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The Washington times., 1908-12-24
AUSTRALIA IS WILD
OVER COMING FIGHT
No Such Excitement Since Burke and Foley Met in 81.
Consensus of Opinion Gives johnson the
Battle-Comment.
By W. W. NAUGHTON.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 24.-Sam Fitz-
patrick, manager Of Jack Johnson
writes from Newcastle, Australia, that
interest in the coming match between
johnson and Tommy Burns is intense
According to Fitzpatrick Kangaroo
land Is boxing mad al present and il is
a source OF regret TO the old time sport
ing men OF that section that Australia
has no fighters Of its own who can
claim championship caHbre.
Here is what Fitzpatrick has to say:
You would be surprised II the in
terest that is taken here in L twenty
round 90 between Jack } hnsOn and
Tommy Burns. The bomb began. OF
course. when Burns arrived in the Col
onies 10 box Squires, and al the pres
ent time there are more fellows talk
ing fight than there were back in 80
when Jack Burke, the Irish Lad, spar
red Larry Foley at the Darlington
Cricket Grounds near sydney 7 often
hear some Jf the Old timers remark
What a shame that we have no Frank
Slavins and Peter JacksOus now If we
had you could bet your life We would
not be waiting 10 see two foreigners
Couldn't Hold Johnson.
They opened the box yesterday, No
vember D. and everything points 20 q
bumper gate Burns a. ~husOn are
hard ar work Tommy is up in The
Blue Mountains and we are located al
the old ST Joseph Banks Hotel al
Botany. J am in Newcastle for a day
or two Have been taking a run dowr
mere 20 see the folks and 7 may arrange
for a couple of exhibitions by Johnson
al this point before tine cate Of tht
fight.
II want TO tell you that ] never
wanted 90 come out here, but Johnson
was crazy to get at Burns, and there
was no holding him. 7 wanted 10 keeT
Burns until We could get a fair share
Of any purse that was offered AS long
as he was somewhere handy we had q
chance Of forcing him into "A fight in
America, for, although he claims tC
DO thic<-skinned about criticism, h
hates being panued- However, we had
20 follow him, and now that We are
so close ON his heels. / feel th,- Master
Tommy Is IN for the whaling n his life
This climate surely doe agree with
Arthur. He is bigger and stronger than
he ever was IN his lie, and unless We
get one OF those FitzsimmOus-Sharke
decisions Z cannot see where Burns has
"a lOok-il.
The Washington times., 1908-12-24
Sorry for Burns.

Tommy is a slight fsvo Ite in the
betting at present. but that will not
last II is the general opinion among
thinking sports that Jack Will start a
strong favOrite. The men are supposed
% no IN the ring az u a. m, December
% and ready for business
I'm conclusion. ] want 20 tell You
that those who see johnson at work
FOR tho first time go away feeling
sorry for Burns We are looking for
ward To- Johnson winning well inside
the twcuty-rouu6 mark. and We expect
20 he iu san Francisco l.. the early
Ua.I OF March. Yours sincerely.
SAM FITZPATRICk-'
The Washington times., 1908-12-24

positively refused to commit an assault
on Hart
An, these art sweet memories in try
ing 10 dope out the maybe fight which
IS scheduled TO begin II a m, IN Syd,
ney. Australia. on December %, lSSr
which time corresponds to S p m, De
cember 25 1908. IN Washington, D. {.
We almost overlooked the fact that
Johnson has already written letter 10
this country cha ging the Burns crowd
with trying to rame IL up with him,
them If his managers enter into such
scheme.
Neither Has Shown Much.
Concerning the real merits of the two
men, it is a battle extremely hard TO
figure out in advance. Both are good
boxers. out neither has met the ac-
knowledscd American present or ex-
champions. Their work has all been
against admitted second or third-raters
many OF them middIeweights. Still at
times, both have shown flashes Of class
Burns beat Jack o. Brien In that double
cross match. although O'BTien is one Of
the fastest and hardest hitting over
grown middleweiEhts the country has
ever had. That proved he was no
slOuch. lie en- hit ne can box well
and can pTobsbly stand punishment n
he wants TO. Bot le Is handicapped In
size. being only feet inches tall and
weighing about 80 pounds.
Johnson is over six feet. and should
weigh from DO TO Do pounds. Presum-
ing &c is a case of q good little man
against a good big man. and that the
good big man should, therefore. win. 10
looks all Johnson
That Johnson Punch.
But despite the fulsome boosting Of
his alleged wonderful prOwess. John
son has not lived up to his inches, as
IN the Marvin Hart case. Again. he
failed 20 knock out Joe Jeanette In five
short bouts. and only got the decision
over Jeanette in fifteen rounds I'm Bal
timore. Young Peter Jackson, a Colored
middleweight. stuck twelve rounds "'h
him in Baltimore. and Johnson lost 4
big bonus by not sending him 20 sleep
I'm twelve rounds. as he had undertaken
TO go. II took him eleven rounds 20
knock out Jim Flynn, I'm san Francisco,
while Sam LanEford turned that trick
iu one round.
It was not until the twentieth roLnd
that he knocked out sam NcNey 10 Jan
Francisco. and poor, trembling Jack
Monroe. ~ho was a really pitifui object
in the ring with JcnTies. went the -ull
Philadelphia siN-ToUud route With the
oycr-advertiscd Johnson person, who
well remembered Jack did have lu-Te-
thlu- Of "a punch and hAd once accident
ally sent Jefries % the floor, or was
alleged 10 have done It,
The Washington times., 1908-12-24

