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The Washington times., 1908-09-13

NEW YORK, Sept L.-Soon we viii
nave football with US again
Already at the colleges and universe
ties, big and little. captains and man
ayers are getting their squads together
sizing up the new material, and figur-
ing out how the gaps left By the re-
urement OF old stars are TO be filled
II Is, OF course, too early 20 form any
very definite idea as 10 how the teams
are 70 shape up when the season OF &C
tual play begins. but from all the bigger
institutions OF learning comes news that
the new material gives prom. sc OF fine
football but IN all athletics is on the in
crease. with every indication pointing
20 a s5t3sOn OF evenly matched teams
aud closely contested games
II is to be regretted that Johnny
Hayes. the Marathon winner, should
have decided to forsake the amateur
athletics for the professional field The
has made his exit from the amateur
athletics, however. is IN such marked
and creditabie contrast 10 that in which
some OF the famous amateurs have
acted IN making the change thati he IS
10 be congratulated
Hayes is not rich man He is de-
pendent upon his own efforts for his
living Il is not strange, therefore, that
he should deem IL Oest 20 capitalize the
fame which has come TO him through
winning the worlds greatest athletic
event
Hayes has contracted 10 appear upon
the vaudeville stage in a lecture on the
recent Olympic games He has alsO
been hired as an instructor.
One result Of HAYES entrance into the
professional ranks may be a match be
tween him and Alfred Shrubb the great
English distance runner.
Arthur DUffey. One-time champion
sprinter OF the world. now manager OF
Shrubb, declares that he will post $500
for a race between his man and Hayes.
II am ready 70 post S1.0Q0 that Shrub
can beat Hayes at any distance from
one mile 10 twenty-five" declared
Duney. why, the EnglishInan could
The Washington times., 1908-09-13
A SHOT THAT RECOILED.

Bishop Leonidas Polk, a Confeder-
ate general, was one day riding in the
rear Of the line of march. A stray
gler whose rough shoes had blistered
his feet was sitting by the roadside
when the general came up.
What company do you belong to2"
asked the general.
4. The Fourteenth Louisiana" replied
the straggler.
We'll. sir. you are a long way from
Your command
The stranger, not knowing the zen
eral, inquired, What company do YOU
belong tor
The general answered. II am a cap
tain in the army Of the Lord"
Well. sir" retorted the straggIer.
i should say you are a long Way
from your command.
The Washington times., 1908-09-13
MOTORCYCLE BEATS
AUTO IN CONTEST

SPRINGFIELD, Mass, Sept. r.
Stanley kellogg, Of the Springfield
Motorcycle Club, mounted on an In
dian motorcycle, made the best time
IN the hill-climbing contest up VIII
braham hin, in competition with
nearly three score automobiles and
cycles. under the auspices OF the
Springfield Automobile Club His time
was / minute seconds.
The autonpO bile 10 make the best time
on the hill Twas n fOur-cylilder Knox
car. driven by Easle, which covered the
distance in l minute seconds. William
BOuTke, driving another Knox car, was
second, in 1 minute g 3-5 seconds, while
a third Knox car and a Stevens-Duryea
tied for third place in l minute 10 sec
ends
The Washington times., 1908-09-13
Sets New World Record
When He HurlS 60
Pound Missile.
INSTANTANEOUS
WIN ON POINTS
Lee Talbot Promises TO Be Dan
gerouS Contender in Hammer
Throw at Championships.

