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Evening star., 1912-02-04
THREE NOTABLE EXCEPTIONS

I1REE NOlAbLE EANEPl 1ONO
A SCORE or more of years ago three nota-
bic Americans crossed the ocean in one
another's company, determining to tour
Great Britain and Europe together; but be-
cause of a personal pecuharity that made
them "the observed of all observers"
wherever they went, they soon decided to
separate and even sought different lodgings.
Any reader who wildly remembers Bishop
Phillips Brooks of Boston Che was not then
Bishop, the Rev. Dr. NIcVickar of Phila-
delphia, and H. H. Richardson, the builder
of Trinity Church, Boston, will easily guess
WHY thev decided not to travel much to-
gether. However, they all chanced to be in
Leeds at the same date, and saw the adver
tisement of lecture to workingmen on
"America and Americans by locally pop
ular speaker; and, wondering what the man
would say about the States, the three Ameri-
cans decided to attend. But they agreed to
go to the hall separately and to sit in differ
ent parts of the house.
In that day English speakers and writer's
often showed abyssmal ignorance of the
United States, and showed it boldly, for
there was no one to correct them. The story
of the English newspaper writer who spoke
of the New York people fearing to travel as
far as Harlem because of the Indians, and
famous city near Niagara Falls, was not all
joke score of years ago. But the speaker
at Leeds was a particularly ignorant fellow
and seemed to have strong bias against
the English speaking brethren across seas.
Finally he touched upon the size of Amer
leans. and finished a peroratiOn with the
f1ourishing statement that Americans were
proverbially short of stature and that the
tallest of chem never exceeded five feet ten
inches in height.
This was adding insult to injury in the
case of the three Americans present. DR..
Brooks could not keep his seat. He rose
suddenly and cried out, "My friends, that
last statement of the orator of the evening
is too, too much! l am an American, and
as YOU can see, I'm rising six feet, and be-
ing big man he looked gigantic as he stood
there defying the lecturer with his hand
raised. "lf there are any other Americans
in the audience, | hope they will stand up
too, and refute this mans wild state
mcnts.'
Expressions of surprise were followed by a
litter of laughter when, slowly and majestic
ally, Mr.. Richardson rose from his seat.
Il am an American" he said in his mellow
tones, "and my height of six feet one inch
causes no remark in my own country. If
there is another fellow countryman in the
house. | hope he will rise
The audience was now on the qni riae, and
when, after an impressive wait of a few sec
onds, DR.. McVickar began to unlimber,
every eye was fixed on him. There was
scarcely another man in the American pulpit
of his day that made so impressive figure
as the good doctor, for he was four inches
over six feet in height. He began, Il am an
Amer"
But he got no further A burst of laugh
ter and applause welcomed the notable ex-
ceptions that certainly disproved the lee
Evening star., 1912-02-04

laughter was merely hysteria. Expect you back
tomorrow. MAYBURY.
"There's the verdict of one of the pluckiest
men in England | said. ats in your IA
vor'
The little chap nodded silently. His voice
wasn't to be trusted, think.
"A couple of good chaps" he said pres
emily, shave helped me up the stairs tonight
and good girl
TT is the girls who help a man farthest. The
next time | saw him he was with her. 1t
was at a garden party, and he introduced
me. She was fine young creature, sound
of mind and body, good looking, and sensi-
bic. He had evidently told her of our con-
verSation.
"Mr HASTE has been down at EXbury for
the last fortnight she said meaningly. "I
have taught him to ride and shoot, and he
has taught me courage!"
"Anything else??' asked, also with mean
ing. The attachment was obvious.
"To walk up stairs, she said quietly, "to-
gether.'
"Ah!" l said. "The stairs of life, that we
poor towards make such fuss Of.
She smiled at me with her brave young
ewes. "That are never too fearSOme to tread
for one another" she corrected. "And-
this is a step where make friend, isn't it,
Doctor?"
"God bless you, my DEAR I said, eyes!
Well take some brave steps together"
Evening star., 1912-02-04

