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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-11
PLAYERS ENTERING
TENNIS TOURNEY

The handicap tennis tournament to be
held on the Mt. Pleasant courts by the
Young Mems Christian Association is
scheduled to begin on Monday, but II
the weather continues cold the opening
viii be postponed for a few days.
The great amount OF rain this month
has prevented many of the players from
registering. However, over twenty play
ers from Mt. Pleasant and the vicinity
have sent in their names and this num-
Der will be greatly augmented as soon
as the courts are opened. In addition
to these many men viii be sent out from
the heart of the city. Along with those
from Mt Pleasant who have registered
are G. G. Heylmun, H. E. Patten. T.
NJ. Van Hoesen, w. s. Wiley, Carl
Shepard, W. II. ROnsaville, II. 7. VIM
field. J. NJ Bell, J. T. Harris B. Hinton,
r. NJ. Brown, c. Wiley, T. r. Robin
son, A. c. Storey, Albert Agnew. w. E.
Buell., Z. L. Tarbox, E F. Mueller, A.
De Reimer, and a. H. Deibert.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-11

Los Angeles day before yesterday ex-
posed Jack O'Brien, gentleman. real
estate dealer lawyer. Beau Brummel
and former champion pugilist" OF the
world as faker. who never entered the
ring unless the money was in sight and
the fight was fixed.
Chicago comes back with an astound-
ing expose of Tommy Burns. the cham
pion." who was given a decision over
O'Brien in twenty rounds at Los An
geles on Wednesday night. In a series
Of letters written by Burns 10 Billy Gee,
his former manager, and a Chicago man.
the modern game of get the money,
but don't take any chances" is thrown
wider on the canvas Of publicity. in a
manner calculated fairly to take the
breath OF the hundreds of thousands Of
fight patrons whose interest and dollars
have kept alive the sport in the face
Of hostile laws and tireless reformers.
Forfeits Against Double Cross.
Names Of Chicagoans are freely inter
spersed in these letters from Burns 10
Gee. They tell of efforts TO arrange a
fight" with John Willie. the West Side
German. in which Willie was TO lie
down. Of a scheme to approach Jack
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-11
DOLPHIN SAILORS FALL
BEFORE ST. ELIZABETH

Bartlett, OF St Elizabeth. was in
grand form yesterday. and held the
sailors from the Dolphin down 70 one
hit. and St. Elizabeth had little diff
Guilty in winning by II 70 4.
The fielding Of both teams was reg
ged. The features were the pitching
Of Bartlett, who struck out nine men,
and the batting of Treakle and TRIAL,
Of St Elizabeth
The score;
RH.E.
St Elizabeth. 0 Z 0 o 2-ll IA ;
Dolphin .......S 0 o o / 0 a. 8
Batteries-Bartlett and Smith; Blom-
Quist and HartIOve.
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c. S. TITUS WON'T ROW
IN HARLEM REGATTA

PRINCETON. y. J., May Icon
stance S. Titus. the amateur champion
single scUller Of America. after he had
come back from a siege Of coaching
Princeton crew candidates on Lake Car
negie. made the statement that he would
not row in the Harlem Regatta, on Nay
80. He made it emphatic, thereby stick
ing 10 his statement Of some months
ago.
His reason for not entering the regatta
is because he does not want to get over
trained before his trip 20 England. in
June. when he will compete at Henley
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-11
ST. JOHNS JUNIORS
WALL0P THE HOWARDS

st. Johns Juniors added another vic
tory TO their long LIST yesterday BY de-
feating the Howard Athletic Club by 7
10 g. Z Orme pitched good ball for the
winners. holding his opponents down TO
three hits Garner, on the other hand.
was easy, the Juniors shifting his curves
for fourteen safeties.
The score:
RH.E.
s. J. c. Jrs...... 3 0 l 0 1 Il IA
Howard A. c.. l 0 0 1 O-S IA
Batterics-E- Orrne and Ryan; Garner
and Howard
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-11
BIG GAME TODAY.

