Many Thousands of Cubans and Visitors See Heavyweight Championship Fight HARRISBURG KHRS TELEGRAPH LXXXIV — No. 78 " WILLARD WI TWENTY-SIXTH J A CK JOHNSON WESTERN COWBOY IN RING NEAR BofA Men Arise Early and Following Short Exercises, Start For Ring, Where Thousands of Persons Had Gath ered; Sunrise Found Many Natives and Visitors Al ready in Stands; Johnson Was Favorite Before Gong Sounded; Both Men Expressed Confidence as They Climbed Through Ropes By Associated Press Ringside, Oriental Park, Havana, April s.—The sun broke through a darkly overcast sky as the crowd be gan to enter the arena of the world's heavyweight championship light be tween Jack Johnson, o( Texas, and .less Willard, of Kansas. The setting for the battle was picturesque. A ring had been erected on the racetrack in front of the big steel grandstand which furnished the principal seating facili ties. Tn front of the grandstand the long slope leading to the track was covered with seats like those of a circus. Abo«t the ring boxes .•ere arranged seats on the flat track and more circus seats were in the Held. Ringside box seats sold for $25, slope seats cost S2O, while sls was paid for grandstand seats. From sls the prices of other seats fell to $3 for gen eral admission, but in addition to the fight prices all spectators wore re quired to pay $1 for the privilege of witnessing the racing at the conclu sion of the fight. \Viliar<i Biggest Fighter The ring for the: historic battle was 18 feet inside the ropes. The plat form measured 22 feet. It was of sturdy construction, being strongly braced beneath to withstand the pugilists, Willard being probably the largest man who ever entered the prize ring for a championship tight. Two hours prior to the time at which the fight was set the ring was being practically completed. Great ■ are was taken in preparing the floor beneath the red canvas covering and [Continued on Page !>.] Turks Sink Two Russian Vessels Not Mentioned in Records of Shipping By Associated I'ress Berlin, by Wireless to T,ondon, April 5, 8.30 A. M.—A dispatch from Con stantinople says the following state ment has been issued by the Turkish war office. "Our fleet yesterday sank two Rus sian ships, the Provident of 2.000 tons, and the Vastochnaja, of 1,500 lons, at Odessa. "Our batteries off Kuin Kale sank an enemy mine sweeper which at tempted to approach the entrance to the Dardanelles." Neither the Provident nor Vastoch naja are mentioned in the latest ship ping records. MIItROR lUMTKS CURTAIX (jlass Focuses Rays of Sun, Which Set Fire lo Fabric New York, April 5. —A magnifying mirror left in the sun on a stand near a window of the home of Dr. Charles If. Brown, n dentist, in the Bronx, ignited a curtain to-day and caused SI,OOO damage by tire and water. In the wreck of the furnishing a fireman found the plass at the window and it was he who announced that the mir ror was responsible for the fire. "The glass reflecting the rays of the noon sun became focused on the cur tains till the heat was sufficient to ignite It." the fireman said. THE WEATHER For llnrrlaburg and vicinity: l'n aettled weather, probably light ahonera thfa afternoon or to night! Tueadny fair; nnnnrr to night lytlli lon-eat teinpcruture it limit r.o degreea. For Kuiitern PcnnNjlvnnln: Partly cloudy tn-niglw and Tueadayi warmer to-night; moderate south n InilM. It Ivor The Snn«|iiehnnnii river nml all It* t rlhutnriea «111 remain nearly atatlonsry, except the upper por tion of the North llranrh will proliahly rise aomewhat to-night and Tueadny. A stage of nhont B.H feet IN Inillrnted for llnrrla burg Tueadny morning. tienernl Condltlona The Atlantic coast storm of Satur day haw pnaaed off Heaward mid preaaure In aliove normal over eaatern illatrleta Tilth one center "t high preaaiire over 'the Mid dle Atlantic Statea and another over the Mouth Atlantic coast. A dlaturhnnee from Wentern Canada In now central along th« weatern border of the Ureat I.akea; H haa eauaed light raliia and snows over the I,ake region and the Ohio Valley In the laat twentr-four houra. Another dis turbance central over Southern t tab, has eauaed light to moder ate ralna In Colorado. Itnh Ne vada aad Southern California, A genrrnl rise of 2 to 24 degrees In temperature liaa occurred over practically all tile territory east of the Koeky Mountain* alncc lnat report. Temperaturei H n. m„ 40. funi lilacs, RUII ti. m.