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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-09-09
WOULD CONTROL
BY FEDERAL Law
Government Regulation Of
Train Running Urged.
COMMISSION FAYORS idea
Interstate Body Believes Congress
Should Have Power to Enact Leais.
lation Looking to Greater Safety for
the Travelling Public.

the Travelling Public.
Chicago, Sept. According to q
special dispatch from Washington
federal regulation of the physical op.
Grafton of railroads will be advocated
by the interstate commerce commits.
sion as result of the investigation
just concluded in the latest disastrous
wreck on the New Haven railroad.
Thus another forward step in gov.
ernment control of interstate trans.
portation will be expected in the near
future. From what was said by mem.
bers of the two interstate commerce
committees of congress there exists
a purpose on the part of the lawmak.
quent upon the present ineffective
methods pursued in train running on
many roads.
The means essential to the provision
of greater safety for the travelling
public. as the interstate commerce
commission will point out, will in
clude the adoption of the most ef.
ticient type of automatic signal sys-
TEN, the immediate substitution OF
steel for wooden cars, regulation OF
the speed of trains, either when on
or behind time, and other details OF
management.
McChord inspires Safety.
Commissioner McChord, who made
the New Haven investigation, and who
will write the report, has had special
charge of the investigation OF rail &C.
cidents. AS result of Mr.. McChord' S
endeayors safety first" clubs have
been organized among the officials and
employees of nearly all the big rail.
road systems. Commissioner McChord
was asked for his views on the evils
of making up lost time. He was loath
to discuss the subject in advance OF
the report of the commission on the
New Haven wreck.
"Of course" he said, the regulation
of the speed OF trains is a question to
which all students of railroad prob.
lens have given much thought for
many years. 1t is not new problem
by any means.
THAT the reckless running OF
trains ought to be prevented goes
without saying. The practice of max,
ing up lost time is common an Ameri
can railroads, although II long has
been recognized as one OF the most
dangerous aspects of railroad opera
ton"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-09-09
FlvE-YEAR-OlD POlSONS
BABY BROTHER.

Chicago, Sept. 9.-Left to
guard his infant brother, Harry
Klosky, five years old, gave the
crying child something out of
a bottle to make IL quiet, just
as he had seen his mother do.
The baby fell into a sleep from
which it never awoke. The
little father" missed the
paregoric bottle by an inch and
administered oil of worm
wood.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-09-09
earbed Wire SfrangIes Child.

Lennon, S. d., Sept. y.-Little Earl
Ellingson, infant son of Leonard FL
lingson, homesteader twelve miles
north of Lennon, became entangled
In barb wire fence and was stran-
gled to death. His mother found him
dead.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-09-09
cLOuDBURsf FLOODS VALLEY
Telephone Girl Prevents Possible Loss
of Life.

Longmont, Colo, Sept. 9.-Hun-
dreds OF lives were endangered here
and at Lyons. Colo, by floods which
followed cloudburst on the north and
south forks OF the st. vrain river.
Farmers In the valley were forced
to fee to higher ground while the wa
ter swept away their homes, crops
and many of their live stock. Fatali-
ties were prevented by Miss Clara
Rsinkens, telephone operator at Ly-
ons, who remained at her post send
Inc out warnings that a wall OF water
was rushing down the valley.
Kiss Leads to Double Murder.
Los Angeles, CAL. Sept. 9.-Because
Harry Sharpley kissed Mrs. Kiser
Frank Kiser Is In jail here on the
charge of numbering both. He
emptied revolver into the couple
when he found them In each others
arms. The tragedy is the result OF
IN old rivalry between the two men
ter the woman's affections.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1913-03-28

court, have concluded our la.
bors, and beg leave to submit
this our final report, !
We have been in session nine
days; examined 191 witnesses,
and have returned into open
court AZ true bills.
We have examined the books
of the county officers and find
them, as far as we are able to
tell, neatly and correctly kept.
We have examined the county
jail, and fed it kept IN clean and
sanitary condition.
We have examined number
of witnesses as to the condition
of the public roads, and find that
they are in bad condition in many
places; and 1t appears to us that
the contractors and the board of
supervisors have not done their
full duty in seeing that the roads
are worked according to their
several contracts. We find that
the board aof supervisors have
in many instances been negligent
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1913-03-28

