The Topeka State Journal (Topeka, Kansas)
January 23, 1909

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j EVERYBODY EVERYBODY 20 PAGES NEEDS IT. 20 PAGES L II-,,-, rlrY- J 4r LAST EDITION. HIS LIFEJAVED. Sentence of Herman Billik Com- mated by Gov. Deneen. V On Recommendation of State Board of Pardons. FIVE TIMES IIESP1TED Once When Death March Was About to Start. Story of the Crime and Legal Proceedings. Springfield, 111.. Jan. 23. Governor Charles S. Deneen has commuted to life imprisonment the sentence of death which had been pronounced on Herman Billik of Chicago, who was condemned to hang January 29 for the f tffir J x-5. i C Si -v- WO"- lll I I- '-t 'il I x o-v iff .J-l','. I Iniimi iiiii-- f.iiiiii ,aw. .t. uu... v little Edna Billik Bidding Her Father. Mlio AVas to Have Been Hanged i Junaary 29. a fbnd Farewell.. murder of Mary Vrzal.' whom he was alleged to have poisoned with other members of the family. The commutation is made on recom mendation of the state, board of par dons, after the supreme court had re fused to interfere, saying that the rec ord showed no reversab!e error.- The state board of pardons In mak ing the recommendation to Governor Deneen for commutation of sentence, says that after the final action of the (supreme court, Jerry Vrzal, brother of of Mary Vrzal, and one of the principal witnesses for the state at the trial of Billik, appeared before the state board of pardons at the hearing of the peti tion for Billik's pardon and swore that all his testimony at the trial against Billik was false, except as to. unim portant facts. The trial judge in a communication to the state board of pardons recom mended commutation of the sentence, Baying that the enforcement of the death penalty, under the circumstances of Jerry Vrzal recanting his testimony at the trial, would not. in his Judg ment, meet with general approbation. Governor Deneen several months ago granted Billik a reprieve until the su preme court could review the case. Last month Lieutenant Governor Sher man, in the absence of -Governor De neen, granted Billik another reprieve until January 29. A Thrilling Case. N to escape the sentence of death first Vnposed upon him on July 18, 1907, Is without parallel in the criminal rec ords of Illinois. Five times Billik was granted respites or stays of executions, the reprieves coming twice within four days of the dates set for his execution and once when the death march to the scaffold was about to start. The case has been fought through the criminal, appellate and supreme courts of the state, from the federal district court to the United States su preme court and- to the Illinois state board of pardons, which with Gov ernor Deneen sitting as presiding of ficial, held a special session In Chi cago to ronsider it. It was made an issue in the political battles of Cook county and the champions of Billik Insist that their efforts were in great er part responsible for the defeat of State Attorney Healy, who had op posed a new trial for Billik, and who faiied for renomination. The crime for which Billik was con victed was the poisoning of 22-year-old Mary Vrzal. Indictments accus ing him of causing the deaths of six members of the Vrzal family had been returned and he was convicted on the first of the charges. After the con viction of Billik. Jersolobat Vrzal, a 1 7 year old brother of the victim, and the chief witness against the accused man, repudiated the testimony he had given in the trial, and declared he had been coerced by the police and offi cials of the state's attorney's office Into giving false testimony against the defendant. The youth's declaration was the basis for the long struggle made by believers In Billik's innocence to procure a retrial or a commuta tion of his sentence. He was a Fortune Teller. The revelations of the poisoning of the Vrzal family startled Chicago fol lowing the arrest of Billik on Decem ber 4, 1906. The suicide of Mrs. Rose Vrzal, Billik's alleged conspirator in her home, No. 1536 Fiftieth street, preceded his arrest by a few hours! Billilc later was accused of Inducing tha woman to commit suicide. The ma-n wu an itinerant fortune teller SATURDAY EVENING and admitted swindler who lived upon the credulity of Bohemian residents of the western section of the city. In the Bohemian section of Chicago he became known as a "charm work er" and fortune teller. About flye years ago he became acquainted with ihe Vrzals. who resided at 677 West Nineteenth street Martin Vrzal. the husband and father, was a milk dealer who owned the residence in which the family lived and who had acquired a small bank account, his total savings being about $6,000. All the members of the Vrzal family were insured in fraternal organizations for small amounts, the policies varying from m 1 c n o nnft Tt wns to secure this monev that Billik is said to have conspired with Mrs. Vrzal to poison her husband and children. He told the police ne naa conmcicu v.a" at tifi renuest of the love uuiucio k.!nff ah-nt thp marriaere pareuui, iw 1 vroi fhnt he had eriven harmless medicines to the father sev eral times and that he had obtained money from Mrs. v rzai on a score ui n' It a hnilids rtt ih VrAl f ft m ily were exhumed from their graves In the Bohemian iauunai ccmcicrji juu evidence of arsenical poisoning was found in eacn ouu. On Jutv is ne was iuuuu gumy una sen tenced to death, the execution being set for October 12. prieved and on November 6 the supreme court issued a Writ of error, while It took the case under -consideration. On Feb ruary 20, 1908, the supreme court refused Billik' a new trial ana he-again was sen tenced to hang, April 24 being fixed as the date. On April 20 Billik was granted a respite by Governor Deneen until June 12. Preparations for the hanging "of Billik were begun and on the morning of June 12 the man had been prepared for death when Federal Judge Lanrlis again stayed the execution by granting him the right of appeal to the United States supreme court. On October 19 the United States supreme court rejected the plea of Billik's attor neys and the case was dismissed com Its records. The convicted man's lawyers then made their last stand, contending that as the date fixed for his execution had passed, therefore he was legally dead and must be released from custody. The contention was denied by Judge Barnes and on November 17 he again sentenced Billik .to be hanged. He was again reprieved and the final date for his execution was fixed for Jan. 29. TEN BUILDINGS BURN. Princeton University Has Narrow liscape From Destruction. Princeton, N. J., Jan. 23. Revised estimates of the losses by a fire which terminated in the Terminal building early today place the figures between $60,000 and $75,000. The ten small frame buildings were destroyed. Tho inadequacy of the water supply caused much anxiety for the safety of the university buildings, but the good work of the volunteer firemen and many of the university students checked the flames about 100 feet from Nassau street on the opposite side of which some of the in stitutions buildings front. The student body, nearly all went to the fire. Practically the entire faculty including President Wilson and Dean Fine also were on hand to lend any assistance necessary. The students worked like beavers, helping the police to carry their goods from their stores, and homes. TO FIX IT FOR BRYAN. Nebraska Will Adopt Oregon Plan of Fleeting Senators. Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 23. The Nebraska house has approved the re port of the committee of the whole recommending the passage of the Humphrey bill for the election of United States senators by the Oregon plan. This bill will pass both houses. The bill is intended to give W. J. Bryan a chance to be elected senator as Democrat leaders believe -that a preference would be expressed for him although the next legislature which under the present law would elect a senator, is expected to be Republican. Carnegie Gives $120,000. Indianapolis, Jan. 2 3. Andrew Car negie, has announced that he would give $120,000 to Indianapolis for the erection of six branch library build ings. Weather Indications. Chicago, Jan. 23. Forecast for Kansas: Rain or snow and colder to night and Sunday. TWO CENT FARES Gardiner Lathrop, General So licitor of the Santa Fe, Makes Argument In Two Cent Fare Case, Claiming LAW IS ARBITRARY. He Declares Because It Ex cludes Certain Short Lines. Declares Penalties Are Drastic and Unconscionable. Kansas City, Jan. 23. Gardiner Lathrop, general solicitor of the Santa Fe today, in summing- up the two- cent fare case, on the part of the rail roads, submitted the following rea sons why an Injunction should issue against the enforcement of the Mis souri rate law, the presentation be ing of great importance to Kansas, and bearing n the two-cent railway rate now in force In that state: 1. The two-cent passenger law is void on its face. Its exclusion of roads less than 45 miles in length makes an arbitrary classification without any just basis to sustain It. The service which these roads per form in transporting passengers is identical with the service performed by roads over forty-five miles in length and by trunk lines. 2. All trunk lines and all roads over forty-five miles in length constitute one. class, which is required to trans port passengers at two cents per mile. If the law is confiscatory as to any one road, and consequently invalid, it falls as to all because all belong to the same class and it cannot be pre sumed that the legislature would have passed a law if it had known that it was Invalid as to any road belonging to the clas3. 3. All of the railroads of the state of Missouri are so correlated and so interdependent that to sustain the law as to the strongest road, even if it could live under it, which is denied, would force all the other roads to obey it even though they did business under it at a loss. Hence, for the purpose of the case, if it should be come necessary, all of the Missouri railroads should be considered parts of one great system, and if the aggregate expenses of conducting the same should show that a just and reasonable return would not result to all of the roads considered as a whole under the state laws, In question, the same must be held invalid. 