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attractive home on Third street. In the reception rooms. which were artisti- cally decoraed in cut flowers and ferns tables were arranged for playing the usual game of five hundred The Easter ldea was carried out in the score cards and refreshments. The membership in- cludes Mrs. Roy, Johnson, Mrs. J. C. Almon, Mrs. H. H. Elliott, Mrs H. G. Culverhouse. Mrs. A. J. McRimmon, Mrs. w. T. Varin; visitors, Miss Maude Dan Tel and Mrs. c. B. Sewers.
 Miss Rose Hannigan, whose marriage to MT. Fred Mclaughlin will Joe an in- teresting event of the month, will be ernoon by her sister, Mrs. Robert Pearson.
 The Leap Year club will meet with Miss Erie Phillips Tuesday evening. , The Needlecrafters club will meet with Mrs. Ben Nard.
 Mrs. J. c. Almon will be hostess to t .ne members of the Bon Ami club and their husbands on Tuesday evening.
 Little Lawrence, the little son of MT. and Mrs. J. w. Griffin, is rapidly inn proving after a serious illness
 Miss Margaret Lewis is visiting her sister, Mrs. s. H. Thomas in Gadsden.
 Mrs. M. l.. Flowers left this week for her home in Memphis after pleasant Vlslt with her mother Mrs. W. D. Young.
 "AASS brdce LeIcner naS returned to her nome in this city after visiting relatives at Thorsby.
 MISS Fife and Emma Miller have gone 10 Gadsden to spend Easter holidays with MT. and Mrs Frank Friel
 Miss Irene Pennington and Miss Laura walker, who have been teaching school at West Pratt, have returried to their home in Vernon.
 Miss Ethel Deramus has returned to her home in Billingsley after an extend ed visit to her sister, Mrs. Charles T. Gale, on Thomas avenue.
 Mrs. N. l., Sanford has returned to her home in Nashville, Tenn, after visit to friends in this city
 Mrs. o. R. Walker of Morgantown, N c., is visiting Mrs. B. H. Pearson at her home on Fourth street.
 Miss Emma Henderson is at home after a pleasant stay with relatives at Selma
 Mrs. J. K. Boggan has returned to this city after several months stay with relatives in Atlanta, Ga.
 Mrs. Ray Custred and children left this week for Gordo to spend several weeks
 MT. and Mrs. W. A. Thompson left Wednesday for an extended trip through the west.
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the bedside of his grandmother at Eclectic.
 MT. and Mrs. Carr visited relatives at Quinton this week.
 Mrs. c. C.. Watkins is improving rap- idly after serious operation at the Birmingham infirmary.
 Mrs. c. W. York and her sister, Miss Lucille York, have just returned from a recent visit of two weeks in Tallas- see.
 Mrs. Alice Scott is visiting her niece Mrs. Lemay, in Birmingham
 Miss Rosa Majors has arrived in Vlnesville from her home at Calera. Tor the purpose of taking a course in a local school She will spend the summer with her cousin. Mrs. J. l.. Pike.
 Mrs. Altman of Columbiana is with her daughter, Mrs, Watkins. She will remain until Mrs. Watkins is convaI- escent
 Mrs. Jap Majors, formerly of Calera. now of Ensley, was a pleasant visitor to Vinesvil1e this week.
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turning has to pay our import duty at

turning has to pay our import duty at the frontierl
 Tn ruined country, systematically robbed of its food and of it's means Of production. was left starving, helpless population. But was it left in the coun- try Not when the Prussians could help It. A systematic campaign was started for inducing or even compelling the Pol ish workman to emigrate to Germany Tens of thousands of workmen have been compelled to leave L1odz and emigrate to Germany. It is the same story in other cities. The treatment which these work men receive in Germany can be Judged from case reported in the Berlin vor- warts, of February 10. It would take too long to give full detaiiS of the case, but the plea of defendant, which was no less important body than the corporation of Berlin, is worth recording. Its counsel argued that the Polish workmen are not free laborers, but a kind of civilian pris- oners,' and that they had no right to change their employment at their pleas ure.'"
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Fault of the Moon

