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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-01-18
FARMER WINS FROM
BARNEY CINNAMON

GAINESVILLE. Wis, Jan. 1s.-In the
second round os what was 10 have been
an eight-rOund bout. kid" Farmer. OF
Peoria put away Barney Cinnamon, OF
Milwaukee. with a terrific right hand
blow 10 the jaw.
Previous TO that both had been fight
ing game, with the advantage slightly
in Cinnamon favor The blow came
like lightning. striking Cinnamon on the
Tip Of the jaw, and he went down for
the count like a log. Both rushed the
fighting in the first round. Farmer us
ing rights and lefts 10 the head and
body. Cinnamon using savage upper
cuts. Farmer slipped 10 the floor, but
arose quickly.
In the second round Farmer rushed
with rights and upper cuts 10 the head.
After a clinch and break Farmer swung
his right 10 the jaw, and Cinnamon
went down and out.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-01-18
RAH FOR PETER HAHER!
BEATS MEDITERRANEAN
Irish Champ Ends Fight for Family
Supremacy With Sleep Pro
Queer on Chin.

NEW ORLEANS. Jan. lS-Pcter
Maher. the Irish champion pus.dst. who
arrived here recently u train. began
work Wednesday night with a short
bout with his mothef-in-l4w. Mrs Mary
Tarply. at their boarding house. 1917
Canal street.
The patT1lmau who made the afiiI aVit
alleges thai Airs Tarplv was knocked
down, and i1 failing cut her chin. the
the point which Peter usually swings
for. According To the police. MaheT
said ii was a ease of too much mother
in-laW. He wanted his wife TO go away
with him, but Ers. Tar9ly learned of
this. and the trouble followed. Maher
was placed under so bond to- appear
Tor tTiaL
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-01-18
How HerfOrd Got Cans.

After ne had contemplated my baby
howitZer. he said he would double
cross English-and he did. He let Sol
get the lead ina the first rve rounds. and
then he sailed ian and beat up the white
man scandaiously. The roar from that
d0uble-acti0u. reversible trick Is still
heard la Baltimore, and ] am unpopular
there with some OF its leading hTst-pOst-
the-post citizens.
Wy hen Alcaeus Hooper was elected
mayor of Baltimore, he choked OF the
fights iu the city. Al Herfurd had a
club down the road which was not af-
fected by the mayors order and Cans
naturally went with the man who could
give him work in his particular line.
That's now HEREFORD got Cans
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-01-18
WESLEYAN DEFEATS HARVARD.

CAMBRIDGE. Mass. Jan lS-The
Harvard basketball team was defeated
last night In close and exciting game
with Wesleyan. by q score OF Is 10 a.
The Crimson team was frequently pen
allied and Wesleyan scored seven goals
from fouls.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-01-18
wARWIcKs ARE VICTORIOUS.

The WarWicl1s lost to the FendalI Ca
diets last night IN a slow game OF has
ketbau by 80 To 10. McHan and Keane
each shot six goals. Superior team
work was responsible Tor the victory.
The winners viii meet ST. Johns Mon
day evening.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-01-18
CHESS CHAMPIONS
MAY Be SEEN HERE
Lasker and Marshall Con-
sidering Capital as Place
for Two Games.

Frank J Marshall and Emanuel Las
ker have come 10 a definite understand
Ing regarding their match for The
worlds chess championship
The first game viii be played on the
afternoon Of Saturday. January %. The
first six games viii be ia public in New
York city. Negotiations are pending
with the Dyker Heights club, which
may result IN one OF the games being
played there. Three games will be
played i'm Philadelphia. two in Washing
ton and one in Chicago on the same
basis as the New York games. A. Mem
pins and Kansas City the games viii
be under club auspices. Having filled
these Engagements tn experts viii re-
turn 10 New York AL complete the
seires. If undecided. there
Rules Governing Matches.
II no verdict is reached by the close
of the series the balance Of the games
will be scheduled for New York
The principal rules governing TIE
match agreed upon are.
The match 10 be eight games up.
draws not 10 count.
The first game 10 be played on jan
uary b. 1871.
The time limit 10 be fifteen moves an
| hour.
There shah De six play days per week.
I No more than three games shall be be-
/ gun in any one week and not on con
/ secutiye DAYS
There shall be six play hours per day.
/ between ] r. IA and II p. IA.
The players shall Jointly be the own
: ers OF all tAe games.
+ May Postpone Games.
/ During the match each player. by writ
I ten notice 10 his opponent served prior
/ 10 y O'Clock noon. OF the regular play
Z day. but this privilege can be used By
| each player no more than six times
/ Prof Isaac J.. Rice. Walter p Ship
/ ley and J. Herbert Watson. having
| agreed 10 accept the positions as ref
/ erees. all points la dispute between the
; TWO contestants shall be submitted 70
{ them and thelF decisions shall be- final
/ and not subject 10 appeal
/ Ia each city where games OF the match
viii be played either OF the PLAYERS shall
/ select from the patrons a second. And
I a committee shall be selected To declare
} the series begun. 10 decide minor points
OF dispute. TO order the series closed and
I 20 announce where and when the next
game Is 70 take place From the de-
cisions OF this committee an appeal 10
I the referees shall be possible. but notice
/ Of appeal must be served and the appeal
must be made iu writing.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-01-18
LAWYERS FIVE LOSES
TO SOUTHERN 0UlNT

