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Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-10-08

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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-05-16
BENEO|CT|NE WINS
FROM HAMP TON HIGH
CRABRERs ARE COMPLETELY
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M0ND CADETS.

Especial to The Richmond Nirginian. }
HAMPTON. VA, May 15.-The
Fsenedictine college baseball team, OF
Richmond. Va downed the locals
here today by the heaping score of
IL to 5. Fonr home runs by the
Cadets mediocre fielding and fast
base running on the visitors part
caused the large score.
Parsons was badly spiked and had
10 be taken out. Those securing home
runs were Amos, Street, Hierholzer
aud Oyerman. The Benedictine out
field was of a classy nature. Fletcher
caught a wonderful game and his
pegging was good Curran pitched an
excellent game and was master Of the
situation all the while,
Tomorrow the Cadets will meet
Maury High, OF Norfolk.
The score:
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-05-16
HOME RUN N EIGHTH
WINS CLOSE GAME

Especial to The Richmond Virginian.)
CHARLOTTESVILLE VA. May Is.
With stanton leading in the eighth
by one run, Centerfielder Cole. Of the
local team, Knocked his second home
run OF the game, sending In two rum
ners ahead of him and bringing vic
tory to Charlottesville, to 2. IL.
Cooke, of stanton, made a spectacu-
lar catch of a hot liner.
Score by innings: r. Fl. e..
Staunton ..... 600 600 800 4 2
Char willie 49,. 100 e48 63s-~4 8 3
Batteries. Anderson and Dollinger:
Jamerson aud Copeland.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-05-16
NORFOLK TARS TAKE
GAME FROM COLTS
Second of Weekend Series Here Went Mary Jane Grew BY
10 to Score-Errors Help Lose Game
for Richmond
By ERNEST G. POLLARD.

Errors galore by the locals in the
opening chapters, combined with q
few opnortune swats by Buck Press
ly's clan, gave the second game OF
the present Weekend series = the
Norfolk Tars. The contest resulted in
O. 10 to score
The game, which consumed two
hours and twenty minutes. was the
longest and most uninteresting game
staged ct Broad Street park this sea-
son. -Four errors were registered
against the Colts in the first two in
ningS. hut after that they settled
down and played good ball,
Sloan started the game for the To-
Gals. but after the Mary Jane Crew
had landed on him for five hits and
sent six runners across the rubber
In two innings he was relieved by MIC
Intyre. II was not the fault OF Sloan
that these many runs were pushed
over the pan. and had he been ac-
corded better support there would
have been different taia to relate
Lepnei Mcintyre, although a bit
Wild. twirled good during the seven
Innings he faced the league leaders.
While he let them down with only
six btngIes, he issued five free passes,
which played an important part IN
the scoring of Norfolk's last four
runs.
Markle was in his best form. ard
fer time il looked as II he would
administer q coat OF whitewash on
the Colts He allowed seven hits,
four of which were for extra bases.
He held the locals scpreiess for the
first three innings. bat luck smiled
on them in the fourth. and BesEer
crossed the rubber with the first run
as result Of CIeveland's error,
In the next frame the Colts emily
ened thing. a little by hitting the ball
hard and annexiEg three more runs.
After Robe had secured a free pass
Say der hit one TO center field fence
field cat Bunting then proceeded TO
drive one far into right field, taking
third base on the hit He scored on
Ralsv-s sacrifice fly to left field. This
-nded the scoring for the locals until
he eighth inning, when one more
runner counted. Bunting. the first
man ap In this innig. raped out his
second three baEEer Of the game and
scored on Ra.ss's single to right. i n
h. ninth Nawtnn led off with a single,
ina SNYDER managed 10 reach first on
isifiea's error IN right field. but the
next Ihree men up went out and the
nnsmg ssasSaa without the locals scor-
ng
Norfolk registered eight runs In
the FIRST four frames, and then added
Two mere in the ninth.
WoerGh was hurt In the sixth, and
sas succeeded by Ryan.
- tirsurs witt prtt,a bly, work against
the Mary Jane Crew this afternoon.
following is the tabulated score:
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-05-16
WASHINGTON AGAIN
DOWNS CHICAGO SOX
Shaw Succeeded Engle in Second and Pitched Superb Ba
During Seven Innings Blackburn Features in
Field With Great Stop

