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The Washington times., 1924-12-06
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Senator Cites Coolidge in
Message as Fayoring Rail
Bill Amendment
By WILLIAM X. HUTCHINSON,
international News Service,

International News Service.
Congress will be asked to re-
duce freight rates fof agriculture
and to modify the railroad labor
boards. powers under program
of tentative railroad legislation
announced today by Senator Eli
son D. Smith (Dem.) of South
Carolina, chairman of the, Senate
Interstate Commerce Committee.
Smith declared his committee
would begin consideration Of these
subjects and other amendments to
the Esch-C ummins act within the
next two weeks.
May Alter Rate Basis.
His purpose, he added, was to
carry out the railroad recommen-
dations made by President Coolidge
in his recent message to Congress.
Administration leaders, however,
have not yet approved such a pro.
gram.
Lower freight rates for farmers,
Smith said, would be sought
|. through an effort to recognize the
system now used by the Interstate
Commerce Commission in it's fixing
Of freight rates. He declared a
bill to established agriculture as a
basic industry and to provide fav-
ored rates on all raw materials
would be considered by his commit.
tee.
Prosperity in the rural regions
depends on lower freight rates for
the basic industries, especially agri-
culture" Smith added. IAN farm
products and the raw materials
used in other basic industries
should have favored rates. / shall
propose such legislation and do my
best to have it enacted at this ses-
Sion
Cites Coolidge Message.
Smith also Endorsed a plan to
amend the railroad labor boards
powers.
he ITSSluSuI has suggested
that the present method Of settling
labor disputes is very unsatisfac-
tory" Smith said. II agree with
him, and / think that with certain
notifications, the Howell Barkley
bill would correct the situation. /
shall press it's consideration"
Two more of the Presidents rec
concentrations, Smith said, will also
be considered by his committee
These were the Executives declara.
ton for simplication of the process
of consolidating American railways
into a few great systems and his
dissatisfaction with the recapture
clause of Section 15-A in the Esch
Cummins act. The recapture
clause, in it's present form, compels
the prosperous railroads to pay q
certain percentage of their profits
into the United States Treasury.
Simplify Mergers.
THE President urged that the
be empowered to foster voluntary
consolidation of our railroads"
Smith added. IT agree with him
that the Government cannot force
mergers except by purchase. 1 be-
lieve the process should be simpli-
fled and voluntary mergers en-
couraged. We need a process by
which the strong roads will unite
with weak roads when both serve
the same territory. That would
bring cheaper rates, more unified
service and improved operation"
Administration leaders plan to
meet early next week to consider
the advisability of enacting new
railroad legislation at this session.
Until their decision is announced,
there can be little forecast on the
fate Of the railroad program.
The Washington times., 1924-12-06
NAVY BILL FIGHT
IMMINENT
ON HILL
Conflict Between Advocates
of Big and Little Fleet
Factions Looms

The gathering storm clouds for
navy fight in Congress will break
shortly after the Christmas recese,
according to the plans of party
leaders today.
BY that time the naval appropria.
ton bill will be brought out of
committee, and this will be made
the vehicle for the annual fight
between the ''big" and little navy
factions.
Senator Hale, chairman of the
Senate Naval Affairs Committee, Is
asking for action on the bin
authorizing construction OF eight
new cruisers, six gunboats and con-
version of some battleships into oil
burners.
Naval Reserve Plan.
The House Naval Affairs Com.
mittee will be ready to- report n
bill proposing a new plan for a
Naval Reserve which, 1t is ex-
pected, will augment this reserve
strength of the navy and make
the navy as powerful in man power
as 1t was before the Armament
Limitation Conference.
Congressman Britten, of Illinois.
will renew his efforts to have Con
gress authorize and provide for
elevation of the guns on the bat
tleships to give them a range equal
to the greatest range Of guns on
the British and Japanese capital
ships.
Authorization is planned for
strengthening the aviation arm of
the navy through increased appro.
priation for airships and airplane
carriers for the navy fleets.
See Sharp Conflict.
Consideration of these measures
is certain to bring forth sharp
conflict. There viii be voiced a
demand for another limitation con-
ference to curtail the number Of
authorized cruisers, gunboats, air.
planes and submarines and regu-
late their sizes. This agreement is
said to be necessary to put an end
TO competition among the maritime
nations over construction of such
war craft.
The discussion Of gun elevation
will revive an issue with Great
Britain and Japan as to interpreta.
ton Of the covenants of the Arms
Limitation Conference Of 1922.
1t has been urged by friends of
the navy that this conference did
not prohibit the elevation of the
guns on battleships to give them
greater range, and it is claimed
that the latest foreign battleships
have longer gun range than
possessed by guns Of the American
navy. Great Britain and Japan
have denied increasing their battle
ship gun range since the Confer.
ence and have opposed such action
by the United States. Legislation
authorizing gun elevation was
killed by Congress at it's last ses-
sion.
The Washington times., 1924-12-06
Hirshman Receivers Named

