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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-24
SMUGGLING IN JAPAN.

Since the Japanese government took
over tn tobacco monopoly in that coun-
try, there has been a steady Increas Sc
in the smuggling Of cigars and tobacco.
A correspondent for the Telegraph. Lon
don, says that this smuggling traffic
has been mostly carried on through fish
ing boats along the coasts Of Tsushims.
Il1a- northwester Kiushu, and other
places. A fisherman cannot smuggle
more than ten or twenty cigars at A
time, but the total amoung Of tobacco
smuggled represents a good deal. Cigar
cites smuggied from foreign countries
seem to be sent over 10 Korea and thence
to Japan. Some time ago smuggling OF
cigars on a large scale was discovered.
Three army officers Of high rank. two
mobiles, and a journalist were involved
and the total value of the tobacco was
estimated at over $4,000. Much SNUG
Cling is done with the assistance of the
government officials and many inge-
NOUS devices are resorted to. The gov
eminent is now. however, engaged in
checking the practice, and the authori-
ties OF al departments are being united
IN joint effort toward that end.-l1x-
change
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-24
HENRY JAMEs's DOUBLE.

II cheir passion for walking On
eggs the pair adopt similar methods OF
compiicaJins the subuety OF the psyche
logical ease. Marivauxs Q6S7-l768) main
object, a. mas been said, j. 10 show Lhs
rcfraCtiuu Ut character through differ
ent media He carries his Marianne
and Jacques through many environ
meuts, ana their surfaces are Chau4e-
leOulc as they ascend through the strata
OF society. James goes one better 10
his international novels. Not content
10 show me individual response 10
different surroundings ia his own cJLu-
Try, ne conveys HIM abroad, and ana
lyzvs the influence Of a foreign atmOs-
phere on the national parucularIzauon
OF The individually paTuculaTiZed char
acter. He must ascertain how the New
Englauder, Chad, mas his features re
touched, mis- eyes cleared. his color
SC tied, his fine square teeth polished;
a form, a surface, almost a design given
10 him. by tie atmosphere OF the
French CapitaL-W, 4. Gill, in the Al
lautlc.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-24
A NATURE FAKFR

'Msva, the man Of nature" who Is an
ardent apostle OF the simple life" was
hued recently in Paris for selling pic
lure postcards, In the streets without a
license owing 10 the singular garb he
wears he was taken before the court on
a second charge OF masqueradIng. But
the court held that the law AGAINST
masqueradng applied only to the wear
Ing Of mems clothes by women and
wOmeu's clothes by. men. and NFal-s
WAS acquitted Meva goes about the
streets wearing only one garment
long white flannel dressing gown tied
round him By cord. He wears sandals
enc Is h3reheadcd. His hair which
falls on his shoulders. is tied bsol- LEI
bit Of ribbon. His beard flows half
way down to his waist. and ne carries
a long STAFF. He lives on nuts. fruits
and raw egetables.-Kansas city star
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-24
THINK BADGE LIFE pREsERvER.

Doubtless many wonder why a police
man badge or Ehield Is worn Just
where II is on his coat, but any patrol
man would explain quickly The old
men on the force believe that. Ike the
helmets, 1t has saved many an officer 8
life. 1t has DETECTED many a bullet and
stopped many q knife thrust
In the dark or seni-6ark the CLEAN
Of the metal shield catches the would
be assassin's eye, and instlnctlvely he
shoots OF stdbs at IT. Even at close
range a fairly heavy bullet will be
turned aside by the shield Even when
on plain clothes duty. when the badges
are pinned on waistcoats or suspenders.
the old meE take pains 60 place Il over
the heart, so great is their fsdth in the
efncacy of the little piece OF metal
Kansas City Journal
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-24
UNFRATERNAL.

The candidate for initiation into the
IHustrious order Of WhaEgdoodleS had
peen tossed in a blanket, subjected 70
a haircut with a pair of sheep shears,
compelled 10 walk on a gravel path
with his bare feet, and the performance
wound I'D with his sliding down an III
cilned plane and splashing into a tahN
Of ice water at the foot
Then he was stood UP before a high
dfRnftary. who thus addressed him.
s''Stranger. you have safely passed the
ordeal of introduction into this ancient
and honorable order. ard We hail you
as a tried and we'll beloved brOther-'
s.Brother!'' sputtered the shivering
wretch, his voice trembling with 1ndig-
nation. Darn yer picture. II you treat
O brother this way I'd Ike 70 know
what you'd do to some teller you had
It in forI"-EXchange
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-24
QUEER sERITAN BELIEF.

