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TULSA DAILY WORLD, MONDAY, DECEMBER IS, 1922 Giant Rivals Out Despite the Cold Morris Is Satisfied With Condition After a Hard Siege of Training; 38 Rounds on Big Card. Despite the biting cold Sunday afternoon, a crowd that packed the Tulsa A. C. gymnasium to the doors turned out to watch Carl Morris of Sapulpu and Fred Fulton of Minne sota put in their last bit of conditioning work for their 10 round bout at convention hall Monday night. It was a busy afternoon in the gym, every athlete on the boxing card working out for the benefit of the fana. ltlg Demand for Hescrvntions. mi the eve of the battlo between t if two giant heaywelghts lndica - mis continued to point to a record ,'ti udanue. The demand for reeer- itious ha been so heavy that tlck- ti for all the reserved sent have ,..-en moved to the down-town agen r Pd and It tho rush c6ntlnues Mon- tv as ejopecied, it may be that otdy g. ner,il admission tickets will be tiwi labia nt the box office nt conven. t in hall tonight. Already the bulk if r.'igs.de seats have been disposed o' Th; advance sale is on nt Pete Martin's cigar store and She Butter milk bar. Morris Not Worried. At the conclusion of tho hardest ti(i-e of training In his long career, Moirls announced Sunday night that lir felt ready. He declared ho was in better physical trim than he had bei n for a fight in two years. When hr nn-t Fulton a year ago in Winni peg, Canada, he Bald ho had not ti.iint'd properly and he determined (iot to mako tho same mistake again. Mor.-ii seemed not at all worried bv rcporti that Kulton was the fav oiiti. He bald ho always had he boid lie rould beat Fred, and that ih't- hius been nothing to change hlg :r.i."d. Mcrrls n.iid ho h-d Planned no special campaign, but would sim i)! go In to fight and do his plan ning as the battlo progressed. He beli-vca he has a good chance to lit. tcr the fight out of FHilton and then Knock him out. I 'u It mi lancets to Win. Fulton told the Kportlng editor of riio World last night that he expected to win by a knockout. ' Morris always lias been a tough fellow for me," said Fred, ''but I knocked him out the last tlmo we mot. and 1 think I can do the fume thing again! It I hit him on tho jaw 1 don't think he can stand up, and I ture expect to hit him there. "You can rost assured that .I'm got lg in ty do my very best. In going to knock Morris out as qulcltly us I can, I have a match with Floyd Johnson in Madison Square Garden p omised, also three matches in Portland, Ore., and I can't afford to take any chances with Carl. "All I want Monday night Is n Mjuare deal at tho hands of the ref eree, and with Mr. Floto in the ring I am sure that's what I'll get. This is the first time I ever fought in Oklahoma and I don't know any thing about the rules here. But I'm willing to observe any regulations 'hat may be named by the referee before we start." lteferee Floto will arrive in Tulsa Monday morning, he said In a tele gram to The World. l'our Other Ilouts on Card. V total of 3S rounds of boxing li s, heduled on tho card, thero being four bouts to precede the Morrlts Kulton imbroglio. Hecauno of the widespread lntorost in tho main event the fans have paid no atten tion to announcement of prelimi naries, but the club has arranged a program that should provide some Interesting appetizers. Two of tho preliminaries will be 'fitura attractions Ylcne Hen du i, ) of Oklahoma university, the n'liateur welterweight who made fcuc h a hit with fans ut the last hhow, vll take on George, Brown In an s-i ' under and Bobby Hughes of New .Means and Buck Klder of fapulpn, b'.ntams. are to travel 30. MOBILE SIGNS PITCHER fromhern AsMKlntlou Champions j Mnin linen Arr-iv .if l 'lilblt inn r.i. ) Vt . . ... Jl. " rjlt to (Jet Hears In Shane. MOBILE, Ala., Dei-. 