Justice Hoehling, of the District
Supreme Court, has appointed AT.
torneys LEnsford l.. Hammer and
Milton w. King as receivers of the
business of Joseph l.. Hirshman,
trading as the Globe Clothing Com
pany, at 800 Pennsylvania avenue
northwest. Hirschman recently ad-
mitted his insolvency.
The Washington times., 1924-12-06
DIVORCE COSTS
|MJOB,HE
DECLARES
Thomas GatIin Says "Unfav-
orabIe Publicity" Cancelled
Income of $4,000

Thomas H. Gatlin, who was sued
by his wife. Mrs. jamie P. Gatlin
November is, for a limited divorce,
today filed an affidavit in the Dis
trict Supreme Court, declaring that
prior to his wife's action, he was
chief engineer of construction of
the Southern Railway System with
an annual salary of $4,000, but
that the publicity he gained through
the filing of divorce proceedings on
the part of his wife has been every
hurtful to him and has embarrassed
him."
Mr.. Gatlin. represented by At.
torney Robert HI. Mcneil, says that
on November 10 he was advised
that his resignation as chief officer
OF construction for the Southern
road was acceptable and that he
rendered his resignation November
"a. which was accepted, the posi-
ton being abolished.
Loses Job.
Gatlin claimed that one B. Her.
man. was appointed chief engineer
to have charge of the engineering
supervision the work heretofore
performed by Mr.. Gatlin. The
resignation became effective Deem
Der l. and Mr.. Gatlin says he is
now without employment or, in
come and has no offer or promise
OF another position" although he
is diligently seeking other EN-
ployment."
1t is claimed by Mr.. Gatlin that
he is advised by associates of the
Southern Railway that the cause fol-
the request of his resignation
was due principally to the unfavorablt
publicity given to him by reason OF
the bringing and prosecution of. his
wife's suit" Gatlin says under the
circumstances. he is not able to
pay to his wife any sum required
by the court.
Desertion and neglect were charged
by Mrs. Gatlin in her suit in which
she is represented by Attorneys
Lambert & Yeatman. They were
married November Is, 1899 and
have grown daughter. Mrs. Cat
lin claimed that her husband de.
serted her in September, 1923.
The Washington times., 1924-12-06
Missing Crew Safe

LISBON, Portugal, Dec. Grew
and passengers Of the steamer
Cigale, reported missing yesterday,
are all safe, according to word re-
ceived today from Port Luis, Island
of Nautilus.
The Washington times., 1924-12-06
MELLON IS SUED
FOR REFUND
Of TAXES
Man and Wife include Blair
in Case, Based on Cali
fornia Law

