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The Washington times., 1913-12-05
Players Won't Siqn.

NEW YORK, Dec. 5.-President Dave
Fuitz, Of the Players Fraternity, today
declared the Federal League will submit
contracts next week. which will comply
with the requests Of the fraternity. Until
that time, he said, no big league play
ers would sign with Federal clubs.
The Washington times., 1913-12-05
Want Early Start.

NEW YORK. Dec. 5.-Officcrs of tho
Polo Association met here today 10
consider the challenge OF the English
team. The BTitishers want the FIRST
game played June ]. 1t is believed the
matter of arranging dates will he de-
layed.
The Washington times., 1913-12-05
Denies Whole Yarn.

ANN ARBOR, Mich, Dec. "a pipe
dream is the manner in which P. c.
Bartelme. director of athletics at the
University of Michigan, disposed OF 4
rurnoI that the Aiichigan-Pennsyl
game was 10 BE- played in Chicago next
year.
The Washington times., 1913-12-05
MANAGER GRIFFITH
MAY GET PIRATES
He Wants to Take Chance With Mike Mitchell or Wilson They
Are Available e-Gants Sign Seventeen Year-od
Cuban SouthpaW TwirIer.
By LOUIS A. DOUHEGR.

II Clark Griffith wants to take a
Chance with either Mike Mitchell or
Chief Wilson, the Pirate outfielders,
he should be able to arrange a deal, for
the National League has turned them
down as not being up to snuff. 1t is
said that waivers have already been re-
ceived from every club in the old league
on Mitchell. Wilson fell down so badly
last year that the other managers are
cautious about taking him from Pitts
burgh
Chief Wilson hit for only 266 last
year. From cons, stent 300 swatter he
tumbled far down the line. In 1872 he
just touched 800, and great wonder was
expressed thereat. Last summer his
light hitting became the talk of the
Smoky City, but his popularity remain
cd with the fans. Now Fred Clarke
wants to get rid of him, and, to his as
constituent, finds that the other man.
ayers in the old league are afraid of
Wilson.
Manager Clark Griffith is going to
New York next week to get hold of
some clouting timber, and il NAV be
possible that he win come back with
wilson's release in his pocket
Mike Mitchell played for Griffs Gin
c1hnau team, being its captain and peer
less outhelder. However he has slowed
up voefully in the last two years,
and does not now reach his old FORM
His legs have gone back on him and
PITTSBURGH fans have soured on him.
Emilio Palmero,, a seventeen-year-
old Cuban southpaw, has signed a con-
tract with the New York Giants, and
viii receive trial at Marlin, Tex, next
spring. He is now playing with the
Havana Reds the same team claiming
Merito Acosta, the Climbers midget
gardener, and twice defeated the Brook
lyn club in Havana this fall, once let |
ting them down with one hit and again [
with two hits. With a Cuban, two IN
dians. and Larry Doyle in camp those /
Giants will not want for excitement |
Hughey McBreen is expected to re-
turn to the Boston Red SoS as secre- /
tary as soon as Joseph ]. Lannin be- /
comes boss of the outfit. McBreen was |
supplanted by Robert McRoy when Nc
Aleer became president of the Boston !
club. and great howl went up from
the fans. with whom Hughey was ex-
ceedingly popular. He then purchased
some stock in the Jersey City club. of
the International League, selling out
last year.
Mique Martin has started a fast hand
ball class at the Y. NJ. c. A, his first
The Washington times., 1913-12-05

