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The Washington times., 1925-05-30

Nurmi . is Undoubtedly the
worlds greatest middle distance
runner. His many records prove
that beyond ali argument, Con
senting to tackle Helffrich in 3
half mile, the Finn proved him.
self q good sport. The hAH mile
is not his distance.
For years Nurmi has. prepared
himself for distance running. He
has the endurance and the sense
Of timing needed for that type of
running. The half mile, which Is
now hardly more than "a sprint
to the average good American
athlete, is too much for him.. He
lacks the sprint comparable with
the half-miler's. Es7 Z
It would have been 'aFcroWnins
triumph however, had NuIqni. van
quished the Penn State flysF. The
effort proved too much tb IL man
who, had burned himself ont over
the many weeks Of travel aid com,
petition. 49,. J.
Losing to F. HeIffric6, Nurini
congratulated the American. He
claimed he was the greatest half
miller he had ever seen. BE
stopped right there. He spoke
from the. heart and knew when
to quit, an excellent thing in any
of US. ~. t.ee.1a tsCe.1a A
In his travels through the
United States, Nurri broke thirty
eight records between ,thes three
quarter mile to the 10000 meter.
His mile in 4.l2s and hisAtwQ mile
in 1858 1-5 are marks that should
endure for some time. -
For one thing Nurr1i ended Tor
all time the wordy boagtiAgs OF
the American champion, Joie3 Ray,
who now ItapseateS. Ray had sevT
eral opportunities to prove bis
worth against the Finn and: sailed
every~>tiAle.F We. are { done with
Jimmy, Connolly, former inter;
collegiate champion; sWiliieS b
q 'Finlander; Verne BScth;s Of Bal
timore; Lloyd Hahn; of the B0s+
ton A. A., and Leo Larivee, the
great Holy Cross star, were com
PEELED to bow their heads in def
erence to Paavo Nurmi on more
than one occasion ~ /: u j.
Nurmi may never again appear
IN the United States, but he has
left a legacy Of true sportsman
ship. He came and defested our
best at his own distaaces. Ha
was game enough to tackle our
best at the half mile, admittedly
not his own best distance, and
when he lost, he knew how to
accept defeat. ~ ! - ~ -
We are q great peOple. We
keep. telling ourselves we are, 50
it must be true: But we have yet
to understand the lessons iof de-
feat. We don't like defeat, =
If Paayo Nurmi has taught Ys
anything of worth, it. must be
how to admit defeat gracefully.
He knew how to do it. It is tor
Us to learn. II, =. i.
The Washington times., 1925-05-30
DISTRICT NET
STARS ARE
DEFEATED
Only Miss MarywiIl Wakefcrd
Is Left IN Richmond
Tennis Tournament

RICHMOND, Va, May so.
washington tennis players ran
into i series OF reverses in the Old
Dominion Tennis tournament here.
Only one Washing tpnian was left
In the play when the tabilafions
Tor the day had been completed.
That one happened to be ! Miss
Marywifl Wakeford.
! Tom Mangan, Clarence Charest,
EIowenstein and Carr, and Robert
Burwell felt the sting Of defeat.
The finals last year. were between
.Charest and Mangar, with Charest
winning.
The Washington times., 1925-05-30
They Can't Field

Syracuse has released outfieIdsr
Don Thomas, who had been hitting
close to 400, to Chamhersburg OF
the Blue Ridge League. and Out
to. -Binshamton or the New York.
Pennsylyania League. Both were
weak in fielding. An option u re-
tanned on Miller.
The Washington times., 1925-05-30

