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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-07-19
FRANK HAS SLIGHT
CHANGE To RECOVER
CONDITION OF WOUNDED PRIS-
ONER WAS WORSE TO-DAY
THAN YESTERDAY.
Was Attacked BY Another Convict
Saturday Night and Seriously
Woundesl-Stabbed in the
Neck.

MILLEDGEVILLE Ca, July Ia
Suffering great pain Leo NJ. Frank
was worse today than yesterday from
the stabs inflicted Saturday night at
the state prison farm here by another
convict. His temperature rose this
afternoon from 9e.5 to 1904 and the
wound in the neck was swelled. in
dicating that infection had set in.
Franks temperature dropped to
1922 toward noon and he appeared
to be somewhat more composed.
Physicians say that while his condi-
ton is critical there is slighg
chance for his recovery.
The attack on Frank, which was
made shortly after IL O'Clock. was
made from behind. butcher knife
being the weapon used. Franks 8
jugular vein was cut. but neither the
spinal cord nor wind pipe We're in
jured
The attack on Frank was made in
the dormitory which all the prison
ers occupy in common az night. All
lights were out at the time. VII
liam Green made the attack
So quick was the attack that no
guard had time 10 interfere. Franz
fell backward to the floor, utterins
txxp r,aE
ly switched on and the guards saw
him prostrate upon the floor. blood
squirting from his wounds. while .
prisoner was trying TO make his
way back TO his bed.
A knife that had been made OF
file and which the eonvicts la !
used in killing hogs during the DE- ;
was found on the dormitory floor.
How the knife was smuggled into
the prison is mystery.
Though Frank raved last night in
2 semi-eonscious state about the at
tack his head vas clear TODAY. Ills
life i beside him. Prominent At
lanta and Macon physicians are at
tending him They admitted that
blood poison was what they most
feared as the throat wound showed
some signs OF infection from the
rusty blade used. Fresh bleeding.
too. may result from the fact that
Franks vomiting may break the
wound Such thing may prove
serious and the doctors admitted
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-07-19
DRIVE ON WARSAW
HAS BEEN CHECKED
III >~tN>> DEFEAT IttTr WING
Oi rHt t>THs'-t.EHNA\
tpEt tE~.
~iay Ee,niort-oenis are Hsttsrtng
Bath Wings ~ s.rnsrai Nas-
hens.a'~ Nsms--i.s.~~e> are
HEAVY.

PETROeRAp. Iuiy - The neW
German offensive asginst Warsaw
bns been AZ ieast temporarily cheek
"a bs the defeat ~ Cs.usrai Mae
K.ureu's ieft Nins In great bat
~ south ~ the Lubiiu rall~ay of-
assai dispafehee toslay reported that
the ssrmaus are shiutnx aieug all
shr frsats - sarporF Ma ksmfru
bose esnfsr nas seen enk42s.f ~
q Russian sffsfk HsinfuFrsnseafs
Gsr the Slat AFmiss sre esftrFins 3
Lo1h zi4e~ 81 a.. Germ4n wedE~ :
advance ard threafsus 90 euf - =
lsree tssts - German froops bsth
sides losf hessiiy In the nehting
around Prz4snssx and in The RiEA
Ffriou-
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-07-19
ENGLAND IS FACING
H[R GREATEST CRISIS
CABINET MEETS To DISCUSS
MEANS OF SETTLING WALES
COAL. STRIKE.
Government Control of the Mines
Urged as = Temporary Relief.
Miners Refuse to
Yield.

