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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-13

Of the third he was elected captain ot
the team for his senior year and II was
at this point that his career really be-
gan.
Coaching the Columbia team at that
time was Billy Lauder. the former Giant
third baseman, and Lauder introduced
Collins to "a friend of his, Billy Lush,
who conducted "A club in an outlaw
league In northern New York. Collins
was eager To make little spending
money during the summer months and.
preferring baseball 10 trip to Europ"
on cattle ship acting as nursemaid To
y COW or any Of those other summer
pursuits often taken up by college men,
he agreed to play in Plattsburg, y. Y.
Later he went to Rockville, Conn,
where Connie Mack first heard Of him
through the good offices Of an old
catcher who was under some obligation
to Connie. as are most of the sharp
eyed old ball players throughout the
country.
1t might be we'll to pause here long
enough to correct statement which
has floated around through baseball
circles for some time and which IL
utterly unfounded as far as facts go.
Tho story IL that Collins applied to both
McGraw and Griffith for a Job when he
was at Columbia and was turned down
by tho two New York managers Gric-
fifth being the leader Of the Yankees in
those days. McGraw himself has said.
II never heard of Collins until he was
with Philadelphia. It's wonder Lauder
didn't tip me off"
After Mack had received the wireless
fash fvpfn tho gufghpr no urrpyuaI for
a conference with Collins at the old
Fifth Avenue Hotel I'm New York. where
the two met for the first time one sun
day morning. Connie making the trip
from Philadelphia for the purpose.
Mack has said since that he was not
much impressed by the slightly built
and hoyish looking youth who con-
fronted him and said his name was
Collins. This first interview, as reported
to me by Collins, was along these lines:
How would you like to sign con-
tract with the Athletics ?" asked Connie
Il don't know" answered Collins II
expect to go to law school after I finish
my college course. and was only PLAY
ing summer ball because ! needed the
money"
Well" suggested Mack in his fatherly
way. my team is pretty well down in the
race now and we start on the final Wes'-
ern trip of the season within a few
days. We haven't much chance to pull
up this year. You might join ne and
see how you like H. Perhaps I won't
like YOU and maybe YOU won't care for
the game. But try II. I'll give you
chance to play. Nobody but you and
need know IT,"
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magazine, where the temperature is
maintained at the permissible maximum
allowed In the magazines afioat.
Now for the weakness Of the dread
nougft as exemplifed by the sinking ~
the Audacious. n truly up to date battle
craft. II does not matter particularly
whether the vessel was S;r.tk % 10y
automobile torpedoes launched from a
submarine or by stumbling upon a
couple OF German contact mines The
point Is that two undcrwat bows
We're sufficient 20 seul her 70 m, h.'-
tom. Tbs fac, has a,readr h an adj
vanced a. a good reason for calling q
ha,, upon the building Of big ships.
why. II is asked II a mine or two or 4
relatively cheap submarine can render
hors de combat giant ironciad.
should We waste money in building
useless naval ,eviathanso
The truth *. naval constructor, are
learning how necessary IL j. 20 protect
the hattleshlp 10 fuller measure ~
low ;h- wateriin~ Just a. . became
Clear az the gun grew IN power. that
Z was necessary - shelter the ships
V.tals above the water by heat Ter or
more effective armorplate. American
naval officers have not mad, thN same
exhaustive experiments here that have
hsen conducted In some Of TN. countr.e,
abroad anu they have not done 50
simply because Congress has withhell
the nesdful funds for such invest cation.
In this work Italy has unques, iona hlv
taken the lead in experimenting with
various systems for the underwa Ter
protection Of surface war craft Tpor
this point the following extract from tho
"Proceedinss" ~ the t'ui'ed States
Naval Institute : enliehtenlrr
There arr few old hulls IN an" Italian
navy which can he used for such pur-
poses. so ca.Ssons. approaching three
different systems of subdivision. ari
mines placed beu,sth ~ IN and eN-
ploded This method was an cconomi-
cal one, because not only was there the
saving OF exp p~e N raising an old
warship hulk " the experiment sank
her, but a mine was used instead OF an
expensive Whitehead torpedo, and the
mine was equally effective in giving tn.
data required by the authorities.
Naturally the result Of thes' eNneri-
ments Will not Ne communicated To- the
world al resent hui II viii he catering
u the Italian nation to learn that Naval
Constructor Rota has ic, gnei 4 method
Of underwater protection that gave good
results in the experiments carried out
at Spezla to determine tho hest kind
OF resistance 10 submarine explosion"
OF course Naval Constructor Rota's
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Destruction Audaous and Buwark Ss Naval Experts
of Covering Dreadnoughts With Armor Plate 3othA
and Below Water Line @ Remove Menace

