The Topeka State Journal (Topeka, Kansas)
February 28, 1912

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f3Tf rf EVERYBODY 12 PAGES EVERYBODY 12 PAGES NEEDS IT READ IT ft nr iiti V 4 f "S V LAST EDITION. NINE AREFOR TAFT Republican Governors Who Hare Declared for President. Seven Are on Record as Sup porters of Roosevelt. ONE HAS CHAKOED HIS MIND Governor Carey of "Wyoming Has Deserted the Colonel. Expressions Given Out at the Taft Headquarters. Washington, Feb. 28. Telegraphic pledges of support from nine rtepuo can governors were given out here la.-t right from the campaign headquarters of President Taft. The executives go ing on records in favor the president s renomination are: Eberhart, Minnesota; Carroll. Iowa, Hay, Washington Goldsborough, Mary land'; Tener, Pennsylvania; Hooper, Tennessee ;Spry,Utah; Pennewell, Dela ware; Pothier. Rhode Island. In addition to the signed statements made public, the Taft managers claim ed the support of Deneen, Illinois; oa die. Nevada; Mead, Vermont. The announcement from the Tait bureau is taken as an answer to the Chicago conference of seven governors upon whose solicitation Colonel Roose velt based his formal entry to the pres idential contest. Twenty-two states now have Repub lican governors and excepting two. are now accounted for in the various state ments of presidential preferences as follows: Declared for Taft, 9; claimed by Taft managers, 3. Declared for Roosevelt, 7; declared for LaFollette, 1; preference not announced. v.. The governors who have declared for Roosevelt are: Glasscock, West Virginia; Aldrieh, Nebraska; Bass. New Hampshire; Os born, Michigan; Stubbs, Kansas; Had ley, Missouri; Johnson, California. Governor Carey, of Wyoming, als signed the -governors- letter," urging Colonel Roosevelt to become a candi date but it is now asserted that he his reserved judgment. Neither has Gov ernor Vessey. of South Dakota, an nounced his choice. The California ex ecutive did not sign the letter, but has since declared for the former president. Governor McGovern. of v lseonsin. is committed to the candidacy of Senator LaFollette. The nine governors who have come out for President Taft take the position tiiat his record entitles him to renomi nation and election. Following are t!ie more striking extracts taken from the governors' dispatches: coruiau. jii!iiituia ritsiucm laua; administration, measured by all stand ard of accomplishment and fidelity to duty, entitles him to the endorsement of a second term, which I believe the inherent sense of fairness and justice of the American people will ungrud lngly give him." (Continued from Pase Two.) VAflTS A MANAGER. lloosevelt Might Take Stubbs or Other Western Progressive. Boston. Feb. 2 8. -Colonel Roosevelt is embarrassed for lack of a national campaign manager. Until Tuesday he had counted upon United States Sena tor Dixon of Montana to lead the nomination tight, but word came to him that Dixon is not sure he can un dertake the job, because of illness and his family. "I have heard from Senator Dixon," said the colonel last night refretfully, "and it seems that he may not be able to lead the campaign. I hope he will Ftill tind it possible to do so but of that I am not at all sure." "Is there any other manager in sight?" was asked. I know- of none." replied Mr. Roosevelt, "I have thought of none other than Dixon as yet." Asked if Senator Borah of Idaho would do in the event that Dixon finally drops out. the colonel intimated that Borah would not find time to de vote himself to the campaign. With Dixon and Borah out of it the colonel is hard put to hit upon the right man. Governor Stubbs of Kansas would he most acceptable to him, but be cause of his executive position. Stubbs feels he must decline. Roosevelt wants a strong, influential progressive, pref e rablv from the west. It is a perplex ing problem for the colonel and one that must be decided at once. One gigantic task the colonel's na tional manager will have before him v.-i!l be to straighten out the southern situation. Roosevelt has heard from his political trusties down there that President Taft appears to have the Fouth in the palm of his hand, all with the possible exception of Texas. Louisi ana and part of North Carolina. The colonel's intimates have urged upon him a bitter fight on the Taft delegates from the south when they get to the Chicago convention. It has heen put up to Roosevelt that a ma jority of those already elected as dele gates from the south and those about to be elected are nothing less than political "turncoats" Democrats who, for expediency, have made themselves for the time being into Republicans. Roosevelt has been advised to make a hot fight at the convention against allowing these delegates to he seated on the ground that they cannot be re garded as party men. The colonel's ad visers maintain that the "turncoats" 7retended to change their policies only when they found there were federal appointive jobs awaiting them. Tha districts which the majority of them come from are reported to be lacking in any semblance of Republican organ ization, even the party enrollments be ing passed up. If Roosevelt follows the advice his allies are giving him, the Chicago con vention will witness the extraordinary spectacle of a wholesale attempt to throw out some 200 delegates. The col onel has not made up his mind that it would be a practical stroke of politics to try any such ccup. The political situation in New Eng- I WEDNESDAY E VEXES land was discussed at length by Colonel Roosevelt and the men who are leading the Roosevelt movement in the north eastern states. Gov. Robert Bass of New Hampshire, Fred P. Hale of Port land. Me., son of the former United States senator, and a score of others active in politics, attended the confer ence at the home of Grafton D. rushing-, speaker of. the Massachusetts hou se. After Colonel Roosevelt had received reports of the probable lineup of New England's SS delegates to the Chicago convention he went to Cambridge to talk literature with the men of Har vard. LEADERS III STRIKE, Textile Workers' Struggle Is Growing in Bitterness. Lawrence, Mass., Feb. 28. The strike in the woolen mill industry here is be coming more bitter from day to day and there is little hope of a settlement in the near future. Among the leaders who stand out prominently in the fight for what the laborers maintain to be their rights are J. J. Kttor and J. Giovannitti. J-jLexto-r. Lawrence is one of the grpat textile mill centers of the world. Tire factor ies are operated by stock companies. Its workers ask the same pay for 54 hours of work tier week that thev re- oeived when they worked 56 hours. Th Massachusetts legislature ordered a Ad duction m working hours. The American Woolen company, owning the biggest mill, has a capital of $69,500,000, and a surplus of $11,271,545. It pays 7 per cent. The Pacific mills have $3,000,000 capi tal and a surplus of $6,127,000. They pay more than 12 per cent. The market price In 1&12 of the Pacific stock has advanced to $3,7i5 a share, a gain of $445 per share for the year. In 1907 the Pacific Mills paid an ex tra dividend of 20 per cent in cash. The Arlington Mills have $S,O00,000 capital and a surplus of $2,824,309. In 1905 these mills paid an extra dividend of 33 per cent in cash. STEVENS' WIFE "DYING And Writer Is Seriously 111 in Adjoin ing Room. St. Louis, Feb. 28. Walter B. Ste vens, Journalist, author, traveler and secretary of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition company, lies seriously ill at a local hotel in a room adjoining that of his wife, unaware that she is dying. Mr. Stevens has been suffering from pneumonia for two weeks, and Mrs. Stevens, an invalid for several years, may die at any hour. Attending physicians say the seri ousness of Mr. Stevens' condition will prevent his knowing his wife's condi tion until after her death. DEAD IN BATH TUB. Body of New York Woman Found Bell Hoy Arrested. Xew York, Feb. 2S The body of Mrs. Johanna Heuveron, who lived alone in an apartment in Harlem, was found today crammed into a bath tub. She had been murdered last night and her flat looted. A bell boy in the apartment house was arrested. BRANDT IS FREE. Soliiff Valet Is Released Today. Bail New- York. Feb. 2S. -Folke E. Brandt, former valet of Mortimer L. I Schiff, sentenced to 30 years- impris onment for burglary in the first de gree formally was released from the Tombs today, details of his bail bond having finally been adjusted. He de parted immediately followed by a large crowd. TAFT GETS TWO MORE Dclefpites in Sevond Alabama District Will Support President. Evergreen, Ala., Feb. 2S. Progres sive Republicans will have a state con vention at Birmingham on March 16. Charles H. Scott, progressive leader, made the announcement at the Second district Republican convention which selected two delegates to the national convention, instructed for Taft. J -O A mr Ci. TOPEKA, IF MR. ROCKEFELLER WERE PRESIDENT AND THE COUNTRY WERE RUN AS A TRUST. By John T. McCutcheon. f-i w'4JTKr I MAvr just rrTCTvW f &-tJ f; ACQUIRED ALL Tut W PI s v?M rkWJi Zj 11 A fL S! IBS- our Takes rte'Cl??! 'rUEC To Report "A fJ t -V RftN T.t '411 I DEMOCRATIC AHO -TVft' T M'lAU 1 Ns ulHl r-tA I U NATIONAL EUPEM- rfa IFrfJdtH I I ses 100.000,000 I c 7NT A movement ha been started 5eiv York Police Looking for Matrimonial Expert. Has Seven Wives and Also Successful Swindler. Is Xew York, Feb. 2S. Detectives of th2 New York police scrutinized every man who went aboard the Lusitania and not until the moment of the vessel's departure at one hour after midnight, was the watch relinquished. The person sought is "Sir" Harry Cooper, the daring speculator in mar riage and forged scheks, who has been fleeing across the continent from San Francisco. It was in that city that it was recently discovered that he hac? married his seventh wife. So far as known he had not taken the trouble to obtain divorces from any of the six others. The charge on which "Sir" Harry will be arrested if caught here, how ever, is one of forgery. He is alleged to have deposited a bogus check for $15,000 with the Central National bank of San Francisco. (Continued on Pag-e Tirol 1ARCH ON CHIHUAHUA Mexican llebels Arc Gathering Juarez for 'ew Movement. El Paso, Feb. 28. Antonio Rojas and his command of 900 vasquistas reached Juarez this morning to join the command which captured the town yesterday. This unites the forces of Inez Salazar, Emilio Campa and An tonio Rojas. They declare that with in a few days they will begin their march southward against Chihuahua, and if successful there, that the march will continue to Mexico City. Abso lute quiet reigns in Juarez and perfect order is being maintained. The street cars are again running and traffic has been resumed between the two cities. Mexican Consul Llorente declares that the port of Juarez is closed and intimates that the United States will recognize it as such in return for Mexico's consideration in surrendering the town rather than have a battle that might endanger El Paso. United States customs officers declare the port of Juarez is open as usual so far as they are concerned and all regularly entered shipments for Juarez or points south will be cleared here. TODAY IN CONGRESS. Washington, Feb. 28. Senate in ses sion 'J. p. m. Labor Leader John W Williams, of Pittsburg, told finance committee any reduction in steel plate tariff would result in conflict between capital and labor. House met at noon. Considered "calendar Wednesday' bills. A report made to Stanley steel committee on an investigation of U. S. steel corporation books and min utes stated the corporation operated restraint of trade and prevented coni petion. Foreign relations committee favorably reported Sulzer resolution which would recognize new Chinese reDublic. KANSAS. FEBRUARY Copjrlgit: 1912: By John T. Mcduohaoo. in Kansas to run John D. Rockefeller LOVED' HjMONEY Charles W. Hedges Had Prom ised to Jlarry Mrs. Dorsett. Tinker Is Held for Trial Charse of 3Iurder. on Kansas City, Feb. 2S. Charles W. Hedges had promised to marry Mrs. Lucetta Dorsett, the woman he stands accused of beating to death in her homo, according to Mrs. Samuel Goldberg, a sister of the murdered woman, who came from Los Angeles, to testify in the preliminary trial. Hedges had used these promises, the .sister said, to ob tain loans from the midget widow without giving any security. These facts were brought out as a surprise to the attorneys for the de- fense by the woman who" had been sum- moned as their witness. Chas. W. Hedges, a tinker, at his pre liminary hearing here was held for trial on the charge of murdering Mrs. Lu cetta Dorsett. whose body was found in her home in Kansas City, Kansas, three weeks ago. His bond was fixed at $2500. Blood stains on Hedges' clothing caused his arrest next day, after the finding of the body with the skull crushed. Mrs. Dorsett who had con siderable money, often had befriended the tinker. ROOSEVELT IS SILENT. Refuses to Make Another Statement Before Leaving Boston. Boston, Feb. 2S. The leading vol unteers in the campaign for Theodore Roosevelt in Massachusetts had a final meeting with their candidate to day before his departure for New York. Several who have just en listed for the fight were introduced to Mr. Roosevelt and there was a council of war as to the selection of a leader for the Massachusetts forces. It is understood no decision was reached on this point. Mr. Roose velt was asked what he thought of the prospects here and of the result throughout the country of his an nouncement that he was willing to ac cept the nomination. "I have abso lutely nothing to say," he replied. Organization of the Roosevelt movement has resulted in spurring into activity the supporters of the present administration. It was an nounced that a meeting Saturday the Taft Business Men's league would be formed. Mr. Roosevelt found time to talk books aain. At breakfast with him at the home of Dr. Sturgis Bigelow were Prof. Barrett Wendell of Har vard and Brooks Adams, the author. Before going to lunch with Arthur L. Hill, one of the Roosevelt lead ers, at whose home the principal po litical conference of the day was held. Mr. Roosevelt attended a meeting of the Harvard board of overseers. Would Reooguiae China. Washington, Feb. 2 8. The house committee on foreign affairs today favorably reported the Sulzer resolu tion which in effect would recognize the new republic of China. It con gratulates the Chinese people "on their assumption of the powers, duties and responsibilities of self-government." ,28, 1912 for president News Item.) OUiitLDUU! LIEU Jeff and Attell Deny and Make Charges. One Says Name Was Forged Abe Says "Not So." Los Angeles, Feb. 2S. Stating bluntly his belief that Abe Attell had deliberately forged his name to a tele gram, Jim Jeffries has repudiated in detail every move that he is alleged to have made in the former feather weight champion's behalf after Attell was defeated by Johnny Kiibane. Returning from a three days' hunt ing trip into the mountains, Jeffries sent for Referee Charles F. Eyton and the writer, and, in the presence of his brother. Jack Jeffries, made the fol- lowing- statement: "Eyton's decision wa.s just and the only one possible. Kiibane honestly defeated Attell and earned the world's featherweight championship. I con gratulated Eyton upon his decision im mediately after the battle, expressed my surprise that Attell 'had gone back' so far and since this time have (Continued on Page Two.) ITALIANS WHIP TURKS After an All Day Battle Moslems Are Routed. Rome, Feb. 2S. A severe battle re sulting in the utter defeat by the Italian troops of the Turkish forces and their Arab allies with great loss is re ported in official dispatches received here today from Horns (which is also known as Lebda) about 70 miles east of Tripoli on the Mediterranean coast. The engagement occurred at Mount Mergheb, which lies at some distance behind the town. The Turks and Arabs had taken up a strong position on the slopes where they were attacked by the Italians with infantry and artillery. After a fight which lasted all day the Italians put the enemy to flight by storming the height. The loss of the Turks and Arabs is described in the report as very heavy. The Italians lost 11 killed and 82 wounded. HARMON OPPOSES IT. Doesn't Want National Democratic Convention Postponed. Washington. Feb. 28. The Harmon headquarters in Washington gave out a statement today opposing the sug gestion of Senator Bacon and others for a postponement of the Democrat national convention scheduled at Bal timore June 25. Governor Harmon's managers profess to see no advantage to the Democratic party in lengthen ing the period between the Republi can and Democrat conventions. They claim the delegates to Balti more will have formed their opinions before the Republicans meet at Chi ef! go June 18 and that "The possible action of the Republican national con vention will have no bearing on what the Democrats will have decided to do in Baltimore." WEDNESDAY EVENING. BUYER N VOTES Senator Reed Slakes Charges In T. S. Senate. Calls Dupont to Account for Delaware Marshal. MANAGED A BIG SLUSH FUND Was Used to Corrupt Voters of the State. Says -Meeting lVas Held at the Senator's Office. Washington, Feb. 28. An array of evidence heard by the senate judi ciary committee In its inquiry into the appointment of C. P. Swann as United States marshal for Delaware, was laid before the senate today hy Mr. Reed of Missouri in urging the passage of his resolution providing for an Inves tigation of the election of Senator Du pont of Delaware. Senator Reed In sisted if this evidence were given cre dence, the senate not only should in vestigate the 1910 election, but should demand of the Deleware senator an explanation of his action in recom mending for appointment to the high ottice of I nited States marshal a man whom he knew to be engaged in cor rupt practices." "I deem this to be my solemn duty," said the senator "and shall be glad if a thorough investigation re sults in completely exculpating the senator from Delaware. "The disclosure made hy the wit nesses are of such character as to de mand further investigation. That in vestigation ought to be courted by any innocent man. "On January 22, 1912, the president appointed Cornelius P. Swann United States marshal for the district of Del aware, and sent that appointment to the senate for confirmation. With an alacrity which was astonishing the report was reported by the committee and on the day it reached the senate confirmed. Such, at least is the newspaper statement. Continued on Pace 2. HE KISSED HER AGAIN. Klmmel Claimant Recognized IVirmcr Sweetheart Says. Her, St. Louis, Feb. 2 8. After offering documentary evidence dealing with photograph of rjeore A. Klmmel and the "claimant" the defense in the famous mystery-insurance hearing in the United States district court here rested its case this morning and the plaintiff began rebuttal testimony. It was expected all testimony would be in by night and that arguments would be made tomorrow. Mrs. Harriet B. Marston testified that she went to Peru. Ind., last Jan uary to see the claimant, who was in a hospital after he had been injured in a railroad wreck and she identified the claimant, Andrew J. White as the Kimmel to whom she was engaged in 18 90. She said the claimant recognized her at the same time she did him and that he took her in his arms. She was the third woman witness who testified today that the claimant showed more than the usual friend ship. Two of them told the jurors that the claimant kissed them when he first met them. The general contour of the head and the ears .the witness testified, impressed her with the thought that the claimant was Kimmel. n cross examination she was forced to relate incidents which she said convinced her that no other person than her for mer fiance would know of them. Mrs. Francis Fox. a cousin of Kim mel, was the next to the last witness. She was kissed by the claimant in the Auburn prison. She entertained the former convict after his release from prison and he made hui home with her for eight weeks. Johnson Not in Kansas City. Charles Montague, a cousin of Kim mel, was a witness for the plaintift in rebuttal. He testified that Kim mel's uncle. Charles A. Johnson, was in Niles, Mich., the day that Kimm: disappeared. According to the claim ant. Johnson drugged him in Kansis City July 30. 819S. The last thing placed before the Jury by the defense was the letter written to Harry Fox of Niles. by the claim ant when the latter was in prison. The letter contained the cast of players m an amateur play and lawyers sought to show trie improvement in the claim ant's handwriting as he -regained his health. SLAYER OF RICH MAN L. Timothy. Chauffeur Who Killed John J. Moore, Acquitted. San Francisco, Feb. SR. Samuel L. Tim othy a chauffeur, on trial at Redwood City for the alleged murder of John J. Moore, a wealthy club man of this city, was acquitted late Tuesday. His plea was telf-defense. The shooting occurred in front of Mrs. Moore's residence at San Mateo on the night of January S!. Moore, in a dying statement, declared that he had opened fire on the chauffeur. The tragedy was a sequel to a sensa tional suit in which neither Moore nor his wife obtained relief, and which in volved the name of Rear Admiral Thomas S. Phelps. It Is Cooler. There was but one degree variation in the temperature from 7 o'clock to day to 2 o'clock. The wind has shifted to the northeast, and is blowing at a 20 mile gait. The direction indicates the possibility of snow flurries tonight or Thursday. The hourly readings: 7 o'clock 27 11 o'clock 28 8 o'clock 27 i 12 o'clock 21 9 o'clock 27 j 1 o'clock 26 10 o'clock 27 j 2 o'clock 26 On Hl by new boys at TWO CENTS On lrlnlndreHn fVE CENTS ASKS PAY FOR HE Charles X. Spencer Values Wife's Love at $15,000. Alleges George Sell Usnrped riaoe With Woman. ORDERED FROM OLD HOME I5y Affinity After He Consent ed to I)iorce. Children Driven Out hy Wife's Soulinafe. Suit for 1 15. no Odamagr for th" loss of his wife's affection. wu filed today by Charles N. Spencer, a Tp ka broker, against George N". Sell, a wealthy Shawnee county (irmr. Spencer and his wife were .livorte.l several months rnso. It i charted that Sell was responsible for the do mentie difficulties. Mrs. Spencer, because of whose o the action was filed, is an attractive woman. 45 rears obi. Spencer Is 52. while Sell is said to be much younger than bis affinity. The farmer own considerable property and Is caid t be quite wealthy. It was when HWt entered the Spencer home as a board er in October last year, that trouble St.'M t- if. (Continued on Page Two.) COCOSLAlufWRECK. Pus-nacp Train Hits Wabash at lr Molnufe, Injuring I'orty. Des Moines. l:i., Feb. 2S. Nine peo ple were s riot. sly injured and sever! others .badly injured when Rock In land oassenger trabi No. 15 ran into the rear end of W abash f K.'-njter train .o. 2 at tin; iiulskiil.t of llie city late last night. The most seriously Injured are: C. O. Mitchell, I)i8 Moines. Mrs. William Jlutton, lies Moines. Mrs. Sarah K. Adair, bis Mointa. 11. H. Harth, lies Moines. B. B. Pole, Hartford, Ja. Mrs. A. Lynch, Des Moines. Mrs. It. 1 i. Barth, Des Moines. H. t. Weinse, Hampton, la. Wilson, In s Moines. The two trains, both incoming, met at a point where the W abash crosa- a the Lock Island tracks. Both trains were running at high peel and wnen the Kock Island struck the Wabash train tbe. end coach was overturned and rolled several feot down a He'p embankment. Tne ,oach contained more than 27 passengers. All ret liv ed slight injuries. This is the second wreck which h occurred at the same point within the past week. State officials recently not ified the railroads that it was a tin gerous crossing. l'orty-two Were Hurt. Forty-two persons were injured in last night's collipion of a Hut l Iland engine with a Wabash pas.wni.-er train at the intersection of the roads in eaJt Des Moines, according to more com plete information today. Mrs. Khz Ada.r of Des Moines is the most m riousiy Injured, and at the hospital It was said she would not live. NOW RUNNING CARS, Only One l.lne Not Open Is Insculed. -W father Fairly regular street tar serv ie being maintained by the street railway company today on th majoritv of lines, but the Cemetery and Wei". Fourth street enrs are still motion less. It is expected, however, to have the tracks cl":ir by night. The Highland 1'ark tars r. only running as far as Twenty-first street, but traffic will -non be resumed to California avenue. The West Sixth avenue trai ks are clear and the car are running to the asylum. Unsettled weather is predicted for tonight and tomorrow. with lower temperatures. The mercury Is expect ed to go down to the neighborhod of 12 degrees above zero hy morning The wind has shifted to the north, and, according to "Sunny" Flora, the snow will lie with us for some davs to come. The slinht th-iw of today will probably be the last for two or three days, he says. The shippers' forecast leads: "Pro tect 36 hour shipments north acainst temperature of 6 decrees; west, against 10; cast and south. 15." There is a possibility tf snow flur r;es tonight or Thursday, and little sunshine is expected. GET MEN BUT NOT CASH Only Three Thousand of Taxicab IakiI Hecovcretl. Xew York. Feb. 2S While the po!i -e have the names of 30 alleged highway men, five of whom are under arrest, the evilence so far uncovered In the tal cab holdup in the Wail street dirtrl t in which two men were blackjacked and $25,00" in money stolen shows th.it several others knew of the planning and execution of the plot and perhaps shared in the loot. Deputy Commissioner Dougherty has the names of five of the men who ar wanted and expects that arrests will be made within the next 24 hours. The police are especially desirous of arrest ing three Italians, two of whom aro known as Matter and Paull. These Italians are known to their fellows s The three brigands." Two of the prisoners who have con fessed say that the three "brigands" supervised the robbery, but took i o part in it until the division came when Matteo, at the point of a gun seized JlO.OOr). So far but little over $3,000 has been recovered by the police. Weather Indications. Chicago. Feb. 2S. Forecast: Kansas: Unsettled weather and probably snow flurries tonight or Thursday, colder to night and in cast portion Thursday. t

