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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-09

Undoubtedly. not few people are
smiling softly at the protests of Mr..
Bryan against the action of some of his
Nebraska friends in putting his name
on the presidential primary ballot.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-09
BY TIE WAY
BY HARVEY PARSONS.

Isn't it about time to divorce Hon.
Buck Weaver from the sport" page
1t takes good eyeSight to see anything
like a sporting item in the fact that
ne was recently brought back from
Mexico on statutory charge
When Bryan and LaFollette visited
together for seven minutes, it started
a political panic, but as you may have
observed, it doesn't take much to start
political panic. Chances are good
that they were discussing the inclem-
ent weather or the merits of popu-
lar grip cures.
1t may be that their conversation
carried an air of mystery. No polit1-
atmosphere with mystery. The habit
is so strong that one politician Will
lead another into the darkest corner
of a hotel lobby to ask him for a
match.
The town liar is up against it these
days; he can't compete with the coun-
try brother, because of the scarcity of
ferocious Jackrabbits in town.
Theirs sech thing es KNOWN too too
on a jury.'-Deacon Squash
A large number of those who swore
off smoking week ago are now con-
graduating themselves over the mys-
FERROUS chance that they "just hap
pened to" throw their pipes where
they were easily found.
Before you walk up to a man and
make some crack about the joys of
real winter weather, it is prudence to
first ascertain whether or not any of
the plumbing in his house is frozen
up.
Up at Manhattan President Waters,
of the Aggie institution, thinks seri-
ously of putting a popular price cafe
on the campus. That may be all right
at K. S. A. c., but at nearly any other
college, the exuberant students would
follow by putting said cafe on the
fritz
We have Mr.. Roosevelt's assurance
that he will not run and Mr.. Bryan's
assurance along the same line; now,
if Mr.. Hearst will kindly add his as
surance to the pile, politics could go
ahead without fear of further inter
ruption.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-09
FROM OTHER PENS
cHILDREN I'D DIvoRcE.

CHILDREN AND DIVORCE.
There is one point in which all American
divorce statistics are defective. namely.
In not giving the number Of children az
fected by the separations which are daily
taking place in such numbers. All d.
vorce statistics must be multiplied by two.
anyway. Thus, II 1902 divorces were
It simply means that 1904 men and wo-
men have met domestic tragedy In its
most irremediable form If 20o4 men
and women for II months Of this year.
what army would confront II We
could assemble all those who IN former
years have received official sanction to
break up the marriage tie. Even to think
OF the host thus concretely IS astounding
enough, but II to this tragic assemblage
could be added all the children OF all the
broken homes, what "a most pathetic thing
divorce would appear-and how ruthless.
Why not add a new item to our divorce
statistics thus: Item -- the children.
Heretofore they have appeared as embel-
lishments to divorce stories only. Their
wonderment, their bewlderment. their
sorrow, have served to garnish forth the
routine of divorce day. And with that
their day in court is at an end. No further
public notice Is taken of them Some
times their hsping testimony is taken
to help deprive them OF father or mother,
but that is all. There they stand before
the judges bench the one unansWer-
able argument against all divorce, and yet
they absent even from our new
branch of vital statistics. the divorce
figures.-Detroit News
A BAROMETER IN POOR ORDER.
Inasmuch as steel has been taken as
the barometer of trade in this country,
the encouraging statement Of Henry G..
Frick has been largely accepted as no.
tice that the ebb of business has been
reached and the tide is now slowly set
ting the other way. This may be no
ticed. in the comment OF the press, the
interviews with financiers and Industrial
leaders and in the stock market tables.
The steel situation. however. has ceased
to be entirely of Industrial Importance.
1t is today more involved in politics than
in the simple purposes OF manufacture
and marketing. The antitrust suit
against the United States Steel Corpora
ton has removed the industry-at least
for the time being-from an economic
field TO one In which its sins are TO be
exposed for the purpose Of carrying a
national election. For several months to
come steel viii be less business ba-
rometer than a weapon with which 10
satisfy a jealousy of "A highly superior
ex-president.-Toledo Blade.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-09

Buck Weaver from the sport page /?
It takes good eyesight to see anything
like a sporting item in the fact that
he was recently brought back from
Mexico on a statutory charge.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-09
CHAPTER Xxx.

