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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-27
FOOD FOR FANS
(BY GEORGE l.. PHAIR.)
Copyright


The best description of heat we over
have read was written by Hangman Welsh
who sat cleaning knowledge beside in
the little old school house vars and vars
Heat" wrote Hangman in reply to a
question on an examination paper, rs
This, however, is a serious essay. Heat
is not a joke.
of heat. but we are well acquainted with
its result. 1t is mostly profanity.
According to Biblical writings. heat was
discovered by guy named Lucifer. lie
has been having hell of time ever since.
The chief trouble with heat is that It Is
not evenly distributed. Once upon time
we won a pot on four spades and lad
who held queens up got headed because
he had cold feet.
1t runs our railway trains. our steam
ships. such as they are. and our boxing
game: such as 1t is Were It not for r., his
Jones would still be plotting schooners
across the bar.
Heat however. is not pleasant subject
Of discussion on such day as this. We
are going across the street.
and Charley White will meet somewhere
some time next month. If they don't have
a care they might.
Have a Heart. Chick.
Chick Evans comes to scott us,
But heartily. methinks
IT'S cooler In the office
Than on a golflng links.
The Toledo fan who beaned the imp
with a pop bottle was an inconsiderate
class. He might at least have used beer
bottle.
The fact that an umpire can be knocked
out by wallop on the dome demon strates
that even umpfres have brains
Although he has carried on the negotia
tons, Doc Krone Will not accompany Spike
Kelly to Australia. He is afraid he might
sink the ship.
Beauty.
The world could scarcely do without
lot of forms of summer sport
But l could never rave about
A woman on tennis court.
However. a woman in n bathing suit is
pleasing to the eye-when she is on tue
stage.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-27

Western Association Results.
Fort Smith I; McAlester Is.
DeniSon 4 Tulsa o.
Sherman 2: Oklahoma City 9.
Paris l; Muskogee s.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-27

The new Manhattan mentor seems to be
an unknown quantity in Missouri Valley
circles, but If he has held his own in the
Southern conference, he certainly ought
to do in the NJ V.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-27

With the announcement of the War De.
partment that college students in the Ma
tional Guard will be release to return 70
school. the football prospects ut h L
should become much brighter And with
new coach on the job, the Aggies should
begin to perk up in the near future.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-27

Lincoln. Neb.. July 27.-Guy Cham
berlain. former University of Nebraska
football star, has been elected ath-
letic director and football coach at
Doane college of Crete. Neb.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-27

plays, one in the sixth inning when he
started a double play that retired the
side and one in the fourth when he made
beautiful stop which he spoiled by
throwing high to Agler. This was the
only Savage error of the game, and for
tunately 1t of no intrinsic value to the
Indians.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-27

Eddie Monroe, whose appearance back
in the line up was a source of much pleas
ure to the spectators. also played a pretty
defensive game. The only man who tried
with the greatest ease IN the world. Eddie
had clean record behind the bat, and
he took foul tips like they we're real
favorS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-27

Goodwin continued to look like the king
of keystoners at second, handling nine
chances without bobble. For real classy
fielding, Goodwin and DEBATE put on as
good exhibition is usually seen III
one afternoon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-27
Sport Wheezes
by CLUG-

Our New Battle Cry.
The stars coming out again,
The heavens are aglOw,
We're climbing to the top again,
Up. up and up go.
IKE Ella.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-27

Eddie also there with the old ash.
His sizzling single in the fourth drove in
the winning runs and his sacrifice in the
third placed DEBATE In a position to count
the first tally.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-27

c. L. also suggests that n little more
wild base running might add interest to
the game. And so it would, but 1t Is hard
ly probable that clubs will give up any of
the scientific advantages of the game. even
to fatten the attendance, long as the
winning of pennants remains the ultimate
objective.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-27
Beauty.

