Herman Meets Pappas Tonight in Phillies Fed Era Pitchers
A former Cracker led the Federals with 41 victories and 6 losses. Johnson, Hendrix, Lange and Watson top this list, suggesting a strong hurler lineup for next season. The narrative notes many Southern Leaguers won over half their games, including Sages, Lafitte, Maxwell, Chappell, and Brown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Ford
Fami Jed
Johnson
Formrv Re
Mshom
Feds
Waab
Hendrix
Braves New Park to Seat 15000 at Boston
Boston December 16 Cement stands to seat 15000 spectators will be built at the new Boston National League park. President James E. B. Gaffney said the grounds would be constructed after the Yale Bowl. The Braves will use Fenway Park until the new park is ready early in the season.
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Boston
James EB. Gaffney
Braves
Fenway Park
Joplin of Alabama barred from SIAC athletics
Joplin of the University of Alabama known as West in the Georgia State League was permanently disqualified by the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association executive committee for the latter part of the 1914 baseball season. He played for Americus under the name West during a Waycross doubleheader on July 28, and his true identity was revealed in the official lineup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joplin
Alabama
West
Waycross
Spe
Georgia State League
Southern Intercolegiate Athletic Association
Lexington
Georgia League
Southern Intercollegate Athletic Association
Americus
Federal league eyes New York push with Ruppert talks
Federal league plans to establish a foothold in New York and hopes to enlist Jacob Ruppert in backing a team. President Gilmore said Ruppert’s deal to buy the New York Americans was not complete and that further discussions on a Federal proposition were expected later in the week.
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Througo
Federal League
New York
Jacob Huppert
Gilmore
Ruppert
New York Americans
Col Robert Cumming Heads Spalding Grays
Griffin Ga December 16 Special Colonel Robert Cumming was elected as first lieutenant of the Spalding Grays a historic local military company He will take an exam to qualify for the position and is regarded as an experienced officer bringing strength to the unit
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Griffin, Ga
Robert Cumming
Spalding Grays
Woman gored by vicious cow near Griffin
Mrs. A. Jo Swint of Orchard Hall six miles south of Griffin was attacked by a vicious cow at her home yesterday. The animal gored her in the breast causing serious wounds. She is resting well today but will require several days to recover.
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Gruus
A.jo Swint
Orchard Hall
Griffin
Herman and Pappas Ready For Big Battle at Bijou
Promoter Mike Saul brings the opening Bijou card of several to tonight with Jimmy Pappas challenging Kid Herman for bantamweight pride in the main event. Other bouts include Battling Kelly vs Harry Phillips, Battling Sheppard vs Kid Williams, Kid Brown vs Young Nelson. The show was postponed from Tuesday but now draws a full crowd ready for clean boxing and a possible title shot for the winner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman
Pappas
Bijou
Jimmy Pappas
Battling Kelly
Harry Phillips
Battling Sheppard
Kid Williams
Kid Brown
Young Nelson
Wea
Mike Saul
Saul
South
Kid Herman
Atlanta
Sporta
Jimmy’s
Savannah May Not Have a Club In Sally League
Savannah Georgia December 16 George F Armstrong president of the Savannah baseball club champions of the South Atlantic league 1914 said he doubted Savannah would have a club in the league next year. He noted stockholders must cover a deficit of 4606 from last season due to poor attendance and believed lack of new interest would keep the city out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
George F. Armstrong
Savannah Baseball Club
Rev Selan B Cousins declines Bessie Tift presidency
Corsyth Ga December 16 Special Rev Selan B Cousins Jr declined the presidency of Bessie Tift college sending word to the board of trustees president without reasons. A Mercer graduate and former Locust Grove Institute and Mercer University professor, he now pastors Waynesboro First Baptist. Board convened in Macon last Friday to offer the position and will reconvene promptly to act further.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corsyth
Selan B. Cousins, Jr
Bessie Tift College & Telegram
Cousins
Mercer University
Locust Grove Institute
First Baptist Church
Waynesboro
Bessie Tift
Macon
Amendment to U S judicial code expands supreme court appeals
Washington December 16 The House passed an amendment to the federal judicial code allowing appeals to the Supreme Court when state courts have held state statutes invalid for conflicts with federal law. The measure has Senate approval and goes to the president. The House also approved a bill to relieve Supreme Court backlog by making Circuit Court of Appeals decisions final in bankruptcy and trademark cases with SCOTUS review by certiorari in bankruptcy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Supreme Court
Senate
Circuit Court of Appeals
Woman Bribed to Expose Arson Ring in Chicago Trial
Mrs David Korshak testified in the Joseph Fish trial that she agreed to expose the alleged arson conspiracy for ten thousand dollars and a weekly allowance. She said she received 7500 so far and had sent part to her husband, who was in hiding in London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
David Korshak
Joseph Fish
Aye Insurance
Fish
London
Detectives Seek Clues In Reynolds Case
City detectives Starnes Campbell and Gillespie investigated the Reynolds tragedy after a 4t caliber revolver was found at No 12 Ponce de Leon avenue. Funeral services were held at Trinity Methodist Church with Rev Charles O Jones and Rev Luke Johnson officiating. Reynolds, a Trinity church treasurer and Bar Association member, had life and accident insurance policies totaling 13 500.
