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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-08-16
OPENING OF FOURTEENTH STREET
TO NEW BRIDGE WILL BE
EXPENSIVE.
SAL ARIES r AISED
MOMENTOUs QUESTION BETWEEN
ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD AND
CITY AUDITOR At LAST
DECIDED.

Action on the appropriation of
s24f. 30o,52. damages assessed by com
missioners appointed by the Hastings
court for the opening of Fifteenth
street from Main to the new Mayo
bridge, was postponed by the council
committee on finance last night. and,
at the suggestion OF City Attorney
Pollard, 1t was decided that the com
mittee. the city attorney and the city
engineer visit Fifteenth street one day
next week, go over the sites of the
various pieces OF property which 1t
will be necessary to condemn, and
then determine as to the advisabtlity
of recommending an ordinance appro-
priating the amount necessary.
Advises Action.
City Attorney Pollard advised the
committee to take action as early as
possible. for II the committee does
nothing within the next three months
anyone interested in the property to
be condemned may appear in court
and have the whole proceeding dis
missed Mr. Pollard was of the opin-
ion that the valuation set upon the
property OF James T. Sloan and of the
Gordon Metal company was exorbi-
tant and suggested that the rates
could be reduced more in accordance
with what In his opinion, was the real
value of the property. With one
member dissenting. the commissioners
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-08-16

The curtain descends today on one
of the most interesting and unique
weeks in Richmonds history, and.
after it's fall, the merchants who have
come UP from all parts of the South
to see and to buy will return home
to tell those they left behind that the
old capital of the Confederacy is still
the gateway to the Southland.
Though IL was near TO the end of
the occasion. many trains from the
South brought large quota of mer-
chants who had been unable to come
earlier in the week. There was
enough left for them. and the stores
and wholesale houses were thronged
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-08-16
VISITORS ENJOY
SIGHTSEEING TRIP
SPECIAL CARS TAKE MERCHANTS
THROUGH CITY's INTERESTING
PLACES.
WANTS ARE SATISFIED
~BETTER ACQUAINTANCE WEEK
JUST ENDING HAS BEEN
TREMENDOUS BOOST FOR
RICHMOND.
WANTS ARE SATISFIED

THE PROGRAM TO-DAY.
Double header baseball game
between Richmond and Norfolk.
First game begins at 2:30.
Tickets at headquarters.
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The fool-killer., 1913-09-01

That notorious Hornet advises
me to go to work." Fire and
tow! There is some more of his
gall! If it is harder work to swipe
an article than it is to write one,
then I admit that the Hornet man
works harder than I do. I don't
do a blessed thing but sit here at
my typewriter and sweat blood
trying to shape up a choice line
Of literary dope, while the Hornet
man has the arduous task of
clipping the good things out Of
my paper and printing them in
his own sheet as original matter.
Amt you sorry for the poor teller?
He does have to work so hard!
The fool-killer., 1913-09-01

A recent mail brought me a big
fat letter which had the smell of
stand-pat Republicanism on it.
Among other things, the writer
tries to ridicule my position on
Romanism, and goes on to say
that lone brand of religion is just
as good as another" Well, buddy,
if that's the case, why won't the
same rule work in politics? Why
amt Socialism just as good as
your late-lamented Taftism?
The fool-killer., 1913-09-01
HARRY THAW.

Old Uncle Whiskers, on a winter day,
Was caught out in a storm and lost
his way;
The rains descended in a perfect sheet,
And drenched the poor old man from
head to feet.
When rain and wind and snow had
ceased to rage,
An eager search did many souls en-
gage;
They found him almost frozen, as they
feared,
With snow and ice all in his hair and
beard.
They brought him in and laid him by
the fire,
To thaw him up and cause him to
perspire;
He soon was warn enough to work
his jaw,
And that's what I would call a hairy
thaw.
Miss Pompadour-the fair aristo-
craft
In some unlucky manner lost her rat.
She found it, though, next morning,
in the yard
Where sleet had fallen, and twas
frozen hard.
She brought it in and hung it by the
fire,
And much attention did the rat re-
quire,
Till it was nice and dry as e'er you
saw,
And wasn't that another hairy thaW?
A rich young fellow, several years
ago,
Got mixed up with a woman, as you
know,
And pumped his hated rival full OF
lead,
Then tried to play off crazy in the
head.
Some called it murder in cold blood,
and some
Declared that Harry vas a bug-house
bum;
His honey-gal froze to him, though,
by Heck,
And by hard work she saved his
worthless neck.
He had the money, though he lacked
for sense,
And spent a few cool millions for
defense.
They made it hot for Harry with the
law,
And that, no doubt, is what made
Harry Thaw.
James Larkin Pearson.
The fool-killer., 1913-09-01

