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last THE KANSAS CITY STAR. SUNDAY, APRIL 2, 1911. 13A OBJECT TO ENGLISH STYLE WOULD HAVE LONDON: PROMOTERS, RING. National Sporting Club Is Satisfied With the Present System Jack Johnson Doesn't Like the San Francinco "Rest Cure," According to recent advices from London a demand is being made by certain "invading' promoters cf boxing In that city for a revision of the Brit 1gh rules whereby a referee watches over the destinies of competing pugilists from a seat pleasantly situated outside the ring. Needless to say, this proposition is looked upon with considerable disgust by a goodly number of the English fight followers, Your average Britisher is not conservative, and views with intense suspicion any move not which has for its object a change in methods established and pronounced correct by his forbears.

In this particular case, however, it would seem to an impartial observer that the protestants against the practice of allowing the referee to remain in the ring during the progress of a battle have right on their side. English boxers are accustomed to break at the word of command, and therefore of the hugging clinching which mars so many bouts on this side of the water is eliminated. But since the American invasion of the last two years or so, it is said that the British boxers are beginning adopt American methods in that they hang on longer in the clinches pull off a good the rough stuff. It will be remembered that when "Digger" Stanley paid his last visit to this country and fought a very unsatisfactory battle with Frankie Burns, everyone expressed surprise "no holds barred" style of milling with which the Briton favored the spectators. True, Burns also fought extremely foul, but that wasn't the point.

We have so long, been accustomed to consider the English glove-wielders as models of scientific deportment far as clean-cut work goes, that Stanley's knowledge of the heeling, elbowing and "do everything but bite" branch of the game, came as an unpleasant surprise. The members and officials of the National Sporting Club, London's premier and select athletic organization, are, as might be expected, opposed to the adoption 1 of the American referee system. They argue that the presence of that official in a ring must necessarily fere with the view of the spectators of what is going on inside the ropes. Quite a few American boxing patrons will be found agree with them. There really seems to be no earthly reason why boxers should not be compelled to break when ordered, and thereby put up an hibition much more pleasing to all concerned than when they are dragging each other about the arena like Chinese wrestlers, until separated by the clutchIng hands of the third man in the ring.

It is a safe bet that the National authorities will never consent to the proposed innovation. They have got along very nicely up to the present under the old style of refereeing and would be foolish to make a change. The demand for the American system of judging a contest comes from promoters outside of the National who have a large number of visiting pugilists signed up on their schedule, most of whom hail from this country. These latter naturally prefer the rules to which they have been accustomed in the past and under which they figure they can fight to the best advantage. The chief obiection to the British of-1 cal occupying a chair outside of the ropes is that there are times when, not being close to the contestants, he may fall to see certain cunning little tricks that can be brought off at short range by men who are masters of the fine art of fouling.

There la a good deal of sense in this argument, too, and for that very reason we are never likely to adopt the British fashion. On the other hand, however, it ought to be possible for our referees to make their commands obeyed without having to resort to a wrestling mixup with both contestants in the endeavor to make them step back and box A8 they are supposed to do. If it were made clearly understood that a failure en a pugilist's part to break, after he had been warned for the third time, would result in his disqualification, the rank and file of the sluggers might grad. ually get it through their heads that it might be just as well to obey orders. Under such a ruling the scientific boxers would come into their own and mauling messes like the last Wolgast-Brown bout in New York would soon become a thing of the' past.

The trouble here is that we pamper our pugilistte idols altopretty much as they please. We have gether too much and allow them to dol England in every branch of the fistic art, but we can learn something from her leading sportsmen as regards teaching fighters how to behave and observe the rules of the game. There are several pleasanter ways of taking a rest cure than lounging within the shady recesses of a jail. who at the present time of opinion of Champion Jack Johnson, writing is reluctantly a accepting the hospitality of the San Francisco bastile. It isn't the frat time by a hundred or so, that Jack has found himself in the grip of the law, but never got such an unbreakable strangle hold on him before, and he much depressed in consequence.

It was the old motor car speeding gag which was responsible for a sentence of twenty-five days in the county jug to be served by the big pugilistic boss. On previous occasions Jack had merely dug deep into his "kick." hauled out a wad of greenbacks, paid the fine demanded, and walked out of the courtroom with the golden smile in full blaze. The thing got to be such a habit with him that the fines he paid were looked upon by him 88 regular tolls for the pleasure of cutting -chunks out of the atmosphere with his wild flying machine. On the occasion of his second-last arrest in Frisco he WaS informed by the judge who fined him that 1f he ever again appeared In court on a speeding charge a jail sentence would assuredly follow. Johnson refused to take this seriously and the result wAS that he fell 'once more into the hands of the very Judge who had warned him.

