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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-09-10
.PE[KY QUITS BURNS,
BRANDS HIM ''FAKER''
Heavyweight Says He and Tommy
Framed Their Bout
in Calgary

Pelkey and delivered over for release
September 8. The breaking of the seal
yesterday revealed the contents Pei
key stopped in Portland en- route to
Calgary to close accounts with Burns.
1t was at Calgary. and under Burns
wing, that Pelkey fought Luther Nc
Carly, the white champion McCarty
expired shortly after Pelkey knocked
him out.
Our six-round fight was called a
draw says Pelkey in his confession.
speaking OF his match with Burns.
But we had 1t all framed up I could
have whipped him easily, but he want
ed to make a good showing before his
friends there, and made me take two
knockdowns to one for him. From
that time on he made me virtually a
slave to his whims"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-09-10

Portland, Ore, Sept. 10.-Stung by a
guilty conscience and smarting under
alleged mistreatment by Tommy Burns,
Arthur Pelkey, worlds heavyweight
title claimant, yesterday cancelled Tom
my Burns managerial contract and
simultaneously unbosomed a confess
sion. In a signed statement Pelkey
makes the charge that he and Burns,
the former at one time worlds cham
pion, faxed their six-round fight at
Calgary March rs.
Pelkey alleges that Burns lured him
west from Chatham. Ont, and then
finding him broke, forced him into n
fixed" match and staged night rehear-
sails of the battle in a garnet.
The expose was drafted in Portland
several days ago, signed and sealed by
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-09-10
DOUBLE VICTORY
FOR EARL COOPER
Motorist Wins Two Long
Distance Races on Co.
roma Speedway.

Corona. Cal. Sept. 10.-Earl Cooper
won the two long distance motor car
races on the speedway yesterday. He
won the medium car race of 25197
miles in 3:21:29 is. Then, without
hating, he continued on to capture the
free-for- all of 301.s1 miles In 4:02:3S.
The smaller car race went to Edward
Waterman Of Fresno, Cal, a 2O-year-
old student of the University of Cali
fornia. who drove the 102.45 miles in
1925.
Waterman's speed averaged sixty
three miles an hour, which is a new
worlds record for cars up to 231 cubic
inches piston displacement The old
mark was sixty-one miles per hour.
Cooper in the free-for- all averaged
seventy-four and one-half miles.
Numerous accidents marked the
progress of the three races and four
persons were injured. The most Sc
riously hurt was William Warren,
mechanician for William Rhoades
whose car turned turtle in the small
car event after a steering knuckle had
been broken. He was still unconscious
this morning.
Frank Sandhoffer Barney Oldfeld S
mechanician was pinned under Old
ed over in the fifty eighth lap of the
free-for- all. He suffered only a severe
scalp wound. Oldfield escaped I'M
scratched.
Charles Cakes, a rancher. was struck
by the tire hurled out of O1dfield's
speeding car. His right leg was brok-
en- and almost entirely stripped OF
flesh from knee to ankle. Another
spectator was injured.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-09-10
MAY PLACE BAN
ON SPITBALL

Wilmington, Del, Sept 1o.-The spit
ball will be under the ban in Whining
ton il q resolution introduced at
me eting of the board OF health yester-
day is adopted. The resolution. an
amendment to an ordinance Of 1905,
was given Its first two readings, and
it will in all likelihood be passed at
the next meeting of the board next
Monday. II the new law is adopted
signs will be displayed on the Tristate
grounds next season forbidding the use
of the spitbaIl under penalty
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-09-10
Time-2:11A. 2:1eh, a:1a

q a. - z, II
2:12 class, pace: purse, $1,000:
Red S., b. b.. by Red Tell
AJOneS) l
Leila Patchen, blk. m, by Dams
Brother (Wolverton) ...2 q 8
Leila w. by Leland Onward
Fillmore Dillon and Ruby Light also
started.
Time-2:osA, 2:08A, 2:11.
2:12 trot; purse. $1,000:
Lizzie Brown, b. m, by The
Bondsman (Bowerman) ....-1 / /
Helen Wilstar, b. m, by Will
star (Jones) ............2 q
Prairie Game, b. h, by Game
Onward (Kaine) ......A 8
John Jacob Aston, CHI. h.. by On
gate (Souriers) .......4 4
Heliograph also started.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-09-10
BILL PAPKE TO MOVE.