The Lawyers basketball I'VE, which
has had q clean record up 10 last night.
was defeated By the SOutherns yesler-
day evening in Well-played game by
is 10 IL The basket shooting Of Walk
Of the losers was easily the feature. The
lineup.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-01-18

Late on the afternoon of the fight
friend came bearing news. He re-
ported that Cans and English had been
fehearslng their little ten-round con-
tenti0n FOR that night, and Cans had
become muscle bound from constantly
repeating the motions ~ was 10 20
through with when he did his fake fail
Tor the knock out This kind tipster Of
Tered 10 draw "A map OF the stage, and
show me exactly where Cans had picked
out a plank OF SOFT pine 10 fall on. The
Information was harder blow to me
than the blow Cans was 10 receive as
an excuse for his fade-aWay, but / de-
termined TO get back.
WestOn's Dainty Man-KilleT.
"a few days before Charley Weston,
the cowboy pool champion had hit
Baltimore with high hopes. great am
billions. and s. / was then a pool pro
tesslondl, but was SO much better known
Tor my connection with the bowling and
lighting games that people had forgot
ten my work on the tables Weston
drifted into the Herman place, made
little talk and sought me out as
means of increasing his stake. When
II was all over / had the eight bucks
and some OF his confidence.
"One of Weston's little bluffs was 20
carry the largest pistol 1 ever saw 10
boost his reputation as the cowboy
champion II was so big IL ought 10
have been mounted on wheels Ike a
IClA A4lt ana ne haQ 10 hrrP III training
10 be strong enough 10 tote il around.
After assimiiating his eight simoleons
he borrowed two and hair from me
on the young cannon and began a per
s0nally conducted tour OF himself over
the free lunch route while he devised
ways and means.
The Spelling of a Fake.
II carted the eoast-defense battery /
got from Weston into Cans dressing
room while the future champion was
preparing for his great get-it-quick-and-
in-buuches specially with English. !
made a short speech. a few remarks,
and some observations telling Cans tnat
/ was So closely next 10 his little game
that / could not be prled away from IL
with an air drill ana a crow bar Also,
il was brought 90 the attention OF thr
exponent OF the manly art IndL j cor
troGed the purse absolutely and had the
bulge on the referee. SO tndt IT tFahs
lost tie night under any clrcuuS lance@
1 would not give either nghier single
penny, but would order the referee 10
declare IL a fake ana ali bets on.
with these burning words / nasAec
WestOu's disappearing siNJeen-Incl pop
Per. and added that l had bet heavily
ON Cans. that / would be not onlt
broke r-u-i-n-e-d man, but bad
man, and would M him SO fun of holes
| thar the doctors would keep the corpse
| in alcohol as an anatomical curiosity.
Cans wilted and told th- story. lie
was To spar along, and have the best 81
I 10 on points, rive rounds, after which
English was 10 step right in. send
real sound smack 10 the jaW-aud then
/ all in on the deal would make a quick
/ dive for the Stockholders 10 get theirs
/ / oyely,
How HerfOrd Got Cans.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-01-18
PRACTICE GAME
GOES TO WESTERN
Superior Passing Wins for
Red and White-Doesn't
Count for Championship.

