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New-York tribune., 1912-03-16
NEGROES m BAR ASSOCIATION
Lewis Not the Only One, Minneapolis
Lawyer Tells Wickersham.

Washington, March B-Attorney General
Wickershams protest against tho oustinE
or Assistant Attorney General William n
Lewis, negro, from membepshpip I'm tho
American Bar Association has brought
forth letter from a Minneapolis lawyer
who says that = lawyer OF that city near
~ a full-blooded negro" Is a member Of
the association
The letter says that the negro attorney
was elected 10 membership at the Boston
meeting OF the association last year
despite the assertion OF George W. White
lock secretary OF the association. in a let
ter 10 the Attorney General. that no one
except white man had held membership
in the body.
The Attorney General to-day Informed
Mr. Whitelock OF the communication. say
ing il seemed TO have q distinct bearing on
the Lewis case. and asking confirmation
or correction.
Boston March 1J.-Thc American Bar
Association has determined 10 insist on the
expulsion of Assistant Attorney General
William III. Lewis. The attitude of the
association was made known In a circular
signed by President Gregory. The circular
asks its members to uphold the action OF
the officers, and adds
Every effort was made to represent the
matter TO Mr.. Lewis In such a way as 10
induce him to relieve the situation by re-
tiring voluntarily. and IL was hoped at one
time that this had been accomplished
Finally the members of the committee
took the action indicated by their resolu-
ton.
. Notwithstanding all efforts to raise an
issue not involved, the fact remains that
Mr. Lewis was elected to membership in
the association under a misapprehension.
and he now insists on retaining the advan-
tageS of an election thus obtained.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-16
Says Witnesses Disappeared.


Thomas +. Freel, superintendent OF the
Society for the Prevention Of Cruelty to
Animals. expressed himself last night as
we'll pleased with the arrest of the men,
declaring that the society had been on the
trail Of the horse poisoners for many years
and had spent several thousand dollars in
the chase. THE Yeske Niger" he de-
clared, had been arrested several times be-
fore on charges Of horse poisoning and ex
tortion. and had been convicted at least
once. II had been hard 10 obtain evidence
against him. though. on account OF the dis
appearance Of material witnesses At crucial
moments.
The complaint against the three prisoners
based on affidayits sworn to by Levine
Samuel Berman his brother-in-law, and
Samuel Cohen, his foreman, states that on
March Levine was called 10 the telephone
and told that he had better get together
SEQ or his seventy horses would be poi
soned, one BY one. Two days later there
came another call. asking il the money
was ready. Levine told the man at the
other end OF the wire to call for e. Not
long afterward. the complaint asserts, Dob
linsky, Lberman and another man ap-
peared at the Staolc.
Horse Dies at Stable Door.
Levine told THE Niger" the complaint
continues. that three years ago he had
given him $50. which had satisfied him then,
and begged him to reduce the amount Ber-
man offered the men Sl0o They refused
this and left. saying they would call on
the morrow for the 500. The meetings con-
tinued until March 2. when, according to
the complaint, Berman and Cohen met
Doblinsky and Avenitt and refused to give
IL, referring the extortioners 10 Levine.
Three days later one OF Levine's horses
died in front OF his stable.
This Superintendent Freel explained last
night, was the usual method Of the horse
poisoners. They had originated he said, in
the East Side a practice of hiring men to
poison the horses of a rival tradesman or
expressman, with a view to driving the too
successful competitor out OF business.
Gradually the men who engaged In this
occupation got together and set up bust
ness for themselves. until couple of years
ago they established regular headquar-
ters at Grand and Allen streets and sent
their demands to their victims by regis
tered mail signing themselves the "A. c.
A." or Arsenic Club OF America
SUNDAYS NEW.YoRk TRIBUNE
Mailed anywhere in the United States
FOR $3.50 year.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-16

SUNDAYS NEW.YORk TRIBUNE
Mailed anywhere in the United States
for $3.50 a year.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-01-11
PITCHERS KEEP BUSY
TO BE EFFECTIVE.
TwirIers Cannot Lay Off and Then
Come Back.

