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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-05

Montgomery, December 4.-(speeial.)
lapoosa county TO hear condemnation
proceedings in the case of the Alabama
Interstate Power company against the
Tallassee Falls Manufacturing company
was granted by the Alabama supreme
count in a decision handed down Thurs
day. The opinion in the case was writ
ten by Associate Justice Thomas c. Nc
Clellan.
While the courts decision is the ~
suit of litigation that has been pend
ing in several courts of the state for
months, it is thought to be by no means
final, and Will probably be returned
TO the higher tribunal.
The questions involved in the case
are numerous. though all revolve
around the right of the Alabama In
terstate Power company to condemn a
certain section of the Tallassee Falls
Manufacturing company's dam at Tai
lassee, in order that the former COM
pany may have for its own use the ex-
cess water which falls from the Tai
lassee companys dam.
Condemnation proceedings for the
purpose of securing this excess water
power were first brought. by the Ala
hama Power company in the probate
court of Tallapoosa county The case
was not heard by reason of an order
issued by Judge S. L.. Brewer of the
Tallapoosa circuit court which denied
the right of the probate court to hear
the case. Proceedings In the circuit
court We're brought by the Tallassee
company. .-..
Following the circuit courts action
the Alabama Interstate Power company
appealed to the supreme court, but be-
fore the appeal was heard the Tallassoe
company, fearing that the probate court
would hear the condemnation case not
withstanding the circuit courts order
brought proceedings in the Tallapoosa
chancery court. to prevent the probate
court from hearing the case. The chan
Gerry court also decided in favor of the
Tallassee company.
This was the question involved
whether or not the probate court had
the right to hear the case and the SUI
pIeile scourl sueclueu .tndt IL nau.
The court also passed upon another
phase of the case, in sustaining Judge
Castor. Gunter of the Montgomery city
court in his decree allowing the Ala
bama Power company the right to GO
on the Tallassee company's land for
the purpose of making surveys.
The case Is likely to attract state
wide attention before it is finally de-
cided. Should the probate court deeise
that the Alabama Power company. has
the right to condemn a section of the
Tallassee Falls Manufacturing COM
panys dam, the question will be- re-
turned to the supreme court, and should
the Alabama company lose the matter
Will revert back to the higher tribunal
The Alabama Power company stated
in its petition for condemnation of a
section of the Tallassee companys dam
that it wished to construct a power
house below the falls of that company
for the purpose of using the excess wa
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-05
HARMONY MARKS
RIVERS CONGRESS
Particular Needs of States
Feature the Days
Meeting

Washington, December Harmony
among representatives of all sections
of the country marked today's ses
sion of the National Rivers and Har
bors congress, in tenth annual session
here All the speeches of the day,
while telling in each instance of the
particular needs of certain state or
section in waterway improvement,
breathed spirit of broad nationalism,
the declaration being made by one
speaker after another that he desired
TO see the country as a whole benefit
from government river and harbor Inn
provement
Governor Glynn of New York, one
OF the principal speakers, said all New
YORK asked of the government was
reciprocity" which in the past had not
been extended. For our 100000 spent
upon our waterways for theAbenefil
OF all the people in this country" ha
added, 1--WE ask the United States t.
dig deeper channel in the upper Hud-
SON When we built the Erie canal We
did what the nation should have done
And for doing this we simply ask
Uncle Sam to do what he should dc
Tor us, what he has done for a score
OF rivers in other parts of the coun-
try. And this we ask in the name ol
reciprocity, in the name of national
commerce.
Representative Knowland of Cali
tornia spoke on the need of good Pa
elflc coast terminals and of the COM
merce the Panama canal would bring
The transportation needs of the cen.
tral west We're discussed by James Il
Smith of st. Louis T. C. Catchings oil
Nlcksburg, Miss, e. NJ. Clendining ot
Kansas City and Samuel Hill of Port.
land, Ore, were other speakers who
told of needs in their respective com.
munities
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-05

meeting of the Etowah County School
Improvement association will be held here
Saturday to formulate plans for raising
5000 for school improvement work
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-05
BARBOUR GRAND
Jury RECONVENES
Understood Another Inves.
tigation of Clayton Wreck
Will Be Made

