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The Detroit times., 1914-07-24
BATTLE OF AMATEURS
AT ST. GATHERINGS

When the Detroit crew stacks up
against the Toronto Argonauts at St
GATHERINGS, there will be battle az
non-professional coaches. Coach Dur.
held,s crew will be opposed TO that
coached by Joe Wright. an amateur
who has had remarkable success
with the Toronto club.
The Argonauts have a moral victory
over the Detroiters already this sea.
son. They beat them about a length
at the Peoples regatta at PhiIadeI.
phia when Nickalls' crew won tbn
race. The three clubs mentioned
were the only ones that stood a
chance.
The Detroit times., 1914-07-24
Tigers Can Hit When 1t Does
No Coca, But Fail In PnCheS

EW YORK July The trouble with Tigers yesterday that
~ heir hts y the rs4' moments Take for M
Crawford SINGLED OF u
"hen these same brought - m pnct they
ea MN Tor me final the
'a"d nserd strikebut
on second lauas out Ir the
when wy 's''' i''9' was on second
Koatiu fatr
tried a
ana was npped Morsrty tried ~ " an e'o
The Detroit times., 1914-07-24
KING CLANSMAN BURSTS
INTO VI. & VI. PROMINENCE

+ CLEVELAND. o.. July q King
Clansman driven by McMahon broke
into prominence as an VI d VI. candi,
date and incidentally cleaned M some
money for his hackers when he won
the Tavern steak ar North Randall
yesterday in four heats McDonaId's
McCloskey and Murphy's Lassie Nc.
Grpgor we're the favorites bur clans
man. an outsider Clansman took
seventh place in the FIRST heat and
then took three straight Mahomet
Watts was the only favorite 90 come
nome during - dav The track was
muddy from rain during Tho day
The Detroit times., 1914-07-24
Flashes From the
Big League Diamonds

The team that stops those Ho-too
hrhNtS VIII probably he promptI,
awarded lenther medal.
~ was pretty soft Tor the Giants
seventeen hits and 70 RIM. ,,.,c
'"l'crtrd on the Reds without -
Ercnt deal of trouble.
he tubs Kept Rt ~ and took an
"ther from the PhiIticA. hut viii
the Giants prrSistrnt tn thctr -,
mas th"y cnn't crawl up n notcb.
Two TRIPLES and n sInui. Ia fo,,,
times up was the hest nnker conia
do Tor the Athicticr against th.
Maps.
The Washington stIcker- cam.
70 the rescue 81 joe Boehiing aud
hammered out vIctor, oVer ~
white soN In the seventh tnntnR.
putting over i've runs
The Detroit times., 1914-07-24
.-Ie rnce. rmrsc s.nn lLnnnI.h.a.
STONEHOUSE WINS THE
MICHIGAN SHOOTING TITLE

The Michigan tWo.men ana fvc.mpn
shooting championship Is scheduled
for decision a the state meet Of the
Pastime Gun club today William
Stonehouse, OF Pontiac took down the
singles. winning the Michigan cham
pionship with a score OF 96 out OF
possible 100 yesterday The two-men
roDhy went 20 Hikes and Cooke. Of
DAYTON
The Detroit times., 1914-07-24
axes Steps to Giue
Michigan Ro,ring

4 M ARBOR, Mich July 2f
n University OF Michigan stu
dents are hoping that heir
expectations OF haviug rowing
made one Of the sports a' MICA.
gan VIII not fan through With
the completion OF The barton dam
stretch OF water for one mile
racing Is made available on the
Huron river and fntramoral Ath
Ieuc Director Rowe promises 20
have four fours in a race next
sprine II rowing proves q snc
cess. Il viii be followed hy class
varsity Fights All Mchigans
eastern competitors In spor, have
crews and Michigan S anxious 90
compete with them on the water
The Detroit times., 1914-07-24
DRIVER SHEPPARD DRAWS
A STIFF FINE AT TOLEDO

