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SHOULD PLAYERS BUY SUITS?
Club Owner Cannot Afree on the De
bated Proposition.
PEUTTSY ELEVEJT SEEKING GAME
Rsraaa Its Palter In tna Past It
Haw Krrrr . Diimn iritis fire at
ntfflraltr Prefers II r-
, Tftri or rrirlo.
Orarlout goodness, what a fuss Is hrlnR
msrls about ball plsysrs paying for their
uniforms! There's nothing new to It. That
rlauss haa ber-n In the bane hail contract
for the last fifteen years anil more.
It haa been the custom of the players
when driving a a harp or good-natured bar
gain, aa tha case might be, for a suc
ceeding yteer, to Indues the rlub owner to
waive tha elausn about unlforrna. If the
owner flarnred that the player"a aervlcea
were worth much to him-, and that the
player had Increased In general ability,
very often he waa shrewd enough to pro
pose "right off tha reel" that the uniform
BhoviM be thrown In, thereby making the
player look through roay spectacles.
If the player happened to do aome par
ticularly brilliant "atunt" he often found
the owner In mood to waive the uniform
clause.
Aa a reeult aome of the clubs wore pay
ing for the uniforms and soma were not.
The players discovered It and made a lot
of complaint. It doesn't take much to
bring complnlnt out of a ball player.
Mr. Hermann of. Cincinnati and not Mr.
Murphy of Chlcage suggested In the Na
tional league, meeting, that for the sake of
harmony the owners , elt her agree to buy
the unlforrna or to, make the players pay
for one, and stick to It, and he waa quite
right.
There la no particular reason why a ball
player should not purchase one uniform.
He gets almoat everything else without
cost. Including his board for three months.
This One Is Better.
John B. Bruce of Cincinnati Is secretary
of the National commission. He says that
In 700 cases, which have been heard by
the commission, thern are but two Instances
on record where ball playera have not told
the truth.
There's a great feather In the cap of the
professional ball player. Ha may do things
which he shouldn't do, and which will re
act on him In the long run, but when It
cornea to going before the moat Important
body with which he has to deal In his
public career,' he doesn't balk at the
truth. ' ,
Ball playera are fond atf their Jokes, and
aa moat of them have 'the boyish side of
their natures developed to a large degree,
they are fond of practical Jokea.
Sometimes It (a hard to tell when they
are fooling and. when, yej mean what they
say. When It comes to a business propo
sition, In which their dealings with a
"thousand . and one owners throughout tho
United States are "on the carpet," the
ball player la "on the level."
If It Isn't a tribute to the honesty of base
ball It Isn't anything. , .
i' D14 It Parf
Everywhere In the east Pennsylvania
seeks a game with another eleven from
one of the larger universities. , No game
appears to be forthcoming.
Once Pennsylvania was friendly ally
of Harvard. Then came the season when
the players on the Pennsylvania team Be
gan to be questioned by Harvard, and
when fhera .'were! tnd'ograph In the pos
session of Boston and Harvard men show
ing some of the Pennsylvania players en
gaged In professional games In the west.
"Pennay" stuck to its open door policy
of amateur standing and lost Ita game
with Harvard, and since then Pennsyl
vania haa had no game with Harvard,
Yale or Princeton. '
It la true that about the mu... time Har
vard waa Involved In the famous Cults
affair, but Harvard cleaned up in a hurry,
and Pennsylvania was more willing to de
fend Its actions than to concede that a
point or two might hive been strained.
Pennsylvania would like mighty well
now to get a game with Princeton or with
Harvard.
It didn't pay. '
PH V SLCJL4N . STOPS BOXINO BOUT
Aatharity fader New Pollc Rriola.
tloa In Philadelphia Eserrlsted.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. ?7.-The new po
lice regulation empowering the club phy
sician to stop a bovlng bout when he deems
It necessary waa enforced for the first time
today at the National Athletic club. Phil
McOovern of Brooklyn was prevented from
continuing In his match with Eddie O'Keefe
of this city after McGovern had been
knocked down In .the fifth round. In the
Judgment of the referee, both men were
In condition to continue the full six rounds,
but the physician at the ringside thought
otherwise. v
In tit main bout between Frankle Madole
of Pittsburg and Eddie Murphy of Boston,
the former, although outweighed, put up
a good tight and got a draw.
