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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-14
HARD FOR TURKS to- HOLD
LINES AGAINST ALLIES
Position Of Forces Defending Dardu-
nelles Reported as Pre-
cariOus.
FRONT Trimmed By LOSSES
Affairs Under Control OF Triumvi-
rate With Autocratic Powers-Dis-
satisfaction "A mong Moslems.
Morgenthau to Protect Armenians.

ATHENS, September IL tvia Paris.
September 13).-An American citizen OF
standing in Athens has received adj
vices from Constantinople. which he
says arc trustworthy. that the sltua-
ton OF the Turkish army and govern
ment Is unfavorable According to
this information. the position of the
Turkish forces defending the Darda-
nelles is precarious It Is said the
Turkish front, thnncd by tho heavy
losses which the lighting has entailed
on both sides. Is finding il increasingly
difH1cult to hold the lines against the
French and British.
Turkeys position at sea is described
as disadvantage The former Ger
man cruisers Goeben and Breslau. re-
named the Sultan Selim and Mcdullu.
are said TO have been incapacitated.
while the Russian fleet preys upon
Turkish shipping.
AFFAIRS UNDER CONTROL
OF A TRIUMvIRATE
According 10 this Information. Turk
ISL affairs arc under the control Of a
triumvirate with autoCratiC powers
consisting of Enver Pasha. Minister Of
War: Talaat Boy. Minister OF the In
terror. and Bedri Bey. chief of police Of
Constantinople. Dissatisfaction among
the Moslems is reported. and II is said
Shiek u Islam was dismissed because
he did not approve of measures taken
against the Arnlcnians The commit
tee of union and progress is reported
TO have been virtually superseded by a
secret committee. which is responsive
10 the wishes OF the triunvirnte
The informant states 2that Arnen-
ians are being shipped TO concentration
camps at various points. being driven
afoot or forwarded in box cars. He
adds that tho earlier massacres Of
Christians in Asia Minor are being
duplicated In the present instance and
that In some cases only n comparative
~ small part of the expelled Ar,nen-
ians reach tho concentration camps
alive
New Britain herald., 1915-06-19
PEACE IN BASEBALL WORLD FAR OFF

QUITE furor was created recently
 during utterances made by Ban Johnson, the American league chief, who declared, or was quoted as de- claring, that the American league stood ready to make peace with the Federal league. This published interview was spread broadcast, though the state ments made by Johnson were vehe- nnently denied by officials Of the Fed Afal league, while the National mag natesr asserted that they knew nothing or the alleged negotiations.
 se Ie aasalfgffiy probable that there was some fire where so much smoke was evident. In other words, 1t is not un- reasonable to guess that some sort of a peace move had been made by one party or the other in the present con- troversy. But there can be no doubt that the warning factions have come to no agreement Indeed, peace now seems farther off than ever
 The Benny Kauff case bolstered the Federal league cause. John McGraw's play has given the Feds some addition al publicity and has had the tendency to increase the value of the player in
New Britain herald., 1915-06-19

A TIER going hitless in the first
 three games of the season Ma poleon Lajoie has come back to life in great shape, thereby pleasing more fans throughout the country than would be possible for any other player
 Lajoie is still perhaps the most wide ly esteemed star in any league in spite of his waning prowess and because of the memory of the truly great player and hitter he once was.
 In one respect Connie Mack made no mistake in signing Larry, since he is still valued card at the gate" And you never can tell--he may come back, as the Philadelphia writers say he has, Tn that case. with Frank Ba- ker relenting and returning to third base, the Iimpfng old Mack machine might start a genuine pennant squirt.
 Comebacks late in life have happen
New Britain herald., 1915-06-19

question and perhaps several others.
 It is generally believed that the Fed eral league would welcome peace, and it is also probably true that some of the magnates in O. B. would not be averse to a declaration of peace. Un- settled conditions such as exist at pres ent are doing the sport no good and can result only in harm.
 Many people are being driven away from their favortte psstime because of the legal aspect 1t has assumed and be- cause of the prolonged bickerinss be- tween the nnoguls as well as because of the suspicious which have been aroused in their minds by the failure of certain players to respect as sacred their written contracts.
 It would undoubtedly be great thing for the pastime if the war were to be declared of. However organized base ball has certain principles which it must uphold. It can scarcely afford to make overtures. Such a course would not only be undignified on it's part. But would be an admission of weakness which would undoubtedly be made use of if the negotiations should fail
New Britain herald., 1915-06-19
( Carpenter, French Cham
 pion, Quits Fighting

