The Topeka State Journal (Topeka, Kansas)
December 22, 1911

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up c Ha EVERYBODY EVERYBODY 20 PAGES 20 PAGES NEEDS IT. LAST EDITION. FRIDAY EVENING. TOPEKA, KANSAS, DECEMBER 22, 1911. FRIDAY EVENING. On ula by nnwgtwn t TWO CENTS On trains and newsstands FIVE CENTS SHELDON IS OUT. FOR TARIFF WAR. CAUSES A BIG STIR WEALTH IN SOUTH A CHRISTMAS INVITATION By John T. McCutcheon. Famous Pastor of Central Con gregational Church Resigns. Member of Russian Duma In troduces a Measure Arthur Capper Explodes a Bomb in Stubbs Camp. Commodore Benedict and Others to Uncover It. tCopyrtsilt: 1311: By John T. McCutcheon. J Will Devote Time to Travel and Religious Visitations. To Meet the Effect of United Sends Out Circular Which Flays the Governor. American Has Right to Put in Wireless Telegraph. States' Action. II EKE FOR 23 YEARS. COURSE IS DEFENDED. WRITTEN BY WOODS. TO SOUTH AMERICA irn-irima Organized His Church in Topeka in 1889. Expects to Answer Calls From China and Japan After 23 years in active charge of the pastorate of the Central Congre gational church, Charles M. Sheldon, the noted Topeka minister, lecturer and writer has resigned, his active con- nection with the church to be severed Rev. Charles f. Sheldon. Who Re signed His Pastorate After 23 Years Service. the first of June, 1912. Dr. Sheldon has resigned that he might answer the :alls that are corning to him from all er the world calls for work in for- gn countries, and in religious and educational associations and organiza tions in the United States. Dr. Sheldcn, however, will not leave Topeka. He will make this city his headquarters and will travel out of here in his new duties over the world. There is no dissatisfaction or friction in the church in fact a large part of the membership will not know of the resignation until they read this ar ticle this evening". There is no doubt that the resigna tion will be accepted. The trustees and directors of the church have known for some time that their pastor was ambitious to answer the calls coming to him from all parts of the world. They knew that he felt as though he i ould carry out his message with broad er results among airterent classes of people For months thej- have been success the announcement Last night however ul in postponing rom Dr. Sheldon. inual business meeting of the eads and the election of offi pastor made final his resigna icst and the trustees feel that r duty to grant it. line to Topeka in 1889. I'harKs M. Sheldon came to Topeka January 6. 1889. It was this year that he organized the Central Congrega tional church at that time a branch of the First Congregational church of this city. The persons living in the (Continued on Page Two.) STUBBS GOES WEST Governor will Campaign for Martin in Seventh District. Governor Sttibbs has gone to the Seventh district to make speeches the rest of the week in the in terest of the candidacy of Judge Frank Martin. who is running for congress against George Neeley, Demo crat. The special election to fill the Ed .Madison seat will be held January 10. i'he governor will speak at Kinsley to nisht and at Jetmore and Cimarron Sat urday. Lieutenant Governor R. J. Hop kins is also making campaign speeches for Martin. It is guess work to predict about a spe cial election where the vote is sure to be light, but reports from the Seventh indi cate that Xeeley is making a great cam paign and will give the Republican can didate a close race unless the Republican vote is stirred up to go to the polls. The vot Dei the for -mi Democrats express confidence of winning the election and claim Reno 'county sure for their candidate. The Democratic cam- gn managers expect a full vote of lr party at the polls next month. ESTRADA IS DEAD President of Kenador In Than a Year. Office Ii Guayaquil. Ecuador. Dec. 22. Emilo Es trada, president of the republic of Ecua dor, died here suddenly at midnight. President Estrada was elected to office "n January 11. 1911. and was Inaugurated on September L He was taken seriously ill on the ISth of the same month and at me ai church t oers the tion reqi it is thet C; went to Quito to recuperate. During his I tary Knox made in his note abrogating .vfourn there a plot to assassinate him tn existinE trade treatv of his will was discovered and several conspirators 7 e s 7 were arrested. Instead of being benefited by his stay at Quito, the president re 'urned to Guayaquil on November 28 in a serious condition and Francisco An irado Maria, president of the chamber, assmmsd temporary charge of the execu 'ive office. BIG TURKEY FOR TAFT Weighs imi'uu Forty Pounds. Washington. Dec. 22. A turkey from Rhnde Island, intended for the president's Christmas day dinner, arrived at the White House today. It weighed 40 pounds. Weather Forecast. Chicago, Dec. 22. Forecast for Kansas: Fair tonight and Saturday. Not much change in temperature. A Long Declaration of Facts Ac companies the Bill. Attention Called to Uncle Sam's Exclusion of Foreigners. St. Petersburg, Dec. 2 2.- A legisla tive proposal to provide for tariff war schedules applicable to the United States at the expiration of the Russo i American treaty of commerce and I navigation of 1832 has been intro duced into the duma by ex-Premier Guchkoff and others representing the Octrobist and Nationalist parties which control the majority of the duma. me bill proposes to raise existing .Kussian duties by 100 per cent also to impose a duty of 100 per cent on articles which are admitted free under the present Russian tariff. Be sides these impositions the bill pro poses also to levy double the gross weight tax established by the law of June 21, 1901. on merchandise arriv ing by sea and to levy a double ton nage tax. Should the present Ameri can tonnage tax be raised to the dis favor of Russian vessels then the Rus sian tonnage tax will be correspond ingly increased. It is said the sched ules are to be applicable to all coun tries which do not grant to Russia the most favored nation treatment in com merce and navigation. The proposal will be submitted to a financial commission. The necessity for the proposed leg islation is explained in an accompany ing declaration in which it is stated that the regular American tariff sched ules which will be applicable to Rus sian goods at the expiration of the treaty of commerce and navigation of 1832 will be so high as to have a pro hibitive character and that they great ly exceed the Russian normal tariff and navigation taxes which would be naturally applicable to American goods in the absence of the treaty. Treaty Abrogation Responsible, The province of foreign affairs lies outside the competency of the duma and treaties are not subject to its ap proval nor is the minister of foreign affairs answerable to the duma on the state ot toreign relations. Neverthe less the duma exercises through the budget an influence on foreign affairs. In the long declaration accompanying the bill signers deal -fully with the Russo-American situation and recount the formal steps taken by the presi dent of the United States, as follows: The abrogation of the treaty be tween Russia and America had a di rect connection with the Russian agi tation which has been energetically conducted in America for the re-admission of American citizens of Jew ish faith. Article 1 of the treaty es tablishes the mutual rights of entry but contains a stipulation for the ob servance of international law." Deem ing in spite of this stipulation, that the enforcement of the general Russian laws in regard to foreigners of the Jewish religion in the case of Ameri can Jewish citizens constitutes an in-1 fringement of the treaty, the house of representatives voted a resolution for its abrogation. "There cannot be any doubt that this view is unfounded. The Russian government and its representatives abroad cannot but fulfill the require ments of the Russian law contained in paragraphs 213 to 235 of the passport statute and paragraph 819 and the fol lowing ones of the law on social rights as long as these remain in force. "On the other hand, the question of the admission or nonadmission into Russia of foreigners belongs to the province of internal legislation on the general principles of international law as well as on the strength of article 1 of the treaty of 1832. People in Glass Houses. "Thus the United States has enacted very strict regulations seriously limit ing the right of entry of foreigners and there is no doubt that the federal government would ward off any at tempt to dispute the legality of those regulations from an international point of view." The declaration then quotes textual ly article II of the federal immigration law of February 20, 1907, and con tinues: "If we take into consideration also that the American law imposes a head tax on the whole line ot foreigners seeking American shores, it becomes clear how stern are the restrictions to which Russians arriving in America are subjected. We do not question the right of the federal government to ap ply any immigration laws which are dictated by reasons of state, but we must note for that very reason that the motive for the abrogation of the treaty of 1832 adduced in the resolu tion of the house of representatives is unfounded." Ouchkoffs proposal bearing 114 sig natures was laid on the table of the duma to lay. The house at once voted to submit the bill to the financial com mittee. May Develop III Peeling. Washington. Dec. 22. Although the Russian government has not yet taken formal notice of the suggestion Secre- ingness to begin negotiations for new treaty, the good temper shown by the Russian foreign office in the ex changes, has conveyed to the officials here the impression that the state de partment's efforts to secure a new treaty will be successful. It is realized that some time must elapse before the subject cap be approached in that cool and judicial spirit that would promise success in the negotiations. The hope of the state department is that the exiting treaty can be replaced bly a new convention before the lapse of the old one. It is frankly admitted that much will depend on the attitude of congress in this country and the duma in Russia. The initiation of re taliatory measures by Russian legisla tion today was viewed with apprehen sion and is likely to develop ill feeling between the two countries that might make imposible the conclusion of a new treaty. 'doc that R. PERSIA JIVES UP Yielding to All the Demands Made by Russia. The Dismissal of Mr. Morgan Hhuster Is Included. Teheran, Dec. 22. The Persia cabi net has given to the Russia minister, Poklevski-Koziell, verbal assurance of its intention to comply with the de mands of the Russia ultimatum. W. Morgan Shunter. American Finan cial Adviser of Persia, Who Will Be Dismissed. Early this morning official notices were posted on the walls of the city in prominent places ordering the peo ple to abstain from political meetings of. any kind without previously ob tained police sanction. It is said this order .as issued by command of the cabinet as the question of the Russian ultimatum was being discussed and was likely to be settled amicably. Who'll Pay Sinister? Washington, Dec. 22. Much inter est was manifested by the state de partment officials today in the report that Persia had decided to agree to the Russia ultimatum. An interest ing question has been raised as to who in responsible for the salary of Mr. Shuster for the remaining three years of hi;i contract. It is believed Shus ter's contract with the Persian gov ernment contained a provision that in event of his dismissal or the breaking of the contract for any reason, the American was to receive a stipulated sum- named in the contract. If the act of the Persian govern ment in acceding to the Russian de mands should in effect destroy the autonomy and independence of Persia, the latter country might be in a po sition to refuse to pay the money and say Russia was responsible for the existing condition, thereby throwing the claim upon Russia. In that event the extent the United States would be able to go in obtaining for one of her citizens a compliance with his con tract with a foreign government is a problem. News In London. London. Dec. 22. The Persian lega tion here announced at noon today that Persia had acceded to the Rus sian demand. The British foreign office shortly after noon receive- official confirmation from the British minister at Teheran (Continued on Page Two.) S. V. P. means "Remember to Send Valuable Present." OLSEN SENTENCED Slayer of Farm Hand Gets 25 Years. Motion for New Trial Overruled Appeal Is Taken. Council Grove, Kan., Dec. 22- Overruling the motion for a new trial Judge King of the district court to day sentenced N. T. Olsen, the Dia mond Springs ranchman, to 25 years at hard labor for the murder of Walter Xewfarmer. The killing occurred Au gust 28. Olsen chopped off Newfar mer's head with a corn knife. Olsen was convicted ten days ago of murder in the second degree. The motions for a new trial were made on the grounds that the court erred in a number of instances. One was in the admission of evidence of the episode in which Olsen made im proper proposals to the wife of his victim a few days before the killing. Another admission of evidence which was not proper, the defense declared, was the piteous pleading of the three year old child of Xewfarmer while her father was being killed. Mrs. Xewfar mer testified the baby cried: "Please, papa, don't die." Another error was made, the de fense declared, when the court urged the Jury not to take the failure of the accused man to go on the witness stand in his own behalf, as an evidence of guilt. A stay of sentence until February 2 2 was granted ip order that an appeal to the supreme court might be made before Olsen began serving his sen tence. Olsen's bond was fixed at $20,000. MAY FLY OUT WEST Jacobs Aeroplane to Be Los Angeles. Tested In It is probable that the city of Topeka will be given notoriety before thousands of tourists in Los Angeles. Cal., the last of January when the balloon "Topeka II" and the multiplane invented by H. W. Jacobs of this city, may make trial and experimental flights at an aviation meet to be held there. George B. Harrison is in conference with H. W. Jacobs in Los Angeles today. If Mr. Jacobs agrees to the plans sug gested by Harrison, the "Topeka II" and the multiplane invented by Mr. Jacobs will be shipped to Los Angeles for ex hibition flights. The Topeka Aerial club and Its mem bers have been given national fame in their late feats. The invitation from the Pacific coast is a proof of this notoriety. EARTHQUAKE RECORDED Lawrence. Kan.. Dec. 22. An earth quake, believed to have been central in Mexico, was registered by the seismograph at the University of Kansas hene today. The tremors began at 6:52 this morning and lasted 31 minutes, the heaviest por tion of the wave having a duration of 6 minutes. Mexico City, Dec. 22. An earthquake of moderate intensity occurred here at 6:15 today. The shock lasted about one minute. No loss of life or damage to property is reported. Monarchist Outbreak at Braga. Vigo, Spain, Dec. 22. Advices from Braga, Portugal, 35 miles northeast of Oporto, say that a monarchist out break took place there on the night of December 20 in the barracks of the Twenty-ninth infantry regiment. The olonel and a captain of the regiment were wounded during the disturbance. At noon and the day following, firing was still heard in the city. TOMB ISJOBBED. Coffin of the Dead Actress, Mme. Lucie Lantelme, Broken Into and Fortune Jewels Taken. in Paris, Dec. 22. An extraordinary sensation was caused in Paris today by the announcement that the tomb of the celebrated Parisian actress, Mme. Lucie Lantelme, in the cemetery of Pere La Chaise, was broken into last night and valuable jewels filched from her body and carried off. The gems included a pearl necklace which alone was valued at $80,000. One of the robbers apparently was wounded while forcing the metal cas ket, for a trail of blood was left near the tomb and pathways leading to the gates of the cemetery. Mme. Lucie Lantelme, who was of poor parentage, achieved great suc cess as a comedienne and became known as the most beautiful woman in Paris. She was married to Alfred Charles Edwards, the first proprietor and editor of the Matin, a million aire. While she was yachting with him on the Rhine near the Dutch frontier on July 24 of this year she fell overboard and was drowned. The greatest mystery surrounds the affair. When the guardians of the cemetery first discovered the viola tion they lighted newspapers so as to ventilate the tomb before they entered. The whole sepulchre was soon in flames. These were extinguished in a short time, but the accident pre vented an immediate investigation. Jewels Found Later. Paris, Dec. 22. Upon investigation the report that ghols had stolen the jewels in the vault proved untrue. The examining magistrate entered the tomb and found the jewels enclosed in an envelope under the head of Mme. Lantelme. EMPEROR IS BETTER Francis Joseph Plans to Take a Walk Tomorrow. Vienna Dec. 22. Emperor Francis Joseph is making favorable progress in his recovery from his recent slight Indis position. According to the latest reports from the palace his majesty is in excel lent spirits: his cough is much better, his appetite good and his general appearance healthy. He walked today for half an hour in the great gallery of the palace and tomorrow he is to go out into the open air if the weather should prove fine. MRS. BLACK DIES Chicago Story Writer a Heart Disease. Victim of Chicago, Dec. 22. Margaret Horton Potter Black, novelist, died suddenly at her apartments here today from heart disease. The novelist formerly was the wife of John D. Black from whom she was divorced. Many of her novels were regarded as based on her knowledge of Chicago society. Weather Cool But Pleasant. It is a pleasant winter's day. It ap pears that Kansas is experiencing the only fine weather dealt out today by the government forecasters. The weath er man says tomorrow will be cool and pleasant. The hourly readings: 7 o'clock 21 I 11 o'clock 28 8 o'clock 21 i 12 o'clock 29 9 o'clock 21 1 o'clock 30 110 o'clock 25 1 2 o'clock 32 Appears However With Mr. Cap per's Signature Attached. May Indicate "the Parting of the Ways." Is Arthur Capper, insurgent candi date for governor, fixing to cut loose from Governor Stubbs and support Charlie Curtis for United States sena tor? Ia he? Or is he just trying to carry water on both shoulders and please all factions and meet all com ers and align with all angles of the political game at once in his search for votes? It is one or the other an swer for sure to the leading question. Capper's campaign sheets that he is sending out at this time over his own signature signify as plain as print can show that he is slamming Governor Stubbs in the interest of his own gub ernatorial candidacy. These trapper campaign documents consist of a big printed sheet contain ing boosts and praise and flattery from the pens of the friendly editors of the state. And the place of honor on this Capper booster list is accorded to Lem Woods of Chanute. The Woods boost for Capper is devoted in the main to a roaet of Stubbs and the Stubbs style of running the state government. Woods urges the world to vote for Capper for governor and thus gain the millennium and the Utopia of all good things in this world and the world to come. He points to the advantage of a Capper adminis tration over the one now being hand ed out by Walter Roscoe Stubbs. He baits his hook for Capper votes by calling attention to the fact that Cap per, if elected, would not place "dead beat politicians" on the state payroll for the purpose of gallivanting over the state in the interest of politics at state expense. He criticises the Stubbs plan of running for United States' sen ator while still governor. He prom ises that Capper will not do this thing. Woods goes on further to show the faults of the Stubbs administration and then paints a contrast of things to be as they will be under Capper. Bill White, of Emporia, has a place on the Capper campaign sheet, and so does Bristow of Salina, and other Cap rper boosters, but Lem Woods' name leads all the rest by a city block at the top of the column next to pure read ing matter. Mr. Capper signs his name to the Stubbs toast and sanctions it in the name of religion and politics. Capper nffls trie votes and the support. If It hurts Stubbs, that is too bad, but not bad enough to suppress publication in the Cagpper interest. To throw Stubbs. his loyal and steadfast friend through many a hard fought campaign, is a grievous thing (and grievously will Capper answer it) but to lose the sup port of some of Stubbs' enemies wouiu be a worse thing. So argued Capper when he sent broadcast that antl Stubbs and pro-Capper campaign sheet. Mr. Capper is the champion "I don't know man" of the world w hen it comes to a question of his signature to doc uments and advertisements and other things that help him and his interest at the exper.se of his friends, and he may say ht: does not know about this signature to the Lem Woods castiga tion of Stubbs that is going out over the state over the Capper signature. He ought to know. If Stubbs and Capper part company, it may cost Stubbs the senatorship. but one thing sure, it may also cost Capper the governorship. St.ibbs may have his faults, but he has always stood with Ids friends to the end and fought his enemies to a finish. Stubbs is not the man to stand for Capper sending out such articles as the Woods roast under the guise of campaign liter ature. No one at this time knows whether or not Capper is for Taft or LaFollette or Roosevelt. Nor whether he is for Stubbs or Curtis. Nor whether he for high or low tariff. WRIGHT LORIMER DEAD Romantic Young Actor Commit- Sui cide in New York. New York, Dec. 22. Wright Lorimer, the well known actor, committed uui cide todav by inhaling gas at his home here. Lorimer was 38 years old and Wright Ixrlmer. the Actor, Who Com mitted Suicide Today. began his stage career in -nicago sev eral years ago. He was oest known in the production of "The Shepherd King" which he wrote with Arnold Reeves. Mr. Lorimer was .sen In Topeka two yeass ago in "The Shepherd King" and was well received. He was a capable actor of hc romantic achool. Are Turned Eyes of Our Capitalists, Holland Says. Great Railway Enterprise lo Help Develop Country. New York. Dec. 22. If Commodore K. C. Beneaict purposed to make no more than a pleasure excursion of his winter voyage to South America he would. In all probability, have been content to make use of his own steam yacht, the Oneida, which has proved herself to be a very seaworthy vessel. The commo dore, however, deemed it expedient to charter a good-sized steel vessel capa ble in favorable weather of making at least 15 knots an hour and not of o heavy draught as to make it impracti cable for her to go very far up the Amazon rivor. This excursion, which began on Tuesday of this week, ta the third or fourth which Commodore Ben edict has taken In recent years, nomi nally to see what the interior of South America looks like, but presumably for the purpose of discovering opportunities for the investment of American capital In that still mysterious, but unquestion ably very rich, region of mterlor South America which Is within the aouthern tropica. Kstabllsli Wireless Alone Amazon. A casual explanation has been" given of a visit made by the commodore to the secretary of state. Mr. Knox, at Washington a few days before sailing, setting forth ths.t. a the commodore does not care to be beyond communi cation with his business In this city and possibly with his interests in In diana for any length of time, he per suaded the Brazilian government to permit him to Install a wireless tele graph system in the valley of the Ama zon. But as the commodore used fre quently, before the day of the wire less telegraph, to take voyages In hl yacht following an itinerary which kepi him for days outside of communica tion with his business. It Is presumed that the installation of the wireless telegraph system along the Amazon valley represents preliminary step toward investment of such American capital .s the commodore can bring together in the exploitation of aome ol the natural resources of the Amazon valley. The secretary state, Mr Knox, will probably go as far as dip lomatic usigos permit In endeavoring to persuade the Brazilian government not to cancel the concessions for the commodores wireless system. When the Panama Canal Is Opened. After the Panama canal is opened to navigation there Is to be extensive commerce by mefans of It between the west coast of South America and the United States and. presumably, west ern Europe. But Commodore Bene dict's purposes, whatever may be the natu-e of them, cannot be based upon the advantages to commerce which the Panama canal will offer. He la aeek lng to utilize the navigable waters of the Amazon and its tributaries, aa well as the navigable waters of the repub lic of Bolivia, si that a great com merce may be established by means of the Amazon between Interior South ontlnued on Page Two.) PREPARING FOR 1912 Republicans Begin the Preparation or Wool Tariff Bill. Washington. Dec. 22.- Republican members of the ways and means com mittee summoned by Representative Reyne of New York. former chair man of the committee, began the preparation of a revised wool tariff schedule today, based on the report of the tariff board and the message of President Taft. President Taft hav ing pronounced the report of the board as the most scientific ever made on the subject, the administration and Republican leaders in the house have determined to draft a bill founded en tirely on the data. With this bill th. will go before the country. Republi can members of the committee who began work on the bill were: Iayne of New York; Dalzell of Pennsylvania; McCall of Massachusetts: Hill of Con necticut; Needhnm of California; Fordney of Michigan and Longworth of Ohio. The president will co-operate with the Republican members In their work of drafting the bill, which It la said will give all bra In the domestic wool Industry the pr to place them on i foreign ranches. I American farmer enough to keep out Australia. Argentine ectlon necessary i equality with w wool of the II be protected heap wool from ind other cnun- tries and the manufacturer will be protected In the same way. the pro tection representing the difference be tween the cost of raising and market ing here and abroad. It Is the purpose of the Republicans to present their bill to the full ways and means committee and urge the Democrats to accept this. This culmination probably will not result as the Iemocrata under the leadership of Representative Cnder wood Intend to write their own bill immediately after the holidays. They will compare the statistics of the tariff board with figures of their collection and probably will get It through the house. Some difficulty may be en countered In the senate, however. Should the Democrat bill pass both houses the administration leaders will have their own bill on which to make a campaign before the people. To the Island 18 Months. San Francisco, Dec. 22. Dr. John Grant Lyman, the Los Angeles lend promoter, today was sentenced by United States District Judge Van Fleet to 18 months In the federal prison on McNeil's Island. Washing ton, on the charge of conspiracy to escape from a Cnlted Stated marshal. C. M. Courtrlght. a watchman and co defendant, was given six months us jail.