HORIHNKN TO HOLD CONVENTION
H. K; iMfereax Usees fall for Mret
'1g to Better Conditions.
CLKVrUANlJ, O.. Tec. ?7.-H. K. Dever
eux. president of tha' Grand Circuit, today
Issued a call for a national convention of
all horsemen to meet In Buffalo January
. The object is said to be "the better
ment of aU trotting Interests, whether track
managers, owners or trainers."
Mr. Devermix also Issued a call for the
annual meeting of stewards of the Grand
Circuit, to be held In Buffalo January 10.
t'aaltol Pool Toirnrj,
Shepard defented Kralick. loo to A. and
by heating blm so d. ialvely li -a. turrit
fourth prise by . seven halls. Shepard als.i
muds tha hiKheat run of the tourney with
forty-one. which was previously held by
Riley with forty. '1 here are but two more
Karnes tt play and they are between the
three highest men. Reynolds lead with
only eighteen balls short of a perfect
score. Kiley Is second with thirtv-two
short, and Porter la third with thirty,
eight short, or Just twenty-behlnd Rey
nolds, whom bo plays tonight, and he will
have to boat Reynolds by twenty-one halls
to have a chance for first money and then
Reynolds will have to defeat Riley by
seven balls. Score of game:
Hhepard, IS U 1 7 IS 10 10 7-MO
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High Run fhepard, 41
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Ssvrlatlas Race Is Spoiled.
JOHANNESBURG,- South Africa. Ilea.
W A lW-ard daali .between the Dmitri Af
rican sprinters. Jack Donaldson and R F
Walker, was spotted today when kVaiker
at sixty yards stumbled and fell Donal.l
aon'a tint waa nine and five-eighth, sec
on da, only a quarter of a huii.I slower
than hie world a prvfalonal record. Th
rare was for the professional championship
snd tbs holder bad a slight lead wti.n
4ar lost out.,.
Plans for Big Bout
of Giant Grapplers
Nearing Completion
Pospisil and Smith and Breedlove with
Some Other Lightweight Will
be Curtain Raiser
Preliminary bouts for the Mr Hacken-eohmldt-Weetergaard
match are occupying
Manager J. M. Glllan'a mind. The most
likely looking pair for the three fall pre
liminary of the big bout January 3 are
Raymond Bmlth of Council Bluffs and
PonpHil of Omaha. The men are fast and
will weigh about 1G5 pounds each, Pmlth
being slightly the taller. A second match,
one fall, probably will be put on with
Young Breeeillove. one of the popular local
wrestlers, and some other lightweight.
Interest In the Harkenschmldt-Wester-gaard
contest Is growing dally and the ad
vance sale of out-of-town tickets will be
considerably larger ' than usual, says Mr.
Ctlllan. Iowana, who are proud of their
man Gotch, are anxious to get a view ot
Westergaard. the big man who will cer
tainly be matched with Frank If he re
turns to wrestling.
PUT CURB ON ATHLETES
Missouri Valley Schools May Bale
Against One Man in All Games.
ATHLETES NEGLECT OTHER WORK
Ararnment In Favor of Mmltatloa
Based on Contention that Ath
letic Enthusiasm Defeata Real
Object of Schools.
The old question of limiting the number
of sports In which a student may partici
pate In one year Is coming up again In
tho schools in the Missouri valley. The
discussion does not include the big state
universities, but applies more to the high
schools and small colleges.
The argument of those who wish for
reform Is that with the many and varied
college sports of today the student who Is
given to athletics gives up his whole time
to them for the honor of his school and
to the detriment of his- personal interest
In hla studies. A further charge that
teachers are inclined to favor the athletic
men In order that they may keep up in
their atudles is made.
Beginning with the school year In Sep
tember the foot ball practice is started,
and from then until Thanksgiving there is
very little time for anything else. Imme
diately after Thanksgiving basket ball
looms up and, as in small schools and col
leges there are but few athletes, the foot
ball men make up the basket ball squad.