Investigate! Go down there this fall or winter
See and talk to these growers. Then you will
realize the big opportunities open to you. The
trip, by the Frisco, will alone be worth the
little cost of going. Excursion fares via the
Frisco, the first and third Tuesdays of each
month, make the trip inexpensive.
lighted, all steel trains, daily, from Chicago,
St. Louis, Kansas City, Birmingham and New
Orleans. These trains carry through cars,
daily, and on excursion days, through tourist
sleeper to the Gulf Coast Country.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-12-03

ed by employees along the road: failure
on the part of Foreman Snider TO
watch the road from the rear. know
ing that extra engine 1901 had not Yet
gone west"
Discrepancy Appears.
The five men riding on the engine
declare that the whistle was blown at
the point a short distance from the
scene OF the accident. Members OF
the bridge gang. who were riding on
the handcar, declare that the whistle
was not blown.
Those who were on the engine were
Engineer l.. NJ. Tribe, Fireman James
Nunnally, Train Dispatcher. II. A.
Johnson. James Walsh and Alvin f,
Lahr. Those on the bridge gang were
Schuyler NJ. Snider. foreman, Walter
White, who was injured. George God
frey. Perry Toney. Theodore Hens
ley. David w Brumer, f. ]. Douthit
and Pearl D. Shifts. the man who was
killed.
Dennis Ryan and George Henderson
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-12-03
A PENNY POSTAGE
IS ENTERED TODAY
Also New Banking System
Measure and New Elec-
ton Bill.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3-The first
bill of the present session of congress
was introduced in the senate today by
Senator Penrose of Pennsylvania. 1t
provides for the reduction Of postage
on first class mail matter and estab-
1fshed a national penny postage rate.
The bill was referred to the commit
tee on post offices and post roads
A bill re-establishing the banking
system of the United States along
lines previously suggested by the AL
drich commission was introduced by
Senator Borah of Idaho. The mea sure
was referred to the finance committee
Senator Works of California introduc-
ed bill for the election of presidents
by popular vote without the action of
the electoral college. The bill pro-
vides that after the election the popu-
lar vote of each state shall be record
ed and sent to the senate. The candi-
date receiving the greatest number of
votes throughout the nation, regard
less of states, will become president.
1t was referred to the judiciary COM
mittee.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-12-03
HIGH SCHOOL SQUAD
Is WORKING HARD
No Old Players, but Raw Ma
terial Shows knowledge
of. Basketball.

In spite of the fact that there is not
one of last years men on the squad,
the high school basketball team is
rounding into shape nicely for the
game at Anderson next Friday. Al
though the absence of seasoned veter-
ans on the squad is great drawback
the men are putting their whole spirit
into the practice and beyond a doubt
will turn out a team that will be a sur
prise TO the school.
Most of the squad has been playing
the game for years and all of them
show an excellent knowledge of the
game in practice. The main thing
lacking is team work, which, of course
can only come after long playing to
gether
Little can be said of individual mer-
it's until after the game with Ander-
son when the team will try it's mettle
against an aggregation of ability. 1t
is believed that Fridays game will be
the most difficult game of the season.
The team has not been chosen and the
entire squad Is being given good
workout in preparation of the event.
The squad is composed of the fol
Thornburg, Lyons, Hoover, Phillips
Mckee, Ball, Hart, Urbin and Beiss-
man.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-12-03
TWO WANT DEGREES
Tire of Alleged Derelictions
of Their Husbands.

That her husband is habitual
drunkard that he treated her cruelty
and tnhumanly, called her vile names,
awakened her at night when she was
worn out, sick and in bad health, that
he tormented her and nagged her,
harrassed and pursued her and rend
cred her unhappy are the charges
brought against Charles w. Davis, by
Myrtle M. Davis in her suit for di
vorce filed today in the Wayne cir.
cult court. They were married August
6, 1910.
Failure to provide and abandon
ment are the two charges upon which
Laura Boyd anticipates a divorce de-
cree against George C. Boyd The d.
vorce petition, which was filed today
states that they were married in 1906
and separated in 1904.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-12-03
sec, Cotton SPOKE |
Business Men Hear Views on
Mission Work.

representative body of business
men listened to an account of the ex-
cellent work being done by the Y. NJ.
c. A. in foreign fields at the Y. NJ. c..
A. this noon.
The lecture was given by Mr. E. T.
Cotton, of New York, secretary of the
International committee of the Y. NJ.
c. A Mr.. Cotton confined his lecture
to the work being done by the mis-
sionaries in China and in the South
American republics. Among state
ments made by Mr.. Cotton was that
Argentine Republic had larger for
eign commerce than China and Japan
together.
Thursday evening supper will be
given at the local association to be fol
lowed by speeches by Thomas Elliot,
an alumnus of Earlham college, and
Arthur Rugh formerly Of Wittenberg
college, Elliot is now doing mission
airy work in Honkong, China. Rugh rs
a Y. M. A. A. secretary in China.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-12-03
LONELIEST SPOT ON EARTH.
Tristan d'Aeunha 10 a Tiny Oasis In .
Wilderness Of Water.