The world could scarcely do without
A lot of forms of summer sport
But l could never rave about
A woman on tennis court.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-27

According to his idea. what the public
wants is more thrill producers. For IN
stance waiting EN- out may be scientific
baseball and It may pay In the Won and
lost totals. but 1t is tiresome to the spe,.-
tators who hate to a batter let good
on them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-27

Not only did the members of the local
tribe hit hard and timely but they fieldel
brilliantly and consistently. DEBATES
stab of Gilmore's line drive in the thi-d
inning was the acme of spectacular field
Ing 1t was the kind of play that trans
forms mere men into baseball fans.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-27

However. a woman in a bathing suit is
stage.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-27

If Engle can only keep his men pounding
and scooping they did Wednesday, they
long Jonah and Jinx and all their Kin
can't stop 'em.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-27

. Clarence Lodge, the sachem of TIE edi-
torial sarctum, once baseball scribe
but now tickle to his first love. suggests
that interest in baseball might be en-
HANGED IL the game were not played 40
scientifically. And the mdgnates probably
could find food for thought in his sug-
.yeStion
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-27

The batting honors of the afternoon
probably should be divided into three
parts, Gaul divided, and dis
tributed among Cooney, Schweitzer and
DEBATE. Cooney and Schweitzer each got
circuit blows. while DEBATE batted an
even 1000. getting three singles and Il
walk out of four trips to the plate.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-27

The Feat of DEBATE.
The sun was hot, the dust was thick,
The air was dry and still;
But every time he came to bat
He landed on the pill.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-27
Guy Chamberlain to Coach.

Speaker had an off day, getting but one
HIT so Cleveland lost
The Washington herald., 1916-05-14

