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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-10-01
RFVnWM " 2! nF BRIDGE
 CASE UP 10 COURT
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WlthdraWn hal not been needed and
 and that the tax payers had not been gwen an opportunity to present their
 protests.
 The petitions asked that a writ of
 eettlafafl be issued 10 bring the pc
 d1-ens Into court and have the find lhgs or the board of commissioners reviewed.. The court was a so asked to grant temporary order restrain ing the commiss' 'oners from proceed Ing further under the act of the leeis- lalure creating the improvement dis IT ct
 Tae answer read by Attorney M i'dlalef set up that the court was without jurisdiction and deniedl in toto the allegations contained in the petition.
 Attorney w. F. Coleman made the opening statement on behalf of inc Df1dge people. He contended that q "ilS or cert orari can not be employed TOT the purpose of securing a review of the findings of another tribunal The act of the legislature, he argued set up the board of bridge commas siohers as tribunal to hear the eyi- aehee It deemed necessary, and that us dec sicn was final. He cited numerous cases in the judicature Of 'hls and other states to support his contentious. He said the Supreme Court of Arkansas had held that the findings in this case could not he review ed.
 Mr. Coleman also presented all argument to show that the assessors TOT the bridge district will make their assessments on a basis of benefits conferred by the improvement. that the petitioner could not say whether ne would be assessed and in what amount Further, that if his assess ment was thought to be an unfair enc he could then resist it's collection m any court of law.
 At the afternoon session Asa G. Gfacle claimed "steam roller" meth oas lad been employed by the com ihlsslon, and that the act of the leg stature had been contemplated as q referendum measure by it's framers.
 Attorney J. Il. Carmichael argued that certiorar could be substituted Tor appeal under some C rcumstance and that it was applicable in this case where no provision for apyeal was made ill the act creating the district. He made numerous citations to support his argument.
 NIT, Gcleman then made a brief re- Jo nder ill which he took up the al- legations contaired ill the petition and en deavOred to show that u,ey were not in conformity with the prac- 7 'lce before the Jefferson bar in that [ they were not specific as to fact. At | lae conclusion of Mir. Golemanss re- marks the case was taken uLder ad-
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BLUFF CITY MILL
 ENTIRELY DESTROYED
LUMBER AND SHEDS MAKE BIG BLAZE AND EMPL0YE NAR-
 ROWIY ESCAPES DEATH.
Damage Estimated tt S25,0OO Is Partially Covered By
 lnSuIance.

Fire of unknown origin yesterday morning at 3 o'clock totally destroy cd the sheds and lumEer of the Bluff City Lumber and Milling Company, Fourth avenue and Mulberry street, The damage amounted to about S23, ,0O0 with insurance in the sum Of $l7,O00.
 Fire Departments Nos. and 2 res bonded to the alarm. Upon arrival
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-10-01
SCOOL 1EAM|
 IN SCRIkAct
(s GIVE FIRST hM \ kD GO AND MANAGTO
 SCORE TOUCHDOWN
End Run and Forw;N Pass Executed Results In Ach.
 down For Reyuharss

High School regularR Rstball nd tfe scrubs lined por a Frlmmage yesterday Nnoon
 campus. For fully kmin- |e ssidiron warriors hA Acred Fher's lines. The scr,&cre
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-10-01
AT THE ORPHEO

Tae bill which opened at the Or paeo Theatre yesterday afternoon is an exceptionally strong one.
 Tel Bailey and h's posing dogs open the show. This act is out of the ord nary and is very pleasing. The pictraes which Mr. Bailey and his dogs represent are taken from mas
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-10-01