!, eluns ~. when they Journey %
II 31rlSnWe1 Herring Bay, Md., on
their flrsf ec11pe at cotton
tllreaA " flNlllUr he GoEIlIQjt
q fRIss CISaF1e have decided upon
four and al halt pound te1t
|. thread yon are interested
in such = stunt and would C1fe
% Join TIE parry ~ beginners
at Tho saciertitIC game, drop this
column 8 line. Prizes VIII BE
AWARDED % those showing the
eKsa1sp skin iu handling q: n. a
The. baxrier he's been. sprung
When old sol lifted hls head out
of the est this morning the aig.
nal Spas glven tllat tj1eS agllss tlga
season Was open In locaI Waters.
which iriclldes the IleWlyystoc ked
ttdal basin.
Eirector 81 PARKS G. D. Sheriff..
expecta 4 large gathering O4 young
agtero at the IN and hae instruct
81 tIls5 axIS1 OF the law, to be on the.
lookout Tor those EydplatoFs Wlip
would take more than three baNg
ctappie and Dream. Baas under
ten Inches, from tip to tip, must
be put back into the water. The
REQUIRED length for crappie he's
been put st six inches. Brearl Or
sun perch must be four inches. a
good suggestion would be 20 take
along foot rule to avoid disptlte
Maryland opens Its pQrta u to
game fish anglers on Monday, June
1. This includes the Potomac only
and has no bearing on inland
waters whatsoever. The dafe Net
Tor interior anglers does not get
under way until July 4
The ualI4l pROcedure with un.
signed documents and letters, q
the following, along the lines OI
Potomac. this column feels
should not So qnnotlced.
We. here inss washington. are
rather inclined TO take what Con
gTSsa Is going to do - 81 Joke.
andSto place little confidence Ia the
numerous iuvestig ationss Cf t1ss
body. which we have learned usual.
y. ike Johnny' littls brother DE
= bornlIi
well, we are glad that as'ntare.s
has been made towards the cOntkus
of pollution In our streanle. but
would have more confidence M
the ultimate attainment Of tIi&
most desifabIS and necessary iS
form IL Congress-. under whose con-
troll labors the city Of Washifgton
and adjacent waters, would begin
at home, and see to It that the
law was endorsed here.
On the banks OF the Potomac at
Georgetown .s(West Washingt0T1
stands 3 large paper mill and from
this is let out into the river every
few days the alkaM solution used
to disintegrate the wood used in
the manufacture of paper. This IS
strong fluid which cannot but be.
injurious to any living thing in
the water. I am informed that III
'sseats up the clothes and shoes
Of those who work there. / an.
also informed chat. while Il is
against the law to let I'll out into
the river. vet this law IS ignored
BY the company and, ssie the pO-
lice boat is not in sight z the gAton
are opened. Morning sitter mora
ing, as i cross the bridge on TIiy
way to the city, see the wafer
covered with this solution which;
has. the appearance Of soap suds.
and vwhttsnss the surface for half
mile.
As an 7old boatman. hunter ard
fish hSfman sure would like TO see
some evidence Of ~ start here
on the Pptomsc.
The Washington times., 1925-05-30

OF course q lot OF the letters are
funny. "schmitty." !" my nurse, and
I have. been reading them over and
we've had lot:of good laughs out
Of them. And a lot Of advice. top,
with more diets and home remedies
that you ever heard of.
Some Of them were sad. too. Like
one I had from an old-tlmle ball
player. / won't ten you his name.
butlhs was enc OF the best known
catchers In the game = few years
Hsre's what he wrote: when I
was in the big Eeaktes ] was. q
lrst-string catcher, and / was hurt
a lot of times because I had to
catch tiiree spitball pitchers. Right
Ia thes hottest part OF the race j
got two fingers broken. But the
trslper tAped them togethert and 4
stayed IN there catching every day.
No one. knew about IT. except the
players. and the fans used TO pan
me because made errors. They
didn't know about thes fingers and
I guess they thought I was a quit
ter.
x -
NOV my right hand a 50
broken and twisted up that j
cant use IL I'm Ieftshafided nov.
That Is what / set out a. play.
ing and beirg = good fellow and
getting In there when / wasn't
able to- give my best. Nov,
B2he don't forget that you win
get the same ldud Of. pannfng 81
you 90 "a there before you are
r6ady EoD win get no credit
for what you were yesterday. lt
b only what you can Do today
and tomorrow Yesterdays don't
count aS' all Take my ADVICE.
Be- IN condition before you. 50. {
back I'm there. /
There Mas : lot more in the let
tar but that IL enough to show
what he thought. feel sorry Tor
that ball player. And / suppose
he &in 30 to his grave thinking
he gotta dirty deal from the club
ands the. fans. He just wasn't lfn-
deFstood. that's all. Ard he didn't
understand the. fans, either.
guess a lot OF other old bah
players fsel the same way. Il have
myself I.ve even climbed into
S416@ Bt8AS&0@ allSI 461QWS WIZ ASPG
panninx me until saw red.
But all these letters that I've
had IN the hospital and all the mes
sages that have come from the fans
everywhSre have given me a DIFF.
ferent idea. understand them
better now. And I know that they
don't mean their panning any more
than i mean to make errors. After
ALL we re- both out there to see,
the club win.
I'd like to sit down and answer
every one OF the letters I've had.
Some day will get them all an
sWered. TOO. But IN the meantime
''Schmitty" and want folks te
know that we sure appreciate all
Of them-and the good advice and
the good wishes.
Al said before. six weeks in q
hospital give e man: q different idea
about the 4af1s. Right now I'm for
them every one OF them. -
1Copyrf3lrfs 1875. by the Christy
Ualaif SvHdfeafal
The Washington times., 1925-05-30
LETTERS TO RI IJTH HURRY i
HIS RECO YER Y AS He
!. FOR GETS Ills
By BABE RUTH.

