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ICSUBEJt 07 THE ASSOCIATED TRESS
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GASTON I A, N: O; SATURDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 4, 1920
SINGLE COPY'S CZim'.
: d. 213.
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l ' iat of i Srp -mber firings
lief liau 1 JDonunanf
i cature in VeekTrdinf ,
By The Associated J'"-) v?:'
!:nw T02K;-Beptr3-IUllaVere the
' w-nt feature of this weeka deal
! ia securities both share and, bond,
iojj greater ,j activity and aatrength
i at any time since the return of the
oads to private ownership. ;. 1
itretne advance efJ-4,' to about 3
d, were registered by the speculative
s or roads traversing western and
western territories, . their ' ; gains
15fs being accelerated by the forth--e
lag movement of large crops. '
4 1 Le advent of September brought easi
er conditions to the money market, rates
f call Joans relaxing visibly, while time
rZ: 1 3 though quotably unchanged, were
ioderte supply for three and four
utv; ',;a periods. r - - ; '
. l-ia development together with the ia
:u ration of an extensive import move
i t.of goldnabled pools to resume
f bullish operations la industriea and
; ".-J ties, although farther trade advices
t-jnii to confirm recent reports of back
ward conditions. . .. -v -
EeriewB of the general industrial and
commercial situation by the Federal Be
serve Board and other qualified authori
ties emphasized the need for further cau
tion in the exercise of1 credits.. In the
sain however,' a more hopeful view .was
entertained " respecting trade. ; ospeets,
this being based largely on the likelihood
f further reduction of commodity prices.
' '. V;V (By The Associated Press.) '
N1TW YORBi Sept. . ( The 301
Uoy Scouts of America, returning from a
tour of the battlefields in . France as
cncata of ' the , French ? government, are
iue to arrive here late today on board
the srmy ' transport Princess Matoika.l
' Hrtnsive plans for their entertainment
rhilc. in New York have, been made by
:, The Princess Hatoika also brings back
the first contingent of the American con
teclait4 in ' the Olympic games at Ant-
Twerp, f.. a ' :
f hVFI I drill I FNRF5
. BUlViLKLE FOR DEBATE
' ' .
Republican Candidate For Con-
Cava laaii A fipAitm tv
KICM auc; -acsiu
: r Urea, Liberties and Hearth
Major Bulwinkle Out of City
y ;-Today..V.-:
'This morning's Charlotte Observer
Asking tot. the arrangement of speak-
1 Inir Annmaeiiti thronirhout the district.
9 c '
' Jake F. Newell, republican nominee for
Congress' from the ninth district, has is-
smea a, cnaiienge 10 ainjor a. u. dm-
yvinkle; of Gaatonia, candidate for Con
rress on the democratic ticket, to meet
bun in joint debate, according to a- let
Cer made public last night by Mr. Newell.
. Ur.V Newell asks for a meeting with
Major Bulwinkle at which time h sche-
dule for appointment may be arranged.
The republican candidate suggests that
since only 60 days remain before the No
date te be made by the Gaston county
, snan, be arranged as soon t practicable,
j .Aa &rerpt froin Mr. ' Newell 's letter
"Since there sre vital and momentous
lssuei affecting the lives, liberties and
r hearthstones' of the people, to be deter-
v mined . by this Congress in which either
' you or I will be a member, I have thought
, l ntiing inai we go Derore ine people in
1 -ioifit th)it. in the esmnaiirn nrecedinir
the election, -and present tne respective
contentions of . our parties concerning
those issues and also our own individual
Intentions , and conceptions covering the
nore Intimate questions of. local impor
tance upon which neither great party has
apoken. This course has been, hitherto
liticaJ campaigns; and I know of nothing
t SB WrUll li fm IA VM wmissa Vi nua
Ind its observance in this instance. "
iSay ajid The Gazette waa unable there
i?or ' te ' secure from- him Btatmnt
wi;h reference to the above. 1
catt Spot aut fact of Y -
. ' 20,000 CBIXINALS
NEW YORK, Sept. 4. If ny of 20,:
COO men who have had priaoa records at
C1b Sing within (h past twenty-eight
yars appear ia New York's financial dis
trict below the famous police "dead
line," their actions are likely to be sero
tinued by two of their elilvprison atend
svdL whose retirement from the Institu
tion .tvss announced today. - -.- v
! !rlin J. Deely and Frederick Corner;
tie two former attendants, who are said
t 1 able to. "spot" any face among
V . 0O0, hare been employed by finan
t "9 to keen a look on t for any of
48" ai.-.tan'-ci. "
i;;o;;glsg:i taxes lead
1 CVEB HOLY AS EMR
PitttLurgli- Sluiafger Top Liat
Today - Other patting Re
cord. ;;) ... : : ''', v"' '
i (By The Associated Press. V.
