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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-06-12

be in condition to play.
Breton is a third baseman. Al
cock, who is guarding the position at
present, is not quite fast enough, and
does not hit with enough vigor to
keep pace with the big leaguers. In
addition to this, Aleock is older than
the average run of recruits, and can
not be developed with an eye to
future use.
Breton can field with AIcock I'M
doubtedly. He is fast enough to have
cut off the roller from Ainsmith's bat
Wednesday which marred Joe Benz's
no-hit game. Whether he can hit
must be proven in actual warfare.
Kavanaugh, the young outfielder
who was Chifed last year, and made
the spring trip with the Sox this
season, debntted as local pinch hit
ter in the ninth against Boehling, and
stung dandy single to center field.
He is still lame, and pulled up at first
to let Breton take his place on the
sacks.
When KaVanaugh fully RECEIVERS a
place will undoubtedly be found for
him. He will be ready before Chap
pell, and, being fast baserunner and
competent batter, is sure of trial.
Faber came within one strike of
beating Washington. In the eighth
he had famed two men and had two
strikes on Smith with none on. Then
Smith doubled, Milan tripled and
Gandil singled.
Is a sacrifice hit worth more than
a home run? Right off the reel you
say mo" in a loud and emphatic
tone. But consider the different an
giles to the question.
Weaver knocked home in the first
inning with no one on base. One
run. In the second he came up with
men on first and second and none
out. Buck attempted to sacrifice, but
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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-06-12

would have presented itself for two
runs.
It's all what might have happened,
but we are willing to start something
by saying that perfect bunt would
have been as useful as Bucks homer.
incidentally, his four-bagger did
not clear the fence on the fly. 1t hit
inside the park and bounded over the
iron pickets.
McGraw and his Giants are being
picked to kite through easily in the
National League race. Based on the
performances of the New Workers
rivals, these predictions are well
founded, not because of the strength
of the Giants, but the weakness of
the opposition. -
McGraw hasn't strong team. 1t
would not win the pennant in the
American League, and will be easy
for whichever club cops in the John
son circuit.
Jim Vaughn pitched another fine
game to Bresnahan yesterday. The
former Yank seems to do his best
work when pitching to the portly
Harp, and steadies when the opposi-
ton threatens. Jim only dealt two
passes, and was found for five hits.
Schultz and Zimmerman usually
play their best games against the
Giants, and yesterday was no excep-
ton. Possibly they remember the
days of the old machine, when COM
hats between the rivals were written
in fights and blood, and the winner
knew that ball game had been
played.
Schultz is not through as a crack
ball player by any means. Frank has
all the ability necessary if he will only
employ it. In some of the games
here on the West Side he appeared to
be bitten by the don't care bug. Per-
haps he was not used to playing with
l. 49,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-27
enforcement of the law of the State against
houses of il-fame.
BRYAN AND OWEN.

The coming to Richmond OF Secretary Of State
William Jennings Bryan and Senator Robert l..
owen of Oklahoma. constitute a dual event of
very general interest There will be crowds to
hear them and they will receive a cordial and en-
thusiastic welcome.
Mr. Bryan has spoken and lectured In Rich
mond a number OF times and is always heard
with pleasure by crowds of those who admire
the eloquent Nebraskan. Mr. Owen is native
of Virginia, having been a Lynchburg boy, and
has come into great prominence as chairman Of
the senate committee on currency. His speech
at the auditorium OF thu John Marshall High
school tonight will be on THE Initiative and
Referendum" subject being considered by
the Virginia legislature. This is one of the
cardinal principles of The NationG Popular Gov
eminent league. of which Senator Owen is presi-
dent Mr. Bryan comes as the CUES tof the gen
erai assembly as we'll as the Progressive league.
and in addition to his speech at the City audi
torium tomorrow night he will address the leg
islature In joint session tomorrow at 1:30 r. NJ.
We unite with the people of Richmond and
Virginia in extending a cordial welcome to these
distinguished statesmen.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-27
PEOPLES FORUM
What MFR. Drake Said.
or of The Tirginian:

