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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-10
Mexican Gunb0ats Throw
Shells Into Oil Plant.
one TANK IS SET ON FIRE
Rebels Appear to Have Better
of the Encounter.
Women and Children Go
Aboard American Warships.

Washington. April Continued
fighting at Tampico. with great dam
ago to the valuable Oil property there
was reported to the state department
and navy department today. in dis
patches from the warships on the
Mexican coast. An official statement
at the state department described the
situation as to oil properties this way:
Several old oil tanks have been
struck. one is on fire and oil is run
ming into the river. A number OF
refugees are on the warships.''
The fighting at Tampico was de-
scribed as heavy, with the rebels in
possession of Dona Cecilia and Arbol
Grande. Rear Admiral Fletcher re-
ported that Rear Admiral Mayo had
delivered ;-nother letter. to General
Zaragosa about the shots fired into
the Pierce Oil plant from federal gun
boats. Grave fears are felt here that
there may be wholesale destruction of
the properties.
Assurance was received that all
American women and children have
been gathered into places Of safety.
Latest reports to the navy department
were summarized in this statement:
AT p m. Thursday Admiral
00AyO IeQOIt0U lIOIn 1dlnplCO TO AO-
mira1 Fletcher at Vera Cruz that there
had been but desu1tory firing since
daybreak. Two women have been re-
ported hanged for attempting to re-
lease prisoners from Quartet. A con-
stftutional prisoner has been reported
hanged for having bullets in his pos
session.
Tho Vera Cruz Moves Up.
At 10 p. m. Admiral Mayo reported
further that there WAS a 1y1Il in the
lighting during the afternoon. The
Vera Cruz moved up to the vicinity Of
Tolstoi road at p. m. and did some
firing. There was also fighting in
trenches near A1tamira. Admiral
Mayo has delivered another letter to
General Zaragosa relating to damage
by gunhoats to the Pierce Oil plant.
IAN oil tank at Arbol Grande was on
flre at $40. Sixty women and chill
dren have been taken on board the
Des Moiues, and all American wom-
en- and children have been brought up
from points on the river below the
city except at Labarra- Those who
were there have gone aboard the
German tanker Usage. Admiral Mayo
that refugees desire ref
uge, not removal"
Secretary Daniels said this morning
that he had not been informed of the
issuance by Admiral Mayo of any ul-
timatum to the federal commander at
rampico to cease firing from the gum
boat into the city. Monterey is said
10 be quiet.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-10
Nine Buildines Burned.

Bucklin, Mo-, April 1O.-Nine build
ings were destroyed and a loss of $20,-
900 entailed by a fire here today. The
fire started in a restaurant. A strong
wind was blowing from the southwest.
Bucklin has no fire department and
the fire was fought by bucket brigades
and hand fire extinguishers. All the
plate glass in the business houses on
the west side Of the street was broken.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-10

Weather F0recase for Kanana.
Cloudy ana unsettled tonight and sat-
urday: colder tonight
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-10

'.Majolica pitcher brings S6ss IN
sale,' read Mrs. Fan. HUH" sneered
Mr. Fan. HE can't be much 81 4
player. Buffalo ExpreaR
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-10

Sensaaona testimony
Srouht e Heights He Methodist Episcopal church New
n sT nok Various women charged that he had
charged with having kissed twice visit Of
Manhood the pworth Ieaon
Workers" - ~F"~-~' 0e~S1'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-10

(Continued on Page Two.l
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-10

Fred Clarke. manager Of the Pitts
burg club, who is in Topeka today,
when shown the Associated Press dis
patch which knocks out the reserve
Clause. was not bit surprised, in fact
he claimed that the reserve clause
never was thought to be valid in a
court of civil law but was honored by
,he baseball fraternity for the good of
the game and from a moral standpoint.
Mr. Clarke said: I'VE never did think
he reserve clause would stand the test
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-03
HARVARD CHEER LEADER
THRILLS HEART Of AN
=. ENGLISH. foOTbAu fan

