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The Washington times., 1915-06-28

King in the morning. John would get
the twirler off in corner and dri1I
him on the likes and dislikes OF the
different players he would face that
afternoon as for as batting preferences
went. King would tell him whicn
runners to hold close to the bag ana
talk to him about cutting out his mo-
tion to help him stop men stealing.
IN pick them off the bases for you,'
John would declare, If you will hold
them close to the bag. Listen to mo
during the game"
The improvement in the Giants pitch
ing STAFF was apparent at once as soon
as Meyers got back into condition.
began to get some regular twirlink
then. I have made 1t my business TO
sign several college catchers this year,
and l had a sound reason for tins
move, l think. good catcher has
more thinking, to do than any other
base runners, keep his pitcher goins
right, cover up his signs, figure on a
batter's weaknesses, and direct many
plans. He Is the only man on the cIuD
who faces every play. Now | don Z
claim college players are any sma rter
than men brought up In the minors.
because some OF the fastest thinkers
in the game never got any closer to a
correspondence school in Scranton.
Look at Evers and Keeler and CobD
and a long list l could easily name.
But it seems to me that a man who
can weather college for four years
should be able to do more thinking
than the average minor Lacquer. In
other words, II strikes me that a man
ager has a better chance OF landing a
man with a head on his shoulders II
he picks one who has shown real abil-
ity, off college nine
What are you signing up so many
college catChers foT?" asked friend
of mine when he saw the list.
Because l have enough players on
my ball club now that | have to think
for" / answered. Il thought my pros
poets OF lending a thinker were better
In the college harvest"
/ tried hard to get Tad Jones when he
finished at Yale several years ago. but
he would not fall for professional ball.
He would have been a great catcher.
OF course, these youngsters will have
TO be developed. Many a ball game has
been lost by sticking In n green catcher
to handle n nervous pitcher. | am look
ing TO make a trade for veteran
catcher, and | have two or three deals
pending. l surely need veteran.
George Stallings. OF the Boston
Braves and Pat Moran, Of the PhillieE.
The Washington times., 1915-06-28
Will Consider Transfer
Of Newark InternatiOnalS

NEW YORK. June 2S.-President Ed
Barrow. of the International League.
issued a call for the club owners TO
meet with him at the Belmont Hotel
here Wednesday to consider transferring
the Newark On. j. club to Harrisburg,
Pa, temporarily. Lack of patronage
due to the Federal invasion Is said to
have prompted the move.
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Would Allow Marsans
To Play With Federals

CHICAGO, June 2S.--A. e. Gates,
representing the Federal League. to-
day filed a motion asking Federal
Judge Landis to dissolve the ir-
junction granted the Cincinnati Ma
tiOnals to prevent Armando Marsans
from playing with the Federals. F.
!. Kincaid. for the Cincinnati club,
opposed the motion. The Injunction
was issued June 10, 1914.
The Washington times., 1915-06-28
Luchs and Bieber Play in
Final Round Tomorrow

Morton Luchs and Sidney Bieber will
play in the finals of the Washington
Suburban Golf Club tournament tomor-
row afternoon. Both are handicapped
at ten strokes Bieber defeated Sgs-
mund and Luchs defeated Phil King.
Phil King, starting at ten down in his
match with Luchs, found the going too
hard, and lost by up and to play.
Bieber won by / up.
The Washington times., 1915-06-28
SMART CATCHE RS WITH CUBS.

Archer and Bresnahan are two of the
smartest backstops In the business.
and they have been working with those
Cub twlrlcrs and keeping them bal
anCed. John King mCte many a
pitcher for Frank Chance in the ola
days. When Chance would decide to
work a. youngster, he would tip or
The Washington times., 1915-06-28
League Standing
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Standing of Clubs.

