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The Washington times., 1919-02-02
ALL TOFLY SOON,
SATISFACTORY HEAD

LONDON. Feb. 1t is only jus,
beginning to be realized by the great
majority that Nthe possibilities Of
aerial travel in the future offer
wonders that make even the magic
carpet Of the ARABIAN Nights appear
no more than an intelligent anticipa-
tion" Of coming events
J. A. Whitehead, the head Of the ia
nous aircraft works. believes that re-
markable as have been the things ac-
complished in the war, the wonders of
todya In the air will be as naught COM
pared with the wonders of tomorrow.
The wonders OF tomorrow" ho
says. will be as unlike the life of ye7-
terday as 1t is possible to imagine
The race or the world will be chanEed;
our towns and cities viii be as Giffer-
ent from the towns and cities Of to-
day as the streets and houses OF Lon
don were different from /the streets
ana buildings that were DESTROYED by
the great fre. Our methods Of life
VIII be changed. Our ideas Of speed
will alter.
Absolutely Safe.
ut will be impossible for many
years to come to build enough air
planes to send into the air al the
people who will want to fly. Flying
is absolutely safe.
mo machine will be allowed to be
used in the service OF the public un-
til 1t has been registered in much the
same way as ships are Al at Lloyd's.
Experienced captains are Forthcoming,
and the rising generations will take
to the air as a highly skilled and lu-
crative profession. There will be an
hourly service between London and
Paris, so that It will be possible to
journey there. transact business,
lunch in comfort and return in time
to attend to the correspondence that
has accumulated in the offce during
the day.
I'VE shall be able to travel by aerial
taxicab. We shall be able to start out
Tor Rome to feed the pigeons of St.
Marks IL we feel in need OF a
change, to ny OF to Norway to see
the midnight sun, to spend over Sun
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-10
SOUTHERN FOOTBALL TEAMS INCLUDED ON
 TIGERS SCHEDULE
By Associated Press

Cambridge, Mass, December D. Centre college of Kentucky, which emerged from football obscurity this fall with string of IF un- broken victories, Notre Dame and the University of Virginia will meet Hayard on the gridiron next year, according to a schedule tentatively agreed npon the the Crimson ath- Ietic authorities. Double headers also are in prospect against Bow doin and the University of Maine.
 Centre college has been awarded the Independent nidseason game on October 23. which the University of Illinois declined.
 Virginia will come to Cambridge October 90.
 The Princeton-Harvardg game of the stadium on November will come, as usual, two weeks before the game with Yale, to be played at New Haven. Brown, an early season opponent for Harvard this year. will fill the date between the Princeton and Yale games.
 Comparing the schedule of the past season with that proposed for 1928, Bates, Boston college, Colby, . Springfield college and Tufts, all New England institutions, are dropped.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-10

I battle and complimented Gully on his | showing.
 ] News of what had happened in the | prison reached the outside world. Fletcher Reid, heavy gambler of that ere, and a sworn enemy of Pearce, saw in Gully man who, with little training, might be able to dethrcne the king of pugilism So Reid went to the jail, paid to the government the money that Gully had owed, secured his release and then put Gully .n training for a two-month period On October 8, 1S05 Gully was matched to battle the champion. It was a gruellins battle, but the superior skill of Pearce triumphed and ir the end he whipped Gully Just the same the showing ol the beaten fighter was such, that the entire sporting fraternity was enthused over him.
 A short time later the health of Pearce failed and he retired from the ring. Gully at once made claims to the championship. Bob Grogson, a Lancashire giant weigh ing 233 pounds, disputed it. The result was battle on October IA, 1897, which was staged in 'sSix Mile Bottom,'' little val
 ley on New Market road.
 Both men started of at top speed, each determined to crush the other into obliv- ion. Round after round they tore each other like tigecs. Long before the tenth round arrived both men were bleedins from many cuts and many bruises. but neither woull quit. For the last ten rounds both were so worn that they wal lowed around the ring
 K. O.'C ERICSSON
 In the thiriy-ffth Grogson staggered from his corner and Gully staggered from him. They met in the center of the ring and it became apparent to the spectators that the man who. could land the first punch in that round would win the heavy weight championship of the world. By mighty effort, Gully succeeded in raising his right hand and pushing it against the face of Grogson. It was not blow that ordinarily woud have been even notice l. by fighter. Rut it came at E time when Grogson was troken physically and wear jed to exhaustion. And he toppled over "a knockout victim.
 In May, 1898, Gully and Grogson met again and the result was the same. For some months afterward Gully attempted to fp1 other foemen to give him battle but failed. He then announced that he was through with the ring for all time. He invested his ring earnings in tavern and prospered in a remarkab ble way. He went into se,era' different business ven lures and each retted him rich financial returns. Eventually Gully became inter ested iN the turf sport and purchased 2 string of race hcrses. Fortune continued to smile upon him. He won the English Derby twice an6 gained more than d half million dollars through the medium of his eouinine possessions.
 Very readily Gully moved upward from one social stra'a to another and in few years the one-time butcher boy and prison inmate was received on equal footing by the best families in the British Empire, His popularity increased as his fortune grew-he became a candidate for a seat in the House of Parliament and was elected by an overwhelming vote.
 Gully died on March g. 1863. respected, esteemed and ranked as a millionaire.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-10
PRINCETON MAY
 PLAY GEORG|A
Negotiations in Progress to Arrange Meeting In
 Athens In 1920
By CAREY J. WILLIAMS

