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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-02
SNAPPY SCRAPS ABOUT SCRAPS AND sCRAPPERS

Jack Dillon proved himself a "Giant
Killer" He put quick end to his sched-
uled 10-round bout with Tom Cowler in
Brooklyn last night, Jack scoring
knockout blow over Jim Corbett's pro-
tege in the second round.
Dillon weighed 10 pounds to 2O5% for
Cowler. About two minutes after the
gong had sounded in the second, Dillon
suddenly cracked an overland right to
Cowler's jaw and staggered his man.
Cowler drew into n clinch, then on the
break, rushed into Dillon and exchanged
heavy blows. Dillon suddenly backed,
crashed another right to Cowler's jaw
and all was over.
In the semilnal bout. Larry Williams,
of Philadelphia, was outpointed by Billy
Shanks, of the Northwest. The bout was
a hummer from start to finish.
Kid Wagner outfought the new Al Nc
Coy. OF Brooklyn, in 10 rounds at Wilkes
Barre last night Wagner did all the lead
ing and Mccoy earned shade in only
one round. Freddy Haefling, of Wilkes
Barre, bested Bobby Hanson, of Brooklyn
in 10 rounds, and George CKid) Ashe, of
this city, lost to Johnny Holland, of
Wilkes-Barre, in 10 rounds.
Mickey Donley, of Newark, N. j., and
Joe Malone, of New York, fought a draw
in 10 rounds before the City A. C., at
Pottsvlle, last night, Malone had superior
body-weight blows, but these were bal
anCed by the science and cleverness of his
opponent. Jay McCloskey, of New Castle,
and Kid Lewis, of GirardVille, fought
draw in six rounds.
Eddie Revoire, of this city, and K. o.
Loughlin the South Bethlehem wefter-
weight boxed 10 savage rounds to draw
at South Bethlehem last night. Young
Lowery, of this city, made a great hit
by beating K. o. Johnson in four rounds.
Young Drlscoll beat Young Ad Wolgast In
six rounds, and young Lew Tender beat
Young Metcalf in a siX-round bout,
Fred Fulton's chances OF coping for heavy
weight laurels with Jess Willard are about
pomiinick Tortorich. one New Orleans pro
mOter, absolutely refuses 70 staBsi, the tne matGn Yen
and despite the 3 f@S tn fha 4m T5mmy 64IhS proB
ably will change his mind, however as New
Orleans fans are not anxious to see Jess ana
Fred keep their engagement
Billy Papke one-time middeweight cham
pIon has a brother who viii ':riye TO emulate
meets Young Brown. february IL. at Schenec-
tady in a lO-round se--to
The Joe Tuber-Johnny Ertle match has ma
teEaized. They WI Clash Clash at the ~ SiypPibS, Hb,
bePdfuaTSd bsTd ana Larry Wiiams VII s' VS. Homer smith,
heavyweight bouts, are on the same card
most twice It's normal size as a result Of his
sensational scrap with, Lew Tender IN their
m g lSd faRdd Eddie Eaf today 9ag Il
was almost a case Of have TO- 10 go Through
with the match, Did 1 yindieatee, myselt2,,,
Tender after the bout. both OF them did, and
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-02

Asoulth was weak in foulgoal scoring,
landing only four out Of 10 foul goals, but
II landed four field goals. Sturgls scored
bne when every point counted toward the
|,ictory. Gardiner, Hedelt and Minehardt,
promoted from the second team to the
Earslty squad, also scored field goals.
Brown is not quite used to the Intercol-
egiate League rules and went out for
making four personal fouls, Sturgis taxi
| ng his place and Minehardt replacing
sturgis
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-02

The completed baseball scnedule is MS fol-
lows: March %, Navy, at Annapolis; April /,
Franklin and Marshall, at Franklin Field
April >, Nillanova, at Franklin Field; April 3,
Lafayette College, at Franklin Field April 10,
Williams College. at Franklin Field; April II,
Cornell University. at Franklin Field; April II,
Haverford College, at Franklin Field; April II,
YAle University. at BaltLmore. Md: Aprll %.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-02

