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Lat©r he was removed to Mineoin
placed in the Nassau County Jail.
“Why did you do this?" asked Jus
tice Luyster
“Because I am a true American cit
izen.” rep’ied the prisoner, '! am
going to do all I can to end thin war
In Europe The only way to do it la
to kill those responsible for It.”
Or. Connally, who examined Holt,
declared he undoubtedly waa lnaane.
The man la tall, thin and dark. HU
age la about SO In • he re
semble* a German Jew.
The police made a thorough examl.
nation of the two suit ca •«** carried
by the stranger. They found evidence,
they declared, upon which they will
have no difficulty in having the man
Indicted upon the charge of attempt
ing to murder Mr. Morgan. The
aatchels reveAled numerous railroad
ticket* to all parts of the country, In
dicating he was prepared to use al
most arpr road to escape
Morgan'* Mother Notified.
Immediately after the shooting the
following telegram was sent to Mrs.
J. P. Morgan, mother of the wound-vl
man. at Highland Fall*. N Y.:
'Uohn attacked by lunatloe with p1s_
tol and alightly wounded. I* doing
well ”
One of the bullets which struck Mr.
Morgan entered an oil painting that
wae upon the wall behind him. The
man’* aim wa* had and neither of the
bullet* came near a vital spot. The
one which might have Inflicted a ser ,-
oua. or perhaps fatal wound, wa* that
wliich struck the left side
en received at the offl< e of the firm.
| A statement of the doctors will be
given out in about an hour.”
At the banking house of J. P. Mor
gan Ac Co., Broad ar.d Wall streets,
the reassuring news from Olencove
that Mr. Morgan's wounds were not
serious, prevented rnv excitement.
Husiness went on as usual. A uni
formed attendant in the lobby frank
ly informed all Inquirers of the shoot-
I ing and assured customers that the
banker’s life was not in danger.
Score* of Wall street men who heard
j the report hastened to the Morgan
j offices to learn the details for them
selves, but no Information was forth
coming beyond that contained in the
formal statement.
Mr. Morgan, with his wife and
daughters, went to “Fast Island.” his
summer home at Olencove. immedi
ately after the marriage of hi* son,
Junius Hoencer Morgan, In Boston,
about two weeks ago.
"Fast Island,” where the shooting
occurred, Is a wooded tract of land
almost surrounded by water. It is at
the fairhead of a tiny peninsula and
Is an extremely Isolated location. The
house Is a magnificent structure, con
taining more than a score of rooms.
Boon after the noted banker
was shot urgent word was sent *.o
Dr. J. W. Marko®, a New York spe
cialist, that his services were re
quired. J)r. Markoo made the Journey
from Manhattan to Olencove by auto
mobile, at some times traveling at a
speed of nearly 60 miles an hour.
Bankers Hold Conference.
Extra editions of the evening pa
pers announced the shooting of J. P
Morgan to the financial district, and
within a few minutes the entire sec
tion of the city of which Wall street
Is the center was seethUig excitement.
A crowd began to gather about the
offices of J. P. Morgan Sr Co., at Nas
sau and Wall streets, and special po
licemen were called to the scene.
Several banker* called at the Mor
gan office* within a short time after
news of the shooting became known.
The first to arrive was Henry Clews,
and he was still within when Daniel
P. Klngsford, head of the London and
Brazilian Banking Company, arrived.
Both men emerged *mlling as they
left the Morgan offices. They were
followed by Alex Cochrane, another
leader In the financial world. He. too,
seemed to be relieved by the news
given him by the firm.
Mr. Morgan, who Is 4 8 year* old,
became head of the house of Morgan
upon the death of his father In Rome
on March 81, 1913. For many years
before that time, however, he had
been a powerful factor In the control
of J. P. Morgan Ar Co. Mr. Morgan
graduated from Harvard In 1889, and
one year later was married to M’s*
Jane Norton Grew.
Immediately aftec his graduation
fhianA.l dutrlrt »/'" v," from Harvard Mr. Mown entered 'he
JnancUl dl * tr,rt ' where Mr. Moron firm of J P Morgan A Co.. of New
York, and Morgan, Grenfelt Sr Co., >f
London. Prom that time on hls pow
er 1n the business and financial world
grew rapidly, and he became director
in many hanks end corporations.
