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The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-12

Last week IL was announced thar
Do1es Tor the Big Dance would ha re-
served Tor the visiting girls ana their
escoIts- That one word "escortss
tDsrousht about so orders for reserva-
lions. The out-of-town bows i-novv
better than to risk the chance fi.t
Iopeka boys be drafted as ''escortn, -
Notice, Eligibless Miss Cav Darltn,
visitor wears an engagement ring. biit
maybe IT'S Bluff. and after seeing
her. any eligible with bright red blood
VIII Taketa Chance.
Fourteen years ago this week. Ruf-
Ialo Bill and his show were in the cif1,
ana. interviewed. (by his press arenfj
-e,,..s ,s,.- sac "a IN part; This is my last
round' this fall I go to Paris for an
engagement, and then quit the show
business Tor keeps. I am getting too
old for this work" Which poes ~
snow that no man Is absolutely sure
OF MS age. Since that time. Uncle
5uII E,l mas taken part in every show
gwen py his aggregation. and figured
II III one divorce case as correspondent A
rev NIGHTS past he rode the same old
white horse. and broke a larger per
cent OF the glass balls than he did IL
years ago.
1t takes less than eight quarts 70
make peck OF trouble, but anyone
would have peck Of trouble trying 70
tlno the major portion of eight quarts
in this town.
He laughs loudest who laughs al his
own joke.
Mayor Billiard has ordered the show
cases Off the sidewalk. Perhaps that
Is the reason the Morning SQUASH no
longer ohstructs the sidewalk with its
gall display. and merely obstructs the
street.
yellow cat is not considered valu-
able, but had Nature so arranged Il
tnat 80 per cent Of all the cats were
elther green, pink or purple, a yellow
cat would be worth $25. But the vel
tier than he is now.
This colyum is short. and will be all
this week. And. with added expenses,
so Will we,-so will we
Hep
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-12
THE VALUE OF OIL.

AS a matter of fact the reorganiza-
ton Of the Standard Oil company
hasn't just exactly smashed things,
prices and all. There is still a charge
for gasoline and mica axle grease is
not yet given away in prize packages.
Crude oil still brings some sort of q
price in spite of the fact that a court
decision has changed, or sought to
change, the parentage of oil.
And along with other failures to
change values there is nothing to the
rumor that Standard Oil shares have
fallen in value and can be bought for
a song. When you go to your broker
and ask him to gobble up few of the
pretty pictures that go with the stock
of the oil company, he still exacts a
certain price, makes you dig up to
make the purchase, in fact.
The oil company is getting ready to
start all over again, in a number of
business enterprises and to work up
toward the top in some other plan Of
reorganization, but axle grease and
gasoline are still tagged with values
when you go to purchase them. The
time may come when these necessities
of life and the shares which represent
their ownership may be less in price
than they are now, but that time Is
slow In arriving and has not yet ar
rived.-Hutchinson News.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-12
LINES TO A PROUD FATHER.

LINES TO A PROUD FATHER
Your son is brave and handsome,
A clever youthful lad;
You're proud of him, and ever
At thought of him you're glad;
He's versed in all the classics,
But here, o friend, s the rub;
VIII he ever fetch ten thousand
From a big
league
club?
Your son is bright and witty,
You love to see the light
Clean in his eyes of hazel
Before some sally bright;
Beside him you're contented
To feel that you're a dub
Butt will he fetch ten thousand
From a big
league
club7
Your son is wise and gentle,
He reasons like a man;
But how are such things lifting
The ultra modern plan?
Two fields there are before him,
The major and the scrub
And will he fetch ten thousand
From a big
league
club?
Chapman, in the Denver Re
publican.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-12

IFron the Chicago News.
Brevity is also the soul Of a serm

Brevity is also the soul of a sermon
Many a mans self-conceit over
shadows his popularity.
AS a hobby rider you are not the
only jockey in the race.
If you are looking for results give a
man a good scare instead Of advice
Why is it that a fly can always find
the hole in a screen from the outside,
but never from the inside?
You may not be able to do better
than others have done, but you can
probably do better than you have
done.
his wife is afraid her curtains will be
ruined, he should be obhging and
take them down.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-12

Senator LaFollette does not intend
to make a formal announcement Of his
candidacy for the next Republican
presidential nomination until Decem-
ber- Perhaps by that time he will have
discovered the Taft sentiment to be so
strong throughout the country that he
will think better of his plans.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-12

CRoOKED sPORTs.

