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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-17
Battling Siki's Lion
 Breaks Mans Arm

PARIS. June 16.-While Battling Siki's young lion was promenading at the end of leash with it's owner at the Neuilly Fair yesterday, the animal overturned pedestrian, Albert Monnier. 51. whose arm was broken.
 Whether Ski will fulfill his engage ment to fight Morele tonight is a contro- versial question in the sporting press to- day, one newspaper asserting that he will appear while another is certain that he will not. The organizer of the bout presses confidence that Ski. with an eye on the purse, will be on hand
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-17
Moguls Score Victory

MILWAUKEE,, Wis, June 16.- Conspiracy charges against officials of the Chicago American league base ball club contained in the S400,000 damage suits of Charles Risberg and oscar Felsch. were ordered stricken today by Judge John J. Gregory. The suits arose out of the baseball scan dal of 1920 when the White Sox play CTS were accused of deliberately los ing games in the 1919 world series.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-17
Tiremen Split

The S1 Tire team split double- header with the Avondale Mills team. Clopton and Hodge tied up in a pitchers duel in the first game in which both pitchers allowed five hits but errors behind Hodge counted heavily In the second game Webb had the Millers feeding out of hls hand, while his teammates knocked two pitchers out of the box.
 Scores:
 First game. R. H. D. Millers ....... 900 100 o11-3 5 4 Tiremen ..... 100 GOO 100-2 5
 Batteries Clopton and Smith !; Hodge and Griffin.
 Second game. K. Il. E. Millers ........., 300 00o-3 4 'Tireinen ........ 510 3O4-lo l5
 Batteries: Glazier. fleming. Baker and Smith; Webb and Griffin, Will liamS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-17
PoWermen Win Close One

The Alabama Power team won a close game from Woodward, ? to 0. The latter team put up a strong re- sistance with Vines leading them and made the Powermen fight for the game. Cunningham. Alabama Power team pitcher, allowed but three hits, while Vines gave up only five. Hits by Cunningham and Bur ney and Loves drive to left center, coupled with an infield out, counted the Powermen's two in the sixth Score: R. H. b Woodward .... 900 900 000--0 8 2 Powermen .... 900 0O2 00"-2 5 8
 Batteries: Vines and Davis; Gun ,ningham and Hancken.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-17
CITY LEAGUE

Hot games featured this weeks play in the City league. The Ingle- nook Construction team continued to uphold its record and the lead in the central division by beating tho Standard Oil team by score of 5 to 2. The S1 Tire team lost it's first game of the year to the Avondale Mills by a score of to 2. It was the first game of double-header. in which the Tiremen staged a come- back and win the second, lS to 1.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-17
Construction Team Wins

Lefty Lewis lost his first game for Standard Oil when the Inglenook nine beat him, to 2. In a pitchers duel between Cruse and Lewis. Lock- Tart. the slugging .shortstop for Standard Oil, got his home run. He has oniy been in one or two games this year that he has failed to get home run in. Score: R. H. l.. Standard Oil .. 900 200 000-2 2 Inglenook ..... O21 900 00"-3 Q Batteries: Lewis and Franklin; Cruse and P. Ganong.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-17
England-Spain Tie

WITHINGTON Lancashire. June 16-(By Associated Press )-Eng- land and Spain broke even in the first days play of their lawn tennis tie for the Davis cup, Randolph Ly- cett defeated Senor Eduardo Elaquer 60. 6-1, 6-1 in the first of the two singles matches of the day. and Count Degomar won the second from Wheatley of England 4-6, 10-S, 6-l, -G-o
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-17
Hole-In-One Member

LITTLE ROCK. Ark. June 16.- Emmett Morris, local banker and member of the Little Rock Country club. joined the exclusive Hole In One club" late yesterday when he shot No. with one stroke in the mi-finals of the Arkansas golf tournament.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-17
No-Hit, No-Run Game

