12 PICTURES OF WILL A RD-JOHN SON FIGHT, SHOWING SCENES JUST BEFORE KNOCKOUT OF NEGRO ~ 26 TV ROUND- JUST &EFOf?E THE KNOCKOUT. PHOT ojg> BY NY, HE raid Co ( 23 » BOUND - JOHNSON TIRED, IS HOLDING ON. Q PHOTO .Bf N Y. HtRALD CO, Condition was the greatest factor in the recent h-avywelght cbamplonshipf at between -Jess- WiUard. the new title holder, and "Jack" Johnson. the defeated negro, as the above pictures, the first to he printed here, will show. Reports that Johnson was fat. flabby and poorly trained, as was stated previons to th* fight, are fully justified, as a glance at the negro will pmre. Just how exhausted and Aiear unconsciousness was Johnson is shown' In the pictures, wjiere his hands have been I-nvered. again where he is resting relaxed, on Willards shoulder, and in the other [>ose, where he apparently is standing, hopeless, waiting for his ultimate destruction. .Villard. In contrast to the negro, exhibits no signs of Cis tress or worrinient. proving that be was fit. mentally and physically, for this highest test in pugilism. WILLARD DODGES CROWD Heavyweight Champion Puts One Ove on Fight Fans in Baltimore Station Baltimore, Ml., April 10.— Boca us lio wanted to dodge some moving-pie t;ire people, Jess Willard, the ne\ champion heavyweight of the work also dodged a big mob of fight fans a Union Station shortly before 5 o'cloc yesterday afternoon. The Florida ~p« < sal was more than two hours late, bu this diil not deter the crow i, whic gre.v iu numbers as the minutes spe< bv. Finally when the train did pull i r received an enthusiastic greetin from the crowd. The passengers came upstairs an joined the crowd to watch the champio •tep forth. They had no other altet native, for they found thcniselvc hemmed in IfARRISBURG STAR-INDEPENDENT, SATURDAY EVENING. APRIL 10, 1915 FEDS OPEN SEASON TO-DAY President Gilmore Says Teams Have Been Strengthened As He Starts For First Game Chicago, April 10.—Predicting a prosperous season, "the best so far," President James A. Gilmore left last night for Kansas City, where tp-day he will watch the opening game of the Federal League campaign. Reports re ceived at the league headquarters here were that fair weath«r and big crowds were expected at the openings at Chi cago, where St. Louis plays; at Kan sas City with Pittsburgh at Baltimore, where the team that won the pennant for Indiana[>olis will represent New ark. and at Brooklyn where Buffalo opens. Most of the Federal League teams, their managers assort, have improved greatly over last year. St. Louis espe cially. President Gilmore says has in creased in strength. Manager Fielder Jones having gathered a squad of vet erans. including Charley Deal, who was a factor in the Boston Nationals win ning the world's championship. A strong infield is the chief reliance of the Pittsburgh team, but reports from Kansas City are not optmistic. The Newark club's loss of Benny Kauff. the league's champion batter, was recorded at headquarters as i Brooklyn's gain, and the addition of] Jack Dalton, one of the National's ' strong hittprp last year, should help \ the offensive strength of Buffalo, it is j said. In all departments Manager ! Tinker claims to have helped the Chi- 1 ago squad. Iu Jiminie Smith he says | he has a shortstop whose excellence i may result in the manager adopting a i utility role. Our "JITNEY" Offer—This and sc. DON'T MISS THIS. Cut out this slip, enclose with oc to Foley & Co., i Chicago, 111., writing your name and ! address clearly. You will receive in re- 1 turn a trial package containing Foley's ' Honey and Tar Compound, for coughs, I colds and croup; Foley Kidney Pills, for pain in sides and . back, rheumatism, backache, kiduey and bladder ailments; and Foley Cathartie Tablets, a whole some and thoroughly cleansing ca thartic, especially comforting to stout persons. Geo. A. Gorgas, 16 North Third street.—Adv. Forest Fire Threatens Colliery Tamaqua, Pa., April " o.—ln order that a forest fire, near No. 14 colliery, would not destroy the structure, the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company put a force of men at work to subdue the flames. Scratch Causes Child's Death Mahanoy City, Pa., April 10.