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Evening journal., 1912-01-12
Basketbaii picking up.

Not in years has there been evil
dcnced so much activity I'm the basket
ball world as at this time. Leagues
galore arc being proposed There is
only one drawback. though not Of 4
serious nature. and that is the late
starting of the organizations. How
ever. this handicap can be overcome
by shortening the schedules. Next
year work should be started earlier
and interest will be increased accord
ingly Northern towns-eyen the
smallest places-b0ast of several
leagues, and the townfolk turn out 20
witness the contests. Il should be n
good drawing card to have the cham
pion teams of each Of the leagues
meet others in post-season series to
determine the champion league team
OF the city This is merely sug-
gesiion.
Evening journal., 1912-01-12
SnLnIERS ROYS LOSE.

Alpha, of Camden. handed First
Delaware a drubbing at basketball
in the Armory last night by a 27 to
Fl score u was the first defeat for
the miliiiamen. The next game will
be played on Wednesday. January II
against the Mt Carmel five of Phila-
delphia. The lineup:
Evening journal., 1912-01-12
rLASS AT cnuNcIL.

class of youngmen of Hanover
Presbyterian Church with the Rev
r. j. Jackson, pastor. attended the
session of City Council last evening.
Evening journal., 1912-01-12
No bells on us

The present local revival OF hoxing
has started the sport full swing and
young Wilmingtonians are I'm strict
training and working hard to get 90
the top Of the iistic heap And while
they arc doing this they are deyclO9-
ing their bodies, toughening them, and.
best Of all. perhaps. learning TO con-
troll their tompers. Verify. boxing has
It's uses among the sports of the ma
tiOn.
Evening journal., 1912-01-12
AT THE AUTO SHOM.

William G. Taylor, treasurer OF the
Delaware Trust Company, and T. c.
Bradford went to New York yesterday
to attend the automobile show al the
Grand Central Palace and Madison
Square Garden.
Evening journal., 1912-01-12

Charley Welsh spent an hour with
us yesterday looking over our scrap
book for all those refreshing things
we have said about his Parkside pets
Evening journal., 1912-01-12
lWiih some Funnygraphs }

for four years back Charlie is their
manager now, you know. and as good
a sport as there is in town.
From this time forth baseball fol-
lowers will be counting the time when
the days viii become longer and the
weather conducive 10 the sport of the
nation. We notice that the fans Of
New Castle are already planning big
things in the amateur line, and the
other night a meeting Of enthusiasts
backing a proposed Catholic league,
including Wilmington teams, was held.
That there is plenty Of room for n
league OF the kind proposed is a GER
tainty. and we hope to see the plan
go through with flying colors. Present
indications point to one of the best
seasons in the history of local base
ball, as there arc more teams being
formed than ever
Somebody made the remark coming
down on the car this morning that
the present generation does not seem
10 take to sleigh-riding to any extent
Not so many years ago. and just so
soon as the snow made it possible
there was the merry jingle OF bells
over the city, and especially on the
turnpikes. Nowadays the sight OF a
sleighing party is rare indeed We
do not know the reason, but presume
it can be traced to the automobile
People who formerly used sleighs have
gotten rid Of their horses. and so IL Is
likely bells are TO remain a music OF
tho past.
Evening journal., 1912-01-12

Ficld goals. Pyle, /: Hammer. 5i
Mckay. T. Jaggard, a; Kane, ?; How.
ell. / Eames. 2: foul goals. Pyle. s.
Kane. .. referee. Mills.
Evening journal., 1912-01-12

Yerger's 419 Shipley street, for Pic
lures. Frames and Artist suDplies.@
Evening journal., 1912-01-12

Patriarch Havana 10c cigars. Selak
& Hoffman. maker, 413 Market St"
Evening journal., 1912-01-12