From the Indianapolis News.
 The partial eclipse of the sun was Inc subject of conversation in the little gro- cery store, where number of villagers sat about the stove awaiting the early bedtime.
 man happened to be present who was well versed on the subject under discus- sion' and he was asked to explain the curious phenomenon of an eclipse. He pointed out that the moon simply came between the earth and the sun, and blot ted out from view part of the suns surface.
 Wall" remarked an old veteran. as he unburdened his mouth of a deluge of tobacco juice, it sure is pity the moon wasn't full, cause then we'd had a total eclipse"
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Yard Is Reduced

London, April 6-(Special.)-A yard of cotton cloth, as measured by the Eng fish manufacturers. will hereafter meas ure Se inches. instead of 37 inches, as for many generations heretofore The 37-inch ward Is said to have had it's ori : gin in the habit of spinners in measuring from the further side of the thumb, ;" ttus adding about an inch flor good measure"
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the population whilst the war is still on. The majority, however, prove unwilling to change the nature and practice of their entire lives; clearly such a change could not be expected from a bureaucrat of the type of Wellenkamp, late anti-Polish Landrat at Ratibor, who was made chief of the administration at Bendzin and subsequently, at Sieradz.
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hares of its income to the Posen associa-

shares of its income to the Posen associa- tion, 'Ostmarkenverein.' Field Marshal Won -Hindenburg, who fixes the monopoly prices of the Import company is closely connected with that association.
 'The main industries of Poland have been systematically and Intentionally ruined by the German administration
 SEIZE RAW MATERIAL "The raw materials-cotton, wool. leather, oils, metals, etc.-have been requisitioned and exported to Germany, where they have been sold at extremely low prices. Even much of the machinery Of the Polish factories has been carried away. The German administration has introduced in many parts of Poland even monopoly in the sale of coal. Thus Lodz manufacturer owning coal mine in Poland cannot provide himself with the fuel which he requires; at the pit mouth he is compelled to sell his sack of coal to the Germans for about 50 cents, only to buy it back at his factory for more than dollar. The railways in Poland are now all in the hands of the German military authorities, which accord prefer ential treatment to German manufac- turers.
 Most difficult of all was to effect the ruin of the branches of industry of which the raw materials are produced in the country But even that has been achieved by German care and German method. Even of the very restricted quantity of Polish grain left for Polish consumption, considerable part is being carried away by the German adminis- tration to German mills. and when re-
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At that time Kumagae was a stu
dent at Keio university who had taken
up tennis only two years before and
who had played the game with
plain rubber ball. such as children
bounce on the sidewalks of the coun-
try, up to within a few months of his
first tournament. Notwithstanding his
limited experience, Kumagae made it
decidedly interesting for both j. Fot-
trell and Johnston. In the semi-final
of tho singles it required five sets of
the hardest kind of play by Fottrell
to defeat the Japanese.
Kumagae is a short stocky Japan
ese with powerful overhead and
forearm drive, while his service and
baekhand play compare favorably
with that OF the average American big
tournament player He is exception
ally fast on his feet and possesses re-
markable powers of endurance. If he
should compete in this country next
season, as has been suggested, it will
be found that Kuma gaze will be entl-
tied to rank among the first fifteen
of American lawn tennis. In all his
matches he had shown indomitable
spirit and determination. never con-
ceding n match lost until the last
point is scored against him. Another
factor in his favor is that the expert
ence and reputation of an opponent
never appear to overawe the Japan
ese racquet expert.
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Kun1agae, Jap Tennis Star, Is
ia Marcel With the Racquet

New York, Jan. 15.-The defeat of
Clarence ]. Griffin, ranked seventh
among the American tennis players of
1915. by the Japanese expert Kuma-
gaze in the championship match in the
Far Eastern title tournament at Ma
Mia, last Saturday, is another illus
tration of the progress being made in
all branches of sport by the Japanese.
Kumagae is far from being a novice
with the racquet as his victory over
Griffin demonstrates, yet there are
several native players of Japan who
can always be counted upon to give
Kumagae a hard battle when they
meet him on the court.
AS far back as 1913 Kumagae was
making it interesting for American
tennis players although he was com
paratively new to the game at that
time. In company with three other
Japanese players he entered the Far
Eastern tournament played at the be-
ginning of 1914 and succeeded in
working his way to the semi-final
round of the singles and with No
mura reached the final of the doubles.
The entry list included the leading
English, German and American resi-
dent players of Far Eastern countries
as we'll as William NJ. Johnston, the
present American champion, and Ella
Fottrell, who made the trip from Cali
fornia especially to play in the tour
new.
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THORPE IN OKLAHOMA CITY.
Worlds Greatest Athlete Has Another
Year With the n. Y. Giants.

