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The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1915-12-10
To the High School Principals of
Medina County, Ohio.

The committee appointed to draft
rules and resolutions for conducting
the County Declamatory Contests beg
leave to submit the following.
l. Each high school shall select,
during the month of January, by any
method it chooses, two contestants to
represent the school at the district
contest. One of these representatives
shall give purely oratorical selection
chosen from some great grafton,
Burke, Patrick Henry, Lincoln, Gra-
dy, etc.; the other may give any 9TH
er kind of selection, as a dramatic po-
EN-, selection from some novel, scene
from drama, etc.
2. No selection shall require over
10 minutes in it's delivery.
3. Each contestants shall send to
the county superintendent of schools
not later than January 7, the name Of
his selection, also author from whom
taken. In case two contestants have
chosen the same selection, the one re-
porting his choice last shall select
something else and report as soon as
possible. 1t may be we'll for each
contestant to report a first and second
choice before January 7.
A. Judges for each of the district
contests and for the county contest
shall be selected by this committee but
not announced until they retire to
make their decision.
5. The judges for each contest shall
be furnished with a score card for re-
cording their estimate of each contest
ant, the final ranking of each contest
ant to be determined by the combined
score Of all the judges.
6. Each school must. announce tc
the county superintendent of schools
its contestants for the district on OF
before February 5.
7. Spencer, Litchfeld, York anc
Liverpool shall meet at Litchfeld thu
night of February % for their contest
Brunswick, Seville, Medina and Hinck
ley at Brunswick the night of Feb. %
Granger, Sharon and Wadsworth a
Sharon the night of February "a. Lo
di, Leroy, Chatham and Homer at Lo
di the night of February rs.
8. The price of admission at tn,
local contest shall be at the discretion
of the local school. At the distric
contest an admission of not less thai
1Oc, nor more than zoe shall be charg
ed. For the county contest, to be hell
early in March, the price of admission
shall be determined later.
9. Money taken at the local contes
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1915-12-10
DECLAMATORY CONTEST
PLANS WELL UNDER WAY

Plans for the county declamatory
contests are rapidly nearing compile
tion. In fact several of the high
schools have already commenced train
ing their pupils for the local contests
to be held in January. Monday the
committee having in charge the final
arrangements met at, Lodi and decided
upon the following regulations.
The Washington times., 1915-09-20
COMMISSIONERS ASK
Z SWIMMING POOLS
Provision for Them to Be Made
in Budget to Go Before Con.
gress.

Provision for two additional swimming
pools in the Fairgrounds, 1t is under
stood, will be made by the Commits
sioners for relieving congested con-
ditions at the bathing beach next sea
son. To ask for the enlargement OF
facilities at the beach Is regarded as
impracticable in view OF the fact that
the pools are in direct line Of the Lin
coin memorial highway. and 1t is not
known how soon their removal will be
ordered The installation Of pools in
the Fairgrounds. however, will provide
for the youngsters, and allow for An in
crease in the schedule of hours for
adults at the beach.
Congress already has provided for
swimming pools in the Georgetown
Rosedale, and Howard Fairgrounds
These will begin operation in June.
The Commissioners are giving prac.
tically all Of their time to the prepara.
ton Of the budget, which. under the law
must be in the hands Of the Secretary
Of the Treasury for transmission to
Congress not later than October Is
Daniel J. Donovan. secretary to the
board, has made a compilation Of the
recommendations for public improve.
ments filed by the citizens association
to which careful consideration will be
given.
The Washington times., 1915-09-20
Raid Reveals Big
Bogus Stamp Plant
u. S. Secret Service Men Capture
$1,000 Worth of Internal
Revenue Paper.

