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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-29

room and put in bed. The room was
darkened and enough of an opiate
was administered to put a person to
sleep ordinarily. When the room was
left by everyone she dropped peace
fully to sleep, when she awakened she
was bordering on an insane condi-
ton.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-29
Had No Fear: Dies.

Ottawa, kan, May 29.-Failure to
fear disease is the indirect cause of
the death of Elmer Jones, the 25-year-
old son of Alfred Jones of Norwood,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-29
HARTFORD Mayor under Arrest.

Emporia, Kan, May 29.-Mayor B.
Frank Musch, of Hartford, is fearing
prosecution by the state on a warrant
which charges improper behavior. He
was arrested and brought to Emporia.
Musch put up bond for $500 and was
released. Mrs. Musch filed suit for
divorce in the district court and Mrs.
Lizzie Little was named correspond
emit. County Attorney Owen Samuel
declares he has a statement from Mrs.
Little, which will be used in the
states prosecution of Musch. Anoth-
er woman was mentioned by the
county attorney in his discussion of
the case. Musch resigned the mayor
ship at Hartford.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-29

The child was born in America. Mrs.
Leon has been staying at Joplin, Mo-,
and the child was placed in custody
of Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Pauck of this
city, five weeks ago, and Mrs. Leon
asserted in her petition for the writ
that the Paucks refused to give up
the child when Mrs. Leon came to
Ottawa last Sunday
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-29
Aunt of Dead Man Insane?

Pittsburg, Kan, May 29.-Mrs.
Flora Hardman, aunt of Enoch Sum
mers, who was murdered, seems to
have lost her power to remember.
MIS-. Hardman worked too hard and
became overheated or she may have
brooded too much over happenings in
her home during the past few weeks.
She drove home well enough, got out
of the buggy and commenced to scream
FRIENDS went to her rescue and then
she prayed. She didn't mention any-
thing in particular. so far as is told
by those who were there. Mrs. Hard
man asked many questions concerning
her home. She was taken to a bed
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-13
JACK JOHNSON CHANGES HIS MIND
Decides He'll Appear Just Once More In Squared
 Circle

Chicago, Aug. 13.-After4 : having been in retirement for two weeks. Jack Johnson is out again. He plan ned yesterday to begin training for 'just one more fight and. judging fro nthe number of promoters who have been camping on his trail since het recently announced that he was out 1.-the ring for all time, he will have little trouble in getting it..
 Jesse and Eddie McMahon, of the St. Nicholas Club are expected. here from the number of promoters who offer, for fighting Joe Jeanette. It is said Jeanette already has accept ed the clubs terms. Johnson, it is said, will receive $30,000.
 q want to show the public that have not gone back" the champion said in an explanation of his ssud den determine to re- enter the ring. These. stories that am all in make me laugh. Maybe I was little slow in the Flynn encounterg but I will show the critics that I can box as well as evef.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-13
EDDIE PHELPS
 TELLS STORY OF MAGNATE JACK ROSE
! (Ruffalo Ennl,irer 1


