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The Washington times., 1911-02-16

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on Washington Heights: built practical
ly fireproof; best heating system; very
cheap rent: rear alley, rentals, Sc, 400:
price. $4,000. Want lots or houses.
Get rid Of your nom productive proper
ties for permanent income
MOORE & HILL Qnc.). 1888 G st. NV.
The Washington times., 1911-02-16
FOR EXCHANGE

FOR EXCHANGE-Block new houses
northwest in lngleside: rooms; first
floor kitchen. Rent $50 80 per month
Price, $500. Trust. 5000 at 81 per
cent. Trade one or more houses up to
20 for lots or good apartment with a
small trust
MOORE & HILL Qnc.). 1888 G st. N. W.
The evening world., 1911-08-29
"Tex' RamSdeH,
Crack Sprinter:
Has Turned PRO"

Another great amateur athlete has
Joined the professional ranks. He Is
Fred L. ('Tex') Ramsdeli. last ysar the
star Splinter Of the University Of Penn
Sylvania track team and All-Amsr1can
football player. Ramsdell has bean
thinking seriously Of turning pro" for
some time. n he finally made up his
mind to this effect on his arrival home
from Europe, whore he had defsatsd
many crack unner Of England and
Scotland. Ramsdell has Just accepted .
position as athletic director OF tho Car
negte Tech. at Pittsburg, and will soon
leave for that city to take up his new
Ramsdell won tho lo0-yard and
championships in England. but
met with Ill luck in the Edinburgh.
Scotland. races, where the runners re-
ceived too much OF a handicap on him.
The evening world., 1911-08-29
Guards Didn't
Save Sweeney From
Being Badly Spiked

Athlstios. when In nve innings he
passed eleven batters and was bit four
umes. but allowed only three runs.
He passed ten batters In eight innings,
but not until the Highlander mixed
their hits with the passes In ne eighth
did they profit much through his Wild
ness. Up to the eighth the SCORE was
tisdCl 70 L Then he allowed three bits
OF transportation M was hit - many
tmss. giving the H~ighlanders . rio ot
runs.
Jimmy Austin. the former highlands.
who II tho only player on the Browns
who shows any fighting quality, was
chased from the game In the eighth for
disputing one Of the "silk' O'Loughlin
decisions At third base. In that inning
the Highlander also pilfered four bases
In clusters of two each. Hemphill and
Chase pulled the double steal first. and
then Gardner and Hartzell repeated
Hartzell had also the distinction OF
breaking the tie with his bat. With the
score I to I. ne the bases filled. ne
raped out . clean single 10 osntre.
scoring Hemphiu and Chase.
The evening world., 1911-08-29

dent Of ne Boxing Commission. Com
missioner Johnson writes hat the sx-
preston mystic mase." rather than the
stock phrase. 'vsritabis IRE trap"
might BE- applied TO some Of the places
whore moxing bouts have been held.
and he asked that the names Of the
clubs to which licenses are Issued be
sent TO him
Mr.. sullivan has sent the following
names: The Fairmont Athletic Cub.
No. 2Sl-fSs q One Hundred and
Thirty-ssvsnth street: Twsntisth Cen
fury Athletic Club. No. 80 West SIXTY
fourth street. n the Madison Square
Athletic Club. Madison Square Garden.
CommAsionG Johnson then gave Or
a1rs &c Chief Konion 20 see TIA; S.i
regulations we're complied with and that
IN cases WHARF Il was found there were
not Q suficient number of sxits. reports
be made to the Borough Buildings Bur-
eaus.
Mr.. johnson has ordered fifteen IN
epectors to look over the seating ar
rangements made In Madison Square
Garden for the night tomorrow night
between Knockout Brown IND Matt
' Wells,
The evening world., 1911-08-29
George Dixon, Most Wonderful
Fighter, Fought More Than
800 Battles, Held Three
Titles, Earned More Than
$500, 900, Yet Died Penni-
less.
George Dixon.
osprtsst. 1911. !Sy TIE Pr rub,shins o