WASHINGTON. May Wv ashinE-
ton won today. 6 70 3, from Chicago.
Cic0fte was battoa hard in the second
and third innings, enough runs being
scored eff his delivery by Washington
TO win the game Ergel and shaw.
Griffith young pitchers. were effec-
tive. ShAw's WORK in the last seven
innings being impressive. Rlackburn's
sensational stop Of Fosters drive with
the bases fun in the third WAS the
feature.
Score by innings r. r. f.
fhicago ...... 02g Ice o9a---3
Washington ..... cal ooo 1oa~s
Batteries; Cicotte. Wolfng. Faber
and Daily and sehaik Engel. Shaw and
Williams CmpIses-connolly and Dr.
neen.
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BARTON IS WINNER
Of PITCHING DUEL
@HiPBIiLDER~ TAKE GAME FROM
ROANOKE TIGERS By
3 To = SCORE.

NEWPORT NEWS VA, May H.
Barton ana Hin engaged In a pitching
hattie here today In which the for
mer won out. The score was Z to q
but with proper support Barton would
have blanked the Tigers. On the other
hand luck broke against Hill and tbs
Shipbuiiders should have had hut one
run. Gondolh played an erratic game
at short, and his errors were COSTLY
Triples by McCabe and Chick" Davis
gave the locals their hrst run. The
helding of Hummel Carnes. Meixen
and McCabe featured score.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-05-16

PTTTSBTRG. May 1.-THE Giants
coming with rush. won today's game
from the Pirates by the score of "a
g. They did this by hitting the ball
often and timely. McQuIlan began
the game on the rubber for Pittsburg
and lasted five innings. Then Harmon
relieved him and the Giants stopped
their fusiliade. getting only two hits
off the ex-Cardinal
Score by IL nings' f. II f..
New York -. o00 230 000--5 Il @
Pittsburg -. oio oil 000--3 9
Batteries: Mathewson and Meyers:
McQuillan, Harmon and Gibson. I'm
pires, Klein and Hart.
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PHILADELPHIA. May lathe Ath-
istics defeated Cleveland today by the
score Of to &. Blanding first pitched
for the visitors. but was taken out In
the fourth after kopt had scored two
runners with u double Gregg was
substituted and was hit hard. but not
timely.
Score by innings: r. Fl. E.
Cleveland ......... 900 3oA COOS
Philadelphia .... o2o OH aa.--s 10
Batteries: Rianding, Gregg. Beck and
Carsish; Shaw key, Bush and Lapp.
Empires Hildebrand and 0tLoUghifn.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-05-16
CIRCUIT SMASH WINS
FOR BALTIMORE FEDS
WALSH DRIVES BALL OVER FENCE
For HOME RUN. WIN
MING GAME.
.SUGGS PITCHED GAME.
BUFFALO GOT ONLY TWO HITS OFF
or HENDRIX AND lost TO
CHICAGO ny TO o
SCORE.
SUGGS PITCHED GAME

Baltimore, May I5e~-Wa1shs home
run over the left field fence gave
Baltimore a victory over indianapolis
here today
Falkenberg. though g. little unsteady
pitchers duel
Score hy innings; r. Fl. e.
Indiana polls $500 ano oi0 e0d--l 6 8
Baltimore ....... lee e10 oao2 $ .
Batteries: Falk enberg and Rariden
Suggs and Russell
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-05-16
DOWNS
PETERSBURG TWICE
CORSAIRS TAKE BOTH ENDS OF
DOUBLE BILL WITH
COOLERS.