PELHAM MANOR. y. Y. Sept. p
The senior championships of the Net
ropolitan Association of the A. a. u;
at Travers Island today, furnished
many surprises.
John J. Flanagan in the last event
Of the day. the 56-pound weight throw,
got the iron ball out or a distance Of
- feet IL inches. The throw breaks
the worlds record of 81 feet 79s inches,
held by himself.
The Irish-American Athletic Club won
the championship with a total of 50
points. The New York Athletic Club
was second with 43 points.
Talbot Getting Better.
Lee J. Talbot, Of the Irish-American
Athletic Club, the fredericksburg Acad-
envy wonder, broke all Of his previous
records by throwing the. 16-pound ham
mer distance of III feet ~ inches.
Although no world record, it came with
in feet 21z inches Of it. and shows
that the youngster will prove one Of
the most dangerous opponents both
Flanagan and McGrath Will have in the
national championships next week.
Flalagan's throw was 172 feet 1O2.
inches, while McGrath did ? inches bet
ter than Talbot.
The quarter mile, in which Melvin
Sheppard, the worlds greatest middle
distance runner, was a starter, was an
other feature He had for his opponent
Harry Hillman, but the latter had 10
run the race OF his life to beat the
Irish-American A c. crack Sheppard
got bad start. and was in a poor posi-
ton, but he gradually worked 70 the
front and finished second, three yards
behind Hillman
Sheppard Wins Easily.
IN his favorite event. the SSO-yard run,
Sheppard won as he pleased in the fair
II good time of / minute 81 4-5 seconds.
Mike Driscou. the Mercury A c. Won
der, added the senior champion 70 his
credit by winning the three-mile run,
beating out Bellars, the New York A.
c. crack, by twenty yards. The race
was a stubbOrnly fought one from be-
ginning to end. Bellars challenged
DriscoH on the last lap, but the Yonkers
boy was too much for him, and he was
left by the wayside. G. V. BOnhag, OF
the Irish-American =. G, finished third
The time, 10 minutes 3 10 seconds. was
fast. J. J. ElleT, the bicycle cop, sprang
a surprise on Harry Hillman In the ~
yard hurdle race. Eller ran a beautiful
race. and beat out the champion by
about three yards. The time, . sec
Onds, was the fastest ever made on the
Travers island track
The Washington times., 1908-09-13
HUNTER VICTOR
At CLUB SHOOT
AnaloStan MarkSman Pops
"A Out of 25-Miles
Taylor Second.

The regular Saturday meet Of the
Analostan Gun Club was held yesterday
afternoon and, although the game sea
son is now on in full force, seventeen
members were present at the afternoon
practice.
In the club contest it vas a runaway
race for Joseph H. Hunter, who scored
q out OF . targets. Miles Taylor was
second with p out of 81 and A j.
Farnham and c. B. Wise were third
with 20 broken. The targets were thrown
much farther than the regulation dis
tance which made the shooting rather
difficult. Mr.. Hunter also made the
best average in the total number of
targets shot at. scoring 90 out of 100.
The score card follows:
The Washington times., 1908-09-13
TURNER is AFTER
HERBERT OR RYAN

Joe Turner, the local welterweisht
wrestling champion, has posted a chal-
lenge for a tUssle with either Tommy
Ryan, Of Lyrchburg, or George Her
bert, the champion Of Richmond, for a
side bet.
Baltimore last Tuesday. and Turner Is
anxious to meet either Of the men after
his match with Frank Lynch. the Balti-
more velterweignt, for the champion
ship OF the South in the National
Guard gym" on Tuesday. September
IS. Turner's ba tile should cause a great
deal Of interes in the local sporting
center, as It will probably be hard
match.
The Washington times., 1908-09-13

wicked 10 hight more than six rounds,
and we must therefore be contented TO
take our decisive battles at the second
or third hand.
A live question among the local fight
ers is whether Tommy Murphy or Leach
Cross had the best Of II IN their recent
seX-round argument
To an outsider it looks very much as
though the referees decision that the
fight was a draw was the only proper
decision, although 1 am inclined 10 be-
lieve II the battle had been 10 the I'm
ish the Harlemite would have conquered
the Yiddish champion.
These siX-round affairs, by the way.
have one advantage. When two fairly
matched men fight. 1t is almost certain
in instailments, with additional gate re
ceipts for each iTstallment
Tommy Murphy and Packey McFar-
land. Of Chicago, will be matched In a
few days 10 meet for six rounds at one
Of the mills to be held by the National
A. c. Of this city, the latter part Of this
month Johnny White, manager of the
club, is anxious TO uring these two light
weights together. and made Johnny
Oliver, manager Of Murphy. A good Of
Ter for Murphy TO meet Mcfarland.
Ohyer says he is ready TO make the
match. White is waiting to hear from
M-Farland or his manager.
Tommy Burns is finding money as
easy in Australia as Il was in England.
One after another he Is putting away
the Australian heavies before big
houses When he gets back to this
country Tommy can retire and live on
his winnings II he likes But he will
hardly like" There are several ger
tlemen who would like 10 make an en-
gagement with him when he hits the
United States And as the champion is
an accommodating sort Of a gentleman.
when the financial inducements are right
It is altogether probable that he has
taken on several fights soon after his
return
Ny own impression is that Ketcbel is
the man who has the best chance to the
championship He could, / think give
Burns an interesting argument right
now, and when he fills out a little more
he should be able. If he takes care OF
himself. TO win the title.
The Washington times., 1908-09-13
AN OLD TALE.

