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Zurich Herald, 1928-08-09, Page 2ighti\That Thrilled Me BY JEl! FERY l~ A1NOL,. Chal•les Mitchell, 5 ft. .8 in. in }aright,and weighing just 12 stone,. ;was, at the we of thirty-two, in the ,pntth of his fame. • Mite."hell possessed .a alb:maid:frame,. I)i was remarkably agile, a fine hitter, (and a man of dauntless courage. Many there were who .compared Mitchell ;with Tom Sayers, but, although he weighed over a stone more than the redoubtable Tom, it is doubtful if his blows were so deadly, or if he had the same extraordinary powers of re- cuperation. However, a long list of victories stood to his credit when, late in 1893, a noted English sportsman, "Squire" i Abingdon Baird, offered to back him against J. J. Corbett for a ten -thou - 'Sand dollar side bet and the largest purse offered. A FIERCE ENCOUNTER. The Duval Athletic Club, of Jack- sonvflle, Florida, offered the best purse, namely twenty thbusand dol- lars, winner take all. The match took place on January 5th, 1894.. 1 Strange indeed in these days of .sor-. did commercialism to T read of such truly sporting offer of "Winner take 'all." Boxing has become •a purely fin- 'ancial affair; and whoever hears to- day of a,.ehampioii jeopardizing his title for less than'75 per cent, of a sum often running into five or six figures? Upon that January day Corbett was first to enter the ring and there he sat for an hour wearing only a light bath robe over his fighting costume to pro- •tect him against the chilly wind. stopped his .anan with a :glancing upper-euf The raging Mitchell rushed again, eager for in -fighting, but Jim met hint with a punch in the ribs... And now the fighting grew faster .and ever more furioue. Ina went the hard-4sinit' ing Mitchell .again, and again, only to be met and checked by staggering jolts and jabs followed by terrible swings and drives to head and face. Yet, all undaunted, the grim Mitchell• still persevered with that now famous ducking Mead, but Corbett, shifting, whipped up his right in a terrific uppercut that shook Mitchell's writh- ing body from head to heel; but the little man was all pluck, and, unheed- ing this heavy punishment, in he went and, despite swings and flush hits, jabs and jlots, staggered Corbett with a blow in the face. The champion gave abek, Mitchell sprang at him, only to be checked and rocked by an- other straight blow in the ribs; gasp- ing, he tried the ducking attack, and again was straightened by Corbett's shattering uppercut; breathless and 'bleeding Mitchell came on courage ously as ever, missed with his right, tried with his left, and went down heavily from a crashing blow on the jaw. Champion Jim crouched above him glaring, and waiting for him to rise, Very painfully and slowly the battered Mitchell drew his feet under him the while, through disfiguring blood, he grinned up at the fierce face above him, jeering insults until, losing all control of himself, Corbett struek at him as he cruched thus, such a blow i When Mitchell did arrive his wink as might have killed him (the more and disdainful smile caused Corbett to become so enraged that immediate- ly both were "gloved" he turned to the referee saying, "No shaking hands, let us go!" And "go"they did with every ounce, every nerve and sinew, and a very short, extremely fierce combat it proved. Mitchell, serious and threatening, ropes, and Mitchell was saved by the' feinted rapidly. Corbett merely stood gong and smiled, a contemptuous, purposely Very terrible for this small and irritating smile, until Mitchell grew indomitable Mitchell was the `third round. Brave as ever he rushed and endeavored to clinch, but, stepping back nimbly, Corbett let drive a fear- ful right-hand blow that smashed Mit- chell's nose, and back he reeled on fail- ing legs, steadied himself, crouched, away and outpaced him; so much so and sprang in again, only to be met that a voice shouted:"You haven't 1 with another stunning blow in the got old John L. in front of you now!" same place and, with arms wide -flung, down he went again to lie a moment •. PUNCH AND PARRY. like a dead man. Yet in that pain- Firce and relentless, Corbett pur-racked body and numb brain one sued and, cornering his man, swung thought predionrinatecl—to get up and hard at him, but, ducking the blow fight.... So Charlie Mitchell rose, with great cleverness, Miteheli