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The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1908-12-08
Haze You Voted
For Your FaUOrite
S1x-Day Team?

Have you voted for your most popu-
lar team In the stx-day bicycle race
yet? II you have not you better get in
line at once, for the votes are coming
in rapidly, and your pet team may be
left back in the rut before you get
started.
Walthour and Root. Fosler and Law
son. Rutt and stol. and Mcfarland and
Moran all have many admirers who are
ousily engaged in sending In coupons
for them. while Calvin and Wiley. last
years prize winners. are not being for
gotten by their friends.
Two splendid Pope-Tribune 1909 racers
Will be given TO the two riders selected
by the readers OF The Evening World.
In case of a tie similar prizes will be
given all riders so tied.
For Coupon See Page Two.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1908-12-08

Cleveland fans are getting the GIN
cinnati habit. only worse. In Clncln-
natl they are content with trying 10 run
the local team. Cleveland wants ~
dictate to Ban Johnson VINO shal man
age the Washington team, and VINO sha'l
be on his stan OF umpires. petiuoh
signed by about 800 Cleveland fans
was sent to Ban Johnson 70 be pre-
sentad at the annual meeting of the
American League tomorrow, asking
that Umpire Eagan be fired, ana that
Joe Cantillon be ousted from the wash
,uaton team. IT'S about the surest
thing you know that Johnson won't read
the letter 10 the league at the annual
meeting. even though the signers
threaten TO quit attend ng mo game in
Cleveland II their demands are not com
nisd with. There must be something
m that ohio ar that makes tie fans
want to run bail clubs to suit them-
selves.
"Ye. know where Rube, Waddsl TO-"
49, tIsnt The erratic one uEh' at the
PrD' 'sS Is s,S s" r r e. n Ok Ike
MAJ in ONO RUDE Is the cn 81 hunter n
no no town s4l g9a7n as 1. po' doins &c saa,
"a - game in the neig Oprhpu4 IA 20 no
s-asa mere he, rgn't he 99usrlng ma tor
There =, !ol q ta.k going me rounds
g trenA Glance Tor 4 ~. gem. OF
saasSs aaHais and ssysfi oGsT pagers lager
isaus. took part tieEs . MAJ me Ma.
iona COmmlssion MI DO, Nothing. ChAncs
ala oct participate IN n. san. a. Z. V.syss'
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1908-12-08
IMPORTANT FIGHTS
THAT TAKE PLACE
BEFORE JAN. I

TIE important fights this month
are as follows:
night-Jem Driscoll VS.. Charley
Griffin. l. rounds: Boston.
Dec. li-Wiilie Lewis VS.. Harry
Lewis, = rounds; New Haven. Conn.
Dec. l5-Billy Papke VS.. Hugo
Kelly. 70 rounds: JetfTies A. c., Los
Angeles.
Dec. Il - Tony Ross vs.. Jack
Twin" Sullivan. rounds; Roches-
ter, y. Y.
Dec. 2l-Sam Langford vs.. jim
Flynn. - rounds; San Francisco.
Cal.
Dec. g3-Packey Mcfarland vs.
Young Erne, 20 rounds; New
Orleans.
Dec. 26-Tommy Burns VS.. Jack
Johnson. ~ rounds; Sydney. Austria
la.
Dec. 3l-Al Kaufman vs.. Jim
carry. 40 rounds; Jeifries a. c.. Los
Angeles.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1908-12-08
Driscoll, of England, and Grif-
fin, of Australia, to Meet
in Boston.
BY JOHN POLLOCK.

