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The Washington herald., 1914-02-01

| higher scores. How the distribution of tn,
prizes will be awarded has not yet been
settled, but the board of directors of the
league viii decide upon II at the mex,
meeting.
Secretary Smith. of the Washington Gas
Light Company League has completed
arrangements with Harry Krause. Of the
Palace Bowling alleys for the use Of two
of his maple pave ways on February Il
when pick team Of the local league WIN
clash with the Consolidated Gas and
Electric Company. of Baltimore The
teams are to be made Up as follows,
each having six men rolling:
Washington-E. Burns, Overacker, Mel
lon. scribner. Howard. McQuade. and
Cannons. substitute.
|. Baltimore-Webb, Dallam, Eakle Schsf
ger. Bray. and James.
The Agriculture quint is still topping
the Departmental Tenpin League with
Twenty-Five games won and thirteen lost
Bureau, the runner-sp. has landed twenty
four games and have dropped fourteen.
Manhattans are still on top of the heap
in the Colonial Tenpin League, having
captured thirty-two games and dropped
ten, while the next quint in line IN the
Pioneers. which has won thirty-four
games and lost eleven. But six points
separate these two teams in the stand
ings.
The Distribution quint is leading the
Washington Gas Light Company League
by one-game margin, having landed
twsnty-six games and lost nineteen, while
the second-place team. the West Station,
has won Twenty-Five and dropped twenty.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-01

Hawk. Not colt is owned In this sec.
ton That does not carry some Of the
blood of the two and three-year-old
Grand Circuit trotters of 1873
To let il run to waste and weeds bv
no. developing II in proper lines. is false
Judgment and parstmonious folly How
much would a single one Of the colts
named above be worth today to their
respective owners. had they not been
developed and raced? Who would have
heard of them outside the neighborhood
in which they were owned? 1t Is the
man who dares to take a chance who
reaps the rich reward of existence. The
question was once asked: IF Christ were
to come to Congress?" Suppose either
Peter volo, Lady wanetka, Etawah, or
Don Chenault had fallen into the hands
Of some alleged horsemen in these parts
who own well-bred colts and yet who
are too parsimonious to give them the
proper development and too timid to race
them. what would have happened to
them? The echoing answer Is, What!
with a big W.
The once well-known and popular
race mare, Nellie T. was recently de-
stroyed by the owner. Mr.. James Tally
OF Mount Pleasant, on account of dis
ability. due to old age. Nellie T was
a fea-bitten gray. and was. in many
respects, a remarkable animal for one
whose speed was never developed. ex-
cept when she was raced in local
events. She was bred in Lower Mary
land, where Mr.. Tally found her, and
was supposed to be by the Kentucky
bred horse, Star PHO. son Of Pilot
jr., the former having been brought TO
Washington more than thirty year,
ago by Col Alexander. nephew of
the celebrated breeder of that name
who bred Maud s., and owned Pilot.
jr., Abdallah as, Edwin Forest. and
the immortal Lexington, son of Bos-
ton Nellie T. though erratic, was a
dangerous factor when raced in. her
class, for she possessed much speed
and was game to the core of her
heart. Her age at the time of death
was twenty-five years.
Is the horse more to be relied upon
for long trips than the motor car:
John Javins might answer that ques-
ton Mr.. Javins' numerous stables are
full of weil-bred horses. and he owns
carria ges and a car as well. Last Sun
day he induced E. F. Hall, and II. 6.
Croy to accompany him to Brightview
FERN. fifteen miles distant, in Mont
gomery County. The day was fine. and
the trip out would have been enjoy
able, had not all hands been compelled
to get out of the car and push il up
steep hills. The farmers
they passed on the way shouted: Get
a horse" On the return trip, when at
Burned Mills. the car refused to bulge
and was abandoned in a piece OF tim
Der. John and his companions walked
Ave miles to the nearest trolley line
In order to get home.
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Mopday-Pintss Ninss-
Observation-Disclosures vs.. Salvadon-
Ffidsy-S> noss rs. Santa Marias -
On Monday night the good ship Santa
Maria, piloted by Capt James Hates,
failed to make port in time. for some
unaccountable reason, and by being
tardy lost three games to the Ninas.
Kennedy, the only one Of the crew pres
ent, rolled for his average, and would
have, with the assistance OF the other
members OF his team, made II very in
teresting, If not disastrous, for the Ninas.
Kennedy's game of III was the best
of the evening.
Columbias two games nearer them by
winning two games only one game now
separates them. ~
Koontz, of the Columbus, carried or
the honors of the evening, having a. set
of s11- Last week Koontz also had "a
III set and is climbing to the top rapidly.
Friday night looked like a big night
for the Genoas for a while. but after
the first game the Salvadors had things
very much their way. AS II was, the
Genoas lost the second by eight pins and
the third by eleven. Dan Crowell was
indeed responsible for the only game the
Genoas have won during this quarter,
his game Of .13s breaking the high-game
record. The Genoas won this game by
only one pin.
Doc. Horen got in another one of his
good games having spilled III ducks IN
his first game. HIS set was 3o4 Croweirs
set was s26.
The Ninas. Columbus, and Pintas are
punched, and as these teams hook up
this week some good games will be seen
at the Rathskeller.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-01
7GHAlIPL AIlVSARE
TOPPING LEAGUE
Have -Four game Lead on L
SALES n. Washington <. Of
G. Duckpin Circuit.
INDIVIDUAL AVERAGES


