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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-16
STATE LEAGUE OPENING.
Great Bend Defeated Lyons in First
Contest

Great Bend, Kan, May 16.-The
opening game of the Kansas State
league was won here by Great Bend
champions of last year, who defeated
Lyons by a to score. Stoffer's field
ing and pitching, with home run by
MARI, were the features of the game.
The other teams of the league open
the season today. Score: RI
Lyons ......1 1 o o 2 o.
Great Bend III L L 3 o L 90 ~ 6 3
Batteries-O' Byrne, McVey and Nell
son; Stoffer and Rumlo. Umpire
Quinn.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-16

Summary: Left on bases-Omaha, o
Wichita, I. Sacrifice hits-Durham Cd.
Pettigrew. Justice, Kane, Rapp, Middle
ton Two-base hits-Koerner ~. Thorn
ason Castle, Rapp. Stolen base-Coyle-
Double play-Shipke to Justice Struck
out-By Robinson, 3; by Durham, g. Bases
on baIIs-Of Robinson, 8; off Durham, 2
Hit by pitcher-By Robinson (Castle)-
Umpire-Segrist- Time-:5S-
Lincoln z: St. Joseph 5.
Lincoln. May 16.-Lincoln defeated St.
Joseph in a free hitting game. The
wildness of the St. Joseph pitchers in
the early stages permitted Lincoln to
gain a lead which the visitors could
not overcome Mccormick made his
fifth home run of the season. Score:
NJ
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-16

Summary: Three-base HIT Smith
Sacrifice hits-Coney, Breen. James
Sacrifice fly-Lndsay. Double play
Cooney to Smith TO Lindsay Rapps to
McAIlister to Rapps- Stolen bases-For-
sythe- T. Smith ?. Clark Bases on balls
On Reynolds. L: off Doyle. 2 Struck out
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-30
EMPLOYEES FUND, s11s, s82.

The Ndol1ar-for-dollar'' system start ed by the Lehigh Valley Railroad fo1 the relief Of employees resulted in con- tributfons during the last year amount ing to $113.982. 68, according to the an- nual report. e
 The employees relief fund provides incomes for workmen temporarily dis ab1ed by injuries received in the pur- suit Of their duties and also insures a monthly dividend for the widows or dependent heirs of employees who lose their lives in the service of the com pany.
 Three or four times a year-when- ever the fund drops below a specif1 ed ,fgure-a call for contributions is 1s- sued. There is nothing compulsory about 1t, but any employe of the sys- tenn may contribute whatever sum he wishes up to a. days pay, with a maxi mum of B. For every. dollar an en- p1oye pays in the railroad pays an other dollar. The company assumes all administrative expenses
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-30
FREEMAN OF THE MOOR" IN
 MOVIES AT THE EMPIRE

Officers of the Knights of Columbus councils and the Ancient Order of Hibernians have been invited by Man ager Patterson of the Empire theatre to be his guests tomorrow evening when the Famous Players motion picture Brennan of the Moor,'' will be shown with Barney Gilmore in the title part Probably American ac- tor is better known to the. theatre going public of Bridgeport.
 He first sprang into fame as the Irish comedian, Hogan in t'Hogan's Alley MT. Gilmore is counted one of the handsomest actors on the Amert- can stage and having made a name for himself he speedily abandoned the comedy roles to become the foremost delineator of Irish gentleman types. His work in "Kidnapped in New York; his last play, will be pleasant 1y remembered by all theatre goers.
 Brennan of the Moor is written around the famous legend and song of. the romantic outlaw who many years ago in Ireland, robbed from the rich to give to the poor.'' Irish folk lore abounds with stirring taIe9 of this knight of the road,'' and as may be imagined the picture is a DOT trayal of his generous acts, daring deeds and hairbreadth escapes.
 While the picture is shown the Elm piro theatre orchestra will play Irish melodies and a well known singer VII render the old song Brennan on the Moor.''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-30
DR. ROWE REPORTS ON CANAL ZONE
 DAMAGE CLAIMS

Philadelphia, Sept 3O.-Dr. Leo s. Rowe, of the University of Pennsylva- nia one of the representatives of the United States on the international claims committee established under the treaty of 1903 with the Republic of Panama, returned here from Panama last night In 9. statement on the work of the committee, he said:
 '"The decision of the United States to acquire title to all land in the canal zone involved much more than the ap- propria tfon of a large amount of prop erty. The policy adopted by the gov ernment of the United States was not only to acquire title to all the land in the canal zone, but also to depopulate the zone. In other words, the thou sands of small farmers who had for many years cultivated small tracts of public land as a means of livelihood, were to be driven from their homes. This involved the necessity of passing on a great number of claims for dam ages
 ''It is a source of great satisfaction that all the decisions by the commit tee received unanimous agreement"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-30

