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Argues Against Fixing Date
for Emancipation in Ger
man East Africa.
SAYS EARLY ABOLITION
MAY CAUSE UPRISINGS
Lack of Farm Labor Problem in
Kaiser's County-Discussed by
League of Agriculturists.

BERLIN. March -, 1914
A brief defending slavery for the colo
MES and declaring that it's immediate
abolition would lead to native uprisings
is handed in by the governor of German
East Africa, Dr. Schnee. In response to
resolution passed by the reichstag last
year, calling for the termination of house
hold slavery by January 1, 1920, DR..
Schnee has reported that there are about
$4,000 slaves in the colony at present,
many Of them captives in wars as late
as 1905 and 1906. while others are being
imported even today from Portuguese
East Africa and British Cape Colony.
But their number is steadily growing less.
A law passed few years ago liberates
all children of household slaves born
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street brokers. Whenever these mer
learn of a good thing" by the way of
investment they slip the tip to Matty,
and Matty gets in"-and usually he
gets out with a nice big profit.
Frank Chance, manager of the
Yankees, is worth about 100000.
Larry Lajoie Of the Maps, who was a
Woonsocket hack driver about eighteen
years ago. and mighty happy when he
borhood of 100000 to $4,000.
Mordecai Brown once of the Cubs, and
now of the Feds. has about $4,000
stored away in the cooler. Eddie Col
Inns, the Athletics second sacker, is
worth around $4,000 today, according
to reports.
PITY the poor ball player
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-22
MARK BALDWIN WAS ONE OF
THE BEST OLD-TIME PITCHERS
Kept the Pittsburgh Pirates in the Running for Three
Years and Then Became a Full
Pledged NJ. D.

| lumbus and Mansfield, both of the Ohio
State League. In 1887, and this was the
last heard of him.
Baldwin was a star pitcher for the Chi
cago team for two seasons. 1887 and 1883
In the winter of 1SSS-S3 he toured the
world with the Chicagos. alternating with
John X. Tener in the pitchers box. After
the return of the pilgrims, the Chicago
club surprised the country by releasing
BALDWIN and Tom Daily, considered about
the strongest battery of their day. Bald
win, in 1889, joined the Columbus team of
the American Association end DAILY be-
came a member of the Washington team
in the National League. in 1890 Mark
cast his lot with the Chicago Players
League team.
Raid Brought Changes.
There was war between the National
League and the American Association in
1891. and each ruthlessly raided the teams
of the other. Baldwin was secured by the
Pittsburgh club. which sent him to st.
Louis to capture Charles (Silver) King,
pitcher of the famous Browns. and also
Jack O'Connor of the Columbus team,
whose home was in st. Louis. Chris
Won der Abe, the owner of the Browns,
got wind of Baldwins mission and swore
out warrant, charging him with con-
spiracy in trying to induce King to jump.
where he fingered for twentyfour hours.
After getting out of jail Baldwin sued
Won der Abe for $4,000 damages for false
arrest. The suit hung in the Pittsburgh
courts for six years, and finally Baldwin
was awarded s2.525. This money could
not be collected unless Won der Abe
was found on Pennsylvania territory
In January, 1897, Il Pittsburgh detec-
tive went to st. Louis and inveigled Won
der Ahe to board an east-bound train
where lie held him until he had landed
the magnate in Pittsburgh and lodged
him in jail. In a short time Chris came
to a settlement with Baldwin. and the
exciting incident was closed. While Chris
was in the jug his Pittsburgh lawyer
visited him and Indignantly yelled through
the bars that they can't put you in jail
for this. Well ruefully answered
Chris, but / am here: can't you see?''
By the way, Pittsburgh secured King
but OConnor remained with Columbus
The latter became a Pirate nine years
later but by legitimate means.
Baldwin was with the Pittsburgh team
three seasons, in 1S91-92-93, but in August
of 1893 he was released to the New York
club and became a Giant. In 1894 he
was member Of Mike kelly's famous
Allentown and Yonkers teams, made VI
of old stars. In 1895 Mark was with the
Philadelphia team, and it was his last
year in fast company. He now began
to study medicine diligently and a few
years later became full-fedged M. D.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-22
Cubs Big Moneymakers.

