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n CLUE OPENS.
oO1f ana Tennis season were Initiated

Saturday r number OF the society folk
81 Wheeling went to the Country Club'
where they enjoyed their first game o.
tenui ~ golf % the season The.
schedule Of the summer season has not
a. yet been adopted but will likely be
made up within a short time.
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COBB'S THROW WINS

DETROIT. Mich. April iS-Ty Cobb's
throw from deep center. which retired
John Collins at the plate In the ninth.
Detroit the opening game OF the
series with Chicago 5 TO l.
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Summafy-Strike outs brown. o.
KANE. J. Costello. =. stolen bases Ne.
hel'ey ,; Beck. Corbett. Miller. sacrt-
/" etch Three base hits. Duffy. Two
~ hiis Beck. Empires.
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lotals .-......Jl ) - nc .
Battcd for Meilman Ia eighth.
"-Batted for ReInnaes In ninth.
Cleveland .-......2 - l. c
st. Louis ........U % . l.
Two base hits: Turner. O'Ncill. Kauff-
man. Three bsse hits. Kaufman. era
ney. Home run: Jackson. stolen bases:
Turner. =. Leibold. Base ON balls or
Weilman, s: off Rcmeas. ,: Off Mitchell,
3. Struck out: By Mitchell. 10. by Well
man. 3: by kemees. :. Jmpires: Dineen
and Nallin.
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oLARK ELncrED oAPTAIE.
Adrian CLAN SnI PINOT osshsdni HarA
Team.

The Cathedral high school basehauI
team has elected Adrian Clark a. car.
tain Tor the coming season. Clark ia Al
Frefcut time husiiy engaged in arranr
ing schedule which he viii have out
villain q feW days.
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Two base hits: Beck. Wilson. Groh.
Three base hits. Schneider. stolen bases.
Groh. Killifer. Moiliwttz 3. HerzoR
Clarke Sacrafce hits. Wilson. Olson
Bases on balls: Dosk ?: Schneider Z.
strike out by Doak a Schneider 3: Dale
l. Umpires: Quigley and Eason.
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AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.

bus :. N
cleveland Indianapolis .. cl.v.-
~ Kansas city ~ Paul 10. Kansa.
81 Milwaukee Minneapolis o. Mn.
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REDS DEFEAT CARDINALS

CINCINNATI. April 1s-In n slow
game Cincinnati, By timely hitting. won
the nrst game OF the series with ST.
Louis here today. 8 TO 2. Score:
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SATURDAY GAMES

wheeling High 7: Triadelphia District
Ma,t,hs Ferry High 10; Bridgeport Z.
Middlebourne High 3: Moundsv1ie .
Linsly institute :; Franklin COLLEGE p
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Cleveland At 81. Louis.
Chicago at Detroit.
Boston at Washington.
New York II Philadelphia.
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Two base hits-O--tv. Nespo. Tmtauf.
Golden. Reilly. Peterson.
Three base h~its-Tennart.
First base on hatts-off Hoffer 2 ore
Barr :. Monday e.
Struck ouf-hv Hotter q prarhf g..
Barr z Monday z.
Hit by pitcher-by Barr. Thompson.
by MONDAY. OBev. by oxen. Wilson
WIZ pitches-M0ndav.
Double ulay-Thompson 90 Neapo 10
Thompson. ~
stolen bases-Opsy T. Umiauf O..
Passed hal1-VVlfaon
Sacrifice hfta-Nospo
Impire-fuufs.
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Scored Early


Ihfs a~ftefnO0n. The StOQiea will pIaV
n nve inning game with the Linsly In
Httute team. Shriver Will de-
vote the greater part OF the time be-
tween row and Wednesday. TO gcttinQ
his mon I'm shape for the opening game
with Youngstown. The score.
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EAST LIVERPOOL HADN'T
A CHANCE WITH ST0GIES
ATnIrTIc FIELD rrsrEsD1r.
Bhrivsr's Colts Nit ana 8un BASES wnd
and Enjoysd an Excsllsnt
frsotaos.


