Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, May 4, 1915, Page 3

- B3 R-N A-R - -] [ERICAN ASSOCIATION - - i * X E-EE-ER-EX-RE-] tanding of the Clubs W. L. Pet 667 588 olis Results Yesterday {anapolis 4, Columbus 2. Paul 1, Milwaukee 3. nisville 5, Cleveland 6. neapolis-Kansas City, post- et grounds. L=20 O -0 I -3 - 00O 0 RICAN LEAGUE V2020 Q & QD tanding of the Clubs W. L. k Q * -] * © Pet. .. 10 714 P i 8 5 6 6 6 10 13 11 Iphia . . El Results Yesterday York 8, Philadelphia DBEOBODO SO OUTH ATLANTIC ®0r0202008000 tanding of the Clubs W L Pot 700 600 .600 550 450 421 368 300 6 8 8 9 11 11 lle .. 14 2 & Results Yesterday b ambus 4, Columbia sonville 4, Charleston 3. ny 7, Augusta 6. on 7, Savannah 6. pfeller On The Grill At - Hearing Today Associated Press.) gton, May 4—In expecta- verbal battle that will ustrial history, the eyes of fare on Washington today, ing of ‘the | foutiniiad honrins fot the coal pmission on Industrial Re- scheduled to bring John eller, Jr., azain into the So great are the issues e on this hearing, that it' a crisis for Wall Street. ous are the charges made { Mr. Rockefeller by the of the commission, Frank that it is believed here r the industrial leader or 1 investigator must be d. Although the commission of which h is chairman, the public for a show-down in the y’wlll permit of no unfair and young Mr. Rockefeller ven full leeway to explain he circumstances which orth the accusations. He bjected, however, to a rig- xamination, for it is be- re are many details in the psy which have not been ic. - rges nmde by Mr. Walsh th were based on letters and exchanged by Mr. Rocke- officials of the Colorado Iron Co. The son of the testified before the federal n in New York that he had | proot was narrow the hearing LR R T NATIONAL LEAGUE BRI Y Standing of the Clubs w: Philadelphia .. Chicago Boston . Cirein vie St. Louis .. Brooklyn Pittsburgh s ol New York e 4 Results Yesterday At Chicago 5, Pittsburgh 1. At Philadelphia 2, New York 3. At Brooklyn 3, Boston2. CH0 00000800 SOUTHERN LEAGUE 020 0G0EOBQ Standing of the Clubs i Nashville .. New Orleans .. Birmingham Memphis .. Chattanooga .. Atlanta Mobile .. LittleRock Results Yesterday At Birmingham 7, Atlanta 2. At Moble 0, New Orleans 6. At Chattanooga Nashville 5. At Little Rock 3, Memphis 4. OO0V RO DO FEDERAL LEAGUE POSOPORPO SO HQ Standing of the Clubs WL Chicago .. Newark . Pittsburgh .. Brooklyn Kansas City St. Louis .. Baltimore .. DButfalo .. Results Yesterday At Baltimore 7, Kansas City 5. At Brooklyn 1-8, Pittsburgh 3-7. At Buffalo 3, Chicago 7. 10 12 13 the settlement of the strike were not followed. The extensive hearing given in New York to the connection of John D. Rockefeller, Jr., with the big Colorado strike has whetted the ap- petite of labor leaders for further information. The labor leaders charged the younger Rockefeller with being the man behind the big labor troubles, but the road to indeed. Rocke- feller’s assurances that the Colorado affairs were left to the local officials interests cleared his skirts for the time being. But the federal probers insisted on looking into the Rockefeller correspondence of the strike period, with the result that information was g#faned on which Mr. Walsh based his accusa- tions. The hearing set for today is a life or death struggle for the industrial relations committee, for if the ! charges made by its head are proven to be unfounded, much of its exten- sive work will be discredited. Frank P. Walsh, the fighting chairman of the commission is a cleyer lawyer, and has made a great reputation in Kansas City, first as a member of dhe Tenement Commis- sion, then as attorney of the Board the Board of Civil Service. He is an avowed believer in public owner- ship, and has the operation of the coal mines by the government. He by President Wilson in 1913 Although the Rockefeller contro- versy is the one big issue of the hearing scheduled for today, the commission will take up the charges of the railroad telegraphers agahst the Pennsylvania Railroad, will hear Robert T. Lincoln, chairman of the hands oft the Colorado juation and had Ho knowl- ditions in the coal fields. jh charges that Mr. Rockeé- in reality the directing ghout the bitter struggle, ercised personal influence ded to the State House at d presumed to dictate let- sent out to the President ited States and the Gover- e States over the signature overnor of Colorado; that eld information from the nt of Labor which was try- rt the strike; and that full d detailed letters concern- phase of the strike and the for settlement were sent to the first. kefeller has declared that made statements and an- onclusions which were un- that the complete cor- e will show that he did the Colorado strike; that nent that influence was en to the State House at false; that the agent of ment of Labor did mnot Hinformation; and that the pondence shows that he board of the Pullman Company in the deferred Pullman inquiry, and go into the industrial situation in Porto Rico and the smuggling of Asiatics into this country. 