The Topeka State Journal (Topeka, Kansas)
December 6, 1913

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EVERYBODY 20 PAGES READ IT 2D PAdES LAST EDITION. SATURDAY EVENING- TOPEKA. KANSAS. DECEMBER 6. 1913. SATURDAY EVENING TRAINS IN DRIFTS HAND OF JUSTICE DEI!1JDCL0UDS The Sun Is Shining and Will Break the Gloom. EDEN JIE GAP California Bull Hoose to Fight Under Own Banner. IT IS VERY DAD Condition at Lansing Prison Ceproach to State. SEES CTZST c:er$!::? seen FOR STRICT KULE8 High School Student Cms i Bock Island and Union Pacific Suffer From Storm. Supreme Court Lays It on Loan Sharks. v 5.' Now Toe Hark. Passengers Hnddle In Coaches During the Billiard. aires Defendant Judgment Against Them. End of 12 Days of Drizzle Is Expected. Hare Been Operating Under Nominal Title of Republican. Prisoners Packed In Narrow, Greater ESelemey Is Ala f Principal A. J. Stent, Dirty Cells. AFFQS KOTED STALKER CASEFGtlECAST: CLEAR O CCLD soma uv;s SHATTERED f 1 v f i l i -L i i i i J i i i i i rt i i i CUTS ARE EZ.1 FULL OF SOT No Attempt to Use Plows Until Storm Abates. Details of Fierce Snow Hur ricane to Topeka. The blizzard that has been sweeping western Colorado and northwestern Kansas In the last 24 hours nas de moralized railway traffic, according to advice received at the offices of the Rock Island and Union Pacific rail roads in Topeka this afternoon. Three trains are snowDouna, iwu un uv Union Pacific and one on the Rock T.i.ni muhia tn move in either di rection. The passengers are living upon the food supply- in the dining cars. The fuel in the locomotives is being conserved for the heating of the coacnes ana miiman. Iii Topeka, the officials of the Rock T.ln.J ntr ntana fnr A. f icht with snow drifts from five to ten feet deep in the cuts in nortnwestern jvan eas. Snow plows are being assembled in the western district and hundreds of men will be pressed into service in order to open up the lines as soon as the storm abates. Wire service has been crippled by the storm and trains are operated eastward from the ter minals in Kansas only. At latest reports it was snowing and blowing as far east as Phillipsburg. Reports from Norton, Colby and Ooodland indicate a complete tieup in traffic unless the wind ceases. In central northwestern Kansas nothing is moving on the Union Pacific west of Ellis. In New Mexico and Texas. The northwestern section of the state and Colorado are not the only sufferers from the blizzards of the last 24 and 48 hours. Reports at the gen eral offices of the Atchison, Topeka Santa Fe in Topeka state that at Raton and Trinidad In southern Colo rado and New Mexico, from four to five feet of snow haa fallen. Wind is blowing the fall Into drifts today and before night traffic in this section may be delayed. Santa Fe trains from Colorado have not suffered the tieup which has affected the Rock Island and Union Pacific lines. The southern route of the Santa Fe escaped the brunt of the storm. In Texas between Texahoma and Dallas in the flooded district the Rock Island reports several inches of snow today. The Santa Fe also re ports a slight snowfall in the Texas territory to the north. From railway details today it will be seen that Kansas, is nearly sur rounded with snow covered territory. In the northwest, west, southwest and south, snow has covered the ground. Parts of the state are shivering under from two to five feet of the first real downfall of the season. MUST NOTIFY I. O.C. If Railroads Want Extension of Time to Unload Water Interests. Washington. Dec. 6. The inter state commerce commission is about to notify railroads that applications for an extension of time beyond July 1, 1914, in which to divest themselves of ownership or control of water lines, must be made to the commission not later than March 1, 1914. The Pan ama canal act prohibits ownership or interest by a railroad in any compet ing water carrier. Such competition is a question of fact which may be de termined by the commission and in certain circumstances it may grant an extension of time beyond July 1 for development of facts. DROP III EGG PRICES. Not Due to Boycott But to Lessened Demand, Dealers Say. Washington, Dec 6. Having ob tained the support of Mrs. Thomas R. Marshall, wife of the vice president, Mrs. Robert M. La Follette, Mrs. Al bert B. Cummins, the wives of nearly all the cabinet officers and those of many senators and representatives, the egg boycott campaign will be brought to a close here today by lo cal club women. The only other work that now remains to be done is the final roundup for signatures to the i petition that will be presented to con gress at an early date asking remedial legislation to prevent food monopo lies. This petition, which Mrs. Ellis Lo gan, head of the movement here, de clares will bear more than 26,000 names, will be completed on Monday and will then be ready for nresenta- tion to congress along with petitions from muaaeipnia, cmcago, Pittsburg, Kansas City and other large cities. During the last week egg- prices in Washington have decreased from 0 cents a dozen to 50 cents. Dealers say the drop in price, while coincident with, is not due to the boycott, but to the increased supply and a lighter demand. They express the opinion that prices will be still lower before the advent or tne cnrlstmas holidays. Want Eggs Branded. Kansas City. Dec '.Aroused by numerous complaints that some gro cers in Kansas City sell cold storage eggs at fresh egg prices, the directors of the Housewives' League today pre pared a letter to the Retail Grocers' as sociation asking thr.t every grocer be required to Inform customers the grade of eggs purchased. The league also is considering the plan whereby every egg will be marked when It is placed in storage. A commission man said the cost of branding eggs would be about half a cent a dozen. Most grocers in Kan' sas City admit that the egg boycott declared by the Housewives' League is j- curtailing the demand materially. Numerous members of the league are buying their eggs direct from the farm ers la this vicinity. He Was a Train Conductor and He Borrowed Money. Attorney General Wins Suit for Iifquor Fees. The Kansas sum-erne court handed V n tnt ahavVa lAmAM in a decision awarding final judgment to Joseph B. Stalker for $5,448 against D. D. Drake, who operates a chain of loan offices with headquarters in Kan sas City. In the opinion written by Chief Justice Johnston the court lays down the rule that where "a party makes an unlawful demand against another and maliciously and oppress ively uses the machinery of the court and the process of law in endeavor to enforce the payment of such demand, the injured party is entitled to recover a loss and damage resulting from such wrong-doing." Stalked was a train conductor In tho employ of the Frisco Railroad company at Kansas City in May, 1903, when he applied to the Kansas City office of Drake, then managed by an agent named Van Zandt, for a loan of (25. He signed two papers without reading either of them. One was a note. The other was an assignment of his wages. The loan was to run for a period of one month and Stalker was to pay $2.60 for the use of the money. He renewed the note the following month on the payment of an additional $2.50. He (Continued on Pas Two. J TO USE MILLIONS Bock Island Will Hare $10,- 000,000 to Spend Next Year. Chairman Schumacher's Plans Made Known in Topeka. Ten millions for use in the improve ment and betterment of the Rock Is land Lines is the program mapped out for next year, according to the first report received in Topeka after the inspection tour made recently by T. M. Schumacher, chairman of the board of directors and executive com mittee of the road. Chairman Schu macher has Just announced the pre liminary plans for the rehabilitation of the 8,000 miles of railway system recently taken under control of the Phelps-Dodge interests of the El Paso Southwestern railway. When in Topeka on his inspection trip late in November, Mr. Schu macher said that the Rock Island's first move would be to improve the roadbed all over the west, placing it in standard condition. The next move, he said, would be to double-track east of the Missouri river. Then he planned a double track between To peka and McFarland, a distance of about thirty miles and one of the busiest pieces of track on the system. Along with these improvements he considered tne regular oetterments 01 terminals and railway property. The $10,000,000 appropriation plan ned for 1914 will include only im provements and betterments. Station facilities are under this head. In all events, a good percentage of this amount will be spent Inside the state of Kansas where the Rock Island operates its largest mileage, second only to the miles of track in the state of Iowa. The Schumacher announcement has brought Joy to the hearts of the Rock Island employees, towns and depend ents In Topeka and Kansas. THE DAY III CONGRESS Republicans Help Democrats on Their Currency Bill Program. Washington, Dec 6 Senate met at 10 a. m. Ratified the Democrat program for thirteen hour sessions on the cur rency bill. Senator Sheppard Intro duced a bill for a good roads committee of seventeen members. Bill to sanction use of state election machinery for elec tion of senators delayed. Resumed de bate on the Hetch Hetchy water bill. Called on Secretary Lane to report the cost of administering the land law a for the last five years. House met at noon. Discussion of the naval holiday resum ed. Commerce committee gave hearing on automatic train stopping devices. Democrat senate leaders with the aid of ten Republican votes succeeded in forcing a program of thirteen hour a day sessions for the currency bill. Two hour recesses from 6 to 8 o'clock In the evening will be the only break in the daily work from 10 o'clock in the morn ing until 11 o'clock at night. Senators Borah, Brady, Brandegee, Cummins, Gronna, Kenyon. LaFollette. N orris, Perkins and Smoot voted with the Democrats. THOROUGHLY SOAKED. Western Haa Plenty of Rain Penetrates Earth. Garden Cltv. Kan.. Dec. 6. Western Kansas is soaked today as It haa not been before in several years. It has had a week of cloudy weather with continuous rains. Rain began falling Thanksgiving night, and has continued at .Intervals ever since. About 2 Inches of water has fallen, and has come so slowly that all soaked into the ground. The soil is wet to a. depth of from two to three feet. Wheat never looked finer at this time of the year than now, and although a larger acre age was sown this fall than ever be fore, many farmers are regretting that they, did not put In mora. Bainfall of Two Inches Breaks All Records. Creeks and Hirers Are BJsing Bapldly. A period of gloom, rain, and high temperature, unprecedented In Kansas for this season of the year, will give way to a more pleasant, but colder ibrand of weather. At least indications point that way, and In fact the sun has been making a great light today to triumph over the clouds. The forecast reads: "Generally fair and much cold er tonight and Sun day; moderate to brisk northerly winds." The ship pers' f oreca at Pro tect 36 hour, ship ments north and west against tem perature of from 22 to 25 degrees; south against 25 to 30 de grees, and east 30 degrees.". This would Indicate that the mercury will be down close to the 30 degree point at Topeka by Sunday morning. Reports show that there has been a big drop in the temperature. In the western portion of the state. The rainfall at Topeka for the 24 hours ending at 7 o'clock. Friday night was 2.08 inches and thus another rec ord was broken. It was the heaviest 24 hour rain ever recorded at Topeka in the month of December. The pre vious record was 1.58 inches on De cember and 10, 1911. The rainfall to date this month Is 2.85 inches. The previous record for the entire month of December in 27 years was 2.41 Inches In 1911. And thus not only has the December wet weath er record been eclipsed, but despite the drouth of the summer, 1913, will go won on the records as a wet year. The normal precipitation for an entire year is 33.76 inches, while up to date this year the measurement has been 34.59 Inches. Practically every district in Kansas is now well watered. The fact that the Kaw river has taken a sudden jump in the last 24 hours is evidence that the ground at last Is fairly well soaked. The stage of the river this morning at To peka was 8.7 feet, a rise of 8.8 feet since Friday morning. This is the highest stage reached by the river in six and one-half months. There may be a further rise, but according to the wise there is no danger of a flood, unless of course there is a continuance of the heavy precipitation in the next few weeks. There has been some drift wood floating down the Kaw today. The Shunganunga has risen material ly, and Ward's creek, which runs through Auburndale, which for several months has scarcely been a creek at all, was a raging torrent early this morn ing. The Republican Is swollen, the rain fall having been particularly heavy along- its. course. At 7 o'clock Friday night the sky was clear at Wichita. A press dispatch states that snow fell late Friday at Dodge City. Another report from Abilene stated that the rainfall had been heavy at that point two and one-half inches of rain hav ing fallen in the 24 hours ending Fri day night A report from Little River, Kan., reads: "Four and one-quarter inches of rain have fallen this week, and a steady downpour continues tonight. Pastures are as green as midsummer. These who gathered vegetables after the first frost of the winter and left the small ones in the ground, find the latter are now better than those gath ered earlier The minimum tempera ture today was 50 degrees." A dispatch from Great Bend: "The rain of the last four days, amounting to a precipitation of three inches, seemed to be at an end tonight, and the weather was turning colder. All streams in this vicinity are bank full." At Last the Son Broke Through. The sun was shining through the clouds at two o'clock this afternoon, and at the same time a rainbow could be seen In the north an unusual di rection. The day has been much more pleasant than any other day this week. The temperature has av eraged twelve degrees above normal for this date The wind was variable early this afternoon, although there was a tendency to blow from the west. The rate of speed at two o'clock was six miles an hour. An Associated Press report received from Kansas City today reads: "Rain continued falling today In many parts of Kansas and Missouri, where weeks of wet weather has swol len streams and caused damage to farm property. "Several central Missouri points re port flooded streams and roads so deep In mud the farmer cannot get to market." The hourly readings: 7 o'clock 45111 o'clock .....48 8 o'clock 4512 o'clock 4 9 o'clock .....461 1 o'clock .....48 10 o'clock 471 2 o'clock .....49 j 3 o'clock 49 Immigration la Increasing. Washington. Dec 6. There were admit ted to the United States 134.140 immigrant aliens In October this year, according to the statistics Just issued by the bureau or immigration. of the .department of labor. This Is an increase of 25,840 over the same month last year when 108,399 were admitted.,- The number admitted, however, was nearly double that of October, 1911: when 6M18 immigrant aliens entered this country. Of the number admitted last October 82,808 were males and 61.137 were r i i ik cr SERVED ITS FU.75SE 1912 By Keeping Taft and Sherman Off the Ticket. Meet to Formally Renounce Al leglanee to the 6. O. P. San Francisco, Dec 6. The Progres sives of California who thus far nave controlled the present situation under the nominal title of Republicans a course in which they were sustained by the state supreme court gathered here today to organize their party under Its own name. Since before the national elections of 1912 