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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-12
WHITMAN WILL SPEND REST OF
 LIFE AS PAUPER

e Dansville, N. Y, Nov. 12.-Alonza J. Whiteman, former millionaire, state senator of Minnesota and mayor of Duluth, whose business and po- ntical reverses more than 25 years ago led to. his entry upon swindling career which made him known to the police of the entire country, has come back to his old home town, Dan- vile, a broken-do "o1d man. of 5S, to end his days in the county aims house.
 Although %e entenced to prison terms aggregating fifty years, he has served only two sentences, a brief one ill Chicago and one of five years in this state.
 After graduating from college and a law school in New York state, he went West to work in a bank and look after his fathers lumber inter- ests in Minnesota. Successful in poIi- tics in 1888 he made one of the speeches seconding the nomination of Gro.er Cleveland for the presi- dency.
 VYhiteman was a candidate for Con- gress in Minnesota but was defeated. He then went to Chicago and in 1890 bought a seat on the Board of Trade where speculation in wheat and 1un- Der cost him his fortune Then Whiteman turned to the race tracks where he forged a check on book maker and counterfeited pool tickets, the first steps in what was to prove a long career of crime.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-12
STRIKERS SELL
 STEAK FOR IS
 CENTS A POUND

Chicago, Nov. 12. - Chfcagos butcher strike Monday assumed the proportions of 3, war on meat prices. The strikers not only opened two more south side butcher shops, but announced plans for another in the Loop. They said they would con tinue opening shops where meat will be sold at bottom prices until the strike is settled.
 The new markets are patterned af- ter the one opened Saturday at 6413-15 South Halstead street. There Bob Hertz, south side business agent for the union, said -he butchers made a clear profit of S547 during Satur- days sales alone.
 This clearly shows" he said, that some butchers are charging more than they should. We sold this meat at least one-third cheaper than the average butcher
 All the shops have been well-pat- rontzed from the moment they opened. This is not surprising, as they are selling porterhouse steak for eighteen cents a pound.
 The fact that enough profit is being made from the stores to pay $40 a week to the thirty five butchers working in them and the rent of S25 a day is proof, the butchers say, that the master butchers have been chars- ing exorbitant prices.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-12
DEVON

Members of Company B, State Guard at their regular drill Monday night, were each given a service but ton, a token from the state in recog- milton of the services of the Home Guarders, who were ready for action at all times, to preserve order during the war.
 This local company is to have It's regular inspection by a staff officer next Monday night. Major Carl Bell- man will have charge of the inspec- ton here.
 The Royal Arcanum will hold a dance in the municipal hall here Fri day evening of this week. Downe's orchestra Is to furnish music for the affair.
 The Highly place in West Main street, opposite the Plymouth church, has been purchased by D. L. Nettle- ton. MT. Nettleton has no immediate plans for a change in this property.
 Judge Brown. handed down his de- cision in the local court Monday in the case of John Chessmar an em- pIoye of the Blakeslee contracting firm of New Haven, charged with leaving one of the company's steam shovels In the roadway, without suffl- cient lights. The judge had withheld his decision in order to determine whether or not the machine consti- tuted a motor vehicle. He decided that 1t did and imposed fine of $1O and costs, Judge Hall of New Haven represented the defendant and an appeal was taken. The arrest was | brought about by the collision of & West Haven man. whose auto ran into the rear of the shovel a few nights ago and was badly damaged. Relph Tramantano, driver for An drew Ctmmo of New Haven, who fig ured in an auto accident on the Bridgeport turnpike a few weeks ago, when a machine driven by Herbert
 Denton of Bridgeport, was badly l damaged and the occupants some 1 what injured by a collision with the i truck in charge of Tramantano, was 1 fined $50 for reckless driving 1 Harvey Beach of North street cele- 1 brated his s3rd birthday yesterday | with a dinner and reception of friends 1 who called to extend their congratu- lations. MT. Beach is hale and hearty i with his four score years and three. | Rev. J. P. West of South Hadley l Falls, Mass, will be the speaker al the Methodist Revival service this | evening. Rev. West has the distinc. 1 ton, among other things, as havin been of the crew in one of the In- 1 ternational Yacht races. Tomorrow i evening Rev. Alfred Evans of Nyack 1 N. Y, will be the speaker.
 Captain Alvin Smith, just returned
 from overseas, will be the guest ot i honor at the Business Mems meeting 1 this evening, and will have something | to say of his experiences abroad i where he has been for the past two | years. J. Thurland Chattaway, the | well known song writer, will fur.
 nish the musical part of the program
 and something special in the way ol l refreshments will be provided.
 Miss Maud Stockman, one of the local school teachers, has returned
 from a week end visit spent in Wood l bury, Conn.
 The American Legion Post, whicf
 has been in charge of the local drive
 for Red Cross members, will meet ir
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-12
HEAD STUFFED FROM
 CATARRH OR 1 COLD Says CreaIl Applied In NostriIs Opens Air Passages Right Up

