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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-18

Inasmueh as the revolutions in China
ares continuing Notwithstanding the
fact that Yuan Shi Kai has discon-
tinued the monarchy and re-estab-
lished the republic, it would appear
that they are directed against Yuan
himself and not the form of govern
ment under which their country is
ruled, or rather the name of this gov
eminent. Undoubtedly the bulk of the
Cinnamon are intelligent enough 20
know that they will be governed in
the same dictatorial way as long as
Yuan Is at their head, no matter what
name may be given to the form of
government under which he rules.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-18
Journal Entries

The balance of power is frequently
held by a weakling.
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When a pleasure becomes a habit it
often develops into a vice.
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Some people also make more noise
when they sleep than when they're
awake.
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Generally speaking, when a man
needs his nerve most it is almost GER
tain to fail him.
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Many persons are probably most
grateful that their photographs ere
not true likenesses.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-18
RUIN, our WORRY.

You've got to follow dis here rule
Whenever you drives a stubborn ole mule
All what he kin do, make him do,
All what he can't do, don't bother you.
An dat ole miser'ble thing, called worry,
You kin send about his bisness in hurry,
II you treat him like a niggah treats a
mule;
An de way to do is to follow dis yer rule
When you kin help anything, never worry
When you can't help anything, turn In a
hurry
To somethin' you kin help, an whistle a
tune,
An you'll be feelin' happy toPable soon.
Catherine Clanmer, in New York Times
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-18
The HickeyviIIe Clarion.

Three life insurance agents are on
the trail of Hank Purdy, and it doesn't
look as though he is going to have
time to do much of his farm work this
spring.
Anse Frisby says one very super
fluous thing in this world to do is to
allow your wife to take elocution les
sons. He never yet seen woman
'em.
Uncle Ezra Harkins went to sleep
back of the stove during the sermon
at the Hardshell church Sunday eve
ming and didn't wake up until Mon
day afternoon. Rev. Hanks says if
of his congregation after church he
wouldn't get home himself until mid
night, so he lets 'em dream
The lighting system of Hoppertown
was out of commission last Thursday
night. Station Agent Jordan forgot to
get any oil for the switch lights.
The Hardshell people are thinkin'
of building a new church. All of the
seats will be back seats and there
will be a brick wall between the choir
and the congregation. Let the i'm
provements go on.
Our New Garage.
During the long and tedious winter
months we labored on an invention
which is expected to make us rich be-
yond the dreams of avarice. The in
vention is now complete and is ready
to be placed upon the market as soon
as we can float the bonds, initiate the
capital stock, water the valuation, oil
the machinery, and turn on the steam.
Nothing like it has been invented since
the odorless onion.
Our invention comes to fill a long
felt want. 1t is nothing more nor less
than a collapsible garage, which can
be set up or taken down in eight min
uteS, central standard time, and is
meant for the use of automobile own
ers who cannot pay their rent and are
obliged to move frequently to different
localities where there are strange meat
markets and grocery stores, where new
lines of credit may be established.
Our garage is made of tin and can
be carried in the ordinary suitcase
when folded up. When opened up it
keeps unfolding and unfolding until
windows, double doors and a gasoline
can sitting out behind. 1t is much
easier than a tent to put up and take
down and will accommodate any sized
automobile from the $3.50 peanut
rooster variety up to the seven-passen-
ger plutocrat
When going on long tour the own
er can take the garage along with him
in a suitcase and pitch it anywhere he
decides to spend the night. The price
of this garage is going to be in the
neighborhood of So cash, or $117 if
paid for in monthly installments. They
will come in all colors, pink garages to
match blue houses, etc. We are ready
to sell territory to anybody who calls
We have already disposed of Alaska,
Iceland and Montenegro.
We forgot to mention that the gar
age has a paddock on the front door,
open plumbing, hot water heat, gas
CRATE, hard and soft water and a look
ing glass in the bathroom. If you have
no automobile the garage can easily be
used as a bungalow.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-18

