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Against Stamford tonight in the}
fist intercity contest. Nor‘walk scnds‘
out the fastest Scoring uuirricttc ever
assembled here. Avru‘uuing a matter
of nearly fort}. points per game up Lt.)
the present, stage of the season, t‘all-
train Aslrmead‘s lads are making bas-
ketball history at the Armory fully
:r‘ noticeable as the. great work of
list season's Eastern chdintiions.
There is no question about the class
of opponents thus far having been“
better than in the earlier stages of
past seasons. The ease with which.
the. Brooklyn team was put. away on
Xmas was convincing to say the. least.
Wilt)- points econ-d against a five conr
posed mainly of star players from tilt“
Fillilsyltania State League was some
performance. it pr'obahlv won't be
duplicated this winter. bv arty otlrcr
taunt l
The present": of Smith ind Dreyfus
in the Stamford ranks this (tenure:
ought to make things interesting for
tsr'e fans. It will he the first Stam-
ford-Norwalk battle in a long time. At
list accounts Stamford had the edge
111 Norwalk but that was before the'
2-.-i\eut of the local stars of last will-
ter. What the answer will be tonight
yt'uy he a matter of doubt in the minds1
or“ some, especially ilr view of Storey’s:
absence and the necessary using 01'.
Calder or Ashrnead at center. llolmrtn,
will be no weak link tonight, for be
12.1 "11 some of the lrt'adicst plav into" i
inabh when here two w eek's ago. llis
return ha.» been tit'sit't‘tl by courrtlesst
fans who know basketball artist
when they see. one. The visiting Stam-
ford lieaglier's will need a fe
i‘l pull this game out of the felt: . andI
{Hinge Smith \‘.l . lbt- llt't‘tltti every I
xtsiuute. .loe Dreyfus will get it “it:
v «hone from those who recollect his
;_-'22.'2.t work i‘or' Norwalk last winter.
\ Stamford five lllt‘t’lfi the Mons
links ill/1h" .u‘e‘iluinui'y contest and
:in» danoiuu will follow the
filtlllt‘~.
tllll Still 10,978
llllES Ill SEASON
Russell Smith Brogan Golf Chant
pian: Enlarger: .19 for Year
a
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Russell Smith, Nol'thw'est and Ore-t
run :rntatr to golf ch:.tmpion mains.
bid for national fame with an over i
are of seventyniue strokes to the-t
1- g‘lrtcen holes for the entire year of
Tilt}. This figure was arrived at by_
1‘ ll. chairman of the ban-l
1i cap courrrrittce at the Wavct‘leyl
(‘ourrtrv Club of Portland 0112.. and
intlutles all of Smith‘s siplty o\cr the
"2uerley links
In the eleven months 11p to Ditt‘lll'
32st. Smith played l.ll lull eighteen t
imic rounds at \‘l'avet'lcy and nine hull?0
\iunds for a total of 2.493 holes. Not.0
counting pr'at lice strokes. he used it). -i
"TS stioltt i on this journey. if his golf?
at Gear'hart. Del Monte and at the
Northwest championships at Spokane
were added. Smith would have swims:
his club often enough to beat all tlrci
( rrpets in Hartford.
Waverley score sheets show lira!
:S'nith played thirty-fitm-2r'ounds undcr'
m-vmrty‘seven and seventeen r'ounda,
(or an even seventyseven. Portland,
admirers of the player litticvc hn
rink: umoukthe lending amateurs of
tie (ouutty and are urging him to‘
make 21 tr'ip East next summer to take-
ptr't irr tlze national amateur tournzt.
nierrt.
liltlt't’ also been
if
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usual
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llavis. j!‘..
W.“ -
Yt‘ you had been 11 good Sclllitlt‘
classified :rdvcrtisn'. at the time yonl
5t‘-(tll’t‘tl your present position. Jim'-
lzrp» you have found one puyinw
trvtco the salary—and with twice lllt.‘
(home for useful service.
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Special Prices for
Saturday
Fresh Hams 22c;
Fresh Shoulders . .......... 18c].