away IN one round means the loss of
big wad of money by Ketchel
The Washington times., 1908-12-24

1t ali depends upon whether the hght
is on tbs square and both men are
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-03
NOT VERY GREEDY.

British greed has been much spoken
Of In the talk about the curse of opium
IN China and the efforts to mitigate H..
For greed that has been pictured as
that has been. It now makes a pretty
respecta bic showing 1t appears that an
agreement has been entered into be-
tween Great Britain and China by
which the annual expectation Of opium
from India will he reduced on a slid
ing scale. The only material condition
seems TO be that China shall stimuli
taneously curtail her home production,
chest for chest, with the curtailment
of the Indian exports. 1t appears that
the agreement is based on the ten-
year plan Of the Chinese government
for the gradual enforcement Of the law
against selling and consumption FIX
ports from India to China and Hong
Kong now amount TO around fifty
thousand chests annually, and the an
nual instalmcnt prescribed for reduce
ton. is around FIVE thousand chests.
This is n good deal better than some
things that are called business. With
heather China and Christian England
working together To mitigate the opium
curse the outlook that It will really be
mitigated Is good.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-03
FoRCEruL AND DOMINATING.

The chief Of tho National Weather
Bureau is reported as SAYING that the
very changcahle weather Of Now Eng
land is what has made the New Eng
lander the forceful dominating spirit
that he has proved himself to be
throughout the country
Perhaps It IS AT least a mild exag-
geration 10 ascribe the New England
err to his weather in the way Chief
Moore seems to have done. other
influences than those which arc elm
attic In New England have entered IN
to the New Highlander and worked In
him. stu. II Is not to be denied that
one subject to the New England
weather Is pretty apt TO he kept active
by 1t. II changes as It listeth. and II
llsteth good deal But thore are
worse places 10 i've In than New Eng
land--many of them. Perhaps those
NJ Us who live here can nattcr our
selves with the notion that We are
forceful and dominating. oven II we
arc more or less dominated hy tho
weather
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-03
A TRAFFIC. SQUAD.

At the time Of tho HOLIDAYS. when
shopping in the heart Of the city went
mad as It Is always wont to do Chief
Cowles gave out in interviews some
excellent ideas, as It would seem. up
on the question Of street traffic regu-
latlon. The working out of the chiefs
ideas came with the mounted officers
stationed AT intervals about the shop
ping district. Since that time all OF
the mounted force that has been IN
evidence has been one man who has
taken up his position permanently on
Church street, near the corner Of
Chapel
This Is not the first time that the
4 journal Courier has treated Of New
| Havsn's street trafflc Of late. At an
proposed, such as Is now in force in
| Hartford with great success as far as
! fAcilitatlng matters Us concerned, IL
would provide that drivers Of vehicles
must draw up to the curb with the
wheels Of the right side In the gutter.
II Is still believed that such q regua-
ton would simplify matters especial
| ~ around the vortex at Church and
! Chapel streets, which Is becoming
more and more Of problem as the
years go on, II Ia rather unfortunate
that this should be the case. 1t would
seem that the time Is sure to come
when the idea Of having every trolley
car In the city cross this one lntersec-
ton will have to he abandoned. Al.
ready the railroad officials have been
dropping hints about sinking the
Church street tracks, where they cross
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-03
EARiN ET.