Tomorrow Games.
Philadelphia at Washington.
Cleveland at Detroit.
ST. Louis at Chicago.
New York at Boston.
Today's Games.
Philadelphia at Washington.
Cleveland at Detroit.
New York at Boston.
ST. Louis at Chicago.
Yesterdays Results.
Detroit II; Cleveland, ..
Chicago, 1; ST. Louis, }.
The Washington times., 1915-06-28
BAN Johnson
NEARING END
OF STRUGGLE.
WITH FOEMEN.
Met Gate Settle It," Cars
Slogan, Beginning to Show
Uneasiness Among Federal
Leaguers, Who May Be
Planning to Surrender.

New York Yankees Expected to
Have Park in 1916 at Long
Island City, Fully as Con-
venient to the Fans as Polo
Grounds Are Now.
The Washington times., 1915-06-28

There Is a letter at the sporting de-
partment of The Times for Dan Healey.
Of the Carroll Institute track team.
The Washington times., 1915-06-28
Today's Games.

Pittsburgh at St. Louis
Brooklyn at Philadelphia.
Boston at New York.
Chicago at Cincinnati
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Standing Of Clubs.

Tomorrow's Games.
Pittsburgh at ST. Louis.
Chicago at Cincinnati.
Brooklyn at Philadelphia
Boston at New York.
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IUIIIUTIVW . UoIuCS.
Chicago at Newark.
Kansas City at Brooklyn
Pittsburgh at Baltimore.
St Louis at Buffalo,
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Yesterdays ReSuIts.

Chicago, 4: Cincinnati, !.
Cincinnati, 3; Chicago, 0.
Pittsburgh-St. Louis. rain.
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Letter for HealeV.

Kansas City. /: Newark. O.
Newark. s; Kansas CITY
The Washington times., 1915-06-28
Today's Games,

Chicago at Brooklyn.
st. Louis at Baltimore.
Pittsburgh at Buffalo.
The Washington times., 1915-06-28

George Stallings. Of the Boston
3rayes, and Pat Moran, Of the PhilIies,
The Washington times., 1915-06-28
FEDERAL LEAGUE.
Standing of Clubs.

Tomorrow's Games.
The Washington times., 1915-06-28

But two games rcmain 10 he PLAYED
Rt Georgia avenue before the Ma
tionsls depart for another months
performances on the high road To-
day and tomorrow GTiffs lads are 20
play here and then they open one OF
The Washington times., 1915-06-28
Today's Games.
NATIONAL LEAGUE

> II NItNtIdHU, :.
Chicago, 4: ST. Louis. }.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-13
ARSON SYNDICATE
Barred In ST. LOUIS
Police Claim Prominent Men Re-
ceived Profits of Millions from
Fires of Five Years.

st. Louis, Sept. 12.-Insurance agents,
human torches" and prominent bust
ness men comprised the personnel Of
an arson syndicate the police claim to
have uncovered here last night.
These incendaries. the police say,
were responsible for most of the big
fires which have bafled the Fire AMI
Police Departments here for five years,
and the profits of the arson syndicate,
it is asserted. ran into millions Of dol
AIRS.
One insurance agent and four alleged
torches" were arrested, the latter be-
ing trapped yesterday as they were
about to carry four barrels Of gasolene
into the Christen Bellows Company's
plant, which :ney are said to have made
arrangements 10 burn, the owners hav-
ing agreed to the plan at the direction
of the police.
Arrest of the men "higher up" is ex-
pected az soon as the evidence can be
presented TO a grand jury. These men,
the police say, are under surveillance.
Herbert o. Baker, an insurance agent,
was released on bond, as were the four
alleged torches
According to City Detective Bart
Keaney, whose Investigations led to
the arrests, Baker has confessed and
has implicated many other persons.
Each ire was so started by torch
that the building, or a great part of it,
was in ruins when the tiremen arrived.
Though the men high up" usually held
out $4,000 or $4,000 for the active in
cendiarian, no torch" has ever re-
ceived more than $1,000 for a job, de-
tectves say.
The conversations Of the insurance
agent and the torches who made
plans for the Christen Company fire,
the police say, were recorded by die
toCraph and by stenographers and de-
tectives who were hidden within ear
shot.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-13
BUSINESS ROCKIES"
LEARNING TO SHOOT
Part of Battalion Spends Sunday
in Target Practice.

