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Today John L. Is Dead. He Could Fight. He Was Honest. Read About Him. This writer knew Sullivan more I than thirty years ago, saw him J flght In New York. In London, I and on Baron Rothschild's train- I Ing farm near Chantllly In France the last fight In the open air on the turf, London prize ring rules, with bare knuckles. The men fought with one min ute rest between knockdowns. Each round Iastod until one man went down. It was an Interesting display of the brutal gentleman's sport The worst criminals in England were at the ring side, i standing in the corner of Mitchell, t the English fighter. They had an nounced that Sullivan would not be allowed to win. In Sullivan's corner stood a respectable looking man in a stove pipe hat, with a handsome heavy blue coat, velvet collar. He had both hands in his overcoat pockets, spoke very quietly and said to Pony Moore. Mitchell's father-in-law, "I suppose you know what J've got here in each hand" tilt ing up the barrels of two revolvers "Tell the Manchester men in your corner not to take any chances on me." Which meant that he would kill anybody inter fering with his notions of fair ( play. Nobody did interfere with them. The man was Billy Porter, the bank burglar, one of the most dangerous and murderous of American criminals. He took a fortune from one New York city bank, killed at least two police men, and died a prisoner working in a German salt mine caught in a big burglary. Fighting with bare fists, on the slippery turf, naked to the waist in bitter winter weather, or fight ing indoors with big gloves, Sulli van fought in only one way. He walked up to his man at the tart and kept walking at him t the finish and the other man while Sullivan was Sullivan, al ways walked away, or ran. It never occurred to Sullivan that any man could beat him. And no man could only whiskey, and it took whiskey many years. He beat his man ordinarily with a look. He sat in his corner waiting for the signal absolutely indifferent. It was plain to be The f0c" of lh rnllM States Hn seen in his lie-ht nor vrirlre,, ,r. &nr" Cor" "' that the Ire In seen in his light gray, wicked eye mat ne wondered smcerelv whv anybody had been fool enough to K- in me ring wiin mm. ne would look viciously at his man, then look away, and shake hands without even looking in the other mans face. As he dropped the man's hand he would shoot out his left, walk forward, and swing his right always forward. Thii writer saw him fight four or five times, and never saw him take a step backward. Mike Dono-an fought Sullivan in Boston. Donovan was cham pion middleweight and matched to fight Billy Edwards for five thou sand dollars. "The Boston men had been told o pick out a rhopplng block for me to show what I could do. The chopping block turned out to be a young hack driver not twentv years old named John L. Sullivan." said Donovan, the man who spars with Roosevelt "I did not like the look of him and said, 'Young fel low, I am matched for five thou sand dollars and I wouldD't break that little finger on you for a good deal. Don't get gay and when ou come to New York I'll teaclt you something about fighting." Sullivan's reply was. "If you get In that ring with me. you'll he lucky if I don't break jour neck." "And I was lucky." said Dono van. "Sullivan knew nothing about boxing, but he was the most savage fighter and hardest hitter that ever lived. There's no use talking about an one else when you talk of Sullivan Do ou ee that broken nose ? Young Sullivan did that. He bwung hu arm. I