The latter made good his threat, and it looks as though Lil Artha' go the limit, unless executive clemency be extended to him: which isn't at all likely. Few people will shed tears over the misfortune. which has befallen the 110- gro pugilist, and those having an extra supply of sympathy on hand can easily find more, deserving quarters for, the bestowal the same. Ever since Johnson became champion he has made himself a nuisance in he has visIted with his recklessly driven motor elty, cAr. That he has never succeeded in killing or maiming some unfortunate 1A merely bullheaded luck.

His speed mania was a positive menace to the community at large, and it was time that he became convinced that the pos- pension, of a above large the bank law. account Some did of not reported messages of condolence from acquaintances of Mistah Johncertain, as follows: Former Manager Sam Fitzpatrick: "Every time I pass that county jail think it is time to have it torn down and a new one built. It ought to be wrecked in a hurry, too. A chunk of dynamite exploded under the cell where is poisoning would (start the work fine." Former Manager George Little: "Johnson in the Frisco County Jail! Too bad it isn't the San Quentin Pen. In that case I would head a movement to help Jack to escape.

I understand the guards there have orders to shoot any prisoner who tries to make a getaway." Champion Jim Jeffries: "Only twenty-five days! I wish I'd been in that judge's shoes. He'd been lucky to be slated for only twenty years." Joe Woodman: "I have agreed to allow Sam Langford to box Jack Johnson before the National Club of London two weeks from today. If Johnson fails to show up, we will claim the championship." Tommy Burns: "My bum leg is bothering me a lot, but I believe it will stand a trip to Frisco. I want to sit outside Johnson's cell and make faces through the bars." Chorus of various White Hopes: "We are in favor of life sentences violators of the speeding ordinances, especially in California." A YALE SPIRIT FOR HARVARD. Coach Haughton Weald Pat Fight in His Athletes---Soccer More Popular.

There was something unusually belligerent in the words of Coach Percy Haughton of Harvard a few days ago when he called the candidates for the Harvard 1911 football team together for a few weeks of preliminary spring practice. And if Yale and Princeton, for whose benefit the remarks perhaps were partly made, had not heard the cry of "wolf" before from this same quarter they a probably would have been somewhat terrified. Undoubtealy Coach Haughton desired to create in the minds of the Harvard men the same feeling produced by the now famous parting shot of a former Harvard coach as he sent his team on the field against Yale. According to newspaper reports his final injunction was contained in these expressive, though slightly inelegant, words: "Give them hell, boys." Whatever Harvard gave Yale that day was highly gratifying to the Crimson coach, for the final score was 22-0 in favor of Harvard. That is what coach Haughton wants Harvard to do to Yale this fall and to Princeton also.

Of course, championship football games are not won entirely by the brains of the coaches. A more important element is the courage of the players themselves and rarely has Harvard ever had enough advantage in brains, coaching or anything else to offset the Yale fighting spirit. Evidently Coach Haughton realizes for in his review of the recent Harvard- Yale games he cites scores and incidents which are not at all flattering to Harvard's fighting ability. games since 1900 have not been a bit The results of the championship flattering to Harvard. Since 1901 Hara vard has beaten Yale only once, and since that exception was due to Yale's mistake, and the victory only by the margin of a single field goal the Crimson sees notning but disgrace in the football results of the last decade.

Harvard's record against Princeton is, if possible, even worse than against Yale, for only once in twenty-four years has Harvard beaten the Tigers. Here is the way Coach Haughton sizes up the situation: "It's time to get to work and improve our effelency so that we can trample every Yale, Dartmouth and Princeton. We've got to 'em so be able to lift their heads again for ten years, and not play so they can say, as they have said in the past few years, 'Well, you did well against Coy's This year let the devil take the hindmost." There is no doubt that Coach Haughton has put his finger on the precise spot of infection. In both 1909 and 1910, in the opinion of the writer. Harvard had a team physically superior to Yale.

In both years the Crimson gained the more ground, but in both instances was out and out-gamed. Coach Haughton is to be congratulated for his efforts to develop the fighting spirit at Harvard. is not an task to create a Yale spirit in a university. Yale has been developing it for a good many years. The begin on it the moment the freshman matriculates.

They have no use at New Haven for quitters. This type is early consigned to the scrap heap. Too much praise cannot be given to the Yale policy. It makes champions of athletes and successful men of them in after life. It is one of the great advantages of a college education at Yale.

