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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-12-20
BOOKS
MUCH WORRIED
Decision that Gambling Debt
Paid by Check is Illegal
Upsets Whole System.

London. Dec. 2o.-Bettors and
bookmakers here are seriously dis
turbed by a decision of Judge Rentoul
that a gambling debt paid by check is
illegal. and that therefore the value OF
the debt can he recovered by the debt
or. Mr. Cunningham. legal represen.
tative Of many turf commission
agents. replies to the following suppo-
sitious question put by the Daily Mail:
you are a bookmaker. say, and I
am introduced to YOU. and we open an
account. I back certain horses to win,
and on the Monday Of each week we
settle accounts. If l have won on
the week o give me a check for the
amount Of my winnings. If have
lost I give YOU a check for the amount
of my various stakes. Suppose at the
end of two or three weeks. I have lost
600. which l have paid by check.
could I. under Judge Reptoul's deci-
sion. recover that f2O0. although I
have lost 1t in bets. on the ground that
payment by check in gaming transac-
tons 10 illegal?"
Certainly YOU could" replied MIR.
Cunningham, IF Judge Rentoul's find.
ing Is to stand. Also II you had won
and a bookmaker paid your winnings
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-12-20
M'Carty's Start in Game
Like That of Sullivan
Flynn Battle the Turning Point in Career of Youngster as
Was the Goss Battle in the Career of John
L. Sullivan.
.uncture would have spelled curtains
g. a. Noight
l.. Sullivan.

juncture would have spelled curtains
for Jim.
SO good a Judge ss Beanie Walker
wires: The best heavyweight since
the days of Jim Jeffries defeated
Flynn last night" That ia certainly
~ IAN make good the statement of
Walker his future will he a bright
n indeed.
Az a rule, however. the heavyweight,
aspirants are not as dependable a LOT
as those Of the. lighter division. Once
they get on toy they seem to be all
most %invincihle for some reason or
other. For instance. take Sullivan.
J%effries and johnson. and they stood
out in a class by themselves. TI,cr
take men like Jake kilrain. Pa, Kill
len. Joe McAuliffe, Frank Slavin. Tom
SharkeE and their like. ana goal! find
they flashed in The pan with great bril-
with a stchcning t,ud. This seems :,
strange condition, but it is true never
theless. Just why & should be so ls
something beyond my ability to an
swer.
remember the day that Jack
Burke saw Killen performing at the
old Conlique in Philadelphia. Killen
had knocked on; three men that nigh,
and had all the earinarhs of a fistir
wonder. He vas token west and met
such as Patsy Cardiff. Bill Bradhurn
and others. r in AL his battles
showed up great. Ti,cn they took
him to- California and gave him tho
redouhtable Peter jackson for an OPP
p"nent--wcN. i'ts%. arc laughing u
in San F~ranciscu--;l1at is. those thai
saw the hattie. \ bigger cur ans,
gutter never r,'ilrh an a glove.
So "o,l 500 how tho most rrnni*in;
of them vii! dash tho rontiaen"" %ol
place in their abil;i> 70 tin" ="",nd
when least expected. Cardiff MS ~
other vino looked a champion ali owe,
when Parson Davies took him IN
charge. and ho soen f'ickered OFF.
Don'inirk Mrraffre*. through tho
clever handling of Billy n'sricn. got
near III" top. hut never quite gained
the summit. ami when H.. started tn
go back tir,melia;olA after tho Demp-
Space does not permit mention of the
many instances of this sort that w.
can recall. Those in late years wer"
Gus Rubin. Denver Ed Martin. Dunk
horst n II few moro that will come
under the heading of NEARLY great"
II will therefore take NOR" than
the victory owe Flynn 30 establish
Luther in the spot that McCarty and
his manager hav selected he should
land. After he wins from Palzsr AMI
Wells. then hes is surely entitled tn all
on Sullivan. Corbett. Fitz and Jcffries
before him. What he has gained
through this fight is the proud dis
tinction Of being a good prospect"
and a lot of publicity that will stand
him we'll in hand. lie has still some
work IN accomplish before he lands
on top.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-12-20

best stations had proved their speed
at about n mile. They might. of
course. have subsequently shown that
they could stay longer distances as
we'll. But no great stallion had lacked
speed. 1t was the essential.
Even though they had won the best
long-distance races, pure stayers-he
meant horses OF n pace. but without
speed had w been successful stall
lions. How few C~esarewitch horses
had succeeded as sires? On the con-
trary. in the Cambridgeshire-a very
fast u mile-many winners have
subsequently become successful in the
stud. The winners of the Ascot gold
cup might be divided into two divi-
sions. the first consisting Of very
high-class horses. many the best of
their year. who had already proved
their speed. such as Cyllene. Persim-
mon, Isinglass. St. Simon. Isonomy,
Doncaster. and Thormanhy. All these
We're great stations.
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(Bv Otto Floto.)

