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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-10
BuRDETTE Near DEATH
Noted Preacher. Author and Hum0rist
Has Been Ill Two Years.

Los Angeles, New. 10.-Dr. Robert
]. Burdette. the preacher and humor-
list, is at the point of death at his
home, Sunnyside, Pasadena, attending
physicians say.
DR.. Burdette is 20 years old and has
been i'll for two years. He came to
California in the early eighties after
having won a nar1e as a newspaper
humorist on the Burlington. Iowa.
Hawkeye. From 1908 to 1909 he was
pastor of Temple Baptist church, one
OF the largest congregations in the
city.
Until a few weeks ago DR.. Burdette
kept up his literary and journalistic
work. a book from his pen dealing
with his experiences as a soldier IN
the civil war having just come to the
hands of the reviewers
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-10
WHITE CAME BACK
Chicagoan Made Whirlwind
Finish in Milwaukee Fight.
After Taking Slump He Made
Brilliant Showing.

Milwaukee, Wis, Nov. 10--FreddIe
Welsh OF Wales, lightweight champion
OF the world, was held to a draw in a
fiercely fought 1o-round contest here
Monday night Under the law a
referees decision could Lot be given.
but it was the opinion OF the newspa-
per experts that the Chicago boy even
ed up honors by his whirlwind finish.
1t was dazzling exhibition OF box
ing skill The Chicagoa 1ewiidered
by the champions cleverness. did not
get warmed up to his task until near
the close of the fight.
White opene. a wound over the
champions left eye and Welsh, par
TALLY blinded by a thin stream of blood,
was forced to back away and cover up
to escape Whites terrific rights and
lefts to head
The first round was even, White hav-
ing the advantage Of the second ana
third. The champion Outboxed the
Chicago boy in the fourth, fifth ana
sixth, and the seventh was declared
even. Welsh had the shade in the
eighth. but the honors in the ninth and
tenth went to White
IN the tenth White peppered the eius-
i've Briton With vicious right and ieIt
hand blows to the head and forced MIN
unmarked, while Welsh left bleeding
profuseiy from a cut over the eye.
Welsh was six pounds heavier than
the Chicagoan when they hoped on the
scales at O'Clock in the afternoon
The champion, stripped, weighed 141,
while White. in fighting toys, scaled
rs. The men had agreed to box at
catch weights.
The huge auditorium, which has
seating capacity Of ten thousand, was
packed to standing room when the box
ers were called into the ring. Two hun
dred women were scattered among the
crowd.
Receipts of the contest were $4,000 it
was announced today.
Mike Gibbons Wins.
New York, Nov. 10.-Mike Gibbons
asiiy defeated young Mike Donovan
of this city in a ten round match at
Madison Square Garden Monday night.
the referee stopping the one sided con-
test in the sixth round to prevent a
Knockout.
Gibbons scored two knockdowns in
the fifth round. One went for a count
of nine and the other was interrupted
by the bell a the eighth count. A right
hook to the top of the head in the sixth
sent Donovan down again. whereupon
the referee stopped the bout. Gibbons
weighed 154A pounds and Donovan
1864
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-10
Il TROvATORE