An interesting item appears in the
press dispatches from Peoria. Illinois,
stating that the Republican Club Of the
Sixth ward of that city has come out
unanimously in the interest of Colonel
Roosevelt for the Republican nominal
ton in 1872
The Sixth ward has picked a good
man all right. but unfortunately, he is
not a candidate and has requested his
friends not to take any steps towards
securing delegates.
Now that the Sixth ward of Peoria
has gotten into the news of the coun-
try. it would be interesting to hear
from the Fourth Ward Republican
Club of Emporia- Our friend. Willial1
Allen White. resides in one of the pre-
cincts of that ward and is also a mem
Der. or was sometime ago, of the
Fourth Ward Republican Committee
The Sixth Ward in Illinois seems to
have beaten the Fourth Ward in Kan
sas to it up to date.
Speaking of "reminiscences. here is
one just received in the mail this morn
ing from J. c. Beeson of Marshall
Texas.
Mr.. Beeson says he has taken the
State Journal ever since it was start
ed He was also a reader of the old
Commonwealth and likewise the Capt.
tai under Major Hudson. In the course
Of his letter, which is of some length
and Of much interest. he suddenly
breaks the connection and uses the
word "Reminiscences" and writes this
one which is worth while:
I came to Topeka in 1881 and was
employed as a mechanic in the cabinet
married in 1884. Having been acquaint-
ed with Allen Sells, in Ohio, and hav-
ing friendly relations with him he pro-
cured for me a position at the fair
grounds in 1885 when there was much
Improvement being made. preparatory
to one of the great events in Kansas,
revival of the state fair.
Il had charge of the construction
of the buildings, one Of which was an
amphitheater, 600 feet in length. Mr..
l. NJ. Wood was the architect of these
buildings I have been in commune
cation with Mr. Wood recently and had
a very nice letter from him.
My first acquaintance with your pa
per was after the old Commonwealth
was started. 1 was a subscriber to it
in 1886 or 1887 Major Hudson was my
ideal a a newspaper man in those days.
I have been a patron directly or indi-
rectIy ever since the State Journal was
started. like its policy, and admire
its mana cement, past and present, and
feel they have earned the prosperity
which the paper now enjoys
L hereby give my New Year greet
ing by wishing the State Journal. and
all its connection Happy and Pros
porous New Year.
Cordially yours, etc"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-09

Our friend. J. f. H. has. as usual.
an interesting communication to the
daily papers out over the state, neither
the Daily Capital nor State Journal
belonging to the weekly syndicate
which receives these letters. The one
printed last evening says that a promi-
nent politician, who was recently with
Roosevelt, said to him. J. E H, that
Roosevelt told him that he was not a
candidate, but also told him that if
there were any definite or certain tasks
to perform. he would not shirk the
responsibility.
Well would you expect a brave able
man like Colonel Roosevelt to say any
thing else2 Would you expect him to
say that he would slirk any RESPONSE
bility2 He never shirlzs responsibilities
and of course it is quite safe for any
one to quote him as saying that he
does not intend to shirk any new re-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-09

Speaking of letters, here is one from
S. Burkholder OF Marion, Kansas.
January, 9th:
I am especially well pleased on the
stand you take on the Taft admins
tration and trust you may keep right
on in the same, as without doubt Taft
has made and will go down in Ameri-
can history as one of our greatest
presidents. along side of Mckinley and
others, and the idea that he ought to
be denied a second term is simply pre-
posterous and supremacy silly and that
would mean that the Republican party
had voted this UNSURPASSED admins
tration a failure. Would we not be in
fine shape to face the Democrats at
the election next fall, after voting one
of the ablest administrations we have
ever had a failure2
IF we as Republicans would do
this, I think it is high time that we
he punished by again having Demo-
cratic administration to bring US, as
Republicans. to our senses.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-09