The Boston Transcript has received
private adviccs from Indiana which
indicate to II that that state IL going
TO be real political battle-ground in
November. The Democrats have
nominated strong state ticket head
cd by Thomas II. Marshall leading
lawyer, and are said 10 be in better
shape than at any time since 1892.
Indiana was long a doubtful State,
and lis action was not always to be
foretold. even under circumstances
usually doomed indicative OF a COM
munitys choice. In 1888 It gave Har-
rison but 2.34S plurality, and four
years later II went Democratic by
more than 1000. For tho last twelve
years Indiana has appeared so surely
Republican that the assumption has
been that It's allegiance Is unshakable,
In 1904 Roosevelt carried II by almost
$4,000, but two years ago the Repub-
llcan candidate for secretary Of state
had but $4,000 to the good The cleo
ton Of 1906 was what Is locally
known as "speckled," The Democrats
gained three congressman, while some
OF the Republican candidates barely
pulled through. Representatives cha
ney, Gilhams and Buck, Republicans
had pluralities respectively of but $40
$50 and 2Q7 The. Democrats talk Of
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-03
DIVIDENDS ron rOsTEnITY

Evanston Is village which has
grown III Just outelde Of Cincinnati,
and II has grown right in some re-
spects. Three years ago q committee
Of the local welfare association per-
suaded lot owners to plant over twelve
hundred hard NAPLES. the work being
IN charge Of tree expert, and the re-
suit Is so good that stu more tree
planting, after an intelligent plan, II
to he provided for
This is doing much better for poster
ity than overlooking It with bonds
Perhaps Evanston Is doing that too
but We hope not When posterlty II
Evanston gets the benefit Of those
naples II will feel as grateful as pos
terity In New Haven docs on account
Of tho graceful elms 81 thoughtful!
planted by the forcfathers and others
1t is being seen all around that very
little attention to tree planting b!
forefathers pays large dividends {,
postcrity. The forefathers of the pres
ont day should hasten to make tree-in
vestmente for the good Of posterity.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-03

New York Age lAfro- AmerIcanlD
II Is pleasing to note that there Is a
very strong sentiment growing ur
among colofed people IN all parts OF the
country In behalf OF the candidacy oil
secretpry Taft for the nomination al
,'nicago In Iuae. Thoughtful men have
begun to study tho man and his splen.
did career as they touch the life anil
place IN the body polite Of the dat !,
races recently brought under the pro-
tecting wing Of the United States gov
ornmeHt What he has done for thu
Filipino and tho cuban he VIII do 10,
tho negro American when tho oppor.
tunity comes to him. William n. Taft
10 the son Of Alonzo Taft, statesmar
and abolitionist He Is the scion Of tn
stock that has always stood for eaua
rights FOR all men, and he Is tho ONLY
cabinet officer the country has had VIII
has over hold IN tho order Of Pres.
deut for any period, however brief 10,
any eauso whatever.
Colorod mon are beginning TO nppre
cnte tho fun significance OF the ac
of tho Secretary Of War when he hell
back tho dismissal ~ tho black hat
TALON for - hours, In order 10 sta,
tho execution Of 4 0nally, II possible.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-03
ouR CONTEMPORARIES.



tThe New York Journal of Commerce.
The worst abuses OF speculation are
not 10 he found on the exchanges. hut
outside OF them. and II is carrying
these into the stock market for the
contamination of their purposes that
creates the greatest scandal In tho
promotions, explorations and combina.
tions Of reckless firanciers. by which
securities nre created IN inflated volume
and ~ fictitious value. Is the root OF
much Of the evil. These securities are
emptied Into the stock market many Of
them listed on the exchanges. with
false prctcnsc and misrepresentation
and the element NJ gambling enters
largely into dealings In them. II takes
tine 10 sift them down 10 their reul
value. aud In the meantime many vic.
tins are neeced by those 'on the In
side" There Is q way OF manipulating
stocks OF an established character. IN
dulged In by men OF character In the
financial world. that is scarcely less
dlsreputablc they are "0n the inside
Of the management and operation OF
great corporations ard have knowledge
Of conditions and RI plans thnt Is kept
from others who have an equal right
to know, They plan for now issues ~
securities. or the conversion Of old for
an increase or decrease OF dividends
that they can control, which they
know VIII have certain effect upon
the market value OF stocks. and they
use their knowledge and the advantage
Of their position In the market to make
large profit at the expense OF others
They tise the tactics of tho blackleg TO
fllch the money Of tho unwary.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-03
THE JErsoN CONCERT.