The Avondale Independents shut out the Boys Industrial school team Saturday afternoon when Bill Gra- ham, Avondale pitcher, turned the Industrial hitters back without scratch, while his teammates got II.
 Score: R.HE. AvondalG .....+............. II U lnQuSCrldl VI
 Batteries: Graham and Reyton; Smith and Brown.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-17
Keytona Takes Both Games From Mucoda

The Keytona team won double header from the Mucoda team by the scores of 10 to and ? to l. Trucks pitched the first game and part of the second for Keytona and allowed only six hits in the first game and only three in the last was gotten off both pitchers. Tinson cracked out a home run. Scores R. H. F. Kevtona 10 0 MucOda ......
 Batteries: Trucks and DeShazo; Trammell and Tooley.
 Second game. R. Ii: E. Keytona Mucoda ..........
 Batteries; Trucks. Thompson ana Harris Crow and Toe1ey.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-17
MEEkIN TO HIGH POINT

Billy West, secretary of the Bir- mingham club, announced Saturday that Bill Meekin Wylam semi-pro, on whom the Barons have strings at tached had been transferred from the Knoxville, Appalachian league club, to High Point, in the Piedmont league.
 Meekin, who made d strong bid for a first string berth with the Barons, and who played in several games during the first of the season, has been transferred to the High Point club already. He will probably be back with the Barons next spring, for another trial with the local pas timers.
 Meekin is d resident of Wylanf, and is considered one of the most prom isng young ball players turned out in the Magic City ill SeXeral SeaSonE.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-17
Huntsuille Wins

HUNTSVILLE. Ala, June 16.- Special. )-Ths Huntsville Independ- ent baseball team defeated the Tracy City team again yesterday, the score being 10 to 1.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-17
Thomas-Pratt Postponed

The Thomas and North Pratt game was postponed on account of death in the fame of one of the players.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-17
Kan1ram Grotto And
 Ashuille Play To Tie

The Kanrram Grotto team of Bir- mingham played to a draw with the Ashville team at Ashville Saturday afternoon. The score stood 2-2 at the end of ninth when the game was forced to close by the Birming- hams team having to leave to allow them to get home. Havron struck out IA Ashvile batters. Score:
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SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1923-06-05

vice reef nezli jednu, tento
krajan by nam re zkusenosti
mohl die sebe rfci, jak by OBJ
chod jeho zkvetal, kdyby znal
jen jedne reci zajiste prave
jemu> jest asi hodne potrebne
toho, ze jest znalym te nepo-
trebne cestiny. To same mlze
potkati jeho ditky v budouc-
nosti, zIstanou-li V zemi smise-
ne narodnosti. Havlicka nase-
no bylo jedno heslo: Jsi-li
moudrym a mluvis-i desiti ja-
zyky, isl moudrym desetkrate
atd.
Zaroven Gimme vefejnost
nasi pozornou ma odbyvanl
Detskeho dne, poradaneho
Sdruzenim Skol ma den "a.
cervna do zahrady Ces. Sine
Sokol ma Clark ulici ma zapad-
nj strane. Doufame, re ma ten
den navsteva bude ia nejvetsi.
z vykonny vybor M. S. S. S.
Bohuslav Fiser, tai.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1923-06-05
OMILOSTNENf BANDITE.

Guverner Donahey propustil
ma pffmluvu okrelsniho zalobce
Stantona, okresniho soudce
Walthera a prohatniho dredni-
ka Kirbyho til mladfky z trest-
nice, do ktere byli odsouzeni
ma deset rokd. Homer a Mel
vim Wheelockove a w. Dono-
van utvorili pred casem podiv-
nou spolecnost, cihali ma zeny,
jimz 2 rukou rvali kabelky. z
trcstu 81 odslouzili jen Is me-
sici. V pardonovacim vymeru
sc pravi, re mladici Sc zlocinii
dopousteli bfdy, nepracovali
q proto v zoufalstvi kradli a
loupili, aby sym rodinam "a.
opatrili potravu.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1923-06-05

WANT MY NAME ON THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL ROLL
name ...
think the Lincoln statue should be located at
TEAR OUT THIS COUPON write name on it and place
with your contribution for the memorial in envelope
addressed E. Greene Treasurer Lincoln Memorial Com
mission Cleveland Company Mail your envelope
to Mr. Greene leave at branch OF the Cleveland
Trust Company.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1923-06-05
KIRBY " NOvEM
PODNlKANf.

