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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-17
Three Cushion Billiard
Tournament

BY. defeating Williams In a hard
Fought game at three cushion billiards.
Bryant has taken the lead In the tour
nament at the Superior Parlor:
This serves to keep the result in
DOUBT until the final games arc PLAYER. OF
which there nre but two-Williams has
= game with Wariield. which he must
win In order to tie Bryant but should
ne lose he Will have second place ns-
sured. The result Of this game will
also effect other positions. .
strain has game with Dabney, and
should the former win and Williams
win from Warheld. 1t will bring about
Il peculiar situation. in that Bryan and
Williams will be tied for first, while
the other four will all be tied
This state of affairs is likely to mako
the remaining games of the utmost i'm :
R namems to every player in the tour
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-17
HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS PLAY
SNAPPY BASKETBALL GAME

The Charlotte High School girls play
I'd their first bask ethall game of the
and beat the Keysville girls by the
score OF % to c.. The game was fast.
tho Charlotte girls playing rings
around the Kcysville bunch. Reysvi{}e
lost on their inability to throw goals
and stick to their opponents.
After the. girls game tho Charlotte
High school boys basketball team de-
feated the brakes Branch team by tho
score or 10 TO g., There was consider
able squabbling In this game on ac-
count of Charlotte putting In first
OF brakes Branch High School, who
was substituting for one of his mon.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-17
GIANTS or THE GRID|RON
START Weeks PRACTICE
Yale Tries Several New Combina..
lions to Use In Saturdays
Game Against Harvard.
pRITcHARD LEADS ARMY DRILL
Coach Howard Gives Navy Black
board Talls---Half Back Franclse on
Hospital List--Houghton Shows
Crimson Players Old Ellis Attack.

M niayed ,s stilima am WIS the only Yale
noon to begin the weeks practice FOR
the Harvard game. stiilman has 4
Wednesdays practice. which closes
scrimmnging for tho week. \
ng ans. o,nss u RlnSfr sr says
| eral new combinations being tried in
four Mssks 9snsa the Tbs A.
and Prlnceton Coach a G HinRsy h faSSrs
Stillman and Knowles can hardly face
Hayward in their best condition.
With aaS hesore IN ese Sy Pr hn
me scrubs half nm hour and scored u ono
raced sSriy yards to taEe ov S9rH the
line. Mike Sweeney, the hockey team
game for the season. Easton and
waite were the other members OF the
For twenty minutes tho varsity subs
Thompson's. scrubs gathering them
elevsns were On the fieid Tor signai
a as tns week of tho Harvard game
Betting has been brisk to-day on
sss bap odds 81 p y
2. to /. Considerable Cambridge cash
that reached here to-day. however. was
cling at odds Of to 4. but the betting
Rered at 0t ods S Of 10 Win Harvard ia
ARMY.
WEST POINT, N. Y, November 1s.--
All tho varsity men were in their
Places to-day sseep. Hoge who was
cred from his illness. and drove the
team at quarter in the position drill.
dummy nSscs and a.I signal drill,
of Benedict. Hodgson and oliphant to.
day. In the line O'Hara was at guard
sprinsheid game We're rehearsed. and
Mill 30 hSg,yen "a trout in the scrm-
NAVY.
| ANNAPOLIS. MD, November 1s.--1n
addition to the usual Monday black
board talk by Coach Howard and other
the football squad SOU heard from Gt Two Of
Army eleven defeat the University or
Maine on Saturday.
On the regulars ana most promising
the other members of the squad being
compelled to attend drill. The field
ticing the different formations for tho
attack and defense.
] Harvard.
| CAMBRIDGE. November 16-Francke.
who has been playing half back since
| Brickley was forced to retire, Ia on
the hospital list with badly bruised
leg. sustained In the game with Brown.
His place will be taken by King. OF
the sub eleven. Smith, substitute end.
| The absence OF Fruncke may neces-
state the bringing OF Hardwick from
the end position to tho back field, plac-
| ing .Weatherhead In '"racks" place
| The backfield is Hardwick's ideal po-
sitipn, but he is needed on the wing
position. where he is a tower of
strength both on the ofrense and on
| the defense.
| Coach Haughton and his stan Of as
sistants returned with many sugges
| tions for the stopping Of Yale. The
blackboard talk was In session tho
| greater part OF nm hour and n half
| Then tho back field men were taken in
tow by the coaches. and each received
individual coaching, Next. the second
team put on the Yale plays The var
slty played on the defensive for forty
| five minutes.
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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-17
CORNELL.

