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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-22
BASKETBALL.

Those people who are so anxious to
do away with football because It has
resulted in some serious and even fatal
injuries from time to time should not
put all their eggs in one package. They
should not devote their exclusive at
tention to one sport when there are
others that are quite as offensive to
mollycoddles There would appear to
be many fields for these theoretic re-
formers to labor in and to most excel
lent advantage. One of them Is in the
basketball arena
That perfect ladies'" game is get
ting to be something awful, if recent
newspaper reports are to be credited
and there is no reason why they should
not be. 1t would appear that many of
the players In this pastime have had
their morals so debased by it's inf1u-
ences that they have developed into lit
/ tie better than savages. On the foot
hall field it is not unusual for a player
to so far forget himself in the excite
ment of the game as to give an op-
posing player a punch in the head or
the ribs. But whoever heard of a foot
ball player developing such viciousness
that he has struck a referee or other
stander, as it were?
Such is the way. though, the basket
ball players are working out these days.
Not content with slapping their OPP
ponents on the wrists and doing other
unladylike things they actually have
the foreclosures to vent their terrible
wrath on the officials of the game. Two
such incidents Of this character have
happened right here in Kansas within
a brief space of time and thus again
has the fair name of the Sunf1ower
state been sullied.
One of these happened in a recent
game between the teams of the State
Agricultural college and the Kansas
City Athletic club. The referee had
called n foul on one of the Aggie play
ers. According to the rules of the
game the offending player should have
bowed and said: please pardon me,
Referee But did he? No, indeed.
The inim1cal influences of basketball
had turned him into something like a
demon. He rushed at the referee, and
as the account of it goes in a Manhat-
tan paper "biff went his fist against
the referees curly cocoanut A hush
fell over the crowd for a second and
then there was much excitement -
Naturally. That there wasn't a riot
and bloodshed is remarkable. No more
blows We're struck, however, and hos
tilities were ended by declaring the
game forfeited. An almost identical
occurrence happened at Arkansas City
the other night in a game between
the teams of the Southwestern univer-
sity and the local Athletic club In
this contest the referee. so says the
local paper, was handed a swift punch
that laid him out for a while" by one
of the players.
Now these things bespeak of a de-
generation of a game that ought to
Put it beyond the realms Of civiliza-
ton. To think that basketball should
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-22
Torpedo Boat GOGGLES

On account Of the high speed attained
by the new torpedo boat DESTROYER. the
ton has been introduced in the equipment
Of naval officers. 1t is fur helmet
fitted with goggles, not unlike those used
by automobilists
This innovation was found necessary
not only On account Of the high speed Of
the F1usser GS2 knots per hour, in which
jury from the cutting wind and hard
driven spray, but also as protection
against the sparks from the smokestac ks.
which are. low lying. If the experiment
proves satisfactory, 1t is probable that all
officers on similar craft will be Supplied
with these helmets. The F'lusser is now
at Annapolis.-NeM York Herald
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-22

Wroten ad Looie Linkenfusser, Liddle
Cobenhagen. Minnyskota.
Cuttings, Looie: Skince wrotoning
you lasd, Looie, hat opserfed NIT der
baperss dot der skientifickers uf Cob
enhagen hat held q noder ikvest ofer
der claims uf der late Dol<ter Cook,
und, alder carefully shaking DER vtsk-
erss ofer hiss case. hat vonce more
again decited dot dere ISIS nodings IN
10 Vich brings to me, Looie, dor
skveedly solum fought, to wit: Nod
1ngs ISIS. unless you can proof i'd, but
ad der same dime dere ISIS lods uf tings
vot you cand't proof. In dis connection,
you might mention our justly cele-
Drated und popular religion, Looie. A
Teller frequently gets oop und remarks:
"pere ISIS Heaven und a Noder blace."
Do We chump oop und holler, .sDake dot
assertion. togedder NIT your toe-nailss.
opserfations, daily record und dokters'
certificate, to Cobenhagen?'' GER
TAINLY NOT. Und uf, in case he dit.
und der Cobenhagen fellers said hiss
proofs vas Insufficient, would We
chump on der preacher. call him a liar
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-22
KANSAS COMAENT
WORE THAN HANGING.