There were rumors OF graft in Hades-
This road declared one faction.
was 10 be paved with good intentions"
''WeHgr'
Examine the material. Are these good
intentions 2''-ExChange.
The Washington times., 1908-09-13
Langford and johnson Skirntsh
Modern Battle of Kilkenny Cats,
With Equally SaLutary Effects
BY JEFF THOMPSON.

NEW YORK. Sept. 12-Another black
demon" has awakened TO the advant-
ages of having an up-to-date press agent
who knows how % woSK the coiJr line
proposition, and Sam Langford is now
the neg O-eater % white men.
Sam mas beaten some third-rate men.
for he is a hard-hitting, able sort Of a
fellow in the ring, and. having acquired
press agent, IS at once a world-beater
who could pulverize Tommy Burns,
Stanley Ketchel and all the rest IF them
from Jenres down in the same ring
the same night, to hear the publicity
promoter tell it. And the only reason
he doesn't eat all the white lighters
alive Is tIat they meanly draw the color
line on him
Now here's a free tip for the fight
promoters: Match those two fierce
man-eaters, Jack johnson and Sam
Langford. for a finish fight. Unless
the press agent dope is all to he bad
this battle would mark an epoch in
pugilism and could not fail TO eLd as
did the famous battle OF the cats in
Kilkenny which history thus records.
There once were two cats in Kilkenny.
Each thought there was one cat too
many.
So they qUarreled, they fit,
They scratched and they bit.
Till excepting their nails
And the tips Of their tails.
Instead Of two cats there weren't any
Truly this would be a contamination
devoutly to be wished. These victims
Of the color line" are tiresome
This has been a great week with the
''pugs. Three big fights between Mon
day and Saturday is going some II is
true they were all repeaters and that
detracted some rom the interest, but
with Nelson against Cans, KetcheI
against Papke, and Attell against Moran,
there was interest enough and good
fighting all along the line
1t is somewhat exasperating 20 have
to be content with bulletin boards and
the telegraph wire when such battles are
TO the fore, but the wise men of the
East have decided that in these parts it s
The Washington times., 1908-09-13
SUBURBAN LEAGUE.

Yesterdays game was cOrker and
the youngsters from PetHOrtn deserved
a lot of credit for winning from the
leaders, who had their strongest line
up in yesterdays game.
Garrett. a youngster not over seven
teen. is a find, and although he showed
great form in other games, he sur
prised everybody by holding the heavy
hitting leaders down to one hit.
FaIconer got the only nit garnered off
CARROTS delivery after two were down
in the last inning He IS a big fellow
and hits the ball with force.
The crowds have been getting their
moneys worth lately. All have been
closely contested.
Baden. who was selected Ts the Off
ciaI umpire at the beginning Of the sea
son and refused the job, has at last
come out and his work yesterday was
complimented by the fans.
The leagues from downtown which
have finished their season have con-
trlbuted some Of their best players to
teams in this league. The Brightzood
team has-some of the best players frcm
Independence.
The Parkview team is another team
that has garnered a bunch Of crack
players, among them being Bernie"
Gallagher. who is considered one Of .he
best amateur ball tosscrs IN the Dis
tTict.
The Washington times., 1908-09-13

The crowds have been getting their
moneys worth lately. All have been
closely contested.
The Washington times., 1908-09-13

wicked to fight more than six rounds.
and we must therefore be contented TO
take our decisive battles at the second
or third hand.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-17

aneurlsm and other arterlal diseases
% which mankind is heir remains to
be seen. The new surgery proposes
u cure by cutting out the weakened
parts Of the artery and substituting
for II n perfectly healthy and strong
section Of arterial tubing from a dog or
cat or some other animal. The opera.
ton, II Is said, would be simple.
Several times within the last few
years the lower animals have been
sacrificed exactly in this way. A rab.
bit has been made to sacrifice its sight
and It's life in order that blind man
might regain his sight. The shatter-
ed bone OF mans arm has been taken
out and replaced by the bone from a
dogs hind leg. Many animals have
already been sacrificed In the interests
of medical science at the Rockefeller
institute. Most of them were small,
including rats, mice, cats, guinea pigs,
and rabbits.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-17
CATS HEART FOR MAN.

