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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-05
DOWN FOR THE COUNT
 SEVEN TIMES IN FIRST

| | Seven times the champion was down on the floor for the count in the first 1 round. After that round he was not legally down again, according to Queens berry Lights.
 1 He brought up in the first round sit-
 ting in that neutral corner, smiling that simple smile, as l have related, which was the moment the crowd thought the l thing was all over.
 | Philadelphia Jack OBrien, the old dancing master of the fistic game, lhopped briskly into the ring at the head of big crowd of on-coming wild I eyed Dempsey enthusiasts, and was shak- 1 ink Jacks hands and congratulating him when they pushed him aside so that
 the fight might go on.
 Some have suggested that Dempsey s l leaving the ring might have constituted a technical infringement of the rules, ! but no one would have the nerve to ad-
 vance such technicality after that first round. It was obvious then that Willard
 was whipped. The big man tottered out for the second round. That is the only
 word which describes his coming-he tottered. Dempsey began tearing at him again as eagerly as a wolf tearing at a
 wounded prey. Poor Jess fought back feebly. He could not keep the lighter
 man from slugging him to the ropes and then slugging him off the ropes I l ring, but even so, some one suggested, 1 that Dempsey might be resting. Willard seemed stronger after that round. It probably looked that way
 merely in comparison to the first. How ever, he came out for the third round
 apparently desperate as he met Demp- sey's attacks with both big hands flail- ing wildly. A right uppercut, which
 Jack delivered with hop upward,
 brought the blood pouring from Willard's l mouth to swell the stream which was | leaking from his nose and from the cuts
 on his face.
 l Dempsey wore a pair of white silk rum
 ming trunks. They were dyed crimson | by the gore from Willard's wounds. Around the waist of the challenger was an American flag. The blue and white I soon melted into the red. His brown 1 body was splattered with Willards blood and Willard himself was red from his blue silk trunks to the top of his head.
 It couldn't last that way long. The de- l cent thing to do was to stop, and Willard
 stopped it. He will be bitterly reviled | for quitting, but if boxing is designed to establish the better men, then this fight was over at the end of the first | round.
 WILLARD IS THROUGH
 l q have no alibis to offer," said Will | lard after the fight.
 l T am through with the ring forever Dempsey is certainly great boy. l have no excuses on the way I trained. l think | it was the best way"
 1 In that many of the people who saw the fight today will differ with Willard
 He was in good health, as William Null doom has put it, but he was not in good
 condition for a battle. However. condi- ltion cut little figure in the affair this afternoon. It is the law of the old game A man cannot give away stretch or l years to a young opponent. They have ali tried it and they have all failed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-05
INDIVIDUAL HONORS
 AT TRACK MEET WON
 BY RAY OF CHICAGO

Gary, Ind, July 4,-About 2O,Ooo persons today. saw the second national track and field meet of the American Industrial Athletic association won by the Goodyear team of Akron. Ohio, with Joie Ray, Chicago. crack middle distance runner, representing the Gary Tin Mills. winning individual honors.
 Ray earned 15 points. The weather was ideal and a number of association records were broken.
 The teams finished as follows: Goodyear Tire, Akron. Ohio. 40 points Pullman Works. 20; Gary Tin Mills, l5;
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-05
Willard Was Too Old And
 Two Flabby, Says Corbett
Lacking in Great Fighting Instincts the Fabby untrained Old Man Proved Easy Victim for Young Jack,
 Born Warrior
By JAMES J. CoRBETr.

