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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-09-25

The annual election of officers of
the Societa Italiana di Mutua Bene-
fcenza, Conte di Torino, will take
Mace at the hall Of the organization
in Charles street Sunday, Oct. 8.
beginning at O'clock and ending at
5 O'Clock. There will be opposition
for only three offices, the candidates
for which are: President, Matteo
Randazzo, ST., and Giuseppe Cam
payne; first vice president, Matteo
Randazzo, Jr., and Domenica Alta;
cashier, Pietro Constantine and Paolo
Fontana
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-09-25

Abe Bloomenstiel is spending the
day in New Orleans on business.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-09-25

The Chief is in receipt Of an in
vitation to attend the fair and con
cert to be given today and tomorrow
under the auspices of Convent Camp
No. $50. Woodmen of the World, at
st. Michaels Hall at Convent. An
elegant dinner will be served tomor-
row at 81 plate, and there will be a
grand concert in the evening by tai
ented artists. The courthouse ferry
will cross all visitors free of charge
until 8 O'Clock p. M on both days, and
on the return trip at o'clock a. m.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-09-25
MONTHLY STATEMENT
AND DISBURSEMENTS
FINANCE COMMITTEE
For THE MONTH oF AUGUST.
RECEIPTS:


Balance ehon hand t, 9 5188
taxes from Sec tary of
and2 Of reene by Bank
rceno in
pr No on Peoples in Iia.
Front xescoe
cent b taxes III
Augusts tlemeat- tax collect
Leo lance
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-09-25

Continuing the good work com
mented on in last weeks Chief, Da-
vid Israel has had the fence removed
from in front of his residence prop,
erty at the corner of Iberville and
Houmas streets. This had previously
been done on 1e@djoining premises,
and half Of the block is now SO I'M
proved. Besides enhancing the APP
pearance of the property, the ren1ov-
al of fences constitutes protectlon
against burglary, since there is less
concealment for Would-be robber
and increased opportunity for lnspec--
ton by the guardians of the law. @
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-09-25

jitney dance under the auspices
81 the Donaldsonville Social Club will
De given at the fair grounds pavilion
saturday night, Oct. z, for the bene-
NJ OF "CH1F." The little folk COM
prislng the social club are working
earnestly to make the affair a sue
cess, and the public should reward
Ihelr efforts by turning out in large
numbers and literally patronizing
me proposed function.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-09-25

4 baseball game that should be
well worth witnessing will be played
on the campus Of the st. Joseph Com
mercial Institute tomorrow afternoon,
when the ST. Vincent Academy team
OF Baton Rouge will endeavor to low
er the colors of the invincible Leo
pards Of this city. Play will be start
ed at 8 p. M, and the prices of ad-
mission will be only and 10 cents.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-09-25

It affords The Chief much gratifi-
cation to learn that Mrs. James K.
Tucker, of Baton Rouge, who was
stricken with paralysis on Monday Of
last week, is steadily recuperating
from the effects of the visitation.
Mrs. Tucker, with her husband and
family, resided for many years on
the Oak Alley plantation in St. James
parish, and has a wide circle of
friends throughout this section who,
while synpathizing with her in her
affection, will be delighted to know
that she is on the road to recovery.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-09-25

Dancing at fair grounds tomorrow.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-18

He who buys nome products loves
home.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-18

! eating with any too great regularity.
Johnson did very well in the first
two rounds He caught Childs in the
! second round and knocked him down
heavily. Childs was game and wealth
cred this storm, finally knocking John
son out in the fourth round. think it
was
Didn't Know He Had Fought -
They took Johnson into one Of the
dressing rooms downstairs and it
looked as II he came TO fast enough
He waved his seconds away when they
tried 10 remove the gloves and they
let him sit in a chair for a few minutes
expecting his head would clear pretty
quick
Suddenly Johnson looked up at one Of
his friends and motioned him over.
say. isn't il time for me to 90 on
he asked I'm getting chilly sitting
here and unless they call me pretty
soon Pm going TO get into my clothes
and get out of here"
He didn't even know he had been in
a battle and they had an awful time
convincing him that he was through for
the evening
Mcfarland Suffered Similarly.
Packey Mcfarland had a similar ex-
perience in New Orleans when he boxed
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-18
FARMERS PLAY PH1EH.lHERE
Ell P5Sl 2-HY5 At DOUGLAS
Las Cruces Club Is 'Home Team For Week; Leases
Park and Cuts Out Free List; Phoenix Team Is One
of the Very Best in the League and Will Give
the Farmers a Hard Time to Beat Them.
BY 'BECKy

