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The Washington times., 1907-12-25
RALPH ROSE AGAIN
STIRS UP TROUBLE
May Be Barred by A. A. u.
for Pro. Foot
ball.

NEW YORK. Dec. 25.-There Is tr0u-
ble in store FOR Ralph Rose. the world s
champion shOtputter
The big California giant IS charged
wirh having broken faith with the ANA
teur Athletic Union, and If charges are
proved ne VIII be disqualified by the
a. A L.
II is alleged that Rose played on "a
professional football team in his native
town. which. II true. puts him out.
James + Sullivan, president Of The
Amateur Athletic Union, has started an
investigation and will sift the matter
10 the bottom.
He said: 1t makes no difference who
or what the athlete is. II he doesn't
play fair with the A a. l., ne must
get out. As long as am president Of
the association the sport must be clean
ard / Will keep II so"
The loss OF Rose viii be keeuly felt
by the American team for the Olympic
games He was looked upon 10 make
the man for the discus event. along
with Sheridan.
The Washington times., 1907-12-25
CAP TAIN GRAHAM
PLANS LONG SWIM
Hopes to Make 800 Miles
in Thirty Days.

BALTIMORE, Nd. Dec. "a Ions
swim IS being planned by Capt Car
Isle D. Graham. who is famed as the
Hero Of Niagara because Of his feat
IN passing through the rapids and whir-
pool Of the falls in a casll IN July, 1885
His plan is 10 start at Niagara Falls
and swim down the St Lawrence river.
crossing Lake Ontario. a distance OF
thirty-six miles. his hnal landing place
being designated as Montreal That will
mean q total Of s50 miles for the captain
to cover. and ne intends 10 average
about zen hours a day IN the water
covering approximately fifteen miles in
tbs time. DuriaE the crossing Of the
lake. however. Captain Graham rec6-
Ons that he VIII have 10 be in the water
for twenty hours. He viii start train
ing in June. and though hfty-seven
years old ne is confident that he VIII
Je able 70 negotiate the fun distance
Start Near Falls.
The start will be made says Cap
tain Graham. from a point about half
q LllI4- lr4NM Aalt AdllS- E-l1ll HGel4
rubber Hfe-prescrver and q boat viii ac-
company ME. 7 must pass through the
Niagara whirlpool and four rapids in
my swim. Two Of these rapids VIII
prove a great undertaking. one Oi
them. the Long Sou. near Cornwall,
Ontario. is six miles long. and the Ra-
cine Rapids IN the St Lawrence river
is still worse. The boat is not 20 join
me until I reach Lewiston. about seven
miles from the falls.
From Youngstown. y. Y, 1 shall
start my thirty-siI-mile swim across
Lake Ontario. I dread that, not be-
cause Of the distance. but because the
lake is very rough so much Of the time
IL Will probably take me twenty hours
to get across, and shall have 70 stay
in the water and keep apart from the
boat all that time; otherwise my swim
would be broken.
The Washington times., 1907-12-25
HOWL OVER HALPIN
IS GROWING WORSE:
CHARGES PREPARED
Irish A, A. Violently ReSents James E. Sullivan 5
Scheme to Use Second String Athletes Rather
Than Heed ProteStS-Effects Far-Reaching.

NEW YORK. Dec. 25.-The Irish
American Athletic Clubs formal protes,
Of Matthew p. HaIpln as manager OF
the Olympic athletic team that viii rep
resent the United States IN the games
at London next year resulted yesterday
In President lanes +. Sullivan. OF the
Amateur Athletic Union. and secretary
Of the American committee on the
games. making HIS first public defense
OF the committees choice.
'Those who do not Ike Halpln can
stay home IS "a skeleton Of the state
ment, but his declaration that second
grade athletes viii be taken, II neces-
sary, under Halpin's management again
stirred the athletic champions who have
insisted on the choice OF some man
other than n p. Halpin-
Charges Promised.
Mr. Sullivan's invitation 70 the pro-
testing athletes 20 furnish specific In
stances Of uisualaEemeut on the part
OF Halpin during The Athens Trip was
welcomed by members OF the New York
Athletic and I-ish-American clubs. To-
day a member OF the New York Arh-
ledc Club win give a detailed account OF
his experiences under Halpin-
Ine men VINO spoke in taTOr OF Man
ager HaIpin or refused TO give opinions
on the Olympic committees choice vii
have opportunities TO support HalpIu
when the specific charges are made
TwO-thirds of the men who made I'D Tho
American team IN Greece have az sOms
time denounced HllDiu as manager.
May Ruin American Chances.
Many Of the athletes who have ex-
pressed their views declared that Il th5
committee sacrifices harmony. athletic
strength. and dignity 10 support the
"HaIp pIn-0r-nO-One'' campaign America
will be forced 70 yield the houors wor
at Athens 70 England or one OF the
nations on the European continent. The
American public. that IS invited 70 con.
tribute TO the fund Of $4,000 with which
20 defray expenses Of the Olympic
teams visit 20 England, Will undoubt-
edly be factor in deciding whether
secOnd-ra1ers or Americas best ANA
teurs viii be members OF the team from
this country.
Some of The champion athletes. who
have asserted that rather than be mem
bers OF a team managed by Ealpin
they VIII stay on this side OF the water
The Washington times., 1907-12-25
MURPHY PEACEFUL
TOWARD INVADERS

