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Evening star., 1914-08-21
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cisions would be deliberately given
against the team, but the umpires are
less lenient in matters where the Ma
tionals are involved than on occasions
undoubtedly. true that there have been
more occasions for protests from play
ers this season than ever before. Tor
the very good reason that with very
the most incompetent that Ban john
son has ever had.
The Boston Braves are making q re-
markable fight in the National League
race, and II they can avoid any sort OF
a slump from now to the finish they
are very apt to win the nag without
much trouble. And there are those
to. II have I've smother slump this, year be-
cause It had its early in the
season. OF the first twenty-five games
which the Braves played they lost
eighteen. What If they had broken
even in these games. and that would
not be q remarkable performance. they
would be leading the procession now
by comfortable margin.
Only a game and q half now separates
the Braves from the Giants. though
will have easier picking in Cincinnati
than the Braves will find in Pittsburgh,
where they won their opening game
yesterday. Once in the lead those Bos-
lOuS WOuAu O0 AuA6uty uo4o w oNV4
take.
Old Jack Powell, after twenty years
Of service in base ball. refuses to quit.
He has been released by the Venice
Coast League club because he could
not make good. but this experience has
not satisfied him that his career is at
an end. Jack has signed with the st.
Louis Federals and the chances are
that he will star in that league.
McGraw claims to be puzzled by his
teams failure to play up to its earlier
standard and yesterday In Cincinnati
he gave vent to the following:
IT cannot understand what Is the
matter with the team. The strength
is there. It has proven this. but it
does not seem to be able to get go
ing In its real stride. OF course. the
pitching has not been up to the stand
ard.
by saying this I do not mean that
the team will not win the pennant.
Nor do I mean that 1t will. am con-
hdent that we will get going again,
and then II Boston or any other club
wins the race 1t will be because the
winning team has beaten US while we
were fighting and not in our present
condition"
Evening star., 1914-08-21
RULING ON MONEY ORDERS
KEEPS MILLIONS AT HOME
Regulation Restricts Transmission
Abroad Of Amounes in Excess of
One Hundred Dollars.

NEW YORK. August 21.-The rule max
ing 1t impossible for any person to pur-
chase foreign money orders in amounts of
more than 500 has resulted in keeping
81 900. 900 in this country since August /,
according to figures just compiled at the
post office here.
Thousands of applications for foreign
money orders are being rejected daily,
says the statement, because the amounts
are too large.
There were received in the New York
office yesterday for certifcation abroad
6,67O money orders from all parts of the
United States. Before the European war
started the number Of money orders re-
ceived here exceeded 1900 daily. This
enforced decrease In the money order
business will continue until the foreign
exchange market clears and lower rates
can be quoted, according to Joseph Ell
lott, head Of the money order depart
ment. The postal savings bank system
has received q tremendous impetus, due
partly to the war situation and partly
to the enforced closing Of q number OF
private banks containing the deposits Of
foreigners.
Evening star., 1914-08-21

Irish. every one Of the first five being
of old-sod extraction.
Local Men Well Up.
Fred Mcleod. and George Sargent, both
Washington pros" kept close together
with 151 each.
Fully 5000 people made the hard trip
from Chicago. and showed the keenest
interest. breathlessly following Francis
Ouimet and Chick Evans, amateurs,
but the latter. while less crippled than
Wednesday,; was going but indifferently.
The great question with every one was,
"Can Ouimet hold his title?' especially
among professionals, who since his rise
find their very existence fraught with
new danger.
Ouimet was putting like a streak yes
terday morning. really not missing stroke
on the green's to which he was clearly en-
titled; in the afternoon he lost a stroke
on penalty. At the fourteenth hole, the
ball Of Ouimet's partner lay so close TO
the cup that Mcguire offered to lift it,
but Francis said. Never mind" Never
theless. he hit his opponents sphere.
Il never was accused Of showing such
bad Judgment BEFORE" said Ouimet after
ward, "and never will be again.
Ouimets stock went up every minute
all day. It il believed he will finish close
to the top today,
Evening star., 1914-08-21
SERVES YOU RIGHT FOR BOAST
ING" SNAPPED GRANNY.

