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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-29
Johnny Burns Offers Wilde
$4,000 to Box Murray Here

If the London promoters refuse to
guarantee Battling Murray $4,000 for
that twenty round bout with Jimmy
Wilde in London, Johnny Burns,
manager of Murray, announces that
he will give Wilde $4,000 for a six
round meeting in this city.
Wilde would find the going very
hard in this country. There are
dozens of high class boys capable of
making it interesting for the English
sensation.
Battling Murray already has dem
onstrated that he can battle, and
would be a worthy foe for Wilde.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-29
Richie. Weakened BY Leonard. Sared bv Referee

AFTER minute of parring the eighth Leonard
"A Ric He NJ
the bat lPy him Another
the floor, his hands and
his muddleG he the q
Leonard stood II nd
Rcho to his
a tho
and fell He
rushed Willie This
After they had been xcatod by
Benny brushed
seemed to BE- holding him His
tried in himself
Leonard showed He dagain Will
yelled
TO fall He stopped to avoid the deadly punishment
face. while the 'o;irr hung hcpessll n his
Benny stepped back stuck his man for the
final punch which would the canvas
the
some closing their while Leonard
THEN deanuG by rcjcf tron
the Spectators The referee had nc
frantic Smi
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-29
CLUBS JOIN A. A. U.
Five Organizations Added to Metro.
politan District

New York, April 29.-Five new clubs
We're added to the metropolitan district
of the A. A. L. yesterday afternoon.
They are the Carlton Y. NJ. c. A.
of Brooklyn; the Stevens Institute. of
Hoboken: the United Volunteer Life
Saving Corps, of Bridgeport, Conn.
the st. Mary's Holy Name Society, OF
Plainfeld. n. j., and the Ozanam
Association of this city.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-29
.LEONARD,S CRUSHING
ATTACK BEATS DOWN
RITCHIE IN EIGHTH
Eleven Thousand Persons See Former Champion Fight
Brilliant Uphill Battle Only to Haze Bout Stopped
in Final Forty Seconds at NeCmk
By ROBERT w. MAXWELL
Sports Editor Evening Public Ledger

=. j., April %
DENNY defeated Willie Ritchie here last night lie was
- with but forty seconds
lightweight champion his and
half dragged half his
but his sturdy heart and
defeat He showed
before has such rxhi
ton OF ccn
losing the He against
overlooked inflicted punish
opportunity left continuously
in
drawing blood
chance by uk" Benny
clever for him
n Leon
alha hin which
He the
bell
the eighth itic
gcneralship and He
although he
he woulu the a the
THE He
punches to
head to him and did body
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-29

New York. April 29.-Cha rles White play
ing from scratch in the Poggenburg cup
billiard tournament, defeated Julian Rice. a
Glass player, by a score of $50 to 1O2 in
tie Rational Recreation Academy, in Brook
lyn, last night
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-29

for Herman. Bobby Doyle and Max William.
son meet in the semwind-up. -'
Johnny Tillman is down to meet Steve
Latso in the Olympia wind-up on next Monday
night. This will be Tillmans first bout
here since he defeated Johnny Griffiths last
February. An excellent supporting card has
been arranged, presenting such boys as Joe
Mendell. Abe Friedman, Sailor Ed Trembley
and other high class entertainers.
Two clever bantams will meet In star
bout IN Cleveland on Thursday night when
Joe Burmsn and Jack u41dD Wolfe CLASH
/ IN the main sessiop beforr Matt Htnke'c
club. :. ..as
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-29
FRANKFORT HOPES
TO BEAT QUAKERS
important InterschoIastic Ten
mis- League Match Today
at Queen Lane
MANY OTHER CONTEST

