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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-18
MRS. DAVIS GETS WORSE
AND RALLIES AGAIN.
She Now Has Pneumonia, and,
Owing to Advanced Age, Hopes
Of Her Recovery Are Faint.
Special to Tho mes-DIspatoh,),

4 Especial to Tho Times Dlspatoh,),
NEW YORK, May 17.-Mrs. Jeffer.
son Davis was reported much In.
proved late tonight. Or. Robert II.
WyIe said there was no immediate
danger, although admitting her con-
\ dItlon Was still serious. The physl.
clan said no hoped the worst had
passed, and there would be a con-
tinuous Improvement.
(By Associated Press>
NEW YORK, May 17.--Mrs, Jefferson
Davis, wife OF the President of the South
arn Confederacy, who Is III at the Hotel
Gerard, suffered a relapse, and euUy to-
day her condition was serious During
the morning hours resort was had to the
use of oxygen. About noon Mrs, Davis
rallied, ana tho Improvement continued
tonight, the last reports from her bed
side being to the effect that she was
much better,
DR.. Robert II, Wylie, who Is attending
Mrs. Davis, said to-day that she Is now
suffering from pneumonia, and, owing to
her advanced age. hopes OF her recovery
are faint.
Her daughter, Mrs, J. Addison Hayes,
and her grandchildren, Jefferson Davis
Hayes, a student at Princeton University,
and his sister, are almost constantly az
ber bedside.
Mrs. Davis celebrated her eiehtieth
birthday on Monday, two weeks ago On
that day she went tay 9 drive, and con-
Ityacted p cold
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-18
NORFOLK PRIMARY I ~ !.
CLOSE ! CONTEST. L! | 5
Fight Between the Old factions.
to Control City Or
ganization. Il.
The RESULT YET ''E: IN DOUBT.
-------- 60 5gsysTy 81 Y
Each Side Wins One fenrlbe ber'ott
Board Of Control and a
Third Undecided.
THE5 RESULT YET IN DOUBT. O: ] j.
,eeia to The Times Dispatch.

Special 10 The TlmcS'Dlspateh'l y
NORFOLK, VA. May 417.-Norfolk (. held = ea!1
lis first election to-day, Democra't'ce' Demo':ra y e
primary, under the provisions&of the new new
charter granted by the last Iegis gislatuNrfes. 1Nfs
The old factions admInIstraltonlats.ss.!osIl !sl
~ good government. wing Of the. party,
and The anti-adminlstratlonIst or Ting ]
we're aligned against each otler. Mem
bers Of the board Of control Aldermen
and Councilmcn were voted for.
The Democratic primary is the real cleo cleo
tIon here, and the general election merely
perfunctory.
4 The board Of control. which IS to con-
duct the corporations vast business. is a
creation Of the new charter II is prop-
able that the complete vote Will not De
tabuated before morning, but It IS GER
tain late tonight that the admnistrsa-
tionists will control the Board Of Aider-i l.
men ms well as the Council.
The good government party has elected
r. Henry Jones to the board OF control
and the ring. Robert Johnston. with the
third member In doubt The fight mere Is
between 7. S. Purdie, good government
and Harry Hodges. ring. Ss
Tho arti-administrationist were the ae-
prcssors in the campaign and seemed con-
fIdent of winning.
The adninistrationists charged sthat the
opposition was really the liquor party ana
would run the town wide open II success
ful and the fight was on that ISSUE
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-18
THE RAT II. BILL
WILL L Be B. PASSED. | {: 81: |:
RI XII.
Spent ill y, DiseousEsiir1g Is t'1
IN A Amendments, But bill Was
Not Changed.
UNCONSTITUTIONAL, he SAYS
Made Speech Which Was De
pressing Upon Advocates Of
Rate R egulation.
! !, z. NJ. 5, 7

(Fronl Oupv Regul ars Correspondent
WASH lNGToN, 8. G., May N17.--
keep those words In the bill. and
YOU write 'unconstltutlonai' across ts
face; eliminate them and you trans. u
fer to the courts the duty Of declar.
Ing the unconstltutonalty OF the BILL" /.
These words, uttered by Senator
Foraker OF Ohio, in the course of the
rate bill discussion late this afternoon.
were received III absolute silence by the
Senate. The Incident was the most in-
OF the debate. The words could
not have been but de depr,es:s,slng upon the
real adysoca tss. ofS the .gegulat tIon,sot rates
by the government q II
z Senator Foraker has said more than
once that the bin is unconstitutional, but
he had not said 1t In such impressive
terms. IL Va 8 ~
The Bill Will Pass.
The bill will be passed u Tomorrow.
There Is little doubt Of this The Sen-
ate spent tho day indiscussing various
but did not materially
change I, the bill. Late q this afternoon.
when the Senate ead djourned,@ hefprovision
for review blythe courts was under con-
sideratIon. Itswas while this section was
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ll fContinlled on Second Page,) III
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-18
EASTERN TRACTION
MAGNATES COMING.
Will Inspect Electric Lines and
Visit Historic
Points.
I, d Tic Times-Dlspatch.)

