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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-22

Fitzsimmons was always referred
to as an Australian because it was
there that he started his ring career,
but he was born in Helsten, Corn
wall England, June 4, 1852. His
parents. however. soon moved back
to New Zealand. Fitzsimmons started
work in his fathers blacksmith shop
and at eighteen gained fame for his
deXterity in swinging a heavy ham
mer and fashioning of horse shoes. 1t
was said he could shape two while
others made one.
Before taking up boxing. Fitzsim-
mons was a hammer thrower and
long distance runner. His speed and
endurance were so marvellous that he
was given to hunting kanGaroos
afoot. The former champions ring
career began as the winner of a
lightweight competition promoted by
Jem Mace, at Timaru. New Zealand
in 1850. He defeated four men. knock
ing out three of them, and thus be-
came the amateur champion of the
country. The next year he defended
his honors. defeating five opponents
in one night.
Always Ready to Fight
Fitzsimmons continued at the forge
for the next six or seven years, put
was always ready to fight. After
lighting three battles with Jim Hail.
then regarded as the middleweight
champion of Australia. Fitzsimmons
came to America in 1890. He was
one of the lightest men to win the
heavyweight championship. Ee rarely
weighed more than 165 pounds when
in condition and gave away as much
as fifty pounds to some opponents.
Fitzsimmons won the worlds
heavyweight title on March II, 1897,
when he defeated James J. Corbett in
the fourteenth round of their memo
rable battle at Carson City, New. He
stopped Corbett with his famous
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-22

Touchdowns-Dayho 2; P. Weu-
schinski, Wolfe, Page. Goals from
uchdowns-Dayhoff, 8; Wolfe. Sub
stitutions: Central-E. Wolfe for Her
ring: Wingeard for Rodgers. Referee
-Hitchler, West Virginia. Umpire
Kinney, Trinity. Head linesman-
Farabaugh. Lehigh. Time of quar-
ters, 12 minutes each.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-22

y
ALTOONA TECH
Crowl, |. e. Hoerner, !. e.
Walton, |. t. Brough, !. t.
Koenig, l. 8. Jaster, |. G.
Fitzgerald, C. Frock. C.
Laughlin, r. g. Arnold. r. g.
Rohrer. T. [. Peifer, r. t.
Brubaker. +. e. Bell, r. e.
Elder, q. b. Lloyd. q. b.
Morgart, !. h. b. Elmer, l. h. b.
Bockel, r. h. b. Beck, 7. h. b.
Sanders. f. b. Wilsbach, +. b.
Goals from touchdowns. Wilsbach,
10; goals from field, Lloyd, 8; touch
downs, Elmer. 6; Lloyd, 2; Lingle,
Beck, Wilsbach, 3; Brough: substi-
tutions, Tech. Garrett for Beck,
Essig f. Horner. Bingle for Elmer
Corners Tor Peifer, Kohlman for
Bell, Beck for Garrett, Elmer for
Lingle. Peifer for Connors, Frank for
Arnold, Biehl for Brock, Gladfeller
for LASER, ]. Beck for Essig; Altoona,
Kelley for Bockel, Klesius for Bru-
baker. Levine for Elder, Just for
Morgart. Referee, Eugene (Shorty)
Miller, Penn-State Umpire, johnson,
Bucknell. Head linesman, Killinger,
Harrisburg Tech. Timekeeper c. w.
Miller. Y. NJ. c. A. Time, two 10 min
utes and two S minutes period.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-22

Academy.
LYKENS ACADEMY
r. Hoffman, lie. Moore, lie.
Umholtz. 1t. Steinmetz. 1t.
Troutman. lg. Hendry, If.
SaltZer, C. Morgenthaler. c.
Page, rg. Hawkins, rg.
Cooper, rt. Wescott, TT.
Bitterman, re. Stone, re.
w. Hoffman, qb. L. May, oh.
Miller, RIB. Wren. RIB.
Reese, lib. w. May, lib.
Half, fb. Devore, fb.
Touchdowns. Wren. 2; Miller.
Goals from touchdown. Hoffman,
Moore. Substitutions. Wescott for
Henry, NJ. Hawkins for Devore. Mil
Ier for ]. Hawkins. NJ. Hawkins for
Morgenthaler; Lykens. Higgins for
Troutman, Troutman for r-lIerman.
Umholtz for NJ. Hoffman. Regal for
Umholt2. Referee, Bingaman. West
Virginia. Umpire. Zigler. U. S. Army.
Timer. McCaleh. Harrisburg. Head
linesman, Pritchard, Ursinus. Time,
12-minute periods.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1917-09-06
BEGIN INQURYOF
GERMAN PAPERS
INUNITED STATES
j - = - . =
Refuse Mailing Privileges to
Masses and Jeffersonian E !:
Republican at Chicago Be.
ing Investigated.
tBy the Associated Press,