The Chicago Cubs, next to the Giants
have been regarded as the biggest money
makers in the old league. According to
Charles Webb Murphy, denoted proxy of
the outfit, he started in base ball in 1905
with ore cotton shoestring and emerged
with over a million That means that
Murphy alone cleaned up an average
Of close to s15OOOO a year, which in
cludes the marvellous increase in the price
of the stock which he sold.
Murphy got nearly $4,000 for every 800
share of stock he had in the Cubs, show
ing that his stock had increased 100 times
in value In something like seven years.
The Boston Red Sox in 1312-when they
won the worlds championship-are said
to have cleared nearly $685. 900. The Cleve-
land Maps last year, although they fin
ished third, and were practically out of
the pennant race during the last six
months, cleared about S15O,0O0, according
to reports. The Athletics in 1910, 1911 and
1913 are said to have cleared over $1,500,-
900, an average of S0O0OOO a season, and
in 1912, when tney failed to grab the pen
nant, they earned something over $500, 900
Every time any one intimates to base
ball magnate that there's fortune in
base bail the said magnate releases a
vail OF anguish and assures the populace
that there amt no money to be made in
base ball; base ball Is losing PROPOSE
ton unless you have pennant winner
each year"
Isn't it odd. then, in face of this state
ment, that even the magnates of tail-end
teams stick to the game, get a death grip
| on the stock of their club, and let go only
when some organized faction in their
own organization forces them out?
Matty Worth Fortune.
Skidding off now in the general direc-
ton of the ball player one finds a large
| number Of instances to show that num-
| bered among the next generation of mil
| lionaires there will be quite a crowd of
| ex-bail players.
| Christy MattheWson of the Giants start
| ed in base ball thirteen years ago with
a wise head, a good arm and a pair of
| shoestrings. Today Matty Is worth be-
| tween $4,000 and. $500, 900 and the money
! Is coming in so fast that he needs a
| wheelbarrow to cart it off to the bank.
| Matty hasn't made his fortune simply
as a player. But the game gave him
| the start, and it gave him the fame
| that he is coming into dollars now
| Matty's income for the past few years
has been something between $4,000 and
| $4,000. Some of it has come from the
| eXcheluer of the Giants. He has made
| a large pile writing" articles for the
| newspapers. He has written a book
that brings him a nice royalty. He is
co-author of play that brings him
| nice returns. But one of his biggest
| sources of income is from his invest
mentS.
| Matty during his years as the idol of
| New York fandom has gained the
| friendship of many of New York 5
business men and many OF the Wall
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MONEY IN BASE BALL
Fortunes Have Been Made in
Game in Few Years.
PLAYERS GET THEIR SHARE
Quite a Number of Diamond Stars
Have Amassed Vast
Sums.
PLAYERS GET THEIR SHARE

Special Dispatch to The Star
NEW YORK. March 21.-Is there any
money in base ball? Oh, not much for
the stockholders of a winning club-that
is, not more than dividends ranging from
800 to 1000 per cent each year. That s
all.
And as far as the bail player is con-
cerned-well. there isn't much in it for
him; not more than 100000 or $500, 600
that he can run up into a million in a
few years by careful investment under
the guidance of business men who know
an opportunity when they see it and who
gladly slip tips to star ball players.
The National Exhibition Company is
the corporate name of the New York
Giants. It's incorporated under the laws
of New Jersey, which laws do not COM
pei a corporation to publish or even file
a list showing earnings. Therefore, the
exact profits garnered each year by the
Giants are a matter of speculation
But those on the inside of base ball de-
clare that the Giants for the past three
years, including the world series re-
ceipts, of course, have cleared close to
$,OO0.OGO year. The club is capitalized
at $oO,GOO, which means that the club
has paid dividends each year of 81 600 on
every 500 invested
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-22
BY JOHN n. GRUBER.