Under the theory of Judge Ralph
Latshaw of Kansas City, there can be
worse punishment inflicted than hang
ing. Whether the Judge who pronounces
the death sentence has the right to seek
to add to the penalty or not is an in
teresting question.
The inclination on the part of the
bench to read a lecture to the man
about to be hanged should be sup
pressed. If the judge in his discretion
fixes less penalty than the maximum,
he may be permitted to add a little
torture in the way OF lecture, but If
he fixes the maximum penalty, he
should not crafty his egotism by
making stump speech.
Judge Latshaw sentenced some I'M
speakable brutes to death yesterday
them because they deserved a worse
fate than the law provides" But the
principle involved is important, because
If a judge can exceed the limit with a
brute, he may be harsh with any con-
vict-even one who may later prove to
be innocent.
In fixing a Saturday, February s, for
the execution, the judge took occasion
to state that he would not desecrate
hangman's day. (F'riday) by putting 1t
to so vile use as hanging the brutes
whom he sentenced. OF course he did
sanctify hangman's day. He merely
meant to express his personal fndigna-
ton against the criminals before him.
He used his official position to crafty
an unjudicial feeling.
AS principle a judge would better
keep within the limits of the statute,
erring If at all on the side Of mercy
Wichita Beacon.
SPIRIT OF CENTRAL AMERICA.
In the spectacular death of General
Address Fornos Diaz, which occurred
Friday, the world gets a glimpse of
life typically representative of the
reckless spirit which predominates in
the tropical Americas.
Diaz's life was filed with thrilling
incidents and deeds of bravery. From
the time he was graduated from the
he had dabbled in politics,
in war and in love. He fought duels
over women and led a battalion of
soldiers in battle. All of this activity
is not unusual in the life of the aris-
tocracy of the Central American coun-
try, where the blood is hot and life Is
not taken too seriously.
The circumstances surrounding the
death OF Diaz seem almost ridiculous.
A leader of a revolution losing his life
by tipping out of a canoe. An I'M
feeling world will read and laugh.
Perhaps this. too. is symbolical of
observation-disclosures Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-22
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Too many folks put too much depend
eDce on luck.
Silence may give consent but it's Of
very unsatisfactory kind.
X X y
Some people have a most difficult job
in trying to understand themselves.
X X \
Much Of the stuff that passes for love
is pure, unauthorized insanity.
\ X <
A man out of work never gets ex-
ceedingly enthusiastic over general
prosperity talk.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-22
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

IFrcm the Chicago News.1
He's a poor lawyer who mistakes the
will for the deed.
And when a cigar is called a weed
the reason is obvious.
Any community can endure a cow
ard wno is afraid to do wrong.
Many a man with will of his own
has a codicil added to it by his wife.
A clever woman always tells a fat
man that he looks much thinner than
he did.
Polly Pinktights (writing a letter.
What is a synonym for prestige?'s
Tcttie Twinkletoes-''Press agent"
The head of the house may feel that
his will is law. but he will eventually
discover that the law II seldom en-
forced.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-22

Proverbs XVI q.
None of the maxins and observations
given voice to by Solomon are more to
the point than the one conveyed in the
words used for a text. If there is one
really cankerous growth in all levels
of society it is the bearing of tales.
And although the intelligence Of all
civilized people is much greater today
than it ever was before, and is in
creasing with each succeeding genera
ton, the telling Of tales by people about
their neighbors. their acquaintance
and their friends. seems quite as gen.
eral as it ever was and quite as much
in need of reproof as it apparently was
in the days of Solomon.
1t apepars to be a human frailty for
an individual to repeat the stories
about others that he happen to hear.
Sometimes 1t is done with malicious
intent. More often. perhaps, it is the
result Of thoughtlessness. But what
ever the reason it Is a practice that
is to be condemned, and in no uncer-
tain terms. The harm that is done by
most of it is almost of the irreparable
sort. The wounds that are made by it
are frequently of the unbeatable kind.
They become as running sores, grow
ing more intense all the time, making
life we'll nigh unbearable and occasion
ally they encompass the actual ruin
of those who have been so unfortunate
as to have had them thrust upon them.
There is no excuse for the kind of
tale bearing that Injuries. 1t may fur
nish food for conversation and gossip
but it accomplishes nothing save harm.
This would not be true to such an ex-
tent If the tales that are told were
truthful as to their details. Truth may
kurt when it is unpleasant but 1t does
not kill. The great trouble with the
general run Of tale-telling is that in
the end it becomes a tissue of false
hoods and 1t is the experience OF every
one that the theory about lies being
really unharmful is a rather fallacious
one. A story is started about some
bod. often with no more ground for
its existence than a misconstruction Of
an act or a word which does not
amount to very much in the first tell
Ing. Each person that repeats 1t,
though, has the habit. unintentional in
most instances, of adding on something
here and something else there to make
it a better story, a more interesting
or a more forceful one. Finally It is
to such proportions and
twisted about into such shapes that the
original teller of it would not be able
to recognize it as something Of his own
creation.
Characters and regulations, TIE most
priceless possessions of all men and
women, are berg blighted continually
by such tales. Troubles of all sorts
are caused in fsmilies by them. Often
they break up a home. The damage
that they do, in fact. is incalculable.
Nearly everybody knows this or would
realize it if they stopped to think about
it, If thew would remember the wrongs
that have been done them in just such
a fashion, and yet they continue to in
dulge IL the practice. If they want to
do their part, however. to make the
world a better place to live in, they will
stop 1t. Eliminate the telling Of tales
one about the other. the true as well
as the false ones. and life would be
relieved of much of its suffering.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-22

be responsible for turning its devotees
into the flercest of wild men. suggests
q condition of affairs that ought not
to be tolerated. Football may need re-
forming but basketball would appear
to need it worse. Just stop and req lie
for a moment what viragoes 1t might
turn the -air young girls into if they
are permitted to play it any longer.
not to mention the distressing effects
1t will have on the boys and young
men.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-22
THE WATCHDOG.

