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PACE FOUR THE ADVERTISER-JOURNAL' AUBURN. N: Y./MONDAY,' JANUARY 7,-1929 Iilu * i 4 i a a » Ik i.m m I mighty good odds. Why not take a I|I 6 AflVCrtlSer-JOUmal chance? The Whalen figures show -•'if; v (Incorporated) ,4(i«frtU»er Established 1844 Journal £*tabllshed 1829 '.V iC IO B 3 . CAl/LANAif, Managing Editor. iUpOLPH W. CHAUBERLAIN. ■•/'•J,},. Editor. ikitored at tbe Auburn Po 6 tofflc* a* •] Second-class matter MKgBKK OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS iy.Tk« Associated Fresa is-exclniively •art (led to the use for publication ot h ll pewm credited to it or not other- credited in thla paper and alaa tb* .local news published herein. AU right* ot republlcatlon of special dl*- patch e« are alao reserved. TEX RICKARD lliar this Is Just whut happens. There ls moro iii this situation, however, than just tardy execution of justice. The'trouble lies In a state of mind, • on anti-social attitude, a con ten.pt, for - all -restraint, \particularly the law, nn utter disregard ' for h u man life. Many students 'have tried to attribute this condition t o . the World War; but if that is true, why do not‘ similar conditions exist in Groat Britain? She felt\ the pinch of the fttruggle much more than we did.- Yet sbr> stands aghast at the murders of a (.ingle city in the United States. Assuredly, this. Is one of the most pressing problems of the day. And we have a suspicion that If that could be I'olred, a number of our other troubles would vanish also. HARK!- HARK! THE DOGS DO BARK! -O •• W hat will happen now to “the preatest battles of tlie century?\ From i the -showman’s point of view, pugilism w u in hard straits following the re tirement of Jack Dempsey and Gene ’XuUnej. Aspirants for the heavy weight crown were not only sccond- yutj> as to performance, but third-rate i i .to. drawing ability. The sudden death of Tex Rickard, premier sports X-i'omotor of the world, In a Florida - hospital following complications nfter -jin’’ operation for appendicitis is an- otjier blow to boxing, for most of the - big bouts' of the past decade have beep sponsored by Tex. i;,.Nearly $25,000,000 in receipts have heffl taken in from tbe 280 bouts pro moted by Rickard. And that Is big bpfjiiess with a vengeance.' When Tex 5 bi-gtu his operations, pugilists took . thirir punishment for sums well be- • peatb a figure that would attract most , qf - ue. When he closed Ills career, u the'-gigantic purses won by chumps . and near-champ* had become the text Vt ;*crmons by publicists alarmed at ihe discrepancy between compensation for;batting with the ( 1 st and reason- ,i\K with the brain. A single title bout vitaat wealth to both participants. P»I* was due mostly to Tex's ability to ipacl: ’em ln. And he charged a round sum too. Tic made boxing the ijJjj'gun iu professional sport. It got a jl, the publicity';- ;■ '.’flie general consensus of opinion g«erns *** that tbere ls no ono to JaVe his place. That may be true, i»}t it cU*esn’t mean there,won’t be n liig-racc among the lesser fry to step hitphis shoes. The next great box- iiig,promotor hns a task on Ills hands, ' for ' unless he can And two hard-hit- }lng gentlemen with an appeal for the fans, tho gate receipts will not be ■what they have been In the past. EyVp ‘ Tcv took a lacing on his last jeiijiire. • 'There is genii (no sorrow among the *p<<rtfRjr fraternity over “Rickard's sud- iJejl' ctontJi. No mnn can engage ln operations of such magnitude ns those undertaken by Tex without making both friends and enemies; but at the Moment It is his service to sport thnt Js uppermost In the mind. One for- gnts the commercial aspect, the view ing with alarm of boxing’s growth in to a big business nnd the differential be^'Wn the collect: professor’s snlarv Und .the revenue from a single fistic engagement. In a game that was con tinually under suspicion, that pro duced charges of fixing at almost every encounter, Tex kept a reputa tion -.for fairness rlint has much to do Vwith the present feeling of sor row. Jack Dempsey wns his greatest find an »i> money-maker; Gene Tunney as a :pptlemnn boxer. To both of these men, along with Tex Rlcknrd, be- I mics the credit for making boxing wlint it Is today. The very fnct that a slump has come with their retire ment demonstrate.! thnt. Whnt. tho future holds no man can sav. THE END OF NOTHING Not' that' It' makes much’• practical difference to any of u^, but this idea of a ’’closed universe” is vaguely dis turbing. In the first place, it Is just as difficult for the average mind to conceive an end to space, a point where nothing stops and what have you, as it Is-to picture space as' going on forever. For wbat ln tho world Is left, when space stops? It was Mr. Einstein who first pro pounded the theory of a closed uni verse: but recently the investigations of the relatlvitist have been corro borated by other scientists. Doctor Adam*.