4. The penalties for a violation of the state laws are so drastic and un conscionable that for that reason alone an injunctioa should" be granted Affect Interstate Traffic. 5. The laws directly and sub stantially affect interstate commerce and for that reason they are void. Geographical and commercial condi tions are such that any changes of rates made by the state of Missouri immediately and inevitably effect cor responding changes in interstate rates, not only in Missouri but practically throughout the whole country east of the Rocky mountains. The rates between St. Joseph and St. Louis if sustained as to the Burlington, which runs wholly within the state, would compel the Missouri Pacific to adopt the same rates, which runs through Kansas and Missouri betw-een St. Joseph and St. Louis, and is, there fore, an interstate road. If the state rates between St. Joseph and Kansas Cltv should be sustained as to the Burlington and St. Joseph and Grand Island, which run wholly within Mis souri, the Missouri Pacific and Chicago Great Western would be compelled to put in the same rates, although they run through the states of Missouri and Kansas between St. Joseph and Kansas City, and are, therefore, interstate roads. If the Missouri Pacific should be sustained as to the Missouri Pacific between Kansas City and Joplin, which runs wholly within the state, the Frisco and Kansas City Southern would be compelled to adopt the same rate, al though they run through Missouri and Kansas In going from Kansas City to Joplin, and are. therefore,- interstate roads. The adoption of the state rates by the interstate roads would be forced by competition in order for them to do any of the business; and competition has been recognized by the courts as a controlling principle in the making of rates. Rates between the points above named put in by the interstate roads were in accordance with published tariffs filed with the interstate com merce commission under the require ments of an act of congress, which tariffs had all the force and effect of law. Interference therewith as the di rect result of state legislation Is just as unlawful as though the state laws were in direct conflict with the constitution of the United States. Law Is Confiscatory. 6. The evidence clearly shows the laws to be confiscatory as to all of the roads in the state as shown by their statements of earnings and expenses in Missouri. 7 The extra cost of state over Inter state business, both freight and pas senger, is not only proved by the evi dence of witnesses, but is also con clusively shown by the actual checks made of business done on the Santa Fe road both as to freight traffic and as to passenger traffic. 8 The statistics show no unique stimulation of travel under the two cent passenger rate over its normal Increase from year to year, but they do show a substantial falling off of reve- nl9?" Because the railroads prefer to have branch line and other business which does not pay a profit on its stock rather than not have it at all. Is no argument in favor of their being com pelled by law to do the business at un remunerative rates. The reason why the railroads prefer to have such busi ness provided it yields anything in ex cess of the actual cost of the movement is because such excess contributes to ward the payment of part of the ex penses of operating the railroads. 10. The revenue basis for dividing ex pense between state and Interstate busi ness is correct in principle, and supported by authority. This Is the basis adopted by the railroads. 11. The ten mile basis for the apportion ment of expenses Is primarily defective in that it reduces all commodities to a com mon basis. It takes no account of space, volume, whether carload or less than car load, cast of handling, accounting, liabil- (Continued on Pase Eight) TOPEKA, KANSAS, JANUARY IN DISTRESS. White Star Liner Republic Bam med by Unknown Vessel. Announcement Sent Broadcast by Wireless Telegraphy. CAUGHT BY BALTIC W hich Hastens to Assistance of Unfortunate Ship. The Passengers and Crew Taken Off in Safety. Boston, Jan. 23. The White Star steamer Republic, bound from New York for the Mediterranean with pas sengers numbering about 560 was in collision with an unknown vessel 26 miles south of Nantucket shoals light ship in a dense fog early today and so badly damaged that she was reported to be sinking. The passengers and crew were believed to be nil kqtoi Wireless messages, promptly started announcing the accident, picked up by other vessels at sea and by land sta tions, brought quick response and soon crafts of various descriptions were speeding to the relief of the dis abled steamship. The White Star Steamship company was at first advised of the collision by Captain Sealby of the Republic in a wireless dispatch which said that no lives had been lost and that his shiD iu ivcp mioai aimougn her boiler room was full of water. Sub sequent messages, however indicated that the Republic was in danger of sinking and that another vessel be lieved to be the steamer Florida bound from Italian ports for New York, had come up with her and was taking off her passengers and crew. Meanwhile the French line steamer La Lorrain which has been reached by wireless was searching for the Re public in a fog and the steamer Bal tic was 40 miles away, but hastening to the Republic's assistance. So far as could be learned the ship which struck the Republic faded away al most immediately in the fog and there was no chance to learn her identity or her damage. A report from Vineyard Haven, Mass., received early this afternoon said at 12:30 p. m., the Republic an nounced by wireless that she could re main afloat but two hours longer. At that time all the passengers and three quarters of the crew had been trans ferred to the Florida and the balance were preparing to abandon the ship. Saved by Wireless. Immediately after the accident the wireless apparatus on the steamer nasned the news of her plight in all directions, and within a short time several vessels including -the French line steamer LaLorraine, westward bound, the White Star liner Baltic and the revenue cutters .Acushnet and Gresham were on their way to offer every assistance to the disabled steam er. The first messages indicated that the damage was more serious than la ter appeared as all of the messages asked that assistance be sent immedi ately, and one flashed to the navy yard nere saia tne steamer was sinking. La ter, however, the captain of the Re public, sent a wireless saying that the engine room was full of water, but mat tne steamer could keep afloat and was in no danger. The nearest land was Nantucket is land, about 70 miles, due north, but with his engine room full of water, the only thing left for the capta-in to do was to send wireless waves broadcast over the Atlantic, asking for assistance. The first came to the United States government revenue and naval stations at Nantucket lightship, Newport and Highland Light. The revenue cutters Acushnet and Gresham, the former at Wood's Hole, and the latter at Pro vlncetown, left within a very few min utes lor the scene. Message From the Republic. New York, Jan. 23. The White Star line officials in this city have received the following message from Captain belDy or the steamer Republic off Nan tucket: "When in latitude 40.70, logitude 170, this morning, was run into by an un known vessel. Engine room full of wa ter. Can remain afloat. No danger; no lives lost. Officials of the White Star line also received a message by wireless from the captain of the steamer Baltic, say ing that the Baltic would proceed to the assistance of the Republic. The Baltic was bound for New York from Liver pool and had reached a point off the easterly end of Long Island about 115 miles from New York, when she re ceived information of the collision. The captain of the Baltic wired that he was returning to the scene of the accident. There were 220 first-class passengers on board the Republic. Word was receive din this city by wireless that the French line steamer La Lorraine, Havre to New York, has also gone to the assistance of the Re public. Captain Selby of the Republic, re ports to White Star officials that the revenue cutter Acushnet from Wood's Hole, has reached the Republic and is standing by. The value of the wireless was never better shown than in this instance, for waves of distress were sent broadcast over the Atlantic and reached two big liners, the Baltic and La Lorraine, in addition to summoning aid from two revenue cutters. The message received by White Star officials say the collision was due to fog. Passengers and Crew Taken Off. Vineyard Haven, Jan. 23. A wire less reported reached here at 9:45 a. m., saying that the passengers and crew on the steamer Republic had been taken off by another vessel and that the Republic was sinking. Carried Supplies for Fleet. Washington, Jan. 23. The steamer Republic had aboard 400 tons of sup plies for the Atlantic battleship fleet, which was to have been transferred at Negro bay. The revenue cutter ser vice had word that the wireless mes sages sent out from the sinking steamer had been picked up by four government vessels, every one of which made all haste to the scene of disaster. The nearest of them was dis tant about three and a half hours run. One of the cutters was at New Bed ford, one at Watch Hill and one off Cape Cod while the derelict destroy er Seneca was cruising off shore searching for a wreck about 40 miles away from the place where the Re public was said to be elowly foundering. 