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Imperial Valley press., 1912-02-15
THIRTY-SEvEN MEXICAN
SOLDIERS KILLED IN WRECK

MEXICO CITY, Feb. 15.-Thirty-
seven federal soldiers were killed
when troop train crashed through a
bridge on the Amacusa river, near
Guerrero today. The bridge had been
weakened by rebels with dynamite.
Another bridge was totally destroyed
yesterday
Fighting has been resumed at Santa
Maria, where the federal troops since
yesterday have been trying to dislodge
the entrenched Zapatistas. The Vas
queztas rebels are closing in on Tor
reOn and that city is doomed. unless
General Trevino with 1900 federals
now en- route, arrives soon.
Reports confirm the death of 81 fed
erals at the battle Of Chato Berrere.
The rebels were victorious at Rancho
Villa. A noted bandit is leading 800
men in Parral.
Imperial Valley press., 1912-02-15
New House Dresses

1912 designs, cut generously full,
made of splendid Percale and
trimmed with Pearl Buttons.
Blues, Grays and Black and
White effects. Would be cheap
at t$l,50.....................95 Csc
Imperial Valley press., 1912-02-15

There was more electricity in the
air today than usual.
Telegraph and telephone operat-
ors alike complained. This phenom-
enon was first noted in the night, just
as the Los Angeles excursionists be-
gan gliding down the eastern slope of
San Gorgonio pass.
There is not the slightest doubt that
the visitors are responsible. Frank
Virgins and his boosters are enough
to disturb the equilibrium of all things.
is said that the excursion at this
time is the. direct result of agitation
by this newspaper for greater zeal on
the part of Los Angeles in developing
the interior country. 1t is said the
business men of Los Angeles have
arisen in their might to prove that
Los Angeles is not Indifferent, and the
Press is rejoicing over the demonstra
ton that proves that the metropolis
has awakened.
No city in the worlds history ever
wrought greater works than Los Ang-
eles. 1t is building a water system
ludI uWdrlS Ine dcnleNelnentS VI tne
Caesars. 1t is building a harbor that
will have greater Wharfage capacity
than that Of San Francisco.
The people of Los Angeles are build
ers of the first magnitude, and these
men who are with us today as our
guests are leaders among the build
erS
While these men are building in
their way, there is another set of men
who, in a different way, are making
Imperial Valley press., 1912-02-15

One lot of pretty Dot Swiss.
floral effects, full length, belted
at waist. We bought 4 dozen
at a bargain. You gain by this
fortunate purchase.
Imperial Valley press., 1912-02-15
DEMANDS PROTECTION
OF AMERICAN CITIZENS

[BY UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATIONS
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.-Ambassa-
dor Wilson at the City of Mexico has
been ordered to demand from Madero
protection for lives and property of
American and European citizens. 1t
is believed that this is partially a re-
suit of a demand by foreign powers
that America exercise the recipro-
cal clause of the Monroe doctrine to
police the western hemisphere. There
is no confirmation of this.
Imperial Valley press., 1912-02-15
Observation-Disclosures.
TONIGHT'S PROGRAM

. At 8 o'clock tonight in the Holt .
. Opera House an informal well .
. come will be extended by the Ell .
. Centro Chamber of Commerce to .
. the Los Angeles Chamber of .
. Commerce excursionists. The .
!. program will be in charge of J. o
. Stanley Brown and will be as q
. follows: .
: Imperial County's Welcome .
. to Our Visitors" J. Stanley .
. Brown. .
. Response by a member of the .
: Los Angeles chamber.
: Greetings from Ell Centro," .
. John Norton, president of the .
> board Of trustees. .
. Response BY a visitor
> Our Mutual Interests" a pa 9
. per by Edgar F. Howe.
. Address by Judge Franklin J. .
: Cole.
. Engineering and Road Prob 9
= lelms of Imperial Valley" Coun- .
: ty Surveyor C. n Perry.
: General discussion of topics .
: presented and other matters of q
. mutual interest to Los Angeles
: and Imperial valley.
: The program will be inter
. spersed with music by the El
: Centro Concert Band.
Imperial Valley press., 1912-02-15
DAILY STANDARD FOUNDED AUGUST 1906 NO. 141
YUAN MADE PRESIDENT

tBY UNITED PRESS AssoCIATIoNsl
NANKING, Feb. 15.-The national
assembly today elected Yuan Shi Kai
president 1t is believed Tang Shao
Yai, Yuan's representative at the peace
conference, will be prime minister.
President Sun has sent the follow
ing letter to the assembly: Yuan
is a man of constructive ability and
one upon whom the nation looks hope
fully. The country's happiness de-
pends upon his procedure. Farewell. )"
Yuan's failure to come to Marking
caused fear that he may plan a mill
tary dictatorship.
Imperial Valley press., 1912-02-15
TRAIN KILLS AND MAINS