Kewankee, ILL.,, Sept. 1o.-Billy Pap
Ike, former middleweight champion, an
nounced today he would move to Madi-
son, Wis, to make his home. He has
lived here since he became an aspirant
for pugilistic honors, coming from
Spring Valley, III.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-09-10
WOLGAST QUITS RING

Portland. Ore. Sept. 1o-Ad VOL
CAST. former lightweight champion.
announced today his final retirement
from the ring.
IT have Just completed the purchase
Of a ranch near Medford," he said. land
shall settle there permanently after a
brief trip to my old home at Cadillac,
Mich. I positively will not fight
gain"
Wolgast attributes his recent defeats
to the effects OF his operation for APP
pendicitis.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-09-10
LANGFORD WINS
$1,000 IN 80 SECONDS

New York. Sept. 10.-Sam Langford.
the colored heavyweight boxer OF Bos-
ton, earned his $1,000 guarantee in
thirty seconds last night by stopping
John Lester Johnson who is said to
be the heavyweight champion of South
Africa
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-09-10
JOE WOOD SHOWS
REAL "SMOKE"

Manchester, N. H., Sept 1o.-Joe
Wood. leading pitcher for the Boston
Red Sox, got into the game yesterday
for the hrst time since he was injured
two months ago. and the American
leaguers defeated a picked team from
the Manufacturers league in an ex-
hibition game, 3 to l. Wood pitched
three innings and allowed one single
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-09-10
SHULTZ WINS ON FOUL

Column bus. o., Sept. 10.-"Battling''
Shultz of Toledo was awarded the de-
cision last night over Eddie Forrest
of Philadelphia. The latter fouled him
in the second round.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-09-10
M'GOORTY FIGHTS
WILLIAMS TONIGHT

New York. Sept. 10.-Eddie McGoor-
ty will perform before Gathan fans to-
night, when he meets Barney williams
in ten-round contest. II should be
easy for McGoorty.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-09-10

Yesterdays Results.
Chicago, 4: St. Louis. 0.
Brooklyn, 2; Pittsburg, o.
Games Today.
Brooklyn at Chicago.
New York at Pittsburg.
Philadelphia at St Louis.
Boston at Cincinnati.
II you smoke La vendor once you
will always call for them.-Ady.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-09-10

La Vendor cigars are pronounced ex-
ceptionally good by all smokers-Adv
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-09-10
S 2 O X 7 s
STANDING OF CLUBS.

Yesterdays Resulta-
Chicago. q: Philadelphia, o.
Washington, s; Cleveland, 1 (hrst
game).
Washington. 8: Cleveland, (second
game).
Boston. 8; Detroit, 2 eleven in
nings).
New York. 6; st. Louis, s.
Games Today.
Chicago at Philadelphia.
Cleveland at Washington.
st. Louis at New York.
Detroit at Boston.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-09-10

