IAMMY SCHIFF SHADED BY "O'KEEFE" AT BOXING BOUT; BASEBALL AT STEELTON IN 1919
\aseball Greater Than
Ever Says Fielder Mann
he tables are turned. Instead]
his being a foozle season for the
id national pastime, every pre- j
ton is now v that baseball will see
IKantic revival. For one thins, !
us more action than any other ]
•t, and thus reminds of war; '
instantaneous thought, the re
tdlng move; the 'satisfying ap
ise; all make this the universal
•t. It is informative to listen
me who knows, Leslie Mann,
Holder for the Cubs, who in an
rvlew yesterday assured that he
id be back on the job. His wife
ted him to quit the game, but
thought differently, because, as'
sxplalns:
am only 26 years old and still i
roving in baseball and believe I
best years are in front of me. I
re the sport too well to quit at
age, and think the experience
ill gain *n the next few years
do me a lot of good in my phys
work. My studies in that pro- 1
on continue and 1 am confident
when 1 am "ready to give up,
ball I will be able to obtain a)
a with some co,lege, as prac-:
takes in every kind of athletics.
War Aids Game
honestly think baseball is to
jreater than ever starting this
While at Camp Logan as Y.'
. A director I have had a chance
bserve the intense interest the
took in baseball. When a new
d came into camp the lirst rc
;ion they sought was baseball. J
v of them, 1 ob.-ervefl, had nev- i
aught a ball before, but they j
i to it and in a few days learn- ;
le art. Games were always bc
iluyed when the men were no: i
luty And take it from me, j ]
! surely was some hot competi- j
The officers encouraged that \
: and it was that which helped s
endously in the winning of tin-
There is no doubt in my mind!!
baseball as a result of the war[
won thousands and thousands •
us. and they are the kind that
go to the games because they:
>f an age to enjoy the sport,
is my opinion that the war has
;ed not only baseball, but the I
rs, as well. Take the men of;
najor and minor leagues who
into the service. They will re-l.
I ROUND THE BASES
811.1.10N A TEAK
:ahle tells that Wilson wept
view the victims* plight,
tbt on h.v demon Huns who aim
ed
rule the world with might,
he'll greatly gratify
patriots over* here,
aking llhlnelanil good anil hard:
, one billion n tear.
lotes, professional ones, have no
1 of long life. Yesterday Eddie
y died, a featherweight of great
n who suffered a nervous
down because he could not sue
in politics. He held the ciiani
>ip and met the world wonders,
e Dixon. Terry McGovern and
ly White. He lived in Chicago
as born in Illinois, 1576.
s is the one authoritative para
, written by the Berlin Beast to
ustrian Emperor which will
Bill up against the wall, soon
later: "My soul is torn asunder,
verythlng must be put to fire
lood. The throats of men anil
n. children and the aged must
t. and not a tree or house left
ng. With such methods of ter
hlch alone can strike so de
ate a nation as France, the war
nlsh before two months, while.
:e humanitarian methods, it mav
ig for years Despite all my
nance. I have had to choose the
ystem." One. two three—fire:
Innnti, Jan. 29. The directors
Cincinnati National League
ill club at a meeting held tu
iscussed the managership of the
or next season and decided to
a day or two longer for word
Christy Matliewson before niak
ty definite announcement on the
hewson Is a captain in the
1 States arm yin France und has
asked by cable whether he
be in a position to manager the
he coming sejtson.
ion Pal Moore, the Memphis
nweight, whose fame became
wide through winning a de-
HARRIS
Resturant
JII EX YOU ARE
WNTOWN stop at our
restaurant and enjoy a
home-cooked meal,
ables reserved for Ladies
Gentlemen. Prompt and
rteous attention is our
p. Mulberry St. Bridge
4fb nntl i hrstnut St*.
The Peace Time Quality of
*
Sing Oscar
Cigars
11 be remembered long after the price,
"rich conditions compel us to charge, has
en forgotten.
-worth it. John C. Herman & Co. |
Makers
_ ' i
WEDNESDAY EVENING,
| turn to their clubs with more eour-
I age than they ever possessed before
j because they have had it pounded
! into them. They will not know
i what it is to shirk a duty on the
j field. They will be trying all the
j time and there will be a greater dc
; sire on their part to win.
"if I am not mistaken the game
j in the future will be fought with
more vigor and enthusiasm than
ever before. I look for that because
of the. punch the players put in'o
their playing in the camps.
