Evening star. [volume], August 22, 1909, Page 14, Image 14

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Shorty Ferris Explains to the
Barkeep Why It's So.
DUE TO HIGHER EDUCATION
Too Much French at Table Since the
Daughter Was Graduated.
NO EAR FOR EYETALIAN OPERA
There Wasn't Anything EJse for
Him to Do But Tell His Trou
bles to "Schwartzv."
\\ of t-latits l?a?i been ?
? >adf?d from the ;loop. Short v Ferris,
sji.td merchant. reed !?ir?I hunter and,
urn tut loader. looked hesitatingly at tiiej
_ een swinging doors across the ?treet.;
in.) then with the air of a man who s> es !
is destiny written ii? the brand ?>t ale be;
nywav th' sassi.-ty Rive a blowout fer
th" nayrents ?>' th' mcmlM'rs. IVyiV think
she mentioned it to Jawn an' th' ole
womun? Nix .lav, it read he" name if
tb' [1,'tjttr as one of those piv?ent?:?m he
never said nuthin" he knew th' push that
w??ar dress i<?ats didn't speak hi.-- lan
gedgc. On'y It*- minded th' time when lie
used to curry th' girl on his shoulders to
th" canal to see the boats go by. She wan
little then an' wore th' same iittle ragge
dy dreh's tii' week iound.
"She used to come runnln' to beat th'
band up th* strict vriten she'd see hint
eomin' home evenin's with bis < oat
t'rown over one arm, an" Ms-dinner pail |
-winjdn' from his rist. When he was late
from loalin" in a low-down gin mill tli* (
Ilttic sill 'ud cry? 'twas that" what stop
ped him from rum
"Ah. sure?that was Itefore th' eaole
ears stonped riinin' on th' avenoo.
"Well. 1 saw Jawn not long atro. ("ome
down.' sez iie. 'We grot a graftaphone,"
sez he. '\'n' have?' sez I. 'Sure',' sez
he. 'It's th' daughter's.' sen he. 'She
knows th* name av all th' great singers
by heart." sez lie. I
"So I went. They w a.< a bunch there.
Kill Smith. Rexy Beck. that half dago
from Swampoodie-- 1 fereret his name?
Cap Collins and a lot of those guys. It
look',1 like a meetiit" of tiie Clam I'nioad.
eis." t'nion Number litglit ITunderd an'
Two. Tiie daughter come in an* 1 he sniiT
site siive "ud make yo" think she was nans
ill' a gashouse jes' arte: ti had sprung
a leak.
" 'Hive us a . hoon." bellows a ved-liead
ed piokhandler from a corner of tli* rtiom.
?in' th" !,'iil puts on a record. It was nice
an' eiear. but it sounded like a funeral
march.
" 'Sumthin' lively.' sez Jawn.
" 1 guess I'm the indtce t>" music in this
house." sez ti?' girl. 'To judge by tb" pee
?'JAWN LOOKED
iikt* best. resolutely entered tlie fly-flJIe-d
i>arroo:n.
"A mixed ale," he said, and after wip
i.u; his mouth on the back of his elam
mueked hand began thus to the barkeep:
".lawn Pox is drinkhr again, I see. It's
a lot o" trouble he's been havin'. That
?laughter o' his is enough to drive him
to drink. Jawn sent her to th' high
s hool so'a she'd know sumthin" and could
help with th' rent, but all she learnt is
how to pass th" thread in French.
"I was to Jawn's house one night about}
a year slnoe. f s?-z to Jawn, 'The da ugh- ,
tcr's romin' on line.' 'Sure,' he sez: 'she
made that dress herself,* sez he. 'Yo'
don't mean it,' 1 sen: 'will she be a
dressmaker?" I sez. 'No,' he sez. 'I'm j
thinkin' she'll be a French nurse.* 'What!'
I sez. 'A French nurse," he sez. 'Why?'
I sez. 'Because,' he sez, 'all the books
I ever see her studyin' out of is a thing
she calls a. French primer. Tliey's more
money in beln' eddycuted nowadays, at
least th' daughter sez they is. She sez
she'll git a place?she calls a Job a plaee?
as a companion to some swell old dame
that's so ashamed o* th' Amerikln lang
edge she's gotta pay a nigh school grad
uate t'lrty dollars a month to translate,
The Evenin' Star into French before she:
feels right." "She wouldn't object to;
takin' til' bucket down to th' corner, would
sh? ?' I sez. 'Praps sne'd get a little
practice askin" th" barkeep fer a quart o"
dark in French,' sez I.
"An", d'ye know. Jawn looked funny
at me an' sez, "I don't think young girls i
ought a show 'emselves rushin' th' can,' I
he sez. 'H'ni,' sez 1, "tis a tine dres.? that
??an t rush th' can alter th' old man has j
handled th' pile driver all day.'
" Naw, it iin*t that," sez lie. "it ain't I
that. Here's th f an: I'll go ine.^elf.' j
\n' awaj he went with Ids manly < Uest j
a-sliowin" troo t.i' hole in lis r?d shirt
where th' rent collector gin ;.?d him that j
: im?-. Iii?- suspender hangin' over his hip.;
an" hi.' ? arpet slippers tiappin' on th* I
>ri' kv. Th* true picture of an American j
'iiltoriri' tnan takin' iiis ease. Not or.'.y a
?p-art o' dark did he bring, hut two o'
Sehwartzy's tl-cent stggars. Jawn's gen
'rous. -be is. It's gen'rous man that ij
ike. What's tliut?one on th" house.'
Thanks?'tis eootl ale.
S<> we drank th* be. i an' t stayed till
a young feller come to th' house to see
th* daughter, lie had on a collar?an" I
left."*
"Jawn paid a week's wages fer th' dress
-he was gradjated in las' June, jest alter
th" shad begun to run light, I rf member, i
Sjie belonged to a sassiety wit" a name,
th.^t sounded like a < 'Idnee laundry?only
-he pez it wasn't Chinee lust sunthin' she
ailed Greek. Jawn sez ho knows r.aw
thin* o' Greek but th* name o" the push
eart man that has th." i?anana privilege
? u tl.at block?an' his name is Mike. An-1
motoring!
tt'ontinued from Thirteenth I'age.>
Ston-Salem and GreeT:sl>oro will both be ;
on it. And so fur ore year, till August '
1, the official highway will stand.;
In August. Uil't. if any better and shorten1
roadf can be shown between the points
that have hern involved in the oompeti- j
tier* now decided, those roads will very *
probably be accepted and the route of the !
ugh way changed. lis other words, though 1
M e figurative rails are laid for the big
run that .starts from New York in Oc- '
tober. they may be taken up and moved
a year from now. just as i.? don?* w her.
a new <u>d he'tcr survey is found for an
established rallr.>ad.