[BY UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATIOHSl
SALT LAKE, Feb. 15.-Five were
killed and three seriously hurt today
when the d. & R. G. engine jumped
the track and rolled down hill through
the roof of the Citizens State Bank,
at Bingham Dye Works, Bingham,
Utah. Three victims were asleep in
the dye works. The dead are Fred
Annis, engineer; Felix Lombard, boi-
Ter washer; c. w. Lewis, owner of the
dye works; P. J. Gilligan, tailor, and
an unidentified man who will die.
Imperial Valley press., 1912-02-15
GEN. WOOD DISCIPLINED

[BY' UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATIONS
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.-Because
of insulting letters" written to Sec
retary of War Stimson, Gen. Leonard
Wood has been ordered removed from
duty by Major General Ainsworth, ad-
jutant- general of the army. He is held
awaiting orders as measure of dis
cipline. This action was ordered by
President Taft.
Imperial Valley press., 1912-02-15
Observation-Disclosures

ton fields, but a touch of Imagination
will replace these.
Thousands of head of beef and dairy
cattle, hogs and sheep, will be seen
to give testimony to the substantial
line of development here and also to
give assurance that in the months to
come this valley will continue to feed
the people of Southern California.
The conditions are. on the whole,
favorable for the visit. and there is no
lack of good will on the part of the
valley toward those who today are our
guests.
The Size OF 1t
No one would think of serving hard
tack at a banquet. and statistics for
visitors are of that nature But it
ought to be said that the 365, 900 acres
in Imperial Irrigation district and the
land in Imperial county on the Colo
Imperial Valley press., 1912-02-15
CONTEST FOR REGENCY

GBY UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATIONSl
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 15.-Califor-
mia Daughters of the American Revo-
luton met in convention this after
noon. State Regent Mrs. W. w. Still
son presided. Several short addresses
were given. The feature is the i'm
pending contest for the regency be-
tween Mrs. !. n. Chapman and Mrs. C.
ElWOOd Brown.
Imperial Valley press., 1912-02-15
BANK MESSENGERS ROBBED
INSIDE THE DEAD LINE

[BY UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATIONSI
NEW YORK, Feb. 1.-two messen-
gers of the East River National Bank
were held up, beaten and robbed of
$4,000 today. The thugs escaped.
The messengers were en- route to the
bank when assaulted 1t is believed
the job was the work of an organized
gang. 1t is the first big robbery in
years below the police dead line" in
the financial district.
House numbers at Norton's Department
Store
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-21
JACK JOHNSON'S
 EXAMPLE BAD
DENNIS NEGRO PUGILIST FOR HIS CONDUCT

Detroit, Mich. Oct. 21.-condemn- ing Jack Johnson as man who harmed his races development by his conquests in the prize ring, Booker IT Washington, speaking before a big audience in the Detroit Y. M C. A yesterday afternoon, declared that Chicago is now witnessing a good ex- ample of the result of educating man to make money without due at tention to his mental and spiritual developme ent
 Tt is unfortunate that a man with money should use it in a way to in- Jure his own people with those who are seeking to uplift his race and inn prove its condition" said Washing ton. He harms himself the least and he misrepresents the negroes of the country. I wish to say emphati- cally that his actions do not meet with my personal approval and I am sure they do not meet with the ap- proval of the race.'
 The negro leaders criticism of the pugil1st was received with turbulent aPPlause, more than two thousand Y. M. C. A. members rising to their feet and cheering for several minutes.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-21
INSIDE BASEBALL FAKE
 EXPOSED BY SULLIVAN