Helps Umpires, Too
"Baseball not only received a
great boost in this country. It also
• received it abroad. The soldiers
j were not permitted to forget it af
• tor they landed in England or
I France. It was the one sport with
I which they could amuse themselves
jin the camps. I have received num
erous letters from, officers whom I
• met at Camp Logan and they tell
me baseball is all their men think
'about when they are preparing to
:go to the front] Grover Alexander
] has done the game a world of good
ion the other side. He has pitched
jin many exhibition games before
i many different regiments. The sol
| diers all know him because of his
reputation and were glad of the
' chance to see hint pitch.
"I do not think the umpires will
■ have the trouble they have had be
fore. The men in tlie service liavel
learned what it means to take or-i
ders and to adhere to tlie strictesi j
i kind of discipline. That,, certainly j
j will be a blessing to some of the
i umpires. I pesume, too, the fans
; will like it better."
Mann believes there is not a team
in the league that will be able to
i stop the Cubs with Alexander back
on tire pitching staff to assist Jim
.Vaughn. George Tyler. Phil Doug-j
| las. Claude Hendrix and possibly a:
few other effective men. He is eag-.
;er to be back with the northsidsj
machine because he feels confident I
|it Will bo a winner.
NEW COTTON IIATES
Washington. Jan. 29.—jNew rates
on high density cotton from South
. Atlantic ports to Liverpool and Unit-
I ed Kingdom ports were fixed at $1.23
: per hundred pounds yesterday by
the shipping board, effective imme
-1 diately.
| vision over Jimmy Wilde, the English
j flyweight champion in the recent in-
I ternational boxing tournament in
] l.on, arrived here yesterday after
i noon. lie is accompanied by his man
! ngor. Nate Lewis, of Chicago, and will
put in a few days training for his
bout with Battling Leonard.
Boston, Jan. 29. —. A last-minute
' rally by Mike McTighe, the New
; York boxing instructor, caused Bat
j tling Ortega, of Pan Francisco. to
lose the dec; don in their 12-round
I bout here last night. Ortega forced
I Ids opponent into continuous clinches
j during the first six round. McTighe
fought on the defensive throughout.
Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 29. Tex
Rickard. who has signed Jess Wil
lard for a contest for heavyweight
boxing honors, left Kansas City last
night for Texas. Rickard said he will
! start soon on a pilgrimage that will
| take hint to all prospective scenes of
! the fight—possibly to France and
| England.
Here's what's the matter with the
Germans: "Jn contradiction to the
fundamental trait of self-possession
of the Americans I designate the pas
sion for self-surrender as the most
signiflgant expression of natural Ger
man character. He loves to sur
render to feelings: to hysteria of all
sorts; he loves tcf merge himself in
vague and formless imaginings: in
extravagant and reckless experience
in what he likes to call 'living him
self out." No one is more prone to
' forget Itis better self in this so-called
.living himself out than the German."
j When he merges himself into paying
that debt maybe he'll get the snow
! off his feet.
Mixing in tinny States
Boxing followers are becoming
1 more insistent each day. Almost
, every State Leaislature in the coun
try is being asked to legalize the
J sport. In many states it seems al-
I most certain that a law favorable to
i tistic contests will be placed on the
i statutes. New York lawmakers soon
will scan the bill being framed by
I State Senator Leonard W H. Gibbs, of
i Buffalo. Senator Gibbs is a lawyer.
but an thlcte of no mean ability. He
' intends to make a determined effort
I to replace boxing in good favor. Box
! ing bills are already prepared in 11-
; linois. Massachusetts, California,
i Washington and Pennsylvania among
other States. In Illinois the bill is
to come up within a week, and in
I hopes that it may be helpful a ear
j load of boxers are to go to Spring
field to entertain the lawmakers witli
i exhibitions. This was done before in
j Illinois, and the next day the late
i George Fitch held an impromptu ox
-1 hibition of his own, killing the bill
! with a series of humorous stories.
ANOTHER HONING SHOW
It was announced last night that
• the Keystone Sporting Club will stage
I a good show at Chestnut street Audi
torium the second week in Febru-
I ary.