TOLEDO @ july 24-That short
ship circuit judses are being very
particular 90 keep the sport under
their jurisdiction free from suspicion
was shown Yesterday when fney
pasted heavy dus ON Driver Shep
paTd lie Uou the third and fourth
heats OF the 2:15 tro' and was nftb
IN the first and second Then he laid
back the Judges said. in ia, last heat
so they tucked 5000 fne on him
Bordelon won the race Jim Red won
the feature the $1,000 NJ q NJ for
1924 trotters IN four heats.
The Detroit times., 1914-07-24
NEW YORK q

- W9- base hit Hartzeu Three -h3so
nl'--Craw tord Lett on bases New
av.h p betrolt I. Double PLAYS Nor
eIty 20 hurns, Maisel 10 Mullen 10
sweeney Bases on balls-C0 Datss p
Iruck out-By Heating 3 nv Daue. 4
hit with pitched ball-By Dauss q
a4SMeehsy' Creel. Wild pitch -Keatinr
polly and chill on
The Detroit times., 1914-07-24
NARROW SAYS PLAYERS
ARE GETTING TOO MUCH

ROCHESTER,, n. v, July 24-Pros.
bcnt Barrow, OF the international
league, says that baseball business Is
not now on firm basis RE declares
|the players are getting more than
+ mir share OF the receipts.
The Detroit times., 1914-07-24

The Braves continued 20 nVht
md scratch toward p better stand
ing md wound un their sensation
az trim ~ taking the Pirates into
camp. TS1rr shat them out With
I've hits.
The Detroit times., 1914-07-24
SOUTH MICHIGAN LEAGUE


Mt Clemens s. Toleto B.
Saginaw g Fl.ut
Kalamazoo 3, Baltic Creek
jackson 3, south Bend
Bay city B. Adrian IL innings
The Detroit times., 1914-07-24
Short Ship Results

TOLEDO, o. july 24-The results
OF the Short ship racing here yester,
day follow
The Detroit times., 1914-07-24
Hid" HoWard WN WrHe Stories of
The Prize Ring Tor The Detroit Times

! with Ne uuauuuce thg KdI Is
Eorg % write nrshy boxing
klI toward BE- is OF
EHN,st ceauest and smartest that
IN the world and
does, q NOR he
ftc taken les OF
hte Ia
CHARACTERISTIC style Watch OUT HIM He'll be soon
The Detroit times., 1914-07-24
NATIONAL LEAGUE

I",iaNS Games,
The Parker post., 1914-12-05
u. S. AGAIN FACES NEED
OF OCCUPYING MEXICO

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-Trouble
which may cause the United States to
enter Mexico again has broken out
afresh in the oil regions of Tampico
where vast possessions of the Neither
lands, Great Britain and Germany are
located.
The news to the State Department
from Vice-Consul Bevans at Tampico,
locates the trouble at Panuco, which
is up the river of that name beyond
Tampico. 1t is indicated that the dis
turbances there are caused by bandits
and other marauders.
It is pointed out that if the disorders
in the oil regions continue it will be
the duty of the United States either to
take steps to look after the interests
of The Netherlands, Great Britain and
Germany, or to allow foreign cruisers
as heretofore to go into Tampico and
protect the property of their countries.
The United States has at Tampico
the battleship Rhode Island and this,
it is understood, has been held there
at the request of Holland.
The Parker post., 1914-12-05
CALIFORNIA LEADS ALL
UNITED STATES IN GRAPES

