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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-12-24
KID GLEASON WILL
HAVE CHARGE OF SOX
DURING THE SPRING
DISCARDS OF REDS
ARE SUPERIOR TO
THE PRESENT TEAM

Cincinnati, December 2S.-That board of
directors which has brought SO much
fame CD to Cincinnati and its hall club
has succeeded in the past few years in
turning loose collection of players who.
II welded into a team, could knock the
spots off the present Cincinnati aggrega-
ton. Only one of the players, one of the
most famous in the land who should
have been retained by the Reds, was Jet
out before the present directors took
charge of the club. He Is Chrlsty Mathew
son, who was traded 10 the Giants. for
amos Rusie, just as Matty was break
ing into the majors.
Take this castoff infeld, for instance
Wheeler Johnston (Cleveland), first base;
Miller Higgins est Louis Cardinals,
second base; Joe Tinker tBrookIyn)
shortstop; Hans Lobert philadelphia Ma
tionals), third base. There are few better
inhelds IN either big league The pres
ent Cincinnati outfit does not compare
with it in any way. Hoblitze at first
case, is the best man in the bunch. Egan
at second, Herzog at short and Dodge
at third are ordinary PLAYERS.
Here's castoff Cincinnati outfield
Paskert (Philadelphia), center field
Beseher New York Giants) left field
Cakes est. Louis Cardinals), right field
THIS pitching staff completely out
classes the present Red crew of hurlers
Mathewson New York;, Suggs (St
Louis), HUMPHREYS Chicago Cubs) Ragon
Prooklyn), Fromme (New York; Nc
Quiilon Pittsburg). O'Toole (9ittsburg),
Brennan (PhiladelphiaJ, Cheney (Chi-
1cago).
Larry Mclean, who with Chrlsty
Mathewson starred for the Giants In the
recent worlds series, was the Reds main
stay in the baekstopping depar tment up
to this year.
There are good utility men, too. Mike
Mowrey. now with Pittsburg, and Eddie
Grant of the Giants could handle the in
field utility Jobs. while Beals Becker, now
wit 1.-THE Philhes, is an ideal outfeld
utility player.
This team If stacked up against the
board Of directors-manage Queen City
outfit, would snow under Charley Her.
zog's men.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-12-24
The Sporting Forecast
by ASA oUNTREE, JR.

Buffalo and Pittsburg, with Chica go,
st. Louis. indianapolis and Kansas City
composing the western wing.
With the opening of the 1914 sea-
son, Walter Johnson, dean of the Sem
ator hurting corps, will be the most
heavily insured player in history of
the national pastime. AT recent meet
ing of the Washin gton board of d.
rectors it decided that application be
made for a policy covering Johnson
to an amount said to be 100000
gainst accidents, illness and death. As
| the big Swede Is undoubtedly the most
valuable asset of the Washington club
the directors felt that they should pro-
tect themselves against losing him by
reason of accidents or other causes.
Statistics compiled by an eastern
football authority show that since Wal
ter Camp began to make up his all =
American elevens in 1889 he has Sc
lected 70 Yale players, So Harvard. 30
Princeton and "a Pennsylvania. No 9TH
er colleges representation has reached
double figures Camp chose seven men
frora each of the Yale elevens of 1900
and 1903, which is a bigger number
other than the four mentioned above in
"a years.
Dissatis with the manner in
which Wolgast fought White In Mil
waukee Friday night, the Wisconsin
| boxing commission has declared that
| the foul tactics that he used lay him
open to suspension. If the commission
decides against him then the battler
from Cadillac, Mich, will lose his
standing, like Packy Mcfarland as a
boxer in Wisconsin.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-12-24
POTTLE TO RESIGN:
SALARY TOO SMALL
Atlanta Jurist Has Not Ten
dered Resignation, But
Will Soon

Atlanta, December 23.-(Special 1T
is stated that the real reason why Judge
j. r. Pottle of the state court of APP
peals proposes to leave that bench and
enter the practice of law in Albany, is
that the salary paid by the state does
not afford an adequate income.
Judge Pottle has not yet rendered his
resignation to Governor Slaton, how
ever and states that announcement of
it was premature. Likewise, Governor
Slaton states the report that Hon. Sam
S. Bennett of Albany is to be appointed
in Judge Politics. place, could not have
had any authority from him, since he
has not yet received Judge Politics.
resignation.
That Judge Pottle will resign in a
short time, however, there is no ques-
ton, and his VIII be the third resigna-
ton from the court of appeals since
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-12-24

