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Evening star., 1924-10-03
RALPH MILLER.

n ILL WAMBSGANNS, one of
n the American Leagues vet
eran second sackers and now
with the Red Sox, and the United
States Army did much to make a
base ball player of Ralph Joseph
Miller. Miller was born February
%, 1896, in Fort Wayne, Ind, the
home town OF Wambsganns, and in
his early base ball days had the
benefit OF the big leaguer's tutelage
When the World War came along,
Ralph enlisted in the United States
infantry. and during his service
played on teams with a number of
major league stars and picked up
| many fine points of the game he had
overlooked before. AS a youngster
Ralph played little base ball.
School work and odd tasks about
his home occupied SO much of his
time he could not get out on the lots
often with other boys of the neigh
borhood. When 16 years old though.
He Joined club little known beyond
the part, section of the town in which
it was located, playing at second
base. The season of 1912 was not far
gone, however before Ralph was
looked upon as the best young second
sacker to be found in Fort Wayne.
He could field well, hits hard and
had abundance of speed.
1t was his good work in that sea-
son that attracted the attention of
VAN bsganns and the next year Bill
had Ralph playing with better clubs
in the Indiana town. In 1915, he
was considered capable enough to be
given the second basemans job with
the Fort Wayne Shamrocks. a
fast emi-professional organization.
Wambsganns still kept an eye on
Ralph and in 1916 recommended him
to the Waterloo, Iowa, team of the
Central Association.
Waterloo needed a shortstop and
used Ralph at that position during
his first season in organized base ball,
but switched him to second base the
following year. His performance
about the middle station and bat
were fine enough to cause Cincinnati
to get an option on him, but the big
scrap with the central European
powers kept Ralph away from the
Reds. Affairs were not so good in
the Central as soon in 1917 and in
August of that year Ralph enlisted
in the Army.
He first was with the Infantry
Depot Brigade at Camp Custer and
when he got to France was assigned
to the advance section. With the
latter organization he played basket
ball, foot ball and base ball and was
recognized generally as one of the
outstanding athletes of the American
Expeditionary Forces. His second
basing for the advance section nine
was one of the features of the Army
base ball championship series in
France in 1919
Back to the United States came
Ralph in July, 1919, and in Septem-
Der he was signed by the Phillies of
the National League.
In 1920, he was used at third base
by them and the next season at short
stop. In the 1922 Spring training
campaign, he hurt his leg and was
benched. But the Phillies later sold
him to San Francisco of the Pacific
Coast League and he played second
base for the seals in the latter part
of the season. Last year, he was
transferred to Reading of the Inter-
national League, from which club the
Nationals got him the past Summer.
Twelve years is said to cover the
career of the average base ball
player.
Evening star., 1924-10-03
BORROW, WHITNEY'S
NOTED RACER, DIES

NEW YORK. October 3-News was
reached here that Borrow, famous 16-
year-old gelding of the H. P Whit
ney stable, has died at Brookdale
farm in New Jersey, where he had
been living quietly after strenu-
Gus and glorious career on the tracks
of two countries.
He was years old when he won
the Brooklyn handicap, in a sensa-
tional head-and-h finish that is
recalled by fans of the turf as one of
the epic moments of the sport
On that day he established a new
world record and his time of las 2-5
only two-fifths of a second be-
hind the present worlds record.
Evening star., 1924-10-03
ANNAPOLIS SOCCERITES
SCHEDULE EIGHT GAMES

ANNAPOLIS, Md, October o.
Eight contests make up the soccer
schedule of the Annapolis Midship-
men.
Except for the final game, with the
University of Pennsylvania at Phil
adelphia, December Is, the Middies
will not leave home.
The schedule includes: October Ii,
Baltimore Polytechnic Institute; 81.
Massachusetts, Tech; November 1, le-
high; s, Dartmouth; Is, Lafayette; zs,
Syracuse; December g. Penn state
Evening star., 1924-10-03
RUNNYMEDE Is SOLD.