OTCA(fie''2-tfieMer- KfcTioV
son, the Pittsburgh si ngger, has taken the
lead among tbe Nstional League batters
from Bogers Ilomsby,' of 6t, Louis, and
is topping the , list I with an average of
381, among players who have participat
ed in fifty or more games. The, averages
released today, and including gamejjf
last Wednesday, show Hornsby did not do
so well, wtth the willow and dropped to
3fi5. However, be is well ahead of ayr
of Boston; who ia In third place wita.338.
Hornsby, however, increased his lead in
total, bases to 254;., .v- -
Cy Williams, of Philadelphia, seems to
have struck a hoodoo in 13, ss he has not
added tq tbis number if eircuit drives in
the past two weeks, but still he is three
in front of bis team-mate, Meusel, who
has cracked out 10 homers.
Max Carey, of Pittsburgh, stole three
bases in the past week and is showing the
way to the base, stealers with 48, Burns,
of New n York, has taken the lead from
Bancroft, a team 'mate, as the best run
getter. Burns registered 87 times to Ban
croft's 81.
Other leading batters: Young, New
York, .336; Boush, Cincinnati, .336;
Stock, St. Louis, J27i. J. Smith, St.
Louis, .324. '
George Sisler, St. Louis star, who was
topping '.the batters ia the American
League, ran into a batting slump in the
east and as resultTris Speaker, Cleve
land 'a manager, leads with aa average of
Jl95. Sisler is the runner-up with 94.
Eddie Collins, captain -of the Chicago
White Sox, has greatly improved his bat
ting mark and is pressing Jackson, team
mate, and Buth, of New York. Jackson
is batting .377, Buth .374 and E. Collins
.364. ' ' Babe ' ' Ruth has played only one
game since the last averages were com
piled and in that contest he cracked out
his forty-fourth home run. His total base
record was brought up to 316 and his
scoring record to 134.
Ruth is out of the game because of an
infection on his arm, but is expected to
be back in the line-up next week.
Rice, of the Washington team, was not
able to gfi"al any bases during the last
week, but his 45 thefts give hhn a big
lead over his nearest rival, Sisler, who pil
fered 28.
Other leading batters: .Meusel, New
York. .348; Murphy, Chicago, .347; Ja
cobson, St. Louis, .341 ; Hendryx, Boston,
.341.
Buuny Brief, of Kansas City, and Bub
bles Hargrave, of 8t. Paul, are having a
merry race among the American Associa
tion players. They went into a tie last
week for home run honors and for total
bases, with 20 homers each and 258 bases
each.
Grover, Hartley, of Columbus, with an
average of .351, is topping the batters.
Gilbert, of New Orleans, hr.s climbed
up among the leading batters of the
Southern Association, who are topped by
Harper, of Little Rock. hitting for an
average of .353. Gilbert waa batting only
.285 last week, but nas advanced to .295.
Tutweiler, of Mqbile, and Sewell, of New
Orleans, went into a batting slump and
have dropped away from the leaders.
Carroll, of, Memphis, is the best run
getter with 94 tallies to his credit. E.
