New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 28, 1914, Page 10

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY, APRIL 28, 1914. 4 OPENS BALL SEASON ave Hartford as Rivals at Elec- {ric Field Ths Afternoon. | ' The racp for the Eastern associa- %on pennant started this afternoon &t 3:30 o'clock when the New Brit- fain club stacked up against the | Hartford- club. 'On account of the | threatening weéather” the attendance was kept dowh but a large number of ns werq on deck ready to tell laude” Clarkin’s outfit what they ‘thought of them. " Early thiy afterncon Captain ! Browne of the New Britain team ag- | monnced . that he would send in “Pete” Wilson to put the first dent in the aspirations of the Hartford club to capture two pennants in suc- gession. Coffenberg was slated to do g@uty on the receiving end. The team | Beld its-last workout yesterday and felt confident that it would be able to | assist Wilson in his crusade. The first boy to step to the plate [0 look over Wilson's offerings was | #Eddie"” Goeb of this city, who se- gured his elementary training with | the Russell & Erwin team of the Factory league. Goeb has been se- | lected to do duty in left fleld by Man- #iger “Si” McDonald of the Hartford [ giub, who 'likes his form in the field, at bat and on the bases. Another | familiar face in the line-up was #Jack” Hoey, who formerly played in ‘#hie outfleld for the New Britain club ‘wwhen James J. Murphy of Plainville " Beld the reind. Hoey is playing in | ¥ight garden for, Hartford. " The batting order of the teams was ;l! ‘follow: - New Britain. Bauer. cf. Brown, rf. _ Suliivan, 1b. | Novyes, 3b. ... Zeimer, ss, strich, 1f. asher, 3b. Hartford. Goeb, 1f. Barney, cf. . Keliher, 1b, .. Hoey, rf. Curry, 2b. . Grieve, ss. Gardella, 3b. | €offenberg, c. McDonold, c. | Wilson, p. . <.t .. Salmon, p. . Otheér games scheduled in the East- ‘ern assoclation were Pittsfleld at New | London, Springfield at Bridgeport and New Haven at Waterbury, ol game wet The Springfield-Bridgeport Wvas postponed on account grounds, , of . . ¥EW HAVENFR RELEASED. . New Hayen, Conn.,” April 28.—Percy | W, Jones, of New Haven, who was ‘gmong those Americans captured a few days ago by Mexicans at Aguas Calientes; has been released, and .is DO on his way to Vera Cruz accord- _iug to a cablegram received from him by relatives here today. ' WHO SAID THEY y TOMMY CLARK. certainly has handed the “an awful Joit. ‘First L Ahe.-Pederal’ league came along and - threw: Pooks into organized base- ~+ ball, .-":’m it has been discovered that at Jeast a half & dozen honest to ! goodness comebacks are making the ! youngsters look foolish every day. i Most prominent among these deflers | tof -precedent ts Sir Michael Donlin, i formerly. star outfielder and céptain of _ Jthe Giants, more recently exponent of the thespian art and still more recently ; pinch_Bitter extraordinary. to the clan wgd . The old time star has < Back with a vengeance and is .and. running bases 15 at the bat, however. that like a P. N. G. ELECT. SR, Rebekah Association Holds Meeting in This City. At the annual meeting of the Past Noble Grands' association of the Re- bekah lodges of this section held here yesterday with Unity lodge, the following officers were elected for the coming year: President—Mrs. H. N. Witte, Stella lodge. Vice-president—Mrs. Union lodge. Secretary—Mrs. L. W. Miller, Ruth lodge. Treasurer—Mus. Clara M. B. Doug- lass, Stella lodge. Marshal_Miss Magnolia lodge. Conductor—Mrs. Ruth lodge. * Inside Guard_ Miss' Camilla Unity lodge. Annual H. F. Smith, \ Anna Blakeslee, Lena Schible, Hail, ANOTHER H. S. PLAY. Instead of Prom on May 8 There Will 5 Be An Entertainment. The juniors of the’ High school will present “The Man From' Bran- don,” a one-act play, on May 8, in the auditorium. The Jjunior prom. was to have been given at this date, but it was found necessary to post- pone the dance until after the school board takes action on the petition to allow modern dances. The committee began to hustle and as a result a play will be given instead. The cast is: as follows: Phil. Lester. .. .Edward Ginsberg Dan Monton......Frederick Stevens Dr. Decker. ..Everett Schantz Beatrice. .Viola Clark Bernice ..Edith Bayer Ann... ....Ruth Hill Miss Janette. Mary R. Clark GRAMMAR SCHOOL. On May 6 and 7 the pupils of the eighth grade