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Newark post., 1915-10-20
Sad Death In
Barow Family
Unfortunate Consequences Pre-
Sented

Trouble, in the guise of sick
ness and death-of the same ma
ture that is sure to come to all of
us-has overtaken the family of
Roman Barrow within the last
month. Both Mr.. and Mrs. Bar
row about two weeks ago were
stricken with typhoid fever. On
last Sunday Mr.. Barrow succumb-
ed to the disease, leaving the sick
woman with three children-the
oldest seven, the youngest Is
months-with no resources, to face
the world. The unfortunate con-
dltlon arises from no prodigal-
ity or carelessness on the part of
the parents of the family. Mr..
Barrow came to Newark to work in
the Continental Fibre mill about a
year ago. He moved his family
into one Of the houses in the Fer
guson block on Academy street. A
child, shortly after the change of
residence, contracted typh o d
fever. The father was struggling
to recover from the financial
strain of moving and sickness
when his own illness frustrated
the plans for the future. During
the year, Mrs. Barrow, willing and
eager to do her full share, has
rented one room of the small
dwelling, and boarded at times
one or two men. When told on
Sunday of the hopeless condition
of Mr.. Barrow, the sick woman
bravely declared, II must get
we'll now, and care for my chill
dren."
Since the case was reported ten
days ago, fellow-employees of the
Continental Fibre Company have
provided practical nurse. The
story is herewith told to the peo-
) pie of Newark, in the belief that
J nothing further than the telling is
} necessary. Every statement set
= forth has been verified before its
, appearance in print.
| Mr.. Barrow carried a small life
| insurance which will more than
t cover funeral expenses. 1t is the
t hope of interested friends that
| enough money can be raised
. among the townspeople to pay the
) bills for provisions contracted
{ since Mr.. Barrow's illness. At the
request of Miss Elizabeth Crime
, who has been daily visitor at the
, home, a number of Newark mer-
chants have extended credit, with
, the understanding that Mr.. Bar
row should pay, upon being able
to resume work. Since the hus-
bands death, this source of supply
is cut off, however. The life in
| surance money would probably
cover these debts, but leave Mrs
! Barrow to face a tedious and fl
nancially hopeless convalesence
+ An appeal is made to the Chris
tian neighborliness of this com,
munity. Further particulars may
be obtained at this office.
Newark post., 1915-10-20
Special Services At
Catholic Church

A mission will be given at the
Catholic Church by Rev. John d.
Harney, a Paulist Father, begin
ming next Sunday, Oct. "a and
closing Oct. 81. Special sermons
will be delivered morning and
evening by the missionary priest.
Father Harvey is priest of the
PauIist Society and is now sta
toned in New York City. He II
also a well-known missionary,
Newark post., 1915-10-20
Cadets Appear In Uniform

Uniforms for the cadet corps
of the college arrived the first of
this week and were worn at drill
on Friday. The uniforms for fall
and winter drill are of cadet blue,
trimmed with black stripes and
gold braid. The cadet battalion
will consist Of about 220 men, the
largest number in the history of
the college. These are divided
into three companies. G. 0. Smith,
'16, of Narberth, Pa, is major of
the battalion.
Newark post., 1915-10-20
Delaware Represented
At Lafayette

President Samuel c. Mitchell
and Professor George A. Koel ber,
head of the electrical engineering
department and a graduate of La
'ayette College, will attend the in
stallation of President MacCrack-
IN at Lafayette College to be held
at Easton, Pa, on Wednesday and
Thursday of this week.
Newark post., 1915-10-20
Rummaqe Sale In November

Ladies of the Presbyterian
Church, Newark, will hold rum
mage sale on Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday, November l, 2, and 3.
The place will be announced in a
later issue.
Newark post., 1915-10-20
Move To New Home

Mr. and Mrs. John Elliott moved
to their new home on Delaware
Avenue last week, their Main
street residence having been pur-
chased as a part of the extension
property of Delaware College.
Newark post., 1915-10-20
Roman Barrow

Roman Barrow, aged 27 years,
died at his home on Academy
street, last Sunday morning, from
typhoid fever. The deceased is
survived by a wife, now i'll with
the same disease, and three chill
dren. Funeral services were held
on Tuesday in the Newark M. E.
Church. Interment in the Newark
cemtery.
Newark post., 1915-10-20
Lecture Friday Evening