THE chances are that France has lost
 it's one great opportunity to make a bid for the worlds heavyweight box ing championship through the present war. Not that death may claim Georges Carpentier, although that too is to be reckoned with.
 It is that Carpenter is making good in a new and more highly regarded line of life, to the end that the once famous French heavyweight may de- eide never to don the mitts again.
 Carpenter, according to the Daily Mail of Paris, is now an army air pi- lot and has taken hts place with the regular corps of air scouts, who locate hidden batteries of the enemy and in other ways risk their lives more than members of any other branch of the service.
 And they used to say Carpenter would never do in the ring because he was yellow" and had quit in his bout with Bill Papke!
 If Carpenter survives after making good in this department of service he will, no doubt, remain in the aviating game for the rest of his career.
 The ptckings in pugilism aren't apt to be fat after the close of the war.
 SdEpcHlleI is one oL lHc ISW FTSHCH- men to make good in pugilism. Henry Piet, Louis de Ponthieu, Marcel Nor eau and Charles Ledoux about com : plete the list of Frenchmen of all classes able to make an impression on the fight world.
 For long time it was believed that the sport was foreign to the French nature and would never take hold. Carpenter. however. disproved this by winning every championship from ban tamweight to heavy as fast as he took on weight. That he was of true worlds title caliber. however, is hard ly believable, since his gross tonnage was about ITO pounds--too light for the big fellows.
New Britain herald., 1915-06-19
Baker Only Ordinary With Collins Missing
HOME RUN BAKER without E

HOME RUN BAKER without Eddie
 Collins or some player just as crafty batting ahead of him is not nearly as good a hitter as he has the reputation of being.
 That's the way little Fritz Maisel, the New York Yankees third sacker, dopes 1t out.
 Baker is a mighty batsman," said Fritz, but if he were to return to the Athletics I hardly think he would hit as we'll as he did for them in the. past.
 Collins was a big help to Baker. Eddie always was setting on base, and once he. was on the. sacks he spotted signals and tipped. Baker what was coming.
 Baker, knowing the kind of a ball to expect, got his old toe hold, took a
New Britain herald., 1915-06-19

outside of Chicago the western cham pionships are held. usually late in July, and Mclaughlin has won two legs on a challenge trophy there that the On Wentsia club donated to the Western Tennis association. The past two years he has been unable to participate in this tournament because of the inter- national matches. but this year on his way east to New York it Is fair to pre- dict that he will stop off in Chicago and attempt to have his name placed for the third and last time on the time honored trophy.
 Leaving Chicago Mclaughlin could arrive in good time to defend his titl6 at LongWood for the western cham pionship and the Longwood tourf1A- ments are generally held during success sfve weeks in July. After Longwood the New York state championship is held at Bay Ridge. but Mclaughlin will likely rest that week and enter the Southampton tournament in prep aration for the national championship in New York. Mclaughlin Is training at this present moment for the national title, which he lost to R. N. Williams last year at Newport. No other tourra-
New Britain herald., 1915-06-19

big swing and drove the ball a mile.
 One of his most famous long hits came in just this way. Collins was on second in a world series game against the Giants at the Polo grounds. Just before the pitch Collins sang out, Come on, Bake!
 That was the signal for a curve ball and curve it was. Baker swung from his shoe tops and drove the ball into the grand stand for homer.
 Pick 1t out. Bake!' was Eddies signal that a fast ball was coming Eve seen the two work this system to the advantage of Bakers batting aver age many a time, and with Collins gone away from the club I don't be- lieve Baker would hit as well for Mack as he did in past years"
New Britain herald., 1915-06-19
WRINKLE BALL PITCHER shAW'S
 NEW INVENTION.