'VfE most important rght una. mas
been carded to be fought in Bos-
L ton in many years Will be de-
cIded at the Armory a A. tonight The
fighters who will figure in 1t are Jem
Dr!scoll. the legitimate teather-we!Sht
champion Of England. and CT arley CRIT
fin. the sturdy little champion OF Aus
tralia. They will come together In a
twelve-round bout at. 70 pounds, and a.
both lads have made great showing IN
contests at the clubs here. much interest
is manifested IN the outcome OF the
scrap. This will be their second battle.
Driscoll having been awarded a decision
on a foul in the fifteenth round over
Griffin in England seve:a. months ago.
All details for the ten-r und bout between
Abe Attell. the teatherwe,ght champion and
Ad Wogast. the Milwaukee, iga;er. have
been finally cl!nchei. They were ma, ne 1
asst nigh, by fight promoter McCarey to bI;.
re a, the Pacific 4. G. OF Los Anse es,
Ing hard FOR the contest. Aitel! oaSai 10
he tor 'g las; and an S ee2er t6t him Sa
Manager Johnny White u the National
ee,ween Packey. Mcfarland ard Tommy
;Ma7phy, to b. .oufht a. ne neSt STAG 4
.he NJ II N'fh from fItldy !.rAl. II ne
IS unsuccessful in securing McFar'ani he
vii try to get leach Cross th4 .nci'
fighter, to, take on Murphy E;hs. ma: r
would pack he club the members are
ANXIOUS 10 see ME!9 ply p-T:Jrn aEa.ns; one
Of these lads
There is TAX now IN california ina, s,sn.
ley ketchel the mildewsiTlt champion. IN.
lends 70 part with his manager, Joe o'Cua.
nor. ketchel and o. CoDaor have hll sev.
eral arguments during the asst few months.
and II is said tnat the chamn:on has rot
tired OF O'Cornor's way q doing mis- a.si.
ness. II there should be 4 break between
them the chances are that Jim CJ.truth
might handle ketche!s affairs IN the ~.
ture.
Hugo Kelly. the Italian mitdewe'Eht q,
Chicago, Will be heavily backed Ia beat R!ilv
pspke wen they NEE; a; the Jetr!es \ e..
OF Los Angeles. Cal. on Dec. u. Kelly has
been boxing oet1re large audiences every
CAV s:ace ne began training for the contest.
and his clevern-ss md fnotwork ar good
that number OF the big sporting ner
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1908-12-08
OXNARD HORSES BRING
LOW PRICE ABROAD.

II. T oxnard, OF tho Blue Ridge Stud.
Upperv!l!e, Va. will probably do some
thinking before he sends any more
mares 10 England for sale. He shipped
en- lead to the Newmarket sale. most
Of them being in foal to Prince OF Mel
bourne and Golden MaXim, two OF Mr..
OErards best stall. ons. The average
price received al the sale was $40, when
vii barely ray the cost OF shipping tie
mares abroad.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1908-12-08

but failing IN that. it is said, he is
tickled over getting the job that Stall
ngs left.
John T Taylor came over from Bcs-
ton TO attend the tr!umvlrate. II this
three cornered baseball aIalI can lie
so called. Mr.. Taylor says he has moth
ing TO fuss over and he Is going 10 take
from the maddenng whrl of the HUI.
Maybe you didn't know 1t. but Mr.
Taylor used to be a. newspaper man
and he says that his entry into baseball
robbed literature of sure 300 hitter.
To be sure that nothing slips by. more
than fifty baseball writers have come
to town. This is also TO assure the mag
mates OF a good attendance When the
magnates are through the writer's are
going TO have a show OF their own. for
there is certain to be meeting OF the
Baseball Writer'S Association before
long. AS that does not particularly in
terest the public the date has not been
announced.
Clark Griffith has had several CON
terences with Garry Hermann since the
Cincinnati! magnate came 20 Town, m!I
n is practically certain that G!lfiith
will be the next manager OF the Reds'
Their. was a rumor to the effect that
McCraw had expressed a willingness 10
trade Roger Bresnasan to ST. Louis for
Bugs Raymond. Murray and catcher
An OF which is rot, for the Giants man
ager would not give Bresnahan for the
entire ST. Louis club. That report vas
t;raw and Pity Gilbert have been to-
eether frequently during the past two
DAYS. Gilbert, you know. IS to be the
next manager OF the ST. Louis Carol
nails,
Billy Murray came over from Phila-
delphia yesterday TO take hand, but
mich 10 tile relief OF the Giants pres
ent he was not accompanied by Gov
aleski.
{ Arthur Irwin, the scout dropped In "a
tell or some brush league wonders thhl
| ~ 90, a n.ep at while on tour last
fail He says talent IS plentiful iust
now and offers as proof clippings OF the
local papers wherein thgSe IeII"t ,soo "a
The diamond hold forth, The read COCO
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1908-12-08
Foreign Champions
viii Battle TO-niQrt

