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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-23

After fighting for more than two
years to have the rules governing
championship billiard matches revised
70 suit his own particular notions,
Willie Hoppe, the youthful expert, re-
Gently Capitulated to the so-called
trust and, with Ora Morningstar, an
other "insurgent" signed contract
pedging himself to renew the old al
legiance with the powers that be. This
removes the last bar in the way Of
match between Hoppe and Calvin De-
marest, the winner of the recent tour
nament for the 1872 balk line title.
Though he has given up his fight,
Hoppe will find himself more or less on
The outside for a year or more. He Will
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-23
TENNIS
WRESTLING
RACING
BOXING

Peets international experience.
DR.. Peet compares them as follows:
Looking at the men specifically.
Jeffries seems more symmetrical and
Johnson's high shoulders. behind which
the large muscles of the back are piled
up. and which robs him of that grace
full poise which we see in so many of
our athletes
They Are Business Muscles.
But these high shoulders. with the
masses of muscles in front and behind
are there strictly for business, and
white not so agreeably artistically. will
count for much on the great day. On
Wednesday evening l went over jeff
ries in his dressing room in Madison
Square garden just after he had done
some warming up with the skipping
rope.
On Friday morning just as Johnson
r0se from his bed went carefully over
with the stethoscope this black Her
cues 1t was a most opportune time,
as he was fresh from n good tights
sleep and in happy frame of mind at
the thought that every business detail
would soon be settled for the big con-
test.
l have found Johnson on all three
occasions of the past week that have
seen him most agreeable and intelli-
gent man, with excellent mental poise
and calmness in the circumstances
brought out during the last few days
which mean so much to him, both fl
nancially and in standing in the fistic
world.
The tables of measurements are Civ
en- above. With these there is table
of the average measurements of a
class of nearly 800 university men av-
eraging 10 years of age, which will
be interesting in comparison with those
of the two fighters, showing how IA
above the general nav IN" latter are.
OF course, some allowance must
made for age
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-23

Take football as it is played today"
said this Harvard man, and what
chance have l got in it?' (The speaker
was a slender man, weighing some AS
pounds and standing about feet y
They'd get my scalp so quickly in that
game that I'd never even know I'd been
the leading figure in the massacre. Yet
/ love outdoor sport. So that by virtue
of my deficiency in weight and size
I'm kept from doing any real athletic
work in the fall. So is almost every
man in college situated like myself
What we need, therefore. is a safe
and sane sport that every one of US can
play and enjoy. We do not want any
elaborate coaching system or training
table. We just want to feel that, once
we've got our muscles hardened up by
running around. we can get out and
play hard, fast game without fear of
serious injury-and do this regardless
of the weight Of the men against whom
we play. In game like soccer a big
man has nothing on his smaller op
ponent Speed and courage are far
more in demand thar strength. So
that, if you are trying to find a game
that every college man or preparatory
school boy can play safely and with
profit you've simply got to admit Soc
olo
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the bout, which means that things wiz
be Lively around the first of April
Gleason, by the way, tells an inter-
esting story on Jack Johnson. AT the
time of drawing up the articles, flea
son remembered Johnson's prediction
for automobiling. Accordingly, he drew
up a clause that read something like
this:
I'm the event of the death of Jack
Johnson or his manager, George Lit
tie, or both, the forfeit of $4,000 is to
be returned to their Estates
"Mistah Gleason" murmured Jonn
son, c.ose at the promoters elbow,
don't put in that DEATH You can put
in serious accident if you want to-"
Hence the offending clause was
stricken out.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-23
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play a match with Morningsrar in
Chicago, Jan. /, to determine which
shall have the privilege of issuing the
next challenge to the champion, but
even there Hoppe will find himself
baked. Demarest has already agreed
to meet Harry Cline for the title at
Chicago, on Feb l. and 8, and when
the word passed that Hoppe was
weakening and would probably be in
line within a few days, Albert Cutler,
the Boston player, Immediately shot
in a challenge to meet the winner or
the Demarest- Cline match. Under the
rules the winner of the match between
nemarest and Cline will have sixty
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-13
WALL STREET TO-DAY