Pop" Shrlver's Colts. aided and albeit
ted by. good pitching and fast fielding.
pros into camp by the count OF II to J..
league Park was well filled TO see the
game which proved easy for the stogies.
they batting we'll and running the bases
almost at will. Many errors by their
opponents gave the Central Leaguers
mott slow i'm taxing sdvantase Of the epe
rortunities.
Hoffer. who opened on the firing line
for the Stogies. donate the nrst and
only tally FOR the visitors. when he gave
Myers a base on balls, and allowed him
20 steal second. lie then scored when
the pitcher threw Wild to FIRST base. At
ter having taken a slow roller from the
bat OF Davis. He then frightened up
and from that time to the end OF the
game, there was nothing doing for the
East Liverpool boys.
o'Neii and Nespo, pitcher and second
bnsemen respectively. made their mi
tial appearance. and from Indications
through with two clean hits or a two
Dagger and played "a bang up game
around the keystone sack. O'Neil twiri-
ed two innings. and LOGGED good. He IL
q southpaw pitcher and comes well rec
Iommended from Connie Mack In all
Lrohability he will DE seen working for
Scored Early
The locals broke into the scoring In
the nrst inning and run four runs In on
n hit batsman. base on balls. two err
rors. a two base hit and two outs. In
the third. they annexed four more and
In the sixth added nve more. The other
runs were. one In the second. two in the
NTH and one I'm the seventh.
The boys cut loose their speed. and
made excellent on the base
paths. The feature Of their base run
ming was the fact that Reilly went all
the way from first 20 third on n zacri-
nee hit by Nespo. Peterson batting for
Iioffer brought the crowd to their
feet with a slhshing two base drive TO
center field fence.
In the nrst inning. First Baseman
was struck In the head by a
pitched ball Fortunately however. the
injuries did not prove serious and he
was able to remain IN the game.
Play Lins1y.
This afternoon. the Sfogfes will plav
\ nve inning same with the Linslv In
Htltute team. Manager Shriver viii de-
vote the greater part OF the time be-
tween now and Wednesday. to getting
his mon I'm shape for the opening game
with Youngstown. The score.
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TEAM STANDINGS
NATIONAL LEAGUE

Yesterdays Results.
'Chicago. .. Pittsburgh, 1.
Cincinnati, .; st. Louis, 2.
Other clubs not scheduled.
Ten innings.
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SaiuTday the stogies took The West
nirglnia University nine into camp b,.
ne score - eiEh 90 nothing d..
l~eafuefs played GOOD ball while fhsfr
9yonents seemingly lacked the nan.
tuItman pitched good bail Tor The col
.eke ads but waF given Jagged supno~f
~ Eas relisved BY Rar~on. who dif fff-
W petter Davis. Wstzsl ara T0hneg,
~ Tine style Tho results follow
W v. T. y " p
stoefss ,
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ro-day's Games.
Brooklyn at Boston.
Philadelphia at New York.
81. Louis at Cincinnati.
Pittsburgh at Chicago.
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Chicago ~ ST. Louis
Kansas city a. rfftehurgh.
Baltimore a. Newark
Brooklyn az Hunnfo.
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FEDERAL LEAGUE
roday.s Games.

81 Louis. 2 chicago. I
Baltimore. ~ Newark.
other clubs not scheduled
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IWTHIN .-.-.-|..aF Y q ~
-Bntted for Honer in third.
-Batted for Fracht IN sixth.
Score by Innings.
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ne stoEie second STRING men four,.v.
20 hrthauy Saturday. whore fhev 80
eeIsat et ne hands o. the Refhanv CO..
- nhe D. TIE score o. afr ~ ftree
The League hoVs were unsbie g.
W. the deiiverv - UaRsv wbeo btts
mle.nt run GILES vas re-suonslti. -
10y three rms by driving ne h.u 80
~ he park for n home -, 10 elt
go NE fourth WsideL Works 80
-. Horks for Wheeling me
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ChicAQ

b for Mccarthy I'm seventh.
".-Batted for Schang In seventh.
Two out when winning run scored.
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FEDERALS

Other clubs not scheduled
The Washington times., 1915-12-16
FAILS TO
MEET j, s. DEMAND
Reply on Ancona Sinking Asks
More Time and Further
Negotiations.
Continued from First Page.)

less, but when. with the sinking of
the Arabic. the relations between the
two countries reached the ABSOLUTE
breaking point, Count Won Berrstorlf
drew from his rocket and presented to
Secretary of state Lansing note
which promised full amends.
Despite the fact that the same men
handling the foreign policy of Austria
now are those who made the demands
upon Serbia which precipitated the Flu
ropean war there is disposition to oe-
lieve that Austria, as long as possible.
will bluff.
To many responsible persons in Gov
ernment circles here. it is inconceivable
that Germany, with all the influence
which she is supposed to have at Vien-
ma. will permit Austria to break with
the United States when she herself &C
quiesced in the American demands. and
acknowledged the obligations OF human
ity for which the United States was
contending.
Not least smong the hopeful signs
which officials here depend on Is the
fact that Austria has thus far Withheld
from her public the text OF the Ameri-
can note, which, 1t Is conceded. might
break.
President Wilson expects to confer
over the whole situation with Mr.; Ian.
sing and the Cabinet tomorrow. II VIII
be his last opportunity 10 do SO before
he leaves the city on his honeymoon.
There is nothing to indicate that no
plans to curtail his trip or postpone 1t.
The Washington times., 1915-12-16
Amsterdam Asserts
Penfield Has Been
Given Vienna Reply