* of the Mount Wilson Observa tory has discovered that a certain re mote nebula Is traveling away from our solar system at a rate not justi fied by conditions. -• This he attributes to relative velocity; that,Is, it only louks' as if it were traveling that fast. This apparent speed Doctor Adams explains on the basis of the closed universe, the ending of space. Tbe light travels to the far side nnd bends backward In a circle, theoretically re turning to its starting point, fcike a goldfish swimming around In a glass bowl. That is nil very well for your scien tist- Rut most of us would like to I:now whnt is outside of the glass bowl. Tbe unverse In the popular vcnccptlon has been oodles and oodles of nothing, now can nothing come to nn end? Is tbere- a picket fence nt the far end of the nstral cosmos? If there-Is, what would one see If lie peeked through a knot-hole? All conjecture, of course. But then, wo got tired of facts in a matter-of- fact world. Then wo use our Imagi nations. And look what happens! FIFTY YEARS AGO -(From Advertiser-Journal Files-) - At a meeting of Neptune^ Hose -No.- One, held at their thorns last evening, the following officers were chosen: ' Foreman, Ezra Hamilton; first assist ant, Edward- J. Moore, second assist ant, Janie's R. Russell; president, John C. AVinsor; vice President, i George W. Wilson; treasurer, B. j Hutchinson ; trustee. E. Hamilton; di rectors, Thomas E Folor . Knobles, E. Hamilton, Thoma,T? son, William II. Severs, Jnnics n ^ sell, H. L. Snook, .T. C. W i i l rR'> LnVlerge, John Poole. ,A-^ The evening school m School No. 1 is progressln- c„ - fully. The school opened ago and will continue until th„ of CO nights expires. The tencLL\? charge are as follows: Prindnn ^ jam in B. Snow; • Doctor Messrs. Lumbnrd, S. E. Akin n • Giles, Miss Sarah S. Warren 11 Miss Jenkins. The names ' scholars are now on the roll. sjj of 1* [JEFFERSON | Mat. 2:30 ALL W E E K C:30-9;0» Eve, Direct from its. record two weeks run at Eckle Theater, Syracuse I t ’s new! It ’s different! It ’s sensational!! ‘ o , H * O i MR. HOOVER HOMK AGAIN RECORDS IN MURDER Readers o f English novels have be come accustomed to finding numerous references to the prevalence of niur der and violent .-rimes in the Vnited Stutes. These references run all the way from satiric comment lo horrified ninnrem o n t The worst of it is tlrnt jsoniiel tn decide, concerning which in tlicro Is justification for tin' 111 re-|the welter of rum o rs and recommen In prospect a trip such ns that taken by President-elect Hoover con tains both a promise nnd a fear: a promise that new nml friendly ties will be made with neighboring na tions and a fear that some unintended slight to sensitive Latins may work barm rather than good. Hut Mi'. Hoover Is bnck in ■Washington, and the results of tho voyage are all on the right side of the ledger. For Hoover piado no blunders. He didn’t wave the flag too \pompously or remind the South Americans that tho United States ls the big toad In tho big puddle. lie didn't stress too strongly the commercial aspect of our relations; Indeed avoided such topics ns much ns possible except where n common advantage wns obvious. He was neither too reserved nor too balalant. Received with genuine enthusiasm In every country h>» visited, Mr. Hoo ver returns to Washington to mnke’re- poit io President Coolldge of a good will tour thnt lived up to every ex pectation. Ills political opponents would be the first to offer criticisms were any available, but they nio either silent or add their voices to the general commendation. It will bo remembered that nt tbe beginning of the trip several opposition papers had Utile but scepticism to offer ns a bon voyage. Iii Washington r.ll manner of prob lems present themselves to the presi dent elect There is (lie cabinet per- Listening In NEW LINCOLN LETTERS DOUBTED. (Rochester Tlmes-Union ) A series of alleged Lincoln letters being published In the Atlantic ’Month ly is finding the sied'diiig^'hnrd.'