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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-16
n. c. COOL HEADS BETTER
BUSINESS BUREAU OF D. c.

Howard c. Cool, for several years
director of the better business com
mission of Cleveland, was named
director Of the Washington Better
Business Bureau at a meeting of the
board of trustees last night at the
City Club.
Cool, who is an expert in finan.
cial fraud Investigations, succeeds
Frank r. Black, acting director for
the past six weeks. Black will re-
turn to New York as director of
clothing and fabric Investigations
for the national vigilance committee.
The new director will arrive in
Washington the middle of next
month. He has been in vigilence
work six years. In cooperation
with Edward l.. Greene, of the
Boston bureau, he originated the
nationwide Investigate before you
invest campaign. Mr.. Cool is mar
ried and a graduate Of the Uni
Versity Of Pennsylvania.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-16
N|QTHER0N
BOND FOR
STEM
Theater Man Hid Young Son
For Year and Half, Ex-
Wife Charges.

Norman Stenz, owner of the
Hippodrome Theater, sos K street
northwest, who police say, con-
cealed a three-year-old son,
George, from his divorced wife,
Mrs. Margaret Stem, 1924 Cliff
ton street northwest, for year
and half, today gave $4,000
bond following his arrest yester-
day at Culpeper, Va. The bond
is to insure his appearance at
court when his case is called for
trial.
Mother Goes ON Bond.
Chief Justice Mccoy of the Dis
trict Supreme Court fixed the bond
and Mrs. Mary M. e. Stem, mother
of, the accused, went as surety.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stem were married
in this city June 26, 1919.
For the first time in a year and
a half three-year-old George Stenz
saw his mother yesterday when he
was found by agents of the Depart
ment of Justice on small truck
farm near Culpepper. Department
of Justice Agents Matthew Horn ana
Maurice Joyce trailed the father for
MONTHS and at times when 1t was
thought they could lay hands on
him he was gone.
Had Assumed Name.
The agents finally learned that he
had located on the farm and lived
under the name of Marshall. They
informed Sheriff William Cans. OF
Culpeper county, of the circum-
stances of the case and he accom-
panied them to the house. STEM
was working in his garden when
the trio arrived, and the title fellow
was romping about the house, little
knowing that in a short time he
was to see his mother who has
been searching for him since the
day he is alleged to have been
kidnapped.
When they informed Stem of
their mission he became infuriated
say the agent. 1t was necessary
for the sheriff to draw his pistol to
get him under control, they as
serted. Stem and the little fellow
were taken to the Jail at Culpeper,
and were held pending the arrival
of the mother. AS soon as she en-
tered the Jail she identified both
father and son. Happy tears came
into the eyes of the mother as she
lifted little George and Rugged and
kissed him.
In the early part of last year
domestic troubles caused the hus-
band and wife to separate and an
absolute divorce resulted. Mrs. Stem
was given custody of the child.
During his wife's absense one day
Stem made off with the boy and
Ito trace Of him could be found
until recently.
1t is said that some Of the most
influential women in the city, in
Guiding the wife of Cabinet Off
Ger, have been interested in the
case.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-16
DRY CHEMIST
Gets THREAT
On LIFE
J. RueI Manning Writes His
Chief New Orleans Bootleg
gers Want to Kill Him.

j. Ruel Manning. of Washington
travelling chemist for the Fedora
prohibition unit. now inspecting
conditions in New Orleans. has
notified James A. Doran, chief OF
the industrial alcohol and chemical
division, that his life had been
threatened through anonymous let
ters in the Southern city.
Manning's tour has been marked
by prohibition clean-ups in several
cities, and he often reported that
bootleg liquor in various localities
was poisonous.
The letters received by him in
New Orleans. quantity misspelled,
informed Manning that his life
would be the penalty if he reported
adversely on the bootleg booze in
that city.
In writing to Chief Doran, Man
ming said he was not afraid of an
attack and that he would finish his
work in New Orleans if he had to
stay until He'll freezes over
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-16
10 TENANTSGET
REDUCTION IN
RENTS
Commission Fixes Valuation
and Return for Lamont
Apartment House.

