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FRISCO BOXING IN DANGER OF LIFE Attorney Fickert and Chief of Po lice Seymour Issue 'Thumbs Down' Statements SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 12.—Four round boxing contests have fallen Into disfavor with District Attorney Charles M. Flckert, and if the attorney carries out his announced Intention the bouts scheduled for next Friday night, when "Ono Round Hogan" and Anton La Grave are advertised as the main event, will not take place. in an interview today Flckert said: "There Will be no contests held ln Dreamland rink Friday night under the guise of amateur prize fights. I have obtained admissions from many of the fighters who competed in some of the recent contests to the effect that they were paid in cash for their par ticipation in the events." Flckert declared this constituted a vi olation of the city ordinance and said he would be on hand with deputies to stop the bouts Friday if the police did not aid him. Chief of Police Seymour said he pro posed to see the law was obeyed. He said he expected to see the club man agers at his office before the fights. "I think they will understand before I get through that there will be no winking at. any evasion of the law," ho concluded. The attitude of the city authorities is of peculiar interest in view of the recent matching of Hogan and Bat Nelson for a ten or fifteen round meet ing in this city later In the month. , NEW PLAYS ARE SCARCE IN BASEBALL SCIENCE Bunt, Delayed Steal, Sacrifice, All Were Known to Old- Time Stars NEW YORK, Oct. 12.—"How many new plays have been discovered in baseball In the last twenty years?" asked the inquisitive man of - Dan Brouthers. "I don't know of any real new ones," replied the veteran. "They don't do much that they didn't do- when 1 played ball. There is a little differ ence. Some moves are" made with more frequency, and team work is more common among clubs." • "How about the bunt?" • "Nothing to that! There's a man coaching every day for the New York baseball club who twenty years ago could bunt more skillfully than most of the players on the field today, and as skillfully as the experts, for all that I can see." "You mean Latham, we may take it?" "I certainly do. This squeeze play, which they talk so much about, I saw happen on the ball field, although the batter used to chop at the ball, rather than bunt it." . . - •; : "How about the delayed steal?" "Nothing to 11 Old players used to *> it and they used to say that they were blamed Idiots for taking such chances on the bases. They weren't so critical then about picking plays and putting fancy names on them. If anything happened out of the ordi nary—that Is, the ordinary run of luck—they'd say after the game was over, 'That was a streak of luck and the team was fortunate 'to get away with a victory." That's what we used to get. None of your delayed steals and sacrifice killers and such things." "But there wasn't any sacrifice." "No, there wasn't. That is, exactly of the manner that It is made today, although when managers saw the trend of the times, that baseball was getting more and more to be a game in which one run would be a great factor ln winning, they trained their clubs to go after the sacrifice as much as any other play. Yet I have I known times when we used to play out in the lake cities when we sacrificed. Did lt deliberately, too. No picayune luck about It. Simply Jumped in and took a chance on getting out to get another fellow around. That's years ago, and that's why I tell you that there are no new plays. They're all old, every one of them, and It's only the fre quency of some of these so-called plays, against their scarcity years gone by, that induces imaginative folk to think that they see something that we didn't knew." r.-.. "Some folk say that they have bet ter base runners now than they did years ago." "They do, do they? How old are they? Did they make their acquaint ance with baseball since 1890, or have they been ln lt or seen it since 1880? Better base stealers, eh? Bring on a few. Where Is there one better than Ned Williamson? How about Harry Stovey? What of 'Buck' Ewing and Mike Kelly and Fognrty and about forty others that I could name If it were worth while? Better base steal ers? Let me tell you something. When people say anything like that you tell them to stop reading those ro mances about baseball and go some where and borrowfor you can't buy them— few copies of the older edi tions of the baseball guides and then come around and tell us what i they found In them in regard to base run ners. , PRESIDENT JOHNSON GIVES CLEAN BILL TO LAJOIE CHICAGO, Oct. President John son of the American league announced tonght that Umpire Evans,' in a de tailed report, regarding the Lajoie in cident at St. • Louis last Sunday, had given Lajoie an absolutely