In the first practice game Of the sea-
son between the Central and Western
girls basketball teams yesterday after
noon Ia the Georgetown schools gym
nasium, the hcme team was victorious
by - 10 u The game was arranged
Thursday morning by Airs Walton
merely for the experience such contests
afford the players, and viii not count IN
the championship cup stdnding.
The team WORK Of The winners WAS
nOticabIy better than that Of the Blue
and White. The bagket shooting Of the
Misses Fulton, Aionett, and Thompson
were the features
Capt. Dolly Cunningham, OF Gem
trail was unable to PLAY was also
Miss Sadie Cullen, OF the same team.
mer as goal thr0WeT, and Miss ThomP-
son ana Miss Handy played side center
In place OF Miss Cullen The lineup;
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-01-18

Goals-Miss Fulton. ?; Miss M0Iett 2.
and Miss Thompson 2. FOuls-By West
ern, &. BY Central. j. Referee-Aiiss
Sanderlin. Time % halves Twenty min
utes each.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-04-27

SON" Miss Mary Johnston's poetic
drama Of the French Revolution, will
be published by HOughton Miftlin &
Co. on April %. Miss Johnston Is now
In New York. and expects to go abroad
for the summer. Mr. Ferris Greenslet,
author OF the recent life of James
Russell Lowell is away on short
trip 10 England and Paris, and expects
to return to Boston about the middle OF
May,
Hugh Peudexter author of that book
OF droll and unique humor, Tiberius
Smith. which was published this month
by the Harpers, finds that the way OF
the humorous trans gressor is some
times hard.
On the publication of his book he at
once sent 4 copy 10 a dear old lady in
his native state, Maine, who has known
him since he was a child and has al
ways felt an interest In bis welfare.
But, alas! the dear old lady takes
humor all too literally. She read PEN
dexter's delightful acconnr OF discover
Ing the town in Vermont whose lnhab-
tants didn't know that the Civil war
was over and this part Of the book ss-
pecially Jared her, whereupon shs
wrote 10 him:
THAT part OF your book is lie from
beginning 10 end and so I fear that
other parts must be also, Hugh, I am
disappointed In you ] asked father 10
read about that town, too, and he
agrees with me that il isn't So
hadn't ever expected YOU to write any
thing that isn't true Why, there never
was any such a town as that or amy
such people. and you can't make me be-
lieve there was
Pendext4r is vanly trying, now to
win back his old friends respect
Eliza Calvert Hall, the author of
Aunt Jane of Kentucky" just pub
ished by Little. Brown, & Co., Is a
well-known Kentucky woman, who is
not without experience as writer al
though this Is her first book. Nancy
Houston Banks, She Kentucky author
who wrote "Oldtield,' but stranger
to Eliza Calvert Hail. has pronounced
AUNT Jane OF Kentucky "a falthful
portrayal Of provincial NE IN h shn,
lucky, but something more thhn that'
TOO for the universal note when
marks the value Of all creative writing
sounds on every page
ELLIS Meredith, the author OF Under
the Harrow" and one OF the best
known women IN Colorado, mas peFh
honored by being asked tor hel pGp
trait to place 81 the Bibliothcqne Ma
tionalo, Paris. A section of The library
IA 10 be- devoted TO the work OK women
and IN It VIII be put thc manuscrlpts,
books and other literary prHau ct."lis =.
women. Among the American Wrl'sIS
Miss Meredith has been selected as On"
Of Western writer's. M MISS
MeredlIh's literary den Is unique, ina5 1.,
r1uch ais II Is located in a business
block In Denver ana is said to a'NoFo
he in perfect order
Anna chapln RAY. the author NJ
oActroyd Of the Faculty has for sew
eral years written n novel FOR spr ihs
publication and n story fof slrlf v, ~ Co.,
ran Several Of her recent BOOKS hAf
had Quebec for background but ~
Ncsosd Of ise rseq NY a, she s, has sr p ,sc
49," ,,,nvioan unlycrstes lnas-
r,ngh as Miss Ray lives not far from
Taie, she wlll doobtleis be. be ' I,a ion
nlth locating Nor scenes 10 New 'isvS ii,
Ilr- charactels are. Of course wnolN
fetllous Miss Ray lis smith college
1rrndunfo
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-04-27