Eufaula, December 4.-tSpeeial THE
Barbour county grand jury. which filed
Its hnal report with the circuit court
Monday night, has been summoned to re-
convene again Friday morning at $780, it
is said, for the purpose of making an
other investigation of the fatal wreck
on the Eufaula and Ozark division of the
Central of Georgia railroad, on Thursday,
November 13, in which nine persons were
killed and over 200 injured, many of them
seriously.
The grand jury spent the entire day
Monday making an investigation of the
wreck, in an effort to determine whether
there was any criminal negligence to
blame for the wreck, but its report filed
that night contained no reference to
It's findings. This matter was therefore
considered closed. when a surprise was
sprung this afternoon with the summon
ing again of the grand jury. Evidently
there is some dissatisfaction with the
findings of the first probe, or the officials
have some new evidence upon which to
work.
Railroad officials, passengers ON the
train, those who investigated the wreck
and others are being summoned this aft
ernoon by the sheriff's force to appear be-
fore the grand jury tomorrow morning.
The case of three negroes, charged with
forgery and false pretenses, charged with
forgery in connection with writing of
false state subpoenas Wednesday, and
selling this forged script to script buy
ers, may also be investigated. The me-
groes, who are now in Jail, are said to
have written the subpoenas in the Of
flee of Clerk B. c. Cox in the latter s
| absence. The negroes are Robert Lee,
James PETER. Lott RuSaaM.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-05

The deed for the transfer of the prop
erty of the Standard Steel company here
to the Gulf States Steel company was filed
for record In the office of the probate
judge today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-05

And get this complete five
volume reference work for
S1.98. You may not have an
other chance, as the sets are
going rapidly and this sale
will positively end as soon
as the present supply il ex-
hausted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-05
CASES DISPOSED OF
BY BLOCTON COURT

Centreville, December Especial 1.-The
jury term of the county court for the
Rlocton division convened at Blocton
Monday and was in session two days.
large number of cases were disposed
of during the term. There were is con-
victions and pleas of guilty, several for
FIXTURES made final and large number
Of cases dismissed. Four defendants were
sentenced to hard labor for the county,
but the remainder either paid their fines
or confessed judgment for the same. The
officers of the court returned to Centre
Vile Tuesday night
The governor has offered reward of
$50 for the arrest and conviction of the
murderer of Caesar Duff, a highly re-
spected negro who was assassinated in
his own house on Sunday night, Novem-
ber %, about six miles west of Centre
vile.
All of the cotton in Bibb county has
been picked and the local ginnery is
crowded to it's full capacity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-05
TAKES OVER
CULLMAN THEATRE

Cullman, December 4-(Special. THE
Esther Opera House, in this city changes
control this week. For five years Harry
Lightwood, actor and author, has been
in charge, and has given excellent service
to the public. Mr. w. j. Murphy is the
new manager. A benefit Will be extended
Mr.. Lightwood on Saturday night.
The city schools of Cullman are show
ing an attendance of nearly 500, the
largest in the history of the city. Prof
d. V. Smith, county superintendent of
education, reports an enrolment in the
county schools of 10000 children entitled
to the benefit of public money.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-05


w. Smith, appeal from Birmingham city
court; affirmed
The Alabama Penny Savings bank W.
Fannie Holmes. appeal from Jefferson
circuit court; reversed and remanded
Somervtne, J.-Tombigbee Valley Rail-
road company VS. Edward b. Loper, ap-
peal from washington chancery court; af-
firmed.
.Mollie C. West vs.. Albert q. Henry ct
al, appeal from Marshall chancery court;
reversed and rendered.
Illinois Central Railroad company VS..
M. J. Lowery, appeal from Walker circuit
court; reversed and remanded.z
Kate Appleton Jordan vs. r. r. Smith,
appeal from Cherokee circuit court; at
firmed.
w. L. Gilley ct al. vs. J. A. Denunan,
appeal from Cleburne circuit court, af-
firmed.
Walter Hoffman VS.. Moreman & Webb,
appeal from Lee law and equity court;
reversed and remanded.
r. ". Windham vs. w. n Atkins ap-
peal from Lamar circuit courts reversed
and remanded.
Mary A. Merritt. executrix, Va. p. A..
wyatt. appeal from Birmingham city
court; affirmed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-05
PIC IRON OUTLOOK
BETTER IN GADSDEN
Believed Alabama Furnaces
Will Resume Work Within
Next Few Months

