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The Big Sandy news., 1912-04-12

authorized to expend 100000 in i'm
mediate relief work in the Hickman
Memphis district.
With the breaking of the Govern
ment levee west of Hickman the
Mississippi overflowed several coun-
ties in Kentucky and Tennessee and
is rapidly transforming $50 square
miles of farming lands into an in
land sea. Reelfoot Lake will be en-
gulfed in the flood. apprehension IS
felt for the safety OF lives in the re-
mote sections. Citizens engaged In
an effort to hold the levee narrowly
layed their lives.
The Big Sandy news., 1912-04-12

Thieves apparently with political
convictions are said to have broken
into the rooms of Gov Woodrow
Wilson at Chicago hotel Sunday
night aud stolen a suitcase full u
private correspondence and papers
belonging to the Governor.
The Big Sandy news., 1912-04-12
+ city Attractions,

The illustration OF the sen-bIrd
drawn to its doom by the glare pf
the beacon light finds no true photo
type than In the case OF the coun-
try girl lured from her home by
dreams of fortune to be realized ia
the great city, As ignorant OF the
wiles of evil as mouse is OF the
mechanism OF trap, unsophlstiea-
ted In the Establishments of sins;
holding blankly to the belief that
sheep and goats never mingle she
drops into mael-storm OF a city ex-
istence AS snowflake settles into
the river One moment white. then
gone forever" There life In waiting
'or inuoceuce, the Wide world over.
legion OF plotting devils arrayed
In livery of light, honest appearing
advertisements that are tent hooks
with which the deyil angles for
souls; employers who scarcely take
the pains 10 hide the fangs OF
wolves behind their smiling lipa;
boarding g-houses infested with other
aud more hideops yermln than the
raj and the roach; companinship Or
more fatal effect to the soul than
hydrant water 10 the health; coun-
scllors who spin viewless webs and
plot ruin as the spider works de-
struetion to the stupid ny All these
and great many more. pitfalls lie
In the way OF the country girl as
she ,aras he, i!ghy stsp from. the
cowslip and the green turf to taae
her place IN the ranks OF those who
walk the path OF daily toll
Girls. listen 10 your mothers; YOU
viii never regret'it. No matter what
Sonr advantages are above what
hers we're you are no better You
can rest assured that It Is no book
learning or knowledge OF fashion
that win keep your feet away from
the many pitfalls that she can warn
YOU from, in a tender. loving fasa-
ion, that you would do well to hesd
No matter how mothers may speak,
you may rest assured their hearts
are In the right place. aud that
they want their daughters TO he in-
nocent and good rather than fash
ionable
The Big Sandy news., 1912-04-12

Cincinnati. o.. April 5.-Col, Jo-
seph L. Rodman member of one OF
the most distinguished families Of
Kentucky died today at the home of
his sou. Frank A Rodman in this
city, Col. Rodman was brother Of
the late DR.. Hugh Rodman, a fam
Gus physician. and of the late John
Rodman, former Attorney General
OF Kentucky. Col Rodman was born
in New Castle, NY, but more than
50 years ago removed 70 Frankfort
where he was in business until a
short time ago,
The Big Sandy news., 1912-04-12

The Government Bureau OF En-
craving aud Printing has perfected
two types OF currency washing na-
chimes which are expected TO save
81 100000 a year.
The Big Sandy news., 1912-04-12

Washington, April 8 Land seek
ers who have stood in line in the
North Yakima, Wash. land office
since January. awaiting the opporta-
nifty to file Tor irrigated fruit farms
in the Teton project. have had their
long vigil in vain The reclamation
service to-day announced that no
advantage will be gained by the
early filing
According TO the announcement all
of the forty farms in the third unit
at Tieton. soon 10 be thrown open
will be disposed OF by lot These
farms are among the finest fruit
lands of the Pacific Northwest, some
land in the same project selling as
high as 81 zoe per acre.
Places in the line at the North
Yakima land office had been consi-
dered worth from $1,000 to $4,000
each because heretofore the first
man who filed had choice OF the
homestead lands Men brought re-
cllning chairs into the corridor, had
their meals served to them. and
nave been holding their places.
either personally, or By proxy. since
about New Years day
Repeated warnings to the appli-
cants that they would not gain any
thing by waiting at the land office
door were needed by some. but 1T
the last reports made to Washing
ton there were fifteen or eighteen
persons still in line The reclama-
tion service announces now that all
persons who file may designate the
farm they want and all applications
for each farm will be put into
box, shaken up and the lucky ap-
plicant decided by the drawing Of
a name.
The Big Sandy news., 1912-04-12

steubenville, o., April When
pumpmen and traekmen of the Uni
ted States Coal Company left the
Bradley Mine of that company to-
day they were attacked by Italian
miners and there was a hand to
hand battle in which several on both
sides were severely injured and
may die. The traekmen and pump
men were kept at work under the
laws of the State when the miners
suspended work because of the wage
scale conference. and the Italians
took exception to this.
The Big Sandy news., 1912-04-12