! e there IS a man on the local team
I getting over $3.50 a month. The aver
age Of the squad is around S115 a
month Reeds average must be around
$3.50 10 5000 a month.
There will be baseball at Rio Grande
park on Tuesday Wednesday, FRIDAY.
Saturday and Sunday of this and next
be played at Las Cruces.
According TO the advertisement pub
lished in Mondays Herald. the Las
for its games here and only passes is
sued by the league or the Las Cruces
club will be honored. The grounds are
leased by the Las Cruces club and they
have the same control as though the
games were played at Las Cruces
Manager Bill Hurley did not know,
Tuesday morning. whom he would send
in against Phoenix in the opening game
but thought the job would fan to Ray
Kallio. McCreery was the likely choics
for the visitors,
Umpire Harry Kane is at Douglas
this week; umpire Sterling at Tucson
and Lou Mahaffey at FL Paso. a last
minute shift was made as Mahaffey
wanted to remain here to meet his wife
who arrived Monday night from the
northwest
Jim Brown. Of Tucson, is singing the
praises Of an umpire who fairly fell
from the skies TO handle the exhibit
ton games at Hayden last Thursday
and Friday Brown declares that he
is ''pippin-"
From the standpoint of attendance.
Tucson. Phoenix and FL Paso are all
outdrawing Albuquerque The two
western cities have been getting out
good crowds, while the attendance here
is increasing daily. What Douglas can
do at home viii be shown this week.
The fair fans viii be admitted free
to grounds and grandstand on Tuesday.
Wednesday and Friday of this weeks
series Hurley has not announced his
boys day this week, but an effort viii
be made TO get the kids in free at least
one game.
While the baseball writers are only
too glad to oblige a fan wherever Il
is possible. it should be known that the
in the press box ut Rio
Grande park are purely locals" con-
Meeting only with the newspaper Of
fees and do not reach the central Of I
flee Efforts to explain this to some I
Of the fans desiring TO use them during I
the games have resulted in the fans i
feeling that the scribes did not want TO /.
1blige. The contrary is the case. but 4
Z is not always possible to do what We 4
night wish
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-18

uey at New Orleans. where 20 round
contests are permitted. for the Ameri-
can championship in the lightweight
division2 The recognized weight here
has been 1873 ringside. which should
really be at 3 o'clock weighing, but the
scale was raised by Richie when he
defeated Wolgast for the title. All
other countries have set the weight at
1s5 at ? or o'clock, but in the states
the weight has been 1913 for many
years. If a national boxing association
is formed this might be changed so as
to correspond with other countries, but
until such time why the American
weight is 13S and should be held there
There are some high class lightweights
at 133 pounds. among them Charlie
White, Johnny Griffiths. Joe MandOt,
Johnny Dundee. Sam RObideau, Ad
Wolgast and Leach Cross.
jeff Smith. the New York middle
weight who has been in Australia for
some months. is expected back this
week and he viii no doubt get busy and
try to arrange a match with Mike Glib
bons or Jimmy ClauDy- jeff has been
claiming the worlds title. due TO his
victory over Jimmy Clabby in austria
liza two years ago
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-18
jim C0FFEY MAY
FIGHT WILLARD
Indications Are That Ten
Round Bout Will Precede
a Title Contest.