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL FEBRUARY ,23, 1912 NINE ARE FOR TAFT. (Continued from Page One.) Carroll. Iowa "There is no justice in the opposition to President Tat't. His administration has been clean and capable, and in harmony with plal ?orm pledges. A just and righteous application of the square deal would accord him renomination without a contest." Hay, Washington "Few adminis trations can point to the enactment of so many wise and progressive laws as that of President Taft's. I feel it the duty of every true pro gressive Republican to support Mr. Taft for renomination and re-election." Goldsborough, Maryland "It is my opinion that President Taft has given the country one of the best ad ministrations in its history. I firmly believe when the record of the Re publican party under his wise lead ership is fully made known to the people they will rally to his standard, renominate and re-elect him." Tener, Pennsylvania "In view of the able manner in which President Taft has conducted his office, the constructive and substantial achieve ments of his administration I unhesitatingly predict his re-election." Hooper, Tennessee "President Taft is personally popular in Tennessee 1 and his administration commands general public confidence. The state organization is loyally supporting the president, and from present indica tions he will get the vote of Tennes see in the national convention." Spry, Utah "I am glad to reiterate my personal preference for Mr. Taft as presidential nominee. I re gard him as the most logical as well as the strongest man whose name has been mentioned in connection with the Republican presidential nomination. I am confident that Utah will send a Taft delegation to the national con vention." Pennewell, Delaware "I am strong ly in favor of President Taft's renomi nation. His splendid record should In sure his re-election by a large ma jority." Pothier, Rhode Island "President Taft is a safe man at the head of the nation. His administration has been able and statesmanlike in the broad est sense. His xecord entitles him to a. renomination. in which event he should receive a most emphatic pop ular endorsement." jn making puoilc the governors' telegrams, the Taft bureau also savs that Republican gubernatorial candi dates in the last election in states now fteaaed by .Democratic executives, but which are counted as normally Re publican, have almost unanimously declared for Taft. TAFT AT A BASQCCT. Senator Bailey Scores Roosevelt But President Avoids Comment. Washington, Feb. 2 8. President Taft last night heard Senator Bailey, Texas, denounce Theodore Roosevelt's third term ambitions and saw 600 members of the University club rise to their feet from a score of ban quet tables and stand several minutes applauding the utterance. Senator Bailey declared, "If the present president is not a good enough Republican to succeed himself, he must be a good enough Democrat to do so." He jokingly invited the president, in case of failure at Chicago, to enter the Democratic party. The president confined his speech to the value of university training. He laughingly asked Senator Bailey to tell him which branch of the Democratic party he would be received in, but made no other political reference ex cept to chide his hearers for their ap plause of political remarks. Senator Bailey began his speech with a defense of the constitution. "Without intending to be offensive." he said, "I think that George Washing ton and Alexander Hamilton and James Madison were better qualified to establish a government than Bob LaFoliette or Bob Owen." "He did not say anything about Theodore," broke in a voice, and again laughter swept the room. Senator Bailey said that university men had a distinct duty to perform in educating the country against adverse political tendencies. He suggested it would be well to teach the Democratic party the "difference between a Demo crat and a demagogue." "But men can be educated beyond their ability," continued the senator, "and that's what makes a mugwump. A man is often educated beyond his capacity, as when he says he does not mean to accept another nomination and then tries to make the people believe he did not mean what he said." Deafening shouts greeted these re marks and there was more cheering for President Taft as he rose to speak, immediately afterwards. The president commented on the grotesque head dresses and paper crowns which the banqueters wore, lis had struggled for a moment with one that had been given him, but it was many sizes too small. "As I look around and see these head dresses and discover only once in a while a man that I know, I am in clined to think that the addition of wings in heaven is going to result in great confusion of Identity," said the president. "I see no reason why on the occasion of your annual banquet you should disguise your identity. You have nothing to be ashamed of. ex cept possibly your applause of political issues. "As Senator Bailey has said, men may be educated beyond their ca pacity, but that is not the fault of universities it is the fault of the men, or of their parents who sent them to a place where the intellectual living is a bit too rich and where they be come intoxicated under the inspira tion of something stronger than their minds are able to stand. I agree that a university education does not pre vent a man from making an ass-of himself." BARNES DINKS WITH TAFT. Humor Tliat He Will Manage Taft Xew York Campaign. Washington, Feb. 25. Unannounced in Republican political circles and h'S arrival apparently unexpected except at the White House, where he dined with. President Taft and Secretary Hilles. William Barnes, Jr.. of Al bany, chairman of the New York state Republican committee, came to Wash ington last nieht. His appearance gave rise to all sorts of rumors, but the one which was given greatest cred ence was that he would take direot management of President Taft's candi dacy in New York state. Before going to the White House, Mr. Barnes gave out a statement as sailing the recent speech made at Col umbus. O.. by Colonel Roosevelt. He made a point of the fact that the statement was Issued in advance of any talk with the president. He charac terized the Roosevelt speech as a "pre face to a candidacy'' and a "violation of Republicansim." While Mr. Barnes did not name Pres- ident Taft. or mention his candidacy in any way, his meaning could not be misconstrued when he pointed out that each New York district would eleit Republican delegates by the primary system on March 26 and delegates at large at th state convention on Apru 9 and predicted "that the best Juag- ment of nearly one-half million of en rolled Republicans would be express ed," Among those who learned of Mr, Barnes' views and who claimed to be tamilar with his probable purpose, was stated that he undoubtedly had urged the president to insist upon a strong platform, insofar as it reaf firmed Republican principles of the past, and to hold out agaisst rece:.t doctrines as expressed by the more radical of the progressives. The statement issued by Mr. Barnes before going to the White House was as lollows: "I want it made clear that I gave out this statement before I went to the White House," Mr. Barnes saiii, J ne Duraen of the statement concerns Colonel Roosevelt's recent speech at Columbus. It follows: "I can only say this: It has seemed to me that homogeneity of opinion with in the Republican party has been threatened for a long time, and that a definition of fundamental principles was, therefore, absolutely necessary in order that the party might endure a-s the preservative force in the nation's life. "The speech of Mr. Roosevelt's at Columbus is a violation of Republi canism. When casually read it would seem to contain a formulation of doc trine, but coupled as it immediately was with a declaration of the auth ors candidacy 'for the nomination to the presidency, it acquired virility but lost that dispassionate devotion to prin ciple which would have given it what ever quality it might have possessed. In other words, this exposition at Col umbus was to preface a candidacy rather than to maintain a principle, and a candidacy which had been by its progenitor distinctly repudiated. "This seems so clear to me, although it is impossible for me to subscribe to the doctrine of the Columbus speech, I would feel if I were one who could subscribe to that doctrine, my feet were on slippery ground. "Regarding the situation In the state of New York, delegates from each congressional district will be elected at a primary election on March 26, by the direct vote of nearly one-half mil lion enrolled Republicans in the whole state, to the national convention to be held at Chicago, and at the state convention to be held at Rochester on April 9, four delegates at large will be chosen by the vote of a majority it the delegates elected to the state con vention at the same primary. "There is no doubt whatever that the best judgment of the Republican elec tors of New York will be expressed at that primary and the convention, which will assemble at Rochester as a result of that primary, will reaffirm these principles of the Republican party which have made it in the past the medium through which the thoughtful and patriotic people of the country have rested in security that their government will be representa tive, far sighted and tenacious of the rights of every individual. Whether his opinions coincide with the majori'.y or whether they do not. "The Republicans of the state of New York can not more be swerved from their obvious duty now than they were in 1S96 when that state with others united to hold the party firm In e sistance to the crazed ideas of that hour." WANT "SIR" HARRY. (Continued from Page One.) Appearing In San Francisco several months ago, he established an office and quite a practice under the name of "Dr. Wilton Abrahams." He as sociated himself, in his professional capacity, with the Oakland hospital and with St. Anthony's hospital, a pri vate institution. Miss Anna Milbrath was one of the student nurses at the latter institu tion. Young and pretty, she attract ed the attention of the "doctor" and he began a courtship. It is said that he so impressed her parents with the sincerity of his intentions that he managed to borrow $1,000 from her father. Suddenly both the man and the girl vanished. They have not been heard from since. The ensuing in quiry revealed the astonishing facts of "Sir" Harry's career. According to the police of San Fran cisco, his recent appearance in the western metropolis was merely a re appearance, because he had been de tained in San Quentin prison for about seven years prior to his assumption of the name and degree of "Doctor Abrahams." Before he went to prison for obtain ing money under false pretenses lie had been known as Ernes Moore Chadwick and had married Mrs. Belva i Strawbridge of Oakland. They livd together amicably. Then the demands of the law separated them, but It is said that he returned to his wife as soon as he was released. Thereupon ha constituted himself a physician, the police declare. Apparently he had some claim to skill and knowledge in the medical line, for he gained the confidence of several notable surgeons. One of these introduced him to the bank where the check was passed. The check 'was drawn on a South American bank, it is alleged. The San Francisco institution did not cash it and even refused to allow the "doc tor" to draw $5,000 on it until its validity could be verified. In the meantime "Dr. Abrahams" was courting Miss Milbrath, who was heiress to an estate of $25,000. It is believed by the police of San Francisco that the marriage would .u..., ."vrs; have been performed with formality in the bride's home had not the "doc tor" been afraid of the discovery of the forged check. When he had vanished there was an immediate investigation of his record. It was learned that he had been representing himself as an Eng lish nobleman, "Sir Harry Cooper," who had private reasons for traveling incognito in America It was also learned that, upon his departure for the. seven year sojourn in prison, "Sir Harry" had admitted that he had married six women. There were several in Australia, one in Can ada and two in San Francisco. f Eur?larv. fors-erv and fraud bad been among the complaints made against the captivating "doctor" dur ing his dashing youth. He had been arrested for bigamy, counterfeiting, cashing worthless drafts and swindling. Otherwise his record was clean. Immediately a nation-wide search for him and the girl he had duped was begun. It was learned four days ago that he was on his way to New York. The police have been on the qui vive ever since. Whether they found the man or not. they refused to say. STILL IN DRIFTS Bock Island and Santa Fe Hay ing Trouble. Snow jn Southwest District Fills the Cuts. The Rock Island and Santa Fe rail roads are still tied up in their south western Kansas traffic. From the Dresent outlook the officials cannot promise any train service through this territory before tonight. It was thought Tuesday that everything would be run ning in good shape by today. But the deeper the powerful rotary snow plows bore into the snow banks the harder and heavier the work. The Rock Island near Bucklin found what is claimed to be the worst snow bank of the season. Here the snow plows ran into 12,000 feet, or more than two miles of snow filled in the cuts 2 5 feet deep. The Santa Fe is finding its stumbling block between Dodge City and Beesom. The Rock Island, according to in formation given out at Topeka today, started its Golden State Limited out of Herington this morning going west and the same train out of Tecumcari east. By the time these trains arrive in the southwestern Kansas territory the nneratine- men in charge of the snow plows will have the line cleared of snow. A number of fruit trains tied up in the south coming east also have been started this way and will follow in the wake of the Golden State Limited. The Rock Island reports an all day snow in Phillipsburg, Kan. Snow was reported between Herington and Tol land this morning. It is not heavy and is not drifting. The railroad men are not expecting trouble from it. The Santa Fe gave up trying to hold its California llmiteds at terminal points Teusday and the limiteds are being detoured by the way of Wel lington. Tomorrow they should be running via Dodge City again.. Officials of the railroads report very little restlessness and distress among the belated passengers. They are tak ing the blockade good naturedly and make the best of their time. At Her ington where the Golden State Limited of the Rock Island and other Califor nia trains are laid up, the passengers danced nearly all night last night. The citizens of the town got up a dance and reception at one of the hotels and the passengers were treated like royal guests. Some of them were disap pointed because their train went on its way this morning. Every effort is being made to give the passengers every convenience. In out of the way places dining cars art rushed to the stalled trains and the railroad is feeding its patrons. BUYER OF VOTES. (Continued from Page 1.) "In some way, citizens of Delaware learned of the fact and protested to some member or members of the sen ate with the result that the action of approval was rescinded. Thereupon the matter was referred to the com mittee and an investigation demand ed by citizens of Delaware headed by Willard Saulsbury, was held. The Charges Completed. "These citizens charged. (1) That Swann bore the common and general reputation of a persistent vote buyer and election corruptiunist in violation of the laws of the state of Delaware; (2) that on November 4, 1910, a meet ing was held in the office of Henry A. Dupont and T. Coleman Dupont at which between 50 and 60 thousand dol lars was distributed for the purpose of corrupting the electorate of tne state and that an additional $10,000 was to be given out on the Monday preceding the Tuesday on which the election was held; (Sj that Swann took $3,000 of tips money in $20 gold pieces to Bridgeville; that it was then car ried to Philadelphia and changed into bills in convenient form; that on elec tion day an office was actually opened and a secretary appointed, who kept a set of books and the money was actually paid out in bribes to the cor rupt vote of that precinct. "It will be observed that these charges relate alone to the fitness of Swann to hold the position of United States marshal. The committee by repeated rulings, limited the evidence to those acts of corruption with which Swann could be directly connected. By express ruling, it refused to go intu the general scheme of corruption which appears to have embraced the state. "Therefore this investigation repre sents no more than the bracing of a single thread through a web of iniqui ty. The only light thrown upon the conduct of others is where that par ticular individual came in touch with Swann. "Swann was, according to the tes timony, appointed at the request of Senator Dupont, and if it be true that Senator Dupont recommended for ap pointment to the office of United States marshal for the state of Delaware, a man whom he knew to be engaged in corrupt practices relating to elections, then he offended gravely against this ?yZ rnXt?eTefo ate for its approval.

Senator Reed reviewed the testi mony given before the judiciary com mittee, declaring there was unim peached evidence that thousands of dollars were distributed from the of fices of Henry A. and T. Coleman Du pont to be used for corruption. "I have thus commented on the evidence, assuming it to be true," con cluded the senator. "If an investiga toin is held and this evidence is dis- Njinated or negatived, no man win rye "in than mvself. But the oor-nte in view of these startling and appalling 'disclosures cannot afford to close its eyes to the plain course of duty.' HAS TOPEKA RELATIVES Ina Claire, Keorted Young Astor's Fiancee, Kelated Here. Miss Ina Claire, an 18-year-old mus ical comedy actress playing the title role in "The Quaker Girl," in New York, who Is reported to be engaged to William Vincent Astor, a freshman at Harvard, and son of John Jacob Astor, New York millionaire, has sev eral relatives in Topeka. She is the granddaughter of Mrs. Alice Lieu rance, of 102 Hawthorne street, and niece of Miss Iva Lieurance. stenog rapher at the Garlinghouse Reality company. She is also a distant rela tive of C. I. Meyers, of 1273 Harrison street, who has a., real estate office in North Topeka. Miss Claire is the daughter of Mrs. J. R. Fagin. Her real name is Fagiu. She appeared at the Novelty here two years ago and was entertained at the homes of her relatives. In Topeka she made a hit in a single act in which she imitated Harry Louder. The Topeka relatives say that they have known ,of young Astor paying attention to her, calling at her New York home where she lives with her mother, and taking her to concerts, etc. However, they have not heaid -ss tne report. fehe was born and reared in Wash ington, D. C. Her father was a clerk in the pension office and was killed when the building in which he wa3 working collapsed. "SOMEBODY LIED." (Continued from Page One.) talked fight with nobodv except Attel! whom I advised to keep still as he had been beaten by a better boy and it would do no good to saueal. the morning following the contest I left before daybreak for the moun tains. Imagine my surprise when returned to the city today to learn that a telegram, purporting to have been sent by me, had been received by Jim cortroth to the effect that Attell should have had a draw and should still be recognized as the champion. Abe Put One Over. "Attell lived at my home while he was here. He and I are the best of friends, but I will not stand for meth ods of this kind. Such action is not only unsportsmanlike but is dishonest, and will only give Attell another black eye with the public. "It looks as though Attell 'put one over' on me, his good friend. Abe knew that I wouldn't be back in town for several days and he probably figured that he could get away with this questionable play, relying upon my good nature not to deny the mess age. I haven t sent a wire through either the Western Union or Postal Telegraph companies and authorize Mr. Eyton to call upon these com panies for an inspection of any tele grams bearing my signature sent dur ing the past week. Abe Says He Has Witnesses. San Francisco, Feb. 28. After read ing charges made by Jim Jeffries that the former heavyweight champion was not responsible for a message sent to Promoter Jim Coffroth which bore his signature, asking tnat Attell be allowed to go on with the Harlem Tommy Murphy fight. Abe Attell last night made the following statement: "I cannot believe that Jim Jeffries my pal, has given out such a statement as that which comes over the wires from Los Angeles. Jeffries told me and hundreds of my friends, while in my presence, that the worst I should have received in the Kilbane fight was draw. "Jeff was almost willing to post $5,000 with Jay Davidson as a part of a $10, 000 bet that I could boat Kilbane in a return light. Jeff Head tlie Telegram. ner tne doui and on the same night he voluntarily authorized Jay Davidson, tne sporting editor of the Los Angeles Herald, to write a tele gram to Jim Coffroth in which he stat. that I was entitled to a draw. miiu was stiii a legitimate noider of the world's "featherweight championship. tie tnen took tne message, read it over, and signed it himself, after which he sent it to the Western Union telegraph office. I will probe this case to the bottom and will produce the telegram which is in the Western Union office at Los Angeles and show Jeffries' sig nature to it. "If the statement accredited to Jeff is genuine, which I cannot believe, then I can say that he has adhered to the plans of several of my enemies and said that he did not send it, in order to blacken my character. "Jeff a..d I were the greatest of pals while in Los Angeles and I and my wife lived at his home. On our departure he sent us away in a taxicab and re marked that we would be welcome whenever we returned. "I am going to dig to the bottom of this case and some one is sure to suffer as the result. That includes Jeffries or the party who is responsible for the giving out of the story that the mes sage to Cofforth was deliberately forged." LONG ROAD PLANNED. Trail I-Yom Ocean to Marked. Ocean to Be Kansas City, Feb. 28. A national Old Trails convention will be held here April 18 and 19 according to an an nouncement today by the Mouri Old Trails association. At the convention plans will be formulated for the mak ing and marking of a permanent road across the continent following as near as practicable the route of the Cum berland pike, the Boon's Lick road, the Santa Fe trail and the Sunset route. The following states will be repre sented by delegates: Maryland, West Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Colorado New Mexico, Arizona and California. Notices of the convention are being sent out by Walter Williams of Col umbia, Mo., president of the Missouri Old Trails association. Widow Gets Gates Millions. Chicago. Feb. 2S.- Almost all of the $38,000,000 estate of John W. Gates goes to the widow, it became known today when the will was filed for probate at Geneva, a suburb. It had been announced heretofore that tne iortune was to be divided between the widow and Charles Gates, the only son, after certain special bequests had been made. The will had been by relatives. misinterpreted Wife Murderer Is Captured. Oakland, Feb. 28. According to Captain of Detectives W. J. Petersen of this city, a man arrested here several days ago has been identified as Samuel Miller an escaped wife murderer of Memphis' Tenn. Bertillon measurements and photo graphs were sent to the Memphis au thorities and identified by Chief of Police Hayes. Milier escaped from the Jackson coun ty, Tenn., jail In February, 19.i3. Father of the Yellowstone Is Dead. St. Joseph, Mo 'Feb. 2S. William C." Frederick, aged 79 years, for many years a contractor and builder of St. Joseph, who died here, was the first man to thoroughly explore the region which was set aside as the Yellowstone National park. He took the case up with Senator Vest, of Missouri, who made a trip to the region and put through the bill which resulted in the park being formed in 1S72. MRKETS TODAY hVheat Shows Downward Tend ency on Weak Cables. Favorable Weather Makes Corn Easy on 'Change. LIVE STOCK MARKET IS LIVELY Large Receipts and an Ad rance in Trices. Trading in Stocks Light and Market Quiet. Chicago, Feb. 28. WHEAT Wheat to day showed a downward tendency because of weak cables and good receipts. Re ports of an unsatisfactory crop outlook in France were more than offset by the im proved prospects in the United States, especially southwest. The opening was WaVic lower to a shade up. May started at $1.00Vs to $1.00141-003, unchanged to W Vie off and reacted to fl.COVi. Later the market became bare of offer ings and responded quickly to report3 that the mirfjrs were active buyers and that estimates of farm reserves were less than half as much as last year. The close was strong with May 2',ie net higher at J1.02?g I.0214. Wheat today jumped more than two cents a bushel. Estimates that crop re serves in farmers' hands were sensation ally low furnished the chief reason. Ac cording to some authorities the total is not half the amount of a year ago. Spec, ulators who were short became frighten ed and their bidding together with f scarcity of offerings made prices bulge sharply. In connection with the low re serves, it was stated that stocks of flour were the smallest in five years. May wheat, which closed Monday at $1.004'i 1.00?, touched $1.02V, this afternoon and finished strong at $1.02sBl.o2Ii, an ad vance of 2Vc net. CORN Generally favorable weather made corn easy. The bears also were favored by a break in ocean freights. May opened the same as Monday night to VaW 14c lower at 68c to 6S1s'o68ViC, but recover ed to 68'aC. Country customers picking up orrenngs brought about afterward decided firm ness. The close was strong with May r& VrC ud at 60c even. OATS Oats suffered trom tne depres sion or otner grains, iviay started un changed to hkc lower at 52c to 52',c and later reacted to 52VR3 52ic. RYK-No. 2, SiWMc. BA RLE-Y 80ciS $1.29. TIMOTHY SEED SI LOO'S 14. 50. CLOVER SEED $16.0022.00. PROVISIONS Shorts in provisions covered in lively fashion. The incentive came from light receipts of hogs. Initial sales were at oc to Joe advance with JUav delivery $15.3714 for pork, $9.1214 to $9.15 for laid and $8.60 for ribs. Chicago Grain Market. Chicago, Feb. 28. Close Open High Low Today Mon. WHEAT Mav ..100i-V4102V4 100'i, 102- lOO'i- July 95V4 97 95i 96-97 954- Sept 93T4 95 93? 