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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-01-14
MORE SCRAPS
ON THE DECK
FOR MOOSE

Unless present arrangements fall
through. the boxing lid which has
been clamped down at the Moose hall
In Hammond for over a month, will
be tilted the latter part of this month
with a card that will outclass all 9TH
ers staged IN the past. Art Stewart of
Hammond and Steve Ketchel of Chi
cago will be the principals in the main
ten-round go, while the curtain raiser
and semi windup will be of a variety
that will furnish the fight fans with
plenty of thrills and excitement
Ever since the Moose cast q gloom
over fstic circles in Lake county by
announcing that they would stage no
more bouts, this will be welcome news
to the fight fans of this vicinity who
are eagerly waiting to hear the ia
niliar tap of the gong. Matchmaker
Frank Campbell, who has so success
fully conducted the past bouts at tho
Moose hall, is busy making arrange
ments, and when the curtain raiser IL
started on the evening of Jan. 80 he
will have a list of scrappers that will
be worth going miles to see.
In preparation for hts coming fight
Stewart is hard at work in his train
ing quarters in the rear of the Males
tic hotel He is not only fast round
ing into shape but is developing a new
style of defense and a clever wallop
that II it lands will put Steve to sleep
Word comes from Ketche1s training
camp that he also is hard at work. and
when the pair face each other In the
Moose arena they will be in the best OF
condition. Although Stewart and
Ketchel have not been matched as yet
the agreements will be signed before
the close of the week. The pair will
weigh In at 1913 pounds at o'clock
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-01-14
EVANS RELATES HISTORY
OF THE GOLF CLUB
Western Amateur Champion Describes Peculiar Instru
ments Used by First Players

these clubs are usually sharp, but now
a rounded edge has been patented Oc-
casionally we find beveled shafts, and
only little while ago every one was
using spliced clubs instead of the
socket shafted ones. Many kinds OF
wood have been used at different times
for shafts. but Invariably we get back
to the hickory again. 1 have seen a
golf club somewhat resembling a ham
mer. and Mr.. Maury of Peoria has an
exceedingly queer-shaped golfng inn
plement that every one there knows
as Betsy" 1t has a head but little
larger than a golf ball. and seems
very effective in the hands of its own
err.
Different iron clubs have been weld
ed with strange knobs at the back and
strange crooks at the neck. Mr.. Rob-
ert Maxwell, great British amateur.
came to the conclusion that the socket
part of iron clubs was too heavy. so
he had holes drilled in. winding lines
around the socket. Since that time he
plays to an accompaniment OF wierd
whistling.
Whole sets of aluminium clubs were
at one time the fashion. Now that
metal is never seen except in a put
ter II seems TO me that IL Is on this
club that the widest fancies of the
inventor have been turned. Every
shape. size and material have beer
combined to enable the discouraged
player to run down those deceptive
short puts.
1t is easy to understand the demand
| for clubs. The average player car
ries at least five. Chandler Egan'.
caddy usually staggered under a re
| markable collection of clubs, and man,
| well-known golfers have always tel
| or twelve In their bags They intent
| to be prepared for any emergency. w
are all engaged in a search for q per
/ feet golf club Then, and not til
then. shall we become perfect golfers
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-01-14
CHANCE TO GET
LARRY LAJOIE

New York, Jan. 14.-Larry Lajofe,
veteran ball star with the Cleveland
team is to become member OF Frank
Chances Highlanders. This was the
announcement given out today by
baseball heads. The change is to be
brought about in a many cornered
deal. II look for I.ajoie to be a High
lander during the coming season" was
the positive declaration made by a
close friend of President Farrell OF the
local club last night. II haven't this
tip from Mr. Farrell direct. but from
what I have learned since Frank
Chance signed his contract I feel safe
in making the prediction"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-01-14
LOCKE BUYS PILLS
FROM G. p. TAFT

Pittsburg, Jan. 1.-THE formal
transfer of the Philadelphia National
club into the hands of the party head
ed by Secretary VIII H Locke of the
Pirates will be made today Locke
left here last night for Philadelphia
where today he will meet Charles P.
Taft or his Representatives. 1t was
said here that there Is a possibility
that the signing of the necessary pa
pers will be deferred until Wednesday
or Thursday. Locke declared he will
not resign his present position until he
has been elected president of the
Philadelphia club
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-01-14
MURPHY DENIES
CALLING CHANCE CRAZY
President of the Cubs As
serts Statements Are
Untrue.