rushed slowly, and with all that remained to shame, say I), but the blow missed, and before he might strike again the seconds leapt upon the champion, who struggled fiercely, then suffered them to get hint to his corner. But Mitchell rose just before he could be counted. out, and leapt at Corbett and they- clinched. hey clinched.... An ugly moment . of vi- cious in -fighting and then Corbett hurled hint off and battered hint to the wilddy angry in turn, or (to use an )'Americanism) until Corbett had "got Mitchell's goat"; then, quivering and eager, Jim leaped to fight, but Mitchell had Banged out of danger, and quick ;though Corbett was, his lighter an- ;tagonist, dodging here and there, kept of the Seven. Sees The Worst Crime of All 3y I.I. H• ObLfdY iii irt•Bits, 1V,Ini ous of pounds flow, every year service "with your blear son at from the poekets of the pub1ie in the making stere of picking on �. Haled "sweet )flame of Charity.' It le a scan;figuring in the casualty list; 'Sn ive•;s , dal indeed that of this sum a high he buried hundreds of tinnee.; while 10 proportion e deflected by oall'ous flint childrven;' "a few days old ant swindlers, lazy ne'er-do-wells, and, the starving for want of eusteiian,a+ schemers who have learned that no- prove a splendid draw. thing is easier than to live comforts In the same category was n a+:rna'd ably. upon, the kind-hearted,. eent to priebni many times for posing BOW Street's' first mendieity officer, as an old servant in ancient fnmilieed appointed after. the -magistrates had She would write to a young heir eihe been irpros•sed by the difficulty of had just suoceeded to the title: "Yogi discerning between the true and the will not remember me, honored sir, bel false when beggars came before them, "I was in your.r•evered grandmother's was an eccentric character,,, Joseph service five -and -twenty years at Ms Bosley. Known as "Poor Old Joe," Castle." Then would follow a request his somewhat racy garb and tall hat for a fiver to "keep the wolffrons set on one side made him a conspicu- the door." ons figure. One of his characteristic Many appears glossed by "patriotJ) catches 'was when he landed "The dem" were worked to the full oxtene Soap Fit King" into thedock—an ex- during the war by the pests who proyl perienced fit -thrower who, it was upon the charitable. A very noted4 whispered, had deceived into charity adventurer, whose spurious claims to even their worshi,p;s of Bow Street. be, a "great financial operator" had "THE SOAP FIT KING.'" worn somewhat' thin, first discovered that patriotism could be worked with' The painful seizures of this man glorious success. With uncommon never failed to awaken sympathy audacity he mapped out a scheme and4 Possessing double joints ands a face of obtained a number of titled names. BRITAIN'S LARGEST PORT SEEN FROM THE AIR woebegone appearance, this notorious His plan to "assist the chi-ldr prof the A unique view of the great docks at Southampton with seven large impostor had always with him a prac- ;,fallen". was bieSsed by the clergy. 1 ni"" 3' tied up ':at the wharves. •tiled- underling. Usually "The Soap With two , other rogues, experts' 41.4 Atlantic stea e s Fit King" chose the Strand or Char charity frauds,, sumptuous offices were ing Cross to attract the throng. Slip- taken. For a few delirious weeks the ping .a piece of soap into his mouth, trio sat each day, feverishly opening he "foamed" with awe-inspiring real- netters and stacking up the chequess,, and postal orders. Then awkward questions began to be asked; patron withdrew; letters appeared in, the pa pers. The swindlers decamped, and11 because it was war -time, the mattes dropped. FLAG DAY SWINDLES. The uncontrolled badge and flag day quickly proved a golden opportunity for deliberate swindlers. A notorious away was an a �� racing scamp, who had worked old various • forms of sweepstake frau.dsl'y the nearest public-ut a stop conceived the brilliant idea of "organ "Poor Old Joe" put a to num--izing" various flag days for "the dear ger of charity pests whose head curio boys at the Front." With several con• tens were in.Dyott Street The curio federates he ran the game until sus, picion was aroused. I may reveal thai in this swindle women were given two boxes, one for "the dear boys" and • Dust Dangerous -- to Industry 498 Killed, 878 Injured in 184 Blasts Causing Property