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T 0 D A I * paper flw New. h \up *• * p' **“ THE ADVERTISER-JOURNAL COMPLETE DAY BEPOBT OF THE ASSOCIATED PKESS' PERSISTENCE TELL& It is the Persistent Advertiser Who Reaps Kwarife, AUBURN. N. Y., WEDNESDAY, MAY 25,1 192 ] HflONALISTS AND UNIONISTS CHARGE fraud in election Ireland, Mar 26.— (B y the Press) —Wholesale charges Cf Itlon and personation dur- ^ in Ulster for mem- , m m ' Northern Irish Parlia- ifb S e made by both Nation- “ dd0naiktI1ne''-spaper cities doz- 'lncidents with names, in which Nationalist voters m Bally- across the River Lagan from J « r e beaten on their way to pis, tg ’ .. or after voting,.thus pre- others from attempting'to cast Cnionlsts likewise claim their 1[ters wore prevented from exer- le franchise in Nationalist dis- Veither side appears to Jit- to conceal tbe fact that per- ffas carried on to an unpre- estent. reports come in from the i>rov- tlij number of eases in which voted yesterday increases, not unusual for Ulster children on tlie voting lists end a. case is ] |n tbe Inst elections where a of eight children, ranging from * downward, exercised the fran- It Is easy for their names to lists on which all persons of age automatically are placed here, they remain until the • re which occur,s in July of this when tbey can be objected to. tile they are fully* entitled' to Here arc various ways in which en's names are placed on the In some cases the parent after tbe child has been named has id as the child bears the name list,'it is entitled to vote. ier, however, it arises through iber of a family misunderstand- election agent who is canvass- district, before the voters’ lists lie hr to see that all support- bls party are registered. The asks how many member? _of tlie ire \eligible.” Not\ understand- tat eligible means, tho' person if - the . question gives, tlie of the whole family- with' the that they arc placed • on the BACK igton, Way 25.—President and ireing and their party returned lington today, the presidential jyflower, reaching her doclc at r yard at 10:20 a. in., on th? trip from New York, toyflower had a rough voyage r all the way from New York, said, however, that the presi- w Ms guests returned in per- Jlli, although their rest had Morbetl during the night by the ot the ship. x Wht docked two hours behind aeduled time, due to thick •encountered last night in thy the bay, leaving the Mayflower the M and Mrs. Harding motored 1 >o the White House. ^ hatl no engagements out planned to speud most uffie at work on public business rrespondenco which had accu- ihw° 1,0 loft Golden Very U lT , u f A .25- - ’T^ n Golden, Amopl lnltC(I Tex'»f' Work- «RVf- Triouslyni of !1S hr'me in Bvook- i c k a i i r Ho Kof aS”, 'vlli|p attending »»or the textile body here. i»adGnIS,t0 Roches*er. 2B— Henry J« Xationn } ’;K' P1” an of the A Mrs rrM , baseball V f c S J !oeatP PWmanenHv! 'aratfo? l T / hnb ^ a t e d otfcei can would never Same with the Red,?. DAY,S WEATHER FORECAST. New S i JIay — West- Wrtt Z ; “ \ Se“ led weath- local Sh j ay; l)rob- ►tr tonitht ' Crs; Mmewhat winds, ^ mo'Jerate vari- ^ S S RES: ^ Tbermometer.) 13'1 1920 ‘ttana ’ ........ 6(5 65 4: . 51 ^ t O B o - * SetS 7:19 rnorrow 4 35 lists. \When the lists are gone over by tlie registrar some names not en titled to be there are overlooked and remain'. Counting Votes. Election officials began today at 9 o’clock to count the votes cast in Ulster yesterday in the election of members 01 the new North Irish Parliament. It was expected that when the canvass ers adjourn at 6 o’clock tonight the re- suits in this, city, and possibly many districts outside would be known. In case the count is not finished by G o'clock tonight, the officials w ill ad journ until tomorrow morning, when they will resume their work. All the oSS polling places in this' city were busy all day yesterday, and estimates were made that fully 00 per cent, of the voters of Belfast went to the polls. Reports from Strabans and other towns in Ulster indicated that the vote would be heavy. Beilfast, lias returned to almost nor mal after a night of wildest excite ment and many districts in Ulster were similarly affected. Crowds continued