the state has been pro gressive In fact and Republican in name. Governor Johnson, elected a a Republican, was a candidate with Theodore Roosevelt on the national Progressive ticket and the electors pledged to Roosevelt and Johnson ap peared under the heading Republican on the ticket, which, by decision of the state supreme court, held no place for electors pledged to Taft and Sher man, the nominees of the national Re publican convention at Chicago. Today this dominant faction of what was once the Republican party met to renounce formally its past allegiance and to proclaim itself the Progressive party of California. In attendance were Governor Johnson and Progres sive leaders from all over the state. Candidacies for the 1914 elections. It was announced, would not be consider i ,Tne ,tate ce"t"J committee of the old line Republican party met here yes terday. A declaration that the party organization will be continued waa aiae by Chairman Gustav Brenner. The situation has been complicated farther by a call issued from Fresno to "Progressive Republicans" to meet here December 16. The backing and purpose of this call were obscure today to Republican leaders. The call Itself said those behind It were not In sym pathy with the regular organization but would welcome the attendance of all Republicans. DEATH LIST GROWS. Known Victims of Texas Flood Now Bryan. Texas. Dec 6. The known death list in Texas floods waa in creased to more than fifty today. At least 25 of the victims were white per sona Motor boats from Houston and Gal veston got into the flooded Brazos river bottoms in south central Texas, rapidly removing hundreds of ex hausted and half frozen refugees from trees and house tops. The crests of both the Brazos and the Colorado river floods entered the last hundred miles of the rivers' respective courses doing fresh damage there but on a diminishing scale. The flood center today extended from Marlln, 60 miles above here, to Rich mond, 80 miles below Bryan. It was learned today that on Wednes day, Anderson Stewart, a white farm er, his wife and four children had been drowned when a skiff In which they were attempting to escape from their flooded home near Martin, capsized. Joe Cooper and his son were drowned in front of the porch of their home on which Mrs. Cooper and the other chil dren stood helpless to give aid. Cooper had rowed a skiff into deep water io se whether it wa ssafe to try to trans port his family. An eddy upset him. The son plunged in to help his father and both were drowned, A dozen other persons near Marlln, mostly negroes, were reported missing. The Weather Record. the twenty k this morn Rain or Low. snow. 32 .1 36 .0 40 .0 36 .0 24 .0 54 .0 44 .0 46 .0 44 .88 32 1.10 44 .18 34 .44 36 .0 18 .0 14 .0 32 .0 48 .02 64 .20 .0 .20 .0 28 .0 54 .0 ao .o 46 1, 48 .68 16 .0 22 .62 58 T 44 .0 34 1.24 38 T 42 146 34 J 38 .0 40 .0 30 .0 38 .0 48 1.14 60 .12 32 .0 28 .0 44 .0 .-f 46 .0 44 .04 22 .0 M .0 38 .0 45 .11 42 .0 40 .22 26 A M .0 24 Stations Hlgl AmarlUo, Tex 42 Boise, Idaho jg Boston, Mass 51 Buffalo, N. T, 46 Calgary. Alb 52 Charleston. S. C 68 Chicago, 111 46 Cincinnati. Ohio 80 Concordia. Kan 48 Denver. Colo S4 Des Moines, la 4S Duluth, Minn 62 Durango, Colo 34 Edmonton, Ab. w.... 44 El Paso, Tex 60- Fort Worth. Tex. Galveston, Tex........ 72 Havre. Mont 48 Helena, Mont... 32 Huron, S. D 40 Jacksonville, Fla...... 70 Kamloops, B. C 40 Kansas City, Mo...... 48 Little. Rock, Ark SO Modena, Utah Moorhead, Minn....... 40 New Orleans. La...... 74 New York. N. Y...... 62 North Platte, Neb 42 Oklahoma City G6 Omaha, Neb 46 hoenix. Arlx.. 58 Pittsburg, Pa 48 Portland, Ore.. 42 Prince Albert. Sas.... 38 Rapid City, 8. D 44 Roswell. N. M 50 Jt- Joseph, Mo........ 50 St. Louis, Mo 64 St. Paul, Minn 38 Salt Lake. Utah Los Angeles, Cal 62 San Francisco, Cal.... 54 1 Seattle. Wash 46 Sheridan, Wyo 46 Swift Current. Baa 58 Toledo. Ohio.- 48 TOPEKA. KAN 49 Washington, D. C... 64 Wichita. Kan 64 5 Wllllston. N. D 44 Dead Man on the Pilot. Springfield, Mo., Dec C The body of a man taken from tne pilot of a St. Louis ft San Francisco passenger train upon its arrival at the station here last night still is being held by the authori ties for identification.: The train la said to have struck a boggy four mfles east of the city.. The body when taken from the pilot was node and Are 200 Cases Tuberculosis in Institution. Need New Prison or Bemodel Old One. Within a ten-acre enclosure at the state prison at Lansing, 800 men and women human beings cast after the Image of God work, eat and sleep under the most unsanitary conditions existing In the state. In the three big cell blocks every rule and order of the state board of health is violated with daily regularity and Impunity and 200 men who went to the penitentiary physically strong are today suffering from tuberculosis in varying stages. This condition isn't the fault of any one person. It to a condition which has existed for years. In fact, conditions are probably better today than ever before In the history of the prison plant. But in a general way the penitentiary Is in the same con dition in which Governor Stubbs found it when he succeeded B. W. Hoch In office. The same condition existed when Hoch succeeded Bailey and when Bailey followed Stanley in the governor's chair. Every few months for a period of 20 years there has been an era of prison reform in Kansas. The public sympathy and sentiment has been preyed upon, the prison was dragged more or less into the succeeding po litical campaign. And then the state was allowed to forget the poisonous foul air, the ravages of the white plague, the spread of disease germs and the loathsome, dirty and unsani tary cells of the prison Into, which hu man beings are herded as strong men and from which they emerge, broken in body and health and unfit for the battle of life when their prison term Is ended. Legislature Will Act Maybe. No one has ever denied that the Kansas state penitentiary la the most disgraceful and damnable of all state Institutions. Warden Botkln says so. So does Governor Hodges. But, so did Warden Codding and Governor Stubbs and Warden Jewett and Gov ernor Hoch and Warden Tomlinaon and Governor Bailey before them, So did all Kansas, in fact. But condi tions have not changed. Last winter the joint legislative committee on penal institutions rec ommended a new penitentiary. But the legislature adjourned without making an appropriation for perhaps the greatest of the state's needs. In 1816 Warden Botkin and Gov ernor Hodgea will recommend a new penitentiary, or at least the building of sanitary cells for the one now In use- What the legislature will do about the matter is another thing. Violate All Health Laws. Every health law, rule and regula tion in Kansas is apparently violated in the Lansing penitentiary. Cells built four tiers high and reach ing to the ceiling and the entire length of the three cells blocks, or houses, is the method of housing the men who commit crime In Kansas. Iron bared doors, with thick stone and mortar walls on three sides, except for a small circular opening at the rear of the cell. la tne room in which each man sleeps at night. Through the iron door and the small hole in the wall, the only ventilation for the cells is afford ed. And the only air in the cell block is through two doors to the long nar row buildings. Each night from 260 to 300 men sleep in each of the cell blocks, where it la admited that It ,1s almost impos sible to secure fresh air. But these 300 men breathe the foul air nearly 13 hours of every 24 hours of the day and night. That isn't alt The board of health's public drink ing cup and roller towel order applied to every public building and Institution of the state. There Is a state law cov ering the matter. But the drinking cup and the roller towel are still on the Job: in the state penitentiary. In these cells there Is no running water, no lavatories. Each man who Is doomed to a term In Lansing prison, finds a pail in his cell. These palls are carried to an opening to the pris on sewer each morning 300 men marching single file from their cells carrying their own waste.' Men sleep 3266 nights each year un der these conditions at Lansing. Some of the men have been there 20 yeara "Which only goes to show," said a prison employee, "that the human ani mal la pretty hard to kill, after all." Bought Prisoners Fana. During the hot nights last summer when Topeka men and women were sweltering on their sleeping porches, the 800 men in the Kansas peniten tiary were sleeping In the -closed cell blocks and private cells. There wasn't a breath of fresh air in the cell blocks. There wasn't an electric fan or a ven tilating contrivance in the buildings. But each night 300 men went to bed In each of the cell blocks, just the One dav Warden Botkin went to Leavenworth and bought 800 palm leaf fans. That afternoon a fan was placed in each cell. That night there was a "revival meeting In the prison chapel and each man walked to the chapel carrying his palm leaf fan. That night a dozen men arc to pray and a dosen convicts thanked God for those fana (Continued on rage ne Washington. Dec 6. "Please ap point a younger Santa Claus." wrote 8-year-old Lodema L. Hile of Albion, UL, to Postmaster general Burleson. In a letter which reached' that offi cial's desk today. "Grandpa says he used to come to hie house when he waa a little boy, so he must be pretty old by this time, and I'm afraid he's too old to come to my house." Mr. Burleson wrote to Lodema that a per sonal representative of would attend to bar wanta. Benjamin F. Bush. Benjamin F. Bush, president of the Missouri Pacific railroad, says that the attitude of the public the acts of legislative bodies and the condition of the money market are tending to force government ownership of rail roads and. that he expects to see it come to pass In his lifetime He says the public was more than gen erous with the railroads for many years, but that there has been a re versal of feeling. BRISTOlTJOulflG Kansas Senator Will Spend Holidays at Home. Expected He Will Then An V nounce Alignment. United States Senator Joseph L. Bristow will return to Kansas for ten daya duxuiK the Christmas Jiolidaye, and It is claimed by the politicians that he will at that time formally an nounce his plans regarding his United States senatorial candidacy. Whether Bristow will seek renomination as a Republican or as a Progressive is. a matter regarding wnicn tne politicians are yet uncertain. But they expect a definite announcement before the close of the present year. It is probable that congress will ad' journ December 19 for the Christmas holidays and that Bristow will at once return to Kansas. He will hold sev eral conferences with political leaders, it is claimed, and will spend several days in Topeka. Before returning to Washington a definite decision of his plans is expected. Recently there has been a rumor In political circles to the effect that a Bristow-capper program wouia De ox tered the KepuDiican .rrogressive voters as an evidence that the har mony movement is the genuine article, Under that alignment. Capper would be the Republican gubernatorial nominee and Bristow would be as sured by the leaders of the support of the Republican organization in the state in event he won the senatorial nomination next August. Under any circumstances, however, it is probable that Charles Curtis of Topeka will again seek the senatorial nomination. Many Progressive leaders still main tain that Bristow will be with the third party In Kansas In Its fight next year. Should he fail to run as a Pro gressive, however, a candidate will be put in the field against him, according to the ultimatum recently issued by William Allen White, Progressive na tional committeeman for Kansas. But it Is admitted that Bristow" s return to the Republican party would Injure the third party cause in the state. It is for that reason, perhaps, that many of the men who were last year so bit ter In their denunciation 'of Stubbs and the Roosevelt supporter on the Repub lican ticket, are now holding out the olive branch and trying to pave the way for Bristow's safe return to the Republican fold. The Republican leaders are willing to offer much in their efforts to put the party in power In Kansas next year. Discussion at 'the Atchison harmony meeting indicated that both the Taft and Roosevelt supporters of last year and the Taft supporters were after Capper's goat with a gun last year are now ready to accept the Topeka publisher as the gubernatorial stand ard bearer. And this has paved the way for a further concession on the part of the Republican regulars. They are now being aeked to accept Bris tow's repentance for his wanderings with the Bull Moose leaders and to give him their united support in event he is the party senatorial nominee next August.. Apparently It is up to Bristow. He can go with the Progressives and the Regulars will fight him. He can go with the Republicans and the Progres sives win light htm in the election and a good many Republicans will fight him in the primaries if not in the election. And until Bristow returns to Kansas and declares himself, the politicians can devote their time to guessing which way Bristow will jump. ;J Lacrosse, Dec. Cr The state eon. ventlon of the American Society of Equity decided today to establish at Mao won a state marketing and busi ness agency on a scale higher than heretofore attempted by farmers any where tn the county."' Experts will be employed to go Into the price question on- a scientific basis and will inform cooperative selling associations and farmers of prices prevailing in all maraets, retau ae weu aa w: HE AjYC3ATES LL.JI TCI?.l Belieres That Longer Hours Would Be an AdTantage. r News of General Interest to High School Students. Steps have been taken at the high school looking towards the raising of the standard of work dona by the students of the Institution. These measures, however,, will undoubtedly not be to the liking of certain Indi viduals in the school who are not In dustriously inclined. Recently there haa been an unusual amount of tardiness at the sehoel. Some of the boys have formed the habit, it Is claimed, of hanging around street corners and in drug stores when they should be attending their respective classes And there are few girls, it la stated, who take de light in looking at the pretty Christ mas goods in the store window la school hours. I Beginning Monday all students Will be required to go directly to their classes Instead of going to the ofOoe of the principal to give their excuses. In this manner the teachers will be able to keep a better check on them, and It will also save the pupils the time that in the past haa bean re quired to procure an excuse at the) office The teacher will be the Jade as to whether the pupil should be ex cused. Although there are more girts in school than boys, the latter have given more trouble in respect to tardi ness. Those Delinquent Papfls. Principal A. J. Stout la making a report which will give the name of those students that are doing failing work, and the report will show In Just what studies the pupils are "falling down." This report will be put in the hands of Superintendent Wilson and all the teachers of the school. In the school year 1611-12 sixty four per cent of the student did passing work in every study; In 1213 13 seventy and seven-tenths per cent of the students had no failures check ed up against them. It is the ambi tion of Principal Stoat to Improve upon the record this year. Occasionally the students of the higheoheol .are asked fee-return In the afternoon for laboratory or other spe cial work. Some of the boys and girl who want aa excuse for getting away from home have told their parents every day in the week that they had been called back to school, when In reality they