| aeta tli'*7 p. in, Mount l.aat quarter. Hlver Stage: 4 feet nbovc low witer mark. Yeaterdaj'a Weather lllgheat temperature, B."l. l.iMveat temperature :w. Mean temperature, 4.1. Morula! temperature, 10 joisomui FiGHT BY ROUNDS Ringside, Havana. April s.—Jack Johnson, ehampiou heavy weight pu gilist since 11)10, lost his title this afternoon to Jess Willard, tlie Kansas' «'O\VIK»,V. in tlie twcnty-slxtli round of, their scheduled forty-five round bout. The tight ended when the challenger landed a terrific blow on the negro's' jaw nutl he took the count. The former ehampiou began to show signs ol' weakness after tlie twentieth round and Wiiiard api>eared to land telling blows at will. Tile cowboy, in j tlie early rounds took probably more punishment tlian any pugilist in many years hack and with every blow lie re ceived lie grinned. in the twenty-fifth round Johnson's actions indicated that lie thought he could get the decision on points ami attempted to draw out the batt'e. Wil lard's punches changed his idea, and at the end o ftlie round he fell heav ily into his seat. Ringside, April 5. —ln the chal lenger's corner were the following sec onds: Tex O'Rourke, Jim Savage, Waller Jlonahan; Johnson's seconds were Tom Flanagan, George Munroe, Sam MeVey, Collin Bell, Davis Mills and Bob Armstrong. The two pugi lists shook hands for the movies. The ring gradually cleared of all except Referee Jack Welsh, seconds and prin cipals. Johnson objected to a woman spec- I tator In the press ringside stand and : she retired to an adjacent box. The j negro, stripping his bathrobe, showed himself elad in bright blue trunks and no belt. Willard wore dark blue trunks and an American Hag as a belt. Both pugilists got on the scales in the ring. Willard's weight was 238: Johnson's. 225. The negro appeared considerably heavier. At 1.2S the ring was ordered cleared. The pugilists then shook hands. Time was called at 1.53 New York time. Rounds < ? Johnson feinted and landed his left on Willard's jaw. Repeated uppereuts with rights to jaw and he was very nervous. Johnson was laughing. Wil lard drove two lefts to the bodv. John son drove right to Willard's body. Round Two Johnson easily blocked Willard's lead, feinting and scoring right and left to Jaw. Willard replied with a thrashing right to the negro's body. Johnson then hooked a left to tlie stomach. Johnson then landed three lefts to the body. Willard laughed. Johnson then drove Willard to tho ropes with a tatooo of lefts to the face. Round Three After much feinting Willard missed a right swing and both laughed. John son rushed and scored a left on the body and a right to the jaw. Johnson landed the left on body. Willard asked if that was "the way you do it?" Round Four Willard lunged ineffectually. John- I son laughed at his clumsy effort. ; Johnson landed a left to the ribs and I swung his right and left to the body ; and his left to Willard's face. Wil , lard's lip bleeding. Willard scored a i left to Johnson's nose. Round Five j Johnson hooked left and right to j Willard's face. The referee ordered i the fighters to break from a clinch. Johnson smashed hard to Willard's ribs and drove three blows to the cow boy's stomach. Johnson rushed Wil lard to the ropes, scoring punches to the head and to the body. Willard was badly distressed. Willard was rattled and boxed like an amateur. Round Six The negro was calm at the opening of this round. He beat Willard to the ropes with lefts. On the break John son landed smashing blows on the jaw. The negro rubbed Willard's cut lip at every opportunity. The negro landed three crashing blows to Willard's un protected body. At the bell Johnson was hammering hard at Willard s body. The cowboy's left cheek was cut. Round Seven Johnson was using every chance to force tlie fighting. He rushed Willard to the ropes, slugging both hands re peatedly. Willard's long left tempo rarily blinded the negro's left eye Johnson came back with a series of swings to the body. It was a very clean tight so far. Round Fight Willard was gaining cohfldence and tried his hand at forcing the pace. Johnson accepted his challenge. The pugilists battered each other across the ring, the negro having the better of it. Willard landed on Johnson's