Gadsden, December 4.--(Special.)-It is
believed that the demand for pig iron
will reach such a point by the first of
the year that the local furnaces of the
Alabama company will be put into opera
ton Reports are current here that the
plant will resume operations within the
next few months. Prospects for the iron
and steel trade seem more hopeful now.
More trouble is being experienced by the
Alabama Power company in extending its
wires through Alabama City. Yesterday
Capt. J. NJ. Elliott, Jr., stopped the erec-
tion of poles near his property on the
ground that the high tension wires would
be dangerous to man and beast.
The extension of the Gadsden, Bellevue
and Lookout Mountain railroad from For
est avenue out Sixth street to Randall
street will be started Immediately. This
was the announcement of Loui Hart,
manager.
The deed for the transfer of the prop
erty of the Standard Steel company here
to the Gulf States Steel company was filed
for record in the office of the probate
judge today.
Lamar Jeffers, representing the citizens
and business mems committee of Greater
birmingham, is in Gadsden securing sig
natures to a petition addressed to Presi-
dent Wilson asking that the suit against
the United States Steel corporation be
dismissed
AT a meeting of the board of directors
OF the Chamber of Commerce yesterday
evening 1t was decided to lease for three
years the rooms on Fourth between
Broad and Locust streets now occupied
by LeFevre & Jordan. The rooms will
be used as headquarters for the cham
Der.
meeting of the Etowah County School
Improvement association will be held here
Saturday to formulate plans for raising
5000 for school Improvement work.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-08-16

fit to resume his slams at yours truly.
Among other things il was stated in
one of his articles that when lost the
championship to Fitzsimmons I was
beaten by a middleweight-
Edgren says that FitZsimmons was
under the middleWeight limit when he
beat me. By that he means that Fftz
weighed 158 pounds or less As every
one knows heavyweights are not COM
PEELED TO make public their weights,
or at least were not in the old days,
and a fighter in that division might
weigh a ton for all the difference il
mons exact weight was on the day OF
the Carson fight, but the probability
is there was not five pounds between
US. and I know that I was consider
ably above the middIeweight limit at
the time
Fitz was a great fighter in every
sense of the word He beat me fairly.
I have never disputed that The only
cause for complaint I have against him
is that he refused to give me another
fight 1 have always felt that would
have reversed the decision in another
meeting had I been given the chance.
And evidently Fitz felt about the same
way as he avoided me from that time
on
However. it is Of Edgren I wish to
say few WOrds-tO give the public
an idea OF what lies behind his at
IackS upon me- A few years ago he
called on me in my dressing room at
a local theater-it was when was
doing light preparatory work for ny
coming fight with Jeffries, then the
champiOn-and during our CONVEX
sation he expressed the opinion that 2
man could not be knocked out with a
blow in the stomach. To make a long
story snort, ] demonstrated tHaI he
was wrong few days later in a local
gymnasium, and ever since then Edgren
has been knocking me at every op-
pOrtunity-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-08-16
Uer City Tgens Up Race For the Pennan In the Copper League
Giants and the Athletics Will
Play Hot Series, Says Chance
Winning Team Will Be the One Getting the Early
Breaks Thinks Pilot of Yankees Mathewson
And Bender, Heroes of 1905 Series May
Be Opposing Pitchers in 1913 for Title

solve this problem I have no doubt
that Pfttsburg, Chicago and Washing
ton would turn out big crowds for one
game each, even though the Athletics
and Giants we're the cOntending teams.
It's a difficult problem TO please both
player and spectator, but I believe that
eventually a more satisfactory method
will be evolved for deciding the worlds
May play Off the @Rubber..
Should the New York and PhiIadel-
phia clubs win their respective league
remnants, the worlds series Of 1913 will
be in the nature of q rubber" At
present each has q worlds champion
ship title won at the expense Of the
other. The Giants quickly nipped the
championship aspirations of the Athlet-
les in their initial meeting OF 1905
Under the direction Of McGraw the New
York team won four Of the five games
played, all Of which were shut-outS.
revenge for the Athletics won four of
six games from the Giants.
OF the players who engaged IN the
series Of 1905, Bender, Plank, Davis
and Murphy are still enrolled with the
Athletics, although the latter two are
seldom in the regular lineup. Mathew
son and Wiltse are the only Giants Of
those days who still year the New
York uniform. 1t is a singular feature
son, the respective club heroes Of 1905
series, are still past masters Of the art
Of pitching, eight years after their in
itia1 clash and may face each other
during the play next October, unless an
18th hour rush by one Of the other
league clubs upsets the predictions Of
the baseball prophets
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-08-16