Plattsburg, Sept. 12-This was not
entirely a day of rest for those who
remained at the second camp of mill
tary training for business men. Nearly
half the members of the battalion had
been excused for the day TO visit
Montreal and Ausable Chasm. The
others put in the afternoon at target
practice and receiving instructions in
the handling and firing of the arry
rife.
Later a concert was given by the
Cd Cavalry Band, and then services
were conducted by the Rev Roy D.
Wood, pastor of the First Baptist
Church of Plattsburg in the Young
Mems Christian Association tent.
Tomorrow evening the Both Infan-
try Band will give a concert in honor
of Colonel Frank B. Mccoy, who is
here TO command the brigade
mannuvres in which the battalion of
business men will participate. Wednes-
day range practice will be in order,
continuing for one week. General
Wood is expected to return here 20
~orrow, after a weeks absence on Of
.cial business.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-13
CHINAMAN KILLS
THREE OF FELLOWS
Murders One in Greenfield,
Others in Springfield, Mass"
for Refusing Him Money.

Springfield. Mass. Sept 12.-Baw
Young, Chinese laundry man, Of
Greenfield, murdered his partner Ong
Ton AZ their laundry at daybreak yes
terday morning A few hours later he
arrived in this city and murdered WI
Shce Chang, one OF the proprletors OF
the Pekin Restaurant in Hampden
Street, and Ng Hong, son OF wing sing
proprietor of the Canton Restaurant IN
Worthington Street. Both murders IN
this city were committed between 1880
and 1l:40 O'Clock in the morning.
After shooting Ing Hong, Baw Young
tried to escape by running up Worth,
ington Street, where he was arrested
Nv Officer Michael Kennedy, after try
ing to shoot the policeman. He was
taken TO the local police station, where
he confessed to the three crimes. The
failure OF the three men to assist him
TO defray the expenses OF a trial Tor
violating the immigration laws is given
a the motive.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-13
FIRE IN HOME;
WOMAN HELD
Flames Started at Seven
POintS-KerOsene and
Excelsior Used.

Hackensack, y. J.. Sept. 12.-Mrs.
Marion c. Merrill, forty years, who for
tn, last three months has lived with
her two daughters at 112 Burton Ave
nue.. Hasbrou Heights, was commit
ted to the Hackcnsack jail this morn
IL charged with arson.
1t is alleged by William J. Demer-
est, chief Of the Rasbrouck Heights
Fire Department, ina. shortly after
Mrs. Merrill lett her home last even
ing neighbors discovered fire in her
home. Firemen discovered that the
floors, closets and stairways had bcer
literally sprinkled with kerosene. e..
celsior was found burning IN the cc'.
lar. Fire had been started in seven
places.
County Detective Louis Nestel was
detailed on the case. lie learned that
a local auto owner had driven Mrs.
Merrill to Montclair. He arrived at
that place early this morning, but be
cause Of the woman's hysterical condi'
ton did not take her away until she
ndd received WeGlCdI dltcHuH"CC.
81 didn't do il! | didn't do IT." con
tinually screamed Mrs. Merrill when
put in a cell Il was necessary for her
physician to give her an opiate.
James De Turck. who was engaged as
counsel for Mrs. Merrill, declared that
it would have been impossible for the
woman to have 5tarted seven fires IN
her home and then made her escape
half an hour before the flames were
discovered.
It was said there was not a large
quantity of furniture in the house and
that Mrs. Merrill carried $4,000 insur-
ancp
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-13