Samuel A. Perkins, a strong advo-
cate for the denomination of President
Taft and a warm personal friend of
Colonel Roosevelt, is a member of the
Republican national committee from
the Pacific coast and publisher of the
Tocoma Ledger and News. Mr.. Per
kins is at present at Santa Barbara
and in an interview recently printed
in the Portland Oregonian says:
There is no quarrel between Taft
and Roosevelt They do things in a
different way. Roosevelt is not at
tempting to undermine Taft in any
manner. In fact, he has gone out of
his way to call down some of his en-
thusiastic friends who have shown
disposition to fight the present admin
istration.
THE national committee meeting
was a Taft organization from start to
finish, and there was but one serious
question that threatened differences
That was relative to the direct primary
on president.
It was unanimously agreed that
Taft is considered throughout the ma
ton an honest and able president, and
all conceded that Taft is not a poll
tician. He doesn't know how to play
the game, and he does not want to.
His ONLY aim is to serve the people.
1.-THE talk that Roosevelt tried to
organize the committee against Taft is
all fommyrot. know whereof
speak, for the reason that I was au
thOrized by Colonel Roosevelt to repre-
sent him at Washington at that meet
ing in so far as his being a candidate
was concerned.
He authorized me to say to his
friends that he is not a candidate for
the presidency. and does not want it.
and. on my return to New York, fol-
lowing the meeting, Roosevelt express
ed his appreciation of the action of
the committee in keeping his name
out of the discussion of possibilities
BY the way, don't forget the East
side park. gentlemen of the Topeka
commission. Also, see if arrangements
cannot be made to provide shaking
ponds which are not more than three
feet deep 50 that there will be no dan
ger of drownings. and thereby lend
more pleasure to the youth and less
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-09

The town liar is up against it these
days; he can't compete with the coun-
try brother, because of the scarcity OF
ferocious jackrabbits in town.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-09

Theirs sech a thing es KNOWN too
blamed much,-ef you want tub get
on jury. Deacon SQUASH.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-11-05

Undaunted by the defeat handed
them by the Saint Anthonys Sunday
afternoon, the Ramblers, Of Wood
bridge, will continue playing on the
gridiron and will try to book the
locals for their opponents on their
grounds for next Sunday afternoon.
AS 'Tody'' Booz, the star pigskin
booter of this city, will be in the
Dex err makeup, the Saints will have
to hunt for a new full back.
Captain Cody, of the Ramblers.
the other members of the Wood
bridge crew, and all the fans from
the little, burg up the line, believe
it will be ar easy matter for the
Ramblers to defeat Saint Anthony
eleven if the latter are minus the
services Of Booz.
While the local boys have the
greatest of regard for the abilities
of Booz, still they feel that they
can annex victory against the Wood
bridge squad without the clever
"Tody."
Everyone in the quiet burg where
Sundays fray was staged want an
other tussle booked between the
same two teams for this coming Sun
day and so the challenge is now
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-11-05
DESIRE TO
BOOK SAINTS AGAIN

awaiting the action of Manager Har-
rington, of the Saint Anthonys.
y large squad of rooters accom
panied The aggregation of tossers
Sunday, proving that the Saints are
by no means a small attraction and
this is probably another incentive
for Offering this date to the Harring-
ton eleven.
Johnny McCreery is sure of his
berth at left end as is "Dobbs"
o1.tlng at" quarterback. Antonides
is some star at right halfback and his
services will be looked for by all of
the local sports. LAP Hibbits
showed up In good style on his last
performance and will probably be
seen there when the Saint Anthonys
play their next gridiron game.
Loeser and McDermott on the left
are a fair combination as guard and
tackle, respectively.
Dalton, who played center for the
Saints. seems to be the only real
weakness of the locals. While
Piggy" works hard and is by no
means yellow" still inexperience
will no doubt lose his job for him.
The Ramblers would like to meet
any other teams averaging 1875
pounds on any of the following Sun
DAYS.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-11-05

There Is ore crew Of basketball
tossers who are worried. And IBIS
bunch Is the squad of crimson and
white players, who will open their
season in Woodbridge, Nov. Is. And
according to all reports, the local
high school boys have good right to
feel troubled for the Woodbridge
crew looks more formidable this
year than yer before.
Judging from the terrific wallop-
ing which the boys sporting the red
and black handed the South River
H. S. quintet, they must be real
world beaters. When the Perth Am
boy Five travel to Woodbridge, the
locals will be stacked up against a
squad of tossers who will be in mid
season form for the Woodbridge
tossers have been playing for about
two months already.
While the rivalry between Wood
bridge and Perth Amboy cannot be
traced back as far as hat between
the Tigers and Harvard, still the
condition is the same between them
as it was between Princeton and
the Crimson before the football tus-
sic between two colleges Saturday.
And this condition is that Wood
bridge has never defeated the local
high school in basketball. AS they
now loom up to be real strong and
as they will have the advantage of
their home court, the chances for a
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-11-05
Game Tonight On Washing
ton Park Court.

