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Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-23
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
ATHLETE is HON0RED
D. L. Dixon of Pasadena Appointed
Director of Boys Physical De-
partment at Riverside

A Southern California athlete has
been honored by the faculty of the
Riverside Y. M. c. A. in the appoint
ment of D. L. Dixon of Pasadena, who
has been made director of the boys
physical department of that city. Dix
on is a graduate of the Pasadena high
school and was assistant secretary at
the Pasadena Y. NJ. G. A. for the past
six months before being appointed to
his new position. After leaving high
school Dixon took postgraduate
course at the Northwestern university.
He is we'll liked among his pupils, and
no doubt will make good in his new
berth.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-23
JACK JOHNSON BUYS
SPECIAL SPEED AUTO
In Two Days Galveston Wonder
Spends $4,000 of the $4,000 Re-
ceiVed-Purchases Large
Sparkler

PHILADELPHIA, May 22.-Jack
johnson has proved that he is a spend
er as well as an Garner. He received
$4,000 as his share of the bout with
O'Brien Wednesday night, and in two
days he has let $4,000 of it go for pur-
chases. Yesterday Johnson was at
tracted by a special speed roadster, and
before the salesman knew what had
happened he was in possession of $4,000
and Johnson was speeding down the
street. He also purchased big dia-
mond for $780,
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-23
BREAKS RECORD
FOR MILE RUN
HIGH SCHOOL BOY SMASHES
WORLDS TIME
NEeoT,ATEs DISTANCE IN 4 MIN
UTEs, 81 SECONDS
Rhode Island Youth Establishes New
Interscholastic Mark in RAIN
storm Against Strong
Wind
tRv Associated Press. J

PROVIDENCE, r. l., May 22.-Joe
Ballard, running for Providence Tech
meal High school in the Rhode Island
inter-scholastic league today, broke the
worlds inter-scholastic record for the
one mile run. Billiards. time was four
minutes 81 Is seconds. The previous
record was made by M. w Shepard, at
Ithaca, N. Y. May 10, 1905.
Billiards. record was made in a rain
storm and against heavy northeast
mind
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-23
ARRANGE GRAND AVIATION
WEEK DURING GRAND PRlX
Forty Thousand Dollars in Prizes Will
Be Given to Successful
Aeronauts

PARIS. May 22.-Arrangements are being
made for a grand aviation week in the Cham
payne district the lines of the motor car
week and the Grand Prix week.
The Marquis de Polignac who is at the head
of the movement, says that Betheny, just out
side Rheims, where the car of Russia reviewed
the French army some years ago, has been
chosen as the site, and that the program will
extend from August 90 to 20. Forty thousand
dollars will be given in prizes
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-23

Chanticeer won. Mettie Beread second,
Metzie third: time :55 Is
Third race, mile and twenty yards-E. T.
Ship won, La Fayette second, Huerfano
third; time 1:44 Is
Fourth race. purse $4,000, the Kentucky
Oaks, mile and a sixteenth-Floreal won,
Pink Wings second Cordova third; time
1:49 Is.
Fifth race four and a half furlongs-The
Fad won, Topland second, DuQuesne third,
time :54 Is.
Sixth race mile and a sixteenth-Orlando
won. Billy pullman second. Lille Turner
third; time 1:4S As.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-23
s1a.a3s9as9@.<2c9Ixv9 <:S599<.G~3,

. Readers are cordially invited to for
:, ward solutions to the problems pre-
. scented in this column. Names or pseu-
:, donyms of sOlvers will, together with
. solutions. be printed in this column
. two weeks after the issue containing
> the problem. Questions as to rules or
) play will, receive careful consideration
:, and prompt reply. Address all COM
. munications to Bridge Editor, The
o Herald.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-23
LEAVES TOPEKA IN EFFORT
TO oVERTAKE ED WESTON