Where there is an intelligently di-
rected will there is in truth a way.
the crusading against tuberculosis in
this country has decreased the Death
rate from this disease by Is per cent
during the past ten years. But the
good work must so on and even more
vigorously, as there are now one mil
lion tubereular cases in the United
States and the facilities for properly
caring for them are woefully inade-
uuate.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-18

Gentle Spring has seldom had more
trouble in attaining the place in the
limelight that is hers by right than
she is experiencing this year. And the
first thing she knows, Summer will
have pushed her aside before she has
had chance to perform to any ex-
taOt
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-18

some safe place here IN the yard"
can make a plan that is even better
than hers. Won't she be glad when
she sees all the corn that will be UNI
der these boards?"
Tommy chuckied to himself as he
hurried off to the barn for corn. For
once in my life I've made a plan about
the house and housekeeping that is
better than Mrs. Tommy'si Why
can carry twice as much corn to the
lily bed as ] could clear over to the
log. And when we once get moved
it will be no trick at all to carry the
corn on over to the log and let Mrs
Tommy store it away anywhere she
pleasesi"
Tommy was so satisfied with his
scheme that he worked away ham
PLY, and never thought of time till
the darkness of evening sent him
hurrying home Copyright - Clara
Ingram Judson.l
SIDE TALKS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-18

1t is hardly fair to blame an OLD man
for the faults of his son-in-law, argues
Conner Davies in his ConcorCiia KAN
san. He had nothing to say about his
early training, and very likely nothing
TO say-that was effective-in the Sc
lection of a son-in-law.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-18

War seems to be a breeder of things
righteous as well as unrighteous. Pope
Benedict. the head OF the great Roman
Catholic hierarchy, is to intercede for
the Jews whose neutral rights have
been outraged so frightfully in the
Prosecution of the great European
war
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-18
BLASTING FOR GOOD ROADS.

work OF building or improving roads
is reducing both time and labor to a
minimum, according to the Popular
Science Monthly for May. For clear
ing a right of way by removing
stumps and boulders, removing out
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-18

And the final word" of the United
States to Germany in the submarine
controversy is reminiscent of the last
farewell tour" of America by Nine.
BeTnhardt, Another one has just been
sent to Berlin.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-18
On the Spur
of the Moment
By ROY K. MOULTON.

The Issue.
l don't care who's elected;
/ really do not see
How | can be expected +,
To join the jamboree. :
It doesn't interest me;
I'm just common lob;
1t keeps me middlin' busy
TO hang onto MY job.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-18

1t > also reasonable to assume that
the infantry engaged in the Battle of
Nerdun were in need of the rest that
they have been enjoying for the past
few daVS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-18

General Funston rightly becomes a
Missourian on the unearthing of vii
las body by some of Carranza' IS
agents. They'll have to show him, and
conclusively.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-18

Next to the vice presidency, says the
Chicago Herald. the position of ia
vorits SON. is the most inconspicuous
under our political system.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-18

In every respect. the Battle of Yer
dun has the distinction of being the
greatest in all history. and in none
more so than it is the most terrible.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-18

II see you are presenting Hamlet to
the public this week" Presenting is the
right word" assented the manager Moth
ing but deadheads in the house.''-Louis-
villa Courier-JournaL
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-18

What has become of Hollands plans
to go to war against both England and
Germany?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-18
TOMMY CHANGES HIS PLANS

| stopped and thought a minute. mo,
! I'll not hide it. She's always so par
ticular about her plans being carried
| out just so. I'll show her once that
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-18

The great majority of the directors
of the Topeka banking institutions are
personal friends of the proprietor of
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-11-15
Beaning Of Chick Gapdil Is Explained
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Stealing Signals Now Dangerous Game

