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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-15
ZWIN TheWAKE %1he GAME III
@B GU MaIbert s@5asa5

, wre,.ier. would Say St. Charley Anderson
would aay Il differently because Charicy Il
mean chpr.cs. o: tho Lyric hits CHARLES:
That colts ana Tar., van play some ra'nrq
OF a. N baseball pnrk.
Just foF q. merry lark
There Is more 10 the rouude,ay 5u, won
spH9ro you. Anyway ;hey D." Play aeaain
probably 10" on hand TO take charge. For
our sid 1t l. h!rhij probable. mas u"1rly a
wiil ascend tho h!l 81 -nou.d ne rather Il
.izeahic conflict Counting tho Two remain
iiow"er. IS. are nig,ci, s..,,'i,,. ~,
rlr2iied John rhl!lp sousa IN aocumuia;!n;
medals.
Il; was a splendid piece Of spor,-nanshlp
mat nctua;ed iae Amcr!"rn polo committee
I si1c would Doc willing 20 postpone ;hc games
Hn'!, inc g r,.. 1900 60 tne!r tam.
the onef IS appreciated hy our ::!ouiiy rly-
Rather SAD arc the reports lelnr received
Gs'. U a. ,mr 5, %r 9 sr e.
,he only GnH p.,yinE g consistent Game,
stump. and l., 10, rc.;ardei a. "a ..rioi. o,,,.
ney. i!e ;nAy Improve n mis- game. hut re
nas not given evidence mus t4r tha- lie
ne truck hs stride. Tho best he turned 10
yesterday was an Si While T-at.rs covered
ne course IN -. Ne mas done better than
mat. however. and Is Improving daily. which
lends som" sunshine through In" gloom.
Thu Amateur Athletic rn,on has Refused
The request OF tn" Scottish Glass 20 hold an
amateur ard professional track meet GA
Gle same day n ,hs same place. Wh!lc Va
ace opposed 20 -his action an the part of tho
e. q. L.. anu regard u "a the silies; kind or
action. san the majority have voted trat
wis what possible hBrm can come from
. erutt"Urs and professionals competing I'm tho
same building. SO long as pros ana amateurs
dD not compete against "acA other is hard
for the lay mind To- understood.
= now contrac, is being PROMULGATED by
orsan!zed baseball FOR college bail PLAYERS
vino dritt into professional baseball This
new contract s,-pg.ates that Inc player un-
der contract j. 10 rce"iv" only - pr con-;
~ tho salary named In tho ooutrac: ~ no
doesn't make good II no makes good no 70
r"lves ih- tarc OF the contract. II Is an
equitable contract ani oue that protects
baseball 0iagna'es. whilr At the same t!rno
i"ss"niur IN" ardor 81 o number Of college
men Who Juup n tho figures offered them
by :ne professionals when there 81 no
chance for them 20 deliver tho goods *
prrtcd.
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ne mS S,,,, ;s , al rag ana
They spout 81 this and rail a. that.
breathe forth 10, OF ,naudiin chat
iiTG,(n;ris', in-oo;h they cannot nmd !,
just how 20 end their colyum.
Wc weakly souls vino read I, mus.
w, " no iain "onid pnrry eycty thrust,
L"!htnE 10 their mental sieve
Througn which anon. som" worthl'nrs drip
say Sc might give them this tip
Eni at the top your coiyum.
which for ,h. and that, nigh, 10 APPLY
arpAcd at Home. bat that 10 iaiu would
aoU o ,iser for Dr Iancey WI, NA'"@P
late Cot. now alternating beneath :. seua-
yesterday. so contlaerapiv th.,t ~ ,cn
"c1ry!nE Innings he mad gained a. ono -
works ior Ness. Callahan AID o'o,nisk.v - :,
te-y lrrH" concern. 1olrE business ON tnc
Nosi Side Of CHICAGO. Il was tho Hrst tiiue
since H. DEBUT ~ among hasebalis ole
$50 raHsc. the "hiIe GratViat!ous aye belns
. handed around.
We always knew that Doctor Ayers vos
possessed Of That peculiar ability which the
ui,eilina; "A BAH game. in ;ii. Biz le.r5,- ,,',
until yesterday N"w his position Is securely
more 1nd greater tT!umphs as the days
something very roll and tangible. AMT tn.
g!If!ug fact j. that Dr.. Ayers. since he l-ft
~ for our hett"Ts. has done his mos; eGec-
t!Fr Nork ~!,h John Henry. ;ne big Amherst
boy. behind The hu'. Whenever he has beer,
handled by John Henry hc has pitched rroI-
iitr.F ~ note tn" game 10 took from John
SON in Fniafelpnln against Tho Athletics.
Nith fhc bases lettering beneath fAcir load
~ human freight Ayers stopped Tho scoring
nat heii tie rnne 'cr Washington until tho
finish. John Henry was catching Yasicr-
day Jonn Henry Wus catching end Ayers
won Joe Bg"hIing. thc other prize os our
seen h!is THINKS Henry Tho granccst back
stop 81 the = lfu-. aud ioehilrE /, uniformly
successful. wh"u IA" col cr!nn Is behind there
telling MIN what go 40.
w would no. tr 80 bold as 70 adv!s. so
OLD leader Clark G-inlth. but q appeals
20 al hat when pitcher wins With "a Ger
'-ln young uitn caio"tn6 and loses With an
. oiHcF certain young man catching ana con
tuues these performances consistently and
CONTINUOUSLY. there must DO s0me'a hing bet
t-r thau coincidence behind IL all II
Ayers can win with John Henry end .oso.
"iih Educ Ains'uiih. why uoi John Henry
nui Ayers Jas ne battery al o; The Vim"
Nicely question. by no means suSs"s-
tion.
~ -,.''i 50
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ADJUSTMENTS
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. the I.n,,.p