That Chicago affair wherein Hon.
Gotch used the great Russian virtuoso
as mop with which to rub The well
come off the wrestling mat, was so
simple and easy a performance as to
suggest crooked work. Stories of that
crookedness are rife, and to the glory
OF the American champion, let it be
SAID Ihat he isn't included in any of
them. Most common is the one which
states that Hackenschmidt was told by
MS trainers and seconds that Gotch
nad decided to lie down, and pick up a
lot more money than was included in
the purse when he got up. That looked
easy 10 HackenSchmidt, who may have
been induced to place some money on
himself
At any rate. the Russian lion per-
formed as if he had Travelled far with
circus and lost his appetite for
everything but rare soup bones and
round steak He made no such show
ing as at his former meeting, and
calmly quit in the second fall before
the mighty Gotch had turned on the
power for that toe hold. Hacken-
schmidt was rich man before this
bout, and so was Gotch, and they can
go merrily on their way, caring little
that the wrestling game has received
jolt from which it will recover slow
", If at all.
In recent story, Jack London de-
oS4 AOSc t4O CEOOkoQ lneluOQS OI puSI-
lism, and shows how the public pays
the price. His hero, a great gladiator,
finds out the crooked streaks, and
tells 1t to the accompaniment of
knocking the tar out of referees,
champs and near champs. But sport
isn't so different from business. In
fact, sport of a professional character
is business in large figures. Which
demonstrates, again, that honesty
pays. No one believes Gotch was in
terested in the lady-like tactics dis
played by Hackenschmidt, and Gotch,
by throwing all corners promptly, as
he can, may do something to revive
the sport. Game leg stories and dope
won't help it. And, as he does it,
Gotch. who toted fair, can get more
money than he knows what to do with.
No sport is more genuinely q bust
ness than baseball and there are few
businesses run on more careful system
than obtains in the major leagues.
Their business is enormous year after
year, and the reason isn't far to seek:
They have kept crookedness out of the
game to an amazing extent. Not even
in a worlds series has there ever been
an intimation of crooked dealing.
Anyone who doubts that fair and hon
est dealing brings the best results
might find a valuable lesson, as we'll
as some recreation, in the wide field
Of sport, so much of which isn't fair to
step on.-Atchison Globe.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-12

There is not a single department in
the big state fair which is not well
worth seeing. The same is true of the
many and varied entertainment feat
ures on the grounds, and especially the
fireworks display during the evenings.
Surely it is a great fair in every sense
of the word
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-12

New York boxing experts seem to be
greatly impressed with Carl Norris. the
white hope'' from Oklahoma, who is
going to put on the gloves with Jim
Flynn in New York city before long.
They give it out that he is as strong
as Gotch and Hackenschmidt com
bined- Men. like all other things. are
not always what they seem. And be-
sides it takes more than a strong man
to knock down the big persimmons in
the pugiIistic arena
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-12
MORE CHEER IN TRADE WORLD.

MORE CHEER IN TRADE WORLD.
A birds eye view of the situation in
the business and financial world as it
developed in a more favorable manner
last week is contained in the weekly
financial review issued by Henry Clews,
the New York banker and economist,
as follows:
'.At times a more cheerful tone pre-
vailed in financial circles. The labor
outlook is less threatening and present
indications point to an adjustment of
western troubles without resort to
strikes or other violent methods.
There is also a decided betterment in
the Moroccan situation. Industrial
considerations alone rendered war be-
tween Germany and any other great
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-12
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Is there a flower of any sort that
isn't beautiful?
Few men are able to smile when
the joke is on them.
X X
Hunting for happiness is a pursuit
that seldom comes to an end.
X x
It is the simple little things of life
that are generally the most wonderful.
X X X
Nor does any one have to mingle
with mucilage or paste just to get
stuck up.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-12

Because of its limited supply, manle
sugar has Away brought a rather
fancy price at every place that is at ali
removed from the back woods" If the
sugar trust keeps up its lick of rails
ing the price of refined white sugar 10
cents a hundred pounds every dav or
so, + won't be long before the price of
maple sugar will be cheap when com
pared with that asked for the white
article
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-12

