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JOHNSON'S CHIEF
HANDICAP IS
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(By Associated Press)
NEW YORK, Feb. 24—If the ring
precedents count for anything age and
wagering odds should prove a theore
tical handicap to Jack Johnson in his
coming contest with Jess Willard for
the world's heavyweight champion
ship. Pugilistic records show that no
former champion of modern times has
been able to successfully defend his
title after reaching the age of 37 which
i- in Johnson's case will occur on March
, 31. With the exception of the negro,
the present day chnmplons In all
classes range around twenty-five
years of age.
Beginning with John I,. Sullivan,
who lost his title to James J. Corbett,
the records show that Sullivan was
thirty-four years of age when the
Californian defeated him at New
Orleans on September 7, 1893 in twen
ty-onc rounds. Corbett was twenty
six years of age and the odds were 3
to 1 against him on the day of the bat
tle. At the age of thirty-one Corbett
; fell before Fitzsimmons at Carson
_ City, Nev„ on March 17, 1897 with the
^ betting 100 to 65 in his favor.
Fitzsimmons resigned as champion
from that date until June 9, 1899 when
Jim Jeffries defeated him at Coney
Island, New York, In elven rounds.
Fitzsimmons was thirty-seven years of
age against Jeffries' twenty-four and j
the betting was 100 to 60 with Fitz-1
simmons the favorite. There has al-1
ways been controversy as to whether
Jeffries ever relinquished his title but
the fact stands out that Johnson!
claimed the championship as a result j
of defeating Tommy Hums. Jeffries j
retired from the ring at the age of
^ twenty-nine and made his disastrous
- return on July 4, 1910, when he was
thirty-five. Johnson was three years
younger but again the champion was
the favorite, the betting was 2 to 1 on
Jeffries to defeat tlie negro. The col
lapse of Jeffries in the 15th round is
part of pugilistic history.
In these four championship battles,
covering a period of eighteen years,
four titleholders, Sullivan, Corbett,
Fitzsimmons and Jeffries were de
throned in turn with the average odds
In their favor a trifle more than 2 to 1. |
The average number of rounds wasj
fifteen and one-fourth and the average
age of the champions at the time of
9 defeat was thirty-four and one-fourth
years, while the average age of the
victors was twenty-nine and one-fourth
yearB. At the present time Johnson
is within a few weeks of thirty-seven
years of age and in the early wagering
on the coming contest he has been
quoted as high as a 3 to 1 favorite.
Willard is a few months over 27. The
question that is puzzling ring follow
ers is therefore, whether pugilistic
precedence is to be observed or the
negro title holder prove an exception
to the rule of the ring.
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THREE IMPORTANT WAR
j PROMOTIONS IN JAPAN
I (By Associated Press Correspondence)
ITOKIO, Pel). 12—Three new mar
shals have been appointed In the Jap
annese army. To this, the highest
rank, have promoted His Imperial
Highness, General Prince Fushimi, war
p councillor; General Viscount Kawa
g raura, war councillor, and General
gs Viscount Hnsegawa, chief of the gen
eral staff. The promotions are very
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popular. Newspapers are filled with
BH
*t sketches and anecdotes of the new
H chiefs.
§ One specially interesting episode is
p recounted of Prince Fushimi, who
commanded the first division of the
Japanese army during the Uusslan
wnr. It occurred just before the Jap
anese forces stormed Nanshan, some
30 miles from Port Arthur. His High
ness went close to the first line of
battle to watch the progress of the
engagement. Sometimes he would
stand In a prominent position ex
posed to the enemy's fire, quite un
moved by the occasional bursting of
shells perilously close to him.
An anxious chief of staff advised the
Prince to retire to a place of greater
Bafety, saying that should anything
untoward happen to his person, It
would affect tho morals of the whole
army.
"H’m," replied the Prince, "but
wouldn't my retreat affect the morale
of the army still more?"
Ills Highness remained In his posi
tion till thp very end of the day’s en
gagement.
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GERMANS AT HOME
IN FRENCH DISTRICTS
(By Associated Press Correspondence)
BERLIN, Feb. 12—Ifi occupied dis
tricts of France nnd Belgium, which
the Associated Press correspondent
has just visited, the Germans are
plainly preparing for long occupation,
should It be necessary. Everywhere
one sees instances of their national
thoroughness. Wherever repalirs
have been made they have been car
ried out solidly and methodically.
Even enameled street signs occasion
ally appear where the name of a street
has been changed. The ‘‘gare” has
become a “Bahnhof,” permanent signs
limiting the speed or course of auto
mobiles have been set up, and the
visitor from the Fatherland feels him
self quite at home in the once French
public buildings at beholding the old
familiar placards, “Do not Spit on
the Floor,” or “Throw Refuse in This
Basket.”
Mingling with the uniforms of the
soldiers are the soberer uniforms of
the German postal and railway au- '
thorities. The struggles of the wear
ers to understand and make them
selves understood with the French in
habitants form a humorous side of
the war. Some of them have ac
quired a few words of French, and
me of the inhabitants have recip
rocated by learning a few German
words. These, with the help of an
assortment of fearful and wonderful
gestures, generally succeed in clear
ing up the situation. When all else
fails, appeal is made to some by-stand
er.
tn two weeks in the occupied dis
trict, the correspondent did not ob
serve a single case of incivility on
'he part of German soldiers or gov
ernment officials toward the French
inhabitants. On the contrary, the
Germans invariably display great pa
tience and civility.
