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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-22

deeply DESTROYS of improving his game.
hardly gets down to the finer percep-
tons of the stroke. which accounts. In
part, for the greater steadiness OF the
paid performer.
Then again the pro is better fitted
temperamentally than the amateur
He never allows a bad shot to affect
his subsequent strokes. as through his
entire playing experience he has found
it better to forget them: that the
break ks viii equalize themselves in the
long run As Ben Sayers remarke ed
about Harry Nardon after the latter
had made particularly difficult shot.
That man has the heart of an iron
OK. 1t might be said of many pros that
they make their best strokes when
under stress.
Getting down to the mechanics Of
me game. the pro is less frequently off
the line than even the first class anna
.eur and he makes cleaner. prettier
maShle shots for the pin than the man
VINO plays for pleasure. But here many
amateurs are pushing the pros very
siose. Tor they, too, have developed the
nablt of playing for the hole rather
than the green.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-22

hitting the ball hard, but he is showing
all his old speed. He is the most popular
player on the Cardinal team, because he
not only is delivering the goods, but he
Is hustling and, it Is believed, may he
able to help the Cardinals into berth
in the first division.
Sid Keener of the ST. Louis Times seems
to be tickled that the White SoN are so
low in the race. though he says the Sox
may be able to do what McGraw did and
some day start a long winning streak.
Such achievements come but seldom. how
ever, the Nationals setting record when
they Won seventeen straight in 1912. win
ming sixteen of them on the road and one
on their own grounds.
The Sox may finish higher than last
but they are not going to be contenders
for the pennant this year.
The Nationals still are right on the
heels of the Indians. The locals played
seven games last week. counting yes
terday's contest, and won five of them.
Four of the seven games were played
with the Indians. and just to snow
that there is little choice between them
| weeks play was in Washington taking
three games from the Tigers, while
Cleveland was winning one from New
| York. That gave the Nationals 4 two
game margin and it also hurt the
i Tigers which at this time last week
! were leading the Red Sox. During the
week the Athletics two pitchers, Bush
and Myers, hurled the club into sixth
| place. but the trench was retaken by
, the White Sox.
According to the New York Tribune,
| Washington is lucky not to be in the
| second division.
! Here is what the Tribune says:
There is not a chance for Ainsmith
| to get out of the American League. eS-
| peciaIly with the Yankees needing him
! so sorely. Ainsmith is young man. a
clever. brainy catcher. and while not II
| hard hitter is valuable man. In the
| American League a team can request
waivers and then recall the request
! and Griffith proposes to do this until
| every team in his league valves claim
! while on the subject of Washington
| one might attribute the Senator's rush
| to the fore in the first couple of weeks
, of the season to Walter johnson alone
With any other hUrler in the box the
Senators show their real class. which
| entities them to fifth place ranking
I'm the rainy days of the spring, with
| games postponed right and left. these
| pit cheers like Johnson pitch a higher
percentage of games than they ordi-
narily would in midseason When the
season advances and things adjust
| themselves the Senators will doubtless
| drop in where they belong"
| The Tribune is sadly in need of an
awakening. We, of course, appreciate
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-22

Coumbe of the Cleveland team is
leading the pitchers of the league.
having won FIVE games, while there is
not a defeat charged against him. But
Coumbe is not going to keep up that
pace very long. lie has been going
we'll. but that was because he was
pitched against teams which are soft
for southpaws. When he meets some
Of the other teams in the circuit he
is very apt to have some defeats
charged to his record.
Coumbe. of course. has improved a
lot since last year, for the reason that
he has mastered control. but he is not
pitcher with stuff enough to be a
star. and time will prove this.
John McGraw. who has been like a
sphinx this spring. has begun to hold
I'D his head and speak out loud since
his Giants got on winning streak.
John is not much impressed with GER
tain clubs. especially those with lot
of former Federal League talent. APP
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! 3 @19 BS;3a8&8 T9f
Bv 7. ED GRILLO.