Latham 60. Herman Schaefer ts) and
Bill Bastian C10l.
New contract. ch? Bosh.
President Jim McAleer OF the Bos-
ton Red Sox says that he believes the
veterans OF the team are good enough
10 make the fight in the American
League this season. lie is not de-
pending on the newcomers this year.
One by one they slip away from
Reeves. Now Seaboard has gone.
Lonesome Kid. Come over here.
That argument between Jim Cor
bett and Jack Johnson promises to
be a merry war of words before Il is
concluded. Incidentally II will go a
great way to show how crooked the
fight game is in this country. Then
people wonder why Il is dying out,
We're anxious to know what will
become of Dave zearfoss now
Bowling is on the boom IN this
mans town Tho ten-pin game IS fast
coming into its own all over the
United States
Wonf you local loaguers please
speak up? Start 'em Tinsman,
New York sport writer's arc unani-
nous in declaring that the Johnson
Flynn fight will be huge joke and
that Johnson will beat Flynn 10 death
inside OF ten rounds If the fight is on
The level. The fight Is eating very
little space In their papers.
What about that Armory game,
captain?
Jim Flynn says he hopes 10 have
sympathy in his fight with Jack
Johnson. Jim will probably need all
the sympathy he can get.
Jimmy ONeil Is like an actor;
when he isn't working he Is resting.
Bin Burns. the slccpiost twirlcr in
the big leagues. Will be given a
chance to snooze in the minors this
I f3sssr
of'ld-w's.-tiiis bold lad Stanley?
Now Is the ago OF confessions. Even
Harold Harvey might fall victim 10
tho epidemic and tell us how he gets
away with IT,
Handed oW another dollar ycstor-
day
This time next month there will be
great scurrying among the baseball
players TO ger TO their cities for the
seasons training trips.
Connie Mack says he wishes so many
critics would not pick the Athletics
10 land in front again in 1912. If ths
White Elephants fail Philly fans will
raise an awful howl after reading the
unanimous awarding OF next years
pennant to their pets.
on you May l.
Talk about your sporting events
There is a mighty Marathon being
pulled OF in our cellar right nov
between the thermometer and the coal
pile, 20 see Nmcn VIII MT the uuN'vH
first. The Thermometer rounded the
zero mark about 6 A. M about four
teen laps 10 the good,
II the Democrats are going TO Xii
kenny over this presidency question
we would suggest Price Mousley as Z
compromise.
Taft has offered MS one Of two jobs
but VIC don't care to get mixed up IL
\ politics since the baseball pot begai
t0~sizzle.
George Gillespie says he is going e
vote for Bryan again whether Bryal
runs or not IL is hard TO break SOM
Of these old fellows of a habit
Basketball picking mp.
Evening journal., 1912-01-12

II the Democrats are going TO Kill
kenny over this presidency question
we would suggest Price Mousley as a
compromise
Evening journal., 1912-01-12
on you May L.

Talk about your sporting events.
There is a mighty Marathon being
pulled on in our cellar right now
between the thermometer and the coal
pile. TO see which will hit the bottom
first. The Thermometer rounded the
zero mark about 6 a. m. about four
teen laps to the good.
Evening journal., 1912-01-12

George Gillespie says he is going to
vote for Bryan again whether Bryan
runs or not II is hard to break some
Of these old fellows of a habit
Evening journal., 1912-01-12

Taft has offered MS one OF two jobs.
but VIC don't care to get mixed up I'm
politics since the baseball pot began
to- ~sizzle-
Evening journal., 1912-01-12

Connie Mack says he wishes so many
critics would not pick the Athletics
10 land i'm front again ia 1912. If the
White Elephants fail, philly fans will
raise an awful howl after reading the
unanimous awarding OF next yeai s
pennant to their pets.
Evening journal., 1912-01-12

This time next month there will be
great scurrying among the baseball
players TO ger TO their cities for the
seasons training trips.
Evening journal., 1912-01-12

Handed oOi another dollar ycstcr-
Evening journal., 1912-01-12
At Peirco's S tonight.

At Peircos tonight
Break the ice, Pete
Let's have those Marhefka and
Weeks contracts at once.
Dody Paskert has not as yet signed
a Philly contract Fogel is beginning
20 worry.
We're worrying over this playing
manager business.
Following is a list of the twenty
greatest clowns in baseball. Arlie
Latham 90. Herman Schaefer (5) and
Bill Bastian (10).
Evening journal., 1912-01-12

New contract. chG Bosh.
Evening journal., 1912-01-12

Now Is the ago Of confessions Even
Harold Harvey might fall victim 10
The epidemic and tell us how he gets
away with a.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-04
everyone in the dark as to who their en-
tcrtainer had been.

