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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-16
BUSY SEASON PROMISED
FOR BILLIARD EXPERTS

The coming winter promises to be
an unusually busy one for both anna
.taur and professional billiard experts.
TO the operations of the Nationa!
Billiard League, in which such experts
as Dcmarest sutton. Morningstar,
Cline, Yamada. Cutler, Young Jake
s'chaefcr and Cochran arc exploiting
tjS-i balklne, and the Intercity Three
Cishion League, In which thirteen diff
fsrent cities are represented by able
eXpo1cnts OF the three cushion game.
are to be added four tournaments by
the National Association OF Amateur
D!i!lard Players. tournaments OF the
liter Elks' Billiard League. and a pro-
fessional tournament TO establish
worlds championship at three cushions
rarom.
Among the probabilities are pro-
tessjonAl championship pockct-billiard
,ournamcpt and matches for balkline
trophies between Cassignol and Hoppe.
Locally. al. the Superior Billiard Par
Tor. the three cushion tournament Is
the centre OF interest. The past weeks
play has been close. and tho contest
ants arc SO closely punched that
changes In standing arc possible after
every contest
The tournament Is drawing to a
close. and ut It's completion Manager
Mcfarland plans to start a Glass g
pocket-billiard tourney. This will be
followed by atraight-rail billiard
event and shortly after the first OF tho
ycnr Glass a pocket billiard tourDa.
ment VIII DO staged.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-16
Basketball League for
School Boys Opens
To-Morrow
Starting tomorrow afternoon,

Starting tomorrow afternoon, a
basketball league. composed OF stu
dents OF Cary, Jackson, Madison, Ruff
ner Fox and Randolph Schools. will
begin schedule that will carry them
up to and including Friday. Deem
Der IS
The contests will be played on the
gym floors OF the respective schools;
the first named school in the weekly
schedule being the field OF action.
The schools to he used tomorrow
are as follows: Cary, Jackson and
Ruffncr.
Postponed games-shouid there be
any-must be played off before the
closing date, December Is, and players
sixteen years OF age or under only
will be allowed to contest. Tho dead
line for computing the ages OF the
entries expires tomorrow.
The complete schedule, as arranged
by G. II. Dunaway. who has charge OF
the league follows:
Tuesday, November II.
Cary vs.. Jackson.
Rufner VI. Madison.
Fox VS.. Randolph.
Friday, November 20.
Madison vs.. Cary.
Jackson VS.. Fox.
Randolph vs. Ruffner
Tuesday, November -.
Jackson VS.. RuiTner.
Fox vs. Cary.
Madison VS.. Randolph.
Friday. November -. ii.
Ruffncr vs.. Cary. -
Randolph VS.. Jackson.
Fox vs.. Madison.
Tuesday, December I.
Cary VS.. Randolph.
Jackson VS.. Madison.
Ruffner VS.. Fox.
Friday, December 4.
Jackson VS.. Cary.
Madison VS.. Ruffner.
Randolph VS.. Fox.
Tuesday, December 8.
Cary VS.. Madison.
Fox VS.. Jackson.
Ruffner VS.. Randolph.
Friday, December IL.
Ruhner vs.. jackson.
Cary VS.. Fox.
Randolph VS. Madison.
Tuesday. December is.
Cary VS.. Ruffner.
Jackson VS.. Randolph.
Madison VS.. Fox.
Friday. December is.
Randolph VS.. Cary.
Madison VS. jackson.
Fox VS.. Ruffncr.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-16

. CAMBRiBGE. MASS, November is
Captain Brickiey. OF the Harvard foot
ball team, operated on for apDendj-
citis ive weeks ago. said to-day he
urday should Harvard get into no
sitioH where n field goal would win.
or course" he added, ~ shall get
into no scrimmaging."
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-16

Wfllio Beechcr wants $1,000 guaran-
tee. with the privilege OF 80 per cent,
TO night. Johnny Dundee or Joe Mando,
at Milwaukee.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-16
ILLINOIS IN COMMANDING
POSITION FOR CHAMPIONSHIP

CHICAGO, November 1b.-IllInols
made sure of the western conference
football championship yesterday by Its
decisive defeat of Chicago.
Only an almost impossible upset In
the form OF n Wisconsin victory over
Illinois next Saturday can deprive them
nesota Saturday for second honors In
the conference.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-16
Brickley May Get in Line-Up.