\The series can be demonstrated to be'spur ious without a doubt,” writes Lorth- ington C. Konl, editor of the Massa chusetts Historical Society. The letters are ■ offered ns having passed between Lincoln, Ann Rutledge and' the family of John Calhoun. Miss Wilma Frances Minof maintains she obtained them in direct descent from Matilda Cameron, a supposed friend of Ann Rutledge. But Matilda Is said to be a legendary individual. Mrs. Edna OrendorfI Macplierson of the Illnois State Historical Library, a great niece of the wife of John Cam eron, Matilda's father, has a copy of the page in tho Cameron family Bible on which tbe names and birth dates of tho children were inscribed. Matilda is not among the 11 daughters. Another Indictment is of Ann Rut ledge's Iirst letter to Lincoln. In which she is made to write- '1 am greatful for the Spencers copy-book. I copy from that every time I can spair. Spencer's iirst publication on pen manship wns issued in lx-ls. 1 .'! years after the death of Ann Ivutledge. On nn undated diary entry written about Matilda Cameron remarks VITAPHONE ACTS FOX-MOYIETCNE NEWS \Martliy Calhone teched Ann sum new pattern of grosha and she Is go ing to tech me.” Martha Calhoun was born nine years after the diary entry. Twice Matilda Cnmeron writes of boats from Springfield, yet Spring field is six miles from the Sangamon River, and, moreover, only twice has P>'s river been navigated by boats ot size. Altogether, various historians havo thrown serious doubt upon the au thenticity of these ‘'Lincoln letters.\ If the debating societies want a really vital subject, let them argue: \Resolved that antique furniture is a nobler Interest than crossword puz zles.\—Boston Herald The big advantage the hitching post had over parking space was that you didn't get tagged for hanging around it too long.—Cincinnati. Enquirer. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO (From Advertiser-Journal riles) York with a big string of 30 Auburn birds for the great Madison Square Garden Show. These birds are mag nificent specimens of the Barred Ply mouth Rock variety, aud they will all be shown later at the local show ,in Maccabee Temple. January IS and 22. With the exception of William Boyd, all the firemen who were Iiir jured at the Osborne fire, Saturday night, are doing very well. Boyd left the. City Hospital yesterday afternoon against the advice of physicians. I-L: managed to walk to Department Headquarters where he collapsed. Doc tor Woodruff was summonded and or- tjercd him returned to the Hospital-. It Is believed that he is suffering fiom pneumonia. Captain Morrissey wi-s more seriously injured tlinn was at first supposed, suffering from ex posure. smoke and frost bites. It will be some timu before he ls ready for duty. Chief Jewhurst is getting along as well as can be expected. STRAND Todayjittd Tucs. romantic sensation / WHITE SfiWDOWS THE SOUTH SEAS NEWS MUSIC COMEDY PALACE Today Last Time “T IIE FIGHTIN G EAGLE\ Tties. Wed. NEWS MONEY! W IT H JUNIOR C 00 XUNI GtORGl DIRYU TOM KENNEDY AMD I VIRGINIA BRADFOUl MUSIC COMEDY [ -Mrs. Amelia Wigfall, a former res ident of Weedsport. wns among tbe matinee crowd in the Iroquois Thea ter-holocaust at Chicago, nnd as a re sult of the burns she received she may lose both feet When the rush came, she was unable lo make her escape but was rescued before dying. Mrs. Wigfall is the sister of Mrs. Ben jamin F. Sclnser of Weedsport, where she formerly resided M. S. Gardner of the Gardner & Dunning poultry farm in South Divis ion Street loft last night for New P«U into v.hlcli u-o have fallen conditions in * '• for the year ending December I lltere had been \C’T murders and man- flauphte-s. nn lnorenio of r>i over the rremllng twelvemonth When one realizes thnt the ‘.! 7 .c of the Increase, alone is greater C'nn the number of'sor is t-tili in office datlon-i he has wisely kept Ills n\\ n | eoui'M'l There is l!i;— ,,i>ti(i .f ati I '•es-iitn Vs li •n’.r.uuig ws:)i , the process of legislation in Ihe pres ent ( iHigros.«i. however. Mr TIno\r>. I..T* \er.v decided Ideas It is nnt his province, lie believes, tn peek to in- fiueiu-e legislation while his prctleces- Vnd that too w ill By CHARLES P. STEWART W ashington Correspondent (or Ventral I'rcss W ASHINGTON, D. C.