The Topeka State Journal (Topeka, Kansas)
December 17, 1912

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EVERYBODY 12 PAGES r EVERTBOOT 12 PAGES NEEDS IT READ IT f male LAST. EDITION. A THIRD PARTY It Is Sure Thing in Kansas for 1911. More Than 50 Leaders 3Ieet in Topeka Today. (J. S. SABTIN BE CHAIRMAN Wyandotte Man Slated to Head Sevr Committee. Off With the Old and On With the Xew, the Cry. White in the Chair. were probably 150 men and There women in representative hall when Wm. Allen White, national committee man for the Progressive pary, went to the speaker's chairand convened the first state wide meeting of the Kansas Pro gressive leaders. He was given a rousing reception and after a few re marks introduced Dr. Estey, who led the convention in prayer. It was after Dr. Estey had left the platform that White defined the future path of the Kansas Progressives. He said that the Progressives could no longer go through the political battles of the future with Mulvane, Clark, Iean and the regular leaders. We can be just as consistent by staying with the Democratic party as we can be by going with the Repub lican party under its present program. No one can stop or block the advance n I s TTonofle Wo don-?" tike5 steps he're now to break away, someone will taKe tnose steps later," was the spirit of White's open ing remarks as the future program of the new party in Kansas. There were a dozen women in me audience and White commented on the fact that this was the first political gathering of state wide importance in which the women had an equal voice with the men. He then outlined his plans for the future work of the party in the state and urged the holding of a big Progressive banquet In To peka following the Kansas Day ban quet. "The Kansas Day club is in the hands of the stand patters and we cannot eat with them," declared White. Outlining the future of 'the new party. White said: "Now that we have made the jump, there will be plenty of good Kansas men and women with ns in the move ment. The last talk I had with Sena tor Bristow, he assured me he 1b with us. Congressman Murdock is with us and can be counted on. Stubbs is already with us and Capper is with us." This statement brought noisy ap plause from the Progressive leaders. At the close of White's speech, a com mittee was named to nominate a pro visional state chairman who will have charge of the business affairs of the new party during White's two months' absence in- California. This chairman virtually becomes the chairman of the new Progressive state committee and will hcO office and serve until a for mal state-wide organization is com pleted. One member of the nominat ing committee was named from each of the eight congressional districts. This committee was composed of: First district, T. A. McNeal. Topeka; Second district. J. N. Atchinson; Third district. S. H. Piper, Independ ence: Fourth district. C. A. Stannard, F.mnoria: Fifth district, S. M. Smith, Herington; Sixth district. J. K. Mitch ell. Osborne: Seventh district, G. M. Martin. Medicine Lodge; Eighth dls rtict. C. C. Mack, Newton: at large. Miss Helen Ecker, Lawrence; Mrs. Eugene Pulliam. Atchison. While this commitee was in session. Governor Stubbs was called on for a speech and declared his allegiance to the Progressive movement. He was given a noisy reception and for ten minutes outlined his plans for the Progressive work in Kansas. Planning to divorce themselves from the Republican party, more than 50 Progressive leaders came to Topeka to day to attend a meeting in Represen tative hall called by William Allen White. national committeeman for Kansas for the Progressive party. There is a division among the Pro gressives as to the manner in which to proceed with an organization, but among a majority of those who came to Topeka today there appears to be a well denned plan to enter the 1914 campaign with a cleancut Progressive state ticket and to make the fight as a Third party. Many of the men who were most prominent in the Progressive move ment in Kansas during the recent cam paign are here today and will help to shape the affairs of the new party if one is organized. Every congres sional district has its representation. Among the men in attendance are those who oppose a plan to break away from the Republican party. They ar gue that the Republican party is pro gressive, that its 1912 platform was the most progressive platform that could be written and that the men who made the race for office on the Republican ticket were pledged to the fulfillment of those party promises. On the other hand the more radical of the Progres sive leaders claim that there is nc longer room in the party for the two factions and that the Progressives pre fer to make the fight alone rather than hand in hand with the element of the Republican party which stands for the more conservative policies. William Allen White ciaims that there is no question as to the course of this afternoon's meeting, that a new Third party will be formally or ganized and that the Progressive mem bers of the various committees stand ready and anxious to join with the new party. Sartin for State Chairman. It is probable that IT. S. Sartin, of Wyandotte county, will become the new chairman of the Progressive state cen tral committee. Sartin Is viewed as a logical man. He will head the only leaping wound in the Progressive ranks TUESDAY EVENING. at this time, it is claimed, and will cement the factions of the new party. Sartin has never been friendly with Stubbs. He has opposed the auburn haired Kansas executive on numerous occasions, but always stood a a Pro gressive. Now it is believed that Sar tin will bring together the antl-Stubbs element and would help to draw new strength to the Progressive cause. And with the probable election of Sartin this afternoon the Stubbs-Sartin hatchet will be buried. Governor Stubbs will support Sartin and urge bis followers to stand by the Wyandotte county man. Organize a Xew Committee. "With the organization" this afternoon of a new party." said William Allen White, "we will take over a number of the Progressive chairmen on the Re publican state central committee. Since the election. I have received letters from 46 chairman and about 40 secre taries who will go with us in this fight." White's plan to sever relations with the Republicans !s endorsed by Lieuten ant Governor Richard J. Hopkins, of Garden City, by Lieutenant-Governor-elect Sheffield Ingalls, of Atchison, and by other leaders in the Progressive movement. "This is anything but an office seek I ing plan," said Ingalls, who arrived this morning with a delegation of Atchison county Progressives. "We are making this fight for a principle and personally I am in favor of a clean-cut break away from the Repub licans. I think every member of the Atchison county delegation feels just as I do about it." Stubbs Attends Meeting. Governor W. R. Stubbs, who has been spending several days at his home in Lawrence, returned to Topeka this morning to attend the meeting of the Kansas Progressives and to take a hand in shaping the course of the new party. "Yes. I am going to attend the meeting all right," said Governor Stubbs in his office this morning. "Really, I don't know much about the plans," he said in answer to a ques tion as to the probable course of the afternoons proceedings. The governor's office was open head quarters for the early arrivals of the Progressive standard bearers. They gathered in the offices in little groups and discussed their plans. Opposition Stayed Away. Such opposition as there was among the Progressives to the organization of a new party, spent little time in the governor's office, however. They had little to say concerning their plans, but declared they would oppose the organization in this afternoon's Vieet ing. "t?hey may throw me out," said Carl Moore, who came all the way from Kinsley to attend the meeting of the Progressive leaders. "But "really I don't think the organization of a new party is the wise thing. Yes," said Moore in response to a question, "I will certainly oppose the organization of a new party in this afternoon's meeting." At noon every congressional district was represented by Progressive 4ead- ers who were willing and anxious to take an active part in shaping the course of their cause. Among those who are here for the meeting are: William Allen White, Emporia: IT. S. Sartin, Kansas City; F. A. Griffin, Medicine Lodge; J. L. Papes, Mulvane; C. A. Kimball, Manhattan; McKinley W. Kreigh, Hutchinson; Benjamin J. Northup, Kansas City; Henry C. Sticher, Osage City: J. Iman, Burlington; John Madden, Par sons; J. L. Brady, Lawrence; Judge Nelson Case. Oswego; Wiley W. Cook, Kansas City: W. H. Howard. Mul vane: J. K. Mitchell, Osborne; Senator Gilbert. Hiawatha: George Emmerson, Osborne: J. B. Brown, J. M. Atchison, C. S. Holbrook, William Blodgett, Kansas City; Sheffield Ingalls. James M. Chio ham, R. G. Anderson, H. C Hanson. Wil liam Redford, O. G. Overman, Eugene Pulliam and wife. T. M. Walker, Atch iBOn; Joel Dobb. McLouth; C. M. Kenyon, K. G. Eyerly, Nortonville; C. W. Spur lock, Junction City; T. W. Willard, Lan sing: Lestus Foster. Valley Falls; T. G. Perry, Pittsburg; Carl Moore, Kinsley; John Lander. Independence: W. Vv Schwinn, Wellington, and W. E. Broadie, Kirsley. LIKE DIME NOVEL Log of Liner Records Violent Deaths and Assaults. Two Held for Attempted Xur der Were Many Accidents. San Francisco, Dec. 17: The log of the liner Korea, which arrived yester day from the Orient, reads like the table of contents of a dime novel. Out one day from San Francisco, a Chinese passenger jumped overboard and was drowned. Another Chinese passenger was claimed as the victim of a tong war before the ship reached Honolulu. He had sought to save his life by flight from San Francisco's Chinatown, but a gunman from the enemy's ranks sailed with him on the Korea and found an opportunity to fire the fatal bullet. The slayer is held by the federal au thorities at Honolulu. Before the liner left that port an other Chinese made an unsuccessful attempt to commit suicide, and a day later, still another Chinese jumped overboard to his deaths At Yokohama, on the homeward voyage, a Japanese peddler plunged a knife into the back of Andrew Benus sl. a watchman on the ship. The ped dler fled but was captured on another ship in the harbor. Benussl recovered. On December 9, E. C. Miller, a cabin passenger. from Manila, was giving his 2 year old son a bath when he accidentally turned on the hot water. The child was scalded so badly that he died an hour later. Arrange ments were made to bury the little one at sea. and while the shroud was being made a baby was born to a Chinese woman in the steerage. Nothing But Pine Weather in Sight. "It seems as though there were no end to this nice weather." remarked "Sunnv" Flora, the local weather man, this after noon. Fair weather is scheduled for the next twenty-four hours with slightly lower temperatures tonight. There is nothing but pleusant weather in sight. The wind is blowing at the rate of fifteen miles an hour from the northwest: The hourly readings: 7 o'clock 32 11 o'clock 35 8 o'clock 3112 o'clock 36 10 o'clock S4i 2 o'clock 41 TOPEKA. APPROPRIATIONS Estimated That $3,968,360 Re quired for One Budget. This Is $900,000 More Than Last Legislature Gare. FOR MEMORIAL HALL $200,000 That Sum Required to Finish Building. Budget Prepared for State and Penal Institutions. Appropriations Asked For. For Allowed 1914-15. Memorial building committee 200.000.00 State penitentiary... 421.640.0U Reformatory, Hutch inson 262,120.00 Soldiers' Home. Ft. Dodge 245,580.00 Mother Bickerdyke Home, Ellsworth.. 35.700.OO Bovs Industrial school, Topeka 156,350.00 Girls' Industrial school, Beloit 169.000.00 Osawatomie asylum. 547,000.00 Parsons asylum 294,000.00 Blind school, Kan sas City 70,300.00 fachool Feeble minded. Win field 35V.500.00 School for Deaf and Dumb, Olathe 136,570.00 Orphans' Home, Atchison 110,700.00 Topeka asylum 633,000.00 Larned asylum 250,000. to 'luberculosis Sani tarium, Newton 100,000.00 19U-1S. 2S2.SOO.00 432,!&0.1Ai 259,520.00 275,161.30 26,350.00 12S,300.00 135.WX-.O0 41S.60U.U0 219.450.UC o9.O50.00 171.O0O.W) 12800..I0 88.527 00 417.5uO.OO 100.OUO.UO 60,000.00 Total $3,968,30.00 $3,092,838.00 Those are the appropriations which will be asked at the hands of the 1913 legislature by the state penal and charitable institutions. While they are in excess of the appropriations made by the 1911 legislature, the increase is not nearly so heavy as in the budgets of the state educational institutions. In addition to the amounts in the above table, the executive council asks $14,226 in appropriations from the next legis lature. It is estimated that it will require $200,000 to -complete the Memorial hall in Topeka for which the 1911 legisla ture appropriated $252,500. The execu tive council needs $10,000 for a new heat tunnel and an additional $4,226 for additional paving on the state house grounds. This paving is really badly needed. The state penitentiary has reduced its budget $11,300 and the state reform atory is well within the amount asked two years ago. State Auditor Da via has reduced the building appropriation asked by the state soldiers' home, re moving $5,000 from the amount asked. In the appropriations asked is an item for $20,000 for additional land at the boys' industrial school north of Topeka. The girls' industrial Bchool at Beloit also needs more land and asks $16.00i) for this purpose. The girls" school also includes an item for $30,000 for new buildings. The Osawatomie asylum asks $10,000 for land and $101,000 for additional buildings. Parsons asy lum asks $91-000 for new buildings. Two years ago it received $35,950 for build ings while the Osawatomie asylum re ceived $17,600 for similar purposes. Kansas City's school for the blind wants $2,500 for buildings this year. Two years ago they received but $700 for their building fund. The Olathe school for the deaf and dumb wants $10,000 for additional build ings. A similar amount was appropri ated in 1911. Two years ago the Win- Held school for feeble minded received $6,000 for buildings. Because of a fire in that school, $1SO,000 is asked this year. The orphans home at Atchison received $4,500 for buildings in 1911. This year they ask for $15,000. In 1911 the legislature appropriated $88,500 for new buildings at the Topeka asylum. This year's budget calls for $153,00C for additional buildings. Two years ago $100,000 was appropriated for the new asylum at Larned and this yeai $250,000 is asked to complete the con struction of buildings. The new tuber culosis sanitarium, recently located at Newton, drew $50,000 as a starter in 1911. This year's budget calls for $100, 000. These items explain most of the increases in the 1913 budgets over the amounts appropriated in 1911. In discussing the budgets. State Aud itor Davis in his report to the legisla ture says Davis' Recommendations. "I have not made a thorough investiga tion of the needs of these institutions as I take i tthat the legislature will desire to go into these matters directly with the board, but wish to say that while "very dollar needed to properly provide for the comfort and welfare of the unfortunates of the state should be granted, that there is absolutely no need for any in creases in appropriations for mainten ance, salaries and wages over that allow ed for the current biennium unless addi tional room be provided to care for an increased number of inmates. If any in crease in maintenance funds be allowed, the items classified as specials, except as to additional land and new buildings, should be stricken out as such expendi tures to the extent actually necessary can be properly met from maintenance funds. "In this connection 1 desire to call at tention to the statement following tins budget containing the appropriations al lowed each institution by the preceding legislature for tue current two years for maintenance, salaries and wages; aiso tne amount of fees to the credit of each in stitution on December 1, 1912, which fees are available for the purposes specified above. It will be noted that the balances in the fee funds at this date are in some cases large enough to cover salaries and wages of the institution for one year, il the Fame policy is pursued in the matter of the reappropriation of fees to the in stitutions, there is no. reason for tne in stitutions not having at the beginning ol the next biennium larger balances in the fee fund than at this date as they have a sufficient Dalance in the regular funds to meet the usual and ordinary expenses for the remainder of the year. It would seem that with the construction of the new hos pital at Larned. there would be little need for additional room at this period to be provided at the other institutions, and 1 would suggest that the legislature be sparing in appropriations for such pur poses and for additional land. Taa amount appropriated to the charitable in stitutions shown in this budget for the ten year period beginning 1904 to 1913 in clusive, for the purchase of land, net buildings and other permanent improve- menu totals Jl.42Ci.S77.ul. KANSAS, DECEMBER, 17, GIVE A WHITE WAY City Offers Premium for State Pa Tins' Debt Payment. Will Build Lighting System Around State House Grounds. ASK FOR ONLY ORIGINAL SUM Commissioners Want $29,000 of Old $60,000 Debt of 1SSS. Campaign Before Legislature This Winter. In the last frantic appeal to the state of Kansas for the payment of the $60,000 paving debt, the city of Topeka has offered a premium, as an inducement to the 1913 legislature this winter. Following: the proposed offer, announced through these columns some time ago, the board of city commis sioners today placed themselves on record to this effect r "First We will ask only $29,000 in payment of this pavement debt. This is the principal and the actual amount paid out by the city for the pavement of the streets around the state house square. "Second We will erect at a cost of $10,000 a system of great white way poies similar to the Kansas avenue im provement, around the square, the state to furnish the eleetric current." This, in other other words, slices more than $30,000 from the original demands from the state and an addi tional $10,000 on account of the cost or tne great white wav. For twenty-five years the city has been attempting to collect this-paving debt. It cost $29,000 to lay the state's snare ox tne aspnalt pavement around the territory bounded by West Eighth avenue, Harrison street. West Tenth avenue ana jacKson street. Debt Doubled in 25 Years. Figuring the interest on this debt, the city commissioners state that the state owes more than $60,000. At the last legislature two years ago a strenuous campaign was made to collect this debt The legislators, admitting that the debt was legal and having before them an opinion from the attorney general to tnat errect, refused to recognize it sub stantially. They passed the responsibil ity on to the law makers this year. The city now comes, forward with the proposition to cut down the debt to 129. 