Like his father, Mr. Morgan cared
little for society, and has divided ols
time between hls home and hls office
for the most part. He cared lees for
yachting than his father, and his lack
of Interest In the art objects in which
his father had spent a lifetime in col
lecting was shown by hls recent sale
of a great part of the collection.
Mr. Morgan maintains a tpwn
house at No. 231 \fouliBon avenue and
hls country place atOlejg^jve is one
of the finest in America. He also
maintains a home at London at No. 12
Grosvenor square.
Shooting Announced
At Morgan's Office
(By International News Service.)
NEW YORK. July 3—The follow
ing statement was Issued at the of
fice of J. P Morgan Si Co. at 10:36
o'clock this morning:
“Mr. J. P. Morgan was shot by an
unknown man, presumably a crank,
at 9 o'clock this morning nt hls home
at Glancove. Hls physicians advise
that hls wounds are not serious.”
The news of the scooting
has been the leading financier since
the death of hls father in 1913. It
was expected that there would be a
big break in the stock market, hut the
official statement from the company
admitting that Mr. Morgan had been
•hot, but stating that hls wounds
were not serious was Issued as soon
as the first rumor was circulated.
This served to allay the excitement
and it was believed that the shooting
of Mr. Morgan would have no great
effect on the prices of securities.
A later statement Issued by the
Morgan firm follows:
“Two shots were fired at Mr. Mor-
; How Willard Was
Nearly Knocked Out
O NE man, a San Francisoo
motorman named Millar, vary
nearly put Jesa Willard out '
t In a four-round bout. The future j
) champion took him at a joke and J
trained on piee, cakes and figs with J
cream. Result, no wind. The de* '
. cision wee a draw.
Wlllerd telle all about it in Mon- t
day's installment of hie autobiog*
j raphy in The Georgian.
He also discusses two "raw
deals” he got from referees, one
In his fight with Gunboat 8mith f
and the other with a lad named )
McMahon.
Rioting Cases
ToBeTriedin
City Court
The 26 men indicted by the Grand
Jury on the charge of rioting in the
vicinity of the home of former Gov
ernor John M. Slaton will be tried in
the City Criminal Court, which is de
voted to misdemeanor bualness, in
stead of the criminal division of the
Superior Court.
The Indictment, which was based
on the misdemeanor charge of "riot,"
Saturday was transferred to the City
criminal Court by order of Judge Ben
H. Hill, fn hls order Judge Hill ex
plained that the criminal division of
the Superior Court has been adjourn
ed for the months of July and Au
gust, and that no Jury business will
be tried in this time.
Judge Andy Calhoun stated that it
would be impossible to try the oases
in his court until September, for the
reason that only Jail business is dis
posed of in July and August.
TO BE URGED
The motion of James L. Key that a
plan for the consolidation of all the
high schools of the city be laid before
the Board of FMucation at its next
meeting wsa adopted unanimously at
,a meeting of the Teachers and Edu
cation Committee of the board Fri
day. and the next few years probably
| wlil bring about the perfecting of this
'greater high school.
The plan provides that the entire
school shall be under one supervisor,
who will also act as principal of the
Boys’ High School, and that the heads
of the other three schools shall In
reality be assistant princ ipals
According to Mr. Key, the work of
the supervisor will be to harmonize
the course of study and the general
plan of development of the different,
schools and to eliminate all antag
onism between them.
“The committee yesterday,” said
Mr. Key, ‘undertook to pass on this
plan and not on any person or per
sons to serve under this plan. Their
nomination Is the function of the Su
perintendent of the Schools, and we
have no wbh to embarrass him In any
way.”
The Board of Flducation has Invited
both the County Board and the Board
of County Commissioners to appoint
committees to meet with the educa
tion committee to consider a plan for
Including the county high schools In
this consolidation, should it take
place. The plan will be laid before
the board at Its next meeting and If
It passes. It will simply be a question
of building and equipment before it
becomes a reality.
“What About Scandal?”
Sin to Raise Tobacco,
Many ChurchesThink
HBRSHRT, PA., July 8.—I* the
raiein* of tobacco a »in7 That ques
tion promises to provoka much dis
cussion at the annual national con
ference of the Church of the Breth
ren, which will open here In a few
days and which will bring thousands
of brethren from all parts of the
country
In their aversion to what they term
"the things i f the world,” some of the
members of the Church of the Breth
ren have reRarded unfavorably the
use of tobacco. The members of the
Blue River Church of Northern In
diana have now gone so far as to pe
tition the annual meeting "to prohibit
members of our church from raising
tobacco"
King and Queen Will
Attend PageWedding
LONDON, July 3.—King Georgs
and Queen Mary, it is slated in the
London newspapers, will be present
at the wedding ealy In August of
Miss Katherine Page, daughter of
Walter Hines Page, American Am
bassador to the Court of St. Jam**,
to Charles Greely Lorlng, of Boston.