clean bill ln relation to his securing eight hits in . a double-header. The report was not made public, but will be when President Johnson, has completed his investigation and is ready to announce his decision. With the debate regarding Lajoie's performance becoming more heated dally, President Johnson Is said to have offered as the best solution of the matter the returning of the auto mobile prize 'to • the donors of the award. That, in the league president's opin ion, would be .very unpleasant, but In order to reward the players he would have tho averages declared | a tie and have the league present suitable Drlzes to both Lajoie and Cobt IS^fi, MID-WINTER TENNIS IS PLAN OF S. C. L T. A. A tnurnamrnt will he held during th* monthly of January If nil Decenary ar raniremrnU nan be made by the South ern California Lawn Trunin aNHorlatlon. The tournament will be held on the Long Beach hotel court*. A. V. Human, representing the local tennis organization, waa at Long Beach yesterday making preliminary arrange ment* for the . event., Los Angeles weather warrant* tennis playing, all the year round, so that an Innovation In the shape of a midwinter tourney will meet I with the unqualified approval of the I fan* of the racket and hall. COBB AND RUCKER TO MEET IN AUTO CONTEST Famous Diamond Stars Matched for Supremacy of Gasoline Cart World ATLANTA, Ga., Oct. 12—Tyrus Ray mond Cobb of Royston, Ga., and Na poleon Rucker of Crabapple, Ga, will meet this fall on the Atlanta Automo bile Association's speedway ln a match race for the speedway championship cf the big leagues. Cobb is battling bravely now for pos session of the automobile offered for the big leagues' best batter this year, and stands a good show of winning it. If ho docs, he may drive that machine against. ltuckcr's own car. If the men do not drive their own machines they will use cars selected from the array that will bo on hand for the fall races. Cobb has long been a\ automobile bug; of the most pronounced type. Lost- fall he drove a machine in the New to-Atlanta run, and was one of the warmest fans at the speed way meet. Rucker is a driver of several years' standing. One day a few years back he walked Into a local agency, said he wanted to look at an automobile; found one that suited his fancy, and nearly knocked the salesman cold by peeling the coin off a monumental roll of bills and driving away in the ma chine. It has not been decided In Just what sort of a race the famous Cracker ball players will meet, but it will probably be in a ten-mile affair. They have agreed to drive a heat a day, and they will bo allowed to select their own distance. It is likely that they will pick ten miles. It Is suspected that the news that these two men will race on the At lanta speedway will not be hailed with any great amount of Joy by President Navln of the Detroit team and Ebbet3 of the Brooklyn team. Navln would probably consider the fact that he has first call on Cobb's services worth ,40,000 or $50,000. It Isn't every day that a man picks up the greatest ball player in the world, and when he Is once cornered he is worth money. But if he happened to break his neck |on an automobile track It would mean a dead loss of a large amount of coin. ' Rucker Is not, of course, such a drawing card as Cobb, but he Is worth a lot of money. It la doubtful If $20,000 would buy himprobably It would take more. So that means that Pres ident Ebbets Is not going to be so tickled either. ', ;••; BELMONT PARK READY FOR AVIATION CONTESTS NEW YORK, Oct. 12—All that is now necessary at Belmont park to make it a thoroughly equipped aerodome for the rival aviators are the thirty hang ars, which are now in the course of erection. As far as the field is con cerned, the racetrack is now ready for the flyers. Trees have been felled, fences and hedges removed, ! buildings demolished and ditches filled in. The track now affords an ideal place for the starting and alighting of aero planes. The hangars will be models of their kind. They will contain sleeping rooms for the mechanicians and plenty of space for tools, and there will be a telephone and | running water in each of them. A general machine shop ln which the propellers and other spare parts will be kept will also be erect ed ln the midst of the little colony of hangars. The promoters of the meet, the Aero corporation, limited, of which August Belmont Is the president, have done as much in a few weeks in organizing the international aviation tournament as it has taken months to accomplish in the case of meets abroad. The most prominent officers of the Aero cor poration ' are August Belmont, presi dent; Allan A. Ryan, chairman of the committee, and Cortlandt F. Bishop, who, as a member of the foreign com mittee of the Aero club of America, has been busy in Europe interesting for eign aviators in the meet. When