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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-06
BLUES MEET COOPER
Two Teams Well Matched as They
Line Up at Washburn.

The proteges of Coach Bert Ken
nedy, and the warriors of the veteran
Garfield Weede clash on the Wash
burn gridiron this afternoon for the
third time in the last three years The
teams were well matched in weight.
The Cooperites tip the scales at I46,
and the Ichabods are only slightly
heavier. According to Weede, his
team is in rather bad shape for the
seasons grind. Only thirty men are
enrolled at Sterling. But two of their
letter men have returned to school.
Fullerton. right halfback and last
years center, and Gray. left haIfback.
The following was the lineup as the
teams faced each other this after
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-06
Navy Learns of Fate of Vessel on
Mine Sweeping Duty.

Washington, Oct 6.-An American
patrol ship foundered in European
waters on the morning of October f.
while on duty. The navy department
has no information of the cause of the
loss of the ship and has ordered an
life.
Further information of the incident
which was reported by Vice Admiral
Sims, is being asked for by the navy
department
The lost ship was an auxiliary. not
one of the regular navy list, and was
on mine sweeping work when lost.
The report she foundered is taken
here to mean she was lost in rough
weather
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-06

sided for two years. Hoisington was
graduate of Kansas university and for
the last four years was secretary TO
Judge Henry f. Mason of the state
supreme court.
Hoisington was admitted to the Of
ficers' training camp at Fort Riley. a
month later he was discharged on ac-
count of "A nervous trouble and flat
feet. This in a farewell. unsigned
letter, written to his fiancee, Miss Ma
bel Kolb. 80 East Ninth street. New
ton, Kan, was reason for taking his
own life.
Another great regret that / have Is
that I cannot join the army of count
less millions that is striving to blot
out tyranny and oppression and es-
tablish freedom, liberty, peace and
democracy thruout the world" were
the last words written in the letter.
The uniform of his country he had
worn at Fort Riley and which he had
been denied. was the last article he
looked upon before killing himself.
He had arranged the uniform neatly
on trunk beside his bureau.
Stood Beside Uniform.
From the position in which his body
was lying it was evident that he stood
beside his uniform and facing the mir
ror of his bureau. Then he raised q
new .3S caliber revolver to his temple
and pulled the trigger.
Chief of Police Frank HarbauRh
who. with Chief of Detectives Tim
Donovan and Coroner o. f. Narcotic
were called stated that the revolver
was new and had never been used be-
fore.
Hoisington, dressed in freshly laun-
dered pajamas, the revolver with one
exploded cartridge in 1t at his side ana
with blood from the wound in his tenn
pie saturating the floor, was found at
10 o'clock this morning by Ted Wear.
a 15~year-old high school boy who
slept alone in the house with Bofsine-
ton. The frightened youth called the
police.
The bed clothing had been turned
back and it looked as tho HoisinRton
had been lying on the bed before taxi
ing his life.
MY mother is in Kansas City" said
Ted Wear. "Hoisington came home
about 10 O'Clock and rang the bell. He
had forgotten his key and I let him
in He gave me Some stamps from
collection ! had and thanked me for
letting him see them He seemed in
the best of humor and talked a while
and then went to bed. I went up to
his room and gave him some sugar
waters. Ue thanked re.
To Death in Silence
Il silent all night on the sleeping
porch It is in the rear of the house
His room is front room. never
heard sound. J slept until after 9
/ tContinued 90 Page TwOI
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-06
TEUTONS RETREAT
Voluntarily Desert Positions
Near New British Lines.
Patrols in Flanders Find For
ward "Pin Boxes" Deserted.