Georgetown. and George Washington
will meet at Georgetown field this after
noon in the first Of a series of two
games. The contest will begin promptly
at $3.50 o'clock
Carr and Stephenson will probably be
the battery for George Washington, and
Cantwell and Mudd are slated 10 work
for Georgetown.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-11
SUNDAY SCHOOL PLAYERS
HIT THE BALL HARD

Bethany Chapel made its initial ap-
pearance in the East Washington Sun
day School League yesterday and de-
feated Waugh Chapel by IL TO g.
Both teams hit the bali hard. Nc
i,,.I,,si We RouIueG LOT 'hIISefn hlIs;
three doubles, and Waugh used up four
OF Bethany's twirlers-
The score:
RHE.
Bethany NIB 3 o. o oil I3 3
Waugh .......O 0 0 Z 0 % y 5
Batteries-Finnegan, Barnhardt, Fulch-
er. Shedd, and Spicer; McLaurin and
Dutton.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-11
STAHL IS SOLD
TO WHITE SOX
ON FINAL DAY
Washington Gets 900
for Him-SulliVanS
Want Small Ring.
By THOMAS S. RICE.

Washington disposed Of Stahl and the
Stahl case last night TO the Chicago
Americans for a price said 10 be $1,000
New York wanted Stahl, but Comiskey
has been the friend OF washington all
through the rumpus between Washing
ton and Ban Johnson, president Of the
American League. and as yesterday was
the last day allowed the local officials
10 dicler for Stahrs trade OF sale, Co
miskey got him. What Chicago will do
with the ex-manager IS a problem, but
it is more than likely that he will be
kept as trading material.
OF course, Mike Kelly. the Des Moines
manager, IS not yet a member OF the
Washington team, and his release was
bought from the st. Louis Americans
for the ostensible purpose of solidify-
ing his managership of the Des Moines
club, but II the National Commission
releases Kelly from the scrape he got
into by being mixed UP IN the unfounded
charges against Umpire Owen in the
American Association, he viii come TO
Washington and play first base. Pea &c
to these denials that he Is bound this
way eventually.
John L. Sullivan. the eminent pugilist,
was not happy last night as he read the
1diS5 from LOS AuBeleS OF now Burns
agreed to lie down to Jack OBrien. and
then double-crossed the Philadelphia
gentleman" Mr.. Sullivan grunted with
disgust and rUmbled deep. uninteuigfble
rem 3rl1s about CROOKS and fighters who
don't fight" but refused TO express an
offiC al oOiniOn about the true inward
ness of the latest scandal on the Coast
He said he could not discuss the affair
as he had not paid much attention to
foot racing for good many years Then
he branched out into a few generalities
that were decidedly pertinent. Said he
THAT first O'Brien-Burns match seems
10 have been a foot race, and disguised
many Of the people who saw il. Burns
couldn't get anywhere near his man in
the twenty-four-foot ring. and the eXhi-
bitiOn was not a fight at all. When they
were talking of a second match, Burns
should have refused to sign articles
unless O'Brien would agree to a sixteen
foot ring. That would have been so
small that Burns could have cOrnered
O'Brien and made him fight. QUIT. or
get Knocked out, any one Of which
would have suited persons paying from
So TO SO a seat
I had lots of experience with these
runaway fellows when 1 met Jim Cor
! bett and Charley Mitchell. After my
fight with Mitchell in France, I said
l was willing to take him on again
but only in small ring so that he would
have TO stand up and exchange blows
like man. He wouldn't agree to that
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Runs-Mess, Dugan %. Dondiero.
Sherman, E Sebastian, Goodman ~,
Jones, and Gerard. Earned runs-St
Martin, .; 81. Dominic. / First By err
rors-St- Martin, 4; St Dominic, 3. First
base on balis-OH Goodman, l: OF Eb-
bert, l. Stuck oUt-By Goodman. S;
by Gilbert, l. Two-base hit-ChappelI
Stolen bases-Spalding %, Dugan %.
and sherman. Double plays-Ryan 10
Ebbert. Brennan 10 Goodman To Sher-
man 10 Ness Hit by pitcher-By Eb-
bert. l. Passed balls-McDonald !;
Sherman, l. Cmpire-Mr Berger. Time
Of game hour and Is minutes.
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Lot on DaSes-AtIantlc5, 8, Southern
Railway, 3. First base on balls-On
Sterzer, 1; or SymOnOskie. .: off Dent
4; on Ogle, g. Innings pitche6-By Sy-
monoske, 1; by Dent, ~: by Ogle. Z.
Hits made-On Symonosilie, &. of Dent.
?, of Ogle. l. Struck CUt-By Sferzer
.: by SymonOslIie. 2. Stolen bases
o'NeN and Mccarthy. Cmpire-Afr.
HaDdiboe. Time Of game-1 nOur and
= minutes
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-11