CornedHams 20c
Corned Shoulders . ....... 18c1
'Flat Spareribs ..... 15c
Small Pig Pork . 20c— —22c!
Corned Side Pork u... . . . . . .. 18c
Sugar Cured Hams 24c
Small Picnics 17c?
Dixie Bacon 22:
‘Native Veal from 16c up
Home Dressed Fowls 28c
Home-made Sausage 22c
Oleomargarine 25c- -28c
Gold Medal Butter 45c
Fresh Eggs . . . . .. 45cf gelling the money
Everything in Fresh Vegetableslbeen done at the Charter Oak Fair
Ground Bone,.............».
5C.
Lharttolc’ 2 M5tket
‘ Ohio.
. imtion
the country that
1 change.
1the
l . . . .
;.-\rncrrc.urr Assocratton had itt llS code
‘a rule that
lit. and racing
ilth and then laying them up for the
itMl AllthAllCE
filliliil Clit'lltfi
“v—qu—s
’111 Joint Committee Meeting at col.
umbus, Ohio—No Mitre “Pulling"
in Racing Circles
Taking the. rules of the National
us a basis. the joint committeo of the
National and American Trotting As-
sttclzllltlils at its meeting in t‘oltimbhs.
last week, succoeded in adopt—
ing a uniform code of liglrtharness
rating rules. performing a feat tlrat
local horsemen, hccause of the great
rivalry between the two turf organ
thought. impossible. The
“finding l::s:ed only two days" and
few chung's were made in the Na-
tional codo.‘ the roost important of
these few being the tinre-alimvunce,
racewinniug. entering and distance
”HM—an“
SEND BfllNlllAllS
' The point system that has been in
vogue fflf‘sorrre time
West and in some places in the East
has been abolished. 'l‘ime allowanccs
cut and the popular
mttlrod of various st c1 eturret to bri't ‘
more thorscs by advertising tlr:1t"-rtc
ords setlll'ctl previous to such 21 date
no barn" will no long: 1' be men under
the conditions in tho entry lists. Ac
pacer will get a record when it v ins
'a l‘tl(t‘ and all the “pnlling' in the
world will do it no good. in order
to win a twoin three- race. a horse
must win two ‘llt’tllh‘ and the same
applies to a tlrroeltcai race. in a
Illl't't'lllvl‘iit’ race. the winner must
finish first in three beats and this
has been ltl‘~
heat will
brutrit of a competition
ranged so that the slxtht
terrninalc the race.
According to the new tinrevnllow-
:rt‘ce rule. which is already it] effect,
many fast tr'ottcrs and pucerst but
have not been raced in the past bo-
cauve there was on class for them.
will a chalice to come back to
the turf again next season. This
rule says that "after a horse has no-
:ztit
~attired a win-race record he shall be
allowed. “ilt'lllt‘l‘tI‘ECPd or not. one
second for each calendar year. utttll
he equals or t'edu‘ct-s his record." That;
means that if :1 horse finished the
season or 1915 wltlr a record of 2:05 1-4
and failed to equal or better that
mark in tllltl. he can come back iii
lttl’.‘ eligible to the. 2:07 class.
There are many horse owners in
will welcome this
it may bring buck to the
Scott which was not
fr are d to any extend uuring the sea-
son just pust’ and l'Ituwuh. “Pop"
fun one. that took a record
0.". l l and which \villctttoirt ctuoin
oi llztt Mil in 131-1 and Which will
under the rule be eligible to the 2:01;
‘tcltss this v2'.err if his owners decide
to bring lrlrn from the strut and again
place him in the sulky. lu exploiti-
ing the rule. \\'.l .ochet, secretary
track 'l'ct er‘
(IQU‘II'SS
1‘“ the National Trotting Association,
lsaitl that
it was the opinion of the
committee that a horse deteriorates
each year after reaching his top forth
and that it was only affair to the horse
and owners that the hotter or pacer
be classed according to his ability.
11 is understood that the American
’l‘t‘ottint: Association agreed very
eagerly it) this change. Previous to
meeting of the committee. the
that “records ob-
tained previous to July {no bar."