~ VIDENTLY the Federal league
T magnates do not intend to I'M
A-~ cover their plans for next sea-
son until they deem it absolutely nee
essary. So far they have steadfastly
refused to divulge any of their inten-
lions and no intimations as to their
policy in securing players from the
American and National leagues has
seeped out. Rumors have been going
the rounds in sporting circles that 35
major league players had been per-
suaded to jump organized ball before
spring but as yet these have neither
been confirmed or denied and when
approached on the subject Federal
league moguls have been as mum as
clans.
That the Federal league is rapidly
gaining in popularity with northern
baseball fans is evidenced in the clamor
for admission that is being made by a
number of cities. Both Toronto and
Brooklyn are DESTROYS of being ad-
mitted, while Baltimore has been sue
cessful in its efforts to secure Federal
baseball, franchise having been
granted to that city several weeks
ago.
At present Cleveland is none too
strong and it is being urged from
various quarters that either Brooklyn
or Toronto be substituted. The addition
of either one of these to the exclu-
sion of Cleveland would give the Fed
erals an eastern circuit of Baltimore,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-12-24
ALABAMA AND GEORGIA TECH
TO PLAY HERE ON OCTOBER II

Atlanta, December 23.-After a sea-
sons elapse the University of Alabama
will again meet Georgia Tech on the
gridiron. According to the Yellow
Jackets 1914 schedule. which has just
been completed by Professor Randle,
the Crimson evelen will be played in
Birmingham on October II, being the
date that was allotted to the University
of Florida last season.
The Jackets will also tackle a brand
new opponent, the Virginia Military in
stftute, next season. The Virginia ca
diets have been on the trail of the
Jackets for the past several weeks and
they have at last been successful in
securing battle for the 1914 cam
paign.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-12-24
WILL CASE RESTORED
FOR REARGUME.NT
Large Property interests
Involved in Case of
Alleged Fraud

The United States circuit court of appeals
today ordered the famous will case of
Andrew A. South ct Al. VS.. John B. Nj
crosi ct al. restored to the docket for
reargument before a full bench. Large
property interests are involved in the
suit, which has attracted considerable at
tention because of its dramatic character
and the unusual allegations Of fraud. An
appeal from the decree of Judge Jones.
oismissing the bill of the Souths, was
heard at Montgomery last October by
Judges Pardee and Shelby of the court
of appeals. but will be heard BEFORE
three judges.
The cases of Anna p. Ash5urn. execu-
trix, VS.. Jennie l.. Graves, from Georgia,
and NJ E. Robertson VS.. \. l. Cockrell,
from Mississippi, were affirmed.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-12-24

1t was established. Judge Arthur G..
Powell resigned from the court to en-
ter the practice of law in Atlanta 1t
is said for very much the same reason
that Judge Pottle expects to leave the
bench.
of the same reason also back of the
resignation of Judge Ben II. HILL who
recently went on the bench of Fulton
county's new superior court. AS Judge
of the superior court in this county,
Judge Hill receives $4,000 year, while
the judges of the court of appeals get
only $4,000 each.
1t is said strenuous effort will be
made at the next session of the legis-
lature to increase the salaries of the
judges of the court of appeals and the
supreme court.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-12-24

Another game not included in last
years schedule is the one with South
Carolina. The Carolinians will be played
in Atlanta on October 8, taking the
place of Citadel. The schedule for next
season includes games with Mercer, Au-
burn, Sewanee, Georgia and Clemson.
The schedule in full follows:
September 26: Seventeenth Infantry
on Grant field
October 3: South Carolina, on Grant
field.
October TO- Mercer, on Grant field
October IL Alabama, at Birmingham
October "a: Virginia Military insti-
tute, on Grant field.
October 81: Sewanee, on Grant field.
November Z: Auburn, on Grant field
November "a: Georgia, on Grant field
November 26: Clemson, on Grant field
The Mena weekly star., 1913-03-20
o. NJ. ELROD's BROoDER BURNED
1i0 Chickens Burned--LOss Esti-
 mated at S200.

