Leavenworth New Era from Leavenworth, Kansas • 4

4 A 11 A FUTURE BALL GAMES Deputy Warden A. J. Renoe said yesterday that if the weather is good we will have a ball game tomorrow, and after that, if the weather is still favorable, we will have two games next week. Its all up to the weather man. CARD OF THANKS To the Officers, Guards and Km-ployes, U.

S. Penitentiary, Leavenworth, Kansas. Gentlemen: I take this method of thanking you for jrour sympathy and beautiful floral offering, during the recent sickness and death of my mother. Very respectfully, Kdward Gordon, Guard U. S.

P. WOULD COMPEL PAROLE Fred Garvey, a prisoner at Lansing, has brought a mandamus suit against the Kansas Prison Parole Board before Judge Wendorff to compel the board to parole him on his record. The Attorney General" holds that the Governor is not subject to a suit in mandamus. The Kansas City JournaVs correspondent at Leavenworth says that the decision will affect both state and Federal prisoners. NO.

JAIL FOR MAN OF 100 William Taylor, 102 years old, a negro ragpicker, sat on the front porch of his home at 1717 Tracy Avenue last Sunday. Some boys went by. They teased him. One pulled "Uncle's" leg and toppled him over. "Uncle" thereupon got his trusty rabbit gun and shot the boy in the fleshy part of the leg.

"Uncle" was taken before Michael O'Hern, warrant deputy, this morning, but O'Hern told him to go home. "We don't send men to jail who are more than 100 j-ears old," he said. K. C. Star.

PRISONERS' BOOKS The Corporation Commission of Oklahoma City has granted free transportation of all books and magazines to be sent to the penitentiary at McAlester for the prisoners. Miss Jeannette Collar, private secretary of Governor Williams, recently began collecting books and magazines for the prisoners, and has sent several lots, transportation charges having been paid by the state. It is proposed to send new books about once a month. The railroad companies desired to assist in the matter and believed the best way was to eliminate the transportation charges, but could not do so without permission. PACKERS' GIFT Received by White and Distributed Among the White Sox Players Last Wednesday a shipment of ten pairs of shoes, mask, chest-protector, shin-guards, tin ea finger-mits and catchers' gloves arrived in, Jack Enzeuroth, the Packers' famous catcher and Manager Stovall of that team, consigned to Joe White, the White Sox catcher and all-round athlete.

The goods were parcelled out among the boys, and all were delighted. A few days prior to the arrival of the paraphernalia, White received the following letter from Knzenroth: "I am in receipt of your letter and present for which I thank you verjr much. "You will receive shortly a box of shoes, gloves, which we all hope you will be able to use, and our only regret is that we haven't more to send. Am sending to you so that you can first pick out what you want and distribute the remainder among 3'our friends. "Kindly accept the regards of myself and the rest of the boys.

"Yours very truly, "Jack Kxzenkotii." SELECTED BOOKS In response to many requests for a list of good, entertaining fiction in our library, we give below a 1 ist of books which can be recommended to all wishing this class of literature. This list will be added to weekly until we have gone over the entire catalogue and all supplements. Cut out these lists and put the numbers on your cards as required. Batcheller, Irving: of the Blessed D'ri and 1 5208 Eben Holden 5207 Barr, Robert T. Mutable Many, The 5220 Barrie, J.

Little Minister, The 5230 Sentimental Tommy 5228 Besant, Walter: Golden Butterfly 1408 Bradj, Cyrus Townsend: Southerners, The 0958 Bullen, Frank G. Cruise of the Cachelot 5270 Deep Sea Plunderings 5208 Caine, Hall: Christian, The 5289 Kternal City, The 5291 Manxman, The 1503 RECORDS BEATEN The semi-professional strike-out record was surpassed by Raleigh Maple of the Brush Team of the Denver Post Tourney, by striking out 27 men. The former semi-pro record was held by Mike L3rnch of Brown UniversitT, who struck out 21 Coulmbia Batsmen in 1903 in nine innings. Maple's record was established in 12 innings. The professional record is held by William Mitchell of the San Antonio Texas League, who struck out 20 Galveston Batsmen in 1912.

