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The Washington times., 1923-03-31
Klbane Says He is
Willing To Box
Dundee

CLEVELAND, Ohio, March
31.-"I am ready now, as I al
ways have been, to meet any man
in the world in the feather
weight class" Johnny Kilbane,
worlds featherweight champion
told international News Service
today, commenting on a state
ment by the New York boxing
commission that he can gain re-
instatement by meeting Johnny
Dundee in a title match. II have
never been offered a chance to
meet Dundee, but | am perfectly
willing to do So"
The Washington times., 1923-03-31
MOHAWKS WILL
MEET:PH|LS
TOMORROW
Champion SandIot Baseball
Team Starts With Sunday
Morning Game.

The champion Mohawks will in
augurate their 1923 baseball season
at 1890 o'clock tomorrow morning
in a game against the Phils A. c.,
formerly the Cleveland A. c., on the
diamond at Fifth and L streets
southeast Bill Luscombe will UNI
pire.
The following Mohawk players are
requested to report at the club
house at 10 o'clock: Fraser, South
ern, McCarty, Cox, Mccain, Melon
aid, Chaconas, Payne, Thompson,
"Finny" Kelley, kindergarten,
ONeil, Bkjorkland, Johnston, Allen,
Freidlinger, Cullen, America, Lynn,
and all new candidates.
The Washington times., 1923-03-31
WHITE PERCH EXPECTEDI
WHEN RIVER CLEARS
BY X. A. ANGLER.

Conditions unvOrah for angling have been with Us roughou
while reaching unusually
muddy high winds The young cyclones started Sunday
evening and continue to churn the soft mud bottom OF the SHALLOW
into
again. the winds have had
until the temperature
az The water has been around freezing point.
So you see prevailing conditions it easy understand
angling and why the from 70 two
weeks behind schedule The of white perch should have
according dope of previous along
migratory nny fellow
The Washington times., 1923-03-31
FORT MYER GLOVEMEN
ENTERTAIN AT MT. ALTO

Boxers from Fort Myer enter
tanned the disabled soldiers at Mt.
Alto Hospital last night in three
bouts before a capacity audience
at the ''Y" hut.
In the first bout, Barry, Of the
sixteenth Field Artillery, defeated
GodseI' Third Cavalry, in three
rounds. Morrison, Sixteenth Field
Artillery and Stables Third Cav.
airy, fought a three-round draw,
Fort, Sixteenth Field Artillery. and
Hall, went four rounds to a draw
The Washington times., 1923-03-31
FOREIGN WARS VETERANS
WILL REPORT TOMORROW

All members OF National Capitol
Post, Veterans of Foreign Wars,
who have baseball aspirations, are
asked to report at the corner of
Seventeenth and e streets north
west tomorrow afternoon at
o'clock for a workout.
Unlimited teams desiring games
communicate with r. III. Burch, 1904
Ontario road northwest. Columbia
$780,.
The Washington times., 1923-03-31
Bass Season Closes
For Washington
Fishermen

The game fish season will
close for local anglers with the
going down Of todayss sun.
The lid will be sealed on bass
and crappie fishing until May 30.
This also applies TO fish deal
ers, restaurant and hotelkeep-
ers, as it is unlawful to have
for sale or upon the menu game
fish during the spawning sea-
son.
The Washington times., 1923-03-31
CHANCE SAYS HIS CLUB
IS mot so TERRIBLE"
HOT SPRl

HOT SPRINGS; Ark, March 81
Frank Chance, new manager OF
the Boston Red Sox. remarked TO-
day: my pitchers seem to be at
flicted with almost everything ex.
cept speed and fast breaking
curves"
On the whole, however, he was
more cheerful than heretofore and
laughingly said that his team was
not so terrible" a. he feared two
Gays ago.
The Washington times., 1923-03-31
GOULD IS GOING ABROAD
AFTER LAURELS

Another invasion of Europe by American in quest Of cham
holder April viii attempt
capture the French title bathurst Cup In Paris BEFORE
will his national title tournament that starts
month at Boston.
Gould will his title April meeting the
which the and
the
challenge Could outstanding champion
The Washington times., 1923-03-31
BrookIand Practices.

