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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-12

Atlanta, March 1.-(Special.) )-Twenty- five Crackers are now scampering around the lot at Ponce de Leon park every att ernoon getting ready for the first prac- tice game of the season, which will be held Saturday afternon with the Baptist Tabernacle team as the Crackers op- ponents
 The first real game of the exhibition sea- son will be held Monday with the Louis vile Colonels as the locals first regular opponents. From then until the season opens. with the exception of Sundays and one open date, March IS, there will be an exhibition game every afternoon. The squad of Crackers numbered 9. Seven men have wended their way else where since the opening of practice. One jumped to the Federals, two were released, two have been suspended and two will get the can in the next day or so. Catcher Chapman was the jumper. h. fielder Schmidt and Pitcher Wood were released Shortstop Jennings and Pitcher Hedgepath draw the suspensions for fail- ing to report and Inheder Broadwater and Pitcher Sindler are going to draw the pink slip in the near future.
 This will leave the Crackers roster as follows;
 Pitchers-Dent, Price, Kissinger. Brown ing, Efird. Perryman, Lawrence, Ham ilton and Doscher.
 Catchers-Dunn. Reynolds, Muneh and Walsh.
 Infielders-Eible. Amason, first; MeCon- nell, second Schwnd and Walsh, short: Manush, Lynch, third. Outfielders-Long, Welchonce. Nixon, Flanagan and Kircher. In Schwind, who has nailed down the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-12
CHINESE TEAM FROM HAWAII REACHES COUNTRY FOR TOUR
SMITH HAS ALMOST
 DECIDED ON LINEUP

short field berth even this early. tho Crackers have a man who Is Bisland's superior in every department.
 Schwinds showing settles three posi- tions in the intied. with Bible on first, Mcconnell on second and he at short. This leaves third base unsettled and the liveliest fight of the training season Is being waged there.
 Frank Manush. utility man last season, and Nealon Red" Lynch from the De- catur club of the Three I league, are waging nip and tuck battle. with Lynch showing the most class in every depart ment to date, though a little uncertain on ground balls to his right while Manush has been showing steadiness that IS surprising.
 Long in left. Welohone in center are certainties. This will leave the right field berth to be contested between Nixon of last years team, Flanagan, the leading Kircher, the leading base runner from the Virginia league.
 Behind the plate, Joe Dunn will prob ably be kept, with Reynolds and Muneh having the call over Walsh If Munch can hit he will have the call over every one for first catcher.
 Dent and Price of last years team and Doscher the big left handler from the International league looN like the three certainties of the lot.
 This will leave Efird, ESissnger. Law renee, Browning, Perryman and Hamilton teo contest for the other two places on the hurling corps. The last two can be eliminated from discussion as the first four named are head and shoulders above them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-12

RAIN PUTS STOP TO BARON YORK; WOODLAND TO BATTLE LOCALS
Ky ASA RouNTREE. Jn.

