjourn and go home or stay at their
posts ana attend TO business.
1t is no secret that the geat ma
the work of the session. They have
been at work for six months. part
OF the time with the mercury in the
90s. They have accomplished what
they had in mind when they assem-
blei A new tariff law is on the
books. and they think they are en-
titled to a breathing spell before the
day appointed for the regular ses-
sion.
| But the president objects. He
has set a new task for the class. and
! insists theat ii must be performed
before dismissal. No complaining,
no Shirking.
/ Legislators who have left town
! have done so in the spirit of not car
! ing whether school keeps or not
They have other fish to fry and have
gone about the business. Some are
i 'mending fences some are laying
! foundations for reelection to their
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BLEW AWAY THE
LAST BARRIER
Current Started by Pressure of the
Presidents Finger i'm Washington
Cut Thru the Final Obstruction in
the Panama Canal.

Panama, Oct. 11.-Gamboa dixie
was exploded at 2:02 o'clock yester-
day afternoon. The electric spark
that set off the blast was sent for
ward by President Wilson from
Washington. The accomplishment
was in every way successful
Set on Without Ceremony
Washington, Oct. 11.-President
Wilson at , o'clock yesterday aft
ernoOn pressed button in the White
House which sent an electric cur
rent flashing more than 1000 miles
overland and under seas 10 blow up
the Gamboa dixie in the Panama
canal.
Just before sending the signal
President Wilson dispatched a mes
sage 10 Col. George GCethaIs, chief
engineer on the canal zone:
My warmest congratulations
Practically no ceremony accompa-
MED the giving of the signal The
president, Immediately after lunch-
con, went to the office of Chief
Usher |. II. Hoover in the executive
mansion, where the instrument was
waiting. Chief Operator E. w.
Smithers tested the line just before
, o'clock and sent four dots flashing
through to Panama as the signal
that the president was ready.
Mr.. Wilson stepped forward just
as the hands of the White House
clock touched the hour and pressed
the button. flashing to Panama the
current which was 10 send tons and
tons of the Gamboa dixie flying heav-
onward and perform practically the
last act in uniting the waters of the
two oceans.
NWell, that is all there is to it
said the president with smile as he
turned away 'GambOa is bust
ing
Secretary McAdoo and Secretary
Tumulty were the only other officials
present.
Elaborate preparations had been
made by the Western Union Tele-
graph Company and the Central and
South American Telegraph Com
pany fer the practically instantan-
eous transmission of the president 5
signal
From Washington 10 Galveston
Texas, 1.J66 miles, a single wire
carried the spark. There it was
taken up instantaneously by sensi-
tive repeating instruments and sped
over the cable along the bottom OF
the Gulf Of Mexico to Coatzeacoal-
COS. Mexico. 1913 miles further
From that point it sped over land
across the Lsthmus of Tehuantepec
over the wires of the railway 1St
miles more on its journey. to another
cable station at Salina Cruz. on the
Pacific ocean where other sets OF
sensitive telegraph instruments
snatched it up and hurried it 76t
miles along another cable on the
bottom of the Pacific ocean, to Sar
Juan del Sur. Nicaragua. a cable
station, where other delicate ma
chine stransferred it to still another
cabel and shot it on I12 miles fur
ther toward Panama. There the
spark emerged from its long sub
marine journey to overland tele
graph wires of the Panama Railroad
company and completed its mission
at the Gamboa dixie.
Hours before the time set, expert:
OF the telegraph and cable compa
nies were busy perfecting their ar
rangements so the presidents fiasl
might have an unobstructed passage
Oceans DO Not Mingle
The Atlantic and Pacific ocean
were not actually united yesterda.
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Not the Right Thing

But running away AMI breaking g
a quorum is not the proper caper.
They ought either TO screw their
courage up TO the sticking point and
challenge the president to a trial of
conclusions or else obey his orders
and pass his bill. He is out in the
open with his program ana they
should take the field with theirs
Staying on the job here need
not necessarily mean quick action by
the Senate on the currency problem.
Such action should not be taken. for
not only is the problem most COM
plex and important, but both par
ties are divided on it. The banking
world is in fever of protest against
what it conceives to be the political
possibilities. and even designs of the
bill the administration wants passed
and the commercial world is much
disturbed. The utmost pains should
be taken. therefore. 10 examine all
objections 10 the measure and meet
them when il is shown that they are
we'll founded.
The tariff bill. as all now see. re-
ceive1 no more time than was neces-
sary. As it passed the house it was
a crude performance, and even the
senate. after months Of labor, did
not free it OF all defects and ambigu-
tiles. Experts are already busy try
ing to puzzle out the meaning and
effects Of some of its provisions. In
definitely more harm would result
from a confused and defective cur
rency measure than from a botched
tariff measure"
1t is in this situation that many
democrats have deserted their posts
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NARION.DUNN MASONIC LODGE