CHICAGO. Dec. 25.-Charies ". Muir
ply. president Of the worlds cham
pions, believes that his attitude regard
ing the proposed invasion OF the North
Side by the American Association has
been misunderstood. He says he has
no fear of the result OF competition be
tween his club and the minor league,
and explains that his statements bear
ing on the talk of invasion were simply
10 show his loyalty 10 the National
League.
President Comiskey Of the White Sox,
Is willing that the minors locate on the
North Side, and now that Murphy has
set himself right and shown his indif-
ference to the proposed invasion il may
he that other major league magnates
Will feel that they have no good reason
for denying admission to the American
a Association should that body formally
petition the majors for permission 10
locate a club on the North Side
The Washington times., 1907-12-25

may weaken under the lure Of tbs
promised trip abroad, but Martin J.
Sheridan. worlds all-arOuud athlete
cham ION. IS evidently not one Of these.
Sner-.-al ls OF the same opinion. only
more eIlrLlucally SO. than he was a
few weeks ago, when, with other great
athletes and probable winners Of places
on the next Olympic team, he declared
himself out OF any team that Halpin
IS manager Of
Resents Sullivan's Stubboruness.
That James T. sulIivan.s insistence
upon the retention OF a manager, ob5ec-
tiOnable 10 two-thirds or more Of the
amateur athletes who are urged 70 re-
tain the supremacy OF America IN ath-
lerlcs VIII open wounds that Il will
take many months 70 heal was the
opinion OF a New York Athletic Club
member, who talked with G. World
The athletes fear that England and
other countries viii take up the sqlab-
bic as a specimen OF the workings OF
amateur athletic leaders in the United
states Members Of the last years
Olympic team feel sure that the Gifi-
Guilty between the athletes and the con-
trolling powers could have been avoid-
ed without undesirable publicity or com
ment by the committees selection OF
a successor 10 Halpin-
Performers Defed.
Having kept silent for months afeer
the return from Athens, several OF the
athletes take the stand that the OIyn-
pic committees choice Of Halpin was
q Jehaut invitation for dissension- None
Of The athletes who has talked about
the games considers himself sure OF a
place, but q majority OF them DO not
wish 70 keep IN training for months 70
compete IN the American trials for the
, Olympic games, especially II the CON
mittee ignores the wishes Of the ath-
letes and retains Halpin as manager.
The Washington times., 1907-12-25
ATTELL AND DANE
HAVE FIERCE MIX
WHILE TRAINING
BY TAD.


NEW YORK, Dec. 25.-Bat'Irg Nelson
and Abe Atten did hook w in the gym
nasium after all.
The other day we printed an article
about the rivalry between the pair and
stated then that If they did hook up IL
would be q fight and no brotherlv love
affair Both are training at AIIetts
place. near Frisco. and the other day
put the gloves on for three rounds
Altell bled the Battler's nose In the
first and had his cheek laid open in
! the second by the Dane The third was
whirlwind affair. Both were covered
with blood, but when they were pulled
apart they shook hands and laughed
over the thing as though they were the
best friends in the world
Attel Is ruling fay1Tlte lE the fight
which takes place on New Year Day out
there.
Jack Blackburn. Of Philadelphia. out
pointed Mike Donovan. of Rochester,
I'm a ten-Tound bout at Reading. Pa,
last evening before a crowded house.
Blackburn was too clever for his oppo-
nent.
In the early round both fought eau
tiOusly, but aftCr the fourth Donovan
took some hard wallOps from Black
burn. Donovan played mostly for the
stomach II Blackburn ana landed some
good punches. In the last round they
went a fast clip and both were tired
AT the end There was only one knock
down. that being IN the eighth when
Donovan went to TIE floor. Outside Of
this round, however. Donovan held his
own with the colOTed man.
Young Ketchell broke his hand while
training Monday and is now Cur Of the
running as far as the middIeweight
championship is concern. d. We were
looking forward 10 the COWBOY fighter
meeting the winner of the Nell- -Papke
but with one Of his weapons or tEe bum
he never can be considered.
Kelly and Papke night next Monday
night at Milwaukee. Ketchell with HIS
broken hand will be at the ringside. as
VIII Walter Stanton. the new tighter.
The Washington times., 1907-12-25
Clean Sweep al Athens.