Basket ball is continued until far Into
March and really covers the Indoor track
season and ends Just before the spring
track work begins. Strange to say, the
same men who appeared on tha foot ball
eleven aniS on the basket ball squad are
right on hand for places and honors In
the track team. The base ball season
finds the same men on hand.
In many cases the parent objects and al
lows his son to work In only ' one sport,
but In recent years the ' school' authorities
have taken a hand and have made rulings
which do not actually forbid the student's
playing on more than one team, but which
In practice make It Impossible,
Af present Crelghton, university, which
for'Vears has not, had: a track. sqifaS- and
never haa had a basket ball five, Is going
to try these sports Oils season, but with
misgivings on the part of many parents
that It will take up too much, time in the
spring season. At the Omaha High school
several parents haVe forbidden their aons
to work on foot ball team, basket ball
five and the track. Bellevue haa had no
basket ball team for some years. The
Omaha university contemplates having no
track team. Lincoln and other high
schools In Nebraska and many of the
small colleges in Iowa, Nebraska and Mis
souri will drop one sport arid still more
have men whose parents refuse to allow
tl.em to shine in all lines of athletics.
Hackenschmidt Works
Hour to Throw Roller
Russian Gets First Fall in One Hour,
Seven Minutes and Second in
Fifteen Minutes.
BOSTON, Mass.. Deo. 77. George Hacken
schmidt, the Russian wrestler, tonight de
feated Dr. Ben P. Roller of Seattle, by
winning two straight falls, the first in
one hour, seven minutes; the second In
fifteen minutes and twenty-three seconds,
with an arm grab and a body rolL
PHEPAHB FOR . SPOKI E EVENT
Extensive Prise 1,1st for Welters novel
Ingr Tourney March T to IT.
SPOKANE. Wash., Pea . When the
Western Rowling congress has Its fifth an
nual tournament In Spokane. March 7 to 17,
the largest cash prises ever guaranteed at a
bowling meeting will be offered In contest
for five-man and two-man teams and Indi
viduals. In the event of 140 entries In the
first named the grand pr'se will be 11,000,
other purses making a, total of $3,035. tiix
hundred dollars of a total of 17T Is of
fered as the chief prize for two-man teams
and 1450 of a total of $1. $23.50 aa first prize
for the best Individual score. A. L. Jen
kins, secretary of the tournament, haa se
cured the state armory, where six regula
tion alleys will be Installed.
OAK PARK WIN? UAME OX COAST
Chlcaso I. ads Victors by Score of
Twenty-two to IVothlna".
9I0ATTI.E, -Wash.;. - Pee. ' 7.-The Oak
Park High school eleven defeated the We
natchee. Wash., eleven, 22 to 0, today.
Wenatchee was outclasKed at every point
by the Chicago boys, but the game was
made Interesting by the brilliancy with
which the Oak Park team unfolded play
after play that had never before been
seen on a Pacific coast felld.
Oak Park scored three touchdowns, kick
ing one goal and made two place kicks.
NVenatcliee never got nearer Chicago's
goal than the twenty-five-) ard line, and
that only once. Wenatchee. Iilthertoo un
defeated, had a slight advantage In weight,
but their team work was poor. ,
LAM.K-Dl KN KKillT l I.OM)0
Call torn Ian lladly I'aaished la IX
Hoand Host In London.
KONPON. Ieo. 27. Hill Inge. the
former heavyweight champion of Australia,
severely punished Jack Burns of Califor
nia in a go at the Olyrupia today. The
match was for twenty rounus. but the
referee stopped the fight In the twelfth
to save Burns from further pounding and
declared the Australian the winner. Lange
sent the American to Uie floor several
times. A big crowd witnessed the bout.
NO MORE TURKEY DAY BATTLES
Question, However, Isto be Brought
Up at Next Meeting.
THAlfKSOrmO DAY GAMES PAY
Annnnl Foet Rail Contests at K annas
City Have Helped Carry Ath
letic at Both Mlssnari and
Kansas for Tears.
