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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-19
SOLDIERS TO ASK THAT BOXING BE
 LOCALIZED NOW

Chicago sportsmen are fightine hard for law that will Iegalize pro- Iesslonal boxing in the State of Illi- nois, and there is every reason to he lleve the fight will prove successful There is a feeling that the returning soldiers will get just about what they want and that they want boxing very much.
 The revival of boxing in Chtcago would prove a great boon to the snort especially so long as the game re- mains dead in New York. For box Ing on large scale can flourish only In the centers of population. This 1act stands proven in the situation in New Jersey.
 Boxing has been legal in the neigh boring state for almost a yearaand durlng that time the commission has conducted the sport wisely and well. But only the promoters of Newark and Jersey City have attained success in their efforts. Atlantic City, Penns- grove, Wrightstown, Dover, Perth Amboy, Vineland, Hoboken and Wee hawken, one after the other, have been forced to suspend.
 The little fellows, 1t would appear have no chance for their white all leys, because the boxers during the years of prosperity about New York were allowed to cultivate extravagant tastes. They demand altogether too much for their service, and then re- fuse to give the best that is in the,, in no-decision bouts. The state ta, of 10 per cent. added to the greed of the pugilists, complete financial burdens that the small towns cannot carry,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-19
AN EMINENT PENOLOGIST,

Penology, the science which treats of public treatment of maIefactors in respect to both society and the suffer CT, has had few abler students on this side of the Atlantic than Richard Vaux. Today is the 102nd anni- versary of thS birth of Vaux in Phil adelphia, where Judge Robert Vaux had already gained more than a local reputation by his devotion to charity, education, and the reform of the penal code. Judge Vaux helped to organize the first savings bank of America in Philadelphia, and he was also one of the originators of the public school system in Pennsyl- vania, and the founder of a deaf and dumb asylum. Richard Vaux was educated for the law, and in his young manhood served as secretary of legation in London and Brussels. In 1845 he gained wide reputation in the legal world by the publication of his Recorders Decisions" com piled while he was serving as record CT of deeds in Philadelphia. Not a single decision of his was ever re- versed by a higher court. In 1843 he was appointed inspector of the East ern Penitentiary of Pennsylvania, and for more than half century prepar- ed its annual reports. He soon gained recognition as one of Ameri- ca's greatest authorities on penoIogy, and on that subject delivered nu- merous lectures and wrote many pa pers. He was elected mayor of Philadelphia on the Democratic tick ct in 1865. He died in that city in 1895,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-19
FORMER ATHLETE
 AGAIN WOUNDED

Louis K. Lotker, former local newspaperman and well known Y. M. c. A. basketball player, reported as wounded in today's casualty lists, has been wounded for the third time and has taken part in several severe bat ties. He is a runner in the motor cycle squad and has been brought in many dangerous and hazardous scenes.
 When last heard from, Sergeant Lotker was in Paris recuperating from a bullet wound in his arm. He has been decorated for bravery by a French officer and was made a ser geant after the battle of Argonne. Sergeant Lotker left this city early in June of 1917 and was at first sent to Camp Devens. In July he left for overseas with the 18th Division of the 104th Infantry.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-19
HUDSON NO PLACE FOR
 ROWING SAYS RICE

Jlm Rice, the rowing coach, was talking or the Hudson river, as a place upon which to develop oarsmen the other day, and as all who know him are aware his language is not un- picturesque
 "The Hudson at Edgewater is ona or the finest places-for ocean liners that ever sailed on Of course if was all right on a nice calm dav- when we had calm day. I've seen more teeth in turkey than calm days some springs. But when it was calm, It was f1ne-unti1 the Albany boats came along; then you should see that river pucker up. Put the Co., Iumola crew overheard in mid-ocean m shell and they'd beat the world that goes for any crew I ever coached at Edgewater. But on Lake Carnegie or the Severn, by George, they'd be apt to turn seasick, because it was so smooth; either that or they'd 20 to sleep; I think they went to sleep in the first mile last year.
 But wherever I coach in the fu- eure you'll see me craning my neck Keeping an eye open for that darn | Albany boat"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-19
MAKES MONEY ON TOMATOES.

