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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-18
Topeka Jack johnson. who put Cana
dian champion out in first round
Thursday night.

In spite of announcements to the
contrary, there had been a knockout
"a cold, clean, fair knockout-and it
came SO early in the program and so
unexpectedly that the large crowd of
fans was disappointed. Mortimer had
boosted that there would be a big
fight up to the sixth or seventh round
and then he said he would put the
pride Of the Topeka fans into a one
hundred proof. bonded cold storage.
1t is probable that Jack was afraid
such a thing might accidentally hap
pen, and to nip it in the bud, SO to
speak, he waded in at the outset and
brought things to a speedy, but per-
manent conclusion.
A Jaw Blow.
Just what blow put the big Cana
dian to sleep seemed to be a question.
A few shadow passes were made. Jack
landed one in the neighborhood of the
equator zone and then they clinched.
While in the clinch, Jack landed with
a heavy overhanded sledgehammer
and followed with an upper cut to the
jaw. And it was the general opinion
that this last blow was the one that
carried the Morpheus dope.
Mortimer staggered to the floor,
twisted about for a second or two,
made two attempts to regain his feet.
rag After about ten minutes, during
which time an attempt was being
made to revive him, the referee an
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-18
PICKS A DARK HORSE.
Three I Manager Chosen to Pilot
Chicago Americans Next Season.

Three Manager Chosen to Pilot
Chicago Americans Next Season
Chicago, Ill. Dec. 1S.-To the COM
plete surprise of players. press and
public, Clarence Henry Rowland, last
year pilot of a team In a class B cir
cult, Thursday was named manager CT
the Chicago American league baseball
club, conceded to be a pennant con-
tender in 1915. Many Chicago fans
had never heard of Rowland, but in
baseball circles generally he was well
known, for though his career has been
limited to the minor leagues he has
been very successful and has gained
the respect Of club owners for his
ability to discern and develop latent
diamond talent.
The new leader left the ranks Of the
players for T.; first manager job at
Aberdeen, Wash, in 1908. Thence he
went to Jacksonville, Fla, and then
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-18

test at Emporia on the tentative date.
April 2, 1915. Kansas is a member Of
the Interstate League of State Nor
NAL schools and the interstate ora
torical contest will be held in Wiscon-
sin this year and the winner there
will receive prizes amounting to SIS.
Negotiations are under way now
for the final arrangements of the de-
bate contests between the normals.
Prof F. L. Gibson of Emporia, Prof.
o. p. Dellinger of Pittsburg and Prof.
p. Caspar Harvey of Hays are form
ing the league.
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EASY FOR JACK
Topeka Heavyweight Put Ca
madam Out in One Round.
Decisive Victory Was q Disap.
pOintment to Fans.
PREIm|nARIES were GOOD
"Jimmy" Glenn Made Great
Showing Against Hoffman.
Grover Stems Showed the Max
ing of Real Fighter.
PRELIMINARIES WERE GOOD

With. susr three blows Topeka Jack
johnson humbled the heavyweight
champion of Canada in their sched-
uled S-round bout at the Metropolitan
hall Thursday night Before half a
minute of the first round had 1apsed,
Oske- Mortimer, the much heralded
Dom ;nion king of the ring, had turned
his :oes heavenward and began to
Cream unconscious dreams of the
Plains of Abraham and the Heights
u Quebec.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-18
BETHANY WINS GAME
Basketball Team Defeats McPherson
Quintet in First Game Of Season.

Lindsborg, Kan, Dec. 1S--The
Bethany college basketball team
opened the season at the local audi
forum Wednesday night by defeating
the Mcpherson college five, 1921. 1t
was a good clean game throughout
and immensely interesting The band
and the rooter club added a great deal
Of pep" to the game.
The score at the end of the first half
was 7-13 in favor Of Bethany. Beth
any's team contains all of last years
men, and with a splendid coach and a
championship caliber they will, no
doubt. make a good showing this sea-
son. Lineup:
McPherson-Suflired c.; Deter, T.;
Misken, T.; Brant, g.: Hoffman. g.
Bethany-C. Peterson. T.; Stone, Z;
Ingman, c.: Carlson. g.: Glad, g.
Referee: E. C. Quigley.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-18
INTERNORNIAL LEAGUE.