This rule. according to Eastern horsc~
men was made to place the American
said
[in command of the, turf but the actions
of the drivers
in taking advantage of
horses only until July
season showed to the American the
disadvantages of the clause. Cases
’werc cited at the meeting where sev-
eral horses won races on Western
tracks previous to July i112:1t) or
better and then laid up for the your
to come back the following season on
green trotters or pacers.
No longer will the. associations giv-
ing meetings receive the money due
a horse irt the. running but distanced
in the final heat. Several cases where
an extra-heat. race dwindled down
to two horses, the. second horse be
ing distanced in the final heat. were
cited and it was agreed at the meet:-
ing that the distanced horse should
receive its share instead of the. club
in the Alidtlio‘
This has alw aynr
manner in which the owners will be
{forced to enter their horses in the
past, all kinds of names were used in
these lists, the. drivers ,owncrs or
stables being placed after the names
of the horstts. Now however, the
owner himself must have his name
placed opposite. that of his entry, uri-
less in also of a lease, which must
he r'ge istt-r at the office of the N32:
lion Trotting Association. Racing
and stable names may be. used but;
liltSt“ must also be. certified at the
office of the association. l
Tire flag distance for colt frat-es, for
2 and Bycttr-olds, has been placed
at nightly yards on a mile track and
too yards on a half~mile track. The
r'egulartion distance is eighty yards
for fields or eight or more on a mile
track and 1th yards for eight or more
on 21 bane-mile track. All rules made‘
at the meeting are mandatory and
must be obeyed by the. association.
l0 tillNl SQUAD;
llillt'l flilll Sill llii
NEW Ytlllli. Jan. l.— Secretary
John ll. Foster has sent ottt contracts
to all the inerrrbers oi the Giants who-
w tricks“”llllllg ltt lltt‘ m w 1'.nle u tr'otter (“2,4122 "til :tlicuth under till? tontracts.
of
mid
younger
it dcvtlopcd yesterday that most
the lcmlluls have already signed
the torttlut'ts were to the
players who \vct'c on the squad last.
season and the players who have
been ob about by dt‘ul't. 31th ot llr?
reg. '.'ultr nicurlu-r's oi" the Yankces are
also under coutruot for lltlT, and up
to the present time not a single rev
the York clubs front
“t‘tl players.
The fact that so many of the merit
ol both New York clubs are al-
coming
that the
:1 general
New dissatis-
llt‘l‘S
ready under contract for the
season ntnkos the possibility
l’lnyers' l"l'tlllt"l‘ltlty will call
str'ikr- more and more dubious. if
those not under contract should (it'-
cide not to sign for next year. they
will he so decidedly in the primarily
that the playing strength of the Man
lrtrttan clubs can he very little af‘
fected.
Most of the clubs insist on the
turn of the signed contracts bct'or'e
ft?
the player's no to the Southern play-
irui earrrps. but 11 player. under the
terms of the contracts. may wait un-
til :1 few days after- the season begins
before signing. The idea of u llilHP~
hall strike. however. is ridiculed at
the ofliecs of bmlr‘the local clubs.
Jim Thorpe, rbe t‘urlisle lndlan,
will have another chance to make
0‘ood with the Giants this spring. It
is the plan of Mllllll"t‘l‘ Alt-trraw to uso
the red tuuu as a pinch hitter against
left handed pitchers.
BATTLING KUNZ IN DANBURY
liaubury farts will be treated to a
whirlwind boxing exhibition Monday.
evening. .rt.=rttary 22. when “Battling"
hum. of Norwalk. Connecticut's light-
weight champion will meet Charlie.
Pitts. the Australian lightweight. in a
ten round tlout before the Dartbut'y
Athletic Club. lloth meti work hard for
the cominwuaich. and although Kung
will have no easy time getting away
with the first Australian. the general
concenssus of opinion favors the
champion. The last time the two boys
met in Roodner's Hall, in one of ”it.
Federal Sporting Club shows. and at
that time Pitts showed up on good
shape against Kunz. The champion has-
irnproved somewhat. since that time
however. and Pitts will find it. a
tough proposition to wrest the honors
from the local boy, in ten rounds.