hard hitting "Gunboat" as well as with
Palzer and McCarty.
The Pittsbunser has always been
there strong with the "alibi'' stuff
His most recent contest in New York
was with Luther McCarJy and for
seven or eight rounds he OutbOxed and
Outclassed Luther. [ believe he in
Jured his hand along toward the close
of the bout which leSSened his chances
for success And at that Luther had
a mighty small margin of victory TO
boast of. Moran also boxed the Gun
boat" 20 rounds. out in California, and,
sailor, San Francisco critics came to
the front for Frank and one or two
even went so far to assert that he had
been given a shabby deal.
Whether Palzer will ever again
show the form he displayed during
his first season of milling is doubtful.
Recently he was forced to submit to
an operation for some trouble and al
though it is claimed that ne is in
good shape again / have observed that
very few fighters come back at their
best after the surgeons have had a
Whack at them Al relied almost en-
tirely upon his great bulk, strength
and marvellous stamina to wear down
his opponents and, robbed of even a
portion OF those assets, he Will not
amount to great deal His know
ledge of boxing is limited and in this
game, the same as IN everything else,
a little knowledge is dangerous
think I doubt if Tom O'ROuke, great
trainer that he is. will succeed in in
stilllng any amount of learning into
the big farmers brain.
The bout means the preliminary
class for the loser, and with that fact
staring the fighters in the face it is
expected they viii give the spectators
the very best that is in them
Robert Edgren, who poses as an
oracle on sports of all sorts, has seen
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-08-16
MAVERICKS LOSE
CAME TO HURLEY
COncentrators Check Ell
PaSOans While Indians
WaIlOp the Diggers

Hurley, n. N. Aug 16-Pennant
chances Of the Ell Paso Mavericks re-
ce1ved a severe jolt Friday afternoon
when the Pass City's players went
down to defeat before the onslaught
OF the COncentrators by the score of
9 70 / Only One-half Of game is now
between the Silver City Indians, Santa
Rita and the Mavericks for a tie in
the pennant race, the result of the
qefeat which the Indians handed the
DlggefS Friday. Hurley has always
been a stone in the path of the border
players since the tournament last fall,
and they certainly demonstrated that
When the breaks are with them they
are lar from being a back number.
armer BOuSeman was in the calcium
ilSnJ as usual, and aided the run max
ing with an oppOrtune home run over
me left field fence. Only five in
significant hits were allowed the Wis
lIors bK the former Aggie. while u
q extraordinary dimensions were
nlGRed of Nellis and Harry Kane who
WI! nave to 20 a. day longer with his
Whlskers- Four errors by Hurley and
LuLee py Fl Paso contributed to the
runs, although the Ell Paso boots al
MSSs came timely. Nellis was knocked
' ouC o. me box for the first time this
5eaSOL's ana Harry Kane Jared but little
De LEI than did his predecessor.
FL PasO 49,.
Batteries Paso. NeIiiis. Kane and
cray; hurley, Bouseman and Robinson.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-08-16
Puffs From the Fans Hop Pipe

n RESIDENT FARRELL, of the yam
KEGS, not content with giving
L two fieIders and $4,000 for in
fielder MaiseI, has paid out $4,000 more
for three minor league pitchers. Marty
McHale. formerly with the Red SOx,
has been purchased from the Jersey
City club Cy Pieb was secured from
the Dayton, Ohio. club, and Paddy
cooper from St Petersburg, Of the Vir-
GINA league
Eddie McGOorty, the Oshkosh mid
dleweighJ, has arrived in Chicago and
viii start training for a bout on the
coast Jimmy COffrOth has wired him
Allister or sailor Petroskey. who boxed
a 20 round draw on the coast last
Big Jim Vaughn. recently acquired
by the Chicago White SOx from the
Kansas City Blues, in exchange for
apolis. with one hit recently. Vaughn
has pitched in more games than any
other hurler, and has more strikeOuts
than any pitcher in the association
Fight promoters are anxious to make
WeIterwe1sht out of Packey McFar-
land, Ch1cago's boxing star Tom Nc
Carey has offered a belt for the weller
weight championship, in an effort TO
revive the welters, and wants McFar-
land to compete for it.
Walter McCredie. manager of the
Portland Coast league team. refused to
sell any Of his players. taking chance
at losing one in a draft. The "A draft
price is $500. McCredie will lose a
lot of money. but he figures that he
viii more than make il up in the box
office He has admitted that he has
received several offers for players
It is reported that the Cincinnati
Nationals have asked waivers on
Suggs, Sheckard, Egan and Bates. all
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-08-16
TEW YORK, Aug. 16.-Basing his
prediction on the assumption
that the Giants and Athletics