95 94Vs ASKS PAY FOR HER, (Continued from Page 1.) Right from the start, Mrs. Spencer fell tor the farmer s overtures, the grieved husband recites. When Mrs. .Spencer cooked the meals. Sell sat in the kitchen and pleaded his undying love. For hours at a time, Spencer declares, his wife and the young far mer planned for the future when the woman would be tree from her hus band, to whom she was married 31 years before. He Pictured Motor Cars to Her. Into Mrs. Spencer's ears. Sell whis pered tales of a palatial home when the woman became Mrs. Sell. He drew pretty word pictures of motor cars and servants and a life that was all money could buy. But Mrs. Spencer must lose her husband. Sell boasted of his wealth. He is said to have told Mrs. Spencer that her hus band was unsuited to one of her at tainments and that he was not a proper companion. Day after day, in the kitchen, the parlor or the din- ng room, Sell courted the woman and made evidences of his devotion. Then discontent began to find a place in the woman's heart. Spencer missed the old smiles and caresses when he came home at night. Grad ually the wife's love began to slip. November 15, the wife filed suit for divorce. For several days after the petition was filed. Spencer tried to arrange a reconciliation. 11 was a fruitless effort. He says that Sell was with the woman constantly and al wavs poisoned her mind against her old companion, finally bpencer aban doned hia efforts and signed a waiver of appearance permitting the wife to obtain a decree without contest. On December 13, Mrs. Spencer became a free woman just two months after Sell entered the home. Ordered From Own Home. After the decree was granted. Spen cer charges, his wife made an as signment "of the household goods to Sell and they have since lived to gether, the farmer paying the house hold expenses. It was after the sep aration that the rejected husband went to see his 5-year-oid son. By Sell he was ordered from the premises which had once been the broker's own home. Then, it is charged, that Sell compelled the two young daugh ters to leave the home, that he might enjoy his now found love with a great er degree of freedom. That was not all. Spencer alleges that his rival sent Vernon Spencer, his 13-year-old son, to the reform school on a trump ed up charge and that he seeks to segregate the family of the discarded husband. These matters weigh heavily on Spencer's mind and he asks I10.00C compensatory damages against Sell in addition to J5.000 as exemplary dam ages. Snencer and his wife married in 1SS0 Thev are the parents of four children, the eldest of whom is 29 vears old and the youngest 5 yeais When Mrs. Spencer was given a di vorce in December, the court award ed her the custody of the minor chil dren. Spencer and his wife Jived at 615 Morris avenue. Here sell and Mrs. Spencer are said to have made their home since the granting of the di vorce decree. Shoemaker Faces Peculiar Charge. Chester, W. Va., Feb. 28. Santo Tugliese, an Italian shoemaker, was held for the grand jury last night for acts charged to be "in restraint of trade." Tugliese and John Aniesia are the only shoemakers in town, and because of bad business Tugliese warned his competitor to leave town under penalty of death. Tugliese pleaded not guilty and waa held in $1,000 bail. 1 STOCK SHIPPERS To Insure Yourselves Best Results Consign to CLAY, ROBINSON CO. Live Stock Commission Merchants, Stock Yards, Kan. City We Also Ilave Our Own Office at Chicago. B. St. Joseph, So. Oma ha, DraTer, Sioux City. So. St. Pul.. K. Bnftalo, E. SU Loui and Fort Worth. CORN May 6SH-H 60-6914 68 69 fi-'i July 67'4-68 69 ST'k -69 68 Sept 67Ts 69 6, 69 67!s OATS May 52-5214 52i 52 52-4 62' r July 4V'.-a 4T 4 V 47i- Sept 41 41", 40", 4Vt 41', PORK May ..15.3714 15.4714 15. SO 15. 35 13.25 July ..15.70 Id.TTH lfi. 63 15. 67'4 15.65 Sept 15.97. 15.8714 15.87s 15-75 LARD May 8. J2l 9.22'4 9.12V 9.171.4 9-0714 Julv 9.32U. 9.3714 9.30 9.35 9.25 Sept 9.4714 9.55 9.4714 9-50 9.42V HI US May 8.60 S.67'4 8.60 8 60 8.55 Julv 8.65 8.70 8.65 8.65 8.60 Sept 8.85 8.77V4 8.77V4 8.75 Kansas City Produce Market. Kansas City, Feb. S. WHEAT Cash: Market steady to Vc higher. No. 2 hard, $1.80-?! 1.07; No. 3, 98ci$1.06V4; No. 2 red, il'W 98c; No. 3, 95V4'a96V4cr CORN Market unchanged to '4c higher. No. 2 mixed, WsWuc; No. 3, 65VaC; No. 2 while. 67frC8c; No. 3, 66fi66Vc. OATS Market steady. No. 2 white, 63 53c; No. 2 mixed, o2'i;53c. RYK 92fa94c. HAY Market steady. Choice timothy, J20.03S21.50; choice prairie, 14.6ftS15.00. BUTTER- Creamery, 27c; firsts, 24c; seconds, 22c; packing stock, 22Vc. HOGS Extras, 2Sc; firsts, 26c; seconds, 20c. WHEAT-Receipts, 15 cars. CLOSK: WHEAT May. l.XV31.00Vi: July, 92V4c. CORN May, 69c sellers; July, 68r-ic sellers. Chicago Produc Market. Chicago, Feb. 28. BI.'TTKIl- Market steady. Creameries, 25"&28c; dairies, 22ff' 26c. EGGS Market weak. Receipts. 5.591 cases; at mark, cases included. 22'rz2oc; ordinary firsts, 24?z25e; firsts, 28c. CH ERSE Market steady. Daisies, 7ife 17V4o; Twins, 6Ei(17c; Young Americas, 17Vifi 1714c; Iong Horns, lVA'a-W&c. POTATOES Market steady. Receipts, 56 cars. Wisconsin. $1.05'gl.l0; Michigan and Minnesota, $1.08t!l.l0. POULTRY Market steady. Turkeys, live, 13c; dressed, 18c; chickens, live, 14c; dressed, 14f(15c; springs, live, lie; dressed, 14 15c. VEAL Market steady, 71711c. Xpv York Produce Market New York, Feb. 28. BUTTER Market firm. Creamery specials, 31c. CHEESE Market .firm. Skims, T'.ct? 1414c. EGGS Market unsettled. Fresh gather ed extras, 31320; western gathered white, 31 a 32c. POULTRY Dressed, steady: western chickens, 12V415c; fowls, 12V4tflSc; tur keys, 12g21c. Vevr York Stock Marker. Wall St., New York, Feb. 28. STOCKS With the approach of the noon hour the market apathy increased and further can cellation of some of the earlier gains was recorded. There were adverse rumors dealing with United States Steel but that Ktock was relatively firm. Aside from some slight strength in such specialties as Western Union and Pittsburg C. C. and St. Louis trading was devoid of any fea ture. Bonds were steady. Trading was light and featureless at the opening of today's stock market. Aside from a decline of one point in Bethlehem Steel changes were only frac tional, with losses exceeding gains. Central Leather preferred gave way over 2. points on the publication of the an nual report which showed a deficit of over $2,000,000 after fixed charges and divi dends. The rest of the market was not influenced and even advanced slightly in spots, Reading gaining almost a point. The short interest was given a twist In the afternoon when large purchasing or ders were executed simultaneously in the nrlnclnal stocks. Reading was the leader of the movements and its rise of 2 points was supplemented by advances of about half as much in Union Pacific, Ixhigh Vallev, Amalgamated Copper, American Kmeltlne and United Stuffs Steel. The market reversed its course soon ai ter the opening, growing active and strong under the lead of the Internorougn-Aiet ronolitan issues in connection with some important developments saia to oe im- nend ne. All tne speculative lavomns rd as did also Louisville and Nashville, Atlantic Const Line, American Sugar, American Telephone ana aeie i-nnh and tha Conner shares. Activity soon gave way to uuiuiess aim prices eased orr. Th market closed strong. Activity In creased in the closing hour and there TV.-n a a further expansion of the buying movement. Union Pacific and Iehigh Valley Increased their gains to 2 points onrt manv other stocks also rose material ly. Trading fell off greatly before the -ir,. nnrt a few stocks yieiona on scatter ed realizing but the general market re tained its strength. New York Money Market. New York, Feb. 28. MONEY Money on t-an st earl v. 2'!2V4 per cent: ruling rate. 9ai. ner cent: offered at 2 ppr cent. Time loans, firmer; 60 days, 2?ti3 per cent, and 90 days, rlZVs per cent; six months, SU'fl 3V4 per cent. CLOSE: Prime mercantile paper, S1 to 414, per cent. Sterling exchange steady with actual business in bankers' bills at $4.84.40 for 60 day bills and at $4.87.25 for demand. Commercial bills, $i.83V SILVER Bar silver, 68:4c; Mexicaji dol lars, 47c. BONDS Government bonds steady, rail road bonds steady. Xew York Coffee Market. New York, Feb. 28. COFFEE Rio No. 7, 14c. Futures closed steady. March, 13.23; May, 13.26. New York Sngar Market. New York, Feb. 28 SUGAR Raw, quiet; Muscovado, 89 test. $4.23; centrifugal, 96 test, $4.73; molasses, 89 test, $3.98. Refined, quiet- Cotton Market. Galveston, Tex., Feb. 28. COTTON Market higher, lOTic. St. Joe Live Stock Market. St. JJoe, Feb. 28. CATTLE Receipts 600. Market strong. Steeers. $5.25'58.00; cows and heifers, i3.25'US.oO; calves, $4.00'op 7.25. HOGS Receipts 1,500. Market Be higher. Top, $6.35; bulk of sales, $.15''g6.30. SHEEP Receipts 1,000. Market steady. Lambs, $5.00!8.4O. Kansas Cltjr IJve Stock Market. Kansas City, Feb. 28. CATTLE Re ceipts 6,000, including 700 southerns. Mar ket strong to 10c higher. Native steers. $5.508.25; southern steers, $5.00gj.50; southern cows and heifers, $3.0C"5.5: na tive cows and heifers. $2.75'!i6.50; stockers and feeders, $4.256.25; bulls, $3. 75115. 50; calves, $4.0"g7.75; western steers, $5.00'j; 7.25; western cows, $3. 005. 25. HOGS Reeclpts ll.OO. Market 10c high er. Bulk of sales, $6.20fiS.40; heavy, tnitiH 6.40; packers and butchers. $S.25fi6.45; lights, $6.006.35; pigs, $4.75f(5.50. SHEEP Reecipts 10.000. Market steady. Muttons, $3.5J4.75; Iambi, $5. 0016. 4; fed wethers and yearlings, tl.Otffca.bO; fed ewes, $2.751.25. r C'lil-aso IJve Stock Market. Chicago, Feb. 28. CATTLE Rv-ipt 13.0C0. Market qult. Befven, t5.1-iS i; TexHs stccers, $4.7o'd.00: western tr. $5.1t'n7.15; stockers and feeders, H.V'ni cows and heifers, 2.2&crf.fW; calves, a 8.25. HOGS Reprints 22.000. Market hn-. Licht. $6.15.(6 5.; mixed. .2v.i Sr; h $6.25"!i.n5; rough. $S."2.V'H5.35; pigs, $4 .fc(l-2u. bulk of sales, t6.4Cfr6.50. SHKKP-l'.eeelplK 25,000. Market (low. native, $3.4'M.90; western. $3. (km 4. 90; year lings. 5.8t: lambs, native, $4.5Vi7.00. western, ?j.00i7.10. Kansas City Live Stock Sale. (The tollowinc nulea wer m0 ml niprnin at th Stock Yrcl. Ivans City, and reported over lon d. sialic telephone direct to th Stata Journal tor Clay. Robinson Co., llva atoclc com mleslnn merchant, with offices al aU markta.j Kansas City. Frli. 2. CATTLE Re ceipts 6,iX head. Mnrket steadv. 1KWJS Receipts 11,00 head. Market 5c higher. Bulk of sales. $6 2oi.3S, top. J 40. SH HEP Receipts 12,0"0 head. Market steady. ICILI.INO STEERS. No. TV FHre.iXo. W 1170 $7.75 I 4 1-42 $70 13f2 7.40 I 38 1374 7.20 2 855 6.25 COWS AND HEIFER" 911

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3.. 1.. 1.. 2.. 1.. 1.. 1R0 353 l."3 150 13T0 1210 8X0 210 2: 256 120 2-0 I'M !!0 ..uoo 4 5 f. 00 4 S io R 25 6.25 64. Topeka Hay Market CFurnlshed Py T. A. Beck, 2i2-2;4 E. 61B.J Topeka. Kan.. Feb. 2 FRARIE II A Y No. 1. $14 00; alfalfa, choice, tlti-OOijn.00; No. 1. $15.00. Toprka Markets, (furnished fcy tha Cbaa. WolfT rarxint Co., yards close at noon 8turdy. w cannot us- piga, thin sows or hot weighing less than 270 lb. Do lint mar ket hogs unless same arc wall rinlo4 aa we cannot use half fat atufr. Wejw below prices effective at ooce, unUj far ther DOUCO.J Topeka. Kan., Feb. 2 HOGS. MIXEP AND BUTCHERS ts w;,a vt HEAVY s .rf.-, w LIGHT 6 65 ,5 Si (Can't use thin hog or those uuuer pouauls. STEERS. Prime corn fed (5 n flood to choree (corn fed) 4 70 i$ 3 Fair to good (corn fed) 4 thai U Common to fair killers tbunnii COWS. souut-i Prime $4 5FS6 r Good to choice 4 or 'ltt J.'?lrlj5."dvj;; 6.vp4'i -u"",,u" '.-.v .oo;i.i:j HEIFERS. Prime .14 KS15 ti .TO c"y," 14 m I5S-f4 Common to fair. -0lM s BULLS. Prime fnt Fleshy 4 WT4 7 3 8C34 a Mediums vnt lr.... m 'ii"." 'v3J-il Good to choice Fair to mod avl2 r-nn VF,2, Lbs under. Good to choice Fair to good.... i 9 5 T Cattle inur -unoc usa una fml 'Cff t,me on fe"1' win' ml" m r or arrn"e r our burera to lall on you. u,nl IFurnlsned t.y the. Top, P,CHn, c, I Trr-f a rv ''""f"- 'an., Feb. r EGGS Fresh country ""r POULTRY Hens, 4 iba" anrt under 4 lbs 8c: sprint J?i r' 5c; ducks, 10c; eeese. Re- f0'.. cock. keys, 14c; old turkeys. 1'e ,ur BUTTER Packing stock. fk, 19e. Topeka 7raln Market CFurnlshed by J. B. Blliard. corner aa av. and Curtis at j Km, Topeka, Kan fk WHEAT-95r-J$l.oo. fh' M- KAFFIR CORN-Per cwt, $1 K OATS 45i50c. l w"ri lK. CO R N eVu 62c. Batter and Fr Furnished by The Continental -o., Topeka, Kan. J Topeka, Kan. Fs it NEW YORK Ef;rf2?iic 1 2 CHICAGO EGGS 30c. CREAMERY Hl'TlKR-CH.. Nc Y.. 30c; Elgin. 28c; Top.n Topeka Fnili and Produce MarV.. Furnished by Kam i E. Lux Whi i. r -1 i 1. i v noleaal ..to iu roauce. Topeka, Kan COCOANUTS-Per Uoi, 60c 1 eb OYSTEHS Per gal., bulk. "i gn, liANANAS-Meuium aizert k.T?"?m- bunch, $1.5Xtfl.,5; iarjta bun-i,. p,t bunch, $2.00a2 60; per lb., 2Uo P NAVEL ORANGES Per box r Rn BARREL APPLES Joo.w- bbl.. $5 25; Ben Davis, ner t.hi Per per bbl., $3.75; Missouri Pipplria ,kV .V' Winesa.Pi, bbl., ,5.26; La, CRANBERRIES Per bbl in per lb., 11c. JL0; box. POTATOES Per bu., ti SWEET POTATOES llu.,' $1.50. Topeka Hide Market. (.Quotation furnished by James C c... Hide Co.. lo Jii x,Tu j 8am ToDpkft w j m t--. GREEN CURED HIDE H- -N a t lvea T 12',ac No. 2, lie. Sid iirswi f ulls and btaBs. Jio 1, B No. 1 $J.0063.60; No. 2, J2.0u.il 2 'to. "JQ T A LLO W G u4vic. DRY. HIDES Butcher 0.1 y alt, Uv 13c. DRY HIDES Butcher neavy. I7ej heavy. 17 medium. 30c to ?.So T5c; Clvlt No. 1 lame dry alt. UlJc; mink No. 1 Urtu u J'C! to.Ld; No. 1 medium. $3 60 to A t 7 niU. $2.00 to $3.0U; raccoon V f' 1 $1.26 to $2.00; No. 1 medium $iw .'J?!" No. 1 small. 65c to 90.-; skunk hi. Z to $4.00, Bhort atripe. $2.7 "S "ck' Btripe. $1.25 to $1.50; broad aTrlD"9" 0 Possum No. 1 larKe, 40c 'ic: 1 medium. 25c to jc, x 1 1 i"" N 20c; muskrat. No. 1 Sara isaILv 15c -.Uum. 25c to 0c; No. 1 .mall.' C

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL FEBRUARY ,28, 1912 3 EASY TOJEFEAT Senator Rajnor So Character izes Col. RooseTelt. Arraigns Ex-President in a Speech Before the Senate. HIS POSITION IS DANGEROUS Utterances on Courts if Fol lowed "Would Be a Menace. Has 3Iad Fancy This Should Be Executive GoTernment. Washington, Feb. 2S. Reversal of ju dicial decisions by popular vote a3 pro posed by ex-President Roosevelt, in his Columbus address last week, was de nounced in the U. P. senate by Senator Rayner of Maryland as "the most dan serous doctrine ever brought forward by any one who has the slightest regard for the stability of our institutions and whoso opinion is entitled to any weight cr respect." Senator Jtayner declared that in dis cussing the ex-president who again is a candidate for the republican nomina tion for president he did not speak as a partisan because he believed the Re publicans could nom: -ite no man who would lie easier to defeat. In the address of the ex-president." paid the Senator, "there are a number if suggestions such as thi election of fcnalor by the people and 'irimary elec tions for the nomination of political andldi.tes. with which I entirely agree. What I desire to call attention to tod;iy is,a unique and original conception which he advanced upon this occasion end which I quote literallyas follows: 'The decision of a state court on a constitutional question should be sub ject to revision ty me people vi w frtate. 'If ar.v considerable number of the people feel that the decision is in de fiance r.f justice they should be given the right lv petition to bring before the voters at some subsequent election special or otherwise Jis might be de cided and after tile fullest opportnn itv for deliberation and debate, the question whether or not the judges interpretation of the constitution is to be sustained. If it is sustained, well snr! good. If not. then the popular verdict i to he accepted as final, the decision is to he treated a? reversed, :.nd the construction of the constitu tion definitely decided subject only to fiction bv the Supreme court of tne Vnited States. Must Consider the Source. "Mr President, if a proposition of this sort had been advanced by an or dinary agitator or by an anarchist no attention would be paid to it: the peo ple would understand that it va? ut terlv meaningles9 and it would involve no actual danger to the republic. e must realize however that this is the utterance of a political leader who oc cupies as prominent a place before the public as any one in the country. "I would like to accept the apology that has been offered for him by one of the leading papers of the country when it says: -we shall pay Mr. Roosevelt the compliment of stating that we do not think he believes a word of the non frenS he uttered in this speech.' "Rut I can not do so. 1 would rather accept the criticism of another great paper. which observes in its editorial columns as follows: "Tu commending to the attention of That Tightness of the Stomach Caused by Formation of Nauseous Gases, from Vndisresteil Food In stantly Stopped with a Stuart's lyslicpia Tablet. Trial Package Free. "When you feel as if your stomach was being tightly choked when the pain is intense and you break cut in a cold and clammy perspiration and there is a lump in your throat and you arcivesk and nauseated all yo.i iced is a Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablet to clear away the wreckage of undigest ed food left in the stomach and intes tines and rostcre you to your normal telf again. i That Knotty Feeling of the Stomach Is Instantly ltelieved by a Stuart's Jyspepsia Tablet. Thousands of people have learned so well how sure and dependable Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are for all stomach ills that they are never without a package at home and at the office, and upon any indication that the stomach is a little weary, they take a Stuart's Tablet after each meal for a few days until the digestive organs get restsd up again. This is a splendid plan to follow and always results in rrueh good. The appetite is improved, the food is relish ed more, yor sleep is more refreshing, und your disposition will make you friends instead of enemies. For Indigestion. Sour Stomach. Belch ing Gas, Cot ted Tongue, Intestinal In digestion and all Storraeh Disorders and Pains or for Doss Appeitie nothing is better than Stuart's Dys pepsia Tablets for sure and instant re lief. Use them freely they, are as harm less as sugar would be and are by no means to be classed as "medicine." They have r.o effect whatever on the tystem except the benefits they bring you through the proper digestion of your food. All drug stores sell Stuart's Dyspep sia Tablets. The price is BO cents per box. If yo'.i wish to try them before purchasing, address F. A. Stuart Co., 150 Stuart Bldg.. Marshall, Mich., and trial package will be Bent you free. everybody this salient feature of his address "We beg leave to remark that it is the most astonishing and in view of healthy intelligence the craziest proposal that ever emanated either from himself or from any other states man since the organization of our government by law. "People who regard this merely as a flippant and impulsive utterance of a candidate for public office who is trying to attract public favor are mak ing a great mistake. In my judgment the ex-president has been reflecting over this proposition for years. He has always ben hostile to the decision of the courts whenever they conflicted with his own views and he has over and over again given ex pression to his opposition to them. "When Mr. Roosevelt was president he was not allowed to influence and control the decision of the courts, and they declined to pass under the dom ination of his arbitrary and imperious will. Of course judges are only hu man; they have made mistakes, but one thing they have done to their eternal credit, and that is that they have stood as a barrier between him and dictatorial usurpation. Chafed at Court's Actions. During the whole of his adminis tration he had an idea lingering in his mind that it was the duty of the courts to carry out the policy of the executive branch of the government and this belief was connected with an other idea and that was that, so far as 'executive functions were concerned he was absolutely supreme unlimited by the specifications of the instru ment that created them. Now what is the present situation? Mr. Roose velt is a candidate for president. There was no need of any persuasion what ever to induce him to enter the field. There was no dragging of Cincinnatus from the plow. "J do not know what sort of a new party he will have if he is nominated and elected. We have quite a number of parties on hand nov. There are Republicans and Democrats and Insur gents and Progressives and Radicals and Reactionaries and Neuroties and Paranoiacs. and another party will only add to the gayety and festivities of the entertainment. "T had hoped that outbreaks like this were over when Mr. Roosevelt abdicated his place a few years ago and started uoon his restful and harmless expedition to th" jungles of Africa, f do not know what we will do without friend. Would it he possible if he consents to tenaer him to the new republic of China, in the event of his deteat ana l am saiisuea that even if nominated he will be easily defeated. "I believe that there are a large number of Mr. Roosevelt's followers in this coun trv would today favor vesting in him autocratic power. Our institutions under went a radical change under his adminis tration. He inaugurated a new era of constitutional thought. "He is possessed with a mad fancy and this is and ought to be an executive gov ernment that the powers of the executive ousht to over ride those of the legislative and judicial branches of the public ser vice. By all the patronage and all the power than he can command he would praeticallv force upon the country an in terpretation of our organic law that will level its distinctions and obliterate its checks and balances. He will then In the pursuit of his own insatiable ambition possess a degree of autocratic power that no president has ever attained or would have ever dared to exercise excxept at the risk of impeachment. "If we are to pass in again under his i nL- with hi outstretched arm under his ioct ,.tt,-anr.o hamrine over the seat of justice the refuge and bulwark of our institutions ready to strike it down, then it. would have been better u op tion had never been framed. KHOX 111 FRISCO. Secretary of State Accepts Invitation for May "th. Washington, February 2S.-Seeietai J Knox has cabled to the W h.t'. House from Colon his acceptance ot an invitation to speak in San Francis co May 7. Mr. Knox will address the directors of the Panama-Pacific-In-ternational exposition and the allied boards of trade of the city on the sub ject of South and Central America and 'it is expected will tell of his trip to the Central American republics. Mr. Knox was met by municipal and gov ernment officials who extended greet ings while American residents and citizens of Colon cheered and a bann plaved the "Star Spangled Banner. Governor Arosemena of Colon, de livered a short speech of welcome and vtr- Knnv in reply sam ne uuit. ige of good will and friendship from le president and people of the bmt d States to the republics of central sa the and South America and that he was much touched by the kind reception which he had been greeted at his first stopping place. The secretary with bis party board ed a train for Panama City. GOMEZ TO STAY Says He'll Not Go to Juarez to Accept Provisional Presidency. San Antonio, Feb. 28. Emilio nnnz nnmez. w hose name has Vas been used by rebels who took Juarez Tuesday and who has called on President Ma dero to resign, declared he would not go to Juarez to accept the provincial presidency of the republic. He said he was surprised at the investment of Juarez, asserting he thought the revo lutionists were going to march south and beleaguer Chihuahua. Routed by Cowboys. San Antonio. Feb. 2S. A band of 2 7 Mexican rebels that had crossed to the American side and attempted to steal a herd of cattle was completely routed Friday afternoon in a running fight with fourteen cow punchers 13 miles down the Rio Grande river from Presidio. Texas, four of the Mexicans were killed and several wounded. TAFT TO SOUTH President .Will Visit Savannah April or May. Washington, Feb. 28. Although ro definite time has been set it became known here that Mr. Taft will visit Savannah, Ga.. in April or May. to be the guest of the Hibernian society. DUPONT DENIES CHARGE Powder King Senator Courts an In vestigation. Washington, Feb. 2S. Senator Du pont has voiced a flat denial of the charges against him in the resolution introduced by Senator Reed of Mis souri yesterday, which asked Investi gation of Mr. Dupont s election. Du pont said he would welcome an action the senate might deem proper to take. The matter went ovw SAVE YOUR MONEY Holland Warns Against Buying Alaskan Copper Mine Stock. Only Men of Great Wealth Able to Make Business Fay. MANY "GOLD MINES" II EAST Long Have Men Tried to Find Gold in Adirondacks. History of Some of the Most Notable Attempts. New Tork, Feb. 28. A brief para graph published a day or two ago somewhat inconspicuously reports that a dividend, the aggregate amount of which is a million dollars, was recently paid by one of the copper companies now operating in the copper district of Alaska. Presumably this is the com pany with which Mr. Morgan is iden tified The report is somewhat vague, yet it is the understanding here that it is accurate in the sense that a large dividend has been paid upon the stock of one of the copper companies. The publication of this fact may tempt some persons to make specu lative or investment purchases of stock rf presenting copper mines in the Alaska district. But he would be a foolhardy person, or else one inspired by the true spirit of a gambler, who was persuaded to invest any of his money in copper properties in Alaska unless he had made thorough personal investigation or had caused to be done what Mr. Morgan and the Rothschilds and others did procure competent ex perts who are men of absolute" per sonal integrity to report upon Alaska copper properties. Yet the news from Alaska respect ing the copper developments there and the undoubted payment of a lar,je divi dend on the stocks of the company will serve to renew Interest and attention in what is now believed to be one of the richest mining districts of the world. The Question of investment in the property and the development of it is one which can not be answered fully until the government has devised means by which public interest may be perfectly protected. None but men of large capital and no other author ity- than that of the federal govern ment will be sufficient to bring about the perfect development of the great copper company of Alaska, and along expedient and perfectly fair lines. "n all probability a dividend on cop per properties in Alaska, large or small, would not have been possible had it not been for the heroic construction ;f the railroad which gives communica tion from the copper fields or a por tion of them with tidewater. The time will come when the construction of this railroad, both from the financial