Miller, of Little Bock, leads in home runs
with 18 and in total bases with 273, while
Cairoll, Memphis, is showing. the way to
the base stealers with 47 thefts.
Other leading batters: Carroll, Mem
phis, .34T; Bernsen, Birmingham; .325;
E. Miller, Little Rock. .324; McLarry,
Memphis, .324; Ellis, Birmingham, .321;
Burke, 'Nashville, .315; Harnhart, Birm
ingham', .308; Gilbert, "New Orleans, ..295 ;
Win go, Atlanta, .292.
NEW ORLEANS LEADS IN .
SOUTHERN PENNANT RACE
ATLANTA, Ga., Sept. 4. By winning
consistently during the past week. New
Orleans held its lead in the Southern As
sociation pennant race, but is closely pur
sued by Birmingham said Little Bock,
which dubs are tied for second place,
only a few points behind the leaders.
With only a little more than two vweeks
left of-the season, the Barons meet the
Pelicans in two series for a total of nine
games, which are expected to play an im-"
portaut part in deciding the Southern
championship.- -. - ''
The Travelers overtook the Barons Fri
day by winning a doubleheader from
Chattanooga after bavins; passed Atlanta
ear lief in the week, while Birmingham
was dividing a doubleheader with Mobile,
The only othex change ia standing dur
ingthe week waa the passing of Memphis
by the Mobile Beara ; ' .
Nashville made the best record for the
week, losing only one game and winning
four, while Birmingham made the poorest
showing in the first division, losing three
to' Atlanta and splitting three ' double
headers ita Mobile. ; . V -.-. '' -..
- Cracker hopes were dashed when New
Orleans defeated them in three out of
four games in the aeries just concluded.'
The week's' record: 'New Orleans won
four,, lost two; Birmingham won three,
lost six; Little Bock, 4-2$ Atlanta, 4-3;
Mobile, 4-4; Memphis, - 2-3; Nashville,
4-1; O-.attanooga, 1-5.
l.!3S J I.! ACSWiriEY APPEALS ;1
V v TO FHtilDEIiT WILSO!!
(By The Associated Ptcss.)
. LONDON, Sept: 4 -r Mrs. Teren
Macswiney has cabled to President Wit
sonan appeal in behalf of ber husband,
the Lord Mayor" of CorkC4who has fof
-several days been in a critical condition
as a result of a hunger strike which be
gan August 12 and which he is continu
ing In his, cell in Brixton prison.
Mrs'.' Macswiney asks Mr. Wilson to
'use' your influence with the English gov
ernment to prevent the perpetration of an
outrage on civilisation. 8he declares
her husband is "dying in an English
prison. "
Mayor Macswiney was apparently
weaker this morning, and the prison doc
tors expressed great, alarm. They ad
vised his relatives that nobody should
converse with bira today.
The LorKMayor spent a bad night, and
this morning was very pale and was suf
fering from complete, exhaustion, being
able to speak only in gasps'. The only
indications that he was suffering severe
pain were that his brow was heavily
wrinkled and that his face was consid
erably more shrunken. "He was still con
scious however.
Sean Macswiney, his brother, remained
with him during the night, and other
members of the family are maintaining
a eonstnnt watch.
RIDGECREST SCENE OF
TRAGIC KOUIGiGE
F. W. Monnish, Prominent Ala
bamian, Shot and Killed by
J. F. Harri, Brother-in-Law
of Judge Pritchard Kill
ins Took Place on Street
Reason Unknown.
A8HEVILLE, Sept. 3 F. W, Mon
nish, aged 60, was shot and killed this
morning at Ridgecrest by J. F. Harris,
52. Monnish, a prominent business man
of Tuscaloosa, Ala., was walking along
the main street when Harris, who owns
one of the two stores of the town, pour
ed three shots into him from a shotgun.
Monnish was rushed to Asheville on
Southern train No. 15, which reached
Bldgecrest about 20 minutes after the ac
eident, but died on the way to this city.
