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WHEN BUBBLIN . TEN-ROUND EXHIBITION IS SCHEDULED TO TAKE PLACE IN SCRANTON, PA. | | | | “4 Zs (By Associnted Press), SCRANTON, Pa. May 20.— Fight fans from all parts of the, an;bracite regions will see the ten| round welterweight iampionio! s fight . between Mickey Walker, | world’s champion tind Pete Latzo, | of this city, tonight. Walker is to receive with a privilege of 37% of the gate. of the gate. $30,000 per cent Latzo a percentage} erica’s greatest race. Three years ago Walker got a} Kentucky will be happy for another year. eeceveocceces C00e8 newspaper decision over Latzo. acess ° ° esate . YESTERDAY'S RESULTS American League Chicago, 9; Boston, 7. New York, 6; St. Louis, 2. Cleveland, 6; Philadelphia, 5. Detrait, 6; Washington, 0. LAND CASE UP BEFORE COURT HARRY E. PRETTYMAN AR- RAIGNED ON CHARGE OF FRAUDULENT REPRESEN- National League TATION OF FARM TRACTS Philadelphia, 6. St. Louis, 2. Pittsburgh, 6; New York, 3. Cincinnati, 5; Brooklyn, 1. Boston, 5; Chicago, 2, (By Associated Press) DELAND, May 20.—-Adjourn- ment at noon in the trial of Harry E. Prettyman, charged with fraudulent representation of lands he sold in the Deland-Daytona farm tracts was in prospeet when court reconvened this morning. Judge John E. Peacock is sched- uled to appear in U. S. district court in, Jacksonville to answer contempt charges filed by Commis- sioner E. H. Henderson against the county judge, sheriff and several PLORIDA STATE LEAGUE Orlando, 7; Sarasota, 5. Bradenton, 3; Lakeland, 1. Sanford, 5; Fort Myers, 1. St. Petersburg, 6; Tampa, 3. TODAY'S GAMES American League Chicago at Boston. St. Louis at New York. Detroit at Washington, Cleveland at Philadelphia, National. Le Boston at Chicago, New York at Pittsburgh. Philadelphia at St. Louis, Brooklyn at Ci New York jman trial is not completed, it would. necessitate an adjiurnment over the week end. After two days of testimony of the complainant, Florida real es- tate commission, defense evidence got under way at opening of court yesterday morning. During the day ten witnesses were examined, including surveyors, engineers and attorneys, whose testimony con- cerned plans for organizing a drainage district introduced in re. buttal of test:mony to effect that Prettyman premised purchasers to drain all lands without cost to them, Purchasers were satisfied with their deals, they said, only complaint oceasioned by delay in receiving deeds, Many defense witnesses were in court this morning, and Attorney | Waybright, chief counsel, stated that others would arrive at time scheduled for their testimony, among them prominent realty de- velopers. ‘ That the defense will not fore- Biaton go a week end adjournment was indicated by Prettyman this morn- ° ° ing. CALENDAR OF SPORTS vested here and I will go the limit | to vindicate myself of this un | reasonable charge,” he said, when ng of Metro-}%ked if he proposed to ontroduce all three-score or more witnesses responding to his summons. “I will make every effort to prevent them revoking my broker li- } cense,” he added, * SORSeeseeegegoqaooancoes ATHLETIC EVENTS BENCH SHOW—Annual show! AT HIGH SCHOOL of Golden Gate Kennel Club, at | eeeceeccecceeceseccqcese San Francisco. j ade EI | The athletic schedule of yester- | . = 2G P, day's events of the M. C. H. S. BOXING — New York State] shows the baseball game of the amateur championships, at TA Geeks as the ‘senior bays Walk — oa ae 10 men ended in a score of 9 to 5 in favor valker vs. Pete Latzo, rounds, | i at Seranton. Solly Seeman vs./ ES ace to be played ood laey sea 10 rounds, at! are (1) Seniors vs. Sophomores; Albany. N. Y. | (2) winners of (1) va. eighth “ grade boys; (3) Junior girls vs. STANDINGS American League Ws 20 17 18 18 16 9 8 Y ” 16 13 16 16 16 21 (24 Washington Cleveland Philadelphia Chicago Detroit Boston St. Louis National League Ww. L. 21.10 b bas © ny gion & 3 15 14 16 18 14°17 12 18 9 21 Cincinnati Brooklyn Chieago . Pittsburgh St. Louis New York Philadelphia RACING-—-Mee' *politan Jockey Club closes at Ja-| maica, Meeting of .Kentucky Jockey Club, at Louisville. | GOLF—Spring invitation tour- nament opens at Excelsior Springs, Mo. | others, and in event the Pretty-| ISSUE CERTHFICATES | : OF NOMINATION (Ry Axspeinted Press) | TALLAHASSEE; May 20.