Benny Kauff who is hitting fourth in the Giants lineup was
intended for the St Louis Cardinals Bob Connery who was scout
for the Cardinals recommended that kauf be obtained 1T
Connery playing independent ball for him at
Keystone, Ohio.
Yes Bob and you're the that taght how to swing up
there the plate, the kau told his being with Connery
kau signed play with the Cardinals at Connervs request
but during the Federal League war
Indianapolis Fed which he could down, and
he joined them.
The Brooklyn further increased the salary OF kau
valuable
fecv that where he receiving encouragement and
is making good
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-22
Gyllenpalm Makes Statement.

Gyllenpalm in his confession, told
how. while he was standing there in
the crowd about the bank. some one
remarked:
1T is a curious thing. but a murderer
always returns to the scene Of his
crime
GyIlenpalm said that upon hearing
this he gave way at the knees and al
most sank to the sidewalk, but his
friends had thought he merely slipped.
When he had recovered his equilibrium
Gyllenpalm asked the policeman IL he
thought the murderer could be caught
Yes replied the officer. "if he is
fool enough to try to leave the city
We have everything watched II he
stays in town, though, it will be more
difficult.
Il decided to stop in town." said CYL
| lenpalm in his confession.
Always fond of cafe and restaurant
life. the murderer did not alter his
course of living in any way. But evil
IDENTIFY he began to worry, for after a
week had elapsed he cabled to his IA
ther in Russia for funds to carry him
to that country. This money, which
might have enabled him to escape to
complete safety for the rest Of his
da. arrived in Stockholm the morn
ing after his arrest.
BY reason of his nobility Of BIRTH
Gyllenpalm can choose that he be put
to death with the sword instead of the
more plebeian blade of the guillotine
Such is his inalienable prerogative.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-22
JUVENILE CRIME GROWS.
Deplorable Conditions Are Said to
Prevail in Vienna.
ce Of the Associated Press.

Correspondence Of the Associated Press.
VIENNA. May ALARMED at the in
crease in juvenile crime and the de-
plorable condition Of so many thou
sands of children, the Austrian Red
cross'is organizing a special fund for
the care and relief of the young.
1t is difficult to tell Just how. greatly
juvenile crime is on. the increase
throughout the country. but the Vienna
police report" a sad. state Of things in
the capital. In the suburb Of Hietzing
bordering on the imperial castle Of
Schoenbrunn, where the emperor has
been in residence throughout the war.
the number Of juvenile offenses rose to
1000 in the first twelve months of the
war. as compared with $50 in the
previous corresponding twelve months.
The Red Cross officers believe that
many of these evils arise from poverty
and other causes which a iudicious ex-
penditure Of money may remove, hence
their decision to organize a relief fund.
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the great work Of Walter Johnson, but
the team has lot Of willing helpers
of ability. This has been demonstrated
this year. and will be still further
proved as the season advances.
The Tribune's critic is no doubt
peeved at the showing the Yankees are
making. The fortune which was spent
in getting that team together has not
brought about desired results, and if
the Tribune's critic wants to back his
judgment with his coin it is believed
he will rot have much trouble in get
ting a wager of few hundred that
the Grffmen viii finish ahead of the
Yankees in the present campaign.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-22

parently McGraw thinks he got the
pick of the outlaws in Rousch, Ander-
son. Rariden and kauff
thinker. like Fielder Jones in St.
Louis lost the major league perspec-
tive through Fed League association"
says McGraw. Both viii learn to their
sorrow before the year is done that.
with some few exceptions. the outla "
talent was an inferior brand.
Neither the American nor National
Leagues need worry much if the sky is
the limit for either the Cubs or the
Browns. Their surplus talent is a sad
conglomeration of misft material so far
rs major league standards go. Pick the
best twenty out of either team and the
residue wouldn't bring nickel on the
league markets
Bob Beschcr. who was failure with
the Giants and did not set things on fire
for the Cardinals last year. has come back
and now is one OF the best bail players
in the National League Not only is he
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-22
Raise S2c0 for Mclean Road.

More than $29n has been raised by
pupiic subscription by residents of Nc
Lean ana Neresco. Va, to he used in
building road between Mclean and
FRANK lin Park. Va. Work on the new
road is to be started at once and ,bs
stretch of road when completed is 10
pc part of the permanent county
hignWay system.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-22
Humane Sunday in City Churches

Humane Sunday" was observed with
appropriate sermons yesterday in many
of the local churches. The day was
observed by churches throughout the
country. Rev. DR.. John Van Schaick,
ir., pastor of the Church of Our Father,
in his sermon yesterday morning up
held the proper use Of animals for sci
entific investigation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-22
Play Booked by Social Center.