ITHACA. November 16.-"Now for
Penna" was- the slogan sounded to-day
when the Cornell football team and
coaches held Il council of war to dis
cuss plans for. the last game of the
seasons campaign.
a rest to-day to get them over the ef-
fects of the hard game with Michigan
and their trip. but four days of scrjm-
images have been mapped out blythe
coaches for the balance OF the week
Mike kleinert, will get into tho line
up this week, and the scrap between
position VIII be one Tho features.
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PENNSYLVANIA.

PHILADELPHIA, November 18.-
The biggest shake-up OF the season
was determined on to-day In the Penn
sylvania football team. as a result Of
by Dartmouth. The men were given q
complete rest this afternoon. but to-
morrow the coaches will begin the
team.
Not a mar who shows a sign of
decentralization. will be given another
place at full back will be taken by
AIoffett, while Wray will be replaced
1t is also possible that Murdoch viii
get MerrelPs place ut quarter back.
In the line there will he at least two
to bes given regular berths, and will
displace Russell at tackle and Withe-
row Mt guard.
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RICHMOND LEAGUE
TENpINs ON NEWPORT RUNS.
Superiors VS.. Noide,. TT,
sayIor and Mnndot ,iatcbeu

Ainnrn Saylor, OF Indianapolis, and
Joe Mandot, OF New Orleans. are to
fight ten rounds at Terre Hautc on
& Thanksgiving Day.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-17
CLEMSON FOOTBALL TEAM
ARRESTED AND RELEASED
Failed to Obtain Formulation to Leave
Canpus-EverythinR Satisfactory .
After ENpla nftona.

CLEMSON COLLEGE. 8. c., Noyem-
her l6.-The eighteen members of tho
Clemson College football team. who
charge of having gone to Richmond.
Va. without having obtained permits.
sion from the proper authorities. were
released to-day.
Clemson III a military institution. and
the alleged failure OF the football play
ident OF the colleh. and the COM
mandant of the cadet corpss-to leave
the campus, resulted I'm their deten-
ton.
the authorities announced to-day
that satisfactory explanations had been
made by the students.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-17
LEROY.AND HUDSON WIN
HANDICAPS AT PlNEHURST

.PINEHuRsT, N. C., November 1e.-
Stuyvesant Leroy, OF Newport, r. L..
and b. d. Hudson: of North Fork. l.. l.,
special golf medal play handicap, the
event marking the opening OF the local
season. Leroy turned in n card of
eighty gross. while Hudson scored a
net eighty-two for the eighteen holes.
There were twenty-four entrants.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-17
FLOUR-BARREL OF MONEY
FOR EUROPEAN WAR VICTIMS

PR!Nc.ETooN. n. J. November To-
halves of the Yale-Princeton football
game last Saturday for the benefit Of
Contributions almost filled a flour
barrel.
The money will be sent to Red Cross
headquarters at Washington.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-08-09

thousand men have away from the United
states army in the past ten years-the desert
ers VINO. branded criminals become but too
often criminals in reality
Mr. Walker believes that the difference be.
tween graduating men OF high sense OF
honor' well educated and capable and gradr.
ating deserters who enter the criminal class.
is simply one of system. He believes that it
would be possible under this new plan 10 mako
desertion an unknown crime in the army
AND without eXpending al additional dollar
in fact, eNpending less, because the guarding
OF criminals costs more than buying text books
he hopes TO turn out men OF character and
education-a very high type OF soldier. who
VIII be able, in case OF an unexpected war. to
command companies in any branch of the ser.
vice.
The Secretary Of War is asked to enlist
trial regiment, to be stationed at Fort Logan
because of the heathfu climate of Colorado
and the commodious quarters already built
there, but not in use.
The, young men for this regiment shall be
between the ages Of eighteen and twenty-five
and their physical and mental qualifications
shall measure up to high standard
The plan does not involve a single step that
has not already received practical demon.
stration. Mr.. Walker simply purposes to
substitute for the existing army methods. and
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The Traditional Tomb of Noah Palestine Showing That the
Ancient Hebrews Believed the Died Among

