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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-18
BOXER IS KILLED.
Lightweight Pugilist Dropped Dead in
Michigan Match.

Hastings, Michigan, April 1S.-Several
fighters, wrestlerS and managers who
participated in the boxing and wrest-
ling matches held here last night, have
been detained by the authorities who
are investigating the death of billy
Allen, of Jackson, a lightweight pugil-
list. Allen succumbed a short time af-
ter he engaged in a boxing bout with
T L. Brady, also of jackson. In the
second round Allen was knocked
against the ropes. He responded to
the gong at the start of the third round
but a moment later sank to the can
vas unconscious.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-18
Making Physical Valuation
Kansas Railroads.
Utilities Commission Glad to
Turn 1t Over to Z. S.

If plans proposed by the public utili-
ties commission. prove fruitful, the
state will be able to dodge $40, 900 ad-
ditional expense in the making of phys
lcal valuations of Kansas railroad pro-
pertieS and will turn the job over to
the government The matter is now
up to the interstate commerce commits
sion, which is soon to undertake the
task of making a physical valuation
of all railroad property in the United
States.
Two years ago the legislature set
aside a special appropriation for the
making a physical valuation of rail-
road properties in this state. The first
undertaking was under the old COM
mission. They started with the Union
Pacific and after spending something
like $4,000 on the work, learned that
the Union Pacific was paying taxes on
an assessed valuation 16 million dol
lars greater than the physical valu-
alton of the road in Kansas. Then
physical valuation was made of the
Burlington line through Kansas, with
slightly better results. Just at present
the commission is working on the
physical valuation of the Rock Island.
The work will be completed about
July l.
State Has Spent $4,000.
To gather information regarding
physical valuations of these three
roads, the state has spent something
like 100000. Now the commission is
without funds to proceed further with
the work after completing the Rock
Island job. The recent Legislative ses-
sion failed to make an appropriation
sufficient to carry on the work and the
commission believes that the govern
ment can be induced to complete the
task of collecting physical valuations
of railroads in Kansas.
Recently congress made an appro-
- he
interstate commerce commission in
making physical valuations of rail-
road properties in the United States.
1t is estimated that the work will cost
the government million dollars ana
another appropriation will be asked at
the next regular session of congress.
Viewing the situation from the stand
point that the government expects to
employ experts to gather this 1nfor-
nation, the Kansas utilities commits
sion argues that Uncle Sam might
just as well assume the contract in
the expense.
Cost $4,000 to Complete Work.
To complete the work OF making a
physical valuation of the remaining
roads in Kansas, would mean a cost
of not less than $4,000, according to
figures compiled by the commission.
There is no money available for the
work So the task of completing the
valuation has been checked up to the
interstate commerce commission.
It is argued by members of the
that two valuations of the
roads in Kansas is a waste of per-
fectly good money and would not inn
prove the results. The Kansas COM
mission is willing to turn over to the
government the figures showing the
of the Union Pacific, Rock
Island and Burlington in Kansas and
in return will ask that the govern
ment complete the taking of valua-
lions of other roads and furnish the
state commission with copy of their
i
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-18

Mary Ann Somerlot, aged rs years. died
last night. The funeral will be held at
o clock Sunday in Penwell's chapel. In,
terment will be in the Topeka cemetery
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-18

Mrs. Halle w. Flanders, wife of the
1ate Captain George E. Flanders, died
thursday at her home on Ohio and Jay
avenues Death was caused by apoplexy.
mrs Flanders was one of the pioneers
Ind, when she was Is years old She lived
in Highland Park IL years. She is sur
vlVed by one son, Charles Flanders. The
funeral will be held at the home at 2
O'Clock Sunday afternoon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-18

Ellis Walton. aged SO, died about 10
o'clock last night at his home four miles
north of the city. The funeral will be
held at the residence at 2 O'Clock Satur-
etery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-18
Two Jointists ParoIed Today.

Two prisoners in the county Jail who
have been serving time for violation
of the prohibitory law were paroled this
morning by the county board on a
promise to pay fines and costs remain
ing unpaid and not having been served
out
Thomas Carroll agreed to pay the
balance of $780, against him and a
further s. of S2S so as a board bill.
Sid Nelson who told the board he has
been in Jail since January 4, was pa
rolled to pay the balance of a fine of
5000 and costs that amount to s99.10.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-18
DEATHS and FUNERALS.

John NJ. Currier. secretary of the Chi
cago Lumber company, died at his home
an 1875 Fillmore street, Thursday. The
funeral will be held at the residence at
; o'clock Saturday and interment will be
in Mount Hope cemetery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-18
MARTIN IS SAFE?
Missing Memphis Man Not in Danger,
Says American Detective.