SNOODLES By Hungerford
r—r? ffl Soo v s Jt 1^
'I Hi SOT™ "**• SK.K.VARD. OCT |S V £5 £
B£EN ? * VLTN - ( CASE ON SOOSLE JHERE NOW OSLN' JI ,■'/ A JIWA; M \ WIMP A
L- R —' L-P '1 I j — AN' "TRT ROMMV . VAJHOT HE SET 15 Hl* WM J FFFL L MOMHIN - POA> R
I J | \ ' 'Mft&l NATION ra U B
" ' ' jL> • \ Uh "''' '"
League Baseball Assured
For Cottage Hill Fans
Whoopee! Baseball at Cottage
Hill next year. That's the great news
to-day and Steelton fans were shiv
ering with glee at the good news.
Word reached the mighty plant late
last night and quickly spread, giving
thousands of fans a thrill which act
ed like spring tonic.
Manager George Cockill expressed
the opinion a month ago that Steel
ton would stage the game in big
league style but he had not authority
to make the promise. However, lie
had been holding half a dozen of'last
year's veterans, expecting just such
a decision.
The information came directly
from headquarters fat Lebanon,
through George Fonda, in charge of
the Bethlehem Company's welfare
department, Charles S. Kelchner. in
charge of the Lebanon team, has
been informed that, with possibly
one exception, the circuit will be
made up of the same clubs as during
the two years of the league, viz.:
Lebanon, Steelton, Sparrows Point.
Bethlehem Wilmington and Fore
Royal Fire Company
Trims Salem, oi Enhaut
. —. '
j The Royal Fire Company live de
j feated the Salem team of Enhaut by
r a sore of 57 to 23. The shooting of
| Elkins featured the game. The Royal
( Five will go to Camp Hill Friday
I night anr players af requested to
j be at the engine house at 6.30 to
, leave in auto. Score:
Enhaut Royal Fire Co.
[Bishop, f Shlckley, f.
I Janson, c. Elkins, f.
Cassel, g. Dunkle, c.
Brehm, g. Armstrong, g.
Hamershay, g. Strine, g.
Hocker, g. 1
Feild goals—Bishop, 4: Janson, 6;
Hocker, 1; Shickley. 1: Elkins. 19;
Dunkle, 5< Armstrong, 1; Strine, 2.
Foul goals—Janson, I: Shickley, 1.
Referee—Brough. Scorer—Geiger.
WITH THE BOWLERS
The Captains who are leading the
Academy League got .. trimming
from Privates last evening and the
Generals crept up a notch by beating
the Corporals.
GENERALS
Rowe 151 143 149 443
Smith 88 122 117— 327
Low 137 121 129 387
Dent ma 128 149 125 402
JCinley 130 171 168— 469
Total 634 706 688 —2028
CORPORALS
Martin 161 169 162 492
i Miller 136 122 135 39.5
Sile 108 92 118— 318
Kerson 115 118 139 372
Bentz 125 125 125 375
Total 645 626 679 —1950
PRIVATES
Storm 136 152 127 415
Magan 162 109 104— 375
Drrow 116 117 184— 417
Grimes 102 115 111— 32S
I Banks 133 149 129 411
! Total 649 642 655—1946
CAPTAIN
I Sentpless ... 133 162 100— 395
j Nttnaniaker . 100 129 102— 331
j Page 134 111 126 371
Reber 125 125 125 375
'Peters 131 160 106— 397
Total 623 637 559—1869
LEAGUE STANDING *
W. L. Pel.
j Captains 16 11 .593
i Sergeants 15 12 .556
J Pershings 16 14 .433
Privates 16 14 .533
(Corporals 13 14 .481
j Lieutenants ........ is 14 .481
i Generals 14_ 16 .467
(Majors .'. 11 l'J .367
! ■ At Fickes Alleys
I LEMOYNE
(Zelgler 117 156 154 397
Palmer 110 163 118— 3t
Hetts 126 104 97 327
l Reeser 78 105 98— 281
I Arnold 102 118 165 375
I Totals 523 626 622—1771
I Stars of the West Will Invade Us
\ Saturday to Meet Gordon Ford Team
Wilmerding of the West Penn
j league that appears here this coming
| Saturday night, will be the lirst bas
| ketball team that ever appeared in
i this city from the western part of
ithe state. The Wilmerding Club have
iin their lineup three fotmer stars
! of the eastern league Jackie Adams
i who was known to the local fans as
| the "Grayhead man of the Adams
j express team," will play one of the
I forward positions for the visitors.
