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University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1916-06-27
NOT LAND GRABBING

Following so closely after declara-
ton of the principle this Government
will follow toward Mexico, the new
armed movement will seem to some
unthinking persons that the President
is changing his position, and re-
reading of the Mexican plank in the
Democratic platform will be helpful.
Its climax is in the statement that
intervention lis revolving to the peo-
pie of the United States.
Working up to the climax is an an
alvsis of the conditions that have pre-
vailed in the past, with statement
of why United States troops had to go
into Mexican territory, and the dec
laration that those troops must re-
main until danger is past. At the very
beginning it upholds the Monroe Doc
trine as basic principle of faith, in
sisting that the doctrine applies to
this country in its dealings with the
other countries of the Americas, as
well as applying to extra-continental
countries
Hence, this Government stands COM
mitted against a policy of lust for land
or blood. Not only is it committed by
verbal messages, but its conduct in
the past thoroughly supports such
contention. Had the Administration
any intentions of seiZing. or demand
ing the surrender of, Mexican terri
tory, President Wilson and his cabinet
would not have been so patient in the
past months Public patience has per-
haps been less marked than official
patience but at no time has public
sentiment favored reprisals or land
grabbing. Indemnity has not even
been suggested, and if it does follow
it will be imposed as matter of JUS
tice to those persons who have suf
fered in Mexican depredatiOns. If
there be any fighting between this
country and Mexico merely for the
spilling of blood or if there be the
taking of Mexican territory as result
of war, it will be complete reversal
of the practice and declared policy of
the United States Government
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1916-06-27
THE WEST AND PREPAREDNESS

The troops of Missouri. Kansas and
Wisconsin will be the first to pro-
ceed to the border on account of su-
perior preparedness. This is the gist
of the orders issued by the War De-
partment at Washington.
What does the East think of this
the East that has so long been be-
moaning the fact that it was unable
to arouse the Middle West to its
sense of duty? The East established
several business mems camps, or
Plattsburgs, for the training of its
citizens in affairs military and urged
the West TO follow suit The West
had no Plattsburgs. 1t seemed un-
responsive in the time of national
crisis. The East denounced it Sc
verely.
But when the real crisis came, The
West was the first to mobilize troops
Its troops will be the first to pro-
ceed to the border on account of "su-
periOr preparedness" 1t has raised
its quota of troops and more.
The West did not prate of prepared
ness and compliment itself on being
patriotic because il sent business and
professional men and society girls to
military camps in time of peace. But
when the call TO arms was sounded.
Missouri, Kansas and Wisconsin were
ready.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1916-06-27
Historical Society Library only two OF

Historical Society Library only two OF
his stories are on file.
Few University students are IA
miliar with Lyons writings; many
have never even heard OF MIN. Al
though the University points with
pride" to Eugene Field, Lyons name
is seldom remembered. Field was
known to be frequently involved in
trouble with the University authori-
ties while i'm school; Lyon was an en-
cellent student and was graduted with
high honors. Newspaper stories are
run annually on Field; Lyon gets
brief mention at his death.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1916-06-27
AID MEN ADDRESS CONVENTION
Delegates Of A. A. Clubs OF World
Ready for Gigantic Pageant.

by United Press.
PHILADELPHIA, June 27.-"Adver-
tising pays" This phrase was on the
tongues of 10000 delegates when they
gathered yesterday in the University
of Pennsylvania's building for twenty
two departmental conferences in con-
nection with the convention of the
Associated Advertising Clubs of the
World.
The meetings marked the amalga-
nation of the purveyOrs of nearly ST.
000, 900 year in advertising.
Two great mass meetings were held
yesterday afternoon in the CONNER
cial Museum, where the general discus
sions of the convention are being
held.
Among the advertising authorities
who addressed the meetings were:
Cyrus II. X Curtis, of the Curtis
Publishing Company; r. Goodwin
Rhett, president of the National
CnafnDef OF COMMERCE, AuOlpH D.
Ochs, publisher of the New York
Times; n C. Kingsbury, vice-presi-
dent of the American Telephone &
Telegraph Company.
Final preparations were also made
for the gigantic and spectacular
pageant held last night, in which s.
GOO persons and 100 floats were in
line-tO demonstrate the progress of
advertising The first phase of
American advertising was portrayed
by thirty Indians at the head of the
procession, escOrting a great barge
containing an Indian camp with
tepees and illustrating how they ad-
vertised with their totem poles and
war cries. To illustrate the second
phase, fifty town criers in Colonial
costumes carried handpainted signs
and ring bells.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1916-06-27
-.EDEN OF MISSOURI
ID. l., Dalke Here for Summer Se>.
sion, Likes City and University.