British Front in France and Bel
GUM, Oct. 6.-At some places in the
new line established by the British
attack in Flanders, the Germans were
reported today to be in such exposed
positions that they had pulled back
their defenses a short distance. Brit
ish patrols found the forward shell
hole defenses in one section abandon
ed.
Germans Advance, Then Ousted.
Paris, Oct. 6.-The Germans made
an attack last night on the Verdun
front near Hill 344. They gained a
footing in the French positions at
some points, the war office reports,
but were later driven back.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-06

bases. a new system of deciding plays
in. the big games.
Ali Chicago made a holiday today
Every artery that led to Comiskey
park pulsated with great crowd te-
I.ered with excitement. Hundreds, un-
able TO gain admission to the park,
hung around the outside of the walls
and followed the game as best they
could from the spectators, who shout
eo to them the progress OF the play.
1t was a perfect October day and
made to order for baseball. An In
dian summer sun helped bake out the
base paths sodden by Fridays down.
Do1r. while a drowsy southerly breeze
blew across the field.
The big stands blazed with the ma
ticnal colors. A large section of the
stand was filled with hundreds Of
from Fort Sheridan. The usual brass
band piped it's latest tunes to enter
tain the gathering crowds.
The ground keepers worked all
morning upon the playing field. Gas
oline was poured over the ground and
set afire to take UP the moisture and
when the teams took the diamond for
practice they found it fairly fast.
1.-The White SoX are right and fit ;"
said Manager Rowland before the
game. I'VE expect to win and there
will be plenty of action"
Manager McGraw agreed that the
Giants were going to meet a good ball
club but believed the final inning
would show the New York club in
frCnt
After batting against Tesreau. the
Nationals looked over the offerings of
Southpaw Benton as there was a pos
sibility that the Giants will be con-
big left handler.
RoFora tho CaVna
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-06

The temperature for the day aver
aged degrees below normal
The second frost of the fall was re-
corded Friday night by :. D. Flora
local meteorologist. 1t was light and
did nc damage in the city, according
to Mr.. Flora In the KaW valley, tho,
the frost was probably heavy and may
have done slight damage to the crops
but no report had been made to the
local weather office.
The mercury Friday night fell to 80
degrees, which was the lowest tempera-
ture recorded since May of this year
The south wind which came up about
midnight played savior to- the crops
If the wind had remained in the north
a heavy killing frost would proba bly,
have been reported.
Tonight, there will be no frost. ac-
cording to S. D. Flora. and the mer-
curry will remain above the 5 0 mark.
Sunday will be cool and proba bly,
cloudy, but there will be no rain, it
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-06
woRLp,s SERIES RESULTS.

The State Journal will bulletin
the big worlds series game this
afternoon as fast as the scores are
received over the special leased
wire from Comiskey park at Chi
cago. The home edition will carry
the game play by play up to the
time of going to press and imme-
diately after the game is finished
a special edition will be gotten out
giving every detail of the big clas-
sic.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-06
Stood Beside Ft. Riley Uniform
and Pulled Trigger.
Silence ShrOuded Act; Boy Did
Not Hear Revolver.
BODY FOUND BY TED WEAR
Dead Boy a Son of Col. Perry
VI. HOisingtOn, U. S. A.
Farewell to Sweetheart Preced-
ed 1910 Fillmore Tragedy.

Ambition, love and i'll health all en-
ter into the death of Stanley NJ. Hois-
ington. 2s, son of Col. Perry NJ. Hois-
ington of Newton, commander of the
Second Kansas infantry who shot and
killed himself sometime between 10
o. clock last night and the same hour
this morning. The tragedy occurred
at the home of Mrs Marie Wear, 1910
Fillmore street, where Hoisington re-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-06
PUT MONEY IN BONDS
National Commission Asks Ball Play
crs TO Invest at Least S10O.

Chicago, Ill, Oct. 6-The National
baseball commission today decided to
request every player. manager busf-
ness mana ger and owner of the White
Sox and the Giants to invest at least
S10a in Liberty bonds.
Those players who do not get a part
of the gate receipts because of being
left out of the games are not to be
included in the requests.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-06
LARGEST IN HISTORY

Washington, Oct. 6.-The largest
appropriation measure in the history
of the United States became law today
when President Wilson signed the
urgent deficiency bill carrying s1.75S,-
$4,000. principally for war purposes
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-06
FROST WAS LIGHT ONE
Sunday VIII Probably Be Cool.
Cloudy Day, Flora Says.