Kansas Teachers Schools VIII Have
Three COrnered Contest.
Hays, Kan, Dec 18.-That Kansas
will have it's own first internormal
school forensic league to conduct con-
tests in oratory and debate among
the three state normals is now a GER
tainty.
The Emporia, Pittsburg and Hays
normals will hold an oratorical con-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-18

remained as part owner and manager
of the Three I league club. Begin
ming at the start of last season he
managed the Peoria team in the Three
1, taking it from last place to second.
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Take in Salt Lake CITY.

San Francisco, Cal. Dec. 1.-THE di-
rectors Of the Pacific Coast baseball
league decided Thursday to take Salt
Lake City into the league in place Of
Sacramento, which was unable to sup
pert a club
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-18

Addlf5onal spoEt o Paee :.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-04
Globe Sights
By THE ArcHIsON GLOBE.

The wages Of sin are publicity.
The word lure can be greatly over
played.
There is no way to be popular when
you're broke.
II you feel good in health you are =
millionaire.
: Why can't thing be celebrated without
big dinner?
A fish worm, being a noble creature,
won't wear slit skirts.
Telling . man to go to the other place
is no argument.
Your memory doesn't serve you right
very often, does 1t?
Most every man thinks that on the quiet
he il Quite Devil.
Real Good Man IL hardly . Mt as
sociate for man or beast.
Your old home town, where ever 1t H.
always seem to have the most nuts
What has become Of the o. I. man who
addressed his letters with an Esq, after
the name?
Conceit is so common that flattery il
rarely recognized by the person for whom
1t % intended.
Women are tolerably tender-hearted un-
til 1t comes to passing judgment on one
OF themselves
Cursed be the wife beaten and the man
who insists on saying. All u quiet along
the Potomac.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-04
TUCK tn EN- m.


TUCK THEM IN.
Tuck them them II gently. then carefully
The snowy white c0veriet over the bed.
Turn the lammp's glimmer down softly
And kiss each small dreamer good night
ere you 60.
Tuck them in gently, then carefully fold
The little brown play-weary hands frOm
Draw close the cover to each tiny chin.
50 old prankish Jack Frost can never
l remember my own mother tucked me
I remember the Kiss that she gave mo
each night,
Then tiptoeins softly. would turn down
the light:
And I. should have but ono wish. It
would be.
To again be boy at my dear mothers
knee,
When the story was told. and my prayers
had been said,
To have her to kiss me. and tuck me in
Tuck them In gently. then carefully
The snowy white coverlet over the bed.
Turn the lamps glimmer down softly and
low.
And kiss each small dreamer good night
ere you go.
Arthur Underhill. Of lola. in the L.
Roy Reporter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-04
THE HAr.pIN. MENACE.

Everyone knows that a hat-pin point
protruding several inches beyond the
brim of a woman's hat is a source Of
danger to anyone In close proximity to
the wearer OF the pin Probably 40
one sees the more serious consequences
SO frequently as the eye specialist.
Sometimes the injury consists of y
mere scratch, which heals readily and
leaves no permanent defect. On the
other hand. every now and then the
scratch becomes infected and serious
impairment of sight. il not actual loss
Of the eye results. One who has seen
these bad results is forever alarmed
for himself and others when he sees
protruding hat-pin point in a crowded
car or theater lobby or wherever peo-
Die are closely crowded together. It
ought not to be necessary to pass laws
to prevent such accidents, but as the
number of such cases does not decrease
it would seem to be desirable to make
the wearing of shorter hat-pins obli-
gatory There are devices on the mar
ket for covering and protecting the end
Of a hat-pin which are effective and in
expensive. Any jeweler can shorten Il
long hat-pin in a few minutes and at q
cost of a few cents, and thereby, per-
haps, save a fellow beings eye.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-04
Jayhawker Jots