After remaining placidly and incon- spicuous in the background for several weeks Jupiter Pluvus yesterday became discontented and in no uncertain manner gave vent to his feelings. Beginning a little before noon the rain began to pour down in healthy manner, causing Man ager Molesworth and his henchmen to stop up short in the midst of warm batting session. The Barons had just gotten down to hard work and were loosening up their muscles when the rain made it's appearance, forcing them to hot foot it for the club house. After waiting for a time to see if old Jupiter Pluv, would hold up the the Barons reluctantly
 donned their citizens clothes and re- turned to the city i.
 The players have now all gotten in the spirit of training and are anxious to get into condition good enough for real play ing. While several of the players, most ly recruits, are complaining of sore mus cles the Baronial squad as a whQle is in fair condition and a majority m them will be in good shape for the game with
 Clay on Saturday.
 The contest with the amateur aggre- gation from Clay will be the first exhibition of the season ana the fans. , as well us Manager Molesworth, will
 have an early opportunity to see how the various rAruits fare under fire,
 Woodlawn Will Be Played Another game will be played Monday
 at Redwood with the Woodlawn team of the City league. The Woodlawn team | is said to be a fast squad and should give the Baron recruits a warm little battle.
 | The Woodlawn team will lineup with | Bruner, catcher; Sl<egle and Montgomery pitchers: Evans, first base; Watson, sec ond base; Waldron, third base; Brown
 shortstop; Braham. left field; Byers center field, and Tiffney, right field. | An effort will be made by Manager l Molesworth to secure several other games with fast amateur teams of Birmingham
 and the vicinity to serve as preliminaries l to the regular exhibition schedule. l Clifton. secondary catcher last season was the only arrival of yesterday. Moth l ing further has been heard from Second l Baseman Marcan and Third Basemar
 Eddie Mcdonald. and President Baugi | does not know when this duo intends tC report. Several days ago Mcdonald wrot' ] that he would be in Monday, but since l then nothing has been heard from him With the exception of Fred Dilger al 1 of the backstopping candidates are now | on hand, Tragresser, Wagner. Wallace and Clifton having already reported. | Should the sun emerge from it's seclu | sion toda! Moley will send his men bae> | to work and the regular training pian' | will be continued.
 l During the past week a large number | of loyal fans have journeyed out to Rick
 wood and viewed the Barons in theil exertions and to a majority ofsthem tn,
 Baron training squad this year looks ex l ceptionally good
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-12
PROVIDES BUREAU
 OF LABOR SAFETY

Washington March 11.--A bill to cre- ate a bureau of labor safety in the de- partment of labor was passed today by the House It proposes a bureau to make general and special investigations of la bor safety plans and devices to inquire into all phases of vocational diseases and to make public the result of its investi- gations.
 The bureau, headed by commissioner of labor safety at $5000 a year, would have a museum for exhibition of ap- proted devices for safeguarding machin- cry and protecting employees from injury and methods of controlling industrial dis. eases. Representative Walsh of New Jer- sey called the attention of the House to the fact that Smiling Bob' Bremner the New Jersey representative who re- gently died in Baltimore, first proposed this bureau.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-12
ST. LOUIS FLINGER GETS FLATTERING
 OFFER FROM FEDS

ON account of the large num-
 Der of promising bushers that O Branch Hickey has on his string, the training camp of the St. Louis Browns at St. Petersburg is proving a veritable mecca for minor league managers who are in dire straits for dependable material. From the time Hickey and his advance squad of Browns first put in their ap pearance at the Florida training camp minor league pilots have been con- tinuously besieging him in an effort to secure some of the St. Louis youngsters.
 The Brown squad this year num- bers over 40 players, more than on any other major league team, and as most of them are youngsters the demand being made on Hickey for his cast offs have been unusually heavy.
 In the pilgrimages being made by minor league moguls to St. Petersburg the Southern has been well repre- scented, Bill Schwartz of Nashville, Bobby Ciilks of Montgomery, Pres ident Baugh and Carleton Moles- worth of the Barons being among those who have been desirous to ae- quiring Rickey's castoffs.
 Schwartz and the local moguls had their confabs with Hickey several weeks ago and returned home appaT- ently satisfied with it's termination. Gilks strolled to Florida only several days ago and is still at the Browns ffrxYt tatr tn rot a some of his talent.
 The Browns were unusually for tunate in corraling stellar performers of various leagues and class A and A clubs and now keenly bidding for the services of the youngsters who will likely be farmed out for more seasoning.
 Judge Kavanaugh's circuit is also well represented on the St. Lonis roaster, nearly a dozen players hav- ing previously seen service in the south. Derrill Pratt, Dee Walsh, Pal mer Snedecor, McAllistor. sRogers. Ernest Walker, Sloan Bob Messen- those on the Brown squad who owe allegiance to the Southern.
 Hardly had President I.annin and This Speaker of the Boston Red Sox taken prominent position in the baseball calcium, through the claim that the latter was the highest priced player in the national past ime, than comes along President Navin of the Detroit Tigers with the statement that the alleged S1S,000 salary of the great Red Sox outfielder was inferior to the one 61-nx 1xrr rxr rnl.1 I, A though the Detroit mogul will not state the amount that the speedy Tiger will pull down during the coming season he asserts that it will top that paid to Iris Speak CT by a goodly margin.
 Now that the glitter of the worlds tour and the raid instituted by the Federal is rapidly wearing
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-12
SAY CANAL SLIDE
 NOW OVERCOME