will give the ‘“Choral Fantasia” from Lohengrin. This is the eighth annual cantata given by the school, and the soloists for. this year’s concert dre as follows: Miss Rhea L. Massicotte, soprano, and Theron W. Hart, pianist. also be selections by a trlo composed of . Samuel Gross, violin; Roger Holmes, ’cello, and Fillmore Ohman, piano, This concert is for the benefit of the Grammar school art fund. G. A. R. OPEN MEETING. The last open meeting to be held by Stanley post, G. A. R., before Memorial day, will take place at the Headquarters tomorrow evening: The Men’s lyceum of Kensington will at- tend in a body. erick V. Streeter announces that a pleasing program will be carried out and that the meeting will be well worth attending, MR. BALLOU SUCCUMBS. Boston, April 28.—Murray R. Ballou, president of the Boston Stock Exchange from 1870 to 1900, died today, aged seventy-four years. social | There will | Commander Fred- | HELD UP WITH GUN. Russwin Road Resident Has Thrilling Midnight Experience. A highway robbery in which Ray- mond Alderman of Russwin Road was the victim and which took place last Friday night has just come to light. Alderman went home on the 11:07 trolley car and left it at Hart's kta#i tion. As he was following a path through a fleld which is a short cut to his home, a highwayman jumped out on him, poked a revolver into his face and demanded his money. Alderman turned over some change and the’ robber fled into the dark- ness. 1t is said that -a rough gang in- fests an old barn on the Hart estate and holds nightly carousals there. GRATITUDE EXPRESSED, ' - Sec. Bryan Sends Tlmn_ks to Germany For Friendly Action at Tampico. of the American government to Ger- many for its friendly ‘actlon in re- calling from Vera Cruz the Steamer Ypiranga with war munitions in its | cargo and for the energetic assistance lgiven by the commander and {crew of the cruiser Dresden in rescu- {ing American refugees at Tampico lhas been informally conveyed to ! Germany throush Secretary Bryan. ! The secretary assured Ambassador Von Bernstorff that a formal note of appreciation and thanks would fol- low in due course. These assurances of gratitude have been forwarded' by Ambassador Von Bernstorff by cable to his government. VICTIM OF BRONCHITIS. Rev. John Galbraith of Gloucester, Mass., Passes Away at His Home. Gloucester, Mass., April 28.—Rev, John Galbraith, a well known Metho- i dist clergyman, died today after a I brief illness of bronchitis. Mr. Gal- | braith was fifty-eight years old, and {a native of Ireland. He was superintendent of the Bos- | ton district of the New England con- ference for six years. WILL NOT INTERFERE. Washington, April Leader Kern, of the senate, who was a White House caller today, said he | did not think the Mexican situation would interfere with the legislative program. He said he expected a re- i port in a day or two from the senate ! interoceanic canals committee on the tolls repeal bill, and believed it would bate. AVIATOR KILLED. Los Angeles; Cal.,, April 28.—Charles C. Roystone, an aviator, fell with his monoplane 800 feet at Dominguez i Junction, south of here today and was i 8o badly injured that he died shortly afterward. 3 . Mike has the call, and Mac is saving him to jam into the breach at a mo- ment’s notice. Big Ed Walsh, past master in the art of hurling the spheroid, was dead and buried® in the White Sox outfield last year with a sore arm. He would never pitch again. Today the same gentleman is tying knots in the atmosphere with his spit- ter and looks like a world beater every time he starts. Nap Lajole is another star who was given up for good by the fans last year, but the. great Frenchman has worked hard to get himself in condition and is now the most formidable pinch hitter on any of the clubs. Kid Eiberfeld .after traveling a stormy” Dath and facing the waiver route to the minors has pulled himself back into a major league berth and is naw dispensing pepper by the yard for the Brooklyn Dodgers. ‘While it is doubtful whether the kid will break into the regular lineup, he will be general utility man and head coach under Wilbert Robinson. Dode Criss and King Cole with the Yankees, Russell Blackburne with the ‘White Sox and Covaleskie with Detroit are others who are making good in the majors after short lapses from the company of elect. ‘Waddyeamean back? A popular vote s being taken in St. Louis as to what name the St. Louls Federal league team should be known by hereafter. they can't come PRINCETON LAWN TENNIS SCHEDULE. SCHEDULE of eight meets haé been anpounced for the Princeton Jawn tennis team for the approaching season. The Tigers have lost three valuable men from last year's team] but hope to present a winning combi- ‘Washington, April 28.