TOPEKA, Kas, May 22-sergeant j.
r. Walsh, u. s. A, (retired), the
pedestrian, who has undertaken the
task of overtaking Edward Payson
weston on his transcontinental jour
new. left Topeka at $3.50 O'Clock this
morning westbound.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-23
CHAMPION WRESTLER MAY
BE SENT BACK TO JAPAN
Charged at Spokane That Asiatic Un'
lawfully Entered the United
States

SPOKANE, Wash. May EN-. Mat
suda. a Japanese wrestler. who claims
the championship of British Columbia,
was arrested here today on the charge
of having unlawfully entered the
United States. If found guilty he VIII
be deported,
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-23
FAMOUS RACE HORSE RETIRED

NEW YORK, May 22.-Dave Johnson,
owner of the once famous race horse
Roseben, is preparing to ship the old
sprinter to a farm where he can enjoy
q rest for the remainder of his days
Roseben won many big stakes for his
owner, and caused Johnson to- win
many thousands of dollars in wagers,
and Johnson said last night that as
the horse is practically untitled for the
turf he has NOT forgotten his great
services.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-23
RESULTS AT LOUISVILLE

LOUISVILLE, May 22-Results;
First race, six furlongs-Merriek won
snake Mary second. Lady Vie third; time
1;14S-5.
second race. four and half furlongs-
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-23
NATIONAL LEAGUE

Today's postponed New York-Pitts-
burg game will be played off on July
II. The Brooklyn Cincinnati game will
be played off on the same date.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-23
MAY TIDE TABLE

anybody who would y" able TO nnd IN
address in the dictionary would be able to
and your CLASSIFIED al.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-23
The StrangeSt
Thing
That Could Happen in hisTown

If there were ever pub
lished an issue of this news
paper which did not contain
an advertisement which
OUGHT to interest YOU,
THAT would be about the
strangest thing that could
happen.
And it takes a stretch of
the imagination to think it
a notwithstanding that
you have average needs and
tastes. At any rate, it
didn't happen with this is
sue of the paper.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-23
Inferenoes from No.trump Declaration

In article 10 the positive differences were
given The negative differences which are
Equally reliable are that. provided the
dealer does not hold four aces. which may
usually he determined early in the play OF
the hand and possibly by the fact that
Won hold one or probably by the TACT that
one is held by either dummy or Yourself,
demand a suit declaration. or such oomb-
nation of length and strength as to expect
to win the game at a suit declaration
The honor strength. which is SUFFICIENT
alone to Justify suit declaration. Is four
honors in one hand in either hearts or dia-
monds. !,
should the dealer pass the make, the in
ference is that he has not such cards as
to warrant him in making a declaration.
Therefore by recalling what is sufficient
YOU can determine what he does not hold.
on the other hand. the rule is now almost
general that the dealer will not pass ex-
cent at a score of "a unless he holds al
least as much as two queens. Therefore
should dummy declare, you should at once
endeavor to locate what the dealer'
strength may be.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-23

Original no trump. open lead 7 Of hearts.
What inference may be drawn by dealer? How
should he plan the play of the hand?
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-23
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-09
rHUnsDAr. DHoEnBnR 2, 1898.


 About the most amusing political contretemps that we have heard of lately is now worrying the Repubh- cans of Kansas. Tn that state they have Kansas Day Club. strictly Republican organization. At its an nuai dinners the best political speak CTS are invited and the affairs and se- crsts of the party are gone over and plans formulated. This year the .Program Committee" sent a formal invitation to Henry J watson. head of the Agricultural School at Man hattan in that state to be present and take part in the proceedings. It so happens that MT. Watson is not only . Democrat but Missouri Democrat Of the strictest type; consequently the Club Is up against it, They don't want a Democrat at the meeting and they don't want to offend him. Un- less he declines the invitation they are up q stump for fair.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-09
No Solo for This Canary.

