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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-21
CALLS IT UNTRUTH.
Men at Santa Fe Shops Com
plain Of Organizers Work.
Say they Appeal to IGNORANCE
and Prejudice"

In a letter written to the State Jour
nal today Frank Sanderson. an en-
ploye at the Santa Fe shops, charges
union labor officials with appealing
to the ignorance and prejudice of the
shop men and not to their judgment"
in order to induce the employees to be-
come affiliated with the American
Federation of Labor. Sanderson as
serts that organizers for the unions
state an untruth when they say nom
union men will not participate in any
increase to railway men the govern
ment may grant. The letter:
Editor State Journal:
Talking to a group of my fellow
SAINT. Fe shopmates today regarding
the effort to unionize these shops, it
was the unanimous opinion of those
in the group that the union officials
seem to have a poor opinion of the
Intelligence of the shopmen, for, in all
their talk, they appealed to the ignor-
ance and prejudice of the men and
J OF to their Judgment. Monday night
they topped it all off by importing a
man by the name of Ryan, and intro
duced him as an organizer for the
Brotherhood of Boilermakers, who
among other things. according to the
report published in Tuesdays papers.
said, Those who are out of the union
will not be recognized by the govern
Eaent'
Men who read and understand
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-21
- Up tothe Minute
~ SPORTING NEWS
NJ FROM EVERYWHERE.
REPORT TONIGHT
Baseball Boosters Put Ticket
Goal in Sight.
Says Campaign Will
Be Extended if Necessary.

More than 225 baseball ticket books
have been sold and promised. Spencer
Arthur Abbott announced this morn
ing and at the report that team cap
tains will make at the Chamber of
Commerce tonight at S o'clock it is
expected that there will be sufficient
indication of the city's desire for base
ball to make it possible to go ahead
with the plans for organizing a club.
Abbott said.
Altho the weather has been handi-
cap the teams have worked hard since
Tuesday morning and there is no
doubt but that they have done their
utmost to make the campaign sue
cess.
W. o. Anderson, director of the
campaign, said today that he thinks
it will be possible to reach the goal
set and that he believes the majority
of fans and business men desire a
team in the Western league. He an
nounced that if the required number
of books is not sold by toniCht the
campaign will be continued until they
are sold.
Dickerson Coming Back.
Abbott said today that he expects
President Dickerson to return to the
city by Saturday and that by that time
he hopes to be able to show the league
head his work has been a complete
success.
Dickerson, it seems, has given up
all idea of trying to place the Denver
franchise in Peoria and is centering
all his efforts on keeping Hutchinson
in the league and in getting ToPeka
to round out the circuit. The w. l..
prexy has spent the greater part OF
the week in Hutchinson, compliment
ing the citizens on their progressive
ness and democratic spirit and boost
ing in a genera way.
Dicker With Managers.
Abbott announces that he is still
dickering with two able baseball men
to manage the club and that he ex-
poets to be in position to close a
deal with the most available and most
competent just as soon as he feels as
sured the advance ticket sale Will be
successful Also, he says that pre-
iiminary plans for fixing up the ball
park are being made and that the
actual work on the stands and fences
will be begun when the ticket cam
paign is brought to a close.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-21
WOULD EXTEND ROAD
Petitions Being Circulated for Con-
crete Highway Out of junction City.

Junction City, Kan, Feb. 21.-Peti-
tions are being circulated by farmers
living along the Golden Belt highway
for a concrete road to be built from
Junction City to the Dickinson county
line a distance of eight miles. 1t is
planned to form a road district and
receive federal aid in the construction
of the highway, which would be a
continuation of the proposed road
connecting Fort Leavenworth and Fort
Riley.
Surveyors have begun to lay out an
other section of concrete road in this
county connecting Fort Riley and
Junction City, to be constructed as
soon as the weather will permit at a
cost of $4,000.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-21
TIGERS FAILING
Inability To Get Good Pitchers
Keeps Them Down.
COyeIeskie Is About Thru, Jack
VeiOck Thinks.
RY JACK VEIOCK.

