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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-08-15
Busy VI eek

Busy NeeF -. ..i-.a
This promise e."
IN Connrnss. .t che
Wavs am ,laa .. has
finished .s revision
MAN , j., bring the
me- -.i '4'' 1@ loF discus
>. .J .a.a-. is hoped that
.ur. g~. n days the tax bill
,..a 3, tus & way and ready fr'
.. .s.a- Of the Senate Finance
the fact that the Senate
a.. zee has been holding hearings
.. f schedules, it is generally
"a ..~=. d that the tax revision mca-
first receive the attention ot
.,e. Whether it can be passed
mat body before the contemplate
ed adjournment about August 20 IS
problematical. There is going to be
a determined fight to have Congress
remain in session until after the rail-
road legislation asked for by the
President is passed. This measure au-
thorizes the War Finance Corpora
ton 70 loan the carriers $500, 100000
with which to tide them over their
present financial stringency.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-08-15

In rccogn;. ~. .s@ -a
nature - ns..' ~!
St. ss. -.- ",. tn"a
saa ... a.2 ,~a ne
.. Z. Ireland
-,.gag-a ,1Jund Ireland
a1t G. :, and that such
..... " ,crties should be accord
> the Irish state as are es-
-.Ulal for naval purposes in Irish
harbors and on Irish coasts.
The second stipulation says:
In order that the movement to-
ward limitation of armaments, which
is now making progress in the world
should not be hampered in any way
the Irish territorial force shall, with
in reasonable limits, conform to the
Continued on page three
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-08-15

Winchester.-E. NJ. Herndon, Of
Atlanta, Ca, construction foreman
of the Western Union Telegraph
Company, is in serious condition III
Memorial Hospital here with large
Zone IN his left leg shattered by Il
ris:ol bullet, and an employee named
Owen also of Atlanta, is in Jail at
Front Royal, Warren County, charged
with shooting Herndon with intent
to kill.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-08-15

London. Aug. Rehabilitation Of
the correspondence between Eamona
de Valera and Premier Lloyd George,
following the issue of the SHUTS let
ter to the press, has undoubtedly pre-
cipitated serious situation in Anglo
Irish relations.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-08-15

Danville.-The name of Colonel
Decatur J. Holcombe was today add
ed to the list of possible candidates
for the vacancy in Congress from
the Fifth district. His friends have
started boom for him much in the
same way that others have been
launched. No direct statement has
been received from him. Colonel Hol-
combe is one of the original Davis
men in Danville.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-08-15

For this section-Fair today and
1 tomorrow with moderate temper
ature.
High tide tomorrow-6:l5 a. NIL
and 6:a6 p. IN.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-05-10

fare where previously they had been
accustomed to go at full speed. He
asked why the car was run so slowly.
Why" explained The driver OF the
car, with perfect naivete, every
body's carrying home garden tools
now and YOU cant run over a man
without risking a puncture."
Jack Dempsey. heavyweight cham
pion of the universe, was given d
royal reception on his arrival at
Atlantic City to establish his training
quarters for his fight with Georges
Carpenter
Dempsey was present at two lunch
cons, three dinners and midnight
supper and also was hauled before q
humber of meetings.
Hundreds surged to the railroad
station for a glimpse of the pugilist
Mayor Edward l.. Bader, as chairman
of reception committee, was the first
TO greet Dempsey. At given signal
from the city hall. siren whistles about
the resort shrieked and automobile
horns were blown in tunlultuous
noise
Dempsey viii prove himself & Zig
gent if he doesn't allow this stuff to
go to his head
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-05-10
GIANTS, ARE READY
FOR ALL OPPONENTS