TEW YORK, Aug. 16-Basing his
~ prediction on the assumption
4 that the Giants and Athletics
viii be the contenders, Frank Chance
forecasts a remarkable struggle for
worlds championship honors this au-
tumn-
9'The leaders of the two leagues ap-
pear to be very evenly matched said
Chance, in discussing the teams, ana
I look for a very close, exciting series.
In my opinion the winning club viii be
the one that gets the early breaks In
the play You cant eliminate the
breaks in baseball. and in a series as
important and as short as the world
championship 1t has always proved
very prominent factor. In all the Sc
ries in which I have taken part 1t has
always been present Sometimes the
1t helped the other fellows, but I never
knew the time when it didn't play
leading part
FavOrs Longer Series
For that very reason have always
held that a seYen-game series DeCWeen
TWO clubs of the caliber Of the Ma
tional and American league pennant
winners was not as decisive as 1t
should be. Fully Is games would be
necessary, to my mind, to decide posi-
lively which was the better club Tn
drawn out series would fail to hold
interest Coming at the end Of a seven
months season. so percent Of the fans
of the two cities would lose interest IN
the play before the completion OF the
play. 1t has been suggested that play
ing several Of the games in cities other
than those directly interested might
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-08-16

veterans. All the clubs in the National
nave waived on Bates and Egan- and
president Hermann and manager Tin
ker are trying TO make deals for them
with American league teams.
Larry Lajoe, second baseman OF the
Cleveland Maps. has celebrated the 18th
anniversary OF his entry into big
league company Lajoie made his debut
as a first baseman. playing with Phil
aOelpn1a Nationals He was great
5oatter from the first, and unofficial
figures at present give him a batting
average Of .343-
Ernie Johnson. who was sent to this
Los Angeles club, by optional agree
ment Of president Comiskey, may re-
center fielder, taken by the Chicago
cluD instead With Weaver and Ber-
ger, Comiskey is well fortified with
ShortSIops, but he does admit that he
IS IN dire need of Outfielders, despite
me sodltlon OF Larry Chappelle to the
Ray Bronson, accompanied by his
lightweight prOtege. Young Savior. the
Indianapolis boxer, has left for the Pa
sl1Ie coast They VIII go BY way Of
matched to box = rounds with Mickey
Mcintyre Chick Hayes will also be
taken to the coast by Bronson
Anxious. to discover the reason for
the remarkable effectiveness of Afath-
ewson, Plank, Sallee, NJ Brown and
SENDER baseball players studied the
record of each, and their research
twirler of all times The specisIfieS
and strength of every big league
tWlrIer were examined. Rusie had the
plggest curve. Rube Waddeu was the
hardest to hit, Johnson has speed. and
AaUhewson IS the greatest OF all.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-08-16

the selection of Sloan and Ha1ford
while frankie Gage will. if possible he
induced to referee the preliminaries
Spider" Moffatt, the Oklahoma ban
tam, has received an offer from Mark
Levy, promoter of the New Mexico a
c. at Albuquerque. to box aeBattIina';
Chico 10 rounds as a semi-windun to
y Labor day card. -
a good deal of credit is due IN the
trainers of both camps. At the Coftsse
the combined efforts of Joseph De 500
known as Trainer and Joe HerricIl
has had Is years experience frsinine
boxers and is considered one of tb9
best men at his trade on the coast He
has conditioned several famous boxers
for bouts IN california. Al Drea ger is
chief oVerseer of the Halford caro6 ar5
has brought the sailor. 10 the shape he
is now in
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-08-16
NATIONAL ARBITER
RULES FOR HURLEY
Umpire Henry SiGIer Says Umpire Eek
stone Erred in Calling Robinson
Out in Game Played Here.

stone Erred IN NalAAME ENoDlMSOm
Out in Game Played Here.
Umpire Henry Sigler, of the National
league. and Jack Ryder are the au-
thorities to whom umpire Eckstone
wrote in regard to a decision handed
down in the recent Sunday game be-
tween Hurley and FL Paso- Both Rob
inson and Clark were declared out by
EckstOne, but evidence from the two
authorities show that Robinson. who
was on second base, was safe. Clarke
was on second and Robinson hit the ball
to Tommy Smith, who made a bluff TO
throw to first Clarke started for third
and he was caught on the path. Robin
son. while three-ninths of the FL Paso
team were chasing Clarke, ran to sec
ond. Tommy Smith ran back and
touched him. while he was on the sack.
and Clarke was caught later on the
line Both men We're declared out bv
Eckstone and Hurley protested the
game.