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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-01
WOMEN ARE BUSY
They Play Important Part in
Sixth District Life.
Take Interest in Politics of
Northwestern Kansas.
TWO PUBLISH NEWSPAPERS
hrs. LaWIeSs Conducts Only
Cheyenne Co. Publication.
One EnfOrces Prohibition;
Many Hold POStOffices.

There are two papers in the Sixth
district owned and edited by women.
The ST. Francis Herald is printed in
the county seat of Cheyenne county
by Mrs. Minnie A. Lawless. The last
issue of this paper is one of the
neatest. cIeanest and largest Papers
ever issued in the county.
In the boom days in Cheyenne
county Bird City supported three
newspapers while it was the county
seat and Wano, a thrifty town before
St. Francis was started had two pa
pers.
The b. & NJ railroad came along
and located new town about two
miles west of Wano, and named it st.
Francis. An election was called to
permanently settle the county seat and
St Francis won. The three Bird City
papers suspended or moved elsewhere,
the WanO buildings moved to the new
county seat, and today the Herald IS
the only newspaper in the county, and
one appears to be all the people of
Cheyenne county have room for
Woman Edits PaIco News.
The other paper in the district
owned by a woman is the PalcO News
edited and printed by Miss Lulu b.
Ross. Palco is a Rocks county town,
and the News prints the news of town
and country adjacent. The News
makes the fifth paper in Rocks coun-
". One of the most entertaining de-
partments in the News is conducted by
Mrs stormy" This woman is not
afraid to speak out in meeting. One
of her items reads: Some time ago
a man told US he thought he was a
hog We looked at him a moment and
said he might have been but we knew
he never was He didn't seem to be
pleased with our answer"
Another Sixth district woman who
knows what she is talking about is
Mrs. w. p. Moore, of Jewell City. she
wants everybody to know that she is
wv. p. Moore when it comes to writing
a check and it always goes
Reward for BOotIeggCrs.
And there is a Wakeeney woman
who advertises in the home
papers that she will pay $50 reward
for the arrest and conviction of any
and all parties or persons giving her
husband whisky, beer or any other in
toxicating malts or liquors of any
kind" Certainly this noble woman
has a will of her own, and deserves the
good wishes of everybody.
Kill Hogs; Hold Offices.
Stockton, Rocks county, is the, home
OF two women who are not afraid to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-01
SIGN FAMOUS ORCHESTRA.
Minneapolis Players VIII Give Two
Concerts at Pittsburg Normal.

Pittsburg, Kan. Jan. 1.-The Min
neapolis Orchestra, one of the world s
greatest orchestras, has been signed
for two concerts at the state Manual
Training Normal, May 1. The famous
organization will bring to a close the
spring music festival which Professor
Walter McCray already is preparing
for The contract for the orchestra's
appearance has just been signed. The
orchestra will appear at Lawrence
and also at Tulsa, Ok. Pittsburg is
the only point between these two
cities which will entertain the players.
Active preparations for the rendi-
ton of THE Messiah will be started
after the first of the year when Pro-
fessor McCray will begin training
a chorus of 200 voices and a large
orchestra The festival will last a
week Last year 5000 persons heard
THE Messiah sung. big increase
in the attendance is expected next
spring.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-01
SINCLAIR WANTS GIANTS.


Chicago, ILL.,, Jan. 1.-Muggsy Nc
Graw's New York Giants will change
hands for the round figure of $4,000
900; Harry F. Sinclair, Tulsa, Okla,
oil magnate, and "angeP' of the Fed
eral league, will become the new own
er, and James j. Gilmore. Federal
league president, will head the club.
These were the unconfirmed rumors
which were stirring up things here in
baseball circles.
The deal, it is said. has been hang
ing fire six weeks. McGraw, it is de-
clared, will continue as manager oe
the club, and with the players Sinclair
controls will have the strongest club III
the country
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-01
ASK PAROLE FOR RoULsToN.
Petition Out in Atchison for Clemency
to Corn Thief.

Atchison, Kan. Jan. IA petition is
being circulated among the business
men of Atchison, asking Governor
Capper to parole Ernest Roulston
who was sentenced to the state peni-
tertiary for term of from five to
twenty-one years after being convicted
of stealing corn from the Wells farm,
south of town.
The petition, which is being circu-
lated by a sister of the imprisoned
man, has been signed by practically
every business man in Atchison and
by nearly all the county officials
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-01
GET SINGLE TREE FACTORY.
Stockton Man Considers Starting Big
Plant at Concordia.

