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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-07
OF ELEVENTH
Old Kansas Cavalry Veterans Gather
ing at Emporia Camp
Fire Today.

Emporia, Kan, Dec. Fifty three
years ago today the young troopers of
the Eleventh Kansas cavalry went
joyously into battle at Prairie Grove,
Ark, and today these same men-the
few dozens of them left-gathered
here for their annual reunion.
Young no longer, rather grizzled and
bent, and with eyes to which mois-
ture often came unbidden, these men
spent most of their time today in
comradeship with their fellows. The
larger interest was not in the program,
but in the men with whom they had
marched and eaten and fought and
slept. Boys they were then in truth,
boys they were today in spirit. There
was many a merry quip about Incl
dents now buried in the pages of his
tory.
Again and again was told the story
of that bleak December day in '62
when the bullets went screaming
through the little thicket of trees that
hid the artillery of the Federals.
This was the story of how General
Blunt's ConfederateS had been appar-
emily just about to win the day when
the Northern attack was renewed with
fresh energy and how after the day
of fighting and death and agony Gen.
Thomas landmarks troops forced them
to retreat to the south under the cover
Northern loss in killed, wounded and
captured was 1881 as against
Southern loss of 1,317.
Today'S reunion was the twenty
fifth to be held by Companies G and e
of the regiment. These were the En-
poria troops and for many years they
met here annually in reunion with the
late Capt L. T Hermitage and after
his death the annual reunion was con-
tinued.
However, in recent years the num-
Der of survivors of the companies mas
been so small-no accurate statistics
seem available, but it is believed that
there are less than a score-that in
vitations have been extended to all
members of the regiment and to all
civil war veterans.
The Eleventh Kansas cavalry was
recruited in central Kansas. 1t went
into battle under the leadership of the
late United States Senator P. B. Plumb
of Emporia, who was mustered into
the United States service as a captain
with Company c, September 10, 1852. |
In turn he rapidly became major and
colonel of the regiment.
Immediately after the mastering in
the regiment was sent south away |
from the pomp and glory of war" into |
the hills of Arkansas. There they |
fought the battle of Cane Hill and a |
few days later, together with the Thir- |
tenth Kansas, today holding its re- |
union at Hiawatha, the regiment went !
into the biggest engagement-the Bat |
tie of Prairie Hill.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-07
GROWING STRONGER
JananeSe Premier Says Entente
Allies Are Determined
to Win.

Toxic, Dec. Count Okuma, the
japanese premier, having recovered
from the indisposition caused by an
operation on his leg recently, address
ed the diet today.
The premier emphasized the state
ment that the project for naval reple-
ton which was ratified by the council
of defense was the first necessity in
the present situation of the world.
Not a day can be lost in carrying
out the plan,'' he declared.
Referring to the peace pace of the
entente allies, whereby each nation
agrees not to make a separate peace,
Baron Ishii, minister of foreign af-
fairs. said Japan Joined because her
adhesion would demonstrate to the
world that the unity and determination
of the entente allies were growing
stronger, and would also make more
definite the common relations between
the powers in regard to the conclusion
of peace
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-07
l~M 49, Up 10 the Minute -
|X8A SPoRT1NGNEws& y1A
/ LNgGV From Everywhere.
lG0OO BY~c1Uo"
from Everywhere.

of the fair sex. and the whole ques-
ton, when discussing the relative
merits of the golfing man and the
golfing woman, resolves itself into
the argument as to which of The two
sexes has taken the fullest advantages
of the attributes which nature has
presented them with.
Women golfers are at a serious
disadvantage as compared with men,
in many ways, and most of these dis
advantages are in relation to physique
as they are weaker in every depart
ment of the human frame, and this
comparative weakness means lack of
stability and balance, and although I
have seen it stated that women are
more elegant when playing the game
than the male golfer, this is an opin-
ion with which 1 do not agree as the
man has an infinitely better balance
in the upward swing of the club"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-07
EXAMS FOR &c. P. A."
Kansas Preparing to Grant Certifi-
Gates to Public Account
ants Now.

