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The Washington herald., 1909-03-27
O,BrIen All But out.

Tenth r1ysslt-O Brien came up fresh and began
iahbing with the left Ketehen rushed him % the
ropes and hammered the stomach with a terrific
left O'Brien then hung on in several eiinches.
which the referee had 10 break ketoheh on the
breaks got 70 the stomach again and also reached
the Jaw until O'Brieu hanging on Tor life.
Ketcheu rushed and put a tremendous left hand
swing on the point Of the Jaw. q Brien was knocked
fat He rolling around the nOoT when the
referee began % count When the ninth second
had been called O'Bren got up.
He was bleeding and gToggy. but he backed away
as Ketchell rushed ike a bull O'Brien tried 70
ward OF the storm Of blows that ketchell cut
loose but ne was not fast enough in getting away.
Ketchcu finally cornered him. and with right
hook on the jaw. sent O'Bren down again for an
other count
As O'Brien staggered 10 his feet Ketchel piled
in With a fierce assault O'Brien tried 10 cliuch.
but blows en- the stomach and swing on the neck
put him down for the third time. Again q 'Brien
staggered 10 his feet inching and reeiing ketchel
dashed in Ike a blacksmith and uDpercut O'BTien
in the stoE5ach Then be broke down O'Brien's
guard. and with a terrific left hook on the jaw.
he knocked Brfeu fat on his back He was help
less then. and with the round i0sT seconds 70 81
the bell rang when he practically knocked 01t.
O'BriCn could not have arisen II the retcrce had
counted ten seconds, and Ketchen was sensational
The Washington herald., 1909-03-27
EASY FOR NATIONALS
Wichita Club TrOunced by
Score of II to 8.
LONG-DIsTANCE HITS GALORE

Burns, smith. and Johnson Take
Turns on the slab, Allowing hut
Four Hits All Told - HOme-run
Drives for COnrOy and TannehiII.
Yannigans Put in Hard Practice.
The Washington herald., 1909-03-27

George Washington University made a
splendid showing in the open events. rep
resentatves Of the downtown institution
winning places in every event H o.
ToRles won the 5o-yard novice dash. with
his team mate. l. Bowen. breaking the
tape third. Lepper and Patterson were
only beaten out by Royce, the clever Y
N c. A. athlete, IN the open 59-yard dash.
which decided the District championship
title for this distance Patterson got back
at the association runner in the TWO %
yard dashes. which ne Won easily Jack
.Sterret made his first appearance as cap
tain OF the Bun and Blue track squad
and won over his team mate. Curtiss,
with a leap Of y feet inches.
The surprise Of the evening was the de-
feat OF the Gurley Athletic Club relay
team az the hands OF the Tast Potomac
four in a race which decided the indoor
club championship for 1Sl9
The Gurley team missed the services OF
SmithsOn. King, and CUrran. who have
joined the George Washington University
team. and were unable 90 stand the pace
set by the fast Potomac quartet. which
has moved down all opponents thus far
this season In easy fashion.
The Washington herald., 1909-03-27

Ban. Walter. and Jack: ali Johnsons.
Too much Johnson for several persons
engaged in the sporting game. it seems.
The Washington herald., 1909-03-27
ro.DAY's SPORT CALENDAR.
BAsEBALb GAMES.

RA1En<A.1-
AT Wichita Ksns.-Sationais Va "lcnil-'
At Topeka. Kans.-Yannigans Is. Topeka
The Washington herald., 1909-03-27

