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The Washington herald., 1913-09-09

We can't help but suspect that the
people who are keeping up with the
Thaw case have mighty little else 70 do
The Washington herald., 1913-09-09

Tammany has new platform calling
for civil righteousness, and doesn't care
what anybody says about it.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-09

There is something wrong with the
man who isn't ashamed OF the picture
Of himself when he was a child.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-09

Some of the greatest men. in the coun-
try are not members Of the United States
Senate.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-09

actress il the press agent did not have
her chased up a tree by an ardent noble
man about once a month.
Nowadays people do not hide their
lights under a bushel. Neither do they
set them on a hill. They hire press
agent for illumination. II Shakespeare
had had a press agent he might have
had all of his fame while he lived IN
stead of scattering it along for 800 years
after he was dead when 1t did him no
good.
tCOpsrisht. 1913. by George Mathew AdAmAI
The Washington herald., 1913-09-09

An optimist IS a man who believes
Congress will adjourn. between now and
December. s... O., ---
The Washington herald., 1913-09-09

Men of fifty years ago complained
about the hoop skirt Just as the men of
today complain about the sheath kown-
The Washington herald., 1913-09-09

One smile on your face is worth two
down your throat.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-09

After all, club is mighty poor sub
stitUte for a home.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-09

What Mexico should have is a re-
ceiver instead of a President.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-09

Come to think of 1t, It is q wonder
that Hot Springs has never caught fire
before.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-09

A man never has to give security when
he wants TO borrow trouble.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-09

Now that the Caminetti case is ended,
what will California do next to harass
the country?
The Washington herald., 1913-09-09
A Constant Delight.

HThey say that Mrs. Wombat's new
gown is very fashionable"
so tight and Fashionable that II has
caused her to break her leg twice. tell
you, she is highly pleased"
The Washington herald., 1913-09-09

Too Much of 1t.
These dramas Of the underworld
Are numerous today.
They may be fine, but l object
To Summing at the play.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-09
ALTTTLE NONSENSE.
GETTING THE SUFFRAGE.

The girls may get the ballot
With acid and with fire.
But winsome wiles and winning smiles
Are things our men admire.
Those militants are fighters,
And some may think them slick.
But a sweet mood will do more good
Than forty tons of brick.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-09
Can't Tell.

1t doesn't seem probable that petticoat
government will abolish many frills.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-09
Not the Plea.

Whats your line of defense for steal
ing $1O?"
Insanity"
Stealing so isn't insanity. That's just
plain idiocy."
The Washington herald., 1913-09-09

Force of Habit.
''Why the noise?'
The barber is shaving himself
But why the argument?"
He is trying to persuade himself t
have a shampoo"
The Washington herald., 1913-09-09
A Suspicious Buyer.

what is this white spot on that gold
fish I bought from you?"
HE has simply shed scale"
'Oh! I thought maybe the plating was
wearing on
The Washington herald., 1913-09-09
Defending the Dog.

why doesn't that dschshund come
when l call him? The idea OF sulIing
on me"
Hes coming as fast as he can." said
the mans wife He's got his front legs
started"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-03
CALLS HIM LUCK
Mrs. McCarty Not Angry at
Fighting Husband.
It's All Right Since He Won,
She Says.

Fargo, Jan. 3.-Mrs. Rhoda McCarty,
wife of Luther McCarty, the white
heavyweight champion pugilist talked
freely of her husband here last night
and said that she would return to him
If he wanted her. Her nickname for
him is Luck" and she referred to him
as great big goodnatured kid
HE has not written me since last
May" she said, but after he whipped
Jim Flynn he sent me money. I wrote
him congratulating him on his victory
and sent him another message of con-
graduation when he whipped Al Palzer
New Years day
II came here last year and caused
his arrest for failure to support me, and
my little girl. He promised to do bet
ter and I dropped the action. Then he
went to Chicago and took up boxing.
II am not mad at Luck In fact
always liked my big handsome chap
We never had cross words until he lost
out in work. He was not lazy but
would not stick to anything very long
He was good to me though, when he
had money 1 opposed the idea of his
going into pugilism, but now that he
has reached the top, I guess it is all
right
'1 was stranded when he left me here
and SO had to go to work in a cafe
in Moorehead, MINI. I have had a
hard struggle to support myself and
little girl, but now that Luck has
plenty of money, I am sure he will
take care of u.s.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-03
STATE HAS GROWN
Kansas Farmer on Homestead
50 Years, Sees 1t.
Hauled Buffalo Bones to Get
Money to Live On.