A large crowd of Norwalk fight fans
will witness the show. making the
trip to the. batting town ,via automo-
bile.
Pitts has fought a draw with Frankie
Conifrey. who was otitpointed by
Kunz last Friday evening in I..ock~
wood’s Hall. 1‘
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JIM CCRBE‘ITT‘ TO
BUY RACING STABLE
LEXINGTON, Ky.. Jan. 8.——James J.
Corbett. former champion pugilist of
the world. announced here last night
he had determined to enter the thor-
oughbred racing game. To this end he
visited John E. Madden‘s Hamburg
Place Farm hens and took options on
three of the most promising young-
sters, which will be trained for fall
acing.
Corbett said he was connected with
but. has been very uncommon through. friends in New York and New Orleans
out the country. The committee was
of the opinion that a horse, after bus
lug sure of second money. s’hduld
receive that money emu thounhli e
iwho were not ready for their names
;to be known. but they owned eight
lthoroughhreds. The firm will camz
pntgu thétr at ring on Kentucky tracks,
' sentat ive (‘a mpbcll, tRepub] icun. moved
lock wood and Company,
'cha‘t'ge was ordered
I broken:
I l’rerident Wilson. tiren was called and
'fltllt‘ by ”I“ president or by anybody the "leak" could llllt‘t' occurred on ill-3
‘geution
'-be embarrassed by requests for More tivc .Chlpernetd “that. Alfred H Cue
munHMrwmmw
nummm‘ “
"i wish in justice to Mr Turuulty
to say that he has stated the exact
fact. lie had no knowledge of the
‘ (Continued from first page.)
Mr. Wood's public apology. t
note whatever until it was given out
for publication."
Chairman Henry of the Rules corn-
Mr. Kuhn and M1‘.Sabtin were the rnitlec announced 1113, he had no (11195-
'first witnesses to arrive They confer- trons to ask and Remesemafiw
red mm (‘harrman Henry 1" arrange Campbell questto 12d Itir‘. ’i‘ulnulty.
‘0 gW“ testimony ‘3 50°“ “5 DOSSIM" “Do vou know who aided in the pres
“hen tht hearings opened lttprc paratron of thisnote?
l
"The. president prepared and wrote
the note himself." said Mr. Tumulty.
brokers. 46' “He is an expert typewriter in addi~
48 Broadway. New York, 1“ bring tion to his other achievements."
batters and documents showing sales "Did any stenogr'apher or clerk in
from 999- it) to 23' Th? committee do- the executive offices know of the ex-
cded to consider it in executive ses- istence of the note?"
start. On motion of Representative “1 do not know u
'(‘hipcrilleld “'9 Boston Sle Ex- Mr Turuttltvaddcd that} rpliad tried
to ”9W1” “5 to find out how a leak could have no
““1” for ”‘0 some period. curred, but had been unable to get
P Tumulty. secretary any tit-finite irrtorrrtation.
"'l‘llc rrrel'c nict'lurnics of preparinf.‘
""“d ‘1‘“ following state1r1ent. the note lllllzltl make it possiblc for it.
“1 appear before this committee to m g... out.“ h' said. "My first know-
unjust infiltration ”H” l ledge that a note had been given out.
gave information to Mr. ll. M. Baruch “mm from T3“. Associated pl...“ mm
in regard to the socalled peace note. r'crpondent at H". White House on the
split to the European belligerepts last afternoon of itec. 3.)" lie told the when.
urontlr by the Secretary of State. This l “um-”pd 121...,” lunch that the notc.‘
intimation war contained in it statu- had been ilth‘n cut i asked him “my
mom llltttit‘ to this committee by ill" “m... and be said the peace wimp»
presetttutive Wood. of luditiua. a man "flaw ye“ z'ny infurnmliun A... to
whom i ‘1” ”0‘ know. Tu ”N be“ of how the leak occurred?" Mr. (‘urrtll'
my knowledge l have never met. Mr. troll hiked.
Wood. t‘er'tairrly he made no effort to "l him. not." Mr ’l‘umulty,
ftrrd W" ”“3 truth front m" fieforc opinion i might have would he specu
dragging my name “”0 ”“5 affair. ‘lutive and would involve reputations.