pursued her art studies and her ambition.
She was usually at her fathers home in
Chicago.
1t was then. after some years had
passed and "Dickie" Davis had become
more famous, that he, pursuing his own
ambition, including the work of his pen
and his travels among warriors began
to pursue the twinkling toes of a dancer.
He had been living at his 365 acre
estate, Cross Roads farm, six miles from
Mount KisCO, north of New York There
he had been delegated as one of the
aristocratic deputy sheriffs of Westchester
county. He was ever the craven
image" the we'll groomed, immaculate.
dignifed Davis, not snOb his intimates
said, but commonly known as the man
who never laughed" He was too re-
served to laugh, his friends said, too fond
of his forbidding and gloomy club and
his aristocratic hotel
His reserve broke down under the
charm Of Bessie Mccoy. Her touseled
golden hair, framing a sparkling, be-
w1tching face, he had seen on the stage
of the Globe theater in New York. He
saw that same face, of the "Yama Yama
Girl, staring at him from billboards. He
lost all his reserve, and he went and got
newspaper man to introduce him to
the dancing enchantress.
Once he intruded upon the stage while
she was rehearsing a dance. He made
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critical remark. Instantly she banished
him. But he came back, chastened, ana
the romance grew. 1t was rumOred they'd
marry-if he were free.
1T cant be-" the Rialto said "Why.
they'd have nothing to talk about He
hates dancing. She IOathes reading"
However, like the well-maneuverpd
plot of a Davis novel. the tangle was un-
tangled. And presently, in 1912. the
first Mrs. Davis sued for divorce. declar-
ing her husband was lin love with
another woman" whom she preferred
not to name.
The novelist did not contest the suit.
SO in the early summer of 1912 they
were divorced. A fortnight later the i'm
possible did happen and Richard Hard
ing Davis and Bessie Mccoy were mar
ried in law office in Greenwich. Conn.
Ethel Barrymore was there again to
stand up for "DiCkie" Davis second
bride and Gouveneur Morris. novelist,
stood up for him.
That marked the departure of the
"Yama Yama Girl from the stage. The
marriage license had disclosed that her
real name was Elizabeth Genevieve Nc
AvOy, and that she was twenty-four
years old, just half Davis age then.
The second Mrs. Davis, the widow
who now has a fortune if she does not
marry another, may never have read her
husbands novels, but she Joined with
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him in the worship Of his ideals. that
were bound up in the work OF his pen
For when their baby was born they
named her Hope. after Hope" the
heroine Of his first successful novel
"Soldiers of Fortune"
Little Hope DAVIS picture. in all her
adorable tabyhoOd stood on "DicNie"
Davis abandoned Dc h. where it was al
ways before him when he wrote. 1t re
mained there in the silent house after
he died.
There he left her. bearing the name
Of the heroine he created in a book. to
share with the wanna Yama Girl" the
fruits of his life that began in 1864.
"Dickie" Davis was born, the son of L.
Clarke Davis, for many years a news
paper publisher. and of RebecCa Harding
Davis, herself a novelist and esssyist of
distinction.
Even in his student days. while he was
attending Lehigh and Johns Hopkins
universities, he began writing short
stories. In 1887 he got a S7-a-week
job on the Philadelphia Record. Three
months later he landed on the Philadel-
phia Press at SO. He lived on his
meager salary, too, though the Davis
family was we'll off and socially promi-
nent in Philadelphia.
Two years later, while working for
the Philadelphia Telegraph, he Cow
cred, the Johnstown food. and the same
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romance. of life tasted in every quarter
of the globe, in the fire OF hostile guns
of battling armies during twenty years
of war, of adventures at home and
abroad, of hard work on novels that flung
his name around the. wOrld-and OF two
rOmanCes and a tragedy of his own.
Who hasn't read Soldiers Of Fortune"
and "RansOn's Folly" and Gallagher"
and his later books. the most recent the
product of months spent on battle
grounds Of the present European war?
But not so many of the vast army of
readers know the stories he didn't write
of the whirlwind transatlantic court
ship of his first wife when he was just
achieving fame, and of his second court
ship with the last girl in the world that
the Rialto thought he would court, the
beautiful ''Yama Yama girl"
Richard Harding Davis had a way Of
startling peOple-if not with the novels
and stories he wrote then with the dis
tinctive things he did. His first court
ship, seventeen years ago, was startling.
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His second was startling in a different
way. People called him the craven
image" then, and the Rialto couldn't nm
derstand why he should pursue Bessie
Mccoy, the dancing enChantress. his an
tithesis of type.
Now, recovering from the shock of his
death, crumpled up in a telephone booth
in his home, the RialtO and thousands of
literary folk who knew him profess as
tOnishment at the unexpected quirk in
his will that leaves his fortune to his
beautiful actress wife-"as long as she
remains my widow"
The novelist happened to be in London
in 1899 when he did the thing that
turned the eyes of the world from the
printed pages Cf his books to the man
himself. He called a messenger bov and
brusQuGly directed him to proceed i'm
mediately to No. 1901 Prairie ave. Chi
cage, H., United States of America, with
a package and letter
The cost was great, of course, but the
messenger boy carried out his mission
And shortly the world knew that the
package contained an enga cement ring
for Miss Cecil Clark, daughter of a tele-
phone magnate. They were married
later that year.
At that wedding in 1899 the maid Of
honor was Miss Ethel Barrymore, the
famous actress. At Richard Harding
Davis second marriage thirteen years
later Miss B'rrymOre-by that time. of
course, Mrs Russell Colt-was the ma
tTOn of honor