000, the actual amount paid out by the laipayers or iopeaa. ror tne pavement. As a premium the commissioners prom lse to build a great white way around the state house grounds eight blocks at a cost of xio.ooo. Since the trouble wf"U the $60.0W debt tne city nas oeen waichlng .the expendi tures tnat would atrect the state. Re cently tne executive council signed a petition asking for the repaying of Jackson street bordering the capitol grounds. But tne city commissioners laid the petition on the table, preferring to spend tneir taxpayers money in other ways. Then came the executive council with the assurance that they would use all their influence in the next legislature to secure payment on the new pavement. With this promise the commissioners will look with favor on the Jackson street petition. KILL BLACK HANDER. Is Shot When He Attempts to lit tort Money From Baker. New Tork, Dee.17. Amelio Prince, said by the police to be a notorious black hand leader, was shot and killed early today in a bakery in upper New Tork. According to the story told the police by employees of the shop, he had just demanded $100 of Joseph Gallucci, tne owner, wnen he was shot by Gal lucci s nephew, who escaped. The police say that Prince has four times been under suspicion of having done murder. In each case the police found witnesses by whom they expected to send Prince to the electric chair, but when the grand Jury was ready to hear the evidence the witnesses were strangely missing. The police believe that several of them were murdered. Prince s name had long been a by word in the Italian colony. If children were naughty, parents were accustomed to warn them that Prince would be called in. SEVEN ARE KILLED. And Seven Injured When Train Hits a Street Car. Ashtabula, Ohio. Dec. 17. Seven dead and seven injured was the toll of the wreck here last night when a Lake Shore and Michigan Southern coal train struck a street car. The dead are: LAURA LEAPHART. MRS. FRANK C. BARTLETT. MRS. W. H. COOK. MRS. GEORGE KIT SON. MR. AND IRS. DAVID. STOWED, all of Ashtabula. MRS. JOHN C. ESPET. of Willough by. All of the Injured are expected to re cover. Motortnan McCutcheon is held by the police. THE NEW COMMANDER Lincoln Post Elects George Hanlejr, Democrat. More signal perhaps, than any other victory gained by the Democrats this fall, and this has been a fall of Dem ocratic victories, is the one just an nounced in the Lincoln Post of the local G. A, R For the first time in the his- tory of the post a Democrat Is at the head of this organization. George Hanley, a retired candymaker, will be installed as Commander of Lin coln post at the first meeting in Jan uary. Mr. Hanley has a splendid war record and is one of the most popular members of the post which has Just honored him. 1912 TUESDAY EVENTVG. HEARSTJS HEARD ew York Publisher Testifies Before the Clapp Committee Investigating the Sources of Campaign Contributions. BRINGS PHOTOGRAPHIC COPIES Of the Archbold Letters Which He Had Published. He Tells of. Others ZS'ot Made Public. Yet Washington, Dec 17. William R. Hearst, who published the now famous "Archbold letters" today gave to the senate campaign fund committee photo graphic copies of all letters in his pos session indicating a connection between John D. Archbold of the Standard Oil company and legislative and campaign activities. Mr. Hearst appeared as the first witness at the re-opening of the campaign contribution investigation which had come to a halt before elec tion. The New Tork publisher told tne committee at the outset. that he had some other letters he had not made public. He first produced the photo graphic copies o. the letters already published and identified them for the convenience of the committee. Chairman Clapp asked Mr. Hearst if he ever saw the original of the letters published in his magazine. He said he was not certain but he believed he had only seen the photographic fac simile copies. "Of whom did you get them?" asked Senator Clapp. Mr. Hears studied a moment. "I am anxious," he began, "to testify very ruiiy to everytning umi j. personally concerned in and everything of interest to this inquiry. Do you feel that this is essential to the in quiry?" Senator Clapp replied that the au thenticity of some of the letters had been questioned. After members of the committee had insisted upon the information Mr. Hearst responded that he had got the copies of John Eddy of London, author of four of the articles published in a magazine. He testified he did not know of whom Eddy pro cured the letters. Letters and TelegTams. Mr. Hearst the. produced the several letters and telegrams. The first was from Senator Penrose to John D. Arch bold, dated December 4, 1903, at Phila delphia and read in part as follows: "I have wired Senator Aldrich to make an appointment with him to dis cuss the matter referred to in your letter." It added that Senator Penrose, him self, could meet Mr. Archbold in New Tork at any time. A letter from John D. Archbold to J. B. Foraker, then sen ator from Ohio expressed the willing ness of Mr. Archbold to make a loan of $50,000. The loan was to bear in terest at five per cent, and was to be repaid in two installments of $25,000 each. Mr. Hearst said he knew noth ing of the facts to which any of the letters referred. He did not know for what purpose or under what circum stances the proposed lon was to be made. Many of the new letters offered. he said, had been read by him in pub lic speeches, but were not included in those published in his magazine. Another letter was from John D. Archbold to former Representative Joseph C. Sibley, in which he referred to an enclosed certificate of deposit of $5,000 "sent you at the request of Mr. Griscom, the purpose of which you no doubt understand with him. Mr. Hearst said he had other letters that he believed did not come within the scope of the senate investigation. Senator Oliver said Mr, Hearst had produced voluntarily a letter purport ing to come from Senator Penrose which did not come within the strict terms of the resolution. "I ask that Mr. Hearst produce the whole cor respondence," declared Senator Oliver. If I made a mistake in producing one too many must we proceed along the line of a mistake," asked Mr. Hearst. "Tes sir," responded Senator Oliver positively. Gives ip Ail teeners. Senator Paynter declared the letter from Archbold to Senator foraker mentioned a loan of $50,0o0, but did not say to whom that loan was to be made. We are entitled to ail tne lnrorma- tlon Mr. Hearst has." he said, "and we can then decide whether It is perti nent." Chairman Clapp requested that Mr. Hearst give the committee his other letters. The publisher made no objec tion but said he considered them un important. The telegram irom senator Penrose to Mr. Archbold sent on De cember 4. 1903 read in full: Tour letter of loth instant was re ceived yesterday on my return from a trip In British Columbia. I have wired Senator Aldrich to mane an appoint ment with him to discuss the matter referred to. I can see you in New YorR any day if you have any suggestion to make. I think the matter is of con siderable importance and I can show Senator Aldrich where such an appoint ment tould be desirable. If necessary I can see you in New Tork or I can talk to you ot the telephone from the headquarters of the Republican state committee. 1417 Locust street, rnna delphia. where I shall le during the present month J Mr .nearsx buekwh:u w v. probably would be willing to appear how the letters were taken from the Standard Oil company flies. Senator Pomerene asked about the suggestions that the letters were for-j geries. s 1 KnOW nOLIIIIlg 1 V. L Miai. B&JU I Hearst. "The explanation made m re sponse to the forgery charge was that I some of the letters published in the mac .line had to be reproduced in typewriting in order to be discernible heii printed. The rorakpr Letter, The letter from John D. Archbold to Senator Foraker about the $50,000 loan was dated January 22, 1902, and read "Referring to our further talk of t day, over the telephone, we are will ing to make the lo-n $50,000 $23,000 to be returned within one year and the remaining $25,000 to be paid in five annual payments thereafter. All to bear interest at 5 per cent. "Trusting you will succeed in con summating the matter as you desire, I am very truly yours, "JOHN D. ARCHBOLD." Mr. Hearst said he bad accepted an explanation by S-nator "Foraker that he had returned the $50,000. Mr. r jarst said he believed he had seen a letter telling about the return of the money. Mr. Hearst said he had no knowledge of having paid anyone for getting or photographing the letters. A question about campaign contri butions brought from Mr. Hearst the statement that he had- contributed "about $10,000 or $12,000" in 1908 to the Independence league committee for the national campaign. (Continued on Page Two.) GLEASONJSlERE Norton Banker Bears Witness Regarding Sawyer. The Proposed STew Bank Com missioner Owns Banks. Mr. John E. Gleason, cashier of the First State bank of Norton, is in the city. Mr. Gleason is one of the vice presidents of the State Bankers asso ciation and in speaking of the reported fight being made upon Charles M. Sawyer for bank commissioner, said: "Some of my brother bankers are unduly excited over the probable ap pointment of my fellow townsman as bank commissioner. The only objec tion that I have heard urged against his appointment is that he is national banker. I happen to know that he is interested in one national and two state banks. One of the latter, at least, is operating under the guarantee law. "I have known Mr. Sawyer since boyhood and during several yeirs past have been the cashier of a competing bank. He has always been eminently fair and manly as a competitor and I know he has at heart the building up on a substantial foundation of the banking Institutions of the state." CRASH OF TRAINS. One Killed and Thirteen Injured Rock Island Wreck. in Chickasha, Ok., Dec. 17. An uni dentified man was killed and 13 per sons were injured when two passenger trains on the Chicago, Rock Island Pacific railway collided head-on at rsinnekah. a station near here. Both locomotives were damaged, and the smoking cars on both trains were tele scoped. j.ne soutnoound train. No. 2 3. was ordered to take the siding at Ninne kah to allow the northbound train to pays. No. 23 di-, not reach the side- tracK soon enougn and the north bound. No. 24, train crashed into it. The Injured are: J. A. Litter, mail clerk, Caldwell, mn., internally injured. T. J. Brown. Tuttle, Ok., skull frac tured. E. S. Hilbish, mail clerk, Hennessey, Okla., left leg broken. J. W. Cunningham, Bowie, Tex., in ternally Injured. Mrs S. F. Banner, Duncan, Ok., cut about head. Thomas Dwyer, Chickasha, Ok., nose broken. Mrs S. F. B. Kimber, Comanche, Ok., head cut, jaw broken. Alfred C. Wallers, Roysdon, Ga., cut about head. Lima Johnson, Waxahatchie, Tex., internally injured. Charles Pearson. Chickasha, leg broken. W. T. Epler, Kansas City, bruises about head and back wrenched. James Huston, engineer No. 23, in ternal injuries. Joseph Lattimer. mail clerk on train No. 24, foot and leg broken and bad cuts about head and face. PLAGE FOR LEAHY. Versatile Newspaper Man to Be Depu ty TTnited States Marshal. It is rumored at the state house today that David Leahy, private secretary to Governor Stubbs, is to be named as dep uty United States marshal at the ex piration of his term in the governor's office. Leahy, it is claimed. Is to be office deputy under United States Marshal Jack Harrison with headquarters In Wichita. While Marshal Harrison declined to dis cuss the appointment, he was not inclined to deny that Leahy was being considered and might land. "There has been no appointment made and there Is nothing to give out at this time," was Harrison's statement when he was Informed that a rumor concerning Leahy's appointment was current in 1 opeka. Leahy is one of the most widely known newspaper men in Kansas. He entered the game when the state was young and has for years been known as one of the most versatile newspaper writers In the west. For several years he was Wash ington correspondent for Wichita newspa pers. Then he became private secretary to Governor Stubbs. With the expiration of Stubbs' term of office in January, Leahy plans to return to Wichita. Now. it is claimed, .he is being strongly considered for the appointment of deputy United States marshal. BUTTER TO BE CHEAPER That Is Promise Held Out by Mem bers of Elgin Board. Chicago. Dec. 17. Butter men who at tended the annual meeting of the Elgin board of trade at which the quotations committee was legislated out of existence, declared today that butter within me next three months would be cheaper than it was a year ago. It is stated that there Is no comer in butter but that the excess now in storage in comparison with last year is due to e fact that more storage companies. many of them new ones, are making pub lic report of butter in storage tnan they did a year ago. While there are fewer cows producing this year, many having perished last win ter, there is an abundance of feed for them whic is increasing the production and on this fact the prediction of a light er burden on the housewife is based. High prices a year ago, it is stated, wcic due fundamentally to the short crop of feed and the revere cold the crop being one of the poorest in many years. In Chicago today butter and egg prices remained stationary. TWO CENTS FIVE CENTS va i PICK UP RECRUITS Suffragettes Marching From Jfew Tork City to Albany Are Joined by Others at Points on the Soute. CHEERED BY THE CHILDREN As They Leare Irrington Bound for Sleepy Hollow. They Plan to Spend Second Jfight at Ossinlng. Irvington. N. T., Dec 17. Their ranks reinforced by local enthusiasts and suf fragettes from Rockland county across the Hudson, the little band of suffra gettes from New Tork City re sumed the march toward Albany short ly after 9 o'clock today under a bright sun. School children cheered the women as they left the village, bound through Tarrytown for historic Sleepy Hollow where the marchers were to be enter tained at noon at the Sleepy Hollow Country club. Thence the route led to Ossinlng for the second night's bivouao a nine-mile tramp in all. All the marchers declared themselves refreshed by a good night's sleep and none would admit that she was footsore. Although official secrecy as to the ex act purpose of the written message which the women are bearing to the capital still is being maintained, it is understood the communication will ask the new governor to send a message to the legislature urging the passage of a bill calling for a vote on a con stitutional amendment granting suf frage to women in 1915. Tarrytown, N. T.. Deo. J 7. Stag gering under a big American flag lit tle Miss Bettie Hall of Tarrytown headed a brigade of sympathizers who on foot and in automobiles escorted the suffrage pilgrims into this village today. "It is the Tich, not the poor, who are keeping the suffrage from women." said Mrs. Jessie Stubbs in an address. "It is the men of culture and educa tion, the upper classes, who ara op posed to women having a share In .the government because it is alwaya the favored few who are afraid to give up their privileges." IN FIGHTING MOOD. Governor Wilson Returns to the New Jersey Capital. Trenton, Dec. 17. Woodrow Wilson came back to the state bouse in a fighting spirit today and issued a warn ing to the voters of the state against politicians who have opposed his pro gressive policies and who, he said, would again seek to control the state government as soon as he stepped from the governorship. He urged that their plans be blocked at once. "I am keenly aware of the fact." says the president-elect's statement, "that these men have so little respect for the voters of New Jersey that they think all they have to do is to wait to come back into power. They will be sorely disappointed. They cannot again impose upon the voters of New Jersey. If they should in some evil moment recover control of the party machinery they will only ruin the party and put it permanently out of power. "Every step they take thereafter to re-establish their power should be at once exposed and stopped. "The people of the state need not fear that I will become indifferent so long as their con'idence encourages me to believe that they wish mv aid and counsel. I shall in the future use every proper and legitimate power I have and every influence at my dis posal to support and assist the new forces which have regenerated our life during the past two years. I shall not go slack on this business, for I understand my duty to be to stand back of the progressive forces in the Democratic party everywhere and at every juncture and feel that in these matters I am under particular obliga tions of conscience and gratitude to the people of New Jersey." TODAY III CONGRESS. House Resumes Consideration of Bur nett Immigration Bill. Washington. Dec. 17. Senate convened at noon. Senator Kenyon spoke on Inter state liquor shipment bill. Wm. R. Hearst testifying before cam paign committee produced several new letters bearing on political activities of John D. Archbold and Standard Oil com pany. President Taft submitted for approval nine names for members of commission to investigate Industrial relations. Court of impeachment resumed trial of Jud-te Archbald. House convened at noon. Resumed con sideration of Burnett literary teat in immi gration bill. Money tnsst investigating committee re sumed its hearing with Frederick Lewisohn on stand. ELGIN BOARDS GIVES UP Abandon Practice of Arbitrarily Fix ing Price of Batter. Elgin, 111., Dec. 17. In the most ex citing annual meeting In its history, the Elgin board of trade, abolished the practice of 17 years' standing of arbi trarily fixing the price of butter by its quotation committee, and adopted a plan to have the board itself deter mine the price of the product in the future based on actual sales. The action came as a result of the suit recently filed by the federal gov ernment for the dissolution of the board. In its bill the government mentioned the quotation committee as one of the means used by the alleged "butter trust" in controlling the price of the product. Weather Forecast for Kinw. Fair and colder tonight and Wednesday- ttm sale by iwrtm at

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THE TW"V A DAILY STATE JOTTRTTAT, DECEMBER, 17, 1912 Special Norfolk Sale!! 50 Young Men's Norfolk Suits in sizes 32 to 36 bought at a discount. These suits were to be delivered last October and were made to sell at from $16.50 to $20. Owing to late delivery we purchased the lot at less than the cost to manufacture. Actual $16.50, $18 and $20 values on sale tomorrow morning at $12.50, $13.50 and $14.50 Come early as the supply is limited. Boys'Knickerbocker Norfolk Suits SNAKE POISON UP Venom of Battlers Adyances From $2 to $5 an Ounce. Poison Being Successfully Used In Treating Epilepsy. Kew York. Dec 17. The market Value f rattlesnake poison has advanced in price from J2 per ounce to J 5. Tills hasn't aa much to do with the high cost f living aa it has to the cost of pre vention of death.. Rattlesnake poison te being used by many physicians as at treatment for epilepsy. Experiments on an extended scale are being conducted by Dr. Edward E. Hicks, of Brooklyn, a specialist In nerv ous diseases. He is treating twenty patients with weekly injection of rat tlesnake poison, and says that in all but one of the cases there was a highly satisfactory reduction of the frequency of convulsions. A month's treatment in one case low ered the patient's number of epileptic attacks from thirty-six a week to two a week. "We cannot tell yet whether the good Results will be complete and perma nent," said Dr. Hicks, "but the outlook is extremely favorable. The discoverer j of the treatment. Dr. Ralph H. Span gler. of Philadelphia, reported it only last May and he states from observa tion of cures that the treatment must be continued at intervals for about a year." RELEASE MRS. PATTON Wife of Slain Wichita Grocer Exoner ated by Coroner's Jury. Wichita, Kan., Dec. 17. Mrs. Grace E. Patton, wife of J. A. Patton, the grocer, who was shot to death in his home here a week ago, was released from police guard last night when a Coroner's Jury returned a verdict that the grocer was killed by a party un known. A police guard had been sta tioned at the Patton residence pending the result of the coroner's investiga tion. Mrs. Patton says her husband was killed by burglars. TAKES HOME THE BODY. Slain Thresherman Will Be Buried at Quincy Slayer Jubilant. Dodge City, Kan.. Dec. 17. Simon Diekmann, half brother of A. C. Kuhl- mann. who was shot here recently by K. A. White for alleged intimacy with Mrs. White, has taken the body to i Quincy for burial. W'.iite remains ex- uberant over '.he tragedy, telling Jailers' he sleeps well for the first time in six months. Mrs. White is still in danger ous condition, suffering sinking spells and heart trouble. She strongly denies intimacy with the murdered man. WJiite will plead the unwritten law. Scranton, Kan., Dec. 17. A dinner! given by the members of the Ladies 'Aid society of the Methodist church i here, to which all wer IntHter! mvoH i n immense success. The receipts of the evening amounted to $200. The dinner was attended by Methodists, T'nited Brethren, Christians, Presby terians, and others who claimed no Deo. 1". Forecast: Wednes day fair and colder. The Mercury Is Sliding Down While the skies will probably remain clear, the forecast is for a steady lowering of tempera ture the kind of weather that makes people use all the gas in the mains. Better have that coal now. Get a Load of McCleery's Coal The Sure HEAT Ail kinds best grades cor rect weights prompt deliveries. Phones 866 3593 3599 Practical gifts for men and Boys 629-631 Kansas Avenue church home. The Methodist church has as its-pastor the Rev. E. O. Ray mond, formerly pastor of the Parkdale M. E. church In Topeka, who has been here about three years. The commit tees having the dinner in charge, and the