Hutchinson, Kan, Jan. 3.-For thirty
eight years, J. A. Young, one of the
pioneers of Southern Reno county, has
lived on his homestead claim near
Pretty Prairie.
He says:
ct came here in March 1874 and with
the exception of few months I have
lived continuously on my homestead
ever since. 1t is thirty-eight years this
fall just past. 1 had the pleasure of
going through the grasshopper years,
when they were so thick the sun could
not shine through them. 1 also see
some one is advocating a Grasshopper
society. If they organize one they can
count me in.
ct was also one of those Buffalo
Pilgrims that hauled many loads of
bones to furnish bread and meat for
my family and feed for my horses
My neighbor, d. c. Chamberlain and 1
slept out on the bleak prairies way
down in the, Medicine Lodge country
when it was 20 degrees below zero, but
we never failed to get back with load
of bones.
Sometimes it took a week to get
load of bones and take them to Hutch
inson and home again, for the little
sum of from 81 to IS per ton, owing to
the kind. If they were soft bones it
was 81, ana II nara bones they brought
S.
Il was also one of the boys that
participated in the Indian scare in 1874
when most everybody left the country
aroundabout, flocking to Hutchinson
and Wichita for safety. We here at
Pretty Prairie organized a company
and held ourselves in readiness to fight
Indians. Capt. Fikle, living at King
man, was captain of the company and
was commissioned by Governor Os-
born as first lieutenant. I still have a
partial list of the company but We were
not ordered out for services.
Charles Collins organized a COM
pany of cavalry at Hutchinson and
they went down into the Medicine
Lodge country and did some scouting
but so far as we were concerned the
Indians never showed up here"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-03

it was decided to have some sport with
the child of the forest.
Heap big Injun play any football q
asked the coach with a grin.
mo play" answered Meyers.
So the coach put him at tackle and,
directing that the play be sent at the
Indian with the star tackle of the var
sity opposing him and said to Meyers
Watch the ball all time. When ball
go back Injun jump at white man."
THANK you. Mr.. Coach. I've had no
experience, but will do my utmost to
good English he had acquired
Broke Into Football Game.
The coaches raised their eyebrows in
misgiving, but the joke had gone too far
to back down.
So the line took it's place. Meyers crouch
ed nearly to the ground and as the oall
was snapped hurled himself at the star
feet from the line of scr1mmage, while
Meyers broke through, tackled the runner
and began to twist an arm until the oval
was released.
Meyers was excused from further scriIn
maging until he was taught a new code.
He was ineligible to the varsity because
of some entrance conditions, but did good
work on the scrubs and played DaSeDau
the following spring.
The Indian first attracted national at
tention as a member of the Saint PauI
club of the American Association, from
which he was sold to the New York
Giants for Sc, 600. He is now the mainstay
of the Giants behind the bat, and while on
the base paths he suggests his old Indian
name of Tortoise, or Tortens, he Is power
full with the modern1zed war cluo.
Meyers is an Entertaining conversation
alist, a gentlemanly fellow on and on the
field and one of the most popular players
around the National League circuit
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-03

Meyers, or John T. Meyers, whichever
you prefer, now first string catcher for
the New York Giants.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-03

buck of about his own age, a red
Robin Hood with the bow, was select
ed for an opponent. All the tribe as
mbled for the test.
The young buck shot his arrow. 1t
sped from the bow straight and true
into the distance until it was almost
lost from sight. 1t seemed hopeless
to expect ball to travel that far.
Swatted Some Long Hit.
Then Tortoise stepped forward. In
stead of the ball and war club of the
Indians he had secured from his white
friends one of Uncle Ben Shibe'S base
balls and heavy bat of the regulation
pattern. He tossed the ball in the air
as in fungo hitting, swung those pow
erful shoulders, the ball cracked from
toward the horizon. The old chief
nearly fell off the cliff watching its
flight. It entirely disappeared. Cour-
iers dispatched to recover the ball did
not return until the next day. The
ball was found in the next county, and
counties are not small in California.
Thereupon Tortoise became a chief
among his tribe and was given fifty
strings of wampum to go forth and
spread the fame of the tribe among
the palefaceS.
Ralph Glaze, later a pitcher for Bos-
ton and Indianapolis, found Meyers
to Dartmouth college, where Glaze was
end on the football eleven and base
ball pitcher.
Meyers appearance created a SEN
sation. Glaze believed in his protege,
but the coaches didn't. Accordingly
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-03
FRISCO DEVELOPMENT WORK.
Director to Handle Industrial Business
in the Future.

