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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-17

sordid soul that cannot rise above hosiery
at moment like this.
"10:15-There are murmurs, the same as
last night, only stronger. 1t is as If the
plant appealed to me for assistance.
'1O:S0-Is one of the buds struggling to
open or is it this poor S0-cent gas?
I'll o'clock-My heart has been in my
mouth a dozen times ever since the last
entry. There is no doubt that the roots
of the plant are wriggling about trying to
get toe-hold.
''11:15-Think of the ordid Mrs. Bowser
preferring Ascent stockings to this thrill
ing momenti
I'll :30-More'n 10 cats fighting in the
back yard, and my attention is somewhat
distracted. am ready to swear, how
ever, that q moment ago the plant made a
noise like a tired horse lying down-some-
thing between a grunt and a sigh. The
| struggle must be tremendous.
'n:45-A scratching noise. feel that L
| am the brink. Bowser never let's go
| It'll he wins
''Midnight-The sordid Mrs. Bowser
sleeps while watch. One of the buds of the
| plant is making sounds like a boy shuck =
ing peanuts. Is it to suddenly burst into
| blossom and make me famous among tho
| other great men? 1 shall let it be known
i to all that Mrs Bowser rendered me no
aid or announcement. Hosiery and
gloves. I wouldn't have believed there
J was a human soul so base"
| MIR. Bowser-Mr. Bowser!"
| WhaZzer maZZeri'
| You went to sleep and fell out of your
| chair on the floor!'
did I?''
And your plant jumped off the table
and broke the pot"
| And the cat must have eaten the plant
| up, for I can't find it."
| Mr.. Bowser got to his feet and stared
| at the broken pieces.
But never mind comforted Mrs. Bow
ser. "A hundred years hence the cat and
! the plant will bloom together"
And Mr. Bowser didn't have a word To
say-not a single word.-(Copyright 1913,
| by Associated Literary Press.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-17
PICK SMITHS CLASSIC
Topekan Breaks Into Golfers With
Verse OIL Politics.

The following verse under the heading
'Tougharino'' by Pick Smith is taken
from Golfers Weekly:
Oh, the long an dreary waitin',
Oh, the sixteen years of waitin,
Sixteen years of wood a-hewln,
Sixteen years a-totin water
Laughin water that KEEP sayin
Good oil times is sure a-comin'r'-
Which good times has now arriven,
An We crowd the heap'd pie-counteri
Huh2 What's that, good Mr.. Wilson?
No fat pie for OF Mossback?
No reward for my long waitin'?
Can't 1 have one little pielet2
What Not cen little piecelet?
Holy Smoke! and Helen Blazes.
Shades of Jefferson an Jackson.
One also of Jim Buchanan!
An (mebby) OF Sammy Tilden!
Thought 1 voted for Demo.
Judas Priest, an Holy Moses!
What is times a-doin' to us7
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-17
SUNDAY

In the land of Bethlehem Judah,
Let us linger, let US wander
Ephrath's sorrow, Rachels pillar
Iieth in the valley yonder-
And the yellow barley harvest
Floods il with a golden glory.
Let us back into the old time
Dreaming of her tender story
OF her true hearts strong deVouon
From beyond the Dead Sea water
From the heather land of Moab
A true wife, faithful daughter.
This woman to aid her country bent
Persuaded her enemy to enter tent
Babe him lie down
For his strength was spent ,=
When sleep -Overcame his sense OF IeellhS
She softly to his bed came stealing
And drove a tent-pin into his head,
Then went to meet her friends ana saId
He whom thou seekest is dead
The 100 women and girls who grad
uate this year from Mrs. c. F. Men
ninger's Bible class will at the COM
mencement exercises at the First Pres
byterian church next Tuesday evening
May 20. be dressed to represent that
number of prominent women of the
Bible The exercises are open to the
general public.
An extremely interesting pageant
has been planned. A feature OF 1t VIII
be two tableaux relating two of the
famed and beautiful stories of the
Scriptures One is that of Jephthah' $
daughter. Her father had prayed that
if victory was given to his banners,
he would offer as a sacr1hce to Goa
the first thing upon which his
eyes should fall upon his return
home As he came back to his
city after winning a great battle his
daughter came running to meet him.
Then there will be the tableau of the
wise and foolish virgins, and the story
of Rhoda, Jairus daughter, and the
little Israelite maid. These will serve
to exemplify and illustrate the work
of the whole class. Several songs will
occur in the tableauX as a part of their
Interpolation, among which will be
God Knows Everything" a comforting
song to Jephthah's daughter.
One of the concluding lessons of the
graduating class was for each mem
Der to write sketch of some interest
ing women of the Bible. These were
ali turned in and read to the classes,
to see how many of them they would
know from descriptions. Many sketches
of exceptional worth were written.
The descriptions indicate the keen per-
ception which the Bible students won
from their studies. Each one gives an
interesting little story to itself, COM
pactly abbreviated. The character
which each graduate selected to
sketch, will be the one which she will
represent at the commencement.
and one of the most interesting
expositions of women characters of the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-17