officers of the society are: Mrs. Barlow, president: Mrs. M. A. Ross, treasurer: general committee Mrs. Hanna Peterson, Mrs. Rebecca Wilkins and Mrs. Fannie Kilkerson; babv com mittee Mrs. Pearl Bell, Mrs. Carrie Plyly and Mrs. Lucy Bolton; candy and notions Miss Laurel Michaels and Mrs. Rose Medlar. FOR KANSAS BUILDING. Ask Legislature for Building at Panama-Pacific Exposition. Garden City, Kan., Dec. 17. The In dustrial club has passed resolutions to the coming legislature petitioning for a Kansas building t the Panama Pacific exposition in 1915. A large order has been placed for Kansas Day post cards which will be sold to help toward the fund. Many other Kansas towns are considering resolutions. LOCATES LOST BROTHER, Search Ends When Missing Relative Is Found in Philippines. Dodge City, Kan., Dec. 17. After searching for his brother, Dr. J. M. Gallemore, for over a year, A. T. Galle more has located him through the war department in the far interior of the Philippines. The family had decided he was dead. His location is far removed from mail points. Two Boys Sentenced. Emporia, Kan., Dec. 17. Lee Win ston, aged 17, has been given an inde terminate sentence of one to seven years in. the state reformatory for horse stealing, and Bert Dudley, aged 24, a sentence of from rive to twenty-one years for assault. Both young men were sentenced by District Judge Meck el after they had filed pleas of guiltjv Winston, whose home is in Slater, Mo, stole a horse from John Shortall, in Jefferson county, ..bout two weeks ago. He sold the horse here. He was cap tured through information given by his companion, Henry Primm, "who wasj taken in Topeka for a similar charge. Dudley persuaded Amanda Lander, a 16-year-old girl, whose home is near Miller, to accompany him to Harvey vine two weeks ago. The girl was ashamed to return home, and caused her parents great anxiety before she was located. Dudley's home is in Freeman, Mo. Wins a Hard Game. Codell, Kan., Dec. 17. Codell won a hard fought game from the strong Plainville eleven, who claimed the championship of northwestern Kan sas, by the scorj of 20 to 0. The Plainville boys were outclassed and outplayed and lost ginger after Codell's first touchdown. The Codell backfleld made gains through the opponent's line at will and never was the Codell goal in danger. Harvey House at Dodge. Dodge City, Kan., Dec. 17. The Santa Fe offices here have announced that bids on the $40,000 worth of improve ments to the Harvey House here will be opened tomorrow and the contract let, provided a suitable estimate is found. WOMAN CATCHES THIEF After a Long Chase Through Crowded Streets of Kansas City. Kansas City, Dec 17. "Stop thief cried Mrs. Maud Riley, in the down town district after she dashed toward a man, who after facing her a moment began a difficult run through the crowded street lined with Christmas shoppers. As she ran Mrs. Riley kept up the cry and others Joined the chase. The man boarded a car with the young woman in close pursuit; he jumped off, circled the car, then worked his way in and out among the excited shop pers. At Petticoat lane, Mrs. Riley caught the man by the coat tails but on he went dragging her with him, finally the crowd became so dense he had to stop. "I didn't take your purse lady," said the captive." "I didn't say you did," Mrs. Riley re plied. "But you took my friend's purse." At police headquarters he gave his name as James Tracy, aged 26. -Tracy is a huckster. Mrs. Riley had missed the purse of her guest, Mrs. Nellie Sparks, at her home after she had bought some vege tables from him. She trailed the man to the business district. THE NAVY NEEDS MEN Has Been a Bhr uoss in Enlistments Due to Demand for Labor. Washington, Dec. 17. The navy is about six thousand men short of Its authorized strength, though latest re ports show an improvement in recruit ing. In the past few months, however, enlistments dropped off in an unpre cedented degree. Navy officials believe this was due partly to the suspension of advertising country-wide demand and high price for recruits and on account of the country-wide demand and high price paid for farm labor'. Men's Styleplus Clothes $17 ANSWERS GIRLS Demand of $5,000 a Year Should Be Met by Parents. Chicago Men Protest Against Big Incomes Demanded. Chioaog. Dec. 17. Answer was given last night by members of a Young Men's Christian Association here to marriageable girls, who a short time ago, organized a "Young Women's $5. 000 club,'' the object of which was to pledge themselves not to marry a man who made less than $3,000 a year. Briefly stated the answer is: "Let father jay the 15,000.' Resolutions were drawn up setting forth that it was agreed that it is impossible to meet the demands of the average wife "on an' income less than the figure named and placing the men's organization in the following position regarding it: "This club demands that in cases where parents have trained their girls to need Jo.OOO a year on which to live, the parents be required to pay the amount to their sons-in-law who, in marrying the girls, must shoulder the consequences of such raining." HEARST IS HEARD. (Continued from Page One.) Another letter dated January 27, 1902, John D. Archbold to J. B. For aker transmitted a certificate of de posit for $50,000. This letter, Mr. Hearst said, he made public in a speech in 1908 at Columbus, Ohio. Another letter from Archbold Jo Foraker, dated March 5, 1900, read: "T beg to enclose you herewith letter from our counsel, Mr. Elliott with copy of another very objectionable bill re cently introduced at Columbus. There will undoubtedly be a uniform senti ment against it in the oil section. Hope you can take care of it with the others." Letter to Sibley. A letter from Archbold to J. C. Sibley, representative from Pennsylvania dated February 15, 1901 read: "I beg to enclose yon herewith certi ficate of deposit to your favor for $5,0u0 sent you at the request of Mr. Griscom, the purpose of which you no doubt un derstand with him. Permit me to im prove this opportunity also to express my high appreciation of your most courteous and efficient action in re sponse to our request regarding the consideration of the subsidiary bill matter with Mr. Griscom." Pressed further to tell about getting the letters Mr. Hearst said that Mr. Eddy was in his employ as a magazine writer at the time he brought him the letters, but that Eddy had paid nothing to obtain possession of them. The second, witness, J. L. Ken nedy, of Cleveland, Ohio, a former member of the old industrial commis sion on which Senator Penrose did some work for which the Standard Oil com pany paid him $25,000 was "amusing." No member of the commission he said took less part in the work than Senator Penrose. When the report was com pleted. Mr. Kennedy testified he was appointed a. committee of one to get Senator Penrose's signature. At first the senator refused to sign the report Kennedy said, because he did not know what it contained -ut finally consented to attach his signature when assured that it contained noth ing in conflict with the Republican platform. RISKED THEIR LIVES. To Carry Out Promise to Scatter Orony's Ashes Over the Bar. San Francisco, Dec. 17. With the seas pounding a requiem on the bar, seven old cronies of Peter Johnson carried out their mate's last wish yes terday and gave his ashes to the gale. They risked their lives to do it, for the little launch Monk, carrying the cortege In oilskins, had to churn its way through angry waves. I Peter Johnson ran a water front place where seafaring men met and drank and told sea tales. "Boys, I'm going out soon," he said a few weeks ago, "and I want you to take my ashes out to sea and scatter them over the bar." "We'll do it," said the seven, and pledged it with a drink. Johnson died Saturday. The bar had been breaking heavily for forty-eight hours yesterday when Tom Blight took the urn aboard the Monk. The others were Fred Wilson, D. J. Scott, John Peterson, Albert Peterson. Captain Stevens and Captain McPherson'. They were warned against going out, but de cided to carry out the mandate of their friend. Once a huge wave slapped the boat down into the trough of the sea and half submerged it. Two men clung to the tiller and the other five were set to bailing. When they came under the shadow of Point Bonita. they gathered in the prow of the pitching boat, and, with heads uncovered, kept their pledge to their dead friend. They then sank the urn and set back to port. WHEAT IS STRONG Reports From the Peace Con ference Cause an Advance. Unsettled Weather in Argen tine Also Helps the Bulls. CORN MARKET IS WEAKENED Increasing Receipts Bring About Drop in Prices. Provisions Decline Slightly Owing to Lack of Support. Chicago, Dec. 17. Uneasiness over re ports that Turkey had refused to accept opponents terms caused wheat today to advance. Unsettled weather in Argentina and an unexpected decrease in the Euro pean visible supply helped the bulls. The government report was ignored. Opening prices varied from He off to c advance. May started at 89ic to S9?ic, unchanged to c lower and rose to 9GW2 A reaction ensued owing to primary re ceipts three times as large as a year ago. The close, however, was firm with May tec net higher at 90c. CORN Increasing receipts weakened corn. May, which opened a shade to c down at 484848e, declined to 48V4c Further weakness developed 'n conse quence of poor demand. The close, though was steady at c net lower for May at 4S14Cj48?c. OATS Oats followed corn and showed no response to the rally in wheat. May started a sixteenth lower at 32c and eased off to 3232c. PROVISIONS Provisions received no support except from the shorts. First sales were unchanged to 7c below with May $18.00 for pork, 98c to 98c for lard and 96c to $9.65 for ribs. RYE No. 2, 6263c. BARLEY 46(37Sc. Tl MOTH Y :S.03.90. CLOVER $10.0018.00. Chicago Grain Market. Chicago, Deo. 17. Close Open High Low Today Yes. WHEAT Dec. 85 S5Vk 84 854 84 May 89- 90 89 90 STi July 8t- 87 86- 87 86 CORN Dec. i7 47-Ti 4714 47- 47 May 48 4hi-Yt A 48 July 49-49Va 49 4S7i 49 49 OATS Dec. 32,i 32 32W, 32 32- May 8274 33 32 33 32T July 33 33 33 33 33 PORK Jan. ..18.00 18.00 17.90 17.95 18.00 Mav ..18.00 18.07 17.92 18.05 18.05 LARD Dec. ..10.25 10.30 10.20 10.25 10.37 Jan. 9.95 9.95 9.86 9.90 9.95 May 9.82 9.87 9.80 9.82 9.87 RIBS Jan. 9.70 9.82 9.67 9.72 9.77 May 9.62 9.70 9.60 9.62 9.67 Kansas City Produce Market. Kansas City, Dec. 17. WHEAT Cash: Market unchanged. No. 2 hard, 8287c; No. 3, 8&84c; No. 2 red, $L011.03; No. 8, 96cS$1.01. COKN Market unchanged to c higher. No. 2 mixed, 46c; No. 3, 45(g45c; No. 2 white. 46iSi46c; Nov 3, 45c OATS Market steady. No. 2 white, 34 35c; No. 2 mixed' 33e3c. HAY Market unchanged. Choice tim othy, J13.00rgl3.50j choice prairie, 12tgl2.50. RYE Market unchanged. BUTTER Creamery, 333c; firsts, 31c; seconds, 29c; packings, 21c. EGGS Extras, 26c; firsts, 24c; seconds, 13e. POULTRY Hens, 8Uc; roosters, 8c; young turkeys, 16c; ducks, 1314c. WHEAT Receipts, 92 cars. CLOSE: WHEAT May, 85c; July. 81 81c. CORN May, 464c; July, 4647c OATS May, 34c. New York Produce Market. New Tork, Dec. 17. BUTTER Market irregular. Creamery firsts, 3235c. CHEESE Market quiet. State whole milk held, colored or white specials, 18c. EGGS Market firm. Fresh gathered extras, 35ra-3fic. POULTRY Dressed, firm: fresh killed western chickens, 1219a; fowls, 12&15c; turkeys, 14rd23c. WHOLESALE PARDON. Governor of Arkansas Releases 316 State and 44 County Convicts. Little Rock, Ark., Dec. 17. Governor Donaghey has pardoned 316 state and 44 county convicts and in a long state ment said his action was taken as a protest against the system of leasing convicts in vogue in Arkansas. The governor in his statement scored mag istrates for imposing long sentences for trivial offenses and told of what he termed disadvantages of the lease sys tern. As a result of the pardons, three state convict camps will be abolished but several camps where prisoners are working on the roads are housed, will be continued in operation. Some of the men pardoned were sentenced to terms of fifteen years. The governor in his statement tells of his unsuccessful efforts to have the convict lease system abolished and de clares that reports made to him by spe cial agents of conditions existing on state and county farms "could scarce ly be accepted as truth gotten from official documents and personal state ments, among a civilized people, but for the records in the c&se. In answer to his critics, whom the governor quotes as having said that a state penitentiary "could not be de signed as a Sunday school," he says: "Nor was it designed as a revengeful hell. Of course, no one intended for it to be such, but In a measure that is what it and the county farms of the state have resolved themselves into." Of the minor courts, Governor Dona ghey says: "The abuse of power shown by a few Individuals acting as justices of the peace in some of the towns and cities is enough to stagger into amazement those who have given the matter any attention." STRANGE VOCATION New York, Dec. 17. A squad of Italian laborers, temporarily out of work, have found novel source of income at Coney Island, where they spend their days equipped with a sieve, carefully siftine over the sand beneath the bath houses and along: the board walks. According j their operations they find coins, rings, and odd pieces of jewelry in consider able quantities, left behind by the crowds which thronged the beach last summar New York Stock Market. Wall St., New Tork, Dec. 17. STOCK S Speculative conditions today made for greater stability in the stock market and during the early hours there were none of the extraordinary fluctuations such as occurred yesterday. Varing of 1 points were registered in stocks which commonly moved widely but the changes were ac complish ;d without the nervous excite ment which has frequently attended trad ing recently. Traders sold stocks for a time in the belief that yesterday's bulge was too rapid and that a reaction would naturally follow. After the leaders had been jamed down 1 to 2 there wao a gradual rally which ultimately raised prices to above yesterday's close. Read ing recovered more than 3 points. Bonds were easy, reading fell back at the opening of the stock market today after its rapid rise of yesterday, yielding 2 points in the flrit few transactions. The general list was Irregular with a downward tendency among the more active stocks. Smelting lost a point, Lehigh Valley IV and Steel and Tennessee Coal Canadian Pacific and Rubber rose a point each Chicago Produce Market. Chicago, Dec. 17. BUTTER Market easy. Creameries, 2633c. EGGS Market easy. Receipts 2,585 cases. CHEESE Market steady. Daisies, 16'f? 17c; Twins, 16S16c; Young Americas, 16 17c Long Horns, 1617c. POTATOES Market weak. Receipts 46 cars. POULTRY Alive, lie; springs, alive, 10c. VEAL Market steady, 9gl4c. New York Sugar Market. New York, Dec. 17. SUGAR Raw, steady; Muscovado, 89 test, 3.82; centrifu gal, 96 test, 3.92c; molasses, 89 test, 3.17; refined, steady. 6t. Joe Live stock Market. St. Joe, Dec. 17 CATTLE Receipts 2.500. Market slow andweak. Steers, J6.7510.25; cows and heifers, J3.50S8.60; calves, 4.503 9.50. HOGS Receipts 6,000. Market 5c to 10c lower. Bulk of sales, J6.907.10. SHEEP Receipts 2,000. Market lower. Lambs, J6.4O&8.0O. Kansas City Live Stock Market. Kansas City, Dec. 17 CATTLE Re ceipts 12,000, Including 800 southern. Market steady to 10c lower. Native steers, $6.2 10.75; southern steers, J5.00g7.26; southern cows and heifers, J3.25.25; native ciws anC heifers, $3.60i7.50; stockers and lead ers. J5.0CK&.7.40; bulls, Ji.50&6.26; calves, tt.QQ felO.OO; western steers, $5.508.00; western cows, J3.756.50. HOGS Receipts 15,000. Market 5c lower. Bulk of sales, $6.907.20; heavy, $7.157.25; t.n k. is and butch -rj, $7.107.;j; 'teht, $6.9007.16; pigs, $6.00&6.75. SHEEP Receipts 10,000. Market lower. Muttons, $3.754.75; lambs, $6.267.80; range wethers and yearlings, $4.50&ti.75; range ewes, $3.254.30. Kansas City Stock Yards, Dec. 6. Too many fed cattle at all the markets last week injected considerable weakness into the market on that kind, particularly steers, and though stock cattle and feed ers held up steady the week closed off several points taken as a whole. Exces sive receipts of cattle today at all points struck the market in a defenseless posi tion, and declines today range from 10 to 25 cents. The run here is 17,000 and in Chicago 40,000. Heavy liquidation of short fed steers accounts for much of the sur plus today, and there are different ex planations of why so many feeders decided to ship now. The most plausable one is that feeders see a profit, and prefer to take it than to wait, and take chances. Sick hogs are hurrying some shipments, and the usual desire to clean up before Christmas is having its influence. Bulk of the fed steers are off half a dollar from a week ago, selling at $6.50 to $9.00, best quarantine steers today at $6.85 to $7.15, native cows selling largely at $5.50 to ?6.75 bulls $4.50 to 6.90, veals up to $10.00, the butcher classes not showing as mum de cline as steers. Country buying last week was liberal, 15,000 head to that trade, as compared with 10,000 head same week last year. Trade eased off a little at the end of the week, and the flood of fed cattle today shakes the confidence of country buyers a little, though they are still pay ing up to $7.50 for feeders, and $7.4) for f;incv fclfck steers. Hogs declined heavily last week, and the market is barely Bteady today, run 8,000 hf-ad. too $7.32, bulk $7.00 to $7.25. Re ceipts are fairly liberal, and weight is in creasing, which puts the rim a little above fresh meat requirements, which is a point where lackers begin to fight the mirVet -eh-ntltf-sly. They simply will not pack hogs at pi esent rates, but demand a seven cent market. Ths f-h'wp market acquired considerable bloom last week though not as minh as it is said bv sellers to be entitled O it fide points report excessive supplies to day, and there is a temporary l.aciffcet. tlH-iin top lambs brought $7.S5 foday. IJ.-al' rs be'ieve heavy runs now are at the expense of later supplies, whlci makes the s-! i at on lcok good for most of the Colorado fteders. Light yearlings Lring nn tr. T.0C. weibers $5.00, ewes $4 65, feed ing lambs $v;.25 to $7.15. Chicago Live Stock Market. Chicago, Dec. 17. CATTLE Receipts 5 vw. Market weak. Beeves. $d.ooi9.i; Texas steers, J4.405.65; western steers, $5.257.50; stockers and feeder, $4.25S7.2o; cows and heifers, $2.767.50; calves, $6.50 Si 10. 00. HOGS Receipts 23,000. Market slow. Light, $6.907.25; mixed, 6.9s&7.30; heavy, $.907.30; rough. $6.707.05; pigs, $5.006.iw, bulk of sales, J7.157.25. SHEEP Receipts 17,000. Market steady to higher. Native, $3.905.00; western, $4.005.00; yearlings, $5.40&.75: lamb J. native, $6.208.2O; western, $6.25S.20. Kansas City Live Stock Sales. The following sales were mads this morning at the Stock Yards. Kansas City, and reported over long distance telephone direct to the State Journal by Clay, Robinson Co., live stock com mission merchants, with offices at -ll markets. Kansas City, Dec. 17. CATTLE Re ceipts 12,000 head. Market slow and weak. HOGS 15,000 head. Market weak to 10c lower. Bulk of sales, $7.0O&7.20; top, $7.25. SHEEP Receipts 10,000 head. M-irket weak. KILLING STEERS. No. Wt. Price. INo. Wt. price. 22 1243 $7.60 I 34 1136 $7.25 14 102") 6.85 COWS AMD HEIFERS. 3 820 5.25 I 4 930 5.50 10 760 6.50 4 800 4.50 10 1040 5.45 4 1030 3.90 27 1036 5.45 STOCKERS AND FEEDERS. 24... ..1000 7.15 I 1 860 r.oo M5 624 6.65 I 14 721 7.00 OA LVEB. 9.50 I 1 120 5.50 I BULLS. 5.85 180 265 8.50 1... 1... 1240 ....nm 4.50 4... 5.75 I 1... HOGS. 7.20 I 36... 6.50 38... ..1110 ..1040 3.85 4.50 84... 48.... 267 96 2S5 S6 7.25 6.25 Topeka Market. Famished by the Chas. Wolff Packing Co. yards close at noon Saturday. W. cannot use pigs, thin sows or hogs weighing less than 170 i'js. Do not mar ket hogs unless same are well finianed as we cannot use half fat stuff. W. givt below prices effective at once, until fius tber notice. Topeka, HOGS. Kan., Dec. 17. MIXED AND BUTCHERS .J6.75ff.99 6.8iKa.95 6.&&6.S0 ..?5.80g.S 6.3035.75 4.6535.25 4.0&34.S6 ..S4.555.M 4.0SQ4.5S 3.5534.09 HEAVY LIGHT steers!" Prime Sood to choice Fair to good Common to fair kmen. prime Good to choice Fair to good Best Lowest Prices and Terms Easiest and Best Place to Buy Special Xmas Prices on New High Grade Pianos, $139, $169, $185, $205, $260, $285. Special Xmas Prices on New 88 Note Player Pianos. $285, $340, $425, $495, $525, $615. MAHi2SpiErfmuimiTURE&y STOCK SHIPPERS To Insure Younelrea Best Result Consign to CLAY, ROBINSON St CO. Live Stock Commission Merchants, Stock Yards, Ran. City W Also fiutve Unr own uun ha, Draver, Sioux City, So. mm. Ftort Worth. Common to -003 .59 Prime v".