Your critic Is a watchdog for all things
For books and plays. for powder puffs, and
kings
So blame him not because It's his delight
To growl and bark, and now and then TO
bite.
That's what he's for. The poet spoke but
true
to-
And when his whine sounds loudest on
the air,
Lock up your doors and windows with
much care.
It's pretty safe to gather from that sound
There's geniuses around.
John Hendricks Bangs, in Smart Set.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-22

So many people in so many different
parts of the country are devoting their
energies these days to ascertaining the
reasons for the high cost of living,
that this important matter ought to be
discovered before long. But when
each investigating body gets ready to
report it is likely that it will have
found different cause for this unde-
sirable condition of affairs. Matters
will then be in quite as unsatisfactory
q state as they now are.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-22

An organization called the Young
Mems Hebrew association has been
formed in this city for the social and
educational uplift of the Hebrew
youths Of the town, and particularly
for the assistance of young imni-
grants of that race who come this way.
Any movement which is designed to
lend helping hand to young men, re-
gardless of their race, creed or color,
is worthy of all possible encourage
mani
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-22

When Arizona and New Mexico are
finally admitted into the Union of
states there will be no more territories
In the United States proper. The 9TH
err two territories remaining will be
Alaska and the Hawaii Islands. Meth
er Guam. Porto Rico or the Philip
pines, dependencies of this nation, are
In the territorial class as vet.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-22

One of New Orleans prominent
physicians declares that there is a
good deal of humbug about this "hook
worm" scare. And people who do not
know much about such things one way
or the other will be inclined to agree
with him just on general principles.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-22
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
IFrom the New York Press.l

LFrom the New York Press.
Infatuation flies highest; affection
longest.
Poets teach you how to aspire after
great things without ever being able
to do them.
If you want to know what philoso-
ply isn't worth try to finance your
household expenses on it.
Drinking and smoking take lot of
money that q man would spend just as
foolishly some other way.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-22

Fifty Chicago men who own flying
machines Of the heavier-than-air type
have organized themselves into an
aeroplane club. Is it impertinent to
inquire what they are doing with their
machines? If they have been making
flights with them the Chicago news
paper men have been mighty negligent
about reporting such efforts.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-22

Commenting on the talk in Pitts
burg of sending "Honus'' Wagner, the
great baseball player. to congress, the
Chicago Record-Herald thinks 1t is
singular that nobody has suggested
Hon. Tyrus Cobb as a good man for
the position of ambassador to Great
Britain
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-22

lowing to the prodigious multiple
cation. destructive influence, propensity
for harboring parasites and propaga-
ton of disease, it is worthy your seri-
Gus notice that steps should be taken
to exterminate these pests before they
permeate the entire building and its
occupants, causing irreparable dam
age" is the way the people of Hobo
ken, N. J., petition their school board
to rid one Of the school buildings of
rats. If the rats could only read such
a combination of words and phrases
it would frighten them to death. The
EFFORT is, indeed, well worthy of ema-
mating from Boston
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-22

If numbers of specimens count for
anything the Roosevelt expedition into
the African game country has been
great success. Up to December Is the
expedition had collected no less than
s,453 specimens of vertebrate, a large
number of mollusks and other inverte-
brates, several thousand plants and g.
600 photographs. If care had not been
taken to label this expedition "sci-
entific' one, it surely would have been
dubbed a record breaking slaughter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-22

Sunday school teachers in the Meth
odist Episcopal church throughout the
country are to receive instruction by
mail. Most of them need it, not only
those of the Methodist church, but
also those in every other denomina-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-22

Business was bad in Japan last year
but the people Of that country think
they did pretty we'll at that In putting
several political grafters in fail. Some
sections of the United States also
made a good record in that line.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-22

1.-THE hen is a meek and lowly bird"
observes the Chicago News, "but she
has done more for this country than
the eagle ever will do Then why not
supplant the facsimile of the eagle on
our coins with a picture of the hen?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-22
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State Journal is a member OF the
Associated Press and receives the full day
telegraph report of that great news or
ganiEation for the exclusive afternoon
publication in Topeka.
The news Is received in The State Jour-
nal building over wires for this sole pur.
pose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-22