the Aero Club of America first began to look about for a general manager of the meet, lt was Gage E. Tarbell, the \ owner of ■ Hempstead plains, who was decided upon as the best available - man for the position. At that time it was understood that the meet would be held on Hempstead Plains, but in August, when the loca tion was changed to Belmont Park, Mr. Tarbell resigned. Allan :A. Ryan took up the reins: and Immediately organized the • Aero corporation, llmlt ,ed, Mr. . Ryan ■ knew nothing of avia tion, but his business ability, however, enabled him to soon evolve order out of chaos. As a result of his labors the coming aviation meet (weather per mitting) will be the biggest ever held in any country. Cortlandt Field Bishop has been president of the Aero Club of America for four years. He Is a vice president of . the . International ■ Aeronautic fed eratlon and . a _ member of • the Aero club's foreign committee, . the other members being Frank • S. Lahm and Hart O. Berg. ■ But for Mr. Bishop the two international trophies for avia tion and ballooning could not now be hold by 'America. Last year ; the Wrights refused to fly at Rhelms for the speed trophy. . -: Mr. Bishop, who was in Paris at the time, heard that Olenn H. Curtlss was building . a fast flyer at Hammonds port. As soon as the speed of the ma chine was proved ' Mr. Bishop • cabled to Curtiss asking him to' fly at Rhelms and . offering to pay all his expenses. Curtiss accepted, 'he offer and won the trophy. In the case of the balloon contest there would ■ have been ; no American entry in Switzerland - had it not been for Mr. Bishop, who borrowed In Paris Mr. McCoy's balloon and per suaded Edward W. Mix, an American resident ln the French capital, to pilot it. ■ McCoy's balloon was declared the winner of the race. Only well-tried aviators will be seen at n Belmont "park. All the contests will 'be between skilled pilots I In high powered machines and there will be no place t for fledglings. ■ LOS ANGELES HERALD: THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 13, 1910. MAJOR GRIDIRON TEAMS 'COME BACK' Big Four Gradually Rounding Into Form, Although Progress Is but Slow With the third week of the active football season gone, the theories of the minor teams having a better chance than ever before to play on equal terms with the major elevens appear to have come to naught. To be sure the season started with a surprise in the defeat of Pennsylvania, but those things used to happen when the mass plays and flying wedges were the big assets in a team with a more or less restricted repertoire of plays. Looking over Sat urday's results, however, one might Imagine himself back in the real old I days of football. While the soason Is 1 still In its swaddling clothes, lt Is quite safe to predict that there will not be many more upsets furnished by minor teams. Traditions of the gridiron that have been building for years go a long way toward maintaining prestige season after season for the "big four." School ' boys who have particular ability In ' this autumn sport are more likely to , choose Yale, Harvard, Princeton or , Pennsylvania than other colleges that have not the same stories to tell of 1 their wonderful doings in days gone 1 by on tho chalk marked Held. This is a reason why it will always be hard for the little colleges eyer to depose ' tho "big four" or make any serious in roads into the prominent place they hold in football. Events so far have 1 proved that the game is still one tor big, strong, active men, and tho larger universities that have more of this type to draw on appear to be as cer tain of maintaining their rank ln foot ! bail as ln previous years. NEW CODE HELPS PLAT While the now rules' have done a lot to help the game, observation of it as played at present does not show the radical differences that many expected would make It a sort of hybrid thing. The absence of longitudinal lines in the marking of the field, which made it look like a checker board ln the last years recall old times. The division into periods does not make so marked a change either. The short intermis sions between the first and second and third and fourth periods, with the men remaining on the Held look for all the world as It used to when time was taken out for injury. The game cer tainly goes along faster now because of the restriction's placed on the amount of time to be taken out In a game, and that Is a welcome feature for the spectators. , The one thing that seems strange about the periods Is the placing of the ball at the beginning of the second and fourth in the same, relative position as at the end of the tlrst and third. The three-minute rest, of course, works the same for offense as the defense, but if the ball be close to the final line when play Is resumed it will al ways seem unfair to the spectator, par