Washington, Sept. 5.A search
ing inquiry into utterances Of Ger
man language newspapers in the
United States, socialistic magazines
and literature of so-called peace So
'cieties and associations regarded as
likely to lead to presentation in some
instance, is being conducted by the
department Of justice. The depart
ment considers its position strength
iened by q decision of the federal
court in Georgia in sustaining the ac-
tion OF Postmaster General Burleson
in refusing the privileges Of the mails
to the Masses, and the, Jefersonian.
Recent utterances and activities Of
Mayor Thompson of Chicago and the
Republican, newspaper which en-
dorsed him in connection with the
convention there of the Peoples
Council Of America For Democracy
and Terms Of Peace also are being
scrutinixed.
~ The time is not farisdistant, how
ever. In the opinion of3some officials
when the government will begin ac-
ton. , IS 5:} sSS. s3sS
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1917-09-06
PRES. WILSON'S
MESSAGE TO
NATIONAL ARMY

- T. 81 90 .
Washington, Sept. 3.-Soldiers of
the national armyfwere welcomed in
to the nation 8 service today by Presi-
dent Wilson with a message of af-
fectionate confidence and a prayer
to God to keep and guide them. ,Ev-
erything these young men do, the
President told them will be watched
with the deepest solicitude by the
whole country, and the eyes of the
world will be upon them because
they are in some special sense the
soldiers of freedom
The first soldiers. for the army
raised under the draft2law start from
their homes for the training canton
ments Wednesday. The president
asks them as brothers and comrades
in the great war to keep straight and
fit by, a standard so high, that living
up to it will add a new laurel to the
crown of. America. ~
The message follows:
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1917-09-06
The White House, Washington.
To the Soldiers Of the National

Army:
You are undertaking a great
duty. The heart: Of the whole
country is with you. Every
thing that you do will he watch
ed with the deepest interest and
with the deepest solicitude. and
not only by those who are near
and dear to you. but by the
whole nation besides. For this
great war draws us all together,
makes us. all comrades and
brothers, as all true Americans
/, felt themselves to be when we
first made good Ounsnational In
dependence. The eyes of all
the world will be upon you, be-
cause you are in 5eOme special
sense the soldiers of freedom.
Let it be your pride, therefore
to show all men everywhere
not only what good soldiers
you are but also what good
men you are, keeping your
selves 1T and straight in every
thing and pure and clean thru
and thru. Let us zset for OUR.
f,selsese a stand p high. that
1t will he a glory toAlive up to
1t and then let us live up to it
and add q new laurel to the
crown of America. Ny affecs
tiOnate confidence goes with YOU
in every battle and every test.
God keep and guide you.
.sWOODROW WILSON,"
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1917-09-06

One Recruit Given Command
Of Troops Until Camp |.
Reached President Will
son Sends Letter to Drafted
Men.
(By the Associated Press)

Washington, Sept. a. Drafted
men of the five per cent quota going
to army cantonments, were report
ing today to local boards to receive
instructions and railway and meal
tickets. Most of them. will be or
dered to report to the board shortly
before train time tomorrow. About
0,0OO, most having been selected
because of previous training, are in
cluded in the first quota. BY tomor-
row night they will be in 16 canton
ments, except Yaphank, L. l., and
Admiral Maryland where construc-
tion is not complete.
Each districts quota will be plac-
ed under one recruit. who will be
given war department warrants for
transportation and meals and au-
thority to command the men until
they reach camp. Arrangements for
travelling expenses already have been
made by the local boards.
A letter from Pres. Wilson made
public by the white house, addressed
to Thos. T.. Chaeborne, Jr., Of the
mayors committee on national de-
tense. N. Y, reads as follows:
Please say to the men on Sept. 4
how entirely my heart is with them
and my thoughts will follow them
across the sea with confidence, and
also with genuine envy for l should
like to be with them on the field,
and in the trenches where the real
and final fight for independence of
the United States is to be fought,
alongside sthe other people of the
world strneslfng ourselves Ito
make an end Of those things which
have threatened the integrity of
their territory, the lives Of their
people and a character and inde-
|pendence of their government. Bid
them God speed for me- from very
full heart s4
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1917-09-06
com 4 | S !.
MEMBER ship DRI
Most. SUCC CESS SFUL
Of Secretary Shows,
That CAM Resulted Z III! ID !. i u
Securing Over Five Thou j.
New Members Patrio tiic
Address Given BY Tracy
Bangs.

