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The Washington herald., 1916-02-14
Heavy Artillery Duels.

Paris, Feb. 13.-North of Vic Sur
Aisne our artillery dispersed some Ger
man detachments which had advanced
as far as our wire entanglements, it
is officially stated. In Lorraine artil-
lery duels were fought in the sectors
of Reillon and the Forest of Parroy.
The Washington herald., 1916-02-14
MRS. FIELD GOING HOME.
Suffrage Envoy VIII Address Meet
fugs En- Route to California;

Mrs. Sara Bard Field, the envoy from
the San Francisco Woman Voters con-
vention. who brought the petition signed
by 10000 women requesting President
Wilson to aid them in securing the pas
sage Of the federal amendment, will leave
today for her home in California.
She will carry with her the silver low
ing cup presented by eastern members
of the Congressional Union, in recogni-
tion OF her services and will stop at the
larger cities to address meetings in the
interest of the early passage of the
national amendment
The Washington herald., 1916-02-14
INDoRSE NEGRO MONUMENT.
+. ID. Lee Heads Body TO Erect
statue to COIored Men.

The National Association for the Erec-
ton of a Monument to the Negro Soldiers
and Sailors at a recent meeting at 92S
r street northwest named these officers
T. d. Lee, president: Rev. William X.
Jernagin. first vice president; Mrs Julia
w. Hamilton, second vice president: z.
w. Turner corresponding secretary: w.
II. Fortune, recording secretary; W. D.
Nixon, financial secretary: d. W. Free
man, treasurer, and J. J. Jones, chap
lain.
The secretary resd letters from promi-
nent citizens indorsing the object and
promising their support. Tomorrow even
ing a special committee will meet and
arrange to launch this movement by a
large public meeting and emancipation
celebration. to be held April Il.
The Washington herald., 1916-02-14
AViator's Brother a Suicide.

Paris, Feb. I3-Crazed by grief at the
death OF his famous brother, AIphonse,
in an air duel last August, Francois
Pegoud yesterday hanged himself to a
tree in the Forest of Versailles near a
factory where he had been employed in
making army aeroplanes. The body was
found today
The Washington herald., 1916-02-14
Onions and Beets, su Grstin

Season boiled beets and boiled onions
with salt and pepper 20 taste. slics
both vegetables and place alternsts
layers Of beets, cream sauce and onions
in a grease baking dish. having the
last layer OF sauce Sprinkle over q
LAYER OF bread crumbs. dot with bits OF
butter on top. and bake half an hour IN
a hot oven.-Farm and Home.
The Washington herald., 1916-02-14
Daniels Denounced.

Newark, y. j., Feb. 13.-An audience OF
1000 howled approval here today when S.
Stanwood Menken, president OF the Ma
tional Security League, said: Il con-
slider Josephus Daniels. Secretary OF the
Navy, incompetent and unfit to hold any
high office in this land"
The Washington herald., 1916-02-14
Germans Storm Trenches.

Berlin (wireless via Sayville), Feb. 13.-
In Champagne the Germans stormed the
French positions on front io0 yards
wide south of st. Marie-a-Py, capturing
4 officers and 202 men. Hand-grenade en-
gagements continue,
The Washington herald., 1916-02-14
Adopts His Niece.

New York. Feb. la Maus Schermer-
horn. OF &c West Fifty-sixth street has
just obtained permission from Surrogate
Fowler to adopt his niece. Miss Katherine
Browne. % years old. who has lived in
his home for fifteen years and has been
known as Miss Schermerhorn for eleven
years.
The Washington herald., 1916-02-14
Military Course at Princeton.

Princeton, N. J., Feb. l3-As a result
of the nationwide agitation for pre-
paredness, a lecture course in the funds-
mentals OF military training will be given
in Princeton University during the COM
ing term.
The Washington herald., 1916-02-14
PLANS AERO COAST PATROL.
Peary Announce Project 90 Guard
Against Surprise Attack.