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and had a drink, and that Matha.
 cursed him He said that he wen'
 out later and was standing outsid,
 waiting for a friend, when Matthias
 came out and asked him, What have
 you got in your hands ?'' and that
 when Matthias came to him he grab 1 bed him
 Seward claimed that Matthias was striking at him and that he just held his head down and grappled out, and that he did not know that he had caught Matthias with thumbs in the eyes He said he did not know any. thing about Matthias being hurt se- riously, but that he got him down, and somebody said to let him up, and stop fighting and he did so and went home.
 Don't you make a claim to belong to Quantrel's band?" asked Assistant District Attorney A. B. Bedding.
 Seward said that he had never made such a claim. He said that some of the old Quantrel band had stopped at his house but that he never claimed to have been with them He had known some of them in Missouri after the war.
 Are you part Indiana" was further put by the attorney.
 Seward said that there was some Indian blood in his geneology but he did not know how the relationship ran
 Other witnesses in the case were those who were in the saloon at the time. They testified that Matthias was very drunk at the time, and that there was some profanity, and an argument between Matthias and Sew ard over an account. which had come into the controversy, though the ac- count was not claimed by Matthias. In brief. the argument and the quarrel in the saloon must have been more of a quarrel between two drunken men.
 The jury was not prompt to reach verdict. There seemed no doubt with the jury that Seward had maim- ed Matthias, but there was some con troversy over the matter of ''pre- meditation" The court instructions were read a second time by Judge Gotham at the request of some of the jurors who did not understand the law requirement. on this point.
 Seward was represented by ludees Gladson and Huff, and the state was looked after by Prosecuting Attorney Witt and Assistant A. B. Bedding.
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SIX MONTHS IN THE COUNTY JAIL AND $500 FINE IS
 JURY VERDICT.
G0UGED EYES OUT IF MATTHIAS
Circuit Court Jury, After More Than an Hours Deliberation, Brings in Verdict Against Hotel Man Charged With Crime 10 Main.

We the jury find the defendant guilty and fix his punishment al six monthstin the county iail. and a fine of $500"
 This was the verdict returned last night in the case of the state against Jim Seward, a local hotel man, cha9g. ed with the crime of maim. for hay ing in a flight here last March gouged out the eyes of Tom Matthias.
 Matthias, tfe prosecuting witness, lost one eye completely, and accord ing to his testimony at this trial, could not distinguish a face except at very close range.
 The jury that brought in the verdict was composed of c. N. Walkers Harry F. Rector, James NJ. Anderson, Joe Loneinotti Jr, Clyde Morris, George Lookadoo, II. A. Grimm, Geo. NJ. Smith, Phil Levy, Carl A. Will. son, A. J. 1.edgerwood and !. C. Farr.
 There was not much time spent in the ease Matthias. the prosecuting witness, was on the stand but a very few minutes. He stated that at the time he had been drinking in a Park avenue saloon. and he did not remem- Der meeting Seward He did not know him. but probably knew who he was He did not remember any argument between them Swore that the first he remembered of i'm DOT tance was when he turned toward the door of the saloon, Seward was stand ind just outside the door, and notion ing his hands to the witness to come to him,
 Matthias said he went out, and that he was grabbed and did not Temem- Der anything more He was entirely blinded for some time, but finally re- covered tine sight Of one eye so that he could get around, but that he could not distinguish faces.
 Seward took the stand for the de. fense, and he tesfifisd that he went into the saloon with some friends,
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VILLA TURNS FRO MENTERlNG CHIHUAHUA TO CAPTURE
 FLEEING REBELS.
FUGITIVES MUCH DISTRESSED
Crowds of Americans in Automobiles Camp at Presido, Texas, Opposite Point Where the Fugitive Federas Are Expected to Make Landing.

Juarez, Mexico, Dec 6.-Instead oI
 occupying Chihuahua, the state cap ital General Francisco Villa with his 1000 rebels, who were encampet along the railroad north of the city today returned huTiedly to Villa Ahumada the telegraph station. tc dispatch more men in pursuit of the
 federals reFeatine toward Ojinaga, on the border.
 A garrison of 800 rebels occupy the fort at Ojinaga, and General Villa said his soldiers could not permit the federals to reach the border or cross
 over into the United States without
 a fight. His purpose is not only tC capture the federal troops but also tc seize the arms and equipment
 The federals will be in the major ity unless they are overtaken by the rebel pursueas. With the 2,000 oI more fugitive federals are General Salvador Mercado, the deposed mill
 tary governor and commander: m merous other generals and officers and members of Chihuahuas s families
 who left the city precipitatey on foot in fear of an attack
 General Villa expressed his inten
 tion to confiscate the money which the fugitives were reported to have withdrawn from the banks before tae
 evacuation. He said he would pro tect non-combatants except such as were considered political offenders
 Members of the TerTazas family were placed by him in the latter class. Crowds of persons with automobiles
 camped at Presidio. Texas, opposite Ojinaqa, in anticipation that the refugees, including the federals
 would cross the river Should thu lfederals, disbeartened by their Ions
 siege of Chihuahua, and by the de
 cision of General Mercado, to flee be
 cause of the bankrupt condition o ] his army, decide to cross, they wi!
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Was Rloodless Victory.