Three Fingered Brown of the Chi
oago Cubs, who has made a study Of
the matter says some pitchers can
stay out Of the game a year and very
few two years, but the big majority
must keep on working season after
season,
Pitchers are not Ike the other mem
beTs of a team, says Brown. Out
feeders have been known to come back
alter an absence of 10 or 20 years, as
ir the case Of Sam Thompson.
''Infielders and catchers can return
almost any time up to the date they get
stiff from old age. But it's different
with us pitchers. My case, for in
stance. will prove the point. Before I
started pitching I weighed about the
same year in and year out A change
% three pounds in as many months
gave me alarm.
Sometimes I have lost as much as
eight pounds in game. 1 have lost
more than that in games I have pitched
against the Giants. It's not only the
work but the worry. I tell you, worry
during ball game can reduce you as
last as anything.
"Mathewson loses less weight in a
Pame than any pitcher 1 know of.
There is one exception, when he works
against the Cubs. It's Joe Tinker that
gets Christie's goat. Joe has for a
long time had the idea that he could
his Matty He goes up to bat believing
that, and as d result he can hit the big
fellow to all parts of the lot when the
resi- of US can't touch him.
'Then Matty himself admits he be
gins to lose weight. Yet he can pitch
against Philadelphia or Pittsburg and
scarcely shed an ounce"
Browns work in the last seven
Years is almost on a par with that of
Matty. Here are the figures:
No -, ovxrrry,
Norwich bulletin., 1912-01-11

Moughton first came into prominence
several years ago, when he won the
tiyweight title of England by defeating
Jem Wilson, the champion. Soon after
that he met klieber the champion of
France, and won ON points. Moughton
took on weight after beating the
Partisan champion and, going after the
lis pound boys, he met and defeated
Bat Mccarthy, champion of Scotland
in impressive style.
Signing for new worlds to conquer
the little Irishman went over the
channel into his home county, and was
matched to fight Johnny Curran, the
champion Of the Emerald Isle. Curran
is the lad whose aggressive, fearless
style is so well known to American
boxing enthusiasts. Like Caesar
Moughton came, saw and conquered,
and after a furious battle won the title
O. his home country.
The style which Moughton follows
when in the ring is sure to find favor
With the boxing fans here. He is hard
hitting and aggressive and never let's
up from start to finish. In. 200 battles
he has never been knocked down, while
he numbers some of the best boxers in
his class in the list of knockouts he
has scored. An idea of his prowess
nay be CLEANED from the fact that he
beat Young Cohen, who is now in
America, in most impressive style. in q
1G round bout.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-01-11
LIKELY RELAY MATERIAL.
Harvard Candidates Preparing for
Lively Indoor Season.

Candidates for the Harvard relay
teams to compete in the +. A. A, meet
on February 10 are now beginning stiff
work in preparation for the prelimi-
nary time trials, which viii take place
in the near future. Coach Donovan
began Wednesday with light work, but
from now on the practice will be grad
ually stiffened. SO that a line on the
candidates for thig seasons relay
teams may be secured. The crimson
viii enter three teams in the B. A. A
meet, the university $50 yards team
to compete against Yale, the university
$50 yards team to compete against
Princeton. and a freshman $50 yards
team to compete against a Yale fresh
man team. AT present the prospects
lock good for a repetition of Har-
Yards success Of last year. when both
Yale and Princeton went down~te de-
feat
In the $50 yards event the Crimson
will be greatly handicapped by the
loss of Fl, p. Lawless, 1918, d member
of last years victorious four Al
though he has returned to college, aft
er an absence of a few weeks on ac-
count Of poor health, he is not in the
best of condition and the coaches
think he should save himself for the
spring work. He viii, therefore, not
40 any running this winter The only
other member of last years team is
H. NJ. Warren, 1913, who seems to
be running better than ever. He show
ed up well, in cross country this fall
and should have little difficulty in
making this years team.
Other promising candidates for the
longer distance team are F. Fl. Black
man, 1914, Ri. St. Boyd, 1914 w. H.
Lacey, 1912, +. w. Copeland, 1913, s.
Nichols, 1913, L. W. Koch, 1914, and
P. R. Wilmington, 1912, captain Of the
university track team.
Besides Fernaid for the 800 yards
event, there will be available at least
three of last years successful fresh
man team, namely, K. Reynolds, A. ].
! deGozzaldi and +. J. O'Brien. W. l..
| Allen, Jr., who was captain of the
| 1914 relay team, may be able to COM
| pete. although he may possibly ba
/ ineligible on account of college work.
| There are also w. A. Barron, Jr., 1914,
| the fast quartermiler, and d.. B. Adj
| ans, 1913, X S. Billings 1912, and G.,
! n. Hurd. 1918, sprinters. who will
| struggle for positions on the team. 1t
| is probable that D. P. Ranney, 1912, q
member of last years 800 yards team,
will not he able TO compete on account
| OF a strained tendon, but even with
! Ranney out Of the running there seems
! plenty of good material and a good
| team is assured
Norwich bulletin., 1912-01-11
No|ans Start In The Running Game
Veteran Tafve Runner Goes Back to His First Race-3 Mile
Event at Greenevlle, July 4th, 1s81-His Costume
Made Sport For the Crowd-Pork Chops and Cherry
Rum Training Diet.