A typical National Guard meet. the
day Of the year for the District guards
men, their families, and friends! The
same list OF interesting events and va
ned extra attractions that have drawn
capacity crowds for the past ten years
attracted and Won the favor Of the best
crowd ever at the National Guard Ar
mory last evening
Il goes without saying that the meet
was rOusing success from start 90 I'm
ish-frOm the initial crack Of the start
er's gun until the last company had
scaled the wall and landed on the oppo-
site side TO learn the result No end Of
credit can be given Capt. Edwards. who
has engineered the games In great style
for the past ten years: ". c. Thacher,
our veteran - A. L. official, who last
night won for himself place on the
referees honor list for 19os,'' and a com
petent string OF officials who proved
masters Ia their respective positions
y Company Wins.
The field and track events were inter
esting and well contested. and In many
cases the close competition brought the
spectators 10 their feet. Probably the
most interesting event on the card. from
the standpoint of a District guardsman,
was the company relay race. Which for
the past eight years has been won by TIE
same company that captured the hOnors
last evening. F. Second Regiment. COM
posed OF Earnshaw. Bopp. Schlosser. and
Gil The result was due largely 70
the clever work Of Schlosser. VINO Won
the race in the stretch from the last run
ner for Company G. The other companies
had evidently prepared 20 spring a sur
prise on the .many-times winners" and
had gathered together several OF the fast
est quarter-mllers in the District 10 turn
the trick. However, Company + was well
fortified for the attack. and won a most
notable victory.
The relay race which was 70 decide the
supremacy OF the District National Guard
relay four and the Fifth Regiment team
OF Baltimore. was unfortunately Cancelled
owing 10 q misunderstanding. The Bal
tim0reans claimed another case Of raw
deal. but Capt. Edwards explained the
situation IN the following way; The
Oriole City athletes were informed that
they would be compelled 20 take part IN
the preliminary run-offs last Wednesday
evening IN order that they might contest
in the dnals. They failed 10 comply with
the directions. and were naturally ruled
out Of composition in the individual
evenia Elphinstone. leader Of the sister
city rcvolteTs. claimed that In his esti-
nation it was entirely unneCesSarv FOR
the Baltimore runners 20 make two trips
90 the city. and because they We're unabl,
% gain points the runners withdrew from
the relay race. Capt. Edwards contends
that they were a little late in raising
ff,csr uofuf
The Washington herald., 1909-03-27

Watch the Commissioners in action to-
day
The Washington herald., 1909-03-27
Ray Brennan has not went.

Only nine months more. and thel
Christmas shopping viii be upon US.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-09
Good News From Cuba,

The most re~assuring sign of a de-
sire for harmony and stability of gov
eminent in Cuba is furnished by the
cabled reports of a conference, the re-
suit OF which is an acceptable plan for
the union OF the Miguelistas and
Zayalistas factions into a compact po-
litical organization, to be known as
the liberal party Of Cuba, Translated,
this means that the two stubborn fac
lions of the party in power have
agreed to adjust their differences and
unite in a fixed program for the adj
ministration of governmental affairs
in Cuba.
The importance of this agreement
can hardly be underestimated, in view
of conditions in Cuba. Immediately
after the inauguration of President
Gomez differences arose between him
and the faction of the party headed
by Vice President Zayala. The vice
presidents faction demanded a dom
inant voice in the administration OF
the affairs of the republic and threat
ened, if their demands were refused
to make val against the Gomez forces.
The logical result of a continuance OF
this difference would have been an
open and formidable movement
against the Gomez administration.
with a healthy prospect of the over
throw of the government and a third
Intervention by the United States. APP
averted and there is now a pleasing
prospect that the new government
may become thoroughly established
and permanent, hui relieving the
troublesome problems.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-09
PERSONAL NOTES.

II is now proposed to appoint a commits
sion to inquire into the sanity OF the WASH
inston weather bureau.
There is a general demand for a chance
in the date OF the inauguration. People,
however, forget much in four years.
The New York World exploded an edi-
torial battery of seven columns when
Roosevelt quit. The Sun was content with
the solemn exclamation; Thru"
The ochs family has added the Nash
Vile American to it's string of news
papers. which include the New York
Times, the Philadelphia Public Ledger
and the Chattanooga Times. Hearst and
the Scripps had better look to their lau-
rels.
It is strange that some OF the standpat-
tiers do not revive the assertion, in view
OF Taft's appeal for lower tariffs. that
every factory in the country will be at a
standstill for months from the day OF his
inauguration. This is always the case on
July fourth.
George w. Vanderbilt is slowly selling
out all his fancy stock at Biltmore. his
North Carolina estate, as he has found
that IL does not pay to run a fancy farm,
Levi p. Morton once said that the milk
and champagne served on his table both
cost him the same amount per quart.
Prof. Frederick w. Starr of the Univer-
sity OF Chicago, addressing one OF the
classes of the institution. made the un-
qualified prediction that Theodore Roose-
welt will never come back from Africa
alive" He declared Mr.. Roosevelt was too
old to Withstand the climate and the jungle
fever. Il have been in Africa myself
lately said the professor, and l know
what I am talking about when I speak OF
the climate and the dangers from this
source to which Mr.. Roosevelt will be sub.
jected. When he sets sail for Africa late
this month, according to his present pro.
gram, and IL he carries out his hunting
trip as planned, he will have seen America
for the last time"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-09
The Fight Against the Fly.