! Roy Steele, one of the greatest scor
-1 ing forwards in the cage game and a
j running mate to Adams on the Cam
: dem Kastern League team wilt play
j the other forward position. At center
j will be Eddie Dolin who was part
1 owner of the Camden Eastern
j League team and who was consider
ed one of the greatest centers in the
I cage game.
The guard positions will be filled
i by Ross Steele, a broiher to Roy. and
'jMcAvoy, who was formerly of the
BULRRISBI/RG TELEGR'APH
River, As vet no decision has been
reached with respect to the season's
schedule. It is understood Saturday
and holiday games will be played
as heretofore, but there is a grow
ing sentiment in favor of twilight
gdnics during the week more particu
larly In the event of the nation re
verting to the daylight-saving move
ment of last year.
With the exception of "Babe" Ruth
and Rogers Hornsby, who have quit
their employment here, 'Coach
Kelchner expects to have practically
the same team which finished the
season. All of the men are tilling re
sponsible positions at the local Beth
lehem Steel plants and are looked
upon as reasonably sure of remain
ing. They include Catchers Sam
Agnew and George Hale. Pitchers
Jim Shaw, Bill Hitter and Norman
Plitt, Intielders Del Pratt and Bobby
Stowe, Outfielders Eddie Murphy,
Joe Shulim, Babbington, llobey
Light, Clauder and Potteiger. Kelch
ner reports that lie has good men in
prospect for the vacant intlelil posi
tions.
NEW CUMBERLAND
Morgan 12S 158 * 134 — 420
Slettler 137 139 146 422
Shadow 91 30 . 3
Rockey 143 107 141 — 391
Spangler .... 134 135 152 421
Totals .... 633 637 687 —1957
C. I. & S. la-ague
OPEN HEARTtI
McGuire .... 128 141 158— 427
Stitler 157 ljj'
McQuade .... 145 166 162 4.3
Smith 188 144 361 4Uo
Albani 159 175 1,6 509
Zerby 1?9 124 263
Totals .... 776 765 781 —42522
PURCHASING DEPARTMENT
Grissinger ... 122 176 165 462
Stoner 99 133 144 3,b
Erwin 163 234 11a 492
Harris 120 114 132 366
Stoutfer 123 128 1.3 4_4
Totals .... 607 784 <29 2120
Standing of the 'l'euros
W. L.
Open Hearth 33 3?
Accounting 1 '
Sales .. .. • 19
Purchasing 3a
On Casino Alley*
DELTAS
Troce 15? 177 190— 526
I'ettingill 135 158 15i — 444
Evans .. 142 160 144 — 446
Montgomery .. 139 179 194 512
Total 575 674 679 —1928
MARINES
Bentz 113 135 167 415
Beck .. •• .... 177 157 162 496
Weber .. 197 183 180— i-60
Atticks 146 139 169 454
Total 633 614 678—1925
Piez Calls Off Work on
Tons of American Ships
By Associated Press
Washington. Jan. 29.—Orders to
shipyards notto begin work on ships
aggregating front 1,000,000 to 1,-
250.000 deaweight tons, the keels for
which ordinarily would not have
been laid before next August 1, arc
now being sent out by the shipping
board. Charles Piez. director general
of the Emergency Fleet Corporation,
said to-day that yards on both the
Atlantic and Pacific coasts were af
fected. ,
"The steel for the suspended ships
has not yet been rolled in most
cases." said Mrr. Piez. "and the order
does not affect immediately the
operation of any yards. It is not to
be assumed that the ships contem
plated will not eventually be built."
RIOTING IN BELFAST STREETS
Italfast, Jail. 29.—-There was much
rioting in the dark streets here last
night. Many plate glass windows in
stores along prominent streets were
smashed and some of their contents
were stolen. The police frequently
charged with their clubs upon the
rioters.
old Johnstown team In tlie West
Penn i.eague.
Tlie visitors are coming to this
city highly recommended to the
local management and a great battle
can be expected from the visitors,
as tljey.want to get acquainted in
the East for future trips in the cage
game.
Harry Hote. the local star In tne
sporting world, who was unable to
play Saturday night last on account
6fr*f*ouch of the flue, is rapidly re
covering and he will take EdJle
Wallowers place who has left for
Savannah. Ga. Ike McCord who wns
out with a bad leg, will also be lr.
the local lineup.
Dancing will immediately follow
the game, (
WIDMEKDING INDEPENDENTS
Adms. f. Kdte, f.
