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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-05-25

Carpenter viii get % per cent
80 doubt their shares Of the re-
ceipts viii total well above the
5000 originally offered
Undreamcd of Purse.
In the old days Of boxing such
purseu were never dreamed OF.
The first big purse ever fought for
In this country was offered 10 Peter
Jackson and myself. away back in
1891 by the California Athletic club
OF san Francisco.
This match was made after
fought Choyinski and when the
matchmaker OF the. club approached
me I demanded a purse OF $4,000
to be split. $500 20 the winner and
$500 20 the loser. lie thought I
was crazy. Everybody laughed al
me. But the club finally agreed.
III never forget that fight for
two reasons. In the FIRST place.
Jackson and I fought 81 rounds over
a period OF four hours. Last but not
least. I did not get a cent for my
efforts.
Beat out OF $500.
When the sixty-first round ended.
they declared the bout no contest
and I was skinned out OF my money
I'm sure that Jackson got paid, for
ne later suggested a return match
before the club. He wouldn't have
dono that otherwise Prior to thai
time. any big money carried Off by
boxers was the result CT side bets
The promoters never dreamed OF n
$4,000 purse.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-05-25

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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-05-25
CORBETT THINKS
Big SCRAP WILL
DRAW 100000
Dempsey to Get 30 Percent of
Gate and Carpenter 81
Percent.
BY JAMES j. CORBETT.

PTTTSBURG. Pa. May 24.-All
records for championship boxing
rights VIII fail July ., when Demp-
sey and Carpenter meet.
The turnstiles will click OF a
merry million dollar tune. The box
ers viii earn the biggest dividends
In tho history OF the game and Pro
moter Tex Rickard VIII realize
record sum for himself when one
pauses 20 consider that a man in
the public eye should be worth a
feir share OF what no can attract to
the box office, criticism OF tho 1nan-
clal features OK the big fight seems
unfair. IN the face OF conditions
existing today and tho popularity Of
tho match I do not believe Rick
ards guarantee 10 the fighters IS too
large. Dempsey viii receive SO per
cent :or his end.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-05-25
ADDITIONAL SPORT NEWS

John L. Sullivan and I fought for
purse Of $4,000 and $4,000
stake money at New Orleans in
1892. In 1897 Ftzsimmons and I
drew $4,000 at Carson city. The
gate for my bout with ks Mccoy
in New York in 1900 was i56,55O
and when Jeff and I fought IN san
Francisco in 1903 the boxing public
turned s63.34O into the box Office.
In those days $1,000 was big
money. II went almost as far az
$4,000 would 20 today. The cost
OF living was reasonable and the
boxer who carted off ten grand"
was indeed fortunate. SO consider
that in many ways I was almost as
well paid for several OF my fights
as the stars OF pugiHsm today. Be
ginning tomorrow will take up
with my readers a series Of discus
sions OF the important fights Car
pointer and Dempsey have had.
Within a short time I win be with
the fighters again and by that time
7 expect they Will be showing some
thing worth while in training.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-05-25

The pitcher who IS a consistent
loser il like a man building castles
in air-doing a lot Of work and get
ting no results.
President Harding can Put his pass
TO games I'm the Pacific Northwest
league i'm the same pocket with his
ticket TO the British open golf cham
piOnship.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-05-25

has Georges Carpenter entered Il
sanitarium or a training camp?
In the boxing game there are a
lot Of good hitters and a lot of poor
fielders.
Babe Ruth likes to keep baseballs
that he slaps for home runs. Some.
however. never return from the next
county.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-05-25
HARD LUCK DRIVER
PULLS FOR CHANGE
AT SPEEDWAY RACE
Bonnie Hill, Who Drives a
Duesenberg, Figures on
Placing in Money.