4 pupil being none other than "Fateem'
| roster, the Climbers brilliant little
| third baseman. Foster is going to take
light exercise all winter, seeking to
strengthen himself for the coming sea-
| son. He viii work with Martin every
Gay or so. and hopes to go to Chaf-
lattesvil)e in prime condition.
Joe Engel, feeling all swelled up over
the report that the Federal Leaguers
| want him and his wild heaves. went to
work this morning in a department
store here. I'm called a floor walker,
| explains Joe, but I'm really detec-
I tive. OBJ OF course. I'm expected to
usher customers to the various depart
ments. but I'm also supposed to keep
| an eye open for shoplifters. Besides
being a detective sounds better to me-
1t is rumored that the National
League meeting will not consume more
than two days this year, thus making
record. The election of john *. tener
! will be formal and not taking more
ness of the league won't require much
time, the various trades in the w1ni
may keen the moguls around the wal
dorf for couple of days longer
The Cincinnati base hit" invented
and boosted by Jack Ryder the Red
land writer. is doomed to die after one
season in the big leagues. Though 1t
was roundly criticised by Scribes, play
ers and managers all last summer. 1t
survived until Frank Baker was given
bingle in the worlds series on
fie1der's choice. That settled it Now
the magnates are going to wipe it off
the books Jack Ryder Notwithstanding.
Rudy Hulswitt. the veteran infieIder
of the Cincinnati and st. Louis Ma
tional League teams, is TO manage the
Jersey City club next season.
Charles Hercules Ebbetts will have
most of his Brooklyn ball club at the
dinner he will tender to, Manager Will
bert Robinson next Monday. The play
ers returned from Cuba late last night.
Joe Finneran, n pitcher, has been re-
leased to birmingham in the Southern
League by Charlie DOOM.
Edward Barrow, boss of the 1nterna- |
tional League, declines to get excited |
about the invasion of Baltimore by the |
Federal League. I'VE look upon the |
Federal League as a sort of joke" says |
Barrow. 1.-The outlaws have rented Ned |
park. and SO he is boosting |
them. He offered the place to us. but |
We couldn't see the terms. No wonder |
he wants to see the Federals make |
money. L means money in mis- pocket"
The Washington times., 1913-12-05
CIarend0nS to PIay.

The strong Clarendon Reserves will
play the Stdunton A. -. on Clarendon's s
neld Sunday. All members are request
ed TO be present for practice tonight at
: 80 o'clock at the gymnasium.
The Washington times., 1913-12-05

Joe Finneran, n pitcher, has been re
leased to Birmingham in the Southern
League by Charlie DOOM.
The Washington times., 1913-12-05

In the meanwhile what has become of the GianWhte Sox
maybe you feel about it as do9
The Washington times., 1913-12-05

For allAmercan punching bag-Car Norris Okaho
The Washington times., 1913-12-05

Charles Hercules Ebbetts will have
most of his Brooklyn ball club at the
dinner he will tender to, Manager Will
bert Robinson next Monday. The play-
ers returned from Cuba late last night.
The Washington times., 1913-12-05

1914 when brilliant pair
from duel will ccmpl
The Washington times., 1913-12-05


crop cheese MAJ
O ne world.
The Washington times., 1913-12-05

Rudy Hulswitt. the veteran infielder
of the Cincinnati and st. Louis Ma
tional League teams, is TO manage the
Jersey City club next season.
The Washington times., 1913-12-05

The fact that Tinker is willing back under
Murphy sufficient reonder to the status of Mr. Hermann
president Only by Hank ODay
for his old job of nmporting with whoop of bliss
The Washington times., 1913-12-05

probably
history
Raltusrol Apawamis City, and other
showing wonderful variety of his
The Washington times., 1913-12-05

Mique Martin has started a fast hand
ball class at the Y. NJ. c. A, his first
The Washington times., 1913-12-05

The st Louis browns should cheer and take renewed
They finished eighth while that historian ranks
when confidently
the finish eleventh eight club league
or
The Washington times., 1913-12-05

You wouldn't believe, that weighing
standing
swing
left miss Yet they both ddeey performing stunt that
defy o
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-04-04

expedition, and the admiralty has lent
q naval officer for navigating services.
Easter island is one of the strange
places Of earth. 1t is mere speck
on the map of an area Of about As
square miles, and it is set away off
in the Southern Pacific ocean some
$500 miles from the coast of South
America. Except for the strange ter
races, and the peculiarly carved fig.
ures on the island 1t Is doubtful II 1t
would ever be thought of again. The
population is only about one hundred
natives of the Polynesian race, who
subsist on the few bananas they
grow, and the sugar cane they are
able to cultivate. They produce
some sweet potatoes, too. and keep
few goats and some domestic fowl.
Archeologically, however, the island
possesses a wonderful interest. There
are on the island immense platforms
built Of cut stones, fitted together
without cement. In some of the plat
forms on the seaside, the walls rise
as high as thirty feet, and are from
200 to 300 feet long. by about thirty
feet wide. Some of the squared stones
are as much as six feet long. But
more remarkable still are the stone
pedestals found on the broad terraces
on the land side of the platforms, on
which once stood huge stone images
carved somewhat in the form of the
human trunk. These images have
long since been thrown down and scat
tered about. On some Of the plat.
forms there were upwards Of dozen
of these strange figures. They aver.
age from IA to 16 feet in height, but
one has been found that Is 81 feet
high. Still others are but four feet
In height. One statue eight feet high
and weighing four tons was taken to
England some years ago and Is now
preserved in the British museum.
Other evidences of a forgotten race
are found In stone houses, nearly 200
feet long, 20 feet wide. These struc.
lures are built Of fat stones fitted to-
gether without cement. The walls are
about Ave feet thick and of about the
same height. inside, the walls are
lined with upright slabs. on which
are painted geometrical figures and
representations OF animals. The roofs
are formed by placing slabs 30 that
each course overlaps the lower one
until the opening 70 about FIVE feet
wide, when the remaining space IL
covered with fiat slabs reaching from
one side to the other.
Archeologfsts have before now
sought some explanation of the origin
Of the terraces, the strange images
and the odd stone houses. but SO far
without success. The present inhabi-
tants Of the island know nothing of
their origin or their use, and the en-
tire subject Of their existence remains
a mystery. There are still some 900
statues on the island, Mr.. Routledge's
expedition is being specially fitted out
for research work.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-04-04
WOMEN WILL BETTER TOWN
Fair Sex Of Elmhurst Form Civic
League and Plan Many Needed
Reforms.

