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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-13

mon in order in his trick of three inn
ings. and Perry did the same thing.
but he walked Galloway in the third,
only for Myatt to hit into double
play. PeSry seems to have everything
that made him ono of the most success
ful pitchers in the American League.
He is training hard. and never was
in better shape. Already he weighs five
pounds less than he did in 1918.
konncy also curved finely. and the
man who predicted that he was going
to have a great year probably will 500
his wish granted NayIor finished for
tho Whites and was hit hard in spots.
but head work saved. Naylor took it
easy, as he did not want to take any
chances in the cold weather. Perry.
Kinney and NaylOr convinced the camp
followers that the veteran big three
are tit for real work. Eckert. Grpvcll
and Gibson pitched for the beaten rcgu
lars. GrevPll was mussed badly in tho
fourth inning after retiring the first two
hittCrS to face him.
Doubles by Welsh, Burrus and Me
Cam. Dykcs's HON, run. Wingo's pass
and Burus's muff of PcrkinS's fly CAV,
five runs. Highs pass and Walsh 5
home run in IN" seventh gave two more
runs to the Whites Gibson was nirch
ing in this round
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-13
MuIlin and Linaugh Selected TOT
Berths on Mythical Five.
Oakes Best Forward
Euening Ledger Selection
of 1920 AH.Catholic Fiue
FIRST TEAM
By PAUL PREP

The Catholic Schools basketball
League contest ends tonight when Villa
nova Prep and Catholic High meet. A
victory for the latter will bring the
prple and gold into deadlock with
Villanova for the runner-up position in
the final standing. st. Joseph's Prep,
with seven wins and one defeat, has
been crowned the seasons champion.
Standings of the teams follow;
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-13
AuaIe Rather Too Cleuer

Buffalo, y. y, March l3-Augic Ratner.
the sensational middleweIEht was an easy
night oyer steve Choynski NJ Koiamazoo'
II the feature ten'round bout before mere
than 1000 enthusiastic night fans Rather
westerner.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-13
Nativity Is Beaten

The kcnsirE'nrr A.I.S,ary defeated the NJ
of - to Is.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-13
FlRST TEAMS
SECOND TEAMS
Picking an CAIN

Picking an "AIl''
With the Catholic cage season vir-
tully finished, there is nothing else to
do but start lot Of controversies by
selecting an 'all' five. or rather q
couple of EN-. This seems to be in
order, at the conclusion of most every
scholastic competition.
Four of the five schools entered in
the Catholic circuit are represented or
the EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER All.
Catholic five. Two of West Philadel
while one each is selected from st. Joe
La Sale and Villanova.
Johnny Oakes, of st. Joe. is the best
Of the forward material. Next in line
comes Mullin, of West Philadelphia
Catholic, followed by White, of La
Sale. and Blake. Mullins teammatc
The ST. Joe star leads the league in
field goals, and really is the best all
round forward in the circuit.
White leads in scoring foul goals, but
he does not possess the aggressiveness
speed nor endurance of Mullin, hence
the latter is picked as running mate
with Oakes. leaving the La Sale star
and Blake for the second team.
Brennan at Center
Dick Cream, of ST. Joe, and Brennan
of La Sale, stand out as the king pin
pivot men. The former leads in total
number of points scored, but he has
been outscored from scrimmage by
Brennan. In games against each othe,
Brennan has had a slight edge or
Cream. Thus Brennan, the stronger
player, is given first choice, while
Cream gets the center job for the second
team
Coming to the guard positions. Hen.
nenberger, of Nillanova Prep. and Lin
augh, captain of West Catholic, top the
list The latter is to West Catholic
exactly what Oakes is to ST. Joe-ths
dependable man. He plays remark
able floor game. is fast, alert. cracl
defensive player and has the tenacity tC
stick to an opponent when sent in tc
shut out man.
Hennenberger is n big fellow, hi,
height proving n great asset. He ha,
been the best pasScr in the league ant
when in possession Of the ball usually
managed to hold on to it, Other gooc
guards are Dougherty. of Catholic High
Di Filippo, of West Catholic, and Mar
tin. of st. Ioe. Martin and Doughcrty
arc given the second teams berths.
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Tom Shibe Interested