To the first Mrs. Davis, Miss Barry
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way afro whom she was the "Yama Yama
Girl and "Dickie" Davis was counting
her
Bessie McCoy-Mrs. Richard Harding
Davis-is a widow now, after less than
four years a wife. And a widow she
will remain for many years-until the
fame she knew will have been forgotten
and the sheen of youth will have gone
from her golden hair.
The last scratch made by Novelist
Davis pen so decreed- unless she finds
herself willing to renounce a fortune to
marry again.
1t is a fortune Of a quarter of a mil
lion dollars that may sometime hang in
the balance. That represents the wealth
that flowed to Richard Harding Davis.
newspaper reporter, author. war cor
respondent and playwright, who died in
April as he $ in his hrme near Mount
Kisco. y. Y. debating telegram
1t now belongs to one-time Bessie Nc
Coy and to Hope Davis, the little daugh-
ter of theirs who was born on January
Z, 1915. 1t belongs to them in trust the
income of perhaps $4,000 a year to be
paid to "Dickie" Davis widow until lit
tie Hope Davis is twenty-one years old.
The nOvelists pen, as he wrote his
will. set down the words as long as she
remains my widow" He stipulated that
when their daughter reaches twenty-one
each should receive half of the income
of his estate
In the meantime the fascinating
'Yama Yama girl" who married
"Dickie" Davis on July 8, 1912. although
she was the only girl who wouldn't read
his Stories is cast for the role of
widow She left the stage when she mar
ried. Now she has a role in Iife's drama
which, if she casts it aside for a new
love, will mean that she will be cut of
from the nOvelists fortune
In such an event all o. the income of
the quarter of million dollars will be
paid to little Hope Davis until she be-
comes of age Then she will receive half
of the principal and the balance will re-
main in trust for her for life.
Thus did "DiCkie" Davis write the last
chapter to his own life's drama. provid-
ing for his widows long as she should
remain sO-out of the generous profit of
the books that Bessie Mccoy once said
she just simply couldn't get through"
because they made her sleepy"
1t was a life filled with thrills and
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more had wished the greatest joy in
the world. my dear" But the first Mrs.
Davis was not happy during the ensuing
years. The couple went to Paris on their
honeymoon. In Paris, presently, Mrs.
Davis friends soon began to whisper to
each other. ut is unfortunate Cecil had
such odd ideas. Who ever heard of
platonic marriage?"
Who indeed? A few antiquated cranks
might perhaps advocate it, but a woman
who was young and beautiful! 1t seemed
unbelievable. Yet many believed the
strange story of the Chicago girl, who
is said to have told her novelist wooer
that she would marry him only for COM
panionship. "A girl needs some one to
take her about" she is supposed to have
told him. I'VE will simply be as brother
and sister"
Contdants Of the pair said that this
strange pact was kept. But after three
years Novelist Davis and his bride were
seldom seen together. Mrs. Cecil Clark
Davis was an artist OF talent and she
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year he got an opportunity 10 60 10 Eng
land with an all-American cricket team.
There the famous WhteChaVel murders
occurred and he was on the spot to write
about them
Ever after that he was always on the
spot" at coronations Of kings and en-
p"rOrs. at great disasters. al world
events. and al every war. be-InninG With
the Grarco-TurkI~h war PERHAPS his
best known war correspondent work.
aside from that ia Europe recently. was
at the RussO-Japaneso war and al the
Spauisn-Amori,an war He was in the
thiok OF the latter. and when he died
this = what his friend. Theodore ROOse-
welt. said of him
Il feel the deepest regret for the
death Of Mr. Davis. not only because he
has been my close personal friend. hut
because he has been standing tor that
which is finest and highest in American
citizenship. / mourn his loss He was
one Of the three honorary members OF
my Tcciment in Cuba His death is
loss to American letters and to American
citizenship"
"Dickio" Davis-as his intimatos
knew him-always preferred TO he
known as a reporter" rather than an
author' Hut Le was more the latter.
for after his return to America in 1881
he Joined the STAN of the New York
Evening Sun. and within a few years
had branched out as a real author and
war correspondent
It was during his newspaper days.
particularly in Philadelphia. that he
gained the idea for the first short story
that won him fame. Gallagher That
has been hailed as one of the best
American examples Of the short story
art. along with his later story. The Bar
sinister"
Especially during tie past fifteen or
eighteen years Davis had made large
sums from his writings II was com
mon thing for him to receive $1,000 or
$1,000 for a short story His novels
were all popular and paid well or his
plays the real productive ones were
Soldiers Of Fortune" and "RansOn's
Folly adapted from his earlier novels.
and THE Dictator"
Out Of these plays he proEahl, made
$15O.OOO. And it is estimated that dur
ing his writing career Davis made fully
half million dollars with his pen
He died, leaving a comfortable quar-
ter OF a million; leaving scores Of short
stories. many novels. a few plays. leav-
ing hiteen-mOnths-old daughter: leav-
ing widow with fortunes long as
she remains my widow"
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ces and tales of adventure that made
him famous. often imprisoned by the
scratch Of a word or phrase on his
manuscript sheet a beautiful heroine
booming her to the sorrows of a shat
tered romance, or binding her in mar
riage to her hero
The scratch Of "Dickie" Davis pen
nodded the lives of the mannikins he
made so real in his novels and plays.
Now the last scratch of that once
prolific pen-idle because "Dickie"
Davis is dead has nodded the life Of
golden-hatred Bessie Mccoy. the viva
cious dancer, the marvel of mimicry and
twinkIing toes, the girl who set Broad
The Washington herald., 1916-05-14