Among the questions that will come up
for discussion at the meeting of the repre
sentatives of the Missouri Valley confer
ence schools in Pes Moines on January (
will be one relative to the Thanksgiving day
foot ball contests. By an edict of the fac
ulty delegates at a meeting In Kansss City
last spring the Turkey day contests were
ordered off the menu after 1P10, so none of
the managers of the conference schools are
scheduling games for next Thanksgiving.
Through this new ruling Kansas, Mis
souri, Ames, Prake and Nebraska all were
dealt severe blows. The Kansas City game
between Kansas and Missouri, hss always
been the sustaining pole that has kept the
athletic departments of those schools on
easy street This game haa each fall netted
both schools large sums, and has given
them a large profit In tho treasury at the
end of each athletic year.
Now, with the Turkey day game stricken
off the list, these schools must Buffer
greatly. Columbia, where the University of
Missouri is located, affords a poor place
for a foot ball contest. It Is a small town,
difficult to reach by railroads, and not fa
vored as a place for games by other school.
In the valley. Lawrence, the home of the
Jayhawkers, is much better located as re-
garda railroad facilities, but It also Is a
small town, and would not produce a crowd
that could be compared favorably with the
masses that rushed to the games of the
two schools In the city on the Kaw.
Nebraska has always made several thou
sands off Us Thanksgiving day contest.
The last season was a great stccess finan
cially because of the large crowd whloh
was In attendance at the game with the
Haskell Indians In Lincoln. Ames and
Prake, who have been playing In the
Stadium at Pea Moines on Turkey day for
several years, have attracted large crowds,
and they will be losers by several thou
sand dollars as a result of the action of
the faculty men.
Strong; Protest Looked For.
Though a strong protest will be registered
by both Kansas and Missouri at the con
ference meeting, It is unlikely that the
rule will be rescinded. The faculty rep
resentatives made the law and It must
stand until thex see fit to change It. The
conference representativ" might request
the faculty cohorts to change their mind
but even among the conference delegates
there are some men who are opposed to
the ThanKsglvlng day contest and they
will flfht a change to the old regime.
It was at the suggestion of Iowa, abetted
by a Nebraska man. that the Thanksgiv
ing day game was abolished. These same
delegate will be present at the Pes Moines
meeting and can be relied upon to fight
against the proposed change.
Iowa, being a member of the Chicago,
or western, conference, Is not permitted
to play on Thanksgiving, and it waa in
strumental in getting the same regulation
arrocting the Turkey day game shoved
upon the Missouri valley schools. So long
as the Chicago conference schools are kept
rrom playing on Thanksgiving, Iowa will
oppose a rule which will allow the Mis
souri valley schools this privilege.
It is certain, though, there will be a
warm discussion over the change to the
old rule, and the Pes Moines meeting will
probably bring out an acrimonious flow
of words. The Missouri and Kansas dele
gates will go to the Iowa city primed for
a heated debate. Nebraska would like to
have its delegate make a fight, but for
the last two years the students have been
tied hands and feet by the fetters of a
delegate who Is one of the staunchest of
the staunch "purity" men. He fights
against the broader things In athletics and
refusea to consent to any of the liberal
policies that made Missouri valley ath
letics powerful eight or nine years ago.
Since he came Into a position of control,
Cornhusker athletics have declined. The
foot ball success of thia fall was an ex
ception to the rule of poor athleUo teams
at Nebraska, but it was only ephemeral,
as the result of the next few seasons will
doubtless show. v
Coles Has High Score
and Gets Dozen Balls
Chooses Fifteen in Country Club Blind
Bogey Contest and Makes Course
in One Hundred.
Isaac A. Coles won the golf tournament
for one dozen golf balls at the Country
club yesterday. The following playera won
one ball each: George M. Rlbbel, Frank J.
Hocl. Fred Montgomery, George C. Smith,
Thomas A. Fry and T. J. Mahoney. The
prizes were given by Z. T. Lindsey.