Maybe the world will find out after
awhile that Roman Catholicism is not
a religion at all, but simply a big polit-
ical machine with a religious name.
The fool-killer., 1913-09-01

The Hornet was wilfully stealing
my stuff.
Well, that was the last I saw
Of The Hornet. | was a paid-up
subscriber, mind you, and was
entitled to get the paper, even if
I had not been sending my paper
in exchange. But the subscription
and the exchange both failed, and
The Hornet cut me off. That was
the last I saw or heard of The
Hornet until a few days ago when
two of my subscribers living in
different states sent me marked
copies Of the issue of August II.
On the second page Of that issue
is an article headed, "The Fool
Killer Man Again." and I never
knew that as many mean things
could be said about a man as The
Hornet said about me in six
inches of type. Puke-plaster,
lazy cuss, lousy cur, etc., are a
few Of the nice expressions he
uses about me. He makes me out
so mean and low-down that
would have to crawl uphill to get
into perdition'
That's good, but the rest of the
story is still better. I begun tc
scan over my marked copy tc
see what else I could find. The
first thing to catch my eye was,
"A Surgical Wonder" one of my
best and most original articles,
which appeared in The Fool Killer
for April, 1913. I will make oath
and swear that every word OF
that article is my own original
composition, but it was printed
in The Hornet without the change
of a letter, and without credit.
In the same issue | found severa
more Of my articles, some Of
which had been more or less
changed and garbled to make
them fit The Hornets politics.
Just for curiosity I picked up 9
yardstick and began to measure,
and | found seventy-two inches
(making four and one-hal1
columns) of my own writing ir
that one issue Of The Hornet the
same issue in which | was sc
bitterly abused and denounced.
If anybody can head that fol
good old honest gall and pure
unprincipled cussedness, I woulo
like for you to trot him out. But
until some other man proves his
right to the championship, let us
all take off our hats and bow oul
heads in the august presence Of
the Honorable W. Henry Davis!
A recent mail brought me a bis
The fool-killer., 1913-09-01
The Hand of Rome at Albany.

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ernor of New York, it seems that.
Roman Catholic Tammany HALL
bit off more than it could chaw.-
It created Gov. Sulzer, but it.
couldn't manage him after it got
him created.
And so the next thing in order
was to trot out few trumped-up,
charges against Sulzer and have.
him impeached by the Irish
Catholic State Senate, thus:
e~levating to the Governors chair
Lieut.. Gov. Martin H. Glynh, a
bigoted Roman Catholic and
lickspittle Of the pope.
And what is the matter with
Sulzer, I'd like to know? What
has he done that is so terrible
bad as to demand his impeach-
ment at the hands of Rome?
I'll tell We: Sulzer is a staunch
Protestant Presbyterian who
refuses to bow the knee to the
.'howly' father. They wanted
him to pardon Blackmailer Still
we'll, a Catholic Tammany buck
who is now doing time in Sing
Sing prison. They also wanted
him to pardon the Roman Catho-
lie police officials convicted Of
murder and bribery in the Ro-
senthal case. They wanted all
kinds of special favors granted to
the Romish layout, and Sulzer
had backbone enough to say
"No!" And therefore Sulzer is
utterly and altogether ''bad''-in
the eyes of the pappycrats!
Other reasons will be given for
the impeachment of Sulzer, but
these are the real reasons. The
lines of battle in this case are
clearly drawn between America
and Rome. Which side are you on?
New York is the most import
ant state in the Union, and one
Of Rome's long cherished dreams
has been to get control of the
governorship Of the Empire
State. From there it will be an
easy step to the White House.
See the pint? If they can kick
out Sulzer and put in their Rom
anist, Glynn, the victory is theirs.
No, no, honey, I wouldn't pre-
tend to say that Sulzer is any
angel, cause he amt. He may
have done a few things that were
not exactly right. Having been
born out of ~Tammany's political
womb and sucked at Tammany's
breast, who could expect him to be
perfect? But he is so much more
upright and honest than his poll
teal nanny that she now tries
to disown and destroy him. Think
of it, gentlemen! just stand off
to one side and look at the damn
able outrage! And then listen at
'em swear that Rome is not in
politics! The nerve of it!
The fool-killer., 1913-09-01
HATS OFF TO THE HORNET!