And it is a compliment to the Elis that Coach Haughton is trying this early in the season to inject some of the same fighting spirit into the Harvard at athletes. For, after all, other things being equal, courage is what counts. There is no whatsoever that Intercollegiate football is to be one of the big university games of the 1m- mediate future. This sport is now flourishing as it never flourished before, and there an unprecedented interest shown everywhere In the intercollegiate contests. of this is due to the fact that the colleges themselves are at last beginning to take a live interest in the promotion of the gnme.

When the sport was first Introduced to the college world it received very little financial support from the various athletic associations. Without the impetus it should have received from this source it prospered until now the game has been everywhere recognized and is receiving the support It deserves. One of the surest ways to make the sport even more popular and to utilize it for rugby football is by having the candidates for the rugby elevens try for the soccer teams. The fact that the intercollegiate games are played in March and April makes the season of peculiar advantage to the rugby conches, in that It allows them to get their men in condition for the preliminary gridiron praetice. Moreover, the sort of training which soccer affords should be of inestimable value to rugby players.

feature of the soccer season to date has been the resumption of athletic relations between Harvard and Pennsylvania. With the single exception of a swimming meet this football game was meeting between Harvard and Pennsylvania since the spring of 1906. institutions now seem ashamed of the break they permitted to open in the fall of 1905. With the resumption of friendly meetings in baseball, assoctation football- and swimming there is hope that these two ancient rivals will shortly be meeting in all branches of sports, E. R.

BUSINELL. Pennsylvania annually raises 15 millIon dollars' worth of garden produce, ranking next to New York in that regard. GOOD RACES IN OMAHA MEET KANSAS CITY Y. M. C.

A. AND K. C. A. C.

AMONG THE TRACK WINNERS. The University of Kansas Beat Drake in Interesting Relay Race--Talbott, the Blue Diamond Weight Athlete, an Won 16-Pound Shot Put. OMAHA, April University of Kansas and the Kansas City Athletic Club won high honors through the relay team of the first, and Lee Talbot, the individual star of the club, at the Omaha Indoor track meet tonight. Talbott overturned all expectations by the easy manner in which he vanquished Joe Horner, the champion of the University of Michigan, in both the all 12 and 16-pound shotput events. The Kansas relay team, opposing Drake University in the longest relay race of the captured a flashy victory.

In meet, equally brilliant style the Kansas City Y. M. defeated its adversaries of Omaha and Lincoln associations in a relay event. Brummer, Bordwell, Maybury and Kanatzer competed for the Kansas City team. The Kansas City Athletic Club was forced to with a bitter setback through defeat by the Chicago Athletic Club in a special relay race.

Chicago took the event in three minutes sixteen and two-fifths seconds. This event possibly was the most closely contested and the most thrilling of the meet. Lindberg, star of Chicago, led his opponent, Craig, by several feet around the first three laps. and throughout the struggle the succeeding runners held practically the same relative position. The Chicago Athletic Association led in most of the running events.

Four of its men qualified for the finals in the big club and Y. M. C. A. event.

Chicago University won the biggest event of the evening, the relay race, with Michigan and Nebraska universities, by a long lead. Nebraska figured in this and its other running events behind the other colleges. The summaries: run-Lindberg, Chicago A. first; Reek, Michigan, second Primrose, Bellevue College, third. Time, 1:22 1-5.

Y. M. C. A. relay race, 1,040 yards Kansas City won Lincoln Y.

M. C. second: Omaha Y. M. C.

third. Time, 2:09 2-5. One mile run, handicap -Hudson, Morningside (60 yards), first; Ellsworth, ha High School (80 yards), second Bowker, Morningside, third. Time, 5:22 1-5. Relay race, 3,120 yards -Kansas University won: Michigan, second; Nebraska, third.

Time, 3:16 1-5. Pole vault- Vernicke, Coe College (16 inches), first: C. Woodbury, Kansas University (5 inches), second; Lindstrum, Nebraska University, third. Height, 11 feet. 12-pound shot -Vernicke, Coe College, (handicap 12 feet), 56 feet 6 feet), inches, 58 won; Hebbert, Morningside, Talbot, (12 feet inches, second; (scratch), K.

C. A. 52 feet Inches, third. 16-pound shotput-Talbot, (K. C.

A. first, 45 feet 11 1-8 inches: Horner, (Michigan), second, 44 feet inches; Monaul, (University of Chicago), third, 43 feet Inches. 50-yard dash. clubs and Y. M.

C. Kuhn, Chicago A. C. first; J. second.

Kohnigsdorf, K. M. Time, :05 3-5. 50-yard -May, Nebraska, University, first: Wilson, Coe College, second. Time, :05 2-5.

Omaha High 880-yard handicap Ludwig, School (40 yards), won; Stophlet, Kansas City Y. C. A. 25 yards), second; R. Walker, unattached (10 yards), third.