~ AoeSsI
Just after Paddy Ryan had defeated
Joe Goss for the heavyweight cham
pionship of the world there came ru-
lmors OF a coming champion from Bos-
ton. Not much attention was paid to
them at first, but after the "Roxbury
Strong Boy" had defeated everything
in the fighting line the Hub boosted
and found one in the same Jos Goss
who had just lost to Ryan. a match
was arranged n the youngster
knocked the veteran over the foot
lights in short order. Then folks be-
gan tn look up and take notice. John
l.. Sullivan was the kid that was
creating all this havoc.
He was taken to New York. and at
Harry Hills old concert hall. in Hous-
ton street. he met Steve Taylor. one
Of the best fighters of his day. de-
feating him. Then came the battle
at Jones Woods with Jimmy Elliott.
and again the "Roxbury Strong Boy"
delivered the goods. From that time
on his rise was rapid. every effort was
crowned with victory until he met
Jim Corbett at New Orleans in 1892.
The other night at Los Angeles an
other youngster jumped into the spot
light in much the same fashion that
John l.. Sullivan was given promin-
ence. Luther Mccarthy has met sew
eral good men. including Carl Norris.
and defeated them. His fame began
lacking to give him real standing
that something came to him when he
defeated Jim FLYNN.
We now wonder whether McCarty
will continue to creep TO the top as
Sullivan did. as Corbett did, and as
Jim Jeffries did. All had practically
the same beginning. Corbett gained
his stepping stone when he defeated
Sullivan. and Jeffries rose when II.
downed Fitz at C>rey Island.
OF course. McCarty has not gotten
as far along in his career or standing
that the above men had when they
for there are two men that must be
removed from his path. One is Al
Palzer and the other is ~Bomhardier
Wells. The former may not prov.
as formidable as expected. bu. tho
latter is certainly some shucks. / say
this knowing we'll that Palzer defeat.
ed the Englishman in their New York
meeting. However. l am certain Wells
labored under q handicap Of some
sort at that time. and a return EN-.
gagement between Palzer and Well;
would cause no surprise at all if tho
latter reversed conditions as we'll as
the verdict.
In Wells. Mc(.arty meets a man not
quite as big as himself. hut who
can send the kick" rome with re.
suits. and that's something that Luth'
err lacked in his battle against Flynn
or the fight should have come to ar
end in the ninth round when the Pue
bio man continually hit the floor fol
1.-THE count. One we'll directed blow
with the steam behind it just at thi:
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-12-20
REDS CARRY OFF
BOWLING H0NORS
Defeated Their Blue Oppon-
nents in Series of Games
at Y. M. G. A Gym.

The last Of a series of three bowling
contests between the Reds and Blues
was decided at the Y. NJ. G. A. last
night. The Reds continued TO lead
their opponents. but not by so great a
margin as a week ago. The scores
were close throughout. and in the thir-
games bowled the Reds led the
a total of $3.50. and the Blues 4,S09.
Chester Warner received the highest
average for the games played. his
average being $50 So.
Following are the statistics for n
total number Of games played:
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YOUNG AsToR.s CLOSE CALL.

Poughkeepsie. y. Y. Dec. 20.-Vin-
cent Aston is being congratulated on
his remarkable escape from possible
death in his undressing. high-powcr
automobile. which narrowly missed
being struck by a runaway car in
which Mrs. Garrett r. Kip was rid
ing: Both cars were going along the
direction.
Each had passed the other several
times. when a nut dropped from the
steering gear Of Mrs. Kip's automo-
bile. and Frank T. Casey. her chauf.
teur. lost control. In one Of its plunr-
es 1t almost struck the car in which,
MI. Astor was at the steering wheel.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-12-20

Cancelled his vaudeville contract in
order to devote his time to the inter-
ests Of the cam. Baseball experts
here are of the opinion that Tinker
will be a success as a manager. They
point to the fact that during Chances
a absence last summer Joe handled the
Cubs in fine style. During the meet
ing Of the American league magnates
in this city recently Tinker and Field.
er Jones. the former manager of the
Chicago White Sox, were constantly
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-12-20

