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FRIDAY. APRIL 3. Ketchell’s Death Causes Query , , Who Has Claim to Title of Middle Weight Champion? (By Tom Thorp.) Who has th* piopai' c alm to the till* of mlddlawaght chumplcm? Till* la a gu**tlon that haa hoan uadtr dl*<'u**loi) alnc* tho iroplr daatli of Ktanlry Ketch cl, the fciibcatcn ehomplort. but tha pros pect a ?»r an curly decision are much clearer today titan they have been In ■om* time. Kddlc McOonrty'a reveraal of form over tn Australia. In tvhlch he scored a lightning win over the clever •'Date'' Smith, has tended to clear up the middleweight boDlon, since It haa eliminated the fcrelgner* from further consideration. Despite the contention of many man ngrra, who have kept the guaatlon an open one, for business purposes. It has resolved Itself Into a proposition In which It may he said that only five men have withstood the acid test amt are to day legitimate claimants to the coveted honor*. ’Frlaco Whirlwind. Ciabhy, the Sun Kranclaco whirlwind, Eddie McOoorty, the Wleconeln wiaaard and conqueror of Klaus und Smith: Gforye Chip, the fast fighting Pltts hur* wonder, and Mike (ilhhona, the Ht. l’aul stampede, all of these men along with Jack Dillon, who, because of his etxrn weight lute slnec graduated out of the efasn with Billy Murray, the latest find if the coast fans, who scored a knockout of t.en Houck, are to lie taken under eoneiderntlon when the qucatlnn of the legitimate claimant to the tnld mdtowelftit la decided. The first five may l>e sad to have a clearer claim to the title than the last two named, but. to avoid any dispute that may arise, the last two are taken Into consideration. From 'Frisco the wires are kept Warm by the telegraph despatches exploiting the marvelous achievements of l>otn flabby and Murray. These two fighters •re being proclaimed by the fans of the coast as the classiest pair that have made their appearance since the good old days of Ketchel, Thomas and Fapke. Under Weight. Clabby. although several pounds un der weight for his class, has, neverthe less. taken on the toughest boys In the business without a whimper, with the result that he has endeared himself to the fans to such an extent that he Is the popular Idol. Not only this, hut he has by Ills successful and persistent good fighting heaped up sufficient evidence to give himself more than a clear claim for til* premier honors. Ills win over Kdrle McOoorty In ' Hutte. Montana, is only one of the number of great battles that he has fought In his struggle in resch the top of the heap. His good ring generalship and tremendous slu ing power has successfully offset Ill hick of weight and today he Is entitled to consideration by any claimant to the title In the country. Billy Murray, his brother Californian. Is a f gliler of the aggressive, hard hit ting type that is so uncommon to t-e fighting game at Hie present day. His win over I.eo Houck, the tricky, heady, mid hard hitting f'ghter. earned for him a Place among the top-notchers. Many Experts. Many experts on the mast pick this youngster as the coining chomp. In fact, a number have gone so far aa to cull him a second Ketchel. Probably this Is because of his great rcsenihlano* to Stanley when he squares off in the ring. The same aggressiveness that We a'l ad mired so much In Ketchel stands out all over this hoy. Ills hard drfvlng pow er as well as the unusual ability of !»■- leg able to shift with extreme aud denegs andv hit Pom any position, a fact that Ketchel contributed more to his ability as a fighter than any other are very pronounced. -Ills fight with (Tah which is scheduled for the very near GOLDEN BROS. 1054 Broad St. Ladies’ Outfitters Special Sale of Easter Suits and Dresses Positively the Greatest Bargains Offered in this City Tomorrow we inaugurate a sale which will break all records for money saving before Easter. It will be a special event for women and misses buying Suits, Dresses, Skirts, Waists and Millinery, because %e> can save you from 25 to 35 per cent —besides, we offer you the very lat est models, the most popular colors and a Tull range of sites to choosj from Positively no exaggerated values or misleading statement* ap pear in thi* or any other advertisement of this store—We tell the truth. A Great Sale of Tailleur Suits Only $22.50 A wonderful opportunity to securp your new Easter Suit at a third less than you intended paying! Stunning Spring models of Gaberdines. Waffle Weaves, Diagonals, Serges, Moires, Crystal