to have rotary motion for the purpose
Of obtaining accuracy in firing and TO
insure keeping the point always for
ward. This tends to impair a centrlf-
ugal force 20 the contents Of the pro-
iectile. Utilizing the centrifugal force
the engineer was able 10 design a safe
fuse. To hold the plunger in position
away from the illuminate cap. is path
was blocked by ring cut In two and
hinged AZ the two breaks
In its partly hattened state this made
the gate. as IL were. 90 small for the
puuger to push 10y the hinged ring.
Bnt. when tho shell was wh!Tllng after
caused the ring to open out 20 It's full
form. and then. and then only. could
the striker creep forward and touch the
eNploder. quite simple, but, just the
same. no less ingenious and effective.
But the naval authorities had been
thoroughly aroused by knowledge OF the
state Of affairs previously existing and
decided To- TAX no chances in the future.
Accordingly all fuses are tried to-day
at Indian Head. Md. 10y drop test.
They must show that they can fail
n sheer d stance Of forty feet and str.k,
point on upon plate Of stee, without
having The split ring open. Every pro-
iectle now aboard any ~ the ships Is
thus SAT guarded, and should it fall by
accident while being handled there is
no danger Of such drop inviting pre-
mature explosion and consequent dis
aster.
Some phases Of the explosion on the
Bulwark. as described by eyewtntsses.
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n ACk in 1905. when the Giants
* were playing the Philadelphia
- Athletics for the worlds cham
?icaship slim young fellow
stood In front of the bulletin board at
TIE SrN office in Park Row watching
the progress Of one of the games.
ut must be great to be a big Lacquer
and take part in "A series like that. I
hate to think Of studying law" he re-
marked during wait for returns.
Last week this same young chap was
sold by the Philadelphia Athletics to the
Chicago White SuX for the highest price
ever paid for ball player. MIR Comis-
key, owner of the White SoX, admitted
this, although he would not name the
exact figures. They were approxi-
nlately $4,000.
And the players name? Yes. It was
Eddie Collins. The full name is Edward
Trowbridgc Collins. but few folks know
this outside Of his immediate family,
and T.. Trowbridge would like to con-
tinue TO suppress ii. He Is the young
fellow who was standing In front of
The SrN bulletin board In 1905. re-
GREETING that he was To he legal light
instead Of 2 big Lacquer
Little incidents are usually the big
cunning points in the lives of all of
US. Collns's family wanted him to he
. lawyer, the Columbia faculty de-
sired Il. and even Eddie himself had a
notion that he could get along at the
trade. but a certain crafty manager.
name OF Connie Mack. r,Ctified all this.
Said manager. as the lawyers would
put 1t. may have spoiled great at
torney. but he certainly made a Won
derful bali player and one who really
outgrew Mack. beCaus, Connie did not
feel he could afford to meet his financial
demands longer
All good chroniclers usually begin at
the beginning, which is a wise example
20 follow. The first time that Eddie
Collins was projected on my baseball
screen was several years ago when he
was a member of the Washington Irving
preparatory school team of TarrytowA
and he came to play game against a
nine i'm Nonkers Pitching for the Col
Inns outfit was player with a Latin
strain and poor control. so poor that
ne worked f.. Trowbridge all up until
tho latter picked up a brick and chased
him from the park in anger and took up
the pitching himself. The Washington
Irving team lost that game
we would have won IL ii hadn't been
for that crazy dago." said Eddie after
ward.
My next flash at Collins was in Co.
lumbia University. where he made the
varsity team in his freshman year with
out any trouble, and he played through
the two following seasons. At the end
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In the world and the brainiest. Cobb
may mean more al the gate. but Collins
Will win more ball games for you in a
season
In baseball circles John is rated as
some Judge OF talent and his opinion
counts for n good deal among those
who know II Eddie had become a
lawyer he would probably have been a
pretty good one, since the ump.r.s all
say tina; he can put up a strong arEu-
ment. although he does not always
confine himself to lega, terms and
Evening star., 1914-10-12
PLANS ARE APPROVED
FOR BIG AMPHITHEATER
Work Soon to Begin on Memorial to
Soldiers Of the Civil War at
Arlington Cemetery.