Harris took the. same train, and sur
rendered to Deputy Sheriff J. L. Stepp,
who was notified of the shooting and
got on the tram at Block Mountain. He
was taken to the Buncombe county juil
where he is lodged without bond, pend
ing the coroner's inquest which will be
held tomorrow morning.
Harris married Miss Mary Pritchard
sister of United States Circuit Court
Judge Jeter C. Pritchard, of this city.
He was formerly a shoemaker in Ashe
ville anI is well known among local res
idents'. No reason has lee.n assigned for the
shooting. Harris has made no forma'
statement concerning the shooting. He
surrendered to the officer today ami is
reported to have said there was no need
for the officer to come as " I ,-mi going in
to surrender. "
Judge Thomas A. Joues has been re
tained as his attorney and silence is be
ing maintained by both Harris and fair
counsel.
Many persons were on th .
idgeerest when Harris rn.hP. ;-
store and grabbed his shotgun. One of the
shots took effect in the head, another in
the arm and a third in the abdomen . It
is believed that death Waa- due to tin
third shot.
Monnish is said to be one of the weal
thiest busnesM men in his section of
Alabama. He has been prominent in
Baptist assemblies for years. He built
the Monnish Memorial Baptist church at
the University of Alabama, which is lo
cated in his home town, and helped to
erect ridehs hall at the Southern Baptist
assembly grounds at Rid gee rest . He was
born in Lorraine, France.
' Every summer Jie spends several week
at Bidgecrest, where be has a borne, and
all the eitixens of that community fee'
that he is really a iBidgecrester . ' The
head of the southern Baptist assembly
aaidjtoday that Monnish was the best be
loved citizen of the town. His death has
aroused considerable feeling in the com
munity, where he waa so well respected .
AMERICANS FETED BY
- , JAEAKESE ROYALTY
: i'By the Associated Press.)
- HONOLULU.. " Sept. S The 'Ameri
eaa congressman tonring the Far East,
were the guests at a reception ac the
American embassy in Tokio Thursday
night and attended a garden party ia the
Imperial gardens Friday, according to
cable advices to the Nippu Jiji. Jap
anese language newspaper here. Their
program called for visit to Nikko Bat-
"T urday,' where they will be the guests of
American and Japanese societies at gar
den i party "Monday, the reports said,
adding that the congressmen were ex
pecting to leave Japaa September 10
aboard the Madawaska.
STATE E3W:GH of : -AMERICJL'I
LEGICI1 MEETS
AT liRIGHTSVIIlE
Several Towns in ' Contest for
Next Year's Meeting -- Wal
ter Clark, Jr., Probably Next
; Commander Equal Suf
' frage Recognized.'
Charlotte fObaerver .
WILMINGTON, Sept . 3 ' With more
than a hundred delegates ia attendance,
five y6ung. ladies and probably half as
many more arriving tonight, the owning
session of the second , annual convention
of North Carolina department of Ameri
can legion met in ihe auditorium at
Wrightsville beach this afternoon, Com
mander John Beasley, of Monroe, pre
siding. -
A strenuous fight is developing for the
convention next year, with Charlotte and
Winston-Salem apparently leading, Salis
bury, Hendersonville and Kanuga Lake
also presenting invitations, to be consid
ered tomorrow. Indications are that
Walter Clark, Jr., will be elected to
morrow as state commander, succeeding
John Beasley. Cyrus D. Hogue, of Wil
mington will also be a candidate.
Following the business session today
the delegates were guests of the Wilming
ton Post at a barbecue and brunswick
stew st the beach. The social event of
the evening -was a dance at Lumina in
honor of the delegates. B-. G. Chombley
Jones, director of the war risk insurance
bureau, was unable to be present, send
ing a telegram of regret, while Dr. C.
S. Sehultx, of Atlanta, in charge of vo
cational training sent a representative.
Mr. Slayton, who asked the legion to
name ten men in the state to work for
two months, with pay, in assisting to lo
cate disabled men. W. S. Charles was
named from Charlotte.