Time, 2:12. Club relay, 1,560 yards- -Chicago A. first Kansas City A. second. Time, 3:16 2-5.

Special championship, 50-yard dashKuhn, C. A. first; May, Nebraska University, second: R. Wood, Omaha High School. third.

Time, :05 2-5. 50-yard hurdle, handicap -H. Woodbury, Michigan, Kansas University, Horner, second. Time, :06 4-5. NO LINE ON HIS SENATORS.

Columbus Players Are Unknown to The Friel on Account of Bad Weather. April reason of COLUMBUS, wretched weather and 80 many young to look over Manager Friel has players reached the exhibition stage of training with little or no knowledge as to the real ability of the men in training. Scarcely a hand was turned the whole week with the exception of one game played at Maple Grove and some tossing around of the ball and road work. The shortstop problem is as big a one ever. Midkiff hasn't hit a lick and Mahling's up" apparently and unable, to get.

form, into becondition. Jimmie O'Rourke has been placed there as a last hope. He wasn't a success at the position two years ago and will likely wind up at third with Perring playing short and Lattimore attempting to play second. This young infielder has shown plenty of fielding ability, but is said to lack the heart to make a winning player. Downs has more than flashed' at first, He gives promise of making a good first sacker.

Pitchers are more or less in bad shape, Berger split his finger at Maple Grove and will be unable to work for a week or so more. Cook strained a muscle in his shoulder necessitating treatment from an osteopath. Liebhardt had the tonsilitis. Packard really only man in good form of has, the veterans. Lessard and Riley have shown good stuff on the slab.

Casas pitched one secen-inning game and had enough to warrant giving the Mexican a good test as a pitcher. In the outfield Irving has been hitting the ball harder than any member of the squad, young or old. He lacks polish, however. Columbus absolutely needs Arbogast behind the bat. Bemis is the only other possibility here and he cannot do all of the work.

The management. says, however, that it hasn't reopened negotiations with the kicking catcher. Arbogast is silent as a clam and nothing has been heard from him since he gent back what he declared was an unsatisfactory contract. BASEBALL FOR S. S.

A. L. BOYS, Lengue Will Be Formed Among the Church Teams This Summer, An amateur baseball league will be organized here this summer among the members of the Greater Kansas City Sunday School League. The organization will be formed into two divisions. one to be known as the 115-pound class and the other the unlimited.

will be played every Saturday afternoon during the months of May, June, July and August, The entrance fee for 115- pound teams will be $1. Unlimited teams will pay $2 to enter the league. Each team must furnish its own equipment, and it is recommended where possible that the players be uniformed. Entries will close Monday night, April 24, with George Norton, 1001 New York Life Bullding. MeKNIGHT TO PLAY FOR BECKLEY.

Kansan City Boy Has Signed With the Hannibal Club. Maurice McKnight, the Kansas City semi-professional outflelder, who made a creditable showing with team of New York Giants this spring, signed a contract yesterday to play with the Hannibal Central Association club. Jake Reckley, manager of the Hannibal team, la of the opinion that McKnight will make the best fly chaser in the Association. He is brilliant fielder, runs the bases in Cobb and hits well. midanaser this Beckley week will for leave Hannibal here the to start his young players on their spring training.

McKnight will accompany his new boss. TEXAS SPRINTER MET DEFEAT. Rosenberger of the A. C. Bent Henry 100 and 220-Yard Dashes.

NEW YORK, April Henry, the sprinter and holder of the national amateur record for 220 yards, was defeated in that event and in a 100-yard dash by James Rosenberger of the IrishAmerican Athletic Club, in the Thirteenth Regiment Armory tonight. Rosenberger took the lead at the start in the 100 yards event and, without being pressed, finished four yards ahead of the Texan in 10 1-5 seconds. In the 220 yards event Rosenberger again took the lead and maintained it to the end, finishing three yards ahead of Henry. The time was 22 4-5 seconds, equaling the indoor record held by I. Robertson of the -American Athletic Club.

TRIP FOR THE INDIANS. Bidwell'. Cheyenne, Team WIll Play Exhibition Games in the South. Hustling Ira Bidwell and his team of Cheyenne Indians, formerly known a8 the Kansas City Red Sox, will leave this morning at 11:45 o'clock for Fort Scott, where they will open their spring training season against the semi-protessional club of that city. The Indians will play in Fort Smith, tomorrow.

From there they will Oklahoma City for a series of two games. The team will return here the latter part of this month and then start on their trip to Cheyenne, where it will open the season the middle of next month. A MEET FOR MANUAL ATHLETES. Lawrence, the High Crimson School Here, WIll Th April Compete 29. E.