New York.-Twenty women Of Elm-
hurst have banded together in the
cause OF civic betterment and formed
the Women's Civic league. The mere
men of the Queens suburb. so 1t is set
down in the third whereas Of the
leagues preamble, are SO busy earning
money by day and NEEDING 100 aces
by night that the civic ideal Of Elm
hurst can never be realized through
their efforts.
Here are some of the Elmhurst
Women's Civic league policies:
No more peanut shells, discarded
cigar stubs, waste paper and banana
peelings in trolley cara.
All motormen and conductors shall
wear linen collars and keep their
trousers pressed.
Policemen shall improve their de-
pertinent and shall not wear tooth
pick as a component part Of their
service uniform.
Sidewalks shall be kept In repair.
also swept.
All citizens are urged to plant some
sweet-smelling flowers in conspicu.
GUS place In their yards or on their
fire escapes. The male residents would
not create an unfavorable lmpres-
sion II they wore occasionally q
boutonniers OF forget-me-nots or sweet
Williams
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-04-04
EARTHQUAKE AT KNOXVILLE.
Disturbance of Short Duration But Con.
siderable Violence.

Knoxville.-This city experienced no
less than panic when it was rocked
by an earthquake of short duration but
OF considerable violence. People rushed
out of buildings in the business district
and out of their homes, under the i'm
preston that the city had been shaken
by tremendous boiler explosion. Re.
ports flew thick and fast that such and
such boiler had blown up, that there
had been serious dynamite explosion,
and with it the power works at Mar
low, IL miles away, had been demoi
ished. Investigation of all these re-
ports was without results. Neighboring
towns telephones in, saying that they
heard the explosion and felt the shock,
and laboring under the impression that
Knoxville had been wiped off the map
by some gigantic explosion, breathed
easier when informed that no damage
had been done locally. The earthquake
ratified dishes and shook articles from
shelves, but there was no damage. The
shock seems to have been felt at a num-
Der of East Tennessee points.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-04-04
STATE MOTHERS
CONGRESS MEETS
MRS. JOHN GRAY AND MRS
SCRUGGS OF MEMPHIS SPOKE.
Lectures and Short Talks Emphasized
Motto of the Organization:
Tennessee for the Rights
of the Child"

Nashville.-With delegates present
from the three grand divisions of the
State, the second annual conference Of
the Tennessee Congress Of Mothers
opened most auspiciously.
Two years ago, in Nashville, the Ten
nessee society was organized, About
50 parenS-teacher associations have been
formed and the membership aggregates
1900 women.
The conference is en- child welfare,
and the motto of the organization is
Tennessee for the rights of the child"
The State officers in attendance were
Mrs. G. II. Robertson, president, Jack
son; Mrs. B. w. Hooper, honorary vice
president, Nashville; Mrs. L. Crozier
French, vice-president-at-large, Knox.
vile; Mrs. S. A. Mynders, State organ.
izer, West Tennessee Normal School,
Memphis; Mrs. Thomas M. Scruggs,
vice-president, West Tennessee; Mrs.
Eugene Crutcher, vice-presiaent, Middle
Tennessee; Mrs. Booker McKinnie, cor
responding secretary, Jackson.
Mrs. Robertson presided, and the iavo-
cation was by DIR. w. L. Caldwell.
On motion of Mrs. L. Crozier French
the Mothers Congress voted to send Il
request to the general assembly of Ten
nessee to pass two bilis the Mothers
Congress has had introduced in the
house, the kindergarten bill for the pub
lie schools and the mothers pension
bill. This was carried, and Mrs. Gray
and Mrs. Robertson were appointed to
present this request to the Legislature in
any form they deemed fit.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-04-04
SUFFERED NERVOUSNESS.
Miss Temple Gave Up Work on Ac.
count of Malady.