mouth. Then Johnson uppercut Wil lard over the heart. Willard bounded oiT the ropes and landed a left to the Jaw. Tho rotind ended with the negro swinging blows to Willard's head. Round Nine Willard assumed the aggressive. Johnson started one of the cowboy's [Continued on Pas* 9.] HARRISBURG. PA., MONDAY EVENING, APRILS, 1915 I THE FIGH I ' J if i!, i < i * wSji# ' \ iEPj W1 i ] fe. Mm i tp'- "j! ,f-. fl '■ „ JESS WIL.LARD THREE HE HOTELS TO BE DRY IN 1915 Paxtonia Inn, St. Lawrence, Ber rysburg, and Ann St., Middle town, Applications Refused The Dauphin County Court early this afternooir refused to relieense the Paxtoliia inn, Paxtonia, the St. Law rence Hotel, Berrysburg, and the Ann Street Hotel, Middletown. Additional Law Judge S. J. M. McCarrell, who handed down the re fusals, nnide no comment other than to write across the back of the appli cations "License hereby refused." The Paxtonia Inn application had been asked for by Harry F. Eckinger, formerly proprietor of the Kuss. The inn has been "dry" since 1913, when the application for a relieense tiled by James M.' Wix, the proprietor, was withdrawn because of the storm of opposition that had been raised to the place. The St. Lawrence and the Ann Street Hotels had been licensed for several years, but the applications of William H. Bowman and Harry White, re spectively, for tiie privilege of con tinuing the places at these stands was strenuously objected to. The court's attention was called by letter to alleged violations of the license laws in that liquor was sold to men visibly intoxicated; the objec tion to the Ann Street Hotel application was raised by residents and by the united church people of the borough. The place had formerly been con ducted by John Huas, who shortly before 1915 license court on February 19 had been granted permission to transfer his license to Harry White. The latter at license court had asked permission to renew his license tLr the present year. 3RESIHH KILLED 8¥ BURS Police Find Victims in Cellar With Their Heads Battered by Cleavers By Associated Press New York, April s.—Otto Zinn, a reatauraot keeper and two of his em ployes, a porter and a cook, were killed early to-day in Zinn's restau rant, supposedly by burglars. Zinn and his wife, who slept over the res taurant, wore awakened by a crash down stairs and the proprietor went down to investigate. When he failed to return his wife called a policeman, who found the restaurant keeper and his two employes-dead in the cellar. In the cellar was found also a safe which had, been moved from a place on the floor above and evidently thrown down stairs. It had not been broken open. Instruction Camp to Be Held at Tobyhanna, Pa. By Associated Press . . Washington, Aprii s.—The war de partment has issued orders to the various departmental commanders of the army to provide joint field artil lery camps this coming summer which will be participated in by regulars and the militia. The camps will he held from June 10 to 15 at the following plaees: To byhanna, Pa.; Fort Riley, Kan.; Fort Sill, Okla.; Anniston, Ala.; Sparta, j Wis.; and Sisson, CaL I "JACK" JOHNSON TIKE! ID AUSTRIA USE PEJUS PEACE Notwithstanding Denials, Rome Believes There Is Basis For Present Report Notwithstanding official denials it Is! believed in Home tliat there is a basis for the report that Turkey and possi bly Austria are considering the initia tion of peace negotiations. In this connection significance is attached to the presence in Vienna of Djavid Pasha, Turkish minister 01' finance. Rome dispatches say his denials that he is on a peace mission should not be re garded too seriously. Official denial was inade at Vienna last week that peace negotiations were being con sidered. An official statement from the Turkish war office says that the Turkish fleet has sunk two Russian ships on tl>c black Sea near Odessa. It is said also that a mine sweeper which attempted to approach the entrance to the Dardanelles was destroyed. Serbian losses in the border fight ing with Bulgarian irregulars are placed at Nish at 125 men killed or wounded. The Bulgarian force, it is said, amounted to about one and one halg regiments. Beyond the bare admission that the Austrian forces in the Beslcids have been compelled to retreat, Vienna lias given no indication of IHe status of af fairs along