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PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, AL'KIL o, l!)Io.
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iUkkWILLARD AND JOHNSON THEY ARE FIGHTING TODAY
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JOHNSON AT 227
WILLARD AT 238
IN GREAT BATTLE
Long Delay of Fight
ers in Entering Ring
Maddens Crowds of
Spectators.
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STATE AND CITY
"COMING BACK"
Slow But Steady Im
provement in Varied
Lines of Business
and Manufactures.
Philadelphia and Pennsylvania
Share in Gradual Return to
Normal Conditions, Which
. promise to Extend to Pros
perity Wave.
Stimulus Visible in Every Branch of
Activity Many Centres of Indus
try Show Themselves Alive to Ex
isting Opportunities nnd Certainty
of Further Growth.
Business In tlio United Stales Is slowly
dlmbliiR back to the records innrio in Its
best yenrs of "good times." Money la
"loosenlnc up." The huco Industrial
plants of tho Kast are rcUIiik busier
every day. Somo arc running full tlmo
nl some near it. nnd a few huve sur
passed nil previous records of produc
tion. Pennsylvania Is getting her Hlmre of
this lncrcnsed Industrlnl activity, accord
ing to reports from nlno of tho most Im
portant mill and fnctory centres In the
Suite, the barometers of tho country.
Somo of this Is duo to tho war orders
directly, but by fnr the greater part of
tho orders being received nro domestic.
In some Instnnces due to the cutting o!T
of Imports.
A nallon-wldo canvnss of Industry taken
I by agents ot the Government wns report
ed to tho President a. week ngo by Secre
tary of Commerco Itedfleld. According to
this, China hns returned to tho American
market for ninny things tho warring na
tions had been supplying her. Among
the most Important orders wcro largo
ones for tlnplato nnd cotton.
GRADUAL. IMPROVEMENT HERE.
Industrial and trndo conditions in Phila
delphia aro improving. They nro below
normal any attempt to dlssemblo that
fact would bo ns futllo as It would bo
short sighted, but they are changing, and
their trend Is certainly upward. Nothing
ever Is stationary. Today and every day
business must be getting better or getting
worse. Today It Is getting better. Tho
determination of tho men that nro direct
ing Industrlnl nffnlrs nnd trado opera
tions in Philadelphia nnd the nation to
make tho best of a bad situation, to meet
adverse circumstance with Increased
energy, to match now mental and finan
cial resource ngalnst now obstacles, Has
accomplished n certain result.. Recession
has been hultcd and, necessarily, the for
ward, nnyurd movement has been begun.
Jt wlircofillmie so' loilg'nurnh'efoT-lsd-weakening1
of tho indomitable spirit nnd
no relaxation of tho aggressive vigilance
that has accomplished Its beginning;
That Is tho composite opinion or Phila
delphia manufacturers and merchants ns
they expressed It to the Evenino I.f.dokr.
It Is a conservative opinion, given with
Infinite care which Is the only kind of
opinion worth giving, worth writing,
worth publishing nnd worth rending.
More than two scoro business men were
Interviewed. Some said business couldn't
bo worse; somo snld It couldn't be bet
ter. Such statements were thrown nslde
wHfc fSP2 IbRS V
Kansas Cowhoy and Black
Champion Struggle for
World's Title Betting Light
But Odds on Johnson Were
10 to G, 8 to 5 and G to 5.
Concluded on Vaue Fire
THE WEATHER
jlfcLOUDY
Now, bromides, one, two, three, all to
i ether, "It was a wonderful day over
' head but not so good underfoot." Then
' ive feel better. Ab to the matter that Is
. 'the first weather consideration in every-
. body's mind even yet. It all goes to show
' that If thero Is nothing new under the
'. sun there Is plenty of such when It is
., not shining. And perhaps the blizzard
,. served a purpose at that. When you got
s your Easter finally you knew what to
J do with it, didn't you? Next year, when
ft It comes around again, clear and bright
H and dry we hopo so you will remember
g,leaterday and the day before and be tho
wore inanurui, There was one feature of
yesterday directly attrlbutuble' to the
torm that, as far as we are concerned,
' wore than made up for It.