An English writer. Ia describing a
Yale.Harvard football game played
at Soldiers neld. gives . new and
picturesque view of the sideli8hts of
the contest Ms seen by foreign eyes:
At the CRISIS In the fortunes Of the
n important part. The athletic
committee appoints a cheer leader
for the occasion. Every hve or ten
minutes this gentleman, . big, fine
figure In white. springs out from his
seat at. the. foot Of the stands, adj
dresses the multitude through q meg
1t aside, and with q Wild iinginE and
swinging Of his body and arms, con-
ducts ten thousand voices In the Har-
ward yell. That over, the game pro-
ceeds, and the cheer leader sits quiet
ly- waiting for the next moment Of
peril or triumph. I shall not easily
shine. conducting with his whole
body. passionate. possessed by q de-
mon, bounding in the frenzy Of his
inspiration from side to side, con-
torted, rhythmic. ecstatic. It seemed
SO wonderfully American. in its COM
bination Of entire wildness and entire
reguianon, with the whole Just n triffe
Completely friendly ana befriend-
ed as I q I couldn't help feeling
ta moments very alien and very, very
more 80 than after the
protracted game had ended in q VIC
tory for Harvard, when the dusty
plain vas filled with groups and lines
of men DANCING in solemn HARMONY.
and a shoutino crowd broken by DC.
casional individuals who could find
some little eminence to lead a Har-
ward yell from, and who conducted
the bystanders, n then vanished,
and the crowd swirled on again.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-03
BROOKLYN NAN
. HATES GIANTS
If Ebbets Had His Way, He
Would Wipe the Club OFF
the Baseball Map.

Brooklyn. Jan. 3.-Charles FL. Eb-
bets, president Of the Brooklyn Base
ball club, declared this week before
the members of the mems club of the
F1atbush Congregational church. as
sembled at their annual dinner in the.
basement Of the church building, Dor.
chester road and East Eighteenth
street, that Joe Tinker will either play
in a Brooklyn uniform next spring or
not at all. HE is signed by us. we
paid a big price-$25, 0O0-for him,
we need him n we are going to have
him." he asserted.
MIR. Ebbets took several filings at
the New York Giants and declared
that his n hope was to put together
a team that would wipe them off the
lots.
"They come over here with that
throw 'em down McClusky' air that
is %sickening, he yer on. II would
like nothing better than to get them
in a room with gloves on, but l would
he sure to have the horseshoes in my
gloves. Oh, i love them. i think
they're The biggest--" and then he
remarked that perhaps he was saying
too much. He added, however, that
he thought Brooklyn next season
would have q team that would beat
every league, and especially the
Joints"
Ebbets declared that Nap .Rucker
will always be on the pay roll Of the
Brooklyn team az long as he Is alive,
and added: ~ consider him the great
est lcft-hander this country has ever
produced"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-03
CLAbBY MAY NOT
MEET N. GIBBONS
Hammond Boxer Has Re-
ceived Tempting Offer to
Meet Me- oorty Abroad.

st Paul, Mimi. Jan. ga dispatch
from Milwaukee say Jimmy Clabby
mas been offered a tempting induce
ment to go to Australia at once, for
the purpose of meeting Eddie Nc
Goorty. who Tuesday won an easy VIC
tory over the best m~iddleweight i'm
the antipodes.
complexities the situation with
regard to a meeting between Gibbons
and Clabby. As matters stand between
these two, Clabby processes to be will
Ing to meet Gibbons at the Pacific
coast, while Gibbons and his manager,
Eddit Reddy are holding for a bout
at New Orleans, where Gibbons made
"A great impression and where he
would draw IL big purse.
Would Draw Well.
Clapby also is popular at New Or
leans and the pair would prove a mag
net that would attract much real
money into the box Office.
h money is the main considera-
ton. AS a matter Of fact, neither
Gibbons o Clabby is spelling for a
fight. Both know they would be taxi
ing chances, but both are out for the
coin and are willing to hook up pro-
viding the financial inducements are
satisfactory.
II looks, though, that Clabby is
more anxious to dodge a meeting than
is Gibbons. for he is insisting OH going
much further for the fight, with no
prospects in sight of making money ut
the coast than at the Crescent City.
Gibbons probably will sign to meet
George Chip, the new middleweight
champion, at New York about the
middle Of this month. and Clabby
must hustle if he wants to meet Glib
bons and also grab off the big guar
antee offered by Snowy Baker in AUS
tralia.
Should BE Good Bout.
Chip and Gibbons, If they meet,
should put up an interesting exhibition
with the chances favoring Gibbons.
Mikes speed should keep him out of
harms way in a ten-round bout with
Chip. while Brother Chip would be a
target for Gibbons choicest offerings,
and as to the quality of these one
Wildcat Ferns can testify, as Mike
stopped him in less than two rounds a
few weeks ago. q
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-03
FEDERALS ARE TO
Make GOOD FIGHT
Officials Say. They Will Ap-
peal Through Quality Of
Ball. Not Sentiment.
(By George r. Pulford.

