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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-25
LITTLE INDIANS BEATEN,
The Game With Washburn Scrubs
Proves Exciting and Close.

The second Haskell institute foot
ball team and the second team from
Washburn college proved to be more
evenly matched than the first teams of
the two schools as they met on Wash
Durn field last Saturday afternoon.
Inc Washburn team, however, was
victorious by a score of "a to 49,
Washburn had the better of the In
dams in weight, as they were fully.
twelve pounds heavier to the man,
and they were in this way able to
charge through the line of the Red
Men for good gains. The field was
Haskell team were unable to get away
for gains on this account. Had it
been a dry field Haskell would have
made a better showing.
All Of Washburn's four touchdowns
came on straight football, although
the first was really scored on a for
ward pass to Codding after the ball
had been CARED to the ten yard line.
Whitney was sent over for two touch
downs and Thayer bucked over for
the other. Haskell made her three
touchdowns on fumbles and returns
of punts. Kalama, the right half of
the Indian team made a run for
touchdown after receiving a punt
of George White in the Kansas game.
line and plowed his way clear through
the Washburn team with but little
interference and planted the ball be-
meath the goal posts. At another
time Kalama raced fifty yards to the
goal line after recovering a tumble.
In the first half Lawrence ran sixty
yards for a touchdown after picking
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-25
BOUGHT A BURIAL CERTIFICATE.
An Arkansas City Man Pays for q
Funeral and Leaves Town.

Arkansas City, Kan. Nov. 25.-Mys-
terry surrounds the disappearance of
Charles w. Kirkpatrick, just after he
had taken out a membership in a burial
association last Wednesday night.
Kirkpatrick was rs years old. He had
been employed by a grocery company
until few weeks ago. He then went
to work in a billiard and poolroom. He
has made his home with his aunt, Mrs.
Susie Lee.
The last seen of him here was We'd
nesday night, when he went to a furni-
ture store q few minutes after o'clock
and took out membership in a burial
association. He paid dues for two
months. He took the certificate to the
home of his aunt and left it on the din
ing room table, changed his shoes and
left.
His aunt spent the night at the home
of a neighbor and did not discover her
nephew's absence until the next morn
ing, when she found the burial associ-
alton certificate and also found that
the young man had changed hfs shoes.
He had not changed his other clothing.
He had some money, but how much is
not known.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-25
CARLISLE IS, CHICAGO A.
The Indians Had Little Trouble i'm De-
feating the MaroOns.

Chicago, Nov. 25.-The Carlisle In
diah school football team defeated the
University Of Chicago eleven here Sat
urday in fast, desperately fought
game. The score was IS to 4. Three
field goals from placement and a
touchdown and goal accounted for the
Indians points, Walter Steffen, quar-
ter back on the home team, scored for
Chicago by a dropkick from the 80
yard line.
In almost every department of the
game, especially in line play, the In
dams had the better of their rivals.
Chicago, having won the champion
ship of the conference colleges of the
Middle West, was expected to give the
eastern players the hardest kind of a
battle. But these hopes were proven
vain. The speedy attack which had
swept aside other Western teams was
slowed up by the fierce play of the In
dian guards and tackles. The Chicago
ends were outsprinted and often COM
pletely boxed in, and the maroon back
field had no chance to get started on
the long, twisted lodging runs which
have made the players noted in this
section.
Hauser. in fact, was whole team
in himself Backed up by impregnable
Interference he carried the ball two
thirds of the time in the Indian at
tack and seldom failed to gain ground.
Aiken and Little Boy opened up great
gaps for him, between Jones and An
derson and on dashes around the end
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-25
ENDS HIS LIFE.
A Union Pacific Machinist at
Ellis Commits Suicide.
Shoots Himself Through the
Head With a Rifle.
SAID HEWAS WHOEVER
Lived in the Edge of the Town
With His Little Boy.
His Wife Looking for Him the
His Wife Looking for Him the
Cause of the Deed.