Harry Clark, a 17-year-oId boy of Woodbury, Conn, is planning to in stall this winter a home canning fac tory capable of putting up 5O,O0O No. 3 cans of tomatoes of his own growth in one season.
 Canning isn't a new game for Har- ry Clark. He has been interested in home canning for the past three years but found out that he could make more money by specializing on tomatoes. Last year he put up l. 400 No. tin cans of fine fruit and sold all of them locally at a good profit.
 The Boys and Girls Clubs De. partment at Connecticut Agricultural College at Storrs is now working on plans for Harry's canning factory. A. J. Brundage. club leader, has been following the lads work for several years and is anxious to see him sue ceed as he believes it may prove an inspiration to other youngsters.
 Through his work in past years the boy saved up enough money to buy the land upon which he will endeavor to raise sufficient tomatoes to keep his proposed factory busy. By rais- ing the tomatoes through his own labor canning them at home and sell ing locally, Harry will solve the prob lems of buying and selling that many producers must contend with.
 The boy's success has already at tracted considerable attention ana there seems every reason to believe he can put his new plans through successfully.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-19
BARNEYLEvINSKY NOW THROUGH
 WITH MORGAN

The report that Battling Levinsky has severed relations with Danny Nor gan his manager is now verified by the Battler himself.
 Here is the Battlers own story:
 I was to fight Dempsey on a We'd nesday and the Friday before the fight was to come off Dempsey's manager and Danny Morgan my own manager came down to the shipyards where I was working and I told them that I could not fight as I was in no condition and several of my relatives had been taken with the flu which was prevalent at that time and I did not feel like doing any fighting for a little while anyway.
 Well they impressed upon me the fact that if did not go through with the bout that they would lose money as they had paid one thousand dollars for the hall for that night and they probably could not get it for some while again. They had also spent some two thousand dollars for adver- Using and other miscellaneous things | and for the sake of them I decided l to take the bout.
 They told me that I need not do any training to get in condition but just 1 take the fat off so they would think
 I was in condition. In three days took off fourteen pounds so you can
 see what kind of condition I was in. They promised me that it would be
 nothing more or less than a six round
 boxing bout and I. took the bout on
 that condition and the result was I l tharo ond lynnnlYn6 iIS l the third round.
 Now I think it time if after having
 a manager for six years he will dou- ble cross you for a few paltry dollars 1 to get rid of him.
 In the future I think all my bouts
 will be handled by Jim Buckley.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-19
LIEUT.. CADoRl4 IN ACTION.

Lieut.. Leon Galore, the Robins pitcher, who has made an excel lent record in the army and who rose from the ranks with amaz- ing rapidity, has been through the hardest kind of fighting. Lieut.. Galore commands a pla- toon in a regiment Of the Ninety second (colored) Division, and Sept. 19 to Nov. ii, his men were engaged in the St. Die sec tor in the MeIse-Argonne dis trict. The day before the sign ing of the armistice, his regiment captured the Bois rehaut in the face of terrific machine gun fire, and bagged more than a thous- and Huns in the course of the operation. The fighting in this sector was referred to at some length in Gen. Pershing's report, and is mentioned five times in Gen. March's latest report.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-19
DEMPSEY LEARNED HIS LESSON
 IN BOUT WITH SAILOR MEEHAN