This is an open year for ball play
ers.
The aggressiveness Of the Federal
league, called an "outlaw" by organ
lied baseball, spells WAR
And, as was shown in 1901, base
a war Is an expensive luxury.
The Federal is coming strongly.
rotary Lloyd Rickart say the league is
prepared to spend q fortune to estab.
lish itself.
Save in the opinion of organized
baseball and its hirelings. the FEEDER
al league Is nc Of an OUTLAW
than any other Independent business
which fights a: trust. ~ q.
The only law the Federal has -vio-
lated is that n which organized
baseball has created in its complac-
ency. And the public today does not
a and their minor league associates
to make laws for it.
The Federal league will be well
coined by press and public and will
be p~atronized IL 1t. puts up q good
fight.
The attack upon the baseball Co
Hath by the baseball David IL center
edstn the vulnerable point. Of, the.shtg
o armor-theN reserve clause-
and before the 1914 season opens this
Will be threshed out. in court to de-
termine whether a baseball contract
is worth tho paper it Is printed up
on.
Secretary Rickart says the Federal
league 10 not planning q campaign for
sympathy, but will seek patronage
with good baseball and high-ciass
players.
Secure Capable Leaders.
The way the Federal is raiding the
stronghold of the enemy is an EVIL
dence of good faith in, this respect.
Leaders like Tinker, Brown, Stovall
and Ned Hanlon will attract the fans.
and If they gather the sort Of players
they are after and play good base
ball the fans will be with them.
| force upon baseball q sense Of its
debt to the public, something few
magnates have realized. 1t can give
recognition to young players who
have heretofore been forced to seek
allegiance with organized baseball
and accept whatever terms were Of
fered, and, having signed a contract,
be. ent from team to team. without
having a word in the matter
The only concessions baseball has
yer granted as the result of public
OpIIliOH, SUI COLA0 OLkA0T lAtAuCAASS 0AAA
not through q sense Of equity upon
the part of the moguls.
With the Federal in the field and
outside Of the fold, this will a
and organized baseball will, IL forced,
treat players more like men and less
like chattels.
The invaders say, they have the
money they need to fight and that
they will fight, not through sympathy.
get: with men able to deliver the
goods"
No n realizes more keenly than
these men who are investing that the
fan IL as tickle as a coquet and that
he will remain faithful, only while
baseball Is deserving of patronage. To
the fan an idol is a idol only while
he lis there" and there is no room
for fallen idols on Federal league
teams.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-03
MURPHY SAYS He
DOES NOT WORRY
No Cause to Lose Sleep over
Cubs, He Says-To Frame
the Schedules.

Chicago, Jan. s-President Charles
WEIGH Murphy is not worrying over
the threats OF the Federal league
crowd. At least lie claims as much.
To prove that he has nc reason TO
lose sleep over being robbed of some
of his stars and drawing cards the
west side boss said yesterday h ii he
already has over twenty signed con-
tracts reposing in the Cub strong box.
This information was offered free
~. In fact Murphy seemed anxious
to get the above fact in print. The
only thing he wouldn't divulge was
the name of the gents under contract.
as the Feds" might get busy if they
learned hat some of the west siders
have not signed the precious papers.
Ii Murphy possesses the said docu-
ments it can mean two things. Most
of the men are safe from the new
league for the reason that the Feds
arc determined not to grab players
league clubs. Besides. the players
cannot be taking the protective fra
ternity very seriously if they are sigh
ing up contrary to an agreement en-
tered before the close of last season.
Many Under Long Contracts.
Taking the opposite view Murplly's
statement means nothing. He can
have twenty signed contracts and still
be minus some of his best men. Ath-
letes like Archer. Rresnahap, Zim-
norman. Cheney and Manager Evers
are under contracts covering a term
of en- years. These. of course, are
included in the twenty or more. and
possibly two more Cubs are in the
same boat. This bunch could not
either negotiate with the Federals or
heed h request of the protective fra
ternity.
In addition the remainder Of the
crowd already signed can consist IF
the Cub bushers. gathered either by
wanted by the new league and few
are members of the fraternity, so the
best thing they could do is to sign.
And bear in mind that a young gent
rising to the majors for the first time
doesn't think life is complete until
he annexes his sig. to the papers.
That n OF two Cubs will be caught
Vic Safer is the mar wanted by the
st, Louis club. and the young first
sacker is giving an offer serious con-
sideration. He signed last spring only
after Murphy raised the figure. and
as he had an excellent season he may
demand a big boost in the ante.
What the Cub boss will do in the
of salary is Il question.
Tackle Players Demands.
The next ten days promise to clear
up h baseball situation to some OK
With the l'cderals threatening
to play hob everywhere. the national
commission will take up the demands
of the players fraternity. and because
of the tlcilisllness of the situation
give them serious thought. This mat
ter will be considered Tuesday at Gin
%cinnati, the players being represented
by a committee of five.
President B. B. johnson of the
league left for French Lick.
Ind. He was accompanied by William
H~arridge, the league secretary. The
National league delegates. Barney
preyfuss and John Hevdler, will also
there and the quartette will take
up the 1914 schedule question.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-03
HALF MILLION
IN NORTHERN
statistician Estimates That
Clubs Have That Many
People to Draw From
By Earren.