Mr. Lorlng Is the son of General
Charles G. Lorlng, of Boston. It Is
said that the King and Queen are
sending valuable presents to the
bride.
SUES HIS JEALOUS WIFE.
Mrs. Mary Inglis Berry, who is said
now to live in Holyoke, Mass., was
Insanely Jealous of her husband, and
made life unbearable for him. accord
ing to a divorce petition filed Satur
day In Superior Court by Attorney
Carl Hutcheson in behalf of John
Steele Berry.
WIFE SUES FORMER ATLANTAN
W. S. Berryhill, of Valley Hill, Ala.,
formerly of Atlanta, deserted his
wife after living: ^ith her but four
and one-half months, so M*j. Ji. J.
Berryhill charged In a suit for di
vorce filed Saturday by Attorney
Frank L. Haralson.
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three Turkish vessel* in the Black
Sea, the Admiralty also an
nounced to-day. The destroyed ves
sels were a steamer of 2,500 tons, a
sailing ship of 1,600 ton* and a steam
er of 400 tons. All were sunk near
Kesken. The Turkish vessels Were
laden with coal and provisions Which
they were transporting to Constanti
nople.
The text of the Admiralty's report
follows:
“Friday morning our cruisers en
countered during a fog two light
cruisers of the enemy and some tor
pedo boats on a line parallel with
Oestergarn lighthouse on the east
coast of the island of Gothland, and
engaged in battle with them.
“A German cruiser at 9 a. m., being
badly damaged, lowered Its flag and
ran ashore. The other cruiser and
torpedo boats retired.
“At 10 a. m. our squadron en
countered the armored cruiser Roon,
one light cruiser and one torpedo
boat. The battle was renewed.
“At 10:30 a. m. the enemy began to
retire southward. During his retreat
the enemy, who had now been Joined
by another light cruiser, was at
tacked by our cruisers. The enemy’s
warships then fled hurriedly and the
pursuit ceased at 11:30 a. m.
“After the battle our squadron was
unsuccessfully attacked by subma
rines. The damage inflicted upon our
cruisers was lrsignificant.”
The official report upon the opera
tions of the Russian submarine in the
Black Sea follows:
“A Russian submarine In the Black
Sea torpedoed and sank a steamship
of 2,500 tons and set fir© and sank a
sailer of 1,500 tons, as well as a small
steamer of 400 tons near Kesken.
These vessels were laden with coal
and foodstuffs.
“The submarine shelled another
steamer moored near the shore. Sev
eral coal-laden barges, towed by tugs,
were driven ashore.
“Near the entrance to the Bosporus
the submarine began an action with a
small schooner armed with a gun and
rifles. After an exchange of shots
from machine guns and rifles, the
schooner fled inshore. Two other small
vessels of a similar type also fled to
the coast.”
The armored cruiser Roon is a
sister ship of the Yorck, and car
ries a crew of 615 men. Her dis
placement Is 9,350 tons, and her
armament consist* of the follow
ing:
Four 8.2-lneh (40-caliber! guns
in pairs in turrets fore and aft;
ten 5.9-inch guns, six in main deck
battery and four in turrets on the
upper de'k; fourteen 3.4-lnch (24-
pounders), four machine guns and
four 18-inch torpedo tubes, sub
merged fore, after and amidships.
The Roon is capable of 20 knots.
and is protected by Krupp armor
throughout.
Italians Shatter
Austrian Attack
By BRIXTON D. ALLAIRE
(Special Correspondent International
New* Service.)
ROME, July 3.— While the official
report* from Italian general head
quarters were confined to details of
local successes of the troops of King
Victor Emmanuel, Italian correspond
ents at the front to-day send dis
patches In which they declare that the
Austrian offensive on the Plava-Gra-
disca line has been completely bro
ken.
“For the first time since the Ital
ians began their campaign of inva
sion,” says one. “large forces have
beer engaged The Austrian forces
have been driven back everywhere
with severe casualties, losing strong
positions at Plava and east of Sagra-
do.”