ticularly the one that is "rooting" for the defending side. The general play Saturday did not reveal much of a startling nature ln . the way of Innovations, and the face j of football looks Just about the same < as of "yore. That the teams are still in a pretty crude state was made evi dent by the great amount of fumbling. Clean handling of the ball Is one of the primary lessons taught the squads, and lt looks as though the lessons had not been learned particularly well. Yale's backs were very crude in their judgment and handling of punts, Har vard indulged ln an orgy of Juggling on occasion, and Princeton and Penn sylvania were also guilty of infrac tions against this essential. It Is an early season fault, however, and Is not over hard to remedy. - - — NEW RACE TRACK TO BE ERECTED AT MONTREAL BUFFALO, Oct. 12.—1t is more than probable that by next spring there will be a new race track in Montreal, to be built in King Edward park, situated about eight miles from the city. A recent meeting held there on a half-mile track was such a success that the directors of the King Edward Park association have decided to build a mile and a furlong track, a club house, two hotels, stabling for 1000 horses, cotttages for trainers and club house for horsemen and jockeys, with all amusements that go to make up a social club, such as bowling, Jpilliards, a gymnasium and other suitable flt- The present grandstand will hold nearly 7000 persons, and with the pro posed club house for members of the means that when completed there will be seats for 8000 on racing days. This weans that when completed there will be accommodations for 20,000 patrons. In the rear of the grandstand there Is a grove of trees covering something like twenty acres, giving the place a genuine Saratoga appearance. Facing the stand is a branch of the St. Law rence river, with a view of the distant mountains. It is an ideal spot for a A-ace course of the highest class. Pres ident J. T. R. Laurendeau Is enthu siastic over the proposition, and if money can do it he will have the track completed by next June. He will make application for membership in the Canadian Jockey club, and if It is agreeable he will apply for dates to follow the first meeting at Blue Bon nets next spring. • ; ■ This would be a boon to horsemen, for their would be fourteen days' racing at Montreal without a break, which would induce turf men to go to Canada who have never been there before, as it is expensive , shipping to Montreal for only seven days. It is intended to spend $500,000 to perfect the track, and it is more than likely that It will be built under the supervision of Frank T. Clarke, the superintendent of the Sheepshead Bay track. "I Intend to have the best race course In Canada," said Mr. Laurent deau, "and there will be no scarcity of money to make it so and the stee plechase, of course, will be second to none. If it be , necessary I will . have a seven-furlong chute similar to that existing at Sheepshead Bay, and the purse and stakes will be equal to the best given in Canada," HOG FEEDS ON DYNAMITE; MULE CAUSES EXPLOSION WINSTED, Conn., Oct. 12.—Attempts to confirm the report of an unusual tragedy on the farm of Albert Koegle, in Thomaston, proved futile today, as Koegle was away. One of his hogs es caped from the pen Wednesday,j the story ran,, and.' while rooting around swallowed a stick of,dynamite left. by a state road-worker.'. Soon i the hog went • nosing I around . the,, heels ■ of •„ a mule. The mule kicked and the dyna mite exploded.i So did the hog. ' > MANY AMERICANS PLAN TO RACE IN EUROPE Yankee Invasion Tends to Boost the Sport Abroad LONDON, Oct. 12.—Unless present plans go awry, American owners will be a big factor on the English turf from now on, and especially in 1812. Already many nominations have been made for the classics, such as tin- Derby, the Oaks, the 1000 Guineas, the 2000 Guineas and the St. Leger. It be gins to look here as if tho trend of American bred animals toward this country wll expand rather than con tract. Certainly the number lof pos sible American starters was never be fore approached. In the past an occa sional entry from the states has been received* for the great races of the English turf and certainly up to the time Harry Payne Whitney came here to race the American entry was her alded arund the world. In the Derby no less than thirty eight colts are named by American owners, while there are numerous oth er entries of horses bred in the states, but now owned by English horsemen. Robert T. -Wilson heads tire list of American nominators, having named twelve, of which six are by Yankee and three by Planudes. Harry Payne Whitney comes second with nine, of which four are Hamburgs and three by Burgomaster. August Belmont nominated five, three being by Rock Sand, which Mr. Belmont himself Im ported from this country. 