17. Leslie Ewiton. h right-handed pitcher, la -i seaon with the Oakland club o: the Pacific Coast league has been I'unhased by Mobile, tho Southern association tenm the announcement was made by President It. M. Weln' a"ker of the local Club. The exhibitions of the Mobile team "' At Mobile with St. Louis Americans March 10, 11, 14, 17, 18 and l. At Mobile with Philadelphia Ath Ictus March 24 and 25. At Troy, Ala.. Mobile with Mil- oikee March 2ti. At Montgomery, Ala., with Phil d -lphlu March K7 and 28. stninnati National at Mobile ii ir.'b 30. Milwaukee at Mobllo March 31 "d April l. Cleveland Americans at Mobile April 8. WON'T GIVE UP SEARCH JlaJ"r If h Say Kvry Mentis Will vC.1mm1 to P1"1 Lost I'llcrs. AN ANTONIO. Texas. Dec 17 ttumorg from Tuscon, Ariz., that the 'arch for the lost aviators. Col trancis it. Marshall, Lieut. Charles f' weoher, would bo abondoned, rll Jla,,y denied tonight by MaJ- J2 M Lewis. Eighth corps area "lander, through his adjutant. Col Albsrt E. Saxton. i oionol Saxton said that poaelbly m i . the 3n airplanes now en .11. ,n tne search would be re "ie.j to their base in Texas or Call ,'r'1. 'or neresary rrpairi,. but . . e Tenth ua!ry. Twentv-f 'tli f .rtrv jnil ,, rurnf.r; ft , ,t e S afdS V o-'ld 1 i , n f f..1 h f r J h f- ,!: relaxation would locat d unU1 Jh0 avlatdrs aro Conclude Tonight's Boxing Card Main Event Carl Morris of Sapulpa s. Fied Fulton of Hochester. Minn., heavyweights, 10 rounds. Vleno Hendricks of Oklahoma university vs. (Jeorge Brown of Chicago, welterweights, eight rounds. Bobby Hughes of New Orleans vs. Buck Hlder of Sapulpa, ban tams, 10 rounds. .llmmy Carroll of Fort Worth, Texas, vs. Dean Hood of Tulsa, welterweights, six rounds. Wild Irish Hose of Sapulpa vs. Tommy Irvine of Tulsa, light weights, four rounds. Place, convention hall; time, S:30. Ausplcos Magic City Ath letic club. Mutchmaker, Louis Newman; referee. Bill Floto; timekeeper, l'ete Martin; an nouncer,' AVllliam Goldberg. Jim Thorpe Plays With Stars Here On December 30 The football reason In Tulsa is not over. Reports to the contrary notwithstanding, the grid game will ralso its hoad locally at least once more before 192i rolls around. Harold McMahan, who last year assembled a eqund of all-starH that humbled tho once glorious Kendall college eleven without difficulty, this year "Mac" will gather another bunch to give battlo to Jim Thorpe, tho famous redskin; "Hod" Roberts of Center and u collection of eastern nd southern stars Tho game will be played Decem ber 30, McMahan announced Sun day. WEDDED 73 YEARS AGO 131 Ilcno .Couple Celebrate Their Seventy-third Mnrrlngo Annl- ersnrj 50 Years in Illinois EIj HENO, Dee. 17. Married shortly before Christmas In 1843, and having Just celebrated their seventy-third wedding anniversary, Mr. and Mrs. A. Y. Wheeler, of this city, are believed to hold tho long distance matrimonial record of the southwest. Wheeler was born In Paris, III.. In 1825 and his wife In Claremont county, Ohio, In 1832. They are respectively 97 and 91 years of age. Tho living members of the family of tho aged eouplo in clude 3 daughters, 13 grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren, and 1 groat-great-grandchild, 14 months ago. Hetty Jean Nelson of Tacoma, Wash. Tho Wheelers lived for more than fifty yearn in Paris, 111. He served in the Twenty-ieghth Illinois infantry lr. tho Civil war. They came to Okla homa In 1901. New Star Looms Up In French Billiards PAUIS. Dec. 17. Roger Contl's claims to tho championship of Franco at 18.2 balk line billiards ; wa seriously challenged last night when Grange, who Is listed as No. 2 i in the French records, made an aver- l age of 41.37 in 8,000-polnt matrh Kim J?' L? n,!,"!, I -SB. Derbler a record includes a (etwl of Contl lust prior to Conti's departure for the United State. Grange Is only 21 years old and has learned to play billiards since the war. Milwaukee Bowler Has Margin Over Chicagoun CHICAGO. Dec. 1 7 J 1 m m y Smith. Milwaukee bowler maintained his lead over Jimmy Blouln of Chi cago, worlds champion, at the close of three blok of their 60-ganie match today by a score of 142 39 0 to, 133 43-50. The third block of 10 games was rolled this after noon, Finlth smashing 1,937 pine to Bfouin's 2.004. Smith's total pins smashed for the three hlocks was 8,211 and Blouin'p total was 5.991 Smith's average was 20S 11-30 and Blouln's was 199 7-10. Tho fourth block will be rolled tonight. WOULD ADMIT MORE ALIENS Immigration Commissioner Sajs Milling fccalc 1'rojK.T I'roeeedure. WASHINGTON, Dec. 17. Immi gration Commissioner Husband Is quoted In the current number of the Nation's Business, the organ of the chamber of commerce of the United States a favoring modification of the immigration law so as to admit aliens who would till the Industrial needs of the country, and at the same time possess qualities which would make them desirable residents of American communities. The f ornmisi'ioner is opposed, how .i to ppenn g the doors to all !