oI tae apparatus the lumber and sheds Were burning so fiercelv that the Bremen turned their attention to saffonhdlng property in a success ul elIoft to prevent the flames from spreading.
 several streams were thrown ip- to action and the fire was checked to noticeable degree within q shorf fl1he. The intense heat damaged near oE buildings to some extent, the plate glass windows in the brick building on the south side of the street melt Ing. The building is owned by tba Valley Land Company. Several small dwellings ignited during the course of the confiagration, but the alert ness of Fire Chief Breiner prevented any further losses, The wagons at Station No, } remained at the sta tion Eut would have been called had occasion demanded
 Wiley Gocde, an empIoye of the BluH City company, was asleep in the building and narrowly escaped death. J. (. Atkins, the manager of the company was totally unable to ae- count for the fire and Chief Breincr laid it to unknown causes.
 The insurance. which covers q lit tie over half of the loss is carried in companies represented by the Cot ton Belt Savings and Trust Company and the R. H. M. Mills and Sons agency
 1t is understood that the buildings will be rebuilt immed ately.
 Two Alarms Sunday.
 The Fire Department responded to two calls Sunday afternoon, the damages in both cases being small Two bales of cotton on Chestnut street, the property of Charles Veil, became ienited Sunday morning but the blaze was easily extinguished. Sunday afternoon several bales of cotton on the platform of the Iron Mountain freight depot, caught fire, and here also the flames were eE- with little damage.
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the youngest ragtime singer in vau- deville and she thoroughly lives uo to her reputation. Though very. young and wee bit of a thing the Ettle lady has musical voice that Is rarely ever found n child of ner age.
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-A marriage license was issl yesterday to Floyd Correll, 20,s z Miss Ella Bracco, 19. Tae brids be lives at Stuttgart and the groo5. "a Pins Bluff boy. E
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-10-01

'o l'l ny McGraW, manager of he NV York Giants. e-asilared fEa eraf1lfst team leader in Major leasue baseball who is credited with having acsznlp-is2ed more w6h inferior prayers than any other manager in
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-10-01

the besinoss. During Il $ ten years as pile of tse G5anCs he has Won for Ne" York w7rld's championship, fo3r National Leayue pennants and never a lowed his team to finish | Wer chan fourth place.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-10-01

kries-Turritt and Wgo; Bliss,
 e and severoid.
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assis'ol by Marshall L.4g. former star ha.fbaek of the Culver ludiana. N litary School team.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-07
TRACK WORK AT w. AND L.
 NOW ABSORBING INTEREST

Lexington Va, October 6.-(Special)- Although it is a little early in the sea- son for any predictions to be made con- corning the prospects of track activities at Washington and Lee, yet the number of veterans that have returned and the abundant supply of new material on hand gives good assurance of a very successful year.
 Right at present the annual cross-coun- try run is the topic of absorbing interest in this department This event will be and with only a month ahead all of the candidates are going through vigorous training Glass, who won the five mile event last year, will not compete in this trial. He ran a splendid race In 1911, but, not being hard pressed, failed to break the record of 30 minutes and s seconds, hung up by Wood in 1910. So far there are about 10 entries, mostly French men, for whom the run is intended prin- cipally in order to encourage the interest of the new men in track work The same course as was used last year will be run, this being over a portion of the na- tional highway.
 Of the track veterans back, those who won monographs last year are expected to bear the brunt of the work. F. F. Burk, captain of varsity basketball team, will also lead the track athletes. Terry a new man from Arkansas, is also expected to do great things in the hurdle line and the middle distance as well. Carter Glass, the crack sprinter, Is back. He has manip- ulated the 220 yard dash in 22 4-5 seconds, the 100 yard dSsh in 10 seconds flat and at the Baltimore meet last spring he lowered the south Atlantic record for the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-07

Iris Speaker, center fielder of the Red Sox, and Larry Doyle, second base man and captain of the Giants, have been pronounced the greatest all- around players of their respective Chalmers trophy commission. Each of the champions will receive Chalmers 1913 "Thirty-six."
 Rem Mulford, Jr., chairman of the jury of newspaper men, has arrived in Chi cago bearing the papers containing the votes, and the two players will receive the new cars during the, worlds series.
 Hugh Chalmers, president of the Chalmers Motor company of Detroit who last season evolved this idea of stimulating the general play and con duct of the big Ieaguers. will be pre- sent next Tuesday at the Polo gorunds. New York, to deliver a Chalmers ear into the keeping of Captain Larry. The following day at. Fenway park. Bos- ton, the motor car maker will make a like award to Speaker when the Giants and Red Sox prepare for the second battle of the worlds championship.
 Last Seasons Winners
 Last season the commission composed of newspaper baseball writers in the II cities of the two major circuits hon ored Frank Schulte of the Cubs with a total of 29 points and Tyrus Cobb. the sensational Tiger who was given a perfect score of 64 points. This sea- son "Wildfire" failed to earn a point while Cobb is tied with Baker of the Mackmen for seventh place, each hav- ing been awarded IT points. Fifty nine points were voted to Speakers credit while Doyle amassed total of 4S points.
 Here are some of the vital points con- sidered by the jury in summing up the playing abilities of the winning duo:
 Speaker participated in 150 American league games and in 569 times at bat he poled 21s hits for a total of 325 bases. scoring 133 runs
 Doyle, batting fifth in the National
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-07
MAJOR LEAGUE SEASON ,
 HAS DRAWN TO A CLOSE