stepped in. He hit me ou the back using dIb arm as a club In a down swing, knocked me on my face and broke my nose on the floor " On another youthful occasion while still a hack-driving fighter, Sullivan was to fight in a big the ater with a well-known profes sional from another city. The pro fessional took one look at Sulli van, then went ofT and got drunk. When the manager apologized and explained there was hissing. Sul livan walked to the footlights. "My name's John L. Sullivan and I can lick any man in this house." One man tried i and the first blow knocked him back into the audience. No man ever lived that had Sullivan's force in a blow. He could literally knock a man up in to the air, over the ropes and out into the crowd; he showed the Maori from the antipodes just how he did it. In Madison Square Garden on j one occasion Sullivan fought a : "professor" named Laflan, or ! something like that. The profes sor had been declared the "perfect man" at the Vienna exposition. I and won the prize as perfect phjs-ciil human being. Sullivan was not at his best when he met 'ir professor -his trainers had ..id him in a Turkish bath all day tcouUnucd ob Pace '. i-'oluun 1 WEATHER: RAIX TONIGHT; WARMER TOMORROW NUMBER 10,428. BERLIN WOMEN JAILED FOR FOOD RIOTING UPPER RIVER U. IVIUWO ALL BRIDGES ON POTOMAC Great Glacier Will Sweep Down Stream Should Warm Rain Loosen Thick Packs Extend ing From Shore to Shore. CUMBERLAND, Feb. 3. With ice forming to record thickness on the upper reaches of the Potomac, river men here today expected serious re sults from the predicted rain and warm weather. Conditions on the Potomac are similar, in a large measure, to those on the Ohio river, where floating Ice haB caused millions of dollars' dam age. Fear a Warm Hiiin. In case of a warm rain, wuli a few days' thaw, rivermen say, a j veritable glacier will sweep down the river, carrying bridges and dams before it- The Ice is nearly a foot and a half thick. OfCeUU Are Alrrt. Rivermen and cilj and Government official are watching with aiiiletv the heavy ice coveting of the To tumac, admittedly a serious menace in rase of a sudden thaw. Flans for meeting the menace are beinir d.- cursed and preparation! made to pulj tliem into immediate execution, i the river above the Aqueduct bridge i will present a dangerous problem .Col. rharles S. Ridley, in charge of , the office of Publlr Tluildinc. and I Grounds, raid today that dynamiting ...... ..J I. a ...v..l ... in.Mi.ili.FBlH .... the fclgns of a thaw and an Impending jjtm. The ire now has reached a thirkne? , of nineteen inches which establishes ;a record fo: many jear. back After a tie-up of six dujs the boat of the Norfolk Stcam'oott i"oniMnt, plying between this city and Nor folk, resumed service till morning Owing to the Ice that ha- coated the ' river and bay. service wa su.pendeii i last Sunday. If conditions pcimit. service between the two cities will be started again on regular schedu'e. ' although the officials of the company I state that freight only will be carried . for the present. FLOOD PARALYZES R RICII.Ml -. IJ. u. 1 eD .;. i ne twenty-third now fall of t'ie u .ut r and hiffh water ha e put the Appala chlan dnNion of tlie Southern rail way ut or comnin.