TIM SHAW, the Washington's young
 pitcher, has q brand new ball which Is calculated to stand the Amer ican league batters on their heads when he gets it working well. Shaw calls 1t 'the wrinkle ball.
 Shaw's one fault last season was a tendency to issue free passes by hand ing up too many balls head high, and in order to break him of this fault Jack Ryan gave him a few pointers on how to break the habit. Jim was forced to change his style trine, shooting the pill from a half crouching position, but he made fine progress, and when the ball reached the batter it gave weird shoot.
 That's a new wrinkle on me" said Ryan after handling Shaw's latest inn proved delivery recently.
 Let's call 1t the wrinkle ball." said the biE pitcher. @
 All right" answered Ryan. that settles It."
New Britain herald., 1915-06-19
Uses Phonograph to
 Develop Athlet

IN addition to moving pictures. Cod
 C. c. Chiids of the football 4| track squads of Indiana universfxx Bloomington, Ind, has adopted q photograph as an aid to devclopi| athletes. The coach has had phon| graph installed in the track oval d recently the football and track z1al were put through their pace to q accompaniment of the latest dance u1| sic. The music, it is said. is of gre
 aid to hurlers in regulating their efrid
 Coach Childs says he has d nur1ab| of other innovations which he will f1 troduce later as the season adv1uc@ He has been using motion pictures football games of last season to kllu| trate methods of attack and dcfenee the first course fin spring training.
New Britain herald., 1915-06-19
CHICK EVANS BOOSTS DAVIS

Es($44EK EVANS. the greatest Ameri-
 cAn amateur golfer, on form is
 6sfy; with strong boost for a player whose name is not even on the list of 6likibles to the U. s. 6. A. titles. He ] is Harry Davis Of the Presidio Golf Eclub, San Francisco, winner of the ePsnanla Pacific golf championship. Evans says of this player that he is
 better than Travers and as good as Dulmet.
 A That he is a bear at match play as we'll as at medal performance, is said. Here is summary of Evans trib- suts:
 swhen in form he can outdrive Oui-
New Britain herald., 1915-06-19

met thirty yards and be just as accu- rate. His long irons are easily twenty yards beyond Travers' longest. His half shots are the only comparatively weak spot in his game, and yet they are the equal of any of the two men on the U. s. c. A. list. and he is fast i'm proving. Two years ago, when the mid- western team played in the northwest, Davis was one of our opponents. We all beat him then, but we were all agreed that he showed wonderful pos abilities
 "The P. P. I. E. champion is as good a butter as Ouimet. and he also knows all the fancy shots. Indeed, at the present moment there Is no more bril- liant golfer in America
 T am aware of the fact that a golfer might have all these virtues and still not be able to deliver the goods at the right time, but Davis is almost equally good in match and medal play, with perhaps greater excellence in match play.
 He is not beginner at golf, neither is he a native Californian. He has played and lived in Chicago, Minneap- oils, Colorado Springs where his fa- ther now resides, and other places in the west.
 Tt would be great pity if he does not enter in the big championships this year
 That ruins Davis for good. One of the best little ways to jinx player is to have him tipped as a wonder by ex- champions-or by real champions, for that matter.
 Wasn't it Harry vardon who picked Evans to beat the United States at golf?
New Britain herald., 1915-06-19


 9K(HE tennis world is confronted
 with two rnomentous facts
 this year which render pre- z dictions easy on one hand, IWhile on the other there exists doubt. The war has eliminated any possibili- Itx, of the Davis cup matches, so it can be safely presumed that the foremost fplAyers in the country will participate In more tournaments than if they were forced to train for the international Efdnipetitions. With this condition 1t Is f6niy necessary to glance over the courl- try where the largest tournaments are < held to discover which ones will at kr3xt the western players Maurice F. McLoughlin, R. Lindley Murray, Will liam Johnston, or such players of less er 4biiity as Ellis Fottrell, Clarence |Grifan and John StrachAn.
 q When a player has won two legs on a challenge cup, valuable because of the many names engraved upon it. he is apt to consider pointing for the place where that tournament is held with the SIdek in mind of attempting to carry 1 Eth& prize away. At Lake Forest, just
New Britain herald., 1915-06-19
BASEBALL UMPiRES FREE FROM
 INFLUENCES.

RODOWE ABEKEN. director of mu-
 nicipal athletics in St. Louis. sprang a new one in baseball when he announced that all applications for umpire's positions in the St. Louis Municipal league must pass a written examination. The examination will be conducted much like civil service, and the questions will be prepared by Abe- ken and members of the park board. Another rule ordered by Abeken Is that no person connected with or interested ed in the manufacture or sale of sport ing goods may have a place on the executive board of the league or any committee.
New Britain herald., 1915-06-19
KITE TOURNAMENT THE LATEST