The welcome to the Convention was
made by Cyrus I). Hogue, a Wilmington
attorney, Major Wade H. Phillips, of
Lexington, responding. President Beas
ley reviewed the record of the local
post during the past year, in his anuual
report.
Miss Lucy Chambcrliu, with the A. E.
F., now field director of the Southern
Bed Cross, was given an ovation when
he appeared to ask the legion to assist
chapters in aiding ex-service men and
families, saying half the Red Cross chap
ters have become inactive, despite an in
crease recently in calls for help.
Equal suffrage was recognized when
Miss Alice Gray, of Winston-Salem, was
named chairman of the committee on next
meeting place. Most of the delegates
are guests st Oceanic hotel, manv others
topping at Wilmington hotels.
AGQOINTANIA MAKES
QUICK TRIP ACROSS
(By The Associated Presaj
CHERBOURG, France, Sept 3. The
('unard liner Aquitania, which left New
York on August 28, arrived here at 3
o 'clock this afternoon, making the voyage
in five days, seventeen hours and 27 min-
utes. This is one hour and twenty-seven
minutes short of the record for the east
ern trip), from New York to this port,
which is five days and sixteen hours, made
by the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse in Jan
uary, 9Q(T. ,
The White Star liner Olympic, which
left New York at the same time that the
Aquitania sailed for Europe, is not ex
pected to arrive before tomorrow fore
noon. IVspite official denials from the
Cunard and White Star companies, pas
sengers on the1 two ships considered the
voyage of the two vessels as a race and
it is sniil heavy wagers were laid. Prince
Carol, of Rumania, was one of those who
hr.cked the Aquitania.
TENNESSEE'S ACTION
. CERTIFIED TO COLBY
(By the Associated Pres..)
NASHVILLE, Tenm. Sept. 4 A cer
titled copy of the Tennessee House of
Representatives journal of last Tuesday
when aa attempt waa made to rescind
ratification by that body of the Federal
Suffrage amendment was in the mails to
day enroute to Secretary of -State Colby
at Washington. Governor Roberts an
nounced be bad transmitted the papers
at the request of the House.
Opponents of suffrage were hopeful
that certification of the House journal to
the State Department might aid them in
their attempt to have the United States
Supreme Court overthrow Tennessee 'i
ratification of the' suffrage amendment.
They expressed confidence today that
sending of tLe statement of the house i
action Tuesday to Secretary Colby would
result in this record becoming a pert of
the evidence that the courts are expected
to review. " :,.'.: - ' ."; -.'..-C
Suffragist however declared that trans
mission of the journal to Washington
would not affect the validity of the suf
frage proclamation issued bySecretary
Colby.' J. '.. -, ' ; ,
French scientists have found a way to
protect a person working with X-rays
from harm byaurroundlng Lira with a
shield of infrfc-red rays, which neutralize
the others.'.
ARMYYORMAGIH
WADES THIS CO'JUTY
The fall army worm has made, its ap
pearance in Gaston county again, pass
ing from field to field, -devouring such
crops ss suit its appetite. However, it
seems that the little insect enemy of this
worm is doing excellent work as the
worms appear in abundance' and within
about forty-eight hours they begin to
thin out rapidly and can be found dead
in the fields with the little insect egg
or larvae penetrating the skin of the
worm.
This outbresk is appearing a few miles
in advance from where it disappeared in
August. The insect' approached the
county from the South Carolina line, go
ing up the Catawba river to Crowders
creek, where it seems that one division
of the army must have gone up Crowdes
creek and the other proceded up the Ca
tawba river. The farms wich were in
fested during the August outbreak wer
all south of the Southern railroad and
east of Bessemer City, but now the worm
is appearing north of the Southern rail
road and west of Bessemer City.