Oklahoma City, Jan. 15.-Jim
Thorpe. member of the New York
Giants and proclaimed by the king of
Sweden to be the worlds greatest
athlete, is now a resident of Oklahoma
City. Thorpe recently removed to the
city; from Prague, Okla. He is not
sure that he will reside here per-
manently, but will remain until April
/, when he will report for practice
with the Giants
A year ago Thorpe signed a two
year contract with the Giants. and it
l1aS7 One year yet to run. In the
Olympic games in Sweden Thorpe ex-
cefled in hurdles, in jumping and in
throwing the avelin. When he first
went with the Giants in 1918 Thorpe
did not measure VI 10 major league
caliber and was sent back to the minor
leagues for practice. He went back to
the Giants in the latter part of the
1915 season and proved himself a star
during that short TINA
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AMATEUR GOLFERS MAY
HAVE TO QUIT WRITING

Chicago, Jan. 15.-Whether anna
teur golf stars really are amateurs
when they permit their names to
be used on golf balls and sticks and
receive money from newspapers
for what they write will be a
question before the United States
Golf association, which is to con-
vene at Hotel La Sale today. A
action in the organization de-
mands custer proceedings against
such players who call themselves
amateurs. The association will
award three amateur titles, the
open championship, the national
amateur championship and the
woman's championship, and will
select cities for the 1915 meets
Frank L. Woodward, Denver. was
expected to be reelected president
and II. f. Whitney, Howard L. Per
rim and John Reed, all of New
York, were expected to succeed
themselves as secretary and first
and second vice presidents, respec-
lively Fred 5. Wheeler, of New
York. was slated to succeed Percy
r. Pyne. of Philadelphia as treas
urer,
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new ONE ON HIM
Recruit Player Never Heard of
"That Guy Harmony
''Topeka" Jack johnson Tells of
Green X. C. Player.
tCopyright, 1915. by II. c. Fisher,
Trade Mark Reg. U. S. Pat OFF,
BY TOPEKA" JACK JOHNSON.

One of the most amusing baseball
incidents that I remember as happen
ing during my baseball career occur
red during the latter part of the sea-
son of 1911 while 1 was manager of
one of the best, If not the best, colored
team in the United States. The team
was known as THE Kansas City, Kan
sas Giants"
The K. c. Blues, with Danny Shay
as manager, also had a fine club and
finished in second place in the Ameri-
can association race that season. My
club and the Blues played a post
season series at the close of the asso
citation season for the cham pionship
of the two Kansas Citys
Well, one day before the Blues had
finished their season, 1 went over to
their park to consult Shay regarding
some of the arrangements regarding
the post-SeaSon series. 1t was just
after they had played a woeful game
in which they were badly beaten by
Milwaukee.
Mr.. Shay invited me into the club
house where all the players were busy
washing up and getting into their
street clothes AS soon as Mr.. Shay
called the men to attention and began
Scolding them over the bum game
they had played that afternoon, and
he finally ended UP his speech some
thing like this:
Men, I am ashamed of the rotten
way you played this afternoon, and
want to tell you that we have got to
have harmony on this club. You men
have got to work together more, that's
all there is to 1t. With harmony on
the club we can win the majority of
our games and we will win the pen
nant. But without harmony we can't
do anything and we'll probably finish
way down the list"
After the lecture, and after Shay
had left the room, recruit outfield
er who had taken in every word Shay
had said, turned to the man who was
dressing near him and asked:
Say, who the Sam Hill is this guy
Harmony he's talking about, and
what position does he play? Is he an
outfielder?"
Editors note: Topeka" Jack John
son was the best colored baseball
player this city ever produced, and he
went as high in the ranks as it is pos
sible for a colored player to go. Also.
he was a heavyweight fighter of such
ability that he might have ranked
with johnson and McVey II he had
stuck as diligently to the squared cir
Gle game as they did
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Wednesday Night Division.
HE'S HARGIss' BIG FIND.
Guy Cross, Winfield II S. Athlete, Is
Star Normal Goal Tosscr.