Frankford High School and Penn
Charter will meet today in an import
ant Interscholastic Tennis League
match on the Queen Lane courts. At
present Penn Charter is leading the
l"agu" with eighteen victories and two
defcntS. while Frankford is runner up
with eight wins and two defeats.
Penn Charter has won the league
championship the last six years and it
is up to Frankford. West Philadelphia
or Germantown High to stop DR..
Clinton Strong'S protcgcs. West Phila e.
dclphia is in third place with twelve
victories and three defeats. while Ger
mantown has won eleven and lost four
matches.
Should BE Close
Both Frankford and Penn Charter
have well balanced teams and today S
match should be rather close. The
first singles between Captain Seltzpr. OF
Frankford, and March. of Penn Char
ter, should be rcplete with fine tennis.
Seltzer tends to be trific crratic. while
March is very steady.
Last Saturday Penn Charter won four
of the five games from Lower Merton
while Frankford did the same with
Central High. The other league con
tests today are West Philadelphia al
! Central. Episcopal at Camden. Haver-
ford at Germantown Academy. German
town High at Lower Merton an,
| Northeast at Cheltenham.
Several postponed matches will b,
played off some time this week. Ger
mantown Academy has match will
Camden High. Episcopal meets IIavcr
ford. Cheltenham plays West PhiladeI
phia. Germantown High opposes Lowe
Merton and Frankford tackles Penn
Charter.
Northeast at Germantown
Germantown High School will fniSl
it's first round in the Interscholasti
Baseball League today, meeting North
east at Waterview Park. The Give
dens have won all their league game
thus far and with Gibson on the moun
should win from Coach Harry Snyder
squad today.
According to the schedule German
town also is booked to meet Northcas
on Friday afternoon. At this tim
Coach Snyder expects to have severa
of his ineligibles. including "Nelly
Hill. Kaye and Bertham. in his line
up. With these three Northeast shoul
make a great finish.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-29
Record Crotcd attends Fight

left
much Rtche
numerically
had the
a Every taken
Phladelphians
Reynolds Frank Heaven Nor
Charlie and ackW a the rngde.
presented gold
Of his
jersey
eilt ~ eirea stepped u he ring
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-29

LiE WON his first championship BrookIire, an
III 1coursc sir years ago. And he is much better gote
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-29
'BASEBALL,S SPEED
DEMON FINDS LUCK
IN HL-EATED 13"
Waler johnson Had Greatest Season in 1913, Winning
80 Games, and Started Thirteen Campaign With
I3Inning Victory Ouer Perry, 10



WHO thirteen unlucy number? Walter johnson his
w professional thirteen
five fifty for washngonfor light hitting club that
i'm few o drift
and
hi d s sinin T. is f s,r. th hu ' t %St th 'h ht, |
johnson old
With few baseh and him along this will be another
his greatest
cpEED aravs a of gears. Paskert thirty
- old and this is his fifteenth
ball. Yet today he only quick but the fastest
the fe1d either at getting doon to first rounding
long fy
after Eighi Years of Failure Vaughn Delirers
WHEN be considered bust? Jim
w
ferent ball clubs minor and major period of eight
~ m ,'I h % And b so in bi ninth m - vah dd @ ,,n hn "
of failure
of And after thirteen of this weird mixture only
tell a league
who would have francs for the big Texan.
TT MERELY Vaughn eight year, failures up
4 his mind that he oaned to pitch.
Vital Statistics Concerning Babe Ruth
IN REGARD statistics Ruth
February
that weighs 2o3 pounds Also that he Baltimore
he canhi a andt
abnOmaIy fast his feet for youth of such displacement
ALso the employment of his left he ca" "r0o baseball
Almost Strictly Personal
TNDIANAs embraces something than authors
Everett Scott of Bpaop 1nd m and n Boston Mass Mass S Scott although he
Of the
CONSIDERABLE bloke, o.
The
i Ouimet Star BraSSie Shots
THERE golfers in America who baie
Where another golfer would have
ball oumet through with his brase and thereby pick
s the ;s,s shot PLAYED a @ Bill.
the ball lying
Ouime when
n n
EIE WON championship Brooklne,
Acoursc And he much better golfer today
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-29
Phil Carter a GoLfng de Palma


of
Phil
o playing golfers Of the realm
which
G.
u
and
holes. golfers hours half
eighteen AS the slower they the they
GARTER has proved the M o
- Ter be a O. a
Merely Question Of the Punch
WIIARDS
naturally picks
hardly
don't believe knocked number
people believed the thing Sullivan Jefes and Johnson
and punchU
i stick Which they aIrays
IL ball players Hn caddie in his budding youth where he first
ball with with of effort He will
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-29

LEONARD missed ro right Smashe Rchic tc a cInch
II managed TO stick around until bcH.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-29

tn STILL UNSTEADY
ON hY Pin S But
MANAGE To GET AROUND
And 1T NAMES ny
FOLKS AWFUL NERVOUS
CAUSE They THINK ir
CONC To FALL DouJN
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-29
Almost Strictly Personal
Ouimet Star on Brassie Shots

CONSIDERABLE boke, Mr.. Scott-take it from Ii
- he field.
Evening star., 1919-11-17
C, |. SAVAGE ARRESTED
ON CHARGE OF THEFT
Former Bellman in Burlington
Hotel Here Is Held in
Los Angeles.