Athens, Ga, December D. Special. Ut is not in the least improbable that the Princeton Tigers will clash with the University of Geor- gia's football team in Athens next season.
 Alumni of both institutions are in communication with the athletic au- thorities of Princeton and Georgia and it is hoped that a game can be ar ranged between these two teams. Prof S. V. Sanford, director of athletics al the University of Georgia, states that negotiations are now in progress and within a very short while he hopes to be ready for an announcement to that effect
 The Red and Black made remark able showing this year. which was the first time in three years that a foot ball team has represented this institu- tion. She entire Georgia 1916 varsity enlisted in the army when America entered the great world wide conflict recently ended, and three members Of the team sacrificed their lives on the altar of liberty.
 Atlanta alumni of the university want the game to be staged in the Gate City, but as Georgia will play the University of Atlanta, it is very likely, if the game can be arranged, that it will be played here in Athens.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-10
4'PRO' FOOTBALL IS
 RU|N|NG THE SPORT
College Teams Can't Com pete With Highly Fi-
 nanced Professionals
By CAPT. JOHN R. BENDER, University of Tennessee.

Professional football is growing to such an extent in many of our states, especially in Ohio and Pennsylvania, that it is having it's i'll effect on our great college game.
 First, 1t is running as a counter att traction to the great college game, and games are often played on the same days as the big college games. This. of course, divides local interest and local finances as well as local spirit. It is fact that the college game of foot ball is the "hen that lays the golden egg" wherewith all other college sports are made feasible Professional football is bound to ruin the college game, just like professional baseball has ruined the great sport of college baseball A college team has hard sfedding and is often made to disband and quit because of the local profes- sonal team being the attraction. This is easy to see, the papers who make or break any sport are, of course, bet ter remunerated for the professional sport. and naturally the pro" game will get the big support.
 But this is not the bad feature of the professional game; it is the prose lyting and the subsiding of the college player. The offering of large finan- cial inducement to come and play, even during the college season on the pro- fessional team. To avoid discovery, the college player will often play under an, assumed name, and all in all the ob- noXious inroad upon clean college ath-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-10
Jack Dempsey Receiues Offers For Bouts

letics is disastrous. The colleges have fought for years for clean athletics and 1 just as they are about at their goal l in comes professional football and tears the situation wide open.
 Fortunately, the "big ten" conference has already taken action. and will dis bar any of it's players who play pro- fessional football. as well as any of it's officials who referee these games. They will all revoke any mans letter, even if he has left school or graduated, if he enters the professional game. Neither will any of their players be permitted te coach college athletics if they par ticipate in the professional game These are drastic rules, but they are needed to protect the greatest of all college games It is hoped that the southern conference will take some action along the lines of the other conferences to protect it's players, as well as the game MT A. Hatcher captain-elect of my team for next ypear, had such an ins ducement to play professional ball on one of the Ohio professional teams Fortunately, Hatcher Is in school for an education and upon my advice turned down the proposal But
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-10
SPORTS.