To the Editor of The Virgnan:
Sir.--In your issue of today. in reporting a
hearing before the senate committee on general
laws. you have Internationally. and possibly
quit naturally, slightly misquoted me in one or
two instances. I write. not to find fault, but to
keep the record clear"
/ did not intend to imply that l knew that
the attorney general of the United States had
declared 1t to be his opinion that the Kenyon
bill is unconstitutional. | was informed that the
public press SO stated and l asked one of the
speakers who citing the passage of the bill
by congress a reason for its passage here
was it true that the attorney general had so
pronounced It, l do not know what the gentle
man thinks of the law
Neither did I cite Flexner believing feeble
mindedness to he the cause of prostitution DR..
FIexner is one or the most eminent Of scientists,
but does pretend to now anything about
the subject of the feeble minded in fact. | be-
lteve in his book he states tina the thinks it only
contributing cause
| cited Flexner as supporting the proposition
that it is improper to deprive prostitutes Of a
demiciie
thank you for the courtesy Of publishing
my letter today and for this further space.
Very respectfully
]. H DRAKE JH,
Richmond Va, February IS, 1914
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-27

has no further excuse for its prospective ex-
istence to offer than demands for changes OF
some details of the election laws and the con-
duct of the primary elections Be 1t noted that
the Hon. John Garland Pollard himself was
nominated and elected under the present laws
and system. There is no suggestion that any
man has lost nomination place to which
jority of votes There is again the mere com
plant of what might happen. of some wrong
that might be done.
The general assembly Is composed of honest
men. Nobody questions that Its members
were chosen by the voters at open and free and
clearly conducted elections. The members Of
the house of delegates at least, submitted
and submitted. regret to say. to some kind
of a reform catechism. many of them measured
by the yard sticks of field secretaries oe the
Anti-Saloon league. Yet, according to the Hon,
John Garland Pollard and, presumably his
thirty-e eight more or less distinguished and ex-
tinguished associates, the general assembly must
not be trusted to provide remedies for what evils
may be possible, to cover the weak places that
may exist We TO have progressive
wing of the Democratic party of the State to
tinker the election laws and give the initiative,
referendum and recall: and Mr.. Bryan, OF
Nebraska, and Mr. Owen, of Oklahoma, are
to come down from Washington to tell about
it. Probably there is not voter in the most
remote backwoods district of the State who
does not know more of the details of conditions
in Virginia than either both these coming
distinguished visitors.
We have very strong belief that the enter
prise in an effort by citizens who have tried 10
land and have failed, to find some ground
on which to land and of other citizens who
have landed, more less accidentally. to find
pretext and hope for further elevation.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-27
BURY AGED WOMAN
IN MT. CALVARY

The funeral of Mrs. Mary Joseph
Cadrow, who died Tuesday night al
the home OF the Little Sisters 81 the
Poor at the age Of lo2. will be today
The burial will be made in Noun;
Calvary cemetery.
Mrs. Caur0W WAS born III SVTia IN
1912. and came To Virginia forty years
ago. About two years ago she was
found in n house on lower Main stree,
almost overcome by gas. She was
rescued by Thomas ". l4anders. chief
plumbing inspector of the city health
department. She was later removed
to the home of the Little Sisters OF
the Poor.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-27
LET 1T BE KILLED.

We hope and believe that the general assembly
will kill the WendenburgGunn antannexation
bill. The refusal Of the senate yesterday to dis
charge the committee from further consideration
Of the bill may be taken evidence that the
upper branch will not be in a hurry to consider
or pass the measure. The trip of members of
the general assembly down the river Wednesday
afternoon enabled the representatives of the city
to present the cty's side of this matter and they
now appreciate the situation more thoroughly
than they did before.
There can be no doubt that the city, the State
and, ultimately, Henrico county. will benefit by
the proposed extension of the corporate limits of
Richmond. To pass the Wendenburg Gum bill
would be distinct step backward and We hope
the general assembly will not take this step.
Let the bill be killed
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-27
Defeat Its Own Object.