Calvin l.. Savage, thirty-two years
cid, is under arrest in Los Angeles
Calf, charged with the theft of
$4,000 worth of jewelry from Mrs.
Mary J. Hayner, Troy, Ohio, from the
latter's room in the Burlington Hotel.
several days ago. Savage, it is al
legged, was employed in the hotel as
bellman at the time the theft was
committed. None of the stolen jew
elry was found in his possession, the
Los Angeles police reported, but the
young man had opened a bank ac-
count.
Savage. it is alleged, was employed
at the hotel under the name of Harry
OConnor. and diamond ring sold in
Baltimore for $500 was disposed of
by an individual who gave his name
as C. L. Scott.
Identity of the accused was es-
tablished by Detective James Spring
man and Private Detective William
Carroll. Savage was traced to Los
Angeles. where, it is stated, his wife
and children resided, and yesterday y
the police of that city wired Inspec-
tor Grant, chief of detectives, word of
his arrest.
A warrant charging the prisoner
with the theft was sworn out in Po-
lice Court, and the two detectives
probably will go west to bring him
back.
Evening star., 1919-11-17

John F. Kramer today entered upon
the discharge of his duties as prohibi-
ton commissioner in charge of the
enforcement of the wartime pro-
hibition and prohibition under the
constitutional amendment. His office
is at 1880 f street.
Commissioner Kramer was born on
a farm in Richland county, Ohio,
February 10. 1869. His early educa-
ton was received in a county school,
of which later he wasrthe teacher He
entered the Ohio Northern University
in 1889, and was graduated in 1892
with the degree Of bachelor of arts.
After seven years service as superin-
tendent of schools he entered the
law college of the Ohio State Univer-
sity, from which he was graduated in
1902. y
Commissioner Kramer took up the
practice of his profession in Mans
field, Ohio. In 1911 he was elected
delegate to the fourth constitutional
convention of the state. The follow
ing year he was elected member of
the state Legislature, and during his
second term was minority floor leader
of the lower body. For two years,
beginning January. 1917, he held the
position of special counsel in the Of
flee of Attorney General Joseph Nc
Ghee of Ohio. and at the expiration OF
his service returned to Mansfield.
Mr.. Kramer is a member of the
Lutheran Church, and has been a
member of the church council for ten
years. He is a trustee of the Ohio
Northern University, and last fall was
elected. a member of the board of
education Of Mansfield.
Evening star., 1919-11-17
EXPLAINS AGUILAR'S ERRAND
Carranza Official Says Mission in
Europe Relates to Old Contracts,

MEXICO CITY. Sunday, November
16.-Denial that Gen. -Candido Aguilar,
Mexican foreign minister. went to
Europe to negotiate new contracts
for munitions is made. by Juan Bar
ragon. chief of staff for President
Carranza. The statement says his err
rand was to arrange with factories in
Belgium and Spain either for ship
ment of arms and ammunition or the
return of money paid as initial pay
ments on contracts entered into dur
ing the Diaz and Huerto regimes.
The old contracts. adds the state
ment, called for arms and munitions,
now greatly advanced. in price, and
the Mexican government, it says,
merely wished to come ito an under
standing regarding the fulf1llment or
non -fulfillment of these old agree
mentS.
Evening star., 1919-11-17
BAPTISTS WILL OPEN
CONVENTION TONIGHT
Program of Columbia Association
for Four-Day Meeting Is
Announced.

The forty-second annual meeting of
the Columbia Association Of Baptist
Churches begins a four-day session
tonight at the Fifth Baptist Church.
61s and E streets southwest. After
invocation has been pronounced at
1880 o'clock by Rev. F. l. Griffin. the
opening sermon will be delivered by
Rev. w. Il. Flanagan. officers are to
be elected tomorrow morning.
In the afternoon various reports
will be read, followed by discussion.
Addresses are to be made at the even
ing session by Rev. J. Compton Ball,
William w. Everett and Rev. DR.. H.
Allen Tupper.
At the Wednesday morning session
addresses will be delivered by Miss
Kathleen Mallory and Mrs. Helen Bar
rett Montgomery, while in the after
noon the meeting will be addressed
by Rev DIR. Samuel H. Greene, Rev.
DIR. Edward Rafferty,, Mrs. Mont
gomery, Rev. DIR. /. j. Van Ness and
Rev. B. P. Robertson. Rev. Frank w.
Padelford of the northern board of pro-
motion and Rev. DR.. W. ]. McGlothin.
president of the Furman University,
are to speak at the evening meeting.
Committee reports are to be made at
the session Thursday morning. Rev.
DIR. J. ]. Muir and Miss Jessie Burial
will deliver addresses at the after
noon session. Rev. DR.. Len G.
Broughton is to speak at the evening
session.
Evening star., 1919-11-17
VICTIM OF ROBBER
ON OWN DOORSTEP
Frank Rezac, Jr., Gives Up
Watches and $25 to Man in
Uniform-Other Thefts.