1t is some years since John Nolan
of Taftville, professional runner OF
the early SOS, quit the cinder track
seven years in fact since he laid aside
his running toys after racing Cute, the
guideless wonder, at the New London
county fair grounds, but the events
Of his running career are as vivid in
his memory yet as if happening only
yesterday.
Nolan was in a reminiscent mood on
Wednesday with party of friends at
TaftVille, and gave them the following
leaf of his life history, when some
one asked him how he really made his
entry into the running game:
In the year $780, said Nolan, fol
lowing the invasion of America by
Charley Rowell of England, who won
the Ashley belt by defeating Dan
OLeary, the American champion, the
country was thoroughly aroused over
long distance running. and races were
held everywhere. In September of that
year two hour race was. held at
Taftville and was won by James Ward,
James Hanlon winning second prize,
and Mortimer Shea taking third mon
ey. Several of my friends and myself,
then boy of 1e, We're interested spec
tators, and the following day Eugene
Gushing, two other boys and myself
attempted the same feat, and / sue
ceeded in betttering Wards record by
one-half mile, doing Is IL miles, while
Gushing was second with a score OF
u IL miles.
No more races took place that year
in this vicinity, and it was nearly a
year later, one day in June, 1881, while
in Baltic, that / CHANGED to notice a
programme Of sports to be held at
Greeneville July by the Norwich CAL
edonian club. A three mile race was
the longest on the programme, and this
decided to enter.
On the morning Of July / walked
TO GreeneVille. There were no electrics
or even horse cars in those days, but
people thought little of walking ten OF
fifteen miles at that time. / arrived
at the grove about 10 a. NJ, finding
that the long distance race would not
take place until the afternoon | had
never seen a set Of games before, and
was much interested in all that was
going on.
At about p. m. the three mile race
was called and We lined up at the
starting post. There were eight run
ners in this event, Ed Mcmahon of
Greeneville, crack amateur runner,
and a member of the West Side A. c.,
New York, being big favorite. John
Glosson, a Scotch runner; Charles
Murphy, John Kelley and three others
whose names have forgotten. besides
myself, made up the entries. All these
men had carefully trained for these
races and were neatly attiEed in reg
ular athletic costume.
My costume alone merits special at
tentiOn. I was attired in a white dress
shirt, white drawers and light color
ed half nose. Two knotted white hand
kerchiefs served in lieu of pair OF
trunks and a red handkerchief was
bound around my head.
The crowd commented freely on my
makeup and chances, and when the
pistol cracked and 1 leaped in the air
Norwich bulletin., 1912-01-11

and then turned and gazed at the pis-
tol firer, while the runners were off at
full speed, the crowd broke into
roar, which SO angered me that soon
overlook the other runners and chung
to them doggedly as they circled the 10
lap track. After we had covered a
mile, my mouth and throat had be-
come very parched and dry, and took
a mouthful Of lemon juice which was
handed me by a sympathetic Hebrew.
AS I swallowed it, it nearly finished
me then and there.
/ was then running in third position,
McMahon leading, with Murphy sec
end. Murphy and l had a desperate
race for the last quarter mile, but l
gradually wore him down and took the
second prize, IS, while Mcmahon got
the first prize, ST.
Interest in athletic sports began to
increase in Norwich and the surround
ing towns and we organized the Young
America Athletic club at Taftville,
July 10, 1881, which at first consisted
of but eight members, Eugene Cush-
ing, Dan Shea, William Reeves, T.
McClimon, j Keenan,, P. Mayhem, p.
Murphy and myself. We staked out a
l9 lap track on the Stanton farm, near
Taftville, and soon had nearly the
whole male population OF Taftville and
Versailles meeting and competing in
various events held there every fair
Sunday afternoon.
In the closing days of February,
1882, I entered for a % mile race at
Occum, the first prize being pair of
boots and $40 in cash. Frank F'enner
Of Versailles and a few others gave
the prizes. had the most vague ideas
Of aSr,(v, at
ed SO much pork chops and cherry rum
in preparing for the race that l be-
came quite i'll two days before, but I
started and fell exhausted after cover
ing % miles. John Donovan of Baltic
won the race. He left the track for a
rub down and contracted a cramp in
one of his legs. One of his handlers
proposed to bleed him, but was dis
suaded. Such was the knowledge of
running and training We all possessed
at that time.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-01-11
SAYS HE is SPEEDY MAN.
Livingston Thinks He Can Travel as
Fast as Most Catchers.