The mass meeting held at the Ar
mory Monday night was very satis-
factory from the stand point Of the
interest shown by the people of the
city and vicinity and the encourag-
ing reports of the membership COM
mittee. Almost every seat in the
large hall was taken and the audi
ence listened with close attention to
the reports OF the membership cam
paign and the appeal Of Tracy Bangs
for a truer and more sacrificing 10y
atty to the government of the United
States and the cause for which it is
struggling. ssj
Alfred Steel, chairman of the
stutsman County Chapter of the
American Red Cross Society, pre-
sided and in brief statement told
Of the main objects of the gather
ing. j. A. Buchanan, chairman Of
the committee ON the organization
Of branch societies thruout the
county, read the report Of the mem-
bership campaign. The report show.
ed that the county has made the
most successful campaign of any
county in the state, 5,2S7 new n1en1-
bers having been secured and So
S41.00 collected in membership
fees. f !,
The record of the Bloom district
ia perhaps the most unusual since
every man, woman and child over
the age OF IA years is q member OF
the branch society. The streeter'
'ssdistricts has the largest msmb mbershtp
outside. Of mestown, with 34Sl en- n
rolled, while the Medina district
has raised the largest amount OF
money, $6O3. The Jamestown mem
bership is 1910. with fees amount l19
ing to $2,733:0o paid in to the
treasury. n, a 55SsSst
The report in full follows:
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1917-09-06
capitalists war, but a freeman's

capitalists war, but freeman's
war. .,
Fully, impressed by these facts,
realizing that q noble International
ism is implicit in our American con-
ception of national existence, it shall
be our purpose to bring to the sup
port of the government all the moral
and material power of the working
class Of the nation. 1t shall be our
task to interpret Americas demo-
cratic spirit and purpose in this con-
flict to our fellow workers, especially
those Of foreign birth, and to COM
bat every; form of propaganda, no
matter by whom 1t may be carried
on. which tends to weaken the loyal
ty and devotion Of the masses and
their willingness to strive and sacri-
fee for the nation and its high pur-
poses. IS s asl'9 n '
We shall strip the mask from
those who IN the name Of democracy,
naturalization and peace y are en-
gagged in the nefarious n propa agaida
Of treachery to all that these noble
words represent. We indignantly
|repudiate the claim that this propa-
ganda which, be II remsmb mbered,
brings 10y ana comfort TO German
|autocracy has tho support ~ the
labor movement AZ America. Not sy-
len ut the behests of the so-called
people Conner WIN tie organized
Workers oI AmeriSl n stitntA tho
|labor mossna asnt [i \ M ths brutal
WsrlTss1o or2 lsI infsaeas
rape III iisill 4 4 spwier q TIT
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1917-09-06
q EH ALARMED L;
s2 :, PE;PIEATED Fl AIR
R AlDa "ERMANY
Nine Killed and 49 Injured in
Last Nights Raid Papers
Point Out That This j Is the i,
Ninth III Serious .l[|,,l Raid 7 This ii
Summer. {. q: !.
(By the Associated Press,

London, Sept. 5.-Eleven persons
were killed and 90 injured in last
nights air raid, 1t is announced Of
ficially today.
London, Sept. 5.Nine persons
were killed and nine injured in last
nights raid which occurred over
London district about midnight. One
raider is reported to have been brot
down OFF Sherness, it is announced
officially. The full text of the dam
age caused by bombs is yet unknown.
One bomb fell just outside hos
pital and another hit retail store in
which number of girls were sleep
ing. The raiders were shelled by
|anti-aircraft guns. Several British
machines took to the air to attack
the invaders. The streets were de-
serted at the time, it being long after
theatre hours.
HAS Germany got her great air
offensive ready before ours?'' is a
question asked by the morning pa
pers, regarding the invasion Of Eng
land on three successive nights. An
other paper which frequently. warns
of the German intention to invade
England with air craft inslarge fleets,
says:
"The enemy seems to be getting
on rather fast with invasion plans.
The German air craft. came, bombed
and departed. Our guns. !tiredaand
our air craft went Up but without
results. This ais the ninth serious
raid this summer and. out of 120 ma
chimes which have crossed our rcoast
Germany only admits ttnsss tfs foasasof
seven. " 81. .s:Ssss s
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1917-09-06
LAST AUSTRIAN
STRONGHOLD in
GORlTz TAKEN
Italians Continue to Advance
Toward Triest- indication.
Point Toward Evacuation
by Germans Of Large Dis
trict in Flanders.
(By the Associated Press,