Ted Sullivan, the former big 1eae7Ya manager and one time scout for inc Chicago White Sox and other cIub.a does not think much of inside ball Here is what he says after watching the post season series between the Chicago Cubs and White sox:
 After witnessing three games be- tween the Sex and Cubs it brought to my mind the many articles I have read for the last few years abo,1+ in sioe baseball, by fan ball players ana a lew long distance reporters. There baseball and inside baseball is now be- coming hacAneyed phrase.
 some men and players could be in the atmosphere of inside ball. yet with mental horizon that their dirninutive brains could not penetrate The best teams in the world will run into a ti, mental na7e-running for once in a wniie. but I am sorry to say that this Kind of fog in the last few games has not lifted from the brains of some of the Sox -
 '-It is the easiest thing in the world 10 cr1tlcise any man or team He laughs at sears who never felt a wound A child can tell giant what he should have done when the incident is passed. There is another famous saving by some great philosopher that
 Mediocrity commits no errors'' That is why the great stars of the diamond make errors once in while
 Amy man in his time who has tu- tored and taught the rudiments Of the game to such pastrnasters as Corais- key and Connie Mack should have more than vision of an owl or the obtuseness of bat in his fnowledee of the game, and that applies to the humble writer. will say this, that as far as base running is concerned in any player, celerity Of foot brings him to first base and brings him around to the home plate by his own proper maneuverlng.
 The brightest manager in the world has no control over the base runner after he once gets to first base, unless he orders him to execute certain play. If the rules of the game would allow a manager to guide his man around the bases by taking hold Of him by the arm, then manager or coacher could be responsible for any bad breaks, but the rules don't allow 1t.
 "A base runner who wants a. coacher to tell him what to do every minute he is bases is like a boxer who wants his seconds to tell him when there is an opening in the guard of his opponent, so he can hit him. We all know the opening would be closed up in a flash when the second told the boxer to hit, it is with the captain of team telling his base runners to take advantage of slip by the op- posite team. He must see it himself almost by intuition
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-21
CARLISLE INDIANS
 PLAY IN TORONTO
WILL APPEAR OCTOBER 2S IN FIRST INTERNATIONAL
 CONTEST

: Carlisle. Penn. Oct. 21.-The Car iisle Indians will play an interna- tional Rugby football match with To- ronto University, champions of Can ada, at Toronto. Oct 28. This will be the first important international college Rugby contest with the Unit ed States, and 1t is expected to es- tablish annual events. As the date selected is a triple holiday, it is ex- pected that the Governor General of Canada and his staff with the promi- nent Canadian officials will witness the game. The Toronto University officials will invite the leading Amer ican football authorities.
 The contest will be played under American intercollegiate rules, and the Toronto officials, who witnessed Saturdays game between Pittsburgh and Carlisle, believe that with proper coaching in the American rules the Canadians can beat the Indians. It will eventually be played between American and English teams.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-21
Paste this i'm your hat!
R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY,
 WinstOn-SaIem,N N. C.

thirty years ago. won the feather weight amateur championship of
 America and th for time was StrGnE na Booze and tuberculosis put the orig
 inhl ''Kid'' out of the running and in
 to a grave at about the time his name i was not the fame of his predecessor however, that led the HOOster boy to adopt Mccoy as a nom de pug The Kid Mccoy that attracted young Sel- by's admiration was the burglarious hero of very mellow drama, in which a cracksman named Kid Me Coy was the hero. For months after the village storekeeper's son talked of little but that drammer, with the re suit that the rest of the gang dub bed him Kid Mccoy. The name has
 followed. As previously stated, the
 youngster grew heartily tired of coun-
 try life, and 1onged for the activity
 of a great city like Indianapolis. He
 began to indulge his wanderlust by
 hopping freight, which led to an
 acquaintance with such distant met
 Evansville and South Bend. When
 his money gave out the ''Kid'' hoped
 another freight and returned to the
 parental roof-incllding, in the early
 days of his wandering, the roof of the
 woodshed, Association with the rough
 and ready men of the road led to the
 quiring a living without recourse to
 arduous toll, and the returns of the
 prodigaI son gradually became less
 frequent, to the great relief of the fat
 ted calves of Rush county. Young
 Selby was never ordinary "hobo."
 He worked at odd jobs whenever pos sibIe and kept himself so clean and wen dressed that he was known to
 his less tidy companions as 'the dude" Although only an inch less than six feet tall, he was slenderly built, with thin face and the hands of an artist. He didn't look like a
 man who could physically resist in suits and injuries-but many much bigger men found to their sorrow that their estimate of the Kids prowess was based on entirely erroneous sta tistics.
 Kid Mccoy was born scrapper When crowd gathered in the main street of his native Indiana village, those on the outskirts always inquired, now?" It always taken for granted that young Selby was in the l exact middle of any ruction-and on top. It is related that during his | off a 200-pound tramp printer known | as the ''bully of the road,' soundly 1 whipped train conductor who had l given him the boot, and successfully circus. After carrying water for the l elephants and performing other chores l all morning, the. ticket taker of the | greatest on earth" refused to live | up to his promise of free admission ! to the tent When SeIby and his ! bunch persisted, the cry of Hey, E Rube,' went up,. but the circus men | found a lively bunch of sfr-l1bes'' to | deal with. The slender s'Kid'' sent F the burly circus proprietor down for | the count with one blow, and he and | his crowd slipped through the door
 and lost themselves in the human
 pack. Selby was seventeen when he | fought his first real glove fight. At bhat time he was employed as dish-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-21