Goloshes hid most of these rainbow
hoe uppers.
r FORECAST
For Philadelnhia and vir.initu
Generally cloudy und somewhat n
uUled tonight ami Tuesday; warmer
tonight; moderate southerly winds.
f or details, see page S.
Observation ot Philadelphia
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BRITISH BATTLESHIP
SUNK BY TURK FORTS,
.SABS BERLIN REPORT
Lord Nelson Goes Ashore
Inside Dardanelles and Is
Pounded to Pieces by
Shells Flagship of Ad
miral Burney.
BERLIN. April 6.
A dispatch from Athens, Issued by tho
ofllclal German News Agency, reports
that tho Ilrltlsh battleship Lord Nelson
was destroyed by the fire of the Turkish
guns after stranding inside tho Dar
danelles. The battleship Lord Nelson Is a ves
sel of 16,500 toils and tho flagship of
Vice Admiral Sir Cecil Bumey. Its cop
tain Is John W. U. McCllntoclc. Tho bat
tleship carries four 12-Inch nnd 10 0.2-Inch
guns, together with 24 is-poumlera and
two three-pounders.
BERLIN, April 5.
Thirty thousand troops have been landed
by the Allies on the Island of Lemnos
In preparation for a new attack on tho
Dardanelles, according to n dispatch re
ceived from Athens today.
Any possible doubts as to the ability
of the Dardanelles forts to withstand the
attacks of the Anglo-French fleet were
removed, by dispatches from Constanti
nople and the publication of nn Interview
with Field Marshall Von der Goltz In
which he asserted that the strait could
not be forced,
Ofllclal Turkish advices indicate that
the Allies have lost the advantage galned
by their early success at the entrance
of tho Dardanelles', new guns having been
mounted in the shoro forts and the mine
sweepers driven out, one being sunk and
others damaged.
Russia's bombardment of the Rosphorus
forts wns a fall- . ns was also Its nt-
tacl: on the En II coaling ports. The
"nine ships" sunk 011 the Ercgll coast
wero coal barges and the coaling of ves
sels Is going 011 as usual,
RUSSIANS HAMMER
AT CARPATHIAN KEY
TO HUNGARY PLAINS
Slavs Deliver Smashing As
sault on Uszok Pass De
fenses Austria Admits
Retreat From Beskids.
Slavs Win at Dukla.
CLAY TRIAL CALLED
AND JURY IS CHOSEN
JlETERXONG.CONTE&T
UussUm troops, nlrendy In possession
of tho Bcskld range of tho Carpathians
and tho dollies of tho Dukla Pass, mo
now hurling vast columns upon tho de
fenses of Uszok Pass. JInatcry of this
third gateway, with Its railways, is
deemed essential to a general advance
Into Hungary. A great victory In tho
Beskids Is announced by Petrograd, as
well ns advantage near Bartfeld, In Po
land, nnd Suwalkl, In North Poland.
Austria concedes retreat from the
Beskid range in the Carpathians, and
explains that retirement from these Im
portant defiles was compelled by the
sweep forward of fresh Russian troops
released from the slego of Przemysl.
French troops lmvo advanced In the
Woevro region, says Paris, and taken
possession of tho ;town of Regnleville,
east of Pont-a-Mousson.
Tho Germans repulsed Belgian troops
who tried to regain the village of Drel
Gratchen, on the west bank of the Yser
Cnnnl, which the Germans had Just oc
cupied, according to an ofllclal report
from Berlin. .