There have been several prominent ball
players who turned physicians, but only
few hung out their shingles perma-
nently. Among the few is Mark E..
Baldwin. who at present enjoys large
practice at Pittsburgh. The other base
ball NJ. DIS remembered off-hand are
James McJames, w. d. Scanlon, Guy
II. White, Harry Gessler. Arlington
Pond and Roy Miller. Mike Donlin's
name may also be mentioned, not as an
M. D.. but as a dentist. Mike had
jumping tooth the other day when he
leaped from the ranks of the Phillies
into those of the Baltimore Federals.
DIR. McJanes pitched for the Brooklyns
in 1899, and in 1900 left the game to
practice medicine He returned to the
diamond, however, in 1901. but was re-
leased by Brooklyn before the close of
the season, and died September % of
that year. DIR. Scanlon, for the past
two seasons, was on the suspension list
of the Philadelphia club. He was trad
ed by Brooklyn to Philadelphia for
Pitcher William Z. Stack In 1912, but
he did not like the trade and never re
ported This year the, Brooklyn club
purchased his release from the Phila-
delphia club. and Doc is again in good
standing. DR.. White in 1902 jumped
from the PnllneS 10 the Ch1CdgO A1nerl-
cans. and is still on their reserve list
DR.. Gessler is row at the head of the
Pittsburgh Federal League team, and
Dr. Miller is with the Phillies. DIR.
Pond has built lip a good practice, and
like DR.. Baldwin, is attending strictly
to his office duties.
Native of Pittsburgh.
Baldwin was born in Pittsburgh on Oc-
tober %, 1865. and began his base ball life
by pitching for local teams. His first
professional engagement was in 1886 with
the Duluth team of the Northwestern
League. Duluth won the championship
that year mainly through the good work
of Baldwin in the pitchers box. So
grand a reputation did he make that in
1887 he was secured by the Chicago Ma
tional League club.
While with the Duluth team Baldwin
made a great strike-out record. In a
game against the St Paul team, on June
is. 1SSe he struck out eighteen of the
Saints compelling twelve to fan in
succession. The st. Paul pitcher was o.
K. Fitzsimmons. who struck out twelve
of the Duluth batsmen, making grand
total of thirty strike-outs in the game
Unlike Baldwin, Fitzsimmons never left
the minor leagues. He pitched for Co.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-22
CONNIE MACK TELLS WHY
HE FAVORS COLLEGE PLAYERS
Says Educated Boys Can Be Taught the PRO
Game While Sandotters
Know 1t All.

