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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-05
JOHNNY DUNDEE BEATS COOCAN
 IN FAST BOUT

New York, Aug. 5-A strong fin fsh by Johnny Dundee, local Italian lightweight, gained him the honors over Mel Coogan of Brooklyn last night in their eight round bout at the Armory A A. of Jersey City. Dun dee, surprised by the attack of his rival in the first half of the bout, recovered himself in the closing four rounds and carried off the laurels by a slight margin. Coogan was al
 ways willing to mix with his rival and carried the fighting continually in the early rounds. but the effort told on the Brooklynite, and as he tired in the last half of the bout Dundee piled up his winning points. Dundee weighed 133 pounds and Coo gan tipped the beam at 132 pounds.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-05

James C. Dunn, the president of the club, is too wise to let Johnson's name appear on the books. Then, John son will be called upon to prove that four other clubs in the American Leag que did not make offers for Mays and nothing was done to suspend him until it was seen that the Yam kees had secured him.
 The White Sox are slipping now and Cleveland Is gaining on theIn. A short delay in allowing the Yankees to use Mays might give the flag to Cleveland and If Johnson is a stock holder that would mean a big thing for him financially. Before the af- fair Is over Johnson may have to ex- plain why he waited IT days after Mays had trouble with the spectator before he suspended the player. Did he wait until Cleveland failed to get him before taking action?
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-05
Ban Johnson Has Some
 Bad Charges To Refute
Must Explain Why He Delay Mays SuspensionfH He Is
 Not Cleveland klolder As Alleged.

The charge that President Ran Johnson Of tho American League is financially interested In the Cleveland club has boon made before and de nied by Johnson, but Big Ban will have to step out and tell the fans something good this time If he ex- poets to get out from under the charge made against him by the own CTS of the New York Americans.
 The Yankees are prepared to ask the New York courts this week to grant an injunction restraining John son from suspending Carl Mays, the pitcher obtained from the Red Sox, and at that time Johnson may fire a few broadsides nt the Yankee own CTS
 It will probably be difficult for the Yankees to prove that Johnson is q stoakhoffer in the Cleveland club.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-05
COLLEGE FOR COACHES
 IS ESTABLISHED BY
 ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY

Urbana, H., Aug. 5.-The coming Camps, Staggs, Yosts and Zuppkes- the athletic coaches of the future will not be developed haphazardly Instead of being educated for other professions and taking up coaching incidentally, the new coaches will have the benefit of four years special training for their work and the pres tige of a university degree
 That is the plan of the Univer- sity of Illinois where a department of athletic coaching and physical education has been established A four year course in coaching will open Sept. 22. Those who com plete it will receive the degree of bachelor of science
 It is expected that many high school graduates interested in a.rh- letics will enroll. The Illinois idea is new. No other university has recoe- nized the importance of such educa ton by offering a four-year course and degree.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-05
TY COBB GAINS POINTS
 IN RACE FOR BATTING PRIZE

Although Ty Cobb did not play yesterday, he gained two points on George Sisler for the leadership in the American League batting race.
 Austin McHenry, the young out fielder of the Cardinals, passed z. Wheat in the National League. Me- Henry Is now tn fourth place, two points ahead of the Brooklyn out fielder.
 Here is how the five leading bat ters in the major leagues stand to date:
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-05

JOE BECKETT TO
 TACKLE MGOORTY

London, Aug. 5-A twenty round fight between Joe Beckett, the English heavyweight cham pion, and Eddie McGoorty of Osh- koSh, Wis, has been arranged for Sept. in this city. The men will battle for a purse of 2,0OO pounds sterling and a side bet of 1 1000 pounds. The bout between Beck cit and Georges Carpenter, the French heavyweight champion, has been postponed until November
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-05

Games Today. New York in St. Louis. Brooklyn in Cincinnati. Boston in Chicago. Philadelphia in Pittsburgh.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-05
NATIONAL LEAGUE

Brooklyn 5, St. Louis 5.
 Philadelphia 5, Chicago z.
 The Pittsburgh-Boston game was on account Of rain.
 Other teams were not scheduled.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-05

Games Today. St. Louis in New York. Cleveland in Boston. Chicago in Philadelphia Detroit in Washington.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-05
EASTERN LEAGUE.