Under the laws Of California all
property acquired by husband or
wlIe after marriage, except that &C.
qulred by gift, devise or specifically
as separate property, is community
property. and each has q vested in.
terest therein, is the contention in
suit filed in the District Supreme
Court yesterday by George S. Guy
and his wife, Mrs. Carrie Guy, re;
siding in Los Angeles, CAL, against
Andrew W. Mellon, Secretary Of the
Treasury, and David H. Blair, In.
ternal Revenue Commissioner.
The. plaintiffs call for them to
show cause why they should not be
reimbursed for excess income taxes
which they claim was illegally as
seSsed against them.
Plaintiffs, represented by Attor.
neys Nebecker, Moyle and Parkin.
son. claim that they are entitled un.
der the revenue act to divide the
community income between them,
and each pay tax on one-half.
They declare they are being denied
the right so to divide their income,
but have been compelled to pay tax
on their entire income.
They say they paid for the year
1919 $667.99 in excess of their law.
full income tax, and for the year
1920 they paid $7,399.40 in excess.
Delayed by Officials.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy say they have
not sought legal remedy before this
date FOR the reason that they from
month to month for several years
past, expected a recognition Of their
rights, due to the fact that one mo-
ment their rights would be recog.
nized and before advantage could be
taken of such recognition they
would again be denied.
Plaintiffs ask the court to issue
a writ of mandamus and require the
defendants to show cause why they
should not be compelled to reimburse
the plaintiffs, and all other Cali
fornianians who have paid in excess
income taxes through denial Of their
right to divide the community in.
come. .,,-,.
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OF course. the man who uses the
shotgun for shooting game for which
the rifle was invented is not quite so
open to suspicion to his mental
status, but he is notable for his poor
craftsmanship, and I believe ] can
even go far enough to add and his
poor common sense He will get
more squirrels with the shotgun than
he will with the rife. But if the
idea in the first place was to get
more game the rifle would never have
existed. Neither would the shotgun
ever have existed. We would use
pitfalls and traps and set guns.
The idea is to have sport in the
fields and woods. That is why we
have rifles and shotguns. The man
who shoots gray squirrels with
scatter gun is just as poor a sports
man, / think, as he who uses nets
to catch sfish. 1t really amounts to
about the same thing in even the
purely physical sense.
I have seen cordons of men ad-
vance through the woods, blasting
the squirrels from the treetops with
their .handfulS of shot This business
is simply dynamiting a little bit of a
squorrel. which requires not the leas
bit of skill. cannot be classified under
the head of outdoor sport.
Laws providing that squirrels may
not be killed with shotguns are be-
ing considered in some States. but /
hope that the necessity for passing
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TY COBB
Rennaker of Base Ball
Cobb Created It
Pooling the Opposition
Nothing to Chance.
CHAPTER XXXHT.

No first or third baseman. tearing in
20 field a hunted ball, can field a
| hare drive hit at him. He cannot
switch that quickly
Not alone in batting. but also in
Il ase-runnins. did Cobb create the
mental hazard in the opposition al
ways with the idea in mind of hav-
ing them build their defense to take
care of similar play the next time
he got on: but the next time he got
on he worked an entirely different
play. And the opposing team never
was prepared for the play he worked.
Cobb was constantly working out
new plays. new surprise moves. But
he first set his stage for his drama.
He. who was supposed to leave
everything to chance, left less to
chance than any man in the game.
He studied out every detail, he
worked out his plans to the last
thread. He figured out all matters
with mechanical precision. He build
ed upon his own mechanical ability.
but also upon that of the men that
opposed him, chiefly upon them. Tn
consciously they aided him in work
ing out his plays. Cnconsciously
they were instruments in his hands.
He always liked Intelligent play
ers. The more intelligent they We're
the better ne llkeu them. lie cOulQ
always tell what an Intelligent man
would do under certain circum
stances, but no one can tell what a
stupid player will do-he is likely to
do anything, especially in delicate
situation. The intelligent player
follows certain style, certain
system. He will do the thing he
should do under the circumstances.
Cobb knew exactly what should be
done, and, knowing the fielders, he
knew what the intelligent ones
would do. knowing that, he had
the key to the situation-he knew
exactly what he would do.
Reviewing Cobb's career, We there
fore find that most of his dazzling
plays We're made against the smart
intielders and outfie1ders He could
figure them to fine point.
Tomorrow; Chapter XXXIV-"Ty's
Best"
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1t was determined that a player
could be expelled and if he were eX-
PEELED he lost employment with any
other club until he was placed in
good standing again. That was the
beginning of the rigorous discipline
which has been a part of organized
base ball ever since. OF course there
were players who raised objection to
the new way of doing things and
they denounced the organization, and
the owners, and vowed they would
have revenge, but they failed to
elicit much sympathy because the
public had become disguised with
the jumping around of the players
from club to club. No one volun-
teered to put up the money to effect
another organization and the players
who were desirious to take part in
base ball had to go on with the new
league.
1t was decided that all players who
could be proved dishonest would be
forever debarred from playing with
any club in the National League.
Some players thought those were
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MACDONALD BARELY
MISSES GOLF MARK