New York. Feb. ls.-Aero coast pa
troll stations at intervals of 100 miles
along the eastern and western coasts,
and the Great Lakes, in case of war.
are planned by the Aero Club Of
America. Details Of the scheme were
announced today by Rear Admiral
Robert z. Peary. who has been au-
thorized 10 appoint q committee 10
formulate working plans.
Each station will include a hangar
and repair equipment The planes II
Is proposed to use will carry a driver
and an observer. and be equipped with
wireless.
In action the planes will take up
their position fifty miles OF shore ano
1000 feet in the air. At that altitude
they will have an observation ranre
OF fifty miles. The possibility of q
surprise attack by hostile feet
would thereby be nullihed.
The Washington herald., 1916-02-14

ChicaEo's railways have spent 81. 900. .ooo
a railway journal says, IN eliminating
grade crossings Accidents have lAre.ly
diminished as q result At tht same time
street accidents due TO vehicles have
largely increased.
The Washington herald., 1916-02-14

The ice-breAking ferry boat, Prince Ed
ward Island, plying on the Straits Of
Northumberland, Canada, has pslstisl
accommodations for passengers. II is tho
first boat OF the kind 70 be so equipped
The Washington herald., 1916-02-14

To Throw on Colds and Prevent Grin
Take LAXATIVE BROMO QUISINE. 1t DESTROYS
germs. acts a. tonic and laxative and hera to
keep the system in a healthy condition There II,
only one "BROMO QUININE." Z. W GROVES
signature on box e
The Washington herald., 1916-02-14

Pit ponies of one of the English mines
were brought to the surface when the
miners stopped work some weeks ago
Not one of the animals had seen daylight
since It was first taken into the mines.
some as long as twenty years ago.
The Washington herald., 1916-02-14

The estimates were based on informa'
ton from various sources, but not from
any official canvass.
The Washington herald., 1916-02-14
Takes Jabs at Washingt onia ms.
Case of Rich eson.

through 10 a singer in the choir an act
i've member of the church organizations
and an ardent worker for the church.
She was attracted by the young minister
and they soon became friends, and then
lovers
After brief courtshp Richeson was
given a charge in suburb OF Boston. He
had promised to marry Miss Linnell, and
in order to be near him the young Honl-
an went to Boston as a student at the
conservatory of music and lived at the
\. w. G. A.
She was happy there and her slri
friends knew that she was looking for
ward to an early marriage. Whenever
she received telephone call and turned
away with a smiling face the girls kne"
that Avis was to meet her friend, as
she always referred to Richeson, and her
housemates knew that the friend was
the Rev. Mr.. Richeson, the man Avis ex-
pected TO marry.
took the church in Cambridge, and in
the course OF his church work he met
Miss Violet Edwards, an aristocratic and
very wealthy young woman. He made
suit to her and was accepted as heT
fianCe with the approval Of her parents.
Avis Linnell stood in the way of
Richesons marriage into wealth and
social life far above anything he had
ever aspired to in his young career.
1t would have been easy enough to
tilt Miss Linnell, but she had claim
upon him that was good in the eyes
of God, man and the law. He had
betrayed her under the promise of an
early marriage II that condition
could be obviated, the jilting of Miss
Linnen would become a simple mat
ter
Richeson sent Miss Linnell medicine,
inducing her to take IT under the plea
that his work made postponement
in their marriage necessary. and as
suring her she was doing no wrong
by following his advice. She took the
medicine. but without the desired re-
, suit.
Feared Exposure.
While Richeson was giving medicine
to Miss Linnell the Edwards family
began to wonder why the young min
lister kept pOstponing the public an
nouncement of his engagement to Nio-
let and Richeson saw his chance for
wealth and influence slipping away by
exposure Of his relations with Miss
Linnell should he announce his COM
ing marriage before he was in a po-
sition to safely jilt the trusting young
choir singer.
RlchesOn telepnoneu 10 MISS LIN
nell. He told her not to tell of their
prospective meeting. but some of the
young women at the Y. W. c. A. knew
that she was going out to dine with
her friend" The girl was very
happy when she returned from the
dinner. Richeson had given her some
medicine which he said would be sure
TO have the desired effect, and the girl
was happy because she had been wor-
ried more on Richeson's account than
her own, and was thinking of his
happiness.
Miss Linnen was found dead in a
room at Y. W. c. A. She had been
killed by a large dose of cyanide OF
potassium. It was proved that Richie
son had bought the poison and had
given 1t to her as harmless medi-
! cine He was convicted OF murder
| and paid the death penalty.
The Washington herald., 1916-02-14
FRESH MAsSACDES REPORTED.

Been Executed by Turks.
Special Cable 10 The wt,hinston Herald
Bucharest, Feb. l3.-Fresh masSaCres oi
Armenans are reported from Turkey.
Two Greeks have been executed at Con-
stsntinople
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-20
la a. Up to the Minute -
EVNA SPORTlNGNEWS6 X@A
/ /NgAN From Everywhere. 80
IZEDNN BY"C1Uon
up TO The SIOUX
GaSpar'S Indians Have Their
Chance to Stop OmahOgs.
II Must Be Done to Keep the
League Race Tight.

