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The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-10-25
GOOD BOUTS CARDED THIS
WEEK IN QUAKERTOWN.

The following is the list of fights in
Philadelphia for this week: 81,
Monday. New Philadelphia Athletic
Club-Jack Britton, of Chicago. and
Charlie CTwin) Miller, OF Boston; Young
Jack Hanlon, of Philadelphia, and Joe
Sieger, of Denver.
West End Athletic Club-Harry
Clutch. the sensational New Yorker, will
meet young Fred Corbett, OF Philadel-
phia-
Tuesday. Douglas Athletic Club
Johnny Willetts, the knockout kid" of
the Seventh ward, and Young Erne, of
Grays Ferry.
Wednesday, Wayne Athletic Club
Joe Ferguson, of Manayunk, and Bobby
Scanlon, of Germantown.
Thursday, Broadway Athletic Club
Joe Thomas, the ex-middleweight
champion. will meet the best man that
can be cured.
Friday. Nonpareil Athletic Club-All-
star show.
Saturday, National Athletic Club
Mickey Cannon, the boy with the ter
rible left, will meet the best boy that
can be secured.
Tommy Murphy has been offered the
winner of the Frayne-Powen go and
has accepted. Joe Smith made ar
rangements with Murphy last nigh
and wired Sid Hester, who will pro-
mote the match, to send on the trans
portation, which will arrive In five
days. Powell and Frayne meet fol-
twenty rounds next Friday night.
Joe HUMPHREYS will be the master Of
ceremonies at the opening OF the John.
son-Ketchel picture show today a
Harnmerstein's.
Henry Piet, the French boxer, dit
not make a very impressive showing
in Philadelphia Saturday night, wher'
he made his first American appear
anoe. He boxed Maurice Sayers a six
round "go' and showed up to be fair
ly clever. Sayre's agsressiveness wa
too much for him.
Dick Nelson and Cy Smith, the Jer
sey lightweight. have been matched t.
meet at Albany in a 15-round battle OF
November 8. These two whirlwint
boxers will make things interesting TO
the members of the Knickerbocke
Club, where the tight will be held. Da'
Mcmahon, manager of the club, is hav
ing the place enlarged. F.,
Leach Cross is getting in fine trir
for his ''go" with Harry Smith, an,
the East Slider expects TO win lon
before the limit of fifteen rounds j
reached. Stone is not a world -beatei
but he is a tough n to put away.
-
Jeffries spent yesterday visiting o
Long island.
Willus Britt, so a report says, wa
found in a back oom in frisco tn
other day shooting crap with the teet
Jack johnson knocked out OF Ketche
wnlus had the pegs marked with tn
spots, but they failed to bring him an
luck.
Jack Robinson, who fought aroun
/ here last year.. and who recently lei
his wife penniless in New Yorl
> knocked out another u In New Or
/, leans Saturday night. This is Robin
{ sons second victory within a week.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-10-25
TIGERS in SOUTH.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Oct. 20
Matty Mcintyre and his team OF De-
troit American League baseball play
e,sr en- route to Cuba for a series of
with Havana teams. arrived here
last night. Today they will play the
Chattanooga team of the South Atlantic
League, Either Willett or Mullin will
pitch for Detroit.
The Tigers win play In Jacksonville
and Tampa before sailing.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-10-25
OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF EXCISE COM.
MISSIONERs OF THE CITY
OF NEWARK.