-iou. i ins nranvn of the road penetrate" the -ol flrld, whi li are tloodn!. Tin m.nes i-an- not be put intu -onlmlill for a week. As the railroad i- oinman- dering all the c.a liindr d if in- duntries will have to 'oe APPALACHIAN DIV OFSOUTHERNR To the Biggest and Most Patriotic Family The Times Will Make a Present of War Stamps AYIiich is the bifrgo-t ami nrnst (...'liotii- ftimily wilinn fifty miles of tli Wliitt Huio.' In that hinfffM patriotic family, .1' innr-f. each lij! will have his or her honk of War Sa in Stamp.. t:irtil. TheTi..' voul like to print tin pit-tun- of the biggest family . ?'iiO to each cliiltl another War Sav ings Stamp hook, ml in each hook ." worth of stamps. Please write to the iManaging hMiiur of The Times, lilling in tliis blank: We have dtiUIruii. (Number) of them (Number) Stamp hooks. Send along with your aiiiii'imcoinunt. ruliurt In 500-Ft. Airplane Fall CHARLES B. DE SHIELDS. ' OI "''" "'"" tHulling adven- I1"" -f "ii'g oulside the theater of war i- the experience of fharles I" ! Mu.ld. o Washington, student att.if-.i j ellnte n - MAAtvtrtM , . ." .".... ' ..-- ....""i-I UZ' '.r .'"LTJ. j:-?"rI.ri !. ' HI In f-lnude, uboe the I.ni.c I "liar I.- training s. hool Ke -Siilt-I.l -." mi hine tfilhdtcr with thai t ait u')it Mittleiit and was hurled futi fotuant falling t eaith in a -.! Iit Jll' n-iiK-h flnih(.il IT a ft' air eine after the mailnne b fl b II Ml !! lv . The marliine was demolished. It a- cathvied up in more limn Sou i piece., lie .-lilelil" fell ton ftet iip- -ide-down. II .i bdy mail a deep dent in the bek .f the - and in in'- fusil:ii.e a dent whe.e b. J ri.- -... ii'ad -l lit I. i, WM. insfniati .... ., HMI I .-imhiti i h.. .me a llyi Hi.- i xihm len e has not ! pi. ..! a daiiu-r lie k a m,ii .. .'ir ami Mr II- iam II. I .- ,i. Id-. i.f li:: Fift'i i stiei t tirth-.-ii and a ron-in-law of Add'i - .'!.. "f Anaco.'tia. floiist ' A" fi an be . lenrneii l- S-.- ' n.n h.n w.i. tru L li tin m.n h n - -f f:i!b'tt Mali. io a 'suit in ui.ir 1 1 haveslnr'.ed War Savings ..more hooks, in accordance HP tSH' raiiliBip'fl 1 BKbS& WK n n n vro mitt ruDLIb Mlim U. b. f-LYtK INU 1 1 OPENING PUT OVER HURT IN 500 j tiliweonesoay FA , WASHINGTON. SUNDAY DKLAHOiVlANS I i ASSERI I. R. . SHOULD BE i interned! I Scores Sign Petition for Round-' ing Up of Ex-President for! Period of War Because of Chronic Criticism. TULSA, Okla., Feb. 3. Scores of j Tulsa citizens are signing petitions asking President Wilson to intern , former President Theodore Roose velt "as a public menace." The petition follows in part: Text of Petition. Expressing our horror a th spectacle of Insubordination and bucking opposition in high placet, coins; even to the extent of per sistent and long; continued per rons! vilification of our commander-in-chief, the President of the United States, and ralrulated and intended to weaken his hold upon the faith and loyalty of maajes, and deprecating and con demning; the opposition of chronic politicians, seeking- their own ad vertisement and private advan tage at the expense of the safety, we, the undersigned citizens of the United States, respectfully pe tition and request His Exrelleney. the President of the United States, to causo the internment of Theo dore Roosevelt, as a publlr men ace, for the period of the war" The District public schools will no! reopen tomorro.v. as had been orig inally announced. They will re main eloped tomorrow and Tuesday, at any rate, Krnet I.. Thurston, super intendent of schools today announced. The inability of officials to procure coal Is fclven as tlm cause of the pro longed closing order. If more headnay in oblnlninir coal ror M-hoo! furnaces t- not nude Uur " " -t lo da,.. ...e school, may teniain lne f- lne entire' week. S. ho..l official intimated tins! todat. In the meanwhile iio.uoi) pn- plls are at home, .lreailv manv Inch i school students have procured poal-i tin. ' Tuesday will marl; the erenth day that the erhools have been closed anil the fifth school day. I Acting Piiel Administrator i:dard, F. Oilladay has made arrangements ' to rent to letail loal dealers the ' "'""1 ,:"" " J'", "itri.