were out somewhere with their friends. If any parent desire It slips will be given their boy or girls stating at what hour they reached the high school and at what hour they left the building.' Win Study at School? A. J. Stout, principal of the high school, stated that he hopes the time will soon come when it will be possi ble to begin school a little later in the morning and continue the sessions until 2:30 or t o'clock In the after noon, so that the student might do their studying at school under the supervision of the teachers. The establishment of a lunch room at the school would make this arrangement possible, but before that la don It will be necessary to have more room in the building. The upper classes will be. naked If they care to furnish entertainment at assembly exercises in the next few yeara. The senior will be given the first opportunity to show their ability to entertain. Students interested in publie speak ing will soon be given a chance to show their ability in debates in the assembly hour. The speaker for the graduation ex ercises of the senior class in February has not been chosen, but there is a sentiment among many of the stu dents in favor of H. B. Wilson, super intendent of schools, aa the man to give the address. Superintendent Wil son is a pleasing speaker and popular among the student. OT7in: ni" rm2 of Are Out in Belfast, Dee. 6. The greatest ex citement haa been created among the rank and file of the Ulster unionists by the royal proclamation prohibiting the importation of arms and ammuni tion Into Ireland. During the light large quantities of rifles, bayonet and munition of war were moved from Belfast to country towns In automo biles for fear the government author ities might put -the Irish crimes act into force and seize the war store si ready collected. The customs authorities made their first seizure under the terms -rf Id. proclamation this morning when they detained 88 cases of ammunition and eight cases of rifles and bayonets. ST03IS GVER. Train Again Are to Arrive s Denver. Dee. C The streets of Denver today were opened to traffic which was blocked by a heavy enow storm csig two days. KUiroad 1 beginning ti west early tt win bean Kauroaa trame was unproved, train to arrive both from east aad today. Rail war officials iud another dav at least tefm tnh service has assumed anything hae iiiii i I conditions. -From mountain peWt tWoes'to th state B.TV VUUM M W T of those who neve bin hnuKl i tn the snow by seareMne par mm mmrm tvmortmA lat M mountain near Cototeee k e but and searcntng peruse ea Die to rma i tor na Fair aad mneh day- Bm-sIO

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THE TOPEEA DAILT CTATH JOTOITAIr-DATTTCD A Y EVEHIITO. DZCZIlDZli 1C13- 8 POLITICAlGOSSIP Now Believed Hodges Wont Bun for Senate. That Would Relieve Democratic Tension. EE TCPIE-CORED FISHT Farrellj, Brown and Waggener Neeley, Maybe. Fomrth District Bepnblleans to Meet In Emporia. That Governor Hodges will be a can didate for re-election next year and will not take chips in the United States senatorial flgnt. is the opinion of the men who bear distinction of being close to the administration and Its af fairs. As for Governor Hodges, he has said nothing about his plans for pub lication. In fact he will probably make no definite statement for some weeks. Just now the close friends of Gover nor Hodges believe that the Democratic senatorial war Is at an end and that the administration can adjust its po litical troubles without serious diffi culty. Two avowed candidates are in the race and two more may enter. But In neither event will It cause serious complications within the Democratic party. W. L. (Ironjaw) Brown has been an avowed senatorial candidate since last winter. Hugh P. Farrelly announced his candidacy after spend ing four days In Topeka recently and holding many conferences with the gov ernor. And it is generally assumed that Farrelly will not be opposed by the administration, even though Hodges shows some favoritism for Brown as an evidence of appreciation for Ma work as sneaker in the MM session of the house. Of course Senator Balie P. Wag- saner, of Atchison, may become an active candidate and a good many Dera ocrats already regard Col. "Bill" Sapp of Galena as a senatorial candidate, although the Democratic national com mitteeman has made no definite state' ment about his plans. Of course Bapp and the Hodges forces are not on In timate terms, but in a three or four cornered fight, it is hardly probable that the administration would wage open warfare against the Galena Dera ocrat. But in a two cornered fight between Brown and Farrelly. the state would see a pretty contest. Brown has been working hard. He hasn't missed an opportunity to push his candidacy in the ten months he has been in the race and he ras made many speeches and shook hands with many voters. On the other hand Farrelly is a can didate to be reckoned with and holds a positive strength in every county in the state. Of course Waggoner and ftun are vet to be considered. Both men -are truni uiv ecutii u environ. j the state and their candidacies would perhaps strengthen rather than weak en the chances for Brown's nomina tlon. Hodges wants, to- stay out of the senatorial fights it. is reported. Of course he would like to go to the United States senate, -but that would mean a row within the party which would threaten its chances for success in the November election and Hodges' friends have urged him to stay in the gubernatorial contest in order to maintain as much harmony as possible in the coming campaign. As for the Neeley candidacy, it is reported that the Seventh district congressman will soon make a state' ment in which he will declare himself for re-election to congress and will not take a hand In the senatorial fight. With the apparent clearing up of the senatorial muddle, it is probable that iveeiey wouia win a renommation without opposition and his chances for re-election are perhaps stronger than those of any other Democratic congressman In the state.- Find Job for Beaton. It Is rumored In the state house that Sam Seaton, pardon and parole clerk and official press agent for Governor Hodges, is to be promoted. Seaton is slated for elevation to a 12,600 Job as attorney to the public utilities com mission, and Senator J. W. Howe, secretary to the board of control, is listed for Seaton's Job in the gover nor's office. When Henderson Martin resigned as cnairman or the utilities commission this week, an effort was made to pro vide a better berth for Seaton. But Judge Helm refused to rive un his rate clerk-attorneyship Job at 16.000 a year ana accept Martin's Job at 84.000 a year. That change would have made a place zor seaton. ut now, it Is claimed, a 92,600 attorneyship to the utilities com mission has been provided and that means an increase of $700 a year in the salary wnicn seaton is drawing. For some months the Hodges press agent has been an attorney for the commis sion, but he has drawn only, his regu lar salary as pardon and parole clerk. In event Seaton goes to the utilities commission. Senator J. W. Howe of Abilene would probably land Beaton's Job. At present Howe is secretary to the board of control. During the 1912 primary campaign, Howe looked after the Hodges publicity department and come months ago was slated for up nolntment m minnrintpnlBnf n tho Hutchinson reformatory. Pearl In Optimistic -When the final reorganization of po litical parties in Kansas is brought about, hundreds of Progressives will go to the Democratic party rather than re turn to the Republican party, according to F. M. Pearl of Hiawatha. "The Progressives are generally well pleased with the progressive admmis- tration of President Wilson," said Pearl in discussing political conditions with some state house friends, "and when the reorganisation comes, you will find hundreds of Kansas Progres sives going into the Democratic party rather than back to the Republican party. These Progressives have faith In the Wilson administration and will vote with the Democrats in the hope that they can put across the progres sive program which has already been launched. In my opinion the Demo cratic party in Kansas will next year poll as many votes as both the Repub lican ana progressive parties." -Banm Is Knergctlc Ellsworth county has a candidate vm I tniTA HTfliM mnnnaj. HA lit J Baum la on of the moat enthusiastic hustlers among the -list of several thousand federal office seekers. Not only la Baum camping on the trail of the Ksnsss delegation la Washington, but lie- has) a list of endorsements that would flu ma ofnos filing cabinet and a petition as long as a county road. Whether Baum lands the Job la yet another thing. But he most be given a place among the men who have tried. -Baum's home Is in Wilson. Ellsworth county. He has lived In the Sixth district since 1886 and is well known in the central portions of the state. Fourth District Harmony Meeting. The Fourth district Republicans will harmonise right in William Al len White's home town. Emporia: Their meeting will, be held Thursday, Dec 19, and It is probable that ev ery county in the district will be rep resented at the conference. This is the second district harmoi.y meeting to be held in Ksnsss, The First district meting in Atchison last week was a big success and has given the cause a boost in other seconds of the state. Fifth district Republicans have called a conference for Jan. at Manhattan and meetings will be held this winter In the Second, Third. Seventh and Eighth districts. The Sixth district Is the only one which Is dragging. But Republicans In that section of the state declare that they will make a good showing In the next election without a harmony conference. A News Service Change. Paul Adams, one of the well known Topeka newspaper correspondents, has retired from the Kansas News Service, a local newspaper syndicate. Adams furnished a large amount of the Topeka news furnished Kansas dailies and had for several years been on the staff of local papers. He haa sold his interest In the syndicate to C. A. Sloan, with whom' he had been associated for several months. FIRE SCENIC RAILWAY Arson Squad Attempts to Destroy Ex- hlDiuon uuuamgs. London. Dec. 6. The campaign of re venge for the rearrest of Mrs. Kmmellne Pankhurst was continued by the mili tant suffragettes today. They had marked for destruction various exhibi tion buildings and grandstands on the race tracks in Lancashire, where Pre mier Asquith Is spending the weekend and delivering a series of political speeches. Two of the Items on the militant pro gram were successfully carried out. Arson squads' burned down exhibi tion buildings at Liverpool and Man chester. Their third attempt was unsuc cessful, the suffragettes being fright ened away by the approach of a police man as they were preparing to set fire to the grandstand on Aintree race course. Liverpool. Dec. 8. Militant suffra gettes attempted today to destroy the exhibition buildings here which have Just closed for the winter months. The scenic railway was discovered in flames early this morning and the firemen had the utmost difficulty In preventing the spread of the lire to other buildings. In the vicinity were found suffrage literature and letters aaaressed to Premier Asquith. Manchester, England, Dec. The exhibition hall in the southeastern suburban district of Rusholme was Durnea to the ground today by an "arson squad" of militant suffrairettea. xne incendiaries lert the usual our- irage literature strewn about and a note addressed to Asquith reading: xnis is your welcome to Manches ter and Oldham." The loss Is over 180,000. BOSS BARNES BEATEN New York Republican Conference Favors Radical Ballot law. IIACD OF JUSTICE. wmmwi Vans OmJ endeavored to again renew It in Juiy. New York, Dec The radicals ruled the Republican state conference and forced the approval of a direct state-wide primary law. State Chairman William Harnes s notion to reaffirm the more conservative orlmarr slank In th. lut Republican platform was defeated by a VI HQ W) 101. The radicals, led by Henry L. Stimson, former secretary of war. anlit with Mr. Barnes and his followers over the ques tion of retaining party conventions. The state chairman's proposition wag that the conference favor the direct nomination of congressmen, members of the state legis lature, county and municipal officers, but keep the state convention for the nomina tion of governor and the other officers on the state ticket. Delegates to this con vention were to be chosen directly by the voters, who should have the right also to express direct preference for nominations for state officers If they so desired. This did not eult Mr. Stimson and Ms friends end after a long debate they car ried a small majority of the conferees with them. The resolution adopted declared that all candidates should stand on an equal foot ing. It opposed the use of party emblems on the general election ballot and the fac tional column on the primary ballot. At the same time it expressed belief In party organisation and reiterated the doctrine of former Governor Hughes that the di rect primary should be an adjunct to and a check upon, rather than substitute for the deliberation and conference of the party's representatives. auo conference was caiiea to recom mend legislation to the Republican mem bers of the state assembly, wheh was re turned to Republican control in the last election. Nearly every Republican of importance In the state was present. United States Senator Root presided and Mr. Stimson, fnrmer Attornev General George W. Wickersham, Job E. Hedges, defeated candidate for governor at the last state election, and Seth Low, former mayor of New Tork, took part In the discussions. Mr. Wickersham sided with Chairman Barnes in the primary reform debate. TTntu h nrlmarlAS auestlon was reach ed the meeting worked rapidly and har moniously. It recommended the adoption of a vigorous compulsory wormnsinen compensation law; reform of the rules of the assembly and the amendment of the state constitution to take all state officers except those of governor and lieutenant governor out of the elective list and em power tne governor w mi worn uj y polntment. Recommendation was made also for reforming the state budget and niacins- the administration of the fiscal affairs oi mv oi-iw stable basis." a day or two after it became ana ana was informed that the matter had been placed In the hands of an attorney and that It would cost him 810 more to nihii tho nuitar out. Under pro test thla amount was added to the iace-j of the note and anotner w by Stalker as interest. The ITote Grew Raptor. r v.iamR loot Drake's claim against Stalker had grown to Stalk er having in that time paid Interest regularly. At that time Drake instated on a settlement, which Stalker was un able to make and in oruer to pnnw his railroad record against discharge because his wages had been garnlsheed, he resigned his position with the Fris co. Several months later he secured employment with another railroad jwtmmAnv vftfrimAltir and filed a VOl- untary petition in Dannrupicy. wm resulted in a discharge. Bis debt to iwb. than ochMluled at 866. A year later suit was oegun ujr Tv.v. n Monvor on hia claim which h.il aiKtitAnl-v arrown to 8140. Thia suit was started in Chicago. TO pro tect his interests, Btaiaer mw eral trlpa to Chicago. Because of his financial troubles. Stalker lost hia po sition as yardmaater.- He secured an- nih n a- nritchman and in Novem ber, 1909, he felt compelled to resign this position because of the steadfast ness Dv wnicn ne was pureuou rtmko Rtnikar s that time had paid the original loan of 825 and 880 at another time and had already pam Drake 8146.60. but omy u ox m amount had been credited on the nriiiKlnil indebtedness. Stalker had therefore paid 8116.60 for the use of 825 from 'May, ioa. to fwuarj, i anK In" September. 