Judith and Ariel is to be presented
at the Grover Cleveland School. Sth and
streets northwest. this evening at
o'clock under the auspices of the Margaret
Wilson Social Center. The faculty of the
school headed by the principal, Miss Fran
ces Farley, is to direct the play. 1t was to
have been given Tuesday last, but was
postponed until this evening.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-22

This Is Colorado Year. Take the Roek
Islands famous Rocky Mountain Limited"
Sseerior service. Low fares. Information at
R9fk Island Travel Bureau. ~ WideAes bldg,
Philadelphia. -
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little P|MPLES
ON BABY'S HEAD
Had to Put Cap On. Became Solid
Crust All Over. Took Hair All
Out. Awful to Behold.
HEALED BY CUTICURA
SOAP AND OINTMENT

My baby had little yellow pimples come
on her head. She would scratch until the
blood would come and that made largo
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-22
Sunken Greek Collier Identified.

TOCLON. via Paris. May 22.-The
Greek collier which was sunk last
Thursday by an Austrian submarine
was the Adamantios korais, 1913 tons,
which was on its way from Genoa to
Barry, Wales.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-22
An Important Military Post.

IN times of peace Erzingan is a
tranquil little city. with one wide
thoroughfare and many dirty, unpaved
alleys. 1t is important as a military
post and has clothing. tannery and boot
factories in which modern British ma
chinery is used. Silks. cotton goods
and copper utensils were among its
manufactures before the war.
THE fertile, we'll watered plains sur
rounding the town are threaded by
fairly good roads extending to four
points of the compass-to Trebizond,
seventy miles by air line to the north;
to Erzerum. eighty miles east: to
Kharput. seventy miles south, and to
west, the last named noted for it's
poppy fields and opium trade. as its
name implies (Black Castle of Opium).
The most picturesque episode in the
history of Erzingan concerns the estab-
lishment of the famous Armenian
monastery of St. Gregory. eleven miles
south of the town. Gregory, the re-
puted founder of the Armenian Church,
and called the Illuminator, to distn-
guish him from the great fathers of the
Eastern Church of the same name. was
the son of Parthian chieftain, who, in
the third century of the Christian era,
was bribed to assaSsinate the Arme-
MAN king Chosroes. Many years later.
in order to atone for his father g
treachery. Gregory entered the service
of Chosroes' son and successor, Tiri-
dates. but when the youth was COM
manded to sacrifice to idols he refused,
and his identity was discovered.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-22
NOBLEMAN IS ALLEGED
!. TO ADMIT DOUBLE CRIME
Murder Of Bank Manager and Clerk
Traced to Member of Old
Swedish Family.
of the Associated Press.

