The Topeka State Journal (Topeka, Kansas)
December 17, 1910
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EVERYBODY 20 PAGES EVERYBODY 20 PAGES READS IT. LAST EDITION. SATURDAY EVENING. TOPEKA, KANSAS, DECEMBER 17, 1910. SATURDAY EVENING.. FIVE CENTS. GREEN OJUTAND. Tells of Relations With Selina Dalrymple. Treated Her as a Member of Family. DENIES HER STORY. Never Promised to Marry the Woman. Case Goes Oyer Till Monday for Arguments. Both sides in the $25,000 Dalrym-ple-Green breach of promise suit rest ed a few minutes before 5 o'clock Fri day afternoon, and the jury was ex cused until Monday morning on ac count of the sickness of M. Jack, a member of the jury. William Green, the defendant in the sensational suit, was the last witness called by the de fense. His testimony failed to de velop new features and his frank denial of allegations in the plaintiff's petition and testimony was a disap pointment to at least the audience in the crowded court room. Every im portant charge made by the little woman from Wisconsin was flatly de nied by the former mayor and the cross examination failed to break his testimony on material points. Following a day grilling cross ex aminations, the defendant went to the stand to tell his own story of the three months' visit from his niece. He de nied that he kissed and hugged her the night of November 8, 1909. He denied that he went to her room later Jn the evening and spent several hours there. He denied that while in her room a marriage contract was made between the defendant and plaintiff. He denied that in the course of Miss Dalrymple's stay in Topeka her treat ment in the store and the Green home had been anything but the most cour teous and considerate. He denied that she was discharged from the store. He denied that she was heart broken or sad when she went to Chi cago. On the other hand the witness claimed that the greatest effort was made to make Miss Dalrymple feel as though she were a member of the family. He said the day she left she was happy, smiling and Jolly. He said she told him she would write often when she returned home just aa she had done in the past. In the 55 min utes that William Green was in the witness chair, no question was ever asked concerning the letter it Is claimed he wrote to Miss Dalrymple In Chicago, inviting her to tell her cousin all and vowing that he, William Green, would never stand for a hold up never. "And now that Is all you want to sav. is it?" asked Ed McKeever as Judge Hazen turned the witness over to the plaintiff for cross examination. The witness looked puzzled for a mo ment and then replied that he was willing to be examined. The cross examination was lively and of a heat ed nature, but did not exceed the bounds of the direct examination of the witness. Not at Home on November 8. On direct examination the witness said he was 65 years old, and had written to the plaintiff to come to Topeka to work in the store at the suggestion of his son, Bert Green. He said the plaintiff went to work in the store Monday, November 8, the day following her arrival. Then the wit ness told of the events of the night Miss Dalrymple alleges Ceen prom ised to marry her. "Where were you the night of Nov. 8th?" "I attended a meeting of the coun cel." "What time did you go to the meet ing "I was there at 7:30." "What time did the meeting close thnt night?" "It is impossible to say, but judging from the bulk of business transacted, I would say that we were probably there until after 11 o'clock, possibly midnight." "On that night did you go to Miss Davrymple's room?" "I did not." "Was there any conversation that night between you and Miss Dalrymple about getting married?" "None whatever." The witness testified as to the slid ing door between the room he occu pied and the room assigned to Miss Dalrymple. He said the key was us ually In the door on the side the plaintiff occupied. He was not sure the transom was kept open. "You heard Miss Dalrymple's tes timony that you entered her room on or about Nov. 30," said Judge Hazen. "Tell the jury is that true." "It la not true." Never Promised to Marry. Then Hazen recited other dates on which the plaintiff alleged that the de fendant visited her room unsolicited. In answer to every charge the witness replied that the statement was untrue. "Was there ever any contract exist ing, whereby you and the plaintiff in this action were to be married at any time?" "There never was." "Now, how was Miss Dalrymple treated in your home and in the store." "In the home she was treated as a member of the family and in the store she was treated with every con sideration." Then the defendant told of sending Miss Dalrymple the clothing belonging to the late Mrs. Green at her request. Among the articles which Miss Dal rymple received was a $350 seal skin coat. Referring to the events at the Santa Fe depot when Miss Dalrymple returned to Chicago, Mr. Green said in answer to a number of questions: "While at the depot, I bought her a ticket to Chicago and a Pullman tick et. I put them in an envelope together with the $20 which M;ss Dalrymple had been short at the sto-e and hand ed them to her. She seemed very happy, her physical condition seemed aa good as anytime she was In our home. She said she would write to me when she returned home just as she had always written. I introduced hor to Mr. Coburn, who was also go ing to Chicago on the same train and they left Topeka in the same Pullman. As she started to leave, we shook hands and I kissed her." The witnes underwent a rapid fire cross examination but he clung to the main points in his testimony and took his time in answering questions. Miss Dalrymple Again Called. Miss Dalrymple was called by the plaintiff in rebuttal and denied the story of Miss Doyle to the effect that she told her she was happy because she would be compelled to give up her room at the Green home. "Tell about that room," said McKee ver. "One day Mrs. Green came to me," said the witness, "and said, 'I am boss .of this house, and you can stay here as long as I say so. I am looking for a room for you up the street' "Did you say anything to Miss Doyle about this?" "I never talked to Miss Doyle about the Green mansion in my life." "Tell if the transom in your room was always left open." "It was not. Sometimes it was open and sometimes it was shut." Says She Was Incompetent. Bert Green, testifying for the de fendant, told of Miss Dalrymple's in competency in the store and how the family had tried to help her and make her feel at home. On cross examina tion he said he should have objected very seriously had he thought his fath er had any intention to marry tne plaintiff. "If your father had said he Intend ed to marry this woman, you would have raised a rumpus?" asked Mc Keever. "No, not a rumpus," said the wit ness, "but I would have tried to talk him out of it." "He didn't take you Into his secret about love affairs did he?" "Well, I never knew he had any love affairs." DEFENDANT IS DEAD. Railway President Had Home Trou bles and Fight on Theosophlsts. Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 17. President John F. Hanson of the Central Georgia railroad, who died of heart' failure Fri day, was defendant In a divorce suit at the time of his death. Some years ago Mrs. Hanson and all her children save one embraced theosophy. This an gered Mr. Hanson and domestic condi tions reached such a point that Mrs. Hanson and two grown children with their families went to Point Loraa, Cal., where they joined the theosophist col ony. At the time Mrs. Hanson went to Point Loma, Mr. Hanson published a card denouncing theosophists and al leging that they had broken up his home. Mr. Hanson moved from Macon to Atlanta. He paid attention to Mrs. T. Mitchell Horner, daughter of Isaac Emerson- of Baltimore and sister of Mrs. Smith Hollins McKlm, who lived here and was at the time suing her hus band for divorce. Mrs. Horner got a vorce and married J. H. McVickar of New Tork. About the time Mrs. Hor ner wedded McVickar, Mrs. Hanson re turned from Point Loma and filed suit for a divorce. She charged Hanson with cruelty and mentioned his attentions to Mrs. McVickar. Hanson issued a pamphlet In answer, defending Mrs. McVickar and alleging his wife's suit was brought at the in stance of the Point Loma theosophists, who wanted his fortune. The suit is still pending, Hanson's lawyers having secured a postponement. Hanson was the son of a Methodist preacher and entered the ministry him self when young, but he left the pul pit for business and for years had been prominent in manufacturing and rail roading. Although a confederate sol dier, he joined the Republican party soon after the war on the protection issue. TALKS HiS GLASSES OFF Macon of Arkansas Vigorously Op poses Increase in Salaries. Washington, Dec. 17 Representative Macon, of Arkansas, talked so vigorous ly over the question of government economy in opposing an attempt to in crease some clerical salaries In the leg islative, executive and judicial appro priation bill that when he had finished, his glasses had disappeared. After much looking, during which he tried to read with several pairs of glasses offered to him by other members, his own were discovered in a far corner under his desk, where evidently they had been kicked after having fallen to the floor. Mr. Macon spoke so fervently in fa vor of keeping down salaries that Rep resentative Barlett of Georgia told him he must be intending to run for the senate from Arkansas. Mr. Macon did not deny or affirm his intention in this direction, although he blushed deeply when senatorial aspirations were men tioned by his colleague. GUNNESS CASE ECHO. Administrator's Report Shows Funds Amounting; to $2,223. Laporte, Ind., Dec. 17. An echo of the Belle Gunness case was heard when Fred Pitner, administrator of the estate of Andrew Helgelein, filed his final report, showing he had In his possession $2,223, which Judge Galla her directed be turned over to A. K. Helgelein f Aberdeen, S.D., a brother. Andrew Helgelein, a wealthy South Dakota farmer, was one of the victims of Mrs. Gunness. He came here upon the woman's invitation, expecting to marry her. After drawing $3,000 from the bank, he disappeared. After the Gunness fire, in which Mrs. Gunness and her children lost their lives. Hel gelein's body was the first of ten un earthed in the private graveyard main tained by Mrs. Gunness The Gunness estate restored the missing money to the Helgelein estate and this eoes to the brother. ESCAPE Oil ICE. Passengers Walk Miles Over the Froz en Lake. Sandusky, Ohio, Dec. ,17. After having been stuck in the ice for twelve hours off Cedar Point, and after nearly all of Its 75 passengers had walked miles across the ice to Sandusky, the steamer Lakeside freed herself short ly after midnight and reached "here at 1 o'clock this morning. The boat will make a return trip today with its passengers who were on their way to do Christmas shopping here. The boat was not damaged. TAKEN TOOLATHE Button Will Be a Witness in Bernhardt Murder Prohe. Seyeral Days Longer Needed to Complete Inquest. STORY OF FARM iHAND. Believes He Would Have Been a Tictim If He Had Stayed. Wants to Help All He Can in Clearing the Mystery. Kansas City, Dee. 17. The inquiry into the quadruple murder on the Bern hardt farm last week probably will not be closed for several days as there still are several witnesses to be heard a the inquest. Sheriff J. S. Stead has returned to Olathe from Cottonwood Falls with Walter Button, a former employee of the Bernhardts. Button will be used as a witness in the' coron er's hearing. When Button was located. W. K. My ers, sheriff of Chase county, went to Hymer where he took him in custody until last night when Sheriff Stead went after which Button was taken to Cot tonwood Falls. There he was held after him.