Now they're going to use a cats
heart for man, to make the man live.
Prof. Simeon FleXner, president of the
Rockefeller Institute for Medical Re-
search, says:
Substitution of the healthy organs
of the lower animals for the diseased
parts of the human body will be made
possible through the new experimental
surgery and vivisection and will
revolutionize modern medicine. The
successful transplanting by DR.. Alexis
Carrel of arteries and kidneys from one
animal to another is the first step to-
ward this end"
It is predicted by Prof. Flexner that
the new surgery will before long give
a new heart, stomach, or kidneys to a
man in place of the ones he fears may
fail him at any moment. The promised
new cure for Bright's disease, for in
stance, is the removal of the diseased
kidneys and the substitution of the
healthy kidneys of living cat. The
cat will surely die, but the man may
live.
DR.. Carrots success in transplanting
the kidneys from one animal to another
give him the assurance that the man
will live. This assurance is given in
the face of the fact that every one of
fourteen cats to which Dr. Carrel trans
ferred the kidneys from other cats died
in from one to forty-six days after the
operation.
Not only kidneys but arteries have
been successfully transplanted from
one animal to another at the Rookie
Teller Institute for Medical Research.
1t is the first time in history so difficult
feat has been accomplished. But
whether this surgical innovation will
ever be perfected to such degree that
it can be applied to the treatment Of
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-17
the heart OF the tnMn-

the heart OF the town.
The city of Norfolk is going to pay,
In taxes, 81 900 every year for the sup.
port Of that library. In 100 years that
maintenance cost will amount to $780,
600.
And 1t depends directly upon the
selection Of the site as to whether
Norfolk in years to come, will derive
100000 worth of benefit from the II.
brary.
In order to derive the maximum
benefit from the library that institu.
ton must be so located In the heart
Of the city, where people most con.
gregate, and where It will be most
easily accessible to the greatest num-
Der.
The corner of Third street and Phil.
ip avenue is so far removed from the
business part of town, from the high
school and from the centers where
strangers assemble, that it would be
as near to useless as 1t could be with
out being removed in its entirety to
Stanton or Pierce.
The ideal location for the new H.
brary is the vacant corner diagonally
across (southwesD from the postof.
fee building on South Fourth street.
That would be the most nearly per.
feet location, from every viewpoint,
that could be found.
The whole city gravitates more or
less around the postoffice as an axis.
At the postoff1ce the whole city, at one
time or another, is wont to congregate
to get its mail or send its letters out.
And so here, or as near to the post
Office as possible, the library should
be placed If the greatest good to the
greatest number is to be considered.
1t is said that that corner would
cost $4,000. The matter of few hun
dred dollars, more or less, is insig-
nificant when the Importance of the
library location in years to come is
considered.
In making subscriptions, the people
of Norfolk should insist that this cor
ner across from the postoffice, because
of it's ideal convenience to all Should
be chosen.
And Norfolk has never yet failed to
raise money fo- y praiseworthy OBJ
ject.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-17

and thousands OF square miles OF land
northwest Of Norfolk have been devel-
oped into settled communities within
the past ten years, and more develop
ment is to come within the next year
when Trip county is opened up. That
will mean 5000 new homes for the
territory tributary to Norfolk.
All Of this territory is worth taking
note Of For years II has been helping
build up Omaha Now II is ready and
anxious to help build up Norfolk and,
cooperating for Norfolk's upbuilding,
to establish city of Importance here.
For with the upbuilding of city in
the northwest, there must come cor
responding development in the terri
tory round about.
And so, approaching this opportun-
ity. the Norfolk Trade Promoters or
ganized last summer.
That this association must make an
active and aggressive campaign to
make its efforts permanent in effect,
would seem only logical and reason
able. And that there is room for con-
tinous action Is self evident.
1t is to be hoped that the Trade
Promoters association will make 1908
a record year for Norfolk retail enter
prises.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-17
LAND CASES DROPPED.