The Champlain quint is topping the
Washington Knights Of Columbus Duck
pin League. having won fifteen game.
and lost six. The La SALES are next IN
line with.eieven games won and ten lost.
Ralboas and De sotos are trailing the
circuit, the first named having won nine
games and lost twelve. while De Sotos
have landed seven games and dropped
fourteen.
man In the. circuit has mark that he
can well be proud Of. Warren. OF La
SALES. is first on the list with a mark OF
szs, while Griffin is next in, line with
s7.s. The team and individual averages
are as follows:
WASHINGTON COUNCIL. * OF CO LEAGUE
The Washington herald., 1914-02-01

The boys Of southwsstsrn Junior Duck.
pin League have completed nearly hail
of their schedule ana the Mount R6cky1
are In the lead, by ., margin Of ave
games. over the spartans. o'Bryham haa
the best Individual average. sai, while
Carrolrs high game. ~. 10 high for
the league. Bohannon.s "a b the best
set rolled. No league In. the city has
harder-fought games, the boys never
giving. up until the last hall Is rolled.
Averages furnished by Happy Gene
Lampkin. oficiAl' scorer: ~
The Washington herald., 1914-02-01

Philadeiphia, Pa, Jan. u.-Psrmission
has been granted BY the phflsdelphia
Cricket Club Tor the University cf Penn
sytyapia aSs6ciatjoa football team 20 pldIy
~ -saznas & s. Nazsln's shls sDstno.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-01

Leroy Reeves, secretary to Gov. John.
X. Tener. newly elected president Of the
National League. has decided TO alter
nate between Harrisburg and New
York in entering upon his ofilciai duties.
He viii spend Tuesday. wednesday. and
Thursday of each week in New York,
and the remaining days win be given %
Gov Tsner at the Pennsylvanis Capjtalr
The Washington herald., 1914-02-01

RECORDS.
High score-Frsile tDe soto}. Isl. 2
High fat Eame-w -Grihin tChsmpiainj, 50.
erratess number strikes-whitty lchsmp'sinI. .;
ScJulteis ia Sallel g.
Greatest number sFsres-M. Grim tChanplsinl. =.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-01
NAVY PENCERs LOSE.
New York Fencers' Club Trim Mid
shipmen Five Out OF Nine Bouts.

Annapolis. Md, Jan. a.-In their first
dual contest OF the season today the
Naval Academy fencers lost to the New
York Fencers' Club by. the score of I'VE
bouts to four. The showing Of the Mid,
dies was very satisfactory. however, com
sider1ng that they were up against the
country. All Of the bouts were botly
Contested. The foil was the weapon
used.
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CREW SQUAD TO REPORT.
Coach Richard Gfendon Calls Out
Candidates Monday.

Annapolis- Md, Jan. a.-Richard Glen
don. Of the Boston Athletic Association,
who has coached the midshipmen oars
men with much success for several years
arrived In Annapolis tonight. and a large
squad OF candidates for the crews viii
report to him OF Monday to begin work
on the rowing machines In the gymna-
stun. As soon as conditions of weather
permit. crews will be organized and take
tc the shells The schedule Of races has
not been completed. but It Is UNDERWOOD
Harvard Is among the big crews to be
ruwed. tf
The Washington herald., 1914-02-01

Jack Herbert. formerly . nsmbsr oe
ths Biocmlngton club. apd last seassn
Ibsss Of Pelin. has bssn aPpeintsd man
Assr ~ ths Csirp club r 1T. LaaeA
The Washington herald., 1914-02-01

The Cleveland Maps have released Jack
Kibbie. third baseman. to the Evansville
club. Of the Central League Evansville.
pad Soo Ter his release
The Washington herald., 1914-02-01
WILL SIGN ARTICLES.
jack Johnson a.a So. Lsnsfera I.
Battle In Paris.