The sensational manner in which Jack Dempsey has been putting his opponents to sleep in recent battles has been more than even his most ar dent admirers have anticipated.
 Dempsey no doubt learned a lesson in San Francisco ring when he ap- peared in a four round exhibition bout against Willie Meehan. The bout was for a benefit and Jack con sented to having the referee award 8 decision. During the contest Demp- sey did not extend himself and at the end of the bout Meehan received the verdict. Being credited with out pointing Jack was big feather in Meehan's cap, but to Dempsey it proved very harmful. Fighters and managers, jealous of Dempsey's sue cess, were inclined to belittle his abil- ity as g. boxer and question his right to meet Willard in a bout for the championship.
 It did not take Dempsey long to find out how careless he had acted in the affair with Meehan, and when he | did he resolved to show his opponents lin future battles no mercy. Knock 'erl all dead' was the slogan selected for his campaign, and that he has 1 lived up to the battle cry cannot be ! disputed. Fred Fulton was the first l victim of Dempsey's new plans. When the pair met in New Jersey last sum 1 mer, Fulton had visions of winning the title while memories of the Nee 1 han bout fingered in Dempsey's mind. Fulton was able to prevent Dempsey ! from hJttjne him 6nriT,o ho % seconds of the first round In the ! next second Jack landed a clean, hard right hand blow to the plastere1's jaw and the battle was over.
 Then came Battling Levinsky, who boasted that during his ring career he had never been counted out. In the third round of his contest Demp- i Isey landed his haymaker, and now Levinsky boasts of the fact that Dempsey is the only man that ever succeeded in knocking him out. Porky Flynn of Boston was next Jack met him in Philadelphia and the first round, what there was of it, was ! crowded with action. A few seconds after it opened Jack knocked Flynn through the ropes. He was pushed back and then tried to clinch. Demp- sey freed himself and then put Flynn to sleep. The bout lasted a little over a minute.
 Misl1c an Exception.
 Billy Mislle was Dempsey's opponen
 in his next contest. It was staged in
 the Quaker City Thanksgiving Day
 and although Miske surprised the fans by staying the limit he was hangiu7
 on and holding Jack all through the
 affair. Last Monday in New Orleans
 Carl Morris was added to DempseyG
 list of victims. The bout was sched
 uled to go 20 rounds but, as those
 who failed to be on hand early vii
 tell you, it did not last that icng. IT fact the second round was never start
 ed. At the time it should have com
 menced Dempsey was fit and ready
 but poor Morris was being brough
 to in his dressing room. Twenty seconds after the contest started Dempsey landed a left to the solal pIexus and Engineer Carl went to tht floor with visions of a train wrecl
 in front of him.
 Meehan taught Dempsey a lesson.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-19
FIRST SETTLERS OF VIRGINIA.

The first English settlers bound for Virginia sailed from the Downs 312 years ago today, Dec. 19, 1906. Thers were 105 emigrants in all on board the three tiny ships, the Susan Con- stant, the Goodspeed and the Dis covery. In the following April the squadron entered Chesapeake Bay, and in May they landed at the place they called Jamestown. Half of the coIonists, all of. whom were men, died before autumn, when Capt Smith as- stunned control. Early in 1908 an other shipload of emigrants arrived at Jamestown. Then followed, in 1909 and 161O, the period known in Virginia history as ."the starving time" when the colony was reduced from 490 to 60 in six months. The survivors set out in their few vessels hoping to reach Newfoundland, but a relief ship arrived in the nick of time to save them. There had been earlier attempts to colonize Virginia. but these who left England in 16O6 were the first to win a permanent foothold on the soil of the Old Do-
 ninion.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-19
EUp.TO. .THE- MINUTE DOINGS IN THE SPORT WORLD
YANKEES AND RED SOX FIGURE VNSKY MAKES STATEMENT
3. Il. s. PLAYS
 N. B. \. SAT.

The Bridgeport High school basket ball team will play the New Britain High school team Saturday evening In the local gym. The High school team started off like a whirlwind this season, defeating Torington by the score of 54 to Il last week and the whole school is looking forward to T successful basketball season. There VIII be only one game Saturday night, as the girls team will play in Nor walk in the afternoon. The probable nneup for the locals is Miacco and Kade' forwards; Murphy, center. and I1ckey and Maher, guards.
 Johnny Miaco, forward for the. local team' has been asked to coach the Telephone Operators team. He hos not as yet made up his mind whethe~ ne will or not, but it is thought that he will. '-''''
 Coach Hunt of the local High schof?I team has signed to coach the Victors ol the Boys club for this season.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-19
BRIEF NEWS NOTES

Representative Darrow of Pennsyl- vania introduced bill demanding trial and punishment of William Hn- henZollern and every one associated with him in the violation of the law of nations and the committing of bru- tai atrocities in the war"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-19
OLD TIME SHOOTING CHAMPIONS