Instant relief - no waiting. Your clogged nostriIs open right up; the air passages of your head clear and you can breathe freely. No more hawk ing, snuffIing, blowing, headache, dry ness. No struggling for breath at night; your cold or catarrh disappears.
 Get g small bottle of Ely's Cream Balm from your druggist now. Apply a little of this fragrant, antispetic, healing cream in your nostrils It penetrates through every air passage of the head, soothes the infiamed or swollen mucous membrane and re1.ef comes instantly.
 It's just fine. Don't stay stuffed-up with a cold or nasty catarrh.-Adv.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-12
FALL IS PREDICTED FOR
 DECEMBER 1St

London, Nov. 12.-(By The Asso- ciated Press) British military ex- perts believe the Russian Bolsheviki cannot withstand the on-slaughts of their enemies longer then two months and that something definite is likely to happen in the Russian campaign by December l.
 It is pointed out that the Bolshe- wiki have employed German tactics in moving men from one front to an other with more or less success but that recently each success has been a little less marked than the previous one and that it is reasonable to sup pose that such tactics in the end must break down unless one enemy is com pIetely subdued. When the Bolshe-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-12

wiki centered against Kolchak some months age and drove him back roo miles, their southern front was left weak whereupon General Depikine started his advance which has result ed in clearing up south Russia.
 The Bolsheviki have withdrawn many men from the Kolchak front, giving the admiral a chance to ad- vance. In the meantime the western front has become a menace to Bol- shevisnl. The British experts believe peace was broached to the Baltic states because the Bolsheviki realized they no longer could hold back their enemies on three sides and maintain the force in northern Russia also.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-12

the Chapter house this evening to re- port the results of their canvass.
 The Episcopal Evening Guild met last night in the parish house and the Ladies' Guild at the same place this afternoon.
 Word has been received in town of the recent death of Samuel c. Peck at his home in Plainfeld, N. J. MT. Peck, who was a captain in the Civil War, was born in Milford and for several years was in business in New Haven. He was S5 years of age.
 The usual mid week services will be held at the Plymouth and First churches tomorrow night, B. F. Adams being in charge at the latter place.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-12
WANT CHANNEL CLEARED.

A protest of the government to the city was presented to the Park Com nlissioners at their meeting last night in which the city was asked to repair a fender on the draw bridge at SteepIechase Island. The fender fell into the channel during the recent high winds and has blocked uaviga- ton.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-12
BELGIANS AT BREST.

Brest, Nov. Fixing Albert and Queen Elizabeth of Belgium, who ar rived on the transport George Wash ington from the United States yester- day afternoon were not able to land from the steamer until this morning The George Washington was forced to stand outside the roads all night be- cause of bad weather
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-12
SHOT FIRED AT HORTHY.

Basic, Monday, Nov. 10-Budapest newspapers announce that a revolver shot was fired at Admiral Horthy, former commander in chief of the Austro-Hungarian navy, but that the bullet missed its mark. The would be assa sSin was arrested.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-12
TO FILL IN MARsHnAND.

Announcement has been made here by Dr. Walter H. Brown, health off cer, that the ashes collected under the new system inaugurated by the Board of Health will be placed at Seaside park to assist in the filling in of InarshIand.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-12

Also it is claimed that some folks along the back roads are hardly rec ognizable for six weeks after they have had a hair cut.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-12