SAN FRANCISCO, October 3.-Run
nymede, famous sire of the sensation.
al Norwich, Kentucky Derby winner
and Runstar, Coffroth Derby winner
at Tia Juana, has been sold by the
A. b. Spreckels Stock Farm, at Napa
and is to be sent to an unnamed des.
tination. Runnymede, who is Is years
old, was said to have been disposed OF
for $4,000
Evening star., 1924-10-03
Grand total
Three Shut-outs in Row.

Walter also holds a modern base
ball record of having pitched three
shut-out games in three playing days
in succession. On September 4, and
Z, 1908. the 9Th being a Sunday. John
son blanked the New York Yankees
for twenty seven consecutive innings.
In all his major league career john
son has pitched only one no-hit game
of nine innings. That was against
the Red Sox.
Evening star., 1924-10-03
WALTER HAS WORLDWIDE
BACKING In TITLE GAMES
Some, Though Fear That His Opportunity May Have
Come too Late, Even Great Hurler Admitting
He's Not as Good as He Once Was.
BY ROBERT T. SMALL.

LTOUGH the inches they base balls hall OF tame may
~ be wide John Mraw and Stanley Harris both must
peerless Walter Johnson when it
popularity the figures the
world series
collective pull" all fandom the Wash
York Yankees from the feeling all over the country that Walter
world classic and glory
Here who had been pitching his heart out for S long
pitching hard brilliantly
days when
all this the sticks
to
no
hear Walter Johnson
in stands the misty
peeng blue For him der has What
Evening star., 1924-10-03
NICK LEADING HITTER
OF AMERICAN LEAGUE

The leading batter" of the major
leagues in 1924 turns out to be Uncle
Nick" Altrock, comedian eXtraor-
dinary and coach of the Washington
club. Serving as relief pitcher in the
Nationals final game of the season
with the Red Sox at Boston. Nick"
smashed out triple in his only time
at bat for the season, giving him
neat average OF 600
Evening star., 1924-10-03

Twelve years is said to cover the
career Of the average base ball
player.
Evening star., 1924-10-03

Several of the cities I'm the Soutb-
ern League circuit passed well be-
yond the 100000 mark in attendance
this year.
Evening star., 1924-10-03
That Walter Job Has at Last Gotten Into the Bic Series
SIXTEEN STRAIGHT WINS
is JOHNSON'S BEST FEAT

N ALTER JOHNSON who slated
Wv nviable
the winning of 10 straight for the Washington in
1872 that did compare 1924 Grifmen
S he eturne he
Evening star., 1924-10-03
Here is how he turned the trick
Famed 313 in 1910.

Johnson achieved another notable
record when he rang up 313 strike
outs in 1910. His strike out record
of that year was as follows:
Evening star., 1924-10-03

this Winter. however. and he may do
it if he wins two of the big games.
Walter johnson may be knocked out
of the box tomorrow. He can never be
knocked out of the esteem of the base
ball world.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-12-05
EGYPTIANS PLOT TO
 DO LONDON DAMAGE

LONDON, Eng, Dec. 5.-The Egyp- tian plot to assassinate prominent members of the British government, and destroy various public buildings in London, is reported today through the columns of the Daily Mail, which declares that Government quarters regard it seriously
 When the news of the discovery of the plot was sent to the foreign office of high commissioner in Egypt by Lord Aleenby, a special cabinet meeting was immediately summoned.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-12-05

transport products whose value had shrunken alarmingly"
 Matters which the union will un- dertake at Washington include:
 Passage of the truth-in-fabrics bill
 Legislation to protect farmers interests by providing for truthful and adequate branding, labelling and advertising of seeds, feeds and fer tilizers when shipped in interstate commerce.
 Legislation to provide more ade- quate market reports of the depart ment of agriculture, both at home and abroad, and to give certain for eign representatives of the depart ment of agriculture the rank of az ricultural attache.
 Prevention through legislation, if possible, of discrimination by manu-S facturers, financial and commercial interests against farmers who wish to buy collectively in wholesale quantities.
 Revision of the Esch- Cummins act in order to obtain lower freight rates on agricultural products
Seward daily gateway., 1924-12-05
BIRTH AND DEATH
 CALLED ILLUSIONS