Following more than an hours con-
ference this morning in tho office of
Secretary Of War Garrison, the Arling-
ton amphitheater memorial commission
approved all plans and specifications
for the construction of this memorial
to the soldiers of the civil war, and au-
thorized the War Department to pro-
ceed with the work Of obtaining bids
for its construction. From now on. 1t
was declared following the meeting,
which adjourned shortly after 12
o'clock, all possible speed will be made,
and the actual work of construction
will be started within two or three
months.
1t will take about a month to get all
of the bids in. it is declared, and some
time will be needed in going over the
bids submitted. but after the contract
is let the work of construction will be-
gin Immediately. 1t will take approx
mately two years to complete the me-
mortal after the work Of construction
has actually started.
Those present at the meeting this
morning were Secretary Garrison, of
of the Navy Department, Judge Ivory
G. Kimball, vice chairman of the COM
mission; Elliott Woods. superintendent
of the Capitol; Charles w. Newton, past
STdHu COulIhduOcT-lu-Culcl VI Inc
United Spanish War Veterans: Col
Harts, superintendent of public build
ings and grounds. and E. c. Brainerd,
representing Carrare & Hastings of
New York, the architects for the me-
mortal.
The building will cost $750,000 and
will seat 5000 people. It will be used
by the Grand Army of the Republic for
it's memorial celebrations May 80. and
by other patriotic bodies. 1t will also
have a chapel for services over the
military dead.
Evening star., 1914-10-12
Sufferings of Belgrade.
BELGIANS FACE STARVATION
SAYS ENVOY TO THE HAGUE

LONDON, October IA dispatch to
the Reuter- Telegram Company says the
Belgian minister to the Netherlands
announces that famine prevails in most
parts of Belgium which are occupied
by the Germans. 1t is most serious at
Brussels. but the shortage of food is
also felt at Namur, Gutenberg and
Hainault.
A Rotterdam dispatch to the Ex-
change Telegraph Company says:
Cen Won der Goltz, the German COM
mander in Belgium, recently sent sew
eral emissaries to Holland in an en-
deavor to obtain foodstuffs to counter
act the famine threatening Brussels.
These emissaries completely failed in
their mission and the Dutch govern
ment is closely watching the export
trade. The emissaries. who are Dutch
men. say that Brussels has no salt.
yeast or flour, scarcely any meat and
no bread fit to eat
Forty vendors of newspapers have
been sentenced to long terms of i'm
prisonment by the German authorities
for selling English, French and Bel
gian papers in Brussels"
THE HAGUE, October IL. by way of
London.-The Belgian legation asserts
that conditions in Brussels are alarm
ing. owing to scarcity of food and
Evening star., 1914-10-12
N|CARAGUAN TREATY
FOUGHT IN COMMITTEE
Is Believed to Be Dead for the
Present Session at
Least.

Notwithstanding the pleas of Secre-
tary Bryan to the foreign relations
committee Of the Senate today for
favorable action on the proposed treaty
with Nicaragua before the adjourn
ment Of Congress. it appears that the
treaty is dead for the present session
at least
Secretary Bryan was before the COM
mittee for more than an hour today,
urging the need of ratifying the Mic
araguan treaty. The treaty was op-
posed by Senator William Alden Smith
of Michigan, who told Secretary Bryan
and members of the committee that he
would not consent to poll Of the COM
mittee to get a favorable report on
the treaty. there not being a quorum
present. and that if later the treaty
was reported to the Senate he would
fight it to the limit.
1t is understood that Senator Borah
of Idaho. Senator Clark Of Wyoming
and other republicans will stand with
Senator Smith in this fight.
Secretary Bryan told the committee
that he understood the New York
bankers, Brown Brothers. whose activ-
ity in Nicaraguan affairs has been
criticised. stood ready to sell the Mica
raguan National railroad back to
Nicaragua
Other Treaties Considered.
Senator Smith replied that, Of course.
the bankers would be glad to dispose
of the railroad now that the PLAT
amendment" had been stricken from
the proposed treaty.
The original treaty had extended the
Platt amendment to the Cuban treaty
to Nicaragua, thereby practically es-
tablishing a protectorate over Mica
ragua.
The proposed Colombian treaty also
will fail of action at the present ses-
sion of Congress-, it was said.
The committee today favorably re-
ported the peace and arbitration treaty
negotiated by the administration with
Russia.
Evening star., 1914-10-12
REAR ADMIRAL UPSHUR
TO HEAD AZTEC CLUB
Sixty-Seventh Anniversary to Be
Celebrated Tomorrow Night
With Dinner.