Today is the anniversary of the deaths of two men whose names are till honored by shooters all over America-John Taylor, who passed away at Greenville, N. J., on Dec. 19, 1872, and Eugene Bogardus, who breathed his last in Lincoln, H., on Dec. 10, 1887. Taylor was an Amer ican champion in the old days when i've bird shooting tournaments, were very popular. Thousands of dollars were often put up on pigeon shoot ing matches. A few years before his | leath Taylor was defeated in a pig con shooting match for $2,GO0 by
 William Seeds. EugeDn Bogardus
 was a celebrated rifle shot, and one | If the greGtest of his day in that 1 )ranch of sport
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-19
SPORT CHATTER

Two of the players who finished the 1918 season with the Yankees will not be with the club in the com ing campaign. One is First Baseman Jack Fournier and the other is Out fielder John Hummel, both of whom came to the Yankees in July from the Pacific Coast League. Fournier was awarded to the White Sox just before the close Of the season and now is the property of that club. Hummel was not purchased by the Yankees but simply signed for the balance of the season after the dis banding of the Pacific Coast League threw him out of employment. He
 belongs to the San Francisco club and title to his services reverted to
 that club at the closet of the Amer ican League season.
 Sergeant Apau Kau of the 315th Infantry has been killed in action in France, according to word received ty friend in this country. Apau will be remembered as a pitcher of abil- ity, who came to this country with the Chinese club of the College of
 Hawaii He pitched for the Bush wicks, of New York, and for Phila- delphia teams.
 Jimmy Wilde, flyweight championof the world conqueror of bantams anc featherweights and the most remark l able fighter of his weight yet produc- ed in Great Britain, is coming tC America to engage in bouts with the best men in the bantam class. Tho noted Briton will of necessity meet | the bantams because there are nc
 fyweights of ability in the United | States.
 Wilde will arrive here early in the new year, and, according to George l Dwyer, a business man of this city
 who is the manager of Wilde's forth | coming American tour, the British | champion will be willing to take or | Pete Herman, the bantam champion 1 of the world, or Pal Moore, the sail | or boy who got a three round de cision over Wilde in the recent inter
 national bouts in London.
 | Jimmy Archer, once the Cubs stal catcher, has retired from baseball 1 He was a member of the Brooklyns i Pirates and Cincinnati Reds last sea, son, and at times he displayed f1ashe!
 Of his old skill. But Archer's perma- nently crippled right hand interferet
 with his throwing, so that he was
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-19

Perfection by John M. Browning of 8 machine gun for airplanes So that the f1ier can by pressing a trigger fire $500 shots a minute was announced at Ogden, Utah, by the inventor.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-19

bout just to see Dempsey in action, even if for only a minute. Dempsey is finishing his men quickly in an en- deavor to force Willard into the open. N-he- Jim Corhett was hallcnged hy Bob Fitzsimmons he told the late Bob, Why, you will have to go and get a reputation" Fitz proceeded to do as directed and Corbett had to meet him. Dempsey is ltaking a similar course and may meet with similar success.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-19

used only in emergencies. Archer might secure a position as coach, but he says that he prefers to go into business. Thus the national game loses one of the greatest ball players that ever put on a mask.
 Robert T. Martin, president of the Panama Canal Baseball League, has invited Owner Comiskey to bring his Chicago White Sox to the Zone in the spring. Martin says that there are 30,0O0 American soldiers on duty at the canal, and are eager to see a big league ball club. The United States Government built finely ap- pointed ball park at Balboa in 1916, spending $25,00O on a new concrete and steel grand stand. The Panama promoter, in his letter to Comiskey, says that the White Sox could return to this country by way of Havana, where several profitable games with the crack Cuban teams probably could be arranged.
 Word has just been received in this
 country of the death in France of Lieut.. Tommy Burr. who gained fame as a pitcher of the Williams College
 team few years ago. Burr was in
 the aviation corps, and lost his life
 in an airplane accident. The young officer pitched great ball for Will Hams and was a sensation in the collegiate athletic world. Upon the conclusion of his career at Williams town, Burr was eagerly sought by a number of major league baseball scouts, and it was said at the time that the Yankees had offered him ex- cellent inducements, but he declined
 to. enter the professional ranks.
 The football team of the Great Lakes Naval Training Station starts for Pasadena Cal, on Friday for its game with the Mare Island navy yard team on New Years day. The team had it's last hard practice on the home gridiron today, anad the men are all in. good condition, according to Com mander John B. Kaufman, athletic officer at the station. The team has not been beaten this year, and has 1 played all the big elevens in the maya service, having had leaves of absence ] that have carried the men all over i the country, and now they will close the season with the trip to the Pacific Coast. College managers have been
 unable to do this, but may succeed next season.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-19