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U. S. DEMANDS IX NOTE
Wanta $228,059.54 Damages for Sink
ing of American Ship. t
WASHINGTON, April B.-The note of
the United States to the German Govern
ment demanding Indemnity for tho sink
ing of the William P, Frye by the Ger
man raider Prim Eltel Frledrlch given
out at the S'.ate Department today asks
an Indemnity of 1228,059.51. The State
Department's note to Ambassador Gerard
at Berlin also directs Gerard to request
"that full reparation be made by the Ger
man Government for the destruction ot
the William P. Frye by the German
cruiser Prlp Kltel."
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"JOHNSON TO WIN" SUNDAY
AUSTRIAN DEFENDERS FORCED
TO RETIRE IN CARPATHIANS
Sluv Przemysl Army Delivers Smash
ing Attack in Beskid Passes,
VIENNA, April 5.
. Austrian troops havo been forced from
their positions of defense In the Ileskld
tango of the Carpathians, Tlfb Russian
army released from Investment duty by
the fall of Przemysl Jias beaten back
tho forces holding the passes there lead
ing Into Hungary, the War Office has admitted.
Fighting on both sides of the Laborcj
Valley continues, the ofllclal report states.
Austrlans attacked the eastern heights
and dislodged the enemy from several
strong positions. Russian attacks east of
Vlrawa were repulsed.
In yesterday's engagements Austrlans
captured 2020 prisoners.
Former Director and Con
tractors Wiggins and
Walls Face Court for
Second Time in Fight to
Keep Out of Jail.
After three hours' questioning 12 Jury
men were chosen today for tho second
trial of former Director of Public Safety
Henry Clay und Contractors John It.
Wiggins and 'William H. Wall, In Quarter
Sessions Court, on the charge of con
spiracy In the awarding and execution of
contracts for tho construction of police
and lire stations and publlo bath houses
for the city during the Clay regime when
the late John E. Reyburn was Mayor of
the city.
The members of the Jury will be kept
under lock and key each night In tho
Jury room until the trial Is finished.
Judge Ferguson Issued orders to keep the
Jurymen locked up to eliminate any possl
tho danger of the Jurors being npproached
by outside interests during tlm proceedings.
Tho Jury as finally choson Is as follows:
Foreman, Arthur Ralston, clerk, 2707
North 11th street; No. 2, Frank Herman,
agent, 300U Orkney street; No, 3, Samuel
Sloyer, restaurant keeper, H3 liast Cum
berland strict; No. i, Samuel Wallace,
grocer, 116 North 21st street; No. 6, John
Melllgan, yardman for P. It. T. Co., S03
South Hancock street; No. 7, Charles A.
1 1 of fner, Jr., costumer, CHS Walnut street;
No. 8, Charles Kelly, bricklayer, 3120
North Phillip street; No. 9, Aloxander
Patton, painter, 416 North 23d street; No.
10, William J. Mowbray, machinist, 1223
Kenllworth street; No. 11, John P. Hogan,
dealer, .2535 North 13th street; No. 12,
Martin Foley, Sr., cigar store, 202 North
Fifth street.
Anticipating that considerable difficulty
niN'GSItll-:. HAVANA. April 5.-The
.lohnson-Wllhird light started at 1:32.
Wlllard took thr southwest corner with
thi sun tn his back. .Tohtiwon took th
other cnnier without argument.
Tom .loin's. Tex O'ltourkc, Jim Savngt
ami Walter MoiiHhan wero In tho whlta
man's corner. Tom Flannlgan, Colin
Hell, rjporge Munroe, Dob Armstrong and
Snm McVey wero In Johnson's corner.
Johnson arrived In tho ring at 1:11. A
ripple of cheers that gavo -way to a ron.1
outburst of applauso greeted tho cham
pion. Ho acknowledged tho cheers on
tho wa to the ring with tho famour
Ivory-teethed golden smile. Johnson
weighed -27.
Johnson hoip the same pair of blue
tights Hint In- woro when lighting Jef
fries In lfllO.