Fall weather with it's varying tenn
peratures was predicted for next week
by S. D. Flora, local meteorologist.
Rain, too, will make an appearance
during the week. the prediction states.
No frost, however. is in sight. The
forecast reads, Little rain during the
week and frequent changes from cool
to warm weather for the week"
Hourly temperature readings for the
day reported by the local office of the
United States weather bureau.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-06
Neither Team Able To Get
Jump in First Game.
Evenly Matched, They Play
Fast, Snappy Baseball.
PARK PACKED TO CAPACITY
Thousands Fail To See Start
of Baseball Classic.

Good Fielding and Classy
Pitching Features OF Contest.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-06

WEATHER FORECAST for Kansas:
w Partly cloudy tonight and sun
day. Warmer tonight; cooler Sun
day.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-06

WHEN the British need common la
bOrcrs they take few trenches
full of them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-06

Il silent all night on the sleeping
porch. It is in the rear Of the house.
His room is a front room. never
heard a sound. ] slept until after 9
CONTINUED 90 Page Tw0I
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U. S. SHIP FOUNDERS

CONTINUED ~ Page TwoI
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4 Strength is added to the Giants by
the return of their two cripples. Nc
Carty and HerZog, as regulars and to
the White Sox thru a switch made
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-12-13
HEALTH | S ABOVE AVERAGE
Illness at Camp Dodge is Practically
An Unknown Quantity. So Camp
Physicians Claim.

Camp Dodge, Ia, Dec. $50 that
the parents of the drafted men here
may know how their boys are faring
at Camp Dodge it was officially an
nounced that the health of the man
here from Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois
and North Dakota is above the aver
age. The men were declared physically
fit
This is in spite of the fact that local
exemption boards are none too care,
full in the selection of men they send
to the cantonInent. About l per cent
now in camp or among those who have
been here have been at the base hos
pital and only seven cases proved ia
tai. Wild reports earlier in the winter
that hundreds were down with pneu-
monia proved untrue. Only GA cases
of pneumonia have been treated and
the fact that the cases were being
treated was not heldr back, as some
reports charged. Medical officers here
say that the percentage of sickness
among the men here is so small as to
be counted as nothing" They say the
average of this camp is far better
than that of any cantonment or army
camp in the United States.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-12-13
USING COAL GAS IN AUTOS
London Discovers New Fuel For
Driving Cars AS Substitute
. For Gasoline.

London, Dec. San advertisement
is appearing regularly in London
newspapers in which Selfridge, the
American merchant, offers one free
filling Of coal gas to all motorists buy.
ing their gas bags from him. p.
The use of coal gas for fuel is being
taken up not because of the high price
of gasoline, 80 cents a gallon, but be,
cause private owners are not permit,
ted to buy gasoline at any price.
The coal gas is pumped into bags
that are carried on top of cars in a
specially built rack or tray that ex
tends the full length of the tonneau
and over the driver of a passenger
car. Inflated, the bag has a height OF
about five feet Some trucks, with
out tops, drag their coal gas bags in
trailers. 1t is said that several sub
urban bus lines are now driven by the
new motor fuel.
No alteration is required for the
engine excepting that pipe from the
bag has to be connected ith the in
duction pipe of the carburetor. The
gas is sold at penny for each ten
cubic feet s,.,..
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-12-13
CADDOCK RETAINS THE TITLE
Holds Worlds Wrestling Champion
ship BY Defeating Yussuff
h Hussane in TWO Falls.