NEW YORK May 3OWhen fellow is sick and in the hpsPital
just how friendly the taRs
REhtnow got In front of me
the last weeks Every OI
And Of them full OF good snsf
Believe fellow feel mighty good to fns cYs
and I've got well lot anew that
had friends pulling for exs A te5s .
there on the lot dayS the wrong slant
hooted every lime you boot one see
come back bench cussing every fen R the I've done
These the the bah players
stands Deep down
gzzards good folks too. bad
can't spend in the Hospital and
the letters I've had They'd with slant
The Washington times., 1925-05-30
Judge Is. Learning.

FUDGE lands attended the
= Qualifications at Shibe Park,
Philadelphia, the other day. The
baseball writers-those crafty guys
-approached him for his opinions
and here is what the great wizard
said:
Officially, I'm neutral. ! look
The Washington times., 1925-05-30
NEW YORK SPORT EDITOR
DIES AFTER< OPERATION

NEW YORK May s0.-Williain
II. Hicks, sporting editor Of, the
New York Evening Journal for
nearly twenty years. is~dead at his
home here today, He died suddenly
late yesterday followIpg an opera,
tiOn. He Wss fifty56ne years old
and was q native Of Chicago. !.
The Washington times., 1925-05-30
Macknen Win Most

The Mackmen, in winning four
games from the Griffs, have the
best record in the league. Detroit
III second, with three victories over
the world champions.
The Washington times., 1925-05-30

81 }WnGnt = DIX Gock u sQY0ED0~AlO0tk
e expected 4 Tor sIae never issG M
.....,,,... ~ J, ~. So. =
~ - 80 3. Z
Deen spsnt-
IL Is only the 7exp erietlee tor
hovs of the old school fllat are sue
3, $500, 49, ,,as s
oessA1A ,--.. S. $.
ones ana tneys aLsE Elpp 4 Z A.i.ss ~
good work to the motto Don't
get axcited.D
spca r,atchs, tem0ns rs,s, 1es. ees..Isr =
yvl,aeleT 7,,de,irssi, 5,,riex.
spsrroueh. Ed craig. ,erlisctr.
| M. HaIGev LADY 81 the salEel,
and dozens 81 st hers whose Nance
| I canrot iiist recall. can be ssefs
Ynoat aI1vs YlIOfrirle &c the bfealt .of
sdav, IIsryys d,Srine tIne heishf 81 tlle 80.
from oflsroft the Big ssrollerk. q
,vIl,e. Isat 1isI,i,1e. sniFol1IYssI ins.s To-
. "a f0IlIST fS.riIIl ne iIRSel fSIts To-
fI,a 81 9ffIe. FaIIs ! THE vi I mn I0F.
ifv NJ fIsa' hfg, YeiIovys are fal2erl
n the hnaIfell yvaker7 az 8 fIloy
,,.,,,e,s ricScs. ,,eap. fIsa.s Clafra
t1Isca !. - Z y
Famous fishing spots that have
& grip on the res. rs are Md.
die Rock, Two stays, Swish Eddy,
Big Eddy. Turkey Foot lsllnlksr
ard ;Pof T2ocIr.
An nhservar described some 81
tha l,raa1inr hal,fta 0f tliA fyah.
r. fhe effecf tFIat when q female
was in suawning condition. the
males gathered about her IN great
numbers
A single female (which might
weigh frorn TO 30 pounds wonld
rralS TIsh al n u,I,ich vveirZbea I
iss- 4,,S,s ) T,s,,,,,sla Ss.rh ana. fissv
sae,,.s1 80 y, t1,s y,Iys r,,ssIea Ires-
3e,ef Srlse.s vvaafev. vTaIe atsfed fe, be
dircolorsS vvifI, hIand from the fisIa
s.finntnr0 one an6tl,er while cor.
tendiI1r. fo,. the feraSie.
--L--
The rate Of growth b very
rapid. Young fish an inch long
found in the Delaware liver inS
the second week Of Junes about
the middle Of October were obs
served to 5 have grown To. the
length Of ~ inches. Young fish
5 t0 inches In length which
| are taken I'M quantities im9 the
Potomac In the spring, are sup
posed to be the young Of the
previous year. +.
Encouraging reports have come
Solomon's Island and PineyA Poin.
According to the anglers who have
fished these waters hardheads are
The Washington times., 1925-05-30
He Wants Pitcher