—After suffering great agony, 9 year-old Annie Straiginskv died at the State hospital at Fountain Springs from lockjaw. The child scratched her leg slightly with a piece of ton, and tetanus developed. yj ALPHAS \V[X TOI RNAMKNT Bowling in Casino League Closes Witl e Monarchs' Victory I The Casino Bowling League close I last night with ;t victory for the Mon nr.-hs over the Colonials by SS pins The A 1 j has took tin- pennant, having : been in the lead since enrlv in the sea 1 i son. Atticks had both high scores in tht t final match, rolling for a high gams niark of 254 and a match total of 076 , j The match total made his sixteenth . ! score for better than 600 this season , -The score. , i MONARCHS . : Bentz ISO i 92 191— 563 . George ... 174 169 167 509 'Senior ... 146 192 123 461 : ! Ford 134 148 188— 470 . j Atticks ... 1S 9 254 233 676 Totals . . 823 954 902 —2679 I COLONIALS ' Jaeoby ... IS4 159 180— 523 Kruger ... 157 142 152 — 451 ; Kozei 162 IS9 193 544 i Eisenhart . 202 157 155 514 I Black .... 198 156_ 205 559 j Totals . . 903 803 885—2i91 ! Final Standing of the Teams W. L. Pet. Alphas 43 32 .573 Orpheums 40-35 .533 I Senators 39 36 .520 ; Monarchs 37 38 .4 93 j Nationals 36 39 .4SO | Colonials 30 45 .400 HOLD-UP MAN IN HOME i Foiled in Demand for jff.OOO From a Montgomery Manufacturer Montgomery. Pa., April 10.—Stating that -he had an important business prop osition to present, a well-dressed stranger asked for a 'private interview with William Decker, a wealthy manu facturer, at his home, and. after enter ing the library, drew a revolver and de manded SI,OOO. "I haven't that much money in the house, but I'll give you what I have in there, said '.Mr. Decker, pointing to a desk in an adjoining room. He was ordered to open the desk and get the money, the holdup man standing guard at a door. Decker made a dash through a side door into the hall and got a revolver. When he returned the holdup man had disappeared. WESTERN PACIFIC PURCHASE Sale of Railroad Property to California Under Consideration Sacramento, Cal., April 10.—A con ference on the proposed purchase by the State of the Western Pacific rail road, now in receivership, was held in the office of Governor Hiram W. John son. Those present were Rudolph Spreckels and Charles 8. Wheeler, who made the original suggestion to Gov ernor Johnson a few weeks ago: Lieu tenant Governor John Eqhleman, John F. Neylan and Clyde L. Seavey. of the State Board of Control, and John F. Bowie, a San Francisco attorney. "All there is to say is that we were considering the matter and when our study is completed a statement will be made," was the only comment made by Governor Johnson. Old Man Hastens Death Burlington, N. J., April 10.—Impa tient for death, which physicians had said would end his sufferings within a week, Lambert Pierson, 70 years old, A former resident of Conshohocken, Pa., ended his life at the New Jersey Ma sonic Home, near Burlington, by gash ing the arteries in his wrists with a safety razor blade. • Six Hurt in Edison Plant New York. April 10.—By an explo sion of gas in >he storage battery plant of the Thomas A. Edison electrical works at West Orange, N. J., yesterday six employes were injured. The explo sion occurred in the japanning depart ment, where escaping gas ignited in an oven. Many of the women employes were so badly affeeted by the shock that they bad to be sent bonte. SERVICE AT ALMSHOUSE Meade W. C. T. U. to Conduct Meeting There Tomorrow A s ecial service will be held at the Dauphin conntv almshouse to-morrow it'teruoon at 3.H0 o'clock under the au * pices of tiie Meade W. C. T. U. All uembeis who attend are requested to Meet at Thirteenth and Market streets u order to take the 3.15 car. Members ire also requested to bring their Stuugh long books. The following program will >e rendered: Siug.ng, congregation; prayer, Mrs. singing, congregation; Scrip lire reading, Mrs. Obordeer; solo, Dor »thv I'rich; recitation, Alice Pickell; iuet, Mrs. Grillis and Edna Balsbaugh; •ecitation, four little girls; "Beside the Poor House Lane. Miss Mary Kumber; jiolin sqJo, Blanche Kitzmiiler; duet, j Mrs. lirilns and Edna Balsbaugh; ad iress, the Kev. Mr. Bangen, pastor of Park Street t . E. church; singing con jregatiou; recitation, Mrs. Merkle. IT WAS A "JIM" POEM But That Was Not the Only Reason Why Riley Liked It James Whiteomb Riley and Joel handler Harris figure in-a story told Jv a writer in the New York "Sun." I hey had sought rest -ind recuperation n a hotel among the southern mouu ains and wished to avoid the attempts if the other guests to lionize them. Much against their wills, however,! :hev were constrained to appear at a ! 