M. Ball, athletic director of the Manual Training High School, announced yesterday afternoon that the Lawrence High School of Lawrence, and the Manual High School teams will compete in a dual meet here on the Gordon-Koppel Athletic Field April 29. Lawrence, it 1s said, has one of the best track teams in the history of the school. LINES FROM THE SPORT MAP. One White 1 Hope managed, free and fair, Another's face to sculp.

'Twas down in far Sapulpa, where The accent's on the pulp. One pugilist was made a wreck, Unquestionably weak. With wobbly neck poor Michael Schreck Pronounced his name as Shriek. Hail, Oklahoma! Happy land, Where with his face depressed, The White Hope ceases troubling and We, weary, get a rest. New York World.

The victories American Rhodes scholars are winning in England reminds me of my first trip to Britain. On my arrival there I was surprised to see so few runners who could use the crouching start in the sprint. Many were strong for the upright start. After it dawned on the British sprinters what a faster spring could be obtained by the crouch, all were keen for the new method and as a result England came to the front in short tance running. Now the Rhodes scholars are keeping up the work.

G. E. Putnam, the American hammer thrower, put up new British college figures in the weight event. Great Britain has always been behind this specialty, but with American methods and training coming to them in this line they should come along they did in the sprint game.Arthur Duffey in the Boston Post. as, Boxers as a rule are a superstitious lot and dislike very much to enter the ring unless their good luck signs are right.

For a long time Kid Goodman was meeting with setbacks, losing in several instances by the narrowest of margins. A hoodoo seemed to follow the West End boy and he tried everything to shake it off. It was while he was training at Harry Gath's place that Goodman claims his luck shifted. Gath had a prize chicken that he valued very much, to which Goodman took a fancy. The next time Goodman boxed he took the chicken with him and sure enough he won in a match against Fighting Dick Hyland.

In several other matches Goodman had the chicken perched on the ring post in his corner and. oddly enough, Abe never fared worse than an even break any time the bird was with him. The Arst time Goodwin boxed without his mascot he lost and from that day to this it's hard to convince him that he would have lost if the bird had been with him. The chicken was killed on the street one day. Goodman could never replace the lost bird and he claims his luck went with Herald.

Amateur Baseball Notes The Unique Theater team will play the St. James School this afternoon. Speecks take notice. The Lekins Sebool challenges the James A. Greenwood School for game.

Call School and ask for Joe Roberts. MeElvain, Luke, Tunstall, Taylor, W. Heilman, Fulton, B. Hellman, Russell, Wells, Mossman and Waters call Bell East 4526 and ask for Willis. The Unique Theater team easily defeated the Roanoke Ramblers by the score of 12 to 8.

The feature of the (aIDe WAs the pinging of Snip. Jogada. The Lrkins Senool team defented the strong Kenslugton School team Friday by the score of 30 to 3. The Feature of the came was the hitting of Lykins. The W.

S. A. challenge the Uniqne team for a game Thursday afternoon. Call Home phone, 178 South, and ask for Canna, or answer through The Star. The Lrkins School defeated the Tancher School at Ninth and Denver by the score of 10 to 8.

The feature of the game wits the pitching of Dee and the batting of Joe Grant. The Scarritt School challenge any school tonni In the elty for game. Horace Mann or Garfieht preferred. Call East 1238X. Bell phone, after o'clock and ask for Frank.

The W. 8. A. have organized for the son son, with the following players: Roche, Hovey, Celder. Hamilton, Palmer, Kleinstober, Hereford, Lemons and Johnson.

The Roanoke Whirlwinds defeated the Ridgeland Bides by the score of 7 to Artbor Lute and Herbert Pardee formed the battery for the Watelwinds, Only four bite were made off Lute. The Fern Laundry will play the Kaunas City Red Sox nt. Hocker's Grove this afternoon. Piny era of both toxins be at Twelfth and Main streets at 19:30 o'clock. Car leaves at 1 o'clock.

The Central Business College, opened the season by defeating the Brown's Business College by the score of 10 to 5. Teams destring games with Cel tral call Manager Shook, Main 1104, Home, or Graud 021, Bell. The Parker Harrises have organized for the season with the following players: Shaw. Dixon L. Huber, B.

Altman, J. d. Giliesple, H. Adler, E. Schmidt.

They challenge any 19 or 13-year-old team in the elty. Call Cast 1044 and ask for Frank. The following plasers of the Kansas City Star Juniors report at 5550 Charlotte Street today he tween and o'clock for practice: George Avers, Dart Ocker James StoNamara, Joe Lyndon, Hickman Boyer, Homer Napter, Palmer Napler, wit Carr. Donovan, Morton Houserman and Jack, Besides shipping several "knocked down' steamboata to South America, a Pittsburg firm has sent one to the Congo and another to the River Nile. SODA CHECK FOR TRAIN FARE A LITTLE TRICK BETWEEN PASSENGERS, PORTERS AND CONDUCTORS.