Especial 10 The Richmond Nirginianl
PORTSMOUTH, VA, May Ii
The Pirates took both ends Of q
double header from Petersburg today
by the scores of 5 TO and to 2
The first game was pitchers battle,
in which Schwartz outlasted both
Person and Richmond. his teammates
batting in a victory In the eleventh
inning.
In the second game, which dark
ness halted in the sixth. Lawrence
easily outpitched Austin. and but for
his own wiidness and an error he
would have registered shutout. The
scores:
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sent to Cellar,

prTTSBURG. May 1.-the Kansas
CITY Federals put Pittshurg back into
last place today by shutting them cut
! TO 0. In fast played game. Cullop
was In the box, for the Westerners and
the Rebels never had chance against
him.
Score by innings: r. II. F.
Kansas City -. coo ol0 a0o-~f
Pittsburg ....... GOO 200 1000 $ 0
Batteries, Cullop and Easteriy; Dick
son. Henderson and Berry.
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Bisons nIaaked.

BUFFALO, May 1.-THE home team
was blanked today by Chicago. Buffalo
securing only two hits OF Of Hendrix
The Bisons used four t~irlers in an
effort TO stop the visiting batters.
Score by innings: II. H. f
Chicago ... oof na4 900 20 .
Buffalo 10000. oea 900 Coo o @
Batteries; Hendrix and Wilson;
Clemens. Moran. Brown. Houser and
Blair.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-05-16
Cardinals CIouf Rail

ST LOUIS, May 15-The Cardinals
batted Jacobs hard in the sixth today
and aided by Philadeiphia's errors
scored d to 3 victory Doom put
himself in the lineup late in the game
led and SalIee stopped the scoring.
Score by innings f. II f..
Philadelphia .. geo 0o1 o20-~3 s 3
St. Louis go. coz oo4 o0"-~6 ie !
Batteries Jacobs. Marshall and
killifer; Griner. Sallee and SNYDER,
Umpires and Byron.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-05-16

NEW YORK. May 1.-The Detroit
Tigers again defeated the Yankees to-
day. Stiekwork by Burns. kavanaugh
and Cobb won the day for the visitors.
The score was TO ?.
Score BY innings r, Fl. r.
Detroit .......... 6l0 o0t tf0--4 s 0
New York ....... 0l0 GEO i0e--2
Batteries; naass and stanage: Cald-
well and Sweeney, Umpires--Chill and
Sheridan.
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Cubs Given Drubbing

CHICAGO. May l5.-The Dodgers
hammered three Chicago pitchers for
thirteen hfts and beat the Cubs = to
5. It was the first win from~Brook =
lyn's since they came West
Score by Innings r. Fl r..
Brooklyn -. 3o3 900 1o5--12 IS :
Chicago .., loo e20 1o1-- 5 IL 6
Batteries: Pfeffer and Miller; Law
ender, label, Humphrey and Bres-
nshan, Jmpires- Rigler and Emsiie.
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summary: Two-bdse hit--~Damrau.
Stolen bases-Cook, Foster. Busch
Troy, Boyd. Double plays-Schwartje
to McElween. Baxter TO Troy to Fos-
ter; Schwartz to Tee to Foster. Sac
rifice hits--Laval. Tee Base on balls
OFF Person. s; off Schwartje, 2. Left
on Portsmouth. 10: Peters
burg, /. Hit by pitched balls--Alex-
ander and Cook Struck out--By
Person. ?; by Schwartje. II. Hits
OFF Person. Z in innings. off Rich
mond. in innings. Time of game
= hours and SO minutes. Umpire
Norcum.
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r. Fl. 4,
Timely Hitting WINS.

BOSTON, MAY l5.--TimeIy hitting
won the game here today by ST Louis
from Boston. Welman pitched superb
ball for the winners
Score by innings r. n. r.
s. Louis - gao 6a4 0i0--a IL o
Boston ........ GOO ole o20~-3 8 s
Batteries. Vellman and Eumler:
Bedtent. Wood and Cady. Umpires--
Evans and Egsn.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-05-16

Games To-day.
Cleveland in Washington.
Chicago in Philadelphia,
st. Louis in New York.
Detroit in Boston.
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Cincinnati Wins.