- LEVELAND. Ohio, Nov. 15.-When
one Of George Fosters speedy
~ shoots laid Chick Gandn low in
the eighth inning of a ball game
played here last June, almost every
body said it was done purposely-
There they go, using the old bean
ball again. was the comment.
Bean ball nothing-Gandil got just
what was coming to him-the Cleve-
land team was stealing our signs
said Forest Cady. the Red SoX catcher,
who was in Cleveland last week visit
ing his old pal, Bill Dickman.
I'll bet none Of the Cleveland play
ers will tell you Foster deliberately
added
Tipping Off Signals
You might also ask Lee Foil ir II
wasn't true that Clyde Engle, formerly
a Red Sox player was on first base
coaching. and at the same time tipping
of the signals 10 the Cleveland batters
as they came up
The Red SOx have been accused
ever since Carrigan was manager, Of the
practice of busting off batters. I don't
say that Dutch Leonard hasn't on nu-
merOus occasions driven a batter away
from the plate. but Leonard always
warns 'em in advance
The case of Gsndil here in Cleve-
land was entirely different. Gandil was
tipped off that a curve ball was com
ing. but the signal was switched and
he walked into a fast one He can't
blame Foster
story Borne Out.
Cady's charges that the Indians were
getting the Red SOx battery signals
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-11-15

appear to be borne ont 10y facts The
story in Cady's own words follows
We came into Cleveland on our first
western swing and the Indians WEI 2
playing good ball FOhrs team made
US look like dubs. winning the opening
game on June 3, II 10 >, getting 10
Leonard and Pennock for thirteen hits.
The next day Cleveland won again.
9 TO ., and got Il hits off Mays and
Foster. but it was during the eighth in
nlng Of this game thar Gandil was hit
IN the head by Foster. which proved
that our suspicious about stealing
catchers signals was correct
We couldn't figure how the Indians
stood Up 20 the plate so fearlessly and
seemed 10 know what the pitcher was
throwing until Carrigan spotted C4yde
Engle on the first base coaching lines
EEGie Knew Signals
There's the answer. cried CARR
gan, pointing TO Ensle. He knows our
catchers signals and Is flashing 'em to
his batters-weH just dOublecross M
Engle
1T was agreed when the eighth in
ming started that catcher Thomas was
40 give the usual signal from a crouch
ing position and then as he stood up
to give another, the first signal 10 be
dlsregarded.
1t worked like a charm Thomas
called for a curve while Gandil was at
bat and Engle by "A sign notified Chick
what was coming. But Engle did not
get the second signal, which ordered
a fast one inside and high Chick took
q toe hold lunged forward 10 drive a
walked into a fast one which put him
down for the count It's "A wonder Can
dill wasn't killed. for there was some
smoke on that bail. believe me-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-11-15
Eddie Mahan Explains Greatest Grid Game
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Harvard Princeton Fray of 1915 Battle

n EEKELET. Nov We'll. you
stopped him. anyway
~ When Eddie Mahan, Harvsrd's
football hero and the glittering per
sonality in the University Of Cali
fornia's $4,000 coaching staff, said this
the other night to the abashed perpe-
traitor Of a missed tackle there were
ordinations Of surprise in the near
by bleachers.
Many Of the engrossed spectators
were not accustomed 10 hear football
failure treated IN such friendly way
But such is the Mahan method.
The man who they say now Never
makes a mistake" seems not TO have
forgotten the halting days when he
vas learning
Feels Bad Enough.
The fellow who is trying hard and
commits an error feels quite bad
enough without being b1ildozed." he
explained What he wants AT that
PARTICULAR moment is a bit OF encOur-
agement."
~I guess You have studied psychOl-
ogy,- ventu-ed the interviewer-
No. football was the reply.
What Is the greatest game I ever
fiayed in2 I think the Harvard and
Princeton contest of last year was one
Of the greatest and certainly the hard
est fought
We took ten points in the first
quarter and felt that Il vas all over
hut the congratulations Then Prince
ton rebOunded with q rush and got
SIX The remainder Of the game was
a riot of everything that anybody ever
did on football field Far too much
of the action took place under mo
shadow of the Harvard goal to pro-
mote comfort
Fierce. Hand-tO-Hand Fight.
ct was the fiercest bit of ding
dong. desperate. hell-tO-leatner fight
ing of all my ten years football ex-
Perieuce. Even the rOoters had had
enough when we trailed off the fiefo
as limp as wet string Princeton Ger
tainly made a tremendous try 70 get
on terms
-Stocly King. Harvard's haIfback.
opened the scoring He was later
picked on the all-American team and
deserved the honor. If Il was only for
his play in this game
a well-Oiled bit of team play left
King with the ball and he zigZagged
through the scattered Princeton tack
lerS like a flash of lightning A beau
tiful sidestepper and swerver. king
seems TO 90 faster on the turn than
straight He darted over for a peach
of touchdown 7 kicked the goal
Kent Right After Them
We kept right after them Digs.
Princetou's great backbone of the best
in the husiuess-punted out to relieve
the situation. but Wilson made a fair
catch. 7 kicked the goal from place
ment This gave US the ten points.
Princeton now resOrted to old
fashioned line plunEing and the Har-
ward line seemed 20 have about as
much resisting power as melting but
pened the battle was being WaCed on
our twenty-five line The shadow of
the goal posts appeared to put back
bone into our fellows and Princeton
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-11-15