Two watches and $25 in cash was
the amount of tribute paid by Frank
Rezac jr., SIS 9Th street southwest,
to an unidentified tall individual
early this morning. The tall man
wore the uniform of soldier and
backed up his requisition with large
and efficient appearing automatic, and
Rezac didn't waste much time debat-
ing the matter.
Rezac was just slipping the night
key into the lock of his own front
door when the big fellow appeared.
Lets see you put 'em up" said the
soldier. giving Rez2c a closeup of
the automatic and talking short and
snaEpy like a top sergeant. "a little
speed" the soldier urged, as his
victim failed to snap it up to suit
him.
Evening star., 1919-11-17
Is Place of Trust.
Returns to Fiume.

Advices to the State Department
say that D'Annunzio. after declaring
his occupation of cara, on the Dali
matian coast, returned to Fiume Ac-
cording to the departments informa-
tion, D'Annunzio was accorded a great
demonstration by the populace of
Fiume. He is said to have declared
his purpose to occupy other terri
tory, including part of Istria, which
he claimed should form an independ-
ent state to relieve Italy Of RESPONSE
bility to the allies.
After taking possession of Zara,
D'Annunzio left there an officer of
his staff, with shock troops and
carabinieri.
Evening star., 1919-11-17
Told to "Beat It. -

When Rezac had handed over the
cash and the watches the big fellow
remarked casually
Nov beat it up the street"
Protest from Rezac that he was on
his own doorstep meant nothing to
the highwayman. who waved the au-
tomato and said. short and choppy:
''I don't care where you live; beat
it."
Which Rezac did, travelling on high
up 9th street as far as the fourth
precinct, where he told the police
about it. Later he went to headquar-
ters and repeated the story to Detec-
tive Cornwell, acting night chief of
detectives, who used to live in the
house ReZac now occupies.
Evening star., 1919-11-17
Admits She Was Not Robbed.

Miss Hermosa Pomerleau. war work
er. who told the police she was held
up at the point of a pistol at North
Capitol street and Rhode Island ave-
nue. Saturday afternoon, last night
was questioned at police headquar-
ters The police renorted that the
young lady admitted she had not been
robbed. and explained that she made
the report because she was in debt
and did not want to write to her
family. at Lawrence, Mass. for money.
High cost of food and clothing, she
is said to have stated. caused her in
dehtedness.
from handbag in locker in the
Pullman office at Union station last
week. It belonged to Mrs. Harriet
Hitchcock. 633 Irving street.
A small bank contain between
$50 and s55 was stolen from the house
of Maud Mitchell. 1923 Chester court
Yesterday. Disappearance of com
bination suit and corset cover with
the hank suggested to police the
probability of n woman having COM
mitted the theft.
Evening star., 1919-11-17

Chicago made a forced landing at the
North Randall race track late yester-
day and was so badly damaged that
it will require at least two weeks to-
make repairs. The express matter was
removed from the airpiane at Mount
Jewett and forwarded to Chicago by,
rail.
Evening star., 1919-11-17
Auto Robe Is Stolen.

A green push automobile robe,
worth $50, was stolen from the auto-
mobile of A. L. Bliss. Driscoll Hotel,
in front of the hotel yesterday.
Burglars entered the garage of VII
liam Smith. 227 B street. yesterday
and stole an automobile tire valued
q Homer f ]. carlew. 72s sth street
was robbed Of $50 Saturday night.
The money was taken from his
trousers pocket.
night boarded the craft Of Robert
Patherdaie. % washington Asylum Hos
pital. anchored off the hosnital prop
erty. and stole marine engine valued
at $40
Evening star., 1919-11-17
Express Airplane Forced to Land.

CLEVELAND, Ohio, November IT,
The giant Handley-Page airplane which
left Mineola, N. Y. Friday morning
with. about 1900 pounds of express
on an attempted nonstop flight to
Evening star., 1919-11-17
Busy Men, Attention.

First Stenographer-My boss sure is
debating some letters to me all right.
Second enographer-Business rush
ing?
First Stenographer-No, he's writing
these letters to his wife to send to her
when she goes on her vacation.
Evening star., 1919-11-17
End Lakes Passenger Service.