HE pen that Richard Harding
Davis welded during more
than two decades OF weaving
with it the masterful roman
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1916-02-03
THREE MILLION ACRES OPEN

Engineer Fred Kiefer returned this
week from Black foot, where he has
been spending the past ten days Sc
curing information and data for the
making of a map of the Blackfoot
land office district showing the unap.
propriated lands within the district
which comprise ten southeastern Idaho
counties, and parts of Power and Lem
hi counties.
There are three million acres of I'M
appropriated lands within the district
OF this amount fully two million acres
are fit for agricultural purposes,
counting out the land in the forest
reserves and the Indian reservations
and the mountain lands.
The map, which is very comprehen,
sive, shows the reserves, the Indian
reservation, patented land, vacant
lands, and lands which have been
entered but on which the title has not
been perfected.
OF this great area large portion
could be irrigated provided some of
the contemplated storage propositions
become effective.--Idaho Falls Register.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1916-02-03
ANNUAL GUEST d AY.

The ladies of tEThe Current Event
Club, - gave their annual banquet Mon
day evening, in the basement of the
Baptist church. About forty ladies and
their husbands were present, and many
toasts and much good music was given
in the course Of the evening. The fol
lowing program was given;
sfBirth of The Club, Mrs Fred Du.
bois; Husbands Of The Club Mem
bers,' Mrs. Henry Damn; % Husband 3
Wives,' G. 8. Beebe; Advantages of
The Club,' Mrs. j. G. Curruth.
Mrs. J. P. Powers, president of the
club, presided over the evenings en-
tertainment. A delicious six course
dinner was served, in which all present
participated.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1916-02-03
PoRrERv11LE

There was surprise party given On
Willie johnson Friday evening. Janu
airy %, at the residence of Joseph
Wareing. They played games until
1l:30 p. m. A dainty lunch was then
served. All who attended had an en-
joyable time.
Miss Lavinia Plant left Tuesday
morning for Pocatello to attend. the
Roundup and Demonstrations given
there. She being appointed a dele
gate from the Blackfoot stake.
The rabbit hunt given Tuesday was
a success in every way. The mobiliza.
ton took place at VIM. Plant, u. 4
homestead. After considerable party
ing with Captain Ziggulsr, they decid-
ed to lombard Fort Zigguler first.
After considerable struggle of one
hour and half they succeeded in
capturing it. A great many Of the
enemies. esesped. !, through the open
trench TO the westward Of Fort Nc.
Kenna. When they made the fort 40.
cure they retreated back to the north
west one mile. There the army was
served with hot coffee, sandwiches,
and cake, at VIM. Plant, Jr.'s home.
stead. Captain Plant then took his
soldiers west to capture Fort McKen.
ma under cover 'ofsa heavy snowstorm.
After two hours of hard fighting on
their way to the fort they captured Leo
Gushwa, Louis Felt and Farley. Price
acting assays. The FORT was then
captured with a heavy loss to the
enemies. Captain Plant then returned
with his men, and they gave the num-
Der Of ears for each man. Charley
Nelson being high man and Albert
Gardner close second. The score of
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1916-02-03
MALPRACTICE IS CHARGED

Complaint was Saturday filed in the
district court against DIR. G. II. Coon
er of McCammon charging him with
malpractice. Harriette l.. Curtis
through A. M. Curtis, is the plaintiff
in the action which will be handled by
Attorney B. A. Cummings.
The matter grows out of an event
which occurred last March in which
the defendant is alleged to have been
negligent in the handling of an obstet
rio ease. The complaint sues for the
sum of $4,000 as general and exemplary
damages and for the sum of $3.50 as
special damages.
1t is alleged in the complaint that
due to the treatment given the pa
tient by DR.. Cooper, she suffered unne-
cessary pain and that the continuation
Of the treatment caused the plaintiff g
mind to become permanently disordered
and deranged and that it was necessary
to place her in the asylum for the in
sane at Blackfoot.
Until recently DR.. Cooper operated
a hospital at McCammon but sold out
his interest in the institution some.
time ago.-Pocatello Tribune.