Catcher Paddy Livingston Of the
Mars has a grievance against the base
call writer's who habltually refer to
him as an ice wagon or Il steam roller.
u don't claim to be Cobb or a Collins
on the bases" ne says. II know Iris
Speaker and Bert Shotten can get
away from the plate faster than l, but
say, after 1 get to first / am not as
slow as lots Of people think. Huh.
can make two bases on hits that most
OF the catchers in the league would
have to hurry 10 keep from being
thrown out at first Bet a suit Of
clothes I can round the bases faster
than Thomas, Lapp, Street, Sweeney,
Carrigan. Mig Clarke, Sullivan, Nuna-
maker, Easterly, Stanage and Ain
smith. Yes, sir, I'll bet I can beat
Jimmy Block. Casey of Detroit might
make the circuit quicker than l. and |
guess Gus Fisher could, but when il
guys faded. OF course, you never see
many stolen bases after my name, but
that is not my fault. Whenever one
of the Athletic catchers would get on
Connie insisted on the hit and run
being worked by the pitcher. You see.
Thomas and Lapp are slow runners,
and I had to go III the same class Just
50 as to help the team work along
But if they will give me chance I'll
steal bases"
The Henley regatta in England next
year will be held July 3, 4, 5, and 6.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-01-11
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
A BETTER TONE.
Losses of Tuesday Were Largely Re
covered Yesterday.

New York, Jan. 10.-Losses in the
stock market during yesterdays de-
cline we're largely recovered today. The
tone was much better Anxiety oc
casionel by The Equitable fire was
removed, although the financial district
did not slip hack entirely into its aC-
customed routine The decision of the
governing board Of the stock exchange
10 relieve traders affected by the fire
from the Necessary Of delivering securi-
ties for an indefinite period, put an
end to fears Of emil arrassment on that
score. though the Cact that vast guam
titles Of stocks and bonds were tied up
in the vaults of the ruined building
served TO restrict business.
The Gnarket became active and
strong in the latter part of the ses-
sion, which had been dull after an
opening squirt. In spite of its dull
ness the list was firm throughout the
day with constant upward tendency.
Union Pacific recovered more than two
points of yesterdays loss and virtually
all of the active issues improved sub
stantially. Much of the buying came
from the short interests. The dullness
Of the market recently and it's lack of
responsiveness to indications of better
business conditions gave speculative
and yesterdays raids apparently ex-
tended the short interest to proper
tons which made it susceptible to sue
cessful attacks.
The monthly statement of the Unit
ed States Steel corporation was a sur
prise to the street. Preliminary esti-
mates of the amount of untitled orders
ran from 100000 to 100000 tons. The
showing of $4,000 tons indicated that
the revival in the steel business last
month was d decided one. The weekly
reviews of the trade reported that,
while some extravagant predictions as
to the extent of the revival had not
been realized the volume of business
in some important lines had been
large.
The markets reception of the steel
figures was disappointing to the bulls.
United States Steel rose more than a
point on the day, but there was no
squirt when the figures We're made
known and the report seemed TO be
less of factor than bear covering in
elevating prices. Traders took the
position that the effect on United
States Steel of the monthly statement
was largely offset By the boarish in
fluences exerted by the Stanley in
vestigation, the governments dissolu-
ton suit and prospects OF q heavy re-
duction Of the steel tariff schedule.
American stocks in London were
more disturbed than yesterday. About
1900 shares were sold on balance for
foreign account London was a bor-
rover in this market, making bids of
per cent. for the loans to carry until
the end of the month. Many of the
local banks placed funds at that rate
which partly accounted for the firm
ness of the foreign exchange market.
The demand for bonds was again
fairly active Prices were irregular.
Total sales, par value, $4,524O00
United States tours registered de-
clined IA on call.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-01-11
Racing at Juarez.

Juarez. Jan. 1O.-First race, three
furlongs. Velieforty, ITO. Keogh, 6 to
5, won; Pansareta, second; Tidy Wolf,
third. Time sc 1-5.
Second race. mile. Dudo, 1O5, Taplin,
6 to 5, won; Booger Battle, second;
Baby Doll, third. Time lao 3-5.
Third, mile, Round Round, 1903,
Wordsworth, 7 to 10, won; Charles
Green. second; Roseworth, third. Time
LAO 3-5.
Fourth race, six furlongs, Balronia,
100, Hill, to l, won; Marie Hyde,
second; Light Knight. third. Time,
liz 2-5.
Fifth race, 3 IL furlongs, Frank G..
Hogan, 112, Wordsworth, to 1. won
John H. Sheehan. second; Coed, third.
Time, III LIS.
Sixth race, mile, Ocean Queen, 1906,
Taplin, 6 to ]. won; Coppers, second;
Ben Uncas third. Time LAO 1-5.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-01-11