 investigation into the career of Jack Rose, held as one of the self. confessed plotters of the death of Her man Rosenthal, the gambler shot in front of the Metropole hotel in New Y ork, reveals that Rose was not al- ways a resident of New York, but has always been more or less of a sport and between a sport" and a sports man there is all the difference be- tWixt tweeedle dunn and tweedle dee, according to writer in the Brook lyn Eagle.
 A present Brooklynite who knew Rube in his early days is Eddie Phelps. catcher for the Brooklyn baseball team. It was back in 1893 that Rose and Phelps got together. Eddie was catching for the Danbury club in the Connecticut league, and Jack Rose was one of the owners. Roses partner in the baseball and other enterprises waS J. VI. Sullivan, his attorney in his present trouble who was a resident of Danbury at that time, and is said to have been in with Rose on the baseball and fight per man. Subsequently he went to the Yale law school, and after his graduation began practice in Manhat- tan.
 Speaking of Rose this morning Phelps said:
 He seemed to have various inter- ests in Danbury, but I was not espec- ially thick for him, being merely . young catcher for his team. He was popular, and, as far as I could see. was inclined to be liberal. He had slew of players; and he always made it habit to pay mans fare back home when the man failed to make good. That and other expen- ses to set againsta a small income kept him and his players strapped for coin.
 Our pay days were irregular, but most of us were just breaking into the game and were willing to be stood off for the sake of remaining in an organized league and having chance to make names for ourselves Tn the business. We knew. what Rose was up against and bore him no hard feelings because he did not al- ways have the money to deliver sal aries promptly. He stuck it out for the season, and, if I remember rightly the year 1898 was the only one in which Danburuy was a member of the. Connecticut circuit
 Rose was connected with a boxing c!uD in Danbury as matchmaker, and also managed boxers, but I am not familiar with his work there. As a baseball magnate he had had some experience in handling independent teams.
 His distinguishing mark is that he has not a hair on his body. It did not gradually fall out like that of grown people who become prema- turely bald. but his skin must have been affected in some manner that caused the roots of all of his hair 10 die. I am under the impression that the peculiar affliction was caus- ca by an attack of scarlet fever when ne was a youngster.
 l have seen him several times in the fourteen years since I left Dan- bury, but not since I have been with the Brooklyn team. Our last meet lng was once when I was a member or the Pittsburgh team and he look ed me up at the hotel in New York to talk over old times ''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-13
Rutc Waddell Tn Very
 K Soft at Minneapolis

: Minneapolis, Aug. 1S-One of the B@b brothers has penned- a fearful obituary of Rube WaddelI which is tkavfng a tremendous circulation in khe newspapers Of the east The Rube hs pictured as forsaken. broken, alone 3and destitute, a victim of disease and told age. reclining upon cot in a hpvez with none of his friends of for hmer days to minister to his wants in Sis suffering hours. lRube is paint led asS being in a real bad fix-with- rout money often hungry, and a lot lGf rubbish of a kindred nature. It's kgc pitifu1 that Rube will be getting checks from some of the magnates fwho are alleged to have paid him so little and gained so much from his hervices. Perhaps, but the chances are heavy for, 1t being perhaps not
 Ruhe is far from being in the de- rplorable condition in which he has been painted. He suffered from an kAcute attack of indigestion or gall hgtoneS. or something of the kind a. while ago but the doctors had him out iHgain in a few days. While he was Hsd nurse and had everything he need kd or called for He is on the Min k1eapolis payroll and draws his pay EWfce a month-but not all of it. The Eantillons hold back a part of 1t each HrDnth and Manager Joe takes Rube saith him in the winter months to the hunting camp at Hickman; Ky, where Rube eats like a hired man, sleeps in Front of a. big fireplace on a feather bed on the frosty nights and comes out of the brakes in the spring as fat as wild game and general all-around com Portable living can make him..
 There are thousands of men who would be lucky to be suffering the prtvaticns endured by Rube since he left the major league and joined the nff11ers. { aEfube has not saved up a great deal pf money, but with that special luck which seems to protect inebriated sail hors and children, Rube's lines have fallen into pleasant places He re- gently pitched a four hit game in
 Ainneapolis and is now out with the pfiilers eating regularly and amusing p1imseH~ between games by shooting Gffeg with a rubber band and telling yarns about the time he caught sev- enteen wild geese with a fishing line
 If any of the eastern sob-brother- hood wish to spill tears over poor old n2ube, they might spill them over the days when Rube was a world wonder and when, 1t Is rumored, his pay cheeks were not a great deal larger hhan they are at Minneapolis today. pFor they do say that Rube never in his life drew anything like the money From the magnates that his fame and performance entitled him to. He was Rfrgreat drawing card in his prime. h1Af there are stories that Rube, while paid good salary, did not have Enough business acumen to pry off tFse a. philanthropists of the major leagues the price that a more astute %rformer would have demanded
 Taken as a whole, Rube is having it gather soft in Minneapolis and doing Fully as we'll as he did in the majors
 kf@. is far from being an object of fharity and his health is as robust as RFer.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-13
MATTY. AT S2, IS THE
 RICHEST BALL PLAYER.