Bulletins by the state health Off
Gals OF Florida. Georgia, Louisiana
and North Carolina warning house
holders to take up arms in the cru
SADIE against the house fly serve as a
notice that spring is heading this way
and that the pest that never wipes
its feet will sOon be in this latitude,
dragging its filth and poisonous dis
~ease-bearing germs through the house
and scattering it over everything eat
able from soup to nuts.
The authorities of the states named
are covering their TERRITORY with
posters and literature conveying in
formation relative to the kinds and
character of diseases that are carried
by the house fy. These include ty-
phoid fever, all of the e%hildren's dis
eases practically all of the com
plants from which people most do
suffer in the summer months. House
holders are urged to screen their win
dows and to take extra precautions
against allowing garbage and refuse
to accumulate on the premises. In
some sections the owners OF stables
are being required to adopt unusual
precautions for cleanliness and for the
removal of all natural bleeding places
for the pests.
Cleanliness is the resl remedy for
the nv nuisance and danger The
ny is DESTROYED just IS The mos.
quito was destroyed in The south b,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-09
The Missouri Rate Case.

The decision of Judge Smith Nc
Pherson of the United States district
court at Kansas City is a sweeping
victory for the railroads in their fight
against the enforcement of the 2-cent
passenger fare and the maximum
freight rate laws passed by the last
Missouri legislature. The court holds,
in brief. that the rates are c%onfiscatory
and therefore not enforceable.
The case is one of the most i'm
p~ortant that has arisen in the litiga-
ton between states and transportation
companies in connection with the re-
duced fare and freight laws that have
been passed in a number of states.
After the litigation had been started
it was agreed hat a stay of proceed
ings should issue in order that the
new rates might be given a trial and
the court informed of the results. The
decision worked to, the advantage of
the railroad companies, as the months
Of test came at a time when business
and industrial conditions throughout
the country were suffering from the
effects of a worldwide depression and
the earnings OF the transportation
companies were far below the normal.
I'm spite of that condition, however,
! the reports showed that a majority of
the roads had done a better business
than they had in the preceding year,
although some of the smaller ines
showed a falling off in both gross and
net earnings.
II would not, perhaps, be proper to
criticise the course of reasoning en-
ployed by the learned court in reach
ing a decision that the rates are con-
fscatory. but it is only fair to state
that the railways were allowed to pre-
sent the argument, which the court
supported, that the net revenue should
show a profit not only over the operat-
ing expenses, but also sufficient to
cover the interest and bonded indebt-
J edness of the roads. The court rules
of not less than 8 per cen to allow
the roads to be operated at a profit.
while in the case of the eighteen roads
the average net earnings were only
per cent. He held also that the freight
and passenger business can not be
separated. when the question of profit
or loss is concerned, but that the en-
tire business of the transportation
company must be considered as q
whole. On this ruling he declared
both of the laws confscatory.
The case will naturally be appealed
to the supreme court of the United
States and furnish an opportunity fol
a clear decision upon one of the mos
vexed and involved problems e~xisting
between the states and the t~ransporta
ton interests of the nation.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-09

The Kearney Democrat defends
Governor Shallenberger's action in or
dering out the troops in Omaha as be-
ing necessary to preserve order. mas
much as Omaha was as quiet and or
derly when Governor S~hallenberger
ooh his action as 1t ever was in its
history, while peace and order had
been restored in South Omaha, and
neither the chief of police nor the
sherin. nor any other officer with au-
thority, had requested the presence OF
the troops, it must appear to the un-
biased that The Bees criticism of the
governors action was warranted.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-09
PRESIDENT TAFT's ADVISERS.
Abundance of Legal Talent In the
CabInet.

