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CALLED A FAKE
PAKIS, Dee. 20. Ficlit fans who
witnecd the eight-round dash here
Inst nipht between Jack John -on nnd
Jim Johnson wcro convinced todav
Hint Jack would hnvo boon knocked
out if the fight hnd gone a few more
rounds, llo was groggy nt the fin
ish nnd it was considered doubtful
ir he could hnvo la.-tud another
round. .
The newspapers were bitter today
in their denunciation of the fight.
"It was one of the worst fake?
ever ntlcmpted in Paris," was the
way the Exeelsdor referred to the af
fair. Jack churned thnl hi" miserable
poor showing was due to a broken
left forearm, sustained in the third
round, and a physician today cor
roborated his assertion.
lleferce Mnitrot called the bout a
draw.
CHARLIE HIP BESTS
WOLGAST. JEN ROUNDS
MILWAUKEE Wis., Dec. HO.-Ad
Wolgast, former 'lightweight cham
pion, admitted today thnt he "had
gone back a little," but he still in
sisted that he is the be.-t man of his
weight in tho world, daspito Jlic trim
ming ho received here Inst night nt
the hands of Chnrlie White of Chi
cago. Tho contest went ten rounds,
with nine belonging to White.
Tho only round tho former cham
pion took was the sixth, and this was
won by him by a mile. He nailed
White time and again with n left to
the faco thnt brought f-t renins of
blood from both mouth and nose.
White appeared tired when the round
closed, but he rnrae back wmel nnd
easily led throughout the rest of the
tailliug.
MONA LISA SIMS
10
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FLORENCE, Dee. J0.--The ".Monn
Lisa" wag started loday on it jour
ney to Rome.
Tho authorities admitted that mnnv
Itnlinns opposed sondiut; the fumouu
painting", part of tho fint Nuooleon's
loot from Italy, back to tho Paris
Louvre. So strong wns Ibis feeling
thut it was feared nn irttempt might
be made to seize it forcibly and hide
it, ns (ho only menus of keeping- it
iu tho country.
As n precaution against eueh n
thing tho train was accompanied by
n strong guard of carbineers and de
tachments wero on duty ut nil rail
road fctalions to piuvcut "any uttempt
tit a rush,
4
I COMMUNICATION.
To tho Kdlter:
Tho ploco In tho paper about J. C.
Tluckmastor Is abholutcly false. I
bad nothing to do with tho rocks In
nny way. I reported tho matter to
tho Southern Pacific company and
wbb nrrosled, but was turnod Ioorc
afterwards on a plea ot not guilty.
It was also fulbo about tho hold
up last fall. 1 put nothing In tho
papor, nor spoko to no reporter of
tho mattor In any way, although I
was struck bensoloas ono evening
xvhllo riding, end tho samo can bo
proven by Inquiring at tho Nush liv
ery, Thoro was no monoy or valu
ables taken. A report of the affair
camo out Iu tho Sun, but I nover saw
It. As It proved afterwards, It
wasn't done with Intention to rob,
but was n pergonal affair. Please
publish this. Itespcctfully,
' J. C. nUCKMASTEU.
Snrnfmonto, Cnl., Dee. 17.
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BOUT
PARIS
THE CURRENCY BILL
THE currency hill thai passed tho senate Friday night
and will be' signed hv tho president, on fly in tho week
is prohnhly tho most important piece of financial legisla
tion enacted since tho civil war. Its primary object is to
provido a moro elastic currency to prevent panics, to
stnblfao financial conditions and free 'the nation from tho
domination of tho money trust.
The passage of the bill is tho crowning act of the Wil
son administration and proves the president's capacity as
a party leader and administrator. While bitterly fought,
even by members of his own party, and vigorously opposed
by "Wall street and its big business allies, the administra
tion succeeded after months of patient and persistent
effort in forcing its passage by a narrow margin.
That tho bill will be a' relief to the business world is
universally admitted, though it will bo some months before
its effects are felt. Meanwhile, with the tariff and the
currency settled, there is no reason whv business condi
tions should not speedily revive. It is uncertainty, more
man anything else that cheeks prosperity and the uueor
taint v is now removed.
".riiat Hie present financial stringency is wholly arti
ficial ami the result ol a uail street conspiracy is indi
cated by conditions. Banks never had more monev and
never loaned less. Crops throughout the nation have been
good and prices high. Railroads show increases in earn
ings of ten per cent.' yet arc reducing expenses in a con
eertetl effort to torce higher
has been in effect for months
Dig ousmess evidently seeks by creating iinancial strin
gency in times of plenty to secure a return to noliitcal
power and privilege. Development projects have been
ueiueii litiids,. even ordinary enterprises curtailed bv
refusal of loans. Never was' there less excuse for business
depression in the nation at large.