Paris, JAN a.-Jack johnson win sign
articles tomorrow for fight with sam
Laneford. The bout win be staged I'M
Paris shortly after the Johnson-Moran
match. which takes place In the Grand
Prix next week.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-01
CARROLL COUNCIL
LEAGUE NOTES

- SCHEDULE FUR The WEkh.
Mopday-Pintas vs.. Ninss-
J WELLESLEY ohmbias vs.. Salvadon.
Ffiday-S> noas rs. Santa Mariss.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-01

A half dosen extra prises have been
added TO the already long list Of awards
In the National Capital Duckpin Beague.
These ADDED Attractions which have been
oHered BY friend of the league are
uyeu y tna1se M senlern 70 IA, "a.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-01

Il y Assigned to race the stalkss or
sy.i.s ne ysss q The e F ss ~. AT
Eof dlrooeers DO not suit. over HfightvtsW
1az1 tuaek colaDvtl,e. NAntgenarx
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-02

/ Woodmen OF Rock Island county that
yesterdays county camp did not re-
suit in a serious disturbance. Cool
leads were IA charge OIL both sides
and the outcome. which was foIeseen
/ In the beginning. was arrived at with
out adding anything TO the personal
bitterness which has characterized the
fight for many months. In fact, In
stead of aggravating the tension IL is
believed that the proceedings OF the
county camp will have a tendency In
the opposite direction. There was
through IL all an undercurrent of
ncighborliness. Characteristic of the
order. and though divided on the point
at issue none seemed TO forget that he
was a Woodman. Beth sides have bet
te5 reason for r1utual respect than ne
fore and while both are as determined
as ever TO carry tho contest through
TO the state and perhaps TO the ma
tional camp they Will Go so in a more
tolerant spirit
Whatever the views of those pres
ent in regard to the issues before the
-ociety It must be comedies by oil that
r " NdnOdiueT pidNtu tn7 iedulhs
part in keeping both factions ir pass
ably good humor. Time after time
when he saw crisis approaching he
met It with some sally wl,icl. diverted
attention for the moment and saved
the day. II may have been merely
some striking argument in UNFOLDING
the administration side or the ad-
yancement OF some partisan measure
but il always came with such an evil
dert :bscnce OF personal feeling that
it broke the spell.
4 disgraceful row in the county
camp would have put a blot upon Rock
Islands name and done much damage
TO the WoOdmen society. while it m
doubtedly would have tended TO i'm
peril this city's prospects of continued
possession Of the head Offices.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-02
Capital Comment
BY CLYDE H. TAvENNER
Congressman from the Fourteenth District.

not swayed by advice TO any appre-
ciable extent. He acts almost always
upon his own best judgment in the
case.
Woodrow Wilson is president OF the
| United States singlehanded. We have
never had a president who has played
such a lone hand. John Sharp VIII
/ liams, the senator from Mississippi,
/ in writing recently to a constituent
summed up Mr.. Wilson's character
exactly.
IF you do not know it, he wrote,
I'VE people in Washington do know
that he is not only nominally but really
the president of the United States.
and neither Mr.. Tumulty nor !, nor
anybody else controls him. The
truth is. nobody influences him very
much
Guided as he is by as keen sense
of moral rectitude as any man on
earth possesses, President Wilson Is
mighty safe man for the people of
the United States to trust. Just as he
is not influenced by the politicians IN
the same way he is not Influenced by
those interests who for years have
got everything they wanted in Wash
1nEtOn DN the use Oh influence h"'
ever Woodrow Wilson does Will be the
result of his own judgment
Had President Taft been man or
the same characteristics, there might
not now be any Woodrow Wilson IN
the White house. Taft was VIGOROUSLY
easily influenced. Sometimes his
eagerness to please those who asked
favors of him made him appear vacil-
lating in character. He would change
his mind over and over again, depend
ing upon the sort of influence brought
TO bear upon him:
Personally, Mr. Taft probably dis
approved the Payne-Aldrich tariff bill.
But tremendous influence was brought
to bear on him to make him sign this
bill. and he yielded. Then he further
yielded and made a speech at Winona,
Mimi, praising the law he did not APP
prove. 1t was his political undoing.
President Wilson will never be
brought to grief by yielding to infiu-
ence. Any mistakes he may make
will be his own and not those of any
other man.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-02
TEACHING COAL sHOVELERS