JAW 80 S0 0A44 ~ -
The Hornet another red-hot roast,
but I've changed my mind. The
latest evidence in the case has
transported my feelings away
beyond the anger and resent
ment stage, and I am ready to
take off my hat and bow down in
meek humility before the great
est aggregation Of supreme gall
that the world has ever known.
Whenever any man succeeds in
surprising all previous efforts in
any line of endeavor, he is en-
titled to a certain degree of honor.
The late lamented Jesse James
was once a common thief; but
by virtue of his superior genius
in outlawry he became a hero
and received the plaudits of the
world. To-day the Honorable
Jack Johnson (saddle-colored
citizen of France) heads the list
in the pugilistic field, and the
white light of publicity has made
him look so handsome that two
or three white women have fallen
in love with him.
Baseball, football, golf, tennis,
and a dozen other games, all
have their champions whom the
world delights to honor. And so
it seems to me entirely fitting
and proper that the champion
gall-bag of creation should be
equally recognized and honored.
1t gives me great pleasure, there
fore, to introduce the Honorable
W. Henry Davis, Editor of The
Hornet, whose success in the
display of unmitigated gall is the
wonder of the age.
In order to prove that MI.
Davis is a master in his line, and
that he fully deserves all the
honor that can be bestowed upon
him, I will add here a plain state
ment of facts and let the reader
Judge for himself.
About three years ago / put
The Hornet on my exchange list
and sent The Fool-Killer to it
regularly. But The Hornet was
never received in exchange.
However, some Of my, subscribers
sent me marked copies of The
Hornet from time to time, and
saw that a great deal of my Fool.
Killer stuff was copied in it with
out credit. | wrote Mr.. Davis a
personal letter and asked him to
exchange, but he refused. Then
I wrote him again, enclosing my
subscription to The Hornet. That
brought it-for awhile. But as
The Hornets type-setter persist
ed in getting hold Of The Fool
Killer and putting it in type in
stead of the copy" which Mr.
Davis evidently prepared, I was
finally moved to make some re-
marks about it in The Fool-Killer.
The fool-killer., 1913-09-01

A good deal of the stuff that
passes for human nature is just
pure cussedness.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-16
GOLF CONTEST ON
Starters for Open Champion
ship of Nation Number 40.
Most Important Tournament in
Country Being Staged.

Brookline, Mass, Sept. 16.-F'rost
was still whitening the green sward
of the famous Country club course
when the first balls were driven
across the old polo field today in the
nineteenth opening golf championship
of the United States Despite the
early hour there were several hundred
spectators on the terraces of the club,
many of whom had motored out for
breakfast. The field today was limited
to half the entry list, which this year
reached record of 10. President
R. c. Watson of the National associa-
ton and a midforenoon starter was
on hand early with other officials to
see that each pair of professionals
was followed by a scorer. In those
pairs in which amateur and profess
sional play together, the former keeps
the card without the assistance of an
official.
Beside the interest aroused by the
presence of Vardon Ray, Reid Teller
and other foreign players, there was
considerable speculation at the start
Friday of the three American stars,
all former caddies, John ]. McDer-
mott of Atlantic City, present title
holder; Tom Mcnamara of Boston,
and NJ. J. Brady of Wollaston, all of
whom played in British championship
at Hoy Lake early in the year.
The stars will play a double round
of the course and then wait a day
while the second division of the field
has its innings tomorrow. On Thurs
day the best 80 scores in each day will
start in the customary ~ medal play
contest for the championship.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-16
KANSAS TEAMS BUSY.
Ottawa and Baker Gridiron Squads
Begin Seasons Practice.

