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Germany. France. England and Austria
leading the list. The reason for this is
simple. 1t is lack of funds as the entire
appropriation made by the recent army
bill for aviation would not be enough to
build single dirigible and equip 1t for
the work
The value of these machines in
actual warfare can be realized from
the fact that with their speed of forty
miles an hour and ability to carry
supplies of fuel and gas for twenty
hour flight. as well as load of $500
pounds-these figures being taken
from the Parseval speed war dirigible
they would be able to cover a tre-
mendous amount of ground and in
f1ict enormous damage with little
hope of retaliation. as they can easily
fly 5000 feet in the air.
Where the danger to the United
States exists in its lack Of a larger
aviation corps cannot he better shown
than in a short statement recently
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only seventeen aeroplanes-though this
number has been increased since the
Mexican troubles have appeared serious
with nineteen military pilots. the
same number of officers detailed for
aviation duty. but only seven of whom
have received military aviator's licenses.
According to the figures given by
Gen. Scriven, the United States in the
past five years has spent about as
much money on aviation as Denmark
and not so very much more than
China. while we are far outstripped
by little Greece. Belgium. and even
by Chile. our paltry s5o2GHo not being
worthy of notice. as compared with
Germany's S2S,OOO,OOO or the 22,OO0.o0o
of France.
At the same time it is certain that high
quality is found in the tiny aviation
squads of our army. under the command
of Col Samuel Reber and of the navy.
of which Capt. Bristol has charge. The
navy has recently had an exceptional
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just what he wanted. the batter would
stand there and let him wear himself out.
Then, of course. ball pitched under
hand, as was the method then, came very
much slower than the thrown ball of to-
day. The result was that a good batter
could drive ball much further and
harder than the batters of today send
them. Hence. We always sought to catch
them on the first bounce and save our
hands.
''The catcher also was allowed to catch
fouls and the third strike on the first
bounce. Either a foul or the third strike
caught on the bounce put the batter out.
OF course. the number of runs we made
was far in excess of the scores made to-
day. Twenty-Five or thirty runs a game
was not an unusual score. I think it was
much ivelier game than the present
one. Today it is mostly contest be-
tween the pitcher and the opposing team
the pitcher. at all events. has the major
part of the work to do In our day. the
freedom with which the ball was batted
kept everybody In the field on the jump.
Half a dozen home runs a game was a
common thing.
I'VE used to play match games with
teams from New York and Baltimore.
Cincinnati and Cleveland. But the teams
in those days were made up solely of
men resident in the cities. To have en-
ployed a player in another city would
have been regarded as breach of
ethics.
THE result was that the local feel
ing was very intense Every man on the
Washington team had his friends and
relatives yelling to him that the eyes.
not only of his fellow-townsmen, but of
his relatives and his sweetheart. were
upon him. The rivalry was very bitter.
THE players not only received no sal
aries, but they paid all their own eX-
penses. 1t was considered beneath the
dignity of player to accept money to
battle for the honor of his town. The
prize played for was generally the ball
used in the game. If we beat Baltimore
or New York we took the ball that was
used in the game as trophy and had
the date of the game and the name of
the defeated club painted on it. Then it
was hung up in our clubroom. Each
club liked to have as many balls as tro-
phies of victory as possible.
I'VE were the first club-the Nationals
We were called-to make a circuit and
play a series of games with out-of-town
clubs. We went to New York. where We
played the Excelsiors. and to Cincinnati.
where We played the Red Stockings. and
to Baltimore. where We played the ORR
oles.
IT think I was the first man to use
spikes on base ball shoes In those days
there were no sporting goods houses
where one might buy all the parapherna-
liza such as is used today. But. realizing
the advantage of shoe that ouldn't slip.
l had my shoemaker make me pair of
stout shoes and then took them to a
blacksmith and had him At me in some
spikes to keep me from slipping. After
ward many PLAYERS initiated them.