President BOrchert of the MIL
waukee club plans a trip through
the East in search OF q pitcher. He
also wants to get q sHortstop.
The Washington times., 1925-05-30
Babe Ruth az Hon1a

The Yankees, playing In Fhila-
delphia, left Babe Ruth behind.
The Washington times., 1925-05-30

The Potomac Anglers AssOcia.
tiOn are going to stage something
unique for local fishermen next
Evening star., 1925-09-09
NAGG|NG TEACHERS
DECLARED FUTILE
inspiring High Ideals in Pu.
pills Urged at Conference
of Catholic Sisters.

The nagging teacher has little
chance of building character in her
pupils but simply kills any inclination
they may have for effort, Sister
Miriam Augustine Of Mount st. Vim.
cent, New York, told the Catholic
Sisters Conference. which met in the
Mcmahon Hall, Catholic University
this morning.
The meeting was the principal event
on the program for the first session OF
the eleventh annual conference on
Catholic charities, which opened to-
day.
The first duty of the teacher. she
said, is to inspire high ideals, and this
can be accomplished, she said, by
working of the psychology of hero
worship. The natural inclination OF
the Catholic teacher. Sister Miriam
said, would be to make Christ the
single hero to be held up before the
pupils for emulation. but this has a
drawback because it leaves the child
without any lesser marker.
The teacher, she said, should select
from Instances of ordinary men and
women who have achieved Christ
like character. 1t is essential, she
told the teachers, to impress on the
minds of the class that heroism is
not primarily physical, but that holi-
ness, patience and the courage to
suffer are more inspiring and rarer
than aggressive courage. The child,
she said, too often mistakes restless
ness for bravery. Girls, in particular,
she said, must be inspired to the
virtue of fortitude.
Continual fault-fnding, she held,
leads almost always to the very faults
which the teacher or parents seek to
correct.
1t is essential, she said, that the
teacher make friends of the children,
TO whom they are willing to talk
frankly.
Charities Body Meets.
The conference was opened with an
address of welcome by Right Rev.
Thomas j. Shahan, rector of Catholic
University.
Sister Miriam Regina of Brookland
chairman of the conference, gave a
brief report of the activities since
the last meeting. The executive com
mittee of the Charities Conference
met this morning and the delegates
were registered. The diocesan di
rectors of Catholic charities are meet
ing this afternoon. with Rev. Edwin
L. Leonard of Baltimore presiding
Rev. Robert F. Keegan of New York
City will speak on social work in
rural communities. DR.. John O'Grady
of Washington will speak on lay par.
ticipation in Catholic charities.
Evening star., 1925-09-09
REMUS MUST FACE
ST. LOUIS CHARGE
Released on Writ, Bootleg
King" Is RearreSted-Bait
Fixed at $4,000.
By the Associated Press.