In April 1895. several American ath-
Ietes competed In the revived Olympian
games at Athens. Greece. This delega-
ton included no amateur champion and
only one record holder hUt they proved
so much better than their opponents
they won almost every event entered.
r r. Burke won the 100 meters and the
400 meters. with II. p. Jamisou second.
Curtis won the IlO-met6r hurdle ice,
while IT. =. Clarke took the running
high jump. r Garrett second. Clark,
Garrett. and Connolly took the first
three places in the broad jump. W. w
Hoyt won the pole vault and ConnOl-
~ the hop. step, and jump. and Garrett
took the discus throw and shot Put. The
revolver and rifle shooting contests
went 20 the two sons Of General Payne,
the renowned yachtsman.
After long negotiations a match was
arranged I'm lSS9-OEford and Cam bridSe
against Yale and Harvard. The English
came Off victorious In this match, win
ming by a score Of > 20 4. Americas $ de-
feat being due TO III health Of T. +
Burke. who 20 was conceded would win
the haIf-mIle. but finished last instead
of first
The Washington times., 1907-12-25
TRAPPED CHICKEN EATEN
BY THE HUNGRY HOGS

PORT JERVIS, N. Y. Dec. ga .biz.
SNOWFALL which got beyond control Of
several boys this morning rolled down
e hill and smashed through Farmer
Schnei6er's chicken coop.
The big ball gathered I'D nine OF
Schneider's hens. and. with the poultry
packed in the snow. II rolled further
and bruuEhr I'D in the barnyard Of an
other farmer. where pigs ate I've OF
the chickens before they could be res
cued-
The Washington times., 1907-12-25

sent a team 20 England and France.
In Paris, at the International meetins
Victor MapeS. Of Columbia University.
won the long jump. while the Manhattan
A. &. team took every other first prize.
Yale VS.. Oxford.
A team Of Yale athletes crossed the
Atlantic in 1894 and competed against
Oxford University. They lost the con-
test by the score OF 5lk to 3lz The
training and management OF the Yale
teams were severely criticised, and were
undoubtedly responsible for the failure.
In the winter OF lSg4-9J arrangements
were made for a match between the
London 4. c and the New York A G..
Each club was allowed 10 strengthen its
team by additional membership for this
match. thus making the affair a contest
between the best English and American
amateur athletes.
The result was most extraordinary
The teams were fairly repI sentative OF
the athletic strength Of either country.
and seemed likely 10 make a good fight.
bur the New York 4. &. won every
event And still more wonderful Is the
fact that II the performance OF all OF
New NOTks eleven winners had been
diSreECrdcd and the score made up as
f they had not been present America
would have stil won the match by a
score OF 10 D.
The Washington times., 1907-12-25
The Greatest American Team.

In the International games in Paris i'm
1900 there were twenty-four scratch con-
tests and the American team took
eighteen of them. This was perhaps
the strongest team that ever left the
United States TO invade a foreign land.
Among the spTinters were such men as
the great Duffy Jarvis. Tewksbury. and
Burroughs. Then there's was MaNey
Long, the greatest quarter miller that
eve, lived. wEO ran a quarter in -
seconds.
KraenzIein. tile champion hurdler,
whose records for the 10 and 20 hur-
dies stiu stand, was also on this team.
lie was a great broad jumper as we'll
as a hurdler. and also holds the anna
teur record for that event. MalOney
and Mclean. both hUrdlers and jump
ers. We're on this team. Prinstein. the
broad jumper, who Is still IL the har-
ness, was also a competitor, and so
was Baxter. the high jumper. In Paris
he did feet 6 inches in the high jump.
Sheldon and Flanagan, the weight men.
astonishcd the foreigners and won as
| they pleased. IN London at this same
time this team swept the Engllshmen
of their feet, winning about everything
in sight.
At the last Olympian games in Greece
a year ago the American team again
I demonstrated its superiority and won
the majority Of events, most Of them
with ridiculous ease.
The records OF all these international
competitions show that America Is well
ahead of the other countries when IL
/ comes 10 producing athletes. The team
| that Will represent the Stars and Stripes
next summer will be up 10 tho stand
ard and we may await with compIa-
ccncN the outcome at London.
The Washington times., 1907-12-25
On Liquid Diet.