got no farther. how they did ham
mer away This was when TIb-
bits, who was picked on the second
aIl-American team. being kept off the
first only by the presence Of our little
pocket edition King, applied one Of
mis- drop kicks
A Perfect Goal.
The ball sailed over the bar for
a perfect goal and three points Prince
ton maintained the pressure and lib
bits put over another. This reused
Ha-vard's rOoters 10 frenzy The
player does not always hear what Is
happening in the bleachers. his mind
is concentrated so closely on what is
happening on the field But we heard
the demands for q special effort. The
whole Harvard team fought as I never
saw them fight before But so did
Princeton II was a frenzied case OF
fifty-fifty-
In The final few minutes they risked
Moore. the sprinter, in as an end. and
he tried to run around. but our tack
ling was of the kind the hero does in
a school story. a swallow could not
have SKINNED through al that stage
Of the proceedings
Like to talk over the big games?
You bet yer there is one one thing
better. Playing EN-"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-11-15
GOLF CLUB WILL KEEP
UP FIGHT FOR OUIMET

Boston. Mass. Nov. 15--The Wood
land Golf club voted unanimously Tues
day night 20 carry to finish its fight
Tor reinstatement in amateur standing
of Francis Duimet. John II sullivan.
iI. and Paul Tewksbury. who We're dis
qualified by tine United States assOcia-
tiOn. IL was decided that an attempt
should be made 10 have the Massachu-
sets Golf association call a special
meeting aud 90 on record in all three
tionai association i'm January
Three men were declared by the
United States Golf association Ineligible
TO play i'm amateur tournaments be
cause of their connection with sporting
goods stores
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-11-15
TALKING IT OVER
Your Views and Mine.

By CHUCK SWAN.

TT strikes US that IL Freddie Welsh
Will keep fighting steadily until
= the date he has set for his retire
ment he will be able TO afford it out
side Of AIontieth's $4,000 offer Harry
Pollok has now in his possession other
guarantees which. If accepted, viii pile
up a neat young fortune. Every
lightweight-every one, We said
thinks he can take Welsh's measure.
They think he is about through, and
each prays that he will be the lucky
one to send Freddie to the floor. But
II Fred can stand up he Will add great
~ to his bank account before next
Just now we have received a teIe-
gram from H T. Mcdaniel. Of Cleve-
land. which reads:
-'WiI guarantee Welsh $4,000 10
meet Johnny kilbane at Toledo in a
12-rOund, no-decision bout. Welsh
must weigh 1913 pounds at 3 o'clock.
Can seat . 200 in Terminal building"
Here is one bout Welsh would prob
ably accept but for the l33-pOund stip-
ulation. Freddie says he'll do no bet
ter than lSs pounds in the afternoon
Tor any fighter. claiming that 10 be
the lightweight limit. For Kilbaue
We know he has the greatest respect
Not that he fears Johnny might beat
him, but because he regards the
featherweight champion as the best
and most finished boxer in the game
today. He'll want much money ere
he gets into the ring with Kilbane
for Fred has quite an eye for business
himself. He knows the money bouts
and he never misses much on what
a bout viii draw
Mcdaniel has made a very fine offer,
but We are sure its due for a toss
into the waste basket by II P when
IL is received by him.
Tom Cowler. the Cumberland Man
Mountain. is still suffering from the
effects Of shock sustained the other
day. says the New York Tribune
He was seated in the palatial offices
OF his manager. Jimmie Johnston.
when John Pythagoras Dunn entered
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-11-15
Looks LIKE WELSH IS CORNERED
AND HAS To BOX KILBANE soon
Hard to See How Briton Can Escape Johnnys Challenge
and Conditions for the Toledo Bout Light
weight Titleholder Cannot Balk on
Either Cash or Weight