Lawrence, Kan, Dec. T.--Several
candidates for certification public
accountants in Kansas were here to-
day taking the first os the eXamina
tons provided for n the law passed at
the last session OF the state 1egisla
ture, making restrictions as to the
use of the letters &C F. A" in the
practice IF The profession.
Thnse. candidates who pass the eX-
amina lions, which will continue to-
morrow and THURSDAY. Will lac au-
thorizcI by the state, through the
state 5nari of educational admins
tration to use the letters after their
names in the same way that physI-
clans are authorized to use the letters
m. D."
Kansas was the tnirtieth of the
states to enact law providing Tor the
granting of such certificates by exam
ination.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-07

Kansas Housewives Warned Against
Reckless Buying of Utensils.

Manhattan, KAN Dec. kansas
housewives are warned against reck-
less and indiscriminate buying of
kitchen equipment by Miss Louise
Caldwell. lecturer on home econo-
mics division of extension in the Kan
sas State Agricultural college.
There is much said these days
about equipment for the kitchen that
farm, office and factory says Miss
Caldwell, but acquiring quantity
rather than quality is much an err
ror in the kitchen as elsewhere. The
choice of even small equipment is a
matter that demands time and thought
if one expects to get returns for
money and effort expended.
Before adding a new utensil to our
stock it Is well to consider the contem-
plated purchase from several view
points First. need If one does not
really need the article it will be worse
than useless, since it will not only fail
to serve a purpose, but will occupy
space that might otherwise be used to
good advantage, and will waste energy
every time it is lifted, busted or
washed.
Second, efficiency. Will the tool or
utensil in question actually perform
the work for which it is designed as
we'll or better in as little or less time
than something else you now have or
could buy?
Third simplicity in construction.
If an article is so complicated that the
average person cannot operate it with
ease it should be considered carefully
before a purchase is made.
rs it cheaper to buy a $1.5O agate
ware teakettle that will last two
three years. may be, or SIS aluminium
one that will last indefinitely? Initial
cost seldom determines whether or
not one is getting a bargain. Suit
ability and durability should be con-
sidered before cost. Kitchen utensils
are ordinarily made of tin, wood, agate
or enamel ware, crockery, iron and
aluminium
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-07
WOMEN INFERIOR
Fhey Can Never Equal Men on
Coli Links.
Famous British Player Tells
Why Mere Man EXcels.

Harold A. Hilton, the former British
golf champion and one of the fore
most amateur players in the world,
has compared the woman and man
PLAYERS He says the former have not
the physical attributes of the men and
that nature precIudes a woman from
PLAYING a game in which any degree OF
physical force is necessary as well as
man The comparison of the woman
disadvantages was due to remark
made to Hilton shortly after he had
played his memorable match with
Miss Leitch, when a friend said, II
these women go on improving at tne
rate they are doing at present,they Will
soon be nearly as good as you men
Hilton in discussing this phase of golf
said:
-n1 Nature Opposes 1t.
f-sWomen golfers will never be as
good as the men, This cannot be as
long as woman is woman and man is
man. Nature absolutely precludes a
woman from playing a game in when
any degre of physical force is neces-
sary, as well as man. They have
not the physical attributes necessary
for the playing of forceful games, and
moreover, they are not gifted with the
fine muscular touch of the male being
The touch of the average woman
may be lighter than that of the aver
age man; but it lacks those cat-1ike
properties which are the gift of the
male-properties which represent the
ombination of power and touch
which is essential in the playing of
all games, even the comparatively
gentle and least forceful of games
billiards. L have heard people SOL
EMMY assert that if ever women took
to billiards seriously they would of
a-surety prove better at the game than
men, if only on account of their more
delicate touch; but you will never find
a professional billiard player to in
dorse this view. Woman may have
the more delicate touch in the sense
that it is more fragile, but it fails in
muscular application, and that is why
the fair sex have not the same COM
mand of the club as the male being
has in the playing of the more deli
cate shots in golf.
Muscle Advantages.
ut is in this department of the
game that, in my opinion, the man
holds such an enormous advantage
His muscular touch enables him to
clay a certain class of shots with ease
while the lady player is always striv-
ing hard to accomplish n similar re-
suit. This disparity is not in any way
due to the fact that the man is the
cleverer exponent of the two; it is
simply the result of the difference in
the physical attributes. There are
limitations to a mans power in the
playing of strokes at golf There are
wen greater limitations in the case
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-07
SENIORS WIN AGAIN.
Football Dinner at Washburn VIII
Be Held Friday Evening.