! Brownsville, Texas, Dec. 5.-A sto-
 ry Of how nearly 10000 men battled at Victoria, Mexico, almost three days. November 16 17 and IS, with out losing more than 30 men. and with total loss of not more than 200 wounded, was told by American
 and British refugees who arrived here from Victoria today.
 When four hundred of his men laid down their arms and announced they would fight no more, General Rabaga, the federal commander, called to-
 gether as many citizens as he could reach and told them he would have to abandon the town.
 Gathering his twelve hundred re- maining troops from the four pants of Victoria in which they had been fighting on the night of November IS.
 he quietly evacuated Victoria. going west through the only opening left by the rebels. notwithstanding their belief that they had the city sur rounded.
 Following his force of more than
 twelve hundred, there were more than a thousand men, women and
 children who were fleeing from what they believed to be the terrors of lfy-
 ing in city occupied by rebels This move to evacuate was made
 entirely without the knowledge of the rebels, who were under the impres. sion that it was impossible for the federals to escape. The besiegens awoke the next morning to find the defending force gone and to become aware of the fact that Victoria had
 been theirs six hours without their having known it.
 A force of 1.500 constitutionalisis
 was at once dispatched to the west
 to overtake the federal force. and
 after fifteen miles through the noun tains they came upon hundreds of
 men, women and children huddled to-
 gether in the bare mountains with
 out food or shelter.
 | The citizens had fled in hacks, bug CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO.
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Business Is Anxious.

Washington Dec. 5.-Gnarded in- quries are being made at the state department by representative Of some of the European governments as to the prospects for an early ter imitation of the present conditions in Mexico which are imposing grievous burdens on foreign interests.
 There is no evidence that these in- qmmes have had any affect on the development of the administration policy in regard to Mexico
 There is much unofficial talk, how. ever of probable early recognition of the fact that the constrtutionallsts are in possession of more than nall of the country.
 Administration officials here are looking for some important develop ments as a result of the extraordinar ily successful campaign of the consti tutionalists and every precaution Is l being taken to make certain that pro 1 tection of foreign lives and property
 at the scene of trouble.
 The navy has a fleet of ten war
 ships on the eastern coast of Mexico On the west coast, twice as extens i've and with almost no means of com munication by rail. however. the American naval force is much below the needs of tine situation. hence fl was announced today two gunboats the Yorktown at San Francisco and the Raleigh at Bremerton were sail. ing for Mexican waters.
 Secretary Bryan took occasion to make an emphatic denial of a report emanating from the Mexican capital that Queen WiDhelmina of Holland had undertaken to intervene to bring about the withdrawal of General Huerta and the restoration of peace. Tine kecretary imtimated that the United States is being permitted by the powers to deal with the Mexican problem without interference, though as matter of courtesy they are kept informed of all changes in the situ- ation.
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LOPEZ NOT FOUND.
Searchers Believe He May Have Ou.-
 witted the SmGdoe Burners.