Rents In the Lamont apartment
house, 1927 Lamont street north
west, were fixed today by the Dis
trict Rent Commission, the decision
including reconsideration of the
cases of ten tenants.
Rentals in these ten apartments
were reduced, the cuts ranging
from IS to $3.50.
The rent board fixed a value of
100000 on the property, and made
a maintenance allowance of $4,000
year. The adjustment, it is stated,
will give per cent rate of return.
When the Lamont case was first
before the commission in April, 1922,
the board authorized a valuation of
$4,000. Testimony of builders at
that time was to the effect that
the property was worth from $780,
900 to $4,000.
Tenants whose rents were re-
duced today are A. ]. Baker, w.
r. Coppage, J. Howard McCauley,
Lewis r. Poole, l.. H. Cushman,
George w. Tucker, r. e. Pilkinton,
William A. Burton, E. w. Milliken
and j. +. Petit.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-16
BROOKLAND CITIZENS
DISCUSS PAVING PLANS

Extensive paving in Brookland
was urged last night by the Brook
land Citizens Association. meeting
at Twelfth and Monroe streets
northeast.
The association also discussed an
independence Day celebration at
Fort Bunker Hill. G. B. Phelps is
chairman Of the arrangements com
nittee. Other committee heads are
E. w. Turner, program; DIR. Red
mond Mayo. finance; H. H. Saxton,
law and order; Franklin Howe. ath-
Ietics and fireworks, and E. l..
Cecil, grounds.
The association commended
plan to have a swimming POOL
built in the playground of the John
Burroughs School. Eighteenth and
Monroe streets northeast.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-16
BAR APART ME.NT
HOUSESOUT
Of ZONE
U"
III
Commissioners Adopt ReguIa-
ton to Protect Detached
2 House District. LII.


The regulation giving the District
Coming Commission power to- es-
tHblish an entirely new building
zone, from which apartment houses
would be excluded, was passed by
the Commissioners today.
The new rule is to keep certain
localities free from apartment
houses, and open only to the cree
ton of detached residences.
In passing the regulation the
commission announced, that it would
take no action in picking out To-
calities to be included in the new
zone until citizens of the District
shall have been given opportunity
TO express their views regarding
their neighbors.
With the passing of the reguIa-
ton, Washington may look forward
to the extension of many residential
communities without invasion by
apartments.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-16
SAILOR GETS AWARD OF
$4,000 FOR INJURIES

A verdict for $4,000 has been
awarded to jeremiah O'Shea, Of
Boston, a sailor, for personal in
juries, by jury in Circuit Court
No. 2, Justice Hoehling presiding.
in his suit against the United
States Shipping board and En1er-
gency Fleet Corporation.
O'Shea was employed on the s. S.
Dungannon. On January 6, 1921.
while the ship was on the hign
seas, bound for New Orleans, he
was ordered into the cargo hold,
where a quantity of oil had over.
flown and was burning. The sweep
Of oil tore his grasp from the cover
he was trying to fasten, hurting
him on his back on the flaming
tank
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-16
DROP CHARGES AGAINST
SEN. WATSON'S CHAUFFEUR

Charges of violating the traffic
regulations against Clifford Burley,
colored, chauffeur of the late Sen
ator Thomas Watson, of Georgia,
have been nolle pressed by Assist
ant Corporation Counsel Thomas G.
Walsh.
The case has been on the Traffic
Court docket since June 6, 1922.
Burley, who was released on per-
sonal bond pending his appearance
for trial, returned to Georgia with
the Senator's family, and has not
been heard from since.
Senator Watson had entered him
self as attorney for the colored man.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-16
THE MEAN OLD THING.