Joseph Sheehan's idea that the
homegrown language improves grand
opera is a good guess At least the
average patron OF Observation-Disclosures
opera prefers it that way. rather than
pushed across the footlfghts with a
mixture Of garlic or imported cheese.
as the case may be. And the verdict
last night that Mr.. Sheehan is a sing
err of quality is not based entirely
upon his press notices. He has a
powerful, pleasant voice that contains
but few windshakes and knotholes-
To be sure, Mr.. Sheehan has some of
the personal appearance Of a retired
heavyweight pug, but opera is music,
not a beauty show.
The so-called support In an oper-
attic road show is usually open to ar
rest and conviction for non-support,
self with q few good singers-few, in
deed. but Of sufficient number for the
purposes OF presenting verdfs trans
Iation of the Troubador." Leo
nora" the Count, and "Azucena" were
good, and the small chorus was not
bad. Like any road opera company.
Mr.. Sheehan's Offering was not over
burdened with scenery or changes OF
costume To be concise, the portion
of the Boston Grand Opera company
seen and heard in Topeka last night
is travelling on Mr.. Sheehan's well adj
vertised voice.
Recollections Of the periods in a
chapter of one-night stands is for
grand opera singers, as a rulee, a con-
tfnuous string Of grouches because OF
the lack of appreciation by what they
are pleased to designate as thick
dramatic critics- To a certain extent,
the comp mt of the grand opera
singer Is well founded The tank cir
cult is not plentifully supplied with
expert grand opera vivisectionists- So
the best thing for one OF said thick"
critics to do is to avoid criticism with
any authoritative sound to it
Our beautiful little village contains
some real grand opera fans, and a
number who affect 1t. but not a suf-
ffctent number to crowd the place of
grand opera worship. The majority
Of Topeka music patrons prefer their
grand opera In broken doses. and care
not for the conversational stun that
links the ANVIL Chorus TO mise
rere-- and Back to Our Mountains"
but they refrain from saying 30.
There il little chance for the writer
who gives Mr. Sheehan's show the
'once over to properly credit the
secondary singers In the cast OF
characters q substitute was offered for
each on the program For instance.
the score card says: Count Df Lunf.
Arthur Dean or William HAMILTON"
As 1t is bad form for a spectator to ask
questions during the show, no one
seems to know whether Art or Bin
should be commended H G. r.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-10

this subject America forced Japan
out Of the isolation in which she had
lived during centuries. I hope the
day may come when she will wish
that she had not done 30. sss4-
The issues Of the war stand in rela-
ton to it's causes and the same at
tempts have been made to distort and
falsify them in the eyes Of the Ameri-
can public. have seen it stated In
New York paper that this war is q
fight between civilization and barcar-
ism and 1 have seen a member OF the
present English cabinet quoted as
having said that the issue was one be-
tween militarism and freedom, cfviliza-
ton and freedom standing. OF course,
in both cases on the side OF our enc
mics
More fdiotic rot-excuse the ex-
pression-I have never read in my lie.
What has civilizetion to do with Ser
Was murderous plotting against US
What with RussiA's desire to shield
her from the consequences OF her ag-
gressions and to demonstrate to the
world that we are Of no account on
the Balkans and to establish her own
more or less NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
there? And II the cause of civilization
is advanced by Japan's ousttng Ger
many from Kia.chau. why should II
not be equally furthered if japan did
the same to England in Hong Kong.
Singapore, or, il the opportunity or
fered, In India Itself? And person
must be indeed at their wits end Tor
arguments to proclaim Russia as
war against u.s. Compare her
treatement Of Poles, Firms: Ukrainan-
ians (smal Russians) and Hebrews
with the freedom which the dtfferene
nationalftiee enjoy In our empire! And
England herself! Is It for freedom
sake that she holds Gibraltar? And
that she subjugated the Beers?
No. civilization and freedom have
nothing to do with the issues at stake
now. least Of all in the sense a. IL our
enemies had drawn the sword Tor
their cause. It Is q war for conquest
and supremacy stirred up by all the
hateful passions In human nature.
fully az much Is any war that has
ever been waged before But We did
not stir It up. We are fighting for
our existence. right and Justice are on
our stdes and 20 we trust win victory
be.
The causes Of the war are clear To
make its issues still clearer. imagine
for a moment and merely for argu-
ment's sake the consequences OF our
adversaYies being successful Russia,
England and Japan would remain
masters Of the field Is this a consum-
nation any thinking American can
wish for?
These are the considerations 1
wished to lay before you and I ask
your assistance to bring them before
the American people. ask for NO
reply. NO manifestation OF feelings or
opinion from you What AK you IL
to publish this letter al an open let
ter addressed by me to you signed
with my fun name How to do this.
leave entirely to you Perhaps It
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-10
HOW THEY STAND.

