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The Washington herald., 1920-07-03
MAGISTRATE HELD
FOR KILLING MAN

Philadelphia. July 2.-One magis-
trate faced another this morning in
Central Station and was held with
out bail for the action of the cor
oner in connection with the death
of o:e man and the injury OF two
others in an automobile accident last
night.
Magistrate Byron D. Wrigley was
arraigned before Magistrate Carson
at 10 o'clock. No witnesses were
introduced and the unusual pro-
ceeding was over in a few minutes
The Washington herald., 1920-07-03
BALTIMORE OFFICIAL
DIES IN AUTO WRECK

Baltimore. July 2.-John l. Cor
nell. assistant city solicitor OF Bal
timore. was almost instantly killed
while his wife escaped unharmed
today when an automobile in which
they were riding skidded from the
road near Ridgeviile. Nd. turned
over and finally smashed against a
telegraph pole. Cornell was caught
between the machine and the pole.
His wife was thrown from the car
as 1t turned turtle.
The young city ofiicial was well
known throughout Maryland and
also in Washington. He was for
mer counsel for the Maryland Anti
Vice Society and was active in Re-
publican politics.
The Washington herald., 1920-07-03
Little Girl Thespians
Net 5000 for Casualty

Eleven little girls walked into
Casualty Hospital yesterday and
handed Evan H. Tucker. president
Of the hospital board. 5000. the
proceeds of a play given by them
for the benefit of the hospitals
building fund drive for $4,000.
The play was given at the home
of Dorothy NJ. Schenken, SIS D
street northeast. The other girls
were Frances Miller, Dorothy
Oehmann. Elizabeth Welch, Emile
Crawford, Marian Gardner. Cath
crime Malay, Thelma Fowler. Bat
taile Scott, katherine Luh and
Grace Skidm0re.
The Washington herald., 1920-07-03
Births Reported.

.scudder and Anna +. Riddle. boy (twins)
Harry II. and Pearl Fox boy.
Porter y. and Gladys Patrick, girl.
Joseph v. and Elizabeth Morgan, boy.
VIM. G. and Ruth nlch, girl.
Frank Z. and Halle Mann, boy.
David X. and Frances A. Luxen, girl.
Wesley Q. and Maxine Cox, girl.
VIM. X. aud Mabel NJ. LOOMS, girl.
Raymond and AnnabeII al. Hart, bov.
John q. and Lottie n. Benton, girl.
John Z. and Mutel Hanna, girl,
Wilfred W. and Mildred II, Anger, boy
James A. and Mary +. Gallagher, girl.
yiri. 1'
Benjamin K. and Grace d. Greene, boy.
John :. and Margaret I. West, girl.
clark A. and Dora r. De Rosia, girl.
Jessie Il. and Edna Henderson, girl.
George Y. and Dorithy ]. Belt, boy.
WIN. q. and Lorraine q. Kapplar, girl.
Edwin A. and Fancis e. Ferry. girl. .
lawrence and Lottie Madison, girl.
VIM. and Ella Delaney. siri.
Murray and Fannie Davis, giri,
Robert and Daisy i.anier, eiri.
Burreii I. and Mary y. Brown, girl.
John aud Julia Davis, hoy.
george u. Ind Nellie b. Walker, boy.
john w. and Helen N. N. Campbell, boy.
The Washington herald., 1920-07-03
Prospective Roomer Steals Bond.

Looking over a room for the os-
tensible purpose of renting it, an
unidentified man yesterday stole a
$50 Liberty bond and SIS in currency
from the home of Mrs. Clara Lick
ner. 632 Seventh street northeast.
The intruder is described as 25 years
old, 5 feet s inches in height. smooth
,shaven. light complexioned and
dressed in a check suit, tan straw
hat and tan shoes.
The Washington herald., 1920-07-03
Harvest Hands Get 81 Per Day.

Martinsburg. w. Va, July p
Wheat harvest in this section is on
in full swing. Some farmers will
gather a very light crop. due to the
ravages of the fly, but in most cases
an above the average crop will be
garnered. Harvest hands are de-
manding 81 a day, the highest price
ever paid for that service in the
Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia.
The Washington herald., 1920-07-03
Writers League Meets.