AMSTERDAM, Dec. 16.--Austria fails
to meet the American demand for
prompt disavowal Of the sinking of the
Italian liner Ancona in her reply to the
American note.
Vienna dispatches state that the Aus
trian reply was delivered to American
Ambassador Penfield yesterday. 1t con-
tains a request for more time and FUR
ther negotiations.
Austria, according to reports current
in Vienna, makes no reply to the Amer
lean demand that the commander of the
submarine that sank the Ancona be
punished There is every reason to be-
lieve, Vienna dispatches assert. that
Austria will never consent to this step.
The tone of the note is conciliatory
however, Austria expresses desire to
exchange views with the United States
with the idea of arriving at an AMIGA
BILE settlement.
The Austrian government expresses
regret that American lives were lost
through the sinking of the Ancona and
suggests that the question of financial
rcparation can be easily settled after an
agreement has been reached on the
principal points at issue.
The Austrian government suggests,
according to the dispatches. that the
American Government state more clear
ly its reasons for questioning the act
OF the submarine commander
In view of the firmness with which
the American Government voiced it's de-
mands for disavowal and punishment
of the submarine commander, Austria
suggests that Washington must pe In
possession of the actual facts regarding
Inc sinking of the Ancona. 1t requests
, the United States to lay these facts be-
fore the Austrian foreign office IN a
new note.
Austria assures the United States that
she will accept any evidence offered In
judicial spirit, but that the racts
now in Austria's possession do not war,
| rant the conclusions arrived at by the
American Government.
The Washington times., 1915-12-16
TOday's Sales.

Washington Ry. pfd.. 15aSs1s, 2oaS31s.
25M&3A.
After call:
Potomac Elec. cons. 5's, H,Oooa1O,
81 ,OO0a1O0.
The Washington times., 1915-12-16
NOTABLE THRONG TO
SEE OPERA OPENING

The Boston Grand Opera Company
will begin tonight at the Belasco Thea
ter its engagement of four performances
In conjunction with Anna Pavlowa and
her Imperial Ballet Russo with every
seat occupied. and with probably the
most representative audience that has
assembled for such an event In Wash
ington In several years. The few seats
remaining unsold for the other perform
ances are being rapidly taken, and there
Is little doubt that the auditorium will
be filled all three nights and the Sat-
urday matinee.
The organization. numbering more
from Boston. where 1t mas just finished
a successful engagement of one month,
it's fifth season there.
The addition of elaborate ballet pro-
grams to the operate presentations
make the, performances longer than
usual. and for this reason each night
performance will begin promptly at s
o'clock. and the Saturday matinee will
begin at o'clock.
The offerings for tonight will be Mon
temezzIs masterpiece. L Amore del tire
Re- c'The Love of Three kings') one
Of the most interesting novelties, intro
duced at the Metropolitan and Boston
opera houses In the past few years. and
never before given In Washington, and
the spectacular Christmas ballet. Snow
dakes. from Tchsikovskys Nut
'raCkeT Dalet, also new to this city.
In the former; the vocal stars will be
Luisa Viliani. Giovanni Zenatello
George Baklanoff. Jose Mardones. Ro-
meo Boscacci, Fely Clement. and Blanca
Saroya, with Roberto Moranzoni as con-
ductor. In the latter Mile. Pavlowa
Alexandra Volinine. and the entire Bal
let Russo will appear. as we'll as the
chorus of the opera company. with
Adolph Schmid as conductor.
Friday night the offerings will be Puc-
cini's Madame Butterfly" and new
Egyptian ballet with music by Lu!gini
Saturday afternoon. Mascagnrs Ca.
valleria Rusticaua' will be given. fol.
lowed by the "Elvsian Fields ballet
and scene from Clocks "Orteo " and a
new ballet, "L'Ecole en- Crinoline." by
Mrs. Christian Hcmmick. nf Washing.
ton.
vallos two act opera "rag'iacci." ano
the two--act ballet. "Coppelia.'' b! De-
libes.
The Washington times., 1915-12-16
TRADING CONFINED
TO TRIO OF ISSUES
Block Of Five Thousand Dollars
Worth of Railway and EIec-
trio Stock Is Sold.