The bill creating childrens
bureau ia the Department OF Com
meree and Labor is expected TO be
signed by President TAFT within the
next few days
The Big Sandy news., 1912-04-12

Funeral services at Raleigh, N
C.. Sunday over the body of former
Gov. Charles b Aycoek were atten-
ded by an Immense throng
The Big Sandy news., 1912-04-12

a reputable eye witness who has
heretofore been afraid TO testify at
any OF the previous trials
The Big Sandy news., 1912-04-12

Frankfort, KY, April A. The Pri
son Commission today paroled Judge
C. E. Booze. the former State Audi
tors clerk, who robbed the State
of something like $4,000 by falsify,
ing vouchers and endorsing ficti-
tious names on the backs OF treas
urer's checks, He was sentenced to
thirteen years and has served a
little over three years. If he mad
served his full time out he would
have been allowed over three Yeas
for good time
The Big Sandy news., 1912-04-12
Why He Was Late.

What made you so late7"
II met Smlthson"
Well, that is no reason why yod
should be an hour late getting
home 10 supper"
u know, but | asked him how he
was feeling, and he insisted ON tell
ing me about his stomach trouble
Did you tell him to take
Chamberlain's TGblets?"
Sure, that is what he needs
Sold by All dealers.
The Big Sandy news., 1912-04-12

Representative Francis, of Ohio, is
pressing a pension claim for Mrs,
Sarah Brandon, of Jacobsburg, o..
who furnished sixteen sons, it is
claimed. to the Union army
The Big Sandy news., 1912-04-12

Admiral Peary, discoverer OF the
North Pole. expressed the opinion
at celebration of the Peary Arctic
Club last night that both Scott and
Amundsen had succeeded in reach
in the South Pole.
The Big Sandy news., 1912-04-12

See the, new Spring jewelry at
Conl y,s store. New bracelets, pins,
tie clasps, etc.
The Big Sandy news., 1912-04-12

The prospects are so uninyiting
for a Republican in the newly ap-
portioned Ninth congressional dis
trict that it seems no one is hank
ering after the empty honor of the
nomination for Congress. There was
goodly crop of aspirants in the
e. o, p camp until the Legislature
passed the Prichard congressional
redistrieting act, and then they
The Big Sandy news., 1912-04-12

Impressive services were held
over the body of Senator r, L. Tay-
lor at Knoxville, friends from many
States, and thousands from Ten
nessee, gathering to pay the last
tribute.
The Big Sandy news., 1912-04-12

woke up" Until the addition OF six
Democratic counties transferred
from. the Tenth district the Ninth
was really Republican in political
complexion. the Democrats only be
ing able to carry it by narrow
margin after the hardest kind of a
fight,
The Big Sandy news., 1912-04-12

Winchester. Ky, April e. Despon-
dent and crazed by Ill health, Miss
|, Cassie Conkwright aged forty a
school teacher, committed suicide
this morning by drowning herself.
She was the daughter of Judge j. n
conkwright, Owing to her mental
condition she had been watched
closely for some time by the family.
but slipped off this morning and
end d her life.
The Big Sandy news., 1912-04-12

st Francis levee, nine miles north
Of Memphis, and the leyee at Wya-
noke Landing, seven miles south Of
that city, broke, submerging many
square miles of territory on the
Arkansas side of the river. Railroad
communication with Memphis was
expected to be cut off during the
night, Experts declared last night
that other levees may break at any
moment. Water rushing through the
break in the Government levee at
Hickman has submerged part of
Fulton county and may yet engulf
Reelfoot lake. eventually changing
the channel of the river, 1t is said.
The Army Department has been
The Big Sandy news., 1912-04-12

Returns from Republican county
mass conventions held throughout
Kentucky Saturday Indicated that
President Taft will easily control
the Congressional district and State
conventions to be held this week A
majority of Taft delegates will hold
the credentials signed by the pro-
per party authorities in ten ont Of
eleven congressional districts in the
state Roosevelt delegates Will con
troll the Eleventh district convention
which meets at Corbin.
The Big Sandy news., 1912-04-12