The following table shows the results
of the kansas-Nebraska football
~ireo
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-10

feat was INITIATED for washburn. and
each school acquired more respect Tor
the other.
How much better il this than 5eer-
f--g. and dirty yelling. Let's keep it up
for always, and get q rep all over
the valley for being q good clean
apOrtsmauI bunch of faua"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-10

been hating, fighting and devastating
each other for the sake OF strips of
frontier land and q shadowy balance
OF power These centuries were Eng
lands opportunity and she has made
the most OF it. That she should mean
to keep what she has and hold to her
maritime supremacy ~ to the apple
of her eye. ID natural Whether It II
for the benefit of mankind that it
should be 20 and whether the world in
general would not be better off II
there existed q balance of power on
sea az well az on land. does not enter
into the present discussion What II
more to the purpose Is that In reality
England's seapower stood In no dam
ger at ALL To any thinking and fair
Germany, hemmed In by hostile
neighbors in the east and west and
Obliged therefore to keep up her arm
aments ON land. would not have been
able to threaten EnglAnd's maritime
superiority for generations to come.
balance It has been done % by Eng
lands own doing
But It II not only the nAscent Ger
man navy that excited the distrust
and envy Of England German coli
onfes and every trading German yes
sci seem squally to have become
thorns in English eyes The wish to
sweep those vessels from Off the seas.
to destroy all German ports In one
word to down Germany, has long been
nourished and lately openly avowed
in England. Mr.. Norman Angels
theories about the great Illusion Of the
probability of modern warfare seem
to have made mighty small impres-
sion on his countrymen-
Russian lust Of conquest, French
greed OF revenge and English envy
were the forces n work I'm the Euro
pean powder MAGAZINE. The Servian
spark ignited II. bat the explosion was
alone could have stopped it would
have been En8fands stepping out Of
the conspiracy. That she did not do
30. in fact. became its really directing
power. win forever remain . blot on
her history.
About Japan,s motives and meth
DDS do mot think II necessary to
write American public opinion vim
hardly need any enlighfenment on
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-10

Coach Lowman is reported to b
making strenuous efforts to have hi:
team in the best of shape for the Okla
homa Sooners Friday. A number o.
Topekans expect to journey to Man
haitian to see this game. The Haskell
Indians will play Louisiana at New Or
leans this week. Baker meets Creighton
at Omaha and Ottawa plays William
Jewell at Liberty. Mo-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-10

The first day of the seat sale for tht
Kansas-Missouri game. which will b
played Nov. u at Lawrence, netted ovel
Sc, OC0 in cash. At that rate. the Jay.
hawkers and the Tigers will draw the
banner football crowd of the year II
Missouri Valley circles. Special train:
will be run from Columbia, Kansa.
City and Topeka.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-10
TOPEKA RIFLE CLUB.
Local Organization VIII Reorganise
TONIGHT

The Topeka Rifle club is to reorgan-
lie tonight. All the old members and
riflemen, or those interested in rifle
shooting are requested to meet at the
old rifle range at TIC Kansas avenue,
basement of the H. b. Howard Sport
ing Goods store.
The meeting tonight will be held
promptly at O'Clock
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-19
TELLS OF EFFORT
TO BREED CLANS
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Tells of Work Being
Done at Fairport.

Breeding of clans as followed by
the government in it's biological sta
ton at Fairport is discussed in thc
December number of the Popular Me-
chanics magazine. In an illustrated
article the magazine says:
within the last few years the So
called pearl button-really made OF
mother-of-pearl-has displaced almost
completely all other kinds of buttons
for the white garments of both sexes
in America. One does not have to be
very old to remember when the only
cheap button in general use was made
of porcelain. Today the old-fashioned
china button has almost entirely dis
appeared The change came
about through the discovery that the
shells of the fresh-water mussels
which abound in all the rivers and
streams tributary to the Mississippi
are the best of all raw material for
button manufacture-easily worked,
cheaply gathered. and in apparently
inexhaustible quantities.
"a short time ago, however, the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-19

Musician Hard Hitter.-Charles Nor
gan, local musician, was fined So AMI
costs in police court yesterday on an
assault and battery charge preferred
by Herman Petersen. secretary of the
Davenport Turner's. Morgan resides
in Turner hall and the argument is
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-19
DAY IN DA NEWPORT

