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CURRENT NOTES OF THE TURF. Wm. Ryan of Chicago has volunteered his services without pay to the signal corps. Kyan was formerly an expert telegrapher and electrical engineer and, having traveled extensively In foreign countries,, should make a valuable man in the cause of his country. The significance of the name of Papp, which good juvenilo has been winning frequently of late for former Congressman George W. Loft, has been u matter of some discussion. The colts name represents a combination of the first letter in each word of Mr. Lofts business motto, "Pcnny-a-pound-profit," which he uses in all his advertising in connection with the big candy business he conducts in New York City. Joe Ileiii, well-known to Chicago racing folk, and a brofher-In-law of H. H. Brown, was stricken with pneumonia last January at El Paso, recovered and went to Hot Springs, Ark., where he sickened again and then came on to Chicago in March, dying May 3 of quick consumption. Requiem mass was celebrated at St. Mels church May 5. and burial was at Mount Carmel. Joe Hein was thirty-eight years old and a bachelor.