The Brookland team will practice
Sunday morning at II o'clock on
their field. All candidates are re-
quested to be on hand. In the
afternoon at 2:3O a practice game
Will be staged with the South Brook.
land team.
The Washington times., 1923-03-31
EiIiotts Seek Games.

The Elliott A. c., OF the north
east section, has reorganized It's
baseball team for the season. Last
year 1t won all but two of it's
tWenty-one starts. For games write
George r. Anderson, Pierce School,
Fourteenth and G streets northeast.
The Washington times., 1923-03-31
CARPENTER CHALLENGES
FRENCH HEAVYWEIGHT

PARIS, March 31.-Georges Car.
pentief, former heavy-light weight
champion OF Europe, today chaI.
lenged the French y heavyweight
champion, Marcel Miles. to a fight
after his bout with Joe Beckett,
British heavyweight, on June IL.
The Washington times., 1923-03-31
RIB OF SHEEP NEW JAW
FOR BOXER CRIOUI

Eugene featherweght champion of Europe
ing anything fight
his schooboy engaged
200 ring battles Ony about half Of which the
book He has fought the trenches
his country and he has fought DEATH It March
and his life despad of times before he discharged
from the hospital almost two years later.
The Washington times., 1923-03-31
CALCIUM ON YOUNGSTERS
WHO COST FORTUNES

NEW YORK March apparently be year high
& IN DaseDa e irst SINCE the Federal League
turb and otherwise that laudable institution
Willie Kamm, expected
baseball the Chicago White Sox Jimmy oConne
Bentley for whom babe
O00 naturally looked successful candidates
Antonio although neither has being downright con-
The Washington times., 1923-03-31
Girards Seek Games

The Girard A. c. would like to
book a game with some fast tbir.
teen-year-old outfit for April IA,
also for April 81. Phone Joseph
McCarron, North 3051.
The Washington times., 1923-03-31
Stag Team Reorganizes.

The Stag A. C.. of the thirteen and
fourteen-year- old class has been re-
manager. The team practiced this
organized with Joseph Bernheimer
morning. For games call Lincoln
1914.
The Washington times., 1923-03-31
RECORDS in ALL EVENTS
SMASHED BY MAS0NS
IN FIFTH TOURNEY
By r. D. THOMAS.

all of the fifth annual Masonic
tournament, concluded the King Pin
Lodges set high mark with 1000
Hammer Lafayette bowler 104 for aevents record
S9S for record in the singles
and Megaw Of Lafayette, hung new mark In the
doubles with 731.
drew record entry Of thirynlne
than previous
the Masonic Bowling Association To-Day
receiving congratulations having done job in tasnlon
ARRANGING details of the tournament and conducting It,
The Washington times., 1923-03-31

