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HORSEMEN SUGGEST
HELP FOR CASSIDY
Want Jockey Club to Employ
q Second Starter on the
Local Tracks.
WORK Is NERVE RACKING

A host Of prominent horsemen WIN
request the Jockey Club to employ two
starters instead Of one on the Metro
politan tracks this season. They will
point out to the turf authorities that
the task OF sending away big fields OF
high spirited thoroughbreds on even
terms day in and day out 10 too much
for any one man and that the need OF
another man to relieve Mars Cassidy at
regular intervals u necessary for the
good Of the sport
No turfman ever has as much as In
timated that Cassidy ever showed any
his honesty or ability. He 10 as good
a starter as there Is on the American
turf and has no interest In any horse
He doesn't care which horse wins and
never even looks at fisld after he sends
II on its Journey.
but the Job 10 q hard one, too hard
for any ono man. II tends to wreck
ones nerves, and horsemen declare that
even nerveless man like Mr. Cassidy
10 bound to faltsr under the strain.
For more than . decade Mr.. Cassidy
has done almost all the starting on the
Eastern tracks and as q whole his work
has been satisfactory to the public,
owners and trainers. But almost every
seeme to lose his grip on his JOB ana
earns the wrath Of thousands Of race
soers by sending his heids away from
the barrier In ragged fashion.
In some instances the trainers are to
blame as much as the Jockeys. for there
are some trainers who instruct their
boys to get away winging. Others,
such as James FitEsimmons. Thomas
Heaiey, Max Hirsch and william
Hogan. tell their boys to try to help
the starter and thereby help themselves.
To employ a second starter would
cost only a small sum. and as the
season promises to be a record breaker
II 10 likely that tho Jockey Club will
accept tho suggestion.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-11
BusHWICKs' DOUBLE BILL.
VIII Play Royal Giants mt Dexter
Park This Afternoon.

The double header between the Bush
wicks and Royal Giants at Dexter Park
this afternoon should furnish some OF
the best baseball q: the season With
Cannon Ball. Diok Redding and Noun
tain" Hubbard OF the colored stars OPP
posing Kimball. ex-Detroit slabster, and
Maloney for the Bushw!cks. two good
pitching duels should be on tap.
The Royals as well as the Bushwicks
are clouting the ball at a good clip and
the twirlers will have to show their best
wares to hold the reins. The first game
will be called at 2 O'Clock The Bush
wicks last Sunday played before a rec
ord crowd.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-11
Frank Darsy's Status.

Dave Smith. former middleweisht
champion OF Australia, VINO is trying
to make champion out OF Frank Darcy,
brother OF the late Les Darcy, says:
Il have had many people telling me
they were disappointed at Frank Darcy's
showing. They and others In the Inn
mense crowd who wItnesi ID the bout
expected to see q replica OF his famous
brother as they knew him last Few
people know. or stop to think, OF the
many bouts Les had before we saw him
stripped for action at the Stadium
against Holland. He had boxed in the
hard school tournament bouts In New
castle. and also fought Billy McNab
Regio Whitelaw and others In that city
He also had two successful Nights at
Newtown. beating Jack Clarke and
Young Hanley.
"'Tis hard to compare Frank with
his famous brother thus early. but wait
till have this boy In Institutional
work for q year. and then he will
make you all sit up and take notice.
Frank knows as well as the spectators
that he II only a novice. and has a lot
to learn, but his heart IL In his work
and he Is out to win. II strict attention
to lessons and training will help him
any His daily labor has not matured
him as quickly as II did his brother,
but time win tell II he will reach the
high plane poor old Les attained"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-11
Spring Box Holders
at Belmont Park

T~HB season box holders for the
spring meeting At Belmont
Park. announced yesterday
follow:
Richard T. Wilson, Jr.. H. X.
Knapp. Archibald Barilie, w. r.
Coe, Morton L. Schwartz, Frederick
johnson. A K Macomber. Payne
Whitney. e. H. Hough. W. G. Street,
Commander J. X L. Ross. George d.
widensr. A Mel. Earlocker. Walter
J. Salmon. George D. Smith. John H.
Rosseter, Benjamin Block. Harry N.
Stevens. George W. Loft. Edward n
Weld. Willis Sharpe Kilmer. Samuel
D. Riddle. Robert L. Gerry. Middle
ton 8. Burrill. John Sanford. H. p.
Case. Alex Smith Cochran. Edward
r. Whitney. H. o. Tslmadge. James
Rowe AID Paul q. Browne.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-11
WILLIAMS OUT TO REPEAT.
VIII Try 60 Duplicate No HIT Feat
Against shipbuiIders.