Toward the latter years of the war.
when there were soldiers in and about
Washington, We used to have many
games with the different regiments. 1t
was the war that really spread base
ball as the national game throughout
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out in Washington by a club
we organized in the spring
Of 1890" said A. H. Ragan,
who is one of the few remaining from
the youthful spirits that introduced the
now national game into the National
Capital. Our little club was made up
principally of youths who were pages in
the House and Senate, Of young fel-
lows like myself who. having graduated
from that position. were holding offices
of more Importance around the CAPITOL
continued Mr.. Ragan. Among these.
the leaders were Arthur German. Sen
ate page, who afterward rose to prom
Hibbs and myself. if | may be SO frank.
We had both been pages in the Senate,
but had graduated into better places in
the employ of the Senate.
I'VE did not know anything about the
game then; so we wrote to a base ball
club in Newark, n. j., told them that we
wished to learn the game and asked
them to help US out the best they could.
with true base ball spirit-for that
spirit was alive even in that early day
they not only sent us down little
pamphlet including the rules of the
game, as then played. but also ball
and bat. We organized our club. which
included enough material to make up
four mines. and prepared grounds on the
vacant plot where the Grant row now
stands, a few blocks east of the Capltoi.
Later we moved our grounds to vacant
lot in rear of Jeunemann's brewery. we
used one of the rear rooms OF MS eStap-
lishment as a club and dressing room.
I'm those days German was our crack
ptcher: George Hibbs. who is still living
hiS catcher. ana q
mighty good one, too. l played out IN
left field.
The rules of the game and, indeed,
the whole plan of base ball. was very
different from the game as played TO-
dav. A catcher or a fielder was al
lowed to catch a ball on the first
bounce-that Is. it counted as an out
lust the same as If he had caught 1t
on the fly. Many time 1 have stood
waiting for high hy to strike the
ground and bounce so that 1 might
then catch it; it would put the batter
out lust as effectually as If ] had
caught it on the fly. Players of today
may laugh at that. but it must be re-
membered that no gloves or other pro-
lection was allowed at that time. 1t
was considered grossly unsportsman-
like for man TO TRY TO protect nls
hands in any way.
"Furthermore. the method of pitching
enabled batter to knock the ball with
much greater force than is possible to-
day. The pitcher was not allowed to
bring his hand above his knee. and
the batter could call for just what sort
OF ball he wished. That Is, he could
call for high BALI or low ball.
and the pitcher had to give him just
what he wanted. high ball was be-
tween the waist and the shoulders and n
low ball was between the waist and
the knee. There was no calling of balls
and, il the pitcher didn't give the bate,
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100000 which has been made in the
United States. Germany follows close
upon the footsteps of her rival. having
hfteen dirigibles. with five more un
der construction. 42S aeroplanes and
800 military pilots. The appropriation
for 1918 was sJ.o00.ooo. or ten times
the entire amount which Congress has
allowed the United States Army for this
branch of the work since the first ma
chine was purchased from the Wright
brothers.
Figures for the United States are
given as being without dirigibles. with
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the national aviation fund has come to a
decision which appears to be highly sat
isfactory to the aviators. though the pub
lie. which has furnished the money. has
made some complaint as to the condi-
tions. y large portion of the fund Is be-
ing spent on reliability prizes Every
German flier of German machine. with
German or foreign engine. who re-
mains in the air an hour not in a COM
petition. receives $3.50. and for each fur
ther consecutive hour another $3.50: if
with a passenger. he receives an addi-
tional SIPS. This holds good from March
l until December 12. 1914.
Some of the important conditions un-
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should the situation develop into one of
actual warfare.
Col. Reber. however. is in hopes of de-
veloping a still higher type of military
machine than any in use at present. and
has just announced a military competi-
ton to be held at San Diego. Cal. be-
tween October Is and November /. at
which the American manufacturers have
been invited to compete for prizes
amounting to s3o.Oo. In distributing
this amount. the army will buy the win
ming machine for $1,000. and will pay
$4,000 and 5000 for the second and
third winners respectively. Especial at
tention will be paid to certain features of
the machines. which must fulfill strict re-
quirements in order to enter the compe
tition. Perhaps the hardest test of all
will come in the altitude requirement.
for each machine must be able to climb
from the ground to an elevation of 1000
feet within ten minutes. An engine test
that will call for special designing will
be that the machines must be able 10 vary
their speeds from seventy miles to forty
miles per hour. If they can fly slower as
we'll as faster than this it will count
heavily in their chances for the awards.