Concordia, Kan, Jan. 1.-Concor-
dia is very likely to have a new es-
adjustment which will give employ
men to twelve men as soon as it is
started. All day yesterday, Mr.. Dun
nick of Stockton. brother of Bill Dun
nick, former sheriff of Cloud county
was in the city looking for a location
to put in a double tree and single tree
factory. He has purchased four car
loads of material in Kansas City and
222wants to start up Immediately.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-01
PLow SNOW COVERED GROUND.
Franklin County Farmers Turn Soil
After Two Inch Fall.

Ottawa, Kan, Jan. 1.-The unusual
sight of blowing in December with
the ground covered with two inches of
snow was witnessed in Franklin coun-
ty the first of this week, following the
snow the day before Christmas and
Sunday night. The ground was not
badly frozen Monday, and all day
there were several farmers who rode
on top of big plows in the face of a
chilling breeze. Next day the soil
was frozen too much for blowing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-01
KANSAS CLUB WOMAN DIES.
Mrs. Crowley, Columbus, Once Auditor
of the State Federation.

Columbus Kan, Jan. Mrs. Flor
ence j. Crowley, SIS years old, an early
settler in Cherokee county, died here
Thursday. Mrs. Crowley formerly was
auditor of the State Federation of
Women's Clubs and a few years ago
was instrumental in founding the Co
lumbus City library.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-01
New style Hlghwayman.

Wichita, Kan, Jan. 1.-While Will
liam Mock. 6S years old. a farmer re
siding near Corbin, small town, 35
miles south of here, Yves looking into
a young mans eye to see if it was
bloodshot, ne was robbed of a wallet
containing cash and negotiable secur
tiles worth $500. The wallet was
removed from an inside pocket as he
bent over the young man. Officers
are searching for the thief.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-01
is A MODEL COMMUNITY.
Records of Niclxerson Courts Show
Remarkable Absence of Crime.

Nickerson, Kan, Jan. 1.-Observ-
ance of law and regulation has become
a habit with the twelve hundred citi-
zens of this city, according to the an
nual report of o. n. Joslin, police
court judge and justice of the peace.
This shows that but twenty-five cents
in fees were collected in the two
courts during the year and that this
was obtained through the admins
tration of an oath. In the year but
one case was tried in the police court
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-01

and but one case from the Justice
court was docketed in the district
court, while no cases have been placed
on the civil docket since last May.
The police court records of 1913 and
1914 show that there were but two
cases in each of those wears
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-01

When your liver gets torpid and your
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Life Pills and you will find yourself feel
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Advertisement.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-01

Not one man hiss attempted to es-
capeg'
The only essential that IsEngton's
model community lacks is dentist
and he will be inteIned within n few
days. drill. forceps. chair and all.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-01
ALITTLE GERMANY
Interned TeutOns Have Com
plete Miniature Nation.
Perfect Government Prevails in
North London Colony.
POPULATION NUMBERS $50
BARRIERS, Bakers and Carpenters
All Practice Trades.
Thoroughly Democratic and
Enjoy All Freedom Possible.
BY WILBUR S. FORREST.