LONDON, July 19-Government
control OF the Southwest Wales coal
mines is the only way to avert tho
grayest crisis England has faced
since the beginning OF the war, ac-
oording TO official views today. as the
cabinet met to discuss the great coal
strike. Every member OF the eabt-
net was on hand for the meeting.
thus emphasizing the seriousness of
the situation Government investi-
gators declare that the chances for
a settlement of the strike ere remote
unless some scheme of nationaliza-
ton is tried. The strikers will prob
ably not object to temporary control
idea as it would remove their chief
complaint the mine owners
are piling up vast profits on war
prices.
Several cabinet officials rejected
the suggestion that the government
force the mine owners 10 grant tho
demands OF the men in full pending
further negotiations. They said this
would Indicate governmental weak
ness.
Supplies OF coal are dwindling
rapidly and the situation il daily be-
coming more serious Dispatches
from Industrial centsrs reported
thar the production of lwar muni-
tlons is sravely endangered
The executive council OF the min
ers union adjourned today without
eetion az Cardia as the result Of inn
norsant proposals made by the gov
erument None would say what
these proposals We're
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-07-19
AOvAlOREM TAX
RATE 2a.s CENTS
HIGHEST RAIN fHtI Hs> BttN
FINED ~ STATE tpR MANY
YEARS
The Amount - Ee Collected VII
iali short ~ the appropriation
Nssse bs Legislature.

AUSTIN. Tex. July ~ The
state AaValorem tax rate eil b.
- cents ana - this Wiii - added
20 GENTS fer tne .ehool fund and 5
cents for Confederate pensscn~. The
"a rate fnr Fsvenue puTpessss aAe
t..s.sd an taxable sAluafione 90 80.
Tse.sFs. ss4. aa iaeFease of appfoSs.
massIs So .aaa. sea astr 1915
rh~ i~&ieiagare spHruprisfesi co.
the Hssaf ssas ea.ttre Aa<ast H.
fsts. sa.sss et1 Ailaoin. FOR e~s
t4ia deaaetiens and saalfssna ~
total soils<fieas ASA - steat =.
fzs.r1s.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-07-19

Pierre S. du fons, mead of what is
known as the powder trust, the t. /.
du Pont de Nemours Powder COM
pany. bachelor all of his forty-threa
years. is about TO take bride. His
engagement to Miss Alice Helin 81
Scranton has just been announced.
Miss Belin's family is one of the
leading families in Scranton Sore
member OF it for years has been in
charge of the du Pont powder in
terests in the Lackawanna section.
Mr.. du Pont is son of Lamont dG
Pont. who was killed several years
ago in a dynamite explosion at Gibbs
town, N. j. He has a magnificent
country place near Kennett Square,
Pa.
While sanitary engineer by pro-
fession. he also is practical powd r
maker He is the designer OF all the
sanitary arrangements at the du Pont
powder plants. For sew
eral years he was in charge of the
plant at Carney's Point. \. ] Then
he was elected treasurer of the COM
pany and later yice-president.
When General r. Coleman du Pont
retired as president late in last Feb
ruary Mr.. du Pont headed a syndi-
cate which purchased his cousins in
terest in the company for about
$4,000, ,o0o He was then chosen
president
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-07-19
PREPARE FOR
FINAL DRIVE
NOW BELIEVED GERMANS AXE
PLANNING ANOTHER At.
TACK ON PARIS.
CAPITAL IS Tense
Paris II Excited Over the Great Rat
tie Raging at Warsaw Because
OF the Future Pos
s:bilities.