23, 1909. NAMESJHE MEN. House Committee Which Will Frame Guarantee Law. Edwards, Chairman, Belongs to the ConserratiTes. HAVE A MAJORITY. Personnel of Committee Shows Opposition to Radicalism. Change Date of Primary to June Favorably Reported. Speaker Dolley this morning ap pointed the following committee on banks and banking: Edwards of Greenwood, Snyder of Leavenworth, Watson of Allen, Lander of McPher son, Hopkins of Finney, Crumley of Thomas, Francisco of Gray-Haskell, Cron of Butler, Rogers of Sedgwick. This is probably the most important committee of the house this session. There was a desire on the part of many members to act on the com mittee and thus take part in the framing of a guarantee deposit law. There are now nine of these guarantee bills before the house for considera tion. The committee will likely report a bill containing sections from many of these measures, thus" playing no small part in the enactment of a guarantee law. There is a wide difference of opinion among the members on what kind of a guarantee deposit bill shall best carry out the pledges of the Re publican party made to the voters last fall. Some of the members are radical while others are extremely conservative on the question. Then there is a number of members who occupy a middle ground on guarantee of deposits. The personnel of the above com mittee is significant. The chairman, Edwards of Greenwood, and Snyder and Watson have not been "classed with the radical square deal element of their party, while Landers and Crumley are square dealers dyed In the wool. Hopkins of Finney was a machine man, but appears to have been baptised in the reform foun tain. Francisco, Cron and Rogers are Democrats, the first named being cashier of a bank. The committee is sure to hold several interesting ses sions before agreement is reached on a guarantee bill. There will also be several long and warm sessions by the house in committee of the whole be fore the bill reported by committee is passed. The Kyle bill to change the time of noicting tne primary election from the first Tuesday in August, as provided by the present law, to the first Tues day in June, was favorably reported on today by the house committee on elec tions. There is sure to be a spirited debate In the house over the passage of this bill as many members want the date of the primary to be left as It is now. The Edwards anti-cigarette bill was reported favorably today by the com mittee on state affairs. An anti cigarette bill has appeared before every Kansas legislature for the past twenty years but has never reached the statute books. Speaker Dolley today introduced the board of health bill appropriating $10,000 per year with, which to pay the expense of an educational campaign to be conducted by the board for the pre vention of tuberculosis. The board is given authority by this bill to investi gate the causes of tuberculosis and print and distribute reading matter re lating to this disease. Jewett of Sedgwick today Intro duced the bill creating a revolving fund of $100,000 to buy seed wheat and sell it to the farmers of this state. The house met this afternoon at 2 o'clock to consider in committee of the whole some fifteen bills that have been advanced to general orders. Among them are the three bills Introduced by the temperance committee providing for a more strict enforcement of the prohibition laws of the state in rela tion to drug stores, and to county and city officials in performance of their duties. Also the bill by Miller relating to the license for vendors of nostrums and appliances of any kind for the treatment of diseases and providing for the fees and licenses thereof. Also three judiciary bills regulating the prices on articles of commerce pro duced and sold by monopolies in this state. Also a forestry bill and the San Jose bill by Matson of Sedgwick and a bill by the committee on public health. r,, 0 lT1l0.riM.il, this mnrnfmr Introduced the following resolution which was aaoptea, men recmiaiuercu and thrown out: nrharaao a bill waa introduced In the legislature of the state of Kansas authorizing the estaDiisnment or me ten depositories in the state. HTm,a,aoi, tha l- 'J rrl n Hill i hpdlP- T1 D- ported by the statement that the treas urer of the state of Kansas has drawn and keeps on hand more money than he can safely take care of. n Ifancnc Vina haH KrtmA 1 lit? Dial, sad and very costly experiences with state depositories sucn as tne uevun bank of Topeka, some years ago. ..rr.i. a rMxr a n w rnmnelling banks in which county or state money is deposited to pay interest on an aver age daily balances to the counties. "Therefore, be it resolved, by the memhers of the legislature, the senate concurring, that the state treasurer be and Is hereby instructed not to draw any more money from the counties of the state of Kansas than Is necessary to defra-" the daily expenses of the state and leave it in the specifie coun ties as long as possible so it would iomc nH thim be of some ma terial benefit to said counties. "Resolved. That an emergency be de clared and this resolution be passed without delay and a copy at once for warded to the treasurer of state." After the resolution was passed, Ryan of Brown, stated that Treasurer Tulley had declared to him that none of the provisions of the law above referred to had ever been violated during his term of office. Foley of Rice. Democrat, then arose (Continued on Page Eight.) SATURDAY EVENING. CHEAP THEATERS CONVERTED. Made Places of Educational Value In Chicago Slums. Chicago, Jan. 23. Converted from places of demoralizing Influence to centers of positive educational value. Such has been the evolution of the five cent theater, on account of the re cent crusade, according to reports made to the juvenile court committee. FOG CAUSES A WRECK. Two Sections of Same Passenger Train Crash Together. Altoona, Pa., Jan. 23. In an Im penetrable fog, the second section of the St. Louis Express, westbound, which left Philadelphia at 4:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon, crashed Into the first section at Summer Hill, 25 miles west of this city at 12:30 this morn ing, killing three persons and Injur ing sbc, one probably fatally. The list of killed and Injured fol lows Dead. S. D. TATIiOH, Brooklyn, N. T.; employed by Charles E. Rung, broker of New Tork. M. J. KELLET, a Pullman car con ductor; Jersey City. CHAS. COLEMAN, colored, a Pull man porter, Philadelphia. Injured. W. F. Johnson, Second and McKean streets, Cincinnati. Mrs. Adam Rankin, 214 Green street, Anderson, Ky. W. D. Kissell, fireman, Pittsburg. Four mail clerks, not serious. Those killed, as well as Mr. John son and Mrs. Rankin, were all on the sleeper which was at the end of the first section. Kissell was the fireman on the sec ond section. He had two ribs broken and was removed to the Altoona hos pital. Johnson and Mrs. Rankin were able to continue their Journey west. As soon as news of the wreck reached this city, a special train was hurried to the scene, carrying rail road officials and all the available physicians who could be hurriedly summoned to the Pennsylvania rail road station here. A request was also sent to Johnstown for -physicians and a special train was rushed to the scene of the wreck. The first reports of the accident stated that many were killed, scores injured and the first sec tion of the express demolished. These exaggerated reports were in circula tion almost up to the time that the relief train reached the city. The first section of the express had been stopped by a freight which was proceeding slowly ana the log was so dense that the second section crashed into the first. When the wreck occur red nearly all the passengers were In their berths asleep, or dozing in their seats. The greatest excitement pre vailed. The impact extinguished all the lights and the passengers rushed wildly from the wrecked coaches cry ing for assistance. The point at which the accidnet occurred is some dis tance from a telegraph station and 1t was several minutes before the .rail road people here or in Johnstown knew of the accident. As soon as they were apprised of the wreck special trains were rapidly made ready and sent to the scene with all possible srteed. Fireman Kissell is the only one of those Inlured who is thought to be in a serious condition. A wrecking crew was hurried to the scene of the accident and the tracks win De clear ed for traffic, officials here state, be fore daybreak. TAFT LEAVES AUGUSTA. He Starts on First Stage of His Trip to Panama. Augusta, Ga., Jan. 23. William H. Taft started today for Charleston, S. C, from which point he sails for Pan ama on Monday. His departure was witnessed by a large number of per sons who came to the station to say their farewells and as the special train moved out a cheer of good will was given the distinguished guest. who has become so popular with the residents of Augusta. Mr. Taft was accompanied to Charleston by John Hays Hammond, besides his assistant secretary. Wen dell Mischeler. the Becret service men and newspaper writers. He will be met in Charleston tomorrow by Mrs. Taft who will go with him to Panama. Senator Knox and Frank Hitchcock will also meet him there for a con ference on matters pertaining to the new administration. Mr. Taft will probably go to Charleston and be a guest of honor at a banquet there to night, at which he will be the only speaker. CONFIDENCE MEN BUSY. Have Robbed Railway Carmen of $10,- 000 In Chicago Recently. rhiacn .lan 23. L. Ronemus. of Kansas City, grand chief of the Broth erhood of Railway Car Men of Amer v.aa oBkoil the Chicasro nolice to be 'on the watch for confidence men who, he says, have obtained more tnan $10,000 from merchants and car men by representing themselves to be solicitors for the brotherhood. The men represent themselves as obtaining money for a hospital for broken down car men. Ac cording to Ronemus, they are equip ped with iaise creaenuaia. Hear Dodge on "Pace That Kills," Majestic, Sunday 3 p. m., for men. byIlectricity. A Brood of Chickens Being Hatched Out In Chicago. Chicago, ja.ii. -o. aii luit view ox thousanas at me eiecingai snow tne electrohen is now hatching broods of each chicken fought his way into the world before it is entirely presentable, i 1 thftn Inst ns ltvel-v aa if 11- responding to the cluck of a feath ered mother. 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The evening paper gives better returns to local advertisers than any other pa per and receives from its Diggest aa- vertlsers cheerfully, because it pays them, a higher rate than any other daily and carries a larger volume ot local advertising space from those ad vertisers, on the days it Is printed, than any other daily. Everyone who reads both paper and there are a number of such in To peka, knows and comments upon the fact, that four-fifths of the big news of the day has already been printed and read in the evening paper a aay peiore it comes to hand in the morning paper. The proof of this is plain, day by day. To be convinced, simply read the pub lic prints. If vou are among tne lew in xopeKa who do not now read the paper every avcnlne irive vour order to the carrier. or telephone the State Journal office di rect; either 'phone 107.