The Aztec Club will celebrate it's six
ty-seventh anniversary tomorrow even
ing at o'clock at the Army and Navy
Club. The club was organized in 1847
in the residence of Senior Boca Negra,
former Mexican minister to the United
States, near the Gala Plateros in the
City Of Mexico, shortly after the entry
Of the American army. under Gen. Win
field Scott, into that city.
At the reunion tomorrow Gen. H. G..
Gibson retires as president and Rear
Admiral John H. Upshur. q. s. NJ.
retired. now vice president, succeeds
him automatically. William Stone
Albert is secretary and William Turn
bull of New York is treasurer.
Following the business meeting, when
the announcement of the election of
Postmaster General Albert Sidney Bur-
Lesson to- membership in the club will
be made. dinner will be served.
The eligibility clause of the society
requires the member to be the nearest
blood relationship to an officer of the
Army. Navy or Marine Corps who served
served in the Mexican war.
Those who are expected to attend the
meeting and dinner are William Stone
Albert. Capt. Edward W. Anderson,
= rear y. odu6cEs ! OSS-
master General Burleson. former JUS
tice A. B. Hagner, Lieut.. Loyal Farra-
gut of New York. Col. F. S. Foltz, DR..
Joseph A. Guthrie, Norfolk, Va; Capt.
j. ]. Knapp. Edward H. LOCKER, +. C..
Drum Hunt, Drummond, Md; Col. Hem
ry May, Col. Charles L. McCawley, Will
liam W. Mackall, Savannah, Ga; Gen.
BENJAMIN K. Roberts, William w.
sweeny, Astoria, N. Y: J. Kennedy
Stout, Rev. William Taylos Snyder,
william Turnbull. New York, and Rear
Evening star., 1914-10-12

other supplies. During the siege Of
Antwerp. it is said. no Belgians were
allowed to leave Brussels unless they
had special passports. It is asserted
that Burgomaster Max has been trans
terred from Namur to Germany.
Officials Repudiate Reports.
There was some complaint at the
State Department this morning over re-
ports in the public prints fntimating
that the United States government
doubted the statements of the Belgian
officials at Brussels that the Germans
were creating a famine there. The de-
partment officials declared that the re-
ports created an entirely erroneous i'm.
preston.
The Belgian minister called at the de-
partment this morning and also appear
ed to be somewhat worried over the
newspaper accounts, but informed the
state Department that he did NOT be-
lleve any of the officials there made
such statements as were accredited.
Foliow1ng his conference, the minis
ter said he had had no reports from
his government for the last six DAYS.
acting Secretary Lansing has ex-
planned that Ambassador Gerard at
Berlin is now making representations
through the foreign office in Berlin
The necessity of communication with
the military leaders in the field will
occasion some small delay in the ar
rangements for shipments from Eng
land.
Evening star., 1914-10-12

such impression, as it would be the
height of folly and impropriety for us
to undertake to duplicate the work of
the Red Cross, and much less COM
pete with 1t. other than to assist it.
I'VE have a distinct duty before us.
A number of national institutions, edu-
catfonal, charitable and manual train
ing, in Palestine that heretofore had
received their major support from the
European countries are now entirely
cut off from that support for obvious
reasons. and the burden of continuing
their existence therefore falls on our
shoulders.
In addition the Red Cross does not
ana cannot undertake to minister tc
helpless and dependent families, within
Palestine and in Europe, be they Jew
or gentle. and surely no reflection il
| intended by US, and none should be
! cast upon US by undertaking this
| work.
Individually and collectively we
should do as much as is in our power
| to aid the Red Cross fund, as was done
at the Eighth Street Temple by the
Washington Hebrew Congregation
and as we shall continue to do"
Evening star., 1914-10-12
SIX MEN DROWN AT SEA
Swamping Of Boat Belonging to
Revenue Cutter Manning
Reported.

Six men in a boat from the revenue
cutter Manning. including Coxswain
Demarco, one of the crew of the Ia
homa, rescued when that ship was lost
recently, were drowned Saturday when
their boat was swamped off Cape Sari-
chef, in the Bering sea, according to
a dispatch to the Treasury Depart
ment today.
The radiogram was sent by the COM
manding officer of the Bering sea fleet.
1t said that the boat had landed at
Cape Sarichef, in the Unalga pass. to
render medical aid to an employe of
the lighthouse. In returning from the
beach with the sick man the cutters
boat was swamped owing to the heavy
sea running, and the men were un-
able to battle against the strong tides
and heavy undertow.
The following were drowned: Assist
ant Surgeon l. w. Jenkins, public
health service; Seaman Dalsgard, Sea-
man Lundhaug. Ordinary Seaman
Kooly. Coxswain Demarco and Luke
Louks. the sick lighthouse employe.
Evening star., 1914-10-12
RECEIVES FRENCH PROTEST.
Wilson Will Make No Reply to Such
Documents.