Manager Earl Cooper of the Rich
mond Giants, local colored nine, an
nounces that his team is organized for
the coming season and is booking
games. There has been another Giant
team organized in Richmond and
Cooper announces that hie organiza-
ton is the Giant team that played
here last year.
Cooper has practically the same
lineup as he had last season. with a
few exceptions. For pitchers he has
r. Mitchell and B. Mitchell from last
year and a lad named Joco from Terre
Haute. Larkins will do the receiving.
He played last year with the Detroit
AN-Stars and is said to be quite a
sticker.
In the outfield Cooper, C. Mitchell
and c. Tate will work All three men
are good fielders and are dangerous
men with the willow.
Cooper has rounded up fast SET OF
infielders which consists of Gee or
Knox at first base, Harris on second,
f. Tate at the hot corner and Frank
lin in the short field. Clay will be
utility man.
The men have been working daily
and are fast rounding into form and
from all Indications promise to be one
of the leading independent teams in
this vicinity.
The Giants will open their season at
Lynn with the independent team of
that city May %. Teams wishing to
book games with the Giants are urged
to write Earl Cooper, s04 North Thir-
! teenth street, Richmond, Ind.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-05-10
P0STOFFICE UNABLE
TO HIT RAIL CURVES

The Pennsy baseball team defeated
the Postofice baseball team at Exhi-
bition park Monday afternoon in II
one-sided contest by the score of s
to /. The Postoffice men could not
solve the curves OF Pitcher Pettibone.
The Pennsy got off to flying start,
scoring two runs in the first round.
and continued TO score in every round
of the game, but one, their rally COM
ing the fourth when they scored four
runs.
Pettibone on the hill for the Rail
readers, had command of the situa-
ton at all times allowing only two
hits and tanning six batters to face
him. While the Pennsy knocked Bur
ley all over the lot and ran wild on
the bases. Berg was the heavy hitter
of the game collecting three hits out
of three times at bat, including a
double.
Tuesday afternoon the Hines Dairy
and the Bankers will play off their
first game of the season which was
postponed because of rain. From all
indications the Bankers are in for a
beating, as the Hines crew have been
stepping off at a lively pace. Nicode-
mus, on the mound for the Dairymen,
is one of the best hurlers in the league
and the Bankers are not very strong in
the hitting department of the game.
The Score.
PoStoffice 100 col 2 .
Pennsy .........211 40A-S 9 ]
Burley, Miller and kluesner Petit
bone and Nick.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-05-10
SPEEDING INCIDENTS
RECALLED BY HOWARD
WILCOX, old DRIVER
ev r. E "pop" MYERS.

INDIANAPOLIS, May 10 Seeing
Ralph DePalma push his car to the
pit after it had stalled when he was
FIVE miles from first place at Indi-
annapolis in 1912 was the funniest thing
that Howard Samuel Wilcox could
think of when we interviewed him.
He is slated to drive a French Peugeot
in the International 500-mile race to
be held at the indianapolis Motor
Speedway, Monday. May 80.
In fact Wilcox claims he shook in
his seat with laughter every time he
swished past DePalma who was pit
ward bound. Then we found the in
side reason. Poe Dawson, who was in
second place, took the lead when De-
Palma broke up and Dawson and Will
COX were on the same team, and were
to split the race winnings.
Wilcox. whose middle name is Sam.
uel. was born at Charlottesville, Ind,
June "a. 1889. and was married in 1917
at Indianapolis. He is the father OF
Howard Samuel Wilcox. Jr., a year
and a half old, who will sit in his
mothers lap at the race this year.
framed Under Aitken.
One Of the mast skilled drivers to-
day racing, Wilcox was schooled by
that old master the late John Aitken.
Wilcox rode as mechanic with Aitken
in 1909 and soon became proficient
enough 70 handle his own cars. His
most important victory was the win
ming Of the 500-mile race at Indianap-
oils in 1919 To be either a policeman
or lawyer were the ambitions of his
boyhood days. but he evidently could
not decide whether he would be a
policeman, and arrest trouble makers.
or be a lawyer, and free the people
policemen corral. so he abandoned
both ideas after two years in high
school and became a race driver.
My greatest thrill was when Pop
Myers, manager of the indianapolis
Speedway, handed me a check for
$4,000, the prize for first place in the
1919 race he said.
Wilcox is frank when he says he
likes the Indianapolis course because
lit pays more money than any other
track and you can get the check cash
ed after you get it."
He trains for his race meets by
playing handball. his favorite sport,
and does not intend to quit racing de-
spite the fact that his family objects
He knows no fear in a race and would
start all over again If he were boy.
Wilcox smokes, is interested in music
and is the owner of an auto accessory
store
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-05-10
REDS ARE IN EAST
FOR FIRST REAL TEST