o'''r''hs' III I'll. " " 7 a:ri fT word, e1'''Ains o.
- DORGE DIXON. anectiona.ely
Known among has friends and
admirers ~ latte Chocolate"
~as the third man to hold the feather
wAghk championship OF The world at
lis pounds. and the nth man 4 hold
che worid's title at i22 pounds. He
ives the only man in the history OF
tho prize ring to hold three world titles.
These titles Te-bAntAmwsdght champ
ION q the world. at LIZ 70 III pounds.
Won m che night with Nunc Wallace,
banAm champion OF England IN Lon
don't featherweight championship Of
victory owe Abe Willis. featherwetght
champion Of Australia, in San Francis
60; and the featherweight champion
ship of the world at lls TO Ia pounds
by his defeats OF Fred Johnson, feather
weight champion of England. and Solly
smith. then the holde OF tho worlds
t.tle. He also won the feather weight
championship OF America at l15 pounds
by defeating Cal Mccarthy at Troy.
Until the day Of his death. George
Dixon still held two OF his worlds
tides. the bantam and the 10
featherwelght. His record shows that
lawn tlShSeu VI HlDIS IldHlploNlsIllp
battles than any other man In the
history of the game. Including the
battles In which lie won his titles.
nixon fought twice for the bantam
weight championship of the world, once
'o~ the fcatherwoight championship OF
'he world At IL pounds, six times at
us pounds. twice at 100 pounds and
sixteen times At l22 pounds. a record
which no other fighter has even ap-
preached, let alone equalled or sur
passed. In his fights at lis to 12s
pounds. Dixon lost his worlds title
Ave times and won Il back twice.
Twice he rcgaincd the title without
sighting for It. After he lost to Solly
Smith, the title was restored to him
py public opinion. and after no had
lost to McGovern. and Terry and his
"%onqueror Young Ccrbett had passed
nut OF the class It came back to him.
The last time Dixon lost the title was
70 Abe Attell. who still holds It. on
'hls showing Dixon Is entitled 10 he
called the most wonderful little fighter
that the world has ever known. In
addition to this. Dixon fought 1--WE
battles In England for English titles
during his last visit to that country.
Altogether Little Chocolate" fought
over 500 ring hattles-a most marvellous
record for any man,
The evening world., 1911-08-29
Never Failed a Friend.


OF the immense amount Of money that
Dixon earned during his career. not .
penny was left when he died. When
Dixon was at the height Of his career,
his manager and his friends always
though that Dixon a plenty OF money.
but as a matter of fact ne did not. He
was generous almost beyond compre-
hension. He gave away vast sums.
Hundreds Of white men-prizef ghters.
actors. sporting men,. racetrack men
have been helped by the little colored
boy. who would pass out $c or siee In
esponse to their appeals.
When he was on his theatrical tours
stranded pugs and actors used TO wait
around until he would come to the par
ticular town In which they happened
to be. saying, well. when Dixon comes.
I can get a stake OF fifty or . hundred
from him" And little George never
failed them. He did not waste much OF
his money at craps. but was very fond
of horse racing. of which, by the a
he was q very poor Judge. He owned
race horses at various times n was
MIXED by Jockeys and trainers for large
sums to take care OF horses that never
had the slightest chanc to win a race.
The bookies and members OF his own
race who frequented the racetracks
robbed him shamefully. They frequently
induced him TO pass out money to bet
on horses that were never even entered
In the race.
Had Dixon been n white man his
modesty and dlfhdence would have been
unusual: for n negro 1t WIS remarkable.
He never attempted to mingle with
white people. but always associated
with the members OF his own race.
Even at the height of his career, when
his fame was worldwide and he was
feted and showered with attentions by
dozens OF rich and prominent men. he
never made any advances to any of
them. George used 20 say. "Ah knows
nah place an All keeps 1t. No buttin'
In fob mine" To such an extent did
ne carry this bashfulness that In his
training quarters, when the party was
gathered together at the table for a
meal. George always sat at the lower
end and never took his seat until every
white man present had been seated.
Not so with Joe Walcott; he vas gem
orally the first to sit down and the last
to get up.
There was not n big lot of pleasure
In Dixon's life. Most OF II was spent
in the ring or in training. lie worked
hard and continuously in preparing for
The evening world., 1911-08-29
Weight NeUer POfhercd Him.