reached the stage of study and abhor
renee of smoke, publicity has pro
duced startling facts for us to con
template. City beautifiers on one hand
and manufacturers on the other have
Joined in movements for relief. Col
Ieges have turned their laboratories
into places for the study of smoke.
We have our manual training classes;
why not schools here for stokers?
With the idea of compiling complete
and uniform data concerning the cost
and i'll effect of smoke and of using
this data in obtaining more powers to
regulate the evil, fifteen of the largest
cities in Great Britain are engaged
just now in making uniform accurate
measurements of the amounts of at
mospheric pollution in their districts.
Hamburg. Germany, has established
similar tests in the world fight for
smoke abatement. In America. Pitts
burgh has made the most exhaustive
studies of smoke and produced figures
of gigantic proportions to show the
loss America is sustaining and dem
onstrate the need of better furnaces
and schools for stokers here.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-02
A FOOLS PLEA.

81 never had a chance to make
good whinel a young man in a
western city when ne was sentenced
to the penitentiary for the commission
OF an atrocious crime. while as he
claimed, under the influence of liquor
1t is the threadbare defense of the
idle. the vicious. the weak and the
criminal when they are tripped up by
the protruding foot OF fate, says Cur
rent Thought
II is the feeble extenuation of fail
ure predicated upon lack of ability,
lack of self-respect. lack of every de-
cent impulse that animates men to at
tempt worthwhile effort.
II is the justification of the indolent
creature who permits his mother to
earn his bread by never-ending toll
while he wastes his time, and the
brutal lazy husband who feels no
sense Of humiliation when he eats the
food provided by an Industrious wife
We witness every day what Is being
accomplished by men and women who
are achieving n full measure of sue
cess while striving under tremendous
handicaps, and when we contrast
these braves souls with the miserable
hulHs VINO imagine that the world
owes them living without any effort
on their part, and who gravitate into
dissoldte HABITS when 1t is hot FORTH
coming. we are filed with disgust
and loathing.
The man who declares that he never
had a. chance to live an honest. re-
spectacle life is living. The opportun-
try and prosperity, We have only
may not have come TO him, but he
had, we may be certain. plenty of op-
portunities TO do something useful
to leave the world better for his hav-
ing been born into IT,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-02

serve which is MS characteristic. Inc
president listens attentively, asking
questions freely. The senator has
about presented his argument, and he
slows up. giving the president every
opportunity to express the opinion
that the senator Graves.
Does the president express any opin-
ion? Not if he has not made up his
mind on the subject The senator can
get no more definite information than
any newspaper reporter or politician
who might inquire about the same sub
ject.
The president is the hardest man in
the United States to make express any
opinion about what he is going TO do
until he makes up his mind to do that
thing Then the intelligence is given to
everybody. The president hears all
arguments on every side of a PROPOSE
ton During this search for knowl-
edge and advice he has the faculty of
keeping his own mind perfectly open.
He does not do as many public men
do-make up their minds in advance
and hear the arguments afterwards.
In making up his mind Mr.. Wilson is
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-02

Glasses in which stokers and engi-
neers are trained in the intelligent
and skillful operation of boilers and
furnaces, have been opened with sue
cess in many English cities. These,
by providing properly trained body
of workmen to take the place of the
unskilled shovellers now in charge of
so many furnaces, form a practical
step in Europe's war on tie smoke
nuisance, to the dangers and wasteful-
ness OF which the old world as ell as
America is thoroughly awake.
With our manual training schools
the United States is engaged IN de-
velopilg system of continuation and
vocational schools but, says the Dan
vile Commercial-News, in our blind
belief that smoke is typical of indus
try ard prosperity. We have Only
learned to long fer abatement Of the
evil and have not yet considered
schools for stokers. Great Britain
realizes that training of the men in
charge of furnaces is as important as
training doctors and lawyers. Such
training, IL has found. Is essential to
any solution of the black smoke ques-
tion and IL is good to note that techni-
cal education authorities in many
large towns and cities there now in
clude classes for stokers in their cur
riculum.
Glasgow. Scotland, appears to have
been most successful with these
classes which are carried on during
the winter months at several different
centers in the working class district of
the city. These classes are under
charge and direction of the smoke in
spectors of the municipality.
In America. where we have only
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-02
CLEANING UP TIME.

