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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1912-12-04
YOUNG CHOSEN CAPTAIN
OE u. oE P. 1913 ELEVEN

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 4.--For the
first time since Truxton Hare. the
famous guard. captajned the Penn
football team of 1900. a Philadelphian
was selected TO lead the Red and Blue
eleven yesterday afternoon, Louis
Alonzo Young. the brilliant end. and
graduate of the Northeast Manual
Training School, being given the
honor for the season of 1913 at a
meeting of the football team in the
gymnasium. The election took place
Immediately after the teams picture
ha6 been taken on Franklin Field
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1912-12-04
BOUT FOR CARL MORRIS

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. Dec. A.
Carl Morris, the original white
Hope has signed articles to meet
Bob Williams in this city. December
10, The men will fight eight rounds
under the auspices of the National
Athletic Club Morris is training in
Atlanta.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1912-12-04
BUT THREE OF AcADEMY'S
PLAYERS TO REMAIN

Three members of this seasons
football team at Newark Academy
will remain on the roster of the 1913
squad. Six of the eight who will
leave the institution intend entering
college. while the other two, Marshan
and O'Brien, expect to go into busi-
ness at the conclusion of the present
term. The annual football banquet
win take place one week from Friday.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1912-12-04
BILLINGS HIGH GUN

Charles Billings carried off high
gun honors in the weekly shoot of the
Speedway Gun Club, held over the
Speedway traps yesterday. Out of a
possible 175 bluerocks shot at he
missed but eighteen. Billings finished
with perfect string of twenty-five.
B. M. Stanley, jr., w. Hass.nger, L.
Colquitt, J. II. Thompson. E. Won
Lengerke and J.. Wheaton also did
1uaIl
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1912-12-04
PRINCETON ATHLETIC CALL

PRINCETON, N. j., Dec. Am
official call issued yesterday by Keene
Fitzpatrick brought out Princeton
track candidates for the first day of
the regular winter practise. Many of
the men have been working alone all
fall but now they will occupy Trainer
Fitzpatrick's whole attention.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1912-12-04
Atchisop Looks Good.

There is one pitcher on the Brook
lyn Club whom Harry Smith would
probably jump at IL Bill Dahlen lets
him out. He is a left-hander and his
name is .Atchison Smith is not wor-
rying about a left-handed hitter and
declared that if he had Pepper Meyer
in centre field he would not care any
thing for the south side hitters.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1912-12-04
Denning and oavigan Draw

AKRON, o., Dec. 4..--Jack Dem
ming, of New York. and Tommy Gavi.
gan. of Cleveland. fought twelve fast
rounds to a draw here last night
Neither man was in danger of being
stopped at any stage of the fight.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1912-12-04
WRESTLING AT oAYETY

The appearance of John McLaugh-
lin, the Irish lightweight champion
wrestler, who halls from County
Donegal, ION the mat" tonight at the
Gayety Theatre, Newark, against Joe
Rusek, the powerful Bohemian, should
furnish some good wrestling.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1912-12-04
MAoNUS BEATEN AGAIN

KANSAS CITY, Mo, Dec. 4.-Stan-
ley Leschin, of this city, defeated Leo
Magnus, of New York, SO to 80, in
the three-cushion billiard game here
last night in the National Billiard
League series. Ninety-seven innings
were played.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1912-12-04
HEMPsTEAD ON THE JOB

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Dec. Al.
N. Hampstead, son-in-law of the late
John T. Brush, president of the New
York National League baseball club,
will depart Saturday for New York,
where next week he will represent
the team at the annual meetings of
the league.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1912-12-04

Pimplss. spots on the skim sores In the
moath. ulcers, falling hair. bone paina. ca
tarrh. etc. are gymptomE. Delays are dan
geroua. Send at once 70 Dr. Brown. u85
Arch ST.. Phliadelphia. fer BROWNS
RIooD CURE. Convincing proof in a a.
c " MENK los Mnrkel e.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1912-12-04
MoFarIand-Brewer Bout off

