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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-31
MAeSW|NEY'S,END
THOUGHT imminent
Sister Visits Hunger Striker.
Appeal Made to ItaI-
ian Premier.

LONDON. August 81 (by the AS
lord mayor of Cork, who has been
on a hunger strike since August
IL. was still alive this morning. but
his sister Mary. who visited him, said
he was growing weaker and that the
end may come at any moment"
MacSwiney spent a restful night,
and his sister remained near BriXton
prison. where he is confined, through
out the night, thinking she might be
called for.
An official who saw MacSwiney early
today described his condition as being
like that of a man on a precipice,
adding that 'the slightest breeze
might blow him over at any time"
The members of organized labor
composing labor council of action sent
a message to Premier Lloyd George.
who is in Lucerne, Switzerland, say
ing:
Organized LabOr's Message.
The whole organized British labor
ment3 decision to allow the lord
mayor of Cork to die rather than re-
lease him. His suffering is greater
than lengthy Imprisonment. His
death would make an Irish solution
more remote. We have appealed in
vain to the home secretary. We ap-
peal to you to do the big thing
No word had been received from
Lucerne, Switzerland, last night indi-
eating that there had been any change
with regard to Lord Mayor MacSwi-
ney of Cork. who is in precarious
condition in the Brixton Jail here as
result of an extended hunger strike.
Father Dominic spent more than an
hour in the prison last night. When
he left at 9 o'clock he reported that
MacSwiney was weaker and express
ed the belief that he might die at
any moment The priest said Mac
Swiney was showing an indomitable
will.
Plea to italian Premier.
ROME, August 31.-Premier Gio-
1iti has received a telegram from
republic in Rome, urging him to bring
TO bear the influence of the italian
government and people in favor of
Terence MacSwiney, lord mayor of
in Brixton prison, London, as the re-
suit Of a hunger strike.
Pope Benedict has been sent many
kilograms, letters and addresses by
Irish bishops. clerygmen and civilians.
describing the situation in Ireland and
asking him to intercede for that coun-
try with the British government.
BELFAST, August 30.-Sir James
Long, chairman of the Cork Harbor
Association and member of the gov
erning body of University College of
Cork, today sent the following tele-
gram to King George at Bucking-
ham Palace:
LAS a protest against the treatment
melted out to the lord mayor of Cork
and his fellow hunger strikers by
your majesty's government, I would
respectfully ask that your majesty
remove the title conferred on me in
1910"
Baron Stamfordham, private secre-
tary to the king, replied that the mat
ter was one for the attention of the
premier, to whom the question had
been referred.
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These are the finest of fine
KUPPENHEIMER Suits-rich ma
terials and attention to detail
throughout seldom equaled and
never surpassed-suits that were
bought to sell for SOS to So
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Commissioner Hunt Declares
Law viii Be Enforced in
Montgomery County.

Reckless driving of motor vehicles
in Montgomery county. Md. will not
be tolerated, and speeders caught in
the net laid by the state authorities
will be prosecuted to the full extent
of the law.
This was made clear today by H
J. Hunt, commissioner of Montgomery
county, in communication to The
Star. The commissioner said he de-
sired to give the public due warning
that speeding must stop Immediately
In his ultimatum to speed artists
Commissioner Hunt said:
On Saturday evening last a very
serious, If not fatal, accident occur
red on Connecticut avenue, in front
Of the Columbia Country Club. when
two automobiles collided and both
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were demolished. Had it not been for
the prompt action of Constable Aaron
Trail, who extinguished the blazing
machines with fire extinguisher
which he carried, the occupants would
probably have been burned to death.
Il am simply writing your paper
to ask that you assist me in notifying
the public that reckless driving of
motor vehicles must cease. 1t is pos
itively dangerous to ride upon the
Rockville pike on Sundays, due to
speeders, and they will be prosecuted
to the full extent of the law without
fear or favor. For the past six or
seven years this condition has existed
until now it has become a menace to
public safety. A month or so ago I
doubled the motor cycle patrol on the
Lincoln highway, placed constable
on Connecticut avenue and appointed
a motor cycle patrolman for Rock
vile district, which had not previous
ly existed.
Sufficient justices of the peace
have been appointed to handle the
cases. This action is not to deter
motorists from coming into Maryland.
for all will be treated alike, regard
less of residence, but law and order
will be maintained and life and limb
of pedestrians and careful drivers will
be protected to full extent. Wild a
reckless driving of any type of motor
vehicle will not be countenanced."
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PROTESTS R, R, RATES.