Arena Bayview Park, Toledo, o. July 4-(Special) )ack Dempsey the greatest heavy weight fighter since Jim Jerles his prime worlds champion todayand for the good of the game glad From the time that Willard stepped ring shortly after o'clock this afternoon there doubt mind to the outcome There doubt when man, 38 years od fabby untrafned soft and without of the great fighting instincts meets husky youth "A old trained the minute and natural fighter. inch of him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-05
IA Bleeding, Tren1b1ing Helpless Hulk, Jess
 Willard S1rrenders To Younq Dempsey
The Once Mighty Giant Was
 A Most Ridiculous Spectacle
Never-to Smile Like the Grin of Simple ton, Played About Jess Face After That Terrible
 Slaughter-The Carnage Was Awful
By DAMON RUNYON

Toledo O., July 4-Squatted the stool in his corner a bleeding trembling helpless hulk Willard the Kansas giant this afternoon renqushed his title of heavy weight cham pon of the world just the bell about to him into the fourth round of mangng the of Jack Dempsey the mountain lion human form from the Sangre Del Chrso of olo.oIa
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-05
DEMPSEY "SHIMMIED"
 IN HIS ATTACK

Dempsey walked around, crouched and "shirQnying," as if studying this strange monster before him. Then suddenly the Coioradoan began slashing out Demp- sey hits without apparent direction. He sees target in front of him and he begins hitting and keeps hitting and he hits with deadly force. He was half ieaping as he hit at Willard's jaw, tow ering above him. First, the left hand then the right went swishing upward His first lead was for the broad, white body spread so invitingly before him, and his fists seemed to sink in as they landed. Then the attack shifted to higher ground, so to speak. Willard seemed to have no sense of location whatever as he tried to slave off the first rush of the challenger. which he had been told to expect, and which had come just as predicted.
 Dempsey's fists fairly thudded against Jess stomach. Then suddenly a brown, sinewy arm with a glove at the end shot upward to Willard's jaw, and the cham pion seemed to crumple up in the very middle. His gigantic body plunged to the floor.
 The crowd went stark-mad. Hats flew into the air and the pine crater on the banks of the Maumee bay, where the men were fighting, grunted with a ter rife volume of human voices. But Will lard was not down for good. He was on one knee, listening intently to Ollie Record as the referee counted. Willard knew what he was doing then all right He asked the referee what the count was and got on his feet before nine as Record raised his voice to impart the information. And now the wildcat was
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-05

loose. Dempsey swarmed upon the gi- gantic form of the Kansan. Now Will lard was on the ropes, his great weight causing them to sag deeply. Now he was half under them. A haze had set tied in his eyes. He had the look of man gazing through mist. Now you couldn't see the right eye at all. Now the blood began yelling from cuts on his face and slowly tricklings down his 0haaIxc
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-05

I said Willard has none of the fighe- ing instincts. He has just one, and that is gameness. He took, this afternoon more punishment than has been metee out to any heavyweight fighter in ms day and all the terrific pummeling and bombardment came within the three rounds-just nine minutes of thS fighting
 The blows came so fast in the first round that it Is almost impossible to tell which was most responsible for the champions downfall As they squared off Dempsey clearly was nervous, and 1t was a full minute be- fore he established his bearings
 Once he had started, however, there was no lull He played no favorites as far as punches go. There were right hooks. left hooks, full round swings, terrific jabs to the stomach uppercuts, every blow known to pusIl-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-05
RIGHT TO THE JAW
 BRINGS JESS DOWN

Willard fell when the first full blow, a right hook, caught him fairly on the jaw He picked himself up plainly In distress and Dempsey was on top of
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-05

