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16 THE MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1910. BECKETT HELPLESS BEFORE dPEIIEB Frenchman Beats Britisher in 74 Seconds. KNOCKOUT ENDS BATTLE Flock of. Lefts and Right to Jaw Quickly Sends Englishman to Land of Slumber. LONDOX. Dee. 4. (By the Asso ciated Press.) C. B. Cochrane, pro moter of the ' Carpentier-Beckett fight, will leave here for the United States in a few days. He hopes to arrange for a championship match between Jack; Dempsey and Carpen tler In London In 1020. RINGSIDE, Holborn Stadium, Lon don, Dec. 4. (By the Associated Press.) Georges Carpentier, French champion, knocked out Joe Beckett, champion of England, tonight in a brief and decidedly one-sided fight for the heavyweight championship of Eu rope. Seventy-four seconds, as announced by the official timer, sufficed to de cide whether Carpentier or Beckett should meet Jack Dempsey, American heavyweight, for the championship of the world next June. From the mo ment the referee, B. J. Angel, called time, Carpentier had the battle en tirely in his own hands. Beckett never had a chance of hitting the agile Frenchman, who landed blows with enormous strength whenever he felt inclined. Amid absolute stillness most of the spectators could hear the terrific crack of the swiitg that put Beckett to sleep. There was a roar of cheer ing as Carpentier assisted Beckett to his corner, where the Englishman opened his astonished eyes and saw his opponent being carried on the shoulders of the enthusiasts around the ring and the Frenchman was smiling happily. Beckett Shows Nervousness. The contestants presented a notable difference in appearance when they stripped and were introduced Beck ett swarthy and muscular; Carpentier white-skinned, with slight figure. Carpentier looked about him as though accustomed to his surround ings; Beckett seemed somewhat nerv ous. Peers and peeresses, members of the house of commons, high officials of state, many women, most of them in evening gowns, and the prince of Wales looked the fighters over criti cally as they squared up. As a fight the contest was not spec tacular. Carpentier was fast on his feet, dancing in and out and playing havoc with the Englishma-a from the first lead. With lightning swiftness Carpentier's left leaped out and caught Beckett on the face, and a suppressed sigh was audible all over the house. A quick breakaway followed a short clinch and the Frenchman landed two more hard lefts. Right to Jaw Ends It. Beckett, with a sort of bulldog de termination, forced Carpentier almost to the ropes. But this was a diversion for a moment only, for the Frenchman stepped back and then' forward and, with all his strength and the full weight of his body, swung his right to the Englishman's jaw and Beckett went down and out. The betting was heavy before the contest, odds of seven to four being laid on Beckett, and most of those , present were losers, although Car pentier had plenty of supporters. After the fight Beckett said to the newspaper men: "I hadn't started to fight when I got it. I didn't realize what had hap pened. I was just "filling in' for the first round when he slipped in." When the aero flares announced the decision, Londoners were unable to believe it. They thought a mistake had been made. i . --. . . . FRENCH FIGHTER WHO DEFEATED BRITISH CHAMPION. I j: - . - r? , V :: I , Photo by Underwood. I GEORGES CAKPENTIER. . . . ....... ................................ .4 i i DARCY NOT SCARED BY GIBBONS' ABILITY. Local Boy Trains Hard for St Paul Battler. promises to furnish the jolliest time in the history of the club. The Hazelwood saxophone band will furnish plenty of jazx during the evening, and Jack Zeller will enter tain with songs. Stories, stunts, speeches and music will be given by the following: Bill Curtis. Hinkley. Pierre. Frederickson and Zeller, Judge W alderaar Seaton. Zwlckey and Daly, Ray McCauley, Commodore George W". Kendall. Frank Dayton, W. R. McCul- loch, Henry Heinaman, Bufton, Ells worth, Pue and Miss Porter Frank, H. Wartz, Jimmy Dunn and Price. All members of the Portland Motor- boat club are urged to be present and to bring all their friends. BIGGEST LITTLE CLOTHING STORE in the CITY TOMMY ARRIVES TODAY Principals in Milwaukie Boots Pnt in Hard Licks at Gyms for Coming: Matches. Everett Set for Toledo. EVERETT. Wash.. Dec. . The Everett high school football team is being held together pending clostng negotiations for a game here Christ mas or New Year's day with Scott high school of Toledo, O. The Toledo school has asked for a game for high school championship honors. The To ledo school plays Summerville, Mass.. Saturday. BT RICHARD R. SHARP. Tommy Gibbons. St- Paul's claiman of the World's light-heavyweight title, will arrive in Portland today to commence training for Tommy's 10 round bout against Jimmy Darcy of Portland in the main event of the