Marion-Dunn Lodge No. 10, F. &
a. NJ. meets on the first and thiro
Thursday evenings of each month at
7:3O O'Clock, until further notice.
C. E. Simmons, W. n.
Jake Brown, Secretary. Ad
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present places or for promotion to
other places. As they feel about it,
the currency for the time. may go
hang. They fail 10 see the emergen-
cy the president describes or else
differ with him about how it should
be met
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The cigar makers cigar-Gerig s
Havana Smokers. 10-3-tf
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Panama, Oct. 11.-Gamboa dixie
was exploded at 2:O2 o'clock yester-
day afternoon. The electric spark
that set off the blast was sent for
ward by President Wilson from
Washington. The accomplishment
was in every way successful
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-16
MORLEY SENDS IN
SIGNED CONTRACT
Youngster From Knoxville
Does Not Appear to Be
Demon With Bat.
is SAID TO BE FAST
AND EXCELLENT FIELDER
"Brownie" Burke, Cincinnati's
Famous Mascot, Arrives to
Pay Griffith a Visit.
BY J. ED GRILLO.

The signed contract Of Morley, the
shortstop drafted from the Knoxville
club of the Appalachian League by Man.
ac.r Griffith. reached local headquarters
this morning. Morley says that he is
tickled with the chance to show what
he can do In fast company. and ex-
presses confidence that he will hold his
own.
There Is nothing particularly impressive
about Moriey's record with Knoxville,
however He played in seventy-f1ve games
and batted at even 200. while he has a
fielding average Of .91s. which is not so
bad. He is youngster and was recon-
mended to Griffith because Of his speed
and fielding ability. though there seems
to be some doubt as to his hitting.
1t Is Griffith's plan to try out as many
infielders as possible. in the hope OF
finding a man for second-kase. He has
this position. but neither quite fills the
bill. though there IL a good chance OF
Morgan improving considerably.
He proved himself a cracking fast field
er in the position. but his hitung was too
hitter. but not quite fast enough to help
the team In other respects.
Williams and Morley are two young in
helders that Grifth proposes to try out
at second, though the position Is new to
both Of them. They have been playing
shortield. but 1t is argued that player
who can cover ground In that position Is
very apt to shine at second.
Brownie" Burke, the famous mascot Of
the Cincinnati Reds and an ardent adj
mirer Of Clark Griffith, dropped into the
city this morning to pay his former man.
ager a visit. Brownie is midget in
size. but has an old head on him. He Is
q splendid entertainer. and has had some
experience on the stage. Around the Ma
tional League circuit Brownie Is as we'll
known as Hans Wagner.
The little fellow has a standing offer
to join the Nationals any time he feels
that his services are not wanted In Gin
cinnati. though so long as Garry Herr
mann has anything to do with the Reds
Brownie" IL pretty sure OF his job.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-16
BOYS PLAY
FAST BASKET BALL
Slater School Quint Defeats
Stevens in First Game
for Title.

In the fastest game of the season,
Slater School heavyweight quint annexed
their first victory in the series for the
city championship by defeating Stevens.
by a score of IS to 1. Not one dull mo-
ment marked the time that Slater and
Stevens hooked up from the beginning
to the end of time. a one-sided score
notwithstanding. For Stevens. it might
be said that no gamer bunch ever took
the floor, and with serious faces and
stern. yet without passion and with Won
derful self-control, the lads on this team
played a fast game. but the skill and
speed of the eleventh division champs
could not be stayed. Without doubt
the Slater team is the niftiest group of
grade school players that have ever
existed here in town. Coach Huddy
Oliver, backed in his efforts by the
school. teachers and principal, has done
wonders with a mediocre set of players
to attain the result Of yesterday. 1t is sell
dom that better team play has been
shown than that Of last night, and 1t
would not be fair to single out stars IN
the harmonious action Of the players Of
each team.
Birney School lightweight team played
the real surprise when 1t played the
crack Jones School team to a standstill.
and lost its game only In the last three
minutes Of play when Jones struck
conquering stride. Capt. Hart Of the
winning combination was of in his
shooting ability in the earlier stages Of
the game, but came with a rush in the
latter part thereof. and his team won by
q score of to 4. Birney has the best
team that the thirteenth division has
ever had. and put up a splendid game
marked with headwork and speed. A
little more experience will improve the
playing considerably. and this team is
going to give the other contenders for
city honors a lot of trouble yet.
Best Of all was the splendid crowd OF
enthusiastic rooters that turned out to
cheer on their champions In the Arm
strong gymnasium. and topping all other
considerations was the exhibition Of
clean playing. such as has not been wit
messed before In . game where the con-
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TO DISCUSS TRACK
AND FOOT BALL