Byvaly president The Cleve-
land Discount Co., ktera po
financnfm nezdaru sc zreorga-
nisovala, Josiah Kirby, sesta-
vuje v Kalifornii spolecnost po
dcbnou. Ia praci dostane 60
tisic obycejnych akcif. Slibu-
je; podarf-li Sc mu novy OBJ
chod, ze vsechny takto vyzfska
ne penfze da We prosp6ch Gle
velandskych akcionafd. kteri
byli likvidaci uvedene spolec-
nosti poskozeni. Ovsem drive
Sc bude musiti ocistiti 2 dvou
zalob pro podvod spachany pri
obchodech podobnych. Akcie
move spolecnosti kalifornske
nebudou v state Ohiu prodava-
ny. Z Ni sMl
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1923-06-05
PROvOLANl!

Vsem sberatelim skolni da-
ne sc oznamuje, by sb6raci
knfzky, vydane M. S. S. Svo-
bodomyslnych byli laskave pTi-
neseny do schdze vykonnehol
vyboru M. S. S. s., ktera Sc
odbyvati bude dne 18. cervna,
v pondeli. o 8. hod. vecer v Ce-
ske Mar. Sini sin els. 5 ma
Broadway, kdez Sc prijfmati
budou veskere sebrane Diary We
prospech Svob. Skol.
Zaroven apelujeme ma Ces-
kou Syobodomyslnou verej-
most, by podporili tuto akci v
mire co nejhojnejsi; veskere
pfispevky Sc pfijimaji v den-
MIN liste "Svet" a v Amer. Del.
Listech, kdez jsou zaroven
kVltOvany. Jest ZadOucnO, by
Sc ma sbirce te podileli nasi pro
minentni a inteligentni kraja-
ne, tax aby vec neznstala jen
ma bedrach delneho, drobneho
lidu. Neni myslitelne, ze jest
mezi nami. vice kraianii. kteri
by. Sc vyslovili talk, jak jeden
ucinil vici Yberateli .svemu bra
tru cd fadul by mu takovou
veci dal pokoj, re zde v Ameri-
ce neni tfeba zadnych ceskych
skol: name pry zde nase We
refine. Ano, pane. ale kde jest
otazka; neni-li kazdemu iedin-
ci prospesnejsf mluviti a znati
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1923-06-05
SPANELSkY KARD1NAL
ZAVRAzDEN.

Madrid, 5. cervna. - Kar-
dinal@ 'Soidevilla, ateiSi iskup
Zaragossky primas katolic-
ke cirkve We spanelsku,l byl
zavrazden, kdyz vystupoval re
sveho automobile pred klaste-
rem sv. Vincence Paulanskeho.
Tri neb ctyf'i muzi vypalili ma
neho asi tucet vystfeli z revol-
verG a zmizeli. Kardinal zI-
stal ma miste mrtev a jeho So
fer byl vazne poranen.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1923-06-05
/ CLEVELAND. - LINCOLNOVL.

Pfeete-li 81, aby Vase meno vozeno bylo do zakladu
noveho proektovaneho pomnku presdenta Abrahama Lin
cona pax zaslee Vas prispevek spou vysrzenym pri
poeym kuponem bud postou neb osobne dodejte do ne
bzs pobocky The Cleveland Trust Co. Adresute proste
''Mr E. B. Greene.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1923-06-05
ZPRAVY z CZECH.
Psbsrky z ceskeho severu.