Chattanooga.-Miss Isabella G. Tenn
pie, who took her own life in crowded
store in New Orleans, was about 80
years old and daughter of H. +, Tenn
pie, retired manufacturer of this city.
Miss Temple was an artist and had
been in New York for several years do
ing illustrating for some of the maya
zines. She returned to her home year
ago, suffering from nervousness. Her
condition did not improve and she be.
came respondent. Miss Temple was
widely known and she had been under
constant watch by her friends and rela-
tives for some time. Her suicide, how
ever, came as surprise.
The family is one of the best known
and most prominent in the central
south.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-04-04
MAY SOLVE MYSTERY
English Expedition to Visit Easter
Island.
scoresby Routledse Has Organized
Body Of Men Who win Attempt to
Discover Purpose Of Terraces
and Sculptures There.
There.

London.-An Englishman, Mr..
Sooresby Routledge, has fitted out an
expedition to visit Easter island with
the object of throwing some light II
possible on the origin Of the terraces
on the island (Which for long years
have mystifled archeologists), and to
determine II possible the purpose for
which the terraces and sculptures
were made. The Royal society, the
British association, and the Royal
Geographical society are aiding the
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-04-04

II have been g coffee user for
years, and about two years ago got
into very serious condition Of dys
pepsia and indigestion. 1t seemed to
me ! would fly to pieces. was 80
nervous that at the least noise l was
distressed, and many times could not
straighten myself UP because Of the
pain"
Tea is just as injurious, because Il
contains caffeine, the same drug found
in coffee.
my physician told me must not
eat any heavy or strong food. and or.
dered diet, giving me some medt-
cine. l followed directions carefully,
but kept on using coffee and did not
get any better.
Last winter my husband, who was
away on business. had Postum served
u him In the family where he board.
ed. He liked 1t so well that when he
came home ne brought some with him.
We began using 1t and l found II
most excellent.
Wnlie drank II my stomach never
bothered me in the least, and got
over my nervous troubles. When the
Postum was gone we returned to. cot.
fee, then my stomach began to hurt
me as before, and the nervous con.
ditions came on again.
That showed me exactly what was
the cause of the whole trouble, 30
quit drinking coffee altogether and
kept on using Postum. The old trou-
bles left again and have never re-
turned"
There's reason" and II Ii explain
ed in the little book. The Road to
MELVILLE, In pkgs.
Ever read the shove lettsrf new
one appears from time te se.ze. They
are gensise. trne. sad fnII Of hsnan
interest
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-04-04
Franchise Refused.

Nashville.-The application for a
franchise for new street railway made
by w. O. Palmer of Nashville and De-
troit, capitalist. was refused by the city
council by vote of ~ to IL. A mo-
tion to reconsider was entered and the
bill win come up at the next reguls'
meeting.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-04-04
Arrested. Kills Self.

Nashville-When arrested here on n
State warrant sworn out by local fur
niture company charging the misappro-
priation of $3.50, Albert Carroll, aged
22, the moment the door of the police
station was closed behind him, swal
lowed an ounce of poison.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-04-04
BURIES LAST
OF TORNADO VICTIMS