Monday was on off day in the
Western league, and all of the clubs
except Lincoln and Des Moines took
a rest The Boosters and Ducklings
made up one of their postponed con-
tests. and the Dwellings, won by the
score of II to 8 in a game featured
by errors and slow playing. The
score: r. H. Z.
Lincoln ..13O Gil OO'-12 10 8
Batteries-Kinsey, Baker. Thomas.
Gilligan and Breen and Spahr; Greg
DRY. Halla and Rohrer
The starting of a new set of en-
gagements today with Sioux City go
Wichita against the Savages here.
Des Moines at Lincoln and st. Joe at
Denver was expected by the close
followers of the league race to pro-
duce some beneficial results in the
matter OF tightening the standing
Must Stop Omaha.
Harry Gaspar's Sioux City Indians
are probably as capable of stopping
the Omahogs as any other club in the
league and the results of this series
will be watched with keen interest.
Omaha is reaching a point where her
lead is becoming dangerous and unless
Marty KruS's winning streak is brok-
en- within a short time he will have an
easy romp of it. This is not desired
IL any other place. and such a state
of affairs would be an injury to Pa
RourlSe himself as it would tend to
lessen interest in the race.
The local games of the next few
days promise some real entertainment
for Topeka fans regardless of the
. brand of baseball put on exhibition.
Il is known that Savage and Jackson
have been at dagger points since last
winter when Jackson went back on
the Topeka magnate, and with both
of them actively engaged in directing
their teams a real hot time is looked
Tor if any arguments come up.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-20
CLASS OF TWELVE
UMPIRES TURNED
BY CINCY SCHOOL

There was a unique and history
making event at the Cincinnati base
ball park recently when twelve UNI
pires, graduates of the Cincinnati pub
lie schools department, known as the
school for umpires.' received their di-
plomas- The ceremonies took place at
the home plate and John E Bruce,
secretary of the national baseball COM
mission. delivered a graduation adj
dress. The twelve men had served a
full years term under the direction of
former big league umpires
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OARsNiEN ARE IN MILITIA.
Calling Out of Troops May Interfere
With Yale-IIarvard Regatta.

New Haven, Conn, June 20.-The
rowing squad, now in quarters at
Gales Ferry, are members of the Yale
soldier batteries led to a request upon
the military authorities that these
oarsmen be not required to report for
duty until Saturday. in order that the
Yale-Harvard regatta plans might not
be upset 1t is understood the Har-
ward management had been informed
of the predicament in which the Yale
crews find themselves.
Morris Hadley, son of President
Hadlev. who is rowing in Yale's Sec
ond varsity eight is a lieutenant in
the Yale battalion.
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BASEBALL TO-DAY.
Western League.

Des Moines at Lincoln. rain. $3.50
p. m.
Sioux City at Omaha, rain, $3.50
p. m.
st. Joe at Denver, clear, S:15 p. m.
Wichita at Topeka, cloudy, $50
p. m.
National League.
Cincinnati at Chicago. clear, p. Ia.
ST. Louis at Pfttsburg, clear, $3.50
p. m.
Boston at New York, clear 2, first
1:45 p. m.
Philadelphia at Brooklyn. clear, .,
first 1880 p. m.
American League.
Chicago at St. Louis, cloudy, $3.50
p m.
Cleveland at Detroit, clear, 3:15
p. m.
Washington at Philadelphia, cloudy,
$3.50 p. m.
New York at Boston, clear, s:15
p. m.
American Association.
Toledo at st. Paul, clear, p. m.
Columbus at Minneapolis, clear, 8
p. m.
Indianapolis at Kansas City cloudy,
first game 2 p. m.
Louisville at Milwaukee, clear, 3
p. m.
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Sport Wheezes
by CLUG-