INDIANAPOLIS, May 24-''well,
anyway my car will be comfortable"
said the diminutive automobile racer,
Bennett Hill. as he surveyed his Du-
senberg, while preparing for the In
ternational 5O0-mile jaunt for $780,
600 to be held at the Indianapolis
Motor speedway. Monday. May 30th.
Il think maybe I'll put a wind
shield on 1t and then construct a top
on the old boat 10 keep old Sol from
beaming his merciless hot rays down
on me" he added-but az curee ne
was fooling. His car is larger than
the average. but then its owner. J. a.
Thiele. who will ride as mechanlcian
10 Hill, will need the space Hill does
not use. for Thiele is big boy.
Racing is the only business Hill IL
interested in and he says ne does not
find it overwhelmingly profitable
either. But he likes to skate when
he has few moments 10 spare Lit
tie Bonnie has but one pet supersti-
tion-he believes that certain num-
erals painted on his cor are lucky
but he won't tell which ones.
Hopes for Luck.
Bonnie says that the most thrilling
thing that could happen TO him on
race course would be TO have his
car near the front for a change" and
although he has been playing in I'M
usually hard luck. is looking for bet
ter success at Indianapolis. He was
one Of the first pilots on the job and
has been spending a lot OF time on
his car.
II know no fear in a race" said
Bonnie. and then he hurriedly add
ed: except that 1 won't finish up
among the dough grabbers. 1t takes
money TO live, you know"
Hill was born May 31st, 1893, and
started racing when he was 10 years
old. His ambition when he was a
boy was to be a mechanical engineer,
but he could not overcome his de-
sire TO drive fast speed creations, so
he left Fordham university.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-05-25

Good Night" Never Stretch Mattress

$4,000
in
blue
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-05-25

Not stock, but-a safe investment
You have a dollar
give you another dollar
You nhavet two doll
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-15
.yI1UTHFUL WRITERS
GIVE RUM RESUME.
Il. ,,.,.hwest Grammar School
'o PUPILS Say Booze Has "suave
odor" and Is Still Here
PRIZES FOX

, onirions. ethical. scientific,
,oiitical and economic WI WI ,rn e;vbt.
pony tbs liquor question ana S0 uns r,s;l ,,Hsn;l.
on i"e amendment by eighth grsufh hoi pTp;;,S ;n
eC",hh ,ho Northwest Grammar oG'iUv' hu ,hn m
n .ri,e ,%y essay contest, conouu.eu ti,;on ~
,prSn's prm Christian Temperance Cn,on' mon,
W." mU",c contest has just closed III nun"
las w of schools in the city. A. ,. !,
b'r Mast ~ # drunkards LIVE in the Sums. w
,,ate mH Of frightful congestion. ...',s WI
a "% %ossrrtion while another youtniu,
orr 9,io "os asserted many rich citizens nav nav
u., ,,.b whisky and wine stored IN tne'a
n,s% .,Iors :" This class was described as
.r,'"'iidil &C.. .,idlc rich" The opinion was also
we tDs.os"cd that those who worked up
. or,n fortunes do not use liquor.
Appearances Deceptive
Among other opinions expressed were
tue .r,Oor ,"," drinkers are often stout and
,,.onS looking, but weak for their size
SUI q" Alcohol makes men poor.
Alcohol has dangerous erect on
A.. Judgment. business plans. reason,
.5r .;,, mower and also the brains
"""Tbe eighteenth amendment was
,,sspd so that this nation should not
pp"risb from the earth. 49,,
|,.IN |,".Wood alcohol is hard to detect until
taken internally,
"Cognac and brandy are dynamite
drinks , ,. o.os aud
rcd skin are drunkards. g.,
Alcohol is still being used just as
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-15

with the disappearance of money and
icwcIry. valued nj $50, from her room.
She pretended she was leaving her
home Wednesday night. but returned by
n rear door aud hid in hcr room. She
testified at hearing given Tyler this
morning by Magistrate Grclis, at the
Eleventh and Winter streets station,
that he came to her room and was
frightened away by her screams.
believing he had not been recognized
by his employer. Tyler returned to work
yesterday and today was arrested. He
was hch in $500 bail for further
hearing April 20. charged with lorcible
entry and larceny.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-15
SUES FOR COON DOGS DEATH
Raymond Taper, Divorce Defend
ant. Saws Man Killed Them

Raymond j. Tappcr. Philadelphia
Iiveryman. who has been sued for
divorce. and who recently had to sell
some Of his horses to pay support
order arrcarngr. has sued William +.
Pierce. at West Chester. for $1,000
damages for the killing of two coon dogs.
Peircc Is II summer resident of Fast
Nantmcal township. Taper alleges
that when coon hunting with his dogs
and driving his motorcar ahead Of them
hp heard Il shot and howis. and re-
turning found one. dog dead and the
other dying. BY the light of his auto
mobile lamps. he says, he saw Peirce
Standing At the door Of his house OF
the highroad, holding n gun. Taper
says the dogs had not been on PeirCc's
property at any time.
Taper had Pcircr taken before Jus
trc Harry IIause, of Warwick town
ship, and pCrcr appealed to the courts
for trial. Additional charges may be
brought against peircc by the Society
for Prevention Of Cruelty TO Animals.
Tappor valued the pair of coon dogs
/ al $1,000.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-15
NAVY ANDC|TY Join
AGAINST MOSQUITO
Medical Corps Official of Yard
and Director Furbush
Make Plans
EACH TAKES HALF OF WORK