Trading on the Washington Stock
Exchange today was confined to three
issues, and in the few instances where
changes were recorded in quotation fig
ures the tendency was to lower levels
Washington Railway and Electric pre-
ferred stock sold up " OF a point, S.
shares being traded in at S3h. A block
of 5000 worth of the per cent bonds
or that company brought 81
The bid on Capital Traction stock was
lowered z of a point to s., and that on
Washington Gas one point to 70.
The only other sale OF the day con-
sisted Of 5000 worth Of Potomac Elec-
trio Power 5 per cent bonds at 10o
The National Bank of Washington
has declared its regular quarterly divi-
dend of 3 per cent. payable January 3.
The transfer books will be closed from
December II to January 5.
The regular quarterly dividend Of ia
per cent has been declared by the
Union Trust Company. 1t is payable
January Is to stockholders Of record
January /. The transfer books will be
closed from JANUARY l to II. both dates
inclusive.
The Washington times., 1915-12-16
LANE TO HELP GET
NEW MINING LAWS

Secretary OF the Interior Lane weI-
coined $50 mining experts to Wash
ington today when the Mining AMI
Metallurgical Society of America e.
sembled in annual convention at TIE
National Museum.
The secretary pledged the mining men
the hearty co-operation Of his depart
ment to bring about a revision of the
archaic mining laws and informed them
that he had recommended that Congress
create a commission to codify the laws.
Mr.. Lane paid tribute to the mining eX
perts. saying he believed they were in
business not SO much for the money
they got out of it. but because they
were spurred on and fascinated by the
spirit Of adventure and the desire to re
veal something to the world that had
been hidden or undiscovered.
He said the men VINO sink the shatts
construct the tunnels and conduct ne
laboratories arc industrial heroes Of
whom the nation might well be proud
The Washington times., 1915-12-16
Clever Feat.

Father" said a small boy. what is
a demagoEue?"
"A demoGuGo. my son. Is a man who
can rock the boat himself and persuade
everybody that there's a terrible storm
at sea - Woman's Journal.
The Washington times., 1915-12-16
PRICES BREAK ON
NEW YORK EXCHANGE
Stocks Dumped On Market, But
Ready Buying Holds Prices
Fairly Steady.

NEW YORK. Dec. 1s.--whiIe many
stocks showed overnight losses, interest
In the announcement of Austria's unfa-
vorable attitude regarding the Ancona
note did not attract wide attention at
the opening of the stock exchange to-
day. Attendance was light.
Pressure on Studebaker and Baldwin
Locomotive sent the former down ~
to 17lb. and the latter sold at 1l6. off
half AnRlo-French loan bonds opened
at 94k. United States Steel was off
n at S6.
Announcement Of delivery of the Aus
trian reply started q selling movemept
and break in prices. Two hundred
thousand shares were dumped onto the
market during the first hour, but ready
buying held the market fairly steady.
Baldwin broke to 1151z. and later re-
covered to 11Sh. Studebaker dropped
from ia to 171h. Steel sold as low as
S5h
The Washington times., 1915-12-16
LOCAL AND NEW YORK FINANCIAL NEWS
New York Stocks.

All transactions IN stocks are on the basis
Of dollars and fractions thereof,
Quotations furnished by w p. Hfbbs &
Co., members of New York Stock Exchange.
Hibbs Building.
The Washington times., 1915-12-16
San AntoniO-Austin Post
Road Nears Completion

AUSTIN, Tex. Dec. 16.--The San An
tonic Austin post road. the first built In
Texas. was practically completed to-
day. 1t is eighty-four miles long ana
cost 500. 900. The Government paid one
third OF this and the remainder OF the
expense was borne by the five counties
It traverses.
1t is planned to plant 1900 shade trees
along the road next spring.
The Washington times., 1915-12-16
JAPAN SENDS NOTE
OF WARMING TO CHINA

TOKYO, Dec. 16.-In an informal note
addressed to Peking today the Japanese
government warns Emperor Yuan Shi
Kai that Japan will watch ''vigilantly
affairs following the change from a re-
public to a monarchy in China. Govern
ment officials believe Yuan Shi Kai will
accept the warning in a friendly spirit
a serious controversy with the Japanese
government.
The Washington times., 1915-12-16
British Monitor Sink
In Tigris, Turks Report