Special from United Press)
 New York, Nov. 13-(Opening)-Ac- tive trading at the opening of the mar ket was confined mostly to the low priced issues with inter-borough me tropolitan most prominent. The ma jority of high priced issues showed frsctional losses
 ii a. m.-After the first Is minutes buying centered in the copper stocks with advances of nearly three points resulting in those issues. Other stocks were strong
 Government bonds unchanged; oth- CT bonds firm
 Closing-Persistent buying in the copper stocks made these issues hold the leader ship in the last hour. Utah Copper continued upwards while Ana conda and Amalagamted made fur ther gains Southern Railway also showed decidede strength in the late trading and the Gould stocks were also in good demand at higher prices. The majority of the issues ended the day at the highest prices and the closing tone was strong and active.
 Government bonds unchanged; oth- CT bonds firm.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-13
PUBLIC OFFICE NOT
 A PRIVATE PLUM
Harry Franklin Porter Makes Few Remarks Upon the Subject of Office Holding and
 Consequent Duties

as in all communities, is an apprecia- ton of these truths. Then good gov ernment, normal progress in all things, and general prosperity will be the na- tional and logical outcome.
 The great opportunity facing the Democratic Party today is to make these truths their own and fall into line as the party of normal progress. Upon a platform of such timber their building would be safe ard sure. To return to the query which prompted this discourse-"'What will you get out of it7" I answer. A huge chunk of satisfaction, the satisfaction of knowing that the party whose cause I championed. representing most nearly the constructive element in our midst, has been elevated to power.
 If 1t devolves upon me to defray an actual duty in order that the in- cumbent party shall make good. then there Is but one course open to me which is to respond and do my best to render efficient service.
 Yours in citizenship,
 HARRY FRANKLIN PORTER
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-13
Fine shoes of a new shape.

So built as to make the, foot look short and we'll arched, here is one of the new-shape shoes of the sea- son that is singularly attrac- tive.
 The toe is broader than in most shoes. It is a fuller toe, too. Yet it is graceful and is full of comfort. The vamp Chats the lower part of the shoe in front) is cut short and the heels are built on newshigh model.
 The result is a shoe that is well-arched, that is daintily trim, that is fine for wear with skirt of walking length.
 Patent calfskin and Vici kid, button,-$5.
 Main floor. rear.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-13
Old Names For Guns.

As the use of artillery became more common and the advantages of port ability and a greater rapidiry of fire were recognized guns. except among the orientals, became smaller, but of better workmanship and construction. Inventors began to try their hands at all sorts of Improvements or attempts at improvement, and in the course of hundred years or so the number of different pieces of cannon. large and small, muzzle or breechloading, was simply legion There were cannon, cannon royal and demi-caunon. three or four classes of culverins. bombards, mortars. perriers. serpenines. car thouns. curtails. passevolants or zebra tanas, basilisks. orgues. sakers. min ions. mo1anes- falcons and falcopets. robinets, fowlers, bases, slings. port pieces. murderers. drakes. aspics. dou- ble dogs and iagtors. to say nothing of ribadoquins. flying dragons and par fridge mortars--Gentieman Maga- zine.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-13
Iravenette-top shoes for women.

There is a novel attraction and a sturdy goodness about these new women's shoes with top made of cravenett- ed cloth They have an un- usual grace and refinement; are quietly nice.
 The cloth tops are counted as better than suede leather because they hold their col or firmly and are more dur. able Being firm of texture, they will stretch but little and so the shoe can be ex- pected to retain it's shape, during all of wearing-ti1ne.
 Either in gray or black and in lace or button, they are very graceful and distin- gmshed.
 Four dollars.
 Main floor, rear.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-13
New petticoats,
 silk and sateen.

Cut on lines that make the handsome skirts of this season hang with extra grace, here are new petit coats.
 Black silk and colored, col ors those that are most sought and that harmonize with costume shades,-$5 and more.
 Sateen and other fables that have silky finish, grace ful and well made,- $1.
 Heatherbloom, full of strength and durability and of excellent models,-$1.50 to $3.50.
 Second floor.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-13
JOE CANNON
 IS RED HOT
 UNDER COLLAR
Speaker Says Bitter Opposi- tion Is Due to His Re fusal to Accept
 a Bribe. Declares Ridder Offered Him Support of Big Metropolitan
 Papers.

Bloomington, H., Nov. 13.-De- claripg that the bitter opposition against him in the newspapers of the country is directly due to his refusing bribe influence to do their bidding, Joseph G. Cannon, Speaker Of the House of Representatives, de- lending himself in an exceedingly bft- ter speech here early to-day. Can non declared that Herman Ridder publisher of the New York Staats Zeitung and during the last campaign treasurer of the Democratic National Committee offered him, a Republican the united support of all the big met ropol1tan papers for President if he would force Congress to remove the tartff from wood pulp.
 Cannon was the chief speaker at the annual banquet of the Business Mems Association and his remarks which it had been admitted in ad- vance would be torrid in the extreme, wound up the program. It was plain from the minute that he took his stand that he was angry.
 They have made Cannonism an issue In the newspapers of the coun- try" he snarled land I will tell you why It is because I spurned bribery and catolery and refused to be plac- ed at the hands of Herman Ridder and other Democrats They demand ed that have the tariff removed rom wood pulp and were willing to give me their support for the pres tdency fin return. When emphatf- cally refused to be a party to their scheming or to have any part in rail- roading their bill through Congress they organized to attack me and they are doing so."
 Cannon branded as a lie the re- port that he restricted the Littlefeld temperance bill and declared that both Senators LaFollette and Cum mins have lied about his course in their recent public utterances-
 Next to go into the Ananias Club was Herbert Parsons of New York. When he asserted that entered into a combination with the Democrats I was to have the House rules continued he made what he knew to be a malicious and deliber- ate lie" yelled the Speaker, as he pounded the table so hard that many of the dishes fell orf the floor.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-13
outrasss of the TsIephone.