EDINBURGH, Scotland, Dec. B. Birth, life and death are all illus ions, according to the teachings of a peculiar Scottish religious sect known as the Society for Spread ing the Knowledge of True Prayer"
 Illness does not exist and never did exist, the society also main tains, thus outdoing the famous Nancy chemist, Dr. Coue, of Every Day" fame.
 "This material world is a dream ? maintains the society's leader, Mrs. Agnes Morrison, known as "The Practitioner" Tt is purely hyp. notic effect on the material senses The only reason we have disease sorrow, want, discord, misfortune is because we have thought of them.
 Evil will only work as long as people support it by believing in it Cease believing in evil, cease think ing of it and that is the end of it.
 Human birth is an illusion; death is an illusion. All this will stop in short time, and we will wake up, or apparently wake up to perfect beings in a perfect world governed by a perfect spirit, which is love-"
 Most of the adherents of the so society, The Practitioner admitted are of the female sex.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-12-05

they are now coming out of the de- pression, President Charles s. Bar rett declared in his annual address here recently before the National Farmers union.
 "A $4O,OO0,OOO,O0O loss was suf- fered by agriculture since 192O-21 and in a single year 100000 farm ing people were driven from their homes and forced to take refuge in the city, he declared. Those facts constitute the real reason for the exodus from the farms and explain he said, why many state and county officials have found it so difficult to collect taxes during the last four years and why there have been SC many foreclosures.
 Tt is clear that in some manner ton of imitation tendencies. That been to blame," MT. Barrett assert ed. Tt dismantled it's war produc ton machinery without making pro vision for readjustments, but it en. couraged farmers to continue their maximum efforts of production even into the crop of 1920.
 "Then came the fear at Washing ton of imitation tendenceis. That was followed by drastic depression policy inaugurated by the federal re- serve board. Then the crash came. On top of this came the raising of freight rates, for which the federal government was responsible and which put farmers of the Middle West at a great disadvantage by forcing them to pay peak prices to
Seward daily gateway., 1924-12-05
RAIL LINE ACROSS FLORIDA
 WILL OPEN JANUARY FIRST

NEW YORK, Dec 5.-The new short line Florida Western and Northern, of the Seaboard Air Line Railway, will open for freight and passenger traffic January 1, 1925, it was announced last night by s. Davies Warfeld, president of the Seaboard.
 This will inaugurate the only crOSS-State cOast-to-coast service between St. Petersburg, Belleair, Clearwater, Tarpon Springs, Tampa, and West Palm Beach, through Bar tow and West Lake Wales.
 Night and daily through passen- gers will be established from East ern cities and Jacksonville to West Palm Beach and similar service across the State between St. Peters burg, Tampa and West Palm Beach.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-12-05
SUIT FILED RESTRAIN
 ORDER OF REDUCTION

ST. PAUL, Minn., Dec 5.-A suit attacking the order of the Interstate Commerce Commission for reducing express rate beginning January 1, 1925, was filed in the United States district court here today by fifty three railroads, against the Federal government and the American Rail way Express Company.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-12-05
FIFTEEN YEAR LONGER
 LIFE NOW THAN 1870

WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 5.-The length of life in the United States has been increased fifteen years since 1870, Surgeon-General Cumming, of the Public Health service says in his annual report to Congress. Fifty-six years now is considered the average span in life.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-12-05
Farmers Have Suffered
 Immensely For 4 Years

OKLAHOMA CITY, Dec. 5.-For four years the farmers of the coun- try have suffered cruelty and sus- tained losses which can only be ab- sorbed in their capital account, but
Seward daily gateway., 1924-12-05
Seek To Make Use of
 By-Products Reindeer