Kansas City, Mo-, Jan. 3--Vice Pres1-
dent Riddle of the Frisco system. In
charge of traffic, has issued circulars
that the industrial. agricultural ana I'M
migration work, heretofore carried on
through several departments, will from
this date be under the supervision OF tne
director of development Believing Inat
the prosperity of the carrier is dependent
on the success of the individual as We'll
as the communities served, it is the pur-
pose of the company to encourage in
every proper way the DEVELOPMENT of tie
earnest support of every one connect I'd
with the Frisco is needed. The co-opera-
ton of the national and state authorities
and of commercial organizations is solic-
tied. The services of the director and MS
assistants will be cheerfully given when
requested.
Frank Anderson is appointed director of
with principal office in st.
Louis. The office of industrial commits
siOner is abolished.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-03
FASTER AND CHEAPER
Parcels Post Wins in Contest With the
Express Service.

Kansas City, Jan. 1.-TWO packages
were addressed to a Kansas City news
paper by a Chicago newspaper at 12:O1
o'clock a. January l. one by parcel
post and the other by express. The one
sent by mail reached its. destination five
hours and fifty-one minutes earlier than
the other.
The mail package was delivered yester-
day morning at 9:15 o'clock The express
package was delivered at 3.O6 o'clock in
the afternoon. The one sent by mail was
thirty-three hours and fourteen minutes
in transit and the one sent by express
thirty-nine hours and five minutes. The
mail package cost II cents. the express
package So cents.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-03
SAVED HIS LIFE
Chief Meyers Hit Still Talk of
California.
How the Big Injun Broke Up a
Football Game.
By Harvey G. Woodbury.


Ont in Riverside, Cal, about 80 years
ago a tiny papoose was born. He was
a stolid little chap, after the manner
of indians, but it is tradition
among the tribesmen that this partlcu-
lar papoose wriggled out of the straps
bv which he was fastened to board
at his first sight of the leather-cover-
ed ball with which the braves were
wont to play a game 1T unlike battle
dore and shuttlecock.
The papoose was too young to walk
but he sent up such a lusty Indian
baby howl, something rare among pa
pooses, that he was given the ball.
Thereupon the .papoose ceased his en-
bryo war whoop and clutched the ball
tightly and tried to throw it at the
braves. Another favorite amusement
of the papoose was collecting apples
as they fell from trees.
That papoose was Chief Tortoise
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-03
PLAYED Ball With PaIe-Faces.


Bow and arrows and the hunt pos
sessed no attraction for the papoose
as he grew into a young brave In
stead he sought the company of pale
face companions to play their game of
ball rather than the primitive game
of his tribe. Around the reservation
he practiced with his own sphere, US
the chief. Frequently he brought down
game by hitting the animals with this
batted ball. Unfortunately, in his bat
ting practice he cracked this club
against a giant oak
Upon discovery of the culprit a pow
WOW was called. The wise men of
the tribe passed the pipe and debated
what punishment to inf1ict as warn
ing to other young bucks against fol-
lowing the ways of the white and as
a peace offering to the outraged spir-
its of their forefathers.
One old medicine man, who had a
fondness for Tortoise despite his pale
face habits, asked that the young buck
be given a chance before judgment
was passed. In derision the old chic
whose favorite club had been broken
grunted:
The Test a Hard One.
Huh! Tortoise he play white man
game. Maybe he take ball and stick
and knock ball farther than Indian
shoot arrow. Then he live"
Tortoise, with no other alternative,
accepted the gage. Another young
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-03
OMAHA PEEvED AT BURLINGTON
Road Moved Claims and Auditing De-
nartment to Chicago.

