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    "COMPLETE SUMMARY OF TRACK AND FIELD
EVENTS CONTESTED AT OLYMPIC GAMES
Track Events.
Event._
c100 metre dash .
•800-metre run .
b1,500-metre run .
10.000- metre run .
400-metre relay .
■5,000-metre run .
200-metre dash .
b10,000-metre walk .
110-metro hurdle .
e-400-metre run .
3.000- metro team raco.
Pentathlon ...
1,600-metre relay .
fCross-country race .
Marathon race.
Decathlon .
_First.
Ralph Craig, United States.
J. E. Meredith, United States.
A. N. S. Jackson, England.
H. Kolehmainen, Finland.
England.
H. Kolehmainen, Finland.
Ralph Craig, United States.
G. Goulding, Canada.
F. W. Kelly, United States.
C. R. Reidpath, United States.
United States.
Joseph Thorpe, United States.
United States.
H. Kolehmainen, Finland.
K. K. McArthur, South Africa.
James Thorpe. United States.
Second.
Alvah T. Meyer, United States.
Mel 8heppard, United States.
A. R. Kiviat, United 8tates.
L. Trewanima, United 8tates.
Sweden.
J. Bouin, France.
O. Lippincott, United States.
E. J. Webb, England.
J. J. Wendell, United States.
Hans Braun, Germany.
Sweden.
F. R. Bie, Norway.
France.
H. Anderson, Sweden.
C. W. Gitshaw, South Africa.
H. Weisander, Sweden.
Third.[ Time.
D. Lipplncott, United States. 0:10 4-3
I. N. Davenport, J. S. 1:61 9-10
N. 3. Taber, United States. 3:56 4-5
Stanroos, Finland. 31:20
- 0:42 4-10
E. W. Hutson, England. 14:36 3-5
W. R. Applegate, England. 0:21 7-10
F. Altimani, Italy. 46:28 2-6
M. W. Hawkins, U. 8. 0:15 1-10
E. F. Lindbsrg, U. S. 0:48 1-5
Finland -
A. Brundage, United States. -
England. 3:16 3-5
J. Eke, Sweden. -
Gaston Strobina, U. S. 2:36
C. Lomborg, Sweden.
Field Events.
Event.__
bRunning high jump.
Standing broad jump.
■ 16-pound shot .
■Javelin (best hand).
■Javelin (both hands).
16-pound ahot put (both hands).
bPole Vault .
bRunning broad jump.
■ Discus (best hand).
Standing high jump.
Discus (both hands).
Hop. step and jump.
Hammer throw.
Tug of war.
_F irst.
A. W. Richard, U. S., 6 ft. 3% in.
Tsiclitiras, Greece, 11 ft. 7-10 in.
P. McDonald, U. S., 50.32 ft.
E. Lemming, Sweden, 198.4 ft.
J. J. Saaristo, Finland, 358 ft. 11 in.
R. Rose, U. S., 90 ft. 51/, in.
H. S. Babcock, U. S., 12 ft. 11</, in.
A. L. Gutterson, U. 8., 24 ft. 11 in.
A. R. Taipale Finland, 148 ft. V/t In.
Platt Adams, U. S., 5 ft. 4 in.
A. R. Taipale. Finland, 271 ft. 9% in.
G. Limblom, Sweden.
Matt J. McGrath, Uuited States.
Sweden.
Second.
Lische, Germany, 6 ft. 3 1-10 in.
P. Adams, United States, 11 ft.
R. Rose, United States, 50.03 ft.
J. J. Saaristo, Finland.
8ukaniomi, Finland, 358 ft. 9 in.
P. McDonald, U. 8., 90 ft. 3% In. *
dM. 8. Wright, United 8tates.
C. D. Breiker, Canada, 23 ft. 1 in.
R. L. Byrd, U. 8., 136 ft. 9% In.
B. W. Adams, U. 8., 5 ft. 3 in.
E. Niklander, Finland, 255 ft. 9'A in.
G. Aberg, Sweden.
D. Gillis, Canada.
England.
Third._
G. L. Horine, U. 8., 6 ft. 2 2-5 in.
Ben Adams, U. 8., 10 ft. 11 in.