Young Jack O'Rrien and Henry Hauber each
are training hard for their l2-roMpd bout at
six-round set-to was n great one. Whenever
a boxer opposes fighter real fireworks gem
orally is the result,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-02
|qIITHERN TIED
WITH c. H. S. FIVE
| FOR LEAGUE LEAD
Upsets Central
n 4 League Game, 20 to 10.
southern Wins Is to 20
|oTHER SCHOOL N E w S

,ras plenty Of excitement for the
In,so,,s Ine,e when the High School League
tneg,.boli games were played yesterday
hsAe''t results uphold 1.-THE prediction
ane ~ ~ mitch Company trophy, and the
thal u,o uio,,shin which goes with 1t, Is not
ehani ipntil the last whistle blows.
Won .,nnce umr" at the league standing and
s.nnwinp results prove that 1t is a
the sait,e this year between real teams.
Iss, ,,.s, High, 90. Central High, 10;
Non,sssssst Hlgh 3D. 1s; Central High
u,h,rp y High, a5; West Philadelphia
san,aS,n Hsn, ~ High cd. 20; west Philadelphia
=, many games have been won by
~, noint the close score did not come
bHeN s,rnrise. but the fact that North
-, vas on top with n changed lineup
.,s three of the regulars, more or
-. u,' inset the dope. True, Central was
I.,,bont two star players, Captain Fowler
w welsh but the Crimson and Gold
s.sa ~ had four men in togs WHO had
.,srod .,sm in previous league games. This
~ not the case with Northeast High
- brief Northeast won from Central, 20
Il 10 Southern High triumphed over
vsst Philadelphia, 25 to 20. Therefore
s,,,thern and Central, old and friendly
sy.is tfriendly enough to want to give
..cb % other a great lacing in basketballD
W NOW tied for first place and West
Philadelphia and Northeast High are tied
for third position
III. snectators who crowded the Quaker
ctty Athletic Club opened their eyes
shen Northeast lined up with Sammy
asouith and Sturgis, originally a guard
but shifted to forward by Coach waiter
Ksatins: Ray Gardiner, centre; Captain
John Hedelt and Brown, guards.
This aggregation caused them TO open
,helr eyes with considerable surprise, for
\ cot in some very clever passing ana
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-02
mon SCHOOL LEAGUE STANDING

SECOND TEAM LEAGUE STANDING.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-02

prominence when he knocked out Joe Mandot,
Will make his debut in Boston on February 3.
star, Phil Bloom
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-02

Coach Keating heralded the return OF
ssmmy Asuuith in the columns of the
EyrNINo LEDGER some few days ago. AT
|hat time he pointed out that Asquith's s
[eturn would more than make up for
Wallaces loss as the Northeast centre.
when Schoppe and Shelton, two regular
Forward were unable to get into the
Eame, Coach Keating had another task
Q solve. He solved it successfully, for
n Gardiner and Brown he found two
Etars of the highest Calibre.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-11
RULES COMMITTEE
 DEFINES, AMATEURS
Semi Pros and ''Simon Pures'' De- fined by Baseball League
 Cobb Loses Diamond.

Cincinnati, March 11.--At a meet
 ing of the rules committee of the
 National Baseball Federation here
 yesterday recommendations were de-
 cided upon to divide the amateurs
 into two classes. It will be remem-
 bered that Class A be composed of
 none but those who are strictly anna teurs, while Class B should be com- posed of those who accept money for playing baseball but who do not take up baseball for a Livelihood
 The committee will also recommend championship series for both classes and interctty series.
 A huge mass meeting of amateur | baseball fplayers, as well as the dele- - gates to the convention, were au- ! dressed last night by August Herr mann, chairman of the National 1 Baseball commission, and Ty Cobb of l the Detroit Americans. Cobb lost a l valuable diamond ring en route south 1 yesterday, and stopped here. He went 1 back over the route he had taken | when he lost the ring from the traln
 but failed to find 1t.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-11
City Hems

