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The Washington times., 1917-04-15
REGATTA is LIKELY.

LYNN, Mass, April 15.-It is prob
able that the national amateur rowing
regatta, scheduled here July % and
IS, will be held despite the war. It has
been announced by the committee in
charge of arrangements for the affair
The Washington times., 1917-04-15
BoWLERS BANQUET
Bureau Of Printing and Engraving
Holds Feed,

Members OF the Bureau Of Print
ing and Engraving Duckpin League
and their guests gathered around the
festive board last night to celebrate
the wind-up of the season. The Ex.
aminers' team won the championship.
]. A Williams was the toastmastsr
and among other speakers were Col.
Samuel Jacobsen, with his "Knocker
Book" and President Albert N.
Dewey.
The Washington times., 1917-04-15
TECH TEAM LOSES
BASEBALL CAPTAIN
Dave Pfefffer Suffers Recur.
renee Of Trouble Which
Laid Him Up in Fall.

Dave PfeIffer, captain of Tech,
baseball team, may be lost to the nine
for the remainder of the year. The
Manual Training star and only vet
eran of last years nine Is confined to
his house with q recurrence OF the
trouble with his leg which kept him
out OF the football season last year.
Coach Fury had but one expert.
enced player, and that was Pfeiffer.
AS Hird has left school, Pfeiffer was
being used in the box with fine re-
suits. The Tech team recently held
Gallaudet to q 0-to-0 score in nine in
nings, with Pfeiffer in the box.
Just what Tech will do for q pitcher
Is a problem. Catlin, counted upon to
hurl, has Joined the Maryland guards.
Several players have been tried out
in the box. but no solution for the
difficulty has been found.
Three games are listed for school
boy baseball teams tomorrow. Gen.
trail will entertain the Alexandria
High School nine here, Army and
Navy Props will play Western, and
Gonzaga will go over to Georgetown
Props for q game with the Hilltop
youngsters.
On Tuesday Western and st. Adams
are scheduled to meet. Central and
Episcopal will hook up on Wednes-
day in a return game. Friday East
ern and Western open the high school
series at Union League Park, while
Central and the Georgetown Props
play q return game.
Faculty athletic advisers are ex-
pecting to get together this week to
arrange all details OF the title series.
An umpire will be selected. Details
of the championship field and track
games set for May IL will probably
be talked over.
Central is planning to send two re-
lay teams to Philadelphia for the
Penn carnival, April % and 2s. The
first team is in the championship
class, and is expected to make q kill
ing. Connor, Nash, Stein, Latta, and
Mclean will probably make UP the
quartet.
Central won and lost yesterday.
Reds Schaffer dropped a game to the
Walter Reed Hospital while Sam Gott-
lieb won his battle from the Bliss
Electrical School.
The Army and Navy Props trounced
Bliss Electrical by a score of 13 TO 8
yesterday. Western, scheduled to
meet Fort Hunt, failed to take the
trip.
Central has a third-sacker named
Cobb, said to be a distant relative OF
the Janus Ty Cobb. II he lives up to
the name Central need fear no rivals
In, hnSnhal
The Washington times., 1917-04-15
C. U. ABANDONS SPORTS
Athletes to Devote Time to Military
DrIlIlnu,

Time formerly allotted to athletics
will be given over to military drill
ing at Catholic University. Bishop
Thomas ]. shahan, rector of the in.
stitution, has ordered all teams dis
banded for the remainder OF the
present school year.
Among other things in addition to
baseball gamesA the Brookland ath-
letes were scheduled to take part in
the Penn relays, a dual field and
track meet with Navy and a similar
event with Washington and Lee.
The Washington times., 1917-04-15
YESTERDAYS SCORES.

Washington, 4; Philadelphia, 16.
Boston, 2; New York, z.
Cleveland, 2; Detroit, 3.
Chicago, IL; st. Louis, o.
National.
New York. g; Boston, 2.
Philadelphia, IL: Brooklyn, 3.
st. Louis, 2; Cincinnati, 1.
Pittsburgh, 4; Chicago, 2.
The Washington times., 1917-04-15
MIopIEs wALLoP HoRsEHIpE.

ANNAPOLIS. Nd. April 15.-Navy
batsmen hit Deboise's offerings to all
corners of the field yesterday and
easily defeated Williams College. 8
to 2,
The Washington times., 1917-04-15
BOY ROLLS 500 SCORE.

TOLEDO. Ohio, April 15.-Rolling
in a schoolboy tournament here,
Gailard Farley. of Scott High, rolled
a perfect tenpin score OF 300.
The Washington times., 1917-04-15
CUB CATCHER GOES.