Editor Nirginian;
sir-I agree fully and heartily with the
Iynchburg News that the Mapp-Pennington
antl-liauor shipping bill, called, If II be-
comes a law will defeat with absolute GER
tainty, the very object that all temperance
ue0nle had in View, in the fight they have been
making for Statewide prohibition II Is as.
founding to me that the Anti-Saloon league OF
Virginia has given it's endorsement to this
measure. and / sincerely hope the newspapers Of
the State do not quote them correctly
The name of the bill is msnomer The
title should be revised 1t should he this "A
bill to supply all persons in dry territory with
a bountifu supply of distilled spirits"
Staunton has Just voted dry by one hundred
ma jority, and yet If this bill becomes a law.
every ma =tsser,isnne Years of
age, could have shipped TO him, in gallon guam
titles all the liquor he and his family could
possibly consume.
He could have this shipment Of one gallon
repeated just often as he and his family
has do is to pay for it. sign a receipt show
ing ne is twenty-one years old and that he in
tends il for his
Is there any hindranee here TO the
brdled traffic in whiskey in dry territory?
Not bit. The man who now goes to the bar
room, when the labor of the day is over. takes
a drink before going home, might easily have
a gallon stored away in his home, and would
most likely drink twice much. 1t would
be easier and simpler for him to get and It
would be cheaper.
Reduced to its last analysis the bill not only
permits, but encourages the shipment Of liquor
into communities where its sale has been pro-
hibited by vote of the people. Every neigh
horhood in Virginia. under this act. could be le-
gally flooded with gallon packages Of whiskey,
and drinking to excess thereby would be greatly
promoted.
Let the antf-saloon league of Virginia grid its
loins Let them buckle the armour
The fight for real Statewide prohibition has
Just commenced.
s. BROWN ALLEN
stanton. Va February "a. 1914,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-27

The senate committee on general LAWS gave a
hearing % the kenyon" bin concerning the
abatement of uuisanees, which bill has been in.
PRODUCED in both branches Of the general as.
samblx. The committee 81 tho house OF delegates
passed the l's BY ihaeiitsatcig, which would have
snaothered it, but Mr. Land the patron OF the
BILL secured the discharge Of the committee
fftsa44 itt-fatfun tTr hT and IT WAS
put The house calendar by vote OF nearly
three TO one. When the bill came up for hear.
ing before the committee general laws. about
one hour and forty minutes was given to the
discussion and the committee deferred action
on the hill antA Friday night, February 2Tth.
os course the longer action is delayed on a
measure of this Kind, the less chance there Is Of
It's passage, when the calendar becomes crowd
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-27

NORFOLK, VA, Feb. 26.--B. Beaure
gard Beasleyt well-known citizen OF
Princess Anne county. died Sunday at
the family residence, near Munden
Point, after an illness OF nearly two
years. He was fifty-one years old. Mr..
Beasley Is survived by his widow and
three children, two daughters. Mrs.
s. G. Miller, OF Norfolk, and Miss Hazel
Beasley, of Munden Point and one son.
w. L. Beasley OF Munden Point. He
was member of Currituck tribe OF
Red Men. and Of Gala lodge, j. @. O.
r., of Princess Anne county.
The funeral took place at the, resi-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-27
MANY WITNESSES IN
SUIT FOR 100000

Especial to The Richmond virginian.)
ROANOKE, VA, Feb. 26.-More than
fifty witnesses are in the city to testify
in the suit for $50. 900, brought by Mrs
Louella Gillespie. widow of Frazier
Gillespie. a Norfolk and Western en-
gineer, who was killed in wreck
at Cleveland, Russell county. Va. June
S. 1913. The suit went to trial in
the federal court today before Judge
Mcdowell.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-27

I BALTIMORE, MD, Feb. 26.--The fu.
neral OF Mrs. Emma Shepherd Carter,
wife of DIR. NJ. II. Carter. Monday af-
ternoon. was conducted by Rev. DIR.
w. n. Woods, of the Franklin Square
Presbyterian church. Burial was In
Druid Ridge cemetery. Mrs. Carter was
daughter of the late William Henry
Gold. who was well known in Northern
Virginia as an educator and AS ex-
aminer and superintendent OF schools
for Frederick county. Besides her hus-
band, she Is survived by two sons. four
brothers and three sisters. DIR. E. r.
Gold. of Richmond, Va, Is brother.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-27

MANASSAS. VA. Feb. 2s-Robert
Molair, nifty years old. of Prince Will.
liam county, died Wednesday near
Brantsvile. He Is survived BY his
widow and several children.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-27
Virginia Obituary
John McCue.