Extra strong landing apparatus will be
required. and to test this the aeroplanes
entered will have to land from a con-
siderable height on plowed ground. from
which they must also be able to rise
again. Inherent stability will be a point
upon which the judges will place weight.
also considering the length of time in
which the machines can be assembled.
taken apart and packed for shipment by
railroad or steamer. The case with
which they can be transported along
road when partly diSassembled will also
be made the subject of a special test. All
machines during the competition must
carry two passengers. pilot and OBJ
server.
The general conditions are apparently
based mainly upon the military competi-
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chance to show it's efficiency in making
scouting trips in the vicinity of Vera
Cruz. where approximately 30 flights
were made in forty-three days, without
their record being marred by single
accident of any kind
Under the command of Lieut. Com
mander Muslin. the navv's hydro-aero-
planes kept up a constant survey of the
positions held by the Huerta forces. and
every change of troops was quickly and
accurately made known to Gen. Funston
through this branch of the service. In
he'd on the Mexican border. at Galveston
and San Diego, ready for instant service
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FRENCH GEEN[E[R

Claims Lack of
Funds for Aviation
Purposes in This Coun-
try Has Held Back
Work Until Soldiers
Have But a Handful
of Aeroplanes for
Scouting Purposes.
France and Germany
Fal Ahead in Avia-
ton, Although Lang
ley and the Wrlghts
Eclipsed Europeans in
Their knowledge of
Aeronautlcs.
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the country Western regiments which
had never heard of the game camped
game. and when they returned home
took it with them.
Base ball with us was entirely a so-
cial matter. We charged nothing for
admission to the games. When club
came to Washington to play us We
looked after them socially. took them
to our houses and introduced them
about. just as though they were guests
paying us a social visit. Indeed. that
is what it was in those days. And when
We went off to PLAY match games we
were treated the same way. Nobody
ever thought of offering us money.
Toward the end of the war the
whole of Washington seemed to be in
terested in the game. Other clubs be-
sides ours and the soldiers clubs
sprang up. ] remember the old Jeffer-
son. Potomac and Olympic clubs, ar
rivals of ours.
The prominent men in the govern
ment also took an interest in the
game. Members of Congress used to
come out frequently and watch us
playing, especially when we were play
ing with a rival city. We had no
grandstands then: occasionally there
were a rev seats. nut TOT the most
part the spectators just stood around
in the most advantageous place they
could find"
Winfield Scott Larner. formerly of
Washington. but now of St Louis. re-
calls seeing President Lincoln at
base ball game in 1862.
The base ball microbe. which had
just few years before made its ap
pearance in the United States. had in
vaded even the departments of the
government" he said. The various
regiments in Washington. as we'll as
the different divisions of the govern
ment, each had it's base ball nine. filled
with the spirit OF rivalry. 1t was at
game between the quartermaster's de-
partment and the commisSary depart
ment of the War Department that l
first saw President Lincoln looking on.
The game was played in the vacant
lot at the corner of 6th and X streets
northwest 1t was a lot generally used
as a circus ground. On this day the
game was progressing merrily when the
President arrived He rode up in the
well known black carriage. drawn by two
black horses. I saw the President get
out and. taking his little son. Tad. by
the hand. walk over to see the game.
This was before the DAYS when he was
escorted by a detail of cavalry.
There were no grandstands in those
DAYS: indeed. there was not even seat.
Mr.. Lincoln. as modestly and unobtru-
sively as a private citizen. made his way
up to where he could see the game and
sat down in the sawdust left over from
the late circus just behind first base. He
crossed his feet and placed little Tad
down between his knees. The game was
young. when Mr. Lincoln came. but he
stayed until the end.
The custom in that day was for each
team to give three cheers for the other
at the conclusion of the game-it being q
strictly social affair-and. on this occa-
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Which Is 1t?

- EORGE ADE. "the cynical bachelor"
~ as his friends now call him. said at
a picnic on his farm in Brook. Ind:
Let me propose toast to married
life: The engaged declare il is all sun
shine and to this the married themselves
retort:
"'An moonshine.