To hatch a chicken by holding an
egg for the allotted time In the left
arTnpit is believed in Servia to be a GER
tan Gi4Iih SselissO NIoIei1t oet-IIig more
whole forty days after IL comes to life
A robbeF who had devastated the dis
trict of KOlubaT5 for many years was.
writes q Belgrade correspondent, known
20 have accomplished both these facts,
which accounted for the apathy of the
peasants in pursuing MIN, persuaded
as they we're OF his inVulneTaDility He
was finally however, killed by the
mounted police, thus discrediCIng time
hOnored Servian S Superstition. - Tlle
Springfield Journal
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-24

News comes from the coast that
Jimmy Britt has finally decided that his
days in the ring are numbered, and that
he intends to try the racing game for
a while in the capacity OF bOokmakeT.
Jimmy has been a pretty cagey boy, aud
is perhaps the best fixed financially Of
almost any Of the noted fighters He
has a hard business head, and Il is
barely possible that ne may be able to
make good in the betting ring; hut, II
he is wise. he viii anchor those fats
of his in san Francisco 50 that when
the real wise men Of the race track get
after him he viii have something LETT
when they get through with him
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-24
LOWELL AS AN EDITOR.

Let me say a word about any pre-
sumption that Lowell was q mere fig
urehead. and that some one else did the
WOrk-trust me- for ! know. 4 have
bad Not one of them understood his
business better than Lowell, or worked
al its details more faithfully ] think ne
hated 10 read manuscripts as mi en- as
any man OF sense does. In these days
there was practically no typewriting l
think that. Ike any man of sense. he
would prefer 10 write an article than 10
read the average contribution But he
had said he would do 1t. and he did tt
up to tine so far as ] have seen. care
fJil in detail even TO the least detail, and
he had no reason 70 be ashamed Of his
work when he was done Prom Ed
uard Everett HaIe's recent book
James Russell Lowell, and His
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-24
POSTMARKS.

Great Britain claims the honor OF
having originated the postmark. The
first one. which was used in London as
long ago as 1850, was a very simple
affair, consisting OF a small circle d.
vided into two parts. In the top por-
ton were two letters indicating the
month, while in the lower half the day
Of the month was shown. No endeavor
was made 10 denote the year, and II
is only by the dates OF the letters on
which the mark is impressed that II is
possible to fix the date OF its use.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-24
APART FROM MEN.

The effect OF mental seclusion IN the
ministry is intellectual self-deception.
Living too much apart from men. an
anchored Of the study, haunted by
watchwOrds of a school Of thought"
strained by mental overprOduction,
minister may establish a purely sub
Jeetive and quite morbid ideal. Obedient
70 this ideal, his mode OF thinking may
grow away from that of his brother
men, and his life. wounded by the In
differences Of others, may shrink into
itself 10 tread henceforth. with melan-
choly persistence. the lonely path OF
an intellectual IsllmaelIte.-C. c. Hail,
in the Atlantic.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-24
Win be Watched With Interest.

Next weeks market will be watched
with interest If the strength of the
closing today is maintained and further
advances gained, there viii DE Substan-
tial gains in buying orders and general
Improvement in undertone.
Recessions hereafter viii mark buying
opportunities, and the absence Of seri-
Gus hquidating orders viii be an evil
dence that the worst is over. Recoveries
uld be gradual to be lasting. a fierce
bull market is likely TO bring out the
condemnation of the powers that con-
troll finances.
The man with money can NAL no
mistake in investing IN this mark or
q handsome profit. on a long pull.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-24
NOR FAVORITE,
BUT AMERICANS
COVER ALL BETS
English Think Gunner a
Wonder-King Has
Winner.