MISUNDERSTANDING the Inv"
Biiou--t.ra!cc Scott Company In
'rhc Rose Of the Rancho"
Lyric--i<cith Vaudeville. matinee md
night.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES aud pictures.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-15
YANCEY WYATT AYERS
HOLDS WHITE SOX SAFE

CONTINUED From Eighth PngeD
bench with heavy heart and head bent
low"
Thon came the deciding half. Gan
airs single followed by Shankss dou-
bic, providing the necessary means.
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Totals
Norfolk


summary: Sacrifice hiis-Foxen.
Bunting. sacrifice ily-Smydcr Two
base hits-Stcim. stewart. Stolen bases
Eunting. Rohc, Snyder. Newton.
Double plays stein, McMahon ana
stewart Base on balls--off Foxcn, j;
of Custom .. Left on bascs-Rich-
mond .; Norfolk, - struck out-by
FoXcn, &; by Castor. .. Passed balls -
Clrich 90. Ryan. limo OF game so.
Ump!rc--Clark.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-15

colts md T5rs viii % hack 'ornias, Zach
other This afternoon. a. Mic DOuue.iy. Tho
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-15

!; was a splendid piece os sportslnanshlp
mat nctuateG the American polo committee
20 cable the English committee that this
sI1c would Doe willing 20 postpone tho games
until tho Challenges rn.'i set tncir team
!u shape. TIA" reply proves ora it- face that
The oncf i appreciated hy our ::!cuily rly-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-15

rh,y toll utc dcar!i"E dame, and SWANS
THAT colts ana Tars WIZ play some rdrura
out at Nh baseball PARK.
Mc'hiuks III yrGrues out thdt way.
| Come O'clock this s"omly day
Just :or merry lark
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-15

wres.ier. would Fay s.. Charley Anderson
would sag % differently. because Charley T.
not that kind OF a saycr. says Charles
mean Chur.eS. o: tho Lyric-'its Charles:
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-15

We weakly souls who read Il must
" no iaiu would parry every thrust.
WI" might 80 them some info sivs
A"!ttIng 10 their mental sieve
Through which. anon. som" sort hl'r ~ drip
say So" might give them this tip
END at the top your coiyum.
Evening star., 1914-03-15

with the proposed treaty revives inter-
est in the seventeenth century project
as well as in the Atrato country itself.
William Paterson, the Scotch founder
OF the Bank of England in his project
for coloniZing Darien and controlling for
England the route from Cuba to the
Sandwich Islands, knew something of the
Atrato route. The romance of his lost
Darien colony and the financial panic
that day through his wild schemes are
familiar to students of history.
The buccaneers also knew the route,
and 1t is even claimed that in the rainy
season some of them, with Indian guides,
passed in canoes from the Raspadura,
branch OF the Atrato. and reached the
waters of the Pacific.
To the present generation the Atrato
country is chiefly known for its platinum
Of the gold produced in Colombia comes
from this region. There is considerable
commerce. Years ago the United States
maintained a consulate at Quibdo which
is near the head of navigation Re-
Gently the consulate has been re-estab-
lished and an experienced consul sent
there This is good policy, for Quibdo
is a strategic point of considerable i'm
portance. The Syrian merchants or ped
dlers, have penetrated all through the
region. but they sell American goods
and some of them claim protection as
American citizens rather than as Turk
ish subjects.
An American mining engineer who for
years had ranged over all parts OF Co
lombia told me that he lived for some
time at Quibdo and got quite attached to
the place. but he did not care to go back
there to live. although he thought there
Evening star., 1914-03-15
WHARF 1T cARTAGENA.