Neither the weather nor the sea.
son OF the year has a great deal to do
with producing melancholy DAYS.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-12-20

Having heard of good losers an
long. We have figured out that they
are the rare ones who don't make
excuses.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-12-20

The men have decided to divide the
teams so that their averages will be
equal. and start another series i'm
mediately after the holidays.
II you want something on an
enemy. cultivate the acquaintance Of
some Of his kin with whom he IL hav-
ing a row.
1t doesn't take a bride very long to
come down from poetry to careful
perusal Of helpful hints for house
hold economy.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-12-20

Chicago. Dec. 2o.-Joe Tinker. the
former star shortstop of the Cubs,
who recently landed the Job as man.
aser Of the Cincinnati Reds. is the
happiest nan in this city. Nothing
interests Joseph except chatter con.
corning his managerial position in
Red Town. He believes he will be a
bowling success next year and will
surely land his team first or second
in the pennant race. Tinker recently
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together. 1t was thought that Jones
was looking for some sort Of berth
in the big league. but this was denied
by the former SoX leader. He says he
will handle a big league team,
again. but would like to buy a con-
trolling interest in one of the Ameri-
can league clubs. Jones says tina:
Tinker will be a success as Il manager
next The picture shows the
pair talking baseball at tho meeting in
this city.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-06-08

Free Cattle Of the Tick,

Baton Rouge.-In order to main.
tain tick-free condition in the over
flowed territory on the west side Of
the Mississippi, the Live Stock Sani-
tary Commission has adopted series
OF regulations Srequiring the dipping
OF cattle before being transported or
moved to the west side of the river.
The regulations provide that no
person shall be allowed to move, and
no boat, railroad or other common
carrier shall be allowed to transport
ann cettle until they have been dipped
inNshe standard arsenical solution ap-
proved by the United States govern
ment. The shippers Of cattle are re-
quired to show the certificate of the
dipping of the cattle before having
them placed on any common carrier.
In order to facilitate the work the
board will furnish the vals and Dip
ping material free of charge. There
are eMEeady watts located practically
In ~Nefy place where there are large
herds Of cattle from the flooded dis
trict, and these will be placed at the
disposal of the stock owners.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-06-08
DIFFERENT NOW.
Since the sIugger, Coffee, Was Aban.
.doned.

Coffee probably causes more bilious
ness and so-called malaria than any
one other thing-even bad climate.
(Tea is just as harmful as coffee be-
cause it contains caffeine, the drug in
coffee).
A Ft. Worth man says:
II have always been of bilious tenn
permanent, subject to malaria and up
to one year ago perfect slave to cof-
fee. At times I would be covered with
boils and full of malarial poison, was
very nervous and had swimming In
the head.
Il don't know how 1t happened but
l finally became convinced that my
sickness was due to the use of coffee.
and little less than a year ago I
stopped coffee and began drinking
Postum.
From that time l have not had q
boil. not had malaria at all. have
gained Is pounds good solid weight
and know beyond all doubt this is due
to the use Of Postum in place of cof-
fee, as I have taken no medicine at
all.
Postum has certainly made healthy.
red blood for me in place of the blood
that coffee drinking impoverished and
made unhealthy" Name given by
Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
Postum makes red blood
There's a reason" and it is ex.
planned in the little book, "The Road
to Wellville," in pkgs.
Ever rcnd the nbove letter! new
one appears from time to time. They
pre genuine, true, and full OF humaA
interest
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-06-08
New Auditing HIf Introduced,

Baton Rouge-Insa bill introduced
in the house by John E. Clayton, Of
Concordia, a few singers are plac-
ed in the law governing the supervis-
ion OF public accounts. The remuner-
alton of the office y not touched on.
Under the Clayton bill the supervisor
shall, under the direction Of the gov
ernor, audit the books of municipal
corporations and accounts of police
juries and of the fiscal agencies and
depository banks Of the same. Under
the present law the examinations come
only at the request of the corpora
tions. When direcesd to dc so, the
supervisor shall furnish the district
attorney or sheriff itn one or more
capable expert secr service agents
for Investigations aId of the exc.
cution Of the laws.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-06-08
NEWS OF LOUISIANA
Flood Sufferers Camped Near
DEMONSTRATING Caused by
Delayed Flood.
WATER DEEP NEAR JENA
Lightning Plays Freak Franks on
Young Lady-Gives and Takes
Her Speech.

