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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-11-04

tons. while Craig, fast, plucky youth,
may draw the other halfback assign
ment. He is rather light. but makes
up in speed and in gameness what he
lacks in heft.
Harrison and Jackson look like GER
tainties at the end positions. Har'
rison played in practically all OF
Navy's games last year and showed
up well. Jackson is a fast, heady
player, a daring tackler and real
star in handling the forward pass.
Clarke, tall, rangy chap, and Ward,
one of the most powerful men in the
academy, are slated for the tackle
Jobs, succeeding DeRoode and Nc
Coach, who were graduated.
Theirs are three seasoned candidates
for the two guard positions-E. H.
Jones, H. S. Jones and Mills. II. s.
Jones and Mills were the regular Navy
tackles last year, but e. H. Jones in
his role as substitute showed up in
fine style throughout the 1914 season
and is doing fine work in the practice
scrimmages this year. He may beat
one or the other of his big rivals.
The only real task that confronts the
Navy coaches is the developing of a
center to take the place of Perry, who
was graduated. Smith, who substitute
ed last year, is good man-but is he
good enough? That's what the coaches
want to know.
If Smith doesn't show up to varsity
standard, the coaches may play one
of the three guard candidates in GEN.
| ter, which seems like good move, as
the trio of veteran guards all seem
good enough to hold down regular
jobs.
Lieut.. H. H. Ingram, star Of the
Nays elevens in 1906 and 1907. Is
chief coach, and "Tacks" Hardwick.
the brilliont star of the Harvard team
last year, Is his first assistant. Hard
wick has been tutoring the ends and
backneld men and If he's only half as
good a teacher as he was player
Navy will bear lot of watching.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-11-04
CONTROL IN GOLF DIFFICULT
Condition OF Course Has Much TO Do
With Manner in Which Many
SkiIlful Players Play.

Greatness of play in golf in its last
analysis depends upon control OF the
ball. What a master player can force
the ball to do marks the greatest feat
in golf.
With a club which measures around
three inches by LIZ on its face. and
ball which runs around 2h inches In
diameter. the expert will do wonder
full things, things which completely
battle the player of ordinary ability.
On the drive skilled players will curve
ball, undercut it so as to drop 1t dead
or hit it higher to cause it TO drive low
and roll long after the drive has ceased
to carry. Pitching the ball on to the
ground dead to the hole is feature
of approach play which requires ex'
traordinary skill to attain perfection
in. Putting is a delicate task and
holding" the ball so that 1t has no
spin that will cause it to jump over
the cup is one of the secrets OF sue
cess in this.
Skillful players do not play the same
course or even the same holes the
same on different occasions. The con-
dition of the course has much TO do
with this. On heavy links or where
the grass is cut short the high drive Is
the thing. On a sunbaked course
where distance is wanted the long, low
drive with roll is the winner. Obstruc-
lions on the course can be got around
by an expert by causing the ball to
curve. All OF this means hitting tie
ball fraction low. high or to one side,
and It takes skill to do this.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-11-04
Good Listener Paid.

A French soldier fighting in the
Argonne has just been informed that
he has inherited $4,000 from re
tired army officer of eccentric habits
who lived in the same village as the
soldier.
The Off GERS will ran: Being with
out family, 1 leave the whole of my
fortune to Paul -, farmer. l de
sire thus to show my gratitude tC
him for having foo many years list
ened patiently and with every air OF
interest to the story used to tell OF
how lost my right arm in the wal
Of 1870.
81 pray and trust that he will be
spared to return to his village after
the war. and my only request to him
ia to come occasionally to my tomb
and there relate some Of his own wal
experiences"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-11-04
CORHAN COMES BACK
Former White Sox Shortstop
Signed by st. Louis Browns.
Tigers Get Bobby Jones and Harry
HeiIman, InfieIders - Jack Ness,
Hard Hitting First 5aseman,
Goes to Chicago.