IneSe are rather obvious examples
of the rising young men in base
ball. The dollar mark Is ON them,
and the luxury tax being what 1t
is, the presumption Ia that hard.
headed baseball men like McGraW
and Comiskey would scarcely pay
the price Of the players in question
were not destined to make the
rifle.
Many recruits of more obscure
origin have been equally impress
sive at other camps, however, the
majority Of them being infielders
for no particular reason. A nOta-
bic example Is one Lou ROsen-
berg, who came up to the White
SOx from the sand lots of Frisco
and made good overnight. His
defensive work around shOrtstOp
i'm the Giant. White SOx series has
fairly briStled with class. Another
Is Travis Jackson, who may beat
Johnny Rawlings out of his Job
as utility infieIder with the Giants.
A third is Walter Lutzke from
Kansas City, of whom iris Speaker
whispers many sweet nothings.
Still another plausible looking third
baseman is Homer EXCEL, from
Shreveport, who may catch on with
the Browns, to say nothing of Sam
Hale, for whom Connie Mack Ia
alleged to have paid $4,000 to
Portland, and Walter Riconda, from
New Haven.
The Dodgers are at present daily.
Ing three recent graduates Of the
Southern Association. They are
Fred Schleibner, OF Little Rock. first
baseman: Stuffy Stewart, of Biz
mingham, second baseman, and Bill
Mullen, of Mobile, a third baseman.
All have been stepping high, wide
and handsome at Clearwater and
are virtually certain Of starting the
season as regulars.
The Pills are quite enamOred
Of the defensive ability of Heine
Sand, the Salt Lake shOrtstop.
Heine may or may not be worth
the $4,000. President Baker
wouldn't pay for 1899 worth of
action, but he has captivated the
camp with his glittering stops and
throws around the short field.
Jocko Conlon, Harvard shortstop,
ana one Padgett, from the Texas
League, are making good with the
Braves, and the same may be said
of Roscoe Holm, University of
Iowa infielder.. with the Cardinals.
The Reds also think rather well
of Eddie Hook, an outfielder, from
Atlanta, and Pitcher Roberts, a
riot in the Cotton States League;
the Indians are sold on Homer
Summa, the Texas League out
fielder, and Glenn Wyatt the $50, 900
catcher from Milwaukee,: the White
Sox say that Elsh, their expensive
outfield purchase, may Dust one of
the regulars, and Leo Dickerman,
righthand pitcher from Memphis
has caught on definitely with the
Dodgers, rs have Tim Mcnamara
and Johnny Cooney, pitchers, with
the Braves.
These are said to be the cream,
but for all we know the milk may
taste sweeter in the long run.
The Washington times., 1923-03-31

row with the mailing of checks to
the prize winners.
But Stockings general bowling
duties will not cease tomorrow. HE
now must duplicate on a much
larger scale his Masonic tourna'
Ynent work. He is president OF the
washington City Duckptn Associa-
zion and win direct it's annual tour
nament, to be held at the Grand
Central, starting April %.
Tonight, at the Recreation, will
be held a meeting Of officers and
directors of the city association,
ard final plans for the tOurna-
n1ent win be made.
On Monday every bowling alley
An the city, 1t is hoped, will be sup
piled with association membership
cards and tournament entry blanks.
To those following closely the de-
velopment of this years city tour.
nanent a record entry would not
be surprising. Stocking ana otner
officers are besieged with requests
for information on speciaI mgnts
to be allotted various leagues nav
ing large representations IN the
event.
rha Masonic Bowling Associa-
t;on's night at the Grand Central
nr0hahIv will be an outstanding
Seafusre' Judging from indications.
M Iess than sixteen teams, ana
uosaFbly more, win represent TINS
leawua- Anyway, sixteen have
informed Stocking fOf their likely
entry.
Stocking will request the Grotto
ar shrine hand to help out In max
ing Masonic Night q whiz-bang.
For the first time in the history
~ the tournament, O team com.
noged OF newspaper writer's ana edi-
tors wfIl shoot. The team Is being
Organised in the editorial rooms
of THE washington Times ana the
washington Herald. and 1t Is not
unlikely that two teams WIN rep.
resent the typewriter mauiers ano
pencil pushers. one from eacn news.
paper. oa -
the most skilled bowlers IN WASH
Snc+or viii hold a meeting soon to
check up on its entry in the tourna-
rnent. More teams from the us
frict League will enter, 1t now APP
pears, than were counted on at
first.
LIN fact, interest in the tOurna-
ment is rapidly and generally on
the increase. The Grand CentrA
AIIeys' management will cooper
ate to the limit TO put the tourna-
ment over in q big league manner
and promises among other things
TO have the drives In flrst-ciaSs
condition. The most skilled help
that can be obtained VIII work on
the alleys.
Tournament headquarters nave
been established at the Recreation,
in G street, and all communications
from bowIers should be mailed there
20 Moe Goldberg, secretary
Lafayette No. 1 won silver cup
by landing first place In the
Masonic tournament. Hammer OF
LAFAYETTE, will receive a silver cup
for coping the ail-events; Blu
Milans becomes the owner OF a gold
medal for winning the singles, and
Megaw and Watson the same for
triumphing in the doubles.
Prize winners and their scores
& follow:
The Washington times., 1923-03-31