The public should give hearty sup
port to the patriotic and philanthropic
concert which Professor Benjamin Jcp-
son has arranged for this evening In
the auditorium 81 the High school for
the benefit Of those who are In distress
on account Of the prevailing business
depression. E"ery cent taken in at
the door will be devoted to the cause.
Professor Jepsol's services tho SER
vices OF the musicians. the services Of
all who have In any way contributed
to the undertaking. have been given
free. II remains for the public to do
it's part and In securing enjoyment for
Itself do good unto others. An excellent
program has been arranged and Il Is
needless to say that under the con-
ductorship Of the veteran musician the
evening will be one Of pleasure.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-03
SOME EXAMPLES.

Things are not all as topsy- furry on
the other side Of tho rolling world as
their position might indicate. For In
stance, some Of tho people Of that re-
sion found out several years ago how
to deal with matters that are Just be-
ginning to come up for discussion here.
New Zealand granted old age pensions
eleven years ago. Sober and moral
poor Of both SEXES over sixty-fve
years. who have been citizens Of tho
colony for twenty-five years. get n
maximum Of $3.50 week with deduc-
tions on account OF any other income
they may have above $40 year.
Those that have as much as $500 year
get no pensions. Recon, statistics
show that about ~ per cent. of those
qualified by age receive these pensions
and three-fourths Of those the maxi
mum rate. All the cost Is borne by
the state and II now amounts to ST.
$4,000 annually Eight yeats ago Vic
toria and New South Wales began a
pension system. Victoria giving max
mum Of 81 a week TO those over sixty
Ave who are incapable Of earning their
own living aud whose Income other.
wise Is less than 80 n week New soutl,
Wales has a maximum of $50 week
TO each person who gets less than 81 a
week from other sources. The entire
cost in each case Is borne by the state
H. Victoria this amounts TO 81 900 OOr
a year; in New South Wales to &c..
100000
If tho people IN those regions can dc
that, why can't the people IN those re,
gions do something as good, or ever
/ better? TIE answer to which In.
i quiry is. of course, they can.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-03

the tracks of Chapel street, at some
time in the ha2y future,
Tho traffic rule proposed would help
matters considerably It Is believed,
but the further development OF the
chiefs idea of trafIle squad would
do more At least at the corner men
toned, and possibly state and chapel
streets as well, 1t would seem that a
replica Of New Yorks now famous
traffic squad might we'll be established,
As they do there, let them have en-
broldercd wheels and horses heads
upon their sleeves, II you VIII, but Sc
lect dependable men and clothe them
with little authority in line with that
tho London copper boasts, who,
when he merely holds up his finger,
can stop every vehicle In sight even
TO that OF tho king In New York
these tratlic officers are equipped with
shril whistles. BY blowing them they
allow all varieties Of traflic tincluding
trolley cars, wagons, carriages and
autos) to pass freely across the inter
section In parallel directions, as either
north or south, before the whistle ~
blown and they start going the other
way, which would bc east or west.
| With great firmnsss the rule that traf-
/ nc must always keep TO the right Is
enforced, ANY driver that violates
any of the regulations is summarily
dealt with.
| To-day at Church and Chapel
streets the traffic Is regulated as much
/ by the starters Of the trolley company
as II Is by the police OF the city The
fact that the company has chosen that
corner for its starters and timers
should mako no difference. The start
ers can regulate the cars successfully
4 nut IUFA nave no JhTlcul'l'H NNtt wv
vehicles OFTEN. when the cars are
crossing north and south, the autos
and wagons arc picking their way
through from east to west with tn,
resulting danger Of collisions and &C
cdents. The situation should he bot,
ter systemati2ed. There should he or
der where there Is now chaos and tn,
man TO bring II about Is Chief Cowles
Accidents arc but narrowly avoided
almost hourly at the crossing, Tw,
policemen on foot each with whistl.
and a vestiee Of authority, as In New
York. could do far better, II Is he
lieved. than as at present when ther,
Is ono mounted policeman and ono ~
foot Let us have the nucleus of {
real trafIlc squad The safety Of M,
and limb demands H.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-03
\ NIL THAT MERITS svrponr.

There ought to 5e active and favor
ing public interest in the bill introduce
cd by Senator Dixon to establish and
maintain n national herd of bison on
the Flathead Indian reservation IN
Montana. The government would have
to buy twenty square miles Of land
from the Indians AT sl.25 an acre. The
purchase of the land and the fencing
would Il Is estimated. cost 100000 TN
der private ownership the Pablo-Allard
herd, recently sold TO the Canadian
government. grew from twenty or
thirty animals 10 several hundred. This
demonstrates the suitability Of the
range IN that section Of Montana for
buffalo pasturage The land viii soon
be open for settlement. II must be
bought soon II II Is to be used.
The bison is extinct enough but he
isn't quite as extinct as some have
thought In the United states there are
Lis bison in captivity, sos males and
$40 females. OF this total, 206 are
caves born last year. Canada now has
iOS captive bison OF which PA are
males and 2s2 females the total includ-
ing ninety eight calves Of 1901 In Eu-
rope there are fifty-four male and sew
enty-six female bison, including twen-
ty-tvo calves. The grand totals for
the world Of captive bison are ~
males and a4s females and Of these
S2S arc calves born last year Which IN
dIcatcs that these wonderful and useful
animals can be induced to live and
multiply. or course they should be,
and every intelligent effort IN that d.
rection should have hearty and ade-
/ quate support
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-03