That the currency bill will go a long wav towards rem
edying conditions and cffectuallv destrov the control the
money power now possesses
the nation is the claim ot the
ure is inns summarized ny
sponsers:
"It provides a plan for concentrating tho reserves of
25,000 banks into the greatest banking association in tho
world. It provides for mobilization of these reserves and
for keeping them liquid and quicklv available in the form
of cash.
"It provides for the issuance of an elastic currencv
through federal reserve notes which mav be put out on the
security of commercial bills of short maturity.
"It establishes an onen discount in:rfcif wiiL.L a mm..
ica has never had before a
bills and paper mav be discounted at all times t low intm.-
est rates.
"It safeguards two per cent bonds.
"It will stabilize commercial, financial and industrial
conditions in America.
"It establishes foreign
ioreign commerce.
(ITi. i .. l , ...
j.t extends a strong helping hand to the eountrv's
iarmers and producers and will bo invaluable to business
men as well as to bankers thcinselvej.
"The system is under the supervisory contrdl of the
government through a federal reserve board, with full
power to fix- interest rates, to control the elastic currencv
or federal reserve notes, to examine banks and to remove
officers and directors of any federal reserve bank.
Ihe system starts with $53,000,000 capital and in two
years it will have moro than -jnnnnnnnn ,., i
probably $200,000,000 in government funds distributed
iiiuii5 t-igm; io ion Diniits adjusted to serve conveniently
and sympathetically every section of the country. "
Parents Responsible for Child
By Lady Cook, neo Tennessee Clnflin
NEW YORK, J)ee. 11). Parents
may 'be assured (hat tho welfare of
their children nnd the" future of the
raee lie Io a large extent in their
hands. Their action? and habiU nnd
beliefs will govern those to eonie. If
they fail, so will the others. If they
do their duty wisely the children will
follow 'their, sample. . Parents not
ordymold their own children, but
tliejCfeCliihlrcii's chihhen to many
generations. It. therefore is the first
duty of parents Id slrixc diligenllv.
earnestly and heart fully to devise the
best methods of instructing their
children in tho care of their bodies
and tho proper nnd God-given use-, of
its functions. Naturally, one system
of instruction would not do for nil
children, for some children mutiirc
moro quickly thnn others. Tho
teacher of spelling or nlgchrn has to
grndo tho children so that the chil
dren more advanced, or quicker to
grasp, will not ho retarded by lliso
who are slower to learn. So should
tho tonehcrv of eugenics exercise dis
cretion iu instructing tho child. Af
ter the ngu .of 10 or 12 tho full de
tail of-tlio wondors Tif our conception
and growth should bo taught.
If all parents followed this method
it would do more to stamp out evils
among children of tender years, and
Iho opportunities for older, children
taking advantage of younger ones
thnn any oilier ono thing. Lot u
child ho mystified and it will ho cur
ious. Adopt an attitudo of mystery
nnd refusal to explain, nnd tho child
will gain from othor children as ig
norant of tho truth ns itself, tho
knowledge which the parent wrongly
withholds. Ignorance of eugenic
truths, I nm happy to sny, does not
alwnyq. result in Joss of virtue. In
fntL it iif' an ns'loiuiding fact that
MDFflRP, MAIL .TftTTtmE,
AWMtl.W-
rates. Tho tariff reduction
and no one crippled thereby.
on the business interests of
administration. The meas
senator Uwen, one of its
marker. wIipumii i.mmiir.i.,.i.ii
branch banks to care for our
ren
there is ns much virtue in the world
ns there is, considering the eugenic
ignorance of the majority of the chil
dren nnd youths. Hut bringing a
child up to maturity without lo-s of
irtuo is not all of n parent' dutv.
Tho parent is far from blameless if
the son or daughter, nftcr murrinire,
makes the mistako so frequent in the
lifo of the young married couplo
mistakes that arc due solelv to ignor
ance of the most important matter,
and mistakes which sometimes result
in so much misery and so many bro
ken marriage ties.
Tho human passions have been
found to bo terrible forces, like steam
or fire, nnd instead of studying them
iu order to regulate them in uceord
unco with their own true Inws and
their adaptation to tho world's; well
being, they have been feared merely,
fought down nnd suppressed. There
can ho no argument sensibly made
nguinst full ami complete instruc
tions for young people about .to be
married. When ono enters into n
business as an employe or a partner,
he first makes n studv of that busi
ness. And yet how few aro the
young couples who nro going into a
lifo pnrtnftrnhip in the huiuess of
lifo nnd souls, who know the details
of tho "business." It is either thnt
their parents do not realize what this
ignorauco may cost, or that tho par
ents nro too prudish loo replele
with that fuli-e, mock modesty which
is nothing shmt of criminal. Hy all
mcuns, the couple should be taught
tho use and regulation of the fiinc
lions of tho body, and the instruction
should be ns complete mid full us the
instruction uecorded Iho student who
is to becomo a nurso or it doctor or
a clerk or h lawyer.