- 5.05fl.o Good to choice 4.5535.00 .Fair to good.... 4.064.5Q Common to iair.... S.6O&4.0U Prime, fat (4.25(34.75 i-ieshy S.554.00 Mediums S.00tfi3.60 VEAL (200 lbs. and under.) Good to choice $5.30-36 09 Fair to good............ 4.25S5.2S (Cannot use straight grass cattle unless thev have had considerable corn.) Market price paid for dry lot cattle If you will favor us with your Inquiries ..IviBine number of head, analiiv and length of time on feed, we will mak. you an offer or arranga for ou- buyer, to call on you. Tope-ka Fruit and Pnxrace Market. Selling price by Sara'l E. Lux. Wholesal. 1 Fruits and Produce.! Topeka, Kan., Dec 17 Aj'PLES Per bDl., $3.254.75; per" bus. S1ALMIRA GRAPES-Per bbl., J6.006.23. COCOANUTS Per doz, 8c KIGS Per box 80c. BLACK WALNUTS-Per bu.. DATES Per lb., 6c. PACKAGE DATES -Per box. tZ.75 FLORIDA ORANGES Per boi. ij ARIZONA NAVEL ORANGEsie, FLOR A- GRAPE FRUIT-Per box FLORIDA PINBAPPLES-Per box LEMONS Per box, J5.75. i NRERRUS-Per bbl.. ts POTATOES R. R- E. Ohio. 70c; Idaho whites. 70c. HOLLAND CABBAGE-Per cwt., 11.06. BANANAS Medium sized bunches. p buncn, er Dunca &C4I2.75-, per lb., 4c. ROOT VEGETABLES Beets, per bu, 60c. Carrots, per bu., ,c. parsnips, per hu 75c. Turnips, per bu., 40c ONIONS Red Globe, 80c; Yellow, 80c SPANISH ONIONS Per crate, 11.40." RUTABAGAS Per lb., l.4c. SWEET POTATOES Per bu., M.oo HOT HOUSE LETTUCE per basket, 75c CELERY Jumbo, 75c: Mommoth, 90c HONEY Per case S3.75. CHEESE Per lb.. 20ji20c. OYSTERS Per can. 36ij0c: per $1.602.30. Topeka Batter, Eggs and Poultry. (Furnished by the Topeka Packing Co.J Topeka, Kan., Dec 17 EGGS Fresh country, 22c. POULTRY Hens, all sizes, 10c; sprlne-. 10c; broilers. 2 lbs. and under, 14c; over j lbs.. 11c: old cocks, 5c; ducks. 10c: ewm 8c: stags. 8c. TURKEYS Hen turkeys over 8 lbs., 15c voung Toms over 12 lbs., 15c; old Toms! 13c. BUTTER Packinir stock. 20. Batter and Egg tFurnished by The Continental Creamr 1 Co.. ""opeka. Kan.J Topeka, Kan., Dec. 17 CHICAGO EGGS 231c. NEW YORK EGGS 2930c. CREAMERY BUTTER Chicago, 24c N. Y., 36V2&37c; Elgin, 34c; Topeka whole sale, 35c Topeka Grain Market. tFurnished by J. B. BlUard, corner Kan 1 sas ave. and Curtis st-1 Topeka, Kan., Dc 17 WHEAT 7075c OATS-30-532C NEW CORN 45c. Pianos and mm uaariLN, ou Jiwupn, eo, uiin nu, mh. uanua, tu. au umi ana Or TOMORROW and until all are sold 50 BOXES Christmas Oranges (Sun kissed Brand) 0 $1.80 PER BOX Packed especially for Christmas trade In V, size boxes, 9 dozen Oranges in a box. 9 WM. GREEN H SON J Topeka Hay Market. Furnished by T. A. Beck. Zl2-?h e. tth 1 Topeka, Kan., Dec. n PRAIRIE HAY No. 1. 10.00; No. (9.00. NEW ALFALFA Choice, tia.00; No. 1 112.00. Topeka Hide .Market. tQuotatlons furnished by James C. Smlta lw Hid-; Co.. Vi Kast Third st.J Topeka, Kan., Dec. 7 flRFSN CURED HIDES Natives, Kf I Uc- NO. 2. 13V4c; Side Brands, loan? Butsnd Stages. 91(!Hore. Hid Ko 1 3.00i&3.o0: No. 2, i.a8. DRY HIDES-Butchers heavy. 20Q21s ory salt. W1LC- mv i 50ftt7.00: Raccoon. SOrasrtj n. tripe), 3.251.2S; Skunk (narrow stripe) $2.764i75c-. Skunk (broad stripe), 1.25a0o: lScStl.OO: trash vnrthi. Munkrat. large, 75330c; Musk rat. medium! Kig25c: Muskrat mall. K5Q20c Th above nr'- are for prim furs. K.- fc.-T.-. lmm t fi j Sold by the Makers W. W. Kimball Co. 822 Kansas Ave., Topeka. Open Evening 'Till Nine Until Chriotmas uu.iriK (black), 4.50gl-75; Skunk (sh'ni

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THE T'vmrtCA DAILY ST rOrTP.VAZi DECEMBER. 17, 1912 3 II w J" J5 if fi E'A Harters ft; i-frv. one'of V-f'O"" l.'- 'i ?"i i ever sold. They I"" I1 if-' V' inches long, i-iiht -'A',' r t :V initio. GO anywhe Vi i M Harter's Our Coat Department Will Save You Money $22.50 Salts Sealette, full satin lined, in all colors; silk frog fasten ers, heavy roll collar, a coat that cannot be bought anywhere for less than $22.50; at C1C CA st received another the famous Caracul the most popular are full sateen lined and they are worth ere; .$8.45 a -a. r mw- 0 Ladies' Bath Robes Special order just received to iay Ladies' Bath Robes in an ex tra heavy fleeced cloth; well worth $6.00; special for Christ- B3 A P mas selection pJ.0 These come in dainty colors, well finished, mercerized cord, large col lars, satin trimmed. Kimonas ?howine a fine new line, selected for Christmas selling ranging in Eon? 69C tO $3 Your Dollars Will Go Much Farther in Their Purchas ing Power at Harter's Than Elsewhere in Topeka. You will find some unusual bargains here this week just right for Christmas buying-. Comparison will corvince you that our values are not duplicated in the qua ity ot gooes to be found here. SOME CHRISTMAS GIFT BARGAINS FOR HER Ladies' GIovss Nowhere can you find the values we can offer you in ladies' gloves from the low-est price to the best glove made; values worth from 50 cents up to the 16-button white glase kid sold (SO '7p5 usually at $3.75. Hatter's price f" Lac? Neckwear Tou'll be most agreeably surprised to see the special display of Finest Baby Irish Lace Sets we've arranged for your choosing. The collection mentioned here are salesmen's samples and we're going to let you have them at just about half their actual value. Range in prices from 25 Cents to $1.95, Anything you want. Our line of Veil Pins, Stick Pins, Belt Fasteners, Combs, etc.. Is complete. FURS FOR INSTANCE In this department we have several sets and pieces of the Clement Crawford Stock which must be closed out. We have marked them at just Half Price. 200 Neck Pieces worth 98c t up to $5.00 Just yz Price. Sets, splendid furs worth from $2.00 up to $12.00 T Just V2 Price. Ladies' Felt Slippers Showing a varied assortment neatly made, comfortable house slippers $1.00, $1.25, $1.50. to FOR HIM Men Always Need Hose Gordon Special Silk Hose; usual values $1.50. At Harter's 4 pair 50c Hose, silk, in assorted colors; packed in Christmas box. 4 pairs lisle ho3e, assorted colors, packed in nice Xmas box $1.00 Special Gordon Silk Hose; all pure silk Suspenders in Christmas OXr box for Ot Sets, Paris Garters and Arm Bands to match; 50 cent values. At Harter's for 1.00 $1.25 75c 50c to 50c 35c Men's Cuff Sets Warranted extra heavy gold plate 50c, 75c, $1.00. $1.50 These are salesmen's sample lines and we bought them right. At Harter's for O.NK-HALF PRICE. Holeproof Ties Any color, a mighty neat silk tie pin to match packed Qs in box, a dandy gift combination set at Harter's DcC Other Silk Ties 50c, 35c, 30c, 25c Linen Handkerchiefs Wo succeeded In purchasing a special lot of pure linen hand kerchiefs from the Mills Gibbs Co. of New York, the com pany cleanup sale. They are arranged right before Kg n cn your eyes as you enter our store. Prices from. OvC Rumes Will Please Her French and Willow A Beautiful French Plumes In a erreat unnrtmont af sizes, and combination of colors; an CO Q-t-xtra special $7.50 value for v"'' Willow Plumes, J 12. 50 values for. m i mm Magnificent Willows, worth J22.50, for $7.50 ..$16.00 Fancy Feathers 69c 39c Fancy Marabon Bands in white and all colors, usually sold for -y i uu can nave your choice for Stickups in all colors but white; 75 cent values; at Harter's for Hand B ags ard Novelties All leather hand bags, durably made, genuine ivory fittings, some leather exceptional values from J1.00 up to J6.00. Tou are actual ly buying these at 50 cents on the dollar. Cat Glass About thirty pieces of cut glass, fine cutting, heavy glass, excellenr designs to close out. Half Price. Genuine Bargains These Umbrellas High grade silk covers, handles of ster ling silver, ebony, or gold and 18 K. fine, worth from $7.00 to $12.00; M 95 at Harter's. Other Umbrellas from $1.00 up. Opposite Postoffice THE HAIRTER. MERCANTILE CO. 419-421 Kansas Ave. i J STRIKESJ SNAG Peace Parley Adjourns Until Thursday With Nothing Done. Pefusal of Greece to Sign Ar mistice the Cause. London, Dec. 17. An obstacle was en countered today by the Balkan and Turkish plenipotentiaries gathered here to bring about peace, in the absence of Greece's signature to the armistice pro tocol. The delegates found it necessary to adjourn without effecting any real business. They will not meet again until late on Thursday afternoon and in the meantime will communicate with their home governments. After their adjournment Dr. S. Daneff, the leader of the Bulgarian delegation and the president of today's meeting of the conference confirmed the report that the question of the pro tocol had been under discussion without a decision bein? reached. It is under stood the powers of the Turkish pleni potentiaries do not authorize them to recognize the Hellenic delegates, unless Greece signs the armistice, and there fore they were obliged to refer the mat ter to Constantinople bejore proceeding with the conference. The Greek representatives refused to sign the protocol when invited to do so today, pointing out that it would make no practical difference as the allies were united and the decision reached by them as that of the Balkan league would be binding on Greece equally with the other members of the federation. BILL IS $86,000. For Americans Killed and Wounded on Mexican Border. Washinston. rec. 17. Twenty-thre Americans who were wounded or whose relatives were killed or wounded by shots from across the Mexican border in April or May. 1911. should- reecive indemnities assreeatlng f86.wv from the Mexican gov ernment according to a dispatch to con gress by a number of army officers used to Investigate the cases. The commission reported that Iawrence P. converse and Edward M. Piatt Americans, who were captured on American soil by Mexican federals were not entitled to indemnity although the Mexicans committed an in ternational wrong in crossing the border. Converse and Piatt claimed TSO.K) each. The following claims were approved, the amount being reduced in each instance: For injuries at El Paso, Texas: Adolfo Varela, gunshot wound to daughter. $3.&; Virginia Moorhead. wounded through Cody, $3,000; Abundia Soto, severe gun shot wound to wife. S4.nOC; Ed'ln G. Hea ton. wounded throusrh leg. S2.900; Celia Griffith, husband kilted. J15000; A. R. Chfndler, son killed, J12.O30. For Injuries at Doutrlas, Ariz.: Emma Tjarson. personal injuries Jl.n"": Elmer E. Crowt. shot through body. ta.OO; Francis F. Williams, shot through body. 5.0.X; i John W. Keat. shot in foot, U.QpO; Joseph W. Harrington, brother killed. 15,0(X; i William A. White, leg wound, $2,000. world and is living with her husband in amity. She has never ceased to mourn the wrecking of the happiness of their domestic life. Mr. Cudany himself now admits that he was in spired by a senseless and insane jeal ousy, which had no foundation. "I want to pay this tribute to my friends, Mrs. Cudahy. In spite of everything that ever has been said, she is the sweetest and most gracious woman I have ever met. Her adora tion for her beautiful children is in spiring and she has the respect and love of all who know her." Mrs. Whitehead was formerly of Kansas City. At the time the Cudahys aind notoriety through the Lillis af fair, Mrs. Whitehead was one of the most ardent of Mrs. Cudahy's friends and defenders and was with her a considerable portion of the time after a divorce decree was granted. The domestic life of the Cudahys since their remarriage has been hap py, according to her friend. "Jack Cudahy is doing everything in his power to win back the love and re spect of his wife," she continued. "Re cently he presented her with a new $5,000 limousine and since that time she and their children daily take long drives. He at last has settled down to serious work and spends much of his time superintending the administra tion of his farm, just outside the city." NAMES COMMISSIONER Taft Selects Men to Investigate Rela tions of Iabor and Capital. REBUILD CASTLE Remodeling Will Include Ex ploration of Passages. Built Underground for Pefuge of Napoleon Bonaparte. Washington, Dec. 17. President Taft today sent to the senate the nomina tions of the nine members of the in dustrial commissions created to investi gate relations between labor and capi tal. The men named were: Representing the people Senator Sutherland, of Utah; George B. Chand ler, a member of the Connecticut legis lature; Charles Simon Barrett, of Georgia, president of the Farmers' union. Representing capital Frederick A. Delano, of Chicago, president of the Wabash railroad; Adolph Leadson, Xew York merchant and philanthrop ist; F. C. Schwedman, of Missouri, an electrical engineer. Representing labor Austin B. Gar retson, of Iowa, president of the Order of Railway Conductors; John B. Len non, treasurer of the American Feder ation of Labor; James O'Connell, of the District of Columbia, vice president of the same organization. The commis sion will choose its own chairman. Bordentown, N. J., Dec. 17. The 200 acre estate here which was once the home of Joseph Bonaparte, brother of Xapoleon and former king of Spain, is to be restored, and its magnificent chateau rebuilt, by Har ris Hammond, son of John Hays Ham mond, who has juet purchased the property. Among the most interesting details of the work of restoration will be the exploring and clearing of the three secret underground passages and subterranean rooms on which Jo seph spent 200,000 in the expecta tion that the property would some day be used as a refuge for Napoleon. It has been often reported about the countryside here that great quantities of gold and silver are concealed in treasure vaults reached through the devious tunnels, which are supposed to give secret access from the chateau to the Delaware river. Joseph Bonaparte was Napoleon's eldest brother. He accepted the throne of Naples in 18 OS and was transferred in 1808 to the throne of Spain. The Spanish people obstinately resisted the domination of the Frenchman and he was expelled in 1813. Two years later he emigrated to the Tnited States and took up his resi dence at Bordentown under the name of the Count De Survilliers. He went back to Europe in 1832, and died in Italy in 1844. SANTA GLAUS' MAIL. half Nelson and scissors hold and s combination hammerlock and scissors put Johnson down for the second fall. The time was five and a half minutes in the first fall and eight and two thirds in the second. Stahl and Guy Johnson put on the .preliminary, Guy Johnson winning. VETERANSTARVES Henry West Dies of Hunger With Money in His Hand. TELLS OFJIRIMES Under Death Penalty, Black Hand Operator Tells Story Of White Slare Operations in Canada and U. S. Teedy and HI Brare Ex-Soldier Passes Away. V V Montreal, Dec 17. Cinder sentence to die next Friday, Carlo Dl Battiste, con victed of murder, has turned over to the authorities here, a long story of the operations of the Blac Hand so ciety, and of white slave traffic throughout Canada, and the United States. His revelations are considered to be of such importance that they are be ing forwarded today to the depart- j ment of justice Although declaring his own innocence or tne muraer cnarge oi which he was convicted, he confesses that he was one of the leading opera tors in white slave traffic which he says was organized on a systematic I basis, with Montreal and Quebec as headquarters. He says that houses ieven as far distant as the Pacific coast were supplied and controlled by the organization's chiefs in Montreal I and Quebec Chicago, Dec. 17. Henry West, 70 years old, a veteran of the civil war, died of starvation last night in his scantily furnished room. Letters tell ing of his bravery during the war and of his recent poverty, were found in the room. His honorable discharge j from the United States army was also among the belongings found. West had been ili for two weeks,-4 Last night his landlady summoned a physician of the city ambulance ser vice to attend him. The physician i treated him and gave him a half dol- j lar after the old man complained of j hunger t A short time later be was found i dead, the, coin still clutched in his I hand. HONOR CHARLES TAFT Son of President Takes First Place in His School. Gold Fish With GjobeFREE With moss and pebbles. These make excellent Christ mas gifts. Several hundred customers have se cured these pretty little globes and fish, and we have another supply that we will give with purchases as long as they last. Given Free with any 25c purchase of our own preparations such as Brunt's Tooth Paste or Powder, Brunt's Cold Remedy, Brunts Cough Remedy. Brunt's Little Liver Pills, Brunt s Cold Cream, Brunt's Beef, Iron and Wine (50c), Brunt's Dyspepsin Tablets (50c), Brunt's Headache Relief, or with a 50c; purchase of any other merchandise In our store. Owing to the numerous calls for this offer, we cannot make free deliveries, and can only give one to a customer. The Busy Drug Store Opposite Post Office Threatens to Interfere With Business at New Xo'rk. "SUICIDE" REAPPEARS Califomian "Turns Up" After Had Collected Insurance. Wife DEFENDS MRS. CUDAHY Her Friend Sirs. Whitehead Says She's in False Position. Los Angeles, CaL, Dec 17. C. W. Jordan, who had been believed to have committed suicide last April, by hanging himself under a roller coaster at a seaside park, reappeared at his home this morning. His wife had collected $2,000 in surance from a fraternal order after identifying the body of a man re sembling her husband, whom she had seen but once in three years. Several other persons agreed with her in the identification. Jordan said he had been wandering about the country, and had not learn ed of his "suicide." Chicago, December 17. The reasons which inspired the recent reconcilia tion and remarriage of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Cudahy and the hitherto secret history of the events surrounding that occurrence were revealed today by Utra Kdith Whitehead, one of Mrs. Cudahy's most intimate acquaintances. J Mrs. Whitehead is at the Congress! hotel. She has returned from Kansas! City, where she was a guest in the Cudahy home. I "I don't want the public to think that I am betraying the confidence of i friendship," said Mrs. Whitehead, "but I do feel that justice ought to be done j to a woman who has always been placed in a false light before the pub-, lie. "I know positively because Mrs. j Cudahv herself has told me, that her reconciliation with Jack Cudahy was inspired by her love for her children. She realized that as long as the two remained apart she could never exer- cise the same care over them that is i now possible. "Mrs. Cudahy is bravely facing thei HIS SPEECH SHORT. Governor-Elect Sulzer Has Gone Into Seclusion. New Tork, Dec. 17. If Santa Claus does not call at the New Tork post office for his mail before long, the rapidly increasing heap of letters is likely to interfere with the office's operations during the crowded Christ mas season. The postmaster general recently issued orders directing post masters not to send letters to Santa Claus to the dead letter office, hut to see that they are distributed among charitable institutions and generously inclined individuals, who want to make children happy. But. although Santa Claus' mail in New Tork gets more bulky every hour, only one application has been made for permission to read it. That appli cation is from a firm of clothiers which has a lot of very small suits and caps and other thing, that it wants to give to needy small boys. There are already three bags of un delivered letters for Santa Claus at the postoffice, and the rush has only just begun. BARS IMITATION SNOW Fire Underwriters Will Not Permit Familiar Decoration. WERE CARELESS; DIED Crew of the Hydroplane Failed to Overhaul Machinery. Santa' Barbara, CaL, Dec 17. The "Snookums," the hydro-aeroplane which carried Horace Kearny and Chester Lawrence, to death in the Pa i ciflc ocean Saturday, started on the i voyage from Newport Beach to San Francisco, with less overhauling than I a street car gets before it takes the track, according to Dick Richards, Kearny's mechanician, who is here hunting for some signs of the ma chine. The crank shaft of che ma chine. Richards said, was broken Sat urday morning and hastily replaced. The pontoons, one of 'which has been picked up at sea, re new. A party left early today to search the Santa Cruz islands, off this coast. Hartford, Conn., Dec 17. A dis patch today from Watertown. Conn., announced that Charles P. Taft, son of the president, had again won the highest honors at the Taft school, of which his uncle, Horace D. Taft, is principal. Charles attained a mark for the year