—| Certificates of nomination as! |state’s attorney have been sent lout by Secretary of State H. Clay | | Crawford for C. A. Savage, Jr.,| jof Ocala, and Alto Adams, of Fort | |Pierce. ‘The eertifieates. were |sued when one opponent of Mr. | Savage and two. of Mr. Adams’ | | failed to file their expense state- | \ments within the prescribed time | limit, the secretary of state said. | Mr. Savage announced as a can. didate from the fifth judicial cir-| cuit. composed of Citrus, Her-! nando and Marion counties. ! James Whitehurst, of Brooksville, | ‘qualified but did not file his ex- pense statement. Mr. Adams was a candidate | from the 2ist district, composed | of Indian River, St. Lucie, Okee-| ehobee and Martin counties and ‘was opposed by Angus Sumner, | of Fort Pierce, and Edwin Brob- ston, of Stuart. While certificates of nomina-) tion have been issued for the two} candidates, their assumption of | office is subject to confirmation {by the state senate. | TORNADO HITS = PALM BEACH | 4 | RCOP OF ELKS’ HOME I5 | PARTLY BLOWN | OFF { (My Associated Press) G OVER MADE KENTUCKY~ BUBBLE OVER A Kentucky-bred and Kentucky-owned horse has won the Kentucky Derby, Am- i The photo above shows the amazingly easy. manper in which Bubbling Over, one of the E. R. Bradley en- | tries in the race, galloped to vietory. Five lengths behind is his stablemate, Baggenbaggage, who beat out Rockman. ADJOURNMENT IN THE KEY WEST CITIZEN CECT CLOTS TIEOOOOOESLCCOS8OOE8HO0S0O05O0C80808C80 ee . | | j | | INVESTIGATION INTERESTING NOTES eoeencecccscessoecoecces IN PRISON MINE A British lifeboat crew has been awarded $500 for rescuing 11 men |from a sinking vessel 45 years) | ago. JURY | eco JEFFERSON COUNTY j Alfred Bell of Lemington, Eng., DESCRIBES FLAT TOP MINE ont three hours climbing a 130- AS AN ARMED CAMP | IN, foot chimney to rescue a cat at its} top. EVERY RESPECT es | Rev. C. F. Lyttel of Elgin, Il., objected to an amateur drama be- (By Associated Prexs) jing -staged in his church and} BIRMINGHAM, May 19.—De-| stopped the performance after the second act. | s an armed camp, with life pr in direct charge, in aps cribing Flat Top prison mine as | Tv an exhibition match at St. al| Petersburg, Fla., “Put” Mossman teport of its recent investigation,, made “ringers” pitching horse- the Jefferson county grand jury| Shoes blindfolded, after winning doived into other phases today of | {82 World’s championship at the ee ee vies ¥ OF lage of 18. its inquiry into the death at Flat ae i } Top of James W. Knox, prisoner. Finding noodle soup on the The report declared it had been, teble for the sixth day in sueces- found that ‘three life-term con-| 80% Ethelbert Connor of Wash- viets as “monarchs” ruled their) #gtom. Pa., pitched the bowl out fellow prisoners and inflieted on} the w.ndow, beat his wife and got them almost unbelieyable cruelty,| Sed for divorce. The principal form of i | : “ Ber was the “indiscriminate ond pe |, Miss Aueusta Koerlich of Ber supervised” use of the leather | lm shot and killed an unidentified strap, the jury reported, although | an who was discovered peeping it was said that prisonéts were | ther bedroom. sometimes imprisoned for long periods in “dog: houses.” » Three eases were cited where the men | © "~ had received brokeb: Hishe br tife- dividends from oil d'scovered on} time scars from blows of hiekory ;'"¢ Church's property. clubs. The jury was unable to find No ae TS, aS any instaneé where Hloggings wore? _22- his will: Cardinal