Vincent Daley, graduate manager OF
athletics at Georgetown. is expected In
town today Dailey's visit here is to
complete arrangements for the George
town meet. held in this city March !.
and to meet Manager Barrett Of the foot
ball team. and also Capt. Costello.
No coach has. as yet, been named Tor
the team next fall and 1t Is expecteo
that Daley, Costello and Barrett will de-
eide upon some man. There is very much
interest aroused over who will receive the
appointment No one seems to be able 10
state exactly who will look after the
eleven.
Then the schedule will receive a great
deal of attention. Manager Barrett stated
the other evening that Georgetown Will
have a good schedule next fall. The
team will meet the Navy October IL.
Barrett stated that Washington and Lee
was trying to get a place in the Hilltop
schedule for October 1S. Georgetown
gave washington and Lee a big guaran-
tee of $500 last fall. and on this parti-
cular contest $3.50 was lost, showing
that Washington and Lee has not a
large following here Manager Barrett
is perfectly willing to pay this sum OF
money next fall, providing 1t can draw
a much larger crowd than IT did this
year. He claims that it will be UP to
the Washington and Lee management 10
decide this matter.
For October 10 Georgetown has two
offers from northern schools. namely.
Colgate and Gettysburg. Colgate Is very
anxious to play in Washington Saturday.
october IS, and Manager Barrett is care.
fully considering putting 1t on. Colgate.
under Dutch Sommers, the famous Penn
sylvania halfback. has q wonderful sea-
SON last fall. 1t won it's annual game
from Syracuse and gave West Point a
good contest Colgate may be seen on the
Hilltop schedule next fall. 1t Is safe to
saw that Gettysburg will not play here.
although it's offer for a game was q
good one. Manager Barrett stated also
that negotiations with the Army had
closed.
The ACCESSIBILITY of playing both the
Army and Navy was considered for q
long while, but the local management de-
cided that the Navy would be the better
team to play simply because Annapolis
is much nearer Washington than West
Point, and that the team would be able
to make a better showing against the
Navy on this account.
The alumni In the western part Of
PENNSYLVANIA are very anxious to have
Georgetown play Pittsburgh next fall
Manager Barrett has been In communica-
ton with the Pittsburgh management for
some time and 1t looks as though George
town will make the trip to Pittsburgh. 1t
will be remembered that the Blue and
Gray team made the trip to Pittsburgh
during the fall of 1910, and made a good
showing. At the same time the Blue and
GRAY MANAGEMENT has been seeking q
contest with Pittsburgh ever since. and
II seems now that its wish will be graft
fed.
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testants travelled at the gait of the gam
last night.
TEAM STANDING
HeayyweichtS Ii1hkue}phts
BARROW misunderstood.
Makes Himself Plain on the Base
Ball Salary Limit.

NEW YORK. January 16.-Edward
Barrow, president Of the International
League, is still confined to his home with
a heavy cold. SO that he did not 60 out
to Chicago yesterday to appear before the
national commission. which meets today.
for the purpose OF pleading the cause Of
the class IA leagues on the salary
limit question.
Mr.. Barrow said over the telephone
that he would like to correct the impress
sion that he is opposed to the salary limit
of $1,000. He expressed regret that he
had been misquoted or misunderstood and
added:
II am not opposed to the club limit Of
$1,000 a month. but I am unalterably op-
posed to the individual player limit. which
Is included In the ruling. and that Is the
basis of our plea to the natiosal commits
sion for relief. I am in hopes that our
case is strong enough to bring about the
necessary change"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-16

Gallaudet is scheduled to meet the Bal
timore City College quint next Saturday
at Gallaudet. The Kendall Green five fig
ures 1t will be able to get away with a
victory in rather an easy fashion. The
team lost to the University of Virginia in
Charlottesville last Saturday, but that
was to be expected in view of the fact
that the Orange and Blue is represented
by one Of the strongest quints in its his
tory
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MORE BASE BALL MEETINGS.
Postponed Session Of National Com.
mission in Chicago.

CHICAGO. January 1.-two important
base ball gatherings are scheduled for
Chicago today. One will be the annual
session of the national base ball COM
mission. which was to have been held In
Cincinnati on January g. but which was
postponed on account Of the illness OF
Ban johnson. president Of the American
League. The other will be the yearly
meeting Of the club owners Of the Amer.
lean Association.
The national commission will go through
the Formally of electing a chairman and
secretary. August Hermann 10 expected
to succeed himself In the first position,
whole John Bruce. 1t IL announced. will
be reelected secretary.
The American Association members are
expected to adopt q shorter playing SEIZED.
ule than the one In force last year.
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RACQUET MATCH FOR $4,000.
Williams of England and Soutar Of
Philadelphia to Play.

