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The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-17
SOLOMON" ENDS BABY CASE
This Time In Person of New York
Lawyer-He Foregoes
the Sword.

New York.-May a child be held for
board unpaid?
The question was asked of Magis-
trate Barlow, when Mrs. May Berg
hard, whose baby was born last Au-
gust, summoned to court Mrs. Minnie
Curtis because she had refused to
give up the child until Mrs. Berghard
paid $40 arrears of board for the baby,
On consulting the court Bible, Mag
istrate Barlow, in emulation of King
Solomon in a similar case, glanced
about for the state sword, which
should have been behind his chair.
The court stenographer had taken it
away to sharpen his pencil, and in de-
fault of anything bigger than a paper
cutter Magistrate Barlow threw bibli-
cal instructions to the winds, and gave
the child back to its mother.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-17

District Commissioner Louis Brown.
low and Charles E. Nesbit, superintend-
ent of insurance of the district, we're
speakers at a meeting in the Metro
p%olitan A. M. E. Zion church, under
the auspices of the trustees and Mems
club of the church, relates the Wash
ington Star.
The commissioner spoke of the
value of vocational training, and de-
clared that improvement in living con-
ditions is responsible for a reduction
in the mortality rate of the colored
population of Washington.
Mr.. Nesbit urged the mems clubs of
colored churches to take an interest
in insurance matters, with the object
of protecting members of their race
against the practices of INSCRIPTIONS
companies.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-17
RIDES WITH DEATH

her Alice in Wonderland" and the
Model Maid"
With all these activities in the lit
erary field Miss Gerstenberg finds
time to belong to many clubs in her
home city, Chicago. Still she is the
most modest and ~unassuming little
person in the world.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-17

Christ church, Providence, was the
first effort of the late Rev. DR.. Crum-
nell, following his ordination in st.
Paul's church, Boston, in 1912. He
soon relinquished it. Rev. Mr.. Stokes,
ordained by Bishop Wilmington, in
st. James church, Baltimore, in 1S43,
organized st. Luke's church. New
Haven. the following June. In a year
or so, having been priested by the
bishop of Connecticut, Mr.. Stokes
yielded to his old friend, whom he
had known in Baltimore, Bishop Hen
shaw, and moved to Providence.
About 1850 he went to Africa as a mis-
sionary. The Providence church was
left without a pastor, and 1t seems
to have gradually gone out OF exist
ence. What became of the money
from the sale Of the church We do not
know.
During ell cur experience, we have
never known any two white priests
more devoted to the welfare of the
colored people. than the late Calbraith
B. Perry and Robert II. Paine. II
I mistake not. both OF them were ma
tives of Rhode Island. Here is q
splendid opportunity for the friends
of Messrs. Perry, Paine and Crummell
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-17
American Lumber for Japanese.

American Lumber for Japanese.
The prospects of selling lumber to
the Japanese are discussed in a re-
port entitled American Lumber for
the Japanese" recently issued by the
bureau of foreign and domestic COM
merce. The report was prepared by
Commercial Agent Franklin H.
Smith, who is making an investigation
of the lumber market in the far East
and Australasia. The trade with
Japan at present amounts to an ex-
change of American softwoods, chief
ly Douglas fir. for Japanese hard
woods. principally oak. Copies of the
report can be purchased for five cents
each from the superintendent of docu-
ments. government printing office.
Washington. il is designated Special
Agents Series No. "a.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-17
chronoIoay Of the Chimney.

Chimney sweeping, which has made
a fortune of over $4,000 for n OF its
exponents, is a comparatively modern
profession. None of the Roman ruins
shows chimneys like ours. with fire.
places and hues. nor are any to be
found in Herculaneum or Pompeii. The
chimney of antiquity consisted OF a
hole in the roof, and kitchens were
then always sooty. Braziers were used
In the living rooms. the fuel supplied
TO the wealthy classes being carefully
dried wood from which no SCOT came;
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-17
One Sport stllI open.

The bill introduced in the New
York legislature which makes 4. a
misdemeanor ito conduct or partici-
pate in any eating or drinking CON
test" is intended to bar such sports
as eating Holsters or boiled eggs for
q record and not to interfere with the
go-as-you-please efforts of guests at
clearinghouse tables to get their
share Of the best
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-17
SAYS ONE LEG is BAROMETER
But She Doesn't Like II, and Is Suing
the City Of Cleveland for
Damages.