to walk tho streets until 11 o’clock last nigut in the expectation that trou ble would occur, but when that hour arrived armed soldiers sent pedes trians to their homos. Now and then throughout the night however there could be at frequent intervals hoard I lie command o f : \Halt hands up,” as sentries gathered in stragglers. The complicated system of propor tional representation\ provided for un der tlie Irish act made it doubtful, it •was said today, whether the complele returns would be known until the end of the week. GENERAL WOOD AND HIS MACHINE FALL INTO RIVER Narrowly Escapes Injury As His Auto Slips from Ferry Crossing Stream in Philippines . -libhdon, May 25.— (By the 'Associ ated \Press j — T h e Customs .House In Dublin, says a Central News dispatch from that'city, was .burned .this after noon. The burning, adds tbe message, is attributed Jo Sinn Eeiners. The Are, says tbe account, started at 1 :15 o’clock, the flames breaking out simultaneously throughout the build ing, which was, totally destroyed,. It was one of the finest buildings in Dublin and cost one million pounds sterling. The inmates lied as tho fire broke out. Another account states that the Cus- tpms House was set on fire through bombs thrown 111 the building. The railroad bridge runfling past the building was occupied by a large num ber of men. upon whom n fusillade was opened. Others near the Customs House also were fired upon. Lorry loads o f the military were bombed as ’they were driving up to the scene. The soldiers fired machine guns, rifles and revolvers, and several persons were seen to fall. So far three persons appear to have been.killed. The affair seems to have been a most elaborately organized attack. Armed men gunrd,cd all the approaches to the Customs House to prevent” saving of the building. Shortly afterward Liberty Hall, tho headquarters o f the Irish Transport Workers, was set on tire and destroyed. Tugegario. Cagayan Province, Phil ippine Islands, May 21. (B y the Asso ciated Press).— (Delayed).— T h e auto mobile of Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood, one of! the chief members of tlie Mis sion investigating conditions in the Philippines at the request of President Harding, fell into Pinacanauan 'Biver, near the Cabagangcr route here yes terday, while being ferried acr6ss the stream. General Wood escaped Un injured, but an hour was required to pull tlie machine from the water. Twenty men, including General Wood, tugged at the rope until ' the car .was hoisted finally up to dry land. The mishap occurred when the auto mobile slipped from the ferry at the landing. At Uabagau, where the party ar rived soon after the accident, they were greeted by the Filipino school supervisor in an address o f welcome. GemJral Wood, in replying, said: “ The Americain people want to know the Philippine? .and their conditions. W. Cameron Forbes and myself came to make an impartial report of things as we find them. The hospitality of thfe people has been magnificent. All of the officials from Acting Governor Yeater down have been most consider ate in-their efforts to aid our.«invosti- gation in every wpy possible.” General Wood spent the night here, tho capital oi the province. Local • speakers did' not. refer to indepen dence, but said they were confident th'at the ‘Mission's .approval.would be fair. This morning General Wood in spected government buildings and schools prior to departing for Alcala and Apparri. PRICE THREE CENTS HARDING’S SISTER IS DEFENDANT Washington, May 25.— M rs Carolyn Votaw, sister of'Presiden t Harding, was m a d e defendant in a $25,000 suit for alleged libel filed today in the DIs-, trict o f Columbia Supreme Court by Dr. 6 . R. Lee Cole. T lie plaintiff claims that lie was damaged in his reputation as a result of a letter writ ten by Mrs. Votaw to Justice Stafford last A p r il 20 during the trial of the domestic difficulties of D o c tor Cole and his w ife, Minnie R. Cole. In the let ter Mrs. Votaw. who form e r ly was con- ected with the Woman’s Bureau of the P o lice Department, asked the court to carefu lly consider the evidence aud charged tlmt Mrs. Cole “ had been ter ribly wronged by Doctor Cole.” Cran- dal