L. A. Whitney, U. S., 44.06 ft.
M. Kovas, Hungary.
Peltonen, 328 ft. 10 in.
Niklander, Finland, 89 ft.
F. T. Nelson, United States.
G. Aberg, 8wedan, 22 ft. 9 in.
J. H. Duncan, U. 8., 138 ft. 8% In.
C. Tsiolitiras, Greece, 5-ft. 2 In.
Magnusson, 8weden, 253 ft. 9 2-3 in.
E. Almloef, Sweden, 48 ft. 5 1-10 in.
C. C. Childs, 179 ft. 7 7-10 in.
a New world's record, b. New Olympic record, c In trial heat Lippincott established new Olymplo reoord and equalled world’s record of 10 3-5
seconds, d Tied for second place at 12 ft. 10 in. • Ted Meredith set new world’s and Olympic record of 48 seconds in trial heat. Meredith also set a
world’s half-mile record of 1:52'/?. f Sweden was first in team raoe in cross-country, Finland second and England third. Points were awarded to teams.
BASEBALL STANDARD
DDE TO THE UMPIRES
President Lynch Says High
Standing Of the Game May
Be Credited To Arbiters.
PEW WITHSTAND THE ABUSE
Holder* Of the Indicator are Sub
jected To More Mistreatment
Than Falla To the Lot Of
tho Players.
New York. Special: President Thomas
J. Lynch of the National league, be
lieves that the high standard of or
ganized baseball Is due In a large
measure to the integrity of the profes
sional umpires. He declares that the
umpires stand more abuse from spec
tators and players than players would
be willing to stand up under. Mr.
Lynch Is of the opinion that nine
tenths of our diamond stars would be
driven back to the minor leagues If
they had to take, day In and day out.
the criticism, abuse and scorn heaped
upon even tho best arbiters.
In the following Interview, Mr. Lynch
expresses himself fully In defense of
major league umpiring. Tho Interview,
•verbatim, follows:
Baseball tvould have a lot more Hans
Wagners and Ty Cobbs if the profes
sion kept pace with the umpiring.-Fan
dom Is too apt to pass snap Judgment
upon the arbiter. I do not hesitate to
>»ay that not one player In 10 would
-stand half the abuse to which even the
•blest pfflclals of the play are subject
ed, and still be able to hold up his
head. If the fans got after the ordin
ary player as the players themselves
get after the Indicator wlelders, I am
•ure many of our present stars would
be driven back to the minor leagues In
short order.
I have been criticised In some quar
ters for backing up my umpires and
for banking so heavily on their word In
• question of dispute. Why should'nt
I do bo? I know every heart-beat
of these fellows. I did not umpire four,
teen years without having experienced
the prejudice, rancor, bias and unpopu
larity with which both crowd and play
ers regard an oflclal at times. Still. I
. am Inclined to believe that much of the
fault lies with the player—not with the
crowd or umpire.
A player too often tries to cover his
Own sins by shoving them onto the
umpire. He Is fooled by the opposing
pitcher or he is out at the plate on a
close decision. He doesn't wish to face
the music of a call from his manager.
So he makes a demonstration against
the umpire, and fickle fandom Is al
ways too willing and too eager to help
him out.
I contend that a player has no more
right to belittle an umpire than an um
pire would have to belittle him. What
• farce It would be If, after a batter
fanned on a ball two feet wide of the
plate, the umpire should grasp him by
the shoulder and belittle him before the
eyes of the public by showing them
bow far wide of the plate the pitch was.
"Oh," would say the oflclal. "You bit
at that one, you big bonehead, and It
was a foot to the outside. You ought to
be back In the brush. What do you
know about playing major league ball?
Solid mahogany!"
That would cause some sensation
wouldn't It? I guess It wouldn't be a
knockout for both players and funs?
Yet It would be no more ridiculous or
unjust than a player belittling the um
pire.