Sam. have you got a Job nowT'
"Oh, yes, sab"
What are you doing. SamT
Why, Is gettin' my wife vasnin ;
boss."--Yonkers Statesman.
Israel Abrahams, who occupies the
place at Cambridge University formerly
Held by Professor Schechter, will deliver
series of lectures In the United States
next autumn The first OF these Will De
before the students OF Yale University,
after which he will be heard at Column
bla, the University OF Chicago, Harvard,
Johns Hopkins and Berkeley Cn'ver-
slty. "In addition says Tho London
World "Mr. AbrahamB will lecture at
the Hebrew Mems College, Cincinnati be-
fore the Sinai Congregation. Chicago, and
the Free Synagogue Of New York. The
lecture course was inaugurated by Adoiph
Lewiston, who has appointed commit
tee, which includes Professor Richard
Gottheil, Justice Lehman, Professor
Charles Kent and DR.. Maurice H.
Harris
Ted see they are gJing to boom New
York as summer resort. ,
Ned thought most OF the vlsltorS
came here because It was hot town
Judge.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-04
"ALL OR NOTHING" FOLLY,

The adoption of the policy OF "all or
nothing" In isthmian canal Legislation
would be disastrous folly such as we
cannot believe Congress Will commit
There has. il Is true. been some mani
festation of a disposition 10 delay all
enactments until the questions which
have arisen under the Hay.Pauncefote
treaty can be finally disposed Of. but
ii surely should not prevail. There IL
no conceivable reason for making I'M
disputed matters wait upon disputed.
particularly when some Of the former
are actually more urgent than the
latter.
Pending legislation embraces the
whole system OF government OF the
Canal Zone. There can be nothing
more urgent than that. and there can
be nothing more completely separate
from the questions OF tolls and OF ad-
mission or exclusion Of railroad owned
ships. There is no reason why the
administrative propositions should not
NC utdlt Will III a otpoANtN b't'
their own and be promptly enacted
into law. The same IL to be said Of
various other phases Of the matter.
They might well be embodied In q
series Of separate acts and thus be
disposed Of promptly, while the few
topics which involve international con-
tentions might be held in allegiance for
the necessarily slower processes OF
diplomacy and for moro mature CON
sideration.
It would be a strange reproach TO
this country IF after all the compile
ton and opening Of the canal should
be delayed not by the engineering dif-
ficulties which baffied our predecessors
nor by the unsanitary conditions
which hopelessly handicapped them
and which appalled, and discouraged
the world. but by mere questions or
academic debate at Washington. Our
engineers and sanitarians have wrought
miracles Of efficiency on the isthmus'
Something far less than miracle OF
expedition IS all that is asked Of Con
eress at Washington. Or would 1t De
a miracle for II TO act with eXpedl-
ton?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-04
WE DEAL WITH FACTS
Reformers Should Remember This in
Facing City's Problems.

10 the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: In your ISSUE Of to-day MI H.
r. r.. Of Hoboken. makes brave attempt
70 ridlcule my suggestions as to the way
the gambling evil should BIO met, and in
doing 80 travels far away from the sub
iect under discussion. But do not notice
that he suggests any effective remedy.
II we cannot thoroughly eradicate an
evil, as many years Of experience nave
clearly demonstrated. let US at least
minimize IL. Let Us try TO curb II, con-
troll IL, make II less dangerous to the
public. less profitable and more risky 70
tho gamblers and In this way reduce II
and perhaps kill II IN time. am op-
posed 70 all sorts Of gambling Just al
much as Mr. r.. and should like TO see
Il rooted out. But II we cannot Kill II
OF at one fell svoop, let us try and choke
Il OF by degrees, and that my proposed
remedy, 7 still believe, would do very
effectively IN time.
II is q condition that confronts us, not
a theory. ". f. kiPPEh.
New Brighton, Staten Island. Aug. p
too
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-04

erosion by indirectlon through the
familiar agency Of chartered and sub
sidized companies would be no less
Objectionable than direct aggression ny
an alien government itself.
This new Monroeism." then. Is with
US more than q century old, and IN
the policy Of other nations throughout
the world It is probably as old as or
ganized government Itself. So that
those who affect to exclaim against IT
as an excrescence Of latter day mill
tarism and bumptiousness are really
finding fault with one Of the longest
established principles Of national right.
1t can scarcely be maintained with
success that the security of our com
munications Is less important TO us
now than In Jefferson's time, or that
guardianship of our lines Of connec-
ton with the Panama Canal Is less
essential than was the maintenance OF
traffic on the Mississippi. Action look
ing TO the protection Of those lines
from possible interference must he
regarded as merely the prudent up
holding Of one Of our oldest, least ae-
gresSive and most beneficent policies
and that 1t has been promptly taken
nv the all but unanimous vote Of the
Senate is cause for hearty grati1icauch'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-04