Lois of $39,706,103 One Fire Caused by Water Spontaneous Combustion in Barn Is Traced to Flood By H. H. Sheldon, M.A., Ph,D. Professor of Physics, New York Uni- versity You would not• expect a bottle of milk or a cork to explode; would you? And it wouldn't so long, as it stays a bottle of milk or 'a cork, but if it be- comes dry milk dust or fine cork dust floating in the 'air it most certainly will explode upon any reasonable prov- ocation. Perahps you' might be somewhat timid about putting a match to a few quarts of nitroglycerine, and yet we are told (the author hasn't tried it) that if it is an open vessel, so that the gas can escape, it will burn rapidly, Of the cases studied by the bureau but will not use it to. xIt takes a sud one was due to pyroxylin lacquer dust "Poor Old Joe" himself obtained ad-. etc., were started by this swindler, who den jar to cause it explode. resulting from the spreading of lacquer mission in thb disguise of a miserable managed to inveigle into his plans •a You might also be surprised that a on automobile bodies, eleven were sul- mendicant. As a result, the place was titled lady. barn standing in three feet of water phut dust, four hard rubber dust, six- cleared out, and a bonfire made of The camp -followers of these big op - explosion. But do these, things ever Hazard of Dust Explosion Dr. -David J. Price, of the Bureau of ism, while his contortions were. truly horrible. Reviving, he would feebly Chemistry and Soils, in an address ,at . say, "Pin sorry, nates, but I've 'ad the. the University of Pennsylvania, said: + fits since childhood. I'll try and see "The research work of the Bureau of if I can get 'ome" Chemistry and Soils indicates that, At this point the underling cried when mixed with air in proper proper- out,whipping off;his hat and throwing tions, combustible dusts of practically I the decoy sixpence within: "What all types can be readily ignited by -ex about a collection for the poor fel- ternal sources of heat or flame. The low?" Money would rain in the hat, bureau has obtained records of more and as soon as the crowd had dissolved than 300 of these explosions. In 78 thered journment to dust explosions 498 persons were kill- ed and in 106 explosions 876 were in- jured. In 144 cases the property loss amounted to $39,706,108, an average of nearly $246,590 for each explosion. The economic importance of this prob- lem can be more readily appreciated when it is realized that at least 28,000 industrial plants, employing over 1,- 324,000 ,324,000 persons and manufacturing products of an annual value in excess of $10,000,000,000, are subject to the hazard of dust explosions." This sounds very much like busi- ness, and undoubtedly many small ex- plosions have occurred of which the shop in front masked the real purpose of the place The proprietor was an old lag who had retired from active crime and had hit upon a more lucre-, another for themselves, five "profession." Here were beggarI Most amazing, one of the 'chief of crutches; shades for the poor blind,"charity swindlers conceived the plan complete with stick and dog; ragged of a pointin himself "a charity in• clothes and the one matchbox upon the I appointing g y tray, together with boards painted i vestigator. Growing bolder, he pubs fished a magazine dealing with char - with 'piteous legends: "Arm blown off iof , in an explosion," and "An old sailor, i charities mould Abe stating invest gated rand; department •has no knowledge and tY wrecked seventeen times," etc. These jf proved unsatisfactory, "the police 1 props were loaned out at a small which were never understood by those concerned. suns daily. A "PATRIOTIC" SCOUNDREL. would be informed." Various "funds,', some of them alleged to be for "offi- cers' widows," "cases of heartbreak," into a hugging clinch. Corbett pushed him of strength the little man hauled as the result of a flood would suddenly teen starch, nine sugar, twenty-seven many wooden legs and bandages. him roughly away and, leaping out of himself upbythe ropes turnip of its own accord catch 8ie and burn, wood.._ dust, six cork, two aluminum By "Joe's" vigorous campaign the appeared on various doorsteps jingl- g tense,lower- P and, g to ti 0 water evel,--,.And that.. too, distance, Mitchell stood g battered face towards his merciless dust, sic fertilizers, three spice, two fakers and cadgers that were