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL DECEMBER 22,. 1911 TOLD HER TO GO. UPTURNJNWHEAT Forecast of Reduced World Ship ments Has Bullish Effect. r STOCK SHIPPERS Woman Says Husband Kicked To Insure Yourselves Best Results Consign to Her Out of Bed. CLAY, ROBINSON St CO. Tires of Looking at Demon Face Sellers of Cash Hard to Find in Chicago Market. He Tells Her. Ltvc Stock Commission Merchants, Stock Yards, Kan. Ctty We Also Have Our Own Offices at Chicago. So. St. Joseph, 80. Oma ha, Denver. Sioux City, So. St. Panl.. E. Buffalo. E. St. Iouls and GUARDS NAME USED ON THE BUYING SIDE. ton wortn. Wife Said to Have Been Too Friendly With Him. Many Kossville People Here to Tell of Trouble. On the witness stand In Judge Whit comb's court today. Edith M. Dunaway told the story of abuse and mistreat ment which led to her suit for a di vorce from W. M. Dunaway, a rail way station agent at Lansing. Not un til tomorrow will the defendant he given an inning. Then he will intro duce witnesses to show that Mrs. Dun away left her home for the love of a guard at the state penitentiary. Mrs. Dunaway is frail and nervous and declared that her worry over family troubles had reduced her weight to 82 pounds. She told of the language which Dunaway used in talk ing to her and declared that he once struck her in the face, making her nose bleed and knocking her against a kitchen cabinet. Another time, the wife said, Dunaway choked hei. Once he kicked her off the bed. Mrs. Dun away testified. That is Mrs. Dunaway's story, ex cept that she spent the greater part of the morning session, going into details of her husband's abuse, how he was stingy and parsimonious, took her to task about the grocery bill and made life unpleasant in a score of ways. The woman said she was married to Dunaway in Rossville in 1902. They are the parents of five children, only one of whom is living. Neglected Her W hen She Was Sick. In 1908, the husband went to Lan sing. A few weeks before Mrs. Dun away left the Shawnee county town, one of the children was jorn. The wife said her husband was indifferent toward her during her sickness, that the morning the baby was born, he went to his work and refused to care for her or send for a doctor. Not, she said, until her father came, did she receive the care of a physician. Then Dunaway told her a few days later that she would have to start for Lan sing, that he would not pay rent on the house In which she was living and pay his room rent and board in an other town. It was April 2 5. when Mrs. Dunaway left her husband and came to live with her foster parents at 522 Madison street, Topeka. "The night before I left, the wife testified, "I told my husband I could not stand his treatment any longer; that if he did not want me, to say so. Then he told me he was sick and tired of looking at that demon face and the quicker I got out of his sight the bet ter. When I got ready to come home, I had less than a dollar. I asked him for money and he new in a rage ana walked away. He did not so much as carry my grip to the depot or bid my self or the baby good-bye." Dunaway Is a Giant. Dunaway is a veritable giant in com parison with his rather attractive young wife. The husband is a huge framed, stalwart man who weighs more than 200 pounds, and Mrs. Dunaway, sitting at the opposite side of the long table, appeared as a child In compari son with the husband. The action for divorce has brought many Rossvine citizens to lopeKa to tell of affairs in the Dunaway home. These witnesses will occupy the time of the court for at least two days. Then Dunaway himself will testify. It Is contended by the defense that Mrs. Dunaway left her homo for the love of a man named Godfry, a guard at the state prison. In a cross peti tion. Dunawy claimed that his wife threw hot soup on him, that she abused their child, that she secretly met God fry without the knowledge or consent of her husband and that the wife's re lations with the prison guard became a matter of common gossip and scan dal in the little town. These charges are denied by the plaintiff. Under cross examination this morning. Mrs. Duna way was hot asked about the Godfry affair. Mrs. Dunaway asks for a division of the property rights, which she claims are valued at about $6,000. The New Central Congregation al Church of Which Mr. Sheldon Has Been Pastor. SHELDON IS OUT (Continued from Page One.) JOKE ON FIVE DOCTORS Tliey Visit laud Grahame-White and nnrt Illm Well. New York, Dec. 22. Five New York physicians are searching today for the author of a hoax that got them out of led at 3 o'clock in the morning and sent them hustling to an uptown hotel to save the life of Claude Grahame Whlte. the English aviator. When they rrived, one after another at Grahame White's apartments, he was rather more surprised than the doctors. He declared that he felt perfectly fit and needed no medical attention. Embezzler Is Paroled. St. Louis, Dec. 22. Frank E. Bow ker, under sentence of one year for embezzlement, has been paroled by Judge Hitchcock, following receipt of a pleading letter from his mother. Pr,T.-vr "Md o be the son of a high official of the Philadelphia mint. Am southwestern part of the city believed they lived too far away from the first church. Dr. Sheldon organized his congregation with a membership of 57. ne nrst services were held in the sec ond floor of a frame building at the nead of Lincoln street on Huntoon street. This building is standing a grocery store occupies the first floor. In his twenty-three years with the Central Congregational church Dr. Sheldon has carried his membership from the original church of 57 mem bers to one of 740. And the church to day is a magnificent structure occupy ing a beautiful corner at Buchanan and Huntoon streets. I will live in Topeka and make this my headquarters." said Dr. Sheldon this afternoon. "But I feel as though I should take heed to the many calls from the world and I will try and an swer them in the future. Then there Is the work among temperance or ganizations, state universities and col leges, Y. M. C. A.'s, labor unions and churches a work that I love and con sider a duty now." In his calls from foreign countries Dr. Sheldon has heard requests from Japan, China, New Zealand, Australia, India. France, England and many other countries. Religious awakenings and campaigns in these countries have appealed to the Topeka pastor until he is unable to resist their temptations. Author of In His Steps. Charles M. Sheldon was born in WeUsville, N. Y., in 1858. His father, Rev. Stewart Sheldon, moved to Da kota where he lived on a farm as a missionary among the Indians. The young man's early education was re ceived in Dakota and while there his first stories were printed In a Yank ton paper. He graduated from Phil lip's academy. Brown university and Andover Theological seminary- In 1886 he spent several months in England and Scotland studying the conditions of the poorer classes. He returned to America to take his first charge at Waterbury, Vt. In 1888 he received a call from the Central Congregational church in Topeka. His first services were held in a hall over a grocery store. Dr. Sheldon Is a lover of the work ins man. He has donned overalls and worked in the Santa Fe shops, he has been out on the road with the train men, he has worked among the resi dents of the negro settlements. He la a man with a mission the betterment of humanity by the awakening of re ligious thought. He is a conscientious man in theory and practice. His writ ings reveal his teachings and will live after him. Rev. Mr. Sheldon's fame was gained through hi 3 well known book "In His Steps.'' This book has been printed in scores of foreign languages. It Is one of the most widely read books ever published. Mr. Sheldon has written several oooks. He has been made flattering offers from lecture bureaus all over the coun try but he will not accept them or listen to them. His ambition in lire is to assist in the awakening of the better thoughts of humanity and he means to carry it out. ROBBING HIS PARTNERS PERSIA GIVES UP Contlnued from Page One.) that Persia had yielded before the Russian threats and had granted all the demands contained in the Russian ulti matum of November 29. These includ ed the dismissal of W. Morgan Shuster, the American who has been acting treasurer general of Persia since June last. Details have not yet reached the British government but it is said that Russia's demand that the appointment of foreign advisers to the Persian gov ernment should hereafter be subject to Russian and British approval, has been found with some slight modifications agreeable to both parties. WEALTH IN SOUTH (Confirmed from Page One.) The Russian ultimatum to the terms of which Persia has now acceded, was delivered to the Persian government by the Russian minister at Teheran on November 29. It demanded besides the dismissal of Mr. Shuster, an apol ogy from the Persian government be cause of its interference with the property of Persians under Russian protection and also the payment of an indemnity to Russia for the expendi tures she had incurred In sending troops to Persian territory. The national council declined at first to comply with Russia's demands al though the cabinet was inclined to do so. Yesterday Russia tnreatenea to order the advance of 4,000 troops of all arms from Kasbin unless Persia ac ceded within twenty-four hours. A further discussion of the question at issue between the members of the Persia cabinet and the National coun cil evidently led the latter to see the advisability of yielding to Russia. CHRISTMAS TREE FIRE A Numljer of Persons Injured In Panic Which Followed. Coshocton. O., Dec. 22. While playing Santa Claus In a school entertainment Melville Shyrock 16. probably was fatally burned when a lighted candle fell and set fire to a Christmas tree. The school building was crowded with persons and In the panic that toliowed several teachers and a number of others were more or less seriously injured. JURY HAS THE CASE Testimony and Arguments Over Fowler Damage Suit. Theory of the Marks Defense in Re gard to Ma-bray. Council Bluffs. Dec. 22. In the trial of Ben Marks, charged with conspiracy with J. C. Mabray and others to de fraud numerous persons of large sums of money. Mabray, chief witness for the prosecution, was on the stand to day for the fourth day of his exam! nation. Attorney Organ, for the de fense, continued his grilling cross-ex amination. The theory of the defense as devel oped by the cross-examination of Ma bray is that the latter in making the claim that he was paying large sums of money to Marks for protection against Interference by the city and covnty authorities and for assistance from the First National hank in col lecting money from the victims of swindles, was simply robbing his part ners and puting the money into his own pockets. RELEASED ON PAROLE "OLT? TANKLEY HAS DIS COVERED A. WAX TO AVOID HAVING A "HEAPACftE WHEN HE 15 GETTING OYER A PELUNK. ftDW DOES HE DO LT TiE,STAXSDFJJNlS5L Sentence of Pennsylvania Capitol Grafter Is Cut Short. Philadelphia, Dec. 22. After having served an imprisonment of six months and 21 days. Joseph M. Huston, con victed of conspiracy to defraud in the furnishing of the new state capitol, of which he was architect, today was re leased .from the prison here on parole. Huston was sentenced to an Im prisonment of not less than six months or more than two years. His parole was recommended to the pardon board by the prison inspectors. Bomb in Chinatown. New York. Dec. 22. A bomb was ex ploded under the window of Sing Kee's shop in Chinatown early today. The front of tae store was wrecked and the 16 families in the four-story tene ment above rushed to the street in panic. No one was Injured, however. The explosion marks the first bomb outrage in the New York Chinatown In 16 years. The Fowler Packing company's $1,500,000 damage suit was submitted to a Jury In the United States circuit court at noon today, after an entire day's argument by the lawyers. At 1:30 this afternoon, the Jury was placed In charge of United States Marshal Harrison, and retired to consider the evidence. lor nearly three weeks the case brought by the Fowler Interests against the Kaw Valley Drainage district, has been on trial In the federal court. By agreement the casa was submitted before Judge A. S. Van Valkenberg, of the west ern division of the district of Missouri, who was called to Topeka by Judge Pol lock. 11 ere Is little hope that the Jury will reach an agreement before some time Saturday and perhaps not until next week. It is necessary for the 12 men to reach an agreement concerning many separate claims for damage and these questions are expected to keep the jury busy for some time. TJTnless an agree ment is reached by Saturday night, the jurors will be compelled to remain in To peka and will not be able to return to their homes for Christmas. LEWIS IS REINDICTED Same Old Charge of Using the Mails to Defraud. St. Louis. Dec. 22. E. G. Lewis, pub lisher and promotor of realty and bank ing enterprises, was reindicted by the federal grand jury today on the charge of using the mails to defraud. New indict ments charging the use of the mails to defraud, were also returned in the so called twin insurance cases, relating to the affairs of the Continental Assurance and International Fire Insurance com pany of which Harry M. Coudrey, former congressman, was a leading promoter. Coundrey and Harry B. Gardner were re indicted. The indictments against Lewis and eight defendants in the twin insurance cases were dismissed a few weeks ago by Judge Trieber on a technical ground. Since that time, the witnesses in the cases have been reheard. THEY PLEAD GUILTY Stock Promoters Used Mails in Scheme to Defraud. New York. Dec. 22. Pleas of guilty were made today by Shelton C. Burr. president; Eugene H. Burr, secretary- treasurer; Charles H. Tobey, vice pres ident, and Edwin Wesley Preston, an official of the Burr Brothers, incorpor ated, stock promoters. Their offices here were raided November 20. 1910, by the postal authorities, the men being charged with using the mails In a scheme to defraud investors. America and other parts of the world, This commerce will float directly to the Atlantic. The only artificial high way or waterway in the entire system will be that recently completed near the northwestern boundary of Brazil and northwestern boundary of Bolivia, whereby, by means of a railroad, the obstruction to navigation caused by rapids of the tributaries of the Amazon and of the Bolivian rivers Is to he con quered by means of rail transporta tion. It is the understanding here that In terests In Minneapolis have obtained very large concessions in interior Bo livia, presumably awaiting the per fection of transportation either to the Pacific coast or the navigable waters of the Amazon before undertaking im portant developments upon these con cessions. Commodore Benedict and Bolivia. Commodore Benedict has kept what ever purposes he has in mind a thor oughly guarded secret. But some things have occurred which seem to Justify the suspicion that he. too, counting upon the completion of the Madero Marmore railroad around the rapids of the upper Amazon, contemplates some venture in upper Bolivia. That country is the Switzerland of South America. Its area is over 650.O00 square miles. Our minister to Bolivia, Mr. Horace G. Knowles, while upon a brief vacation to the United States last summer, .said that with the opening of transporta tion the extraordinarily rich natural resources of Bolivia will surely tempt both the capital of the United States and that 01 urope. In one large dis trict of Bolivia vast growths of wild coffee are found, ana Mr. Knowles ex- pertmented with the bean and discov I ered that its flavor is equal, if not su perior, to that of the coffee which finds its great port at Santas in Brazil. The Improvement of Transportation. In the United States there is little understanding of the magnitude of rail way construction in Bolivia and of the swiftness with which it is being car ried on. On his return from Bolivia, Mr. Grace said that within the course of a few years the great central trunk line of Bolivia, so to call it, would be completed so as to make connections with the transcontinental trunk line built jointly by Argentina and Chili. The center or pivot of the entire Bolivian railway system is the capital, La Paz. It is already In railway com munication to the seacoast of Chile and to the port of Molledo In Peru. By this route Mr. Knowles came from La Paz to the seacoast, then continuing by rail to Callao, the port of Lima, where he took steamer for the isthmus. A rail way is now under construction from Arica to La Paz and many branches are being pushed out, especially to the rich mining and agricultural districts of central Bolivia. Not content with these important works, Bolivia has under consideration a true transandean line, which will provide the shortest communication between La Paz and the Pacific coast. These systems ir connection with the utilization of the navigable rivers of Bolivia and the Marmore Madero railroad, Which is in the very heart of tropical South America, will give to Bolivia as ade quate transportation as any South American republic possesses. Mr. Knowles reported when here that La Paz is growing relatively as fast as Buenos Ayres or any of the larger clt ies of South America. Modern bulla insrs are springing up, the city Is ex tending, it is electrically lighted and there is a very good trolley system. A Great Work to Be Done. There is. however, a very great work In the wav of exploration to be accom plished In central South America, fully equal to work of that kind being accom plished in Central Africa. Mr. Grace says that there are vast areas of interior South America which have never been exDlored. Our minister to Bolivia, Mr. Knowles, told ms iriencts in tnis city last summer that mucn or tne interior or South America is unmapped and many of the maps which have been published are notoriously incorrect. All of the naviga ble rivers have been traced and practical ly charted. The German capitalists who are searching for rubber in central South America and who have exploited large rubber tracts along the borders of the navigable rivers have not ventured very far into the interior. The Germans have patiently but ex clusively exploited the areas most pro lific in rubber trees. But there are vast areas yet untouched where the rubber tree grows, not In the profusion of the river valleys, but yet in such manner as to show that with patient cultivation there can be vast Increase in the .product. Some of the American capitalists who have been getting all the information they can about Bolivia, and. It is suspected that among them is Commodore Benedict himself, have had an eye upon the mineral possibilities of that great interior republic. The main ranges of mountains are known o be vast fields of ore, scarcely touched gold, silver, tin, copper, bismuth and precious stones exist there, some of them in vast riches of deposit awaiting only transportation and the coming of capital. One of the greatest of American cap italists, now living In semi-retirement, expressed recently the opinion that the most tempting and inconseivably rich op portunities for American capital that seeks investment outside the United States are in South America, and he in timated that Commodore Benedict, as well as other capitalists, would be found in the course of a few years accepting these opportunities in good measure, although they are sure to meet with serious rivalry from German and English capital. HOLLAND. Commission Honses Are Gener ally Purchasers of Corn. Provisions Advance With the Price of Hogs. Chicago, Dec. 22. WHEAT A forecast of smaller world shipments other than from America had a bullish effect today on the price of wheat. Sentiment in favor of an upturn received impetus because of lack of pressure to sell offerings from Argentine. As a matter of fact, sellers of cash wheat In the Chicago pit were hard to find. The opening was unchanged to c high er. May started at 98c to 98c, a gain of a shade to SJ-!4c and rose to 98c. v orry about carrying property through the three holidays ahead led to a reaction. lhe close, however, was steady with May a shade net lower at 98c. CORN commission houses were gen erally on the buying side of the corn market. The smallness of receipts formed the chief incentive. May opened un changed to a sixteenth up at 6-H4S6494C to 64c and advanced to 6414c. Profit taking by shorts made the mar ket weak. The close though was steady at 64V4c for May, a loss of C net. OATS Despite talks of imports from Argentine, oats developed strength. May started at 47c to 47?i4JH7Tsc and reached 47c. PROVISIONS Provisions rose with hogs. Demand was in excess of the sup ply. First sales were unchanged to 7!4c higher with May $16.02 to $16.10 for pork, $9.42 for lard and $8.62Vi for ribs. BYE No. 2, 924?92e. B A RLK Y 75c4i1.27. TIMOTHY $12.60rfl5.00. CLOVER $13,504! 20.25. Chicago Ois in Market. Chicago, Dec. 22, Close Open High Low Today Ye;-. WHEAT Dec. 94- 94 93 94' i S14- 9Sj, 98 98S; 94 98- 63'4-tt 64'.-V 64- 63?-64 64-64H 64(4- 93 934 63 Vi MVa 63-64 64H 63- 63- 64l,i-64'i TAFT GOES SHOPPING lie Passes Vp the "Best Sellers" in the Book Stores. "Washington, Dec 22. President Taft, who began his Christmas shopping in New York, made a trip through the down town section yesterday and se lected a number of gifts. The president's objective point was a book store, but enroute he spent some time at a silversmith's, where he made several purchases. His advent into the shopping district was made in the quiet way in which Mr. Taft moves about the streets of the capital, and hundreds among whom he went missed seeing him altogether. vv hile in the book store, a young army lieutenant, intent on his exami nation of some editions de luxe, pushed against the president, oblivious of the fact that he was jostling his command er-in-chief. Mr. Taft was equally ab sorbed with Major Butt in selecting some volumes, and failed to observe the officer's presence. The president confined his purchases to standard works and let the best sellers" go by. He returned to the White House shortly after 6 o'clock. POLICE CLEAN UP May July 93 CORN Dec. May July C ATS Dec. 46i- 4 46 May 479- 47 47 July 44Vi- 44 44 15.57 15.60 15.50 May ..16.02 16.02'A 15.95 July ..16.72 16.72 16.12 16.20 LARD Jan. May July RIBS Jan. May July 9.17 9.42 9.52 S.32 8.62'i 8.66 9.17 9.32V4 9.15 9.42 9.37 9.40 9.52V4 9.47 9.50 8.32 8.27 8.30 8.62 8.55 8.60 8.67 8.60 .62 8.65 46 46 47- 47 44 44 15.62 16.00 16.02 16.20 .17 9.42 9.52 8.80 8.60 Inspector Revere of Chicago Force Is Dismissed. Chicago, Dec. 22. Police Inspector John L,. Revere was dismissed from the Chi cago police force. Lieutenant John (Sandy) Haney was exonerated and the case of Captain Bernard Baer was re ferred to Mayor Harrison by the city civil service commission which had heard charges of incompetency, neglect of duty ana mefriciencv against them. Revere is the second police inspector dismissed as a result of the present In vestigation into the efficiency or the po lice force, made by the civil service com missioner. Inspector Charles Dorman and several lieutenants and captains hereto fore have been removed and the commls slon has begun hearing charges of a similar nature against another Inspector, John Wheeler, four lieutenants and a captain. Haney's exoneration, it was said, was based on his own testimony before the commission, In which he said he started out to clean up north side vice In his own way and was told by Inspector Revere that there was "nothing doing" regard ing certain places he had prepared to move against. Thereafter, he said, he simply followed orders. SEEK A COMPROMISE Delinquent Corporations Try to Square Themselves With Government. Washington Dec. 22. The 30.000 corpora tions which failed to make the necessary returns to the commissioner of internal revenue for the year 1910, showing their net income as a basis for taxation under the corporation tax law, are endeavoring to make compromises with the govern ment. The delay In most cases was due to the questions of the constitutionality of the law. Since the supreme court gave Us de cision on this point last March, about 28,000 of the delinquent concerns have proposed compromises. The remainder will be prosecuted to obtain the revenue. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Cabell has requested all United States attorneys who will be engaged in this litigation to obtain the penalty, ranging from $1,000 to $10,000. for the nonpresentation of returns. through a civil suit Instead of by Indictment. -New York Slock Market. Wall St., New York, Dec. 22. STOCKS The nearness of the three-day holiday In the stock market restricted trading to small proportions during the morning and speculative Interest was not sufficient to bring about any decided general move ment. Professional traders were bearish toward the market as a whole and there were indications of short selling among the favorite speculative mediums. An undertone of heaviness prevailed in the second hour but losses in the leading Is sues were not Important apart from Amalgamated Copper which declined a Point. Some low priced stocks were con spicuously weak, especially Denver and Rio Grande preferred which yielded 2 to 36. The four per cent bonds sold off 2 points to 80. Anaconda and the Rock Island and American Woolen stocks lost 1 to 1. Wabash preferred rose 1 and the four per cent bonds 1. Bonds were irregular. Lehigh advanced 1 to 185, a new rec ord for the movement. Reading made only a slight response to this rise and the oth er prominent stocks were not essentially changed. Great Northern Certificates rose 1. Denver and Rio Grande stocks and the 5 per cent bonds went to new low records and there also was pressure against the Rock Island stocks. Prices were on the down grade at 11 o clock. The bulk of the limited business was In Lehigh Valley, which reached 186, the highest figure ever made and 3 points above yesterday's closing. The rest of the list was virtually at a standstill with the Important stocks ruling at about last night's level. New York Money Market. New York, Dec. 22. MONEY Money on call steady, S04 per cent; ruling rate 4 per cent; closing bid 3 per cent; offered at 3 per cent. Time loans, easier; 60 days, 44 per cent and 80 days, 4 per cent; 6 months, 4g4 per cent. CLOSE: Prime mercantile paper, 4 4 per cent. Sterling exchange easy with actual busi ness in bankers' bills at $4.83 for 60 day bills and at $4.86.25 for demand. Commer cial bills, $4.82. M SILVER Bar silver, 64c Mexican dol- 1 8,19 46c. BONDS Government bonds steady, rail road bonds Irregular. Cotton Market. Galveston, Tex., Dec. 22.-COTTON-Market unchanged, 9c. Chicago Lire Stoek Market. Chicago, Dec. 21. CATTLE Receipt estimated at 2,000. Market strong. Beeves, $1.80(.90; Texas steera. $4-2008.75; western steers, $4.6006.80; stockcrs and feeders. $3,2545.85: cows and heifers, $2. 00. 