11. B. Dur yea, James R. Keene and John E. Madden have ln throe apiece, while others naming two are F. R. Hitch cock. Tom Walsh, Richard Croker, Louis Wlnans, H. C. Brown and W. K. Vanderbilt, although tho latter's en try is that of a French bred horse, be- ing by Maintenon out of First Sight. It is hardly necessary to go into detail regarding the American entries for either the Oaks or the St. Leger of 1912. The lists in each Instance show the same wide range of Amer ican owners, although their entries may not be quite so numerous. But tho average Is about the same, for while the Derby has 864 entries, there are 320 ln the St. Leger and but 260 in the Oaks, the latter being a stake for fillies exclusively. Another pleasing thing In connec tion with the entries for the classics Is the appearance ln the lists of the name of his majesty. King George V, who has made nominations in all five races. It had been generally under stood that the present king would follow in his father's footsteps in rac- ing as soon as the expiration of the period of court mourning, but this Is the first convincing evidence of that fact. His majesty has nominated five in the Derby, one of which Is by Vol odyovskl, the horse with which Mr. Whitney won the Derby in 1901. Colts by Florlzel II are, however, the most numerous among his majesty's en- J tries. There is a beautiful opening here in England for a few good, clever light weight Jockels. England's Jockeys at best are a mediocre lot these days, and of lightweights there are hardly any worth speaking of. The nursery stakes for the 2-year-olds are Just be ginning to come along at all of the tracks, and many -an owner Is at his wit's end to find a capable boy to do the riding. The lowest possible figure for these 2-year-old . races is 79 pounds, but where are. the lads that can make that weight? Certainly they are not at the English racetracks. In more than one instance promising 2-year olds have actually had to be sent to their stables because there were no boys to ride them. . There are not In England right now more than a half dozen Jockeys of even ordinary ability who can do 84 pounds, and not twice that number available at 88. BRITISH WILL CELEBRATE YEAR OF MAGNA CHARTA Great Industrial Exhibition to Be Held with a Spectacle at Historic Runnymede LONDON, Oct. There is nothing like being early ln tne field when a big venture is on band. The Union Jack Industries league, with a due sense of the wisdom of this precaution, have announced that they intend to hold an exhibition ln London, possibly at the Crystal palace, in 1915—"t0 demon strate the industrial resources of the British empire, and to celebrate the 700 th anniversary of Magna Charta, the foundation stone of British free dom." . ;"-'*:*•"• \ EMPIRE TO BE STIMULATED As originally drawn up, the scheme was intended to commemorate King Edward's golden wedding, which would have been celebrated in 1913. The ex hibition is to be "all-British." It is intended * that lt shall be opened May, 24, 1916, but lt*4s hoped that the fes tivities will Include a special celebra tion of the Magna Charta anniver sary, on June 19, at Runnymede. The main object of the exhibition Js to demonstrate the agricultural anS manufacturing capabilities of British possessions throughout the world, and thus stimulate each ' portion of the empire to take' a pride In its own In dustrial development in particular and, by means, of inter-imperial trade, that of the empire as a whole. Each domin ion or , colony, as far as practicable, will erect Its own exhibition building, but in the case of the smaller British possessions arrangements for joint dis plays will be made, the object of the league being that every single posses sion, having any industry capable of representation, shall take its part in the undertaking. Among the , proposed features of the exposition are a palace of empire, an empire club, and a general bureau of information with an emigration office attached. Interesting episodes in Co lonial history may be represented with a view to encouraging the study of the history of the. constituent portions of The estimated capital to be sub scribed is $2,500,000. ' TRANSACTION FOLLOWED Vera (8 years old)— What does transatlantic mean, mother? ' Mother-Across the Atlantic," •of course; but you musn't bother me. Vera— "trans" always mean across? Mother—l suppose lt does. Now, If you don't stop bothering me with your questions I shall send you right to bed. ■ Vera (after a ■ few minutes' silence)— does transparent mean a cross parent?— CLASSICS AND CLOTHES, • "I suppose you would like to have a cus tomer with a figure llko the Apollo Bel vldere." , ,__ ■ "No," answered . the tailor. "Handsome men aren't always the best pay. I'd rather have , on* with a figure like Croesus. SPAIN TO STOP RULE OF CLERGY Spanish Premier Will Anticipate Revolution by Destroying the Congregations LONDON, Oct. 12.