A stereoptican lecture under the
auspices of "The Dindiguls," a
Junior missionary society of the
Presbyterian church, will be given
in the lecture room next Friday
evening. Admission ten cents. A
bake will follow the regular pro-
cram. Proceeds for the mission
ary work of the society.
Newark post., 1915-10-20
Parents Invited To
Grammar School

The Parent-Teachers' Associa-
tion of the Newark Schools will
meet in the grammar school,
Thursday afternoon, Oct. 28th, at
$50 o'clock. Subject for the after
noon: "Spelling.'
Parents, please come.
Mary T. Williams, Secy.
Newark post., 1915-10-20
White Clay Supper Tomorrow

The members of the Improve
ment Society of White Clay Creek
church will hold their annual
poultry supper tomorrow evening,
October twenty-frst. The ladies
are preparing to serve a large
crowd of people.
Newark post., 1915-10-20
Pastor For Fifty Years

Rev. George L. Smith, pastor of
the Pencader Presbyterian church
next Sunday morning will have
rounded out fifty years service in
the ministry. At ten-thirty on Oc-
tober twenty-fourth, Mr.. Smith
will review his fifty years of min
isterial work.
Newark post., 1915-10-20
OBITUARY
Mrs. Cecil Scott

Died, on Saturday, October 10th,
at her home near Childs, Md, aged
25 years. A husband and one
child survive. Funeral services
were held from the late residence
Oh Tuesday. Interment in Rose
bank Cemtery.
Newark post., 1915-10-20
Reunion OF Veterans

Fourth Delaware Regiment Will
hold their Annual Reunion IN
Irish American Hall, Wilmington,
Thursday, Oct. %, at 10 a. m. Inc
morning session will be devoted to
routine business. In the afternoon
there will be speeches, recltatlons'
and music. President, R. G. Buck
Agham; secretary, John F. Rich
ards.
Newark post., 1915-10-20
Rummage Sale
For Library Fund

A Rummage Sale, for the bene-
fit of the Town Library, will be
held in Elliott's Store Room, Main
street, on Thursday, Friday, and
Saturday, October 2l, %, %, open
ing at 2 p. m.
Newark post., 1915-10-20

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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-26
Seen From the Gallery
BY HARVEY PARSONS.

We have with US this day. and sew
eral preceding days. the Honorable
(that word is not used merely as a
title) Jimmy Cassin of Crawford coun-
ty. The Honorable Jimmy thinks his
purpose in Topeka at this time is to
clear his fair name Of ,ibelous charges
made by the Socialist who. apparent
~, beat him out of the task of repre-
senting one of the Crawford county
districts in this legislature. The Hon
orable Jimmy needs no defense. and
he is wasting his time SO FAR as a de-
tense goes, but the defaming circular
placed on the market by his opponent
got in it's work by defeating the Hon
orable James by a majority-an ap-
parent lajority-of 112.
Tn, Honorable Jim is a person who
has spe t about half century in hard
work and observance of the Golden
Rule. He has never spoken or i'm
piled evil of his neighbor. While a
member of the legislature OF 1911. he
made a noble effort, against the per-
sonal enmity and personal interests OF
his colleague from that two-represen-
tative county, to rectify fault in the
statutes that did a great injury to the
principal city of his county. The re-
suit was little disturbance, raised for
political purposes, in which The Fin
ger was aimed at Hon. James. The
resulting investigation pulled down
that finger and thrust it in a pocket.
Everybody apologized to Uncle Jimmy
and the incident was closed, until
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-26
Eighteen Millions Would Cover
Demands of Engfnemen.
w. s. Stone Makes Statement In
Wage Hearing.
SANTA FE OFFICIALS FIGURES
Do Not Agree With Counsel for
Enginemen ON Increase.
Other Items of General Interest
in the Traffic World.