Congressman Dan Anthony has in
troduced a bill in the house authorfz-
ing the secretary of war to remove the
charge of deSertion from the military
records of Charles A. Bess of Kansas
and grant him an honorable discharge
from a California regiment of volun-
teer infantry in which he served dur
ing the civil war
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-17
SALIVA is GROWING.
Returns of County Assessors Show
Increase of 259.

Salina, Kan, May 17.-Salina has a
population of 1886, according to the
flgures completed and compiled at the
office of Amos Godfrey, county clerk.
This is gain of 259 inhabitants over
last year when the population was
about 10,096. Two years ago it was
9,79S. The big gain was in Second
and Fourth wards, the Third ward be-
ing the only one to show a loss.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-17
"1O:15-No change yet.

0:30-I think 1 hear a scratching
sound from the roots of the plant.
Understanding has ceased, but
there are low signs and murmurs. May
come from the cats in the back yard,
or from the plant that is striving to
throw off the shackles of a hundred
years sleep. And in her sordid soul
Mrs Bowser can sleep and dream of
hosiery!
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-17

Postmaster General Burleson has
appointed the following fourth class
postmasters in Kansas: Carl M. Bar
ton, Berwick; Oscar Siebert, Canada;
Stella B. Watts, DinaS; George F.
MackIin, Manning; James M. Powell,
Moray.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-17

and it is expected he will WELD the
big stick just strong and frequent
as former President Roosevelt, when
he wants things done according to his
idea or policy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-18

Other pitchers labor and are under ter
rifle strain but with Walter it is like SIT
ting in a rocking chair to pitch game;
1t is the fact that he always has the ball
over the plate which adds to his effect
iveness. for he has you hitting all the
time You can't wait him out and stand
chance. Yes. I think he is the greatest
pitcher that ever lived"
Eddie Ansmith is batting problem
which even Griffith cannot solve. There
are times when Ainsmith appears to he
one of the best hitters on the team, and
there is never a time when he does not
dispiav the form of cracking good hit
ter He has splendid swing. pici:s out
good balls and stands up Wen at the
plate yet he<is most inconsistent per-
former for the reason that he is apt to
fall off in batting slump and go Tor
DAYS without getting anything that looks
like hit.
Griffith believes that Ansmith's eyes
are faulty at times. and he Is thinking
seriously of having an expert oculist eX-
anime them.
The worst pest in base ball is the indi-
yidual who never signs his name. nut
writes advice to the manager telling him
how 10 run his team. Washington ap-
pears to be specially infested with TINS
bug. for there is hardly day passes tnat
Griffith does not receive letters from HE
home city advising MIN how 10 afralse
of these suggestions are too absurd 70
be considered and must emanate from
mind that is absolutely unfamiliar Win
the game or it's rudiments. Fortunately,
Griffith has been in base ball too long 10
let these things worry him. ana they an
find their way into the waste basket.
That the daily meetings which Grinth
holds with his players are of lnestinaDie
value to the players and the team as
whole is generally admitted by the play
ers. Every morning the PLAYERS gather
in Griffiths room at 10 o'clock, and for
the next hour or so system OF call
paign for that day Is outlined The
various batters on the opposing teams are
discussed with the pitchers and the weak
ness and strength of the opposition is lald
bare Mistakes of the previous days are
also taken up and there Is not day
passes that the players do not gain more
or less knowledge as the result OF THESE
meetings
What is most surprising is that the
players like these sessions, and whenever
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-18