ST. LOUIS. Dec. 4.-The boxing
match between Packey Mcfarland
and Harry Brewer, scheduled to be
held here December 10, was called off
yesterday because of hitch in the
financial arrangements with McFar-
land.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-02
VIEWS OF LIFE IN THE
CAPITAL OF THE NATION

shirt front. low-cut vest. soft. broad
brimmed hat and long Prince Albert
coat He will be ffty-nine years old in
January. and is serving his second term
in the Senate. a lawyer by profession.
he has led an active political life for
more than quarter of century He
was member Of the Fiftiath Congress
and was retired on the Populist wave
that swept over the country twenty years
ago.
But there were some infant Industries
in North Carolina that required proteC-
ton, and they found friend in Furni-
fold Simmons. AS the protector of those
Tar Heel products that seem to require
the governmental nursing bottle, he has
made good.
One of these products is quebracho. for
there are wide forests Of Guebrachn
woods in North Carolina. They are also
found in Virginia. which explains the
deep interest the Virginia Senators. along
with Senator Simmons. have taken in
their conservation through the medium
of protective duties.
We pause here in order that the imagi-
nation may picture the scene when Sim
mons. Daniels, and Martin went to SEN
atOr Aldrich in 1910 and pleaded with him
for n Quarter-cent per pound increase in
the duty on quebracho; the duty under
the Dingley law was a half-Cent. There
is no way by which to ascertain the exact
amount of ChlorOfOrm they We're obliged
to use on AldriCh. All We know is that
he yielded. reluctantly. no doubt.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-02
LONDON FEELS
WINTERS GRIP
Zero Weather Prevails Over Great
Britain and Hurricane Men
aces Craft at Sea.

London, Dec. John Bulls island is
tonight tight in the grip Of winter after
a November which was all fog except
thirty hours. Tonight there is zero
weather over neafly all OF Great Britain
and a hurricane is sweeping the sea.
The White Star liner Oceanic and the
American line steamship Philadelphia,
which arrived to-day, give thrilling tales
Of mountainous seas. Passengers on the
Oceanic told of a narrow escape on last
Wednesday when the ships captain had
signaled full steam astern, tramp
steamer having doomed up just ahead.
Many reports are coming in Of wreck
o. &c along the coast. Of loss of life al sea
Of resCues. OF heavy snOwstorms in the
midland. the North Of England and Scot
land, of trains stalled in drifts. and of
impossible highways. Thousands of la
bOIers whose work calls them out OF
doors have been thrown out Of work
I, mporariIy.
Several persons are known to have
rcen frozen to death in the midlands. In
many sections of the country schools
have been closed for two days on ac-
count Of the severity of the weather.
In London the temperature tonight is
below freezing and there is a dampness
in the atmosphere that strikes to the
marrow.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-02
Heartily Seconded.

1t is a timely suggestion, coming
from the South, that President Wilson
appoint President Taft to the first va
cancy in the United States Supreme
Court occurring in the new admin
istration. To do so would be to main
tain the non-partisan principle of ap-
pointments to that tribunal, of which
President Taft has been such a consist
ent supporter. Three of his six ST.
preme Court appointees have been
Southern Democrats-Lurton, of Ten
nessce, and Lamar, of Georgia, TO be
Associate Justices, and Associate JUS
tice White, of Louisiana, to the Chief
Justiceship
Mr. Taft has frequently declared that
to serve on that high tribunal was the
ambition of his life Three times was
he offered an Associate Justiceship by
President Roosevelt. Twice he de-
clined the appointment, to continue his
work in the Philippines, and the third
time to remain in the Cabinet, and in
response to the pleading of family and
friends, who believed that he was
headed for the White House. 1t was
generally understood in Washington at
the time, that had Bryan been elected
in 1908, Chief Justice Fuller had indi-
Gated his intention of retiring, so that
President Roosevelt might appoint Mr.
Taft to the Chief Justiceship.
1t is the intention of Mr.. Taft to
return to the practice of law in Gin
cinnati at the end of his term. An
appointment to the Supreme bench
doubtless would be acceptable to him,
and it would be appreciated by his
Democratic friends in the South, as
well as by the thousands of Republ-
cans who were friendly to Mr.. Taft
but voted for Mr.. Wilson because they
believed the issue between Taft and
Roosevelt far more critical than the
issue between Taft and Wilson.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-02
JUST AN EPISODE
THAT HAS A KICK
CRY THE DOwAGER. }