LONDON, Nov. 23.-Interest in the
Burns-Moir fight is growing
SO confident are the English followers
Of the squared circle that the big artil-
leryman viii be able 70 smash his
smaller American rival in jig time, they
are Offering odds on his chances.
Americans who have followed Burns
career IN the States are picking up prac-
tically al the M0ir money that Is Of
fered. and II Is not at al improba bic
that when the TWO meet on December 2
they will be at eyens. Burns IS train
Ing In the house that was occupied by
Edward, the Black Prince. He is very
confident that he IS the EngIishnan's
master, but, nevertheless, Is training
hard. II he Is whipped by Adoir, it will
be because the big Britigher is the bet
ter man OF the two.
King in the Running.
1t Is rather early to be Speaking Of
EeXt years Derby, but already the
racing world is discussing the possiblli-
ties Of the great race.
II Is believed by those Who have fol-
lowed the career OF this seasons two
year-olds that his majesty the King has
a most excellent chance to win the
big race next year with his colt Perrier.
The fine race run by this youngster IN
the Dewhurst Plate at tho Newmarket
Houghton meeting IL responsible for
this feeling. while Perrier was beaten
by RicharC Croker's uWO-year-OId dily
Rhodoro, half sister 10 last years Derby
winner Orby, the colt ran so consistent
a race that he impressed all those who
watched MIN.
Ii would be gratifying 20 know that
after his long run Of bad luck the King
owred a good horse again, and IN Per
rier / an fuIl,- persuaded that he does. %
0rby Recovering.
Speaking OF Rhodoro, the news comes
that Orby is recovering very satisfact0r-
lily from his ailments, and there IS every
reason 10 believe that as a f0ur-year-oId
he win come back 10 his early fora
and be a formidable competitor for
many Of the great stakes. He and
Ithodoro viii be AIr. Cr0keT'5 main de-
pendence next year, although the noted
Irisl-Anerican has several youngsters
which are more than likely 20 make
their mark on the British turf next
year. II IS also believed mat RhOd0ro
has the Oaks next spring at his mercy.
His royal h}ghness. the Prince Of
Wales, is acllnowle lodged one OF the best
Srots IN the country. HIS ROYAL high
Eess las been having some great sport
among the paitridgCs this gear. and IS
credited with some remarkable scores.
As the guest Of George William Kaylor.
at Plcklugham Hall, he vs. nigh gun
practically every year.
Naturally the financial StTlngency in
the United States has been felt first
among automobile manufacturers. II Is
SAID that IN Germany particularly the
trade has been IN very bad condition for
the past Few weeks, and that a num-
tel Of the smaller manufacturers are on
the verge OF bankruptcy.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-24
STOCKS, BONDS, AND MONEY
Washington Prices

Capital Traction 5s. $1.OO0@11O. $1,000
10
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone
5a55, 1850.
Mergenthaler, 141S95s.
Mitchell Mining. 100n5s. 1000@.
Security Storage 24lt5, l4l,2.
After Call, ergeuhaleI-14le9s.
Washington Railway and Electric
preferred, 2g62IA.
Security Storage, 7d170.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-24

Frank Madden is beginning 70 attract
the attention Of the fighting contingent.
lie put UP a frst-class fight against
George Decker, the other niaSt. before
the Consolidated Athletic Club, and has
AL the earnlarks OF q conner.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-24

they may give encouragement to the
bulls
The best gains for the week were in
Copper, points; Pennsylvania 27si
Reading, nearly 8 points, and Union
Pacific points. Steel preferred was
IA higher and the common -
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-24
Stewards a Toke.

A two-horse race at Saratoga, in
which a prominent owner now at New
Orleans saddlcd the beaten fayorite,
sJin remains unthinzable in the minds
OF the horse players TO this late Jay,
while the way certain owners and book
makers fooled H. p. Whitney. J. r
Keene. and the other complimentary
stewards of the autumn Belmont Park
meeting-men who love racing, but
know no more about the practical part
Of the sport and the tricks OF the pad
dock than would the Rev. Madison Pc
teTs-stOOd as a joke a month ago.
According 70 the ediCt o. tie powers
high up, IL must come 10 a stop In 1903.
In the meantime the prime Offenders
are thinking hard while waiting for the
Jockey Club 20 issue the trainers
licenses
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-24

Some enteTprislng fight manager will
do well 20 match these youngsters for q
longer route am inclined 10 believe
that il would result in one Of the best
fights that we have had On this side
Tor a long time Papke mas had ring
career somewhat similar. I'D 10 this
time, 10 that Of Terry EcGovern, who
FOR his inches was. in my opinion, the
best man We have seen in the ring
Pspke resembles Terry, not only in his
fighting attitU ls, but in his tremendous
hitting power
OF the thirty -four fights III which he
has taken part. he has won nineteen by
knockout in four rounds or less. This
may be regarded as a pretty good ring
record.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-24
New York Stocks

Quotations furnished BY Post & Flag
members Of New York Stock Exchange. 1881
H II
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-24
Jobs and Dope.