Macfcey. counsel for Doctor Cole, called•. the letter to the attention of President. Harding’s secretary. Mr. H a rding wrote tho lawyer but’ the let ter w a s not made public. E IS BUSRED Fin.STIUHU Interlaken Man Has Birthday but Once in h Years Waterlo, May 25 :—Thomas P. Hause, publisher of the Interlaken Review, is one of the few men living whose birthday comes but once in four years. Although the actual number of days Mr, Ilause has given to editing his pa per totals 33 years he has had but 14 birthdays. The date of his birth, February 29th. comes hut once every four years, and from 1S96 to 1004 Editor Hause went eight years without a birthday. Thomas P. Ilause was born in Ovid on February 29, 1SG0. He .served nine years on the Ovid Indepenuent under the late Oliver C. Cooper commencing publication of tho Review 011 July 23. 1SS7. Mr. Hause is a member of the Masonic Lodfle, Knights Templar. Mystic Shrine and Odd Fellows. He has passed all chairs in the Masonic Lodge and was fo r 1-1 years treasurer He served as president of the Village of Interlaken in the second year of its incorporation as a village. Mr. Hause has a complete file of the Ovid Gazette fo r the year 1821. An in teresting fact gleaned -from this four- page sheet of a-,century ago is that Seneca County had two representatives in the Assembly.- -The papers are taken up mainly by gener il aud Euro pean news. Advertising rate was ‘‘.$1 a square inch for three inches. ’ Michael Hayes was editor of.-the paper. YEAR f R. R. Shops Closed. St. Paul, Minn., Mhy 25.— Headquar ters of the Great Northern Railway here today announced 'that every shop on its system e ^ e p t two will be closed from JUay 27 to July o. More than 3,000 men will be affectul. I.L'ht traf- fu was siven as tlie rea^ou for tue shutdown. Ndw- Y6rk,'M a y '_ 25.—Term s ' 'upon which Mrs. James A. ^Stillman w ill per mit her banker husband to drop the proceedings against 'h e r 'and her son ■have been determined upon a n d a r e being drawn up. From an authoritative source it was learned these terms will he presented to Mr. Stillman’s attorneys in writing and signed by Mrs. 'Stillman. A t the same time and as a part of the same agreement there w ill be presented tbe terms of John E. Mack, the guardian appointed by the Court to protect the legal^rights of Guy Still man. Mr. Mack w ill insist upon the ac knowledgement by Mr. Stillman of the legitimacy of the infant. This wdll giye tbe child his rights in the $9,000,- 000 trust fund left hy the w ill of the father of James A.' Stillman. It will in addition protect the'boy from any pos sible effort iij the future by any other heir to prevenl the child in sharing In this fund in the same ground. When these terms are signed and presented they will be for Stillman lo take or leave. It was stated he may come in and sig'n on’ the dotted line or he may stay out. I f Mr. Stillman decides to reject the terms offered it is said the- case will go on on June 1, before Referee Dan iel J Gleason. A ll these terms were decided as a result of a conference, held yesterday by counsel- fo r Mrs. Stillman and Mr. Mack, counsel for Guy. Tbe monetary terms demanded by Mrs. Stillman are kept more or less secret but is said they will be sufficient to permit her to live in tbe luxury she has been accustomed to as Mr. Stillman’s wife. Mrs. Stillman has received an offer of $100,000’ a year to appear in a series of motion pictures and is con sidering the offer, it became known yesterday. Institute Has International Memorial Tree Farmingdale. N. Y., May 25.— 'Plant ing of a white oak tree in soil collected from every country associated with tbe United States in the World War, and from every state in the Union, marked the commencement exercises here today of the New York State. In stitute of Applied Agriculture.. The “international memorial tree\ was characterized by Charles Lathrop Pack, president of the American For'-' estr.v Associati6n in Washington, as’ typifying ‘‘tlie. bonding' together of those who did and those who did not return” from the war. <• “ In the ever renewing’ life , of, this tree,\ he said, “ the call those men an swered is ever kept before us.