- When seen Button talked freely of the Bernhardt family and the time he spent on their farm. Button came from Eng land to this country 17 years ago. He soon after returned to England, spend ing seven years in the old country. Re turning to America again, he located at Liberty, Mo., and later moved to Leslie, Ark. He recently went through a severe illness there and decided to leave that country. He went to Kan-' sas City, there he met George Bern hardt, and, on November 15, went to the Bernhardt farm to work. He husk ed corn and received 70 cents a day. Said Bernhardts Were Peculiar. In speaking of the Bernhardt family. Button says they were peculiar. They never visited their neighbors and But ton says he never knew of any of their neighbors visiting them. He says Mrs. Bernhardt was a kind-hearted old wo man, and that when he left she cried because she hated to see him go. But ton did not like the work or the wages he was receiving of the Bernhardts, so on November 27 went to Kansas City to find other employment there. Through employment bureaus he met S. E. Whitney, of this county, and en gaged to work for him. He has since been working on the Whitney ranch. Button saya he knows but little of Sam Bailey. He says he often heard Mrs. Bernhardt speak of Bailey and the woman with whom he lived on the Bernhardt farm and whom he purport ed to be his wife. Mrs. Bernhardt said the woman whom Bailey lived with spent most of her time in her room, which they occupied in the Bernhardt home, smoking cigarettes and reading. She and Mrs. Bernhardt did not get along well together, and this was the cause of Bailey and the woman leav ing. He says Bernhardt always seemed to have ready money and, as far as he, Button, knew, never gave checks. But ton has a wife and two children. They arrived here a few days ago, and all are living in a tenement house on the ranch. Button says he has been much interested in the murder case, and he believes he would have been one of the victims had he remained on the Bern hardt farm until the night of the mur der. Button says he doesn't know what the Johnson county authorities want with him, but that if he can be of service in clearing up the mystery of the Bernhardt murder, he is anxious to do what he can. The Mysterious Man. That ubiquitous suspect in the cordu roy suit, who has been sought by of ficers ever since the murders became public, got into the limelight again last night. Fred Macance, of Ocheltree, Kan., told Prosecutor C. B. Little that on the Thursday before the dead bodies were discovered on Saturday a man whose description is similar to that of the person the authorities have been seeking, accosted him on the street in Spring Hill, Kan. The stranger, said Macance, asked him if he had heard of the killing- of a man and a woman on the Bernhardt farm. Tells Story Against Advice. When the coroner's jury resumed its sessions in Olathe todav to question three important witnesses, one of them, John Feagles, charged with the murder of Mrs. Emile Bernhardt, in sisted on telling the jury his story against the advice of his attorneys. The others were Walter Button and Fred Macance. Button identified the body of one of the victims of the tragedy as that of Charles Graves of Portland, Ore., a farm hand employed by the Bern hardts last summer. Macance, a paint er of Ocheltree, Kan., ,was expected to tell the coroner's jury of a man in corduroys heard to speak of the mur ders in Spring Hill, Kan., two days before the bodies were discovered. "I went to work on the Bernhardt farm November 13 and stayed there until Thanksgiving day," said Walter Button before the coi oner's jury. "Then I met Charles Graves, later murdered with the Bernhardts. He was looking for work and I told him he could have my Job if he could ar range it. Then I went to Cottonwood Falls." LAW GOT HIM AT LAST. Albertl Has Been Sentenced to Eight Years Penal Servitude. Copenhagen, Dec. 17. Former Minis ter of Justice P. A. Alberti, the revela tion of whose banking frauds in the fall of 1908 scandalized the country, was sentenced today to eight years' penal servitude. Alberti suffered a physical collapse in March, 1909, while awaiting trial and was removed to a. hospital, where he remained until suf ficiently restored to face his accusers For 14 years Alberti had held a com manding place both in politics and in finance. He was a member of the Deuntzer ministry and later dominated the Christensen cabinet which he en tered as minister of Justice in 1905. A3 president of the Bondesstandens Sparkasse, a savings hank, and of the Danish Farmers' Export association, h was the custodian really of enor mous funds to which he began to help himself according to his own confes sion seven years before he accepted the portfolio of justice. Unpleasant ru mors had been in circulation for some time before the exposure came but the minister was the intimate of King Frederick and the idol of the poorer classes and his financial genius, in domitable will and brilliant oratory re peatedly saved him. But the time came when he could no longer cover his tracks and hard pressed, Alberti con fessed that he had misused the funds of the bank and that he had sys tematically robbed the export associa tion and its customers from the day that it began business in 1888. His peculations amounted to about $2,300,000 and the money had been lost in South African and American mining ventures. Popular indignation was so Intense tha. Premier Christensen, who but recently had publicly affirmed Alberti's hon estly, was forced to submit the resigna tion of the entire cabinet. PENSION OLD CLERKS. Senator Curtis Would Pay Veteran Government Employees $50 Month. Washington; D.C, Dec. 17. Sena tor Curtis today introduced a bill, by request, providing for the retirement of all government clerks more than 65 years of age at a salary of $50 a month. Mr. Curtis marks it "by request," not because be does not stand sponsor for it, but because he has not had time to investigate it. Accompanying the bill is a statement that in one of the large departments where there are clerks of the age stipulated a compu tation has been made that shows the government would save money by adopting this plan of retirement. The figures show that If all the clerks 65 years of age were retired at $50 a month and their places filled by young er and more active men, pensions and the salaries could be paid and a net saving of $500,000 a year effected. Weatlier Still Pleasant. The temperature was below freezing during the early morning but rose again to a comfortable degree by noon. At 2 o'clock the mercury stood at 41 de grees. The forecast again is for gen erally fair weather with little change in temperature. 'The wind is blowing 10 miles an hour from the north. The temperatures today 7 o'clock 28 11 o'clock 36 8 o'clock 26 9 o'clock SO 10 o'clock 32 12 o'clock 38 1 o'clock Hi 2 o'clock 41 Warring Nominated Postmaster. Washington, Dec. 17. Richard Warring of Abilene, Kan., today was nominated to be postmaster at that place. Weather Indications. Chicago, Dec. 17. Forecast for Kan sas: Fair tonight and Sunday. Not much change in temperature. TRAGEDIES OP HOME LIFE "When Father Comes Home Loaded,"! BONE CASE IS UP. Question Whether It Will Be Necessary to Confirm Him. Attorney General Now Has the Point Under Consideration. TALK OF COMPROMISE. Believed Bristow Will Name a U. S. Marshal. President No Longer Frowns on Insurgent Senator. Washington, Dec. 17. The distribution of federal patronage to insurgent sena tors has begun at the White House and will probably continue without in terruption. President Taft is determin ed, it is said, to place the insurgent senators on precisely the same footing as others in the control of patronage in their respective states. As instances of his desire to harmonize the differ ences between the party leaders, he has within the last few days requested such insurgents as LaFollette. Cummins and others to make recommendations and without delay has sent to the senate the names of their choice without ques tion. Under the new arrangement of things at the White House respecting federal patronage, it is confidently ex pected that Senator Bristow will name a successor to William Mackey, United States marshal for Kansas, whose term expires within a few days. When in surgency was frowned upon. Senator Curtis was permitted to name three out of the four of the big federal ap pointments for Kansas: Harry J. Bone, district attorney; Abraham W. Smith, pension agent, and Fremont Leldy, collector of international reve nues. Bone was nominated last spring but for the opposition of Senator Bristow his appointment was held up. Smith and Leldy were given recess ap pointments last summer and their nominations were sent to the senate last week. None of the three have yet been confirmed. Question now arises as to whether it is necessary for Bone to be renomina ted since his nomination failed action last season. The matter has been put up to the attorney general for decision and will be settled shortly. Bone's confirmation was opposed by Bristow on personal grounds, and while the charges made to the president and attorney general were found insufficient to withdraw his name, the senate committee on Judici ary has been confronted with time hon ored rule of recognizing a senator's pre rogative that of objection on personal grounds. Undoubtedly there will be an under standing between the White House and the two Kansas senators as to the confirmation of Bone. Smith and Leldy before Senator Bristow will be permit ted to name the next marshal for Kan sas. An amicable agreement is expect ed before the Kansas slate for the four big federal jobs Is settled on. It is understood that Mr. Bristow has at least three candidates from which to select a marshal. These are J. W. Moore of Marlon, J. S. Errick son. sheriff of Wabaunsee county and Ed Thackery of Kansas City, a rail way mail clerk. Thousands of old soldiers in Kan sas will be interested in a general bill granting pensions to certain enlisted men who served in the civil and Mex ican wars, which was reported to the house Thursday. While it was report ed as a committee measure, it em bodies all of the provisions of a bill introduced by Congressman Phil Campbell of Kansas, a member of the committee. This bill will grant to all persons who served 90 days or over in the Civil war, or 60 days or over in the Mexican war, and who have reached the age of 62 years, a pension of $15 per month. This is $3 per month more than is now allowed under the act of February 6,1907, 65 years $20 per month. This is a new rating. Un der the existing age act there is no rating between the ages of 62 and 70 years, and your committee thinks this is unjust to tne soldier, and tnat in his declining years, with a majority of the veterans partially or wholly unfit to perform manual labor, there should be an increase allowed at the age of 65 years, hence the recommendation of a new rate of $20 per -month, 70 years $25 per month. This Is an in crease of $10 per month over the ex- isting rates; 75 years of age $36 per month, beine an increase of $16 per month over the amount now allowed under the maximum rate of the age act. Mr. Campbell said, today that the bill was scheduled to pass the house next Monday or Tuesday. "There is no doubt in my mind as to the bill becoming a law this session," said Mr. Campbell, "it is up to tne Republican party to fulfill its promise with the old soldiers, and it will do it this winter." Senator Curtis will leave for Kansas next Monday, to be absent during the holiday recess of congress. Adjourn ment, is expected Monday. ONLY EIGHT MORE The Parliamentary Elections Will Close Next Monday. London. Dee. 17. With only eight constituencies remaining to be polled today and Monday the elections are practically ended and to all intents and purposes the new parliament will be identical with that chosen in January last. Barring further gains the govern ment will have a coalition majority of 126 as against its previous majority of 124. Today's totals are: Unionists, 270: coalitionists, 392, com posed of 267 Liberals, 72 Nationalists, 10 Independent Nationalists and 43 La bor members. The latest returns give the Liberals, Unionists and the Nationalists each- another gain. Mongomery borough has reverted to Unionists, while the Banbury district of Oxfordshire turned out the Unionist member. Captain R. B. Brassey. and seated the Liberal candidate, Eustace Finess. The veteran miners member, W. Abraham, better known as "Ma bon," was again elected by the custo mary huge majority of the Laborites for the Rhondda division of Glamor ganshire. Abraham Is the president of the South Wales miners' federation and has represented the constituency for a quarter of a century. The Redmondites won a notable vic tory, in the south division of Dublin county, where W. Cotton took the scalp of the old Unionist representative. Cap tain Bryan Cooper. The Redmondites will have a solid 75 votes in the new house. STOCKS RULEDTULL Bonds Irew Better Inquiry and High er Prices, New Tork, Dec. 17. Stocks ruled dull and irregular in the greater part of the week, but the better inquiry and higher prices for bonds, presum ably In anticipation of year-end inter est and dividend disbursements, was most gratifying. Impetus was given to this movement by the decision of the Georgia court of appeals. There was a violent decline In for eign exchange, with attendant rumors Of gold imports, but these have- not yet materialized. Revival of the tariff agitation at Washington has thus far been Ignored, while the new United States supreme court appointments have met general satisfaction. Business in the various industrial lines is practically unchanged and prices are fairly well maintained. Mer cantile operations are in. somewhat larger volume, the betterment being largely due to colder weather. Exports for November show a marked advance over imports and this condition is likely to prevail for some months. EDITORS APPEAL After Being Sent to Jail for Contempt of Court. Seattle, Dee. 17. Leroy Sanders, editor, and Hugh Allen, city editor of the Seattle Daily Star, and the Star Publishing company, appealed today to the state supreme court from the order of Superior Judge Mitchell Gil Ham, sentencing both men to jail and the paper to pay a fine for contempt for having criticised the action of the court in granting an injunction against suburban residents who are fighting tne fuget sound Jfliectric company, which recently raised the fare on Its car lines. Sanders, who had spent the night in the county jail, gave $2,000 bail and was released, and Allen, who was re leased on his own recognizance last night, appeared and supplied bands. NOTHING BUT SPITE. Chief Moore Says That Is All There Is '-'to Charges. New Tork, Dec. 17. Willis L. Moore, chief of the United States weather bureau, who is in New Tork denied today the charges of "misman agement extravagance and irregulari ties" in his department made by James Berry, a former employe yesterday in Washington. Mr. Moore said: "No one familiar with this affair will take the charges seriously There is no shadow of truth in them. For good and sufficient reasons I relieved James Berry from charges of an im portant division. His charges are nothing but the venting of a personal spite." JURY CAN'T AGREE. Stands 7 to 5 -for Erbsteln's Acquittal on Last Ballot. Chicago. Dec. 17. After. 