Plans to rid Of mosquitoes all that
territory which lies between the main
section Of the city and the navy. yard
known as "the Ncck"-wcrc formu-
lated today at conference of naval
medical authorities and Director Of
Public Health Furbush in City Hail.
Commander A. II. Allen. of the mcd-
cal corps, presented report Of sur
vcy made last week of this area. He
said large part Of this territory was
low waste land filled with stagnant
pools and bitches and sluiccs which
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-15
HELD IN DRESS ROBBERY
Man Arrested as Receiver Of Stolen
Goods, Following Girls Confession

John Traman, a Negro, South street
near sixteenth, was arrested last night
y detectives Mcclure and FAIRIES, of
thc Eleventh and Winter streets station.
charged with receiving forty -one dresses
sniu 10 nave been stolen from the Man
haitian Dress Co.. 1885 Filbcrt street,
Traman's arrest followed the alleged
confession OF two colored women, Bea
trlce Hubert and Helen Hopkins. en-
pl9yes OF the Manhattan Co.. that they
Grelis, at n hearing TODAY. held Trnman
in $500 bail and the women in SiOm
bail each for further hearings April 20.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-15
Real Estate Assessors Meet

approximately $50 real estate asses
Sors of Delaware county met last night
IN the courthouse at Mpdin and formed
n permanent association for the pur-
pose OF assuring uniformity of assess ,
ments In every district of the county.
william II. Milliken. sharon Hill, was
elected president of the association :
Charles. NJ. Chalfant. Radnor. sccre .
tary: the Rev. Charles s. Hamilton.
Media treasurer. and William c. Kent
Colwyn; Boaz Phillips. Darby, and G.
II: Bailey. Lansdownc. committee on
rules and bylaws.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-15
G. 0. P. RECOGNIZES WOMEN
Delaware County Republicans Give
Them Equal Representation

Rules admitting women to equal
power were ratified at meeting of Re-
publican voters and the Republican
county executive committee Of Della
ware county held last night Nt Media.
The new rules provide that for every
man designated to represent district
on the executive committee woman
Will also be chosen. Women will also
b" eligible for vice chairman and sccre-
tary Of the cX"rutiv" committee. George
!. Butler presided at the meeting.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-15

either two captains or none nt all.
Then one of the girls had an idea.
"Lcts decide it with the foils.
she said
Miss Masland and Miss Harvey
agreed.
rlastrons were adjusted. and with
Leonardo Tcrrone. their instructor. ne
umpire. they faced each other and
thrust and parried to docidn tho cap
tainry. After a skillful match Mis-
Masland won.
Captain Masland's team will meet thr
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-15
PENN GIRLS IN "DUEL" FOR
FENCING TEAM CAPTANCY
Marion Mdsland ins Leadership OF Fols Club After Vote
Shoes Her in a Tie Win A. Marion Harvey

When they counted the vote for cap
tain Of the University of Pennsylvania $
fencing team yesterday 1t was learned
that Miss Marion Masland and Miss
4. Marion Harvey. both experienced
fcnccrs. we're tied for the honor.
Only four votes were cast. as thcro
are only three fcncers and one substl-
tutc on the Penn team. The four girls
said that to vote again would not change
the result.
For time. il looked as though tho
Red and Blues girl fCnccrs would have
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-15
WOMAN HER OWN DETECTIVE
Bakery owner Causes Arrest OF EN-
pIoye Charaed With Theft

Mrs. Nctta Herman. an elderly
woman. who conducts bakery AT 32G
NOrth Eighth street. acted as her own
detective and caused the arrest today
of Stewart Tyler. Mellon street near
Thirtccnth. nn CmplONe. in cOnncctiOn
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-15

Bryn Mawr College team this month.
The match is being arranged by Miss
Dorothy i. Black. manager Of the Penn
fpncprS
The New York herald., 1921-10-05
$4,000 IN LIQUOR
Is SEIZED ON PIER
Whiskey From Kentucky Was
Consigned to New Milford
Chemical Company.