\ More than a year was taken to col- Jpct the from the various countries, and as it arrived it was baked to in- Mire pniilurtivity French Fighter Realizes What He Is up Against Manhasset, N. Y„ May 2o.— George.4 Carpentier realizes that' in Jack Demp sey he .'will meet the greatest fighter <it his careter and that victory, if it comes to liipi, must bo gained by what he terms “ superior fighting intelli gence.\ ' Carpentier’s estimate of Dempsey was revealed in a conversa tion w ith 11 British sportsman. “ I shall face Jack Dempsey confident that he is the strongest, the fiercest man against whom I have dared to put on the gloves,\ declared the challenger, “ T h e re is joy in the prospect of meet ing such a man. I will go Into the ring w ith the odds against me. Un doubtedly Dempsey will be the favor-' ite 'n o t because of sentiment or pre judice, or ,l)lind partisanship but be cause his great strength is a t onpe ob- Yious and unquestionable. “ I t ,is'possible that in a trial' of sheer,1 o r what you say brute,,strength, he would pt;ove to b'o my superior, but I hold that while power, the 'ability to h it-w ith , almost abnormal? force, is a prim a ry qualification, flgtitiiig scl ence Is- klsoVof.-the, flr&t.itnportance. ,,I -do J iot- say- thnt-tliew-qim lities' Demp sey ..does„.not:*possess. - 'If•:'I; :,may sav so, I h a v e ni>t. at this tim e of the (jay, £6und..definite.ideas as to how' the flglit w ill shape itself, but a ll thfe prob abilities are that Dempsey w ill gam ble everything on his splendid■ physi que; i f he. wins, he. will win a triumps fo r 1 uncompromising fighting.; ;if vic tory N comes to me, it will be because of what, without offence. I would call superior fighting intelligence. -“ My. physical condition is already satisfactory, for it is not a fact tlmt, apart from the matches w ith Dlok Smith, Joe Beckett and B a ttlin g Le- vinsky, I have enjoyed a holiday since I finished my life in the army. I have worked hard and incessantly aud I have fa ith that I shall en joy perfect physical fitness 011 the day of the fight. M y training will he done as I have alw a y s done it—quietly, serious ly, aw a y from crowds and^ns climate and cireumstanccs generally dictate.1' ■$> -5> •> <•> '• A <•> <*, <$> <j> <j, ^ ^ ; CLICK OF CAMERA * * STARTS 300 POUND J > RAM ON WAR PATH $ ❖ ________ * ^ Waukegan, 111., M a y 25.— E 11 - ^ raged at tho click of a camera ? among his flock a 300-pound ram <*> charged. Mrs. T J. Stahl of s* Waukegan, a suburb, ycstord,av <?> with such fury tlmt it broke her ;' right’ leg “f T h e n ‘ ensued a desperate battle ‘5- between Mrs. Stahl, arm ed only ^ ** with a high-heeled slipper, and <* ^ tho circling ram. while a party of ^ children with her ran screnming for help. When neighbors came ^ she had beaten the anim a l away f with the heel of the shoe. Im't. <S> ■S' was in a semi-conscious condi- ^ tion. , ■$> ^ Mrs. Stahl, wife of n wealthy <£> real estate broker and a friend, <t> ^ Mrs.,0 . L. Moore, went to tbe <*> & sheep pasture this morning to <S> f take pictures of a group o f little <?> girls with the sheep. Tin- rum. •§> ^ the head of the flock, had, been considered an especial pet. <•' ^ At the .cliok of the camera, how- <?> ^ ever, the ram lowered bis head <5* ^ and raced at Mrs. Stahl in a fury, striking her savagely. * <s> <S> <i> <?> <£> <•> <£> <•• <$><$> <j> <j> <j> ^ <i> Alexandria Now Quiet After Riot Alexanderia, Egypt, May 2D.— (Ky the Associated Press). — There was ouly desultory ‘ firing. In • the streets, of this city last night, fo llo w in g ' the recent riotous . disturbances ,lie re in w h ich ’ n e a rly' 50 persons,‘ including 12 Europeans were killed and nearly 200 persons wounded. Looters and skulkers w e re respon sible fo r these disturbances. Wires Cut. London. M a y 25.—Telephone wires between Cairo and Alexandria, Egypt, have been cut, says a Central News dispatch from Cairo. No news is com ing from Alexandria and liscjuieting rumors are current in Cairo, the dis patch declares. Constantinople, Maj 25.— British nav^l officials here have sent a war ship to A d a lia to force the Turks to release 11 prisoners which were re moved from the British steamer Pala- tina. Ill BUENOS AIRES Two Killed and Several Wounded in Clash Between Union and Non-Union Port Workers Buenos Alres, 'May 25.