In answer to the charges made by
some that he said Chance was not In
perfect mental condition. President c.
W. Murphy of the Cubs permitted
copies of a letter sent yesterday to
President Farrell of the Yankees to
become public. The letter follows:
Chicago, ILL.,, Jan. 10, 1918.
Mr.. Frank Farrell, President, New
York American League Baseball
Club, New York City:
Dear Shallow me to tender
you my congratulations on secur-
Ing the services of Mr.. Frank l. s
Chance to manage your ball club.
1t Is my personal opinion that he
will prove to be just what you
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-01-14

have needed for a long time-an
energetic, conscientious, capable
manager.
Any stories purporting to have
come from me stating that Man.
ager Chance is not In perfect
mental condition or good physical
trim are made out of whole cloth,
and have been circulated by per-
sons seeking to stir up trouble
Such stories are not only cruel. but
unjust to both Manager Chance
and myself.
With kindest regards. and wish
ing you a prosperous season. and
believing that your club is going
to be factor from now on in the
American league race. I am yours
very truly.
CHARLES w. MURPHY.
President
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-01-14
Killing REFUSES
JOB WITH REDS

Kansas City, Mo-, Jan. 14.-Joe
Tinker, manager of the Reds, and
Johnny King, his former Cub team
mate and recently manager of thee
Braves, met here again today to talk
baseball. Joe is anxious to get King
for the Reds, but the latter prefers to
this is the stand he takes. King re-
iterated his former statement that he
would not play ball again in the big
leagues. MY business here needs my
management" he said, land 1 can't
leave. Joe and I didn't talk much
about it,
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-01-14
PITTSBURG MAN WINS

Pittsburg. Pa. Jan. 14.-Pittsburg,
which lost six of Its nine games on it's
recent western trip in the three cush-
ion championship of the national bill
lard league, climbed back into the
first division last night when Joseph
Wireback defeated Frank Jones. SO to
43. IN the opening game of the Phila-
delphia series. Wireback had high run
of 4. Jones getting for high mark
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-01-14
SOUTH BEND
LOSES FRANCHISE

Terre Haute, Ind, Jan. 1.-THE
franchise held by the South Bend club
in the Central. league was declared for
feited to the organization today at the
annual meeting here. Because OF this
action drafts of schedules which were
to have come up for consideration
were laid over until meeting to be
held two weeks hence. 1t was an
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-01-14
CHICAGO GETS
ICE RACE MEET

A record breaking entry list Is pre-
dicted for the western skating cham
pionships which will be held next
Sunday at Douglas park under the
auspices of the Douglas Park Skating
club. The championship events are
the 220-yard dash, quarter mile and
one and two-mile races and one-half
mile for boys. The program also in
cludes a mile novice race and a spe-
cial race for members of the club.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-01-14
COUNTRY CLUB.

Smoking chewing. Big package
SC. McHfe-S. Tob. Co. Save the tickets
and see our premium ust.-Adv,
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-01-14

nounced the vacancy would be filled
at that time. Other cities in the cir
cult will be Terre Haute. Springfield,
Dayton, Grand Rapids and Fort
Wayne.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-01-14

Roland q. 0arfoo.
Roland G. Garros, tho French
aviator. recently completed . long
6isht from Tunis, Africa. to Rome.
Italy. He crossed the Mediterranean
sea, q distance etrsc Ess:ee. SitSsut
miahap. On his arrival in Rome .
banquet was given in his honor by
the Aero club. Garros In the FIRST
man to cross the Mediterranean in
an aeroplane.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1913-08-23