LOS ANGELES. Dec. 1.-California
is the most important factor in viticul-
ture in the United States, as is shown
by the annual report of the California
Development board. 1t has over 90,-
100000 vines, more than all the other
States. 1t represents an investment
of $150,000,000 which returns an an
nual income to the grower of over
$2O,OOO,OOO Over 100000 people are
dependent upon CALIFORNIA; viticul-
tural industry This includes $4,000
heads of families that own vineyards,
700 wine makers and the laborers who
do the picking and hauling, besides
those employed in the wineries and
those engaged in cultivating and hand
ling our raisin and table grapes.
According to an earlier report of the
State board of equalization, about one
tenth of the bearing acreage is de-
voted to table grapes and about one
half to wine grapes.
The shipments of table grapes out
of the State by rail for 1913 amounted
to 6263 carloads.
Of the fifty-eight counties in Cali
fornia, less than a dozen produce raj
sins in commercial quantities. Fresno
County produces 94,OOO,O0O pounds, or
about so per cent of the California
raisin crop, and nearly twice the guam
tity produced by Spain, which pro-
duces from $4,000 to 10000 tons, and
has held the lead for centuries. 1t
was in 1892 that the California raisin
crop first equaled that of Spain, and
it has been increasing the difference
ever since. Tulare County produces
25,000,O00 pounds and Kings County
nearly as much.
The Parker post., 1914-12-05
RY. BOARD PROBES
UTILITY DEPOSIT

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 1.-The rail-
road commission will soon decide:
Whether gas, electric, water, tele-
phone and other corporations can de-
mand deposit of SIS or $40 from their
customers before supplying them with
service.
On what terms extensions of wires
and pipes are to be made.
Both of these questions are being
taken up by the commission on it's own
initiative, in response to about 200
complaints that have been registered
against the practices of the public util-
ity corporations.
There was hearing of the question
before Commissioner Thelan, and
about every large corporation in Cali
fornia was represented. The corpora
tions we're there because they were no.
titled to show cause why they insist
on these deposits being made in many
instances.
1t is estimated that the aggregate of
these deposits in California is not far
from $5OO,0O0, the corporations getting
the use of this much money, although
in Los Angeles they are required to
pay per cent interest to the people
from whom deposits are demanded.
The Parker post., 1914-12-05
WISCONSIN MILLS ARE
WORKING FULL TIME

MILWAUKEE,, Wis, Dec. Re
ports from the knitting mills of Wis
consin show that the establishments
are working on orders for 100000
dozen pairs of woolen socks and 400,-
900 sweaters given them by the Brit
ish and French governments.
All the orders are OF the "rush'' vari-
ETY., and most OF the mills are running
day and night, working three shifts.
The orders for the socks were dis
tributed among three cities, $4,000
dozen going to Sheboygan, $4,000
dozen to Ripon, and $4,000 dozen to
Appleton. The sweaters are being
manufactured at Delavan. Prices av-
erage about So a dozen for the socks
and $3.50 each for the sweaters.
A La Crosse concern has refused an
order for 100000 sheepskin coats ten
dered by the French government, be-
cause of lack of material.
The Parker post., 1914-12-05
UNIVERSITY ISSUES BOOK
FOR BENEFIT OF SETTLERS
GIVES INFORMATION CONCERNING FARMING IN STATE WHICH
SHOULD BE OF INTEREST TO ALL ACRICULT LTURSTS''
Contains Warning Words for the New Settlers Advising Them Not Figure
on More Than Twos of Maximum Yed-Amount Land Needed
for Different Crops Booklet May be Had for the Asking

| And, of course, figures as to yield and
acreage vary greatly for differences in
land and differences in skill.
Children are a material asset to the
farmer, here declares Dean Hunt.
Their labor is an advantage not only
to the family income but because this
training in contributing to the family
income which they receive before the
age of 21 is one of the most valuable
assets these children can acquire.
Here are some of the warnings to
the settler now sounded by the Col
1ege of Agriculture of the University
of California:
Don't figure too high on prospective
yield.
Don't figure too low as to the
amount of land you'll need.
Don't expect to make satisfactory
living at dairying on twenty acres.
In selecting land be sure the soil is
deep and we'll drained. Hard-pan and
alka1i go along with lack of proper
drainage.
Consult the University and United
States soil surveys, when available.
Judgment Not Act of Law
Remember that the sale of land for
purposes for which it is not adapted
has caused great losses and great
misery, so be sure the land is suited
to the crop to be grown. Watch out
that the land title is secure.
And in buying land remember that
no law can furnish men with judg-
ment.
After discussing climate, soils, irri-
cation, farm labor problems, chow to
start" and the affairs of the man who
rents land, this publication concludes
with special discussion of each of
the standard crops of California, writ
ten by special authority in that spe-
cial field. These tell of where to see
the particular industry to best advant-
age, objections to the crop, things to
avoid, methods in use, methods of
renting, marketing conditions, land
and rental values, etc.
The crops thus specially discussed
are alfalfa, almonds, barley, beans,
citrus fruits, cotton, figs, grapes,
olives, onions, pears, prunes, potatoes,
semi-tropical fruits, sugar beets and
Wa1nuts.
This publication which promises to
be of inestimable value to those who
want to make their home in the open
country in California can be had for
the asking by writing to the Univer-
sity of California at Berkeley.
The Parker post., 1914-12-05
PORTE TO SETTLE
CABLE DIFFICULTY