—The Madrid, cor respondent of the Daily Telegraph be lieves that Spain is on the eve of a tremendous political struggle, which for magnitude or issues and complex ity of Interests is without a parallel in the history of the Peninsula. Judging by the present symptoms, the contest about to begin will culminate in a peaceful revolutilon from above or a violent upheaval from below. Mean while the excitement Is feverish, and the rumors in circulation are bewil dering. Civil war is predicted by some politicians, and grave dangers to the dynasty are apprehended by Others, while many imagine that the king will throw the premier over and entrust some one else with the arduous task of forming a new cabinet, which will strike out a different but not an op posite course. This is not, of course, the first crisis of the kind recorded in the annals of Spanish history. As its main charac ter is a revolt against the supremacy of Rome, it may be compared with the somewhat similar revolution! which took place in 1836 and in 1868, when some very rude assaults were delivered upon the Ultramontane cause In Spain. Hut the present movement has a very different basis, and possibly, also, very different objects from those which have . preceded it. According to his own assertion, Senor Canalejas is backed by the majority of his country men. At all events, he has the support of the leader of the opposition, Senor Maura, who appears to have Identified himself with the aims of the prime minister. SPAIN WILL MOVE ON Other revolutions have been due to dynastic causes, or else where the im mediate result of some fiery pronun clamento from a disappointed general. In the present case the movement has some of the character of a national enterprise, engineered, no doubt, by the Radical and Republican parties, which have all along existed in Spain side by side with those forces which are called reactionary and conserva tive, but depending in its main fea tures upon something much more solid and substantial than the mere spite of factions. Spain, it would seem, has now resolved to put herself in line with the most modern of European nations. Senor Canalejas said: "Spain is In the throes of a crisis common to all growing organisms when the time has come for them to displace old concep tions and Institutions by new ones more congruous with actual require ments. But the needful changes are being effected by constitutional ma chinery, without abnormal deviations. Attempts have been made recently to disturb order, but we have frustrated them. Also, a general strike through out Spain was announced; but we knew it was Impossible, because it would have been a political strike, which could not secure the support of public opinion. The cabinet adopted measures which have been criticised sharply, but which had the merit of effectively hindering bloodshed ln the Blscayan provinces. WITH THE PEOPLE "The utter failure of all those devices to intimidate the government proves how entirely we have public opinion on our side. Countless tele grams and letters from all parts of Spain confirm this Impression, and convince me that what I, as holder of the public trust, have undertaken is the most pressing need of the moment. "Moreover, the entire world of cul ture and progress abroad has ex pressed sympathy in welcoming Spain to the rank of progressive nations. In this universal moral support lie the justification and force of the govern ment, which will realize the program without provoking a general strike or a civil war. Civil war Is a bogey in which no Spanish politician believes. The status quo is doomed; come what may, that shall go. There is no pow er in the realm which can perpetuate It. Personally, I am resolved to com bat it without a truce,, whether as head of the government or a member of his majesty's opposition, and I state this with a clear consciousness of the formidable obstacles thrown in my way. These hindrances may per haps lessen the speed, but will not keep us from reaching our goal, which Is to paralyze the elements of national deterioration and enable Spain to grow Into possession of recuperative forces such as characterize the fore most peoples of the world. My re solve is to labor uninterruptedly. This reform Is become part of myself. "The question of the religious con gregations comes flrst in order, and shall be dealt with first. The congre gations cannot possibly be allowed to continue to play the important part in public life without public responsibil ity or control which they are playing today. I say nothing now against them as religious communities, and I am ready to admit that they have served useful functions in other spheres also. A DEAD -INSTITUTION "Certainly in the -past they have satisfied the social needs of the com munity