The Eagles OF The Bronx have taken
their place among the leading semi
professional baseball clubs In this SCI
ton and will tackle another hard propo-
sItion this afternoon. when they will be
featured with the Lincoln Giants In one
OF the two games at Olympic Field IN
Harlem. Billy Gibson. the boxing Inn
presario. IL handling the Eagles The
teams rooters will parade to the. grounds
In fifteen autos. In the other Contest the
Lincoln Giants will go after the scaips
OF the Downey shipbuiiders. who have
minor league lineup. Holbourn and
Joe williams will pitch the feature game
williams last Sunday pitched a no hit
no run contest.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-11
TREAT TM RoUGHs' DEBUT.
Guy Empey Team Plays Two
Games at Dyekman Oval To-day.

The Maroons, who have been bought
by Arthur Guy Empey and hereafter will
be known as the Treat EN- RouRhs :"
will play two games at Dyckman oval
near the 207th street subway station
to-day. The FIRST game win be with the
Chesters and the second with the Iron.
sides. champions OF Newark.
Dyckman Oval has been turned into q
regular ball park. the stands have been
covered. turf inheld laid out and other
improvements made that will surprise
uptown fans. Each Sunday before and
during the games a band concert will be
offered by the Treat EN- Rough" Mill
tary Band
The first game to-day will be called
promptly at 2 o'clock. In the Treat 'Em
Rough lineup will be many OF the old
Maroons. with several new stars, with
a stan OF four we'll known pitchers.
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Two days later the handicap or long
distance racers will have their first
Ghance at $4,000 purse, for on Satur-
Gay the Kings County Handicap at one
mile and sixteenth will be decided. In
ms almost all the good handicap horses
m the country have been nominated.
among them are Omar Khayyam. Sweep
On Exterminator. Cudgel. Sunny Slope.
Westy Hogan. Old Rosebud, Corn Tassel.
star Master, Naturalist, Vindex and
Foreground.
Big Event May 20.
There will he races for two-year Folds
every day. but the most important even,
TOT the juveniles will not come until
May 20. when the Colorado. at five and
= half furlongs. will be run. II IL a
$4,000 stake. and for II almost hundred
nigh class youngsters have been named
10 start At least a score OF these are
gong great guns In their work. and the
winner VIII have to be much more than
an ordinary colt or ally.
Practically every stable of prominence
IN The country will be represented. In
Guiding those owned by p. A. Clark.
w K. Coe, Robert Gerry. Samuel
Fiddle, Walter NJ. Jefrords. Harry
tayne Whitney. George w. Loft.
iaha Commander ]. R.i L. Ross. John
SANFORD. Joseph F. Widener, George d.
"!cercr. Richard T. Wilson and Walter
j. Salmon.
The Jamaica plant has been put In
shape for the meeting. For several
months the track has been narrowed
aaily' and horsemen stabling there say
II is faster than ever before. The club
nouse and grand stand have been reno
waited and the lawns greatly improved.
Walter Edwards. the secretary OF the
metropolitan Association. which con-
Duets the meet. has arranged an excel
lent card OF overnight events. and he as
Wen as host OF horsemen predict the
n'ue track will have the most success
'ul meeting in its history.
scarcely a thoroughbred Of note is
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-11
Titles CAanEeA on Points.

Kid Lavigne lost the worlds light
weight championship to Frank Erne on
referee's decision At the end OF 20
rounds. and Abe Attell lost the feather
weight title OF America to Kilbane on n
referees decision at the end Of a 20
round bout
Jack Britton lost the welter title 70
Kid LOWS on q decision on points in a
20 round bout. and Battling Levinsky
won tho light heavyweight title from
Dillon on Is round decision on points.
Kid Williams lost the worlds bantam
title to Pete Herman in q 20 round
bout TO a decision.
Therefore 1t has been done, and any
referee who would refuse the decision
to Dempsey on points. II he earned It,
would deserve to be barred from the ring
for all time.
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the bout between Willard aAd Dempsey
lasts twelve rounds, and the champion is
on his feet, the decision Of the referee
Will not go against the title holder One
student OF the subject puts the propoui-
ton In these words: III willard should
be in good shape at the end OF the bout.
even though DompseT might have slight
ly the better Of the milling on points, Il
Ii hard to believe q referee will take
away q worlds championship from him.
II has never been done before" II
seems incredible that any referee would
deprive Dempsey Of the title II the chai-
lenEer defeated the champion ON points
In consenting to meet Dempsey In Q
twelve-round bout the champion puts his
title at stake. and II he was beaten on
points II would be nothing short OF rob-
berry to decide against the winner.
In the bsrbarous London rules De-
Rod. Il was . diff,cuit matter to get q
decision against q title holder, because
even II beaten. his partisans would
start . brawl and break UP the con-
test. There were r-any cases In those
days Of champion being % severely
beaten no could not answer the call Of
time. but q disturbance by the friends
OF the title holder interrupted the bout.
Since the 0ueensbury rules superseded
the London code. many titles have
changed hands on the result OF deci-
sions on pointa
Evening star., 1919-04-20