cause we believe their failure TO
keep these registers is not from
a wilful intention to violate. the
law, but because they do not nn-
derstand that the law ,requifs
that the registers be kept in q
manner that's required by laws
and we Recommend that the
court again charge The next
grand jury that they may make
a vigorous investigators Of this
matter and that If the registers
are not kept in the future as re-
quired by law, that indictments
he returned and the druggists
punished therefor.
We find that in number of
places in the district drug stores
are kept open on Sunday and
soda water and other drinks are
sold therein. We have not re-
turned any indictments in these
cases, but call the attention of
the several justices of the peace
of the district to these violators
Continued on page A.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1913-03-28

in the letting. of contracts. and
more so in seeing that the con-
tractors entered into bond as re
quired by law. We think that
some of the bad condition of the
roads is d ue to unfayorable
weather conditions; but we be-
lieve that if the board of super
visors would do their full duty IN
requiring the contractors to work
their roads according to the plans
and specifications, that great
Improvement can be made In the
condition of the roads.
We have examined the gin reg.
listers of the ginners of the dis
ii ict and find most of them kept
as required by law.
We have called on the drug
gists of the district to produce
their poison registers, and find
that they, nearly all of them,
have failed to keep the registers
as required by law. We have
not returned any indictments a.
|gainst any of the druggists be.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1913-03-28
sCottOn Crop Of 1912
was 14,O76,43O Bales
2. OOO,OOO UNDER LAST YEAR
mississippi Produced ho4S,o34
Bale-Average Weight OF the
Bales Greater than that
of Former Season

!, The crop reporting board Of
] the United States department OF
agriculture on Thursday of last
: week issued statement showing
she number of bales Of cotton
raised the year 1912. The total
number of running bales produc-
|, cd was Ia, ,o76, 43O. compared with
ia 109. 849for the previous year.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1913-03-28

Mississippi produced 1,O4o,o34
bales, compared with 1.215.7o4
for the previous year.
The figures contained in the
report were about as expected,
and It's PRONUNCIATION had prac-
tlcalIy no effect upon the mar
k3t.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1913-03-28
Grand Jury Report
State Of Mississippi,
Choctaw County,
End District.

End District.
In The Circuit Court
February Term, 1913.
Report of the Grand Jury:
To the Hon. j. A. Teat, Judge
of the Circuit Court of the Sec
ond District of Choctaw County.
Mississlppi;
|. We, the grand jury empannel-
ed for the present term of the
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-24

Danny Morgan, the laxative mana
ger. is now touting Battling Levnsky
as the coming heavyweight champion of
the world Danny writes that Levinsky
has already defeated Jack (Twin) Sulli-
van Porkey Flynn, AL Kubiak and
Frank Mcmahon. Morgan is trying to
get his protege a match with Carl Nor
ris or Jess Willard.
George Chip, claimant Of the middle
weight championship OF the world. has
accepted terms to box Tim O'Neil, Nate
Lewis middleweight, at Racine, Wis,
TUESDAY night The winner is to meet
Billy Papke before a Milwaukee club
on December 10.
less Willard and Boer Rodel wore
7-ounce gloves in their ten-round bout
in Milwaukee. The house totaled
"a 900 Before the fight Willard
was served with three attachments,
amounting to 81 600, but the cowboy had
been put wise. and collected his end Of
the purse several hours before the fight.
Frank Klaus and his manager. George
Engle. expect to sail for Paris after
the holidays
Willie Ritchie and Tommy Murphy
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-24