“I wish to deny generally and speci- i am very (.31,le about making state-
l‘lcally that t govt.- advance inforrruttiort 1122:1125 in SW.“ mm"...“no..." ‘
to Mr. lturttch or to anybpdy else in Hpnrpspnlfllll't‘ ('ilillpl‘fipld aske'i
regard to tho peace note. ldid not Set-ruurv 'lttmultt 3f hckuew that Al
know of the existence of this note or fred ll. (rm-”S, m ”3 West Sum”,
that this gover'urrrerrt contemplated ninth My“... NP“. York. mm"... Drag-1,
that the committee subpoena F. M.
t
.ttlEPplt to
resent the
“Any:
‘the dispatch of such a note until nftct dent of ”1.. National llunk “1- North
printed copies of the note had been America. “-3” in 13“., 11... ~- (fur-its"
tilt?“ l“ rupr‘escntativo 0‘ ”“9 pres who wrote the letter Mr. Ttimulty
by the State ilopurtruent. l was not said he did “0L ' t
consulted in the preparation of the Mr. 'i‘umulty “(mm 1... did not think
\.
clsc. 'l‘trc cortl‘croncos and communl mm. through any gummy“ of ”1.. pm
callous totaling '10 tile drttltlllK 0f ”“5 sizitivt- office He then read a letter'
note Mill its dispatch Wt‘l‘t‘ conllden- truth 1.. ‘1‘. "‘tusscll. editor of the.‘
titrl between the lmlt‘ldt’lll— “"11 ”“3 Newark Morning Ledger. referring ml
St‘t‘l‘ttlfll‘y Ul' stttte. I know "0‘3““ “1 the mysterious “A Curtis who wrote,l
them whatever. nor did any ”the! DOT Rnpr'eseruutn e Wood. author of the'
film Plillllul't’d ‘II ”it" (’X‘tllllll‘“ office. invastigutiou resolution. l
"l have. had no correspondencc. “\\'llut prompts me to write. 5
written or telegraphic. with Mr. lid-“Sm“ the letter. "is, 1 “0“,; one by 11“.:
mph or “11!!de l'ttltmfit‘mmtl hillb 1“" name of "t‘urtis' is brought in as huv—;
grading this muttcr. l “W” had “0 int; written the Wood letter usingl
ll'lttltllum‘ talks With Mr. ”“11“!“ “1' your name and I recall that in a horn'
anybody representing him regarding her of occasions under various sits».
this matter. l have never talked with plcous circumstances since I have:
him or anybody reni‘emttlntt him. "I‘ been in Nt‘tturh 1 huvt- received role 5
With (my 0110 0‘59 WNW]? 0“ pr'lvntet phone culls from New \ork from all
13' Will! l‘t‘lflll'tl 10 ”lit? “MINER mun calling himself t‘urtts and tillcg~ '
"ADDfll‘f‘llllY ”"3 only irrsinuntions lull.r himself to be a banker or broker.
made against me are that l lunched m ouch cusp he undertook to give me
with or met Mr. Baruch at the. Bill tips of various sorts of what was turp-
more Hotel at or about tilt“ time 01' paninu not only in the tirruncial and
the preparation of the president‘s 8113-.lmlustriul.“oi'ld. bttt on one occasion
that ”lit 'Ffill‘olltltill ‘ltflllgttf‘lcrzlled tun tip on the telephone to tell
cuts eluted thril' new“ Jerrrrs l “11"“ me that be had good reason to believe
never tn'2-ttlift\_.t~‘ted ltlm'llt’d 01‘ lllll‘ll that Dorothy Arnold was at an ()t'»
with Mr llarurmh l have met him oul)‘ tinge. N.l . . hotel. lluring the Standard
at several banquets and large dimlt‘l'fi. on strike he called up almost daily.
when many other persons were prefi- giving what purported to be inside
eat. 1 have never tliscussl‘d any limit“! information and also predicting future
or other note. eit'httr- when it was in- developments.
prospoct o' afterwards. with Mr. BM "1 made considerable
ruch or arty other person engaged tumum "(Avur indpnlify
the purchase or sale of securities of (‘lmigr
any kind in the stock market. 5 Representative «Campbell asked Mr,
"While this is a complete don-int ot Tumulty if hp know that. in. Wood
only the intinualions which have been .asked for an executive session to make
inquiry. but
or locate Mr.
made. i wish to go further and say: his statement bringing in Mr. Tumul-
that l have never engaged in stock ly's name last week.