that section of the Hun garian frontier. There is as yet no in dication whether Hungary is threat ened seriously with invasion. The Russian war office not only claims a great success in the Beskids. but as serts deilnite advantages have been [Continued on Pago 7.] TO GIVE GU PLOTS IB CITY'S POOR FOLK i Benevolent Association Will Help Deserving Cut Down Cost of . Living This Summer Hundreds of persons in moderate circumstances wiii be enabled to cut down their Jiving expenses during the summer if plans of the llarrlsburg Benevolent Association to divide va cant lots in the city into gardening plots, materialize. A request was made this morning, asking owners of tots suitable for gar dening purposes to turn them over to Oeorge W. Keily and Donald MoCor mick, on behalf of the association. They will be apportioned among ap plicants according to the size of the families. A man having a family of six persons will be given a lot 50 bv 100. v * The plots will be plowed, harrowed and made ready for seeding. The as sociation will furnish seeds and young vegetable plants. Competent garden ers will be procured to supervise the work and instruct the men in the care of youns plants so that there will be no chanco of a crop failure duo to ignorance. While no lot is too small to be util ized for gardening purposes, the As sociation is depending on the owners of largo tracts on the outskirts of the city to turn them over for tho sum mer. Donald McCormick said this morning that it would be more eco nomical to work largo fields and the I men would have the additional ad vantage of trading experiences. I SIMMERS WRECKED DURING REM CUE Search Being Made For Vessel Thought to Have Gone Down With Fifty on Board LOCAL MAN'S COUSIN ABOARD Atlantic Coast Strewn With Wreckage as Result of Saturday's Storm i By .Associated Press Norfolk, April 5. —Every possible ef- ! fort both from land and from sea was J being made to-day to learn the fate ] of the Royal Dutch West Indies Com-I pany's steamer Prins Maurits, believed ' to have foundered off ilatteras with aj loss of about fifty persons in the great i storm that lushed the South Atlantic! coast Saturday. Coast Guard cutters, warships and | other craft searching for the Maurits; yesterday after she sent out a call for : aid feared the crew »nd passengers I shared tho fate of the crew of the i I.uckenback when the storm claimed j the tug as a victim. Barges fared worse than other ves- j sels in the storm. Many broke away i from tugs and were driven ashore. 1 bight ships were torn from their moor ings and driven before the wind, shore resorts were swept by winds and waves and beaches were strewn with wreck age of small craft. Fifteen of Luckenbach's Crew Reported Drowned; By Associated Press New York, April s.—The Lucken ! back Steamship Company, owners of • the sea going tug Edward Luci/enbach, : which went ashore at False Cape, Va., 1 during the gale Friday night, received ! word to-day from t.heir Norfolk agents 1 that^. h,lt ,wo I'pr crew of seven toen ii.i'i bi'en lost and that the tug was a total wreck. The two men j saved were washed ashore with the wreckage, one of them being lashed to ' a mast. It was said. Two .or three barges which the tug ; had In tow at the time had been saved. I according to the message and the third ! one wrecked. Deth List as Result of Storm May Reach 100 By Associated Press New York, April s.—Latest reports received here of the effects of tho great . storm which swept the Atlantic coast Friday and Saturday indicate that the [toll of human life would reach nearly one hundred persons. Tho steamer Frlns Maurits, with 4 9 persons aboard, is believed to have foundered of Cape Hatteras. Fifteen of the crew of the tug Ed ward Luckenbach perished when the tug was wrecked off False Cape, Va. Ten men were drowned when two barges were pounded to pieces off Cape Henlopen, Del. Thirteen mon aboard the barge Tampico, which broke, away from her tow, are believed to have been lost. Dozens of barges, schooners and other craft, went ashore at various points along the coast, whose crews were rescued by other vessels or coast guards. Woman Aboard Lost Ship Is Cousin of Local Man Aboard the Prins Maurits, believ ed to have foundered during the great j storm on the Atlantic seaboard was ] Mrs. Howard T. Wallace, cousin of H. |J. Rabb, special agent for the Penn- I sylvania railroad at 404 North Second street. Mrs. Wallace lives at Wilmington, j Del. She has often visited her rela tives In this city. She sailed on the ill-fated steamer for Haiti, where she has a daughter living. BELIEVE STEAM KIl WENT DOWN By Associated Press New York, April 6.