1908. Drake brouiht uMinii Rtiir in umcaao. xius ujuv he aaked Judgment for 8200 on what had been a zt loan, a u-uu wbb finallv had. which resulted in Judg ment in favor of Stalker. Following this decision in Chicago, 8talker filed suit for damages against uraae in toe Wyandotte county courts, and was awarded luderment for 88.000. The supreme court in its decision today reduced the damages to 85.448. Must Pay Attorney Fees. r j. Bland. Charles Dixon and Harry Brown. Cherokee county liquor dealers. must serve jail sentences or seven u eleven months each, pay fines of 8700 to 81,100 each and a large amount of costs according to the opinion of the supreme court today In three consoli dated cases. The three defendants were Jointly tried by W. P. Montgomery of the attorney general's office last Marcn and Bland was convicted of selling li quor on eleven counts and his two co- defendants on seven counts each. This was one of the most import ant convictions in the southern Kansas "bad lands" and established a new record in liquor convictions in that section of the state. At the conclusion of the case Judge E. E. Sapp directed that no attorney. fees should be allow ed, as the statute has required ever since the enactment of the prohibitory law; and upon that feature of the case Sapp was reversed by the supreme court, but the conviction and Jail sen tences imposed were affirmed. This case attracted considerable attention when It was submitted to the supreme court a month ago because Judge Sapp personally appeared before the court and argued the case against the con tention of the attorney general's office as to fees. The supreme court In its opinion states that a separate fee should be allowed for each count upon which each defendant was convicted In stead of a single fee from all of the three defendants. The decision means fees amounting to 8625 for the attorney general's office. Shawnee County Derisions. A number of Shawnee county deci sions were handed down today by the supreme court, but in all of them the suits were of minor importance. Five Shawnee county cases were in the list of today's decisions. The court affirmed the decision of W. W. Harvey vs. L. C. Wesson. In that ease John C. Postlewaite held a Judgment against Willis Edson. Pos tlewaite died In November,. 1810, and Edson died in May. 1911. The ftidar- ment had not been satisfied and the court appointed receivers for both men to protect the Interests of the estates. An appeal was taken from the court's decision, but that decision was today affirmed. The State Bank of Chautauqua was pernuitea to collect 6S50 on an insur ance policy held on property belong ing to people who had secured a loan at tne name. The Insurance policy was for $750 and when the property was destroyed by fire the Shawnee Fire Insurance company refused to meet tne claim on the bank under provisions of their policies. The courts, however, held that the bank was an Innocent party and entitled to Judgment. Mattle Johnson was charged with the sale of liquor on five counts and a nuisance charge was made the sixth count. The Jury found her guilty on the first count but discharged her on the sixth count. The Journal entry, however, showed conviction, fine and sentence unaer the sixth count. It was a clerical error and was correct ed. But the defense objected and ap pealed to the supreme court. The court today said the correction of the Journal entry was within the province ox tne court. Dennis P. Hlnchey and William Starrett quarreled over a real estate transaction and their grievances reached the courts on a plea of fraud. Hincney won ana a new trial granted. An appeal was taken and the ruling of the district court affirmed. O. W. -FalL-as clerk, etc.. et al., de fendants; original proceeding In man damus. Dismissed. BY -BTJRCH, J. -D. Miller, appellee, vs. George W. Miller, et aL, appellants; appeal from Miami county. Reversea and remanded with directions to en ter Judgment as Indicated In the opinion. Arnold Sexton, appellee vs. nugn Holt, et aL; appeal from Dickinson county. Reversed and remanded with direction to enter Judgment for de fendants... t W. E. Griffith, appellant, vs. N. E. Btucker, t al., appellees;- appeal from Franklin county. "Reversed and re- mandea ror further proceedings. Amusement Syndicate Co., et aL. appellees, vs. Milwaukee Mechanics Ins. Co.. appellant; appeal from Shawnee county (Div. 1). Modified. Amusement Syndicate Co- et aL, appellees, vs. Prussian National Ins. Co., appellant; appeal from Shawnee county (Dtv. J). Modified. a. k. sell, et aL. appellees, vs. l N. Compton, appellant; appeal 'from Wilson county. Reversed and remanded. BT MASON, J. Fred Meyn. appellant va The City of Kansas City et aL. appellees; appeal from Wyandotte county (Div. 1). Affirmed. The First National Bank of Wlnneld. appellee, vs. Milton A. Bangs -et aL (Caroline L. Caton et aL. appellants). The First National Bank of Wlnfleld, appellee, va. Milton A. Bangs et aL, appellants; appeal from Cowley county. Affirmed. W. W. Harvey, as Rec.. etc.. vs. I. C. Wasson et aL (Mary Edson, Admrx., etc et aL, appellants; R. C. Postheth- waite. aa Admra.. etc.. et aL. appellees): appeal from Shawnee county (Div. 1). Affirmed. William M. Ballard, appellee. Va The Home National Bank of Arkansas City. appellant; Bert Wood, appellee, va The Home National Bank of Arkansas City, appellant; appeals from Cowley coun ty. Affirmed. BT SMITH. J. Rose L. Rettiger et aL, partners, etc., appellants, vs. Ed. E. Dannelly et aL, (The Empire State Surety Co., appel lee); appeal from Neosho county. Affirmed. Iioulsettia Sanderson, appellee, va George W. Sanderson et aL, appellants; appeal from Cowley county. Affirmed in part, reversed in part. Willie Turner Dowdell et aL. appel lee, vs. Sunflower Grand Lodge et aL. appellants; appeal from Crawford coun ty. Affirmed. State of Kansas, appellee, vs. H. C. Bloom, appellant; appeal from Clark county. Reversed and remanded for a new trial. BT PORTER. J. Charles Bradshaw et aL, appellees, vs. J. A. Glasscock, appellant; appeal from Sedgwick county (Div. 1). Affirmed. State of Kansas, appellee, vs. The Massachusetts Bonding and Insurance Co., appellant; appeal from Shawnee county (Div. 1). Modified. James W. Beaty et aL. appellees, vs. J. T. Shinkle, Co. Treas., etc., et aL. appellants; appeal from Kearney coun ty. Reversed and remanded with di rections to render judgment In favor of the city. BT BENSON, J. Elisabeth Berkley, appellee, va Ed. Idol, appellant appeal from Brown county. Reversed and remanded for further proceedings. John E. Smith, appellee, va Joplln tk Pittsburg Rly. Co., appellant; appeal from Crawford county. Affirmed. (Burch, J and Porter, J., dissenting.) K. jr. cnamoers. appellant, vs. u. Bane, appellee; appeal from Marlon county. Reversed and remanded for further proceedings. Theodore Marts, appellee, vs. A. J. Freeman, appellant; appeal from Dick inson county. Affirmed. George H. Andrew, et al, appellants. v. Geo. L- Keia. et ai, appellees; ap peal from Greeley county; affirmed. BT WEST, J. The Citizens' State Bank, et al. ap pellees, v. The Shawnee Fire Insur ance Co., appellant; appeal from Shawnee county (Div. 1) affirmed. Andrew Busalt, appellee, v. Wil liam Doldge, et al, appellants; appeal from Leavenworth county; affirmed. The Empire District Electric Co., appellee.. v. The Eureka Mining Com pany, appellant; appeal from Chero kee county; affirmed. William J. Estea, appellee, Edgar Zino Co., appellant; appeal from Montgomery county; reversed and re manded for further proceedings. The State of Kansas, appellee, v. A. G. Sexton, appellant; appeal from Cloud county; affirmed. Dennis P. Hinchey. appellee, v. William Starrett, et al. appellants: appeal from Shawnee county (Div. 1); affirmed. PER CURIAM. State of Kansas, ex reL appellee, v. The Masons and Odd Fellows' Joint Stock Association, et al, appellants; appeal from Wyandotte county (Div. i); amrxned. J. H. Nesbltt. et aL annelleea. v. Mary Chesbro, et al, appellants; ap peal from Logan county (on rehear ing) former Judgment modified. Thomas V. Huber. appellee, v. W. j. Roth, appellant; appeal from j&earney county; affirmed. Pearle T. Juhlln. nlarktiff. v. V. Ti. Hutchlngs, as Judge, eta, defendant; original proceeding in mandamus; pe tition iur m reneartns: denied. State of Kansas, appellee, t. Mattle Johnson, appellant; appeal from nnawnee county (Div. 1); affirmed. IVEAOl C111S TPJIG the Is Chief Need of World. New Tork. Dee. C Bradstreets aayst Unseasonably warm weather bulks large In the trade, crop and Industrial reports thla week. Retail trade In seasonable and holiday goods is checked. Warm, growing weather, projected into December, Is also dulling the seasonable demand for eoal and causing too rank a growth of winter wheat. Some farmers are being forced to mow their lands to prevent too heavy a growth Jointing, etc. Insect damage is also complained of, and real winter weather would be In a high degree accept able throughout a wide area. Bank Clearings. New Tork. Dec Bradstreef s bank clearlnn renort for the week ending De cember 4 shows an attgregate of 8Sit,2S8,000 as against 82,7X1,108,000 last week and ROM.927.0W In the corresponding week last ear. pet. rrx. Cities Amount. Inc. dee. New Tork .82.Xg.S84.00l Chicago Beaton Philadelphia St. Louis Pittsburg Kansas City. San Francisco Baltimore Cincinnati Minneapolis Omaha Milwaukee St. Paul Denver Salt Lake City Duluth Pes Moines........ TOPEKA Wichita Lincoln Sioux City St. Joseph 349,107,000 177,778,000 19S,GCS,0D0 91.090.000 60,112,000 E0.4t9.0W S,8OS,00O 40,678,000 28.21t.000 M, 711,000 19.8Z1.000 18.877,000 13,088,000 10.00LOOO 9,658,000 8,306,000 5,393,000 1,73,000 I.6XL000 2.898,009 8,700,000 7,454,000 1.4 8.0 9.8 8.4 ".T 6.4 ik'.i 11.4 4.8 1.0 3.4 7.7 1.9 "i!o 8.1 88.8 8.8 1.8 "soientlOo PONTIFF IS GRIEVED. The. Death of Cardinal Oreglia Affects Htm Deeply. Rome, Dec. 6. The pope was deeply grieved today when told of the death last night of Cardinal Luigl Oreglia Di Santo Staff ano Aloyslus, dean of the Sacred college. Although the aged cardinal's death had been expected, the pope sustained a shock when Mon signor Giovanni Bressan informed him as cautioualy as possible of the occur rence. The pontiff has frequently ex pressed great appreciation of the en ergy with which Cardinal Oreglia con ducted the affairs of the Vatican dur ing the Interregnum between the death of Pope. Leo XIII and his own elec tion. SUFHEf.'E CGUHT DECISIONS BT JOHNSTON, C. J. James McDanlel, appellee, vs. The City of Cherryvale, et aL appellants; appeal from Montgomery county. Reversed and remanded with oirec tiona to enter Judgment in favor of the appellants. Burrel Collins Brokerage Co., ap pellant, vs. Frank M. Dunn, assignee. etc, appellee; appeal from Finney county. Affirmed. Charles F. Turner, et aL, appel lees, va The Elblng State Bank, etc.. appellant; appeal from Butler county. Affirmed. Joseph B. StaBcer. appellee, va v. D. Drake, appellant; appeal from Wyandotte county (Div. 8). Modified by reducing actual damages to 8448 and as so modified affirmed. State of Ksnsss. appellant, vs. sc. J. Bland, et aL, appellees; appeal from Cherokee county. Reversed and re manded to enter Judgment In accord ance with the opinion. State of Kansas, appellee, va R. J. Bland, et ak. appellants; appeal from Cherokee county. Affirmed, i State of Ksnsss. ex ret, pHtrUlff. vs. Weekly Bank Statement. New Tork. Dec. 6. The statement of the actual condition of clearing house banks and trust companies for the week snows that they hold 87.64S.1S0 reserve In excess of legal requirements. This Is an Increase of 18.641.100 from last week. Actual condi tion: Decrease. Loans SL8S9.90t.000 86L814.O0O Specie 810,768,000 2,229.000 Legal tender 76,223,000 655,000 Net deposits... 1,680,049.000 50.184,000 Circulation 44.763.000 88.000 Bank cash reserve in vault S33t.G6S,ooo Trust companies casn reserve In vaule 62.432.000 Aggregate cash reserve.. 886.99L000 Excess lawful reserve 7,646.160 8,641,100 Trust companies reserve with clearing house members carrying 26 per cent cash reserve, 844,416,000. Summary of state banks and trust com panies In Greater New Tork not included in clearing house statement: Loans $559,768,000 8648,009 Specie 61,376,800 399,709 Legal tender 8,122.300 13,709 Total deposits 608,062,100 8.789.709 STOCK SHIPPERS -1. To lii9J9jrg YwssJtssi Bwc Rsmshs fiami,, ts CLAY, ROBINSON CO. Lhre Stock CocsstssSoa VUtthta&s, Stock Yards, Can. Ctty hard. UOmku; Ne. 8, 88087He; No. t red. lossc; no. s, SMsfjeroe. CORN Market unehanared to tto lower. No. 2 mixed, 70c; No. 3, 69c; No. 2 white, 7Kp7M4c; No. 8. 69c OATS Market unchanged. No. 8 white, 41VM41c: No. 8 mixed. 410. RTE Market unchanged. HAT Market unchanged. BUTTER Market unchanged. BOGS Market unchanged. POULTRY Market unchanged. WHEAT Receipts 98 ears. CLOSES: WHEAT December. 83c: May. 876870. CORN December, 9c; May, 7zvize. OATS December. 39M91ae: May. 449 44H& New Tork Produce Market. New Tork. Deo. 6. BUTTER Market firm. Creamery extras. 84a6c CHEESE Market steady. BOGS Market unsettled. Extra fresh gathered. 38ftfe; extra firsts, S6087e. POULTRY Live, firm; western chick ens, lCtfcc: fowls, 17c; turkeys. 18c. Dress ed, quiet and steady; fresh killed western chickens, ue3Se; fowls, Utjttttc; turkeys, No. 1 Salt Cased Ixidas. He, 8 Salt Car ItfMss. aa a iterae mesa 180 lb, Jeelb. BS.T0 walchta. Mshaat arte m. it 'a eaaelt Mt asm at. urneat a favor ror as or write tor free price nni sr.. lornu, suaif. Wichita, a. J ansa. JosUa. Oraad bland rhla aoiapaay hwMt Ini Seventh Arson Conviction. Chicago, Dec. 6. The seventh con viction in the arson ring trials here was obtained today when Joseph Clarke, a fire Insurance adjuster, was convicted of burning to defraud. Clarke was found guilty of hiring John Denies, a confessed incendiary, to set fire to a business building here. Health Sunday in St. Louis. St, Louis. Deo. C More than 200 churches of all denominations will ob serve health Sunday tomorrow in co operation wjth the work of the society for the relief and prevention of tuber culosis. Clergymen will lay emphasis on the dangers of tuberculosis. Litera ture giving advice as to the prevention of the disease will be distributed at the church doors and stereopticon lec tures on the white plague will be given In 64 churches uurlng the week. l TODAY'S QKXET REPORTS. Chicago. Dec. WHEAT Mora Battled harvest weather In Argentine made the wheat market today ease off. A forecast that world shipment would be light acted, however, as a check on the bears. The opening was a shade to Kc lower with a further subsequent decline. Weakness prevailed throughout moat af the session, closing figures nevertheless were firm at the same aa last nle-ht to u off. CORN Corn sajreed owlns- to alowneaa of speculative demand, prices started Ke down to hMPAc up and then gradually went under last night's level all around. Rallies proved brief. The close wss steady, Kc to c under last night. OATS Oats showed weakness from the outset. Purchasers appeared reluctant to take hold before Monday. PROVISIONS Although provisions showed a little firmness owing to the run of hogs In the west being light the mar ket afterward gave way in sympathy with corn. New Tork Stock Market. Wall St. New Tork. Dec 4. STOCKS First prices of the leading stocks today showed a narrow and irregular movement. The Harrlman stocks were slightly higher while Amalgamated and Steel eased off. Secondary transactions Indicated an im proving tendency. Canadian pacific and Virginia, Carolina Chemical gained a Doint. Union Baa and Paper preferred advanced 2. making a gain of over nine nointa In the last few days. The market closed Irregular. After an early advance and a subsequent reaction, prices stood almost still to the end of to dava hall aeaalon. The forward movement was utilised for distributions of stocks. Percelvlnc the source of this selling- iraa era helned alonsr the reaction, but pro fessional offerings moderated when prices returned to about a parity with yester Amv'm aIam. Rmf aMlllnar waa baaed in part on the assumption that tday's bankiFalr statement wouia no an un usually unfavor able one. Bonds ware steady. x 86.85fi7.ls 4.95S7.10 6.46$.70 &76W7.M 46.S6W7.09 6.9O06.M 6.O0W6.76 New Tork Close of prices for the leading stocks on the New Tork Stock Exchange aa re ported by Thoa. J. Myers, Broker, Colum bian Bldg. New Tork, Dec. 6. Cloaa Today Yea Am. Beet Sugar 84 Am. Can, e 27 36 Am. Can, p 8814 Am. Car and Foundry 73 AmaL Copper 70 70 Am. Loco., c 30V Am. S. and R.. c 62Va 62Vi Am. S. and R.. p 98 Am. Sugar Ref..... 106 Am. Tel and T 119 120 Am. Tobacco, c 244 241 Anaconda Mining 34 A. T. and S. K.. e 03 S3 92 !226 37 28 28 ...124 98 88 22S 56 37 27 27 124 A. T. and S. F.. p.. Baltimore and Ohio.. Brooklyn R. T Can. Pacific Central Leather Chesapeake and Ohio C. M. and St. p.. c Chlno Copper Erie, c General Electric Great Northern, n.. Illinois Central 108 Inspiration 14 Lehigh Valley 148 148 LAUlavUle and Nashville 133 Missouri Pacific 2S ntt Nev. Con CoDDer 14 New Tork Central 96 N. T.. N. H. and H 78 Northern Pacific 107 Penn. Railroad 109 Rav Con Copper 17 17 Reading, c 162 162 RocK islana, c ik 68506.21 SisOdlM 8.363.7i 6.054.76 4.80&6.00 4.64.76 3.5094.09 6.06 -it. 00 4.306.60 8.6094.a 6.503. .ooe.6o 4.5006.09 4.00A469 3.O03.Si! or lambs unfinished Chicago Grain Market The range of prices (or grain futures oa the Chicago Board of Trade as reported by Thoa. J. Myers. Broker. ColumUaa Bldg. MARKET SOARY. Operations Are Untried by and PolltlcoJ Uncertainty. New Tork. Dec, 6. Movement of stocks this week were unimportant except for one interval of pronounced strenath. 