Mr. SwemJ ant nm H"n
Sunday ! r = >cton
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Anne lI Ih aa WM
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must be- he grounds before noon September l6 aud
mus remain until after 4 90 O'Clock m September
~ Attendants in charge viii feed and water poultry
during be- Fair hn raon exhbi must furnish his own
foops and Feed Entrance fee zoe per head Rules OF
4 r standard IF perfection 10 govern.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-01-22
Waterways Improvements

The Mobile Register sees little sense
in large appropriations for improving
rivers while those appropriations are
nullified by the railroads. For ex-
ample, the sum of 1885 is about
to be appropriated for the improve
ment of the Warrior and 'Bigbee
rivers, and yet two steamboat and
barge lines have just crushed While
the government is endeavoring to
open the rivers to commerce the rail
roads are endeavoring to bring to
naught the governments plan.
Mr.. Kealhofer recently told in the
Augusta Chronicle the manner in
which Montgomery barge line was
frozen out because the Mobile and
Ohio railroad controlled the terminals
in Mobile. 1t also appears that the
Louisville and Nashville froze out the
Birmingham and Gulf barge line on
the Warrior and Tombigbee by start
ing the Staples line of boats which put
the Birmingham and Gulf boats "out
of business" The Staples boats have
doubtless been or soon will be with
drawn.
The Register calls for an enactment
that would forbid and punish any in
reference with water traffic by rail-
road corporations or their agents; any
lending of money, any ownership of
stock or interest, and combination
formed for the purpose or having the
result of putting boat and barke lines
out of business Railroads should be
required also to cooperate with the
water lines, to invite traffic over wa
ter terminals, and to help, not hinder,
the use of the waterways for the peo-
pies commerce; and there should be
penalties, personal in their applica-
ton for such actions as above de-
scribed where existing commerce has
been run off the rivers, or for any
action or actions hurtful to the best
interests of the people. Along such
line as this is work for progressive
statesmen, both democratic and re-
publican"
This would be work for the state
and not for the United States. for the
rivers thus far improved in Alabama
are wholly within the state. This NAV
become an issue in 1914.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-01-22
LoNpoN,s POETRY SHOP
From the Chicago Record-Herald.

from the chicago Iceoiu-A'eioif'
Among the other signs that poetry is
again coming into its own is unique
shop Just opened in London which Is
dubbed Poetry House, Nothing but
poetry will be offered for sale, and no
poet, however obscure. will be excluded.
The shopkeeper is Harold Monro, himself
n noet. whose chief ambition it is to
RI store the quiet charm of the old book
shop. in which his patrons may browse
uncisturbed by clerks and untroubled by
the bsstle of barter and exchange.
Mr.. Monro has spared no pains to make
his shop attractive. He isn't afraid OF
loiterers, for he is a propagandist and as
such welcomes possible converts. I'VE M
vite people interested in poetry he says,
ITO sit down on our settles and look at
our books. and, If they are minded to
purchase. to do so withaSt going through
the usual tedious and speculative pro-
cess of discovery and disappointment.
We shall endeavor to tolerate a linn
iied amount of lettering because the cir
cuation of poetry is an artistic rather
than an economic enterprise.
This announcement will have charm for
old-fa shioned folks, but all the virtues of
Poetry House. are not set forth there.
1t is a structure of many chambers, and
the upper floors. furnished with Spartan
plainness, are let to poets at cost. Thus
the patrons of the shop, while running
through the books below, will have the
delightful sense that over their heads a
vcritable factory of poetry is going full
blast. Few book sellers realize the i'm
portance of atmosphere. but Mr.. Monro
is one of the blessed minority.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-01-22
THE PASSING OF PORT

From the Chicago Record Herald.
A laconic dispatch from London says
that, whereas a trifle over 80 years ago
Englishmen drank three bottles of wine
a head, the consumption has now shrunk
to one. The dispatch adds that it is
greatly 20 be feared Englishmen now
smoke before finishing their port.
A prosaic way to sum up the passing
of noble tradition! Port is the royal
drink of Englishmen; 1t lives in tradi-
ton. Hundreds Of Sir Willoughby Pat
terms throughout the island inherited cell
lars laid down in the time of George Ill.
What talk of body, of bouquet! There
was a scholarship of port. And the circu-
lating of the decanter after the ladies
had left, 1t was a solemn rite, asso-
ciated in the tory mind with the >endu-
rance of the constitution itself.
Nor can democracy plume itself much
upon the decay OF this ar1stocratic tradi-
ton. For the dispatch informs us that it
is doubtful whether Englishmen are more
sober. They drink whisky instead of
port.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-01-22