And there are a lot of people whose grandfathers got out with a gun to make the country free, who can't go to the polls if it happens to rain little.
The sun., 1919-04-06
Ball Players No Longer Looked Upon
as Plague Patients by Hotel Keepers

to cut up seek some place where their
bass and their comrades will not find
them.
So ct present the hotels OF the hes.
grade. instead OF calling for the police
when a major league club tries to ..cg-
lister. hang out the welcome sign. Lew
fuller, owner OF the leading Detroit no.
tel, Is one landlord who doesn't care how
many ball clubs stop at his house. He
had the White Sox as guests all last
season. and says that better behaved
body could not he recruited anywhere
In the world.
''Prejudices against ball clubs Is dying
fast among hotel proprietors," said Mr.
fuller recently. 'In fact, it is jus,
about dead now. The members OF the
Chicago club. whom I entertained last
year. compare favorably In deportmen,
with anybody who comes here. In fact
you never would know that there was a
baseball aggregation In the hotel, sc
quiet are the men. Lots OF my guests
never learn that they have been stop.
ping under the same roof with Eddie
Collins and Joe jackson except by acct
Hent
There r no class OF patronage that
l would rather have than that Of big
league players. and just as many clubs
can come here as we have room for"
The sun., 1919-04-06

Ebbets noticed what success Robinson
was having with McGraws pitchers and
offered him the management OF the
Brooklyn club. That Robby has more
than made good is shown by the strong
pitching STATS he has had since he as
sumed the management of the Brooklyn
club In 1915. The case of Burleigh
Grimes is splendid example. This boy
practically was a failure in Pittsburg.
He had one losing streak in which he
lost fifteen straight games. Yet under
Robinson's careful coaching he became
the best right handed pitcher in the
National League last season.
No one ever thought that Lee Foil
had managerial possibilities when he
first went to Cleveland to coach Joe
Birmingham's pitchers. Birmingham was
released In midseason OF 1915, and hav-
ing no one else handy Fohl was made
temporary manager. Foil did so well
with the club that he was kept in charge.
Under his management the Indians have
been pennant contenders the last three
seasons, something they had not been
for years. Foil. however. had the good
fortune to have iris Speaker transferred
to his ball team shortly after he took
charge and that helped lots.
Pat Moran also never was suspected
by bosses to have the makings OF a great
manager until he startled baseball fans
1 10 vtuains Phi,Adelvhia IL frst MA
The sun., 1919-04-06

Old time fans always will give one an
argument as to whether baseball Is any
faster now than It was in the palmy days
Of pop" Arson and king" Kelly.
The silver temple brigade finds 1t
mighty hard to admit that Ty Cobb has
anything on some OF the stars OF yester-
year and that Walter johnson is harder
to hit than Amos Rusie was before Amos
tried to strike out John Barleycorn
every evening after the game. But there
Is one point on which the veteran pa
irons and players concede something TO
the present generation. They admit that
baseball manners of the field are better
now than they were once.
There used to be a time when mana
gers OF first class hotels would have well
coined a proposition to house big league
ball clubs Just as much as they would
have rejoiced in the chance to entertain
flock OF plague patients. The very
idea filed them with horror. for the
players were likely to do almost any
thing except burn the house down.
All the old time ball players wer"
not toughs. In fact, the large majority
behaved as we'll as. anybody could ask.
But there was a fair percentage of fell
lows who never We're intended for polite
society. The Dad actors" were allowed
about all the rope they cared to take,
too. for the better element figured that
every mans conduct was his own bust
ness.
Nowadays rowdyisln off the field has
virtually been eliminated. Now and
then some individual kicks over the
traces. but the spirit of the managers
and clubs is against anything smacklng
Of rough stun" ana theas who want
The sun., 1919-04-06
SHEPPARD BECOMES
COMMUNITY LEADER
Peerless Mel Takes Up New
Athletic Duties in Chester, Pa.

PHILADELPHIA. April S.-"Mel" Shep-
pard, Philadelphia's international cham
pion runner. known everywhere as
Peerless Mel, has commenced work as
director of the new department of attn
letics and physical education In Com
munity Service for Chester and Vicinity
His headquarters will! be in the Grocer
Building, Chester, as 4 member OF the
executive stan representing the Com
munity Service organization OF which
Gov. William c. Sproul is chairman.
Already the boys and young men OF
Chester are enthusiastic over the leader
ship they are to have from a Philadel-
phia man who won his laurels in three
international Olympics and in numerous
athletic contests throughout the world
When introduced last night to the live
young fellows who are members OF
Chesters pioneer community club Mel
Sheppard got a taste of the enthusiastic
reception which Industrial workers, high
school students, young business men and
women, the playground association
public school authorities and the general
community are preparing to give their
new athletic leader as rapidly as he
can take up the various departments OF
his new community service.
The sun., 1919-04-06

