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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-18
Adverse Sentiment

Governor O'Neal attributes the ad- verse sentiment which has been gen erated in Jefferson county to the work of the state tax commission to the at titude of the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce committee and to the repre- sentatives of various corporate inter ests That this sentiment will doubt less have it's effect on the minds of the jurors selected to hear the states case against the Tennessee Coal and Iron company and any other cases which may arise. Governor O'Neal has pretty strong convictions.
 The governor is still of the opinion that the big interests in Birmingham are behind the movement to defeat the taxing power of the state and he de- clares that If he cannot force corpor- ations and wealthy property owners to respect the law the tax commission will deserve little credit in forcing the poorer classes to pay their just assess ments
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-18
Weather Forecast

Washington, August 17-Forecast for Alabama Mississippi and Georgia: Gener- ally fair Sunday and Monday
 Tennessee: Generally fair Sunday and Monday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-18
Birmingham or Mobile Will Probably Supply Success
 sor to Simpson
STATEMENT MADE ae !
 BY THE GOVERNOR
Members of Court of Appeals Want to Remain in Present Positions and Prove Value of the
 Court to State

Montgomery, August 17-(Speeiall Governor oNeal will not appoint d member of the court of appeals to the vacant position on the supreme court bench This was the ipositiye am nouncement of the executive this aft ernoon in q brief statement which he gave to the press in which he declared that the vacancy was not desired by any member Of the appellate court.
 One of the principal reasons assigned by Governor O'Neal as to why this ap- pointment would not be acceptable to one of the appellate judges was the fact that their term of office will not expire until five years hence, whereas the appointment on the supreme court bench will terminate in January, 19l5
 Another reason assigned by Governor o'Neal is that the justices of the court of appeals are actuated by patriotic motives in not wishing to accept the office made vacant by the death Of Justice R. T. simpson. According to Governor O'Neal the appellate court justices are determined to exert every possible effort to prove the worth of the lower court and inasmuch as they are working in harmony and are at- taehed one to the other in bonds of the closest friendship, they have re- quested that their names not be con sidered as candidates for the appoint
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-18
Flyer Derailed

Fort Wayne, Ind, August 17.-one of the Pennsylvania railroads New York to Chicago flyers was derailed near Mid dlepoint, Ohio. carly today. Three pas sengers were slightly hurt.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-18
Local Data

For the 24 hours ending at D. m
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-18
O'Neal's Statement

Governor O'Nears statement as to why the appellate court justices do not desire the position is as follows:
 T think 1 know the real wishes of each member of the court of appeals with reference to the vacancy on the bench of the supreme court.
 'When the bill creating the court of appeals was approved by me, the terms of the judges first to be appointed were 10 expire within q year and a half after the passage of the bill
 After I had named to the senate the three judges to compose that court, the legislature immediately passed another bill extending tho terms of these judges for four additional years This was done bv the legislature for the purpose of giving ample time to the judges who now compose the court of appeals to dem onstrate its usefulness 10 the, people of Alabama and to carry it through the first years of its history, probably the most difficult years which any court has to encounter.
 .'The above being the situation, each of the present judges of the court feels that he owes it to the court of which he is member to remain upon thar court and 10 continue the work which the legislature has seen fit 10 assign to it.
 That the judges of the court of ap- peals are meeting the expectation of the peopl>is evident from the fact that since the organization of the court in March, 1911, something over S6a eases have been disposed of by iN and the number of appeals in Alabama indicates that the court will always have on hand as much woll. as three patient, careful and indus trious judges can well do.
 For these reasons, each member ot the court feels that he should he allowed to remain upon that count, and that the vacancy in the supreme court should be hlIed by the appointment Of some one no' a member or the court of appeals. II other words, each member of the cour of appeals feels that it is his duty to thu state to remain in the position now oc cupied by him
 Ii am led to make the above statemen because members of the bar from vari GUS parts of the state have suggested tho names of eaen of the judges of the cour of appeals 70 me with reference to thu supreme court vacancy. l recognize tha eitEer member of the court of appeals i' thoroughly capable of filling the position referred to- ana it is but just to then that l make this statement
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-18
For Rirmlngham or Mobile