evil. From July 1st to November 30th of last year, 127, 659 shipments, an average of about 5,500 8 month, were turned over to the "No-Mark' Bureaus maintained by the company, because all means of identification of either shippers or consignees had been lost, and their delivery, except in a few cases, made impossible. Per sonal baggage, hardware and auto mobile tires comprise the largest proportion of the "No-Mark" ship ments, which are attributed largely to the failure of shippers to mark clearly and to pack their goods sub stantia1ly. With the help of the ship pers and through the influence of the campaign, the express company hopes to solve this problem.
 Many "No-Mark" shipments lose their individual character because the single tag upon which 8 shipper depends to carry his package to des- tination, is torn off. The use of tags at all Is discouraged by the express men, but where it is absolutely neces- sary, shippers are urged never to use less than two. With personal bag gage sent by express, it Is wise to en- close name and address of the ship per, in case further Identification Is necessary.
 Another cause of damage to or loss of shipments in transit is the use of a poor quality of wrapping paper and twine, or an insufficient quantity of good paper. Old or second hand cartons and other containers, which do not stand up or carry several old marks, are found to be responsible for many shipments being damaged, wrongly delivered or going astray. Old marks on baggage have sent many trunks, and suit cases to the wrong destination.
 A special effort will be made to se- cure the help of business executives and managers of large concerns in all trades and industries, in the belief that the proper preparation of ex- press shipments is a matter of 1m- portance to every successful business. They will be asked to give the sub ject personal attention and to look into their shipping departments, to see that the best methods of packing  lowed.
 The Better System Campaign" will be conducted for the purpose of bringing about betterment of the express service, In the interest of the people who depend upon it or use ii occasionally. But it's success de- bends largely upon the response and l cooperation of the shippers them selves, in the opinion of the officials of the express company directing the drive, and there are many indica- tions that this help, on the part oi l the public, will be forthcoming.
 Start Express Shipments Right l is a slogan which will be carried throughout the country by posters on express wagons, placards in win dows and by phamphlets and other l forms of printed matter.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-05

turing industries of the whole coun- try coupled with an improvement of facilities of transportation to the wa ters edge, there came 6 sudden change in the matter of the trade balance and in the hscal year 1876, there was an excess of exports. was $258 8.000,000: in 1898, $615, ,000,- GOO and in the fiscal year 1908, $6ss.- 431,000, the high water mark In excess of exports over imports prior to the peculiar conditions of the war period. When the war began the European countries which had foEm- erly supplied a large part of our i'm ports necessarily reduced their ship ments to us but enormously increaa- ed their imports from us and & con tinuation of this condition during the entire war period gives tAe remark able fact that above stated, that ous excess of exports over imports of the 51 months of the war exceeded the aggregate excess of the 125 years which preceded the war.
 This great excess of exports over imports during the war period occur red almost exclusively in the trade with Europe while in the trade with other parts of the world notably Asia and South America there was a large excess of imports over exports. In the fiscal year 1915 practically all of which fell within the war period, the excess of exports to Europe over the imports from that continent amounted to $1,357 ,000, 900, in 1916, $2,SS3 900, O,000, in 1917, s3,714,000,- GOO and in the fiscal year, 1916, ss,- 926,000,00 while the excess during the months of July, August, Septem- Der and October, 1918, was $1,287,- 100000, making the excess of exports to Europe during the entire war De- riod more than $12,000, ,0o0,000; and even this does not tell the full story since over s1,00o, ,000. 900 worth of merchandise for European Russia was sent during the war to her Astatic ports and recorded by our Government figures as exports to Asia when in fact their final destina- ton was Europe. This fact that the excess of exports to Europe alone during the war was greater than the excess of exports in the trade with the whole world Is of course accounted for by the fact that there was large excess of imports in the trade with other parts of the world, notably Asia and South Ameria.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-05
NATION WIDE CAMPAIGN FOR BETTER FACING
 AND MARKING OF EXPRESS SHIPMENTS