About l!30so'clock Sunday morn ing Night Officer Tom Jones dis covered a fire raging in the front end of the 0. NJ. Elrod undertaking establishment, and the fire depart ment was immediately summoned Upon arrival of the fire boys the windows were broken in and the fire was soon extinguished.
 It is believed that the fire origi- mated in a chicken brooder which was in the show window, in which 100 little chickens were confined The chickens were all killed and a lemon tree, which was also in the window, was destroyed-in fact, everything in the window was burned but a big white rabbit, which, by some means, escaped without a scorched hair.
 Another fire broke out at the residence of MT. Elrod about 9:30 o'clock Saturday night and burned 10 more chickens and the brooder in which they were confined. The total loss is estimated at about S200.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-03-20
UNDERWOOD TALKS OF TARIFF MATTERS
COnfers With President, and Then Says Caucus Will Decide Meth cd of PrOcedure-Injunc-
 tiOn Is Granted.

Washington, March r.. Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee Oscar w. Underwood, in a confer ence today with President Wilson, suggested the assembling of the ex- tralSession of congress be postponed one week, because the Ways and Means committee will need more time in which to prepare the new tariff bills.
 Mr. Underwood was among the first to suggest April as the date on which to call the extra session of congress to enact the new tariff law making a reduction along all lines.
 After having held the conference, Mr. Underwood said that the Demo- cratic caucus will decide whether the present tariff legislation will be presented in one bill or in number of separate bills. II seems as if a number of the Democrats in the House prefer to have tariff legisla- ton enacted in separate bills, so as to despatch the business. When sep arate bills are presented, should a lengthy fight be put up by the mi- nority. the bill on which the fight is being made can be tabled tenn porarily and another bill taken up; should all tariff legislation be put in one bill, the fight could be pro longed for an indefinite time and thereby thwart the Democratic par ty in carrying out it's pledges made in the last campaign.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-03-20
INSANE IS SAVED FROM MOOSE
Death Sentence of J. T. McVay Is
 COmmuted by Governor.

Little Rock, March i3.-The third white man in whom Jefferson coun- ty is interested, in the shadow of the gallows on conviction of mur- der, has just been saved from death by the mercy of the governor.
 Governor Oldham on Wednesday afternoon commuted to life i'm prisonment the death sentence of John T. McVay, who had been con- victed of the murder of J. T. Eth ridge at Pine Bluff. He was brought in from Pine Bluff by Sheriff Brew stear, and will be transferred today to the state insane asylum. The communication, as in the case of w.. Q. Alexander, who had been con- victed of the murder of J. p. Kelley, is based upon the undisputed fact that he has become incurably in sane since his conviction. Both of these men had been granted sev- eral respites, and finally it was de- cided that the ends of justice would be better subserved by con- fining them for the rest of their naturay lives in the asylum.
 The other man saved from the gallows is w. S. Rhea, whose sen tence was tommuted to life imprisonment. His friends are con- fident that in few years they will be able to secure his full pardon.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-03-20
FIFTY TRAINS : IN SNOWDR|F IS
SnOwbOund Passengers Chop Car Furnishings for Fuel-Food and Water Supplies and Rations
 on Trains Run Low.

l. Omaha, March i6-With blind ing snow storm extending over this state, train traffic is suspended. No trains are moving west of the Mis- souri river and it is reported that 50 are snowbound on the bleak prairies.
 How some of the storm delayed passengeIs are faring is told in a dispatch from Sidney, Neb where a Union Pacific train has been stalled. All last night the train moved slow ly while the snow piled higher and higher. Finally, within a mile of Sidney, further passage became i'm possible.
 North Platte is the junction point where the trains renew supplies of fuel and eatables for the dining cars. Therefore, supplies, both fuel and edibles, have run low. With the temperature below zero, it was impossible to heat the coaches from the engine Finally the passengers were confronted with the serious problem of keeping warm. Axes were ripped from the emergency boxes and card tables were smashed into kindling wood and stuffed into the stoves.
 Then another situation arose. The heavy going through the drifts not only had exhausted the fuel supply of the locomotive, but also the water There was some food left, the cook in the diner explained, but there was no water for the cook, so several men, untitled in ul- sters, made an assault on the near by snowdrifts with pans. The snow was turned to water and the sem blance of a meal was served. Then the passengers settled down to await the coming of the snow blows and a possible relief train.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-03-20
FIND STUDENTS ARE GUILTY.
Hazers Who Caused Death Must
 Serve Term in Jail.