OOSIhy C~0ASuO SCvcrO.
- Reditelem mestske lazen-
ske kapely v Teplicich-Sanove
je RISKY Nemec, ktery trvale
bojkotuje ceske skladatele,
ktere hojne ma program davali
byvali fiditele Zeischka a Rel
ebert. "Kohleninteressent"
(list ddlnfch podnikatelul pise
v poslednim cfsle, ze v revi-
rech .Teplice- M ost- Chomntov
Sc pracuje tydne Sd sichty,
kdezto reviru falknovskem je
,t6zba zcela ochromena. - No
We "skrceni" nemeckeho skol-
stvf oznamuje Sc 2 Rumburku.
kde pro naprosty nedostatek
deti pry budou 4 tridy obecni
skoly zavreny. Obecni zastu-
pitelstvo Sc usneslo vydrzovati
tyto tridy vlastnim nakladem.
- Epidemic spalnicek vypuk-
la Y nekolika obcich okresu te-
plickeho. Prdbeh nemoci Jest
dosud prfznivy. - v reklamni
brozure, vydane nakladem me-
sta Teplic pro lazenske hosty,
je ma str. IL uvedeno toto mi
sto z dejin mesta: "V roce
1421 prepadly ceske hordy -
(tschechische Horden) jako j.
ma mesta take Teplice wy
drancovaly je. Kdyz tally k
Mostu, utrpely tam sice tezkou
porazku, avsak "a malo rokG
pozdeji pfisly move role husit-
ske a po nest astne pro Nemce
bitv6 u Usti mad Labem Is.
cervna 1926 zmocnili Sc Hustle
pod Jakoubkem 2 Vresovic tr-
vale Teplic, ktere po nektery
lidsky vek dostaly mater ces-
Ky" - Rozumi sc, re po teto
reklam6 Sc potomci "ceskych
hord" do Teplic k leceni po-
hrnou!
Dobrovolne rozprodeje vel.
kostatkI ma Slovensku. Ma Slo
vensku a v Podkarpatske Rusi
vyskytla Sc rada pokusI o do
brovolny rozprodej celeho ne
bo casti velkostatku dohodou
mezi drobnymi uchazeci 0 pd-
du a majitelem velkostatku. K
nalehani uchazeci a po souhla
Sc poradnfho sboru pro Slower
sko udelil Statnf pozemkovJ
Irad vyjimecn6 povoleni k ne
kterym odprodejIm, hlavne ia
kovym, pri kterych rozproda
vana byla i ia cast, ktera pre-
vzeti nenf podrobena. Povolen4
udeleno bylo vzdy vyhradou
ze pldy mohou nabyti jen u.
chazeci opravneni nabyti pri.
dely die zakond pozemkovt
reforme. Jezto zkusenost uka.
zala, re postup tento zavda,
podnet k neshodam a ze pod.
minky nebyly radne dodrzeny
dal predseda Statniho pozem.
koveho uradu prednostGm OBJ.
vodovych 1iadoven ma Sloven.
sku a " Podkarpatsk6 Rust
pokyn, aby ma pfist6 zadosti q
povolenf dobrovolnych rozpro.
dejd velkostatki ke schvalova
lnf nepredkladali a stranam
vraceli.
Beztaktnost teplickehc sta
rosty. Skandinavstf danst
lekari zavitali ma sve studijnt
ceste i do Teplic-Sanova. Sta
rcsta mesta, zubni lekaf DIR
Walther, uvftal je touto reci
"Velice ct6nf panove! Dovol
tie mi, abych vas uvital srdecne
CO purkmistr stareho lazenske
no mesta. D6huji vam, ze jste
ST pfisli prohlednout a studova
ii nase lazenske zarizeni. Pc.
nevada predpokladam, ze sto.
jite poprve ma p6de Ceskoslo'
venska, po svetove valce utyo'
reneho, povazuji "a potrebnt
uvedomiti, re mezi Ia miliony
~ 4
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uNeuenO ZlVOI nemecKOu pill
a nemeckou silou pracovni. Do