Life is real, life is earnest" for
 the ball player who. hopes to attain
 success in his profession and put aside balance in the bank against
 the inevitable day when the crowd
 will shout, "Back to the bushes for
 you" Christy Mathewson, who yes-
 terday celebrated his tfirty-second
 birthday, probably has many profit
 able years before him as pitcher.
 comfortably on the interest in 11fs savings. Big Six" is probably. the wealthiest ball player living, as his
 "pile" is believed to total nearly a
 quarter of a million dollars. Tn this respect he is ahead of Cy Young, who retired to his Ohio farm this year
 about $75,00O ahead of the poor house. Young was an ututored farm lad when he entered the baseball arena, and his realty and chatkeis represent the savings he has accumu- lated from the practice of his pro- fession. Mathewson had the advan- tage- of 3. college education, and is literature, language and lores and q part of his filthy 1ucre was secured
 by bucking the Wall street game. Even in this, however, Matty played safe. There were no margin deals or bucket shop flyers for Big Six in
 HIS uudQCldl OQ0IalAOHS.t lnSFS60s n5 bought stocks outright when they were low and held them for a raise. His biggest deal was in Reading stock, which he held for four years in order to get a satisfactory pr5ca His profits. on this sale amounted to $75,000. At that time Matty declared that that WAS to be his last big ven- ture in the street" and so far as known he has lived up to that reso- lution. As ans insurance broker. and in other lines Matty has =demonstrat- ed that ' heurhas excellent business ability, and when he dofIs the New York uniform 1t will probabIy be fo take up some. pursuit that will add to his already considerable fortune. It is not at all unlikely that he will become a millionaire before he dies. The business acufHen shown by the worlds greatest pitcher is now not at all unusual among the athletes of the diamond;7 and shows a great change from ten or twenty years ago. when ball players were almost univ ersally good fellows who took no thought for the morrow and who spent all they made and a little bit more. Matty has always been a clean liver, temperate, and with reg ular habits. He has used his head as we'll as his ''sonp bone in attaining his present enviable position, and has not worn out his arm pitching diff cult ones when it was unnecessary.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-13
JACK BRITTON DEFEATS
 EDDIE SMITH ON POINTS


 Eddie Smith, the pride of York vile, received severe setback in the lightweight division, when he was whipped by Jack Britton of Chicago last night in a ten-round bout in Madison Square Garden, New York Smith was outpointed by the clever Chicagoan in seven of the ten ses- sions. Britton peppered Eddie's face with stfnging straight lefts and crash ed his right to the stomach and jaw with such frequency in the early rounds that he had to ease up as the bout went on.
 The only rounds that Eddie earned were the first, sixth and seventh. In the sixth and seventh rounds Britton, from the exertions of the previous rounds, was too tired to do much damage to his opponent. Tn the. three rounds Smith earned he was the aggressor and delivered several hard lefts to the stomach and jaw, causing Jack to run into a clinch often. Thereafter Smith received volley of lefts and rights to the face and was outclassed by the Chicagoa0 Smith must have seen gloves flying his way from all sides, judging from the manner in which he went througn
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-13
THIS DATE IN
 PUGILISTIC ANNALS

1S53-Harry Broome retired from the ring and forfeited $1,000 to Bill Perry, which had been posted to guarantee match, and Perry claim ed the heavyweight championship. Broome had won the title by defeat ing Perry in 1851. Perry held the belt until 1857, when he was defeat ed by Tom Savers.
 1872-Jem Mace and E. Baldwin were arrested in Baltimore and forced to give bonds not to engage in a prize fight in the State of Maryland. The same year Mace and J. Coburn fought a draw for $2,5OO a side and the championship.
 1903-Frankie. Neil knocked out Clarence Forbes in rounds at San Francisco.
 19OS-Billy Papke defeated two men in one night at Boston, stopping Jimmy Carroll in 2 rounds and Frank Mantell in 1 round.
 19O9-Willie Lewis knocked out Sailor Burke in 6 rounds at New York,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-13
GENEST WILL
 GET $500 FROM BENEFIT GAME.