Root, the Chicago Bohemian, and for
mer ELECTROMAGNETIC champion. with
a proposition to be knocked out" and
of plans TO post forfeits insuring against
a double cross" with Joe klan or Char
lev Essig, both of Chicago.
I am the champion, and / must get
the CON- Is faVOrite expression with
Burns in these letters
Johnson. a promoter at Salt Lake City,
offered him a chance to get the COIN
with John Willie.
AlaSl So Few Are Honest.
But johnson is Wnle's pal, and I
won't take his word. and don't want him
70 take mine, as you know, Bill, its hard
to trust one these days" says honest
Tommy.
But Burns was "out to get the coin, -
and a little later he writes TO Gee: You
see Willie and tell him what he has to
do-no monkey business; We can give
him a little on the side
Nor is the heart interest lacking in
these letters OF the champion Of the
world CBurns). All through them runs
the story Of his cOurtship OF girl out
I'm the country of orange blossoms and
fake fights.
Some OF Burns letters, all in his own
! handwriting. were surrendered 10 the
/ Chicago Examiner by Gee
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-11

If at first
You don't succeed,
Try the outfeld,
Like Jake Stahl
Is expected to do.
Don't let a little thing
Like failure
In one town
Discourage you.
This years stars
Are Pittsburg
And Cincinnati
Castoffs.
The Old Sport
Gives the Humor,
History, and
Philosophy Of these cases
In his letter
To his son at college,
Published in
The Sunday Times
Tomorrow.
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BURNS EXPOSED
AS RANK FAKER
LIKE O'BRIEN
Wrote Letters Asking John Willie and Jack
Root to Lie Down-Forfeit to Prevent
Double Cross-Manager Tells.

CHICAGO Ill. May 11.-Champion pugilism was to-
day shown up the greatest gericquick scheme in the
world In the words of Tommy Burns champion of the
world by the good grace of James j. Jeries retired it
game of get the money but don't take any chances "
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Standing of the Clubs.
FRANKLIN SCHOOL TEAM
DEFEATED BY FORCE

The First Division Public School
League played its initial game yester-
day. when the Force and Franklin
teams met on the Monument grounds.
Force won BY 10 3. outbatting and
outfelding their opponents.
The feature was the pitching OF San
tos. who struck out eight Franklin bat
tiers n five innings and allowed only
four hits
The score.
RH.E-
Franklin ---.---...- 0 0 0 1-3 s
Force -------.-..-------- o II 3
Batteries-Barry and Hickman; San
tOs and LOChe.
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If Burns had made the same conditions
with o'Brlcn we wouldn't have this
scandal that may Kill the fight game on
the coast"
Tom McCarey, manager Of the Pacific
Athletic Club in Los Angeles. has the
reputation Of being a square sport. but
II must be remembered that he is d.
rectly responsible for this O'Brien- Burns
iahgle- II ne made any pretense OF be
ing on the honest he should never have
allowed disCredited man like O'Brleu
to appear before his club, especially ia
view OF the miserable performance
OBrien gave in his first 20 with Burns.
Now comes another horrid scandal to
the erect that Burns wanted John VILE
ana Jack Root to arrange fake bouts
with him. which he would win. A Chi
cagO paper gives the story with great
positivencss. and says IL has Burns lot
tiers 70 prove its charges. The motif OF
these alleged documents IS Burns state
ment; i am the champion and must
with the Canadians reputation Of being
about the chestlest and most conceited
proposition that ever entered a roped
arena, and II is no surprise that he vas
not willing TO take a chance on losing
the Joke championship he had acquired.
An, this is indeed a sad world. and Il
IS so hard nowadays 10 find a man who
viii be crooked on the level Note the
plaintive plea OF Tommy Burns that
genuine craftsmanship is so rare that
he finds great difficulty in deciding upon
a man TO hold the money his opponent
must agree 20 put UP as a guarantee not
TO douhle-cross him as he (Burns)
double-crossed OBrien on Wednesday
last. for he fears that either the stake
holder won't pay him ar will run of
with the CONT II things keep on going
from bad 10 worse in this way. some OF
these pugs viii really have 20 fight de-
Gently. as matter Of self-proteItion.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-11
SOUTHERN RAILWAY Is
EASY FOR ATLANTlCS

Dutch Sterzer held Southern Rail
way at his mercy yesterday, allowing
only one hit, and the Atlantics easily
won by 10 10 l.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-11