Ladies of the street vigilance com
mittee of the civic department of the
Rock Island Woman's club start today
to distribute literature calling atten-
tion to the things which should be
done in cleaning up the city. They are
asking everybody to cooperate to the
end that when the collection of the
rubbish starts April Is everything
there is to be hauled away may be in
in the alleys or elsewhere so that it
can be easily be secured by those in
charge of the wagons.
1t is not too early to begin this work
A great deal is to be done. Many are
now ready for the cleanup day, but
many are not. Yards are to be raked,
trees trimmed. old bottles and cans
gotten out OF the sheds and cellars and
the rubbish generally picked up and
piled or put into receptacles in or near
the alley.
Sowing of grass seed and planting
of flowers are also urged by the ladies
so that the lawns ana yards may be
permanently improved
II is time for everybody who has not
already made beginning to do so, so
that Rock Island may be made cleaner
and prettier than ever. And. as the
women point out, once the city is made
presentable every day thereafter
should be cleanup" day.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-02
Above the Nulaar Gaze.

Until 1870 it was against the law
and sacred custom for any subject to
look at the emperor of Japan. His
political advisers and attendants saw
only his back. When he first left the
palace the shutters of all the houses
had to be drawn. and no one was per-
mitted' in the streets. Even today.
when the emperor has the privilege of
driving through the streets like one
bf his subjects, it is not considered
quite proper to. cast a glance at him.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-02
Friendly SoIicltude.

Hello. old man. How are your"
"Oh, as well as could be expected"
"How's your family?"
We'll, If you refer to my mother,
she has lost her alimony in a foolish
investment, and l shall have to sup
port her after this. If you have refer
ence to my wife, she has been in Reno
for three months and I haven't heard
directly from her, SO l can't tell you
how she is If you wish to know about
father, all I care to say about him is
that he married a chorus girl last
week and is at present, I suppose, in
a FOOLS paradise"
Pardon me for inquiring into your
affairs. You looked rather depressed,
and l feared that something serious
might have happened"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-02

Tempted by an offer Of considerably
more than the property had cost him.
Mr.. Kreezus. who counted his wealth
in millions. had parted with his subur.
ban villa.
lyon didn't need the money" said
his disguised business partner. who
had Just heard Of the transaction.
"yet for a little filthy lucre you sold
that beautiful home"
II didn't" exclaimed the equally I'm
dignant Mr. Kreezus. II sold IL for
clean cash.-Youth's Companion-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-02
No Excuse at All.

A noted comedian condemned at a
dinner in New York n new comedy.
Its climax" he said. lis false and
unsatisfactory--as false and unsatis-
factory as Rowndar's excuse. On
Rowndar's return at n very late hour
his wife said reproachfully:
You used To vow j was the sun
shine Of your life. but now you stay
out night after night
We'll. my love- said Rowndar, Il
don't ask for sunshine after dark ~
New York Tribune.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-02

young mans heart athrob.
And lends Impotence TO the waiting
lass:
The umpire hurries from the bowling
mob,
The vioIets peep shyIy through the
grass:
The strikers drop their tools and quit the
job.
And mother feeds the children sassa-
fras.
Again we gladly choose the queen of
May
And hear the hurdygurdy's plaintive
air.
From rugs the germs are waited here
and there,
And exc the German bands begin to play;
The pale spring poet pipes his little lay.
The maid upon the back porch dries
her hair:
Gray grandpa, sitting in his easy chair
Dreams glad old dreams and sleeps
through half the day.
So gladness comes again and peace re-
turns,
There's piping in the marshes as of old:
The schoolboy hates the lesson that he
learns
The ROSTERS challenge is far flung and
bold.
And mother fills poor dad, whose fore
head burns.
With all the quinine pills that he can
hold.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-02

The charge has been made that the
railroads rssorJed 10 dark lantern
methods in attempts 70 influence mem
FRS OF the interstate commerce COM
mission TO view favOrabIy their request
for an advance in rates. To be sure
Z he railroads will resent the accusation,
+ but the public, in view OF the bunco
games they have been peTPstrating in
recent years, will likely be ready TO
-beIieye anything discreditable that is
said about these corporations. Adop-
stion Of policy OF honesty in its deal
sngs Is the surest remedy that will re
store the railroads in the good graces
Of the American people.