Avenue. Hc took the women TO Ford
ham Hospital.
Boy Scout Drowned.
While two other twelve year-old boys
fouobt 70 save him, Irving LOCK-
Rov Scout. Of 973 Tiffany Street was
syept into the current IN the harlem
Shin Canal yesterday afternoon anu
drowned. Patroiman Pfelfter. OF tne
West NTH Street station, rescued ms
two companions, Aldredge NoYetny' OF
no Fast Seventy-third Street, and Jo-
semi Murray, of 1891 First Avenue
Tbey were almost exhausted.
The Lock and Noyetny boys WIN a
marty of scouts, discovered an aoan-
doned canoe on the bank OF the canal
They were soon pushing the craft out
into the canal. Not far out II over
turned. The current caught LOCK- ana
Novetnv, aided By Murray swan al'er
him. -.
canal, jumped into a rowooat, ana,
,ided by the current, he reached the
rescuers lust in time. Noyetny and
Murray received first MD from the
other scouts. Locks body had not
been recovered last night.
three dc rs DbdA rps
Three young Philadclphians. Edward
THOMPSON. sixteen years old; John
Conner. sixteen, AMI John Richie,
twcnty-one. were drowned in Glenloch
Lake. Camden, y. j., yesterday. Con-
ror was swimming from a rowboat
when he was seized with cramps. In
trying to help him into the boat II
was capsized and Thompson ana
Richie we're also thrown into the
water and drowned.
Charles Colburn, colored chauffeur,
Of Glen Rock, y. j., was drowned IN
the old Baldwin mill pond on Paramus
road, in Midland Township, near Hack
cnsack, while swimming. he got INTO
a deep hole, and, although friends saw
him 20 down, no attempt to assist MIN
was made. Later several men Owed
Tor the body but found it too heavy to
raise.
Homer Briggs, a lawyer, was
drowned in White Pond. Putnam
County, yesterday. after falling from
a boat while changing seats. He never
came to the surface.
Martin, the nineteen-year-ol negro
valet of Maurice Costello, the motion
picture star. was drowned in Long
lSldnd NOuHu gtHleIudy "Hcl HI 'N''
out of a boat near the Costello nome
on Willet's Point Road.
Thanks to numerous clothes lines
branching from the tenement at l4l5
Second Avenue, three-year-old James
Monahan was able to walk back up.
stairs yesterday after he had toppl ed
off the third story fre-escape. He
struck just as many clothes lines as he
could find and landed in the courtyard,
merely backing his right eye.
Milton Brunsdorf. eighteen. Of 61I
Woodhaven, Queens, was bathing on
Flynn's dock in Jamaica Bay, when he
sank The body was not recovered.
The body of an unidentified negro
was taken TO Gieason's morgue on
Eighth Avenue, Whitestone. The man
was bathing in the East River and was
seized with cramps. Before aid could
reach him he drowned.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-13

twenty days he caught fifteen swordfsh,
also a seasons record.
Mr.. Grey describes his long fight to
land the giant graphically:
I'VE sighted the big fish about mile
out and made for him Immediately. We
made a wide circle round him to draw
the flying bait near him. But before we
could get 20 the exact point Of action
he sank from sight.
"The same old story, thought. with
despair these floating fish will not
bite. Suddenly ! saw a great blaze Of
purple and silver green flashing after
my bait The monsters jaws opened,
and this was the moment for the fish
erman!
81 found it almost impossible to let
him have enough line. All l remember
about the hooking was the tremendous
shock, like a subway train suddenly
stopping. The first dash was irrcsistibly
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-13
CLEARY'S AIDS
ON TRIAL TO-DAY
Three to Face Juries as
Result of Politicians
ACquittal of Murder.