Totals q 81 Totals....34 Z q 10 5
"Batted for welcker in ninth inning.
Eastern ................ 0 0 2 O 0 -
Business. ............... 0 o 2 o %
Runs-Arney .: Isaacs, Whitney. Davis
Hammond. and Hubbard. First base by er-
rors-Easterh 4. Business. l. Left on bases
Eastern. 4; Business. 5. First base on balls
on DOdd. l. Struck out-By Dodd. I3: by
DumOnt. T. TWO-base hit-HammOnd. Sacri-
fce hit-DOdd. Stolen bases-AfcGiffin. Brad
ley. 2; Isaacs. and Keane. Double play
Davis TO Donnelly to Hart. Cmpire-Mr
Barr. Time OF game-1 hour and 80 minutes
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-11
ST. MARTIN A WINNER
IN MARQUETTE LEAGUE

In the Marquette League yesterday
st Martin beat ST. Dominic BY to ?.
The score:
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Standing OF the Clubs.
RATIONAL LEAGUE
Yesterdays Results.
Today's Games.

Philadelphia, 4: St Louis, /
Cincinnati 6: Boston, 5 Oh inningO.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-11
AMER1cAH LEAGUE
Yesterday ResrItak -
cleveland. O. New Hc- =
Today's Games

Washington at St. Louis.
PhtlGdelphia a. CHICAGO
New York at Cleyelsnt1
IA BoSto1aL Detroit
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JACK o'BRIEN,

If Burns had made the same conditions
with . Brlcn We wouldn't have this
scandal that may kill the fight game on
the coast"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-11

Today's Games.
P1ttsburg at New York.
St Louis at Philadelphfa
Chicago at Brooklyn.
Cincinnati at Boston
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-07-15
Canadian women's council.

Vancouver, B. c.. July 15.-Clubwo-
men and citizens of Vancouver Joined
today in giving an enthusiastic recep-
ton to the hundreds of delegates con
gregating here from all sections of the
dominion to attend the fourteenth an
nual session of the Canadian Nation
al Council of Women. Important ses-
sions were held this morning by the
various standing committees, includ-
ing those On the suppression of the
white slave traffic; laws for better pro
lection of women and children; custo-
dial car of feeble minded ONE
domestic cience and manual training
peace and arbitration; prevention of
the spread of Objectionable literature;
care of the aged and infirm poor; i'm
migration n supervised Fairgrounds
The executive and financial commit
tees of the council will meet this after
noon, and the opening session of the
general council will be held tomorrow
morning. Many important subjects
will be considered during the meet
ing, including plans for the proven
ton of further importations of women
for immoral purposes from European
and Asiatic countries.
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MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS.

confiagration. Today the/e exodus to
this new haven began and by tae end
of the week all of the 10000 man
drains, merchants, coolies and slaves
will have deserted their temporary
quarters by the Oakland water front
and resumed their old life in the China
town of history. New buildings have
been erected to accommodate the little
army of Asiatics and life in Chinatown
will go on much the same-except
that there will be no joss houses. The
new home of the heather Chinee is
Goddess.
dent Jow Doong Tarl of the Ming
Yung association, wealthiest of the
Chinese Six Companies. President
Jow is famed in the empire for his
learning, having been professor of lit
erature and h classics in a Chinese
university before coming to America.
He declares that the jos house and
the idol have become objects of 1evity
among all but the most superstitious
of the Chinese n that their only ex-
cuse for existence is as money-making
Institutions. They are no longer pro-
fitable. Therefore, the gods must go.
No more will tourists be shocked by
leering, f~ear-i1spiring idols, with hid
eous grinning faces set upon squat,
fat forms; foul images of sin in set
tings of dragon embroidered canopies,
with the constant drip of greasy cand-
les and the sickly odors of punk and
incense as Accomplishments. Even the
little niche of worship set apart in the
shops and stores for the god of
wealth has been abolished. Gods
don't pay"
In discussing the matter of abolish
ing the Gods, President Jow says:
Idol worship has never had the ap-
proval of intelligent, educated Chin
csc, either here or in the empire. The
Ming Yung Association has decided to
from its places of business simply be-
cause they are Improbable. Exper-
fence has conclusively shown that
making propositions and that they ne
yer give any return for the money in
vested in them nor for the time spent
in praying to them.
cat our old joss house, which was
destroyed by fire, we made a small
profit from the sale of punk and other
altar curios to tourists. The Christians
were our principal patrons, but now
that the old Chinatown has beer de-
stroyed and is replaced by a modern
lied one / do not believe their custom
will be sufficient to support a joss
house. San Francisco Chinese are
rapidly becoming Americanized and
now have little regard for the religion
of their fatners-nor, l might add, for
any other. l do not think there will
ever De another jos house il the city.
Gods don't pay"
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used Mails to Defraud.