Chicago News.
President Taft says that Mr.. Roosevelt
and he are agreed in their views as TO
government and political progress" On
the subject Of their differences in method
and temperament he remarked the other
day: Mr.. Roosevelt never had the edu-
cation and practice Of a lawyer. His in
tense desire TO reach practical results for
good has made him at times impatient OF
the restraint OF legal methods, while / have
been trained as a lawyer and a Judge and
an as strongly imbued with the necessity
for legal methods as eleven years on the
bench are likely to make one
In his inaugural address Mr.. Taft gives
first rank among his tasks OF his admin
istration to further legislation which shall
secure the enforcement OF the Roosevelt
policy OF curbing harmful railroad and in
dustrial combinations. Evidently in secur-
Ing a strong array of lawyers for his ca
met he has aimed to get as much sssis
ance as possible in accomplishing this wor
along strictly constitutional lines. Al IN
meetings of the new cabinet there will J.
present, counting the president, as man
lawyers. lacking one, as there are on tn
supreme bench.
Five csbinet members have made con
spicuous records in connection with cor
p~oration law. Mr.. Knox, secretary of state,
has had wide experience on both the trust
and the government sides Of legal contro-
versies. Mr. Wickersham, the attorney
general, has been counsel for public utility
companies OF New York and Chicago. for
railroad companies and for New York
financial concerns. He has delivered at
Harvard lectures on corporate organiZa-
ton. Mr.. Nsgel. appointed secretary OF
and labor, has been counsel for
a subsidiary corporation Of the Standard
OIL company In an important case. Mr..
Dickinson leaves the position OF general
counsel for a great railroad corporation 10
take the war portfolio. Mr., Ballinger, sec
rotary Of the interior, is a leading member
Of the Seattle bar and author OF a work
on Community Property"
The degree Of success to be won by the
new administrators will depend much upon
the results OF the presidents efforts to
draw from these men sound constructive
advice on the federal regulation OF inter-
state m corporations,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-09
STAMP ACT FoR the DEFICIT.
Prospective Return OF War suckers
on Cheeks, Etc.

Kansas City Star.
No more equitable way could be found
TO meet the treasury deficit than a dis
eliminating application OF a stamp tax, as
suggested by Mir. Franklin MacNessh. the
new mead OF the Treasury department. OF
couI Sc. objections will be made to this
or 10 any other pisu that might be adopted
to enlarge the revenues for the purpose OF
uauldating the national deficit. But a
stamp tax applied, say TO checks drafts
and stock certificates, would not only
overcome the existing deficiency in . COM
paratively short time, but it would be az
sessed on those who can best afford 10
pay. The burden would be relatively trif-
linI. for those who make numerous checks
and drafts Or own many stock certificates
could, as a class, well afford the assess
meut involved.
To be sure, there is no more equitable
priciple OF taxation than that on which an
income tax is founded. Such a tax, ex-
cmpting small incomes, would affect no
one uns Bile to pay H. But the difficulty
about an income tax is that il might agslh
be declared Unconstitutional, as IL once
vas by the United states supreme oour-
five on four. Besides. thsre Is just the
same objection to the income tsx-the OBJ
lection that invites and causes perjury in
the making of returns. The stamp tsx
cannot be cvsdod.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-09
MESSAGE OF THE DYING.
Succass MaRaEine.

SUCCESS Magazine.
An elephant lay dying on Africs's sunny
plain,
No soft-hesrted elephantess soothed his
elephantine pain;
But a comrade stood beside him. while his
life-blood ebbed away,
And beat with plying glances, to hear what
he might say.
my hold on life is slipping quoth the
dying pachyderm,
And though his eyes we're glazing, his gen
lie voice vas firm.
Take a message he continued. and a
token TO the herd.
My obituary, tell them, will bring a plank
a word.
Tell my brothers and companions, when
they meet and crowd around,
TO near my mournful story, in our Old
time stamping ground.
nat | stood without . tremor, and didn't
try to run
|hen | found that was up against a
faced death well and bravely for tn.
glory OF the clan
And the further ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF a liter
FOR well 1 knew that distant lands would
be profoundly stirred
Ky the story OF my passing, told al q
PUNK a word.
Tell them that l stood at MONDAY, estins
tender bamboo sprouts,
men my meal was interrupted by fierce
ear-splitting shouts.
| gszed about me wide-eyed, and ceased
10 mastlcate,
And in perturbation wondered yvhence sucb
sounds could emanate.
| heard footsteps behind me, aud swiftly
wheeling round,
| trumpeted and Tapped my ears, prepa red
to stand my ground.
'Dee-liRhted" cried a loud voice. This warn
will be a bird.
I dee-clare that it ls worth it-fuIly worth .
a PUNK a word
''ot his face ! saw but little but A paiy of
glasses thick
And a grea< display OF ivory that made
my own look sick.
In rage ! charged me toward him Ia.
swiftly raised his gun.
| met a storm OF bullets. and knew nv
race was run
The feeble breaths grew weaker in the
dying elephant
His loyal friend drew nearer to hear wh.t
he might pant.
And as he listened closely. theae final
words he heard:
Tell them few obituaries bring a nhuuk
word"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-09
South Omaha and the State.