CHICAGO. April 15.-walter Mayer.
a catcher, was released to the Pro-
vidence club OF the International
League by the Chicago Americans
yesterday.
The Washington times., 1917-04-15
MussER is RETURNED.

Paul Musser, the former mounds
man of the Griffmen, who was pur-
chased by Indianapolis, in the Ameri-
can Association, from Des Moines, of
the Western League, has been sold
back to the latter.
The Washington times., 1917-04-15
c. U, LISTS GRID GAME.

Catholic University has scheduled
a football game with the Davis and
Elkins College to be played on the
gridiron at Cumberland, Nd, Oc-
tober l3.
The Washington times., 1917-04-15
STATERS LOSE.

Vaughn, pitching for Dickinson
College, was too much for Maryland
State. Vaughn won a 8 to 1 battle,
allowing the State team four hits.
The Washington times., 1917-04-15
wEsrovERs VS.. CLARENDON.

westover A. c. is playing the Clar-
endon, Va, baseball team this after
noon on the field at Clarendon, the
contest scheduled to start at 3 o'clock.
The Washington times., 1917-04-15
BAKER IS OUT
Star Third saeker Breaks Thumb.
cIeotte In No -Run-No-Hit Game.

]. Franklin Baker. the Trappe. Nd
slugger of the New York Yankees
will be out Of the game for month
Baker was struck on his left thumb
by Herbie Penock, q former teammate.
It IL reported that Baker will be out
of commission for at least four weeks.
Eddie Cfcotte, the white Sox
knuckie ball artist. gets into the lime
light with a no-run-no-hit game The
white sox trounced the Browns by
IL to o.
Cicottee struck out five. hit a bats
man, and gave three passes. Shotton.
who stole second in the frst inning.
was the only local player to reach
that base. Barring Gandirs tumble,
which allowed Austin to reach 1rst In
the seventh, Cicotte received excellent
support
Fred Merkle may be playing hrst
for the Pirates before many days.
The Pirate officials say they are
dickering with the Brooklyn magnates
for the former Giant first sacker.
The Washington times., 1917-04-15
BOB THAYER'S GOSSIP
ON SPORTING MATTERS

link climbing his back Again. The
first real accident OF the season Is
that sustained by Frank Baker,
whose thumb Is reported broken
Baker Is the well-known backbone OF
the Yankees slugging stan With
Slim Caldwell not hurling up to form
and Baker out Of the lineup the
Yankees will be up against II. Tough
luck for Bill, all right.
College baseball hereabouts has
been knocked into a cooked hat.
Georgetown, has called on its
schedule and now Catholic Univer-
sity has decided to abandon all
sports. Maryland State officials will
meet this week and while there Is a
rumor that the College Park men
want all the athletics possible, tits
said opponents are so scarce 1t will
be difficult to NIL up the remainder
of the State schedule. So many
teams have cancelled games with
State that It Is doubtful IL more
than fve or six games can be play
ed by the Staters.
In calling OF college games and track
athletics the high schools appear to have
full sway. Baseball, track. and ten
mis- schedules will be pursued by all
schools here. A majority Of the young
sters have little or nothing to do with
military drill. and win be unaffected
by the activities that are occupying the
time for the older athletes.
The home guard Of the Grifmen. Merito
Acosta and Harry Harper. expect to be
ready when the team returns Friday.
Now that Jim Shaw and Charlie jamie
son have shown weakness in their initial
start Harper will be sadly needed Grin
could use Harper against the lefthand-
ers on the Yankees. As for yesterdays
game there Is little to be said.
The Washington times., 1917-04-15
LEAGUE STANDINGS
AM ERIcAN.
Where They Play

| Where They Play.
TO-DAY TOMORROW.
Chicago at Detroit. wash'n at New York.
Cleve. At st. Louis. Boston At Phlla.
l. Chicago At Detroit.
Cleve. at st. Louis.
The Washington times., 1917-04-15

Royals have the National Capital
pennant sewed up. The CoIumbians
are likely to finish second. and the
Casinos third. A battle for fourth DO
sition is on between the IngIesfdes
and Grand Centrals. The IngIesidss
have won the third series prize Of the
league. They lost their first five
games in the third section and then.
won seventeen in q row.
Welch. of the G.. p. o. quint, has an
exceptional strike record In the Ma
tional Capital, with thirty-three In
forty-eight games.
Following are the scores of q match
between women teams rolled on the
Brfghtwood alleys, and an inter-
The Washington times., 1917-04-15
ROYALS.