The blind bogey system of contest play
ing was used. The blind bogey was eighty
five. Each player selected a number for
his handicap. Mr. Coles selected fifteen
and made the course In 100.
"Mike Dnlr 1'oiod Dead In fell.
BANGOR. Me.. Pec. 27.-"Mlke" Paly
former lightweight pugullst. was found
dead In a cell in the police station here
at H o'clock this morning. City Phvsician
Burgess turned In 'sudden death, no au
topsy." on the certificate. A coroner was
called In, but It was decided an Inquest
unnecessary. Daly's longest fight was
with Austin Gibbons of Paterson. N J
In New Orleans, lialv being knocked out hi
the thirty-first round.
ei I m in I n a Match at Purtlaad.
PORTLAND. Ore., 1 ec. 27. -The annual
swim of the Multnomah Athletic club In
the Wllliamette river was won by Lewis
Thomas of the M. A. A. C. In one minute
two und thre-foiirth seconds. I'avid
Welch of the arne club won second place
and H. Ware of Vancouver. R. c. won
third honors. The distance was 100 yards
An immense crowd witnessed the contest
Thirty-three awimmers participated.
W heeler May Gala Release.
ROI'TII RFXI) lnd Tl. 71. i.
I pecttd the formal release of Manager Kddie
lic-iri ift uin ftoiiin lien'l chid. Which won
the Central league ch:inijoniliio this year
will be announced tomorrow. Wheeler wlli
arrive In the morning to confer with Owner
Annls. and as the difference between the
two men is only Ju) it is likely tney will
get together.
White Bests MrGovern.
MILWAI KEK. Wis.. Deo. 27-Jack White
of Chicago all but knocked out Gene Mc
Govern In a ten-round bout today McGov
ern was substituted for Johnr.v 8 hulls of
Toledo, w ho w as taken sick. The bout was
an uninteresting one, It lelng a plugging
match In which White did the slugging.
When giver, as soon as the croupy
rough appears Chsni be Ham's Cough Rem
edy will ward off an attack of croup and
prevent all danger and cause of anxiety.
Thousands of mothers use It successfully.
Sold bv all dealer.
Grahame-Whitc Pulls
Out of Channel Trials
Admiralty Refuses to Allow Torpedo
Boats to Accompany in
Their Flights.
INPON, Pec JT.-Assextlng thst he Is
acting on the Instructions of his medical
adviser, Claude Grahams-White, who had
a narrow escape from serious Injury a
week ago, and whose aeroplane was
burned Sunday, has decided to forego
further attempts at flights across the
KngllBh channel for distance In competing
for the Baron de Forest prise of 130.000.
Because It would Interfere with the
Christmas holidays of the men, the ad
miralty has refused Baron de Forest's re
quest to have torpedo boats accompany
aviators In their cross channel flights for
his prize.
Only five days more of the competition
remain, and two competitors are stllj In
the field, Robert Laralne, an actor, and
Captain F. 8. Cody. It, Is likely, however,
that Toung Sopwlth, who. In a flight from
Sheppy, crossed the channel and covered
more than 170 miles, landing In Belgium,
will prove the winner.
It Is not unlikely that araharae-Whlte'a
withdrawal from the contest was In part
die to the refusal of the admiralty to lend
Its aid to the aviators.
There Is still no news of Cecil Grace,
nephew of the late Mayor W. R. Graoe of
New York, who waa lost last week In a
return flight across the channel from
Calais.
GOTCH WISHES TO COME BACK
Fanner Burns Will Back Him Against
the World.
PREFERS THE RUSSIAN LION
Also Bays He Will Undertake to
Throw Westergaard or Roller for
a Two Thoasand-Dollar Bet,
Winner to Take All.
Farmer Burns of Omaha will back Frank
A. Gotch for $20,000 against any man In tha
world, George Hackenschmidt preferred,
winner to take all of the wrestlers' share
of the gate money or puree.
Mr. Burns makes this challenge on the
authority of Frank Gotch, champion of
the world, rrom whom he has received
word that he will re-enter the arena If
Burns arranges a match for him. The
Farmer also make a sweeping challenge
to several other wrestlers for himself or
Fred Beell.