A columnist who is always
jeering the linotypers and proof
readers. and trying to parade
the errors. they may make, goes
out of his way to print details
of the marriage Of
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS SlmOntchixoen-
tek and Seventrevitiaskaska DfVanOw-
steraraslxikOwsky. In ClearfleId, Pa.
Then, to make the agony
worse, he appends a list of
Greek and Polish ladies and gem
tlemen in attendance, and the
name of the minister, Rev. Men
ielososusos Persouskassinwinia-
kofsky.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-16
HOLD-UP BANDIT ROBS
MARKETMAN OF HIS CASH

Held up at the point of a pistol
early today at Tenth street and
Rhode Island avenue northwest, w.
E. FRANKIE, 719 Kenyon street north
west, was robbed of SO by an un-
identified negro. FRANKIE, on his
wagon, was going to. market when
the negro stepped from behind a
tree and informed the former that
something had fallen from the We.
hicle. Fronke stepped from the
wagon to the pavement and the ne
gro poked the pistol in his face.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-16
MISSIONARY SOCIETY
ELECTS NEW OFFICERS

At yesterdays quarterly meeting
Of the home department of the
Woman's Home and Foreign Mis-
sionary Society, Washington Dis.
trict, Methodist Episcopal Church
in Brookland Church, the following
officers were elected: President,
Mrs. Henry S. France; first vice
president, Mrs. r. Edwards; sec
ond, Mrs. Lucius Clark; correspond.
ing secretary, Mrs. w. Clark Main
recording secretary, Mrs. Howard
Lambdin; treasurer, Mrs. G. w
Stokes.
Reports of Twenty-Five auxiliar'
les of the order were received by
radio. Sessions morning and after
noon were featured by musical and
other entertainments.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-16
WOMAN NEARLY BROWNS
TRYING TO RESCUE PURSE

While attempting to retrieve q
purse which she claimed fell into the
Tiday Basin last night, Laura Lee,
colored, twenty-five years old, AIS
first street northwest, fell into the
water. She was rescued unconscious
by Park Policeman J. N. Browning,
who heard her scream.
After giving her first aid treat.
ment he had her removed to Elmer.
gency Hospital. Her condition Is not
serious. Police are puzzled as to
why she was on the basin wall at
such a late hour.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-16
WIFE, 10, OF MAN, 70, HELD
FOR PASSING BAD CHECKS

Helen Hobbs. nineteen, pretty
wife of Horatio Hobbs, seventy
three was referred to the probation
officer for investigation when ar.
raigned before Judge Hardison in
Police Court Yesterday on charges
Of violating the bad check law.
According to allegations. Mrs
Hobbs had passed a number OF
valueless checks on department
stores in this city. She was rep
resented by Attorney James F.
Hughes.
Similar charges against her hus-
band were dismissed by Ralph
Given. assistant United States at
tOrneY.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-16
Half Of u. S. Wealth
Now In Gold, Says
Treasury

BY international News Service.


Half of the country's stock
of money is in gold, the Treas
ury Department announced to-
day.
Gold coin and bullion in the
United States amounts to
$4,O23, 100000. All money, in
Guiding gold, silver, and Gov.
eminent and bank notes
amounts to $3.50, 623, 600.
Of all the accumulated. gold
$3,346,000s 900, is held riaa9 the
United States Treasurys,t It
stands as security against soht-
standing issues of gold and sill
yer certificates, or is held for
Federal reserve banks and
agents.
Only $677,151,O0O of the
gold is outside the Treasury,
and only O7,256,724 is ac-
tually in circulation. This
would allow $3.6 for each in
dividual if it were equally
divided. Included in the sum
outside the Treasury is $780,
$4,000 held by Federal re-
serve banks and agents.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-16
What's Doing
Today & Tomorrow
Today.