-t j Dlsliict that rifsir l. lu t) . u. ,of . ,!,.. t-.- . . . .. ... I I'" ",r-"' ""' reuuire.i i ue ,,..- null. I- 11I1IJ(-I Iff ur- I ?"Ml 'u".u,l" " I'lstrirt auditor be :'"' - ' ..n..rr.. artemor.n. I f and the wacr . " " ' ' ' ",r "-"- , I tl.e lriers will be . tali.n f..in til- .I'tuuni DU PONT BUYS WORLD FAMOUS WALDORF HOTEL Ni: Miltk was s... pr. .I t Hint the Wal 1 el. New York i ..li. .hen it learned lrf-X'toria. world- ' famous hole wniilil her. after be on- trolled b T. Coleman du IM.it. of t.,e ' ,.... .er.nan,.fa.lr,..B family of Wil- ' miiiBt.-n rii- pm.l.aJ.e ts r.-..lly r ' Hot I I'uiiipan. I he rontr.illll.K inter est in wbi.-h ieiIii..nine.i nv bv till be eonneeted with the manage- i inent of tho hotel. , The Waldorf w aa opened h tho Intel r:e..rRe r. Hold.' on March H. IM..I I rli,B i Thirty-third street, it eon. , a lainr.i .ii.u.m mr lln at it t n im.gnlll.ent finutiire. ... palatial, in fart, that persons wre inclined to ! laugia at Mr. p-.ldt. There w.ie no loam for such u hotel in .'e York. . 'the. alll. J Yt. in a few mouth, the Keen. :iiiMK nte.l manager h.-.d proved that tl.er. was a er real un.l prospeiou pla.e f.,r ini Hii.h h hostelry o his In lMiT he .le,,,.,,,,,,,,,,.! ,... slices of hie ventur. h u.liilnu the Astoria. i.,.ie ..r ih. ....... . i.i. i....i i.. ..iw ..in. r..,.i... i ..:..... ii.-.t't,,i Blown UP alongside it ..u ?.. Thirty fourth irfl ..(! .f ihi IklifL Tl.iiam.-i whl'l, ., ...nh l tl.. Int. John laeoh Astor ...Mid I .mi. ' i.i.ini to Hu hut.l Tl.' oMg.i.il ! i.,.,i.i,.i.- a . ....... ,.,.,. i. i ill. .in. Wall. oil Astor. now a llr.tUh peei. n n in pnnnni n .:e.,rKe Itoldi -, . t Ills eon. ilmrge :;,.,,, ' f,..or0(i people were able , "r' """ '" '-"; " " - panj woe ulnir power rrom the To Iloldt. jr. ..n .l.e lonner's death a ' , "' ', , " , ",h, . " a they wanted hl inB '' c,t,z'n ,aRa,nt 7aUlT r-fn''' ' om ':"''' " Company at ,.r or ,.. a.. Tl.e stork represent ,, , ,. l'JR"tnr wa fircL. '0Vd ll.at all .vWenje rtl.d p..IniI , m 1Ir yflM hp beIlev,d ,em. .he hot.-l cuipinen, an. Co.,d-.ll. ,,. '!" .' . ..Id hou.r In Tti.e dead of to the Innocen. e of aMilnston drus . por.irv r,palr oui be compIted bin doea not In. lude the real .Mate J winter, and i. a relt he di-.l. nV'L, ""k' n'e had Plare.i ,onlE. "'"1 promised better service. It is reported .hat Mr. llol.lt will" .-,,, bad l.n without . o.il foi a ... J1 J'".,k", ' .V"'"",""' V.J t,.! EVENING, FEBRUARY 3. 1918. SAMMIES ON THE LORRAINE FRONT WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE, Feb. 3. American troops are now occupying a sector on the Lorraine front. The militaiy censor has permitted the publication of this announcement. STRIKES, WEATHER AND - 0 JcTS SP9fe PNEUMONIA KILLS AGED U. S. SERVANT: i ),e . I, arse tl,Ti Attrell II hardson, for forty jtar. an emploje of the foa-.t unu lieouetic surrey, oieo oi- r, ,iv . ,. ...... i. ,,r rxnos'ire be-1 -,,. i... , ..j, ct, ,. cai ma,ie COULD GET NO COAL by Dr IJ Lester Lines. hief of thelbelnt; sold at a liiuc store in Takoma, ; . Coast Tin! urodetto Sunt)'. ur. 'Jones 'aid tliut Itirhurdbon had tramped the streets for many days looking for a ..ml dialer n lie would deluer fuel, .vhih house of favored i people r. oiived more than enouRli ' The rl.are in itlc b I ir. Jones Is that 1 not .,nlv did dealers refuse to deliver rl,3 so t,e used . mploicr. whose wife laj at death'.s door, but that when he hlm-elf went and begKed for rolief for '" ''' """ ne wus slvc" a """ "'.r.lV u."