Miss Fife Pickup is spending the week end with Mrs. Russell Taber of Hartford.
 There was no session of the police court today.
 Judge J. T. Meskill in the city court has assigned the case of Peter Sro- gl vs Peter kosloski for Wednesday at 2 o'clock. The case of John Me- Carthy vs. Stanley Kania is set for Thursday at o'clock.
 Herbert L. Mills has presented a large number of magazines to the New Britain Boys club.
 Reports on the recent bazar given by the French people show that about $550 was realized as a net profit.
 There will be a meeting of the French Naturalization club tomorrow evening in St. Jean de Baptiste hall. Fred Beloin. mayor of the model council, will announce his appoint mentS.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-11

CT, this would be only fair inasmuch as the city contributes liberally to the fund.
 This story, as published, is entirely without foundation of any sort, ac- cording to the clerk and also he chairman of the safety board. They state that the board, officially or otherwise have never once consider ed such a proposition and never talk ed about it. The statement that the policemen must contribute is taken exception to by Chairman Babcock, who declares that such a statement is ''rot.''
 Per Cent Too Much Anyway. The thought of contributing part of their pay to the fund has becn ! argued pro and con by mem bers of the force today. The majority Of i them feel that inasmuch as they eX- l pect to remain on the force perman- ently until such time in the distant 1 future as they may be pensioned off, 1 they ought to give a little something 1 towards it. The ? per cent. idea is l not met with favor however. Ac- 1 cording to the pay of the regulars ? per cent of $3.3O per day on a 365 1 day basis would amount to about $25 1 per year. This would be fifty cents a month, and most of the men feel this is too much. Some of them state that a 1 per cent. tax might
 not be so objectionable.
 Policemen Pay Elsewhere.
 Tn many of the other cities about the state the policemen are taxed ! a certain percentage of their pay for
 the pension fund. In this city a
 pensioner generally gets $500 per en-
 num- If the fifty-tWo men who will
 probably constitute the force should
 give ? per cent, this would enable
New Britain herald., 1916-03-11
HAVE NO PLANS ID
 MAKE POLICE PAY
Safety Board Not Considering Change in Pension Fund Plans

Considerable comment was oc- casioned today, particularly in police department circles, by a statement in the morning paper to the effect that "the board of public safety has in view plan to make the police pay 2 per cent of their salary into the police pension fund" The story then tells how, in the opinion of the writ
New Britain herald., 1916-03-11

Martin Welch and Patrick Lee will meet in the final game for the society championship in the T. A. B. rooms next Tuesday evening. Welch has a handicap of 20 balls in 100 on Lee.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-11

and hands last night when a hot wa- ter bottle which he had taken to bed in order to assist in breaking up severe cold, burst. The doctor was in his room at the New Britain club and immediately telephoned for Dr. M. A. KinSella.
 pr. Kellogg's scalds are most pain
New Britain herald., 1916-03-11

tries to March 16, many of the out of-town starters will have the oppor- tunity to send in entries. There was a meeting of the tournament commit tee for the good of the game in the Imperial hotel this afternoon
New Britain herald., 1916-03-11

two men to be kept on the pension list and leave a little more for the fund.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-11
PHYSICIANS STRANGE INJURY
Dr. K. F. Kellogg is Burned When
 Hot Water Bottle Bursts in Bed.

pr. Kenneth E. Kellogg was pain fully scalded about the legs. body
New Britain herald., 1916-03-11
WILSON WILL OPEN
 BOWLING CARNIVAL
Nation,s Head Will Start N. B. \.
 Tournament By Pressing