Ellis, Kan, Nov. 25.-George Schom-
ing, aged about 3S, a machfnist at the
Union Pacific shops here, committed
suicide by shooting himself through the
head with Winchester rifle Sunday.
Schoming came here about two
months ago, and lived with his little
boy in a small house in the eastern
part of town. He represented himself
widower, claiming that his wife died
four years ago in Pittsburg, Pa. Inves-
tigation revealed the fact, however,
that his wife is in Chapman in search
Of her husband. His little boy, aged
about 9, did not know that he had
mother living until he was told so Sun
day. He was taken away from her some
years ago, and said that his father had
told him his mother was dead.
Schoming had been drinking consid-
cradle during the past few days. Sun
day he seemed sober, sent his son after
a neighbor, requesting him to call at
the house Immediately. When the man
reached the house he found the body on
the bedroom floor.
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YALE THE VICTOR.
Sons of Eli's Grand Old Football
Team Still Indicated.
Won From Harvard's Eleven by
a IL to o Score.
CONSERVATIVE GAME.
Wearers Of the Blue Made No
Effort for High Score.
The Crimson Fought Desperate
ly From Start to Finish.
CONSERVATIVE GAME.

Cambridge, Mass, Nov. 25.-Yale
superbly maintained her football
supremacy by defeating Harvard, her
oldest rival, in the Stadium Saturday
by the score of IL to o. Without re-
sorting, except on occasions, to the
so-called new plays. Yale scored a
touchdown in each half on almost
continuous plunges through the line.
Either content with a safe lead, or
wearied by her efforts in defeating
Princeton a week ago, Yale made no
effort apparently to roll up a high
score. yet, when in the very last min
ute of the game the Crimson play
ers by q fortunate onside kick car
ried the ball to within striking dis
lance of the Yale goal, the sturdy line
of Blue became adamant and Har-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-25
THROWN FROM A CAR.
Leavenworth Mans Ribs Driven
Through His Lungs

Leavenworth. Kan, Nov. 25.-Joe
Gusick sustained serious injuries by
being thrown from an electric car in
attempting to alight from it in front of
the Miners Home Saturday night.
The car was crowded with passen-
gers. Gusick told the conductor to
stop the car at the Miners Home, and
the conductor gave the motorman the
signal to stop. The car came to a
standstill; but before Gusick could get
off it was started again through some
mistake on the part of either the con-
ductor of the motorman.
Gusick was thrown to the pavement
with violence, but the car continued on
its way. Gusfck was carried into the
Miners Home in q semiconscious state
and DR.. A. J. Smith was called
Three ribs were fractured on his left
side and driven through the left lobe
of the lung, which was shown by
Gusick's frequent and violent coughing
and expectoration of blood. He suffer
ed a slight conclusion of the brain on
the left side of his head, where it came
In contact with the paving bricks.
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S.. Mary,s So. Emporia o.

St. Marys, Kan, Nov. 25.-COach
Quigley's pupils at st. Mary's, found
the Kansas State Normal school easy
picking in a commonplace game on the
local gridiron Saturday afternoon. The
Teachers were prevented from scoring.
while the Catholics ran up a total of
80 points. Captain Gross and Falken-
berg st. Mary's center, ran a close
race for feature plays. Gross forward
pass showed the best manipulation of
the season. Falkenberg's kicking was
phenomenal and did not diminish
throughout the game. The Catholics
defensive and offensive work was the
best they have done this season. The
visitors were pitiably weak in organi-
zation. They were entirely unable to
cope with new plays. They failed to
use the forward pass at all. Their at
tempts at end runs and line bucks were
futile The Teachers fullback, Hargfs,
did most of tfhe effective playing.
Summary: Touchdowns-Pettit, Gross
q Steele, Bennett. Goals-Gross 2.
Referee-Brunner. Umpire-Haughey.
Head nnesman-Manton Field Judge
-Bakule. Time Of halves-30 minutes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-25
FRISCO MAKES INFRINGEMENT
Discharges Fifteen Local Employees at
Oklahoma CITY

Fifteen men employed at the Frisco
freight depot in this city as trucksters
and freight handlers have been laid off,
as result of an order from the head
officials to reduce expenses as much as
possible. Two negroes, who have been
employed as porters on the passenger
trains running between Oklahoma CITY
and Quanah, Texas, have also been re
leased, a result of the order of re-
duction in expenses.
The action of the railroads, 1t is re-
ported, is taken in an effort to retail
ate for the 2-cent fare passenger rate.
The financial furry, 1t is said, Is also
one of the reasons for the curtailing of
expenses.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-25