A LARGE audience had formed by this
"A time, for the monologuc was getting
intensely interesting. Tom Shibe. who
knows something of financiering. gazed
at the speaker with an inrrodulous look
on his face. Jimmy the FIX also was
amazed, but pulled himself together and
WAS first to break the silence.
That sounds as logical - he said,
''as chapter five in the Swiss Family
Robinson. You can get away with a
yarn like that in Cuba, where the heavy
hand of prohibition has not devastated
the land, but here, where the national
beverage consists of strawberry and
vanilla, you must put on another rec
ord"
Not so fast, rrtorted Ed. the well .
known globe trotter. NOT so FAST
You probably are not acquainted with
the flexible currency down in those
countries. Nucatan has its own mint
and printing plant. which means it coins
and prints its own money.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-13
Boston A. A. Wins Hockey Game

The Boston Athletic Association, eastern
hockey champions. displayed the best ice
defeated the Quaker City seven at the Phil.
adelphia Ice Palace last night The score
was 10 TO ?. The Boston team consi.ting
Of all star PLAYERS, seemed 10 relax their
efforts after attaining a lead Of six points
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-13
WeIsh's Head Not Hat Rack


A SQUARE -SHOULDERED ,oHth,
"a bearing tho name Of Frank Welsh,
will find a place in Connie Mack's out
field this year il he eau repeat perform
anCes of Yesterday.
In the game between tho Gray krgu-
lars and the white NaniganS, which the
latter won to 2. Welsh looked H. good
as stack of gold bullion in an Aus
trian bank.
Playing centor fold for the victorious
Whites, Welsh had a double and home
run that figured big in tho two run
making rounds Of the vicrors. In the
fourth inning, with two men ont.
Welsh started tho wrCckiuG Of GrcyoIl
by whipping a double to left. II was
n clean bit all right but an ordinary
single that Welsh, by fast running.
stretched to wo-bagger. That Incl
dent showed that the youth uses his
head for something else besides rest
ing place for his hat.
Then in the seventh inung Welsh
rammed q homer over the right field
fence with n pal ou base. Dykes and
Galloway also hit hOmers, but Welsh 5
four master was the longest and hard
est hit Of the three. Wplsh'S fine bat
ting feat was the talk Of the team. Hc
was fast on his feet and covers lots Of
StOuuu, 81 IL w III DN nara TO keep MIN
out of the garden, especially when it il
considered that one of the outfclders
Is slow on his feet. In any event,
Welsh ought to be very handy mun
TO have around. He joined the team
last fall after season in the Virginia
League, where he hit 1903 in fifty
games.
The Outfield competition promises to
be very keen. The regular positions are
filled by Walker, Strunk and Burma
but Welsh. Witt, High, Wingo and
McKnew will keep them all on their
toes.
rONNIE MACK was delighted
" orer the change in the treathcr.
~ tcdS tho frSt time all the men
acre in uniform since Sunday atter-
noon, pet eUeH yesterday the con-
ditioHs tcere not IDEAL n tcdS cool
aud chilly iOind JiCO across the
field.
Perry Is Good
DER for the Whites and -Eckert
J. for Erays did some clever curv-
Ing In games. Eckert retired nine
h \. y
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-13
Market Regulated Prices