20 hours' deliberation, the jury .in the trial of Attorney Charles Erbstein. chareed with bribing a juror, announced today it could not agree ana was dismissed by Judge Brentano. One of the jurors eaid the vote on the last ballot taken before the jury asked to be released, was 7 to 5 for acquittal. This had been the situation for most or the time the lury was out. he said, and when it became apparent that neither side would accede to the other they concluded to ask the court to discharge them. Buys $75,000 Some. New Tork, Dec. 17. Emanuel E. Amador, son of the first president of Panama, has bought a $75,000 resi dence in Upton, JN. X., and will make his home there. TAFT TORESPCND Conference on Settlement of In ternational Disputes Will Close Its Session With Number of Toasts. U. S. SUPREME COURT As a Prototype for a World's Peace Tribunal. Dr. Eliot to Discuss the Defects of Arbitration. Washington. Dec. 17 wm. elect Simeon E. Baldwin, of Connecticut, as presiding officer, the closing session V1 lu international conference of the American society for Judicial settlement of international iii'n,.. wuay was ae- X?LS!rfra,ly to a discussion of some LUwiSs wmcn must be done to Juste. permaneat court of arbitral t.wf rIeS EI,ot' President emeri tus of Harvard university, delivered "The dCf ad,dress on the subject of "i.iii.timi as ig means of settling disputes." Frederick N. Judson of St Louis. cfr?,60 discuss supreme COUrt Of tha T n .j o omi as a proto E? for, an'nternational court on the frrTiVl V e supreme court of the Et States iurtediction over the in terstate controversies. Wm. Dudley nMFI1?. Ae National Mu- S -.amirai utiaa. H. fl n' Pres,ient of George Wash- son, president of the university of Chi cago and Edward Ginn of Boston. .-i-iT, ,1 uurultea a iarse sum for the establishment of a school for in- ternfttlnnnl la-nr .t i, T. me speakers scheduled for the final session of the 'l.an?Het wUI be iven y the so- i -frr ""iwn uenerai Stewart L. Woodford U. S. minister to Spain "1B opanisn-American war. will be toastmaster. President Taft. M. Jusserand, the French ambassador; Jos. H. Choate, 9,nAra,,,Pred D- Grant, Richard Bart holdt, Martin W. Littleton, Thos Nel son Page and W. Bourke Cockran will respond to toasts. Arbitration has failed not only as a means of settling international disputes m oujuaung me mnerences of cap ital RTIfl lflliriT a ""'s ui ur. niiiot. we said each country needed a court or Justice to prevent Industrial strife inn. me wuna wouw De spared warfare tho aBt-iKT4.h-.nn ..uLi.:liiijTu l ,ji an in ternational tribunal. Dr. Eliot declared inuustnai stnte was fostered by arbitration because labor unions as well as capitalists exaggerated their demands, knowing that these demands T.Vi y aroitratlon boards. If the contending parties knew be forehand that o rrmrt r-r x,,4-4 examine tholr niotmB v,.,,,o anil rentier a judicial decision not a compromise," V"-"1" ir-. niiiot, -we would have fewer Industrial wars." PRAISES PEACE GIFT. David Starr Jordan Says It Is Most juujwruuu oi Any. NftW "WlY-lr- TW, IT TV i j V. -"-v. jjiu oiarr Jor dan, nresirlont et Tioni o. j ""..fv. ommuru, jr., university, discusses Andrew Carne- a uumun uonar girt to peace to-S-ay, a s'Sned telegram to the New Tork Times. He says: fflr. Carnegie's gift to peace Is poten tially the most important gift of money ever made for artv ti., c?.io m J OJJGllIUill- iy this fund should develop a code of uauu.l(u iaw it Hiiouia enlarge and complete the work of Jean De Bloch on the cost of War ft nrl nhniilrl rl& n clear view of hnw oil iuni v iiicrou uaiiviis save Canada and the United States have uww passea into tne control of their creditors. Th war rfHt rvP M v.n. v. v U1U1UU dollars under which Europe now stag- 6" "ut grow up witnout a history of blunder and crime. "It should nmha tn v,a .1. vAbtmia iua effect of war by reversal of selection ii ucaLiujuiiB toe viriuty or nations. To this cause almost alone is due the downfall of those nations which have lost step In human progress. "To show that the moral equivalent Of War is found n r hlo,,,- -han n All lUO prize fight, to show that the waste of in ucui tuiu m loss or virility is due mainly to war and to show the world tha onlir -ara-v 1f,a i 1 i.o 411 uc.icr relations among men, in the spread of n.v jtuii jusuue ana at present, in the work which culminates at The Hague, is the noblest use of Carnegie's gift." TO MEET IN FRISCO. Seamen's TTnion Adjourns Following Detroit. Dec. 17. The delegate to the fifteenth annual" convention of the International Seaman's union are leav ing the city today, having concluded their sessions. San Francisco was chosen as the next meeting place and the following officers were elected; President Andrew Furuseth, San Francisco. Vice presidents Patrick Flynn, San Francisco; Victor A. Olan der, Chicago: Edward Stack, Buffalo; H. P. Griffin, New Tork; T. B. Gill, Seattle; Eugene Sterdeil, San Fran cisco; Jl M. Secord, Buffalo; T. A. Hanson, Chicago. Secretary-treasurer W. H. Frazier, Boston. The proposition to establish an in ternational headquarters was -defeated. REPUBLICANS REPLY- File 'Answer to; Democrat Charge ot Fraud in Election. Jeff er son City, Mo., Dec 17. Repub licans elected to state offices at the last election filed replies in the supreme court today to the contest proceedings of the defeated Democratic candidates. They deny the allegations of fraud In St. Louis and St. Louis county and charge that the Democrats obtained illegal votes in 41 counties, ell Demo cratic except one. The replies contend that the contest violates tha voters' constitutional right.
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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 17,1910. RAILR0AD NEWS. Taft Now in Line With Railway Officials on Legislation. Comparison of His Message With the Officers' Yiews. POLICY IS TO WAIT. Declares for New Laws Before Old Ones Are Repealed. Other Items of General Interest in Traffic World. Proaidpnt Taffs railway program as f;TonbtfveCearn1 be highly tte?torL-J?tatirtoe nanies and all their officials, says ino RaUway Record. While he reminded congress of its failure at Its last session to pass into law all the recommenda tion, contained in his ng vear ago. he refrained from urging Intm proceed further in the matter thi time. He pointed out very cleariy thS Buffioient time had not yet .lapsed to test the benef IU .and uUUUes of the amendments to the interstati commerce act which congress at its last session had adopted, and In his ovtidon th Interests of all the people of the country will be promoted by allowing things to rest as they are until It has been determined what further changes, if any, are necessary to be made. This Is in direct line with the views which have been expressed by a great many prominent railway officials since the adjournment of the last session of congress. They have lost no opportun ity of pointing out that one of the things most needed to restore con fidence In the future prosperity of the railways of the United States is to give them an opportunity of accomodating themselves to the requirements of the new law in all Its details, and to de termine what effect the enforcement of the law as it now stanas is buiu v have on the revenues of the com panies. What railway managers have most feared is more legislative Interfer ence They have certainly had enough of it to last them for a good many years, and they must have heaved a big sigh of relief when they read that part of the president's message recom lng a cessation of legislative interfer ence in the management of their af fairs. Another point in the president s mes sage which must have afforded railway managers, in common with all corpo rate Interests considerable satisfaction was to be found in its closing words wherein he said: "I believe it to be In the interest of all the people of the country that for the time being the activities of the government, in addi tion to enforcing the existing law, be directed toward the economy of ad ministration and the enlargement of opportunities for foreign trade, the conservation and improvement of our agricultural lands, the building up of home industries and the strengthening of confidence of capital in domestic Investments." The last phrase of this concluding sentence of the presidential message is especially significant. There can be no doubt that the confidence of crpital in domestic investments has been rudely shaken by the policy pur sued by the government In the last three years. That policy has been pretty generally, if not universally con sidered by capital as a direct attack on the investments already made by it in domestic enterprises of one kind or an other, and it must be exceedingly grati fying to it to be afforded this oppor tunity for hope that there Is to be some cessation at least to the persistent at tacks made upon it b- the governing powers of the country. It is to be hoped, however, that the president will not remain satisfied with. furnishing some grounas ior tms nope tn his annual message, but that he will go further and see to It that the invest ments already made by capital In these domestic enterprises is afforded oppor tunity to earn for itself reasonable re turns on the investments already made. There can be no more certain way adopted by President Taft and the ad ministratlve officers who are subject to his directions of strengthening confi dence of capital in the greatest of all domestic investments than by making it known with the least possible delay that the railway companies of the co-.ntry will be permitted to make thi increase in freight rates of which they have given notice The probabilities are exceedingly strong that such an announcement would be followed inv mediately by such an increase in all kinds of business activity as would demonstrate to everybody concerned that the restoration of confidence on the part of capital has been accom plished. It is evident that President Taft sees that the continuance of his own administration after the expiration of his present term of office Is entirely dependent upon the restoration of confidence of capital. No administra tion in this country can survive a pro longed period or general depression. and it la evident that President Taft is shrewd enough to admit to himself at least that such is the fact. If he is to enjoy a second term in the White House, as president of the United Etates, it can only be by bringing about such a restoration of prosperity as will make the people of all sections of the country happy and "contented. The prevalence of general prosperity Is wholly dependent upon railway Droe perity. General prosperity has never yet prevailed while the affairs of the railways nave been suffering from se vera and prolonged depression. The scrofulous conditions, ulcers, "fever-sores," white swellings, etc., by taking Dr. Pierce's Discovery. Just the refreshing and vitalizing tonio needed for excessive tissue waste, in convalescence from fevers or for run-down, anemic, thin-blooded people. Stick to this safe and sane remedy and refuse all just as good kinds offered by the dealer who is looking for a larger pro6t. Noth ing will do you half much good as Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. fact is the condition of the railways may always be taken as the most re liable barometer of the general busi ness interests of the country. There are those who are decidedly of opinion that the closing words of President Taft's message, which al ready have been quoted, may be taken, as a direct assurance that the railway companies will get the advance In rates which they have been seeking, and with that advance there will at once come a period of restored activity such as Is desired by the president and all who wish for a continuance of his administration through a second term. It is earnestly to be hoped that the holders of this opinion are not too eangulne regarding the meaning which is to be attached to the president s re marks, and that the country will not be kept any longer than Is absolutely necessary In doubt regarding what the decision of the interstate commerce commission is to be concerning the ad vances in rates of which the railways have given notice. The waiting policy which is now be ing pursued Is not calculated to re store' public confidence in any degree. On the contrary, the longer a decision is delayed the more pronounced the existing depression is certain to be come, and the more difficult will It be eventually to recover from it. Popu lar opinion has very largely adopted the view that the increase will be granted. Even the opponents of that advance have prepared themselves for submission to such a decision. Ship ping Interests which have been most bitter in their antagonism to the ad vance being allowed are pretty well satisfied in their own minds that they have utterly failed to present such a case as would warrant the Interstate commerce commission in refusing to permit the advance. It is safe to as sume that many of them have become aware of the mistake that was made hi the first instance In starting the op position, and should the results of the advance be such as Is generally sup posed, no one will have more