order Of mentality Of the women VINO
have not registered when she ADMITS
that all the brains Of her sex went 10
the suffragists. Obviously the tnins
Incumbent Oh those SO blessed as 10 De
able TO gee the light Is to help those
lose fortunate toward the light, not 10
scold them. Men Of political expert
ence know that with large propor,ioh
Of their sex possession Of the right 10
vote Is not equivalent to desire 10
use the right with full sense OF To-
sponslbiity. In every campaign the
politicians have 10 look after the regis
try lists. and, II they get the backward
voters to register, have 10 watch them
10 make certain that they cast their
ballots on Election Day. 1t would not
he strange If the suffraglst leaders mad
n do the same thing with careless ana
forgetful voters Of their sex who are
hardly used 10 their new privilege
Even woman suffrage cannot bring the
millennium. Mrs. Atherton should seek
the advice Of some practical politician
Of the other sex, who could give her
hints Oh ways to procure the registra-
ton Of apathetlc voters. One OF them
undoubtedly would be TO avoid loss OF
temper.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-04
AFTER MIR. SINISTER.

Not much has been heard by the
world at large concerning the state Of
Persia since Mr.. Shuster, the American
financial administrator, was expelled
from Office and from the country at
the dictation Of Russia. 1t was known
that under his prudent and upright
direction the empire. In its supremacy
important fiscal affairs, was making
encouraging progress toward complete
rehabilitation and was likely soon to be
solvent and independent, and also that,
because of this reform Of finances, the
general order Of the country was being
vastly improved. Russia, IN requiring
the expulsion Of Mr.. Shuster, intimated,
for the reinsurance Of all who were in
terested, that means would be provided
for continuing even more efficiently the
favorable processes which he had begun.
That promise has apparently not
been fulfilled, but, on the contrary.
since Mr.. Shusters departure Persia
has fallen into a worse state than be-
fore, and is now swiftly going to ruin,
from which fate she is to be saved. II
at all, only by the extinction OF her
sovereignty and her partition between
Russia and Great Britain. That Is the
account which is given by the st. Pc
tersburg correspondent Of "The London
Daily Telegraph" who Is particularly
well informed and who certainly Is not
hostile TO Russia and her policy In
Persia. In finance, he tells us. native
resources are exhausted and large
foreign loan is necessary, but 1t can
not be had because of tho dsorderly
condition Of the country. "The whole
business is moving in a vicious cir
''cle. The capitalists argue that order
must lie restored before money can
"be lent, whereas politicians retort
that money Is n requisite before order
"can be re-established. And between
these two stools Persian is falling TO
ruin"
The political condition is as bad as
the fiscal. There Is no law, no order,
mo authority whatever. Peaceful pur-
"suits are penalized by civil war and
"unpunished crimes. The condition OF
{ "the population is worse than under
'the arbitrary misrule of the Shah
"Nasreddin." To rescue the land from
utter anarchy 1t will be necessary TO
create a strong military force, which
Will entail heavy expense, TO meet
which there are no funds. The con-
clusion Of this observer II, therefore
that Great Britain will have to dismiss
all thoughts Of the rehabilitation OF
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-04
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

A certaia Brooklyn mother believes tha,
the pent-up passions IN tho human breast
should bs relieved vocally. even u those
peht-up passions happen 10 be IN the
breast Of her offspring. She has a son.
seven year. old. who is generally ono Of
tho mildest hammered youngsters that
ever lived. There are tmes. however,
when he becomes seif-assortlyo and vents
mis- opinion or things. His mother. know
Ing that these outbursts demand flow OF
language. tries 20 train him so tina, his
speech viii be proper. one day things
went wrong with him and he grew ex-
ce.dingly indignant Mummy" ne said.
I'm going To swear she was shocked.
Of course. but. knowing he must blow or
his steam In some way. said: Go on;
maybe you'll feel batter II you have #
out all at once" The boy hes!tated for
Il moment 20 be daring. then no bulged
his eyes. stuffed his hands into his trJu-
e,rs' pockets and blurted; "Oh. beans"
LADY, vertured 20 call on YOU for
your opinion. professor Do you think Z
would do ms son good 10 study tho plano?
Famous Pianist-Does he show any
taste for ~
T.ady-Not the least. But his hair has
been falling out 70 much lately, and
everything else ". havo tried has done
no good at alli-Punch.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-04
FoRGIvINa.