The statement further reports the
capture of Austrian positions and nu
merous prisoners on the Gorizia-Plava
road, the Austrian* desperately resist
ing, but failing to stem the Italian
advance.
A dispatch from Udine states that
Italian aviators blew up several am
munition convoys wim bombs drop
ped from a height of 2,000 feet, thus
cutting the enemy off from much-
needed supplies.
Teutons 33 Miles
From Ivangorod
AUSTRIAN HEADQUARTERS IN
GALICIA (via Vienna, Berlin and
Amsterdam), July 3.—Rapid strides
t>y the Austro-German forces along
the Vistula River have brought them
to a point only 33 miles from Ivan-
gorod. The Russian defense appears
| to be growing steadily weaker, and
j the Indications now are that the great
Russian fortress on the Vistula will
I be besieged within a short time.
| Having captured Josefow, the Teu
tonic troops are pressing forward to
ward Kamien, on the east bank of the
Vistula, while other forces are moving
northward on the west bank.
Josefow was taken In a night at
tack after the Austro-German trooos
had crossed the Wyznlca. five miles
from Its Junction with the Vistula.
The crossing was effected under a,
heavy fire from Russian machine
guns, but when the Teuton troons
captured these they found that they
were manned by only a handful of
men. the main Russian forces In thit
region having withdrawn
That Ivangorod will fall without a
great struggle was the confident pre
diction made to-day by Austrian of
ficers. Reports have reached Austrian
headquarter* that the Russians have
withdrawn practically all their sup
plies from Ivangorod and sent many
of their guns from there to 'Warsaw,
keeping only enough to delay the
Austro-German advance while the
Czar’s troops are concentrated for the
defense of Warsaw.
Wild Horses Sold to
•Belligerent Nations
ELY. NBV., July 3.—Several hun
dred head of wild horses have been
captured vrithin the last few weeks
on ranches in the vicinity of Sunny-
side.
James Riordan states that repre
sentatives of several of the warring
nations in Europe offered big prices
for horses, and since that time cap
turing the wild steeds has been a fa
vorite pastime.
Turks Claim Repulse
Of Allies’ Attack
By LUDWIG VON KLEIN.
(Special Correspondent International
New# Service.)
CONSTANTINOPLE. July 3.—
News of terrific fighting on the Gal
lipoli Peninsula, In which the Turks
repulsed all attacks of the Anglo-
French allies and captured two lines
of trenches, is contained in the fol
lowing official statement, issued by
the Ottoman War Office td-day:
“On the Dardanelles front, in the
northern sector of Avl Bumu. on
Tuesday, there was an exchange of
fire. In the southern sector of Sedd-
el-Bahr fighting continued all day.
The enemy aimed at the investment
of our right wing and delivered an
attack supported by violent artillery
Are, but It failed, owing to our
counter attacks.
“North of Avl Burnu on Tuesday
we repulsed the enemy’s attacks
against our central intrenehments.
Our right flank attacked the captured
two lines of the enemy’s trenches, one
situated behind the trenches. On
the same night north of Sedd-el-Bahr
we attacked the enemy’s left wing,
the fighting lasting all night. We
penetrated several trenches and
maintained all our positions. The
battle did not come to an end until
sunrise.
“All dav Wednesday there was
fighting on the right and left wings
and south of Sedd-el-Bahr. Our at
tacks proceeded very favorably. Our
Anatolian batteries participated In
the fighting In the southern sphere of
operations and bombarded the ene
my's Infantry and artillery positions
with marked success. One of our
aeroplanes overflew Sedd-el-Bahr and
dropped bombs.”
Germans Justify
Armenian Sinking
BERLIN. July 3.—The German Ad
miralty Issued two statements to-day.
one justifying the destruction of the
Levland liner Armenian and the other
denying the Russian claim that a
German cruiser of the type of the
Magdeburg had been sunk in the Bal-’
tic near Windau, on the Courland
coaat.
The statement supporting the de
struction of the Armenian by the sub
marine U-38 was evidently called
forth by the fact that a number of
Americans lost their lives. This state
ment follows:
“In regard to the sinking of the Ar
menian. it is ascertained that the cap
tain refused to heavQ to when ordered
to do so, and for an hour tried to es
cape. In his own words, he did not
want to give up without a fight, and
he only stopped hls ship when twelve
or thirteen men lay dead upon the
decks. The submarine acted in strict
accordance with international law
throughout.”