Panama March 11.-Canal engineers to- day expressed the opinion that the Gu ouracha slide virtually had been over come and that it was now a mere mat ter of taking out the dirt w. c. Com Der. the dredging engineer, declared that he believed within two months the chan nel at Cueuraeha would be at the re- quired depth.
 Plans have been completed to begin next week the bringing of the depth of the channel in front of the slide to the 45-foot final stage with the ladder dredge Corozal. The width of the canal in front of the slide is now within 45 feet of the specified 3600 feet. This area will be re- moved with dipper dredges.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-12
CHINESE PLAYERS
 REACH COUNTRY

San Francisco, March 11.-Fifteen Chinese baseball players and their man. ager, arrived here today from Homo lulu on a seven months tour that will end with a series of games in Cuba next September.
 The team is the champion of the Hawaiian baseball league, and made a tour of this country last year. 1t has games scheduled in the middle states before reaching New York.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-12
GOLF RESULTS

$. Robeson of the Oakhill club. and Miss Gladys Ravenscroft, national woman champion, today defeated Don aid J. Ross of Pinehurst, and Mrs. R. H. Barlow, former eastern woman cham pion in golf foursome here. Scoring on the two-point system, one point for the best ball, and one for the aggregate, the count was to 8. Individual cards were: Robeson, 79; Ravenscroft, SS; Ross, S2, and Barlow, 92.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-12
,ss Billy Smith Experiencing Little Trouble $
From the Angle of the Bug
By ASA RoUNTREE, JR.

away. the baseball fans are sitting quietly back and grooming impa- tiently for the opening of the 191 ks pennant chase. The past winter has been an unusually active one for baseball and the fans have had plenty of gossip to pass away the time with. Between watching the progress of the globe trotters, keIoing up with doings of the Fed erals and harping over the success of the Players Fraternity, the fans have had plenty during the winter to keep their enthusiasm from eb- ping. Now that the major league teams have begun their annual spring grind the enthusiasm of fans has been rekindled and Is due to continue until late next October when the requiem of the 1914 cam paign is sung.
 Following in the wake of ths Pelicans, Barons and Lookouts, the remaining teams of the Southern league have begun to swing into action and the swishing sound of the horseside is now becoming monotonous. The Crackers were held back for several days on &C., count of bad weather but the sun has broken from its bonds and Billy Smith has initiated his hire lings into a real spring grind.
 The Billikens, under the leader ship of the veteran Kleinow, are - indulging in preliminary workouts. while Mike Finn at Memphis has also lifted the lid.
 In Mobile things are still quiet but with the passing of a few more days Briscoe Lord will mar shal his cohorts and send them to work in earnest. The new manager of the Gulls has had little trouble in bringing his men into the fold and all have been signed without trouble.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-12
FORBID KILLING
 BIRDS OF PARADISE

Berlin, March 11.-An order forbiddins the hunting of birds of paradise in Ger man New Guinea for IS months was is- sued today by Dr. William Solf. minister for the colonies Dr. Solf had intended to make the. prohibition permanent, but changed his view after receiving a re- port from a German expedition in New Guinea, which said there were an inn mense number of birds and therefore there was no danger of their extinc-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-12
ST. LOUIS FEDERALS
 REACH THEIR CAMP

Monroe. La. March 11.-Twenty- eight members of the St. Louis Federal league club, newspaper men and train CTS arrived here today for spring train ing. Manager Brown will start the players to work tomorrow unless a cold wave prevents. Umpire Cusac< ac- companied the club.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-12
BURNS AND COMING
 TO PLAY FOR TITLE