Washington, March 11.-By push- House on March IS, President Wilson which will be operated electrically will set the pins on all seven alleys in the Grand Central Palace for the opening of the National Bowling Tournament, which will start on that date. The automatic pin setters, will be connected with the White House by a special wire.
 Indications point to a big tourna- - ment. With the extension of the en-
New Britain herald., 1916-03-11

ful and he will be confined to room for several days.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1916-06-24
CLEAN UP AND PAINT UP
Let's Make Our Town Attractive,
Sanitary and Safe.
An editorial by BRUCE BARTON
n Every Week"

HAVE in mind two towns. Enter
i ing one, the railroad runs between
i two rows Of dirty back yards filled
with tin cans and rubbish. Entering
the other. it passes houses neatly
painted, hack yards with flowers In
them, and streets swept clean.
These two towns had the same pop
ulation five years ago. But recently
two new factories have moved to one
of them real estate values have ad-
vanced; new houses are being built;
everybody is prosperous and happy
And the residents of the other town
cannot understand their bad luck.
A real "Clean Up and Paint Up
campaign would have taken the bad
luck" town out of its rut.
This year more than 5000 cities
and towns in the United States are
conducting Clean Up and Paint Up
campaigns.
Many men and women go through
life without ever doing anything for
their community. Clean Up and
FAINT I'd OllSIS yOu yOui NAS'h~S'
The greatest miracles Of modern
times have been performed with bon
fires, drain pipes. soap and paint.
The Philippines have been made
healthier place to live in than the
average American town. Typhoid has
been stamped out of Serbia. The
Panama CanalS zone has been trans
formed from dismal unhealthy
swamp to a wholesome place for
/ homes.
Last year Cleveland, in it's Clean
I'D and Paint Up" campaign, disposed
7 of refuse sufi Gent to fill train three
and on9-haif miles long.
Another middle western town gath
cred IT'S boys together, and, by offer
ing reward for each 100 tin cans
abolished It's unsightly back yards
in q single day.
There is no better test of the civil
Bzation Of a community than this:
How much paint does it user
4 wise man said that.
II is not given to you to found a
religion or make a great invention or
discover a new continent.
But you can make your town
cleaner. better place to live in. And
by so doing you give little push to
the chariot Of civilization.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1916-06-24
DEMOCRATIc
CONVENTION
SIDEL|GHTS

One of the most interesting tea-
turas of the recent Democratic con-
vention at St. Louis is the fact that 1t
took lovely woman to force the only
roll call demanded on tie natonal
nlatform. as well as t. Inspire the
only real excitement thai marked the
convention.
..Votes for Women" W. the issue
that stirred up things. The MeXicaa
plank. nailed in at the last minute by
The platform builders, did not create
a ripple. "Americanism" and pre-
paredness" received polite ovations,
but 1t remained for the woman sui
frage plank TO start real fracas,
Headed by Gov. Ferguson OF Texas,
/ the ants endoayored to wrench the
suffrage plank from the platform. But
/ President Wilson's feelings on the
subject. as presented to - Ipven-
ton by Senator Walsh Of Mon ana,
were not to be ignored. And so, Ffter
a three-hour battle in which the s-eFt-1
political expediency" was used with
telling effect, the ants We're routed
by. a vote of $3.50 to 1874.
The vote, however, does not tell the
real story OF the battle, which was
one OF the most vigorous and pic
turesque ever staged at a national
Democratic convention. Fifteen WON
en- delegates fought from the floor or
the side Of the pro-suffragists, while
hundreds OF their sisters waved vel
low pennants and cheered them Oh
from the balconies. A thunderstorm
that almost drowned out the voice:
Of the delegates as they answered The
roll call brought both the suffrage
battle and the convention to mos
melodramatic finish.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1916-06-24