Chicago, Jan. 26.-Eighteen million
dollars would cover the normal IN
crease of payrolls of western railroads
if they granted the demands OF the
enginemen, now being arbitrated here
according to statement made at Inc
hearing here by Warren S. Stone, OF
counsel for the men.
He made the statement IN III
course of cross examination OF ). r:
Keefe, assistant general manager VI
the Gulf, Colorado and Santa re ram
road, who estimated the added cost at
more than forty million dollars:
Keefe's figures were based on actua!
I-y rolls for October. 1913, ana
showed, he alleged. just what the
payroll would have been had the oe-
mands of the men been in force
Stone quoted reports showing tnls
to have been the busiest month in sew
eral wears. He took the increases in
detail in an attempt to snow
how they would work out. keefe
showed for instance. where turn
around run, if operated under the rule
request by the men. would pay the
engineers $1,000 month. Stone re-
marked that these instances were
rareties.
you don't imagine and we don't
that any railroad would ever pay such
salary, he remarked. suppose
that figures in your forty million dol
lars"
Witness said that it did.
Judge Peter c. Pritchard, chairman
of the board Of arbitration. attempted
to get the two sides to agree on a
method Of operating surprise tests
LAS / understand it, the railroads
oppose dangerous surprise tests and
the enginemen object only to that
kind. Can't counsel get together on
that. formulate regulations which will
be embodied in the award" suggest
ed the chairman.
James NJ. Sheean, attorney for the
railroads, said that the general man
ayers committee was opposed to dan
gerous surprise tests, but would not
attempt to impose on all the roads.
line by line. and rule by rule. just
how tests should be conducted, be-
cause conditions vary on different
roads.
w. w. Thompson of Plymouth,
Mich. denied that he was injured at
Dover. Okla, six years ago, as a re-
suit of surprise test.
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REST ROOM Bill.
Senator Porter Would Give First Class
Cities Pfttsburg Plan.

Senator E. F. Porter of Pittsburg
proposes the authorization of a city
tax levy in the cities of the first class
of Kansas to pay the expenses of OPEN
ing and equipping rest rooms for the
use of women. The rest room is not
an experimental idea, for it has al
ready been demonstrated to be a very
useful public institution in Pittsburg.
where the federation Of women's clubs
has had one in operation for two years.
Senator Porter wants the public to
assume the expense of such institu-
tions.
In Pittsburg two years ago the club
women started a movement which re-
suited in the renting of a large store
room in a basement, which has been
subdivided and furnished and in
which last year more than seventy
five thousand visitors rested and re-
freshed themselves. 1t cost about
$1,1O0 a year to operate the Pittsburg
rest room. the light. water and heat
being furnished free. A matron at $40
q month is the only employee
Porter's bill introduced in the SEN
ate provides for the levy of a city tax
not to exceed one-half Of one mill for
the purpose OF purchasing or erecting
buildings suitable for rest rooms.
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Go 1t Il Cautiously.
(By Hal sheridan.)

New York. Jan. 26.-Warned by
what happened to the game In Cali
fornia. fight promoters at New Or
leans are reported to be maneuver-
ing cautiously in billing future en-
gagements. Some opposition to the
fight game Is reported to be in evi-
dence in Louisiana, but by dis
countenancing rough stuff'' the
southern fight managers hope to
keep contests going along smoothly
without encountering legal OBJ
stacles.
Already they are talking about
staging a bout for the lightweight
championship of the world in the
river city. Promoters would like to
schedule such a match and also a
mill between two bantams. prefer
ably Kid Williams and frankie
Burns, for Mardi Gras week. No
one would risk killing the game by
bringing in a couple Of heavies for
q bout
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IN THE HOME STRETCH.


rocket Biltard Tournament NarrOws
TO Piayers-Every Game Counts.
The home stretch Of the pocket bill
hard tournament at S14 Kansas ave-
nue. has been reached, and from now
on every player will resort to civil en-
gineering instruments and nerve set
ting tonics in his effort to drive ev-
cry ball to the pocket he shoots at
me list OF players has been elm
mated to five. each OF the FIVE men
having won three and lost two games,
and every game played from now to
the finish will eliminate the defeated
player.
In the match Monday night Lon
Swain put Jack Hungate out of the
running. defeating him by the score
OF 100 to 81. SWANS high run was Fl
and Hungate's only 3. This high run
gave Swain the game.
Tonight Carl Anderson and Jack
Evans will lock horns, cross cues and
fight for their lives. The tournament
will end the latter part of this week
or the first of next.
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sPoRT sgHKEzEs.
Being Purloined Dog Meat
Prune Pies. Lemon sand
witches, Etc.