."-.!.. man l..d not ,'"' ,., ' ,, ,,. ,, , lio- niivthiiis to do with my re i..i " nl,l lir Jot.ei. "Later, the . r,M . ......ira.-ted nneumoni.i month." continued Dr. .lone.. Knoulmr of hi wife's ace and sell m nines. I approached my own toal deal. r. who after two or three e,k. I .,f het-K.nK and Implorlnc that he Kive tntne iwip. tnm n' inra m oninr b l.ulf t..n ..f . oal to this man a house. partm.nt Blt. nard ,he . ase. The i.n.l he miiiiitiitne.l. had the wrong ad ,,, of 1P flrI11 m,,nc i,.- rami ilr . and th- .oal was returned and , ,h(t t.( of lliun.ifi.-tiiie r.ere m. further effort was made to deliver t marll. pM.i sain. - . ultlciiKli they had a record of his i.d.lre.-s In their nfllee and letter nnnnpnn All pi Aim lnr ivl.i. h were .lear and accurate." , f Kllf I IN N f LUUK Aulj - - iv v1' WILL WIRELESS PERSHING. DEril! ATm DV UfiflUrD ' .,.hle for1 luluULAltU Dl IIUUYIVK, L Miust it will ne possible ror( Washliigtnn to roinmiinlrate by radio . ! with Aiii.-ri. an anm headquarter In' Frniiee Tl..- I2.-J.MI.0ihi radio station now (M'inir mini in t ianr dv llie S.- L. P-n .. nt .v .11 tlfen l . on. il t d ...l.il.l. I li. I. -'ation ji. no. ..r s.f'l.ietl nowe- foi I ran--At isntl. . 1 1'.mmunKatiuii tOerrtrht: 1918: Br JohnT.ls'cCulcbaoa.I HIS MASTER'S VOICE IS CRACKING GONE, BUT NOT FORGIVEN THE SOWER "GLASSED" CANDY i IN D. C. T A seax-hing in rs-tigation of choco- late hr can(ty in the District of Co- lumbia is being made today, following """" "". '" .-.. - - . the llndlnfr of ground glass in candy PArU. Citizens are warned atrainst ' eatlnc randy of this character until , the PoUre Department and the III' trirt Health ueprimeni nae com- pleted their investlcation. ! Dr. William i Woodward Health. Oilleer or the inslrlrt. to.iay imuki a , brings; Pi INQUIRY statement wnirn makes u I'.ain m WashlnBton and Old Dominion Com thc Klass was of -uih a imliire as to.j.a.u .riinaforinMa i the power point t.. it h.lim- been deliberately ,, at Holyn. Va.. was given today placed in the .anuy. nmple "f i aJ the cause for the poor service, choc.datt hara are belnc taken from , ..,,t wdne.lay ntght two of the tarlous drui: and randy store in l.ie I ire. of llUr transformers burnt out." rlty f..r evamlnati-n and analysis l.v Coltn H Uincstone. president of the the Health Department. No arrest .cmpan, .today told The Times, have been made as in ' r Livingstone ..! that hi mm. ward said. "It was loo tin to lead us . Kt, j y,,,i fallen lnt. the' " n ' ' J", U uas not il a" ' to believe that It had uc. I.lentall ,,,,, ,.,. n... ,i ,i,te. live d ,ini. n. m.Mi an idea of what . in hanf-r in m- ..--- - - - ..... a mmam t il bibb dx . ,nt,llM na.. for no, to BIV1 the'1':'" "f ,fro:n & '" p'r, rrnt, ot . ..,, i d-alers ample pr..f.t the food admin-1 itian..n ha auiiounred that tl.e -rro maximum piotlt ...r whole-1 alers vl.oi.ld be from So .o T5 cents a barrel BOLSHEVIKI GREAI FALLS LINE E Only two cars, running two hours apart, are today operating between Great Falls. Va.. and Washington on . -ashlnirton and Old Dominion ra.,road .. ... Dtfr.on iivinir be- jotnl Cherrdale are forced either to walk or wait tw hours for the erouuru car. Last night more than U50 persons n ailed from two to six hours at ThlrtJ lx,,, and M 8treets northweit for Orei Falls car. Many were com- pelled to walk home. The hllrnlnc , of two of the T I """ ! LONDON'. Feb. 3. Reports from I Italian army headquarter tell of I " Aiihir.iii ini