Ottawa, Kan, Sept. 1.-THE new
athletic director. Porter Craig, has
issued the call for football practice
and a large number have responded.
The number of old players who are in
school this year insures good foun-
dation for a team and there is some
good material. The schedule is I'M
usually hard, including games with
such teams as College of Emporia,
Washburn, Haskell and Baker.
Baldwin, Kan, Sept. 16.-Edward
c. Gallagher of Oklahoma Agricul-
tural college has been appointed as
coach of athletics, succeeding Coach
Scherer, who resigned last spring to
take up farm work. Coach Gallagher
is on the ground and is working hard
on a large bunch of football material.
Mr.. Gallagher is an all around ath-
lete, having been captain of the track
team of the Oklahoma Agricultural
college for four years and captain of
the football team in his senior year.
He was also in that year chosen "All
state football captain. In football he
played right end, in basketball, for
ward, in baseball, first base. For the
past few years he has been head
coach in track and assistant coach in
football. He holds the record of his
college, his state, and the southwest
ern record, in low hurdles. Upon his
graduation he was presented with a
gold watch by the students and facul-
ty as the best all around athlete in
the institution.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-16
FUNDS FOR new MAIN.
Property Owners on West Eighth
Subscribe for Extension.

Subscription blanks will be started
among the owners of property on West
Eighth street west of the city limits in
an effort to secure $500 toward the ex-
pense of laying a six-inch water main
from the city limits to Gage park.
Promises of almost enough money for the
purpose already have been made. The de-
cision to start after the funds was reach
ed at a meeting of the property owners
at the Commercial club rooms last night.
Property owners believe that the new
line will prove to be self-supporting soon
after it is installed. within a year or two
at most. If assistance is not given. how
ever it is regarded likely that the city
will build light line from the pumping
plant to the park, leaving the property
owners along Eighth street without wa
ter for several years at least.
Money that is collected will be turned
into the Prudential Trust company and
held there until some disposition is made
of the matter. If the city commissioners
agree to build the line the money will
be paid into the city treasury. If not it
will be returned to the persons subscribing
it The subscriptions will represent close
to half the cost of installing the new
line from Seventh and Roosevelt streets,
where the 1S-inch main passes in coming
to the city, to Gage park out Eighth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-16
ANOTHER new RULING
Commission Orders Clubs to Finish
Contested Game at Philadelphia.

Cincinnati, Sept. 16.-Esta blishing
precedent, the board of directors of
the National league last night ordered
the game that was played between the
New York and Philadelphia National
league clubs on Aug. 80, finished on
Oct. with the same men in the field
and the same status existing that ex-
listed on the day the umpire, Brennan,
awarded the game to New York be-
cause spectators allegedly interfered
with the batters. At the time the game
was called, there was a man on base,
one man out and a ball on the batter
with the score standing s to 6 in favor
of Philadelphia. This same situation
with the same men in the field and at
the bat is ordered to be produced again
and the game finished.
President Lynch was sustained in re-
versing the decision of Umpire Bren-
nan, who awarded the game to the New
York club illegally, as there is nothing
in the rules which gave him the right
to do as he did.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-16
MAJORS TAKE 1903
Six Western League Clubs Lose
One Each-No Official List.
Topeka andxDes MOineS Escape
Drag Net-May Lose Later.

Cincinnati, Sept. 16.-One hundred
and eight minor league players were
elevated to the major leagues via the
draft route here Monday when the
American league obtained siXty-seven
players by draft, while the National
league annexed forty-one minors at the
drawing which was made before the
national baseball commission. The st.
Louis American league club was by far
the luckiest in the draw, obtaining
thirty players, more than one-fourth
of the total number obtained by all
major league teams; the Cincinnati
team was second, with eleven; the
Chicago Americans came next, with
ten; Detroit with nine. Brooklyn OBJ
tanned seven, Boston Americans five,
New York aNtionals five, Chicago Ma
tionals four, Philadelphia Nationals
three, Cleveland and Pittsburg and
New York Americans got two each,
while Washington and the st. Louis
Nationals obtained one each.
The drawing of the major league
teams for class AA and class A players
resulted as follows:
st. Louis Americans. eight, Detroit
Americans and Boston Nationals, six
each; Brooklyn and Chicago Nationals,
three each; Chicago Americans and
Cleveland Americans, two each; New
York Americans, Washington, Phila-
delphia and Cincinnati, one each.
Names of the players to be obtained
by the ajor league clubs from class A
and class IA will have not been Off
cially announced.
However. quite number of the play
ers to be chosen were given out unoffi-
cially last night, among them being:
BY Chicago Americans. Barbour
from Lincoln, Neb.; by New York
Americans, Cole from Columbus; by
Cleveland, Wood from Sioux City; by
Brooklyn Nationals. Riggert, from ST
Paul, Gagnier from Newark. Among
those selected by the ST. Louis Amer
lean club will be Compton from Kansas
City; James from Portland. Ore; Mes
senger from Birmingham. Ala. BY the
st. Louis National club will be Hager-
man from Denver.
Herbert from Toronto was trans
ferred to Brooklyn by the Chicago Ma
tionals in exchange for label, of Win
nipeg, and Heating, of Columbus, Ga;
by Cincinnati, Niehoff, of Louisville;
Chicago Nationals, Bronkie. of To-
ledo; by Boston Nationals, Gilbert of
Milwaukee, and Crutcher, of st. JOS |
eph; New York Nationals. Johnson of |
Omaha.
The remainder of the teams who OBJ |
tanned players from classes A and "A |
We're not ready to give out their selec- |
lions.
President Ebbetts, of the Brooklyn |
National league club. submitted a reso- |
luton to revise the drafting rules so as /
to give the teams which are lowest in
the league races the chance to obtain |
first call on the players that are
drafted
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-16
JACK JOHNSON To COME
Will Be in Chicago When Appeal Is
Heard in Court.