How Was Saved for Santa Fe Blue Hones. Other Travelers and Lost to the Railway, it- -Federal Charges Are True. Railway conductors, pinc-nez glasses, stubby ing diamonds and coats look rather that way, too, judging tion usually employed with their gold mustaches, flashbrassbuttoned frock imposing. They feel from the inflecin inquiring regarding your ticket and the mein digplayed while punchIng it, jamming under the flap of a coat pocket, and slipping a pink slip with club shaped holes into the band of the passenger's hat. It such an official should nudge you on the shoulder, flash hig lantern in your eyes and glare at you over his glasses, would you feel like offering check or something of a ticket? No.

But to get you information that has States attorney's ofare true, there exists an understanding brakemen and porpaid on trains. THE PORTER LESS IMPRESSIVE. Sometimes the porter or the brakeman makes a bargain with some ride seeker who desires neither to pay full fare nor to presume to suggest a deal with the conductor. The brakeman, with greasy gloves, nickel buttons instead of brass ones and liquid brown buccal decorations in place of a bristling mustache, appears more easy to approach. Or possibly the negro porter may appear to him as jovial and good-natured and susceptible.

So, the charges go, the brakeman or the porter gets the money and hands passenger some little souvenir such as a soda check as a receipt. That souvenir 1s passed on to the conductor, who smiles, inquires if you are "going on a little trip" and jams the souvenir -into his pocket, to cash in later with the brakeman or porter. GLARING AT YOU OVER HIS GLASSES. him a soda fountain of that kind in place often that would be by, according to reached the United fice. For, if reports on certain railways among conductors, ters regarding fares "GOING ON LITTLE TRIP?" Several weeks ago the Missouri Pacific passenger conductors, brakemen porters between Kansas City and Hoisington, were indicted by the federal grand jury as a result of such charges.

An attorney in the offices of the Sante Fe's local legal representatives, employed by the Missouri Pacific trainmen, said Gould line was hiding behind the government because it was afraid to discharge dishonest employees. Now the Santa Fe is facing a similar situation and matter probably will go before the next federal grand jury. GOVERNMENT INTEREST INDIRECT. The United States, it would seem, need not feel so greatly aggrieved because a conductor is making a little money on the side. But there is an interstate commerce law providing that no common carrier shall transport persons at less than the published rate.

The contention is that in these cases the trainmen conspired to transport passengers at less, and hence are amenable to the law. FAILED IN A LAND OF PLENTY. So Selbow Is Going Back to Siberia and Prison Chains. NEW YORK. April Selbow found America "the graveyard of all hopes and ambition." After four years of failure in the States he sailed today for Russia to surrender and return to the mines of Siberia, from which he escaped four years ago.

"it Is better for a Russian to stay in Russia or even Siberia than to live on hope or charity in America," were his parting words. When Seibow escaped he fled first to Canada. Shortly afterward he tried St. Paul, Toronto and finally New York. With him fortune proved a wanton and he determined that he would go back to his chains rather than remain a fallure In a land of plenty.

CITY ELECTS SOCIALIST MAYOR J. Sutt Wilson Won in Berkeley, by 284 Majority, BERKELEY, April the first time in the history of California, a Socialist was elected mayor of a city in this state, when J. Stitt Wilson defeated Beverly Hodghead, the Republican Incumbent, today, by a plurality of 284 for mayor of Berkeley. Wilson received 2.750 votes and Hodghead 2,466. Wilson Socialist candidate for governor last November.

He was formerly a minwas later. John W. Wood died Kansas, home, 2025 The Death of A Pioneer. Kansas Avenue, at 7 o'clock last night. Funeral services will be at the residence at 2 o'elock Tuesday afternoon.

Burial at Forest Hill. Mr. Wood was born at Stanton, W. in 1831. He was one of the early settlers in Kansas and was one of the men called upon defend Lawrence fu.

the Civil War. He was a restdent of this city thirty years. Chicago Stockman Stricken. SAN ANTONIO, April 1-H. Woods Robinson of the stock commission firm of Clay Robinson Co.

of Chicago suffered a stroke of apoplexy here tonight and is reported in a critical condition. BRIEF BITS OF CITY NEWS. The Eugene Field Mothers' Club will meet with Mra. Beam, 525 Stewart Avenue, Kansas City, Wednesday afternoon. Elinor Johnston brought suit for divorce from John W.