Tho champion clambered through the
ropes, hi retched nlmselr, bowed to tho
ctnwd elaborately and began dancing to
test the Mooring. Then he loosened his
bathrobe slightly, passed over to his cor
ner and began a whispered conference
with IiIh seconds.
Wllkml arrived at 1:16 o'clock. Ho wore
black trunk. nnd a black Bweater. On
his head he wore a. soft fedora hat.
Wlllard weighed 233.
At 1:10 scales were placed In tho centre
of tho ring, and tho crowd began to yell
for tho fighters. Johnson wore a blaok
and while bathrobe,
Johnson walked to the sldo ot the ring
on which his wlfo wos seated In a box
and waved his hand and smiled at her.
Ho gavo every indication of being su
premely confident ot victory.
At tho last moment the carpentom wont
on tho strike leaving the seats around
the ring unfinished. West nnd south of
tho ring on raised platforms were five
movlng-plcturo cameras.
Tho small grandstand 100 yards from
tho ring was well filled one hour before
tho light.
Beforo Johnson left his training quarters
ho was puld J30.000 in accordance with
tho contract which ho mado with the
fight promoters soveral months ngo.
During his preparations to- go to tho
ring, Johnson gossiped and chuckled with
the men who had been doing his training.
He showed his usual conlldonco in his
own ability.
Jtepqrts reached the ringside beforo Wll-
lartl 'appeared intimated -that tho- whits-
challenger, too. was very confident.
Mrs. Johnson, the white wife of the
negro champion, reached the arena at
12:22. She was accompanied by Tom
Concluded on Tata Trro
RKJ CROWD TURNS OUT
TO SEE ATHLETICS PLAY
Gnmo With Ciovelnnd at Aahovillo to
Be Played Regardless of Cold.
ASHEVILLE, N. C, April E.-The
weather was cold and clear, and a big
crowd turned out to see the Athletics
Cleveland game. Bressler, Davis and Lapp
will bo the Athletics' battery. Murphy
will play shortstop.
Concluded on I'ugo Two
CENTRAL RAILROAD OF N. J.
IS FINED $200,000
Judge Rellstab Imposes Sentence for
Rebating.
TRENTON, N. J., April B.-The Central
Railroad of New Jersey was today fined
the sum of S200.000 In the United States
District Court, by Judge Rellstab, after
being convicted of rebating to the Lehigh
Coal and Navigation Company.
The road wbb fined J8000 on each of the
25 counts against It.
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Evangelist Expects Negro to "L(ck
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(nou 1 sTiirrcoasKsro.soiNT.
PATKRSON. N. J., April 5.-"01d Black
Johnson's going to lick the tar out of
Wlllard," That vas "Billy" Sunday's pre
diction with regard to the outcome of the
big battle in Havana. "Jack" Cardiff,
the old prlie tighter, "Billy's" trainer and
evangelistic assistant, was giving "Billy"
a witch hazel rub down when the predic
tion was made. "Billy" wouldn't go Into
details.
"Thafa the way Mr. Suday'e got It
Ued tip," said JaoK, "ana it's my aofi,
Urn."
SLAVS HURL MIfiHTY FORCE
AT USZOK PASS DEFENSES
Desperate Assault Preluding Hun
gary Sweep Follows Beskid Triumph.
PKTROGRAD, April 5.
With Russian troops holding the Beskid
Mountains and Austrian forces In retreat
squthward, mighty columns are being
hurled at the defenses of Vszok Pass
today, to clear away the last obstacle to
a general advance into the plains of
Hungary.
Nlgh't and day the Russian troops are
assailing the Uszok positions. With its
resources 01 me lormer Przemysl array,
Russia Is able to replace wearied troops
with fresh man. Tlie great battle rages
Just north of Uszok Pass.
"On to Rudaptat" will be the battle cry
of the Russian legions when Uszok Pass
is capiureu
TWO SUBMARINES WRECKED
BY BRITISH AIRMEN'S BOMBS
French War Office Announces Success
of Hoboken Raid,
TARIS, April 5.