Members OF the Writers League
OF washington met at the Public
Library last night. Miss Marie l..
Dallas' vice president presided,
The meeting was given over to the
usual reading and criticism of orig
inal manuscripts.
The Washington herald., 1920-07-03
K. of e. Start on Outing.

The members OF Spaulding Coun-
Gil, Knights of Columbus, and their
friends will leave today for a
three-day excursion to Ridge. Md.
The Washington herald., 1920-07-03

t;more, where she was taken for
treatment last week. Russell Scla-
ter, 46, died last night at the home
OF his brother-in-law, Mr.. Rothwell.
after a long illness.
The Washington herald., 1920-07-03
Deaths Reported.

Andrew G. wilcoa. 70 years, e:s 10th st.
Mary Roetschi. Z months, Children's Hospt.
Agnes Christine Abell. hours, 414 Ken
ucky ave. se.
,ioy Hin Wong. IS. Wash. Asylum Hospt.
Rachel Robinson, 2s. Se6 Dixon court sw.
Roberta Taylor. a. 202l 18th ct. rw.
Joseph w. Perrin. 81, 2133 Va. ave. NV.
fobert Campbell. o. Freedmen's Hospt.
sodonia Brown. IS, Gsrneld Hozu.
Nineen a. Warren, months. 2051 st.
The Washington herald., 1920-07-03
Debt Of Nation Is Reduced
By ODer Billion Dollars
At Close Of Fiscal Year

1920. The gross public debt. less
balance IN tho general fund on June
80. 1919. was s24.2s2sl1.3S2.51 as
against s2s.s41.s1s.7s4s4 en- June
80. 1920.
The Treasury Department COM
pilation OF tn. gross debt at the END
of the fiscal year o. 1e19-1s2o. based
up"r daily Treasury statements. Is
as follows:
The Washington herald., 1920-07-03
Two Charlottesville Deaths.

Charlottesville, Va, July Mrs.
Frieda Newman. wife of n. Newman,
Of this city, died yesterday in Bal
The Washington herald., 1920-07-03
tPubllc Ledger service.)

Reduction of s1.1s5.174.ss3.ss in
the national Gebt during the fiscal
year which closed yesterday is
noted in preliminary figures made
public by the Treasury Department.
The gross debt on June 80. 1919.
was s25.4s4.5oe1eo.o5 as compared
with REHABILITATION on June 30.
Total gross debt May 81, 1920. -.
Public debt receipts June / to 30. 1e
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-01-21
NAME H0RWEEN AS CAPTAIN OF
 HARVARD TEAM

Cambridge, Mass, Jan. 21-At 8 meeting of the Harvard varsity foot ball players yesterday afternoon Arn- old Horween of Chicago was elected Captain of the eleven for next. year.
 Harvard's new leader Is in the class of 1921, last year being his first with the varsity, although after play ing with the freshman team in the fall of 1S1S~ he was Captain of the Harvard informal eleven the fol- lowing year. Horween then entered the navy, but returned to college last spring and did some pitching for the baseball nine.
 Last fall he played in two positions for Capt Billy Murray's team, being at centre as well as at half back for the last month of the season and ha.v- ing experience in each position in each of ~Harvard's big games.
 Against Oregon, however, he play ed in the backfie1d and kicked the goal from touchdown that provided Harvard with it's winning point. Whether Harvard's new Captain will play centre or behind the line will not be decided until next fall. He weighs more than 200 pounds and last season was the most powerful man on the squad.
 Aronld Horween Is a brother of Ralph Horween, who played on the team last fall and who kicked a field goal against Yale.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-01-21
England's Last Ring Champion Was Jen
 Smith, Now Dead

This is the fifty-seventh birthday of Jem Smith, the last heavyweight champion of England under prize ring rules. Jem was born in Lon don on Jan, 21, 1863, and his youthe ful employment was in lumber yard. There he had to carry heavy weights, and although he was only a little over five feet in height, he de- veloped the arms and chest muscles of giant. This later proved to be a disadvantage, for 1t prevented him from developing speed and grace, and some experts declared he was nuscle-bound. After several glove bouts, the last of the great gladia- tors of the British prize ring made his debut in the old-fashioned bare knuckle style in 1885, when Jem knocked out Jack Davis in eight min utes. The prize ring was on It's last legs in England, and Smith had to go to France for his next battles.
 In 1886 he fought Ali Greenfield near Paris, but the affair broke up in a row. In 1887 Jem again went to France to fight Jake Kilrain, the American, for the championship of the world. Thisg bout went 196 rounds to g. draw, but Kilrain had the best of it. In 1889 Smith was match ed with Peter Jackson for the cham pionship of the British Empire, and the great negro stopped him in the second round. lem then fought another Australian, Frank S1avin, in Belgium, to"a fourteen round draw In 1898 Jem was stopped in two rounds by Dan Creedon, the Austral- ian middleweight and a little later lost to George Crisp. That ended the pugi1istic career of England's last prize-ring champion.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-01-21
STECHER WILL
 MAKE PADDOCK HUSTLE TO WIN