50: calves. $5.004r7.2S. HOGS Receipts estimated at 11.000. Market steady. Light. $8.60M.12; mixed. $5.S06.25; heavy. $6.S0.20: rough, $6.04 6.05; good to choice heavy, $6.u6y.36. plus, $4.50W6.65: bulk of sales. $6.00.20. SHEEP Receipts estimated at $.000. Market firm. Native. $2.60i4 10; western. $2.75(14-10: yearlings, $4,254,16.36: Iambi, na tive. S4.O04i6.3O; western. $4,2546.26. Car lot receipts: Wheat 22 cars, with 2 of contract grade; corn, 129 cars, with I of contract grade; oats. 94 cars. Total receipt of wheat at Chicago, Min neapolis and Duluth today were 366 cars, compared with 633 cars last week and 369 curs the corresponding day a year ago. Kansas City Live Stock Sales. The following sales were msa tills morning at the Stock Varo-. Kansas City, and reported over long distance telephone direct to the State Journal by Clay, Roblnaon 4k Co., live stock com-ml-efon merchants, with offices at all uiarjtets Dec 22. CATTLE Re- Kansan City, celpts 1,000 head HOGS Receipts 8,000 1 higher. Bulk of sales, $5. SHEEP Receipts 2,500 steady. ImbB. $t:.15. HORSES AND MULES head. Trade quiet; outside demat KILLING STEERS. No. Wi. Price. I No. Wt. 1 1132 $6.25 I SS 1261 14 1041 6.36 17 1120 COWS AND HEIFERS ad. Market 6c ?i.26; top. $6.30. head. Market rtfceli 6.... 1 L... 1 3.... .1075 642 .1010 .1390 930 903 665 $5.00 6.25 3.50 6.00 3.50 4.25 15. 4. t. 1. 22 7! 10. 803 .1103 SSI .1166 .1060 671 762 M 1 1 10 110 230 130 1... S... 74. 12. 84. 6. 752 3.25 ....895 6.66 ROCKER1 AND FKKnERS $04 5.25 I 32 741 CALVES. 7.25 1 4... 6.00 I 1... BULLS. 2.85 2 120 3.00 I HOGS. 6.26 I C8 2s$ 4.76 86 17S 6.16 I 86 167 4.76 I ..1120 24S 104 186 98 New York Stock Market. Wall St., New York, Dec. 22. STOCKS Fluctuations of stocka were Irregular when trading was resumed today. There was some sign of weakness on the part of Denver and Rio Grande and the pre ferred stock lost Wentlnghouse Elec tric declined 1. otherwise changes wars restricted to small fractions. TO START FROM K. C. National Elimination Balloon Races in June 1912. Kansas City, Dec. 22. George M Meyers, president of the Kansas Aero club, has received a telegram from the location committee of the Aero Club of America saying the committee had rec ommended Kansas City as the starting point of the national elimination balloon races to choose two American balloons to compete in the international race for the James Gordon Bennett trophy, which will be held in Germany next summer. According to Mr. Meyers, the elimination race will take place early In June. Insanity Proceedings Begun. Seattle, Dec. 22. Insanity proceed ings were, begun today against Mal colm C, Patterson who shot R. T. Seal, a Port Orchard livery man, December 7. The complaint was filed at Port Or chard. Patterson, who Is the son of former Governor Malcolm R. Patter eon of Tennessee, is held in default of $7,500 bonds on a charge of assault placed against him when it was'found that Seal was not fatally wounded. New York Sugar Market. New York, Dec. 22. SUGAR Raw, weak; Muscovado, 89 test, $4.114?4.23; cen trifugal, 96 test, $4.6144.73; molasses. 89 test, $3,8643.98. Refined, quiet: cubes, cubes, $6.00; fine granulated, $0.0; pow dered, $5.85. New York Produce Market. v.tv Vnrk. Deo. 22. BUTTER Market firm. Creamery specials, 40c; extras, 39c; firsts, 3637c; seconds, 3234c; state dairy, tubs, finest, 3537c. CHKKSE MarKet iirm. EGOS Market weak. Fresh gathered .TlraR. 40S44c: extra firsts, 3bii3ic; firsts. 344i-3oc; seconds, 3033c; refrigerator spec ial marks, fancy, local storage charges paid, 26ig'26c; firsts, 23f24c; ditto sec onds, 224j'23c; western gathered white, 38 42c. pouT.TRV Alive. irregular: western chickens. 10llc; fowls, 13B13c: tur keys, 14c. Dressed, easy; western, 54jn6c; fowls, 54i-16c-, turkeys, 1218c. Chicago Produce Market. Chicago. Dec. 22. BUTTER Market i rvsa.niRrles. 264136c: uairiei. zsaaic. RGOS Market steady. Receipts, j.ase i 1 1 lO cases: at marK, cases inciuum, jc.Gtmr- nrime firsts. 284fClc. rii:FsuMarket steady. Daisies, 16 16c: Twins, 1616c; Young Americas, uuainbi' t mr Horns. 1616c. POTATOES Market strong. Choice to fancy, ooa-oic; i&n 'J ,S POI'I.TRY MarKet easy. iuuej, 17c; chickens, lOWlovic; springs. iaanij VEAL Market steaay. wiom ra llc. Knnsnx CltJ Produce Market. T.-!.a ritv Dec. 22. WHEAT Market unchanged. No. 2 hard, 99cwi.,; w. ost at- Mn red. 94l97c: NO. 4'a.c. CORN Market unchanged to c lower. No. 2 mixed. 63c: No. 3. 6162c; No. 2 white, -65c; No. J. OATS Market steady. No. 2 white, 4841 49c: No. 2 mixed. 4748c. irTv Market steady. Choice timothy tit 20.00: choice prairie. $13.5R1..50. BUTTaM reainei Topeka Markets. (Furnished by ths Cbaa. Wolf! PscKlns Co., yards close at noon Saturday Wa cannot uaa pigs, thin aowa or hog welching leaa than 170 Iba. Do not mar ket hogs unless asms ara well flnlaaad 8 we cannot use half fat stuff vv. below prlcea effective at once, until fur Uer notice J Topaka. Kan., Dao. a HOGS. MIXED AND BUTCHERS $6 6696 80 SroH? bl'T t.SOOC 70 (Can't usa thin hoga or thoaa under U. pmUadaV) STEERS cwt. Grass cows and heirers $1 5044 o Prime corn fed S04i5 Good to choice corn fed 4.756 M Grass corn fed, ahort feed t Wd.". 5t Common to fair killers l S604.ll COWS. w- rtn2. v II MM! Uood to choice .364.u( n,ir ana. Fair to good $7 7SJW.04 Prime iims.m Good to cholcs 4.400 M Killing bulls 3.764.:i (Cattla must be good. Cannot uaa ttilu stuff. Market price paid for dry lot cattla. If you will favor ua with your nqutrlra advising number of head, quality, aga and length of time on feed, we will maka you an off or or arrange for our buyara to call on you. Butter and Kg. (Furnished by The Continental Creamery Co.. Topeka Kan. 35c; firsts. S3c; j rtaolrinor stock. 20iC. EGGS-Ex'tras, 31c; firsts, 29c; seconds, 17c Vrt7!AT Receints 16 cars. CLOSE: WHEAT December. 96c; May. 98c; July. 181C. CORN December, 64c; May, July, 64c. 64c; gt Joe Live Stock Market. Jaa Dec. 22. CATTLE Receipts Steers. $4.504iS.25; cows and heifers, $2.65-g6.50; calves. $4.00 "hogs Receipts 4.500. Market strong to SeWtterToK $6.30; bulk of sales. $5.80 6 SHEBF-Receipts 1,000. Market slow. Lambs, $4.&tm.w; K.m-.i- City Live Stock Market. v...., rMtv Dec. 22. CATTLE Re- celpts'l,000. Including 100 southerns. Mar ket strong. Native steers, $o.2S4i8.,o; southern steers, $4.SO6.00; southern cows and heifers. $2.004.60; native cows and heifers. $2.75T7.W; srocnera nu wj'-ia, $4.00M6.00; bulls. $3.40-?a.ou: caives, n.ww 7 00- western steers. 4.uwi.w; western cows, $3.00-36.00. HOGS Receipts 8.0CO. Market ateady to strong Bulk of sales. $5.756.26: heavy, 16 1566.30; packers and butchers, $6.0001 lights. $0,5046.15; pigSiM.OOilS. SHEEP Receipts 2T5w. Market steady. Muttons. $3.5003.75; lambs, $4.5fygfl.25; range wethera and yearlings, $3.00(65.00; range ewes, $2.25ft3.76. CHICAGO EGGS 211 IV. Y. EUtrS 382 40c. CREAMERY BI TTER N. Y., 37c; Elgin. 35c. Kan., Dse. a. -Chicago S4: Topeka Butter. Kngi anrl Poultry. (Furnished by the Topaka Packing Co.J Topeka, Kan.. Dae V EGOS-Kreah country? 2c BUTTER Packing stock 'lie POULTRY Hena. 4 lb. and over to under 4 lbs.. 7c; sprplngs. ataaa 7u old cocka, 6c; ducks, luc; ,,r: young turkeya. 14c; old turkeys,' lje.' Topeka Grain Market. (Eunuhed by J. B. Billard, cornar at a. sas ave. and Cum is at,j Topek KAFF1 WIIEA Topeka Fruit a ad Prod Kan re. Da, as o W nee Market. Topaka, Kan., iw o, BOX APPLES-VVineaaps. p.r' gf. Jonathan, per box, $i.6j B 1 ,V BANANAS Medium alaad bunchi. n.J bunch. $2.00, k5; laxga bunuhlZ? EII bunch. Ji&Oou. Port LLmoS RT tc. T ISAVKI. OKANfiKS Per box una MEXICAN ORANGES. II lglSS CRANBERRIES Per Laj aTS $3.36. oox. POTATOES-Rural, bu $1 10- p bu., $1.10; R, R. E. 6 bu $1 28. BurbMfc uu., II jo. Topeka Hide Market (Quotation, ruruiahrd by James f- Hm,. Hm. i- II. l- omits inira at. J lopeka, Kan GREEN CURED HIDES s L 12c; No. 2, llc; side Bran Bulls and Stags, 8c; H..r I. W.00W3.S0; No 2. ft tla I, TALLOW-54i6c DRY HIDES Butchera dry salt. VUalSc. DRY HIDES Butchers dry salt, 124J13C; mink No $S.60; No. 1 medium, 3.so anmii, 10 a.uu; raccoon v i $1.2 to -!.wl; No. 1 medium. $1 nri LTO No. 1 small. 66c to 90c. skunk i.i. L to $3.50; ahort atrlpe, $i.W tu 2f" 60 stripe. $1.26 to 0c; broad atrlo!.' ?'ow 50c; O'Poaaum No. 1 large 40c iic to 1 medium, 2$c to 40c; No. 1 am.ll it N' 20c; muskraw No. 1 large. Ma sai?0. l" 1 medium. 30c to c; No I .mai.No. 26c. Civit No. 1 large, afc to jsJ.. medium. 26o to 40c, No. 1 amaJLo Deo. 11 a lives, .su I Hide. No. navy, nc. heavy. He V 1 1"re $4.60 t.', 1 Prlc. $6 56 6.15 $426 6 00 3 SB 4.16 4.25 3.00 1 4.26 6.16 6 60 6.35 6 05 Jf A

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1911 BOOSTS BASEBALL er "possible cities" under consideration. Stock companies with "unlimited back ing" had been formed in the cities that had already received their franchises, he asserted, enough to make the baseball world "sit up and take notice." Furs For Gifts" Gifts For Women There is nothing more appropriate for your mother, sweetheart, sister, etc., and a gift that sure will please, than a set of furs, and furthermore if it comes from Green baum's it is sure to give satisfaction. AVre1 Clarke, Pirate Manager, Talks at Wichita. BOB VXGUIT IS SHOT. Accidental Discharge of Rifle Wounds IJneolnite in Leg. Philadelphia, Dec. 22. Robert A. Un glaub, manager of the Lincoln, Neb., baseball team in the Western league, was accidentally shot at Crisneld. Md., where he was preparing to start on a hunting trip. I'nglaub was cleaning his rifle when it was discharged. The bullet passed through his right ankle and lodged in the back of his foot. Urjres Business Men to Cinch Franchise at Once. LINING UP PLAYERS l8hell, Holland and Hendricks Are at Work. SrOCESSBUL RETIRED CHAMPION New York. Dec. 21. There are only two retired ring champions alive. Jack McAuliffe and Jimmy Barry. McAul- iffe is now doing a vaudeville act and j Denver Manager in Ecstasy Over New Fielder. THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL DECEMBER I '22, V Fre.l Cta (ivea Wicl alu of a a good loa any town i lowed to c. as follows. lager of tho Pirates, ittle classic on the team to a city in he good citizens of iseball has been al iould read it. It is Those are the words of Pred Clarke, inager of the Pittslmrg national iue baseball team, who with Mrs. irke is In Wichita today to take ir two children who are attending Carmel academv home for the holi- d CU Tl'itl 11 glVC r u papers be purchas stop to thii nre read b the United fit the cit Ing is sur that WlfTi cst posted ry and he situation an turn down this Marke this morning. 5e they are afraid to s. I am sure it is y do not understand Wichita has a grand You people that live Wichita as I do as I a year and can see of a few thousand the city in ail trie leading of the country could not 1 at any price. When yon k that the baseball reports at least 50.000.000 people in ;tates every day some idea the good that a baseball team does i of Wichita r said Mr. can't be becai a few dolla: ply because th real situation. ;re before her. dieates that Clemons and Barger are to be given a tryout during the spring training trip with Oomiskey," says the Chieftain sports writer. '"If Berger manages to stick he will have to beat out no less a personage than Roy Corhan of these parts, to do which he will be obliged to step pretty fast, while Clemons will have to sup plant some of the best backstops in the business today. "The question of great interest, however, is what will become of Clem ons and Berger if they don't stick up the meeting of the directors held here tonight. There was no opposition to Jones. named swelled up over. What if a city usand dollars earn, the bene- p player, or if the business men will build a down town park and a place to play Sunday games some place out side the city the team wil move here ;md be willing to pay $1,000 a year rent for the park. Wichita should be glad to furnish the park free. It will be but n short tim nected by boulevards an attraetii no baseball this country is eon ban railroads and Hi will there be for outside towns with There are so many team that T don't s Wichita can hest o tight that it will a new outfielder i whom he is all j He says of him: He (Channell) was with me in Fort Wayne in 1909 and hit .317. New York took him from me. and after I making good in the outfield he slid into third base and broke his ankle. I That put him out of it in 1910. "Xew York sold him to Indian apolis last spring, but the ankle both- ered him and he was released to Mans- i Held of the O. P. league, where he hit .321. He told me that the ankle bothered him until he was as good as ever and then he started to steal bases in old time fashion. "He ought to be a tower of strength to us. He is as large as Beail and as j fast as Gilmore. He. hits and throw si left handed. His home is in Ohio. He is married and has a little baby." GOTH READY KOK MIXKO. Iowan's Manager Sajs He Has Trained Haiti for Match. Kansas City, Dec. 22. Jim Asbell. chief trainer for Frank Gotch, the world's champion wrestler, who will meet Alec Munro. the Knglish champion, here De cember 27, arrived to observe the work out of the Englishman. Asbell said that Gotch would not arrive here until next Tuesday. "Gotch is in just as good shape now as when he made Hackensehmidt quit last September in Chicago," Asbell said. "Gotch is not carrying an ounce of fat and he is fast as a builet." Asbell added that Gotch had trained I conscientiously for his match with Mun- I ro. Ream brothers, who are proving fast on the floor. Forwards McNeiah and Smiley worked well for the regulars but the guards could not keep the first year men from tossing the baskets. OUTLAW LEAGUE PROPOSKD. FRESHMEN BEAT VARSITY. I Mrst Year Basketball Team Plays j Fast Game. The Washburn varsity basketball team suffered defeat at th? hands of the freshman team last evening by a I score of 39 to 3S. The freshmen had j Pearson, an eligible candidate for the I varsity, in their lineup and a'3o the j "Unlimited Backing" and Other Simi lar Expressions Used. Xew York, Dec. 22. The United States League of Professional Baseball clubs is the name of an organization formed here which proposes, according to its backers, to start an "outlaw league" this summer in the east, with five cities Xew York, Brooklyn, Heading, Washington and Richmond as the nucleus and Baltimore. Xewark, Pittsburg. Cincinnati and Buf falo as possibilities. William A. Witman of Reading, Pa., former manager of the Pennsylvania State league, was elected president, secre tary and treasurer of the league at the meeting here and franchises were granted to K. C- Landgraf and J. G. Lazards, of Richmond, Hugh McKlnnon, of Washing ton. Ambrose W. Hussey. of Brooklyn, and to Witman for Reading. Mr. Witman said he was not at liberty to say to whom the Xew York franchise would be granted, but that "three promt- j iicill evil i v. iiiru ii.i-j MWCU liegiOllill- ing with him for it." Applications had been received, he said, from the five oth JACK. ncAUL!FFE is the husband of Lady Hope. The former lishfweifftii rhnmninii mnmm n boxer makes a mistake to remain in ine ring too lone ana cites the case of Jeffries, Fitzsimmona, Corbett, Mc- Govern and others. Newton Defeats Halstead. Xewton, Kan., Dec. 12. The Xewton Athletic club team defeated the Halstead Athletic club team at basketball here. The score: 61 to 24. Some Very Special Fur Values For Saturday 125.00 White Iceland Fox l A QC Sets at j) 1 $25.00 Black Russian Wolf 1 f QC Sets, at pl4.t7D $15.00 Black and Brown Coney Q 7C Sets, at P47 3 $25.00 Blue Wolf Sets on j sale, at J 1 O.UU XfBAUM PROPER APPAREL FOP 0MN 605 Kansas Avenue Open Evenings Until Xmas Money For Christmas Why worry about your Christmas shopping when you ran obtain th noney to do It with, easily? If you haven't enough money to carry you throuch. we will loan It to you and you can pay it back as It suits loaning money will like way. and there The Prudential Bank. Checking and saving accounts. Tell the dealer you want a Lewis' Single Binder straight 5c cigar. Patience This paper say that the French language is more suitable for use when telephoning than the English has been discovered since Dondon and Paris were linked by telephone. Patrice Why, that's ridiculous: I had a Frenchman telephone one day. and I couldn't under stand a word he said Yonkers Statesman. you, in either weekly or monthly payments. We are certain that an investigation of our pi convince you that we are giving you A HQCAK1 Our loans are handled in an up-to-date, bus! is no red tape connected witn mem. We make the loan the same day that you make application. Loans from $10.00 up to 170.00 on your household goods, pianos, etc. NEWEST METHODS. liOWKNT KATF. AMERICAN LOAN COMPANY 30.V6-7 Muhane Bids-. Topeka. Kansiix Both Phones 615. pii Saturday I truing. Try a State Journal Want. Journal Ads Get Results. VEACH I VTIlEl! OF TRIPLETS. slreadv lining U l12. They show of players: The players on present are: Infielders Meinke. pes and Jay Andrfw,s. Outfielders Kelly a Pitchers Chenette. ley, Mal.han. Frcomai and Pueblo are r the season of following rosters Iland"s string at Lowthers, Cop- nd Zwilling. Cruther. Wheat i. Johnson. Gif- Crittenden and Th.- Oenver roster is as follows: Pitchers Harris. 1 fMmstead. Schreiber, for. Clirard. '"ateliers Spahr an Infielders Lindsay, second base: Quillt t'offey shortstop. Outfielders Ken wo sidy. Channell. bfcGiU belli ves th; -1 1 ill :ineup of the Pitchers J r:mtt. Perry Jarnigan. Catchers 5 Infielders and C!air. 'utfielders- and Middletoi '"How is tr tinr of year. land the shor be readv to st ealey. Kinselia, enworthy. Pfef- I Frambes. first base; Lord, en, third base; orthy. Beall, Cas- lat this array of inie the kale in not in the market Pueblo Chieftain. of the Pueblo gives the present It is as follows: Faber. Kllis. cs, Harmon "and r, Hughes, Schmid n. r-raig. Davis Herron. 111.. Dec. 21. Bob Veach. ihampion three-base hitter of the Three I league in 1911 has become the father of triplets. The young Veaches If I can I would VEACH. he asm THE iSHAWNEE B. and L. Assoc. 115 West Sixth St. 0ffer3 the Ideal Plan. Investigate it 0B arn all doing well, and the Peoria Three I league club already has its eyes on the children of the slugger. Veach practically won the champion- i ship for Peoria last season. HAVSEll FIRST CARD. HOLDOUT. (riven Incrca.e He Want an Addi tional $30O. St. Louis. Mo.. Dec. 22. Arnold Hau- ser. the Cardinal shortstop, is a firm believer In the old adage that the early bird catches the worm, so he has be come an early hold out. In the Ian- guage of a baseball man, a hold-out j means a player dissatisfied with his alary. Hauser received his contract for 1912 the other day. It calls for a salary increase of 600 over the amount Arnold drew in 1911. Hauser appreci ates the boost, but also wants J300 ad ditional, which he claims the late Stanley Robison promised last winter. TOPEKA .TACK KNOCKED OCT. Joe Jeanette Had Something Which "Took" on Local Black. Xew Orleans. La.. Dec. 22. Joe Jean- nette. the negro pugilist, knocked out I "Topeka Jack" Johnson in the third i round of a scheduled 10-round bout I here tonight. FIELDER" JONES IS PRESIDENT. Former Sot star Heads Northwestern Ba.-ehall League. Seattle, Wash.. Dec. 22. Fielder j Jones, former manager of the Chicago j Americans, was elected president of the Northwestern Baseball league at TOD AY AT The Marshall Clothing Co. The time is getting short, men. The sale of The Marshall Clothing Co. will soon pass into history, so up and be doing. A supreme, paramount opportunity to do your Xmas shopping Today We Inaugurated the Greatest Negligee and Stiff Bosom Shirt Sale Ever Heard of in Topeka. Your Unrestricted Choice of Any $3.50, $3.00, $2.50, $2.00, tfj t $1.50 Negligee or Stiff Bosom Shirt in the Store Jp X VV Today and Tomorrow Will Be Gala Days Many Surprises Await You Your unrestricted choice of any Your unrestricted choice of any Your unrestricted choice of any Your unrestricted choice of any men's Suit, Overcoat, Raincoat or $6, $5, $4.50 or $4 Bovs Suit in the Child's S9, S8, S7.50, $7 or S6 Over- 12-". $10. $8.50, $8, $7.50. or $6.50 Suit in the store, sizes 3 Topcoat in the store store, sizes 3 to 17 coat in the store, sizes 3 to 9 iQ $10 $2,75 $3,95 $4,95 bovsTr ouThs' $l8irJ.5Se$r6, STC Your ""restricted choice of any Your unrestricted choice of any our 7ted C f 4anV $13.50, $12.50, $12 or $10 Long Pant $3.50, $3.00 or $2.50 Knox, Stetson or $20, $18, $16.50. $15, $12, $10, $7.50 f 7 us Knil5 and Ovprroat? in th stnrp A A. tnan elour or bnglish Knockabout sizes 14 to 1 Scratch-up Hat in the store or $6.50 Smoking Jacket in th store Hat in the store $6,75 $1,75 $3,75 $3.25 Do Your Xmas Shopping Here And Save The Marshall Clothing Co. 701-703 Kansas Avenue, Topeka, Kansas H. L. GILMORE CO., GEO. S. BADDERS, Pres. Adjusters in Charge. THOS. E. REINHARDT, Sec y. Ray Hall and his celebrated orchestra will be in attendance. Special Pro gram Today. Concert starts 2:30. Any Suit, Overcoat, Raincoat, Topcoat in the store $10

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL DECEMBER 22, 1911 Etrpeka $tztte JJoitrnal By FRANK P. MAC LEX-NAN- rEr.tr! Julv 1. 1S7S. as second-class matter at the postofTiee at Topeka.. Kan.. nntf,r under the act of congress. I VOLUME XXXVIII. Xo. 899 Official state Paper. Official Paper City of Topeka. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Dally edition, delivered by oarrer, 10 cents a week to any part of Topeka, or suburbs, or at the same price In any Kan ss town where the paper haa a carrier CKAITEIt L.IV. for It can not be a "Reminiscence," A Roosevelt "Reminiscence" invr.lv- wr it is not a day old, and a "Remi niscence" ought to be at least twenty four hours in the past, or several months in the future, to be admitted in this department. But here is what the Capital said this very day: "President Taft is going to get his arbitration scheme through congress, and this alone will enshrine his mem ory high up among the presidents. The president':! handling of the Rus- one of wven brothers, four of whom live In Topeka. J The 'Reminiscence" related in this concerns one of a remarkable system. By mail, one year By mail, six months By mall. 100 days, trial order. .$3.60 1.80 1.00 BELL TELEPHONES. Business Office Reporters' Rouro -"VA.V-'i.'a" INDEPENDENT TELEPHONES. Private branch exchange, ali OT and ask The State Journal operator for per on or department desired. Topers State Journal building. 800 and 02 Kansas avenue, corner Eighth. New York Office: 350 Fifth avenue. Paul Block, manager. Chicago Office: Steger building. Faul Block, manager. set of seven brothers, all born In Ire land, fo.jr Uving in Topeka. one in New Yo.-k, one in Philadelphia and one in Kansas City. The story told below was given to the writer last week by Captain Wi:liam Hodgins, the eldest of the seven, for a quarter of a century with the Metropolitan Police Depart ment of New York city and now cap tain of the Bronx district with about seventy patrolmen in his charge. MY THE WAY BT HARVEY PARSONS. "Billard denies it" is a standard headline. About the only time he breaks into the newspapers of his own accord is when he nails some shorter-and-uglier. Did you observe that yesterday was any shorter than the day before Xeither did we. sian treaty mess also showed that there are some things in which he is a past master. The president now has hi- fighting clothes on for 'revision I Dispatch from Junction City an downward.' President Taft is mod- nounces that Mike Krey has paid the est. In hiu message to congress yes- election bet he lost more than a year terday he merely mentions in a casual ago The author of these "Reminiscences way tnat the postal service paid all Mike bet his position as an PULL LEASED WIRE REPORT OF THE ASSOCIATED PaEaS. The State Journal la a member of the Associated Press and receives the full day telegraph report of that great news ir ganlzatlon for th exclusive afternoon publication in Topeka. The news la received In The State Jour nal building over wires for this sole purpose. If Pastor Richeson is not guilty of the heinous crime charged against him why did he try to cheat the hang man More people would be enthusiastic iover ha ing a white Christmas if one could be brought about without suf ficiently cold weather to reduce the gas supply. of a Newspaper Man in Topeka" spent a very delightful evening on Tuesday of last week with the captain, or "Big Bill" as he is familiarly known. With him at the time were his son and daughter and the wife of the narrator. Two of the quartette took the other two to hear George Cohan in the "Lit tle Millionaire." After the play the other two took the lirst two to Shan ley's, which is one of the largest restaurants in the world, and was crowded with those who had just been theater-goers and who were then dropping in for a supper or refresh ment. There were music, vaudeville performance, and stuff to eat and also to drink, for those who cared, or could partake of such liquids as ginger ale, white rock, apollinaris, butter milk, lemonade or stronger concoc tions, any of which were on tap. Cap tain William could hardly get through the throng; nearly everybody seemed to know and accost him as the party edged itself between the tables to iind unoccupied chairs. plieat. Woma pr oman the world over du locking of the Kansas is going to have a $17,000 it by her husband for a sent? Norman E. Mack wants to quit his job as ehairinan of the Democratic National committee. He gives ill health u3 the reason. Cold feet comes within that category, don't they? North Pole, ering in the on the trip rias been awarded anoth 1 for his conquest of the But Doe. Cook is gath rold coin for his lectures 0 took in that direction. Illinois asks for a little notoriety be cause it is the home of a woman who is not only a grandmother at 29 but who is also a sister-in-law to her own daughter. This makes her an aunt to some of her grandchildren. Attorney General Wickersham hits a nail on the head when he urges that the outcry against the Sherman anti trust law comes from the violators of that statute. He might well have iadded "and their friends." Wnen Theodore Roosevelt was presi dent of the New York Police Board, fifteen years ago, Hodgins v central Par's Police Force; knew each ether, forming an ance which extends to the pre It is said that when Colonel returned frcm Africa a yea sun nier thet "Captain Bill' of the (i:st citizens of New York greet ed by the returned traveler as he left the Battery on that triumphal march up Broadway an 3 Fifth avenue. The Captain was asked if he would not give first-hand so;ne of the unusual stories which are told as incidents in the life of our ex-prcsident when he was iKlice oiniiiissi.'-uier. "Here is one I know about," said H-: "One morning about 2 er Roosevelt went in the East side. He f prowling around at all night or lay, trying to s on the the two time, loosevelt ago last wa one Captain V o'clock CominiesH into a saloon over had a habit hours of th From the crowded stores these days id nights it's apparent that, regard- ss of the reiterated advice they re vived to the contrary, most folk do leir Christmas shopping when they ease. Nor does this happen to be ntry. n th at as liter. olitical pot is beginning t reely throughout the coi however, are more interest- condition of the winter ;i result of the recent wet A bumper crop seems to be find out from personal inspection just what the patrolmen were doing or not deing: whether they Were on their beats attending to their duties, or whether they were off their duties at tending to something else. "He held a suspicion that a police man was in this particular saloon where he had no business to be. Pass ing through the entry, the head of the police department, dressed as an ordinary citizen, saw an officer in uni form drinking at the bar. "'What is your name?' said the commissioner. 'What the blank difference is it to you what my name is,' said the officer. T should like to know your name.' again said the man who afterwards became president. 'Well.' said the other. 'I don't know that it makes any difference to you what my name is.' 'Well, my name is Roosevelt, and I am the police commissioner. 