Tint the telephc ne has blessed many a man, saved many lives and helped pile up fortunes is true. but has 1t not cursed some women, ruined more lives and hastened domestic misfortune7 It has. Has 1t not become the favorite pastime of the women with nothing to do? It has. Does 1t not accelerate gossip and aid the fiirt and the way ward constantly? It does Self in- dulgent women waste their husbands money by ordering food over the too handy telephone rather than bother to dress for the street. thereby losing both their wholesome morning exer- else and their chance thriftily to se- cure the best there Is for the price at market or at stores from which the family larder is supplied The time wasted by women in foolish phoning can never be offset by time gained by forehanded men In business. for what shall it profit a man if he gain the whole world if his world" is lost through folly?
 Telephoning. from a habit. finally be- comes a vice and a menace to the cour- tesies- It has destroyed the fine art of social correspondence. It has crowned Haste with Courtesy's laurel -Minna Thomas Antrim in Lippin- cott's.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-13
BIDDER HURLs
 BACK THE LIE

New York. Nov. 13.-"It is a lie.- said Herman Ridder. publisher of the New York Staats Zeitung when shown the statement made by Speak CT Cannon that the publisher had of paper to Cannon for President if he would force Congress to remove the tariff from wood pulp 'I say it is an absolute lie," continued Ridder ex- citedly as he paced up and down his office. "How could I pledge him the support of newspapers in New York. The man is crazy. absolutely crazy and the story is false and ridiculous
 Cannon must be crazy to make such a statement. I did not pledge him the support of even my own pa per and I never talked to him about newspaper support in any shape or manner. That is all I have to say"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-13
NEW HAVEN SHY
 ON STATE TAX

New Haven, Nov. 13.-The first as- sessment of the state tax which was declared at the last session of the state legislature Is past due now but this city has not paid its share of s62 900 yet. This is because at the time when the tax was assessed against the city it was already many months after the budget of estimated income for the year here had been settled and the city was unable to se- cure the money to meet the debt It has therefore been included in the es- inmates for next year and will be paid as soon as the money becomes avail able the first of the year. The city has no fear that the state will take any action because of the delinquency.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-13
YALE PENALIzED.

Read made yards through Andrus and Mccormack punted to Philbin on ed 1t yards Coy went around Ball in for 4 yards. Cooney made a yard. through Seigling. Coy punted to the Tigers 25 yard line to Hart, who re- turned 1t yards. Read failed to gain and Mccormack punted to Coy who yard line Coy made an on side kick. to Read who was downed on Prince toms 15 yard line Yale was penalized yards for ofr side.
 received the ball on Yale's 50 yard line and ran 1t back 37 yards. but the ball was called back and put in play on Yale's 50 yard line.
 PhiIbin went around Princeton's left end for yards and Coy failed to gain through the right side of the Tiger line. Coy punted to Read who return ed the oval yards to Princeton's 2s yard line
 Coy punted to PhiIbin who returned it ten yards to Prfnceton's 5s yard line. Daley failed to gain through Seigling.
 Coy punted to Read who was down. ed in his tracks on Princeton's 20 yard line. Mccormick kicked to Coy who without a gain. Coy smashed through Waller for z yards. Philbin went through McCrohan to Princeton's 4s yard line and Coy hit through Waller for yards more.
 Daley made yards and a first down through Princeton's right wing. and on the next play went through the Tigers left line for yards. Coy to Princeton's 13 yard line. Daily was pulled down by Waller on Prfnceton's yard line.
 Coy was forced out of bounds on the Tigers yard line and the ball was brought to in front of the Tigers goal posts. SeigfinR pulled down Coy with a yard gain and 1t was Prince. tons ball on downs on their own
 McCorrntck punted from behind his own goal posts but the kick was block ed. McCoru1ick fumbled twice and McCrohan recovered and the ball was brought out to the 2S yard line and Mccormick punted to Coy who return ed 1t yards to the blues 50 yard line. Coy punted to Bergen who was downed on Princeton,s 30 yard line. McCc rmick was tackled for yard loss by Vaughn Mccormick kicked to Princeton's 50 yard line Coy made Is yards around Princeton's right end. On the next play Coy smashed through center to the 30 yard line. Daly skinned left tackle for yards. Ballin heeled a catch on the 13 yard line Mccormick punted to Philbin but the ball was called back and Yale penal ized yards for off side. Princeton's ball on their own 26 yards line maae SoUr%aST 2 fair ea3oh R'ea on Ysie's B yard line. Coy punted to Bergen who was thrown for yard loss Tigers ball on their own Is yard line
 Mccormick punted to Philbin who returned the ball 10 yards to Prince toms 42 yard line Coy kicked to the goal posts and Hart recovered the ball on Princeton's one yard line. Leilley makes touchdown for Yale.
 Hobbs kicked an easy goal Score Yale 6, Princeton O.
 The safety made early in the first half when McCrohan uncovered Princeton furpble behind his own goal was not allowed.
 The referee decided that the ball had crossed the line and called 1t out to the 20 yard line where Princeton was given a free kick. Goebel blocked the kick and as 1t rolled toward the Tiger goal. Lilley recovered and carried it over for a touchdown.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-13
GAME STARTS
Especial iron, United Press.)