Pinehurst N. C., March 11.-Lawrence Cowing of Cincinnati, will play R. A. Burns of Toronto, tomorrow for the mems singles championship of the Pinehurst tennis tournament. The event advanced to the final stage to- day Four teams still remain in the contest for the mixed doubles tennis championship.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-12
ATHLETICS ARE
 AGAIN VICTORS

Jacksonville, Fla, March 1.-The Philadelphia Athletics, worlds cham pions, today defeated the Jacksonville South Atlantic league team, to 3. Burmester, who ritched the first four innings for Jacksonville, held the Athletics to one hit. Coles, his success sor was ineffective. Score: R. H E. Philadelphia ................. 2
  Batteries: Bender. Burning, Wyckoff and Scharg, Lapp; Burmeister, Coles and Cuteo.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-12
Tempting Offer Is
 Made Baumgardner
 By George StOyall

Tampa, Fla, March 11.-An offer of S4000 a season, together with a bonus for signing, the amount of which is unknown, was made today to George Baumgardner, pitcher on the St. Louis American league team by George Sto- wall. manager of the Kansas City Fed eral league club Baumgardner, ac- cording to advices from St. Petersburg, Fla, where the St. Louis team is, re- fused the offer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-12
OTTO KNABE LEADS
 PLAYERS SOUTHWARD

Baltimore, March 1.-The local Fed , eral league baseball team, headed by Manager Otto Knabe. left here tonight for Southern Pines. N. C., where the
 players will train for the coming sea-
 son.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-12
Secretary Lester Weeds

| Coronado Beach, Cal, March 1.-Miss Margaret Hilward Hately of Lake Gen. eva Wis, was married here today to
 John Bingley Garland Lester of Guilford, England. Lester is secretary of foreign affairs of the PanamA-Pacific interna- 1 tiona deposition.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-12
Cruiser Leaves for Brazil

St. Thomas, D. w. l., March 11.--The British cruiser Berwick today left St. Lucia hurriedly, presumably for Brazil, in order if necessary to protect British interests
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-12

The claim of President Lannin of the Red SOx that Iris Speaker is the high est salaried player in the game has been disputed by President Navin of the Detroit club. The Tiger mosuI as- serts thnt the salary drawn by Cobb tops that of the SOx star by wide margin.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-12
OUercOneS
Prejudice Against Whisky

This whisky IS pure; some people say Its too pure It IS distilled and sold as medicinal liquor good for sick people and good to keep people from getting sick. No medicine ever discovered equals whisky in its tonic efect-witness the endorsements of this liquor by 10000 physicians, the orgl- nals of which are on file in our offices.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1914-03-21
NEVADA PRESS COMMENT
Wingfeld Against Woman Voters

Fallon Standard: George Wing
field, admittedly the States leading
business and mining man, advised
the Standard Monday in recounting
the things in his opinion best for
Nevada's substantial interests, that
should the suffrage amendment carry
at the general election this Fall, he
would close up his business and leave
the State; that he had plenty of
money upon which to live and that
his constructive ambitions for the
State would be thus nullified. The
whole movement, Mr.. Wingfield
thinks, has been farcical everywhere
and unproductive of the good results
claimed by the fanatics who agitate
the minds of womanhood. Exper-
ience has demonstrated, he said, that
the conservative women votes, match
ing the same vote among the sub
oldlilldi iiiCli, ICilidill ldi SCly away
from the polls when decisive issues
are involved and the radical woman
hood, conforming to the radical
male contingent, vote early and as
often as the opportunity affords.
He believes the foisting of woman
suffrage upon Nevada would prove
particularly disastrous just at this
time. The States development, he
said, is proceeding slowly and con-
servatively and the interests behind
this conservative and consistent de-
velopment are warranted in avoiding
radical innovation, which Mr.. Wing
field feels certain would follow the
female agitator once the ballot gave
her full power to exercise her pecu-
liar whims and fancies.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1914-03-21
Cross EYED CHILDREN
Some Advice That May Assist In
Preventing Loss Of Sight and
Deformity