and the engineering point of view, will be told m a narrative not surpassed in romantic interest or description of perils overcome or in the tragedies consequent upon it which were met by some of the men who were engaged m constructing it by any other narrative of railway construction of its size in the world. The Trans-Siberian railroad is longer and the Pacific railroads which Canada has constructed have surmounted ranges of mountains which at one time were deemed impassable. But this little railroad in Alaska, pen etrating nearer to the pole than any railroad yet constructed, excepting pos sibly a part of the Siberian. Is. in its engineering triumph, in its utilization of fields of ice for a portion of its road bed and in its conquest of glaciers, a s ory of the daring of engineers, the courage of contractors and the faith if capital. The exposure which was met with in the construction of the railroad caused the death of a builder whose name will always be traditionally asso ciated with it. It's a Copper Mine Railroad. No other employment, at least for the present, is possible for the railroad than that of transporting copper from the mines to the sea and in taking back to the mines needed supplies and equipment. Therefore, the construction of this .road illustrates the faith and courage of private capital Now it Is known that the whole copper region of Alaska only awaits honorable invest ment and development to make it one of the great factors or competitors in thv copper mining industry of the world. Whether it is a greater copper producing region than the Michigan district or the district upon the slope of the Rocky mountains or some of the Mexican districts is yet to be determin ed. But capital and science are now inclined to think that when our gov ernment has established an adequate policy for Alaska, when -nvestors can know exactly upon what to depend and when the rights of the people are thor oughly protected by governmental or territorial authority, then Ihere will be a demonstration of the amazing wealth of the copper regions of Alaska, pos sibly a wealth which ill be found, by and by. greater than any contained In the goldfield of Alaska. The Xew El Dorado. Again quack science is undertaking to demonstrate that by the aid of ade quate apparatus the gold which is to be found In the Adirondack mountain region may be profitably captured from the soil or sand. Yet it is a story of Adirondack gold whicl. is retold every -41-.,"-. Let these Vitalizing Elements into your home; they are the simple means of keeping Nerves, Brain and Body strong, active, enduring. There im tut tabstitate for Fresh Air, Sunshine, Happy Thoughts or Scott's Emulsion now and then, the usual lapse of time between two tellings being about thirty years. That there is gold in the Adir ondack region is not to be questioned. In 1SS0 capital was so certain that it could be mined profitabl. that assay offices and a small smelting plant were established at the village of North -field, which lies upon the edge of the southwestern slope of the Adirondacks, some 50 miles north, of Amsterdam, New York. The prospectors brought in ore, qua-tz and loose, earth in which specimens of real gold were found. The chemists and aesayists made experi ments w-hich tended to show that ore in fairly paying quantities, averaging, perhaps, about J10 a ton, was found in the specimens brought to them for assay. Kxcitement prevailed for a while until at the last proof was fur nished that not yet has the scientific prospector learned how to gather gold in paying quantities from the Adiron dack region or has found the way to the point where the mother lode of gold in that vicinity may be discovered. This undertaking was made in good faith. There was no speculation to speak of in gold claims of the Adiron dacks. The desolate and abandoned assay office is the sole relic of that El Dorado. Science may some day show where gold in paying quantities can be found in the Adirondack region, but the riches which are in the soil there ;it present are those of baser metals. This hunting for an El Dorado in the northeastern parts of the United States is not confined to the Adirondack mountains. Since some 50 years ago reports were received fivm qualified metallurgists to the effect that gold in considerable quantities had been dis covered in the province of New Bruns wick and near the boundary line of the state of Maine. A company was or ganized which, in honor of the Prince ot Wales, who had a few years earlier vis ited Canada and one of whose titles wa-s Baron Renfrew, was called the Renfrew Gold Mining company. The mine was actually operated and at last from the ore a quantity of gold, shaped into the form of a brick, was manufactured. It was a gold brick in the legitimate meaning of the term, for it was solid old. It was exposed to view in Boston, then in Providence, Hartford and New Haven. Its genuineness was attested by statements of assayers. There was no doubt that it was procured from the Renfrew gold mines. And for a time there was a real argonautic excite ment throughout Ne England. It was discovered that this mine was the iden tical one which Benedict- Arnold at tempted to exploit some years after the close of our Revolutionary war and did tempt Britisli capital into the invest ment. Arnold acted in good faith, 'or after investigation he reported that while gold undoubtedly was to be found, yet it could not be mined in paying quantities. So in 1S66 the Ren frew Gold Mining company was added to the list of little El Dorados which for a time had given excitement in northern New York and in New Eng land. A little later a specimen .of quartz was brought to an assaytr in New Haven. Connecticut, by a man who labored under great excitement. He said that he had accidentally knocked a chunk of rock that had sparkling specks in it from a boulder which stood upon a piece of land which he owned, a few miles north of the city- of New London. This land was a part of a rocky hill known by its Indian name of Weewaucus. The assayer pronounc ed the specimen one of genuine gold and went so far as to say that if it repre: ented general conditions in the vicinity then the mine was worth work ing. There was organized immediately the Weewaucus Gold Mining company of eastern Connecticut and great was the excitement for a time. But a little prospecting demonstrated that while gold was there, yet the amount was so infinitesimal that it would not pay to work the mine. For a time Edison professed to have discovered an El Dorado on the shore of Long Island. The black sands there, he asserted, were rich In atomic gold deposits. Edison was not wrong in that j statement; but when he und.rtook to j set up a plant in which the atomic gold in the black sands could be ab stracted, he discovered that he had not counted on wind and tide; for there came a great gale one night which con verted the seashore into a lake and buried the black sands therein. This recent attempt to utilize the gold de posits of the Adirondack region will, unless science is mistaken, fail as have all of the other El Dorados which at one time or another have excited com munities in the northeastern part of the United States. HOLLAND. NEW JURY IS DRAWN TlUity-slx Names Taken Prom the Box for Xcxt Terni. Thirty-six jurors were drawn Tues day for service at the April term of the district court in Judge Dana's di vision. Of the jurors drawn, 2 4 are residents of Topeka and 12 are from the country- The following men were selected for service: John Bauer, Frank Effinger, Gus Arnold. Gust Lagerborg, William Sam son. W. P. Hancock, Thomas Bran don. James McKlroy. R. R. Dennis, J. C. Dolman, W. W. Wooley, J. S. Hellman, Olaf Benson, F. j. Burt, George J. Graves, sr.. P. c. Wilson, John Wetterlind. John Kirk. AV. B. Wilson, John Atkinson, George L. Lovelace, E. B. Walker, O. S. John ston. AV. J. Haggard. C. H. Booge, S. T. Hare, Topeka: M. P. Neiswender, Soldier: O. H. uoerschlag. Mission; John Zimmerman. Dover; C. L. Dil lon. Menoken: H. H. Rich, Monmouth; Fred Bass. Topeka township: J. Suggs. Soldier: Frank Gilbert. Silver Lake: L. M. Anderson, Menoken: A. J. Berry Soldier; C. L. Berkey, Ross- ville; W. T. Smiley, Silver Lake. No date has yet been set for the jury to report for service. EAT IN CLAY CENTER Banquet to Follow Democratic Con- vention Delegates for Clark. Clay Center. Kan., Feb. g. Three candidates for the senatorial nomina tion at the hands or the Democrats will attend the banquet given here March 1, the evening of the day of the Democratic convention here. They are Judge W. H. Thompson of Gar den City, T. L. Bond of Salina, and Hugh Farrelly of Chanute. Other speakers on the program for that night are Guy Helvering, A. B. Car ney and Rev. Alexis Andreen. the lat ter being the Swedish minister who would represent th Fifth district in congreee. The county convention will, it is declared by local leaders, send an in structed delegation to the convention at Hutchinson. The delegates will favor Clark. Not much of a fight is expected over the delegates here. The county candidates are announc ing their candidacy and the local campaign promises to bs a hot one. DEAL ISJLOSED Topeka Independent Telephone Plant Is Transferred. The Bell Company Tfill Take Charge Martw 1. SALE WAS MADE LONG AGO Only the Details Had Hot Been Arranged. One Exchange Will Handle To peka Business. The deal for the stock, good will and all property owned by the Topeka In dependent Telephone company has been closed and the property goes to the Missouri and Kansas Telephone company of the Bell system. This formal announcement was made by E. D. Nims, vice president of the Missouri-Kansas concern to the State State Journal several weeks ago. At deal was pending was made in the State ournal several weeks ago. At that time it was denied by the officers of both concerns. It now is stated that the deal was held pending the consummation of the deal by which the Home Telephone company of Kansas City disposed of its holdings to the syndicate whose purchase was announced in the State Journal a day or two ago. The formal transfer of property oc curs March 1 at which time it becomes the property of the older concern, though the sale was made two months ago as told in the State Journal at the time. The present Bell offices will be abandoned and the Independent ouua-ing- on Jackson street will become the local office of the Bell system. The In dependent board is larger. Authority for this deal has been given by the public utilities commission, and the work of making the necessary changes in the operation of the lines will be completed as soon as possible. A. A. Godard and W. P. Hempnm of the Independent company and C S. and J. Willis Gleed of the Bell company are in Kansas city in ine interests of the deal. They may re turn to Topeka late today. The new arrangement will cut down the number of phones in the city to a considerable extent, as there is now- double phone service in hundreds ot homes and business houses. It will be a saving to these hundreds inasmuch as there will in the future be but one telephone to pay for. Comnetition usually stimulates in terest in providing good service. How ever, it is expected that the Bell com pany will give the kind of service de manded by the public. The Independent company was nonci- ed for $600,000, with a capital stock of a like sum. There will be a good man- questions to settle now that the consolidation has been completed, and one is the rural toll question. The Bell company takes over the physical property of the Inde pendent company. This includes all the rural lines. The Independent does not own the toll lines. The rates charged by the Independent company will be maintained when the one company sys tem is in working order. The company will not be allowed to maintain two rates for like service, and consequently the highest rate will probably be taken. F. B. MacKinnan. secretary of the Kansas Independent Telephone associa t'on, states that the change meets with the approval of the smaller companies; t tat the interest of the-- companies will be protected. Better Service Is Promised. "We will continue the rural con nections made by the Independent companies, said E. D. Nims. vice president of the Missouri and Kansas company in a statement given to tne State Journal. "All employees of the Independent company will be taken care of." Mr. Nims also announced that while the move would be made as quickly as possible there would be no change in the service rendered until all phones were cut in on the board at the Independent building. This would require about six months, he believed. The exception to the above state ment is the service at Kansas City. Subscribers here can use either sys tem in securing connections in Kan sas City, Mr. Nims said. The deal at Kansas City was held up, he said, un til this arrangement was completed as the new purchasers of the Home company at Kansas City would not sisrn the agreement until this ar rangement had been completed. Outside the office the work of the unification of the systems will be rushed to completion beginning Fri day. There is an immense amount of it. Meanwhile the work of install ing the new switchboard in the In dependent building will be held up some time, pending the arrival of materials ordered. Even after they arrive the work of putting the new board In will require considerable time. "The same rate will rule, through out, and in addition the Independent subscribers will have the advantage of the long distance connections of the Bell." Mr. Nims said. "The Kansas City arrangement is a sample of what thiR service will be worth to the pub lic. The saving of the one system plan will be immense, especially to the business man where, in S3 per cent of the cases, the-double phone system prevails." The one system plan will give the Bell system 9,000 phones in Topeka, counting the rural connections served by the Topeka office. Next year it is planned to add an other story to the telephone building on Jackson street. Temporarily, how ever, the present structure will be large enough. "Telephone subscribers have noth ing to fear." Mr. Nims said. "We will give the best service possible and no increase in. rates is contemplated." Blind to it. The Beggar. Pity a poor blind man wiv a large fam'ly, lidy. The Sympathetic Soul And how many chil dren have you, my poor man? The Beg gar (nonplussed) Ior, ma'am, how should 1 know, when I can't see 'em? Sketch. Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S CASTOR1 A Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S O A 3 T O R I A Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S O AS "TO R I A Soda crackers are more nutritive than any other flour food. Uneeda Bis cuit are the perfect soda crackers. Therefore, Uneeda Biscuit. Though the cost is but five cents, Uneeda Bis cuit are too good, too nourishing, too crisp, to be bought merely as an economy. Buy them because of their freshness buy them because of their crispness buy them be cause of their goodness buy them because of their nourishment. Always 5 cents. Al ways fresh and crisp. NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY FACE A SHOW CASE Ewing Herbert Says You Can See'3Ians Character Ileicaled by Looking Into His Countenance. WHY ADVERTISE CHURCHES .Same Principles Apply as in Other Business. Says That It Will Brinar 31 ore Lisrlit. "There is one thing that everybody is talking about." said Ewlng Herbert, editor of the Hiawatha Wcrld. in speak ing before 75 members of the Ad and Commercial club together with their wives and sweethearts at the annual dinner of the former organization Tues day night. "As I understand it. the subject is whether one man can come back or whether one man can stop him. One Topeka newspaper says he can come back and the other says he can't come back. Then we find the discreet Nick Chiles ready to jump In on either side when the convention is over. "From any point of view ours is the best country yet. I am proud of the fact that in America we have freedom not enjoyed by any other people on the globe. I ain not at all alarmed at our outcome so long as we can look back over the past, and look into the brignt future. "No man in the country is as big the country itself. The -e is no man to whom we owe so much that we must think of him and no other." These were the introductor-- remarks of Mr. Herbert. The Rev. Robert Gor don spoke on the value of advertising the church. The meeting was preside 1 over by N. B. Burge. An "orchestra" of two pieces under Ray Hall furnished music. Mail's Face His Show Case. "I like to think in this country of ours," said Mr. Herbert, "every man is an advertiser because I believe every man has goods to show to his fel lowman. I think you can read in every man's face what he stands for. You can tell whether he han any character, and you can tell whether he has any sense. Some times you are mistaken on both points. but there is something to be gained by looking into a man's show case, which is his face. "Men advertise for the purpose of selling goods, for the purpose of giv ing information, for the "purpose of getting good will and for the final purpose of benefiting the public. "I was glad to hear a brother say tonight he believed in advertising the church and the gospel of Jesus Christ. It has been nearly ',000 years since Christ was here and some of the newspapers haven't yet found it out. They will find it out and con tribute the price of advertising. "I have seen church advertising that attracted attention. Jt was an nounced that the Ilev. Mr. Jones would preach on 'Hell,' and that Mr. Brown would sing, 'Tell Mother I'll Be There.' "The only way men can be known is to identify themselves with any ad vertising means that is prewntcd. If you go to congress you find only a dozen or more men who are above the ordinary. Because they go to Wash ington does not make them biggor men On one occasion 8paker Can non sent a messenger out to tell Vic tor Murdock to come right in and vote on a certain measure. The answer was. 'Tell Mr. Cannon to go straight to the devil.' It was through that in cident that the quarrel waa started that finally deposed Cannon from the speakership and gave Murdock J150 a night as a public lecturer. Kansas lias Advertisers. "The politicians if they can't have good things said about them are will ing to take bad things, so that they may be kept in the sight of the peo ple. "Mr. Roosevelt, I suppose advertises his courage. I suppose that he adver tises that he standa for certain prin ciples ami niil fiian.l for them, until he changes his mind." Speaking of the ork of scr"rv F. O. Cotuirn. he said: "I hae l;r felt satisfied that this Ktat" would have ever been so great as it U ac knowledged to le by Kanmns If it had not hern for the report of Mr. f'oburn. If Missouri and other states had a groat a man a Mr. Coburn. perhaps they would equal Kanras In greatness. "Another crat ad vrtT In thi Me.te is our governor. Mr. stubbs. I have not rren a newspaper for two hours, but he tbs in that new tpjpr. ami I am sure lie will be tn th r.rnt one s- when I leave thin hall." AdvcrlUliijr t li Church. "I believe in adverl ising- te fhurrh," -aid the Rev. Robert ;ordon of th- First Baptist chu-oli. "because T h.itev. the fame principles that make adver tising pay elsewhere, apply al to th" church. Our churches in nm iHr are advertising extensively. I upent T. day In the church that does mnr n 1 vertislng (hail any other church in t country. It is T. Ij. Moody's chim h In Chicago. A. Dickson irs the pmtor. Th church is spending over J.v0 a yr tor nil vertisinc. "What If a man can: tn Tofx-ka claiming tlist he had a formula t cur sin, and should open a church and art into the Hands of the peop'e as ordi nary churches do? I um mir I have a cute fur sin. I am of the opinion thJt although there arc not 2,w saloon here as was the case in Milwauk where I formerly preached, yet we hav sin with its attendant sorrowful conse quences. If there in anyone who has cure for sin. that man ought to be in the advertising business. "If a man can make a million dol lars by advertising a faith cure. what, can n. man do who has th r-i I po'ds? You can't imaeine what th people of th First Baptist church nd others would be if they had not tak en some of the medicine that curti sin. "T can't imagine anything that will inspire more to self sacrifice than th Man from Galilee. I believe I em under obligation to bring men under the charm of his name. I um not going to do that if I talk to empty pews. I heliive somewhat In absnt treatment, but I don't relmh the hien. of talking to ghosts. I think that people are not there either on ac count of irnriranro or prejudice Ig norance of the location of the rhurr h or ignorance as to its piirpn(f. Ad vertising will bring more ltrht." DEMOCRATS MAY WAIT Talk of Postponing; National P?mo ratic Convention. Washington. Feb. !S. Senator F con of Georgia, said Tuesday that i had suggested the advisability of tht Democratic national committees rot poning the National Democratic con vention in order to give the lm crats more time to consider ths "Con ditions" that might arise from ths nomination of thn Republican candi date at Chicago during ths week nf June is. Mr. Bacon did not rfer by name to Mr. Roosevelt. Severn! Democrats in ths senats said they could not rnnceie of ths likelihood of any postponement of tr Baltimore convention set for Jun 25. for Rheumatism and Lumbago There is no better treatment for Rheumatism and Lumbago than a simple rubbing with Omega Oil, tia famoui liniment. TriaJ bottle joe lfllfr.:-.;H o fill

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4 THE TOPEKA PAIL'S STATE JOURNAL FEBRUARY ,23, 1912 By P. MACLEXSAS. Entered July 1, 1875, as second-class matter ac the postofflce at Topeka, Kan., under the act of congress. VOLUME XXXVIIII No. 51 Official State Paper. Official Paper City of Topeka. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Daily edition, delivered by carrier, 10 cents a week to any part of Topeka. or tuburbe, or at the same price in any Kan sas town where the paper baa a carrier system. By mail one year $3.60 By mail, six months l.W By mail. 100 days, trial order 1K BELL. TELEPHONES. Business Office Hapurters Room ..197 ..577 IKDEPEXDBNT TELEPHONES. Prlvte branch exchange. Call 107 and uk the State Journal operator Tor per son or department desired. Uopeica State Journal bul'dlng. SCO and 03 Kansas avenue, comer Kigh-th. New Tork Office: 250 Fifth avenue. Paul Block, manager. Chicago Office: Steger building. Paul Block, manager. Boston Office: Tremont Building. Paul Block, manager. FtXL MUSED WIRE REPORT OF1 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. The State Journal Is a member of the associated Press and receive the full day i-.r.h -ero7-t of that irret news or- MTilr-Afion for the exclusive afternoon publication In Topeka. The news Is received in The State Jour nal building over wires for thi sole pur pose. Roosevelt is believed to have boy scout vote corralled. the The colonel lost little time in fol lowing his liat into the ring. The "lioun daws" may yet displace the mule as a political emblem. The colonel has a few governors but Tnft continues to capture the dele gate?. The Mexicans seem determined not to stand for one term, saying nothing of three. It looks as though the history of Texas might he repeated in Fonora end Chihuahua. The "conference of governors" idea originated by Colonel Roosevelt has borne fruit at last. Bryan's statement that he would not Again be a candidate may have had a string tied to It also. Tt never seems necessary for a vice president to declare that he will not s?aln be a candidate. The reputation of the gn.und hog for sagacity now may be considered as established beyond question. Conditions appear to be normal in Cuba. Reports from there are to the effect that a "ori.iis" Is at hand. The colonel may yet decide to anply the initiative and referendum as well as the recall, to judicial decisions. Colonel Roosevelt went all the way to Columbus, Ohio, to file his Charter of Iemocraey when New Jersey is just across the river. It has been suggested that the prop osition emanating from New Jersey, fo tax cats, is intended as a blow at the elderly maidens. The Detroit Free Press rrints a pic ture of Roosevelt wearing a silk hat, probably on the theory that he threw his slouch into the ring. The season for changing political affiliations is opening early. Congress man Gardner of Massachusetts ap pears among the first arrivals. In striving to escape from the ills that beset them under Diaz the Mexi cans have encountered others, which probably they did not anticipate. It is apparent that the colonel's announcement that he w ould -be a can didate for anither term was intended to be taken in a Pickwickian sense. The month of March will be short R few days in these parts at any rate. Everybody hereabouts is insisting sev eral perfect March days have already prevailed. Governor Wilson does' not care for Champ Clark's "dawg" song. Perhaps the governc.'s failure to appreciate it grows out of the fact that he never owr.ed a dog. Theoretically Colonel Roosevelt will wait for the nomination to be tendered to him. But he will leave nothing un done that will go toward insuring that the tender will be made. A 3-year-old child in Duluth, after being apparently dead for two days, was revived just as she was about to be buried. The treatment should be tried on the LaFollette boom. Why this alarm over the fact that SI per cent of the freshmen co-eds at the t'niversity of Wisconsin are knock kneed? Being knock-kneed doesn't in terfere in any way with a woman's capability as a cook. Madero s doom as president of Mex ico is undoubtedly sealed. Those rebell ing against him have idopted a slogan calling him a "gringo lover." If there is any one a Mexican hates worse thin himself it is an American. Italy's statesmen appear to be several laps ahead of her soldiers and sailors. In the Italian chamber of deputies a resolution was passed with -rreat en thusiasm the other day annexing Trip od to Italy. And from the success ful stand that the Turks and their Arab allies have made, it looks as though the Italian tatcsmen had counted a chicken which never will &atcb- CHAPTER XCV. A Manager Wanted. The dispatches from Boston an nounce that Colonel Roosevelt wants a manager; that he is "in need of a. good man to take care of things." Well, this is interesting-. This seems to be the firs time in history in which T. R. has not felt himself abundantly able to manage his own affairs. In asmuch as he gave out his need, per haps he is open to suggestions. How would it do to try the "Want" col umns? The classified department of this paper produces results. The State Journal circulates in Emporia, Law rence, and, to some extent, in