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Mr and Mrs Fulton 11. Gordon have
i f turned from a tour of nearly :*iO mii? s
through New York, Pennsylvania. Mary-1
iar.d and New Jersey in th.elr 1910 J
Mora touring car. Their trip Included a
visit at many of tie cummer resorts
ilorg the Atlantic coast. No trouble of
any kind marred the pleasure of the trip
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\fter a dolightful automobile tour
t!,roug.'i Mainland. Virginia and We.-t ?
\"Lrgini;t, which included tht- battlefields.
? >f tju* civil war, Shenandoah valley, j
Harpers Ferry and Lurav, Lewi- I-'leim r ;
:.d latnily have returned to !?.? city.
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1 >r. W. It Mas..n and Wilt : a v e .-ft in
i'.?-ir Stoddard-1 ?aytOn < ar tor Atlantic
'"it>. After a short stay they will motor
? t ?? < ou-t t , New York and ther:<-,- t?,
Niagara Falls, N. Y They oxpei t to,
>? u.niut two weeks.
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Si. vt in ;. Smith has v?-cei*.>d a new
I'.a'.H Oek *-!e. tri? cat which li*- ordered
i. cenfI> .
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? 'iaude Miliei -pft.t :.?.-t Sutulav rnotor
?? ltaltunor. a: 1 return i : ids
. vi.r.dt r Ford timing <ai. He was a ?
?'Hiipjir.ied bv IJ. J. Vr..cewdl. eontioiler
r Treasure and M ami Mrs
? ? T'ri ^if
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A %-orr.moj* 1* rw.
- r.ic made of a -r-ri. - wir" -.n: , in
? *'IOck:n? Wit: "i ;<iiOt . I, - : ? ? i ? n 1 -
AT ME FUNNY."
pul you've brung here yo" must think I'm
furnishin' music fer a Arklnsaw barbe
cue.'
'?Jawn said nothin'?neither did anny
one else.
?? 'What's that one?' asks Bill Smith,
as tli' girl picks up another record.
" 'It's one o' K. Ruso's,' sez tlx' girl.
?* 'It's sung in Eye-tallan." sez Jawn.
" "Anny one that has anny edjtcatlon,'
sez th* girl, "knows all th' classic music
is in Kye-talian."
"'l-et's hear th' dago," yells th' red
headed pickhandler, l'eelin' fer th' pint In
i.is hip pocket.
" 'Tli' record cost t ree dollars." Fez
Jawn.
" 'It's vulgar to talk about prices,' sez
th' girl.
"An' I'm mindin' that Jawn's goin' rag
ged because o' th' prices he's payln' fer
th' daughter's doin's.
"Did ye ever h<jar an Eye-talian singln"?
They sing in Koosfaian, I'm thinkin".
" 'What's he sayin'?' asked Hill Smith.
'He wants th* Mick to let go his t'roat.'
sez Cap. Collins. 'It sounds like Bill
Kegel's busted clarinet," sez Beck. 'I re
member th' time th' dagoes workln" on th'
old B. & 1). tracks started to clean on th'
old B. & O. The foreman had to hire a
new gang that day.'
"We forgot th' grattaphone till some
one yells bloody murder and Jawn looked
scairt. But it was only the dago in th' ,
grattaphone.
" 'Th' place'Il be pinched.' I sez. 'Then
why don't yo' leave?' sez th' girl.
" 'Have yoi got th' record o' th' song
called "O'Hoolihan?" ' sez Bill Smith.
'Naw,' sez th' daughter. 'It goes this I
way," sez Bill.
" 'O'Hoolihan was wor-rkin' on the dum '
ti aye di a-ah, an" th' tiddle di arrah a- I
ah-ti-rum-di-aye-di ah. I heard it at th' '
ti-cent theayter ' i
" 'No, I afn't got it," sez th' daughter.
She was mad. too.
" 'Me brother-in-law he knows that
song, too.' keeps on Bill Smith, 'but lie's ?
a ?urt of musician?ouce removed?lie was
iire<i from a tlute factory.'
" "She ain't got nawthin' but classic
music.' sez Jawn, stickin' up fer th' !
daughter.
"?What's that?" sez I.
" 'Why it's?it's?it's '
" 'Oh, shut up," snaps th* daughter, ?
'anny one 'ud think yo' knew sumthin'.' '
" *1 guess I'll be goin',* sez I. \
" "M too,' sez the redhead. 'I'll be i
g?>in* down to Schwartzy's. whore th'
Dutchman wid tli' harp can play "O'Hooli
han." an' they don't know what dago i
music is.* i
"'Vo' better. all go." sez th' daughter.
'Von. too.' she sez to her ol' man.' 'Yo'
don't know how to appear before a gen
tleman an" I expect a partie'lar fr'en' o*
mine this evenin'.'
' Did Jawn go? Yo' bet he did. I don'
believe he heard th' Dutchman's harp or
that he minded the awful bum beer they
was servin' that night. 1 tliink he was
thinkin* of what he used to tliink when
th' little barefoot girl 'ud come runnin' to .
meet him summer evenin's.
I "But that was a long time ago."
: mended b> one of the leading motor
manufacturers for '-leaning carbon from
cylinders. one of these metallic articles
dropivd into a cylinder and the oth*?r
ihru- eyl;nders made io run about ten
minute* < ompletelv remove, the earbon.
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Mr. and Mis. I'rarsaU of l-ong Island
have returned to *ho!r home in their
Oldsinobile roadster. While here they
were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred
Hollldge. who are accompanying them on |
the return trip. j
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The good road era hai; begun in riany
states, and already the steam roller, the
piles of crushed stone along the r->ad-'
side and the digiring out of the original ;
roadway are familiar slgiits to the auto- j
mobilist in many of the eastern states, j
Tlie roads built are generally of approved ;
macadam construction, which, when com- j
pleted. are perfect strips of white ribbon j
runr.it g throueh the green tlelds and:
hills of tiie rural sections.
After short stops at nearly ail of the 1
summer resorts between Atlantic City
and l,ont: Branch. Calvert lloserathaJ has
left in ;t Thonmix touring cur foi Dela
ware Water <iap, aCtoiup*Hed t>\ lilts
family. \
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Mh-s Mamie I/n't:! of tliis ?-.ty hafc the
distinction of being the i1n ?_ member of
the fairer sex to pilot a gasoline tour
ing car fr?m the National Capital to
Atlantic City. ml company with Mr. and
Mrs. Ailolph Ixjetil ar.d u party of friends
s i departs! .i few days ago In a t'oiuni
bia mark 4S touring car u::d finished t- e j
tt"?y? in excellent shape The entire party
w:ll ? njoj the salt water fer the next
two weeks, tu-fore returning home.