Bob Macdonald. former pro at Bob
o Link Club of Chicago, now connect
ed with Friendship Club here, shot
a IS yesterday at Burning Tree. with
the course stretched to practically its
maximum length
Macdonald was playing with Leo
Diegel and Chris J. Dunphy. He was
out in SO and back in 80. trouble in
bunkers on the eleventh and fifteenth
accounting for the 50 back His card
is one stroke above the professional
mark for the course held jointly by
Diegel and Fred Mcleod.
VI. &. A. Barnes of New York. won
the kicker's handicap tournament
held Yesterday at Columbia Country
Club by the Washington branch of
the Society of Engineers, with a card
of fl0-l3-91. Competitors played
their scores. less handicap. against a
figure sealed in an envelope. Second
prize was won by F. ]. Cotsworth of
Philadelphia, with a card Of 114-2O-
"a. The score of IS was sealed in the
envelope and Barnes score was
closest to this figure.
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Blueges Dive in Game No. :.

. - = -
TINE. little things count The
starry catch in the ninth in
u ming or the big hit in the
last half OF the eighth is not al
ways the most neritoriouS. not al
ways the real reason for victory.
A forgotten stop in the first or
second may have been the break
III the whole proceedings. Some
player may have been applauded
wildly for the moment. and then the
spectators may have passed on to
the next thrill in a gripping battle
That is the way il was in two or
three occasions in the world series.
Really big. really great plays made
before the teams warmed up were
passed over. One of these concerns
Oswald Bluege. the young infied der
of the Washington team, whose really
remarkable work on a couple Of &C
cas;ons went almost unnoticed il
seemed, because he didn't max them
at the right time for the big type
and the faring headlines
The doings of Frisch and Peckin-
paugh. of Harris and Kelly. have been
chronicled. Here is a dashing stroke
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Great Plays in World Series
And Why They We're Great
Monitor