the pest ing a collecting box. "A copper for ing and watchful, while Corbett, con- foe, tottered forward. • has happened. These may like pitch dust, one rosin, two powdered of the West -end and Bow Street were the kiddies of the fallen" or "the local stantly menacing and keeping him And Corbett? Crodched like a tiger, occurrences in some distorted" land, milk, two chocolate and cocoa, two cleared out. It was said of him that fund for the widows of the dead' were h tr held back and d where nothing happens as we expect, celluloid and three cotton dust are "made the lame to walk and the favorite ruses. orators were the cadgers who at dusk thus on the strain, a he laughed, and withtiger-like un 1 are actually fair, ear v t Doorstep cadgers who call fot but such occurrences smiled ..and sullied . . until, like a t,, leapt and, t• IN i all harm aces sounding names blind to see flash, Mitchell leapt in with that low, unpitying as a igen, l hid bly common. How does it all happen? with als power—anrave Need smote for Constant. Vigilance Of the begging -letter writer much long drive for the mark just above the Two Kinds of Explosions ,he causes of these explosions were could ..be written. There are "copy - Mitchell, leaping convulsively into the air, pitched down head first and lay unconscious. And Champion James Corbett left the ring—laughing. waistline -that same terrible punch P• d i lit t fists" who stake a comfortable living which had proved so successful against the mighty Sullivan—in it came with. 'arm and shoulder behind it... Cor- bett parried it and , . smiled still, Mitchell swung instantly . for that mocking mouth, but this was also par- tied, with the same graceful ease, and as he 'jumped back it seemed that Champion Jim's smile was wirier and . more contemptuous .than ever. So in Mitchell went again, so hotly that Cor- bett in turn gave back, stopping Mit- chell's tremendous drives or avoiding thein with dancing footwork or twists of supple body. Enraged at being thus Lightly baffled, Mitchell went after the champion and swung right and left for the point of the chin—Corbett dodged and they clinched. And now Mitchell was hard at it—in-fighting, with both hands, a truly dangerous man, quick, hard -smiting and grim; so dangerous indeed that Corbett, fending him off with the fore -arm, pushed him away and leapt back, and, as Mitchell followed, met him with, a lightning blow in the mouthy checked by this, Mitchell sparred, dodged a vi- cious left hook, and was fighting on retreat when the gong was struck. Round two and Corbett was on his man with the leap of a tiger, bewild- ering him with rapid feints and cun- ning shifts, and then his glove smack- ed home on Mitchell's jaw. The dog- ged Englishman. staggered, shook his head, and, steadying himself, leapt in with his ducking, low head, but Cor- bett, expecting this and timing his movement to a fraction, shifted and SYM PATH ETIt "I was just taking a little beauty nap." „ Oh. In too bad I disturbed you. Newfoundland has entered into a trade treaty with Canada and will now stip us all the empty gasoline cans left behind by ocean fliers. In ,spite of the immense sums that Will be spent on roads . this year, there will . doubtless be the same criticism of poor roads next year. There are two kinds of explosions not so varie as one m g expac which are commonly classed as physi- The majority resulted from sparks due. by selling epistles to those less handy cal and chemical. A physical explo- to operation of machines, caused by Letter Writers" was at one time resi- sion is of the type of a "blow-out" of hard foreign material getting into the ;dent in Hackney although he SOclever- an automobile tire. The explosion of grinding equipment. Running a close ly cloaked habitation that he was a• steam boiler or of a tank of com- second to this cause was sparks from ly d his earth, He had been a pressed gas is similar. A large quail- static electricity caused by belts run -'never never ranter end his stock -in -trade tity of gas under pressure is suddenly ning over pulleys and so on. Occa- 'consisted s -tea andcopof, the -y List. released. Liquid air in a closed con- sioually the cause war a direct open vith the pen. The "King of Begging tainor will develop enormous pressure. flame A broken electric lamp bulb and will sooner or later exp this reason it must always be kept in overheated