NEW YORK. May 10-The Reds ar
rived here Monday night after an all
night ride and they will open their
first eastern series with the Brooklyn
Dodgers Tuesday. This will be the
first real test of the Reds this season.
as they have IS games to be played
on this trip, and they will miss their
regular morning practice which they
have been having.
Four games will be played with
Brooklyn, New York and Boston, in
the order named, and three each at
Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. There
will be no double headers played this
trip. Manager Moran is well salts
fled with the pitching he is beginning
to get from his hurlers.
Moran will work the following
pitchers in the Brooklyn series ::
Luque. Marquard. Brenton and Rixey
Marquard is anxious to get at the
Brooklyn club because they were so
anxious to trade him last season
Brenton also thinks he can hold the
champions. His game last Saturday
with Chicago showed that he is a
much improved pitcher.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-05-10
BY FRANK &. ENkE

In the gentle springtime some young
mems efforts are cenlered upon love-
making; others take unto themselves
a hickory biudgeon and devote their
little selves to assembling more
records
The way those youths are accom-
plishing it in these early days of the
1921 season constitutes a CHASTITY re-
view for singing persons who pride
themselves in hit stingineSs.
In all the years the game has en-
dured the vallaners never have wal
loped within million miles of their
present walloping marks. Singles,
doubles. triples and homers have been
volleyed off of bats in bewildering and
defeaning salvos.
These are among the rather astound-
ing hitsmith happenings in the in
augural week:
One player finished the week with
a batting mark of 1000.
-Four hit 900 or better.
Eleven hammered 500 or beyond
Thirty-one clouted better than 400.
Of the 1877 men who diSpOrted in
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-05-10
Bresnahan May Return
10 Duties as Backstop
(Ey Associated Pressl

TOLEDO. O., May 1O-The return
of Roger Bresnahan as an active par
ticipant in baseball game appeared
likely today when Bresnahan who is
president Of the Toledo club Of the
American association announced that
his efforts to obtain a suitable back
stop had been unavailing. Bresna-
han has been out of the game two
years and is not in first class condi-
ton to take up heavy toll.
He is in Toledo but is expected to
join the club in Milwaukee within a
day or two. Bresnahan last spring
gave Mig Clarke a bonus to sign a
Toledo contract but released the vet
eran shortly after the season opened.
Frank Laabs last year with the Ham
ilton club of the Michigan-Ontario
league, who was sent to Toledo on a
so day option, was returned to that
club.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-05-10
WILLIAMSBURG WANTS
TO BOOK CONTESTS

WILLIAMSBURG, O., May 1o.-The
williamsburg Independent baseball
team opened its season with victory
over the Richmond Senators on the
local diamond Sunday afternoon by
the score Of I to Q,
Garthwaite, on the mound for the
Holla nsburg nine. was very effective,
striking out batter after batter He
was given excellent support in the
field by his team mates.
Next Sunday the team will Journey
to Fountain City, where they will play
a nine.inning game Any team wish
ing to book a game with the Hollans-
burg nine should write Bart Beetley,
North Seventh street. Richmond, Ind.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-05-10
Circuit Court

Florence Ray was granted divorce
from Herbert Ray, in Wayne circuit
court, Tuesday morning. by Judge
w. A. Bond. Cruel and in-human
treatment, abandonment and failure
to provide, were charged in the COM
plant.
Horace E. Boyer filed a complaint
for a divorce from Forrest D. Boyer
in Wayne circuit court, Tuesday
morning. Cruel and inhuman treat
ment was charged in the complaint.
Charles Showalter appeared in
Wayne circuit court Tuesday morning
to answer to charges of non-support
of his wife. He was ordered to pay
Sc a week by Judge Bond, and stated
that he would try TO comply with
this order
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-05-10
Tom Gibbons, Harry Greb
Mav Mix Before Moose
(By Associated Press)