Chicago, Sept. 16.-Jack Johnson.
heavyweight prize fighter. will return
to Chicago from France when his APP
peal from a conviction under the.
Mann white slave act is to be heard,
according to Benjamin Bachrach,
Johnson's attorney. Bachrach and
Assistant District Attorney Harry
Parkin argued before Federal Judge
Carpenter Monday on the question of
the proper form for a bill of ex-
ceptions on which Johnson's appeal
is based.
Johnsons trial on the Milwaukee
cases of his indictments under the
Mann act is set for the middle of Oc-
tober. No date has been set for the
hearing of the case before the court
of appeals.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-16
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Athletics Defeated Cleveland and Sox
Beat Washington.

Philadelphia, Sept. 16.-Philadel-
phia and Cleveland played a see-saw
game, with the former winning in the
seventh when Collins led off with a
triple and Gregg was succeeded by
Steen. A wild pitch scored Collins
while Barry scored on an error by
Chapman and Walsh's triple The
features of the fielding were a won
derful one-hand leaping catch by
Turner and Oldring's catch of a liner
off Gregg's bat on which Oldring ran
to second base and made a double
play unassisted.
Score: R.H. f.
Cleveland ..OOO6O O-6 2
Philadelphia 20 0 4 o 2 IS 8
Batteries-Gregg, Steen and O'Neil;
Bush, Plank, Houck, Bender and
Schang.
Boston 6; st. Louis 3.
Boston, Sept. 16.-Timely batting
by Rehg and Lewis enabled Boston to
defeat St Louis Monday. 1t was
Lewis who drove in the locals first
run in the opening inning. 1t was
Rehg's triple with men on first and
second bases which sent two more
runs across the plate in the next in
ming and Rehg scored himself later
on wild pitch.
St. Louis. OoOo1o2-s 9 o
Boston 13OOO1O *-613 2
Batteries-Weilman and Agnew;
Collins and Carrigan, Cady. UNI
pires-O'Loughlin and Hildebrand.
Washington o: Chicago 5.
Washington, Sept. 16.-Although
outbatted, Chicago punched all six of
their hits off Groom in the second,
third and fourth and these, coupled
with an error, were good for five runs
and the game. The locals could do
nothing with Russell when hits meant
runs Score: R.H.E E.
Chicago .....o122 ooooo-5 8 o
Washington 20 90 0 0 0 o o % 10 1
Batteries-Russell and Schalk;
Groom, Shaw, Love and Henry, Will
liams. Umpires-Evans and Egan.
New York 5; Detroit Z.
New York, Sept. 16.-Detroit by
winning from New York evened up
the series and prevented Chances men
from moving into seventh place. 1t
was a see-saw contest. Detroit won
in the ninth when Willett doubled
with two out and drove in Gibson and
Louden. Manager Chance put two
more recruits in his lineup-Outfield
er Whiteman and Catcher Reynolds,
both from Houston. Outside of the
battery Chance did not have a man
in the lineup who was on the club at
the opening of the season.
Score: X Eli
Detroit ..O12 $4,000 -7 2
New York III 0 0 = 0 ? 0 0 O-5 2
Batteries-Willett and Mckee, Glib
son: Fisher, WARRIOR and Sweeney,
Reynolds. Umpires- Ferguson and