Special from United Press)
 Yale F1eld-Princeton won the toss and chose to receive the kick off.
 Cooney Kicked or to Welch on Princeton's 25 yard line and the lat ter ran 1t back 12 yards
 Mccormack went around Vaughan for yards On the next play Mo Cormack kicked to Philbin on Yale's 45 yard line and the latter returned 1t g yards Philbin smashed through S6igling 6or 10 yards.
 Coy hit center for 10 yards. Ball on Princeton's 37 yard line. Daley smash ed through Waller for yards. On the next play Philbin went through Seigiing for yards. Yale was pen alized 15 yards for holding, bringing the ball back to Princeton's s5 yard line.
 Coy worked a forward pass to Howe who was tackled so hard that he drop ped the ball but, Yale recovered 1t on her 26 yard line. Coy tried a drop kick from the 35 yard line but 1t went wide and the ball was Princeton's on their own 25 yard line
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-13
FLOOD DAMAGE
 IS ENORMOUS
 IN WEST INDIES
Ravages of Hurricane, Ac- companied by Rain, Cause Awful Destruction About Kingston.
Trolley System Out of Com mission, Tracks Washed Out and Power Plant Sub merged.
(speciaI from United Press.,


 New York. Nov. 13.-Reports of enormous damage by flood and hurri- canes continue to come in from the West Indies Hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of property has been ruined and the death list may be large when complete informa ton comes from the interior Of the islands over the wrecked lines of communication
 Haiti. where violent earth disturb ances are reported. and Santo Domin- unprecedented rain Heavy damage is reported at Port De Paix and great loss of life at Gonaives.
 The storm which swept Jaynaica is now moving northeast toward Der muda and the Bahama Island. Kings ton, Jamaica has registered 4S inches of rainfall since the storm began last Friday and the property damage to that city alone is estimated at half a million. Railroads have been wrecked and shipping blown ashore throughout the West Indies.
 Kingston, Jamaica. Nov. 13-The enormous extent of the damage continued reports of the ravages of the hurricane. accompanied by tor rcntia1 rains which did damage of over half a million to property about King
 
 destroyed all railroad communication. bridges having been carried away and landslfdes blocking the tunnels Thou sands Of acres of trees have been rais- ed and the fruit trade will be depleted for years
 The steamer Bradford of the United Fruit Company is a total wreck on Port Antonio where she went ashore Many small slooDs and schooners are reported lost. The Norwegian liner Amanda went ashore off Port Antonio but was released with slight damage. The bark Avalon went to pieces after grounding at Woodstock Point. The United States Survey ship Agile which went ashore at Port Antonio. was hoated without damage
 Kingston's water supply has been crippled by the flooding of the mains and wrecking of several culverts- The local trolley system is out of com mission. tracks having been washed out and the power plant partially sub merged In parts of the city the streets are under four feet of water but there is no news from the interior where it is believed the storm was at it's worst
 and earth tremors have racked the whole island for a week and heavy damage and loss of life are indicated by meagre reports from various cltles Port De Paix. Gonaives and Cape Hatien were swept by tidal wave. caused, it is believed. by an ocean quake. Ships caught by the storm say that the storm was the worst the West Indies has seen in a generation
 Puerto Platta. Santo Domingo. NOV. 1s-Practically no details of the storm which has ravaged Santo Domingo have been received here. There Is no with the interior be yond the suburbs of Puerto Platta. the railroads having been cut om ana roads rendered impossible by the flood of rain. Streets in Puerto Platta are submerged and the water supply cut off by the wrecking of the mains No deaths have been reported