E. c. Yellowley. associate director of
prohibition. continuing his war on whole
sale drug dealers whose business In
liquor is not to the taste of the prohibi-
tion authorities, yesterday ordered the
seizure of another large shipment Of
whiskey. Five hundred cases. with a
bootleg value Of $37.500. lying at Pier
ii. East River, baltimore and Ohio
freight station. will be taken away by
enforcement agents this morning.
The liquor was consigned to the New
Milford Chemical Company Of 225 Sulli-
van street. and was shipped by the
Rugby Distillery Company OF Louisville,
Ky. Inspectors on Mr.. Yellowley's staff
were not satisfied with the New Milford
Chemical Company's right to receive this
liquor. and the permit granted the COM
pany last August Is to be revoked.
John Cronan. acting chief enforcement
agent In the absence of Ernest Langley.
announced yesterday that enforcement
headquarters Is sending daily to the Gus
tom House reports on from fifteen to
twenty saloon keepers who have violated
the volstead act, and are therefore la
BILE to taxes collectable blythe Department
of Internal Revenue. For a single in
fraction OF the liquor laws these taxes,
which have recently been doubled,
amount to $4,000. There was a $500
penalty. now $1,000. provided for in the
volstead act itself. and a special tax
under the internal revenue act of 1918
for violations in "dry territory" by
which $4,000 Is collected for each viola
tion
The New York herald., 1921-10-05
FAMILY LACKS FUNDS,
SON SEIZED IN THEFTS
Colombian Said to Be Cousin
of Presidenf Suarez.

fernando de Patino. 10, Of 100 West
Ninetieth street, said to be relative
Of President Suarez OF Colombia, was
arrested yesterday as a furnished room
thief He was locked up In the West
Tooth street station. De Patino. the
police charged has been identified by
proprietors OF Ave West Side furnished
room houses as youth who stole cloth
ing and jewelry after hiring a room.
The claims aggregate $500.
DE Patino was arrested by Detectives
Fitzgerald and Groin, who found him
trying to pawn a suit and an overcoat.
The youth lives with his mother, a
cousin OF President Suarez. and brother.
The father, who had once been one
OF Colombia's wealthiest men, had lost
his fortune and died three years ago,
1t was said.
We were hard pressed the brother
told the police. but there was no need
for this thing"
The compiainants are Charles Brooks.
l22 West Seventy eighth street, who
lost $500 In clothing and jewciry Rose
Faust. 75s West End avenue, 800
Nnttie Bradley, 81 West Ninety first
street. $500. and 81 West Ninety first
street. s4o0. and Christina Rogers, 20
West Sixtieth street. 5000. All thefts
were committed after September 1.
The New York herald., 1921-10-05
L. COUVERNEUR MORRIS
FREE FROM JAIL LIMIT
Declared Honest Debtor
After Giving Up Property.

Lewis Gouverneur Morris. former men,
Der Of the New York Stock Exchange
and descendant OF Gouverneur Morris.
one of the signers OF the Declaration of
Independence. was declared an honest
debtor" yesterday and discharged from
the jail limits Of Westchester county by
order OF Judge Frank l.. Young.
The order gives Mr.. Morris freedom
to go and come as he pleases Since
May 8, when former customer of the
defunct Wall Street house OF Morri5 &
Pope got body execution against him.
Morris he's been under bond of $4,000
to remain within the jail liberties. He
sought his release under the debtor and
creditor act, stating that he had reiin-
quished all his property even to ris scarf
pins. Judge Young said in his decision:
There is no evidence of fraud or coll
lusion committed by the defendant since
the beginning OF the action against him.
am unable to sustain the objections
irterposed by the judgment creditor.
believe that the defendant, having made
a full and uncontradicted disclosure of
his assets at the prese II time rs entitled
to the benefits of the DEBTOR and creditor
law and l find that the judgment debtor
should be released from Imprisonment"
The New York herald., 1921-10-05
81, 1875, 900, 900 RECEIPT
TO RETIRING OFFICIAL