now possible to change to a smaller boat
and follow the upper Masdalena to Gfrar-
dot, and then take the railroad to Bogota.
Most travellers Will find it desirable to re-
turn by Girardcs If they make the mule
Trip.
The Magdalena.is Colombia's central ar
terry for thousand miles. yet the coun-
pending on it. The river is SO shallow
and crooked ard the sandbars are so
numerous that ns amount of money spent
on improving its: channel could material
ly and permanently better it. When its
banks are paraqeled by railway the
real era of Colombian development will
begin.
The Cauca river is in many respects a
better commercial current than the Mag
dalena, into which it empties. because it
is more reliables The regular Magda-
Cauca but those which are constructed
especially for 1t have more trustworthy
navigation. Yet; the Cauca valley has
SO much richness that its full develop
,nent, too. must rest on railways rather
than on the navtgable streams.
American enterprise of sporadic char
acter is scattered through the Cauca val
ley. Americans Tho go in and out there
are all enthusiastic over the possibilities.
Antiquioa is Coombia's richest mineral
province. At no distant day the railway
which leaves the Magdalena at Puerto
Berries will be completed to Medellip the
capital of the state. This railway is
like many Other similar projects in
South America ION paper it seems a
simple proposition. but the actual con-
struction has proved much more difficult
than was assumed. The line has gone
forward . few railes. then stopped. for
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Giuseppe but Carlo Franzoni made
the sculpture of the famous clock.
In Mr.. Fairmans sketch of Carlo
Franzoni one reads this:
Born in Florence about 1856, died sud
denly in Washington. May II 1919. Was
six feet four inches in stature and dress
ed in the prevailing style of his day.
knee breeches, silk stockings and silver
buckles at his shoes. He was highly
educated gentleman and began his life
work as sculptor after graduating in a
school Of anatomy. Some OF his earliest
productions are preserved in the Vatican
at Rome and one piece in the Louvre.
Paris. The allegorical clock in Statuary
Hall was designed and executed by him.
Just previous to his death and Is reco8-
nized as one of the finest examples OF.
statuary not only in the Capitol but in
the United States. bas-relief In th-
law library of the Supreme Court. for
merly occupied by the Supreme Court as
a courtroom. is another attributed ex-'
ample of the work of this sculptor.
IAN oil portrait OF this sculptor. the
work OF his artist friend Bonani IS now
in possession of his grandson. Dr.
The remains of Carlo Franzoni and his
brother, Giuseppe Franzoni. are inferred
in Oak Hill cemetery.
Under the heading Of Giovanni An
dref' one learns that he was born I'm
Carrera. Italy. in ITO. and died in wash
his wife in 1905. and after the burning
of the Capitol he was commiss. .oned by
the commissioner OF public buildings TO
return to Italy to engage sculptors and
carvers for the work of rebuilding the
Capitol and also to make arrangements
for the carving In italy of the capitals
for the hall of the House Of Representa-
tives. The sculptors he brought back
with him were Carlo Franzoni and Fran
cisco Iadella-
The name of Giuseppe Franzonis
daughter, used by Carlo as the model for
the clock figure. was Marie Eurydice
Franzoni, and her daughter. Mrs. Sabina
M. Miller, is living IN Washington today
She has In her possession two fine chairs
which Thomas Jefferson gave to Giuseppe
F'ransoni, her grandfather.
The children of these old Capitol artists
remained in Washington and their des-
cendants are numerous, some OF the fam
lily names being given to the Rambler az
Blaine, Hicks and Simms.
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want of funds. and again, when funds
were obtained, few miles more have
been added. German capital has now
taken hold of the enterprise and this
assures its completion.
Germans are slow in entering Into en-
terprises of this character, but once In
they do not back out. This is more than
can be said of some British and American
projects in Colombia. 1t is of consider
ment at Bogota to improve the means of
communication with Medellin and with
the whole of Antiquioa. The state has
sometimes been suspected of separatlst