NEW YORK. Sept. a-secret Service
Agents Cavanaugh and McCahill and
several detectives from the central Of
flee arrested five men and confiscated
1000 worth Of counterfeit 81 internal
revenue stamps and a die in a raid on a
printing plant in 226 Sullivan street.
The prisoners are to be arraignned to-
day before Clarence S. Houghton, UNI
ted States commissioner.
Cavanaugh and McCahill. with Detec-
tives Mayer. Leahy. Brown. and Saw
age. have been trailing the alleged
counterfeiters more than a month, since
bogus revenue stamps were found on
wine barrels in the italian section Of
the lower West Side. Yesterday after
noon thev went to the Sullivan street
plant and hid in doorways and behind
boxes which Uttered the sidewalk.
After half an hour. the detectives
say. the head Of Giuseppe Callesi ap-
peared in the basement doorway. He
looked up and down the street and then
darted across to the opposite sidewalk.
Under his arm he carried a bundle. He
leaned for moment against a box
behind which Cavanaugh was hiding.
bundle. the authorities says, was found
5000 worth of bogus stamps.
McCahill and the detectives forced
their way into the printing office. There
thev arrested Allesandro Acuti. Alberto
Penesi. and Francisco Allesandro. Dario
Miolestesi was arrested in his saloon
In 22l Bleecker street
The Washington times., 1915-09-20
Gold Coin and Watch
Given Gonzaga President

Many prominent members of the
Catholic laity Of Washington were in
cluded among 1000 men who assem-
bled in Gonzaga College hall to sur
prise the Rev. Eugene Del. McDon-
nell, president Of the college and pas
tor Of st. Aloysius' Church by pre-
senting him with a gold watch and
fob and s4oO in gold last evening;
While Father Mcdonnell was visit
ing fellow priest at the rectory of
the Church of the Immaculate Con-
ception members of the Third Sunday
Brigade an organization affiliated
with the Holy Name Society. gathered
in the college hall and then sent an
automobile for the man thsy would
honor. The Rev. Edward Sweeney de-
liyered the address OF presentation.
Others who spoke We're =. T. Moran.
president OF the Washington Chamber r
Of Commerce; p. J. Haltigan, Leo \.
Rover. chairman of the committee
which arranged the presentation. and
William p. Normoyle. head of the
Knights of Columbus in this juris-
diction-
The Washington times., 1915-09-20
New Dance of Mystery
Startles Baltimoreans

BALTIMORE, Sept. 2O.-when Terpsi-
chore again lays hold on youthful Bal
timoreans and bids them whirl to the
strains OF music they will not be COM
PEELED to use the same old steps that
were seen here last season. There are
going to be two entirely new dances
taught In local circles for the coming
season: One will be imported from
New York, where 1t is said to be prov
ing popular. The other is a new dance,
originated by one of the local masters
Of the art-and mystery wells it.
The local dance was first shown at a
meeting of the dancing masters Of the
city yesterday morning. Not an ink
ling Of 1t will single spectator give
yet-there was something about the
dance not altogether satisfactory. 1t is
understood. and II may be revised.
Until thih is done and the dance Is
again shown at another meeting next
Sunday morning Baltimore dancers will
remain In ignorance Of it's charms.
one-step. fox trot. a tango, a
waltz or survival Of the can-can un-
til 1t Ii formally announced-possibly
after next Sunday.
The Washington times., 1915-09-20
C. ". j. READY FOR
OPENING EXERCISES
Strong Coast Artillery Company
Of Students Is Under
Way.

All nine departments Of George
Washington University will open
Wednesday. September 40. There will
be no suspension Of classes on &C.
count Of tho q. A. r. encampment
Work will be light, however. the first
week, and students will thus be given
a chance to attend most Of the events
OF encampment week.
No formalities are planned for the
opening Of tho university year. The
frst assembly Of students will be on
October &. Road Admiral Charles H.
Stockton. U. 8. N. retired. president Of
tho university. will preside.
All deans and most Of the profess
sors have returned from their sum-
NOR vacations. A new faculty com.
mittee on scholarships and reduced
tuitions Is made up Of Dean Wilbur.
Formal Organization Of the coast
artillery company. to form q part OF
tho District National Guard. will be
effected soon. A committee has been
busy during the summer formul g
plans. On this committee are Rear
Admiral Charles H. Stockton. Con
Maxwell v. a.. woodruff. Ernest L.
Thurston. John B. Larner and Archi-
bald Hopkins.
Con. William A. Harvey. commander
Of tho District National Guard, is en-.
thusiastic about the project. He be.
lieves that a strong coast artillery
company, and probably q battalion
1t 10 his hope to have the company
make frequent visits to Fort Wash.
ington to practice with coast defense
guns.
The Washington times., 1915-09-20

wealthy man. but which toppled over.
burying him beneath the wreckage.
This Is shown in the official reports of
his business dealings now In the hands
Of his former business mentor. Freder-
lex L. Ferguson.
DR.. Hills intends to sell his splendid
home at q Monroe place, and start life
anew In a modest house or In a moder-
ate priced apartment. The house, for
which he paid $1,000. Is motgaged for
two-thirds Of It's value. All that he has
IL to be turned over to a committee of
his creditors. who will operate what Is
left Of the wreck, hoping that within a
Mr.. Hinrichs declared that the Mon
roe place house was to 60 and all the
noted clergymans wondrous library
and paintings with It.
The Washington times., 1915-09-20