'Well, in that event.' said the sub d patrolman, 'my name is Den- fair fo e more 1 :i 1 2 ni?. A ter, the who Outl. it that going as the n": ons in snow Ti t put it ill off the i there is it for 9S the priee tag. to pre' ;o this afternoon the wri d been invited to go to office, told this story to Dl.mel who smiled, laughed and I his interest and his teeth, say Yes. I remember the incident." Colonel seemed to enjoy the story II that two other reminiscences, r in character, bearing on the e subjects and concerning the same :e commissions r. were repeated and .rently well received. The writer not spring another one because it etfing iate and there had been about five hundred people trying et the colonel's attention that day letter-, telegraph, telephone or in on. These other two stories were ty good and involved an under- many and such elaborate nlann ing perfected to brinir Chrtatmn laker and a carpenter. to the "poor children" of To- Thc ight gather the I impression that this city is overrun with poverty-stricken families. Every one living here knows that this is not the ease. York liam There has been someth creas schoo em befc fact For tries Kara Th an in the pr next time the reader Visits New 'on't iail to call on Captain WO.' lodging. He likes Topeka people ften meets them. He will tell iese stories first-hand, if you ask Just say you are from Shawnee will be all right. You letter of introduction, used to live in this Valencia, and he has ne county will not for "Big county, out nea expenses and made a small surplus this year for the first time in twenty seven years. T. R. would have cracked his feet together over a record-breaking record of that kind, and everybody would have sent up three cheere." Now, what do you think of that? and it was not in the "Second Thought" column either, but could certainly be classified as such. Many readers would certainly have to look twice to see if the Topeka paper they were reading was not the State Jour nal instead o.f "its hated rival." What does this mean? and should not Arthur now amend his platfort.i and stand upon it for Taft. He seems to have discouraged LaFollette lately so that the latter has cancelled all his Kansas dates. Too bad; for LaFol lette tells good things about what he has done and is going to do. The Emporia Gazette seems to be about the same, but when the Topeka Capital is throwing bouquets at Presi dent Taft there is hope for even Wil liam Allen White. Nothing, of course, is suggested here about "while the lamp holds out to burn" or anything of that sort. It is noted, however, that Mr. White is devoting his little space just now to educational mat ters, and he Is pretty level headed on tha high school proposition: that Is, the plan to give high school students who desire to enter college the pre paratory studies therefor, and to switch other high school students who do not intend to go to college to other and more practical subjects. Mr. White, it will be observed by those who read his interesting and esteemed paper, is booming and boosting Senator Bristow's bill for nominating Senator LaFollette to the presidency. Mr. White is also en gaged in an effort to dehorn and de professionalize university football. Our frisnd, the author and staff con tributor, J. E. H., estimates in the outside newspapers, to which he is alsc a contributor, that the LaFollette campaign bureau has sent fifty thou sand letters to Kansas voters. He in timates that most of those letters were sent out from the office of the Gover nor, who he declares "has written his pror.unieamento calling the attention of the voters to the necessity of a special session of the legislature. But for some reason he has not yet given it out to the press." Very important, if anything were in It: "Second Thought'" has another in teresting item in the exchanges which reached this table today, namely: "The State Journal is boosting Taft hard and should be a great comfort and solace to the regulars, who in re cent time have had no Kansas news paper of state-wide circulation to Wipe away the tears. Its sideswipes at the administration crowd in Kansas have been a trifle ladylike tion to goad the Kansas insurgents into a fever. For the time being it missed its chance to solidify itself with the regular faction of the party. "There is an inside story in connec tion with the Journal's policy of mas terly inactivity, which may or may not be true. It is given here for what it may be worth. It is that Mr. Mac Lennan, looking forward to the time when a harmony candidate for gover nor would be needed, steered a course between factions with the hope that the burden of unhing them might fall upon him. As has been noted, there may be nothing in the story, but it has been whispered about for more than a year." J. E. H. has his wires crossed. His "big boss," one A. Capper, is the har mony candidate for governor. He ad mits that he is and this writer is not disputing it, for he is not, never has been and does not expect to be, a can didate for governor. envied bachelor that he wouldn't be elected to the legislature. The only time a man ever objects to being overrated is when he goes to pay his taxes. A fable is an open faced lie with antique movement and moral main spring, set with upper case letters. And the wop who is prone to shoot off his mouth never runs out of ammunition. Upty Sinclair has to do it all over again, which is tough on the Kansas hobo poet. Kemp had just been dis charged from the only job he ever held. that of corespondent, and now he must work at it some more. The fourth dimension has been dis covered; it is the vast distance be tween a man's pocketbook and his ideas of the right sum to spend on Christmas presents. It is better to forgive a big man than to have him slam you into tem porary forgetfulness. It takes a new waiter some time to get his hand in. but even the greenest may succeed in getting his thumb in every dish he handles. Newest definition of a City: a small body of elective officers, entirely sur rounded by redhot taxpayers. Advice to parents: Try to provide the children with so much real food that they will refrain from eating mistletoe berries. Funeral expenses, like all other expenses, are higher than a cat's back. THE COWARD. Oh, to lie rn the earth now, with eyes to the ground, And to see nothing nothing. While the world goes jangling round Oh, to lie in the leaves now, alone with my pain, And to feel nothing nothing, But the soft, cool drops of the rain Oh, to He on the hills now, in the deep of the snow. And to hear nothing nothing. While the day shrieks on below Oh, to lie on the wind now, soaring afar. And to know nothing nothing, But the light of a changeless star Laurence Alma Tadema, In the Living Age. THE EVENING STOHY SAYS VNCLE GAV Don't worry too much because you can't do and say what you please. A newspaper is supposed to have the much-desired privilege of voicing its exact opinions, but in all my experi ence I have never known but one edi tor who even thought he dared to tell the whole truth as he saw it. This editor worked forty-five years for the privilege, and he tells only half the truth about half the subjects he dis cusses. I know hundreds of writers more or less intimately, and I can't think of another man jack of them famous or obscure, who has the chance to go as far as this one does toward the ideal of free speech. Free speech is a splendid thing, so are free thought and freedom of ac tion; but in a world where opinions differ and all judgments are prone to err a happy medium between saying just what you think about everything, every where, every time, "and giving way entirely to other people's views is a workable solution of an apparently impossible problem. The man who insists on saying what he thinks under all circumstances usu ally thinks nothing worth listening to. He who has an opinion worth consid ering is always considerate. The wis dom that produces the one insures the other. The same rule applies, with but few exceptions, to the men whose but it is in posi-deeds are of value to themselves or their neighbors. I know that the time comes to every big man when he must declare war, crush opposition and sweep the field for his own ideas. But even then he has not disregarded the rights and power of others, but has weighed them well, in order to decide when to strike and how and where. If the individual, not society at large, were all powerful: if the indi vidual mind, and not the composite mind of the race, finally settled all problems, and you were the wisest and most powerful man alive, you could afford to say what you think and do what you please. But the world isn't built that way, and It's a good thing it isn't. You or I might be exercising this stupendous multiplication of the divine right of absolute kingship, and there would be the devil to pay. (Copyright, 1911, by W. E. Williams.) are We t av higher than ever four brothers living here now: Sadler But it is not any too high. In might be given another boost, irs the rank and file of the teachers of this wealths- state have been treated in shabby fashion, as far as pay goes. I San Francisco is to have a safe and sane celebration of the advent of the! new year. The police have received I Fred Hcdgins, connected with the Kan J. Hodgins. president of the Centra: Topeka Paper company; Arthur Hod gins, traveling representative lor the sanic company; Richard Hodgins, vice president and general manager of the Topeka Ice and Cold Storage company and contracting representative of the Rook Island icing stations; Hugh Hod- ins, .secretary of the same company instructions to step in and stop the merry-making when the point is reached where the society women show inclinations to climb on cafe tables and put on a little dance and young girls are not to be permitted to get so intoxicated that it will be necessary to carry them home. However, this leaves plenty of leeway for more or less riot ous times. Senator Bristow appears to be vex ed with President Taft because of his recommendations that there be ma terial reductions in the tariff schedule on wool and its manufactures. Sena tor Bristow declares that this is a change of front on the part of Mr. Taft. He also adds that Mr. Taft has made it a practice of changing his ideas about important matters. In other words Senator Bristow is peeved because President Taft is slowly but surely dispelling the illusion that he is m standpatter. sas Lit; and T. the advi Sun. Colone wholcsoui he said: while." branch of the Ice company Hodgins of Philadelphia, on tlsing staff of the New York Roosevelt Seemed to be in n these se'-en brothers and was told that they were a e, industrious lot of citizens. "That is the sort worth Funny things, awfully tunny, happening in Kansas just now. can't understand them and yet have been out of the state only short days. What does it mean this story on the State Journal's first page today, wherein Mr. Capper is shown to ba sending out a "roast" on Gov ernor StubtS, in a campaign docu ment? Have you given your rubber stamp, Arthur, to some politician other than Marcus Yesterday, who still held it when this "author" went east a few days ago and found it still working. Perhaps there are two stamps out. (Chapter LV Tomorrow.) JOURNAL ENTRIES thing worth having in an ugly-looking J A YffA WKER JOTS After failing to see our esteemed morning contemporary for about ten days, the writer could hardly believe that he was looking over the same paper when, between bites at break fast this morning, he glanced up and down the columns of the early morn ing paper and read such things as these sentences, which it is hereby de clared were really in that same paper, but could not possibly have been in the same columns a few weeks ago. Why are they there today? Is any body going to climb into the band wagon, or is it merely a coincidence, The high school notes in the Kearny County Advocate are provided by "Myrtle. Lilac and Daisy," a very attractive bouquet. After Christmas, advises the Em poria Gazette, people should begin do ing their shopping early in prepara tion for groundhog day. It's the opinion of the Mankato Monitor that a good many farm papers know about as much about practical farming as a telephone does about grammar. It doesn't hurt a man to get full of hope, says Will Palmer of the Jewell I County Republican, and he doesn't have to send his good money to Mis souri to get it. It gives one a kind of a creepy feel ing to read the Madison Spirit occa sionally when its editor Fred Renner writes of "The Spirit Man" doing this or thinking that. A self-important traveling man was asked by a brakeman what he was peddling. "I'm peddling brains." the impudent traveling man replied. "Well, you are the first traveling man I ever saw who didn't carry samples with him," was the brakeman's retort. Atchison Globe. 1 There's many that's done up package. A book with the fly-leaf torn out is pretty good evidence that it doesn't beiong where it is. The really clever financier is the in dividual who can make a little money go u long ways. The average wife is dissatisfied with a Christmas present from her husband unless it is "something for the house." The man who says he always calls "a spade a spade" is often endeavoring to put out a poor excuse for beirje indecent. REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR, From the New York Press. When a girl will tell, it never really happened. It takes a heap more money to pay what you owe than what is owed you. Women live up to their religion, but men won't even live up to their politics. Paying compliments is a much stronger habit with lots of people than paying debts. The reason a girl likes to talk to a 2-month-old baby is it's so much more sensible than to a grown-up man. VAFFYDILS BY U. NOALL. When there's a fight on the street corner do.s the letter-box? (Why don't you speak for yourself, John When the rats followed the Pied Piper into the river did the cat-fish? (Take that carp away. I will have none of it.) If a man in the street weighed 150 pounds, how much would a man in the highway? (Cheer up. pal! Things might be worse.) Dan's Day in Court. It was court day in Benstown. Old Justice Tolman Vane had a case. All the maie population that was not working most of it should have been crowded the fount of justice. The aforesaid fount was also a second hand store, so there were plenty of seats. Any case would have attracted a crowd, for "lawin" was a recognized form of amusement In the sleepy little town. But this was exceptionally in teresting. Dan Welcome was to be tried for assault and battery. It was alleged that he had, with force and arms, struck Bella Soule in the face, bruising and discoloring her. Most of those who gathered for the trial did not believe Dan was guilty. He had his faults, but he was not the lad to strike a woman. And every body knew how much he cared for pretty Bella. They had been sweet hearts since childhood until Arthur Pine, aided and abetted by some of Bella's relatives, had come between them. "if it was Pine, now," they said, wagging unshaven chins, "but not Dan. No, sir:" At U o'clock the gavel of "Jedge Tole," as he was familiarly known, fell with a bang. Court was opened. A jury of six men was speedily secured. "Bunty" Shinn, who was second as sistant prosecuting attorney because his uncle happened to be prosecuting attorney, tossed the hair back from his weak little face and called the first witness, Arthur S. Pine. Pine had an advantage over nearly everyone present. As shipping clerk at the furniture factory he had a job where he could wear a white collar every day. "Tell tlie jury just what koccurred the night of the trouble, Mr. Pine, directed Shinn. Pine crossed his long legs. He smoothed with both hands the lank hair which, parted in the middle, ov erhung each low eyebrow, looked complacently about at the audience, and began: "Well ah, last Friday night it was, I was escortln' Miss Soule home from the picture show. It was about 9 o'clock when we met this here Wel come up near Doc Smith's. It was snowin pretty hard and I didn't recog nize him till he was right on us. His breath smelt a lot of liquor. Well, ah, he blocked the sidewalk so's we couldn't get past. An' he swore real ugly at us. 'Please let us by,' I says, as polite as I could. '.Now gft by an 'take that with you!' he says, and strikes Miss Soule right in the face. "Well, ah, no gent'man couldn't stand that, specially as she screamed, sol punished this here Dan Welcome." "What did you do, Artie?" "Pop" Slear asked the question. He was Dan Welcome's lawyer, a gray 'whiskered, baby-faced old party, with a silky voice. a caressing manner and a wickediy-geared mind that worked like a steel trap. To be called "Artie" by a man who in everyday life ignored his very ex istence, disconcerted Pine. "Well ah why ah, I broke Miss Soule's umbrella over his head and knocked him down. When he got up I knocked him down again. Then he run away." The spectacle this story conjured up was so unusual that even Bunty Shinn laughed, and stalwart Dan's grim face relaxed in a brief smile. "Don't see.no marks on him, Artie." commented old "Pop," after looking at Dan with exaggerated interest. With a dozen words he had turned the case from near-tragedy to farce. "Well ah, I had my gloves on," explained the flustered Pine. At a nod from Bunty he hastily stepped out of the witness seat. "That's our case, your honor," an nounced Shinn. "Ain't you goin' to swear Miss Soule?" queried Slear. blandly. He nodded to where the complainant sat bet -een her bulldozing uncle and her thin, harried-Iooking aunt. Heretofore the girl had hidden the discoloration of her face beneath her handkerchief. Now she gripped the arms of her chair indignantly, her hurt forgotten. A slow flush rose in her cheeks. She faced Shinn as If awaiting the summons. But the people's lawyer avoided her glance. "No," he replied, firmly, "we have made our case with Mr. Pine' "Pop" smiled, shook his head at Bella and called Dan Welcome. The noisy courtroom, camping on sofas from which springs protruded; on wobbly chairs and uncomfortable piano stools, paid the prisoner the tribute of profound silence as he strode to the witness box. He was a broad-shouldered young fellow, whose red-brown hair ran in crinkly confusion from a good forehead. "How about it, Dan?" asked "Pop" Slear, conversationally. "Go back a ways, so the jury will understand." "I guess folks know I don't fight w-omcn," began Welcome. "Least of all, Bella Soule. I've liked her since we were kids. We were engaged till this Pine came here six months ago. Bell's uncle got stuck on him because he wears a white shirt weekdays. He thought I wasn't good enough be cause I drive a team. He lied about me to her yes, you did, Sam," ad dressing his remarks to the black browed uncle, who had growled in dissent. "He wouldn't let me come to the house to see her. or anything. It made me sore, end I got to drinking. I ain't denying nothing. "Last Friday night I'd had a few, but was goin' home till I met 'em. This Pine says: 'There's the drunk ard now.' 'What's that?' I says, stopping. 'I said you was a drunkard," he says. "I took a punch at him and missed. and then" his voice dripped scorn "just as I made another swing he pulls Bella in front of him. I couldn't stop, though I tried to. and I struck her in the eye." Dan's testimony was interrupted by a buzz of angry condemnation from the courtroom. Pine mads himself small in his chair. All his complac- jency was gone and he looked furtlvely uvwM.ru me aoor. 'Ain't that right, Bella?" Dan ap pealed to the girl. It was the first word he had addressed to her in months. "Yes, Dan; that's just what hap penea, she agreed instantly. "You didn't mean to do it. I wouldn't let him go home with me afterward, he was such a coward. And I didn't want you arrested, but "But your uncle swore out the war rant against me and made you come nere today. Yes. you did!" He turned on Sam Madder with such sud den fierceness that the latter quailed despite his bullying air. "This Is all irregular. Tole your honor," interrupted Bunty. "The girl hasn't been sworn." "But She told the truth'" retorted the court. "Prisoner's discharged; ain't he, bovs?" "You bet!" responded the iurv. heartily. Say, Vane!" screamed the frantic Bunty, "I protest against this fool ing! You can't coerce the Jury The court turned on him the crushing phrase he had heard a city lawyer use: "Aw. forget it!" "Bella! Aunt Sue!" Dan master fully ushered the girl and her aunt into Vane's private office and shut the door. He addressed his remarks to both of them. "Let's start all over. This Pine ain't no good; you know that Bella. Let's get married right now. Oh, I know it's sudden, but there's no use waiting. I'll be good to you. You know I always was before they broke us up. I'll quit the booze. I don't care for it only I had to do something. "Here's the license; I've ca.t, d It ever since last summer. Old Tole'll marry us right here. Will you? Say yes, deary." He took the girl s hands gently and drew her into his arms. Something strong and brave came Ihto Mrs. Madder's face. "Say It, lamb, say It," she whispered. And then she opened the door to the thin ning courtroom. "Jedge Tole, come in here. And you, too, Sam Madder. Act white, inr once, ana he a witness niece's weddin.' Madder recognized a rare tone in his wife's voice, one that brooked no cavil or delay. Bewildered, but obe dient, he came. (Copyright, 1911, by Associated Literary Press.) POSTSCRIPT your BABY WAS MURDERED. Infant Found in Ham Crushed. With Skull Mrs. Maglvln of 1124 Quiney street found a fully developed child dead In a basket in the loft of the barn at her place this afternoon. The child's skull had been crushed. An effort had been made to set fire to the basket. The police have no clue to the perpetrator. KANSAS COMMENT EACH ACRE HAS ONE BENEATH IT From the cold Atlantic shore to the pitiless sage-brush desert America w peopled by the good and the bad. the con servative and the adventurous, but al ways by the courageous. Seeking relief from the bonds of huma-i action and the curtains of Imagination these have seen the bow of promise ami have dug 'neath its pavonine slow. New-found acres were large and the strong-box filled. For the blur man. toa acre remained big. for another, n owlndled to his ability. hen the horizon bounded no newer lands, he learned that beneath each acre there lies another acre where the rain bow ends.- I. D. O., In the Kansas Farmer. FROM OTHER PENS EVENING CHAT BY RUTH CAMERON. The day before Christmas is quite often a trying day. Here Is a suggestion for keeping the little folks out from under foot while you do some of the ten thou- amiu one last things. 1-iet them have a Christmas tree for the birds. Give them r.ome scraps of bread, crack ers or stale cake, a handful of rice or other cereal, two or three apples and some scraps of worsted or ribbon or colored twine, and let them trim up some small tree In the garden for the birds. Unless you have tried this before, you would scarcely believe bow much Interest and amusement the little ones can get out of trimming the tree, tying on the apples and bits of bread and cake, and scattering the cereal at the foot, and then standing back and watching the birds come and eat their Christmas feast. Besides which, it is a rather pretty cus tom, don't you think? o a Do the little ones In your family know what Christmas means? Do they connect anything besides Santa Claus, stockings, chimneys, presents and a big dinner with the twenty-fifth of December? There are people who want to entirely get rid of Santa Claus, because they think he heathenizes Christmas. I wouldn't banish 'the dear eld Saint for anything, hut 1 certainly wouldn't let him obscure the One whose day Christmas really is. It seems to me that, no matter how busy she is, every mother should take time Christmas Eve for the telling of the Old, Old Story to the babies. When she has tucked the little ones In bed. is the time to tell about that other Babe who had no soft white pillow on which to lay h!s head, and no cunning little crib to sleep In, but was born in a stable and laid to sleep in a manger. Let her take down the Book of Honks and read that wonderful story through to herself once more in Matthew or l.ul.e. and then let her use her utmost skill as mother-story-teller to make this sweetest of all stories ring sweet and real to childish ears. No matter how. laboriously she may have worked to delight her children with gifts no matter bow well stocked for the t'iiristmas junkets her larder may be, I think that mother has failed In her Christmas duties who has not found time Christmas Eve to tell the Bethlehem story to her babies. LONG LIFE IN GERMANY. A German physician In New York stales very concisely hla reasons for as serting that the average human Ufa IS longer In Germany than In the Uuit'-d States. tlerman mothers nurse their chlldri n German parents do not hasten educa tion and development to the Hunt oi order to make children profit bearing at the earliest possible day. Life in Germany Is gauged by s higher standard than its economic value. Neither the government nor the people will permit the sacrifice of life lot profits. An Asrh building fire In Ger many would cause instant and drastic a tlon by the government, and the 17.0& miners killed evely 10 years In the United States would rouse the whole German nation to protest. Reservoir walls In Germany are built upon boner and not oti graft. Railway disasters that might liae been avoided through the expenditure of money are very rare in Germany. Germany has had stringent pure foo t anil dru-- laws for many decades, wherf ss it Is only within the past five yesrs that t..e federal government In this coun try has taken serious measures to mm mlze the danger to health and life froi Impure food and drugs. r many, in Germany tne ngeri arr not' regarded as economically worthless bur dens, but through old age ami worku ei.' pensic ns are supplied jvlth the nrcexra rlcs of life, without the depressing Influenc e i of public Institutions that tend to shorten life. In Short, people live longer In Gennatie than In the United States, the German physician tells us. because there is trior. ni ADVERTISING TALKS BY WILLIAM C. FRtCMAN Mr. R W. Bhlhl-py. whoso b-islncs i)ritijf. hfai in lose touch w 1th many manufacturers, haw boon rry much In tereMetl in the BuKesthin iitailp In t hf.se advertising talk. that uianufacturoia should use newspaper advert MM lo in troduce their product to the public. In talking to me the ott.r day on thl subject, he said the follow. nje: "If you can induce national advertisers to use the lift of newapaiMT printing your Talks, whose pledges to the pcnpK in the several communities the newspa pers can guarantee if you will carefully in stiate the business before accepting i -it you are certain that the article ad vertised represent honest value then you will be establishing a confidence In ad vertlainff tnat will multiply ita value a hundredfold. "Never mind, for t he present, about local advertisers. The people In ever y community will pick out fur themselvr.- the merchants who represent thetr niei -liandl.se accurately and will give their trade accordingly. 'But it Is Important t" pay a Brent deal of attention to t ho national advertiser because he Is a stranger to the com munlty, and tit- Introduction that iht guarantees It also Of course, the babies a re tint the only ones who need to be reminder of the meaning of Christmas. Kither ("hristmas Eve or Christmas morning. I think that in every house the story of the birth of Christ should be read from one of the Gospels, preferably I,uke. Another pretty custom which obtains in several homes f know of. is the reading of selections from Dickens Christmas Carol on Christmas Eve. In one home 'i lii,'-.. tl .ithor ic a f i-. .,1. i- Bwaaa I families from the neighborhood gather I old h v, u. v er e,,, munit each vear on Christmas Eve to hesr I I know tin .,.M-t,., i,-,ng ,hHe,,ssc. Dickens' Immortal Christmas storv read '"'I1 nianMra.