PARIS. July When the kaiser
a few days ago said that Germany
will win the war BY October" he
probably meant, it is believed here
that the Teutons planned quick cap
ture of Warsaw. then force drive
Isouthward to the French channel
ports and finally a sweep on Paris.
France. however. is ready for such Il
drive and Paris will meet it with
smashing blows according TO high
officials.
Paris is tense with excitement ov-
Ter the great battle now raging for
the possession of Warsaw, in view
Iof the possibilities for the future.
Street crowds watch the bulletin
boards more closely than at any
time since the Germans attempted TO
take Paris last fall.
Swiss reports indicate that Gener-
sl Won Hindenburg, instead of being
in disgrace. as some reports have it.,
is really in favor with the kaiser 1t
is reported that Won Hindenburg
was recently told he would be given
supreme command for the drive on
Paris and Calais if he succeeded in
squeezing the Russians out OF War
saw The kaiser. it is said. has de-
clared that the new dash on Paris
will force the withdrawal of troops
from Alsace.
The kaiser, it is understood, be-
lieves Austria is able to take care OF
the Italians without the aid Of Ger
mans.
General Joffre is also busy man.
While the Germans have been map
ping out a plan for quick ending
of the war Paris, Calais and other
places have been protected by ring
after ring of new defenses.
Strategists pointed out that Gen
eral Joffre was playing his ''own
game" and that he forced Germany
to play his game since the Charlie
roy and Marne battles. He stopped
the drive 10 the coast, refusing TO
play the German game. At present
he is less occupied in attempting to
drive the Germans back from the
sea than in conserving his men for
great smashing blow the moment
the enemy drops its guard
While the war office admits the
continuance of the Russian retreat
as some fectors military men see nc
rienace in Won Hindenburg's often
siye. They believe that his efforts
are intended 10 conceal MacKenzen's
major operations south of Lublin. 1t
is believed Berlin has purposely sent
out the report that Hindenburg has
been ordered TO the Warsaw often
sive with million men in order to
conceal the shift of troops to Mac
kenZen's aid.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-07-19

SEATTLE. Wash. July is.-For-
mer Governor Slaton OF Georgia.
who eommated Leo NJ. Frank 5
death sentence to life Imprisonment.
declared after hearing of the attack
on Frank that every good citizen
cannot condemn the act too strong
IL. He blames Georgia and her au-
thorities for IL He expressed the
hope that Frank viii recover.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-07-19
THE FRENCH
WIN VICTORY
RCRl. THE GERMANS BaCK FOL-
JOINING a cHARtsE By SIX
COLUMNS.
THE LOSSES HEAVY
The Enemy suffered severely From
Shrapnei and Machine tsun Fire.
The Germans Retr~atrd In
Confusion

PARIS. July 19.-The Germans in
the Arequois region have been
hurled back in confusion by charge
OF French in six columns along a
front two-thirds OF mile long. the
war Office announced today French
shrapnel and machine guns moved
down the entire German first line
before certain factors The enemy
abandoned several hundred dead and
wounded in their retreat.
Another similar attack as a part
of German scheme OF new often
sive launched by the Teutons at st.
Hubert was also repulsed
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-07-19
STRIKE MAY BE AVERTED.
Trouble at bridgeport May Re Settled
without "a strike.

BRIDGEPORT. Connecticut, July
1s-After announcing that the men
had been called out which would tie
up the war orders in twenty plants
the maehinists' union vice president
retracted II and said a man was eom-
ing from New York who be believes
can aud will avert the strike M
light was shed on the mans identits
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-07-19
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. DENVER. coio.. July 1s. Z
= Edward Robson. auper. is =
. eating his meats s;anding Up =
. as a reaui. of dressing a. a .
= bloodthirsty fedskin in a .
= stock prod action OF The Z
= Round up." famcas play Of .
. western life. Z
. Clad In a tight fitting pair OF =
. brown tights, with the prime .
. val Indians well known disre- .
. gard for clothing. Robson was .
. hit by the wadcIng Of big pis- .
. tol at close range. .
. The Instructions read: .
. Shoot at random .
. Somebody took me for ran =
. DOM" said Robson .
. He was shot--by crickety. .
. lin the retreat. .
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-07-19
bnTE f|NOs NEW Oasis
FOR ACTION THAW CASE
Hurry F(3REMAN INDICATES THAT
THE COURTS CHARGE WAS
DISREGARDED.

NEW YORK. July 19.---The state
|nay find a basis for new action in
|he Harry X Thaw sanity case as a
result 0f an interview with the fore
|nan OF the jury who indicated that
|he Jury disregarded Judge Hend-
Fick's charge TO the jury that they
|nust eonsider Thaw insane when he
|hot Stanford White The foreman
laid the Jury had gone on the theory
That Thaw had a right to shoot White
Under the "unwritten law"
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-07-19
RO SHOOTS
WHITE Man
AGGINs ESCAPES AFTER
1BERATELY KILLING
CHAS. TAPP.
| 4 SHOT Gun
- Shot Into Left Side and
~ Into Left Side of Neck
It'll From Behind
Victim.
scf the killing of chas. Tapp,