Two Herman submarines were de
stroyed, a third damagod and the German
submarine- yards at Huboken. near Ant
werp, gutted by Pro when British airmen
bombarded the submarine works on March
26, the War Office announced this after
noon. Forty German workmen were killed and
63 wounded, the War Office announced.
Though In Dossssslon or
Dukla Pass and the Beakld half his. nn.
eral advance lntp Hungary cannot be I for S00 at 1 to I.
HMMWa while the Russian left wing CtMjlr SsbwarU placed 00 at 2 t
Johnson 2i to 1 and 2 to 1 Favorite
Jaek Johnson was a SVa to I and a 2 to
1 favorite over Jess Wlllard In their
Championship battle at Havana, Cuba, to
day, among local sporting men. Bets
averaging from 1200 to J8000 we're placed.
Charley Mosconl, one of the leading
Philadelphia sports, paid JD00O at 3tt to 1
on Jobnson. However, he said he was not
pulling for a Johnson victor', lipping that
Wlllard would knock the nagro'a block
off, but he believed the Kansas did not
havo the ability to dp so.
Other bets made follows:
Charley Hlrsch backed Johnson with
fSQO at 2 to 1.
Charle Kennedy bet ? on Wlllard at
I to 2.
Al Parlow placed ((89 on Johnson at 2
to I.
Herman Pren took Willard a enj
Police Gives Up Plan to ArreBt Un
accompanied Children at Night.
The curfew shall not ring tonight The
old poem had It right after all. Sixteen-year-old
"Infants" are eafe from the
bluecoats at any rate. "Big Ben" can
boom out 11 and 12 and one also, and
nothing will happen to sweet sixteen,
unaccompanied. The reason Is that no
matter what Ideas Director Porter, Dis
trict Attorney Rotan and the Judges ot
the Municipal Court have on the subject
they are not backed by the law and,
therefore, for the time being, the liberty
ot the "kids" cannot bo restricted.
This latest ultimatum comes from the
office of Superintendent of Police Rob
inson: "The police has been given no Instruc
tions whatever to make any arrests," he
said this afternoon, "and the whole
thing Is absurd on the face of It. Cer
tainly If we took any children up their
parents would have a fine comeback. If
such an order Is to become operative
there must first of all be a law making
proper provision for It,"
Ii the Carpathian front U mill h M back., t uj T-imit
Hint of Jack Johnson's Arrest
CHICAGO. APrit 5,-UncU Sara was reore
witej at tbs rlngdds at Havana, by several
Ftdtral Mcret service xenta. Federal Dtmlct
Attorney Clyna mad IbU announcement shortly
beforo noon today In rather a mysterious
ma riuer.
A fur aai'lng "secret service, scents will be
at Ihe rlngalde" be clamped on the lid. Later
1m ralwd It kuijc enough to say: "Look for
Mwallooal developmanta after the fljht. On
Jaek Johiuan'M attitude after th fls-hr uriti .,..-
IwuJ lbs actions o( (he dowrnmetu agents."
The Kensingtonian Says;
Say, girl), ba aura and get a ffefcel or
Jot Hugh's' benefit danca at Banley't
Saademy, April is.
LOSTAND FOUND
IpmO "wigeii tfelcE 'roniBTDd Spring
Garden at to 6th and Arch He., suatTbox
pi lent oiedlrtna (Ilelakil's Ointment). lAbttil
l..anl. Jliuu N'uUn 601 Arclet "
r.i'Sl SJJ.rr mrjh tug. engraved under class
M It V Reward it returned t U1TA
, if.ter Wwt Philadelphia -
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WILLelED WINS FIGHT
BSE WUJard knocked put Joluicou in tliotwcutjr-sbcth round.
HOUND TEN Wlllard forced tho nghtiug nnd Jandcd Uln
left to Johnson's face. Johnson drove Witnrd to the ropes wltlx
body punches. Johnson jabbed Wlllard In the face three' ttmo3.