With the opening Of Congress, tho
usual army OF social climbers stations it
self in Washington. Among these Is a
little girl with a great fortune and q
pretty, but empty. head. This ambitious
young person approached the wife of ore
of the justices of the Supreme Court the
other day with the request that Mrs.
Justice would help her get in society,"
as she put it.
My dear" said Mrs. Justice. Il am
the last person in the world to whom
You should come. I have a small circle
of friends, l go out very little. and ncith-
er my inclinations nor my strength would
permit me to ChaperOn a gay young
girl"
Little Miss Climber was much emhar-
raised. She hemmed and hawed. trying
to find something to cover her Chagrin;
then blurted out:
"Oh, that's all right. Mrs. Justice. Now
I want to ask YOU about the Judge Do
you think the Judge will run again. I
have money and 1 might help him
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-02
Tons and Miles of Rain.

Frum the New York Sun.
1t is somewhat startling to learn that
$50 cubic miles of rain fell in Missouri
during the year 1885. This is decidedly
more impressive than the statement that
the rainfall was about forty inches
In the same year 1864 cubic miles of
water is computed TO have fallen over
the whole area of the United States, and
the average annual rainfall is somewhat
greater than this. viz 1903 cubic miles,
weighing 5000. OOo, 900 600 tons
The customary way of expressing rain
fall in inches or fractions of an inch OF
depth is decidedly less impressive than
this talk of miles and tons. II is George
A. Lindsay. writing in the Transactions
Of the Academy of Science at st. Louis"
that has given US these figures concern
ing the aggregate volume and weight OF
our rainfall
As an illustration of the fact that most
of the water that falls as rain never
reaches the sea through the medium OF
drainage. but is evaporated from the
land. Mr.. Lindsay shows that the dis
charge of the Mississippi River at st.
Louis Is hut little greater than the vol
ume Of rainfall over the State of Mis-
souri, alone, despite the enormous area
drained by the river above that point.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-02

expense of administration in collecting
tribes and to relieve those who in any
section would find the tax hardship.
But there is no justification for the
entire exemption of those who,
throughout the greater part of the
country, are capitalists, and for all
practical purposes of comfort and lux
ury. much further removed from the
struggling masses than the jewellers in
New York apartment houses who find
themselves just comfortably poor on
incomes which would mean handsome
homes in a country town.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-02
CHURCH SPIRES
ny GEORGE FITCH,
Author of "At Good Old SIwash."

Church spires were invented about 500
years ago and have not been improved
any since. They were at one time con-
sidered to be as necessary for a church
as the pastor itself. but of late years
the spireless church has been giving
equal satisfaction.
The spire ornaments the church from
without as the choir does from within.
II is not useful except as guides to the
wandering automObilists who steer from
town TO town by the white fingers
sticking out of the distant trees. In
fact the bureau of aerial navigation
may order the removal of all spires
within a few years on the ground that
they obstruct the channel, and we may
yet see aeroplane snag boats labori-
ously Jerking up church steeples by the
roots on all the main lines of travel.
Nothing is more disconcerting to the
aviator than to foul a 2O0-foot spire
while. hurrying home, and the least
that should be done in the future is to
hang red lights on all spires and to
proyide them with ladders by which
stranger travellers may descend to the
ground and telephone for the repair
wagon.
However. church spires are greatly
beloved by those who are not madly in
fatuated with this unitarian age. They
remain forever pointing upward and
are about the only things to do in these
sad times. Moreover, they are not GO
Ing higher, as everything else is. Six
hundred years ago a spire under 800
feet high was considered to be stunted.
ana there are several spires over 500
feet high still standing in Europe. In
those days. however. $50 feet is a very
resnectable height, and churches which
have a neIghborhood rivalry no longer
Try 10 Guido each other in the height
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-02
Free Canals.