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Melvin V. lbich has returned from a ;
1 lOMnile tour in his Iluick roadster, j
whic.i lie thoroughly enjnvd. lie motor-i
< il 1'trough Maryland. I'en.' -yivania. vis t
ing the battlefields at Gettysburg, and
New Jer.-ey. H*- visited Atlantic ?*>ty.
? ret .imi.g fioni that t ' in t?> ti'*:-' < t> it;
one oey.
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sjc
I: >out oil lamps o it frequently
A'liilc ,-in nine, 'i may owing to t: e
lira us hi ':o!es in the t? p being choked 1
ip by leavv deposit* of carbon
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\lt a ; i! M - V . S l>li\ ill a..>i daJJ,i- |
terfare enjoying a <iuiet time :it Atlantic !
City. \vli?w t".ley went Friday moralag in (
a model 1?? lluirk over the s .'*rt route.
Tlrj will remain at the seas hoi? s. \vr;?l
da>>' oef??re returning.
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1 tonei \V. Con, Dr. C. H. K**efer and |
. H. C. Stiles arc on an extended motor j
tour through New Jersey and New York.
The> left las*f week in a Stevens-Duryea ;
| touring: ear for Atlantic City, via Havre j
: de Grace. "Wilmington and Philadelphia, j
From Atlantic City they will proceed np |
the coast, vihitinfr nil of the reports along i
the coast a? far as New Vork city. They |
experienced one puncture en route at
Wilminqtcn, Del.
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I Rleaard Uailev in l is model 17 B'Jick
j touring car .ihs gor--? for a week's Ft ay
i it Atlantic City. lie left yesterday morn
1 lug. accompanied bv his family.
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Senate:- S. Guggenheim of Colorado Is
in New York city, where he will remain a
short time previous to his departure, for
r Kurope. His Bellev|llo-De!;i.ney liiuousir.e
and ltenault cars will be shipped n''ross
j f';?- Ocean in (lie re a r future and he will
devote considerable time to touring on
! rl:e continent.
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Mr. and .Mrs. Alton B. Oart> and tneir
: -on. Boy F. Carty, returned last -Monday
from a tour of western Maryland in
. heir son's Buiek touring ??ar. after hav
1 !?!?-; traveled HGo iuile=. T".ic> left Wash
ington Aug'.-st 7 and were accompanied
.is far a? Frederick, Md.. by Master
Franklin Knock. Or. the return trip
from the same plaro Arthur De Reiiiier
was a member ol' the party. The route
going was via Rockville and Oaithers
\ uurtr, while the return trip was via
Ridgevllle, the latter routf. proving very
desirable.
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A he ('alien and Ralph Sin e ;ari left j
this morning for Benedict. JMd.. where
their families are sojourning for the sum
mer. They are driving in the former's
Columbia touring ear and expect tc< re
turn to the city tomorrow.
ORIGIN OF GAME
OF BASKET BULL
i Dr. James Naismith Invented
It While Instructor at
Training School.
j It is peculiarly fitting that the new
' member of the intercollegiate basket
ball rules committee should be Dr.
James Naismith, the man who originat
ed the game almost twenty years ago.
He is now physical director at Kansas
University and was elected to the rules
j committee when attending a meeting as
j the delegate of Kansas. In the early
1 nineties Dr. Xaismith was in charge
of the gymnasium work at the Sprlng
i field Training School, in Springfield,
! Mass. The work In the wintertime con
| sifted of mass drills and set exercises,
i very beneficial, but monotonous and
1 tiresome. The students look no inter
est in the work, shirked and were on
i the verge of a stride.
Dr. Naismith realized that if he could
: only make the students take an inter
: est in the work there would be no more
trouble. He thought the way to do
[ this was to arouse the spirit of com
| petition among them, and. accordingly,
\ in the winter of 1892 set about devising
, an indoor game to take the place oif
! the monotonous mass drills. He had
always been an admirer of the game of
: lacrosse and us?d this as a foundation.
1 He first of all eliminated the sticks and
: reduced the size of the goal, making
i the players pass and forbidding run
j ning as in lacrosse. This proved un
! satisfactory, for when a big fellow
; stood in front of the small goal it was I
; impossible to score. -
Dr. Naismith then made his first radi- !
cal change. He raised the goal ten feet
i from the iloor. so as to make it im
> possible for one big fellow to entirely
block it, and an old peach basket was
used. Soon it was thought to get a
large ball and a foot ball bladder was
tried. This proved too soft, so they
shifted over to an association foot ball,
and the present basket ball is little I
changed since then.
This schema of competition proved ]
immensely successful, and all trouble j
about getting the students to exercise
ceased. They liked the game at once,
and soon they plunged into a series of
class games.
Tn 18TJ2 the game was taken up for
similar purposes in many gymnasiums
| throughout New England. In 1.S94 Yale
took it up, and since then its spread
has been rapid, until today it ranks as i
'? one of the leading sports in schools,
1 colleges and athletic clubs throughout
this country. There have been some
changes as the game progressed, but
un the whole the rules today are almost
identical with those devised by Dr. Nai
smith back in liHJ. The ball, the bas
ket and the lacrosse rules against run
ning with the ball are still the basis
of the game, and are practically the
j same now as thou.
A short time ago only one or two
persons knew the story of the origin
of basket ball. Even the leaders in the
. sport were ignorant of just where, when
and by whom it was started. Then Dr.
Naismith attended the basket ball con
ference in New York simply as the
delegate of Kansas T'nlversitv. One of
the few men ?who knew th<- story point
erf him out to the other delegates a:j the
man who originated the game. Dr.
Naismith modestly admitted the fact,
and in conversation gave the above de
tails r.f the early history of basket ball.
He nas followed the game closely and
has proved of immense service on the ?
committee in formulating the rules for.
the coming season.
Electrifying Bailways.
Trotn the Sclcntllle American.
Plans are under way for th? electrifica
tion of the more important state rail
roads of Sweden. It is expected that j
the line running from Kiruna. in the
iron-ore fields uf I^pland, to the Nor
way boundury will be the first to change
from steam to electricity. The change :
i is made necessary by the increase of
traffic over the line, which can he handled I
only by doubling the tracks if steam j
propulsion be still adhered to. It is be- ,
; lieved that electrification would be much
1 more economical than the construction
of double tracks.
Push Along the Waterways Move
ment.
I r??ni iin- St. I'aul r;??n?-.-r l'r< *
One of the greatest branch**.- othe
waterways project Is the transfer from
railroad to water arid from one water
carrier to another. That is the ot>ject of
terminals: the object of the co-ordination
of railroads and watcrwa\s; the next
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giear secret of transportation.
On this subject we always get back to
modern <>cni?uriv and France. in l*>75
the kilometer tonnage by wafer in CJei
tnuuy was estimated to Lave been leas
than that by rail. In l'o"> the water toti
natie was 1,300.UUU and the tall tonnage
jcjo.ou".