Milwaukee, Wis. May 1S.-Jim COT
| icy, the Irish giant, as he is called. is
/ setting a fast pace among the heavy
weights and it looks as though he will
! force Jess Willard TO match Up with
MIN Tor the title before long No one
denies Jess the righ- 10 Law off for six
months before meeting any one in a
championship battle. for all others be-
tore him have done the same thing
and most Of them more so.
II may be possible that Jess will
want to fight for the title before the
end Of six months. for he does not take
kindly to the theatrical stuff and
would prefer TO have real action. Will
! lard is entitled to every consideration
possible for winning the heavyweight
ute back to the white race and I'm his
case an exception would be made by
an sporting men, but it will hardly be
necessary.
Coffey's quick knockout Of Al Reich.
who was looked upon as a most prom
Using candidate for HEAVYWEIGHT honors
by the sporting men of New York. has
put the Irishman near the top Of the
division aside from the title-holder-
Jess Willard-and it will be case now
OF the hopes getting busy for a try
OUT with Jim before asking for try
at champion Willard
Billy Gibson, manager Of .Coffey. has
announced that he would 20 after Jess
for a title match. but the indications
are that they viii first meet in a ten
round no decision bout in New York
CITY Then. If Coffey shows strong, IL
VIII mean championship match over
the 20 round route or even longer.
Frank Moran. the Pittsburger who
fought Jack Johnson in Paris nearly a
year ago and recently defeated Bonn
bardier Wells in London. sends word
that he will soon leave for the United
states to challenge Willard for the title.
Griffiths vs.. Richie.
It is probable that Johnny Griffiths
the Ohio Champion lightweight. will
be matched up with Villa Richie the
former champion, for a y round contest
at Akron. Ohio. on July I. The weight
will likely be 135 al 3 o'clock. If the
match is made, although Richie may
demand higher pOundage. He refused
TO make the weight for return match
with Charlie White, although Willie
declared himself that he could make
the weight without trouble, but that
he would not permit White to dictate to
him as to what poundage should be.
WOlGnst Fights Welsh.
Ad WOlgast, the Michigan bearcat
and former champion, is to have an
other whirl at Freddy Welsh. the title
holder. in one OF those ten round con-
tests without decision They viii meet
before the South Side A C. Of Milwau-
See, at the Elite skating rink, May IS.
The contest with Welsh has been post
Doned twice, having been originally set I
for May !. Should WolEast be able to
90 along all right he will in all proba-
bility be matched with Charlie White
Or Leach Cross for some time in July
Why Not LiEhtW sight Tournament
Now that Willie Richie has practi- 4
ally declared that ne intends to enter /
he WelterWeight ranks-that he cannot I
make 135 pounds, the lightweight lin (
t, any more-why not arrange tour
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-18

for the street car, DAILY called Thirty
TO one side away from the others.
NOW, Emil I'm going to ask you a
question and don't want you to laugh
at me. It's no laughing matter with
me ar all You'll think il strange, I
suppose, but this is what I want to
know. Who won the fightT'
which fight?' Thirty asked in sur
prise.
Ny fight. Of course" DAILY retorted-
why, it was a draw and you did very
well after that bad fifth round Thirty
answered Didn't you hear the de-
cision2"
Didn't Remember Anything.
T don't remember a thing after the
fourth round" DAILY answered. The
reason I went in that barrOOm Just now
was to try and hear something about
the fight without asking any questions
Nobody said anything and that IS why
1 had TO ask you. I feared I might
have been knocked out"
A somewhat similar thing happened
one night at the Chicago Athletic as
ISOLATION when Frank Childs, the old
time heavyweight, whipped a fellow
named Walter Johnson The latter
subbed in the fight. He was a tail. well
built negro. but evidently hadn't been
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-18

1.-TWO openings take place in the
Rio Grande Baseball association
this week. The Las Cruces farm
ers open their first home series at Rio
Grande park Tuesday. and the Shelter
men. open at Douglas the same after
noon. We have already seen the
Farmers. but they were here the first
week Of the seasan as visitors. Now
they are the home crew for two weeks.
The formal opening ceremonies Will
take place on Thursday when the PhOe-
nix and Las Cruces clubs will shift to
Las Cruces for the day The biggest
crowd that has ever attended a sport
event there IS promised by the Las
Cruces fans.
The AIackmen are at Douglas for a
week and viii then come back here and
play Las Cruces, bit this time they VIII
appear IN the blue road suits as WISH
tors The Phoenix team arrived on
Monday morning and manager Herb
Hester trotted his men up to the PasO
del Norte and demanded the best in the
house. The Solons are certainly living
up TO their nickname
Hester unQuestionably has one II the
best teams in the league and. fast as
the Farmers are, they will have their
work cut out for them all this week.
The heavy hitting Dukes were also in
the city on Monday morning and passed
on 10 Tucson, where they play Bob
Browns pennant chasers The series
here and at Tucson will enable the
fans to get a line on the relative
strength Of the eastern and western
clubs.
With the addition Of Raeder and
MacMurdO. the Pueblos put themselves
about on a par with the SOlous, while
the Albuquerque is admittedly as good
a team as there is at this end Of the
circuit If Albuquerque can make a
sweep at Tucson, we viii have 70 ad-
init that the Dukes are too good for
the rest Of the league
Phoenix has an all star AGGREGATION
and while the Farmers are rather Grip
pied by injuries just now, they are
about an average club and should get (
an even break with Phoenix.
X
Albuquerque papers have been find
ing excuses for the high payroll Of the |
northern club by claiming that both
McCloskey and Hester have gone AWAY
beyond the limit As for Hester he I
can speak for himself It is certain,
however, that his team is not costing
him as much as the northern club has .
10 dig up twice monthly.
The FL Paso team is not a high
priced aggregation McClOskey was 2
able 10 pick up his players at bargain 1
prices Several of his players are 8
youngsters who are just making a start 1
and then he was able 70 grab a few
veterans under very favorable condf-
lions The writer doubts very much
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-18