THE grade schools of Topeka, Kan,
 recently held their first kite tour nament at the fair grounds.
 Any one in the schools who could make and fly kite entered. Prizes were given for the largest kite. the highest fiier, the strongest puller, the prettiest, the most grotesque. the most ingenious and the smallest.
 Girls kites were in a class by them selves, and the girls also got prizes for the same kind of kites as the boys. A trophy was presented to the school winning the highest number of points.
New Britain herald., 1915-06-19

Experts who have seen itrn ti11 season declare he has fn1provt1 last year. Mclaughlin is the Gf@ tennis player developed in recent
 His forte is speed. He is tn& powerful hitter in the gAnitl doubtful if there ever was r1111 put more effort and force in fliA 4<[ although 6. H. Smith. an EnklieH i. holder of a decade ago, is copced& have been the hardest driver, fore back hand, the game has known.
 Certainly no one ever got the ted pece overhead or in serving thai westerner acquired. He is sevcrt \ every stroke, but one is apt to be ceived about his drive and voiIey& the comparison they euffer with srnashes and delivery.
 The champion of q year ago \ tighter. Determination fs the. do1nf1 expression when he Is in action. Fl q little bit grim about 1t And relcnt| in his treatment of weaker oppou< but Mclaughlin goes at it ns the his one idea was to win and do it quickly as possible The hapleek who happens to be an unwilling o]>l cle in his road to title is shown mercy. It is his misfortune if xa or two does not happen to fall hi. 4 Mclaughlin will never give him and experts think he is right.
 He is not . phlegmatic player by means. He is very much alive and fected by nispiays. He does n4t his temper, but expresses dissppre in various mild and conservstive w when things TO badly.
New Britain herald., 1915-06-19
SIX NATIONS ON PITCHING
 STAFF

CLIFF BLANKENSHIP, former
 Washington catcher. now manager of the Salt Lake City (Utah) team of the Pacific coast league, has six na- tions represented on his pitching stan. Laroy is an Indian. Johnny Williams, Hawaiian; Frank Arrelanes Spaniard; land player. is German despite Chi are Irish.
New Britain herald., 1915-06-19
HAYNES kOLEHMAlNEN.
.OLEHMAINEN,

HAYNES KOLEHMAINEN, the
 champion long distance runner, will be excused if he cuts loose with a lit- tie uncensored language. Things have certainly not been coming his way. Hannes recently broke three records in a race in which he failed to get a place, thanks to handicaps. Neither did he win prize.
 Now it develops that he will not even be allowed his record, thanks to a tech nicality which will prevent official roc ognition of his performance.
New Britain herald., 1915-06-19
LARRY LAJOIE COMES BACK

ed. Adrian c. Anson pulled one dur ing his twenty-second year as a major league hitter The previous season A. c. had fallen down badly in batting. His twenty second effort in the nation al game he batted .30z Cheering news for the Quaker City fans.
New Britain herald., 1915-06-19
DETROIT TIGERS GOING WE

HUGHEY JENNINGS Detroit rixers
 are going at fast clip for the very good reason that his team is l,it- ting the ball hard, and his pitchers are thus allowed to win games even though their efforts are not air tight.
 Jennings has the nucleus for win ming team, made so by Cobb, Cra wford and Bush. Incidentally he seems to have found really great second base man in Young,
New Britain herald., 1915-06-19
Photo by American Press Association. SHAW OF THE WASH, N iNGToN AMERICANS.

many respects Jim Shaw of the
 VVashlnstcn Americans, reminds bxie of his side partner. Walter John- xEM He has not had Walters experi- knr~ end lacks his control; but, for all <1& [. k~ las sorsae Of the Johnson speed. %ltrh makes him effective.
New Britain herald., 1915-06-19
Irneys This Season.

Judging by the manner in which Maurice Mclaughlin has been per- forming in journeys in California this
Evening star., 1915-05-17
0 him. Withdrawals may also be made
~ mail
Benefits Within Reach Of All.