sharp eyes. He had gone only little
way when a sharp voice called Coward
Coward Coward!' 1t was Chatterer the
Red Squirrel.
No. sooner had he got out Of Chatterer's
sight than he haard another voice. 1t was
saying over and over:
Dee dee, dee! Oh. me, me!
Some folks can talk SO very brave
And then such towards be.
Reddy couldn't think Of a thing to say
in reply, and SO he hurried on. trying io
find q place where he would be left in
peace. But nowhere that he could &c
was he free from those haunting voices
Not even when he had crawled into his
house was he free from them. for buzzing
around his doorway was Bundle Bee,
and Bundle was humming:
Bundle, grumble, rumble, hum!
Reddy surely can run some.
Late that afternoon old Granny Fox
called him out. and 1t was very clear to
see that Granny was very much put out
about something.
What is this hear everywhere l 60
about you being q coward?' she demand
ed sharply. as soon as he put his head
out of the doorway.
Reddy hung his head and in a very
shamefaced way he told her about the
terrible fright he had had early that
morning ana all ABOUT tne strange CIea-
ture without legs. head or tail that had
rolled down the hill where Prickly Porky
lives.
Serves you right for boastng.' snap
ped Granny. How many times have !
told you that no good comes OF boasSns?
Probably somebody has played a trick on
you. I've lived a good many years. and
I never before heard OF such a creature.
II there was one I'd have seen it before
now. You go back INTO the house and
stay there You are a disgrace to the
Fox family 1 am going to have look
about and find out what is going on. II
this Is some trick they'll find that Old
Granny Fox isn't so easily fooled"
Evening star., 1914-08-21
CIVIL SERVICE CHANGES
Appointments, Promotions and Res
ignations Noted in Department
Of Interior.

Changes approved by Secretary Lane
among employees In the Department Of
inerior this week are as follows:
Probationary appointments-Pension Of
flee, Julius Metelits. District Of Columbia,
500. Patent office. Frederick ]. Hard
man, Ohio. $500; Louis Messenger, New
York, $500; Frederick W. Nehb, New
York, 81, 800; Benjamin T. Rauber. New
York, $500; James r. Porter, District Of
Columbia, 500.
Reinstatement-Patent ONCE, Miss Car
rie w. Johnston, Illinois, $720.
Promotions-Patent ONCE. Charles F.
Chisholm, New York. s2.1o0 to s2.400:
Frank P. Edinburg. Kansas. $500 to
50, 100; Alfred Burger. New York. 81 800 to
to $500: Henry ]. Savage. New Jersey.
s1,5OO to $500: Mrs. Loula C. Faunce.
District of Columbia, 500 to $1,000;
Charles 8. Forbes. N. Y. $720 to 500;
George Rogers. Connecticut. $72O to 800:
Ralph M. Horne. South Carolina, $40 tc
s720 Bureau Of education. Mrs. Pearl
woolverton. Mississippi. 81. 400 to $l.eO0:
Mrs Louise D. Goldsberry. Ohio. q. 200 to
John ao p Nh. MeI1.n MGss,ssiDg Gnm.1aaa
Iowa, 1900 to $500; Miss Isabel L
Towner, New York, $1,000 to s.. 200; Miss
Meta B. Aussieker, Iowa, 500 to S1.OOO.
Geological survey, Oliver B. Hopkins.
Virginia, $50 per month when actually
employed to 1900
Transfer within the department-Gen-
eral land ONCE. George +. Gardner. South
Carolina. from ONCE Of Secretary.
Resignations-Pension ONCE. John J.
Heffert. Texas Patent ofdce, Miss Ro-
berta Y. Haynes, Tennessee: Chester H.
Zinkon, Ohio; Miss Ida NJ. Fallon, Dis
trict of Columbia Geological survey.
Max A. Pishel. Iowa Reclamation serv-
ice. James w. Dawson. Arizona.
Evening star., 1914-08-21
NO CAUSE FOR WORRY.
European War Will Have No Effect
on American Sporting Implements.

|
NEW YORK. August 2l-sqme tennis
players have been working themselves
into a whole lot Of unnecessary excite
ment over a story which has gained cur
rency through q so-called expert, but .
badly misinformed one. to the effect that
there 10 to be q famine In tennis hallA Il
10 "a war scare" and based on the a.
sumption that the United States d.
pends almost II not entirely upon Eng
laud for its supply" and that there would
be q corner in tennis balls II the whole
sale houses were not bare Of any supply
| to corner.
As q matter Of fact the United States
| making the tennis balls our players use
for years. and the supply that II Inn
ported Is tnconseQuential. when compared
with the total number used. The players
adays are few indeed. and the American
tennis ball Of today is as good. even for
champion tennis. as any ball made. and.
as matter Of fact, IL used in champion
ship contests.
The writer who started the story told
how the balls were made here In rubber
form. inflated with gas and then shipped
abroad for covering. That ts whore he
got the cart before the horse, 20 to say.
II the story had truth it would be the
other way around. for 1t Is in the manu-
featuring of the rubber ball itself that
the English makers have the advantage.
as the climate. water. method or some
thing else enables the rubber workers
there to make a quality Of rubber ball
that is trif1e better than those the rub
Der men here have been able to produce.
But 1t Is triie In resiliency or true
bounce" that only the most expert player
can detect There Is no humbug about
the American tennis ball. 1t 10 made In
America, and the scarcity that does exist
in some places is due to the fact that
the manufacturers Of both balls and rae
quets are caught short of supply this
year simply because the demand for
them has been greater than ever known
before and greater than even the most
optimistic Of the manufacturers supposed
was possible.
Evening star., 1914-08-21
BY J. ED GRILLO.