WASHINGTON Dec. 1-As a result
of sharp protest made by Ambassador
Morgenthau on instructions from Pres
ident Wilson, the Turkish Government
has advised the State Department the
diplomatic messages from the Ameri-
can embassy at Constantinople ad-
dressed to Washington will be respect
ed hereafter.
Some of Mr.. Morgenthau's messages
were delayed for many days and fin
ally an order was issued prohibiting
altogether the transmission of cipher
messages. No reasons were given for
this unusual order. Unofficial infor-
nation has reached the State Depart
ment to the effect that many Turks
are obsessed with the belief that the
United States is siding with the allies.
The Parker post., 1914-12-05
ELEVEN TO HANG UN
DEC. 19 IN ARIZONA

PHOENIX, Ariz., Dec. 1.-With the
statement that his heart had been sad
dened by the verdict of the people in
declining at the recent election to abol-
ish capital punishment, Governor Hunt
declared that he would let fourteen
condemned prisoners die on the gal
lows "on the dates originally set.' AS
December 10 has been designated as
the execution date for eleven of them.
there will be eleven hangings at Flor
nee penitentiary on that day.
"My heart is sad,' said the governor
when informed that the official returns
of the election showed majority of
more than 100 against abolition of
capital punishment. "But I do not
have the power to commute sentence,
because I put the question up to the
people and they have passed the YER
dict"
The Parker post., 1914-12-05
LOS ANGELES COUNTY ROADS
HAVE NO PEERS IN U. S.
TRAVEL BEING CHECKED UPON
MAIN HIGHWAYS
Checkers From Auto Club Taking Traf-
fic Census On All Roads in County
Most Active Motor Center
in United States

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 1.-As re-
suit of the first steps taken toward
an official traffic census of Los An
geles county highways, officials of
the Automobile Club of Southern Cali.
fornia announce that local highways
built by the county bond issue are
without peers in America.
Operations have been under way
for more than three weeks checking
up all travel on the Harbor, the Long
Beach and Whittier boulevards. A
correct count has been kept on these
highways for every hour of one week,
both to obtain a traffic census for
Los Angeles county and to get COM
parative tonnage estimates.
Checkers stationed at given points
on each boulevard have worked in
eight-hour shifts, night and day, OBJ
tanning the data which will be used in
good roads matters.
Although the figures for all county
highways are not yet complete, aver
ages obtained thus far indicate that
Los Angeles county roads are in more
active use than any covering a similar
area in the United States. On the
Harbor boulevard 2260 tons per square
foot passed over the highway surface.
This immense burden is borne by the
road almost every day, and the present
condition of it attests to it's excellence,
members of the engineering depart
ment of the Auto club say.
That Los Angeles county roads bear
a tremendous strain was shown by the
fgures-just how much greater than
the highways of other counties in Cali
fornia or other states will not be
known until the census is finally COM
plete and comparative figures COM
piled.
This experiment in taking a traffic
and a tonnage census is new in Amer
lea, so far as we know, and for our
own use we are. employing French
method, using an arbitrary scale Of
weights. Our checkers are supplied
with tables showing that an average
touring car weighs approximately $500
pounds, while other vehicles are esti.
mated at an average. In this way we
obtain what we believe to be fair
estimate of the tonnage moving over
the areas of the Los Angeles county
highways.
The Parker post., 1914-12-05
SEASONS CITRUS IMPORTS
FROM SICILY ARE LIGHT
LOW PRICES DISCOURAGE FOR.
EIGN LEMON SHIPPERS
California Growers Will Have Little
Competition-Span Orange Crop
Is Reported Much Smaller
Than Last Year.