ID. l.. Dalle, superintendent of the
Rock Port, Mo. schools who is at
tending the Summer Session, likes
Columbia and the University. In a
letter to the Atchison County Mail,
his home town newspaper. which is
edited by John c. Stapel. a graduate
of the School of Journalism. he
wrote:
I'VE like our work fine and think
this is a great place. The city is
beautiful. with so many residences,
public buildings. paved streets and
shade trees. This would be a great
place to live. | presume this comes
very near being the Eden of Mis-
souri, 1t is the Athens of Missouri
now.
The University is quite an insti-
tuition. one of which the state can be
Justly proud. There are nearly 1900
students enrolled in the Summer Ses-
sion now. most of whom are Missouri
teachers. 1t does one good to get
among such a lot of folks who have
a common aim"
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1916-06-27
Sayings of the Week

The United States has been FORUM
ate in the last century in the nations
that have picked on it, Last time it
was Spain.-Kansas City Times.
The enthusiastic mobilization of
the Southern Guardsmen doesn't fool
Brooke Adams-he knows mighty well
they're getting ready under cover for
the third baHtle of Bull Run.-Boston
Transcript.
A third of the people in Mexico are
said to be barefoOted. But the worst
of it is they haven't much to do but
count their toes.-Dallas Morning
News.
Another advantage in being an edi-
tor is that a fellow won't leave any
money for his relatives to scrap over
after he is dead and gone to that land
where the delinquent subscriber abid-
eth not and there is no fire to be
quenched. - Louisiana, Mo-, Press
Journal.
1000 Mexican Women Offer To
Fight L. S.'-a headline tells us.
There are more American women than
that disturbing Uncle Sans peace all
the time.-Salt Lake Telegram
Though ! jtvOut lover of peace.
standing tor war only as a last re-
sort, | think We should now intervene
in MeA.cc Under the Monroe Doc
trine we owe it to the other nations
whose rights people and property
like ours have been wantonly disre-
garded in MeXico-Representa Cy-
clone Davis of Texas. noted as a
peace at any price" advocate.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1916-06-27

Blind Boone Back From Tour.
Blind Boone, Columbias blind ne
gro musician, arrived in Columbia
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1916-06-27
HARRIS MERTON LYON

The old allegation, Prophets are
without honor in their own country"
seems TO be verified at the University
of Missouri. Harris Merton Lyon.
the noted author and magazine writer
who died a short time ago, seems to
be practically unknown at his Alma
Mater.
Lyon was a graduate of this Uni
yersity Yet in the University Lii
brary not single volume of his
works can be found In the State
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1916-06-27

Edward Hill, catcher for the Co
lumbia Browns, left Sunday for Pitts
burg, Kan. AS the result of base
ball injury, Hill has carried badly
swollen finger for nearly three weeks.
Saturday he found the bone was shat
tered, and he left for Pittsburg to
place himself under the care of his
brOther-in-law, DR.. c. A. Dudley.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1916-06-27
Admiral Henry T. Mayo.