Fred Merkle Is one of the greatest
players In the world today. He would
be great If he couldn't play half so
well. He has a heart of a lion. How
many men. do you think, could have
stood up under the criticism he took for
failure to touch second base In that
memorable game of 1908? Public, press
and fraternity took good care that he
never forgot the fact of his blunder
until he had lived the matter down by
proving his real worth. Not one In a
million had to surmount the obstacles
that confronted Merkle. That's why I
think so much of him. In my opinion
he Is one of the gumest fellows In
buscball.
Do you know how many would have
stood the gaff? Well, I can, perhaps,
give you a little Idea. I'll not mention
any names in tills anecdote. The player
to whom I refer Is now one of the
most successful managers In the big
leagues. I was umpiring a game at
the city he represented. For years this
player had been ar. Idol. But he struck
a slump and In several days had failed
to get a lilt. This day he came uj
three times with men on the bases ant
a pinch hit needed, and each time hi
either struck out or popped an easj
fly. The bleachers had been raggini
him all day. Finally, toward the en<
of the game, he came up again In thi
pinch. The crowd hissed him am
cried for soma one that could dellve
the goods.
I never saw such a look of shanv
and mortification on anybody’s face
Two weeks before he would have beei
willing to fly Into my face on th
slightest provocation. Now he was a
meek as a babe. He missed a coupl
of swings and the bleachers groaned
4 ENGLISH MEASUREMENTS 4
4 FOR OLYMPIC DISTANCES 4
4 - 4
4 1 centermeter—.3937 Inch. 4
4 1 meter—39.37 Inches. 4
4 100 meters—109 yards 12 4
4 Inches. 4
4 110 meters—120 yards 11 4
4 Inches. 4
4 200 meters—218 yards, 2 4
4 feet, 6 Inches. 4
4 400 meters-437 yards, 16 4
4 Inches. 4
4 800 meters—874 yards, 2 feet, 4
4 9 Inches. 4
4 1,500 meters—1,640 yards, 5 -4
4 lnchos. (Little less than mile.) 4
4 8,000 meters—1 mile, 1,420 4
4 yards. 10 Inches. 4
4 6,000 meters—3 miles, 189 4
4 yards. 4
4 10,000 meters—6 miles, 878 4
4 yards. 4
4 40,200 meters—24 miles, 1621 4
4 yards, 13 Inches. 4
IHIIIHMHIHIHHHHH
He turned to me with a look of ab
ject appeal: "What do you think of
them," he whined, "turning on me this
way when I've always delivered the
goods?”
"Get on there,” I retorted. “What
are you looking for from me, sym
pathy? You've got a great chance.
Get up there and take your medicine."
He got a hit that won the game. He
has told mo since that my rejoinder
saved him, for he was downhearted
and ready to give up.
He wouldn’t have made much of an
umpire. An umpire has to stand the
gaff. He has no comeback. When the
game Is over he must lay aside with
It all the petty cares, trials and trou
bles that It developed. It would never
do for an arbiter to store up for an
other day enmity toward a particular
athlete. For the official that takes ad
vantage of his position to even a
grudge Is ns good as lost.
The object of the umpire's displeas
ure doesn't suffer. Every prejudiced
decision turns like a boomerang and
destroys the author. Let an umpire
step one Inch from the straight and
narrow path of fairness and he Is un
done.
Players and managers are encour
aged into boisterous demonstration
against authority because they know
such action Is popular with some of the
fans. I believe that a certain amount
of reasonable remonstrance on certain
occasions adds a spice to the battle.
I do not believe In “dead" baseball.
Rut no objection should be ungentle
manly. Rowdyism has no part In the
national pastime.
As to the folly of "grandstand” um
piring, Just a word. Once a writer In
Baltimore said to me after the game:
"Well, Tom, you gave the other fellows
all the close ones.”
I didn’t know him at the time. I
was nervous and Jaded, and I gave
him the call of his life. Next day he
roasted ino a whole column. You see.
he had believed I must be bad because
Baltimore objected to almost every de
cision. Next afternoon this writer
went Into the Baltimore club house
looking for news. The entire Oriole
outfit leaped him and gave 1.1m a pan
ning. They told him I had umpired
one of the best games of my career.
Next morning this writer came out
with another column, a column of npol
ogv, and this he also mailed me.