The game tonight between the
Puritans and the South River gum
tets will result in some mighty IN
teresting developments. Who Harry
Schwartz Will play with, If he plays
at all, has not yet been settled.
When seer yesterday the husky cen
,er stated that he was in a delicate
predicament and he would probably
end the matter by not playing with
either aggregation.
The Puritans will have Mike
Schiker and Frank Dunnam to fall
back on for the pivot job While the
South Riverites will be struck harder
by Harry's absence from the lineup
IN asmuch as they have just begun
to get into working order with
schwartz at the throttle and Will
probably be somewhat weakened
without him in their midst.
Deegan and Sullivan, two of the
best guards in these parts, will work
on the defense tonight while Hank
Thomas and Bill Eagen will play the
forwards. This squad car hardly
be euualled for a defensive crew So
that the chances of the locals have
their shooting eyes" with them to-
night.
With the exception of Schwartz,
the South Riverites will have their
regular lineup.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-11-05
PURITANS PLAY SEAS|DES WILL
IN SOUTH RIVER PLAY R0SEBAhK
Staten Island Quintets to
Clash Thursday Night.

Another game has been booked
by the Seasides, of Staten Island,
who played South Riyer Friday and
were defeated in a good game. The
Holy Name Five, of Rosebank, S. L.
will be the Seaside's next opponents
on the formers court, November 7,
Although defeated in their initial
encounter, the Seasides believe they
will Don strike a fast gait and
thereafter victory will be nothine
lore than usual. Breidenback will
jump center for the Seasides with
Mcintyre and Solheim at the for
wards and Bednstein and another
clever guard for the defensive work,
The Holy Name crew will have to go
at their best to put Il over on the
Seasiders.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-11-05
STRENGTH OF W. H. -;
FIVE CAUSES WORRY

Woodbridge victory are no doubt too
big to pass with a laugh.
3evder, who is a forward for the
Parish House crew, and who plays at
the same position for w. n. s., IS
a neat tosser, being able to handle
the sphere in very efficient manner.
Gushing, who is Reyder's side-kink,
is also aclassy player and has proven
a reliable man. Wand has been
playing in such great style this year
that Woodbridge fans think him the
best "in the world" Johnny Vecsi,
Deber, and Love, are a trio of clever
guards and have shown calibre in
holding good forwards to little
scores.
With Kaplowitz, Rooms, Hornsby,
CARTS, Nathan and Leo Goldberger,
Shumsky, and Belikove in their
camp, there seems to be a wealth of
material for a good crew in this city.
But whether or not these star play
ers will think enough of the honor
which their civtory will mean to their
school, to make themselves so eff
cient so as to be out of the danger
of being kept out" of games ac-
count of lessons, is the thing which
concerns the schools welfare in bas-
ketball most. The crimson and
white will have a great team if the
players will only work enough to
keep their averages in their acedml.
work high enough to keep them in
good standing for athletics. And
the danger of a Woodbridge victory
Nov. Is, will be greatly lessened.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-11-05
toby BOOB IN
ROYAL LINEUP
IN GAME TODAY
No Game for Locals, Dexter
Star to Perform With
Pleasant Plains Crew.

Arrangements for the Dexter-Me-
tuchen foo ball game fell through at
the last moment and 70 the tussle be-
tween these teams is not being
staged this af ernoon. "Tody' Booz,
the star pegskin booter of the local
eleven, will be on the job, however.
He has signed up with the Royals,
of Pleasant Plains for this afternoon
The boys from the Plains will stack
up against the Edgewaters Of Sta
pleton and as these athletes are *
pected to come strengthened, the aid
which Booz which will give will no
doubt be needed.
If the Royals judge the Dexter
teams work by Booz's performance
today, they will no doubt begin to
fear that their battle which will be
played with the Dexter's Nov. "a.
looks like a Perth Amboy victory.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-11-05
CRAB|EL GETS.
BROKEN NOSE
IN FOOTBALL
lanky Joe Meets With In
jury in Crescent Victory
Over N. B. Y. c.