New York, Jan. z1.-Earl Caddook with his thousand holds'' should not over-enthuse his followers and cause them to lay too much on the Iowan's success in his match with Joe Stecher, the Nebraska boy, in their match at Madison Square Garden on Jan. 80. This boy, Stecher, has per fected quite g. lot of nigty holds him. self and the sweeping victories he has scored of late tells his good condi- tion.
 The most significant victory of the lot was that over the boy wonder, John Pesek, from Shelton, Neb., who he Hoped twice in a bout last Thurs day night. This was a fost remark able performance in itself, but the fact that he downed the husky youth with 9, head scissors, Caddock's fav- orite hold, combined with a double wrist lock, for the first fan and with a double-arm lock for the third and final fall, proved he has developed something besides his. favorite body scissors.
 In defeating Pesek, Stecher did a mans trick. This boy, although lit t1e heard of in these parts truly is a remarkable mat artist. When Stech- CT threw him twice the other night ' it marked the first time that the young man ever had his shoulders pressed to the mat, and he has en- gagged them all, and either won by falls or decisions. And that Stecher didn't have it easy and that he prov. ed he was game, was made evident in the fact that Pesek downed Stech- CT for the second fall, but came back to win the third. It took Joe two hours and five minutes to wir the first flop.
 The defeat shouldn't discourage i Pesek, who is only a boy, not yet 1T his majority. He has great physica advantages for a wrestler, weighing something close. to 225 pounds ant has neck that measures twenty one inches. We would, indeed, like te see the Shelton farmer in a bout here
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-01-21
RICH HOlYOKE
 FANS READY TO
 TAKE FRANCHISE

Hoiyoke, Mass, eJan. 31.-Whethe this city will be represented in the Eastern League this season will de- pend upon the results of meetings scheduled tI4s week. The lack of a ball park is the only thing thing that has kept this red-hot baseball town from having & ball team. It is satd on good authority that manufacturers and others will raise $1o,000 to put a team in town, securing the Provi- denoe, R. I. franchise, and in every way help to support the club, pro- vidtng the park board outs legal red Aape and passes on to the playground commission the Beach steet park, so- called. in the rear of the Vocational School.
 The present plans would allow the playground commission to set aside part of this park for an enclosed high school athletic field, with the stpu- lation that if Holyoke Is to be repre- sented in the big league, the high school team would arrange its sched- uie so that it would not conflict with the other teams schedule
 There are meetings scheduled this week by committees representing the Chamber of Commerce, High School lAIumnl ASSOCl6I1On, anu playSTounu commissioners with members of the Park board. Mayor John F. Cronin has signified his approval of the transfer of the park, but Chairman George H: Sinclair of the Park board is against the idea Conrad J. He- mond, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, and president of the High School Alumni Association, is red hot baseball fan, and has been urging Holyoke's securing an Eastern league franchise for several years. He Is one of those behind the scheme.
 Holyoke Is trying to dope out who Dan O'NeiPs "angeI' is, and the bets are evenly divided between Dr. Frank A. Woods, former major league player, and George A. Skinner of the Skinner Silk Mills. Both are suff!- Giently interested in baseball to finance a ball club. Thomas F. Car mody, chairman of the Chamber of Commerce baseball committee, who was active in trying to secure legis- 1ation allowing Sunday baseball in Massachusetts following the stopping of amateur games in Holyoke by the state police, may also be interested in the financing of a club here.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-01-21
Say Dempsey's War
 Record Is Not Good
American Legion Paper Roasts Champion Who Sneaked Into Shipyard While Weaker Men Were Going
 Into Uncle Sam's Service.