~ ENVER, Nov. Wadd'y know
about this? In Australia on
Melbourne cricket field at foot
ball game recently played there the
Australian papers tell us of a crowd
of people that numbered 59,743 that
passed through the turnstiles. That
is some crowd and rather makes us
sit up and take notice. True, we
could draw that many at any world
series game If the seats were there
to accommodate them. Yale and
Harvard can outdraw it at the an
nual clash. But take into consid-
Grafton the size of the city of Mel
bourne and compare it to New York
and the territory from which Yale
and Harvard draw their patronage
and you'll find that, population con-
sidered, Melbourne deserves the most
credit. All of which forces us to ad-
NIT that Australia is great sporting
country probably the greatest on the
face of the earth-all lines of sport
considered.
When the Melbourne cup is con-
tested for there have been over 1907
900 in the stands and on the grounds
to witness the struggle. That's a
greater crowd than even the New
York tracks could boast of in their
palmiest days. And, what's more,
the big island in the antipodes is GO
ing ahead with giant strides With
compulsory swimming lessons and
boxing Construction in the public
schools it can't help from ranking as
he CT
nation in the world so far as public
school education in sport goes.
Great welcomes await our Amer
lean ball players when they arrive
there. At the request Of John j.
McGraw have written to William F.
Corbett and suffice to say that the
venerable sport writer and critic Will
see that few idle moments creep into
the stay so far as entertaining Is
concerned while the tourists are IN
the midst Of their Australian tour.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-24

NASHVILLE, TENN, Nov. "a
" Only second in Importance to
the final outcome of the Van
derbilt- Sewanee affair on Turkey Day
will be the argument between the
rival quarterbacks, Boensch and Toll
ley. The Tigers will pin their faith
to the generalship of Tolley. for the
Sewanee quarter, who made ALL
Southern last year, carries cool and
level head and individuality is a
mighty handy fellow at advancing the
oval. McGugin's best card will be
Boensch, who is playing his first
year as the Commodore's regular
quarter, "a wonderful punter and as
fleet as a ghost.
While Boensch lacks the experience
of his rival, Tolley his speed makes
him a most dangerous factor in show
ing the ball along, yet in the crisis
the Commodore quarters judgment
is rather erratic and not in class
with the selection of plays as made
by the Tiger general
D 1T after he stood the acid test
II in the Michigan game, when he
was completely unnerved and allow
ed his ratified Drained condition to
spread through the entire eleven,
Boensch has taken a marvellous brace
and the brand of ball he has uncork-
ed has verify been a revelation. He
is a rafting good broken field run
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-24
RINGSIDE NOTES

will weigh in at 1876 pounds at 5 o'clock
for their twenty-round bout on the Coast
next month.
Packey Mcfarland has been guaran-
teed 81 900 to box Harry Trendall in st.
Louis December L. 1t will be Tren-
dall's first bout in four months.
Jim Coffroth, the San Francisco pro.
moter, has set January ! as the date for
the Smith -Pelky twenty round bout.
They will battle for the white heavy
weight championship Of the world.
Spider" Britt. Meyer Prizes, Mike
Saul, Frank Baker and kid Goldman,
boys who battle in Athens on Thanks
giving night. have all started work for
their bouts, Much interest Is being
manifested in the Saul Baker go, as
many fans expect Baker TO beat Mike,
despite his handicap in weight
When Charlie white steps into the
ring with Johnny Dundee In New or.
leans on Thanksgiving night he will be
out TO beat the Fastener as soon as
possible. Charlie has not forgotten the
beating Dundee handed his brother,
Jack. about two months ago in Los An
geles.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-24
Del Howard Offers
$4,000 for Johnston

p, 1I' AGO, ILL, Nov 24-Del
coward, manager of the San Fran
team of the Pacific Coast
'easue, who was here on his way
.lNe from the Columbus meeting,
,'l some interesting information re-
s,io.nS Jimmy Johnston, the young
Heloer who was drafted by the
IDs tnls fall and who now holds the
ol+3s record for base stealing.
""'slon at one time was a member
-. me Chattanooga team of the
southern League.
inward came out with a PROPOSE
lh To pay $4,000 if he could have
,W .oungster returned to him II
' ne impossible to get him out of
National League. even if Evers
Murphy are willing to let him go.
ston will make good without
't9i If he is given a fair show,
,- toward. He hit 1908 last sum
@ ana any player who does that
,o,, IN the Pacific Coast League is
ID. re can steal the bases just little
DETER than anyone else. He
a,le he worth $4,000 to us if we
s.1 Keep him, but | don't think
Es. Us a chance to get him out the
~1oual League now"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-24
Kid Williams Quits
BantamWeight Class