Think of the envy among the Ia
dies In tn, neighborhood. The Kill
Creek correspondent of the Alton
Empire reports: Kate Benwell has on
nice lot of spring hats.
AS the .Wamego Reporter puts il:
This portion Of the Garden of Eden
received one and one-half inches of
rain the past few days. Dealers
should Immediately increase their
stock of diamonds and automobiles.
From the He'll Creek correspondent
of the Cove County Republican-Ga-
zette: some fellows are footing dam
the draws after every big rain. We
say dam the wind. it is going to dam
the draws with the dust off the fields.
Related by the Toronto Republican:
Said a Toronto grade teacher, who
when is the best time to take a
bath?" And an 8-year-old boy
time"
Our bank did a rushing business
the past couple of weeks. reports the
Black Wolf correspondent of the Els
worth Reporter. There, were over
one hundred loads OF sand taken from
1t and there il an unlimited supply on
deposit.
No Edythe. advises Mrs. Kelley in
the Toronto Republican, while you are
CAtA1C1y SaAO ia CAA1u6 d OlIu . 1cotH.
ers plumage. or a trees foliage leaf
age, you should be wary in terming a
rivals apparel garbage. She might
not like it. -
What difference there is between
standing for principle and standing
for ones own notion. suggests the
Merton County News. And the trou-
BILE is that SO many fail to see the diff
ference between principle and some
foolish idea.
The earlier you discover yourself,
the sooner you may hope for success.
advises the LaHarpe Enterprise. The
best tool is of little use till you have
found out what it is for. Study your
self. for self-knowledge is preliminary
to achievement.
An appreciation of the hen. in the
Spearville News: The best money
maker on the farm is the hen. She
turns grass into greenbacks, grain
into gold and from the sand and
gravel she coins silver. There Is MOTH
ing else on the place to compare with
her. The cattle and horses are her
heavy customers, and to get their
not SO with the hen. In her small
way she il a gold mine on the face
of the earth; a mill that grinds that
which others overlook or refuse.
In a certain Kansas high school, ac-
cording to a story going the rounds.
the class in physiology was In the
throes Of q written examination.
Among other questions was the fol-
lowing: state into how many parts
the human body is divided" A girl
student penned an answer, as follows:
THE human body is divided into three
parts: the head. the chest and the
stummick. The head contains the
eyes and the brains. II any. The chest
contains the lungs and part of the 1iv-
er. The stummick is devoted to the
bowels of which there is five. a, e. /,
O, u. and sometime w and W
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-04
wHAT IS FARM CREDIT:

Agricultural Credit is something vi
tally interesting to every citizen of
this country, writes r. B. Van Cort-
landt. In the April number Of the North
American Review. The term is new
here, but the thing itself il SO urgent
" needed that we must have it in
some form IL our people are to remain
prosperous-if, indeed, we are to con-
tinue to live.
How will agricultural credit help
us? Speaking generally. it will make
life easier and better for all Of US by
increasing the yield of the land. And
this will be done. first. by placing
agriculture on a better business basis;
second, by mobilizic land and land
mortgages; and third. by establishing
financial institutions in which the
prime interest will be that of the bor-
rower-not that OF the lender. II this
program seems utopian, the best re-
ply u that its aims have been already
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-04
QUAKER MEDTrATIONs.
[From the Philadelphia Record.

IFrom the Philadelphia Record.1
On the road to second childhood some
men seem prematurely young.
Experience Is valuable, provided you
can sell it for more than it cost you.
There is nothing new under the sun
except tomorrow, and that never comes.
The fellow who tells girl he would die
for her wants to be killed with kindness
Adam was the only man in the world
who never tried to blame his downfall
on heredity.
In poker a flush beats = straight, which
may explain why some poker players
would rather be flush than be straight
Newlywed-..My wife is an angel Wig
wag-.Oh. every man thinks his wife 10
an angel till she begins to ask for
clothes.
wigg-'Bjones boasts that he always
sees both sides Of . question WaRE-
Yea. I've noticed that he il always on
the fence
Blobbs-..There is nothing like being
seasick to take the conceit out OF q man.
slobbs-'Yes. and about everything else
he has in him. too
1--WE never make a mistake without
learning something" quoted the Wise
Guy. Yes, and man fs never too Old
to learn. added the simple Mug.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-04
KILL FLIES NOW!