there is occasion for Griffith not to call
his players together there is always more
or less growing, Many of the youngsters
are loud in theie praise of these sessions.
which they contend have taught them
more base ball than they ever hoped to
learn.
. Though Old Jack Ryan does not break
into a game he does about as much work
as the busiest one of the players 1t is
his duty to catch in all the batting prac-
tees before the games. and there is about
a half hour of it every day that game
is played. When that part of his work
rs done he fills third base for what is
known as the o'clock infeld.. which con-
sis;s of Ryan at third. Schaefer at short,
Gedeon at second and Altrock at first. 1t
is the exhibition which this quartet gives
that amuses the crowds. for during it
Schaefer and AHrock pull off lot of
their stunts. Schaefer's throw behind his
back and Altrocks catch of the ball in
the same position brings down the stands,
and is one of the features of the pre-
lminary practice.
According to statements made by sec
retaries of the various clubs the Ma
tionals are the best attraction in the
league this season. To date they have
outdrawn all their rivals and 1t seems
that fans In other cities look forward to
their coming more than to that of any
other team. Johnson. of course. is the
principal drawing card. but Milan ana
some of the others also have following
1t is a noticeable fact that the crowds
come earlier when Washington is carded
to play than at any other time for the
special purpose of seeing Altrock and
Schaefer in action before the game.
knowing that the two comedians have
but limited privileges during the game
in accordance with the edfct handed down
by President Ban Johnson last season.
!
pres by President Johnson within the
next few days. Instead Of having the
umpires come out on the field when the
bell rings for starting the game and then
discuss ground rules and batting orders
for the next ten minutes. making an an
moving delay. President johnson will
order them to familiarize themselves with
these conditions FIVE minutes before the
time set for the game to start. In this
way much time will be saved and the
patrons of The sport will not find it neces-
sary TO put forth their protests over a
needless waste of time
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-18

lance and you will have a real contest
for the American middleweight title for
Clabby and McGoorty have much right
to be classed as real contenders as any
l5S-pounders in the. country, if not more
so. 1t might be better of McGoorty and
Clabby met again where they could have
a decision and then let the winner meet
the winner of the kiaus-Dillon match.
The one drawback to the Indianapolis
affair is the weight, the men having
agreed to fight at $50 pounds at 3
o'clock, instead of the recognized
weight in America of 15s ringside.
Klaus insisted upon the 160-pound
weight, which is the European scale,
and in doing SO he cannot lay claim
to the American championships even
if he should defeat Dillon. From the
fact that Klaus demanded the 16O-
pound mark it is evident that he can
not make the American limit of 15S
ringside.
On the other hand. the indianapolis
fighter has demonstrated that he is in
line for the title. His defeat of Bob
Mona placed him among the topnotch-
ers-in fact. Dillon has defeated any
number of good middleweights the past
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-18
BY T. S. ANDREWS.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
MILWAUKEE,. Wis, May 11.-There
are severa! good fights on for the coming
week. in both the far west and the
east Among the big ones will be the
Jess Willard Gunboat Smith match al
San Francisco; the Joe Mandot- Bud An
derson contest at Los Angeles; Johnny
Coulon in the east. with George Chip and
Buck Grouse to follow; also the Klaus
Dillon match at Indianapolis later on,
and the Luther MtCarty-Arthur Pelky
bout at Calgary May ~.
The interest will he conferred on the
Smith Willard match for both are as
pirants for the heavyweight honor. and
the winner will In all probable be
matched with Luther McCarfy for the
American title later on Willard has
been pretty much of an enigma so far.
He has had some fairly good bouts in the
past, but nothing that would give real
line his ability as a championship
possibility. When he boxed McCarty in
the east the latter was just beginning to
bud. and has improved greatly since then.
If Willard can beat the Gunboat man he
will have the right to demand a match
with Luther for the title; In fact, that
part Is practically settled now, for good
OHefS nave ALREADY G6eH nldQc LOT tHe
match. Or form. Smith has the shade
but according to size weight and reach
Willard has away the best of il, being
much taller. weighs about twenty-five
pounds more and has an extraordinary
reach. However. when il comes to punch
ing powers il seems that the Gunboat
man has all the best of 1t. and ii is the
punching ability that wins many bat
ties.
Mandot will have his chance to come
back" at Los Angeles, but he is tackling
a hard piece OF fighting machinery to
show what he can do. Anderson has
proven in his recent fights at Tom Nc
Carey's arena that he is some fighter,
especially over the marathon route. and
the southern boy will have to be at his
best to put the Canadian boy away. The
winner of this bout will have a splendid
chance for a match with one of the top
liners on the coast One of the clubs
out west has promised Pal Brown, the
Minnesota sensation, match with the
winner for Labor day. as Pal will hardly
fight before that time. having decided to
rest up on his farm and nurse an injured
car till that time. All of these boys are
gradually working along with the object
Of getting a crack at the title holder
Willie Richie.
Johnny Coulon, the bantamweight
champion. has not shown the wonderful
form since he came t1hck into the game
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-18
GOOD FIGHT PROGRAM IS
SCHEDULED FOR THIS WEEK
Principal Scrap Takes Place at San Francisco
Between Jesse Willard and Gunboat
Smith-Mandot Meets Anderson.