Justice Hirschberg will convene Su-
preme Court at New City to-day TO try
the defendants indicted following the
acquittal Of William V. Cleary, Demo
cratic boss and former town clerk of
Harerstraw, of Staying his son-in-law,
Eugene Newman.
Deputy Attorney General WILDER
Chambers will prosecute County Super
visor Josiah Feter, indicted with
Clcary, whose accounts are alleged to
be $4,000 short and who is accused of
disappointing the towns funds.
The prosecutor will also open the case
against Bernard J. Fox, an eyewitness
of he Newman murder, who must stand
trial on a charge Of perjury. William
Seibold, who handled a gun without a
license at the time of the murder, will
be the third man.
Fox knocked the revolver from
Cleary's hand after the latter had
fired four bullets into the body of his
son-in-law, according TO the evidence.
When he was questioned later as 70
what he did with the revolver he re-
piled:
q picked it up and put it in my
right hand pocket. ! think, and carried
il with me all day, bringing it home at
night, when / gave il to my wife"
Fox's indictment for alleged perjury
followed He waived examination when
arraigned on March 3, and it was re-
ported at the time that he threatened
TO open up" on somebody if pressed.
Seibold said that he had gone TO
Cleary's office to ask for job. He
opened the door, "smelled smoke, and
was handed a gun by Fox" He swore
he did not know what had happened,
and did not ask. He took the pistol, he
said, to his home. There he gave it to
his brother-in-law with instructions 10
deliver il TO a nephew of Fox.
Many conflicting stories were told
during the process of getting the
mixed-up evidence, but they all in
dicated that Seibold had handled the
gun.
At the coroner's inquest Fox swore,
District Attorney Gagan said, that he
didn't know what mad become of the
revolver Several days later Cleary's
lawyer gave a revolver, ,hich he said
was the one that killed Newman, to
the District Attorney.
Seibold was indicted on a charge Of
carrying concealed weapon on april
Is, 1915. lie was held in 81 900 bail.
One Of the witnesses of the shooting
was Josiah Felter, county supervisor
He was indicted for part in the al
legged irregularities in the accounts of
the town, which were discovered, il
was alleged, by State Controller Travis.
Cleary was implicated in the alleged
shortage with Felter.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-13
Novelist Battled -Four Hours
to Lasso Giant SWordtiSh
Zane Grey Made Season S
Record Haul on Pacific
Coast-Towed 3l6-Pound
Monster to Port.

The seasons record swordfsh, weigh
ing 3l6 pounds, was caught about two
weeks ago by Zane Grey. the novelist
and big game sportsman, in the waters
about San Clemente Island of the
coast Of California. Word Of Mr.. Grey's
four hour and fifteen minute struggle
with the monster at the end of his line,
during which period the giant FISH
leaped in the air eleven times, reached
this city yesterday.
Mr.. Grey left New York City for the
Pacific Coast late in July for his sword
fishing trip. He spent three weeks in
the same waters last year, to no result,
and this time he was determined 10 ac-
complish the feat esteemed above all by
game fishermen. How successful he was
can be judged from the fact that IN
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-13

After firing at his wife because she
refused to return after a separation,
Benjamin Trussick. tailor, shot him
self at his mother-in-law's home, l0l
Cannon Street. He died in Gouverneur
Hospital His wife was uninjured.
All drivers o. the Slawson- Decker
Sheffield Farms Company milk wagons
are back at work. except the three or
four who began the strike. These men
will not be reinstated. Daniel 5. llor-
ton, secretary. said.
4 bomb that .urncd ouJ 20 be an au-
tomobile dry battery was discovered
by Brother Rocco Of the Roman Cath
Ollie Church of Our Lady Of Loretto,
during a fire behind the altar. The
origin Of the ere - unknown
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-13