Emporia, Kan. Jan. 15-Guy Cross.
the star athlete of Winfield high
school, now attending Kansas State
Normal, has won place on the fast
X. s. y. basketball team. Cross play
ed his first college game against the
Haskell Indians last week and made
a brilliant showing by his fast floor
work and accurate basket shooting,
throwing the baskets from the court.
In the game against the College OF
Emporia Tuesday night, Cross was
at his best. Though closely guarded
he again and again eluded his guard
and brought the crowd to its feet by
his spectacular goal tossing. In the
minds of the students. Cross is real
star of the K. S. N and Coach Hargfss
may we'll be proud of his new rnd.
Cross, while taking part in athletics
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Bowling Is Coming Back AS
a Popular S port IN Topeka
INTEREST is keen
The EIkS Club Plans to Put in
New Alleys Soon.
Art Wolf, the Best Individual
Bowler in the City.

This winter is proving harder on
bowling pins in Topeka than any in
recent years. Local alleys are shcker,
and more of the city'S business men
are finding just the exercise they
want in singing the twin-eyed balls
than for several years. This is the
assertion made by those who are IA
miliar with the various alleys of the
city. including the lodge alleys, public
alley and those of the Y. NJ c. AS
? Recently several members OF a
prominent lodge in the city decided
that a little bowling exercise would
do them good. And so they reserved
the use of a public alley for an even
ing. And they found that it was a
great game as we'll as a great exercise.
In fact, one of the members found
it such n great game that he became
ambitious to out bowl the other mem
bers OF the party, and TO do this re-
allied that he needed practice. He
sneaked up to the alley by himself
the first time he had a chance to
practice secretly, and when he went
in found another member of the party
doing the same thing. And it wash
long before third brother joined
the party and admitted that he had
come to the alley with the same pUr-
pose in mind.
Topeka's Best BowIers.
George Helwig of the local Santa
Fe freight office is probably the most
enthusiastic alley fiend in the city.
Also, he is one of the best pin knock
ers. However, there are quite num-
Der Of local men who could give
the best of the experts an interesting
game. 1t seems to be the general
opinion that Art. Wolf of the bank
OF Topeka is the best bowler in the
city and that Fuller, chief clerk of
the test department of the Santa Fe
shops is a close second. However
Ike Barnum, of the auditors depart
ment of the Santa Fe. Harry Wolf OF
the Bank of Topeka, and A d. Kirk
patrick. of the Capital Auto and Sup
ply company, compare favorably with
a 300 hitter in the big baseball
leagues.
For the first time in several years
Topeka now has a regular bowling
league. thanks to the efforts of Doc
Holinger, proprietor of the Stag, and
a great deal of interest is being shown
by the players who compose the teams
The Elks lodge is also talking of put
ting in a set of alleys.
Believing that local bowlers viii
find it Interesting, an article on the
art of rolling 'em efficiently" writer
by James Dolan, of Minneapolis, il
appended hereto.
The Article.
The main thing to learn is control
Don't worry about your speed at the
start. You can always regulate thai
later. It is not necessary to throw 6
fast ball, but if it comes naturally
continue to use it. Many so-called ex
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Fairmount Won Easy Game.

Wichita, Kan. Jan. 15.-In a game
that was slow, Paramount college de-
feated Cooper college here Friday by
the score of Al to %. Cooper secured
but five field goals during the entire
game. The game was rough and
many fouls were called
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'V6IYWh6Te

7
City.
perts condemn speed, but Jimmy
Smith does not roll a funeral ball.
When you have reached the 165 or 40
average stage, you, no doubt, will be-
come interested in what is known as
stuff or English on the ball. Next
to control it is most essential. There
never was a real good bowler who did
not have some stuff
Perhaps you have noticed certain
bowlers hit the head pin full and get
away with it, while every time you
have done SO you have drawn a split
That is beause you have choked your
ball with a tight grip, causing 1t to
skid half way down the alley, with
the result that when It reached the
pins II has been spent
Putting on stuff
Stuff can be put on in four diff
ferent ways: BY lifting the ball with
the forefinger; by fitting it with the
loose fingers as you let go; by turning
the thumb In the hole and by twisting
the wrist. Hook ball bowlers gener-
ally have lot more of this English
than the straight ball bowIers, but the
control is more difficult. On a full hit
the straight ball usually gets the
larger count, while on a thin hit it is
the hook which sweeps the most pins.
DO not judge a bowler by his big
scores, but py his low ones. Almost
anybody can get a big total once in a
while, but a good bowler rarely is
guilty of very small score. Don't
let anybody tell you about splits be-
ing hard luck. good bowler ought
not to get them. If they happen there
is something wrong with the grip or
the delivery. Use your own brains in
correcting the fault
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BEGINS voI.LEYBAIL PLAY.
Business Mems League of Central 'Y''
Opens Schedule Tonight.