Johnny Yaeth landed on top In the
District League averages with a mark
above ia, but fares not so well In the
National Capital. which has q few.
more sets to stage before concluding
the season. Krauss is leading the cir
cult at present with an average OF
about 1856, with Earl Lewis, captain
or the National Capital Royal team,
second a few pins behind the leader.
Naeth Is third, with an average a fun
point less than Lewis, who has 113.
The Washington times., 1917-04-15

Central has a third-sacker named
Cobb, said to be a distant relative of
the Janus Ty Cobb. II he lives up to
the name Central need fear no rivals
in baseball.
The Washington times., 1917-04-15
NATIONAL.
where They Play,

TODAY. TOMORROW.
Pittsburgh at Cincin. Pittsburgh at Clncin.
st. Louis at Chicago. ST. Louis at Chicago.
Phila. at Boston.
N Y. at Brooklyn.
The Washington times., 1917-04-15
Walter Yankees Tomorrow G Reeue
BIG LEAGUE HITTERS
Fancy Marks Hung Up by clouters
In Yesterdays Battles.

Here are the averages of the lead
ing batters made In yesterdays major
league Rames:
The Washington times., 1917-04-15

The Army and Navy Props trounced
Bliss Electrical by a score of 13 TO 8
yesterday. Western. scheduled to
meet Fort Hunt, failed to take the
trip.
The Washington times., 1917-04-15

Central won and lost yesterday.
Reds Schaffer dropped a game to the
Walter Reed Hospital while Sam Gott-
lieb won his battle from the Bliss
Electrical School.
The Washington times., 1917-04-15

Bill Donovan seems to have the
The Washington times., 1917-04-15

TotaIs..... as 81 SO |
The Washington times., 1917-04-15

Totals. 81 10 "A IS 81
HBatted for Dunont In fifth.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-08-24
The Truth VIII Out.

A darby in Louisville who had gone
broke in a crap game turned to a
friend and requested the temporary ac-
commodation of a small loan.
"Gus," said the person thus impor-
tuned, "Td lax nightly to let you have
some money, but I'm out Of luck my
ownse'f. Dis yere dollar Use about to
shoot is de last dollar I got in de
world"
He shot and lost, while Gus looked
forlornly on. He reached into his
vest pocket and hauled out a crum-
pied bill.
"W'y, sho huff, yere is another dol
larw he said in tones Of astonish-
ment.
Again he shetland lost. Still hold
ing fast to the dice, he unearthed a
third bill from the swaziland Of his
hat.
"Now dis yere is absolutely de last
dollar I owns on dis earth!" he
stated for the benefit Of the company
at large and his chum Gus in particu-
lar. gwen hits gone Use through"
He risked it and lost 1t. AS he slid
his free hand toward an inner recess
in the waistband of his trousers the
bankrupt Gus spoke up.
keep on shootin' nigger!" babe Gus.
"Jes' keep on shootin'. Dem bonesll
mex you tell de trufe yit."-Saturday
Evening Post.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-08-24
SOLD SHOTGUN
FOR TEN DOLLARS
And Filed on Western Canada
Land. Now Worth $4,000.

Lawrence Bros. of Vera, Saskatche-
wan, are looked upon as being amongst
the most progressive farmers in West
ern Canada. They have had their
'ups-and-downs," and know what it
is to be in tight pinches. They perse-
vered, and are now in an excellent
financial position. Their story is an
interesting one. Coming in from the
states they Travelled overland from
Calgary across the Battle river the
Red Deer river, through the Eagle
Hills and on to Battleford. On the
way their horses were stolen, but this
did not dishearten them. They had
some money, with which they bought
more horses, and some provisions.
When they reached Battleford they
had only money enough to pay their
ferriage over the Saskatchewan river,
and this they had to borrow. 1t was
in 1906 that they filed on homesteads,
having to sell a shotgun for ten dol
lars in order to get sufficient money to
do so. Frank Lawrence says:
"Since that time we have acquired
altogether a section and a half Of
land, in addition to renting another
three quarters of a section. If we
had to sell out now we could probably
realize about $4,000, and have made
all this since we came here. We get
crops in his district of from 80 to
35 bushels of wheat to the acre and
oats from 40 to so bushels to the acre.
Stock here pays well. We have LOO
sheep, 20 cattle and 60 horses, of which
a number are registered Clydes."
Similar successes might be given of
the experiences of hundreds Of farm
ers throughout Western Canada, who
have done comparatively as well. Why
should they not dress well, live well,
have comfortable homes, with all mod
ern equipments, electric light, steam
heat, pure ventilation, and automo-
biles. Speaking of automobiles 1t will
be a revelation to the reader to learn
that during the first half Of 1917, 49,
600 automobile licenses were issued In
Alberta, twice as many as in the whole
of 1916. In Saskatchewan, $1,000 IL
censes were issued up to the first of
May, 1917. In its monthly bulletin for
June the Canadian Bank of Commerce
makes special reference to this phase
and to the general prosperity Of the
West in the following:
"Generally speaking the western
farmer is, in many respects, in a much
better position than hitherto to in
crease his production. Two years Of
high prices for his products have en-
abled him, even with a normal crop,
to liquidate a substantial proportion
of his liabilities and at the same time
to buy improved farm machinery. His
prosperity is reflected In the demand
for building materials motor cars
and other equipment. 1t is no doubt
true that some extravaganza Is evil
denced by the astonishing demand for
motor cars, but it must be remembered
that many of these cars will make for
efficiency on the farm and economic
both time and Observation-Disclosures.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-08-24
HOME jELLY MAKING
fruits That Are Best Suited for
This Delicious Product.
PECTIN IS PRIME element
Amount of Sugar Can Be Determined
by the Alcohol Test-Mistakes
to Be Avoided by the
Housewife.
Prepared by the United States Depart
ment of AgriCulture.)

Prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
A good jelly should be bright, of good
color, and clear. When removed from
the glass it should retain the shape of
the mold. Good jelly can be cut with q
distinct cleavage, retaining the angles
where cut 1t should sparkle and be
tender enough to culver without break
ing.
Fruit for Jelly Making.-The juice
from certain fruits, such as grape,
apple, crabapple, orange, kumquat and
currant, is better suited for making
natural fruit jelly than juices from
other fruits. The juices from these
fruits contain the properties necessary
for jelly making. The best fruits for
Jelly making contain pectin and acid.
Pectin, the fundamental jelly-making
substance, does not exist in some fruits
in sufficient amount to make jelly with
out the addition of pectin from some
other source. The peach, strawberry
and cherry are examples of fruits
which contain acid but are lacking In
pectin. Pear, guava and ounce con-
tain pectin but are deficient in aciG.
If the missing property be added to
each of these fruits, jelly with the
color and flavor of the fruit selected
can be made.
Extracting the Juice.-Wash such
fruit as berries, grapes and currants
in running water and add one cupful
of water for each pound of fruit. For
apples, ounces, guavas and such hard
fruits, wash, slice and add three cup
fuls water to each pound of fruit. The
fruit should be cooked until tender,
q small quantity of water being added
to help. extract the juice. The fruit
Juice will flow more freely when heat
ed than when cold, and the cooking
develops the pectin. AS soon as the
fruit is tender the liquid should be
squeezed through a cheesecloth and
then be allowed to drip, without pres
sure through q flannel jelly bag Gllus-
trated). Overlooking of the fruit is apt
to result in a cloudy jelly. After cool
ing the juice to room temperature test
it to determine the amount of pectin
present. This test gives some idea of
the proper proportion of sugar to juice.
Add one tablespoonful 95 per cent
grain alcohol to an equal volume of
cooled fruit juice and shake gently.
The effect of the alcohol is to bring
together the pectin in a jellylike mass.
If large quantity of pectin is present
it will appear in one mass or clot when
poured from the glass. This indicates
that equal quantities of sugar and
juice may be used. If the pectin does
not slip from the glass in one mass,
less sugar will be required. A fair
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-08-24
USES TURF INSTEAD OF COAL
Switzerland, On Account of the War,
Is Forced to Fall Back on
Peat as Fuel.

According to report to the depart
ment Of commerce from William P.
Kent, consul at Berne, Switzerland,
the exigencies of war, the lack of de-
veloped coal deposits, and the inability
to import coal in quantity sufficient to
meet the needs of the population have
induced the Swiss government, through
q semi-official organization, known as
the Societe Cooperative Suisse de la
Tourbe, whose address is Berne, to re-
sort to the use of turf or peat as a
substitute or to supplement the INSULT
cient supply of coal.
The association is in the market for
the purchase of Improved machinery
for cutting, raising, drying, and COM
pressing turf. Turf or peat Us fuel
IS not q satisfactory and complete sub
stitute for coal, on account of its low
caloriic properties, particularly for
steam generation, but in those por-
tons of the United States where it
abounds 1t may be used to advantage
for domestic consumption by admix-
ture with coal, not only saving the
cost of distant transportation Of coal,
but producing sufficient heat at a
much reduced cost.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-08-24
FORTUNES MADE IN COTTON
Imperial Valley of California, Desert
Fifteen Years Ago, Is Now Great
Field Of White.