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL SATURDAY EVENING. JANUARY 23, 1909. 5 FIGHT THEPLAGUE National Tuberculosis Exhibit Is Now Here. ONE OF THE OLDEST MEN IN AMERICA Escaped the Terrors of Many Winters by "Will Be Open to Public Monday Erening. Using Pe-ru-na. EVENING SESSIONS. I .1 :-V OoTernor Stubbs Will Speak at Opening. Physicians to Take Prominent Part in Programme. The national tuberculosis exhibit will be held In Topeka commencing January 25 and It will last for ten days or more. The rooms for the exhibit are at 816 Kansas avenue and they will be thrown open to the public abso lutely free. There will be nothing for ale and no collectoin will be taken. In the evenings there will be lectures and talks by local physicians and atereopticon pictures will be shown. The exhibit has been Induced to come to Topeka by the Shawnee County Medical society and the city council has appropriated a large amount of money for the occasion. The programme printed below which will be given every night In con nection with the tuberculosis exhibit of the national association Is a notaDie one and is sure to attract general at tention. Governor W. R. Stubbs will take part the first day and tne ieaa In a- nhvsldans. educators and profes sionai men and county and city officers will alt take part In the programme from nigrht to night. The exhibit was made possible by the liberality of the county and city and the orders of the Elks. Eagles, Masons and K. L. of S. lodges all making donations to bear the expense. Tne tfnawnee ueuitai society has charge of the exhibit and Doctors Crumblne. Van Horn and Menringer will represent the society at the meetings. At the formal opening Monday even- In- nt 7-so o'clock there will be a symposium on "The Tuberculosis Problem," in which part will be taken by the chairman. Dr. W. E. McVey, president Shawnee County Medical so ciety, tiovernor vv. it. oiuom, die tary S. J. Crumbine, President C. B. Van Horn of the city board of health, and a representative of the board of coan'y commissioners. On Tuesday evening there will be a special meeting for the Shawnee coun ty schools outside of the city of To peka with a stereopticon talk at 7:30 by W. L. Cosper, followed by a sym posium, "How to Avoid Tuberculosis," participated in bv Chairman Dr. R. S. Magee, Dr. O. P. Davis, Dr. D. E. Esterly and Dr.' W. W. Tates. There will be interesting discussions participated in by many Topeka and state authorities on the subject. De tails of these programmes will be printed later. SO MORE DRESS SCITS. Washburn Glee Club Abandons Them Also Classical Music. The Washburn Glee club journeyed with their music and voices to St. Marys Friday evening and gave the students of that institution and the residents of that country one of the smartest little musicals in a number of moons yes, a whole series of them. The Washburn Glee club has grown tn he a nermanent factor at the college and they made their debut out of town for rear mat me mcai rauiuswMa would not stand for any premature in troduction and also for fear that the Immense applause as always comes from an interested audience often spoils the future conduct of the mem hpr. St. Marys treated the club in fine shape, giving them the best of everything In the little burg, including applause msteaa or agricultural weap ons in the form of cabbages and other missiles. The Washburn Glee club also has a new form of dress. No more dress suits and white ties. They have been left with the moth balls in the bottom of the students' "house boat" trunks and instead the clothes worn by the company resemble their songs light, breezy, loud and conspicuous. The trousers are pure white with black stripes, the coats are a dark blue. The shirts are white and they are worn with white "stocks." A turn-up-and-fall-over white rahrah hat is used and underfoot the men wear black pumps with the customary butterfly black rib bon bows. They are a flashy outfit to look upon and the bunch together re sembles the Washburn campus on a spring afternoon. TOPEKA BOYS WIN GAME. Defeat St. Joe Basketball Team in Fast Contest. The Topeka High school basketball team defeated the St. Joseph basket ball team here last niffht. The defeated St. Joseph team took the 2:20 train for Leavenworth today where they will meet the high school team tonight. They expressed them selves as satisfied with the score of 33 to 23 against them here admitting that the Topeka high's have a splendid When Doctors I Bathe I regularly at the National Hotel Turkish Baths, there i J is good cause for emulating t their methods. Doctors t know those forms of health X improvement which are J most beneficial to men and women. 2 Expert Massage and Chiropody t HENRY OBERG, Mgr. i Graduate BattU Creek I OPEN ALL NIGHT X I Ind. Phone 1864 X I J; tiir.i i.iB-wir i mm iim-iriiwiiiiM-riii i .-niifi &t-trtnl.'4--;'v.- team, although they had hoped to do better. The game In the skating rink last night was a good fast game and free from wrangling. The Topeka team seemed to outclass the squad from Missouri but the work of Capt. Mc Innis at guard for the visitors showed up strong and kept down the score. MYRA M'HENRY HERE. Joint Smasher Comes to Observe Workings of Legislature. Mrs. Myra McHenry. Ioint smasher and temperance crusader, is in To peka for awhile, as she says to take in the state legislature. Mrs. Mc Henry intimated that she had some thing up her sleeve, but the main pur pose of her visit to Topeka and to the state house halls of legislation she re fused to divulge, saying that it would come out in time and that something similar to General Sherman s synonym of war would be "popping" before many days. The successor of Carrie Nation is after four scalps at least. She ad mits this. They are those of Fred Jackson, attorney general: John Marshall, assistant attorney general: Mayor Graham of Wichita and Henry J. Allen, editor and owner of the Wichita Beacon. "Mr. Jackson is impartial for I have proof that he allows certain parties to sell the hellish booze," said Mrs. Mc Henry. "John Marshall is not only corrupt, but he is double faced. He double crossed the temperance In Wel lington, Winfield and at Howard he was one of the men that sent me to the asylum, as he said 'a hopeless lunatic' Mayor Graham of Wichita is conniving with the wholesalers all the time and allows the drug stores to get their horrid stuff without going outside the city limits." Wichita isn't the Sodom or Gomorrah that she used to be however. And Henry Allen, I hate him, he is the biggest hypocrite on God's green earth. I go to him and he is very pleasant. He promises to put things in the paper for me and then never allows my name to get into print only when I am arrested." Mrs. McHenry doesn't think the whole world is against her as she once did. "I have a few friends" now," says she, "there is Dave Leahy for in stance, good old soul. Since he got control of the Eagle he has written some pretty nice things about me. What I like best of all ithat he al ways tells the truth." (How Dave's friends will laugh when they hear this.) "I am very much pleased," said Mrs. McHenry, "at the way things are starting oft this year. Governor Stubbs said some nice things about the prohibitory law in his message. Things around the governor's office look a whole lot better. I don't smell whisky like I used to and I am sure that his 'sanctum sanctorum' is not to be used for kissing bees. Nor I don't think they are using any of the committee rooms for joints. I want to congratulate Mr. Stubbs, for he uses salt-rising bread instead of whisky. "I superintended the destruction of the booze at the police station, and it certainly looked good to see the rot ten stuff going into the gutters Instead of down the throats of newspaper men and drunkards." Hear Dodge on "Pace That Kills," Majestic, Sunday 3 p. m., for men. British Taxpayers' Burdens. Old age Pensions, the maintenance nf the two power naval standard, and the spenaing ot a billion dollars, on the Irish land purchase scheme, will create finan cial burdens for Great Britain heavy to be borne, and the question of whence the money for these things is to come is puzzling the government. In addi tion, there is the prosDect that Enir. land's military strength will' be ereatlv Increased In response to the demands of Lord Roberts and to the fears of the people of a German invasion. Here will be another heavy demand for money. iur armies are expensive tnings and trains of artillery costly. Again, there is the situation in India, which is caus ing real uneasiness and may at any time break out into an open rebellion which will cost many men and much money to subdue. The outlook is anything but cheerful for the financial department ot the British government and for the British taxpayer. New York Press. Hear Dodge on "Pace That Kills," Majestic, Sunday 3 p. m., for men. A Portion of the Exhibit, of the National Association Which Will Be in PILGRIM JOE. A Wearj' Pilgrim Must Be Ever on His Guard. I was proceeding on my happy way between the enterprising town of Jump Off and Happy Day, and I was a-say-ing to myself how much better it was to be innocent than to have a mother-in-law, when I encountered a venerable critter with a pack on his back and a staff in his hand. He had chin whisk ers that waved in the breeze, and on his face there rested a look of Innocence and goodness. I knew him at once for a teller-Pilgrim, and I hailed him with heartiness. When he had hailed me in return he gave me his wrinkled hand and said: Stranger of the highway, I recognize in thee a kindred epeerit, and I am re joiced to meet thee. Thou are one who loves his feller-man. "Yea, most of the time," I answered ed. "Thou hast pity for the sorrering and downtrodden. "Heaps of it." "Thou hast sympathy for an erring brother." "His case always brings tears to my eyes." "Thou wculdst that all men were hon est and upright, and that the sins of the world were cast far, tar away. "That's me to a checker. If I had my way about it there would be no guile in the hearts of men, and no spavins on the legs of horses. The days should be 48 hours long, and every day full of glad sunshine and or those good deeds that make a man's conscience swell like dried apples in the stewing." 'Tis well," said the stranger. "I knew that I could not be mistaken In that face of yours. Descend from the vehicle, feller-Pilgrim, and let us sit here on the grass and converse of the things that make even a good man bet ter." I complied with his request, and for a quarter of an hour we praised the goodness and lamented the badness of men and wondered if the day would ever come when Wall street would find Its last sucker. By and by. after uttering a groan and wiping away the falling tears, the old man turned to me and asked: "Pilgrim, dost it happen that thou hast a pack of what they call playing-cards in thv pocket?" "You mean those cards wlt,h pictures and SDOts on them?" "Aye. truly." "Then it happens that I have a pack. I found them beside a straw-stack, where I fear a auartet of men. without fear of the future in their hearts, had been play ing pl Kame called DOker." 'Tis well. In a dim way I have heard of the (tame. I have sometimes thought I would like to learn it. in order that I might show the unwary the guile there Is in it. I wouldst hold up an object les son to them." 'Tis a thought worthy- of a weary Pilgrim traveling from afar. No man of innocent heart and pure motives can hope to rake in a pot with three jacks in his hand when the bad man opposite has a full-house. Shall we spread a blanket between us and teach each other the rame. that we may be the better pre pared to warn others of the danger of WE POINT WITH PRIDE to the work turned out from this laun dry. We have a right to be proud of the spotless shirts, the correctly turned Collars, the properly finished cults. THE PATRONS OF THIS LAUNDRT are people who would not be satisfied with any but the very best work. That we keep their custom is evidence that we suit them in that respect. Have us call for your washables this week. That will show why we continue to launder for the best people. City Hand Laundry Phones 546. 