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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-25

DHIL BLOOM, the crack Brooklyn
i lightweight. now going along in his
old-time form. easily administered an
eight round lacing to Rocky Kansas, OF
Buffalo. in the wind-up to well-pai-
anced card at the open-air arena OF the
wrightstown A. C. last night.
| Bloom won the first, second. ffth,
sixth, seventh and eighth rounds because
| he was the aggressor and always kept
the Buffalo visitor busy with stiff left
hand lab. The third round went to
Kansas. as he opened loose and stag
gered Bloom. and in the fourth frame
| Phil earned draw. Bloom showed the
same cleverness that easily beat Tommy
Carey in this city last week. and III the
clinches he always had Kansas worried
by the many body blows he showered
upon him.
In the semifinal Joe Dorsey had the
halter of patsy Wallace after six rounds
nj fast fighting. George Christian out
hoxed Jimmy Leggert, two colored
beavvweights, in the main preliminary
| whilc .Ioe Wright held Denny Hughes 10
| a fast six-round draw in the secohd en-
| counter and the opening contest was al,
eyen break between Teddy Leonard ana
| Young Danny Buck.
| Gu.sc Lewis, the local featherweisnbS, NJ. may nai
| be matched TO meet Preston Brown. the Sol na
| nr,I marvel, to appear in the winIup q. ,ue
| onen-air arena of the Cambria a. =. fra"k oS
| fra avenue and Cambria street. Tor totnor-
row night q week
lack Weinstein, manager OF Euuit' tit
O Keefe, is ready to match his pro.ese Tor W.
ANY man Of his class In the country Jars
claims that the reason why OkceIe Is sa.n
~ he "a II in" is because the local promoters
do not give him enough work, ana II ne
we're given few bouts he would soon snow
"is old-time form.
lack Sharkey, Of New York. and Joe Bur
man Of Chicago. may be matched 70 appear
in one of the bouts at the Jersey CITY "A. L.
in the near future.
frankie CYoungI Britt, of Boston, and
Tommy Carey, the local comeback, come to-
ce ther in q twelve-round fight at Boston TO-
morrow night.
Boxers at Camp Grant who win their
fights at the camp elimination tournaments
viii receive furloughs IL they beat their OPP
oonents. Doubtless this will encourage
many men at that camp 10 learn the art OF
self defcnS"
Memphis Pal Moore and frankie Burns. or
Jersey City, have been ma tched to appear In
| an eight-round fight at Jersey City on August
I1. Burns also is scheduled to box eight
rounds with JabeZ White, Of Chicago. at
Atlantic City. on Saturday night.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-25

Memphis Pal Moore and frankie Burns, or
Jersey City, have been atched to appear In
an eight round fight at Jersey City on August
.. Burns also is scheduled to box eight
Atlantic City. on Saturday night.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-25

boxers at Camp Grant who win their
fights at the camp eliminate tournaments
viii receive furloughs IL they beat their OPP
oonents Doubtless this will encourage
many men at that camp 20 learn the art OF
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-25

,hilacH IS "A as 50 50 81 lO6 l08-lls
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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-25

frankie CYoung) Britt, Of Boston, and
Tommy Carey, the local comeback, come to-
sether in q twelve-round fight at Boston TO-
morrow night.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-25

Jack Sharkey, of New YORK, ana Joe bur
in one Of the bouts at the Jersey CITY A 1.
in the near future
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-25

lack Weinstein, manager OF Eaa,' i,ih
o'Keefe, is ready to match his protese With ,,
any man of his class In the Cp9ntfs' Il, .ais sais
81 be I'll in is because the local promoters $
do not give him enough work, ana II ne
were given few bouts ne Wouiu sooh s"o"
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-01-18

nations experts that the war can be won more certainly in the air than on land, and that a great fleet of flying machines will assure victory if 1t can be organized speedily, that nothing is being left undone to hasten these preparations.
 It is pleasing to every patriotic Am erican to see the number of capable young men who are volunteering for this branch of the service. Each of these may render distinguished ser vice for his country, and most of them appear to we'll understand these possi- bilities. Some of them will become historical characters, because the field is one that leads more directly to fame than any other branch of the army.
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-01-18
"PilI Box" Defence.