Ihis ends the Flood section OF the tablet
You Will notice that the hero o; the Flood
called My Lord sight! ing that Ae was u
king OF the city remarked Dr. LangIon-
Dr.. Langdon then discussed the translation
Of the reverse side of the tablet. describing
the temptation and fall OF man. the most i'm.
portant part OF which has been printed at the
beginning OF this article.
The first part OF the inscription" said Dr.
Langdon, speaks OF the hero OF the Flood
as Lifted TO the rank OF god in conversation
with Enki (the water god), also the god OF
wisdom This tablet gives us the name OF the
hero OF the Flood-Tag- tug-Semitic Nuhu.
which became in Hebrew Noah. The tablet
further says that the water god revealed the
secrets OF Wisdom. The same story is told IN
Berosus, who wrote in the time OF Alexander
the Great, and the tablet says that this sur.
vivor of the Flood became gardener. In Holy
Writ 1t is also recorded that Noah was
gardener and planted the vine.
Thus we have in my tablet what evil
IDENTITY the same series as that which was used
in Genesis. We have also III The famous
'Chaldean Account OF the Deluge discovered
by George Smith in 1872 and approved by
Gladstone a southern Babyonian version in
which the name OF the hero is given as TINA.
pishtim. From this it is evident that my tablet
is the northern version and not the southern
and that this was the one used by the Hebrews.
The Babylonans, like the Hebrews. re.
earded mankind before the Flood as approach.
Ing gods in regard to longevity. Writers OF
that age give the heroes prior 10 the Flood
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The curriculum would not OF course, BIO OF
80 high character at West Point, but II
could be made quite practical; and while
training men 10 become first class soldiers. and
officers, would at the same time prepare them
TO be graduated into civil life as most desirable
citizens.
1t is true that the abest men In the army
are selected instructors and tactical officers
for West Point. At the beginning, many Off.
GERS would not be efficient instructors; but not
the least of the advantages OF the system
would be to elevate the Intellectual measure OF
the average officer.
OF course. the officers OF this first Fort Logan
regiment will be selected with great care They
should be MEN in sympathy with democratic
rather than aristocratic ideals They must be
men OF dignity and character, men who would
take pride in building up such regiment as
has never been seen away from West Point.
What would be the effect upon enlistmen.
and deserton? Instead OF experiencing diff.
Guilty in securing men there would be a waiting
list for such an army. asking to be permitted
TO enlist. There would be desertions. be.
cause man could quit at any sine
Would the army lose anything of usefulness
by substituting such system for the existing
one. which has produced twenty thousand men
misera BILE enough to take the risks of deser.
ton? On the contrary. whether from the stand
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-08-09
Plan to Reorgane Our Army to Meet Modern Conditions