He makes this statement:
"I have deposited I2S0 with The Bee and
$250 with another paper, and will leave it
there until January 10. If any one means
business let him put up $1,000 forfeit, and I
will put up the remaining sum. If I fall,
they get my $500. On January 17 I will
put up $6,000 more. If they cover that I
will put up the remainder of the $20,000.
Let the Associated Press pick a referee.
"The match must be catch-as-catch-can,
two best out of three,, by modern rules,
and any reasonable time to train; match
to be pulled off anywhere in America
where they give biggest purse. Here's a
chance for Hackenshmldt, as there have
been several boasts of, his ability and he
and his promoters have, circulated reports
about Gotch that are not true.
"Here Is another challenge -to Roller or
Westergaard. Fred -Be11 or Farmer
Burns will wrestle etthei one for $1,000 to
$2,009, winner to take all. Either one of us
will weigh under 1S8 pounds and I am 60
years old. Here's a chance for all these
champion. I
"I leave today for Pavenport la., to
straighten up my financial affairs, and
go from there to Chicago to see my mother
and sisters. I will be back here January
6 to cover all forfeits.
"I consider Mahmout, the Turk, the best
wrestler In the world, barring Gotch.
"FARMER BURNS."
Metropolitans Take
Two of Three Games
Quartermasters Are Defeated in Mer
cantile League Storz Malts
Win Three Times.
In the Mercantile league last night the
Metropolitans won two from the Q. M.
P's, R. Zuckmelster rolling high totals
for the evening with M5. Merslg of the Q.
M. P.'s ffot high single game with $05.
In the Booster league the Btora Malts
won three from the Rod and Oun club.
Purkee of the Malta made high single
game for the season with 241
The Omaha Bedding Co. won three from
the Mazeppaa. Wllley rolled 63S for high
total.
The scores
METROPOLITANS.
1st. td. Sd. Total.
Johnson 149 107 135 391
R. Zuckmelster.. .4....1M IKS 199 646
Shaw .....147 121 147 416
Totals 464 4t
Q. M. DEPARTMENT.
1st. td.
Martes 147 1
Merslg Vol 121
Straw 13s 107
4U l.$a
Sd.
Total.
400
48 1
880
1.321
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Total.
395
4f.O
4:
4.'f3
534
147
206
135
4S7
Sd.
124
m
14
134
148
Totals 440 iff
STORZ MALTS.
1st.
2d.
Stora .....
Hall
Eastman
Iirummy
Durkee ..
Totals
...131
...161
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140
114
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749 $.2ti
OMAHA ROP AND GUN CLUB.
1st. 2d. 3d. Total.
O. Blerman i: 1&3 lul 3w)
VYhtttemore 112 144 1k 42J
Hatch 1T1 103 141 414 I
.xtraw 145 121 131 8:7 1
Sutter 166 15i 149 4.4 j
Totals 728 79 ... ...
Handicap 4 4
Total 732 683 639 l.m
MAZEPPAS.
1st. 2d. Sd. Totai.
Matthes 167 147 ltr 4K
1 -a lit a lut 160 185 444
liawley 143 14.' 17 :,
Straw 124 lf4 1 4JS
SWimidt 176 181 li4 601
Totals 719 729 7i 2.246
OMAHA BUDDING CO.
1st. 2d. 3d. Total.
Eidson iss ih4 i;a i.jij
Moors 14" 1.4 lwj 4oa
Wllley 178 170 ISO, Ull
liianijstrom 1T7 2o2 JM). i.'
E. Johnson 124 176 l'.iy fjjl
Totals m7 awi 8."i9 2.5c2 !
Handicap 30 14 21 63
Totals 327 90U j.w7
Mlsaoarl All-stars Defeated.
ST. LOUIS. Mo., Dec. J7.-The Notre
Dame team of Indiana defeated the Mis
souri All-titars here today. Score, 12 to 0.
A Fortunate Texan.
1; .W. Goodlue. Dallas, Tex., found a sure
cute for malaria and bllluusiiess in Dr.