Intend TO chunk of money on MS
chances. Papke Will enter the ring .avorite
a, 10 10 S
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1908-12-08

jim Corhett. the retired ex-heavvNclEht
champion, Kho IL showing IN California nov
t riay o. selected to referee the torty-t!ye
i!arrv at the Jetfries A. c.. OF Los Angeles
cal. On I've night OF Dec. II. Baron Loar.
manager o. the club. has Offered Corbett the
100. ans ~ willing TO give him 500 ,or his
services Jim saws he vii give the club an
answer In few DAYS
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1908-12-08

Cyclone Johnny Thompson. the Western
fighter who knocked out Rudol nh unholz and
a'so put KID Dalton. the California light.
Sabss hMs sss seo on ,sh ha' Bs, ms %s
son, Freddie Welsh. lighting. Dick Hylani.
george MeNls!c and Packev McFir lEi Rave
refused 10 take him on. although the tiGh;
promoters have offered them good purses 10
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1908-12-08
NATIONAL LEAGUERS WILL
SETTLE TROUBLES TO-DAY
Minor League Warning Bodies
Present Demands to Ma
tional Commission.

but, falling IN that. it is SAID. he is
ack!ed over getting the job that Stall
!ngs left.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1908-12-08
Scrap Over Whether Merkle
Touched Second or Not
May Be Headliner.
BY BOZEMAN BULGER.

rvyrE have with us to-day and to-
" morrow-and mayhap longcr-the
" genus wise-Guy OF Baseballor-
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1908-12-08

I TN. players are all the National Commission
/ has any control over.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1908-12-08

Harry Wolyvrtgn. the formsr .I.4
Lacquer, Ia been selected a. mAlsse
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1908-12-08

.IIE WEplp,c .HEAI.:E. B'way, 2Jtn 1T.
uuC WIDEN Ey. 1. 80. Mats. Wed, & Sat go
ANNE RUSSELL u s!rT THE SEX
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-08
CLASS LEGISLATION.
Views Held by Extreme Labor Lead
 CTS Are Unconstitutional.

Such proposals as those mentioned
 above as advocated by the extreme labor leaders contain the vital error of being class Legislation of the most offensive kind. and even if enacted
 into law believe that the law would
 rightly be held unconstitutional. More over, the labor people are themselves now beginning to invoke the use of the power of injunction. During the last ten years, and within my own knowledge, at least fifty injunctions have been obtained by labor unions in New York city alone, most of them being to protect the union label Ia property right'o, but some being ob- tained for other reasons against en- ployers. The power of injunction is a great equitable remedy which should on no account be destroyed. But safe guards should be erected against its abuse. I believe that some such pro visions as those I advocated a year ago for checking the abuse of the issuance of temporary injunctions should be adopted. In substance, pro- vision should be made that no injune- ton or temporary restraining order issue otherwise than on notice. except where irreparable injury would other M1ee result and iA snch ease q bear
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-08

have changed far more rapidly than in the preceding two centuries. Tho i'm. mense growth of corporations, of busl- ness done by associations and the ex- treme strain and pressure of modern life have produced conditions which render the public confused as to who Its really dangerous foes are. and among the public servants who have not only shared this confusion, but by some of their acts have increased 1t. are certain judges, Marked inenicien- cy has bean shown in dealing with cor porations and in resettling the proper attitude to bc taken by the public not only toward corporations, but toward labor and toward the social questions arising out of the factory system and the enormous growth of our great cities.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-08
INLAND WATERWAYS.
Action to Improve Our Navigable
 Rivers Urgently Needed.