True carrying competition means the
due adjustment of transportation
charges to the uncomfortable and un-
poolable rivalries of oceans, rivers.
lakes and canals. and to these COM
peting localities which gather, con-
sumo or export. 1t means Offering
superior general facilities, more and
safer tracks and trains, better dis
cipline and more celebrity and security
of public service. To some extent
false competition retards these legiti-
mate rivalries by the losses which en-
sue. The inherent defect of the in
terstate commerce law railway war
fare is synonymous with mercantile
competition. 1t fostered the policy
that rates should be alike by one rail-
way, but that it was publicly desirable
and legal that they should be differ
ent upon the rival railways. 1t did
not offer practical helps to the rail-
way companies to tell forwarders that
they must regard reasonable freight
rates as uniform and firm as are pos
tage and import rates. In short, il
we are to proceed on the theory that
transportation is government func-
ton merely delegated in part to carry
ing corporations, it seems a perfectly
legitimate demand that the govern
ment should confer upon these cor
guarded delegation of the powers
which it would exercise to secure the
uniform observance of like charges
were the railways administered as are
the custom house and the postoffice."
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Hendrix and Exendine put the oppos-
ing Chicago men out of the play with
an ease that was startling to the adj
herents of the local eleven. Hauser's
best work, however, was with his toe.
Three times he.negotiated goals from
placement with Balenti holding the
ball. AS many more attempts were
missed, but mainly because Doseff
managed to wriggle through in time
to- hurry the kick.
Perfect weather brought out IT,
900 football followers to watch the
game.
Summary: Carlisle, IS; Chicago, 4.
Touchdown-Exendi Goal from
touchdown-Hauser Goals from field
-Houser, 8; Steffen, 1. Referee
Mccormack, Dartmouth. Umpire
Wrenn, Harvard Head linesman-
Gardner, Pennsylvania. Field Judge
Starbuck, Cornell. Time of halves-35
minutes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-25
"A SCHOOL BOARD QUARREL.
Principal of the High School at Coffey.
Vile Forced to Resign.

Coffeyville, Kan, Nov. 25.-H. S.
Dwelle, principal of the High school,
has been forced by the board of edu-
cation to resign because he used a
derogatory remark. in reprimanding a
student. As a result of this action.
the local school board is split into fac
tons which threatens to engage in a
disruption of this body. The student
reprimanded was leaning over the lap
of girl friend in the schooIroom to
pick up a dime which she had
dropped. You are entirely too
familiar reprimanded the principal.
The class to which the young man and
woman belonged circulated petitions
and refused to attend his classes until
he apologized. Mr.. Dwelle refused to
apologize and the action of the board
followed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-25
CONSTRUCTION CONSIGNMENT.
Is Forwarded by Santa Fe for Use ON
Belen Cutoff

A consignment of 600 cars of construc-
ton material to be used by the Santa
Fe Railway company on it's BeIen cut
Off has been delivered to the Orient
railway at Harper. Kan.
1t is said that the Santa Fe railway
had to ask the Orient to handle this
material on account of a shortare of
equipment and motive power. This is
the largest single consignment ever
handled by the Orient railway and one
of the largest shipments of construction
material ever hauled by a western rail-
road. These 600 cars will be hauled NV
the Orient from Harper to Clinton on
at which point the Rock Island will
take the shipment to it's destination AZ
Amarillo, Tex.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-25
TEACHERS AT BELOIT.
A Feature of Meeting Will Be the
Presence of DIR. G. E. Vincent.

Presence of DIR. G. e. Vincent,
Beloit, Nov. 25.-The 25th annual
session of the north central Kansas
teachers association will be held here
November % and 20. The teachers of
this city generously assisted by the
people Of Beloit, will open wide their
doors and give the visiting teachers a
rousing welcome. The program is I'M
usually entertaining, including a visit
to the State Industrial school for
girls. Besides, there will be a basket
ball match and a game of football.
The association have secured for a
lecture DR.. George E. Vincent, profess
sor Of sociology in the University of
Chicago, and president of the Chau-
tauqua institution at Chautauqua, N.
Y The people of Beloit anticipate an
attendance of teachers and visitors of
several hundred. And they will take
the best care of all who attend. The
city is noted for her excellent schools,
in fact the teachers of the Beloit
schools have long been in good de-
mand for more teachers have grad
uated" from her schools than any
town in north central Kansas can
boast of. The term graduation in this
case is meant to convey the idea that
more of her teachers have quit the art
of teaching, got married, and gone
to housekeeping.
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IMPROVEMENTS SUSPENDED.
Santa Fe Temporarily Abandons
Work at Albuquerque.