— T w o per sons were killed and several wounded in fighting here yesterday between union and 'non-union port workers. There were two riots iu which pistols were used, and there w e r e many brawls in which the unionists and no'll- unionists fought with their fists. ” , A ll points giving, access to the port zone were guarded by union men yes terday and workmen unable to pro ud ee a union card, including non-union truckmen employed by commercial con cerns, _ w ere denied entrance. These lion-union men were sent in t o th? port zone by their employers In accordance with assurances',said to have , been glyeiv 'on iMom|ay< ,by M inister ^/of Flnance J ^ lib e r r y . As, soon , a’s' fight ing begapv -the L a b o r - •Protecti'fe Asso ciation hastened__to,the ..minister, of finance and demanded police protection ■for non-jarilo'it 'workers, complaining (bat none, hacl /been niTorded. Officials of the assopiatfoiij later report'd, U(At £he minister, had promised to ' give' pro tection fqi%the;men sent in to the port zone. 1’odny is .being observed as a holi day, and port s work /will not be re sumed 'until Friday morning, hut offi cials-of the Labor Protective Associa tion declared that 011 F r id a y non union meii w ill be sent in to the port one to obtain merchandise from ships, and they asserted they expected the government to fulfill its promise to afford protection. FORMER FRENCH PREMIER DEAD TS BE PLACED COMMISSION Paris, M a y 25.— (B y the Associat ed Press).— The latest, plan for the settlement o f the Upper Silesian con troversy, supposedly a British sug- gustlon, is to give Poland and Ger many respectively the comiuuncs that voted in their favor at the recent prebiscite, but to hold the entire terri tory under control of a special com mission fo r 30 years. Under this plan this commission would be appointed b.’f the League o f Nations and at the end 01 ' the 30-year period the population of the rcgkwi would again be given the opportunity to express their\wishes. I he exchanges of views between London and Paris 011 the question are continuing, notwithstanding the dehate in tho Chamber of Deputies, aud the feeling in French official circles today Was that tbe Allies were coming to gether. Expccts Confidence Vote. ' Paris, u\lay 25.— There seemed little, question when the Chamber of Depu ties met today that the government of Premier B riand would be given a vote of confidence 'before adjournment. His address before the Chamber yesterday. in which he declared the present situ ation did n6t necessarily call ’ fo r armed occupation of the Ruhr district of Germany, was an evident disap pointment to many of his followers, but it did ndt appear that it would alienate mainy votes in the. Chamber. Newspapers reflected the disappoint ment tell. 111 some quarters, i f biiviug been expected that lid would tafce a strong attitude. W h ile neither the Chamber nor the general public is a l together convinced by tlie premier's arguments, it is assorted, they con tinue to extend him confidence. The Figaro expressed the opinion which without doubt was held hy a large section of tlie general public. \The only question which matters and which really interests tlie coun try.” snid this newspaper, “is when and how we are to be paid. The idea has been put into the head of the pub lic that tho Ruhr region is a precious pledge the seizing o f yhieli .would al most amount, to a partial payment.- That Is the sole reason that many Frenchmen wish to see it. occupied.' What Franco demands is ccrtainty o f payment, without, which she will roll' In to tho abyss.\ , “ ., MOSCOW IS NEAR STARVATION BUT SOVIET OFFICIALS ARE WELL FED Pons. France, May 25. — Senator Emile Combes,' French prem ier from 1002 to 1005, died here today, aged SO years. Senator Combes was president of the r.eft Democratic group of tlie Repub lican Party and represented f ’harente- Inferieure in the Senate. H e served ns minister without portfolio in the Briand cabinet of 1015-1919, and was elected to the Senate in January o f this year. ' . • M. 