It Is true that the umpiring Is not
perfect: perhaps It never will be. There
will always be room for competent
Judges of play. _
Hard to Settle.
“Life Is full of problems."
“Yes, and If I could settle a certain
one of them, I wouldn’t bother about
the rest.”
“What problem Is that?"
“Whether or not to drink water with
one's meals. For years I've been read
ing medical opinions on both sides, and
I’m no nearer a solution than I was
20 years ago."
The burning quality of coal was
known a long time before It was used
as fuel.
France used up. during 1911, more
than 46,000.000,000 of matches.
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h&va fly tenui In th«lr houan.
HEAVY HITTERS ARE
IN A BIG DEMAND
Big League Managers Are Aft
er Slugging Type Of
Players.
Chicago. Special: Baseball seems
destined to return back to old time
slugging days. Sparkling fielding Is
very fine and exhilarating, but when
the players combine perfect work with
a weakness In batting the spectators
are apt to become Irritated.
Give us men who can slug the ball,
to thunder with the Inside ball, seems
to be the cry of the day. Heine Zim
merman has made a tremendous hit In
Chicago because he slams out safe
swats frequently. Zlmmy Isn’t the
most accurate fielder In the business;
In fact, has a tendency towards slow
thinking at times. The Giants have a
little shortstop named Groh who can
easily bo tricked Into making bone
headed plays, but he hits the ball hard.
The result Is McGraw has kept him
and will doubtless give him a perman
ent place Just because he can hit.
No longer are the White Sox called
the hitless wonders. In bygone days
they gave remarkable exhibitions In
the playing end, but the fans shud
dered when any of them came to bat.
For they expected either a dinky
grounder or a pop fly. Today things
are different Bodle, Collins. Fournier,
Mattlck all slug the ball, and slug ’er
hard. This fellow Fournier doesn’t
play especially good at first base—he Is
rather weak behind the bat. But he
can hit that ball, and he Is kept while
such splendid fielders as ’’Tex’’ Jones.
Charley Mullen and Babe Borton were
sent back to the Western league.
Powerful Attaok Paramount
Hughle Jennings, of the Detroit Ti
gers, has had the right Idea all along.
It was the same Idea that made the
Baltimore Orioles famous long ago.
With a powerful attack like Cobb,
Crawford. Bush, Stanage, Morlarity and
Delahanty can put up the fielding
really ranks second. A few hits show
In the scoring, while grand fielding may
be lost sight of In the victory.
In prize fighting a good, big man
Is better than a good little man. In
baseball It Is the slugging team that
beats the fielding squad. It’s Impos
sible to get away from this point.
Major league scouts are scouring the
bushes looking for hitters. Here’s an
example. There Is a shortstop down In
San Antonio named Bobble Wallace.
Reports have leaked up north how
Wallace Is burning up the Texas
league. So, among others who went
down to look him over, were Jim Mur
phy, of the Cubs, a brother of the pres
ldent, and Hugo Bezdek, of the Pirate*
The writer saw Wallace work earlj
this spring In a series with the Sox.
so naturally asked what they thought
of him.
“He’s a splendid fielder, as good a*
most In the big leagues. But he can’t
hit." This was the reply of both
scouts. There’s no question about
Wallace's ability as a ball player—yet
his Inability to slam the ball Is llkey
to keep him planted In the minors.
Joshing Causes Trouble.
Most of the trouble on ball fields be
tween players comes from kidding, ac
cording to President Lynch, of the Na
tional league. Lynch visited Chicago
this week and covered a case which In
volved Evers and Tinker.
One player may call another of the
same team or of the opponent a name
Just for fun, and the retort Is sharp.
Then they say things both would ba
ashamed of and It ends up either In a
fight or unpleasantness. I believe most
of the Jars come from a simple bit of
kidding, or joshing, as you care to call
It,” said Lynch.
Valuable Papers on Titanic.
From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Suggesting the probability that be
sides the loss of a great number of
lives on the Ill-fated Titanic, which
sank off the Newfoundland grand
banks, there was also carried down
great wealth In the form of stock cer
tificates and other securities, the Lon
don Joint Stock bank, limited, of 5
Princes street, London, E C., England,
has advertised notice that applications
for renewal of about 1,000 shares of
Pennsylvania railroad has been made,
the same having been lost with the
vessel.