of 96 points, his nearest rivals being four students who suc ceeded in getting 90 each. The aver age mark for all the pupils was 71. EXPENSIVE COLLECTION Autographs of Prominent Men Cost Collector $70,000. Washington, Dec. 17. When Presi dent Taft toda affixes his signature as the 994th signer of the autograph collection of Louis Barth of Budapest, Hungary, he will have added the name of another leader to a collection which has cost indirectly $70,000. Mr. Barth journeyed from Europe to se cure the autographs of President Taft, Thomas A. Edison and other cele brated Americans. Andrew Carnegie was the latest to add his name to the collection. The signatures and sentiments in Mr. Barth's collection are in fourty four languages and include nearly every ruling sovereign of Europe and some of Africa and Asia. He has the autographs of dominant statesmen, leading writers, artists, scientists, actors and publicists. Theodore Roosevelt signed th a'bum in Berlin in 1810, and J. P)er pont Morgan affixed his signature in Paris last year. The collection was started by Mr. Barth eight years ago. Worth Glvio: HITS AT "FAKE"ADS. Ordinance Prohibits Advertising "Fake" Fire Sales. Albany. N. T., Dec. 17. Governor- elect William Sulzer plans to go into seclusion for the holidays in order that he may get away from officeseek ers and do more effective work on his message and inaugural address. Both will be very brief. He expects to occupy only five minutes in deliver ing his speech at the inaugural cere monies on January 1. This will be a striking departure from the usual practice. Mr. Sulzers predecessors without exception have outlined their entire legislative program in the an- nual message to the legislature, j Bead the State Journal I New Tork. Dec 17. Many of the familiar Christmas decorations which have been used for generations will disappear this year, as the result of a decision by the New Tork board of fire underwriters. A letter is to be sent this week to every holder of a fire insurance policy in the city vhich reads-: "Tour attention is called to the fact that the introduction about premises of Christmas greens and other inflam mable materials, such as cotton to rep resent snow, constitutes an additional j fire hazard and win not tie permitted. WOOD WON MATCH. Seattle, Wash., Dec. 17. An ordi nance prohibiting the advertising of "fake'' fire, bankruptcy, receivership or other sales became effective here today. Under its terms, the publica tion if an advertisement which mis represents the value or quality of any commodity offered for sale is punish able by a fine not exceeding $100. The ordinance was advocated by the ad vertising men of the city. TO WRECK A TRAIN. Attempt to Derail Imperial Limited in Canada. Happiness is brought to thousands of homes through the Christmas presents. At this season of the year friends await the loving- gift which they cherish for years. Hence in making presents, buy some article of furniture which will add to the comfort and attraction of the home, and with our Low Prices your money will go as far again as at any other store. i i i, J1 Pauline Boy Threw Johnson at Solo mon in Straight Falls. Jack Wood the Pauline athlete, won j his wrestling match with Leo Johnson at Solomon Monday night in straight falls. The first one was secured on a i Vancouver. B. C, Dec. 17. An at tempt Sunday night to derail the Im- i perial limited, a Canadian Pacific i train, a quarter of a mile from Whon nock. B. C. became known today. Half an hour before the train ap proached a heavy piece of rail was fastened across the track so as to send the train plunging down a fifteen foot embankment. There is little doubt that robbery was the motive. Those who discov ered the obstruction had seen half an hour before five or six men slinking into the brush nearby. "We've h!d Fome fine weather this fall." "We'll pay for ft later on." "Wei. we can't kick tf we do. We had delivery i in advance." Washington Star. For Wednesday only a Ladies Writing; Desk in either Golden Oak or Early English finish, very substantially built, Wednesday only $4.95. For Wednesdav only we place on sale this beautiful golden oak library table, size 28x42, with large, roomy drawer heavy 4 in. legs and full polished finish. S15 value for Wednesday only, $3.95. svr&i Ml We have this pattern of Smok- ing Stand and a number of other st3rles, in all finishes for Wed nesday only we will place on sale our entire line at heavy reduc tions, ranging in prices from $1.45 to $8.75. iMAHJZm-SpiELMANURNITUREQi

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4 CTepefca 'iatf Journal By FRANK P. MAC LEX NAN. TEntered July 1. 1S75. as second-class matter at the postoffice at Topeka, Kl. Under the act of congress. VOLUME XXXIV No. 301 Official State Paper. Official Paper City of Topeka- TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Daily edition, delivered by carrier. H cents a week to any part of Topeka. or suburbs, or at the same price in any Kan sas town where the paper has a carrier system. By mail one year By mail. six months l.W By mail. 100 days, trial order 1 TELEPHONES. Private branch exchange- Call 107 and arc the State Journal operator for per aen or department desired. icpeka State Journal building. 800 aad M Kansas avenue, comer Eighth. Kew York Oftloa: J60 Fifth twiraa. Paul Block, manager. Chicago Oftlce: Steger building. Paul Block, manager. Boston Office: Tremont Building. Paul Block, manager. JFULL LEASED VTTRK REPORT OF THE ASSOCIATED PRK8S. The State Journal la member of the Associated Frese and reoeiv m m ielegrapti report of that great news or ganisation for the exclusive afternoon .Publication In Topeka. The news Is received In The State Jour nal building over wires Cor this sole pur Evidently the state of Washington hasn't trouble enough on Its hands. It Is thinking seriously of establishing a State matrimonial agency. Nineteen separately named grades of eggs are on the market.. Probably the eighteenth and nineteenth are handled by men In oxygen helmets with long shovels. It is almost needless to call atten tion to the fact that Sir Thomas Lip ton, who insists that men should share with their wives in the actual care of young babies, hasn't any. Punishing the guilty is often a pret ty expensive undertaking. It cost Los Angeles county no less than $250,000 to conduct the McNamara trials. But It certainly was money well spent. Santa Claus undoubtedly has made Up his mind not to overlook any one In this land a week from Wednesday. Reports from all over the country state that the holiday trade is break ing all records for volume. More evidence that the yeggmen are operating in greener if not richer fields than Kansas is to be found in the report of the postmaster general to the effect that during the past year only nine of the postoffices in this state were visited by robbers. Plenty of turkeys for Christmas is more cheering news. But they prob ably won't bo purchased as generally as they were around Thanksgiving time. Christmas necessitates the buy ing of too many other things on the Bide. 7 Everybody should take advantage of the present rather balmy brand of winter weather. It is too good to last much longer. But, come to think of It, winter does not officially arrive, according to the dictum of the man who made the calendar, until Decem ber 21, or thereabouts. There is reason for enthusiasm, of course, over the fact that the produc tion of pig iron this year is of record breaking proportions. But there would be much more joy among the myriads with slender pocketbooks, who patronize the meat markets oc casionally, if this variety of "pig" could be transformed into bacon. Thus does the worm keep turning. Some of the patrons of a Minnesota boarding house had one of the board ers arrested because of her fondness for singing. They insisted that she disturbed their peace. But they seem to have been a trifle unreasonable, at that. For the lady in question sang more or less continuously for only 36 hours. One report current in the city tells that since the news of the operations of a "Jack the Hugger" in the College j Hill district became public a few days ago, a small army of old maids now congregate in that territory each even ing after the shades of night have fal len. And this may also explain why "Jack" has not been up to his old tricks of late. That old theory about no Indian be ing a good Indian unless he was a dead Indian is not as popular as it ence was. Superintendent Friedman, of the Carlisle Indian school, takes the government severely to task because It is not more active in reducing the death rate among the Red men. This rate is now estimated at 35 per 1000. Preliminary estimates are to the ef fert that the next cotton crop will be about two million bales less than the last one. But If thrs prediction Is cor--rect, the crop will be about two mil lion bales more than the average crop for the five years, 1906-1910, and that means another big spoke in the wheel of continued prosperity in the cotton growing states. And the sweet-tooth, for which the American people are more or less noted,- is rather expensive In the aggre gate. It is estimated that the sugar consumption in the United States for the year 1912 will exceed 8 billion pounds, with an approximate cost to the purchasers of 400 million dollars. In other words, the people of this country spend more than a million dollars a day for their sugar, in one form and another. Professor Blackmar's plan for ex tending the civil service law even to the selection of presidents, would probably prove impracticable in at least one direction. If not In others. There would be so many applicant to take the examination that It would be impossible to develop adequate facili ties to hold it. Almost every able bodied man in the country haa a sneaking Idea that he could fill the presidential chair most acceptably, if only the chance were given him. THAT SLUMP IN STOCKS. In his current weekly financial re view, Heary Clews, the New York banker r xj.la.nfc the recent extreme weakness in -he stock market as nav-l.-ig been due chiefly to three causes th supvtmc court decision regarding the Union Fxc'tic merger, the investi gations of the Pujo congressional committee into the so-called "money trust," and the unusual strain upon the money market. So the rather un expectedly heavy liquidations in Wall street do not mean that the business of the country Is going to smash, al o,nh iharc ar Rome alleged econo mists still alive who look upon the! ups and downs of Wall street aa certain barometer of the business sit uation in the nation. And Mr. Clews, also explains interestingly just why there is a considerable, strain on the money market and gives other sub- the decline in the Dlall Llol w value of securities, which are convinc ing that slump in Wall street does not necessarily mean a slump in business. He writes on these matters, as follows: "While the recent weakness of the market has been chiefly due to local happenings, the world's money situa tion, however, has played an impor tant part In being responsible for much of the decline In securities. Throughout the world there has been a steady tightening of money, of which significant evidence is found in the high and advancing bank rates abroad. This is because of world-wide develop ments and activity. England d Ser many, the two leading commercial na tion, of Europe, have "een enjoying an unusual period of prospenty, Ger many being more than once on the verge of excess, as was shown by her mability financially to meet the Moroc can incident. England has been do ing an enormous foreign trade for several years, and her home Indus tries are stilltaxed to their utmost to meet growing demands of this ch jarae ter. In Argentina, in Canada, in South Africa and in various parts of the world there has been an P"? commercial growth, ana m i v. also been a great forT ward movement in the creatlw. of new mands have meant a -eancreafe,! the inauiry for money. The call for -i-ii extraordinarily heavy, hence its owners have been able to se cure better rates, and tms much of the relative weakness In high- grade securities. Anotner -that confidence at the moment is upon a higher plane than usual, so that in vestors are willing to ta.e B.--risks of larger returns, which more over they are often compelled to seek in order to meet the Increased cost of living. in the United States the monetary strain has been intensified by unusual crop demands and the fact that money does not go as far at high prices as at low prices. Bank reserves were low. hence the necessity of liqui dation; not to spea oi w. u... year-end requirements, ior prcya.-- ti7 in nrogress to meet the L1U119 ei c ar heavy disbursements after January 1, European remittances ior w already about due. "Outside of Wall street general con- Tionr satisfactory- November clearings at all cities in the United States showed an increase of 9.6 per cent., while for the eleven months they show an Increase of 9.2 per cent. Rail road earnings for the fourth week of November showed a gain of about 12 per cent, over last year, chiefly no doubt as the result of a good harvest." A HUMILIATING CONDITION. For long centuries the world dreamed of mastery of the air, writes H. H. Windsor In the January Popu lar Mechanics Magazine. Learned men had placed the stamp of im possibility on its accomplishment. For centuries success seemed most unpromising. The educated and the unlearned scoffed together at the very j idea. One day a strange wnirnng noise appeared. It was a new, pe culiar sound, entirely unlike any other which man had ever heard. The na tions looked on every side but found nothing to explain the mystery. Then they looked into the sky and saw for the first time the conqueror of the air. And he was an American. Scientists declared him the creator of one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World. For a time the nations waited for the great people whose nationality j he bore to go on and develop his fledgling discovery. They naturally expected men who had invented tele graphs, harvesters, cotton gins and ocean cables, electric lights and phonographs, telephones and sky scrapers, and all manner of wonderful machines to annihilate distance and lessen the drudgery of the toiler, to develop and perfect this newest ma chine that laughed at gravity and called upon the wind to follow. For a brief time only they waited, and then set desperately at work to sur pass us. As their study of the prob lem progressed it became evident that it was a science, and ultimate suc cess could be attained only through scientific methods. But the highest universities were fellow students also and could not teach what they them selves had yet to learn. Special lab oratories in which to experiment and then test the experiment were im- perative. And there were no labora tories. Then the French people said among themselves, "We must have j such institutions," but their govern-1 ment, like our own, did not hear the call. Determined that the new art should not languish, the French peo ple opened their pursea and a million dollars poured Into the fund, which provided the first opportunity for sci entific study. And the inevitable re sult followed France today leads the world in aviation. Later the French government took up the work it should have assumed earlier, and all their airmen can test their ideas to a satisfactory conclu sion. Other governments, including Japan, Germany, England and Italy, have recognized the importance of keeping abreast of the times, and are spending large sums annually on this branch of the service. And so we trail behind, while America, the birthplace of Wilbur Wright, begrudges a pittance which is less than some backwoods congress man secures to dredge Muddy Creek. JOURNJL ENTRIES Bargain hunters sometimes bag a lot of worthless game. Few people are any better than cir cumstances compel them to be. Neither are all the girls as attrac tive as they think they are.

If dreams came true everybody would put on a few really amazing stunts. Not much of the profit that comes to a man through the mistakes he makes has a cash value. Isn't this the truth, from the Kan sas Industrialist? To be 40 and fair is not such a sad fate, but to be 43 and fat Is a tragedy. One time when a fellow shouldn't try to keep ahead of the game, advises the Hiawatha News-Democrat, is when he goes hunting. Down in Harper cuonty they have an Anti-Rust society, notes the Alma Enterprise, and it adds: And when you stop to think, that is a pretty good name." Contact with your neighbors who are smarter than yourself should keep you brightened up and shining like a new dlshpan. The London Daily News has a story of a man who slept for ten weeks and then waked well and hungry, notes Editor Kelley of the Toronto Republi can, and he adds: That's nothing. Kansas has hundreds of Democrats who slept from 1896 until after the 6th of last November, when they sud denly waked up and made a bee line for the pie counter. We hope to see the day ere many winters come and go, says Lisle Mc Elhinney, the optimistic editor of the Gove County Advocate, when there will be at least 10 good milk cows to ever quarter section of land. When that day comes there will not be much soil blowing and every acre put in crop will produce twice what it does, and it won't be half so hard to pay the grocery bills. Now is a good time, brothers and sisters, to get the woodpile ready for the tramps, suggests the Havensville Review. A woodpile is always a handy thing to have around the house, as it uses up a lot of waste wood and burns very nicely for quick fires in the cold mornings and evenings of au tumn. Have a good ax ready, too, and when Mr. Tramp hits you for a hand-out Introduce him to said ax and pilot the way to the wood pile. After he has cut up enough wood to pay for it give him a square meal but don't be tender hearted and foolish and fill him up first. Tramps cannot work on a full stomach. GLOBE SIGHTS BT THE ATCHISON OLOBE. Farming has several drawbacks noj ex ploited in the farm Journals. A political pessimist communicates the theory that a statesman is a dead politi cian. So many of the surprises are unpleas ant that we are inclined to love monotony. Many a fourflusher has been able to convince his wife that he is a Reckless Devil. When a foreman gets back to his home town for a visit he Is apt to be a general manager. Lettuce isn't very good nor very bad, in which it is like a lot of people in tius vide -porld. Another definition for a bearcat may be found In a candidate as strong as his friends anticipate. Much as we favor religious liberty, the Sermtic influence on the season's derby hats seems rather deplorable. Next to marrying an actress, being a suffragette's husband is possibiy the surest way of losing one's identity. Why does a suede shoe wear smooth at the toe and the other kind scuff up in a rough way? "lis a contrary world. "I belong to that large army of patriots who would like to whip a bully, but who lack confidence and the punch." Rule Hoskins. POINTED PARAGRAPHS. From the Chicago News. Nothing gets some men in bad like their good judgment. Our idea of a freak is a man who can outtalk his wife. A' shiftless man Is one who eats tomor row's dinner today. Every great actress has aer manager but the title is a misnomer. The chronic kicker is the first to set up a howl if he gets kicked. Most of the things a woman wants are on the other side of a barbed wire fence. And some women love dogs better than they do men, probably because dogs can't talk. If a man boasts of his past after re forming. It's a sign he didn't get the right brand. He Is truly a great man who can induce all his neighbors to think as much of him as he thinks of himself. REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR. From the New York Press. The worst evil about money is not to have any. On a batMng beach a woman is afraid to have anybody see her neck and in a ballroom her legs. A girl's idea of a really poetic suitor Is if he rhymes her eyes like stars with love's pure vows. Arguments between two people are al ways awfully one-sided, because one al ways has a louder voice than the other. The reason a woman alone in the house is not afraid of a burglar downstairs is she'll bet It's her husband coming home late, as usual. Lucky. "The codfish," said the profes sor, "lays considerably more than a mil lion eggs." "It is mighty lucky for tho codfish that she doesn't have to cack'e over every egg," said the student wl'O came from the farm. Indianapolis Jour- JAYHAWKER JOTS -fir THE WAY BT HARTBT PARSONS.