Steele, f. McCord. f.
Dolin. c. Haggerty, c.
MpAvoy, g. Gerdes. g.
Steele, g. G. P'ord, g.
Campbell, g.
"Ringer" of Mystery
At Bo xi iif! Show
Jolts Sammy Schiff
Fighter Under Name of O'Keefe Bangs Local Boy
Against the Ropes at His Will; Dundee Puts
It Over on Larry Hanson
When the Motive Power boxing
show reached the point in its pro
gram last night where Sammy Schiff
was to meet Russell, of Lancaster, no
one appeared to enter the ring with
him. Frank Earne, the Lancaster
veteran, had come to see the bouts
and offered to go on just to make the
program good. He is nearly 33 years
old and not In especially good train
ing, but Sammy did not care for this
battle. After about five minutes' wait,
a light-haired lad. with steel-blue
eyes and a confident air mounted the
platform, and waa announced as
"O'Keefe" by Referee Charley Sel
lers, A-ho. incidentally, got an ova
tion on his return from Army serv
ice, for he was the real founder of
the Motive Power Club. The resi
dence was said to be in Allentown,
but after the fight the truth came out
that O'Keefe is not the name, and the
stranger was so shrewd that his real
moniker never was exposed.
As a mystery "pug" he made good,
for Sammy Schiff would have been
all in after a couple more rounds
hanging on to the ropes. He had his
right lead working all right, but the
foe ducked it every time and In course
of time he gave Sammy a cauliflower
ear and claret spattered over the
arena In gobs. The first two rounds
v. ere rather tame, but in the third
O'Keefe landed frequently and was
jamming Sammy around the
The fourth found O'Keefe with much
the better of it and in the fifth he
savagely uppercut, bringing more
blood. In the sixth Sammy at last
landed his favorite right lead, but
there was Tittle power to It, and
O'Keefe started in to finish the Har
risburg boy. He did not succeed in
this, although he did manage to sep
arate Sammy from the bulk of his
attire, namely, one frazzled pair of
tights. Time was called for Samuel
to resume certain fragments of his
raiment, but they barely held togeth
er until the end of the round, which
was all in O'Keefe's favor. Great
sentiment was expressed by the
crowd, which filled the arena to its
brim, for Sammy, being the native
son; but facts compel the truth to be
said, HTsu the mysterious O'Keefe had
all the better of it. lie challenged,
through the referee, any man of 125
pounds, and particularly mentioned
SchifT, so that if Schiff has aspira
tions he can easily have another go.
The de luxe bout was that 'twixt
Larry Hanson. 129 pounds, and Eddie
Dundee. 131, one from Brooklyn, the
other from Allentown. They were
well matched and put up one of the
fir.est frays seen here this season.
FEBRUARY HOG
PRICES CONTINUE
Food Administration Keeps
Minimum Base of .$17.50
Per Hundred
Washington, Jan. 29. A mini
mum base price of $17.00 a' hun
dred pounds for bogs for the month
of February was unanimously
agreed upon to-day by the hog com
mittee meeting at the food adminis
tration.
Frank S. Snyder, head of the meat
division of the food administration,
recommended the maintenance of
this price, which lias been in effect
since November, and told the pack
ers, producers and commission men
present that increased' orders from
the Allies, neutrals and eventually
enemy countries, soon would turn
the present surplus of pork into a
deficit.
The interallied food council in
Paris, he said, had recommended
that Germany and other enemy
countries* be allowed 70,000 tons of
pork monthly.
Business with the Allies and neu
trals will amount to 225,000,000
pounds of pork for the month of
February, it was said.
The packers may now seek at tliqir
lown risk an Independent
hogs among the neutral and allied
nations, in excess of their regular
allotment, Mr. Snyder said, and the
food administration will co-operate
to the extent of obtaining snips from
the Shipping Board for the purpose.
Mr. Snyder said the food admin
istration* would insist upon a con
tinuation of restrictions on exports
Just so long as a group, or co-ordi
nated purchasing was the practice
abroad. When independent pur
chasing was resumed in Europe, he
said, the situation would take or.'e
of itself, and restrictions probably
would be removed. •
BITTER AND FGGS ON DECLINE
Wilmington. Del., .Jan. 29.—A
drop of 10 cents in /fie wholesale
price of butter and five cents a dozen
in eggs has come in the focal mar
kets. At present butter is 40 cents
wholesale and fresh country eggs
60 cents. Dealers report both more
; plentiful with large demands.