While in the water I Will be fed on
Seef tea and other liquid nourishment.
II / succeed in crossing Lake Ontario
without breaking my swim I shall pro-
ceed do'r i the lake from Toronto until
1 reach Kingston. Here I shall enter
the St. Lawrence river. and passing
through the ThDl=and Islands 1 shall
make my way TO Montreal, the end Of
my trip. I should like TO make the
swim in thirty days II things go as
I hope. shall make an attempt to
swim the English Channel Although I
have been abroad forty-six times
have never tried"
The Washington times., 1907-09-04
Girls Diary Describes War
With Her Dual Personality,
And Gives CIue to Her End
Little Book Kept in Jewel Casket by Missing
Woman Read After Month"; and Secrets of
Her Life Are Revealed

Miss Bennett was philosophical as the
following shows:
oh, yes; / know all that Is morbid
I know / mustn't allow myself 10 get
morbid. There is only half Of ne that
is not sane. The other nalf 10 very sane
looking down on the acts ard terrOrS
of the fool self and laughing But some
times the sane self is almost frightened,
too-that sane self that goes everywhere
alone and picks up miTe and snakes, and
even locks 10 see what made that mire
and snakes. ana I'm the dark mistrust
and qualms arise When Lhe terror
strikes in on the sane self, too, then
7 shall go mad"
Her Farewell Letter.
A farewell letter written 20 that one
whose absence she is constantly regret
ting was found addressed 20 mo One
tt Is as follows:
"Good-by. Old World. I am going
Home" What is 'Home?' Where is
Home Home is a thing ] have never
known. d thing / shall never know.
What's the use of IL all? Other girls
make themselves q home. other girls
can stand il TO live continually Earring.
never having things they want. cOntin-
uaIy giving up their way 10 some one
else's.
Books say that that is the only true
happines, that all our true receiving IS
in giving-am ! an anomaly 1 love to
give, II / give freely l cannot stand
IL 10 be compelled 10 give or 10 have
people ETOw so used 10 my giving that
they expect Il. Neither am I content to
sit and selfshly take all, giving nothing.
Why must a person be tied2'
The Washington times., 1907-09-04

NEW YORK. Sept. 4.-The remark
able diary of Miss Alice NJ Bennett, the
New York University graduate, whose
strange disappearance a month ago Is
now linked with the unsOlyed nys-
Ferries Of the great city. has been found.
Less poignant expressions Of mind
= torture than those unfoided in the pages
OF this diary have awakened the world
10 wonder one must turn ito the IA
mous diary Of Marie Bashkrtsen, the
brilliant young Russian, for a parallel
10 these secret musings Of poor, unfor-
Iunate Alice Bennett.
The facts shout Alice Bennett are
soon told. She was an orphan whose
early life was spent I'm Springfield Mo.
Graduating there from Drury College
she won the Helen Gould scholarship
which entitled her 70 course at New
York University. Hither she came.
hook lodgings with friends, plunged into
her studies, won all the hOnors thar her
alma mater could bestlW, and was pu--
suing her studies ia sociology. passing
days and nights IN the slums. and a.
1he libraries burning the midnight lamp
at her home, when Oblivion suddenly en-
COmpassed her.
Young and Healthy.
She left the Astor Library IN the fun
bloom Of health and strength but
1wenty-three years old, wise beyond
1h0se years-and was seen no more.
1t was not known that she had a care
Her study was her love, her books the
companions of her waking hours, the
ameloration of humanity her ambition
"A month has passed now since her dis
appearance. Sooner than this the low
ing friends who mourn her did not dare
tOuCh profane hands to the small effects
which she left behind. But the aban-
donmcnt Of hope came, and a small
Jewel casket. in which reposed all Of
Alice Benefits earthly treasures. was
opened.
Thereupou it seemed that the secret
which she had so carefully nursed-the
wound that all the years of her young
life she had withheld from the world
was disclosed
There car be no doubt that the young
girl died by her own nand, driven 10
Ems desperate measure not alone be-
cause her reason was dethroned by
study, but because a hidden grief and
fsharne lowered above her sleeping and
waking.
4 was an adopted child" she con-
.nces 10 the pages of her diary. All my
life lived with the doctor and his wife
VINO were ny roster parents. j was the
burden or two wrecked lives I have
|been left alOHe-alOne 10 bear the
SHANE"
There is the secret OF her untimely
taking of. Around the unfinished, mute
confession of her birth everything in
hhis remarkable diary TevOlves.
In the bitterness of her spirit, she aims
this cruel shaft at her own sex:
"A woman is unnecessarily an evil.
Lucky IS the man who gets a woman
who is good
Farewell to the World.
And then. at last. comes her farewell
ito the world. A few days before she
disappeared, she fell heir to several
Thousand dollars. She carefully drew up
"a will. devising the money 10 sfrie1ss
? Everything points TO a determination
10 end IL all
Traces Of madness there are in these
fpagcs-yet who shall say that she was
iwnOlly mad? Some other cause there
was. She naIf revealed IL, and then her
pencil faltered-and that with the mys-
itery Of her fate, alike remains un-
solved
In some Of her conf dcuces. To her diarv
The Washington times., 1907-09-04
HINCHMAN OUT OF GAME