JACKSONVILLE Fla, March 81
Asked what he deemed the most essential
qualification in a young base ball player
Connie Mack, the most successful man
aser in base ball, said: "A college educa-
ton
Mr.. Mack is not u college man. He
was Il shoemaker in his youth. But
practically all his great base ball play
ers, the men who have won world S
championships for him. have had college
Quotations.
IN early american days. continued
Mr. Mack. education was not so IN
dispenssbic to success as it is today,
and as it viii be twenty, thirty and forty
Years hence.
Learning Once Useless
When America was an uniformed coun-
try, when the forests were to be cleared
and the cities built, railroads made,
mines opened, the man who worked with
his hands was in greater demand and
could command more money than a
merely educated fellow.
1.-The work was at hand and had to be
done. There was no time to get an edu-
cation.
Then colleges We're scarce and educa-
ton was not so easily got as now. Life
was easier. Competition was not so
keen.
I'm my own youth an education was
not Indispensable to success. Even to-
day, in the youth of my sons, education
is not entirely essential to success.
But twenty years hence the man who
has not got good education will find
himself at a most serious disadvantage
In the business of life.
SO I say to the boy of today first of
all things get q good education.
so far base ball is concerned. the
college man has all the best of it today.
He is being sought by managers. The
scout who tells me that q recommended
player is a college man gets my atten-
ton at once. The boy who asks me for
a trial and tells me that he has col
1ege education gets a quicker ear than
the lad who is merely a lots player
My reasons for favoring the collegian
are:
II His mind is developed He has
been trained TO think.
80 The fact that he has got an edu-
cation Is. on its face, evidence that he
wants TO learn. and, above all, that he
can be taught.
This last quality is of the utmost i'm
poTtance.
Base bail players come from two
classes:
Tine first IS the boy who goes through
high school and college ana whose nina
is trained, who wants to learn and who
can be taught and who can afford time
to play base ball.
Second Glass Idlers.
The second class is the boy who. even
in grammar school. did not study, but
'bummed from classes, frequented the
lots, and after the school age cid not go
to work. but loafed about the lots and
became a fair player.
1.-THE third class of boys are those who
go to work after their graduation from
grammar school or early in their high
school course.
These boys can not be counted mate
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tages. Another great factor here b the
low wages prevailing in rural districts.
An official report shows some 800 govern
mental districts, corresponding roughly
to the American township. in which the
prevailing wage for laborers twenty-one
years of age and upward is 4s cents daily
or less.
Church Goers Diminishing.
The people Of Berlin do not appear to bs
good churchgoers. according to a census
taken Of attendants at the Protestant
churches the last Sunday in February.
The count covered seventy-eight parishes.
with a Protestant population Of 1000.
of whom only $50 were counted at
church that day, either morning or even
ing. Even according to the estimate OF
a clergyman, who criticised the ngures
as too low. the number was only 1850
greater. Thus barely twenty out of every
thousand Protestant Berliners, at the
highest estimate, attended church the
Sunday in question. Very few men were
seen in the churches: in many cases wom-
en- and children constituted three-fourths
of the congregation. Less than one-sixth
of the seating capacity Of the churches
was occupied at the morning services.
Less Beer Demanded.
To the development OF athletic sports I'm
Germany is traced in large measure the
great reduction in beer consumption.
Thousands of young men in and out or
the army who are training for the olynl-
pic games TO be held here In 1916, with
the hope of eclipsing American prestige
in these classic contests, have found that
the first demand of their physical In
structors is less beer drinking. and ath-
letiC enthusiasm is such that the tnStru0-
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COFFEYVILLE. Kan, March T.-M.
A. +. Patten. sixty years old. president
Of the Coffeyville Gas and Fuel Com
pany, and formerly an oil operator IN
Pennsylvania, was killed today by ac-
cidentally touching an electric wire in
an interurban railway power station st
Jefferson.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-22

George W. Renard. a florist of Avon
dale. Nd. has entered suit against the
NeInett Gas Company for $1,000 damages
for the loss of flowers, due, he claims. to
leaking gas
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JACKSONVILLE. March 21-More
than a quarter of a century ago there
was battery at Washington known as
O'pav and Mack For three years these
men pitched and caught for the sena-
tors. Then the -swirling tides of base
bail swept them into different channels.
Eventually one became great umpire
and the other base ball manager whose
fame has become Worldwide
Last Monday the old battery mates
met here, each as the manager OF a
major league team-one the leader of the
best com oination of base ball talent in
the world and the other the manager
of a team winch hopes to regain its lost
prestige.
Mack and O'Day sat in the grandstand
before the game between the Athletics
and the Chicago Cubs and famed of the
old days Then each went to his team s
bench TO dire the play of his club.
1t was ~ euty-Seven years after the
two youngsters went to Washington 10
snow their skill before they met as man
ayers Of leans in the biggest exhibition
series ever seea in Florida
"southpaws'' With Nerve
Manager O'Dsy. like Connie Mack, has
had a player wish himself On him. The
other day there strolled into the Hotel
Aragon here a goyish-looking chap. He
walked to the clerks desk and inquired
for Mr. Mack. The youth was told that
Connie il, the dining room He bolt
I'd fo.. .a;lt spot al once. Going up to
the table where Connie was seated with
Rev. j B. McCloskey. the lad said:
Mr.. Mack. | am here to report for
duty
ITO do what?" inquired Connie.
To report for duty" replied the
youngster.
WHO are YOU" queried Connie.
The lad gave his name and stated tina,
he came from a town III Connecticut
Then he added:
.f saw in the papers where you Were
looking for q good 'southpaw' pitcher Sc
/ pacGed my clothes and here ] am ready
10 show YOU that ! can make the team,
'.Sou are taking big risk remarked
Connie.
But the youngster would not be dis
Outraged. He reported at the ground:
that afternoon put on uniform anc
proceeded to warm up. Every day hC
has been ont ii Barr Field working tt
get INFO condition. He has about one
chance in million of making good WIZ
:. n,a jor league team, but he insists tina
he is the twirtcr that Connie has beer
trying to locate.
Similar Experience.
Manager O'Day of the Cubs had ;
similar experience at Tampa.
When the Cubs arrived at their train
ing camp young man stepped up t.
O'Day ana remarked:
Here I am.
Yes. ! see" said O'Day But what
The chronicle=news., 1914-02-06
STRIKER MURDER
WITNESS UNABLE TO
EnlI6nIeM jury