—The thanks ! 28.—Majority ! i be passed with about two weeks' de- . City Items A specia] rehearsal of the Catholic Choral union will be held at 7:30 o'clock this evening in St. Mary's school hall. Constable Winkle has sold the stock of Tony Amenta to Michael Weinsteigfor $181. Special sale on ready--to-wear hats. advt. Mr. and Mrs. John J. Kennedy of 400 East Main street, are receiving congratulations on the birth of a daughter. The Theatrical Stage Employes Union will give its annual ball Thurs- day evening in Hanna's armory. j Lynch’s orchestra will furnish the music. g «ByyMWilliam Flannery, of Brooklyn, { formerly of this city, i visiting his brother. Herbert K. Job, state ornithologist, will deliver a lecture on birds at the i} annual meeting of the Commonwealth {club to be held this evening in the Y. M. C. A. assembly hall. children’s and M. Seibert.—- DISCUSS OCEAN RATES. Washington, April 28.—Whether the “Conference” method of rate fixing by ocean lines violates the Sher- {man anti-trust law, came before the supreme court of the United States ‘today for consideration. Hugo Adel- { berto Thomsen and other New York shippers to South Africa seek to re- ) cover . treble damages against Sir | Charles W. Cayser and other British i ship owners “for restraint of trade” |in making such agreements as to rates. . UPHOLDS MEDIATION. Montevideo, April 28.—The Uru- guayan minister of foreign affairs to- dgy. conferred With the -president of ,the republic in regard to the Mexi- can situation. It was decided that | Uruguay should lend her support to the mediation of Argentina, Brazil and Chile between the United States and Mexico. ' TO WITHDRAW FEDERALS. Calexico, Cal, April 28.—Arrivals here today from Yuma, who came via Algodones, on the Mexican side of the line opposite Andrade, Cal., say the Mexican federal .soldiers at Algoddones soon will be withdrawn to a considerable distance from the international boundary. It is report- ed this {s tq prevent possibility of a clash -with colored American regulars at Andrade and is on orders of Col. Lajero,. commander at Mexicall. ASHORE IN FOG. New York, Apjril 28.—The tramp steamer Frederika, Cienfuegos, Cuba, for this city, ran ashore in a fog to- day off Harvey's Cedars, near Asbury Park, N. J. The revenue cutter Mo- hawk has been ordered to her! as- | sistance. HFD. SOUTH ASSN. ELECTS REV. REES Pastor of Stanley Memorial Church in This City Appointed at An- nual Meeting in Kensington. Rev. James E. Rees, pastor of the Stanley Memorial church in New Britain, was elected registrar of the Hartford South association of <Con- gregational ministers at the annuai meeting held this morning in the parsonage of the Kensington Congre- &ational church. Rev. Carleton Haz- en of Kensington, Rev. Elmer Wismer of Bristol and Rev. Dr.'G. W. C. Hill of New Britain, were appointed a program committee and Rev. Joel S. Ives of Meriden and Rev. Frederick Grant of Plainville, a membership committee. Sesstons were held In the morning and afternoon, Rev. Henry W. Maier of the Center church in New Britain, acting as the moderator. Features on the program were: n paper by Rev. James E. Rees on the theme “The Church and the Liquur Traffic.” brief remarks by Rev. Sam- uel A Fiske of Berlin and a lecture on “Impressions of the Yaie Convertu- tion,” delivered by Rev. T. B. Powell of Meriden. INSPECTING MILITARY CAMP. Major Wise Leaves For Niantic Prepare Mobilization Grounds, Hartford, April 28.—It was under- stood at the state armory today that Major M. J. Wise, assistant quarter- master general and Sergeant George Merry had gone to Niantic to look over the state military camp ground and order .and supervise necessary changes and repairs. While it was not admitted at the armory that this had any special significance. General: Geo. M. Cole had already announced: that the national guard would mobilize there in case a call to arms came. Gen. Cole ‘'was busy .nearly all day today in replying tu. letters from former officers of the national guard, who want commissions in case Con- necticut troops should be ordered out. to BOTH MEN CONFIDENT, Cross and Welsh Are Confident of ‘Winning Tonight's Bout. Los Angeles, Cal., April 28.