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Pimm REVIEW DF THE CURREHT EVENTS OF THE WORLD NEW CHANCELLOR) OF 'GERMANY I>r. Gustave Stresemann, who was recently elected Chancellor of Ger many. to succeed Chancellor Cuno. i WOODROW WILSON. Photo shows ox-President Wilson, who. although being an invalid, has managed to pay his last respects to< the departed nation’s chief. GROVER CLEVELAND BERGDOLL The million dollar draft dodger, who escaped from the U. S. A. When 3 men attempted to kidnap him at Eberbach, Germany, he ' killed one. wounded another and the third man escaped. This Ik the second attempt to capture BergdoJl and bring him back to the States. t-~y--I 'IJ'W'JIII I (Wide World Photos) KING OF SOCK BEGINS TRAINING. | Jack Dempsey goes into training for Ms first ring work since his arrival at hlte new training quarters at Saratoga Lake. N. Y., where he will prepare for his coming bout with Luis Angel Firpo, the Argentine heavyweight. =-U-" _ iWide World Photos) 3ATTLESHIP VINDICTIVE BEING BLOWN UP AT OSTEND. The famous British battleship Vindictive, which was blown up in Os nf ♦»?« r^r>0r dHr\nK the °ar,y days of tho World War. to stop activities of the German U-boats, is again tho subject of expJosions this time another purpose. Dutch engineers and divers are doing the work ma™ tons are being: saved. Photo shows a tWty-ton portion of the shin ra:sed after a charge of dynamite had done ite work P ATHLETICS a4a a#a a4a a4a .4. .4. .A. .A. A. A A A A a a. a SPORTDOM MX II IP CARPENTIER REFUSE TO TIGHT RETURN BOOT FOR SCIENCE PARIS. August 16.—Battling Siki refuses to box for the benefit of French science. Georges Carpentier profd-ses willingness, hut doesn’t want to fight before winter. So it seems the much-lieralded Siki Carpentier revenge match to settle the respective merits of the two fight ers, which didn’t remain settled af ter Siki knocked out the fair Georges in four rounds last September, will not be fought. In order to escape disqualification by the French" Boxing Federation and a'so to dissipate ithe unpleasant odors which arose from their previous meeting, both Carpentier and the Battler agreed to fight again, all the receipts to go to the French labora tories. The match was scheduled for September 16. Then Carpentier regained lost pres tige by knocking out Marcel Nilles. erstwhile kiing of French heavies. Siki also disposed of the same push over, and both became impressed with their own importance. Neither could see the wisdom of fighting for nrttihing when they could command handsome purses. 'G«eorgo3 asked postponement of the bout to allow him first to take on England’s venerable Joseph Beckett. Siki’s excuses were more ingenu ous, In fact, (they were flat refus als. I •‘Siki's good friend of everybody;] afraid of no one, always happy, never sick; will box for a cocktail! a nice roast chicken, or nothing, but never for the laboratories.” the Senegalese wrote the Boxing Federation, accord ing to La Liberto. Then he told why he was so de cided . ‘‘Old fossils in Laboratories make holpless rabbits drink rlium just to show Siki it's bad for hj/s stomach,” ho wrote. ‘‘SikVs not a chemist, not a gentleman, like Carpenfier, but. ‘boaucoup’ intelligent, and would like to fight all men who kill poor, de-! fenseless animals that way. ‘I»ut if 1 fight for the laboratories they’ll just buy more rhum for new rabbits. Therefore Siki’il do noth-1 •iig for laboratories’.’ Paris boxing fans are demanding that the Federation disqualify both boxers unless they go through with their fight September 16, as sched-i uied — (Richmond, Evening Dispatch) BIG TENNIS TOURNA MENT IN CHICAGO. (Preston Now** Service) CHICAGO. Aug. 23.—The seventh annual national tennis championship held under the auspices of the Amer ican Tennis Association, with the Prairie Tennis Club as host, smarted Monday morning with the largest1 number of entries In the history of the national tournament. Drawings were made Sunday and the oppon ents for the opening rounds selected. Edgar O. Drawn, national champ ion in the men’s singles, who haR been showing his real calibre and claes throughout the East fn all of the big elimination tourneys, ar rived the first of the week to defend hfs tttle. and It Ls expected he will have but one stiff match. For Ayres Sntfclt, the 18-vear-old .wizard from New York City, lias been showing almost "super-form.” and has one victory to h<s credit over Drown. Drown however, gave Saitoh a black eye fn the New York cham -- __ pionships. defeating him and gain ing a second leg on the handsome Bert, Williams’ trophy. Chic<agoans are pinning their hopes on Dr. Williaims and, Ike Rivers, so far as men are concerned, iwith Isa dora Channels reigning as n favorite among the women. Miss Channels is at present the Women’s singles champion. West Newton Beats the Homestead Grays (Preston News Service) PITTSBURGH, Aug. 22.