CIeveland.--It's no joke to have N
good leg and another that persists !
acting as q barometer. So declares
Mrs. Hattie Felber, who is suing the
city for $4,000 damages.
She also objects 10 having TO wear
shoes two sizes lsrger than she has
been accustomed to wear and to have
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-17
BELGIANs GIVEN BACK JOBS
Sign Declaration They MI; Refrain
From Acts P%reIudleIal to
Germany.

Amsterdam, Holland.-A Brussels
dispatch to the Telegram says that
all former employees of the Belgian
government in the post and telegraph
departments, al we'll as other
branches of the government, have re-
sumed work after signing a declara-
ton that they will refrain from acts
prejudicial to Germany. A German
administrator has been appointed for
each department.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-17

One of the youthful and extremely
promising noyelists and dramatists is
Miss Alice Gerstenberg. After spend
ing three years at Bryn Mawr college
she decided that she wanted some
real work." as she sincerely put it,
and launched into the literary field. AS
an author Miss Gerstenberg is not I'M
known to the American public, her
'Unquenched Fire" and THE Con-
science of Sarah Plat" having been
favorably received.
In the dramatic field Miss Gersten.
berg is known to the theater-goers by
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-17

to honor them in making this church
at Providence, for colored people, all
that it ought to be, and a fitting me-
mortal to these pioneer laborers
among the colored people.
Alexander Crummell was the first
black man to be ordained to the min
istry OF the church on the soil of New
England. Christ church, Providence,
was the first parish of colored persons
ever organized in the territory Of
New England. And it was the very
first colored church, anywhere in the
United States, to be received into
union with a diocesan convention.
Three colored men sat as deputies
from that parish at the diocesan con-
vention which met in St. Stephens
church, Providence, in June. 1843.-
George F. Bragg, Jr., in the Living
Church.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-17
AER0-AMER|CAN CuLLINCS

sess intelligence and scholarship
enough for higher training. and they
were given it, and today they fill
places of responsibility as teachers
and principals and superintendents of
Negro public schools in the large
cities of Alabama and n%eighboring
states.-Mobile Register.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-17
A Severe Test.

81 always try to look or the bright
side of everything"
do you always succeed?"
mo For instance. i've minutes
conversation with Dubson this morn
ing made me cross for an hour and q
half"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-17
Atonement.

Il hate the smell of mothballs and
there's the woman next door hanging
up the clothes she has had put away
with them" why object to that?
She's doing you a neighborly kindness
in airing your grievances"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-17

to forego dancing. In her petition she
charges that as she alighted from a
street car she stepped into a hole in
the street and SO injured n of her
legs that the foot swelled permanent
ly.
I'm damp and cloudy weather my
leg acts as a sort of barometer" she
said. II can tell by the pain whether
1t will be clear or not"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-17

Honduras, in Central America, re-
ports a quiet and prosperous period
for the year 1928. Actual receipts
exceeded expenditures by 100000.
There were no political disturbances
of any character. 1t is about as large
as the state of Pennsylvania.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-17

but the Roman architects used to com
plain that the interior decorations of
houses soon became smoked up. The
modern chimney was first used in Eu-
rope in the fourteenth century.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-17

Gets Along With Part Of Brain.
Paris.-Doctor Guepin has removed
one-sixth Of a wounded soldiers brain
without the patient suffering serious
consequences.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-17
But That's Serious.

Some girls cen to slip along
through life without any more serious
worries than how to keep the shoulder
straps OF their evening gowns In place.
Columbus (O) Journal.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-17

To prevent shoe laces from becom.
ing united a New York inventor has
patented small metal clasps to be fas-
tened to the tops Of shoes to hold
their ends.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-17

In a London museum is a clock
which indicates on the main dial the
Greenwich time, and on eight smaller
ones the time in as many large cities
in the world. The clock also tells the
date and has a barometer attached.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-17

The Italian city of Milan has changed
from gas street lighting to electricity.
generating its current by Alpine water
falls, nearly one hundred miles away.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-17

The British war office, after careful
experiments, has adopted a new wader
stocking for the use of the troops in
wet or flooded trenches. The waders
r light and strong and are absolute
ly waterproof. They are lined with
wool and are worn on the bare foot in
side the army service boot. During
the experiments the soldiers suffered
no i'll effects from long periods of
immersion of the feet in icy water.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-17