CLEVELAND, November 17.-Pas-
senger boat navigation between here
and Buffalo ended today. The Cleve-
land and Detroit season closes at the
end of the month.
Evening star., 1919-11-17
Probably Howled.

do you and your wife do much billing
and cooing?"
''She does the billing. but I don't coo
when | get the bills.
Evening star., 1919-11-17
Making Use of the Doctor,

.I have told your wife that she must
go to the mountains"
"That's all right, doctor; now tell me
that must go to the seashofe."
Evening star., 1919-11-17
j. S. MESSENGERS
WANT MORE PAY
Will Appeal to RecIassifica-
ton Commission; |. e. VIII
Hanson Outlines Arguments.

Messengers in the government serv-
ice are preparing to show the joint
congressional commission on reclassi-
fcation of salaries in the District just
why this class of workers needs
the War Department has been elected
chairman of the committee which will
represent the messengers at a hear
ing soon before the commission.
Reasons why the messengers, trust
ed employees of the government, no
ent wages of $50 or SO a month were
outlined today by 1. E. Williamson of
1889 9th street northwest. Mr.. Will
Hanson said:
Salaries Fixed Sixty Years Agv.
The salary of the government clerk,
including the messenger and the
minor employees, was readjusted over
sixty years ago, and so remains. The
salaries then agreed upon were suffi-
cient to meet the simple needs of those
days. but conditions have long since
outgrown those schedules.
Then food was plentiful. and prices
rldiculously low. especially so when
Clothing that you did not make in
your own home could be purchased for
very small sum, but today the prices
have grown to many times more than
they were then.
THE advances in prices of food. and
along all other lines of human needs
and wants today. over what they were
at the time Of the reclassification of the
salaries of the government employe
are almost inconceivable. The in
creases along all lines have grown to
gigantic proportions to what they were
then. 1t was thought then that that ad-
justment would be adequate to meet all
living demands; and so they were for a
time, but things have radically changed
since that time. Yet this scale of
salaries of the government employees
remains the same, in the face Of this
great increased cost of living.
Evening star., 1919-11-17
$50 or $40 a Month 1nadeouate.

The underpaid messenger is among
the keenest sufferers under this con-
tlnued scale of salaries. Sixty or
seventy dollars a month is no longer
living wage for the messenger. The
messengers salary is so small that
he cannot go into the open market
and purchase goods and necessities for
himself and those dependent upon him
like the one better paid. who buys in
such quantities that nets him a fair
profit thereby.
service of the government, mas NOT tie
opportunity to enter into other en-
ployment that pays better salaries, as
the messenger boy or messenger girl
has, who soon leaves, the service, by
reason of youth. for better pay, or as
tinction under the government.
Evening star., 1919-11-17
SPECIAL NOTICES.

WANT A TRUCK TO MOVE MY FURNI-
ture from Richmond, Va, to Washington, D.
c.. by Dec. 1. 1919. W. T. WOOD. 4oS q st.
NV. ~
] Will NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY
debts unless contracted by myself personally.
W. G. COPLEY. 1541 25th st. Sc.
PEOPLE IN MODERATE CIRCUMSTANCES
need the protection of our
safe deposit boxes. Washington Safe
Deposit Co., 916-91S Pa. ave.
Evening star., 1919-11-17
Must Do Extra Work.

The pay OF the messenger is such.
under this great high cost of living in
food. clothing and housing, that there
are but few who do not have to seek
extra jobs of work elsewhere to meet
the expenses of each day that his SAL
ary is insufficient to cover
'The messengers employment in the
general routine of the government is
not useful in other vocations, hence
1t places him to great disadvantage in
the race of life. He becomes a slave
TO his employment. a service not de-
sired by those in other lines of busi-
ness Yet the messenger is an indis-
pensable employee. He is intrusted
with keys to the archives Of the
heartthrobs of the nation. Long before
great plans have been given to the
world. they are as story already
told to the trusted messenger. He is
no less an important parsonage than
the confidential clerk. His breast car
ries the secret workings of the whole
government. and he. true to his trust,
sacredly guards them.
Is Place Of Trust.
The messenger, to stand in a high
place of trust, must be Of pleasing
address. safe in judgment. and neat
in apparel-even more neatly dressed
than many better paid employees.
There are many messengers who
have grown old in the government
service and cannot safely enter into
any other employment, and can but
poorly support themselves and fam
lilies on present salaries in the face
Of high cost of living.
with these reasons stated, and
many more that are patent to every
thinking man, the messenger makes
his appeal for better pay under this
new reclassification of salaries for
the government employees"