Hillsboro, N. C., March i6.-Es- tablishing precedent in the an- nals of the state, a verdict of guilty of manslaughter was returned in
 the trial of Ralph w. Oldham of Raleigh, William l.. Merriam of
 Wilmington and Aubrey c. Hatch of Mount Olive, the three Univer- sity of North Carolina students in- dicted in connection with the death of Isaac William Rand in a hazing escapade at Chapel Hill, N. c., Sep tember i2, 1912. There is no record of a hazing controversy being threshed out previously in the courts of this state.
 The verdict of the jury was re- turned at 3:10 o'clock after tree hours deliberation. Judge Peebles sentenced each of the prisoners to four months in the Orange ounty jail, beginning April 8, next. Eich of the defendants were ordered to give $t00 bonds for his appearance before the county commissioners, who shall in their discretion hire them out to whomsoever they please in this state."
 As result of the tragedy, Nhich preceded the trial, 26 students in the University of North Carolina were suspended or expelled afial a sweeping investigation into the practice of hazing at the institution.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-03-20
NO MORE MILITIA
 FOR ARKANSAS
Equipment Will Be Sent Back te Government, After Which This
 Will Be Only State in the Union So Situated.

Little Rock, March ii.-Under in- structions which are being sent out today by w. B. Green, adjutant gen eral of the Arkansas National Guard that was the 2i companies are ordered to disband at once. At the same time, General Green has sent notice to Washington to have an officer of the war department de- tailed to Arkansas to check in all supplies. The. regimental bands were also requested to make their settlements for supplies issued. Under these orders Arkansas will be the only state in the union, III less than a week, which has no ml- litia.
 It is reported that objection to an appropriation to the maintenance of the state guard was made in cer- tain sources, to prevent the use Of state troops in tAe present contro- versy over the Office of governor, and bring about repetition Of the Brooks-Baxter war. Both claim ants to the office deny that they would use force, however, and both state they would have supported an appropriation for the guard, had it been made possible by the House passing the bill.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-03-20
ARKANSAS MAY NOT
 BE DRY NEXT YEAR
Best Lawyers in Little Rock Are Looking for Flaws in the PrOhi- bitiOn Bill-Test Case to
 Be Made Soon.

Little Rock, March Resentment is now much in favor of Arkansas being dry after December 3i, through the passage of the Senate bill placing on the friends of liquor the burden of petition, but no one expects Arkansas to be dry when that time rolls around. It is learned that the best lawyers in Little Rock are now working upon possible flaws in the act, and that a test case will soon be filed in the Fed eral court. It is probable that an application will be filed in town of wet county, where there is now no licensed saloon, and after the county judge has refused the li- cense, to take the matter into the United States court. This is the last hope of the liquor men, and they will fight it to finish, for other wise they will be out of business, for two years, at least.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-03-20
SMALL FEDERAL
 TROOP V|CTORS
With Less Than Five Hundred Men the Rebel Leader Takes NacO After Hard Fighting-An
 American Wounded.