CINCINNATI, September 9.--George
Remus, former Cincinnati bootleg
king" was in the county Jail last
night awaiting bondsmen to qualify
for S50,000. That sum has been fixed
as necessary to obtain his release on
an indictment returned against him
in st. Louis charging conspiracy to
violate the Federal prohibition law.
Remus was released from the Day
ton, Ohio, Jail yesterday, when Federal
District Judge Smith Hickenlooper
granted his application for a writ of
habeas corpus, but was rearrested
Immediately on the st. Louis indict-
ment. Judge Hickenlooper, in grant
ing the writ, said he could do nothing
else in the matter. as he had freed
associates of Remus on the ground
that the jail and penitentiary SEN
tences imposed on them ran concur
rently. Remus had served a sentence
of two years in the Atlanta Penitenti-
ary on an indictment charging con-
Spiracy to violate the national pro-
hibition act, and was under a sentence
of one year imposed for maintaining
nuisance on a farm operated as
liquor distributing headquarters near
here.
When rearrested on the st. Louis
indictment Remus protested to the
United States commissioner that the
bond of 1000 was excessive. Judge
Hickenlooper said he would hold a
hearing on the matter Friday morning.
Evening star., 1925-09-09
Denying Theft, Man
Claims Watch Was
Fee i'm VOodoOism

Arraigned in Police Court today,
charged with the larceny Of a watch
and a suit of clothes, Aaron A. Lewis,
colored, denied the allegation. saying
that the watch and clothes were given
him by the complainant, Richard
Hopp, colored, for a lesson in Woo
dooism.
Lewis told the court that Hopp
didn't have any money, so that he
gave him the articles until he could
pay him SIS Saturday.
What did he want you to do, y
Judge John p. Mcmahon asked?
HE asked me TO do something to
keep his old woman bround the
house at nights" Lewis replied. so
| got little love dust that I call Johr
the Conqueror, and he and / spread II
around. / told him that that would
keep her home.
Policeman r. D. Chenanet was ther
called to the stand and testified thai
Lewis was wearing Hopp's clothes and
had pawned the watch.
sixty days" was the closing com
ment of the court.
Evening star., 1925-09-09
Survey of Wages
Paid U. S. Employees
Will Show Average

Launching into an exhaustive sur
vey Of wages paid Government EN-
ployes in Washington. the Personnel
Classification Board has undertaken
an inquiry to determine whether sal
aries here are increasing or decreas-
ing The survey will take several
months to complete. and will be made
from figures for more than $4,000
Government workers in the Capital.
The average salary OF all Govern
ment employees in Washington on June
80. 1924. was 81, ,741 a year, according
to a survey made last year and pub
lished at that time. Classification add
ed more than 4 per cent to the aver
age salary paid here, and the survey
now under way Is expected to show
another increase.
Evening star., 1925-09-09
WOLFE TO BE ARRAIGNED.
Companion Of Chapman's Alleged
Avenger Before Grand Jury.

MUNCIE. Ind, September 9 R.-
Charles cone Arm'0 Wolfe, COM
panion of George CDutch') Anderson
when the latter is alleged to have fatal
ly shot Ben Hance and his wife, near
here. because they informed on Ger
aid Chapman. will be given the oppor-
tunity to explain his connection with
the affair before the grand jury today.
Wolfe, in jail since the shooting,
August IA. has refused to talk. Hance
named Anderson and Wolfe in his dy
ing statements as the slayer.
Evening star., 1925-09-09
OUTGOING STEAMERS.
cAurn vEGTERnAv
SAILING FRIDAY.
AILING SATURDAY

Patria-Naples 10 100 A M
Cabo Santa Maria-Llsbon ....12 90 NJ.
Munamar-Nassau .......... .12 90 M.
Medea-Maracaibo ...o.-... 3 100 ID.
Evening star., 1925-09-09
GUN INVENTOR DIES.
F. M. Garland Produced Rapid
Fire Weapon Bearing His Name.