Kansas City, Washington, and New York. William Allen White might be at tracted by- such an advertisement: so might Governor .Stubbs of Lawrence, or Colonel W. K. Nelson of Kansas City. Since writing the above, another dispatch comes along, saying that Colonel Roosevelt would like to have Governor Stubbs manage his cam paign. Why not Governor Stubbs? His board of managers which has been running and managing the ex president for several weeks might be continued in the management with -Stubbs as chairman of the board. Our governor is doing a great deal of this work now. In his speeenes ne &a "dollars worth ot work eriuuiu e,. c f.T- a dollar's worth of pay. and surely Colonel lioosevelt would get more than his money's worth from W. R. S. Wo could get along very well for a while without him here in Kansas. This is fortunate. We have been without the governors presence often, while he has been at Oyster Kay. and other eastern points trying to persuade the colonel that the prairies were afire for his third term candidacy. In Our Governor's absence a very good man has been Induing down the lid. Dave Leahy can just as well act for Governor of Kansas for a few months as well as for a few weeks;' the state would probably not suffer, and the notary publics" commissions could be issued just the same as if the gov ernor himself were present in person. Colonel Nelson might be made gen eral manager, or William Allen White, both of whom arc excellent gentlemen, and now handy in the cast, doing ser vice for Roosevelt, and will be joined in a few days by Governor Stubbs. With the absence of these three dis tinguished gentlemen who were run ning the politics of Kansas with a high hand, it is observed that things are trending strongly in another direc tion. There is a heavy tide for Ta f t spitinsr in. which may require the presence of the triumvirate before any successful efforts can be made to stem it. Instead of being any sort of a stampede since T. R. threw Ills hat into the ring, there seems to be a more nronounced sentiment for Kansas people to stay on the reser vation, and see that our president gets a square deal in the branding. The eastern papers are surely pour ing hot shot into the Colonel's ranks just now. Before he waa a candi date, things seemed to be going his way. Now they are coming his way in the shape of unkind missiles of a political character. In fact, the com ments thus far noted are rarely com plimentary; generally condemnatory. One newspaper says: "The mask is off, Theodore Roosevelt has betrayed himself, his friends and bis party." Do you know that seems to be a very wide prevailing sentiment in Kansas and elsewhere. The latest action of Theodore Roosevelt in announcing himself for a candidate for a third term against his friend and particular patron, Pres ident Taft, and in throwing his party into factional eruption, is quite gener ally looked upon with disappointment. The action is not in harmony with the old time leader of the Republicans; with the testimonal he has given President Taft, or with the fine preachments made over a square, fair deal and justice to all. The sober second thought of the public will not only bring the realiza tion that Taft is making a fine presi dent now, but that he was a very im portant factor, and admittedly so by Roosevelt himself, in making the last administration effective. One paper pertinently says: "Many old time Republican admirers of Co'. Roosevelt will look upon his action as unfair to an old friend and as some thing closely resembling bad faith to his party. The third term tradition will be brought up against him and im pede the party. The Republican party has great admiration for Colonel Roose velt, but his truest friends will be in clined to believe that his entrance into the canvass gives more comfort to his Democratic enemies than it does tc his Republican compatriots. There is no excuse for Mr. Roosevelt's can didacy. There is no failure of the Taft administration that justifies it. That administration, sanely progres sive and consistently so, has been characterized by great good sense resolute courage, infinite patience and substantial achievement. That Roose velt believes a general call exists for him, we do not doubt, nor can wt question his courage when we con sider all he has to lose. The imme diate and growing effect of Mr. Roose velt's unwise candidacy will be to strengthen Mr. Taft's position and the regard in which he is held by the vast majority of his countrymen." And so continued quotations might be made of current comments. Governor Hoch has an interview in today's paper in which he predicts that Taft will win. The interview was given to a Tacoma, Washington, paper, the Ledger. The reporter has shown not only that Gov. Hoch keeps in close touch with the affairs of the nation, but that he is also one of the best ad vertisers for Kansas. The reporter hag also brought out the fact that Hoch I was a good deal of a Progressive when progressiveness counted, and that many of the things for which the pres ent state administration ia taking credit originated with Governor Hoch. "What was Teddy's reply to the Seven Governors?" came over the long distance telephone in Iowa last night. "I have been snowbound for three days without a letter or newspaper. We hope for relief soon." Well, the people who have been snowbound for several days, and who have been in suspense for several weeks have now been given Roosevelt's Ready Relief. Most of the excitement seems to be over. The politicians are recovering, and there is a general tendency of the trend toward Taft, which will now apparently pursue its way to the goal of the renomination of our president. When you think of it carefully, it is not so strange after all that many LaFollette men are turning toward Taft instead of toward Roosevelt, for LaFollette was certainly betrayed in the house of his friends. He was a typical Insurgent, and if the Insur gent principles were to be fought and bled for, as certain Insurgents claim ed they were to be, LaFollette was the natural man around whom the rally should have been made. It naturally seems to the LaFollette people that principles have been sacrificed for persons and that Roosevelt's popu larity was being used to pull chestnuts out of the fire for politicians seeking office and preferment. One of the most interesting situa tions at present is that in which Nicholas Longworth finds himself. He has been for Taft. His congressional district is for Taft; and apparently he will not now work against Taft. He is in a dilemma. He naturally does not like to oppose his own father-in-law, particularly, when that relation is the big man in this country and a man held in high esteem over the world in general. Representative Longworth has the opportunity of his life. By getting down off the fence, continuing his al legiance to President Taft, he can show the country that he is something more than the son-in-law of ex-President Rooseevlt: that he is Nicholas Longworth with a mind of his own, who will fight it out on the line which I he marked out if it takes all summer, or at least until the beginning of it, say about June 18th. Let one tolennone flonrlsb vigor ously in Toneka where onlv two crew 1 weakly before. That is not a bad slo gan for Topeka just now. This is a case where one is better than two. The Public Ctilities Commission how ever, has a task before it. Let it not betray the faith placed in it by the people, and let it not miss its oppor tunity to see that if we have one tele phone where we have had two, that we pay only a fair price for the ser vice. (Chapter XCVI tomorrow.) JAYHAWKER JOTS Even the clocks were tied up by this week's storm. "Keep square with the printer," Is the advice of the Haddam Leader. Fort Scott must be feeling old. The Tribune is running a forty years ago column. Tribune has a society of Sunday school workers called the "Cheerful Wrigglers." An advertiser in the Junction City Uniou is calling for empty beer and whisky bottles. Harper is taking on metropolitan airs. In society in taht town dinner is served at 6 o'clock. The two Lindsborg papers have been consolidated and Miss Carlson remains as editor of the new paper. A sign of spring is noted in the Junc tion City Union. It is publishing a Chautauqua announcement. Sporting note in the Coyville column of the Wilson County Citizen: "Claud Mullikin is wrestling with la grippe." The columns of political announce ments in th'- Kansr-s newspapers are growing longer with almost every issue. A milliner at Plains advertises to take country produce to the extent of 2 5 per cent of the purchase price of her wares. It is reported by the Holton Signal that one young ,ady within its purview who took a ieap year plunge was told that he would always be a brother to her. The mayor of La Harpe is named Jury, which fact leads the Indepen dence Reporter to make the suggestion that everybody in that town gets a square deal. The Chanute Tribune tells of a citizen who always had a bad attack of rheu- tism on the Sundays when there Is I ma going to be a special collection taken at his church. The Anthony Republican prints the following notice: All announcements in the Republican, except those of the regular Sunday services in the church es, must be paid for at regular adver tising rates. This applies to lodges, all kinds of socials, Sunday school meetings held during the week, liter ary and sewing and all other varieties of clubs, and any other meetings not herein enumerated. Don't ask us to run them "dead head." That won't pay the printers. There's a good deal of bosh about the popular saying that "a smart man changes his mind, a fool never." The insurgents are using it a good deal this year, and Gib Childers, who has changed his mind in a hundred cam paigns for a consideration Is now being patted on the back by. the lo cal progressives for announcing that he is tired of Taft and will hereafter work for Col. Teddy. Gib ought to rank as one of the smartest of the smart. Howard Courant. Real Hard Luck. "Speaking of hard luck," remarked Senator Klutch, "I had some hard luck once during my early days." "Elucidate," said Senator Graball. "I had just invested my last $5 in a meal ticket." "Yes, yes." "As I started down the street a gust of wind tore the ticket from my hand. A lumberjack was passing, wearing heavy hobnailed boots." "Yes; go on." "And he stepped on my ticket and punched out $4. S3." Kansas City Journal. 2Y THE WAY BY HARVEY PARSONS. Webster revised: "Consecutive;" a superfluous word that goes without say ing. Example; as when one says; "un der no circumstances will I take a third drink," it means that he will not take a third CONSECUTIVE drink, but that if the guy at the other end of the bar happens to lap up one in the meantime, that lets him out. Kansas has another advantage over the eastern states; it can condone -i rotten old snowstorm by claiming that it is good for the wheat. Conflictions in law are so handy that it will not be long before the average citizen will be carrying a pocket sized technicality in case he falls into a well and needs pulling out. Rural routes are badly blocked by the snow, but at that, comma, the ru ralist will get his catalogues from the seed houses and his seeds from his congressman before it is too late to do his spring gardening early. The favorite exercise of insurgent politicians and other unemployed per sons, is knocking the corporations; but the employed persons, who have to get to the office ahead of the snowbound cars, may observe that the walks ad jacent to the Santa Fe offices and the Street Car barns are cleared of snow before others are touched. Some dis believer in corporations will try to kick the slats out of this observation by calling attention to the drifts in front of the gas office. In Washington, a French dancing girl, dressed in red garters, entertained a swell society gathering bv doing a little dancing and a whole lot of sit ting on married men's laps. The next day the face-fixers were Vury busy. The society matrons cracked their make-ups in a futile effort to look amused. And as for the army officer who is serving a sentence for grabbing public funds in Alaska, the baffling question is: what could he find to spend it for in Alaska? Benson, Arizona, is enjoying its first Sleighing, although "slaying" is one of the favorite out-and-in-door sports of Arizona. To accommodate all the gooks who desire to ride in on his coat tails, Roosevelt will have to wc?ar an old fashioned saddle slicker. SAYS UNCLE GAV If you are looking for fun, working out your own career is the best game in the world. I have no love for those bloodless, steel trap fellows, but when you have reached the point where you can regard the men about you as so many pawns, you have achieved wis dom, and you don't need to curdle the milk of human kindness within you in order to be wise. c.v ouio ..i n; one fSaf ,eS ?ou"Vc Bot.to kfeS the field and all its pieces m mind every minute and you've got to develop your mind until it ha the breadth and grasp 10 Know rne signincauce or ea.cn, and keep it under Control. Most men let things about them fly to sixes and sevens. You can never be absolute master of all you survey. Much will escape you despite your best efforts. But you can, by a touch here and there, by pushing this, restraining that, bend to your purpose the men and cir cumstances neglected of others, and, whilo the less watchful sleep or feast, reap the reward of your temporary mastery. Let your sentiment be the love of the game. Let all else be impersonal regard men as so many instruments and you have attained mastery. And most men. consciously or unconscious ly, gladly bow their necks to mastery. Do you work beside an aimless fel low clerk? A suggestion here and there will make him your, unpaid ser vant. Does this untoward circumstance or that threaten your present situa ion. There is another side to it and the wind that will wreck the unwary will carry the watchful mariner to his haven. Trim your sails to take advantage of it. A clear head will turn of its own use even the machinations of Its foes. The attack that was meant to duin you, can. if you are wise enough and quick enough, be made to yield you rrofits. Make a game of your business. Be ware the habit of permitting it to be come a burden. That way lies the lot of the packhorse, and most men are paekhorses. (Copyright, 1912, by W. E. Williams.) GLOBE SIGHTS BY THE ATCHISON GLOBE. It doesn't strain our optimism an iota to predict a good dandelion crop. If a loafer wouldn't talk so much) folks might think he was a philosopher. While an automobile Is an expensive luxury, horse feed isn't so blame cheap. Then there are men who spend nothing "ch on bad habits' who also IaiI to et There is no doubt the man who wears pajamas feels slightly superior to the night shirt brigade. If a man's photograph doesn't flatter him a little, he won't buy many of them to give his friends. No one can read all the new books, but many are willing to neglect a lot of good old ones to try it. Economical children should have a bank Mother can't break into when she wants to make change. If you crave newspaper notoriety don't select the police reporter as your favorite publicity agent. Man is so conceited it is hard for hini to play the losing end without feeling he Is the victim of conspiracy. t inger prints are a great success for identifying criminals, but they aren't worth while in decorating china. There seems to be a general rule that a typewriter (neuter gender) will behave properly only about six weeks at a time. "What did you buy your little son that expensive mechanical toy for? He isn't old enough to appreciate it yet." I know, but I'll get a lot of fun showing him how it works." Detroit Free Press. Mr. Exe What! Another new dress. Perhaps you will tell me, madam, how I shall get'the money to pay for it. Mrs. Exe iou must excuse me. I am your wife, not your financial adviser. Boston Transcript. "I'm quite willing to propose to him this year," she said, "but I dread one thing." "And that Is?" "Asking his mother If she'll let him marry me." De troit Free Press. HVMOR OF THE DAY i OF THE SPIRIT. It is not the sunshine bright Upon the burning sand. It is not the tempest's might On the unresisting strand; But it is an action tender As if a grace it would render Removes the veil from our mortal sight. And then we find that we stand In the glory of heaven's splendor. It is not the music heard Outringing loud and clear. It is not the spoken word That we are glad to hear: But it is that tone of feeling Into our own hearts stealing From hearts that by our grief are stirred To the trembling of a tear Their tenderness revealing. Isaac Bassett Choate, in the Boston Transcript. 1 HE EVENING STORY My Lady's Limousine. (By Harmony Weller.) Tne taxi in which Jimmy Rogers was being rushed uptown from the Pennsylvania station came to an abrupt stop. It was only Fifty-ninth street and when the chauffeur re turned from a quick examination to tell Rogers that he could take him no farther Jimmy swore softly under his breath. "Great Scott, man! T have to be up at Seventy-eighth street in five minutes"' "Sorry, boss, but this here machine won t run another block tonight. Jimmy looked from the chauffeur's imperturbable face to his own large suitcase and the three-foot box of American Beauties that he was tak ing to his hostess. No! The thng was impossible: He simply must have a taxi. "Beat it!!" he said to the chauffeur, and get me another machine! Don t waste any time, either!" I he man went off and Jimmy lumea at nis predicament and the flight of time. He had come on from n- wesu i" attend tne Jowa society 1'f.nquet and be the guest of th wades.- Jimmy had to shav?, et ii:to his dress clothes and finish the distance to Seventy-eighth street all Wit.;in r:fv,-en minutes. rv- ,i m. it ent re I'viutht of saving i!rri In changing his clothes there in tne stalled taxi. Then his fear of arrest stopped mm. J ri desperation Jimmy put bi bead out rnc window end hailed t e firs i j i e mat pasea. It w.!.f s. great jum u--:i!e ana it came to side i he f,yi. stop r.t- i 11 give you a fiver if yon take me up to beventy-eighth streeV Jimmy promised the chauffeur. .lump in qui-.-L!" came the ready response. sogers lOit no time. Within the luxurious car Jimmy stretched his oog icgs ami Minted the scented air. "My lady's limousine," thought Rogers and glanced at the fur-lined carriage slippers on the floor ana the w ilt t' pink roses that drooped from the vase by the mirror. "My !ad's chauffeur !s a very wise man me thinks he is in the habit of making r.oney while he waits for his mis tress to cone from the opera." Suddenly an idea struck Jimmv. wny not show a little appreciation for me timely use of her c-af He would leave one great American Beauty n i the vase by the mirror The rose was scarcely in its nlaee before the machine came to a "ton Jimmy snrane out lirttK- h inauiieurs sake, quickly reere you are. old man v. the man his money; "you've done me a good service." "Mum's the word." grinned the chauffeur, and went swiftly off to call for his mistress at the opera. If Amy Wade counted only eleven American Beauties in the box Jimmy gave her she did not mention the fact We thought you were lost," she told him later, when, immaculate in even ing clothes, he entered the drawing room. "I hope nothing happened'" 'Nothing but a broken-down taxi." laughed Jimmy. "Well, see that you don't lose your heart to any of the pretty Iowa girls tonight and break that." Dick Wade added: "There'll be a bunch of them there." "AVade did not exaggerate," decided Jimmy, when an hour later his eyes traveled from nrta KM,,4.-..i c another. Blondes, brunettes and even uudu-rroiuieo neads were there among that thronp of the Iowa society Jimmy drew a sham breath Mrs. Wade was approaching him, and with her was a vision in yellow. At least Jimmy thought she was a vision until he found that he was hold ing a very warm tingling hand within his own. "T Vi -i 3 t V; VI. 1 aDut Jimmy sc, ran,,, so De good to him he Is all alone In this big city." Amy ade cast a laughing glance at her menus ana went in search of h husband. "So I must be good to you," Faith ""er ioKea at Rogers from under her IT i-IL ueciaea tne task would not UIJilLUIL. Certainly. Jimmy Rogers's tone UL,'as lo onng a slight flush into Faiths cheeks. "Anri v, orrter tn K j .-J"" "1-xvc t c &uuu lo me i am going to nespass ana ask you an impertinent Faith s startled eyes met his "Why have you absolutely ruined a most beautiful costume and color ef fect by wearing that American Beauty rose I watched you coming toward me and thought you perfect, save for that one jarring note." Faith Carter laughed a quick, ner vous little laugh and glanced down at the one thick stemmed rose that she had thrust among the soft tea roses of her corsage bouquet. Rogers realized that he was waiting with great expectancy for her answer. The rose seemed suddenly to have as sumed enormous proportions in his eye?. Faith touched the rose with deli cate fingers. "Since my flower has disturbed your peace of harmony per haps I had better tell you its history." Jimmy Rogers had definite hopes now and he led his yellow Hsion into a secluded corner that other masculine Iowans might not take her from him. "This rose," said Faith when he had seated himself beside her on the wide divan, "found its way very mys teriously into my limousine while I was listening to Caruso in Rigoletto this afternoon. When Jules called for me after the opera I found this rose, fresh from the florist's, in the vase in my car." She glanced again at. the bud lying against the chiffon at her breast and laughed an embarrassed little laugh. "I don't know whether a sense of romance made me wear it or a faint hope that I might unravel the mystery." "What what did Jules have to say?" Jimmy was torn between a de sire to shield Jules from possible dis charge and a longing to iell this glor ious creature that the rose had been put there by his own hand. Faith looked up at Jimmy and found the dull red that had come into his face to be rather becoming. She also wondered at his halting speech. "I must confess," she continued, "that Jules acted a bit strange. He at first denied any knowledge of the flower, and then remembered sudden ly that a man who was either insane or a florist's advertiser came along and put an American Beauty In ail the cars waiting at the curb. The story rather dampened my sense of romance, but since it was not unlike ly I looked at the stem of the rose to see if there was a florist's card at tached but there was none. You see," Faith laughed, mockingly, "there is still hope that I have an unknown ad mirer." "I doubt if he remains long un known," Jimmy Rogers said, witn sr wonderful a ring In his voice that Faith trembled and dragged the rose from its resting place that she might cool her face in its soft petals. Jimmy watched the flower with In creasing jealousv. "Oh! Here votT two are!" Amy Wade and her husband came up to break the silencej "I have looked everywhere tor you." Sr.e cast a triumphant glance at her husband which said plainly, "I told you so." "I say, Jimmy," put in Dick Wale by way of making conversation, "the next time you buy roses for my wife see that you get full measure. There was one shy in the box and American Beauties count. 