New York, Jan. 21-A scathing edi- torial on Jack Dempsey, heavyweight champion pugilist, appears in tha latest issue of the Home Sector, the magazine for ex-soldiers which is conducted by the former editorial council of the Stars and Stripes, the official A. E. F. publication. The editorial Is entitled "Amertca's Great est Fighter" and is written around the fact that Dempsey failed to shoulder 8 gun during tho recent world war, Dempseys right to the claim of such distinction being round ly ridiculed.
 A comparison of the work of Dempsey and Georges Carpentier, the French heavyweight who Is to meet the American for the worlds heavy weight championship, appears eIse- where in the issue of the Home Sec- tor, which made it's appearance yes- terday. Dempsey is shown in civi1ial attire and Carpentier in his uniform as a member of the French Aviation Service, and the story deals with Dempsey's failure to get into ac- ton.
 If there is no unforeseen interven- tfon or failure of plans, Jack Demp- sey will climb into the squared ring next Summer carrying the title o1 Americas greatest fighter and, in the prizefight in the history sof sports
 championship.
 Americas greatest fighter! Pause oyer the phrase.
 Americas greatest fighter---hero ot a few weeks in the shipyards, hero ot a few minutes battle with Jess Will lard, hero of the fur overcoat and the fat bank account, hero of the moving pictures at several thousand dollars g nently profitable years in the United States while the greatest worlds championship was being fought .sev- eral thousand miles away.
 Americas greatest fighter---he who never knew the feel of gun on hil shoulder, the weight Of full pack or his back, the weary length of a mudd! kilometer, the whine of an enem. shell
 Is he as great fighter as Scotty the 17-year-old boy who. put to holt a path in tho woods north of Chateau
 Thierry. killed 30 charging German before he died on his Chachzt7 Is h.
 as great a hero as the underweight near-sighted, dat-footed stenographe who lied about all of his defects, go l into the army. and. with a bullet il his sheuiier, brought in 30 prisoners 8 Soissons?
 America 8. greatest fighter? No. no l by several millions. And the ptctur of Dempsey. demanding s4e0,oOo for al
 hours appearance in the ring, the re cent discussion of the possibility o his going to France to fight two year after the fighting is over there, is to much. The present federation of Demp sey denotes lack of consideration fo 1 avery one of the 5000, 900 fighting me- l in thls country. The suggestion tha he go to France Is something like al insult to those old buddies Of our who, not so many kilometers Iron Paris, lie row on TOW, through snoN ] and rain and sunshine, never to figh f---nor speak---again.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-01-21
VAST AMOUNTS
 PAID IN TRACK
 PRIZES IN 1913

New York, Jan. 21.-That the rac- ing of thoroughbreds on' the tracks which include those operated in the United States, Cuba, and Canada stood up in strong fashion during the last year of the war and augers strongly for a vast improvement in the financial side of the game for the season to come, is indicated by the returns registered from each of the organizations which fostered the sport in 1919.
 The figures show that the vast sum of $4,642,S65 was distributed to the winning owners through the medium of 4,4O8 races decided, with th1s money total showing an increase of $1,217,518 over the previous year.
 If such financial offerings as were made by the Cuba-American Jockey and the Montreal and Toronto organ izations, which amounted to $2S3, 1895, s950 and s3,507 respectively, are de- .ducted this would leave the grand total for purely American organiza- tions s4,354,915.
 In a most comprehensive financial statement of the amounts in stakes and purses which were made by the racing organizations on this continent teachings back to 1916. which was one of the banner years. Racing Form shows that during that gala racing period the distribution was $5,- APO, 1881. while in. 1917 the vast sum of $5,375,554 was apportioned among the winners.
 This was during the period when the late James R. Keene occupied tho foremost position among American turf sportsmen, winning as he did, s238,724 in 1905. s155,51s in 1910, $397, ,342 in 1907 and $2S2,342 in 1908.
 These wonderful winning totals serve to eclipse any mark ever reach ed by an American owner of thor oughbreds as did the same garnered by his great three-year old Sysonby in 1905 when he won $144,sSo, and by his two-year- Colin, the unbeat- en in 1907, when that great youngster annexed the total of s131,007, a sum which has not been eclipsed by any two-year-o1d in America save the same owners Domino, which wen s170,890 in 1893.
 While Latonia holds the premier place in the matter of money d1stri- button it was undoubtedly the fact that twenty-eight racing days held during the period between June 4 and July 5, and the. further accumu- lation which was brought about through the running of the so-called three year-old championship race, won by Sam Hi1dreth's Mad Halter. in which that slashing good three year-oId won $44,090 as his portion. During the midsummer period Sar- atoga held sway and led the league of racing organizations in the matter won at any and all times of the year with the giving of s29s,357 for its six days of sport during which 158 races were decided.
 In the autumn Laurel came to the forefront in the award of the greatest money distribution with a grand total of $318,3S4 for it's, twenty-seven days schedule, being closely pressed by tna Latonia's autumn session at which s316,432 was the total in purses for it's twenty two days session.
 At the spring meeting of the West chester Racing Association. which holds forth at Belmont Park, there were eighteen racing days which net ted the winning owners the tidy sum
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-01-21
Fletcher And Kauff
 Stay With Giants
Fans Thought They Would Be Let Out But Manager McGEaw Has Assured Them They Will
 Stick With Club.