'Combes, while premier and min ster of the interior, devoted his ener gies to securing separation o f } the church and, state, and under his guid ance France in 100-1 .took the first definite steps toward this end. When the law separating the church and slate finally was adopted, all the lead- ei« of the Radical Party openly recog nized M Combes as the real originator of the movement. Riga, M a y 25.— (By (he Associated Press.)— M oscow is near starvation, it is said In. rqports from (hat city, ns peasants refuse to sell corn and are keeping’' it fo r seed. The decree issued by the Bolshevik government restoring freedom o f trade d,oes not seem to lmvo removed the menace of a food short age. Governm e n tal;commissions sent to nearby villa g e s - t o purchase, corn arc -skid ' to' lm v e ' returned ‘ empty ’ handed.' <intl the hope entertained by the Soviet government .that it might secure a supply of flour fuoui tho Caucasus has ■vanished*-as- several million- pood£ of corn has been destroyed h j rebellious elements in the Caucasus rcgloif,' The economic Soviet of Moscow has ordered that the families of all citi- ^ns. and.Soviet templ.oyes. except those Hying .In M o s c o w ,. Petrograd,1 Kron stadt and Ivanov,o-Vosnesensk, bn ex cluded .from receiving, supplies from the stijte. These supplies w ill be granted, only tq workingmen and children. Since the first of April this supply, however, has consisted of ouly one pound o f bread each week. '■ Workers are leaving Moscow to hunt for food in tlie villages. A pound of broad sold for 1.S00 rubles two weeks ago nnd it is declared, that its,.price today is 8,000 rubles. Sugar is selling tit 1&O00 rubles per pound., ‘ The Kremlin,, the historic castle in'Moscow which is the present\ seat of the. Soviet commissaries, is said 'to he the only place in Itusfclu where hunger, is not felt. The high Soviet officials' import large quantities of food for tbelr own use twice a week by diplomatic cour iers from Letvla and Esthonia, These shipments are' made- in the guise of “diplomatic baggage\ nnd sometimes amount to whole carload,s. They are treated sarcastically by. the population o f the Baltic. States: -It . is slated that a certain, box1, o f “diplo matic baggage” which contained -'eggs was broken'at >a railroad station re cently and the crowd cheered lustily; DEM P S E Y GOES CARPENTIER ONE I BETTER ON CHAMPION CANINES - * ] Union Pacific Takes Over Stock Of Western Road Rickenbackcr Delayed. San Francisco. May 25- Captain Ed die Riclienbacker, who arrived at Red wood C ity, near here, last night from Los Angeles on the second leg of hi» airplane journey to Washington, D C., New York. May 25.— T h e Union P/iciOr Railroad today acquired full ownership o f the I.os Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Company by purchase of ! tock nnd ornds hold by former United States Senator W illiam A. Clark of Montana and his associates. The Union Pacific previous to the announced today he would not resume purchase announced officially roday by his trip.eastward until Thursday morn- w0fi, riaVfipg in the rran^action. nwi ing, tlie delay lining necessary to make repairs on his airplane’ Exchange Rate Shifts. Postmaster^ I’ T Quialey was in formed. today that hpginnmg June 1 and until further notice, a new rate of exchange w ill he effective Because of the change in the market rate o f bills of exchange on European countries, sineg ■ -February 5, ->1921,. an order has\ been; issuWi t hat vitally affects the con verting.' o f ” international ; money or ders, In tiie future these orders will b.e_ cashed upon the following schedule- (5reat B ritain, one pound equals $4.10, •Netherlands. one florin equals 3S cents. Fram e . 11 francs equal .SI Belgium 11 franc; equal $1 botii parties in the transaction, owned one half of the secuiriMos o f I fie Lo.- Angeles & Salt Lak’ R a ilroad Com- pmy. FURTHER REDUCTION IN CRUDE O I L PR IC ES Pittsburgh, Pn„ May 25.— Further reductions in the price of crude oil were announced here today by the principal purchasing agency. The new prices a r e : Pennsylvania crude $3; Corning 51.90: Cabell $1.S1; Somerset 51.60; Somerset Light $1.80. The reductions came as a surprise to oil men who had expressed, the be lief that the bottom of the m a rket had been reached for the prpsent <S> <S><3>3> <$> <><t><$■<$><$ (?