the work and was winning by a wide
margin.
DAILY Received a WaIIOp.
Early in the fifth DAILY grew little
careless and over went the famous Cal
ligan wallOp TO the jaw. Down went
DAILY and IL looked bad for him He
took a count Of eight. sat up. rubbed
his ears. arose to his feet. finished out
the round in fair shape and also came
up for the sixth as strong as could be
expected
Galligan made a whirlwind battle OF
it in the sixth but DAILY gave him as
good as he sent and at the end Of the
sixth round the fight was called draw
by the referee, a decision that was ap-
proved by the crowd
DAILY returned to his dressing room,
had a rundown. chatted with his friends
and then donned his street clothes He
went into the barroOm. had a couple
OF glasses Of beer and then announced
that he would go downtown
Emil Thirty was handling DAILY at the
time and was with him after the battle
was over. Just before they started
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-18

PURITYS appear to be fairly hung
with horseshoes, the way they
are cleaning up in the Commercial
league. The next thing we know,
George Reed viii be trying to shift
the whole team to Albuquerque at a
salary of 100000 a day to help
the. Dukes win that pennaHt.
A S MANY as IS events have been
pulled of in one track meet be
tween and $50 p. m, yet it took
five hours to pull off "A events on
Saturday. J. H. Slime, supervisor Of
recreation, declares that the gram
mar schools meet at Washington
park on Saturday morning will be
completed within three hours, de-
spite the fact that there viii be p
events.
WHATS the matter with the FL
PasO tennis players? Are they
short sports" and afraid of being
beaten? Veterans like Cooley,
Williams, Blackshear, Ferguson,
Christy and Neff are entering the
Border States tournament, which
opens here next week, and it looks
strange that such promising young
players as Hardiker, Dent, McGim-
sey, Shea, Boyle and Heep are not
entering.
x x
JACK LEIGHTON, who was drowned
: in a swimming pool here, on
Monday, was one Of the most prom
Using young baseball players in the
city and the announcement Of his
sudden end was something of a
shock to local baseball fans, who
had seen him working out with the
Rio Grande leaguers almost every
afternoon last weel-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-18
PhiIliss WlB Ii Heavy Eeans Game
Ill -:lI:- -:II:- -:H:- -:II:-
ot0vsll Protssts Game At Kansas CITY
By "BECk.s

z TEAVY hitting featured Mondays
game at Philadelphia when the
- Phillies beat the Cardinals, to 3.
In the third inning, with two on bases,
Cravath slammed out home run Me
hoff then repeated the trick and the
Phillies had four runs. In the fifth,
Becker hit for four bases and Hub
Perdue was yanked from the box. Grin
er being sent to the mound Dolan hit
a homer for the Cardinals so it was
real sWatfest
Errors contributed TO the defeat OF
the Browns by the Senator's. Lauder
milk's wild throw started the scoring.
Death Valley Jim Scott held the
Mackmen TO single hit, a single BY
Larry LaJoie, but a couple of errors be-
mind him, together with six passes, let
the Mackmen shove two runs over the
plate The White SOx found Pennock
Tor six hits in the first three innings
and won by a score of 6 to ?.
Charging that Catcher Grover Land
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-18