ot XXI
~ City Hall, Oct. 20. 1909.
The follow ing is the list OF names. residences
and places O. business of persons making appli-
cation to this board for the granting Of licenses
to sell spirituous, vinous. malt or brewed LIQUORS
to VII:
d Name. Place Of Business Res,danca
RETA1L-NEW APPLICATION.
John Naughton, 106 Bowery st. 80 Chambers At.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
John Stern, sol 18th w.. Same Mac.
Rafael Del Bosco, 1922 9Th av........S same MACE
Giovanni Centsnni. 40 Cutler st 49,. same piace
Toby Rizzolo, 1l-l3 Garside st.. Same piscs
Fred Tielsch. 273 No. 18th, t........,Sa Same nia 90
oiian,es, C,to and Antonete Hausle, POS
p'ov,,neio av,. Same place
Charles j. Gosel, / So, Orarge av....Same Macs
Matthias Puder, 1894 $50 Warren st Sam p,aca
Albert Schreiber. 81 Spring st .......s sans niacs
1sidor FeitlinGer, 90 Mulberry ST SANE piac !.
GTAIL-DouB TRANSFER.
i'"a hohesiiy- w istn av,.....Same place
RICHARD MILE
JAMES f. CONNOLLY. fres'qen'-
City Clerk.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-10-25
MISS SUTTON WINS FROM
MISS HOTCHKISS IN WEST

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 25.-Miss May
sutton defeated Miss Hazel Hotch-
kiss, woman tennis champion of the
United States, in two straight sets,
6-1, Ga.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-10-25

Kansas and should arrive Don He
will remain till the end of the season.
Although Captain Coy and Head Coach
Jones are trying to fight Town secret
practise, and will order as little as pos
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-10-25
PILGRIMS ), ALL-cHICAGO o.

CHICAGO, Oct. 25.-The Pilgrims, As
sociation football team. of England.
defeated the Ali-Chicago team yester-
day. 8 too.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-10-25

The reorganized New York team will
roll its first league games this, after
noon at Elizabeth.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-10-25
FIRST HOME MATCHES OF EASTERN
BOWLING TOURNEY ON The PROGRAM

out sustaining a single defeat, and their
nearest rivals are the Elizabethans
who have won three and lost none.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-10-25

fh1NCElON, Oct. 20.
THE varsity men, although one of
them were injured in Saturdays
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-10-25

Jack Robinson, who fought around
here last year, n who recently left
his wife penniless in New York.
knocked u another pug In New Or
leans Saturday night. This is Robin
sons second victory within q week.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-10-25

New Haven has a big lead in the
thrse-man. having won six games with
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-10-25

Trenton is third in the individual,
but the capital bowlers are around the
bottom in the other three competitions.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-10-25

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The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-10-25

n exciting series of basketball
"A games are il. progress on the
&A ~open-air court of the Second
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-13
voLTAIRE's vINDIcATIoN.

From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
 A New York man who tried to squirm out of a contract for the purchase of Voltaire's works by declaring them im- moral lost his suit in court. Justice Seabury, who rendered the decision, showed a discriminating taste, literary perception most acute and arrived at conclusion that 1t was not the function of court to perform acts of censorship However, he did. as matter of fact, give the famous Frenchman long deferred vindication, sinking the moral indiscre- tions of his product into the mass of philosophic teachings.
 We may well doubt, however, whether modern work of similar import would have been handled with as much gentle ness. It takes the mellowing influence of time to bring belittlement to the moral peccadilloes and merge them as inconse- quential by-products into the superior excellence of literary material and form. One George Bernard Shaw, by his own prophecy, a seer of the centuries to come, seems to be having difficulties which voltaire might also encounter if he had not been dead 131 years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-13

tenn, and when Chicago gets behind it a trade would be turned to and from Savannah that would surprise the old est inhabitant No doubt the chief ben eficiary would be Savannah, but Bir- mingham would become a good sec- ond, for the great traffic would pass this way. The Central of Georgia will have to be rebuilt, and no doubt as things go along an independent line will be constructed from Haleyyille to Birmingham, for the Illinois Central has always had the reputation of doing thorough work when 1t seeks new bus mess in a new territory. With MT. Hartman as an impelling force the chances are good that the Illinois Gen. tral will strive to give Chicago a great gateway to the sea.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-13
Impressed By Rirmlnaham.