The general public has many false
ideas concerning this unsightly de-
feet and consequently many parents
are prone to neglect it because of the
hope or the belief that the child will
''outgrow it."
We're the real cause and the con-
sequence of neglect of this condition
more generally known and accepted,
great benefit might result to many
unfortunate children and their lives
be happier. tits not generally known
that in the majority of squirting
eyes, blindness results to a greater
or less degree unless early attention
be given them.
The primary cause in most chill
dren who have this defect is the lack
of the power of combining the i'm
ages seen by the two eyes into one.
This faculty has been lost or has not
been developed with the growth of
the child. Itsdevelopment may have
been interfered with by difference
in the two eyes, one being far sighted,
the other near-sighted, or there may
be other differences which inter-
fered with harmonious action. The
child cannot focus both eyes on an
object at the same time. so in order
to avoid the discomfort or strain of
effort, the weaker eye gives up and
crosses in order to avoid the en-
barrassment of double vision, which
would otherwise occur.
Soon this habit becomes fixed, and
permanent squint is brought about.
The squirting eye, not receiving any
stimulus from use gradually loses
the seeing faculty and partial blind
ness is the result.
This loss of vision from disuse is
more rapid in the very young than in
older children. If child begins to
squint at the age of six months, and
has good vision in each eye, the
squirting eye, if neglected, will be-
come blind in eight to ten weeks. If
he does not begin to squint until he
is Is months old the process of the
blindness will not be so rapid, but he
will be blind in the squirting eye in
five or six months.
If he does not begin to squint until
the age of three years he seldom
loses the power of vision in less than
year thereafter. After the age of
six years, the danger is not so great.
and the child may retain it to some
extent. Every child who shows sym
toms of squint should have early at
tention if sight is to be preserved or
the deformity prevented.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1914-03-21
Miner Dies From Injuries

Tonopah Bonanza: Within a few
weeks of his marriage to a young
sweetheart in Finland, Ed Peterson,
of Tonopah, succumbed to injuries
received in the Belmont mine II days
ago. One sister, II years of age,
who recently arrived from Finland
and is attending the public schools,
is the only member of the family liv-
ing here. A mother, brother and
another sister still live in the old
country. Two cousins reside in Ton
opah.
Peterson was working on the 1900
foot level with companion when a
huge rock became detached from the
roof and dropped on the stage where
the men were running drill. The
staging was smashed and the occu-
pants hurled to the floor, where
Peterson was pinned beneath the
rock. crushing his left side and break
ing the lower limbs. His companion
suffered simple injuries and is now
convalescing. Peterson was % years
of age and had been year in Tono-
pah, coming from Park City. He
was not a member of the Miners
Union
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1914-03-21

Failure is only a nudge in the ribs
to the man who is wise.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1914-03-21
PROSPECTING IN SOME
FORM MUST CONTINUE
Suggested United States Geological Sur
vey Lend Its Aid In This Connection

The Mining and Scientific Press in
its discussion of prospecting, offered
the following in a recent issue:
the world is not coming to an end
and people are not going to cease
using metals. New deposits will be
found and the open field is in search
of blind lodes. That requires skill
and money. The old prospectors as
a class do not have the skill, and a
new order of prospectors must be
developed. 1t is insight, not num-
bers, that is needed. The geoIogist
has some of that, but he falls far
short of having all that is needed.
Some time ago we suggested that
the United States geological survey
had large responsibility and mag
nificent opportunity in this connec-
ton. Our suggestion has been part
ly misunderstood. Albert Burch be-
lieves that the Government should
prospect its own lands and we believe
that something along that line can
be done to advantage, but it is much
more important that the organization
that has the largest fund of informa-
ton and at the same time the entire
confidence of mining men, should do
its share in developing the new
methods that we must have. Whether
the geological survey found a mine
or not, would be relatively unim-
portant if it pointed the way to the
finding of mines. The suggestion
that young technical graduates be
put with old prospectors has much
to commend it, as both the pros
pector and the graduate would
learn much that would be useful;
but that is a detail of administration