'luere was apparent an undercurrent of firmness owing primarily to the sold out condition of the market. The ready de mand for stocks whenever attempts were made to depress them checked bearish ef forts. At the same tme operations for the long account were limited by the business and political uncertainties of the present situation and the hiarh moner rates. In consequence the market was in a condi tion of deadlock most of the -week. Railroad reports of earnings were ex ceptionally unfavorable. The copper mar ket was again depressed and from the steel trade came reports of slackening business, price reductions and curtail ment of opera tiona President Wilson's message to congress bad little effect on- sentiment, although t.e vigorous rise In stocks on Wednesday was attributed In some quarters to the manner in which the trust question was treated. The bank statement of last week show ing a deficit and further losses of cash to the Interior this week were reflected in money market conditions. Call funds. Instead of relaxing promptly after the first of the month as had been expected, held stiff quotations throughout the week. Cared iw 63 to 14 Days Druacists refund money If Paso Ointment falls to cure Itching, Blind. Bleeding or Protruding Piles. First application gives Open WHEAT Dee. 87 May 91 July 89 CORN Dec 72 May 71 July 70 OATS Dec 39 May 43 July ..48 PORK Jan. ..21.0S May ..21.05 Chicago. Dec 6. Close. High Low Today Tea 91 89 72 71 70 40 43 42 21.05 21.10 87 S 8 72 ,70 69 89 42 42 21.00 21.06 88- 91 88- 72 71 70- 40 43 42- 21.02 21.10 88-91 72 71 70 89 43 42 21.87 21.12 City Grain Market. ffhe range of prices for grain futures oa u Kansas i awn es xraae as re ported by Thoa. J. Myers, Broker, Ce lumoiau aiwajj Open High WHEAT Dec 82 88 May 87 87 July ..84 84 CORN Dec, 70 70 May ..72 72 July 71 71 City. Dec 6. Low Today .Tea. 82 87. 84 69 72 71 88 87 84 69 72-11 82 87 84 70 78 71- Cblcaco Grain Market. Chicago,. Dec WHEAIV-Decembsr, ec; soar, nc CORN December, 72c; May, 1c OATS December. 40c; May, 43c PORK January. 821.02; May, 821.10. LARD January, 810.77; May. $11. Ml; Rock Island, p.. Southern Pacifio Southern Ry-. e..... Tenn Copper Texas Oil Union Pacific, c. U. Steel, c TJ. S. Steel, p Utah Copper Western Union. 23 87 ee aoo 22 29 116 152 66 105 47 62 23 87 22 152 67 47 Liverpool Grain Mark so. Liverpool, Dec 6. WHEAT -r- Spot. steady; No. 1 Manitoba, 7s d; Nc 2, 7c CORN spot, arm: American mixed. 6a 8d. Westinghouse Electrle 66 New Tork Money Market. New Tork. Dec 6 MONEY Call money. nominal. No loans. Time loans, firm; 60 days. 6 per cent; 90 days, m46 per cent: 6 montns. s per cent, jercanuio paper, 66 per cent. Sterling exchange. firmer; 00 days, 84.81; demand. st.s.w; Mmmmlil bills. 84.80. SILVER Bar Silver, osw; Mexican ooi- lars, 45c BONDS Government bonds, weak; rail road bonds, steady. New Tork Sugar Market. wr -v-nrir-. ras. a 8TJOAR Raw. nom inal: Muscovado, 8.04; Centrifugal, St; molasses, 3.71. neriaea. ateaoy. et Joseph Live Stock Market. St. Joseph. Dec 6. HOGS Receipts 6.400. Market generally steady. Top, 87.66; bulk of sales, S7.30J7.56. r a ttt .KRecelDta 100. Market steady. Steers, 86.50ea.76; cows and heifers, 8A269 SM; calves, v SHEEP Receipts 209. Market steady. Lambs, 67.00tr7.68. Wlnhit.. TatrM stock Market. Wichita, Dec 4. HOGS Receipts 100. Market ateady. Top. 87.56; bulk of sales, 17--W-4S. CATTLE Receipts 25. Market steady. Native steers, 86.6088.25; cows and heifers, 84.75O7.50; stackers and feeders, 86.0097.00; stock cows and heifers. 94.6006.60; bulls. 84.254fa.oa; calves. sa.00CS.6o. -irannas City Ltve Stock Market. Kansas- Citv. Dec 4L HOGS Receipts 1.609. Market ateady. Bulk of sales, 87.3549 7.66; heavy, t7J0ty7.7O; packers ana outen era, 87.4097.65; Jight. $7-3067.60; nigs, 85.600 176. CATTLE Receipts 300. including M0 southerns. Market steady, prime fed steers, $8.2C9.25; dressed beef steers, 86J0 619-15; western steers, 86.09ty7.76; southern steers. 36.50O7.35; cows. 84-2667.00: heifers. ss.60499.09; stoekers and feedera. 96J907JO; bulls, H7606.75; calves. 96J6OMJ0. SHEEP Receipts none Market steady. Lambs, t7.2S4jp7.90; yearlings, $5 .508. 75; wethers, 840050; ewes, S4.00O4.60; stock era and feeders, 88.00Q6JO. Chicago live Stock Market. Chicago. Dec 6. HOGS Receipts 14.0m. as we cannot use half fat stuff. We give below prices effective at once, until fur ther notice.! ToTTka. Kan.. Dec g. MIXED AND BUTCHERS... HEAVY ROUGHT HEAVY LIGHT STEERS. Prime uood to cnoice (corn fed).,... Fair to gooa.... COWS. Prime Good to choice (corn fed) Fair to good Common to fair HEIFERS. Prime Good to choice (corn fed) Fair to good Common to fair Bl) L.L.3. Prime fat (corn fed) Fleshy Mediums VEAl. CALVES. Prime tat Medium good sheep'and LAMBS.' Fat wethers Fat ewes Fat lamba Positively cannot use snee. urlss fat. Don't send In rough, thin. hogs or pigs, as we cannot use them for packing purposes and will have to buy at atoek hog prices and low enough to en- it to your advantage as well as ours, to keep them back until finished. Cannot use grass cattle unless strictly good. Market price paid for dry lot cattle If you will favor us with your inquiries advising number of head, quality, age and length of tlma on feed, we will make you an offer or arrange for our buyers to call oa you. Topeka Fruit and Produce Market. Selling prices ny liam i to. lux, wnoie sale Fruit snd Produce. Topeka, Kan.. Dec 8. JONATHAN APPLES Per box. 81-7EO 2.86;., Roman Beatules per box, 8L7502J6; Winesaps, per box, 81.760185; Ben Davis, box, $1.6002.00. ALMERIA GRAPES Per bbL. 1.7604.60. CRANBJSJMUiso -er oox noi) fua FLORIDA GRAPE FRUIT Per box. $4.2604.60. rALliAua riua-rw tua, toe DATES Per lb 8c. NEW PACKAGE DATES Per box, 82.09. SWEET ORANGES Per box, $3.00. LEMONS Per box. 84.0006.00. COCOANVTS Per dos., 860; per sack. 86-50- .VA W V X onuii ruiATUES- Per bu., 61.00. CABBAGE New, per lb.. 2c BANANAS Extra fancy, per lb., in fancy, per lb., Sttc; choice, per lb., 3c OlNiumo iwiuw, pkmt Liu.. e.ev; steo, per bu., 11.60. SPANISH oixiuisB -er crate, n.ca. RED RIVER EARLT OHIO Per bu $1.00. IDAHO POTATOES Per bu., 90c HOT HOUSE LETTUCE Per basket, 75c CARROTS Per bu.. 81.00. TURNIPS Per bu., 90c BEETS Per bu., 80c PARSNIPS Per bu.. 90c. RUTABAGAS Per lb., lc COLORADO HONEY Per crate. $3.25. CELERY Jumbo, 80c dos.; Mammoth, 90c dos. OYSTERS Standards, per can, 40c; New Tork Counts, per can. 55c; Bulk, (L69 2.1ft. CHEESE 18018c. Butter and Eggs. Furnished by The Continental Creamery Co., Topeka, Kan. Topeka, Kan., Dec CHICAGO EGGB8334c. NEW YORK EGGS 40041c CREAMERY BUTTER Chicago, 88ot N. T., 8435c; Elgin, 32c; Topeka whole sale. 30c Topeka Butter, Eggs and Pool try. Furnished by the Topeka packing Ce.J Topeka, Kan., Dec f. EGGS Fresh country, 30c POULTRY Hens. 8 lb. and over, lie; under 8 lbs.. 12c; springs, over 3 lbs., 12c; broilers 2 lbs. and under, 14c; turkey bens to young toins, 14c; old torn turkeys, 12c; ducks, 9c; geese, 7e. BUTTER Packing stock. 17c Topeka Grain Market, rFurnlahed by J. B. BHIard, corner Kan sas ava and Curtis St. Topeka, Kan, Dec C NEW CORN 700. OATS-49C WHlT-7506s. OLD CORN 76c Topeka Hay Market. Furnished by T. A. Beck. 212-214 E. 6th. ark4slrak Van. Tk&M a -a wsaa arv, sa J. tacoo; PRAIRIE HAY No. No. X Market slow at yesterday's average Bulk of sales, 17.00O7.to; ugnt, wimw'-w. m S7.4607J6; heavy, 87.460746; -rough, ST.- Chicago Chicago, Dec 8. BUTTER Market un changed. EGGS Market- lower. At mark, eases Included. 2063c; ordinary firsts, 3606SO; firsts. 2c POTATOES Market unchanged. POULTRY Alive, lower; springs. Ho; fowls. 18e; .turkeys, 14c Market tmehangod to o higher. No. 1 ss- nm soiia7 aa CATTLE Receipts 609. Market steady. Beeves. 86.0909.79; Texasstsers, 86.0SO7.70j western steers,- 85J0O7.75; stockera and feeders, 84J0O7-09; eows and heifers. 83JO0 8.15; calves. lUMfn.-. SHEEP Receipts 8,009. Market steady. Native. 84.16e6.60; western, LltGM:rr- llsgav SMStfT.w; naove i mi, p.aaiu wes5t6J0iJ7.9e. fwasnlsbed by the Chas. Wolff Packing fn nzda close at noon Baturday. We caaaot as piga, 'thla sows, er bogs loan lie saau aw an aw ass are wen NEW ALFALFA Choice, $17.00; Nc U 816.00. Topeka Hide Market. rouota tiona furnished by James C. SmtOJ 1 Hide Co., 108 East Third St. Topeka. Kan., Dec 8. a VLT CURED HIDES Salt cured hides No lTl4e; Nc 8. 13c; salt cured bulls and stagsNc 1. 12-1 No. 1 1, 11c; aide brands !tSr 40 lb. flat, M. L IX-; aids brands ?,Ir 40 lb. fhU. No. L lie; side branded Suflf and stags fiat. No. 1. 10c; cured Sue bid'e fiat. No. 1. 7c; aalt cured f "L.ll c to 60c; sail cured slunka le de2?arJen uncured bides. lo leasthej? me arade cured; green half cured hides, J?.?. ban same grade cured. Horse orLVo93.60; horse hides Nc 2! IVt? pony hMes and glue horse ,cU?; 8v -irinm. lfiOlOc: sheeo aoaha. awoi fa K. DM ScOl-00 jk occorainc to wool a lie: dry flint fallen heaA SS. ryftotndar M lb.. 18e 9e s UJ.iB. NEBRASKA AK M e!-i "YJSnlL. iMiEgs- lisht fin. 111 UI69Uiuaaa w w fine. OOttc NEW MEXlf ZTZ. J7w a T"a-k AOTTrdcAS-LUht medium, i fUte. UOitc; heavy a k y

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TUG TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOUH1TAL DATUIIDAY EVEHTOO. DZCTIICZn 6. 191SV FOOTBALL STARS The All-Kansas Elevens Picked a score of 83 to 0. The board of education-will not tolerate-any postsea son games and as there Is nothing gained by again playing Anthony, who failed to. interest the local team here in October, Pratt has refused to play them again this season. TEHER TOATTEUD Pennsylvania Governor to Be Elected at League Meeting. The Topeka Baceball Accociation Precento the World's Moot Sensational Sport-Haiiliincon'o Chiginol for 1913. AGGIES LOSE MANY. Washburn Lands Three Places He and Magnates Will Con sider Fraternity Demands. on First Team. Football Team Suffers From Graduation. ROGERS, TR03ERTO BEARG Selections Made by Officials and Compiled by McBride. Two St. Marys Men Win First Honors. First Team. Center Mott, Baker. Guards Burkholder. Assies Conrad t. P Marys. Tackles Rogers. Washburn; Markley, College of Emporia, captain. Ends Dondonville, St. Marys; Trobert, Washburn. Quarterback Russell, College of Em poria. Halfbacks White. Normal; Bears, Washburn. Fullback Bernstorf, Southwestern. Second Team. Center Mears, Emporia Normal. Guards Wolfe, Washburn; Groves, Friends. Tackles Loomls, Assies, captain; Zieg ler. Southwestern. Ends Bolter, Falrmount; Williams, Col lege of Emporia, Quarterback Lear, Southwestern. Halfbacks Fast. Baker; Hamilton, Southwestern. Fullback Hartwis, Assies. Third Team. Center-Barrett, Washburn. Guards Wehrle, Aggies; Giles, College Tackfes-Leakley, Southwestern; Marble, AEnds-Randall, Southwestern; Parks, Cooper. Quarterback Elbe, Washburn. Ha.-backs Haselett. Cooper; Beales, Washburn. Fullback Peterson, Falrmount. The foregoing "all-Kansas" elevens, selected from the schools of the col lege conference, are the composite teams obtained from a summary of the selections by the majority of the Kansas coaches and officials who have seen the various teams in action. Nearly all the coaches submitted their "guesses" and the following officials picked their favorite teams: J. C. Grover, Dr. J. A, Reilly. B. L. Mc Creary, Jay Wyatt, Dr. Isadore Ander son and Bill Hargiss. Were some good coach able to get the players of the firset "All-Kansas" together for one season he would show the bugs some machine. It is a classy team. Russell at quarter Is said to be a better man than Schabin ger in every department except that of forward passing. The men have real class Rogers, Burkholder, Don donville, Trobert, White, Bearg it would be hard to pick better football players anywhere. Washburn lands three men on the first team and St. Marys and the Col lege of Emporia two each. Baker, the Aggies, Normal and Southwestern get one each. Russell, Burkholder, Mark ley, White, Trobert and Bearg were the most popular men for the first team in number of votes received. In Solter, Falrmount end, arid Loomls, Aggie tackle, the second team has two men who lost first eleven po sitions, the former by two votes, the latter by one. Lear, the Southwestern quarter, was close behind Russell in the voting, being easily to the second eleven choice. Hartwig, the Aggies' fullback, also came in for much men tion. Perhaps the most surprising thing of the third team is the placing there of Marble, the Aggie tackle. This player was a great offensive star for his team and towards the end of the season was playing well defen sively. He has much class. However, he simply didn't get the votes, most of the coaches merely mentioning his ability in carrying the ball. Parks and Hazelett, Cooper college players, break into the third team ranks, another proof that the manner of selecting these teams is a pretty fair method of getting a line on the play of the various elevens. Coach ,Weede turned out a pretty good little team at Sterling, a team that Im proved steadily as the reason pro gressed. Parks and Hazelett were mentioned by several coaches and of ficials. Last year Cooper did not place on any team. NO POST SKASON GAMES. Pratt Defeated Anthony No Doubt as to Championship. Pratt, Dec. 6. An article has been printed in several of the Kansas pa pers as a challenge from the Anthony highs to play with the Pratt highs lo settle the southern Kansas champion ship. Pratt defeated the Anthony highs here an Oct. 10 of this year by THE. OAM