CINCINNATI, May 1S.-Cincjnnati
defeated Boston here today by a score
CT TO 2 in one of the prettiest games
seen here this season. 1t was marked
by a number of fast plays.
Score by Innings II. ri. r.
Boston . GEO 600 002--2 6
Cincinnati -. GEO 02o 1io~--4 2
Batteries: Crutcher. Stand and
Gowdy. Whaling, Yingling and Clark
Gmp ires-Eason and Quigley.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-05-16
Extending the Lines.

If orders have actually been given
to Funston To extend his lines as
far las in his judgment IS necessary"
why--the Mexican news ought to be
quite interesting very soon.--Chicago
Inter Ocean.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-05-16
MAJOR LEAGUE STANDINGS
FEDERAL LEAGUE.
Scores Yesterday.

Kansas City, i; Pittsburg, 0.
Brooklyn, ~; st, Louis, 6.
Chicago. 7: Buffalo. @.
Baltimore. 6, Indianapolis, /.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-05-16

Summary. Two-hase hits-~Gray,
Allen. Stewart. Three-base hits
Bunting t2), Snyder. Cleveland. Sac
rifce fiy---Ral Stolen bases
Raley, Ulrich t2). Stein. Pressly.
Struck out--By Sloan. 1, by McIn-
tyre. s.; by Markle, Z. Base on balls
or Sloan, l: off Markie, 8; off Nc
Intyre, S. Wild pitch-By Markie.
Passed balls-By Woerth. Innings
pitched--By Markle, 3; by Sloan. .:
by Mcintyre, I. Hits-Of Markle,
4; off Sloan, 5: off Mcintyre, s. UNI
pire--Clarke. Time Of game
hours and 20 minutes.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE.


S.. Louis. 8: Philadelphia, 3.
Boston. 5. Cincinnati, 4
Brooklyn, Il; Chicago. 5.
New York. s; Pittsburg. 3.
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Standing OF Clubs.
Games Today.

Games Today.
Kansas City in Pittsburg.
indianapolis In Baltimore.
ST Louis In Brooklyn
Chicago in Buffalo.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-05-16

If the Mexicans give him the slight
est chance. Fred Funston will show
them a trick or two.-Memphis Scim-
itar
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-05-16

BROOKLYN, May i5.-~Brooklyn hit
the bali to all corners OF the lot to-
day and easily defeated ST. Louis. The
home team hit for q total OF fifteen
safeties-
Score by Innings: r, Fl. T..
St Louis ....... o2o sof 600 4
BROOKLYN - 2o5 l04 0os-~f2 Is .
Batteries: Groom. Herbert, Welsh and
simon; Vernon. LATTE and Land.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-05-16

McCiures Magazine IS doing mag
nificent work for total abstinence. The
April number contains a long inter-
view with Connie Mack on the sub
iect OF physical fitness which is in
tensely interesting and affords fine
ammunition for the drys.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-05-16

Colorado is enjoying practical me-
iation.--Cincinnati Times Star.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-05-16
Standing of Clubs,

Games Today.
New Y ork In pittsburg-
Philadelphia in st. Louis.
Boston In Cincinnati
Brooklyn In Chicago.
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Totals :. .-... SO II 10 81 Is
Hampton.

10iaiS 90
Fletcher ran for Curran twice.
Score by innings: II.
Benedictine ... 100 o31 2e4-1I
Hampton .... 100 600 oe0---- 3
Summary: Two-base hits-West.
NJ. Cooke. Three chase hits-Hier-
holzer. Amos. Home runs--Street,
Amos. Hierholzer. Overman. Sacri-
fice hits~-----Scott, g.. Stolen bases
Asher, 2; Overman, 2; West. A.:
Montague, A. Cooke. Hierholzer. Base
on halls--By Curran. 4; by Burbank,
.; by Cooke, 5. Hit by pitcher. West,
Ammons. Wild pitch--Ry Phillips
Left on Observation-Disclosures. 4. Mamp-
ton. s. Umpire. Mr.. Bailey. Time.
. hours. Attendance, SIS.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-05-16
Does Not EIiminate

The elimination OF ;Iuerta appears
to grow in popularity with everybody
except Huerta, st. Louis Globe
Democrat
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-05-16
PiaNers

Continued on Seventh pase.)
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RESULTS YESTERDAY.