Springfield z, Bridgeport l. Pittsfield 8, Waterbury O. Worcester II, Hartford 6. New Haven IS, Providence 4.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-05

Grover to the Oakland team or the Pacific Coast league. Grover was re- gently traded to the Washington club by Connie Mack for Pitcher Thimp- son, now one of Comics best losers
 Elmer Miller, former Tank out fielder, Is furiously crowning the pill for tho St. Paul club. When we look at some of the outfielders now perform ing in the major leagues we wonder route.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-05

Frank Carbone the rugged middle weight, who is also his own manager states that in conversation with Jack Reddy, the St. Paul promoter recently the latter promised to match him with Champion Mike O'Dowd some time next month
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-05
BASEBALL
 SUMMARY

AMERICAN LEAGUE.
 Yesterdays Results. The New York-Detrott game was played Sunday. Boston
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-05

May I not advise that the question as to what is intoxicating be not de- cided without due regard to the often concealed in eight ounce gloves
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-05

Brennan is the former Bridgeport fight promoter.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-08-08
Political Decorations

Labor again comes to the defense
of Americaism and American tradi-
tions when President Gompers,
speaking for the American fedora
ton, demands halt to the deporta-
ton of political refugees.
America has always stood for the
right Of asylum for political offend
erS.
1t has been the proud boast of our
Fourth of July orators and the pride
of our democratically minded peo-
pie.
But the present administration has
reversed our traditional practice.
Men and women who fled from po-
ltical persecution in many countries
have been returned to their enemies
ON mere pretexts.
A little earlier the politicians, led
by Elihu Root, almost succeeded in
sending back men sought by the
Russian car for daring to agitate
against his rule.
The public cutlery at that time
stopped the vicious move.
Under the excitement of war, how
ever, the present administration has
succeeded in doing what public opin-
ion prevented the previous one from
doing.
Now we are about to deport six
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-08-08
China Didn Sign

The decision of the peace confer
ence to reward Japan a, the expense
of China sticks out of the peace
treaty like sore thumb, although
the treaty contains several sore fin
gers as well.
1t has become the great argument
because the reasons for it exist in
the realm of secret treaties and I'M
rerstandings only.
One of the Japanese authorities re-
Gently let drop the statement that
the Shantung peninsula should go to
Japan as reward for letting China
enter the war.
1t may be hard for the ordinary
man to understand why our ally from
the beginning had to have reward
for letting another nation come in,
hut it viii be remembered that in
1917 there was a great deal of rum
or about Japan leaving the allies.
Again Japan has probably agreed
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-08-08
The Proper Spirit

W. 2. Measure of MELVILLE N d.
declares IN public statement: 81
see no reason why that, because
am IN the mercantile business.
should not be able to see and recog-
4ize wrongs that exist in other lines.
nnd them in all kinds of business
and | hope to help right them when
opportunity offers"
Mr.. Measure clinches his point bv
relating how in 1917 he lost 68 cents
a bushel on a car of wheat and he
also wonders why SIG looks so big to
men who put up 500 to oppose it by
any means.
Perhaps it should be said in favor
OF the local merchants that they have
had good deal of pressure brought
to bear upon them of a kind difficult
to oppose.
Few men are less free than the re-
taller, for his business requires pleas
ing everybody.
Next to pleasing everybody he
must please the parties with the
strongest business fists.
When the great issue of the people
versus special privilege finally broke
out into real fight, his heart was
probably with the people, but the
town politicians represented special
privilege and forced him into line.
Behind these were the wholesale
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-08-08
Our Siberian Expedition