Press.
 Mrs. Charles Herrings folks in Eln Street were greatly astonished today when the pet canary did not burst into song at the noon hour. The bird Is g great pet and a most accomplished warbler. In the three years 1t has been in the Herring household 1t never once missed singing at midday. The warbler has been so regular in this respect that Mrs. Herring and ell the little Herrings have been setting their appetites by the canary birds IF o'clock song. Mrs. Hiring happened to look at her watch when she was In the kitchen and saw 1t was five minutes after 12.
 My goodness" she said, "its time~to set the table. :"
 Aunt Maria. T haven't heard that bird sing yet" Her niece stepped into the sitting room. The canary was on its perch, silent and detected Mrs. Her bier cooked it's head at her. but made no noise."
 'T wonder why the canary has gone silent?" she asked.
 ''Mebbe it's got the measules." sug-
 As the hours went by and the bird kept silent everybody in the house got to worrying. When Maud Herring came home at p. m. and was told about the canary she went into the sit- ting room to see what she could do The first thing she noticed was that the cuckoo clock had stopped. The position of the hands showed it had run down at a. m. She wound up the clock and set 1t at 12. so as to make the yellow cuckoo sing It's longest song
 The instant the cuckoo popped out the canary sat up straight, and when the wooden warbler began the canary started in for all it was worth and al- most burst it's throat in a singing match with it's fancied rival The bird sang for two hours.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-09
HIGH SCHOOL GUIDES.
Valuable Suggestions To New school. Arshx


 From Auburn. Two interesting high school circu- lars have been issued by the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, entitled Q) Tsefaing nfs.i sotaRy ny. Ia, iH the High Schools. s. Mackintosh and P. F wiiiiams.
 This series or high school circulars is issued by the Polytechnic as q small part of its contribution to the Alabama. The plans now include sew. eral papers on the usual academic subjects. but during the present ses- sion the publications will be devoted field of investigation by the institu- tion. The college especially desires to stimulate more vital interest in the study of elementary science and uses this method of giving the teach- CTS of the State the benefit of It's ex- perience.
 The laboratory method of instrue- tion. which the college has thoroughly tested. is everywhere urged as the basis of the successful teaching of
 1j The purpose of Improving School Grounds" Is to teach children the appreciation of things beautiful as well as things useful. Specific di- rections are given for planning, plant ing. and developing school grounds. The pamphlet of thirty-four pages ia illustrated with dozen plates. t2) The publication on, teaching Botany Is intended to encourage teachers in the work of presenting the subject to their pupils and to give them some practical suggestions which may be of service to them in under taking the work for perhaps the first time. Teachers. who find the sugges- tions helpful and desire further ex. planation than afforded by. the circu- lars. are urged to communicate with the authors.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-09

them lack not only legal knowiedge, but are lacking in knowledge of what effect a certain law win have. and are too often Ignorant of the lsvs all ready on the books.
 The natural result of all this Is to cumber the statute books with legis- iation without force and without any thing to make 1t acceptable. Seeing that something is being done. or left undone. that may have a bad effect. the ambitious member straightway in troduces . bill to correct what he looks on as an evil. His bill may be in direct conflict with the constitu- ton. or with other laws on the books. It may even be in conflict with other laws passed at the same session, but all that is either unknown to him or Is Auietly disregarded. What he sees. and all he sees. is that something ought to be done. or prevented. so he puts In a bill, and in most cases a go- easy Legislature win put 1t through. often because the members want him to help them with their own pet meas ures. N
 The evil of this tendency isrplainly apparent on every hand. As The Traveller well says, The disregard of fool laws has bred contempt for all law" and this Is the inevitable ten dency and result of foolish and H. considered legislation. Some of the laws are so foolish. so unfit and un- fair. and often so contradictory that no one pays attention to them or cares how much they are violated. The disregard or violation. of one law is bound to create and encourage con- tempt for all laws. and thus the peo- pie. unintentionally. perhaps, become persistent law-breakers.
 One remedy for this evil is to send snly qualified law-makers to our Leg islatures: men who are fully compe- tent to decide what laws are needed, and what effect a law will have, but this is hardly to be expected or hoped for. In some cases the men who are best. qualified for the work of law-making refuse to serve. and in many other cases man is elected solely because he is good citizen and popular fin his community The voters take no thought of qualifica- tions or fitness but elect him because they like him.
 Perhaps the severest remedy for fool legislation" lies in the strict en- forcement of all law. It may be an absurd statute, or 1t may be intoler- ably oppressive. in some of It's re- quirements. but the best and surest way to get 1t amended or repealed Is to enforce 1t So strictly and impar- tially that all will be anxious to have 1t changed. That is probably the best remedy for fool laws.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-09
The Progress of PrOhIbItion.