reasim to rejoice at their own defeat than these same opponents. MUTRimAD MAKES TXQTJTRT. Visits Hutchinson In Interests of Bet ter Railroad Service. Hutchinson, Kan., Dec. 17. William Muirhead. assistant to John Dawson, the attorney for the railroad board, is in Hutchinson in search of information regarding the operating of trains from McPherson to Hutchinson over tne Rock Island lines. He is being as sisted by J. U. Brown, a member of the committee representing the Com merclal club in the fight to force the Union Pacific to run trains to Hutch inson if Dosslble. Messrs. Muirhead ana Brown in spected the records with the avowed view of voting bonds and subscribing stock to the McPherson, Texas Gulf system and the Hutchinson, Oklahoma Gulf system In 1889. They nave secured considerable information, but have failed to find the agreement that caused the Union Pacific to begin operating trains to Hutchinson a num ber of years ago. If this Information can be found it is quite likely that this matter can be settled within short time. Mr. Muirhead asserted that if the attorney general finds any agreement that can be used in requiring tne Union Pacific to run trains from Mc Pherson to Hutchinson and return that he would require tha railroad companv to comply with It. Mr. Muir head will be in Hutchinson today, after which he will leave In search of other Information. He has conferred with the traffic of ficials of the Rock Island and Union Pacific companies and !s how In search of Information. He. will examine the records of McPherson and other coun ties involved and interview the county officers that can be located who are fa miliar with the facts. PLEASED WITH WICHITA YARDS Division Superintendent of Rock Island Makes Inspection. Wichita. Kan.. Dec. 17. G. W. Rourke, division superintendent of the Rock Island, with headquarters at Herington, Was in the city for the pur pose of inspecting the company's new freight yards and terminal facilities at Twenty-fifth street. He spent several hours at the new yards and expressed himself as well pleased with the prog ress ot the building. Several of the tracks In the new yards are already in use for storage purposes. There are six of these, each 4,200 feet long. Within a few weeks they will be used as the general yards for the city. The roundhouse is almost finished and will be ready for use by the time all other facilities are ready for use. The work on the oil tanks, coal chutes and water tanks is progressing nicely. A private telephone line connectingthe yards with the freight house down town is under construction. "We expect to move the" telegraph operators to the new yards about the first of the year." said R. E. Greene, local agent for the Rock Island. "By that time things will be in readiness for us to handle the bulk, of our freight business there." BAKER PUSHES RAIL PROJECT. University Plans Electric Line From Baldwin to Kansas City. Ottawa, Kan., Deo. 17. Baker uni versity would become an electric rail way magnate. The authorities of the college, headed by Dr. L. H. Murlin, president, have decided that an elec tric line from Baldwin to Kansas City would be a good thing, and they are perfecting plans for the organization of a company to back such a project. The trustees at a meeting discussed the proposition and adopted a resolu tion that such a connection be made. The plan is to build an electric line from Baldwin to Olathe to connect with the Strang electric line to Kan sas City. According to' the plans, the electric line would be brought within twelve Faint? Have you weak heart, dizzy feelings, oppressed breathing after meals Or do you experience pain over the heart, shortness of breath on going up-stairs and the many distressing symptoms which indicate poor circulation and bad blood? A heart tonic. blood and body-builder that has stood the test of over 40 years of cures is Dr. Pierce s Golden Medical Discovery The heart becomes regular as clock-work. The red blood corpuscles are increased in number and the nerves in turn are well fed. The arteries are filled' with good rich blood.' That is why nervous debility, irritability, fainting spells, disappear and are over come by this alterative extract of medicinal roots put up by Dr. Pierce without the use of alcohol. Ask your neighbor. Many have been cured of miles of Ottawa. Should -the Baldwin project be realized, the question would arise as to w nether ""Ottawa would be content to remain off the trolley map when a link of twelve miles would connect her -with Kansas City. POIiMAN POUTERS ASK RAISE Send Petition to General Manager Citing Conditions. Chicago, Dec. 17. Pullman portera have sent a petition to the general manager of the Pullman company ask- mg for an increase in wages. me petition says: -"The growing tendency of the trav eling public either to discontinue alto gether or to reduce to one-half or less the gratuities with which they former ly rewarded Pullman porters who merited such consideration, and the high cost of living generally have forced us to come through you to the Pullman company begging for some relief." A porter on one of the New York- Chicago flyers, relating some of the hardships encountered, told an inci dent which happened a couple of weeks ago on his train. The professor of the agricultural department in a certain university," said the porter, "brought twenty-nine or nis students to see the Interna tional stock show In Chicago. The professor told the students it was against the law of the state to give a tip xney traveled in my Pullman car. 'I worked all night scrubbing" oft the mud and polishing up those thirty pairs or Bhoes. In the morning I brushed the whole party off.- Did I get'anything for my polish and time? no, sah. IOWA TO HAVE DAIRY TRAIN. The Illinois Central Will Furnish One In January Sioux City, la., Dec. 17. Through the. courtesy of the Illinois Central the Iowa Dairy association will operate a dairy train through northern and western Iowa In January. On the. train will be a baggage car fitted into a modern home for dairy cows, with patent stalls, stanchions and other equipments. Efforts now are being made by the management to obtain the most excel lent specimens of the dairy breeds to use In demonstrating at the different stops, the points to be observed in se lecting profitable cows and good sires to place at the head of herds. These animals will i,s taken from their stalls at each stop and a regular dairy show on a small scale will be held. i A train was ran over the Burling ton railroad in southern Iowa last year and 105 stops made. At each stop, where the audience numbered from 200 to 1,500, a cow demonstration was given, excellent specimens of the dairy breed being used to illustrate the es sential points that should be observed in selecting dairy cows for profit and dairy bulls for the purpose of build ing up the herd to a more productive basis. Lectures also were given, as will be done on the Illinois Central train that comes to Sioux City, on silos and silage, testing dairy cows to dtermlne the productive and nonpro ductive ones, and to illustrate these lectures miniature silos. Babcock test ers, scales, etc., were used. WHERE CLARK STANDS. Prospective Speaker Defines His Po sition on Important Questions. Washington, Dec. 17. Representa tive Champ- Clark issued a statement tonight fully outlining bis platform as the prospective speaker of the Demo cratic house of representatives in the next congress. He proclaims himself In favor of the appointment of com mittees of the house by a committee, rather than by the speaker; and he states his belief that the tariff should be revised schedule by schedule, rath er than In one single bllL Those two subjects, says Mr. Clark, are the ones upon which he has been continually importuned to make some statement. "There are two theories of tariff re vision," says Mr. Clark in his state ment; "revision by one general bill. and revision by separate bills for sep arate schedules. This is a matter not of principle, but of method. "Individually, I prefer the scheme of separate bills for separate schedules taking the schedules with the most obnoxious features first, perhaps in certain cases having separate bills for particular items." The statement proceeds to flay that whatever method Is decided upon, full hearing, as comprehensive as that which preceded the framing of the Payne-Aldrich law, will be had by .the new ways and means committee. "The assumption growing out of ig norance in certain quarters," says Mr, Clark, "that President Taft or Sena tor Cummins, or any other Republican has discovered something new In tar iff revision by the separate schedule scheme, is preposterous. As far back as the fifty-eecond congress, Mr. Chairman Springer introduces sepa rate bills for separate schedulesv-and even for particular items, which were derisively denominated. "Springer's pop gun bills, by ribald Republican speakers and writers; and several years before Judge Springer was chair man of tne committee on ways and means, Mr. McKenzie, of Kentucky, achieved both great renown and the sobriquet of 'quinine Jim' by securing the passage of a bill putting quinine on the free list, and touching no other item whatever in any tariff schedule. Two questions, Mr. Clark says, in terest the country; how the Democrats will select their committees and what the party will do with the tariff. This last question has been answered, and proceeding to the first, he says: "As to the mode of selecting com mittees In the event of my own elec tion to the speakership, I would not care the snap of my finger to exercise the power of appointing them. I have stated that to every Democratic mem ber who cared to inquire my opinion. The exercise of that power would un doubtedly have certain unpleasant fea tures. Of the two plans for the election of committees, by the Democratic caucus or directly by the house itself, Mr. Clark favors the last named. This is based on the fact that in the debatable states the independent voters appear to favor it and the future speaker of the house frankly acknowledges that it may be adopted because of the In fluence it would have in returning a Democratic president and a Democrat ic congress in 1912. Fined for Selling Frozen Eggs. New York, Dec. 17. The firm of F. E. Rosebrock and Company, dealers in bakers' supplies, has been convicted by a jury in the federal court of sell ing frozen eggs which were declared unfit for human consumption. A fine of $200 was imposed. This is the first conviction In. the crusade recently started against the traffic here in impure food products. Poet How much are your furnished rooms, please? Landlady One dollar per night. Suicide by gas. .60 cents extra! Puck. KATZ F0R THIRD. Moore lias Signed a St.- Louis Lad at Last Corner. Young in Professional Ranks Has Won Attention. HITS THEM A MILE. Got 8 Homers, 8 Triples, 21 Doubles in Season. Bought and Sold by Columbus Last Season. The worry of the baseball fans over the third base vacancy on the Topeka club will be eased by the announce ment of Manager Fred Moore that he has signed Henry Katz, a rising third sacker of St. Louis. Henry Eatz, Signed to Play Third tor xopeka. With a corps of seven pitchers anfll two catchers enlisted for the spring workout, the ever present problem of the third corner loomed before the fans once more. The vacancy at the Initial corner is passed by the bugs in the belief that any good old scout can play first. Whether Kats can fill the bill is a matter to be determined. Moore thinks he is a good man. He was good enough to hang some time on the Columbus team in the American Association last spring, his second season in tie professional ranks, but was dropped to the Akron, O., club where he finished the season. Katz made his professional debut with the Pittsburg club in the Western As sociation in 1909. Out of a schedule of 126 games he missed but two, gather lng a total of 125 hits for a percentage of .263. In this bunch oi Dingies. ne counted 40 for extra bases, eight being homers, eight triples and 24 doubles. He covered his sack for an average oi ai The following spring, that of 1910, he was bought by Columbus but failed to stick to the classy company and was sold to Akron. Hard luck came in a bunch. In the third game he was injured sliding into the plate and was kept oft the field for three weeks, wnen ne got out again he was spiked at third and laid up for n. month. In spite oi tnese disasters, Katz got Into 51 games, hit .240 and fielded .870. Being a comer aa his record seems to Indicate, it is not unlikely that In Katz Moore has landed a man who will show to good advantage with the To peka aggregation which goes into the race next spring. Get a New Fielder. A fourth outfield tryout has been pro cured in McLaurin. whom the manage ment bought from the Atlanta team In the Southern League. The Southern is a class A league and the new man ought to be able to win a place. Manager Moore will stop over in Chi cago on his return from New York but President wooawara is expected in uo peka at imy moment with news of fur ther deals toward the building of the new club. The sale of season tickets started Fri day, met with a success hardly expect ed owing to the holiday season and win be continued several days to exhaust the demand. JONES BROTHERS QUIT GAME. Tad and Howard Have Played and Coached Their Last. Hamilton, O., Dec. 17. Howard and Tad Jones, the famous football coaches, who reside at Franklin, O., have an nounced that they had