The Right to Labor.-Work for the
man out of a job who has applied at
the new city employment bureau will
be furnished through a plan worked
out at a meeting of the committee OF
% recently appointed by Mayor Muel
ler Five local capitalists, c. A. Ffcke
Judge Nathaniel French, Charles Shu
Ter, p. T. Walsh and Joe r. Lane, are
the hackers of prospective company
which will practically loan the city OF
Davenport the money with which to
do such an amount of grading and
sewer work as will furnish occupa'
ton for the men out of a job. These
five men will form a company which
| will bid on city improvement work,
which the council is expected to author
ize at the regular meeting tonight
They will furnish the actual cash to
pay the workmen and in return will
receive from the city grading and
sewer certificates which are negotia-
BILE at the banks. The work will be
carried on under the supervision OF
the commissioner of the board of pub
lie works who will employ the men
who have registered at the employ
ment bureau, whose cases have been
Investigated and who have been found
to be in real need of work. Reason
for this roundabout way of taking care
of the unemployed is that the city has
already used up its appropriation for
construction work. The city, however,
has some $4,000 worth of grading and
xxrhia inn
mediately. Up to the present time 81
applicants for work have been regis
tered at the city employment bureau.
OF these $50 are not registered voters.
Seventy-eight are unmarried and are
mostly young men with some one de-
pendent on them for support. They
have been put on the list from which
laborers are recommended to farmers.
Twenty have been given employment.
Out of this number 10 are still work
ing The rest have been turned over
to the Ladies' Industrial Relief So
ciety for investigation.
Palmer Case Stirs Jury.-A singing
rebuke was issued by the grand jury
in it's report in connection with the
casesagainst DR.. B. J. Palmer, the local
chiropractic head. The jury declares
in its report that a recurrence of the
case will cause an investigation
against those behind it and the par
ties will be prosecuted. The jury also
criticises the attorney generals office
for sending n representative here to
investigate it without consulting the
county attorney. That part of the re-
port referring to the Palmer matter
is as follows: I'VE further report that
in the matter of the state of Iowa
against B. ]. Palmer we have made
full and complete investigation of
this case and find no bill. 1t Is our
judgment that there has been an at
tempt in this case to use the grand
jury and the criminal courts to fur |
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-19
FAHRENHEIT FELL
TO s ABOVE ZERO
Coolest of Season Reached
When Mercury Descends
Over 2 Points an Hour.
WESTERLY WIND is BITING
Indications Are FOR Slightly Warmer
Weather. With Temperature
Going to 10 Degrees.

At o'clock this morning the official
thermometer at the government
weather bureau registered degrees
above zero. This was the coolest this
season and ended a continual drop in
Fahrenheit from 43 degrees above at
3 O'Clock yesterday afternoon.
Following the cold spell of Sunday
and Mosday. during which the Their
.mometer registered 20 degrees at the
coolest, Tuesday and the major por-
ton OF Wednesday were much milder.
The warmest yesterday was 43 at 3
o'clock. and the mercury continued to
descend from thence on until this
morning. The thermometer register
ed 81, just a point below freezing, at
o'clock last night
Wind is Bitter.
But to add to the frigidity. there
was a stir biting westerly wind which
drove the cold to the skin regardless
of the clothing. The drop from yester-
day afternoon until this morning aver
aged 2A degrees per hour. This ex-
ceeds the drop of Sunday night, which
averaged over a degree an hour.
Indications are for slightly warmer
weather. The official forecast for to-
day: Partly cloudy with rising tenn
perature; lowest temperature tonight
about 10 degrees.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-19
Joseph Lococo. his wife and babies

San Francisco. Nov. 19.-Rarely has
the taking of a human life aroused
such sympathy for the slayer as in
the case of Joseph Lococo, who last
week shot and killed George Gray OF
the contracting firm of Gray Broth
ers, after Gray had refused to pay
him overdue wages of $3.50, earned
in the firms quarry.
Lococo, who came to San Francisco
from Detroit, Mich. in July, 1913,
worked for Gray Brothers from Oct.
to Is. when he was discharged. For
this period of work he had $3.50 due
him.
He needed the money, for he had
been sick much of the time since he
came to the coast, and there was no
food in the house except what the
neighbors, poor themselves. brought
in. and no money to pay the landlord.
For II days, Mrs. Lococo says, she
and her children, one IS months old
and the other an S-months-old babe,
with her husband, had neither money
nor food except just enough to keep
US alive"
Finally, harried by the landlord who
threatened to throw him into the
street unless he paid the SO due for
the sorry shelter which protected him
and his loved ones from the winter
cold. Lococo decided to make one
more effort 10 secure the money which
had repeatedly been refused him.
He staggered through miles of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-19