1t was While on sentry duty "a
dangerous post to which he vol
unteereO, i'm his second year Of
the war that he sustained the
wound that apparently spelled the
end Of his ring career, If not his
span of life. AS has been told,
1t was q terrible wound
A bullet struck him beneath the
left corner OF his mouth, ripped
away q number Of teeth, splin-
tered the jaw bone and passed
out through the side OF his neck.
all but piercing the jugular vein.
A remarkable operation was
necessary to build up the shot
away portion of his face and
jaw; no silver plate has been
ton Of the rib bone OF q sheep
was grated into tlae interior Of
his mouth.
Now he wears a top and bot
teeth, which he removes before q
bout, substituting special non
breakable plates. His jaw, It is
said, now withstands the hardest
smashes.
Criqui was born in Paris, August
Is, 1893, where his father was
proprietor of q wine cellar. OF his
family, only his mother still lives,
and he is now supporting her,
everything his parents owned hav.
ing been swept away during the
world war.
Criqui is slender and gracefully
built, rather taller than at first
glance; the record books give his
height as 5 feet Az inches, but his
actual height appears to be feet
GA inches.
The first thing that strikes
tne eye ON an examination Of his
face Is his permanent war badge
with his jaw slightly askew and
the tautened skin over his healed
bullet wounds Gt throws In con-
trast the right Jaw with some
thing of a bulldog like prOIni-
nence.)
The face is pierced by a rather
W1de-stretched mouth, and shows a
nose slightly Kattened, left ear with
cauIiflower trademark, gray-bIue
eyes rather small, and hair of al.
most lustreless black brushed
straight back.
1t Is lean, grave, courteous
countenance with an air of alb.
straction and on which the stamp
of suffering is distinguished above
its blow-beaten characteristics. It
all gives promise of an interesting
effort when Criqui is called on ia
perform before an American fight
gathering.
The Washington times., 1923-03-31

The Iooked-for first run Of
hardheads have failed to put I'm
their appearance at Chesapeake
Beach, according TO trainmen who
ply between Washington and the
bay.
The Washington times., 1923-03-31

The Masonic Bowling Associa.
fion's night at the Grand Central
probably will be an outstanding
feature. judging from indications:
No les than sixteen teams, ano
possibly more, win represent thus
league. Anyway, sixteen nave
Informed Stocking POf their hkely
entry.
The Washington times., 1923-03-31

The fish, . twenty FOUNDER,
With n head resembling q bull,
gave 3 wonderful fight for free
dom when he realized he had
been fooled into taking the bait
that contained q deadly weapon,
\ number twenty hook. It was
fully ten minutes before the
Giant was conquered and then
only after sheer exhaustion ON
his part.
Seward daily gateway., 1923-04-21
NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING OF
 STOCKHOLDERS

Pursuant to and by direction of the stockholders of the Seward Arctic Brotherhood Association, Corpora tion organized under the laws of the Territory of Alaska, and having usu- al and principal place of business at Seward, in said Territory, at an ad- journed special meeting held at Sew ard, Alaska, on March 12, 1923, the Board of Trustees for said Association hereby give notice that special meet ing of the stockholders and sharehold- CTS of the Seward Arctic Brotherhood association, will be held at Seward. Alaska, on Tuesday, May 15, 1923, al the hour of eight o'clock D. m. of said day at the small Arctic Brotherhood Hall in said Town of Seward, for the purpose of voting upon the question of the sale of the real property and other assets of the corporation; the repair and alteration of the same, and upon any other question relative to the sale, mortgage, lease or other dis position of said property and assets; and upon the matter of dissolving the corporations and upon any other mat ter which may lawfully come before said meeting.
 Dated at Seward, Alaska, Apr. 14, 192" SEWARD ARCTIC BROTHERHOO"
 ASSOCIATION, a Corporation, By L. V. Ray, Chairman of Board Of
 Trustees; and l.. A. Peel, Secre-
 tary, Board of Trustees
 Publish Apr IA, 21, 2S, May 5, 12, 1923
Seward daily gateway., 1923-04-21
(By Special CorrespondenD