Some local advertiser wants a good plain woman cook. As we take It, the wife must endorse, and no hand picked peaches need apply. The late Hon Bacon held that "read ing maketh a full man." But Bacon did not live In a dry state and was not subjected to a flood of Kansas City booze literature. No samples are sent with the glowing Christmas offers from the K. C. nux vomica district. Helen Gould Is to be married. Helen, according to the almanac and other light literature on the subject, is 44 years old. She has gotten along nicely, since she attained a marriage able age, by spending her Income on thousands instead of one. She has en joyed her good work, and has lent a saintly perfume to a name that was otherwise permeated with the odor of cash. And now, we hold that she is entitled to any little extravagance she may desire. If she wants one man she is entitled to him. If she wanted anything else she ought to have It If the moon Is made of a certain kind of cheese, and Miss Gould desires a sand- wich of that particular brand of cheese, a committee of aviators should go get a slice. It appears a cushion has been pro vided for Mr. Dolley to land on. As an extra precaution, the said pillow should be placed on the hard, cruel pavement Just east of the state house steps about the time Hon Hodges moves in. Near-President Wilson steered the good ship Bermudian for several hours, while returning from his vacation, and, if he keeps as straight a course while steering the ship of state through the next four years as he did while steer ing the Bermudian through the big codfish ranch, he will be at the wheel when we are eight years older. Pick Smith's book will be out in a few days. We have seen the copy, and approve the cute little volume filled with Picksmithian Jokes and rhymes. He calls It "A Dozen Raw", a misno mer, for it Is well done. Fizzy and fuzzy mineral water was a large Item In the congressional ex pense account. But the taxpayer should not expect a congressman tc worry along through a long, tedious session with hydrant water chasers. As to the report that one Willie Kohelmanen ran 15 miles in an hour and 21 minutes; we cawn't undaw stand it. He ran in Boston, on a circular track. Headed due west from Boston, there might be some sense to a sprint like that, but to run 15 miles at that speed and THEN wind up in Boston is more than we can grasp at one grasp. Gov Sulzer says women love knock kneed men. That Is enough to make an original "knocker," who was re modeled into a bow-leg by a fussy mustang, hate horses all the rest of his life. SA YS UNCLE GA V He that claims consideration because of the achievements of his ancestors is like the feebleminded tomtit that sings over last year's nest. His end is emptiness and ignominy. This is the age of individualism which, in addi tion to liberty, implies that membership of a cult or society doesn't cut much figure and that your family tree must bear something better than dried apples. If you have famous forefathers it is the part of propriety to speak of them with reluctance, for it is indeed a sor rowful thing that sages should beget fools. Most of us owe it to our ances tors not to disclose their identity, thereby exposing their honored mem ories to the mockery of the ribald. A great man's good blood is known by his deeds; his bad blood by his descend ants.- Otherwise there would be little boast of progenitors. When the pride of ancestry vaunts itself, it but pro claims hat from a dead man of many virtues sprang another who was lack ing in the least of these, which is mod esty. Quoth the Sage of Puckyhuddle, the same being old Doc Houser: 'T always feel sorry for the fellow that is eternally bragging about his grandfather. The con trast between what he Is and what he says his grandfather was is usually mighty painful and he's the only one that doesn't notice it. The fellow that's got time to talk about what his grand father did is a disgrace to him. If he wasn't, he wouldn't have time to talk about him." It is indeed good to be of excellent family, but he that presumed upon such relationship would be the biggest fool In the world. If It were not for his brother who boasts that ha lives upon money that he does not earn. It is es sentially the vice or small minds to as sume privilege because of association or kinshiD. The person or consequence is humiliated that he has done no more to i be worthy of his sires. Also, he is more concerned that he shall leave a legacy of honor than that ne shall De thought to have Inherited one. In the days of feudalism and its in herited privileges, the world quite nat urally inquired who one's father was. Today, when Democracy has invaded and regenerated even the absolutism of Russia, we care only to know what you have done. .It Is better that your father should have been a statesman than a horsethief, but we care surpris ingly little which he was. What we do desire to know Is that you earn your way, mind your own business, and for bear to Invade our hours of recreation with topics so irrelevant to our present happiness as the deeds of the ancestor you have failed to honor with good works (Copyright, 1912, by -McClure Newspaper Syndicate.) If they bar fire-bugs why do they insurance? (Call the sheriff. Here's the boob that put 'he wreck In the record). If Niagara Falls will a lemon-drop? (Father always wanted me to be a club man). If a ship sinks will it sea-t .ore? (Oh, well I'm going to hang up my stocking, anyhow). I VAFFYDILS I BT U. ITOALL. ALONE. The roses are faded and gone; Their fragrance has waned to decay; The bird that sane matins has flown And the Old Tear stands grizzled and iovea mem, inese summer-Dora menus axi tuveiy to Know ana to see, I loved end I lost, and thus ends The beauty that flourished for me. They are dead: yet I linger along The wind-swept ravine where they sleep 1 grieve for the fragrance and song But it Is not o'er these that I weep; Tis o'er eyes I have known, now grown riirrv

dim, And o'er lips I have kissed, now grown still For a mound that has never been green Lies buried in snow on the hill. FLOYD D. RAZE, St. Louis Park, Minn. WE EVENING S10RY Befogging the Issue. (By Lawrence Alfred Clay.) The announcement at the age of 19 of Miss May Bennett that she pro posed to study law and graduate and practice it as a profession did not startle the family nor provoke much outside .comment. Miss May was known as a conservative girl. That Is, while she had her fair share of good looks and intelligence, she had no beaux and did not discuss marriage from any point of view. Her friends got in the habit of thinking of her and referring to her as an old maid almost before she was out of short dresses, and It was be ing said every day that she would never marry. After a bit the world went right on without a care of whether she became a lawyer or a wife, and in due time Miss May Bennett graduated and was ad mitted to the bar. "There are certain things to be re membered about law," said Judge Williams as he called at the house one day to congratulate the only woman lawyer in the county. "First, win your case with your wit ness, if you can. "If you can't, then try to win the other lawyer's witnesses. "If you lack proofs try and befog the case. "A juryman that can be made to doubt Is as good as won over. "If you have a slim case try and make out that your opponent has a worse one. "If a witness on the other side ap pears too certain, bring out his past life At least, ask if he has ever been indicted for perjury. "The fact that your client has Jus tice and equity on his side won't help you to win your case. "About one-half the cases in law are decided without regard to justice or facts. "Two jurymen who were in a hurry to get home to dinner have often carried the other ten with them in rendering an unjust ver dict." A lawyer without an office Is a lawyer without a client. Miss Ben nett's parents lived two miles out of the village or tiordonvnie, ana sne was to have an office in the town. There were just two places to rent that would make lawyers' offices ana the young attorney secured one of them and sat down to wait for the ex- pected rush of business. She had) waited several weeks and it hadn't i come, when she heard that a young i man had rented the other place and was to make his debut as a lawyer. She had no questions to ask concern- 1 ing him. She had been told that the more lawyers there were in the town 1wit th.rp wonirt h nri ZZZZ mak th?f-Newspa i.-LI 16 I I. ion imu O"-""."'--'". law and gone hunting for a field in which to establish himself. Fate led him to Gordonvllle. and he took the other office and hung out his shingle. He was told of the woman attorney, but he made no inquiries, and was not at all interested when he set out one morning for a drive of several miles into the country in his auto. Like Miss Bennett, he was waiting for the rush that did not rush A young doctor waiting for his first natient. or a young attorney wait ing for his first case, has a heap of iiuisiLiuB j a spotted cow or a bob-tailed dog in an abstracted way. Miss May Bennett was thinking deeply as she drove Into town. Mr. Flsk was doing the same as he drove out, A cow belonging to Farmer Davis, and standing in the middle of the highway, was also thinking. "There comes a young man In an auto," said Miss Bennett to herself and without the slightest Interest. "There comes a woman of some sort," said Mr. Fisk to himself when she was yet a quarter of a mile away, but he didn't care two cents whether she had pale blue eyes or snapping black ones. "Auto from one direction and a pony cart from the other," remarked tha cow. as she squinted around. "Well, let 'em come. They haven't got anything on me. tr naaa either Side." Plenty of room So there was, but the cow figured on the auto turning out for her and the auto figured that no cow would be fooi enough to stand in the middle of the road and take chances against a forty horse power when It was so easy to Jump the fence. Of a sudden the man, the girl and the cow woke up to the peril of the present. The man swore. The girl screamed. The cow went down with a broken neck, and from the potato hills over the fence, where the cow's owner was at work with his hoe, came the exclamation: "Gosh, all hemlock, but the feller has killed my cow!" Th automobile climbed over the dead body and bucked the fence and came to a halt. Miss Bennett slowly advanced and kindly Inquired if Mr. Flsk had suffer ed any injury. Mr. Fisk didn't raise his hat, be cause it was on the ground instead of on his head, but he replied that as far as he could tell without taking a straw vote he had no broken bones. The farmer threw down his hoe and came over the fence like a young tornado to jump on his hat and swing his arms about and shout: "You'll pay for this you bet you'll Pa,"i am sorry," said Mr. Fisk. "But. by the living coons, being sor ry won't help you! You have killed a $40 cow and you must pay for her!" "I am ready to." "But I object to your paying any such sum," quietly remarked Miss Bennett. The farmer knew who she was and that she was a lawyer, but he was a bad-tempered man and he bristled up fnd replied: "You 'tend to your own business and don't meddle here!" "Your cow wasn't worth over $1 and the gentleman is foolish if he pays more." "He'll pay forty, or have a mighty big lawsuit on his hands!" "I shall take the ladys advice," said Mr. Fisk. "Take It and bo darned tn von and see now you come out! I am -roinfir f. i. onsiable- have found difficulties in the present laws Will he raisa a row?" was asked which they think should bo remedied. The of the girl, as the farmer started legislature will be asked to amend the away. laws accordingly. The most important "Yes, he will sue you for damages." concerns the commission form of govern- u must have witnessed the- ac- t ment. Now Wichita selected a mayor ana Cldent. Was it my fault?" I four commissioners. The five meet ana "That's according to the point of determine among themselves which de fault; as your attorney. I should trv Partment ch shall head. ?ept 1 i ana maae out that it was all your fault: as vonr trpv t ,i fault- am vnur 0 T i-tisjit marcu at me ii i iiitu iuo nB V1HFHS vs? .?srtaKS2.s sas Sil that 1 am n0t bld" j of equal suffrage, will announce their de ainiar for a case." i urh ding for a case. Mr. Fisk looked at her In a puzzled way for a minute and then queried: "Does it happen that you are the lady lawyer of the village Miss Ben nett?" "Yes." "I am Mr. Fisk, the latest arrival among the legal talent." When they had shaken hands the girl said: "You will have to leave your auto here and send for It. You can ride to town with me. The man will surely b-i suit against you, but as you are a lawyer, you will know how to de fend it." "Will you be a witness for me?" "I couldn't help your case any. As a matter of fact, I don't see how you came to run into the cow when there was room to spare. I am afraid the Jury will think you are a careless driver." "As a lawyer I haven't nad a case yet." "Nor I." "And I am sure to get beaten in this case." "Looks that way." rive minutes passed in silence and then Mr. Fisk Drndurnrf Vila extracted a 110 bill therefrom and handed it over with the remark: "Your retainer." "But But you must take the case and call me as a witness. Otherwise I a- beaten at the start. You must also acce-t a regular fee." :ie farmer wasted -no time In bringing suit for damaees and the lawyer he went to and related the particulars rubbed his hands and replied: "I will win the case for you in a canter!" When the suit came up Lawyer Ben nett knew she had a case where the odds were 10 to 1 against her. After the matter had been talked over It was decided not to put Mr. Fisk on the stand. He would have tn knowledge his carelessness in running a cow down in broad davlie-ht That- he was abstracted would be no ex- cuse. When the farmer had testified. Mins Bennett asked: "Mr. Davis, was your cow blind?" "No, sir." "How do you-know she wasn't?" 'Cause- cause" "Had you tested her eyesight?" "No, but she got around." "So does a blind man. Mr. White, did you notice the cow as she stood there before being struck?" "No." "Then she might have been dead. ror an you know stand in a- thorn dead. There have been manv such .JU,Z ?hWe haVe finished.. Our claim is that the cow wan i t h ot blind, deaf or dead to brine about the accident. After half an hour's deliberation the jury so decided. Miss Bennett had Deioggea the issue. faix months later, Mr. Fisk ?r said to her in her own ho e: "I want you for my wife. Please don't try to befog that" And a few months later there was hut one office and one sign where before there were two "Fisk Fisk, Attorneys at Law and General Coun-

m"d e,rJL mS?t the?wn mean enough to say that Mrs. Fisk is EVENING CHAT BT ROTH GAJCI5ROK. "He also serves who only stands and waits." When I was a little girl a rather officious aunt used to quote that sen- tPTlPA trk m in rn tr mn 0 -.or iessnesa and it was wont to make me distinctly impatient and resentful. towaras mat woria-ramous sentence havo greatly changed. Every year I realize more fully in how many ways the man or woman wno c&n waIt serves, and serves not only the higher DOwers. but also himself or herself. The man who knows how to wait, and to wait silently has mastered one the complainant being Mrs. John Weck of the erreatest forces of nutnm a sesser. as auardlan for her baby boy. wno force that often compels circumstances and people far more powerfully than tne most violent action. "All things come to him who waits," is something more than a proverb of caution. It is an expression of the tremendous compelling force of wait ing. Think in how many situations wait ing wins! In a quarrel the one who is strong enough to be silent and wait almost InAvltnblv trptn the ndvnntArA' thA Im. J patient party makes foolish and ex aggerated statements and soon puts himself very much in the wrong. In the financial world the man who can wait is the man who will win. The man who cannot or is not willing to wait for his rewards, will never make the big successes. A campaign of waiting has won many wars. Waiting and watching for the right niche, the right work, instead tmt an impatient seizing of the first oppor tunity, has made many careers. The sphinx is the queen of waiters and look how she has managed to fo cus the eyes of the world upon herself. Waiting often solves the most im possible problems problems that any action serves only to further entangle. Even as I write there comes to me the memory of another little talk I once wrote, in which I praised the man who acts and quoted Stevenson, "Mistakes may be forgiven, but not even God can forgive the hanger- back Have I changed my mind, you ask. I Have I become convinced that I was wrong before Not at all. I am sim ply seeing and trying to make you see another facet of the eternal jewel of truth. There Is a time to act and a time to wait. He who does not know how to act, and act promptly and decisively will certainly never succeed. But he who does not know when to wait or who lacks the silent, tremendous force that is needed for the great art of waiting, will get no nearer to the side of the Goddess Success. "They also serve who only stand and wait." Do YOU know how to wait? His Substitute. Thirsty Girl Kring me a hot lemonade. Innkeeper Haven't ai:y, miss, but the beer Is warm. Fllegend Blaetter. KANSAS COMMENT IS THE AMENDMENT GOOD? Tha Unninlnal T ff TCanflafl. COlU- -t k HtUi. m a v-kw xxr r rliitl .e n BtBi U1H llA V,"', "i. rrr J4,i tnlrtv or Not March at the primaries thirty or sire to be a city commissioner. If eacn candidate must select his job in advance, that certainly will simplify the primary ballot somewhat. Fewer men will pro claim themselves fit for handling publio improvtmeuts, than for general utility. Tha voters could more easily size up tha man asking to manage the parks than to fill a general berth on the commibTSon. The average voter would think twice be fore putting a woman, fit for the parka, at the head of the city finances. The com missioner in charge of water and lights, must not be a sedentary man to sit in office and hear reports. He must have eyes and be most active in his habits. Once the primary was simplified in thia way, the election would present two can didates for each office whom the voters thought at least fit for the places. It is almost certain that misfits would not ba named. The misfit asking for a specific place would soon learn that he could ex pect no support. This amendment on its face looks attractive. But the members of the legislature from Sedgwick county will naturally desire to know what tha people want on amendments to existing laws, before they vote upon them. Wichita Beacon. IROM OTHER PENS THE ELEPHANT MARKET, The elephant market has slumped. Yott can buy a big, wrinkled, wobbly eleDhant v?sUPthr t0,da th.an evJ,r e. If ye,! for tJ KlePhant mark watch out lor the bargains. Siam is the greatest elephant market in the world, and it to in that country that the price of the beasts has decreased. We leave it to the pert h?Ja&JaP.her,?. "ay something about the slumn llllng being wened by the fi?lPlJnH'epnRnt,, and hasten to tha w I,the case' eeema tnat formerly t ovment of Siam leased the a .tr,r,,8h OIa tract of forest. d tJ, nZe 'mit- r- the covered a period of months or years-not the amount or timber that was obtained. Thus, a con- i.n.ior, tor a certain sum. mieht hm lne timber he could get out of a oer. Na? ,hfre8t, wlthln a certain period, 1 iVif ,V, contractor went at it with nun all Of hiS miCht. Ha uonraH M able elephant for timber was gotten out of the forests by elephant power and that caused the elephant market to show great activity and the elephants to bring big prices. But the government has now changed its policy. It sells the timber to the contractor at so much an acre, or so much per thousand feet, and allows all the time that is necessary to cut it and get it to market. So the contractors find they can afford to build logging roads and to use motors, thus decreasing the number of elephants required, and there is a corresponding reduction in the price ciepua.li la in oiam. inus ao we find another delightful source of literature Terminated the unsentimental S "of inaustry. or, in all of the realm of let- ters there is nothing more delightful to the boyish heart than to read the stories of logging in Siam with elephant power. Joliet Herald. THE LURE OK THE MIGHT-Be! Newspapers do not print stories or crime because their editors have any de sire to delve deep into the horrible, but because experience has taught them that the great majority of their readers want to read them. That lawless spirit within us that a thousand ancestors of the long ago bequeathed us demands a peep at tha excesses of those who know not the re straint of law or reason, and we like to shudder a little as we think of the might be in our own cases. The criminologists, say that we are all potential criminal!-, meaning, we presume, that we do not hold ourselves In so tight a leash but tnat sudden passion, temptation or weakness may sweep us off our feet. The newspa pers get scolded by good people every once In awhile because they hold the mir ror up to humanity when it is distorted by greed or some ignoble impulse, but If in that mirror we see the horror and tha tragedy of it all, as we must if we look at all, is It not one of the great deter rents. Men pick their way through il!a intent upon avoiding that which disturbs or injures them, and they do it the better if they can see where lie the greatest dan gers and the greatest menaces. Lincoln News. Unruly Rooster in Court. Mrs. William Goldweber's big buff Or pington rooster, that has spurs 4 inches long and a flaming red comb like a houso I on fire, was arraigned before Recorder O'Mara. in the -boliee eourt of Ravonnff. N. J., on a charge of assault and battery. i J 18 months old. The child's head, show- ing- the Injury, was placed in evidence and marked xhlbit A. Mr. Goldweber, who is a counselor at law, carried his wife's pugnacious rooster to court and appeared as attorney for the defense. Mrs. Wecksesser testified that her boy, who is barely able to walk, waddled into Mrs. Goldweber's back yard, next door, at 351 Avenue E, and that the buff Orping ton, which is as large as a Thanksgiving turkey, flew upon the boy and began the attack. Irs. Goldweber contended that her rooster was as gentle as a lamb when noc disturbed, but that he was like a watch dog when strangers came around, and that he probably mistook Mrs. Weckses ser's baby for a burglar. Recorder O'Mara decided he had no jurisdiction, dismissed the complaint, and said that Mrs. Goldweber might allese trespass. New York Herald. HUMOR OF THE DAY Fair Worshiper What is that sad, sal air you're playing, prolessor? The pro fessor Eat iss Beethoven's "Farewell to the Piano." I see dose installment people coming mit der van. Puck. "Ahv me!" exclaimed Mrs. Naggett. "my shopping was most unsatisfactory to day." "Huh!" grunted Naggett; "trying to get something for nothing. I suppose?" "Yes, dear; I was after a birthday gift for you." TVihh fin vnii'm Uvinar in tha countrv. eh! What kind of neighbors have you? Are they desirable? Hobbs Desirable! Great Scott, we haven't a thing they don't desire, especially In the way of gardening implements. A moderately fond father discovered his young hopeful reading a dime novel. "Un hand me, villain," the detected by thun red, "or there will be bloodshed! "No," said the father grimly, tightening his hold on his son's collar. "Not blood shed woodshed." "What Is the matter, dearest?" aaked the mother of a small girl who had been discovered crying in the hall. "Bomefing awful's happened, mother." "Well, what is it, sweetheartr" "My d-doll-baby got away from me and broked a plate in tha j-antry." October Llppincott's. "A stenographer," said Sneerweil. "seems to be the only woman to whom a man can dictate nowadays." Judge. V X 1 I