Evelyn Nesbit Thaw much herald ed and much talked of, is comin g with an organization composed of nearly hundred players in what the
 management terms, a musical diver tisement. entitled, 'Mariette,'' and To- cal playgoers are to have the oppor- tunfty of seeing this widely known actress on Tuesday, October IA when she and her company appear at The Park Theatre for one performance.
 Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, when she ap- peared at the London Hippodrome several months ago, prohibited the management from using her married name. She was billed simply as Evelyn Nesbit. Her contribution con sisted of a series of sensational dances and London greeted her, little know ing that she was the famous Evelyn. She more than made good Her four weeks engagement was extended into ten weeks and from the British capi- tol Mrs. Thaw came into Hammer stein's Roof Garden, New York, and duplicated her London triumph.
 For ten weeks, Hamm erstein's Theatre was crowded to it's capacity
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-30
Towns Change Names To Prevent Further
 Railroad Accidents

Tn order to prevent future accidents on the New Haven road caused by a South Kent and North Kent on the Berkshire division held town meetings recently and voted to change the names of the towns. South Kent in the future will be known as Lily Lake and North Kent will be designed as Founders. This action is greatly pleasing to the railroad officials who think it will prevent confusion among engineers.
 A short time ago an engineer made mistake in reading an order which read South Kent and he stopped at tho wrong town. This resulted in a collision and the engineers death. It is rare happening to have towns change their names, however, to help a railroad.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-30
MANY MOURN DEMISE
 OF WILLIAM A. JOHNSON

A large circle of comrades, friends and acquaintances are left to mourn
 the death Of William A. Johnson, a veteran of the civil war, and for over thirty years employed by George C. Batcheller & Company of this city, who died at the Bridgeport hospital from ailments attendant upon old age
 William A. Johnson, who was in the 68th year of his sage, was born in Der by, Conn, in the year 1845, his father being Samuel L. Johnson and his mother, Elizabeth A. Futile When the early summons came for recruits to go to the front he was foremost in tered into the service July 22, '61, form ing what was part of Colts Rifle regi- ment This, however, was .disbanded and organized as the Fifth Connecti- cut Volunteer Infantry regiment, Col. Otis s. Ferry, commanding. They left for the seat or war, July 29, '61, cross ing the Potomac at Williannsport, Md, after a bitterly fought stand on the part of the Confederate forces. They drove the enemy from Winchester but were compelled by superiority of mum bers to recross the river For the va1or shown by his regiment, Col. Fer ry was made a brigadier general. and wards mustered out of the service. He is believed to have been wounded Se-. vere1y at Winchester.
 Coming to Bridgeport g. few years later Johnson became a resident of this city and soon went into the ern- p1oy of the Batcheller company with whom he remained until death. Lat terly he has lived at 587 Warren street, though survived by a widow who re- sides in. Boston. He leaves one sister, Mrs. Grace D. Baldwin, of Derby Conn. His funeral will be in charge of the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-30

 and throngs gathered about the doors unable to enter. And above all else, Evelyn Nesbit Thaw made good. Her offerings were accepted by the esthet1c New York critics as ample proof of her capabiIity and Evelyn Nesbit Thaw became a fixture in the theatri- cal Armament of stellar lights.
 Iithsome, slender, fair of face and form and with a charming. speaking g voice, Mrs. Thaw is the ideal ingenue type Evelyn's style of beauty is the fascinating, personal kind. It attracts and holds ones eye. Her dark locks make charming frame for her light facial characteristics and her 1ith- someness and general graceful bear ing finish out the picture.
 Mrs Thaw abhors cosmetic and never in her career has she resorted to the artificial for means of accen- tuatfng her beauty. Margaret Hub bard Aver in the New York American credited Mrs. Thav with having the most perfect face flesh she had ever gazed upon and when it is known that Miss Aver has interviewed every cele- brated beauty of our time, her opin- ion is to be regarded seriously.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-30
TRAIN RUNS INTO OPEN SWITCH AND
 SMASHES THINGS