the tempting bait held out by the pro team is bound to disturb the loy- alty, morale and spirit of many a col lege player Especially those boys who need to earn their way through college may feel that it is better to play pro- fessional football and get college cd ucation than to scimp along in school and play for the love of the game
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-10
DEMPSEY RECEIVES
 MANY FIGHT OFFERS
kearns, Champs Manager,
 Says That He Is Ip No Hurry to Accept Offer

Les Angeles, December 9.--"We have had numerous offers of matches,7 said Jack Kearns, mana, ger for Jack Dempsey, here today. "I have just received a cabIefram from DeCoin of Paris, asking for a fight there in the Pershing Stad- ium next June or July.
 q haven't answered any of these offers yet. and probably will not be in any hurry. We will want more
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-10
HOllweg Fathering a M0narchist Movement.
 Swiss Reports Say
By Associated Frs.

Geneva, December 9.-Dr. TheobaId Won Bethmann- -Hollweg, the former i'm perial German cahncellor, is reported to be at Davos. He is credited in Swiss diplomatic circles as being at the bot tom of a monarchist movement in favor of both the Hohenzollerns and Haps- hurgs. the nucleus of which he is sand to be attempting oesta blish in Switx- ,erland with tho aid of several German and Austrian refugees.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-10

money for a fight abroad than we would for one in this country, and I am waiting to sec what the best responsible offer Is here before l make any answers to foreign pro- mOters."
 Kearns intimated that he and Dempsey would be here perhaps three months. The champion hns taken a house and Oened n down. town business office.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-10
John Gully, Champion, Had
 q Most 5 Spectacular Caree,
Won Fame Fortune, and Place in Parliament Through Medium of His Fists-Battled Pearce Almost to
 Draw Without Training
By LAMBS J. CORRETr

No rngman of had more spectacular than John Gully who from the squalor of prison the British the medium of his
 Gully, butcher boy thrown jail in 1905 of failure his debts The that he would there indefinitely because his obligations fairly and he had friends He 21 the time and bury nan nf hnnd
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-10

Henry Pearee, called 'The Game Chicken" then was heavyweight cham pion If the world And Pearce was rolling in wealth. Like Gully, he was native of Bristol, England. And using the fellow townsman'' talk as a plea, Gully induced Pearce to visit the prison and entertain the prisoners by taking on Gully in a little spaFring match.
 HOLDS HIS OWN
 To the astonShment of the prison crowd, though untrained, Gully practi- cally held his own with the champion for nearly 3c minutes of furious fighting, At the end of that time Pearce stopped the
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1919-12-05
DETROIT CLAIMS FOURTH
PLACE IN POPULATION
Estimated Population Over One
Million; Was Less Than
Half Million in 1910
CITY OF HIGH WAGES
Industries Booming and Wages
Highest; Prohibition Hasn't
Stopped Progress

Within the last few days announce.
ment has come from Detroit the larg-
est dry city in America that it is fairly
bursting with prosperity. A survey Of
the city appropriately made by the
Department of Water Supply places
the number of inhabitants of the city
at 100000 as compared with 465,00C
in 1910. 1t is the proud assertion oil
Mayor Couzens that Detroit is now
the fourth city of the United States
exceeded in population only by New
York. Chicago, and Philadelphia. The
city is jammed to its outskirts, people
are living in tents and clamoring for
homes, and the Board of Commerce
predicts that as soon as building OPP
erations can be completed, Detroit will
have population of 100000.
Naturally, Detroit is thought of as
the city of fivvers, but the Board OF
Commerce declares that not on fliv-
vers alone does the city base its claim
10 growing recognition.
Detroit claims to be the second city
in the country in the volume of brass
products. 1t has the largest single
drug concern in America. 1t is the
home of the largest adding machine
company in this country. 1t is noted
for the manufacture of paints, stoves,
and heating apparatus OF all kinds
The manufacture of leather goods,
chemicals, and electrical devices is inn
portant.
The automobile industry is grow
ing by leaps and bounds. 1t is
claimed that in this survey 5000 cars
are finished in the thirty-one factories
each day. Labor troubles do not
seem to be decreasing the output in
Detroit, for this year marks the high
est point in the automobile industry
and shows an increase of production
over 1918.
1t is predicted that by 1920 the in
crease will have amounted to 20 per
cent. Factories which before the arm
istice made only rs per cent of their
normal output have now orders which
they can not fill within the next six
months. Dry Detroit is not satisfied
to sell its products to America. Its
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic
Commerce has recently established
connections with rs foreign countries
and colonies which are buying cars
Ade by the ,non-drinking. efficient
's&crkmen of Detroit, Michigan.
Dry Detroit is a city of high wages.
OF course, the high cost of living has
hit it as it has the entire country.
But the working man is making more
today that he ever made before, and
possibilities for future, earnings and
savings are tremendous.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1919-12-05
INTERNATIONAL PEDDLERS
OF BOOZE ARE WATCHED
Many Attempts to Smuggle Contra
band Into United States via Phila-
delphia