0IIIHEN Senior Linares arrived on his
70 ~: first visit the odds were three TO
one. That meant three Yucatan dollars
were worth one of ours. Therefore the
price of admission was set at So. But
that happened TO be a good day on the
Bourse, or whatever they call it. The
next time the Yucatan dollar was worth
ten cents in our money, 50 tho bleaCher
tickets were raised to so. When the
odds became fifteen TO one, LInarCs
charged So 10 see tho games.
1T was the condition Of the money
market which regulated the prices.
Every time they put out a fresh supply
the odds changed. but the NuCatanians
didn't care. because they had Il big
supply and just HAD TO get rid of it..
Every time the reccipts fell below
$4,000 it was considered bum day.
Once more there was silence on the
veranda until Whitley Witt asked:
How did You finish the season: Gee,
but you must have mad" ton Of Yucca
tan money
"Oh, yes, " replied tho globe trott"r.
II almost forgot You know they had
an earthquake down there after the boys
had been playing n week, and you know
what an earthquake can do to n ball
club. Why. it just ruined tho league.
1t was a terrible quake and made all oC
the players try to beat each other +" the
nearest Ship"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-13

"THE American do'lnr is Mc
i standard, and therefor" the
monev market docs not fuctuGte
more than once day. Thcre rds
considerable fUciuGttOH |hcn the
b1H clVb ,ruS there
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-13

BOSTON Quaker City
LacrolN. ........... goal .,..,... .Gllmor,
O'Sull.Ynn. ......,. point .......,, Dexter
Geran. ,,....,,.,cover point ......... Hill
ReycrOf. left wing ....... Newlin
Synnott t..........riEht wing HMM, Bake,
Downing. ........ rover ........ Sharpless
Hutchinson. center ......,,. .Henriques
Goals-Reycroft; Hutchinson. .; Downing
o'Sullivan, 3; Hnl. Hpnriqucs, subs
Murche for ReYcrofti Crawford for Raker;
Souder Tor Nswlin. Reieree- Devine Timer
l-Worrell Periods-ThTee OF Is minutes
each. 'S
Evening star., 1920-05-19
RELIEF FOR TEACHERS
MAY BE ASKED FRIDAY
Citizens Committee Soon to Take
Question Of Bonus to
Congress.

The movement of the District pub
lie school teachers for emergency
financial relief in the form of a bonus
Of $500 will be formally taken to Con-
gress the latter part of this week by
a citizens committee, composed of
representatives Of trade and civic or
ganiza tions. Notification that the
citizens committee would be granted
a hearing before the House subcom-
mittee on appropriations was received
today by Duncan MacLaren. chair
man of the executive committee Of
the teachers bonus campaign.
Although the notifica ton did not
specify the date on which the com
mittee would be given its hearing.
Mr.. MacLaren expressed the belief
that it would not be before Friday.
The citizens committee will be COM
posed Of Roy G. Clafiin Of the Board
Of Trade. DR.. Arthur Ramsay of the
Chamber of Commerce. Mrs. William
E. Chamberlain of the Women's City
Club and other representatives Of
The committee will advocate the
appropriation Of a sum sufficient to
grant all District public school
school teachers a bonus Of $500, it is
in the general deficiency appropria-
ton bill. 1t also will request that
the bonus be granted before the end
Of this fiscal year.
Methods used by the District
teachers to arouse. public senti-
for $500 viii be copied by Philadel-
phia teachers in their campaign for
financial relief, according to Mr. Mac
Laren. A representative of the Phil
adclphia school teaching personnel
will confer with Mr.. MacLaren this
afternoon for the purpose of obtain
ing the plans used in the Washing
ton teachers movement.
Evening star., 1920-05-19
SAYS BRlTONS AGREED
TO FINANCE REVOLT
IN MEXICO IN 1917