eral dissatisfaction with the service Is inevitable-and no one is the gain CT.
 ''We believe that there Is a remedy for this evil in the fact that the loss of, or damage to shipments can in many cases be attributed to the un- safe condition in which it is turned over to the express company to hand le. Experience has shown that a shiT meqt started right seldom gG5s wrong. Starting right means simply that it has been securely wrapped and packed, that 1t can stand for it. self and Is plainly and properly marked, not only the name and ad- dress Of the consignee, but with those also of the shipper. The use of poor quality of paper or twine or inattention to the condition of ship ments turned over to the express service is something which we arc trying to discourage. But nothing Is more essential than the co-opera- tion of shippers, md as they are keenIy concerned in the matter, we are hopeful of getting them to help us."
 The Better Packing Better Marking" campaign will be conducted at a period of the year when the ex- press movement is usually the light est and just before the heavy com- modity business starts to move III March. Not all of the fault is laid at the door of the shipper. The express company officials are free to admit their own shortcomings and do not evade responsibility for them. Dur ing the campaign. there will be an energetic endeavor to prevent rough handling, mis-routing or other devia- lions from correct express methods in offices and terminals, and closer supervision of the work of employees is expected to improve operating con- ditions
 On February II, the day after the official opening of the drive, every agent at all important points, will call different classes of his employes together at convenient periods and address them, urging their active participation in the campaign, first by improving conditions inside of the ranks and then by securing the CO., operation of the shipping public with whom they come in contact. Simi- lar meetings will be called on every Tuesday during the drive.
 -Four minute" speeches will be delivered by the local express heads or specially selected subordinates | and Better Service Campaign Com mittees will be appointed in the 1oca 1 express organization in every city composed of men from each of the i several operating branches. In thi. way, the objects sought will be out lined to the vehicle men, the plat 1 form man, the office and claim bu reau employees, the messengers in tn. cars and the agents at smaller 1 points.
 A determined effort will be made
 during the campaign to eradicat, l what Is known as the 'tNo- Mark
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-05
FOREIGN TRADE RECORD.
Our War Trade Balance Exceeds that Of the 125 Years Preceding the War.

The favorable trade balance" of the United States during the war pe- rod exceeded that of the 125 years from the adoption of the Constitution to the beginning of the war. A com pilation by The National City Bank Of New York shows that the excess Of exports over imports during the 51 months Of the war aggregated $1O,90O, 100000 while that from the adoption of the Constitution to the beginning of the war was but s9,- OO7,O0O,000. These figures of trade balances'' are based upon & compari- son of the total imports with the total exports of both domestic and foreign merchandise.
 Prior to the war, our excess of ex- ports over imports, although larger than any other country of the world never exceeded $65O,O00,00O in any single year. In the five war months Of 1914, the excess of exports over imports was S264 100000; in the cal- endar year, 1915, $1,776, ,0O0,OO0; in 1918, S3,O91. .000,0 900; in 1917, $3.27e.- 100000; and in the ten war months of 1918, $2,493,0O0,0 making the grand total of exports over imports for the entire war period $1O,9O6,- 100000 while the excess of exports during the entire period from the beginning of 179O to August 1914 was but $9,007, 100000.
 The comparatively small total of the favorable trade balance" in the 125 years from the adoption of the Constitution to August 1914 is due to the fact that the balance of trade was almost constantly against us pri- or to the great enlargement of our production and exportation which fol- lowed the Civil War. From the be- ginning of 1790, the first year for which figures of imports and exports are recorded by the Government down to the beginning of the year 1876. the imports were almost con stantly in excess of exports. On onl, IT occasions In that entire 85 year period was there an excess of ex. ports and even these were in mos instances extremely small, while the excess of imports was freouentI. large. With the development of the producing power of the great Mis- sissippi Valley and of the manufac.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-05