Springfield, Mass, Aug. 1S-The ben eft yesterday afternoon for Wilfred H. Genest was the biggest kind of a success. The Springfield outfelder, who was so badly spiked recently by Curry of Holyoke, that he may nev- CT play baseball again, will get about $500, realized through the efforts of his fellow players in the Connecticut league. Genest is now in the hospital with a compound fracture of the right leg, while Curry has been sus- pended for the rest of the season and has been fined $100. His present whereabouts are unknown.
 The principal feature of the after noon was a game between Springfield and a team of all stars selected from all the other teams in the league, and mana~ed by Tom Connery The game was won by Springfield by a score of 3-1.
 About 800 people attended the ben eft, which included various baseball athletic events as we'll as the baseball game. President O'Rourke, of the Connecticut league, submitted check for $50 and Jim Clarkin of Hart ford, contributed $10. Others sent smaller amounts.
 The athletic events before the ball game resulted as follows: Circling the bases-first, High, of Hartford, Is 1-5
  field, Ia -2-5 seconds; Waite. of Spring field made the same time as Weigold but was later disqualified for failure to touch second base. Joe Pope, of New Haven, and Bobby Stow of Bridgeport, ran the distance in 15 Az seconds, while Nichols of Waterbury and Landgraf and Dell of Springfield finished in the order named
 Going to first on bunts-first, Stow, of Bridgeport. 3~7-1O seconds: second Waite, of Springfield, 4-5 seconds Weigold and Pope tied for third place
 Accurate throwing-hrst, Flaherty of Springfield; second, Gibbs, of Bridgeport
 Long distance throwing-first Waite of Springfield, 312 feet, inch; second Stow, Bridgeport, 3O9 feet. ' inches,
 100 yard dash-first, Weigold, of Springfield, II seconds; second, High of Hartford
 Fungo hitting-first, Waite, oi Springfield. 354 feet, 5 inches; second Moose Miller,i New Haven, 345 feet, 2 inches; third, Dorey Miller, of Spring field, 326 feet. inches
 100 yard dash (slow class)-first Nichols, of Waterbury,; second Bridges, of Bridgeport; third Mutt Waters, of Springfield.
 The baseball game was played di- rectly after the field events, Cunning ham starting in the box for Spring field. and Freddy Gibbs, for Connery s All-Stars. Eddie Swander broke uI the game in the fifth with a single sending in a pair of runners. Bobby Stow scored the Al1-Stars' lone run scoring from second on a grounder to Cunningham. A great catch by Por Foster in the fifth, off Dorey Miller. and Pepe's shortstop play featured.
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-13
CHANGE CLAIMS LYNCH IS AIDING
 GIANTS 10 WIN

Boston, Aug. 13.-An accusation that the suspension of Johnny Evers for five days, which was announced yesterday, was made by President Lynch of the National League in, or der to assist the Giants at the ex- pense of. the clim ping Cubs, was made yesterday by Manager Chance of Chi cago. Evers' suspensiona and a fine of $50 on Zimmerman, the cloutlng third baseman of the Cubs, were lrn- posed as a result of the trouble on Saturday with Umpire Finneran. Evers slapped Finneran with his glove at the time. and Zimmerman is said to have called him improper names.
 Manager Chance was in q rage when notified of President Lynch's action. He wired the league chief and accused him of trying to cripple the Cubs to make sure that the Giants are not overtaken.
 In a wire to President Murphy of the Cubs, Chance told him that Lynch is the only player the Giants have.
 Its politics, and nothing more,' Chance said,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-13
MAJOR LEAGUERS.
 ALL MAKE MONEY
GIANTS, RED SOX, WASHINGTON
 AND CUBS WILL CLEAN UP THIS SEASON.