The San Francisco baseball team
and most of the others in the Pacific
Coast league faced the opening OF the
drafting season with an equanimity
born of the knowledge that nothing
much worse could befall them than
already has happened. San Francisco
thus far has sold four men and three
others are being dickered over.
or the San Franciscans. Bobby
Jones and Harry Heilman, third and
first baseman, have been sold to the
Tigers. Walter Schmidt, catcher,
goes to the Pirates, and Roy Corhan,
shortstop, goes back to big company
by way of the st. Louis Americans
The Sox have bought Second Baseman
McMullen and ShortstOp Terry, the
main factors of the Los Angeles
teams progress. Jack Ness, irst base
man, who holds the worlds record for
hitting in consecutive games, goes
from Oakland to the Sox, and the
same team loses Jimmy Johnston, CEN
terfielder, and the leagues champion
base stealer, to Cleveland's star third
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-11-04
Need of Reforestation In Japan.

The forest area of Japan is decreas
ing at the rate of one million acres
a year. This area is being cut away
partly for timber and lumber and for
firewood and partly to make the land
available for the cultivation of rice.
The forests of Japan at the end OF
1914 covered about As million acres.
Extensive efforts are being made to
increase the acreage Of forest lands
by planting surfaces now cleared off
with young trees of quici; growth. II
has been urged that it is necessary
to replant all surfaces as soon as they
are cleared for commercial purposes
in order to lessen the great loss an
nually caused by floods in the noun
tc.ins.-Vice Consul Harold C. Hug
gins, Yokohama, Japan. in Commerce
Reports.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-11-04
sharkey Had to Be Shown.

Somewhere in the long ago arose
one OF the many stories that had To
do with the miserliness OF Tom
Sharkey, the war horse" Of the ring
in the earlier days of pugilism- Here
Is the yarn:
Sharkey and friend were walking
along Fourteenth street in New York
one night when a human derelict
blocked their path.
Say. bo." he said to Sharkey. I'm
down and out. Will you give me ten
cents for a bed?"
Lets see the bed" asked the ca'i'
tious Sharkey.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-11-04
CBy FRANK G.. MENKE.)

CBy FRANK G. MENKE)
The Navy eleven of 1915 isn't going
to be as easy pickin'" as was the
1914 outfit that suffered three regular
beatings and narrowly escaped two
more.
The outlook for Uncle Sans sailor
boys this year is far brighter than II
was last year. With enough veterans
on hand to form an almost complete
varsity eleven and some very promis
ing looking rockies" in reserve, Navy
promises to come back" with a team
this year that will give every foe a
mighty battle.
The main fault of last year-lacB
of powerful team of substitutes-has
been removed this year. Navy's sec
ondary machine promises to be just
about as good as its regular varsity
and the navy rooters won't have to
tremble in fear-as they did in 1914
when the substitutes relieve the regu
lars.
Just now it looks as if the first
Navy team will be made up largely OF
the holdover regulars and substitutes
of last year. The coaches want to
start the season with team of sea
soned players, and the youngsters, for
the most part, will be used only in
mergencies-unless some of them
show football skill beyond that of the
older men.
Miles, captain of the team, is a fix
ture at quarterback. He got a lot OF
experience in the pivot position last
year and proved himself to be cool
headed field general, clever man al
handling punts and an exceptionally
fast man in running through broken
fields.
Failing. who shone at halfback and
fullback last year. probably will be as
signed to the fullbacking job. He's q
terrific line smasher and an excep
tionally fast man for one Of his bulk
Blodgett, whose great work last year
won him considerable mention. Is a
fixture at one of the halfback posi-
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-11-04
CANARIES LIKE PLAIN CAGE
Lover of Birds Has Found Out That
They Prefer Their Abode to
Be Simple.