STOCKHOLM. Sweden. May L.
Leonard Rudolph Alexander Gyllen
palm, a member of one of the oldest
families in Sweden-a family knighted
in the seventeenth century and regis
tered in the "riddarhus" or Swedish
house of nobles-has confessed to the
in one of the branch banks Of Stock
holm. and which stirred all Sweden be-
cause of the brutality and mystery of
the crime. The manager of the bank
was found with a Ratchet in his skull.
and woman clerk was shot dead.
The chance capture of Gyllenpalm and
his own cold-blooded story Of the crime
have made thrilling reading for the
Swedish people. His Nemesis worked In
the person of a young Swedish woman
with a good memory for faces. She had
seen the nobleman emerge from the
bank, and though she did not then
know of any murder having been COM
mitted. she noticed there was some
thing strange about his manner. When
she herself had entered the bank she
found the bodies of the manager and
the woman clerk. and then realized that
the man she had seen hurrying from
the place must have been the muir
derer.
Description Given to Police.
She described the man to the police as
best she could. but the detectives made
absolutely no Roadway until more than
a fortnight afterward, the same young
lady passed the murderer on the street.
She thought she recognized him. but
was not sure With girl companion
she followed the man several blocks
until they fell in with policeman to
whom the girl told her suspicious, and
the officer decided to arrest him.
The nobeman at first denied all
knowledge of the crime, but after ne
had been held for two days an analysis
of some spots on his clothes and shoes
established that they were stains OF
human blood. and. when confronted
fessed He said he was in desperate
need of money and had planned the
crime weeks ahead He only intended,
however, to kill the branch manager.
bank at the time. He carried, the
Ratchet in leather portfolio. or law
yer's brief case. He was surprised to
see the woman clerk and followed his
first impulse to shoot Having com
mitted the double murder he became
alarmed and fed without securing any
money whatever.
Direct from the scene he went to
restaurant a few blocks away and
Joined a party of friends at a midday
breakfast. eating hearty meal and
drinking several glasses of wine. That
afternoon the newspapers were full of
the accounts of the mysterious murder
Gyllenpalm. however. moved about
among his friends without the slight
est evidence that he was more than
ordinarily stirred by the news. He had
dinner down town with a friend, and
when the meal was finished he sug
gested a walk around to the bank to
see where such an atrocious murder
had been committed There was
crowd of the morbidly curious about
the door. which was guarded by a po-
liceman.
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eruptions. / had to put
a cap on her head to
keep her from scratch
ing. Her head became
a solid crust all over
and 1t took her hair all
out. The crust would
get dry and then como
Oh and she was awful
to behold.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-22
FIGHTING At ERz|NCAN
AFTER SIX CENTURIES
Asia Minor City Once More Scene
Of Battle for Supremacy
of Races.
Was Lost to Christianity in Elev-
enth Century. When the
Seljuks Captured 1t.

The desperate resistance with which
the Russians art meeting in their adj
vance from Trebizond and Erzerum
upon Erzingan focuses the limelight
of public attention on one of the most
fascinatingly interesting cities of Asia
Minor from a historical and legendary
standpoint. according to the war geog-
raphy bulletin issued today by the Ma
tional Geographic Society from its
Washington headquarters. which says
With a population varlouSly eStl-
mated at from 10000 to 5000. half
of whom are Armenans. the town of
ErZingan, situated on the right bank
of the Nara Su tBlack river, the
western branch of the upper Euphra-
ties. seems destined soon to witness an
other momentous struggle for race SUI
premacy on its neighboring plains.
struggle even more bitter than that
waged here six and a half centuries
ago between the Turkish Seljuks and
the Mongols. Two centuries previously.
at about the time that William the
Conqueror was subduinS England, the
Seljuks, under their great leader, Alp
Arslan, had established themselves
firmly in Asia Minor by the defeat of
Romanus Diogenes, the Greek en-
peror. whose rise to power dated from
the hour when he was being ted to
execution for treachery. His manly
grace awakened the amorous fancy of
his empress. who committed his death
sentence to that of royal consort
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-22
Built Shrines to Martyrs.

"One of Gregory's first acts upon his
elevation to royal favor was to build
shrines for the relics of Ripsime and
Gaiana. the site for these being mi
raculously selected, SO continues the
legend, by the Son of Heaven, who
came down from above on a path of
light and smote the earth with a gold
en- hammer.
kaikobad j, greatest of Seljuk
princes. iliustrious both for his mill
tary prowess and as a patron of Sara
Genie architecture, won a decisive vic
tory on the plains of Erzingan in 1880,
victory. however, which resulted in
the downfall of the Seljuks thirteen
years later, for the vanquished, prince,
khwarizm Shah Jalal, was the only
buffer between Kaikobads kingdom
and the Mongols. In 1243. after Kaiko-
bad had been poisoned by his own son,
Kiakhosrau, the Mongols administered
a crushing defeat to this unworthy
heir of a great sire and peace was pur-
chased only by the payment of heavy
tribute.
After the Mongols came the Tttars.
then the Turkomans and finally ERIN
gan became part of the domain of
Mohammed II in 1878, twenty years
after the establishment of the Moham-
medan empire at Constantinople.
"In 1884 ErZingan was almost COM
pletely destroyed by an earthquake.'
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Fourteen Years in Prison.