If you wish to wiring an expression
of contempt from a man, refer casual.
ly to the woman who Tilted him.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-17

In One "Butt" Of Ale.
In one butt of ale there are 100
gallons.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-17

There is no particular reason for it,
but the effeminate man is always
called Lizzie"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-17

One Of the poorest limitations is
that given by the woman who is trying
to simulate indifference to the fact
that she wasn't invited to the party.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-17
INTERNATIONAL
LESSON
By r. o. SELLERS. Acting Director OF
Sunday School Course, The Moody Bible
Institute. Chicago, Ill.)
LESSON FOR APRIL 1s
THE SHEPHERDS PSALM.

LESSON TExT-Psalm q.
GOLDEN TEXT-The Lord is my shep-
Aerd.-PA ISL
The Detroit times., 1915-01-27
WHITE SOX FANS
MOURN PING BODlE
Loved Italian 0utfielder Despite
His Dome of Purest
Ivory

CHICAGO, jan 27.-If south side
fans dressed the way they felt today
they'd all be wearing sackcloth and
ashes. Charles Comiskey's announce
ment that the adored Ping Bodie had
been sold outright to San Francisco
was the cause OF the thick banks OF
gloom In every south sider's heart.
Not that Mr.. Bodie ever broke any
records for quick-witted plays; In fact
there have been times when Ping
heaved the bali 10 the wrong corner
OF the lot, after mailing hard one In
the field. 1t was more his fence bust
ing proclivities at unexpected, and
to the opposition team, ruinous mo.
ments. that endeared Bodie to the
White Sox fans, and made him as
popular an idol as Chicago has had
In q decade
Bodie came to the Sox from San
Francisco In 1911. He furnished the
reporters at the Sox training camp
that year with more copy" than the
average rookie. His fielding, II was
admitted at Sox headquarters today,
was o. K. and his batting was better
than just fair. 1t was lack Of speed
on the bases and his occasional flashes
OF ivory In conception and execution
of plays that caused Comiskey to let
him go.
Reports were, current in Fed circles
today that an effort would be made
by Joe Tinker, OF the Chifeds. to get
Bodie for Weeghman's crew.
The Detroit times., 1915-01-27
DROULLIARD AND
BROCK WILL MEET
Sign To Battle at Windsor
Sheridan and Saylor to Fight
at Jackson

Freddie Hicks began to train this
morning for his battle with Frankie
Brennan at Windsor tonight. Realiz-
ing the supreme importance OF to-
nights bout. Hicks will. add hair
cut to his usual pre-hght shave. 4
II feel deeply the aspersions that
have been cast upon my character
and pugilistic ability by Mr.. Brennan,
my esteemed opponent OF this even
ing" said Hicks this noon. "and the
|taunts have reacted upon my mental
ity and sensitive nature in such q
way as to make me very determined
to beat up the big boob In the 6rst
round"
Brennan, who completed his train
ing yesterday, expressed himself
somewhat similarly. With Brennan
and Hicks out OF the way, We can
turn to pair Of rather notable
matches that have just been an.
nounced. Patsy Drouillard and Phil
Brock, OF Cleveland. both local favor
ties, will provide the headline attrac-
tion at Windsor on Feb. 10, and Mil
burn Saylor. of indianapolis, and
Mickey Sheridan. OF Chicago, have
signed to battle at Jackson on Feb.
4. The fight between Sammy Taylor
and Jerry Dalton. OF Indianapolis,
scheduled for next week at Windsor.
Is occupying chief place In the inter
est Of Detroit fans at present Indi-
cations are that 1t will be one of the
best scraps OF the winter.
The Detroit times., 1915-01-27
BURNS BUTTS INTO
new ORLEANS FIELD
Former c Champions Entry Makes
War Of Fight Promoters
Triangular Affair

NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 27.--Tommy
Burns has quietly slipped into New
Orleans and exploded q bomb In the
fight camps In this city by the an
nouncement that ground will at once
be broken for q new, centrally-located
fight arena, to be under the control
OF himself and his partners. Work
on the new arena is scheduled TO
start today.
Burns debut In the Crescent City
makes three rival promoters here at
present, and although Tommy Ii the
last to arrive. 1t Is probable that his
arena will be the first Of the new
structures planned to be thrown open
to the fans. Dominick Tortorich, Of
New Orleans, and Tom McCarey, OF
Los Angeles, are the other two. When
McCarey struck town month ago.
the threatened promoters war was
laverted by an alliance between the
Californian and Tortorich. They have
practically split In the past few days.
however. and a three-cornered scrap
for fights seems to be the program.
Tortorich and McCarey will alter
nately use the new ball park until
they can build arenas Of their own.
Burns hopes to open his stadium,
which will seat 5000 fans. with q Kid
Williams-Frankie Burns bout on Mardi
Gras day.
The Detroit times., 1915-01-27
Pinehurst Lure
Claims F. Ouimet

BOSTON, Jan. 27.--Immediately ar
ter announcing that winter golf had
no attraction for him; Francis Ouimet
national amateur champion. has been
captured by the lure Of Dixie and is
planning a trip to Pinehurst late In
March. There he will compete In the
annual north and south championship
tourney, both open and amateur. Oui-
met has not played for several weeks,
declaring that he cannot make the
ball behave when his hands are cold.
Walter Hagen, the young national
open champion, will also play at Pine
hurst In March. Other well-known
professionals who will compete I'm the
open tourney are Tom Mcnamara, for
mer Metropolitan title holder; Mac
Donald Smith, present north and
south open champion, and his brother.
Alec Smith, former national cham
pion.
The Detroit times., 1915-01-27
OFFICIAL BALL RECORD
FOR LAST SEASON OUT

Spalding's official baseball record.
this year a formidable volume OF 500
pages, 10 out. II contains complete
data on both major and minor league
ball during the past season, and in
cludes college department that is a
valuable addition. A history of the
year, an unusual number OF pictures
and special data of interest are among
the especially attractive features.
John B. Foster, secretary Of the
Giants. is again the editor.
The Detroit times., 1915-01-27
SPORTSMEN MEET
IN ANNUAL CONFAB
Governor Ferris To Address
Lansing Gathering-Game
Exhibit Feature

LANSING, Jan. 27-Sportsmen
from all over the state are arriving
in the city for the annual convention
OF the Michigan Association of Sports-
men which opens this afternoon and
prominent state officials including
Gov. Ferris, Game and Fish Warden
Oates and A. c. Carton, secretary OF
the public domain commission, will
address the sportsmen. President W.
B. Mershon. of Saginaw. will preside
at the sessions.
An exhibit OF fsh, animals and birds
II feature OF the meeting, specimens
Of nearly all the game found in this
part Of the country being on display
The Michigan fish commission has an
exhibit which Is unusually interesting.
The Detroit times., 1915-01-27
ITLE DRAFTING BY MAJOR
LEAGUE TEAMS this YEAR
Geo. Baumgardner Loses
Nut HonOrs Over Night

We had word TO say recently
about the Prize Nut Of base
ball, named Baumgardner. He is
not the prime nut. Doc White,
OF Los Angeles, takes the CROWN
IL a Nut can wear one. He sign
ed with the Los Angeles club the
other day and when asked IL he
had signed for just one year,
seemed puzzled and let OF this:
TO tell the truth, don't know
whether ] signed for one or Ave
years. Neither do I know the
salary that is stated. Now that
j think OF IL. ! didn't even look
over the contract. Hap handed IL
to me, and l simply signed my
name. knew that Maier would
do the right thing
And then they say they do not
need organized baseball. That II
Is trust
The Detroit times., 1915-01-27

be made desirable proposition; but
not now. The struggle OF the Fed
eral league promoters has done the
game much injury. and 1t will all be
Ruthless. save for the damage. | do
not care for the Feds and don't think
they are going to get away with any
thing"
And Mr.. Stallings will talk. too
while petting remarkable white
bulldog given him by Handsome
Harry" McCormick--of the fight made
by his ball club to win the National
league pennant last season and then
to defeat the White Elephants. Some
thing in the pugnacious spirit of the
white bulldog seems TO recall to Mr..
Stallings his other pet-his hghting
ball club.
I'VE stuck to II and fought all the
way" he says. simply. I'VE left no
stone unturned. Every morning OF
the season we had skull practice l
mean, we gathered and talked things
The Detroit times., 1915-01-27
KEETON and STRAW
WILL ATTEND W.&I.
Star Detroit Gridders Decide
To Follow Speigel and Britt"
Patterson