CUo % the killing of Chas. Tapp.
p Known white man, at the T..
0pd farm between Bardwell
101s late Sunday afternoon
ioned in to the sherff's de-
~f soon after the shooting
D1nce, and Sheriff Dearborn
p0ties at once put out for the
xH& the murder When they
~I&GU1 Tapp was still alive but he
&<&ut $50 O'Clock. The shoot
c&urred between 5 and s
ID the afternoon.
1 vas shot twice with a shot
Gmn load taking effect In his
~ and another taking effect
left side of the neck The
Indicated that both shots
1Sd from point slightly be-
III - man as he sat in a bug
N the buggy with him was
xApp. who jumped out at a
q from the negro Silas Hag-
NO. ii is alleged. did the
N3mation regarding the trou-
lacking. Sheriff Dearborn
~ from the best he could
the white man and the negro
r n1Gne dispute over matter of
E@Goa and that the negro shot him
= he aat in his buggy without max
n any effort to defend himself.
hA negro disappeared from the
1munity before the officers arriv
Nnd he has not been seen or
GGf4 6f since. A posse was quick
0Ened after the arrival of the
-ooEo and thorough search of the
oinhnhlty was made. but the MUIR
erer hUB not been apprehended.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-07-19
TROUBLE Is BREWING.
The Cruiser Nashville Ordered to
SantO Domingo City.

WASHINGTON. July 19.-Because
OF revolutionary trouble the cruiser
Nashville has been ordered from San
Juan, Porto Rico, to Santo Domingo
city by the navy department on the
request of the state department. The
Paducah has been ordered to replace
the Nashville at San Juan where in
termed German vessels are being
watched.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-07-19

SEATTLE W4snie Eten. tais -
geion~t goos~Fsls ans Gsstes Ssafe-
SenAfur ulissr rosa4~xfer taikera pnl
itir~ together teASs fotnd*NtsF =
rer~nr rrtarn - the fspmhliesn F4rts
na1e the confereace ~esD sixnifieant.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-07-19
THE MEXICAN CAPITAL
EVACUATED BY GONZALES
4 <to<ttHNtD REPORTS >AN
GONZALES Hs~ WITHDRAW
THooi> FROM cry.
This Information + s..sssnsd in NJ
sis.> t. the Nilis~ia Officials.
Threatened frs,m \orth.

III. PNSo Texas lnis ia The
CarrAnxistas nndeF General eanaAie
hsve evacuated Mexsea Gtts aecnra
sns io uHeonNrWet repofts recriKfi
h.se to-day 10 iosai Niiiista etiietaii
TIE arpransh ~ an sNpeaiuaHafs
fcsee from the Nerfh s sais o. has
saa..r.s senzalss fa zsse AZ eenfrt'l es
fhs capital
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-07-19
INFLUENCES AT WORK
ON AMERICAN W0HkMfh
PRESIDE NJ s.ourtR> SAYS >N~-
rtutru kttugr ro utkt
ruiu pt>>Nrt>ttsps

WASHINGTON Easy ts f're-ls
.l~nf sar4pers et the tmTriean fezi
sraiion ~ i-Mhov to.ias Aesertrd ths
h.iief thaf ssef~naafir vEoff d
b.snx uaaae q faree general is.aaf-
Asfaetlen Ameng AmertfAA @eFksrs.
ESPECIALLY -~am~a as1 kemsngfea
Aans eotnpauy eoskeFs Nith > xir~
se Anextlnk the w4r situation.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-07-19
Convicted at Columbus.