Omaha Neb. Jan. 3.-The effect of the
Burlington moving its auditing and claim
department from Omaha to Chicago
results than the losing of business. 1t
means that the business men and bust
ness interests of the city are going to de
mand that the Hill people make good
their promises of years ago and build the
Ashland cutoff into this city.
While Omaha business men have not
ordered a boycott on the Burlington,
freight solicitors are having considerable
difficulty in securing business to points
reached by other lines. Firms and cor
porations that have been doing business
with the Burlington for years are now in
forming freight solicitors and Officials
that the relations have been severed and
that their shipments are being routed
over other lines,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-03
CHANCE FREE AGENT NOW.
Release Papers Are Announced by
Frank Farrell.

New York, Jan. 3.-The legal right
of the New York American League
club to sign Frank Chance as manager
for this year was established when
President Frank Farrell announced
the formal release of papers from
President August Hermann of the
Cincinnati National League club.
The receipt of Chances release Of
ficially confirmed the deal, and for the
first time gave the New York club a
clear title to the services of the former
manager of the Chicago Nationals.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-03
Saws He VIII Build Market.

Provided he finds he viii be able TO
rent ninety-six stalls which his proposed
market house will contain, W. J. Ricken-
bacher states that he will erect a two
story market building in the near future.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-21
RIOTING
IN COPPER DISTRICT
Presence of Infantry and Cavalry
Called to Prevent Bloodshed in
Calumet

Calumet Mich, August 2O.-For a time
this afternoon military rule, as a result
OF the copper miners strike, prevailed in
Calumet when serious rioting broke out as
the result Of a clash between deputies
and strikers. The presence of infantry
and cavalry prevented possible bloodshed
One of the deputies, John Gasvoda. was
struck on the head by striker and suf-
fered serious scalp wound. He was at
tackled while going on duty. He fired sew
eral shots into the air but was severely
beaten before he was rescued by civilians.
Other deputies We're attracted to the scene
but the strikers became so threatening
that the troops hastily were called.
A number of arrests were made by the
deputies after arrival OF. the troops, but
this did not end the trouble. At the jail,
where no troops were stationed the wife
of one of the arrested men took a hand in
the affair and struck an officer on the
jaw The arrival of soldiers prevented
further disorder.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-21
SERIOUS CHARGES
/. ARE MADE AGAINST
JUDGE EMORY SPEER
Georgia Circuit Judge May
be Impeached in Senate if
Accusations Are Sus-
tanned

Washington, August 2O.--Charges,
tion of another impeachment case In the
Senate, are made against Federal Judge
cult in papers considered today In a
carefully guarded session of the House
judiciary committee.
The committee had before it the
report of an Investigation into Judge
Speer's conduct by Special Examiner r.
G. Lewis, submitted by the department
of justice along with numerous affi-
davits and other exhibits. No action
was taken. the committee adiournng
until Friday and each member piedging
himself not to discuss the charges in
the meantime
1t is possible that at Fridays ses-
sion CT the House the matter may be
formally brought up with a view of
outlining plan of action by the COM
mittee in the event it should deter
mine to report the charges to TIE House
either favorably or unfavorably.
The most serious charges dealt with
in the examiners report are That
Judge Speer unlawfully permitted the
wasting or dissipation of bank ruptcy
estates that came within his jur sdic-
tion as a federal Judge.
Would Affect Fee
That he presided in cases in which
his son-i law was an attorney on Il
CONTINUED on Pare Tenl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-21
RAW WOOL FIGHT
IS NEXT IN LINE:
Democrat Forces Confident
of Passing Schedule
Without Change

Washington August 20.--F'ree raw wool
is the next fight ahead ON the tariff bill
in the Senate, and it probably will be
reached tomorrow, the cotton and flax
schedules having been practically disposed
of today.
The free sugar victory having been won
for the administration yesterday with a
few votes to spare. democratic leaders
have no fear of losing on wool.
The vote it is expected will be about
the same as that on sugar with Senators
Thornton and Ransdell of Louisiana the
only democrats voting with the repub-
licans.
Progress on the bill in the last few
days has been encouragingly rapid, and
tonight there were some predictions that
the tariff bill might be out of the way
by September 15
Less resistance than was expected de-
veloped on the cotton schedule. Senator
Idppitt Of Rhode Island conducting the
opposition.
He induced the democrats to accept one
of his suggestions, modifying provisions
of a paragraph relating to cotton cloths
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-21
WHY HE COULDN'T
ATTEND CONFERENCE
Lieutenant Governor Trying to Over
1 throw Policies, Says Governor
Cruce Of Oklahoma