Des Moines, Iowa, Dec. S.--Earl
Caddock retained the Worlds cham
pionship in two straight falls, from
Yussuff Hussane the Bulgarian
wrestler, last night. The first fall
came with a double wing after an
kGur and seven minutes wrestleg.
a reversed bar lock resulted IN lie
second tussle in thirteen minutes.
The largest house probably which
ever witnessed wrestling match in
Des Moines, damned the Auditorium
to the doors for the contest, and hun
dreds were turned away. The
crowd swarmed its way into the
building for two hours before the main
event started, and those who had not
purchased tickets in advance were
compelled to remain out in the cold,
cold world, and it was an extremely
cold world last night at that.
Hussane was powerful, Resource
full, and dangerous at all times He
broke hold after hold and squirmed
out of dozen positions which seem
ed almost certain to result in falE
But superior skill, speed and
brains told in the end, and Caddock
once more demonstrated his class
as the leading exponent of the mat
art today.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-12-13
SALES Of POWDER
AND OTHER EXPLOSIVES REeU-
\ LATED BY NEW LAW.

A law which went into effect on
November 18th provides that all per
sons having use for explosives must
first obtain from the licensing officer
in his county a license stating the
manner in which the explosives are to
be used and assuring the officers that
the explosives will be properly &C
counted for. 1t is hoped in this man.
ner to account strictly for the dispo,
sition for explosives and prevent them
from falling into the hands of eyilly
disposed persons, The entire police
force Of the country has been asked
to aid in the enforcement of this law
The penalty for violation is hne OF
$4,000 or year in the penitentiary
or both. County Auditor Roy e.
Rowland of Mahaska county is the 10.
cal licensing agent
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-12-13
TAKE HUNS IN HALIFAX
Wholesale Arrests of Germans in
Canadian City.
Revised Figures Of Victims OF Great
Explosion--thown Dead 1900;
Missing 1000.

Halifax. N. S., Dec. 11.-Wholesale
arrests Of German residents of Halifax
were begun by the police here. This
action was taken under instructions
from the military authorities,
! Sixteen Germans were taken In Gus
tody within q short time. Military Of
ficers after an inquiry released few
Of them. The others are in the county
jail.a 81, v Y
\ The authorities refused to disclose
whether they had obtained evidence as
sociating Germans with the explosion
A number of citizens Of German birth
heretofore have been allowed full lib
erty with the exception that they were
required to report once a month.
Revised figures were issued here re-
garding casualties resulting from the
explosion as follows:
n Known dead,s 1900. s-
Unaccounted for, 1900.
Dead which have been identified, 900
Wounded, 5000. .....t.
Homeless, $4,000.
Burial of victims of the explosion
and fire here Thursday was begun
Monday. .... .,...
"Men wanted Immediately at Fair
view cemetery" This advertisement
in the morning papers called attention
to still another problem-fnding men
TO dig graves for the hundreds Of dead
Health authorities, working in co,
operation with the general relief com.
mittee made 1t plain that burial mus
not be delayed. -. .,sr.i.gf
Laborers were assigned to the GENE
teries and men who never had expect
ed to do that sort of work assisted in
the task. ch.
Little. groups of sorrowful people,
went silently to cemeteries adjacent
to the Richmond district, utterly wiped
out by flames, and laid away their
dead; without friends in attendance,
and with the commitment rites omit.
ted. There were not enough ministers
10 oficiate for all. There were not
enough pal1bearers and not enough
hearses. The dead were laid away
with none there but the folk from
homes now but a mass or ruins. One
general service was held for all.
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The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-12-13
TO MAKE SCHEDULE
IOWA CONFERENCE SCHOOLS
MEET IN TOWN TONIGHT.

Seven colleges of the Iowa Confer
ence will be represented in Oskaioosa
this evening, attending special meet
ing at the Downing Hotel of the Con-
ference officials, athletic directors,
and basket ball coaches, called for
the purpose of making the basketball.
baseball, and track schedules of the
Iowa Conference schools. 1t is pos
sible that many schools will also
book football games for next season
at this session.
Grinnell, Cornell, Highland Park,
Des Moines, Parsons, Iowa Wesleyan,
Leander Clark, and Penn Colleges viii
have representative here. Drake
University, Coe and Simpson colleges
have NOTED Grover c. Hawk. president
of the Conference, that they cannot
attend.
The meeting will be held at the
Downing hotel. Supper will be serv-
ed at seven-thirty o'clock. Following
will be the business session bwhen
conference affairs will be discussed
and when the athletic programs will
be arranged
Whether the Iowa. Conference will
abandon the Freshman ruling in bas-
ket bali and spring sports win be def.
nitely determined this. evening.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-12-13
NEW WATER Pipes
FOUR BLOCKS OF MAIN WITH
MIGRANTS INSTALLED.