CHICAGO. ILL, Nov. 24.-ki1
Williams, the Baltimore bantam
weight. who asserts that he-not i'll
ness-was the cause of Johnny Cou-
Ions Hight to the Canadian WildS,
finally has been forced to admit that
he has grown too heavy for> the ban
tamweight division.
Larney Litchenstein, manager Of
frankie Sennitt, the Rock Island
youngster who has been upsettlng
all opponents in recent contests, drew
the admission from the Baltimore
boy. Williams has fatty refused %
make lie pounds, the bantam limit,
for a match with Sennitt. The low
est weight Williams consented 20
make, according to Litchenstein, was
us pounds, so the proposed match,
which "A Milwaukee club had planned
TO stage early next month, has been
called off
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-24
Mandot Working Out
For DrOuillard Bout

CHICAGO, Nov. 24.-Joe Mandot
has started training for his tirst
match of the season, with Patsy
Drouillard, at Windsor on December
10, and is showing great form in his
work outs Mandot has been a reve-
Iation to the Chicago fans by his
showing in the gym.
The weight will be 1873 pounds at
O'Clock, which is the highest weight
at which Mandot will allow anyone TO
come into the ring at except Richie,
for he never enters the ring at over
1928. 1t was at this weight that he
always fights, showing that he is a
real light" lightweight.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-24
Crackers Hope to Get Mcconnell
"Amby" aVeteran SecondSacker

he was a recognized stand by in the
White City.
Then he met with an accident that
resulted in water on the knee. That
put him out of the game, and by the
time he was in shape to try again,
the SoX had another second baseman
-Rath-and Andy was released to
Toronto in the Eastern League.
kMBY came back strong, and his
- legs appeared nearly as good as
ever last season. He batted well and
fielded in fine style.
And to all appearances he is just
the man Atlanta needs, especially
supposing that the other intielders
will be youngsters, which is accord
ing to present indications.
with an infied of fast young chaps,
it is a great thing to have veteran
big Lacquer on second. II is logically
the place for the odd head" Of the
infield. He can watch the play there
better than anywhere else, and when
there is steadying to be done, he Is
on the Job If the shortstop should
chance to leave the solid earth to
soar about in the circumambent at
mosphere some young shortstops
will do once in a while, the veteran
can take pegs to second and coach
the kid until he is back on the ground
once more.
co it looks as if Billy is on the
- track of one of his well known
foxy trades, and that If he can put
it through Atlanta will be well fixed
with a second sacker of known abil-
ity and proven courage and intelli-
gence.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-24
Commodores Prepare forSewanee
Rival Quarterbacks Are Stars

ner, moving in that twisting, side
stepping fashion. Still there is no
discounting the all-round ability of
the Sewanee pilot, for he has been
the brains of the Tiger attack for
two seasons and the struggle for top
honors between he and Boensch
should prove one of the most spectac-
ular features Of the Thanksgiving
battle.
w HILE figuring from the dope the
" Commodores should have an
advantage over the Tigers. since
Tech who slaughtered Sewanee, was
in turn overwhelmed by Auburn, and
the Orange and Blue was played to
a standstill by Vanderbilt
But Sewanee is in a class by it
self when 1t comes to springing sur
prises.
Long hard practice goes on at Van
derbilt. No new coaches have as yet
arrived to help train the forwards,
but they are daily expected.
While the two elevens are, con-
tending only for third place in S. l. A.
A. honors since the winner of the
Georgia. Auburn battle will occupy
the top rung of the ladder, the same
amount of energy is being spent in
preparing for Sewanee as If ii We're
one of the famous old champion
elevens Of the McGugin regime. which
was about to clash with the Yale Bull
dog.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-24
Britton Agrees to
Meet Bud Anderson

NEW YORK, Nov 24.-DancY
Morgan, manager of Jack Britton,
received a telegram from Tom Nc
Carey, of Los Angeles, to-day Of
fering Britton a 20-round bout with
Bud Anderson at Vernon December
10.
Morgan advised McCarey that if PC
would make the date December 20 lie
would accept, and also offered to send
Britton against the winner of the
Cross Rivers mill
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-24
NEW RECORD FOR DREW