xApprentice allowance claimed.
fTen pounds allowance claimed.
The Spectator., 1914-11-27
Flashes From the M0vinq
 Picture Drama of War

Chile is threatening Germany be- cause of the use or a naval station off Valparaiso.
 The English are reporting numerous victories over the Turks near the Per sian Gulf.
 The increasing scarity of gasoline is having serious effect on the use of automobiles in Germany.
 Food supplies for Belgium sent by the Rockefeller Foundation were un. loaded at Rotterdam Monday
 It is said Japan could transport half a million soldiers to Europe in two months.
 A German submarine was rammed by British patroling vessel and sunk.
 Turkish troops have reached the Suez canal, and report successes.
 The English Parliament is taking steps to meet a possible German in- vasion.
 Berlin papers are hopeful of the out come of the campaign in Poland. and are claiming successes everywhere.
The Spectator., 1914-11-27
STATE CRUSHER |S
 A LOSS BY FIRE
PROPERTY OF g. N. WElGEL; IT HAD BEEN LEASED BY STATE
 HIGHWAY COMMISSION.
TOTAL LOSS ABOUT S60,OOO
Operations Will Continue Without In- termission, the State Using the
 Blue Trap Rock Plant.
Western Newspaper Union New. Service.

Western Newspaper Union New. Service.
 Little Rock
 The rock crusher, located three miles northwest of Little Rock owned by E. N. Weigel, and leased and operated by the State Highway Commission, was destroyed by fire Monday evening. The origin of the fire is unknown.
 The estimated loss was S6O,OOO, par tially covered by insurance. The plant is leased by the State Highway Commission, which employs convict labor
 The stockade, where the convicts, 57 in number, are housed, located about 150 yards northeast of the crusher, was not endangered. Penl- tentiary officials assured the convicts who had quit work and returned to their quarters, under guard, an hour earlier, that if the stockade was out at once. AS a result, no sign of panic was evident. Wagons had been provided in which the convicts would have been taken, under guard, to the state penitentiary, had the fire spread.
 Chairman Owen and Secretary M r. Dickinson of the commission made arrangements immediately after the fire for the use of the Blue Trap Rock Company's plant, a mile and a half west of the burned building. Work started Tuesday morning
 The state has three active contracts. on two of which scarcely any rock has been shipped. Another contract caIl- ing for approximately 16000 cubic yards of crushed stone, was closed with the Prairie County Road Inn provement District No 1 Monday. The contract price for the Prairie county work is approximately 75 cents cu- bic yard. which Is the estimated cost of production.
The Spectator., 1914-11-27
Raid on Zeppelin Factory.

Berne, Switzerland-The raid of French and English aviators on the Zeppelin aNship factory at Fried erichshafen caused great excitement on the shoi es of Lake Constance. The fiiers made trip of nearly 100 miles from the French frontier. The bombs which the, threw down missed the Zeppelin establishment. One biplane was hit by schrapnel and fell into the lake. The aviator was rescued alive. with bullet wounds in his head and hand. He was an English lieutenanJ.
The Spectator., 1914-11-27
Reverting to Barbarism.

ton has been set back several centr- ries by the war in parts of Belgium. Conditions in Bruges and the sur rounding region are so unsatisfactory that the entire countryside seems like ly to return to a state resembling the period of the religious wars in the Seventeenth century, when the fam ishing population resorted to stealing, plundering and smuggling. Such oc. curences are being reported now along the Dutch frontier.
The Spectator., 1914-11-27
TURKS ACT WAS FRIENDLY
Fired on Launch of Tennessee as Warning That Harbor Was Mined.

Western Newspaper Onion News Service
 Washington. - Turkey voluntarily explained to the United States gov ernment through Ambassador Morgen- thau that the shots fired toward the launch of the American cruiser Ten nessee Monday were intended merely as the customary warning that the port of smyrna is mined and closed to navigation.
 Although the explanation is inform al and the United States government still is awaiting a reply to formal representations which Ambassador Morgenthau was instructed to make, all danger of complications have been removed.
 Ambassador Morgenthau reported that two members of the Ottoman cab inet had explained the occurrence to him and high officials here said his message was filed before the instruc- tions sent from Washington could have been received.
 President Wilson and his cabinet regard the informal explanation as preliminary to satisfactory formal explanation.
 The following statement was is- sued at the White House:
 Ambassador Morgenthau informed the government that on the evening of the day on which the incident oc- cured the Ottoman minister of the interior informed him that the con- mander of the Tennessee had at tempted to visit smyrna in his steam launch. passing through the mine zone contrary to the Turkish governments S regulations, and that the boat had been stopped by warning shots fired toward her.
 He added that the governor gen. eral, after the incident, had offered to take the officer overland in his auto mobile. The minister of war later communicated with the ambassador requesting that the Tennessee, whicl. was then at Vourla, some distance from the harbor of Smyrna, should be withdrawn.
The Spectator., 1914-11-27
School Tax Amendment.

