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Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1907-07-06

Walter Johnson, the phenom pit
cher of Weiser, Idaho, has signed
with the Washington, D. c. team.
Johnson's record as pitcher is with
out parallel in baseball history. He
has pitched seventy-fve innings with
out run being scored against him
and has struck out 100 men in ninety
nine innings. The Weiser team has
played seven straight shut-out games.
On Sunday the Ogden HOLSTERS
trimmed the Occidental Chocolates
in ball game at the Junction City,
to the tune of II to S, while at Park
City battle royal between the Heber
and Park City mines resulted in vic
tory for the Park lads, the score
being to 3. In Salt Lake the Tail
ors gave the La Veille smokers a Sc
we're drubbing game, IS to 2.
On circular track at Portland last
Sunday 25horsepower car, driven
by ]. Fl. Wallace, defeated Bruno
Siegel and established new worlds
record for a twenty-fve-mile tour
ing car race. The time for the TWEEN
ty-five miles was 2o:oo As. "a Sec
onds less than the worlds record to
date.
Garry Hermann has planned a
field day for ball players, to be held
in Cincinnati on September 10th, and
he has extended the invitation to
every ball club under the national
agreement to send its fastest runners,
its best throwers, its most accurate
hunters, and its star batters t. Gin
cinnatti to contest for prizes.
1t is estimated that twenty thous-
and people witnessed the automobile
hill climbing contest in Salt Lake last
Saturday. Samuel Newhouse's mach
inc, driven by Bert Fuller, won the
honors, making the fastest time, and
also winning the free-for-all class
event.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1907-07-06
WITH THE SPORTS.

Instead of using horse to NOW
his lawn, Colonel Webb Hayes of
Fremont, o., hauls 36-inch mower
around with his two-cylinder runa.
bout, which also is utilized to pull
two-horse road scraper and a two
horse wagon for hauling rubbish, etc.
But we imagine the average Utah
farmer will stick to the good old
fashioned horse for farming purpose
for few years longer at least
The state fair to be held in Salt
Lake this fall is to have some first
class horse races, if the size of the
purses to be hung up have any draw
ing power. The directors have APP
propriated $1,000 for premiums for
horse races, which is nearly $4,000
more than has ever been offered to
the horsemen before.
Dubei, the Tailor, who has bunch
of ball tossers who are anxious to
get their feet wet, declares that Dad
Gimlin of Ogden and the Murryites
are suffering from a severe attack of
scaritis, or cold feet, both teams
having backed out of games with thte
little Tailors. John says his boys
can defeat eithcg team for money
marbles or soda water.
Barney Oldfeld. the "Wizzard OF
the Auto" who at one time was
rider on the saucer track in Salt Lake
has made arrangements to remain on
the coast throughout the eleven sum-
mer months, under the management
of James W. Coffroth, who is to pro-
mote automobile meetings through
out the state of California, with Old
field as the star attraction.
Kramer now heads the list of win
ners at the Salt Palace track, while
DeMora leads the amateur bunch by
a small margin.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1907-07-06
JULY EXCURSIONS EAST.

Colorado Midland Railway, July
18th and 25th, Limit October 3Ist
One fare plus two dollars for round
trip. Midland City Ticket Office.
L. H. HARDING,
General Agent.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1907-07-06

Miss May Sutton of California is
having an easy time defeating the
Britons at the game of tennis.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1907-07-06

The state tennis tournament, held
at the Miller Courts in this city, has
drawn big crowds of followers of the
game. The finals were played on
the 4th, and today the match for
the state championship will be pulled
off
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1907-07-06

Australian Squires was an s to 10
favorite on the Ist. Wish we had
known what the outcome would be
on the 4th.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1907-07-06

Kramer now heads the list of win
ners at the Salt Palace track, while
DeMora leads the amateur bunch by
a small margin.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1907-07-06