This is a, significant warning that
is being sounded on all sides by
boards Of health and other agencies
that are at work in the promotion of
cleanliness and the stamping out Of
disease by eliminating the sources OF
contamination. And a forceful pro-
nouncement in these premises comes
from the committee on pollution and
sewerage of the Merchants Associa-
ton of New York, as follows:
Flies cost the United States $780,
600, 900 annually.
The present is the time to kill flies;
before the weather becomes warm
and the ''hold-overs'' begin to propa-
gate.
One fly now means innumerable
billions la.er on.
The determination Of the winter fly
is the duty of the housewife and of
every one. Don't let one escape.
Catch and kill them III before spring.
for the winter fly is the parent OF
summers destructive swarms.
The time to destroy the fly is be-
fore it has had a chance to lay Its
eggs. Now is the time.
Capture every one OF the filthy Ht-
pests you can find.
A single fly is capable Of depositing
$50 eggs at one time. and of pro-
ducing five or six patches during its
short life.
The progeny of a single pair of flies.
assuming that they all live. ii pressed
together at the end of the summer.
would occupy a space Of over four
teen million cubic feet. This would
be equivalent to a building as large as
the WOolworth building.
These figures show the incalculable
possibilities of a single fly and how
vital 1t is to destroy the winter flies.
Don't think because the flies do not
worry you now that they should not
be "swatted'' Now is when swat
ting is most effective.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-04
sCHooLs TESr Seed.

II Oklahoma has bumper crops this
year it will be due in considerable
measure to the direct aid rendered the
farmers by the schools Throughout
the state the teachers and pupils have
been systematically testing seeds for
the planters in their respective COM
munities. according to information re-
ceived at the United States bureau of
education. Every, teacher in the state
has received from State Superintend-
eat Wilson q scoring sheet on which
TO record the tests Seed from last
years crop is reported to be par
ticularly unreliable, and agricultural
experts say there is special need this
year for some such direct service az
the schools have offered.
mo movement has been started in
our state which can result in as much
good with so little cost to the people
generally" declares Mr.. Wilson. 1T
will not only be a financial benefit to
the farmer by teaching him to plant
none but good seed, but it is of distinct
educational value to the children. It'll
furnishes one Of the best lessons that
car be taught in botany or agriculture. |
and affords the opportunity to come
in closer contact with every farmer
in the community, a thing which all
good teachers are anxious to do.
:'If the tests are properly made and
the information followed by the farm |
ers, the results should be remarkable. |
The lessons taught can be applied
year after year and constantly i'm
proved upon. until the time will come |
in Oklahoma, as it should come, when |
No seeds Of any kind whatsoever will
be planted until they have first been
tested. II the schools. through their
teachers and pupils. can bring this
about. they will have fulfilled one of
the greatest missions for which they
are supported by public funds-that OF
making breadwinning easier"
Officials Of the bureau OF education
point to Superintendent Wilson's ex-
pertinent in Oklahoma as an impor-
tart example Of what the schools can
do to make the contact between edu-
cation and the real life Of the COM
in which the school is located.
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By tn Way
BIZ HARVEY PARSONS

percut
The defense Is going to rake up Mrs
onoiers past. But what. might a dis
interested outsider ask. has the past
OF Mrs. Shidler got to do with the
hanging of the half-dozen lovely char
ers?
Topeka has another distinction. It Is
IN the same state with Belleville. where
the kids grow taller than the average.
Yesterdays issue OF the Squash con-
tanned only eight Of those fascinating
news stories about women's fashions
The Squash Is falling down on its bat
ting average.
Old Doc Crumbine may be right in
his guess that the time is coming when
men will live to an age Of $50. but who
wants to?
Inc fashions In women's. hats seem
TO be framed SO that woman can't
wear last years lid without working
it over. Last year the hats were wide,
noppy and sad looking; this season they
are small. stiff and sassy.
Motorcycle Mike, Of this office, holds
another record. He made a 12-mile trip
on ms oenzfne pony. and got back with
out walking.
Toronto Kelley cut his first crop of
oandelions March %. Farmer Kelley
must raise the Early Harvest variety.
California constables must be sadly
deficient in respect for military titles.
one OF them "vagged" General Kelley.
comma ndar-tn inf ~ ,F he
Excavators in ireland have found the
skeleton Of a prehistoric Irishman who
was 10 feet high. Were he on the job
now, with shillalah to match, he
might come in handy. 80.
Jack Supp thinks that instead of
handing bouquets to the candidates, it
would be best to make the pOsies up
into appropriate funeral designs for the
Republican party. But Mr.. Supp is one
OF those optimistic Democrats who
takes Billsappish view of the hole in
a dOughnut.
The only trouble in getting full Bull
Moose ticket for Shawnee county will
be finding sufficient number of goats
to GO round. There are a number of
elective Office; in Shawnee county.
Punitive damages. as we understand
1t, are the kind done to the other fell
lows pocketboOk. Hence II a gink in
an auto runs over COOP on foot, and
the coop has a bottle in his pocket and
the auto sustains a punctured tire, then
the COOP has sustained damages and
the gink has sustained the punitive
damages. That may not be a correct di-
agnosis Of the question, but we are
AFRAID to ask a lawyer, for fear he
would soak g for legal advice
Another reason for not asking a law
yer is that we don't care e punitive
whoop what punitive means in legal
parlance.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-04
Uncle Abner.