CLEVELAND. sept. 4-Harry Hinch-
man, who was sold by Cleveland u
Toledo last week, came back 10 town
this week. being unable TO Lay on &C
count OF a lame back IL is dOUbtful II
ne viii play again this year. Armour
has secured Ernie Diehl. a wealthy
young Cincinnati man. to take his
place. Diehl plays the game for the
sport IL gives him alone, having helped
Cincinnati and PiJtsbure out on various
occasions.
The Washington times., 1907-09-04
CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO BY

iScheduIe in effect July ~ 1917
800 F. Mold DOMINION ENFREsa
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pGrlor car 10 linton. handled IN No IS
IRON GQrdonsvllle. which has a Ia carta
dining car and connects at C0viuEtan FOR
Virginia Hot Springs. Pullman sleepers
Chiffon Forge 10 Louisville, Cincinnati
indianapolis 81. Louis. and Chicago
40 T. M-New C. & o. Limited DsUv
Fast new yesubuis train; stops only al
CSoTdonsvtlie. Charlottesville. stanton
Clifton forge. ana COviugton. Va: VVhIts
Sulphur RCssceveTte. esI Hinton W W
Puilr-an slcepers 10 Lexington. Louisville
Cincinnati. Indianapolis St. Louis and
Chicago. Dining cars. = Ia carte service
One night out
ua0 p. NE. F. V. LIMITED. Daily
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Cincinnati. Lexington. and Louisville
Compartment sleeping car 10 Virginia Hot
Springs week days Dining Cars a -
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Memphis. Nashville. and Southwest
Reservations and tickets at Chesapeake ana
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Cab Service. anu Main 1895 for c & o.
Ticket Office J31-tf
The Washington times., 1907-09-04
Oxford Mayor
Puts the Lid
on Marble Ring

OXFORD, Ohio, Sept. Mayor
King. whose lid has become famous
throughout the country, extended it's
diameter again today.
This time nc put the bar on mar
bles, and instructed Marshal over
hultz TO stop the game. He holds
that The boys lose Their heads in the
excitement Of playing for keeps.
and learn 10 swear. Hence the game
is stopped.
The Washington times., 1907-09-04
MADDEN TO INVESTIGATE.

LEXINGTON. Ky, Sept 4-When
John f. Madden goes 10 England after
the racing season in the East closes. he
expects 10 spend considerable time at
the breeding farm Of Richard Croker in
Ireland. Madden desires to learn if
The English breeders have anything on
the Americans In their present methods
While Madden is away W. II. Snyder
will be in charge Of the Hamburg Place
farm
The Washington times., 1907-09-04
LAwsONs son IN DANGER.

CLEVELAND, Sept 4-Arnold. son
of Thomas ~. Lawson, of Boston, was
IN an accident at Chenille race tracS
here yesterday. While driving, his
sulSy became locked with another
sulky. Lawson managed to free the
wheels after traverslng 100 yards The
young man ran from the track in time
10 escape the other trAters.
The Washington times., 1907-09-04
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Railroads.
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