John McCue.
BRISTOL, VA, Feb. 26.--John Nc
Cue, an engineer on the Virginia and
Southwestern railway. and a brother
of James II. McCue. general agent here.
of both the Southern ana Virginia and
Southwestern railways, died suddenly
today Of paralysis.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-27

dence Tuesday morning. Services were
conducted by Rev. J. r. Moore, OF
Bethel Methodist church.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-05-22
Floor plan.

timent has grown and developed
while the children budded into youth
and blossomed into young manhood
and womanhood. The divinest earthly
heritage is a good, comfortable home,
whether it be large or small; If it be
we'll managed. it is the only satisfac-
tory way of living. What I particu-
lariy wish to see is more little homes
like this. homes for the common
people, the ones Abraham Lincoln said
the Lord must love because he made
so many of them.
But even a small house like this
cannot be made comfortable and
homelike unless it is started right. In
the first place cellar drainage must
be looked to when the excavation is
being made for the foundation. This
Is something you cannot well put in
The contract, because you never know
when commencing to dig whether you
will strike the springy' spot or not.
In the country no one builds his house
on low ground, and in town you have
a. sewer. but if you strike spring or
the indications of damp ground you
can for a few extra dollars have a
course of drain tile laid outside Of the
wall that will carry away any water
that might accumulate. Then plas-
tering of cement mortar on the out
side of the wall acts as further
assurance against dampness. One Of
the greatest annoyances in a house
Is a damp cellar. You can avoid it by
little personal attention when the
house is being built, but it is hard to
correct the difficulty afterwards.
Another advantage in house like
this is the ease with which it may be
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-05-22

| nation. Wood lots differ so widely in
the kinds, the age and condition Of
trees of which they are made up that
it is extremely difficult to lay down
definite rules for handling them.
First of all, leave some trees of good
kinds for Seed 1t is natural to cut
most heavily the best timber, but the
result Of that is always to diminish
the number and therefore the seed
producing capacity of those best trees
in the forest. We must be careful
that the most valuable species of trees
have a chance to reproduce their kind.
Second, remember in thinning the
forest the important point is not how
closely together the trunks of the
trees stand, but how much they inter-
fere with each other in the tops. Thin
ming should be done strictly with ref
erence to the tops of the trees and the
location of the trunks with regard to
each other may safely be disregarded.
Third, when a tree is down, if there
is young growth on the ground upon
which it falls, the top should be cut
up and the branches piled as soon as
possible. Young trees bent down, but
soon released, recover speedily. Young
trees long bent over may be perma-
nently ruined, and the less cutting
that is done while leaves are on the
trees the better for the future of the
forest.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-05-22
WORK OF BACTERIA
QUITE INTERESTING
Little NoduIes Formed on Roots
of Leguminous Plants Are
Soil Aerators.

AS soon as the roots of a leguminous
crop begins to grow, If the soil is
sweet-that is. does not lack lime
tiny bacteria, SO small that it takes
powerful glass to see them. attach
themselves to the roots of the pea or
other leguminou3 crop and start to
housekeeping, building little nodule,
as it is called, writes Col. Henry Ex-
all, in Dry Farming. 1t takes only
about twenty minutes to complete the
growth of one of these entities, but
they do not die. They simply divide
themselves into two, each starting
new nodule or adding to The one al
ready begun, and dividing again in
20 minutes and SO on, ad infnitum;
multiplying at such wonderful rate
that it has been estimated that If there
was one in good condition here a week
ago, there are a billion now. These
little houses, nodules, grow into great
lives until soon they are as large as
walnuts on the roots of the plants.
Their functions, are peculiar and won
derfully interesting as well as profit
able.
The air, as you know, is four-fifths
nitrogen. Nitrogen is the most expen-
sive fertilizer that you buy, and it is
positively essential to plant life. Now
these little entities suck air into the
earth and aerate the soil. 1t is just as
necessary for plant to have air as it
is for an animal to breathe it. They
therefore do the splendid service of
bringing the air into the soil, and in
bringing it in they digest the nitrogen
that is in the air and convert it into
mineral nitrates that are soluble in
water and Immediately available for
plant food. 1t is estimated that under
favorable conditions where an acre of
land is well inoculated, the bacteria
will bring $40 worth of nitrogen to the
acre within the year-that is, it would
cost $40 and more to buy and put
upon the land the nitrogen that these
little entities have drawn from the at.
mosphere into the soil.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-05-22
PREPARING ASPARAGUS BEDS
Necessary 20 Use the Greatest Care In
Giving Plants Good start-keep
the Weeds Away.