London. April 1S.-Joseph Martin of
Memphis. missing since April 5, is safe
and well, according to the American de-
tective who has been at work on the case
for the last week. The detective says he
has received information from his New
York office which satisfies him on this
point
He will not say where Martin is, but de-
clares the missing man is not in London,
and adds
My information compels me to with
draw from the case, which is no longer g.
mystery. AI~-.i~ % MT in any physical
danger
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-01-31
Want to
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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-01-31
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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-01-31
LET THEM CHOOSE
Turn the Children Loose in the Library and Let Them
Sample Its Literary Contents and Follow Where
Fancy Leads Them-Their Instinct Is Unerring.

To go on and on and on with your
eyes fastened on the beautiful mirage
in the distance-eyer receding but ev-
er before you-to so unheeding the
pitfalls and the traps set for your I'M
wary feet-to leave far behind the evil
thing by the wayside that shoots out
an ugly arm TO grasp you-to ignore
because you do not see the black face
leering al You from the darkness-to
pull your feet out of the mire that
seeks TO engulf them-to turn deaf
ears to the sneering fiends that mock
you-to unknowingly blind your eyes
TO the devil torments that assail you
! to see only that beautiful thing
To keep your dream.
Although you may never realize it.
For realization is an awakening.
! And awakening is fatality.
! A fatality that overtakes humanity.
! For il is the rare soul that retains
his dream through a span of years,
| And the most envied he that does.
! 1t is the cry of the human heart
spare me my dreams"
! And it is this excess of imagination
that saves the child from contamina-
ton in indiscriminate reading.
! The things a child reads when he is
"a child are those with which he goes
through life.
They are the books which most in,
fluence him"
The great classics should all be alb
sorbed in childhood
They become a part of the fabric OF
his existence-a part of his life.
The child who has read Dickens and
Thackeray and Homer and Horace has
something that cannot be discount cd
by the most extended university educa
ton in the world.
Wherever possible each child should
be permitted TO form his own little Ii
brary.
Even if but a shelf of books.
And there is no more stirring impe
tus toward this than having his Owl
bookplates.
In the literature of bookplates there
is that of the child's.
Bookplate collectors, however, FIND
fewer child's plates than any othel
class. Very few designers make then
and frequently they are not apropos.
Miss Florence Fox, of this city, ha'
made two or three charming children
plates-one of them being possessed
by Master Edwin Gates. son of Rev
Arthur Gates, of the Grace church, ant
which is of alluring design.
In a recent number of John Mar
tins Book" an English publication. ar
to be found reproductions of design
of six plates for children-all apropo
and one or two fascinating.
AS Martin says "the bookplate slim
ulates the childs interest in book
, and develops a sense of proprietor
ship"
Give the child a chance at himself
Let him pick and choose.
Then buy him the book and let hin
paste on its inside cover his own littl
bookplates.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-01-31
LARGE CROWD WILL
SEE GAME TONIGHT
Warm Contest Between In
diana and Earlham Is
Expected.

News from both training camps
show that Earlham and Indiana are
confident of victory in the Coliseum
this evening AS basketball game il
promises to be a very good game and
many prophesy that it will be the best
of the season. The State team beat
the Quakers al Bloomington two
weeks ago by a small score but the
accession of the inehgibles has i'm
proved Earlham's chances a hundred
per cent, the coach says. Since their
appearance they have not lost a game
and the odds seem to be in favor OF
the local team tonight.
Both teams have played long enough
this season to have developed their
best lineup and both will use their
best men.
The men that Coach Thistlethwaite
will probably start against Indiana
are: Forwards, Beerv and Rowe; cen.
| ter, Stanley; guards. Williams and
Sharyless. Wolf, Winslow and Lancas
ter probably will be in the game in
the latter part. From the work of Bee
~ at Franklin last Saturday, great
things are expected from him. Rowe's
basket eye" is the best on the team
although If he is very well guarded he
| is scarcely heavy enough to outplay a
husky guard. Babe" Stanley always
comes in strong in the first part of the
game and frequently plays his oppo
nents off their feet by his strength
and heighth. Williams and Sharpless
have proven the bullwark of the team
and with Lancaster make as good
guards rs can be found in the state
barring one or two. Wolf always puts
| life into the team in a crisis and his
floor work is especially good, as is hi:
free throwing.
The Indiana lineup will probably be
Forwards, Tiarnhar- and Freeiand
center, Nichols; guard, Clouse and Nc
Cullough. Nichols was slightly injured
in the game with Ohio State anc
Freeland may play his position, will
Munkelt as forward.
The game between the high schoo
and Stivers of Dayton will prove al
interesting contest, The Dayton team
defeated the local boys by a small
score a short time ago and the Prep
will put up a stiff fight before th'
home crowd. This game will be playet
before the Earlham-lndiana game.
A large crowd will see the game, a
most of the seats in the balcony hav'
been reserved.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-01-31
may BUILD STATION KNOWS LEFTY LOUIE"
David Schoen Held Here on
Suspicion.