( 'fi!d t iit ,f vo-iM l)p cu'lrely M-e -, 1 t ont "ue the basic r' lier c iinniigrtr's at n mini r t v i ro-'i' . Ufl 'a ions uhi h s uld I'cet the actual needs ,of the nations," THROWS SUPPORT TO D. A. STOVALL AS HOUSE LEADER CONTlNl'Kn rjtnM 1'ActK ONK few more places to take care of the overflow demand' It H understood that at a meeting of 2b members of the legislature find of the farmer-labor league, held In Oklahoma City Saturday that a dlvi ilon occurred which threatens to dis rupt the program. A majority of those present declined to accept the whole proguam, and the meeting ad journed with mora or less acrimoni ous feeling. It Is also charged that the com mittee of II which Governor Walton consults won not u committee select ed by tho farmer-labor reconstruc tion league, hut Is n committee se lected personally by Oovernor Wal ton from the membership of the hy phenated organization. For Host Interest of fitntc. Stovall, who now falls heir to all the support of Doctor Long and W. IS. Disney can throw to him, is not tin anti-Walton, anti-farmer labor league or tintl any other administra tion orgnnlwitlon, so his friends claim but stands for so much of tho program of the Shawnea convention as he deems to the best Intoreet of the state, and for the organliation of tho house upon such terms and i auditions as will result in the best sen Ice to the state, whllo it Is con tended that Gibbons, now his only opponent, is hug-tied, bound and de livered unto that element looking for special privileges and special lass legislation. FRANCE BITTERLY FIGHTS U. S. PLAN TO HELP GERMANY . CONTINUED PHOM PAGH ONE that America is not concerned In the European chaos. LONDON, Dec. 17. The Times ed itorially warns Us readers not to ex pect too much from tho numerous reports of possible American inter vention in tho European economic situation. It points out that there Is only a slender chance for tho com ing Paris conference of premiers to arrive at definite limits for tho Ger man debt, and that until such finality It attains! the suggested interna tional loan on bcnnlr of Uermany Is entirely imprnetable and tho Amer ican administration certainly roallzes this fact. LAYING OUT PACT FOR TURK PEACE CONHNUDO TROSt PAOn ONB ont dragging aiong of several thorny points, such as the deporation of the Greek patriarch, the Mosul oil dis pute, and the difficulty over foreign tribunals in Turkey, is checking the forward swing of the conference. Hence the decision to put on papor the accomplished facts. Tho Russians have been practical ly obliterated as a conference fac tor, but have again complained that they urn lining Ignored. They recently protested that they were being systematically "shut out" of the straits discussion and have writ ten another note to the presidents remarking that since thoy have re ceived no answer they assumed their original note was lost. Everybody hero gives to the re ported American plan for tho eco nomic assistance of Europe over whelming importance as an lnter natlonsl event. All delegations have been optimistically affected by this news and eem to feel it a double duty to make the conference a suc cess and thus hasten the work of European reconstruction and ICu- Volclng the sentiment widespread through the United States, tho Amer ican delegation onterod a protest at tho Lausanne conference against the Turkish plan to expel the Greek patriarch from Constantinople. No decision on this Important mattor was reached by thn delegate. Nu Settlement in Sight, The dispute over the Mosul oil fields, suddenly brought to the front again by the Hrltlsh memorandum insisting on Great Britain's manda tory rights, has likewise made no progress townrd settlement. Rlza Nur Bey, the Turkulr pleni potentiary, informed the Associated Press tonight that Turkey would yield on neither of these questions the patriarch must go. and Mosul must be recognized as Turkish. "We have done nothing except make concessions since our arrival," he asserted. The