Plans of a most comprehensive na- ture to bring about conditions which will make possible a marked i'm provement in the express service throughout the country, were an nounced, last night, by Samuel Dri- yer, local representative of the American Express Company. A Bet ter Service Campaign" will be un- dertaken by the 135, ,000 men and wo- men employed in the express busi- ness, for the purpose of raising the standards of packing, wrapping and marking express shipments.
 The drive will start on February 10, in every city and town in the country. It will comprise 3 cam paign of education and appeal among express employees simultaneously with 8 widespread effort to secure the CO., operation of the shipping public along the same lines. No new packing or marking rules have been adopted for the campaign, but express drI- vers and receiving clerks will be 1n- structed hereafter to insist, firmly but courteously, that the rules al- ready in force be strictly adhered to.
 The chief purpose of the Better Service Campaign" Is to check, once for all, the waste of time, effort and money that result from lost or dam aged shipments. It Is soure of dis satisfaction and annoyance to both shippers and the carrier and tends to Impair the express service. It is expected that all who ship by express, and 300,OO0O,000 shipments are an nually travelling that way, will be keenly interested in the forthcom- ing drive, because it sso intimately concerns the transportation end of many different trades and industries, some of which depend almost ex- clusively upon the express service.
 Regarding the conditions which led to a. decision for national drive of this character, an express official made this statement today: ''It Is an acknowledged fact that the average American business man regards a satisfied customer as a direct asset to his business. He would do noth- ing that might jeopardize his good relations with that customer. But if the goods he sent the customer arrive in bad order, if the contents are damaged or pilfered because they were exposed during the journey, or if, may be, entire shipments are lost because of inadequate marking or in- secure packing. the customer may not wait long for explanations, but place his business elsewhere.
 "In such a case, the payment o1 the claim by the express company does not remedy the evil or serve tc encourage more business. It Is Z costly and unnecessary waste ant both the shipper and the consigned are disappointed and disgruntled while the express company itself ii faced with the necessity of prao tically buying in the goods. A gen
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-05
WHAT LINCOLN TAUGHT.
By EARL BALDWIN THOMAS.

< How often when l talk of < < Thrift, the thing the nations < < booming so, think of one whose <
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 < and his memory grows richer as < * the years increase. One thing < * he left for you and me was this: <
 x Achieve lasting peace" The X
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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-05
Onurrttnr Snttth nrgra All
 Uu 1ty mar SautnBa Stantpa

GoUeTnor Smith yesterday proclamation official impetus the 1919 Stump conapo.on na~guroted BejGn&n FTo~kgsSs oh day, proclamation 6 ringing oppeoy rtottc puchdse Ctthtn contse coHpnctngb State ot post'beEuns cities. of proclamation
 sTATE OF YoRK-ExEcuTIVE CHAMBER. v WHEREAS obligations of the Federal Government Inc- Europe have made expednt to launch Savings Stamps aid the and honorable fuHIment of National promises, and
 WHEREAS A costly duty bringing and kindred hundreds thousands well caring the he temporarily leave abroad and
 WHEREAS will sacrifice the part of our Peope
 THEREFORE, I, ALFRED E. SMITH, deemed countrymen the of this consistent limit snate Benjamin peculiar ap- assocatIna their prin enunciated that American whose 2sh birthday has been recently celebrated
 enIoin upon of Commonwealth follow of Franklin sensible ueuIy IberalIy individual tlcuIar aid at time when called for by the Nation.
 the Capitol in the city Albany twenty-ffth
 of January in the our
 hundred and nineteen.
 (slsnsdl ALFRED E. SMITH,
  By Governor:
 (sisnedl GEORGE R. MAYBE,
 Secretary to the Governor.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-05
Hold Your w. s. s.
 Until Maturity

Hold on to your War Savings CertifcatN Stamps, Series of 1918, &excd to 1918 War Savings Ger tIficates
 They are good in themselves for S5 on January l, 1923. Hold them and do not cash them.
 The Government needs the funds supplied by stamp buyers, and only urgent necessity should cause hold CTS to present them for redemption before maturity.
 There Is no need to exchange these stamps for 1919 War Savings Certificate Stamps.
 The 1919 stamp issue Is now on sale. Each new W. S. 5. will cost $4,1S in February. Add a cent for each month after that.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-05
CREW or DUFF
 IN NEW YORK

New York, Feb. 5.---The crew of seven men of the Nova Scotia schoon- CT William Duff, abandoned 60 miles east of Nassau on February 1, was Drought here today by the Red D. Line steamer Philadelphia, which res cued the men. They said they were caught in heavy gale January 27. and soon the ship sprang aleak, The schooner was kept afoat by use of pumps until the Philadelphia was sighted.
 The William Duff, 417 tons gross was carrying salt from Turks Island to Lunnenburg, IN. S., where the yes gel was owned