JACKSONVILLE. Fla, August ST.
The Southern Wholesale Grocers' As
ISOLATION. of which NJ. ]. McLauren
of Jacksonville is president, has filed
Commerce Commission at Washington
aga inst the freight tariffs which are
being published by railroads putting
into effect freight increases on thou
sands of articles Of food. The protest
declares that the, advances are in adj
dition to those recently granted the
railroads by the Interstate Commerce
Commission and are made by cancel
ing existing commodity rates and pre-
scribing class rates for the future.
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Here are all those KUPPEN-
HEIMER Suits bought to sell for
$3.50 to $o2.50-garments in every
way worthy the KUPPENHEIMER
label, which each one bears-the
savings speak for themselves.
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Central and South American medical
circles. has been appointed official dele
gate from Venezuela to the fifteenth
international congress against alcohol
ism, with the temporary rank of envoy
extraordinary and minister plenpoten-
tiary. The congress, being an official
affair, the senior delegate from each
country ranks accordingly.
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LEAVES COLLEGE $4,000.

RICHMOND. Va, august s,H Just s1:ILeav.
ginia Christian College, at Lynch
burg. and other church and charita.
BILE requests amounting. to approxi-
mately $4,000. and bequeathing $780,
900 to members of his family, the will
of the late T. Archibald Cary of RicS
mond, has been probated in the cir
cult court of Goochland county.
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WOULD ACCEPT MANDATE

LUCERNE, August f30.-Prince George
Lotfallah. personal friend Of Emil
Feisal, King of Syria. said today thai
the king was willing to accept a foreign
mandate for Syria, preferably American
or British. '.+
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-10

0cOi SSS O8I peullcI psS CoooCc
against Dempsey not only because
of his punch but by his being what
lis COMMONLY termed q smart"
boxer. A smart" boxer is one Who
uses his brains. The hrainy boxer,
like the individual in civilian life.
has Z foseAte chance OF getting to
the top.
Nearly Gil champions have not
only been hard hitters but hard
thinkers As we'll. Dempsey knocked
out Willard with bone -crushiug hits.
But before he connected them with
Jaw and body he used his brain.
Notice his pictures Of the fight and
you will observe Dempsey. back
turned, running away from the
Kansan. Then he turns, suddenly,
on the unsuspecting Jess. and
cleaves through openings with ter
rible thrusts that take all the fight
out Of the champion. Dempsey IL a
smart fighter.
Out.Tricked Beckett.
Carpenter out-tricked the power
full Joe Beckett with the simplest OF
ring hoaxes. Feinting rapidly for
the body, he lowered Beckett's
guard, leaving the jaw unprotected
A lightning right beating the up
coming Of the Englishman's hands
terminated the fight.
FitZsimmons wasn't a smart boxer
but he was very crafty fighter. He
planned every move for openings
for his terrible punches. Many
fighters were careless in breaking
from clinches IN the old days wher
hitting In the breaks predominated
Bob was always alert for these
openings and scored many knock.
outs on breaks" He once jolted
Peter Maher into Nodland in thi.
manner 80 seconds after the open
ing bell.
Mace Idol Of Day.
! Jem Mace was one Of the mos
famous fighters of bare knuckll
days. A great boxer and Furnishing
hitter in addition to being smart.
When he had wrestled an opponent
to the turf london ring rules
Jen usually damned his knee int
an opponents wind" or face. Very
lieve US.
Kid Mccoy was a noted trickster
He made up in strategy what. h
lacked in weight. He often rubbed
rOsin from the floor on his glove!
to cut an opponents face. Once
accidentally or Intentionally, he hi
Joe Choyiniski after the bell hat
rurg. The blow really decided TIL
fight and the Kid got away" with ii
Young Corbett wasn't a grea
boxer but he could hit-and talk
He talked Terry McGovern into ;
red rage on two occasions Ant
knocked him out each time.
- Bat Nelson Smart.
! Bat Nelson had a smart fighting
brain. He used to rub an ointmen
in his hair which made it STAN
out like bristies on brush. The.
eventually found. the way into al
opponents eyes. Bat called it hi
"porcupine punch"
4 Leach Cross wasn't a champion
but he was a dangerous fighter be
cause he used his head. Leacl
often played groggy-an old Fftz
simmons trick His antagonist, be
lieving the rolling head and stag
gering legs the cut for the finishin,
touch, waded in incautiously. Leacl
would then straighten up like {
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-10
BETTER Than
WHISKY FOR
COLDS AND FLU
New Elixir, Called Aspir.
onal, Medicated With La
test Scientific Remedies,
Used and Endorsed by
European and American
Army Surgeons to Cut
Short a Cold and Prevent
Complications.
Every Druggist in U. 8.
Instructed to Refund
Price While You Wait at
Counter If Relief Does
Not Come Within Two
Minutes.
Delightful Taste, Immedi-
ate Rekef, Quick Warm
Delightful Taste, Immedi:
ate Rekef, Quick Warm.
Up.