It is commonly known that valuable
Jewels and precious stones, trinket*
and ornaments of some of the wealthy
passengers were lost with the ship, a*
well as checks and money orders In
the mall which the vessel was carry
ing but this Is the first knowledge
which the public In general has had
that the Titanic also carried great
wealth In stocks and securities.
A novelist who writes stories that
are perhaps too good to be “best sell
ers”was, an exchange reports, recent
ly asked by a little girl the meaning
of the word penury. “Penury, my
child,” was the answer, “means th*
wages of the pen.”
Bicyclists In England have lost pa
tience over the dogs that attack them.
They are making a blacklist of the
animals which do this habitually. The
owners of the dogs are notified, and
If the nuisance Is not abated these
owners are legally held to pay dam
ages.
A tablet and foundation designed by
Mr. John Duncan, A. R. S. A., has been
unveiled by W. B. Blalkle on Edin
burgh castle esplanade to mark the
place where witches used to be burned.
MARQUARD AND KEEFE
HOLD PITCHING RECORD
TJh-r
KUB£ MARQUARD
TIM KE£F£. TAKtK 01 1888 " - ,~’N
Here is "Rube" Marquard, the present day king of pitchers, and
“Tim" Keefe, who 25 years ago made as much baseball history as the
elongated left-hander is making today. Marquard and Keefe are tied
for the pitching record. “Rube” accomplished the feet of winning 19
consecutive victoriee before meeting defeat, while “Tim” Keefe made
the same record in 1888 when pitching for the world’s champion Giants,
then under “Buck” Ewing’s leadership. v
BRITISH SHIPPERS
HAVE LITTLE FEAR
Any Favor Granted American
Vessels In Panama Will Not
Hurt Their Interests.
MEANS MUCH FOR STATES
—.
Only Home Trade Would Be Effected
—Foreign Nations Are Ready
To Agree To Proposed
Terms.
London. Special: One of the officials
of a British steamship line which ex
pects to take a leading part In devel
oping the new commerce which will
follow the opening of the Panama ca
nal. declares that foreign shippers have
nothing to fear from the favoring of
to favor the coastwise trade of the
American vessels engaged In coastwise
trade. He believes that the decision
of the United States was distated by a
desire to break up the railway monop
oly. At any rate, he contends that foreign
shipping Interests are not at all
alarmed over the decision of the Uni
ted States government to exempt
coasting vessels from payment of tolls.
Foreign vessels are not now allowed to
engage in that traffic, so they will not
he affected bv the discrimination, more
especially as American-owned boats
making use of the waterway will have
to pay dues If they load or discharge
at any port outside of the United
States.
* * •
Water tourists are turning the River
Thames into a “messy mass' according
to a complaint made at the last meet
ing of the Thames conservancy. Lord
Desborough, the chairman, said that
the condition of the river was becom
ing deplorable in many places. Many
of the tourists had the bad habit of
throwing from their boats newspapers,
strawberries and other refuse from
their lunch baskets. Some even threw
the baskets overboard. Efforts will be
made to punish these people under a
law which prohibits the throwing of
refuse into the river.
• * *
The fashion in sightseeing in London
is changing, and the American and
foreigner is no longer content to fol
low the guide book which puts the em
phasis upon historic places, but insists
upon seeing what the Londoner does
as well as what he has. Until a short
time ago the visitor's list was definite,
almost stereotyped, and included St.
Pauls, the Abbey, the Tower of Lon
don and other places known the world
over. On a fine day recently 30 min
utes at some of these points produced
the folowing numbers of American and
foreign visitors; St. Pauls, 25; the Ab
bey. 19; Tower of London. 8; National
gallery. 4; Albert memorial, 1. This is
the height of the season when the tour
ist is here in the greatest numbers,
but the interests of the visitor, espe
cially the American, is spreading. He
Is paying superficial visits to the usual
sights and giving himself more time
for the modern life of the metropolis.