patrol the streets and police and ply
sicians aided firemen in lifting from
the debris-clogged path Of the hur-
ricane those who still lay dead or hurt
beneath heaps of broken buildings or
disjointed bricks.
A table, checked up to be absolutely
accurate. and covering only the terri
tory within the city limits of Omaha.
was prepared by the Commercial
club. This is what 1t shows
Table Shows Results.
Counted dead, 112.
Injured who have received surgical
attention, 652.
Homeless, $500.
Houses crushed, 553.
Churches wrecked, II.
Schools wrecked, 8.
Property loss estimated by city as
SCISSORS, $5,O00,000
Buildings damaged, 1905.
Destitute who have required COM
mittee's aid, 1863.
Total cared for in part, 1,100.
OF the injured, seven died in local
hospitals. The restitution was aug
mented when nearly three inches Of
snow fell over the stricken district
the day following the storm, making
entirely uninhabitable the houses of
many who had prepared to retain
temporary homes in partly destroyed
structures. So far as money might
relieve, conditions were perfect.
Snowstorm Hampers Work.
Shivering from cold, scores Of men,
women and children struggled in the
snow to rescue their dead or injured
relatives and friends who lay buried
beneath the homes and buildings
wrecked by the tornado.
The snowstorm seriously hampered
the work of rescue. More than three
inches of snow covered the debris in
the section of the city which was
stricken by the cyclone.
Many of the injured whose condi-
lions were considered more or less
critical have not been told of the COM
plete wreck which the tornado made
of their property. The latest reports
give the number of injured at 652,
while the death list stands at 112 for
the number killed by the Omaha
storm.
e42 Homes Destroyed.
The Commercial club made this
statement Of the physical condition
Of the storm section:
Houses destroyed and uninhabited.
$50. Houses partially destroyed, IL
206. People homeless, $500. People
destitute, 1858.
In spite Of the restitution the pub
lie kitchen at the auditorium, where
preparations had been made to feed
1000 persons day, has had few
calls, most of the destitute going to
the homes of friends.
Privations of the storm sufferers
are being greatly increased by the
snow. Women, Juggling at heavy
beams, in attempts to aid the men,
with children wrapped with shawls'
and blankets standing about, greeted
the federal soldiers as they patrclled
the afflicted district and aided in the
work of protecting the destroyed and
unoccupied homes from lcoters.
Later city officials gathered within
the lines drawn about the district by
the soldiers and distributed clothing
and other necessaries among the suf-
ferers. More than $4,000 already has
been subscribed by individual con-
tributors.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-04-04


families have been given succor since
the relief committee began the work
Of caring for victims of the Easter
days tornado. Half a hundred houses
have been provided with rent paid
month in advance and furniture, cloth
Ing and other household necessities
have been distributed.
Many families who were left home
less as result of the storm have
permitted pride to keep them from
the relief stations and the committee
has put to work corps of searchers
to reach and relieve this class of suf-
ferers.
A general supply depot at the audi
torium is being used to supply the re-
lief stations. Twenty thousand loaves
of bread were among the contribu-
tons which came in one day.
Last of Victims Buried.
Three more injured died and the
last of the original victims of the dis
aster we're buried, score of funerals
being held.
Frank Grojean, Al years old, and
Helen Hodges, s years old, died Of
injuries received in the tornado and
Thomas Barrup, 4S years. old, believed
to have been crazed by the shock
when his daughters home was blown
down over his head, ended his life at
a local hotel.
Committees from the Real Estate
exchange are now canvassing the de-
vastated district and will report on
the damage done each piece of prop
erty and the amount of money neces-
sary to repair or rebuild 1t. These
reports will be used as a basis by the
restoration committee, which is ar.
ranging to provide necessary funds
to loan at low rates, or without in
terest, to those needing IL for the re-
building of their homes.
Sympathy For Flood Victims.
Mayor Dahlman has sent to the
mayors of the afflicted Ohio towns an
expression of sympathy, in each mes
sage bespeaking for the people Of
Omaha the hope that reports Of flood
disasters might prove to be exagger-
ated. Is
Up to date 112 dead have been iden-
titled in the city of Omaha, Council
Bluffs and other adjacent cities re-
port AZ, making total Of 154.
The relief is proving pftifully made
quate, despite the strenuous efforts
OF those in charge. The central re-
lief committee is working might and
main, but is entirely too small to han
die the situation. There is much real
suffering. But $4,000 has been con-
tributed in cash OF this amount $780,
900 came from the Big Four railroad
systems and several thousand were
sent from out OF the state. The state
has since appropriated 100000.
Soldiers Still on Guard.
People of Omaha began to count
the cost, both in lives and dollars.
When a resume was made 1t was
apparently more appalling than many
were willing to admit
Actual count OF the dead and IN
jured has lowered the number Of res
fdents previously reported to have
met their fate In the hurricane.
About 800, 900 in cash had been de-
posted with the finance committee
Of the Commercial club of Omaha, and
this fund will be the background Of
the relief work which had been well
mapped out by the club.
United States soldiers continue to
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-04-04
New lioht on Socrates.

The misunderstanding of words fire.
quently causes strange answers. A
child who had been taught that Soc
rates had wife who was unpleasant
to him, and that the great philosopher
drank hemlock. when asked the
cause of his death, replied: Socrates
died from an overdose of wedlock."