The Salt Lake Gun club has re
ceived Dicky Bird trap to be used
in the shoot for the Dupont trophy
today.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1907-07-06

game. The finals were played on
the 4th, and today the match for
the state championship will be pulled
off.
This has been a great week for the
followers of sporting events, with
prize fights, base ball games, bicy-
Gle races, and tennis tournaments
throughout the land and its only the
knockers and hard-to-please kind that
have not had run for their money
The initial games in the City anna
teur base ball leagues were played
last Saturday, and today the teams
will meet for the second round. There
are six teams in the league, and the
boys are putting up fair game of
ball.
The old fight between the promo
ters of San Francisco is on again,
and the real fighters and fight fans
will probably suffer as they did before
when the game was practically killed
by the fight trust
Cornelius Walsh, OF the Irish
American Athletic club of New York
has made new worlds record with
the 56-pound weight, throwing the
weight fifteen feet two and one-half
inches.
Fifteen hundred people attended
the bicycle races in Ogden Sunday
night-a great turn out for Ogden
Looks as though the track at that
burg is going to be money-maker.
The Salt Lake Gun club has re
ceived Dicky Bird trap to be used
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-07-10
British Colonies and the Iapnnese


Says the New York Times. in the course
of an editorial commenting on the various
foreign views of the japanese situa-
ton"
1T is interesting TO be reminded that the gov
erument Ct Great Britain, Japan's ally IS in much
tie position in regard 10 japanese immigra-
ton the government q the United States. The
Transvaal colony has a law ubjecting all Asiatic
immigrants. including the japanese, 10 the same
rigid physical examination and registration ap-
piled 20 criminals. 4 similar law is strongly IA
vnged in Australia This may not be very i'm
portant. but it ought TO check scme Of the silly
alarmists"
AS a matter Of fact. Australia has a
law which most enectually bars japanese
from that country. The statute in ques-
ton prohibits the entrance of any colored
peoples. and the japanese are tnniuded in
that classification. A year OF 50 ago a
Japanese war ship or two visited Austria
liam ports, and while the officers and
crews were permitted to land, it was with
the distinct understanding that they were
touches at an Australian port with Japa-
nese among his crew must furnish
heavy bonds guaranteeing that when he
clears the japanese will be aboard. If
they are not, the bonds are forfeited and
the runaways are hunted down and de-
ported. In this respect the japanese are
on exactly the same footing as Lascars.
Indians, Chinese, negroes, Kanakas. or
any Of the other peoples regarded as
''colored" within the meaning of the law.
Notwithstanding all this, England is
Japan's ally. There is no talk Of war
because Of the white Australian" policy.
even though some of the Australian Jour
nails refer to the japanese in terms so
much more derogatory than any used by
even the most extreme American papers
that there can be no comparison. Last
years files Of the Sydney Bulletin. for
example, will afford ample evidence in
support Of this statement
r. AS the Times says, such facts as these
should silence some Of the silly alarm
lists who are wildly clamOring for atten-
ton just now. But will they? Are facts
or common sense entering into the equa-
ton at all?
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-07-10
The Society for psvchical research.

A good deal Of fun. first and last. has
been made OF the Society for Psychlcal Re-
search, of which Prof. Hystop. formerly
of Columbia University, is the head Most
Of the ridicule has been based on ignO-
rance of the snciety's objects, which are
purely and plainly scientific. Prof Hyslop
Is a hard-headed man of science, who
started in many years ago frankly a non
believer in psychic phenomena Of any
sort. and who now has arrived. not at a
condition of absolute belief, but at a
point where he is obliged TO confess that
he does not know
The most significant work OF the so
ciety Of which Prof. Hyslop Is the head
has been in connection with Mrs. Piper
q medium. She does none Of the tricks
Of the parlor spiritualist. but goes into
a trance and tells strange things. Through
the agency Of DR.. Hyslop this woman was
given a salary by the Society for Psychical
Research, and since that time has been
under the care and guardianship OF the
officers of the society. men above re-
proach, who are investigating for purely
scientific reasons. What they have dis
covered is set forth in some dozen OF
so large volumes, which are published
for the society. II there is TO be any de-
termination Of the truths and uptruths OF
spiritualism. II must be through some such
disinterested agency as this.
a recent Illustration of the work OF the
society comes from Windsor, Nova Scotia
The town was wrought up over spiritual
manifestations. Boxes and barrels were
moved by unseen agencies. objects few
through the air. mysterious voices were
heard. Prof. Hyslop sent one Of his tried
assistants to the place. and the result is
a report that "all the alleged phenomena
at Windsor. which excited public notice.
We're frauds pure and simple" Great
pains had been taken to gull the public.
A hogshead which rolled about the street
was found to contain young boy. There
were mysterious wires and secret doors.
all Of which the trained investigator
found Thus a credulous public was
saved from fear and fraud, and thus the
much laughed at Society for Psychical
Research Justifies itself and commands
respect.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-07-10
LITERARY WORM TURNS.
IL City Editor won't EdItoriaIixe NJ
"a. M, He Asks. Who WHIP