fsnccial to The Times Dispatch.)
LEXINGTON, KY May s17.-Party Of
Eastern Traction magnates headed, by
blair McAfee. Of Philadelphia, left TINS
civ tonight over the Chesapeake and
Ohio Railroad for Virginia, where they
will spend two days inspecting traction
lines at Newport News, Norfolk ana
Portsmouth. Party spent day inspect
Ing I,exing ton and lnterurban railway
lines owned and controlled by Chandler
Bros, of Philadelphia.
Members of party represent stockhoiuera 8
and Investors Of traction lines securltles
in Indiana, Kentucky and Virginia. NVili
stop at Richmond to visit, historic places
and battlefields OF Civil War. farty
was entertained here by citizens, headeo
by Mayor Thomas a. Combs
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-18
4 policeman FALLS
over. A HIGH CLIFF
Negro He Was Pursuing Takes
Same Fall Without
Hurt.
,e,ec,al Il THE Times Dispatch.) J

LYNCHBURG. VA. May 17.--Police.
man ~, C. Metts while chasing a negro
early tonight, fell over cliff near the
east end OF the Rivermont Yiaduct, and
sustained fracture Of his risht fore-
arm. cut about the face, and 1t is feared
he Is hurt internally
The negro Went oyer the cliff ahead Of
tho pfricers, and hid himself in tho
norfolk and Western tunnel, short
distance away, apparently not being hurt
in the fall, which was almost perpendlcu-
lar and forty feet high The negro Is
wanted on a capias. having been fined
800 In the Police Court q short While
ago for shooting In the city
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-18
PACIFIC MAIL i. SUES
sH|P-BU|L..D|hG CO.,
Claim Damages for Delay Oc-
casioned Necessary Changes
in the Siberia,
,oolalto rrhe TImes-Dispatclh,

~ 81 I(SFeUTHE " - - = Y y,
NEW YORK, May 17'-The 'Paclhc MAI
steamship Company began suit to-day IN
tie United States CIRCUIT anrt copr.. 10 %eWa ~.
shi,,,h,ilding suin Company, for violation OF
nnMtro n,'r a. In tho complaint It is alleged
tt' tbat IN ,1une 80, 1899. the Newport News
shinh,,,ding s'tIr Company agreed to build for
a. tpnc,f,c Mail steamship Company, two
- ste te.i steamships. II November, 1907, the
sIfe s,bara : one Of the vessels, was turned
over over to the steamship company. AZ !, 9
trial trial test ii was discovered ina thesSessel
was not built N accoraamee I, VIZ - y. ,or tt,r
sea service These defects were remedied !
~ BY the the steaxzeiAp company at n cost q
SO, ,soi77 The Pacific Mail enters an ad-
ditional claim 81 $s3,2646 for damages,
because they were deprived of the use
OF the vessel for rspyy Z 9oRtRs' 4.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-18

Iconttaued on Twelfth Pase,l.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-10

glish amateur four could live half length with
them.
They used swivel rowlocks 12-foot oars
and wide blades but their style could not be
described. They all knitted their oars In and
never went back beyond perpendicular but
what beautiful time! Such clip! Such plastic
motion The boat dipped, even ever SO
| little between strokes
That was rowing to initiate, and so the
Thames Rowing club thought, which saw mora
OF them than Others and in practicing it won
| easily the chief four cared race at Henley last
year.
The Daily Telegraph expert says that points
OF their style and methods In training prac.
| tically necessitated Harvard's defeat. He thinks
1t was a fatal mistake to allow them to use
permit them to utterly tire themselves out In
| practice, as a consequence of which it was
| impossible to get everything out of the crew
in the .~
| The Daily Telegraph, in an editorial article,
| says: ~-'
There is an atmosphere in awhat is called
| sport today Which has been somewhat unduly
| iostered in America, and also deeply felt n
| THIS Countrywide atmosphere Of mercenary, bust.
nessltke calculation. 1t is good for both ma.
tlons that the true spirit should have been made
| manifest by such race as SATURDAYS"
Further on the editorial says: at was a most
| fortunate coincidence after the regrettable cir.
| cumstance whic. led to the suggestions thc
| Americans In the future would not be welcomed
| at Henley that Harvard should have overcome
IN the same summer and shown Englishmen that
| there are true amateurs in America -.
Guy Nickalls, in the Morning Post, finds among
| the many lessons taught by the race that "the
days OF the professional coach are over, for it
! Is seH-evldent that a man who has never him.
! SER rowed IN really good eight cannot posi-
q! boat along in way most advantageous to
| themselves
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-10
Journal Special Service.