New York, Jan. A----Ihere are distant runaa,les emanaang from the neighborhood of the Giants office that indicate something startling is shortly to, break forth from that district. While the fans spent all Winter figuring on the new blood that MoGraw intended to fnsdl into his lineup, 1t begins to look that few new faces will be seen under Giant caps for some days. Of course if some prodigy fldts across the base ball Armament and McGraw can nail it, he will. At the present moment indications are very remote.
 Benny Kauff and Arthur Fletcher were the first two the fans banishe ed from the sanct1ty of the Polo Grounds. It carried no weight with the self appointed juries that these tossers did g. lot of good work on the banks of the Harlem. The sentence was to attach the can to the play CTS and bid 'em Godspeed. As far has informed the classy shortfielder not to worry over getting turned out into the cold by the improvised jury
 These tales of exodus were 30 per- sdstent that McGraw felt it only fa.i1 for Fletcher to get the true dope and he dropped @ line to~the captain who is resting up in St Louis. The few words just begged Fletcher to pay nc attention to any stories but to get ir shape for the coming season and not to forget that the team begins train ing practice at San Antonio, Texas March g..
 Kauff has received an intimation that he will be expected to do his bes1 oIft near the fences and also not tc fail to be on hand when the train leaves here for Texass
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-01-21
HARTFORD TO
 HAVE NEW MEN ON 1920 TEAM

Hartford, Jan. 21.-Approximatefy ten weeks from today, Dan Howley, general of the Hartford Baseball club, will lead squad of about twenty-fivf. players onto the old Weth ersf1eld ave- nue baseball grounds and active preparations for the campaign os 1920 in the Eastern League will start. insofar as this city is concerned James H. C1arkin, owner of the club yesterday announced that he had definitely decided to keep the old ball. grounds intact another year instea% of breaking 1t up for building lots.s as was his intention when the 1919s season ended. The club will start training about the first of April. #
 The squad that Manager Dan leads onto the battle-scarred diamond will include few familiar faces to local fans. The manager himself will be new to the followers of the sport around here, while. among the play CTS, only Ralph Head and Bill Adams. two pill beavers, will be known any where near intimately. Others of the squad might be recognized, however, as it is likely that some of the play CTS who will perform for. the local club during the coming season will be brought from other teams in the oIG New England league. When the team Is finally chosen and the little old Eastern starts its battle for the pen nant, the fans will see their hopes | of the diamond in brand new uni | forms of brighter hue than the uni forms of the past teams. It is How | iey's intention to have everything new
 this season but the ball park.
 l AS is usual at this time of the sea- l son, the Hartford manager is being | swanped with mail from all over the | States, sent by young players who
 want to break into professional ball.
 One letter yesterday was from .
 couple of boys who played together
 lover there" pitcher and an out
 fielder, and one wouldn't come unless
 the other could travel along. Eddie
 Lenehan, second baaeman on the
 team last year. also wrote & letter to
 Clarkin, asking what the prospects
 were of getting onto the team again l the coming season. Eddie wrote
 that, if he came along, he would
 want to play in his usual Nesition.
 first base, which probably accounts
 for Eddfe's poor playing on the key
 stone sack last year-he was not 4c-
 customed to that particular part of
 the field. AS Howley intends to bring
 real first baseman and second
 sacker to the club for the coming season, Eddie will not be among
 those present when the squad trots
 out on the diamond for the annual l tryouts