'reading" from tho'r own works, aft ! ?r having beer, routed from a secluded I spot i u the woods to which thev had 1 retired. A young elecolutionist had the center )f the stage when they got to t.he hotel.! She led off bv announcing a poem bv 1 Mr. Riley. Sho recited it. it was I ibout somebody named Jim. Riley ! looked impressed. "Would you mind," he said when l she had tinished, "reciting that j igain?" She did r,ot mind, and went at it. ! Riley wiped a tear away as she tinished. j Then he said, "Please recite it again, j if you will." She did it the thi.-d time, and Biley ] was even more affected. "Do you know " he said, after she had ended, "f lik J that poem. It's a Jim poem. I always like Jini poems. My own name is Jim. 1 always read Jim poems. I have written several Jim poems myself. But do you know , why I like this Jim poem better than " any other?" The young woman eagerly asked ' why. The assembled guests leaned for- ' ward breathlessly to hear the answer. "I like it," said Riley, "because it " always reminds me of my dear old friend, Eugene Field. Eugene Field is the man who wrote that poem, yon know! " Missing Man's Body Pound in River Wilkes-Barre, Pa., April 10.—The body of a man found in the Susquehan na river at Danville has been identified as that of Louis Benedict, aged 63 years, who mysteriously disappeared from his home on the outskirts of the eitv three weeks ago. Barber Has Real Silvery Laugh Mahanoy City, April 10.—William Jones, an apprentice barber here, has a 50-cdnt piece somewhere in his sys tem, and thns far has suffered no incon venience, although under a doctor's care. Jones swallowed the money while laughing at a story. Jumps Off Train to Death Reading, April 10.—Jumping off a coal train on the Belt Line of the Head ing railway at Birdsboro, near Reading, yesterday, jn unknown illegal car rider, about 30 years old, landed in front of the Philadelphia express and was gronnd to piece*. Sleepy Sermons "Some nien preach," said Sydney Smith, "as if they thought sin is'to be taken out of a man as Eve was taken out of Adam, by casting him into ia profound slumber." - WHA A .' - • U j .■ ,\ 25 Tt< ROUND-JOHNSON SO EXHAUSTED HE CAN HARDLV . HOLD HANDS UP PHOTO <£) lirn.Y HE*AU> fo> HUM. SISTER OF IHQSES, EPWOfiTfl LEAGUE TOPIC Homer Black, of Y. M. C. A., Will Ad dress Young People at Grace Church —Speakers for Other Local Socie ties Announced The Epworth League topic for to morrow, "A Singer With a Cousecrated \ oice," brings into prominence as the singer referred to, Miriam, the propuci ess, the sister of Moses, and While some of the leagues will confine their talks lo a discussion of the life and influence I of this prophetess, other of the leagues I will mnite their ineetijg a service of song, while still others will fall into! I line with the idea of observing to-iuor-! 1 row as local option day. I At the service of the Curtin Heights | League at 6.30 p. m., Miss Estellc Hut- 1 ler, the director of the Curtin iieiglits I church choir, will be the leader. MissJ liutler is herself a talent musician with a beautiful contralto voice, and she is planning some musical features for her service. Attendance last Sunday was forty-six. : At Lpwortli Church League, Miss I Margaret Kilson will di-ect the serv ice. This league had no evening serv ice last Sunday, having instead a sun-1 rise prayer service which thirty-six of i their vouug people attended, j Fifth street league is interesting its' ■ other young people s organizations in ' league work, and to-morrow the Queen | hsther Circle, a young women 's mis ! sionarv society, will liave the meeting at 6.30 p. m. under its supervision. At tendance last Sunday was* eighty-five. At Grace church league, Homer! 