The many Topeka friends of baltimore
wish him success in his new job at Lin
coin, and now that he will have mana
gerial worries it is thought that he will
again hit his old playing stride.
The managerial situation here remains
the same it Sunday, and Savage
will probably continue to direct the club
for few days at least.
While his leaving Topeka will cut Lat
timore's salary almost in half, it is
derstOod that he received something like
$500 for signing a Lincoln contract. and
there is no doubt that he is worth all
he got.
Al of the dead past will be covered
can only make a clean sweep of the
Wichita series. beginning this afternoon.
about as bad as the Topeka team has.
and there is every reason to believe that
they will not be dangerous opponents
the odds certainly should be on Topeka.
Edward Bushnell, writing in the De
troit Free Press, asserts that the present
crop of track athletes is the best ever
produced in the United States and he be-
means the fact that there are no Olympic
games for them to show their class in.
An umpire capable of giving universal
satisfaction is yet to be born. Mullen
touted as the best in the league. into
gobs of trouble during the Drummer
Omahogs series and was severely PANIED
by the Joetown fans.
Ryan and Kane. the. two arbiters who
worked in the last series here. have been
hotly criticised i'll number of places. but
| their work in the Lincoln series seemed
to be as good as the average. And Que
thing in their favor that they did all
they possibly could to hurry the games
along
Rebel Cakes, the Denver manager who
got away to a bad start in his individual
batting, has made wonderful squirt with
third best batter in the league with an
average of .341
Hinchman of Lincoln, who was leading
the league few weeks ago, is now down
in a tie for ninth place However, he still
! in his stride without delay will not have
much of climb to return to the top
The Savages are still leading the league
in club fielding with ease. In III games
they have handled 1,SS4 chances with
proud of. The fielding of the Denver
Bears seems to be the poorest in the
league The Bears have made 81 errors
out of 1854 chances.
Nick Lakaff who was with the Topeka
brought on this season because of his in
ability to go full game, is now the lead
ing pitcher Of the Central league. He is
with the Dayton club.
Omaha has a golfer who is getting the
habit of making holes in stroke.
Twice recently he has made difficult
hole in one
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American Association.
PAY 500 TO CONQUERORs.
Simpson Club Offers That Amount
to Any Club Defeating 1t.

Simpson, Kas., June 20.-The Simp
son Leaguers is organizing for the sea-
sons baseball games. Simpson plans
to play 60 games this season against
33 played in 1915. This club only
lost five games last year. The Simp-
son club is out again with its usual
proposition: 1t will give any club
500 that will defeat the team on the
home grounds, the umpire to be
agreed to on both sides.
The Simpson Leaguers last year de-
feated the following clubs: Good
lands professional team, four games
out of five; Illinois Red Sox of Wa
terman, the independent champions
of Illinois, four straight games; Ira
BidwelPs independent champions of
Iowa, four straight games; played
on all-star club from Kansas City,
Mo, composed of major leaguers,
two series, Simpson winning first and
the All-Stars the second series.
The seventh annual baseball jubi-
lee will be held in Simpson, August
II, IS, 49,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-20
MANAGERS TALK
COSTS PORTLAND
CLUB A GAME

One of the oldest incidents OF a
ball game occurred in a contest be-
tween Vernon and Portland recently.
With the score a tie and a Vernon
runner on third, Manager McCredle
of Portland walked from the bench
and called to Catcher Fisher to give
him some instructions Fisher turned
to see what his manager wanted ana
while listening to words of wisdom
from his boss the Vernon runner
sneaked in home. The Portland
pitcher started to make a throw to
the plate, but there was his catcher
with his back turned and his ear In
clined.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-20
CINCH FOR RESTA
He Appears to Have Years
Racing HOnOrs Sewed Up.
Already He's 1900 Points Ahead
of All Opponents.
BY FRANK G. MENKE.

New York. June 20.-Dario Resta
IS far in the lead in the race for
the auto racing championship of 1916
that it seems no one can even hope
to he ID off the Italian-English dare
devil.
Resta's recent victory in the Chica
go derby race, which closely follows
his easy win in the indianapolis classic,
has pushed his total points up to the
1900 mark, 200 more than his
nearest rival, And Resta's friends
declare that the end amt yet.
In other years the championship
was little more than an empty honor
But this season it is different. In adj
dition to winning a huge silver trophy,
the victor will get at least $13,500-
and possibly 100000 or so-in cash.
The B. F. Goodrich people have do
mated 10000; the Borsch magnets,
$500. Other auto accessory people
may chip in $1,000 to $4,000 more.
The Standing Now.
The standing to date of the first
ten drivers who are in the race for
the silver and the currency, follows;
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-20
BALL PLAYER GOES To
WAR TO WIN A BRIDE

George Wintherbotham. former
pitcher in the Pacific Coast league.
is private today in the Two Hun
dred and Eleventh battalion of the
american Legion" He Joined in
order To win the hand and heart
of a lady fair-also $1,000 of her
papa's money.
When Wintherbotham duly re-
quested parental consent for the
marriage. the prospective father
in-iaw declared he must first prove
his merit by going through the
war
To a meritorious son-in-law he
also promised the modest sum of
$4,000. So Wintherbotham got
measured for a uniform.
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FOOD FOR FANS
BY GEORGE e. PHAIR.
copyright, 1861