Representatives of the English gov
ernment in New York in 1917 made
an arrangement with agents of Felix
Diaz to finance a revolution against
the Carranza regime in Mexico. ac-
cording to correspondence put before
the Senate committee investigating
the Mexican situation today. Charles
r. Jones. former volunteer agent for
the Department of Justice. furnished
the letters. which he obtained. he
testified, b. acting for long time
AS the agent for the Felixista junta
in New York in transmitting its
communication to Mexico.
Pedro Del Nillar. head OF the junta,
wrote TO Gen. D.aZ in March. 1917, ac-
cording to the documents Jones pro-
duced, that taking advantage of the
Carranza-German deal, and assuring
them of our friendly understanding with
the United States and your purpose of
esta blishing a strong government favor
able to the allies. l have completed an
arrangement with Col Roberts of the
English embassy and Ellis Ashmead
Bartlett of the English army"
by it," Del Villar continued, "the
English government will hand over to
me as your agent through the person
or corporation they deem mos. Mt, funds
necessary for the triumph Of your move
ment The first installment will be 5O0,-
900 pounds
Evening star., 1920-05-19
CITY CLUB NAMES TWO
new CIVIC GROUPS
Education and Public Utilities
Problems Are to Be Given
Attention.,

Appointment of two additional civic
groups has been announced by y. \.
Whitfield. president of the City CluD,
making four such groups named for
the club so far. The latest appoint
ments are the education and public
utilities groups. the former. il was
announced is to take up at once con-
sideration of such problems as better
pay for teachers, increases In the
teaching STATS of the public schools,
improved conditions in the schools.
etc. while the latter is to consider
the Districts street railway problems
in all phases.
AS announced by President Whit
field the personnel of the two newly
designated groups is: .
Education organization committee
T. l.. Stock. chairman, q. A. Lyon. I.
t. Neil. W. b. Colver. W. l.. Crounse.
William L. Davis. l.. w. Steele, l.. r.
Johnson G X. Shields, +. 5. Foster. {.
T. Jewell. {. H. Evans. r. {. Ballan-
tyne, p. r. Bailey. K. A. Geib. g. =.
Tew. \. a. Fisher. e I. Nandeyeer. /.
+. Ragsdale. o. S. Neerhoff. J. p. Null
Ter. NJ Behrend. J. A. Williams. r. r.
Nesbit. l.. W. Linkins. c. F. Sudwarth.
c. c. Lacey. r. w. Mcmahon, B. r,
Darr w. H. Ward. W. c. Poteet. r.
E. Lesh. J. " Bird. f. Callow. w. H.
Merrill: W. H. Burr W. H: aossisk' :, -
s,ringer c. J. Dowd and G. j. Moore.
Public utilities organization COM
mittee-F. R. Weller. chairman: ".
W. Price. W. c. Poteet. A. Schulteis,
E. G. Siggers, J. f. Cammack. w. +.
Davis, l.. P. Steele. g. D. Farquhar.
H. F. Knapp. G. P. Rue. F. H. Ellis.
H. L. Jenkins. H. E. Hanes. .: X.
Evans. A. L. Newmyer, A. W. Suelzer,
F. P. Howard. H. P. Foley, A. J. Tholl,
A. H. Brewood. w. NJ. Smith. ]: A.
Keliher. A. A. Fisher. c. H. Warning
ton, S. E. Adler, r. l.. Newhauser. W.
H. Cravens, NJ. w. Cockcrow. T. B.
Hopper. H. B. Plankinton, w; Bal
linger. H. F. Almond. J. II. Fishback
D. H. Burnham. c. P. L. Moran. Q. }
Ricketts, L. H. Werner. G. F. Sud
warth c. c. Lacey, G. +. Richards, z.
f. Williamson. J. II. Jones. K: X.
Perry. jr.: j. O'connell, G. L. Todd. F.
Kirschner. H. Carroll. G. c. Ecklon.
william Erayshaw. r. E. Heater.
w. y. Butt. F. 7. Shull. a. H. Nc
Chan, c. P. Hill. w. A. Mellon. G. C.
Ober, jr; c. A. Jones. G. f. Johnson.
w. J. Dow and Q. J. Moore.
Evening star., 1920-05-19