Avon, Conn, Sept SO-A passenger train, bound from New Haven to Northampton and Shelbourne Falls, ran into an open switch a, mile be- low the local station, this forenoon, crashing into some freight cars on the siding. The locomotive and bag gage car of the passenger train were recovered and several of the freight cars were derailed and the tTacks torn up for some distance. None of the passengers suffered so far as could be.c1earned beyond shaking up A work car was attached to the rear of the passenger train carrying a num- Der of section hands with tools. The men were pretty well shaken up
 Conductor Clark, of the passenger train, was cut about the face but En- gineer A1ling escaped injury.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-30
YALE MAY LOSE
 S7OO,OOO ESTATE
 BY WILL CONTEST

New Haven, Sept So.-Application has been made to the probate court
 by Mrs. Louisa, T. GoOdno, of Pasa-
 dena, Cal, through Attorneys Prentice W. Chase and A. Heaton Robertson' for a redistribution of the estate of her grandfather, the late Henry A. Hotch- kiss. of this city. This involves the estate of his widow, Mary A. F. Hotch- kiss who died last June leaving VIII in which she gave the life use Of her property. valued at $7ooooo' 10 he[ daughter. Marie Oakes Hotchkiss, or Madison. providing that at her death the entire estate go to Yale Un1Ver- eity.
 MT. Hotchkiss died in December. 1888. and the application sets up. his widow was appointed adm1n1strarrlx of his estate worth at that time $275,- oo0 There were three children-Na- thaniel D., William A. Hotchk1ss, whose death occurred here several wears ago. and Miss Marie O. Hotch- kiss It is now alleged that Mrs- HotchEiss never followed out the 1n- attractions of Jouge York, who then oecuuied the bench in the probate court and instead of dividing the es- tate among the children converted most of it to her own estate. It is fur ther alleged that there has never since been a proper distriputiou.
 Mrs Czoodno is ths daughter seae,s Ma tfaniel Hotchkiss. The attorneys ask for a hearing for next Monday and TudRe GiIson granted the request. There are many phases of the case that promise to make it an interesting one when 1t goes to trial. If the ap- plIcation is granted and another dis tribution ordered, Yale University stands in a position to lose the greater part of the Hotchk1ss estate, as large part of 1t, according to the allega- tions, is the estate of MT. Hotchkiss' with the interest that has accrued up- on 1t since his death.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-30
RUSSELL MAKES HIS
 POSITION CLEAR IN
 STAMFORD CAMPAIGN
Says Unfounded Stories Have Been Circulated As To
 Candidates.

Editor of The Farmer: Sir: @
 Somebody with a desire to tniure me has circulated the report that I have said that John Williams has W1thdrafwn his candidacy for select man of Stratford
 immediately on hearing this report sought MT. Williams and assl1reS him that it was absolutely false Knowing how these reports are apt to spread, take this means of letting the public know that there is no truth in the report.
 After having talked with MT. Wil- Hams, my choice has been,. for first seIectman, Rollin A. Curtis, for second selectman, James LaIIy, and for third se1ectnan, John Holmes, and hone to see them win by honorable meth ods.
 DANIEL J. RUSSELL.
 Deputy Sheriff, Fairfield County.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-30
SAVES THREE
 AND IS KILLED
Flagman Struck After Pushing Women and Child Out
 of Harms Way.

David W. Smith, hagnan at the Rail- road avenue crossing of the Long IsI- and railroad in East New York sav- ed the lives of two women and a child at the cost of his own at 6 o'clock last night Smith swept the trio from before a Jamaica bound train just in the nick of time and was ground himself under the wheels of another train as he stepped to one side.
 at Freeport, L. I. He was to marry within a few weeks. Patrick Downs of Mfneola, naotorman of the train that killed him, was one of his closest friends. When Downs saw that he had killed the fagnan he broke down and cried like a child over the man gled body
 At that hour there is a rush of home ward bound persons over the tracks The guard gates are lowered as an added precaution to the presence of the hagman- These gates do not keep impatient ones back, and last night Smith had his hands full.
 Be patient" he called cheerfully to the growing crowd which grumbled at the length of time the gates were kept down.
 Hay, where you going there?'' Smith called to two women who had stopped and walked under the gates taking a child with them.
 Without waiting for an answer Smith rushed to them and pushed them violently back from the tracks. His quick action saved their lives. Then he stepped backward and was struck.
 The Railroad avenue station is one of the danger points on the Long Is1- and system. There is asIocaI station at that point but through trains rush by without a pause. Brooklyn bound trains takeup speed at that point to make the grade to the elevated line.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-30
BIG TIM'S DEATH
 CORONER'S JURY FINDS ACCIDENT !