In America railroad science is moiv j
highly developed than in France or Oet
maay, but the decisive* fact remains tl.at '
on a canal h three-ton' traclor can move .
a I,OtMi-tou cargo, wltlcn is all a 1.non-ton i
locomotive can ?lo on r.?iis.
It is now an accepted beiier thai inte.h
V.ent jsc of waterways will prevent .m
fiestion of trattic. modifj overcharges and
equalize rates f?? a great extent iii aM
parts et tue country.
Kllwood ?Those "mu.-'iroom" lm .- the :
3ie|s are wearing ibis year hide a lot of
defeats in false hair, uor.'i th?~j ? i
, tireen I should saj -o Had m\ wav
; I'd name them "charity hath" instead of
'mushroom." *
Kllwood W'h) so. old man?
| Oreen- Because they covet a multitude J
I of faults. - Chicago News.
Survives Greatest Flood of
, Profit-Taking in Years.
BUSINESS BOOM FORECAST
Prosperous Solvency Predicted for!
Struggling; Railways.
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! UNION PACIFIC'S BAD BREAK
| Sequel to Campaign of Bunko.
, Bit rriman's Health and His Stren
uous Business Life?Exports.
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W. G. Nicholas.
Carr.*tK>iHien.e of The St sr.
NKW YORK. August 1!1.
I 1 iip stock market bore up remarkably
well under a greater Hood of proflt-tak
than has been witnessed at anyi
time In years, supplemented i>v real
liquidation during the later periods of tiici
? lip. Everybody soomed to be moved by i
the same impnlTf at tjie same time, yet j
outside of a few leaders which had ad-!
. vanced most wildly a great majority of J
the issues 011 tlie active list suffered
only moderate reaction?. That the gen
i oral market did not slump badly was
: n<> fault of commission merchants who
I for days had been burdening the mails;
i with advice t.o customers to take their
profits and sit back, awaiting a reaction. I
.The motive behind most of this advice
was possibly an much a desir<* for com
missions as for the welfare of cus
tomers. Too many traders had been
sining on their amounts watching profits
roll up without doing anything to liven
up the game or contribute to the pay-!
men:, of office expenses. Something had 1
1 to be done to sweeten up the game. As i
;i preliminary move traders had to be
jarred into activity, and the best way j
to do it was to shake them out of thetr
stocks. ]
Kxperience has shown that no ordinary
reaction in prices would have the slight
est influence. It was. therefore, resolved
to toko the other end of the proposition '
and appeal to the avarice of operators
by urging upon them the desirability of
grabbing off bin protit.s and looking at.
the money awhile. Concentration upon
this idea produced the desired result. It
would appear, however, that great quan
tities of stock were absorbed by the pub
lic on the breaks. Waiting orders were
encountered in almost all the important
issues and the amount of stuff that was
taken turned out to be much larger than
i the advisory army had anticipated,
j Whether it will be enough to check
| further attempts to force a recession is
i one of the things which only the record
'of the next few days can show for a
certainty. The great majority of the
: bull army believes there will be no set-,
? back of consequence in the general list
and that vthe upward march will be mi
lder way almost before we know it. In
deed. hundreds and thousands of traders
who sold out under compulsion almost
are already getting back in again. They1
J do not feel comfortable without being
j long of stocks.
Something That Appeals.
There is something that appeals in the i
philosophy that it will pay to get out of
high-priced stocks and into those of the
medium claBs. Many of the issues that
have enjoyed tremendous advances no!
j longer "pay their board," as the saying
; is. Union Pacillc, for instance, does
I not pay carrying charges in the spec
ulative account, and the same is true
of New York Central, Northern Pacific,
| Great Northern, St. Paul, Reading, Illi
, noi? Central and others of the same
j class. There is an invitation in this
situation for speculators to transfer al
legiance to stocks like Rock Island, Steel,
Atchison, Chesapeake and Ohio and some
| of tlie industrials which have only ex
perieneed moderate improvement so far.
As a broad, general proposition the
! great business boom upon which we are
entering will upbuild everything and lift
j struggling properties Into happy and
prosperosu solvency. In this class may
I be included Erie, Southern railway and
, possibly some of the Gould things which
I have l?een so handicapped by incompe-:
tent management as to discourage all i
I speculative assistance. j
! One of the features of the market sct
! back was the heavy and concerted call
I ing of loans by banks in the Standard
i Oil group. This movement was so open
; that attention was attracted to it, and
in many quarters the theory was held
; that the break was engineered by Stand
' aid Oil interests in order to accumulate
| stocks. This theory was strengthened
by the active assistance of benevolent
J prophets like Tom Lawson, who once
; more tilled advertising columns of the
I daily press with gratuitous advice cost-j
I ing tens of thousands of dollars to "get'
j out" ol stocks and take to the safety!
; cellars. \\ hen nine out of ten operators j
have money to the good in their ac
! counts, scare stuff of that sort has small
effect.
Brokers' Rendezvous.
Hiii llarbor has been the ecu lei of
speculative activity all through the
months of .July and August. There has j
( been a ^reat attraction for heavy-weight j
! speculators and capitalists at that resort.'
Among those who have been there a!
! great deal are mentioned J. P. .Morgan.!
Henry Clay KrlcK. Judge William H. !
Moore. J>. < Reid and a long list of j
hankers and <-attains of industry. Not !
all of these men have remained at Bar
Harbor, but they, somehow or other j
gather thero in numbers and have time,
to discuss affairs of state and high '
finance. The . oast of Maine has many j
resorts in hign favor xsIth Wall streeters,
and those places in eastern Massachusetts'
where the favored rfrh have their sum-1
mer homes may be said to be within the!
sphere of Bar Harbor influence. There
ha^ probably been no place in the entire
country where so much stock exchange
business has originated as in Bar Harbor
One of the awful things that has hap
pened in Wall street this week was the
, break in Union Pacific from 219 to
A year ago anybody would have been re
garded as a lilting candidate for the in
sane asylum who had hinted at the pos- t
sibility of Union Pacific ever getting high'
enough to break to ;M?>. Only the wildest
i dreamers could conceive of such a thing :
Yet Ju re we have seen within the last |
few days such an Incident being looked'
upon as next door to a calamity, and us I
a valid reason for looking for ;i very!
I serious market slump. By the way. there'
was a good deal of the bunco in that last '
upward movement ?.r the Union Pacific '
especially th.. preferred. The street was
surcharged with minors of all sorts af-!
feeling Union Ua-iii.-, nearly all of th.-ni
predicated on tlie theory that there was
to he a colossal melon distribution.
! According the genera I run of gossip,!