voluji 81 vas jeste jednou ma
Sem nemeckem lazenskem me-
ste co nejsrdecneji pozdraviti."
- Pana DIR. Walthera idealem
bylo, ably po SVEN zvoleni "a
|pulmistra zmenil jmeno Teplic
na Toeplitz dokazal tax jeho
kelticky pIvod. Podarilo sci
mu to zrovna tax, jako tvrzenfl
0 3.8 mil. Nemcich nasi re-
publice. Ida Sc, re teplicky|
parkmistr necte prace svehoI
kolegy dra Obershalla o sku-
ltecnem poctu Nemcn v Cesko-|
lslovensku. Phi poslednim sci
tani lidu jich celem state by
10 napocteno nikoliv 3.8, nybrz
3,122.390 NemcI. Pan DIR.
Walther 81 jich tedy privlastnil
slusnou hromadku, aby mohl|
navstevnlkum ukazovat strakyI
ma vrbe. A kdyby az hoste
prosli severnf Cechy, pfesved-
cili by Sc. re Cechove tam by
Idli We velkych uzavrenych mas
sach a re dokonce celia rada
obci ma vetSinu sprawl obce
We svych rukou. Ostatne "a
purkmistrovani dra Walthera
1vykazuji teplicke lame nej-
vetsi lpadek a "vybudovani"
]azni mestskych stalo Sc ma -
duh. Trochu vice skromnosti
a taktu by tedy neskodilo.
Nevlastenecky Gin krajin-
skeho studentskeho spolku
"Radbuza". Sprawl vybor Ne
anske besedy v Plzni sesel Sc
We stredu 16. kvetna k mimo-
radne schulz a wal S nejvet-
sim rozhorcenim ma vedomi
: projev krajinskeho studentske
no spolku "Radbuza', kterym
pripojil Sc vyse jmenovany spo
lex k protestu proti slavnost-
nimu uvftani marsala Focha.
Beseda NEST 'anska v Plzni po-
Iskytovala studentskemu spoil
ku "Radbuza" po celia deseti-
lett ltulek We svych mistno-
lstech, uznavajic jeho buditel-
lskou, mensinovou kulturni
Ipraci, nemIze vsak nechat beZ
odezvy nevlastenecky Gin, KITE
Try co nejtrpceji dotkl Sc Stroke
Iceske narodne citici verejno-
, |sti. v dIsledku toho usnesl Sc
! spravni vybor We sve mimorad
Inc schulz, re nebude nadale
, Iposkytovati ltulku spolku, kite
ry takovym zp1sobem urazi
narodni cit. Nest anska beseda
I |v Plzni neslcastni Sc proto ia
Ike oslavy so. vyroci trvani
spolku "Radbuza' poradaneho
1870. kvetna a nepropujci
; svych mistnosti k slavnostnim
projevdm, chystanym tyto
| dny. Projev jest podepsan vse-
mi cleny spravniho vyboru a
istarostou Nest anske besedy
plzenske p. JUDrem Matou-
sem Mandlem.
Surovi vrazi nemanzelskeho
ditste. Jan Klofac ze Svateho
Brod, mel nemanzelske decko
S Annou Teclovou, rovnez ze
Svateho Krize. Protoze Klofac
musil Teclove ma dite platiti,
byl by sc no rad zbavil. Slibil
tudiz svemu kamaradu Janu
/, Cizkovi 1000 Kc, kdyz dite u
smrti. Cizek nabidku prijal a
koupil 81 dne 5. kvetna v Ne
|meckem Brode 60 grami oxy-
dovana rtuti. Dne 8. kvetna v
10 hodin vecer prisel do bytu
!, Teclove nalil dit6ti rtut' do
ust. Dite svijelo Sc "a stras-
nych bolesti az do druheho dne
a bylo pax prevezeno do okres-
Ini nemocnice v Nemeckem
Brode a zachraneno. Click 1
Klofac byli druheho dne Get
nictvem z Mem. Brodu zatce-
ni dodani do soudni vazby.
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JOS. J. VEVERA
- nAstupce -