Cloths, etc. Fasri- wf | Ifflp future, will decide which of ihssa boys la to be eliminated fur the calm any ■ Hiss The f'(ht, aside from this fact should prove a great drawing card, aa both have a vary large following. If we sere to take the reporte that emanate from the camp of McOoorty In Australia or from the press reports of Ills marvelous showing In his last few Uit! cs. We would be compelled to elimi nate from further consideration all other claimants to the title Kddle, no doubt, ha* by his llghinlng finish of Dave Smith captivated Ihs fans of ths Isnd of the Kangaroo, It can he easily seen that there Is no Mike Gibbons or Clabby ovta ttler*. Wisconsin Boy. The Wisconsin boy, It must be ad mitted even by the most biased critics, la sonicwh ,t of a fighter. IDs wallop ing of Frank Klaus, the self-proclaimed champion. Is a thing that has not been forgotten by the fans, while hla showing against Pat Bradley, Battling l,evln*k.v. cannot he said to he anything that lie would be proud of, nevertheless he did not suffer defeat. In fact, the only battle that may he sild lo reflect ugalnst his glory was the decision rend ered ogalnsi him In the Clubby encount er. His decisive win over Smith In Austrsla, ts we are to believe the re ports of the battles, shows that he has ic-gained some of hla lost aggressiveness and boost his stock for the major honors. George Chip, the Pittsburg hope, upon whom all Smoke-town followers are will ing to wage their hank rolls if given a chance with any of the legitimate claim ants to the throne made vacant by the death of Ketchel. Is Cool. A cool, dellhwate fighter who weighs every blow before he decides to start anything and with a head for ring gen eralship that Is second to no man In the ring. Chip is an opponent that Is sure to cause trouble at any stage of an-en counter. Ills double win over Klaus. In which battle he out-hit and out-fought the former ehamplon, stamps him ns a boy with all the ear marks of a title-hold*,*. He Is a little henvlrt- than the rest ot the hoys and this along with Ills tre mendous strength of arms will tell In a long fight. It Is to be hoped thai he will he favored In the near future with the opportunity of demonstrating some of his real ability on some of tho near champs that make so much nose when their names are left out of a story. A dish with McOoorty. Clahby or Murray, would lie watched with a great amount ts Interest Mike Olhhons, the St. Paul scrapper, is a man. who, like Clabby, lacks a lit tle In weight for his class but neverthe less, put up about as classy a fight as any inun In the country. Hla last two starta In New- York lacked somewhat of the aggressiveness that he displayed on Ills previous visits. It Is said that poor physical condition was accountable for his fnllm-e to make good on these ooca ajons. if this Is true, and, we have no real reason to doubt the statement, then it ia up to Mike to come to the Big Town and give ns a flash of tils old time form. If for no other reason than to place himself higher In our standing of the claimants to the title of middle weight chtmpton. ANOTHER LEVIATHAN London.— The White Star Line to day ordered another leviathan passen ger steamer for the service between Liverpool and New York. The new vessel Is to displace .13,000 tons and is to he an Improvement on the Adri atic type. natlng new Parisian beauty touches that make these exceptional $35.00 and $40.00 Suits a sensation, at *22 50 The Past Week Our Millinery Artists Have Been Busy Creating Some New, Exclusive Hats —No Two Alike. When you visit our Mil linery Department, on the Third Floor, you wll! be amazed at the new stylish Hats—one of a klnl —each and every >ne a distinct style. $3.00, $5.00, $7.50, SIO.OO Arranging Marriage For Germans is Profitable That Is, Its Advantageous to Perform the Ceremony in England. • t Bsrlm.