Mr. Harriman was contemplating the >
I?aic.-llng out among hi^ stockholders ..1
?anywhere lrom jSaO.ttOo.thn! t,> Sioo.ono.itoo
of the money that had be*-n previously
borrowed on stock and bond issues, .lust ?
how this wat to lie done nolmdy appeared
to be certain, but the one tiling wl ich
ev?-ryl:ody was quite sure of was that 1
every human being in anywav i.U-ntiiied i
with the Harriman fortunes was to re-'
ceiy. ;; show. r of gold. No doubt some- !
bod}' made it tidy sum of money on the
manipulated advance which accompanied >
ti? bread circulation . .f weird gossip
concerning the Harriman systems. Mean
time the slatus of the Harriman system
? speaking in the purely personal sense)
continues to be a matter ?.i live interest
Tl.ose w iiO believe themselves to be best
advised ;ts to Mr. Harrim^n s health are
not seriously alarmed, but with one ac
cord they insist thai if the financier ex
pect* to prolong his life ! ?> mos* not at
tempt to resume his activities in ihe old
way. As a matter of fact, he has his
affairs *o arranged that he might prac
tieaJly retir. from the active direction of I
affairs without .ieopa.-dizlng them in anv
way.
Financiers in Bondage.
Ihe case of Mr. Harriman illustrates'
most completely the raf t thai the richest1
and most powerful of our men arc the!
greatest of slave?, in the building up of
their business they tit"- themselves up iu
such a manner that it would seem that
only death can release them from self
imposed ltondage. Air. four
teen years ago, found himself in about
the faint position that Mr. Harrltnan is
now in. lit* had worn himself into a
state which threatened his life and al
most his canity. He was a. nervous and
physical wreck, and although rich beyond
the dreams of avarice lie was worse oft
than tiie average man working for a dol
lar a day. By supreme effort of will lie
abruptly closed tin- door against all cares
of business and devoted his entire at
tention to restoring himself to health.
At around seventy he is a well man, and
it would not be surprising If lie should
live to be one hundred. He has made a
study of life, and has evidently made up
his mind to p-olong his own existence to
the limit. lie has spent millions In sci
entific research along the Unes of longev
ity and has endowed institutions and sci
entists to dig deep into the subject, os
tensibly for the benefit of mankind, but
in reality for his own personal benerit, as
those who know him best fully under- '
stand. Mr. Harriman by the adoptiun of i
methods followed by Mr. Rockefeller may
duplicate his experience and at the age of j
seventy enter upon a new life. The won
ders of science are almost beyond the
con -option o: mortals.
Arizona's Copper Wonder.
The weak position of Amalgamated
Copper lies in the fart that it* mines and
properties are located in a*distriet where
the average production of copper is 0
cents a pound, and higher, whereas mines
in 1'tah. Arizona and Alaska can produce
the metal at 5 to 7 cents a pound. The
Lake Superior copper mines can produce
at s cents, and under, metallic copper at
that, and worth more money, pound for
pound, than that which comes from less
favored competitive mines. Arizona seems
destined 10 be. ome the center of cheap
copper production. Several years ago
the Amalgamated interests obtained an
option from William A. Clark for his
I.'iilted Verde mines for $100,<?00,000. They
had no intention of exercising the option,
but they wanted to see what he had and
sent their expert. John Hays Hammond,
to took over the. property. Mr. Hammond
walked through forty miles of tunnels
cut through mineral and was dumfound
ed a.t what he saw. He reported that
the property had copper worth *1,000 -
000.000.
Phelps, Dodge & Co. have mines in
Arizona worth more than Senator
Clark's mines, and there are other
known deposits in that same territory,
by tin- side of which tin: developed prop
erties look almost like piking proposi
tions. If half the stories are true that
are told of deposits in Utah, Arizona
and Alaska, then Butte and the other
Montana mining camps arc doomed to
effacement from the map.
Exports of gold from the beginning
of tin- year down to date approximate
I sr.,000.00 \ against $25,000,000 for the
s;tme period of 190S. The $<50,000,000
excels Ju3t about represents our home
output of the precious metal. The old
world will not allow us to pile up gold
of home production beyond the amount
already on hand. Never mind, we can
spare gold just as well as we can spare
our surplus cotton or grain or provi
sions.
The record of iron ore shipments on
tile lakes is eloquent testimony in sup
port of the reality of our improved
business conditions. The outlook is that
tlie shipment for the season will hug
40.000, <>00 tons, which will Ik within
about 2.000.1*00 tons of 1907. The dif
ferent- between the two years is that
this time the ore is being absorbed by
1 the iron companies, whereas in 1907
great quantities of ore remained piled
up at the mills and on the wharves at
the end of the season.
[ Tlie North German Lloyd is making
extraordinary preparations for the re
| ception of Mr. Harriman. lie will be
taken off tlie Kaiser Wilhelrn II before
the liner reaches New York harbor and
will be spirited up th?- bay and wherever
he may want to go without his privacy
being invaded by newspaper representa
tives or other annoying persons. It is
not yet known definitely whether he
wants to'stop in his town house or pro
ceed to Arden.
NEW YORK BANKS.
NEW YORK. August 21.?The state
ment of clearing house banks for the
week shows that the banks hold $20,
729,150 more than the requirements of the
25 per cent reserve rule. This is a
decrease of $2,601,075 in the proportionate i
cash-reserve as compared with last week. I
The statement follows:
Loans, $1..*01.955.700: decrease. $>*.7.16,- j
200. Deposits, $1,406,589,000; decrease,
?18.070,900. Circulation. $50,586,800: in
crease, $?>.*?,70M. Legal tenders, *76,0"^,
70o; decrease. $2,374,700. Specie. $296,
.'172,700; decrease, $4,744,100. Reserve,
$372,370,400; decrease. $7,118,800. Reserve
required, $351,647,250; decrease, $4,517,725.
Surplus. .*20,729,150; decrease, $2,601,075.
Ex United States dei?osits, $21,135,125;
dei-icas ?. $2,599.82."?. The percentage of
actual reserve of the clearing house banks
today was 26.42.
The statement of the banks and trust
companies of Greater New York not re
porting to the clearing house shows that
those institutions have aggregate deposits !
of $1,402,979,400; total cash on hand, $154,-1
877,70o, and loans amounting to $1,218,-1
719.000.
Money >m call nominal, no loans. Time
money, very steady; sixty days, 2^a3 per ,
cent, and ninety days. :ia3*?, per cent;
six months. ::7iai per cent.
The Financier will say:
The statement of the associated banks
of the city of New York for the w.*ek
ending August -JJ differed materially from
what the earlier estimates had indicated, i
As nearly as could be figured. Friday j
the banks had made a gain of something
like two and one-half millions of dollars
as a result of the week's currency move-!
merit, interior transfers to this poinl
having amounted to something over'
$'J,<*-0.00o, while a slight sain had been
made from operations with the sublreas
ury. The statement of actual conditions I
Saturday, however, showed a loss hi
cash of $6.h0!),::o0, a decrease of $6,168.-1
2t?*? in loans and a contraction of $14.