Dixon's worlds titles were won in
actual combat with the acknowledged
champions OF other countries. During
his career he battled with sixteen En-
glishmen. each one n holder at some
time or other OF n championship, and
with three Australians. Most OF these
men he fought two and sometimes
three times. And In nearly every case
Dlxon's opponent fought as a represen-
.ative Of his native land.
George Dixon was born in Halifax,
n. g., on July %. 1870. His greatest
height was 8 feet 3la inches, and he
fought all the way from 80 TO ll6
rounds. The matter Of weight never
troubled George, He never dubbed
over a pound or two. or even ten
pounds, and In many of his nights ne
met men who ~outweighed him by M.
teen to thirty pounds, In his style OF
boxing Dixon greatly resembled Jack
Dempsey. He rtood In the ring Ike
Dempsey did. In a position that was
half way between the standing up Eng
lish style and the crouch. Although
he could use both hands very we'll and
could hit a powerful blow with either,
his left was tho one on which he
naturally depended for his knockout
blows.
AS a matter OF fact, when George
first began ighting he did not use MS
right at all. scarcely using 1t even
TO ward off blows, II was not until
shortly before his fight with Eugene
H%ornbacher that he learned to use the
right. He had as fine a pair Of legs as
l have even seen on any fighter, and to
this fact almost more than any other
a be attributed the length and glory
of his career, for a fighter Is Just as
rood as his legs and no better. II was
those wonderful legs that enabled Dixon
TO move around the ring as quick as a
hssh, and that kept him on his feet
whAn h41 opponent rained blows upon
him.
In the course Of his career Dixon
The evening world., 1911-08-29

a letter to James e. Sullivan. presi-
The evening world., 1911-08-29
to Clip One-fifth of
Second Of Mark at Irish
American Games.

"a JIM RosuNBpRoER is again
X burning up the running track. and
- mis- eliminates declare he 10 going
better than ever before. LAst night he
wa timed In Q as seconds for the hun
drsd." and Il II expected he will be able
to break the loo-metre record when ne
starts In that svent at the Irish-Amsri-
can A. C.'s games on Labor Day.
"Gwtnn Henry he'd all he could DO 70
rose me out In the ioo-yard dash ct
Pittsburg Oh. and I wasn't half A. good
as now am. certainly wish that
The evening world., 1911-08-29
Clever Backstop Added tc
Highlanders' Already Long
Hospital List.

o. Louis, Aug. q.
HATCHER ED SWEENEY and out
fielder Bert Daniels have oeen
added TO the H~aghlanderS hospital
list. They are no. the only ailing mem
bsrs Of the New York who have
remained In st. Louis to DO battle with
the %tailenders. Sweeney arose to-day
with a badly injured right leg. the re-
suit Of being spiked by Outielder Bill
Hogan In yesterdays matinee.
Despite the fact that he wore shin
guards. Sweeney was cut above the
knee. It happened In . play At the
plate when Hogan tried 10 score after
hitting . triple and when the ball on
the return wss cumbled by Johnson
He went into tho plate feet first with
one leg high In tho air. II collided with
the heshy part Of S~weeney's limb. and
- Q result the big catcher will be out of
tho game for a week at least. That
means that young Williams will have
to catch to-day's game with the Browns
and also those at home until Sweeney
gets well or until Walter Blair u able
TO rejoin the Hilltoppers.
Daniels played In the first am here
Sunday with a split finger. In that
contest. however. the wound was re-
opened. and now the fleet outfelder will
have to remain out OF the game for
several more days. Harry Woter Is
playing solely on his nerve. He con-
sented to get In t..e lineup when Man
ager Chase expressed a willingness TO
use Ray Caldwell. who had been pas
timing In right. on the hill.
Jack WARRIOR has left for New York,
leaving only three twirlers here. Jim
Vaughn will twirl to-day's game. ac-
cording to Manager Chase. As Caldwell
was used up yesterday, that viii leave
y ing Fisher for emergency duty. Roy
M,cchell Is slated to work against the
Hilltoppers.
The Ina Western tour OF the High
landers Will wind up with the playing
of to-day's game. Despite the crippled
condition of the team. tho New Workers
have bagged both contests played 10
date with the Browns, and are hopeful
OF making a clean sweep Of the three
game series.
Yesterdays game was a freakish one
so far as George Curry's pitching was
concerned. Curry Is a former soldier.
This summer he had been getting per-
mission from tho officers at jefferson
Barracks to pitch for a local trolley
league on Sundays. his work attracted
the attention of Manager Wallace and
he was assigned. He had started only
one other game. that was against the
The evening world., 1911-08-29
CLUBS
MUST OBSERVE
THE FIRE LAWS

Fire Commissioner Joseph johnson
has announced hts determination 70 see
that all the nrs regulations applying to
theatres and places Of public meeting
shall b observed by the boxing clubs
granted censas under the Frawley law.
To that end he is cooperating with the
State Boxing Commission. and has
directed Fire Chief Kenlon to set In
motion . thorough inspection OF all
c1ubs
The evening world., 1911-08-29
Jim Rosenbe,ger Training
To Break lOO-Metye Record
BY VIC