Asparagus is not hard to grow and
we know of no other vegetable that
will give more satisfactory results If
well cared for
AS an asparagus bed has to be set
out only once it is, therefore, very
necessary to use the greatest care in
giving the plants start.
Plow the ground deeply as early
as possible in the spring and mix with
it an abundance of well-rotted ma
nure. S
This should be done three or, four
days before planting and a strong fer
tilizer should never be put next to the
plants, because it often destroys them.
The rows should be about six feet
apart and the plants should be set
ten inches deep. Set out only strong.
one-year-old roots.
Press the soil about them and as
the plants begin to come up, throw
a little dirt into the burrows to
smother the weeds and keep the soil
loose around the plants. Gradually
fill the rows until the ground is level
The weeds must be kept from the
plants for two years. then not much
further care is necessary.
Cutting may begin the third year
for perhaps thirty days, but not longer
After that, asparagus may be cut vi
to the middle of June. or perhaps q
little later.
If your bed shows large growth
of tops in the fall you may be sure
CT a good crop the next spring.
When plants are old enough to cut
the tops should be cut off very early
in the spring almost down to the
crowns of the roots and then as theJ
start to grow again the roots should
be ridged about eight or ten inches
above the level of the ground.
The plants will push their wal
through this ridge in very few day.
and will continue to grow vigorously
A wet, heavy black soil is not goot
for asparagus. as it does better OF
sandy loan.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-05-22
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS

Egypt in 1912 exported onions to
the value of $1,920,257.
In the last year one aviator was
killed for every $4,000 miles flown
The largest roof span in the world
is at st. Pancras station. London.
There 10 a man in New York who
makes good living by buying worm
out rugs from dentists for the par
ticles of platinum and gold they con+
tain.
Since 1870 the rocket type of life
saving apparatus has saved the lives
of more than 5000 shipwrecked per-
sons on the coasts of Great Britain.
1t is estimated that 80 per cent Of
industrial accidents can be eliminat-
ed, go per cent by safety devices and
80 per cent by the proper training of
workers.
Rdpe-filled horseshoes, which pick
up small stones and sand and present
a rough surface, have been invented
in Germany for helping horses on slip
perry streets.
London's attempt to limit the speed
of motor omnibuses to IL miles an
hour has proved impractical, as when
they are geared for this rate they lack
reserve power for hili-climbing and
frequently cause blockades.
The population Of Ireland has been
almost halved in rs years.
British manufacturers supply 80 per
J cent of the cycles imported into Japan.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-05-22

Considerably more than 400,oo0.oo0
people owe allegiance to the British
crown.
According to a French scientist, oys,
ters can be kept for two weeks in FL
tered water without injury or loss of
weight.
The construction Of pipe line 220
miles long has enabled oil to replace
wood for fuel for navigation and other
purposes in the interior Of Congo.
A recent census. the first of the kind
ever taken, credited Denmark, which
has about one-third the area Of Wis
consin, with more than 5.400,000 fruit
trees.
More than 240,000,0o0 barrels Of
petroleum were produced in the United
States in 1918, gain OF about Is, ,O00,-
600 barrels over 1912, which had been
the record year.
Mrs. Harriet G. Adams is probably
more versed in Latin-American affairs
than any other woman in the United
States, she having covered over AZ, 1000
miles in Central and South America.
reaching every country and many
points before unseen by white
woman.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-05-22

lies to settle down and make home.
In cities the practise Of living In rent
ed apartments is so common that the
home feeling is sacrificed for the Ques-
tionable advantage Of being near the
center of the city. This has led to
the habit of moving from house to
house. or from one fat to another un-
til moving may be almost character
lied as a national mania. The mem
bers of family soon get tired Of q
fat on noisy street in the city and
they move into another fat in the
vain hope of finding something more
comfortable.
You seldom find among such people
the contented home sentiment that
means so much to the old-fashioned
people we occasionally meet in coun.
try places, where they have lived for
a number of years, in a permanent
acme around which the true home sen.