Every indication points to the fact that either Birmingham or Mobile will reeeivea the appointment to the vacancy on the su- preme court bench It is reported that Governor O'Neal has announced that each of those cities has a strong claim to the vacant position inasmuch as neither Of those places has a representative on the supreme court. So far as can be learned, Birmingham is prepared to indorse Judge C. (. Nesmith of the city court, although both H. C. Selheimer and Judge A. O.. Lane have been strongly recommended for the position.
 The bar of Mobile has not yet indicated to Governor O'Neal who it's choice will be, though the most prominent attorney of that city who has been suggested for the office is Elliott C. Rickarby. Ii is gen. orally conceded that either a Birmingham or a Mobile man will receive the plum, all though there is a likelihood that some other strong representative of the bar from these two sections of the state will be appointed 10 fill the vacancy
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-05
CALF ORN|A FOR
YEARS TRIES To
WIN TITLE
By Ed. w. Smith.

n ALIFORNIAs dream of one day
I having the lightweight boxing
crown worn by a real native son
has been realized to the fullest. True,
it was a foul punch that caused the
shift in ownership, but the shift is there
just the same, and everybody on the
coast is happy-that is, everybody who
believes in California.
1t has taken years of trying for the
Golden State to attain its end-years
of developing and scheming. And Cal
ifornia has produced some of the great
est of the worlds lightweights.
The nearest previous effort toward
dragging down the lightweight title
came when Jimmy Britt, once amateur
champion, became a star professional
and fought Battling Nelson for what
was then termed the white lightweight
championship" a mongrel title that
carried little prestige, since Joe Cans
then was in the heyday of his success,
and it was generally conceded that the
"old master was easily the daddy of
them all in the division.
List Is a Long One.
got decision over him, and seemed
then to be the best of the white men.
But he tackled Cans and lost in the
fourth round when his ulna bone was
cracked-or so they said. That was
California $ best previous effort,
But just glance through the list of
good lightweights that the Pacific coast
has produced and you will wonder that
the state never came closer to anneXing
the honors of the division. Just a hasty
mental resume of the last few years
calls to mind such names of sterling
young battlers as Toby Irwin, Frank
Picato, Johnny Murphy, Johnny and
Tommy Mccarthy. Lew Powell Aurelia
Herrera. Eddie Hanlon, Spider Kelly,
Anton Legrave, Dick Hyland, frankie
Burns, Johnny Frayne, One Round"
Hogan, and last but by no means least.
the little Mexican, Jose Rivers.
Richie the Lucky One.
This doesn't take into account the
one man of all. who, springing up like
a fungus growth just year ago. came
through in a single year and won the
title. His name is Willie Ritchie. and,
while at a glance one wouldn't say that
he is better than some of the other Cal
ifornians who aspired to the title il
must be admitted that he has it on all
of the others in one single point. He
delivered.
AS we expected, Willie is going to
lower the bars a trifle and not be so
COMPOUNDED compunctious about the
weight as the two previous holders of
the title were. Willie doesn't say so
actually, but it is likely that he will let
the lightweights in hereafter at 1873
pounds the weight to be made several
hours before f1ghing time.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-05
VANDY-AUBURN DATE
SURE TO BE CHANGED

BIRMINGHAM, ALA. Dec. st Is
practically sure thing that Auburn
and Vanderbilt will meet again next
year in football, but hardly on the Sat
urday before Thanksgiving day It is
doubtful if Auburn can ever be per
suaded to play game on this dat
again. after what Georgia did to them
this Thanksgiving.
The second Saturday before Thanks
giving is suggested for the Auburn
vanderbilt game. This will give both
colleges chance to recuperate in time
for their Thanksgiving games with
their old rivals
birmingham fans believe their town
IS the logical place for the playing of
the game.
They say that the Auburn students
came up on special train. and that 1t
would have been no more expensive for
the Vanderbilt students to have done
Likewise. To play the game in Nash
vile, they say, would prevent the Au-
burnites from attending, and in playing
the game in Birmingham nothing more
is asked of Vanderbilt than of Auburn
students
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-05
McGoorty -Gibbons Go So Bad
An Investigation Is Demanded