American delegation declared In Its statement that "an Intolerable Injustice would be done," If Turkey Insisted on expelling the Greek pa triarch. Turkey brought forward new argu ments today to support her decision that the head of the Orthodox church must be deported; a Turkish dele gate explained that the former privi leges Held by non-Moslem commun ities sprang from the ancient Otto man empire, which wa a Theocrat ic empire, but now had become the separation f the caliphate from the state, abolition of the monarchy and tn cwtuulinnrnent of u. purely demo cratic icKime. HencH the religious JeailciK of the various communities could exfricn no light or privileges, except spiritual. New ilrs. McCormich Isn't Interested in What People Say Now PARIS, Dec. 17. "I am In tensely inturested in my operatic career, and not in what people say or think about me," said Madame Uannu Walska, to the As sociated Press today. She will sail for the United States on the, steamer Homeric January 3, for a two months' concert tour, ac companied by her husband, Harold P. McCormlck. Madame t.anna Waleka said her American concert tour would be gin soon after she arrives. She will not sing in New York C;tv. but will give corn et ts In th immediate i !m i.f tli. metiopo)!)- Mndime r.n,riu r?Ia li it f onciudM an ar ing I. .t M kit thf l'.u) -g r ' l'l R co'e't 'R m') and JUit ' "T' tird TagUa- i at tho Paris GranJ opera house early In the spring, she announced. Big 3" of American Mermaids To Seek More Titles in Europe ili -' T,eft tn rlL-lil. Ili Sighing' like Alexander of old for more coilds to conquer, three of Americi'rt greatest mer- maids are pi. inning a trip to I Siki's Frame If Fiction, Marks Debut Of Clever New Author By ROBERT EDGREN. Battling Slkl kicked over the boan pot when ho publicly charged that the fight in which ho knocked out Carpentior was framed for Carpen tlor to win, and that he double crossed the French champion whon ho found that Georges couldn't hit hard enough to hurt him. The detailed story of Siki's "con fession" sounds very reasonable. If it isn't true, fciikl ought to take up fiction writing as a profession. All tho details, the prearranged knock downs In each of the first threo rounds, hl knocking Carpentior down with a left swing when he rose in the third, and his fighting In tead of Ijlng down in the fourth, in spite of the Instructions between rounds in his own corner, Carpen tler's desperate butting and wild hit ting when he realized the double frosa all these things weave into a tale that sounds true. In fact It sounds alinoet true enough to BB true. It will take noma explaining to overcome it. Of course there's a possibility that Slkl la merely trying to "get even" for the things that have been done to him. Kor the sake of boxing In France, it's to be hoped .Carpentier will be able to produce evidence to offset Siki's story. It would he a hard blow to boxing to bring Carpentler'H glori ous career In sporting to quch a rot ten finish. The French patrons of boxing, who have kept Carpentier on a pedestal for several years a he fought his way from feather to neayweigni champion of Europe, would feel to ward Georges about the way Ameri ca felt to Benedict Arnold bat k In Revolutionary war ttmm. An American officer, asked what would bo done with Arnold if he wag captured, (said; "We'd cut off the leg that was wounded at Quebec and bury It with military honors, and then hang tho rest of him." Public Would Bltiine Carpentier, Carpentler's war record would seem to make such a thing as fram ing a ring about impassible. Rut Slkl has as good a war record aB Carpentier. Which cuts the war records out of consideration In es tablishing the credit of either party. If Slkt's charges should be proved true It will end both Carpentier nnd ' Sikl as hoxers The pubilo would "3 MMl'i:uI)K MucliIiiliU' ( lirlttmm Ihinre K I' II 11 I JJH f-u't Srr"il Mrrrt WKONESPAY, II T SO, IMS AJmlnlon f 1.00 Ladles frtc lcn Wnlllwrluht. (Jcrlniili- PiIitIm nml Europe to try to corner tho worn-1 en's swimni.tig litles of the old world Tho three, Miss Helen Walnwrlght, recognlzod ns the I - Up Story, blame Carpentier most. Ho is Intel ligent, cultured, and lus had the ad. vantago of associating with educated neonlos for