fistic show in Milwaukie next Wed nesday night. Gibbons and Kane were have arrived here yesterday but the two went on a duck hunting trip In Washington with a party of Seattle sportsmen yesterday and were not able to get off until late last night. Gibbons had little trouble in win ing the light-heavyweight cham pionship of the Pacific coast from Frank Farmer In Seattle Wednesday ight. outpointing the Tacoma boxer every round. Although lanky Frank managed to connect with the snaky left once in a while ha failed to dent Gibbon's attack. Despite the great reputation owned , PULLMAN PICKS OREGON HTXTIXGTOX'S MEN FAVORED FOR PASADEXA JAUXT. by Gibbons and his impressive string dena on New Year's afternoon. A w Georges Carpentier was born at Lens, France, January 12, 1894. He began boxing when only 13 years of age. This was in 1907 when boxing was beginning to be popular in France. He was both skilful and ag gressive and in 1909 scored many vic tories, defeating, among others, Charles Lcboux, French bantam weight champion. Carpentier took on weight rapidly and two years .later he was meeting and defeating - men in the welter weight division. The Frenchman scored his first sensational victory when he knocked out Jim Sullivan, Knglish middleweight, in two rounds at Monte Carlo in 1912. Champ Beats Wells. At Ghent, the following year, Car pentier, after being knocked down twice by Bombardier Wells. English heavyweight, knocked out the British representative in the fourth round. xne iact mat a irencn lad 19 years old and only a middleweight, had knocked out the cleverest English heavyweight seemed to some of the latter's backers a fluke. Carpentier dispelled this doubt, however, when he went on to London nd knocked out Wells a second time, ending the bout in the opening round. Forty days afterwards Carpentier fought Pat O'Keefe, English middleweight champion, and scored a knockout in the second round. Joe Jeannette, negro heavyweight, defeated Carpentier early in 1914. but after that and prior to the declara tion of war between France and Ger many, the French champion won de cisions from Kid Jackson and Gun boat Smith on fouls. A few hours after the Smith fight Carpentier, who was in England, returned to France on the night boat in answer to his coun try's call to arms and the following day was in uniform. Carpentier Makes Fortune. During his early ring career Car pentier grew rapidly from a bantam weight into a lightweight and won championships in each class as he pro gressed. He amassed a fortune v riously estimated at from J200.000 to 1500,000. Most of this money he In vested in coal mines near Lens, where he was born, and he lost everything there by the berman invasion. During the -war Carpentier was con epicuously daring as an aviator- He Was recently commended bv his su perior officers and among the many decorations conferred upon him was the military medal, the highest war honor that can be given a French soldier. erned bouts in all parts of the world. The meeting was attended by Paul Rousseau, president of the French federation of boxing; A. F. Bettinson of the National Sporting club; Eugene Corn, famous referee; Victor Breyer, French promoter, and other promi nent boxing authorities. At the meet ing, a representative of the army, navy and civilian board of boxing control of America and the Interna tional Sporting club of New- York submitted the draft of the new set to be known as the international box ing rules. Private advices indicate that the new regulations found favor and probably will be adopted after some minor alterations as the rules of the international boxing federa tion for the control of ring contests throughout the world. The gist of the rules as submitted at the London conference is as fol lows: The proposed weight class will in clude: Flyweight, 112 pounds; ban tamweight, 118 pounds: featherweight, 126 pounds; lightweight. 135 pounds; welterweight, 147 pounds; - middle weight, 160 pounds; heavyweight, 175 pounds and over. Under the new rules all weights will be made eight hours before the. men enter the ring. The ring will measure 20 feet inside the ropes with at least one inch of soft padding upon the floor and the gong sounding the beginning and end of the round must be at least ten inches in diameter.. Gloves worn by the boxers shall weigh not less than six ounces each and no boxer shall be permitted to use hand bandages more' than six feet long or more than one and one- half inches wide and the material must be of soft substance. No shoes shall be worn which have hard soles or heels, cleats or spikes. Future bouts will be judged by two judges and a referee who shall cast a vote, but must"" agree with one or the other judge or call the bout a draw. The referee shall also count ut a boxer who drops to the floor without being hit and in case such boxer goes down under such condi- ions after arising from a legitimate knockdown