TOLEDO. o, May DEMONSTRATIONS
are under way for 4 12-round bout be
tween Tommy Gibbons and Harry Grep
to be staged here the week Of June 20,
under asupiccs of the Loyal Order OF
Moose, the International convention OF
order is to be held here at that time.
Promoters of the enterprise said to-
day that Gibbons has agreed to the
match and that Greb probably would
accept the offer that has been made
MIN 1t is estimated that more than
10000 members of the order will be
here during that week, The bout
would be for the American light
heavyweight championship, it was an
nOUnCed.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-05-10
SEN. SPENCER REvIvES
FIGHT With WILSON
over PEACE ADDRESS
(By Associated Press,

WASHINGTON, May 10.-Senator
Spencer, Republican. Missouri, revived
Monday in an address to the senate
the controversy he had with President
Wilson last October during the presi-
dental campaign over what Mr.. VIII
peace conference on May 81. 1919.
The controversy revolved around an
alleged declaration by MT. Wilson that
if the territorial integritory of Rouma-
MIA and Serbia should be threatened
American forces would be sent over
seas to assist them.
Recalling that Mr.. Wilson denied
having made such a statement anG
also he said he did not have a tran
script Of his remarks, Senator Spen-
Ger, presented the full text of Mr.. Will
sons address which he obtained last
month from the state department, and
which Secretary Hughes wrote him
had been received at the department
from Paris in July. 1919. From this
text, Senator Spencer read the follow
Ing quotation:
we must not close our eyes to the
fact that in the last analysis the mill
larry and naval strength of the great
powers will be the final guarantee of
the peace OF the world-there under
lies all OF the transactions, the ex-
pectation on the part, for example of
Romania and CZecho Slovakia and OF
Serbia, that if any covenants Of this
settlement are not observed, the
United States will send her armies and
her navies to see that they are Or
served.
Senator Spencer said he would make
no comment on what this record
showed, adding that it spoke for itself
with convincing force.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-05-10
Frush and Clancy
in Big Boxing Show

(By Associated P-css)
CLEVELAND, O.. May 1O-George
TX. o. CLANCY and Danny Frush of
Baltimore, will appear in 12-round de-
cision bouts during an open air boxing
show at Dunn field here on the night
of June 2.
CLANCY will meet Billy Mccain.
Cleveland lightweight, in the main
bout. They are to weigh 1873 pounds
at 3 in the afternoon. Frush is
matched against Eddie Wallace of
New York in the semi-final They
are featherweights.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-05-10
Chips and Slips

The grim air of court room is oc-
casionally lighted by shaft of humor
Similar bright moments neck the
sombre gloom of basebalrs supreme
court. Here is letter which recently
found its way to Judge Lands desk
amid mass Of other correspondence
from major and minor league mag
mates:
Dear Judge: Me and Mike want
you judge to get baseball things cheap
er. You can do it. Gano, the store
keeper wanted a dollar 10 for a base
ball and its worth 90 cents. maybe
10. he wants Dollar % for bat The
noble Gano says it is a tacks that
makes them hygh. maybe he is d lyer
but you know judge. Make him come
down if he don't come down we can't
have any ballteam and the roscoe Bear
cats won the championship easy last
YEAR and the kids hope you will
hurry.
Resp
Steve kalpus, Cap.
Mike Hogan. pitcher.
You maybe have herd of Us. we on
five games in a row last year and
Mike pitched them all cheep balls is
awful hard to curve We want to use
league balls.
The umpire is dreary cuss,
His is a sorry plight:
For should he call player out,
Onc-half the fans will fight.
And it he call the rummy safe
The other half will beef
And call him Crook and Jesse
James,
And "Cut-throat Mike" and Thief"
But should the fans, by chance. agree,
The players call him "Chump,"
And "Blank-blank-this" and BLANK
blank-that"
Oh, pity the poor Ump.
w. r. Hoefer.
Just before Easter a gentleman Out
motoring with a friend noticed that
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-05-10
White Sox Territory
Being Invaded Today
(By Associated PresS)

CHICAGO, May 10.-The seasons
first invasion of White Sox territory
by the clubs on the Eastern half OF
the circuit begins today with the Bos-
ton Red Sox scheduled in the first OF
four-game series, to be followed by
Philadelphia. New York and Washing
ton for four games each. Although
the young White Sox pitchers have
not fulfilled Manager Gleason's pre-
season training expectations. he says
he is confident he can teach them
greater effectiveness in Major League
company.
Two-thirds Of all window glass is
blown by machinery.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-05-10