From the New York Commercial.
Some Chicago newspapers and bust
ness interests are bitterly opposed tc
granting free passage through the Pan
ANA Canal to our coastwise shinpins.
Their fears that Chicago will lose any
thing by detection Of traffic are un-
founded. 1t is more like that it's bust
ness houses will. be directly benefited,
and this will certainly be the case when
a navigable channel from Chicago to
the Gulf OF Mexico by way OF the Mis-
issippi River is provided. Chicago has
been working hard to bring this to pass,
and the only difficulty lies in settling
out of Lake Michigan.
Chicago gets more out of free canals
than any other city in the country, and
much of the canal work now being done
is for its direct benefit. The 500
canals built by the governments of the
United States and Canada, the canaliza-
ton of the Detroit River, the welIand
and St Lawrence Canals, the old Erie
Canal, and the new barge canal now
being built by the State of New York
all carry or will carry merchandise to
and from Chicago. and when its canal
link with the Mississippi River is COM
pleted Chicago will enjoy the free use
of canals that will have cost more than
the Panama Canal Chicago's coastwise
traffic lies along the Great Lakes, and
It is second in Importance only to that
of the city of New York. 1t does not lie
in the mouth of Chicago to say that
coastwise traffic on salt water through
the Panama Canal should be taxed when
It has the use free Of charge OF fresh
water canals.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-02
TO HONOR MRS. HEARST.
University OF California VIII show
ApnrecIatIOn of Gifts.

San Francisco. Cal, Dec. Mrs
Phoebe AppersoH Hearst, regent of the
University of California, and one OF its
greatest individual benefactors is to be
s!gnally honored on Tuesday when a spe-
cial university meeting will be held in
Harmon gymnasium, Berkeley. in COM
memoration Of her SEVENTEEN birthday.
The event Is OF unusual interest, and
faculty, students. and regents will gather
10 pay their respects to the well-knOwn
friend of the institution. The exercises
will begin at II o'clock and President
Benjamin Ide Wheeler will preside. The
meeting will take the place of the reGu-
lar university meeting held fortnightly
on Fridays. Regent Frank w. Dohrman,
Dean Lange, and Miss Harriet Judd,
president OF the Associated Women Stu
dents of the University of California, will
he the speakers. representing the regents,
faculty, and student body. \ special
musical programme is being arranged
for the occasion. The student organiza-
tons that will participate are the Uni
versity Cadet Band, Treble Clef Society,
University Chorus, and the University
Orchestra.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-02
WOULD PUT BAN
ON STUDENT VOTES
Gov. Baldwin of Connecticut Gives
Views in the Yale
News.

New Haven, Conn. Dec. Gov. Bald
win, in an Interview in the Yale News,
is quoted not in favor OF the students OF
Yale University voting in the national,
State, or city elections. The opinion is
pertinent at this time when the restric-
lions strictly enforced in the recent cleo
ton against students voting have caused
some to consider an agitation in favor
of securing the consent OF the registrars
to their voting.
Gov Baldwin says:
In my opinion voting should be con-
fined to dOmiciled inhabitants. that is.
those who have a permanent place OF
voting. Students come TO Yale for a
temporary purpose. and most Of th"m
have no idea Of making it a permanent
home.
Where they do cut loose from their
former moOring, not intending to return,
they may thus transfer their home and
domicile and be entitled to vote.
BY the law of Rome in the empire an
arbitrary term Of ten years. II | recall
rightly. was set as the minimum term
Of residence at an educational institu-
ton which would give a student vote.
Our American law rests not on any arbi-
trary term of time but on the existence
of home or OF a permanent residence.
I am inclined TO think that the home is
a better test than simple residence
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-02