the count shall begin from the point where he arose from such legitimate knockdown. The judges' decision shall be based upon effectiveness or damage accomplished. and where effectiveness is equal then aggressiveness shall count. A boxer shall be considered down" when any part of his body, other than his feet, are on the floor, or when hanging helpless on the ropes, but the referee shall be the judge of such a condition on the ropes and the boxer shall not be considered "down" on the ropes until the referee so calls. Among the fouls covered in the new rules is one that a boxer arising from the floor following a knockdown is fouled if struck before he is in a defensive position. As a further pro tection, the scorer of a knockdown must retire to the far corner of the ring after such knockdown, and if he does not, the count over his fallen opponent shall cease until he takes his proper position In such corner.. Among a long series of recommen dations suggested for the combined co-operation of the boxing organiza- tins of the world is one providing that the winner of an international championship must defend his title within one year after winning same, and every six months thereafter. against the best available apponent. or forfeit all right to such cup and emblematic .trophy. large sum In the form of purses and guarantees and there appear to be very few places that would be likely to return gate receipts sufficient to warrant the immense outlay involved. "If a boxing law permitted even a ten-round, no-decision contest in or near this city, it might be possible to stage the match here, but it would require a large city like New York to draw from in order to make the bout a financial success. I have not the slightest doubt that a match be tween Carpentier and, Dempsey would be a great boxing contest, but in these days of inflated purses I would prefer to let some other person do the wor rying and .work incidental to such a match." PRO BEATS JAY GOTJLD Walter Klnsella Takes Majority of Day's Tennis Matches. PHILADELPHIA, Bee. 4. As a re sult of the second day's play m the tennis match between Jay Gould., ama teur and former world's open cham pion, and Walter Kinsella, professional title holder, for the national open championship, the score stands five sets to three in favor of Gould, his op ponent winning three of the four played today. The scores wee 0-6. 6-3, 6-5, 6-1. ine match will come to an end Saturday, when five sets are sched uled, if that many are necessary. It calls for the best in 13 sets. "EV BOXING CODE PROPOSED Rules to Supplant Queensbeiry Set Considered in London. KEW YORK. Dec. 4. Following the Carpentier-Beckett contest in London tonight for the European heavyweight championship there was a meeting in the British capital, according to pri vate advices received, here, of the leading representatives of American and European boxing bodies to con eider a new set of ring regulations to supersede the Marquis of Queensberry xuies, which for decades have gov '.. I'aulk Leads IT. of W. SEATTLE, Dec. 4. Theodore f"Trt"1 Faulk, veteran leftend of the Univer sity or Washington football eleven was tonignt elected captain of the iju team at a meeting of all letter men. raulk has played on the varsitv for three years and was chosen by a number of coaches and football fol lowers for a position on the 1919 mythical Pacific coast conference team. E 'BRIGAND' HEAVILY BACKED BY BARON" ROTHSCHILD. DEMPSEY READY FOR BOUT American Title . Holder Expects Eight With Carpentier in Spring. LOS ANGELES. Dec. 4. Jack Demp sey, heavyweight champion, said Ijere tonight Georges Carpentier's victory over George Beckett in London was no surprise to him. as he and his man ager. Jack Kearns, had picked the French champion to win. Dempsey said Carpentier was more scientific, quicker and a harder hitter than Beckett. "I am ready to fight Carpentier or any other tignter in tne world tr I get my price," said Dempsey. "They all look alike to me. 1 whipped the biggest man who has entered the ring when I beat Jess Willard. Therefore, I don't think I would have much trouble to defeat Carpentier. "Carpentier, in all probability, will be my next opponent and the meeting probably will come off next epring. RICHARD LE.VEY OF BOUT Promoter Sees Rocks Ahead for - Dempsey-Carpentier Go. NEW YORK. Dec. 4. "Georges Car nentier is apparently the logical con tender to meet Jack Dempsey for the world's championship," said Tex Rick ard, the promoter, when informed by the Associated Press of the result of the London battle, on his return from Chicago late tonight. "Staging such a bout, however, is far from being an easy task, contin ued Rickard. "There are many diffi culties that stand in the way, and I am not at all certain that I care to consider such a proposition at this time. Both Dempsey and Carpentier w ould undoutewx ssvi. . a Cambridgeshire Victory Snatched Against Betting