The sensation of the year IN the
drug trade is Aspironal, the 2-min-
ute cold and cough reliever. author.
itatively guaranteed by the labora-
tories; tested. approved and most
enthusiastically endorsed by the
highest authorities. and proclaim@
by the common people as 10 times
as quick and effective as whisky.
rock and rye, or any other cold and
cough remedy they have ever tried.
ALI drug stores are now supplied
with the wonderful new elixir. 20
all you have to do to get rid Of that
cold is to step into the nearest drug
store, hand the clerk halt dollar
for q bottle of Aspironal and tell
him to serve you two teaspoonfuls
with fo9 teaspoqpfIls OF water In
a glass; With YOUR watch IN your
hand, take the drink at one swallow
and call for your money back In
two minutes if you cannot feel your
cold fading away like . dream
within time limit. Don't be bash
full, for all druggists invite you and
expect you. to try it Everybody's
Going it
When your cold or cough is re-
lisved. take the remainder 9: the
bottle home to your wife and b.
bies. for Aspironal 10 by far the
safest and most effective. the cas-
lest to take and the most agreeable
cold and cough remedy for infants
and ckilereu.-(Adv.)
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jackNtn-the-b ox-And whip over his
own hnishef.
Jack Skeily describes . eight in
which another great stcategist.
Yankee Sullivan. participated
largely with his gray matter:
leAA 4, Cane Through.
"Wnen Sullivan fought game
Billy Bell Of Brooklyn in ~, 10
bare-knuckle rounds. he was really
beaten, for In the middle OF the last
session he whispered to his much
cleversf opponent: Il give up, Bell.
I'm licked. BELL turned to walk
to his corner and Sullivan. quick a.
= lash, delivered q smashing blow
on the back OF Bells neck which
sent him down and out. This Of
course was not fair nor manly tao
tics, but It was one OF Yankees
nasty tricks to land . decisive
nasty punch as . last resource"
Smart" boxers always have q
good chance against the heaviest OF
hitters. This is the case OF Georges
Carpenter against our own JaHk
DaWpsey>
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Iowa Chesred . By, Pros
pects Of New Football
Team.

Iowa City, Iowa, Dec. 10.-Iowa,
having gained first class position
in the 1890 western conference
grfdiron rise, = entestA1nlAg hopes
Of turning out = stronger agEresa-
tion next year.
Tue HAWkeye team succeeas0 n
retaining the state championship
title tAfs year and will suffer
slightly during the coming seAson,
duo TO the tact that oAly two play-
ers Will be cut II the lineup in
1921.
The two players barred by the
three-year rule are Lawrence
Block and Robert Kaufman.
tackle and guard, respectively.
This ID IN unusual record, as the
ending beasoA usually sees numef>
oas. stars forced o0t Of the game
by conference rules.
Other Prospects.
II ineligibilfties or other ills do
not interpose in 1921, Slater, the
negro tickle will come back; and
with Aubrey Devine, quarterback
and captain, leading, there will
also be such ungraduAted starr al
Bedding, end; Kadesky, Paul,
Smith and Sykes, ends;- and a
promising list Of linemen, such as
Mead. Thompson, Minnick, Hunter.
van opsterhout, Longley. Walters,
Try White, Hicks and Cherokee
Smith.
In the backneld. the captains
brother, Glenn Devine, JaQua,
Rich, Organ, Griffith, Former Cap
| tain Kelly. Rath. Locke, Shuttle
WORTH Klatt and Ty Smith OF
Marshalltown, are likely to wait
/ Coach Jones orders next Septem-
Der.
\ Coed Fresh" Timber.
The 1925 freshmen eleven was
from that hotbed of enthusiastic
young athletes, the following year
lings of today may Be sophomore
entrants on Iowa Held next year
Backfieid prospects: White, BAL
LEY, tombstone, Miller, Day, Gla-
xier and Anderson. Ends: Bovds.
ton, Pangborn and Kinney.
Other yearlings prospective can
didates for line posts are: Nor
rison, FINLEY, Saggua, Finn, Berg
kriz and Williams. A third pros
pect for a quarterback of rare
merit is Day, a husky freshman
from Davenport.
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TO lax BovVl'