There are approximately half q mil
lion residents In the cities Of the.
Northern league.
To be exact. the figures, as COM
piled by a local statistician, show
$4,000, in the eight cities aud their
immediate territory.
Winnipeg, Of course. heads the list.
It is estimated that there are 100000
in that city and immediate vicinity.
If tho Winnipeg managers can devise
some means Of getting 100000 Of
need worry no longer over the imam
cial feature.
Duluth is down for $4,000 and su-
perior and Fort William for 10000
each. Virginia and Winona each is
credited with 10000.
= Grand Forks and East Grand Forks
have approximately 10000 to draw
from, while Fargo and Moorhead.
have $4,000. q;
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-03
May
Get GOLF TOURNEY
inikahda Club Considered
s Scene for Annual Open
! Championship Play.

minneapolis, Mimi, Jan. 1.-The
1T course of the Minikahda club has
eiNcd such recognition by the Unit
States Golf association as mas new
.heforc been accorded a golf course
sN'iated this far west This recos-
zion takes the form IF the selcc-
IN of this course as n of three to
,tich the open championship for
~ will be awarded by the associa.
fcnuary ninth.
Western golf clubs which arc mem-
RS of the United States Golf asso-
Al1tion. are prone to feel that they arc
EHHmbers merely as a matter Of cour-
Ely and that the east tolerated them
4olhout really considering the west
I clubs of sufficient Importance To
awarded the national events. Chi
lHEo appeared to he the only cNccp-
In to this condition.
This last year, however. when Var
In and Ray, the two wonderful Eng
uuh professionals toured the country
"a played over q great many of the
curses in the west and spoke in high
Fl terms OF them, the east began to
ali1e that there were some golf
.a'urses in the west as well as some
tAslferk. OF the nine clubs to which
1e three national events nay go,
ven of them r west Of Pittsburg
nd six west OF Cleveland, a startling
sparture from the usual practice.
MinikAhda Honored.
Tho Minikahda club. with the
Stomewood and Midlothian clubs or
1icago. are the clubs considered for
HE open event. which was won by
|4uimet last year. against the Eng
sth professionals. Minikahda has
ing boosted Of its golf course and
tsoss who have played on other links
III over the country and abroad be-
sve that the Minikahda course ranks
bith the best in the country. The
'estern Golf association recognized
Plis fact in awarding n western
nateur to the club three years ago.
Id the Trans-Mississippi association
A. also been staged or this course.
of association. entirely unsolicited
v the Minikahda clup. IN a COM
tunication to the club advises it of
Ills extremely complimentary consid-
alton and states that the executive
1mmittee considers the local course
Is zone of the three clubs whose
purse is suitable for holding the open
championship"
!. While there are two other courses
Ithich may receive the event, both of
Enem in Chicago, the chance that Min
sahda will get it are excellent, for the
mateur National will probably go to
sither Detroit or Cleveland and M
&c the Chicago courses has expressed
= preference for this event rather
I,han the open.
= Should the event come here the To-
,sal golfers will see some .,f the best
Itolf to he. seen anywhere. The de-
:eat of the two English professionals
It the hands of a boyish amateur
last year has to be revenged by
British players. and No DOUBT sew
raj of them will come over for the
alay In addition the e brings
The best professionals from all over
.hc country. as well as the hest anna
leurs, while the French and Canadian
Eolfers also take part. The play lasts
put two days and is medal play Of
holes, NJ match except
n case Of a. tie.
! The Minikahda club yesterday
wired its acceptance Of the event in
Ease 1t should be awarded it at the
January q.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-03
WILL NOT
T NEW YORK