1t Is understood In Detroit that
Donald Straw, captain Of last years
Central football team, and Woodward
Keeton, OF the same team, will at
tend Washington and Jefferson uni
versity next fall. John Speigel, Brit
Patterson, Boville and the Reich boys
have been notable Detroit contribu-
tions TO the athletics OF the little
Pennsylvania school. and Keeton and
Straw will easily rank with them.
Straw has been all-state guard for
two years. and Keeton has captured
a state tackle position for three
years. They are among the finest
forwards ever turned out at Central.
and their debut into eastern inter
collegiate football circles is certain
to create more than passing notice.
The Detroit times., 1915-01-27
YOST MEETS HIS
GRIDDERS TONIGHT
Plans for Season To Be Laid At
C0nference-Pleased With
Schedule

ANN ARBOR, Mich, Jan. 27.--
Coach Fielding III. Yost is in town.
and tonight will hold a conference
with Capt Cochran and 20 candidates
for the 1915 football team. Plans for
spring training will be held, and it il
presumed that something will be said
about the desirability Of prospective
gridders making good on their exam
nations. which are being held this
week. Tomorrow Yost, Bartleme and
Cochran will go to Grand Rapids TO
attend an athletic banquet. The
coach expressed himself as well
pleased with the schedule and pros
poets for winning eleven.
The Detroit times., 1915-01-27
Feds Ahead of Their Time Says George
Stallings---Cd See Chance for OUTLAWS
Spending Winter Administering
Affairs Of Mammoth
Plantation

over. and planned the next battle. We
all attended these meetings.
After July I, I don't believe a
single member Of my squad missed a
single skull session Sometimes q
man would be present when he ought
to have been In bed. from illness or
injury. But they boys would come.
and was the 7keenest one OF the
bunch.
Surely there never was ball club
with better spirit than ours. II
showed In the way the substitutes be-
haved. When Deal was i'll. and in
jured and not going well. got Red
Smith. the Atlanta boy. to take his
place.
Was Deal sore? Not on your life.
AS soon as he was able to wear his
uniform he was back on the field. pull
ing like a crazy man on the bench.
encouraging the man who had taken
his place, and warming up reserve
pitchers-anything to be helping.
And you know how he came back
to his Job In the big series. after
Red was injured. and how he did his
duty and how Red In that Brooklyn
hospital, was pulling for him. 1t was
the spirit Of the team"
So George T. Stallings, the biggest
man In baseball today, rides about
his great Georgia plantation, calls the
'hands" all by name, and hunts and
behaves himself In all ways as a
gentleman farmer of the fourth gen
GRAFTON: and IL you could see him
genially administering the affairs OF
his big estate you would find trouble
In identifying him with the fghting,
crafty leader that shot q lighting ball
club from the bottom Of the heap to
the everlasting top all In one season,
and made the greatest record OF any
ball club In the history OF the game
The Detroit times., 1915-01-27
birmingham Doesn't Like Hearts,
SO He Cans Devotees of the Game

Ohio Jan 27f Birmng
p'syers Joe himself used play hearts, but he Quit It,
.nt os Termed the black hand" Of cards
t through with hearts, often said Joe
VINO OF
me shape Of the o spad
% up the
result OF his
JACK Aeuvel Terry Turner Harry Liebod
24 ue oussy But only four
ooe baseball writer The other writer
80 Eune TO the Kansas City team Lefty
1I149sD and Olson has
11nh Jack r. the best game played with cards. accord
n1ZInom. and II Jack
80 Jaokson stin the Indian
The Detroit times., 1915-01-27
BUILDING DELAY
HOLDS jess BACK
Willard Will Have To C0nfine
Training To Road Work
For Few Days

Ell PASO, Texas, Jan. 27-Jess
Willard will have ito be content with
hikes along the roads about FL Paso
for several days yet. In preparation
for his fight with Jack Johnson.
Delay in the completion OF his train
ing quarters at Ysleta. prevented Jess
from moving into camp as he had
planned yesterday.
In the meantime, Willard Is living
In Eel Paso. He was out on the road
today. however, and will get down to
real work as soon as the camp Is
ready.