begin until the middle of next week
because of the junior promenade fes-
tivities, which begin on Saturday. Tank
rowing will be resumed, but machine
work will be continued to some extent.
No correspondence has yet been held
with Harvard regarding the annual. re
gatta, but the usual programme is ex
pecetd. 1t seems almost certain that
the date of the regatta will be Friday
June p, two days after Yale's COM
mencement and one day after the Har
ward commencement, which is this year
a week earlier than before.
Yale rowing officials said today that
no move had been made toward send
ing crew to the English Henley this
year, and that nothing was known of
the despatch from London which said
that Yale and Harvard might go
abroad to row this season.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-01-11
A sirls via Midninht BID.

TO warn people o. a fearful forest
IRE IN the catsliils q Young sirl rode
aorseoSgh a. midnight and saved many
lives. Her deed was glorious. Iyilt lives
are often saved by Dr. Kings New Dis
covery in curing lung trouble. coughs
sna colds. which might have ended in
consumption or pneumonia. ct cured
me Of a dreadful cough and lung dis
ease writes ". r. Patterson. Yelling
tou Tex. after four in our family hal
ticd with consumption, and 1 gained
81 pounds" Nothing so sure and safe
fcr all throat and lung trobles. Price
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ant-ed By Lee & Osguod Co.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-01-11
cineinnatils sprina Schedule.

Cincinnati, Jan. 10.-Business Mana
ger Bancroft of the Cincinnati Ma
ticnal league baseball club announced
tonight that the spring training
schedule would be: Practice at Co
lumbus, Ga, March / to 20: play March
q and % at Birmingham March %, "A
and IS at Chattanooga; March 81 and
rs at Atlanta; March 20, first team at
Chattanooga, second team at Knox
Vile; at Cincinnati March 80 and 81,
New York Americans; April and 8,
Columbus, o., at Cincinnati; April /,
Columbus at Columbus; at Cincinnati,
April 5. and Z, Boston American !;
April 8, 8 and 10, Detroit Americans.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-01-11
YALE's ROWING PLANS.
No Varsity Race Except With Har-
vard-WhoIe Effort Will Be to Beat
the Crimson.

Yale's rowing policy for next season
has been officially outlined. According
to many officials no university races
will be roWed except the annual re-
gatta with Harvard. Yale will, how
ever send its varsity and freshman
Fights to the SchuylIill regatta at Phil
adelphia in May, but will this year
omit its races with the University of
Pennsylvania, Princeton and Cornell,
which marked last seasons campaign
under the professional coaching regime.
Efforts will be directed toward defeat
ing Harvard on the Thames.
Captain Romeyn has issued call for
varsity candidates to report for the
season on Wednesday evening, when
training plans will be outlined by Head
Coach Jim Rodgers. Training will not
Norwich bulletin., 1912-01-11
A Hero ina Liehthouse

Tor Years J. S. ponahuc, So. Haven.
Mich q civil war captain. as a light
house keeper aYeited awful wrecks
tut queer fact is 1e might have been
wreck. himself, n Electric Bitterx
had not prevented. They cured me
"a Kidney trouble and chills." he writes,
after had taken other so called cures
for years without benefit and they also
improved my sight Nov, at seventy.
an feeling hne.' For dyspepsia, in
digestion. all stomach, liver and kidney
ir8ubies. they're without equal. Try
them. only SO cents at Lee & Osgood
fufE
Norwich bulletin., 1912-01-11
COTTON

New York, Jan. 1O.-Cotton futures
closed steady. Closing bids: Ian
uary ga; February 80; March q %.
April 9.36; May, 946: June 9.51: JnIy
s.56; August $50; September 9.6s; Oc,
tober go; November 9.7S; December
Spot closed quiet, five points lower.
mlddling uplands 9.45; mtddling gulf
$40; no sales. I'll
Norwich bulletin., 1912-01-11
HARVARD 8. PRINcEToN 2.
: ntiagton the Star in crimson's
Hockey Victory.

New York, Jan. 10.-Harvard de-
teated Princeton in their annual hook
ey game at ST. Nicholas rink tonight by
u score OF three goals to two. Bakers
clever work as rover of the Princeton
team scored the first two goals, but be-
fore the end Of the first half Harvard
he'd the score with lucky goal by
Huntington and .. long shot, by Sort
well, In the second period. after Is
minutes play, Huntington brought the
puck the full ength of the rink for the
lest goal of the night