—With éach man convinced that the battle would decide who should next fight Freddie Welsh, the English cham- pion, and Leach Cross of New York were ready today for their .twenty round contest at Vernon tonight. Both men finished a full month’s training vesterday. Welsh who earned a deeision, over Ritchie when- thé champion wal be- ginning his career, was a pronounced favorite. 2%l 1 i THE Gentlemen’s Driving “club- of Cleveland has decidted to take up trotting races under-'saddle -in’ the (| matinees at the North'Randall track nation. ' B. C.,.Law and A. H. Jackson probably will be declared ineligible on the two sport rule, which is striotly enforced by the faculty at Princeton. Ceaptain' Montgomery, Farr and Mace have been lost from last year's players, but Kuhn, Church, Kidder and Van Deventer are left. The schedula follows: April 27, Wes- leyan at-Princeton; May 2, Pennsyl- vania at Philadelphia; May 6, Colum- bia at Princeton; May 13, Pittsburgh university at Princeton; May 16, Har- vard at Cambridge; May 23, Cornell at Ithaca; May 26, Dartmouth at Prince- ton; May 29, Yale at Princeton. 'be brought together KEIO CURTAILS BASEBALL TOUR. TH proposed American tour of the Kelo university baseball team of Tokyo, Japan, will be greatly curtalled as @ result of a faculty ruling. According to cable advices, the Japa- nese players have been ordered to re- turn to the university not later than June 186. This ruling will necessarily confine the playing gchedule to the Pacific coast, . this year, and word comes from Pitts- burgh and Syracuse that the innova- tion may be adopted there with a view to making it a part of the program at the intercity meeting of the Ledgue of Amateur Driving clubs, next fall. H. K. Devereux, president of the gragnd circuit, and Horace White, formerly governor of New York, are among the prominent horsemen reported to be in- terested in this project, which, in real- ity, is not so much ‘an innovation as it is'a revival of the original style of rac- ing the trotting horse. < ‘All 0ld time horsemen are aware that the sport we now call harness racing was originally saddle racing. In Eng- land the long distance ‘records and races which made the Norfolk trotters famous more than a hundred years ago were all made to saddle, and for many years after the sport was transplanted in America it was the same way here. Only after roads were improved and elliptic springs invented to make driv- ing at speed comfortable did people begin to utilize the fast trotting horse in harness on or off the race track. As late as 1840 a majority of races in and about New York were trotted with Jockeys up, but with the growth of the fashion for driving trotters on the road and the developmient of the track sulky and the wagon a change set fn which eventually revolutionized the sport and the terms ‘trofting horse and trotting race became synonymous with light harness horse and harness race. Now that the paving of the highways and the introduction of motor vehicles have all but forced the'light harness horse off the roads and killed the once popular pastime of driving trotters for pleasure tirere are signs of a possible reversion -ta the ariginal form of the sport. The fastest trotter in the world has just been converted into a saddle horse, and his owner, C. K. G. Billings, has set the fashion, now quite general and - rapidly growing, for riding fast trotters instead of driving them for pleasure and exercise. . In the opinion of a good many observing horsemen it needs only the organized effort of a few leaders like Messrs. Billings, White and Devereux to start a revival of saddle racing which will sweep the country. As a spectacle it is incomparably ahead of harness racing, and it has the fur- ther great advantage of solving the serious problem of handicapping trot- ters, which at present is far from per- fect. By varying the weight on their backs the trotters umder saddle could easily as run- ners are in a handicap race. Do you “play” the ponies? Well, then, it's a pretty safe wager that, like the others who do, you figure that when you lay a bet on