Length, about nine inches. 4 gray
black, and white bird, distinguished
from the somewhat similarly co.ored
mccking bird by the black stripe on
side of head.
Range: Breeds throughout the
United States, Mexico, and southern
Canada: winters IN the southern half
of the United States and in Mexico.
Habits and economic status: The
loggeIhead shrike, or southern butcher
bird, is common throughout its range
and is SON etimes called French mock
ing bird" from a superficial resem-
blarce ard not from its notes, which
are harsh and unmusical. The shrike
is naturally an insectivorous bird
which has extended its bill Of fare &c
include small mammals, birds, and
reptiles. Its hooked beak is we'll adapt
ed to tearing its prey, while to make
amends for the lack of talons it has
hit uTon the plan CT forcing its victim,
if too large to swallow, into the fork
CT a bush or tree, where it can tear
it asunder. insects, especially grass
hoppers, constitute the larger part OF
it's food. though beetles, moths, cater
/ pillars, ants, wasps, and few spiders
/ are also taken. While the butcher
! bird occasionally catches small birds
its principal vertebrate food is small
mammals, as field mice, shrews, ant
moles, and when possible it obtains
lizards. 1t habitually impales It's sur
plus prey OH a thorn, sharp twig, o.
barb of wire fence.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1916-06-24
BY THE EDITOR.

z7ONYEYS initiate Sheep follow the leader And most Of us
I'VE children aike-are do the
monkey bad for the sheep if the
example good for both the leadership
safe Inspired environment think
great worth while Depressed by environment
we can depths of dependency
initiative shape environ
unent-we WILL will And intimately
are our own neighors that when
we improve surroundings be little improve
tncirs.
Right there monkey in sserts itself
Today your neighbor rubbish plants
Covers trims hedge paints his house
hat little cleaning painting would accomplish much
in making healthy through the long outdoor
months busy with the pruning shears the
rake You start painter working
vor house Forthwith wife and the kid
dies begin fully the 10y of living in the good old
summertime
Dav after will begin perk their
preuses persons Then others viii follow their example
and 30 tie spirit springs will spread from house to
hcre and block TO block
Rat let's not regeneration OF our town Let's
,rr,pe Immediately Clean Up and Paint Up
ana refurbishng thorough community move
psat Our Official help, and so each civic
business and the and the children
r make clsan Up Paint Up and Keep Up slogan
live 70 It,
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1916-06-24
CLEAN Up AND PAINT Up
A CONTINUOUS CAMPAIGN
e,,anos,;o,s for Making Our Town Better Home
Town-C Chairman of National Bureau
Says Start Now and Keep 1t Up
the Year Round.

oor;zation in St. Louis. With various
adaptations this St. Louis plan mas
been found practicable in any CITY, ho
matter how large or small.
The entire campaign is unoer INC
direction of the Continuous 81. Loui"
Clean Up and Paint Up Campaign
Committee. of which Charles NJ. raj
bert. director of streets and sewers
is chairman. On this committee are
various civic and business leaders, III
Gliding the leading club women Oh the
city.
Each member of the general COM
uittea is chairman Of a subcommittee
RESPONSIBLE for some definite depart
ment of the campaigns activity. the
director of Streets and Sewers is
chairman of the committee on Refuse
Cleanup" the chief of the Fire De
partment is chairman of the comlIlt'
fee ON fire prevention and the head
of the Health Department is chaf-
man of the committee on housing re
| form.
A partial list OF these campaign
committees, with notation OF some Oh
the objects of each follows:
Committees for the Work.
Street Department - Household
waste. permanent plan, improvement
of districts which will be center o.
interest in coming National Demo
cratic Convention, smooth paving
signs on public buildings, rubbish
boxes.
Landscape Observation-Disclosures
campaign among property owners
yard planting campaign among chill
dren.
Fire Prevention-Clean up rubbish
roofs, condemn shacks that are hr'
risks.
MISUNDERSTANDING yards, priTies
tenements, lodging houses, garbage re
ceptacles.
Vacant Lots-Reported by 30
Scouts. flower and vegetable garden
by school children and Real Estat
Exchange. weed cutting, bird boxes.
Flower Boxes-In congested dis
tricts. downtown and opposite Uniol
Station.
Unsightly Advertising-Posters o
buildings. For Rent" signs, ora
nances.
Appearances of Buildings-Vacan
buildings, painting, lighting OF prom
nent corners.
, Street Drinking Fountains-Generi
. and on downtown corners.
Smoke Abatement.
Observation-Disclosures, posters. stree
a., cars, circulars for children, button
T newspapers, moving pictures.
, Speakers-On general subject, ais
. on special phases Of campaign.
y District Organization-Report nj
!. sances. see property owners and urs
!. to clean up and paint up and piai
r trees.
y School NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
!. printed matter, school gardens.
v Police-Report nuisances, distrlou
directions for rubbish collections, I
quest cooperation of residents.
The chairmen of these various CO.
Il mittees should be the city or TOW
u. officials or civic leaders who are me
Q. interested in the work to be done
p the committee.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1916-06-24