Living near st. Nicholas avenue and
One Hundred and Eleventh street
there is a lady who during a period
Of six months purchased no less than
three canary birds with the hope that
they would solace her with their sing
ing, only to find that after she had in
stalled them one by one in the hand
some cage she had prepared for them
aot only would they not sing but
hat they moped and pinned and finally
lied. The canary bird lover did ev-
9rything she knew to keep her pets
and teach them to trill the melodies
that such birds can utter, but it was
Of no use.
Finally neighbor advised her to
discard the handsome and expensive
cage and buy a new one, palmer in
make
What in the world difference will
that maker" the canary bird lover
asked. "a cage is a cage-what's the
difference to the birds?"
"All the difference in the world,
answered her adviser, land for two
good reasons. One is that bird has
died in it. The other is that bird
of modest disposition does not like an
overhandsome cage.
1.-THE best singing results have
come from the inmates of palmer
cages. | don't know whether or not
canary birds are natural democrats,
but experience has been such as |
tell you. Buy palmer cage that has
no canary bird ghost stalking through
it to brighten the living bird"
So the canary bird lover discarded
the big cage and bought palmer one.
She transferred the last bird she had
bought, and which had already begun
to NOPE, to its new quarters. Then
she waited a day and still another
day. but not a sound came FORTH al
though the bird began to look pert
and clipper. She called in her adj
vising friend and complained there
was no result after the cage change
wait" said her friend, blowing
upon a bird whistle.
The canary heard the notes, cooked
his head and began to sing. Was II
the new cage?-New York Press.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-11-04
COACHES STILL POPULAR

Former Yale football players
continue to hold their popular
ity as coaches Notwithstanding
that the Blue gridiron star has
failed to shine with it's usual
brilliancy during the last few
seasons. A canvass Of the lead
ing colleges and schools Of the
country has demonstrated that
the New Haven university has
more former players acting in
coaching capacities than any
one other college or university
famous in football annals.
Among the other eastern insti.
tutions Princeton. Dartmouth,
Pennsylvania, Lafayette and Sy-
racuse are all well represented
in the coaching field. In sharp
contrast is the fact that Har.
ward and Cornell players do not
apparently devote much time to
coaching after graduation. In
the West Chicago and Michigan
lead in this respect. although
there Is fair sprinkling of Min.
nesota, Wisconsin. Notre Dame
and Illinois alumni on the list.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-11-04
Telephone in Latin America.

According to statistics published by
the Pan-American union. there were
on January l. 1914. 232.S16 telephones
in Latin America, as compared with
9.542.OOO in the United States. Ar
gentina stood first among the Latin
American countries. with 1926, but
Uruguay led in the proportion of teIe.
phones to population. with LOS per
1CO.-Scientific American.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-11-04
Tame Race at Hartford.

At the Grand Circuit meeting In
Hartford Conn, the thirtieth renewal
of the Charter Oak stake, the feature
of the Grand Circuit meeting there
each year, this time for 2:08 trotters
and purse of $4,000. half the amount
of previous years. was the tamest
race in the history of this classic Of
the trotting turf. Peter Scott, Muir
phys bay stallion, was an easy first n
straight heats, having no contenders
in the small field of four horses that
started the race. Time. 2:09. 2:07%.
2:O7Z.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-11-04
HIS LIBERTY IS UNWELC0ME
Baseball Player Given Unconditional
Release as Happy as Politician
Separated From Job.

II see where another well-known
baseball player has been given his un-
conditional release" remarked Mr..
Twobble, glancing up from his pa
per.
I've read that baseball players are
nothing more than slaves" said Mrs.
Twohble. This one must be glad he's
free.'
"Oh. yes" replied Mr.. Twobble. In
sarcastic tones. Il dare say he's as
happy as a neer-do-well who's Just
been divorced by his wife who earns
81 900 a week or a practical politician
who has been forcibly separated from
the public crib. "-Birmingham Age
Herald.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-11-04

Moving picture films are one and
three-eighths inches in width. all man.
ufacturers adhering to the standard
Electrical apparatus to determine
the range and tone of human voices
has been invented by German woman
Skates with adjustable plates that
enable them to be fitted to feet OF al
most any normal size have been in
vented.
A pitcher for champagne which has
a compartment for Ice to cool its con
tents has been invented by an English
man.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-11-04
Watch Dartmouth Punters.