Texan would come back and Cvs me
another chance at him. sAid Ro0so-
berger.
Although there 10 no oficiai ioo-motre
record In this country. Rector 70 osod-
tied with travelling the distance In ~
seconds. R~ossnberger calculatAs On
reaching the 100 yard mark In . ~ go
onds. and covering the remaining ~
yards In four-nfths Of . second. II ~
accomplishes the feat he will b or0ditsd
With an American record Of 10 ~ &c.
onds.
Many Of me athletic mssts b b hsld
this fall will put on ioo-mstrs races In
order to develop m men for the Svsnt
~ the Oiympao.
me rnnis' ana rssSIh on sshi i 49, p 81
thy haze isusa : sh.li.nss 70 thsa sskins
two latter clubs can Aranss to doubleup and
meet the Tnnity-s>Atbush segregaton tAasu b
a fine mo0.
The evening world., 1911-08-29

earned over $4,000 from his nSfts and
probably tn.oo moro from his vaude-
Vile and theatrical engagements. The
number OF miles ne travelled runs away
up into the thousands. He never dis
appointed his audience by failing TO ap-
pear or by putting UP a poor exhibition.
There is not a nan who can truthfully
say that little Dixon ever fought In any
but a fair, square, clean. honest man
ner. Fakes he would not countenance.
roughing he never INDUCED in, depend
ing upon his skill and hitting abilities
to win battles for him rather than but
ting and fouling.
The evening world., 1911-08-29

his fights and so frequent were his bat
ties that there was never any let-up In
the training. Always CHEEKY and amla-
BILE. he loved to play Jokes. but almost
Invariably chose as his victims mem
bcrS OF his own race-Joe Walcott,
George Godfrey. Peter Jackson, Jerry
Marshall. the Kentucky Rosebud. and
others.
(The next chapter also deals with
Dixon.)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-28
Hammond to Speak

John Hays Hammond, world famed as the leading mining engineer in the United States, will address the third an- nual convention of southern commercial congress in Atlanta March S-10," said a man who will attend the congress His subject will be Efficiency and Conserva- tion in Handling Southern Resources.
 MT Hammond will speak in the sec ton of mines and mining, presided over by J. A. Holmes of South Carolina, di- rector of the bureau of mines in Wash ington For this same section each state geologist of the south has been asked by Director Holmes to prepare a paper for later use fully describing the mineral resources of Zach of the southern states.
 "Mr Hammond is world famsd. Dur ins 1885 and 1896 he was one of the four leaders in the reform movement in the Transvaal. After the Jameson raid, with which he was not in sympathy, he was arrested and sentenced to death. This sentence was later commuted to 15 years imprisonment and still later he was released on the payment of a fine of s125,0O0.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-28
Immigrants at New Orleans

In about sixty days the work of building an United States immigra- tion station at New Orleans will be begun. It has taken six years to ol1rg about this desirable change. At pres ent immigrants, as rule, are landed in New York, and few indeed are permitted to start for the south.
 The new station has been located in Algiers, and the city of New Dr. leans and the state of Louisiana have agreed to contribute $40,0Oo for this purpose, while the government furnishes $70,00O. It is believed, how ever. that the governmental expendl- ture will be carried to $150,000.
 Congressman Estopinal is endeav- bring to escure place on the House committee on immigration and na- turalization. Congressman Burnett ot Alabama is slated to become chair man of the committee, and between the two the new immigration station and the south will be sure to secure fair treatment.
 The new building is to consist of stone and brick, and it will include dining rooms and dormitories. Cover ed passageways will extend over the .levee and to the wharf. Everything connected with the new station is to be modern in every respect. New Orleans hopes soon to secure regular sailings of the Hamburg-Amerlcan steamship line, which would alone' bring in both Italian and German i'm" migrants. The outlook is hopeful to the south
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-28
Who Got the Money?