..rNcE Hercules diverted the river
20 renovate the Augean staoie'
~ "Clean Up" has had It's p'aOo
tno worlds vernacular WIN 0pii
Tho desire to refurbish comes 0uD
eanociously into the hearts Oh lnen
- ,.omen and communities. put
,.-.hort direction and sustained enol'
,;,a EXPRESSION of that desire, ~
,,rm of the ordinary clean Up -
or "yyeak." is apt to result III a sup0'
scial sally against hlth. cor;s
yo,rs ago Allen w. Clark, a 81 Lou.o
oai.or made up his mimi that tniS
natural Clean Up instinct couiu ~
,,,..rc6 TO account, that II coulu "
dogo'oned into a real campaign "oi N
10 toward definite ideals ana acconi
-,t,hI,g nermanent results. Ana So
~ Nav 1912. MIR. Clark founded the
1-o,ional Clean Up and RANT W
Cao,roign Bureau, with headquarters
- O. Touis. He hoped that tlol
nrcb.qoing movement, national III It's
sc1na and practical in its principiC''
might take the place OF the am 49, u
hath" idea as expressed i'll the olu-'iAn'
"clean up day" or week
National Civic Movement
For four years the scope OF the Ma
,,ona; bureaus service has rapluly eA
tended uutil this year it is co-operdt
ipg with more than 5000 local com
r,r,it;es in the organization and al
roction Of real Clean Up and PAM
lin" campaigns, not days VI
"waeks." Continuous campaigns 1ol
,or,as and hometowns beautiful, SAM
tsrv ard safe, conducted by permanent
committees, and involving the coop
a,ation Of city and town officials, ciui
women. commercial organizations TN
children. fire prevention interests, al
business uisn and property owners
Is the goa! aimed at by all OF III
Natic5,I Bureaus propaganda.
Jr Clark declares that the bane o
sry community is the citizen WIZ
lacks even a semblance of interest Il
the community, and that, strange d
Il NAV seem in 2 democracy, aosenc
oP this interest seems to be pretty ger
eraliy prevalent IN the average Amer
can community. Srch a citizen Woul
lave THE Town or The City wna'
eyer those names nay SIGNIFY Whe
the body Of citizens is eliminated
keep the streets ard alleys clean, pr'
serve tho public and individual health
eliminate nuisauces, make everythin
in town sDick and span and satisfa
tory-while tho citizen sits back an
looks on.
The real Clean Up and Paint UT
campaign, organized on the plans
the National Bureau. gives everyor
something definite to do to help mai
their hometown beautiful. sanital
and safe. And the campaigns ed
cational influence should work stea
fly the year round and year aft
year. automatically eliminating mai
puisances caused formerly by carelei
meas or thoughtlessncss Of proper
owners and tenants.
A Suggestion for Our Town.
Tie methods for accomplishing
q: this suggested by the National Z
f-Au are we'll illustrated by brief {
sciirtion IF the local campaign
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1916-06-24

(. 1--WE recommend the extension .
i. of franchise 10 the women of the :
! country by the states upon the
+ came terms as 70 men," :
:. 4 :. !. + !: = = !. :. :. !. !. !. = !.