Seemingly only the / to favorite7
went through. and none too many OF
them either, for the records show 81
per cent of winning favorites in 1901
as against an average of a per cent in
1896 Form reversals and paddock Jobs
which would not muster past the scru-
tiny Of the stewards at New Orleans
or here in California became a matter of
fact under the lenient and apathetlc
stewards Of the Jockey Club.
Dope was used with the same abau-
donmeEt Vermont stock raiser en-
ploys in applying curb salve, the pad
dock resembling an apOthecary shop AT
times. That certain prominent book
makers cOnnived with the jockeys and
trainers Tor the undolng OF the public
purse is undeniable. But IT wouldu {
have been SO bad II the burglars had
been a bit more gracious. Figuratively
they werC right intO a mans house in
broad daylight. for some or the pad
dOcE-betting ring deals were so raw
that even a blind man might have seen
them.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-24
MANY TRAINERS
WONDERING ABOUT
THEIR LICENSES
Prominent HOrSemen
Expect to Be Turned
Down.
By ]. S. A. MACDONALD.

SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 2s.-Many an
owner and trainer who raced in the
East last summer is wearing an anx-
ious look just now because Of a report
in effect of the Jockey Clubs intention
II revoke a few OF the trainers licenses
for 1908
August Belmont and his associates are
not altogether pleased with the scandal
and ugly talk provoked by the ia and
out performances Of the horses owned
by certain campaigners during the past
sea son. feeling that a halt must be made
forthwith. At the meeting OF the Jockey
Club stewards in February a half score
OF trainers, some quite prominent, will
be denied licenses to train horses on
the courses OF the Jockey Club, When
Aqueduct closed down the public play
ers almost TO q men were broke" for
not IN twenty years had New York
seen such erratIc racing.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-24
Gold Scarce in Coast.

OldtUueTs couldn't believe their eyes at
the sight of the players out at Oakland
handing up clearing house certificates to
the b0ukmakers instead Of the Custo-
mary gold pieces during the earlier
part Of the week. In order to relieve
the strlEgency Of the money market.
President Tom Williams arranged with
the bookmakcrs to put In circulation
script certificates from the clearing
house instead of the greenbacks OF gold
currency.
Out here the public bets ia gold money.
the sreeI5acks being IN evidence only
when sOne one makes a real big win
ming Ary time a cashier goes to the
Creeuback roll you may know some
thing lEomentou5 has transEired. For
The life "f 'en ;5,e local players cannot
get into the way of dealing their beJo
for paper money. late last winter Rod
Mckenzie won q 81 2O0 play, Billy Heit
collecting the coin for him. IL was in
gold, the big plunger bending under
the weight Of mis- wtnnings as he left the
course IKE Z Chinese Dcddicr iGb0ring
beneath his shaclle harness.
Poor Fields at Oakland.
Despite the unsettled financial condi-
ton OF she country, there is no sign Of
diminished prosperity in San Francis
co. judging by the sort of play we see
every afternoon at Oakland There is
speculation In pleEty-in fact, several Of
the foremost layers from the East de-
clare their business to be of nddsum-
mer volume any time they care to lay
tops I'm the market.
So far. the racing has not been right
up 10 the general expectations, for the
real good horses are as hard TO draw
out as coy maidens in May time How
ever, the smartest sort of officials are
admins -ering the game, and improve
ment may be looked for in the near
future. AS last winter, the California
fields are getting a big play IN all the
Eastern and Middle West pool rooms
for the large percentage OF first and
second choices which prevail at Oakland
las gotten 10 be proverbiaL Last win
ter over Il per cent OF favorites cashed
here, as against 50 per cent at the New
Orleans courses. Horace Egbert's han
dicaps are well arranged and satisfac-
tory 20 both the hOrsc:nen and the bet
ting public The THANKSGIVING Dav
Handicap COR three-year-Olds and I'D al
one mile and an eighth, to be run on
November s. is the next big event in
a racing way. II looks as If Hfldreth
holds this safe, as he will probably start
the much-improYed Tony Faust or the
filly Veil.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-24
JOHNSON-O' BRIEN
TALK MERE JOKE
Neither Has Any Claim on
Title-O'Keefe a
Conner.
By JEFF THOMPSON.