Editor The Washington Herald:
The lawyer-author li5eIed in your Issue
Of July 3 for making a city editor dash
of a leading editorial at o'clock in the
morning desires TO express his apprecia-
ton Of your editorial Of that date. and
begs TO request the following informa-
ton:
II you want 10 make some editorial
cuss in a tower al O'Clock in the morn
ing write an editorial about a fellow
chasing around in a cab al the same
hour, how are you going to do It unless
you make the city editor do It? And
IL the city editor won't do It. how
in - can you do it? As the story
In question is about 10 come out IN
book form. and as in your editorial you
assert that you purpose 10 furnish ex-
pert information about newspaper work
yourselves. kindly make good TO this ex-
tent. II is necessary for somebody con-
nected with a newspaper 10 write some
thing about the man in the cab. Can you
help me out?
The other information contained In your
editorial has been carefully tabulated for
future use, and I note with satisfaction
something of which 1 have always been
secretly cOnvinceG-that the literary ed
itor busies himself in writing advertise
ments.
ARTHUR TRAIN.
District Attorneys Ofice. County Of New YORK.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-07-10

provide better accommodation for steer
age passengers. Ii directs them to de-
port all aliens who have entered the coun-
try in violation of law, and to take back
all those who become public charges
through causes that existed prior to
;heir landing. The act also specifically
forbids the bringing in of women for
immoral purposes, the admission of
feeble-minded persons and those afflicted
with tuberculosis. None of these pro-
visions is likely appreciably TO cut down
the rush of immigrants.
The final clause of the law raises the
head tax on immigrants from 81 to 81 a
head but this difference is so slight when
applied to the individual, though in the
mass it will make a good round sum,
that 1t really provides no check. Indeed,
Congress seemed TO feel that the new
law would do little TO restrict immigra-
ton, and for that reason 1t provided for
the creation Of a commission to make a
practical study of the whole question.
That commission is now at work in this
country and in Europe, and the conclu-
siOns II reaches and the remedies 1t rec
ommends should be most interesting and
instructive.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-07-10
i TvnlcaIlv EnIrhnnksinn AZ.

From Passamaquoddy Bay TO San Diego,
from Key West to Port Townsend, the
pert photographers will now rise up in
glee and pour out the walls of their
near-wit on the helpless head Of our
beloved Vice President What a chance
he has given them by that exploit out at
Yellowstone Lake, to be sure! It Is
easy to anticipate them. They will point
out that he now has the advantage Of
all other Presidential aspirants, so far
as the labor vote IS concerned, because
it was a waitress whom he rescued
from the cruel waters. They will say
things about the spectacle Of as dignifed
man as he running at breakneck
speed" from the hotel veranda to the
edge Of the lake. They will crack al
legged jokes about the water being way
over the young wOmans head, inasmuch
as It reached the Vice Presidents waist.
They viii even accentuate the coinci-
dence of the rescued maiden being the
same who waited on the Vice Presi-
Dental table with such assiduity and
skill as to cause the favOTite of all Indi-
ana's favorite sons to say nice things to
the hotel manager about her. They will
but what's the use of going on? Every
reader Of The Washington Herald knows
as well as we do the various forms their
testing will take. Already in your
minds eyes every one Of you can see
that double-leaded paragraph, a column
or two in length. which the New York
sun will print this morning
Personally, we do not think Of STOPPING
10 such foolery It was a cOurag eous.
noble, typically Fairbanksian act that
the Vice President performed, and we
hereby tender our sincere cOngratula-
tons. We rather guess that the country
viii realize before long that all strenu-
osity in the land isn't confined to oyster
Bay and the White House tennis court
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-07-10
Municipal ownership in Practice.