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THE TOPEKA. DAILY STATE JOURNAL DECEMBER. 17, 1912 s r LET YO.UR ?Gift for "Him" be L-I-P-F-E-R-S The word "Slippers" suggests comfort. It brings to your mind images of a quiet evening smoke before the blazing hearths fire. It makes "Father" forget the cares and trials of the day's work it brings Peace, Happiness, Kestfulness. $-SO We particularly direct you to the excellent Slip pers we now offer at Made of softest kid leather, kid lined and flexible, hand sewed soles; roomy toes, comfy easy. A friend to man's feet. Colors of Tan, Wine, Black, Brown. Fancy trimmed with Patent Leather. Then there's Traveler's Slippers of rich brown kid skin that folds into a leather pouch, convenient to carry traveling at $2 or Felt Slippers, Breakfast Boots, Cava lier, Romeo, and dozens of choice shapes that men prefer. See the m all at Havne's. We are open tonight tc e& sae snow 7A3 kjivsas QJOCIETY today AT THE GEM today TWO-REEL IMP DRAMA "THE LONG STRIKE" -WITH VIVIAN PRESCOTT IX TIfK LKADING ROLE. Sc thr tiiass of the pttarnii in by tho tueboat; a!so the wild ride on locomotive. This is an unsurpassable picture. Ion't miss seeing it. Also Have Good Western Comedy Cops and Cowboys FNTIRE CHANGE OF PROGRAM DAILY Sc Everybody Read the State Jonrnal Announcement is made of the en gagement of Miss Fern Stevenson, of Kansas City, and Mr. Brainerd Snider. Lincoln. Xebraska. The engagement is teresting to a number of Topeka people, who have met Miss Stevenson at vari ous times when she has been the guest of Topeka friends. She was a student In the Agricultural College, Manhattan. and a member of the Thi Kappa Phi sorority. She was a classmate of Miss Clyde Bonebrake and Miss Marjorie Whitney, and has frequently visited them. The wedding will take place in May. Miss Stevenson's father is dean of Park University, and the wedding will take place In the chapel at Farks ville. The wedding is to be quite elab orate, and the bride will be attended by two matrons of honor, a maid of honor, and six bridesmaids. Miss Whitney has been asked to be one of the brides maids, and Miss Eva Reese, of Chicago, formerly of Topeka. will also be a bridesmaid. Mr. Snider is manager of the News-Herald, of Lincoln. Xebraska, and 'his best man, Mr. Walter Xiebuhr, is the editor of the paper. Miss Whitney will go to Kansas City soon after Christmas to be Miss Stev enson's guest a few days. I The A. K. Rodgers family will have a house party next week, ana tneir guests will be relatives who will come to spend Christmas with them. The company will include: A son of Mr. and Mrs. Rodgrs. Mr. George Dick Rodgers, and his wife, of Muskogee. Oklahoma: Mrs. George Dick Rodgers' parents. Sir. and Mrs. Robert Smith, also of Muskogee. Mr. Donald Dick, of Keokuk, Iowa: a nephew of Mr. and Mrs. Rodgers, Mr. Weldon Morris, of Council Grove; Miss Jean Rodgers' fi ance, and Mr. and Mrs. Rodgers' daughter. Mrs. Robert Pierce, jr., and Mr. Pierce. A dinner will be given at the Rod gers home. Christmas day. for the guests at the house party and other relatives in Topeka. Wilson, Miss Florence Morgan. Miss Hazel Stitt, Miss Thelma Fritz, Mr. Frank Morgan, Mr. Fred Morgan. Mr. Morse Jenkins, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Mor gan were the guests present. Mrs. Marie Price Wear had a sale and informal "at home" Monday and today at her home on Topeka avenue. She exhibited her work in painting, oils and water colors, tooled leather and jewel work and rugs, shawls, and curios from Mexico. A large number of people called and were received by Mrs. Wear and her mother. Mrs. Xathan Price. m The Pi Sigma Psl girls had a spread Monday night at the home of Miss Mil dred Carter in Potwm. Those present were: Miss Anna Ballard. Miss Mary Summers, Miss Metta Estep. Miss El- winna Fugh. Miss Jessie Sands. Miss Jennie Heinzman. Miss Grace McSpad den. Miss Margaret Mercer,. Miss Stella Ferrin, Miss Georgia Hobson, Miss Hel en Dwinnell, Miss Nellie Bird and Miss Carter. Mrs. H. H. Hazlett will entertain the Wednesday Bridge club tomorrow at her home, 223 Huntoon street. A meeting of the Art club was held Monday at the home of Mrs. Norman Wear. Those who read papers were: Mrs. Wear, Mrs. David Palmer, Mrs. Chester Woodward, Mrs. Luther Burns and Miss Helen Hogeboom. ing from a slight attack of appendi- Mr. and Mrs. Harry Tom son will leave tonight to spend the holidays in St. Joseph and Kansas City. Save White Swan bread wrappers. Adv. Circle No. 1 of the Third Christian church will meet at the borne of Mrs. i A. W. Tennyson, 718 Jefferson street. xor me last meeting oi tne Tear. HE WANTS A DOG. XIajor Harvey Does And He Must Be a Shaggy Dog. Miss Hazel fctitt entertained at dinner Sunday at her home, 404 Monroe street. Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Stltt. Mr. Casslus Stitt. Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Smith, Mr. Morse Jenkins. Mr. Frank Morgan were the guests present. The Phi Delta Theta men of Wash' bum hat! a smoker and Initiation Mon day night at the chapter house. Her man Carkhuff. of Montrose. Colorado, who was a member of the local frater nity, before it affiliated with the na tional organization, was initiated, and the new members, Jack Larrick and Ernest Bearg. The Kappa Sigma men of Washburn college will give a holiday di.nce Thurs day night at Steinberg's hall. Mrs. Tom Morgan entertained at din ner Sunday evening at her home, 1016 North Jackson street. Mr. and Mrs. L. W. 'Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Phillip C. A Watch for .er jiiiTo r or .nlis A good Watch is one of the most appropriate gifts. It is ever-present, in dispensable a reminder of the taste and regard of the giver. You will enjoy making- your selection here. Our assortment of movements and cases are so comprehensive that the watch you select will express your own individuality. Our values are right. Omega Watches Are Guaranteed by the U. S. Government Tariff ,The reason is that no foreign make is allowed to enter this country with out measuring up to a certain specified standard, which calls for "Govern ment Official Inspection." This careful supervision of "Omega" move ments does not apply to American made watches and is prima facia evi- -dence of good quality and workmanship at the very beginning. The law purposely and expressly prohibits anything of an inferior nature from abroad masquerading as high class, and when the Government rules that "Omega Watches" are good watches, you can accept its verdict without any question. With 15 Fine Ruby and Sapphire Jewels, worth $30.00, for $22.50 With 17 Fine Rur-y and Sapphire Jewels, wurth $32.50, for S25.00 Open Face with 15 Fine Ruby and Sapphire Jewels, worth $31, for.... $22.50 Open Face with IT Fine Ruby and Sapphire Jewels, worth $33. for S25.00 Hunting with 15 Fine Ruby and Sapphire Jewels, sells usually for $35, for $23.00 Hunting with 17 Fine Ruby and Sapphire Jewels, sells usually for $37.50, for... $27.50 Elgin or Walt ham Movement 7 15 17 Jewels Jewels Jewels 1fi size. Hunting, Top and Hoitom Engraved $17.5 $21.00 $23.75 16 size. Hunting. Engine Turned J7.00 20.25 23.00 16 size. Hunting, Fancy Engraved 17.50 21.00 23.75 12 size. Hunting, Engraved and Engine Turned... 17.50 20.25 23.00 12 size, Open Face. Plain or Satin 17.50 20.25 23.00 12 size. Hunting, Fancy Engraved 17.50 20.25 2S.OO 0 size. Hunting, Top and Bottom Engraved 16 .50 20.25 0 size. Hunting. Fancy Engraved 16.50 20.25 0 size. Open Face, Queen. Plain or Satin Swivel Bow 14.75 18.50 0 size. Hunting, Bias Engraved 16.50 20.25 If you anticipate buying diamonds it will pay you many times over to go to the Santa Fe Watch Co. You Hill save from 1-4 to 1-3 the price you would have to pay elsewhere. w if 1 7 Jew- VSZ els. Adj. $25.50 EMC 24.75 evr 25.5 VV S3..25 jPP 33.25 S?V 31. SO 33.23 JT mm Coral Snod grass, of 924 West street, entertained 16 of her litUe friends at a party Monday afternoon at her home, in celebration of her seventh birthday anniversary. Notes and Personal Mention. Mr. and Mrs. Dean Low of Pioche, Nev.. will go to Chicago to spend Christmas, and on their return soon after the holidays, they will stop in Topeka to visit Mr. Low's parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Low. Mr. W. T. Crosby has gone south to spend a few days on his plantation in Louisiana. Miss Josephine Perry, who is attend ing Simmons college, Boston, will ar rive the last of the week to spend the holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Perry. Mrs. Dallas of Kort Worth, Tex., is in Topeka to spend the holidays with her mother, Mrs. Anna Wilson. Mr. Felix Williams of Shreveport, La., has arrived to be with Mrs. Wil liams, who is ill in Stormont hospital. Mrs. w llliams came to Topeka week, and was taken ill a few days ago and was unable to return home Saturday as she intended. Miss Josephine Eoran, who is a stud ent in the State Agricultural college. Manhattan, will arrive Saturday to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. F. Doran. Mr. Tom King and Mr. John Nichol son have gone for a trip south. They will spend Christmas at Palm Beach, Fla., and will go from there to Cuba, returning soon after the first of the year. Miss Marjorie Rodgers and Miss Ber tha Hull, who are in school in Rock- port, ill., will arrive Saturday to spend the Christmas holidays with their peo ple in Topeka. Mr. and Mrs. Chester Woodward will sail for Europe from New Tork Jann ary 18. on the Franconla, and will be abroad a few months. They will spend January and February In different parts of Italy, and wtsHbe Joined fherc by Mrs. Woodward's mother. Mrs. Alice Bullene, who has been gone about two years on a. trip around the world She spent a summer in Japan, and was in Manila in the autumn after she left the states. She was a year in Australia, and will go to Italy from India. In the early spring the travel ers will go north to London and will return on the Kronprinzessln CeciUe. The Woodward children will be with relatives in Denver, Col., during the absence of their parents. Mrs. Viola Dale McMurray an nounces that she will not meet her Topeka classes in dancing until Janu ary 9. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Gafford have re turned from their wedding trip to California and are at home at 908 Topeka avenue. Mrs. Gafford's moth er, Mrs. Julia E. Thompson, who went to California with them, will remain the rest of the winter. Mr. and Mrs. Frank S. Thomas left Monday for Ottawa, III., to attend the wedding of their niece. Mrs. O. J. Wood and MiBS Ruth Wood are in Portland. Ind., visiting Mrs. Lawrence Cartwight. Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Howe left today for Washington, D. C, to make their home. Mr. and Mrs. A. O. Bishop of Mar- shalltown, Iowa, are visiting Mrs. Bishop's parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. C. :'cDowell. 916 Quincy street. Mrs. Marian Abel of Wichita, Kan.. has returned home, after a visit to her mother, Mrs. G. A. Walker. The Ladies" Aid society of the First Congregational church will meet Wed nesday, December 18, in the church parlors. There will be a business meeting at 2 o'clock. Luncheon will be served at noon. It is the last meet ing of the society this year, and all the women of the church, are asked to be present. Mrs. George Rutter of Gallatin, Mo., is visiting her mother, Mrs. John E. Lord. Mr. Rutter will arrive Sunday. Miss Maurine Fairweather of Kan sas City has returned home, after a short visit to Miss Dorothy Porter. W. S. Vose of Chicago left Monday for Kansas City. He was the guest over Sunday of his sister. Miss Mary Vose, secretary of the Provident asso ciation. The Mothers C. E. society of the First Congregational church will have a Christmas meeting Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock with Mrs. Louis Van Dorp, 1115 Polk street. Mrs. Theodore Johnson is recover- Buy a pup and your money will buy Iove unflinching that cannot He Perfect passion and worship fed By a kick in the ribs or a pat on the head. Nevertheless, it is hardly fatr To risk your heart for a dog to tear. When the fourteen years which nature permits Are closing in asthma, or tumor, or fits. And the "vet's" unspoken prescription runs To Lethal chambers or loaded guns, Then you will find it's your own affair. But you've given your heart for a dog to tear. Major A. M. Harvey is a philosopher and knows the Kipling lines alone are true as gospel, yet he wants a dog just a shaggy dog, that's the only speci fication. Anybody got one for him? His address is 1405 Polk street, and he I wants the shaggy dog as soon as pos sible. He would like a. dog that is willing to eat scraps, but that isn't a necessary qualification. The major has had as many dogs as Bluebeard had wives and they have met with similarly tragical fates. "I have had bad luck with my dogs," said the major sadly. Recently the major owned a pup that was run over by an automobile; his death plunged the Har vey household Into mourning. The Harvey boys buried him solemnly, and the major speaks of the dog as he would of a lost child. Later he imported two pedigreed collies from Chicago. One caught cold and died of pneumonia. "He died," said Major Harvey, "looking right into my wife's eyes. Then the other pup got lonesome, and ran away." The major says if he lived in a flat he wouldn't want a dog. But when he stamps his feet on the ground, and strolls over his lawn, and rakes up his back vard. he says to himself. "What last i is home without a good pup? and the major will pay for a dog if he is shaggy. So he sends the following notice to the world at large: Wanted A shaggy dog. va-. H li 0 HELPING SANTA GLAUS Boy Took Money to Charity Collet-tor to Buy His Presents. "The Christmas Store of Topei" P jDrime 1 Oc lb. Tomorrow only we will have a big lot of this freshly made from our own kitchens and when It's made at the Ideal it's good. IDEAL BAKERY 121 "West Sixth Brockton, Mass., Dec. 17. Fearing that Santa Claus would not have mon ey enough to buy all the presents he wanted, five-year-old Georgie Gove took a bundle of bills from his mother's bureau, trudged down the street to where a Santa Claus was collecting funds for a charitable organization and dropped the bills down the chimney of Santa's coin box house. An hour later Mr. and Mrs. George A. Gove missed the mone;- and the po lice were notified. Shortly afterward little Georgie began telling what he expected for Christmas. His father ad vised his son that Santa Claus could not get all that for one boy. "Oh, yes. he can," said little Georgie, "I gave him money so he could. An investigation followed and the money was returned by Santa. ALLEGE LUMBER TRUST Suit to Dissolve Lumbermen's Associa tion Filed. New Tork, Dec. 17. Another govern ment anti-trust suit took its place on the boards of the federal district court here today, four udges being assigned to hear arguments in an action for the dissolution of the Eastern States Retail Lumber Dealers association, which, with certain individual defendants, is charged with having formed a combina tion to restrain trade in violation of the Sherman law. This suit was filed by District Attor ney Wise on May 19, 1911, and since then testimony has been taken before a special master in a number of places. The government is asking for an In junction to prevent the defendants from further combining and conspiring to restrain trade. FARES TO CONDUCTORS New York Street Car Men to Receive All Fares on Christmas. New York, Dec. 17. All the nickels which are spent on the New York street cars on Christmas day will go to the street railway employees as Christmas gift from the operating companies. Men who have been in the serivce of the campanies for year and who do not get more than S2 a week, win snare in tne distribu tion, which means a 95 gold piece for each one. BANDIT IS FOILED. Failure of Confederate to Appear Saves Victims of Holdup. Butte, Mont-, Dec. 17. A lone bandit, masked and armed with a sawed -off shotgun, walked late last night into a saloon just outside the city limits and forced fifty men play ing cards to elevate their hands and crowd into a back room. Then after uttering a string of oaths, apparently directed at a confederate for failure to appear at a rear door, the bandit turned and fled. EGGS DROP DOWN. Price in Washington Takes Sudden Fall to 22 Cents. Washington, Dec. 17. Early stir ring housewives rubbed their eyes in surprise today when, on entering Cen ter market, Xhey discovered signs over baskets piled high with eggs an nouncing that the price of the break fast table commodity had been drop ped to 22 cents a dozen. The sharp cut i.i prices followed a meeting last night of fourteen of the most impor- Open Till B Tonight AuerbachigQigttd Note Clothing Buyers! Here's a Special Offer of the Surplus Stock of $25 Snits from 1 i Hart, Schaffncr Marx at $20 BEAUTIFUL SUITS Smartest ce a r 1 1 i v Ui season worsteds, iAXZ cheviots, serges, clays, tweeds, 'vX'" homespuns black, blue, gray, f rf "CUTi brown bronze, purplish effects and i 1 all sorts of clever mixtures choice t I 1 of aI1 01(1 $25.00 grades, delayed in V J I the shojng. usii, ocmi-uj;iusit or American mod els. All sizes and weaves at RICH OVERCOATS Every new style of convertible, Ches terfield, Raglan, button through. Greatcoat, Autocoat, Ulster English and Irish and Scotch cheviots and scores of new things in brown, blue, black, steel and mixtures. This in cludes all of the latest things from Hart Schaffner Marx, and are $25 grades. Aaa Choice 5ff art. 5 I rji l A m ft JM if If i&Sii it I h t f if Young Fellows IN SEARCH OF CHRISTMAS CLOTHES SHOULD NOT OVER LOOK OUR SPECIAL SALE OF SURPLUS STOCK OF THE FA MOUS L-SYSTEM SUITS AND OVERCOATS. English effects in suits ,also smart Norfolk models. Overcoats plain box back or belted, with shawl collar, many made with the invertible pleat. They are the usual $20.00 and $22.50. We bought them especially for this Christmas sale, and we offer you young chaps choice of the Entire Lot for (This sale on the Second Floor.) New, Nobby Norfolk Suits have the call we're a season in advance of all others beside offer ing you the choicest "L" System $20 Norfolk Suits at only $15 2 Great $5 Boys' Specials! Button to Chin Overcoats (.Like Cut) Embracing every smart pattern now in greatest demand and in tne most fashion able of all wool fabrics; tmoota and rough fin ished' effects, in eraya. ans and browns; mag nificent colors, plaids, stripes and o v e r -plaids; h a n 1 -somely tailored; plain backs belted backs, and belted all around models; perfect fitting; including all broken lines ol the seasons Jtt.50 and I.0 values. Your choice i n any size. S to 17 years $5 Boys' December '"Bessemer" 2-pant Suits at $6 are the most capti vating ever designed. They include tne double breasted styles, also the latst English Norfolk mods, roads of worsteds, cheviots and cassimerea, in new grayv, oiues, uun, browns and fancy mix t'jres. Also btoe serge Suits, made of an all wool, fast color fabric, toe most service able, and mot l stylish Boys Suits upon the Maraet today a t aanythln& HKe our low price. Choice In any size from k to IS years, in cluding the ex tra pair of fuJl peg, fun lined Knickerbockers to match, for only $5 Growing Plants in Christmas Baskets Open Kveniaurs Till C hriMtman Aursic&rins Fancy trimmed plants like tiny Christmas trees, 12 in. higln for the table centerpiece. Azaleas, Lorraine Begonias, Cyc lamen, Ferns, Narcissi, Valley Pans, Primroses, Poinsettias, Hya cinths, Celestial Peppers all grow ing and ready to add their touch of color to the Christmas Cheer. Put up in birch boxes or fancy Japanese baskets. Phone 377 tant butter, cheese and egg dealers in the market at which it was decided the price now could be reduced.' The dealers frankly confessed to purchasers that the eggs at this price were of the cold storage variety, but contended that none had been in re frigeration later than April and. that they were equally as good as fresh laid eggs. The action of he hosewives alli ance in Philadelphia and the general movement in other cities to break the egg "corner," i, said to have had mu'-h to do wi(b the action of the local dealers.