King's New Life Pllis. Tba. Fur sale by
Beaton Drug Co.
CHANGE IN IMMIGRATION LAW
Secretary Ragel Says Need is Vital in
This Direction.
FAMILIES SHOULD STAY TOGETHER
Coating; Year, Mr. Tiaael. Believes,
Will Almost Kqaal Record In the
?! amber of Aliens Admitted
to Vnlted States.
WASHINGTON, Pec. 27. Secretary
Kegel's" annual report, sent to the presi
dent today, contains many Important rec
ommendations for changes and Improve
ments In the various bureaus and branches
of the Department of Commerce and
Labor.
Great popular Interest attaches to the Im
migration and naturalization ot aliens, and
much of the secretary's report Is devoted
to that aubject.
One of the hardships of the rresent Im
migration laws. Secretary Nagel believes.
Is the separation of families. In many In
stances a father Is admitted and his wife
and children are barred out after the
pioneer has made a home. The secretary
believes that a more equitable system could
be found, and says he assumes It Is tho
purpose of the law to keep families to
gether and not to separate them. The
secretary suggests that some system by
which Inquiry should be made about the
families of Immigrants before fathers and
sons are admitted, should be put Into prac
tice. Unless Immigration can be diverted from
Ellis Island or reduced, there is need for
additions to the facilities there. At no port
Is there any adequate provision for hand
ling Immigrants, declares the secretary, al
though at most places sites have already
been bought by the government for build
ings to be used for these purposes.
Steamship Companies I.ax.
Stricter regulation of steamship com
panies in the immigrant traffic Is urged In
the report and a system of fines for com
panies which bring Insane Immigrants or
those afflicted with contagious diseases is
proposed. The secretary declares that the
Immigration officials even find It unwise
to allow alien employes of steamships to
land on American soil without applying the
Ijrgual examination to them.
While tha fiscal year 1910 brought a
total of 1.198,037 immigrants to the United
States, the prediction is made that the
coming year will approach the banner
year 1907, when more than 1.2S5.000 aliens
came in. Of all those who came this year
more than 274,000 admitted they had been
assisted by friends. All the immigrants
brought a total of 328,197,745 with them, a
per capita of about 27. The bulk of the
immigration continues to be drawn from
southern and eastern Europe. Two per
cent of all who applied for admission were
turned back. They numbered 24,270 In all,
as against 10,411 In 1909. Though no Increase
In attempts to Import contract labor Is ap
parent, 1,700 aliens were deported aa such
during the year. Stricter legislation to
govern that class of Immigration ' Is rec
ommended. Secretary Nagel refers briefly to viola
tions of the white slave law and declares
that ' immigration officials are able to
cope with only a fraction of the violations.
If the traflo Is to be stamped out, he
says, the state and municipalities must
take a more active Interest.
Promotion by Merit.
Promotion of employes by merit and
not entirely by scholastic examination Is
treated at length by Secretary Nagel, who
believes scholastic examination may be
proper, when an applicant enters the
government service. The conditions within
the service, however, he thinks, call for
an entirely different test for promotion.
"Employes work under the direction and
observation of chiefs of bureaus and di
visions and their capacity, efficiency and
resourcefulness are Judged by them," says
the secretary. "In the final analysis their
rights to advancement should be wholly
determined by the opinions of these super
vising officials, provided such opinions are
well Informed, judicious and conscien
tiously reached."
Secretary Nagel puts himself on record
In favor of some sort of superannuation
or retirement for clerks. He believes com
pulsory retirement for age or disability
would be an economically measure for
the government and expresses the opinion
that If salaries of clerks are to remain
as they are, the government can afford
to provide a straight pension without
contribution from employes.
The work of the bureau of corporations
haa been highly important during the year,
and probably this month a comprehensive
report on Its Investigation of the lumber
industry will be completed. The bureau
now has underway Investigations of the
International Harvester company, the
steel and tobacco Industries, concentra
tion of water power ownership, and cor
porate taxation.
Likes Corporation Publicity.
Secretary Nagel believes the value of
corporation publicity has 'been proved.