The former Miss Force. who is con-
sidered 20 beautiful, was fortunate that
her marriage with Mr.. Astor was ar
ranged before the Topeka newspapers
began printing the pictures of the
Kansas girls who are here to al
charm and grace to the Semicentennfal
float parade this evening. Else the
colonel might have changed his mind
The chances are, though. he would not
have had any luc-z had he done So
Kansas girls are not for sale.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-12

That the high cost of living is not
an exclusive problem with the peop1e
of the United States. and that it is
even a more serious one in other
countries where wages are much lower.
is rather poor consolation after all
for a man when he goes to pay the
butcher and the grocer.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-12

Iola's prohibitory populace is getting
needlessly excited over a place there
which Is labeled a saloon" and where
fcaming beverage is served that
makes a noise and foans like beer.
nut which IS far from being even of
the near-beer variety. This thirst en-
porlum viii suffer speedy and natural
death People viii only drink a sub
stltute Tor beer just for novelty but
the novelty soon wears off.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-12
REFLECTIONs OF A BACHELOR

TFrom the New York Press-l
Handsome is as handsome as a man
tells a woman she is.
mans "a beast II he forgets his fore
fathers. and II he recalls them bore.
man gets almost normal after the
bonevnoon and entirely sane after the
third child.
rreaching the old man how 70 run his
,.,zfneee has lost more Jobs for Eenluse8
than an the other sins Of youth
There's no greater disappointment 10 a
woman than TO go shopping ana Ino ele-
sctiv what she wants In the first five
minutes
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-12
FROM OTHER PENS

WHO SHOULD BE PUNISHED?
There is a serious. perhaps funda-
mental, question involved in the con-
tention expressed in the address of
William B. Hornblower before the
Americna Bar association in Hunting
ton Hall. He held, or seemed to hold,
that the punitive provisions of the
Shermen law should be satisfied with
the exaction of penalties upon imper-
sonaI corporations.
Unquestionably this view is out of
accord with public sentiment. It is the
men responsible and accountable for
collation. of the law whom the people
wish to see punished. A pecuniary
fine upon a corporation does not touch
the men who have done the wrong.
They do not feel the smart It is the
small shareholders, suffering in the re-
duction of profits which they should
have received had their representatives
carried on their business and acted in
a straightforward manner. who pay
the penalty.
In short. guilt is personal. Irrespon-
sibility cannot be pleaded by the di-
rectors and managers of a corpora
ton. The 'clamor for victims" is a
rational and just demand. The men
to be punished are those who do the
things which the law penalties And
the sooner this fact is established, the
better.-Boston Post.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-12

rier, and the time he could make. As
he sailed along his route he would
merely have to drop the mail on the
farms where it belonged. Thus another
ehore would be added to the labors of
the youngsters on the farms. They
could spend their leisure" moments in
running around and picking up the
family mail
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-12

How's this? None of the state fairs
for this year throughout the entire
country, and among them are several
of extensive prestige, has had entries
in its cattle department in excess of
500 More than 700 cattle are on exhi-
bition at the Topeka fair.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-12
FILL, LEASED WIRE REPORT
OTF T-HE ASSOCIATED PE2hSS
HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY.

eubscrsbers of the State Journal
ayEav froTn home during the summer
may have the paper mailed regularly
each day to any address at the rate OF
go, cenfs a week or thirty cents q
month (by mail onIy). Address
changed as often as desired. While
eU4 OF town the State Journal viii be
so you like a daily letter from home.
these short time subscriptions to sRvS
bookkeeping expenses.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-12

Miss Matilda Moissant has succeeded
in attaining a height of $500 feet in
an aeroplane. Her brother fell to his
death from a lesser height. Nor is it
unusual for members of family not
TO profit by the experiences of any of
their relatives
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-12

It's been demonstrated in England
that aeroplanes are a great success for
carrying first class mail. The next
generation on the rural free delivery
routes in this country may possibly
have their mail delivered in this fash
ion. And just think how handy an
aeroplane would be for the rural car
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-12

All the streets in Topeka these days
lead to the state fair grounds, and it
appears that everybody in the city and
the surrounding country is travelling in
that direction. That's the business.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-12
THE CARELESS SMOKER.