Johnson drove Wlllard to the ropes wltlt a volley of bjfows. to the
face. The negro landed Ills right on Wlllard's body. .7. 'Ho fol
lowed with n terrific right to Willnrd's jaw. Ho -wns. trying for n
knockout. JOHNSON'S BOUND.
BOUND ELEVEN Johnson landed on Wlllard's body. They
clinched. Wlllard returned a right to the body. Johnson ngaln
drove n right to tho body. Johnson drove bis left to Wlllard's face
and ducked Willard's right. The negro landed two more body blows.
Wlllard countered to the body. Jo'hnsou lauded left to body. John
bim luudcd on. Wlllard's btomach. BOUND EVEN.
BOUND TWELVE Johnson went after Wlllard nnd landed two
to tho body. Wlllard missed a terrific right to the head. Jolmson
ducked neatly. Coming up from the duck, Johnson smashed Jesse's
face with right and left, and then landed left to tho body. John
son then landed on Willard's head,, driving him against tho
ropes. JOHNSON'R BOUND.
BOUND THIBTEEN Johnson camo out apparently fresh. Ho
rushed, aJgWMard and began raining lefts and rights. '.Tho Ktjnsah
mawvm.u aubbwiuuj, uuuuquii wuuiu uu uuii! una witiara xouna
himself in a whirlwind of blows. The negro landed a left to the
body. Another left wns utopped. Johnson hooked a stiff left to tut
jaw. This was the negro's beat round thus fur. JOHNSON'3
BOUND, . .. u u.a.i.J. ..... ..
ROTT-NTO FOURTEEN Wlllard began riiBhtag the fighting m
rmracL He carried tlie fight into the champion's corner and
. . ; :1 lofrs und rights to the body aiid face. Johnson, scored with
..'1 in li;t Duly. Tltej oiijn he-rj ami exchnnged taps ' in the
.. it. 'X'lio maud very i!titu oath fighters hanging on much
ot ihe iiiu, WUInrd showed great cleverness in, blocking. Both
men wcro nwlnging widly when not In 'clinchm. BOUND EVEN.
BOUND FIFTEEN Johnson again forced the fighting. He
drove Willnrd to tho ropes with punches to the body. Wlllard landed
his right on Johnson's stomach and thou drove another right to
Johnson's kldueys. Johnson kidded Wlllard because his blows were,
light. Ho drove his left to Wlllard's face. Tho negro again drovo
.Willord to tho ropes with rights nud lefts to head and tody. John
son drovo his left to tho body;, JOHNSON'S BOUND4
y BOUND SIXTEEN Johnson still' 'going after Wlllard. He
gc strong, landed a left to the face, but Johnson drove' tlie chai
lande right to the head an a left to Willard's body. WJllard,
Eeoy icrosa the ring to the ropes. Johnson landed n left Jnb to
WI2ard,o body and followed with another left to the same spot.
JOHNSsOWS ROUND.
BOUND SEVENTEEN Both fighters stalled nnd. clinched at
the start. The Kansan landed a right to the body and then rushed
the champion to the ropes, sending in two rights to tho tody that
shook tho negro up. Johnson answered with, a left jab to tho jaw.
In another rush the champion shot a left and right to the body. The
whito man flocked the negro ia another attempt to rush ijm $ m0
Topes. Wlllard had nil tho hest of a lively exchange of blowsust
liefuio th bell. BOUND EVEN.
BOUND EIGHTEEN Wlllard forcing thejfigttiugi. He swung
for Johnson's head, but the negro ducked and landed three body
blows. Johnson drovo Willard to the ropes -with four blows to tJ
head. Wlllard landed right to the body. Johnson jabbed to ih
Jaw with tho left nnd landed, Wlllard lauded a right to Jaaas
head, Thu negro Banned and drove his left to, WUlardV Jwdy,
JOHNSON'S BOUND.
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