of the old New England town meet
ing was the open fold II provided for
the expression OF free speech The
explosion which follows free speech
and free exercise Of the right to as
scmblc Is insignificant as compared
with the explosion which follows So
cret plotting and concealed confer
cnce, Man begins to be dangerous
when restrictions are put upon his
conduct which fret and annoy him
without serving q purpose approved
by experience
Nor is this view of the right TO as
sombe and talk to he modified in any
way because Of the improhahllity Of
the proposed New York mass meeting
doing anybody the slightest good, The
problem of the unemployed Is solved
in no such easy manner. But mis-
taken confidence In such an undertake
ing affects in no way tho educational
and restraining influence of speaking
ones mind out II Is fact that free
speech both sobers and softcns the
speaker, for It imposes sense OF res
possibility which sub-consciously con-
trolls and dictates to him. Had Rob
ert Hunter followed tho example OF
Morris Hillquitt and by obeying the
law prepared himself TO argue the
right Of the people Of that city to as
semble and talk he would have done
something which might have benefit
ed the men and women in whose name
he inaugurated the original move
ment by acting otherwise he has
confused the entire question In the
popular mind.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-03
The Ncrmin In the Dark.

In storied Venice, down whose ripping
The stars go hurrying, and the white
neon beats,
stood tho great Bell Tower. fronting
seas and skies
Fronting the ages, drawing all mems
eyes.
Rooted like Tenerifte. aloft and proud
Haunting the lightning, tearing the NY
Ing cloud.
II marked the hours for Venice. ali
mon said
Time cannot reach to bow that lofty
head;
Time that 8hal touch all else with
ruin. must
Forbear to make this shaft confess its
dust
Yet all the while, IN secret. without
sound.
The fat worms gnawed the tlmbers
underground.
Tho twisting worm. whose epoch Is an
hour
Governed his way irto the mighty tow
or
TIL Suddenly II stook. It swayed, II
broke
II fell in darkenlng thunder at one
The strong shaft, with an angel on the
crown.
Fell running: a thousand years went
down
And So fear, my country, not tho
hand
That shall hurl night and whlrlwlnd
OH the land.
! fear not Titan traitors who shall
riso
To stride like Broken shadows on our
skins:
These We can face In omen fight. with.
stand
with rendennE rampant and tho
sworded hand.
I fear the vermin that shall under
mine
Senate and citadel and school ant
shrine
The Worm ~ Greed. the fatted Worn
n Ease.
And all the crawling progeny ~ these
The vtrmin that shall honevcomb tn,
towers
And walls ~ STATE In unsuspectInf
houra
Edwin Markham.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-03

Johnny what Is q bucket shop. pa!
FATHER 4 place where you get soak
I'd. Ilpplncott's.
Expert Arcountant-Di YOU not keep
cash book? Cashier--No. the money
went cut 80 soon after It came In that
We could not enter lt,-Iudge
II was RUSH hour In the subway.
Marin Luther hung YEARLY from u
strnp. Here stand !" he said God
help me, ! can do no otherwise, -
judge,
THE beginner on tho bicycle runs
into tho objects he seeks tn avoid "
Il wish I could think MS charitablY
Of the chauffeur. louisville Courier
Journal,
what ! nm after" declared thu
apoils party candidate, zig not go mitch
causes rs effects Whose offeets9"
shouted man In the crowd, Baltimore
American.
sunday School Teacher--tf your enc
my should snte YOU on one cheek
what would you do? Tommy Tunnut
bat would derend on how big he wut
Philadelphia Record.
lfeaaTf YOU refuse me shall GO out
ANA hang myself to the lamp most M
| front Of your house. She Now, GenrCa
you know father said he wouldn't have
you hnnglng around here life
COOLEY They're In reduced circum,
stances, of courae, but their family IL
ver,' ol0 one aud proud, even If the
have lots of debts They date back ~
the earliest colonial times Cutting