The "pill box" defense appeared in tine German lines some time this year, says the Scientific American. The ''pill box Is the British soldiers name for small. round. concrete block house which contains German machine gunners. The "pill box" appears to he the smallest of German concrete dpfpnses. some of which are nothing short of Actresses in every sense of the word.
 The "pill box" strategy. which has been offset by heavier allied gunfire. comprises the use nf shell holes, trees, rocks and every other available shel- ter for machine gums. instead of the old style rows of trenches. In other words. there Is zone of defense" |" The organ,zatl0n of this zone of de fensp Ia such that the aerial Observ- CTS of the allies cannot detect the in. dividual machine gun posts; hence d. rect hits by artillery become almost impossible except by mere chance.
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-01-18
ALL ENEMIES MEET IN BERNIE
Streets Are Thronoed With Thousands of Men Who Have Been interned-
 Must Wear Uniforms.

At any time of the day in the Swiss capital one sees the uniforms of both sides on the streets. for there are thou sands of French. British. German and Relgians internpd In Switzerland and according to the rules of the game. they must wear their uniforms. In or der to make the breaking of parole harder. writes Will Irwin in the Sat urday Evening Post.
 My first sight of German Fritz dumping down the streets in his neu- tral green uniform and his stout mili- tary boots gave me kind of shock of surprise. It Is three years now. Sincr--in Rplgiun--I last beheld free nam In a German uniform. Today l saw dozens of men in French uniform pass other dozens in German uniform. Each party to these meetings would look straight ahead. pretending he had not noticed.
 For the benefit of the entente pe,'- ples the shops are displaying such signs aS these: Swiss Manufacture" Same Composition as -. the Ger man Preparation. Out of Strictly Swiss Origin" "This Line Made of Swiss and English Material" Knowingly to buy German gUids ia the same cardinal sin among the French. American and Eng fish colonies here.
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-01-18
CONTRIBUTION
 I'D WAR IS 2O,OOO MEN

SALEM, Ore, Jan. 18.-Oregon s contribution of men to the war totals about 10000, according to figures compiled today by Governor Withy- combe. Of this number 2,056 are with the Third Oregon, 1,7O0 with the coast artillery. 400 with the field ar tillery, 400 with the cavalry, 500 with hospisal units, 250 with officers. re- serve corps, 5.652 with the navy and marine branches, TIT in the selective service, 700 with the infantry and 1920 have enlisted.
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-01-18

Prince kaIanianaole, congressional delegate from Hawai-, states that HawaIlans run fairly close to the American type. The prince has royal blood eoursIng through his veins. He is popular In congress and ls called Prince Killarney by other members. He draws a eonaressman's pay.
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-01-18
LACK OF PRAISE FOR POETS
Complaint ls Registered That insufsL eient Honor ls Bestowed Upon
 Living English Writers.

In an article in the Bookman on twentieth century English poetry. Prof. William Lyon Phelps quotes William watson as complaining of the insuffi- cient praise bestowed upon living po- cts and as saying that with one ex- ception. meaning Kipling, there Is not single English poet the sales of whose poems would not hnve been thought contemptible by Scott and By ron. With that one brilliant excep- ton" says Watson. "England's living singers succeed In reaching only q pitifully small audience" Tn com menting on this passage. Professor Phelps says:
 "We ought to remember that Scott and Byron were colossal figures. go big that no eye coulc miss them and that the reason why Kipling has enjoyed substantial rewards Ia not because of his political views. nor because of his qualification of the British empire. hut simply because of his literary genius. He Is a brilliant and salient exception 'V thV ''i'HhUu Eub VI IU"ts, bOt "VfV- ly in royalties. but in creative power. Furthermore. shortly after this lec ture was delivered Alfred Moves and then John Mansfield passed from city to city in America in veritable march of triumph. Mir. Gibson and MT. Del.aMnre received homage every where; Riley day Is now legal hnli- day In Indlana: Rupert Brooke has been canOnizcd."
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-01-18
AenxSl to the Rescue,

Experiments recently conducted by . large oil company. notes . writer in Power. proved that mot only is ben zol more valuable than gasoline as a motor fuel when used straight. but its effective value is increased by being mixed with gasoline. These experi. ments indicate that mixture of equal parts of gasoline and benzOl gives a value over i8 per cent greater than that of straight gasoline. which shows 32 per cent increased value for the benzOl half. In many quarters alcO- hOl is looked upon as the ultimate fuel, but 1t cannot he employed except with great difficulties. owing to It's high hy- ,irogen content"
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-01-18
HERMAN IS MARTYR
 TO THE SLAV CAUSE