200 BALL PLAYERS OUT New York, May 4.—Some 200 ball players of the first magnitude will go in search of emplayment with the lesser leagues today, or seek other occupations, this because of the decision of the National League to carry only twenty-one players to a club for the remainder of the season. AMATEUR CHAMPION- SHIP SHOOT Travers Island, N. Y., May 1.— amateur championship for a five men team of trap shooters will be shot today. There are entries from all over the United States. — has 66,662 post- Eng- United States offices, Germany has 49,848, t the strike, and on theland, 23,738, Russia, 18,000, France, that his suggestions for 13,000, Italy and Austria 9,500 each. of Public Welfare and president of was appointed to his present office ! “f the developments of last summer . and of recent date may be taken as a criterion, the professional golfer soon will be coming into his own. Many times within the last few months the need for more tourna- ments for the professional golfer has been pointed out, and particular stress has been laid on the fact that not all of the tournaments for sal- aried brigade should be medal play, following closely the championships. Some of the clubs are arranging for tournaments in the fall, which will be open to all, econditions calling for an 18 or 36 hole testing round Wwith subsequent match pay at 18 holes. It is likely that the double circuit will be used for the final. The latest American city to be- come possessed of the desire to stage the Olympic games for 1915 is Los Angeles, many of the sport lovers of which assert that they could handle the world’s greatest series in a manner which would be acceptable to all nations. The fact that the games were agrarded to the Germans, and that no other country can hold them un- til sanction is withdrawn from Ger- many by action of the combined In- |luruulimml Olympic Committee, ap- T0 RENT, FURNISHED By HARMONY WELLER. oo drofedeadeedeobiobeob bbb (Copyright, 1915, by the McClure Newspa- per Syndicate.) Vance had seen her many times. They lived in the same neighborhood and patronized the same bookstalls. Ofen he had let his eyes rest upon her as she stood looking over the cur- rent magazines, and on one rare oc- casion he had followed her into the elevated train and journeyed as far as Thirty-fourth street. She had left the train there, no doubt to shop. The re- mainder of the daily trip to Rector street had seemed a sorry affair to Vance. Vance had long ago made certain that she was not a business girl in the strict sense of the word. Other- wise he would have had the joy of riding each morning in the elevated with her. Vance would have seen to it that he caught the welltimed train. | . For an habitually level-headed man Vance had done a rather senseless thing in falling in love with a girl whom he had not the power to be- come acquainted with. At least that power had not made itself manifest nor had kindly fate come along to help him in his love affair. Kindly fate did not enter the affair until Vance had been gazing in silent admiration for nearly three months at the girl's alluring beauty. One bright morning in early May | Vance noticed that as the girl stood in { the bookstall she had made the pur- , chase of a sign, on which was printed | in bold letters “Room to Let.” | For the first time since catching !sight of her Vance followed her ! stealthily home. When he had made sure of the i number of the more or less shabby dwelling in which she lived, Vance went back to the elevated station and down to business. When he returned from the office and made his way to- ward the address of the girl he saw the sign in the window of a room that seemed to be three flights up. He mounted the brown stone steps leading to the front door and was ad- mitted by a slatternly woman. Vance hoped it was not the wonder-girl's parent. The woman was neither polite nor gracious, but told him there was one on the top floor. He could go up and see it if he wanted to. With that she shufflied off to the basement and left Vance to find his way up those three flights of stairs. Omce there he succeeded in gaining his breath, then stood gazing at the closed doors of four rooms. After a second's thought he reasoned ouc the room that had the sign in it and knocked on the door. He drew a sharp breath when the girl herself opened it. For a moment she, too, was nervously silent. “This room,” blurted Vance, sudden- 1y. “is to let—isn't it?"” The girl found voice and command o the situation first and opened the door for him to enter. Vance did so and saw a cozy room that was ap- parently the den of a writer. “My landlady is most disagreeable,” the gin told Vance, and there was a sparkle of mirth in her eyes. “I have contracted for this room for a year and she refuses to let me go until September. If I can sublet it—of j course, she cannot object.” 