Herbert n, Ward; "The Madness OF
Watkins" bv Henry NJ Hyde, and
Their Innocent Div rsicms" by lean
Webster Among the special articles are
The Progress of Women ia the Lust
ifty years by Charlotte Perkins Gil
nan3 shopping IN London by Care
lyn Wells 'Ehe Home Buildprs-Plan-
ming the rlousc,' by Charles Edward
Hooper, ana Europa on Two Dollars
Day by Esther Brook lowers pf rnu-
sic wall be delighted with the double
page contribution fragrance" new
song Nv Victor Herbert. Or. Edward
Everett Hale. who writes an cdtprltl
page each month. tells about mcnore
able visit tO Mount Vernon, Tho de~
partuNNt devoted to tue chiid labor
campaign contains AN important article
on Child Labor aud Education In
Southern Cotton MlHs. by n. j. Nickel
way, assistant secretary of the national
child labor committee Mr. MCKelway
reproduces Nh agreement made between
parents and mill ownNrs IN which the
parc-tts promise that their children
above H. years of age shall work In the
mill Grace Margaret Gould descr hes
the latest fads IN gowns and frocks
EVELYN Parsons contributes new Ideas
for summer ueedlcwurk, and Fannie
Merritt Farmer describes emergency
dishes Inv hey monthly cooking lesson.
In the pages for children Dan Beard
tells the Sons " Daniel Boone how 10
build play fnrts, ana Aunt Janet sends
a message tn the members 6r he's "Ciub
VI Clubs The Mag number " this
popular magazine is Illustrated IN col
Important departure for maya
zines Of its size.
The North American Review fur April
&c. presents table of contents Of eN-
traurdinary interest Mark Twain, IN
his Notwithstanding autoh:ogr re-
latcs IA marvellous prophetic dream that
he had I'm his youth. w. a. Malock
the English philosopher and economist.
begins u series Of most absorbing arti-
cles entitled "a Critical Examination of
Socialism, frauds IN the Mall' is The
title OF am exceedingly interesting ar,
Icle by the Hon. George Il. Cortetyou,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-04-27

late postmaster general now secretary
OF the treasury Ernest Renan, that
master spirit, speaks again to American
hitherto unpublished 10 his sister Hens
rlettc, These letters relate to Remains
llrst years a4ter he abandoned The Cath
ole church Japan and Tomorrow
by Colonel willard French, is a very
Timely warming 10 the United States
concerning the menace that japan
n becoming IN the Pacific, POPULAR
FDllacles" hy Professor John Grier
Hlbheu OF Princeton University D.
delightfully."- fresh preseut alton az GER
taiH taliuclcs that the world Mt large
holds to- be auth entic truths Logic
was never more allurlugly presented
than In Professor tlibbens article
"Thc Delegation for he choice 81 nm
Auxiliary International Language" by
j, II, TNOmbly Is plea for he selec
lion OF some artificial language ia serve
as an international medium "14eElsla-
ton nv Commission by Thomas That
chez. Is nm authoritative presentation
or the recent tendencies OF our chief
executive 10 govern the entire country
by commissions like The interstate conf
merce commission. Senator r. j. Mo
CumbeT Of North Dakota contributes
a very timely article on what the Pure
Food Law has Already Accomplished"
DpeS NerlnaLE menace me oltu
Pcncet' BY w. u. FitzvGcrald. Is n
startling Interesting study OF the recent
Development OF Germany's offensive"
navy. I'm The literary department.,
Flora 4. Stecle's "a Sovereign REM
edY" w. reviewed by Louis Collier Will
coz; -Tho American journal of inter
national law by Henry I-oamis Nolson,
and the Hohcnlohe Memoirs by Grace
lsabcl Culbron The department "
WOrl d-p poll les contains Cnmmunlca-
lions from London and ST, Petersburg
Among the topics dealt wl,h in he
Editors Dairy are American Morals
versus English Manners What is
Success In Life" Athlete wives"
Am tnflrt Prodigy" Women rs
Friends Again" Transitional Methods
OF Housekeeping
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-04-27

which was ''honeycombed with devils
ana thelr adorerS" All the Information,
regarding these mystic rites he had re
celNed' be said, from a Miss Dlonn
vaughan, who had been an adept I'm
aeFll-Worship. but had seen the error OF
fleT ways remember that and many
other Journalists lost much valuable
Time IN trying 70 hunt out and inter
view Diana Vaughan. but. of course,
tneTe never was no slch person." as
indeed, Leo Taxi afterwards owned I'm
a lecture 10 Hhich he invited his critics.
The lrate French journalists went fol.
the platform when they heard this, and
the lecturer skipped through a back
door 10 escape lynchlng- For the last
10 years he lived In Scesux, under his
own name, and made a ring by edit
Ing a Journal OF cookery.
This week special honor was paid
10 Sully-Prudhomme, who has been rec
ognized as Frances greatest poet ever
since tho death of Victor Hugo. For a
quarter OF century he has been n
brilliant ornament Of the Aca demia
Franchise, and il was 20 mark this long
connection with the immortaIs that a
little band Of poets, headed by Fran
coils Coppee, visited the great man AZ
his home at Chhtenay, some miles out
of Paris the other day. There was
speech making OF the particularly elo-
qucnt and emotional sort that yuu
would expect from so gifted n company.
and. OF course. q sonnet composed by i
minor poet to che glory OF the master.
The little ceremony which Included tho
presentation OF piaauette with tho
poets features upon Il. lasted scarcely
two hours, and then The VI old man wh)
Is .Sully-Prudhomm was left 10 his
glory ana his happy reflections IN the
little white house which Is ordinarily
so silent.
Suliy-P rudhommo Yas always sage,
/ ina gine. He begun by being one t
school. where he was singularly timId
and retiring and extremely studious.
He was firsJ M aIl the suhjects-eveu IN
tho gymnrsium-h holding that II il one s
duty TO do the best possible IN all cir
rumstances. lie established a unique
reputation with the boys, and became
s0rl oi Judge amongst them, settling
their disputes IN his quiet way. but
with SO transparent a scuse OF Justice
that no ono disputed the verdict
In later years the poet has suffered
continuously from ill-health, which
renders the more remarkable the CON
siaient hIgh quality OF his work He
has always given utternnce 10 the loft
Hest ideas. without being definitely re-
llgIous In his expression ~ Them,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-04-27