President Wilson's first attempt at
public explanation of why our troops
are kept in Siberia is, in truth, pub
lie explanation.
We must guard the Siberian
railroad.
If Kolcak, whom we have prac-
tically recognized, hasn't enough pow
er to look after his means of COM
munication in his own territory, why
did we recognize him, particularly
since his autocratic rule is repugnant
to our professed institutions
By taking a report which leaked
out from Washington recently to the
effect that Japan has over 100000
troops in eastern Siberia, and the
evidence that Kolchak is a tool of
Japan in return for aid in restoring
czarist rule, we can find a better
reason.
Ii America and the other allies
take out their troops Japan gets a
free hand in the concessions which
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-08-08
The Surplus Meats

The question of disposing of the
surplus meats held by the war de-
partment brings up a rather knotty
problem.
The government has held them of
the market to protect market prices
at the instigation of the packing
trust.
The working people Of the East,
TO whom meat is fast becoming a
luxury, demand that the goods be
honestly sold to the public.
What should be the position of the
western farmer?
The packers assert that they are
protecting the farmer in keeping the
army supplies off the market, the
inference being that if this is not
done the prices of cattle on the hoof
must go lower.
The farmers, to be sure, now face
ruinous prices for livestock.
They need and deserve any possible
aid not only in their own interests
but for the maintenance of the live
stock industry of the nation.
Perhaps the deciding factor in the
farmers decision should be the fact
that the packers have cut cattle
prices 25 per cent or more since last
March and have not reduced CORES
p0ndingiy the prices of their pro-
ducts.
They are actually asking more for
hides than before and their whole
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-08-08

to maintain "order" in the Orient,
which is big consideration for Eng
land, with India very restless, and
for Frame, with its great territories
Il. southeastern Asia.
1t is reasonable also to suppose
that Japan had to have compensation
for keeping out of Siberia more than
she would like to.
/ The territory of over 100000
population turned over to Japan is
not all, however.
This territory largely controls the
trade of central China.
In the meantime, we have aban-
doned our traditional policy by as
surfing our financial interests that
loans to the very doubtful present
government of northern China shall
be guaranteed by our diplomatic and
military forces.
No wonder Chinese delegates to the
peace conference refused to sign, and
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-08-08

sale cuts on meat carcasses probably
would not amount to Ia per cent.
Supply and demand, therefore, as
market regulator is dead in the live.
stock line.
The packers have forced down live
stock prices unduly that they might
fill up their storage houses.
Right now it appears that the stor-
age warehouses of the country con-
tain LAOS, 100000 pounds of stored
meats of different kinds, figure
which hopelessly bewilders the mag
nation.
The relatively small amount held
by the army, if thrown on the mar
ket now, would compete with this
storage stuff rather than with cat
tie, hogs, sheep and chickens not yet
brought to the market.
The packers would not pay the
farmers a cent more for beef cattle
probably if the army supplies are
held out to rot and probably not a
cent less if the army disposes of its
supplies to hungry people.
Such being the case, the farmer
would probably do well to side with
the hungry people of the cities rather
than with the packers in the matter
The farmers cattle problem can
be met only by government ownership
OF the packing trust and by aiding
labor in its fight for living wages so
that it can better afford to eat beef.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-08-08

houses and the bankers, to whom he
owed lot of money, and this is
equivalent to saying that they had a
rope around his neck.
Retailing is not so prosperous a
business as some may imagine, for
the retailer simply passes on the
high prices to others and consequent
ly, perhaps, majority of them in
every town are well roped.
In time a man comes to believe
the excuses he is forced to offer the
public, and on top Of this lot of
politicians have been filing his ears
with stories about how the farmers
threaten his business.
They are trying to pull the legs of
wholesalers and retailers with these
yarns in the hope of making up the
campaign revenue which they are
losing by the extinction of the rail-
road and the liquor issues. :
In the meantime the retailers and
the wholesalers are losing a vast
amount of trade to mail-order houses
through their butting in on the
wrong side of this fight.
The sooner they learn that their
one real friend is the consumer and
that others are working them for
Interior purposes, the better their
business will be.
MIR. Measure of MELVILLE sets a
good example.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-08-08
H. P. Foster Arrested
For Assault
Comertown Man, Recently Examined
for Insanity, Now Arrested for
Assault in the Second Degree
Placed Under Bonds to Keep Peace.