"There should be," he says, "an active
and permanent system of publicity under
the federal government, by which all im
portant Industrial corporations engaged In
Interstate commeroe shall report to one
federal agenry the essential facts of their
business. Federal action of this sort is
necessary because no state system can
comprehensively cover the subject. Thus,
with a central agency of business informa
tion In continuous operation, the country
would have reliable Information on the
management of our commercial forces,
public opinion would be afforded a basis
of Intelligent action, unjust prejudice would
be removed and business Interests would
have a aource of Information on corporate
facts covering the entire country. There
would be a permanent and recognized point
of contract between the government and
could be considered, co-operation could be
Increased and uniformity of corporate ac
counting could be secured."
In reviewing the work of the bureau of
fisheries, iv cretary Nagel proposed a pro
tected zone for ail fur bearing animals and
would have It located on the Aleutlun
Inlands. Fox and other fur bearing ani
mals have been generally slaughtered
there, the bureau of fisheries has found,
and many of the animals have been pois
oned by aliens who wanted their skins.
The secretary recommends that some part
ot the Islands be made a reservation and
that a wireless station bo Installed at
Dutch harbor, or 1'nalaska and alho on the
I'rlbllof Islands. Revenue cutters would
be able to operate to greater advantage
against pe.UKlc sealers If they had wire
less equipment, the secretary says.
Other portions of the report review at
length the year's work In the bureau of
the census, bureau' of labor, bureau of
manufacturers, bureau of Btatlstlca, bureau
of standards, HKhthouae service and toast
j and goodctlc f-irvey.
Secretary Nagal recommends laws which
will ermit a clover Inspection of steam
ships and a stricter regulation of their
operutlon which would be conducive to the
greater safety of passengers.
English Speaking
Miners are Leaving
Anthracite Fields
Father Murphy Says Places They Va
cate are Being Taken by
Foreigners.
WltANDN. Ta.. Pec. 27.-That the small
towns of the athrn'lte coal regions are I
swarming with Hungarians, Slavs. Boles
and Greeks and Italians and t'-.at English
speaking workers are abandoning the mines
is the statement made today by the Rev.
P. J. Murphy, rector of St. Patrick's Roman
Catholic church at Ollphant. Pa., near here.
But It Is not with regret that Father
Murphy notes the aahndor.lng of the min
ing towns to the foreigners. "It there be
no tears over the disappearance of Amer
icans from these Infernal regions of tbe
mines," he said.
"A large percentage of the young men
of . Irish, Welsh and Scotch descent, when
they arrive at age. leave for the cities.-'
said the priest, "and we must not regret
seeing the young Americans fleeing from
the hazardous work In the mines, where
men carry their lives In their hands every
time they descend to the catacombs filled
with gas, fire damp and falling roof."
Veteran Meets Death
on Railroad Track
Charles Tracey, While Running to
Catch Train, is Killed by One
He Seeks to Board.
HOT SPRINGS, B. D.. Pee. 27.(Speelal.)
Charues Tracey, a member of the state
soldiers' home and an old prospector, was
killed by a train near Mystic Friday
night, and his body was brought to this
city for burial. At the time of the acci
dent Tracey, who had been up In tha hills
prospecting, was walking down the railroad
track toward the depot In order to catch
the very train which later killed him.
In some manner he fell down on the
tracks and was struck on the head by the
train. He was picked up, still living, and
put on board, but died before reaching
Hot Springs.
Worse than an alarm of fire at night
is the metallic cough of croup, bringing
dread to the household. Careful mothers
keep Foley's Honey and Tar in the house
and give It at tha first sign of danger. It
contains no opiates. Sold by all drug
gists. BOY KILLED IN THE PRIZE RING
Johnny Parmentler Dead, Kollowlng
Blow on Adam's Apple Over Ex
ertion Raid to be Cause.
GREEN BAf , Wis., Pec. 27-Johnny Par
men tier of Green Bay, 18 years of age, died
In the prize ring tonight while fighting a
six-round bout He Buffered, a hard Jolt
on the Adam'a apple, it is said. He went
to his corner and after sitting down, be-
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