Edgar R. Anderson a prominent citi- zen of Marietta, Ga, is in the city as the guest of John B. Earle and P. E. Earle. Mir. Anderson is greatly impressed with Birmingham.
 T was agreeably surprised.' he said, ito note the reawakening of business in- terests in Birmingham. The trade or the Magic City appears to measure up to every claim made by the Chamber of Commerce and other such organizations in the extensive advertisement given by them to the city.
 Georgia and Atlanta especially seem to be still laboring under the effect pro- duced by the passage of the prohibition laws. Prohibition is as much farce in Georgia as it's most ardent opposers claimed prior to the passage of the law. Literally speaking. Atlanta is wide open. even as much so as 1 found Birmingham to be when I stepped frop the train at the Terminal station. Thisscity, no doubt. has felt the evil effects of the passage of such an arbitrary and impracticable law. I hope soon to see an awakening in both Alabama and Georgia when the necessary steps will be taken toward the repeal of this non-prohibiting prohibition Iawtt
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-13
Compulsory Education

Alabama needs a compulsory educa- tion law, for only about one-half of her children attend the public schools. Out of 733,OOO children of school age in the year 1900, only 161 900 white children and 78,0O0 black children were attending school. When all al lowances are made it is seen that un- der the voluntary system one-half of the states children are sent to school and one-half are permitted to grow up without learning to read and write.
 A compulsory education law would, if enforced, put the ignorant one-half in school, and this means that in be needed in all parts of the state. With a compulsory education law should go proposed constitutional amendment giving every school dis trict the right of local taxation for school purposes. Each district could then supplement state aid to it's needs. It would be unwise to bring in com pulsory education unless that way be opened to amend the constitution so that local taxation would become pos sible.
 At the last session a local taxation amendment boiled in the house 62 votes, or within two of the necessary number to put it before the people The additional votes should be readily secured when compulsory education is put through.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-13
VAUDEVILLE "HYPNOTlSM"

and might lead to grave miscarriage of justice in capital trial. Children of sensitive nature should certainly not be permitted to witneus such performances in them foundation might easily be laid for piteous credulity and abject super stition in the future, rendering them an easy prey to spiritualists, fortune tellers, astrologists and other quacks that in- fest our cultured eenters.
 The crowd that pushes it's way on the stage upon request of the performer is made of some genuine inquirers and a half dozen or more carefully trained con- federates, who are taken from town to town on regular salaries. Some of the "hypnotists" carry over a dozen people on their travels. The genuine volunteers, after a little foolery, are excused as not being good subjects" and the main advance agent secures, by bribery or by subtle appeal to vanity and the desire to appear in public, young men willing to be parties to the deception of their fellow townsmen Strange as it may seem, many are found anxious to assist in the fraud without pay. This betrays a singular att tribute of human nature, which is exten- sively used by "spiritualists' visiting a town for temporary residence. These un- worthy citizens receive careful instruction and join the regular confederates at the proper time.
 The explanation of the "stunts' done by the subjects Is obvious. The suspen- sion of the youth between two chairs, very astonishing to the initiated and usually exhibited as example of 'cataleptic trance" is effected by the use of steel harness, carefully ad- justed to the confederate's body and fas- tened to his neck, thighs and legs this bears the weight of the performers body, gives to his jumping, and recovers owing to it's efficient temperng. The chief faker announces not uncommonly, with the assurance of his class, that he is frequently called upon by "eminent physicians to assist in surgical opera tions. Dear old band of eminent physi- clans! Are ye not the same who from time to time decide to waive all hide bound ethical considerations" and do your delayed duty to the dear public by signing a fulsome testimonial to some quack cureall?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-13
Chicaeo'S New Line to the Sea