coached their last football games. The announce ment will come as a big surprise to the admirers of the gridiron fields, as both men have been actively associated with the game for the past five years. Last yeaj Howard Jones coached th't Ohio State university football team, and Tad Jones had charge of the Syra cuse university team, of Syracuse, N. Y. Pressure of business is given as their reasons. Howard goes to New York city, wheTe he has taken a posi- Humphreys' Seventy-Seven Breaks up Grip and Goes Direct to the Spot "Seventy-seven" goes direct to the spot, without disturbing the rest of the system. "Seventy-seven" Is worthy of try ingbecause it does not disappoint. "Seventy-seven" Is a good remedy for Influenza, Grip, Coughs, Colds and Sore Throat. "Seventy-seven" Is a small vial of pleasant pellets fits the vest pocket, ready to take. At Drag Stores 25c or mailed. Humphreys' Homeo. Medicine Co., Cor. William and Ann Streets, New York. tlon with the "American Writing Paper company, and Tad Jones goes to Paulding, N. T.,' where he becomes as sistant to the president of the big boys' school located in that place. Howard Jones had been spoken of as the pos sible successor ow Ted Coy as coach for Tale for the coming year. TOPEKA HIGHS VICTORIOUS. Take an Exciting Basketball Game From K. C. Manual. In a fast and exciting game of basketball at the Y. M. C. A. last night, the Topeka Highs won from the Kansas City Manual Highs by the close score of 27 to 26. The locals overcame their opponents by steady team work, using the short, fast pass to advantage. The Kansas City lads on the other had tried for long baskets and brilliant plays. At the end of the first half they were two points in the lead, the score standing 17 to 14. Smith for the Manuals did especially brilliant work. Woodford, guard and Anderson, center, played the consistent game for the locals. The lineup: Manual. Position. Smith .Forward. Skinner Forward Koenigsdorf ...Center Powell Guard Viner Guard Topeka. Bolton Washburn .Anderson Johnson .Woodford 7; Skinner, 3; Score: Goals Smith, Koenigsdorf, 1! Powell 1; Bolton, 3; Washburn, 3; Anderson, 5: Woodford, 1. Goals from free throws Skinner, 1; Johnson, 1; Woodford, 2. V. M. O. A. TEAM DEFEATS TIGERS The Giants Add to Their Wins In League Schedule. As a curtain raiser to the Kansas City Manual game last night at the Y. M. C. A. the High School Tigers played the Y. M. C. A. Giants a sched uled game in the city basketball league. The seasoned T. M. C. A. team romped through the Highs for final count or 41 to 12. The lineup: Giants. Position. Users. McCarroll .Forward Hell Bishop .Forward .Trobert Cowden Center Holt Cooper .Guard Davis Jordan Guard Wall MAY GET McGOVERN. Nebraska Bid Said to Be Accepted for season ivii. St. Paul, Minn., Dec. 17. McGovern. Minnesota's star quarterback, and field general, the first Minnesota player to be accorded a place on Camp's all' American team, has decided to accept the offer of the Nebraska university to coach the Cornhuskers next fall, ac cording to statements of the player closest friends here. The Nebraska of fer is one of many received by "Doc" Williams' best player, who finishes his varsity course in the spring. BADLY IXJFRED IN FIGHT. Kid Gardiner May Die From Knock' out Fighter Arrested. Philadelphia. Dec 17. Edward ("Kid") Gardiner, 21 years old. was knocked out and probably fatally in jured last night In a six round boxing match witn johnny Kain, 21 years old. at the Nonparlel Athletic club. In the fifth round Kain floored Gardiner with a right hook to the Jaw. Gardiner was carried from the ring unconscious with a fractured skull. Kaln was ar rested. Emporia Highs Defeated. Hartford, Dec. 17. The Hartford high school defeated the Emporia high school in an exciting basketball game here last night by a score of 31 to 23. The play was good from start to finish. BANKS ON SURE THING NOW. 'I'll never be without Dr. Kinir'a N'w Life Pills again," writes A. Scfadngeck, 647 tuim St., Buiraio, n. y. "They cured me of chronic constipation when all others railed. 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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER -17, 1910. JAY ANDFLY COP. How an Electrical Expert Had His Fun in Topeka. Strolling Along Street He Soon Was Arrested. HAILED AS STRANGER. Then Taken to Police Station by "Fresh Enthusiast. Chief Took a Second Thought and Released Him. Eskridge, Kan., Dec. 17. Now, before the Etory is begun, let it be stated that you don't have to believe it unless you want to. Jay Tooker tells it himself and Jay has some little reputation for veracity, but then there are so many suspicious people in this world. But here's the story, just as Jay tells it: "I went out in western Kansas last weok to look at some electric light prop ositions," Jay said. "On my way back I stopped over night in Topeka and to kill time I took a little stroll about the streets. I was strolling along, 'tending to my own business, when one of these fresh cops piped me off and braced me. He say a to me: 'Goin' anywhere?' 'Nope,' says I. 'Lookin' for somebody, maybe?' he says. 'Nope,' says I. 'Stranger here?' says he. 'Nope,' says I. "'Live here?' says he. 'Nope, says I. 'Well, what the what are you do ing, then?' says he, getting chesty when he thought he had landed a good one. 'Nothing.' I says. "With that he orders me to trot a'ong with him. I could have squared myself with him by declaring myself but this cop knew so much I thought I Would play him out a little. So he took me to the police station and the chief there put me through some more questions. I tried to look as bummy as I could and they thought they were Kiving me the third degree, I guess. Maybe they thought I was the guy that struck Billy Patterson, or the rum dum that started the Mexican rebel lion. After awhile the chief fanned himself out of questions and then he says to a big cod: 'Throw this fellow in over night, anyway.' "Then I makes my play. Running my hand down in my pocket I pulls out my bankbook showing where I does several thousand dollars worth of busi ness here. I gets out my letterhead too, showing me the owner of the elec tric light plant in Eskridge. The chief Just gaped. Then, when he got his breath he says to me: 'Well, I guess the joke's on us. On second thought I guess we better not lock you up.' "Then I asks him if he knows Her man Ericsson. He says he does and that he was talkin to him a short time before over the telephone. I tells him that I was Ericsson's deputy sher iff in Eskridge for a couple of years. 'Why,' says the chief, 'are you the party that made all them pinches down in your county for bootlegging and crapshooting?' 'I sure am the party,' I says. 'Well, I am mighty glad to meet you, he says, and then we has quite a social chat. I don't remember seein that fresh cop when I came out." CAXT MARKET TOBACCO CROP. Growers Find That There lias Not Been Enough Moisture. Leavenworth, Kan., Dec. 17. The Leavenworth county tobacco crop has not been marketed. Until there is a rain or snow the growers see no chance to prepare their tobacco. The entire crop remains in the barns and has not been touched since last fall. The tobacco leaf is dry and unfit to get in market shape, according to O. O. Ballard, head of the local tobacco growers' organization. He has had an expert man at his tobacco barn for more than a month waiting for a rain or snow that would moisten the leaf and make it in proper working shape. Even the last snow did not make enough moisture. "There is an artificial preparation that can be used on the tobacco but it hinders the sale," Ballard said. "Only a rain and a good one at that will give us a chance to work our tobacco. After the last snow I had the expert at my barn take down some of the leaves. He examined them and found all in excellent condition but brittle from lack of moisture. "The quality of tobacco grown in this vicinity equals any in the United States. Although not many farmers have taken an active interest in grow ing the weed I feel certain that within two years this section will be known as one of the large tobacco centers. It was proved to the farmers this year that the crop can be raised here as well as in any other recognized tobac co state. "The growers have joined forces and we now are getting eastern tobacco companies interested in the quality of tobacco that is grown here. We hope that they will establish a large ware house in Leavenworth' and make a market for our tobacco." was in New Tork to see Andrew Car negie in regard to a donation from the multi-millionaire for the pipe organ for the new church. No word has yet been heard from the doctor as to the success of his mission, but it is gen erally supposed that it has been un successful, or seme word would have been received. In the meantime a Parsons institu tion harbors one of the name of Car negie, a cousin of the rich man who has just donated $10,000,000 for the promotion of universal peace. -Mrs. Carnegie has a little fund of about $800 and she will contribute this to a fund at the home and hospital to give her peace and comfort in her old age. CO UN MOVING MORE FREELY. Excessive Moisture, Even Worse Than Last Year, Concerns. Jewell City, Kan Dec. 17. The new corn is moving from the farms more freely than had been anticipated under the influence of the prevailing prices. The buyers were not so much con cerned about the time of the forward movement for they knew that It would come some day. They are concerned about the condition of the grain. The excessive moisture is what worries them and is a feature which will im pel them to move the grain from their elevator at the earliest moment possi ble. The complaint is made that the grain has not dried out as thoroughly as was expected in the lapse o several weeks' time. Two or three years ago there was a general complaint among the grain dealers to the effect that the eagerness of the corn raisers to produce larger ears of corn had resulted in the de velopment of such large cobs that held the moisture too long. Some of the grain dealers made long and strong arguments to show that the smaller cob and more of them were as profitable to the farmers as the big cob ears and there was no necessity for discounts because of excessive moisture, and, better than all, there was no trouble for the elevator men. All shelled corn of the new crop is moved as rapidly as cars can be pro vided but that does not bring the re sults, for under a fairly liberal in spection the grain is discounted be cause of the moisture. BURRTON MAYOR'S THIRD TRIAL MRS. CARNEGIE IN' PARSONS. Widow of Relative of Steel King at a Hospital There. Parsons. Kan., Dec. 17. With Its Carnegie library and the donation of a pipe organ to the Parsons Baptist church. Parsons is still further inter ested in the former steel king by the fact that the widow of a cousin of Andrew Carnegie now is an inmate of the Parsons home and hospital. Mrs. Carnegie is an old lady who was brought here from Ottawa, Kan., and was accompanied by Mrs. Alfrid, who, after placing her in charge in the home and hospital, called upon Dr. C. S. Nusbaum, whom she knew when the latter was pastor of the Methodist church in Ottawa. She was told by Mrs. Nusbaum that the doctor Grace Michael Case Probably Will Come Up Nest Week. Burrton, Kan., Dec. 17. The suit which has been pending for several years, brought by Mrs. Grace Michael, of Burrton against O. E. Matson, for mer mayor of that town, probably will come to trial next week in the dis trict court of Sedgwick county, at Wichita, where it had been taken on appeal. In 1907 Grace Michael, M. M. Mich ael and J. R. Sanders all of Burrton, were arrested on a complaint of O. E. Matson, mayor of that town, that they were selling liquor. When the case came for a hearing it was dismissed on motion of the Harvey county dis trict attorney. Grace Michael then filed a suit against Matson for dam ages. In 1908 -the case was tried in the district court of Harvey county and Mrs. Michael given $600 damages. Matson then took the case to the su preme court, where the Harvey coun ty court was reversed and a new trial ordered. Grace Michael filed the suit in Sedgwick county in April, 1910. THAYER ASKED ABOUT MURDER Neosho County Connected With Quad ruple Olathe Killing. Chanute, Kan., Dec. 17. Neosho county is connected with the quad ruple murder in Johnson county through Mrs. Anna Plume, one of the four persons who -have been held for investigation by the Kansas City, Kan., police. She is the daughter of Henry Glendenning of Codell, according to an account given by a Kansas City paper. Mrs. Plume was arrested along with Sam Bailey, one of the suspects. The officers found a sum of money in their room. When questioned concerning the money. Bailey and Mrs. Plume said they had received $105 from Mr. Glendenning. Inspector Boyle tele graphed to the chief of police in Thayer, this county, the nearest place of any size to Codell, to ascerlain the truth of the statement. The Inspector received a reply say ing that Mr. Glendenning had not sent Mrs. Plume any money. She and Bai ley probably would have been released had it not been for this discrepancy between their statement and the facts. Inspector Boyle and Henry T. Zim mer, chief of police in Kansas City, Kan., "sweated" Bailey and secured from him admissions that may ac count for the money. Bailey admitted that the couple had been making it a practice of moving frequently, thereby avoiding the payment of rent and