Assistant Director of Railroads Hines agreed with Director McAdoo that railroads should be turned back to private owners now or control ex- tended
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-19

Captain Laning of the Bureau of Navigation told the House naval com- m!ttee that the entire American navy cannot be brought home before Jan. l, 1920.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-19

National Ginners' Association ,es.i. mated that 1O.215, ,OOO bales of cot ton were ginned up to Dec. 13.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-19

Corn Exchange National Bank Will increase its capital from $3,500,O0 o s4,200, ,0OO.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1918-03-14

FOR RENT room cottage with
half-acre land fruit; city water.
Rent, IS. r. B Ie Cooq.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1918-03-14
liant IL located at Ballard.

plant is located at Ballard.
Mrs. Ellen P. Dabney, for eight
years head of the home economics de-
partment of the Seattle public schools.
has been called by Herbert Hoover,
national food administrator, to accept
a position in the national food eonser-
walton department and will be expected
to tour the country leeturing on FOOD
conservation.
The American-Canadian joint fish
cries conference will meet at Seattle
April "a. 1t will consider the subject
of the conservation of the soekeye sal
mon of the Fraser river, together with
other questions pertaining to the FISH
cries of the Pacific and North Pacific
oceans, including Alaskan and British
Columbian waters.
A federal grain hearing Will be held
March Is on call of the bureau OF
markets. Washington, d. {. 1t is e&-
pected that a representative Will be
In attendance for the bureau. The
hearing is to ascertain the views OF
wheat growers on the proposed grades
for 1918. Growers. in conference last
December, went on record as TO their
opinion on the matter. Their recon-
mendations have been regarded in the
drafting of the 1918 grain standards,
but they will be permitted TO discuss
them further before they go into effect.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1918-03-14
WARNS NON-PI RTISAN
LEAGUE ORGANIZERS
Columbia County Council OF Defense
Threatens Agents With Arrest Tn
der Espionage Act: State News

The Columbia county council Of de-
Tense has organized a home guard,
which is expected 10 act more in the
capacity Of vigilance committee than
as a military organization. and warn
ing has been issued TO agents OF a
nonpartizan league said to be operat-
ing in Columbia county to discontinue
all solicitations in the county or face
arrest on a charge OF violating the
espionage act.
The new transeontinental tariff. in
effect March 10, gives TO Wenatchee
the same rates on freight shipped from
the east that Seattle now has. Goods
formerly billed TO Wenatchee from
the east have been shipped at the
Seattle rate plus the rate from Seattle
to Wenatchee. The securing Of termi-
nal rates at Wenatehee means the
development OF the wholesale business
in north central Washington.
v. J. Grambs, section chief of Wash
fngton and Oregon for the recruiting
service OF the United States. shipping
board. vas notified BY officials of the
board that the Pacific northwest ranks
second in the number Of applicants for
service on board the new fleet of car
riers. Eight hundred young men of
Washington and Oregon have applied
for service. this number being exceeded
only by applications in New England.
A deal involving about $1,000 was
closed when the Northern Grain &
Warehouse company, of Portland, pur-
chased the flour milling plant of the
Dement, Bros. company, of Walla
Walla. The mill, which is the largest
in eastern Washington, has daily
capacity of ESQ barrels. a new bulk
elevator, with a capacity of 160, 900
bushels of wheat. and several country
warehouses are included in the trans