Two new steamships are to be built of 5000 tons each for service between Savannah and New York-for the Ocean Steamship company, which Is now controlled by the Illinois Central railroad, which in turn is controlled by E. H. Hartman. Thus we see how rapidly the plans of the new control are being carried out. h discussing this subject the Chicago Post recently said:
 Perhaps one of the most important ef- fects of the acquisition of the southern line, it is thought, will be the direct re- suit of the fact that the Illinois Central has now gained for the first time an out let over its own lines to the Atlantic coast line. At Savannah the road comes into possession of terminal facilities and docks which President Harrahan, who has recently gone over the lines, has been heard to pronounce in excellent con- dition.
 Here. too, the Illinois Central comes Into the OWHersHlp OI US HTst StedmSnlp properties, the Ocean Steamship com pany. with service to both New York and Boston.
 THE GREATEST GAIN, HOWEVER, IS HELD TO BE IN THE POSSIBLE TIES NOW PRESENTED FOR THE BUILDING UP OF ANOTHER GREAT IMPORT AND EXPORT POINT ON THE ATLANTIC.
 With Savannah having almost to itself the long line of coast south of the Ches- apeake and forming a natural gateway to the immense southeast, the building up of a great port is seen as a direct out growth. What the importance of this will be with the opening of the Panama canal, with its development of north and south traffic along the seaboard and the draining of commerce toward the south, u only to be conjectured.
 The Illinois Central is great sys.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-13
DIrect Election of Senators

Twenty-seven states have petitioned Congress to call a convention to sub init an amendment to the constitution providing for the direct election Of senators by the people. Twenty-seyen states unitedly ask Congress to act. When four more states join the move ment Congress must act, for the con- stitution so provides. Four more states would make up the needful two thirds.
 What ails Alabama that she refuses to join this movement to reform that stronghold of special interests, the United States Senate? Alabama's two senators were selected by the direct action of the people. and yet the state, for some hidden and unexplained req son, refuses to petition Congress to call convention. Why is this thus? Who can explain the non-action of a state that is fully committed to prima- ries and direct action by the people?
 In the coming special session the matter should be brought up, and the sheep and the goats should be tagged in yea-and-nay vote. Let us see, at any rate, what's the matter with Ala hama2
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-13
President Taft'S LODg Trip

The President proposes to leave Beverly immediately after his fifty second birthday anniversary on Sep tember Is, going directly to Seattle, from which point he will swing south ward and eastward until he reaches Birmingham. No doubt the time of his coming to this city will soon be an- nounced, and it is already known that it will not be earlier than November.
 The swing around the country will be arduous. It will exceed in duration any trip, perhaps, that president ever made, and MT. Roosevelt was a tray eler indeed The speeches that MT. Taft will make will be almost innu- merable, for a car-end speech will be expected wherever the presidential train stops for water or to overcome hot wheel
 It is to be hoped that MT. Taft will lay a good foundation for his trip in the next two weeks. If he stands up to his campaign pledges concerning downward revision he will encounter a grateful people. If he does not he may encounter not few who are crit ically inclined, and these may fire question or two at him. But still all will respect the office he holds, and even the ultimate consumer will be and generous to the na- tion's president, reserving the blame for his wrongs for Aldrieh and Cannon and their co-workers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-13

From the New York Medical Journal.
 -HERE has recently been revived
 (CD in the vaudeville circuits a form
 of humbug that, so far as intel ngent eenters were concerned, we thought was dead and buried 20 years ago. This is the supposed effects of hypnotism ex- hibited on the public stage on 'supJects apparently volunteering for experiment. from among the audience. These 'Yolun- teers' undergo series of theatrical free arm passes, associated in the minds of the vulgar from the immemorial with the hypnotic sleep. The performer then suggests" to these persons that they are engaged in a baseball game. Marathon, a balloon ascension, a high jumping con- test, or the like. A stock is given on and he Is told he cannot drop 1t until permitted by the performer; another at the word of command Is inhibited from walking.
 The most striking test" IS the placing of an evidently frail young man or boy upon two chairs, some distance apart, the body being apparently supported only by the heels and the occiput. The performer mounts upon the boys abdo- men and jumps up and down thereon a few times, the body yielding and recov- ering it's horizontal position when the per formers weight is removed. These "hyp- notists' occupy the same relation to genuine and skilled sleight-of-hand per formers as advertising quacks do to de- cent physicians. Their exhibition is amus- ing and the acting of the subjects con- summately artistic. It is, however a base fraud upon the audienca, and it is a question whether such an exhibition should not be prohibited by law. The public induction of hypnotism upon per Ieot strangers Is almost an impossibility. and such complete control as is appar- entity manifested is a farce.
 Professional rnerl know well, although apparently most others do not, that hypnotism is strictly subjective phe- nomenon, and that the power claimed by these humbugs Is quite fictitious. It Is unwise that weak minds should be al- lowed to think that such a power exists, or that there should be a general belief that hypnotism has such possibilities as are seemingly shown. The effect upon possible future jurymen is a case in point
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-13
THE COLLEGE GIRL GRADUATE.