year. Slkl. born In bar baric Africa, wan brought to Franco when a child, and set adrift in French soaport towns, vsllh no edu cation and no good associations and probably no htandard of honor be yond those of the midnight cafes and dance halls he frequented. But the public never has taken kindly to either framers or con fessors. There's always on uneasy feeling that' a professional athlete who has framed a contest may frame aain. any time. If Siki's confession Is true ho Is no bttter than Carpentier- And It may be noted that for some tlmo before and after the fight Slkl and his manager made no mention at all of any frame-up or agreement or doublecrossed. Before the fight Slkl boasted he'd knock Carpentier out in a round. They talked about what a hard time they'd had In forc ing Carpentier Into a match. Aftor ward their talk was all about how Carpentier had proved unexpected ly easy, Slkl said he had expected to take a lot of hard thumps before he beat Carpentier down, and he found Carpentier couldn't hurt him even with him not fighting. Reeallliit; tho Letltifky Bout. There was a lot of "frame-up" talk after the fight in which Car pentier won the world's llght-heavy-welght championship by knocking out Battling Levlnsky. Battling certainly was fat and in no (Ighting condition, and for the first time In his life he made no attempt whatso ever to hit. He simply took punches until he collapsed. He had a queer iook. Everyone concerned knows I-'lleen Itk-i.'1'ii. greatest all-round swimmer of her sex. and tho Misses Gertrude Hilerle and Eileen Rigsen, will net sail for Kngland soon. Levlnsky was all through, and that If Carpentier could fight nt all ho'd whip Levlnsky without any trouble. It was a hand-picked match, nrrangod to start Carpentier in tills country, so Unit ho could bo lined up for something bigger later on. Carpentier did his phare In that bout. Ho pastod Battling aplenty. Thero was no "framo" so far as Carpentier was concerned. Charlie Paddock lays oft playing golf long enough to say that ho Is going to get even with mmn of the eastern critics who huve held up half a dozen world records h made at Santa Barbara last July. It appears that Charleg left college wthout get ting in throo years of competition, nnd plans going back next term for another year of study that will en able him to sprint on tho University of Southern California team at the eastern Intercollegiate meet. Pad dock will go Into hard training nEoln and try to rcbrcak a bunch of rec ords under intercollegiate, instead of A. A. U. authority. Jf Paddock breaks any records at tho intercollegiate meet tho new per formances will enrry a bettor hall mark than If they hud boon upprovod by tho A. A. U. And Recalling Oorbctt' Fight. Jim Corbett Is being botwtod as a candidate for tho buxlntr commlsi- stnnnhlp In New York, and his friends will urge his appointment upon Governor Smith. Jim ought to know all about how to conduct boxing matches In New York. It was there that ho met 51c Coy and Sharkey. The Corbett-Mo-Coy "fight" will nevnr bo forgot ten by old-tlmors, or tho talk about it that followed. The Corbett Sharkey affair, In which Connie McVey Jumped into the rlnir to save Corbett from a knockout and "Hon est John" Kelly called all bets off, was another ring classic. Thero was no William Muldoon regulating boxing In those days. (Copyright 19:: by Tho Jli.ll Syndicate. Jnc ) PILOT IS LOST IN SNOWS Mltlo Hope for Heseue or Air Mall Service JTIer From Mountains. SALT LA KB CITY, Deo. 17. Honry a. Boonstrn, lost pilot of the Halt Lako-Rock Springs division of tho nlr mail service, is believed to have been seen over Porterville, Utah, 30 miles northeast of Salt Lake this afternoon. Communication by telephone to the otltco of the superintendent ot the western division of the air serv ice, roports that the aviator was In some dlillculty and appeared to be reeking a landing. Seven planus sent out on scouting expeditions today, returned nt dusk this evening with no favorable re ports. Basing their opinions on the reports from Porterville, local air mail ofllclals believe that Boonstra is somewhere In the almost inaccess able snow covered mountains near that town. Want Return of High Wagon. MANCUKS1HK. N. H.. Dec. 17 The New Engalnd conference board