alarming discovery was made that
the mussel beds were giving out. The
shellfish we're not reproducing them
selves as rapidly as they were being
made up into buttons. The federal
government stepped in and estab-
lished limitations TO the dredging o.
mussels In certain streams. Still the
supply continued to diminish in spite
of the known wonderful fertility OF
the parent mussels. So more care
full scientific study was made by bio
logical experts employed by the gov
eminent, and some curious and inter
esting facts about the life history OF
the mussel were disclosed.
1.-THE diminution in the supply OF
pearl-button material, it was discov-
cred, was due-not to the taking out o..
mussels, but to the destruction of fish
in the rivers.
ct was learned that in its early
stages of development the fresh-water
mussel is a parasite, it's existence de-
pending largely upon its ability to fast
en- itself to the gills or fins of q fish.
Certain kinds of the mollusks attach
themselves to only a particular kind
of fish. The 'niggerhead' mussel for
instance, one of the most prolific and
valuable varieties. is parasite to river
herring almost exclusively, and the
partial determination of this fish has
had material effect upon the natural
reproduction of mussels. With this
and similar information as a guide,
the government has now established
research laboratory few miles from
Muscatine. and has gone into the bust
ness of mussel farming"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-19
KEOKUK DRYDOCK DONE;
BIGGEST INLAND AFFAIR

With the closing Of the navigation
season on the Mississippi river an
nouncement is made of the compile
ton of the worlds largest inland dry
dock, which is located at Keokuk. The
structure Is a marvel Of inland waters,
and will be used by boats from the
Mississippi as well as the Ohio river.
The basin of the dock is but one per
cent smaller than that owned by the
government at the Brooklyn navy
yards, its length being 463 feet, with
a width of $50 feet. The basin can
accommodate several boats at one
time.
Compressed air is used as motive
power, the dock having its own power
plant.
The building OF the dock is expected
to give an impetus to traffic on the
Mississippi river,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-19

rent money. Petersen exhibited a
nasty cut over the left eye as SOU
venir of the affray. When arrested
Morgan had a knife in his pocket, but
according to testimony no effort was
made to use ii. The affair occurred
in Turner hall
Obituary Record.-Edward Feeney,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-19

As years old, died at local nosp's.
after a long illness. He had oeeI :
the hospital for a number OF !'sa
His wife preceded him IN DEAN ~.
Z, 1911. He is survived by a si', -,
Mrs. ]. ]. Layden of Davenport, -, =
father, Patrick, and a sister, I>
Feeney, in Ireland.
All the news all the tilne
Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-19

Switzerland mourns the destruction
Of great source of income. The tour
lists come no more
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-19

Obituary Record.-Edward Feeney,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-22
VEGETABLES AT CLOSE RANGE

Newcomers in the gardening field viii
perhaps be glad of personal introduc-
ton, as It were, to the various sorts OF
vegetables and a list of really reliable
varieties. We will. therefore. run through
the list taking them alphabetically. for
the next week Or two.
ARTICHOKE.--Ne the Globe nor
the Jerusalem type IS common in home
gardens The former IS however. rather
ornamental, with its Jagged, spiny leaves
and large. edible flower heads. Rich soil
and a sunny iocatlon arc necessary.
With slight winter protection the plants
Will bear for two or three Years. The
Jerusalem type, cultivated for its potato
like tubers, will grow under any average
conditions and if given care will spread
rapidly.
ASPARAGUS cannot endure excessive
moisture. but witnstands severe drouth
and the proximity OF salt water. which
is injurious 70 most vegetables. \ well
enriched SANDY loan is excellent. Mann
moth. Colossal and Palmetto are the
leading varieties