Johnston. switchman, in Independence yesterday. Mra. Louise Brady brought suit for divorce from Wilber F. Brady, Mira, Mary Grubb, 39 years old, the wife of W.

M. Grubb, painter, died early yerterday morning at the general hospital. She lived at 1125 East Fifth Street. Burial will be In Lexington. Mo.

Daniel Dugan. 1842 Holly Street, fell from westbound Twelfth Street car at 8:20 o'clock last night at the corner of Twelfth Street and Broadway. His left ankle wan sprained. He was taken to the Mignourt Pneitie Hospital. Today a birthday anniversary of George.

S. Bryant, principal of the Independence Bish School. The members of the senior class gave a reception to the alumni the in ate honor Inst niht Mr. Bryant has been principal of the high school for ton yours. GOOD LOSERS IN BOYVILLE.

Close Election Which Left No Soreness. Two dozen boys, from 9 to 17 years, were gathered around a table in the gymnasium of the Independence Boulevard Christian Church at o'clock last night while the ballots in the 7:80, first city election in Boyville were being counted by the judges and clerks. They were talking, laughing, and making "bets" on the outcome of the election, screeched a small boy who was standing where he could see the figures, "Stanley's elected, Stanley's elected, wheeee!" The election in Boyville yesterday was hard fought, but there are no sore spots there today. After it everybody congratulated the "Winners, and the only dissipation that followed was a few checker games. A heavy vote wast cast.

Ninety-eight of a possible 102 voters of the boy city of the church visited the polls. Stanley Roach of the Independent Party received B. F. thirty-nine Rounds, and was elected. water candidate, received thirty-two votes votes and Wallace Glasscock, land candidate, twenty-four.

Mayor Roach made this statement after the returns were announced: "I can't see any particular reason why I should be elected over the other boys, both good fellows and each They are would make a good mayor. I intend to fulfill my campaign pledges to the letter and I know the other officers will supwill give the little boys the port me. same consideration as the big ones, re-1 gardless of party lines." The other winners made similar state: ments, promising to support the mayor land defeated to give every candidates one a were square good deal. losers. The all believed that the boys best They fitted for the offices had That the election was absolutely fair vouched for the election commissioners and judges who had been chosen from all the parties.

"The only thing that looked like graft, said George H. Combs, defeated candidate for city clerk on the dependent ticket, "was what B. F. Rounds, did. He used a motor car to bring in some doubtful ones.

The returns show that the ride didn't influence them much." The vote follows: Glasscock (Land), 24; Stanley Roach 39; B. F. Rounds Mayor--Wallace (Water), 32, Clerk- Carl Rice (Land), 20 James Stipp 46; George Combs, Jr. ter), 30. Herman Nagel (Land), 12; Edwin Duncan 31; Carl Hise (Water), 51.

Board of Public Works- -Chairman, William Horner (Land), 23; Maurice Tomlinson 27; Jack Baer (Water), 44. Second member, Chauncy Colton (Land), 20; Sterling Sparrow 37; Raymond Brewster (Water), Third member, Elliott Russell Elliott 35; Chauncey (Land), 32: Flagg George (Water), 29, Marshal -Floyd Mack (Land), 29; Harold Ragan 33 Edwin Hess (Water), 30. The three parties were unanimous for one thing yesterday afternoon. That was a parade. It was headed by a motor car occupied by the three candidates for mayor.

Following were four buggies, eight wagons full of voters, thirteen bicycles and sixty "citizens." And there was a band of eight pieces. The parade, two blocks long, covered the streets within 8 radius of four blocks of the church. The marchers carried banOne read: "I am happy, I am going to vote for Stanley Roach for mayor." Another: "The hobo exchanges his vote for a job manicuring sidewalks or massaging boulevards. Every good citizen of Boyville should vote for the best man and not exchange his vote for any special Youngsters dressed as, cowboys, Indians, negro minstrels, soldiers and suffragettes took part in the parade. The Land party carried standards declaring in favor of women's rights.

"They're a bunch of sissies, anyhow," said a member of the Independents. "We're not, either," came back a "landlubber," as they were "We on what we you can't. That's the reason you are an dependent." The officers elect will be installed next Friday night by the Rev. George H. Combs, pastor of the church, and the government will be organized the following Friday.

PATROLMAN SHOT AT A ROOMER. Police Commissioner Investigates North Side Assault, Solon T. Gilmore, police commissioner, has ordered an investigation of an assault which Charles A. Palmer, a patrolman not on duty, made last night I upon D. C.

Gantt, a painter, at the rooming house conducted by Palmer's wife, 721 Main Street. As Gantt entered the apartments Palmer at him and then knocked him down. The painter escaped, however, without further injury. He says he was returning to the Palmer ing house, where he had lodged several weeks, to obtain his clothing. Palmer charged him with paying attentions to his wife.