Residents along South Second street
have>new city water service and prop
erty owners are planning to connect
with the service which means the
possibility of other modern improve
ments in the home, bath, toilet, etc.,
and the Improvement is welcomed.
The new main has been laid from
Ninth avenue south to Thirteenth
avenue and includes two new fire ny.
drants, one at the southern terminal
of the line and the other at the inter,
section with Eleventh avenue. The
fire protection afforded the street is
alone worth the cost of the improve
ment. ~ 1880 y
Completion of the extension is
somewhat delayed, awaiting the arriv
al of the connecting parts and the
seating of the new hydrants. With
this accomplished the water may be
turned on most any day and the ser
vice into the properties completed.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-12-13
GAMES scheduled
ATHLETIC CONFERENCE FIXES
BASKET BALL DATES

Athletic directors of four Iowa Con-
terence calleges met at the Downing
hotel last evening to map out confer
.ence basketball schedules. Repfesen-
tatives from three other conference
schools were expected but failed to
attend. Carl H. Heidi of Des Moines
College, George Yount of Parsons and
Coach Day Of Iowa Wesleyan met
with Grover C. Hawk, conference pres.
ident, f.. c. Stanley and J. L. Lee of
Penn College for the supper and the
called conference business meetings
Few basketball games were SEIZED
uled last evening. on account of the
small conference representation, and
for other various reasons Parsons
would book no basketball games with
Penn until promise was obtained that
the Quakers would play at Fairfield
next Thanksgiving day. Wesleyan and
Parsons are at swords points over the
cancellation of the Wesleyan-Parsons
football game this fall.
The three southeastern Iowa schools
will bring the Monmouth quintette in
to Iowa for three games. Plans were
discussed for bringing the Morning
side five into eastern Iowa for ser
les OF contests, but no final action was
taken. st'' ~
Games scheduled last evening were:
Jan. 2-Monmouth VS.. Penn at Os-
kaloosa. 81
jan Monmouth VS. Iowa Wes-
leyan at Mt. Pleasant
Jan. 17-Des Moines VS.. Penn at
Oskaloosa.
Jan. 1S.-Des Moines VS.. Parsons at
! Fairfield. aa
Jan. 19.--Des Moines VS.. Iowa Wes-
leyan at Mt. Pleasant.
| Jan. 26.-Iowa Wesleyan VS.. Mon
mouth at Monmouth.
Feb, Penn VS.. Iowa Wesleyan at
Mt. Pleasant.
Feb. 4.-Iowa Wesleyan VS.. Drake
| University at Des Moines.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-12-13
UNIT R IS CALLED
SOUTHEASTERN IOWA HOSPITAL
CORPS GETS ORDERS.

Within few days Oskaloosa, OF
tumwa, Fairfield, Mt Pleasant, Bur-
lington, Ft. Madison, Keokuk and 9TH
ef southeastern Iowa cities will he
represented in the great world war
by another organization and the corn
munity will be bound together by a
former tie. Hospital Unit l.. to which
Mahaska County has contributed
$1,000 has been notified to be ready
for a call to service. Major James
Frederic Clarke, commanding the unir
has been sending out word to those
who compose the organization appris-
ing them of the order.
While no definite time was speci-
fed in the order received from Ser
geon General Gorgas it is believed
that the unit will leave Fairfield with
in two weeks. It's destination is to be
known only to the commanders.
Unit R has been in readiness for
some months but it was generally
thought it would not be called intoser-
vice until spring. However, every
member is ready and will be on hand
should the call for imm ediate mobili-
cation come day or night Major
Clarke said he expected to be ordered
to leave before Christmas.
Major Clarke and Captain L. ID.
James of Fairfield are bus:' now check
ing up the supplies for the unit and
getting them ready for shipment.