Tonight the business mems volley-
ball league of the Central Y. NJ. c. A
will be officially opened with a series
of games between teams 1 and and
8 and of the first division. The
league is divided into two divisions of
four teams each
The schedule of games will not be
completed until the 18th of March.
The first division will play on Satur-
day evenings and the second division
on Wednesday evenings. The schedule
is as follows:
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Golf Merchant Is a PRO"

Chicago, Ill, Jan. 15.-The United
States Golf association at its annual
meeting here decided to make profess
SIGNALS all golfers who sell golf goods,
either as proprietor or employee of a
concern, provided such person depends
on his fame or skill as a golfer to
promote these sales. This ruling will
be formulated and made section six
of the official definition of an anna
teur
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Dillon Matched Win Miske.

Superior, Wis, Jan. 15.-Local pro-
motors today received signed articles
from Jack Dillon, who is matched
to meet Billy Miske, of St. Paul, in a
ten round, no decision bout here Jan
uary g. The articles stipulate lis
pounds at o'clock the afternoon of
the fight The winner will be matched
with some top notcher in Superior in
February. e
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De ORC Defends His Title.

Boston. Mass, Jan. 15.-Afredo De
orc, successfully defended his title as
worlds three cushion billiard cham
pion, by winning from Lloyd Jevne of
Los Angeles, by a score of $50 to 1873
Friday night. The match began We'd
nesday night and when the. contestants
entered the third and final block, the
champion needed only so points while
Jevne REQUIRED SO to -
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Troy, n. Y. Jan. 15.-Johnny Evers,
second baseman of the Boston Nation
ais expects TO play second base next
season for the Chicago Nationals, he
told the Troy Record Friday night
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ICHABODS LOST AGAIN.
Aggies Defeated the Washburn Quintet
by the Score of Sc to 10.

Manhattan. Kan, Jan. 15.-The
State Agricultural college basketball
quintet administered a defeat to the
Washburn college five of Topeka by
score of Sc to 10 here Friday night.
The game was loosely played from the
start.
The Washburn five seemed unable
to break up the speedy team work of
the Aggies, who made goal after goal
with seeming ease. Only two field
goals were made by the Washburn
team during the entire game, scoring
their other six points on free throws
which were made by Groth out of
twelve chances. Reynolds, of the Ag-
giles. was the star of the game. maxi
ing eleven field goals and scoring one
free throw.
The first half of the game ended 2s
to in favor of the Aggies. who came
back during the second half in whirl-
wind style. scoring 80 points against
made by Washburn. The lineup:
Aggies. Position. Washburn.
Reynolds. 80. r. F. Groth
Adams Co L. F. Drake
Lonard- .-....-.C- -. Nelson (c)
Mcmillan. r. C. $500 NeWal
Ramsey. L. G. Bailey
Field goals-Aggies: Reynolds II
Adams I, Lonard 6, Mcmillan ].
ramsey ,, Van Urine 4; Washburn:
Groin 1, Newall l. Free throws-For
the Aggies, Reynolds 2. Adams 2; for
Washburn, Groth g. Van Trine sub
stituted for Reynolds in the last half
or the second period.
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harmony might prevail among the
PLAYERS and their families.
FRIDAY BASKETBALL SCORES.

Aggies Sc; washburn 10.
Nebraska "a; X Z. 33.
Paramount Al; Cooper %.
Mcpherson 26; Hays Normal "a.
U. of Okla. IS; Okla. Aggies 33.
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finds time to work his way through
school and is very popular among
students.
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The main thing to learn is control.
Don't worry about your speed at the
start. You can always regulate that
later It is not necessary to throw
fast ball, but if it comes naturally.
continue to use it. Many so-called ex-
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1t seems that when Mrs Coffey told
her husband of the affair. he quit the
Denver club Immediately. McGnl al
legged at the time that he talked to
Mrs. Coffey and requested her to re-
main away from the ball park so that