County Agent Gowan says that farm
ers should watch their fields daily and
when they find this insect making a start
this area should be ditched around im
mediately and a strip of land twenty-five
yards or more around the infested area
should be sprayed with arsenate of lead
at the rate of one rund to 25 gallons of
water. This should keep the worms
within this circle and protect other crops
on the farm from damage.
GOV. COX INTIMATES
THAT PURJURY WILLBE
SHOWN BY EVIDENCE
(By The Associated Press.)
KALAMAZOO, Mich., Sept. 3. Sug
gestion of perjury in the Chicago investi
gation by the senate committee of the
republican campaign contributions was
made here tonight by Governor Cox, dem
ocratic presidential .candidate, in a speech
closing the first day of his western cam
paign. Referring to denials by republican lead
ers of his Pittsburgh charges that a re
publican quota list of 8,1 43,000 mas
made for 51 cities, .Governor Cox aid to
his audience here:
a You know that when denial was made
at .Chicago of the existence of a quota,
men were deliberately telling an untruth
and telling it under oathV'
The governor's statement here closed
u day in which he delivered 16 addresses
devoted largely to republican finances and
the league of nations. At Battle Creek I
he (Tiscunsed article ten of the league cove
nant for the first time since his accept
ance address, declaring its import was an
international warning to "keep off the
grass" of other nations' boundary lines.
Republican contributions were discussed
at length here.
"It first was denied by Mr; Hays (re
publican national chairman) that there
was' a quota," said Governor Cox. again
presenting the "Official Bulletin" of the
republican treasurer with its statements
regarding reports or "full quotas" and
over-subscriptions.
Following with a statement regarding
alleged untruths under oath ut Chicago,
Governor Cox continued:
"If the leaders who have taken pos
esi.Hon of the republican organization will
tell an untruth under oath, I ask you if
that organization is entitled to the sup
port of the rank and file this fall.
"We have esablished, I think, the ex
istence of a quota. Is there anyone who
denies that they're trying to put some
thing over and don't want anybody to
know about itf
Mr. Hays and his associates may
think they cah fool the men of America
by that kind of twaddle," the governor
continued, referring to statements in the
republican "Bulletin" regarding plans
to press the effort for contributions, "but
they cant fool the women."
Governor Cox also reiterated his charge
of an "enormous" republican fund and
that important business interests were
"trying" to buy a governmental under
hold. "Regardless of denials," the candi
date declared, "I repeat the charge and
will continue to press that charge until
the second of November."
BELMONT BUDGET
Through sn error in making up the
forms for yesterday's Gazette a portion
of the account of -the meeting Of the
Woman's Club of Belmont, sent in by
The Gatette's regular correspondent
there, Mrs. Adelaide Smith Beard, waa in
serted hi the regular society column fol
lowing a briefer account of the same
meetiag by The Gatette's society editor.
That part of the last mentioned article
beginning "Mrs.-Pressley next '-. intro
duced" should have been added. to the
account appearing in the Belmont letter
on page eight. This error was in no wise
the fault of eiiher of the, writes but is
chargeable wholly to tSt printer, who, be
ing a "mere man," is supposed to make
a mis - ) . i s" .
BECAUSE AIR IMIKE
'1;. FAILED TO YiM "
:- ;vSOREE O
, (By The Associated Press.) ,
' PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 4 TW
United States sumbarine 8-5 went to tne '
bottom because a large air intake valvs
failed to close when the boat mad av '
"crash dive. " This was revealed today
ia the official report of the accident aaads -by
the commander of the destroyer Bev-
or. 1 ." '"'.'"
The Beaver is standing by the battle- "
ship Ohio which today-is towing the SB-'
fated submarine to the Delaware Break
water, creeping along about three aulas
an hour. Nothing had been heard by .
Naval authorities late taia morstng of '
the movements of the Ohio, but it ia ex
pected the flotilla will arrive at the break
water, 90 miles down the Delaware f rasa
Philadelphia, late today. ' . t
Briefly, but revealing the desperate
plight of the imprisoned men, the Beav
er 's report tells of the accident and the
work of rescue. It discloses that it waa
largely through the work of the inrprisoa
ed men under the direction of Lieut. : '
Commander Charles K. Cooke, Jr., that
they were saved and that it waa their
own desperate efforts and not tele
phone buoy, as first reported, that at- ;
tr acted attention of the rescuing ships.