COLUMBUS, Ca, July 19.-Wil-
liam Green, who attacked and seri-
ously wounded Leo NJ Frank. was
convicted here OF the murder in
1912 of man named Kitchen and
sentenced 10 life Imprisonment.
Prior TO his trial for the murder
of Kitchen, Green was examined by
alienists who pronounced him sane
He is As years old.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-07-19
OROUNh ATTACK
CHANGES note
|AsOTHER SERIOUS CDxr1SGsd-
= TSON ARIsEs " GERMAN
AMERICAN sgTCAT1ON.
REVISE THE DRAFT


wAsHINorqN. July ls. Persons
in touch with the adnalnistration pre-
dicted today that the United STATS
will soon ask Germany for 4 report
on the reported attempt to attack the
British liner Orduna.
Radical changes In the draft OF the
German note as prepared by PresI-
dent Wilson and Secretary Lansing
are anticipated as result OF the Or
duna attack. Ii Is sasG taese drafts
we're mapped out on the theory th.if
while Germany has adhered to th1,
theory that her submarine sctivitiE
are legitimate she had modified thai
in actual practice
A complete reconsideration or the
document will undoubtedly be noc-
essaTy because of the submarine fir
ing on British vessel carrying
American passengers, supposedly
without warning. The United Siates
rejoinder. it appeared likely today.
might be FASTENED, though it prob
ably cannot be presented to the cabf-
net tomorrow in view of the probable
changes that will be required Off
Gals thought it unlikely that satis-
factory substitute could be drafted
before tomorrow. 1t is probable the
draft will be ready by Friday.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-07-19
PRESIDENT WILSON BACK
ON JOB At WHITE HOUSE
CHIEF EXECUTIVE RETURNS TO
WASHINGTON TO TAKE Up
HIS DUTIES.

WASHINGTON. July 19.-Presi-
dent Wilson returned To Washington
this morning at $3.50 and went di-
rectly TO the White House. The ex-
ecutive lost considerable sleep on the
train in the early hours because If
the heat, so he slept late. Secretary
of agriculture was with the presiien-
tial party when il reached Washing
ton.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-07-19
|1ms IIEO UP BY THE
IhUMSS As PUNISHMENT
SnnADGES ARE MADE AGAINST
OuUnC1ALS OF An INDUSTRIAL
uONE NEAR DALLAS.

DALLAS. Tex. July l9.-Charges
hnk The authorities OF an industrial
nouoo Zeal here punished them by
Dn1n4 their thumbs above their
loolD6 md placing them in closets
Ino1 With nails Were made today by
uombo8 OF a group of eighteen girls
~ vUse rounded az today after
uqo11Dg last night They said they
~ ~ institution with view OF
m 1hs grand iury their trout
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-07-19

ROME, July l9.-pola refugees
arriving here reported that two Aus
trian submarines many days over
due on a trip along the Italian coast.
had been given up as lost.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-07-19
LlasIMe CALLS On the
PRESIDENT IT xfITt house
CARRIES NNIi~f fllLkD WIN
r,rtR> nkNRIN. IN uooE
GERMAN ~srI NrN:N.

WASHINGTON Infx fsg~rrv-
sax = saii>e fsll - p4p~rz b<4rsar
on thr oetman not. sltaatisn. So.
-~ssrx 80 state lansing ezii<f ~
fre<.aeht All@on sf fh~ xhss~ tneu>->
shartls h~fnre noon i-<nnlne H&.l
ths aete mixht b. ssl2s~d nssl. -
Aeeeant ef sA~ oranaa e&s<. hse -
lisng
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-07-19
||DMS BETWEEN ITALY
AND stHvIA STRAINED
+ QbtssIs ro ~tI.ttN'~ ts.-
ks,F .turNu.N ~ "
t>IN> TERRITORY.

M tais a. S~fxia as
D samralEn fn Albania B. r4H
1kins rwiafions between SCI
Itaty mure anniess8ht -
Rome al iess sata tosfaa
~ amd@d nat fAe Serxlass
DuraExo after hasfnF srfa
7 Mhsle the Serttans the
ID d understood that the
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-07-19
An ITALIAN CRUISER SUNK
BY AUSTRIAN SUBMARINE
Nt~>It ~ ~Ntp ~ HtNf SIM
~ ttt-rIfN NtNtIt~--pf-
rttl-> ttsAIss.