The average smoker is too careless
in the manner in which he tosses burn
ing cigar and cigarette butts and light
ed matches about. The chances are
that no damage will be caused, and he
takes those chances. When a home, q
business house. a city block or even a
large section of a city, is burned by
a fire starting from a smokers care
lessneSs the smoker goes scot free. Is
is not pertinent to ask why the law
should punish a man for splitting on
the sidewalk because someone might
contract q germ disease as a result of
his carelessness, while no punishment
is fixed to deter him from throwing fire
about, although millions of dollars
worth of property and many lives may
be lost If the butt or match chances
to fall where it can start a hre2
The crusade of the antismoke eontin-
gent is not making much headway as
a moral issue, a movement for the i'm
provement of public health or an ag1-
tation against the boorish individual
who is diScourteous to those with whom
he comes IN contact. If it should re-
suit in the enactment of city ord4n-
ances making it a misdemeanor to
throw lighted mai dches and butts about,
and in state laws providing punish
ment where it is possible to fix the
blame for a fire upon a negligent sn1ok-
er, milliors of dollars worth Of pro-
perty and many lives might De saved
The habit CT smoking cannot be ended
by agitatton.-Louisville Courier-Jour-
nal.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-12

Betting is 100 to L that T. Roosevelt
doesn't win the Nobel peace prize this
year.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-12

Mother-Don't you know, darling. that
we are commanded to love our neiEhbors ?
Little One-Yes; an spose that's cause
we can get along with most everybody
else.-Boston Transcript.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-12

What's the reason Grisby doesn't an
ply FOR a divorce2" why hts wife has
taken to monoplaning, and he thinks he
might as well wait."-Cieveland Plain
Dealer.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-12

Wise Guy-Speculating in stocks is moth
ing but 'fisherman's luck" Shorn Lamb
Hardly that I've sometimes gone fishing
and succeeded in saving my bait-Chi-
cago Daily News.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-12

Notice, Eligibles; Miss Gay Darling.
VISITOR wears an engagement ring; but
her, any eligible with bright rad hio,s
will Take,a Chance.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-12

4 had talk with Best-Seller, and he
told me all about the authors who had
helped him" TIL bet he didn't say
word about the authors from whom he
had helped himself Puck.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-12

Why do they call these dentists officoa
dental parlors?" asked Smith OF his friend
" ny, parlor Is the old-fashioned name
for drawing-ro m.''-Presbyterian stand
ard.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-12

Meet any icebergs on your vav
across?" mo; but several Of us tried
to flirt with Boston girl who was on
board. Louisville Courier-Journal
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-12

"Yes, Charlie is as brave as a stack OF
lions. Did you hear about his daring "a
policeman to arrest him?' mol Geei
What happened?" He was arrested. -
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Calumet news., 1911-12-02
100 AMERICANS
FOR OLYMPIAD
JAMES e. SULLIVAN RESERVES
THAT NUMBER OF ROOMS
FOR TEAM-oUTLooK
is BRIGHT.

New York, Dec. THAT America
will be represented by a large as well
as a select team of champions at the
Olympic games next summer was evil
denced yesterday when James T. Sui
livan, chairman of the American Olym-
pic committee, cabled TO the Swedish
authorities to reserve accommodations
for 100 Americans during the games.
The cablegram was i'm answer to
one received by the Swedish commit
tee. While accommodations were re-
served for 100, Mr.. Sullivan made II
plain that he expected 90 send a larger
team. lie made that number the mini
mum of Americans to make the trip.
II cabled for that many reserva-
tions," said Mr.. Sullivan, and / think
! IL is "A conservative estimate. Judg-
| ing from the amount of money already
subscribed, l think that we will send
at least that number. What we want
to do is to sweep the boards To dc
that we need a big team, and if the
American people are generous enough
we will be able to select enough cham
pions to carry off the honors in every
event
"Of winning honors i'm the track
and field meet l have no doubt. Two
dozen of our champions can do that
but we will need all the men we can
get to sweep the boards. l look for
the foreign teams to be stronger than
ever next year, and that means that
we must take no chances
And there are followers of other
sports who want to see their favor
ties carry off honors. Bicycle riders
tennis players, swimmers fencers
marksmen, football players. gymnasts
oarsmen and wrestlers in this country
are as good as any in the world, and II
we can get enough money to enable
them to make the trip l think we will
win honors i'm every event.
To date more than $4,000 has been
subscribed and nearly twice that much
has been promised. J. Pierpont Nor
gan is among those who have sent in
their checks. He donated $500, Col
Robert Thompson, president of the
New York Athletic club, has subscribed
81, 600.
Smaller amounts have been donated
by many others, and reports from all
desired by the American committee
will be raised before the time for
the departure of the team.
The Calumet news., 1911-12-02