NEW YORK Dec 5.-Disap-
y pointed fight fans today de-
manded that the state box
ing commission make an investiga-
ton into the McGoorty- Gibbons
fiasco staged in Madison Square
Garden last night.
The ten round bout with the
middleWeight championship at
stake, billed as the great fistic
battle of a decade" was about as
thrilling as game of chess. and
many of the spectators. Disguised
with the stalling exhibition in the
early rounds, left the Garden, while
most of those who stayed jeered
and hooted the fighters.
Some critics declared the bout a
draw. others claimed a Shade in ia
vor of McGoorty, because of his
hashy work in the last four rounds
and because he was the aggressor
throughout the fight
During the early rounds the bout
resolved itself into a little game of
tag. with MCGoorty being lit" most
of the time and chasing the St
Paul fighter around the ring.
1t wasn't a fight that carried
much satisfaction to anybody. Nc
Goorty was looked on as the like
ly winner but it was believed he
would win by a knockout. He
didn't. The Gibbons delegation
thought their man could hold his
own and win a draw verdict. He
didn't
There was d tremendous crowd
out-the largest in years-and they
got bum run for their money. They
saw McGoorty punish Gibbons
steadily. but they marveled at the
clever blocking of the St. Paul
scrapper. Gibbons opened the fight
with a right and left to neck, but
McGoorty returned a hard left to
body. The ST Paul man ducked a
straight left to face and body at the
bell
During the second round Gibbons
seemed frightened, but managed to
get a left to the chin and two
straight lefts to the face. McGoor-
ty followed with left and rights to
the head, a left uppercut to the
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-05
K. c. MILLIONAIRE PLANS
RACE TRACK OF HIS OWN

KANSAS CITY MO, Dec. Miss
Loula Long, daughter of r. A. Long, a
millionaire of this city, announced to-
day that her father will build a private
racing plant to cost 100000 on his
1,2O0-acre farm near this city. A half
mile race track will be made and the
infield will be fitted up for polo. The
plans include a large tanbark arena.
where Miss Long, who is prominent in
horse show circles, expects to exercise
her horses. A large country house will
be built on the place. Miss Long said
the improvements would be completed
early next summer
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-05
Does Comiskey Appreciate Work
Of Ed Walsh? Just Read This

without one. That clinched the
championship. Naturally the boss
of the White Sox felt good. 1t was
scarcely to be expected that the
players and the officials of the club
would remain in hiding that even
ing. They did not. They visited a
cafe on the South Side which has
come to be looked upon as a sort of
SoX headquarters. There was a
dinner, of course, and the big
pitcherNand the owner of the South
Side team were present
Gives WaIsh's Sons $1,000.
There were many courses. Also
many toasts. The big pitcher sat
next to the Old Roman and the
more the master of the Sox talked
the broader became the grin of the
pitcher. Those things will out.
Somebody said something about
the walsh kids" The next mo-
ment it was generally known about
the board that President Comiskey
had presented the Walsh kids"
with $4,000. That amount was to
be split between them.
That's the truth of the Comiskey
appreciation of the Walsh spirit.
the Walsh arm and the various at
tributes which made Walsh of al
most inestimable value to the White
SoX team last year.
The story is scarcely as pictur-
esque as the one that has been 60
ing the rounds This is to the eff
feet that before that final game was
played the master of the Sox
called his star pitcher to the office
and remarked thusly:
Edward, the eyes of the world
are upon you today Upon that
good right arm of yours depends
the chances of your team mates in
this, the deciding struggle, of a
wonderful series.
Makes Big Ed Offer.
Go out and pitch as you never
pitched before. If victory crowns
your effort and the lads who wear
the white hose are returned the
conquerors, you may draw upon me
for $500 simoleons. But if you fail
catch the first train for Meriden.
Conn"
No, it was the other way. All
Commy said was: Ed, here's $4,000
for the kids. It'll pretty near edu-
cate them, And I hope you make
1t necessary for me to give you that
much more next year"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-05
GERMANS BET 8 MILLION
ON PONIES LAST SEASON

BERLIN, Dec. 5.-Local newspaper
point with some exhibition of pride to
the fact that bets on Berlin's four race
courses during the season recently
closed totaled roundly $8,00O,000. which
is an increase of $250,000 over 1911.
The statistics are made possible be-
cause of the fact that all bets on the
race tracks are made through an Off
cial totalizator betting machine The
bookmaker is an unknown parsonage
on the TeutOn turf
Sixteen and two thirds per cent of all
the money which passed through the
totalizator goes to the state so the
Prussian treasury rakes in the tidy sum
of $1,350,000 as its share of the fruits
of Berlin's gambling passion. Most bets
were placed on the hurdle races. Flat
racing and trotting seem to be losing
favor with the bettors
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-05
By Bill Bailey.