a heavy favorite the chances are more than even that the first choice will canter home ahead of the fleld. But you flgure wrong. The chances are only two in five—no matter how big or small the field—that the favorite WILSON DECIDES T0 ‘Willie Ritchie, lightweight champion, ! CALL OUT TROOPS Continued From First Page.) in the coal strike district, where vir- tual civil war exists. The number ¢f troops will be de- cided upon in a conference between the president and Secretary of War Garrison this afternoon. president had gone over the Colorado situation with his cabinet during the greater part of a two hour session, and a proclamation will be issued lat- er today ordering federal soldiers to the scene of the industrial conflict, Appropriation Not Discussed, The president and cabinet did not take up the question of an appropria- tion for maintaining the troops in the strike district, but it is expected that the Colorado legislature will consider the matter when_ it meets in extra session next week. ‘When former President. Roosevelt sent . troops to Nevada in 1907, .to suppress violence at Goldfield, he insisted tha tthe legis- lature appropriate for maintenance of the federal forces. Though mothing of this nature was discussed at the cabinet meeting, the probability that some such means might be considered in Colorado by the legislature al- ready has been considered by officials there. . At 2:30 o’clock Secretary Garrison left the White House to go to the war department, where he will prepare the order for troops to the Colorado strike region. ‘Wilson Sends Request. The president in a telegram to Governor Ammons requests that the state legislature, which is to be con- vened May 4, consider the whole 'sif- uation, so that means may be provid- ed for the state to re-assert its au- thority and 'to limit the operation »f the federal troops. The presiden asks also that the militia be with- drawn temporarily while the federu. troops restore order, ! Seven Guards Kiiled. ‘Walsenburg, Colo., April 28.—Sher- iff Jeff Farr, reported at 1:30 o’clock | this morning that firing continued at the Walsen Mine near here and that seven men had been killed during ths night. All of the dead, he said, were { mine guards. Troops arrived just be- | fore midnight and set out for th mine. Much uneasiness is felt here for the safety of the troops. There are only fifty of them, and the force of strik: ers is estimated at more than 300 The troopers marched directly to the imine upon detraining here at mid- night, each provided with 100 rounds of ammunition. . Defenders Hold Property. The defenders still hold the prop- erty, and they last reported to the sheriff that they would be able to do 80 until the troops relieved them, pro- vided it was before dawn. * Militla Is ‘Outnumbered. At 7 o'clock this morning Sherilt Farr reported that the fighting at the | The decision was reached after the | strikers withdrew. Walsen mine was proceeding with . vigor. The fifty members of the state militia who arrived late last night are outnumbered ten to one and a clash between them and the strikers is e - pected at any moment. Sheriff Jeffersop Farr had not veri- fied the two to four fatalitifes re- 1orted from various sources, Two sirikers werc reported wounded. The buildings at ghe McNally mine, | one mile: wést, WHere the fighting started yesterday, virtually were de- stroyed by fire during the night, ac- lgcording to advices. It was stated here that the strikers hud sent an ultimatum to the man- ager of the Oak View mine near La Veta, demanding the surrender of that property. It was said that the dee mands had been refuscd and that an attack was expected momentarily, Machine Guns Used. Bouldgg, Cal, April 28.—Strikers fired on the Vulcan mine at Lafayette last night, and for half an hour a fight waged between them and thd mine guards, In the beginning the guards replied to the strikers’ assauilt with rifles only, but when the ag- gressors: became more formidable the guards opened fire with two machine guns. A few minutes only was neces= sary to drive the strikers back and all firing ceased. So far as could be learned here last night there were no casualties. The Gorman mine, near Marshall, also was attacked by strikers lasl night, but the machine guns located, on the tipple of the mine werae\| brought into action at once and the It is not known that any were wounded in the attack, Fighting in Progress. Boulder, Col, . April 28 —Fighting between. strikers and mine guards at the Hecla Mine at Louisville, which began at 10:30 last night, continued today. Two guards had been slightly wounded, according to Sheriff Buster. . No fatalities were reported. A posse i ] of Boulder citizens was organized under Sheriff E’er and district At- torney Martin 80 to the reliet of the besieged mine. . President. Discusses Situation, Washington, April 28.