Paret officiating. With the exception
of the Rev. DR.. Childs, for many years
rector at Chevy Chase, all Of the nine
candidates ordained at that time are
living.
Mr.. Dudley was assigned to st.
Stephens parish, at that time q part
Of Rock Creek parish on his return
from England. wherc he completed a
course in theology at OXFORD.
At an early hour tomorrow he Will
celebrate communion and a number
of his friends will attend the SER
vice. At S p. IN. he will preach at st.
Matthew'S Chapel, when tho vicar, tho
Rev. H. A. Griffith. will hold special
services to commemorate ST. Mat
thew's feast.
The Washington times., 1915-09-20
Phi Mu Sigma to Hold
Fall Meeting Tomorrow

The autumn meeting Of the Phi Mu
Sigma Sunday school fraternity will be
held tomorrow evening In Waugh
Methodist Episcopal Church. Third and
A streets northeast.
There will be Joint installation OF
three new chapters. OF Union Methodist
Episcopal, Western Presbyterian, and
Protestant churches.
Clifton p. Clark, supreme master Of
the fraternity, will officiate, assisted by
c. r. Simpson, president OF Mu Che o.
ter. Members of Mu Chapter will 81
hosts of the evening.
The Washington times., 1915-09-20

NOTE-So much comment has been aroused
among cigarette smokers by the sensible sug-
gestions in this advertisement that NE have re-
ceiped several letters from Washington men,
suggesting that the advertisement be reprinted
for the benefit of those who missed seeing it in
last weeks papers. Clip this out and keep it
as it will not appear again.
LIGGETT & MYERS TOBACCO co,
The Washington times., 1915-09-20

Tastes difer-in fashions foods and pretty RiriA
Also In cgsrettes
A cigarette that started out to please every mans
taste would end up by pleasing none.
Most Of W like cigarette smoke deicously cool
and rcreang The Mexican likes his hot and dry. with
nice little peppery asng in It.
Some men like cigarette wholesomeiy. fragr.nty
mild Othess Of u hunt for cigarette almost q hesvy
- black cigar
Most Of us want IN 'easy' ciearette-a SENSIBLE
one, 50 thst no matter how steadily or how many
smoke well feel as fit fiddle Other men. though,
don't care about that. They smoke only few-so they
want . kick like mules in each puff.
An Of Us want smoke full bodied must sayy
that smoke-hunger But the cigarette that just fills the
bill for yos may not do at all for your nextdoor neghbor
The Washington times., 1915-09-20
FATHER 6. F. DUDLEY
Is YEARS A MINISTER
Rector Of St. Stephens, Columbia
Heights, To Celebrate Or
dination Anniversary.

The Rev. George Fiske Dudley. rec
tor of st. Stephens Church. Columbia
Heights, will celebrate tomorrow the
twenty-hfth anniversary of his or
dinntion to tho priesthood.
He was ordained in st. Barnabas
Church, Baltimore, the late Bishop
The Washington times., 1915-09-20
Hoso to Find "you,s"

To avoid blindly trying too many different cigarettes,
ask yourself first of all, this question:
"Jut whot do like IN a ogarettei"
II you smoke only few every day, you may prefer
cigarette which is rather rich heavy and "oily" Or
you may like one which has rather strong "orental''
taste with pungency almost like perfume Or you may
want cigarette with that notceaby sweetish" ERyptian
The Washington times., 1915-09-20

Somewhere-omong al tie bronds on tie wa,*es-s tie
one jns-righ cigarette for YOUi
Maybe it's the very one you have now IN your
pocket-6a are you SUREi Maybe it's some entirely
different" cigarette-it may may not be Fstima.
But find it!'' Until you do, you're cheating your
sef out Of whole lot Of smokepleasure. Also you're
wasting some money.
The Washington times., 1915-09-20
PASTORS HOME GOES
TO PAY OFF DEBTS
Wonderful Library and Paintings
Given Over To
Creditors.

