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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-21
WANTS AID OF CONGRESS-.
american Olympic Committee to Ask
for Big appropriation.

II present plans are adhered a bill viii be in
PRODUCED IN this session Of Congress 10 apr pr-
ate the OF 100000 70 defray the expenses OF
the American team of athletes to compete In the
Olympic games TO be held in England in 1905.
James z. Sullivan president Of the Amateur Ath-
letic Union. VIII confer with President Roosevelt.
who VIII again serve as honorary president Of the
American Olympic committee, before the bill is in
troduced
Mr.. Sullivan who is strongly urging the aIrro-
priation, is sanguine the prospects Of the bill
and thinks It is absolutely necessary to enable the
United States TO be Torthily represented I'm Eng
land. in discussing the project he pointed
that money was appropriated for the American
exhibit at the Paris Worlds Fair in 1900 and that
every exposition held i'm this country has received
material financial aid from Congress and. as this
e q national affair. the same consideration should
BE- shown.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-21
HARTMAN BuYs ANOTHER ROAD.

f. II. Hartman has purchased from General
Thomas H. Hubbard and II. Z. Huntington the
Corvallis Eastern Railroad. running from
Naquina Bay, ON the coast Of Oregon to Idanha
a distanc" of lI2 miles Corvallis is the terminus
OF Of the branches Of the southern P,ciac
The capitalization or the company consists Of
S.llG00 stock and $2.lI50C0 first mortgage ner
cent coupon bonds. due February l. 1888. The rond
was built many years ago by Eastern CapitoIiSts
who are said 20 have sunk considerable money i'm
II. u mas been in the hands OF receivers saverpI
times Finally II was purchased by A n Han,
mond, from whom II secured by General Hub-
bard and Mr.. Huntington when they were directors
or the Southern PaClhc II has developed 10
wnlch one OF Mr. HHrrtman's companies the newly
Short Line - " ~ s''
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-21
PRIZES OFFERED FOR SKATING RACES
Entries Coming in for Metropolitan Cham
pionship Meet on Saturday.

Many persons interested in skating have donated
prizes for the first metropolitan championship nice.
ing. GLder the control Of the Amateur Athletic
Union. to be held on Saturday ut Reaconl's rim
lGith street and jerome avenue Among the first
to send in his check was W l.. Jones of the Pas
time Athletic club, who has always been a str,o,
patron OF amateur sports. Charles J. Dieces a
former weight throwing champion, has also offered
a SET Of the medals 80 80"
Entries have already been received from, tle Pas
time. Xavier, 81. Bartholomew. Mott Haven and
other metropolitan clubs. and the New York Attn
letlc Club has entered its fun team fer the litfer
Cnt a. cnts. fun list Of events for c0npctjtiou
miles ' '''''0 anu
Entries will close Tomorrow At 10 T. m with I
New York City. ~
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-21
LAST OF MAST CARTOONS soLp.

The last ~ the cartoons Of the late Thomas Mast
were sold Yesterday 10y the Merwin Clayton com
pany, numbering two hundred In all. The hShes,
price ~ the afternoon was SIS. which was paid 70
series Of cartoons Of various prominent Washing
ton people drawn when Mast living I'm that
city The buyer Waiter Benjamin one car
toon depicted skeleton figure of Death holding a
scythe In front ~ an oucomiug train This car
toon. In View OF the recent accident ON the New
York central was much sought after and was
obtained for S25 by Mr.. Dean. who IL is rntier-
stood. was acting for a society which did not " ant
It's name mentioned. The Mast collection of paint
inEs and curics will be sold next month
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-21
NTH ATHLETIC BOULERS
Visiting Teams Shoe to Aduantage
IN the Games Last Night.

Visiting teams had things pretty much their own
way in the Athletic Bowling League series last
night. The New York Athalic C}ub WOE the ,dI
game on the alleys Of the Passaic Club tho Colum-
bia- club did likewise at the Montclair club and
City club
Ia winning the odd At Passalc the Sew York five
accounted Tor The first and the third games. The
nrst was Won by q 2S-pl margin. After frSt
few frames Of the second game Passaic aIwavs
held command, and handily with gp5 New
York rolled up 81 total in the last -,amc entirely
100 nigh for Passaic. although the latter reached
go. The scores follow.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-21
UNDERWRITERS CALLS SIGNALS RleHR