New York, Feb. 2I.-For several
years the Detroit Tigers have feit
CRYING need for pitchers.
For some reason or other Fughie
Jennings has been unaole to dig up
pitching talent of major league call
Der, and, tho he has had a strong
aggressiv e fielding and batting clup
in the field for years, Detroit mas peen
kept out of the select set of pennant
winners since 1909 because of weak
pitching.
The plans of the Detroit club for
1918 training show that Jennings Will
make a desperate effort to rebuild
his pitching staff. He-Is going to take
twelve pitchers to Waxahachie in
March, and he hopes that he can de-
velop enough new material to tide the
team over.
Must Have Pitchers.
The defensive ability of the Tigers
has been good. And their ability to
score runs has been better, but no ball
out pitchers who can go in there and
win low-score games. And this is
what Detroit has lacked.
Dauss, Boland, Mitchell, Cunning
ham and Coveleskie make up Jen-
ningss staff of regulars. The first
three named stand a pretty fair chance
of doing most of the work for the
Tigers this year unless Hughie I'M
sewers some new stars, for Covey is
covers some new stars, for Covey is
the best bet the Tigers have now.
Among the youngsters who will go
south are Erickson, Finneran, Hall,
Kcl1ie, PolseE and Jones, Finneran be-
ing the only one known to big league
fans.
May Be in Race.
Out of this array of talent Jennings
| must pick a winning staff of pitchers.
If he succeeds the Tigers will prob
ably be up there fighting. for a first
division berth, for they are not in the
| habit of making discouraging starts,
as they did in 1917. Otherwise the
figs may have rough shedding
The makeup of the rest of the
team may be much the same as last
year, tho Jennings may make a change
at first base. Lew Blue and Bob
Dresser will battle George Burns for
the job. Young and Jones are the
leading second-base candidates, while
Wit seems assured of third and Bush
IS anchored at short. With Cobb. He'll
man and Veach in the ontfield the
Ilgs will be strong as usual. George
Ma1sel, f. Miller and c. F. Walker
are recruit outfielders, and Jennings
mas a recruit catcher named Toe
/ Cobb Other members of the catch
ing starr are Stanage, Yelle, Spencer
and koehler.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-21

what they read know that the gov
eminent appointed a committee to ad-
Just wage conditions and that it has
already been announced from Wash
ington that the 100000 nonunion men
will receive the same treatment as the
100000 union men, according to their
skill and craft
"Men of mature judgment deem
such assertions to be an insult to their
intelligence and a slur upon the in
telligence and fairness of President
Wilson and the director general of
the railroads. We all realize that we
are now working for Uncle Sam. and
that he does not desire that we be
slaves of a corporation or of a union.
and men who think that they can
build up a permanent organiza ton by
intimidating men to join with them
are mistaken.
"FRANK SANDERSoN.''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-21
WINS PARDON FOR DAD
Appeal by Soldier in France Liberates
Father From Ohio Prison.

Columbus, O., Feb. 21.-A single
word, "Pardoned" was cabled to a
bow with the American expeditionary
forces in France by Governor Cox to-
day. 1t is an answer to letter just
received from the Ohio soldier, who
asked that his father be pardoned
from the penitentiary-
II am willing to die for my coun,
try and I could die happy if 1 could
but know he is free to. care for my
mother" wrote the boy.
The man was convicted of stealing
and had almost a year more to serve
At the request both of the father ana
son. Governor Cox did not make
known his name.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-21
DOWN A WILD RUMOR
Deny EX-Ambassador Spring-Ric<
Slain by Spy Ally

Ottawa, Ont, Feb. 21.-There is no
ground for suspicion that Sir Cecil
Spring-Rice did not meet his death
from natural causes, according to the
statement of DIR. Thomas Gibson, who
attended the former British ambassa-
dor to the United States
The physicians denial of any unto
ward circumstances was prompted by
the rumor started by a question in the
British house of commons yesterday
that the diplomat had met his death
as a result of his activities in prose-
cutting the Bolo Pasha treason case
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-21
TRY TO ORGANIZES IEAc1E
Central Association Touns WIN Ill.
baseball Meeting March 2

Peoria, ILL.,, Feb. 21.-President
Stahlhefer of the Central league has
called a meeting of that organization
Tor March 8, at Indianapolis. Efforts
TO reorganize a circuit for the com
ing session will be made.
Peoria, Bloomington, Evansville
SUM Sl Beno' Richmond, Springfield,
Ohio, Terre Haute and Akron To-
gether with other cities. are ordered
to be represented in the meeting.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-21
CANCEL RAIL PASSES
Free Rides in Arkansas Only for State
Board and Employees.