SEATTLE, Wash, Dec. 5.-The Chamber of Commerce is formally bringing to the attention of the University of Washington and the United States department of com merce the possibilities of utilizing the by-products of Alaska reindeer, especially the horns, hoofs, and the underchin whiskers of the animal.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-12-05

A shipment of sixty live mink were made last week from Telegraph creek to Southeastern Alaska. The mink were of superior breed and were shipped by Walter Simpson, son of Scott Simpson, Indian agent at the British Columbia station.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-12-05
Western Convention of
 Chambers Will Be Held
 Seattle, Wash, In 1925

LOS ANGELES, Calif., Dec. B. Seattle has been selected for the 1925 convention city of the Western Division of the U. s. Chamber of Commerce.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-12-05

Dr. J. w. Edmunds, who is touring the Territory in the interests of his optical business, left Anchorage for Fairbanks Wednesday.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-12-05
AEROPLANE RACE IN
 SHADOW OF MOON
 DURING SUNS ECLIPSE

WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 5.-An aeroplane will race in the shadow of the moon for four hundred miles going across New York State, during the eclipse of the sun on January 24.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-12-05
WOULD FORM AN AIR SERVICE

WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 5.-A Bill, providing for the formation of a United States air service was in- troduced in the House today by Cal ifornia.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-12-05

The Seward Grill has installed a new photograph in order that patrons may have music with their meals.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-06-24
Railroads and Steamboats,
MAINE CENTRAL RAILROAD
Eastern Standard Time
TRAINS LEAVE AUGUSTA FOR

Bangor. tI247a. m. 81 os a. m. "o 800 N,
t243 p m. s3os y. m. 1887 p. m
B. & A. Pts. tl2.47 a. M. 1880 a IN. tl??l
Bar .-arbor, - 80 a. m. tl22l p. m.
Bath, 1919 a. m. 9.19 4. m, tlO4 a. n,
"A O5 o. m. 40. As p m.
II Boston, 1912 a. m. t6 10 a. m, p 10 a. N,
SIC. "a a m. 49, IA o. m, Il. o5 p. m, $3.50 N,
Calais. f2.3oa M. 1122l p. m.
Dover-Foxcroft. GAIA. m, t2.43 p. m.
Gardiner, W. IL a. M, IS. 10 a. m. 10 m,
$40 "a a m, 49, Ia D. M. - 05 p m. rs Is p U ,
1880 p. m, t7.r p. m. 40 IS p M
1914 p. M. t405 p m. t5.l5 p. m, $3.50 p. m,
t7.l7 o. m, 40 IS p. IN.
Harmony. C4.45 a. m, - 43 p. m
Lewiston. 70 10 a. m, 70. 10 a. IN, 40 24a N,
TAOS q. m. 40 IS p. m.
New York "a. 05 p. m, 1899 p. m.
Portland S3l2 a. m. rs. 10 q. m. n. 10 a m
slo24 a M. 70 IA p m. TAOS p. m. 1899 p m
f7.l7 p. m. JAS p. ri.
Rockland. t6. 10 a m. 70. 10 a. m. "a 05 2. N
Skowhegan. C4.45 a. m. to.26 .. m, i0to
a. m. ~ 43 p. m, 1887 p. m.
So. Gardiner t6 10 m. 70 10 a. NJ. tloci
a. m. 1914 p. m. 1918 p. m. 1889 p m.
t7.l7p M. *i04S p. m.
st. John. tl247 a. m.
Waterville, tl2.47 a, m, 81 os q. m. q
a. M. f445 a m. 10 rs a. m, 81. 40 a. m. tl2 =
D. m, t243 .. m. 1905 p. nj. 1857 p. m.
Daily. I Daily. except Sunday. Sunday only
z Daily, except Monday.
& Except Sunday and Monday.
DC. DOUGLASS. NJ. L. HARRIS,
6-o3-24 V. p. g. Gepl Mgr. Geui Pass. Agent
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Kisses in the Dark