A. DANGEROUS MOMENT Manhattan, Kan.; Dec 6. The 1913 Aggie football team "graduated" the following men: Loomis, tackle; Burk holder, guard; Wehrle, guard; Shafer, end; Sidorfsky, halfback; Cleland, half back; Cusik, guard; Dresser, quarter back. All of these players were regular members of the team this year so the 1914 eleven will have quite a hole to fill. The outlook now for next fall is a fair backfield, although still weak at quarter, and a light, inexperienced line. The old men of the squad who will report for next year will be Marble, tackle; Scanlon, who played at center this year Is a possibility at tackle next year; Bayer, guard; Wright, center. Material for ends will be Root, Skin ner, Byarley. In the backfield will be Agnew, Knns. Haucke and Hartwig, with the probability of a couple of the freshmen squad making good. At quarterback will be Haymaker of this year's team. It is also- likely that two players will come over from the fresh men for the line. Prather is expected to return which will help out in the kicking department. Lowman says his team will not line up as strong in the early season as will Washburn, for the reason that Wash burn will have at least 12 men re turning who have worked together this season. The great problem at K. S. A. C. is getting the men together in the early part of the season. As a rule the team comes strong on the latter end of the schedule, but inex perience is always a handicap during the first three or four games. CAMP CRITICISES GAME. East and West Overdid Tealnfaw Points. During Season. Chicago. Dec. 6. Walter "!imn Vol.'. celebrated football authority, commenting here Friday on the mooted question of superiority as between eastern and west ern football, criticized mildly the open or western game, at the same time saying eastern coaches had overdone this year the development of their defense. "As to the crame as nlaveri in lh eaat and west, I think each section overdid Itself a bit this year," he said. "The east ran a little too much on the defense and the west on the offense. I look for the time when it evens up. "In the open style of eame. where a team uses Its first three downs for rush ing the ball, there Is always the chance of its wearing itself out. The team may gain the advantage for a while, like the mile runner who sprints at the start. But win it hold outr' Mr. CamD declared personal business called him here, not for purpose of ar ranging a Chicago-Tale gridiron battle lor next fan. as resorted. He said it was unlikely that the Blue and Maroon would, meet at rooiDaii in tne near ruture. MAY DRAW COLOR LINK. Missouri Valley Conference Will Con sider Affair Today. Ames. Ia.. Dec. 6. The faculty board of the Missouri valley conference In session here Friday adjourned until today with out having taken any action on the color question, which led to a heated contro versy between Nebraska and Kansas uni versities. The matter may be taken up today, but it was indirectly promised Fri day that whatever action might be taken would not ie given out for publication. A proposal for a uniform training period in football for all members of the confer ence was disposed of by prohibiting train ing before September. The "A. B." rule, which has existed to prevent men with college degrees playing on conference teams, was abolished. BANQUET CORNHTTSKERS. Coach Steihra Will Reject Offers and Stay With Nebraska. Lincoln, Neb., Dec. The annual Corn husker banquet, a complimentary dinner to members of the Nebraska football sauad. was held last night with a large attendance. It was announced Coach Steihm has no Intention of accepting re cent proffers of other schools but will re main witn Nebraska. PRINCETON ELECTS BALLET. Star Right Tackle Chosen Captain In Junior Tear. Princeton, N. J., Dec. Harold Ballln. Princeton's star right tackle on the 1913 team, was unanimously chosen captain of next year s eleven naay. Hanin and Hammond were the only nominees. Ballln is a junior and is one of the youngest cap tains Princeton ever had. He played tackle on his freshman eleven two years ao and won his letter in football last season. BADGERS ELECT CAPTAIN. Keeler, All Western Guard, Will Lead Team in 1914. Madison, Wis.. Dec 6. Raymond Keeler of LaCrosse. Wis., has been elected cap tain of the University of Wisconsin foot ball team for the 1914 season. Keeler has played two years on the Wisconsin team and has been chosen as guard on all western teams picked this seamm. ff" PS:.. 1! IS ON o New Tork, Dec. Governor John K. Tener, of Pennsylvania, will be in New Tork next Tuesday at the meeting of the National League when he is to be elected president to succeed Thomas J. Lynch. In addition to the election of a presi dent, club owners will consider several other important questions behind closed doors. The 17 demands of the base ball players' fraternity will be receiv ed and considered officially with President-elect Tener in the chair. Each demand will be voted on. The league will be asked to instruct President Tener how to vote, as a member of the National baseball commission when the fraternity's demands come before the supreme court of baseball in Cincinnati in January. The Ameri can League already has empowered President Ban Johnson to act while the minor leagues also will send a representative to the Cincinnati con ference. In passing on each of the fraternity's demands, the National League owners will be the first to discuss officially the status of the players. Another ques tion -to be considered by the National League men is the new drafting sys tem urged by President Ebbets of the Brooklyns at Cincinnati in September. The Ebbets does away with the lot tery system of obtaining minor league Players whose services have been claim ed by various clubs. It is a scheme calculated to benefit the weaker teams in both major leagues. The tail enders for instance, would have a first chance to select the best available playing tal ent without drawing lots, while the two pennant winners already strongly equipped would be compelled to take what was left after 14 clubs had used the fine tooth comb. HEAR NEBRASKA. Big- Nine Conference WUI Hear Corn hnskers' Application. Chicago, Dec. 6. Faculty representa tives of the big nine met here today to take final action on the application of Nebraska for membership, to discuss the advisability of permitting intersec tional basketball contests and to talk over methods of cutting down football expenses. Nebraska applied for ad mission to the June meeting and the application was referred to the boards of control of the various conference universities. As four of the institu tions are said to be opposed to expan sion, indications were that Nebraska's application would be rejected. Reore sentatlves of Notre Dame and Mar quette were ready to make formal ap plication for admission. The advisability of cutting down th expenses of the football season by not talcing bands and freshman squads on trips was discussed at the June meet ing, but no action was taken. Some action on the question was expected at today" a meeting. GRIDIRON IS DANGER. Opposition Crops Oat at Missouri University Law School. Columbia, Mo.; Dec. 6. At the close of a most successful football season at the University of Missouri faculty .op position to the gridiron game has crop per out In such a marked degree as to divide the entire school on the question of the merits of the ail-American game. The controversy began in the law sch.ol where several men who went out for football fell below the required grade in their studies. Professor Manley O. Hudson, who is violently opposed to football, has asked Acting President Jones to appoint a committee to investi gate the eligibility of past and future players from the law school. Hudson declared he reported stu dents who were doing poor work but that these reports were Ignored. Dean Lawson of the law school who Is a strong supporter of the game said no discrimination was used in the class rooms because of a student's athletic activities. BOWLING TOURNAMENT. Wichita Team Will Play Many Oth ers on Schedule. St. Louis, Dec. 6. Today's schedule in the seventh annual tournament of the Middle West Bowling association brought out the rollers at an early hour, the first squad taking the alleys at 9:30. Bowlers from Chicago, St. Louis, Omaha. East St. Louis, St. Jos eph, Mo.; Wichita, Kan.; Excelsior Springs, Mo.; Sioux City, la., are on the program today. One hundred and fifty four bowlers will toe the mark, divided into fourteen five men teams, twenty two doubles and forty individuals. 5HAAP TURNS 3 .4 h K:J.ii:-:il jf br 55 rVT' J---.. A BAD SPIU. of One of ttOm &UTFO The Tornado of 2Qth Century Achievements Tlhiiree Gainnies Ameiricsi vc. JEmigflaimdl For World's Championohip. Puree 075O The World's Greatest and Most Fearless Drivers Auspices Topeka Baseball Club, State Fair Groundsthree Games Admission 50c Tickets on sale Monday. ABOUT AUTO POLO It Is a Dangerous and Thrill ing Sport. Games In Topeka Dec 12, IS and 14 at Fair Grounds. The game of auto polo, which will be played in Topeka on Dec 12, IS and 14 of this year, is the most ex citing of all sports, according to re ports received from all parts of the country where the game has been played. The contests to be played in Topeka between the English and American teams on the. three dates promise to be thrilling to Topekans. Auto polo is a Kansas product and the headquarters for the game are lo cated at De Soto, Kan. Ralph A. Hankinson is general manager of the company and is in charge of all of the games played. He Is the author of a rule book for this form of polo. The game is played on a field 350 feet long and 150 feet wide. Two goal posts are placed at the ends of the field and the object in the game is to send the ball to the goal posts. The ball, regulation size, is 10 inches In diameter and is made of heavy leath er encasing a large rubber' sphere. The teams are composed of two men, one the driver, whose difficult art is to manage the auto and keep it from overturning; the other, the mallet man, who drives the ball. The game is divided into five periods of ten min utes each, but in the event of a tie game at the end of the fifth period, the game continues until one side scores again. The rule book, speaking of the points of the game says: "Each and every goal which may be scored by the team counts one point for the team scoring the goal. Scoring the goal means driving the ball directly between the opponent's goal posts at the end of the field, by either team. The ball is first placed in the center of the field, directly In line with the two goals, and at the given signal from the referee, both cars rush for ward in an attempt to secure the first crack at the ball. In the event that the ball is malleted out of bounds the referee shall place the ball in the field, first lining the cars in their re spective positions, 15 feet apart, each car headed for the goal through which the players are desirous of making their points. A slight advan tage may be accorded the team which may be nearest the goal which they may be defending, according to where the ball may be driven outside the boundary lines. Immediately when the ball touched the ground it is in play and both teams are at liberty to make a rush for the ball." The malletmen are not allowed to leave the car when hitting at the ball and there is a heavy penalty inflicted if such a foul should be made. The game is said to be extremely hazard ous and offers many thrills to the spec tator. It is endorsed by most of the newspapers in the east and west end will play at San Francisco during the entire year of 1915. In all the games that have been aft IN Mlt FIELD Bauflhman's CIDER WORKS 22nd and Lincoln Sta. Phone 3540 We do customs grmging every day. The finest of cider and vinegar for sale at all times. played, the autos have turned com pletely over to be righted in a minute by the players. The autos are light in regard to machinery and wheels, but a quantity of steel has been framed around them. Although the contests appear dangerous, no fatality has been recorded yet. The little machines race up and down the field, turning corners quickly and reversing the speeds at ail times during the game. The English team which will play, here this month will be Johnson, driver, and Claypool, malletman. The American team is Car roll, driver, and J. Hankinson, mallet man. The New Tork Sun has the following to say about auto polo, which waa played in Madison Square Garden this year: Auto polo, a brand new game, was offered to the public last evening at the Garden. The general public accept ed the opportunity to criticise this late invention of sport, and it is evident that the public will make it a point to see at least one or more of the seven teen contests which are to take place at the .Garden, as the auto polo habit seems to grow on one. The four young men who play the game reminded you of that sort of young man who doesn't regard the day as complete unless he has parachuted off the Flatiron. The playing is clever, the handling of the cars marvelous and the unlimited amount of nerve displayed by the regu lar teams is undisputed. Auto polo is a great game and our gore loving pub lic is deeply indebted to the originators for this sensational form of amusement. PUT K. V. OS THE MAP. Students Trying to Force Selection of Kennedy as Coach. Lawrence, Kan.. "Dec. 6. "Because the student body of the University of Kansas found it impossible to ade quately express its sentiment in the University Daily Kansan," is the reason given for the issuing of a newspaper size poster headed, "A Student Proc lamation,'' which calls upon the stu dents to sign the petition to the stttc board of administration demanding that Dr. Bert Kennedy be engaged as neait football coach. The proclamation is made up in scare head style. In one "box" are given 'some facts" pointing out that Kansas has won only one important game in the last two seasons and leaving to tne imagination what Kennedy would have done. In another "box" is given a short record of Kennedy's wonderful football career. These questions are asked in black faced type: "Do you want to put K. U. on the map again?" "Who pays for the game of football V "Who plays the game of football?" "Who should have a say so about athletics?" The answer, of course, being "The students" in still larger type. EXTEND ENGIjEWOOD LINE. May Be Connection of Dodge City Ex- Hutchinson, Dec Is the Engle wood branch of the Santa Fe to be extended on to the southwest, with a connection with the Dodge City ex tension? It is known that the exten sion is being considered, and that the Santa Fe would build the line, if there was a belief that it would pay ex penses. There is a general plan to "get in" on the other road's territory a little more these days than for many years. The building of this Englewood exten sion, talked so many times in the past, would have the effect of "cutting in" on the business of the Rock Island road, more or less, in southwest Kan sas, business which is now almost ex clusively for tnat roaa. The building of the extension from Dodge City to Elkhart last year waa one of the moves which brought the Santa Fe into the -country occupied by the Rock Island in southwest Kan, The farther extension of the Engle wood line, from its terminal in Engle wood on west, would again get some of the business that now goes to the Rock Island road. The Prudential Trust oampany leans money on city propeityasAtlT. i Dec. 12, Endorsed by the entire press of the world Leave 950PM. TKeFIREFDT ROCK ISLAND LINES ASK 4038 r C C BASCOM. C P. A. Peerless Mazda Lamps Are lamps of the highest efficiency. 25 Watt 35 40 Watt 35 Phone Us Your Order. The Machinists Electric Co. 108 West Eighth St, Phone 634 THE White Way We have not moved but the White Way has come down East Sixth Street. Call and see us at the old stand. D.0.C0E 119 East Sixth St. jt's Convenient to Pay by Check By paying everything by checks, there is never the trou ble of waiting for or making change even to odd pennies, and all your money is in a safe place. Each canceled check is a receipt.; It is a record of ex penses. 