Mercier | administered under the direction aaked the pardon of apy persons of a prisoner, -but straw bosses | ¢ BAY have wronged and express- flogged convicts: at will, ‘the report | ©4 forBiveness to any one who may en ’ have wronged him: Hope was expressed that the in- vest'gation will result in some ar- on-| ers Members of an Arkansas con- gregation now receive regular cash \in the American league, Ch “I have a lot of money in-| | WEST PALM BEACH, May 20. rangement being made whereby | —A small tornado swept down’ on convicts will be employed above Sey 3 “30 o’elock sound in the future. Wort abe Beach, at 1:29-o'eleck |" one jury found that Br :J: E. | this afternoon, doing considerable Rephins, the physician at Flat | damage to homes and buildings’ Top, was present at the mine each |along the lake front. The roof morning when the prisoners went | of the Elks home was partly blown “into work, but left immediately for loff, Melis of the ‘Trias building, | bis Private practice. Homer An- | ’ j derson, negro, was left to attend |under construction, caved in under to, the sick, the report declared. | the aigh pressure of the wind. ;It revealed that Anderson ad- | ‘The light and power company, Mitted pumping poison into Knox’s reported light wires down. Sev-| P°dy at the direction of. his su- ral residences were slightly dam- P°T!0"* laged. So far ii was hurt or killed. A seaplane riding on the waters of Lake Worth was lifted out of the water by the force of the wind carried a short distance and turn- j ed bottom side up. No one was in| WETHEIM ON MAIN, Ger- bths Glass oh tie alah, many, May 20.—An explosion in Numerous automobiles parked) ® Powder mill near Hasslerch, lin the vicinity of the Elks’ home Bavaria, today caused the death were damaged by flying timber of from 15 to 20 persons. when the roof of the home was Of the large number injured blown away. Members of the club thirty were taken to hospitals. | were able to reach safety on the The mill was wrecked. first floor of the building. Several windows in the end of the downtown district were blown in. Telephone and light wires in the end of the town are down. ! Palm Beach, across the lake, was touched by the tornado, but so far as is known the damage was slight. s known n0 one BBE OSION KILLS” NUMBER OF PERSONS (By Associated Press) N and Morning petition and to keep Healthy Write for Free “Eye Care” or “Bye Beauty” Book Mauriac CA Dept. H. S.,9 E. Obi Chicago G. C. ROBERTS Dealer in General Merchandise WALTER’S GALVANIZED TIN SHINGLES Cornell Wall oors, Blinds, ¢ H. B. Da toofing. Board, Sash, Cement 100 Per Cent Pure Paint and Oils. PHONE 240 William and Caroline Sts. WORLD SHIPPING IMPROVES | Although world shipping still is} not in a satisfactory condition, ac- cording to maritime men, the idle tonnage is steadily being decreas- ed. On January 1, 1923, the idle tonnage of all the ten chief mari- time nations of Europe was 3,400,- 000 whereas on January 1, 1926, it was 1,360,009 or a reduction of 60 per cent. il better results are expected to be shown by the first of the coming year, and pos- sibly before then. Spi the one place in the world where it is possible to live in comfort thout illness, for, owing te the arctic air, it has been found that no disease. germs can exist there, Senior girls; (4) winner ef (3) vs. eighth grade girls. Notice is also given that all ten- nis singles must be finished be- fore Frid: Yesterday Theron Gato won 6-4, 6-4 sets from Floyd Ayala, Today Earl Yates wilt meet Theron Gato in Bayview Park at 4 p.m. Other games to be played are: (1) Joe Pierce vs. Robert Knight; (2) winner of (1) vs. Isadore Weintraub; (3) win- ner of (2) vs. today’s winner, either Theron Gato or Earl Yates. As a final, winner of (3) vs. Raul Roque. Class presidents are requested to turn in names of students who desire to play in tennis doubles. Track men will practice at 4 