- nastupce -
JAN VEVERA A SYN
iedno nejstarsich . nejspole-
hlivxjsich pojist'ujicich zastu-
pitelstvi Y Clevelandx.
VSEOBECNE POJISTOVANf.
Vesker6 pojistky vzdy nejry-
chleji vyplaceny.
Ofad.: GA National City Bldg
Tel. Main 1918 Cent. 2O19
Residence: 327O w. Al. ulice.
Tel. Lincoln 2142 M.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-13
JAPAN IS STILL.
CREMATING
VICTIMS
Slight Earth Tremors in Dew
astated Regions Brings Ter
ror to inhabitants.
BY DUKE N. PARRY,
International News Service.

TOKYO, Sept. 13.-Vice Minis
ter Tanaka Gaimusho called on
American Ambassador Cyrus E.
Woods today to officially thank
the United States for the leading
part that nation has taken in
rushing help to the stricken area
of Japan.
Cremation Continues.
The cremation of bodies con-
tinues throughout Tokyo and Yo-
kohama. Debris is being cleared
away as rapidly as possible and the
actual work Of rehabilitation Is ex-
pected to start within a week or
ten days.
An official investigation is being
made of Yokohama harbor to de-
termine whether the upheaVal of
the port bottom will seriously i'm
terfere with the future activity and
usefulness of the port Bottom Will
seriously interfere with the future
activity and usefulness of the once
great Japanese seaport.
Tokyo presents gruesome
scene. The silence of the devas-
tated sections is depressing. III
spite of the efficient work of the
sanitary corps, many bodies still
remain in plain view of the ruins.
Slight earth tremors continue to
instill fear in the hearts of thou%
ands Of refugees. However, no ma
terial damage has resulted from
these quakes.
The youngest daughter Of Amer
lean Trade Commissioner +. G..
Rabbit was trapped in the lobby
of the Grand Hotel here 1T the
time OF the great earthquake and
persisted in the flames that subse-
quently mantled the building.
Americans Escape.
Mrs. Rabbit, who was undergo.
ing a massage treatment when the
terrible shock struck, had a mirac.
ulOus escape when she was led by
another daughter through flying
wreckage and falling debris to
place OF safety in the open street.
American Commercial Attache
Abbott's family escaped harm.
First reports had it that it was
Abbott's daughter, who was burn
ed to death in the ruins of the
Grand Hotel, but 1t now is estab-
lished beyond a doubt that he
Continued on Page 2. Column ~
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-13
PRINCESS
TELLS Of
DEATH
Killed Ali KamiI, Widow Testi-
fies, BY Accident, As He
choked Her.

LONDON, Sept 13.-Madame
Marie Marguerite FANNY, on trial
for the murder lof her rich young
Egyptian husband, Prince Ali
Kamil FANNY, testified today she
did not intend TO- kill her hus-
band when she pointed q pistcl
ut him In their luxurious apart
ment IN The Savoy Hotel.
Wanted TO Scare Him.
''EIe had been threatening my life
and only wanted to scare him"
she said. s'I thought the sight nf
the pistol might brighten him away.
He was reaching out to choke me
when 1t exploded"
Nine. FANNY was excused from
the witness stand after Identifying
a letter which she had written ito
be opened after her death"
The letter said in part:
II formally accuse, in case Of
my death by violence or other.
wise, my husband, Ali Kamel Bey
FANNY. I accuse him Of causing
my disappearance"
The witness said she was so
scared of her husband that she
wrote the letter with q feeling Of
certainty she would be killed. The
woman, who still shows traces OF
youthful beauty, despite her thirty.
four years, was on the verge OF
collapse.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-13
WARWICK TEAM
Up AGAINST
It TODAY.
Must Win to Stay in SandIot
Race-Southends Near
Midget Title.
By r. d. THOMAS.