Cdrgressnan I1naotE D5 Ssai1 z1E5xr died as the result Of an accident, ac- cording to the verdict of jury be- fore Coroner Healy of the Bronx yes- terday. The verdict corresponds with the findings of the police Department and the District Attorneys office, and it is expected that this report will end the official Investigations.
 Fourteen witnesses were called by Coroner Hea1y, representing the Con- gressrnan's family, his nurses. the po- lice, and the railroad. While there was variance in the testimony of those who knew Big Tim intimately, the testin.cny all pointed to the conclu- sion that the Congressnlan's state of mind was such as to make a midnight sally into a. dangerous freight yard a probable venture.
 Dr. John RiegelInan, the Coroner's s Physician, discredited the testimony of the flagman, E. R. sRabinaId, who said the body was cold when he touch ed it. The part of the body felt by the f1agman would have been cold on the surface within fifteen minutes aft ter being exposed to the air, Dr. Rie-' gelrnan said, but a mere touch of the hand, he said; could not have shown. whether the interior heat of the body remained. It was his opinion, Dr.. Riegelman said, that only the engine and tender and not a whole string of cars of another train had passed over the body.
 A new story of Big Tinn's wander ings was told by Edward Altman of 32O0 Broadway, a close friend of the politician. MT. Altman told how he had frequently ''rambled around''.7yith5 MT. Sullivan.
 ''I saw him a. about a. week before he died,'' said MT. Altman. ''That was in New York, and MT. Sullivan had run away from home, it appears. I was surprised to see him and asked him how he had got down. He said he had stolen a ride on freight train. He seemed to think it was a. great joke. He said later that he wanted to go back. He telephoned to Larry Mulligan, who met him and took him horne''
 The delayed identification of the former State Senator's body and the alleged negligence of the police in and running down identifiea- ton clues did not enter into the in- vestigation. .
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-30
Sues Conn. Co. For $IO,OOO For Death
 Of Peter H. Cole

Harry W. Cole Of this city, adminis- trztor on the estate of Peter H. Cole, has brought suit against the Connecti- cTIf co. for S1OOOO as a result of the death of Peter Cole last July.
 Cole was driving a horse-drawn ve- hIcIe on Barnum avenue when at the intersection of Bishop avenue he cross ed the tracks The wagon was struck by a trolley car, Cole was thrown out and fatally injured. He died short time afterward. T
 It Is alleged that the car was going at a. reckless speed and was not equip ped with suitable brakes. The suit is returna51e to the superior court, Octo- Der term.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-30
POOR MEMORY OF
 GOVERNOR SULzER
 RETARDS COUNSEL

Albany, Sept. 3o-The end of testi-
 mony of witnesses for the board of
 managers in the impeachment trial of
 Gov. ,Sulzer is in sight. Another day
 will have been heard, the managers
 attorneys said, today. Most of the
 remaining witnesses will testify, it is
 said, in regard to money the governor
 borrowed or obtained while campaign
 ing for the governorstip and to money
 he invested in Wall street.
 No new features are expected to be introduced at this time, counsel for the managers declared. It is probable that within a couple of days the court will begin to hear the witnesses In the governors behalf.
 Thus far, almost all of the testimony which the court has permitted to go into the record has touched on the governors money deals. Article T, of the impeachment charges, alleging that the governor bartered his poltt1- cal influence, collapsed, yesterday, when Presiding Judge Cullen refused to admit the testimony of Witnesses called to support these accusa tions. It has been proved that Sulzer obtain ed many campaign contributions which never were reported by him. Many Of the donors of these sums have said they were willing that he might use the money for any purpose he saw fit. His Wall street deals have been gone 1DLO d1I0dOy anQ a more 1OGIall6Q story of some of them was expected, today, when Melville B. Fuller took the stand
 Accusations on which no. testimony has been offered are included in Ar ticles 4, and 8. The first of these accuses the governor of 'tpracticing deceit, fraud and using threats and acting 'fwrongfuI1y and will fully and corruptly," and being "guiI- ty of misdeIneanor' in concea1ing or causing to be concealed papers and documents which would have been ex- amined by the Fraw1ey Investigating committee. Article accuses him of Frederick L. Colwe1I, his alleged Wall street dummy from test1fytng. The eighth and last ar- ticIe alleges that the governor used his office and influence corrupt1y to affect the current prices of securities in which he was Or had been interest 1
 The testimony of Louis A. Saresky, the governors former campaign secre- | tary. and Frederick L. Colwen was expected to touch on articles and g. | 5arecky was subpoenaed several days l ago. Colwen promised, yesterday, to testify if guaranteed freedom from | arrest for refusing to testify before | the F'rawIey committee.
 The charge that the governor naisus- l sd campaign funds is the one on which l the board of managers case now ap- pears to rest.
 MT. Fuller was to be the first wit ness, today.
 Meantime, Governor su1zer's attor- neys are preparing for the introduc- jon of their witnesses. Their heaviest burden in the case thus far, and this ton came from an indisputa- ole source, is the fact that the gov- ernor never has unburdened himself fully to them.
 His attorneys do not believe that 1e has wilfully ntsled them or con- eealed anything but every day the governor recalls details of his side of the case that he should have told lis counsel months ago. A poor memory is blamed bp the governors counsel for his oversights.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-30
AGAINST
 NEGRO COLLEGE IN BALTIMORE COUNTY