In a cross-examination this morning
al police court, David Schoen. who was
arrested on suspicion by special patrol
man Burns. of the Pennsylvania rail
road. while alighting from the engine
of train from Dayton. stated that he
knew Lefty Louie" whose name has
become known throughout the coun-
try. by his connection in the Rosenthal
murder case at New York City. Schoen
claims New York as bis home and says
he left because of the garment work
ers strike. He came from Dayton and
when arrested. said that he was on his
way to Cincinnati. He admitted having
been in Jail several times. He seemed
to know something of the city of New
York. He is held on suspicion while
the police are trying TO ascertain if
he is wanted in other cities.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-01-31
CITY ADVERTISEMENT
Department Of Public Works.
Office Of the Board.

Richmond. Ind, January 81, 1918.
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS:
Notice is hereby given by the Board
of Public Works of the City of Rich
mond. Indiana. that sealed proposals
will be received by il at its office. at
the hour OF 10 o'clock A. NJ. on Thurs
day, February goth. 1913. for the fol-
lowing described public improvements
in the City of Richmond. as authorized
by the Improvement Resolutions
named:
Improvement Resolution No. 341, 1912.
For the improvement of South 9Th
Street from South "A" TO South "E"
Street. by constructing cement side
walks, curb and gutter on both sides OF
street between the points named.
Improvement Resolution No. $50. 1912.
For the improvement OF South End
Street. from South "A" TO South "B"
Street, by constructing cement curb
and gutter of both sides of street and
cement sidewalk on the west side
thereof. between the points named.
All work done in the making of said
described public improvements. shall
be in accordance with the terms and
conditions of the Improvement Reso-
buttons, as numbered, and the detail
plans, profiles. drawings and specifi-
cations which are on file and may be
seen in the office of said Board of Pub
lie Works of the City of Richmond.
The bidders. in submitting proposals
to make said described pub
lie improvements, must accom-
pany each bid with GER
titled check under Improvement Reso-
luton No. 341-I9I2 in the sum OF $780,
90. and under improvement Resolution
! No, 35O-l9I2 in the sum of 800. as evil
dence of good faith that the success
full bidders will execute, within ten
DAYS from the acceptance of proposals
contracts and bonds satisfactory to the
said Board to do the work OF making
said improvements. A failure of the
successful bidders TO enter into such
contracts and bonds upon the accept
ance of such proposals will forfeit the
checks and the sums of money payable
thereon TO the city as agreed and
liquidated damages for such failure.
The City of Richmond will pay with
in thirty days after the approval OF the
final assessment roll. by the Board or
Public Works. the cost of the street
and alley intersections. and ten per
cent of the cost of the curb and gutter
under the above numbered improve
ment resolutions.
The Board of Public Works reserves
the right TO reject any or all bids.
B. A. Kennepohl,
Fred r. Charles,
w w Zimmerman,
Board of Public Works.
jan 81 & feb Z
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-01-31

Carl Schurz once told n friend some
English language. He knew it about
as American college boys know their
German-that is to say. barely at all
One day. deciding such nonsense
must end" he entered bookstore and
asked for the classic of the English
language. A wise clerk gave him
The Vicar of Wakefield He care
fully translated it into German and
put his work away for six weeks At
the end Of that time he translated his
translation back into English and then
made a searching comparison between
his version aud that of Goldsmith :
original. After that" he said. Il
knew English
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-01-31
az ESTHER GRIFFIN WHITE