Two reports have been made by mem
bers Of the National Civic Federation
commission who have been investigating
the subject Of municipal ownership for
nearly two years. One Of these. written
by Prof John R. Commons. dealing With
the relation of labor and politics 10 gov
ernment-controlled utilities. is rather
favorable to municipal ownership; while
the other. whose author, J. w. Sullivan.
describes the conditions Of employment
by municipal authorities. takes a much
less pleasing view Of municipalized public
service. Both reports present unhappy
pictures of political corruption arising
out Of the relations Of public-service cor
poTauons with local authorities, and also
in the conduct of municipalzed public
utilities Prof. Commons maintains that
political corruption is no greater under
public than under private ownership, but
st seems TO be established by both re-
ports that municipal ownership is no
panacea for corporate corruption of local
politics. In Wheeling, W. Va, for ex-
ample, Prof Commons found the NUM-
Clpal gas works as deep in the mud OF
politics as the privately owned street
car lines were in the mire The council
and aldermen" he says, control the
municipal gas works, and they contro!
the franchises and contracts Of the pri-
vate companies. The city hall ring is
just as much a ring Of the political tools
of the private corporations as it is 4
ring Of municipal politicians" The capa-
bic politician, Prof. Commons remarks.
can build up his organization just as
effectively under municipal as under pri-
vate ownership.
Perhaps the most striking feature of
the reports is the mass of evidence
brought out that municipal ownership
so far has not greatly improved the con-
dition Of government employees. Only the
common laborer seems to have been espe-
cially benefited by exchanging q private
for public employer. This was found
to be true both in the United States and
Great Britain. The tendency is for the
local authorities to pay the going rate
Of wages, unless political pressure forces
them 10 do otherwise. Mr.. Sullivan ap-
pears 10 think the employe of a private
concern is really better of than the mu-
nicipal employe. in spite Of the fact that
the latter often gets a soft berth. for
he concludes that under private employ
ment good men are moro certain of re-
tanning their places. they pay no pollu-
cal assessments. and are politically free,
and they work under better conditions
Is 10 comfort and future prospects.
reover, Mr.. Sullivan observes, munich
ownership spells the ruin OF trade
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-07-10

or labor organizations. whose purpose is
TO secure better wages and conditions OF
employment Politics is the municipal
employees substitute for the union. On
this point Mr. Sullivan's remarks are
worth quoting In full;
The wage worker who reads the labor report
cannot but perceive that manipulation IN various
ways carries perls to tbs trade union. In the Tst
place. the field for the labor-yote manipulation en-
larses with municipal employment But many
unionists refuse to be moved about like pawns snd
the lukewarm union member declining either to
support or 10 fight the growing strength Of pemi-
cious labor politicians has reason TO drop
out Of the union should occasion arise. Again. in
dridnal unionsts at work for municipalities learn
to look to politics for help; whole unions do so. rs
IN tho case cf the British electrical workers and In
50 far they are ont Of the real union movement
They are engrafed political clubs not trade unions
They carry perTersiOn 10 the ranks Of genuine
unionisn."
In view Of the labor-union sentiment
for municipal ownership. the experience
of British unions is significant They can
not retain their members who drift into
municipal employment. nor can they
tolerate separate organizations Of public
employees, for such an organization was
repudiated by the trades union congress
in 1906. on protest from other unions that
it was weakening their membership. Mu-
nicipal employees. therefore, look to polit-
zeal action to secure better wages and
shorter hours of labor, and, as Prof.
Commons says. they sooner or later
cast their votes for candidates who
promise or have secured a betterment Of
their condition" And Mr.. Sullivan found
that -unionism and Oflce-holding, even
of the pettiest grade. do not fuse"
We gather from these reports that mu-
nicipal ownership has its evil side, and
that. possibly. it would be better to re-
form the ills OF private management, as
popular opinion now demands, than 10
fly to others lurking in the municipal
ownership and management of public
utilities that we now not Of
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-07-10
The New immigration Law.