tendencies, and occasionally predictions
are heard of another Panama, but though
there may be occasional friction between
the federal government and the state
government 1t is not likely to cause An
tiquioa to break away.
Medelln is one of the self-centered
cities of Colombia. and its isolation has
made it pretty independent 1t is an
industrial, a commercial and mining
center Its ambition now is to get more
in touch with the outside world. Amerl-
can capital is invested in its mines, but
the Germans are taking the lead. in gen.
eraI commerce and in banking.
They are getting automobiles in Medel-
lin. and that is remarked by the inhabit-
ants as the surest sign of progress.
Automobile trucks are also in use to
some extent, but the wagon roads are not
of a kind to encourage much of this
traffic 1t is on the railways that Medel-
lin and the whole state Of Antiquioa
must depend for their future develop
ment, and Medellin especially for closer
communication with the coast When
the means of communication are i'm
proved it promises to grow pretty rapidly.
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the way the sun beats ;tiown on that pier
every day of the year.
Years ago it was also noted for a very
eccentric American conssil who had mar
rfed q native woman and who varied the
dull routine Of his official duties. which
were light. by taking "a hand in world
politics on which he EXPRESSED his Views
through correspondence with European
statesmen. My recollee sfon is that Glad
who favored him with serious communi-
cations. But this Is all ;of the past. The
consu late is now LOCATED at Barranquiila,
in charge Of Isaac Manning, an expert
enced official. who has made many in
teresting reports on tf5e trade possibili-
ties and the resources cf Colombia.
In some years $4,000. 200 of Colombian
products flow out through Barranquilla
to the United States. Coffee is far in
fourthb of the total. After it come
hides and panama hats. and in some
years considerable quahtities of rubber.
Vegetable ivory for buttons is also ex-
ported through this por,:
Navigation of the MaEialena begins at
Barranquilla 1t is accomplished in side
wheel. flat-bottom boatE of two and one
half to four feet draft. These river steam
ers used to be made in xhe United States
but OF recent years tie Germans have
been supplying them. ;as well as the
smaller craft.
The voyage up the Nagdalena is the
experience OF a lifetimes but. like many
interesting experiences, ,once is enough
Formerly 1t was the practice to leave the
river at Rio Honda, COZ miles up. and
take mules for Bogota.s The mule ride
through the passes of ;the Andes Is a
magnificent one. though not easy. It Is
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were splendid opportunities for the de-
velopment of the whole Atrato country,
with Quibdo as the distributing center.
Cartagena has much romantic his
tory and is itself so picturesque that an
effort Is required to write of prosaic sub
iects such as trade and development en-
terprises. But Cartagenans are thinking
of these subjects more than of history
and romance. Cartagena did not get all
the construction period of the canal. be-
cause the tripartite treaties negotiated
by Gen Rafael Reyes when he was presi-
dent with the United States and Panama
were rejected by Colombia.
1t was Gen. Reyes idea that by con-
GLIDING a friendly arrangement and rec
ognizing the existence of the republic of
Panama the large stretch of Colombian
territory contiguous to the Caribbean
would be drawn on for cattle and other
supplies and would also have q reflex
at that time Colombia was in no mood
for a settlement. President Reyes be-
came unpopular. resigned his office and
went to Europe to live-self-exiled.
Practical considerations are now min
Cling with sentimental ones, and Carta-
gena thinks of commerce as well as of
national pCide. They are not antagonis-
tic For several years the trade of the
port was stagnant and little was heard
everything is picking up and Cartagena
seems to be reaping some of its natural
advantages as a port
Something like S12,0OO.OOO of commerce
now passes in and out of the port during
a wear, the exports and imports about
balancing each other. The United States
takes the larger part OF the exports.
Evening star., 1914-03-15
OLD GUNS At SOLDIERS, HOME.