bearings were responsible.I open containers. An unusual cause of one was sparks A chemical explosion is the same as arising from a broken elevator chain, , a fire, but takes place more` rapidly.,: -and In another friction in handling , In this case material combines with boxes. As some.of these causes are i oxygen, which it may obtain from the such as to be beyond expectatj;,on and air, to form a gas and. usually an ash. consequently difficult to avoid, there If the gas is formed slowly it will es- is obviously a need for constant vigi- cape as it is formed, but if it is. formed lance on the part • of the workmen, rapidly it will destroy all its inelosures who should be trained to recognize in the attempt to expand. The termer at once any.condition which night is a fire, but the latter is..an expo- arise capable of producing sparks. slam• It is perhaps worthy to notice that If we post up such signs as "glycerl in none of the' causes listed above nitrate," "cellulose nitarte," - " piric does one find sparks from electric acid," "trinitrotoluene,"' every work motor brushes. This is due partly to man would Have all due respect, even the desire of.manufacturers to build though he had not the slightest idea their motors intended for service iii what the substance might. be. But if dusty plants. in such a manner as to the signs say "flour," "metallic dust," protect the motor from dust for its "milk dust," "chocolate dust," "wood own good and partly due to their dust," "sugar" or "rubber dust,',' the recognition of this danger. Motors workman feels that he is familiar with are now being built that can be safely these things and would light a snatch run in an atmosphere of explosive gas. for smoking without hesitation. • The safety feature of these motors is The danger lies in the fact that all in an outer housing, constructed scattered through the air as dust each sufficiently heavy to' withstand an ex - particle has in its neighborhood, plenty plosion from within 'and so as tiot to of oxygen for rapid combination or communicate it to the outside -gas. :With this . he wrote letters alleging lode. For caused .a few more, and in one case l "Summer Outing Funds" and travel. ing "clergymen" collecting .for "Wi- dows' Wednesday Seaside Trips" are specimens of the appeals made to the kind-hearted. Every avenue is search- ed for fresh designs upon those who give because they feel they are help- ing others. Fortunately, the police are now alert to this scandal, and investi: gation is being made into many alleg- ed "charities" that. have drawn large amounts on various pretexts. - This necessitates that the case should remain sufficiently cool on the outside to be always below the ignition point of the gas. One cannot rely on a gas- ld require tight arousing, a gasket, which might be left out on reassembly after repairs. The cause of "spontaneous combias- tion" is the same as that of explosions, but in this case the oxidation begins slowly. Having begun, it produces heat and this, raising the temperature of the surroundings, increases the rate of oxidation. And so the process ac- celerates until fire occurs. This is very common in barns of hay, al- falfa, etc., the annual loss amounting to $60,000,000 annually, An interesting case 'occurred near Middlesex, Vt., after the flood last year. The water rose to a height of seventeen feet in" a barn containing about fifty tons of hay. A day after the flood had receded considerable steaming was noticed. The .third day a' charred odor was apparent and that afternoon the barn burned. The hay still -stood in three feet of water waren the barn burned. It is a •Clear-cut case of a fire which was started by water, and due to the fact that' water con- tains oxygen. - Fires of this type have occurred in • coal, both iu mines and in storage, and are particularly common among only rags. One cannot be too careful, for even "stones" burn, as anyone knows who has ever ,made acetylene gas by letting water drip on the stone-, like substance calcirim carbide. Lines and Curves Los Angeles. Times: A firm with a woman at • its head is now seining stock to the public in fat women's wear. , . The flapper has had het fling. Straight lines seen `about to surrender their supremacy. . The inatr•ouly woman, will not try to look like the flapper in the future.... 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