Admiral Henry T. Mayo assumed
command of the Atlantic fleet on Mon
day, June 10. succeeding Admiral
Frank F. Fletcher. The crews of the
battleships at Brooklyn Navy Yard
stood at attention while the order was
read to Admiral Mayo, and they
cheered as the new commanders flag
was hOisted to the mastead of the su-
perdreadnaught wyoming, the flagship
of the fleet A salute of seventeen
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1916-06-27
DIR. PAUL PAQUIN


To the majority of the people of
this community the name of DR.. Paul
Paquin. director of public health, was
merely that of a public official who
was especially vigilant in the per
formance of his duties. To those
who felt the weight of his official
hand when laid upon practices which
menaced the public health this con-
scientiousness became veXatious, of
course But to the small circle who
knew him intimately he was one OF
those heroes who won the victories
which belong to peace no less than to
war. He fell at the post of duty.
but he won the victory which always
comes to the faithful public servant.
He won even more than this, for he
was a martyr not merely to the sense
of duty embodied in the holding OF
offices of public trust and responsible
ity but to that higher devotion to the
good of humanity which willingly
makes any sacrifice demanded.
DR.. Paquin had the devotion of the
Zealot in whose veins runs the blood
of the Gaul. OF French-Canadian
birth. he was of French ancestry and
all who knew him knew of the fiery
zeal which laid comfort. convenience,
health and now life itself upon the
altar of duty He was literally un-
sparing of himself and he was as
truly a martyr to science and to hu-
manity as any man of his own or any
other profession who burned the
candle of his vitality faster than was
wise. but more slo S1y than his own
devotion demanded.
DIR. Paquin accomplished an inn
mense amount Of good in lifelong
fight against tuberculosis, and in the
opinion of the physicians who aided
him i'm his last battle for life he died
as a direct result of disease contract
ed while engaged in this battle against
the dread White Plague. He was
rendered peculiarly susceptible to the
rayages of this disease-a disease
which the ordinary precautions Of a
skilled physician enabled him to
withstand-by his arduous labors in
the discharge of duties not directly
associated with the fight against tu-
berculosis. Into whatever work en-
gagged his attention he threw himself
with unsparing vigor. His duties as
director of public health of Kansas
CITY entailed an enormous amount of
work. and his impaired physical
strength was unequal to the strain.
His heart and mind and soul were too
much for his body; they set it tasks
which it could not perform without
the recuperation which his very zeal
denied il.
That is the literal truth in DR.. Pa
guin's case and the community owes
to this devoted foreigner, whose life
was so closely bound up with Miss
ouri and later with Kansas City.
debt which it can never repay. Many
a martyr and hero of the medical pro-
fession has had monuments erected
to him upon claims to such an honor
not as valid as those of DIR. Paquin.
He lived fast. and worked hard. and
died hero Of a profession which has
written so many names high upon
the roll of the nations heroes.
Greater love hath no man than this.
that he gave his life for his friends.
was said by the Nazarene. But DR..
Paquin gave his life for those who
did not know him and whom he did
not know. He died not for a friend.
but for those who suffered.-Kansas
City Journal.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1916-06-27

We will give double $. & II. stamps
on Tuesday and Wednesday OF this
week.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-02-22
QUICK KNOCKOUT
COSTLY TO PILGER

II OE PILGER, husky pugilist who at
one time called Chicago his home,
crossed the Canadian line in search of
fights and the dollar upon whose be-
ing so many things revolve. Plger was
a youth possessed with a mighty wal
lop. He was in the habit of knocking
'em dead when he connected.
The Chicago fighter hooked up with
some promoters in a western Canadian
city. The opponent picked for Pf1ger
was a local fighter. The bout was
scheduled to go ten rounds. Pilger
was extremely anxious to make a good
showing. as he believed that future
bouts would be his reward for ring la
boris well performed.
In the second round of the contest
the Chicago pugilist swung a hard
wallop to the jaw of his opponent, and
all there was left for the referee to do
was to start and complete the count.
PiIger was elated over his success.
After dressing he went to the box Of
fee to get his bit.
Imagine the surprise, not to say
chagrin, of poor Pilger when he was
handed sum much less than that cali
ed for in his contract. Pilger began
to protest volub1y.
1--WE agreed to pay you for ten
rounds said the Canadian promoters,
;and you only went two. We have paid
you for two rounds
They say there is lots of money in
Canada" said Pilger after he returned
to Chicago. Say, wonder dey isn't
more
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-02-22