In the Imperial valley of California
they are making fortunes raising cot
ton this year-sudden dramatic for
tunes. Everything about the Imperial
valley seems to have the dramatic
quality; its story would make good
moving picture. In 1900 it was bis
tering desert where q buzzard could
scarcely live. And then the govern
ment harnessed the Colorado river and
the desert was veined with irrigating
canals, and plowed and planted, and
for the first time since the primordial
floods subsidized, a tint of green and
growing things spread over the val
ley.
Cotton arrived in 1906. 1t came in
the shape of box Of seed under the
seat Of a farm wagon driven by
Texas homesteader. He asked why
they didn't raise cotton Whereabouts,
and they said because it wouldn't grow.
And so, being from Texas. which is
something like Missouri, he planted his
little store of cottonseed, and it came
up and opened its snowy bolls to the
wonderment Of all beholders. Further
more, the next year it came up and
bore again without another planting.
The Texans little cotton field spread
like drop Of butter on hot pan. 1t
clothed the barrenness of the desert in
its fleece. And it brought to the men
who owned the land more hard iron
dollars than ever they had seen be-
fore. There are $4,000 acres Of cotton
in the Imperial valley this year and
there are going to be many more next
year. And even better than the cot
ton crop is the human crop, which this
desert has borne; for it is peopled by
men who own their own farms and
are prosperous.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-08-24
He Settled 1t.

An amusing story is told at Strait
ford-on-Avon In the smoking room
Of q hotel few years ago an English
man and a Scotchman engaged in a
heated argument. John Bull was de-
claring William Shakespeare to be the
only poet of the world, and Sandy Nc
Pherson was standing up for his Bobby
Burns.
Words ran high and blows seemed
imminent when q self-conident little
commercial traveller determined to
throw oil on the troubled waters.
"Gentlemen," he said, stepping be-
tween the heated disputants, ''let me
settle this amicably. Who is this
Shakespeare-Burns? - London Tele-
graph.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-08-24

given for the inversion of the sugar by
the acids of the fruit and there is less
danger of crystallization.
Cooking the JelIy.-After the sugar
has dissolved, the cooking should be as
rapid as possible. Finished jelly can
be obtained more quickly by rapid
cooking. Long cooking will tend to
darken the product and destroy the
pectin, which will cause the finished
jelly to be less firm.
Since no definite temperature can be
given for the finished jelly, the most
convenient means of determining when
it is finished is to test 1t with spoon
or paddle. Dip n spoon or wooden
paddle in the boiling mass. Remove
and cool by moving it back and forth
for a few seconds and then allow the
jelly to drop from it. AS long as there
is strip present it will run or drop
from the spoon. When the jellying
point is reached, it will break from the
spoon in flakes or sheets. When this
jelly stage is reached, remove from the
fire Immediately and skim. Swimming
at this point saves waste.
Filling GIasses.-After skimming the
Jelly, pour at once into hot sterilized
glasses and set aside to cool.
Cooling and SeaIing.-Cool as rapid
ly as possible, avoiding dust which will
give contamination with mold. When
the jelly is cold cover it with melted
paraffin. By running pointed stick
around the edge of the glass while the
paraffin is still hot, better seal can
be obtained.
Storing.-Jelly should be stored in
cool, dark, dry place. If jelly is stored
for long period of time, it will de-
teriorate in texture, color and flavor.
Mistakes to Avoid.-Soft Jelly.-Jel-
lies sometimes are sirupy because more
sugar has been used than the fruit
juices require or because boiling after
the addition of sugar was not con-
tinued long enough to drive off excess
sive water.
Tough Jelly.-Jelly is tough or
stringy because too small an amount
of sugar was used for the quantity of
fruit juice taken or because the boil
ing was continued after the jellying
point had been reached.
Crystals in Jelly.-Crystals appear
throughout the jelly because of an ex-
cess of sugar. When sugar is boiled
with an acid for a sufficient length of
time, it is changed into q form which
does not crystalline. Crystals are found
in jelly sometimes because the juice
is boiled to too great q concentration
before the addition of sugar, or in boil
ing the strip spatters on the side of
the pan, dries, and in pouring the fin
ished product these crystals are car
ried into the glasses of jelly, and in
that way the jelly becomes seeded
with crystals.
Cloudy Jelly.-This may be due to
having cooked the fruit too long be-
fore straining off the Juice or to not
having used sufficient care in strain
ing the juice. Sometimes it is noticed
in apple and crabapple jelly that al
though it is clear when first made, the
jelly becomes cloudy after time. In
these cases it usually is due to the use
of partly green fruit, the starch in this
fruit probably causing the cloudy ap-
pearance.