New York, October 6.-The thirty eighth annual campaign of the Nation al Baseball league and the twelfth am nual American league season closed simultaneously today with the New York and Boston clubs the respective champions by the substantial margins of 70 and 92 points over their closest competitors.
 The possibility of Il tie between Chi cago and Pittsburg for second place in the National league, or even of Chi cago winning the second place honors, continued up to the last game today, but Pittsburg saved itself by an over whelming defeat of Cincinnati and stands three points ahead of Chicago in the final standing,
 A gap of 119 points. the largest be- tween two teams in either league, sep arates Cincinnati from third place; Philadelphia Is within 10 points of the Red, St Louis within 6S points of the Phillies, Brooklyn 35 points behind the Cardinals, and Boston last. 37 points behind Brooklyn.
 In the American league, Washington and Philadelphia had close finish for
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-07
GEORGIA STRONG-TECH IS WEAK-ALABAMA AND TEN NESSEE SHOW SURPRISING STRENGTH

Yesterdays football results may aid in ascertaining to some extent the relative strength of some of the $. |. A. A. cham pionshp contenders. Of course, no de- termination can be made as to their real strength or their capacity for develop ment. as the aggregations which they met yesterday differ considerably in weight and ability, but line can be drawn on their relative strength at present by these contests.
 Vanderbilt, despite the loss of number of star performers, appears to be just as strong as last year. The line, which caused considerable trouble in the Com- modore camp during the early practices. appears to be exceptionally well filled with new material, and the showing made in the first two games indicates beyond doubt that Vanderbilt is to flave one of the very best squads in the south this fall. Only an exceptionally strong of fcnse would be able to run up over 200 points ill two contests, and this is the record of the Commodores in their two
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-07

40 yards. He has as his mate Hayne. also 10 second man. and winner of the 90 yard dash at the Georgetown meet last year
 The two mile run will be well looked after by Thom, who holds the record for this event Yonan should find 1t easy to break his broad jump record of 21 feet, inches. while Glass and Peoples can better theirs in the high jump Lar rick is the only old pole vaulter in sehool. In the field events all the winners of last year are back. Sommerville in the hammer throw, Peck. who put the shot B feet, Il inches and Miles, who holds the discus record.
 Dr. Pollard will again have charge of all the track activities and no better trainer could have been secured. He Is responsible for the enlarged track on Wilson field and is now endeavoring to have a first class cinder path installed Manager Richardson has secured sev- eral good meets for the team. We will be represented again at the annual in- door meet at Richmond to be held in January. It will be remembered that at this meet last year our strong relay team defeated the crack runners from Rich mond college. Meets will also be held at North Carolina and Virginia Polytechnic institute. with the possibility of return events in Lexington.
 Washington and Lee is a member of the new South Atlantic association formed last year at Baltimore, and will send a team whenever the association holds it's first annual meet.
 More interest than ever is being man. ifested in this important branch of ath- letics and judging from present indica- tions those who follow the successes of Washington and Lee in it's athletics will not be disappointed with the 1sie-1s track team.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-07
KAVANAUGH WON'T MANAGE CHICAGO
 CITY CONTESTS
,...........s......s....e........