It the Lorimer case is decided in the Senate on the evidence brought out before the subcommittee in Chi eago, the main mystery in the case will remain unsolved. The people of Illinois are convinced that $100,000 Lorimer election fund was raised, and they desire to know who got it. No one can rightly blame Senator John ston or Senator Bailey for standing by the evidence that they officially heard. The trouble is, this evidence does not go to the root of the matter who got that money?
 It is not so much Lorimer that is on trial as it is the rotten political condition of Illinois. The various con fessions account for but little of it, and the country desires to know where every dollar of it was placed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-28
THE NEXT BEST THING

From the Chicago Record-Herald.
 oHave you ever thought that you would care to marry man with a title?" he asked.
 Really she replied, pretending to much about it.'
 Still, suppose if man with title were to come along you would not treat him coldly merely because he happened to have handle to his name?"
 Well, I have no doubt that there are some very good men who possess titles" Let us suppose, for instance. that I had a title,''
 q can't imagine such a thing"
 But if such a thing could be?'
 q hardly know what you mean"
 Why, if I had title and came to you with a proposal of marriage, would you be disposed to listen to me kindly?"
 But you haven't any title. and you are never likely to have one.
 You are mistaken. I have a title.'' silly! Why do you say that?'
 'Its a fact. I've been appointed a colonel on the governors staff" k"Why can't you be serious?"
 T am serious. I'll show you my com mission if you wish to see it."
 ''Do you get a salary for being a colonel on the governors staff?"
 No but I have the right to wear a splendid uniform at public functions"
 "oh, Harry! Did you really mean it when you proposed moment ago?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-28

ing which very nervous feeling pre- vails as a result of the agitation. This has acted as another deterrent to pub lie participation with the result that the market is almost entirely in the hands of the professional element whose trad ing operations for the time being are responsible for the daily market changes. Owing, probably, to the fact that the urgent liquidation of the past two weeks has apparently halted, their recent com mitments have been made for the long account and it is this buying which has brought about the firmer tone which prevails. That the readjustment of the price level to basis commensurate with trade conditions as reflected in the goods market has been completed can not yet be granted, and barring unfor- seen developments, the general drift in the long run should be toward a lower fange of values.
 "The weather throughout the belt is favorable to planting conditions, slow soaking rains have continued with the result that the soil is in fine Condition for cultivation. Considerable ploughing Texas the seed Is already in the ground. Farmers are making large purchases of mules and have bought fertilizer in en- ormous quantities, all indications point ing to the fact that every available acre will be used for crop purposes this year."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-28
IN HOTEL LOBBIEs
Ahout TideNater Work

"The people of this district arc awaiting with much interest the eom- mencement of the work of building the Tidewater interurban electric car lines," said r. J. Long of Ensley. T have always favored the Tidewater proposition and have used whatever influence may have had with the mem- bers of the City Council to secure for them the several franchises. I under stand under the terms of the last con cessioh granted by the city the Tide water people are compelled to com mence operations on or before the first of March
 Now. I want to see something actu- ally done by the company which has been favored so many times by an in dulgent people, who have been very patient under repeated delays. I un- derstand work will begin Wednesday. I hope it will; if. however. the Tide water people ask any further exten- sion of time. I hope the authorities will immediately revoke the franchise and set at rest-the agitation about this project that has come up from time to time"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-28
Accordance of Rate Decision

The Pennsylvania Railroad con- pany has notified the interstate com merce commission that it would make no appeal from the recent rate de- cision and would immediately put into effect the rates as directed there in. In other words, it withdraws the vetoed tariff and retains the rates now in effect. The course adopted by the Pennsylvania company will un- doubtedly be followed by all of the other roads.
 This is really an economic revolu- tion of far-reaching importance. Heretofore the railroads have marked rates up and down at will, but here after rates will be made by the in terstate commerce commission. This is due to the changes in the law made at the long session of the present Congress. Hereafter any interstate road that proposes to increase its rates will be subject to suspension of those advanced rates until they can be fully investigated. This sim ply means that the interstate com- merce commission is the rate maker of the future so far as interstate commerce is concerned, and this is an accomplishment that promises to be very helpful to shippers, and through them to the consumers. This of itself carries railroad regu- lation long ways, and not much is left except federal supervision of the capitalization of our transportation lines.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-28

"The purse,' says the Chicago Rec Herald, twas raised-$100,00O. That part of the business is beyond dispute, but the allotment of the money has never been fully explained. Lorimer threw no light on 1t in his recent speech, and the senatorial sub committee leaves it practically un- touched. We know that Holstlaw got share of it, and that the bills he got were deposited in a Chicago bank. His testimony is confirmed by the bank in question. But who get the rest of it? This is a matter that needs much more definite publicity than it has received. Political rottenness in Illinois cannot be cured while the $100, ,000 fund goes unexplained.