Evening Star Newspaper, July 17, 1926, Page 4

agised. Out-classed in offense and defense, in, right and lett hend and .both feet, -in. headwork and speed and craft and stamins, ‘In coolness and Baircut and bathrobe. T think that. tells the story of the passing of . the light heavyweight crown for the' éixth time in the last five years 'tiflll big, delayed show out at Ebbets” Field, Brooklyn. From the red foréheid of Paul Berlenbach, _ battered and cutby the flashing right uppercuts of the ‘New _champion, " to the waiting brow of Jack Delaney, the crown passed ‘when Joe Humph- roys, holding ;mpmunfl “u:nmd.d of paper carrying.the b sion, bawled thé verdiet to the huge, husked crowd. 7 “The winner and new éhamplon. |’ Jack Delaney!” yelled®Joe, and the crowd broke-loose, . Verdiet' Only--One . Possible. . There was't any other possible | werdict, despite’ the ardent Berlen: bach jaw who sat behind mé and Xept telling; the word 4n general that it couldn't .éven see Paul's punches, because they travelled. so fast. .1t was an gben :and shut matter of the faster, clgyer -~ man clearly outc! aggressive, undaunted; "glugging 3 this despite & fragtured thumb, sus- tained in;the sedprid, round All the way “he line Paul: $'way save in [ ‘was outs one vital respeet. There was noth- ing to choose: betwéen them in the matter of the fighting heart. Tm both gave everything theéy 2 o 0 And everything the other " fellow: give—and came back for more. that. was what made ‘it' the great fight that it was. . Most of the New York critics ‘give the round-by-round fighting to. Jack; tHe way. I dlan’t see it} It seemed to-me' that in the first five rounds the new champion up & big fead,. The sixth léoked/ta me about even. . And for four rounds it.seemed that ey ‘tired, wilting under Paul's’ terrific, = club- bing blows' to his r& and kidneys; Jack’s mouth ‘was. dpen;. there was a steady trickle.of blood ! mose, he looked T ‘weak: - ened and on the downgrade o me, And ' Paul kept bofing: in. ; Maybe the challenger was just wait- ing—maybe this, t0o0, was but part of. his consummate Ming craft, the saving of his forces, the letting the cham- pion punch himself out, the prepara- 1 tion for the whirlwind finish that was to come later. Maybe. But I don't think so. There was no “slackening in his cool -intelligence, none of the jaunty, chesty briskness with which he walked to his corner after each “bell was lacking, but Jack looked baffled and a whole lot tired to_me. And lzn came the eleventh. Paul seemed fmuch the stronger. It lookéd as though we wers to see a repefition of the last meeting of these two, when Paul, having worn down. a lighter ‘man, finished in the whirlwind fashion that blotted out Jack's early lead and him on to his cham carried plonship. It looked like it for all the worldy! ° Bout's Complexion Changes. - And then ctame the cl They were on the ropes, and enbach was pushing the fighting, when, from some reserve fund of stamina, De- Janey made his final bid. Paul's hands were busy clouting the deadening, heavy wallops to Jack’s head that had hitherto been directed to ribs and kid- neys., They were high, those h..mlsm. and Jack, the sharpshooter, saw opening. il v!.thlnk he put most everything he had into that punch, a flashing right uppercut to the champ's heart. It went so fast it was hard to follow, but we heard it land, like the butt of WATE STARSALE PLAN IS DROPPED American, _ fnfetests - Sur-|.. & the International Mercantile Marine, generally understood to have been for the creation of a huge all-Amieri- can fleet by the sale of its vessels flying foreign fi and the purchase of American vessels. The scheme appears to have been abindoned, at least for the present. i KING BGH Cous Frusu? Winst 'DISCUSSES ' CONGRESS® _ ys Legislation Passed at Last Sessiois Emphasi 2 e 2 ention ¢ 3 Aitors i’#;j:kn of | today, rev New Desire to Deal More Fairly With District. “The péople of ‘the entire country nterested in the the District of Columbia in building m the world's most attractive capi- In discussing' the for-the National items of legislation: " Negotiations for the sale of the|. line to a. British- syndicate, headed by Furness, Withy & Co., Ltd., have been dropped, says a cabled an- nouncement from P. A. 8. Franklin, International Mercantile . Marine president, and Morgan, Grenfell & a 2 by 4 crashing against a steer's|c ribe. And Paul backed away. I.rate that punch as the turning int of the fight. I belleve if it n't have been landed they would be telling another story this morning. It was a “Lulu” and a whoosh and a sock. And it went home. Paul slowed up and Delaney went on to win about as he chose, except that he undoubtedly would have pre- . ferred to end it with & knock- out. ‘Maybe he could have if he'd had both hands in good shape, but the right wasn't enough. ©nee in the fourteenth round it almost looked as though it might be. Paul's knees were sagging under him. # But his heart was still there and they never touched the canvas. He covered up Franklin went , to early this month to represent the International Mercantile Marine in the proposed ship deal, plans for which were announced last April. Morgan, Grenfell & Co., the London branch of J. P. Morgan & Co. of, New York, represented the British interests contemplating rchase of the White Star Line, which sails its vessels under the British , &l though "controlled by an American company. Failure of the n ns was a surprise to New York shipping and | many financial circles, for it was thought and hung on and the bell came fnth time. Champlon Gives His All 1 think Paul knew what was:gom- ing when it was all over. He'd done his_best—given all he had—and be|was i sald here he mever fought a better|ne fight, but he hadn’t been able to hit the boy in the green tights often enough, and I guess he knew he'd been fairly licked. Wrapped in his old Indian blanket robe he waited in his corner, his head bowed, for the words that would spell the end of his championship. for Nym'cnl of this sum. CITIZEN. SOLDIERS WIN “PRAISE OF COL. And when they came—as ofily Joel Jumphries can bawl them—he didn't|’ He lifted his walked out again to meet the man who had beaten him, as he had gone so often in the last long hour, Only this time he was smiling. Jack came to meet him. Nobody heard what they said, but they shook hands and Jack stood with his arm - around Paul's neck, while the crowd howled and raved. For it was a grand fight and there wasn’t a man or woman in the whole big park who won't want to see st it again—next time. ' STREET CHANGES ASKED. Trafic Betterment Sought in Vi- cinity of Lafayette Sguare. Establishment of three new one way streets was recommended to the ‘Commissioners yesterday by T=affic Di- | disc regtor M. O. Eldridge in order to dis- courage left hand turns in the vicin- ity of Lafayette Square, where con- hma is bad, especially during rush ours. Mr. Eldridge recommended thatFit- teenth street from JI street to Rhode 3 Island avenue and Vermont avenue i from H to I streets be made one-way thoroughfares for northbound traffie: and that Seventeenth!street from I street to Massachusetts avenue be made one way for southbound traf- fic, Action on these mommd:uo: P ly ‘will be taken by the 4 ners Tuesday. 3. — LOS ANGELES, July 17 (®.—Maud | hy playwrigh ~ band, Robert H. - tal ‘erueity.” Fulton wrote “The Brat,” Bird,” “The Big To ' CRITICIZES SEXPLAYS NEW YORK, July 17 (#).—The sex drama has ~reached the point ‘where “onée m sound, play would end the period lasciviou: ness,” in .nn ofln.fl of Hhr&, most important sion, * | 243,985, exclusive passed by that venes in December. '@ i (- 1 of Enipoyes. ' “The number of Federal employes has been reduced app ly 100, 000 in six years of R control. On December 31, 1920, two months befors the Republican party came into power, the records of, the Civil Service Commission showed 358,681 civilian employes, exclusive of. the postal . ‘The last public state- ment by the Civil Service Commis- n, on December 31, 1925, showed of the postal serv- employes, a net reduction in six IN SULTAN'S DEATY investigation Being Made to] iProve: Whether Mehmed Lo Was Poisoned. . MILAN, Italy, July 17.—Street s Jovimeiay By o tmvecion’o¢ s an £ . flying afits, which' filled the air of 4 the efitiré’ city. The phenomenon was caused Iy their dropping. to ‘earth while' making & flight’ com- ‘mon’ during the breeding season, 1t is asserted that a similar in- ‘vasion of ants occurred in Breslau “in, 1887, S SHPCORPORATION. = OFFCALS HANGED J. Harry Philbin Succeeds G. K. Nichol—L. A. . Chalot. Quits Aide_Post. - By ‘the Associated Press.. .. i .. . " The resignation ot G, J&. Nichol as vice president of the Emergency Fleet Corporation: and the appointment’ in * ' his stead of J. Harry Philbin, who has ' covered ‘flelds &nd " hotises for a period- of ‘several minutes, The Was| guthorities here belleve that the The Sultan did not quite mum to carry. his secrets-to the grave. hammed Bey, a specia] deputy of the. gora. government, . at n Remo Turkey for the pur: pose of investigating first the - of Rachad Pasha, who was the Sul- tan's physiclan, and, second, the death of the Sultan himself. The inyestigation will center about Zeky Bey, who was the Bultan’s aide- , and who has: been in jail &t San Remo.since the Sultan's death, @coused not yet of the murder of the Sultan himself, but of the murder of ad Pasha, the physician, - . Rachad was found dead one morn- fng. It has been believed ever since that he had been u secret. agent of Mustapha Kemel Pasha, and that he. was ordered strangled by t old Sultan, who commissioner Zeky Bey for ‘the job. This explains the in terest ‘of the Kemal government ‘in sending a trusted agent, Mohammed Bey, all the way from Angora to San Remo for the, uTse of evehing up the "death of ad by seeing that ‘hanged. 