—Many firm* arc finding a profitable business In arranging mar riage* In England for Herman cou ples The curious service perfortneo l>y these agents |a attractive on ac count of the great cost and the ex etaelve formalities required to wed here. Then, too, the trip to London la In the rattire of n honeymoon. Most of the agents live In Hamburg, but they have branched In Berlin am! there find moat of their clients. The Berlin police atate that several thou sand Germans nre now married In England every year. Most of these marrlagea are arranged by »ba Ham burg and Berlin agencies. The marriage laws here are vefj strict, and. apart from that, not ev - erybody has time or patience to fulfill tliwrqulrrmenta of the German mag istrates with regard to the production of certificates and official papers. Also. I am told, many of the Ger man couples who marry In the British Isles are not of age, and cannot hope to deceive a local magistrate as easily as they might mislead a foreign ogc. The agents not only attend to all requisite formalities, find suitable wit nesses and guarantee secrecy when necessary or desirable but soma of them even arrange the entertainments of the young couple at dinner*, at res and so forth. So London Is now a German Gretna Green. Vienna Girl Has 2 Legal Husbands; Wants Divorce Vienna. —Because of the stnte law it) Hungary which Insists on both a civil and a religious ceremony, a young girl In Maria-Therealop*!, Southern Hun gary, now has two husbands and Js suing In the courts for separation from one of them. A man named Stephan Mlslak was so marry Anna Ambrusi hut did not arrive at the registry office punctu ally. The registrar, who had h large number of marriages to get through that morning called the namea of Un couple, and on finding that Mlslak was not there ordered the best man, An dreas Arokszallasl, to take bis place as "deputy." The best man. some what fluatered, signed his own name In the register Instead of that of bis friend, hut no one noticed the error. The bridegroom arrived shortly after wards and went through the religious ceremony with the bride. Today It was discovered that Frau Mlallak has two legal husbands, the best man, Arokszallasl, having the tipt ter right from a legal point of view. Tho peasants themselves only recog nize the church ceremony. FOR EUGENIC MARRIAGES. Boston.-- A bill to establish *a. eu genic marriage law was favorably re ported by a legislative committee to day. The measure, similar to the Wisconsin law, would require a ohy s leal examination and certain tests by physicians before the issuance of a marriage license. Sale of Fine Spring Skirts, A wonderful offering of new Spring Skirts which will create unusual in terest here tomorrow. The most stunning models of the season, in the new novelty cloths, serges, plaids and checks; wonderful $8.50 to $lO values, at one price tomorrow .. .. *5 98 An Easter Ensemble of NEW BLOUSES Crepe de Chine Blouses Worth $6.85 Saturday $3.75 Beautiful Spring conceits of a fine quality of crepe de chine, developed In the new Dlrectolre and Gladstone collar styles, patterned after a Polret model; in beautiful color combina tions and all the fiincinating new pas tel shades. Wonderful sfi.7s values, tomorrow *3 75 THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA. GA. WarWagedon Bookm’kers By Geneva Authorities * "Bookies” Have Lately Con ducted Gambling on Whole sale Scale; Be Driven Out of City Geneva.—The Geneva authorities are waging s vigorous war on English "hookmakers" who have been conduct ing giitiiliilug on it wholesale acale hero. The British consul has given the au thorities every ssslsttince and It is expected that the "bookies” will soon he driven out of the city. The London police, on being nsked for Information concerning certain ui the bookmakers hers, reported thnt one of them had recalved a sentence | of four yetira' Imprisonment In Kng bind, another hud been fined 1(100. while others had "left the country." There are. It should be stated, many reputable English helling firms here who are carrying on business in an open nmdtel. By the .Swiss law betting In nny form |g Illegal, but as the English book milkers had confined themselves to betting with English clients they were tolerated. They have lately sent betting circulars to Geneva residents and have put themselves within reach of the law. There are about 500 English snd Swiss girls employed ss clerks snrl typists by the bookmakers, snd they will lose their posts If tile police take a drastic step. Ismailovsky Guards Make Records on Skis in Snow —wwsaatgi Regiment Covered Distance of 620 in Twenty-Three Daya; Rough Country Traveled St. Petersburg.