620.H00 Iti deposits. The decrease in de- j
posit.-., of course, brought down reserve;
requirements, and surplus reserve was
lowered only &{. 15T.075. the present stir-;
plus standing at $19,561,525.
The feature of the week Was the evi-;
dent transfer of loan commitments from I
the banks to tlie trust companies, the'
latter according to their statements Sat
urday having expanded the loan item,
duiing the week no less than $11,815,400.'
The trust 'companies and state banks
outside the clearing house increased their,
cash hoid.ngs less than one and one
quarter millions of dollars, while net de- '
posits rose $11,549,500. Exports of gold
for the week amounted to $1,250,000 ship
ped to Argentina.
NEW YORK FRUITS. ?
?
NEW YORK. August 21.?No change |
is reported in the market for evaporated j
apples, with fancy quoted at 8 a 9 ' j. |
choice at SaSVi; prime at 7^a7^, and j
common to fair at .">a*>??*. a firm mar-j
kct is reported-for prunes on the coast,
but business remains quiet locally, and
quotations are unchanged, ranging from '
"J *4 to ltl? for California and from ;
to !? for Oregon fruit. Apricots are :
steady to firm, with choie* quoted at
l<ial(M4, extra choice at 1<<'?.?ala"-^ and
fancy at l I.a 13.
I*?mcIi?-n are dull, with choice quoted 1
at 5*ta<;. extra choice at and j
fancy at TaS'-i. Raisins are dull and}
nominal. Loose muscatel are quoted al .
31.ja4,{;. choice to fancy seeded at 4 \a<i, j
set-dles.v at and London lavers 1
at 1.15a 1.* !
Seamen Scarce in England.
I'roiu tti-- 1" rt]iijiUt!?- Ucviev.
Ten year.-> ago it was estimated that
while during the- preceding half century!
the British merchant tonnage had almost j
trebled, the number of British seamen
engaged in the mercantile marine had de
creased bj 25 per cent, and the boys and!
young men by S5 per cent. Iu 1857 there
were tld.ttIt petty officers and sailors, riot i
including La scarp, employed in the nier-1
ear.tile marine of the United Kingdom:'
in ls7? it was estimated that there were I
62, wo; in 1X?o the estimated number had
fallen to <>>.7(19, wiiile in p.iol there were'
onl; 4l,29u.
f suppose New ri.-h i- making quite a
splurge with his money?"
"He did tlie da\ l,<- hacked his auto off
-he ferryboat."?Puck, I
f
WEEK'S RANGE OF PRICES
Corrected to the Close of Business August 14 at
the New York Stock Exchange.
Railway and Miscellaneous Share*.
The following table shows the week's highest, lowest ai.?J closing pr:e??. In.
dividual sales and net changes of all securities sold on the New York Stock Ex
change last week. High and low prices are also given f-_?r th full years 1008 *n l
1908 \
Hfc'u. Low.
88%
10!>
44%
37*4,
31%
17%
0S*%
11::
107
11<>%
137%
132%
07%
.VU"
101 >1
lot
111'
1117*
60%
180%
? ?? ?
102
.-.??%
(IH* h
14%
152%
18.?%
70%
42
r.!t
70
167',
20' 2
l-"> l"i4
40%
83%
::s%
3 6
51%
41
162%
14K?4
75' 4
140%
20
40%
61%
110%,
r.\\
65
M%
32%
42%
72' K
125%
1 54 "t
44%
."W-j
43%
7.V,'i
76%
'.?2
126
47%
80%
78
157%
40%
132%
ioo%
88%
45
174
40'4
14.'114
20
80%
25^
tWj
?0
42%
24
55%
81%
122%
27' *
63%
->2\4
37%
47
50
O0%
1*4%
08
37%
10K
7%
58%
114%
52%
tr.%
20s
.">2*4
24
71%
125
04
13
38%
45V,
84%
24*4
12%
12%
5%
31%
85%
55%
87%
',IK%
I'll
72' 2
ir.1
27'"
<4t>
W",
30%
76'?
37%
140
160
15%
75*;
25%
10
3%
103'-.
135' -
17'2
13%
21
.10%
10%
141%
14'i
30%
27'4
12
24%
Hi
111
113%
48'
12." 2
<>"4
17'. 4
52
9??
8
17
13
05
in
is
4(i
*7%
120
15
2??
-If.
28%
;tfi *
Wi
20%
58
42' ?
116%
24
1<>8%
80
50
17%
174
23%
!?2%
14%
63
K?c
20*4
42
10%
10
24%
66%
o%
25%
25%
12%
15%
12
78%
110%
791,4
17%
76
42
25%
87%
20
16
6%
13
5
41
38
58
4U.
13%
, 1909
Il'efc. Uir.
?ITfl ^ndinp Aujpist 21
80%
124%
77%
?'l '??
12%
20
00%
122
H>4%
116%
i :*?;
143%
I?>1
:a?%
52
121%
10.1%
14.:%
122' 4
S2%
.1V?4
315
41%
110
S3",
74-4
11%
iu:;%
ios%
70%
18%
?>*'4
8IJ
165%
26%
20"
54
on
41%
30
56%
16
172%
1 57%
88%
162's
lO
52%
.80%
12:4
18%
?!?%
42-4
on
36
751
162*?
153%
42
65
44%
75'4
77'2
04
147%
55%
06%
87V
15ft%
36%
14.;%
120
04%
.16%
20C?
.?4%
166
3!)%
110
42%
so%
73
57%
2S%
71%
88%
130%
34
75
40
?w.;
42%
54%
110%
210
118%
?"M?
120%
.88%
78%
120%
54%
56%
24%
t?l %
28%
78%
0i?
130
12%
63%
]u1t.
'2%
:?4
l^'ij
12
?>
1H0%
77%
101
121
125
'.KM..
as
??7 4
07%
!<??'<
1k7'
nr.'"
?17
nr.
215
? .
?. V
fr.?%
"?*k
%
141
17.".%
68
20
T?4>
H!ch
1J5?.?V"<> 87%
1,0"0 11M*%
Amulg.imnied Conper
Am. far & Foundry, ptd
American Cotton Oil 8.2>'',
Am. H. and L., pfd 5.0."^?
American Ire 11.800
American I^inseetl 1,:s**>
American l.o?v>motlve
American Locomotive, pfU.. 1??0
American Smelting
Amcriian HmHt., pfd 2.<?li?
American Suijh:" 4,.v?.?
American Tel. Tel 17.4?*>
American Toi>.. pf?l 1,:Ji">
Ani'-rloan Woolen 1.4?"?n
Anaconda 0.S**>
At-lii^on 2I1.8IM
Atchison, pfd 1
Atlantic '"oast Line :'..5?k?
Baltimore \ Ohio 2::.0>??