Ito ash'aa. Mirh. i'-b, ..-Jas.
ka'ian. .n~ o. The principal actors in
N. prologue %. the s--h-Fslii- ,rss-
"'iy. cas- unable So thT.s sny sddi-
uansi iish' IN the shooting %! ,h-
~" s,rih"'s 10y deputy shcriffs a.:
wsai-ii. Msh"n guards wh,n called
"a si'a,ss-. today q, th' ui.i "f :i,c
officer. "n "ts~f~a -f second degree
murder.
In attempting to atrrs, him. Koi.
IAN said. "n- "f the Deputies struck
hin, over the head with club and
h" ives In surh u bad condition
while tn" shooting ws. being done
That h" did not remember what hsp-
r"h-i.
The chronicle=news., 1914-02-06
Joseph in Egypt"
Feature at PhotopIay
Theatre Saturday

\ big Biblical tra,ut". Ioscph in
the Land of EEyr.. Thanhuus-r
Offering. in four reels. i the attrac-
,ion at tn" rho,n,lHy th-a'E. for
saturday. This wonderful motion
picture production presents ,hos" no
isbl" artists. James Crus" aud Mar
gu-ri,. Snow. and is declared to he
the most vivid AMI spectacular nib
teal picture nos ON the screen. I, g.
u picture in which every man. wo-
man and child tho are 'am,litr with
Bib. history will b. Interested.
Th. story or Joseph T. told in four
reels. II Is from every standpoint
one tina, appeals and Manager Davis
having secured this exceptional feat
urc anticipates record days tend
an"c. ct
The chronicle=news., 1914-02-06
SEEK WRECkERS OF
SANTA Fe TRAIN

Albuquerque. \. NJ. Fct. dep
i'v shcriifs this morning tracked the
Tcn who wreck! Santa re east
bound tram No 10 yesterday morn
Ing near T;a'rr from the scene Of
the "rctk to the Patch'u mine. two
miles f,um III" railway Drills and
crowbars used In tearing out the
rail which w-oCfad the train ha,.
been identified as coming from
this nine. THc rail Indicates three
mtn ana another trail leads from
the mine into the foothills. Navai 10
Indian trackcrs took The trail from
the mine this morning. followed by
dcp'iy sncfi'fs Sheriff Roberts Of
Mckinley county expects 20 capture
the men by night 1, IL nov believed
that robbery wa4 the motive, but
that the men wcr. frightened at the
results of their work.
The chronicle=news., 1914-02-06
Kennedy.
Model Irrigation Co.
Wins Damage Salt

\ v-r.,Ic; for the defendant. the
Iod-l Land e Irritation company.
was returned In the district court
this afternoon In the ease In which !.
u. Murphy was plaintiff. the action
being to collect damages FOR alleged
cyro, loss In flood Of Model ditch
-. n case Of the same character In
which nroslcs was plaintiff and
which was heard earlier in the week.
Judge e. e. Holbrook. OF Alamo.a. =.
presided. II a. Schmidt represent
cd the plaintiff and Judge j. G..
Nor,hcutt the defendant.
The chronicle=news., 1914-02-06
TEXAS RAILWAY SUIT
IS COMPROMISED