ductory, says of Abe: Persons who
have tried all known patent me dIoines
without relief will do wcll to try these
Abe Martin daHdelon and sasSaftas
cocktails before turning their faces 10
the wall. Abe Is Plato on
a cracker barrel, on radiant Socrates
after Nautippc's departure 70 visit her
townsfolis iu Tecunlseh,
Abes friends are as classic as Ahe's
whiskers. II Is therefore
with a clear conscience that [ give
this symphony In ginghum ing hearty
endorsement: and il the author of it
should be arrested for arson or safe
blowing al any time when ] myself
am at large I solemnly promise to be
to bail him out"
A second edition OF ''Songs from the
Golden Gate by Ina D. Coolbrith will
soon be issued by 15oughton AIifiin 4
Co. Besides attractive Illustrations by
William Keith, the volume viii contain
a photOgravure portrait of the auth
or. II viii be remembered that the
little library in San Francisco of W J IN
Miss COoIbliIh was librarian wac TO-
tally destroyed by the earthquake a
year ago
Efficiency, as we'll as honesty. in pol
itical, l1anClal ana cIldVlliple htlAllS
Is a subject which Is In active discus
sion and In the minds Of all thinking
citizens. In this connection our an
noun cement of a book entitled Eli
clent Democracy, by Dr. w. IL Allen,
executive head of the New York AS
ISOLATION for Improving the Condition
OF the Poor, VIII be valuable bit OF
news to those Interested In this sub
tect. The titles of two OF the chap
ters, Efficiency in Government" and
Bureau OF Municipal Statistics, are
especially appropos In view OF TIE pro
posed Investigation OF the city and
state departments by Mayor Mcclellan
and Governor Hrghes.-Dodd Mead &
Co., publishers, New York,
six Mad Men" is a new novel writ
ten by Xix Faber In which the love of
a half dozen men of varying character
for a beautiful woman is portrayed In
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-04-27
TIE BROOK.

\ he l1iANltFAs
Brook. sou tlosv along in such silence
and such peace.
That you make me wonder II you'll
ever cease.
1 wonder where you come from, what
spring may be your head.
And whore the fishes play the most
alous your sandy bed.
] wonder where the fish lay eggs and
where they mostly hide.
And whore the moss grows thicI1est on
your banks on either side:
wonder where you're deepest and
where the lilies float
Upon your CLASSY surface. like many
q fairy boat
Guess IN have to keen wondering
these things ask of YOU
For the more ] think Fm learning,
the more I have to do,
Richard Wethesil1 Newman.
NY DICKY DOG.
haze d dog hls name is Dick,
bis fur is white and oh so slick
Els teeth are sharp, his eyes are
bright
| guess they're made 10 see at night.
Upon his back he has spot,
And thai'S sign he knows a lot.
Hell stand up on his hind legs too.
And . dozen other tricks he'll DO.
Does he Ike cats and rats? Not much,
W ne gets one within his clutch,
The rat or cat is gone 1 bet,
For when Dicks done he has 'ern ct.
BIRDS.
Birds Of brilliant plumag e. common
birds of gray.
Birds with songs and birds with chlrps
have come this spring to stay
Robins near my window. blue birds
In the tree.
sparrow nest behind the barn OH
what lot u see.
A 1hresher IN the vacant lot and hum
ming girds galore.
And when | am the busiest seq iuet
dozens more.