927 Kansas Are. Bundles Called for and Delivered. raising the Dot on a four-flush?" "Yea. It might be well," he replied in a humble wav and with a far-away look in his eves. For ten minutes we taught each other the value of the cards, and it was sur prising how fast we both picked up in formation. Then it was the venerable and guileless stranger who looked oft over the rolling prairies of Oklahoma, rich with the memories of pipe-lines and sich, and whisDeringly suggested that a little stake would make the game more excit ing. Without suspicion of him in my heart, and solely with a desire to send a cash contribution to the heathens of Africa. I consented, and we each deposited a dollar on the cloth. As we did so, I thought I caught a gleam of avarice in the old man's eyes, while, as I had mine cast down. I am sure he saw nothing. The heathens of Africa had lost ten dollars through me when there came a feeling to my breast that Venerable was not altogether a pure and innocent-hearted man. and I began to sit up and take notice. We had thirty dollars on the blanket when I got a straight-flush in my hand. I reasoned it out that if Venerable was the man I now susplcioned him to be that he would have a hand of fours. The way he began to raise me warmed the cockles of my heart and sent mv sym pathies pouring out for the unfortunate. e were very humble as we played. Out side of our raises we talked mostly of orphans and heathens, and of the Joy of presenting them the wherewithal to buy winter underclothing and to Indulge in auail on toast. Bv and bv. when the pot amounted to a hundred dollars or more, enerable got scared and called my hand. It was a proud moment for the heathen when I laid down that straight-flush. It was a thing of beauty. It beat a red wagon just out of the paint shop. For a long minute the stranger gazed on It, and then he precipitated himself upon me and made use of words not known to the language of Greece in its foremost days. It was a struggle for the right. That is, for the privilege of forwarding that hun dred bones to the snot where it would do the most good, and right conquered. It always does, if it has got the most muscle behind it. though it may receive a black eye and a skinned nose in the conquer ing. When I had hammered Old Venerable to mv heart's content I rose from his re cumbent carcass and gathered up the FIGHT FOIt KNOX'S SEAT. Several Candidates Have Entered the I luce for the Senatorsiiip. Philadelphia, Jan. 23. When President-elect Taft announced the selec tion of United States Senator Philan der C. Knox of Pennsylvania, to fill the chief department in his cabinet, there at once was started a spirited fight for Knox's seat in the senate. There is only a little time left before the legislature meets and one of the most interesting political fights of re cent years Is looked for. Already there are a number of men out active ly after the job. Every faction in the Republican party is mixed up in this grand rush. Of course, it is to be ex pected that Knox's successor will be from the western side, of the state, though complications have come up Congressman Huff, upper left; C. Erick, lower left; Congressman lower right. ri. I I W S Topeka Monday. spoils of virtue and drove away. As I drove, many sayings came into my mind and were uttered bv mv lips, such as: "He who is armed with Integrity can suffer no defeat." And likewise: "The guilty man overcometh himself. And once more: "He who buildeth on deception will come to be tangled up among the ruins of his own house." Any one knowing the address of an African heathen who is hard up will do me a favor by forwarding it. Give post office box if possible. Meanwhile, the hundred will remain in my hind-pocket. I entered the town of Jump Off with a bird singing in my heart., and the glad thought in my soul hat the world had grown 60 per cent better since the elec tions, but alas. I was to be made the vic tim of man's wiles again. The mayor of the- town came forward and gave me the glad hand and extended the freedom of the city, which meant that I could drink in every saloon in the place If I had the cash to pav for it.I had pitched my tent and got ready to take tin-types at ten cents a take, when Old Venerable, who had revived and fallowed on, struck the burgh. He did not seek me out, as one Pilgrim should another, but went to the mayor and declared that I had assaulted and despoiled him 'On tne highway. His Honor called for my side of the story. Truth and Integrity showed so plainly in my face that he could not doubt me, but he had once been a Philadelphia alderman and he could not forego a chance for a divvv. He offered to boot old Venerables out of town if I would share my winnings with him. I could not consent. I had played poker from one of the noblest sentiments that can actuate the human heart, and I did not wish to degenerate it into mere dross. I was given ten minutes in which to make up mv mind, and as I remained steadfast to principle, which means never let go of anything you've got into your pocket, I was driven out of the town in ignominy and humiliation and made to pass the night on the prairie in a sobbing rain storm. I hugged that wad of green backs to my damp heart, however, and felt that though man's inhumanity to man makes countless thousands mourn, as the family almanac has it. $30 in cash goes a long ways in setting up mint julips in hot weather. (Copyrighted, 190S, by T. C. Mc Clure.) which may change even this. Congressmen Burke, Dalzell and Huff are known to have had senatorial aspirations for years and, as was to be expected, hare gone after the hon ors with a vim. Henry C. Frick, the Pittsburg coke and steel king, thinks he has had enough business and now intends to enter politics. He is being backed strongly, by his Pittsburg friends. George T. Oliver, tne well known publisher of the Gazette-Times, and the Chronicle-Telegraph, has a well established boom on foot, as has also William Fllnn, a former state senator. John P. Elkln of the supreme court is another candidate. One of the strongest In the field Is Joshua V. Thompson, the millionaire banker of Uniontown. Whatever the result. It is to be a close, hard fight. Congressman Dalzell, upper right; Henry James Burke, center; Josiah Thompson, si Mr. Isaac Brock, 120 Years Old Iast Btrtlxlay. ISAAC BROCK, a citizen of Mc Lennan county, Texas, has lived for 120 years. For many years he resided at Bosque Falls, eighteen miles west of Waco, but now lives with his son-in-law at Valley Mills, Texas. Mr. Brock Is a dignified old gentle man, showing few signs of decrepi tude. His family Bible is still preserved, and it shows that the date of his birth was written 120 years ago. In speaking of his good health and extreme old age, Mr. Brock says: "One of the things I have found out to my entire satisfaction is the proper tiling for ailments that are due directly to the effects of the climate. For 120 years I have withstood the diangcable climate oi tne cniieu aiaies. "I have always been a very healthy man, but of course, subject to the affections which are due to sudden changes in the climate and tempera ture. "As for Dr. Hartman's remedy, Pertinn. I liave found it to be the best. if not the only reliable remedy for these affections. It has been my stand' by for many years, and I attribute my good health and extreme old age to this remedy. "It exactly meets all my require ments. It protects me from the evil effects of sudden changes; it gives me strength: it keeps my blood in good circulation. I have come to rely upon Ask your Druggist for a Free Peruna Almanac for 1909. Spring Is Not Far Distant Better Have Your Gar Overhauled Now You Probably Know that we are ali experienced auto men and our shop is equipped especially for auto re pairing and nothing else. YOUR CAR WILL DECEIVE OUR ENTIRE ATTENTION TERRY STAFFORD GARAGE Corner 7th and Qiiiocy St Ind. 706 PHONES Bell 1375 JL YOUR SURPLUS When entrusted to our charge, is safe from burglars, fire and your own ex travagance. You cannot spend or lend it so easily. It draws interest every hour of the day, and every day in the year and will lead you to independence and old age ease. Start your account at once. THE PRUDENTIAL STATE SAVINGS BANK HAND SAPOLIO FOR TOILET AND BATH Fingers roughened bf needlework catch every stain and look hopelessly Sixty. Hand Sa polio removes not i cn!y the dirt, but a!so the loosened, hi- j hired cuticle, and restores the finger lo their DMtural beauty. ALL GROCERS AND DRUGGISTS ""I Attribute my Extreme Oldtl Age to the Usem of Pe-ru-na," p it almost entimely for the many littl things for which I need medicine. "When epidemics of la grippe first began to make their appearance in this country Jwas a sufferer from this dis ease. "I had several long sieges with the grip. At first I did not know that Pe ritua was a remedy for tliis (Unease. W hen I heard tliaX la grippe was epi demic catarrh, I tried Peruna, for Is grippe and found it to be Just tha thing." In a later letter Mr. Brock write: "I am well arid feeling as well as I have for years. The only thing that bothers me is my sight. If I could see better I could walk all over the farm and it would to me good. I would not be without Peruna." Tours truly, A letter dated July 3, 1906, written for Mr. Brock by his wife, Sarah J. Brock, states:.. "Last winter I liad Just gotten up out of a spell of sickness, when I com menced taking Peruna. I think It im proved my health very much." In a postscript, Mrs. Bock adds: "He receives a great many letters in quiring about what Peruna will do. I do not answer them all, as I think the can get a bottle and try it." JL REDUCTION ON SMOKELESS SHOT GUN SHELLS 65c to 80c Shells for, per box GOc F. A. Bauman 215 Kan. Av. Don't Get a Divorce. A western ludne itranted a divorce on account of ill-temD-r and bad breath. Dr. King's New IJfe Pills would hav prevented It. They cure Constipation, causing bad breath and I-iver Trouble the ill-temper, dispel colds, banish headaches, conquer chills. 2&c at Campbell Urug Co. if

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE J OUBHAIr SATURDAY EVENING. JANITAIIY 23, 1909. A u i K i F s r 8 i a 4; v. 1 i" 9 V The Man at tlie Bouatiful Gate. The International Sunday School Les- V. son for January 24 Is. The Lame Man Healed." Acts 3:1-26. V. BT WILLIAM T. KLLJ8. The practical banishment of the pro fessional beggar is one of the seldom noted achievements of Christianity. The occasional mendicant met upon the streets of a great city cannot be classed with the professional beggar wnom Orient knows. The distressing suwu cants for alms that a traveler meets in liegthan lana ova withmit a parallel in all Christendom. The very memory of the sights and sounds is a nightmare, x am still haunted bv the heart-rending cries of the abject creatures, otten hideously maimed, whom I have heard and seen especially in China and India. These professional beggars are public characters even as was the lame man by the beautiful gate of Solomons Temple who cried to Peter and John for aid. He was as familiar a spec tacle to worshippers as the pillars of the magnificent colonnade itself. He lived by the small doles which were thrown to him: we in the west have no coin small enough to express the size of the average bit of money gen to besrears in the Orient, Prooaoiy It to worshippers in the t amr,i tVio contrast between this broken bit of humanity, and the gorgeous architecture, had aught to do with religion. It is a aisnnci ewucv. of the advance made in our own times that men shake their heads over the juxtaposition of stately cathedrals and squalid tenements. There is something wrong when religion can rear magnin cent structures alongside of the abodes of direst suffering. Today it Is the recognized business of the church to do for all the poor and suffering what Peter did for the lame man at the gate, when he stretched forth his hand end bade him arise. Vnemploycd and Idle. The hpee-ay sat at the Beautiful Gate t Every door of ascent has alongside of it a waiting ODDortunity. There is need everywhere. The young persons who lament that thev have "no chance," would more truly express the situation if they bemoaned their lack of wit and of Impulse. No sphere is too narrow to afford a person an oppor tunity for the expression of his largest and highest powers. There is work on every hand, in the form of occasions for human ministry. Great Britain is witnessing at pres ent heart-sickening processions of the unemployed. The churches there are doing much to meet the exigencies of this extraordinary condition; and it is no palliation of the neglect of a Chris tian civilization, or of the inequalities of a social order which permits this state of affairs, to say that the unem ployed should not also be wholly Idle. There Is work even when there are no wages. It Is a strange fact that most men and women, when they lose posi tions, give themselves to Idleness, ex cept as they may seek work, instead of embracing the opportunity for self-im-i provement and altruistic usefulness. No matter how hard one's own lot, there is a neighbor whose lot is worse. The salvation of society is to come by everybody's having In his heart the im pulse which prompted Peter to cure the lame beggar. Religion for All of a Man. Nowadays it is no new doctrine that the church has business not only with all men, but with all of man. Her realm Is no longer confined to the strictly spiritual. Whatever serves man's body or spirit is a legitimate office for re ligion. The problem of poverty is, it is true, a problem of the state; but be fore that it is a problem of the church. That so much of the socialized thought of our day is outside of the realm of organized Christianity is a reflection upon the latter; even though the so cialistic Impulse is born directly of the new spirit which Christ has brought into the world. Peter looked upon the lame man by the gate, and said, "Silver and gold have I none, but what I have, that give I thee." It is better to have pity in the heart than gold in the hand. A sense of fellowship with the suffering of the world is a heritage from the Christ who himself suffered. If Christianity is not compassionate it is not Christllke. "You see, the church can no longer say like Peter. 