i, after his Illness that he displayed before
| he was obliged to seek rest and quiet
Johnny has had two battles lately. knock
| ing his man out in the first. which shou!o
have been All easy task, and getting a
draw with frankie Bradley in the other
at Philadelphia. The latter has made a
| reputation for himself lately and gave the
! title holder a hard battle hololns MS
| own. 1t may require few Just such
bouts to bring the little champion back
have to be at his best when he tackles
Kid Williams. the Baltimore aspirant
| for the. championship. The latter has
/ been on the trail of Johnny ever since the
| fall. and the chances are now that they
will come together before long.
Ray Bronson, the indianapolis weller
weight champion. who lays claim TO the
American title, las another rival now for
! the honor. 1T is Young Denny. new
conner of New Orleans, who fought ten
rounds with the Indianapolis boy this
week and held his own, according to all
reports. Some of the papers gave the
home boy. the shade, but others said
draw. and / guess a draw decision would
have been about the proper thing. Ray
is seriously considering proposition to
go to Australia to fight Johnny Summers.
the British title holder, for the world S
championship.
Ad Wolgast, the ex-champton light
weight. has taken sudden notion that
he is as good as ever and wants to get
into the limelight and fight Willie
Richie for the title. After Ads defeat
at the hands of Tommy Murphy it was
supposed that the Michigan .bearcat
would retire from the long distance
events and devote his time To the short
sprints, hut from reports received here
from the west it is evident that the
former champion wants to get back into
the marathons. Ad is ready to match
up with Johnny Dundee for a long one
and now he wants to post a forfeit to
meet Richie in a big championship
match. Under the conditions the chances
are that the western promoters will select
either Joe Rivers or. Tommy Murphy to
meet the champion, while Billy Nolan,
manager for Richie. says that if the
New York club comes across with an ac-
ceptance of his terms he will meet Leach
Cross there July and then arrange a
big title match for later date. prob
ably Admission day in California.
What will be a neac-champions.ip bat
tie will be staged at the base ball park
at Indianapolis the night of May ~. when
Jack Dillon, the Hoosier champion mid
die weight. meets Frank Klaus. the Pitts
burgh bearcat over the ten-round route,
the weight being 100 pounds at o'clock.
Let the winner of this match. If there
| is one, meet either Jimmy Clabby or
Eddie McGoorty over the marathon dis
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-18

that the first six moves are identical for both
sides
tb, Most modern analyses dsprOve of this
capture. Blacks doubled kB pawn can lie
easily dissolved. and the resulting open knight $
file is dangerous 10 whites game. In the pres
ent instance ii will be seen how great factor
the open file becomes in Blacks development.
tcl Kt-KQ4 is probably better to develop
the KB pawn and allow the queen TO enter on
the kings side.
idl Overlooking whites rejoinder which wins
the pawn at once. Black. however. has enough
compensation in the freedom of his pieces.
lei The capture Of distant pawn by the queen
often results in disaster. In this case the black
queens rock is enabled to get into the game
with telling effect
Il, A smartly played game the part o
Adams White must submit to further losses oI
exchange queens. either of which puts draw
out of the question.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-18