'That one Faith is toying with Just reminded me." Faith turned her eyes so suddenly and forcefully on Jimmy Rogers that he felt like a small and very guilty schoolboy. Then he heard her draw in a quick breath, and he waited for her next words. But she remained silent, while the glance she sent straight into Jimmy's eyes was fraught witn understanding. Then, because Amy Wade and her husband were near. Faith laughed mockingly at him. "You look guilty. Mr. Rogers; I believe the twelfth rose has gone astray." "I will confess," Jimmy told her un der his breath, "that I myself would stray a thousand times, if In the end, I might find so wondrous a nest." Faith glanced at him from beneath her lashes. "Perhaps one straying, in your case, would do," she remarked. (Copyright, 1912, by Associated Literary Press.) EVENING CHAT BT RUTH CAMERON. Rome friends of nurs who live in a nouse built in the days when sunshine and ventilation were not so much Rougnt alter in house building- as they are now adays, have recently had an extra win dow cut in one of their rooms. Tais window faces toward the east. Hitherto that side of th? room had been a blank wall, and consequently the room haU never had any morning- sun. Unless you have ever known a similar case you can scarcely imagine the difference which thy window made irt that room. I went in there tho other morning and it was difficult to believe that that cheery, light-flooded, sun -warmed room was the same cheerless place, in which 1 had so often sat with my friends. And as T sat there, bathed in the good sunlight, the thought came to me how many of us are llviner in rooms witn blank walls where windows might be. For instance, there is that rich old maid whom I know perhaps you know her too. She has two cats, a maid, a fine home, and her money. These are the well-buiit and always well-washed windows on the southern exposure of hr heart home, jsne also has half a dozen jolly nephews and nieces wor whom she had no use and whom she almost never sees. The inter est and happiness these young- people mig-ht bring into her life are the sun shine which beats vainly on the southern and eastern sides of iier heart home, for. you see, sh has no windows on these exposures. And then there is Mrs. C Mrs. f is forty-five. Her one daughter has mar ried and gone to live i?i a home of her own, a thousand miles away. So thit window through which much of her life 3 sunshine came is of necessity -darkened, and Mrs. C. is verv lonesome and thinks life a cheerless place, but how many oth- er windows Mrs. C- might cut through to make her heart home more cheerful, There is the charity work for the poor of the town, in wnich her friends have vain- 1 v tried to interest her. There is the Sunshine society which Bhe has often been urged to join. There is the crippled lady across the way. There is Mrs. ('s husband who, to tell the truth, seems to be decidedly an uncut window so far as she is concerned. I know that any of these interests would bring a flood of sunshine into Mrs. C.'s life, if she would but cut through some of these eastern prd southern windows and "let the blessed sunshine in." Congenial friendships spoiled bv misun derstanding, opportunities for social ser vice neglected, chances for culture and self-education disregarded, the sweetest relations of life left undeveloped these are a few of the blank walls that keep out sunshine from our lives. Are there any In your home? QUAKER MEDITATION'S. From the Philadelphia Record. Lots of people look down on others from a mighty slight elevation. Don't nut y6ur pleasure before your business unless you want to lose both. Perhaps it is quite natural, after ali, that an actress should try to make a show of herself. That old adage. "Make hay while the sun shines." must have been aimed at the weather man. It's a human failing, but don't pat your self on the back Just because you happen to do your duty. The office that seeks the man Is a mil-lion-to-one shot compared with the cred itor on the same mission. Tommy "Pop. what are the highways and byways?" Tommy's Pop "The shop ping district, my son." Sillicus "I wonder why, at a wedding, the fellow who attends the groom is called the best man?" Cynicuss "Be cause he isn't getting married." Blobbs "Guzzier is always talking about his lofty ideals." Slobbs "Yes, but unfortunately Guzzler's lofty ideals never seem to get. any loftier than a high ball." Muggins "When I started out last night I had $100, and this morning I woke up with less than $10." Buggins "You must have had a hot time." Muggins "Yes- it must have neen pretty not to have burned pocket." hole like that in my POIN'TEI PARAGRAPHS. From the Chicago News. Folly is as plentiful as wisdom Isn't. Industry is the magnet that starts things our way. History is full of near-great men who failed to" come back." He laughs at scars who has never been struck- for a loan. A man is foolish to stand in his own light or hide it under a bushel. The things that do not concern a wom an often give her the most concern. Many a woman's good Judgment shows up when she leaves it to her husband. If a man's conscience never troubles him. it's a sign that he has It well trained. Some men are like postage stamps; vou've got to lick them before they will do their duty. Faint heart ne'er won fair lady, we are told and the same might be said of a faint bank balance. It is called flattery when other people tell us the nice things we have always thought about ourselves. Some one has defined a gentleman as a man who kicks the cat instead of swear ing at his wife, when things go wrong. KANSAS COMMENT FARMERS GETTING THERE. His city brother hasn't much the better of the man on the Kansas farm thew days. The town of Morrill In Brown county recently made arrangements to b supplied with electric current Lrorn tl light plant at Sabetlia. Owners of coun ty homes along the line are having th main wire tapped and their houses light ed with imandescents. And there in a whole lot of this sort of business in the country precincts of Kansas; which Is u It should be, for tiie Kansas farmer ts entitled to every comfort and con venience there is. No flattery. Leaven worth Times. PLACES RESPONSIBILITY. On the morning of February I all ths passengers were out early. Iand was In sight. Some were glad the trip was so near the end others were sorry. To leave the Cleveland will seem like leaving an old home. It has been a wonderful trip. But oh, you Golden Gate! Oh, you United States! The Atchison man has had the time of his life, but he fears that he has been spoiled that he'll never be able to work again. For more than three months he has been in the hands of a Kreat steamship company and had otewards t.. wait on him at every turn, and nothing to do but have a good time. So If he t -comes a confirmed loafer it Isn't really his fault. The man who spends his win ters at 1117 North Third street. Atchison and his summers on Potato Hill Is to blame for everything, last summer th retired editor wrote: "All you have to dr. is to go aboard the Cleveland the day she leaves New York. I ll do the rest And he did.-J. P. Howe, In the Atchison Globe. FROM OTHER PENS WILD INVKSTMEXTS. There is a preat loss among the peo.l because of their investing in pUumS. schemes to make money. It so often hap pens that people will Invest their mono" In some Fo-calied enterprise ihat S'mw glib Hjjenl will make app-ir atruliiir'v safe, and sure to return lnr:e incomes, and in the end loseit all. It is possible the agents ih'mUr h heve what they say. but the experience ii that they are mistaken many time pp. re than they Hie correct. The true rul- in all these matters is, not to invest in a thing you don't k now is a "I righ. H content with a 3 or 4 per cam: :ild-nd rather than go floundering through 1 he swamps for a 10 or iv per rent dlvid tel. Su.-h dividends nre usually "wdi-o'-i ie wisps' that tempt one to the edge of the precipice and over he goes, mmtev, Jaith, happiness and all. .So common have been '.h-vf rlirM-T that Kansas has enacted wha is kniwn as the "blue sky law." ,r -r,i 1 been ie most of t hese schemes ;i r' Iim le j a irii s of blue sky brought down to hedizc-i tJ.e innocent. The law makes it a penal fense for a person to offer shar s in a'.v company that Is not approved by 1 ul-'i authority a very good la w. Onio stn r Journal. SEXT1MKNT F' Tl TAFT. All the delegates thus far ho-on the 12 Republican convention have been j n struct ed to vote for the renomi na ri"Ti of President Taft, and throughout the country there are unmistakable evident that the loyal support ers of the prrw-n t chief exeeutive are getting Into action in his behalf. The collapse of the 1, r,,i lette movement and the strenuous effort of the Wall Street crowd and the irreenn cilables to draw former President R'k.s velt into the content have M rengt h'ne1 determination ra t her than brous: ht dis may Into the ranks of the regular Repub lica n. The rank and file of the patty aoc-ptd In good faith Colonel Roosevelt's volun tary and unequivocal declaration that h would not again be a candidate for th presidency, and whatever may be the pe culiar meandering of his mind they no reason why they should change theirs, especially when such action would In volve repudiation of an ho ties t. u pri k ht executive, who has given greater indie- tfons of practical statesmanship than any i occupant of the White House since the j days of Abraham l-lnrom. To be sure, the fight Ih not yet won. n iniiru iu hmi mu nmy not be bought or bullied to swerve a hair's breath from the plain path of offi cial duty will continue tlwir subtle tight; but the people are aware of the Ifesiie involved, and a wise and patriotic settle ment of them may safely be left in their hands. Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. ADVERTISING TALKS BY WIUJAM C. FREKMAM A friend of mine told me recently that many (too many, he thinks) of these tulks are preachments. He said: "iet the.ni down to pure business; tell advertisers how to become successful; never mind the moral side of business: let that work itself out; be practical and don't everlast ingly point out the weaknesses of business procedure." The only way I know to emphasize ths good in advertising is to tell how busi ness houses that practice truth-telllns; suoceetl. The only way 1 Imiow how to emphasize the bad in advertising is to tell about the disasters that overtake ths fakirs the tellows that lie In preference to telling the truth. This friend of mine Is down In the Wall street district. H has many a time told me of the high sense of honor that men in big institutions have. Only the other day several New York newspapers commented on the possible return of Banker Morse to the fiminlal district In the hope of recouping his for tunes. They published Interviews with bankers. One of the interviews Is as fol lows: "Any man in the banking field who loses his reputation for honesty and fair dealing can never come back. Morse can never return and do business success fully. "We had an example of a remarkably able man who engaged in some specula tive banking in a neighboring city. H's speculations would have proved successful If they had been carried through, but Lha institution failed. "He was convicted for nothing mora than over certifying checks; yet. despite all his ability and the efforts o stanch friends, he absolutely could not get back either in his home city or here. One man, president of a bank that failed and afterward paid Its depositor dollar for dollar, could never buy a s-at In the stock exchange or an interest tn any stock exchange house. Of course, he could find brokers to carry a speculative account for him, and Morse will have t.o trouble doing that. "But Morse will find if he attempts to go Into affairs In a large way that his connection with any concern will hope lessly discredit it." What we are trying to accomplish In the field of advertising Is the very thing that the above Interview defines in regard to the banking business we don t want the dishonest advertiser to exist even, but when he does, and Is exposed, then we don't want him to be able "to come back." We don't want even "the brokers" In the advertising business to let him operate. And the work that all of us can do in exterminating the frauds will help all en terprises tnac are auveriising honestJv T (To be KEFXKCTIOXS OF A BACHELOR. CFrom the New York Pre-s J S-nlle, and get half a one back- grow! and get back a hundred. Wine wit Is chiefly funnv to others who are hitting the same bottle It's easy enough to teach an olll d new tricks if they're bad ones A great relief about w)ie lh comes for some men to talk politics 1. they can drop the weather.

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOTTRHAL FEBRUARY ,28, 1912 :RED EIGHT RESTORED BY -4 MRS. MARY S. FENNESSEY. S J SJl I ff AS MANY THOUSAND PEOPLE SUFFER FROM CATARRH OF HEAD IN WINTER, MRS. FENNESSEY'S PERMANENT RECOVERY SHOULD CREATE PUBLIC INTEREST Mrs. Mary S. Kenno-oy. T.ake Benton, Minnesota, writes: -I was af flicted with a lial cast- of catarrh. in (lie head, ad was unable to breathe through my nose for eljrht years. Six bottles of Per una cured me entirely and I have not been lothered with catarrh since." A Helpless Invalid. Mrs. Annie Spaine, Gainesville, Ar kansas, writes: -'I was helpless in Vied .for tiffht months, and part of the time would not have weighed over sixty pounds. Food would do me no good. "I had catarrh of the head and nomach and internal catarrh, and also had heart trouble so bad I could not hear any one to talk in the room where I was. The doctors and every- i body that saw m said I would not get well. But God saw fit to spare me and I C- t! f -i.lv n. mm good suostantiai lood, but see 3 rr. that it tastes good and is easily digested. Oat- l 4 b meal with it3 big load r rtm' 1 Sw Kl j -the perfect t EAT IT FOR Jtre gnpp'l the ned of prowlrie bone and mnnrle. Cream of Eye, in soit flaice mad from th Whole Ilyo berry. Is four times as nour lnhiriflr a roiled wheat or corn flakes. Comes to the table frhlw rooked as modern science advises. Cream of Rv is themoat delicious breakfast dish yon can serve not only for babies, bat for the entire famity. Tastes pood and helps fceep the etompch sweet and the d!eotlT-e tract clean. Makes fine bread, muffins, and fritters. 2iext time you order groceries get a package of Cream f Bye. FreeSpooa Rigat intne Package Ilt fw the JwntffBl tn mttora "r s- eilver plated teaspoon packed with Cream of Rye. This handsome upoon would itseif cost you more than price of the pacitaes. Exchangeable for other pieces of silverware if desired. MINNEAPOLIS CEREAL C0 POLICE KILL A PAIR. Kingston Turned Over to Mob Kule for Night. Kingston, February IS. Kingston was Siven over to mob rule throughout the niRht and as a result of collisions be tween the police and people two men were killed and more than thirty in jured, some of them severely. Sir Sydney Olivier was struck on the mttim Jin Mr. Davtd Ca, of 682 Elk St., Buffalo, N. Y., writes: In the winter I had an attack of pleurisy in my side and my lung and tried plasters, but it kept getting worse until I used Sloan's Liniment and in a couple of days I was entirely cured. My wife ia troubled with asthma and Sloan's Liniment gives her instant relief." Vl h h Ui h IV! hi. it ja riUJ is the best remedy for Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Sciatica and any sort of pain. At all dealers. Price 25c, 50c. and $1.00. Dr. Earl S. Sloan, Boston, Mass. YEARS PERU HA sent relief throuph your wonderful medicine, Peruna." COTOHS, CXUS AM) tiltH. Mrs. I. D. Hayes, 193 7 Druid Hill Ave., Baltimore, Maryland, writes: "Peruna is one of the best remedies for grip, cold in the head, sore throat, nervous headaches, and coushg that has ever been discovered. I don't feel safe without Peruna in my house." In a later letter Mrs. Hayes says: I am never without a bottle of Pe runa in the house. I jrive the children Peruna if find they have a cold and it always relieves them." of starch often ferments in the stomach. ..u.uu, J 1 11 1UO UWVUJ LUllM UlHBk food made from the perfect grain ia HEALTH" be, MiaitipoQt. Mia. neck with a brick when he attempted to go to the rescue of policemen he sieged bx a mob in a spirits store. His secretary. Major Wyndham, received a blow on the arm. Two Recruits Are Signed. San Francisco, Feb. 2S. The New Tork Americans and the Boston Americans have acquired respective ly Michael Cann and H. B. Leonard, the star pitcher of St. Marys college naseoan ream. tiotn men are left hand pitchers and of large build. I 1 For Cold in Chest Sore Throat Hoarseness Sloan's Linimentgivesquick relief for all chest and throat affections. Here's Proof Rebecca Jane Isaacs, of Ijncy, Ky., writes I have used your Liniment in my family for croup, sore throat, lame back and rheumatism, and in every case it gays instant relief." Good for Pleurity and Asthma. "TAFT WILL WIN" Gorernor Hoch Tells Tacoraa of His Good Work. Won Over From Hughes hj Record of President. PEOPLE TIRED OF ROOSEVELT Taft One of Those Who Helped Save Him. Speaker Says Grafters Fear Taft More Than T. E. Tacoma, Feb. 2 8. "Taft -will win, and he deserves to win," said former Governor E. W. Hoch of Kansas at the Hotel Olympus here. Governor Hoch, who recently completed two terms as chief executive of the Sun flower state, lectured at the First Christian church last nigrht on pro gressive legislation as accomplished in his native state. He comes from a little county seat, Marion, Kan., where for 30 years he has owned and edited the Marion Record, a country weekly. Governor Hoch gave it as his opin ion that William Jennings Bryan will he the standard bearer of the Demo cratic party again and that his selec tion will be brought about through a compromise after a deadlock in the Democratic convention. Governor Hoeh is traveling for the first time on the Pacific coast and the northwest. However, he has made numerous trips to the Atlantic seaboard and is thor oughly acquainted with the national political situation from coat to coast. "More Than Any Other." "President Taft will be re-elected without a doubt," said the former gov ernor before going to the church to deliver his lecture. "There is a great deal of boosting for Theodore Roose velt, but it is my belief that Taft will be nominated and elected. And Taft certainly deserves to win. More than anv other president the country has had. he has put through the greatest amount of progressive legislation. He lias placed trie nation on a sounu bus iness basis and nas wipea ouc me S100.000.000 deficit that Roosevelt s extravagant administration helped in crease. Tatt nas recenuy mauc me most sweeping civil service reform that any president ever placed before any congress. "The people are tired ot Rooseen. Whv it was the wisdom of Roose velt's subordinates that saved his ad ministration, and Tatt was tne cmei of them. Taft has. prosecuted tne Sherman anti-trust law more vigorous ly than any other executive ever at tempted, and what has been the re suit? The moneyed interests are ral lying to the Roosevelt standard with out exception. They know that they are safe with Roosevelt's loud talk. They are afraid of Taft's action. Taft has really pushed more prugressivc iiricintinr than Roosevelt ever dream erl of and has accomplished a great deal more. The only trouble is that he has been woefully misrepresented and not given the credit he deserves. Says People Will Decide Right, nvio-inallv T was a Hughes man as nr,r.s.pd to Taft. but Taft's admirable ability in placing the country on its exceptional misiness-iiKe uasis nu mo wonderful progress made has won me over I do not think for a minute that the people will be led away blindlj hi- Roosevelt and his ambitions. I'll leave It to the American people at any time to choose the right and best man when the-- get down to tninking. vvnen -et to analyze the administra tions and the work of the individuals there'll be no decision but tor tan. Kxpects Democratic Deadlock. 'When it comes to an opponent to Taft I'll pick Bryan. I do not think my choice will he a wild guess, eitn- er. 1 think tne democratic iwo-inuus rule will cause a deadlock between the Clark-Harmon-Wilson forces that will be broken only by the nomination of Bryan. Bryan is more popular today than he ever was, although he still has a few more enemies. Withal, I firmly believe Taft will be re elected." Kansas Governor's Ttecorrt. Governor Hoch's record of accom plishments along progressive lines. matters that were championed by him and made into law during his ad ministration, has been partly summed up as followe: Oil legislation which has made pos sible in three years the establishment of 19 successful independent oil re fineries, where only one nearly bank rupt institution existed before, and an annual saving of $1,000,000 to the consumers of coal oil alone in Kan sas. An entire change of management in state institutions, putting them on a civil service business basis, resulting in great increase in their efficiency. The enactment of a series of rail road laws unequaled in number, per haps, and in far reaching effective ness by the laws of any other state. An anti-pass law. A drastic pure food law. A radical change in assessment and taxation laws. A judicial parole law that will restore many adult offenders to good citizenship. A juvenile court law that is saving many incorrigible boys and girls from jail stains and criminal careers. The enforcement of the prohibitory law. Two-cent railroad fare. A state-wide primary election law. 3IeHiis Perpetual Strife. "I am not in sympathy with the recall as practiced thus far," said the former governor. "At present there is given to a minority faction too much power to perpetuate continual strife and political turmoil. I am in favor of the majority of the people ruling in all these matters and not letting a small percentage, al- j ways opposed to the officials in power, 1 through the recall hamper them and pre vent the carrying on of their offices as j their good sense and good judgment die- tate. I am in favor of making a major- 1 ity sign the recall before an election is forced. "As to a recall applied to the judiciary, T think that we can well do without it. We have recourse in another way by making the judicial terms limited. In this way we could see that Justice was obtained and if not, remove the offending jurist through the election." "A Message From Kansas." In his lecture on "A Message From Kansas" last night at the First Chris tian church, former Governor Hoch made an appeal to young men. "I would rather beA young man just beginning life, without a dollar in my pocket, in this, the greatest of all coun tries, than to be a millionaire 60 years of age," said the speaker. "Poverty is no hindrance to a young man of the right make up. Some of the greatest men who have occupied the highest official seats were born In poverty. .A" wr young man needs is courage and character and a de termination to succeed,',' he said. The lecturer told ot the good being done In his home state,.. JCansas, by the Juvenile court. Kf.'OX IS WELCOMED. Secretary of State Is W'ell Received at Panama. Panama, Peb. 28. The newspapers here give great prominence W the visit ui secretary n.uux wiwjhi mey welcome to Panama in the warmest terms. Every movement of the secretary is recorded and many interviews with prominent men are published as to the effect of his visit. For the second day of the visit a full program of entertainments and functions is provided. Early this morning the entertainment committee came to the hotel where Mr. Knox is staying and took the secretary and the whole of the party accompanying him on a sight seeing trip to the site of the original city of Panama. The party has been invited to luncheon at the home of Maurice H. Thatcher, governor of the Panama canal zone. In the afternoon a reception is to be given by Bodolfo Chiari, acting presi dent, at the palace and tonight a state dinner is to be given by Governor General Parades, at which Mr. Knox will make his first formal speech of the tour. If the first day of his so journ in Panama may be taken as a sample of what he is to expect, Mr. Knox will he the busiest of men dur ing the next few weeks. The brief periods between the var ious functions are given by him to receiving an endless stream of callers. Before he retired late last night he had made half a dozen impromptu speeches. Special precautions have been taken to guard Mr. Knox during his visit, a large number of secret service men always being on duty in his immediate vicinity. DUKE OF FIFE BURIED. Funeral Is Simple Attended Only by Koyal Family. Windsor, England. Feb. 2 8. Fu eral services of the simplest form at tended the temporary burial in the royal vaults here today of the Duke of Fife, brother-in-law of King George, who died January 29, at As- ouan, Egypt, as the result of expo sure when the steamer Delhi was wrecked off the Moroccan coast, De cember 13. King George, Queen Mary and the Princess Royal, widow of the Duke of Fife and her daughter, some other members of the royal family and a few personal friends composed the congregation. Queen Mother Alexandra was un able to be present owing to an attack of influenza. Final interment will be in the Fife family vault at Mar Lodge, Braemer, Scotland. PREPARES FOR FIGHT. Abe Attell Will Xot Take Chances With Mnrpliy. Fan Francisco. Feb.. 2S. Abe Attell, the former featherweight champion, moved into training quarters today to prepare for his fight with "Harlem Tommy" Murphy on March 9. Attell received a warning from his physician that he must work cautiously because of a wrenched shoulder muscle. Murphy also began work today, con fining himself to the usual exercises and boxing. Attell was so confident of winning from Kilbane in Los Angeles on Wash ington's birthday, it is said, he sold his interest in the moving pictures for $1,500 and wagered the money on the result of the fight. MISS PARK DOMING. Clever Woman to Assist in Suffrage Fight in Kansas. The National College Equal Suffrage league will send Miss Maude Wo id Park, of Boston, to lecture at the Kan sas colleges, from March 19 to March 26. She will speak at the state uni versity, Lawrence, March 19 and will be in Topeka to speak at Washburn college March 20. Professor Blackmar spoke in Fort Scott in answer to the question, "What do you think of woman suffrage?" His address is considered by suffrage workers to be of such excellence that they are intending to publish it in pamphlet form to be distributed with other literature. POOR GET PARTRIDGE. Confiscated Birds, Weighing Nearly a Ton, Given Away. Montreal, Febuary 2H. Nearly a ton of dead partridges, 1.2 50 birds in all. win be distributed to the city's poor next week by the authorities. The birds were confiscated in a storehouse by game inspectors and officials of the Quebec Association for the protection of Fish and Game, who have been con ducting a campaign against illegal killing of game fowl. Penalty for the offense, the practice of which has been rapidly depleting the province of partridges. is$l a bird. The partridges were intended for New York and Chicago markets. The Peevish eeds It is natural for a child to laugh and play and when it sulks drowsily or cries you may depend on it something physical is the matter. If you see no evidences of a serious ailment you will not be wrong if you quietly give it a dose of mild laxative that evening on putting it to bed. The remedy most generally recommend ed for this purpose is Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin, which mothers through out the country have been (Civing their children for a quarter of a century. To day thousands of families are using It where hundreds used it then, and there must be good reason for this word of mouth recommendation. It is admittedly the perfect laxative for children, women, old people and all others who need a gentle bowel stimu lant and not a violent salt, cathartic pill or doctored water. Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin will act gently, and when taken TILDEtl THE EI6 MAN, Packers Trial Indicates He Was at Head of Combine. Chicago, Feb. 28. Additional de lays of the efforts made by Edward Tilden, president of the National Packing company and one of the de fendants, to buy stock in the Schwarzsehild Sulzberger company and the New York Butchers' Dressed Meat company, were given by Moses H. Joseph, secretary of the latter company, at the packers' trial today. He said after several years of ef fort the witness and his father, Fred erick Joseph, only succeeded in pur chasing about 10,000 of the 60,000 shares in the Schwarzsehild Sulz berger company and resigned from the "S. S. company." The Josephs, acting as agents for Tilden, then bought 6,822 of the 7,500 shares of the New York Butchers' Dressed Meat company and the company be came a subsidiary of the National Packing company. Both the Schwarzsehild Sulzber ger company and the New York Butchers' Dressed Meat company were active competitors of the Chi cago packers at the time. The witness said that Tilden's money was used in the purchase of stock. Tilden Got the Reports. The next witness was Archie E. Hayes, until a year ago employed in the office of Edward Tilden. He said he received the weekly state ments of business done at the plants of the National Packing company. Hayes also received weekly margin summaries from the managers of branch houses in the eastern terri tory. He said the weekly reports were turned over to Edward Tilden as soon as received. In reply to questions by Government Counsel Godman, the witness said he frequent ly saw J. Ogden Armour, Arthur Meeker, Thomas J. Conners, Edward Morris, Louis H. Heyman, Louis W. Swift, Edward F. Swift, Charles H. Swift and Edward Tilden, defendants in the case, in the directors' room of the National Packing company. FLYER LANDS AMERICAN Claude Grahame-WlUte Reported En gaged to Dorothy Taylor. New York, Feb. 28. Miss Dorothy Taylor, niece of the late Governor Flower, won't announce her engage ment to Claude Graham-White, the English aviator, whom she met on the home voyage from Europe last Decem ber, but she says: "He is the most adorable man I have ever met." Then she says too that she is super stititious and doesn't think an engage ment ought to be announced until a month before a girl expects to be mar ried and that she couldn't possibly est a trousseau together in a month. "'I met Mr. White coming across from Europe last December and I was at tracted to him from the first," Miss Taylor said today. "He is tremendous ly clever and besides Mr. White has taken such risks and done such dar ing things. "Any girl might be flattered to have an offer of marriage from such a splen did, capable man," she added with a blush. The acquaintance has progressed by letter and cable since Mr. White's re turn to London. Miss Taylor is con templating sailing for Europe next month. "When you marry shall you live In London?" she was asked. "Oh, yes, but that's only a few hours from Paris and Mr. White is devoted to the continent." she said. Miss Taylor is the fourth American girl to be reported engaged to Mr. White. DUNCAN IS PEEVED. Irritated Because French Collect Roy. ally on Sophocles Play. Paris. February 28. Sophocles died twenty-three centuries ago, but his work is so much alive that the French society of authors is exacting a roy alty on the production of "Electra" at the Chatelet theater, much to the as tonishment of Raymond Duncan, the sandal expert and brother to Isa dora, who is protesting that the au thor has not living widow nor heirs. The society agrees that this is so and has reduced the royalties from ten to two per cent, but refuses to concede another inch. Duncan de clares the Frenchmen are jealous of the great dead and that Sophocles is the victim of up-to-date trade union ism. GET JEWELS IN SEWER Woman Drops Them in Sink Street IS Tom t'p. Chicago, Feb. 28. Jewels valued at $1,500, accidentally dropped by Mrs. Catherine M. Groves, in a sink, were recovered in a sewer in front of the Groves home on the West side. Six diamond rings and a set of earrings set with diamonds formed the treas ure of Mrs. Groves. She immediately notified the city sewer department and the street was torn up in front of the house. Guaranteed Kentucky blue grass Beed and whiteclover. New stock just In. Zimmerman Seed Co. Many who used to smoke 10c cigars now buy Lewis'SingleBinder straight 5c. Child a Laxative before retiring will bring complete satis faction in the morning. After a short use of this remedy all forms of outside aid can be dispensed with and nature will again act alone. All classes of good American people keep it in the home for ills of the stom ach, liver and bowels, and among the thousands who have written th doctor that they will never be without it are Mrs. Ben McElroy, 423 Indiana Ave., Hol ton, Kas., and Mrs. E. Phipps. 2560 Alden Ave., Kansas City, Kas. A dose of it has saved many a person from a serious ill ness. Anyone wishing to make a trial of this remedy before buying it In the regular way of a druggist at fifty cents or one dollar a large bottle (family size) can have a sample bottle sent to the home free of charge by simply addressing Dr. W. B. Caldwell. 405 Washington St., Mon ticello. III. Your name and address on a postal card will do. Do This Tomorrow! COME IN HERE FOR CHOICE OF FINE art, bcharfner Man $30, $28, $25 and $22.50 NEVER pass up an opportunity to buy HART, SCIIAFF NER MARX clothes at cut prices, especially when you can get absolutely any style, any pattern you want in your exact size. The opportunity we offer you now, in our sweeping clean-up, is simply marvelous To make way for spring goods we are selling off these $30. $28. $25 and S22.50 Fall and Winter HART, SCHAFFNER& MARX suits and overcoats for $15.00. Greatest values in the history of our Boys' Store are offered tomorrow in the JjG) SO sale of our suit and overcoat for. Cmd This is the final effort to clear The styles embrace everything Suits, Norfolks and double breasteds, Convertible and Velvet-Collar Overcoats, extreme sizes 2 all the way up to 17. 50c Tomorrow for Boys' fine Shirts and Blouses, 75c and $1.00 quality. Spring Clothes Now Ready Now showing- HART, SfHA PF NER MARX Spring, 1912, .Suits Raincoats and Overcoats; styles, colors and fabrics that are differ ent from anything ever before shown; ask to see them. $20 to $40 AMUSEMENTS SEATS NOW AT MAJESTIC GRAND OPERA HOUSE BEG. MARCH 1ST THE GRAZI PARIS GRAND OPERA CO. OF PARIS, FRANCE Will Present Their Three Big Successes FRIDAY. MARCH 1ST "HERODIADE" SAT. MAT., MARCH 2ND "LAKME" SAT. KVK, MAR. 2ND. "RIGOLETTO" Prices Ore. $2.50; Ore. Clr. $2; Balcony $1.50, SI, 75c; Gallery 50o. Matinee Ore. S2; Ore. Or. $1.50; Balcony SI, 75c; Gallery 50c. B,T JT Mat. Wed.. Sat, 10-aOe majestic E,Nht 250 ALL THIS WEEK THE WOMAN IN THE CASE By CLYDE FITCH MnVFF TY Wc-DAILY MAT. 2:30 V 10-20-30c-Nifrht 7:ft-9:15 "Where the Crowds Will Lead You" VAUDE VILLE Isabel Garghill Beecher One of the most brilliant and inter esting entertainer, WILL APPEAR AT THE High School Auditorium MARCH 5th THE THIRD NUMBER OF The Topeka Grade Teachers' Lecture Course Don't Miss It Admission 25c Tickets for sale by the Teachers or at Zcrcher's Book Store. Good Photos and Post Cards 75 Cents Per Dozen POPULAR STUDIO 511 Kansas Avenue You will soon need Build ing Material for that new house, porch or chicken house and don't fail to remember that we are well prepared to give you any thing you may need at prices that will please you. GILLETTE NICHOLSON Phones 390. 1C0 Kan. Ave. Si sipppi Winter Suits and Overcoats, away our $3.50, $3.S5 and $5 linen you can think of: Russian and Sailnr $2.50 and medium lengths; Selling for 75c Tomorrow for Roj-sr $1 and $1.25 knickerborkr Trousers, Corduroys includd. All sizes. .AuerbacK GuetteF (olorvist ussBMasaasasMSMfjj f the: takt ON THE SANTA FE. ALf ALfn.5n.PTrC TaMAToe:5A,;: :11LKTHCC0W5 we 'ft err rcR A KIDH TO TML ySEACHE 5 IN CALIFORNIA A YEAR. LATF Fros Top ks mn ai ms s t s 1 1 Kansas. March 1 to"April 15 A farm is waiting for you ia Arizona and California. Go this Spring. Go on the Santa Fe. RiJe in a tourist sleeper; berth rate low. Eat Fred Harvey meals. A fast run on the Fast Mail two other trains to choose from. T. L King. Cl'j Past. Agsnt Write. C. L. Sos-rw. Cen. Colonization AteM, 2301 Iichante. Chicago, for San loaquln Vwiry book sn fix mc-n'hs l,.o sub scrlption toThc Esrtb.1 Try a State Journal Want. 71 SffMlfl? kll V if i WliiiiAUi 4 11 ;fi fcr i Y 'T! mm

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THE TOPSHA DAILY STTE JOURNAL FEBRUARY ,28, 1912 WHITE TELLS THE 6 Eastern Students Hear "What's the Matter." 'ew England 3Ien Are Bound, Editor Declares. MUST FALL INTO LINE With Kansas and Get Primaries for Best Results. West Will Soon Be Entirely Independent of East. Emporia, Kan.. Feb. 2S. William Allen White, who dii-xjovered "What's the matter with Kansas?" also has discovered "What's the matter with New England?" as well as "What's the matter with the whole effete east?" Mr. White has just returned from Boston, -where he entertained a host of Harvard students at the Colonial lub, telling them in his own forcible English just what's the matter with New England. And this is the way he sums up the situation: "New England is bound, Kaeged and thrown into the alley because it has not direct primaries. "In politics it is deficient and be hind the timea. "It has a. number of smart men, but they are bound. They are stulti l'j ing their prospects because they are .so politically hide-bound. "New England no longer is a liter ary center. We no longer associate the old celebrities with New Engla.nd. No one now thinks of a.?sooiuting New England with the intellect of this country. "New England theorizes too much. It allows things to- interest it so loni? as it does not get down to the prac tical. "Many a reform starts in the old Bay state, but it takes the practical measures of the west to prove its' va.lue. "It is creative but not practical. "New England conservatism is all very well but we westerners soon get tired of It. "We don't want to have to depend upon the east any more for our edu cation. "We in the west foon will be entire- ly independent of NVjr Engiatd. "Boston, the hub of the --Universe. Never. j "Emporia, Ivan., is the hirb of the universe. j "This Is what's the matter with New England it will be all right when it falls into line with Kansas." j Further remarking along the same line, Mr White says: j "I'll tell you what's the matter with New England and tell it in a brief; way. There are thirty states in the: United States where nominations are made direct by the people and in 1 j those thirty states you see a. progress that keeps a state as well as a people wide awake. Rut in New England the people have sidetracked themselves because they have "no direct primar ies. They are behind the tlmxs and the exigencies of the times, so when I am asked what is the matter with New England this is what I find: "On economic problems New Eng land shows what it can do and what its best thinkers can do. But when it comes to politics it Is deficient and behind the times. Yes, behind the people absolutely need. Out in Kansas and other states we can show you what the direct primaries can do and what interest the people have in the political situation. "T I tell you that when direct primaries obtain in New England you will see an advance. "The old group of literary men in New England has passed beyond. It is no longer a literary center. That has paswd but the. remembrance of It is still inspiring. We still admire Txingfellow. Emerson. Whittier, Low ell. Hawthorne and many others. but we are not associating New Englar any longer with these names. They have become part and parcel cf the country itself. "Then the west is giving full proof of it developments in this respect. Nothing shows the interest that the west Is taking in literary subjects as well as the gradual growth of literary TT-Merts here and th- hlrth of men and women to defend them. "Rut no one thinks of associating with New Enr-land the intellect of this country. Thev may talk of the culture and refinement of 'Rnston. but All Sewing Machines Have Good Points BUT the question for the person about to buy one, is to find out which make of machine has the best and greatest number of good points which machine will turn out the highest class of work, wear a lifetime and still be easy of operation. The best way to determine this is to make a careful investigation and compari son. Look over and try all the well known and much advertised makes then "come to this store and allow us to show you the convincing proofs Of the standard Mack me The "Standard" Central Needle Machine has the needle bar square in the center of the bed of the machine, which brings it directly in front of the operator it affords a healthy Sit-Straight position it's a feature that saves leaning sideways or craning the neck in order to thread a needle or properly guide the work. There are many other splendid and exclusive features about these Standard Machines that you should know of before you decide, and if you'll grant us the privilege we'll gladly explain and demonstrate them. $2.00 Cask and $1.00 a Week Buys One And there's seven different styles of side and central needle models from which to select the kind you prefer. Every machine is fullv guaran teed Prices run thus $13,85, $20, $25, $27.50, $35, $45 and $50. Si? I dr riHf NlcDougall Kitchen Cahmets If every woman knew how many steps a McDougal can save her how much less work she would have to do in the kitchen, she wouldn't be without one at twice their cost which, by the way, is only $19.50 to $4.3.50 and which can be paid $2.00 at time of purchase and $1.00 week thereafter. Come in and look at them. these features exist elsewhere and Ne w 'Englanders are begi-.ning' to real ize this and acknowledge it." SAW MITjLi AT WORK "IN IvAXSAS. Solomon Rapids Expected to Become a Thriving City. Keloit. Kan.. Feb. L'S. A few miles vest of Beloit is Solomon Rapids. Way back in the pioneer days of what Mitchell county it was a promising town to be. It was the site for a mammoth flouring mill which was never completed and the Solomon riv er furnished a first class water power. A saw mill is to be put into operation in Solomon Rapids. Logs belonging to Ed Eogan will be sawed into lumber. The logs are cottonwood. ash and hackberry. Some of them are three and four feet in diameter. One of them it is estimated will yield 1,5 00 feet of lumber. to her. He took her home from camp meeting but said he never said any thing to her of John. He left her in the road because he wanted to meet his cousin so he. could get to ride to his home. He said he often slept in the open and thought it not strange that he should have slept on the com mons at Plainville the night of the murder. HIS LAST WIFE "STICKS.' OF Ml liDEIl CHARGE. CLEARED Elmer Karris Did Not Kill Brother. Jury Decides. Stockton, Kan., Feb. 2S. It took the jury in the case of Elmer Farris, charged with the murder of his broth er John, July 20. 1910. but twenty minutes to reach a verdict of not guilty. Elmer Farris, the accused, was placed on the stand. He told a straightforward story of his wander ing over Kansas and the various piaces he had worked. never faltering on cross-examination. He admitted going with Josie Hens- ley. but said he was never engaged A AY I v x Yv 7 o 4P9db TTs V r.l&da from grapo Cream of Tar tszri cliscizstcSy frssa from alum For sixty, years American house wives have found Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder a guarantee of light, pure and wholesome food. But Walter Crump Must Serve Time for Having: Two Others. Emporia, Kan., Feb. 28. Walter W. Crump, an Atchison, Topeka Santa Fe brakeman, pleaded guilty to big amy here before Judge F. A. Meckel, in district court. He will be sentenced Thursday. Crump has three wives?. His first marriage was eight years ago in Sedalia, Mo., to Edna Gray, and a son, Earl, 7 years old, was born of this marriage. Crump deserted hia wife in about two years and went to Amarillo, Tex., where he was married in 1908 to Mary Ducey. With her he came to Emporia and lived here until the fall of 1910. At that time, after several events by which the jealousy of his wife was aroused, he deserted Mrs. Crump No. 2 and -.vent to Colorado in company with Minnie McGregory Carr. They were married and lived there until November 7, 1911, when Crump was arrested. 1'leads Guilty Again. Crump first pleaded guilty and when brought up for sentence changed his plea and announced that he would stand trial. The case was continued two weeks ago. His first two wives and young son appeared against him in court. After arraignment. Crump suddenly announced through his attor ney that he would plead guilty. The action against Crump was tak en at the instigation of Mrs. Mary Ducey Crump, whose home is in Par sons. She discovered through accident that Crump had a living wife by a previous marriage. A relative was in Sedalia and in a search through a city directory discovered the name Mrs. W. VT. Crump. He looked up the woman, learned of her marriage and subse quent desertion and of the son. His third wife has announced that she will stand by him. EXPECT BIG CROP Beloit's Postoffice Must Find Larger Quarters. 3! any Sales Do Not Indicate People Are Learing. KILLS WIFE AND HIMSELF. I'armer Calls Two Sons to Witness His Death. Fort Scott. Kan., Feb. 2 8. C. R. Stephenson, a farmer whose home was three miles northeast of Uniontown. eighteen miles west of here, used two guns to kill his wife, then called his sons to see her body, and afterward shot himself through the brain with a revolver. LawTence and LeRoy, two sons, were awakened from their sleen bv a shot. They listened and a moment later heard someone downstairs ruli ng. Then their father called from the foot of the stairs: "Come down, quick. Someone's been shot." When they entered the kitchen and looked at the "someone" they saw the face of their dead mother staring at them. Their father looked too. Then he went to a cupboard, re loaded the revolver, turned it to his left cheek, and pulled the trigger. He fell a few feet from their mother. with a bullet through his brain. Ten years ago lightning struck Stephenson and he recovered, ap parently. His mind, however, was af fected and he was subject to periods of insanity. A few months ago he had a fight with a neighbor and was beaten up badly. He was afraid after that and always was on the lookout for possible physical danger. Stephenson used two guns. In the dead woman's body two shotgun wounds were found. Beloit, Feb. 28. The prospects for a wheat crop in Mitchell county are o promising that the Acme Harvester company will put in a supply house ad agent in Beloit. The postoffice will be moved to a larger building at once. The increase of business has made a move neces sary. It is thought that when the next change occurs the Beloit office will oe doing business in its own home. The new assistant postmaster is Lester Pace. He was born in Beloit. There were other applicants, young men ani competent too, but the honor was given to young Pace, who will prove to be a careful, obliging and honorable offi cial From the large number of milk cans handled by P. J. Conroy, who repre sents the Continental Creamery com pany, of Topeka, one is led to believe that much of the cream handled in Be loit finds an outlet in this way. Harry Van Amburg, the auctioneer, says the large number of sales this sea son don't indicate that the people are selling out to quit Mitchell county. He has cried about 50 sales since the sea son opened, and they have ranged from $2,600 to $8,000. Col. Van Amburg is a staunch friend of Topeka' s State fair. There is little politics in Mitchell county loCal matters. Few candidates on either side are making announce ments. It seems that Mrs. Mary Coop er, probate judge, and Miss Ada Hitch cock, for superintendent of schools, will be candidates for re-election. They are Republicans, and their hosts of friends claim they deserve re-elections The friends of Capt. W. H. Mitchell, mayor of Beloit, will be glad to see him again at his post of duty. He has been confined to his home for six weeks by sickness. Mayor Mitchell is one of Beloit's most active pushers. Part of the old Beloit Times print ing material has been moved to Simp son, where a paper will be printed the next week or two. Simpson is -Mitchell county, and while the town is small, it is progressive in building operations and enjoys a healthy trade. Special Announcement and Sale of Spring Dressmaking Supplies This Notion Department of ours has always been headquarters for thousands of dressmakers and home sewers. They look to us to bring here for their choosing: each season the things that make for convenience and saving of labor. Right now there is much of interest for every wo man who sews. We have Sewing Machine Supplies of all kinds for every make of machine on the market. Keen Kutter Scissors and Shears; also other good makes. Dress Shields in every imaginable style, including the new Detachable Shield Cover, which may be taken out of the dress, washed and replaced without removing the shield. Adjustable Skirt Gauges, an article that should be in the home of every woman who sews. Button Holes, Buttons, Hooks and Eyes and Dress Weights, by the yard. The "Yeiser" Hook and Eye, the best and most practical on the market ask to see them. High Waisted Beltings, 2 to Zh in. wide, are shown in black and white. The Following at Special Prices; 10c DeLong Hooks and Eyei Any size, white or black, round or straight eyes; per card, 8. 10c Paper Brass Pins .Full count, needle point, special ly priced, per paper, 5. 25c Combination Hangers For dresses, coats, skirts or trousers, each 20 tf. 15c Spool Kerr's Twist 300 yards to the spool; the best substitute for silk in all kinds of dressmaking; all numbers, spe ial, per spool, 10. 10c German Silver Thimbles Well made, in all sizes, at 5. 5c Collar Supports Several styles zig-zag, trans parent and slip-out; all wash able; 3 to 6 on a card; special, TWO CARDS for 5f. 50c Skirt Gauges Adjustable kind; assures a per fect hanging skirt, 45. King's Sewing Cotton 200-yard spools numbers 40, 50 and 60, in black and white; THREE SPOOLS for 5. 25c OMO Dress Shields Numbers 2 and 3 new stock just received; pair 19. 5c Nickeled Safety Pins 12 on a card; numbers 1, 2 and 3; THREE CARDS for 5. 10c Black Sewing Silk 100-yard spools, each 5. Black Button-Hole Twist Special, FOUR SPOOLS for 5. 15c Knitted Dress Weights Mercerized finish, In black and white, per yard 10. 10c Finishing Braids All colors and many patterns 6 yard bolts for 7. 15c Goffs Angora Braid 5 yards in a bolt; all colors special per bolt, 10$". J1 i r lfefe j The new Simpson News will give Mitch ell county seven newspapers. Beloit has been highly honored, po litically. The present congressman of the Sixth district. I. I. Young, hve3 in Beloit. Two former nominees for congress, Judge A. H. Ellis, Republi can, and D. A. Freeman, Democrat, lived in Beloit. Both of them were de feated. Neither are living. John S. Parks, former state printer, when the office was worth something, was a Be loit boy. And you can bet that Beloit has plenty of political material to ml most any office. Beloit is the home of S. H. Dodge, who was popular enough to hold the office of regent of the state normal under Republican and Democratic administrations. The pres ent state senator of the Jewnell-Mitchell district, A. S. Cooke, lived in Beloit when he was elected, but has since moved to Topeka. At another time I. D. Young, now congressman, represent ed the senatorial district. He was a resident of Beloit then and is now. And George W. Clark, of Beloit, "was a former assistant auditor of state. All good people. HIS WIFE TOOK THE HIXT. No One Knows Where Much Married Woman Has Gone. Atchison, Kan., Feb. 3,-Mrs. Charles Potts, of Huron, whose complicated mat rimonial affairs were a sensation here last week, when exposed bv Geortre Cum- mings, another husband, has disappeared, and no one knows her whereabouts. Ac cording to Cummings, Mrs. George Potts has three living husbands and had two others who are dead. When Potts learn ed of this, he let her know that he longed for a change and she left. As Mrs. Mamie Smith, she married Potts in Atchison a few weeks ago, the neict day after she had been introduced to him. I V-tt I Trains Lv. Topeka 4:10 A.M 6:45 A.M. T:4 A.M. 2:25 P.M. 8:25 P.M. 7:55 P.M. 8:15 P.M. Ejiifrmirriiiifiinin -1mii Rt. Lv. K.C 7:55 A.M. J:10 A.M 10:50 A.M. 11:15 A.M. :10 P.M. 8:10 P.M. 11:15 P.M. 11:80 P.M. Kansas Bock Faat Tim No Stop DoubU Trse'i USE THE Git Island m Never too Busy to Answer Question Phones 384 C. E. Baseom, City Pass. Aet YOU WILL WONDER WHAT BECAME OF ALL THAT STOMACH DISTRESS. If your stomach is sick, sour, gassy and upset now you can surely get relief in five minutes. EKOZEX MAX'S NECK BROKEN. Chris Roberts Believed to Have Suffer ed Much Before Death. Lawrence, Kan., Feb. 28. Lying partly on his face with his head and feet pro truding from a hugh snow drift, the body of Christopher Roberts, an aged black smith, living near Vineland, Kan., was found frozen stiff early this morning by J. C. Rumsey of this city. The body was covered with eight or ten inches of snow and from its condition indicated that the aged man suffered much as he had slow ly frozen to death. In the examination by Coroner H. M. Phillips it was found 1,1 I hat ,q frn.an rrx a rt a noolr hail hlinn broken. PAPE'S 22 CHAIN TmAWCUI.ES O DIAPEPSE3 FOR INDIGESTION RecH-rl in V. S. Pat. OfVo i 'J! STOPS THE ITCH, THEN KILLS THE CAUSE Medical authorities and noted skin spe cialists unite in the opinion that Eczema and Skin Diseases of a similar naturs should be treated by local application. The cause of Ecxma is a parasite which has entered the blood and found lodging in the skin where the blood passes nearest the surface. To effect a cure of Eczema the parasite must be destroyed. It is plain to the thinking person that this can not be done by Internal treatment. A remedy which is of sufficient strength to kill the parasite would do terrible havoc to the delicate membrane in the mouth and throat and to the lining of the stomach. Brinkley's "Sanador" is a proven rem edy for Eczema and other skin diseases. It contains only those ingredients which are necessary to effect a cure. While it is strong enough to destroy and remove the parasite. It Is so mild as to sooth the ltohv sensation. In addition to this. It is I a skin restorer and after having effected the removal of the cause or Eczema It nourishes the skin to its normal condi tion. For sale and guaranteed by Rex Pharm acy. 10th and Kansas ava. RABBIT SCALP BOUNTY OFF. 100,000 By Thursday It Is Believed Will Have Been Bought Hoxie. Kan., Feb. 28. The bounty of 5 cents for iackrabbit scalps will be re moved next Friday, the first day of March, and it is conservatively estimated that by that time the number of scalps received at the county clerk's office will reach 100.000. RUSSIA ENTERS RAGE. W ill Build Biggest Balloon Allowed by Rules. Xew York, Feb. 2S. Russia has de cided to enter the international bal loon race this year for the first time, having notified the authorities that a balloon of the largest size permitted under the rules of the trophy cubic feet will be constructed for the Imperial Aero club. There will be at least five nations represented in the race, which is to be held in Germany, France, England, America, Russia and Germany. Wonder what upset your etomaeh which portion of the food did the damage do you? Well, don't bother. If your stomach Is In a revolt; if sour, gassy and upset, and what you Just ate has fermented into tnh. born lumps; your head dizzy and aches; belch ases and acids and eruc tate undigested food; breath foul.tongue coated Just take a little rla pepsin and in five minutes yot. truly will wonder what became of the in digestion and distress. Millions of men and women today know that it Is needless to have a bad stomach. A little Diapepsin occasionally keeps this delicate organ regulated and they eat their favorite foods without fear. If your stomach doesn't take care of your liberal limit without rebellion; if your food is a damage instead of a help, remember the quick est, surest, most harmless relief is Pape's Diapepsln. which costs only ttw cents for a large case at drug stores. Ifs truly wonderful It dlgesu food and sets things straight, so gently and easily that it is really a "ton ishing. Please, for our sake, don't go onand on with a weak dtso tiered stomach; it's so unnecessary. LOOK AHEAD Start an investment with THE CAPITOL BUILDING LOAN ASSOCIATION 534 Kansas Avenue DR. GEO. PORT ASHTON DENTIST Ball Phons 1 183 Int. 323 N. W. Corner Eighth and Kansas Reliable Dentistry Plates That Fit. Gold Crowns, Bridges $3 to $5 Sllvor Filling Teeth Cleaned Gold Filling 50o 7Vc Palnle-8 Extraction A" Work """teei Office Hours 8 a. m tn New York Dental Co. 618 KANSAS AVKNfK Independent Telephnr jo'-.