Both men could box. and Hanson was
perhaps the most finished, being u
line figure of a pugilist. But the Al
lentown man had all kinds of strength
and it looked to the spectator that
iie had fifteen pounds, at least, on
Hanson. These men gave a ripping
good exhibition of real American
boxing—no holding, no timekilling.
Dundee had an advantage in reach
and was very fast, but Hanson's box
ing skill enabled him to evade great
punishment. As Dundee did the bujk
of the leading and landed oftener, he
deserves the decision.
The program started with two local
lads. Tom Hoffman and so-called
"Knockout" yanasylan. The alias
was well chosen, for Tommy Hoffman
knocked him out after 6ne minute
and ten seconds of fighting in the
second round. This chap should get
seme lessons before going in the ring
again. He held his guard down to
the knee and had Hoffman been
quicker he could have settled hint
earlier.
Dick Conlon, the goosefighter, of
Alto'ona, had a fairly easy time with
Mickey Kildair, of Allentown.' beat
ing him to the sawdust in tlie fifth.
This chap. Kildair, looked to be in
poor physical condition and a doctor
would never have permitted him in
the ring. His face was drawn and
he ha dno steam. He was substituted
for "Kid" Frederick and did not know
lie was to box until the lust minute.
Conlon disappointed the fans by
muffling his goose, noise, although
several times when agitated the fa
miliar hiss was audible.
The most spectacular battle was be
tween "Gentleman" Rube Be'nnett, a
rare athlete, of Harrisburg, who cap
tained the Academy eleven several
years ago, and Sam Looker, a cop at
the Ordinance Depot in Middletown.
Sam was the Officer who, bringing up
some prisoners recently, was bumped
by Policeman Johnny Murnnne at an
eatinghouse in Market street. These
men were- well matched, the weights
given being 160 for Sam and 155 for
Rube. The latter had a shade in the
first round and In the second some
thing liapfrened—something generally
does at a Motive Power Show. hi
this incident Officer Looker, receiv
ing a hard blow on the mouth, re
called the high prices that dentists
are charging these days. He had two
old veteran masticators that he was
nursing, and "Gentleman" Rube must
have loosened them, for the referee
stopped the bout at Looker's request
and the decision counted for a knock
out. Looker challenged Rube to an
other meet and it will be jaWied oft",
likely, at this club.
PYTHIAN KNIGHTS
IN STATE LIBERAL
Quota For War Belief Is
Nearly Raised, He
ports Show
I'hilnilrlpliia. Jan. 29. Pennsyl
vania's quota of $60,000 in the Knights
| of Pythias drive for $760,000 has been
i subscribed. ii 4v as announced Vester
day during the convention at the
Belle vuetStratford of the Supreme
Lodge of the Knights and representa
tives of lodges throughout this state.
Nearly $400,000 of the grand total
has been subscribed in "the entire
country. The $750,000 will represent
$1 from each member of the Knights
of Pythiass in the t'nited States. It
will be used for the education of
wounded and crippled soldiers and
I sailors, the care of the families of the
[members of the Knights killed or dis
abled in the service and in any other
way that may ease the condition of
members.
Tlie drive Is being conducted exclu
sively among the members of the
Knights, and, although three-quarters
of a million has been set as the na
itional quota..there is no limit beyond
which the members may go. The 6ft,-
000000 members bt the Keystone state
are expected to oversubscribe their
allotment.
Members of the Supreme I.edge at
the convention. included Supreme
Chancellor Charles S. Davis. Supreme,
chancellor John J. Brown, Grand
Chancellor Norval R. Dougherty, ex-
Congressman Thomas .1. Carling, o r
Atlanta, Ga.: Grand Keeper of the
Records and Seal Samuel Wilt. Briga
dier General Wilson A. llllligas, of
the I'niform flank; Henry W. Fox.
banker, of Johnstown; Past Sunreme
Master John J. Brown, and Mr. Wood
ruff. of Boston. Grand Vice Byron
; B. Bode was chairman of the conven
| tfon.
Italian Embassy in
Tokio Destroyed by Fire
By Associated Press '
Toltlo, Jan. 29. —The Italian em
bassy was destro.veal by fire SSundav.
Marquis Cusnni Confalioneri anil the
members of his family escaped with
out injury.