Little Rock. October 6.--w. NJ. Kav- anaugh, president of the Southern as
 socaition of baseball clubs, announced tonight that owing to Illness in his family he would be unable to under take the management of the baseball series in Chicago for the Chicago city championship. Mir Kavanaughs s selec- ton was announced when plans for the series were formulated a few years ago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-07

second place, with the Senators win ming by seven points. Chicago fell s5 points behind the Athletics, Cleveland IT points behind Chicago, Detroit ss points behind the Maps, St Louis points behind the Tigers. and New York last l5 points behind the Browns
 The St. Louis and Chicago American league clubs were the only ones to complete the 154 game schedule. while the New York and Chicago Nationals played the least games of any, 151 each
 The final standing of the clubs is:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-07
Comedy in Detroit

Detroit. october 6.-Chicago closed the season here today by defeatin Detroit to in a comedy game. Detroit had but II men in uniform and Stanage was the sole occupant of the bench after Lake succeeded Wheatley in the fourth, when the latter left the game to catch a train. Both teams fielded poorly and Chicago hit Lake hard throughout. Score: R.HE. Chicago ................. .020 30l 21O-9 13 { Detroit ......-............000 oil a0O--4 Il {
 Batteries: smith, Benz, Lange and Schalk; Kuhn, Wheatley. Lake and Kocher. Time. 1: :5l. Empires. oLoughlin and McGreevey.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-07
MANDOT-WOLGAST
 BOUT POSTPONED

New Orleans, October 6.-The Ad Mandot fight, at first fixed to be held here November ? and 4, has been postponed according to the an- here tonight by Dominick Tortorich, promoter of the fight, until November 1.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-07

series. It is probable that he will work in every game for the Giants. He did excellent work in the games against the Athletics for the worlds championship last fall, and hs admirers predict an even more brilliant article of ball for the big Indian this week when the Giants meet the Red SoX.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-07

Chicago, October 6.-Chicago won the last game of the National League season here today from St. Louis- to 8. The locals hit Harmon for three runs and a single and triple netted another off Geyer. The visitors scored their three runs by punching hits off Cheney and Reulbach. Score: R.H.E. Chicago ................ 600 OS0 Ols-4 10 St Louis ............. 900 100 101--3 10 f
 Batteries: Cheney, Reulbach and Ship man; Sallee. Harmon. Geyer and Wingo. Time. 1:4o. Umpire. Owens.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-07
AMERICAN LEAGUE
STANDING
Pratt Stars in Last

St. Louis. October s.-The local major league baseball season came to close today with defeat for St. Louis. Cleye- land winning by a score of to 8. The batting of Lajoie and Jackson and the fielding of Pratt and Chapman were fea- lures. score: R.H.E. Cleveland ............... 900 24f 100-s IS 1 St. Louis ................ 600 loo 0O2-s I
 Batteries: Mitchell and ONeir; Allison Hamilton, Napier and Crossin. Time. :t2 Empires O'Brien and Connolly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-07
RESULTS SHOW
 MERITS OF SOUTHERN SQUADS

games this season. Their work has been highly satisfactory to "vandy's' sup porters and they expect to see a good showing made against Harvard and Vir- ginia when these teams meet, the Com- modores.
 Auburn seems to have taken a decided brace during the past week. The score against Mercer Saturday indicates that Donahue's followers will again be found fighting for the championship as in former years. In Mercer they probably met a stronger opponent than did most of their contemporaries, and by running up a score of 56 to they showed that they are undoubtedly to be reckoned with this season in the championship race. The re- turn of old men recently has added much to the Tiger strength, and the new ma teral seems to have developed wonder fully since the beginning of the season. At any rate, Auburn can be counted on 10 win large majority of their games this season.
 Tech Is Weak
 Georgia Tech is probably weaker at present than has been the case for some seasons past Coach Heisman will no doubt develop creditable machine be- fore the season is over, but the showing that the Yellow Jackets have made thus far would indicate that they are not the
 Georgia Is Formidable
 The University of Georgia evidently has one of the strongest teams in it's history. The squad is heavy. experienced, and is composed of several stars They easily defeated Chattanooga Saturday, all though several of their star perform
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-07
Alabama to Be Heard From
Tennessee Looks Good

The enormous score piled up by the Uni versity of Tennessee Saturday seems to indicate that Coach Halle is preparing to put on the southern gridiron one of the best aggregations that that college has ever possessed. His team is heavy and experienced, and will probably make a thoroughly creditable showing against it's s. l. A. A. opponents this season. Ten nessee meets Alabama in Birmingham on Thanksgiving Day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-07

"Chier' Meyers, the veteran backstop of the New York Giants. is reckoned by some to be the best all round receiver in the business. He is hard hitter.
 a good receiver, and is always at his best in strenuous games. His work will be an important factor in the world s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-07
COUNTERFE|TERSAT WORK ON TICKETS
 ID WORLDS SERIES
Should Not Be Able to Re- produce Them, However, PrecautiOn Is Taken
 Against It