- ECRETARY OF WAR GARRISON and the
Chief OF Staff are now giving consdera.
>~ ton 10 plan which purposes the entire
reorganization OF the United States army. II
S the work of Mr.. John Brisben Walker, OF
New York and Denver, and when put into
execution Fort Logan may be selected as the
trial ground for the first model regiment.
Mr.. Walker believes that his plan Will &C.
complish the following purposes:
First-lt will turn out, every three years
IN army of highly educated young men VINO
will represent the maximum OF efficiency in
case of war.
Second-It will distribute over the country.
Every three years. some tens of thousands OF
Young men usefuy educated and we'll disci'
plined. who will make, because OF their train
ing, thoroughly useful citizens.
Third-Absolutely stop all assertions; stop
- the filling of prisons and the creation OF
criminals.
The United States army graduates
three classes of men:
! The West Point cadet whose training
makes him of the highest efficiency.
Tie private soldier. who. a rule. deterio-
rates during his term OF service, and is no:
either a well-trained a very useful citizen
when released from service.
The deserters. of whom more than twenty
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point OF military efficiency. or the turning on.
OF useful citizens, there would be everything
to gain under the establishments The
officers would be harder worked. but the activ.
ity OF brain 10 which they would be compelled
would be along lines assuring greater ability
n case OF war
Mr.. Walkers plan Is not based upon un.
tried experiments. West Point has given a
century of practical demonstration as to what
can be done with young men, fresh from the
farm and the Workshop 1t is shown there that
everything depends upon the system Young
men treated with respect by their officers, how.
ever severe the discipline and held up to
code OF honor. become gentlemen
Ihere can be nothing doubtful about what
would result II the army we're reorganzed
upon this plan and not or woman any.
where in America is satisfied with present
methods. There be no question that the
whole country is immensely dissatisfied with
the existing conditions, and that there would
be an unanimous approval OF the new order
Ihere can be little doubt that the President
will approve OF plan to convert human waste
into beings of integrity and capacity, and
quickly recognize that an army. reorganized ON
this plan would. instead OF being an incubus
upon the land. become of It's chief educa
tional forces. sending back into civil LIFE !.
steady stream OF useful citizens.
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Part Newly Discovered Babyonan Tablet That Gives
Astonishing New Account of Mans Fall and the Deluge

life OF about 900 years. Both Hebrew and
Haoylonian accounts are practically Identical.
In order to explain this sudden lapse OF
longevity and the immortality OF man the le-
gend of the fall OF man arose, and the manner
In which mankind lost this longevity is told
on the reverse OF my tablet and also in the
third book OF Genesis Then comes the story
OF the fall previously quoted)
The Inscription makes the eat OF the
Tree Of Life as here given, whereas the
Hebrew gives the Tree of knowledge The
Hebrew also speaks of the Tree of Life evi.
IDENTIFY taken from the Babylonian. Again. the
nero OF the Flood is evidently the man who
dsobeyed and lost eternal life The Hebrews
confused him with the first man-Adam-but
it was Noah. not Adam. who fell and lost
eternal life. Before the Flood men had
possessed practical Immortality.
LAS regards the cassia mentioned in the first
line OF the reverse. this is the famous apple
of Biblical history. According to Babyonian
medical texts the cassia s the plant used moro
than any other In medicine. Why this plant
called apple in Bible it is impos.
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sible to conjecture There Is nothing to give
credcnce to such hypothesis. In certain
grammatical texts OF the BABY lonians the
cassia Is called the Tree OF the Serpent, and
psychologists have never understood the sig.
Indication of this reference OF the grammarlans.
1t is possible that my tablet may have con-
tanned in the broken section the scene OF the
temptation with the serpent as tempter. and
this may be the explanation OF why the cassia
was known among the Babylonians as the Tree
Serpent The cassia bears n pod which Is
eaten as a medicine and has been since
antiquity to the present day There is there.
fore no difficulty in making the cassia story
conform with the Biblical account"
DR.. Langdon not disposed to speak at
present OF the other tablets. He had copied
inscriptions on about forty of them. With the
exception OF tablet 1861 the others contain
mostly hymns
The great American Assyrologlst concluded
with the remark, You know discoveries OF this
kind are not made moro than once in fifty
years. You need not expect another one till
the latter quarter of the century"
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the routine which has resulted in twenty thou
sand assertions. the order in use a West Point
Inc men OF this regiment would rise at the
same hour as the cadets West Point They
would stud! before breakfast. have a morning
drill, go TO recitations and to meals. TO after
noon drills and to studies exactly as do the
cadets at West Point.
Most important OF ALL their treatment by
their officers would be the same dignified dis.
cpne required at the United States Military
Academy.
The pay would be the as in the infantry
regiments. with this proviso that only enc.
half should be paid each month, the remainder
being held back to the end of the third year.
The soldier would have the privilege OF re.
signing at any time by giving six months no.
tice If he should resign before the close OF
his third year. the one half OF his pay would
be forfeited He would receive demert and
punishments. exactly as at West Point. If his
demerit should exceed a certain number. he
would be dismissed from the army, and the
one-half of his pay forfeited.
The regulations adopted at West Point are
so successful there is reason WHY every
army post car not become West Point The
tactical officers and instructors at the Military
Academy are army officers. Each regiment in
the army would derive its instructors from the
same source
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-08-09