Long Beach Cal April A. Cal
braith p Rodgers, the first man to
cross the American continent in an
aeroplane. was killed here almost
instantly Wednesday, when his BIZ
plane. which he had been soaring
over the ocean, fell from a height
of 200 feet and buried him in the
wreck His neck was broken and
his body badly mashed by the en-
gine OF his machine He lived but
"a few moments.
The Big Sandy news., 1912-04-12

A constitutional amendment pro-
tviding for the election of Federal
Judges by the people was proposed
in the House by Representative
Nicely, of Kansas
The Big Sandy news., 1912-04-12

Mrs. Fanny Crosby the blind hymn
writer, has just celebrated her
ninety-seeond birthday at her home
in Bridgeport, Conn. She has written
more than seven thousand hymns,
among them Safe In the Arms OF
Jesus, .Jesues the Water of Life
viii Give" Mrs. Crosby has been
blind since she was six years old.
she is still enjoying good health
and spends most OF her time, when
not debating hymns, in knitting.
The Big Sandy news., 1912-04-12

Reuben Edwards, seyenteen-year-
old kinsman of sidna Allen and said
to be the rider of the mysterious
white horse of the hills, was put in.
jail on the charge of aiding fugiti-
The Big Sandy news., 1912-04-12

Senator W. o. Bradley spoke at
Frankfort intimating that Judge
o'Rear deserted the Taft camp be
cause the President did not appoint
him Supreme Court Justice,
The Big Sandy news., 1912-04-12

Paducah. KY. April 5-.After be-
ing forced to leave their home in
the lowlands of Missouri by the
flood, Charles Montjoy and his wife
{ and three children attempted TO
cross the Mississippi river at Col
nmbus last night. Their skiff cap
sized and the entire family was
drowned
The Big Sandy news., 1912-04-12

George NJ jackson, form ar
Kentuckian living in Arkansas, will
petition Congress to investigate con-
ditions at Hot Springs, alleging that
the Government health resort is a
breeding place of disease"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-12-13
UMPIRE TRAINING
PALzER FOR FIGHT
Frank Newhouse Picked to
Put Iowan in Form for
New Years Battle.

Los Angeles Cal, Dec 13-Al Pal
zer did is first light training at
Doy1es camp yesterday for his coast
debut New Years day against Luther
McCarty.
Frank Newhouse, former baseball
umpire, prize fighter and noted condi-
toner of athletes, has been selected by
Manager Tom O'Rourke to train big AL
Newhouse was in charge of camp to-
day, his lone assistant being AL Nc
Cluskey. Three or four husky sparring
partners will be added to the camp in
about week.
Palzer began work today with run
on the road this morning. During the
afternoon he went through some loos-
enfng up stunts In the gym. 1t is
planned TO keep Palzer at this sort of
work for the next week or ten days.
He will then be in shape for the siren
uous two weeks of training to follow.
Trainer Newhouse stated today that
Pafzer will need considerable hard
work to take off his superfiuous flesh
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-12-13

nail him with a lucky punch. Packey
knows too much for any of those boys.
He's as good probably better. right
now than Joe Cans, Kid Lavigne and
Frank Erne were when at their best
and you know that's saying a whole
lot.
"Packey whipped Murphy once be-
fore and should be able to repeat by
the point route without much trouble.
Murphy is a hard lad to stop. Nobody
ever did knock him stif for the ten
count But II he gets that chin OF his
In the way Monday night Packey may
put over the somnolence wallop.
Mcfarland is great this winter, and
I predict that he will come home on
the bit In this fight. After he gets
through with the Murphy party we are
figuring on jumping east to put the
silencer on Jack Britton and his man
ager. Danny Morgan. Packey can whip
Britton every night If he wants TO. and
believe me- he wants to get at him now
because of the nasty campaign 1ade
against him by Morgan. Mcfarland
can beat any boy in the world from 135
to 140 pounds. and 1 intend to have him
demonstrate that fact before the win
ter is over"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-12-13

New York, Dec. 13.-In a checker ex-
hibition last night Christy Mathewson,
the New York Giants pitcher. contest
ed against seventeen players at the
same time. He won thirteen games,
tied one. and lost three.
New York, Dec. 13.-George Sutton
challenged William Hoppe for the 1872
ballS line billiard championship, which
Hoppe won in the recent tournament
here. Hoppe Immediately accepted.
The match will be played in New York
early in February.
University of Chicago basket ball
team scored easy victory over Ev-
anston academy in Bartlett gymnasi-
UNI, Al to "a The game was a prac-
tice affair and Coach Page used every
available substitute. The second string
players performed better than was ex-
pected.
Boston. Mass, Dec 13-Arthur Dav.
EXPORT OF Kansas City made a clear
sweep of his series here in the three
cushion tournament of the national bill
lizard league by defeating DR.. Hudson
last night, SO to Al Davenport ave
ragged 20. with a high run of 6, ant
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-12-13
S P O r T S
GARY AND STEWART
IN NEAT DRAW