Chicago. Jan. a.~-'"The Federal
league will % enter New York or
BROOKLYN in 1914. Our Circuit, is COM
plete and will stand without any
changes"
Presiden, J.. A. Gilmore Of the or
ganization made this positive state
ment to the United Press yesterday
upon his return from the east. He
said that the possibility of the Feds
having a club in Greater New York
in 1915 was for future considera-
ton and would neither DENY nor
confirm the report that an option has
peer taken on ground near the I3righ-
ton race track.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-03
NEW GAME TO TRAIN
PASS MEN

\ new gymnasium game of consid.
cradle benefit to football players in
these days of open and forward pass
tactics has been evolved by Maurice
Kent, assistant football coach at the
University of Iowa. The game is
played with a football. but resembles
BASKETBALL, in that scores are made
by throwing the ball through hoops
at each end of the gymnasium floor.
The idea of. the game came as a
result Of observation which disclosed
the fact that football men who had
played basketball were as a rule
much more efficient in the use of the
Onward pass than those who had no
experience at the indoor game.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-03

/ TO SECURE MANAGER

!: Pittsburgh, Jan. 3.-"Chances now
Mayor either Bobby Byrne or Rhoddy
ffVallaoe as manager of the Pittsburgh
Federal league team" Secretary w. I.
Mccullough said today. 'rWhile the
applications Of two or three other ma
ejor league players are under advise
bment. It looks as it the directors Of
Sahe club would decide on one of the
klwo players mentioned.
= "Byrne. because of his advantage in
sfhe directors. The Chicago story nam
ling Sheckard as pilot Of the local team
Us the outcome Of a recommendation
sby Manager Joe Tinker to President
rJohn B. Barbour"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-03
PROTECT NATIONAL PARKS.

War Department. Sene;; Measure 70
House to Prevent Destruction.
Washington. Jan. 3.-The war de.
partment has sent to the house pro-
posed legislation for better protection
Of national military parks. gta
Tho measure submitted defines as
Inisdemeanors the willful destruction.
DETACHMENT. injury or removal OF any
monument. statue. marker, guide
pOst. fence Dr. other structure; or tree.
arbor Or plant within the limits OF
any national park. IN,
ut makes these offenders guilty Of
mtsdemeanor in any nattonal park.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-03
FEAR FOR GOLFERS SAFETY.
smith. Open Champ in 1893, May Be
Lost in Mexico.

Chicago, Jan. 3.-Relatives Of
Willie Smith. open champion golf
ar OF the United States in 1899, and
at Midlothian. and a num-.
ber Of leading golf clubs, fear that
may have fallen into the hands OF
bandits. Smith left Chicago
to become instructor at the Mexico
City Country club last fall. Letters
to him for several weeks have been
unanswered and members IF his fam
lily have been unable to get word Of
his whereabouts.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-03

A curious statement is being print
ed in the papers. to-wit; That 20
many women are being convicted 81
white shaving that room cannot BE-
found for them in the federal neni-
,tentiaries. Ono wouldn't think that
women would be guilty Of injurins
their W sex in the white slave way.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-03
WILL STICK.


Columbus Players.
Columbus. Jan. 3.-Neither OF the
four Columbus PLAYERS, Smith, Miller.
Shelton or Gerber, approached by
Federal agents is expected to jump
to the outlaws. Gerber, who lives
here. says he will no III other men
stickler for safety as to his earnings
and even refused to join the PLAYERS
fraternity last fall.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-03
lo1, 900 WORKERS JoBI1Ess.
During Year This Number Out {
R27.OOO in Cofhan, Were idle.

Albany, ". Y, Jan. Slack of
work, not labor disputes, was respon-
York state during 1913. according to
statement. today by abor Commis-
sioner Lynch, His reports show 4
greater percentage Of idleness than.
for any year since 1886, with the ex-
ception Of 1905. The number Of
workers on which last years figures
based was 627:00O. The num-
Der reported idle was 10000. q per-
centage Of 916.1.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-03
: -cANI,o Is DEFEATED
cl,urc,,s Ferry Basketball Team VIC

Cllurclls Ferry Basketball Team Vic.
tor in One-Sided Game.
Cando, N. D., Jan. 3.-The churchs
Ferry basketball team proved easy
victors in the game with the Cando
high school. The score was 81 to a.
team had played, and. considering
this fact, they showed good form.
The team has been practicing hard
since the game. however, and the
players are in much better condition
for the coming game with Bisbee.