The Washburn seniors stepped an
other pace nearer the interclass
basketball championship Monday aft
ernoon when they defeated the sopho-
mores 46 to %. Should the seniors
win from the juniors now, the cham
pionship will be won.
The annual football dinner for the
Ichabod eleven will be held in the
gymnasium Friday evening beginning
at o'clock. Everybody connected
with the college has been invited to
attend the dinner and addresses will
be made by professors, Coach Gray
and members of the football squad.
1t is supposed that next years cap
tain will be elected during the eve
ming Prof. Hefelbower has been
chosen POSTMASTER for the occasion.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-07

one of them may be included IN the
life toll collected tomorrow.
mo trespasser bears a charmed life.
TrespaSSerS cannot continue to take
chances with any certainty that they
will indefinitely escape paying the
price of their fOolhardiness. Not
only do not trespass yourself, but urge
others not to do SO.
During the last twentyfour years
1850 persons were killed and H.
PSI injured walking on railroad
tracks and Tipping cars in the United
States. More than one-half the en-
tire number of people killed on
American railroads are tresp1ssers
The A. B. c. of Safety First is AL
ways Be Careful"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-07
WILL SPEND 900.
h. s. A. c. to Send an Agricultural
Expert to Canton, o.

Manhattan, Kan, Dec. IA can
vass will be taken among the students
and faculty of the Kansas State Agri-
cultural college to raise $1,000 for
the purpose IF sending an agricultural
expert to represent this institution for
one year on the faculty of the Canton
c. ristian college. Canton, China.
The question was presented to the
students council at its last meeting by
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-07

Fl. F. Roberts, professor of botany.
After consideration of the question.
the council favored the appointment
If a comr.I1tee to make Arrange tents
for the canvass. The faculty mem
hers of the committee are: Dean w.
NJ. Jardine, Dean A. A. Potter, Pro-
fessor Roberts, Dean Mary Pierce
VanZile, Miss Frances Brown and
Mss Estella Boot
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-07

The resignation of Bill Juneau
coach of the University of Wiscon-
sin football and baseball teams, has
been accepted by the university
board of regents There has been
general dissatisfaction with the ath-
letic department for several years,
and the disastrous football season,
recently closed, cost Juneau his job.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-07
M. V. Meet at Manhattan.

Manhattan, Dec. Professor Guy
s Lowman, of the athletic depart
ment of the college, announcement
here Monday that the next meeting
of the Missouri Valley rules commit
tee and schedules committee would be
held in Manhattan December.9.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-07

Tomorrow night AID Wolgast and
Frank Callahan will go ten rounds in
Brooklyn, and Battling Levinsky and
Jim FLYNN will do similar turn in
New York Thursday night. Friday
Mike Gibbons and Young Ahern will
meet in ST. Paul.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-07

Zehrung wants to get into closer
touch with the magnates, and also,
to meet the business men in the
towns of the circuit.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-07

..Of course you favor the uplift?" II
don't know" replied the busy man. Tin
a plain practical person. Sometimes L
think the uplift depends too much on lit
erature and science. What 1 favor is the
boost."-Washingto Star
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-07

Some of the biggest plums in foot
ball are about ripe to be picked. Yale,
Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, the Michi-
gan Aggies and the Army are the
biggest elevens trying to dig up a
winning coach. Frank Hinkey's sys-
tenn failed at Yale. Bill Juneau quit
under fire at Wisconsin. Charles
Brooke couldn't produce a winner for
Pennsylvania, and Charles DAILY, West
Point mentor, was called away on a
soldering job. John Macklin re-
signed as NJ. A. c. coach.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-07

The boxing season is now on in
earnest, and some interesting bouts
are to be decided this week in various
parts of the country.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-07

Western league, plans to make a trip
around the circuit for semi-official
visits with the magnates before he
takes up his duties as executive OF the
league.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-07

An announcement from Omaha
states that President Zehrung, of the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-07
Dave Bancroft tIeft) and Buck Herzog.