NEW YORK, Nov. 2.-I notice in
some Of the newspapers taat Jack
O'Brien and Arthur Johnson have been
matched 10 fight for the light heavy
Weight championship.
There is. so far as I know, no law to
prevent them from fignting for anything
they choose to name, but IL would be
interesting to know by what authority
this fight between O'Brien and Johnson
will be for any championship whatever.
O. Brien was soundly whipped by Tom
my Burns, and any possible claim that
ne may nave had on any championship
passed TO the Canuck. So far as I can
now call TO mind, JohnsOns title TO
championship hOnors rests mainly on
the fact that no white man who has
even a remote claim 10 be champion Of
anything viii fight him
As a matter OF fact, neither OF these
two men has any real staining in the
fighting world. The Philadelphian is
clever. and, had he gone straight, might
nave reached the front rank. OUT his
career in the ring has been sECE that
even those battles in which he has been
returned victor are so tainted with sus-
picion that they do not en..tle him 10
any credit. The big negro fighter is ia
pretty much the same position, and
when these two talk about lighting for
a championship II is to laugh.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-24

Young Pat o'Keefe. Charles Harvey's
champion middleweight Of Ireland" is
good man. his fight with Billy Papke
demo astrates this. There are not many
men Of his weight IN this country today
who have anything on the Illinois
Thunderbolt. but O'Keefe stood him of
for six rounds and was fighting for
blood when time was called.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-24

Naturally the financial Slrnpency in
the United States has been felt first
among automobile manufacturers. II *
said that in Germany rarri1alarIv the
trade has been IN very bad condition for
the past few weeks, and that a num-
tel Of the smaller manufacturers are on
the verge OF bankruptcy
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-11-22
. JERRY LEWIS
Killed at Bartlesville Last Week
Has Criminal Record.

Lawton, OKLA, Nov. 22-Earnest
Lewis, outlaw and bootlegger killed
in a fight with Deputy United States
Marshal George Williams at Bartles-
vile several days ago. was accused Of
committing tile last train robbery in
what was tn II The Cherokee strip
about fourteen years ago. Lewis was
then living near Pawhuska. Chief of
Police Heck Thomas Of this city, then
deputy United States Marshal, effect
ed his arrest late one evening in the
Usage nation after getting the drop on
his man, and taking from him two
pistols and a dirk knife, lodged him
IN the federal jail at Guthrie.
just after this, Thomas in looking
over list of offered rewards for pris-
oners, found that Jerry" Lewis
was wanted by the Chickasaw govern.
ment for the killing Of Almarine Wad-
kins, prominent cattleman. The
picture appended corresponded accur-
ately with the man Earnest Lewis,
and, in order to make sure of his pris-
oner, Thomas transferred him to the
Oklahoma City jail.
Within a few weeks after this, Lew
is together with the notorious woman
outlaw ana horsethief. and Tom King
broke jail and made good his Iescape.
The next heard Of Lewis in Oklaho-
ma was about ten years later, after he |
had gone to Colorado, killed saloon
keeper, with an organized gang, rob
bed the Wells Fargo Express compa-
ny of that city for which he served a
term Of eight years in the state peni-
tenUiary. Since his return to the In
dian Territory, he has been engaged
extensively in bootlegging until killed
by deputy United States Marshal Will
liams.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-11-22
MONEY MATTERS
Are Looking Better in Old England
Discount Remained 7 IL
Per Cent.

4ondon, Nov. 2l-The Bank of Eng
ids discount remained the same TO-
dy, at u per cent. This was regard
ed as indicating that the directors are
still hopeful that Che American gov
ments efforts to relieve the currency
famine in the United States will prove
built did not suffice to dis
pei the uneasiness regarding the
American situation prevailing in the
oney market here. Lombard street
.keany other European money center,
attends, it is said, to remain on the
(efense until conditions have cleared
kp in America. The Bank of England
|ost a greater part of two million
bounds in gold during the past week
ind the American calls for metal are
till coming In.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-11-22
THOUGHT TULSA
AN INDIAN TOWN

II was never more surprised in my
life" said Otto Straube,of Alton, Ill /:
"When / stepped off the train in Tul-
sa, l had expected to find wild and
wooley town with cowboys and In
dams the predominating features and
instead, see magnificent city with
paved streets, street car system and
sky scrapsrs. You certainly have a
wonderful city with possibilities for
growth greater than any | have ever
seen. My visit here has certainly
been an eye-opener for me and will
be walking advertisement for this
city wherever l may go."-Tulsa
World.