In this connection, and with
the cooperation Of President
Wilson during his brief stay be-
fore he returned to the peace
conference. meeting was called
in Washington of the governors
of our separate states and
mayors from over one hundred
leading cities. This conference.
which lasted three days. March
3. 4 and 5. brought together in
the White House state and
municipal executives on whose
: shQulders.rest the. real -husdensei
the reconstruction problem. The
results OF the conference were
beyond all we had hoped The
keen interest shown, the spirit
OF cooperation. and the League
of American Cities which re-
suited testify to a new spirit-a
family spirit" you might call it
which had not been known be-
fore to just that degree. 1t also
gave to the assembled executives
the chance TO come into close
contact with our President on his
short stay here, and to start
practicing at home, in small de-
gree, the cooperative plan Presi-
dent Wilson is striving to place
before the nations of the world.
Another step in this direction
was the sending abroad by the
Department of Labor of the en-
. ployers' industrial commission.
The situation of Great Britain.
differs from our own: it is more
intensive. Britain's laboring
classes are made up for the most
part of Britons-that is to say, the
English. Irish, Scotch and Welsh
men and women whose traditions
are British, whose background Is
British. Our own population is
a mixed mass OF men and women
from every part of the world.
whose traditions have been. Tor
the most part, dark backgrounds
of poverty. cruelty and terror.
SO that our problem has been one
of the melting pot for years.
But the fundamental problem OF
labor is much the same, no mat
ter what the background OF the
individual laborer-the need Tor
a closer union between employer
and employe. freer understand
ing that each intends fair play
Evening star., 1919-04-20
SLIGHT DECREASE
IN LIVING COSTS

A net decrease of at least per
cent in the retail price of twenty
two articles of food in the United
States during the month of February,
1919, as against prices in January, is
shown in report of the bureau of
labor statistics.
Butter declined 10 per cent in
February. according to the report,
but increased in price Is per cent in
March. Corn meal decreased per
cent in February. but increased Is
per cent in March. Coffee and tea
each increased 3 per cent from
February Is to March Is.
A general increase in some articles
between February and March prices
is noted in the report, which states
that sirloin steak and plate beef in
creased 1 per cent each: round steak,
rib roast and chuck roast increased
2 per cent each. The following ar
ticles declined in price from Febru-
ary to March: Navy beans, per
cent; evaporated milk and potatoes, Z
per cent each; rice, per cent and
eggs and fresh milk. per cent each.
Evening star., 1919-04-20

toward the other. and a common
belief in the future OF America,
when every man and every wom
an can work out their destinies
in the way Almighty God in
tended they should.
The employees Industrial com
mission was sent to Great Britain
to see how Britain was working
out her labor situation. Strikes
were imminent: the. country
seemed on the verge OF reyolu-
ton. There was talk of indus
trial wersy--4t--wasssa assi1isesofaurs
rest Our representatives met
! the leading business men OF Eng
land, the governmental officials
and the labor leaders. They also
met<ahd talked frankly and free
ly with the men whom we should
probably loosely term the boil
sheviki" They gained much from
this personal contact with the
British workingman apd obtained
a new insight into the means and
methods of the British labor party
and the government desire to
cooperate in every possible way
with the working people of that
nation. They have returned to
the United States with new zeal,
new hopes and new plans for the
working out of our own indus
trial problems.
''The Land Plan for Soldiers"
is another of the steps which the
Department of Labor hopes to
see taken in the near future in
our reconstruction work. All
English-speaking countries have
gone ahead of US in this respect.
England, New Zealand. Australia,
Canada, all have working plans
adopted providing the returned
men with "a little land and liv-
ing"
Back in 1915 it was the sugges-
ton of the~Department OF Labor
to relieve unemployment by
opening up the land to settlers.
The policy then. as now, was not
limited to farm lands, but in
cluded the other natural re-
sources-the forests and mineral
lands. Agricultural lands should
be developed in community units
composed OF readymade farms
that is. lands equipped ready for
use Land not meeting this test
Evening star., 1919-04-20