Tristan d'Aeunha 10 a Tiny Oasis In .
Wilderness of Water.
When Napoleon was sent to St Hell
ena it was thought that the loneliest
place on earth had been assigned to
him as a prison. But St Helena is
1,4OO miles nearer continent than Is
Tristan dAcunha. Many hundred Of
Of miles of ocean lie between this is
land and its nearest neighbor. Tristan,
In short, is tiny oasis in a boundless
wilderness of waters, go from 1t in
which direction you will.
1t is a rocky and cliff grit little isle,
with a solitary mountain 1000 feet
high rearing itself from the midst
Yet on this lonely speck of rock and
earth there lives community seem
ingly happy in their isolation from all
the rest of the world. They are farm
ers, cattle raisers and shepherds. In
the valleys of the island are fertile
fields. where potatoes mainly are
grown. The food Of the people consists
for the most part of beef, mutton,
fowls, potatoes and fish.
Tristan used formerly to produce
many fruits and vegetables which can
no longer be grown there. The reason
of this Is that the island for a long
time was overrun by rats which es-
capped from a ship that anchored there
and which the people have been I'M
able, it is said, ever entirely to exter-
mipate.--Harper's Weekly.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-12-03
Ancient locka.

Locks were used in the time of the
pharaohs. At Karnak the visitor is
shown the sculptured representation of
a lock which is almost exactly like one
kind of lock used in Egypt at the pres
ent day. Homer says that Penelope
used brass key to open her wardrobe
He adds that it was very crooked and
had an ivory handle. A Greek writer
who lived in the last half of the twelfth
century explains that such keys were
undoubtedly very ancient although
still to be seen in Constantinople and
elsewhere. Roman locks, like the Egyp-
tan, required a partial sliding Of the
key. They were, however. more intri-
cate.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-12-03

were eye witnesses to the accident
The engineer testified that he lhfS
the Boston yards at s:eS o'clock ami
n the first overhead bridgs east Of
South Richmond he saw four men roll
ing down the grade, This was the first
warning than an accident had occur
red. he said. He said that he had
sounded the whistle, but Mas unable
TO look ahead on the track because the
engines boiler INSTRUCTED the view,
as the train was rounding curve. He
said the engine was drifting at the
time. as the steam had been shut off.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-12-03
IND|SCRETION OF
OFFICIALS BLAMED
Coroner Holds Them Partly
Responsible for Death of
Pearl D. Shifts.

Indiscreticn on the part of c. l. 0.
officials in permitting employees TO ride
as passengers on an engine. failure of
the engine crew to maintain close
and sufficient watch on the tracks and
failure on the part of the bridge fore
man to watch the track from the rear
are the three avoidable factors, res
ponsible for the death of Pearl d.
Shifts, according to the verdict filed
by Coroner Pierce in the county
clerks office this afternoon.
Shifts was killed on the morning of
November 25. He was member of the
bridge gang and was riding on hand
car when the engine struck the car,
throwing him off and instantly killing
him. Other members of the gang
jumped Shifts left forearm was al
most amputated, both feet crushed.
right leg almost amputated. the bones
in the fact crushed, left ear lacerated
and back broken and scull fractured.
In summing up the testimony the
coroner says: The consideration OF
testimony taken forces the conclusion
that several avoidable factors were re,
sponsible for the accident and the sac
! rifice of the life of Pearl d. Shifts
These factors are the indiscretion an
the part of the c. & o. officials in per
hitting employees to ride as passen
gers on the engine. thus making pos.
sible a diversion from duty on the part
of the engine crew; failure Of the en-.
CINE crew to maintain a close and sui
ficient watch on the road at all times
knowing that the engine was making
the run an hour later than was expect
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-12-03
ARGUMENTS GIVEN,