Fort Smith, Ark, Feb. 21.-Rail-
road director McAdoo has ordered
that all railroad passes held in this
state shall be cancelled with the ex-
ception only of members of the state
railroad commission and railroad en-
ployes. Hundreds of state, county
and city officials are affected by the
order
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-21
Novel Way to Find slackers.

st. Louis, Mo, Feb. 20.-There be-
ing more than one way Ito kill cat"
Chief of Police Young has instructed
saloon keepers not to serve drinks to
men of draft age until they have pro-
duced registration cards. This, he be-
lieves. will give further aid in the de-
lection of slackers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-21
Local Basketball Quintet Lost Hard
Game by Score of 80 to 80.

Manhattan, Kan, Feb. 21.-The To-
peka high school basketball team was
defeated here by the Manhattan high
school in a fast, snappy game. The
final score was SO to 81.
The Topekans kept the honors even
during the first part of the game but
in the last half the locals stepped to
the front and took a lead that could
not be overcome
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-21
Heinic Wagner Is Let Out.

Boston, Feb. 21.-Heinie Wagner,
veteran shortstop of the Boston Amer
lean league baseball team, will not
play with the team this year. accord
ing to a statement tonight by Harry
II. Frazee, president of the club. Pres
ident Frazee believes that John Evers
will be able to play as well as coach
and that Wagner will not be needed
Wagner has played with the Red Sox
Siuca. Io05
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-21
Senior League.
TAFT FIGHT Referee
Former President Omciates at Great
Lakes Training Station Bout.

Chicago, Ill, Feb. 21.-'HThat lad in
the green trunks looks to me like the
better fighter" was the decision of
former President William Howard
Taft at Great Lakes naval training
station last night in refereeing a fast
walterweight bout between two
Jackies
Romero Lemero was the winner.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-21
PLAYING Golf in Florida.

Belleair, Fla. Feb. Elm the sec
ond round of match play in the Wash
ington's birthday golf tournament
here, Clarence Hobart. of Harbor
Lake. won from ]. A Roberts, Kan
sas City, one up.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-21
WALNUT GROVE LEADS
Its Teams Head Tables in Junior and
Senior Basketball Leagues.

The games in the Church Basket
hall league at the Central Y. NJ. c. A.
Wednesday night were all close and
fast and Director Bolton announces
that the teams are now getting into
their stride and that the enthusiasm
is increasing rapidly. Following were
the results of the games:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-21
NATIONALLY KNOWN SPORT
STARS NOW IN AVIATION

Dallas, Tex, Feb. 21.-Three ma
tionally known athletes today were
high" on the way to becoming
aviators for Americas flying serv-
ice. They are stationed at Camp
Dick ground school, near here, and
are:
Cadet Reb Russell, former Texas
Lacquer and more recently pitcher
for the Chicago White SoX.
Cadee Marshall, end on the
Brown football team last year;
made all American football team
at close of season.
Cadet Aubrey (Tubby) Carter.
right guard on the University of
Virginia team in 1912.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-21
Food for Fans
BY GEO. z. PHAIR.
tCopyright.)



He came and went-he simply walked right
And turned around and walked right out
He didn't even pause to say good-by.
Thus ends the comeback tale of old Jim
Flynn
This Dempsey is a classy sort of lad;
He makes the ordinary pug look bad;
1t doesn't seem quite right for him to
A victim old enough to be his dad
The fight game has a sorry time of it.
For when it comes to life and b-eathes bit
bunch of bush promoters gather round
And strange itwith cold and gaspins mitt
Now comes a wrestler wonderful. and rare.
A freak of nature far beyond compare.
Who would have made old Barnum weep
for joy
He says he wants to wrestle on the square.
The baseball magnate's life is full of woe,
For when he tries to keep expe lses low
They call him tightwad. crouch and other
And bawi him when he tries to spend his
dough.
The magnates talked the war tax question
DER
And settled it as in the days OF yore.
As usual, the public pays the bill;
Not only that-it pays little more
With but a single suitcase in his care.
L wonder how poor Benny hauff VIII live
Without dozen suits of clothes to wear.
Another bold promoter comes to light
And plans to pull a Willard Fulton fight.
In Winter, Springtime, Summertime or
Fail
The crop of nuts is always at it's height.
Jess Willard rises up and says as how
He might be lured into little row.
How strange to hear champ discoursing
thus,
I wonder what's the matter with him now
You can't come back-the experts tell us so.
You can't come back when Time has laid
you low.
1t must be true if experts all agree
You can't come back-but look at Old Man
Snow.
Tigers Win from kanSans.
Columbia, Mo, Feb. 21.-The Uni
versity of Missouri basketball five
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-21