Kisses in the Dark
By O. ASbury
For ev'ry shooting star he claimed a
kiss:
She, seeming coy. at first demurred
10 this,
But he, persisting, would not be dem
led
When soon flying meteor he espied.
And so, as darkness grew apace, their
eyes
Oft scanned the glitt'ring aspect of
the skies,
And when a darting star caught
others sight
Sounds of kissing broke upon the
And so it came to pass, anon. that
she
Looked for shooting stars quite as
much as he.
Nay. if by chance a star escaped his
view,
She called his wand'ring fancy to it.,
too.
When intervals seemed long between
each hug,
She hailed with glee a passing light
ning-bug;
But. soon taxing her ingenious mind,
Her ready wit enabled her to find
More shooting stars IN three short,
fleeting hours
Than would compose whole heavenly
bowers.
But when she did her last pretext ex-
haust
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MAINE STEAMSHIP LINE
PORTLAND, NEW YORK FREIGHT
List Republican
Nominees for
The State Senate

Androscoggin-Charles b. Carte.
OF Auburn and Edward r. Parent OF
Lewiston.
Aroostook-Stetson H. Hussey OF
Blaine. Paul Fl. Powers OF Houlton
and Allen C.. T. Wilson Of Presque
Isle.
Cumberland-Edwar S. Anthoine
and Harry L. Cram of Portland
Frederick w. Hinckley and Alexan'
der Speirs Of Westbrook.
Franklin-J. Blaine Morrison Of
Phillips.
Hancock-Percy r. Clare Of ston..
ington and Joseph D. Phillips OF
Southwest Harbor.
kennebec-Edwin NJ. Foster OF
Waterville. Benedict F. Maher OF Au..
gusta and Herbert Z. Wadswortn "
Winthrop.
Knox-George W. Walker Of War
rem.
Lincoln-Forrest H. Bond Of JEFF
ferson. -
Oxford--E. Chandler Buzzell Oh
Fryeburg. ;,
Penobscot-Mark A. Barwise anq
c. Gardiner Chalmers of Bangor ana
Ralph L. Perkins OF Orono.
Piscataquis-Arthur A. Crafts ol
Greenville.
sagadahoc-Frank w. Carleton OF
Woolwich.
Somerset-Frank H. Holley OF An
son and Clyde II. Smith Of Sko"iis-
gan.
Waldo-Hodgdon c. Buzzell Oh
Belfast.
Washington-Dr. Walter N. Miner
OF Calais and Irving w. Case OF Au-
bee. =,
York-Harmon C. Allen Of Sanioru,
Arthur l.. Roberts Of Lyman s"0
George G. Lord Of Wells.
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kLrrr1E JACK RABR1r
IL -ssss sslssaaIIa David CORY
I,DAVD.CORYt'

"Oh. Uncle John" cried the little
| rabbit, hopping up and down on ms
toes and wiggling and twisting his
pretty pink nose. Il want to see you.
You shall in about minute or
two" answered his nice old uncle.
| Tell Lady Love I'll be UP right
away"
rabbit boy. Uncle John Hare is
| coming"
You don't mean it" exclaimed
| Lady Love, We'll, declare. shall
] be glad to see him. I'm just finish
ironing this bit of lace before put
on the kettle. It's lucky l baked an
! is very fond of Angel Cake"
Quickly placing the ironing board
| behind the door, the pretty bunny
mother filled the kettle with water
and after setting it on the stove,
! hoped into the bedroom.
Dear me, how mussed my hair is"
she sighed. In a few minutes she
had taken off her calico dress and
had slipped into a pretty yellow one.
trimmed with Black-eyed Susan
flowers on the hem.
Hip, Murray" Here he comes."
shouted the bunny boy from the
porch.
Sure enough. when Lady Love
hoped outside, there stood the Billy
Goat Stagecoach just outside the
white picket gate. And the nice old
gentleman hare was handing the Old
Stagecoach driver lettuce leaf dol
lar bill.
You're looking lovely. like a rose,
The sweetest, prettiest flower that
that grows"
sang Uncle John Hare, kissing Lady
Love. And as for YOU, young rabbit,
think you've grown an inch since
you visited me in Turnip City
"How's Mrs. Daisy Duck?" inquired
the bunny boy, as he followed Lady
Love and Uncle John Hare into the
bungalow
I'll tell you in the next story"
answered the old gentleman hare,
with a wink.
Copyright 1924. David Cory.
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gathering information upon which to
formulate q comprehensive aviation
policy for the whole government.
WATCH AND CHERISH