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What we mean is COFFEE, not the
wishy-wishy kind you have been
buying and nicknamed coffee. One
can of Dwight Edwards will convince
POLL TAX NOTICE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN That
in accordance with an Act passed by
the Alaska Territorial Legislature,
first session, entitled: “An Act to
Impose a Poll Tax Upon Male Per
sons in the Territory of Alaska and
Providing Means for Its Collection,”
(Chapter 64, Sessions Laws of Alas
ka, 1913) approved May 1, 1913; the
nnnual poll tax for the year 1914 is
now due, and is payable between the
dates of Monday, the 5th day of
April, 1914, and Monday the 22nd
day of August, 1915.
THE ACT IMPOSES ON -EACH
MALE PERSON, except soldiers, suil
ors in the United States Navy or Rev
enue Cutter Service, volunteer tire
men, paupers, insane persons, or ter
ritorial charges, within the territory
of Alaska or the waters thereof, over
the age of twenty-one years, and un
der the age of fifty years, an annual
tax in the sum of four dollars pay
able at the office of the United States
Commissioner of the Precinct in which
such person may reside, between the
first Monday in April and the first
Monday in August of each year.
'I HE ACT PROVIDES that said tax
shall become delinquent on the first
Monday in August, and after that date
a penalty of one dollar in addition to
said sum of Four Dollars shall be
imposed.
THE ACT FURTHER PROVIDES
That upon failure or rerusal of any
person to pay said poll tax, the same
may be collected by seizure and sale
of any personal property owned by
such person, and any person violating
an^ of the provisions of the Act shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor, and may
be fined not less than Five Dollars,
nor more than One Hundred Dol
lars, or imprisoned for not less than
one day or more than thirty days.
ALL PERSONS IN CORDOVA Pre
cinct, liable to the payment of this
poll tax are hereby notified and warn
ed to pay said tax into this office or
remit the amount to the same to the
undersigned before the above noted
date of delinquency, for upon failure
bo to do, penalties will be imposed
in accordance with the provisions of
the Act.
A. J. ADAMS
U. 8. Commissioner, ex offic
io Poll Tax Collector, Cordova
Preciuct^Xbird Judicial Di
vision, iSirttory of Alaska.
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BENEFIT TD
ALASKA
"I do not know w'nat form of min
ing station will be installed in
Alaska. If the appropriation should
pass Congress," said Sumner S. Smith,
the federal mine inspector.
‘‘Dr. J. A. Holmes, director of the
bureau of mines, and I have been rec
ommending this appropriation nnd
Dr. Holmes has succeeded In getting
the bill Introduced into Congress now.
It Is passes the stntlon will be built
somewhere in Alaska, probably Ju
neau, on account of Its central loca
tion in relation to the mining dis
tricts. If it doesn't pass, and no one
can tell whether it will or not, we get
nothing.
‘‘It was recommended that the sta
tion take the form of a mine rescue
station, similar to the one maintaintd \
by the State of Washington nnd the j;
federal government jointly at the Uni ji
verslty of Washington.
“The purpose of a station of that !:j
kind is to train miners in the district :■
n first aid. mine rescue work, and :■
:he use of the oxygen helmets and oth j:
sr rescue appliances. Two or three j:
uen are maintained at all times at
i station of this kind, and in case of :j
iccident they proceed at once to the :j
tcene with the proper equipment to :•
lo any rescue work necessary.
Stations of this kind are maintain- •*
!d at Seattle, Urbanla, 111., Pittsburg, j ‘
’a., and at other places In the Unit- ■
tfl Qtnt/ia
“It was also recommended that a
Metallurgical PX[w*ri and an assayer
>e stationed here, so that when a
>ona tide prospector sends in any
mm pies, the expert may lie able to
ell what minerals or metals It may
contain and the assayer may test it
or correct results in these metals,
rhe prospector would then be ad
dsed as to the kind of metal con
ained in the ore, its value per ton,
uid the names of |>eople who are in
he market for minerals of this class.
“There are many minerals in this
■ountry, many of them extremely vnl
inble, which the average prospector
ins no knowledge of, and a man of
his kind would be an invaluable ad
litlon to the force of this district.
“As for a plant for testing and
renting these ores here, I do not think
5ne is needed. The bureau of ,
nines maintains three of these plants
bat I know of now, and anyone wish
ng information can get It from them.
I he plant in San Francisco is con
luctlng extensive experiments in the
reatment of smelter fumes. The one ■
n Denver is testing precious metals,
uiving done a great deal of work with
radium, and the one at Salt Lake is
estlng and treating low grade ores.
“Anyone with samples here can
lend them to any of these plants and
ibtain all the Information desired, and
f a plant were maintained here It
would throw an addad burden on the
bureau of mines, without materially
Increasing its usefulness.
“However, an assayer and metal
lugical expert and a mine rescue sta
tion are all vital necessities to the
district and if the bill passes will be
» big help to this part of the country."
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ARMY AUTQ MUST NUT i
EXCEED SPEEO LIMIT
(By Associated Press Correspondence)
LONDON, Feb. 12—The municipal
authorities in various parts of Eng-1
land have decided that army auto
mobiles arc not Immune from the ordi
nary regulations as to fast or reckless
driving, and the arrest of military
chauffeurs is becoming more and
more frequent.
In one of the recent cases, a signal
corps olflcer, Lieutenant Godfrey
VVigglcsworth, was arrested on the
testimony of a stop-watch which show
ed that he was driving at a rate of 4t>
miles an hour over a busy surburn
higway. The police produced evidence
showing sixteen previous convictions
for fast driving.
Ttie Magistrate sharply censured '
the military authorities for ullowing
the Lieutenant an automobile, but let
him off with a fine of $26.
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