NEW YORK, Dec. 1.-Californias S
lemon shippers will have little compe-
tition from Sicily this year, according
to the Journal of Commerce. On the
subject of citrus shipments to this
country, it says:
"The disappointing results from re-
cent auction sales of Sicily lemons in
this market have, according to cable
advices to receivers here, discouraged
shippers from sending fruit forward,
and the Indications are that shipments
will be very light during the balance
of the present calendar year. Messina
is the only port from which new crop
has come forward to any extent as yet.
Palermo has SO far shipped but 1000
boxes of new fruit, which is still on
the way, and that point will not be an
important factor until after the turn
of the year at least. The quantity of
lemons on the way from Messina is
comparatively small.
"The supply of fancy fruit available
for the holiday trade is light, and
ordinary stock for immediate distribu-
tion is not plentiful.
"But one sale will be held here this
week and the quantity will be small,
consisting of some 10000 boxes out
of the Taormina. of which some 1000
boxes come from the famed Caronia
district in Sicily. This fruit has been
eagerly sought each year by the Rus
sian market, but as there is no chance
of getting it there on account of the
war, American buyers are being Of
fered the chance to secure 1t.
The Spanish orange crop in the Sc
vile district is smaller than last year
The orange crop conditions in the Sc
vile district are good, the crop being
smaller than last year. but better in
quality. 1t is estimated that the yield
will be 25,OOO,OOO sweet oranges,
weighing 100000 pounds, and 66,OOO,-
600 sour oranges weighing 100000
pounds. The 1913 crop was 3O,OO0,OO0
sweet oranges, weighing 100000
pounds, and 7O,OO0,O0O sour oranges,
weighing 18,0OO,OOO pounds 1t is es-
timated that 1000 sweet oranges weigh
265 pounds and that 1000 of the sour
variety weigh 255 pounds. No lemons,
lines, citrons, pomeloes, mandarins, or
cedrats are grown in commercial guam
titles in this district.
The Parker post., 1914-12-05
HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE
IN LOS ANGELES URGED

WASHINGTON, Dec. LIT would
be practically impossible for the
United States Navy to make any
strategic move outside of American
waters unless it first purchased Brit
ish admiralty charts to insure safe
navigation, states Capt. Thomas Wash
ington, photographer of the navy, in
his annual report. He says his Office
has now fairly begun the task of repro
ducing these British charts.
Recommendation is, made for the
establishment of branch photographic
Offices in Panama and Los Angeles as
the result of the opening of the Pan
anna Canal, and in view of the import
ant work performed by the hydro
graphic officers it is urged that they
be relieved from the present duty of
acting as recruiting officers.
The Parker post., 1914-12-05
Endorse Billboard Crusade

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 1.-Declaring
that "less on the billboards means
more in the package the Southern
California Retail Grocers' association
has adopted resolutions earnestly sup
porting the proposed removal of all
billboards.
Following is the resolution:
Whereas, it has been brought to
our attention that there is an organ
lied movement to do away with bill
board advertising, and
Whereas, we believe that such a
movement will serve to beautify our
city if successful, and
Whereas, we believe that less on
the billboards and more in the package
will serve economically to lessen the
cost of living, therefore be it
Resolved, that this association go
on record as supporting the movement
to do away with billboards, and be it
further
Resolved, that the secretary be in
structed hereby to act for the associa-
tion in whatever capacity he may be
called upon to assist in the billboard
campaign"
The Parker post., 1914-12-05