Boston Traveller.
 It is possible if Mir. Bryan could have forecast the vote of Alabama, which, by a
 substantial majority. has rejected a pro posed amendment to the state constitution he would not be so bold in attempting to force prohibition as the paramount Issue of the Democratic party In its 1912 campaign Alabama has not abandoned its prohlbito- ry policy by this vote. but refuses only to accept total abstinence as a constitutional
 question: in other words makes 1t a matter
 of legislation and not permanent law This Is the principle followed in Massach uset ts where. when the cities or towns believe that license is working damage to the citizens
 liquor dealers are unwisely abusing the priv ileges allowed them. for any reason license becomes unpopular, they vote to that effect
 at the next election. When they want sa-
 looms they say so; this Is a common sense
 method which, under test. has been absolute ly satisfactory.
 Nine states have prohibitive laws and tn ere
 approximately 400 cities in which the
 sale of liquor is prohibited: l. S36, S95 square
 miles in the United States are under local option legislation: 407 602 square miles are
 under state prohibition. and 1908, 249 square
 miles under license laws.
 Mir. Bryan will fall in his attempt to make prohibition the Issue of the Democratic party because 1t runs counter to human nature; to
 make the seller of liquor a criminal while the buyer and consumer commits no crime Is an absurdlty. and in general because laws which are not founded the general con- sent of the community are never enforced Reasonable and permanent Iegislation for temperance lies in the enactment of laws similar to those In vogue In Massachusetts.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-09
PASTORS CHANGED.
In North Alabama Conference 17O Pas-
 tors Were Changed.

Tn NOfth Alabama Conference 17O PaB~
 tors Were Changed.
 Birmingham Age Herald.
 One hundred and seventy pastors in the North Alabama Methodist Confer ence were changed to new charges at the Roanoke meeting last night" said a delegate who returned from the con- ference yesterday.
 Most of the changes are among the small circuits and charges. There were but few changes in the Birmingham and Bessemer districts and the average Birmingham reader does not realize the full extent of the general shake-up administered by Bishop Morrison.
 Practically every minister in the conference expected to be changed and those who were not put on the skid were surprised. Several rumors be- came current before the final announce ments that all sorts of sensational shifting might be expected and when the hour for reading the announce ments arrived, the conference was, in 8 fever of excitement. The North Ala bama Conference has perhaps never before experienced such tense excite ment as on this occasion.
 The creation of a new district in the territory surrounding HaIeyville and known as the Haleyville district called for number of preachers and the creation of another presiding elder. The Rev. Robert Echols was made pre- siding elder in this district '
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-09
wAR Musr CONTINUE.
British Admiral Says World Peace is 2
 