of textile workers at a meeting here today voted to go on teeord as in favor of action looking towards the restoration to New England textile workers of the wage scale In effect prior to the 12 1-2 per cent cut of December jo. Experiments in Kngland have j demonstrated that radio telegraphy can be used to communicate from the surface of the ground to the lov - ; est workings of a coal mine nearly , that2,100 feet deep i ACADEMY and l AtltRD cm Inni For Boy Luncn onuuL from 9 to 20 year $olJ Mexico, Mo. Boya in Lower School have every advantage afforded the larger boys, Mild Military Drill. Big Brother form of government gives Just the right ontact between younger nnd older boys nnd iniitructors Mperlal terms to good M .simians. i nrMi' enif r being re'lvt fr th .'er ft -i -i A. few a'anMn nu tu t. f fl Jpti .'. 1S:S -nr!y ,,, i ;s 1 n y a' 'ia r A-V.mih COL, E. Y. BURTON, President Hoi 1007 Jtrilcii, Mo. Mitch Married Woman la Not Sure When She Will Wed Again K.er rr louis, in., ne. 17. Miss Cora Walker, who has ven tured on the iniiti iiiiiiilnl s i It times, three of which weie with the same man. Htd she had not decided that rhe would marry Sftaln. She smiled and exhibited a let ter from her eighth husband, Sher man Porter, dated last Wednesday, nnd signed "Your trtio friend." lie wrote I hat ho had read of hnr third divorce from Albert Lllley, which she obtained last Monday, mtJIng he would like to meet her Hud "talk matters ovet." Dlaettssln her numerous dl- I vorces, Miss Wttlker snld she di vorced the Jolllest of her hue- I bands," because he ehsaed her through n field with a shotgun." TAX C0LLECf0RSUED Wlfn of Mail 8I11I11 by Former Aril more Ofllolal Wiiimm Diiinnges of ;;r,(l,(HMI for Denlh. ARDMORM, Dee. 17. Pal Whit field, former deputy tax collector, was made defendant In n damage suit for f 50,000 fltiil In district court here by Rosa Noland, nee Owen. The plaintiff inks that Judgment be paid nt tho twin nf $2,000 a your for the normal expectancy "f lite anticipated, by S. T. Owen, her do I'oanod husband, and father of hnr seven children, who the petition aven, was shot to death Deenmber lil, 1h80 by Whnileid. It Is sot out that $2,000 la the amount Owen would normally earn In a year, Whitfield is scheduled to go on trial on a murder charge In January for the fourth time in connection with Owen's death. It Is ttllcged tho two men quarreled over n 30-cont tax collection, and that Whitfield shot Owen fatally. Previous trlalrt have united In disagreements. Wichita Sportsmen Bid For Mixed Exhibition WICHITA, Kan.. Doe. 17. Five Wichita oil operators, anil Tom Uiw, local wrostlluK promuior. author ized by the Wlehltn Advertising olub, tonight wired an offer of $300, 000 to .luck Kennm, manager of Jack Dcmpaoy, world'ti champion heavyweight boxer, for n mixed bout to be staged In Wli-hltu. be tween Denipsey anil Ed (Stranglor) Lewis, world's champion wrestler, or whoever In tho champion at tho tlmo tho proporod bout la staged. Two Did In Aulo Wreek. ST. LOUIS. Dec. 17. Lawrence Bryan, a leal ostalo dealer, and Nathan Knight, negro porter, wdVo killed when an automobile In which they were riding, collided with a slroot car hero this afternoon. Amnesty for Rolshuvlk Itetal. MOSCOW, Doc, 17, Tho central executive committee hoe decreed amnesty for Admlrnl Stark tho anll Bolshevik lender mid bin staff, who fled from Vladivostok, providing ihey return bringing the ships and property which they took. Famous Hebrew Author Dies. JERUSALEM, Hoc. 17. F.lezor Ben-Vahttda, .-i world-famous He brew nttthor, died hern yesterday. His sudden death camo before ho had completed what was to havn boen tho largott Hebrew lexicon. i:ik,i Pluming Trent. T.,, luntnnrl.l Iru.l ftnllkfttir tlin entrance to their lodge rooms have been placed by the New Rocholle Lodge No. 7B, II. P. O. Elks. Tho troen nave been legisieteu on Hie national honor roll of tho American Tree assnelstln-i at Washington In memory of Lieut- Col. William E. Holllduy and Bergt. Charles J. Lord. William W. Ferguson was chair man ut tho committee that murked the trees. Tho child was Inspecting thn guest, with that frankness that characterizes children ot four. The guest a good sport who understood children, wan eubmlttlng gumely to the Inspection, "My