created such furore- did some clever
work i'm his match with A. S. Mattingly
i'm the first round OF the first sixteen
Thursday. when he established an anna
teur course recordsby turning in card
of 81 for the homeward trip. par for
which is 80. He had several bad holes
going out. making a ~. which gave him
a total of "a. In a practice match We'd
nesday he and T.. E. Jackson, jr., defeat
ed Allan Lard and &. G. Comstock, jr..
good card of - for the last nine holes.
five and four for the last two holes
would have given him 3D. but he got in
difficulties in each of them and had to
take an extra stroke.
Washington golfers will be well repre-
scented in the annual invitation tourna
ment of the Maryland Country Club. Bal
timore, which will be held May -. 80 and
81. II is planned by the committee to
invite golfers from Philadelphia. VII
mington Atlantic City. Richmond.
Hampton roads. Norfolk and Washing
ton. and Chairman Richard II. Pritchett
confidently predicts that this will he one
of the biggest events Baltimore has ever
held. BY acquiring additional property
the golf course has been heightened ,2OD
yards.
The Norfolk Country Club of Norfolk.
Va has been admitted to membership
in the Middle Atlantic Golf Association.
and il will enter players in the middle
Atlantic championships this week and
has also entered a team in the home
and home matches.
Eddie Brooke. the BannockbLrn golfer.
who won the middle Atlantic title last
year. is rapidly reaching his best form
and will enter this event this year in de-
Tense OF his title.
Because of sore foot. T. =. ENnon.
ir of Columbia did not compete in the
Chevy Chase tourney. He expects TO he
able TO get in the game Thursday. how
ever
George Sargent covered the Chevy
Chase course in IS last week.
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six months and his record is brighter
than any OF the others. He can also
make the weight. for he was under ISIS
pounds when he was in Milwaukee for
the Mohamfght The affair with Klaus
May % SHOULD prove a big magnet 10
get the fight fans from the middle west
together the night before the automo-
bile classic. and the chances are there
will be a monster crowd on hand to see
the two men fight 1t out
IL seems that many of the present
day middleweights like the S0-pound
scale. excepting Jimmy Ciabby and
Mike Gibbons. and 1t would really be
good thing for the game IL they
could agree on an International pound
age. even II il is f60 pounds. There
are four countries nov which hold Il
the l6o-pound scale weighing at
clock. while the United States alone
noics TO las pounds. ringside. Thai
only demonstrates again the need Of q
ruling body in this country to take the
lead in such matters
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-18
CHESS BATTLE NEAR
Eight Capable Players Entered
in Local Tourney.
MICH INTEREST SHOWN
International Stars Will Compete in
Contests to Be Held in
New York.

No stronger aggregation of chess ex-
rerte has been seen this year in any cIuh
event IN the country than the eight play
ersz who will meet in the Washington
Chee. and Whist Clubs invitation tourna-
ment to he held May 50 10 June L. inclu-
sivS, The entries of the five players So
fars accepted guarantee the 'classiest
ccr1kest ever ---G in this city They
arssN p Whitaker. e. Stephenson and
e x Adams of Washington and w. \.
" cdbury and ". l.. Norman of Nir-
ginta The game betTeen Mr.. Woodbury.
and Mr. Whitaker Should be PARTICULARS
interesting. as they are old rivals Mr.
Woodbury. having captained the hale
chess team in 1910 when Mr.. Whitaker
was leading thu chess cohorts of Penn
The great revival OF interest in chess IN
America il further manifested by the ar
ran1ements now under way. for announcer
master tournament to start in New YORK
about the middle of June Ahohg the
more prominent International s.ars eA-
pected to compete are Marshall. 1apd-
blanca and Speilmann.
The ffth section of The stars CORE
spondence has been notified to play
There Is still vacant place in this sec
ton A. L. Guerra w r Lewis and }. NJ
Tavlor being the contenders al present
We@uouid like to have another player to
fill out this section to the regular NUM-
bery4four. but IL no more names are forth
coming section five will go ahead with
three AS almost all the contestants IN
this event favor a one-dollar entrance Zee.
would request those who have not al
ready paid to send in their entrance lee
10 the referee
There NAV have been better college
chess than that shown in the J. II. Il
II. contest last Thursday evening. but
there never was a harder fought nor a
more interesting battle, and the finai re-
suit is not Yet known. As the hrst game
between Knapp and Melamet has been
sent to Hermann Helms for adjudication
and upon his decision depends the out
come OF the match. large and excited
audience of college students was on hand
and the closing moments of play were
like a foot ball game with the home team
three points behind, five yards to go and
thirty seconds to play Beaten four 10
one ant one adjourned game, In the nrst
round. Georgetown rallied in the second
half and completely turned the tables on
the Baltimoreans The appended score
will show exactly what happened.