ltaly's long years of preparation
and General Cadorna's strategy as a
commander continue to bear fruit in
the great offensive the Italians are
now waging for Triest.
Although official announcement is
lacking, there seems no reason to
question dispatches from various
sources that Monte San Gabrielle, the
last of the Austrian strongholds in the
Goritzian district, has been taken by
the Italian troops, giving them pos
session of the entire chain of hills
dominating the Gorilla area.
This eminence in fact has been vir-
tually at the mercy of the Italians
since the fall of Monte Santo, its
neighboring stronghold. ~
With the taking of Monte San
Gabrielle, the capture of $50 prison.
ers, probably all the remaining Aus
trian garrison, with 80 officers, is re-
ported.
On the British front the
British hail of shells being dropped
upon the German lines in Flanders
is causing the Germans to contem-
plate abandoning a wide expanse of
territory there now being swept by
General Haig's big guns and those of
the French cooperating with him in
h; o1rri -, :,
The launching Of the next Entente
push apparently is Imminent and, as
a measure of preparation, the Ger
mans are reported to be removing the
civilian population Of the district ex-
tending 12 miles more to the east Of
the present front IN west Flanders
as far as the Thorough Tourtrai lines
embracing the area Of some 200
square miles.
One theory advanced for the re-
ported evacuation is that the Ger
man command, dreading the effect Of
the next drive, is preparing to flood
the lowlands by diverting the water
from the River Scheldt, thus block
ing the allied progress. Another sup
position is that the Germans, lacking
the men to hold the lines, are pre-
pairing for another strategic re-
treat"
Meanwhile the air forces of both
sides are active not only Immediately
back of the opposing lines but on
widely extended fields.
Germany is pushing her air cam
paign against England to an extent
that is leading London to wonder II
Germany has got her great offensive
ready before the British.
On their side the British have car
ried out further extensive bombing
raids in Belgium, hitting the Bruges
docks, where the Germans have q
submarine base. heavy blow. Air
domes also we're bombed with good
effect.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1917-09-06
Operations Around Riga
And Triest Furnish
Only News Of War
(By the Associated Press1

While major operations of the
Germans in the Riga district and the
great Italian campaign to Triest con-
tinues to furnish the chief develop
ment of military interest, the Ger
mans have caused momentary di-
version by spectacular air raids ap-
parently directed at one of the prin-
cipal naval bases.
Whether British naval property
suffered to any extent, has not yet
been made apparent. 1t is known,
however, that airplanes reached Chat
ham, the site of the British military
and naval establishment 80 miles
southeast of London, and that TOT
men of the naval establishment were
killed and Sc wounded. All six OF
the German machines participating
in the raid appeared to have escaped
although engaged; by British air.
planes and anti-craft guns.
:; The report of Lord French, com
mander. of the British forces, cover
ing all the ground except under ad-
miralty control. states that only a
slight damage was done. The casual
ties, he reports, we're one civilian
killed and six injured. The naval
casualties were reported by the sec
retary and no mention Of the extent
Of the damage, If any. to naval prop
erty was given.
Meanwhile the Italian air: service
seems to be perfecting damage on the
Austro naval base Of Pola. Rome re-
ports today the dropping Of 9 tons OF
bombs by 80 Italian airplanes on
Pola, causing heavy damage and
large fires. Press dispatches from the
|Austro-1 Italian front report the 1tal-i
ians as continuing their steady ad-
vance in the occupation of Triest,
pushing their lines ahead in the dis
trict south Of Gorilla and WORKING
further forward seast over the great
Biansi1za plateau.
NJ The falfs Gabrielle. chief re-
naming vantage point Of Austria, ].
aside from Carso stronghold, So con-.
sidered onlysa matter of time. I'm
There has been no renewal ofa the ne.
FLANDERS nghting on : larg ge scale sas3 a.s
vet, although the intensity of the n, y !,
|tillery nshting sugge Y TINT { this w
10 impendinG ess
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1917-09-06
,ork as that Of the Red Cross soci-