The result is beneficial to the shops
and places of amusement.
• • *
At the first ladies' international fly
ing meet Just held here, the course was
guarded by girl guides, instead of the
usual boy scouts, a ladies' orchestra
played instead of the conventional mil
itary band, and the Woman’s Sick and
Wounded Convoy corps was on duty
instead of the ordinary ambulance
service. Mrs. Maurice Hewlett, wife of
the novelist and the only mother who
ever taught her son to fly, was the
leading English representative. Mrs. de
Beauvoir Stocks, the second English
woman to secure a pilot's certificate,
was also a member of the English
team. Germany was represented by
Baroness Schenk, and France by Mile.
Dutrieu. who won the Femina cup in
1910 and 1911.
The first international conference of
the Association for the International
Interchange of Students which has just
closed was attended, by a number of
delegates from American universities
and technical schools.
Among the American speakers were
Captain Hovgaard, of the Massa
chusetts Intitute of Technology, and
Profesor A. H. Fleming, of Throop
Polytechnic Insitute. William Phillips,
first secretary of the American em
bassy, represented the government at
the conference.
An International Congress on
Eugenics will be held in London the last
week of this month. This will be the
first time in the history of the science
than an international meeting of its
followers has been held. Delegates will
be present from the United States,
Australia, New Zealand and the leading
continental powers. The delegates will
be welcomed at a banquet at which A.
J. Balfour is expected to be the first
speaker. The Lord Mayor and Lord
Darwin will also give addresses. Dur
ing the four days of the Congress at
the University of London 31 papers will
be read on the relations of biology, edu
cation, sociology and medicine to
eugenics. Among these papers will be
one by Dr. C. B. Davenport, of New
Fork, on "Marriage and Eugenics.”
During the session the delegates will
be the guests at functions given by
Ambassador Whitelaw Reid, the duch
ess of Marlborough and the lord mayor.
The members of the International
Cotton Spinners’ federation are pleased
over the result of their interview with
Lord Crewe, secretary of state for
India. The federation is fully repre
sentative of the consumers of Indian
cotton all over the world, and has de
voted close attention to the question of
Its more extensive and more scientific
cultivation. Several of tho English
members of the federation have paid
special visits to the Indian plantations
and since the first deputation inter
viewed Lord Morley on the subect two
years ago there has been a distinct ad
vance in the cultivation of better va
rieties of the staple. This year 200,000
bales equal to American middling, have
been produced, and one of the members
of the deputation declared that much
of the cotton now coming from south
ern India was entirely suitable for
Lancashire spindles.
Both Sides of the Question.
Now let me to the woodlands go.
Where Arctic winds blow sweet.
For here there is no ice or snow
To modify the heat.
I want to hear the whip-poor-will.
As In the days of yore:
I yearn for one good ague chill
To shake me up once more.
This summer heat has cooked me brown.
It almost drives me mad;
It curls me up. It cuts me down,
It puts me to the bad.
But then, It helps my rheumatia, *
As sure as you are born.
And I rejoice to know It 1s
The making of the corn.
During last year one aviator was
killed for every 6,200 miles Sown.
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GOLD EAGLt OF 1798
BRINGS $3,000 AT SALE
Philadelphia—When. In 1776, Jeffer
son was writing the declaration of in
dependence and George Washington
was helping the good work along by
chasing the British around, a silver
dollar was coined that a whole lor of
people snorted at. and said it was n. g.,
because it did not bear the mug of
George III. It did bear a sun dial and
the advice, ‘‘Mind your business.” Now
there are only two of these coins
known to be in existence, and one of
them was in the collection of George
H. Earle, jr. It was sold yesterday for
$2,200.
But this price was eclipsed when a
gold eagle of 1798 was put up. Ol
course, by 1798 we had a cinch on the
country and people had more respect
for our money. Besides the coin war
gold and would have bought $10
worth of stuff anywhere in the 13
states then. It is now said to be the
rarest gold coin of a regular series
known, and Henry Chapman thought
enough of it to pay $3,000 cash for it.
American coins struck a bull mar
ket during the sale yesterday. It
seems that every one thought a lot of
them and had a desire to possess them.