-turerH. Only t!.. OttlCI aloud before the open fire. night the heau of the t lien Knitting com Old folks usually love their home quite 1 jf discussing a plan how dearlv enough, without any stimulus, but I r,' ?ot n ,?f tl" People to understand tic i l t,,r.i rarfn like theao u-hh hlsh quality of the product- of thee .null-. i nry ttiivt iuii- in it g"nerni wa. but to my notion they can advertise In a specific way on such a plan as I OMK ustgeM and get therefrom lust the re- newspapers can give him to I v. Ill at once establish con fid nnt in his product, thereby ir business enormously. "I would group these adv get her and put a line over reading-'This newspaper the Integrity of these advertisers Ktiaranteps the 1 they advertise." There Is no di such advertising needed to deepen and strengthen the love of home in the restless young hearts. Do not say that you cannot spare the time for any such unnecessary thing at this busiest of seasons. You cannot afford not to spare It. GLOBE SIGHTS BY THE ATCHISON GtyOBE. Many of the Napoleons of Finance also iail to finish well. An optimist is one who hasn't learned to quit hoping when he knows belter. How soon a dividend makes one forget the assessments that have gone before. While some women should shave, we wouldn't go as far as to suggest a hair cut. Probably most of the prisoners blame the warden for their present predicament. Man is a reasoning animal, but not al ways what one could conservatively call reasonable. You may have observed that a man doesn't always go ahead Just because fie is sure he is right. During this Joyous season Doc Robin son feels the need of a larger bottle for his Christmas spirit, t Considering the training they do, It is strange so few women are ambitious lo become orators. When a man allows social obligations to interfere with his work, he is apt to run out of work. QIAKEK MEDITATIONS. Prom the Philadelphia Record.! It takes a strong-minded woman to hold her tongue. The man who is slow to wrath generally makes a fast friend. It isn't what a men takes as a chaser that drives him to drink. The man who is his own best friend may also be his own worst enemy. When a woman begins to show her age she also begins to show her rage. stilts they are seeking. "Suppose national advertisers employed newspapers to introduce their products to the people under gusrantee of the news papers. Would not any reputable DM r chant be anxious to handle their pre ducts? Would buyers In store, re fuss aw. .1 1 I, I.' e i-e t Mi ..n. n .TT 1 t V. products that were being advertised is home newspapers and guaranteed by those newspapers? "I know a manufacturer whose pro ducts are first class In every Mafticutar. I ror three yesrs he called on a buyer ol a big store who persistently reru-ed t look at his samples. Eventually tie sought the owner of the business. It was one big man meeting another. "The manufacturer had a fine line of merchandise. The merchant looked the samples and then summoned hla buy er and told him that he wanted him io landle this line of merchandise In hl store. That store has handled It In gresi quantities ever since. "But suppose that msnufacturer had advertised his product In the newspaper In that merchant's home town and sup pose that the newspapers had guarantee I his product (as they could well have don In this Instance) how long would It have been berore that buyer would have taken on his line of merchandlss? ""Newspapers have a great power, ir they will exercise It. in attracting to themselves general advertisers of cha--acter who want to establish their trade marks In all communities." Don't you think Mr. Shlbley's views are sound (To be continued.) POINTED PARAGRAPHS.. fProm the Chicago News! m apt lo rw overdon Women always look on the bright si. of mirrors. s'fla Some brands of goodness are mor. popular than others. How bidlgnant It makes the worn,,, -the neighborhood when a man kick. u I ths cost of nig wifa'a funeral. l'ou,

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL DECEMBER 22, 1911 i TWO WOOL BILLS Republicans Will ftame a Measure InriiiK tle HolhSays. Washington. Dec. 22. A wol framed according to President "afts recommendations on the tariff boara report on schedule K will be prepared bv the house Republicans on the was and means committee. Republican leaders In the senate who had snmlar plans. suggested that the senate and house Republicans would get together during the Christmas recess and have a bill ready by the time the Democrats have a measure ready to report. Regular Republicans in the senate say they will frame a bill that will put the issue of protection clearly up to the progressives and force them on record. The progressive leaders re torted that they were already on record In favor of a protective duty equal to the difference In the cost of production here and abroad. Some of the senate leaders professed great concern as to -where the pro gressives would stand on the Demo cratic wool bill, which is sure to come over from the house. The general opinion seemed to be that the progres sive Republicans would take their choice of the two measures and use the strength which a merger with the Democrats would give them to force amendments to the Republican bill. Progressive leaders say thoy are anx ious to revise schedule K at this se lon of congress and they promise to use all the practices known to senate tactics to do it. It seems to be agreed that the progressives will take no step In framing a measu Most of the progr ht away from Was! Christmas holidays. ssive leaders will ington during the Senator LaFol app are to speak thers. ves also will cam- TO RAISE THE LIMIT -ial Bunks Will Open to Deposits Excess of 9500. Poa .utim T ar 9-1 Tho TjVI limit tal savings hank deposits will be re- en in the near luiuie, awunnui w ements at the p is limit already h ny depositors am .e been urged to I any limitation ount. nstmaster Oenera led. petitions fr department. .s been reached by the bank trustees -rmit deposits with- hatever as to the Hitchcock has re n several national of the country re o increase the limit In formal discussions u. ith bankers. Mr. Hitched :m'inced that they now ri -,sti savinas system is matter become hat the ?riously I lit.t-l.li- V V. Kan-an Resent- Editorial in Now fork World. To the Daily State Journal. In its issue of December 18 of the New York Tri-Weekly World, a paper of large influence and general circula tion throughout all the states of the Union, appeared an editorial article concerning the recent pension bill passed by the house of representatives al W"-(shin"ton entitled. "A Great Xa tional Seandal to which, in behalf of t t i t J t is the pension budget, and calls up senate to defeat the bill. It refers to a statement of General Garfield made in congress 10 years after the war that in his judgment the pension appropria tion of that time amounting to $35. 009,000 had reached its top. This edi torial article, it seems to me. lacks every element of patriotic sentiment. all pensions for soldiers for ai son. including the pay of retir i ers of the army and navy, its would, at least, be consistent, it would reverse the policv an' tice of all civilized governtne their dealing witli their soldie the World might be able to she its policy was correct and that nations and their government wrong. The statement which Generr J i i f i f I 5 I m It True. prac- I hat the apologetic, and showed that there were at that early period croakers and kickers who bemoaned the few dollars paid to the wounded and crippled sol diers whose ability to earn a living had been lost in the service. These pro testors in Garfield's time, no doubt, characterized the vast expenditure of $35,000,000 as a "Great National Scan dal.' Hence General Garfield's apology coupled with an assurance that the crest had been reached. In the same issue o the Tri-Weekly World which contained the editorial referred to in its news columns, was published under a St. Louis. Mo., date line, an article featured with large head lines, as follows: '"Blue and Gray Pals in Poorhouse Trip. Strange Meeting of Two Veter ans Who Fought on Opposite Sides in Civil War. This account relates the experience of an old Union soldier. 78 years old. ami cm uiu .uiiiifraip sonner. o vpars old. both of w hom were ""shot to pieces" in the war and both waiting for the wagon to take them "over the hill to the poorhouse." I would ask, is this a cheerful spectacle for the World? And does it recommend that all old soldiers. similarly unfortunate, be placed in the same position? Would the World, and others holding the same view, "Rattle his bones over the stones, for he is only a pauper whom nobody owns?" Which would be the greatest National Scandal." the pay ment by the government of its debt t iionor to its detenuers. or its silent md pauper who by their approval of the poorh route for the old veters valor and sacrinee. among other tilings, made the wonderful success of the New York World possible. I. O. PICKERING. Olathe, Kan., December 20. 1911. We have a few sets of Roger Bros.' best 1847 fcrks we wish to close out at less than cost. Chas. Bennett, Op tician, 306 Kansas avenue. CASTOR I A For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bough) Bears the Signature of r7 We Suggest MX Auerbach f Guettel Hat Sale you come tonight and avoid the big Saturday Rush. All $oods delivered Saturday night nrithuut fail. EJ CLOTHING COlS st1 Q" give3 you h I fSm choice of pi.us Men,s $3 $3.50, $4.00 Soft and Derby Hats discontin- tinued lines but all 1911 styles. Don't miss this sale UR Timely and Big Holiday Sale of Hart Schaffner Marx Suits, Raincoats and Overcoats at Twenty-Five Dollars is a Splendid ODDOrtlinitV to Secure a Slinprfnp llif nr ovwroaf Viv norgnna nca rv- ac a gift) at a saving not ordinarily possible until late in January. We have gone through our high er priced HART SCHAFFNER MARX lines, made liberal selections in all sizes, styles, patterns and fabrics and thrown them all into one holiday collection at $25 each. So huge is the variety, all sizes, fabrics, fashions, colors, weaves, that we can fit anybody and everybody without delay not only saving them the snug sum of from $5 to $10 cash, but actually giving finer materials than you have been in the habit of sfLuiing at mis price. We otter every new thing that is correct in fashion, exclusive fabrics, foreign and u,""v' r I ueLl,il quality in every respect, even to the linings, edges, etc., than you nave ever had from a custom tailor at twice our price. All of these suits and overcoats are guaranteed with money. English and Semi-English or conserva tive suit models; convertible, velvet or military collar overcoats, belted, box back and form trac ing Kamcoats in finest materials some with taffeta silk lining, in fact anything that you de sire. W ny put it off why not start tomorrow Attend this special selling at elusive fabrics, foreign and Great Opportunities in the BIG 1 5 SALE You're a lucky man, if you still have a winter suit or overcoat to buy, and don't want to pay more than $15. Come to the BIG 1S 0AL1&. we ii give you the greatest vaiue m a suit or overcoat that you ever saw. Just in the nick of time, we picked tne surplus siocks or live lamous clothes makers at a sharp reduction, lo these we ve added hundreds trom our own stocK. Any suit or overcoat style you want in new browns, black and mixed effects, coronation shades and others. Any one of these big snap at $5 to $7.50 more. Your pick for only tans, grays, oxfords, blues, suits or overcoats would be a IG Sale of Boys' Clothes Continues tomorrowCome tonight and avoid the Saturday rush. The values are unusual. styles. Don't ft W Bargain No. 1 At $2.50 lit -WE OFFER YOl CHOICE OF BOYS' SUITS AND OVER COATS, ages 3 to 17 years, that sold ud to $5. needless to say, they are absolutely the newest styles and many suits have two pairs of pants to match. THE OVERCOATS come in all the newest styles for big and tie boys, are wonderful values at the price. At Bargain No. 2 4 At $4.50 WE OFFER YOU CHOICE FROM 600 BOYS' HIGH GRADE SUITS AND OVER COATS that sold up to $7.50 ages 3 to 18. Many of these ffi. mi It !i 1 Suits also have two pairs of Knickerbockers. THK OVERCOATS arc handsomely made and absolute satisfaction antccd as to style anil wear. You take no chances buying boy's clothes Bargain No. 3 $6 as $10 and $12.50. fashions, the finest woolens and BMP WE OFFER YOU CHOICE w OF THE FINEST SAM M PECK, NEW YORK BOYS' 9 J SUITS AND OVERCOATS that sold formerly up as high All of them are extra fine the latest the newest styles a splendid bargain. At$6 I $10 n pecial Sales in Xmas Furnishings tfiat will save you lots of money! Hen's $1.3( and $2 Sliiri- 95c We offer all that remains of our fine Excello shirts, of which the former sale price as $1.13 and all of which are $1.50 and $2 values: fin est fabrics and best Whatever there is all of them handsc terns, yon may ta pick tonight and to morrow at nng. and 95c $3 Smoking Jackets 92. We have on hand about tiftcen fine smokinR jackets, sizes 34. 35 and 36. for boys and small men; no other sizes. These we offer to night and tomorrow 2 .S3 and S3. 50 Bathrobes S2.25 About twenty fine blanket robes, of which the former prices were $3 and $3.50,. all sizes. While they last, we offer you choice at 50c SiKpondcrs 23c A great many men enjoy wearing them. We have them in light and nark shades; our price $2.25 25c Great 1 Vest Sale Bargain No. 4 WE OFFER YOUNG MEN SOME fm f EXTRA FINE SUITS AND OVER- 9 9 COATS that sold up to $12.50 all new 1911 styles serges, M worsteds, cassimeres and heavy cheviot in fact, any style that you want. This is a real bargain. For Young Men's $20, $18, $15 fine Suits only the best makes, conservative or college styles blue serges, blacks and fancies all go. fnn (T ATC in lhe latest belt and convertible collar styles, also 3-but-UVUKVA J. O ton thru. $15 kind go at 10 lioys' $1.30 heavy ribbed Sweater Coats in plain Oxford grays Mueo and whites; plain and combina tion trimmed; sizea 34 to 34. To- QC. morrow for. Ikijs' and Children's Sweater Coats: im mense assortment of colorings: sizes 24 to 14 years: regular $1.00 values. Our prica CCko Tomorrow Boys' and Children's Gauntlet Gloves: Immense assortment for Christmas buyers; black and tan leather and buckskin; furs in dog, muskrat, rab bit, electric seal and beaver; special values at $3.95, $2.95, $1.95, Kfif $1.00 and Boys" and Young Men's Fine Silk Neckwear, put up in holiday CJOf boxes, with tie pins 5W1 Suspenders Boys' Christmas Sus penders, in neat Christmas 9'?f boxes, all colors W Hoys' Neckwear in Boxes Four-in-hands, Windsor, Bow and String Ties v Boys' New Winter Hats, showing 20 styles in the new unscratched felts, new pearls, tans and browns; also gray and brown mixed: sizes 6 to regular $1.50 Hats, special for df flA Tomorrow at .P UVI iroat $1 Vol Sale. Tonight and tomorrow we place on sale 143 line fancy vests, of which the original prices ranged from $2 to $4; all colors and shades, in flan nels, mercerized, silk effects, and wash vests. Quantities and fizes are as follows: 34 35 36 37 38 39 9 12 IS 18 37 17 40 42 44 22 9 3 These are all vests that every man will appreciate. as they are very handsome and will make an excellent Christmas gift The price of them is $1.00 .50 Cowhide suit Cat- and Haas l We offer as a Christmas special an exi lot of cowhide suitcases, izes 22 and 24 incl cowhide hairs, sizes 10, 17 and 18. Thes cellent values and are the usual $6.5o quality in most stores. Our price... Handsome Neckwear Me A very handsome lot of neckwear jnsr received with the wide Kngllsh ends or handsome brocad ed satins ami knitted ef fects which have not been shown before. They Bri ttle most beautiful you have ever seen and are $4.50 actual $1 offer tl special at 00 value We 50c $1.50 Benin' Gloves nt SI. 15 Kvery gentleman kns Perrin's gloves are the best French made and are rarely sold under Mk We offer a splendid lot of Perrin's cape and kid gloves, unlined. of which the regular price is $l.r0 our price SaturdaJ' $1.15 Men's Linen llnnriker. chief Mc We offer a splendid lot of men's initial handker chiefs, pure Jinen. of which the value ia 2ic. in boxes of 6 at 91, OfJ or each "C of in irs, of lios, greens, made tra quality lisle. sizes from 9 to 11 which former prices were 2oc and 35c. Choice of the lot Saturday 19c ladles' 50e Silk Hose 35e As a special S&turday we offer ladies' Onyx silk hose, blacks, whites and tans: Saturday only 35c 2 Big Shoe Sales Now On! 17 T Now you 'can take your choice from our finest Stetson, Banister, Boyden Washburn; $8, $7, $6, $5 Shoes, all lasts, all leathers, all sizes Choice now for $4.50 I LADIES Our great sale n f n t i nnoc rtf any $7, $6 and $5 Shoe in the house; such famous makes as Laird Schober, Foster Wash burn, any of them, d0 Cfl in any leather, at J)33v

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6 THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL DECEMBER 22, 1911 ALWAYS SHOWING SOMETHING HEW ON A LONG HIKE Ernest Wahrnann, German Student, Is in Topeka. Flans to Walk in 32 Countries in Four Years. CLOSE WATCH KEPT. His Koute Planned in Germany and Sent Here. Robbed for First Time Nears Kansas. as He flavins countries valkcd through most of the ,t Kurope and Asia, it re mained for Ernest wanmann, a ue. man college student who is walking "round the world." to be "touched" first in Kansas City. He lost $45 there through his faith in u young fellow mho told a hard luck story. The boys occupied a room together, and while the young German was taking a bath his room mate, an American, walked lit of the room with all of the funds. Wahrnann is a young German stu dent, with the bluest blue eyes and a boyish smile, who reached Topeka Thursdav from Lawrence. He is to walk In 32 countries before May 2. 1913. He has already completed a large part of his task. He is walking, he says, for a prize amounting to about $12,000. Which is offered jointly by a students' club and the University of Berlin. He has papers and documents to prove his Identity. Although he speaks Knglish hrokenly. he is interesting and entire ly different in personality, at least, from the fake "hikers" who now throng the country. Wahrnann has walked 7.000 miles Klnce reaching New Tork. North to IMaino, back to New Tork, then into Canada and return; then to St. Louis; up to Chicago, back to St. Louis; south to New Orleans and hack to St. Louis; then to Kansas City, where he was robbed; from Kansas City to Lawrence and to Topeka is his list of "hikes" in this country. He is now traveling to Tulsa, from which place he expects to be sent to Denver. nose Tab I- Kept. The method of keeping tab on Wahr nann is remarkable. He receives let ters at various towns showing him his route. He is instructed to get letters from certain people and deliver them to persons living in another town. He has a letter now to be delivered in Tulsa There he expects to receive an other letter to be delivered in Denver. He may. however, be sent back to Kansas City or to some other town than the two named. He knows noth ing in advance of his territory. Under the terms of the contest. Wahrnann is to walk in 32 countries before the expiration of the time which Is May 2. 1913. Four students started on the world-wide walk May 2. 1909. One has died. Another grew home sick, returned to Germany and mar ried. Wahrnann has no, idea where the third member of the contestants Is now. He says he frequently walks 60 miles a day when the roads are good and he has no bad luck. He claims to have walked six days without a drink of water in the East, walking at night and being accompanied by two men who watched him night and day to see that he did not take a drink. Hit ten by a Dozen Doss. He has had many numerous experi ences and some that were not so funny. He has been bitten by a dozen dogs and has been offered rides dozens of times. He makes his way by selling postcards and distributing advertising matter. He has sold 10,000 cards since landing in America. Wahrnann stayed Thursday night at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. John H. Keisdorf at 321 Van Buren street. He may stay here until after Christmas, he said today, although he was not sure. If the weather grew warmer he said he might continue his "hike" tomorrow. LIFE BY SARA E WORTS. JACK FORGETS, AND TRACKS EN MUD ON HIS SHOKS. do AS IT IS. Can't you remember? Or do you it on purpose?" "Can't I remember what? And what is it I do on purpose?" "Will you tell me what I have a rug outside that door for? Just look at that mud." "Well, what of it? Let Norah clean It up." "Let Norah clean it up! That's just like you. One would think ISorali nao nothing to do but run after you ana clean up the mud you were too lazy ui too careless to leave outside." "As long as you don't have to do it, an't see why you kick." "I clean up after YOU? I see my self:" I can't be all the time thinking it I'm going to bring in a pectc or muu. You're too fussy." 'You'd better think, if you want me to keen any help. ine gin can umj do so much: and if she's cleaning up your mud she has to let other things so" "Let the other things go. then. "If that's not just like a man: You have no idea of trying to help a wom an; it doesn't make any difference whether she's your wife or a servant." "I don't think either of you hurt yourselves in this little, apartment. You really don't need a maid: we could not only save her wages, but her board and what she wastes." "I haven't said she was wasteful." "They all are." "oh. they are? If you ran your business on that principle that all the men wasted your money where would you be? I guess you'd better let Norah alone." "All right, I'm willing. What did you start this discussion for, anyway?" "I start it? I like that: Why YOU started it, just because I asked you to wipe your feet when you came into the house." "If you want a fellow to do some thing, why don't you ask him in a de cent way?" "I suppose I should get on my knees and beg you humbly PLEASE to wipe your feet and not to bring all the street mud into the house." "Nobody wants you to get on your knees though I'm not so sure It wouldn't do you good." "If any one in this family needs to pray, it's YOU." "All right, have it your own way. But let's have dinner." "You'll get no dinner until Norah cleans up that mud. Some one may call and then say I'm not a good housekeeper. They would never think of blaming YOU, though its all YOUR fault." AS IT MIGHT BE. "Oh, Jack, dear, you've forgotten again; you didn't wipe your feet." "That's so. Puss. what a careless fellow I am. I'll go right back and do it." It won't do any good now, dear. You've tracked it all through the hall.'' "I'm sorry. I'll try to think next time; but I'm always in such a hurry to get in that 1 forgot." "You're forgiven; but do try' to re member, dear. It makes Norah so cross to have to do her work over; and you know she cleans the front nail every morning." "Let It go until tomorrow, then." "No, indeed: some one may call." "I'll make It all right with Norah. Let's see; I'll tell her I didn't think and "You kid; you don't have to say anything. I'll tell her to clean it up after she servos the dinner. We will wait on ourselves." "That's a good idea." "I wouldn't say a word. Jack, but it's so hard to keep help, and it's only by making things easy that I keep Norah." "Perhaps you make things too easy, and that's why she is cranky, over little cxtia things." "I think not. Jack." "Don't be too thoughtful; they don't appreciate it. I'm not excusing myself for forgetting; but you may overdo it." "Don't you remember how good Norah was when you had that abcess in your ear?" "By Jove! She was a brick, and I was so aggravating." "We certainly have wandered. It's funny. Jack, how we start to talk of something, then switch off on some thing else. Wo were talking about your tracking in the mud, and here we are discussing Norah." "One thing leads to another; and as long as we don't quarrel, I guess no harm's done." "Quarrel why should we?" "A good many married people do, Puss." "Not about little things; not If they love each other. Jack." "There comes Norah. Now to make my peace." "All right. But be sure not to make her cross." "You see. dear, she wasn't cross." "How could she be when you prom ised with such an air?" "An air?" "Yes, 'you'll never do it again.' etc. I'd like to bet you will the very next time it rains." "I won't bet with you, Puss the odds are too much against me but 11! try to remember." (Copyright, 1911, by Associated Literary Press.) START HARMON BOOM Friends of the Governor Organize Further His Candidacy. Columbus. O., Dec. 2 2. Governor Judson Harmon was given a surprise party ir. th; executive offices end his presidential candidacy endorsed by the meeting and organizing of Democratic state officials to actively campaign for a solid delegation from Ohio to the national Democratic convention favor ing the nomination of Mr. Harmon for president. The delegation of state officials gathered in the corridor outside of the governor's offices and marched in on him just as ho was .'losing his desk at the finish of hfs uiy's work. The state executive was made a spectator In his own office while Judge R. M. Ditty of the state tax commission was named chairman of the meeting. In addresses by Secretary of State Chas. E. Graves, Attorney General Hogan. State Treasurer D. S. Creamer and others. the Harmon administration was commended and the declaration made that his record as governor was in itself a platform on which he could go before the people of the. country. Governor Harmon expressed his ap preciation of the indorsement given his administration. He told the offi cials that his candidacy was in the hands of his friends and that he did not want sentiment manufactured for him. He frankly told the officials that his cause could not be aided by the en gendering of factional quarrels, and expressed the hope that hl3 friends would not be found dabbling in local political fights or trying to do an "slate making." MUST WORK ON SUNDAY GIBSON FOUND GUILTY Sale Starts Tomorrow at 8 O'clock IV s 3 Weeks Early This Year Berkson's Jnnual January Clearing Sale Tomorrow yet in time for Christmas, and fully three weeks ahead of the usual time we launch our gig-antic January Clearing Sale. We've done a big ger business this year than ever before. We expected to. We started the rail season with the largest stock ever shown before; even by this, the largest store in the state. Accordingly we must begin early, the big task of clearing up all the odd lots, broken sizes and in fact, every remaining Winter garment in the store. Oar policy is well known. We never carry one season's merchandise to another, so right now in the very heart of mid-winter we start the big annual sale that you've looked forward to, every January. The bargains we're giving you this year have positively never been approached by any other sale in this city. Our Entire $25,000 Stock of All Remaining Suits, Coats, Dresses, Skirts and Furs at Enormous Sacrifices garments of the very highest materials, strictly highest type of tailoring and every mode that is correct in style. We never tolerate sweat shop merchandise and with our three store capacity, employ several the BEST manufacturers to supply us exclusively. Every bargain offered is reduced on a strictly bona fide and honest basis. Christmas money couldn't possibly be spent to better advantage than in the purchase of garments in this great sale. Reductions from the low regular prices vary from Poet office Clerks and Carriers Will Get Xo Rest December 24. Washington, Dec. 22. Although four days before Christmas the crilsh of holiday matter in the mails is so great that Postmaster General Hitchcock has issued orders that postoffice clerks and carriers must work on Sunday in the distribution of letters and packages. This is done in spite of the department rule. Instructions have been given to the postmasters of the larger cities to care for the prompt distribution of mail matter, and to this end, authority is given for the hiring of wagons and teams. The present indications are that the pressure of Christmas mail this year will be greater than ever before In the history of the postoffice department. "He told her that he would gladly die for her." 