Today.
Dedication Memorial to Edward
Dunn, past supreme chancellor. Knights
of Pythias, auspices of the supreme and
grand lodges of the District, Congress
sional Cemetery, p. m.
Celebration--One hundred and forty
eighth anniversary of the organiza ton
of Quartermaster Corps. Rauschers. 1880
p m.
Picnic-High School Girl Reserves
Reservoir Hill. p. m.
Outing-Merchants and Manufacturers
Boosters, Potomac River, all day.
Concert-U. s. Army Band. Sylvan
Theater. 8 p. IN.
Lawn Fete-St. Vincent's Orphan Asy-
slum, Fourth and Charming streets north
east. night.
Dance-Gamma Delta Sigma sorority,
Lafatte Hotel. evening.
Tomorrow.
Lecture-Dr. Thomas s. Young, direc-
tor of the church vacation schools of
America, Calvary Baptist Church, 3
p. nj.
Musical program-Church of Cove
nant, p. m.
Lecture-The Rev. DR.. j. Harvey Dun
ham, Temple Heights. 4 p m.
Lecture = Prominent Portraits in
Great Galleries." DR.. Henry Allen Tup.
per. First Baptist Church. IL q. m,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-16
SUES ROAD FOR $4,000
FOR ALLEGED INJURIES

The Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany was made defendent in a
suit filed yesterday in the District
Supreme Court by John Longworth
for $4,000 damages for alleged per-
sonal injuries.
Longworth says he was a pas
senger on one of the. defendants
trains November II, 1922, and that
in getting off at Perth Amboy,
N. j., he stepped into an open,
unprotected turnN BILE nit, whereby
he was seriously and permanently
injured.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-16
DAMASCUS, ND, SCHOOL
GIVES SEVEN DIPL OMAS

Seven girls and boys were gradu-
ated yesterday from the high school
at Damascus, Md. A. G. Brady, prin.
cipal, presided at the commencement
exercises, and address to graduates
was made by Rev. DR.. Lowden. pas
tor OF the Jamestown Presbyterian
Church.
The graduates were Genevieve
Mull1neaux, Laura Virginia Bow
man, Marjorie V. Cue, Viola Glaze,
Ethel Mae Burns, Mary Lee Stanley
and Milton NICK. Boyer.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-16
ST. ROSES INDUSTRIAL
SCHOOL PLANS FESTIVAL

st. Roses Industrial School will
have a three-day festival on Its
grounds, California street and
Phelps place northwest beginning
Tuesday, the activities oeginnlns
each afternoon at 4 O'Clock. Din
ner will be served.
This event is the first or It's Kind
given by the school. Plans are
complete for an annual oeneIit OF
he conducted by the lay officers
and board members Of the school.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-16
QUARTERMASTER CORPS
WILL NOTE ANNIVERSARY

More than 100 members Of the
quartermaster corps will celebrate,
tonight, at Rauscher's, the one hun
dred and forty-eighth anniversary
of the founding of the corps.
Mai. Gen. Charles F. Humphrey.
retired quartermaster general, will
be the guest of the present in
cumbent, Maj. Gen. w. H. Hart.
William w. Smith, chief counsel
of the Veterans Bureau, member
of the quartermaster reserve corps.
will be POSTMASTER.
Among the speakers will be AS
sistant Secretary of War Dwight
F. Davis, Maj. Gen. John l.. Hines,
deputy chief of staff; Brig. Gen.
Stuart Heintzelmann, assistant chief
of staff; Brig. Gen. HI. M. Lord.
director of the budget, and Rear
Admiral David Powell.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-16
STANDARD SIZE BRICKS.

The Association Of American Brick
Manufacturers 10 considering the ad-
visibility Of making all bricks Of .
standard size. e5s
This ought to be q great time saver
when two fellows get into an aFEu-
them will have to waste time look
ing for the biggest brick.
And union bricklayers won't waste
time picking out the smallest bricks
first.
1t will take them longer to mako
showing IL the bricks should be
made smaller, but D month Of close
watching will enable anyone with
good eyesight to notice where o wall
Is going mp. MIKE HENRY.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-16
To Go on River Trip.

The members of the Massachu.
sets State Society will go on a river
trip to Colonial Beach tomorrow on
the steamer st. Johns, leaving the
seventh street wharf at 9 a. m. All
Bay Staters living in Washington
are invited.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-16
NEVER TELL A LIE.