Considerable attention is being paid
to the punting of Gerrish. Thielscher
and Cotton in the Dartmouth squad
this year in an effort to find successors
to Whitney and Curtis. These men
have improved much since last year.
Cavanaugh has also shifted Barrows.
last years strong substitute. to the
backfield. He weighs nearly 100
pounds.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-11-04
Europeans Are Book BUYERS.

In the United States only one person
in 1900 buys book in the course of a
year. while in Great Britain it is one
in $500; in France it is about the
same; in Germany and Japan it is
rather better, and in Switzerland it is
one in S72. Cheaper books. in paper
covers. account for some of this differ.
ence; but, whatever the cause. it re.
mains true that the Europeans buy
twice as many books per capita as wo
do.-Atlantic Monthly.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-11-04
WORTH KNOWING

The modern battlefield is practi-
tically smokeless.
Open-air movies are now possible by
a new screen inySnted by New York
man.
The illumination of machine shops
is greatly increased by painting the
machinery white.
One hundred tons Of leaves from
which absinthe. the prohibited drink
of France. was to have been made.
were recently seized and DESTROYED.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-11-04

who also get Portland's star third
baseman, Bates, and Pitcher CoVeles-
kie of that team.
Salt Lake will lose It's best hurler,
Lefty" Williams, to the Sox, and Sec
ond Baseman Joe Gedeon to Wash
ington.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-11-04

Mrs. Feng Chin Fung. little Chi
nese bride, recently arrived in Boston
with her husband. She has begun the
study of vocal and instrumental music
at the Conservatory Of Music, and he
has taken up a tive-year course in
diplomacy at Harvard. Last year he
attended Princeton. Mrs. Feng
brought with her great array OF
gorgeous silk-embroidered gowns.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-11-04
Had to Cater TO All.

ct don't like the way this hotel Is
rum" carped peevish young travel.
ing salesman. Neither do t." replied
the landlord of Pruntytown tavern:
but I've got to entertain all the fools
that come along as well as the sen,
sible people. Judge
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-11-04
Next Years Pennant Fight.

New York fans think there will be
nothing to the American league race
next season except battle for the
flag by Boston. Chicago and Detroit
teams, which have been strengthened
by other clubs of the circuit.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-11-04
Donovan Tries Youngsters.

Bill Donovan. manager OF the New
York Yankees. says he sees no chance
for his team TO purchase sta. ball play
er so he purposes trying out mirOF
seaguers
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-11-04
American Association Struggle.

HIIICI EOdII sNSoONENIIVF1 1Es N65'N'
The American association had me
Of the best races in the history OF the
league this year. with st. Paul and
Minneapolis fighting 1t out to the very
last day. but the league did not make
much money. The Mllers. led by Joe
Cantillon, won the flag.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-11-04
Dartmouth Wants GUST.

Coach Harry Williams of the Min
nesota eleven is angry over the at
tempts of Dartmouth alumni to induce
AL Quist. an end. to enter Dartmouth.
1t is said the Green have made ~
Turing offers to the Gopher star.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-11-04
Character.

Character is a mosaic which fakes
a lifetime for its completion. and
trifes. the little things of life. are the
instruments most used in preparing
each precious stone for its place.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-11-04
Pirates Sian a Texan.

Eugene Madden of the Galveston
TEX team has been signed by Pitts
burgh. lie Is an outtielder and was
secured by Barney Dreyfuss in the
draft.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-11-04
OUIMET is QUITE A PITCHER
Star Young Golfer Proud Of His Work
as Baseball Player-Recently
Won Long Game.