'The same old bluff. Did it catch her?" "No. She told him she w ould -adly let him." Houston Post. House of aimer III Alderman Is Convicted on Evidence of a Dictaphone. Just Received Another Shipment of Ties 300 Doz. 50c value, on sale Saturday in beautiful boxes for 25c 150 Doz. 75c and $1.00 values, beautiful patterns, one tie in Xmas box 50c wmoti Home of W. L. Douglas Shoes Crown Point, Ind., Dec. Alcterman Walter E. Gibson, of Gary, Ind., has been found guilty of bribery in connec tion with the passage by the Gary coun cil of a heating franchise ordinance se cured by Thomas B. Dean, of Louisville, Ky., who was the state's chief witness. It is the first conviction based on evi dence secured by a dictaphone, on record. The Jury was out 15 minutes and onlv one ballot was taken. It is the first of several trials of Gary officials on charges of bribery which will be held in Crown Point. A previous trial at Valparaiso against City Engineer Williston, of Gary, resulted In his acquittal. Dean testified that he came to Gary to invest in a heating plant. He was told, he said, he could not get a franchise un less he should "see" come of the city of ficials. He testified that Gibson was one official he "saw" in the way of paying a bribe in consideration for a favorable vote. Dean substantiated hfs statement by causing to be made dictaphone records of Ids conversations with Gibson. The dictaphone, a delicate electrical in strument which gathers even minute sounds in one room and transmits them to a telephone receiver elsewhere, car ried conversations In this case to stenog raphers. The stenographers read into the record what purported to be the conver sation, Including the alleged offers of bribes and their receipt. Special Prosecutor Samuel E. Parker, appointed by Governor Marshall, of In diana, directed the case for the state be fore Judge Vernon Van Fleet, who was called in to hear the case. Gibson, who was aO years old yesterday, had his wife, mother and seven children in court when the verdict was given against him. A motion for a new trial was entered. The jury had been instructed that the punish ment for conviction was from three to fourteen years' Imprisonment, a fine of not to exceed Sl.OtKi. or disfranchisement for an indeterminate number of years, or all of them. The sentence in the absence of recommendation from the jury will be fixed by the court. 1 Joe How are you, old man? Arthur Got a beastly cold, y'know. Joe Hard luck, bah Jove. Been going out in the cold without your monocle? Arthur N'o. Called m Henery at his house and that wretched dog of his persisted In wagging his tail and creating a draft. Tit-Bits. W. V3 M 1 a i-. k m.ii." i TO 12 OFF And Even Greater Reductions In Many Cases Extraordinary Reductions in the Fur Departmen t We throw open our great stock of fine, dependable quality furs at extreme reduc tions. It is yet in time for you to choose them as Christmas gifts at a great saving in price. 'ill EH8S3mQ Blue Wolf Sets Natural Fox Sets i New $19.95 Marmot Sets. 1 now J4-95 Blended Siberian rmr Squirrel Sets J flw All Genuine East- ern Mink Sets f New $2911 Off White Siberan Fox and Maufioon Sets Now 14-95 Everybody read the State Journal. I FOR CrtT NOVSf All Other Furs in Stock Reduced in Proportion 50 All Wool Coats Regular Value $9.95 to $14.95 All exceptional values at the former price. There are new mixtures, Scotch tweeds, Scotch homespuns, blanket cloths and rever-sibles. Choice now Not even $5.00 60 Fine Coats Values up to $16. SO This lot includes fine blue cheviots, grey home spuns and a fine lot of re versible cloths. Choice now $7.50 &ig Bargains in Velvet and Velour Coats and Wraps these staple materials are reserved in this r j mam na sale: but are all priced at Dig reductions, yv pu an opportunitv to buy such fine quality velvet and velour garments so cheaply it surely is a bargain worth while. $29.75 Coats; Choice Now $19.95 $39.75 Coats Choice Now $26.25 $49.75 Coats Choice Now $33.75 25 Suits 25 Suits Regular Values Up to $17.50 Positively all wool, hand tailored suits made in clean workshops. Not one of them is worth less than $15. Choice now $6.95 100 Skirts Regular valves $6.95 to $9.95 There are fine cheviots, satins, serges, taffeta silks, and striped worsteds, etc. You'll find the lot includes every new model that is good this season and there are many mannish patterns as well as plain blacks, blues, greys, etc. Now Choice $4.95 100 Extra Qvaltiy Coats Regular Value up to $27.50 This is a big assortment of especially fine mixtures, homespuns, tweeds, chevi ots and even black broad cloths. Some are loose fit ted models others have the semi-fitted back. Choice $2.75 Values $25 to $34.75 These are our ultra fine suits which uphold our reputation for selling the best. Beautifully trimmed and fashionable models. Choice now $14.95 All Fancy Suits; Import ed models, etc., former prices $34.75 to $65, now at a Straight Discount of 'A OFF in Railroad Fare Refunded Part or All, Ac cording to Amount Purchased 40 Suits Values $16.50 to $21.75 Fine all wool; cloths of nearly every weave and color; lined with guaran teed satin. Choice now $9.95 Blue Serge Dresses Regular $10.00 and $12.50 Values They have been a sen sal tion this year all season long. Fine quality blue serge prettily made Choice now $5.00 All Evening Gowns, Party Dresses, etc., great variety; fashionable new models. Choice now at 'A to 'A OFF Open Tonight and Tomorrow Night No refunds and no Goods on Approval During this Sal 39 Dresses Regular Values up to $15.00 This lot includes white corduroys, fancy serges and silk messalines in many smart styles. Che ice now $7.95 Commerce Bldg. 614 Kansas Ave. 3&0&fQ7 Kansas Avenue

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL DECEMBER 22; 1911 k r i ROAD PROGRAM IS OUT Good Roads Men Will Meet poria, January 17. tn Em- painters to get the house in readiner Robbins stepped on a rustv nail and died this week, the result "of the in jury, which developed paralysis of the heart. mm Juicy navel oranges with a charmine tree-ripened flavor are now for sale at your dealer's. They are pleasingly economical and, in addition, the dining table can be fur nished with beautiful silverware by saving the wrappers and send Ing them to us with a few stamps to partly pay charges, packing, etc. The gemuiut come in tissue wrappers marked "Sunkist." Your dealer will supply you at extremely reasonable prices. Tree-Ripened Picked With Gloves Only the very finest oranges from the best California groves are packed nder the name "Sunkist." Eah orange is allowed to ripen on the tree, thus producing the wonderful "Snnhist" flavor. At maturity they are carefully picked and packed by gloved hands. Seedier? and Solid Every "Scnbist" is perfect. Each is solid meat seedless and juicy. Most delicious' and healthf ,il of fruits. Most wholesome fruit for children better than sweets. Tones digestion and satisfies "sweet tooth." Begin Saving Valuable Wrappers Today Be sure to say "Sunkist" not merely "oranges." You will know "Sunkist" by their handsome appearance r.nd by the printed wrappers. This Is Your Beautiful Orange Spoon Save 12 "Sunkist" orange or lemon wrappers, or trademarks cut from wrap pers, and send them to us, with 12c in stamps t help pay charges, packing, etc., end we will ssnd you this genuine Rogers' silver orange spoon. For each addi tional spoon send 12 wrappars or trademarks and 12c in stamps. Not responsible lor casn sent tnrougn me mans. Sunkist" Lemons Most Economical 14 "Sunkist" Premiums Send for full description, number of ttpr-PK and omount of cash necessary to secure eneh article. Tabic Knife Table Fork Dessert Spoon Child's Knife H-saHlon Spoon Coffee Spoon Salad Fork Oyster Fork Chiid's Fork Ornc Spoon Frcit Knife Teaspoon Tablespoon Sutter Spreader Thin-skinned, extra juicy, and each comes in a valu able "Sunkist" wrapper. Insist on them, as they go farther than other lemons. They cost no more and the wrappers are valuable. Rec ipe booklet free on request. California Fruit Growers1 Exchange 192 North Clark Street. Chicago, II!. nS) Trademark Befiatared People Who Want the Best CALL FOR LTllAikST. flemorize the Name GILT EDGE Is the Best Butter Made in Topeka Then ask for it, your grocer has it. Gilt Edge Butter is made of the highest grade cream Kansas produces. In a factory, the most modern in Kansas. If you consider the health of yourself and family you will have no substitutes or made over butters. INSIST ON GILT EDGE. IT'S SAFE. MaBdy Topeka Pure Milk Co. aiaft Harry" 2 Heads Are Better Than One We Can Satify You As we are tailors and can handle your order correctly 'Jim" FREE $5.00 FANCY VEST With every suit or overcoat. This will only last 5 days. If you want the FREE VEST order at once. Suit or Overcoat TO ORDER No More $15 No Less 729 Kan j. Ave. niiTiarmi""- 729 Kans. Ave. Emiporia. Kan.. Dec. 22. The Kansas State Good Roads association is to hold its annual meeting here on January 17 and IS. President Horace Greeley James of Independence and Secretary W. S. Gearhart, state highway engi neer, of Manhattan, are arranging things in regard to the meeting, which will likely be largely attended. The meetings will be held in the wigwam, a spacious building centrally located. The program committee has prepared the following: FIRST SESSION. Wednesday Morning. January IT. 8:30 Registration at Headquarters, the Wigwam. 9:00 Convention Called to Order by the President. Invocation. Address of Welcome, William Allen White. Emporia. Response to Address of Welcome, Ralph Faxon. Garden City. "Gulf to Winnipeg, or Benefits of Cross State Highways," John C. Nicholson, Newton. "Starting at the Beginning." Col. Sidney Suggs, state highway commissioner, Okla homa. "Progress in Good Roads in Kansas In 1911 Our Needs," W. S. Gearhart, state highway engineer, Kansas. Appointment of Committees. 12 :00 Adjournment. SECOND SESSION. Wednesday Afternoon, January 17. 1:30 "Enthusiasm as a Factor in Road Building," o. M. Wilhite, Emporia. "The State's Relation to Ciood Roads," Hon. Arthur Capper. Topeka. "Advantages of the New Road Law,' Hon. J. SC. Gray. Kirwin. "Interpretation of the New Road Law," Attorney General Dawson. Discussion led bv State Engineer Gear hart. "Stone Road Construction," Senator G. H. Hodges. Olatl-.'?. "Educational Side of Public Improve ments" Prof. J. II. Miller, Manhattan. THIRD SESSION. Wednesday Evening, January 17. 7 :S0 Address. Governor W. R. Stubbs. Address, Hon. Henry J. Allen. Address. Hon. Charles F. Scott. FOURTH SESSION. Thursday Morning. January 1?. 9:00 "What Chautauqua County Is Do ing for Good Roads," J. H. Edwards. Se dan, president Chautauqua County Good Roads association. "Bridge Work in Greenwood County," Countv Engineer W. J. Bilson. Eureka. Address. T. H. McDonald, state hlgh wav engineer, Ames. Iowa. "Necessity of a New Bridge Law." County Engineer C. F. Osborn, Howard. General Discussion. Address Prof. J. H. Waters, Kansas State Agricultural college. "The Railroads and Good Roads. 1 Frank Jarrell. Topeka. FIFTH SESSION. Thursdav Afternoon January IS. 1:30 "Good Roads and Prosperity: What Good Roads will Mean to Kansas, Mavcr E. E. Frizell. Lamed. "Sand-Clav Roads Reno County." Coun ty Engineer W. B. Harris. Hutchinson. Address, State Engineer Geo. V. Cooley. St. Paul. Minn. Symposium "Good Roads as a Business Proposition:" County Commissioner Ai Srav. Chautauqua county, "Overcoming Vreln.li.-e and Oetting Funds:" B. Buehll, Alma. "Economy of Permanent Bridges: 15 W. Mayer. Kansas City. Kan.. "Oilcu Roads:" J. M. Allen, Chanute, "Radiating Roads." Address. Curtis Hill, state highway en gineer. Missouri. Address. Geo. Black. Master State Grange. Olathe. Business Report of Committees. Election of Officers. Place of Next Meeting. All sessions will begin promptly on time.. Opportunity will be given for general discussion on all subjects. Kveryoody interested in good roads invite,! to be present and take part in the discussions. COERCION1 ACT IS VOID. Employer Hi's Right to Discharge V n ion Employee. Independence, Kan., Dec. 22. The new Kansas coercion act met its Waterloo here when Judge Thomas Flanelly of the district court held it unconstitutional and void, basing his decision upon similar decisions relating to similar statutes enacted in other states and upon a decision of the United States supreme court. He laid down the principle that it was as much the right of an employer to discharge an employee as it is for an employee to quit unsatisfactory em ployment. The cases bringing forth the decision wore those of the State vs. Bundv. a Missouri Pacitic foreman, who discharged men for belonging to a labor organization and the State vs. Rossman and others of the American Zinc and Smelting company, who dis charged men from their plants at Ca nev and Dearing. this county, for join ing the American Federation of La bor. The federation took a hand in the prosecution and the cases have been closely watched all over the state. LAW MARKS THEM QUIT. First Cousins, Twice Happily Wed, Are Divorced. lndiiifiiil-nce. Kan.. Dec. 22. Jen nie Bain and J. W. Ruin, first cousins, were granted a divorce in the district court, the decree being applied for by the wife and no objection being filed by the husband. Both appeared anx ious to have the bonds which bound them insecurely broken. They were married in Wichita, in 1908, and did not know at the time that the mar riage of first cousins was forbidden by laws of Kansas. v hen they were rmed of the illegality of the union, I they went to Missouri ana nan me lm i nression that marriage between first cousins was permitted in Missouri. When they once more learned of their, mistake they decided to quit trying to I got married, hence the formal separa- j j tion. HOUSES KICK KILLS BOY. Dog Bites Animal After Boy Falls to Dangerous Position. Clay Center, Kan., Dec. 22. Arvid, the six-and-a-half-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Johnson, was almost instant I ly killed by being kicked by a horse. He was playing in the barn with a little brother at the time. He was walk Ing on a plank placed against the wall and in attempting to pass through a door into the hay mow, he fell to the ground be hind the horse. About that time a pet aog ran up and bit the horse on the 'eg and caused It to kick. The little fellow was kicked in the hack of the head, crushing the skull in four places. He died almost instantly. STATE RESTS IN BANK CASE. Arkansas City Hank Tangle Is Being Worked Over. Arkansas City, Kan., Dec. 22. The state rested in the bank case of George Luther Brown, now on trial in the district court. Witnesses for the defense are expected to be in court today, the defense has many witnesses to put on the stand. The case has not developed into anything sensational so far and the court room is not overcrowded with spectators. Alfalfa Land Brings Good Price. Wichita, Kan., Dec. 22. Eighty five acres of alfalfa land near Mount Hope sold today for $150 an acre cash, Bernard Moss, a Wellington farmer,' buying the farm from R. J. McKee. SLUMP IN IMMIGRATION Falling Off of Nearly 300,000 I'ist Year's Figures. New York, Dee. 22. One of the greatest slumps in immigration ever received at the port of New York Is being written Into the records at Ellis Island during the closing days of the year. Already the records show that nearly 300,000 fewer Immigrants have landed there up to the present time than for the corresponding period in 1910 and Indications are. Com missioner Williams says, that there will be a reduction of 20 per cent or more from 1910 figures for the year. The increasing tide of humanity is lower now than at any time since 1908. With the tide at its ebb every special leaving for Europe is crowded as never before. One vessel sailing two days ago left 500 steerage passengers on the wharf because of inability to find accommodations aboard for them. During the first ten days of December, 1910. 13,706 third class passengers sailed for Europe, this year 15,245. Outbound vessels carried nearly 5o per cent more third class passengers this year than last. Here are the figures that tell the storv: i ear Arrivals. Departures. 1311 YSl.OoS 1910 1.102.939 1909 1,C88,1L'L' 1908 550,758 1907 1,170,298 1906 1,329,585 The figures for 1911 are incomplete, hav ing been computed only until December 1. and all figures refer to third class pas sengers only. The decrease may mean one of several things. said William Williams, commis sioner of immigration. "It may mean that industrial conditions here are much disturbed. It may mean that third class passengers are more prosperous and are going to and fro more than usual, or that the long looked for natural ebb in the tide has come. Personally, I don't know what it means." Come to Hayden's Tonight or Tomorrow! All You Belated Buyers of Christmas Gifts Now that the time is short, you will. more than ever, need the helpful aid of his big Christmas store. You can come io a store like this and make your selec tions hurriedly, yet never will you be dis appointed. Everything found in this store is of sterling merit, yet there are many small articles which may be had for a trifling cost. Here's a List of Good Help ful Suggestions 486.794 R59.574 ::80.628 654.238 5.17,51! MOCK MARRIAGE VICTIM New Light Thrown on Relations of Richeson and Linncil Girl. Boston. Dec. 22. That the Rev. Clar ence V. T. Richeson married Avis Lin nell in a weird secret ceremony in which he was both groom and officiating clergyman and that the girl implicitly believed in the legality of the cere mony is reported to be the startling feature of the government's case against the Cambridge minister. When the murder case con-.es up next month the government will pro duce witnesses in an attempt to prove Diamond Rings, every style 7.50 to Diamond Brooches, solid gold $10.00 to Diamond 1-aValieries .$10. onto Diamond Lockets .8 5.00 to Diamond Bracelets 25.00 to Diamond Cuff Links 7.50 to Diamond Scarf Pins f 5.00 to Diamond Watch Onmis $10.00 to Diamonds Loose for mounting $10.00 to $500.00 $300.00 8200.00 S5.00 75.00 35.00 65.00 60.00 $500.00 Ladies' Hat Pins, 50c to $5.00. Solid Gold Brooches. $1.50 to $12.0O. Opera Glasses, $3.50 to $22.00. Manicure Sets, $5 to $35. Mesh Bags. $1 to $25. I-adies Watches. $5 to to $75. Hand Painted China, $1.75 Vp. Cut Glass, 75c: to $35. Candelabra, 25e to $4. Brassware, 30c to $10. Sheffield Plate Silverware. $4 to $10. Sets of Six Teaspoons, $1.50 to

Sets or Six Dessert Spoons, $2.50 to $12.50. Sets of Six Knives and forks, S2.50 to $12.50. Tapestry Trays, $5 to $9. Coffee Percolators, $8 to $12.50. Chafing Dishes, 88 to $15. Chains and Vanities, $1 lo $15. I'mbrellas, $3 lo $15. Metal Change Purses, $1.50 to $25. Military Brushes. $7 to $12. Gokl Cuff Link- and Scarf Pin Sets, $1.50 to 12. mi. Lapel Wai. h C hains, $1 to $15. Alarm flocks. $1.00 to $7.50. Cigar Humidors, $5 10 $25. Watches, $1.25 to $200. Fountain Pens, $1 to $6. Shaving Sets. $3 to $10. Match Safes. $1.50 to $6. Hand Mirrors, Comb and Brushes, s:, to $25. Desk Sets, 85 to $15. Lodge Kiiihleiu Jewelry, 75- to $75. Poker sets, $5 lo $7.50. Signet Rings. $1 to $20. Tobaiio .lars. $1.50 (o $9.50. Ash Trays. 35c to $5.00. up Jas. B. Hayden 727 Kansas Avenue Topeka's Reliable and Leading Jeweler Since 1869 that Avis Linnell. the chorus singer j who met death by cyanide of potas- sium at the Young Women's Christian I association dormitory, went through a secret ceremony which, it will be 1 charged. Richeson suggested. "I can marry others, why not our selves." is the argument Richeson is alleged to have made to the little coun- j try girl. "Won't that be romantic?" was the answer of Avis Linnell. Then follow ed a ceremony, it will be asserted, which brought great happiness tern- porarily to Avis. The unusual ceremony is alleged to have taken place last summer at Hy- annis on Cape Cod, where both were spending vacations at the scene of their first meeting. Friends of Avis have divulged much information as to the relations of Richeson and the girl. Kndearlng names were spoken between them In com pany. The girls of the town entertain ed at that time a suspicion that a se cret ceremony hail been performed by which Avis believed herself to be the pastor's lawful wife. Avis appeared one day wearing a wedding ring which she told her friends Richeson "had given her as a birthday gift." Two Vears- High School Course. Dr. Martin C. Brumbaugh, superin tendent of schools, advocates a two years' high school course for such I scholars as are not able to take the I prescribed course of four years. There j seems to be many reasons In Its favor. A four-year course Is a luxury many cannot afford. The consequence Is Unit, rather than go In for a more limited number of years of high school work and retire without a diploma, many pu plls stop after finishing the grammar grade. The modern Idea seems to be 10 1 make the education lit the individual. and give the greatest good to the i greatest number. A practic-al two years' I course, with the Incentive of a illploma. would undoubtedly pr'ive of great 1 value. Philadelphia Inquirer. j th Ini Suggestions in Leather Goods Here Are Highest Grades of Useful Leather Goods at Lowest Possible Prices (f All Hand Bags Reduced from Ten to Twenty- Cent. r J There's a "feel" about good leather ar ticles that can never be duplicated in imitation or inferior goods. Good leather produces a finish and class that can not be imitated. We have made leather goods our business for thirty-one years and know just what you should get for your money and we'll give it to you. We are offering the following list as suggestive of the many things in leather we have for both men and women. ffffil ILL U Suit Case Special An all leather suit case, made of strong cowhide and strapped all around. A strong, durable case for SR OO WAKKEXKY .STILL IX RACK. I'isht for New Hospital Still Being Made. WaKeeney, Kan., Dec. 22. Xo harder tieht has been made for the 1 new state hospital than that by the 1 people of WaKeeney. it tnis town 1 does not finally win the town will still be on the maps. The WaKeeneyites j are backing up their bid with plain, j every aay iacts, vwucii me euiuii in can substantiate. Hence the claim thev make that their bid was not only the" lowest but the site where the building will be located, if it comes here, has all the requirements asked for. and more, too, thrown in for good measure. The towns in the Sixth dis trict which put in bids for the new state hospital have dropped out. and while the board of control located it at Lamed, in the Seventh district, which has not yet been sanctioned by Governor Stubbs, the WaKeeneyites want it understood that their town will be in the race as long as there is a chance to win. Grips Manicure Sets Cigar Cases Toilet Folds Suit Cases Military Sets Photo Cases c0jn Purses Gladstone Bags Card Cases Leather Fobs Shaving Sets Brief Cases Pass Cases Umbrellas Flasks Music Rolls Bill Folds Auto Baskets Drinking Cups Music Cases Collar Bags Vaco Bottles Writing Cases Tie Cases Vaco Bottle Cases Trunks Desk Sets Handkerchief Cases Leather Mats Auto Trunks Jewel Boxes Dressing Cases Auto Gloves Wardrobe Trunks Sewing Boxes Playing Card Cases Outing Lunch Baskets Doll's Trunks Hies Before House Is Finished. Wichita. Kan., Dec. 22. Henry I, Robbins, 50 years old, a wealthy farm- er living eighteen miles north of Wich ita, did not live to join his family in occupying their new $4,000 farm home Christmas day. While assisting the Topeka Trunk Mfy, 510 Kansas Avenue ESTABLISHED 31 YEARS Trunk Leather Goods Co, T16 Kansas Avenue