Bingham, Utan, Dec. 5.--titcr searching a third of the Utah Apex mine, the posse which penetrated the strong ghold of Ralph Lopez, slayer of six men, came out tonight and an nounced to the thousands of exrec- tant miners that they had found uoth- ing to indicate that the Jesnerado was dead.
 The belief prevails that again the sheriffs of nine counties and their hundreds of deputies have been ou- witted by the man who several times since the pursuit began on Novem- Der 21, has rlsked capture in order 10 jeeT at their efforts.
 The smudges that had generated deadly gases since Monday, were ar lowed to die down last night and early today the double bulllheads in the tunnel mouths were removed, A panty of ten went into the mine 10 search for the Mexican
 In a blind slope on the 300 foot level a cavein was found which blocked the passage IL was thought possible that within this slope Lopez may have taken refuge from the ap- proach of the posse A guard was left watching it tonight and it will be opened tomorrow.
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ed, and hungry, in the trees, am | boatmen declared some of them looG
 ed as if they could not stand an
 other night
 Last night, eight miles from Bryan
 Lee Ccrtmelia, an Italian, was heard
 calling for help from his half sub
 merged cabin. This morning the cal i in had disa opeared. and Lee and his wife and several children had been l drowned
 No one was able to tell the courier
 how many children Corumelai had. Planters in the bottoms have re fused offers of rescue. sending cat
 their wives and children to Bryan, l but themselves remaining behind in
 the water, tearing down portions of
 their buildings to improyise platforms for their stock.
 Several prominent Bryan men wht
 own such plantations have not been heard from One of them, Seth Moor ldng, was last seen this afternoon on top of his house near the river, de claring he would not come away and leave his stock which had been
 standing in three to four feet ot
 water all day
 The wife and daughters of A. r. Wilson, who went out to his planta- ltion between Bryan and Hearne tried all day to learn what had happened 4n hin, b,tt yrithnYt cnocooe AI M Sims was another Bryan planter out in the flood tonight
 Mudville, a hamlet near Vaney Junction, was reported standing in a sea of water five to twenty-five feel deep In Mudmille the water aver,
 aged seven feet but no fatalities were reported there
 San Antonio today reported its first flood death, when John Gosano, farmer. tried to wade the Leon river At highbank it was learned that six negroes drowned in the B.a- EOS flood instead of two, as reported
 when the rise struck there night be- fore last
 At Hearne, seven boats only were available all day to cover the miles of flooded Brazos. These boats res cued numerous white persons an many negroes. Tonight it was report. ed one or two of these rescue boats had been swamped. but the fate O. its occupants was not known. Reports from the Colorado river were meager. Elsewhere throughout Texas the danger seemed past though Waco faced serious cleanup prob lem. Thousands of convicts on the stat penal farm south of Houston were to- night being moved to high land. Heavy losses in cut sugar cane on farms was expected, owing to the overflow of the Brazos, which prob ably will be at it's height in that sec. tion about Sunday.
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have to give up their arms on the American side
 The report reached Ojinaga that the fugitives had been in great distress since their route was across a water less desert plateau swept by cold winds at night an dsandstorms by day.
 Rebels reported that pant of the fugitiyes had turned to the west and were approaching lPalomas, on dhe border opposite Columbus, N. NJ. With them were said to be General Jose Salazar and Pascual Orozco, both of whom are under indictment in the United States for violations of the neutrality laws.
 Another reason why Villa return ed nonhWard to Villa Ahnmada was to communicate Wlhh General Car. ranza, head of the conNitutionalists party, who is in Sonora.
 Pleased with his victories in the north and confident that his project ed march toward Mexico City will be marked by assertions from the fed eral ranks or eyacuations by the fed erals, General Villa himself showed no haste to enter Chihuahua, the largest city now held by the rebels. Some of h1s troops commanded by General Chao. went into the city sev. eral days ago for police duty.
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RAIN IN OKLAHOMA.

Tulsa, Okla, Dec. 5.-SiX inches of rain since last Monday has raised the Arkansas river to the l0foot stage and flood stage is predicted by morning. The river has been rising at the rate of six inches an hour to day but can raise four feet more be fore the bottoms will 1e flooded. Two men barely escaped with theil lives when the boat they were using to keep drift wood away from the Frisco bridge piers collapsed this aft ernoon,