1 "X INTEREST RAID 1 sJ ON TIME DEPOSITS R. H. WOLFE (experienced) CHIROPRACTOR Office 121 Mills Bldg. Office entrance on 9th St. Office hours. to 12 a. m., i to 6:10 p. m.. and 7 to Monday and Thursday evening. Telephone office, 083 Black. Telephone residence, 50 White. Consultation and Examination Free at Office. Croup and Cough Remedy. Croup is a terrible disease, it attacks children so suddenly they are very apt to cuoke unless given the proper remedy at once. There is nothing better In the world than Dr. King's New Discovery. Lewis Chamberlain, of Manchester, Ohio, writes about his children: "Sometimes In severe attacks we were afraid they would die, but since we ti roved what a certain rem edy Dr. King's New Discovery is. we have no rear, we reiy on it xor creap, cDusna and colds." So can you, fiOc and tLOO. A bottle should be In every home. At all Druggists. K. B. Bucklla A Co. Mttla. St. Louis. Adv. 13, 14 Arrive OldahraaGty 7:35 AM 60 Watt .43 100 Watt 80 Whenever You Are in Kansas City Make This Store Your Down-Town Headquarters Use the Many Ckmveniences at Your WUI E OFFICIAL xri VT SKU 2J2 OF THE Santa Ft Ba2rwd The most skfUfal Watch Adjust ing Service in the efty. A full and oom plate line of Rlgb grade Watches, Diamonds, Jewelry. Repairing a Specialty. R. ft MOREHOUSE Flace. Opposite Santa Depot. Money to Loan HIE SHAWNEE BUILDINO AND LOAN ASSOCIATION offers an easy way to buy a piece of property or build a house and pay for it monthly. Just like paying rent. 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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOUE1IAL OATDIiDAY EVEHHTCk DZCTXl G 1C13- .:eu in of p. o. The New Kellam. Bonding FlUs the BilL raw iio:.:e of tofeka fostofficl WAS A IBL Ml EAKES COCOA Real Water and House Boats la Good Cocoa Along; Arkansas. Plenty of Boom at Sixth and Jackson Corner. O til 003ES naaBssnsjeBaaa X A Fine Substitute for Regular Federal Building. And the Changing of Quarters Was Remarkable Jon. Most famous buildings and struc tures in the country reflect credit on their builders. Others create an ever lasting publicity for their donors. A few have brought renown to their contractors. But who. pray tell, ever heard of a builder or a donor or a contractor gracefully stepping aside and diverting aH' public applause to the men who handle the trowel, the ahovel. the hammer and the saw? Topeka has witnessed recently the completion of a public building large in floor space, technical in con struction and Important In necessi tated occupancy in only four months' time. The structure, not a Woolworth skyscraper or a Carnegie library or a marble memorial hall, to be sure, is located at Sixth and Jack son streets and is the result of the teamwork of masons, teamsters, car penters, plasterers, plumbers and day laborers. It is the Kellam building, built for the immediate use of the United States postofflce department here and erected In Just 120 days aft er an old landmark of the early days was leveled to the ground. E. B. Kellam Is the builder. A. W. iWhltsett is the contractor. Both men waive aside all credit for the extra ordinary rise of the structure. They refuse to accept any praise for the marvelous manner in which they pre pared a site of brick and steel for the government. They shift all obliging responsibility to the proud shoulders of the men who handled shovels and trowels and hammers and saws. And it is this spirit that made it possible for the postofflce department under A. K. Rodgers and A. M. Ful ler and LeRoy Powell to vacate In one night the old federal buUding at Fifth and Kansas avenues and relocate in order and system the next day in the new Kellam building two blocks away. Masonry All in In 43 Days. The writer was tald how many thousand bricks were laid in the walls that enclose that 30,000 square feet of space, but his pencil point broke in the attempt to reproduce the figures. He was told how many yards or rods or miles of rock that were required to complete the foundation and con crete work in the basement. But he does remember that it took only 41 days for the masons to build these walls from the basement level to the roof. "Tour contractor must have been giving you quick service," the writer remarked to Mr.' Kellam. The con tractor overheard the words. "It wasn't my fault," he explained. "The men should be given credit for this construction." Here is the way Mr. Kellam ex plained it: "A great deal of credit is due the general contractor, subcon tractors and their men for the excel lent manner in which they have car ried on. the work, regardless of any adverse weather conditions. There has at no time been any lack of co operation among the different branch es cf the work. Everyone has taken a personal interest in completing the Santa GIdug Is Hon A usic Toachor A Different Sort of a Christmas Present for It Enables Any One to Play iho Piano b lllcur t Home. Without Lessons or Knowledge of Hosts Any One Can Play the Piano or Organ la One Hear. sjlnlsl Hew Sritaa that Cm ChUa Cu Vm, -Nnlhlss Cos M Have PI as Me So war, s ui nay Asraaey." Imnosstble. vou savt Let ua nrnva It at our expense. We will teach you to piay me piano or organ ana will not ask one cent until you can clay. A musical araniua from fflilnrn has invented a wonderful system whtrtby anyone can learn to play the Piano or r me fia nth this rgan an one nour. witn this new method you don t have to know one nvw hvw uvui, jrvi u ma nuur at practice you can be playing your fa vorite musle with all the fingers of pom nanas ana Play it welt. The Invention fa ma almnla that mn a child can now master music with out costly Instruction. Anyone can have tbli new method on a free trial merely by asking. Simply write saying. "Send me the Easy Form Music Method as enounced In the Topeka State Journal. FREE TRIAI The complete system together with 100 pteoea of musle will then be sent to yon Tree, all eharres Drenald and absolutely not one sent to pay. Yoa keep It seven stays to thoroughly prove It la all that Is claimed for It, then If yoa are satisfied, send us 8140 and one dollar a month until Mitt In all la nUl. If mn are not delia-hted with It, send tt back In seven days and you will have risked nothing and will be unaer no oousiHion o as. was asaajataaa uanawaaaaveBeacaaaaeeane isll aaafco tW a friaaa a ulaah-s was ej tmmd ml aataai. sat aaaal. trniUgr. Aaaajnlil Xaaaa after we wO aaad. aH s spall. Was a a Ia 9 sure to state number of white keys en your piano or organ, also noatofnea and exnreaa office. Andreas lsyuMetbod Mnalo Company, Ms CiarJe Met Jtauge vnitSMjg. &Ua m m jsjbjmb Phot, by Mrickretv The Kellam Job on time and has put forth his best efforts." And then he and Builder Kellam went on to relate the story of the dripping perspiring teamsters who ex cavated the miniature volcanic cavity at Sixth and Jackson streets, the white-clad masons who handled the brick and stone under the spotlight of the glaring August-September sun, and the laborers who climbed over the scaffolding like bees on a hive. But they didn't say a word abut the heads that bent low over the blue prints day and night as the work pro gressed. It is nearly over now.' The postof flce forces are working more smooth ly in their new quarters than at any time in the nooks and corners of the old federal building and the Kellam structure is only temporary quarters for the government men. The finest dance hall in Kansas orchestra sounding board, spring floors, kitchens and reception rooms on the second floor Is nesting completion and will be rollicking under the feet of the tangoists in a short time. Topeka changed her postofflce loca tion over night, in a building built while the leaves were falling from the trees. Heady for Christmas Rash. The postofflce In the new Kellam building never was in better shape fcr a Christmas rush than it is today. The distribution cases for the incoming and the carrier mail are laid out for the greatest efficiency in the least time. Floor space throughout the building, on the first floor and in the basement, is arranged in an ideal manner for the general operation of the Topeka of fice and its 125 employees. The lobbies in -the Kellam building are much handier to the general pub He than in the federal building. Three large entrances, one on the corner of Sixth and Jackson and the other two on Sixth avenue, furnish ample room for incoming and outgoing patrons of Uncle Sam's headquarters In the cap ital city. The usual congestion of the holidays, owing to the narrow lobbies In the old building will be eliminated this year. Despite the addition of the parcel post business. Postmaster Rodg ers and Assistant Postmaster Fuller and Superintendent Powell all predict a quick and easy distribution this sea son. The postofflce In all probability will be located In the Kellam building at least until January, 1915. The remod eling of the federal building at a cost of $100,000 will require at least twelve months. Topeka will not miss the removal from the big structure at Fifth and Kansas- avenue. In fact the patrons can be cared for much quicker and with less inconvenience than in the original home of the government postofflce forces here. Postmaster Rodgers does n't claim credit for this improvement. E. B. Kellam throws aside all praise for the construction of his building. Whitsett likewise dodges the merit. Therefore, with perfect harmony on ail sides, the bouquets are heaped upon the men with the dinner palls who worked on the scaffolding of the new Topeka postofflce site. DWIflTER SHOW Music and Vaudeville Booked for January Exposition. There Is Much Demand for Space hy Exhibitors. Plans are well under way for the big midwinter exposition that will be held in the Auditorium January 19-31. Kay Hall's orchestra has been engaged to furnish the music, and seven good vaudeville acts have been booked. An other act will be added to the list later. There will be four features in vaude ville each week. The management has entranced no bar or trapeze acts they are as old as the hills, and It is felt that something different appeals more strongly to the general public. Among the acts is a good quartet, "The Boa- tonia Four." At a previous midwinter show there was a company of Japanese acrobats and balancers; this time there will be an Arabian act. There will be plenty of comedy in the entertainments to satisfy those who are looking for amusement; there will be dancing, loo. A large amount of exhibit space has already been let. There will be several out of town firms represented, accord ing to the secretary, John Worley, which have not previously displayed in Topeka. It goes without saying that Topeka firms will be well represented. The show will serve as an eye-opener tor those who are interested in "To peka made goods.". The show will be given by the local organisation of the United Commercial Travelers. The proceeds will be placed in the fund that Is being raised for the erection of a home for the carriers of the "grip." RAINS CAUSE BUICIDK. Iazrned Boy Take Strychnine While Despondent. Lamed, Kan., Dec Robert Fuldicker, M years old, son of a wealthy farmer at learned, killed himself by. taking strych nine. He had been despondent for some time, and the gloom of a rainy day drove him to end his Ufa. His body was found la an lee house with an empty bottle be side it. Building, Comer Sixth and Jackson Streets. FISH HATCHERY. Will Be Advertised With Store optlcon Views-Tour State. New Paper Started at Pratt C. T. Warren Editor. Pratt, Dec. S. The state fish hatchery is to be advertised in a new way and some of the unbelievers may be converted. A. T. Reed of this city has had about one hundred views of the hatchery made into slides that will fit the moving picture machines of the standard type and will start mt next week visiting every town in Kan sas of any size that has a moving pic ture show, displaying these views and giving a lecture on the merits of the hatchery and explaining all of the ways and methods of raising fish on the big fish farm. The scenes show all of the ponds, the buildings, the power plant and the different ponds that propagate different species of fish. It also shows the fish car In loading and explains the -various methods of transferring the finny tribe from the waters of the hatchery to the .many who want them. The Pratt Independent made its first appearance here yesterday and was received with words of congrat ulation by i many who admired the new makeup for a weekly paper. The paper Is published by Camp bell and Coolee, formerly of Hutchin son. C. T. Warren, formerly of the Hutchinson Gazette, has charge of the editorials and the general news. This paper intends to develop Into a daily as soon as all of the necessary ar rangements can be .made. TOPEKA COW LEADS. Awarded Senior Championship In Galloway Class. Chicago, 111.. Dec. 6. Two Kansas' cattle raisers furnished champion cattle at the International Livestock Exposition, the awards being made Friday when the Judges of cattle finished up their work. In the Galloway classes, Daisy Dimple, owned by G. E. Clark of Topeka, was declared the senior champion cow of this division. Ben, a young Galloway bull, owned by S. M. Croft of Bluff City, Kan., was awarded the ribbon signifying that he Is the Junior champion bull of the Galloway exhibit. An Iowa bull was made senior champion and the same state also carried away the honor for Junior champion heifer. Annual Exodus of Italians. Pittsburg, Pa., Dec 6. The annual exodus of Italians from the Pittsburg district began early today with the departure of one emigrant train for New Tork. Others will follow within the next two weeks, until steamship and railroad agents estimate fully five thousand Italian laborers shall have departed for their former homes. APPROACHING BALDNESS May be Checked by Using Herpicide The above expression is one which is used frequently in connection with hair preparations. Just exactly what is meant by it in each instance is a question.- Baldness is not a disease and hence, does not permit of a cure. It is a result Invariably to be traced to the dandruff germ and If the con dition has become chronic, that is, .v.., ia mmDleta atrophy of the h-i. rniiiMes. a "cure" is absolutely impossible. Approaching baldness, seen In fall ing hair, may always be checked and tt i hair follicles are not atrophied hor mnv be induced again to This la accomplished by regular ap- nlications of weworos rrin:.o. hirt riaaiuai the scalp and ellml .