The federal government has sud
denly run against snag In Its pro
secution Of land cases, a decision by
Judge Lewis of Colorado having rem
dered further work practically impos
sible. The president has, accordingly
determined to disband small army
Of special agents and employees Of the
department of justice which has for
some time been engaged in public land
investigation. A great deal Of the
work of this department has been cen
tered in western Nebraska.
1t is said that the special attorneys
will probably hold their jobs for a
time, probably for the sake of using
them in prosecuting those cases now
on the docket.
The serious aspect of Judge Lewis
decision was not grasped In Wash
ington all at once. But now it Is frank
ly admitted that the wheels Of pros
ecution have been blocked.
Judge Lewis decision upset the ad
ministration's line of prosecution com
pletely. Three points brought out in
this decision were as follows:
First-Final entry is not necessarily
accompanied by oath to answer the
requirements of the law.
Second-No conspiracy is to be re
garded as conspiracy within the
meaning of the law unless it can be
shown that the principles conspired
together prior to the entry or entries
of land.
Third-Application of statute OF
limitations is to be determined by
counting time from the first overt act
and not from the time when the con
spiracy or intention to violate the law
was formed.
The first point, one relating to the
making of oath upon final entry, al
ready has been passed upon during the
last few days by decision of the Su
preme court of the United States in
the case Of former Congressman Will
hanson of Oregon. This decision up
holds the view expressed only few
days before by Judge Lewis of Colo
RADIO. 1t certainly will have a serious
adverse effect upon the government
prosecution of the alleged land thieves
and other persons concerned either as
principals or accessories in violating
the land laws.
1t will be many months before the
issues raised by Judge Lewis to ve2
the administration can be passed up
on by the highest court. In the presi
Dental campaign, there will be nc
further investigation Of land frauds
and no attempt to begin new prosecu
tons.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-17
THE LIBRARY SITE.

The selection of a site for the new
$4,000 Carnegie library which Is to
be built in Norfolk and for which the
citizens are to contribute $1,000 per
year for maintenance, is one of the
most vitality important public matters
that has come up for decision in this
city for many moons.
A universal and entirely just indig-
nation has arisen among people of the
entire city at even the suggestion of
putting the library at the corner OF
Third street and Philip avenue.
Such a location would be altogether
wrong from every viewpoint and the
people of Norfolk, who are entitled to
voice in the matter, are not at all
disposed to sanction any movement
looking toward such an undesirable
location for public library.
1t matters not at all that no cash
would be required to secure the site
at the corner of Philip avenue and
Third street. The city of Norfolk is
not so poverty-stricken that it can not
purchase a fitting site for so public
and so important an institution as a
public library. Indeed, if cheapness
in the site is the only point to be con-
land fifteen miles out of town
might be bought for a small sum COM
pared with the price of property in
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-17
GUARANTEEING BANK DEPOSITS

GUARANTEEING BANK DEPOSITS
The announcement of Governor Shell.
don that he Is in favor of guaranteeing
state bank deposits by assessment In
surance, so to speak, is in line with the
plan advocated some months ago by
Congressman J. F. Boyd Of the Third
Nebraska district and later taken up
by w. ]. Bryan. The plan is now being
tested in the state Of Oklahoma and
Congressman Boyd and Mr.. Bryan
would like to see it adopted by the
federal government.
There are a number of interesting
features connected with this guarantee
of deposits. For instance, since the
plan has been taken up in Oklahoma
the deposits of banks in that state
have been increasing rapidly. And
indeed deposits have been rolling over
the state line from Kansas.
A number of depositors who felt
over-cautious about putting their
money in banks, have begun to de-
post since the Oklahoma law guaran.
teed the deposits. And some Kansas
depositors have felt that their money
was safer over in the guaranteed banks
than at home.
AS a result, the Kansas bankers are
calling for an extra session of the leg
islature to enact such a law there
They say that it is necessary to pro-
tect them. And national banks in Okla
homa are writing to Washington to
learn II 1t will be alright for them to
get into the guarantee fold. They want
the same protection as the state banks
Kansas City bankers are now seri
-ously contemplating what the effects
will be If the Kansas banks take UP
the plan and it is certain that Ne
braska bankers will sit up and notice
things if both Kansas and Missouri
adopt the scheme.
Many bankers declare that such a
plan will relieve careless and un
scrupulous bankers of a sense of re
sponsibility and that banking will be-
come reckless in some instance. That
may be true. There may be other
defects.
And right now it is no bad plan tc
keep an eye upon Oklahoma to see
just how the plan works out in prac
tice.