New York, october 6..-Counterfeit- CTS are at work on bogus tickets for the worlds championship baseball games here next week. according to reports reaching the New York base ball club tonight. Notwithstanding the precautions taken to avoid a ticket scandal, it appears that trouble Is likely If the report of counterfeting is true. But according to Secretary John A. Heydler, of the National league to- night, 1t will be the patrons themselves who are to blame if they are foolish enough to purchase bogus tickets
 The counterfeiting plan is declared to be the work of scalpers of the most crooked" sort, who, having little chance to reap a harvest in specula- tion this year, have designed to delib- erate1y fleece the public. particularly people from out of town.
 While we have heard these reports, said MT. Heydler, "it Is certain that the counterfeiters cannot produce any thing like the tickets we are using. Not a single ticket has left my pos- session, and not single one will leave my hands until Monday"
 Anyone who buys a ticket except in the regular way is certainly going to be buncoed There are about 5000 re- served seats to be placed on advance sale Monday morning, two to each pur- chaser, but all the other seats will be sold only at the grounds on the day of the game. Since everybody buy ing ticket will have to pass directly te.t na Iifrh est chance of any tickets getting afloat in the crowd for speculation. Any pasteboards thus circulated will be bogus and the police will be on hand to arrest anyone trying to dispose of them or use them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-07
NATIONAL LEAGUE
STANDING
Pirates Finish Second

Cincinnati. October 6-Pittsburg finished in second place in the National league by defeating Cincinnati 16 to here this afternoon. Cincinnati used three pitchers in a vain endeavor to stop the hitting of the visitors Wagner, Miller and Nc Carty starring in this line. All of the Pittsburgh team hit we'll and timely. It was the final game of the season. Score:
 R.H. F. Pittsburg ......s s01 Ol5 2O4-16 19 ? Cincinnati ........ 600 060 o0a- 10 2 Batteries: Camnitz and Gibson; Benton. McGraver. Gregory and Severois. Time 1:47. Empires, Brennan and Emslie.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-07
pA2 A
 
WHY SPEAKER AND DOYLE WERE ADJUDGED LEAGUES
 MOST VALUABLE PLAYERS

league, with an average of, 1925. en- gagged in 139 games. went to the plate 544 times, scored 100 runs and made IT hits for total of 256 bases.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-07

CTS were out of the game most of the while. Georgia meets Vanderbilt on De- tober l9 in Atlanta, and while the Com modores will probably be the winners, great struggle is predicted.
 Alabama to Be Heard From
 Alabama proved by it's easy victory over Birmingham college Saturday that the Crimson warriors are going to be heard from in the southern football world this season. With Vandegraaff and Long. two of the Crimson mainstays, out of the contest, they defeated the local col- leglans 62 to O. The university team is heavier than for some seasons past, and their offensive strength Is considerably c@ttered Joplin and Long, two new members of the Crimson aggregation, are attracting considerable attention by their playing at present. They seem to be regular fixtures to the Alabama lineup. and their work will mean much to uni versity's success this season. Alabama meets Georgia Tech on october 12, and dope at present favors the Alabama lads to win.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-07
Cubs Win Last

1;47. Empires Brennan and Emslie.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-01-01
THE WAVE OF CRIME.

Ono hundred and eighty.tve muir
ders were committed in Chicago in
1911, aud there have been no hanclngs.
Highwaymen aud Black Hand agents
we're responsible for an alarming per
centage OF these crimes. There have
been 523 Eases OF suicide.
Waves OF crime which ar SO often
apparent in the larger cities are ma.
turally causing anxiety. Notwith-
standing the many millions OF dollars
which are spent annually IN maintain
ing modern police departments rs vel
as detective forces, murders are still
committed with impunity and but a
small percentage OF the guilty are iden'
titled and brought to justice. La Lon,
don ia bygone years sit was dangerous
for people to 60 out OF their houses
after nightfall. The streets were 10
tested with iootpads and murders aud
robberieS were common. 1t seems
that the world is still unable to AVOID
tue assassin even in what are supposed
to be the best protected cities Of the
twentieth century.