Odds of 33 to 1 $40,000 Won Day Before. LONDON, Dec 4. Baron James Rothschild's winnings when his horse, Brigand, captured the' Cambridgeshire at Newmarket recently were approxi mately $390,000. The betting against Brigand fluctuated about the odds o 33 to 1, and Baron Rothschild backed his horse heavily. . The day before that he won $40,000 on his horse 'Jag rag, wnicn captured a race at 8 to Lord Rothschild has always been noted for the large amount of money ne nas spent in endeavoring to brine orr long snots in connection with his own horses. During the final big meeting of the flat racing for the season at Newmarket he had several horses entered and two of his notable long shots were winners. Lord Rothschild is a popular figure in the racing world and is known for his quick decisions in betting. Apart from this he is noted for his wit an is a brilliant conversationalist. He has a fine war record, having driven motor lorries in Serbia and serve with the French flying corps. Lord Rothschild was lamed by a bad motor smash during his war services. Recently he lost the sight of one eye, which was struck by a golf ball whil he was playing in France. During th tube and omnibus strike in Paris h drove an omnibus. ICE SKATING IS PROMISED Continued Cold Weather Will Per mit of Recreation. If the present cold "weather con tinues, ice skating will soon be store for the people of Portland. Th pond at Laurelhurst park was covered by a coating of Ice to the depth one-half inch last night, but the park board refused to allow skaters to venture forth on the lake, as the ice was not thought strong enough to support the large throng which was ready to glide over the frozen surface. Should the cold weather continue for the next two or three days the ice on the pond at Laurelhurst will be strong enough to support skaters. Guild's lake at the old fair grounds is deeper and larger than the Laurel hurst park lake and will not be ready for the skaters as soon as Laurelhurst. Dunn to Stay With Bloomington. CHICAGO, Dec 4 (Special.) Joe Dunn, who . had several offers made him after he won tne Three-I league pennant for Bloomington last season, has decided to remain with Bloom ington and announcement is made that he has signed a 1920 contract at verj considerable, adjjgnra aw-laxifc. Canvass of Northern Players Indi cates Choice for Honor of Meet ing Eastern Team. WASHINGTON STATE COLLEGE. Pullman, Dec 4. (Special.) Al though Washington State gridiron players were defeated by Oregon Agricultural college and won from the University of Oregon, they have expressed their faith in the ability of the latter team besc to meet an eastern grid representative at Pasa- victories over the leading boxers the country Jack Fahie. who looks after Darcy's business Interests and handles him in his battles, is confi dent that his protege has every chance in the world against the flashy St. Paul boxer. In speaking of the match yesterday when asked if he thought Darcy had much of a chance with Gibbons Fahie replied: Darcy Is training for the coming match as he has never trained be fore. He has been doing road work daily for the past eight days and will continue for two more mornings De- fore he confines himself to gym work alone. As long as I have been inter ested In Darcy I have never seen him work so hard for a. match, fcveryone knows what a wicked punishing wal lop Darcy carries in his two mitts and at the outside I look for nothing worse than a draw and really think he has a chance to win. Of course Gibbons fieures to outpoint him on comparing records, but lookout if Darcv begins to connect witn nis punch." V All of the principals in the other matches on the Milwaukie card ar ranged by Matchmaker Frank Ken dall are working hard for their en counters. Bobby Ward, the St. Paul lightweight, who meets Stanley Wil is of Pennsylvania in tne semi-wma- nn of eight rounas win train wiiii Gibbons as' soon as the latter ar rives. Willis Is working out daily at Ad Garlock's school of physical cul- ure, boxing with Weldon W Ing and Frankie Webb. The complete card is: Tommy Gib bons vs. Jimmy Carey, Stanley Willis vi. Robbv Ward. Georgia Brandon vs. Niel Zimmerman, and Weldon Wing vs. Carl Martin. Jake Fahie announced yesterday that he had come to terms with Dan Salt, the Seattle promoter, tor Alex Trambitas to meet Travie Davis in the main event of Salt's card in Se attle, December 16. Matchmaker Jack Grant of the Portland boxing commission has prac tically completed arrangements for all of the bouts at the armory, De cember 19. Frank Farmer is sched uled to clash with Battling urtega in the main event. Pete Mitehie will clash with Freddie Anderson in tne semi-windup. Niel Zimmerman will oppose some good featherweight on the bill. , Jack Wagner, the Portland boxer who was barred for an alleged failure to sro through with a match . in Marshfield last Labor day, after hav- ng- another opponent