London, Jan. when a German
torpedo destroyed the Lusitania May
Z, causing riots and the subsequent
wholesale internment of enemy aliens,
England kept its solution of the diff
cult internment problem strictly Sc
cret. After seven months the United
Press is able today. through the court
esq of the war office, to tell the story
for the first time.
British leniency and German thor
oughness have co-ordinated to make
England's enemy internment business
a positive success. Five London Bob
bies and a ten foot fence of American
barbed wire guard $50 of the kaiser
military eligibles at Islington, North
London. Inside a great central build
ing and auxiliary structures which in
ante-be1lum days composed munich
pal refuge for the poor, is today a
model system of self government
where $50 citizens" have worked out
their own restricted salvation for the
duration of the war.
Take note of the Germans you
would met on the streets of Milwau-
kee, st. Louis or Cincinnati and you
would know the appearance of the
personnel at Islington. Almost all
these were business heads, clerks,
bakers, butchers, BARRIERS, cabinet
London before the Lusitania riots. In
May hundreds of them were bundled
up and sent to Islington, away from
harm and mischief.
The $50 were placed in charge of
Major Halliday, who has seen service
in IGdia. He divided the internes into
units of between 80 and 40 and in
structed each group to elect its cap
tain. The captains met and elected a
captain of captains, wealthy Prus-
sian business man of London before
the war. Presided over by this dig
nitary, a council of captains is held
daily to adjudicate disputes, consider
claims and administer business. If
Judgment of this body is unsatisfac-
tory the case may be passed to Major
Halliday.
Practice Democracy.
The latest internee at Islington is a
German merchant, enjoying an income
of $685. 900 a year. He was unable
to secure one of the few private rooms
reserved at $3.50 per week because
other internes had taken them. He APP
pealed to the council of captains. The
democratic spirit of this unique tribu-
nal asserted itself and the applicant
was politely informed that his $3.50
The Washington times., 1916-08-10
JOE TINKER SAYS
WORKMAN WILL Do
Cub Manager Expects to Dupli-
cate Famous Machine, and
Has Thrown Glove Away.

NEW YORK, Aug. 1O.-Joe Tinker who
is one Of Americas best shortstops. but
says that he finds no man can give both
the managerial and the playing end a
square deal II he attempts them both,
arrived here with new Cub machine.
which. Tinker thinks, before the season
ends. will equal the famed Cub outfit
that Frank Chance inherited years ago.
Il have some new timber" said Tink-
err. This lad Bill Workman has fitted
right into my machine. and I have
thrown away the glove wore so long.
l might play In pinch, but only then.
Captain zimmerman Is playing sec
ond base. They shout about all-around
players Why, 'Zim can play anywhere
In the intield or outfield. When you hear
them talk about who hits the old apple
the hardest-Frank Baker, Cravath.
Sherwood Magee or iris speaker-put
In my little vote for Zimmerman.
Joe Kelly. who. comes from the In
dianapolis team of the American Asso-
citation. is going to be another star.
lott, catcher, from the Los Angeles
club. and, according to my old boss.
Frank Chance. he IL as good as any
catcher In the National League, and
Chance ought to know catcher when
CHARLES Weeghman. who owns the
Cubs is one OF the earnest fellows in
the world. He Will pay any price to get
a player and he has his scouts out look
Ing over some new timber all the time.
winning club.
my club Is better fixed to fool a
switch In pitchers than any, club In the
league We have had no luck, that's
what has blockaded us. In the outfeld
Kelly, In the infield Mollwitz or Safer
while all the rest OF my team can hit
either right or left-handed pitchers"
The Washington times., 1916-08-10
Athletes to Tune Up
For National Games
Tryouts Will Be Held All Over the Country for Big
Meet To Be Held in Newark Next Month.
Ruben Is Active.

NEW YORK, Aug. APPROPRIATIONS for
the national track and field champion
shin games to be held at Newark just
one month off have attained such an
advanced stage that Chairman Frederick
w. Ruben, OF the national champion
ship committee, was able to announce
Yesterday the dates for the tryouts to he
held by the various associations OF the
A. A. U.
He has been informed that the Inter
mountain Association will hold Its cham
pionships. which will serve as tryouts
at Salt Lake City next Saturday. The
following week Pacific. coast athletes
who are DESTROYS of competing at New
ark. will bid for the honor In the Far
Western championships at the San piege
Exposition. Athletes from Portland
Ore; Los Angeles. San Francisco. Salt
Lake City. and Denver will compete ir
these sports AT the invitation of the
exposition authorities. who are payinf
all expenses.
The big Eastern tryouts Will be held
at Boston and Philadelphia on August
rs, when the New England Association
and the Middle Atlantic Association
will stage their t!tular meetings. On the
same date the Central Association
championship meet takes place in Chi
cago. and the winners and placed mer
will all be eligible to have their ex'
penses for the trip to Newark paid from
the $4,000 appropriation made by thu
celebrat ton committee OF the New Jer'
sey city.
Ruben has been in constant com
munication with leading athlete!
throughout the country. and no ha,
been assured that nearly all will sc
into condition for the titular events
Each one. however. will have to show
he Is in condition before he will re
ceiye any funds for expenses from thu
| Amateur Athletic Union.
1t was definitely announced yester
day that Fred Simpson, the world'l
record-holdng Eurdler from the Uni
vcrsity OF Missouri. would be one O
the contingent to represent the West
ern Association at Newark. The ma
tional chairman has already made hi!
selection Of the team from Simpsons
The Washington times., 1916-08-10
WAR Of HOSES HAS
RED SOX OUT FRONT
Indians Creep Up on Leaders,
While Browns Make Upward
Dash