Export interests which have rec
ognized the need for regular lines OF
steamships to Latin American coun-
tries as prime requisite for the de-
velopment of an-Arnerican COM
merce are now organizing TO buy
some of the twenty-five wooden ships
offered for sale by the shipping board.
1t is probable that through such a
transaction great impetus will be
given to trade to the southern repub-
lies through the Panama canal.
Each of the twenty-five vessels
placed on sale by the board averages
$500 tons deadweight. Their fuel
consumption is about twenty -four
tons per day, when averaging nine
knots per hour at sea.
These vesseYs are suitable for coast
wise transatlantic or transpacific
trading. A number of vessels of sim
liar type have performed splendidIy
in the Pacific coast Hawaiian trade.
Tney have been operated between the
Evening star., 1919-04-20
VERY FEW ESCAPE
AMUSEMENT TAX

Regulations governing collection OF
the tax on admissions. soon to be is
sued by the bureau Of internal reve
nue., define the four classes which are
exempt from the tax when admitted
free to places of amusement. They
are. children under twelve years of
age, bona fide employees of the place
of amusement, municipal officers on
official business and soldiers or sail
ors in uniform. All other persons are
subject to the tax. which is 1 cent for
each 10 cents or fraction thereof of
the price of admission.
If theater sells to soldier or sail
or 50 ticket for 81 the tax
is 1o,cents on 81, not 20 cents on the
regular price. Admissions by passes
are subject to the tax. If the pass
entities the holder to 81 seat, he
must pay 10 cents. The dramatic
critic who occupies a 81 orchestra
chai. must pay 20 cents.
Evening star., 1919-04-20
EXPORTERS ORGANIZING TO BUY
WOODEN. VESSELS FROM THE u. S.

United States and Central America
West Indies and South American
ports on both coasts. Their suitability
to carry dry and perishabIe cargoes
has been demonstrated.
AS an Illustration of the work of
these vessels: The Boline arrived in
Copenhagen a few days ago with a
general cargo loaded at New York
The Daram has arrived in the Azores
with a general cargo destined to
Havre. The Cruso sailed from New
York on March in the face of a ninety
mile gale which she weathered with
out the slightest damage and has
since been making splendid time on
her trip to Portuguese West Africa.
The Capomka made a voyage from
San Francisco to Manila. in good time.
sailing from Honolulu October. II and
arriving at Manila November II. the
trip taking less than five weeks. The
Quidnic sailed from San Francisco
December 3. arriving In Honolulu on
the goth; sailed from there on the
gath and arrived January IA at
Manila.
Evening star., 1919-04-20
Secretary Wilson Asserts Labor
IS Loyal to New ArneriCaniSm