to some extent, but their fit ness for ministering to the require ments of the present and the future has vanished. Yet their scope is un bounded.. Their activity knows no lim its. They constitute a unique and ab solute institution in a limited mon archy, and with this anomaly we must do away. . , :) "Every institution has well-defined limits. Even the king is no exception. Alone, the congregations are absolute and irresponsible, wielding an enor mous social influence incompatible with the interests of the state. They powerfully, affect the intellectual and moral temper of the nation, more pow erfully than the state can safely per mit. They are highly privileged in a •realm where equality is supposed to prevail; for what but privileges are their admirable organization, monop oly of education, accumulation of worldly wealth, and their power of be stoving or withholding material suc cor to people in misery or pain? They teach and train our youth and main tain hospitals, asylums, refuges and other beneficent establishments throughout the kingdom. Society is now ripe for a transition from this medieval condition of things to one more in harmony with latter day con ditions. I hold that the state, being supreme, can accomplish this without more ado. but I am willing— most desirous—to treat with the Vatican on the subject, with a view to reducing the friction to a minimum and en abling the highest ecclesiastical au thorities to employ pastoral suasion to render the congregations amenable to considerations .of expediency and patriotism." ;'•■;« _ , WOMAN BLACKSMITHS DEFEND RIGHT TO WORK Fair Laborers Object to Men De priving Them of Positions LONDON, Oct. 12.—A social problem and a dramatic incident were among the oustandtng items of the recent Trade Union congress at Sheffield. The dramatic feature related to the women blacksmiths who are on strike at Crad ley Heath, and Cradley Heath is closely Interwoven with the history of the Trade Union congress. Able women of the earlier years of the labor move ment, Emma Paterson, Jeannette Wil kinson, and In her sphere Mrs. Henry Fawcett have vigorously defended the right of women to do blacksmith's work If they want to, and men who have op posed it have been charged with stop ping women from getting a livelihood. There have been plenty of opponents of this kind of women's labor In the Trade Union congress, and one of the most striking personalities among them was a ide unionist who rejoiced In the name of Juggins. He was a man of massive proportions and had tears In his voice, and he would bring lengths of chain to the congress, clank them before the delegates after the manner of a ghost In a haunted dungeon, and in wailful tones that resounded above every kind of din would ask "if the making of things like these was work fit for women to do." Emma Patterson was a woman of auite small proportions, but she was the only really great woman the labor movement has produce 1, and she went for the big trade union leader on oc casions like these much as a little terrier goes for a bull, and generally came oft best in the encounter. She would have riveted heavier chains on her sisters than any made at Cradley Heath had her Ideas prevailed, but there has been a constant conflict against them, and is still. The chains were brought forward at the congress this year, but they were shown to the delegates as the kind of thing women made at a penny an hour. A yard of chain takes an hour to make, and a penny a yard Is the piecework price. The women want 5 cents a yard, and for this they are on strike. Three women, one old annd two young, stood up before the audience and held up the chains, and so little did they know of the arts of speech that 1 twas almost a mute appeal. Slight made, and with simple, kindly faces and low voices, they did not look capable of much work at the forge. But they had done It, the older women for years— a penny an hour. Their few simple words were more effective than any quantity of platform oratory would have been, and the congress was deeply moved. At a meeting of the Chain Manufac turers' association this week it was decided to throw overboard the •sweaters" and to pay the minimum rates agreed upon on August 22. These rates will prevail until February next, when contracting-out becomes illegal. CLAIM FRENCH R'Y MENACE TO LIFE Matin Exposes Rotten Condition of Government Line from Paris to Cherbourg PARIS, Oct. 12.