To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: I have travelled over the Hoboksn ferry
night and morning with the exception OF legal hol-
idrys and Sundays. for thirty-six years. DurinS
that time I have generally taken notice OF the sig
1ajs given by the boats that ferry both when
leaving the slip and while the trip across the
river My business as underwater has uade
the question of signals particularly interesting 70
me- and during the whole of that time have never
known of a wrong signal being given while have
been on ,he boat. Furthermore, during that time
have single accident Yours very
truly. GEORGE I.ETHBRlDGE-
New YORK. Feb %
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-21
TO BUILD THEATRE AT YALE.

iBy Telegraph 20 The Tribune.
New Haven. Feb. 2e.-The Yale University ORA
matte Association has formulated plans Tor an
association theatre erected the site OF tAe
present College Street Han II is planned % bui'H
a CommodiOus theatre. with deep stage and ca
paCIty for twelve hundred persons The building
will be used primarily the home Of the dranStIc
association, but important feature OF the plSh
is make il an office building accommodate the
various Undergraduate publications. athletic 9Sso
Citations and other organizations, such as PM EStd
Kappa ana the musical and debating clubs Iis
new theatre viii cost. including the purchaSe M ~
College Street Hall and its property. about S'oV''
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-21
RELAY TEAM FOR PHILADELPHIA

The New York Athletic Club will be represented
10 MORO" a. me Washingtons Birthday carnival
10 % held IN the st Regiment Arslorv T,road ana
Gallcwhil streets Philadelphia. by relav team
composed Of Harry Iitllman Paul PIeram, Harrv
Sedley and r. Y. Valentine '
!itiman may also run in d special race against
Iayior me Negro runner Of the University of
FennayEaHia. The New York Athletic Club
through IFS captain. F., g. iIaubod and I.ieutena nj
Harry Lyon, IS negotiating for a three-nile race
1et"ecf ~ongboat the great Indian runner. and
George Bonhas. tie national champion This is in
Tended 10 DE- an extra attraction the clubs in.
door meet at Madison Square Garden or March y
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-21
EASTMAN JOHNSON SALE

collection OF finished pictures by the late East
man Johnson, n. A, will be sold at the American
Art Galleries, Madison Square South, on Tuesday
and Wednesday evenings of next week at S O'Clock
The pictures which will be on exhibition beeipnino
to-day, will include practically all the pictures
studies and sketches he left. AMI many OF them
snow MS method OF work and wide range of sub
tects. There will also oe on exhibition w
brakes collection of antique brass and copper
Ihis collection Is to be sold the afternoons ~
February % 30 2. rs and March and ats2:s0
s, cl3ek; Both sales will be conducted by Thomas
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-21
TICTORT FOR OXFORD.
Cambridge Defeated in AnmoI
dissertation Football Match.

London fet % The annual association io7taaJ
latch between oxford and Cambridge VS. played
al the Queens club here this afteraoo' and re-
suited in a victory for oxford b., score Of 10 :.
There was a big crowd in attendance
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-21
new YORK MAN SIGNS WITH cINc,NuAT,

t5ncina@u FEB Civilian Pell an inieIder. who
Eas played with independent teams in ard around
t-eE YORK FOR several years. has been sisned nv
ne Cincinnati club. He Is eighteen years Old and
gas been employed IN the New York Central freight
seDbT.nent Joan Ward, formerly manager Of the
Nf~ York @NaiioIai League team. IS MS Sponsor
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-21
Low CARFAREs HELD UP.

Minneapolis. Feb. 2O-A temporary Injunction
against the enforcement of an ordinance giving
six rides for % cents. signed yesterday h, rho
Mayor, was obtained to-day by the Mnnea polls
street Railway Company from Judge Lochran I'm
the Federal District Court. The petition elites that
the ctts has no legal authority 20 regulate fares
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-21

In The first game Of the Elizabetl-Jorsay CITY
series, Hove. 2 substitute the latter team
rolled 256- He began Will spare, and then struck
ali the way to the eighth frame. Ordina rilv Jersey
cltys total OF @l would have been good enough 10
win, but Pope the visiting ancnor. struck out from
The seventh ana reached 23l enabling his side to
win by 10 pins
Both OF the two last games were won easily by
Eliza beth, with totals better than 900 The scores
follow
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-21
ANOTHER RESIGNATION FROM N s A

Edward Dunn, FOR many years a member of the
board OF directors OF 'he National Skating Asso-
citation and one who has done a great deal for ar,o
teur skating. has forwarded his resignation TO =
nation to yake effect Immediately
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-21
HUTCHINSON MAY COACH AT YALE
eus-Ierhack Of Tom Shevlin's Eleven las
Seen Asked TO Handle the Team.
~ Telegraph to TIE Tribune. !