board. He' also said that they bought rugs and fur.iiture on the installment plan and, after making one or two payments, would move and sell the goods. On the front of the overalls found in Bailey's room, Inspector Boyle .dis covered a little blotch of something that looked like brains, which will be examined by a pathologist to determine its exact character. Bailey had work ed for the Bemhardt's as a farm hand. DESERTED FAMILY SO YEARS. Kansan Who Died In Colorado Leaves Oiildren His Estate. Greeley, Colo., Dec. 17. The story of a man who disappeared, leaving his wife and children in Kansas, a third of a century ago, accumulated a fortune in Colorado, went insane and died without communicating with his family, will be told in country court, when the case of Adeline McAfee against the estate of James McAfee comes up for hearing. Mrs. Adeline McAfee was a sister-in-law of the dead man and asks $1,500 for caring for him before his death. After McAfee died a few months ago, leaving a farm valued at $20,000 near Erie, his children in Kansas were located, and the estate is being settled up. Mrs. McAfee and her husband, Thomas, lived on McAfee's place and managed his affairs after he was de clared incompetent. Thirty years ago James McAfee left his Kansas home on an errand and failed to return. As she was destitute, the wife was unable to search for her husband and took in sewing and did other work to provide for the family. It is charged by McAfee's children that Thomas McAfee knew where his brother James family lived, but did not give them any information. TO BURY SIRS. MORGAN SUNDAY. Funeral Will Be Held at 2:30 O-Clock From Presbyterian Church. Cottonwood Falls. Kan., Dec. 17. The funeral of Mrs. W. A. Morgan, whose death was chronicled in the Topeka State Journal of Friday afternoon, will be held at 2:30 o'clock Sunday after noon from the Presbyterian church here. Mrs. Morgan came to Kansas from Cincinnati shortly after the civil war, and moved from Emporia to Cotton wood Falls in 1871. There her husband established the Chase County Leader, a paper, which he edited until 1903. Mrs. Morgan assisted him. She was active in club -work in Kan sas for many years, was a member of the Topeka chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution and served s.s department president of the Wom an's Relief Corps of Kansas. Mrs. Mor gan also was president of the Kansas Women's Press club and of the Kan sas Women's Suffrage association and the Kansas Women's Republican as sociation. She was an active member of the W. C. T. U. for many years. Mrs. Morgan is survived by her hus band, W. A. Morgan, her son, W. Y. Morgan,- editor of the Hutchinson News, a daughter, Mrs. Anna Coe of Cotton wood Falls, and, a sister, Mrs. Buck ton of Cincinnati. In the years 1901, 1904 and 1907, Mrs. Morgan made extensive visits to the old country, visiting England, Ireland, Scot land, Wales and all of Europe and parts" of Africa and the Azore Islands. She was contemplating a trip to China and Japan and the islands of the Pacific whea her fatal illness which began about four years ago made further trav els impossible. GEO. B. HARRISON HONORED. Former Topeka Man an Executive of Areo Club. Los Angeles, Dec. 17. George B. Harrison of this city has received of ficial notice of his election as a mem ber of the executive committee of the National Council of the Aero club of America. The National council is the governing body of aviation in this country. Mr. Harrison is recognized as one of the greatest authorities on aerial navigation in the world. Less than 40 pilots have been licensed by the Aero club of America and Mr. Harrison is one of them. In the ranks of the "United States Aeronautical Reserve, at the present Ltime, there are but 21 active members, who have the authority to handle an aeroplane in war time and Mr. Har rison is the only member in the west. He has had considerable experience in the air, having made many balloon ascensions throughout the country. This is one of the main reasons why he has made Los Angeles his home, as he has found that this climate, both near the ground and more than 10,000 feet high, is the best place for flying. Mr. Harrison's knowledge of an aeroplane does not end in the practical working of the machine. Many avia tors only know that if they do certain things, their aeroplane will act a cer tain way. Mr. Harrison knows why it acts a certain way under certain conditions. He is a tetter weather man than many of the experts affiliat ed with the United States weather bu reau. His knowledge of aeroplanes has been utilized for a long time by the Wright Exhibition company. Mr. Har rison has been their publicity man. He did most of the publicity work for the first aviation meet that was held here last January and also looked after tho publicity of the motordrome. He represents the Aero club of Cali fornia in the National council. George B. Harrison was formerly a resident of Topeka and was a news paper reporter. Having become an air man in Los Angeles he was chosen a pilot of the Aero club of America and visited Topeka last spring after a long flight through Texas in the balloon. New York. He is aviation editor of the Los Angeles Express. NO LONGER ATRJKELESS TOWN. Wizard Wiley will Put in 500 Elms at Holcomb. Garden City, Kan., Dec. 17. That wizard of the lower Arkansas valley, H. C. Wiley, has just put into opera tion another policy in connection with his made-to-order town of Holcomb, six miles above Garden City. Frank Burg has been employed by the town company to take charge of a forestry campaign and is already getting down to plans and specifications. Five hun dred elms will be the first thing at which Mr. Burg will try his hand. He is a competent forester, and while many will say that elms will not thrive he eays he knows they will, and will prove it. Holcomb Is fast going ahead. Be sides its splendid bank building, hotel and new hardware store of McConnell Brothers, a new general store and creamery are on the slate. Mr. Burg will put in a fine driveway around the city limits. The Holcomb Melon and Produce Growers' association expects to dou ble the melon acreage for next year. Last season's crop showed up some of the most delicious melons put on the market. ANDERSON WINS IN CONTEST. Recount Shows Added Majority for Clay County Republican. Clay Center, Kan., Dec. 17. The con test brought by S. D. Brown, Demo-, crat, against John Anderson, Repub lican, over the election of commission er in the First district in Clay county began Thursday morning. On Friday at noon on motion of the attorneys for S. D. Brown the contest was dismiss ed. Six precincts out of the nine were recanvassed and the result showed tha Anderson's majority was increased from 3 to 58. Brown's greatest loss was in Bloom township where 32 ballots were thrown out as illegal. Coleman Will iams appeared for Brown, and Dawes Miller looked after the Interests of Mr. Anderson. It was expected that R. C. Miller, Democrat, would contest the election of Sam Kimble for judge of the Twenty- first judicial district but after the way the Democratic ballots were thrown out Mr. Miller in all probability will give up the idea. Kimble's majority over Miller was. 29. Miller carried MarshaM and Clay but the majority in these two counties was not enough to offset Riley which gave Kimble a rousing majority. EATS SO QUAIL IN 30 DAYS. Manhattan Man Now WUI Continue Number to Forty. Manhattan. Kan., Dec 17. Charles King, a local sportsman, has proved, that a, man can eat a quail every day: for 30 days. King has turned the trick and he says the meat tastes better right along. He ate the thirtieth quail Friday. He has eleven more of the birds in his refrigerator and saya he is going to make It a quaU every day for 40 days. King Is a member of the city coun cil and is secretary of the Manhattan Baseball association. COL. SCHUYLER TO FT. RILEY. Win Relieve Brigadier General Ward Who Soon Retires. Washington, Dec. 17. Colonel Wal ter S. Schuyler, of the Fifth cavalry, by direction of the president, has been appointed commander of the army post at Fort Riley. Kan., and the mounted service school. He will relieve Brigadier General Frederick K. Ward, who will retire in March. Officers Hunt Bank Loot. Salina, Kan., Dec -17. It cost the Paradise, Kan., bank $1,600 for Earl Ward, who committed suicide Thurs day, to turn bank robber for a few hours. The lad took $2,500 from the institution when he committed the hold up. Less than $1,000 was found on his body when search was made for Uie missing currency. It is believed the boy hid the remainder of his loot. Offi cers are searching, for the money on tho farm upon which Ward killed himself. UNCLE SAM OIL SUED. Oklahoma Concern Charges Kansas and Arizona Company. Tulsa, Ok., Dec. IT. The Uncle Sam, Oil company of Tulsa, incorporated) under the laws of Oklahoma, has filed: suit in the district court asking $500, 000 damages against the Uncle Sam Oil company of Kansas and Arizona. This is considered a sort of seauel to the trial in Kansas of H. H. Tucker of the Uncle Sam Oil company a few years ago on a charge of using the government mails for fraudulent pur poses. It is charged the Uncle Sam Oil company of Kansas and Arizona has been receiving mail meant for the Oklahoma concern. Christmas Recess for Congress. -Washington, Dec. 17. By a Joint resolution. Congress will be in Christ mas holiday recess from adjournment Wednesday until noon Thursday, Jan uary 5. Alb TUl Ob sum .roodi Another Splendid Opportunity to Bring Out Facts- When tile ""Weekly" which sued us for libel (because we publicly denounced them for an editorial attack on our claims) was searching for some "weak spot," they thought best to send a N. Y. Atty. to Battle Creek, summoned 25 of our workmen and took their sworn statements before a Commissioner. Didwe object? No. On the contrary, we helped all we could, for the opportunity was too good to be lost. Geo. Haines testified he inspected the wheat and bar ley, also floors and every part of the factories to know things were kept clean. That every 30 minutes a sample of the products was taken and inspected to keep the food up to standard and keep out any impurities, also that it is the duty of every man in the factories to see that anything not right is immediately reported. Has been with the Co. 10 years. Edward Young testified he had been with Co. 15 years. Inspector, he and his men examined every sack and car of wheat and barley to see they were up to standard and re jected many cars. H. E. Burt, Supt., testified has been with Co. over 13 years. Bought only the best grain obtainable. That the; Co. kept a corps of men who do nothing but keep things clean, bright and polished. Testified that no ingredient went into Grape-Nuts and Postum except those printed in the advertising. No possi bility of any foreign things getting into the foods as most of the machinery is kept closed. Asked if the factory is open to the public, said "yes" and "it took from two to three guides constantly to show visitors through the works." Said none of the processes were carried on behind closed doors. At this point attys. for the "Weekly" tried to show the water used was from some outside source. Testified the water came from the Co.'s own artesian wells and was pure. He testified the workmen were first class, high-grade and inspected by the Co.'s physician to be sure they were all in proper physical condition also testified that state re ports showed that Co. pays better wages than the average and he thought higher than any in the state. F. B. Martin, Asst. Supt., testified Grape-Nuts made of Wheat, Barley, Yeast and and Water. Anything else? "No, sir." Postum made of Wheat, Wheat Bran and New Orleans Molasses. Statements made on his experience of about 10 years with Co. Testified bakers are required to wear fresh white suits changed every other day. Said had never known of any of the products being- sent out that were below the high stan dard of inspection. Asked if any one connected with the Postum Co. had instructed him how to testify. Said "No, sir." f Horace Brown testified has been with Co 9 years. Work ed in Grape-Nuts bake shop. Testified the whole of the flour is composed of Wheat and Barley. Attys. tried to confuse him, but he insisted that any casual visitor could see that nothing else went into the flour. Said machinery and floors always kept clean. J So jthese men were examined by the "Weekly" law yers hoping to find at least one who would say that some under-grade grain was put in or some unclean condition was found somewhere. But it was no use. ness. Each and every man testified to the purity and cleanli- 3. As a sample, take the testimony of Luther W. Mayo. Testified been with Company about 10 years. Now working in the bakery department making Grape-Nuts. Testified that the ovens and floors are kept clean and the raw products as they go in are kept clean. Also that the wearing apparel of the employes has to be changed three times a week. Q. Do you use Postum or Grape-Nuts yourself at all? A. Yes, I use them at home. Q. If from your knowledge of the factory which you have gained in your ten years at the factory you believed that they were dirty or impure in any way, would you use them? A. I do not think I would. No. rr Asked if any one on behalf of the Company had askeel him to testify in any particular manner. Stated "No." All these sworn depositions were carefully excluded from the testimony at the trial, for they wouldn't sound well for the "Weekly." Think of the fact that every man swore to the purity and cleanliness so that the Atty. for the "Weekly" was forced to say in open court that the food was pure and good. What a disappointment for the "Weekly!" But the testimony showed: All of the' grain used in Grape-Nuts, Postum' and Post Toasties is the highest standard possible to obtain. All parts of the factory are kept scrupulously clean. None of the workmen had been told how to testify. Most of them have been from 10 to 15 years with the Co. and use the products on their tables at home. t. Why do their families use the products, Grape-Nuts,. Postum and Post Toasties, that they, themselves, make? "There's a Reason" Postum Cereal Co., Ltd. Battle Creek, Mich.