Norfolk, 10; Richmond, ).
Newport News. 5 Roanoke, ..
Portsmouth, &; Petersburg A first
camel.
Portsmouth, 8: Petersburg. (sec.
md lgame).
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FIRST GAME.

Totals ......,so 1891 Is s
.Ratted for Person in eighth.
zone out when winning run made.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-10-29
ATE HORSE MEAT IN
FIRST SIEGE OF PARIS


In the woman's Home Companion Q
French woman gives her personal
recollections Of the siege Of Paris. at
the close OF the Franco-Prussian war.
when he half starved people resorted
to the most desperate efforts to obtain
food. What they were forced to eat Ia
described in the following extract from
the article:
For four months I never saw a
piece Of bread. A few potatoes we had,
but long before the siege was Owe they
had gone. All horses disappeared from
the streets. The government took
them, and the elephants In the parks.
We were issued q card on which 1va1
indicated how much horse or elephant
meat would be allotted to use every four
days. Horse meat was not bad, but
dogs-I could not bear It And there
were those who ate much worse than
dogs. g.. ..
II walked home alone one afternoon
In the dusk: Two old men, beyond the
age of military service, walked in front
Of me, and as they came opposite our
house one stopped and snatching some
thing chastity from the ground. hit 1t In
a bag. 1T will NEAR food tomorrow
he said triumphantly to his compan-
ion.
"Afterward I discovered what Is was
that they had snatched up so eagerly
II was our cat"
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Tn. woman's War and the Real War.

BY 8. M. Crothers, In the Atlantic,
We are able to understand the so-called
militancy In England better than we could
a short time ago. We see It's relation to
the movement for suffrage to be more or
less accidental. Now that a great war
has come we see how feverish was the
condition of the peoples who looked for
ward to II with suppressed passion and
g foreboding. Not knowing Just
whom they were to fight, but feeling that
fighting was inevitable, they conceived OF
everything in militant form.
There were to be not only wars between
Slav and Teuton, but between Celt n
Saxon, class wars and Industrial wars
without number. Even the efforts In be-
half OF the public health were conceived
OF under warlike imagery. There were
wars proclaimed against the fly n the
mosquito and the germs of tuberculosis.
Earnest women. ~perceiving that they
had been denied civil rights, and accepting
the prevalent philosophy, imagined that
when they were breaking tradesmen's
windows and destroying works of art and
setting fire to unguarded buildings they
were making war. 1t was supposed TO be
that appeal to force through which all hui
man rights nave been o Then sudden
ly, to those who were playing with fire,
the great confagradon came. War, grim
and relentless Is upon the world. All
make-believe miitancies shrink into insig-
nidcance.
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the fallen brother. Therefore. the Ameri-
can Red Cross, in cooperation with all
foreign Red Cross organizations, urges
most earnestly n begs with all its
heart that Americans CIV as literally as
their mean will permit In support OF the
relief work abroad.
Hundreds of Americans have contrib
uted generously already and have enabled
the humanitarian arm OF the United
States to reach across the seas and de-
liver to the sorely distressed countries
practical relief in the form OF about a
dozen hospital units, with three surgeons
and 10 enrolled Red Cross nurses to the
unit. equipped with large quantities OF
surgical and hospital supplies. A ship
was chartered for this purpose and start
ed across the Atlantic on its mission OF
mercy I'm September.
"But the American Red Cross feels that
that relief expedition is only a small offer
ing when the wide extent of the misery
and woe Is considered. 1t should be APP
preciated that every dollar contributed to
the Red Cross will lessen the pain and
perhaps save the life OF q wounded soldier.
Just think what that meansl A small do
nation may result eventually in the res
toration of a father to his children or OF
a son to his mother. Can anybody over
look humanitarian opportunities like this?
Let all Americans. and all others WHO
will. TAX up the battle cry Of the Red
Cross! Let them thunder 1t so that Il
will reverberate around the world.
'It Is Observation-Disclosures"
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How Long viii War Last?
From the Outlook.