What Lovely Weather We Are Having.
The mother was weeping,
Her baby was sleeping.
Her husband, a famous outfielder he.
She heard the rain falling.
Incessant. appalling.
And cried: Oswald, darling, o come back
to me-
The husband. unheeding
Was faithfully speeding
And heedlessly dashing
Where raindrops were spIashing
He went to his death in a wild raging sea.
We have. no data the subject, but
knee deep in June" wore rubber boots
Neutrality note-"Ernest Knowles will
referee the Bohemian Scandinavian soccer
game tomorrow at the McDuff's field
Ed Lewis is going to wrestle Joe Stecher
on July 4. Ed doesn't believe in a Sane
Fourth.
1t was a foregone conclusion that Wilson
would be nominated, but there probably
are good many delegates who don't know
it yet.
This Is Age of Miracles.
Time was when, the bold Heine zim
Was kicker of vigor and vim.
But times must have changed
Or the world is deranged,
For the umpires all speak well of him.
days. prr Why shouldn't he! Is he not
constrnctel on the order of balloon?
An Anfidote
When rs-alrops fall and skies are glum
Nor any siniis= to cheer the gloomy day,
l hunt the baseball flies of early May
And read che dope the experts had to say.
/ In view of his generous donations there
to. James A Patten has been awarded a
button which. according to public prints,
n fro dr-afa al 30.
any sporting events held at Northwestern
university. Someone in Evanston has a
Yes, what's in Name.
Whats in a Nance" Bill Shakespeare said,
Or some such person cold and dead
A Brooklyn pitcher Wheeler Dell.
Is doing very, very well.
At the opening of the baseball season,
Heine Zim cut out golf. Since then he
has not spoken Il profane word to
! pire-
Since being appointed captain of the
steady game. The weight Of the captaincy
on his shoulders balances the weight of
i his nasSi-e brain.
There is reason for the silence of the
suffragettes in st. Louis With all these
delegates tearing loose. even a stuff couldn't
insert a word without the aid of a Jimmy.
In street Car.
There were two of them in the seat ahead
of me.
One was small. elderly man who was
crowded against the window The other
was a large person. not exactly tall, but
quite broad of beam He occupied at least
20 per cent of the seat.
The small man was reading newspaper.
So was the large person: but he was read
ing the small mans newspaper over the
small mans right shoulder
Well. WE'LL. spoke the large person.
edging few inches closer II see they
nominated wilson
Yes" replied the small man. turning
painfully in his portion of the seat. But
/ whothehel did you expect them to nom
inate-Andrew Jackson: -
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Schultz Upsets Dope.

What do you make of the case of
Frank Schultz of the Cubs?
In 1911 he hit for 800 in 1912 he
totalled .264; in 1913 it was .27S in
1914 it was PAL, and last year it
was PAS.
And now here is Schultz in 1916 his
fourteenth in the majors. and his
thirty-fourth on this earth, breezing
along with the race at a whirlwind
clip.
Up to the present time Schultz has
hit far beyond any mark he ever an
nexed during his long career in the
majors. And he shows no signs of
Cracking" Rather, he is hitting
At the advance age of "a, old wild
fire. ought to be headed in the gene
eral direction of the baseball junk
yard. But, instead, his average, far
beyond the 300 figure, points him di-
rectly toward the goal of every bats
mantle clubbing leadership of his
league.
Yes, you might just as we'll add the
case of Frank Schultz to that of many
others to support the claim that
Baseball is a game of constant sur
prises."
Famous Jockey Quits U. S.
Eddie Dugan has sailed away from
these United States-and the horse
world mourns the loss of one of the
greatest jockeys that ever swept under
a barrier. Dugan is on his way to
Russia, where he will ride for Coun-
tess Eugene Lazareff.
Dugan was a sensation in the turf
here before racing was legislated out
of New York state and elsewhere.
Then he went to Russia where he
added to his fame. He remained in
the land of Gar Nick until the out
break of war put racing there tenn
porarily on the blink. Dugan came
and was signed to ride for August
Belmont.
However. the Irish lad had aided
some poundage while abroad and dis
placed ITO stripped. That was little
too heavy to suit Belmont. Dugan
hung around for a year or so, and got
his salary for it. but little work
Idleness peeved. him. So he opened
negotiations with the Russian folks
when racing was resumed in that coun-
try, harpooned a job with the countess
and Eddie Dugan has gone.
Western Association Results.
McAlester, 5; Fort Smith, T.
Tulsa, l; Paris, 3.
Muskogee, 5; Sherman, 4.
Oklahoma City, 4; Denison, s.
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Entries for Tennis Tourney.

All Topeka tennis players who plan
scheduled to start on the "Y" courts
Thursday. are requested to telephone
the director of the tournament at the
Y. NJ. c. A. stating the hour most
convenient for them to play so that
the schedule can be made up. A large
number of entries have already been
received, it is stated.