Journal Special Service.
London, Sept. 1O.-Saturday's boatrace is still
the topic of much conversation here, and the
interest in the contest Is by mo means abated.
One or two Of the leading Sunday journals were
interesting to read, particularly the Referee,
which is real sporting paper, and has always
been respected by the rowing fraternity.
AS everyone knows, the writer on this subject
thoroly understands what he is talking about.
He says: Remarks are needless save that the
Harvard crew. displayed none Of the good quail
ties that had characterized their work during the
practice that had been expected of them.'
The Harvard men must all the, time have suf-
fered a good deal from the tbackwash of the
leaders, and 1t often seemed strange to me
that the Harvard coxswain should go so much in
a line behind them. 1t seemed that it would
have been preferable to ! have gone what is
called little wide ains 'scullings race. ,
The pilot Of the sternmost boat generally
tries to steer his charge well wide of the leader
In order that he can see him occasionally. For
nothing fig SO demoralizing to scul1er as not to
see his opponent. One in boat race mentally
beaten, you are physically beaten. The Harv-
ard boysN'would certainly have beaten Oxford
Saturday even they rowed.
A great question of discussion Is arising now
about the filings and center rseatings of a crew.
Mr.. Courtney says that 1.-THE minor points about
boat and style don't count" and am inclined
to think the way. '3S.
Look at the different styles of sculling. One
man uses his legs more than another; his body,
If he has big back, as Bueber. His back
swing is we'll known. All these men are types.
Beach had bad legs, so he used a higher seat
than most scullers, but mode correspondingly
greater use of his body and shoulders.
Imagine eight composed of oarsmen US
good as Wray. This is the standard that Har-
ward people have arrived ut and as good a one
as would be set up. Most of us remember the
professional four which successfully paid visit
to America some years ago. Busber, Barry,
Wtngate and Haines were In the crew. No En-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-10
TWELVE TEAMS
FOR METHODISTS
Northwestern ~" Goes in for
All Sorts of Football
Play.
Journal Special Services


Chicago Sept. 1O.-Football has not been
killed at Northwestern. Instead Of being de-
funct twelve football teams will be going full
blast soon after the opens if the plans
Of Athletic Director l.. o. Gillespie do not mis-
carry.
Each Of the four classes in the university Is
to have three teams. There will be first,
In which the best players Of the class will play;
then there will be a second team of lighter
men, all of whom will be below certain
weight, say 100 pounds. The third team will be
Of novices made up Of men who have never
played the game before.
There will be league for each class of teams
and banners for the winners in each class. The
Northwestern field already has two football grid
irons, and third will be made on the baseball
field.
Each captain will be made the coach Of his
team, and there will be four alumni head coaches
who will give instructions to the captains In
be able to coach the entire twelve teams.
Altho intercollegiate football has been abol-
ished, the prohibition does not apply to the
association game to lacrosse, and 1t is ex-
pected that before the end of the season
matches with outside teams in both games will
be played.
track meet between the classes will be held
about three weeks after the opening Of school,
and it is thought that this will arouse enough
interest among the students to give the coach
such valuable line material that he
will have little difficulty In getting the men to-
continue training thru the winter and be ready
for track work in the spring.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-10
DOES. NOT KNOW
WAR IS OYER
Chicago Educator Is Still Talk
ing OF Reform in Foot
ball.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Chicago. Sept. 1O.-Too much commsrcia1isno
In the public schools was criticized by Sunerfn-
tendent of Schools e. G. Cooley in an address,
before the principals at meeting
In spite of the efforts of the school we are
told that crime is increasing; that the schools
are failing to accomplish the reform of So
ciety,'' said Mr.. Cooley. '.In SO far as the
schools are responsible for crime it is because
they failed to approach its problem from the
right point of view.
to play football, when the school spirit con-
dones or even encourages smuggling or disrepu-
table work of all kinds, athletics become a
source of decentralization not only to those that
play, but to the entire school world The in
creased interest in pure athletics, as manifested
IN recent discussion of school men, indicates
mat we are appreciating the Importance of the
problem.
I'VE must purify the athletic games or abolish
lnterschool and 1ntercolege sport. Sport that is
carried On In the win-at-any price manner that
mas 80 often been displayed at our recent inter-
collegiate and 1nterschool games has no place in
any system OF education. And In place of being
| school of virtue is school of vice
The commercial spirit has even taken Dos
session Of some parts Of the schools and shows
itself In athletics c-acticed in public
schools The athletic departments of some Of
'ul coleges and universities are often the ad-
vefuslhs department. The building I'D of this
department Is looked after Systematically by
PAID instructors. and as result the college
team Is largely made up of persons who are nor
real students. but professional athletes Inter-
scnool rivalry has led many a school PRINCIPAL
| 10 encourage the attendance Of young men whose
| only service to the school was on its football
| tean.'
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-10
Twelve Football Teams
REID HAS THIRTY
men FOR START
Harvard Coach Will Get His Grid
iron Warriors Going
Wednesday. ~
Journal Special Service,