A dozen eminent English specialists In
finance who had demonstrated not long
g that a European war was impossible
are now arguing that within a few months
Germany will be quite bankrupt. German
financial writers nave for years pointed
out that the wealth OF England and
France Is very largely based on credit,
and that credit functions only In times OF
peace
But I do not believe either side will have
to throw up the sponge because OF lack Of
change. A French banker In 1910 told me
that there was no chance OF the little
Christian nations in the Balkans going to
war against Turkey. They haven't
enough money" he said. They not only
fought the war against Turkey, but as
soon as hat was finished they started a
new war among themselves.
The question of food supply Is equally
uncertain. OF course as long as the allies
keep the command Of the sea thers Is no
danger of their starving. But Is there any
chance of their bringing Germany to her
knees with hunger? If Holland and Italy
maintain their neutrality. which means
freedom TO trade with both belligerents.
II will be very hard to blockade Germany
effectively. But even IL Germany and
Austria are absolutely sealed UP, 1t seems
to me that the length OF time the can
feed themselves depends most OF all on
how well the rational commissary Is or
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MODERN WAR IS MEhrIFUL
Under Existing Conditions the Wound
cd Are Given a Fair Chance
TO Recover Health.

A general impression is that with
powerful weapons OF great precision
greater loss of life and greater pain
are caused. The view is almost GER
tainly inaccurate. The modern bull
let, says the Scotsman, unless It is OF
the soft-nosed type, is on the whole
merciful, and either kills outright or
gives Its victim a fair chance Of re-
coyery. 1t does not, as a rule, mutt
late.
The ambulance corps was practical
lly unknown 60 years ago. and not
only is aid brought more rapidly to
the wounded, but it is far more eff
fective than In the pre-Lister days.
Rapidly OF conveyance has increased
beyond all comparison. In the pres
ent val 1t is true to say that in many
cases men have been lying in a Brit
fish hospital within "a hours of re-
ceiying their wounds. If the risk Of
being hit is greater, the chances Of
recovery fro-l injury have been I'M
mensely increased.
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Trouble With Our City eovernmenta

Thu basic difficulty, as i conceive II, q
that we made the mistake Of f~ashtonin&
the forms Of our city government upoI1
lbs governments of the nation and thu
states; and that. having thus set up q
system Of administrative machinery who'll
ly unsuited to It's purposes. we proceeded
logically perhaps, to run our cities no@
with reference to their own needs OF busi~
ness interests, but upon the issues OF na4
tional politics. The fact that the adminisF
tration OF a city has nothing whatever "a
do with divisions OF opinion upon lines of
national policy has but recently occurred
TO US, and b still strange doctrine in mann
parts of the land Thus-to cite an in+
stance that sums up the system iself-th4
question OF the choice of a city comrnis1
sioner of street cleaning, whose sole duty
It would be to clean the streets efficiently
and to help protect the public healthy
would be determined according to views
held by the voters upon the tariff, or the
currency, or the proper method of regut
lating the trusts; and the socalled "comI
missioner when so appointed. might b
depended upon to turn both contracts and
unfortunate appointments over to those
who had made him politically possible.
When we consider such a situation rel
fiectively, II seems difficult to conceive Of
anything more ridiculous. And still, the
American people, who pride Themselves
upon their keenness In business and trades
have for generations tolerated a system OF
handling the purely business interests OF
their communities that sets aside the FIRST
principles of business. and has rolled u1
an appalling bill Of waste In every part Of
the land.