,SesT aa'en. FED. 2o.-Captsin Bigeow OF do Yale
ioetsal elersn has offered the place Of head
esasn next fali 10 Guy Hutchinson the quarterI,sc
q Tom SheTlins eleven Mr. Hutchinson Iitee a.
s s.1.r n - end is nephew OF the late
q case Mr; Hutchinson declines william Knox
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-21
LIVELY RACQUET PLAY.
{. H. M4CK4Y DEFAULTS.
Payrc U'htney Puts Bob Wrenn
ont an National Tourney.

Several good matches marked the second round
~ tie amateur racquet championship tournament
81 tie Racquet and Tennis Clab yesterday. An
clei2en Of uncertainty WAS added to the probable
outcome as Clarence r. Mackav. OF the home CLUB
defaUIteG % G. c. 'rlarJ, another local player
re survivors OF the day's play were r X Fincke
New York. Payne Whitney, New York; q. H.
Brooke. Philadelphia and G. c. Clark
Tc oi.h3 The play Reginald r Fincke met O. W
Bird. the ~~terea iolo player Fincke. who Is re-
GaTded ~ rrHny tAs dark .orse OF the tourila-
merit. atirsc f>d considerable attention last winter
e squash r'nver According to experts. there
Is no better preparation for racQuets than season
or squash
stronger service enabled Fincke 10 win the
first game from Bird in three hands In the second
game Bird MADE his best stand. After six hands
the I3--l2 Ia Finckes favor. and taking
the service 10 open the seventh hand he gained
the two necessary aces. At the end Of the third
hand OF the third game Fincke had = 10 his op-
ponents 3, and he won the game and match IN TWO
more hands. The score by hands follows:
FIRST GAME.
P;n n II II
SECOND GAME.
E E1afko . 2Eis
THIRD CANE.
Fincke ..........-..-.. 2-l5
Aces BIZ service Fincke 80. Bird p BY placing
Flncke. :; Bird, BY opponents rnlss-F7hche ;
In some respects the hardest match Of the day
resulted from the meeting Of Payne W nltne\ an'
new being especially effective Wrenn was clever
ct stops in the fore court ard The former lawn
secured an early lead IN The fret game ~ WITH "a
count 80 o. n me S mrs. lIG beT bitne a. ran
out. After seven hands i'm the second game had
then won the necessary points on better serves r3
game. The score follows.
FIRST GAME
T Wnit7'y 2 s & i5
Whine Whine ..-.....--..---...'.22 III IL
THIRD GAME
W W5t3sy .. ,..s 8 ? &i i5
Wfenn. s
BOOZE and in h S match he @
After each had won a game Dinsmore opened with
on a miss from the back. wall Now. Brooke
started IN on what PROVED phfn04eha run as 9 ne
mere succession Of aces on service, but play that
Philadeirhisn scored six aces by service and five
By placing. This leaves only four counts on opPo-
fence Dinsmore made. Brooke's winning places
the corner. His aces gained opponents misses
were on balls from the 53ekhand d, corner ofto-
the first hand OF the fourth and last game He
kills were dazzling. Although Brooke Wen he
gsme e5 bandit o the TIT tuxedo 5a9r f man made him
FIRST GAME.
FT oes'.,. ......... + 3 8 Li55
Second GAME
PLns9,ora Observation-Disclosures. Sc
THIRD GAME.
lirsusrs =
FOURTH GAME.
BIB
TIusnore ..-.......... . =
by servfce-5~ooks. %. DInsm ,re BY placing
Iirooke y. Dinsmpic. 10 By opponents miss-Troobe
Is. Dinsnore. q
The summaries follow:
Amateur s359uet cianspions'ip second roundp-R h
Fincke New York beat W Bird. York. Isl
l5-2 10. Payne whitney. York. heat Robert D.
Wrenn. New Yors. l5-13 Ill 17-l5; George r.
Brooke Philadelphia. beat Y. 3 Dinsnore. Tuxedo
l5-5, 5-l5. I5-2 Is G. g. Clarke. New York,
from Clarence Il. MacEay. New York by default
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-21
TO LOOK AFTER GYPSY MOTHS.