Action should be begun forthwith, during the present session of congress, for the improvement of our inland wa terways-action which will result in giving us not only nayigable but navigated rivers. We have spent hundreds of millions of dollars upon these waterways, yet the traffic on nearly all of them is steadily declin- ing. This condition is the direct re- suit of the absence of any compre- hensive and farseeing plan of water way improvement. Obviously we can enues of the government without re- turn. It is poor business to srArd money for inland navigation unless 1e get ii.
 Inquiry into the condition of the Mississippi and Its principal tributa- ries reveals very many instances of the utter waste caused by the methods which have hitherto obtained for the so called improvement" of naviga- tion. A striking instance is supplied by the improvement" of the Ohio, which, begun in 1894, was continued under a single plan for half century. In 1875 a new plan was adopted and followed for q quarter of century. In 1902 still different plan was adopt ed and has since been pursued at a rate which only promises a navigable river in from twenty to a hundred years longer. futile methods are accompanied by de creasing water borne commerce and increasing traffic congestion on land by increasing floods and by the waste of public money The remedy lies in abandoning the methods which have so signally failed and adopting new ones in keeping with the needs and demands of our people.
 In report on measure introduced at the first session of the present con- gress the secretary of war said, "Thc chief defect in the methods hitherto pursued lies in the absence of execu- tive authority for originating compre- hensive plans covering the country or natural divisions thereof In this opinion l heartily concur. The pres ent methods not only fail to give us inland navigation, but they are inju- rious to the army as well. What is virtually a permanent detail of the corps of engineers to civilian duty nec- essarily impairs the efficiency of our military establishment. The military engineers have undoubtedly done eff cient work in actual construction. but they are necessarily unsuited by their training and traditions to take the broad view and to gather and trans. init to the congress the commercial and industrial information and fore casts upon which waterway improve ment must always so largely rest. Furthermore, they have failed to grasp the great underlying fact that every stream is a unit from its source to its mouth and that all it's uses are inter dependent. Prominent officers of the engineer corps have recently even gone SO far as to assert in print that wa terways are not dependent upon the , conservation of the forests about their ] headwaters. This position Is opposed to all the recent work of the scientific bureaus of the government and to the general experience of mankind. A oAyRirtan who disbelieved in yaccIna-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-08
WATERBURY EVENING DEMOCRAT TUESDAY DECEMBER 1908


 most all the rivers of northern China have become uncomfortable and very dangerous to the dwellers along their banks as direct result of the destruc- ton of the forests. The journey from Pekin to Jehol shows in melancholy fashion how the soil has been washed away from whole valleys, so that they have been converted into deserts.
 Tn northern China this disastrous process has gone on so long and has proceeded so far that no complete remedy could be applied. There are certain mountains fin China from which the soil is gone so utterly that only the slow action of the ages could again restore 1t, although of course much could be done to prevent tho still farther eastward extension of the Mongolian desert if the Chinese gov ernment would act at once. The ac- companying cuts from photographs show the inconceivable desolat'nn Of the barren mountains in Wnicn cer tain of these rivers riseAAaountains, be 1t remembered, which formerly supported dense forests of larches and frs, now unable to produce any wood and because of their condition a source of danger to the whole coun- try The photographs also show the same rivers after they have passed through the mountains, the beds hay ing become broad and sandy because of the deforestation of the mountains. One of the photographs shows a cara van passing through valley. For perly, when the mountains were for ested, it was thickly peopled by pros porous peasants. Now the floods have carried destruction all over the land and the valley is a stony desert. An other photograph shows mountain road covered with the stones and rocks that are brought down in the rainy season from the mountains which have already been deforestsd by human hands. Another shows a pebbly river bed in southern Man churia where what was once a great stream has dried up owing to the de forestation in the mountains. Only some scrub wood Is left, which will disappear within a half century. Yet another shows the effect of one of the washouts, destroying an arabic noun tain side, these washouts being due to the removal of all vegetation, yet in this photograph the foreground shows that reforestation is still a possibility in places.
 What has thus happened in northern China, what has happened in central Asia, in Palestine, in north Africa, ! in parts of the Mediterranean coun- tries of Europe, will surely happen in our country if we do not exercise that wise forethought which should be one of the chief marks of any people call ing itself civilized Nothing should be permitted to stand in the way of the preservation of the forests, and it is criminal to permit individuals to pur- chase a little gain for themselves through the destruction of forests when this destruction is fatal to the | well being of the whole country in the future.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-08

rom within. Tn no other nation in the world do the courts wield such vast and farreachlng power as in the Unit cd States. All that is necessary is that the courts as a whole should exercise this power with the fursighted wis dom already shown by those judges who scan the future while they act in the present. Let them exercise this great power not only honestly and bravely, but with wise insight into the needs and fixed purposes of the people, so that they may do justice and work equity, so that they may protect all persons in their rights and yet break down the barriers of privilege, which is the foe of right.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-08
OUR INDIAN WARDS.
Steady Progress Toward Removing
 Service From Politics.