ishment. With rounds about even
Stewart went into the eighth with new
pep. He handed Gary such a lacing
that the fans were gaping with aston
ishment. Stewart came back again in
the ninth. using every effort to score
a knockout. With vicious swing
Stewart sent Gary Keeling through the
ropes. but the Chicago Heights lad was
up and at 1t again in a second. With
few more chances both fought desper-
ately In the tenth. Stewart using every
opportunity to score a knockout. Gary
fought more carefully and in fighting
took chances. The ten rounds clos
ed, both going to their corner appar-
emily fresh.
BY his wonderful showing last night
Stewart certainly won much favor
among the hearts of the fight fans. He
had the generalship and cleverness of
a different fighter showing much
Improvement over his fight with Bat
Ting Nelson that the fight fans simply
marveled Gary admitted after the
fight that he was afraid of Stewart's
dangerous punch and saved himself by
continual ciinches.
Red Sheehan of Chicago Heights
won a decision over Eddie Wagner of
Hammond in a ten-round encounter.
With his face beaten to a pulp. Wag-
ner was in q sorry plight in the eighth
round when Eddie Santry stopped the
fight. Wagner was still fighting It
this time. but the punishment he was
taking clearly demonstrated that he
was a beaten man. In the fifth round
Sheehan scored a knockdown for the
count of six Wagner was also knock
ed through the ropes in the eighth.
The curtain raiser saw Jimmy Swee-
ney of Chicago Heights best Young
Richie in a fast ten-round go. Out
hitting, outgenera1ing and outpointing
Sweeney earned shade in every
round. The fight was fast, Sweeney
showing a great deal of cleverness
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-12-13
BETTING CADETS
ARE PUNISHED

Annapolis, Md. Dec 13-Punish-
ment. consisting of dement's and the
deprivation of all privileges for the
rest of the academic year, was assign
ed today to the 400 midshipmen who
were found to have violated Supt. Glib
bons order forbidding betting on the
recent interseryice football game at
Philadelphia. 1t is understood the
youths practically confessed to having
participated in the formation of a 81
600 pool to wager with the West Point
cadets on the result of the game.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-12-13
.PACkEY AT HIS BEST
NOW. AYERS THIRTY
Emil Tells What Mcfarland
Will Do to Murphy and
Jack BrittOn.

Emil Thirty is one Dutchman who
thinks that nobody living can take his
Irish fighter, Packey Mcfarland, to a
trimming and scale anywhere near
Packey's weight. While Packey was
pummeling his sparring partners in the
Nate Lewis arena yesterday afternoon,
some told Thirty that Eddie Muir
ply was getting ready to punch Packey
out of his boxing shoes next Monday
evening at Kenosha. This brought an
ejaculation Of disdain from the Ger
man manager and the following per-
tinent remarks.
Il know Eddie Murphy is a pretty
fine ringman, but he can't whip Nc
Farland unless he should happen to
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-12-13
sM'GRAW JEALOUS
SAYS MARQUARD

st. Louis. Mo-, Dec. 13.-Rube Mar
guard. premier slabman of the New
York Giants, today declared McGraw
was jealous of his Successes an actor.
Marquard compared himself as an ac-
tor favorably with Louis Mann and
George Cohan and predicted brilliant
stage future for himself He declared
that he was booked for twenty two
weeks and unless the New York club
came across wit ha contract for $1o.-
600 he would stick to the stage and
give up baseball for all time. Mar
guard now carries a valet along and
hands out tips that would equal those
of many millionaires
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-12-13
DUNDEE FIGHT
rs DELAYED

New York. Dec .13.-The contest be-
tween Eddie Morgan and John Dun
dee scheduled for last night at the
Forty-fourth Street Sporting club, was
postponed and will be held on next
Thursday Several hundred fight fans
were disappointed by the announce
ment, which was made only few
hours before the scheduled time of the
bout The two featherweights mutual
" agreed upon the delay. believing
that they should have more time to
prepare. fnasmuch as Johnny kilbane
is to meet the winner for the world $
featherweight title
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-12-13