Hight .collegians thirty-nine years
ago assembled around table in
the Massasoit House. Springfield, Mass.
They had convened to adopt. if posi-
bic. a common code of football rules
and also If possible to form an inter
collegiate football association. The
names of these men and the colleges
they represented We're as follows: E.
w. Price and c. De H Brewer of Co
1unnbia, Herbert Corey Leeds and G.
S. Eaton of Harvard, lothian Potter
and W. Earle Dodge Of Princeton and
Eugene ". Baker and J. B. Atwater of
Yale. Prior to this session the football
colleges OF the country, only six in
number played football each under
different code, but all ada ptations of
the Association type of play
i This little convention i'll 1876. taxing
England's Rugby union code as a basis,
in five hours produced an adaptation
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-02-22

MANAGER WALTER M'CREDIE of
the Portland Coast league team,
went to Seattle to look over some Of
the Northwestern league prospects. He
sat talking with Owner Dugdale of
Seattle and complimented him on some
OF the players on. Dug's team. 4bemoan-
ing his own lack of talent meanwhile.
How do you get 'em, Dug?'' asked
McCred1e.
'sWell," answered DugdaIe I'm
lucky, L guess. Some of the best ones
just come to me begging for jobs
II never had that luck" said Nc
Credie.i we always have to pay pref
ty high for what we get. Wish could
pick up a few like you do
As they talked tall young pitcher
warmed up in front Of the stand.
who's the pitcher" asked McCre-
die.
why. that's Mails" answered Dug
dale. He's the fellow I've sold to
Brooklyn. He's one of my pickups."
You're lucky guy" said McCredfe
The young pitcher quit tossing the
ball. walked over to the stand, saw
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-02-22

fight. Others who saw the bout de-
Glars Corey was in such pitiful con-
dition that it would have been crime
to permit the fight to go on.
And there you area jury divided
against itself.
Corey il one of the most perfect
specimens of physical manhood in the
ring today. He is something like six
feet three inches tail, weighs around
200 and is wonderfully proportioned,
No fighter edges him in, gameness or
aggresstveness. and no fighter can
punch harder.
There are some who claim Coffey has
nothing but left lab. Those are the
persons who never really looked up
Coney's ring record. Coffey is a left
jabber, but he can swing a right with
fight ending effect too. Coffey uses his
left hand i've times to once for his
right, but there is method in his pecul-
lar style. That left jab is to chop
down his foe to a knockout point. and
the right is saved for the finishing
wallop.
Gunboat Smith learned that recently
to his sorrow. Gunboat heard that
Corey was one handed fighter, and
SO he went into battle with Cohey
fearing only Cofeys left. For three
rounds Corey used his left. leaving his
right hanging almost useless. Smith
became careless about that right and
in the fourth round that right shot up
like fash Of lightning, caught Smith
with its terrific power-and Smith went
down and out for the full count.
Comey's early fault-and one which
asserts itself occasionally now--is his
extreme eagerness to mix things at the
start. The first bell sends him out
rushing his opponent; sends him out
lighting with the herceness and speed
vi1at most men show in the final round
of q fight. And that's where Coffey
places himself at a big disadvantage,
and that's how his foes usually are
able to slip over that wabbIe producing
punch.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-02-22
cORBETT SAYS HE WAS FIRST TO
USE FAMOUS LEFT HOOK,