Ont of condition he rarely exceeds 126
pounds. if he weighs that much. Under
the conditions he names for Welsh the
latter would easily touch 1S9 and pos
sibIv 40. a difference OF between u
and a pounds.
How Can He Get Outs
How Will Welsh discover a way OF
getting out of the argument now that
KfIbane has openly defied him and has
posted his own money to guarantee
good faith2 Pollok. or somebody else
Identified with Welsh's interests IN
Colorado Springs caused a story TO oe
sent out asserting the Briton scaled
I3l 81 pounds three days before his
contest with White. If that is true
Kflhane's weight demand is extremely
liberal and should. on the face of the
1SI IA pounds yarn in the Welsh
White antefight dope, leave no room
for objections on Freddie's part
As for the $4,000 guarantee. Welsh
has given his services for a whole lot
less money and would were he to re-
fuse the Toledo proposition. be obliged
to do lot of explaining Incidentally.
it looks like Kilbane has Welsh cor
nered, and it's up TO Freddie TO accept
or craWfish-
would Draw Big.
What a house ten rounds between
Welsh and Kilbane would draw, To-
ledO has an excellent place TO stage II,
the Terminal building, and under IA
vorabIe weather conditions there would
be very little risk for the promoters
Its principal attraction would lie in
the fans belief that Kilbane is the
only boy in the country who can whip
the Briton at his own game. race afOot-
cleverness or the take a chance and
slam method.
Perhaps Welsh is aware OF IL. too.
and doesn't court the thought of
losing to n feafherTyefUht. The fg-
nOmy OF defeat wouldn't he
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-11-15

lost OF the scribes who thought
MI Johnny Kilbane was bluffing
- when he openly challenged
Freddie Welsh for a duel over six
ten or 2O-round route won't think so
unkindIy Of the CIevelander since it has
been automatically announced that
Jimmy Dunn. on behalf of the feather
weight champion, has posted GER
titled check with 8 reputable Cleveland
newspaper man TO bind a match with
Knbane FASTENED to this action
following an offer made by To-
IedO promoters OF $lO'oOO Euhr
aufee to Welsh for ten rounds IN
the Maumee city on the night OF
December Is. All KinbaIe asks is
that Freddie agree to make lSS
pounds at o'clock, which II equiv
aIent 10 seven hours before the
men enter the ring -,,
Now is a splendid time for Welsh
and Pollok to prove they have the
COURAGE TO face an issue with an an
tagonist OF Kilbane's establShed
merit Ever since the WeIsn-N nlIe
fiasco at Colorado Springs, Colo, POI.
lok has been distributing reams OF
paper explaining how Freddie is abused
and his own fairness in dealing with
the fistic public.
ought to Quit Crying.
Let the Briton and his manager quit
crying for the time belilg anu taih u SLt
with Kilbane. The latter means ous-
mess otherwise he wouldn't have gone
TO the trouble of posting his money or
taking the risk OF being ridiculed were
he caught 5luffing-
KHbane's demands are in every
way fair in the extreme. To let
Freddie come in at 1913 pounds at
o'clock would mean that Johnny
must coneede close to Il pounds In
weight. which. when little men are
involved. is a big handicap.
E-i1hare Is o natural faatherMeight
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-11-15
80 Years of Rheumatism
Took S.S.S.- Now Well

Thirty years a sufferer from Rheu-
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feet health in s s. S. is the experience
of Mrs. Brame OF Texas. Read her
letter:
July %. 1916
swift Specific Co. Atlanta, Ga
suffered with rheumatism FOR
about thirty years, and never
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am now in perfect health and
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Respectfully.
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Not a Mystery.
There is nothing mysterious about
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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-11-15

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