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submitted by the athletic associa-
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All the news all :he tims-The
Argus yzs4
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STREA TOR PUTS
IN TITl!EeLh|x
Tr1i,e t. Xinsx >Illiasls 5ailey
CAaapisasAip ana RecssAassa
Of One Of Strongest Teams

streatbr, H.. Dec. io.-l~sins
only ,pae game during the sea-
son tHc Streator High School foot
ball team, which completed It's
seasons play Thanksgiving Day
by trouncing Ottawa. 81 to -. is
claiming not only the Illinois val
ley championship. but the right to
b regarded - one Of the strongest
teams in the state. AS !.
Among teams Streator defeesed
this year are East Aurora, west
Aurora, Joliet and 81 Paso. The
eleven Was coached by Lowell
Dale, a graduate OF Wabash Col
lege, Indd. Following is Streator's
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SHORT FIGHT-YES!

Topeka, Kan.-Jess, Willard be-
lieves he has all the physical at
tributes to. give Dempsey an even
steven fight as long as it lasts.
Jess is figuring on getting in con-
dition to step at full speed for
four or five rounds and not build
up for a 15-round mill.
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SOXE PROGRESS,

Boston.-By electing Mack Aid
rich captain OF the Yale eleven. the
school has broken q precedent of
long standing. All~former leaders
Of Eli elevens were from the big
prep schools. Aldrich is from a
high school in Fall River.
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DIFFERENT NOW.

st. Louis.-When Miller Higgins
was manager here he made quite =
reputation as David Harum"
trader. But since he went te>New
York he isn't doing 20 well. Rival
clubs hesitate to give the big town
teams anything.
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8 TRAIL
|IElR TEAM
1cDRE25-fe
nIn.1a lany y Ssesnd
Dsnsss - Ts1AsFrsw
Night

nhomores won the undis-
6nvionship Of Ausustana
~ night by defeating the
the last game Of the
- basketball tournament
- Of rs to 1s. The Sophs
~ outclassed their rivals
S respect, and only once ~
- hat the upper classaAn
% much as . fighting
4 - NJ It the opening of The
hajf. The score stood u TO
~ e. Sophs at the end Of the
si essiod. but at the opening Of
- half It looked as II the
- would stage a comeback.
& fact, they did play superior
ssaaaIl than they displayed In
: nsaing period.
ls1jees ct Eight Psiats.
kfaIiy annexed eight points to
- 1ccss before the SopAs could
- thensslves. However, this
EssIlv II not last, and the Seniors,
1890 they showed real basket
"a, eosIA not overcome the 1c-
sslSt lead which the Sophs had
ir1sesd in the first part Of the
! N times, however, the upper
shssmen outclassed their rivals,
II snnexed IA points In this
nd to the Sophs' seven.
~ champions havs gone
nfuush the tournament without q
800. being the only team which
= nj succumbed at least once to
= OPPOSING quintet. They have
1hev1d superior basket ball
0resghout the entire tournament,
- hys without . doubt the best
elsss team of the school. Thil
rms victory is a repetition oil
III yser, the sophs- having alsc
~ ne honors in their freshman
iaf.
Coed Varsity StuH.
4 This years inter-class tournA-
nsnt has brought out some bright
Prospect for members of the varsity
luhtet, and Coach Swedberg has
NJ hopes Of q successful season
X The coming Year,. Augie'S hrst
pne Of the season will be played
morrow night on its home f1ool
stsn they meet the Palmer School
4 Chirnpractic FIVE.
me game promises TO- be a rea'
htle: the chiros have been hold.
hg daily practice Tor some time
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-10
Bis GOLF BODY
PLAN Barred BY
FAMOUS EXPERT
Crafts ". Higgins Ridicules Eurs-
peaa Bales - Adopted ! By
Psrs1tlU. s. Body,