rung in on him the day before the fight, has been reinstated by the Portland boxing commission and Grant is looking up an opponent lor nim at one oi tne coming cards. Wagner has been do ing some light work and will settle down to real training this week. He does not expect to be ready to box on December 19, but will be ready to go on the next bill. It is Wag ner's ambition to meet Harry Casey, over whom he holds a clean four round decision. Jack does not want to be confused in the minds of the fight fans with the George Wagner who took a Brodie to Casey here recently. w m w Fred Winsor is now in San Fran cisco with his bantamweight con tender. Bud Ridley. Ridley is a classy man and should not find a great deal of trouble bowling over the majority of the boys at his weight in California, if his work is up to the standard that it has been in the northwest. Lee Johnson, the veteran colored featherweight, is evidently nearly at the end of his string as a boxer. Lee received a severe setback when Muff Bronson stowed him away in round here some months ago and now the 'news comes up from Oakland that Jerry O'Keefe, another old-timer in Bay City fistic ranks, scored a tech nical knockout over him In two rounds the other night. This means that the fight was stopped, which is perhaps worse than getting knocked out. canvass of the players snows tnat they believe that the Huntington players have the power on offeflse to cope with the strongest of east ern elevens. Oregon Aggies, while having a wonderful collection of individual players, is rated by the Welchmen as the weakest team in the confer ence on offensive, although showing great resistance against the State college when their goal was in dan ger on several occasions. California is rated almost on a par ith the Webfooters of Eugene for general all around strength, but per haps a natural desire to see a north ern team practice against the east operates In favor of the University of Oregon and by process of elimina tion the seleceion has simmered down to the athletes coached by Shy Huntington. Washington State coaches, assist ants and players credit Oregon with the strongest Dlavs and mightiest of fense met this year. The famed off- tackle smash employed by Hunting ton is practically the same as the Carlisle play and when worked with the Steers - Jacoberger - Huntington combination should be a powerful play, is the opinion of local gridders. Although Coach Welch of the Cou gars, always averting publicity, has refused to give his opinion, much less choose an all-star team, it is be lieved that he would be very much in favor of seeing the University of Oregon make the jaunt to Pasadena. Carrying the Largest Up-to-Date Stock of Suits and Overcoats V Both in Quality and Style For Men and Young Men at a Saving of $10 to $15 a Garment OUR PRICES ARE INCOMPARABLE $ 25 to s50 Mid m mmWm " We sell for less because, we are out of the high rent district. ndflmiii A Garber, Proprietors 148 Fourth Street 10 Steps Between Morrison and Alder HARVARD COMES INTACT CRIMSON' TO BRING STARS FOR COAST CONTEST. POCKET RECORDS BROKEN BEXXIE ALLEN DROPS BALLS BEFORE MISS. 81 Cue Shark Scores Four In One Shot in Scar Performance at Philadelphia. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Dec. 4. Two new world's pocket billiard records were established tonight by Bennie Allen in his match with Edward I. Ralph, Hightstown, N. J., at the na tional American pocket billiard tournament. Allen won the match. 125 to 6, in five innings. His high run of 81 shattered the former record of 74 held jointly by himself and Alfredo de Oro. Experts who witnessed the match said Allen played, one of the most re markable games they had ever seen. On his 30th shot he made four balls and twice during the match he sent two balls in with a single shot. - John M. Layton, Columbia, Mo., and Louis D. Kreuter, New York, were the vietors of the afternoon matches. Layton defeated Morris D. Fink, Philadelphia, 125 to 121. in 33 innings. Kreuter won from James Maturo, Denver, 125 to 100, in 26 innings. Layton and E. Ralph Greenleaf, Wil mington, Del., are leading in the tournament, each having won three games and lost one. Jerome Keogh, Rochester. N. Y.. is second with two victories and no defeats. Allen has won two games and lost one. Squad of 22 Men, Head Coach and Eddie Mahan as Aide to Make California Trip. CAMBRIDGE, Mass.. Dec. 4. The Harvard university football team which will invade the west to play a leading Pacific coast eleven at Pasa dena, on Ney Year's day will be virtually the same as that which went through the recent season without defeat. In connection with the an nouncement of Harvard's acceptance of the Invitation to play at the Carni val of Roses celebration, it was said today that 23 players would be taken on the trip. A canvass of the crimson players who won their letters against Prince ton and Yale, and leading substitutes showed that almost all were available. One or two may be lost because of recently developed academic difficul ties and two others said they might wish to pass Christmas with their families, having been in the army- service for the last two Christmas seasons. The team will include Captain Murray, the crimson quarterback; Eddie Casey, the crack halfback whose shifty open-field running, forward pass reception and defensive play gave him high place among eastern players, and the Horween brothers, one of whom. Ralph, kicks far and true for field goals. 