“I ‘wish you wouldn't ask me any-i
‘thin‘g about Mr. Wont." replied Mr.
not? 'f‘uiiiulty. heatedly. "i would be ash~
with no one. first, because my oath timed to be a party to anything that;
of service requires that. I make 110 would blemish the reputation of a
private use of official information. public man one mere lcfter written
and secondly, and specifically; be- by a man named Curtis. If I were
cause as I have stated, I have not seen guilty of such a thing i would not be
the president's note. and did not know lit» to hold the smallest public office.”
that, it. was in preparation 01‘ 9V9“ Represe'iuttive Lenroot, Republican.
contemplated. asked Secretary ’luntulty how the
“As I have already said in a puh- president sent the peace note to Sc-
llc statement I have fretmettlly I‘e- cretary L nsrng.Mr.Tun_1ulty said it
quested the president to keep me tree was transikttitted in a sealed envelope
from any knowledge of impending in2 by private messenger. ‘ .’
ternational move s so that i might not ”Do you know,“ asked Representa-
markct sales or- purchascs myself nor-
through brokers. friends or agents.
“I discussed the president's
nratlon from the nen'spaper corres- lie was president of the National
"1 am authorizod by the president LO'Satioi with him
20'.
inunicalions between
nuirv.
department
i \ ~
itthle‘i‘.
fwas to be prepared and delivered to
"jengage his most confidential man for
‘ at once. took
pondents. who appeal to me in my of- d’ank of North America. with which
fice constantly for such information. Charles W. Morse were associated?”
The insinuations which have been . “I do not ” said Mr. Tumulty
made. whether conceffiad in political Tire committee at the point decided
malice or merely 'trhrougih misinformt to subpoena Alfred H.-Curt.ls.
atiou, are wholly false and without ”You are well-acquainted with Ber-
even the flimsiest bases. I have not at dard Burruch?" resumed Mr. Chiper- have sent
any time since acting as Mr, Wilson’s field“
secretary, first when hexwas governor‘ “Yes. sir.”
of New Jersey and later when he be- “When did you last see him?"
came president. been interested in “At the Gridiron dinner in Washing.»
any stock transactions of any kind or ton, Dec. 9. " ~
given any information to any other "Did y‘ou acme closely in contact
person upon atlfimmmhuau or saleswlth nlm them?" . ‘ ' 2 -
might he made. I‘wlch to make this ‘ ."I sat about five seats awn from
‘ Wm
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"Did you have ally private cortverl
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“None at all ”
Mr Chiptr‘lield tlitn still there wit 1 until after he had talked to the new;
things not mentioned in Mr T umul
ty‘ :5 letter about which he wished to}
question him. '
“GO as far as you lilo-x“ said Mr .l
Tumult): ‘
”D0 vou know i. B Reagan. prop 1 l
etor of the Knickerbocker ' :
New talk?”
'1 do not,”
Asked if he ever had-any business
transactions with \‘l'. B. ilibbs & Com ;
puny, Washington brokers, or had en 1",
frequented their place of business, l
Mr. Tumuity said he had been tlrcr'e'
ullt‘e
”Before Ambassador Ger raid return i
ed to Germany r'eceutly,'_' said Tumul-
‘lre wanted to buy some. builds
anti wanted to know a 11121.1 wzour it
could recommend. i
lerar‘d to Mr, llibbs.
"When was that. in reference to:
when the peace note was spin?" 3
"Some time before," I
i
introduced Mitl
in answer to further
by Representative
'l‘umulty said that
the date of the peace note nor whent
it was transmitted to Schr'etary turns-r
ill; and then was excused.
Secretary Lansing was (‘ztllml next.