3 But it"does mot explain the per- sfitent rumors that the Sultan him- self was polsoned or strangled while he lay seriously ill of influenza. Zeky Bey will ‘certainly be ac- cused of one murder—that of the Sultan’s ‘physiclan, ‘and possibly ‘an- othér—that of his royal master. BODIES BELIEVED TOTALLY DESTROYED incident “ column o wlndm:l?lc:ymrrkd. wflt‘:: butterfiies from some central breed- - S CNTLES TOWEET JEWS IN RACE TALK First Such Conference on Mu- tual Interests Will Be in August. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, July 17.—~Announcement’ of ‘'what is described as the first been ‘head -of the ship sales depart- ‘ment of the corporation, was an- nounced yesterday. Mr. Nichol served as vice president 9t the corporation throughout the ad- ministration of Elmer E. Crowley, re- cently as_president of the corporation, and before that had been : " The terms of Morris 'Plan -Loans_are simple and practical and}ffair—it is not necessary to’ e’ a3 filling im- the ‘appol in line with his policy of s with - Ofi)ln‘.n Ith Louis &. H. ot as special assist- ant to him. The post will remajn vacant for the present. 2 A further .change annpunced: the reappointment as director of Wi ‘who some months ago and whose place had not been flled. Gnn. Dalton indieated that other fofmer "employes of the cor- poration who have gone into private business and are recognized as com- petent may be recalled to the govern-~ , Toscanini o Return Here. <’ MILAN, Italy, July 17 UP.—Artarg Toscanini, compdser ‘and ' orchestra conductor, plans to leave for ‘thé United "States in''Obtobér. ‘He will conduct orchestras in Los Angeles, San Francisco, . Sacriments, and Seattle. : - have had an account at this Bank’ to_borrow. national conference of church and |~ ‘synagogue ‘on: racial and interna- tional relations, was made = today through the Mid-West Council, with which the Chicago Forum Council and the Cleveland Educational, Exten- sion Council are affiliated. ‘The conference, sponsored by officials Churches, will be held on the campus “|of Olivet College, Olivet, Mich., Au- Bust 16 - e conference wis proposed b, John W. Herring of New York, -ecn}: tary both of the Mid-West Council and of the committee of Good Will of the Federal Council of Churches. Many Vietims of Inn Fire Still| Others Impossible. By the Associated Press. HAINES FALLS; N. Y., July 17— Some of the persons killed in the fire which destfoyéd ‘Twilight Inn here early Wednesday morning never will be found, officials supervising ' the searth of the ruins decided last night. Aftér a fruitless third-day examina- RAINBOW DIVISION MEN Churches in Christ Is carrying 6n with such_fine earnestness and & The conference will Jecture method and will discussion. BOYS CALLED BURGLARS. CHOOSE DES MOINES, IA.{2ahaz. Vetsrans Conclude .Sessions . by Electing Officers and Picking Next Convention City. 3 i By the Associated Prees. ber of postal employes, who are pald entirely out of postal revenue, from 281,494 to 304,092, an increase of 22,698. Despite this increase in postal employes, there has been a net de- crease for all departments of 92,000. 2| TWO CHILDREN HURT IN MOTOR COLLISION eera 'orma- Mrs, Henry L. Offutt Loses Con- -{ L. Offutt of “. trol of Her Car Trying to Avoid Another Auto. A _Her two children were injured ‘when, in an effort to avoid a. cellision with another automobile near Four- teenth street and Ames place north- east yesterday afternoon, Mrs. Henry Rosslyn, Va., made a quick turn, lost control of her ma- :?un and it struck a delivery vehigle the Ice, Cream Co. . 'NEW_YORK, July 17.—With. the 3 | etection ‘ot officer's and the decisian to hold the next convention: jun; Des Moines, Jowt, the Veteran Ass n of the Rainbow Division of t}u.:rmcr‘ ican itionary Forces concluded @ three. convent ®n3 The . officers elected were: Capt. Howard G. Smith of Jowa, president. Joseph J. O'Meara of Chicago, David Norwood --of - Birming , Ala.; Jo- seph Justad of Minneapolis and Bur- ton’ W. Speigle of Cléveland, vice idents. this The following were appointed to serye for one year: Cortez Souter of Des Moines, secretary, and Dr. Frank 7. Williams, also of Des Moines, treasurer. 4 s | OFFICER'S STILL FOUND,. Policeman and Superior Lose Jobs After Firemen Report Find. PITTSBURGH, July 17 (#).—A still in the house of Thomas Gross, a city detective, cost him and George Bar- clay, police sergeant, their jobs yes- terday. Firemen reported to Barclay they found a still in Gross' home when they were summoned there to fight a fire. Gross said he used it to The - police trial board recom- ‘mended his dismissal for unbecoming 8 | jonduct and that of Barclay for fail- - | sprained arm. entirely by District Miss Gladys McCannaghan, 666 G 'STARK WILL FILED. ing to report the still. MORRI Under Supervision U. S. Treasury 1408 H Street N. W. . . “Character and Earning Power Are the Basis of Credit’® '.‘ AVENSE ARD W STREET K. W. OPPOSITE _ BALL PARK modations for ladies and children. 5 Open daily— 1-.-&:1!!.-. SWIM! L A&fiéfive Semi-Peched I'fomes o . .in Chevy Chase for Only $10,950. : FIBST. let us tell you that there house. Double rear porches. G: Servant’s toilet ...HZ"*"' undry. trays ! basement. Hmnlly sod floors through arage, .ll i ‘