Ip regard to the Russian report
that a German cruiser had been de
stroyed off the Courland coast the Ad
miralty Issued the following succinct
bulletin:
“The Russian j*epoi* that one of
their torpedo boats sank a German
cruiser Is a pure invention.”
Belgian Civilians
To Get Grain Crops
LONDON, July 3.—Herbert C.
Hoover, chairman of the American
Commission for Relief In Belgium,
has concluded an agreement with
General von Biasing, military gov
ernor of Belgium, providing that th*
wheat and rye crop* In the zone oc
cupied by the Germans shall be re
served for the civilian population.
Central Bank and Trust Corporation
Tesla Sounds Knell of
Wire Communication
NEW YORK, July 3.—Nikola Taela,
electrical expert and pioneer in the
field of wireless telegraphy and tele
phony, sounded the death knell of
wires as a means of communication
to-night. ‘Wireless telephone Is the
Instrument of the future,” he said. “It
is practical. A few mechanical de
tails need to be Improved; that la alL”
Jury Holds Kisses
Worth Less Than $1
■WICHITA, KAN8., July 3—Kisses
sent through the mails are worth less
than $1 each. Such was the value of
a mailed kiss placed by a Jury’ here in
the breach of* promise suit of Mrs.
Mattie Burkholder against George W.
Wiantt for $5,000.
A number of letters were Intro
duced with x’s marked on them.
There were 340 x’s and Mre*. Burk
holder said they meant kisses. Tha
jury gave her $328.
“What About Scandal?”
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Fake Fights and Gambling Have Injured Sport
By Jess Willard. | I’m going to make a little proposition I In New York for a good long while.
_ Jegg Willard.
(Copyright, 1916, by A. Merritt. All
Rights Reeerved.)
"The poor tucker dropped $12,-
000 on the fake prize fight. He
tried to cheat and got cheated”
E VERY R'tate In the Union ought
to have a boxing commission.
You can’t kill the sport, so why
not kill the ugly and degrading ports
of it, and let the good stay?
That's what New York did. Some
of the best men in the State went be
fore the Legislature and said: “Box
ing is all right In itself. It teaches
hoys to love skill and strength and
health. It's a great temperance ser
mon. Pull up the weeds and let the
plant grow."
The law passed provided for respon
sible clubs, medical examination of
fighters, age limits, and said that all
bouts must be ten rounds only, and
without decisions, so as to kill bet
ting
I think the New York Boxing Com-
vntslon didn't treat me fair when it
barred me for a year, but it didn’t
change my opinion that it was a good
thing. Good for the fighters and good
for the public a* well
• • •
B ETTING was what gave boxing
its bad name. Tinhorn gambler*,
looking for suckers, have been the
curse of ray business. In order to win
money, they bribed fighters and
bought referees. Betore they had a
commission, more than half the big
fights in New York w’ere rotten fake*,
arranged beforehand.
I don’t bet, and I think the man
who does bet is a fool. You are try
ing to get something for nothing, and
that’s dishonest, to begin with. The
people who win at gambling are peo
ple who make it a business.
It is a business in which you've got
to *tack the cards, load the dice, set
traps in the stock market, and cut
electric wires in the roulette wheel, or
arrange for the jockey* to let a cer
tain horse win. This is plain stealing.
The man who does it 1* the lowest
*ort of thief. Yet if you don’t act
the thief, you LOSE
# • •
\Lf HEN I was a youngster out West.
TT there was a gang of crooks n
Carthage. Mo., who made a business
of trimming suckers with fake fights
and fake races. This Boatwright gang
would sometimes spend a year fram
ing up for a “fall guy.” because they
only picked wealthy men.
A wealthy ‘cattleman from my
neighborhood lost $12,000 at a crack.
It was told everywhere as a great
Joke, but I reckon hls wife and chil
dren didn’t see anything funny in it.
The gang laid for him in St. Louis,
and got him acquainted with a fight
er that we’ll call Spike*
• • •
tTVERY time he’d visit St. Louis
they’d wine him and dine him.
and tell him how they’d Just cleaned
up $25,000 on Spike On one visit
Spike got alone with him, and put up
a great story about being «ore on his
rich backers.