><&<*>$><S><& ^ Atlantic C ity, N. J., May 25.— Jack Dempsey has gone Georges Carpentier one better as to the companionship of pet Belgian police dogs. The French champion enjoys the friendship of “ F lip,\ a splendid specimen of the breed, which he brought over with him lest week, but the world’s champion Is the proud owner of a brace of the Belgian canines, answering to tho im posing names o f ’ Doctor Hemingway and' Sophie Ginsberg When tbe big •fellow goes 011 the road the dogs race beside him. Throughout the day they follow the chsrmplon around, and when he is boxing with his sparring part ners, or punching the bag, tho dogs lie nearby. I f ever a p a ir of dogs were given personal attention, these two nre. Dempsey attends to their feeding. He supervised tlie construction of the house behind his own Wheu Doctor Hcmir.swny seemed sluggish and,, un usually quiet, the cbumpion made a special trip into town to purchase med icine. Dempsey qualified as a veterinarian’ recently by treating a wound Itv SophiC' Ulnberg's log W h ile he was playing, with her a sharp stick Inflicted a jagged cut. Dempsey secured Iodine and alcohol, sterilized a needle aud stout white thread, washed the cut well and then proceeded to put seven stitches In the wound. I At liN mother's homo in Salt Luk.1 the champion hns live other clogs, am!' for a time he was seriously consider ing bringing all to his camp, A close friend brought the two Belgian police dogs from Oakland to Atlantic City . nnd until the dogs were safe in camp Dempsey worried far more over their safety than ho did over his coming bout with Carpentier. Fredericksburg, Second Oldest City in America, is Celebrating Fredericksburg, Ya May 25.— Frederii'ksburg. probably the second oldest city in America, celebrated to day the 250th anniversary of its recog nition as an established township. It was in 1071 that tho Virginia As sembly at Jamestown by an act em powered Fredericksburg's citizens to hold courts nnd administer justice nnd if is this anniversary which was cele brated today Records, however, show the city to have been rje landing place of Captain John Smith nnd Ills adventurers in 100ft, the yetr after the settlement o f Jumestown by the Eng lish The celebration included the dedi cation of a monument to the early set tlers of the town, the unveiling of tablets marking points of historic in terest, a pageant depicting the town’s historic development and a parade led by the fam o u s Fifth Regiment of Marines. Many persons prominent in the political life o f the state and nation were here fo r the occasion, and among those, participating also were members of the Rappahannock tribe of Indians actual descendants, of the men with whom Captain Smith concluded a treaty making possible the unrestricted settlement o f the land by the whites F r e d e r ic k s b u r g was the home >f G e o r g e W a s h i n g t o n from tlie time lie w a s about s e v e n years o f ,u > nnfll he|tb,> 'vn'ral^ pur* .'f reached m a n h o o d H is m >thor died .sa id l> ’ ■ lipre and is b u r led ui, ler a g r a n . ', '1 I t > h U i ■ - shaft that long bore the distinction of being the only monument in tho world erected In memory of a woman entirely by women It was the home of James Monroe, fifth president of the United State!!, Fredericksburg during the war be tween the states was the soene of two sanguinary battles and a devastate,,' bombardment. Tris Is Injured. Cleveland, Ohio, May 25.— Tris Speaker, manager of the world’s cham pion Cleveland Indians, will be out of the game for probably a week Hi- was struck on the wrist by a ba’ l pitched by Herbert Thormahlen of Ui” Boston Red Sox Monday, whii !i -an'' . a fluid to collect in the j *int .T .11 ^ Grancy will pin; center Held Plan Another Race. New York. May 25 - -Plans for an other balloon race, with crews in the flying boats composed of rcMdenrs of cities from which they are entered are being considered by the Aero Club of America, it was announced here VI n R Hawley '•hairman of the > 1 nt* I! loon Committee proposed the t,i. .• , : sucrgesterl It start fr\m - >• • 1