|
By Clug.)
The following is offered by Ring w.
Lardner as Jess Wizards university
song:
Hail to the colors we willard fans
Hurrah for the Lemon and the
Green!
Green for the sra. that win grow on
| Jacks grave
| When Jesse connects with his bean
Green for his youth and the money
he'll get,
And lemon-but that he will not tell
you yet.
Hail to the colors we Willard fans
Hurrah for the Lemon ana the
Green!"
At the last report nothing definite
had been heard relative to the foot
and Nebraska. 1t is understood, how
ever, that Mr.. Gray, of Washburn
made a tentative proposition to Ne
braska that, if accepted, will insure
the meeting of the two schools.
The Washburn students are very
anxious to make definite arrange
| ments for this game, as is Mr. Grey.
They realize that it will probably be
! the hardest one of the season and that
they will probably be unable to hold
present prospects are that the Icha-
bods will have one of the strongest
elevens in their history next fall, and
for this reason they want to arrange
! schedule that Will be worth while.
Indications are that He'll and Gray
| will both be back in school next fail.
Pinky Beals will probably lead the
team. Ray Wolfe has decided to re-
main with the Blue and White,
Champeny will be back, as will Sam
Stewart. Then there will be Linge,
Newell, Rice, Pettijohn, Janney, Har-
vey and a number of others who are
men of exceptional ability
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ABOUT SURPRISE TESTS.
Engineer Testifies About Accident Re-
Sulting in Oklahoma

sulting in Oklahoma.
Chicago, Jan. ga dramatic situa-
ton was presented before the board of
arbitration in the western railroad
wage case Monday when o. F. Modem
bach, fireman, who a month ago tes-
titled that William W. Thompson. his
engineer in the winter of 19OS-O %.
jumped from the engine and was in
1ured, was confronted by Thompson.
Thompson denied the incident in detail
Modenbach was recalled and insisted
his previous testimony was correct
Modenbach reiterated that he and
Thompson were running on the Okla
hOma division of the Chicago, Rock
Island & Pacific railway when sud-
denly confronted by the red signal of
danger which proved to be a surprise
test. Both jumped, he said. The wit
ness escaped with bruises, but Thomp-
son struck a whistling post, sustained
a broken collar bone, and was laid up
for three weeks.
Thompson said that he has been en-
ployed by the Flint & Pere Marquette
road since 1904 and is now a round
house foreman for that road at Plym-
outh. Mich. In the course of the win
ter in question owing to a rush Of bus
mess on the Rock Island he worked
Tor that road for two months. He said
That he had orders to meet a train at
Dover, Ok, and although for moment
switch light showed danger his train
was under control and the signal was
corrected without incident. except that
his engine was out of fuel. There was
train on the passing track. He did
not jump. had never experienced a sur
prise test and had never broken his COL
lar bone. he said.
Modenbach testified that after his
testimony he returned to his run in
Oklahoma. and that two engineers
named Fox and Good. having read his
inn tho<
lected hearing of the alleged surprise
test accident. A fireman named Bev-
erly also remembered hearing of it, he
stated. MOdenbach could not recall the
names OF the conductor or the brake
man on the train which THOMPSON
pulled. Neither witness could fix the
date Of the accident except that it was
in the winter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-26

Burns, former heavyweight cham
pion, will erect an arena within a
square Of Canal street, costing $780,
900. 1t will seat from 5000 to TO-
900 people, and will bid Tor the pa
tronage Of the Crescent City fight fans
against Dominick Tortorich and T. J.
McCarey. Burns has selected one of
the best sites in town. the Canal
Realty company acting as his agents.
Work will be rushed on the building.
which is already wei adapted for q
fight club. It Is proposed to open the
cl b with Clabby and McGoorty on
February IL.
New York. Jan. 26.-Jerome d.
Travers, golf champion in 1913, IL
now q full dedged member OF the cot
ton exchange. He was duly elected
at meeting of the board OF govern
ors on Friday. and on notification at
once completed the purchase of his
seat Travers VIII begin operating
49, week.
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THEY SHOOT IN TEXAS.
Sunny South Trap Tourney Begins
With Good Amateur Records.

Sunny South Trap Tourney Begins
With Good Amateur Records.
Houston Tex. Jan. 26-COntestants
from many states began the six day
grind of the fourteenth annual Sunny
South handicap Monday with crisp and
shooting.
Harry Murrelle of Houston. Tex,
professional, was high gun for the day
with break Of 1913. Harve Dixon of
Orongo. Mo-, once winner of the grand
American. led the amateurs with 100.
HI. r. Bosley of Dallas, state cham
pion at single targets in 1913, was sec
ond amateur with 1873, and third place
was a four cornered tie between two
Iowans. Billy Boon Of Jewel Junction
and Bill Ridley of Whatever, once
amateur champion, and John Living
ston of Springvale. Ala. and E. w. Fry
of Graham, representative in the Texas
legislature.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-26
Back to single Umpires.

Chicago. Jan. 26.-The American
Association probably will return this
year to the single umpire system.
President Chivington announced Mon
day. The opinions Of the club owners
will be asked. however, before the ac-
ton Is taken. he said The annual
meeting of the association probably
will be held early next month.
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Court Upholds Fun Crew Bill.