Baltimore, Sept. 3O.-In accordance with a resolution adopted by a mass meeting, last night, of residents of Baltimore county to protest against the location at Mt Washington, a, sub urb, of Morgan College, a negro instf- tuition, the next session of the Mary land Legislature will be asked to pass a race segregatio law for the metro politan belt of Baltimore county, iden- tical in principle with the segrega- ton of Baltimore city.
 The trustees of Morgan College. it is stated, have given assurance that no purchase of a site had been made or 8 gift of such a site accepted.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-30
CHAMPION WOMEN
 GOLFERS IN MONTREAL

Montreal, Sept so-Play in the first round of the Canadian Women,s golf championship began, this morning, over the course of the Royal Montreal Golf Club at Dixie. Among the prom inent entrants who qualified, yester- day, were Miss Gladys Ravenscroft
 former champion of England; Miss MurieI Dodd, present English title holder; Miss Mabel Harrison. Irish champion; Mrs. R. H. BarIowe, Phila- delphia; Miss Florence Harvey, Ham, ilton, Ont; Mrs. T1bbitts, Concord. N. H., and Miss Nesbitt, Woodstock, Ont.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-30
DESTITUTE MAN FALLS
 EXHAUSTED FROM HUNGER

Feeble from exposure and lack o1 food. John Bowen, 40 years old, with no home, fell on State street last night, receiving a lacerated nose, lacerated forehead over the left eye, contusions to his left side and a possibly frac- tured skull. The latter had not been definitely determined. He was taken to St. Vincent's hospital in the emer- gency hospital ambulance after re- ceiving attention from Dr. John Mac Donald
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-30
DoT1RT,E BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR
 MIR. AND MRS. GEORGE E. HILL

A double birthday anniversary was celebrated last night in the George S. F7iu home, 625 Warren street, where both the police commissioner and his wife were surprised by friends who reminded them of their natal day.
 Several handsome gifts were pre- sented the couple by those who gath cred for the occasion and 8. delightful repast was served under the direction of Mrs. Hill. Among those present were Mayor Clifford B. Wilson, Dr. Rof,ert Lynch Bernard Setzer, A. B. Chanansky, John T. King, Thomas E. Varron and Senator Archibald Mo- Neil, Jr.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-30
MotorcycIfst Struck By
 Auto Truck Claims 5000

Walter sansom of this city, who was painfully hurt last July when his mo- torcycIe was struck by a motor truck. has brought suit against the Bridge port Hydraulic Go. owner of the truck,
 for $3,O0O. He was riding on Main street when the truck came out of Thomas street and hit the cycle. San somts wrist was broken and he had to pay $197 for medical attendance and
 massage. He will be unable to resume
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-30
PERSONAL MENTION.

Probation Officer c. w. Simpson returned to his duties in city court this morning following a vacation with his family at Sachem's Head During his absence Harry Kratz1g, as- s1sta,nt superintend of Bridgeport Christian Union, has been substituting,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-30
THREE KILLED IN
 FREIGHT TRAIN CRASH

Scranton, Pa, Sept. 3o-Three young men of this city were killed, early to- day. at Jefferson Junction, near here, in a. head-on collision of freight trains on the Delaware & Hudson railroad The men were riding on one of the freight trains Four members of the train crews were injured.