From the New York Sun.
In a letter to the sun a lover of old
fashioned music says that he <'would
rather hear Kathleen Mavourneen' or
The Lost Chord than the whole Met
ropolitan opera company struggling
with Puccinis The Girl of the Golden
Vest" and he wants to know what is
the matter with present day music.
who" says he, has ever touched the
heart like Balfe, Sullivan and Thomas
Other composers nave touched the heart
too. and they are not all of the old
school and other times; what this critic
appears to mean is that people are
running after grand opera when they
would be spending their time better and
enjoying themselves more by listening
to the old songs.
Grand opera has had its devotees and
admirers for generations. and their
numbers are ever increasing. There
are good many reasons why people
like to hear and to nee grand opera.
Perhaps one is sufficient the prima
donnas, the tenors, the baritones and
the BASES are heralded as the great test
singers of their time, the most melo-
dious and the best trained, and patrons
of the opera, discriminating and ex-
perienced, know this. to be the case.
Grand opera IS also a beautiful and
often a superb spectacle. Those who
are familiar with 1.-THE story of each
production and can therefore follow the
acting as well as listen to the famous
airs find their hearts touched and their
imaginations agreoably STIMULATED, As
the best grand opera in the world is
to be heard in New York 1t Is no Won
der the attraction is irresistible.
But fondness for the old songs and
ballads, and the row that are meri-
torious, is not falling off. The recitals
of popular singers in this city are
crowded Their audiences cannot hear
enough of the old favorites which the
reader of the sun, lamenting what he
thinks is decadence of musical taste,
admires so much. II is also to be said
that the songs and ballads which he
prefers are being popularized more and
more every day by the monographs
in a million, yes, millions of homes.
Grand opera records are comparatively
dear, whereas the finest songs by pleas
ing melodists can be had for small
sum. There need be no concern about
a decline of interest in what may be
termed household music.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-01-22

I was much Interested in a Hotel
Lobby in The Age Herald headed
Some Moral Questions remarked a
young suburbanite yesterday 'In the
last paragraph reference was made to
the laxity of Sunday observance in
these latter days and to the consis-
tency of men in former times as com
pared with today,
II remember a prominent Presbyte-
rian whom I knew some years ago, who
was very inconsistent in his observance
of the Lords day. He had two sons
with whom I played great deal but
on Sunday the father would not per-
NIT his sons to play even such a Sc
date game as William Tremble Toe
the first game I can remember nv
mother teaching me. In the morning
they had to go % Sunday school and
church. which was all right and prop
er, and If there was no religious meet
ing for the afternoon they had to stav
in the house and keep quiet. But the
father. a great many times. would have
a game of horseshoe pitching with one
or two friends. His children were told
that they must wait until they grew up
before INDUCING in any Sunday games.
Such Inconsistency, of course. de-
tracted from all his teachings in re-
gard to Sunday observance and 1t would
probably have been better had he al
lowed his sons freer rein on Sunday.
He is. however, an exception to the
rule and is the only person I have ever
known to have rule for his own OBJ
servance of the sabbath and differ
ent rule for his childrens Sunday OBJ
servance"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-01-22
TELEPHONES
hell (private exchange connecting aAA
depa rtmcnts). No. 1000
The sands are Numbered that make
am my life. B King Henry VI.
Trusts, Monopolies and Mergers