Colunnbus. Ohio. Feb. 2O.-A F. Burgess, state
Inspector of orchards and nurseries. resigned
to-day to so to Massachusetts. WHERE he will havs
charge of the state experiments to atl gypsy a@a
brown tatlad moths.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-21

The most interesting part of the Columbia Mont
clair series was The hnish of the last game In
the early frames Montcair secured a fair lead bur
when Rohdenberg ana hartze doubled up in The
tenth frame tha Hoboken team managed to win IN.
single pin with SO. Tho scores FOLLOW.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-21
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The standing TO date follows;
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-21

Totals....... 92l SGD s54 Totals
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-09-08

the Fulton would be lost altogether
to the expedition, and they certainly
would have been for asgreat length OF
time, if not entirely, but for the as
sistance offered%by the Harriet Lane"
In Civil War.
The Revenue Cutter Service partici-
pated in the civil war C1861-f865) both
in naval engagements and the more
trying blockade duty At the attack
on Fort Hatteras, in the reconRais-
sance on the batteries at Norfolk, in
the Donnbardment of Drewry's Blur,
=" tie James river, and in operations
in the Chesapeake Bay the revenue
cutters were actively ngagd.
During the Sranish-Anaer3can war
there were Is revennc cutters CO.
operating with the navy, enc Of which,
the McCUEloch, was the subject of
commentator by Admiral Dewey in
one of his reports to the secretary OF
the navy, in which he speaks Of that
ship as being "a valuable auxiliary to
the squadron" 1t was during this
war that the revenue cutter Hudson,
Lieut.. Frank H. NewcOmb, u. S. r. G.
S, commanding, took part in the
action at Cardenas, Cuba. In this en-
gagement> such bravery was shown
by Lieutenant NewcOmb, his officers
and crew in the rescue of the torpedo
boat Winslow from imminent danger
of destruction by the shore batteries
that congress awarded a gold medal
to Lieut. Newcomb and silver and
bronze medals, respectively, to the Of
hcers and members Of the crew of the
Hudson. On the Gu a blockade the
Naming, Woodbury.. hamilton, Win
dem and Morril did excellent work
This as well as the earnest perform
ance of duty by the other vessels CO.
operating with the navy under cir
cumstaRces affording less opportunity
for distinction served to uphold the
best traditions of the service.
Many incidents are on record OF
bravery and devotion to duty on the
part of officers and men in time OF
peace. The rescue of the survivors
OF the City of Columbus OFF Gay Head,
Massachusetts, by the Dexter in 1884,
excited the admiration of the country,
and the gallant expedition of 1878
for the relief of the whalers at Point
Barrow, Alaska, won special recogni-
ton of its participants by Congress.
The splendid work of the officers and
crew Of the Galveston (now Apache)
IN saving life during the hurricane at
Galveston, Tex, in September, 1900,
shows the readiness of the service in
the performance of its duties. This
incident brings on record the bravery
or Second Assistant Engineer Charles
5. Root. U.S.R.C:S., who. with the as
sistance of several of the crew, haul
ed the ships cutter through the
streets of the stricken city and res
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hausted they fred SSS-cz the areny's
shot that lodged against the nil. taar-
ing up the ships log book to 1:,el1e car
trldSes. Near evening the enemy
Withdrew, and the next day Capt.
Lee f1oated the Eagle, and was about
removing her when the enemy re-
turned, and this time succeeded in
securing their prize. During the en-
Sagement the flag flying on the Eagle
was shot away three times, and was
each time replaced by volunteers from
the crew on the hill
During the war of 1912 the first can
ture made was that of the British ton
sail schooner Patriot by the revenue
cutter Jefferson. A total of Il British
vessels captured, with their guns.
ofhcers and men, tells briefly the
story of the operations of the Revenue
Cutter Service during this war.
Inc trouble with the Seminole In
d1ans in 1886 also called for the aid
OF the revenue cutters, in cooperation
win the army and navy An excernt
from the report of Capt. Thomas II.
NeoO, u. 5. n, commanding the
sIoop-of-War Vandalia, to Commodore
Dallas, in command Of the naval
squadron, shows the value of the
work OF the revenue cutters in this
war when he says: Their prompt
and ready cooperation with the army
mas called forth the highest CONNER
Gatlans from the commanding eepsr
ais, who take occasion to eulogize the
services rendered by the VandaIta
and revenue cutters"
In the war with Mexico five revenua
cutters were engaged in naval opera-
IlonS against Alvarado. Frontora and
Ia oasco. the most prominent cutters
taxing part in the operations being
the McLane and Forward. Excellent
work was also done in connection with
the blockade feet off the Mexican
coast. -A
When a naval force was sent to
Paraguay in 1858 the revenue cutter
Lane was ordered to io;n tbe
squadron In his report to the see.
rotary of the navy on opera.ione M
the force under his command during
this expedition. Commodore Shubr;ci
says, IN part: Il shall express nv
sense OF the skill and zeal with which
Captain Faunce, U. S. R. C. s. has
used the very efficient vessel under
Ills command in extricating us from
our difhcultfes Tin groundinsl. At
one time l feared that the services of
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-09-08
(Faken From The Savannah News,