Naco, Ariz., March t6.-Instead of waiting to be attacked by nearly 1000 insurgent state troops, Gen eral Ojeda, with less than 500 fed eral soldiers, went out from Naco yesterday and defeated the enemy in three hours of aggressive fight ing, peppering the enemy's line with rifle and machine gun bullets and spraying lead from shrapnel shells over the hills adopted as fortifica- tions. The Huerta federals drove the state troops five miles to the southwest.
 Late yesterday the government forces returned victorious to the Mexican border town opposite this place. Even the victors did not be- lieve the fighting had ended, how ever, now that Naco is secure from assault.
 The state forces reassembled in greater numbers last night to wrest the only remaining port on the So- nora border from the hands of the Huerta government.
 With the development of unex- pected responsiveness and five piec- es of artillery, the little brown, barefooted soldiers defending the military honor of the New Huerta regime fought like wild men against seemingly overwhelming odds. Pro- tected by artillery fire, the federals scrambled over hillocks and began rifle fire at the enemy. They first attacked the state troops under Elias Gales. Expecting to attack, rather than be attacked, the state troops quickly fell back. The other half of the constitutional forces rushed to the rescue and the bat tie began with a roar of artillery and continued rifle fire.
 The fighting was desperate for more than an hour; then little by little the state troops fell back be- fore a terrific fire. Bodies of dead and wounded state troops last night lay deserted on the field. General Ojeda abandoned his Qualifications and set out after the enemy because of the request of Amercians that there be no shooting across the border.
 Five troops of United States cav airy kept back non-combatants along the border during the battle. One American on the international line was wounded. He was a depu- ty United States marshal who was shot in the knee.
 American volunteers in automo- piles risked the fire to rescue the wounded under the protection of the Red Cross flag. pr. Randall of Douglas is missing.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-03-20
DEATH PENALTY FOR AWFUL CRIME
Marion Capps, the Miner Who Tied Children to Oil-SOaked Bed and Set It Aiire, Found Guilty
 of Murder.

Ft. Smith, March 13.-Marion Capps, coal miner and minister, de- llberately burned to death his two children, Rosa, aged eight, and Priscilla, aged two, by setting fire to the Capps home near Bonanza, this county, on the morning of De- cember IS, last, according to a jury in the Circuit court, which last night at 9:l5 o'clock returned a yer diet declaring him guilty as charged i'll the indictment. Without the least bit of emotion and retaining the same indifferent demeanor he displayed throughout the trial, Capps heard the verdict which, if affirmed by the Supreme court, means he will pay the death penal ty. He was led back to his cell without statement coming from his lips. The verdict was reached after three ballots had been taken. It is understood the jury stood to 3 for conviction on the first ballot, which was taken before the jury retired for supper. The second bal lot was an open one, according to reports, and stood fl to l. The third sealed his fate. Capps coun- sel was not present when the ver- dict was returned, but an appeal will be taken immediately.
 The story told by Capps' children, Bertha, i5, and Ellis, aged 14, both of whom escaped from the flames after Ellis had been horribly burned, remained unshaken with the jurors in most respects, despite the heavy assaults the defense made upon the reputation of the chil- dren. The fact that there was an utter lack of motive for the crime was expected to prove a handicap to the prosecution. Capps failure to deny statements attributed to him by his children, namely that he told them they would go to sleep some night and never wake up: the story of the boy who said his father threatened to bind him and throw him in the flames if he did not re- turn to the house and rescue the dying children, and the fact that the children not yonly corroborated each other, but related on many oc- casions the story they told half hour after the fire, no doubt stuck in a majority of instances with the men who decided Capps' fate.
 The indictment charging Capps with murder did not mention the death of a third child, Mack, aged if, who died several weeks after the fire.
 Of the six children who were iu the house at the time of the fire two perished in the flames, three escaped through a window and one of their number, Mack, aged If died in January at the county hos pital after the indictment was re- turned. Capps rescued the remain ing child, Stella May. aged six. The indictment charged Capps with ty- ing his children to an oil-soakeC bed and applying the match. Bertha and Ellis boths testified that they found themselves tied and that they were forced to wait until the fire burned the rope before they could arise from the bed, which they said was saturated with oil.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-03-20
The Forty Year Test,

An article must have exceptional merit to survive for a period of it years.~ Chamberlain's Cough Reme- dy was first offered to the public in 1872. From a small beginning II has grown in favor and popularity until it has attained world wide reputation. You will find nothlne better for a cough or cold. Try Il and you will understand why It IS a favorite after a period or more than 50 years. Ii not only gives re, lief-it. cures. For sale by all dealers.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-03-20
Enforce Neutrality Law.

El Paso, Tex, March i6.-The strictest enforcement of neutrality went into effect here yesterday. Or ders were issued that all Mexican soldiers, federal or insurgents, armed and unarmed, in uniform or civilian dress, may be arrested if they step on United States soil Heretofore rebels and federalS alike have been entering American border towns to make their pur- chases and have been unrestrained unless they were armed.