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 18.--Alex- ander Berkman, under sentence in New York of two years for conspiring to obstruct the military draft regu- lations and under indictment in this city in connection with the prepared ness day bomb murders. anarchist and editor of the Blast. is being held up to the Russians as a martyr to the cause of liberty, according to pr. William S. Thayer. of Johns Hopkins university. a member of the Ameri- can Red Cross mission to Russia. who arrived here today.
 "At a mass meeting six or seven weeks ago in Petrograd," Dr. Thayer said, "a protest against Berkman's incarceration in the United States was adopted. At the meeting which was attended by huge audience, speak CT told of Berkman's arrest with har- rowing details. He said that he had been thrown into dungeon and would never again see daylight.
 The speaker also informed the au- dience that it was far from uncom- mon in the United States for workmen resisting the demands of their em- ployers to be imprisoned for life. cast into underground dungeons to be broken on the wheel and to have their limbs nailed on the front door of their houses"
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-01-18
Refuoees Stole From Police.

The gratitude" of some people who found shelter in an East London p0- lice station took the form of stealing new broom and some enameled mugs. At another police station they stole a clock, two pairs of boots and some provisions, and damaged some uniforms. At one of the town halls where the public has been allowed to overflow into the police court pre- cincts the Old Testament was pur- Joined, and in a public library several volumes were stolen.-LOndOn Globe
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-01-18
Such . Contrast.

Travellers who enjoy reading on a railway Journey will appreciate this story.
 A passenger wanted to read. but a man opposite would persist in trying to talk. Afte-: several brief replies the reader became irritated.
 "The grass is very green, isn't itf' said the pleasant young man.
 "Yes." was the answer: such ( change from the blue and red graas we'vs bsan having latelyf'
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-01-18
SPEEDING AEROPIAANE PLANS

The speed with which work upon aeroplanes and the training of avia- tors and their assistants is being car ried on Is one of the most hopeful aspects of the war preparations. Tim- ber workers by the thousands are en- gagged in getting out materials for the 10000 flying machines that are being planned and constructed, other thous- ands of high-class mechanics are rushing the work of building engines and other parts, and the very best experts of the flying art are drilling thousands of young men for service in the air.
 So we'll convinced are many of the
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-01-18
. ALD EZ
ID HE TOWN OF VALDEZ

AAS AO"N VT VHDA@S is situated at the head of
 = Prince William Sound, and is city of probably one thou sand population. It is the center of the mining industry on the Sound, both copper and gold. and is adjacent to and within easy hauling distance of the salmon grounds, many fresh water rivers and streams in Valdez Bay bring. ing the fish in great numbers to within sight of the town. The city has one good cannery, which will operate two lines the coming season, employing probably one hundred and fifty persons.
 The city offers good opportuni- ties for a fish saltery, a fertilizer factory, a glue factory. a tin can factory and a box shook factory, all subsidiary to the fish packing business. The city owns it's own wharf and the Valdez Dock Com- pany, which also owns a splendid wharf is willing to give prospec- tive investors a chance for sites.
 VALDEZ has a progressive citizenry, with good high schools, churches, free reading room and library, good clubrooms and many lodges and organizations. Rents are very cheap, and living is but little higher than in the States.
 Many gold and copper mines are contiguous to Valdez, making this city their quitting port, and drawing from its reserve of labor. The climate is very healthful, the extremes of heat and cold being rarely experienced. The mercury rarely falls below -1s in the win ter and 70 above is the highest summer temperature. The sum- mers are delightful and the win ters far better than those of the Northern Central or Eastern States.
 VALDEZ is the coast terminal of the government military high way to the Interior. During the summer months autos may reach Fairbanks from Valdez in 36 hours running time, over a fine road, through the most magnif- cent scenery on the North Amer ican continent. In winter teams or dog sleds may be had at all times.
 VALDEZ has a number of first class hotels and restaurants, and the traveller and miner can be as- sured of comfortable lodgings 2 a minimum expense. Parties de- string to outfit for mining or pros pecting can do SO at our stores far cheaper than in the States. with men of experience to help se- lect their outfits.
 If you are coming to Alaska the Land of Opportunity, and de- sire a good home town among a fine class of citizens, buy your ticket to
 VALID EZ GATEWAY TO 1zu zs1waoa
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-01-18
OVERCROWDING IS
 CAUSE OF DISEASE

WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 18.- Overcrowding. insufficient clothing and bad sanitary conditions are blam- ed in reports of Surgeon General Cor gas, made public today, for epidemics of diseases of Camp Bowie. Tex. i;
 Camp Funston, Kan; Camp Doni- phan, Okla; and Camp Sevier. s. C.
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-01-18
PEACE PROPOSALS OVERPLAYED


 Germany seems to have overplayed her hand in her peace proposals with the revolutionary party in Russia. Her terms are SO severe that there Is . prospect of their rejection.
 The German diplomats apparently were under the impression they had Russia so thoroughly divided that a hard bargain driven by the kaiserites would be acceptable. It seems, how ever. that even the Bolsheviki lead ers are not so desperate as to sign away all of their rights, and it would not be a surprise if German arro- gance and overbearance does not yet hammer the discordant factions of Russia into a concrete enemy force.
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-01-18

CITY EXPRESS. Phone 83: ready to transfe. tLat baggage TOT you. t.
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-01-18
WEATHER MODERATING

The temperature along the trail in the interior has greatly moderated since yesterday. Salcha, Copper Gen. ter and Tonsina all report temporal ures of -38, the coldest recorded.
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-01-18

The local weather observer reports a miminmum temperature of 6 above last night, with a light northeast wind.
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-01-18
THE BIRTHDAY OF GEORGE
 WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON. I AL down your tools. y' 'oiler' of Mako holiday! Let fires be banked.
 unfann'd To flame this day: surcease The anvil clang; in peace Let upper on the neither millstone
 rest Nor let the shuttled wool athwart
 the warp be sped: Rest from thy work; in sweetest
 mem'ry live, Acclaiming birth of him who birth
 did give To way of life unbound By precedent, new found In vision of the right of man. i'm
 press'd So deep that 1t will live when tyr
 amy Is dead. THROUGH there remains within his l silent bed But dust, though slow corruption
 cen hath fed On that great brain. and wrought It's dissolution, thought And knowledge which through him
 had birth. decay. Ne'er see, for truth Bath lived and
 lives eternally. Taught by the law which ordereth
 mankind, He struck the shackles from the
 trammeled mind Of centuries and sought The right in that which ought To be, nor looked for guidance in
 the way The past had ruled the life of frail
 humanity. GEEK not tu bind the import 0: O his birth With any thong; nor height. nor
 depth. nor girth Hath possibility When mind and thought are free From thralldom of the past. to
 learn the plan Of life by meek attune,nent 10 di-
 vinity. Great was the part it played and
 playeth s;ill In that vast evolution of the will Of God in this our world. His destiny unfuri'd The flag of minds deliv' v'rance from
 the ban Of ages and released 1t to intinity.
 A. C. Hopkinson.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-24
Spanish Ship SetFreeby U-Boat
Captain, Said To Be an American

AN ATLANTIC PORT, April ga
u-boat story with the elements of
humor and not y single torpedo or
casualty in it was told by the passen-
gers of Spanish liner which reached
this port to-day after being turned
back by a submarine. The liner, the
first of its nationality to arrive here
since the first of the year, carried 40
passengers, many OF whom had no.
stepped off the ship for tiftv-one days.
The unusual tale centres around the
figure of the U-boat captain, who ap-
pears not to have believed in the Tir-
pitzian doctrine of "schrecklichkeit" for
he turned out to be one of the mos,
genial, cultured men on board. who
spoke four languages huently, con-
versed pleasantly with the passengers
and treated both passengers and officers
with the utmost consideration. One OF
the German boarding party said this
captains name was Kosbach. that h.
was an American citizen and had beer
in the employ of the Hamburg -Ameri
can Line as ship commander.
Halted by Shells
The liner left its last port Of call in
Spain more than month ago. One day
out, at $3.50 in the afternoon of March
10, while the vessel was steaming
through the barred zone at a smart
clip, a she'll exploded sixty yards off
the bow No enemy ship had been
sighted by the vigilant lookout and a
hurried sweeping of the seas by the
officers spyglasscs failed to reveal
any. Another shot fell astern the yes
sci, without revealing the U-boat, and
the liner stopped.
After an hour of searching it was
about to plough ahead again when the
U-boat suddenly popped up, several
miles off. The submarine, with most of
its crew on deck and gayly flying the
flag of the imperial German navy, ap-
preached to within hailing distance
Passengers leaning over the rail said
the Uboat was 200 feet long, had two
guns OF about 6-inch calibre mounted
fore and aft, and was equipped with
wireless.
The Uboat captain hailed the bridge
and in Spanish asked that the ships
papers be sent over for examination
The first officer and the purser of the
liner put off i'll small boat and
stayed on the Submarine for five hours
during which passengers and German
SOAtSAS i'CN t1iSIly " CppOl lUlllIy TO
make one another's acquaintance.
UBoat Captain Jovial
At 8 o'clock that night the ships
officers. accompanied by Kosbach and
four of his aids, boarded the liner.
The captain, looking over the passen-
ger list, noticed the German sounding
name Of the Rev. William A. Goetz, and
asked to speak to him. Father Goetz,
a member of the Dominican order, who
is an American citizen. with a home
in Denver, Col, appeared.
After examining the priests pass
port the U-boat commander said to
him:
where do you come from? Aren't
you German -
He spoke in perfect English, and
Father Goetz used that medium to re-
ply that he was an American citizen, of
German parentage. He said he was re-
New-York tribune., 1918-04-24
National Labor.
Chief ToBe Named
BY the President