—Officers of the Clyde bine steamer Algonquin, which reached here to-day from Sa Domingo, told of their search Saturday for the steamship Prins Maurits, which sent out a wireless call for help and pre sumably sank with all aboard before she could be reached. Germany Politely Asked | to Make Reparation For Steamer's Destruction By Associated Press Washington, April 6.—The Amer ican note to Germany on the sinking of the sailing ship William P. Frye by the German auxiliary Prlnc Eitel Freidrich, was made public here to day. It is very brief. It is confined principally to a recital of the legal aspects of sinking of the Frye and in I polite and diplomatic language sug i gests that Germany make '"repara j tion." , One Dead, Sixteen Missing as Result of Explosion Greenville, 111., April G.—One man was killed and sixteen are missing as the result of an explosion in the mine of the Shoal Creek Coal Company near here to-day. Four hundred men were at work in the mine when the explosion occurred. All are known to have escaped except seventeen. FIVE HURLED INTO CREEK Auto Brake Refused to Work and Mu chlne Backed Off Bridge Williamsport, Pa., April s.—While out autornoblling yesterday afternoon | Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Spotts, their ■ 5-year-old (ton Emerson. Mrs. Spotts' mother and J Mrs. Jacob Bachman and daughter Emma were thrown over a 30-foot embankment into Loyalsock creek at the Montoursvllle bridge. The car was being backed and as Mr. Spotts tried to stop It the foot brake refused to work and the car crashed throurli the railing nrd fell into five | feet of water. Spctts was caught un- Iffer the car. but managed to get loose, and saved Mrs. Bachman. 6 5 years old, from drowning. The others got ashore unaided. 1 GREAT DEMONSTRATION FOR LOCAL OPTION TO BRING THOUSANDS HERE Governor Returns to Capitol Refreshed For the Fight and Pleased With Outlook; Will Be Greatest Anti liquor Rally in History of the Commonwealth At a late hour this afternoon word was received at the. office of the Gov-I ernor that I'nltcd States Senator! Oliver will preside at the great l»K-al option rally to-morrow evening. Son-1 ator Oliver liad all of his plans made | to go South this week for a much needed vacation, but his own deep In- ! tcrest in the passage of the local op tion bill and the earnest request of Governor Brumbaugh caused liim to stilH>rdinale his own plans for tin;! good of the cause. There was much ; rejoicing in local option circles when this new* was circulated. Senator Oliver's newß|>a|K'rs in Pittsburgh have been waging a still' light for local option for some years and the Senator is one of the strongest local option ! champions in the country. Harris burg will have the greatest, demonstration in its history in favor j of local option—plain home rule in the matter of liquor licenses—to-mor row. Over ten thousand men will as- | semble here to attend public meetings, and to give their countenance to the local option speakers at the hearing on the Williams bill by the House law ! and order committee. Governor Brumbaugh came back from Philadelphia this morning re freshed by his week-end at his home | and ready for fighting. The Governor said he was satisfied with the outlook and immediately went into conference with men active in the local option campaign. The idea of any compro mise with the discomfited liquor ele ment is scouted by people who know the strength of the Governor's cam paign. Every hour the Governor is growing stronger and he expects local option to pass. The program is as follows: Monday, 8 P. M.—Committee meets at Commonwealth Hotel to select speakers for hearing. Tuesday, fl A. M.—Local committee meets to arrange to weleqme visitors. TO A. M.—First meeting at Chestnut Street Auditorium; overflow meetings arranged for. | 2.50 P. M.—Public hearing by law and order committee in hall of the House of Representatives; overflow meetings In Capitol Park. 8 P. M.