Colorado Springs, August 2O.-Gov. Lee
'Cruce of Oklahoma, in a letter received
today by the Chamber of Commerce. de-
clined an invitation to attend the CONFER
ehce Of governors next week. The letter
continues
The lieutenant governor seems deter
mined to overthrow all of my policies and
to make wholesale delivery of criminals
from the penitentiary.
'The criminal court of appeals in this
state has Joined hands with the leuten-
ant governor in this raid on the penal
institutions by holding that the moment 1
leave the state, even if my absence ex-
tend only five minutes, the lieutenant gov
ernor can do as he pleases. Under these
conditions it would be crime for me 10
leave Oklahoma"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-21
CASE AGAINST LEO FRANK
MAY GO TO JURY FRIDA Y
Both Prosecution and Defense Rest Caes-Begn Arguments
Summing Up Evidence Today-Frank Recalled to
Stand BY Defense Reiterates Denial

nent witness, Frank contended himself
today with an emphatic statement that
the evidence against him was absolutely
false
Expert medical testimony was employed
today to strengthen the evidence of DR..
Fl. F. Harris, secretary of the state board
of health, with reference to the time
that elapsed between Mary Phagan's S
lunch hour and the murder. DR. Harris
based his opinions on an examination of
the contents Of the girls stomach His
evidence was vigorously attacked by other
physicians and today the state introduced
DR. Clarence Johnson and DIR. George n
Niles, both of Atlanta, who agreed with
Or. Harris that the murder must have
been committed within an hour after
Mary Phagan had eaten her luncheon.
Judge Roam announced today sus-
pension of the four-hour limit to the
speeches by the attorneys, who will begin
summing up the case before the jury
early tomorrow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-21

Atlanta, Ga August 2o.-Prosecution
and defense of Leo M. Frank charged
with the murder Of Mary Phagan. rested
their cases late today. Arguments OF
the attorneys will be heard tomorrow. and
1t is expected the case viii go to the
Jury Friday morning. The trial has been
in progress "a days.
The last witness on the stand for the
defense was Frank himself The ac-
cused factory superintendent, who in his
first statement to the jury declared he
did not know Mary Phasan, was re-
called TO deny later testimony that he
had been seen talking with the girl in
March at the factory where the murder
occurred in April AS in his previous
denials of the testimony of Jim Conley
the negro. who was the states most prom
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-21
.DIGGS FOUND GUILTY
OF VIOLATING MANN
WHITE SLAVE LAW
Jury Reaches Verdict After
Few Hours Deliberation.
5 Years in Penitentiary
Maximum Sentence

San Francisco, August 20.---In elop-
Ing with Marsha Warrington from Sac
ramento, Cal, to Reno, New, Maury i.
Diggs, former state architect of Cali
fornia, was guilty of violating the Mann
act, which makes 1t n felony to trans
port women for immoral purposes from
one state to another. This was the ver-
diet tonight of the jury that tried him.
Five years In the federal penftentiary
is the maximum penalty.
There were six counts in the Indictment
and the jury found verdict of guilty
on the first four. Each count carries a
maximum penalty of five years and a
minimum of one year in federal peni-
tentiary.
Diggs, his wife. father, mother and his
three aunts, Mrs. Drew Caminetti and
Mrs Anthony Caminetti, We're in court,
waiting for the verdict Diggs was pale
and his wife showed the tension she
was under by the twitching of her lips
and the lessened bloom of her rich color
The questions of the foreman clearly
foreshadowed the coming verdict and gave
them time to steel themselves for the
final shock. There was no demonstration
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-21
TODAY'S AGE-HERALD

1--Thaw viii be across American border
today, say officials.
Diggs founu guilty by jury
Trustees recognize Glenn.
Huerta tells why he should be recog-
nized.
2-Sailors identified with riots to be pun
ished.
3--Alamaba Farmers Union congenes
4-Editorial comment.
5-Success assured for convention OF
merchants.
Believe EMS brothers tools of Lewis
Demere announced as new secretary.
Action on Clayton expected soon.
6-Society.
7-Sports.
S-Fitzpatricl dies from wounds.
9--O'Neal continues opinion he had the
power.
upholds O'Neal.
11--Pig iron firm and fairly active
Markets.
14-American wealth grows by billions.