NEW YORK. Aug. 1o.--The tide Of
battle In the war OF hoses has turned
again. and TODAY the Red Sox ton the
pinnacle OF the American League while
the White Sox cling to a point half a
notch below. Almost unnoticed. Ice
Fohl's Indians have crept up on the
field. and today are only a game from
the top.
The onrushinR Browns are just on
the verge OF clambering into the first
division over sorebody-it looks now as
though the Yanks would be the victims.
The Athletics won a game. Yes. they
did! After twenty straight defeats.
which enabled them to tie the league
record for failures. the Mack-worm
turned against the Tigers and slaugh-
tered four pitchers for a victory.
Charley Ebbets' pennant bee buzZed n
little louder today. for his Dodgers are
still farther ahead Of the field. Larry
Cheney. Cub cast-off. proved invincible
against his old team mates.
The Washington times., 1916-08-10

association. It will be composed OF
Lee Talbot. OF The Kansas City A. A..
who triumphed over Pat Ryan of the
Irish-American A. C. in the fifty-six-
pound weight throw at San Francisco;
Irving Mahl. OF the Missouri A. A..
Western sprint champion. who defeated
10 LOOMS In st. Louis last winter:
Frizell, a track man. and Floyd. Of tho
Missouri a. A.. pole vaulter with
record Of IL feet and inches.
to Newark from New orleans. Those
definitely decided upon by Mr.. Ruben
are oakes., a hurdler, who has done
10 3-5 seconds over the high sticks; Jen-
kins. a sprinter who has been clicked
for the hundred In ten seconds and the
furlong In 2.4: Scott. champion half
miller of the South. and Dutton. q
the champion walker Of the Southern
Association. will be kept from the titu-
lar sports by pressure OF business. &C
cordinG to a report received at A. A. U.
headquarters.
In a letter received recently Howard
p. Drew. the sprinter wonder from Los
Angeles. said that he would surely be
| national sprint champion. 10 LOOMS.
of the Chicago A. A.. who writes he
! never was in finer condition and expects
, to repeat his San Francisco trtumphs
at Newark. Harry Worthington. the
national broad jump title holder. has
| also given assurances that he will be
on hand to defend his laurels. Worth
| ington Is now taking a special summer
course at the University Of Chicago. but
will compete for the Boston A. A.. the
organization which he has always rep
| resented.
The Washington times., 1916-08-10
THREE STARS REACH
SEM|-F|NAL ROUND

NEW YORK. Aug. 1o,--S. Howard
Voshell. holder Of several titles. was
responsible for a reversal in the second
round of the Achcllis Challenge Gun
singles! as he eliminated Nathaniel W.
Niles. the famous baselincr In their
postponed match Yesterday on the turf
Of the SeabriGht Lawn Tennis and
Cricket Club. The score was g., 80
Ga. The victory availed Nosheh littie,
for in the next round he went out to
the score of d., l0-s through the whirl-
Wind smashing and volleying of George
NJ. Church. the former Princeton can
tain.
Church, willis z. Davis and rchiya
places in the semi-inal round. AS a
sensation the event OF the day was the
default of William NJ. Johnston. the ma
tional champion. In the singles. The
crafty youth indicated that he had no
intention OF permitting r, Norris WI
liams. second. the Gun holder. to fathom
his game were he fortunate enough Il
stand as the CHALLENGER.
The Washington times., 1916-08-10
PFEFFER'S RIGHT ARM
TO GRAB MI. HONOR
Biz Pitcher, Brother Of Old Cub
TwirIer, Caught First by
Draft.