journal Special Service.
Cambridge, Mass, Sept. 10.-On Wednesday Of
this week Coach Reid of Harvard will assemble
the candidates for the football team and practice
Will commence, Harvard thus being the earliest
of the universities to get into the game. The
first contest will be Sept. 20. with Williams.
Since the close of last season Reid has been
preparing for the campaign and planning how
to make up for the many losses of the university
players Of year ago, caused by graduation and
the new eligibility rules which provide that
members of graduate schools cannot play. The
incoming freshman material, under the same
code, also will be unavailable this fall, so that
the eleven must be developed from what mate
rial Is left over from last year and that which
can be developed from last years freshman
class. Wy rs. y,
There will also be a rebuilding Of the game
at Cambridge to conform to the new rules.
Harvard will have at the beginning Of the sea
son a nucleus for center in Parker, Barney,
Burr, Cunnif. Kersberg and Pierce and others
who will be out this week are Osborne Gill
more, Inches Severance Blanchard, Pell, Sibley,
Macdonald, O'Brien. Hall, Ball and Kennard. =
Captain Foster will play at left halfback and
Wendell and Lockwood will be out for right
halftack. Reid said today he expects to start
with about thirty men and the squad will grow
rapidly after the opening of the university.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-10
EASTERN LEAGUE
SIREN SHAKES UP FORT DODGE

the bed for support. He hurriedly donned his
Yestments and made haste to the police head
quarters, where he gave instructions to the desk
OFFICER to have the horn taken out Of circulation
or the owner. Either one, and that at once
This order afforded temporary relief, but
Friday night the owner again took to the streets
and started on another Embarrassing campaign
This time the mayor ordered his arrest. When
brought up in police court his attorney took the
ground that no violation had been committed, as
the law required automobiles to be equipped
with horns
The charge against the prisoner was that. of
owning and operating nuisance and disturbing
the peace. A fine of $2Osand costs was charged
trict court an appeal bond was at once furnished.
1t Is the intention to fight the matter out as
test case. The city bases its charge on an Or
dinance passed in 1869, before such a thing as
an automobile was known or heard Of The
charge is based upon the clause which says the
blowing Of horns Of an unusual kind shall be
disturbing the peace"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-10
HOPPE CONFIDENT
7 THAT HE CAN WIN

Journal Special Service.
+. New York, Sept. 10.-The billiard match be-
tween Willie Hoppe and Jacob Schaefer at
1S-inch balk line, shot in, for the worlds
championship emblem, held by Hoppe, will
be played In this city Wednesday evening, Oct.
II. The following night George Slosson and
George Sutton will play their match game for
the 1872 worlds championship emblem held
by Slosson. 1t is probable that both games
will be played in Madison Square Garden con-
cert hall, where Slosson the big tournament
last spring.
The players in these championship events will
begin practice this week, with the exception Of
Schaefer, who will first pass two weeks ut
West Baden. John Dahl, Schaefers former man
ager, who came from Chicago today, says the
old champion expects to win both the 1871 and
1872 emblems this winter, the four players
are to challenge about for the balk-line cham
pionships, Hoppe having already posted $3.50
forfeit to meet the winner of the Slosson- Sutton
match. Hoppe is equally sure that he can get
both emblems.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-10
ROWING COACHES
TALK OF BIG RACE
Journal Special Service.