brand. One of the committee poured out
wee bit In a glass and held II up in
front OF DIR. Wiley.
Pretty fine. Ell doctorT" says he
You're an expert on such things and
III leave it to you IL that isn't some
thing pretty good"
Yes, give us your opinion of itT'
burst forth the host, carried away By
the excitement Of the occasion.
DIR. Wiley demurred, but the others
were insistent and asked him to be per-
fectly frank
We'll, said the eminent doctor. "as
nearly as can tell by 50 superficial an
examination, should say that this is
about per cent pure liquor: the rest is
spirits and coloring matter"
The ponderously dignifed United
States Senate isn't so ALFRED dlgnifed
after all. For instance. as Senator WILL
lam Alden Smith of Michigan was pre-
siding one afternoon. in the absence OF
the President pro TEN. he noticed Sena-
tor Bradley seated with one knee up on
his desk. Forthwith the Michigan Sena-
tor scrawled note which he sent down
to Bradley by page. The note said:
Bradley. you old geezar, take your
feet of your desk at once or I'll mako
you stay after the others nave gone"
To which Bradley replied:
You go plumb to thunder"
Sam Jackson. publisher Of the oregon
Journal. is one Of those calm citizens.
A. w. Lafferty. member OF Congress
from Portland. went in to see Jackson
one day in regard to an article in the
Journal which Lafferty held was incor-
rect and did him an injustice. The Con-
gresham was vehement. IN fact. stormy.
in presenting his side OF the case, but
Jackson listened with great calm: he is
always calm. When Laherty had fin
ished and paused to hear Jackson's ex-
PLANTATION and apology. Jackson turned
to one OF his office associates and drawI-
ed pleasantly:
'Lafferty reminds me a good deal OF
Billy SOandso; doesn't he your"
And then he sauntered on away. That
was all there was to II.
Jim Faulkner. the political writer. was
talking glowingly to Senator Boles Pen
rose. a well-knOWn Pennsylvania man.
about the work Of the dictaphone and
OF its Importance in Ohio politics
PenrOse grew Interested Why" he
said, If the thing will do all you say, a
man would never feel safe in holding a
quiet political conference in his room.
lest the whole conversation be known
in a few minutes to other factions"
Yes. that's true" admitted Faulkner;
Its certainly an ingenious thing
And do you mean to saw" suddenly
asked Penrose. bringing his huge fist
down on the table. that such a diaboIi-
cal contrivance is not prohibited by stat
ute?"
lCOIg1ght. 1917, by Frrd c. Kelly. All nEhts re-
scrTedJ
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-02

received since resigned from the gov
eminent service" DIR. Wiley said. She
found that the aggregate salary per year
amounted to more than 100000.
Il am sorry that my limitations COM
pei me to keep to one job. 1 find, how
ever, that my duties in editing the mag
azine / am now connected with take
most OF my time. when / think Of all
the jobs laying around waiting for me
1 feel like complacently looking about
and uttering the latest slang phrase:
L should worry
IF the worst comes % the worst-that
Is. IL the best comes TO the best-I have
a fairly good sized farm, where l can
retire and do farming. ! would like 1t.
Few believe me when l tell them l am
a real farmer. But there is plenty for
me to do in the world. and cannot just
yet go back to the farm /"
DR.. Wiley is perslstently mentioned
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-02
PALLBEARERs FOR MR.. LoTHRoP
Associates of Late Merchant to Pay
Tribute at Funeral.

Honorary pallbearers for Alvin Mason
Lothrop, who died at his home. 2lOl Con-
necticut Avenue Northwest, from apo
pleXy. Saturday morning, and whose
funeral will take place at = o'clock this
afternoon. from First Congregational
Church. will he John Joy Edison, A. S.
Fox. +. S. Parker, John b. Larner.
Prot George J. Cummings. of Howard
University: Col. John Teasdale. Col. JO-
seph Truesdale. \. s. Browne, Gen.
Ellis Speare. w. X. Hooper. and George
Joseph Smith.
The active pallbearers will be the fol-
lowing business associates OF Mr.. 10th
rop: w. W. Everett. AJAX Fischer. Gus
Louis, ]. y. Harding, nd F. L. Mack.
Rev Samuel II. Woodrow will cOnIuct
the services. Interment Will l." In Oak
Hill Cemetery, and will he private.
Many friends called at the Lothrop
home Yesterday to ofer coincidence to
the family. T..e Masonic order. the
Washington Board of Trade, the Wash
ington Chamber of commerce, the Young
MEMS Christian Association. and other
organizations with which Mr.. Lothrop
was connected were represented by call
ers.