The runaway race which the Ath-
letics have made in the present pen
nant struggle Is sure to prove severe
financial loss to the league in that 1t
has killed the interest in the sport
over the entire circuit.
What interest there remains In the
American League Is as to which team
will finish second, for first place Is
conceded to the Mackmen. who this
early in the race are leading Boston
by eleven games. Under some condi-
tions even that long a lead would not
assure anything. but in the case OF
the Athletics it is all over but the
shouting, for the very good rea-
son that there il not team In the
league which compares with the Mack
men in strength and general ability.
There is therefore no chance OF hauling
the leaders back where some other
team would have chance to pass
them. OF course. II lightning should
strike and disable eight or ten OF
Macks players there might still be
hope for the runners-up. but nothing
short of that is going to affect the
outcome Of the present race so far as
the winner is concerned.
Another indication Of the compare
tive weakness Of the Federal League
is shown by the very successful show
ing Pitcher Rankin johnson Is making
in the outlaw circuit. Aside from beat
ing Walter johnson twice IN this
league. there was nothing to Rankin
johnson. He worked in thirteen games
for Boston, won four of them and lost
nine, and Boston is some ball team at
that. But now that he is with the
Feds he is looming UP like real star.
Shut-outs are his specially.
The Washington team has not been
benefited by It's run-ins with umpires
this season. and whether deservedly or
not the team has gained an unenviable
reputation as a result of its clashes
with the officials. There is nothing to
charge Of the game and often much much
there is no doubt that the entire UNI
pire staft Of the American League is
more or less prejudiced against the
Washington team as result Of its
conduct. Not to the extent that de-
Evening star., 1914-08-21
ASKS A LIMITED DIVORCE.
Wife Charges Her Husband With
Drunkenness and Mistreatment.

Charging that her husband frequently
eets drunk and that on one occasion he
leized her by the hair and pulled her
round a room of their apartment, and
Ilso that she has been forced to leave
he apartment in her night clothes be-
:ause of his alleged Ill treatment
ayrtle Jessie W. Johnston today filed
iuit in the Supreme Court Of the Dis
rfct Of Columbia for a limited divorce
rom her husband. William Rowland
Johnston.
Through Attorney Alexander Wolf
he wife states in her petition that the
ouple were married in this city Octo,
YER 21. 1911. and that they now have an
.partment at the Portner. She ask,
iimony and also that the husband be
estrained from visiting her apartment
Evening star., 1914-08-21
NAVY GRIDIRONERS LANDED.
Leave Practice Cruise Squadron to
Start on Vacation.

special D1Sp0Gcn 70 vn0 ScA3.
ANNAPOLIS, Nd. August N.-Bearing
a party Of thirty-four members of the
regular navy foot ball squad. the gov
ernment tug Standish arrived at Annap-
oils this morning. having taken the mid
dies aboard from the battleships Missouri
and Illinois Of the summer practice cruise
squadron at Hampton roads. The foot
ball players always go on leave a week
ahead Of the rest OF the middies. follow
ing the annual cruise, as they return cor
respondingly earlier to begin practice for
the fall campaign.
Before the players disembarked from
the Standish, Overesch. captain Of the
team. issued a call for all hands to re-
turn to Annapolis about September 20 to
don the moleskins. Lieut.. Jonas II. In
gram, an old navy star Of the gridiron,
who will be head coach this season. has
arrived here. September 1 he will begin
work with the fourth classmen in order
that the best material may be weeded
out by the time the regulars return.
Evening star., 1914-08-21
eoLFINe HINTS.
BY ssTRAIaHr DRIvDS