'One substitute will be carried for each position ex cept quarterback, for which there will be two. Head Coach Robert T. Fisher will have several assistants, includ ing Eddie Mahan, crimson captain in 1915, who i3 famyiar with western styles of play through a season as coach at University of Southern California. The start for the west will be made December 20 when a two weeks' re cess for the holidays begins at Har vard. Until that time, the crimson team will be kept busy with a recon ditioning process. The players broke training after the Yale game two weeks ago, which Harvard won, 10 to 3, but Coach Fisher said he had no doubt it would be possible to bring them back to top form and with nearly a week for acclimation and practice in California that the team would be ready to play its best game on New Year's day. Inhabitants of Turkey, having wearied of warfare, are demobilizing their harems. OICBET ZKROW FORM.-ITT Collar CLUETT.PEABODYfr Co. JtcufTcrtexr Omaha After Manager. DENVER, Dec. 4. Report circu lated at the meeting of the Western league club owners in Chicago last week, was that William A. Rourke of Omaha was negotiating with the Min neapolis club for the release of Jack Lelivelt with the intention of making Lelivelt manager of the Omaha team for next season. Herman Scores Knockout. ST. LOUIS, Dec 4. Pete Herman, bantam champion, knocked out Kid Regan of St. Louis, in the third of a scheduled eight-round bout tonight. The contest was about even until the third when Herman delivered the knockout with a right cross to Re gan's jaw. UNITED STATES RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF RAILROADS see IT Sul Train eir ervace d. ALCMNT TO 3IEET SATURDAY Rickey Likes to Release Players. Oregon Agricultural College Ath letics to Be Discussed. Former students of the Oregon Ag ricultural college throughout the state, as well as those in Portland, are said to be manifesting interest in the meeting of that institution's alumni, to be held Saturday night, December 6, at the Imperial hotel. A number of out-of-town members will be present. The chief purpose is to discuss the athletic situation, but other matters affecting the school's welfare will be presented also. The session begins at 8 o clock ana an iormer students are requested to be present. CLTJB SMOKER SCHEDULED Motorboat Society to Entertain on December 10. Plans have been completed by the committee in charge of the Portland Motor club smoker to make the event, wWlch is scheduled for December 10, the biggest jubilee that has been given for several years. The com mittee, which consists of C. M. Boost, chairman; Dr. Charles E. Hill, Otto Hoffman. Ed Pierre, A. A. Hoover, L. M. Myers, G. N. Smith, W. H. Curtis and W. F. Prier, has completed all arrangements and has scheduled a programme which, for and pep. A St. Louis statistician has figured it out that since Branch Rickey took charge of the Cardinals in the spring of 1917 he has released over 100 play ers that up to the close of the 1919 season. Rickey has secured another boko of blank releases and prepared himself for the coming campaign. For Xmas CIGARS PIPES Smokers' Articles Cigarettes. RICH'S 6th and Wash. 1th and Morrison All the famous brands of high grade Candies buy the box. Avoid Unnecessary Travel "The shortage of coal necessitates a material reduction in train service. A large number of passenger trains using coal for fuel will be discontinued after Sunday, December 7th, and the schedules of some remaining trains changed on all the railroads in Northwestern and Central Western regions, which is the territory, Chicago and St. Louis, north and west to Pacific Coast. "Detailed information will be given through the newspapers and by ticket agents. "In this emergency the public is earnestly requested to avoid unnecessary travel within and through the regions affected. It is very important that those who must travel, and especially those who have'made advance purchases of tickets or sleeping car space for any date in December, shall promptly make inquiry of local ticket agents and ascertain whether or not the trains or cars they contemplate using have been discontinued or changed. "The limited train service available will serve to carry only essen tial travel." R. H. AISHTON, Regional Director, Northwestern Region. HALE HOLDEN, Regional Director, Central Western Region. I