- n. STEPHEN LANGDON, an American
J scholar who holds the chair OF Assyri
ology al the University OF OXFORD
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-08-09

Noah's Sacrifice
After the Flood
the Famous
Painting
by G. R. H.
Pickard.
Published by
Permission of
the Corporation
of Leeds,
England
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1914-01-29
People in the News

The Panama canal is now ready for
the passage OF large vessels, accord
Mg to Colonel Goethals.
Formal announcement of the candi-
dacy for the Republican nomination
OF United States senator has been
made by Charles Curtis, ex.United
States senator from Kansas.
RollIe Zieder OF the New York Amer
leans and Claude Hendrix OF the Pitts
burg Nationals have each signed n
three.year contract to play with the
Chicago Federals.
II is said that Sir Richard Mcbride.
premier OF British Columbia. advo-
Gates the plan OF British Columbia
taking over the Yukon country The
development OF railroads in that sec
ton Is one reason for the policy.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1914-01-29
PROHIBITION WILL BE-
CHIEF OREGON ISSUE

Portland.-Warm as 1t gives prom.
ise OF being, the coming primary elec.
ton campaign in oregon will be only
a mild forerunner of what the voters
may expect in the campaign preceding
the general election, November 3.
Undoubtedly the issue overshadow.
ing all others in importance will be
that of statewide prohibition. Ore.
gon this year will be one of the main
battlefields in the struggle between
'wets" and "drys"
Prohibition campaigns are to be
waged next summer and fall in five
western states, of which four are in
the Pacific coast section. The five
states are oregon, Washington, Idaho,
California and Colorado. The anti
liquor forces are preparing to center
their efforts in the three states which
appear to them to have the best
chances of success. These states are
Oregon, Washington and Idaho.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1914-01-29
S. AND C. CLUB ENTERTAIN
MEMBERS At SECOY HOME

A most pleasant and enjoyable event
took place last Thursday evening at
the home of Mr.. aud Mrs. Secoy In
Villa Park when the S and c. club
which is purely woman's club. en-
terrified the gentlemen who are In some
way dependent on their good will and
kindly minlstrations. aud so mere
men were muuh la evidence.
Transportation was furnished by
the kindly host and on arrival 10 was
discovered that @e were not To have
a dull time Tor single minute OF
the evening. There was music by a
ladies' quartet, composed Of Mesdames
Bingham aud Dickson: Misses Strane
aud Bull. Instrumental selections by
Mrs. Minister. a male quartet, Messrs.
Troxell. Tracy. Dickson and Laxon
a duet by Mr.. aud Mrs. Dickson. and
humorous duet by Mr.. Dickson and
Miss Strane. Some popular songs
we're joined in by the whole company.
Mrs. Bingham enliyened the even
ing by a humorous reading aud the
telling of a story of personal epXeri
ence, both of which we're we'll render
ed. Mrs. Calkins also gave reading
of a serious character which vas we'll
received. Some time was spent in
contests which called forth the skill
and agility of the participants.
A dainty three course luncheon was
served at the close of the evening.
The gentlemen gave the ladies vote
of thanks for the good time aud eN
ressed the hope that they would do
IL again.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1914-01-29

been designated by State Superintend.
ent of Public Instruction Churchill as
"alfalfa week" Every school in Ore
gon, including the oneroom country
schools, the grades and high schools
of the cities, will be asked to observe
the weeks through placing special en-
phasis in the language work on the
subject of alfalfa.growing.
Bulletins of the Oregon Agricultural
College and of the Holden improve
ment committee, which give valuable
information about the growing Of al
falfa, will be distributed among the
schools.
superintendent Churchill announces
that boys and girls industrial clubs
are being organized throughout the
state the work to include poultry.
raising, sewing, pig-feedlng, garden.
ing, dairy records and manual arts
1t is planned to add alfalfagrowing
next year.