There is a vast deal of talk about
the child"
Tones are written about him.
Convocations are held to pass on his
peculiar case.
Study clubs foregather to list to
psychological dissertations.
Teachers meet in conflab.
Parents convene.
Courses of reading and action are
outlined.
He is put through his PAGES.
He is laid out on the cooling board.
He is dissected.
Analysed.
Placed under the microscope.
Every impulse is docketed.
Every instinct pigeon-holed.
The hardest thing nowadays is to
find an absolutely natural child.
That is, among the children of the
well-to-do
The great average.
They are apt to be little prigs or
self-conscious hypocrites.
Affected without knowing how or
why.
lney are eSpeElulSnteu OH
And daZed by the experimentation.
There is nothing worse for the men,
tally of a child. in instance, than to
serve it to a literary menu prepared
exclusively for children.
Children's books, especially prepar-
ed for children. with all else eliminat-
ed save that which is supposed to ap-
peal to the childish mind or to be with
in the scope of his supposed compre-
hension have done much to dwarf his
development.
To nullifv an otherwise favorable
environment.
| There is nothing better than to turn
child loose in a we'll chosen but di-
verse library
Let him browse at will.
| He will turn to the sort of literature
that is suited to his temperament as
water will flow to the waters natural
plane.
1t is a great mistake to think chill
dren should be allowed only such
books as are prepared and written eX
pressly for them.
No good book hurts a child.
That is, books that are sometimes
regarded as bad but which are really
good.
There be those who would cut THE
Arabian Nights" out of the child's rep
ertoire.
Why?
Because the debased mature minC
sees in that delightful series of tales
something Shiny and unfit for the peru
sal of the undeveloped entity.
When the truth is that all the latter
If there is such an element in these
fascinating stories-is unnoted Of The
child.
He singles out the jewels and leave!
the dross.
Leaves it because he doesn't see it.
1t is great thing-this not seeing.
1t is the finest phase of life.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-01-31
CITY ADVERTISEMENT.
Department of Public Works.
Office of the Board.

Richmond. Ind. January 81. 1918.
TO WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN: 49,.
Notice is hereby given by the Board
of Public Works of the City of Rich
mond, Indiana. that on the eIth day OF
January, 1918, they unanimously
adopted
Improvement Resolution No. 355, 1918
For the improvement of the alley be-
tween South 9th and 10th Street. by
constructing cement roadway in said
alley. from South "A" to South 'B"
street.
And on January both. 1913, the Board
unanimously adopted
Improvement Resolution No. 356, 1918.
For the improvement of the LIST al
ley north of Main street, by construct
ing cement roadway in said alley. from
North 18th to North 14th Street.
The Board of Public Works of said
city has fixed Monday, February oath.
1913, as date upon which remons-
frances may be filed or presented by
persons interested in. or affected by.
said proposed improvements OF either
of them as above described, and on
said day. at . o'clock a. m. said Board
! will meet at its office for the purpose
| of hearing and considering any re-
monstrances which may have been fill
! ed or presented. and for the purpose of
taking final action thereon. Such &C
! ton shall be final and conclusive upon
all persons.
b. A. Kennepohl,
Fred r. Charles, ........ ...
W. w. Zimmerman.
Board of Public Works.
/ jan 81 & feb Z.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-01-31
Sporting Gossip
BASEBALL NOTES.

Ray Schalk. the brilliant backstop
of the Chicago White SoX, is playing
basketball with the Litchfield, H.,
team.
New York fans predict that pitcher
George Mcconnell will surely be a
winner under the tutorage of Manager
Chance next season.
Texarkana. member of the South
Central League last year, will have a
team in the TexasOklahoma League
the coming season.
Manager George Stallings, of the
Boston Nationals, will try out Gowdy,
Calhoun, Metz and Meyers for the
first-base position with the Braves.
Harry Niles, the former ST. Louis
Boston outfielder, has been released
by the Toledo club, of the American
Association, to indianapolis.
The first inter-league series of 1913
will start on March 16, when the
Pittsburgh Pirates and Boston Cham
pions meet at Hot Springs, Arkansas.
Arlie Latham, former big Lacquer
and comedian of the baseball diamond
has signed as manager of the Grand
Central Bowling Academy, New York.
President Comiskey, of the White
Sox, is expecting great work from
his Indian pitcher, George Murphy
Johnson, who was a star in the West
ern League last season.
A band of Chicago rooters, friends
of Joe Tinker, will journey to Cincin-
natl to welcome the new manager OF
the Reds on the occasion of the open
ing of the season.
The New England League and the
Eastern Association are planning to
have a post-season Glass B champion
ship series at the close of the regular
season next September.
Word comes from the Red SoX
headquarters that all of the world S
champions have signed up except
pitchers Wood, OBrien, Bedient, Col
Inns and Hall; catchers Carrigan
Thomas and Nunamaker; infielder
Wagner and outfelders Speaker, Lew
is and Hooper. That list comes very
near being the entire Sox outfit
All the International League teams
will 60 south this spring to get into
condition for the coming season. To
ronto will train at Macon, Ga, Balti
more at Fayetteville. \. c.: Rochester
at Admission, Ala; Providence at Dur
ham, n. c.; Buffalo at Charlotte, n. c
Newark at Savannah, Ga; Montreal
at Charlottesville, Va. and Jersey
City vii lagain go to Bermuda.