] by the youngest of the Nationals
/ which really kept the America
! League champions from defeat III
nine innings of the never-to- be-for
gotten seventh game and allowed
| them to carry the blood stopping
/ struggle to the twelfth and victory.
! That last game was a hummer from
the start. Every play ought to b.
remembered but few viii recall that
| in the second inning. after STANLEY
Harris had thrown out Bill Terry oil
a grounder to second, that Hack Vii
son smackcd a mean Srounder aImost
| through the box ard over second base
it was the same kind Of drive
only faster. as the one which sped
from NeuSeIS bar the day before, on
which Peclinpaueh made his stab and
back handed throw 10 Harris. and
force which saved that battle for tn
Nationals. There has been much
praise. and justly given. to Peckln
paugh for his performance. but her"
was one that was even harder. fer
Bluege. who had "a ken the place o.
Peck, had no chance for force a.
second. He had to get his man a.
| first. The smash Was either a hit Or
an out.
! !. looked for all the world like
hit a il shot over second. Fast as il
went, Bluece was faster. He couldn'J
handle the ball clearly, but he reach
ed il by Il dive :; To his left anG
batted it down. Then he scrambled
to his feet and caught Wilson first
by A whizzing. accurate throw. The
decision was close. The crowd gave
Bluege a hand" and then went on
to other things.
That stop saved the championship
for Washington. however. The mex
man up was Travis Jackson. He hi
| to Tom Taylor. who, his hand ban
| dased--he had not recovered from
broken bone received during the regu-
/ third to first Had Wilson been a.
! the ball. while wide. didn't get ava
! from Judge. but simply drew him o.
the bag. There was no chance for
{ force throw to second by Taylor
Following this misplay Gowdy linz
a single to left. the first hit off NJ
sridse. Had Wilson been on secou
he would have scored and the Gan
would have had. with the three they to-
in the sixth. four runs. and Won,
have won when Miller hit into h.
famous double play in the ninth. VIII
the Nationals had man on third ali,
only one out.
Bluege had tough assignment =,
through the series. He was called o.
to sub at short for the injured Peck
inpaugh in four of the games Of Il
series and taken away from his a.
customed place at third. lie had &,
help green and inexperienced thir'
basemen in Miller and Taylor throug
these four games, but acquitted him
self well.
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idle words in later years. but they
learned that they meant exactly what
the promoters had in mind when
they organized the association that
was to supplement the National AS
ISOLATION.
In the first year of the league the
entrance fee for membership was
raised from SO to 800 and some one
who noticed it reasoned that base ball
must be developing into quite an indus
try when the large sum of 500 could be
asked for a membership in an organ
ization that would have to depend
upon paid games.
No club could be admitted from any
city of less than $4,000 popula ton.
nor from any city or town, within
less than five miles from the locale
of a league club. That rule never
was changed. For the first time in
base ball a club was given proprie-
tary rights in a city. monopoly, in
other words. of any patronage that
might be derived by reason of mem
bership in the National League.
Copyright, 1921
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The dean of major lea que mounds
men was in 2S games all told. finish =
ing 20 he started. He yielded 233
hits, giving the opposition batting
average against him of .223. He led
the league with 1873 strikeouts. gave
4. passes. hit 10 batters and made 4
wild pitches. Walter was tapped for
20 sacrifice hits and 10 base thefts
We're committed while he graced the
mound. All told. the opposition got
81 tallies as he worked.
Other National pitchers who saw
much service were JeZ Zachary and
George Mogridge, southpaWs. Zach
won ! ) games and lost 9 for win
ming mark of .625, placing him sixth
in the circuit on that basis. while
Mogridge w-n 16 games and lost II
for a .593 average that placed hsn in
a seventh position tie with Bob Sha w
key of the Yankees. Zach's earned
run ge was SIS and Mogridge's
3.1G
OF the National pitchers who toiled
in less than 10 complete games. Byron
Specie was the leader. He was in "a
innings for an earned-run average of
2.61. Warren Ogden's combined eff
forts for the Athletics and Nationals
place him second III this class with
am earncd-run average of 2.s3, but
he did much better than that after
coming to Washington from Phila-
delphia. All told. he won games
and lost S. and of the defeats were
a an Athletic
Fred Marberry. demon relief hurler,
took part in more games than any
other slabman in the circuit. Fred
was in 90 and pitched a total of 1875
innings, but was in only games
that he started and finished himself.
Relieving other pitchers as we'll as
hurting his own games, he got a won
and lost record of II victories and IL
defeats.
Allen Russell, Paul Zahniser and
Joe Martina were not so effective.
Russell had a winning percentage of
} wins and ! loss, but yielded an
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we tried our b 81 to land a coupe
of players who ti4ure to adj to our
strength next season.. said Grif. but
the demands made for the players in
question We're out of all reason. These
minor league men want top-notch prices
for players who have Vet to prove they
can make good in fast company. and
the WASHINGTON club is not going to be
mulcted in that way. We We're perfect
~ willing to pay Nell for what we
wanted. but We will not b. held up.
We can get bushwhacllers without be-
ing forced To put mortgage on our
ball park to raise the money
Sought Shocker and Petty.
Gritf said lie bad mole Than one con-
ference with Pilot George Sisler am
Business Manager Bill Friel Of the St.
Louis club in an effort to obtain Pitche!
Urban Shocker. start spitbal HEAVIER.
who has been placed on the market.
but that Washington could not afford t,
give up the material demanded in eX-
Change for him. The local boss was
anxious to get ShocEcr to ill the Va
cancy that will be created in his hurl
ing corps if Walter Johnson fats to re
turn. seems likely. but asserted tha
70 obtain the Browns ace he Wouit
have had Ia materially weaken his clu}
in other depa .'tments. ana that he en-
tcrtains no hope OF bringing Shockel
to Washington.
Griff also admitted that he tried (,
land Pitcher Jess Petty from the In
diauapolis club. ha wing several con
faDs with Owner Bill Smith and Man-
ager DOME Bush. who was Harris
lredecesso. as pilol OF the Nationals.
Int that the demands made for him
were entirels. too high These are re
ported To have ;ucluued Pitcher George
Nogridge. yete. an Suuthpsw o. the
Griffs as well as a seasoned outfielder
such as Memo IeibolG, s1n inieider ant
u generous bundle Of bills. Petty's work
on the mound was big facto" in land
ing the Hoo~iers second in the Ameri-
can Association race this Year. BIT Griff
could not see gi"iug ZIP several players
- demonstrate ability to get Der
former who has yet to prove his worth
III the big $40
we would like to have Petty, yes,
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JOHNSON is DUAL LEADER
In OFFICIAL SLAB FIGURES


piled by Irwin NJ Howe, official staician
charge of selecting
liable the
Walter Perry Johnson
The
i'll he
regular performer
wins
OF of