II. P. Foster, who has gained con-
siderable notoriety Of late as an er-
ratio character, and who was recently
examined in the dis.i.ct court for n
sanity, but dismissed, was arrested
Thursday for threatening to shoot
and kill Edward Galway, Ray Mems
ing, Norm Harris and H. l.. Phinney
on Thursday morning.
These gentlemen were harvesting
on the J. j. Johnson farm north of
Comertown, when he arrived with a
gun and run the above citizens off the
place, threatening to shoot and kill.
The above parties then came to the
countyseat and swore out warrant
for Foster and he has been bound
over to the district court under a
thousand dollars bond which was fur
nished by O. S. Rounseville and Wal
ter Bye.
This afternoon action was also
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-08-08

Hindus to India, where, they will bs
shot by British authorities.
Their crime consists in loving theil
own country more than English rule
They have been tried here for
planning hostile moves against q
friendly nation and Mr.. Gompers
states in protest:
Il. The British government spent
$2,5OO,000 to convict the Hindus in
the San Francisco case.
"2. The British brought, under
guard, witnesses from India, China,
Siam and Java to testify against the
defendants. In most of these cases
the witnesses bought their freedom
or their lives in return for evidence.
SO. British secret service men, in
charge of George Denham, came from,
India to assist in the trial, and
helped complete and direct the case
against the Hindus. Denham is still
in this country, conducting his ne
farious activities.
az A British secret service man,
named Nathan, was very active IN
duplicating the Hindus and American
citizens. The British consul in New
York placed request with the court
stenographer for copies of all evil
dence in which Hindus were in
volved."
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-08-08
NOTES FROM BRUSH LAKE

Fred Pomarleau, Ole Hoven and
their families of Antelope spent the
week end camping at Brush Lake and
report having grand time enjoying
the different amusements and aero
plane flights.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Johnson of Medi
cine Lake were week end campers at
Brush Lake.
Jim Hughart and family of Froid
spent the week end at Brush Lake,
taking in the doings.
The Boy Scouts of Froid in charge
of Scout Master L. Stephens spent
an enjoyable week camping at Brush
Lake last week.
Mrs. ]. O. Dahl, L. M. Dahl, Mrs.
Leonard Brown, Miss Irene Hagen,
Mr.. and Mrs. Loucks and daughters
OF F'roid spent the week end camping
at Brush Lake and took in the two
day aeroplane flights. They all re-
port very enjoyable outing.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-08-08
AGED COUPLE HURT
IN RUNAWAY

= Mr.. and, Mrs. David Perker, an
elderly couple who reside 5 miles
south of Plentywood, were seriously
injured in a runaway last Sunday
afternoon.
While returning from a visit with
their neighbors, MIR. and Mrs. Voight
through some defect in the harness,
the buggy tongue came unhitched and
fell, which frightened the horses,
causing the runaway that resulted in
the accident.
Their little grandson, who was with
them, but on horseback, went for aid
for the injured couple.
After a consultation with the ply
stefan it was found that though bad
ly brushed there were no bones
broken.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-08-08
Egan High Financier
Former Flaxville Con Man Loot
Bank at Judd, n. d.

Pierce Egan, formerly located at
Flaxville, where he had the reputa-
ton of being one of the smoothest
con men in the west, was arrested
early in the week at Pocatello, Idaho
on a warrant issued by the banking
department of the State of North
Dakota, charged with having en-
bezzled $4,000 of the funds of the
State Bank of Judd.
The activities of Egan since leav-
ing the quiet haunts of Sheridan are
sensational and clever and make a
long story.
1t is reported that Pierce Egan is
heavily interested in the Homestead
State Bank of this county, but wheth-
er his high financing activities have
affected that bank or not is not
known.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-08-08