NEW YORK, Sept. 20-The Rev. DR..
Newell Dwight Hills debts amount to
more than 100000. How much more,
neither he nor his counsel, Frederick w.
Hinrichs, will say. He has, during the
last ten years. seen about 81, 1,s50,oo0 pour
In and out OF the various enterprises
The Washington times., 1915-09-20

The one pu'pose q this advertisement b to ask you
good trial. If they don't happen to sit your taste,
you'll quit smoking them of course. But if you like
Fatmas Is well as MOST men do you'll be mighty glad
you read this advertisement ACTED ON 1T
Below two simple tests which you easily make
and which may help you find your sensible cigarette.
may may not be Fatima But be fair to yourself
and find "yoxss."
New Britain herald., 1915-01-09

spender in those days when he was launching his new league. Ban was willing to risk the very last dollar of his packers and when he declared war on the National league he issued orders to the club owners to go after good players absolutely regardless of expense. Salaries scared. doubled trebled and quadrupled. Great play CTS hesitated to sign a contract call ing for many times their former sal ary for fear that by holding out little longer they could get more The fight continued until the National league, licked 'to a frazzle,' was willing to talk peace. Ban Johnson realized that the days of wild spend ing had to, end, so he met the over lures of the old league half way. It was glad day for the magnates and the fans when peace was finally con- cluded but a sad one for the players. One day they were drinking cham pagne, and the next they were kick ing because the barkeep gave 'em too much foam on their lager.
New Britain herald., 1915-01-09
Mclean Gets in Line.
TO-DAY IN PJGILISTIC ANNALS.

1S57-TOm Savers and Aaron Jones fought over three hours to draw on the Thames near Canvey Island. This day was one of the coldest England has ever experienced, yet the two gladiators, stripped to the waist, battlcd fiercely in the bitter cold for the greater part of the afternoon, and desisted only when darkness set in and both were so weak they could barely stand. It is remarkable that so many Of the championship battles in England were. in former times, pulled off in winter although matches were then always staged in the open country. Neither Jones nor Savers were satisfied with the result, and they fought again in February, when. after eighty-tive rounds of slugging, Savers finally triumphed By this victory Say CTS put himself in line for the championship, which he af- terWard defended against John Hec- nan, the American.
 1S99-Oscar Gardner knocked out Dave Sullivan in seventeenth round at New York.
 19OO-Terry McGovern defeated George Dixon in eight rounds at New York.
 19OO-Jack Root defeated Tommy West in six rounds at Chicago
New Britain herald., 1915-01-09
St01t0graphy
 BY "GRAVY."
BY "GRAVX.'

It will be just a year tomorrow since Tom Mccormick broke into the pugilistic limelight by whipping Johnny Summers, the holder of the Lonsdale belt emblematic of the wei terweight championship of Great Britain, in a twenty round bout in Sydney Australia. The new welter weight champion proved that his vic tory was no fluke by giving Johnny a return match, also in Sydney, when he won by a knockout in the first round. Mccormick has since proved that he is as willing to fight for king and for country" as for glory and money, for he was among the first of the many British and French pugil- ists who volunteered to go to the front and fight with guns instead of gloves.
 A goodly company might be made of the English, Welsh and Irish box CTS who are now fighting their coun- try's battles in France and Flanders. Among them are Mccormick, Jem Driscoll, Bandsman Blake, Bandsman Rice, Symonds, the 1O5-pound cham pion; Johnny Basham, Petty Officer Curran. Seaman Hayes, Pat O'Keefe, the middleweight champion; Dick Smith, the champion of the light heavies, and many others.
 Tom Mccormick was born in Dun- kalk, Ireland, and began fighting in 1910. After beating a number of sec ondraters, in 1912 he outpointed Young Joseph, the Hebrew welter- weight and whipped Jack Goldswain in twenty round battle. He has since won over nearly an the best Welterweights of the British Isles and has gained the championship of his division.
 The present "policy of retrench- ment' of the major leagues recalls the period following the close of the 1 long and financially disastrous War fare between the National and Amer i ican leagues. It was just a dozen years ago, come tomorrow. that the so-called "Cincinnati peace compact" was signed and sealed, and the docu- ment put an end to the era of high salaries for baseball players During the war; the star players had been able to demand almost any salary within reason or beyond it, but the peace compact put a sudden termi- nation to that happy condition Of af- fairs. The high flying players came down to earth with a dull thud, and while salaries remained on a some what higher level than they had been before the Johnson uprising, they were far from what the players had been able to demand in war days
 Gilmore and his financial packers have been accused of being somewhat reckless in their distribution of the coin of the realm in order to induce the stars to leave their happy homes in the old leagues and cast in their lots with the Feds. but MT. Byron Bancroft Johnson, the ex-baseball reporter, was also something of
New Britain herald., 1915-01-09