"Possibly i had’ better to start,"
said Secretary Lansing. "by statinrgt
that i assume that confidential com;
the presidcutl
and myself art.- not a part of the in l
i can give. you a physical ltis~.
tory of the note The draft of the note
was received by me from the “bite!
House :1: 1 o‘clock. Monday :rflehroon l
1 called Mr. l’olk counsellor tor the‘
\11' Woolsey haul
attached to 1er office anti dis ‘
cussed the three rrrorrrrs it which thci
note had to he prepared and sentl
forth I then handed it to‘\ r‘ .Wool ‘
icy. eltloiziint' to the strictest secrecy.
that he might take it to the three
confidential stcrrographer's. There it
quest toning.
(‘ilipcr‘ficld lint
he did not know
(lilu
.\l r
can.
Salmon, chief of tlrc‘lndex Bur-
the they 2122?." continued the
secretar'y. ‘was to enclpher the note
and said that it would take so long to
cipher the three notes that he would
have an assistant. l directed that he
the work. lie did so .was given the
copies. and the two men locked them
selves in the room. ‘l‘hey were given
the copies at 8 o‘clock and at 3:3“
Tuesday morning (December 191. the
notes were cncipher'cd. delivered to
the telegraph room and sent.
“()11 Tuesday afternoon 1 discussed
with the president the little when thr-
note should be made public. Tire rca~
son for secrecy was the courtesy due
to the nations who were to receive
tho note that it should not be publish
ed here before. they received it. We,
decided it would tuku at least. two
daysfor it to reach Austria anti titttrrr
fluid. and we decided it should be
made public on Thursday morning.
Tuesday owning about ti o‘clock a copy
of. the note was handed to Mr. James.
chitif or the information, bureau. lie
it up with the printing
office."
“it was rcad by one man and then
sent to the printing ofice.”
”‘At about. 11 o‘clock I received the
newspaper correspondents and told.
them I would have an important. com-
munication at 5 o’clock m be released
the next morning. I 1011! them in con;
“dance. as l was afoul its contentsi
night Corrie back from ..1rr-3pe in garb-
beform further I thought it. courteous
not to make it. public until it had been
'receivcd by the countries to which it
was addressed. I told them it did not
contain any proposal. of peace nor
offer of mediation.
“That evening at my 11035.: Arenas:
sador Willard. (of Spain) toll me, lrd‘
had been advised of the contents of:
(handle by the pr'esiden‘. tr'u't tve dis-:
cussed the advisability of him addrcs-l
slag Spain on the subject. The. next
morning the note was made. public in
t'tn. press.”
'liave yon» any information 2:9 to
leak on the note about 11: o’clock 0:1;
Wednesday?” asked Representative‘
Campbell. l
‘1‘v'ot; to my ltnt'twledgc.n said Mrzl
Lansing 1
“It’s been suggested here that re-
presentatives of two newspapers may;
information at that?
time. " l
”l have securefer'ences to it in tho love affair?"
t
out
"Has anything been done at; the
.State Department to show whether-l
i
there is any. foundation for that?"
“Nothing at all. I thing it would be:
easy to‘ftnd‘ out. "
2118(le lllltltllii llS SAY
local
.ioubttliat it looks that way. Through--
paper men (brag
other men were prel-
st rrt waiting to see him but that. m
did not know they were in the m.
paper men. .
‘Who fern these men?” asked Bk.
presentative Lenroot. ~
CthlllllY WAS lililllf
l r'ankie Conifrey . l‘VPW York' 5 ugh“-
in: human, is .1 better boy titan most:
of Nornalk fig ht fans believe. A few
flashes of his skill was shown in ”18:
Kt 112. Coniflev match held in Lock»
\toudh irall, Fridav night. W hen hen
landed a stiff left on the locabclrame
[ 1101.1. jaw in the third round, the locak
boy. boosters began to shiver. Thu:
impact of the blow was heard through»
.out the. house. and it sent Kunz rud—
inr: lackwards for a few steps. Four.
2 ,m
.tlre rest of the. round. he, was rather”
'gy. This he‘aldmits himself.
t'onit'r'ey is being knocked by the...
fans as helm».r “yellow. ”- Non
Eff);
on; tho whole of Friday night's bat-s
tlt‘ it'unz had to force. tho tight. Cont"
fie; hugged the. ring throughout they
lwholt- of tho bout.