tss.s ssszs
Western Newspsper Unfon News Service. essa
New Orleans.-There are $500 flood
refugees encamped in the vicinity of
Jena, according to news from there,
which also states that the situation
was improving, and that rations had
been distributed, but an additional
supply would be necessary. The cause
of the temporary suffering it's was
stated, was because of a delayed ship
ment Of rations.
"The water is deeper in this locality
than in any other section of the state
said the special, "and 1t is subsiding
slowly. Hogs are dying by the hun
dreds here, and in the country where
they sought refuge on the mounds and
RATS. Clothing and seed are badly
needed, and the inhabitants have no
money with which to buy either. Gar
den seed, early corn, peas and beans
are needed now. In one day 101 dead
deer were counted, drowned and
starved"
Water from the Hymelia crevasse
reported piling up fast in the Lake
Des Allemands section, and army Of
ficers have been dispatched to that
section to make close inspection. Capt.
C. H. Danforth has left here under
instructions from Captain Logan, DR..
Oscar Bowling and Major Miller re
turned to Baton Rouge from four
days inspection trip through four con-
centration camps, where at least TO-,
900 persons are being cared for.
Fair conditions was the sub
stance of the report DR.. Bowling rec
that additional rations be
rushed to Jena, La. He reported that
great numbers of refugees were liv-
ing in log huts.
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LOUISIANA STATE NEWS
uAPPENiN OF INTEREST
THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
ITEMS FROM Every EEgEy QsARTER
OF Louisiana When It 10 News Gath.
cred for Our Many Readera
Parish and City.
The confederates Indorse Bill.

Alexandria.-Jeff Davis camp. crssqit-
ed Confederate Veterans. Of ANcgan-
dria. passed resolutionSs Friday in
dorsing bill introduced in the legis-
lature by Representative Caulfield Of
East Feliciana parish, making pre-
vision for the admission and mainte-
nance of the wives of veterans in the
Soldiers Home, and requesting the
senator's and representatives from to-
parish to cooperate in It's passage
The veterans also memoralized the
legislature to abrogate the afle adopt
ed by the board of penSian copAAis-
siouers, requiring applie~<rs toSBro-
duoe proof that their paroles are
among the. Confederate military rec
ords in Washington, D. c., for the
reason that many veterans records
we're never sent there. GoveNAr Hall
is urged also by Jeff Davis Sknp of
veterans to reappoint Commissioner
Castleman, who has not yet completed
the muster roll of the Louisiana sol.
diers.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-06-08
Four Tired of Life.

New Orleans-"This is the way to
cure sickness ifslou want to-" were
the words in DTief note written by
John Faurice, A years old, one Of
four persons, two men and two wom-
en-, who wanted to end their lives Sat
urday. Only one was successful.
Faurice sent a bullet through his head
and was carried unconscious to the
hospital. III and out of work were the
causes given. Mrs. George Godfrey,
SO years old, mother of seven chill
dren, swallowed poison, apparently
without reason; shSM will recover.
Miss Anol Caff also Sbk poison and
preceded Mrs. GodfreySto the hospital
by two hours. Cause unknown. Ben
Moore, negro, upon discovering that
he was still married and could@Qot
wed again as planned, shot his MID
ed brides step-father through the
back and then sent bullet through
his own heart.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-06-08
Payday Bill Considered.

Baton Rouge.-The question of semi
monthly paydays for corporations and
discussion before the corporations
committee, when the bill of Represen-
tative Jones, of Jackson, came up.
This bill proposes to regulate COM
misarsies, particularly as operated by
north Louisiana LUMBER companies.
and does not allow the withholding
of wages more than fifteen days. ].
E. Clayton, of Concordia, led the sup
port of the Jones bill 1t was charg-
ed that 80 cents worth OF coupons cost
the laborer 81 in many instances, and
members of the committee offered to
produce the evidence
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-06-08
FOREIGN NEWS.