Tircok. K.'iP Transit
< aiHi.dian Pacific >,445
<".*ntral of New Jersey I***
Central I.eather
Central leather, pfd. or**
Chesapeake & Ohio 07.55O
Chicago & Altoii
Chicago Great West 12.'.???
Chi., .Mil. & St. Paul l.t?75.mx?
t'hlcago & N'westein. l'M?m?
C-. C.. C. &? St. I,ouis
Colorado Fuel A- Iron 21.:Mfi
Colorado & Sotith 02i?
7t?'2 Col. t"t South., 1st pfd I.U3M
114'- Consolidated <5i?t? 24.1tt>
? ?>
51
16%
t'rti
11>
102%
nr.-,
1:?%
142
1??l*4
5it
)2!>-h
105
141
110',
>r-4
is?;'4
::i:;
41%
101VN
S.",' 2
?57
3%
P^^'4
ION'-.*
i I
46
54%
>2
H7
16%
3<;7*4
:;7^
70%
;;^l..
? H?r,
?- H
:tti' ?
28%
1 ?"???%
136-%
?Vi's
i::7
n%
:?%
<V2
Vf?'4
ou.
47%
,82%
? ?7
. I
."?7
?'?7%
121
142
18
52
n5?.
71
t?r?
71%
120'-.
42%
84%
<"'orn Products
Delaware & Hudson
Denver &? Itio Grande
Den. & Fiio Grande, pfd....
Distil). Seeuritiet;
Er>e
Krie, 1st nfd
Erie. 2d pfd
General Electric Co
Great North., pfd
Great Northern .^ubs
Illinois Central
Inter-Metropolitan
Inter-Metropolitan pfd
International Harvester
International Harvester, pfd.
International Paper
International Paper, pfd....
International Pump
International Pump, pfd
Iowa Central
Kansas City & Soutn
Kansas City & So., pfd
Ix?uisvi!le & Nashville
Manhattan Elevated
Met. St. Ry
Minn. & St. Loins
Mo.. Kan & Texan
Mo.. Kan. & Tex., pfd
5,200
?4
lO, 170
1.648
57.30 ?
7..VJ0
2,:f?)
5??.0O<?
51.44W?
17..V?>
10,<R>0
?? 1? ii*
7(10
2.4n<"?
Jo.?so.?
5.
I,WA
50.5 oa
12.4tn>
17,201^
1.1 <10
2?N.?
000
14.8(^
:?>?>
Missouri Pacific 14.100 7*>
133%
20%
126%
1?>1%
86V.
:so>-.
160 "
32??
118 '
16%
67' 8
20%
57%
<55'4
36
20%
47%
68
114%
??
60
34%
30
16
4::
07
OS
67%
41%
107
30%
40%
15
41
:??%
64
7*
110
503(
VS'-4
;:s%
-T"'
?4'?
17??
1 C H
.sR;;,
161'
15',
48a,
SO
121%
1VS.
.is-x
42',
KN;V
::i%
4
75'l
161' ?
11::%
23
:.4'..
42%
74
5%
*.K?%
147%
.W,
!I5%
.84'..
158%
:w%
?is,80n 14.'!%
25,81 Mt 12??
6<Ht 02
0,550
10i?
4,200
22..'{0??
240.200
1M.200
KOjO
4.500
82,'JOO
National L>^:ad
New York Central
N. Y.. Ont. & West
Norfolk & Western
North American
Northern Pacific
Pacific Mail 2.
Pennsylvania R. R
People's Gas & Coke
P.. C., C. & St. Ij
Pres-ed Steel Car
Pullman Palace Car
Ry. Steel Spring
Reading 780,4<ni
Republic Iron & Steel 20.?J00
Repub. Iron & Steel, pfd 5,300
Rock Island loo.ooo
Rock Island, pfd
St. L. * S. F.. 1st pfd
St. L. A. S. P.. (3d pfd
St. L. and S'west
St. Lou!s and S'west, pfd...
Sloss-ShefT. Steel & Iron....
Southern Pacific..,
Southern Railway
South. Railway, pfd
Tennessee Copper
Texas Pacific
Third Avenue R. R
Tol., St. L. & W
Twin City Rap. Tran
172% Union Pacific
04 Union Pacific, pfd
L\ S. Rubber
IJ. S. Rubber. 1st pfd
U. S. Rubber 2d pfd
U. S. Steel
U. S. Steel, pfd
Utah Copper
Va. Car. Chem
tihash
Wabash, pfd
Western Maryland
West. L"n!on Telegraph
Westlnghouse Mfg '
Wcstinghouse Mfg. 1st pfd..
5 Wheeling & T.ake Erie
35% Wisconsin Central
? ?. .4
30,0* n> ? 80%
100 72
4,0U> 56'4
1.300 27%
2,600 ?7%
3,560 80
570,000 130%
:so,3oo :ri%
4,600
4.00i?
44.000
24.100
3,<l00
2,?H*?
100.5(n?
6H.R50
50,800
4,350 12t?%
1,700 88%
047.500 78%
28.30i> 1J7U
5.600 St "
10,200
6..'tCO
25,000
3.200
2.0<?0
5,5<>t
200
.".00
100
:a?%
38%
24%
53
HO'*
210
118U
57%
??>*?. \ -l -.v.
827. 8.-.V. 1
no ii>.i 2-4
.1*4 ?
|tci 40%? 1%
32% ::?v . .
15% 10 - g
IV M- 62%
117" 117 ::
mc,.44
113% ill
fj!? i:>i ?
irso-% 14o%
pil? . i?<i ,
::7%
4t?
1 !!?
1?M .
* *4
1 4
la
51%
107
51
166
:&??
n.7%
41%
40%
22
57%
5%
75
87
125
8
57%
is
116%
1?M ?
i:a;%
in.,
;>? 4
1S3'4
i.:
::s'4
loW.v
7vr4
65
??i*.
-4
1 .v?
in.:
74
?1%
54
M%
141
?
1<:
?7
85%
37%
34
?'?2"s
42' 4
16".%
jr-.i?
78%.
154
14 ?
46
?8>?%
w?%
IV
'>'?<
:n%
s"'11
31
?7'4
7.'!%
153
140%
4.1%
73 ?->
?. |
I ?
V-'"4
137%
47%
02
82
152%
31 %
i:t8%
115
01%
48
107
47
155%
36%
101%
37%
76%
72
54%
26'..
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English Golfers Coming Over.
I NEW YORK. August 21.?Botli the
men's and women's national golf cham
pionships- will be favored by foreign en
tries. With regard to the men, it is
understood that at least one anrl possi
bly two of the leading amateurs In Great
Britain will reach here in time to' take
I part in the championship at Whuaton.
; beginning September t?.