"I’ve won half million for 'em.” he
said, “and they don’t give me anv-
hing but email change Now. I like.
. think you're a square guy. So
I’m going to make a little proposition
to you, old sport. I’m matched to
fight Kid Doyle. See? I can whip
him with one hand tied, and my
bunch knows it. Now. listen. You
bet on Doyle, and I’ll lay down. See?”
The old cattleman fell for It. He
drew $10,000 in cash and went out
side of St. Ix)uls to where a ring had
been pitched in n barn, lip bet the
$10,000. Then Spike came to him and
said he wouldn’t go through with the
deal unless he got his share In ad
vance. So he made the sucker cough
up $2,000 more.
The fight began. In the very flrtrt
round, Spike hit Doyle on the side of
the head and knocked him down.
Doyle rolled over and ma^le out like
he couldn’t get up. The referee count
ed ten and gave the fight to Spike.
Of course the old sucker howled,
but w’hat good did it do? He was
trying to pull off a swindle himself,
and he got swindled. That’s all. He
was Just an amateur thief going up
against professional thieves.
• • •
B ASEBALL Is the great national
game because they’ve never al
lowed betting at the games Also it’s
almost impossible to bribe enough
players to get a game “thrown,” and
your gambler won’t bet unless he’s
sure of winning.
Probably the most disgraceful take
in the history of the American ring
was the time when Sharkey won over
Fitzsimmons on a foul. The bout
took place in San Francisco, and Wy
att Earp, a bad man and a gun fight
er, was picked as referee.
Everybody knew r that old Bob could
lick the Sailor. All the suckers bet
on Fit*. But It was noticed that the
‘ wise money” went down on Sharkey.
On the night of the fight some friends
warned Fitz that some crooked deal
was on, and told him to be careful.
•For seven rounds old Bob beat
Sharkey to a pulp. He lammed at him
with rights and lefts, and worked In
and out like a streak. He kept all his
punches above the neck, and the
Sharkey crowd got wdlder and wilder.
In the eighth round Fitz put over a
right-hand smash to the Jaw. Shark
ey fell to the floor, and clapped his
hands to hls groin and started in to
groaning
“Foul!” yelled Wyatt Earp.
”Shark-ey wins on a foul."
The crowd pushed forward with a
wild yell, but Earp threw hls hand in
the direction of hls gun, and the rush
stopped pretty quick. The next time
they met Fitzsimmons knocked out
the sailor In two rounds.
• • •
\V HILE I was training for Johnson
I remember looking over some
ring records and saying something
about the long list of knock-outs aft
er Kid McCoy’s name. Some of the
fellows began to laugh, and then they
told me how many of them happened.
The Kid would send a couple of
fighters to a town, who would at once
begin challenging each other. They
would fight, and one of them would
w in by a mile. Then the winner would
get local backing, and say that he
was ready for any of the champions.
Along would come McCoy, the house
would be packed, and the Kid would
drop hls man with a punch and move
on to the next town.
The fight between Peter Maher and
Mike Morrissey, pulled off in 1900,
was the fake that slopped all boxing
in New York for a good long w'hlle.
Of all the raw work in the ring It was
the rawest.
Morrissey was a keeper in a Brook
lyn insane asylum, and some gamblers
picked nlm out as a good man for an
“Irish champion." They took him to
Boston, and in a little while the pa
pers announced that Morrissey had
Just arrived from Ireland, agid was
ready to meet any of the champions
for the glory of the Emerald Isle.
Ho wa* matched with Peter Maher,
and was taken to Long Island to
train. Mike was so had that The
featherweight trainer used to wnip
him every day. But his gambler back
ers kept filling the papers with sto
ries about his strength and skill, until
they had a lot of suckers believing
that Morrissey was the greatest fight
er that had ever walked.
• • •
T IIE night of the fight it was all
1 they could do to make the big
slob 4nter the ring. He was scared to
death. The Lenox Athletic Club was
packed to the doors, and hundreds of
people were betting on Morrissey.
At last they pushed and pulled him
in. and the gong rang for the battle :o
begin. Morrissey stood up with his
hands down, mouth wide open. Maher
walked over, looked at him a m!nut\
and then fetched him a light clip on
the ear with hls left hand. Down
went Morrissey.
"Get up,” yelled the referee.
"Get up. Is It?” bawled Morrissey.
"And let that big fellow kill me?”
“Then I’ll count you out."