Yesterday morning he obtained three days layoff from Captain Bray of the West Bottoms Station, out of which he works, to remain at home. No arrests had been made last night. But Senator Gilmore, who went to the police headquarters at midnight, declared the matter should be investigated thoroughly. "We want no officers on the force who are connected with rooming houses," he said. Gantt, victim of Palmer's alleged assault, lives al.

908 Park Avenue. The Rev. C. W. Moore to Lecture.

The Rev. Charles W. Moore will deliver three lectures this week. At 4 o'clock Thursday afternoon he will give the Arst of a series of six lectures before the Fisk Training School, Friday night a stereopticon lecture at the Independence Boulevard Christian Church, "One Hundred Glimpses of Europe and the Mediterranean Countries," and Saturday night at the Beacon Hill Congregational Church his subject will be "Questions and Answers of Real Life." DECLARE FOR "OPEN SHOP" BUILDING CONTRACTORS NO LONGER RECOGNIZE CARPENTERS' UNION. Yesterday's Strike a Sequence of Broken Faith a Year Ago, the Employers Say--Workmen Come Back With Counter Charges.

The Carpenter's Union will not be recognized by the forty contractors who are members of the General Contractors' Association. The open shop has been declared by the contractors in answer to the demands of the union carpenters who struck yesterday. The wage scale, which has been fifty cents an hour for all grades of carpenter work, has been changed to a sliding scale of from thirty to fifty cents hour, according to the kind of work to be done, some of the contractors said last night. The contractors business at this time will not justify an increase and that they refuse to treat with the carpenters' union because it refused to keep faith with the agreement of a year ago. On the question of the agreement of a year ago there wide difference I the contractors and the union carpenters.

The union carpenters say they demanded five cents an hour and a half-Saturday year round. To induce them to continue work, they say, the contractors agreed to pay them fifty cents an hour and give them a half-Saturday for six months in the year, with the further promise that their full demands would be granted April 1, 1911. The contractors say there was a proviso in the contract which said that the increase would be granted April 1, 1911, "if the business justified it." SIGNED AGREEMENT WITHOUT AUTHORITY, Some of the contractors say the carpenters now contend that the committee of union carpenters which signed that agreement was not authorized to do so, and they refuse to live up to the agreement. "There will be no further negotiations with the carpenters looking to an adjustment of the strike," A. E.

Madorie, a contractor, said last night. "The contractors have declared this an open shop town, so far as the carpenters are concerned. will have no trouble employing all carpenters we need, and good ones, too. Business at this time will not justify an increase and the carpenters know it. They went squarely back on their agreement and we are done with them." The reason some of the large contractors agreed yesterday the indemanded by the carpenters was because they had contracted to complete buildings in a certain time, some of the smaller contractors explained.

When those completed it will be a different story, they say. THE CARPENTERS ARE HOPEFUL. The carpenters are hopeful of an early settlement. They will ask the contractors to make good their promise of a year ago and grant the increase and the half Saturday the year There will be meetings of the union at Labor Headquarters this week to make plans to continue the strike if necessary. TALKED TOO LOUD OF SUICIDE.

Neighbors Overheard C. 0. Diveley's Threats and Locked Him Up. If he hadn't talked so loud, Charles 0. Diveley, an inspector for the city health department, might have succeeded in his plan to commit suicide last night.

But neighbors heard him quarrel with his wife and make threats of takline When his life. William They Stanchiff, the a police. patrolman, arrived at the home, 428 Forest Avenue, a shotgun loaded and was preparing shoot himself. He was had, taken to the police station for safe keeping. Last December Diveley was acquitted by a jury in the criminal court of blame for shooting Della M.

Thompson. The woman, with a companion, entered Diveley's home about midnight after an all night drinking bout. The companion threatened Diveley with a revolver, the testimony showed. When he obtained a revolver in self-defense, Mrs. Thompson attempted to take it from him.

In the struggle she was shot. Now an Unbreakable Glass. From the Pittsburg Dispateb. Baccarat, France, has the honor of producing the first glass that is un-. breakable.

The new process has been successfully applied to the manufacture of lamp chimneys for use in coal mines containing much fire damp. The glassmakers of Baccarat have also succeeded in increasing the elasticity of the glass. This they accomplish by adding magnesia and oxide to the ordinary crystal glass. Mrs. Charles T.

Yerkes Ill. NEw YORK, April -Mrs. Mary Ade laide Yerkes, widow of the late Charles T. Yerkes, is dangerously ill in her home here. Her physician said she 1s suffering from heart trouble following a nervous breakdown.

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