NEW YORK, Nov. 24.-Howard Drew,
of Springfield, Mass. equaled the world $
record In the 1907 yard run at the open
ing of the local indoor athletic season
al the Thirtieth Regiment Armory In
Brooklyn Saturday night. His time was
~ AS. Hannes Kolehaminen, OF the
Irish American Athletic Club, starting
from the scratch, won the three mile
run In 1920 AS, more than two seconds
slower than his word record.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-24
Ready to Begin Work
0nSl5,OOOSynagogue

Plans were being rushed Monday for
the new $4,000 synagogue projected by
the congregation of seth Hamedresh
Hgodel Anshel Sfard. More than $4,000
already has been raised and ground will
be broken within the next few days
4 feature Of the contributions was the
raising Of $500 by the woman's auxiliary.
The plans include a Hebrew school
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-24
Bv O. B. Keeler.

n NE of the best things Bill Smith
had to say after his return
from the North and East was
that there was a chance for the
Crackers to get Andy Mcconnell to
fill the ample shoes of Whitley Al
permann at second base.
Here's some of the dope on Nc
Connell. AS to the state of the nego-
tiations. nobody can tell how they will
pan out, but it is understood that
Bill is dealing directly with Neon
nell, and If he wants to play in At
lanta, he can do so, as terms with
his club can be made
Anyway, here's the dope.
NJ 'CONNELL is 20 years old and
AFA might be called a veteran Of the
game-the very player Atlanta needs
around the keystone sack. He is a
little bit of a chap, and very fast
on the bases. Heswill hit around
$50 with a disposition to slap one
in the pinch. He is hard to pitch
to and is a corking infielder.
Then why isn't he in the Big Show ?
WELL, Andy used to play with
p" the Boston Red Sox. and he
was very popular there, and did good
work all the time. He went to the
Chicago White Sox in the celebrated
trade Of Mcdonnell and Lord for
Smith and Purtell
In Chicago. Andy made good al
the jump. At first he was blue light
ming on the bases, and for two years
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-24
59,743 PAY
T0SEE CAME
Of FOOTBALL
Australia Rallies to Support Of
Sports-MeIbourns Proves
Great Center.
By Otto G.. Floto.

~ ENVER, Nov. 24.-Wadd'y know
about this? In Australia on
Melbourne cricket field at foot
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-24
HALLsACh is hoNORED.

BLOOMINGTON, IND, Nov. "a
Right Halfback Michael Erehart has
been unanimously elected captain OF
the Indiana University football squad
for 1914
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-03-24
SALTESE NEWS

Saltese, March "a Special) The
Polleys lumber camp has resumed
operations.
Charles I.aWcrnson Of N~issoula is
expected to be in SHltcse for the big
dance ON the 10Th. Mr.. LlWernSou
has the honor Of furnishing music for
that occasion.
r. O.. Murphy is progressing very
nicely on his new songs, and he il
expected to make quite Il hit with the
SalteSe ladies,
Messrs. H.. E. Rogers and G. G.
Robinson have organized Il Saltese
club, The boys all say it is good only
1t leaves them a little short on dimes,
The Black Traveller Mining com
pany has made a rich strike. This
strike is not like those usually re
ported. 1t is real, ana we are looking
forward to have a shipper very
shortly.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-03-24

the final result will hinge on these
calculations and on the report yet to
be mad on the probable revenue from
the IA dutiable schedules. The ques-
ton of collection source-whether
from the employer instead of directly
from the salaried man-is being care
fully studied out. The maximum and
minimum proposal of the bin, 1t was
said tonight, probably viii be radi-
cally changed, perhaps a reversing of
the so-called big stick" policy by
making the regular tariff rates the
maximum to meet discriminating con-
dItions in any Foreign country. The
Cuban reciprocity treaty of Dec. IL,
1907, allowing 20 per cent reduction
on imports from Cuba from the regu-
lar tariff rates, may be maintained by
a. reiteration Of the declaration that
nothing in the new tariff shall be con-
strued to a~brogate the treaty. Some
substantial changes in the Philippine
tariff are likely.