—President. Wilson’s first caller today was Senator Thomas of Colorado, who discussed the Colorado coal strike situation. Following his visit, the president and Secretary of War Garrison went into conference to determine what should be done aboiit the request from Gov- ernor Ammons for federat troops in the strike district. Senator Thomas sald he believed the troops would be ordered to the scene of the industrial outbreak. After talking with Secretary Gar- rison the president received a report from Chalrman Foster of the house mines committee on the latter's inter- view with John D. Rockefeller, Jr., in New. York yesterday, Mr. Foster sald that the interview had failed io relieve ‘the situation. The presideint delayed action on the matter until j could be discussed at the regular cabe inet meeting later. will win, and the chances of an out- sider winning are almost as large as those: of ‘the favorite. g This average not only relates to the 1912 results, but to all the races staged in the last eight years. Forty-one out. of every hundred favorites won last year. In 1912 it was forty, 1011 it was forty, 1910, forty-two;. 1909, forty- ‘three; in 1908, forty; nine, and in 1906, forty-one. Statistics complied by the Chicago Racing Form, covering 4,708 races run last year over the most important tracks in the country, show that the favorites finished in first place only 1,912 times against 1,696 outside win- ners. In 1912 out of 4,338 races the fa- vorites won only 1,747 times against 1,676 victories by outsiders. The death of Pink Domino takes away from the American turf one of the most prolific and classy brood mares of the past generation. She was the dam of Sweep, and it was while foaling a full sister to the former Fu- turity. winner that she died. She also gave to the American turf Selection, Sweepaway, Cabaret, Philander and Curiosity, while the latter was the dam of Novelty, the winner of the Futurity in 1910. She was owned by Price Mc- Kinney, a newcomer to’the turf, who obtained her for $7,100 at the dispersal sale of the horses of the late James R. Keene's Castleton stud. Ed Geers has thirty-six trotters and in 1907, thirty- | NEVER COME BACK?/NOTES OF THE TURF AND TRACK pacers in training st Memphis for the grand cfreuit 'of 1914. The blinad four- year-old colt Etowah, 3:07%,"1s one of the stars. . He ‘is-in robust condition, and a record close to 3:00 is predicted for him this year. Geers is sixty-three years old and drove his firs{ race in the grand ecireuit at the New York meeting of 1877, yet he ranked third on the list of winning drivers last year and landed both the Kemtucky Futurity and the M. and M. Trotting in Great Britain seems to be having a better season than in the pre- vious two or three years and will be considerably helped by the opening of new tracks at Manchester and Dublin. In the Irish city the sport was popular a few years back, and the meeting: which were mostly held Sunday after- noons, were largely’ atténded. Mad- chester has also always been a center of enthusiasm for the ‘trotting horse in the northern counties, and the meet- ings there were well patroniged. The Manchester track is a half mile ring, covered with- loose cinders and very slow. At Dublin the frack is. three times around to the mile and is also slow. YALE TRACK CANDIDATES. THIRTY-EXGBT candjdates for the Yale track team have been selected for the training table. Among them is Captain Talbott of next year’s football team, who has been doing gpod work in the hammer throw. BBl v addoae Mesitpsi hasso Sgml e e+ A ORISR Uhlan, World Beater, Now Broken to the Saddle UHLAN STEPPING THE MILE IN 1188 K. G. BILLINGS, owner of the world’s greatest trotting * broken the champion to saddle and will send him after pecords om turf. Uhlan has a record for the mile in 1:58. horse, Uhlan, has the -