'Black, the general secretary of the liar 1 risburg Young Men's Christian Asso ciation, will talk. Local option will come iu for a goodly share of the time for general discussion. Attendance last '■ Sunday was seventy-five. I ■Ridge Avenue was one of the leagues : that climbed tip the attendance ladder 1 last Sunday, having sixty-one present. ' Mrs. Hi la Johnson will direct the serv- < ice. ! At Stevens Memorial, Carl Heefner ' will be the leader, and a great part of the hour will be given over to a gen- j eral discussion of the incidents in con- j nection with the local option demon- I 1 stration ot last Tuesday. Mrs. Heefner. the director of the church c"hoir, will ' sing a solo, and there will be a fifteen- ' minute song service at the beginning ' of the meeting. This league had ninetv- * five present last Sunday and expects to t go over the 100 mark to-morrow. Mrs. R. W. Run\% n will be the leader of St. Paul's League service at C.30 p. m. to-morrow. Attendance last Sunday 1 was twenty-eight. ' ( A Constant Reminder f "I notice you have stopped calling your wife an angel." hoi* that she wants a pair of wings for her hat. Louisville Courier-Journal. If you feel that you I would like to spear one, H pace around the nearest dis- I pensary and get a Moroney fl Army and Navy highball into I your system. This whiskey is as clean as a new ten-dollar bill right off the press. Experts all along the line have given it their official O.K. I We intended it to be the best H whiskey of the universe and it ■ has made good. Dispatch a ■ bottle home to make your I visitors happy. moroaey's Amy aid Navy Whiskey ii oisale at aO first-class ban sad cafes I HANLEN BROTHERS j DBTKBUTOKSFOttHARRBBVRG WYOMING COUNTY NOW DRY , I License Judges Refuse All Applications l'j for Hotel Bars | Towanda, Pa., April 10.—All of Wy joining county yesterday went "dry'' " by order of Judge Terry and hia asso- L ciates. Last year 10 licenses were . I granted. •Judge Terry's action increases the number of "dry" counties in Penn sylvania to 11. They are: Bedford, j Forest, Greene, Huntingdon, Juniata, Lawrence, Mifflin, Perry, Tioga, Veuan ' go and Wyoming. Curb-climbing Auto Hits Girls Pottsville, Pa., April 10.—Veering to a\oid a collision with a truck, an auto- I mobile driven by I>r. J. T. Friel inount j ed a Centre street curbstone and struck | Miss Anna Mover, of this city, and i Miss Anna Carr of Schuylkill Haven, j who were hurled to the ground, the for mer sustaining a fractured ankle and ' other wounds, while her companion waa | cut about the face. First Lancaster Cattle Out Quarryville, Fa., April 10.—Two carloads of fat cattle were shipped yes terday to Lewis Lyon, a Philadelphia dealer. This was the first shipment of fat cattle sincr the quarantine for foot and mouth disease was placed on this count v. " Man Thought Dead Writes Sister j Heading. Pa., April 10.—Aftor be ing given up for dead, George W. Klump, whe left Reading almost 20 years ago, wrote to his sister, Miss Catharine Klump, of this city, that ha will visit her in the near future. Tho letter was postmarked Huntingdon, ! Pat., hut gave no other definite infor mation. Old Mine to Be Reopened Hazleton, Pn„ April 10.—Flooded since 1899, although rich with virtual ly untouched veins of anthracite coal, ! Stockton mines, which arc one mila from Hazleton, will be thrown open to operation aguin. The new tunnel to be driven from Hazleton to Butler Valley will tap the water in the Stockton workings. Rob Freight Train in Yard Shamokin, Pa., April 10.—A gang broke into cars of a Reading fast freight as the train was being inspect ed in the local yards yesterday morn ing. A car inspector discovered the thieves. The crew was notified and a number of shots were exchanged before the thieves disappeared. Veterans Hold Parade at Shamokin •Shamokin, Pa., April 10.—The fif tieth anniversary of the surrender of General Lee to * T . S. Grant, was cele brated here last evening by Lincoln Post No. 140, Grand Army of the Re public, assisted by the Sons of Veterans and other patriotic societies. Following a street parade, the veterans and their friends assembled at the G. A. R. opera house 'building, where a eampfire waa 'held.