South Omaha does not deserve all
the violent criticism that is directed
against that city because of the recent
anti-Greek' disturbance there. The
proceeding was disgraceful and de-
p~lorable, and the good people of South
Omaha have expressed themselves as
feeling much humiliation as the result,
but some of the Nebraska papers,
mainly those of prohibition tendencies,
persist in expressing the utmost horror
at the conditions that prevail in South
Omaha and referring to them as being
vile beyond description. and a place
where turmoil and ~disgraceful brawl-
ing continually exist.
This is so unfair to South Omaha
that il cannot be allowed to go un-
challenged. 1t. is impossible hat a
large packing center "a exist without
the bringing together of great num-
Work must be done around a packing
house that will not be done by the
better class of workmen, and for this
reason men of lower sensibilities are
c~ongregated at packing centers more
perhaps than anywhere else. These
men at South Omaha have proven
themselves as orderly, perhaps, as
their fellows anywhere in the world,
The atmosphere is not that of a peace
full country hamlet, but the disorder
is not more than will be found any
where on earth under similar condi-
tions, and is perhaps less. Life and
property are safe in South Omaha, its
officers are energetic and vigilant in
efforts to maintain peace and good or
der, and the city should be given the
support and assistance of its Nebraska
neighbors rather han their continued
criticism and abuse.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-09
state, and Treaty obligations.

One feature of President Tafts in
augural address should be given spe-
cial attention in some of the states
where a certain variety Of American
citizens appear to find delight in max
ing attacks upon citizens of foreign
birth. The president declared hat it
was important that the congress
should pass laws giving the federal
government power to enforce treaty
obligations without appearing in the
attitude OF a suppliant to state or To-
cal governments where treaty obliga-
lions have been disregarded through
local prejudice. Discussing that sub
iect, President Taft said
1t puts our government in a pusiilanimous
position to make definite engagements to
protect aliens and then to. excuse the fail
ure to perform those engagements by an
explanation that the duty to keep them
is in the states or cities. not within our
control.
While this reference was clearly
aimed at California on account of the
recent differences and complications
vi lHC JdpdnCbG uubSAiOh III Ahoh oNotps
it applies with equal force to the peo-
pie of Louisiana, who have been as
saulting Italians. to the Virginia and
South Omaha mobs who have been
making warfare on the Greeks. The
president is right and his determine
ton to ask an amendment of the fed
eral law covering such cases is COM
mendable and proper. The serious
ness of the international complications
resulting from such attacks by mobs
on the lives and property of aliens is
due to the inability of foreigners to
understand our dual system of gov
eminent! The federal government,
for illustration. makes a treaty with
! Japan by the terms of which japanese
citizens residing in this country are
protected in their lives and property
tacks a Japanese colony, causing loss
of life and property, and the japanese
can not understand why the great and
powerful government at Washington
10 apparently nVipiCSo, leaving bht "
rection of the evils in the hands of the
municipal authorities of San francisco
or the state officials of California. An
American citizen in Japan. under sim
liar circumstances, would have a di-
rect appeal to the government al
Toxic. President Taft proposes to SC
amend the federal law that a for
eigner may have a tribunal, the fed
eral court, in which to appear and Sc
cure justice. no matter In what part
of the United States his rights may
have been ~disregarded. Such courts
with power to grant indemnity and as
sess damages against the state oil
cities in which he outrages are com
mitted, would DOR place this nation
in better light with foreign powers
and. which is more important, give
states and communities a lesson in re-
spect for the nations treaty obliga.
tions. sca
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-09
MAKO it InnnImous.
P~hiladelphla Record.

Visitors returning from Washington are
unanimously OF the opinion that the date
OF the Inauguration should be changed TO
meet seasonable probabilities. The press OF
the country. rejecting the general public
sentiment. indorses the proposition without
a dissenting voice. Everybody being in ac-
cord, why should not the congress take
heed? Common sense ciamors for the over
turn of an unreasonable custom. The ma
chinery should be put in motion at the
earliest practicable moment for the adop-
ton Of the necessary constitutional amend
ment.