 Sir Edward Hobart Seymour, Admi- ral of the British Navy, has openly de- clared that the settled peace of the na- tions is a wholly chimerical fancy and sary adjunct to civilization. Inf g startling contribution to the current issue of the Cosmopolitan Magazine the head of the entire naval establishment of Great Britain and a close friend of King Edward VII. says:
 Of course peace commissions. of a more or less civil nature, have aimed to restrict the mechanical violence of war machinery, but peace organizations of the character of the Hague Com mission have been unable to accomplish much more than arouse the interest o1 public sentiment. The peace of the na- tions Is best insured by sufficient war ships to maintain it. The sea must be policed as efficiently as the land. There is as much need for the power of ar rest at sea as there Is in the street. The British navy has been compelled to discover this fact in the proper con trol of her colonial lands. Perhaps It's supremacy has been established large ly upon grounds of police duty rather than national aggressiveness. Navies are police forces of the sea. Upon them the peace Of nations very large ly depends.
 The aeroplane, which has just come upon the horizon, has been mentioned as a possible influence in naval war fare. I do not consider 1t a formidable ally or dangerous enemy. It may, al some future time, be serviceabIe for scouting purposes in finding the en- emy's ships, but I do notasee at pres ent any aid beyond that to sea power in the aeroplane.
 The dIrigible balloon, on the other hand. could be made extremely effect i've in a sea battle. Experiments that have been made by the War Depart ment seem to confirm this possibility The use of the dirigible balloon wifi probably be to drop explosives upon dockyards or ships. This, however. iS merely an unsubstantial prediction.
 After all. IS the naval service aggres. sIye? Isn't it the nearest approach tC the patriotism of daily life? The pur. pose of the navy. like the army, Is oi course aggressive. The progress fl both brs1ehes of the service has beer
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-09
Our Grand Army of OmeehOIders

New OrIeans -PIcayune.
 Federal oficeholders has increased ip recent years is not generally appreci- ated by the American people as a whole. Several States In the Union have not nearly as many Inhabitants as the army of Federal office holders amounts to. According to a recently issued Government bluebook the total number of officeholders In the pay of the Federal Government is 31O.O65. which reuresents an increase of 64,000 in the last two years. Thus the new recruits to the civil service of the Gov ernment during the period since 1907 of tbe reguIaT army. No wonder that there is such an abiding faith In the Federal Government, which provides so
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-09
SOME READING

so great that we are frequently con- fronted with the question as to wheth- CT the next war will not be the last. that the next naval war will Be the last sea fight of the world. In this connection have been asked If hu- manity will not call q halt onF future occur My Observation Of human ma ture the world over leaves me in won der sometimes whether we have really escaped it's sayagery. after all; whether cur vaunsea clxihzation s ls mucn more man nature has not altered. War will probably not make permanent peace.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-09
Iananeaa senaitlrennaa.

From the Correspondence of Lafcadso Hearn,
 in The December Atlantic.
 sensitiveness exists in the Japanese to ar extent never supposed by the foreigners who treat them harshly at the open ports. Tn Izumo I knew a case of q maid servant whe received a slight rebuke with q smile. and then quietly went out and hung herself ! have notes of many curious suicides of similar sort. And yet the Japanese master is never brutal or cruel How Japanese can serve a certain class of foreigners az aiL ! can't understand. Possibly they do nos think of them (the foreignerg) as being ex. aetly human beingS-but rather Ont, or as
 Wen. here is another thing. My cook wears smiling. healthy. rather pleasant face He is a good looking young man !. Whenever used to think of him thought of the smile. I saw mask before me merry as one of those little masks of Ono-kumi- nushi- -no-kami they sell at Minosekl one day I looked through little nole m the sf1oji and saw him alone. The face was not the same face. It was thin and drawn. ana showed queer lines worn by old nardsnip- l thought ''he win look like that when he is dead" I went in, and the man was all chanEed-younR and happy again--nor have ever seen that look of trouble in his face since. But I know when he ig alone he wears It. He never shows his real face 10 mo; he wears the mask of happiness as on eti- quetto.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-09
many patriots with cOngenlal employ

many patriots with congenial employ ment.
 retary of the Interior there were 94S.- 194 names on the pension rolls at the close of the last fiscal year. If the number of pensioners be added to the Federal officeholders. 1t will be seen that a grand armyof 1,31e.25s persons, irrespective of their families and de- pendents. are drawing their support in whole or in part from the United States Treasury.
 If to this vast army of people sup ported by the Federal Government be added the great host of State and mu- nicipal emPloy throughout the ooun- try, 1t willsbe realized that a very con siderable proportion of the American people are supported by the Govern ment and that we are rapidly ap- preaching the Socialistic ideal that holds that everybody should work for the Government and the Government support everybody.