Showing the class from which cham
Hammond fought draw with Tommy
Gary of Chicago Heights last night in
their ten-round party at the Moose
stag.
Gary famed for his cleverness and
hardy punches. was gone just one bet
ter when Stewart dashed out I'M
counted blows that more than shook
Gary's frame from his bean to his toe
nails. The scrap caused surprise
among the fight fans
Only one round was recorded in ia
vor of the clever Chicago Heights boy,
who, in the second, by an onslaught Of
terrific rights and lefts went to his
corner earning a slight shade. The next
five rounds were fairly even. but the
eighth saw Stewart win by a neat mar
gin. Stewart also claimed the ninth
by shade and at the tap OF the gong
in the closing round they broke about
even. each fighting toe TO toe, game
a set of warriors as ever faced each
other
Both Stewart and Gary were con-
sistent aggressors during the entire
ten rounds, each taking his turn at
rushing the other. While Gary fought
with open guard Stewart used a
crouch. covering well with arms and
hands. This bothered the Chicago
Heights boy considerably. He found
that he could nothing more effec-
lively than a straight left jab to the
face and an uppercut to the bread bas-
ket now and then.
These Gary used continually. but
smiling Stewart came back for more.
showing his face into the left jabs
Battling as he never did before Stewart
sent slashing punches home that would
have put an ordinary battler to the
land of the sandman. but Gary ate
them up. showing few marks of pun
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-12-13
HERMANN PLEASED
WITH CUBRED DEAL

New York, Dec. i3.-"Now watch the
Reds make clean sweep" said Garry
Hermann. his face wrcathed in smiles
as he started for Cincinnati today. II
have every confidence that Joe Tinker.
who will manage my team, will make
ii a winner.
Together with his fellow National
league magnates Hermann left for
home today. The annual meeting of
the league was finished last night
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-12-13
BOXING LAW FAVORED

New York. Dec. 13.-Five countries
favor revision In the boxing laws,
which may result in changing the
weight of the different classes and
elimination of much of the present
roughness. The countries are: The
United States. England. France. Dem
mark and Switzerland.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-12-13
PHYSICIANS MEET TODAY.

The annual meeting of the Seventh
Indiana Councillor District Medical AS
ISOLATION will meet at Martinsville
Thursday afternoon and evening.
Twenty-one Indianapolis physicians
are the program. The district is
composed of Hendricks, johnson,
Marion and Morgan Counties and the
officers are: President, DR.. c. A. White
of DanviIle; secretary. DIR. Daniel w.
Layman of Indianapolis; councillor DR..
w. n. Wishard of Indianapolis.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-12-13

Hudson averaged SIS and had a high
run of 4.
New York, Dec. 13.-The fight be-
tween Gunboat Smith, the California
heavyweight, and Harry West of Gin
cinnati was stopped by the referee In
the first round last night to save the
Ohio man from a knockout. Freddie
Hicks of Detroit outpointed Jack Har-
rison, middleweight champion of Eng
land, in ten-round bout.
Los Angeles, Cal, Dec. 13-Ad VOL
CAST. recently deposed lightweight
champion, and his manager, Tom Jones.
lost nearly $4,000 the Flynn-Mc-
Carly fight. Wolgast and Jones were
hoodwinked by McCarty and his man.
ager. Billy Mccartney. who has been at
outs" with Jones for years. Acting
under McCarney's instructions McCarty
stalled" when Wolgast visited his
training camp and Ad received the i'm
preston that the cowboy was ignor-
ant of the first principles of the box
Ing game.
A WANT AID IN THE TINES is
WORTH TWO IN ANY OTHER pa
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-12-13
HARPER TO COACH
NOTRE DAME

Crawfo I'd sville. Ind, Dec 13.-Jesse
c. Harper. the former University OF
Chicago athlete, who has been athletic
director at Wabash college for four
years, has resigned. Harper has sign
ed a contract with Notre Dame and.
beginning next September will have
charge Of athletics at that school.
Coach Harper will remain at Wabash
during the present college year and
will coach the basket ball. track and
baseball teams Harper has made
greet record at wabash.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-12-13

During the weeks the result hung in
the balance Corbett decided TO name
as winner the candidate who carried
a majority of the electoral delegation.
Roosevelt won, both in the electoral
delegation and by a popular plurality
The odds were 2 to / on Roosevelt.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-12-13
NELSON BENNER
FIGHT STOPPED

Reading, Pa, Dec. 13.-The fight be-
tween Battling Nelson and Jimmy Ben
ner scheduled for next Tuesday was
forbidden today by District Attorney
Heinly He said he would arrest the
promoters If they came to town. Three
thousand tickets already had been sold
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-12-13
MORRIS IN FAKE BOUT.

Chattanooga, Tenn. Dec. 1S.-As the
result of the discovery that Bob VIII
liams whom Carl Morris fought here
Tuesday night. was none other than
Jack Heating, his sparring partner, and
that the fray had been rehearsed. both
men will be barred from the ring in
the south.