The aeroplane as a symbol of the in
creased cost of living is open to the
objection that aeroplanes frequently
fall. thinks the New York Evening
EOef
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-22

Uniform divorce laws, it is pointed
out by the Washington Star, would
deprive the hotels in some states OF a
lucrative patronage from people who
are waiting to secure a legal resi-
HaV~a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-22

Halley's comet ought to be ashamed
OF itself. Another fiery monster has
beaten It into visuality from this loca-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-22

Councilman Howard ISIS nod going TO
run fer commissioner. Der shock ISIS
sefere Won, but We will make a nople eff
fort to bear oop under i'd
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-22

A Spinage dock in Madrid hat peen
pinched fer making bad money. He
ought to be pinched hard,-der idee Ut
a real dock making bad money ven he
could hat married rich American girl
und made goot money. Shame on him,
und also slap on der cuff buttons.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-22

to build a 300 passenger air ship. Won
like dot would nod only carry Misder
Taft. but also. yet. small-size chowfer
in addition.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-22

Ad leased Won African lion escaped
being shot by Col. Rosinfelt. I hat
reference. uf course, to der Won vich
vas harpruned py cluster uf niggeros.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-22

Mayor Green says he didnd't mean to
skimply calling him loafer, q dub, q
incompetent und few oder pet names
uf der sort, und 1 tink id real uncharit-
able uf Mister Rogers to talk back. Be-
site, id ISIS lessy matchesty,-vot efer
dot ISIS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-22

Der joke smiths hat peen making a
1od uf fun about Misder Taft, und say
ing dot he will nefer get der air-ship
habit, but der joke ISIS liaple to be on
der jokers. Coundt Zippyline ISIS going
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-22

Chapman ISIS coming back. He van
US to kill der fatter calf.-und We sha
do so Monday morning.-vedder
hurts him er nod.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-22

und raid der boxoffis? Not Any. Den
Wy, Looie, ISIS id dot We dake Cohen
hagen's word againsd Dokter Cooks?
Half any uf dem oldt scientific stiffs
efer peen to der mort pole? Would dey
recognize piece uf bark ouf uf der
pole uf dey saw i'd? Dokter Cook
charges himselluf NIT hating peen ad
der mort pole. HAT der Cobenhagen
court PROCEED a alabi fer him. er
skimbly pronounced him nod guilty?
In blain words uf Won er more sylables,
Looie, vot der heck do dey know about
Id, anyway?
Here ISIS der way look ad i'd, Looie:
Uf Dokter Cook dit discofer der mort
pole, i'd vas of no sconcey-squence. A
mort pole, more er less, ISIS uf no at
wange to der world. Hence, pefore I
make dis point: Id ISIS mans duty, here
on cart, to do good. Uf he discofered
der pole, he did no Won any goot; uf he
ditnd't discofer i'd, he mosd cerdainly
did" us all goot. Derefore he did
neider goot ner harm uf he ISIS right.
but uf Cobenhagen ISIS right. he hat
dit hiss duty, according to der rules IF
der game. Hoping dis win find you der
same, Looie, remain und SO 4th, es
effer und so 4th, HANS.
P. S.-Und, in der meantime. ven ISIS
Commander Peary going to proof dot
he effer reached der mort pole? H
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-22

Dot powder vot dey found vile in
westigating der interior uf Col. Swope:
Der dokters half failed to name it, so
berheps id vas H. D. (Dave Leahy will
translate dis Won ubon ablication).
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-22

1 guess deg only thing dem Federal
chudges hat thought about Mr.. Debs'
outbreak. vas dot der muskeeter sea-
son hat obened unyoosually early dis
year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-22
A SATURDAY. SERMON.

The words of talebearer are as wounds
Proverbs XVI ~.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-06-21
IR!oMANcg gNps
iparkersburu Girl, on5Her Way 70 ps
trolt 10 Msd, Loses, Her Purse
oniTraln.

COLUMBUS. q, June q Running
away from her hSns at Parkersburg
w. Va, toward Detroit where she wa
to meet and wed her lover. Grace Nc.
Kenzle, sixteen years old. arrived here
Yesterday and discovered that she had
lost her money.
In her efforts to get help she unwit
tingly approached seyraI Parkets
burg people who were here on an ex.
curslon, and as a result her elopement
was cancelled; but she enjoyed g fine
day with the sight.seers and returned
home with them late last night.
Her request for money to take @hef
on. to Detroit was not granted, but in.
stead some Parksrsburg women talked
her into seeing the error Of her way
and persuaded her to abandon her
plans. The young man who was to
5haye become her husband is Roy Max
we'll, a Parkersburg boy, who is EN-.
ployed as a stoker in Detroit.
The girl said that the money which
she had lost on the train was the re.
suit Of months OF saving.