—In a heavy and free hitting contest the Homestead Grays went down to de feat at Forbes Field Inst Friday af ternoon at the hands of the West Newton club by a score of 8-6. The Grays used 13 players In an effort to turn the tide, but Manager Posey’^ efforts were all in vain. West Newton scored all of their tallies in the first four innings and, the lead was too much for the ’.Grays to over come. Canady and Urchinsko were the opposing pitchers at the start. West Newton obtained six scores off Canady before he was yanked. Clark succeeded him on the moun.l at the opening of the fourth stanza and the first three barters to face him hit two triples and a double. Oscar Owens supplanted Clark with the bases loaded, and retire the side without any more scores and held the visitors In check the remainder of the game. The Grays made a valiant effort to regain the lost ground and to over come tho lead, hut fell two runs short of deadlocking the game. They scored three times in tho sixth stan za when Roberts hit a home run to the right field fence jvfth two men on tho sacks. Tho teams got 2 3 hits between them^ind of this num ber 14 were for extra bases, there being five two-base hits, o ght throe base hits and, a home run. The score by innings: West Newton . . 1 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0_8 H. Grays.201 00300 0—6 J. .lOisilolEEI (Preston Nrwn Service) BALTIMORE. Aug. 2 3.— Jack Johnson, former heavyweight cham pion of tho world and t*he greatest defensive figh'er in the history of pugilism, ts in training here for a hout with Er*minn Spalla, Italian champion. Johnson, now past the forty year mark. Is meeting Spalln in an effort, to convince American fight fans that ho is «Jtill as clever as ever. In keeping with his wefll-kndwn records of always doing things in the unusual way. Johnson flaunted fen one-thousand dollar bills in the face of managers, stating at the time that “til's said ho could whip either Dempsey. Wills or Firpo.” Billy Gilson will manage Johnson In h;s drive for another crack at the heavy weight title. ggjjc-r THE HARDING FUNERAL AT MARION, OHIO. burial^fThe late^rSident^Hardihe UTho^VhJp Firo»t®ne a the Marion Cemetery, where they attended the f-ien<l — tS‘yntH,rg;. v^n^rth “,.by ,ho dMth ot thoir MS SAY WILLS SHOULD BE NEXT TO MEETDEIfSEY (Preston News Service) NEW YORK CITY. Aug. 23.—The Boxing Blade, a weekly publication, devoted exclusively to boxing nows, lias been running n voting contest for tho past three weeks, in which the number of votes in connection with tho next opponent for Wills is ha. ed on the length of a subscription. At the end of last {Week's poll, Harry Wills Was lending the heavies as the next in line for Dempsey, with •a total of 2.(100 votes. And Luis (Firpo. the '•Bull of the Pampas” and the man slated for the next crack at the “Mauler” was not in tho second place, but in the third. Public opin ion decreed that after Wilis. Tommy Gibbons he given another chance. Gibbons received 1.400 votes, while FTpo got 1,000. Homestead Gravs Sued for Breach of Contract. — (Preaton »w» Service) PTTTSBrRJGfrT. Aug. 23t—The Homestead iGrays. one of the lead ing semf-pro teams in the country, and the greatest drawing card in Pennsylvania. West Virginia and Eastern Ohio, are being sued by SeL ,f*rs McK. Hall, owner and manager of the Cuban X G;ants. for breach of j contract. ' Vcpordine to the bill of complaint filed by Hall, he claims that Charlie Walker. prfM'-dent of the Grays, and ‘‘Cum” Posey, manager of the same dub. failed to live up to a Contract drawn up by them, and signed by fV three men. The contract is to tho effect That the three men are Joint owners of both clubs, and that after all the expenses and a stated salary has been paid, the profits are to bo split in three equal parts. The suit has caused a furore in baseball circles here and the outcome of the trial is being anxiously await ed. Hall has asked that a receiver be appointed by the Grays, and that a strict accounting be made. Man ager Posey, of the Grays, denies the charges. IMANIY* tiPUAKIIM IJINKM. (Preston News Service) NEW YORK CITY, Aug. 23._ Danny Edward.-, holder of the col ored bantamweight crown, lost on a technical knockout last Tuesday night to Abe Goldstein (white.) The decision came in the fourteenth round when his seconds tossed in the towel to save him from further punishment TI T JACKSON WINS VIA K. O. (Preston News Sen ire) MIUNCIE, IND., Aug. 23.—1The big boy from Ohijo has shuffled off the Jinx and is back at his old stunts— K. O's. Tut Jackson of Washington Court House. Ohib knocked out Pe ter Jackson, of Detroit, in the fourth round of a scheduled 12 round fight here last Tuesday night. ROOTS FOR COLORED BALL TEAM; KILLED t Preston Xew* Service) CALICO ROCK, ARK., Aug. 22.— Houston Moss, aged 24. is In jail al Melbourne, in connection with the1 death Sunday of Charles Davis, aged ; 23. who was slugged with a baseball bat Saturday al Newburg. during a ball game between the Newburg white team and the T/ieross colored team. Moss is said to have taken1 offonso because Davis was rooting for the colored team. Both men were white. , r (Beauty1 \ Secret) A Thousands are successfully using the wonderful preparation that changes short, coarse hair into long, lovely, silky tresses. Give:; die hair a beautiful, glossy sheen, stops dandruff and itching scalp, arid puts glowing health into brittle, lifeless hair. This fcruly marvelous preparation is called EXELENTO 0.1I1N9NE POMADE You can quickly obtain straight, silky, beautiful hair if you use Exelento. 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