washer and general handy man in an Indianapolis restaurant much fre-
 quented by the sporting fraternity-
 The "boss'' of the place was an ar dent boxing fan, and on t7le sscond floor of his place had fitted up a ring and gym for che bbene44t of his p1-
 irons 0aek day SADyi ana anotber enp1oye had some words, and were om the point of settling the argument with their fists when the proprietor inter fered. He told them to wait until after hours, when he would take them to the ring to settle the matter, the man who lost to immediately look for another job. The Kid liked the place. since 1t permitted association with ths shining pugIIistic lightseof the Hooeis1 metropolis, and determined that ha would not be the iob-hunter- His adversary was a six-footer and a beefy individual who weighed about as third more than Selby- In that first bout, as in the many that followed. Kid Mccoy used his head and hia mouth as well as hands and feet E@ realized that he was no match for hi1 opponent sin a stand-up slan-bauG battle. So he sdde-stepped and danced and ran, meantime pouring a steady fire of verbal hot shot into his op- ponent, until the latter was worn otIt with effort and maddened by the Kid'H aspersions on himself and his ance9- tors back to the monkeys. Then Sel~ by polished him off.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-21
JOHNNY EVERS
 MAY MANAGE CUBS
THROUGH AS CHICAGO LEADER

Chicago. Get. 21-Frank Chance. manager of the Chicago Cubs for sew en years, will not be at the head of the team next year if Charles W. Aurpany stands by a statement he made yesterday.
 Murphy said he would have as lead CT next year the youngest playing manager in the league and a man who win live and vote in Chicago. But he would not name him. Chances whos is older than some of the man agerz probably will not play next year, and says he will not live in Chicago throughout the year under any consideration on account of his California interests.
 s1 don't know who Murphy has in mind" Chance said. ''I shall not vtgist his office unless I am requested to. and, further, I don't think Murphy wants to see me any more than want to see him.
 Johnny Evers is the man mentioned by Murphy as the probable manager of the Cubs.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-21
YALE AND HARVARD
 FEEL FINE TODAY
CRIMSON AND BLUE FOOTBALL SQUADS SHOW NO BAD EF'- FECTS FROM SATURDAYS
 GAMES

Cambridge. Mass. Oct. 21.-The Crimson squad was given very little heavy work. today. The Amherst game, Saturday. nightly pleased the coaches and both players and coaches feel confident that Brown win be dis posed of much more easily than last year. Tomorrow, the squad will be behind closed gates for some trick plays and forward passes
 New Haven, Oct 21.-As stiff a practice was given the Yale varsity eleven, today. as though there had been no game with West Point, Sat urday. The coaches were pretty well will keep hammering at the men in secret practice from now on. All of the players returned in good shape, showing none of the effects of the gruel1ing they were subjected, to.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-21
BALL PLAYERS ORGANIZE TO
 GAIN RIGHTS FROM MAGNATES
MatheWson, Cobb, Doolan and Sweeney
 Elected vice-Presidents