A serious fire broke out ON tie
| Cunard steamer Carmania, lying at
her dock, in Liverpool, England, Sun
day. The damage is estimated at
many thousands of dollars.
The premature explosion of pow
der in a rocky cut of the Canadian
Pacific railway at Stones Corners, On
tario, Saturday caused the death of
eight men and serious injury to six
Cuban rebels sacked and burned the
town of Lamaya, Cuba.
An American ship was wrecked Off
! Cape Horn recently and the sailors
are stranded on an island.
A German aviator and passenger
plunged to death at Bremen Sunday.
The insurgents have burned the
postoffice, telegraph office, barracks
of the rural guard and several houses
at Lamaya, thirty miles from San
tiago, Cuba. Only five soldiers were
stationed there Eugenio Lacoste, one
of the rebel leaders, has proclaimed
himself governor of Tartaros, to the
north of Guantanamo.
The volcano in Colima in Mexico
continues active.
The dockworkers' strike in London,
England, remains unchanged.
The cables of bridge under con-
struction for the Bango railroad at
Manila collapsed Saturday, killing
twelve men and injuring ten others.
Later developments disclose the
fact that the Mexican federals have
won no victory, but are being trap
ped by Orozco.
shown no disposition to molest Ameri-
can citizens.
The British steamer Anillian, which
sailed from Liverpool May Is for ia
maica, ran ashore on a reef at the
northeast extremity of Grand Turk,
Island of Bahamas, Friday. The YES
sci lies easily and is not leaking.
President Gomez of Cuba has ad-
vised General Monteagudo, the COM
mander in chief of the Cuban army,
who is at the scene of hostilities in
the province of Oriente, that the gen.
eral might permit American marines
to land on Cuban sol! to guard foreign
The threat of Rebel Leader Orozco |
to relax discipline and allow his fol- |
lowers to attack American property. |
does not seem to worry Americans in |
Mexico.
The European section of the Car
negie Foundation for International |
Peace concluded its meeting at Paris |
Wednesday.
The Colima volcano is again active
since a series of earthquakes at
Guadalajara. Mexico.
The English shipowners have re-
FUSED the governments invitation to
meet representatives of the dock
workers now on strike in England.
The Mexican department of finance
has placed the $1O,000.o0O gold loan.
recently authorized by congress for
the building up Of the army, with
speyer & Co. of New York and Speyer
Brothers of London The bonds ma
lure one year from date. They draw
~ per cent interest, and were taken
u SO.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-06-08
Bill for State REGULATION.

Baton Rouge.-The bill by Mr.. Cab
agan, of Orleans, to regulate the prac-
tice of optometry ana create state
board of optometric examiners was in
troduced at the suggestion of H. ].
Robert, of the Louisiana State Optical
Society. Ire bill progides that only
those now practicing shall be recog-
nized after the passage Of the act.
unless they show specified qualifica-
tions. The practice OF oprometry is
defined to be the employment of any
means other than the use of drugs, to
test the powers of vision and the
adaptation of lenses.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-06-08
Takings Of Cotton by Spinners.

New Orleans. - Secretary Hester
gives the takings of American cotton
by spinners throughout the world as
follows, in round numbers:
This week, $4,000 bales this year,
against 177,O0O last year and 100000
year before last.
Total since September 1 this year,
12,813,000 bales, against 10,481 900 last
year and 9,571,000 the year before.
OF this Northern spinners and Can.
ada took 2,253,OO0 bales this year,
against 100000 last year and 1927
900 the year before; Southern spin.
ners, 2,339,000 bales, against 2,OS1,OOO
last year and 2.O42,0OO the year be-
fore, and foreign spinners, S,211,OOO
bales, against 6,496,O0O last year and
5 5,6O2,000 the year before.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-06-08
Frank Randolph Again III.

Lake Charles.-Frank Randolph was
fastened to Lake Charles Friday from
crowley to undergo a serious opera
ton at st. Patrick's sanitarium. Mr..
Randolph was recently operated on in
Chicago and was thought to be on
the road to recovery. 1t is thought
that another immediate operation will
be necessary. Frank Randolph is we'll
known in Louisiana. He is one Of
the former editors of the Lake Charles
Press and one of the best known
newspaper men in the South He
was editor of the Crowley Signal for
several years, and he has also been
prominent in politics. At present he
is the publicity agent of the Southern
Rice Growers Association of Beau.
mont, an organization which was per.
fected through his efforts.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-06-08
Direct Elections Indorsed.

Baton Rouge.-The Judiciary Com
mittee of the house of representatives
favorably reported resolution to
ratify the proposed amendment to the
federal constitution providing for the
direct election of United States SEN
ators. The house also ratified the
proposed amendment to the federal
constitution providing for the levying
of an income tax. The massachusetts
senate, on May %, adopted a resolu-
tit> providing for the direct election
of United States senators, acting on
the initiative of the house. Some
doubt has been raised as to the valid
ity of the enactment, as the governor
has not yet received official notice
of the action by congress.