Scores of customs inspectors pa
trolling the river front night and
day from Point Richmond to Girard
Point. says the Philadelphia North
American, are trying to prevent the
smuggling OF liquor into this country.
Half a dozen international bootleg
gers have been intercepted as they
sought to land the stuff surrepti-
tiously under cover of the darkness.
The near approach of Prohibition has
encouraged the bootleggers in re-
newed efforts to bring large quanti-
ties of the contraband into Philadel-
phia.
The North American describes
Philadelphia as the small end of a
great transatlantic tunnel, whose
mouth takes in the large quantities
of whisky in England, ireland and
Scotland, the champagnes, wines and
dangerous absinthe of France, the
cognac, vermouth and heavy wines of
Italy, and the highly Intoxicating rum
of Cuba and the West Indies, together
with vodka from the Baltic and viz
tually every known intoxicant brewed,
distilled or fermented on the other
side.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1919-12-05
BEER BAIT DIDN'T WORK
IN CONNECTICUT TOWN

The following from the New York
World of October Fl is interesting
especially in view of the fact that the
World gave much publicity to the i'll
fated mo beer, no work" movement
The news item carries a New Lon
don, Connecticut, date line of Octo-
Der 20 and is as follows:
When carpenters were so scarce
here one contractor, John w. Trude
advertised last week ito furnish his
employees sandwiches and beer at SOC
o'clock" He brought forth this let
ter in The Day this afternoon:
The Building Trades Council of
New London takes exception to
such an advertisement. Beer and
sandwiches are no advertisement
for union building craftsman.
Wages sufficient to supply the
needs of themselves, wives and
little ones at home, is what they
want. Honesty and sobriety is
the motto that applies to the
union employees to get fair days
work done and not beer and
sandwiches. They never have to
advertise in such a manner.
The letter was signed Building
Trades Council, George L. Grousld
acting secretary.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1919-12-05
CHIEF OF POLICE WINS
IN HOT RACE WITH BOOZE

Chief of Police Charles w. Leggett
of Evanston, ILL.,, raced after NOV
ing freight train in his automobile
one day last week, overlook the train
at the southern edge of Chicago, or
dered box car uncoupled, raided ii
and carted over $1,000 worth of liquor
to the police station. The shipment
consisting of seven cases containing
SO quarts of champagne and 48 bottles
of gin, was consigned to a Mime
apolis address.
The chief was informed of the ship
ment by General Deputy of Internal
Revenue James ]. Hennessey about
five minutes after the train had left
the Evanston depot. The shipment
was contained in two large boxes
marked household goods"
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1919-12-05
DRY DETROIT BUILDS
WORKINGMEN'S HOTEL

Detroit has made an experiment in
an effort to build hotel which can
accommodate its guests at cost not
beyond the reach of the working
man. The first effort has been pro-
nounced success. The average room
is 81 feet by IA feet with sufficient
shower and tub baths on each floor.
The rooms are prohtably rented to
two men at the rate of fifty cents
each per day.
Evidently Prohibition has not killed
the hotel business in this big dry city
nor is it standing in the way of CIV
ing the man of limited means a
chance for lean, adequate accommo-
dation
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1919-12-05
FAKE REVENUE OFFICERS
RAID CHICAGO SALOONS