ity in the two big leagues. Each club has a member on the board of direc- only team which has not entered into the movement, and consequently was not represented yesterday The di- were as follows Mathewson, of the Giants; Sweeney, of the Yankees, Daubert. of the Brooklyn superbas: the Athletics; Henry, of the Wash ington Senators; Cobb, of Detroit; Mowrey, of the Cardinals; Pratt, of Egan, of the Cincinnati Reds; Evers. of the Chicago Cubs, and White, of the White Sox. Carrigan, who is the and Perdue. who represents the Bos- ing.
 It was decided that the fraternity the National Commission. It was thought that there was nothing to be Eained fIa ey dn.s as It v~o woaid 5n ean aa pr m ceedings- In view of the fact, too, that the commission deals with many questions in which the players are not fair to demand a right to vote on such matters.
 Several other things of moment in the internal affairs of the organiza- ton were taken up, but no announce nent was made of them yesterday. Several suggestions pointing toward
 
 and players were gone over carefully. and various demands will be made during the winter.
 The dues will be SIS a year. Many of the players were in favor of mak-. ing the assessn ent higher, but it was felt that if it was raised some might hesitate to enter the movement.
 The first action taken by the or ganization had reference to the in- cident which led to the forming of the fraternity. A resolution was pass ed requesting the National Commis-. sion to adopt legislation delegating to urnpires the authority to protect play CTS and spectators from abusive and insulting language on the field Sev- era1 of the clubs since the Cobb in cident have informally adopted reso- lutions to protect the players, but no action has been taken by the com sion.
 Another resolution was passed, to the effect that all forms of contract violation and rowdyism and all acts wherever committed that would inn pair the memb bers' playing condition should not be countenanced. This resolution covers the perplexing ques- ton of the use of intoxicating liquors by the players, a matter to which sew eraI of the club owners, especially Dreyfuss, of the Pirates, and Murphy, of the Cubs. have given much atten- ton lately.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-21
THIS DATE IN
 PUGILISTIC ANNALS
OCT 20.


 1S62@Ned Baldwin defeated Joe Worma1d for heavyweight title at Lynnfeld, Mass, but owing to police interference the affair was called a draw.
 1908-Marvin Hart won on foul from Jack (Iswin) Sullivan in rounds at Boston.
 1910-Young Britt defeated Jimmy Dunn in 10 rounds at Baltimore. 1910-Harry Lewis defeated Billy Glover in 5 rounds at New York.
 1910-Knockout Brown outpointed Joe Bede1I in 10 rounds at New York. OCT 21-
 19o2-Jack Johnson defeated Frank Childs in 12s rounds at Los Angeles. 1908-Packey Mcfarland defeated Leach Cross in rounds at New York 19O9-Matty Baldwin defeated Tom Carey in F rounds at Lawrence, Mass. 1910-Sailor Burke and Willie Lewis fought 10-round draw in New York 1911-PaI Moore and Grover Hayes fought Ground draw in Phila delphia- 1911-Leo Houck outpointed Frank Mantell in 10 rounds at New York.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-21
JOE WOLCOTT SATISFIED
 TO QUIT RING FOR GOOD

Boston, Mass. Oct 21HJoe Wolcott the one time black fighting terror, is days who has not thought of coming back Little black Joe, a detention of optimism. srnilingly admits he is
 ssI'lI be forty-one on the first day of next April I got rheuma tism in my legs and I got broken bones in my arms and there's rheumatism in them,
 Wolcott sees all the fights in Bos- tom He takes life easy. We met him
 e o5nsF nlsRs Rs,aH,, at the noSsout 6nnv Morgan. Browns manager. sat with us Danny remarked. There Is $6, 600 in the house" Wolcott's eyes looked Pag. After a while. from Wolcott:
 TT fought a lot of fights. I got nome now but nothin' else, just a roof an' polk chops now and then That's There was a strange contrast here. Twenty feet away Brown sat in his corner. Brown at his best would be easy for Woicott at the pinnacle of his career Brown is buying real estate sn Manhattan Island He has accumu- lated $65,O00 worth of property in two years Of fighting and he was never within mailing distance of a champion ship fight and he has never fought long fight.
 Remember Layigne?'' was asked Joe between rounds.
 Do I remember him2 Why. man, jus ask me did you ever forget him? mats what Id like 10 0O- But Lavigne am was always good friends, outside the ring, Lawd, man, how that babay could fight. We shuh had some real flghtin', him an me-"
 Joe remembers Detroit for two req sons. The drst-Lavigne lives there. Second-he got seven gold teeth there: He ih mighty proud of those gold teeth Has them planted like Jack Johnson and smiles all the time-but not to show the teeth He's happy go lucky, has a house and pork chops ard contenment