GAMES TODAY
National League
Cincinnati at Brooklyn.
Chicago at Philadelphia.
St. Louis at New York.
Pittsburgh at Boston.
American League
Boston at Chicago.
New York at Detroit.
Philadelphia at St. Louis.
Washington at Cleveland.
American Association
Columbus at Kansas City.
Toledo at Milwaukee.
Indianapolis at ST. Paul.
Louisville at Minneapolis.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-05-10

Finley sold two sets of gravel road
bonds aggrgating $35,600 Monday to
the Citizens State bank of this city
at par and accrued interest. There
were no other bidders. One issue for
$4,000 will be used for the construc-
ton of a trunk line opening on the
indianapolis pike, four miles south of
Noblesville, and the other issue for
81. 900 is for building the Brown high
way near Carmel.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-05-10
Games Yesterday
National League.

National League.
1st game)
At Philadelphia r. Fl. E.
Brooklyn ...... 900 020 030-5 II 1
Philadelphia .. 900 900 300 g 3
Grimes and Miller; Smith, Weinert
and Bruggy.
f2nd camel.
Brooklyn 500. oo1 900 e10 o. s 0
Philadelphia . 900 0ol 100 1-3 9 2
Galore. Miljus. Pfef1er and Kruger,
Miller; Causey and Peters.
(No other games scheduled).
American League.
At ST. Louis r. H. E.
Detroit ........ 402 100 % 10 I
st. Louis ....,.. 900 POI 2-5 9 2
& innings-rain).
Oldham and Ainsmith; Cullop, b.
land ard Billings.
(No other games scheduled)
American Association.
At Kansas City r. H. E.
Milwaukee . 600 102 00-3 9 0
Kansas City 49,. 301 900 o0-4 5 0
Schaak, keifer and Gossett; Bono
and McCarty.
(No other games scheduled).
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-05-10
LiGHTWEIGHTs TO CLASH


PITTSBURGH, May 1o-Johnny
Dundee. New York, and Johnny Ray,
Pittsburgh. lightweights, will meet in
the first open air boxing show of the
season here at Forbes Field Saturday
afternoon. May q. Sport writer's who
viewed the recent Dundee-R Ray match
were unable to agree as to the winner
and the return bout was arranged
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-05-10
Indiana Brevities

LOGANSPORT-Mr and Mrs. w.
W. Beck. of this city. celebrated their
golden wedding anniversary Monday
Beck is a printer by trade and told
his visitors how he put in type and
printed his own wedding announce.
ment half a century ago. Beck is II
years old and his wife is a. Both are
in good health.
LESVILLE-County Treasurer
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-05-10
BUY CUNNINGHAM.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, May To-
President Strang Nicklin of the Chat
tanooga Southern association club an,
nouneed today the purchase of Pitcher
Cunningham from the Detroit Ameri.
cans. Cunningham pitched for Chat
tanooga last year, but was recalled By
Detroit in the fall
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-05-10
MATCH ZBYSZkO

FBE NSsOVIated PFtsSJ
COLUMBUS, O.. May 1O.-StaniS-
laus Zbyszko, worlds champion heavy
weight wrestler. has been matched
with George Kotsonaros. local Greek
heavyweight, for wrestling bout
here next Wednesday night, it was an
nounced today.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-05-10
Here Is Good News

A western physician has discovered
harmless Pile remedy known as
HemRoid. In many cases of years
standing all distress quickly disap-
peared Quisley's Drug Store sells it
with money-back guarantee.
advertisement.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-05-10
PURCHASE soUTHPAW.

tBy ASS0-lafed PressJ
KANSAS CITY, Mo, May 10.-The
local club of the American association
announced today the purchase of Os-
car Fuhr, left-handed pitcher, for the
Chicago Nationals.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-05-10

PRINCETON HoNoRs ENsTEIN.
PRINCETON, \. j., May 10.-Dr. Al
bert Einstein, originator of the theol7'
OF RELATIVELY. received the degree OF
doctor of science al Princeton uni
yerSity Monday