Big Ed Pfeffer Is to the Dodgers what
Grover Cleveland Alexander was, and
and is, to the Phillies. His good right
arm has been the biggest factor In hold
ing Wilbert Robinson's men In nrst
place In the National League. Robinson
expects Pfeffer to continue to prove the
bulwark of his Flatbushers against the
assaults of the Braves and Phillies from
now until October. Around his person
center the pennant hopes of the Dodgers.
The Pirates beat Pfeffer on Saturday
in Brooklyn. He tried to pitch three
games in six days, but found the feat
too much for him.
Pfeffer has won nearly a third of the
Dodgers tfty-nine victories. His rec
ord Is seventeen games won and six
lost. The Dodger stars name Is Ed
ward Pfeffer, but he is seldom called
Ed. lie is always "Iiassan" or big
JEFF"
There are many interesting things
about Pfcffer's baseball career. In the
first place he did not cost Brooklyn any
fabulous sum. lie was caught in the
draft of 1913 by the Dodgers. lie came
from the Grand Rapids club. of the Gen.
trail League. He had been up once be-
fore in the big show. The st. Louis
Browns took him on trial from Fort
Pteffer was twcnty-four years old In
1913, when he reported to the Dodgers
In 1914. his first regular year in the
biS show, he won twenty-three games
and only lost twelve.
A second interesting thing about Pfef-
fer Is that he Is the younger brother
OF former big league pitching star anG
Is better hurler than his brother evcl
was. The elder Pfeffer was a member
OF Chances Cubs.
Ed Ffeffer is n pitcher singularly free
from superstition, pccularities or con
ceit. He il master moundsman whc
givea his best every time he works anc
Is never perturbed or worried by tn,
closencss of the score, the shouts of tn,
crowd or the jibes of the opposing play
crs.
Standing six feet tnrec and wrIRhin!
well over 200 pounds. Pfeffer can stan,
the strain OF hard work as well ms an.
twirler In baseball His placid DISPOSE
tion, combined with his remarkab
physique makes him most valu,. bl
pie e Of baseball property
The Washington times., 1916-08-10
st. Louis Perking Up.

St. Louis is perking UP as an Amer
lean League stronghold. The fans here
have gone wild over the brilliant
MORE is seen the wisdom of Ban
johnson, who has always claimed St.
Louis as one of the best baseball
cities In the country when 1t has
anything to support.
In the days Of Robert Lee Hedges
many suggestions were made to shift
the American League franchise to
some other Western city. among
them Kansas City. But Ban John
son would not listen to such sugges-
lions. any more than he now con-
slders shifting the Washington fran.
chise to Baltimore, that Dead sea OF
baseball hopes.
When the time came along Ban sue
ceeded In getting rid of Hedges. New
blood. allied with more money and q
willingness to spend II, has brought
astonishing results In st. Louis. Tho
American League 10 as popular here
now as II was that year when Jim
my McAleer's team fought tooth and
nail down into September before
those veterans, Williams, Ferris, and
company. collapsed under the strain.
and Boston won out.
Those Baltimore enthusiasts. who
sit and dream Of owning an Amer
lean League franchise at the expense
Of Washington, night do. well to
come out here and take a look at
things.
Ban Johnson stuck TO st. Louis and
II has returned his confidence.
Ban johnson Is sticking to WASH
ington and Washington will do like
wise
The Washington times., 1916-08-10
White S0x and BrOv11s
Strong Clubs in West
Tigers Dangerous and Indians, Zone Man Club"
In Scrap for Leadership-Fans Believe West
ern Club Is Due to Win Pennant
BY LOUIS A. BOUCHER.

ST. LOUIS. Aug. 10.-what will the
Western clubs do On their coming
final swing through the East? That's
being asked by fans everywhere out
here and no answers are in sight.
Judging by what the Griffmen have
seen In actual combat, the White
sox and Brownies appear the strong
est teams for the last invasion Of
the East. They should have good
trips to the seaboard.
The Tigers are always dangerous,
always able to shove over winring
runs In the final innings, but they
seem to lack the polish Of the White
sox. and the life and spirit OF the
Brownies.
The Indians are q "one-man team"
IL ever there was one. IL used to bc
a favorite joke with st. Louis writer's
to speak OF the Griffs as the Waiter
Johnsons." They seem to overcome
this tendency OF late, but they might
well call the Cleveland club the
speakers" The Hubbard City Hur-
ricane has kept the Indians in the
race all year, and the team didn't
look the same after he sprained his
ankle. Gandil. thought to be a WON
der. has been more of a bloomer,
and the Sixth City fans have soured
on him. But Speaker has delivered
the goods. He has made the Indians
contenders.