Little Rock, Ark. JAM 26.-The Ar
kansas supreme court has upheld an
act by the legislature two years ago
requiring all railroads that operate lines
more than so miles long to have at
least three brakemen on trains of more
than % freight cars
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Stenxel stays With q. n.

st. Louis. Mo-, Jan. 26.-Charles p.
Stengel. right fielder Of the Brooklyn
Nationals. will continue to play with
that team for the next two years. in
accordance with a contract which he
signed here. Stengel said he had re-
ceived offers from George StovaIl,
manager OF the Kansas City FederalsL
and Joe Tinker. manager Of the Chi
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-26
wHTrE-WELsH BOUT OFF.

Illness of Chicago Pugist Prevents
Him Meeting English Champion.
New York, Jan. 26.-Owing to the
serious illness of Charley White, the
Chicago pugist. the ten-round bout
between him and Freddie Welsh. the
worlds champion, which was to have
taken plae in the Madison Square
garden here tonight has been indefi-
nitely / )stponed.
Willie Beecher of this city will meet
Welsh is Whites place tonight.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-26
JOHNSON SETS DATE.

Big Black VIII Arrive Mt Barbados on
January %.
Ell Paso, Texas, Jan. 26.-Jack
johnson is expected to arrive January
20 at Barbados, British West Indies.
en- route to meet Jesse Willard at
Juarez, Mexico, March s, in battle
for the heavyweight championship OF
the world, according to the fight pro-
motors here.
Willard arrived here Monday to be-
gin training.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-26

Federals Preparing to Take Care OF
Their Surplus Players.
Hartford, Conn.,, Jan. 26.-Hugh A.
McKinnon, an agent of the Federal
league, announced here Monday night
that a meeting will be held in New
Haven next Saturday to take prelimi-
nary steps to organize a Federal minor
league in New England.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-26

Four years later Uncle James ran
for the legislature, and his Socialistic
c:ronent pulled, among other thugful
weapons, the opening stanzas of that
1911 investigation. Had the enemy
used half dozen more paragraphs Of
the investigation, it would have
spoiled his game. but he quit at the
right place and Uncle Jimmy was de-
f.ated by the neutrality-suspicious. ma
iority-Of 112.
But in his loss Of the job of legis-
lator, Jimmy Cassin gained something
that cannot be secured by another man
in Kansas. Every member of that legis-
lature Of 1911, with the exception OF
the bitter enemy from his home county,
wrote a letter endorsing James Cassin
as an honest man and branding the de-
famatory circular as a libel. The men
who were instrumental, for political
reasons, in bringing the investigation
to light, testified that they had been
mistaken in their first guess and that
Uncle Jimmy was an honest man. So
he holds that unique distinction OF be-
ing the proven honest man Of Kansas.
No man on trial before court ever
produced two hundred competent char
acter witnesses, or even a dozen VINO
would go as far as the two hundred
who testified for Uncle Jimmy. In that
particular he is like the Kansan.-who
Sndll not De uaIucQ tulS AIlACICs WIN
said: Il am the sanest man in this
room. jury composed Of six alienists
pronounced me sane, and none OF you
can show the same endorsement
The only trouble with Hon. James
Cassin is that he chose. as field OF
endeavor, place that heaves up with
a wave of Socialism every time 1t rolls
over in its sleep. The traveller who
passes through Girard on a Katy train
cannot help but observe that he is out
side the United States. 1t is q place
where BARRIERS go bankrupt and the
wide SLOUGH hat and flowing encktie
run rampant. A recent traveller through
that burg was one who wore Wind
sor tie because 1t was easiest to knot
He got off the train at Pittsburg and
purchased from a son of Israel a tie
that is harder to wear but doesn't re-
mind him of that oasis in this land OF
progress and democratic government
known as Girard. 1t is this place that
Hon. Jim seeks to reform with the
Golden Rule and that paragraph from
the Koran which reads: 20 true be-
levers. if wicked man come unto you
with tale. inquire strictly into the
truth of what We have DONE"
Come up here. Uncle Jimmy. and We
VIII treat you as the only proven honest
man in Kansas should be treated.
A number of members Of this legis-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-26
cushion Defeats Marquette.

Bushton, Kan, Jan. 26.-Bushton's
Athletic club defeated Marquette here
in an uninteresting game of basket
ball Friday night by q score OF Is to