PHILADELPHIA. January IA rae
quet match for 5000 a side and the
championship of the world between
Charles Williams of England. the pres
ent champion. and Jock Soutar Of the
Philadelphia Racquet Club 10 to be play
ed In the near future. this having been
made possible by the members Of the
Philadelphia Racquet Club. who have
subscribed the side bet for Soutar.
The match probably will be q home
and home affair. one half being played
In England and the other half In this
city. Negotiations are pending AZ to the
location Of the first half OF the match.
and II 1t is played In England the men,
bers Of the local club have subscribed an
additional $500 for Sontar's expenses.
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.
Connie Mack denies the story that he
has re-employed Harry Davis and Will
use him as a coach or field captain &c, OF
eran right fielder of the Athletics, will
captain the team next season. Mack
says he doesn't expect Murphy to DO
much playing. because OF his injured
knee, but he relies upon Murphy's In
him valuable field leader. says an ex-
change.
Danny Murphy should not be confused
with the Murphy whom Philadelphia
secured from the Baltimore Eastern
ply. formerly OF baltimore. is also an
outfielder. and will try to gain q per-
manent berth. in the Athletics outer
works this year. Like his namesake. Dan
Murphy. Murphy OF Baltimore 10 also
stif hitter.
Harry Davis has embarked in business
in Philadelphia and says he has no In
tenton of re-entering base ball. Poor
Harry. What an awful finish he had.
For years and years Davis was the star
first baseman. field captain and principal
garded as Connie Mack's right bower:
Many people really thought Davis had
more to do with the success OF the Ath-
letic team than even Mack. Harry was
always in the limelight. He could swing
the stick and generally piled up 800
batting average every year.
When Harry slowed up as player
there was q rush to sign him as man
ager Somers of Cleveland and Bob
Hedges Of st. Louis bid high for Davis
~ StNvAn
to make place for Davis. Harry's ca.
reer as manager OF the Maps was shori
and sweet. He took a team that Stovaii
boosted from seventh to third position.
and ran II down the ladder faster than
Stovail had sent 1t up Then the Cleve-
land fans howled for Davis scalp. Davis
finish was a terrific blow to the MACK
school Of base ball managers.
Comics sly, quiet. underground system
gets results. with Mack engineering the
machine, but 1t failed with Davis at the
throttle.
McGraw Is the greatest managerial tu-
tor Of them all. Jennings. Bresnahan:
Joe Kelley and Joe McGinnity learned
the game under the Little Napoleon.
Chance. Fred Clarke and Clark Grimth
are disciples of the McGraw school.
noisy peppery and full OF ginger. Stahl
is q happy combination OF the Mc0raW
Mack school. Sometimes he works
quietly. on other occasions he roars.
rants and raves like McGraw. Stahl 10 q
college man. George Stallings Is the one
brainy bench manager who never amount.
ed to much as player.
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Watch his foot"' Watch his FOOT"
That is a favorite expression Of Clark
Griffith, no matter who is pitching. Nine
times out of ten there is nothing the
matter with the way the opposing pitcher
is performing Griffith Is simply emitting
his battle cry, with a hope that the pitch
er may be worried and his work affected
by the constant objection. Most young
sters are worried by such methods. and
some veterans. but on others 1t has no
effect whatsoever.
In a game at Washington last year be-
tween st. Louis and the Nationals Wal
ter Johnson and Jack Powell were the
opposing pitchers. 1t was Johnson's first
appearance after the much discussed
game that President Johnson decided
broke his winning streak. 1t was hoped
at the time that possibly the verdict
might be changed. That afternoon Pow
ell ended all discussion by winning to
over Johnson. who went down to defeat.
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JAKE STAHL WILL
REMAIN ON FIRST
Will Take a Faster Man to
Push Garland Off Ini-
tiaI Sack.

CHICAGO, January 16.-Jake Stahl.
manager OF the worlds champion Boston
American base ball team. took occasion
last night to set his friends right on q
report from Boston that he had decided
not to play first base during the coming
season. He said he had no intention Of
deliberately quitting the post.
III don't play first base 1t will be
because some young fellow can beat me
out Of the job" he said. Just now I
do not think any one can beat me. for
feel more like playing than I did a
year ago. Ny legs are better this year
because of my playing last season. I
suppose the story of my being unable to
were bad for a while last year.
''I'n go to Hot Springs about the last
week In February. probably a week ahead
Of the team. 20 ] can get the jump on
them"