'Silver and gold have I none.' boasted Innocent IV to Thomas Aquinas, and that great philosopher remarked in his turn, "Nor can she say. "Rise up and walk.' The church today commands the wealth of th3 world. She Is master of the resources of civilization. All the material needs of all the world she can do more to meet than any other agency. Whether she still has, to apostolic degree, the impulse of self-sacrifice and of concern for human weal which animated Peter, is not so clear. Assuredly, the trend of the day Is toward a fresh realization of v the church's responsibility for the 1 Ijneetlng of the world's needs. This re-f-ponsibility is to be met both by gifts of gold and by the outstretched hand of brotherliness and helpfulness. Asking Little and Getting Much. After all. money is the least valuable thing that a man can give toward meeting the world's needs. The beggar who sought alms of the apostles want ed only such a trifling dole as the Orient is accustomed to give to pro fessional mendicants. He knew full well that what men gave to him cost them little. There is seldom the throb bing heart of pity In the breast of those who give to the poor "to acquire merit," as the religious phrase of the Orient has it. The beggar asked little; he got much. He sought money; he found health and holiness and newness of life. Peter's hand was empty, but he gave the hand. Like his Master, he reached out and touched the suffering one. Today the church is getting back her healing touch upon men's suffering bodies All the skill of medical science is ni-oner for her to use, but this has limitations which must be supplemented by the al leviating, ameliorating, soothing, con-fidence-restorin- touch of the hand of Save Sickness The prompt and sure relief given in acute stomach, bowel and liver complaints, has created an annual sale of over six million boxes of i BEECH ARTS PILLS .!S4 Ervrywbar. In boxes tOo. and 25c religion. Of course, nobody wants the church to become merely a medical dispensary or a soup kitchen. She is more than that. Peter gave the lame man healing, but he also gave mm a spiritual emancipation which set him to walking and leaping and praising God. It is the life, then, that strength ens the body without. It is not new arms or new legs or new eyes that hu manity needs, so much as it is a new heart; and that is the offer which Christ makes through his church. The World at Gaze. The shop windows that attract most attention are those in which there is something moving. Any street fakir who knows his business can get a crowd simply by doing things. When religion accomplishes real works, then the attention of mankind Is attracted. Whenever Christianity sends a man or a community, healed and rejoicing, on his way, the world stands at gaze. A ministering church will never suffer from the indifference of its community. One of the magazines told recently how a Catholic priest in a degenerate town in the coal regions had trans formed the community into law-abiding and thrift. That incident attracted attention, not only through the adja cent region, but throughout the nation. "The Baptist Commonwealth" report ed the other day the visit of a young Turk who. prior to the recent granting of constitutional government, had nev er been outside of Constantinople. As a devout Moslem, he would not go to a Christian church, but he was glad to spend Sunday nu.rning in visiting- hospital. He said to his friend that he supposed that, after all the Christians who needed help had been cared for, then possibly the hospital would take in a Jew or a. Turk. It was almost beyond his- belief, when he found an Arab and a Turk in the hospital, no questions having been asked concern ing their creed, and the men in re ceipt of the same treatment that was given to ail other patients. That ex pression of Christianity moved him so deeply that when he left the hospital he stopped on the pavement, and in Mohammedan fashion, invoked the blessing of heaven upon such an in stitution. Incidents without number can be piled up from the mission field to show, similarly, that the Christlike ministry of the representatives of the gospel challenges the attention and ad miration of the most bigoted heathen. A ministering Christianity s a con quering Christianity. Xen- Ideas in Religion, The excitement created by Peter's miracle when he healed the lame man caused the multitude to look to him for an explanation. Thev had never seen it on this wise before. Like many modern people, they were afraid of some new fashion in connection with the temple. Peter reassured them. It was simpiy the same God whom they had always known and worshipped, whose power had wrought the wonder. The God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob had chosen a new way of ex pressing himself. What that way was Peter explained as he presented to them Jesus. It was a model sermon that Peter preached, especially in its happy link ing of a great and general truth to an immediate incident. Much teaching and preaching misses the mark be cause it is not connected with life. It is possible to start from anywhere to go everywhere. Peter made the near est event a text for preaching the one gospel that was ever on his lips. A public speaker has been heard to say that he always reads the latest edition of the newspaper before going to the platform, and usually he finds some in cident or event that will connect his main theme with the most recent pres ent interest of his hearers. The lame man was merely a text and an illus tration of the great message of Chris tianity, that God is revealing his love to mankind in new ways, and that he longs to serve and heal them. A Book of Bis Things. Terse Comments upon the Christian Kndeavor Topic for January 24, "Life lessons for me from the book of Genesis." Gen. 1:1-8, 26-31. BY WILLIAM T. ELLIS. Conventionally pious advice is "read the Bible." But the Bible is so big. and so varied, and so full of things hard to understand, that the very magnitude of the task deters many persons from un dertaking It at all. Why not go a step at a time? Ignoring, for a moment, all the other books of the wonderful col lection, let us concentrate attention upon the first volume of the immortal library. Here Is the Book of Genesis, which, except for some dry spots, is most interesting reading. It Is one of the books which a person has to know if he would make any claim to being cultivated. All literature is full of al lusions to it and quotations from it. It Is a book that has dared the biggest themes. With divine audacity, it un dertakes to tell of the beginnings of the universe, of God, of man, of sin. and of history's springs. The most that man kind knows about first things it has learned from this Book of Beginnings. A wise person makes sure that a pro portion of his reading i3 in the litera ture of power. That is to say, he reads books which inspire him. This old story of first things is such a character-making book. It lifts the spirit up to a vision of a wide horizon. It kindles noble conceptions of God and of man and of destiny. In Its pages may be found light for the present day. The greatest books are those which make the reader greater. The person who reads Genesis as a text book on geology may be disap pointed, but he who accepts It aa a handbook of life will be satisfied. Life's great end is learned when its beginning is understood. Philosophy has no greater lesson for man thai this statement with which Genesis opens "In the beginning, God." God's plans were high, although man's performance was low. The Lord designs an Eden for his children, but mankind persistently spurns the 'lofti ness of his inheritance. The thought of the Creator for us was better than our desires for ourselves. Critics are complaining that most of the characters in the present volumin ous output of literature are mere mani kins and puppets. They are not real. They are clothed in modern fashions, but not In flesh and blood. The older books were otherwise. And this oldest of books is distinguished by the living reality of the men and the women who walk through its pages. Abraham was "the friend of God," but he is also the friend of every close reader of his biography. Jacob was just such a man in many ways, as one of our neighbors today. His sons are too human to have been, invented as heads of a nation's tribes. The pastoral scenes in the Book of Genesis breathe the very atmosphere of the Orient. And from this same book we learn most of what is com monly known about Egypt. Joseph is a man of like passions with ourselves he lives more vividly than any of the Pharaohs. Back of the effect is the cause. Be hind all beginnings the beginnings of biology, geology and astronomy stands the majestic figure of Omnipotence. The major lesson of life has been mas tered when the causal, creative place of God has been learned. The key to me riddle of life is that God the Creator Is also God the Father. "T-Viot ar tVitn ct harrt to brt under the Book of Genesis. Also In er of the universe pays his pupils the pomoliment of assigning them hard lessons. Adam was a poor example for all his grandchildren. He tailed in grown man's first obligation, which is to assume responsibility for all his own actions, and to shelter the woman given to his care. He tried to blame his own weakness upon the one whom he should have been strong enougn to protect. In every garden there Is a serpent to prove whether man is fit to possess the garden. A temptationiess me would be unworthy of sovereign souls with wills to cultivate and exercise. Happy is the man who, like Noah has an ark of safety when life's deluges overtake him. There Is always a second best way. Man failed in Eden, but succeeded in the Garden of Gethsemane. All his tory is a record of the opportunities God gives men to try again. Worldly success may still be used, as bv Joseph of old. to the honor or Je hovah and the service of righteous ness. A religion of vital power must have Its best days In the future. Genesis points ahead, to a Promised Land and to a sure Deliverer. SEVEX SEXTEXCE SERMONS. A man only understands what is akin to something already existing in himself. Amiel. Forgiveness is man's deepest need and highest achievement. tiusnnen. Are there not. Festus, are there not dear Michal, Two points in the adventure of the diver. One when, a beggar, he prepares to plunge. One when, a prince, he rises with his pearl? Festus, I plunge! Browning. If we are ever in doubt what to do It is a good rule to ask ourselves what we shall wish on the morrow that we had done. John Lubbock. The greatest thing in the world is a good man, and all good flows out of the spring called a great neart. N. McGee Waters. Life. I repeat, is energy of love Divine or human: exercised in pain. In strife and tribulation; and ordained If so approved and sanctified, to pass Through shades and silent rest, to end less Joy. Wordsworth.