Some surprise is expressed that, though
the new immigration law passed by the
last Congress went into effect June a.
there has been no appreciate effect on
immigration. Neither in the numbers
admitted nor their average. quality does
there seem to be any change.
OF course, it is a bit early yet to Judge
what the effect Of the law Is really to
be, but one may imagine that even If If
had been much more drastic in its regu-
lations than it is. it would hardly serve
to stem the steadily rushing tide of i'm
migrants from Europe who seek refuge
in this land Of promise.
The new act was a compromise between
the friends of liberal immigration laws
and the advocates Of immigrant restric-
ton Very properly, it places greater re-
sponsibilities on the transportation com
Danies, and guarantees one much-needed
reform by requiring the steamships TO
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-07-10
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
GREAT SPORT.

Come. Willie. come, and let US go
Trust-busting.
1t is delightful sport, you know
Trust busting
Wen hale 10 court a magnate stout
And worm his inmost secrets out
For that's the way to go about
TTust-busting.
Come, children all. and go with US
Trust-busting.
We're going to make an awful fuss
Trust-busting
Wen make the magnate tell his name;
Wen make him swear unto the same.
Oh, isn't it q lovely game
Trust-busting?
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-07-10
DoIIIver md TiIImnn-

Nobody who knows the two men Is sur
prised by Senator Delivers denial of the
story sent out from Jackson. Mich. a few
days ago to the effect that, because of
certain statements made by the Iowa
Senator in the course of a Chautauoua
speech, Senator Tfllman. another Chau-
tauqua speaker. had challenged him to a
duel, which challenge was declined. In
asmuch as various wild and woony stories
about Senator's on the Chautauqua plat
form have been given out this summer,
Senator Delivers statement in the prem
ises Is of particular interest. He ex-
presses the opinion that some of the
Chautauqua managers are anxious to ex-
plot speakers in the most sensational
manner possible, and declares that if the
practice is not stopped he will quit the
Chautauqua platform. while Senator
Tulman and myself do not entertain the
same views on many questions" Senator
Deliver is quoted as saying, L am sure
/ will never use language on the platform
about him that would cause him to issue
a challenge TO me-" Thus another Yellow
journal development of the heated season
is punctured.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-07-10
WEDNESDAY, July 10. 1907
A Menace to Peace.

The New York Herald. which is per
sonally conducting the battle-ship expe-
dition 10 the Pacific. wants the feet sent
direct to Manila. not as a menace to
Japan. but as a prudential measure that
would most probably avert all danger of
war" To dispatch the battle ships TO
the Pacific coast. in that papers opinion,
would be a 'strategical blunder." provo
cative Of the very danger it is sought TO
prevent II gives this reason why:
THE transfer Of our battle-ship feet to the Pa
cife cnast, instead Of averting war, might render
war inevitable. For the progress Of the feet
around the South American continent would b re-
corded IN countless dispatches from every port Of
call; the japanese public. Unconditional though 1t
may Be. could not remain unimpressed by what
would seem like slowly approaching danger. and
japanese iingoism might finally gain the upper
hand and pFocpitate a crisis by forcing the gov
eTrment TO open hostilies and seze the Philippines
as a precautionary measure"
An extraordinary confession, and one
that serves to confirm the opinion Of
those who believe the whole battIe-ship
programme TO be a grave blunder, not
withstanding official and unofficial pro-
teStatiOns that II is q peace move. Il is
nonsensical TO argue, as our contempt
rary does. that to send a powerful fleet
10 the Philippines. as a prudential meas
ure, would be less menacing TO Japan
than sending it to the Pacific coast. The
ultimate objective of the fleet, the motive
and purport of the maneuver would be
exactly the same. whether the battle
ships sailed for Magdalena Bay or Ma
Mia. What the New York Herald says
OF the probable effect of the transfer of
our ships Of war to the Pacific would be
equally true Of their transfer to the Phil
ippines. So its observations on that score
simply amount to an admission that the
administration is contemplating a very
dangerous naval movement, which has
every promise of infaming the passions
Of war more than the emotions Of peace.
The price Of thread has been advanced
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-07-10
The Reason

From The Philadelphia Public Ledger.
why are you sending a fleet to the
Pacifc?"
This direct and almost impertinent ques-
ton did not disturb the President.
II might as well be frank about II" he
replied. bob Evans is anxious 10 try the
tuna fishing off Catalina Island. There's
nothing like Il on the Atlantic side"