THE CLEEK-Of all the clubs
carried In the bag players gen.
orally admit that the cleek 10 the
most difficult to master. Many q
man has worked out q game which
yields cards well down in the
eighties without being able to mas
ter this useful club.
The chief reason why players
find it difficult to bring the club
under subsection 10 that they try
to play it like their midirons. and
do not realize that they must
take turf after the ball to get
away a real cleek shot.
The long. low. flying ball which
gets distances equal to q wooden
shot straight to the pin with the
cleek, is well worth all the prac-
tice it takes to acquire it The
easiest method Of getting con-
fdence in the shot is to flrst sock
quite ordinary distances before
putting power Into the shot.
Evening star., 1914-08-21
CHANGE IN RACING DATES.
Plans to Hold Ten-Day Meeting in
October at Bowie, Md,

BALTIMORE. August 21.-At q meet
ing Of directors Of the Southern Mary
land Fair Association today 1t Is be-
lieved that the present plans to hold
a race meeting at the new track at
Bowie. Nd. from September 10 to 80
inclusive. will be changed and the
meeting conducted the first ten days
in October.
The reason for the change is said
to be due to the fact that tho people
in conrtol Of Havre de Grace have de-
cided to hold an agricultural meeting
during the September dates.
! II the Southern Maryland people de-
eide to race for ten days during Octo-
ber 1t will be in conflict with the fall
meeting that will be held during the
entire month Of October at the Laurel
track.
Evening star., 1914-08-21

The Frederick and Brunswick Railway
Company. with capital Of 100000, has
,een incorporated to build trolley line
rom Jefferson to Brunswick. Md. Work is
20 commence November 1, and the road
g to be completed and ready for oper-
Ltion by Juno /, 1914
Evening star., 1914-08-21

Fire destroyed many outbuildings on
the farm of Mrs. Albert Hobbs, near
Rover. Md. including bank barn, stable.
two carriage houses. corn house, chicken
house, tool house and granary. About
thirty tons of hay and the entire wheat
crop, q number Of wagons and vehicles,
harness and about seventy-five barrels of
corn.
Evening star., 1914-08-21
Ratifes Peruvian Treaty.

The Senate yesterday ratified the
treaty with Peru providing for an inves-
tigating commission in international dis
putes before resort to arms This is the
nineteenth in this new series Of peace
treaties to be ratified.
Evening star., 1914-08-21

William e. Dean, who conducts q Hour
and feed store at Guilford, Nd. was
seriously injured at Ealicott City. by being
run over by Q wagon, breaking two ribs.
Evening star., 1914-08-21

Harris at short for Ninth proved con-
clusively that his splendid fielding Of
the previous part Of the season was not
due to anything other than real
prowess. He handled all his chances
and played in such q manner as to
stamp him as dngerous defensive
factor.
Evening star., 1914-08-21

| A. rathr remarkable feature Of yester-
days game was the scarcity OF assists
| for the Eastern club. only two being
made by It. Spalding and Kelley were
credited with one each. and the other
three opportunities had by the Potomac
League aggregation failed because of
errors.
Evening star., 1914-08-21

Irish. every one Of the drst five being
of old-sod extraction.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-03-24
WALTHER IS GIVEN
A LIFE SENTENCE
JEFFERSON MAN WHO SHOT AMI.
KILLED WIFE PLEADS
GUILTY.
SHOT WIFE FROM AMBUSH
Judge Beleen Sends Murderer to
Waupun for Life-Leaves Seven
Children, the Oldest BEING
10 Years of Age.

Elkhorn.---John Walther Win 1as+
september shot and killed his wife
on lonely country road near Wbite-
water, pleaded guilty to a CHARGE of
murder In circuit court here and was
sentenced to life imprisonment 81
Waupun by Judge E. B. Belden
"alther, who is 81 years old. was
a stationary engineer and had been
employed several years previous n
the murder at Jefferson. where he
maue MS home. Domestic difficulties
arose and Mrs. Walther went RI live
with a brother near Whitewater One
night, receiving note from her hus-
Dand that he was ready to settle their
dlHerences and asking an audience
she went to their home at Jefferson
ana was returning to Whitewater
Wnen Walther stepped out from some
bushes on the county line road. and
standing on the Waiworth county side
while Mrs. Walther was on the Jef-
1erson county side, fred, killing her
instantly.
For some time it was not known
IN which county he should be tried
put 1t was settled by a ruling from
the attorney general and the trial was
ordered held in Walworth county.
Walther leaves seven children at
home, the Oldest being 16 years of
age.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-03-24
ENVOY PAGE is ABSoL.vED
Address In London on Monroe
Doctrine Was Harmless.