—Statements pub lished in the "Matin" on the authority of several engine-drivers and stokers in the service of the Western State railway, to the effect that the perma nent way between Paris and Cherbourg is defective and dangerous at various points, have created a sensation which the reply of the State Railway depart ment has not been able to allay. There Is no reason for concealing the fact that the general public seems to feel genuine anxiety as to the risks which appear to be involved in traveling over the Cherbourg-Paris line in an express train. The reporter of the railway estimates in the chamber of deputies, M. Rene Besnard, has been interviewed and confirms the reports regarding the con dition of things on the state railway. M. Besnard has learned at headquar ters that all the points on the line which were mentioned as dangerous are actually dangerous, although re pairs are now being made at some of these places. M. Besnard —believes that the recent railway disaster at Bernay was caused not only by exces sive speed and by tho rottenness of the sleepers, but by the relatively light weight of the rolling stock, which was discovered when it was handed over to the state, and which is, according to M. Besnard, "something incredible." The only real remedy apparently would be to decide heroically to sup press all traffic on the western line for a period of at least two years. It might thus be possible to bring the line up to date. M. Besnard further asserts that the personnel of the Western Railway company, who have been transferred to the service of the state, have systematically endeavored to thwart the efforts' of the new adminis tration to improve the line, in order to convince the public that the state is Incompetent to manage a railway. M. Besnard mentions facts so as tounding that, if they were not given on his authority, no one would credit them. He affirms that service circu lars and orders are intentionally with held and not communicated to the employes. The state has done all in its power, considering the circumstances, to bring order out of the present chaos, but it has met with constant obstruc tion among the railway servants and has been confronted with the task of undertaking an Immense number of Improvements, • which can be accom plished only in a long period of time. The only hope which M. Besnard holds out to the public is that something mr.y be speedily done to diminish the risk of accidents. It will be some time, he says, before the general or ganization of the, line can be placed on a satisfactory basis. Passengers by the Transatlantic liners who join these vessels at Cherbourg.are beginning to protest against the dangers to which they are expired during the railway journey from Paris. AN AQUATIC* TRAGEDY When visitors came Bobby was often turned out of his room and Into th* garret for a night or two. Ha did not object to this, but he felt that It endangered certain cherished, possession*. When his uncle, the clergyman, arrived unexpectedly one night Bobby was trans ferred to his garret quarters in haste and with small ceremony, and neglected to take any precautions to guard his treasures. "I have to thank the thoughtful person who placed a glass of water on the table near the bed last night," said th* clergyman the next morning. "I awoke In the night and found It refreshing—most refreshing." "Oh!" said Bobby. 'i" a tone °' sorrow and reproach. "You've drlnked up my nice uaw 'quarlum, and all " But hero Bobby's revelation was sup pressed by his mother.—Youth's Companion. Ten Thousand Victims Yearly Liquor Now Claiming Terrible Quota of Humanity— Kuemie* of Civilization. "With 250,000 saloons claiming one hundred times ten thousand victims every year in the United States—with millions of wives and mothers pleading with blinding tears for the discontin uance of the disturbance of their homes —there Is presented a serious problem to every American who is not dead to the touch of humanity."— "Wal lace. It is.true that the drink habit pre sents one of the greatest tragedies of civilization. And the fact that it is so utterly useless makes It the more of a tragely. Philanthropists and scientists have been engaged for many years In the work of ascertaining how to cure drunkenness. It is thought by those pushing the present-day reforms along this line that the one and only thing to do is to prohibit the sale of intoxicat ing liquor and stop making it. They did not claim that this would cure thoso already addicted to the habit, but think It will protect the coming generation. The trouble with this system is that the confirmed drunkard must bo cured of the habit or he will have the liquor in spite of the prohibition. But If the confirmed drunkard gets liquor, the young boy also gets lt, and so acquires the taste. WHAT IS BEING DONB The only sure method Is to cure the confirmed drinker as well as prohibit the sale of liquor. His system is filled with a poison that must be destroyed before the craving for liquor will leave him. The only remedy known which will absolutely take away all desire for Intoxicating liquors Is THE NEALi CURE. In three days it will destroy the alcoholic poisoning which creates the craving for liquor. 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