Louisville, KY, July 15.-Joseph P
Williams, president of the defunct In.
ternatiolal Loan and Trust Company,
will nswer in federal court today to
a charge of using the mails to de
fraud. Williams was involved in a de
benture bond scheme. The company
assigned about a month ago owing to
the inability of the concern to meet
the bonds that were coming due i n
large numbers. It is alleged by feder-
al officials that the company was pure
1y a fraudulent one and that its OIL
Gals had no intention of carrying out
its agreement TO redeem the bonds.
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Discuss a Hot Subject.

H%attiesburg, Miss, July 15.-One of
the hottest Debates ever held il Mis-
sissippi is scheduled to take place, be
ginning tonight at Friendship church
near Ellisville, the subject of contro-
versy being rs There a Help" The
Rev. A. G. Strain, a University minis
ter of Alabama, will attempt to re-
lieve the terrors of the heated season
by holding that he'll is a myth, while
his opponent, the Rev. J.. J. Porter,
a Missouri Baptist preacher, will come
to the aid of the weather maj by up
holding the sulphur and birthstone
idea. The debate will continue for
five days and many heat prostrations
are expected to result. The verbal
battle has attracted wide attention
and the defenders and opponents of
hell fire" doctrines will probably at
tend in large numbers.
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financial side OF r1e question.

Dollars and cents are not
10 be neglected" he says. "but life,
liberty, justice, virtue and intelligence
the whole character product and so
cial product of our institutions-are
of greater moment than their money
product" Taking up financial results,
Professor Parsons gives it as his view
that the municipal plants are more
economical Broadly speaking" ne
says, recognizing that there are ex-
captions to all rules. the facts show
that municipal plants tend to make
lower prices to ordinary consumers
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than private plants in the sans coun-
try working under similar conditions,
and they do not grant electric re-
bates or echer favors by secret agree
n1ent with large users. as is not in
frequently the Ease with the larger
companies In the comparatively few
cases where municipal systems do not
make low charges the public still gets
the benefits that under private opera
ton go to the stockholders, for tae
profits of the public plants are used
to improve the service. pay of the
capital, relieve taxation or accomplish
Continued on Page Three.)
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Florida Rife Match.

st. Augustine. Fla, July 15.-Nation
al g~uardsmen from all over Florida
are in camp here to take part ia the
annual state rife competition, which
opened today on the local range un-
der HE auspices OF the Florida board
for the promotion of rifle practice.
The Taliaferro trophy match is the
opening feature and is open to teams
OF i've men each, representing each
company o. the Florida state troops
Individual matches win be held on the
succeeding days of the tournament,
which will last four days.
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cheaper southern Peaches.

New York, July 15.-New York is to
have cheaper southern peaches as the
result of a reduction in freight rates
ordered by the interstate commerce
commission, effective today. The car
rier's charge per 100 pounds from &c
orgia points to New York and Phila-
delphia, is reduced from 81 to &c cents,
and to Baltimore and Washington,
from IS to SO cents.
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No More Pink Papers.

New York, July 15.-Hearst's Even
ing Journal appeared this afternoon
printed on ordinary white paper, in
stead of the flaming pink sheets here
tofore used. According to an editorial
announcement, the use of pink paper
offended thousands of readers and for
this reason was abolished. The change
is looked upon with interest in New
York newspaper circles as indicating
the decadence Of sensational journal
istic methods.
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Vanderbilt Dividends.

New York, July ia quarterly
dividend OF ~ per cent. was paid to
stockholders today by the New York
Central railway, thus setting at rest
the rumors that the rate of disburse-
ment might be reduced. The Lake
Shore and Michigan Central roads
have also declared their semi-annual
dividends of 6 per cent and 8 per cent
respectively, both payable July 20.
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Two Hundred Farmers, schools

Jackson, Miss, July 15.-Over 200
farmers institutes will be held in Mis-
sissippi during the season ushered in
today by the several crops of agricul-
tural experts organized for that pur-
pose. Some of the most prominent
seed and soil authorities in the Jul
try AVE been engaged for lectures
and demonstrations to be held at va
rious points during the balance of this
month and August and September.
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The Daily Herald, of W~eatherford,
Texas, appears to be able to find
nothing for commentator in its own
town and country-and accordingly
devotes considerable space to "cuss-
ing" the Pecos Valley. No harm
done, of course.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-07-15

There is money in the barber bust
ness" says the New York Sun. There
is also the social advantage of being
able to hold a razor at the throat OF
the auditor while you tell him your
favorite anecdotes Louisville Cou-
r~ier-Journal.