Washington, March 18.-President
Wilson on Monday exonerated Ambas-
sador Walter Hines Page, the United
States envoy to the court of st.
James, and held that Pages address
on the Monroe dictrine was without
a single phrase at which this govern
ment might take offense. The presi-
dent believes that the speech was
misquoted and misrepresented.
He told his callers that the address
as 1t has now been reported to him
wes an absolutely accurate statement
of fact, and without a line to which
this government could take exception.
AS an instance, he said, of how Mr..
Page has been misquoted, the presi-
dent cited the fact that one passage
of the address was cabled as follows
I'VE win repeal the exemption
clause of the Panama act, not merely
to please England"
What Mr.. Page did say, the presi-
dent declared, was:
I'VE will repeal the clause, not to
please England, but" etc.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-03-24
Issue Hotel REGULATIONS,

Madison.--The state board of health
has just issued tentative rules and
regulations governing the sanitary and
safety conditions of hotels and res
taurants in this state. The rules cover
the construction of sewers, disposal
Of garbage, handling of foods, con-
struction Of sleeping apartments, air.
ing and cleaning of linen and dining
room and kitchen regulations. No
employee of hotel or restaurant is
permitted to use tobacco while on duty
nor is any person with communal
cable disease to be employed. The
bedding regulations provide that the
undersheet is to completely cover the
mattress and the top sheet must be
as wide as the mattress and, six
months after the adoption of the rules,
at least SO inches long The long top
sheet is to be folded back so as to
cover all top covering at least u
inches. Violators are subject to fine
of froh SIS to 5000.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-03-24
FLASHES
OFF THE WIRE
9CCCCCOOCO0CCOCO0CCO0

Queenstown, Ireland, March 10
A terrific gale struck the Irish coast.
Hundreds of houses were unroofed In
this vicinity.
Nauen. Germany, March 16.-Com-
munication was held between the wire
less station here ami one at Winchoek,
Cape Colony, South Africa. The mes
sages that passed were distinct
Ell Paso, March 16.--John l.. Pat
ton, a Democratic leader in central IL
linois 80 years ago and resident of
Woodford county since 1851, is dead
at his home here.
Bridgeport, Pa, March 16.-Two
trainmen were killed and one was in
jured when two engiens sideswiped
while entering roundhouse.
Washington, March 13.-Thousands
of tons of ice, heaped in great jam
for a mile above the old aqueduct
bridge across the Potomac at George
town, threatened to sweep away sew
eral bridges over the river.
New York, March 14.-Following the
recovery of $4,000 worth of the $780,
900 worth of jewelry stolen from the
summer home of Mrs. John H. Hansen
at Narragansett Pier last July, 1T was
learned that private detectives are in
Europe on the trail of the balance of
the jewelry and the thieves.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-03-24
DETECTIVE is SENTENCED
Richard E. o'Grady Pleads Guilty to
Having Kidnapped Copper Miner
From Green Bay.

Green Bay.-Richard E. O'Grady,
detective. pleaded guilty to kidnap-
ing Glenn Huber, copper miner, in
taking him from Green Bay to
Houghton, Mich, on Jan. 20. He was
sentenced by Judge Monahan to a
year at Waupun. kidnapping charges
have been made IN labor troubles in
recent years, notably in the McNa-
mara cases, bat it is believed this is
first conviction. When O'Grady was
lighting extradition before Gov. Fer
ris at Lansing, Mich, on Feb 10, he
charged that his arrest was frame
up oy the Western Federation Of
Miners.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-03-24
QUIT BUSINESS
UNITED STATES EXPRESS COM
PANY TO CLOSE AFFAIRS.
Reduced Rates Ordered for February
Caused Action-Parcel Post
Is Not Blamed.

New York, March 16.-At & meeting
held here on Friday the United States
Express company decided TO liquidate
and go out Of business.
Following is the resolution passed:
Resolved, That, pursuant to the
power and authority conferred upon
the board of directors of the United
States Express company by its articles
of association, the board unanimously
declares that it is for the best inter-
ests of the company that the company
be dissolved as soon as may be, with
out awaiting the expiration of its term
of existence, and that it's business and
affairs be settled up and finally adj
justed as promptly as may be done.
The president is directed to inform
the shareholders of said action of the
board"
Although the heads of the Wells
Fargo company, Adams Express com
pany and the American Express COM
pany have declared that they are not
considering liquidation of their con
Germs, it is generally felt that their
stockholders will bring the matter to
their attention as happened in the case
of the United States Express.
D. l. Roberts, president of the
United States Express. declared that
the decision to liquidate has resulted
largely from the reduction in express
rates that took place February last
But for this, he declared, the company
would have continued in business.
AS a result of the directors action
about fifteen thousand employees of the
company will be without positions in
the not distant future. The company's
pay roll is $6,000,000