NEW HAVEN, Conn, September 9
R.-Frank Milton Garland. inven-
tor of the Garland rapid-fire gun.
died at his home here Monday as
the result of a shock received sew
eral years ago, it was learned yes
terday. He was born in Hennaker,
n. H, in 1854. He is survived by
his widow.
Mr.. Garland was sent by President
Wilson to Europe during the World
War on a secret mission. He was
a member of an expedition which. at
the close of the Chino-Japanese War,
went to China in futile effort to de-
velop mines. build roads and other
wise develop the country.
Evening star., 1925-09-09
LAND FOR MEMORIAL.
Farmer Offers to Give Scene Of
Shenandoah Crash.

CALDWELL, Ohio, September
OPT. w. Davis, who owns the farm
near Ava, where the Shenandoah fell
last Thursday morning. has written
Secretary of the Navy Wilbur offering
to donate one acre of his farmland
as a site for a monument or a national
park in memory of the IA killed. The
land is that on which the control cabin
era shed.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-10-08
Answers Last Summons

Funeral services for Albert Caskey,
for the past thirty years, resident at
Lac Vieux Desert, were held Saturday
afternoon from the congregational
church OF Eagle River, Rev. O. G.. Chap
in, of Phelps, officiating, after which
his remains were laid to rest beside
his wife who passed away five years
ago, in the Eagle River cemetery. AL
though not in robu.t health or several
years, he had been about at his usual
duties until week before his death,
when stricken with pneumonia.
He leaves two sons, one, Sylvester.
with whom he had lived since the
death of his wife, and daughter Mrs
Levi Krake, of New London, all of
whom We're present for his funeral.
Mr.. Caskey was an honest and in
dustrious man and one who had taken
an active part in the development of
the neighborhood in which he had
spent many years as one of The pic.
neers of that section, and enjoyed the
respect and esteem of wide acquain-
lance in the towns of Phelps, State
Line and Eagle River.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-10-08
FISH DIDN'T BITE


Jos. A. Schunk of West Allis accom-.
panied by two friends came up last
week and while Mr.. Schunk was super,
intending the building of a summer
cottage on Carpenter lake, his friends
investigated some Of the adjacen
lakes for signs of soIne of the big fish
that they claimed they had been led
to believe would jump right into thu
boat after bait, and said the largest
fish they saw would not make a sar.
dine down in their part of the country
Mr.. Schunk when questioned regard
ing their story said he was surprised
that they saw any at all as all of
their fishing that he knew of was
done from in front of the fireplace
at the Arbutus Inn, and that he never
encouraged them with the idea that
any kind of fish could be caught there
regardless of the cheerful surrounding
of such fishing spot
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-10-08
Trusting Friends
Betrayed by Traitor

Mr. and Mrs. Otto Malstad, with the
aid of a scoundrel named Steve Van
Bussum, pulled mean trick on the
unsuspecting natives of Eagle River,
last Thursday night, the wedding date
OF the first mentioned. 1t had been
rather freely announced that immed-
lately after the wedding supper that
the bride and groom would leave on
the night train from Rhinelander for
a trip to Milwaukee and Stoughton.
Accordingly, several auto loads of
their friends decided to accompany
them to the Rhinelander depot and
see them off according to the old Gus
tom of notifying every one on the
train that there was a bridal couple
in their midst Being busy arranging
the preliminaries, no one noticed the
groom when he bought the tickets, and
bade them farewell as the train pulled
out in the expectation that Milwaukee
would be the first step for them. In
stead it turned out that the tickets
were bought to Monico aid when IL
was reached, Van Bussum was waiting
for them with his car and brought
them back to Long lake where the,
Van Bussum cottages are. BY this
time it was long after midnight so he
was able to sneak home to Eagle River
without any one knowing OF the scan
dalous manner in which they mad been
hoaxed and did not until Sunday
evening when the newly weds came
into town and gleefully related what
had happened. Only that Steve is AN
uncle to the bride by marriage, and
even the victims of the joke were
adverse to having any thing done that
would cause her any sorrow during
the honeymoon, the chances are that
he would have been lynched Monday
afternoon when everyone found out
what had been done to them, as there
is no doubt but that he was the origi-
nator of the whole undetermined
scheme.