continued its unbroken string of vic
tories by defeating the University of
Kansas. SO to 81.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-21
Junior League,

The North Topeka Baptist forfeited
to the Walnut Grove Methodist Quin-
let. so the Y NJ. C. A. team played
the Walnut Grove team a game. The
Y NJ. C. A. team won easily, score
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-21
MANHATTAN DEFEATS T. HI. S.

micro Lemero was the winner.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-06-15
HOUSE STANDS 300 YEARS
Fairbanks Home in Dedham, Mass,
Is Oldest Frame Building in
Country.

Boston.-The enduring strength of
wood is evidenced in the Fairbanks
house in Dedham, Mass, built In 1886,
and believed to be the oldest frame
house now standing in the United
States, where, some time ago, Rem-
bers of the Fairbanks family gathered
for reunion from all over the coun-
try.
The famous house is open as a his
toric museum, but many builders, con-
tractors and lumber men have visited
the structure and examined it for
something more than a historic inter-
est.
The oak timbers used in the old
house We're brought from England in
about the year 1885. They are st1ll
solid and strong and supporting. The
bricks came at Shat time as ballast.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jonathan Fairbanks
came from Sowerby, Yorkshire, in
1923 and built the house in 1886.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-06-15
THE COMPANY'S OFFICERS

These are the men behind the company
John S. Graham, wizard of new fields, who
has never promoted failing enterprise in
tbs oil game, president Ben T. Johnson. ac-
Of Chickasha, first vice president; Alger Mel
ton, of the Jaw firm of Bond Melton and
Melton, second vice president; Ed Sheegog.
pioneer of the Burkburnett field. secretary;
NJ S Cralle, member Of the firm Of Sheegog
and Company, assistant secretary; F. L.
Susher. cashier of the First National bank
Of Chiekasha, treasurer; c. T. Erwin. former
banker and member of the firm of Sheegog
and Company, NJ. Il. Humphrey of the Chick
ssha Milling company, and l.. =. Kilgore. of
the Oil State Refining company. members Of
the board of directors.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-06-15
He CAPTURES II HUNS
Sergeant, SingIe-Handed, Per-
forms Remarkable Feat.
Gets Distinguished Conduct Medal for
Heroic Deed at Battle Of Sanctu-
airy Wood.

Chicago.-Sergt Francis T. Fraser,
who single-handed captured II Ger
mans in Sanctuary Wood where now
there is bitter fighting, called recently
to see officers of the British-C Canadian
Recruiting mission some of whom, in
Guiding Lieut.. S. Macdonald, belongs
to his battalion, The Black Watch.
Sergeant Fraser is one of the few who
have been awarded the ID. c. NJ.
How one of the "Laddies from HE'LL"
without a rifle and with several bullet
holes through his clothes, was able to
take captive II stalwart Germans, was
told by one of the officers of the mis-
sion. He said ut was during the
battles at Sanctuary Wood when The
Black Watch made a raid on the
Boches, that Sergeant Fraser became
isolated from his companions but kept
right on going even after he dropped
his rife. He had about 30 bombs and
felt well armed with them. When the
Germans ran into dugout he pursued
them, and as he was about to hurl his
i"ot pVilD AZ tliclli tlicy Cdlhe Oul VI
the dug-out with their hands up, cry
ing Kamerad' and every one Of them
surrendered Later they told him they
We're glad to be prisoners and get out
Of the fighting.
ut was the duke of Devonshre who
placed the distinguished conduct medal
on the breast OF Sergeant Fraser, and
the duke told him that he should have
had more than the D. G. NJ. for such
a feat"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-06-15
WELL Due AT BURKBURNETT