Its eerieus consideration the question
whether, ali things considered, ID would
not now be advisable to seek out ad-
dltionna sources of revenue to meet the
current requirements Of the government.
over and above any additional revenue
which wpuld be necessary II the soldier
bonus plan Is determined upon. in order
to obviate the necessity of continuing In
considerable measure 10 meet them by
borrowing.
Having these things In mind. | hes
itRtc 10 express an opinion concern
Ing the bills which YOU have sub-
mitted TO me. tHken by Themselves.
There are many grave objections.
both TO the proposed new war profit 3
tax and to tho alternative measure.
4 sales tax. which ] understRnd your
committee is considering. If. In View
Of the urgent need Of the government
for money to meet !ts requirements.
your committee concludes that IL will
he wise 10 raise Il larger amount by
taxation and desires any suggestion
! from the Treasury. shall be glad to
have the experts pl1cc themselves az
Its disposal.
I'm the meantime refrain from max :
! ing any further comment on either
proposal.
For tho reasons Indicated. and for
other reasons, ! think II would be
highly unfortunate for any new
obligations to he placed upon the
Treasury through the enactment OF
the bonus PROPOSAL In any form, how
ever financed"
Evening star., 1920-05-19
SIX BISHOPS ELECTED
BY N. T. CONFERENCE

DEs MONIES. May is.--nleetion Of
white bishops for the Methodist Ep!s-
copal Church was completed today by
The gensral sonference with tns ,l,so cleo. .ss.
chosen on the ninth ballot. his vote
being 500. with 54e necessary TO elect.
Five bishops were elected late yes.
terday as follows: Anton Bast. Copen.
hagen: Edgar Blake. Ch,cago; George
H. Buckley. Philadelphia: F. :.
Keeney. Syracuse. n. y, and n. Les
ter Smith. Detroit.
The plan to change the law OF the
church SO that the bishop could max 9
no appointment without the consent
Of a majority Of the district supertns, !,
tendents Of the conference. was voted
down. The conference also refused
to limit the term Of ON once e,sI 81 will yna
be elected for life, as heretofore.
report was ADOPTED pressns mssnf
ally the cause Of the Epworth
League in his church. 1t is proba Die
that the Epworth League viii pc put "
on the same basis as all other ooaros
of the church. delegates said.
Evening star., 1920-05-19
100 LABORERs STILL IDLE.
Building Trades Council Statement
Reviews Condition.

The building lRborers strike at
present finds 100 OF the l.40o who
struck for recognition on
April | still out of employment. ac-
cording 10 u statement issued by the
Building Trades Council today.
officials Of the laborers' union
stated that most Of the men who
walked out had found work In other
lines and that the 100 who remained
were those who had not left the city
and had not taken another position
"Since our request for a hearing
Evening star., 1920-05-19
ST. JOHNS TO CLOSE JUNE Is.
Commencement Exercises Will Be
Followed by Smoker.

ST.. Johns College will close June
-. one week before the closing of the
pubic schools Commencement eS-
ercises Will be held the same night at
Carroll Hall, 10th and G streets The
exercises will be followed by a
smoker at the college, 1925 Vermont
avenue northwest, to be given by the
Alumni Association.
The Ladies' Auxiliary Of the COLI
lege will hold card party at the
Dewey Hotel Thursday for the ben
EFT OF the St Johns College exten.
sion fund.
Evening star., 1920-05-19

-
governments long time honda and de-
prGciRtc them In the market. Turth-
crmorc. Il would appear to bs bad
economy and bad finance for tho gov
ernment to borrow money on short
term certificates Of indebi ednesa Una
turing within three to six nonths) to
be invested for n term OF years In
railroads and shipa.
1T 10 q matter Of serious concern
to have the government appearing
in the market every few weeks for
loans. Certainly nothing ought to be
done to add to existing credit OK
pansion that can possibly he avoided.
The result would be to increase prices
and to make a difficult situation less
satisfactory,
in the circumstances obviously the
government ought to appear In the
market for loans as infrequently rs
possible and for the lowest sums. Ad-
ditional taxes are also undesirable.
but they may be less undesirable than
hNr
Evening star., 1920-05-19
BONUS TO SOLDIERS
is OPPOSED By
ADMINISTRATION

tCon,inned from First 1agc.l
Evening star., 1920-05-19
IDAYTONGLANT3
.s499'75
LOW PRESSURE NNTER POMER
WASH NC MACHINE =