who played fullback this year, has been
elected captain OF the University Of
Michigan football team.
The coveted m" was awarded to
sixteen players: Capt. Conklin, Quinn,
.Garres Boyle Kaynor Patterson,
Pontius, Picard, Carpell Mcmillan,
Meek, Thomson, Wells, Craig, Huebel,
Torbet
Immediately after the election Coach
Yost left for his home in Nashville,
Tenn. Whether he will be back next
year is a question that the coach him
self cannot solve at present. The Mich
igan leader has important business In
Tennessee and football takes him away
from it at a bad time Of the year.
When asked point blank whether he
would come back or not, the coach
said: Il don't know, but l think not"
If Yost decides to return he will
have the material from which TO or
ganize one Of the strongest teams that
have ever represented the University
of Michigan. Ten of this years vet
Grams, including Thompson, Mcmillan
and Craig will be back in uniform next
season.
The Calumet news., 1911-12-02
HOLIDAY FIRE BULLETIN.
c. A. Palmer, State Fire Marshal, Is
sues Timely Warning.

G. a. Palmer, state fire marshal, has
issued the following timely warning:
To all Fire Chiefs, Presidents of vii
lagos, Clerks of Townships and Depu-
ty Fire Marshals:
Gentlemen
With the approach of the Christmas
holiday season, we are reminded of the
great loss Of life and property annual
ly occasoned at this time through the
careless decoration of store windows,
christmas trees i'm homes and churches,
and the reckless handling Of electric
wiring, innammable materials etc.
In order TO reduce the disasters re-
sulting from the above, it is the desire
of the Department that all Deputy Fire
Marshals (Which includes yourself un-
der the law shall make an especial ef-
fort to carry into effect the following
regulations
THE use of tissue paper, excelsior,
straw, cotton and all other light and
especially infammable materials i'm the
decoration OF store windows where
there is an open gas jet and in the
wrapping of electric light bulbs is
strictly prohibited, and you are re-
questcd to particularly enforce this
provision. The decoration of Christmas
trees i'm public places with any of the
above materials, is considered a crime
by this Department, and you are re-
quested to urge the people of your To-
callty to refrain from its use in that
way ...
The Department requests that you
see that this Bulletin is given publicity
i'm your community by publication in
your local papers and that you, in
your capacity as Deputy Fire Marshal,
exert your best effort to the reduction
of this great fire hazard. Remember
that a policy OF fire insurance is in
validated if the terms thereof are var
led in the slightest degree by the as
surcd, and the careless handling of
electric wiring, or the use of known fire
hazards, has resulted in many a policy
holder losing his entire indemnity.
If you want to reduce the cost of
your nre insurance, you must begin by
reducing your fire hazard.
The Calumet news., 1911-12-02
SPORTING DEPARTMENT
FRANK GOTCH TELLS HIS
OWN STORY OF COMEBACK
CHAMPION WRESTLER COULDN'T
STAND HACKS CLAIMS.
Thinks Public Is Somewhat Ficlle
Minded in Its Attitude.

This is Champion Frank a. Gotch's
own story of his return from retire
ment and his narration is interesting.
after my defeat of Zbyszko the
giant Pole" says Frank II felt that
had got about enough of the mat
When a fellow sticks to professional
athletics for a dozen years and gives
a good account of himself, that ought
to be about enough. And then / mar
ried and attempted to settle down.
About two months prior to that time
George Hackenschmidt came back to
America. For a time Hack made no
wild claims. / suppose he wanted to
ingratiate himself into the good graces
Of the fans. But after a few weeks
he and his manager began to relate
wonder tales of what they would do
to me. They jumped a title farther
and said l retired because feared to
meet Hack again.
Il let them ramble along for a time,
You know how it is. A fellow can be
good natureG over a long journey
when he's made up his mind TO a
thing. Then / came out of retirement
and engaged i'm a tour all my own.
Every moment the Russian was maxi
ing declarations. The country liked
his work and he put up good show
ing. At last | consented TO meet him,
although knew exactly what the pub
lie would say afterward. 1t is Sic em,
Tigc' at first and then later IL is
Why did you take the money!"