“Go Ahead.” said Morrissey, still o*
hls hands and knees. "I’ll not get up
until that big scoundrel goes away.”
The fight lasted Just sixteen sec
onds. and if it hadn’t been for the
police the crowd would have lynched
Morrissey, manager and seconds.
• • •
COMETIMES I think that gambling
^ is almost as bad as whisky. It
makes people almost as crazy, and
drives them to do the same desperate
things. New Orleans and San Fran
cisco stopped horse racing because
they found that the race tracks made
thieves.
Clerks stole money from the. till,
cashiers robbed the safe, and trusted
employees of every kind turned into
embezzlers to get money to play the
ponies with. Every meet meant a lot
of suicides and disgrace for hundreds
of families
It’s usually the case, however, that
gambling and drunkenness go togeth
er. When the sucker loses, he takes
whisky to make him forget his losses.
When he's got the whisky In him, he
think* it is all right to take the boss’
money, for he's sure that he can win,
and then he’ll “pay It back."
And they never win! Gambling and
whisky have done more to fill pau
pers’ graves than anything else. I
don’t drink and I don’t bet.
(Monday Willard will tel! how he
went to the Coast and lost a fight
to Gunboat Smith by being too good-
tempered )
KRICHELL JUMPS CONTRACT
RICHMOND, VA.. July 3.—Paul
Krichell, catcher on the Rlchm md
Internationals. Jumped the team he-e
yesterday, and it Is reported that he
will Join the Federal*. He assigned
no reason for leaving.
Roof Garden Dance.
A large number of dancers enjoyed
informal dancing on the roof at the j
Capital City Club on Friday evening.
The coolness of the evening made the !
dancing especially pleasant. Among |
those present were Mr. and Mrs. Rus
sell Bridges, Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Roddey, Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Gentry.
Mr., and Mrs. Graham Phelan, Mr. ana
Mrs. John J. Woodside, Jr., Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Lorldans, Mr. and Mrs.
Wyckliffe Goldsmith, Mr. and Mrs.
E. E. Norris, Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Al
len. Mr. and Mrs. John Evans, Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Orme. Mr. and Mrs.
Beaumont Davison, Mr. and Mrs.
Walter P Andrews. Mr. and Mrs. Lu
ther Rosser. Jr.. Mrs. Laurie Ander
son, Miss Gladys Dunson, Miss Lula
Black, Mis* Marion Goldsmith, Miss
Mary Murphey, Mrs. William Tilt,
Henry Kenned}', George Graves, Ed
ward Barnes, Hugh E. Murray, West-
ervelt Terhune, N. E. Murphey, John
Kiser, Dr. John A. Gentry, George
Moore and Eugene Haynes.
Affairs for Victor.
During the week there has been a
series of affairs given for tllfls C B.
Mason, of Tarrytown, N. Y., president
of the Castle, a school for girls. She
arrived Monday and on Monday aft
ernoon organized an alumnae associa
tion of the Castle with twenty for
mer Castle ^irls present.
Mrs. Edward H. Alsop gave a tea
on Tuesday afternoon at the Pied
mont Driving Club for Miss Mason.
That evening Mr. and Mrs. Henry P.
Jackspn had a few guests at an in
formal dinner at their Peachtree
street home to meet Miss Mason.
Mrs. J. R. Mobley entertained -t
luncheon on Wednesday at her home
on Juniper street and at the tea-
dance at the Piedmont Driving Club
Wednesday afternoon Miss Mason
was the guest of Mrs. R. O. Campbell
and Miss Isolene Campbell.
Miss Mason spent Thursday in Co
lumbus *vlth Mr. and Mrs. Blackmar
and Miss Susie Blackmar.
Mrs. Frank Weldon gave a lunch
eon at the Capital City Club Friday
when twelve matrons were present.
Miss Mason was the vuest of the Un
cle Remus Memorial Association at
an Informal tea at the Wren’s Nest on
Friday afternoon.
Jackson-Seamans Wedding.
The wedding of Mis* Bessie Jack-
son and Dr. James O. Seamans will
be an event of Saturday evening, tak
ing place at 9 o’clock at the home of
the bride’s mother. Mrs. Myra Orr
Jackson, on West Peachtree street. A
large number of guests have been in
vited to the ceremony, and the recep
tion which will follow The Rev. Ar
thur Hale Gordon, of the Ponce De
Leon Avenue Baptist Church, will of
ficiate.