work at Albuquerque.
Albuquerque. N. NJ, Nov 25.-While
local Santa Fe officials deny that the
railroad has adopted a retrenchment
policy in Albuquerque, the fact that the
new storehouse and the improvements
in the yards. were last week ordered
stopped, makes 1t look as though the
Santa Fe had decided to stop all con-
struction work for the time being.
l. J. Custer storekeeper for the coast
lines, arrived here last night from San
3ernardino, Cal When asked about
The report that the Santa Fe had decid-
ed to annul all construction work until
after the first of the year, he professed
ignorance.
Mr.. Custer is here on an inspection
trip.
E. H. Harlow, master mechanic, leaves
this morning for Chicago, for a two
weeks visit with relatives. He said
last night that he believed that the
addition to the shops would not be
started until about next spring. al
though more facilities are needed ev-
cry day.
The only work being done by the San
ia Fee at present that will not be affect
ed, it is said, is the new tie treatment
plant, south of town, which is being
rushed as fast as possible. 1t is about
a third completed
The much needed improvements TO
be made at the depot, in the form of
platforms, enclosure, train sheds and
other things, have also been suspended
the carpenters and section men en-
ployed on that work having been called
off last week.
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Minnesota II. Wisconsin IL.

Madison, Wis, Nov. 25.-Playing
against heavy odds, Wisconsin's fight
ing football heroes held the Minnesota
eleven to a tie score of II to IT on
Camp Randall field Saturday after
noon. Wisconsin, clearly won the
game on straight football, but Min
gotiated three drop-kicks from the
field and added twelve points to Min
nesota's only touchdown. Wisconsin
scored all it's points in the first half
on three touchdowns and two goals.
In the second half Chestnut went to
quarter and Harry Capron to left end.
George Capron kicked off and Fucik,
who fell, was downed on Wisconsin's
15-yard line. Messmer kicked to the
center of the field. Minnesota gained
twenty yards on straight football. Ca
prom kicked a field goal from the 40
yard line. Time was called with the
ball in the center of the field.
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ward was prevented from scoring. II
is years since such magnificent
defense has been seen on Soldiers
field.
Nearly 10000 spectators sat in the
Indian summer sunshine and saw the
Harvard eleven struggle in vain
Yale team. On occasions a crimson
player would work his way through
the Yale line or circle the ends for
gains of five or six yards but soon
the Yale line would close the holes
or the Blue players would fathom the
Harvard onslaught and the Crimson
would be compelled to kick.
1t was not a particularly thrilling
game for long and spectacular runs
were missing and there were rev
opposing side material advantage. 1t
was not until the first half was draw
ing to close that the Yale offensive
machinery began to work smoothly
enough. to carry the 4pall steadlly
line. three rushes, an onside kick and
a. cleverly executed I forward pass
placed the ball on Harvard's 9-yard
line. The Crimson players oraced
themselves for the onslaught, but
and three rushes carried the ball over.
Cantafn Bigelow added another point
by kicking the goal and soon a1ter
the players retired for brief rest.
The second score came about hfteen
minutes after the second half began
and again Yale started in her own
territory and carried the ball seventy
wards without a loss to the Harvard
goal line. More scrimmages were re-
ouired for this score than the previous
one and forward pass MADE nearly
twenty yards of the distance. From
this time Yale played entirely on the
defensive and substitutes were sent
in every few minutes.
With about three minutes to play,
Harvard got the ball in the center of.
the field and then rushing IL twenty
wards. carried off brilliant onside
kick which placed it on Yale's six
ward line A Crimson score seemed
Inevitable. The first rush went three
yards the second a yard, the third
trife more than a foot. Then the ball
went to Yale on downs and there the
game ended.
Harvard had three other opportuni-
ties to score and Captain Parker made
three attempts at field goals within
comparatively easy distances of Yale's
posts. The first of these efforts failed,
resulting in the ball shooting up into
the air and landing only twenty yards
away not reaching the goal posts at
ALL while the other two kicks were
blocked.
An analysis of the play shows that
Yale punted thirteen times for total
of 500 yards, an average OF nearly
forty yards to each kick. The victors
made 295 yards in sixty-six rushes
during which seven first downs were
scored. Yale made seventy-four yards
on three on-side kicks and suffered
sixty-f1ve yards on four penalties.
For Harvard, the kicking back
punted the ball eleven times for 267
yards. an average of twenty-four yards |
each kick. In fifty rushes the Grim |
son made a total of 135 yards and
scored six first downs. On-side kicks |
melted Harvard forty-one yards and |
the Crimson team was penalized four
times for sixty-five yards.
Following is the lineup:
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| up the ball on a tumble.
From a. spectators standpoint TIL e
feature. This style of play on both
sides was very dazzling and spectacu-
lar and was worked with many intri-
cate formations. 1t was nothing I'M
Bile the ball in succession. The FUN
bles generally helped Haskell and two
of their three touchdowns can be at
tributed to this defect.
In the handling of punts the In
dams had the edge on washburn.
They handled the punts clean and in
their returns often made great gains.
On the other hand Bowman of WASH
and in starting the return Of the punts
was slow. Bowman, however, played
a great game. Pappan Of the Indians
easily excelled Bowman in punting.
The game was important as it gave
in a way a line on the talent from
which Washburn must pick her first
team next season. In the lineup Of
the scrubs there are several men who
ought to make good next year. Thayer
and Templeton, the two tackles.
proved the best ground gamers for
Washburn. Their tackle swings were
hard for-the Indians to stop. Whitney
also proved good ground gamer but
did not back up the line any too well
on defense-he appeared to be slow.
Codding at left guard showed UP
strong all through the game. At end
Bra0neld showed up exceptionally
well.
For the Indians, Kalama seemed to
be the star. Good Eagle, the star
halfback of the first Haskell team,
played quarter onsthis team and dis
tinguished himself. On the whole the
Haskell team made a good showing.
They play a good clean game and al
though at several times during the
game they thought they were getting
the worst of 1t from the officials, they
took their medicine like man and
did not have time to wrangle. Mr..
Coleman, the manager of the team,
did not like the work of the officials,
but did not protest their decisions. He
made a silly talk on the car coming
to town, but then he was keenly dis
appointed. ~
The Washburn first team viewed the
game from the bleachers and gave an
exhibition of roofing which discounted
the efforts of the entire school at
same of the big games Of the season.
About four hundred people attended
the game.
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General Godfrey Quits Ford RILEY,