| tendency to coeFcive laws on all mat
ters relating to Intoxicating liquors il
! certainly not a tendency toward lib
| erty:."
Buckle, in his History of Civilization
in England, says that laws of this
kind uniformly increased intemper
ance
Herbert Spencer says: Beyond the
encouragement of fraud, lying, con,
tempt of law and conspicuous crooked
ness, multitudinOus other evils were
| caused or augmented and Indirect de-
mOrafiZation was added to the direct
increase Of the vice aimed at.
Thomas jefferson said: 'Intemper-
ance cannot be extirpated by prOhibi-
tory laws; they are not consistent with
sound principles of legislation. All ex-
perience shows that temperance like
other virtues is not productivity law
makers but by the influence Of educa-
tiGn, morality and religion
Samuel ]. Tilden said: ct is no
part of the duty of the state to coerce
the Individual man Prohibition leaves
no room for individual reason and con-
science trusts nothing to self-culture
and substitutes the wisdom of the SEN
ate and assembly for the plan OF
moral government ordained by PrOvi-
dence"
Legislation Does Not Create Virtue
John Quincy Adams said: Forget
not | pray you, the right of personal
freedom. Self-governmenti IS the fOun-
daton of all our political and social
institutions, and it is by self-govern-
ment alone that the law of temperance
can be enforced. Seek not to enforce
your brother by legislative enactments
that virtue which he; can only have by
the dictates Of his own conscience and
the1energy of his own free will
Thos. F. Bayard said: so far as
my experience goes a we'll regulated
SYSTEM of license has provided the
most efficient check upon the abuse
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destruction of derelicts and other dan
| gers to navigation; the rendering OF
| assistance to vessels in distress and
aiding the shipwrecked; the enforce
ment of the navigation laws and Of
the national quarantine regulations:
guarding the safety of the puOI:c at
yacht races and regattas; the super
vision of anchorages at certain ports;
the protection of the sponge fisheries
in the Gulf of Mexico and the Straits
of lorida.
F No comment is needed upon the ac-
tivity necessary for the performance OF
these duties. The revenue cutters CO
operate with the Navy whenever the
President so directs, and in time of
war the duties of the service are self
evident. The history of the wars of
the United States involves in large
measure the history of the Revenue
Cutter Service, as its ships, its Off
GERS and its men have ever aided in
the defense of the country
Personnel.
The commissioned officers and cad
cts on the active list number 224 By
an act of Congress, approved April u,
1892, President Roosevelt the relative
rank of the commissioned officers was
established as follows: Captains with
majors in the Army and lieutenant
commanders with captains in the Ar
my and lieutenants (senior gradeD in
the Navy; second lieutenants Gunior
grade) in the Navy; third lieutenanrs
with second ieutenants in the Army
and ensigns in the Navy.
The, commissioned officers of the
Revenue Cutter Service receive the
same pay and allowances, except for
age. as are now or may be hereafter
provided by law for officers of CORE
spending RANK in the Army. inClud-
ing longevity pay. When an officer OF
the Revenue Cutter Service has
reached the age of 81 years he is re-
tired from active service, and when
any officer has become incapable OF
performing the duties az his Office
from sickness, accident, ETC., he is
placed on the retired list and receives
rs per cent. of the duty pay.
The enlisted force in the Revenue
Cutter Service consists Of about 1900
men. They are distributed through
out the service on board the various
vessels of the first second and third
classes. the last being harbor tugs in
charge Of boarding duty.
A frst-class cutter carries for her
complement her commanding officer,
four lieutenants and three engineer
offices. four warrant officers and So
men These Vessels-13 in number
are of steel, 205 feet long, o. feet
beam, II feet depth, Is feet inches
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