Twenty Chicago saloons were Wis
tied last week by a squad of bogus
revenue men who conhscated large
quantity of liquor. A whole truck
load was carted away from the Eddel-
wise Gardens by these fake officers.
In each case they went through an
impressive ceremony of sealing and
labelling the bottles. Warrants have
been issued by the authentic sponge
squad and an effort is being made to
round up the fake officers.
There were eight towns voted on
the wet and dry issue in New York
in November, and the entire eight
voted dry.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1919-12-05
AMERICAN BREWER ADvERTISES FOR
BREWERY MACHINERY FOR USE IN CHINA
Evidence That That China
vaded Is Not Bluff Challenge Drys of the
United States

The American Brewer for the
month of November contains the fol-
lowing item:
Frazar and Company 80
Church street, New York city,
exporters, announce that a custo-
mer of theirs in China is in the
market for used brewery machin-
cry to install in a plant of ca
pacity of 10000 barrels per year.
Here is further evidence that the
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1919-12-05
WASHINGTON TIMES GOES
TO WILLIAM r. HEARST

Last week it was announced that
William r. Hearst had purchased
from Arthur Brisbane the Washington
Times and the Milwaukee (Wis.)
News. 1t will be recalled that at the
time of the investigation of the brew
ers' activities in connection with the
purchase of the Washington Times,
testimony was brought out to the eff
feet that Mr.. Hearst had an agreement
to take over the paper from Mr.. Bris-
baue at some future time, if this were
desirable.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1919-12-05
WHERE MONEY FORMERLY
SPENT FOR BOOZE NOW GOES
One-half of It Goes Into Savings
Banks, Say Investigators; Movies
and Candy Shops Are Benefited

Harry B. Hunt, special writer for
the United Press, has an interesting
article from Washington in which he
tells what is becoming of the dimes
and dollars that used to keep the cash
registers busy in some hundreds of
thousands of barrooms and saloons
throughout the country.
Uncle Sans researchers in a num-
Der of different bureaus and depart
ments have been studying this ques-
ton and their decision is that more
than nine-tenths of the cash that for
merly went for beer and whisky now
finds its way into four principal chan
nels.
The savings banks come first. 1t is
estimated that they catch approxi-
mately so per cent of the money that
formerly went for drink. Savings
bank reports show not only a pro-
nounccd increase in the number of
| depositors, but steady upward trend
in the average of deposits since July
|, when War Prohibition became eff
fective.
Next to the savings banks, soft
drink and ice cream dispensaries have
benefited most.
The movies rank third, apparently,
because they offer some place to go
to those who can no longer loaf in
saloons.
Candy and sweet meats are fourth
in the list of benefits from Prohibi-
ton, and tobacco is fifth. However,
the influence of Prohibition on to-
bacco consumption is said to be COM
paratively small.
The profits in soft drinks are no
less alluring than those that formerly
attached to the dispensing of alcoholic
beverages. One man accumulated a
fortune of more than $50000,000 from
the manufacture of soft drink syrup.
He recently sold his business for
$25,000,000. A grape juice concern
which reports profits of $34S,000 last
year is floating 100000 worth of pre-
ferred stock to provide expansion for
new business aat5ga
/ A ginger ale company which pur-
poses to turn out 1900 barrels Of the
beverage each week has issued half
million dollars worth of new stock to
Finance extensions, and in one month
this year booked $250,00O of orders,
reporting profits of $4,000.
Candy makers are branching out
similarly One candy-making corpo-
ration has organized with 100000
capital. Another old concern, which
puts out popularity priced sweets, has
reorganized with $5,0O0,00O capital and
will double its output
Brewing plants have been found
readily adapted to large variety of
industries, especially into ice cream
factories, cold storage plants and ice
| factories.
Anti Saloon League leaders have
estimated that the people of the coun-
try have been spending around ST.
000,000,000 year for liquor. 1t now
looks like about one-half of that
would be saved for constructive in
vestment, or for guarantees against a
rainy day.
The country has been spending
about $500000,000 yearly for candy.
Prohibition, it is now estimated, will
increase candy consumption about 20
per cent, which would add $l00,000,000
to our candy bill.
Increased use of soft drinks, more
movies and theaters will not only
more than absorb the other $900,000,-
600, but will tremendously increase
wholesome, healthy, and legitimate
business.