Uncle Abner
"A man may wear a gallon hat to church
on Sunday. but still take a Widows home
away from her on Monday.
Kickin' on the street car service il the
Oldest form OF amusement in this country
When man starts to goin' down hill
there are plenty OF friends ready to help
him along.
A Teller who has got the gift OF CAB
gen'aily lands somewhere. even If it is
The trouble IN this country at the pres
ent time seems to be that the dinner pals
are too large.
Some Of the poetry young Teller writes
to his gal certainly sounds fine and dandy
when she pulls 1t on him ten years after
they are married.
Every Teller has got the.best oatmobile
to sell SO they kin git better one.
I-afe Perkins is So unlucl<y that when
ne wants Teller to be elected. he. bets
It is purity hard to fine a postmaster
who is agin' the suv'ment at any stage
There are a lot of ways to get rich be-
sides hangln' around a pool room.
The things that Teller likes to wear
don't look good on him, and the things
that he likes to eat don't agree with him.
life is to use little common sense.
The prize fool Is the one who picks out
a hat for his wife and takes it home to
her as a surprise.
After a Teller learns to run an oatnno,,tle
he thinks that he is qualified to tackle
a locomotive or Panama canal dredge.
1t seems as though we are hearing n
good deal about the genie. twins. Hy and
Eu.
fly swatted now will save swatting
9873, 762. 3S6 in June
The only man more ingubrious than q
has-been is a man who never-was
Mothers cooking always tasted good
bekuz- a Teller back in them days was al
ways hungry.
Hank Tur1Yns saws ves he lovo~ -. -,ss.
still, but the trouble is that she is never
still.
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Russia evidently plays no favorites
in denying anything that savors of lib
erty of action to any of its subjects. A
youthful grad duke. also a cousin of the
car. has been banished from the court
and country because he made goo-goo
eyes at a beautiful princess of the
realm. That she was a lovely Amerf-
can girl, before her marriage and ex-
patriation, is a sufficient explanation
a. to why the poor boy couldn't help it,
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realized with great gain in Europe,
notable in Germany and France.
On the continent Of Europe a solu-
ton Is found in the organization of
banks by the application of so-called
cooperative principles.
After the cooperative bank is
formed. the problem Of securing funds
to loan il. Of course, the chief one;
is to limit dividends on the stock to
four or five per cent, 4 reserve can
be gradually accumulated. Deposits
come in a. it II seen that the bank is
doing safe business, all speculative
business being avoided. Other Inn
portant features are that every stock
holder has but one vote. no matter
how many shares he owns; 1t is pro-
vided that no person shall own more
than certain number OF shares. gen.
orally ten per cent: and another abb
solutely essential feature, where the
bank is formed with unlimited liza
bility, Is that the area in which it
operates shall be SO restricted that the
members can all know and watch one
another. The loans must be TOR a
productive purpose and not, for in
stance. for living expenses, 30 that
when the purpose sought has had
time to accomplish the results aimed
at, varying in agriculture from six
months to two or three years. the
borrower will receive funds to liqui-
date the loan. Loans are granted only
to members Of the bank, although de-
posits are accepted from outsiders.
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Journal Entries

Few theories work out as well as
they sound.
= = .
Jury service is pie q la mode for the
lazy man.
. = =
A crowd that refuses to follow a
icacer won't get very far
=
Almost every man has a different
idea as to what constitutes pleasure.
.
1t surely isn't the fault of the wom-
en- that one-haf the world doesn't
knew all about the other half
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-04

Already there is serious tall. of
amending the income tax law. Nor
does it seem to be concerned entirely
with the merits of the proposition OF
the changes to be made. 1t appears
that the revenue derived from the pres
emit law will not nearly come up to the
expectations Of the Democratic states
men. And as they need the money be-
cause Of the big deficiencies in the
tariff revenues. bigger whack at in
comes seems Imperative.