From the New York Post
 Packing adjectives to the college man is an irresistible delight of commencement day. Then he seems cut to pattern more evenly than any of the Linnaean species. All the seniors wear cap and gown; they are about of an age and stature; earnest ness, confidence and relief are all stenciled on every face, and all the diplomas read alike. About such a constant, how else could one talk save in the abstract? There is but one creature that lends itself more easily to generalizers; we refer to the col lege girl. Even our government statis ticians handle her as though she were a Platonic idea, but with results that bring their method under cloud. Take, for in- stance, the many demonstrations either proving or disproving that the college girl is an accomplice in the great crime or blessing of race suicide. At the end they all leave you empty-handed, and the colleA girl dancing out of reach, charm | ing will-o -the-wisp.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-13
WIDELY CIRCULATED BOOKS.

From the London Globe
 The most widely circulated book in the whole world, we are informed by a Paris contemporary. is Chinese almanac, printed in Pekin at the Imperial Press. The edition consists of S,000,000 copies, which are sent into the provinces, and so great is the interest taken by the Chinese In the publication. so high the confidence reposed in the information contained that of the S,000,000 copies not one comes back to the printers. Nothing approaching these figures is attained by any publica- ton in the western world.
 The work which attains the widest cir culation in Europe and America is the Bible, and next to the Bible in popularity comes "Don Quixote,' and then Uncle Toms Cabin" This is difficult of ac- ceptance today although 50 years ago the claim of Uncle Tom" would not have been questioned. The fifth in order of merit belongs according to the Munich News, to an alphabet book, published at Essen by Baedeker. which has run through 120O editions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-13
MOST UN-AMERIcAN CITY.

From Harper's Weekly
 To this day, and for as far into tn e future as one can pierce, Washington bears and will continue to bear the marks of the prenatal influences that shaped it. It betrays them physically when, in half an hours drive from its faultless pavements, one finds oneself ankle deep in mud. It betrays them in being the largest negro city in the world. It betrays them, again, in the impression the visitor receives of it's being at once the most and the least American city in America. It Is the most American city because there, if anywhere, one feels one is assisting at the great composite panorama of Amer ican life. The city Is a national reser- voir fed by unnumbered tributaries It is the clearing house for the humanity of the entire continent. Underneath the rotunda of the House of Congress you will assuredly, sooner or later, meet every American you have ever known. Washington, alone on the American continent, approaches the European dis play of show places" and offers the same easy target to the tripper; and this, while not necessarily enhancing its attractiveness, adds immensely to the comprehensiveness of its summing g up and makes 1t beyond all rivals a distillation of the whole country. A capital in which you can always find some one who can tell you at first hand what is going on, what is being
 
 try over which it presides, Is a capital with an indisputab1e title to be con sidered representative; and 1t is this title which Washington. at any rate during the months when Congress is sitting, may legitimately prefer.
 But the proviso is significant. It Is only when Congress is in session tn at Washington achieves it's representative effect. Take away the legislators and their camp-followers and families, and the sightseers, and it becomes a mere wilderness of hotels, government of fees and boarding houses. What, in oth- CT words, gives Washington at times its air of being condensation of America is the vastness and variety of its floating population. But you can l not compose a society out of a floating | population, hotels and boarding houses, ! and the real Washington, the part that counts, is like some small and ex- | quisite piece of embroidery over weighted with a fringe that is neith CT small nor exquisite. The social struc- ture of the American capital is that of a mansion whose vestibule is spacious and easy of access, but whose inner sanctums are closely guarded; and it Is 1 when he reaches these penetralia that | the European visitor becomes conscious of something singularly un- American in the atmosphere and company.