Baseball Management Declines to Play
 Federal League Clubs.

Washington, Jan. 9.-No Federal league team will be seen in Washing ton this year in contests with the Georgetown varsity nine.
 "Georgetown will not book any games with the Federal league clubs" said Graduate Manager Charlie Cox. T nave given my word to Clark Griffith to stay away from playing the Feds.
 "I have received letters from Buff falo, Baltimore, Brooklyn and Pitts burgh, asking that I book Federal league clubs representing those cities for games at Georgetown. l have turned down all such requests. I feel that Washington is an American league city opposed to the Federal league"
New Britain herald., 1915-01-09
BIG FIGHT MARCH 6.
Johnson Is Guaranteed $3O,OOO and
 Willard Will Get Sl5,OOO.

New York. Jan. 9-Jack Johnson and Jess Willard will meet in forty five-round bout for the heavyweight championship of the world at Juarez, MeXico on Saturday, March 6. Final arrangements to this effect were made yesterday, after other bids were re- ceived from Havana, Cuba, and Tia juana, Mexico.
 Johnson has been guaranteed s30,- 900, win, lose or draw, while Willard has been assured a minimum of $15,- 900, and may. receive a much larger sum by sharing interests in the affair with Jack Curley, the chief promoter, and his associates
New Britain herald., 1915-01-09
A State Farm for Alcoholics.
(New Haven Day.)

One of the most important measures l to be brought up at the present ses- sion of the legislature is the much dis l cussed proposition for the establish ] ment of state farm for inebriates. It is a plan which will meet with con-
 siderable opposition as being new charge upon the state purse and es- ! pecially from a considerable class of 1 people who have little patience with l any effort to treat dipsomania as a disease rather than as a vice. On l the other hand it will find many sin i cere advocates among those who be- l lieve that our present system of deal ing with the evils of the drink habit has long since proven itself to be 1 hopelessly ineffective.
 There is much about the idea of properly conducted state farm for ha- bitual drunkards to commend itself.
 It is almost self evident that an out
 door life devoted to healthful labor in
 the open is better calculated to re- store the nervous yigor of a victim of alcoholic poisoning than is incar- ceration in a jail. 1t would require
 an unusual degree of cynicism to be-
 lieve that the victims chance of re-
 generation is not greater under the
 former than under the latter condi-
 ton. even if there were not an album
 dance of expert testimony in SUD-
 port.
 Yet there is no gainsaying the fact that the best interests of the alcoholic do not enter very largely into the con- sideration of a very large number of persons Drunkenness is, in the view of these persons. a mere moral weak ness at the best, sheer viciousness at the worst. They have not the slight est sympathy with any movement seeking to treat the evil as curable disease. And this class of people may be depended on to object strenuously to the states going to any extraor- dinarv expense in an experiment for the benefit of it's dipsomaniacs.
 The question is this: Do the ob- ! ligations of modern civilization inn I nose on the state of Connecticut any | duty toward its victims of the alco- l hoI habit, or are these individuals to 1 be more exceptionally neglected than l the states criminals. The prison at 1 Wetherslield is conducted, according to | the recent statement of one of its di- i rectors, more as a reformative than l as a punitive instrumentality. If re- l form is the end striven for in the case of felons, surely it would seem as if reform. rather than a medieval form ! of punishment, ought to be the aim l of the community in its treatment of i mere victims of common and distinc- ! tive form of nervous disorder.
 And if such is to be the aim, the | sooner we get away from our present | abominable practice of herding other | wise unoffending drunkards with | criminals in our tails, the better