Pa always told me not to lie,
And handed out good dope;
III / happened to tell q fib
Ma washed my mouth with soap.
but / never could quite understand
Why my little fibs were q gln,.
When ma told the maid to tell the
Bill collector she wasn't in!
ARIZONA IKE.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-16
More Chesapeake Trains.

The amusement season proper be-
gan today at Chesapeake Beach
when the full summer schedule Of
trains to and from the resort be-
came effective. Many trains have
been added, particularly on Satur-
days and Sundays.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-16
An apple a day may keep
the doctor away but an onion
a day keeps everybody at
bay. UNCLE ZEEE.
DID YOU EVER. MEN?

DID YOU EVER, MEN?
Did you ever wake up in the pitch
black night
With a feeling you were not alone.
thing you saw,
Snowy white. like a ghost, 1t shOne;
And your hair stood on end as cIammy
sweat
Made YOU feel like your last night
Of life?
Then you switched on the Iight-yOu
Calmly riflinE your pOckets-yOur
Vile. LULU NJ. SCHULTZ.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-16
HERO AND LEANDER.

The wOndrOus tale has oft been told
OF maiden fair and lover bold;
How young Leander, madly fond,
Swan through the StOrm-swept Hell
lespOnt
To hold sweet HERDS hand i'm his
And press upon It many q kiss.
o JOY, 0 rapture and O bliss!
All, beanteOus was this Greclan miss.
But nOwadays-ah. what's the use?
Such conduct simply "cOOks your
goose" at
Aquatic feats Of desperate dare,
Such will not get you anywhere.
The ladies, whether dark or fair.
All positively do declare
That never, never will they care
For men who sport damp underwear.
L'ENVOI
II she on whom your heart does dOte,
Perchance should live beyond the
river,
BE sure and rent a mOtOrbOat
Or cross the bridge In your old
oliver"
=
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-16
Headline: thousands of dol
lars 1Oorth of rare aOines and
Uhiskies seized" Why insert
the qUord "rGre?" OIDONO.
SAY 1T WITH COSMETICS.

aromatic Tactics.(
The modern woman
Who loses her spouse a
Doesn't quicker, long and cry:
She gives man puff"
Wins the battle quickly,
For she keeps her powder dry.
HANK HAWKINS.
~ see that a New York
woman doctor says thousands of
women die from kissing" OBJ
served his wife.
Eyes, but a million of them
are dying to be kissed" snapped
hubby.
Y. e. S.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-01
K|LON|S To TRY
SKILL WITH
KETONEN
WeIl-Known Greek Middle
weight to Be Seen Here
Wednesday.

John Kilonis. the husky Greek
middleweight wrestler, has been OBJ
tanned by Promoter Joe Freeman
to meet Waino Ketonen, of Rut-
land, Mass, in a mat contest. best
two in three falls, at the Coliseum
next Wednesday night.
''Kilonis wrote me from Norfolk.
Va, his home" said Freeman to-
day. that he has just returned
from a busy season in the Middle
West and is in good shape. While
in Chicago he was married and he
has brought his bride with him to
Norfolk.
II was glad to get in touch with
Kilonis. He Is well known here in
Washington, where he has hun
dreds of friends and even more ad-
mirers. Everybody seems to like
his rough. rugged tactics on the
mat.
About two years ago or so
Kilonis and ketonen met in Boston.
They were to wrestle to single
fall and after three hours had gone
by without either man gaining any
advantage, the referee decided 1t
was q draw. -. Ever since then
Kilonts has tried to get another
match with Ketonen, but he has
never been successful until now"
Freeman plans to stage this
wrestling show at popular prices.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-01
Cutshaw Is Another.