famous of catching managers. as he
won the American League pennant in
Philadelphia in 1902, 1905, 1910, 1911.
1913 and 1914 and the worlds cham
piorship in 1910, 1911 and 1913. Then
Bill Carrigan, former catching manager
OF the Red Sox. won the American
League and worlds championship in
both 1915 and 1916.
Prior to the present era catching man
ayers never stood out very prominently.
OF the managers who have been most
consistent, Frank Chance, who won four
pennants in Chicago. was a first base
man. as was Cap Arson. who led five
Chicago National League teams to the
championships. The outfielder manager
has disappeared entirely. though there
have been some good ones, particularly
Ned Hanlon, who won Ave pennants In
Baltimore and Brooklyn, andFred Clarke,
who won four championships in Pitts
burg. Hanlon, however. stopped play
ing the outfield when he assumed man.
agerial duties. Fielder Jones was a
great outfelder manager in Chicago
when he commanded the White Sox, but
blew badly when he tried hiy luck in st.
Louis.
Fred Selee. who managed five cham
nionship teams in Boston and who later
constructed the team with which Frank
Chance won his greatest glory. never
played baseball, Charley Comskey. who
managed the four time st. Louis Brown
champions. was a famous first base
man of his day.
The sun., 1919-04-06

Killing usually caught 1875 games a year
and did all the worlds series catching
Moran shared in the series of 1906. 1907
and 1908, but he saw all the games from
the bench.
George Stallings. who caught In Phil
adeiphia about the time that Mack was
In Pittsburg, never amounted to much as
a catcher. He was aggressive. He al
ways has been a fighter. but he neither
was high class fielding catcher nor
much Of batsman.
Fred Mitchell, president-manaSer OF
the Cubs, was just a mediocre player,
though he tried both ends OF the bat
terry game. Mitchell was a pitcher for
the Philadelphia Athletics IN 1909. when
Mack brought the first American Lea gus
pennant to that city, but Mitch" whose
right name Is Yapp. was Just fair
performer. The next season he was re-
leased by Mack and signed with the
Philliea Later he drifted to Brooklyn.
He drifted out Of the National League In
1905.
His arm had gone back on him and In
the minors he shifted from pitcher TO
catcher. When Stallings came to the
Yankees he brought Mitchell along with
him as extra catcher. Even then Fred
had reputation for his ability to de-
velop pitchers. Accidents to Sweeney
and Criger in the famous Giant Yankee
city series Of 1910 made 1t necessary for
Mitchell TO catch most OF the series.
Chase was manager OF the club next
season and let Mitchell go. He returned
to the minors. and when Stallings was
made manager OF the Braves in 1913 he
took Mitchell with him as coach Mitch
frequently was given credit for being the
brains behind the Braves in their great
victory in 1914, when the Braves de-
feated the supposedly invincible Ath-
letcs In the worlds series in four
straight games. the only worlds series
victory won by the National League in
the last nine years.
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Lee Foil, Manager of Cleveland Club,
Spent Little Time as Major Learner

Then Lee Fohl, manager OF the Cleve-
land club. was not even a big league
catcher. He was up with Pittsburg
once, but only long enough to get a
couple of meals in the Smoky City.
Practically his entire playing career
was spent In the minor leagues.
One naturally comes to ask how these
managers came into prominence when
they showed only fair ability as ball
players In other words. what was the
distinction between them and other Just
fair players. who como up. stay In the
big leagues for a few years and then
drop out OF sight
For one thing, most OF the ex-battery
managers In the game to-day have made
regulations as coaches OF pitchers. and
The ability to develop capable pitching
corps annually Is assuming greater i'm
portance In baseball
"Give me the man who can stop them
making runs. Wen look after the scor-
ing" Is getting to BIO the regular cry Of
baseball managers.
No one ever thought of Moose Mitchell
as a manager until he performed such
wonders with the Boston Nationals, and
chronic tailend team won the world's
championship. Robinson also came to
the front as a developer Of pitchers. He
took over such men as Vanguard and
Tesreau on the Giants when they were
crude material and made real pitchers
Of them. s---..-..-.--.-
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STARS IN POSTAL MEET.
National and Local Champions
VIII Compete.