The Department of Education re- ports that 1000 signatures were se- cure l at the State Fair to the petition for a proposed amendment have been i'll circulation for several month, and it is hoped the department will be able to file it about January 1. If the Federation af Labor initiate their pro- posed amendment in time it will leave only one that can be submitted by the Legislature, since the total number is restricted to three.
The Spectator., 1914-11-27
WILL FAVOR AID TO
 U. s. MERCHANT MARINE
PRESIDENT WILSON WILL LAY STRESS UPON IT IN HIS MES.
 SAGE TO CONGRESS.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
 Washington. An intimation tha President Wilson will lay stress upo the federal merchant marine proposa in his message to Congress nex month came from the White Hous Wednesday with the announcement that the president did not conside that enough ships had taken advar tage of the emergency Americansrel istry act to interfere with his. evolved soon afte the outbreak war.
 Aside from the importance of ing ships of proper character fQ cotton trade-and reports to q partments show foreign orders f6 ton far exceed available carr President Wilson feels certain are numerous lines of traffic would not pay at first, but k1cl could be developed into valuable tions to American commerce. concerns, he feels, will be slow gage in ventures that will not immediate returns. The goverl could and should develop these the president thinks. and sur them later to private companies should be deemed advisable.
The Spectator., 1914-11-27
Greatest War Loan Is Fioated.

London.-Lists of subscriptions to the greatest war loan in history, amounting to s1,7. .0.000.000 or rather more than half the total of the British national debt, are closed The loan will be a great success. although ofii- cial figures are not available. Coming at time when the London Stock Ex- change is closed and immediately ar. ter $500, 100000 of taxation had been imposed indicates determination to enable the government to prosecute the war to a successful end.
The Spectator., 1914-11-27
Full Bank Assessment.

Commissioner Davis has made a 100 per cent assessment upon the stockholders of the Farmers and Merchants Bank of McCrory. which was taken over the Banking Depart ment Oct, l, after the directors had made an unsuccessful attempt to IT, quidate. The capital stock of the bank was S14,365. All the depositors have been paid in full with money raised by the hypothecation of secur- ities, and the assessment is made to cover the bills payable. Clayton Der, cashier of the bank.
The Spectator., 1914-11-27
Union Depot For Forrest City.

The Arkansas Railroad Commission has at last adjusted the Union depot proposition at Forrest City to the sat isfaction of the citizens. The Iron Mountain and the Rock Island have agreed to erect depot that will cost about S25,000. on the site of the old Marion Hotel. The present proprie- tor. however, has a lease on the grounds that does not expire for an. other year, and the work will not be- gin until the expiration of the lease
The Spectator., 1914-11-27
SUPREME ASSAULT
 BY THE GERMANS
ANOTHER OFFENSIVE MOVEMENT IS ABOUT TO BE LAUNCHED
 IN THE WEST.


 London.-"The allies have been . attacked in force from Ypres to ' LaBassee,' says dispatch from ' the Daily Chronicle correspond ' sage continues: "A "A terrific battle has com- ' menced. The Germans have heavy ' endorsements and fresh guns ' for this renewal of the effort to . cut through the allies line. The ' English artillery has thus far ' thwarted all the Germans at . tempts." . . Western Newspaper Union News Service.
 London.-While undertaking i'm mense tasks in the East, the Ger. mans, according to all accounts are preparing to launch another offensive movement in the West It is believed they will make another effort to get through to the French coast and per. haps at the same time try to force the line of French fortresses in the Argonne region.
 The Germans have been violently bombarding Ypres in Flanders, Sois- sons in the Aisne valley and Rheims ; while they have been making attacks in force in the Argonne region. The French claim the assaults in the last named region have been repulsed. while the Germans say they have been gaining ground steadily.
 Any or all of this activity may be intended to divert attention from the quarter in which the supreme attack is to be made; but the allies are sure to discover soon where they must oy- off the possibility of the Germans try ing again to move along the coast, the British fleet has been bombarding their positions from the sea.
 The opposing army in France and in Belgium appear to be enjoying a long-deserved rest, for the only re- maining evidence that the belligerents are facing each other is an occasion al bombardment with heavy guns. Infantry attacks have temporarily ceased, and while the generals are laying their plans for their next move the men are getting a chance to rest and to tidy themselves up, after a month in the water-soaked trenches.
 The Servians are making stand agains the Austrians in well-chosen fortified positions on the Kolubara river, but as the Austrians command superior forces and Servia is without allies near enough to offer her assist ance, it seems apparent that unless other Balkan states come into the war, Servia is faced with defeat.
 The recruiting campaign which Is being carried on throughout the Brit ish Isles has resulted in bringing many men to the colors. Troops with banners flying and bands playing marched Sunday through the east end of London to Victoria park, where speakers addressed the crowds from early morning until late in the day.
The Spectator., 1914-11-27
Soldier First, Then Missionary.