papa said sttmpln' about you, Mister." "Indued 7 I hope It was some thing nice." "He said, my papa, did, that you had lumpln ubovo your eye 'sides hair." "Well, that was fine! Ho meant to say I had brains! I thank him for the compliment." "I was Just flnkln,' went on the child, looking at the man's shining dome, "it's n good flng you has brains, or they surely wouldn't bo no trufo in what my papa nuld." Farm Life. Convention Hall Moniluj, Docttmbcr 25 (Clnielimu, Day) Jos. M. Galtes ptesenu original New York and Chicago Company MliclrvT; JHwcd.1 Giv2cy 6 TSM Oi m VUOL& TOWN L9V&9 TI LL OI" GIUIX, PUP, GOWNS I Price ?LH0, $3, $1.50, $1. SOe ' Plus Tux SKAT S.WM TIM ltMlAY IP T i s I oi i h ' ' ! i .1 v. l.en 1 rnini 1 1 I" ' ' irr'sfd Ftm.Jic I t- n i.i n lie O 1 1 1 x : "l f 1.' i SEAMEN'S WAGE TAKES BIG JUMP American Merchant Ma rine Gained as Pay to Men Increased NBW yORK, Dec. 17 An nnnly si ot Income derived frqm trans portation by water was issued todiv by the imtlonisl bureau ot oeonotnbi research ot this city. The Investiga tion was made by Dr. Willford T. King, as a part ot the general in vestlgntlun of Income In the Unllnd States upon which the research nt.ift of the bureau, under Dr. Wesley r, Mitchell, has been engaged for the last two yenre. Comparison of the tonnnge afloat, the American merchant marine with thn population of the continental United States for each 11 years from 190'J to 101S Inclusive, show that tho tonnHge iter en pita was al moet Impurceptlhle derllnlng In tho first five years o thin period with Its lowost ebb In 1011. Tho period which began tn 1909. when the country with a population of 00,370. 000 had 7, 388, "Si tmrn afloat, closed In 191!) with a pnpulii Hon of 101,847,000 and 12.907,300 louti afloat, tonnage per capita hav -ing Increased from .0818 to .1231. The Increase in tho tonnngo p capita wn coincide it with a inurkct gain In tho oconomle tvelfato of ship ping employes. The purchasing' power, in termn of 1913 dollars, ot the uvorago annual earnings of tho employes attached to tho industry, was almost nousta-U In tho first five yearn of the period under review, subsequently rising from Its low point or $709 in 1914 to lt peak of $1,013 In 1917. While the figure fell again to $909 In 1918, this sum wits 20 per cent higher than thn compensation ot $810 lecelved In 190D, The enrnlngs In current dol lars, In tho eftmo period, rose from $773 In 1909 to $1,532 if- 1918 WILL APPEAL U. S. DECISION Alabama Attorney-General AVoultl Compel HniiilH to Aecept Cotton, JIONTdOMKIlY. Ala, I)fi 17 - -Hurwell D. Davis, attorney-genera!, will appeal to tho United Htaio u promo court at onco from a dciilotl of throo federal Judges at New Or !cis H"t!!r;!" "rchlbitltl' t h T Al " -bama ppblli! service comniinuoii from requiring tho Nashville, Chat liimioga & Ht. Iotiln railroad to ac cept cotton for shlpmont when ten ilered by ))ersons tit Albertv.lb , Mnrslmll county, Following; a temporary rewtrnlnin.' order two weeks ago lusued by Judge Honry D. Clayton here, tho three federal Judges Issued n temporar injunction which will remain in ef fect until a formal hearing on tho merits of thu rallroad'a petition. Tho public rsrvlco commission held that tho railroad must accept cotton for "hlpmnnt when tendered and must Issue bills ot lading for the whip, ments. liriiLiiiiimi Killed, Cars Burned PITTSBURGH, Dec. 17, One brukeman was killed and noveral freight ears jvero consumed by a spectacular oil fire near Braebtini (oiiuy, uji the irsuU of it cu'iinioii lie. twiien tho freight trnlns on the Cone iniiiiKli division of the Pennsylvania railroad. W. J. Lynch of Pittsburgh was killed. CHARLOTT15, N. C Dec. 17. The six-story Trust building on south Tyron street here containing; the Keith vaudeville theater and a large number of office was destroy cd and two othor buildings damaged by fire early today with a loss estl. Tonight at Convention Hall Fred Fulton of Rochester, Minn, vs. of Sapulpa, Okla. 10 Rounds to a Decision Three Other Star Bouts I'or roeenntlons, write, wire or phnne Tete .Martin, 20 West rifth street, phono Osage 291t, and Jacobus Hutteriullk Dor, 301 South Main street, phone Oblige SDSS. PRICES $2, $3, $4 Plus War Tax .Morns : 1 1 V) ? till MM .1 it 4 : i; .i j i'8 Z n