Frank Davies of the Appalachian League, and Frank Applegate of the Blue Grass League have also equaled this record in nine innings. George Pierce of the New York State League holds the record of 22 batsmen in 13 innings. The National League record was established by Charles Sweeney in 1884 by fanning 19 batsmen in 9 innings. The American League record is held by the two famous pitchers, Glade and Waddel of 10 strike-outs. READ THIS! According to Ned Kgan, "the Connie Mack of the Minors," more "bonehead" plays are made in class and I) leagues in a week than you see in the big leagues in a season.

Kgan describes a play made in the Central Association that kept the circuit amused for several days. Waterloo was playing at Muscatine, and Wetzell, Muscatine's right fielder, was on first base, with Sours of the same team at bat. Sours gave the hit-and-run signal and Wetzell started down for second base as soon as the pitcher began to wind up. Sours hit a long 11-. Just as he reached second base Wetzell thought he saw Hill, Waterloo's left fielder, reaching up to catch the ball.

Without waiting to see whether the fielder made the catch, Wetzell raced back to first base. Meantime the ball had seta red high over Hill's head and Sours turned first base and raced for second. Wetzell passed him at full speed, going in opposite direction. When "Sours reached second, he thought that he had made a mistake about seeing the ball fall safely, and started back to first. Simultaneously Wetzell saw Hill chasing the sphere, ami lie again began the dash for second, and once more both players passed each other on the dead run, both badly confused.

The result was that a hit that should have been good for a triple and a score went for single. And all this happened without the umpire being entangled in the "bone-head play." Washingfon Sfar. PRISON CHATTER Were you recommended? High register number, 10184. Forty lives lost in southern storm. Two new guards, Fritz and Rowe, went on duty today.

Behning of the librarj7 force is in the hospital with a painful tooth. Mrs. Donn M. Roberts of Terre Haute was a visitor here Thursday. Hardin, former mail clerk, is now taking- temperatures in the annex.

Choctaw, alias "Land O' Cotton," has dropped the soup can and "beat it" to stokers row. "Chicken" Campbell, trusty doing- life, colored, from Cook county, is indicted for the murder of ex-Warden Allen's wife at Joliet. Louie Dog- of the farm gang was delighted last Thursday when called in to see Chief Lone Bear and some of his braves of the 101 Ranch. Several of the troupe are of the same tribe as Louie. Chaplain Soldan went to Atchison last Thursday to preach the funeral sermon of the late Rev.

Theodore H. Bundenthal, whose death occurred last Tuesday night. The two ministers had been old acquaintances and friends. There are thirty-nine prisoners going out this month, on expirations. They are, according to numbers, as follows: 93G0, 7547, 7859, 9139, 9302, 8854, 8850, 7544, 9058, 81(53, 9100, 7517, 9348, 7540, 8822, 8807, 7420, 8(552, 8800, 9345, 9024, 9347, 9340, 7804, 9220, 9390, 80(50, 9384, 9222, 7427, 9227, 9391, 9395, 8059, 0331, 8754, 8755, 8750, 8882.

Jess Willard, heavj'-weight champion of the world, was seen in Leavenworth Thursday, with the 101 Ranch show. He should have paid us a visit, butthen hehas his troubles too. Chaplain Soldan attended the 101 Ranch show with his family, Thursday. Of course the Chaplain didn't care to go, but he had to take the children. Members of the show visited here Thursday, the Indians all in full costume.

Webb took his new store teeth to lied with him, and the next morning they were gone. He looked everywhere and then began sticking up his friends who denied knowing anything about them. Finally "Dad" Ryan fetched a lantern and a search warrant and the teeth were found hiding on the wall side of Webb's cot on the floor behind a pair of socks, and were captured after a struggle. It's claimed that if Webb had kept his mouth shut, nobody would have missed 'em. BASEBALLS FOR CONVICTS Little Rock, Sept.