eStS. Timber culture and perma-
nent forest communities to re-
place the temporary logging
camps could do away with the
large labor turnover resultant
from the so-called seasonal oc
cupation" which has heretofore
characterized an industry SO i'm
portant in the life of the nation
These are some of the newer
plans in progress which we hope
to see accomplished in the near
future. But the whole scheme OF
the Department of Labor is
based upon construction and re-
construction. The working con-
ditions service studies the dan
gers OF hazardous occupations,
encourages the use of safety ap
pliances to reduce accidents, and
develops better methods for safe
ty in shops and manufactures.
In conjunction with the public
health service. it helps to prevent
many "occupational diseases" and
to raise the health Of workers
generally.
The Cancellation division. which
did so much during the war to
keep up the flow of supplies
abroad, keeping men on the job
in the shops, is now demonstrat-
ing its value in the period of re-
adjustment to peace-time condi-
tions. Although little has been
known to the public of the ef
fective work of this service.
either during or since hostilities.
it is fact that it has played a
most vital part in preventing the
spread in the United States of
the kind OF unrest SO prevalent
abroad. The conciliation service
works quietly. Often it paves the
way for other agencies to step
in and effect settlement. Al
ways the principle is to keep the
men at work: or. if they have
walked out, to induce them to
return to their jobs while an ad-
justment of their troubles is be-
ing worked out.
But the most important work
performed by the division OF
conciliation is not that which at
stgacts the most attention. Il. is.
rather the quiet influence which.
in untold instances. acts to pre-
vent disputes from reaching the
strike stage, and thus averts the
loss to both sides which must al
ways result from a stopping OF
work
The naturalization and immi-
grafton bureaus, the children's
bureau, the women in industry
service, the, training service,
which enables men and women
in factories to take advantage of
better opportunities in their own
shops 1.-THE boys working reserve,
the United States employment
service-each of these units in
the Department OF Labor is
working along definite plans for
reconstruction
The failure. to provide the
necessary funds for the contin-
uance of the United States en-
ployment service was unques-
tionably a blow, but the great
task of providing work for our
men is going forward, neverthe-
less. Nearly four hundred Of
fees that would otherwise have
gone out of existence are being
financed by states, municipalities
and voluntary subscriptions.
We are not yet providing jobs
IS rapidly as the men are being
mustered out, but it is hoped that
this will soon be a fact, for or
CARNATIONS, both private and
public, swept forward with one
impulse to assist in this national
work when the employment
service was forced to curtail its
activities.
That was the true American
spirit-the spirit of quick re-
sponse to every call of need.
Evening star., 1919-04-20
BY WILLIAM Is. WILSON.
Secretary of Labor.

IN this period of postwar re-
construction American ideals
are being tested, as perhaps they
never were tested before. 1t is
time for all Americans to get
their AmeriCaniSm on straight,
to think straight and walk
straight and look to the future
courageously
In the work which is before
the nation, the American work
ing men and women, who form
the backbone and very lifeblood
of those ideals which we cherish,
will do their part in making
good to humanity all that Amer
icanism stands for in the eyes
of the world
The term reconstruction" we
get from Great Britain. AS early
as 1916 the British war ministry
believed that it faced re-
construction question and began
work for the period to come.
after the war. when Britain's
foreign trade and her shipping
interests-upon which her very
life depends-must be resumed
Our situation is different. Our
natural resources are such that
our reconstruction resolves it
self down into the problem OF
rehabilitation of our Army and
rehabilitation OF our labor. We
went through period of hys-
terra when we entered the war
"a period OF fear on the part OF
a few who doubted if we could
mobilize and train. or transport,
or feed. or equip the Army OF
fighters needed in time to be of
any real help to the allies. But
the abrupt ending of the war
proved that fear to have been
groundless. America responded
to the call for fighting men with
speed that astonished the
world-and herself Now the
fighting is over Our men are
coming back, and our problem is
to restore them to the ranks OF
industry with equal skill and ef-
fciency, that the work of the
business of the nation, the feed
ing. clothing and educating of
our children. and the sending
abroad of. foodstuffs, machinery
and various supplies needed in
the rehabilitation of the world,
may proceed with the least pos
sible delay.
The Department of Labor be-
gan the year with an appeal to
America to build! The division
OF public works and construction
development, under the informa-
tion and education bureau, was
organized, and at once started
on vigorous campaign to go on
with the great work of building
which the war interrupted
Schools were needed, homes
we're needed, factories, churches.
all public works which had been
suspended for two years; the
changing back from war indus
tries to peace industries of many
OF our manufactories-and the
need for prompt action was
urged in a widespread campaign
through the newspapers, through
posters and through personal ap-
peal to the business men and ed
ucators, the public officials and
the individual homeseekers> This
campaign had twofo1d aim: To
stimulate the great industrial life
OF the nation, and to provide
buffer employment" for the
men returning from overseas
This work is going on steadily,
and, l am happy to say. with dis
tinct results. Reports to the De-
partment of Labor show an ac-
tivity in the building trade un-
known in years. and the ready
response offered by the banks,
the building-loan organizations
and the public officials of the
country has been most gratifying.
Evening star., 1919-04-20

Who has arrived in this country on
his way to Paris to join China's peace
delegation, which he will serve as
councillor. Mr.. Wong is credited with
having been mainly responsible for
China breaking diplomatic relations
with Germany. He is very outspoken
III his oppos tion TO Lhe Japanese
Evening star., 1919-04-20
HOW "FAVORITE SONS'
BLOOM WITH SPRING
Crop of "Fair Haired" Boys This. Early
Gives Promise of Being
Large One.

they will pick out the type of man tt
be named and help select him.