It has been my purpose from tho b.. ginning of my administration to t1k0 the Indian service completely out of the atmosphere of political activity, and there has been steady progress to- ward that end The last remaining stronghold of politics in that service was the agency system, which had seen its best days and was gradually falling to pieces from natural or pure ly evolutionary causes, but, like all such survivals, was decaying slowly In its later stages. It seems clear that now, so that the ground can be cleared for larger constructive work on behalf of the Indians preparatory to their in- duction into the full measure of re- sponsible citizenship, On Nov. only eighteen agencies were left on the roster With two exceptions, where some legal questions seemed to stand temporarily in the way, these have been changed to superintendencies and their heads brought into the classified civil service.
 Secret Service.
 Last year an amendment was incor. porated in the measure providing for the secret service which provided that there should be no detail from the se- cret service and no transfer therefrom It Is not too much to say that this amendment has been of benefit only, and could be of benefit only, to the criminal classes. If deliberately in- troduced for the purpose of diminish ing the effectiveness of war against crime it could not have been better de vised to this end. It forbade the prac- tices that had been followed to q greater or less extent by the executive heads of various departments for twen- ty years. To these practices we owe the securing of the evidence which en- abled us to drive great lotteries out of business and secure quarter of million of dollars in fines from their | promoters. These. practices have en- abled us to discover some of the most | outrageous frauds in connection with the theft of government land and government timber by great corpora tions and by individuals. These prac- tices have enabled us to get some of the evidence indispensable in order to secure the conviction of the wealthlest and most formidable criminals with whom the government has to deal. both those operating in violation of the antitrust law aud others The amendment in question was of benent
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-08

struction.
 For many of the shortcomings of justice in our country our people as a whole are themselves to blame, and the judges and juries merely bear their share together with the public as whole. It is discredisable to us as people that there should be difficulty in convicting murderers or in bring, ing to justice men who as public serv. ants have been guilty of corruption or who have proflted by the corruption of public servants. The result is equally unfortunate whether due to hair split. ting technicalities in the interpreta- ton of law by judges. to sentimental ity and class consciousness on the part of juries or to hysteria and sensation alism in the daily press. For much of this failure of justice no rssponsi. bnity whatever lies on rich men as such. We who make up the mass of the people cannot shift the responsi- bility from our own shoulders. But there is an important part of the fail ure which ras specially to do with inability to hold to proper account mep of wealth who behave badly.
 The chief breakdown is in dealing with the new relations that arise from the mutualism, the interdependence, of our time. Every new social relation begets a new type of wrongdoing-of sin, to use an old fashioned y>ord-and many years always elapse before so- ciety is able to turn this sin into crime which can be effectively punished at law. During the lifetime of the older u,an now aliVAL -fhD DeelAl- sRiaxAsns
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1908-03-05
SOLDIER TELLS
AMAZING STORY
Says He Was Of.
fered Money to
Act as Spy
RE.ENL|sIs IN THE ARMY
Jap Wanted Him to Secure
Maps Of Fortifications
on Pacific Coast

sal, Lake, Utah, Mach F.--Jltk k
1'reaiwell, japanese interprf u,
formrly a member Of The Twent y.f rs.
U. S. Infantry, announced at the local
recruiting office today that he had re-
Gently been offered $170 month by
an agent Of the Japanese government
to act as spy in discovering the 10.
cation of mines and furnishing de.
scriptions of the Notifications of the
harbors Of San Francisco and Puget
Sound.
The japanese who made the offer.
according to Treadwell. was man
known as Matsasuzike, who represent.
ed himself as salesman and said he
had come to America to spy but was
unable to get the information requir.
ed.
Treadwell re-enlisted yesterday in
the heavy artillery which at present
has charge Of the Notifications in San
Francisco. According to Treadwell the
japanese had asked him to enlist IN
the coast artillery so that he might
get all the information which his
government wanted
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1908-03-05
UTAH SCENE OF
BITTER RANGE WAR
Sheepmen Sustain Heavy Losses as
Result Of Poisoned Grass-Blame
Cattlemen.

Grand Junction, Colo, March 5.--In.
formation from Cisco, Utah, received
here today is to the effect that sheep
belonging to ranchers in this section
of Colorado, but now being ranged In
the vicinity of Cisco, are dying in
great numbers, Owners of hocks now
charge that grass on the range near
Cisco has been poisoned, and speci-
mems have been sent to Salt Lake for
examination by chemists there. 1t is
intimated that cattlemen who oppose
the presence of sheep on Utah ranges
are attempting to rid the country Of
them by killing them with poison. All
the sheep owners declare that they
will bring criminal prosecutions should
their suspicious prove correct.