When God calls, he qualifies; when he qualifies, he calls. Matthew Henry. SEWS AYD .NOTES. The Jaymen's missionary movement plans a national campaign, Including meetings in a hundred cities, for next winter. Congregationalists are to have a committee of a hundred men to make a thoroughgoing study of the whole brotherhood movement, for the benefit of their own denominational brother hood. A woman who had been fifty-four years bedridden, Mrs. Bella Cooke of New York, "the saint of Second ave nue," died recently aged 87 years. During that period she was visited by many neighbors, and was the almoner of wealthy friends, for whom she dis tributed thousands of dollars to the needy. The Joint committee of the Presby terian. Methodist and Congregational churches of Canada has come to an agreement on a basis of union. This must now be submitted to the churches. Mr. John R. Whitney, formerly a well known figure in International Sunday school work, and latterly a writer of Sunday school expositions, recently died at an advanced age. In Chicago there is a laymen's evan gelistic council, which is to have charge of a series of evangelistic meetings to be conducted by Dr. J. Wilbur Chapman and his associates. Rev. Arthur Gordon, son of the late Dr. A. J. Gordon of Boston, has been appointed pastor of the English Bap tist church. Rangoon, Burma. Most "reform" movements beget much bitterness, but it is said that "Los von Rome" movement in Austria, The Florist HIRAM HULSE Grows his own plants in his own greenhouses Elmwood and Greenwood Aves., Potwin Special attention given to floral de signs. PALMS TO RENT Sales and display rooms 819 Kansas Avenue Phone 4SS whereby sixty thousand persons hv in late years become Protestants, has been characterized by a singularly irenic spirit. Rev. F. B. Meyer, the famous Lon don author and preacher. Is to make a speaking tour through the Levant and the Far East this spring. The London Missionary society re cently held a simultaneous "mission ary mission" in the Congregational churches of England. A full week was devoted to deepening the interest of church members, in world service. A Bible class of 1,500 members is taugnt every week m Grand Rapids Dy uev. ur. j times liray. There are now 700 Korean students, averaging- nineteen years of age, study. mg In Toklo, and a special Y. M. C. A. work is aone among them. RELIGIOUS THOUGHT. Gems Gleaned From the Teachings of All Denominations. Truth is mighty and will prevail, but it prevails by getting Incarnated in man. Rev. Dr. E. L. House. Conere- gationaiist. spoKane, wash. ENDURING LIGHTS. There are lights that endure forever. lights of truth, of conscience, of duty, or purity, or nonness. uev. E. L. Pow ell, Presbyterian, Louisville, Ky. STRONGEST SOULS. The purest and the strongest souls are those who have spent most time alone with their Creator. Rev. Dr. S Edward Young; Presbyterian, Brook lyn. MAKING HEROES. Knowledge of right will make a herb of the frailest. The one who realizes that he is right with God can bathe his hands in the martyr flame. Rev. Dr. White, Baptist, Macon, Ga. OWNERSHIP. "We should have a great sense of own ership in all God's universe. This world is all ours when once we have the spirit of Christ in us to enjoy it. Rev. Dr. S. Edward Young, Presbyterian, Brooklyn. TRULY GREAT MAN. The really great man is he who, in spite of his relation to carnality and sin, leaps beyond or, rather, by pa tient, gradual rise mounts the skies and rises above all fogginess and little ness. Rev. T. Alrd Moffat, Congrega tionalism Newark, N. J. LAUGH CURES FOR TROUBLES. If we would laugh more and grum ble less about the table there would not be so much indigestion. We need more sympathy, love and co-operation in order that we may understand and appreciate each other's position and disposition. Rev. wilham W. Bustard, Baptist, Roxbury, Mass. BEWARE OF LITTLE SINS. The beginning of sin Is like the let ting out of water or the starting of fire. A little leak in the dike if not mended will lead to the ruination of the whole country. Beware, then, of the beginnings of evil. Beware of so called little sins. Above all, beware of that foul mother, envy, that produces such offspring of evil. Rev. Dr. Sam uel H. Woodrow, Congregationalist, Washinzton. HOPE FOR HUMANITY. By the roadside of human life lie many specimens of manhood well nigh useless, but Jesus Christ with infinite patience and love shows his willing ness to lift up those who seem to be the most helpless, "dead in trespasses and sins," and by imparting to them his own divine life and strength nur tures them until they bud and blossom nto Christian manhood. Rev. fa. J. Robinson, Baptist, Brooklyn. VALUE OF -FAILURE. The world needs men who are not afraid of failure. There Is nothing so conducive to fearlessness of failure as fearlessness ot standing and fighting alone. He who is not afraid of being in the minority Is a majority in himself. v nen ine uerman diet refused to accept Moltke's proposition for frontier defenses and for the reorgan ization of the army he said, "Very well; :hen Prussia, must do It alone. And Prussia proceded alone, and its resulting strength coerced the others to fall in line. For daring to stand and fight alone Moltke was for a time the most hated officer In the German army. In the end he attained that success that made him the best beloved. Rev. Dr. Krauskopf, Hebrew, Philadelphia. REAL PITY. There Is too much barbarism in our penal code. It would punish those who are sick, loo mucn It goes on tne theory that infractions of the social code are (willful violations. It is built on the theory that every man is Dorn a tree agent, xne fact Is that every one inherits the indul gences and sins of his parents and his grandparents. There is in all men who strive to do right a battle between the good and the bad. The crown and the clown are limited in their power to ao as they would. The giant and the weakling inherit the results of sins of former gen erations. It is preached In this day of stupidity, half learning and poor logic that God is good and therefore there is no struggle between good and bad In man. It is our duty not to shun the sinner, but to pity Vm, and pity, not with words alone, but real pity means an effort to rescue. Rev. Dr. Eniil G. Hirsch, Hebrew, Chicago. LIFE'S BEST EPOCH. For many reasons the last epoch of man's career ought to be the happiest, the wisest and the most influential. Human life is like a goodly fruit tree, but the best epoch for the tree is not the time of April blossoms nor the July's green fruit;" the best hour for the tree Is the hour of maturity, when the husbandman tretches forth his hand and plucks the fruit waiting to be garnered. Human life Is like a river, but the river Is not at its best when It rises a little mountain pring, nor when mklway in its course the river runs bank full, swollen with the passionate rains of heated summer: the river is at Its best when it leaps into the aeep wnere us stream is cleansed ana its mire settled. Human life is like a sum mer's day, but the beautiful day is not at Its best in the morning, before the sun has cleared itself of clouds, nor at noon when its fierce heat blisters the fields; the most beautiful hour of the day is when the sun begins to slant, when its flame is tempered and the sunbeams turn every fallen bough into a wand of gold, and the happy harvesters go singing homeward. Nevertheless youth and middle aee have eclipsed the fame of the afternoon of life. Rev. Dr. Newell Dwight Hillis, Congre gationallst, Brooklyn. BIBLE STUDY XV. Text: Epistle to the Galatians A Leading- Thought 3:11. Galatlans is called the Kev of the New Testament Apologetics. The Charter of Evangelical faith. The Magna Charta of the Christian reli gion. The Emancipation Proclamation f Christianity. The epistle of Protest- ntlsm. It was Luther's favorite epis tle. Dr. Chapman says: "Galatians grips you." Chapter names and verses: 1. Paul's gospel from Christ. 24. 2. Paul and Peter. 20. S. The Law and the Gospel. 13. 4. Bondage versus Liberty. 6. 5. Christian liberty brings Free dom. 22, 23. 6. Results born of Christian lib erty. 7. 1. How many letters did Paul write 2. How many were to churches? Nam them. 3. How many were to Individuals? Name them. 4. How many were written while traveling? 5. How many were written in prison? 6. wnich are the Pastoral epis tles? 7. Of what special value are Paul's letters to the church? a. Where were churches? 9- What was the purpose ot the letter? (Last page). 10. On what ground did Paul de fend his apostolic authority? 