riijru iii i w,fck a. ,. . rrfert co-ordination of the allied gun fire did mum to accomplish the defeat of the invaders and to weaken their tsora.lt RUNS BUT 2 CARS HBOERSHK ITALIAN INFLIC HEAVY LOSSES ON A AN INVADERS PRICE TWO CENTS. pes NOI AWED 1 BY DISPLAY OF TROOPS Strike Leaders Arrested; People Forbidden to Congregate on Streets Berlin Thorough fares Swarm With Soldiers. RUMOR UNCONFIRMED AMSTERDAM. I'eb. 3. Report reached here today that Kaiser WHhelm had been assassinated. No confirmation . ould be obtained This Is the third time the Kaiser has been "assassinated" during- the war. STOCKHOLJI, Feb. 3. .Vews dM patchea arriving here today via Haparanda declare that great num bers of German troops have been re called from tho Russian front to copa with the Industrial revolts A .correspondent from Petrograi wires that Austrian aud German military forces recently withdrawn, which. It was thought; would be sent to the western, front werp Jn rcMity lent ta munition center. Berlin Lite Fetrorad. The streets of Berlin today resem ble those of Petrograd during th meetings of the constituent assem bly, when guns bristled from all the public buildings. The Schlossplatz and Unter den Linden swarm with helmeted guards Con®atln? Forbidden. All congregations of civilians harr been prohibited. No one I allowed on the streets after dark and the peo pie are not permitted to rather i public places In croups exceeding Qts. Hundred. of men and more than score of women have been thrown Into Jail as a result of serious rlotlnr which occurred in the suburbs Friday Despite tho menace of grim bavo nets, crowds marched throuch the streets hoarsely shouting: "GIt Vm Foedl "dive us food! GIt us peaee" In north Berlin boys and wnmu derailed the street cars and cut the cables. Striking employes uno heeded the order of the military to return t their benches were assaulted by strikers and their wives. From Industrial center. throughout the empire today the reports con tlnued. Indicating the spread of the economic revolt. Kmaclated men and women carrying babes in their arm appealed to the authorities for food Government storehouses .n several cities were stormed by mobs protei Ing against the starvation of ivilian to feed the soldiery. Itlot of Food .Seeker.. At Charlottenbur the poll, e and food rioters engaged in a pit. lied battle, resulting in the w ounding of several police bv rocks and other ni- I sllej and the arret of n.ant m n and women. Several strike i-dei were arreste.i after a demonstration bef.ue the pa ace In Munich, says a Ui-pat. b to u e Frankfurter Zelluns- Anions th-. sent to jail were Kurt i:in. i .. Frail Sarah Lerh. Tumultiioii. ccne o. . u i .1 n ctaliet meetlnRS. Instigators of revolt and 1. a.l- -protest throughout the iounn. . being jailed l'v the milit..r !' . Pood card are refu.l .ill .v'-. who failed to report to thei -i.p From Vienna comes the n.u. 'i great food riots have brol ut the Austrian capital and ri..- u Ke throughout Austria-Hungary ba tallon of Czechs recalled fioni ti.e Hus.'.lan front to fiueil ,xn tn. pi't. revolt In I'lauen refused in oi.-. oft leers Eery tenth man of the .. . .. wa sh..t BOLSHEVIKI MOVEMENT SPREADS TO HOLLAND 4ND SWITZERLAND b. S - The p -art m.i..ii. .... cement uae in.Ii. . toda: bv report. from Holland . Switzerland of eionomle nprtins A great general strike will :a'''U ,n. """ tomorrow as o p -r.L .tKnini I'mmj ami fu"i 't - MMe.P rrl.r,s ,.. SMrif.r . .. fell ... la!.. un...i fli-ie. r-ui.ins :he .all f..- (v.i:.l aii.l.t.. nai ba fa ion or tritoo !.. b n..-h.' -! at iratittt po.nt 1 1