Gov. Woodrow Wilson of New
Jersey has caused to be prepared
seven bills intended to revise the cor
poration laws of that state. As both
branches of the legislature are DEM
ocratic he doubtless expects to see the
seven bills become laws. They are
directed against watered stock, hold
ing companies, mergers, monopolies
and all the other evils that have
arisen in New Jersey, making that
states name a by-word and reproach
in all parts of the country. The seven
bills have not been sent over the
wires at sufficient length to enable
one to Judge their merits. Governor
Wilson has been working on them as
sisted by Chancellor Walker and
Judge Van Rycke and no doubt they
are bills that will accomplish what
Governor Wilson has set out to do.
This big task will complete Gov
ernor Wilson's New Jersey work, and
he will then be free to turn to the
affairs of 4S states when combined in
the union. 1t is indeed time that the
President elect was released in good
part from his job in New Jersey.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-01-22
Telephone From Ocean to Ocean

At present the longest telephone
line in the world is from Boston to
Denver, and the service over it is said
to be satisfactory. At the present time
there is no reason why person talk
ing in San Francisco cannot be heard
in New York, 1850 miles away, and
the telephone company is now build
ing westward from Denver two new
lines, one by way of Salt Lake City
and the other by more northerly
route, both to be completed before the
San Francisco exposition is opened.
The construction of the two lines
from Denver calls for $4,000
worth of No. copper wire and a
forest of poles. The entire expense
will run into the millions, but the
business to be transacted over it JUS
titles the outlay.
Just why it is possible to send a
voice 5000 miles or more today when
it was hard to send it 100 miles 10
years ago, was recently explained.
Prof. Michael Pupin of Columbia col
lege is the man who made it possible.
In June, 1900, he hit upon a device
which he called ''loader," coil dis
tributed along telephone line at
regular intervals through which the
current in passing gains force. A
practical telephone man puts it that
the loader "boosts up the transmits
sion."
'The possibilities of the loader"
explains an electrical engineer, "were
not comprehended at first, it was
frankly said, but time and ingenuity
worked it out and then came the dis
covery of the phantom wire or phan-
tom circuit. 1t developed that by TAX
ing two copper wires and crossing
them at regular intervals, all the
while running them through the
loader, third circuit was mysteri-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-01-22

Charles M. Schwab announces that
he has purchased for the Bethlehem
Steel corporation large tract of iron
ore in Chill, near Grande Cruz bay,
known as the Toto iron mines, which
are said to contain 100000 900 tons of
developed ore containing 67 per cent
of metallic iron. The Chilean property
belonged to parties in France and Mr..
Schwab succeeded in buying the en-
tire property. The Bethlehem corpora
ton will build fleet of steamers to
carry the ore from Chill to the Bethle-
hem plant via the Panama canal.
Mr.. Schwab thinks the time is soon
coming when a production of 10000
600 tons of pig iron will be expected
from American furnaces, and he is
getting ready to share in such a vast
output. Nearly 30,OO0,O0O tons were
turned out last year, and the present
rate of production is close to 35,0QO,-
900 tons a year. Should the Chilean
ores average 81 per cent of iron they
will prove the richest ores in the
world existing in large and availa-
bic deposit near the sea.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-01-22
Too Many Public Drunkards

There is too much drunkenness on
the Streets said man who Is an
-prohibitionist last night land if
the saloon men do not take some pro-
nounced steps to protect the public
there will be decided reaction at
the next election on the question of
the sale of liquor in Jefferson county
To-day. Tuesday,~I have myself seen
two brutal, coarse drunkards stagger
and use the coarsest. most insulting
phrases in the English language in
referring to other men; men who were
innocent of any intentional offense
These vile epithcts were used within
the hearing of ladies. too. The first
one who vented his alcoholic venom
was on Twentieth street and passed
into a saloon where, I've no doubt, he
got more 'benzine' for his superheat ed
tank. say this because 1 notice that
there are more 'irunks' about this
place than any other on prominent
street.
",rhe second was on a Gate City car.
This booze has pretty we'll terrorized
a neighborhood. II is common prac-
tice for him to tank up and max e
himself disgusting 10 street car patrons
who cannot escape his drunken, coarse
humor and his vile epithets. He forced
ladies on Gate City car to move
their seats by reason of his vile pro-
family; there We're a number of school
children on the ear, too.
"And while l am on the subject, de-
sire to ask If there isn't some way to
deal with some three or four sloppy
drunkards who tank up and wadd.e
along the streets greeting respectable
persons in familiar way that they
haven't the nerve to do when. sober. It