VIENNA. luly n rh. Italian
eruis~f Cuis~pga carlbaisi hA> be~n
tespesie..f zuA ,4nk sffhin fffs~su
n.isafe. ~ 80 Anstrsan sutnsartn.
s.sf.rssx n~af RAxas2
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-07-19
Ihaw st t'hilaslslphia.

PHILADELPHIA July Ia
Thousands checred Harry X ThsW
when be arrived here today 60 take
= train FOR his PittshurK home
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that it might mean death.
Frank will be removed 10 a pri
vate room. as there is some fear of
infection from other patients. one of
whom has typhoid fever.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-07-19

TIE c2rabaIai a4s iiss~1 ~ <orae
n4vat RS st~re A. a. armefe.t cruises.
bot othsrs aid shs W&4 y first izss
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-07-19

The Austrians, like the Germans.
conserve human life. They repair
men wounded in the war. and al
most make new men of them, il
there is anything to make over.
rms soldier. who has been given
new legs and feet and arms and
hands, is an illustration of their
wonderful work. He is climbing a
ladder to show that he can perform
al least some of the feats he was
capable of before he had his arms
and legs shot off
Servian government protested to the
allies. The Servian troops have TAX
en- strategic positions just outside of
Durazzo.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-07-19

noyer hates q man vho cries ~
- and VOTES TOR eonvietion
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Daily Isshs gives the us-A
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-12-26
Saving Made Attractive


1t is easy to teach a child to save The
American Bankers association believes II
is possible to inspire people to save even
though they did not have the good habit
instilled into them as children The saw
ings banks section of the association sends
out weekly to newspapers throughout the
country Talks on Thrift" which put the
wisdom of saving in exceedingly attractive
form. In one of these talks it is shown
how the great mass of workers is being
ground between the upper mills stone of
the necessity of keeping up appearances
and the other one of the higA cost of
everything. and it is pointed out that
there are many expenditures which can
be regulated and that saving in these
places is the only hope of economic saliva
ton. Another talk shows how business
opportunities unfold on every hand for
that man only who has been wise enough
to build savings account in some good
bank. Our financial leadership will be as
sured only when the bulk of our people
learn osave a definite portion Of what
they make
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-12-26
IWOLGAST AND MANDOT:
RETIRE FROM RING:
FOLLOWING DEFEATS:

fight. He entered the ring with an un-
healed cash over his right temple and
his left eye nearly closed. He was hogS
fat and looked unhealthy.
Despite his condition. Wolgast ap-
peared to put up a savage fight until
his right eye was closed and the cut
over his temple was opened, binding
him with blood. Cross played for the
open wound after the first round, and
Wolgast, blinded completely, announced
after the sixth round that he could mob
continue.
The bout was one of those come-onS
for which our dear New York fans love
to fall. Wise ones were betting, offer-
ing big odds, that the fight would not
go the limit.
'Wolgast's idea was to do as he had
done with Whitney-box as long as he
could and then announce that he was
unable to continue. He worked the
stunt with Whitney at Atlanta, and
he figured that if it would go in the
south it would work just as well, il
not better, here.
WolgastS ring experience taught him
that little old New York held the worlds
largest sucker crop. John the Barber,
the tonsorial artist, who manages the
club did not take Wolgast off the card.
He figured that the ex-champion would
draw well, and he sent out glowing bull
letins as to his condition. He ragged when
we refused to assure the people that
Wolgast was in the pink of condition and
fit to put up the battle of his life as
the press agent says.
In connection with this bout the New
York club also pulled off an odorous
stunt
After the Whitney-Wolgas fight in At
lanta, the manager of the club faxed
a telegram, signing the name of E. J,
Harvey, Whitney's manager, to the same,
stating that Wolgast really had the bet
ter of the Whitney fiasco, arr SO forth.
The idea was to keep down the news of
Ads defeat SO as to give prestige to
his mill with Cross-and get the crowd.
1t seems to have worked, but in the
meantime somebody is not unlikely to
get sued for damages, according to Az
lenta papers.