11. In what connection did we study the facts In chapter two? 12. What was the great Question concerning salvation? 13. On what grounds does Paul de fend the Gospel he preached? 14. What did he say was the ob ject of the law? 15. What of those who accepted Christ through faith? 16. Against what did Paul earnest ly warn the Galatians? 17. By what three facts regarding nimseir did he urge his readers to re main loyal to him and to his gospel? 18. What allegory did he give to illustrate the superiority of the gospel to the law? 19. To what does he exhort in chapter five? 20. What will surrendering to the Spirit, bring? 21. How would he have them use their Christian freedom? 22. What enemies of God and man are outlined? 23. What graces are called "the fruit of the Spirit?" 24. What must be the mark of a Christian? 25. What shall the Christian's har vest be? 26. What three things are noted in the postscript? 27. How does the letter close? 28. What Bpecial in regard to the writinsr of the letter? GENERAL VIEW OF THE EPISTLES TO THE GALATIANS. 1. Author? Paul. 2. Place and date? Corinth 57 A. D. 3. To whom written? 1:2. "To the churches of Galatia." 4. Purpose? 18. To vindicate his own apostolic authority. 2. To pre sent the true Idea of Christian liberty. 5. Character of the people ad dressed? 1:6; 4:9, 15, 16; 6:16. Demonstrative and of fickle mind. "Legal Galatians." 6. Key-word or thought? Law and grace. Faith. "Son-ship" 4:7. 7. Key-verse? 2-16. 8. Prominent word or phrase? Law." (25). 9. Leading thought about Christ Christ the emancipator; the authority for Paul's apostleship and gospel in A Personal verse b:z. 11. A special teaching? There is onlv one gospel. 11. Outline. Chapters 1, 2. defends his apostolic authority Paul defends the gospel: 5, 6. Paul 3. 4. Paul applies the doctrine. MRS. C H. M.LiJNiMxrij-iiin. cnvncn NOTICES. First Baotist church. Rev. Thomas Toung, minister. Miss Jennie E. Blinn, choirmaster ana pianist; air. yiu. aua ver, precentor; Mr. Roscoe Dawson, conductor of orchestra. Selections from the oratorio oi tne Elijah, by Mendelssohn, Sunday even ing, January 24. Prelude Serenade, (snyaer. urcnes- tra. Processional Jerusalem the doiaen. Hymn 14. The Story By the pastor. Aria It is Enough. Mr. Shaver. Trio Lift Thine Eyes. Miss Currle, Miss Whiteker, Mrs. Kimbrough. Chorus He Watching over xsraei. Notices. Offertory Selection from Mendelssohn. Mr. Dawson, Miss Emery. Aria Hear Ye Israel. Mrs. r vx. Hughes. The Interpretation y tne pasior. Hymn 227. Benediction, (congregation seated). Choral Cast Thy Burden Upon the Lord. Choir. The Westminster Presbyterian, Rev. Ralnh Ward castor. The pastor will exchange pulpits tomorrow with the Rev. A. H. Morrison of Leavenworth, who will occupy this pulpit at both services. Morning service at 11 o'clock evening service at 7:30. The other ser vices as usual. East side M. E. church, J. Wesley Johnston, pastor, Sunday scnooi at 9:45 a. m.. morning worhip and ser mon at 11 a. m.; revival service at 7:30 p. m. Euclid Avenue Methodist Episcopal, Marvin Culpepper pastor, Sunday school 9:45 a. m. Revival sermon by Rev. J. E.,Schen 11 a. m., 2:30 p. m. and 7:30 p. m. First Baptist church, Thos. S. Young, pastor. Sunday school at 9:30 a. m., J. west, Bupenmenaenu Preaching at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Toung people's meeting at 6:15 p. m. Pastor 'will preach a sermon suggest ed by state board of health. Evening service: Selections from the oratorio The Elijah" and short sermon, or chestra will assist. First Presbyterian church. Rev. D., pastor 9:45 Stephen S. Estey, D. YOUR BUSINESS CREDIT Is enhanced by being related financially with the most reliable bank in your city. People have confidence in an institution whose busi ness character has never been tarnished by any of its dealings. Sup pose you start Monday to bank with the BANK OF TOPEKA DEPOSITS $2,010,500.00 3. B. BURROW, President. W. wx. YWt mn E. K. AMBi Cutter a THOMPSON. t Cfcrtttexv w-W. The Central National Bank of Topeka Is thoroughly equipped in all departments to promptly serve Banks, corporations and individuals and respectfully solicits their business. Every accommodation granted consistent with conservative banking. DIRECTORS C 8. oxdnsn. B. M. PATfTE. J. R. BURROW. A. W, BRONSOK P. J. CLEVENGEB. P. X. BONBBRJUQE. 2S 2S .A339 The Merchants National Bank Capital, Surplus and Profits $200,000 Strictly a Commercial Bank 605 Kansas Avenue One Dollar and Thirty-Five Cents to Kansas City and Return a. m.. Sabbath school; 11 a. m. morn ing service, sermon by the pastor; 3 p. m. Redden chapel Sabbath school. First Congregational, Francis L. Hayes, pastor. Services at 11 and 7:30, Sunday school and Bible classes 9:45. Morning: Unveiling and dedi cation of the memorial window In memory of "Warren M. Crosby. Even ing: Musical service, the vested choir of eight voices will give a part of the Cantata entitled "The Prodigal Son," by Vincent. First Methodist Episcopal church. Rev. Frank N. Lynch, D. D., pastor. At 11 o'clock Sunday morning the W. H. M. S. of the church will hold its anniversary. Miss Mabel K. Hil bish of Iowa, will deliver the address At 7:30 p. m. the pastor will preach on the following subject, "The Appeal to Reason In Religion." Special mu sic at both services. All Invited. Sun day school at 9 o'clock. St. John's Evangelical Lutheran church, P. D. Mueller, pastor. German services at 10:30 a. m. English services at 7:30 p. m. Lowman Chapel, Methodist Episcopal, C E. Holcombe, pastor. The pastor will preach at 11 a. m. on 'The Passion, for Souls." and at 7:30 will conduct an evan gelistic service. First Unitarian church. Rev. J. H. Jones, pastor. Service 11 a. m. Subject. "Man His Brothers Keeper." Sunday school 10 a. m. Wesleyan Methodist church, F. C. Hill, astor. Sunday school at 10 a, m. Preach ng at 11 a. m. Preachinjr at 7:30 D. m.. by Rev. J. F. HIner of Easton, Kan. German M. E. church, John Koehler, pastor. Sunday school at 9:30. Preaching and communion service at 10:45 a. m. Evening services at 7:3n Rev. D. W. Smith of Kansas City, district superin tendent, will conduct the meetings. The North ConeTerational church. Sun-' day school at 10 o'clock, Mrs. H. F. Mark- I ham, superintendent. Preaching service at 11 o'clock, Mr. Frank Babcock. pastor. Mrs. Thomas Gray, missionary from Micronesia, will speak at both, services. Church of St. Simon the Cyrenlan (Episcopal), the Rev. H. B. Brown, priest. 7:30 a. m., celebration of the Holy Eu charist; 10 a. m., Sunday school; 11 a m.. Matins (choral) with sermon, subject. 'Victorv Over Evil: 4:30 D. m.. evensong: (choral) with sermon, subject, "Compen sation for Following Christ.' All are cordially welcome to these services. Evangelical association, C. L Sorg, pas tor. Sunday school 9:30; German sermon 10:45 a. m.; English sermon 7:30 p. m. Strangers are heartily welcome. The monthly college Vesper service for January will be held In the Washburn chapel cm Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock. A coraiai inviiauon to au. xne pro gramme follows: Mellodie Rachmaninoff Miss Anabelle Troutznan. Hymn The Hour of Prayer Scott vvasnDurn jiris- wuarcette. These Are They Gaul Alias ieien .turner. Scripture. Prayer. My Bon Attend unto My woras... Vincent jar. ijaie ioing. H; ymn. Address .Dr. Frank T. Lee Rejoice Greatly (from Messiah) Handel Miss Helen Hogeboom. They Shall Hunger No More (from The roaigai son). Washburn Choral Society. Benediction. First Christian church. Charles A. Finch. paBtor. Bible school 9:45 a. m. Communion and preaching 11 a. m. Even ing service 7:30 o clock. Walnut Grove Methodist church. C. B. Zook. oastor. Sunday school 9:45. M. C. Nay lor, superintendent; worship with ser mon 11 a. m. by the pastor: evening ser vice will be addressed by Miss Mabel Hil- blsh In honor or the w. H. M. S. Mrs. Robert Loofbourrow of Neodesha will sing "My God and Father While I Stray," by Marston. Second Church of Christ Scientist. Ser vice at 11 a. m. Sunday school 9:45. Wednesday evening S o clock. First United Brethren church. Bible school at 9:45 a. m., Mr. D. L. Hoatson, superintendent. The pastor, O. T. Deever, will preach Doth morning ana evening. Subject of discourse at 11 a. m., "Soul t BOMSBlfcAXE. W Pre. B. XIRUBR, UjSiJ. W. GLKETX. s. a. OTT. Via the Rock Island Ry. On Sale January 22 to January 28 Inclusive. Return February 1st. Double Tracks. No Stops. Fast Time. Pbone 384 Pleasure to answer your questions. TRANGERS WELCOM FINE CANDIES AND GI6AR5. THE BEST EQUIPPED HALL !N THE STATE. 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