—Demonstration at Chest nut Street Hall with the Governor as chief speaker. Legislators returning to the Capitol i HOW THE FIGHT ENDED J Ringside, April s.—Jess Willard, the Kansas cowboy, ff is the new heavyweight champion pugilist o; he world. » knocked out Jack Johnson, the black char ; on in the * round of their championship bout here to-d y. It was jol; - £ son's fight all the way to the twenty-secon ! ound when . ju vitality left him because of the hard pace which he car; . 1 throughout the early rounds. Then the giant plainsman opened his heaviest attack 1 and in the next few rounds carried the fight away from the blackman and toppled him over with rights and lefts to the v body and blows to the face. Seventeen thousand persons saw the combat and whop Johnson crumpled up on the floor from a fierce right swing $ to the jaw the crowd burst into the ring. Soldiers cleared ghe ring. I RAILROAD FINED $200,000 9 Trenton, N. J., April s.—The Central Railroad of New ■ Jersey was fined $200,000 in the United State., Circuit Court g to-day. I TUGS TIE UP NEAR EITEL J Newport News, Va., April 5. Rear Admiral Beatty, J commanding the Norfolk navy yard, boarded the Piinz » Eitel Friedrich at noon to-day to confer with Commar. "cr # Thierichens and soon afterward two commercial tugs ar -1 rived at the Eitel's stern, received orders, and tied up at a 9 nearby pier. C SEVEN KNOWN TO BE DEAD C Greenville, Ills., April s.—Seven men are known to have C perished in an explosion in the mine of the Shoal Creek Coal C Company near here to-day. Ten are missing. The bodies & of the seven men have been recovered. L VETERANS TO MEET AT READING L Harrisburg—Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States will hold a convention and the Fourth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, a reunion at Reading under the auspices of Captain Samuel R. Willits Post, No. 38, April 21 to 23. » Howard L. Clader Post, Veterans of Foreign Wars will be % represented. I MARRIAGE LICENSES m Ir * l ii M. Kiaalßifcr anil Jennie C. Maatcrauu, city. <-c<>rnc K. Wolf iinri II inn I r MpNNlni&er* Wllllainatcmn. S ij'm** ll ' vl ' lnnil Sl yrrm. Sldilonaburg, nnd Grace mien Dillon, Wfctte * POSTSCRIPT. 12 PAGES to-day declared that the interest in their home communities wassomethlng ! tremendous and that the churches yes- I terday gave a big impetus to the I movement. They said frankly that I they had never seen anything like It land that the force of public sentiment I was causing the liquor people In soma j counties to abandon their idea of a, counter demonstration here to-nior | row. The hearing will bp held with every I regard for law and order. The seal* lof officers and newspapermen will l>o j kept free "of spectators and any at tempts to pack the hall will be check !ed. It is the desire of the legislators |to give everyone a fair and squaru i show. j Each side will have an hour an«l -a half, and each will have three of : four speakers. L>. Clarence Glbboney, lof Philadelphia, is expected here to ispeak on his plan for compensation I for licensees. ' The committee will decide what to do after the hearing. The bill may I be reported out later in the week. ! It was reported last night that Kep- I resentative Glenn, of Venango, who put in the resolution to investigate tlia participation of the liquor interests in the campaign last Monday night, would ask the House to act this even ing. He will not stand for any "plck i ling." j To-day it was stated that Congress man John R. Farr, of Scranton, would be here to attend the hearing. I The following statement was issued | to-day by the local option headquar ters: The local option committee of Penn ! s.vlvania announces to-day the follow • ing speakers for the conferences which : will be held to-morrow in the Chestnut Street Auditorium on the Williams county local option bill, which is being ndvocated by Oovernor Brumbaugh: Governor Martin G. Brumbaugh, George E. Alter, ex-Speaker of the House, Pittsburgh: William McCoach, city treasurer. Philadelphia: ex-Judge J. M. Galbraith. Butler; Father J. J. Curran. Wllkes-Barre: Congressman S. H. Miller, Mercer: Alba B. Johnson, president of the Baldwin Bocomotiva Works, Philadelphia; A. Mitchell Pal- I mer. Judge designate of the Court of I Claims, Washington, D. C.; ex-Con [Contlnued on Page 7.]
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