The crew learned that the stern of their'
ship was above water. This supplied ';,
ray of hope and working as they never f
worked before they gouged & small hot '
through the iron hull. To do thia they
climbed up the aide of the ship stand
ing at an angle-f about sixty degrees, i.
Through this hole they thrust a pole,
a sailors white undershirt tied to it, and .
wigg-wagged signals of distress . which "
were seen by the steamship Alan thus v
the first vessel to pass, 27 hours later.
OEMPSEf'MISKE REFEREES
MAY BE NAMED TODAY
' (By The Associated Press.)
BENTON HARBOR, Mich'., Sept. 4.
Official announcement as to the referee of
the 10-round bout here Monday afternoon .V
between Jack Dempsey, world's heavy
weight champion, and Billy Miske, the
challenger, was expected today.- Indica
tions seemed favorable to the selection, of , ,
Jim Daugherty, of Philadelphia, a per- ,
sonal friend of Dempsey, but official an
nouncement was withheld pending the ai
rival of Jack Beddy, Miske 's manager,
from Cleveland. Beddy indicated there"
last night that he might oppose the selec- ''
tion of Daugherty, and request that av
Mich if an man be chosen.
Thomas Bigger, chairman of the State , .
Athletic Commission, conferred with -
Dempsey, Kearns and Promoter Fitxsim- -mons
on the referee situation and it was
understood an agreement had. bem
reached between them. ; '
Although Dempsey and Miske ifw'ffl
their hard training yesterday, they will -continue
to work in public this afternoon - ,
and tomorrow to satisfy the big crowds
that have Jammed the training camps.
Dempsey looks to be ready and says ,
he is eager for the battle.
"I am as fit as I was. for Willard."
the champion said. ' I feel as if I eould '
go, fifty rounds at top speed. I wfll be
glad to get into the ring to e ivince my
enemies that I am as good if not better
than when I defeated Willard.'r j-
The ruddy-cheeked Miske is winding
up his training supremely confident that
he will hold the champion even and that
Dempsey will not knock him out. The
challenger is finely trained to 190 pounda -
of bone and muscle. ' i;
Dempsey, before his work-out y eater- '
.lay, scaled 189 pounds, which is taken to
indicate, experts say, that he willehter
the ring weighing about 187, the same
weight at which he fought Willard at
Toledo fourteen months ago today.
The twin resort cities of Benton Har
bor and St. Joseph are rapidly filling . '
with fight fans. Ringside celebrities are
dropping off every train. So fuH is Beav- .
ton Harbor that it is becoming a problem -.
t j firul rcoiu in the restaurants. . 1 ;
There has been a slight advance in the
prices, but Mayor Bosback has issued a
warning to restaurant keepers' not : ta '
profiteer. There have been several eons- ;
plaints, however, as to , overcharge for
sleeping accommodations, t Booms ia pri
vate homes' brought $8 per day- and up.
There were no reservations available at
any of the hotels. ;
The widespread interest in the Labor
Day battle is evidenced by - the largo
numbr. of newspaper correspondents oa
the ground. There were 75 special writ- '
era here this morning and others were ex-,
pected before aight b ? ; ....''..'
WBANGEL'S COUNTEK-OFFENSIYX -?
' ; , IS PROVING SUCCESSFUL-
CONSTANTINOPLE, - Sept 2. 3em y
eral Baron Wrangel, bead of the ' South "
Bussian ; anti-bolshevik government, has --,
launched a successful courier-offensive ba
the regions of Oriekov and HelitopoL -north
of the Sea' of Asov, according to
dispatches received here, tt is said t' t
soviet forces have been driven o t. .
Novo Alexienda.
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