JUNEAU, ALASKA, Apr 17.-Sen- ator Aver introduced second substi- ute for the Hunt resolution denOunc- ing fish reserves and instructing the Attorney General to take steps to test the validity of the Presidential order creating reserves, and withdrew the urday. The latest substitute contains no preamble, in contrast to the origi- nal resolution, which harshly con demned the action of the President in creating reserves.
 House Bill 23 which passed the Senate providing the payment of men in private employment in legal United States money or checks redeemable at the nearest Alaska bank, and amended last week by the Senate to require monthly paydays for cannery and salt cry employees, was taken from the Senate calendar and sent back to the committee after the attorney general had upheld Dimond's contention that it was strictly class legislation and therefore unconstitutional
 The Senate passed the Snodgrass bill prohibiting the importation of diseased livestock into the territory for any purpose, instead of merely for dairy purposes, as under the present law.
 Chamberlin's bill increasing the sal ary of the commissioner of educatio and requiring certain qualifications, was killed in the Senate, Aldrich Brown, Hunt, Dunn and Snodgrass voting for it's indefinite postponement.
 Snodgrass introduced bill for ter
Seward daily gateway., 1923-04-21

Raelston introduced in the House a bill appropriating $125,0O0 for the Territorial fish commission, authoriz- ing the construction of four new fish hatcheries, one at Seward, one near Chitina, and the other two in the First division. This bill calls for the expen- diture on construction of the Seward and Chitina hatcheries of sum not to exceed $1O,000 each and operation and maintenance for the next two years not to exceed $7500 each.
 The Ways and Means committee re- pomed favorably bill authorizing the construction of library and museum building at Juneau, appropriating for ty thousand dollars.
 The Decker bill lowering the legal rate of interest to eight per cent was defeated in the Senate.
 Bill 51, protecting the brands on foxes and Bill S5 requiring the filing of affidavits of annual labor on min- ing claims 90 days after June 30th, instead of the end of the calendar year passed the House.
Seward daily gateway., 1923-04-21
ritorial fairs to promote agriculture manufacturing, mining and other in dustries, and appropriating $250O an nually for that purpose, these fairs to be held in each division.
(By Special Correspondent)


 JUNEAU, Apr 1S-The Aldrich ter ritorial control board bill was lost by tie vote on final passage this morn ing, Senators Aver, Chamberlain, Di- mond and Dunn voting against its pas sage and Senators Hunt, Brown, Al drich and Snodgrass for It's passage. Dunn and Aver made impassioned ar- guments against the measure, the for mer characterizing it impractical, expensive, and imperative, and a measure of conflict rather than co-Or- dination."
 The Shepard pension bill passed the Senate carrying $25 per month max imum allowance for men and $45 per month maximum for women.
 The municipal code was amended, giving communities the power to reg ulate rates of public service corpora tions, but limiting the power to lower them to a point that will enable the company to make leSS IIldu tcu pol cent on their investment. The bill does not affect existing contracts.
 The House passed the $4O,00O ap- propriation bill authorizing the con- struction of building to house the Alaska museum and library in Juneau.
 Decker introduced a bill in the House repeating the anti-syndicalism act of the 1919 legislature.
 Grant introduced a bill regulating the operation of automobiles on high ways outside of incorporated towns, limiting the speed of all cars except trucks to twenty miles an hour and trucks to 15 miles per hour, and 12 miles for all cars on curves.
 Representative Keys introduced a memorial asking the removal of the agricultural development station from Sitka to a point elsewhere in the Territory where it would be more useful, and the transfer of all prop erty at the Sitka station to the Pio- neers' Home.
Seward daily gateway., 1923-04-21
NOTICE TO PAY SCHOOL TAD