THICAGO, Dec. 5.-Charles A.
Comiskey, owner of the
White Sox, did not give Ed
Walsh, his star pitcher, $500 at
the conclusion of the post season
series between the South Siders
and the Cubs.
Mr.. Comiskey did not give the
big pitcher cent. You are shock
ed? Be not so. There are mem
bers of the Walsh family aside
from the big pitcher Oh, l know
you never heard of them. But
Charles A. Comiskey has. And this
isn't a story of what Charles A.
Comiskey did not do, but one of
what he did.
And he didn't forget the Walsh
family.
Instead of handing Edward. the
pitcher. $500, he presented the
two sons of the twirler with $1,000
Now, are you shocked? OF course,
you are not. If the Old Roman
happened to present the Walsh
family with $4,000 you would not
be surprised. But if he had failed
to present said family with some
token of his esteem you would be.
That's because the Old Roman is
expected to give. Which means to
show his appreciation
Walsh Works often.
1t happened like this:
Edward Walsh pitched about
every other day during the regular
season and when it came to the
series for the championship of Chi
cago he worked about twice in ev-
cry three days. That may not be
accurate, but it gives you the i'm
preston that Walsh worked fire.
quently. Which is the truth and
the idea at the same time. Well.
when six games in the city series
had been played to a decision and
the seventh was. scheduled, Mr..
Walsh was called upon. That was
quite unnecessary. It would have
required more than the moral per-
suasion of Manager Callahan and
the physical strength of kid"
Gleas son to have kept him off the
mound.
Walsh went to the slab and when
the game was over the White Sox
had sixteen runs and the Cubs were
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-05

face. a hard right to the body and a
hand left to the jaw at the bell.
Gibbons jabbed his left to the
face three times in the third round,
but McGoorty was the more effec-
tive with body blows at close quar-
tiers. Gibbons depended much on
his foot work, and was clever in
lodging many blows. There was a
rapid exchange in the fifth. in
which Gibbons got the worst of
it. and in the sixth the St. Paul
man was bleeding.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-05
REAL ACTOR IS TINKER
SINCE HE QUIT BASEBAl

CHICAGO, Dec. 5.-Joseph Tinker, Cs
shortstop. will stay out of baseball ford
year. according to an announcing
which he authorized today instead
working between second and third bas
he viii work between the right and Il
entrances Of vaudeville theaters
Back from New York, Joe today beg;
looking for bookings that will enat
him to keep the wolf from the door ne
summer. He did not save enough of Il
earnings last summer to live throui
whole year he said, but he will n
play with the Cubs even if he is offer,
contract calling for 1000 for the SCI
son
Tinker wanted to be manager OF d
Cincinnati Reds. He did not get the job.
INTERNATIONAL MEETS DEC. 9.
NEW YORK. Dec. 4.-The nternatio
al Baseball league will hold it's ANN
meeting at the Hotel Victoria here
December g.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-05
CAMP PUTS D Ne
NESTERNER ON
ALL AMERICAN