Pp. m. today. Plans are being perfected for Rotary Boys’ Week. BEARUP’S DRY CLEANING WORKS S14 MARGARET STREET PHONE 227 MASTER CLEANERS AND PRESSERS PHONE .348 JOHN C. PARK Plumber and Supplies IN NEW LOCATION 328 Simonton Street Sala? THECENTER OF DISTINGUISHED )-\SQCIAL LIFE IN THE FLORIDATROPICS <6 MOTOR BOATING-SURF BATHING- FISRING- GOLFING- WINTER RACING. dee 4? HOTEL HALCYO IN THE CENTER OF ALL ACTIVITIES CAPACITY 300- Di IVE BOOKLET OPEN ALL THE YEAR 5-— EUROPEAN PLAN Arthtr H. Mould. Manszen. aoe PAGE THREE TWO MORE HOME RUNS FOR BABE RUTH YESTERDAY. CLEVELAND WINS OVER) PHILADELPHIA IN WED-| NESDAY’S EXHIRITION BY 6 TO 5 SCORE | | Seventy home runs will be turn-| ed from the bat of Babe Ruth if| he continues present thfoughout the season. His two home runs yesterday, gave him 14 to date, with only! one-fifth of the schedule played. He is more than a week ahead of his record of 1921 when he made 59. Ruth was not the lone figure in the massacre of the Browns, 6 to| 2, for Earl Combs and Bob Meu-| sel hit homers. } Otherwise it was a western day his pace | Cleveland and Detroit winning} | their games. The Tigers, with Jones pitching and Ty Cobb sending forth three safeties, downed the Senators, six to nothing. Cleveland rallied in the late in- nings to beat Philadelphia, 6 to 5, Lefty Grove being the victim. Simmons and Joe Sewell register- ed home runs. Boston eounted seven runs on as many hits, but Chicago won. Young Wiltse of the Red Sox, lost his first game of the season on the | home field. Pete Donahue pitched a master- ful game for the league leading Cincinnati Reds in the National, | and Jess Petty, Brooklyn, who won five straights at the start of the season, was his victim. Only two safeties were made off Donahue! and he won, 5 to 1. Pieinieh hit) a homer. The Pittsburgh Pirates the New York G's istering 12 hits. A wild throw by Jack Scott in the fifth inning in- jureé the Giants chances. Manager Horsby, of Louis Cardinals, his team was being beaten_by the Phillies, 6 to 2. St. the Martin Abrahams of New York, who weighs 175 pounds at the age| of 13, was arrested when he ate a $2 meal and had no money with which to pay the bill. ‘ST. PETERSBURG *| hurling 1h *! the Highlanders on spiked while | - Coaches Crew TAKES LEAD IN SANFORD MAKES If TWO STRAIGHT FROM FORT MY-| ERS IN SPECTACULAR EX-| HIBITION ASSOCIATED PRESS HEAD-| QUARTE May 20,—St. Peters- burg jumped into the lead in the! Florida State League yesterday, | defeati the Smoke for the third si nt time, 5 to 3. | Sanford made it two straight from Ft. Myers, 5 to 1. Wilson, for the Celery Feds, struck out eight men. Ivan Olson’s Gulls dropped an- other game to Orlando, Culbreth| pitched a good game for Orlando. to 5. | enton Growers found} , made it three} Cnder the direction of Coach “Poy Cason allowed | Leuder (above), Cornell University ex hits. | pects t6 make a noteworthy showing % in rowing this season. Leuder has | been putting his charges through daily practices on Lake Cayuga and latest reports state the Ithaca pad Glers ere coming along nicely Ley der's main objective, of course, 1# the annual Poughkeepsie regatta 1p The seore The Bra land and raight, 3 to 1. YEAR FOR AMERICAN COTTON) GCcoD «By ATLANTA, May 20.—The past} been one of the bu t fruitful in the history! American cotton manufac- ture £ tion, Winston D.! A N. C., see- retary of organization reported to! the convention here. | ROBERTS & WHALTON REAL ESTATE BROKERS OFFICE: Corner Fleming and Ma: Phone 788 FLORIDA Axnociated Prexs) year and m of th MUSIC INSTRUCTION Teacher of Cornef, Saxophone, Trombone and Clarinet. Spe- cial instruction solfegio, time and music. Band and orchestra furnished for all occasions, Parlor music a specialty. HUBERT REASON 910 White St. Phone 444- PLUMBER Sheet Metal Work CALL PHONE 621-W it Streets Cable Address: Trot P, 0. 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