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V8 THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL DECEMBER 22, 1911 CLEARS IT UP Chairman Brown calls attention to the fact that under the call of the national Republican committee the delegates can not be chosen in a party primary. STORE OPEN EVENINGS IIP Persii Will Wash Your Clothes Clean Persii is self-acting, it re duces labor to a minimum without injury to fabrics or hands. Persii is not an experi ment its merit has been proved by a test of time. It removes all stains from finest and coarsest fabrics. Persii will cleanse finest laces or greasy overalls in three operations Soak Boil Rinse Over thirty million pounds were used in Germany last year. At 10c, Persii is by far the most economical washing powder made, fry a package and be convinced. Ten Cents at all Grocers M COLONEL IS SILENT Old Story Roosevelt Solicited Campaign Contribution From Harriman Is Once Again Set at Rest. When Told of the Action Taken in Nebraska. His Friends Continue to Push His Name Forward. To Christmas Shoppers We are showing a complete line of Chafing Dishes Casse roles, Percolators, Carving Sets, Knives and Forks, all standard makes. Chafing Dishes $3.00 to $20.00 Casseroles 98c to $8.00 Carving Sets $1.00 to $15,00 This week we are making a Special Discount of 20f Off on these goods. It will pay you to visit our store before buying. Capital Hardware Co. 706 KANSAS AVENUE. A Cyclone of Fun The Best Theatre S. E. Cor. 4th and Kansas Avenue THE GREATEST OF ALL CARTOONS MUTT AND JEFF By Special Request Today and Tomorrow 'The Scheme That Failed' The One MIO From Maine Big 11 VlOEi to California Don't Fail to Bring the Little Folks GRAND Nht Dec. 23 COHAN HARRIS Present GET-RICH -QUICK WALLINGFORD Prices 50c to J1 .50 Boxes $2.00 Seats Selling. Dec.25-XMAS JgJ tlnee i p. m. fght 8:15 p. m. North Bros. Present Harry North and a belect i 'list in "D 1 u; m. a 'Baby Wanted' The Funniest Any Seat 25c of Kun Shows Boxes 50c NOVELTY This Week. 6 Acts of Vaudeville 3 Shows 230 Dailv 7 45 10 in :av -ik rhe "Cheer-Up" Show MOVING PICTURES CALKINS ORCHESTRA MAJESTIC QUARTER This Week The Lauirhlest Farce Com edy Before and After Next Week "Rosalind at Red Oate." Kuy t Eckels no'.v. Matinee Mundtty I'.m Xew York, Dec. 22. The following correspondence between Theodore Roosevelt and George R. Sheldon, treasurer of the Republican national committee, has been made public: "December 15, 1911. "Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, N. T. "Dear Mr. Roosevelt: Ever since the election of 1904 the story has been con tinuously published and never denied, except by you, that you asked K. H. Harriman to contribute money to am in your election, and that he there upon raised or contributed $250,000 to tin national committee fund. Know ing this to be untrue, I several times suggested to my superior officer, C. N. Bliss, then treasurer of the national committee, that the facts in the case be nlainlv stated. Mr. Bliss always be lieved that the books and accounts of the national committee were private, and although always carried on by him with the highest sense of integrity and honor, he never, like all of his contem poraries, would consent to any pub licity. This feeling has been changed in the last few years by the laws re quiring full publicity in elections. It seems, therefore, to me. that now, In justice to you. the facts in the case ought to be known. "Everyone knew and conceded that in the election of 1904 you would carry the state of New York by a large plu rality, but it was generally believed that Mr. Higgins would be defeated. The Democrats centered their effort on the election of their candidate governo.. About a week before the election. Mr Odell. then chairman of th" New York state committee, came to Mr. Bliss and told him that unless he had $250,000 from the national com mittee that the state ticket would be defeated. Mr. Bliss told Chairman Odell that he had no money to give, but would see what could be "done. He visited E. H. Harriman at his office and explained to him the urgency of the situation as told by Mr. Odell. "Mr. Harriman thereupon called up several of his friends on the telephone nnd next day handed Mr. Bliss $160,000. Mr. Bliss himself raised $80,000. This sum of $240,000 was handed directly to Chairman Odell and never in any way went into the treasury of the national committee which had in charge the nresidential election. I have personal knowledge of all the within mentioned facts. Very truly yours, (Signed) "tIEORGK R. SHELDON. Treasurer Republican National Com mittee. Roosevelt's Reply. "The Outlook. 27 Fourth Avenue New York. Dec. 19. 1911. Office of Theo dore Roosevelt. "Mr. George R. Sheldon. 62 Cedar Street. New York City. "Dear Mr. Sheldon: I thank you for your letter and I am glad that it was written. There is little for me to add to what you have said. I never direct ly or indirectly, in any shape, way or form, asked Mr. Harriman or anybody else to conmoute a dollar to aid in my election. Moreover, on the only oc casion on which Mr. Harriman ever spoke to me on the subject at all he did so of his otfn initiative; and so far from there being any request from me I to him, he made to me the request that I would aid him in getting the national committee to contribute some of its funds for the campaign expenses of Mr. Higgins. the candidate for gov ernor in New- York state. "He at (he time stated to me that my own election was assured; that the election of Mr. Higgins, in which he was especially interested, was doubtful and that he earnestly hoped that the I national committee would divert some of its fundus from the national to the state campaign, where the need was great and where he believed the elec tion of Mr. Higgins to be in jeopardy. As shown in your letter, this was pre cisely what the national committee did. "Very truly yours. I (Signed) "THEODORE ROOSEVELT." Has .Notning to Say. Oyster Bay, N. Y., Dec. 22. Colonel Roosevelt has been informed of the move to enter his name in the Ne braska primaries, and declined to com ment upon it. Colonel Roosevelt spent the day in New York. He said on bis return that he expected to remain at Sagamore Hill until after the holidays and would spend Christmas quietly w ith his family. As Harmony Candidate. Lincoln. Neb., Dec. 22. Comment ing on the filing of the name of Col onel Roosevelt for the presidential preference primary election in April, Governor Chester H. Aldrich said: "Without doubt, his name could go i onto the ballot in every state in the Union if Colonel Roosevelt would even I give the slightest indication that he I would sanction it and he would be j nominated for president at the next national convention just as easily as j he was in 1904. "Here in Nebraska is a latent scn I timent that needs but slight encour agement to become the dominating po jlitical force In the state. But in spite j of oloneI Roosevelt's declaration that he does not wish to be a candidate for office under anv circumstance, the peo ple of this country may put mm in a position that he may feel it to be his moral and patriotic duty to accept the nomination. "The people elected him to the ex alted position of the presidency when he wanted it and it would be his grate ful duty to become a candidate be cause they want him. "Colonel Roosevelt could carry Ne braska and the West by even a greater majority than he did before, which was a record breaker. It is my opinion that not only here in the West, but over the entire country, his nomination would cement and harmonize into a coherent working force the entire Re publican party." says He's the Only Mail. Columbus, Ohio. Dec. 22. Declaring that Colonel Theodore Roosevelt is the only Republican who can lead his party to victory next year, Walter K. Brown, of Toledo, chairman of the Re publican state central committee, pro poses the selection of Ohio delegates at large to the national Republican convention by a convention of dele gates elected from each district of the i a statement issued here, making this recommendation TRYING TO FORCE HIM. Colonel Is Quoted as Saying Pressure j is "Almost 0 cr Iiolming. Kansas I'ity, Dec. 22. E. Mont Reily nan returned from Washington, where he attended a dinner given to President Taft at the home of John Hays Hammond. There were sixty guests, the majority of them mem bers of the national Republican com mittee and the National Republican league, of which Mr. Reily is a mem ber. At this dinner President Taft made a speech in which he repeated his declaration made in Chicago that he "hoped" the Republicans would carry the country in the presidential election next year. "In Washington I met Republican leaders from all over the country." Mr. Reily said "The feeling is almost unanimous that Taft can not carry the party to victory, but that Roose velt can and will. The opinion is that it must be Roosevelt or a Demo crat. I had two conferences with Roosevelt in, New York, the last one lasted three hours. He told me he was not a candidate for the presiden tial nomination, but. he said, the de mands the public was making upon him were nearly overwhelming. He receives an average of four hundred letters a day from people in all parts of the country asking him to be a candidate. "It is my opinion that Colonel Roosevelt will be forced to accept the nomination, and I found that opinion prevalent among leaders of the Re publican party in Washington and New York." INTEREST IS REVIVED. In the Case of Dr. Webster Held in Jail on Murder Charge. Chicago. Dec. 22. Renewed interest in the case of Dr. Harry Elgin Web ster, in jail at Oregon.' 111., charged with the murder of his wife. Bessie Kent Webster, last October, came to day, when Attorney Francis J. Calla han, who, with his brother and Attor ney John Irwin of Dixon, 111., will de fend the physician, went to Oregon to confer with his client. The trial of Dr. Webster has been set for January 3 at Dixon, but Attorney Callahan pre- I dieted that the case would not proceed for I mcxi. tone on tttuuiiui oi Lite uiucbb ot jytrs. i w in. Interest centered in the death of Mrs. Webster, who had been reported miss ing for several days before her muti lated body was found at the edge of a stream in a woods near Dixon. Dr. Webster was known to have been in Dixon, which was his home before he went to Chicago to practice his profession. WANT PIECE OF MAINE Requests Are Pouring in on the Navy Department. Washington, Dec. 22. Sentimental ists and souvenir hunters as well as town governments and patriotic or ganizations have been pouring re quests into the navy department re cently for relics from the ill fated battleship Maine. As the department has no authority for disposing of any part of the vessel, of course all re quests to date have been turned down. No attempt has yet been made to ascertain just what parts of the wreck might be available to be given away, although it has been suggested that such articles as the staff, gun mounts, guns, whistles and even the bell would make interesting adornment for the headquarters of patriotic organizations or the naval museums. The depart ment is awaiting action of congress before making any plans for the dis position of the wreck. A MISS, THOUGH MARRIED. Suffragette Will Conceal Her Identity I nder No Badge of ".Mrs." "I prefer to have my wife known by her own name rather than mine. I am far more insistent upon this than she is, and I get quite cross when she is simply called Mrs. Eastman." Prof. Max Eastman professor of Philosophy at Columbia, a prominent Socialist and worker for woman suf frage, said that. Hi:i wife, Ida Rauh, was formerly the secretary of the Wo men's Trade Union league. She has been identified with the suffrage cause and various public movements for the good of working people. She has in dependent means. The marriage of the two last July was a surprise to all their friends, who tlid not know of it until cards reached them from the couple, who were in i Europo on their honeymoon. Thev returned to America in September, and have been in their present home, at 33 Charles street, for about two months. On the door of the apart ment is a card with "Rauh" in large letters. Just under it is "Eastman" in letters the same size. The wife told a reporter that she did not care much whether she was called Mrs. Eastman or Miss Rauh. "I would prefer, of course, to be called by own name, but it is almost impossible to carry it out." said she. "Our friends accede, but to strangers an explanation has to be made, and as so many of them do not understand it is easier just to let it go." "I do not want to absorb my wife's identity in mine," explained Mi. East man. "I want her to be entirely in dependent of me in ever.- way to be as free as she was before we were married." Mr. Eastman is young, of fine phy sique, with hair slightly gray, and clear, hazel eyes. Mrs. Eastman no. Miss Rauh has an interesting per sonality. She looks as if she had Rus sian blood. She has dark brown hair, coiled over her ears. Her eyes are blue, and she speaks with an air of conviction. "Our attitude toward the marriage service." Miss-Mrs. Rauh-Eastman said, "is that we went through with it; then we can say afterward we don't believe in it. It was with us a placat ing of convention, because if we had gone counter tc- convention, it would have been too much of a bother for the gain. We both have too much work to do, so that if we had decided to dispense with the legal service there would have been such a hue and cry raised that it would have inter fered with our work. We would al ways have had to overcome that ob stacle in people's minds before we could have interested them in our real work in life." New York World. For the Last Minute Shopper Gifts of a practical nature, such as any man would appreciate. All marked with the Felix label the stamp of quality. Neckwear .50 to $3.00 Mufflers 35 to 7.50 Gloves 1.00 to 5.00 Handkerchiefs 25 to 1.00 Hose 25 to 2.50 Scarf Pins 50 to 3.00 Cuff Links 50 to 5.00 Pajamas 1.00 to 5.00 Suspenders 50 to 1 .00 Fur Caps 3.00 to 5.00 Leather Novelties .50 to 15.00 Gift Umbrellas 1.50 to 10.00 Women's Motor Shirts 2.00 to 3.50 Sweater Coats 2.00 to 7.50 Fancy Vests 3.00 to 5.00 Men's Shirts 1.00 to 3.50 Men's Suits 1 5.00 to 35.00 Men's Overcoats 15.00 to 40.00 Boys' Gloves, Neck wear. Sweaters, Jew elry, Caps, Suits, Over coats, etc. a very com plete stock. Railway Fare Refunded to Out-of-Toivn Patrons 629-6S1 Kansas Avenue. Other Stores in Kansas City, M. Minneapolis, Minn. if COLUMBIA u PHONOGRAPHS RECORDS We have secured the agency for Columbia Phonographs and Records, and our stock is very complete. If you are contemplat ing buying a Phonograph, it vrii pay you to see us. Prices to suit everybody $15 TO $200 Come in and hear the Columbia Jk ill 1 II I I I II I I III I I II iMt I I I m I J TO ADVERTISE The Columbia Records with the purchase of 200 Needles we will give you 10-in. Double Disk RECORD iwi 'H r w mm mim i i in ii hi ii'i ii i iii i p i m sta In To Hear Motion for New Trial. Elgin, III.. Dec. 22. Judge Carnes. in the circuit court this morning, fixes January 13 as the possible date for the hearing of the motion by A. N. Aldrich, chief counsel for Henry Morris, sen tenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Estell Dumas, for a new trial. Slugged by a HigJiwayman. Milford, Neb.. Dec. 22. W. D. Alex ander, a merchant of this place was slugged by a highwayman last night and Is in a dangerous condition. The robber got away with $200. Everybody read the State Journal. 'XOU MAX NOT BELIEVE LT.J3UT L WAS ONCE A. MEW5 WER REPORTER." to whad: do x.ou XCVB3WJTE X.OVK B3SE LN LIFE? GOOD SERVICE to ST. LOUIS and EAST No Change of Cars at Kansas City Lv. Topeka 7:40 a. m. Ar. St. Louis 6:28 p. m. Through Train, Observation Pullmans, Diner and Chair Car Lv. Topeka 7:55 p. m. Ar. St. Louis 7:55 a. m. Through Electric Lighted Sleeper ROCK ISLAND LINES UNION STATION Connection for FLORIDA NEW YORK and Other Eastern States STEAMSHIP TICKETS TO EUROPE FOR INFORMATION SEE C. E. Bascom, C.P.A. Both Phones 384 The Station on the Great White Way "Or at North Topeka Agency Lacey'a Di ug Slo e"

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9 IT'S BRIGHT AHEAD THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL DECEMBER 22 1911 tSnimerrial Clnb Expects to Do mm I- 1 it t ;i JllM'll 111 XVlii. Plan to Boost Goods "Made in Topeka, U. S. A." (iOOD ROADS CAMPAIGN Has Jnst Commenced and Will Be t'ontinned. Hay Furnish Road Drags to the Farmers. in t day. hero nual heco Top the requ large the is ti: plate Indications are that the Commercial club in 1912 will accomplish, more for the good of Topeka than ever before In the history of the organization. There is not much going on right now w th. nau t nnnn hour meetings of Tsommittee.s, but this is on account of the clos-3 proximity 10 uranuu ocv retary J. Will Kelley, however, is plan ning n campaign of activity that will be launched the first of the year, and which will make things fairly hum around the Cor.mcrce building. Already much information has been gathered concerning the industrial en term ies in Topeka in preparation for the' formation of an organization in the club to boast "Topeka made" goods. Our plan is to get several hundred men in the commercial club to boost Topeka made gocds ar.d pledge them ,.v nniv irnnds made locally in case the goods wanted are made Ihen we will have a b' tton made i we v. ill ask every member of h. to wear. It will be right along think the people 01 Topeka hardly :e the variety of goods made right ii our citv and the excellence of ty. Topeka in recent years has .ip also a lame lobbing center, ta jobbers supply merchants over t ite with nearly everything they re and the jobbing business shows sains each year. ..vers Lines of Manufacture. a matter of fact almost everything n think of is manufactured in Tpital city. All over the country e city becoming knovn as the where the largest engines in the are made: where doors, screens, wi' dows and sashes are turned out; as a place from which beds ar.d mattresses are distributed; as a place where the Resale grocery Dusiness Ja cn ped; where the paper houses are q thrivinf business: where the jJest creamery in the country is 10-ivJfed- where the wholesale notion l'Oiies are uuing a big business. One cannot go to any little Kansas town without noticing the Topeka stamp ..n various and sundry articles. If this is the case then why shouldn't the To peka people make a special point of buying the things produced locally, is tiie question asked by the management uf the Commercial club. The State Journal will publish a list of the manufacturing industries in To peka and give further information concerning the Topeka. made goods that will be of interest to the general public. .l The Commercial Club Bulletin says: "When you ate those pancakes this morning did you stop and figure out where the flour was made. Or did you realize that the best pancake flour in fhe world is ground out in Topeka? A tud that coffee was it purchased jbrn a Topeka dealer? When you put ml your hat and started down the yftreet was it a Topeka-made cigar you 'were holding between your teeth? "The Topeka Commercial club does not wish to burden a man at the breakfast table with commercial wor ries, but it does want to impress upon citizens of this city the good that can be derived from getting the Made-In-Topeka habit. If the husbands, the wives and the children ask for Topeka made goods in the stores, the cigar stands and the candy shops they will assist materially in the growth of the city and the prosperity of all. "Buy a Topeka made cigar, sit down behind your desk, light a match and ttiink It over." Good Roads Campaign. In January a permanent good roads committee will be appointed by the rommercial club directorate, and as it i? expected that the membership of the club will be increased from 700 to 1200 through a campaign which will be held the first of the year there should be enough money In the club's treasury to utilize a certain portion of it for the betterment of the roads leading Into Topeka. "When the spring weather comes along," said Secretary J. Will Kelley today, "and it becomes time to make sood roads we expect to have a good t ads day in which an army of 1,000 city men working side by side with the farmers with their teams and road tcols will put in a hard day's work with pick and shovel improving the public highways." The club hopes to be in a position to furnish farmers with road drags By Express :oday we received 50 dozen Men's Ties put up in fancy Xmas Boxes; ties that are worth $1.00, but owing; to the lateness of their arrival come pick them out tonigtit and Saturday, your choice A Dol lar Tie 50c A Dol lar Tie IMENT KLEIN CLOTHS THAT FiT 602 Kansas Avenue 602 NO BETTER EXPRESSION of the CHRISTMAS SPIRIT CAN BE IM MAGINED THAN A BEAUTIFUL Piano Player-Piano or Victrola It wouldn't seem like Christmas without music. Did you ever stop to think that the Glad Tidings were proclaimed in song? Wherever Christ mas is observed, music seems neces sary. Christmas carols and Christmas bells appeal to all alike. Many hearts are touched by music where sermons would be of little avail. Don't Try to Celebrate Christmas Without Music in Your Home You will save much time spent in "shopping around' if you will come directly to our store and select your Christmas piano. The purpose of going from store to store is. to obtain a choice by comparison We have so many instruments in every grade, that there is no use of going away from our store for a selection. Here you may compare one with another to an unlimited extent and choose the piano which pleases you most in price, case design, wood, tone and size. Player-Pianos Such a splendid stock of the very best makes to choose from that you would be extremely hard to please if we couldn't suit you. What a feast of music the whole family could have if you had a Player-Piano in the home. Every member of your home circle could play it, and a few new rolls now and then serve to keep the f charm ever new. Pianos This Store Is Headquarters for Pianos The largest and best selection, ranging from $175 to $1,000 for new Pianos, each one a great value for the price asked. You may compare different grades here and decide without the confusion of hur rying from store to store. Used Instruments Taken i7i Exchange and Time Payments Arranged A Few' of the Makes to C boose From MEHUN 8t SON8 SHONLNGER HALLET A DAVIS WE OMAN HADD0RFF OAPEN, OONWAY CLAYBURNE ELDRIDGE AND OTHERS How About a Victor-Victrola No gift could be more welcome or more lastingly en joyable than a Victor. Sad or glad, fast or slow, song or instrumental music is at your command at any time. Sold upon the easiest of terms, so that the possession of one docs not mean a large initial outlay. A COMPLETE STOCK OF RECORDS PLATER MUSIC-New music for December. The latest songs and operas for the holidays, includ ing "Spring Maid," "The Enchantress," Gipsy Love," "The Little Millionaire" and others. VOCAL STYLE MUSIC The music with the words on it You can sing latest "hits" and play your own accompaniments. Prices of Victrolas $15, $25, $40, $50, $75, $100, $150, $200 A VERT SMALL PAYMENT DOWN WILL PLACE A VICTROLA IN YOUR HOME W. F. ROEHR MUSIC CO. 630 Kansas Avenue TOPEKA, KANSAS and other machinery for use in road building. The fact that Topeka will be on the branch of the National high way calls for better roads In this vicinitv. DWYER WILL MANAGE. Dea Moines' Standby to Run Team Again, O'Neil Says. Chicago, Dec. 22. William Dwyer, first baseman of the Des Moines club, will in all probability direct the destl nifB of that team, according to an nouncement from President "Tip" O'Neil of the Western League. O'Neil. who owns the franchise. said that former Manager Jimmy Barrett of the Milwaukee club, and Karry Mc cormick of the St. Paul club, both of the American Association, had been considered. Dwyer's following in De3 Mcines is said t be of such propor tions that his selection seems the most likely. No business manager for the club has thus fur been selected. REMEMBER THE DEAD. Mass Said for tfldef and Firemen Lost In Fre. Chicago, Dec. 22. .Fire Marshal James Horan and his 23 men who lost their lives with him in the stock yards fire one year ago today were remembered toiay by the celebration of requiem h igh ma:s ai Holy Name cathedral and the placing of a tablet to the memory of the victims at the door of the Are marshal's offices in the city hall. GIRL GETS PRESENT. But It's a Now $100 Bill Instead of a Diamond Necklace. New York, Dec. 22. Jimmy Scully's little sister was in a fair way to get a $25,000 diamond necklace for Christmas from Jimmy. who is an errand boy In a tailoring establish ment and had found on the street a beautiful bauble of 23 9 shining stones which Jimmy had stowed away, think ing the stones were glass and consid ering the string a perfectly appro priate gift for Mary. However, when James innocently displayed his find to one of the men in the shop, an up roar and the hurried calling in of an expert on precious ones followed. It was speedily determined that the necklace was very valuable. Adver tisements were hastily scanned and a reply to one revealed that the necklace wag the property of Mrs. Mary Stein- Buckwheat Flour We have the 'pure Pennsyl vania. Get a sack for holi days. Wholesale and retail. D. O. COE 119 E. 6th Topeka man of Tuxedo Park. In her happi ness over recovering her gems, she made Jimmy a present of a brand new hundred dollar bill, so that although little Miss Scully will not get a dia mond necklace for her Christmas gift, a really lavish present will be hers and the entire Scully family is to be treat ed to a turkey and plum pudding din ner at their Second avenue home. HE GIVES $25,000 Chicago Millionaire Helps Negro Branch of Y. M. C. A. Chicago, Dec. 22. Julius Rosen wald, millionaire Chicago merchant, has mailed to Washington, D. C, a check for $25,000 on receipt of a tele gram announcing that the conditions under which he subscribed that sum for a negro branch of the Y. M. C. A. there had been met. The gift was conditioned by Mr. Rosenwald on the raising of $75,000 for the building by the Washington association. The contribution insiires the completion of the new building which with land and equipment will cost $100,000. Chicago, Indianapolis. Los Angeles, Atlanta and Philadelphia each have raised $75,000 necessary to qualify for a similar gift. Notice. Capitola Rebekah Lodge 219 I. O. O. F. members, will meet at hall, 119 West Sixth street. Sunday, Oct. 24, at 1 p. m. to attend funeral of Brother John Armstrong. Services at L. M. Peuwell's chapel. MAMIE HERRON, N. G. SARRAH BROWN, Sec PUBLIC BENEFACTORS Packers Are Held Up as Philan thropists by Their Attorneys. Chicago, Dec. 22. Further argument that packers of the present day are benefactors of the public and not vio lators of the Sherman anti-trust law, was scheduled for today at the resump tion of the trial of the big meat deal ers. M. VV. Borders was the first speaker to address the jury In behalf of Edward Morris and Louis Heyn-.an the defendants known as the Morris group. Mr. Borders was prepared to exiplain to the jury now the public had reaped benefits rather than hard ships from the conduct of the business carried on by the packers. New points in the manner in which the packers have conducted their busi ness since the establishment of the National Packing company were ex pected to be brought out by Mr. Bor ders. After Attorney Borders' address, J. S. Miller was expected to follow for the Armours and then John Barton Payne in behalf of Edward Tilden, president of the National Packing company. STRICT MAYOR RETIRES. Professor Fisher Tried to Enforce Old Laws and Tires of It. Middleton, Conn., Dec, 22. Tired of fighting political bosses, big and little and feeling that his efforts ot reform are unappreciated. Prof. William M. Fisher, of Wesleyan university, will retire from the political arena with the expiration next month of his second term as mayor. His retirement will re move a picturesque figure from the po litical field, as hardly a month has passed since his election wltnout some sersation emanating from his office. His platform has been economy, low taxes and strict enforcement of the law. His effort to enforce the so-called Con necticut blue laws subjected him to much criticism. TAMMANY liTCLUB Murphy Half Owner of Boston Fran chise With Gaffney. New York. Dec. 22. It was re ported here today, apparently on good authority that when James E. Gaffney. a New York contractor, recently bought the franchise of the Boston National league club, he was acting jointly with Charles F. Murphy, leader of Tammany hall. It Is said that Gaff ney put up close to $190,000 to swing the deal and that Murphy has become half owner. It is also Raid Gaffney is the real owner of the Washington club, having supplied Clark Griffith with something like $200,00-0 to purchase McAleer's in terest. Big Reward Offered. Troy, N. Y., Dec. 22. Rewards ag gregating more than $3,500 are wait ing here for the person who will obtain the arrest of Edward Bonato, the voung Italian farm hand who is charged with the murder of Mrs. Hor ner and her three children last week. Sheriff Cottrell Is confident that the murderer will be in custody In. a short time. JOHN EWING PAROLED Toieka Ex-Policeman Is Freed Front State Penitentiary. John D. Ewlng. a former negro pn i icemen of Topeka. who was seat to the state penitentiary for an attempt to kill D. E. Garner, a grocer, four years ago, has beei. paroled from hut institution according t a statement made at the city prison today by War den J. K. Codding. This announcement caused Detective Frank Summers to recollect that Kwlng piomised to kill him as soon as he found an opportunity. "Tou're the man that Is sei. ding me over." he said l Summers just before his departure January 12. 1908. "and If It'a the last thing I do when I Bet out. I'm going to kill you." The detective smiled at the remembrance. Ewlng was sent to a niece In Kansas .ty but la expected In Topeka. The negro served two years on the police force under Chief Morrill, but began drinking and grew vicious which result -d In his release. He and KM Green were convicted October 11. 17. In the S'iawtee district court of beating up Garner. They threw him on the Rock Island tracks near the Junction with the U. P. in North Topeka to lend the theory that he had been struck by a train. Ewlng used the butt of a 44 caliber revolver In the aaeault and left Garner for dead. Robbery waa sup posed to have been the motive. Green was committed to the reformatory at Hutchinson. Waruei Codding also said Morrla Butler, the paroled tailor who waa ta ken back Wednesday for forging checks, has been put to work In the coal mine.