Junction City, Kan, Nov. 25.-General
Edward S. Godfrey, who was retired in
October, has left Fort Riley for the
east to make his home. He and Mrs.
Godfrey were escorted to their train by
the band and a squadron of the Sew
enth cavalry and as their train left
Fort Riley a brigadier generals salute
of the eleven guns was fired General
Godfrey had been in command of Fort
Riley for the past five years, and had
been in the service since 1867.
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Cbicaeo Leads in Fielding.

Chicago, Nov. 25.-Although the
White Sox were not in the race for
the American league pennant at the
finish the Chicago club leads the
league in fielding for the season of
1907 by a small margin, Detroit being
just four points behind But there
are four Chicago pitchers who are
at the top of the pitchers fielding per-
centage. This speaks well for the Sox'
box artists. Jiggs Donahue also leads
the first basement. Mcintyre is the
only player of the Detroit club to lead
in his class, he being at the top of
the f1elders' list Washington is repre-
sented with the leading third sacker
and catcher.
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Stafford County Farmers Meet.

st. John, Nov. 25.-The first farm
ers' institute in Stafford county was
held here with over six hundred peo-
pie in attendance. Mr.. H. Miller and
Miss Henrietta Calern of the Agricul-
tural college were present. A per-
manent institute was organized with
w. R. German president, Frank Gill
more, secretary and J. E. Guyer vice
president
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West Point %. Syracuse 4.

West Point, Nov. 25.-The last
football game of the season on the
home grounds was played here Satur-
day when West Point defeated SYRIA
cuse by a score of % to 4. In the first
half Syracuse played much snapper
game than the Army. The score at
the end of the first half stood Syracuse
4. Army o. The Army started the
second half by literally tearing the
Syracuse line to pieces and made a
touchdown in three minutes of play.