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3.-After So
licitor General Bullitt concluded his
defense of the newspaper publicity law
as an attempt to regulate the mails
the attack on it was resumed today
before the United States supreme
court by Attorney James M. Beck
counsel for the Lewis Publishing Co.
He declared the law was an attempt
to pervert the powers granted the gov
eminent to accomplish demonstrations
al ends He also pointed out that there
has been an alarming growth of this
tendency in the last twenty years. Mr..
Bullitt contended that as congress has
the power to exclude from the mails
bad smelling articles it has the power
to exclude newspapers which do not
comply with the regulations. Attorney
Beck said this constituted notification
by indirection and was the opening
wedge for censorship of the press.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-12-03
FIREMEN PRESENT
MODIFIED DEMAND
National News Association

NEW YORK, Dec. 3.-Modified de-
mands were submitted today by the
general committee of the Brotherhood
Of Locomotive Firemen and Engine
men at the conference with the COM
mittee of railroad managers represent
ing 50 eastern roads. The demands,
which were modified as result of the
arbitration committees recent award
in the case OF the engineers were made
in behalf of $4,000 firemen and in
clude straight time for work done aft
er regular hours and provide two fire
men on coal burning locomotives
weighing 10000 pounds, and also on
all freight locomotives on runs over
100 miles. The conference will last
daily until decision is reached.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-12-03
DEPOSITS INCREASE
Postal Savings Department
Received Much Money.

The postal savings bank reported a
larger deposit during the month of No
vember than any month since the bank
opened. The sum of S1,112 was depos-
tied and bonds amounting TO s6,39S
were sold. The sum of s6,39S was cred
tied to the depositors. An unusually
large money order business was also
reported by Assistant Postmaster Deu-
ker.
The total sales of the post office
amounted to s6,52s22 an increase of
$500 over November 1911. The sum of
sl,233S5 surplus was sent to Indiana
polls.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-12-03
COUNCIL TO MEET

A meeting OF the county council has
been called for tomorrow. The pur-
pose of the meeting is to make add
tional appropriations which were not
included in the appropriations made az
the regular council meeting in Septen-
her
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-12-03
PLAT RECORDED

plat showing the division of TWEEN
ty-two lots in the II. NJ. Sutton add
ton between West Sixth and West
Seventh streets, north of Pearl street
was filed in the county recorders of
flee this afternoon
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-12-03
PETITIONS FILED

Ex parte petition was filed in the
Wayne circuit court today by the
George D. Davis Carriage company, in
application for change of name to the
George w. Davis Motor Car company
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-12-03
PRESS PUBLICITY
FEATURE OPPOSED
Arguments on Section Of
Postal Law Are Heard in
Supreme Court.
National News Association)

WASHINGTON, Dec. Ex-senator
McCumber of North Dakota has pre-
pared and will introduce a bill to re-
peal the newspaper publicity sections
of the last post Office appropriation
bill. The North Dakota senator main
tains the law works a hardship on
small papers.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-12-03
CLAIM FILED

Claim Against the estate of Sarah A
Hendrix was filed today by William F.
Hendrix. The amount Of the claim is
S591.54
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-11
nERTINENT @fffENT
IN Happenin&$S1 Sportdom

anxious to have him in the American
League. 1t is not believed that the Gin
cinnati club will have the slightest trou-
BILE securing waivers on Chance. Every
club but Cincinnati waived when Chicago
wanted to let him go and it is not likely
that any of the clubs will try to prevent
him from leaving the organization.
Ihere is hardly a chance OF Roger
Bresnahan getting any the worst of the
arbitration over his claim against the st.
Louis club. His contract calls for $4,000
and 10 per cent of the profits and it
would not be more than fair If he got
$4,000 out Of the proposition. Nor will
his earning capacity suffer, for just as
soon as he Identifies himself with another
club. probably Pittsburgh. he will begin
to draw a salary Of about $4,000. There
is no way to ignore Bresnahan's con-
tract. In fact, he is making conces-
sion when he does not insist on getting
every cent 1t calls for.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-11
CORNELL MEN H0NORED.
However, Some of the Foot Ball
Players May Decline Letter.