touched Johnson's bat and forced him
TO hit into a double play, manager
Stovan Of the Packers protested the
victory Of the Tiptops, Z to 5, at Kan
sas City on Monday.
Long George Mcconnell got the deci-
sion over chief Bender at Chicago. The
Terrapins and Chifeds were tied at the
end Of the ninth In the first half OF
the tenth, Meyer stole home and put
the Terrapins in the lead but the Chi
feds came back strong in their half and
Hanfords single sent home two runs,
giving Chicago a victory, TO s. Both
Bender and McConenu were hit hard,
each team getting Il hits.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-18
BY @BECK.R

p ULES which would necessitate an
athlete making a selection of
various events instead of holding
back an entire track and field pro-
gram so that he can compete in them
all should be adopted before the next
southwestern championship track
and field meet. The delays on Sat
urday were due to the fact that
some athletes were entered in every
event and, exhausted after one
event, would want an intermission
to rest before the next was called.
This may be all right for the ath-
lete but it viii never encourage
track meets from the standpoint Of
the spectator.
FL PASOANS are getting the right
idea Of sport. -Four or five
"simon pure" aniSteur ball games
were played Sunday and the packers
and printers are PREPARING to take
their sport in person instead of by
proxy next Sunday. The more the
better.
IF FL Paso beats Douglas and Las
Cruces trims Phoenix, the Mack
men will be in second place on Tues
day night. And if Tucson viii be so
accommodating as to check the
Dukes, the first place in the league
standing viii be in sight
A CTION is wanted in everything
baseball as well as track meets
and umpire Lou Mahaffey made a
hit with the fans on Sunday by the
way in which he fairly hustled the
teams on and Of the field and up to
bat. Lou don't believe in delays
and the fans are with him" in that
respect.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-18
Experienced Smokers Roll Their Own"

Bull Durham smoke onovces dabbers tobacco
enjoyment but of connoems, smokers of experience whose
have been trained fine discrimination and appreciation
Of tobacco quality These men-and their legon-refer
the fresh cigarettes they roll for themselves with mellow delicious
Bull Durham tobacco any other kind Their expert preference
has made smart fashionable correct roll your own with
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-18

Ray Bronson Packey got a clout On
the jaw in the first round that knocked
him fiat He got Up and fought on.
but his head never cleared until well
into the 18th round He claims 10 this
day he never remembered a thing that
happened in the intervening rounds
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-18
tlAS sHe SPIT PEI Ao- II So4-e Au4--
: ny freaks now and then.

II NOCKOUT punches that land on
the right spot perform some fun
- - ny freaks now and then
Occasionally a boxer will get a clout
that knocks all sense or reason out of
his brain, yet he fights on and on in
a purely mechanical way. This might
be termed a knockout that is not a
knockout.
One Of the queerest freaks Of this
nature that ever came under my no
tice happened at Apollo hall in this
city one night over Is years ago. Andy
DAILY, a lightweight from Boston. was
fighting Joe GaIligan, an Italian boy
OF this city. They were going six
rounds with a decision at the end.
Daily was a remarkably clever young
fellow without much Of a punch. Cal
ligan wasn't so clever. but he had the
kick Of mule in his right hand. For
four rounds DAILY hadd all the better Of
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-18
'Knockouts I Have Seen

OF OF
nocOuts which pugtc history either
n
BY W.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-18

Why VIII you sim write april" long
after Nay 1st? Habit; and habit makes
character. The practice Of periodical
saving means more than dollars and
cents. Call at the Savings window at
the First National Bank for a coin
saver-free for asking.-Advertisem
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-01-09
GREEK PATIENCE r
 WITH TURKS THIN
Latest Indjgnities Imposed on Greeks Strains Rela-
 tions of Countries.

Athens, Jan. 8.-Greco-T Turkish rela- tions are again strained
 Apart from the position of the Greeks in Constantinople, which Tur- key has rendered untenable by Lew precautions and exactions, there are now other causes of bitter complaint
 The naval and military attaches and the secretaries of the Greek le- .gation in Constantinople have been treated as spies and are shadow wherever they go by Turkish police agents.
 Kreek consuls of the empire have been treated as though they belonged to the belligerent powers.
 The grand vizier has made promises of redress. but the redress never comes.
 This state of affairs is seriously Oc- cupying the attention of the govern ment. a U Germans who have interests !n Turkey are studiously avoieing the f Greco Turkish rupture and are doing their utmost to induce the turkish government to give redress, but sc far their endeavors have been without result.