building was appreciated by its designers
from the beginning of the work. Thorn
ton indicated sculptural work on his ear
liest drawings and advocated furnishing
decorating the interior of that build
ing with foreign marbles. Such treat
ment was beyond the pecuniary capacity
of the government at that period, but
as the wings neared completion under
Latrobe we find that he sought the as
sistance of sculptors to do decorative
carving and mode ing the statuary which
he thought appropriate to accentuate and
ornament the building. Artists of this
character had found no inducement to
establish themselves in the United
States, therefore it was necessary to OBJ
tain them from abroad AS the House
of Representatives neared completion La
trobe sent to Italy fo," sculptors, secur-
ing the services of Giuseppe FranZoni
and Giovanni Andrei. who arrived in this
country March 3, 1906. The former was
skilled in modelling and chiselinS figures.
while the latter was more noted for
decorative sculpture, making panels and
similar ornamental work. The first work
of Franzoni was the eagle on the frieze
in the House of Representatives. This
piece of work met with the hearty ap-
Evening star., 1914-03-15
Dinner Bell of Browns Hotel.

A wAsHINGToNIANo OF long residence
"A writes to the Rambler for infor-
nation as to the big dinner bell OF
the Indian Queen, or Browns Hotel
He thinks that this old bell that called
people to their meals in that old hotel
for many years may be in the posses
sion Of somebody In Washington. He
says that In 1875 q little hotel was built
in the square on the north side of Penn
sylvania avenue near 9Th street, and that
some time after the removal Of the seat
of government to Washington a hotel
called the metropolitan was built there.
The name of that hotel was changed
in 1870 to the "Indian Queen Tavern"
kept by a man named Brown. and the
place was variously known as the I'm
dian Queen" and as Browns Hotel"
There was q huge swinging sign In front.
OF the hotel and the feature OF that sign
was the painted picture of an Indian,
girl, or Indian queen, which was said
to represent Pocahontas.
In front OF the hotel was post and
bell. like those which may be seen now
In front OF many country or small town
hotels in Maryland and Virginia. That
bell was rung at mealtime and the story
is that II was such a large bell and that
its tone was SO loud that 1t could be
heard all over the then inhabited part
OF Washington.
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Statuary Hall at the Capitol-has a his
tory involving a number of facts, or at
least disputed facts. The story of this
clock is of local interest because it
touches a large number of Washington
families which are descended directly or
from the early Italian artists
employed on the old Capitol building.
1t is the Franzoni clock. but there We're
two Franzonis, Giuseppe. or Joseph. and
Carlo, or Charles. They We're brothers.
Giuseppe was the older and came to
America first Carlo followed several
years later Both did art work in the
old Capitol.
Glenn Brown, in his History of the
United States Capitol says that the
need of ornamentation for the Capitol
Evening star., 1914-03-15

seppe FranzonG was the sculptor of the
FranZoni clock, unless one knew of the
second and later Franzoni.
! Light is shea on this matter by ref
.erence to Works of Art in the United
states Capitol Building. Including
Biographies of the Artists. Compiled
Under Direction of the Superintendent
iof the United: States Capitol Building
and Grounds by Charles f. Fairman.'
This work contains biographical
sketches of the early as well as the
later artists whose work is represent
led in the CaritoL Under the caption
Giuseppe Franzoni" you may read
this:
Born in Italy. 1879; died in Wash
ington. o. c.. April 6. 1915. Came to
the United States. bringing his wife
Camilla Franzoni, with him, in Feb
a sculptor through the aid Of Philip
Mazzei. a friend and correspondent of
President Jefferson. According to
Evening star., 1914-03-15

green of the sundia, tells that it is old
1t is only a few steps from the sundial
to the south front of the Lincoln cottag1
A red brick footwalk runs across the
front of the cottage: then there is a
rose bed, and then lath lattcework at
the base of the wide covered porch, which
reaches the length of the cottage The
cottage walls are pebbledash. Against
the big. roomy. comfortable porch. md
which the word 'verandah' really seems
to fit. is a historic marker. white sign
tells: In this house President Lincoln
spent the summer months, including July
1864. during the siege of Washington"
The siege of Washington" struck the
Rambler as rather big language for
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FranzonI was engaged in modelling
figure of Justice for the Supreme Court
room-now the law library of the Su-
preme Court-and it IS possible that
the bas-relief of Justice now on the
west wall of the law library is the
work of Giuseppe F'ranzoni. although
sometimes attributed TO his younger
brother. Carlo Franzoni.
From a letter of Thomas Jefferson
to Latrohe, written at Monticello.
January 25. 1912, it is learned that
Franzoni. in connection with Andrei.
had executed medallion for Mr..
jefferson, to which reference is made
in highly commendatory terms. Fran
zoni also executed work for Maxmil-
liam Godefroy of Baltimore. the archi-
tect of the Chapel of ST. Mary's Sem
mary. and the Battle Monument. Balti-
Evening star., 1914-03-15

halls of Congress and at the same time
he was authorized to engage sculptors
who were proficient In modelling figures.
AndrG' probably engaged at this time
Francisco lardella, who came over i'll
1916, and Carlo Franzoni. the latter being
a brother and the former a cousin of the
first FranZoni."
We come now to an important state
ment by Mr.. Brown regarding the author
ship of the clock. He says:
Giuseppe Franzoni made a model for
the clock of the Hall of Representatives
to be placed over the north door and OPP
posite the Speakers DESK as indicated in
Latropes drawing The clock consists
of the figure Of History recording the
events of the nation passing in winged
car over the globe. On the wheel are
inscribed the signs OF the zodiac in low
relief The exposed wheel of the car is
utilized as the face of the clock. The
figure on the clock was modelled from
Franzoni's daughter. He died before the
work was completed and it was finished
by Francisco Iardella."
Thus by Glenn Brown the Clock OF
History is. ascribed to Giuseppe Fran
zoni. A good many years ago Mrs.