Kolchak will distribute if he sue
ceeds.
A. companion reason is the dislike
our government and those of Europe
have of seeing peasant and labor
rule in great country like Siberia.
All Siberia went B0lshevik, as it
is called, without the firing of shot
in 1917.
Then the Soviets were overthrow
with the aid of foreign troops, which
at times have reached the surprising
total of over 100000.
And right now Kolchak and his
supporters are fighting so-called Boil
sheviks not only on the western
front but all along the Siberian rail
road to within 100 miles of Vladivos-
took.
Throughout our country the iber-
ais, including the American Fedora
ton of Labor, have demanded the
withdrawal of troops, and Wilson's
superficial explanation gives us no
reasons for changing our minds.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-08-08
FLAXVILLE MAN ARRESTED
ON CHARGE OF PIGGINC

Frank MUIR, we'll known citizen of
Flaxville, was arrested Wednesday
by Deputy Sheriff Feetham, on in
formation sworn out by the county
attorneys office, charging him with
selling and disposing of Intoxicating
liquors and was arraigned be-
fore Judge Conner Immediately
upon arriving in the county seat and
plead not guilty and was bound over
for trial at the next term of court
Bail was set in and the sum Of $500
which was furnished.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-08-08
We Apologize

Several weeks ago, there appeared
in the editorial columns of the Pro-
ducers News, a remark in reference
to Editor Vezina of the Dooley Sun,
in which it was insinuated that Mr..
Vezina had been guilty to irregular
conduct as United States Commits
sioner in reference to certain Mo
berg REIMBURSEMENT whereby it was
made to appear that Mr.. Vezina had
been specializing in homestead fill
ings.
Mr.. Vezina has presented consid-
cradle proof to the Producers News
establishing his innocence, so far as
we have been able to go into the
matter, of any such irregular con-
duct, and the Producers News, hav-
ing gotten it's information from par
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-08-08
BOY LOSES ARM
IN ACCIDENT WITH GUN
IL Year Old Son of DOoley Farmer
Victim of Shot Gun Accident.

Lester, the 12-year-old son of MIR.
and Mrs. A. A. johnson of Dooley,
lost his right arm Sunday, when he
accidently shot himself through the
arm at the elbow, while on the lake
in boat.
Just how the shotgun went off is
not known, but the arm was so badly
manned as to make amputation ne
cessary. He was brought to
Plentywood and DR.. Steel took the
arm off above the elbow. His
mother came with him and they have
taken the house which Mrs. Hunt
vacated for their convenience during
their stay in Plentywood.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-08-08

neu-fo,,nd fear among small business
will lead to much better understand
ing of the organized farmers.
A significant paragraph Oh the
grocers' protest reads:
"The maintenance OF these UNJUST
and discriminatory provisions IN the
tariffs of the defendant carriers has
enabled the packers to extend their
powerful influences outside OF the
sale of the products OF slaughtered
animals. That if these provisions De
permitted to cotninue IN effect the
packers will gradually acquire "a dom
mating control of the purchase, safe
and distribution of many OF the 1000
products of the American nation.
ONLY those who have observed the
way the big interests have taken to
things religious or spiritual as
means of defending their profiteerlng
and their general assaults on democ-
racy, can fully appreciate the follow
ing dispatch from New York City:
"A meeting was recently held IN
the Bankers Club, New York City,
between representatives of American
oil interests in Mexico and a leading
religious organization, to map out
the campaign of spiritual upiift for
our boys in the inevitable war with
Mexico"
Spiritual preparation of the youth
of the country for an assault on a
friendly neighboring people! The llv-
cry of heaven to perform the works
of hell. Will the youth of our ma
ton be thus spiritualized in behalf
of Standard Oil profits.
The plain minister who arose in a
big Y. M. C. A. meeting some time
ago to ask why John D. Rockefeller
was there so prominently was not a
freak, as some thought, but a de-
fender of the church. The sooner
the church grasps what this plain
minister saw, the more likely it will
be to retain its hold on the plain
people. The plain people we'll know
that the representatives of special
privilege go into the church and
similar organizations only to use
them.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-08-08

The story of "Hard-Boiled" Smith,
a lieutenant just given Is months for
cruelty to American army men &C
cused or convicted of breaches in
army discipline, will help some jim
goes to understand why the boys who
return are not ardent militarists. One
of the men sentenced along with
Smith declares that he was simply
carrying out the orders from higher
up. +. .s.ys.--s