Joe Crabiel, the ianky Midtown
athlete, who was seen here at the
pivot for the Crescents last year, had
his nose broken in the football
game between the New Brunswick
Yacht Club and the Crescents on the
latter's grounds Saturday. 1t is be-
lieved that this injury will keep Joe
out of basketball for several weeks.
The game between the Midtown
lads and the county seaters ended in
a victory for the Crescents, 1876.
Here are the lineups:
Crescents (12) Yacht Club (6)
Gerland Barr
left end
]. Crabiel Henry
left tackle
H. Smith
left guard
Inns oMilh
center
j. Crabiel Gordon
right guard
Hammond Kenney
right tackle
Collins Hueston
right end
G, Crabie1 .............W. Henry
quarterback
Evans Gdsoy
right halfback
r. Snedeker ........... Payton
left halfback
Kuhlthau (Capt.). Bradley (Capt.)
fullback
Substitutions-J. Snedeker for j.
Crabiel. Time Of quarters-10 min
utes. Touchdowns-C. Crabiel. 2;
Bradley. Referee-Chatler, of New
Brunswick.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-11-05
LIBERAL A. G.
WILL OPEN ON
NOVEMBER 9TH

The Liberal Athletic Club, OF
Staten Island, after having been shut
down for the summer months will
resume operations on Saturday
night, Nov. 8, under an entirely new
management and new board OF diret-
tors.
This club win cater entirely to
first class talent. The men who
handled the matchmaking are well
known to all managers and fighters
throughout the country and have had
lots of experience in this game.
The club house has been complete
ly renovated, the lower part Of the
building which was exposed to the
winds has been enclosed and a large
heating plant is being installed and
everything that can be done to cater
to our patrons comfort will be done.
The club will put on a double star
card for its opening show on Nov.
9th, in which Young Dyson, the east
ern lightweight champion will meet
Johnny Moran, the fighting actor
from the Lambs club of New York,
in the final bout OF ten rounds al
1875 pounds.
In the first ten-round bout of the
evening Tiger Young of New York,
will meet Irish Mahon, the Newark
wonder, at 118 pounds. This 1s
probably the best team for their
weight in the ring today. Mahon has
beer appearing at all the local clubs
and has fought several battles at the
Madison Square Garden. Tiger
Young has for the past year been
trying TO get Johnny Coulan to meet
him and finding this useless he is
now out with a challenge to frankie
Burns, who has three decisions over
Coulan.
There will be a six-round semi
final and three four-round prelimin-
aries to proceed the main attraction.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-11-05

At a recent meeting of the '13
class Louis Koplowitz, the crack bas-
ketball tosser of the high school, was
elected captain of the senior quintet
to succeed Earl Williams, who left
school last month. With the leaving
of Williams the high school has lost
one of its best athletes. Not only
was he good in basketball, but also
on the field. During the field meet
last May Williams captured first
place in the 100 yard dash, second in
the broad jump, and made good in
other events also.
AS the crimson and white ath-
letes look out into the future, at
least as far as Nav and June, they
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-11-05
CRIMSON AND WHITE
LOSE EARL WILLIAMS

see their chances in the Red Bank
meet gradually lessened until now
many believe with Williams out of
their ranks, there will be no repre-
sentatives at the annual meet in Red
Bank from this city. However, this
opinion does not justified for
the local high school will be entered
in the East Jersey high school league
events when the track season rolls
in, even if the athletes supporting
the crimson and white will all have
to be made" in this coming season.
The boys are sorry to lose Will
liams. Besides being a valuable ath-
lete, he is a good, clean sport, a gen
tleman, and a good student and
School mate.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-11-05
TO GIVE
UP CLUB BASKETBALL

at times, and never a side issue, will
| give up club basketball. He has a
berth on the South River and
is offered a Job with the Puritans.
1t is a case of giving up the two for
the Y. M. H. A. And DR.. Feldman
claims that Harry will do it.
With Schwartz in their midst, the
Feldman aggregation will be no
doubt n of the leading factors in
the big league which the Y. M. Fl. A.
branches of New York and New Jer-
sew have formed.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-11-05
OAKS TO MEET
ACADEMY FIVE
Battle Will be Waged on
Kozusko Court Thursday.

William Seiboth's Oaks will meet
he Perth Amboy Academy Five on
The Kozusko hall court in Hall ave-
iors will oppose some crew in a pre-
urinary cintest. The Academy
quintet will be comprised of Regain
and Thomas for forwards with Bit
ting and Holzheimer as the probable
guards and Hornsby for center.
The Timber" boys do not play
tonight because of their hall being
used for election purposes.