In dry air sound travcla 1442 feet
per second, In water 4900 feet, lu
Iron 17,500 feet.
OTDflORP, rDCTC10.y,
li ,iSiJ-WTf-Tfc"-w -r. -i
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Tell Children the Truth
. ' ' Pleads Titled Eugenist
illy :
The trust of a child It ih thnt nut
urul and Implicit.
l'nroutH lose thla trust by beliiK
tho first to deceive.
The plotm aiiHwer, "Hod inndo
you," to tint iiHtinl miration, "mother
wlio nmdo mo?" Is n plotw Hiibtor
fURO. ' ti
One might as well tay. when tho
child has eaten too much, "(.Soil nave
on IndtgcKUon."
Tho truth, told no the child could
uuderidnnd. would draw tho chll.l
eloao to the parent In affection and
umlei-staiullng nnd trust.
hy Lady Cook
(Nee Tennessee Clnftlu)
XKW YOUK. Hoc. IS. There
should he complete confhtenro be
tween mothers ami daughter and
father and sons. The trust of n
child Is at first natural and Implicit,
but It quickly forfeited by deceit.
Parents usually lose their children's
trust he being tho first to decolo.
They prnctlco upon their Infantile
simplicity, and both subsequently suf
fer for tho fraud. It Is tho naturo
of eonfldeuco that, when oueo gone.
It seldom roturnk. At a tlmo when
a child's Imagination Is so strong thnt
It enuuot discriminate between fact
nnd fiction, and Is at tho same time
thirsting for knowledge, ever thing
should bo presented to It truthfully.
Knlry tales, unless ctenrly explained
to be "made up" should nover ba
told. Tho fooleries ot Santa Clans
should bo avoided, unless tho child
can bo inadu clearly to understand
Santa (Mnus as an allegorical per
sonage. And when tho little one, wonder
ing whence do children come, nstts,
"Mother, who mnde inc. Where did
I come from?" tho usual pious answer
Is a silly falsehood nltout a goose
berry mush or the pious subterfuge:
"Ood mado you my dear." Onn might
as well tell a child after It has eaten
too much, that God gave It Indiges
;.,The Call of
(Hy Thonui Niumn, iu Ihe Sun
Francisco Examiner.)
The Poets' club held n special
meeting yestetday to consider a re
xirt published iu the morning puHr
that Comeback .lones, tho nvintor,
mi honorary member of the club, had
arrixed at the planet Mnr. This ul
leged feat, it was declared, surpass
ed in importance any previous rec
ord of humnn accomplishment in the
scientific world, not excepting the
journey made by Mr. Junes to the
planet Venus.
Some doubt arose ns to the au
thenticity oftli newly published re
xrt, howeytx, owing to 'the follow,
ing communication v.hioh'Mrs. Jones
had received from southern Oregen:
'.Medford, Of'., Dec. 1.7, Ull'l.
"Mrs. Comebnck Jones, care the
Poets' club. 22'2 Hearst building,
San Francisco.
"Denr Madam: Knowing thnl joii
would like to have your husband
home for the holidays, I beg to of
fer you some information.
"Very truly yours,
"O. S. ELTNA."
Since Comeback Jones has disap
peared iim)ii his aeroplane,
The people of the whole world fear
ho'll not come back again.
Rownrds are offered, . grout and
unnll, and searching parties are
Endeavoring to get Iho cash for
Comeback and his car.
A million dollars tho reward for
Comeback and his ear!
Thcy'vo searched throughout Iho oily
mid the country, but in vain;
The sleuths hae covered many stales
iu thorough search, that's plain.
Hut there's ono secluded section they
False Shame of
(Sacramento Ileo)
Home tlmo ago at a dinner in Phil
adelphia, Frauds Ilopkluson .Smith,
a novelist who claims to bo an
American, said:
I have been ashamed, as I sat Iu
tho clubs of London, to hear America
discussed and ridiculed becnuso of
tho Wilson Mexican policy, Wilson
nnd Ilryan have made this country
tho laughing stork of all Europe, It
is an nutrago thnt America should ho
humiliated und made n buffoon be
fore tho eyes of thoSvorld by this ad
ministration of theorists at Washing
ton, Undoubtedly, Abraham Lincoln was
rldlculod In London clubs during tho
Kobolllon oven moro than F. Ilopkln
son Smith hoard Wilson lampooned
tho other day.
And doubtless some Americans of
that day lacking intestines, llko 1
Hopklnson Smith Instcud of stand
ing up llko men for their country, for
their president, for tho truth and for
humanity also hung their recreant
heads In humiliation.
V, Hopklnson Bmlth tho dena
tured American who parts his namo
ami Ids mentality in tho middle
ftiVPUTWiW, 'TWOFiNTOfl
fc.-. , -
tion. Would It not ho wiser and
better for tho mother to say at
once!