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOTIEIIAK DECEMBER, 17, 1912 RAILR0AD NEWS Denver Believes Rock Island Has Colorado Midland. THE FAIR Means a Big Increase in Pa cific Traffic. in our basement. Bring the Kiddies with you and watch their eyes dance with delight at largest collection of toys in the city. Toys from all parts of the world at the lowest prices. IS THE TOY STORE OF TOPEKA READJUSTMENT OF RATES Shortest Route Between Den ver and Grand Junction. Veoft&Me "i am i mfr mr mi 7 AW The only merchants between Kansas City and Denver buying: Toys in car load lots. Where Variety Reigns. Supreme t A NEW Christmas Book BY Effie Graham OF THE Topeka High School 'The Passin On Party" Price $1.00; Post paid $1.05 Green Cloth, Nicely Boxed This is the story of a unique social function given by a dear old col ored couple Aunt Jana and Unk Jerry- In reading1 this book you will laugh many times, and at the and will well perhaps there will be Just the trace of a tear in your eyes. Address all orders to Hall Stationery Co. Topeka, Kansas Other Items of Interest In the Traffic World. -Whenever You Are in Kansas City, Make This Store Your Down-Town Headquarters Use the Many Conveniences at Your Will if ii KANSAS CITY. MO. j Colorado is taking Interest In the rumor that the Rock Island had bought controlling interest in the Colorado Midland. Here is a report from Denver: That the Rock Island system soon will purchase the controlling interest in the Colorado Midland is considered highly probable in local railroad cir cles. In this event, the Rock Island terminal shops at Colorado Springs would be removed to Colorado City and most of the Rock Island's freight traffic destined to points beyond its system proper, now diverted over sev eral connecting lines, would be handled through Colorado Springs over the Midland. This would mean a big in crease in Pacific coast traffic. The receivership of the Midland, which went into effect at midnight, will have no direct effect on the 1,000 employees of the railroad who make their homes in Colorado Springs. The possible results from a readjust ment of this kind are shown in. the mileage and running time of the two roads. The Colorado Midland has the shortest route by 72 miles between Denver, Buena Vista, Glenwood Springs and Grand Junction, and al most as great a saving between Den ver and LeadviHe. There is only a slight difference in running time, how ever, between the two roads at present. Save Money to Passengers. If the Colorado Midland should adopt the Bame passenger rate per mile and the same running scneauie Be tween Denver and Grand Junction which is now In effect on the Denver Rio Grande it will save passengers j between these points $2.29 on a one, way ticket in fare and two hours i in time. The saving irom leaavme, Buena Vista, Glenwood Springs and' numerous other points will be in the same proportion. i This saving, it is explained, is solely on the basis of the Colorado Midland adopting the mileage rates now In ef fect on the Denver Rio Grande. In other words, the Denver Rio Grande charges 3.01 cents per mile between Denver and Grand Junction and the Colorado Midland charges 3.7 cents per mile for the same trip. The aver age revenue per passenger per mile on the entire system of the Denver Rio Grande is 1.8 cents per mile and on the Colorado Midland is 2.2 cents per mile. The same principle applies to the two roads in making freight rates between competitive points. 1 Thi3 condition has been due almost i solely to the fact that the Denver Rio Grande has been a half owner of the Colorado Midland, and with the i Colorado Southern, prevented the smaller line from becoming an active competitor for business. It was tnis situation which largely prevented the Colorado Midland from earning its fixed charges since It was dependent upon the other roads for a livelihood. RUSSIANS INSPECT SANTA FE. Refrigerating Committee Investigates Cold Storage yswm in ncm. I San Bernardino, Cal., Dec. 17. In vestigating Santa Fe refrigeration methods, with a view of adopting a similar cold storage system on the Russian railroads, three officials, rep resenting a Russian Refrigerating asso ciation of Moscow, were In this city yesterday for a minute Inspection of the gate city pre-cooling plant. Heading the party was Hon. Michael Zarotsehenzeff, secretary of the Mos cow committee of refrigeration and j publisher of the Russian "Cold Stor j age." He is also manager of the Mos-cow-Kasanf railroad refrigerating de partment. The other two members of the committee were Henry C. Wehmey er and Maxim L. Kagan. j The Russian officials stared In i amazement at th magnitude of the plant and the system used for prepar- ing the fruit for shipment. Photo graphs were made of different sections of the plant and observations noted. They are prepared to give a most com plete report of the Santa Fe refrigera j tion methods. j MO. P. OFFICE TO NEW YORK. F. J. Shepard. Assistant to President In Eastern Headquarters. St. Louis, Dec. 17. Announcement was made yesterday at Missouri Pacific-Iron Mountain St. Louis head nnarters that effective at once the presiaeni, r miey u. Round and Ob. loaa- Foot Balls, all sizes BOe to S1.7S. x. y i it "SIS', nff DRUMS 10c to $10.00 Tools Ice Skates for Boys' and Girls; all steel, full clamp, blued or nickel plated. 85f per pair to $2.00 We can make up a set of Tools that will do to work with. Any size chest you want. $1.50 to $7.50 Musical Tops, easy to spin. 5 to 25 Rocking Horses and Shoo Flies, $1.39 to $5.00 Nice line of Doll Fur niture, finished In na tural wood and white enamel, with mirrors on top. Priced from 5e to 93.25. BIG DOLL This will in troduce to you Miss E. S. To peka, full dressed with hat, shoes and stockings, opens and closes its eyes. Regular 75o. Only 49c Coaster Wagons and Steel Ex press Wagons, in all sizes, $1.39 to 4.75 Coaster Sleds, Steering Sleds and all kinds of Sleds 35f to ?3.75. P? of an Si, .v-- nole, i A 'v. i Checkers, ri .-i: 1 Billiards. hfeJ- etc. Urry--;grvIa2j 25c to SS.OO. Finest assortment of Boys' end Girls' Automobiles. $4.50 to $25.00 Poodle Doa-, with bushy mane and tail, glass eyes, un- QO11 breakable. Only. dw Trl cycle. Adjustable leather saddles, strong steel fra .0 and wheels; all sizes. $1.S to 4.50. Doll Carts, with tops and without. 89c to S.75. They fly like a bird. Different kinds. 30e to S3.00. Mechan ical Trains, soma that wind up "tr and some that run by elec tricity. 49c to $5.00 FREE 100-piece beautiful china Dinner Set with all pur chases of $100 before Christmas 50-piece set to all buy ers of $50 worth of merchandise. Only a few sets left. Open Evenings Till Christmas 6 '"V and E" "300" -L T Tt-iT-i" rrVi V. ing Cabinets fit the pock etbook of the smallest merchant and the ideas of the most fastidious office manager. Get Folder No. 2285. Crane Company Stationers and Printers. 110-112 E. 8th. Hssistant to the Shepard, will have his headquarters in ln passenger and freight service. is not very large, others show sub stantial expansion, notably among them being Louisville and Nashville, Southern, Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific and Seaboard Air Line. In the West and Southwest railroad earnings continue to expand, Chicago and Alton, Colorado and Southern, Denver and Rio Grande, Missouri Pa cific, Missouri, Kansas and Texas and Texas and Pacific being among those reporting good gains. The reports now being received indicate a marked re vival in railroad activity, the enormous movement of freight being facilitated by generally favorable weather in al most every part of the coui.ty. In the following table are given the gross earnings of all United States railroads reporting so far for November and the gain as compared with the earnings of the same roads for -the corresponding month a year ago; also, for practically the same roads in the two preceding months, together with the percentages of gains over last year: 1912. Gain. Pel. November $4.27,734 U,041L g.5 October 40.0T4.554 2,601,282 6.9 September 39.56S.777 2,115,063 6.6 INCREASE 56 PER CENT IN WAGES Eastern Firemen Demands W'onld Add $15,000,000 to Expenses. New York, Dec. 17. An answer to the demands of the railroad firemen, which, in the event of being granted would mean a 56 per cent increase in wages, adding $15,000,000 to the oper ating expenses of the eastern rail roads, will be given next Tuesday by Elisha Lee, chairman of the man agers' committee of the railroads. It is not known whether the demands will be granted or rejected, and it is likely that the answer to be given will not be final. The railroads in the east are now meeting the engineers' adjustment committees to make the changes or dered by the arbitrators, which includ ed a flat minimum rate for engineers A3 FIGHT FANS WOULD LIKE TO SEE JACK BRITTON AND McFARLAND GET TOGETHER 3 L I, PENWELL Undertaker and Embalmer. THOS. E. JONES. Assistant. Phone 192. 508-510 Qulncy St. Drives Off A Terror. The chief executioner of death in the winter and sprins months is pneumonia. Its advance agents are colds and grip. In any attack by one of these maladies no time should be lost in taking the best medicine obtainable to drive it off. Count less thousands have found this to be Dr. King's New Discovery. "My husband be lieves it has kept him from having pneu monia three or four times" writes Mrs. George W. Place, Rawsonville. Vt., "and for coughs, colds and croup we havo never found its equal." Guaranteed for all bronchial affections. Price 50 cts. and $1.00. Trial bottle free at Campbell Drug Co.Adv- New York city at the eastern offices of the Gould lines on Broadway, xnis is in pursuance of the policy long con sidered desirable by President Bush, and will tend to relieve the chief ex ecutive offices ln St. Louis of a vast amount of detail work which can only be promptly handled in New York. It will likewise relieve the president of many trips to New York during the year. The president will, of course, attend the board meetings of the Mis souri Pacific called in New York, and likewise the board meetings of the Denver Rio Grande called at the eastern offices, and Mr. Shepard. who is Also assistant to the president of the Rio Grande, will continue to per form those duties, but his office will be transferred to New York. The assistant to the president will remove at once to New York, but a portion of his time during the year will be spent at the St. Louis head quarters and the clerical staff of the chief executive at the St. Louis gen eral offices and of his assistant will re main here. some or tne roaas naa oeen yajms more than others, they can not act in concert. As the trainmen will make demands when the negotiations with the fire men are over, the negotiations will hardly be over before the engineers will start new negotiations May 1. It was said today that the trainmen will wait until January before making de mands. The negotiations of the pres ent have broken all records for length of time consumed. GAIN IN GROSS EARNINGS. Increase of 8.5 Per Cent for Showing ln Month of November. More complete returns of the gross earnings of United States railroads making weekly reports to Dun's Re view make a Very satisfactory exhibit for the month of November, "the total aggregating $40,287,734, a gain of 8.5 per cent as compared with the earnings of the same roads for the corresponding month a year ago. Practically every road Included in the statement reports more or less improvement, and, while the increase on some roads In the south CAN'T CASH CHECKS IN SALOONS. Burlington Issues Order Forbidding Habit of Employees. Chicago, Dec 17. The Burlington has issued an order forbidding em ployees to cash their pay checks in saloons. The road has a record that shows that one saloon cashed checks amounting to $15,000 in a single night. lii? Pale? And do not know what to take? Then go to your doctor. Ask his opinion of Ayer's Sarsapa rilla. No alcohol, no stimula tion. A blood purifier; a nerve tonic, a strong alterative, an aid to digestion. Let your doc tor decide. J.O. AjerOo.. AjOWAU. Ml jw w aft 1 MeFarland (at the loft) and f N. J '"y-f II V wt 4 )iM Packey The recent report that Packey MeFarland has at last consented to fight Jack Britton, and that the bout will be palled off not later than Jan nary, waa a welcome piece, of news to fight fans. There has been a pret ty general demand on the part of the sporting world for a battle between these two classy lightweights. It ought to be a fine fight. The two men are pretty evenly matched. Brit ton resembles Packey very much In face and form, and shows a style of boxing that closely resembles that of tho Chicagoan. He does not look quite as big as Packey and It s doubtful if he is as strong. But Jack has wocderful speed and la a most clever boxer. He uses both hanJs well. Judges distance accurately, and hits with much snap and steam. GOOD LOCAL MATCH. Hoffman and West man to Be Seen In Wrestling Bout Soon. Lewis Hoffman and Dave Westman, the two crack local middleweight wrestlers, have signed articles to meet in the near future. Westman agreed to make the weight of 158 pounds, which was the chief stumbling block in the negotiations. Westman normal ly wrestles at a little heavier weight than this, while Hoffman's mat weight is 154 and 155. At 158 Westman will have a few pounds the advantage, but ln the middleweight class a difference of three or four pounds is no great handicap. It is quitely likely that the Hoff-man-Westman bout will be staged on Christmas day, probably in the Audi torium. Both wrestlers have been training faithfully for some time, in anticipation of such a match, and are fit to meet on the mat inside the next few days, except that Westman needs a little time to make the agreed weight.- Dick Wolf, considered by many wrestling authorities to be the cham pion welterweight wrestler of the world, has issued a challenge to meet the winner of the Hoffman-Westman match. Kansas City promoters are making efforts to secure the match between Wolf and the winner of the Hoffman-Westman bout. RELEASED ALL UMPIRES. Will This Combination Is a Winner The big thing in the packing, moving, ship ping or storage of household goods, is to get low rates and best service COMBINED. Low rates and POOR SERVICE are expensive. Our rates are as low as any, our service is personally superintended. Get a line on us, Topeka Transfer Storage Co. 528 Adams St. Phone 3556 S Daily Trains TO KANSAS CITY DOUBLE TRACK NO STOPS Lv. Topeka 4:80 a. m. 5:45 a. m. 7:40 a. m. :26 p. m. 3:25 p. m. 6 :15 p. m. 7:35 p. m. 10:30 p. m. r. Kan. City S:5 a. m. 7:26 a. m. 9:35 a. m. 4:20 p. m. 5:10 p. m. 8:10 p. m. 9:30 p. m. 12:30 a. m. Rail and Haatnshlp TiekaK EVERVWHtHE C. E. BASC0M. C. P. Phone 4036 Lv. Kan Cltj 7:So a. m. 10:10 a. m. 11:06 a. m. 11:35 a. m. :10 p. m. 8:00 p. ra il :15 p. m. 11:30 p. m. Arr. Topeka 9:35 a. m. 12:06 p. m. 12:50 p. m. 1:25 p. m. 7:65 p. m. 9:45 p. m. 1:00 a. m. 1:16 a. m. O'Neill Confirms Rumor He Move From Chicago. Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 17. Norris L. (Tip) O'Neiil, president of the West ern League, arrived in Lincoln today to appear on the witness stand in fed eral court in defense of a suit filed against the organization by Guy W. Green, former owner of the Lincoln franchise. Speaking of Western League poli tics, President O'Neill said: "The J Hutchinson. league nas vocea 10 move me Head quarters after January 1, 1913, and while I am president of the league, if the owners of the clubs want me in side or outside of Chicago, it is for them to say so. This is no time to discuss probable locations." He also confirmed the statement that the club owners had voted to re lease all umpires of the 1912 staff, but said so far he had not engaged a sin gle new umpire. year. Two years ago there was hardly interest enough to get ten men out for practice. In the past two seasons Bald win High school has played thirty-five games winning twenty-nine of that number, totaling over 2,000 points to less than 700 by their opponents. A holiday trip is being planned in or der to meet some of the best teams in Central Kansas. Games are scheduled with Clay county, Reno county. El Dorado and Eureka. The trip begins on December 26 and a few dates are not yet taken. Coach Liston especially de sires to get a gam 3 for Dec. 28th on the line each trying to secure his services for next year. ELECT NORMAL CAPTAIN. Charles Morgan to Lead Emporia Squad in 1913. Emporia, Kan., Dec. 17. Charles Morgan, fullback on the football team of the State Normal school, has been elected captain for next year. This was Morgan's third year on the Normal football eleven. He is a fast back and makes .himself further valuable to the team by his drop kick- Baker Tarns to BasketbaU. Baldwin, Kan., Dec. 17. Basketball practice for the Baldwin High school has begun. Coach Liston is putting the boys through steady and strong prac tice. Over twenty men have reported for practice, but the number will be cut down to fifteen. Three of the championship teams are back and the two vacant positions will be easily filled from the second team of last in. nHllitv Ua aian vnrkpn well At between Clay Center and quarter and half. High grade thermometers, barome ters and hydrometers, etc., at Chas. Bennett's optical store, 906 Kan. ave. Adv. WILL PLAY NO MORE. Johnny Kling Says Notlilng Will In-.- dnee Him to Return to Game. Kansas City, Dee. 17. Johnny Kling, managerfor the Boston Na tional League baseball club last sea son, says he never will play baseball again.. "I played my last game of baseball last year in Boston," Kling said. "Cincinnati, Boston, St. Louis, New York or any other club in either of the major leagues cannot induce me to return ,to the game. Putting on the wind pads every half inning is a thing of the past with me. I shall remain here and pay careful attention to my business." Kling made the statement when Questioned regarding rumors that the Cincinnati and Pittsburg clubs were Make It a Rule To set aside a certain portion of your wages each month in a Build ing Loan association for the in evitable rainy day. Steady and- systematic savings are the only means by which the average man can make advance ment. We have the .plan. Call for booklet. CAPITOL BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION. 634 Kansas Ave.

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