Francis Ouimet, the star young
golfer, is a baseball fan through end
through, and at times is baseball
player.
Ouirlet Is about as proud of his
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-11-04
Francis Ouimet.

work as a pitcher as he is of his great
feats on the golf links. He recently
pitched and won a 13-inning game.
The Seward gateway., 1915-10-19

Gateway served by the United Press service and has been so se published until the service tried out Gateway but for certain being tried instead It evidently satisfactory although expensive
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LONDON, Oct. 16.-Lord Milner in statement to the House of Lords suggested that the seige of the Dar- danelles may be abandoned and the allied troops transferred to Serbia. The fortihcstions at the Dardanelles have 50 far proven impregnable, Lord Lansdowne refuses to state whether or not the suggestion will be adopted, but the news has caused the greatest Encouragement throughout England.
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BERLIN, Oct. 16.-Heavy damages are reported to have been occasioned at London, Ipswich and elsewhere by Zeppelins which have just returned safely. Many important fires occur red and great explosions were heard It is believed the batteries at Ipswich were injured. An official admiralty statement places the total casualties of all raids on London at l67 dead and 436 injured.
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SEATTLE, Oct. 19.-MrS. Sarah Bigelow, a widow of forty-seven, held off with a revolver all last night four deputy sherifrs who were attempting to eject her from her home on which mortgage had been fOreclosed. She stated that she "would never be taken out alive" Public sentiment is strongly in her favor. The superior court this afternoon issued an order restraining officers from further in- terfering until May 1st.
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GABLES OF PAST
 TWO DAYS

(Note) The cables given below were posted in the Gateway windows and around town on Sunday and Mon day but are printed here for those who did not see the bulletins.
 SEATTLE, Oct. 16.-The Alaska Commission has purchased 800 tons of local briquettes for immediate delivery at Anchorage. A larger order will be placed as soon as ade- quate transportation is secured.
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LOS ANGELES, Oct. 16.-Judge Fairall, chief counsel in the Schmidt murder trial for dynamiting the Times building, died last night. He was taken ill in the court room Thur sday.
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NOME, Oct. 16.-The Victoria sail ed for Seattle Thursday with four hundred passengers. With the ex- ception of a few dredges all mining is suspended. An early freeze up is expected There will be one more sailing this year.
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LONDON, Oct. 16.-A large Ger man torpedo boat was cut in two Friday by a German steamer. Five of the crew were saved and forty lost.
 (Note) This probably occurred in German waters between Germany and Sweden and Norway.
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 16.-Arnold Shanklon, for seven years consul gen eral at Mexico, has resigned to be- come legal representative of the American Oil Go.
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NEW YORK, Oct. 16.-Italy has applied for loan of $25, 100000 to be used for war material and general supplies. The loan carries only six per cent.
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NORFOLK, va., Oct. 16.-Six of the interned officers of the Kron- prinz Wilhelm, interned at this port, have violated their leave. They are being searched for everywhere by the United States officers.
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SEATTLE, Oct. 16.-Chief Mrs. Lang was severely cut and bruised in an auto accident today. The car struck an obstruction in the roadway.
 (Note) This, of course, means Mrs. Lang, wife of the chief of police.
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NEW YORK, Oct, 16.-The keel of the Dreadnaught California has been laid. She is the first battleship in the world to be equipped with electric power propulsion.
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CHARLESTOWN, S. C., Oct. 16.- One person was killed and four wounded in a fight at the democratic primaries here. The riot was quell- ed by the militia.
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GUAYMAS, Oct. l6.-Carranza troops have occupied Guaymas and Empalme. This leaves Ensenada as the only port held by Villa.
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LONDON, Oct. l6.-Sir Lionel Garden, recently British Ambassador to Mexico, died today.
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SPRINGFIELD, Mass, Oct. 16.- The trustees of the United States Brewers Association have offered prizes of a total of fifty thousand dollars for the best essays on the solution of the saloon problem.
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FL PASO, Oct. 16.-Well founded report that Villa has been killed Casas GraudeS.
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MADRID, Oct. l6.-It is reported that the Spanish ministry is about to resign.
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PARIS, Oct. l6.-The French steamers Admiral and Hamerlin have been submarined and seventy-one lives lost. It is not stated how many of the lost were of the crew and how many passengers.
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SEATTLE, Oct. 16.-Steamer Ad- miral Farragut arrived last night with two hundred and twenty-five passengers and full cargo of freight.
 ROME, Oct. 16.-The Vatican fin ances are undergoing a severe crisis, Peters pence" are now yielding minimum. The Vatican plans to az peal to American Catholics for aid.