Verne NJ. Bowie OF New Rochelle, who
has retired as Superintendent OF the
United States Assay Office in New York
after seven years or service. began ar
rangements yesterday for the relief of
his bondsmen. who furnished securities
amounting to only 100000 to guarantee
his proper handling Of, billions in cur
rency and gold belonging to the Gov
ernment. One OF the principal proofs
that Mr.. Bowie will present to show that
his handling Of the money has been cor
rect will be receipt for s1.S75. 900. 900,
the amount In the Assay Office when he
turned 1t over to his successor. Isaac
Smith of Peeksl<ill a
Mr.. Bowie said yesterday that he could
hardly estimate the amount of money
that has passed through his hands dur
ing the seven years he was at the head
of the Aesay Office. but. he Is certain
that II was not less than $4,000. 900. 900.
OF the money now stored there. and for
which he was given p receipt by Mr..
Smith. $3.50. .000. 900 IL in currency. $780,
900. 900 Ia in gold coin. $1,000. 900 In in
silver bullion and $1.315,000. 900 In gold
bullion. Much OF this gold. Mr.. Bowie
explained. came into the United States
from European countries during the
World War. When Mr.. Bowie went into
office on August IL. 1914. he rece!pted
for only $4,000. 900. the total amount
then In the Assay Office, whereas when
he left this had been Increased TO more
than forty times that amount
Mr.. Bowie, who is lawyer by profess
sion. has entered the employ Of the Five
10 Fifty Cent Stores Company of IL
West Twenty-third street.
The New York herald., 1921-10-05
QUITS FOSTER PARENT
TO MAKE HER OWN WAY
Girl Had Been Reared BY
Christian Scientist.

Miss Millicent Kinney, 20 years old,
who several years ago became the foster
child Of Miss Harriet c. Foss, Christian
Scientist. had the relationship legally
severed yesterday, Miss Foss consenting.
The sole reason for resumng her, status
as Kinney instead OF remaining Foss.
according to the papers filed before Sur
rogate Foley. Is the desire to join her
brother and four older sisters. who are
living together in an uptown apartment.
2 BY having the adoption abroeated. the
girl renounces all rights and privileges
which we're hers as Miss Foss's foster
daughter. preferring TO make her own
way in the world and share expenses
with her brother and sisters rather than
rely upor the ample :neans'' which Miss
Foss had TO show the court she DOS
fessed before she was able to adop. the
girl
While Surrogate Foley was approving
the sbrogatIon of this adoption Surro-
gate Cohalan was approving an adoption.
Emanuel Holland. 'cellist in the Green
wich Village Foiiies orchestra, and Mrs.
Kate Holland were granted possession of
a three and one-half year old youngster
abandoned by his parents two years ago.
The New York herald., 1921-10-05
DOPE GETS JOCKEY,
HIS $5OO,OOO GONE.
Joe Fuller, Now B0wery Dere-
lict, Begs Magistrate to
Send Him Away.
GOT HABIT IN HOSPITAL
Winner Of Many Track Classics
Dates Downfall From
Steeplechase Fall.
GOT HABIT IN HOSPITAL

Joe Fuller. In his day one of the
best Jockeys on the American turf,
walked into the office Of the Chief City
Magistrate yesterday broken old man.
He conressed that drugs had got the
better of him. ana begged to be sent
away, for the cure. After Tod Sloan
F>uller's earnings in the saddle were
probably the largest of any Jockey. He
made more than 100000.
Detective John Furlong OF the Chief
Magistrates Office. an old friend of Full
ler's. ran across him yesterday morning
in Chinatown. round the corner from the
Bowery Lodging House, where Fuller
had been living
I'm down and out. john" said the
Jockey. The dope got me. Can you help
meT
Furlong took him to see Magistrate
Jebn f. Mcclellan and at Fuller's re-
quest he was sent away to the Work
house Hospital for three months. As he
went out Magistrate McGeehan handed
him a bill and said: "A little tobacco
money. joe"
Thirty-fve years ago "Joe" Fuller,
whose real name is James Irving. rode
for Lucky Baldwin in California at
$4,000 year. He is "a now, and did
not quit the saddle until he was past so.
Fuller rode in the Suburban, the
Futurity. the Saratosa-all the big
stakes. He was jockey for Phil and
Mike Dwyer at the old Gravesend track.
He rode for John E. Madden and for
time was head Jockey in the stable of
Hugh Mclaughlin. Brooklyn political
boss
Fuller told Magistrate McGeehan he
became a drug addict BY accident.
"In 1900" he said. IT was riding in
California in a steeplechase. Molly
Bawn was the horse. She fell with me
and another horse stepped on me and
something happened to my spine. They
took me to hospital and It was six
months before I got out. They gave me
morphine and when left the hospital
I couldn't shake of the habit.
"I had made all of $500.000 riding on
the track. After that fall couldn't ride
any more, and took to the dope hard.
I lost what money I'd saved. I lost my
friends, Now Tn in a Bowery lodging
house"
The New York herald., 1921-10-05
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