The benefits of the postal savings fea-
ture of the service will be within the
reach of any person within the United
States over ten years of age. and not
confined to those residing within the
delivery of post Office at which a pos
tai savings depository has been estab-
ished. The demand for such an ex-
tension of the postal savings has been
evidenced by several applications re-
ceiNed recently a the Washington city
post office. among the last being one
from a small town In the mountains of
West Virginia
Postmaster Praeser explained today
that patrons of nearby post offices who
have not been privileged to open saw
lngs accounts. and who on and after
July wish to avail themselves of the
opportunity of opening an account by
mail. at the Washington post Office
may secure complete information on
the subject by addressing the post
master"
Postmaster Praeger has recently cir
cuiated y bulletin outlining the hene-
fits of the postal savings system. with
particular reference to youthful de-
positors. and as result many new ac-
counts have been opened. At the end
of hpril. 1915. the 2.641 depositors al
the Washington post Office had to then
credit a total of S3l1.533 above and be
yond the amount of S1ei.2tn which had
been converted into postal savings
bonds.
Evening star., 1915-05-17
POSTAL BANK BENEFITS
NOW IN REACH Of ALL
Postmaster General Burleson Elk
tends System to Include All
Communities.

The determination of Postmaster
General BurleSon to extend the bene-
fits of the postal savings system so
that any person in the United States
may avail himself of the system is in
dicated in circular just issued by the
Post Office Department. Under the new
plan rural residents of the United
states who desire may use the post
Office as their bank. although they re-
side in communities which have no
postal savings systems. The new plan
is to go into effect July l.
The present regulations provide that
person who desires to open an ac-
count and is unable to appear at the
post Office may forward the money by
i representative. who will he provided
with an application form. which will
be properly filled out by the intending
dcpositor.
Under the revised regulations all that
is necessary is that the intending de-
positor apply to his local postmaster.
who will furnish the necessary identi-
flea alton data for transmission to the
most convenient post Office authorized
to accept deposits. The intending de-
positor will then be permitted to for
ward his first and subsequent deposits
by money order or registered mail di-
rect to the depository. for which re-
ceipts or certificates will be returned
Evening star., 1915-05-17

NAY :, 1915.
The partnership heretofore existing between
Constantine James and John James. at :'14 :tn
s. NV. has this dsy hcen dissolved me
business Of said partnership viii h'reaiirr ne
conducted hy .Iohn Jaue-. Al iiahitil'S 81 sal"
partnership have been as>Imed hl John lane
CONSTANTINE JAMES.
JplI\ JA\FS.
Evening star., 1915-05-17
SPECIAL NOTICES.

WHEREAS 1T HAS PLEASED ALMIGHTY
Cod. in His divine wisdom. to remove from our
midst our associate and felow-dircctor. Abra-
ham u. Prince. and.
WHEREAS knew him as a good and
loyal citizen oc his country. an honest ana
conscieut tIous business man. charitable and con
sideratc To those in need or in trouble with
ont regard to race or religion. broad and lib
eral in his dealings with his fcllow-men. active
aud enthusiastic for tho welfare OF Washing
ton. and a valued and efficient director OF our
bank and
WHEREAS in his death his family and the
entire community in which he lived. and In
which he was respected and esteemed for his
many good and noble qualities Of heart and
mind. mourn bis loss
THEREFORE, RE IT RESOLVED. by the
directors Of The security Savings and Com.
ncrcfal Bank Of Washington. n. G., in special
meeting assembled, This l.th day of May. \ u.
1915 That in the death nf onr friend and co
director thraham ~ Prince. this bank suf.
fers The loss OF friend and an able and
valued drecto or and. he il further
RESOI.NEp, That extend 10 his FANNY
our sincerc<t and heartfelt sympathy in the
hour Of their bereavement. and. he IL further
RESOLVED. That committee of four OF the
directors he appointed to attend his funeral,
and that this resolution he published IN tue
daily press and copy sent TO his family.
GEo. r. IINkINS. Vice President.
ATTEST: JOHN II. RALTZ. Cashier.
Evening star., 1915-05-17

Great Stock OF Antitrust
PHOTO GOODS.
We arc headquarters for
Antitrust Photo Goods
the kind that will give COM
plete satisfaction, but cost
little.
M a. T .eese OPTICAL Co.
Evening star., 1915-05-17
PANAMA CANALS MARCH
CARGOEs BREAK RECORDS
Aggregated 635,057 Tons, Average
Loading of Cargo-Carrying Ships
Being 5,O4O Tons.

Record breaking carsoes passing
through the Panama canal in March,
according to War Department statis-
ticians. would have filled approximately
500 freight trains of twenty cars each.
These trains. it is estimated. would
have totaled 215 miles in length. or fill
ed five parallel tracks from Panama to
Colon.
Had this freight been transported
across the isthmus in. freight trains i,
would have required a train every for
ty-eiGht minutes, or fifty-eight trains a
day
The cargo handled In March through