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10 THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL OECJGJlUJfiR 22, 1911 RAILROAD NEWS. Two Sides to Railway Question Are Discussed. Country Wide Awakening Matter of Rates. on CRIPPLE PROGRESS. Legislation Against Rail Lines Hurts Business. Other Items of General Interest in Traffic World. putable records are, that there was a great decrease In the revenues for the fiscal year ending June 30. 1911. And there was a great increase in operat ing expenses. Fortunately there are reliable sta tistics upon the subject lor those who wish to study the net results of rail way operation. The bureau of rail way economics shows that the rail ways of the country earned $32.87 per mile each day last year in carrying freight, passengers, mails and express. This was 19 cents per mile per day less than for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1910. This would be for all the railroads $17,000,000 less in reve- I nues than the previous fiscal year yielded. Hero's the other side: While revenues were golns down at the rate of 19 cents per mile per day. operating expenses were going up 65 cents per mile per day. liif total operating expenses were $22.58 per mile per day for the past WABASH RAILROAD IN HANDS OF RECEIVERS. F as- I In i the i am rtiiu- With the railroad reve Ing. operating expenses in appointment of receivers ment of improvem business depression in the country comes a feeling among the common people that possibly, after all, there Is something to this cry from the rail roads. Many newspapers over the country have taken up the subject. It is being discussed by statesmen -and in well known magazines. It Is a serious problem. Henry Allen In an editorial in the Wichita Beacon covers the situation in a readable and businesslike manner as follows: What would you think of a physi cian who would diagnose a case from general appearances without taking the count of the pulse or placing his ear at the heart? What would you think of a mer cantile agency which would attempt to fix the financial standing of a busi ness concern and give it proper rating, purely from appearances, or rumor, or prejudice? What would you think of a chemist ver fiscal year ending June 30. were only $21.93 per mile its per mile per day Increase wages, fuel, supplies, repairs al of tracks, bridges, etc., the enormous increase or tne previous fiscal year ceivers, ine uuruui- lft total operating revenue less operating ex penses, averaged $in.29 per mile per day. Ya-ps increased and revenue from out side operations such as boat and ferry lines, dining cars, etc., fell off. so that the operating income which is net operating revenue with revenue from outside opera tions added and taxes deducted was 87 cents per mile per day' less than for the previous fiscal year. This amounts to a total decrease In operating income of over $75,00n.00(. or over one-fourth ol the total amount of net dividend paid by the railways for the fiscal year ending June 3i). 1910. In view of these indisputable facta from the Washington bureau of railway economics, isn't it time for a more thoughtful study of the railroad situa tion? A railroad is governed by Just the same natural law that governs all healthy busi nessit must take in more money than it pays out. The Beacon believes that the necessity of rate readjustment is the most serious who would unhesitatingly pass judg- j problem of the present hour. Rates are ment upon a metal from the mere hearsay of some man who held no scientific diploma? The answer is obvious. And yet some of the politicians of the country do not hesitate to tell the people all about the profits of the rail ways, giving mythical figures that r come from imaginative brains. And p the people, usually cautious In dealing f with their own 'business facts, accept without question the most fabulous statements about railroads. Probably there are not many people In the land today who if asked about railroad earnings of last year would not im mediately yell that earnings were greater and expenses smaller than ever before. And yet the plain facts of indis- Save I Money! I ton Iiih at some points, they are doubt less too low at other points. Many dis criminations have grown up whic 1 rob communities of their just commercial op portunities and their natural advantages. These discriminations cannot be settled by sweeping resolutions demanding tiie reduction of all freight and passenger rates and the immediate arrest and Im prisonment of all railroad presidents. problems must be settled by intelli gent study, not by bitter political cam paigns. The railroad officials will have to admit the right of states to know and study facts properly and in the right spirit. The public will have to admit the right of railways to reasonable profits, as well as their right to rest their case upon facts in sober tribunals and not upon theories or tl;e hasty judgments of state legislatures moved by political feel ing. You can't reduce the revenues of a rail road by unfriendly legislation and In crease Its operating expenses by the same power without wrecking It. The administrative tribunals which find I it popular to regulate railroads from a i Dolltical noint of view. owe. it not onlv to the country but to the railroads to I grasp the significance of official figures. A tribunal that establishes confiscatory j rates, is acting just as dishonorably as a railroad that establishes unjust rates. The political officer who believes he can fix railroad rates out of his own head, is just as dangerous as the doctor who seeks to diagnose a case of chest trouble i without the aid of t' a stethoscope and the i other instrumentalities which govern diagnoses. The rate making tribunal which doe3 not approach its task with the same grave concern that characterises careful railroad management is destructive. Of ficial regulation of railroads will be a curse unless it considers its duty two-fold providing for equitable rates and proper i service. Tou cannot cripple the rail mad p with out crippling the industrial progress of the country. The figures given out from the official source, tell their own grave stor$' and point the need for intelligent and honest co-operation between railroad officials and rate making bodies. St. Louis, Dec. 22. The application for receivership of the Wabash rail road came as a considerable surprise even though it was not unexpected among informed financiers. The road has been in a bad way finaneiallv for several months and this friendly" suit brought by the Westinghouse Air Brake company will work out to the ultimate good of the road. Frederick A. Delano, Edward B. Pryor, and W. T. Blxby have been made receivers of the railroad. Judge Elmer B. Adams of the United States circuit court appointed the receivers. MIX UP IN WISCONSIN 1 GOVERNOR IN PRISON. Delegates to National Convention May Be Barred. MANAGERS ARE CRITICISED. Nearly everyone has the desire tos save. Buy ing shoes at The Model is a truly saving propo sition Just Think of saving $2.00 to $2.50 on a pair of shoes. We are doing it by buy ing up manufacturers' traveling men's samples, shoes that are as a rule bet ter than regular stock. All up to date in Tan. Gun metal, Button or Bluchers. A new shipment just ar rived. All $4.50 and $5.00 Shoes. Your choice Saturday Only $Q.5Q Md Why Pay Mere? SPECIAL. A lot of 500 pairs Men's Dress and Work Shoes, in tan and black, But ton or Blucher: all $3.00 and $3.50 val- g -m 0 ues; only f J. .JjO $5.50 Men's high cuts lace Boots f O OP ony pj.ob $3.00 Boys' high cuts in black or tan, d aq onJy p 1..70 1-3 off on all Fancy Xmas Gifts. THE MODEL Basment Store N. E. Corner 6 h Kansas. Ave. I hail I and Said to Hold Tp Information on Steel Rail Quality. Chicago, Dec. 22. Sharp criticism for railways which fail to disclose informa tion in their possession relative to the quality of rails used by them Is contain ed in an article as follows, which will ap pear In the next issue of the Railway Ape Gazette: Why have the railway man agers thus far failed and refused to tell all of the facts? One very important rea son Is that the makers of steel rails are large shippers and that each railway has feared that if It took the Initiative In effectively agitating the subject It would be punished by the withdrawal of traf flc. Another Is that a good many of the same men are influential as directors, large stockholders or bankers in both steel companies and the railways, and while they may never have directly inter fered In the rail situation their connec tion with both buyers and sellers is al most beyond question, having a decided influence In the wrong direction. ''Unless information is entirely Incor rect, there Is an understanding between the rail makers of the United States and those of foreign countries, in consequence of which the foreign makers refuse, to sell rails to the railways of this country. They may not do so in express terms, but they ask prices or impose conditions which come to the same thing." WESTERN SLOPE ROAD SOO. Eastern Capitalists lehind Surveys of Divide Line. Denver, Colo., Uec. ZZ. The western slope of the continental divide in Colo rado and eastern Utah will have its long desired north-and-south railroad soon, if the plans of Grand Junction and eastern capitalists are carried out. The question now is one of a route. Grand Junction capitalists have organ ized the Grand Junction-Paradox De velopment company with a capital of $50,000 to make surveys. An eastern syndi cate, representing $20,000,000, has sent its representatives to Grand Junction saying that it Will join in spending $2 for every $1 expended by the local business men in determining the teasibility of the dif ferent railroad routes under discussion. HE FIGHTS MURPHY. Madison, Wis., Dec. 22. Consterna tion reigns in political circles here over the discovery of a technicality in the reapportionment act, which threat ens the rejection of Wisconsin dele gates to national party conventions. The Wisconsin primary la to he held on Tuesday, April 2, 1912, and tHe lat est day on which names may be sub mitted to the county clerks for the purpose of making up the ballots is March 19. It is therefore necessary to certify the names according to the old congressional districts as outlined prior to the new apportionment act. On April L one day prior to the elec tion for delegates, the new apportion ment act goes into effect. The delegates to the national convention chosen un der the old law might be held to be irregular as the new law went into ef fect before the vote actually was cast. He Spends a Night In the Penitentiary Voluntarily. FINGER PRINTS CONVICT Verdict of Murder Is Sustained by Supreme Court. Springlield, 111.. Dec. 22. A cafe in which finger print evidence in murder trials is involved was decided this morn ing by the supreme court in the case of the People vs. Thomas Jennings, convict ed of murdering Clarence B. Hiller at Chicago, September 19. 1310. largely through the introduction as evidence of a bloodv finger print. After reviewing the evidence the Judgment of the lower court is affirmed and Jennings must suffer the death penalty on February 16 next. Jennings has served time In Joliet and in 1910 when leaving the prison on parole an imprint of his finger was taken and this print corresponded with a bloody finger print found on the railing of a porch of the Hiller residence and was supposed to have been left there by the murderer. KILLED FOR MONEY. Nashvlll Dec 22. A night in the state prison here convinced Governor Hooper that reforms were necessary j In the state prison system. He submit- j ted to the deprivation of his liberty so that he might observe more closely the condition of convicts who had asked Christmas pardons and today announced he would grant several conditionally. He said the stripes would be taken off all convicts except incorrigibles in the spring and that a prison school would be started when the new chan- lain takes charge. He is urging adoption of the indeterminate sentence and the parole sentence and is work ing for a law which will give prison ers' dependent relatives some benefit from their work in prison. mayoTIshTtrouble. Michigan Farmer Makes a Claim for Frozen Potatoes. Indianoplis, December 22. One of Mayor Lew Shanks' "cut price potato sales" was brought to the attention of the grand jury today by Manassa Broscius, a Michigan farmer, who complained that the mayor's agent had "emeu wim mm ror a carload of potatoes that he said had been engaged by the mayor's agent in his "war on the middleman." The potatoes were condemned be cause they were frozen. JOHN M'CLELLAND DIES Death Comes to "Ducky" Baldwin's I'luiious Trainer. Santa Fe Man Said to Have Kept Money in Shoe. Roger Bresnahan Files Charges Before National Commission. Louis. Dec. 22. Roger Bresna manager of the St. Louis Xational ball club. announced today he preferred charges against Charles lurphy of the Chicago Nationals had demanded that the national commission make Murphy apologize publicly to him. The charges Bresna han said were mailed last night to Chairman Herrmann at Cincinnati. The charges are a result of a wordy war between Bresnahan and Murphy in New York last Friday which re sulted because Bresnahan Vould not waive on Vic Saier. Bresnahan In his charges quotes Murphy as saying that Murphy would run him out of the National league. Bresnahan further charges that Murphy accused him of falsehood in saying that he wanted Saier for the local team. He accused the local manager of working- for the Toronto club. Kansas City, Dec. 22. "He hides his money in his shoe." This story has been freely circulated about Edward E. Jackson, an em ployee of the Atchison, Topeka Santa Fe railroad, whose dead body was found hidden under the stairway of the railroad company's pumping plant in Kansas City, Kansas. The police believe Jackson was murdered by some one who had heard the story of the wealth hidden in his shoes. Jackson's shoes were unlaced and evidently had been removed by the murderer. There was a deep cut across the dead man's forehead and a heavy shovel nearby probably was the weapon used by the murderer. DISCOVERED LOSf CITY Lexington. KY T3eo 5! a telegram was received here today an nouncing the death at Arcadia, Ca I., ""-v.cuauu, ine xamous turf man and former trainer. for "Lucky" Baldwin. He was 62 years old and a brother of the late Byron McClelland, "iilffj!"3:" o Lexington. Steel Cars Save Passengers. Cincinnati. Dec. 22. Passengers on a Cincinnati New Orleans and Texas limited passenger train which was wrecked in a tunnel near Burnside Ky,. arrived here today, Henrv Angel' "m iviiiea ana several train men were injured. The fact that the day coaches were of steel construction prevented possible greater loss of life. Kight Hurt AVhen Elevator Falls. New York. Dec. 22. Eight persons were hurt, some of them seriously, today, when an elevator in the Im porters and Traders' building, in Stone street, fell fro-i the sixth floor to the basement. Scientific Expedition Keturns From South America to New York. New York, Dec. 22. Four members of the scientific expedition under Prof. Hiram Bingham of Yale, which dis covered the ruins of Macechu Pichu, a "lost" city of Peru that flourished be fore the time of the Incas, returned today to New York. Besides Prof. Bingham there were Prof. D. Hend ricksen. topographer; Prof. H. Tuck er archaeologist, and Prof. D. Bow man of Yale, geologist. The expedi tion left New York last June .and came back with maps of hitherto un explored regions. The party ascended to the summit of Coropuma, the sec ond highest mountain in South America. Darron Is Made Executor. Galena, Dec. 22. Clarence Darrow of Chicago, who defended the McNa mara brothers, was made executor of the will of Wesley C. Garlock, for merly of Chicago, filed in the probate court today. The instrument was drawn July 11, 1906, and disposes of much valuable DroMrty in Illinois and ColoradV means more than a fat baby. It means laying the foundation of a strong, sturdy constitution. Fat alone is not enough there must be bone, muscle, brain and nerves, Scott's Emulsion the Acme of perfection for Mother and Child. ALL DRUGGISTS U-61 Store Open Evenings 'Till Christmas Note These Special Prices For Last Day Christmas Shoppers These on the Main Floor Women's $2.00 Black Leather Hand Bags $1.79 $2.00 Gold-finished Jewel Cases $1.69 $2.00 Men's and Women's Umbrellas. $1.59 $2.50 Men's and Women's Umbrellas $1.79 $1.00 Boys' lined Fur and Leather Gauntlets 89c 65c Fancy Pin Cushions, specially priced 49c 89c Silk and Mercerized Scarfs, two yards long 50c $1.25 and $1.50 Crepe de Chine Scarfs $1.00 All Calendars Will Be Disposed of at HALF $2.00 and $2.50 Crepe de Chine Scarfs 50c Bradley Knit Mufflers (first quality) 25c Needle Books, specially priced 25c, 50c and $1.25 Fancy Hose Supporters, 75c Fancy Scissors, specially priced $1.50 25c 16c ..V2 Price 49c These on the Second Floor $25.00 to $45.00 Women's High Class Suits y2 Price $85.00 to $150 Mink Scarfs and Muffs y4 Off 75c Women's Crochet Bed-Room Slippers 49c $1.00 Children's Bearskin and Jersey Leggins 50c In the Basement Store 10 -$12. 50 to $20 Bags and Suit Cases y4 Off $4.50 Embroidered Sheet and Pillow Cases, set $3.65 $4. 75 13-piece Linen Lunch Set, special $3.65 $1.39 Mission Alarm Clocks, special $1.10 98c Three-Coin Registering Banks 75c 50c Kid Body, Jointed Dolls, special 39c $1. 00 Jointed Kid Body Dolls, specially priced 89c $1.25 Jointed Kid Body Dolls, specially priced 98c $1.00 Doll Baby Buggies, specially priced 89c $1.25 Doll Baby Buggies, specially priced $1.00 $2.25 Doll Baby Buggies, specially priced $1.75 One Table of Novelty Brass Goods at HALF 50c Framed Pictures, assorted subjects, at 39c $1.25 and $1.50 Framed Pictures, special $1.00 25c Books for Boys, the Alger Series, special 15c All 75c, $1 and $1.25 Children's Books y4 Off Furniture and Rugs l-$22.50 Loose Cushion Morris Chair $15.00 1 $25 Loose Cushion Morris Chair $16.50 1 $35 Early English China Closet $25.00 1 $42.50 Early English China Closet $32.50 1 $18 Mahogany Leather Seat Rocker $12.50 1 $97. 50 Genuine Leather Davenport $75.00 1 $45 Mahogany Finished Davenport $25.00 l-$8.75 Flat Top Writing Table $6.00 1 --$25.00 Fumed Oak Library Table, $15.00 1 $80. Genuine Leather Couch, special $65.00 l-$36.50 Imitation Leather Bed Davenport $25.00 1 $40. 4 foot Oak, Tapestry Davenport $30.00 10-$8. and $10. 36x63 Wilton Rugs $5.95 12-$3. 25, 22x36 Wilton Rugs, each $1.79 12-$3.75, 22x36 Fringed Wilton Rugs $1.98 20 $2.25, 22x36 Body Brussels Rugs $1.15 v c $2.75 A MONTH can be saved by any one. This sum will pay the month ly dues on five shares in this association. Earns compound interest and is worth $500 in ten years. CAM, FOR BOOKLET CAPITAL BUILDING LOAN ASSN. 534 Kansas Ave. Kansas City Fast Tims No Stop Double Track lv. Topeka 4:10 A.M 5:45 A.M. 7:40 A.M. 2:25 P.M. 8:25 P.M. 7:55 P.M. 6:15 P.M. 11 -353 P M Rt. Lv. K.C. 7:55 A.M. 10:10 A.M. 13:50 A.M. 11:15 A.M. 6:111 P.M. 8:10 P.M. USE THE Rock Island Never too Bust to Answer Question NEXT TIME 11V30 p.m.' Phones 384 C E. Batcom, City Pats. o

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