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y army without
eyes" according to
Gen. Bonneau of
France. is what
the United States
has at present. on
account of the
lack of funds for
aviation purposes.
which have held
back work of this
kind until our
soldiers have r.
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made 10y Brig. Gen. Scriven To the
House committee on military affairs
in reference 10 the Panama canal.
whose greatest military asset to ,he
United states would he in allowing
one great fleet Of hattleships to pro-
tect both eastern and western coasts
Showing the case with which this great
offensive aid 4" our navy might he de.
stroyed. Gen. Scrivcn said.
Look at the conditions at the Psrs-
ma canal. | have happened to talk vith
Mr. Scott. well known throughout tbs
world as having conducted some IN
teresting experiments in bomb dropping.
who has informed ~'re that he mas
dropped ik' pounds of nitroGelatin. and
believe that the Tecofd shows that -
pounds have been drorped from aero
plane. In talking Of the Panama canal.
MIR. Scott remarked that he had ques-
toned fiier who the other day passed
over the isthmus. in regard to the canal
as a target and especially as TO the
spillway 90 the C;atun dam. II awears
that the latter makes very conspicuous
target. SO. no doubt. do other Nulnerahie
points Now the question immediately
comes up as to what would he the re-
suit of dropping 100 or sna pounds of NJ
trogelatin on the lock or spillvay. There
is probably little difficulty in doing IL.
and. should n foreign fleet he anchored
hevond the guns Of our fortificatons.
miles-aeroplanes may well he sent OFT
and great damage to the canal dome
''Of course. nobody would expect I" see
the aeroplanes again. hu; the pronaoll''E
is that some Of them would he eHecuNe-
Now If We have nothing 4" resist the
air craft hut land guns. II seems more
than proha hle that some damage Noun
be done and the working of the canal
interrupted especially if We have no ar
craft TO resist that sort Of attack.
When asked how such an attack
would be met. Gen. Scriven answered
that il could he done by aeroplanes
and dirigihles. stating that there had
been gun placed on the market by
the Krupps for use from aeroplanes
against other machines and also that
another like weapon was being eS-
perimented on by the United states
ordnance department. going on to say:
II cannot overestimate the Importance
of the science of aviation 10 the govern
ment to the country and TO the army.
Something must be done now. Whatever
Is found to he the hest regards the
way of carving 1t out, | am in hearty
sympathy with
Tpon the use OF the aeroplane in war
fare Capt. Paul W. Beck. an expert
enced aviator in the army. gives an
interesting statement:
There four funda mental uses Tor
the aeroplane in war. one is for recon-
noissance purposes: two. for fire con-
troll of field and coast artillery: three.
the aggressive use. and four. the oc-
casional transportation use. These
things are not experimental at au'
they have all heen demonstrated
They have been demonstrated abroad.
and IL they have not been demonstrated
10
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Subsidized flying is something in which
the German government has taken great
er interest than any other nation. The
administration committee in charge OF
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VIE great American game of
base ball was first brought
out in Washington by a club
we organized in the spring
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1914-04-24
WHITEHousE.

Death has again visited our r.wn
and removed from it one Of it's old
est citizens, Judge S. S. Maynard,
who was born Sept. 10, 1S41. He de-
parted this life April Z, 1914, aged
" years, months and q DAYS. He
was a member of the Baptist Church,
ried to Miss Eyeline Fitzpatrick; Apr
5, 1866 There was born to this un.
ion 5 children, girls and A boys.
Most of them were present at the
funeral. At the time of his death
he was a member of the M. e. Church
South. He was the Superintendent
of Sunday School at Whitehouse and
was at his post every Sunday when
he was able to be there and after he
was taken sick he would ask those
who attended how the school was
getting along. / was with him often
during his last days and he said he
was ready-only waiting the Lord s
will. He will be greatly missed by
all who knew him, but his wife and
children will miss him most He will
be missed by the Sunday School but
that God who is too wise to err and
too good to be unkind has called him
home to that house that's not made
with hands, eternal in the heavens.
His funeral was preached by the
writer and DR.. d. Osborn to a large
congregation of weeping friends.
His Sunday School was present to
take the last look at the face of their
Superintendent He was laid away
in the Whitehouse burying ground to
rest until the trump of God shall
awake his sleeping dust in the resur-
rection morn. May God bless the
i bereaved friends. R. F. RICE. j
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1914-04-24
CHECK Your April Cough.