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN That the undersigned has been duly ap- pointed School Tax Collector for the town of Seward in conformity with Chapter 29, Alaska Session Laws, 1913 and amendments thereto.
 All male persons between the ages of twenty-one and fifty years, except sailors in U. s. Army or Revenue Cut ter Service, Volunteer Bremen, Paul pers and Insane Persons, are subject to tax in the sum of Five ($5.00) Dol lars.
 Should you be living in Alaska on or prior to the first Monday in April, 1923, said tax shall be due and pay able on said first date, and shall be delinquent after May 1, 1923. Should you arrive in Alaska later than first date above mentioned, tax will be de linquent thirty (3O) days after your arrival, or within ten QO) days after notice is given you.
 All persons, firms and corporations employing labor shall furnish list of employees to collector and are au- thorized by law to deduct amount of tax from wages of employees.
 Fines and Imprisonment are provid- ed by the Act above quoted for those who fail or neglect to pay tax or furn- ish list of employees.
 Dated at Seward, Alaska, April II 1923.
 CURTIS R. MORFORD,
 School Tax Collector for Seward Publish Apr. II, 12, 13, 14, 1923. At
Seward daily gateway., 1923-04-21
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION Department of the Interior

U. s. Land Office at Juneau, Alaska,
 March 13, 1923.
 Notice Is hereby given that Bertha A. Fulmor, sole heir of Albert Fillmore, deceased, of Eureka, California, who on Febr 20, 1922, made homestead en- try No. O5299, for Lots 2, 8, and 6, Section 32. Township SS, Range 14W, Seward Meridian, has filed notice of intention to make final five-year Proof, to establish claim to the land above described, before the United States Land Office at Eureka, Califor- nia and to submit the testimony of two of my witnesses before Ralph V. Anderson, U. 5. Commissioner at Sel- dovia, Alaska, on the fifth day of May 1923.
 Claimant names as witnesses:
 G. M. Chambers, of SeldOvia, Alaska James Cleghorn, of SeldOvia, Alaska c. B. Peterson, of Seldovia, Alaska Jack Tansy, of Seldovia, Alaska. First publication April 14, 1922.
 Last publication May 15, 1923.
 FRANK A. BOYLE, Register.
Seward daily gateway., 1923-04-21
.C0[. sTEEsE MAKING E
 BUSINESS TRIP SOUTH

Col. James Gordon Steese, head of the Alaska Railroad, arrived in Sew ard this morning on special train in order to catch the steamer Alameda, on which he will go to Juneau for the purpose of cleaning up Alaska Road Commission business at that city.
 Among other matters that Colonel Steese will engage in is a consultation with the rivers and harbors commit tee of the legislature; arranging for the construction of the Wrangell breakwater and conference with the legislators regarding future road work under the Road commissions jurisdic- tion, which will be agreeable with tn" members. Col. Steese is desirous ol working in harmony with the Territo- rial representatives and will arrive al that understanding through confer ence which would authorize construc- tion work by tn eAlaska Road Commission on a co-operative basis.
 Prior to his departure Col. Steese advised that during his absence Maj. J. c. Gotwals would be in charge of he railroads affairs. At present the major is in Fairbanks on official busi- ness but will return to the coast within the present week.
 Col. Steese will return to Seward on the next trip of the Alameda.
 All doubt as to the future personnel of the railroad officials has been set at rest by the following telegram from Washington:
 Washington, D. C., Apr. 13, 1923. "Col. James Gordon Steese,
 Alaskan Engineering Commission
 Anchorage, Alaska.
 "The war department feels that Col F. Mears should assume military duties May l in accordance with a special order heretofore issued. You will therefore assume charge and con trol of the Alaska Railroad in accord ance with~the official orders previous ly issued by former Secretary Fall. ot the Interior department, and Secre tary Weeks, of the War department.
 (Signed) WORK"
 Secretary of the Interior"