suffrage meeting, stood at the foot Of
the stairs:
"Ah. Miss Smith, If you were wife
and mother. you wouldn't have TO take
care Of babies
However. Mrs FITZGERALD wrings a
good deal Of time from suffrage 10
spend with her children. And II was
mostly Of the needs OF children ana
of what women could do with the vote
70 help children that she talked 10
the men Yesterday Il was half holiday
with good many Of the workers, and
she had a large crowd who stood IN
the hot sun and listened attentively.
! didn't hear dissenting voice and ]
did hear the men say things Ike;
"She's all right" "Ah, II the men
could talk as we'll as the women they d
be better speakers than they are.
Il was Miss Engcl who a. an ear. ier
meeting encountered a rahid anti, but
he was moro than half drunk
"TIl 10 20 hell before I'll vote for
the women" he announced 20 hey.
You'll. he too drunk Election Day
10 know what YOU do she rcior'od,
we can do without men Ike VOW
That pleased the rest OF tho crowd, NO
promptly shoocd the intoxicated 'nc'-
vidual Of
Quiet and proper rs Trenton appears
on the surface. Miss Eugel saws thcI'
is plenty OF roughncss IN some quar-
tors. and She declares the slums are
the worst and the Stun children me
most pitiful she has ever seen. SuN'a-
rlsts also say there is as much lmmo-
ralitv there IS IN any town IN the co""-
trv. The politicians are mostly agaln'i
The suFraEists. but on the otncr Ban"
men like Linton Sattcrthwa't' la"Eel
md The Rev Dr. Wood, who preacheS
i'm the Methodist Episcopal ChuTch on
State Street, are for them. Antnoh!
Spair. the labor man, and Reuben .i + OF -
ker. editor OF the union paper ne
Advocate" arc coming ught ouI anu
,peaking for the sufraCistS.
Il is not the men Of Trenton, IL Is
Inc suffrage women who viii be 10
blame II the city goes anN->uH rage
They don't work, most Of them. ihtl
are Just beginning to wake up TO 'he
fact that suffrage campaign is on y
few ere campaigning emerge tcaliy' ou-
ranv Of them do nothing more strenu-
ous than 90 10 the suffrage headduai-
tors now and then. sit m the easy
chairs there and rock. The men are
opep-mindei. apparently, and II thcE
arc talked 70 enough il really seems as
II a majority can be won 10 vote tor
suffrage. It's for the women-not just
few. but all who believe IN the cause
10 get out and work # they want -
win.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-13
BOYS Find Woman Dead in Park.

Boys playing IN Central Park yes
terday afternoon found the body Of ap
elderly woman in the bushes near the
West Drive at Eighty-frst Street. DIR.
Simonds. Of Flower Hospital said the
woman had been dead an hour. Beside
her was a half-hlled flask and bottle
f creosOte.
In the pocket Of the woman's jacket
was a card with the name Catherine
Ehrens. Of 1928 Bryant Avenue, The
Bronx. James and John Ehrens, OF
that address, identified the body at the
Arsenal last night as that Of their
mother, Mrs. Catherine WaSsmann,
sixty-nine years old. They said she
had been respondent for several weeks.
The police said there was nothing sus-
picious about Mrs. Wassmann's death.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-13
Jealous. Slabs Wife Six Times.

James Wallace, cook, went home 70
his fiat, at 248 East Eightythird Street,
last night and, according 10 the police,
accused his wife. Mary Wallace, of
paying too much attention 10 a boarder
who had formerly lived with them. It
is alleged Wallace then sezed a cooks
knife and stabbed his wife six times.
Wallace was locked up on charge of
felonious assault He refused to say
anything about the quarrel. Mrs. Wal
lace told the police at the Reception
Hospital that he was jealous Of a
boarder. who had left their home.
Their young son, Roger. was sent 20
the Chlldren,s Soclety for the night.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-13

powerful, and had the sensation of the
absurdity of trying TO stop such FISH.
Tearing off the line at furious
pace, he was out of the water in seven
huge leaps in rapid succession. ! could
not keep the line taut, and, with the
boat going at full speed. he neverthe-
less tore out 300 feet of line. Then
suddenly he would dart around and dive
and | would get back half of it.
81 kept this up for four hours, and
finally tired the creature so that he was
drawn near enough the boat 10 be
gated. After that lassoed his tail and
the fish was captured"
Mr. Grey makes his home in Middle
town. y Y, and is a well known con-
tributor to sporting magazines. lie IS
accompanied on his present trip by
three New York girls his cousin, Miss
Elma Schwartz, and two of her chums,
Misses Pauline and Elsie Wurster.