—The three officers and sixty-four non-commissioned offi cers* and men of the Ismailovsky Guards regiment, who have reached Tsurekno Belo from Archangel, on skis, have accomplished a remnrkah'y fine performance, having covered ttv distance of over <l2O miles In twenty three days. Not a single man dropped out. Most of the country traversed was hilly und thickly wooded: the going whs on the level only from New La doga southwards. The wind blowing over l.ukc Onega hud cleared away most of the snow over a, considerable stretch und Intermittent thaws Imped ed the progress of the party. On two occasions packs of wolves hovered around the skiers, and once a lieuten ant, who was somewhat In the rear had to use Ills revolver to frighten oft j the animals. In some of the remoter districts tho appearance of the skiers caused much excitement, and even alarm, among the peasants, some of whom took them for a band of escaped convicts Otli- • ers believed that they wero the ad- | vance guard of a foreign army Invnd Ing Russia, and in several villages the i children ran away and hid themselves | In the woods. The greatest difficulty experienced ' by the party was In the transport of provisions and reserve skis. These were carried on horseback, but numer ous relays of horses had to be requi j sitloned. I The equipment of the men weighed about twenty pounds. Stragglers wen left behind, but after each hour's march there was a rest of ten min utes. CAN GIVE PASSES. New York.—Federal Judge Hough today dismissed equity suits brought ; by the government to restrain the Erie Railroad Company from giving passes to agents or officials of the 11 inns-Atlantic Steamship lines and of the Groat Eastern Railway of Eng land. The court held this is no vio lation of the interstate commerce : act. PHYSICAL ENDURANCE OF ITALIAN SOLDIERS SHOWN Milan.—The physical endurance of the Italian soldier Is ably Illustrated by tho ease of tho Sicilian, Htcffalio Manat, who was caught In an ava lanche In the Alpine province of IM luno, Italy, and buried six feet In the snow, whore he remained for forty hours before being rescued. Ho lias suffered only slight frost bites. He said he fell on his hack in the deep snow and was unable to free himself from his heavy knapsack. He went to sleep and slept well, dream ing that five sappers had como to his rescue. At the end of his dream he awoke snd shouted. Hla shouts were heard by some passershy who went to his assistance. CITY SNOW. The fleecy snow appeals to me; Ho white and pure, you know. I feel uplifted when I see A sheet of snowy snow. But snow a week oid Jars a nun; It gives one’s nerves a blow. There's nothing more depressing than A lot of dirty snow. BADLY LOCATED. “I want this pulrol-box removed from In front of my bank. It's a men ace to business.” "How bo?" ‘‘Every time there's an arrest a crowd gathers, and people Immediate ly conclude there's a run on the bank.” WE PROGREBB "Is the world getting better?” "I think so. 1 haven’t seen a pois oned needle story for at least a week.” MODERN COURTSHIP "You never seem to get any letters from your sweetheart." "Oh, nothing so commonplace as that. We exchange graphophone rec ords.’’ _ LONDON POLICE A London policeman carries neither club nor revolver. In arresting a dan gerous criminal he merely stales that i he Is a policeman. Consternation Im mediately seizes tho culprit. The rest la easy. Straight at It. afhere is no uao of our "beating around the buHh." We n ight aa well ; out with it first as last. We want you ■■ to try Chamberlain's Cough Remedy the next time you have a cough or cold. , There ia no reaxon ao far as we can aee why you should not do so. This preparation by its remarkable curea has gained a world wide reputation, | and people everywhere speak of It In ; the highest terms of praise. It la for sale by all dealcra. . Are You Reaping Ihe Benefit Of The Wise Dry Goods Company's Big Ready-to-Wear Sale m iinwn This is a Golden Opportunity to Save $22.50 SUITS AT $15.95 $25.00 SUITS AT $19.95 $27.50 SUITS AT $21.75 $30.00 SUITS AT $23.50 $35.00 SUITS AT J 25.00 $40.00 SUITS AT $29.95 Soft, pretty dresses, spick, span, freshly new, in the beet styles of the moment. The colors, too, are beautiful, materials the very latest Crepe de Chines, Canton Crepes, Crepe Meteors, Taffetas, Rat ines, Crepes, Linens and Voiles. Every one beautifully fashioned, with puffs, ruffles, panniers and bustle effects, with the daintiest im aginable trimmings. See how the prices for this sale are lowered. $7.50 DRESSES AT $12.50 DRESSES AT $20.00 DRESSES AT $4.95 SIO.OO $15.00 SIO.OO DRESSES AT $15.00 DRESSES AT $25.00 DRESSES AT $7.50 $12.50 $20.00 $35.00 DRESSES AT $30.00 DRESSES AT $23.50 $25.00 Ratine Petticoats, in black and colors, worth $1.25 each, this sale 95^ SI.OB new Spring Shirtwaists at sll9 $1.25 and $1.50 new Spring Shirt Waists at 98^ Tile WISE DRY GOODS CO. BROAD STREET ELEVEN