Bancroft the
heralded
o
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-07

golf matches regular sport events be-
tween members of the big Nine" con-
ference failed because there was not
sufficient interest in these imported
endeavors
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-07
Sport Wheezes
BY CLUG-

The University of Nebraska is trying
to arrange a football game for next
season with Cornell.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-07
Drawn for the Topeka State Journal

Copyright 1915. by H. c. Fisher
Trade Mark Reg. U. S. Pat Offs
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-07

The Husker officials would like t
sign two-year contract with the
Ithacans, calling for a 1916 game a
Cornell and 1917 game at Lincoln.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-07

That baseball as a college sport is
threatened with extinction is indicated
by the attitude of the big Nine con-
ference at its meeting last week.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-07

The blame for it all is placed on the
professionals in the game. The big
Nine" says the game has a tendency
to make professionals out of students,
and in other schools, like Washburn,
they claim that the professional teams
make college teams a losing PROPOSE
ton financially.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-21
OUR VIEWPOINT
 NEWS LETTER
Especial to The Farmer )

Newtown, Dec. 21-A1fred Peterson, employed by William T. Cole of Castle fIilis turning out his horse for an ap- preaching team on West street, last night, did not come to a Stop in the narrow path through the snow, with the result that his vehicle was over- turned and he was precipitated into the gutter. The horse took fright and bolted across Main street, causing pc Church hill the horse. ran with the capsized vehicle but was caught at the foot of the hill by a driver employ ed by James B. Nichols, the R. F. D. carrier. The frightened beast slip in the drifts, thus checking it's speed for a moment and permitting it's cap ture. It was a fortunate capture for the runaway occurred when the pass engers and teams were coming from the evening train and doubtless there would have been collisions in the mar row pathway along. which all are conn peIled to go. Peterson was un- hurt
 Partial resumption of automobile running has taken place. The first car to go over the turnpike to Bridge port since the storm was that of Will liam c. Johnson, Thursday night. Charles Beards1ey and William Curtis of Berkshire were out Sunday, and this week the number of cars in the garages in boths i1lages IS greatly re- duced but it is doubtful if owners 1iv- ing on the poorly used roads of the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-21
VOLCANIC PTJMICE MENACES SHIPPING
 OF NEW HEBRIDES

suva, Fiji Islands. Dec. 21-The South seas in the vicinity of the New Hebrides. was lately filled 50 densely with volcanic pumtee as to be a men ace to navigation. A small steam CT which arrived here after a voyage of 400 miles from the Tonga Group reported that the o1canic disturbance on Arnbrim Island had scattered pu- mice over the neighboring seas so densely that the steamer was barely able to make her way through it. At first the punlice choked the pipes of the engine, and later became so thick that the blades of the propel1ers could be heard smashing against it at every revolution. The obstruction extended north and south as far as the eye could see, although it was more in the nature of floating dust, but in the center there were Jumps as large as four feet in diameter. In parts the purlice was so closely packed that the surface of the water was quite dry, and a native was able to stand on a small plank which was thrown out the top of it.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-21
BUCKLEY RETURNS WITH
 ALLEGED ABSCONDER

Tired and fatigued after the jour ney to the Pacific Coast and return Lieut.. Charles H.. Suck1ey arrived in this city last night aboard the 11:2O express from New York city, accom- panied by his prisoner, Thomas. Blair Semlar, an Adams Express Go. enn- p1oye in quest of whom the lieutenant travelled more than T 1000 miles. ssi#.
 Accompanying Lieut.. Suckiey was his married sister, whom he visited at her home -iIa Los Angeles. She was induced after great persuasion, to ac- company her brother back to the East. He hadn't seen her in 20 years. The trip took 24 days, Lieut. Suckley starting for the Golden West. Nov. 27.
 Semlar informed the officer at the desk that Lieut. Suckley treated him well during the tedious trip from DeIano, California to this city,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-21
IS PILED
 MOUNTAIN HIGH IN
 so. AMERICAN PORTS