Many o, the champion athletes who
were not lucky enough to get into the
National Indoor Championships are on
deck for the big meet in the Thirteenth
Regiment armory on Saturday evening,
April IL. Close TO 400 entries have been
filed for this meet which will he held
under the auspices of the National Fed
Grafton OF Postal Employees and Thir-
tenth Coast Artillery Corps. New York
Guard. The entry is a representative
one. American and National champions
will be seen in action.
In the A. 4. L. events the 15-yard
dash has drawn q field of rare sprinters.
Loren Murchison, from st. Louis, who
is said BY critics to be one OF the fastest
sprinters developed this year. will hold
the post of honor in both the IS and 500
The two mile indoor metropolitan
championship has attracted many stars,
including Terry Halpln, Charley Pores
and Willie Kyronen. The high jump
has also interested many of the best
men in the district
The remainder OF the programme has
attracted the same high grade OF talent,
especially the 500 special for the Flaher-
~ Trophy donated by Abe Greenbaum,
Secretary-Treasurer, Local No. 10, y.
II. p. T..
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F. AND M. FOOTBALL CARD.
sport 10 he Resumed on Pre-vsS'
Basis.

LANCASTER. April 5.--The announce
ment OF football schedule by Manager
Paul Schaffner removes all doubt as to
whether Franklin and Marshall College
Is to resume athletics on a pre-waY
basis The usual list of colleges las
been booked and the schedule is as fol-
lows:
October 4, Delaware College at New
ark. Dell October II, Albright College
at Lancaster; October IS, PENNSYLVANIA
Military College at Chester October 26.
Dickinson College at Lancaster: No
vember !. Haverford College at Haver-
ford; November s. Swarthmore College
at Lancaster November Is. Ursinus
College at Lancaster Thank sgiving DaN
Gettysburg College at Lancaster.
The sun., 1919-04-06
M0RNINGSIDE A. C. ROAD RUN.
Edward waIdron Trophy t. Ne
Competed For.

The annual 6h mile handicap roan
race Of the Morningside Athletic Club.
known as the Edward Waldron annual
classic will be held from the Central
Casino. 18th street and Eighth avsnus
on Sunday afternoon, May (. From the
advance request for entry blanks Il N
expected that a field close TO $50 run.
ners will compete for tho many prizes
hung up by the club for this event.
Twenty-Five prizes besides the hand.
some team trophy will be awarded d
the athletes. The first five runners %
finish will be given cups. The winners
cup will be the Waldron Trophy whicn
is silver and stands IS inches high.
Three novice prizes also will be awarded.
Entries will close April 80 with Athletic
committee at Morningside A. c., ST
West 12Sth street.
The sun., 1919-04-06

tional League pennant in 1915. which
incidentally was Morans first season as
Philadelphia manager.
After Moran's usefulness as a catcher
expired about 1911 Charley Doom kept
him around as a coach at a low figure.
After Baker. the Philadelphia president.
dismissed Doom in 1914 he put Moran
In charge. Pat was an inexpensive man
and It was figured he could do as we'll
with the club as anybody. but Pat made
some smart deals. patched up his club
and branched out as a real live man
ager. who In his next three years never
finished lower than second place.
OF the other six managers in the ma jor
leagues, all formerly were infielders.
John McGraw, manager of the Giants.
and Jimmy Burke. the new manager OF
the st. Louis Browns, were third base
men; Hughie Jennings OF Detroit was a
shortstop and Miller Higgins of the
Yankees, Kid Gleason of the White Sox
and Hugo Bezdek OF the Pirates were
second basemen.
Former Catchers Most Successful.
In the case OF Gleason It also might
be said that he broke intoN the National
League as a pitcher, but he played his
best ball as an infielder. Rezdek never
was a real professional ball player, but
he played four years as second baseman
for the University OF Chicago and later
played for Anson's Colts, n seml-pro
club of a few years ago, managed by
Anson and named after tho famous
Colts when Arson was king.
Ex-catchng managers have been most
successful in the National League In re-
cent years rs former catchers won the
pennant in four of the last Ave years.
In 1914 Stallings won in Boston. in 1915
Moran in Philadelphia, in 1915 Robinson
in Brooklyn and in 1918 Mitchell in
Chicago.
Connie Mack OF course n thu mos,