According to information gleaned from baseball men conversant with the financial status of the various major league clubs, none of the club owners will lose money this year, in point of receipts versus expenses. But it is openly stated that several mag mates will find when accounts; are bal anced that their profits are much less than they were a year ago:T
 The big money makers in the major leagues are the New York Nationals, Boston Red Sox, both Chicago clubs, the Pittsburgs, Washingtons and Attn 1etics. It is estimated that the Giants will yield nearly S250,000 in profits, which, in part will pay for the new Brush stadium. The Boston Red Sox have done phenomenal business at home and abroad and may provide a net profit of $200,000, not including the worlds series rakeoff if the team takes part in the big series in Octo- Der.
 The Chicago White Sox, while lead ing the American league race early in the season, coined money for Com iskey and are still drawing big crowds at home, the profits being estimated at $175,000. if not more. The Cubs didn't do so well at the outset but since Chances men have braced and are 1ISSd1oSo dS pONSS1OlC W1InCIS Ol the National League pennant they have been playing to big money both in the Windy City and on the road. The lowest estimate of C.. w. Mur- phys harvest is placed at S150,000.
 It is said that the Pittsburg club may earn .$100,0 900 or more and that the great work of the Washingtons will net a similar amount more than any previous Washington club ever made The champion Athletics have not drawn as much money as last year, it is said, which is due to the uncertain playing of Mack's men. The Philadelphia Nationals owing to the crippling of nearly all of their best players will have a poor year, finan- cially, but will break much better than even. Detroit has shown a fal- ing off in receipts, also Cleveland. while the Cincinnati club on velvet when the half way mark was reached, will show slump in attendance fig ures the rest of the campaign.
 The Brooklyn club took in enough money up to Decoration Day to cover expenses it is said, and will make a snug profit-Say $50,000-bllt these fig ures would have been doubled if the Dodgers had been able to keep near the first division
 i The New York Americans will not show a deficit but their profits will be less, it is said, than at any time since the club was first placed in the city. The St. Louis Cardinals will clear, maybe. $25,00o. while the Browns it is believed, will beat a trifle better than even.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-13
CABINET MEMBERS
 MAk sljFFRAGETTEs

London, Aug. 13-Fearing mo1esta- tion by suffragettes, the cabinet uaer~ bers are slipping out of London for vacations. today, as secretly as pos sible and under strong guards of de- tectives. Chancellor of the Exche- quer Lloyd George and Attorney Gem eral Sir RufusN 1saacg escaped to the continent. The whereabouts Of Pre- mier Asquith. Foreign Secretary Sir Edward Grey and Home Secretary McKenna are unknown.
 Lord oE the Admiralty Winston Churchill, 1t is feagned today, escap- ed from a 6asrtcAde of euffraeettea, yesterday wh were reported to have attempted tog hold him up and lecture dim.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-13
lBy Wagner.l

Howie Baker, the local boy, who is getting a chance at third for the Cleveland Maps, won the game for his team against the Chicago White Sox yesterday. He came up with men on second and third. Baker cracked ming the game. Big Ed Walsh, the former Meriden star, was hurling for Chicago and it is some triumph to hammer out pinch clout when one of the best twirlers in the big show is working against you. Baker had only one chance in the field and he accepted that. Baker is popular here and those who saw him play with the West Ends and other clubs are root ing for him to make good in the ma jors.
 The Mechanics left for a Massachu- setts trip this morning. They play in Holyoke today and Springfield romor- row. Thursday Hartford appears at would be another change in the Bridgeport lineup today but Manager McCann stated that the work of the men in the next two games would decide whether any further shifts are to be made.
 Ty Cobb was not seriously hurt in
 
 yesterday morning. He was able to play in an exhibition game at syra- cuse yesterday. His only injury was a slight stab wound in the shoulder. Cobb says, the men who attacked him were only attempting robbery. He does not think the assault had any connection with the recent assault up- on fan in New York.
 The Detroit Americans have pur- chased Pitcher Scott who has been making a great record with the Adri- an team in the South Michigan league. He will be farmed out to Providence. Detroit has also bought Infielder Red Gordon from Kansas City of the Am erican association It is said the pur- chase price will be $15,00O, consisting partly of cash and the rest in players. Corridor once had a trial with St. Louis but didn't deliver.
 The Giants raised last years pen nant but dropped the game in the St. Louis Cardinals basket, S-6. The
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-13
.Fraternities

UQS DoWDAIL LODGE, K. OF P.
 Special cars will leave the post office Pt 4:3o D. m., Saturday, Aug. IT. for EAvin Rock A shore dinner will be E&d at D. m A large number of Fhe members and their friends have procured tckets. Any others that ex- Pect to so must procure them before "Wednesday evening at the lodge room Hhe committee will hold a meeting "Wednesday evening in the Citizens Building. and tickets can be had at kl1at time.