WASHINGTON. April q. A national
labor administrator, to have charge Of
all labor problems involved in the pro-
ductlon of war supplies, will be named
by President Wilson soon. Duties now
performed by various labor bureaus in
the government departments which
Rave to do with war materials produc-
ton will be taken over and coordi-
mated by the new Official.
The 1lan is a part of the general
programme for centralizing labor con-
troll rs contemplated in the reorganiza-
tlon the Department of Labor is now
undergoing. The labor administrator
Will assume some of the work now done
by the Department of Labor and work
IN cooperation with the labor board
headed by former President Taft and
Frank P. Walsh, named recently to
settle labor controversies.
Much of the labor unrest of recent
months has been charged to lack of a
central agency for administering labor
affalrs, and to the fact that government
departments which are having war ma
terials manufactured have worked out
their own wage scales without refer
once to other departments One of the
first things the labor administrator
would do probably would be to equalizc
wages in plants engaged in war work.
1T was not made known to-day who
the President has in mind for the place,
New-York tribune., 1918-04-24
German Associates
Boom Liberty Loan

eff voluntary subscriptions to the
Third Liberty loan are no. forthcom-
ing said Representative George H.
Lunn. of Schenectady, last night at a
meeting of the German Liberty Loan
Associates at Liederkranz Hall, III
East Sixty y-eighth Street, "the United
States may have to resort t. conscrip-
tion of wealth and income. Just as the
military draft law, which had been con-
sidered impossible before, was enacted,
when we found out that no great army
could be raised by voluntary enlist
ment."
Ludwig Nissen. chairman of the Ger
man Liberty Loan Associates, said:
"1t does not make any difference
what opinions we held up to April g.,
1917. But since the entrance of this
country in the war we are all Amer
leans who want to back this country
and to make the Third Liberty Loan a
splendid success"
New-York tribune., 1918-04-24

We are welcoming a great
many new faces-men who.
on turning from more
familiar haunts. tell us that
there's at least one house in
town that might well boast
(if boast they ever did) of
their abundance Of new
Spring things for men and
boys.
Quality, top-notch, too!
AS for the something
different
Have you seen the lightweight
ovcrcoats of handwoven Come
mara tweeds. or the soft. vel
vety Scotch velours. or the
fancy Shetlandso
Or the suits of fine, rich
Scotch and English clothso
Army officers .uniforms-ail our own
manufacture.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-24
Whitman Proclaims
riday as Loan Day

ALBANY, April ga proclamation
designating Friday, April 26, as Lib
erty Day, to be devoted to the third
Liberty Loan, was issued tonight by
Governor Whitman. 1t follows:
The President of the United
States has issued a proclamation,
dedicating Friday, April IS, to the
Liberty Loan, and appointing it Lib
erty Day. He has requested the peo-
pie of the United States to assemble
on that day to pledge themselves
anew TO the cause Of our country.
and to promote in every way the
third Liberty Loan
~, "Now, therefore, I, Charles S.
whitman, Governor of the State of
New York, do hereby designate Fri
day, April 26, as Liberty Day, in or
der that the people of this state NAV
answer the call of our country, and
of our President to further the cause
OF freedom and liberty which this
loan represents.'
The proclamation will not make next
Friday legal holiday