In fact, the desire was so strong that
they were willing to part with large
bunches of money that will be found
In private collections a thousand years
from now for cents, half cents, etc.,
as well as dollars and eagles.
There, for Instance, was a cent of
1786. with Liberty seated on a globe
on it. It went for $145. A half cent
of 1795, with a bust of Washington on
it and the only specimen known was
sold for $22. It is believed that the
high cost of half cents is what has
started congress off on that scheme to
coin them again.
A silver-center cent of 1792 was
bid in at $330, An 1838 silver dollar
captured $400, and an 1839 dollar $290.
In 1877, there were a few $00 gold
pieces struck, and one of them was
sold for $140. A gold eagle of 1798,
never circulated, brought $400, and an
1839 dollar, $290. For an eagle of
1797, $300 was paid. It bore 15 stars.
Another of the same year, with 16 stars,
brought $370.
A large number of old and rare
American coins were placed on sale
and brought good prices, the bidding
generally being spirited.
GREENBACK LAUNDRY
W0RKSJ5UCCESSFULLY
Washington—Without a counterpart
in the world Is a laundry machine in
the bureau of engraving and printing,
the plant where the government turns
out the national supply of currency. A
great item of expense has been the
production of new bills to take the
place of crumpled, worn paper money .
sent in for redemption. \
It has had sufficient use to prove it* 1
success in taking the wrinkles and
stains from badly used currency. Two
young women have charge of the laun
dry. One feeds the soiled money to one
end of the machine and the other stacks
the clean, crisp, laundered notes when
they come through.
Before the machine had been placed j
in practical service the claims made for *
it attracted the attention of govern
ment officials in several European
countries. They sent examples of much
abused currency and were delighted by
the condition in which It was returned
to them.
Hundreds of people have seen the
machine in action. It is estimated that
in eight hours between 30,000 and 35,000
old bills can be laundered.
National bank presidents have been
asked to sign notes in strong indelible
Ink, so that when such bills are put
through the laundry the Ink will not
fade. As it is today bank presidents
sign notes with any kind of ink, from
plain pokeberry juice up to ordinary
5-cent ink. These fade in, the laundry
machine.
Burgess Smith, a native of Macon,
Ga„ but for the past eight years in the
bureau of engraving and printing, is
the designer of the new machine. Saim
uel Elder, of Philadelphia, for 14 years
a machinist at the bureau, construct
ed it.
Raised 26 Adopted Children.
From the Pittsburgh Dispatch.
Father to 26 children, and never •
word with his wife, is the enviable rec
ord of Joseph Hinchman, 87 years ot
age, who resides on his farm at Mer
chantvllle, N. J.
Mr. Hinchman told today how he had
raised 26 children, all of whom he had
adopted and who grew up to be valua
ble citizens.
Mr. Hinchman said he adopted the
first of these children when he was
only 26 years old. At that time h,e
was driving his milk wagon. He be
came asociated with Mrs. Nancy An
drews, who was doing much work
among the poor. From time to time
she would tell Mr. Hinchman of her
work. He became interested and of
fered to take some of the children. At
times he had as many as five or six
children under his roof.
“She sent them so fast that I thought
there would be too many for me to
take care ot,” said the old man, “but
I never turned' one away and adopted
them all.”
Of the 26, 20 ot these were boys and
six of them girls.
Two-thirds of them are now In busl
nes for themselves and the others are
good citizens who are doing their part
of the world’s work, stated Mr. Hinch
man.
"If wars perfect the races, then the
most belligerent nations should be the
handsomest. But such is not the case.
In fact, the contrary is true. The Eng
lish are most certainly one of the hand
somest people on earth. They are also
the least warlike, since they alone, ot
all the European nations, have abol
ished military service.”
From the state tax on games ot
chance. Including the tax on a total
izator, the machine which register*
race track bets, the French govern
ment rceives about $1,500,000 a year,
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ALL CRAZY.
"My wife la crazy to go to baseball
games, although she don’t know a
thing about the game."
"I tlrink any woman la crazy to go ta
a ball game who don’t know anythttw
about It I've taken 'em."