work as that of the Red Cross Soci-
ETY.. s.5s s@
n Mr.. Bangs described the great Ger
man machine which we are ightine
and the man who is engineering it,
The man who controls the great Ger
man war machine ..cares nothing
for man, God or the devil" He re-
lated that before his grandfather'a
death, the Kaiser had himself crown
ed since he said the old man was in
poor health and would not last long
anyway. AT other times, the Kaiser
had ridiculed his own mother and
when the German soldiers went into
China he told. them not to take any
prisoners but to treat the Chinese in
such q way that they would ever
after fear the German soldier.
He spoke Of the atrocities Of the
Germans in Belgium and how the
Canadian soldiers had been nailed to
the sides OF buildings and warned
his hearers that It was probable
that their sons would suffer the same
fate. }i,s sI s;i
S In closing Mr.. Bangs gave g brief
history OF the Red Cross Society from
the time Of its origin ~ 18 So and the
time Of the entrance Of the United
States in 1881 up TO the; present time.
at the beginning Of the war the
American Red Cross had 50 ,o0 ,o)0)9 g
members and at the present time has ls =
between four and i've mil Ions He IIe
made "a eloquent appeal Tor the ear
nest support Of every one for the
Red Cross h Society in othS service
ana money, declaring that every na q = z
who had enough to- eat Who had q
money enough for tobacco or alni1se- q {!
!m1ents sors whose family was not y Z
need should give freely Of his means g en-,
to this great work.
He comlnplimented Stutsman Conn lil ].
ty N On thu I'll ont of inoney led q
TIL hSs C.ros - sand said that no
count , Il ifast IL j donss better,
ifss5 asss M n II FORKS County
li;iII1 lwhSrs . n si 4 ssollrk kins sincs
M IN l fhsy Z! y Aaxl only abopt
,oeossf Il y slsfso
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1917-09-06

= InHAdditi0n Emil k0hlech1eMs mas
agreed to donate the sale spYocaeds OF
his thorobred prize hog which is to
be exhibited ct the County Fair T this y =
fall. u i II s-fS
Address of Attorney Hangs. Il 1.
The principal address of the even
ing was given by Tracy Bangs Of
Grand Forks and followed immedi-
ately after the reading Of the report
of the results 81 the county mem; "a
bership campaign. Mr. Bangs re-
viewed the history Of the beginning
Of the war and declared that the
/ 3I,l present & struggle Is Americas tight
and not the fight Of the Allies OF Of
England !. n ~
3$is..We hear that We are helping the
Allies. That we are sending troops
to England but ] say that II is 8, our y g
war and has been our Wsr ever since 4,
August S. lsl 4 Z Z. When Germany
sfirst declared war and began the
! fight with England and France Cyl.
sdegnce shows that Is .sheI had her eyesf
Is ,on the westerin World I, and that even
ftually ii would hay 10 stps paysstfie. tie.lrE
the Whole var. tho u tn asssrttse e.!l::i
81 Nj. Bangs III no earnestl hop
sed that thesWar would eesse and That. I.
lwe I;s. could not blame the people
4 sGerman descent Tor their snatufal
;2sympathy for. their moi ther coantrEy AZ h
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1917-09-06
MANY KILLED I'm
GERMAN AIR. RAID
ON ENGLISH CITY
Admiralty Reports 107 Per-
sons Killed and &c Wounded
Six Planes Took Part in
Raid, All Of Which Escaped
Damage.
tBy the Associated Press)

air raid 107 persons were killed and
Sc wounded at Chatham, it is an
nounced officially.
Six airplanes took part in the raid.
The victims were naval ratings.
Chatham is on the east bank of
the Medway, 80 miles south of Lon
don. 1t is the seat of immense mill
tary and naval establishments, in
cluding dock yard, arsenals and ex-
tensive barracks.
The term "naval ratings. applies
to grade Of men on board ships u.s.
ually those before the mast.
In addition to the naval casualties,
one civilian was killed and were
injured. The announcement follows:
Lord French, commander of the
British home forces, reports that last
nights air raids were carried out by
six enemy airplanes which proceeded
up to the south bank of the Thames
estuary to Chatham. Bombs were
dropped on the isle of Thanet and in
the Sherness- Chatham area between
1O.4O and II p. m. There were no
army casualties. Civilian casualties
reported at present are: Killed, 1;
injured, 6. The material damage
was slight. Our machines went up
and anti-air craft guns came into ac-
ton, but without result.
"The secretary of the admiralty re-
ports that in the course Of the air
raid last night the following casual
ties were caused to naval ratings:
killed, .107;F wounded; se:'''s7' 7:- i