For the especial benefit of newcom-
ers to the State, the University of
California has issued free publica-
ton which tells what it costs to go to
farming, how much investment a COM
petent farmer must make to get a
reasonable living, how much yield of
each of the standard crops of Gail
fornia may on the average be ex-
pected, and how large an acreage is
on the average needed to support a
family from each of the various types
of California agriculture.
Dean Thomas F. Hunt and the best
experts of the agricultural faculty have
combined in this publication their ex-
perience, knowledge, and judgment.
A man who can grow only the cav
erage CROP is here warned that, gen.
orally speaking, he will do better
working for daily wage for others.
On the other hand, the settler is ad-
vised not to figure on raising more
than two-fifths of the maximum yield
possible in the neighborhood in which
he is to locate.
So, for example, the average yield of
barley in California is here stated as
25 bushels to the acre. A hundred
sacks is declared possible but extra
ordinary. A competent man may hope
to raise so bushels. But safe basis
for figuring, for business purposes,
would be 40 bushels.
For potatoes, 125 bushels is stated
as an average, 200 as good yield, and
ITS as a safe estimate; for Muscat
raisins the figures given are half a
ton, ton, and three-quarters of a ton
to the acre; for butterfat per COW
per annum, $50 pounds, 800 pounds,
and 225 pounds; for alfalfa, 31a tons,
6 tons, and 5 tons, and so on for all
the great standard crops of California.
How large must a farm be to furnish
a satisfactory living?
What satisfactory living is one
must decide for himself, but to earn
a gross income of $4,000 a year the
acreage needed figuring on safe basis
as before, would vary, according to the
comparative table given, from dozen
acres for orange trees in full bearing
to 33 for onions or potatoes, 60 acres
for dairying, 81 for rice, 100 for al
Embarrassing, 167 for barley, or 235
for wheat. Of the gross income, a
large share would represent interest
on the investment, another large share
would go for expenses, and a moderate
share remain as remuneration to the
farmer and his family for their work.
The Parker post., 1914-12-05
HOG RAISERS OF
STATE WILL MEET

BAKERSFIELD, Dec. IA hog-rais-
ers' meeting, with officials of the State
University in charge, will be held at
asco, an alfalfa center, Thursday,
Dec. 8. Prof. J. I. Thompson of the
university farm will speak on "The
Feeding and Management of Swine in
the San Joaquin Valley" DR.. c. L..
Roadhouse of Berkeley will speak, on
''The History of Hog Cholera in the
San Joaquin Valley" and DR.. Bert J..
Cady of the United States Department
of Agriculture will speak on "The Con-
troll of Hog Cholera as Recommended
by the United States Bureau of Animal
Industry"
The Parker post., 1914-12-05
FIVE BILLIONS U. s. DEBT
TO ENGLAND is DENIED

NEW YORK, Dec. 1.-An interna-
tional banking house with influential
British connections received cable
gram from London, touching on the
statement of Lloyd George in the
house of commons on Saturday that
this country's debts to Great Britain
aggregated $5,O00,0O0,000.
The cablegram intimates that the
statement of the chancellor of the ex-
chequer was misinterpreted, and that
British bankers estimate the amount
of this country's obligations to Lon
don as not exceeding $250,OO0,OO0.
This was the maximum named by
Sir George Paish, the British treasury
official, during his visit to this coun-
try.
The Parker post., 1914-12-05
u. S. WAR SHARK
CONTROLLED BY WIRELESS

GLOUCESTER, Mass, Dec. -Four
United States army and navy officers
of high rank have returned to Wash
ington to prepare report which they
will lay before their superiors regard
ing the radio-controlled torpedo boat
Natalia, the invention of John Hays
Hammond, jr. For week they have
been here, studying the craft as she
has been sent skimming over the
oceans surface, at times without
soul on board, her engine and steering
gear being controlled entirely by wire
less apparatus manipulated by Ham
mond as he sat in his radio research
laboratory at Fresh Water cove.