Chicago, Dec. 0.-Announce-
msnt Of thA proposal OF the west
ern Golf association to reorganize
- . national body with the name
American Golf association and the
svowed purpose, - the supreme
gole authority in America, OF max
ing new set Of rules that will not
retain the archaisms and obscur-
titles of the Scotch and English
laws Of the game, has brought
forth comment on this phase Of
golf rules from Crafts w. Higgins,
assistant secretary of the Western
organization. Higgins is known
among golfers as the human rule
boo0 Of golf, because he HIS &C.
lively managed more tournaments
than any other man and has every
rule at the end of his tongue.
what does an American know
about bog or bent heather?" asked
Higgins, in discussing the rules
Even the word honor in all the
rule books is spelled honour" in
the English fashion. while cog
nizance is taken of the vegetable
groNths mentioned, and sheer
tracks, which are never met with
on an American course, are taker
up, nothing is said about gopher
holes, crab crawls and other i'm.
| pediments with which an American
| golfer has to contend.
Explains Fallacy.
"In the recent western OpeT
championship at Olympia fields
Clarence Hacksey Of Atlantic City
with . chance to tie the winning
score, found his excellent 250-yart
drive on the last hole alf but ou
of sight in crab hole in the-mid
die Of the fairaway. He had tt
play It where it lay or drop bacl
with a penalty Of two strokes.
The two-stroke penalty woult
have been fatal, but he had
chance by playing out, if his en-
deavor proved successful. He tool
q shovelful Of earth and got tn,
ball out q few feet from the hol,
by playing back toward the tee
Then he placed 175-yard iron ap
proach within Is feet of the cuI
and holed it for a'par four.
\ Jock Hutchinson came alon,
later with the winning score, bu
If a rule had not penalized his per
feet drive because it happened tt
land in An unforeseen crab hole, b,
might have been one stroke bette
OH. F
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GOPHER eleven
| FAR FROM BLUE


Minneapolis, Mimi, Dec. To-
Preparations. for building . whirl-
~ team which may conte1l Tor
- Tn gridiron honors in l93l
A4se been started by Coach H. L.
W10faHAs Of Minnesota. In u It
esapt - 61set the disastrous lceees
aus1pg Tie lnst season, the Cophsrs
AAs6 been pfacttcing on the-- Aeld
during the me weAtAer.< The coach
h placing especial emphasis q thp
aevelUpneAt AZ puntues.
h A revised 0uant q 0oee eligible
fof tAe 1871 tean eAoWs oaly three
veterans mtssGng--CAptain Afntsen,
FAKE And >11cC liAtDck. Who will
complets their university work next
spring.
fsur va oased9 ~
Tlsrney, Regnier. Dvorak and
Tehefg have announced they will
change their scholastic schedules
end will not graduate next spring
that they may have another chance
1t Football. Trig johnson, a line
man, and Earl Martineau, a back
whoswere not allowed to complete
their registration by university
authorities this fall, will be eligible
for football.
It u estimated that 81 letter men
will be ready TO start next fall when
DR.. Williams calls for candidates
Bob Butler, member of the 1915
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fLIER TRAINS.

Cambridge, Mass.-Johnny Scholz.
the Missouri sprinter who has es-
tablished his residence here, is
training for indoor sprinting again.
| Scholz is a flier on the board track.
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RUNYONS UTILITY
BILL CREATES STIR
Much Speculation as to Which
Commissioners Will Be Re-
moved After Passage
KNIGHT AND GAUL NAMED

trenton. March 4.-Removal Of two
OF the members Of the Public Utility
commission as authorized in a bill in
troduced in the Legislature By Senator
hunyon, Of Union. has caused more or
less speculation in political circles as
to which members the bill would affect
IN the event Of the measure becoming n
law. Specifically the proposed legislation
repeals supplement TO the act Great =
ing the commission approved February
20. lolS. authorizing appointment Of
Two additional members to the existing
board of three members.
=, At the time of the adoption of the act
the board consisted OF Messrs. Slocum.
March and Donges. Almost Immediately
upon the passage Of the supplement Gov
crn0r Edge appointed George r. Wright.
OF Paterson, as one Of the members au-
thorlzed by the act giving the executive
power to appoint two new members.
Prior TO the appointment of Mr.
wright. Mr.. Donges had resigned to
perform some appraisal work for the
government during the war. and this
was three months after the passage Of
the supplement. In his place Governor