Thawing frost and April rains
chill you to the very marrow, you
catch cold-Head and lungs stuffed
You are feverish-Cough contin-
ually and feel miserable-You need
DR.. Kings New Discovery. 1t sooth-
es inflamed and irritated throat and
lungs. stops cough, your head clears
up, fever leaves, and you feel fine.
Mr.. j. T. Davis, OF Sitckney Corner,
Me-, says; WAS cured of dread
full cough after Doctors treatment
and all other remedies failed" Re-
lief or money back. Pleasant-Chil-
dren like it. Get a bottle to-day. soc
and $1.00, at your Druggist
Bucklen's Arnica Salve for all Sores
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1914-04-24

and see Mexicans fleeing from the
border. Our "madman of the night"
went due south while we continue the
western course. We are passing
through some fine farming country
known as the black belt land of Texas
The people are jolly and happy and
we hear them talking of the fine rain
fall and that bumper crops are assur-
ed. We pass through hundreds of
acres in oats and wheat, alss corn
coming up. Orchards of peach trees,
Bales and bales of cotton at all the
depots. In every spot that man is
not cultivating the most beautiful
purple and yellow flowers are bloom
ing Nature is indeed lavish with her
colors here. They compensate in
some degree for the lack of hills.
Again we change cars at Wichita, a
typical up date Western town. In
one hour we will reach our destina-
ton and see our loved ones. The
people are inclined to be sociable,
even on the trian and when you tell
them you are a stranger they take a
pride in telling you the good things
about Texas and hope you will like
: 1t here. Their motto in Texas is to
Boost or Move" We reach Electra
in due time, a thriving place grown
up because of the rich oil fields from
a place of 375 to 1000 not including
the oil fields which will add 1000
more. 1t is all so different from
Kentucky and of course can never
be just the same to a Kentuckian.
We will write you about the oil
fields later if you wish, as these past
few days have been very busy ones.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1914-04-24
ELECTRA, TEXAS.

We thought you might like to have
\ few lines from this part of he
world. We left Louisa April LIST on
the evening train. We felt sad to
part from so many good friends and
to leave the beautiful hills and fer
tile valleys Of Kentucky. We felt
when we left Ashland at 2:15 April 2
that we We're really on our way to
the broad prairies of Texas. All af-
,ernoon we are In sight of the Ohio
river and the, beautiful hills near. We
remember that the Psalmist David
said, II will lift mine eyes to the
beautiful hills And we too find an
inspiration in looking at them We
arrived in Cincinnati about six o.
clock and after we had good sup
per we went sight seeing. A pleasant
surprise was the meeting of some of
our Louisa friends, We saw fountain
square, some show windows with
Easter displays. Then went back to
the depot, took the Big -Four, went to
sleep and when we walked we were
passing through Illinois. The beau
tiful hills had disappeared and in
stead we were looking on fertile val
leys. We soon reached st. Louis where
we had breakfast, and rested a Bit
when we took the Katy Limited and
were travelling through Missouri. The
valleys are wide and looked walled
In by the hills In tho distance We
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1914-04-24
DEEP HOLE.

Mrs. Mary Clark is sick.
Minnie Burchett visited home felix's
Saturday and Sunday.
T. II. Burchett made a business
trip to Circleville, o., Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ebon Taylor visited
home folks Saturday and Sunday
Eva and Blanche Burchett attended
church at Fallsburg Sunday.
S. j. Preece and on Harvey were
business visitors at blaine Saturday.
j. w. Clark has humps.
Carl Burchett and Dallious Clark
attended church at Fallsburg Satur-
day night.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Foster visited
their daughter, Mrs. Arthur Burchett,
Sunday.
Harvey Preece, Dallious and Muir
ply Clark spent Sunday with Carl
Burchett.
Miss Eliza Burchett called on the
Carter lgirs Sunday.
There will be church at this place
first Saturday night and Sunday;also
pie mite after services on Saturday
night. Boys, come and bring your
pocket books and the girls bring tn,
pies. SOMEONE'S GIRL.