1 Vance heaved a sigh of relief. The wcndergirl was in no way connected with the awful person who had let him Ilnto the house. “I haven't any furniture,” he said. “I thought the room would be fur- nished.” “Oh—I do want to let it furnished,” she told him quickly. “You see,” she added shyly, “I have been selling lots of stories lately and can afford a few months at the sea. But,” she sighed, “l am a prisoner in town so long as this room hangs on my hands.” Her eyes were looking softly into Vance's own. The.man wondered afterward how he refrained from telling her at thelr very first meeting just how des pears to have been overlooked the coast sportsmen. by Amateur Athletic Union managers ! ~ho have had much to do with the holding of track and field games of the nature of the Olympic compe- | titions are, on the whole, against the United States having anything to do with such a series for years to come. some Jack Johnsen is going to France, Spain, South America, England, Martinique, Porto Rico and Canada. In the American League the Chi- cago White Sox are picked to win ! the pennant for no than Eddie Collins. Evers meant to the Braves, KEddie Collins, who has been called the peer of all second basemen, is likely to mean to the White Sox. The other What reason Johnny | team last year was reasonably strong in every respect, particularly s0 in pitchers, but needed the spiration of some great player rouse it at critical moments. That inspiration has now been provided, and I for one am willing to accept the judgment of Charley Cominsky in going to the American Assoc to pick out a new manager. Every- body knows what die Collins stands for in hitting and fielding in- ion D ————————— e —— perately he loved her and had loved her for three long months. He did have the temerity to speak quite frank- ly and, looking with peculiar meaning at her, said: “It you will select & summer hotel | near enough for a city man to run down to each week-end I will take this room and consider myself a most lucky person.” The wonder-girl tried not to admit the meaning in his look, but a soft color creeping into her cheeks told Vance that she quite understood the situation He smiled and the girl caught the smile and responded. My landlady is the most awful per- son you can imagine and I will want my furniture in the autumn when I return to town and you won't like so many stairs to climb and—" she would have said more in her nervous excite- ment had Vance not laughed aloud to relieve the strain. “I can stand anything,” he told her, “80 long a8 you permit me your friend- ship during the coming summer.” Vance waited a trifle breathlessly for her answer. The wonder-girl hesitated but a sec: ond, then cast a swift, adorable glance at him. “Only during the summer? What about the autumn?” she questioned. “l have a very definite plan for the autumn,” Vance informed her. “Oh!" Experience will never open a cor- respondence school. FEEL LOSS OF ALLIGATORS| People of Loulsiana Too Late Are Re- gretting the Practical Extinc- tion of the Reptiles. Interference with the order of na- ture is likely to produce unexpected resul A curlous {llustration of this general law is afforded by the case of the Loutsiana alligators. The bayous of Louislana were for- merly the homes of alligators without number. They did no particular harm except by catching a stray pig or dog now and then, nor were they known to be of any particular use. The peo- ple, for the most part, let them alone. Then there sprang up in the north & demand for alligator skins for the making of various articles and the nat- ural result followed. The alligators were killed in great numbers until presently they were almost extermin- ated. No harm was done, people thought; but by and by it began to be noticed that certain mischievous quadrupeds were multiplying. In the rice flelds the muskrats increased in such num- bers that it became hard work to hold back the levees, which had been buflt to keep the water on the rice during the growing season. What perhaps was more serious, the same burrowing rodents infested the front levees and nothing but constant watchfuln averted disastrous com- sequences. Then market gardeners began to complain of an alarming increase in the number of rabbits, raccoons, and other animals which preyed upon the caulifiower, cabbage, lettuce and simi- tables. Some of the garden- compelled to inclose their gardens with close wire fences or else abandon the cultivation of some of their most profitable crops. The alligators had not been usele: and the people had learned anew that it 1s dangerous to go too fast and too far in disturbing the order of nature. —Harper's Weekly. Women's gowns this season, accord- ing to announcement, are to have “but- tons without number.” And if women @ot the ballot more men will have to button ‘em. “Landlady.” The distinction which ' the posses- slom of land used to give is still exem- pliified in the titles of “landlord” and “landlady.” Persons are amused at the colored washwoman, for Instance, whe insists on the term “lady.” But iet the same woman run a rooming Youse, of whatever description, and +be is not & “landwoman,” but & *land- iady.” to! TAKING FORTY WINKS By DOROTHY BLACKMORE. paper She descended the stone steps lead- ing from the house in which she had a miniature home. Delphine Brew- ster wro' 1 on a morning newspaper, and her work kept her away from home until late. Tonight she had ab- sent-mindedly left her key inside the | apartment, and did not realize that she had done it until now. | At daylight she could get a lock- smith to open the door for her, but | it was nearly six hours until she could expect to approach such a con- | venience. The spring night air was | | chilly and Delphine did not entertain | | with much joy the prospect of walk: ing about the streets all night. “If T had a laprobe I could m;kai myself comfortable in a park, but li should freeze myself into pneumonia | witheut one,” she considered as she passed one of the neat but now lone- | ly squares of the neighborhood. | | Whenever she saw anyone approach- ing she immediately began to walk briskly as if with a purpose, ; was well out of earshat. | At four o'clock she felt as if she! | could walk no longer, and in spite | of the fear of cold she sat down on 'a bench in Franklin square. No another soul was in sight. She al most wished it were one of the big ! New York parks, where she would at least have the society of other | vagrants. “Vagrants? 1 never expected to be | a vagrant. Why—I might even be arrested. Then I'd lose my precious , position and my career would be gone. Father would never let me go away from home again if he knew of this.” | In the midst of those soliloquies, she saw an automobile dash around the corner of the square and stop be- fore a house on the opyposite side of the square and in which she had al- | ready noticed many lights. A young woman jumped out first and ran up the steps to the house. The man stopped to throw a robe care- fully over the engine of the car, and as he passed under the now illumin- ated archway of the door she saw that he carried a bag “It must be a doctor—and there is illness,” Delphine decided. She was nearly stiff with cold by now and began to walk again. She crossed the small square and passed the house in front of which the au- tomobile stood. She stopped for a moment and looked into the warm, cozy-looking car. “Why not?” she asked herself sud- denly, stealing a quick glance at the house. T would be gone by the time he returned. I--I can't resist it!"” she almost whispered, she was so cold and miserable. It was all she could do to keep from crying as she felt the soft comfort of the leather cushion and tucked the rug about her. KEvery minute she told herself that she would get out and proceed on her lonely way, but every minute brought her further comfort and she could see no sign of anyone coming from within. At last Delphine slept; she slept in a strange automobile on a city street ot 4:30 o'clock in the morning. She had been too utterly weary to resist the call of sleep. When she awoke an hour and a half later it was to look into the anxious eyes of Dr. Baldwin Gray. He was bending over her. She was not sure that he had not shaken her; she recalled having been dreaming that someone was trying to waken her. “Oh!” she said, sitting erect. She took in long drafts of fresh morning gir and rubbed her eyes. “You—slept,” sai} the man. Delphine nodded. Then she looked closely at him. “Why—it's Doctor Gray,” she cried. “How—how strange!"” “Remember you have the advantage over me in that you know my name. You did not give me your name the first and only time I saw you—when you came to my office to have a fin- ger treated.” “I'm Delphine Brewster,” explained the girl. “And Il ba getting out. | Wasn’t someone with you when you drove up?” she asked, looking about. ¢ “A nurse—she's inside. A new baby happened to arrive while we were | there, and the nurse has remained to | take care of it,” the doctor told Del- phine. I “What a night!” said Delphine half | to herself. After that the doctor asked for ex- planations and received them in full while he drove Delphine to a lock- smith and helped her into her apart- ment. i ‘an [ ever repay you, Doctor Gray?” she asked as she stood in the now open door. “You'll repay me if you will let me know you, Miss Brewster. [I'll ask my mother to call on you since you are alone,” the doctor said, seri- ously. “And you'll come with girl asked naively. Doctor Gray laughingly nodded. “More often than you'll want me to come—TI'll come.” But it proved to be not too often to please Delphine. She had had her adventure and her romance was be- glnning. her?” the If you wait until making your last will and testament in the matter of distributing charity you will never have any fun over it. 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