Beaten twice but heads still up,
the Warwicks will fight against
extinction today when they meet
the Mt. Peasants at Union Park.
Fifteenth and H streets northeast.
play starting at 4:3O- o'clock. The
Warwicks, Waverlys and Mt. Pleas
ants are battling for the Junior
sandlot championship of the city.
Lefty Trip, expert young pitcher
Of the Waverlys, caused the War.
wicks' second fall in the Junior
finals Of the Independent series.
Trip held the enemy to four hits
and his teammates triumphed much
easier than was expected, the score
being to 2.
Waverly, with a victory each over
Warwick and Mt. Pleasant, and I'M
defeated, has commanding lead In
the race.
Today the midget champion may
be determined, when The South
ends and Mt. Rainier Emblem re-
serves meet on Union Station plaza,
at p. m. The Southends have won
one game and theirs will be the
championship IL they win today.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-13
.HELAN IS WORSE.
ASPLEUR|SY
DEVELOPS
PHYSICIANS Fear Pneumonia
Will, Now Attack Mayors
Left Lung.
By RAYMOND I. BORST.
International News Service.

SARATOGA SPRINGS. N. Y.
Sept. 13.-Mayor John F. Hylan. OF
New York city,, i'll here with pleuro-
pneumonia, has had turn for the
worse in the last twenty -four hours
and is a very, sick. man.
While the doctors were hoping
that the mayor had passed the
crisis, and was well on the road to
recovery, pleurisy developed in his
left lung.
Further Complications Feared.
The Mayor has been suffering for
more than q week with pleural-
pneumonia Of the right lung and
1t Is now feared that pleurisy in
the left lung may develop at any
minute into pneumonia.
The official bulletin issued today
by the Mayors phytsicians declared
that trouble in the left lung is
very slight and has not extended
during the past twelve hours"
To Take X-Ray.
1T was learned. however that an
X-ray will be taken this afternoon
to determine exactly the condition
Of the mayors lungs.
DESPITE the apparently optimistic
bulletin Of this morning, the doctors
were unable to conceal their fears
that the Mayor was grdvely ill.,
Everyt hing possible Is beng done
to prevent the development of pneu-
rnOnia,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-13
SOUND TAPS FOR OLDEST
u. s. WORLD WAR VETERAN

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 13.-Lieut
George LIE Mesnager. seventy-nine
years old, said to have been the
oldest soldier to serve throughout
the world war, is dead in Mayence,
France, accordingly to word re-
ceived by the Los Angeles Times.
He came to California in 1878,
after serving in the Franco-Prus-
sian war. When the world war
started he fastened to France and
Joined the 160th regiment, christen-
ed the "bravest of the brave" He
fought at Verdun, Callonne, St.
Hilaire, st. Quentin, Chemin des
Danes and on other famous fields.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-13
Dempsey Money Puts
Odds on Champion
AT 3 to- l.
MTERNATloaAE ,ssEWs REEL
By SID MERCER.

Writes for COsm0politan News Services
NEW YORK, Sept. ia.
flood Of Dempsey. money has
tilted the price on the champion
back to 8 to l. On Monday and
Tuesday the odds had declined to
pa TO /, but the. hackers Of
Firp6 held aloof. So much
Dempsey money was in evidence
yesterday IN the financial dis
trict that the. old price was
quoted, and there was a rush on
the part Of Firpo supporters to
grab the more attractive odds.
The odds on Dempsey to win
by q knockout heightened to 8
to 5. A Week ago this was . 6
Fried md Company, of 20
RrOad street, reported brisk bet
ting yesterday. The largest ain
gle wager made by this firm was
one Of $4,000 against $4,000. To-
day this firm is holding $4,000
10 place on Dempsey, in whole or
In part, at odds Of 3 to 1. Fried
and Company's price on q knock
out by Dempsey is 2 to 5.