ITHACA, n. Y, December 11.-Nineteen
members OF the Cornell foot ball team
have been awarded the varsity c by the
athletic council, and, while before tho
Pennsylvania game some Of the players
informally agreed not to wear the letter
unless they won the game 1t Is said that
some of the players at least will accept
the G..
Capt. Butler said that he thought they
would do so and he denied that the team
as a body had come to any such decision.
1t is known. however that some Of the
men will not accept the letter.
The councils action in awarding the c
to D. NJ. Larrowe. the big tackle, who
was taken i'll in the middle Of the season
and had to quit playing. was received
with much pleasure by the undergrad
yates. Larrowe later developed tubercu-
losis and is now in the Adirondacks. He
did not play in any of the big games. and
under the usual rules was not entitled to
the letter. but an exception was made in
his case.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-11
LUTHER NeCARtY
JIW HYMN

LOS ANGELES, December H.-Jim
Flynn, the fighting fireman, proved no
match for Luther McCarty. the giant
Missourian, in last nights bout, the fight
ing being stopped in the sixteenth round
to save Flynn from a further beating.
From the eighth round on Flynn was
battered numerically by McCarty. but
gamely staggered to the center Of the
ring for more until the referee put a
stop to the one-sided battle in the six
tenth.
McCarty and Flynn entered the ring
at 800 Betting at the ringside was at
even money. Time was called at 800.
McCarty carried the fight to Flynn
throughout the first round, and the fire.
man spat blood as he went to his corner.
McCarty continued to force the fighting
in the second, and Flynn seemed unable
to reach him effectively. Near the end
of the round Flynn was staggered by a
series Of rights and lefts to the face, and
appeared groggy.
He came up with a rush in the third.
but McCarty stopped him with a singer
that drew blood from the fireman's nose
and forced him to stall.
Flynn evened up in the fourth, rushing
McCarty repeatedly and hooking him
with an uppercut that rocked the Mis-
sourian's head. The fifth was a hammer
and tongs affair, ending with a fierce
mixup in the center OF the ring. In the
sixth Flynn staggered McCarty with q
left swing that sent him against the
ropes
The seventh, bitterly contested through
out, ended with honors even. Both men
showed signs of wear when they went
to their corners, and the succeeding
round was tame. In the tenth McCarty
landed hard right to the jaw, putting
the veteran down for the count Of nine.
lowing up this advantage, the Missourian
dropped Flynn for second and third
time, but the fireman made a remarkable
rally and lasted out the round.
McCarty tried hard to end it in the
tenth, but Flynn showed strong recu-
perative powers and held his heavier OPP
ponent fairly even. Badly battered and
eleventh, rocked repeatedly by the blows
that McCarty landed almost at will. 1t
was the same in the twelfth, the fire
mans stamina arousing the wonder of
the crowd.
Flynn kept boring in in the thirteenth.
shaking his head under the fusillade of
blows that McCarty rained upon his
puffed and bleeding face. The next two
rounds went the same way, the Mis-
sourian having his antagonist at his
mercy but lacking the driving power to
stop him.
FLYNN seemed almost helpless when at
the outset of the sixteenth he was sent
down for the count of nine, and when
moment later a smash to the jaw dropped
him for the second time Referee EytOn
STONED the fight and declared McCarty
the winner.
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an League Is in SeSS0n-[UheT Mccarthy Beats Jim Flynn
SALARY LIMIT ADOPTED.
No Chance for Syracuse to Get Jer-
sey City Franchise.

NEW YORK, December 1.-THE Inter
national League finished up all business
at the second session of the annual
meeting in the Hotel Victoria yesterday
morning. Three new umpires have been
signed. Gerald Hayes, from the Amer
lean Association: Jack O'TOole. from
the Western League. and E. S. Quigley.
from the New York State League. w. ].
Byron has been released to the National
League.
With the evident intent of putting a
ouietus on the rumor that the Jersey
City franchise was going to be trans
ferred to Syracuse. the league went on
record as against Syracuse being admit
ted into the organization.
1t was decided to set aside sinking
fund every year. each club being taxed
an equal amount. Whether this is to be
a war fund was not disclosed. The sal
airy limit of 5000 a month for each
club, exclusive Of the managers salary
was adopted over the votes of Toronto
Jersey City and Buffalo.