Miss Lillian Jackson will be her sis
ter’s maid of honor, and the flower
girl will be little Miss Martha Orr
Zellar*. I>r. F. H. Vandiver will be
best man.
Serving punch will be Misses Lyda
Nash, Priscilla Rose. Susie Parks and
Elizabeth Dudley, while Miss Lucile
Smith, of Palmetto, will keep the
bride’s book.
Mrs. Jackson will be assisted in en
tertaining the guests by her sister,
Mrs. Peter Zellars, of Palmetto.
The out-of-town guests will in
clude Mr. and Mrs T. B. Jones. Mr.
and Mrs. W. B. Orr. Mr. and Mrs R
W. Maddox and Philip Mecaslin, of
Newnan; Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Zellars,
Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Bullard, Furman
Bullard and Miss Lucile Smith, of
Palmetto; Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Suth
erland and Mrs Betty Orr Maddox, of
Jackson, and Mrs. Robert B. Orr, of
Kansas City.
Mrs, Bryce Entertains.
On Wednesday afternoon Mrs.
Rowland Bryce entertained the fol
lowing guests: Misses Thelma Cly-
burn, Lillian Collier, Pauline Dobbs,
Tullie Fishback, Grace Gattls, Doro
thy Hudson, Louise Hudson, Kate
Key, Viola Peurofoy, Mabel Morris,
Elizabeth Stricklin, Louise Silas, Opal
Snaggers and Trene Gordon. Heart
dice was played and refreshments
served - .
For Miss Christian.
Mrs. M. G. Lewis entertained at a
dinner-dance Friday evening at her
home In Inman Park in honor of her
guest, Miss Cam Christian, of Corne
lia. The house wa* decorated with
pink roses and ferns.
The guests were the Misses Lenora
Lewis, Agnes Bateman. May Bate
man, Lucharles Christian, Leila
Powell, Elizabeth Norman, Adele
Dugger, Ola Bush, of Spartanburg. S.
C.; May Tolman, of Selma, Ala.;
Catherine Clinkscale. Mildred Quin-
cey, of Washington, D. C.; Margaret
Casey, of Baltimore; Zelva Lewis,
Lillian Drive, of San Francisco;
Anne Louise Shaw, of Canada; Cora
Selda and Helen Hartwell, Mrs.
Manry, Mrs. Dugger, Lieutenant E.
M. Landrum, of Texas: Kenneth Sal
ter, Whitelaw Stumburg, of San An
tonio; Bert Stumburg, Dr. C. E.
Wade. Guy Wetcher, Dr. Will Ed
mondson, of Dublin; L. Kimball,
Louis Stevens. J. D. Salter, Mr. Bar
ton, Keely Grice, Joseph Shannon, of
Camden, S. C.; Edwin Sharpe, of
Montgomery: Frank Bell. E. E. King,
Edward Shclshore, of Virginia: Bruce
Bennett. Fred Davis, of Chicago;
John Livingston, of Lynchburg; Mr.
Diaz and Roy France.
Children at Picture Shows.
Mrs. Lyman J. Amsden and Miss
Emma Lewis accompanied the chil
dren of the Atlanta Child Home to
the Grand Opera House Saturday
morning, where they were given the
treat of seeing pictures produced for
children under the auspices of the
Atlanta Woman's Club.
Lecture on Swedenborg.
The Rev. J. W. Spiers, of Richmond,
will lecture before the Atlanta Psy
chological Society Sunday afternoon
at 8:30 o’clock. Dr. Spiers is an in
terpreter and exponent of the Swe-
denborglan philosophy. A musical
program has been arranged. All n-
t©rested are invited to attend.
J. P. Morgan's Cousin
Leaves $30,000,000
NE\v YORK, July 3.—James Junius
Goodwin, a cousin and once a partner
of the late J. Pierpont Morgan, who
died last Wednesday In Hartford,
Conn., left an estate variously esti
mated at from $25,000,000 to $30,000,-
000, and his will is to be offered for
probate in the Surrogate’s Court in
this city in a few days, it was learned
to-day*
Cartoons b$
McCutcheo*i
“ Can you imagine how Mr. Floozey suffered
with Mortification when two Maiden Aunts, with
Cousins in Mail-Order Suits, appeared at his ex
clusive Hotel and asked to be taken to the Zoo ? ”
George Ade’s
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