Journal Special Service.
ithaca, N. Y, Sept. 10.-Altho he said he was
extremely sorry to hear Harvard had been de-
feated, Charles Z. Courtney, coach of Cornell.
when he told the returns from the race at
Putney, also said he not surprised that
Cambridge won. Even tho his interests would
naturally be with the American crew, he rather
expected the Englishmen would win thru their
knowledge of the course and the advantage they
would have their guests home water
and by being thoroly acclimated.
New Haven, Conn.,, Sept. 10-John A. Kenne-
dy, Iale's coach, was deeply distressed at
Haryard's failure to win.
II sorry indeed that the crimson lost,
he said Sin my mind Harvard made mistake
In running her stroke SO high. Stern crews
II they reckon their stroke, they get more
speed I think the view is all wrong. Most
losing crews quicken their strokes but hitting
up the stroke does not mean getting more power
into the oars
''All true Americans ought to be proud Of
Harvard's performance. Harvard was barely
beaten by the best crew Cambridge ever turned
out"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-10
EVEN BREAK AT HAHA
Lunds and saltwater Athletes Engages
in Double Header

The Lund Lands and Saltwater teams met In
a double header at Minnehaha park yesterday
afternoon and each team succeeded In winning
a game. The visitors took the first contest
by the score of to 2. Lefty Miller was on the
slab for the locals in this game and pitched
winning ball but the team behind him played
like amateurs at times and six costly errors
were made. Andrews opposed Miller and was
touced up for nine hits. while his team connected
with the college pitcher for but three singles
. In the second game Leonard Schroeder was in
the beg for Couchlin's team and he his
GENE by the score of Z to 6. Altho the Lunds
made four times as many hits as their op-
ponents the game barely won.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-10
ToOZES ARE CHAMPS.

saltwater, Sept 1O.-The Toozes of Mime
apol1s won the independent championship Of the
twin cities til here Yesterday by downing the cham
pton Athletic association team Of St. Paul in q
George Flavins pitching for the Toozes was a
feature: He allowed the sanity city tossers but
three hits and struck out fifteen. Flayin started
the game rather. loose, but after the first inning
BY his elegant pitching and splendid support
sluggers in one-two-three order. The score:
2 7ssf:s ss5sssss s:S :
SAINTS WIN FROM EAGLES.
st. Pstel MINI Sept; loMln FIST Isl game
won from Eagle Lake to Z. Hughes pitched
a good game for the locals, striking out twelve
Lake was batted out Of the box in the third
inning, and was succeeded BY Loeffler, the Madi-
son Lake crack. The latter proved puzzle until
three runs and won the game. Batteries-Eagle
Lake, Anderson. Loeffler and Beccue; st. Peter.
Hughes and Rollins. SgRa ~.
ANOTHER BEATING TO MARKS. -,
-, Excelsior, Mimi, Sept. 1o.-The Markville
the
by score of to 2. Markyille scored two
runs run, in the fourth and took the lead, but in
tallies and cinched the game Excelsior wants
to hear from the Harry Mitchells for next Sun.
day. Address Manager Mix, Excelsior, MINI.
SUCCESS AGAIN WINS; .,.ss
Turtle Lane, Wis, Sept. 10.-The Success
team defeated Cumberland here yesterday by a
score OF to 2. and now has put away its last
bert. for the locals, pitched an excellent game,
striking out eleven men and allowing only five
Of four games the locals have won three and
will play it's last game at the Barron county
fair at Cumberland next Friday. ':,..
JORDAN VICTORIOUS.
Belle Plaine. Mimi. Sept. 1O-Jordan defeat
ed Belle PLANE yesterday by a score Of to s..
Batteries-Nolden and Foreman Hoffman and
Hoffman. F. H. ~ 2
EASTERN LEAGUE
Newark 90 Jersey City 81.
Providence II, Baltimore IA.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-10
FINAL CONTEST FOR
THE PRESIDENTS CUP

Marblehead, Mass, Sept. 1O-The contest for
the Roosevelt cup reached what might be called
the semtfn stage today, with three yachts
the Americans Vim and AUX, and the German
boat Wannssee-still in the running. The Vim
had, slight lead with two victories to her
credit to one each for the AUX and the Wannssee.
Conditions early today, with a triangular race
scheduled, seemed to favor the AUX A en-knot
northeastern was blowing in the harbor when the
yachts prepared for the days event. There was
considerable sea rolling in the entrance to Mar
blehead harbor, which seemed to indicate some
heavy storm far offshore