He was thrown into prison, where
he languished for fourteen years until
summoned before the king. much as
were some Of the biblical prophets.
Gregory was intrea ed to cure Tirida es
who had been changed into a wild boar
and who had attacked many Of his sub
jects. With a sermon of sixty days
dura ton Gregory restored Tiridates' rea-
son and was proclaimed a saint while
the ruler became the first Christian king
of Armenia. One of the most interesting
features of the legend is that part of it
which concerns the cause of Tiridates
mania-an affliction visited upon him by
heaven for his treatment of the beauti-
full num- Ripsime. Ripsme was a Christian
convert of Rome, who was so unfortunate
as to arouse the fervid admiration of the
Emperor Diocletian. Seeing no way to
repulse the monarch's advances, Ripsime
fed to Asia Minor with her abbess,
Gaiana. Diocletian soon learned of her
place of refuge and commanded Tiridates
to seize the girl and return her to Rome
But in the meantime Tiridates had him.
self succumbed to her rare beauty
"Rpsime, equally cold to the Armenian,
was seized and tortured to death by the
thwarted king, and with her were mas
sacred her thirty-siX followers =' 80.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-22

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sample OF Cuticura Soap and Ointment.
] secured some more and less than one full
sized cake Of Cuticura Soap and one box OF
Ointment healed it, tsigned) Mrs NJ. e.
Grant. Wesser. n. Carolina, July "A. 1915.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-22
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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-01-21

Boyd had been a close friend of her
father and lover of her own for sew
eral years. Humble people, and hon
est, they were; the sawdust CRIME
and the tinsel glase never having
hurt them one bit, for the circus ring
was a family proclivity on both sides.
There he is noWp suddenly cried
lola, and sprang to her feet, all aglow
with delight and suspense The door
opened, succeeding to the quick,
nervous tramp of sturdy footsteps.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-01-21
50 = . = $50 Is = .
IN CLOUDLAND

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BY Esther Burr Reynolds
Copyright by w. G. Chapman)
''The profession has all gone to
pieces" mourned old Ezekiel Brown.
Where is genius? Where is talent? |
Where is the dashing bareback rider |
who thrilled the thousands, and that |
big laugh Of the universe, the clown |
who made merriment for the mil |
ions?"
Where, indeed?" murmured his |
petite and pretty daughter, lola, sor-
rowfully, as she stitched away at
tinseled dress which she wore as a
supernumerary in a cheap theatrical
company.
''The day of the clown is over"
mourned old Ezekiel anew. Its the
day of the entertainer now! AS to |
the child equestrienne act, | might |
as well have trained you for the |
opera. Poor child! Our glory is de-
parted and they pay you, a star of |
the arena, six paltry dollars week |
for standing on the stage with doz-
Gil OIuOIo III d NllldSS uldluOn SCSuS!
do complain of it, father, dear?"
cried lola cheerily. THAT keeps the |
pot boiling and times have got to |
change, for Merrill says so, and he is |
a rock of strength and dependence,
you know"
Eyes, poor MerrillT' continued the |
old circus favorite, determined to !
grumble out all his manifold trou-
bles. Look at that boy, the best |
triple comersault man in America
once. Now-why, the new-fangled |
'equilibrist' has to invest two or three
thousand dollars in his act outfit be- |
fore he get vaudeville engagement.
And the wedding! Here Merrill
thought he had a settled position as
advance agent for show, and what
does the show do? Bust! And the
wedding put off until he sees his Way
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-01-21
Shook His Fist AIoft

Handsome, alert, kindly-eyed and
manly looking, Merrill Boyd burst in
upon the homely little room, brisk,
stimulating and quite excited.
''Wel, old friend" he cried to Ze-
kiel, I've made it!'
You don't say so - another en-
gagement?", queried the old clown
eagerly.
mot in the old line, though" re-
piled Merrill you see, we are des-
The Seward gateway., 1916-11-21

There is nothing good that all the people should not boost And when all the people is said ALL the people is meant You can never boost successfully when you are divided amongst yourselves when you prefer an ad- vantage clique instead of an advantage to all the town md district
The Seward gateway., 1916-11-21

When Seattle papers took the side of WickerSham and actually told Alaska whom it should elect they were sticking several nails in the coffin of Wick ready for AL aSkanS to drive home All SuzerteS should send vote of thanks to those outside publications.