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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 17, 1910. AUegrettPs J&i R FOR HER CHRISTMAS ear Allegretti Chocolates The imitators are trying to profit by imitating the name and trade-mark Demand the REAL Allegretti 's, made by Giacomo Allegretti, Chicago,El. H. C. Tromp Brokerage Co. Western Distributors 125 W. 5th St., Topeka Ind. Phone 415 "Call me on tho Independent." Beginning Monday there will be no classes at the Y. W. C. A. for two weeks. The Topeka W. C. T. U. -will meet et the First M. E. church at 3 o'clock Monday. The Rev. D. Everett Smith will give an address at the Y. W. C. A. vespers tomorrow afternoon at 4:30 o'clock. The local W. C. T. V. will meet Mon day afternoon in the First M. E. church at 3 o'clock. The Christmas entertainment of the Sunday school of the First Congrega tional church will be held Friday even ing next. Ten acres have been set apart on the went of Gage park in which the much talked of buftaioes will roam provided they are captured. Beginning "Wednesday evening, the local stores will be open until 10 o'clock for the accommodation of the Christmas shoppers. Beginning Wednesday evening the T. V. C. A. will serve "nippers for the benefit of the girls who are working evenings in the stores. The curve and connection joining the new Fifteenth street line of the street Tailway to the South Topeka line on Kansas avenue has been completed. Coal dealers report that they are do ing a lively business just now. In fear of a gas shortage and coal famine many people are providing for emergency. Saturday morning is always the time that the small boys are In their ele ment at the Central Y. M. C. A. There was a small army of them there to day. The Highland Park M. E. church !s holding a Christmas eve entertain ment in the school house of the dis trict. An interesting program has been arranged. "Christmas Its Use and Abuse," is the title of a paper which the Rev. !W. II. Scrivner will read before the members of the Topeka Ministerial Un ion In Gemmell hall Monday morning. Among the many clever acts engager! by the Commercial Travelers for their second week's hippodrome show and the Midwinter exposition are the "Eu gene Trio," an imported comedy triple bar sensation. The "Eugenes" are said imSm&mmmmmmmm NORTH SIDE NEWS Will Work Day and Night on Melan Arch. Nor Win Cold Weather Delay Bridge Extension. POSTPONE 'WHITEWAY' Civic Club Takes No Definite Action on Matter. "Too Near Christmas Time to Make Arrangements." Eye Glasses, Spectacles, Opera and Field Glass es, Telescopes, Ther mometers, Barometers, Reading Glasses, Mag nifying Glasses, Etc., at CHAS. BENNETTS OPTICAL STORE 730 Kansas Ave. to be among the cleverest performers that have ever come to this country. Their act Is high class and their com edy is extremely amusing. Insurance companies paid for a new carpet in the office of the Commercial club to replace the carpet burned as a result of one of the business men throwing a match into the waste basket. A number of boys who are taking work in the manual training depart ment of the high school are making artistic pieces of furniture in spare hours to present to friends as Christ man presents. Indications are that the minstrel show under the direction of W. B. Col linson which will be given at the Cen tral Y. M. C. A. December 30 and 31 will be a more humorous production than any of the former association shows of the kind. Four teams and seven men are at work in Lakewood park. At present the force is working on a lake which will cover five or six acres of ground, but which will not be completed until a later date. A lake one acre in extent, however, will soon be a reality. The jury that has been working in the district court -during the Decem ber term played Santa Claus Fridav and presented Judge Dana with a mis sion library table. They also remem bered Clerk Bower with a gold signet ring and Bailiff Anderson with a gold- en oak rocking chair. There was a large representation of the members of the Shawnee Alfalfa club present this afternoon at the Com mercial club to hear an address by Dean Ed H. Webster, of the State Ag ricultural college, who is considered one of the best authorities on the subject of alfalfa in the country. The billboards about town have never looked better than they do this holiday season, due to the clean, red, white and green posters of the Red Cross Christmas seal, which are seen everywhere. The seal was designed by Howard Pyle, one of the best known artists of the country, so that its ar tistic value need not be questioned: and as for utility, it is one of the best philanthropic agents ever known. Ben Akers' automobile has been re turned to him by the manufacturers to whom it was sent to be rebuilt. The car was stolen by joy riders one night last September and was found the next morning in a badly damaged condition in a ditch near St. Francis hospital. The repairs, costing over $900, were made by an automobile insurance company in which Mr. Akers carried a policy. No clue has ever been dis covered as to who stole the car. "On New Year's eve we expect to have a children's entertainment at 315 Kansas avenue." said Captain Lewis C. Bennett of the Salvation Army. "We intend to give away toys, fruits and candies, and a Christmas tree will be one of the features of the entertainment. Several of the stores have promised to make donations of toys. We expect to bring as much Christmas cheer as possible, by pro viding 200 baskets to the needy at Christmas time." One of the best known aerial acts before the public today, is that of the "Four Flying Banvards." which is ac knowledged to be the king-pin of all acts of this nature. The "Banvards'" are originators and they have devised so many new ideas in their style of work, that their entire performance contains nothing that is done by any one else. This feature and the ease and grace with which they accomplish, ev erything they attempt, makes their act unique. The "Banvards" will be seen at the Midwinter exposition. This was a great day for the mer chants. Farmers were in the city by the thousands to do their Christmas shopping, and a great many people came by train to take advantage of the offer of, the Topeka Rebate asso ciation. The heaviest business of the season was done today, but as next Saturday will be the last opportunity to purchase Christmas gifts, and as al most everyone has at least the "odds and ends" left to do In the way of shopping, the merchant? aro counting on reaping a rich harvest. Many compliments about our Sun day evening dinners at the Throop hotel and the people are 'phoning in reservations for tables early. We can take care of you all. Neither the cold or dark will hinder the work on the arches of the Melan bridge extension when operations thereon are once started. For the Carmichael people fear neither freez ing weather nor hot, nor the night and tho darkness thereof. As soon as all Is in readiness for the work of the pier, the cement will be poured in the mould in one solid piece and operations continued, day and night until the mould is filled. This will require about BOO cubic yards. At pight time torches will light the work men. As far as cold weather Is concerned, T. C. Hamilton says that he has work with concrete with the thermometer fourteen degrees below zero In North Dakota, and with proper care, the cold weather here would not interfere with the setting of the concrete. For the mixing, the company has an apparatus for getting either hot or cold water or steam from the same pipe supplied by the city water mains. Today he thinks that the pier foundation con crete can be put in Monday. Get in line with the Booster crowd. 603 North Kansas avenue. Berry Retter. The proposition to make a "white way" on North Kansas avenue, by hanging lights on either side of the street from the Melan bridge to Gor don street, will not be taken up until the next meeting of the Civic club. which will be in January, 1911. This' was decided at the meeting of the club last night. It was regarded as being too near Christmas to make nec essary arrangements. M. C. Holman, city commissioner read a letter from a Mrs. Felter of Boston, asking if the city wished to purchase the triangular property at Central avenue and Logan streets, owned by her. However, since the club han converted the property into a park the last year, and as the owner wants $300, the necessity for the city's buying It does not seem urgent. Notes and Personals. H. J. Haskey, 1100 North Monroe street, who has been operated upon at the Santa Fe hospital for appendicitis, has been returned to his home. He is improving. Fred Hess, of 911 North Kansas 'ave nue, has returned from a short visit in Perry. Miss Thersa Luke, of 1335 North Quincy street, is visiting relatives in Ada. Miss Vera Hannah of Cleveland, Ok., is expected to arrive here soon to spend the holidays with relatives. Fred Middaugh and Vernon Middaugh of Shorey, are visiting relatives in Em poria. John Haynes, of 911 North Harrison street, foreman of the carpentry de partment at the Wolff Packing com pany, is improving after an illness of a few days. Guns stolen from my store over a year ago. for sale cheap. J. H. Foucht. George Groshong has returned home after a three months visit in the west. He spent some time in Boise, Idaho, while gone. Visit the Booster this evening. 603 North Kansas avenue. Berry Retter. Rev. William C. Meeker, the new pastor of the Second Presbyterian church, will preach at the church to morrow morning and evening. Groceries, raeate, fruit. candy and nuts at the "Booster." C03 North Kansas avenue. Berry Retter. Miss Bessie Sheetz, of 1232 North Quincy street, will spend tomorrow at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Reeser in Menoken. A. M. Petro. druggist. David Hall and daughter. Miss Kath- erine Hall, who have been visiting rel atives in Saugatuck, Mich., have re turned to their home, 909 North Quincy street. THE CHILDREN WILL HELP. Red Cross Seal Work Is Moving For ward. Nobody is more vitally concerned in this colossal crusade against tuber culosis than the children. In order that the little folks of Topeka may understand the movement and have a part in it, a letter is being circulated 1 Uinstmas Suggestions Gas Art Dome Electric Art Dome Gas Art Shades Portable Gas Lamps Gas Ligthers, (im ported) Bicycle Lamps Bicycle Horns Bicycle Bells Bicycle Handle Bars Bicycle Saddles -Bicycle Cyclometers Bicycle Tires Bicycle Pumps among the public schools which will point out the wav for them to help through the Red Cross seals. The quick sympathies of a child are ever ready to respond to a cause which so vitally concerns the home-life, as the following pathetic request for Christmas seals which came to the Red Cross office a few days ago gives evidence: "Dear Sirs: I have only two pent3 that mamma gave me a long time ago. Teacher told us about you and the Red Cross Seals. I can't send a penny, so I put a stamp on this postal card. Will you send me a Red Cross Seal for it? Carrie If a little girl from her scanty store of carefully hoarded pennies can give all that she has for the sake of those who suffer from tuberculosis, what can you give? Central Cycle Supply Co. 816 Kansas Avenue Robert Whitekar has returned from Kansas City, where he spent a short time on a business trip. Elmer Dolstrom of the blacksmith shop is unable to be at work on ac count of Illness. Jacob Barberick of the blacksmith shop la unable to be at work on ac count of sickness in his family. Galen Crook of the storehouse spent the day today In Kansas City on a busi ness trip. Amos Cole Is a new employee in the boiler shop. The new billiard table which Is to be installed In the R. R. T. M. C. A. ar rived here Friday and will be ready for use as soon as the work on the room Is completed. Clifford Young of the machine shop is suffering from a severely injured hand. He left yesterday for the home of his parents in Salina, where he will remain -until able to return to work. A. Wright has returned to work in the machine shop after being off sev eral days on account of sickness. Carl Williams spent Saturday in Kansas City on a business trip. Edward Curry of the boiler shop is laying off for a few days on account of illness. Joseph Fisher and Walter Klein are new employees in the boiler depart ment. Archie Alexander has returned lo work In the machine shop. Fred Bechtel of the pattern shop has returned from Kansas City, where he attended the wedding of his cousin on Wednesday evening. James Porter will leave next week for Puebto and Denver. Col., where he will spend two weeks visiting his children. Fred Thomas Is spending a few days in Emporia on a business trip. Fred Oberer of the