23. President Robert G. Allen of the Little Rock Southern association club today turned over to officials of the Arkansas penitentiary commission nearly one hundred baseballs. Convicts at the state farm at Cummins, had appealed to the penitentiary commission for baseballs. SUNDAY'S BALL GAMES We print below, the results of the ball games played in the yard last Stinda: 1 2 3 4 5 II Stone Shop 0 0 0 3 03 0 2 Laundry 2 0 0 0 0-2 5 3 Batteries: Stone Shop: Gillis, Ryan.

La undo: Roees, McXamara. Umpires: Little, IMume, Headley. 1 2 3 4 5 II Last Cell Wing 0 0 0 7 18 9 4 West Cell Wimrl 0 0 1 0-2 7 6 Batteries: Last cell wing: O'Don-nell, Mathews. West cell wing: Luke, Spotts. Umpires: Valentine, Head-ley.

1 2 3 4 5 0 7 8 9 II Printers 3 0 2 0 4 0 1 2 0 12 4 Pick Team 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0- 2 5 Batteries: Printers: Railey, Need-ham, Sweat. Pick Team: Coberly, Houston. Umpire: Lddy. PLEASED AT FORT The Disciplinary Barracks were visited and inspected last Monday by Brig. Gen.

McCain, who expressed himself well pleased with the good work being done there by the officials who have the military prisoners under their charge. The General stated that he was pleased to see the men learning vocational trades that would enable them to make a living when they go out of military life. Also he cited the cases ot over thirty men from the Barracks who had gone back to the colors and risen to non-commissioned offices. A SAND-LOT PITCHER There is one boy in New York who doesn't want to be President. He wouldn't take the job.

He is a juvenile pitcher who has such marvelous speed, control and curves that every professional ball player who has seen him says that he is bound to be the pitching marvel of the decade. His name is Vaite Hoyt and he i not yet sixteen years old. Charley Dooin of the Giants saw him pitching, three weeks ago, in a scrub game on one of the sand lots near Kbhette's field. He invited him over to the Polo grounds and put him in the box against the New York batters at morning practice. He was as effective against the big professionals as against the kids he had been playing within Brooklyn.

Dooin adopted him on the spot professionaly and now he reports every morning for practice and is to ttavel with the team. Dooin is to have his diamond education in charge until he is old enough to play professional TRIED TO GET BACK Determined to be sent back to the Mansfield reformatory, whence he came a week previous on parole, Joseph Thomas, waiting until the first relief squad of police were parading to their posts, deliberately threw a piece of concrete through a store window in Cincinnati, in order to be arrested and returned to the reformatory. Thomas stated that he had no home and was unable obtain emplo3inent, and, that while determined to live a straight life, he felt the world against litin and was weary, discouraged and hungry. He had "been sentenced to prison for higliway robber, and earned a parole by good conduct alone. Lieut.

Ixve became interested in theyoung man's story and advised him to not give up, but tvy again, the police offering to assist him in procuring employment and to lend their aid in his endeavor to make good. PAROLE BOARD ADJOURNS The September meeting of the Parole Hoard was concluded last Tuesday, when Superintendent of Prisons F. II. Duehey left with his secretary, Mr. Key, for Lansing, where female Federal prisoners are incarcerated.

Mr. Duehey, as stated in last week's Kka, left for Washington on the evening of his arrival here, returning last Tuesday for the purpose of considering certain cases. In his absence, Warden Thomas W. Morgan and Prison Physician A. F.

Yolie, proceeded in examining applicants. About 140 prisoners asked for release, and it was a big task to go over each case and use proper discretion as to this extension of conditional clemepc-. The return of Mr. Duehey found everythingclosed up, except a few cases which for reasons were left for his consideration. These through with, he left the same evening of his second arrival.

The close of the board meeting, a usual, was the signal for great expectations all about the prison, and speculations ran high as to who had and had not been recommended. This season of anxiety will last until the papers of all paroled prisoners have arrived. Of promises, oh trusting made Hewair what lovers make. And oh! believe they will deceive That's whair your hart will brake. On many promises jou here He quick to tie the Kahn, And first of all, my little dear, Look out for the Wether man..