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOUENAIr FEBRUARY 28, 1912 7 r AILROAD This Winter an Expensive One to Kansas Koads. Snow Blockades Are Broken at an Enormous Cost. WORST WINTER IN YEARS Thousands of Dollars Spent in Fighting the Snow. Other Items of General Interest in Traffic World. Operating officials of the Santa Fc and Rook Island in Topeka report that this has been one o the most costly v inters in the history of railroading in Kansas. More money has been spent t. keep truffle in operation in tho months of January and February than in the entire winter of the average year. The roads are not through with thcr troubles. The weather bureau says more snow is coming. If it doesn't snow the weather man says, it will rain an with the ground full of dampness at this time the railroad men fear rain as well as snow. They feel that th-y either must face Hoods or more snow blockades. Southwestern Kansas has been the expensive sections of the Rock Isla;a and Santa Fe railroads. Three times this year these roads have been block aded by immense snow drifts in th& southwest districts in this state. Three times they have worked hundreds of men. scores of engines, a large number of snowplows and many days trying to open the tracks for traffic. The snow drifts have been stubborn tins year. Jn former years the railr roads have encountered snow storms w ith sunshine the next day. This year the snow has filled up the cuts and the negt day the wind continued. As a result the cuts have tilled as soon as the snow plows had worked their way through them. In many cases the mow plows have been blockaed un able either to ba;k up or go forward. The snow drifted in behind the train. Hoth railroads have had trouble with derailed engines and trains and snow plows. In many cases the en tire line ha.s been tied up with en Bines and tars "on the ground." And sometimes they went into the ditch. To finish the trouble banquet with the jroper refreshments the lines have suffered a number of wrecks. Through California pas-senger trains have been tied up at terminals. Lur urious limiteds have been stranded out in the middle of the prairies with the snow whistling around them and banking: up against the cars. Freight trains with perishable goods have beer, abandoned betwen stations and the crews have sought farm houses for shelter. Passengers have been and cared for at the expense of the roads. Taking into consideration the enor mous loss in equipment, in freight, in wrecked cars and engines, in dam aged motive power, in passenger earn ings and in contrrt and adding tc this the expense of hiring thousands of laborers and paying thousands oi dollars overtime, the railroads will have to haul a heavy tonnage in crops this season to pay for their trouble. tendent motive power and equipment. D. Lvt w- R- R-. also general superintend ent motive power, c. JR. I. P. Ry. 3. Drafting of Locomotives to Obtain Maxi mum Fuel Efficiency, by II. B. MacPar land. engineer of tests, Atchison. Topeka Santa Fe Ry. 4. Proper Method of J iring Locomotives. (illustrated witn mo-ing pictures and colored slides), by D. C. Buell, chief of educational bure'aus, t'nion Pacific and Illinois Central R. R. 6. Inspection of Fuel from the Stand point of the Producer and Consumer, by J. E. Hitt and Glenn Warner, represent ing Burnweli Coal Co., and C. H. 15. Ry.. respectively. 6. Special Paper, by Prof. W. F. M. Goss, University of Illi- BIG ED WAS HERE Ruelbach, Jfow Slipping, Once Jumped to Sedalia Team. KKISCO AXD KSPEE KO.VD WAR. Pitched in Western Association Under "ame of Lawson. SCOUTS HUNTED HIM UP Recognize Cub After Hearing of His Work. ext Three Years Bif Sider's Best. South club in tt. 4V, fr,, that everv riuui me iv the National League has waived in Dig Ed Ruelbach, it seems but a question of time until the big southpaw wlU be seen wearing the uniform of some ..1.1 ,01 m in n e minor league emu. ah oiu minors would welcome him as a mem- Tv0 Roads Klsrlit for Territory -in South Texas. Austin, Tex., Feb. 2S. Is there to be a railroad building war in south Texas be tween the Southern Pacific and tne Frisco? Recent circumstances that have arisen indicate that the two interests are no longer working together in harmony, notwithstanding the fact of trackage lease contracts existing between the two systems that were entered into several months ago. Const ruction forces of the Frisco and Southern Pacific recently clashed at Vic toria, which at present is the nearest point to the Rio Grande Valley, reached by the Southern Pacific. The conflict at Victoria grew out of the construction hy tlie Frisco of a branch line from Bloom- ington to that plac e. The Southern Pa- i h Don't think that the big southpaw is ciiic attempted to block the use of cer- j in this community either, tain streets in Victoria by the Frisco by f-Yb" h Ivit from the big smoke occupying them during the night with an Ruelbach s exit irorn s extension of its own line. The municipal and the marvelous record that he na authorities came to the relief of the j made wnile a memoei w uie -....r Frisco, but not until the incensed people 1 team has caused the old time tans to of the town had torn up the tracks which the Southern Pacific had laid. It is re ported that this conflict of the two in terests Is the beginning of a war that is to be waged by the two systems to oc cupy each other's territory in Texas. It is announced on semiofficial author ity that Mr. Lovett has given his ap proval of the proposition for extending the Southern Pacific from Victoria to Mission or some other point in the lower Rio Grande valley a distance of about 2S) miles. The route of this proposed ex tension is through a ranch territory 20 co 1.5 miles west of the Gulf coast line of the Frisco. TO KILL "KV CLASSIFICATIONS. Western Shippers Work Against New Rate at St. Louis Conference. Reports from St. Louis brought to To peka say: Western classification No. 51, a new set of freight rates and classifica tions, is scheduled to die. Topeka shippers, in common with ship pers all over the western part of the t'nited States, were notified of a sweep ing change in classifications, effecting every commodity, and all the territory west of the Mississippi. Fpon examina tion of the new rate schedule, which was to have gone Into effect on February 15, western shippers decided that they aid not like them a bit. As a result of general dissatisfaction concerning the new rates, the railroads recentiy announced that the objectionable classification would be suspended until June 14. This week's conference of freignt traffic experts at St. Louis was the be ginning of a concerted effort on the part of western shippers to have the new classification abolished altogether. E. E. Smythe, rate clerk of the Kansas public utilities commission, is one of the representatives of Kansas at the meet ing. As a result of the conference the inter state commerce commission will be asked to interfere to prevent the railroads from adopting the new schedule of rates. KILLED BY HOLDUP MEN Body of Irving Col son Found by Fath- er in Jlorgue. TOPERA MAX OX PROGRAM II. 15. MaoFurlantt or Santa Fe Has Fa per for International Meeting. II. B. MacFarland. engineer of tests of the Atchison, Topeka Santa Fe rail way, will read a paper before the conven tion of the International Railway Fuel association in Chicago the last of May. Mr. MacFarland makes his headquarters In Topeka. The convention will be held May 22. 23 24 and 35. Papers to be read at that meeting 05' w-eil known railroad men: 1. Standard Locomotive Performance Pheet. by R. Collett, superintendent loco motive fuel service, Frisco Lines. T'se of Anthracite for Locomotive by T. S. Lloyd, formerly general superin- hours. police are of holdup with the New York, Feb. 28. The searching here for gang men who will be charged murder of Irving Colson, son of Au gustus Colson, vice president of the New York Fire Insurance company and president of the Empire City Fire Insurance. The elder Colson found the body or his son lying among the unidentified dead in the morgue last night. The young man had been missing since Wednesday. Early Thursday morning a patrolman heard groans coming from a doorway on Forty-second street, a few blocks from the Grand Central station, and found a young The man lying unconscious. His skull was Fuel, 1 fractured. He died after about six recall that he was a member 01 tn Sedalia team in the Western Associa tion and Missouri Valley League. Mur phy had strings on Ruelbach but the latter didn't like the way Murphy was handling affairs and disappeared. He allowed the earth to swallow him. He appeared at Sedalia and signed a contract under the name of Jack Daw son. This was the first year of the Western Association, the second year that the Topeka team was in the pro fessional ranks. The Scouts Come to See Him. Lawson was with the Sedalia team and was burning the weeds, grass and bridges behind him. In fact he was setting the league afire when a scout discovered him and recognized him aj the younjrster who belonged to Mur phy. Of course the scout notified Murphy, giving him details of Ed Ruel bach's alias Jack Lawson' s success. Murphy ordered him to report and the big southpaw obeyed. He landed in the Windy City and went to work for Mur phy. He was successful from the be ginning. The big boy was successful until last season when he slowed in getting in condition. Murphy asked for waivers on the veteran -last summer but three clubs refused to waive. Mary thought it a scheme of Murphy's to throw a scare in Ruelbach. Ed did get in condition and was effective a part of the time but every club on the cir cuit has waived on him now and it is evident that the big southpaw is doom ed for the minors. He may choose the route taken by Harry Eels, another graduate of the Western Association, who went to Cleveland. Eels lost his arm and is now employed as a. cigar salesman with headquarters in Sioux City, Iowa. Ruelbach's greatest success was in 1966-7 and 8. During these three years he won 19 and lost 4 In ISfic tir. 17 I and lost 4 in 1907, and won 24 and lost 1 7 in 1308. He has been slipping ever since. The winning of 60 games while los ing only 15 in three years is quite enough to set the seal on his greatness. In 1909 he won no less than 14 straight games, five of which were shutouts Tn five other games he held his opponents to one run. There was no limit, either, to his stamina when at his best as he is credited with winning two of the longest games on record for the Cubs 2?, 5f,tSe went 20 innings against Philadelphia, while the other went 18 innings against St. Louis. v- :iv.'--' r7A lJI 1 The new 00 Shirt styles are here. Exclusive color effects Disti ctive patterns $1. 50 and $2. 00 Finest imported madras and percales fatdtless hand-laid pleats These shirts are cut and proved by an individual system e very shirt measures exactly as marked. Sleeves are different lengths to fit all men. Body is cut in propor tion to neck size and on generous lines that Plain Shirts A new shirt for one that fails" Emery. insure custom comfort. Neck-bands are pre shrunlc they can't shrink any more. Made only of the most dependable, tested-fast fabrics. r Fit, comfort, color, wear Guaranteed. Pleated Shirt illi m..m T ft Vi "l North Aisle at Hot Springs, Ark. Fourteen play ers already are at West Baden. The entire party will reach the training grounds Monday. JACK JOHNSON' WELL PAID. Claire, psser si i v-Ni a Y Contagious Blood Poison, as the name implies, !s an infectious blood taint which maybe communi cated from one person to another. Its virus is of a most insidious nature, multiplying from an insignificant germ in the blood until it becomes a thorough systemic poison. So powerful and dangerous is this terrible blood plague that no time should be lost in trying to drive K from the system. It should not be temporized with, but should be killed as one would a deadly serpent on the pathway. The first mani festation of Contagious Blood Poison is usually a tiny sore or pimple, but it rapidly spreads, and in a short time the entire body shows its presence in the blood. The mouth and throat ulcerate, glands in the groin swell, the hair begins to come out, copper-colored spots appear on the body, and frequently running sores and ulcers break out on the flesh. A condition of such serious nature requires proper treatment. Not only must the disease be driven out, but the system which has been veakened by the powerful poison must be built up, before health can be restored. The queston of most importance therefore is what medicine has proven by actual results its superiority as a blood purifier? We ciaim this distinction for S. S. S. because of its successful record for more than forty years. S. S. S. cures Contagious Blood Poison by purifying the blood. It goes into the circulation and removes the last trace of tire infectious virus, acts w4th fine tonic effect on the stomach, bowels, kidneys, and other portions of the system, and thus makes a perfect as well as a permanent cure. S. S. S. is made entirely of roots, herbs and barks, each of which has a specific action on the system. Not a particle of mineral or other harmful substance enters into its composition. S S. S. is perfectly safe for any one, and instead of upsetting the stomach, as mineral medicines often do, it tones up this important member, and makes digestion easy. Thousands have cured themselves or Conta gious Blood Poison by the use of S. S. S., and if you will write and request it we will send you, without charge, our Home Treatment Book which vmI give you all necessary information for crushing out the life of this serpent-like poison and curing yourself at home. We will also give you free any medical advice you may wish. S. S. S. is sold at drug stores. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO, ATLANTA, GA, WITCHES GO TO GEIDA SPRINGS. Jobber Management Pleased With Way Contracts Come In. Contracts received- f.,PltT?heuSEUls' Perry- Doyle. Stof fer, Durham, Routt, Weeks. inuemers Hughes. Schmid TtT Koerner (contract nr, nifi,M t-i--,, vumcia -oeuntoia, stucker. Wichita, Kan.. Feb. 2S. The Wich ita Jobbers are gradually coming into camp with their contracts. Xearly all of the regulars are in and in a fom days practically all of them will be in. The management has closed a deal to take the club to Geuda Springs for a spring training trip. They will stay at the springs for about two weeks. The contract of Otis Stucker has been received. Stucker is a big out fielder who has been playing sensa tional ball in Oklahoma. He was rec ommended to Wichita by several fans who had watched him work. He weighs 190 pounds when in condition and is exceptionally fast for a big fel low. He is a heavy hitter. The management has another deal on for an outfielder who is said to be another Tris Speaker. He hit .356 last year in 120 games. He landed on the ball for .336 the year before, and his first year in organized baseball he hit .284. Four errors are the most that have been charged against him during any one season. Stoffer is a young pitcher who was recommended to the Wichita manage ment by Carl Moore. Moore caught Stoffer last year and he says without a doubt the youngster is a comer. ROntKE NAMES HIS SQUAD. Few ChaneeH Made in Team Miicli Played Iast Year. ROURKE'S LIXEXJP FOR 1912. Catchers Arbogast, Campneld, Gon ding. Pitchers Rhodes, Robinson, Hall, Fentress, Ryan, Lotz, Hicks, Christen sen, Sindelar, Cooke, Keeley. First base Kane. Second base Wanner, Moore, Scan Ion. Third base Xiehoff. Shortstopi Justice. Outfielders Coyle, Thomason, Lee, Sours, Schoonover. Omaha, Feb. 2 8. Pa Rourke, owner of the Omaha baseball club, has an nounced the completion of his 1912 baseball squad. He said everyone of his youngsters had "come across" with their signed contract and there is nothing left now but the shouting. All along Pa has said he was not afraid of holdouts this year and seem ed to have perfect faith in all his men signing up without trouble. The last contract came in Friday with the player's "John Hancock" scribbled all over the page and with the contract came a letter asking Rourke's pardon because the writer had not sent his contract in before, but business was good and James Kane of McKee's Landing. Pa., says he is now ready to don a new uniform. Big Gloom Gets $39.52 Per Minute for His Work. Kansas City, Feb. 2 8. The amount of cash that flows into the coffers of John D. Rockefeller every minute of the twenty-four hours of every day is said to be J76.14, as computed by a statistician, granting the "oil king" an annual income of $40,000,000. Jack Johnson, the world's cham pion heavyweight pugilist, now at the Century theater, may not be able to stay long in Rockefeller's financial class, but for a.tlm. he can make a very respectable Ehviing. For his week's appearance in Kan sas City, Johnson receives $2,500. This calls for fourteen performances. Dur ing each performance the champion boxes three rounds of one minute each. At theclose he frequently re sponds to calls from the audience for LM. PEN WELL Undertaker and Emb&Imer 19. MS-AIO a speech. It's not in the contract, but the dusky pugilist with the golden smile generally complies. The sparring is what he is paid for, and a little figuring will show that for every minute the champion boxes with "Kid" Cutler he receives $59.52, or $178.58 for each performance. INDORSEMENT GIVEN M rs. Elizabeth Lindsey Gives Details of Her Case. Had Been in Run-Down Con dition for Some Time. HOPES HAD VANISHED. PJiillies Go to West Baden. Philadelphia, Feb. 28. Ten players of the Philadelphia National league baseball club have left for West Eaden, where a stop will be made on the way to the spring training grounds Was Advised to Test Merits of New Product. Clarke Leaves to Join Pirates. Winfield, Kan., Feb. 28. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Clarke have left here for Pittsburg to make arrangements for the coming season with the Pirates. They will join the team at West Baden on March 4 and remain there two weeks, going to Hot Springs on March 17. The season will open for the Pirates at St. Louis on April 11. Giant Regulars Leave New York. New York, Feb. 28. Several "regu lars" of the New York National league baseball team, headed by Christy Mathewson, have left for the Marl in. Texas, training camp. Herzog and Devlin will be picked up at Harrisburg and Doyle somewhere in Ohio. When the party leaves St. Louts tomorrow night it will consist of fifteen regulars. Can Truthfully Say Good Re sults Were Accomplished. Mrs. Elizabeth Lindsey of Highland Park, city, made the following state ment recently in connection with "Tona Vita," the tonic that is now be ing introduced in Topeka, by special ists at the Arnold Drug Company, she said: "I have been sick for some time. I tried all kinds of remedies without relief. I suffered principally from indigestion and nervousness. "I slept poorly and the little sleep I did get did me little if any good. I" was dreadfully tired most of the time and never felt well a moment, but was always nervous and despon dent. I seldom had a good appetite and when I did eat the food did not agree with me. "Some time ago I got some 'Tona Vita' and am now on my second bot tle. From the very beginning I felt the good effects of this tonic and I now feel for the first time in several months like a well, healthy woman. I now seem to get nourishment from my food and no longer have stomach trouble or feel so- tired or depressed. I think it wonderful to receive such results in such a short time and glad! recommend this tonic to any one likewise afflicted." The specialists who are here intro ducing "Tona Vita" are giving dem onstrations of what the preparation will do. All day long between the hours of 9 a. m. and 8 p. m., they meet callers at the Arnold Drug Com pany's Store, No. 52 3 Kansas Avenue, and try to produce a noticeable im provement in all cases of nervous de bility within five minutes' time. The people who take the tonic to be the judges. There is no charge for this demonstration. 'Tona Vita' is breaking all records in Topeka," said one of these special ists. "The people here are rapidly awakening to a full appreciation of what the preparation will do for them, and the sale is very large," continued he. "We are instructed by our com pany to take no money for the tonic unless it proves satisfactory. Hun dreds upon hundreds In this and oth er large cities are afflicted with ner vous debility, caused by the strain of metropolitan life. The- entire system becomes run down in such cases and nervousnesses, stomach' trouble, head ache, backache, despondency and loss of vitality result. 'Tona Vita' will work wonders in such cases in a re markably short time. If it doesn't we want nothing other than the time it takes to come and set U-" BASKETBALL RESULTS Wamego, Feb. 2 8. In a very fast game on the local court the Wamego high school basketball team defeated the Chapman team for the second time this season. Wamego started with a rush and was never headed. A the end of the first half the score was 33 to 11 in favor of Wamego. Chap man scored more points than Wamego in the second half but was unable to overcome the big lead and the locals won by the score of 4 7 to 36. As the Chapman team defeated Salina and Salina won from Topeka, Wamego supporters 'feel jubilant over the team's chances at the K. S. A. C. basketball meet to be held Saturday. Wrichita, Kan., Feb. 28. By a rally in the last ten minutes of play the Col lege of Emporia basketball team de feated Fairmount college here by a score of 5 8 to 41. The score was a tie, 3 6 to 36 at the middle of the sec ond half when Peterson and Bishop were injured and Fairmount had to substitute men. Emporia then won easily. RAILWAY NOTES. Officials of the Santa Fe in Topeka re fuse to make any more predictions as regards the probable successor to the late W. F. Buck as superintendent of motive power of the road. It is rumored pretty strongly in Topeka, however, that John Purcell, general superintendent ot shops, has a good chance for the posi tion. Now that prospects are good for a melt ing of the snow piled in the railroad cuts, Topeka officials are looking forward to a good sized tussle with high water. President Earling of the Chicago, Mil waukee St. Paul railroad, takes a hope ful view of business prospects for the coming year in an interview given in Omaha, but he sees poor prospects for railroad construction work in- the near future. Officers of the Missouri Pacific-Iron Mountain announce that the local loading along the lines of the company is quite heavy, in spite of the bad weather con ditions which have prevailed recently, in the southern territory much cotton is be ing loaded; in fact, the loading of cotton is much heavier than last year. Coal is also being loaded in enormous quantities and shows a considerable increase over February a year ago. The next and fourth annual meeting of the International Railway Fuel associa tion, to be held at Hotel Sherman, Chi cago, May 22, 23, 24 and 25, 1912, will ex ceed in interest and importance, any of the previous conventions. James MeCrea, president of the Penn sylvania railroad, has been appointed a member of the American honorary com mittee of the International Congress for the prevention of accidents, and indus trial hvgiene to be held in Milan in May. 1S12. A bill has been introduced in the lower house of congress to establish an Alaska railway commission, of three members, to carry out the recent recommendation of President Taft that the government undertake surveys looking to the con struction of a railway to develop the coal and other resources of Alaska. i a 7& V. .er Kadrents went and i3rosi3erea plOS'p Tliey irsveled on (1 OlOTllSSL IlCJriI'vS That, in brief, is the history of many who have taken advantage of these excursions. You May Do Just As Well OH from Topeka and al- 4. ct i T-i- f m j most, evt-jy oanui re svabiuLi ill ivatioas. Tickets on nl ffally March 1 t Aci IS lnoluafv. Law Pullirmn (m. Tourist sleepers and chair cars to Ckltfornta eei y djr on ft train. Hnwy roaala. Llbm-al stopover prtrtlnrts. For raservavttona, Orkotji and descriptive llteratwra apply to T. L. KINO. City Paroeraror Apant. Money Saved By Having Your Teeth Attended By Us Always up-o da to, painless, reliable) mad thm larrt dental concern in Ken sma. Popular Prices Beat act of teeth l 00 Good aet of teeth (.00 Gold crown. 11K 1.00 Porcelain cramu 4.04 Bridge work, per tooth t.6 Gold fillings $1.00 and u B11-T fillings lOo to $1.00 Cement filllnra loe Extracting teeth, freezing ruin process I8e Extracting teeth without medi cine Me DBS. LYON Sc HEATHERLY Office BBtabliahed over It years. Ind. Phone 1111. Bit KansM Ave, Topeka, Kan. Or er W. A, L. Thompson Hdw. Ox One Way to CALIFORNIA OREGON AND WASHINGTON March 1 to April 15 ROCK ISLAND LINES TRAINS LEAVE TOPEKA 12:15 p. m. and 1:05 a. m. via, E! Paso. 1:10 p. m. and 8:05 p. m. via. Colorado. Turist Sleepers, Coaches and Chair Cars. For information call 3S4. C E. Baicom, C P. A. or Lacey's Drug Store, North Topeka. hit-")? Try a State Journal Want. Journal Ads Get Results.

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