Unique and precious history" de-
clared Ambassador Hanihara of
Japan at Brown University last
week. where he received the
honorary degree of Doctor of Laws,
speaking Of the history which the
relations between his country and
this have made.
Japan" he said, had been con-
fronted with difficult problems, but
throughout these precarious years
OF our national life 1t was America
more than any other country that
helped us always with wise counsel
and friendly assistance"
I'VE of Japan" he said. "all felt
and still feel that we owe America
lasting debt of gratitude which
never fail to repay as opportunities
open themselves to u.s.
The japanese ambassador so voic-
ed the sentiment which we believe
is that of many OF the intelligent,
peace-loving people of his country.
His remarks were all the more I'M
pressive because Of the fact that
this university Is the alma mater
Of John Hay and OF our Secretary
Of State. Mr.. Hughes. who was
present. The occasion is one which
is helpful. 1t appeals to the better,
wiser instincts Of American and
Japanese nature. These should EN-
courage the efforts Of those striving
for the maintenance Of peaceful re-
lations between these countries and
doubtless will do so. They should
not. however, be permitted to blind
us to the possibilities.
How many of the Japanese mil
lions will never know Of this inter-
national incident? How many of
the American people will read about
It. or IL they do. will remember it +:
How many Of the demagogues. the
land grabbers. the munition makers
in either country will heed it?
Surely 1t behooves those Of us who
do to maintain watchfulness.
while we cherish the spirit of
Hanihara.
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Miss Abbie Buck, Crusade
Director, Maine Public Health AS
ISOLATION, will attend the Confer
ence of Health Education specialists
in session at Cambridge, Massa-
chusetts, from June % to %. The
Conference has been arranged by
the Health Education Division of
the American Child Health AS
ISOLATION at the invitation of the
Department of Biology and Public
Health, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology. The purpose of the
meeting is to discuss the problems
of health education in rural schools,
the ACCESSIBILITY of introducing health
education into the high school cur
riculum, and the most suitable
printed material to be used in
health teaching
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-06-24

Our air service needs only ade-
quate equipment to make 1t superior
to any in the world. A demonstra-
ton Of this was the recent air carni-
valyeat Lakehurst. N. J.. the home
port cf the Shenandoah. on which
occasion our aviators again showed
thet courage and versatility. A COM
mlssss of the House Of Representa-
Wsr b making an inquiry into the
wnras question Of aviation. involving
noe only the Army but every other
osgSstment that maintains an air
iesse 1.-The investigators are not in
!. ses&cA OF scandals this time, but are
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OUR OWN
LOST AND FOUND
Department

SSRGt hHICUk
John Craig-You would oblige me
greatly if you'd give me your version
of that nursery rhyme about Twin
kle, twinkle, little star"
Dear Jack: It's now been taken
from the nursery into the photoplay
room, and reads like this:
Twinkle, twinkle. movie star,
How l wonder what you are.
An angel shild. as you claim to be
Or the vamp you play so perfectly.
Dorothy Dejagers-Can you tell me
the gist of the poem beginning
'Where are the SHOWS of yesteryear"
or shall l write to the Weather Bu-
Bureau?
Dear Dottie: We offer little lyric
which is 'gist" what you are
looking for:
Where are the SHOWS of yesteryear?
This may djsquiet the high brows,
But what I'd like to know, my dear,
Is where are your last years eye
broWS