— J o h n J. Blnlno Is n very pessim istic senator- since Inst election Jo h n J went the lim it of bolting bis own party's presidential candi date — l-terbcrt H oov er — b <- j cause ho did not consider h im as progressive as AI S m ith — J o h n J being ono of the %! most progressive s' : folk in p u b lic life. And then — In Senator Ulaine's o p in io n — tbp vc\f. crs^K ^ .t ■! tween M r Hoov er and AI w ith out the least re gard for progress —either for or ag'ln SEN BLAINE two. The conservatives themselves say so. Col John Q. Tilson. G O. P. leader in thu house of representatives, surely is a sm.n.j conservative. He agrees that ho is \it our political parties simtnerrM riov/n to the samo tiling,” as ho rxpross*»d it to me once, **'V6 would to rroate a new one An opposition Kroup is essential ** ' • » E VIDENTLY1 up need a new one now—for the ! At present h;*.ve no place to £o They trtH n rind a place in 1924, \\hc» t! < ; miinated the late Senator Lai- 1 >iviip They did not succccd well f** to encourage them to try a^*i n ti e same way A fow tried anoM^r the AI Smith * y u Senator H im '., m <j ono 0f t%x. perim o ntors I f • nnS. i f any new Party butMuiK ■- i ' be done, he looks like a notable 1 I- - 1 * ,t.ho will have to have a hand i • » tt was that that 1 was asKmp M ^ u t. murders in G reat Britain for a whole Ibo igreenble to the publN- je a r , the attitu d e of foreign writers] Tvery single act of Mr Hoover toward America is i \plnlnalile j'-iuep November lias sen,.,) fn pm pha- 1-or New \i ork ' ‘ity condition-: a r e ls izo [he wisdom of the \nters In se- lint much better l ’\lice C o m m issioner lectins him as chief executive. W i t h Grover W h a len, who lias been endeav- an auspicious beginning It is to be orlpg to put the fear of the law inti c-yildocrs. has made public the death riK|er for 102S in tiiat metropolis. There were .'!07 murders and mnn- fclaughiers There were 222 arrests There were 28 convictions. Think it over. W h at chance has ihe slajer to ctcape the penalty for hl« crime’ Oply about one In 12 are convicted on till) basis of the above report Woven. hoped thnt when the problems really 1 ccoir.e acute Mr Hoover may still m a intain t I k * s,,mo Independence connled with ta d which lias charnc- lerl/.eil his- conduct the past few m o n 'hs A ( liicego w o n n n predicts that the dnv w ill come when the drudgery of cooking at home w ill be eliminated by a great thru, SO f-cot free. Any good snmblor. \he t community kitchen Tbe can open who hns no comp*tact inn a*>o' - Mic er h' c already eliminated ttVing of life. .ml 1 loo!, nn \bis ;!<■■ . j.a l of it l “ TF that election settled any Issue. 1 I admit 1 don't know w h a t it was,” tbe senator told mo recently | \Unless It was religion.\ he added •cornfully “State elections.\ continued the Roscobel (W ls.) solon, \seem to sig nify something coherent. they send senators nnd representatives to W a s h ington woo split into genuinely divergent political groups. \R u t each national c a m p a ig n ts fought on one or another false issue. The issue being false, so is the vote— meaningless.\ • • * H O W E V E R , that did not solve my puzzle. For a long tinte the two old parties havo beer, as sim ilar as tw o pea3 in the same m ighty conservative pod. T h e ir last pair of presidential can didates were violently unlik e , per son a lly —but tbe parties?— e x c e p t by their labels, hard to tell a p a r t Tn effect we ha\e only one party O u r form ot coseri’m e n t ca lls for T 1 « e d skeptically if.-e’’\ ho replied, that tho country H E srn-iTrtr •\\ hat « “— w ith no is. will concentra'.' 13nt surely tli.'r^ are Issues* Tho serial nr icquiesced readily There are plen*\ of Issues which seem vital to ln-i -But apparently none,\ be compla nod. 'w ith the right appeal to hol-l tl < l-ulk of the voters' attention when comes to a n a tional poll The> pet to quarrelling over religion \ • < i E X U 1 X E political Issues, which v-l this country will vote on, in preference to counterfeits. In presi dential y e a r s \ nl.-served Senator Blaine, “appear to he few and far be tween \W e had one In 1S60 That was the last time \ And ara wo nevei* to have ono again ? \A n y answ e r tn that question,\ re- T.l ed the senatm p u r e l y speculative, and 1 Jan ; speculate.\ This W eek w ill be y o u r last chance to join o u r 1 9 2 9 Christmas Club J F you delay, you will miss the oppor tunity to benefit by this systematic plan of saving. You can join ?.ny day this week by making your payments to date. C A Y U G A C O U N T Y SA V IN G S B A N K Corner Genesee and State Streets