My one Western player
[ )Butzer. of Wisconsin-oceupies
~ Mace on the 1912 all-Amer-
... football team picked by Walter
ANN of Yale, and published in the
current issue of Golfers. The
-ridiron dean gives the star Badger
rtoe0an one of the tackle positions,
and consoles the Western fans by
.,r,otne three of their favorites on
tha third eleven.
Norgren. of Chicago, at halfback;
LoaffeI of Wisconsin, at end, and
7,rirkev. of Iowa. at tackle, are the
v-asterners chosen for the second
so,g-egation. while Shaughnessy, of
Minnesota. is the only player of the
mississippi valley region to get
recognition on the third team. The
latest au-American team, accord
ing to Camp, offers one of the
strongest combinations ever picked.
The Yale expert, who has seen
many Of 1913 games, and figured
the rankings down to a fine point,
declares that the choice of stars
was particularly hard this year.
Following is his comment on the
team finally selected:
"Romeisler, of Yale, at one end,
and FELTON,, of Harvard, on the
other. Ketcham, of Yale, at the
middle Of the line, guarded by Pen
mock. Of Harvard, and Logan. of
Princeton. with a pair of tackles
in Fnglehorn. of Dartmouth, and
Butter. Of Wisconsin, the former
one Of the most aggressive men on
the gridiron this season, and the
latter tremendously powerful and
experienced. We should have a
line that would take q lot of beat
ing.
Crowther at Quarter.
with a backf1eld consisting of
Brickley, of Harvard; Thorpe, of
Carlisle; Mercer, of Pennsylvania,
driven and handled by that little
star. Crowther, of Brown. the elev-
en- would be a close match for any
former ALL American. team"
The second eleven also puts
forward a formidable machine with
Very of Penn State, and Hoeffel,
of Wisconsin. at the ends: Probst,
of Syracuse. and Trickey, of Iowa.
at the tackles; Cooney, Of Yale, and
Kulp, Of Brown, at the guards;
Parmenter. of Harvard at center
Pazzetti. of Lehigh. at quarterback;
Norgren, of Chicago, and Morey. of
Dartmouth, at the halves, and Wen
dell of Harvard, at fullback.
The third eleven consists of Ash
baugh, of Brown. and Jordan, of
Bucknell, at the ends; Shaughnes-
sly. Of Minnesota. and Devore. of
West Point, at the tackles; Ben
nett Of Dartmouth, and Brown, of
Annapolis. at the guards; Bluthen-
thai, of Princeton, at center; Bacon,
Of Wesleyan, at quarter; Hardage,
of Vanderbilt and Baker. of
Princeton, at the halves, and Pun
pe'ly Of Yale, at fullback. Five
Harvard men, four Yale men and
three Princeton players are on the
three teams.
Camp Lauds New Rules.
MIR. Camp declares that the new
football rules have proved their
Wor,h beyond a doubt.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-05
MOBILE MAY PURCHASE
2D-HAND GRANDSTAND

MOBILE, ALA, Dec. 5.-Secretary
Charles z. Colsson. of the Mobile
Southern league baseball club is re-
ported to have closed a deal in New
Orleans for the purchase of a slightly
used steel grandstand to take the place
of the old wooden stand that has been
doing service at Monroe park since the
club got into Glass A company a few
years ago.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-05
L0NDONERS PLAN FOR
50-MILE RUNNING RACE

LONDON. Dec. 5.-The F'inchIey
Harriers, a London club, will stage a
50-mile running race in their sports at
the Stamford Bridge grounds on Whit
Monday in 1913. The running record
for this distance. 6:1S 2-5, is held by
j. E. Fowler Dixon. now president of
the London Athletic club
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-05
YANKS, so RUMOR SAYS,
ARE AFTER JOHN CAMEL

NEW YORK, Dec. John Camel
leader of the Rochester team, in the In
ternational league. is said to have received
an offer from Frank Farrell of the New
York Americans, to manage the team in
1918.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-05
HOPPE RESTS NAMAnA

l'ppe, the 1872 baIk line billiard cham
III, won his second game in the tour
,IgNi mere last night when he defeated
"A ~ aaaamada, the Japanese champion,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-05-06
TAFT CHARGES THAT ROOSEVELT
PREVENTED TRUST PROSECUTIONS
CContinEes srOm page y

This trust had violated the antitrust
law Between Scptembsr II and No
Vember 2, the matter was under con-
siderslOn and on the seventh OF No
vember the president directed Mr. Ter
bert Knox Snilt h TO notify Mr. Perkins
that no prOsecu ion would be begun
until after tle sEgaClon- That
settled the matter. because chat is what
AIr. Perkins asked FOR.
Vow. Mr. Roosevelt says that t was
present at the cabinet meeting i'm whicn
il was decided not TO prosecute the
trust until after the invest legation. As
a matter OF fact. ] was not in the com
try between August and Decemher. I
had been TO the Philippines and was
on my way around the world. NJ.
Bonaparte says that the cabinet meet
ing took place in January. This is al
together q mistake. as it is shown by
Mr. Smiths diary that the matter was
decided in November.
These are circumstances tending 10
illustrate what Mr. roosevelt means
by good and bad trusts. He means TO
Introduce a benevolent despoGsm in
which he means TO select Inc trusts
which he thinks ought 10 continue and
smash those he thinks OuShJ not to
continue Tt is one or those please nj
arrangements and is most useful in
giving an instrumentality for the ana 5u-
teuauce OF power that is hardly TO be
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