Marquis Cusanl was at one time
[ambassador at Washington.
JANUARY 29, 1919.
Mammoth Athletic Meet For
Yanks and Allies Planned
Guard duty among the soldiers of!
the American Expeditionary Forces
in occupied Germany and in the rest
camps of France is to have its com
pensations. -
The Allies of the United States
through their representative ath
letes in the respective armies, have
been invited to compete with Amer
ica's brawn and skil lin a mammoth
meet that will rival in intensity and
prowess, the periodic Olympic
gilmes.
Although the date and place have
not been agreed upon, the contests
are an assured fact and already the
doughboys* are training' down with
the same thoroughness and desire
to win that broke the Hun's win
ning streak.
American Expeditionary force
Daniels Commends Boys
From This State For
Courage o nMinnesota
By .■lssocialeJ Press
Washington. Jan. 29.—Secretary
Daniels lias commended twenty-sev
en men ot' the crew of the battleship
Minnesota for courage and efficiency
displayed when the ship struck a
mine September 29, 1917. off the
Delaware breakwater. The ship
made port under her own power.
Those commended ' included
Charles K. Honing, Cantden, X. J.;
Charles F. Bowman, Somerset, Pa.:
James P. Coyne, Philadelphia; Ed
mond J. Heed. Perkasie, Pa., and
Uscar J.eidy, Souderton, Pa.
Oppose More Laws to
Regulate Packing Industry
By Associated Press
Washington. Jan. 29.—Presidents
of two big packing companies yester
day advised Senate and House com
mittees against enactment of any
"That Ton Will Last
Longer Now"
Every ton of coal lasts longer in homes where Per
fection Oil Heaters are used. It isn't necessary to have
the whole house at 68. Keep the furnace fire lower and
put your Perfection in the room you want to be in.
PERFECTION
01L/J4E&TERS
are not for emergency heat only, but to use right along
all winter and in the fall and spring, so as to burn less
coal. It seems wonderful how such little things make
a room warm and comfortable in a few minutes. ■ And
you are mighty glad for a Perfection when the north
wind howls around the eaves and the thermometer
drops lower, lower, lower.
9 I
One of the best features about the Perfection is that it burnskero
sene—an economical fuel. But bear in mind that there are different
kinds of kerosene. Also that there is one kind which always Hives
satisfactory heat. It is called Atlantic Rayolight Oil to distinguish
it from the others. It burns without smoke, smell, or charring the
wick. Ask for it by name.
Remember this: Perfection Oil Heaters are safe. There is no
danger of turning the wick too high. You can't. The patented con
struction prevents it. 'And don't put off buying your Perfection Oil
Heater until the last minute. Better get one now while your dealer
has a good supply. They are priced $5.65 to SIO.OO, at hardware,
housefurnishings and department stores.
t The Atlantic Refining Company
Everywhere in Penneylvania and Delaware
Rayolight
championships, comprising elimina
tion contesst in track and field
events, boxing and wrestling, base
ball, tennis, football have been
scheduled in a training bulletin
from G. 11. 2, A. E. F. The events
have been so arranged that divisions,
corps and army troops as well as the
S. U. S., (Service of Supply), will
be allowed fair and equal repre
sentation.
lieutenant Colonel Joseph H.
Thompson 110 th infantry, 28th Divi
sion, has been ordered to take over
the training of the Second Arnty for
these events. Colonel Thompson is
well known among sport followers
as a former football player and
coach of the University of Pitts
burgh.
.additional legislation to regulate the
meat packing industry. Fouls F.
Swift, of Swift & Company, told the
Senate Agriculture committee pres
ent laws were adcuate to deal with
any abuses charged, and Edward S.
j Morris, of Morris &. Company, testi
■ lied before the House Interstate Coni
| meroe committee, that any further
i legislation "would just muddle things
j up."
Some limitation of capitalization
j of packing companies was suggested
j by Senator Gronna, of North Duko
| ta, after Francis J. Heuey had cross
j examined Mr. Swift concerning a
'scries of increases of bis company s
j capital stock.
i Mr. Heney said that by separating
the Swift concern into three organ
| izations recently the market value
j of the original stock had been in
creased more than $100,000,000. Mr.
Swift denied this and agreed to in-
J form the committee as to the trans -
j actions dealing with the separation
jof the one company into Swift i-
I Company, Swift International, and
I Bib by, McXeal & Eibby.
13