GORGE CUTSHAW is another
a. to feel the ak above his
W collar. He played some good
MI for Ty Cobb last year, but
Del Pratt has been obtained for
that midway cushion and there is
no room for Cutshaw.
Ivan Olson, of the Brooklyn
Dodgers: Red Oldham, of the
Tigers; Hal Janvrin, of the Dodg-
ers; Lee King, of the Giants;
Dave Robertson, of the Giants;
Hank Gowdy, of the Braves, and
Al Sothoron, of the Indians, are
&c be seen no more on big league
paths, chasing Ping Bodie, Dutch
Leonard, Ray Caldwell, Ferdie
Schupp, Phil Douglas, Slim Sal
lee, Bobby Roth, Jim Shaw and
Jack Graney into the shadows.
Furthermore, the old gent with
the scythe is overtaking many
who will start another major
league season in April. Walter
Johnson, George Mogridge and
Hank Shanks cannot have much
farther to go before fe cling the
keen edge of that blade. Roger
Peckinpaugh is another Griffman
rapidly coming to the jumping-off
place.
The day Walter Johnson decides
to hang up his spiked shoes is
certain to be one Of grief for
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-01
SIXTEEN MACKMEN HAVE
SIGNED CONTRACTS

PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 81
Four more Mackmen have entered
the eligible fold for the 1923 Amer.
lean League race by forwarding
their signed contracts to Shibe
Park. OF the quartet. Home Run
Til Walker was the only veteran in
the group. The other three were
youngsters who hope to earn their
major league spurs this season.
They were Ell Schilling, a boxman
from Oklahoma; Charley Rowland,
a catcher. who served on the Rocky
Mount Club Of North Carolina, and
w. S. Hartman. another backstop,
who played with Columbia Univer-
sity last year. Both have fond
aspirations Of being able to displace
Frank Bruggy as the second string
catcher to Cy Perkins.
Following are the sixteen players
In line:
Catchers-Cy Perkins, Charley
Rowland, and w. S. Hartman.
Pitchers-Eddie Rommel, Bride
groom Slim Harris, Bob Hasty,
Charley Ogden, Fred Heimach,
Jimmy O'Nefll and Beard.
Infielders-Joe Hauser, first base
man; Heinie Scheer, second base
man; Harry Riconda. third baseman;
Kaunas, shortstop.
Outfielders-Tl Walker and Frank
MCGOWAN.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-01
SURE BETS
IN BOXING
AFFAIRS
Dempsey Will Fight Once in
America This Year and
for Richard.

NEW YORK, Jan. S1.-These are
safe wagers:
1. Jack Dempsey will battle just
once on American soil this sum-
mer.
2. Tex Richard will do all the
promoting.
All this conversation concerning
a 100000 offer by Harry Frazee
and a $1.0O0.00o fight guar
antee by Tom O'Rourke has ST.
fenced to a mere echo.
Frazee is out OF the bidding; in
fact, according to the general be-
lief, he never was in it except for
the purpose of garnering publicity.
And Tom O'Rourke, who Chanted
so blithely concerning millions of
dollars, is not being considered Sc
riously by Jack kearns since II
became noised about that Charlie
the Giants, are not backing him
financially.
That leaves Tex Richard alone
in the field of promotional activity
Richard, in day or two, will
submit a ke-it-or-leaVe-it" offer
to Kearns. 1t is understood the
offer will not mention the name of
Wills, but will specify that Demp-
sey is to mix it with one or an
other Of the white fighters to be
selected later by Kearns.
The white fighters will he Will
lard, Floyd Johnson, Tom Gibbons
and Luis Firpo.
If Dempsey accepts the propo-
sition to fight under the promotion
of Richard, then Tex will make up
his mind as regards the suitable"
opponent late in March.
BY that time Firpo and Bill
Brennan will have settled their
differences, and the same thing
goes for Johnson and Gibbons. If
Gibbons disposes OF Johnson in
spectacular fashion. then it's al
most q cinch that Richard will pit
Dempsey and Gibbons against each
other, probably on Decoration Day.
In case johnson should beat Glib
hons and Firpo should win over
Brennan. then Richard would
match the two and have the win
ner meet Dempsey.