TT is Jim Corbett's opinion that he
was the first man to use the IA
nous left hook. Corbett said recently:
81 used the left hook before any man
ever thought of it. I'll tell you how I
happened to hit on the idea. 1 was
lighting Joe Choynski. Ring history
will tell you that all our bouts were
the hardest ever fought. In the barge
contest I had broken the knuckles of
my left hand on Joes hard head. I
was taller than he was, and my left
jab landed too high several times, with
the result that my knuck1es were frac-
tured. had to do some tall thinking,
for Joe was as strong as a bull and
coming like the wind.
Instead of jabbing straight out from
the shoulder as I had always done I
began 70 turn my left hand and hit
him with the inside of my closed fist.
In order to make the blow effective I
had to hook it in all the time, carefully
avoiding a contact between his head
and my sore knuckles. I was amazed
at the force that I could put into the
punch that had always been avoided
because of the danger of injuring the
large knuckle of the thumb. I finally
knocked Joe out completely with it. I
know that it was the beginning of the
left hook
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-02-22
RANKS FoLWELL AS THE BEST coz

y Gettysburg football team, made the
statement recently that he considered
Bob Fo1welI the greatest football coach
in the country.
IT saw his team play Rutgers in New
York, and can safely say it was the
best coached team in modern football I
have ever seen. I have never seen any
team that, could forward pass within
SO per cent of this team. FolWelt did
not bank absolutely on his passes, but
he had running attack and e defense
that, considering his quality of men,
was wonderful. He only had = small
team, but they had a spark in their
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-02-22
Coffey's Jaw Is the Mystery Of the Ring

TIM COFTEY and his peculiar jaw
constitute one OF the greatest mys-
tsrfes OF the prize ring.
No man other than frank Moran
aver scored a knocxdown or a tech
nicaI knockout over Corey, yet Cofrey
has rarely gone through a battle with
out being in 3 seemingly pttiful con-
dttion at one time or another. without
scanning to be ON the point OF defeat
via the Knockout route.
Those who have followed Coney
throughout his career have discovered
these strange facts:
A solid punch on Coney's Jaw In the
early rounds OF the fight invariably
makes him groggy. nearly always
sends him to the rope for support,
makes him an object of pity.
A dozen punches of the same kind
and to the same place later on in the
tight never even disturb his balance
What do you make of it?
In the majority of Cofey's recent
battles he has taken Wallops on his
so called glass jaw in the early
rounds, and in practically every in
stance those blows have dazed him to
Il point where he seemed to be a. sure
loser. Yet in every instance but that
Moran affair he has come back from
that state OF grogginess, fought with
greater fury gand greater power and
won his fights with knockout punches.
Corey seems to have every requisite
that a champion needs except the
power to stand up under that first
swing TO the jaw. If he could over
come that peculiar affection he would
be a world beater with six months
more of training.
The only smear on Coffey's record is
the two Moran fights.
Those spectators OF that fight who
know Corey, know the, early round
weakness OF his jaw and also his re-
cuNerative power. claim that Coffey
should have been allowed to continue,
that he eventually would have won the
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-02-22
~ COBB is RESTING UP.

TTyY COBB very wisely does not intend
to take part in ANY baseball games
President Navfn. Tyrus says that while
he has had an offer to play winter ball
at New Orleans, he has turned it down.
Cobb argues that he gets all the base
ball he wants during the regular sea-
son and that he needs the rest he gets
during the off season. He puts in lots
of time hunting. so keeps himself in
perfect condition without touching a
ball, and he believes that by doing this
he will keep himself in the game for
many years. He argues that to be ac-
tive in baseball too much of the year
means a slowing up of the limbs, and
he realizes that these are one Of his
greatest assets.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-02-22
MGovERN SOAKED HIS WATCH

TERRY M'GOVERN was in ST. Paul
with a theatrical troupe along
about 1903 or so. That was after the
Irish terror had lost his title to Young
Corbett. Terry was far from right,
either mentally ar physically.
McGovern didn't have much money
to spend-in fact, he was treated some
what in the manner of a child. 1t was
while playing in st. Paul that the show
Sanitarium.
One afternoon NcGovern and some
hangers on were drinking in a saloon
on Robert street. Underneath the bar.
and running the entire length, was a