President Wilson will acknowledge
the receipt Of French protests against
alleged German atrocities. transmitted
to the State Department last week
without attempting to pass judgment.
He told callers today that similar treat
ment would be given to all such repre-
sentations from the nations at war.
The japanese embassy was informed
by the State Department today that al
though no positive assurance has been
given some of the Japanese citizens
held prisoners in Germany may be re-
leased.
There are believed to be about fifty of
these prisoners, though several promi-
nent japanese who were supposed to
be among them were discovered re-
Gently to have made their escape be-
fore Japans declaration of war.
Evening star., 1914-10-12
Ldity ot the coal screen law. A simila

idity of the coal screen law. A similar
motion will be made in the case test
ing the validity of the Ohio workmen's
compensation law.
The first case to be argued tomorrow
will constitute a renewed attempt to
have annulled the West Virginia two
cent passenger fare law. The Norfolk
is confiscatory.
Other cases to follow will be that
challenging the right of the courts to
supervise the payment of money out
of the Oklahoma state bank depositors'
guaranty fund; the st. Louis terminal
suit under the Sherman antitrust law
and the Florida gross earnings tax
on sleeping cars.
The governments commodities clause
suit against the Delaware. Lacka-
wanna and Western railroad will
probably be postponed until winter.
Evening star., 1914-10-12
WILL FEATURE GERMAN DAY."
Recitations, Speeches and Music at
Saengerbund Hall TONIGHT.

Recitations. speeches and music are
to feature the celebration of German
day." scheduled for this evening at
Saengerbund Hall, a14 Q street north
west. under the auspices Of the United
German Societies Of the District. A
discussion Of the topics Of the day.
particularly those Of interest to Ger
man Americans. IL also on the pro-
gram.
The manner of celebrating the occa- :
sion is announced as different in sew
eral particulars from the gatherings
of previous years, and committees were
designated at recent meeting in
Bressler's Hall to make the necessary
for the event.
The surplus sum received from the
sale Of admission tickets viii be de-
voted To- the ossmAa AnAs3can 1A1k re-
~ 6nnA
Evening star., 1914-10-12

still brave1y resist, although half the
city has been destroyed.
The tobacco factory has been razed,
the alcalay paper factory burned and
the brewery and many other establish
ments torn to pieces. according to this
witness. The officers Club. the Mon
tenegrin legation and the Hotel Mos
COW are among buildings which have
been damaged gravely. The beautiful
street of King Michael. on which are
located the Franco-Servian Bank, the
university and church, has been so
reduced by fire and cannon shells that
it is hardly recognizable.
Montenegrins Claim Victory.
PARIS. October IA dispatch to the
Havas agency from Cettinje says the
Austrian troops who October fought
the Montenegrins on the way to Sara
jevo were 100000 strong. The Aus
trians lost 1900 in killed or wounded
and. withdrawing to Kalenovitch, forty
miles south of Sarajevo. lost 500 more
in killed or wounded. The Monte
negrins also took many prisoners, ac-
cording to the correspondent.
A dispatch to the Havas agency from
Athens says:
The newspapers here say 1t Is an
nounced from an authoritative source
that the Turks are showing much
energy in Syria. Palestine and north
Arabia, where they are concentrating
troops at a number of points and for
ttfy1ng important places on the coast
and On routes to the interior"
Evening star., 1914-10-12
EXCISE BOARD TO SIT NIGHTS.
Long Hours Necessary to Conclude
Hearings on Time.

retail license applications by the end of
the week. the excise board will resume
night sessions, beginning at 7:30 o'clock
this evening.
Several cases were heard this morning.
among them the application Of the
Grand Hotel, against which protest was
made by A. E. Shoemaker. attorney for
the Anti-Saloon League, because of it's
summer garden and the class of trade
to which 1t was alleged to cater.
The board has scheduled for tomorrow
sixty additional hearings.
Evening star., 1914-10-12
0MITS BILLS OF LADING.
Another Method Proposed for Col.
lecting War Tax From Newspapers.

Senator Oliver Of Pennsylvania took
up today with Senator Simmons. chair
man of the finance committee, the mat
ter of revising the proposed tax ON
newspaper shipments. An amendments
is being prepared which would do away
with the Inconvenience of bills Of lad
ing ON newspaper bundles. providing
merely for the attachment of stamps
to train shipments. and which would
also eliminate the stamp tax on ship
ments within the county of publication
of newspapers. Senator Simmons will
submit the amendment to the demo-
Gratis Of the finance committee.