"My darling. ou came fiom jour
father and mother. Wo made you
from our own bodies, so that ou
are putt ot us. You grew as tho
seed giows within tho fig, and (or
many weary mouths 1 carried joii
lieneath my heart, where nu weie
fashioned and remained until ou
were fit to be botu, then 1 brought
ou Into tho wotld with much pain;
and so I ntu called your mother, be
cause tho word mother means labor
and ou cost mo much."
A llttlo later, when tho child could
understand more nnd moro tho lo.tl
meaning of this answer, would not
Its heart be drawn nearer to tho par
ent? Would not this answer, when
understood better, prevent the child
from Inter learning tho real truth ot
Its birth from had companions on
tho street comer or In tho school
clonk-room, and when discovered In
this way to bo kept n guilty secret
from Its parents? Tho child Mulud
would argue, as It does most logically
I that tho mother or the father had to
I put It oft with a foolish explnuatlo.i.
and thnt therefore to nytl truth was
bnd.
If ou htdo these things from your
children, they 111 bldo slmllnr
things from ou for It must ho the
parents who first approach such sub.
Joels. Hut It you discuss with tho
child frnuUly and In terms In Keen
ing wlih Its nge and understanding,
tho child, in turn, will mnko u con
fidant of you.
, Of course, It must depend upon the
chllil. how these true explanations
are mnde, Just as It must depend
upon the child when It will ho put
Into the nursery nlono to sleep or nt
what ago It will bo permitted to go
to school. It lit up to the parent to
study tho eh)ld, nnd decide tho pro
per time nnd tho proper method (or
tluv detailed lostou.
the Recall
hae overlooked, somehow ;
And I liaxe eaiued that nullum
ma send it io me now.
YH, lo located Comeback Joi, so
send the million now I
You well remember ComcliHck June
does much excitement crave;
To be iu action almost any danger
ho would brave.
And so he came to .Medford, where
the recall, he bad heard,
Was in effee.t and be could get what
office he preferred.
You see, iu Med fold he could tlK
sueh place as he preferred.
And that's where I discovered him, in
all his splendor grand;
He's the high and mighty Mogul li
the isilitician band.
At present he is councilman in two
wards, ami surveyor,
City atlorney, street commissioner,
recordor and I'll swear
Thnt now they're talking cnmestly of
Comeback Jones for mnvor.
Uon the reading of lhi. poem, the
club decided to resolve itself into a
Copenhagen committee ami examine
into the proofs of the expedition Io
Mors before bestowing anv further
praise on the hirdmaii. The Oregon
correspondent seemed to be trust
worthy, his communication being en.
tirely in ore and in tegular rlivme
up to the second line from the end
where a break was held to he justi
fiable under tint circumstance. Mrs.
Jouos hud scut her detectives to
Medford, ' nt up Io the tune of the
club's adjournment no word hud beei.
received I'tom them, Poet Eltiiu was
uufitiiiuoiisly elected a member of tin
club.
Pitiful American
probably would have the United
States conduct Its "negotiations"
with weaker nations ns Circa t llrltaln
did with Ireland, India, Afghanistan,
nnd tho Transvaal.
I Hopklnson Smith might have
been humiliated also bad bo heard
Lord Hnldnuo ut tho American
Thanksgiving Day In London speak
lu tho highest tonus of this samo
WIIson-Hrynn Mexican policy,
K, Hopklnson Smith bad better
change his brand of Americanism
and use some of tho good old .Joseph
(Jhouto stuff.
Chonto Is not n Wilson man; ho la
an old-llnu republican, Hut this ox
Ambassador to (ho court of St, .lames
said at tho recent, Chamber of Com
merce dlnnor in Now Yerk:
I should llko vory much to dlscusu
John A. Perl
UNDERTAKER
' Lady Assistant
M 8. IIAHTMSTT
Phones SI. 47 und 17-J 13
iiiluilnnco Kervlco Deputy Coroner
tcomtn.
the vHey of thrt United Stales In ru
gnrd Io Mexico, I Ihlnlt I could "
eupv tho whole evening with It II
only I know what thnt polity wns,
llul there Is only ono man who
known thut policy nnd ho very wise
ly keeps his own counsel. It In n
very try lug situatien: II Is a vory dim
geious situation, hut one thing I
know nnd tar one thing I uppeal to
tho heart and Iho bend of every gen
tlemuii pieseul In thin chamber to
night. That In this liylug situation
there Is but one duly for all of us, and
thnt Is to stand by tho piesldunl of
it,, i i'nii.i.1 muixri. iin It now ii what
ho Is about lie known whnt Is nlm
lug nt Wo must stand by our
President thiotigh thick and through
thin, und wo nhnll romo out right lu
tho end.
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