LondOn.-A German missionary tried to blow up the British gunboat Dwarf with an internal machine in a West African harbor recently. ac- cording to an official report. When questioned as to how he found such an action compatible with his profes- sion." says the report, he replied that he was a soldier first and a mis- Sionary afterward"
The Spectator., 1914-11-27
Receipts Are Very Light.

About as good an example of the simple life is to be found in Arkansas, may be seen any day at the office of the state treasurer. If there is dull season at any time in this departmen, of the state. that time has now ar. rived. The daily receipts of this de. partment, from all sources, now aver. age about s25 daily, and the disburse- ments from the general revenue fund are indeed very light, for there is nothing from which to pay warrants drawn on that fund
The Spectator., 1914-11-27
At Least Twenty Are Dead

San Francisco.-Forty-th vors were rescued from the WI wooden steamer Hanalei. which, ashore in dense fog on Du{ reef, nine miles north of the e Gate. How many are missing never will be accurately known. for the best available passenger list in the cor. pany's possession gives 2S passengers whereas the known dead and saved number 6l.
The Spectator., 1914-11-27
Great Areas sown to Wheat.

Washington.-The greatest wheat area in the worlds history will be planted in 1915 harvest as result of the European war. in the opinion of Charles NJ. Daugherty. statistical ex- pert of the Department of Agriculture.
The Spectator., 1914-11-27
Payment to Wynne Depositors.

State Bank Commissioner John M Davis has appealed to the chancellor of the Cross county district for per mission to make a payment of 8 l-3 per cent to depositors of the defunct Bank of Wynne This bank has all ready paid $22.000 county funds. and when the court gives its approval, Commissioner Davis will pay out about $25,OO0.
The Spectator., 1914-11-27
RUSSIANS FORCING
 GERMAN RETREAT
GERMANS ADMIT NO DEFEAT AND RUSSIANS ARE NOT CLAIMING
 A COMPLETE VICTORY.
IMPROVEMENTS ARE DUE
Berlin Claims That the Teuton Armies Have Only Been Halted By
 Hosts of the Czar.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service
 London.-The German armies in Pc land are retreating, according to off cial announcements in Petrograd late Wednesday. The official reports, how victory has been attained and declare that the battle of Dodz between the Vistula and Wartha rivers continues. The Russians have continued their successes on the Cra- COW front, where on Sunday they took 5000 prisoners, the General Statt says.
 Unofficial Russian statements de- clare that the czar's armies have achieved great victory
 Berlin announced that the struggle in the East had not been decided and that the Teuton armies merely had been halted by heavy unexpected endorsements of the enemys lines. They declare that fresh troops are being rushed up from fortified posi- tions along the Vistula, and that the Germans soon Nill be ready to resume their strong offensive between the Warthe and Vistula, where the deci- sion of the battle along the 400-mile- long front in the east is expected.
 Grand Duke Nicholas, commander in chief of the Russian forces, for two days in succession has recorded par tial successes in this great battle and Monday night the German General Staff says that the arrival of Russian endorsements has postponed a de cision.
 .'The expected victory between the vistula and the Wartha has been con- firmed by private advices. Large bod les of the enemy's forces were sur rounded and captured near Lowica The enemy is reported in same cases as abandoning his guns.
 "It is expected, however, that Gen. eral von Hindenburg, who has been reinforced by a new reserve corps, will attempt an offensive at another point on the Polish border"
 The Daily Telegraph's Petrograd correspondent intimates that the Ger man crown princes army during the last five days threatened Warsaw, but was severely repulsed. The corre- spondent says, however, that his forces arrived alarmingly close to Warsaw before they were checked. He says:
 But for the German skill in retire ment they would be in a perilous po- sition. They are in long tongue of land between the Vistula and the War tha, depending entirely on the walls of water to defend their Hanks. No commanding general would take such chances unless he knew that it was impossible to smash through on his flank. This is not impossible. Gen eraI Rennenkampf is operating in the north"
 The German column between the Warthe and vistula rivers, according to official reports from Russian Po- land, comprises six army corps and presents front of 50 miles in ex- tent. The two rivers prevent fianking by either side, hence the fighting con sists of straight frontal attacks in which the losses of both armies are heavy, but neither side so far has been able to gain a marked advantage
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The Spectator., 1914-11-27
A Assessments By Commission.