machine shop spent the day today In Kansas City on a business trip. Frank Lane has returned from New ton where he has spent the past two weeks on a business trip. Mr. Harley Harper, of the machine shop, who has been suffering for the past two weeks with an Injured foot, is reported to be steadily improving. W. Williams wiU return to Califor nia soon after having been called to this city by the death of his brother. Oscar Young will go to Chicago to spend the holidays with his parents. Arthur Green has accepted the posi tion of office secretary of the R. R. Y. M. C." A., the position just recently va cated by Jesse Browkaw. who returned to his home in Greenville. O., to take up new. work there. Howard Hawkins has accepted a po sition in the bonus department. A word of praise, now and then, al ways does one good, and spurs one on to do better, but one can reach a place where .perfection is not far off. And such as this is to be said of the young ladies who work for Fred Harvey in the eating houses along the Santa Fe line. The following article was taken from a Michigan paper: "Nearly 40 days of travel and experience along the Santa Fe and corresponding familiarity with the Harvey eating house system" leads us to pay this tribute to its force of dining room girls. In all this time, in a score of different hotels, and of the hundreds of waiters, the editor did not see an unladylike or flippant action. The young ladles were, without excep tion, neat and becomingly attired: courteous and expert in their work, dig nified yet cheery, bright eyed, clear faced and intelligent. It is also worthy of note that they received from the thousands of guests they served, the courtesy which their bearing demand ed." The Michigan Moderator Topics. What better could be said of any one? QAKMNDGOS Items for the Oakland column may be teiepnonea to ina. phone Kul.J Mr. and Mrs. Fred Patterson have re turned to their home in Wichita after spending several days here visiting rel atives and friends. Miss Floy Thomas Is improving after being sick -two weeks with an attack of the grip. The problem of a Vacuum Cleaner at a popular price has been solved. Ask your grocer. Mr. Morton Powell left yesterday for his home in Missouri after spending several weeks here visiting relatives and friends. Mr. Paul Johnson and Miss Genieve Miller have gone to Thompsonville to spend the week-end with their grand mother, Mrs. jancy Miller. Miss Bessie Bowers is spending this week in Kansas City the guest of her sister, Mrs. E. G. Waldron. Rev. Mr. Koser, of the Methodist church, will preach at the Parkdale M. E. church Sunday evening. Mr. Herman Cross left yesterday for Emporia and Newton where he will spend several days on a business trip. Mr. William Kelly has returned from Belen, N. M., where he has spent the past three months for the benefit of his health. Miss Florence Fletcher, of Lenexa, will come here to spend the holidays the guest of her aunt, Mrs. P. Becker. Mr. Fred Dickson is improving and will soon be able to return to work after being off several weeks, suffering with an attack of rheumatism. Miss Nellie Thomas spent Friday with friends in Watson. Mr. and Mrs. R. R. West left yes terday for their home in Soldier. Mont., after spending several weeks here vis iting their grandparents and other rel atives and friends. Mr. Hugh Miller i spending several days in Osage county on a hunting trip. Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Cole spent Friday evening in North Topeka. the guests of Mrs. a. feeder. Mr. George Denham and family, of Chester avenue, have moved to 184 Oak land avenue. Two hundred people dined at the Throop last Sunday evening. We wan three hundred this Sunday. Items for the East Topeka column may be telephoned to Ind. phone 1751. Mrs. Leslie Carle Is auite sick at her home, 725 Chestnut street, with an attack of the grip. Mr. Walter Williams will return to his home In Bakersneld, Cal., in a few days, after being called here by the death of his brother. Roger E. Will iams. Mr. and Mrs. Perry and daughter. Gladys, have returned to their home in St. Clair, after spending a few days here the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Reser of 324 Branner street. Miss Eva Stitt entertained her Sun day school class of the Third Christian church Sunday school at her home, 232 Chandler street, Thursday evening. Eight young ladies were present and a song for the Christmas entertainment was practiced. Mr. Frank Powell of wakarusa. spent Thursday here the guest of rel- i atives and friends. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Barbee of 214 Chandler street spent the day Satur day in Kansas City the guests of friends. Mr. A. P. Goenour of Ottawa will come here to spend the holidays the guest of relatives. i Miss Margaret Mossow of Carbon- dale spent Friday here the guest of relatives. Think of it, a splendid hand Vacuum Cleaner for only $3.48 in real money. Ask your grocer how to get one. Mrs. Jack Weaver will entertain a number of friends Saturday evening at ner nome on the river road near Te- cumseh at progressive high Ave. The young ladles', class of the Chris tian church met at the church last night to practice for the Christmas en tertainment. Mrs. E. W. Rake Is auite sick at her home, 40S Liberty street. Mrs. Wellman, who has been quite sick at her home on Liberty street for a number of weeks, remains about the same. Mrs. F. H. Loud entertained the Daisy Embroidery club Wednesday afternoon, at her home. 326 Klein street. Those present were Mrs. Al bert Sandeffer, Mrs. Edward King, Mrs. Clyde Tresner, Mrs. Dan Lane, Mrs. Walter Service, Mrs. Fred Cor bin, Mrs. Louis Luthey and Mrs. Grace Kimes. The club is a new organiza tion and this was the firs meeting. Mr. and Mrs. George Layne and family of 408 Leland street, who will leave the; first of next week for Den ver, Colo., to make the'r future home, were pleasantly surprised Thursday evening by the members of the Third Christian church, who at the close of the prayer meeting held a farewell re ception for them. Invitations have been received here to the celebration of the wedding of Miss Ethel Mattney of Wakarusa and Mr. Isaac Powell of Topeka, which will take place Thursday, December 22. The wedding will be a very quiet one, with olny a few relatives present. and will be solemnized In Topeka. The wedding dinner will be served at the bride's home in Wakarusa, to which a number of Topeka guests have been invited. Mr. and Mrs. Powell will make their home in Topeka, and will be at home to their friends at 312 Klein street. Mr. and Mrs.' Mulvihill of Norris avenue will entertain at a family din ner on Christmas day. Their guests will be Mr. and Mrs. William Mulvi hill of Dalhart. Tex.. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Mulvihill of Des Moines, la., Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Bell of Atchi son, Kan., and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Crawford of Topeka. Mrs. Bleakly of 418 Madison street is spending a week in Overbrook the guest of her sister, Mrs. Tiner. Mrs. B. F. Smith will go to Kansas City to spend Christmas with her daughters, Mrs. R. H. Barger, Miss Clara Smith and Miss Annis Smith. Miss Annis Smith is spending several weeks in Kansas City the guest of Mrs. Barger Mrs. Wm. Powell Is quite sick at her home oa Lake street. Mrs. J. L. Totten and son, Marvin, of Council Bluffs, Iowa, will come here to spend the holidays with her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Lambert of Liberty street: r The services at the Christian church for Sunday will be as follows: Sunday school at 9:30, O. D. Johnson, super intendent; communion and preaching at 11; Junior Endeavor at 3; Interme diate Endeavor at 5:30; Y. P. S. C. E. at 6:15. and evening sermon at 7:80. Rev. W. H. Scrivner pastor in charge. The services at the M. E. church for Sunday will be in charge of Rev. J. W. Waldron of North Topeka in the morning and Rev. A. C. Koser of Oak land in the evening. Sunday school at 9:45, Epworth league at 6:15. Spe cial music at both services. Rev. D. A. Shutt. pastor. Mrs. Louise Loud and son, Arthur, and her father, Mr. James Porter, will leave next Wednesday for Pueblo and Denver. Colo., where they will spend two weeks the guests of Mr. James Porter, jr., and family. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Porter and Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Gustin of Denver. 1 Mrs. George Furman Mrs. John Ash, Mrs. Bostick and Mrs. M. Nor wood spent the day today in Kansas City on a business trip. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kirknam oi Carbondale are here spending several davs visiting relatives and friends. i Mrs. Louis F. Luthey entertained i the Westminster guild of the Presby terian church at her home, 223 Chan-! dler street, Thursday afternoon. The J guests present were Mrs. Dr. Keith, Miss Martha Hampton. Miss Eleanor Bartell, Mrs. Ivan Haggard. Mrs. Geo. Furman and Mrs. J. C Everett. A daintv lunch was served at the close j of the business period and all enjoyed a fine time. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Leat and daughters, Lillian and Mary,, arrived home vesterday on Santa Fe train No. 1 from Dublin, Ireland. Mrs. Leat and daughters have spent the past few months in Ireland visiting ner parents. Mr. Leat went to New York a lew weeks ago to accompany them to To peka. Mr. Cross of 822 Madison street Is quite sick with an attack of pneu monia. Rev. D. A. Shutt was very pleasant ly surprised by the Philathea class of young ladies of the Methodist church, who gathered at his nome last Monaay evening. The surprise served a two fold purpose, as their teacher, Mr. Jesse Brokaw, who left Wednesday morning for his home In Ohio, was present and was given a farewell. Mrs. Shutt served refreshments and all en joyed a fine time. Mrs. Snyder entertained the Dorcas society at her home, 206 Quincy street, Thursday afternoon. The day was guest day of the society and a number of strangers were present. The society presented a beautiful celery cup to Mrs. F. F. Dawdy, a member who leaves soon for Tulsa, Ok., to make her future home. Mrs. Amos Beeler entertained the engineers' wives at her home, 823 This store will be open Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday evenings of next week -THE- Mills Dry Goods Co. Don't Waste Gas In heating a dead cold mass of water for a single bath- -get a Thermostatic Valve to regulate a constant fire under your water heater, according to amount of hot water used. Thus: Once hot, your tank of water is easily maintained by only a tiny blaze always-and it does'nt cost any more either. Consumers L. H. P. Co. -Edison Record "Hits"- 4 Minute SO Cents Each Make your selections from this list or from any Edison Cata- log and order a tew tor Christmas Gifts BAND 80 Death Ueneral Custer. 15 CHRIST HAS WON THE VICTORY. 25 Hunting Scene. ORCHESTRA 32S Awakening of Spring. 146 Wedding March Midsummer Night's Dream. INSTRUMENTAL SELECTIONS 103 Vveddin of the Winds Accordion 664 Mocking Bird Xylophone ftt Post In the Forest, Cornet and French Horn. 42 Reels and Walk-Arounds Violin VOCAL 421 Br the Light of the Silvery Moon, Jo. 4&o Call Me Up Some Rainy After noon Jones 430 CASEY JONES Murray 41 Has Anbody Here Seen Kelley? Mur. 2 Roses Bring Dreams of You Romaln 207 LILY OF THE PRAIRIE, Mur Cho 314 Good Luck, Mary Murray VOCAL (Continned.) 866 Put on Your Old Grey Bonnet Potter Chorus 562 Valley Flower Pottor Chorus 641 RED WING Potter Chorus 676 SILVER BELL Jones Murray 49fi Sugar Moon... Collins Harlan 475 WHO WILL CARE FOR MOTH ER NOW? Oak'd 5M The Girl of Mv Dreams, Anth Cho. 5S0 BELLS OF CHRISTMAS.. Band Cho 678 JsoONLIGHT ON THE LAKE Jt 549 O Morning Land Stanley Gillette TALKING 563 Uncle Josh's Rheumatism Stewart 27 Police Court Scene Steve Porter VAUDEVILLE 572 Uncle Tom's Cabin Entrance of Topsy 546 COMIC EPITAPHS.. Golden Hugh-.s ius German Fifth Josle Sadler 410 Ludwlg'a Aircastle Jo Sp liGHT OPERA 466 Favorite Airs from "The Mikado." Express prepaid If ordered in iot of 1 dozen or more. Add Sc per record, for postage, ordered less than 1 .dozen at a time. Order by Number. Send cash with order. J. C. HARDING CO. Ask for Catalog. Machine, Record. 106 East 6th St., Topeka, Kan. HmEdison Distributers- El Centre Cigar 7 for 25c Saturday Only THE MISSION BILLIARD ROOM POOL 2JSc PER CUE Our Prices on Christmas Cigars Size, 25 in a Box. 310, per box l- Rose Tint, per box. l.OO Little Tromp, per box J.OO 3. 11. S., per box. loft EI Porta na, per box J.OJJ Hand Made, per box 100 i 3smHtv. tier box...... l.uu ,w DOX Henry George, per box $1.00 Symms' Brand, per box 1.00 El Waldora, per box 1.00 EI Gonzales, per box..'...... l.OO Club House, per box l.OO Little CJianee, per box 1.00 Burghart'g Favorite, per box 1.00 Also all 10-eent brands In boxes of 25 each at $2.00 per box. A fine line of Pipes, 25c to $10.00 the one that ,is at- -v... Thrift ner box l.no fomnna Australian Poll Tab! .n much attention among the pool players. We have a dandy "ent room, and respectfully solicit your patronage. 12 Kansas Avenue. J II I I I I II I I I I I 1 s Borne "things roar be put off ontll tomorrow, but the news you must have today. The State Journal pubiisb.ee today1 news toray. Madison street. Friday afternoon. A three-course luncheon was served and a very pleasant afternoon enjoyed by all. Thoee present were Mrs. McNeal, Mrs. Rust, Mrs. T. Jones, Mrs. Wm. 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