CONSTANTINOPLE (via Berlin wire
less). Dec. l6.-Turksh artillery sank
British monitor in the Tigris and forced
another to fee. said an official state
rnent from the war office today. deal
ing with the Mesopotamian operations
Turkish troops stormed and captured
houses held bv the British at the out
skirts of kul-El-Amara. the British
tase
The Washington times., 1915-12-16
Wholesale Produce Market

EGGS-Nearby, fresh. S6a3s per doz
Southern. 33G34c per doz.
CHEESE-New York. new. Ito per lb.;
fat, 1l11c per Id.
BUTTER-Elgin print. SIC per lb.; tub. $50
per ID. ; process. 26C per ID.
LIVE POULTRY-Iiens, l4C lb.: roost-
ers, lOc per lb.: live turkeys, 1Sal9c per lb;
spring chickens, 1iGl5c per ID.
LIVE STOCK-Veal calves, best. lOc
per lb.: heavy, sQshc per lb.; fat sheep,
4Iaa5c per lb.; spring lambs, S9slac per 10.
KREY. PRICE a. co.
VEGETABLES-(Quota furnished by
Taylor Wade)-Potatoes, $3.50 per barrel;
onions 81. 90 per bu.: 81. Is Der sack; cabbages,
81 90 per barrel: beets. $50 Der 100 punches.
The Washington times., 1915-12-16
Critics In Error.


since the recommendations of the
commissioners concerning the Consoli-
datiOn Of municipal functions have been
made public, serious criticisms have
been heard in various quarters IN tho
District, based apon an absolutely
erroneous conception of what we are
trying to do.
Let me saw. here and now. and
sneak not only for myself but for my
two colleagues on the board that there
has been no thought and there is no in
trntion of injecting politics into the ad-
ninistration of the public schools or
the charities or of any OF the other
functions now controlled bv separate and
more less independent boards. The one
COMPENSATION that the people Of Wash
ington have for their complete lack of
n voice in their own government is the
absence OF petty municipal politics.
1T is to get rid of such politics as
far as NAV be. it is to lessen the ef-
feet of such politics. that the Commits
sioners hope to see the administrative
and executive functions of the school
system vested in one man. a director of
education. Then all the responsibility
being placed uDon him. when ANYTHING
goes wrong in the public schools. every
body will know who is responsible, and
he will be made to paw the price. AS
it Is now. there is neither means for
discovering who is responsible for what
goes wrong. nor power to punish those
responsible. even If their Identity could
be discovered
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-02-17
ADVANCE MUST WAIT.
Weather Conditions in France Preclude
Extensive Operations.

correspondence OF Associated Press.1
London, Feb. 4.-The military cor
respondent Of the London Times In a
recent survey of conditions, said that
there is little likelihood Of any import
ant advance movement by either side
on the western front for long time
TO come Under the present conditions
of weather and ground, with artillery
which knows the range of every land
mark exactly, he argues that sue
cessful offensive is next to impossible.
The district In which the British
army is operating is practically q
swamp" declares this observer. Water
stands on the stiff slippery and holding
clay, rendering the movement Of In
.aritry across country imp possible. For
weeks on end 1t has rained. and when
It has not rained thick mlsts have en-
veloped the country. The deep trenches
are filed with water, and the necessity
If standing in this has cost us many
casualties.
TT Is only on slightly rising ground
that life is at all supporiable. Tho
fronts of the rival armies are covered
with labyrinth of trenches. On both
sides the front lines are often only
posts of observation. Acres of barb
wire cover most of the position. In
rear stretch many lines. zigzags and
communication trenches.
'Breastworks have been constructed
by both armies on the top of the
zround to meet the difficulties Of hold
Ing flooded trenches. while strong
posts. defended villages and farm
steads, and other arrangements, COM
plete the positions. In the rear masses
OF guns Of all calibers. 20 well con-
cealed that they are practically In
vulnerable, and Joined up by tele-
phones to all advanced trenches make
O strong framework for the defense.
During all the months that the Brit
tsh nave occupied this district, only
three direct hits have been made by
German shells upon The British guns.
An attack, therefore, has to deal with
an intact artillery which knows every
range to an inch.
"A forward trench may often be
assaulted or mined by either side, or 1t
may be knocked to bits by heavy
81. els, or c!.ss red BY trench -crts-s
and hand grenadcs. but a local success
II this character has no consequences.
rhe battling In front IS largely be-
EA