But let us consider the situations
h'unr. had the title to loose and was».
forced to show his best at all times,
t (.1 tin \. on the other hand, had new”;
in... '7 to loose and everything to mind
lie could afford to take a good beak
inn. .omething that Kunz couldn’t do-
Norwalk is a “nodecision: mm
and well the New Yorker know it
his one trope was that. he could lantd
2 it“ good stilt blows which would.
it'notk Kunz groggy. and then finish
him with an upper-cut to the jaw. It
was tilts view lhftl be assumed tit-w
ltilflt nsitc throughout the whole of ther-
light bi'verul times he ncarly got:
tr‘i‘iu with his game. But citlter it“
was unable to land squarely or he. did:
no punch enough. he lost the light
\le would like to sea Conifroy amt.
ivunz meet in 21 bout which would got-
to the limit.
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Haven't you a little “healthy
turzosity” about today's classified
ads? if one of them should be gmtlv .
important to you, would not such:
ttn'iosity pay?
K-
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Funny Dickens.
l‘rrmu. the sister of Charles Dickens, '
.\‘2'l."~' no of the first students entered at H.‘ .2,
the old 1:225:21 Academy of Music when. .
u elicited its doors at Tentcrden street
in 181:}. and rrt that time the studentsn
lived at the rtcaderrry. only going home.
for the weal; cud, “livery Sunday?“
lllcki‘lls told Forster. "l was at then
.tr'tttlcllty of it o'clock in the umrningtw
i'ctt'll lrer' tl-‘trrrrryt. upd we \vnlkoddiackw
there together at night.” And the Suns .
day itself the two spoilt-4n the Mar.
slrulscn prison. where their father anti. ,1? 7
rnuthur tltt’rr resided. owing to- Mn
Dickens having: ”failed to propitiu .
his creditors." While her futher w
still in pr'iso'r‘i Fanny won it prize at
the academy. and the future novelist"
tlrcrr enlarged in posting labels on .
ltluckiut: pots at T shillings n week;
was pt'e~'etrt. to see 1101‘ receive Its-w
\\' ostnrlrrstcr Gazette.
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Compulsory.
A certain amateur- aviator‘tnlked res
ccrrtlv about :1 flying trip with 3.1m)...
fossiorrtrl. when he fell 1,200 feet into»:
the. water without knowing it. .
“I wasn‘t frightened," he said with it.
audio. “i thought that our swift dew
sccrrt was a plea.- of fancy flying. I
am, in fact. as ignorant: of aviation,”-
tho little boy was ignorant of English.
history. '
“Describe the Order of the Bath}
his teacher askcd this little boy. ‘
“ 'lt‘s very ancient.“ heuuswcrcd. ‘It j .312:
goes back to the limo \vtfiin thcydldn‘t
take no baths excl-pt by ol‘dur.._‘"’m’
Washington Star. > i
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A Quaruluus Question.
“The srunouoss oi‘ these inputs is get-2 ‘
tun; on my nerves."
“1 can‘t think of anything else,”""
rusped his wife.
“You're strong: for new styles int:
shoes, hats and ways of fixing thug
hair. Ain‘t there never any now styles-w
in catablos‘:"—l.orrisvillc f‘ourtcrydourrt
mil. ‘
Fair- Dlvision. .
Scone: Police court during disputu
over eight day clock.
Magistrate-I award the clock to the- ’
plaintiff.
Defendant—Then what do I get?
Mngistrnf ~11] giv e ‘0“ the cigh
days sSmty Stories
Hindering the Process.
Doctor-Well. John, how are you-to.—
day? John—Verry bud; verry bud“
wish Providence ‘udfuve mussyt‘m me
an‘ take me. Wife—’Ow canyon expect?
‘lt‘. to if you won‘t. take the dbctor's
physic?—~I.ottdon Mull.
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The Raalon.
“Httw is it that one netcr forgets n- -
"Because that is something one loam
”1.110811" ~1loston Transcript.
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