Austin. Texas. Feb. s.-Th- SIu".-
roo.n"n suit al tbs state ~ T.xs.
against the Missouri. kansas aud
TcsFs RAILWAY of Texas to;ay WAS
settled by u compromise wi,hou, /.
none, r"nai;,.
'.rn silt N,s brought ur,,cr tn.
state antitrust law to u,ry.u, thu
railroad merging -ct.raI Of its 'rcx,.
branches under ono management. n
merger which II. r.yas legislature
fp.ciiicr!ly authorized i,rt sprinr.
In tho suit. State Attorney General
II. r. i.ocncy held tho lcvisia,urc.s
action To be Unconstitutional
Under u. compromisr filed In III,
court here TO-DAY the Tcye. a,s.em IL
To- he soparntri from IN, NIss,u,,
Kansas and Texas OF Kansas. which
the suit cnlIcy trr "psrcu, ,,ru,p.
iion."
rhe compromise linds the railroad
to srcnd $4,000 .ooU in j-,ur,ycmcnt
I'm Texas Tbis Il, I'm addition ~ q.
400 ''" !" 80
The chronicle=news., 1914-02-06
OPEN LETTER
.iis"s ''E'aai.i.-SS-s.

k.lis@g sksoni.i--Sr~s
Triaisasi. Csi..
br,r siEs=i aaa 50 'h"gpa.hiF suas
siasesi that she UEe sFsas nr~si al
Trinisisi IL a better ana-FsssnHia' :.
II sr-izh, rates snJ hsa they affect
shis community. ,fsi am sofas Ia
chance the rsls.eissn that tnisht fol-
inp 20 set the ru.s ,lan azi,s,ra.
10 no, cas-. at iatis:Lssi -tt.fI.
u i. a sa.- q. uhl,-d as,l.as Soa
find. IN personal talks. aha, -yrr1s
on. as.--s -ish lss,s bu' as Tins
ss~. an. that nashins i done. We
dS no, a~-d rsiifuSd ~ .s~rt We
q. h--d n raiiIo4i sstnniit-. pc .
pat, a! the Ghsn,b~r ot rouita~Fy~.
The secretary .aiiid then urs, raes
uI'ou such troubles - maybe handed
To him and ". In his Judgment. tbs
trouble. --s- no, 'sai. the matter
eauia be sh-n discussed b~fas- ,h.
Esiirnad Com nss'-r. shirh sh"-,id b.
.umpo.~i a: ssiprrrs chosen iron
TFiniess amt I, ssata ih-n be q
natter sr- 'he cs,-,hsr af rc.rm-rsr
TO handle. for ,h- s~t~.i, ~ a rom,
;snn',r a, issFrs u would ma, b. 6
ssh" banded. "ns man iishi
These rai'r.sda are han-i -vusai.. {.
VIII iiicEai rate H. some eases
The, hHV" the Interstate Commerce
c1mraissina's 'oHs~n; To- 'stry such
a1i such tariff White this msy
be true. u voiii seem Ia the writer
shat " tbs situation '"uid h" PROPER.
. placed before tho Interstate Com
m.Ecc commission ani til" stat.
Hallway Cnmm'ss.nn. tina, this per-
mi, could b- changed int. an order
M, 80 'hars- more for int-Tmraiit,
point. than for through and ionSrT
hsuIs
This seems tn b" of such vital in.
forest that "" hpp~ tn a,'ra-, your
attention To the -nd that u may 10
aEi','cd. II s""ns impossible for
Crmm-rr" to NOV" in N" matter. 4,
Is not on'y question Of in,"TmcdiaI"
rate which has been quite recently.
N-rr clearly brought oil, by rnur,
decision In Denver sustaining tho
State Railway Commits ion in It's or.
der TO lower the rate. from north.ri
rAfrr,la s,s. 4