There also seems every prospect of a
revival of those team matches between
tiie I'nited Stales and Canada. Accord
ing to Robert <'. Wat sou, secretary of
? the I'nited States Golf Association. ne
gotiations are pending for annual team
matches for a perpetual tiophy. There id
a hitch at present a.s to the conditions,
I the executive committee of the L'niteU
| States CJolf Association preferring to have
It so that matches shall be played over a
! course in the country holding the trophy,
lit is understood that the Canadians, while
I feeling that such a program is practically
; equivalent to a continuous performance
or matches in the I'nited States, are will
ing to concede the point, especially as
| they arc anxious to play in the champion
ships here anyway, if the team match
is arranged for this year it will undoubt
edly- be held at Wheaton Friday, Septem
ber
At one time, not so long ago, it looked
as if a team of women golfers would visit
this country, compete in the national
tournament and take part in invitation
events over various well known links. The
team part of the affair has been given
up for thfs year, at least, but it Is prac
tically certain that the Merion tournament
in October will be favored by the presence
of several foreign entrants of prominence.
Wilson at Last in Form.
NEW YORK. August 21.?Harold Wil
son. the li.tle English miler who has been
running in bud form since lie came to this
country in May, is training again after a
long lay off. Wilson has felt the hot
weather in this country and from the iirst
had trouble keeping up his weight.
Wilson worked hard in England before
sailing for America wl h the idea of re-'
gaining his weight a beard ship, but he
was a bit seasick on the way over and
lost a couple of pounds instead of pain
ing. Wilson landed here, six pounds shy
of ids running weight.
Then he began to train hard and more i
tlesh came off, with tin- result tii.it the
little itritisher found that he was not
strong enough to go through the full mile
as he should. Wilson lias rested for
nearly live weeks, ant! in tti.it time gained
a fraction uier fourteen pounds. Now lie
will go hack to the path and try to do
some cleaning up. Probably the tirst hig
race Wilson will be eligible for will be
the mfle at the Canadian championships ?
early in October, lie has not resided here'
long enough to represent the Irish-Ameri
can A. C. in tlie senior metropolitan ;
championships next month. j
?
Want Polo Tiophy Back.
NEW PORK. R. I.. August 21.?That !
England's polo enthusiasts int. ad !?> make-'
aa attempt to regain the inteiTiaronal
polo trophy which the Meadow iiiook
team recently won iu England. is now a
foregone conclusion and tin* presence here,
a short while a^o of Rhersdale Gren/ell,
the English polo player, as guest o ' the '
Messrs. Waterhury, adds to tlii = new
iipriit
Newport learned recently ti;at a m.-s- i
sage was received from Harry Payne1.
Whitney, who :s still in Great Britain
with Mr^. Whitney, that h?- booed to see
ilie international polo tourrament played
here.
The one trouble w ith Newport is the '
lack of hotel ae omnio.iatIons for the
pliij-ers. but the stabling of the poni.v,
would be well cared for, *
Cable Chess Trophy.
XEYY YORK. August ?Jl.-Oolumb a.
Harvard. Vale, Princeton. Cornel!. Brown
j and the University of Pennsylvania have
been made parties to the deed of gift of
the Rice international intercollegiate*
| cable chess match trophy, now in ;K>s
session of the American collegians in
i consequence of their victory :u Princeton
.last spring, but control is vested in ti e
' four universities first named, which e
l members of the C. H. V. P. Chess
i I,eagne. [:i England Oxford an.I Caui
! bridge are the controlling factors, an i
i the English institutions have not seer, tU
to extend the tieid from wl.leij Britl.'..
candidates for their team- may L> drawn.
The signets in America arc Isaac I.. Rice,
donor of the trophy: Frank H. SewnII for
Columbia, Everett II. Perry for liaivurd.
A. Stedman Jameson for Val? an.i James
? Ft. Hum for Princeton. For Oxford and
(Cambridge. U. Lob and I.. llUngwort:.
; affixed their signatures, respectively. P.y
.the t"i'ms of the deed the four American
signers or their successors ate l<ound '<?
: select each > ear's team from tin* he-1
available talent in the seven univerji Ira
named.
Clash in Golf Dates.
NEW YORK, August Jl. -Although
: many golfers ar> deploring the clash i'?
. tixtures which is to oc; u- in September
? by the dumping of the metropolitan op.-i
tournament Into the week set aHde f??
f
'the intercollegiate championship at Apa
wamls and the western open championship
at Skokie, there seems little reason to c\
' peet any change. The officials of tit ?
Wykagyl Country flub of New Roehelb-.
[ who are this year to have charge of 111*5
; tournament, are quite well satisfied per
sonally with the dates allotted, and s?
' no reason to ask for a change. It would
; therefore seem to rest with the Meiropol
: itan Golf Assoc at1 on to do someth ng t.>
j relieve the threatened jam. but with the
: secretary of the latter body at p es nt
I away on vacation, and no one
to'care if all .he championships in tt:o
teountry were fixed to be piayed at once,
; tt looks as if the Metropol tan, at any
rate, will remain as carded, foi Septembt r
! 13. !?? and l'l. There is. of course, just t
chance that the Wykagyl Ciuh may yet
I |?e induced tr> ask for'a charge nr dates,
to a:Iow. Alex Smith to compete wt*h
other . astern cracks at Skok e. otherwise
the pr?>s will have to make up their minus
to-remain .11 home.
Wireless Stations Increasing
] r.mi t J'uri- l<ert' i t-? Now York Tim*"*.
Tremendous energy 1* being <li?pla>d
in tije creation of wireless telegraph sta
tions. Besides those at L'shant 'vej
Porqiieroiles. stations have hceti estab
lished nea!? -Marseille ami at A!gi? *b. .-.'el
others a:< being founded at Houloene
j-u.-.M'-r ami Nice. M. Simyan says t.
the .?ubv? ntioiied steamship oinpaiii
have now t> provide their ships wifi.
wireless appaiatus, so tiiat the '
communicate with the ??oasf. station
arc a'so being established hy the naci!
department t'<>. the sen 1 e of the tl?c
at Dunkirk. <'lierhourg. Ftr'^t. I.o.-unt
Rochefort. Portotorres, A .nice to. .?1;? i
Bizerta. <?n land. he explains, wiieie -
telegraphy is loss ? ttVctiv?. i- t:, ? H* t
zian waves carry twice or three tim?*s
farther on the -? a. So the ordinarv wi ?
is more practic.il shore. All 11 ? Uli
if wa ' were to bi?-al? out. :i!l the !??i tit?I
places would !?* able t<* k-? p .;i t"tn
with Paris. M. Simyan has also w<cH
to say alwiut wireless telephouj. Ft'??? ??
experts are still devofitijr . ?uisi.1< tat '
attention to this nutttr. tod ) opos
that it may yet l>< jtosslhle to \< '? ??> on.
liy wireless from Frat-ee to AIc<rl<.
which cannot be done with Uiv oriiiu*i*
tabic.