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Starnes, Campbell and Gillespie
Co. B. Reynolds
Ponce de Leon Avenue
Reynolds
Trinity Methodist Church
Charles O. Jones
Luke Johnson
Trinity
Theeynolds
Atlanta Bar Association
West View Cemetery
Trinity Church
Aetna Life Insurance Company
United States Casualty Company
White Slave Charge Against State Auditor
James J. Brady state auditor faces a Mann white slave act accusation from his Michigan wife Mrs Mary Quinlan Brady. She says Brady transported her from Detroit to Chicago and married her soon after divorce in Michigan. District Attorney Charles F. Cline will investigate amid pending breach of promise claims.
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Chicago
James J. Brady
Mary Quinlan Alius Brady
Michigan
Brady
Illinois
Charles F. Cline
United States
Detroit
Cline
Illinois Supreme Court
Cut in cotton crop advised by Houston
Aberdeen N C December 16 Secretary of Agriculture Houston here this afternoon addressed the Sandhill Farmers association declaring that only through girding up the one crop idea could the south avert such conditions as it is now facing and saying that he saw no certain means of meeting the present situation except through reduction of next year's cotton crop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aberdeen
N. C
Houston
Sandhill Farmers’ Association
Navy needs 30 000 to 50 000 more men says Roosevelt
Washington December 16 Roosevelt assistant secretary of the navy reports the service is 30 000 to 50 000 men short according to wartime plans. He testifies before the house naval committee that many additional personnel are needed for duties beyond manning ships in commission. He notes the navy could command about 7 000 militiamen in emergency and describes gains in submarines and torpedo boats.
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Washington
War College
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Navy Department
House Naval Committee
Roosevelt
Haiti
England
Germany
Ates
Hobson
Theodora Roosevelt
Ship Purchase Measure Gets Favorable Report
The government ship purchase bill was reported favorably to the senate by the commerce committee. The panel voted eight to six with several democrats reserving right to amend in the senate to include coast wise shipping. The measure would create a shipping board to subscribe for and operate merchant ships between U S regions and abroad, financing with Panama canal bonds up to 30 million dollars.
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Washington
Senate
Commerce Committee
Smith
Michigan
Burton
Perkins
Nilson
Oliver
Republians
Vardaman
United States
House
Central
South America
United
Shipping Board
Administration
Big railway strikes settled by mediation report
Commissioner William L. Chambers says the federal board of mediation and conciliation settled every major railroad strike in its first year. Affected workers totaled 124,503 across the adjusted cases, with outcomes satisfactory to all parties involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Board of Mediation
William L. Chambers
Wilson
Rich police woman resigns from force
Muncie Indiana December 16 Mrs Thomas F Hart wife of a millionaire known as the millionaire police woman has resigned after a year on the force to aid wayward girls She wore a uniform and carried a mace Her health will not permit her to continue the work No successor will be appointed according to police officials
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muncle
Ind
Gift idea humidor for Prince Albert tobacco
That Man's Christmas gift suggestion promotes a crystal glass humidor for Prince Albert tobacco. A practical, inconspicuous present appealing to men, stressing moisture retention and freshness, with instructions to ask at tobacco shops and reassurance to clerks.
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Tom
Jack
P. A
Prince Albert
Battle Rages as Carranza and Villa Clash Near Torreon
Reports from the Mexico front describe a major clash between Carranza and Villa forces near San Pedro de las Colonias east of Torreon. About 5,000 Carranza troops engage a slightly larger Villa force with heavy artillery. reinforcements pour in on both sides as the fight intensifies and Carranza aims to cut Villa's northward lines. General Villa commands the convention troops while Colonel Huonso Vasquez leads the Carranza forces.
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State Department
Mexico
Villa
Guadalajara
Mexico City
Vera Cruz
Carranza
Huerta
Gutierrez
Esperanza
Armengos
Coahuila
H. Brendel
Palafox
Gapata
Hull
Huonso Vasquez
Torreon
Interior
Gen. Hill
Sonora
Juarez
Carrazza
Sierra Blanca
Texas
British Subject Held by Mexicans Near Douglas
British subject Perry Menker is bound for Hermosillo for trial after being accused of aiding Carranza adherents to escape from Sonora to Sinaloa. General Jose Ynez Salazar, former federal leader, has appeared in central Chihuahua following a jail escape in Albuquerque. Over a million rounds of ammunition destined for Salazar reportedly crossed the border recently. An American battery was placed on the Bisbee road near the border facing Villa forces and Carranza troops in Maco Sonora.
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Chihuahua
Jose Ynez Salazar
Albuquerque
WN. M
Salazar
Douglas
Ariz
Perry Menker
Sonora
Sinaloa
Hermosillo
J. T. F. Paxton
Paxton
Jose Maytorena
Meaker
Carranza
Naco
Bisber Road
Maytorena
Hill
Maco
Drastic liquor law struck down in Texas
Austin December 18 The Allison liquor law prohibiting shipment of liquor into dry territory in Texas was ruled practically invalid by the court of criminal appeals Judge Prendergast saying it wiped it off the statute books The decision permits any person or agent to carry or ship liquor into dry territory if not intended for unlawful use or resale in the dry area The law also barred newspapers from carrying liquor advertisements in dry territory
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Court of Criminal Appeals
Prendergast
A Xmas Gift Fifty Dollars This Week
Carrol the Tailor at 2 Peachtree Avenue opposite Avagon Hotel runs a holiday sale offering a suit for fifty dollars this week, with a price tag of thirty five dollars and nine cents.
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Carrol
Peachtree
Avagon Hotel
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Gardner
Masschusetts
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Whitehall and
Oppenheim Cigar Store
Peachtree St
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Cadillac Co
Ian
Tares
Reetes
Outhern
Saylor
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