Taxes assessed by the Arkansas Tax Commission for this year aggre- gate $102,016.534, or $50,Oo0, ,ooU more than was assessed in 1908 under the the commission. The assessment last year was approximately $1,000,000 less than in 1914. The commission taxes railroads, street railways, fer ries and public utilities, taxing the real estate of the latter as we'll as the personal property.
 The amount of taxes assessed in each county by the commission this year follows:
The Spectator., 1914-11-27
Stock Exchange Is Reopened.

New York.-The New York Stock Exchange reopened Friday for re- stricted dealings in bonds which are formally approved by that institution and which run into hundreds of mil lions of dollars.
The Spectator., 1914-11-27
Third District Returns Complete.

Three weeks have elapsed since the congressional election was held on November 3. and there are still five counties that have not made their re- port to the secretary of state. They are Craighead, Desha, Montgomery, Poinsett and Prairie counties. The re- turns from the Third District. whore tered, are all in, showing that Judge J. N. Tillman was elected over his Republican and Progressive opponents ty a majority of 2SS9. The vote in detail in the district is as follows:
The Spectator., 1914-11-27
Atlanta Police Commissioner.

Atlanta, Ga.-Jack F. Letton, we'll known in Little Rock as the first man. ager of the Hotel Marion. was elected police commissioner of the Sixth ward of Atlanta, Ga, by the City Council last week.
The Spectator., 1914-11-27
New Arkansas Realster.

Secretary of State Hodges received copies of the Arkansas Official Regis ter for 1915-1916, a copy of which will be sent to each county clerk in the state for correction should it be neces. sary for any to be made, after which the supply will be printed for distri button. The register consists of a roster of all state, district and county officers, also the names of the Ar kansas members of Congress ana those of state and district boards It is the most complete ever issued
The Spectator., 1914-11-27
Offered to Surrender.

Rome.-The Tribuna says the com mandant at Przemysl offered to sur render on condition that the garrison be allowed to march out and join the Arstro-German forces. The Russians refused.
The Spectator., 1914-11-27

Paris.-A large part of the Turkish garrison at Adrianople has been trans ported to Trebizond, where the sol diers have pillaged the stores of Christians. Three of the Christians are reported to have been killed.
The Spectator., 1914-11-27
strict is as follows:
...7,5SS LOST
Totals

Judge J. N. Tillman of Fayetteville, former circuit judge and former presi- dent of the University of Arkansas, will next March succeed J. C. Floyd of Yellville. who voluntarily retired. and who is being mentioned as a probable primaries.
The Spectator., 1914-11-27
New Lumber Concern.

The Galloway-Kennedy Company of Clarendon has been chartered as sue cessors to the J. B. Galloway Com pany, to do a general lumber busi- ness. The capital stock is s2O,00O, of which all has been subscribed. The officers are: o. c. Galloway president and secretary; F. NJ. Kennedy, vice president and treasurer
The Spectator., 1914-11-27
Many servians Captured.

Vienna. Austria.-The Official Staff reports: Our patrols in the last two days captured 2.44O prisoners. The number of Seryians captured since November totals l3.O0O"
The Spectator., 1914-11-27

State Highway Engineer Carter Is checking over and preparing esti- mates on 100-foot steel bridge. the plans for which have been submitted by Judge Parker of Desha county. The proposed bridge is to cross a stream near Dumas
The Spectator., 1914-11-27
Patriarch of Venice Dead.

Paris.-A dispatch to the Havas agency from Venice says that Cardi nal Aristides Cavalarri. patriarch os Venice, died Tuesday. Cardin&l Caval- lari was born at Chioggia in lS49 and as raised to the cardinalate in 1907. {