Panama. Dec. 21.-The entire west coast of South Africa is asking fer ships to move the vast amount of freight that is ptling up at the various ports awaiting shipment to other countries, according to information in shipping circles here. The closing of the Panama Canal. together with new conditions brought about by the Eu- ropean war are the principal causes for the present congestion. All the ships that touch at ports along the South American west coast from Pun ta Arenas to Panama regularly are getting all the freight they can han dle, and so much is being transhipped oyer the Panama railroad across the Isthmus that every car the company has is in constant use and there IS need of more rolling stock.
 The Peruvian ports are said to be stacked mountain high with sacks of sugar, while in Ecuador it is reported that there are T5O000 bales of cotton waiting to be moved, and the harvest of cocoa is so great that it will have to be destroyed if not handled soon.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-21
RARNUM SCHOOL PUPILS EARN MONEY so THEY
 GAN ASSIST THE POOR

Show seif-sacrifice that is rare in children, the pupils of Barnunn school have annassed $58 this year with which they will buy things for the poor of their district.
 Shoes. stockings and food will be purchased for the needy ones with the money.
 T am proud of my children.' said Miss Carrie Seelye, principal of the school, this morning, when asked about the matter. '"They have saved this money. not from what they have asked or begged from parents, but from their own earnings They have given up the pennies that required hours and labor to get. It is a noble piece of se1f-sacrifice.'
 Besides this, the pupils have ob- tained nearly $1o0 for the Red Cross fund. Last year they obtained $6O for the benefit of the poor.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-21
SAILORS HOSTS TO POOR.

Boston, Mass, Dec. 21-One hun dred poor children of Boston will be she guests of the crew of the U. s. S .S abraska at a Christmas dinner on board the vessel, which is now at the CharIestown Navy Yard.
 Mayor CurIey has been asked tc choose the girls and boys for the oc- caefon The children may be com yeyed from a meeting place in the city in automobiles furnished by the naval authorities. While on board ship
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-21
BOOK COST JUMPS

Paris, Dec. 21-Books, following the upward tendency of many articles of necessity now cost 10 per cent. more than before the war, to the retail bookseller. Whether the reader will have to pay this increase the retail CTS have not yet decided. The req sons given for the advance by the publishers is the increased cost of pa per
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-21
STEPNEY.

No service was held at the Baptist church on Sunday.
 F. P. Sherman will assume his du- ties as town clerk on Jan. 1.
 Carlos StiIson spent Monday in Bethel.
 A large 1ocomebile was stuck in the snow near Homer Roberts home for several hours on Sunday afternoon.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-21
OFFICIAL
 LEAVES SHANGHAI POST.

Shanghai, Dec. 21-C M. Bishop. American vice consul and senior American assessor in the mixed court at Shanghai, has resigned from the consular service and will return to his home at Baltimore to practice law.
 G. T. Bickford. vice consul at Han kow. will take MT. Bishops place in this city.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-21

town will tempt fate in the snowbanks for the present.
 The septna Social club of which Robert 1T. Bradley is president and John c. Leay, secretary, will give a dance at the town hall. Monday, Dec. 27, at which Jack Hughes and Miss Genevieve Brown will sing. SpeidelP S orchestra will furnish the music.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-21
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

The many friends of Miss LillIar Mohr of 751 State street will be pleas. ed to learn that she is convalescina- at her home after undergoing an op- eration for appendicitis at St. Vim cents hospital
 Santa Claus surprised the childrel of Miss May Halls dancing class Monday afternoon. with a isit, bring ing toys, oranges, popcorn, candy ant a host of good wishes, After a pret ty dance program with solo and cIas exhi bition dances the sleighbelh sounded in the distance coming near CT and nearer until Santa Claus ap peared upon the scene. Congratula tions and a happy time followed.