The Burkburnett pool, in Wichita county
is the most active district in the northern
Texas oil fields according to last weeks re-
view of the fields Out of "a competitions re
ported in all northern Texas fields last week.
10 we're in the Bur1burnett district and out
of a total new production Of 1904 barrels
1885 barrels had been added in the Burkbur
nett pool That report was made before the
Ranger gusher came in,
1t is in this field that the Central Produc
ers Oil Company, O'Dell and others, are drill
ing their deep test, offsetting the Central
Producers 60-acre lease on which it has
daily production at this time of 200 barrels
in 34 shallow wells. On Saturday, the drills
in this test were at depth of about 100
feet Pay sand is expected within a week
Another deep test, the Bacon Switch we'll, is
being sunk little farther out from the COM
pany's lease Two miles northeast of the
property, the Gilliland-Fisher well, at 1900
feet is flowing oil at the rate of 80 barrels
a day
Most of the wells in the Burkburnett dis
trict are in the shallow sands. But geoo-
gists have said that Burkburnett, BrownwoOd
and Ranger are all on the same general struc-
ture and this has encouraged operators to go
after the deeper sands, with most profitable
results. One of last weeks competitions in
this district, the Gulf Production companys
Nos2 Hiserman a half mile west of prOduc-
ton, came in a 2OO-barrel weil at 1855 feet.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-06-15
WILL RETURN HIcHToWER

That Jake Hightower, the negro
Jail escape of this city, will be re
turned to Oklahoma was the infor7
nation contained in a telegram re-
ceived from Bob Castleman, Grady
county deputy sheriff, from Council
Bluffs, la. The telegram stated that
Hightower's application for writ
Of habeas corpus had been rejected
and that he would leave there with
the prisoner today
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-06-15
SUITS FILED

The following suits were filed yes
terday on the district court docket:
Hattie Smith VS.. Queen Bethsheba
Grand Chapter of the Order of East
ern star. to recover insurance mon
eys. c. E. Phillips VS.. Ruby Almedia
Coleman and Buford Coleman to
quiet title. Date Of hearing was set
for July 80.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-06-15
RANGER, FIELD OF CUSHERS

In the heart of the most active develop
ment at Ranger, Texas, the Central Produc-
ers owns 40 acres. Four wells in
that field, McClesky, Davenport, England and
Duncan (the new T. & p gusber) are now
producing an aggregate of more than 5000
barrels daily To take care of the new pro
duetion assured by these gushers the Prairie
company is now rushing the construction of
a pipe line, with pump station which viii
have a capacity of $4,000 barrels a day.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-06-15
Van Foster a Pilot.

Word was received this morning
by Mrs c. s. Foster of this city
from her son, Lieut. Van B. Foster,
that he has graduated from the
school of aviation at the university
o. California and is now ready to
take to the air in a plane of his
own. From a class of eighty-four
students in aviation, only twenty-six
made the pilots grades. according
to the telegram. Foster enlisted as
private at Fort Logan, Colorado,
two years ago and received his com
mission last summer after complet-
ing a course in officers training.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-06-15
UP ON FIGHTING CHARGE

Before Judge 0. Coffman in police
court yesterday afternoon, w. A.
Thompson and Earl Barton appeared
to answer to charge of fighting on
Chickasha avenue. Their hearing
will be held some time today.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-06-15
NEW LEASES SECURED

The Central Producers Oil company has
recently acquired additional acreage in the
famous CARRIER field This acreage embraces
some of the choicest oil land in the CARRIER
district and is an offset to the Roundup well,
which is now down 500 feet and is planning
to drill 100 feet, where it is expected a good
we'll will be brought in. The Central Pro
ducers acreage embraces 40 acres located in
the northwest of the northwest of section "a
24n-fw This property is located near the
other acreage of the Central Producers in the
CARRIER field The Central Producers has also
recently acquired choice and valuable acre
age in the Duncan field in Oklahoma.
In the Cement field, where monster gass
ers and strong showngs of oil proclaim the
presence of a real oil pool, the Central Pro
ducers holdings are surrounded by the Cor
ton Prosperity and Fortuna wells.