Equipped with a motor that's !
GUARANTEED to operate at all
times under the lowest possible
water pressure. Do not confuse
it with the cheaper grade OF
water-power machines on the
market.
Evening star., 1920-05-19
BILL WOULD AMEND
JUVENILE COURT LAW

A bill to amend the law creating
the Juvenile Court of the District
of Columbia In a number Of par
ticulars requested by the District au-
thoritiee has been introduced in the
Senate by SenHtor Sherman, chair
man OF the District committee, and
referred to his committee.
Evening star., 1920-05-19

They would at least have the ef-
feet. in part of enforcing economy.
The first thing to do. / am sure you
will agree. is to keep federal eNpendi-
lures down to the minimum and ii is
obvious also that other governmental "A !
jurisdictions and private .indivIlials
should do likewise.
II beg to submit to your committee for
Evening star., 1920-05-19

able, and we want only living wages
to meet the high cost Of living. we do
not feel satisfied in returning 10
work until these matters have been
adjusted" the statement said. We
Evening star., 1920-05-19

do not see any ~>>son why we cannot
adjust these hf--s with the master
builders. A. We know that the Hoe
carriers and building Laborers' m
ternational Union is recognized in
other sections Of the country"
Evening star., 1920-05-19
2.75 Beer Loses in Massachusetts.

BOSTON. May 19.---The state senate
has refused to pass over the COVER
nor,s veto the bill fixing the alco-
per cent.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1920-04-09
Nature Study

Nature Study.
However fair this world to me,
One fact there's no denying;
Close contact with a humble bee
Is very, very trying.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1920-04-09
A woMAN's REASONING.

"Iook at Mrs. Glithers," said Mr..
Dubwaite. "She is always well dressed.
Glithers doesn't make half as much
money as | do, yet you say you have
nothing to wear"
That's just it." answered Mrs. Dub
waite. "You make twice as much
money as Mr.. Glithers does, and my
clothes are 70 better than Mrs. Glith-
ers' clothes. Any normally constituted
woman in case like that would feel
that she had nothing to wear"
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1920-04-09
Human After All,

''Do you find inspiration in reading
the biographies of great men?"
'Yes, but I find more comfort in
reading their love letters published
after they are dead"
"Why SOL"
because it is consoling to know that
great men have been at times as fool
ish and inconsequential as we poor
mortals who don't amount to hill Of
BEANS"
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1920-04-09
The Personal sTouch.

II understand Mrs. Calder read an
origlnal poem at the meeting of the
Pen Wiper club yesterday afternoon"
Judging from the number of words
she mispronounced. the reading was
highly original, but the poem itself was
a selection from Browning"
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1920-04-09
Natural Deduction

! Natural Deduction.
! Parker--Amar is one Of those chapt
who pcS as they 60, isn't he?
Heinie-I guess so. At least HI
never goes very far.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1920-04-09
EooIlsh. ouestIon.,

Little Rastus Nanny, whar do all
de OF broomsticks go to?
Nanny Chic Hush askin' such fool
ish questions, chile, an get yo' dream
book. Yo' all done knows dat dem
witches ride away on dem.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1920-04-09
Unavoidable.

As the pretty girl entered the crowd
ed car, an old gentleman started to his
feet.
pray don't get up" gushed the dear
girl. keep your seat"
SORRY I can't oblige you, miss an
swered the old man, shut get out
here"
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1920-04-09
Peace at Any Price.

Mrs. Enpeck-It is deplorable fac
that too many people marry for money
nowadays.
Enpeck-Well, If I were single again
no amount Of filthy lucre could induce
me to 60 up against the game again.