"The Louisville Courier-Journal has
Joined the ranks Of the Democratic
newspapers now engaged in telling
Governor Wilson what he ought to say
and do. Its editor. Colonel Henry
Watterson. eseayed last winter 70 tell
the Governor how 10 collect campaign
funds, and the chill with which his
advice was received led to the famous
Harvey Watterson.Wllson correspond
ence. For time the colonel gave up
the New Jersey statesman as al
"ingrate" and "pedagogue,' and
turned with zeal 70 the more con
genial task of nominating Speaker
Champ Clark for President. But the
harsh and dlctatorial manners OF
which Colonel Wattersop complained
have now been forgiven and forgotten
and the unappreciated fund collector
Of last December Is again on deck win
volunteered political advice.
Colonel Watterson counsels Governor
Wilson not TO be deferred by the
clamor Of advisers in this city, Ike
THE World" and THE Evening Jour
nal" who want him 10 Cleyelandize
the tariff plank Of the Democratic ma
tional platform. Colonel Wattersoh
was the author Of the tariff plank or
1892 which Mr.. Cleveland repudiated
in his letter Of acceptance. Naturally
he does not look with kindly eyes on
that sort Of higher criticism or renter
probation Of the conventions purposes
by the Presidential nominee. He
wants 10 see the candidate stand on
the platform this year and not jump
off It because "The World and THE
Evening Journal" arc scary about
having to meet the cry of free trade
Says the colonel:
II would be impossible 10 formulate
q simpler truth than that the govern
ment has no right in equity or law To
levy and collect a dollar OF taxes ex-
cept for It's own support That does
not mean free trade. But the Demo
Graf who is afraid OF the cry Of free
trade had better get of the line OF FIRE,
because every proposal TO revise the
tariff ~ called free trade by the pro-
tectionists.
II the government IL TO give up the
idea Of laying taxes on imports eX-
cept for revenue and is further TO pass
excise income, straight income and
federal inheritance tax laws In order
TO supply all the needs Of the
Treasury, tariff rates will soon go by
the board as superhuous and the free
trade era will begin. IF Mr.. Wilson Is
not afraid Of the cry OF free trade IL
will be because, like Colonel Waiter
son, he IS not afraid Of free trade IT.
self. 1t will be interesting 70 see
whether the colonel's advice will be
more welcome at Sea Glrt than was
his earlier offer TO secure Thomas
4. Ryan contribution for the Wilson
campaign chest
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-04
A DESERTED ARMAGEDDoN.

Mr.. Rooseyelt's exclusion OF cOlored
men In the Southern States from par
ticipation in the third term movement
on equal terms with white men IL, as
we have pointed out, IN harmony win
the policy long advocated for their
party by the Lilly White Republicans
in several Southern States. Mr.. Roose-
Welt defends "the loss Of instant repre-
sentation'' by Southern negroes on the
ground that the machinery does not ex-
ist and can never he created go long
as present conditions continue which
can secure, what future Of real JUS
tice he hopes will develop, the right
"of political expression by the negro
who shows that he possesses the intel
"ligence, integrity and self-respect
which Justify such right Of political
expression In his white neighbor."
The exactly contrary doctrine-that
is of the fundamental duty to recognize
worthy negroes on the same terms as
white men In proportion to their num-
bers-was forcibly presented by an
American statesman few years ago ID
a letter from which We quote:
But It has been my consistent policy
in every state where their NUMBERS
warranted Il to recognize colored men
of good repute and standing In making
appointments to office. These appoint
ments Of colored men have in no state
made more than a small proportion OF
the total number OF appointments. l
am unable to see how can legitimately
be asked 10 make an exception for
South Carolina. SO Tar as
legitimately can I shall always en-
deavor 10 pay regard TO the wishes sno
feelings Of the people OF each locality
but I cannot consent 10 take the posi-
ton that the door OF hope--the door OF
opportunity--is to be shut for any man,
no matter how worthy, purely on the
grounds OF race or color. Such an at
titude would, according to my convic-
lions. be fundamentally wrong. H. as
you hold, the great bulk Of the colored
people are not yet 1T In point or char
acter and influence 10 hold such posi-
tons, II seems to me that It Is worth
while putting q premium upon effort
among them 10 achieve the character
and standing which will flt them.
IL seems IO me lueil IL 10 Il Sppb tiIi4Ab
from every standpoint 10 let the colored
man know that IL he shows In marked
degree the qualities which IN white
man We feel are entitled to reward
then he will not be cut off from all
hope OF similar reward.
That letter was written at the White
House on November 90, 1902 and was
signed bv Theodore Roosevelt. Then
Mr. Roosevelt stood at Armageddon
and battled for the instant recognition
of the Southern negros political rights
as fundamental He was all for prin-
ciple and the world well lost Now
he Is all for policy and for white
mans party III the South, and merely
leaves the negro to hope that In the
dim future. after his rights have been
long enough ignored, the more friendly
Of his white neighbors will restore to
him his surrendered political equality.