-to. tha dandruff. Checking the ac cumulations of scarf skin removes the most common enemy to neauuiut nair. Soft, glossy, nurry nair can ui grow on a scatp inxearea who utui- druff any more man a ubuoiw i" can grow on an ash neap. The scalp must be kept clean and free from dandruff. The beet remedy for doing this is Newbro's Herpicide, which re ceive the highest endorsements from professional men. the stage and the beat people everywhere. Newbro's Herpicide In. 60c and f 1.00 sixes is sold by all dealers, who guar antee it to do all that Is claimed. If you are not satisfied your money will be refunded. Applications obtained at all first class barber shops and hair dressing parlors. v Address the Herpicide uoM uepi. R.. Detroit. Mich., enclosing 10c postage or silver for sample and booklet, ueo. w. zstansneia, special agent. SZZ Kansas ave xopeaa. Aav. K. U. EXPERT HERE He Examiner Defective Chll dren Gives Advice. Problems of the Kansas Chil dren's Home Society. The university of Kansas la co operating with the Kansas Children's Home society, with headquarters In Topeka, by furnishing expert advice relative to the proper method- of car ing for children who come under the "defective class. Dr. A. W. Trettien, associate pro fessor in the school of education of the university, came up from Law rence for the purpose of giving two children for whom the management of the home ad found difficulty In finding permanent homes, careful mental and physical examinations. One girl, ten years of age, was thought to be mentally defective, but upon examination Dr. Trettien found that ber mind was keen and alert and that the whole difficulty was the re sult of neglect in her earlier years. There was evidence to show that she was half starved when a baby. She was found to be timid and lacking of self confidence. Dr. Trettien is of the opinion that with proper care she will develop into a perfectly normal child, and that later some family will be glad to provide a home for her. Be intimated that many children are sent to homes for the feeble minded who might develop into normal beings with the right kind of care. The little girl In question was not taken permanently by the Kansas Children's Home society, but on trial. L. F. Shirk, .the superintendent, was called recently to Great Bend by the prooate 3uage or that city to take charge of a bright boy ten years of age and of good parentage. While there he investigated a home where there were three combinations of children. That is, the father had three by a for mer wile, the mother two by a for mer marriage, and there was one re cent arrival in the family. All were In a state of dire destitution. The mother was glad to give her two older child ren to the society believing that they wouia Be well cared ror. They are six and eight years of a bright and in telligent. The girl, 8 years of age. Is musically Inclined and the society wishes to place her In a home where there Is a piano. The cnilaren of the society enjoyed a feast Thanksgiving.' One Topeka woman, who la generously disposed, gives a turkey every year. Others furnished candy, nuts and good things in great variety. GOSSIPS CONVICTED. Five Women fYrand Guilty of Riding Mrs. Richardson on a Rail. Waukegan, 111., Dec Five gray haired women of the village of Volo, who rode Mrs. John Richardson on a rail one night in July because her name was linked by gossip with that of her brother-in-law, were found guilty here by a Jury. Each may be fined 8200 and sentenced to six months In Jail. The band of militant housewives who took the law in their own hands was com posed of Mrs. Emma Stadfield, Mrs. Ie vina Raymond. Mrs. Alma Watlan. Mrs. Mary Sabel and Mrs. John Stadfield. Mrs. Kate Wagner, the sixth woman, who started to assist in carrying Mrs. Rich ardson outside the village limits, was freed bv the lurv because she returned home before the victim was given ber ride. There was no evidence that Mrs. Waener helped support the rail and its burden. Mrs. Babel's sixty-five years makes her the oldest of the convicted live, and the others are well above forty. They sat hud- aiea and uazed in tne court room as tna verdict was read. They bore no resem blance to the anarrr women, outfaced be cause they believed a neighbor preferred the company of another to her crippled husband, who drew Mrs. Richardson from her home bv a subterfuge. Dlaced her astride a weather baa ten seantltng. bore her acreamhuc anil fuchtlna to the eda-e of town and dumped ber to the road with a warning never to return, it. J. iauy, assistant state's attorney, in the after noon commred tha action of tba Volo women to that of Christ when the Phari sees brought to Him on the Mount of Olives a woman who bad sinned. x-j Jury deliberated an hour, largely on the question of freeing Mrs. Wagner. Mrs. Richardson is not vindictive aaralna. bar fornur frienda. She la sat lafled with a conviction and is asreeable to lettlnar the women off with a fine. She has a civil suit for 810.000 pending against them. Kdward Kranal waa also Indicted with the mix. women. It was charged that dressed In. the garb of a woman, he as sisted in riding Mra. Richardson on a rail. He has disappeared. Does Evervthins: Backwards. London, Decv. C A puzzling prob lem of abnormality in a girl who insisted- a) doinar everything backward. amon.; other things writing from right to leit. nas been solved oy mrminguam physicians. An examination by the X-ray revealed the fact that her heart Is on the right side and some of her other organs including the brain are also displaced. The case haa renewed interest in that of the boy who saw things upside down and wrate In that fashion. Tha latter came to llarht about m two weeks ago. The Prudential Trust company loans money on city property. jutr. Pioneers Say Stream Was Once Navigable Recollections. Syracuse. Kan.. Dee. C Once on a time there was real water in the Ar kansas river, and It was a real river. Half a dozen or more early settlers told tales of the days when fleets of house boats plied on the Arkansas river as far as Syracuse when one of Fred Dumont Smith's river island sea was on trial in the Hamilton county district court a few days ago. W. H. McClure was a squatter on an "Island" of 63 acres of timbered land at the point where Fort Aubrey creek enters the river near Syracuse. It was the attempt to dispossess htm on the ground that this was an accre tion and not an island that brought Into the case a dozen or more frontiers men. Indian fighters and buffalo hunt ers of the early days, to testify that this was really an island in the days when the Arkansas was really a river. Among the witnesses were E. P. Bar ber, one of the founders of Syracuse, John Donahue, buffalo hunter and In dian fighter, Dennis Foley who, to gether with Donahue held a bunch of Indians at bay one time, Capt. Adney, who settled near Fort' Aubrey, H. Clay Price, who once had a bunch of 40 horses marooned on the disputed island during high water, and Colonel I. J. C. Guy, who was a prominent figure In the county seat fights. Then there was Bud Johnson, known la the. early days of western Kansas as "Wild Horse Johnson," who had three brothers, all known by the same name, from Dodge City to Denver. They made a business of catching' wild horses, taming and selling them. John Donahue told of his settlement In Fort Aubrey in 1871 when he and Dennis Foley and brothers were In the hunting business. Soldiers were then stationed at the fort. The soldiers had dugouts on the east bank of the creek. John used to be a crack shot with the rifle, and he with the Foley had several close experiences with the Indians. E. P. Barber, who founded the town of Syracuse in 1873, was one of the witnesses. That was the terminus of the Santa Fe then. Cheyenne Indians were most numerous of any tribe then. Black Kettle wesathe chief with whom the settlers had to transact business In those days. Frequently hunting parties of whites would be rounded up by the Indians. TO PES FOR SEL1XSQ BOOZE Sallnan Bene Prison Sentence) for Killing Husband. Saltan. Dec 6. Mrs. Mary V. King, found guilty of staying her husband at Junction City a year ago, spent four months In Jail for her crime. Mrs, Mary V. King, found guilty of selling liquor In district court, must spend twelve months in the peniten tiary for that crime. The Jury was out three hours, when it returned a verdict of guilty on one count. Mrs. King was charged on two counts, but the jury could not agree on the second count and spent three hours arguing it- The verdict. finding her guilty on one count, was returned at 6 o'clock last evening. Mrs. King was charged with violat ing "the felonious liquor law. This means that this is the second convic tion for selling liquor since the law was passed a few years since. This law provides that on second offense, the sentence must be made one year in the penitentiary. Five counts had originally been charged against Mrs. King, but when some of the witnesses failed to ap pear, three of the counts were dis missed. BROKEN OUT BUT IS JAUj. Mysterious Prisoner at WeHsviHe Has Smallpox. Ottawa, Kan., Dec. 6. Wellaville has a mystery and a pestilence in its town JaiL This combination is a man who was placed in the Jail after he "had broken out" with smallpox. He has been there a week and will tell nothing of his life to persons around the JaiL The stranger went into the office of Doctor Pendleton, deputy health of ficer at WeUevtUet about a week uo. and complained of being ill. Small pox was showing then on his face and hands and Doctor Pendleton or dered the man placed In tha laiL where he could be cared for away from other persons. The patient told that he had been in St. Joseph and Kansas City, but will not give his name, home or any thing of his life. "Just been traveling around an haven't much of a home," was about all he would say when attended by Doctor Pendleton. The man is improving slowlv m and will probably be released in a few days. TEACH PRINTING IN 8CHOOI4S Junotton City Will Teach Journalism and Trades. Junction City. Dec In addition to turning out Journalists, tha Juno. tloa City high school win soon de velop printers. a department of printing was established thia nair w the board of education and tha equipment will be installed at once. BURGXARY AT GYPSUM CTTT. aaaaawaaaaB. General Store Loses Memxiamdiae VaL. ned at (700. Gypsum City, Dec Tha general merchandise store of Frank King was broken into at night recently and merchandise to the amount of $700 was stolen. The robbers cut the glass Skin Smooth tad Hairless After This Treatment (Beauty Notes) Any woman can easily and quickly banish objectionable hairy growth, without pain or inconvenience, if ah will simply mix a little water with some powdered delatone and then cover the hairy surface with this paste. After X or 8 minutes the paste should be removed and the akin washed to take off the remaining del atone and it wilt be entirely free from hair and as soft as velvet. Baying I the delatone in an original package Is I the only way to insure its full strength I earn parny. uaov. CaoA JSarfoa Haul WALTER BAKER CO. Ltd. -v MA W9mwmm i St. that a taST Select the Bicycle for. Your Boy's Christmas. NOW IS per montn or liJSO per week will pay for it J. C HARDING CO. 108 East Cth 8t. roR llftisiiniatism and The first thins to do, if yoa tatter from Rheumatism or Lumbago, is to rub the aching parts with Omega Oil; then soak a piece of flannel with the oil, lay it over the place that hurts and cover with a piece of oiled silk. This treatment usually gives relief and is worth trying. Trial bottle ioc Dr. Hobson's Ointment Heals Itchy czema. The constantly itching, burning sensa tion and other disagreeable forms of eczema, tetter, salt rheum and skin erup tions promptly cured by Dr. Hobson's Eczema Ointment Oeo. w. Fitch of Men. dota. 111., says: "I purchased a box of Dr. Hobson's Kcsema Ointment. Have had Eczema ever since the civil war, have been treated by many doctors, none have given the benefit that on box of Dr. Hob son's Eczema Ointment has." Every suf ferer should try it. We're so positive it will help you we guarantee it or money refunded. At all Drugsiats or by mall. 60c Pfelffer Chemical Co. Philadelphia Jfc St. Louis. Adv. in a back door in order to gain en trance to the store. It is supposed that they hauled their plunder away in a wagon. As rain fell all night it was impossible to determine whether a wagon was used or not, as all tracks were covered. This merchandise consisted of shoes, ladies' and men's coats, furs, all pleees of silk in the store, ribbons, novelties, Jewelry, shirts and hand bags. TURKEYS AT KINGMAN. Poultrymen Raised large Number Big Shipments. Kingman, Dec 6. Poultry near Kingman is a flourishing industry. J. Im. Hall of Belmont sold fifty-six tur keys which brought him the sum of $91. The average weight of the tur keys was twelve pounds. Mr. Hall ex pects to raise chickens next year as the coyotes are so numerous in their neighborhood that he has had to herd the turkeys the past summer and fall to protect them. A firm sent out Fri day a carload of turkeys that repre sented an investment of $8,800. The dry pickers, paid 6 cents each for tur keys and 4 cents each for chickens, often earn $5 and $6 a day. When it is taken into consideration that this Is but a single one of many shipments, the balance of course be ing in lesser amounts, and the further fact that this only refers to one of the three firms engaged in the same busi ness at Kingman, it Is easy to under stand that the poultry business of Kingman county is one of the very important items which go to make up the vast volume of business that the farmers of Kingman county have a hand in. The bulk of the shipments referred to was turkeys, that the farmers re ceived 14 cents a pound for, and hens, for which they are paid 8 and 9 cents. The poultry Is In such great supply that the prices went to IS cents for turkeys and 8 cents for hens this week. MUST OBEY CONTRACTOR. Stops Work on High School on Ac count o New Snavriiitvndent. Manhattan. Dec Ther will be no more work done, on the new high school building until the board of edu cation makes arrangements concern ing the superintendence of tha build ing that are satisfactory to F. H. Crites, the contractor. This keynote for more trouble in the high school situation was sound ed when Mr. Oites wrote 8. A. Bard well, president of the board of educa tion, a letter declaring that Inasmuch as the appointment of Oscar Frank as superintendent of the building in place of Henry B. Winter, is in vio lation of the contract between the board and himself, he (Crites) re fuses to complete his contract. Before writing the letter Mr. Crites consulted John S. Hessin and an nounces he has retained Mr. Hassln to assist him in handling tha case. GOOD ROADERS QUIT, Favor National Frotilbttaon Regrets i to Governor Major. Newton, Kan.. Dec .The last act of the state good roads convention, which adjourned late Friday, was the adootlon of a resolution favoring na- Uon-wtd gwenlMttanw This grew owt Of fine quality, made from carefully elected high-grade cocoa beans. skifc fully blended, prepared by a perfect rrrrhanical process, without the used chemicals or dyes. It contains no added potash, possesses a delicious nat ural flavor, and is of ereatfood value J tVa mum. DORCHESTER, MASS. YOUR CREDIT IS GOOD Voting Right In the Election Of Clothes When it comes to voting for the kind of clothes you buy and the shops you. patronize, and deciding as to the best disposition to make of your weekly or monthly outlay, your newspaper will stand you in good stead if you will study it. The bright and attractive advertisements constantly ap pearing in The State Journal are making speeches to you all the time. They point out the good qualities in the candi datesthe advertised articles and show you how to express your choice to vote straight, so to speak. And that which you thus elect to buy for yourself or provide for your household and its members, if it is chos en with care and thought, will bring you most satisfac tory returns. The very best things the land affords are strong can didates for every home, and, through the advertising pages of The State Journal and oth er good newspapers, are being elected with overwhelming majorities. Voting right on th4 ques tion of what and where to buy is not difficult to the constant reader of newspaper adver tisements. of a statement that Colorado had twice as many convicts to work on the roads as Kansas has in the peniten tiary. The convention adopted a resolu tion of regret on account of the Ill ness of Governor Major and his in ability to attend the meeting. Governor Hodges delivered the principal speech. "The two greatest attributes for a continued advancing civilization and increased state prosperity," said he, "are the district school teachers and permanent good roads." gkeeuky: county has hlkjtty. Gauge Show 34 Inches Completo Irrigation Plant. Tribune, Dec 6. Out in Greeley county, out in the western part of the state, it has been drizzling for four days, and raining at spells during the four days The government gauge a the State .experimental station show that Greeley county has had almost .f rainfall, and more Ij falling. The acreage of winter wheat planted In Greeley county this year is larger than it has been for years, and nrnanecta are better now than for the past eight years. The big Irrigation weiia ana uw vis reservoir being erected by the stab board of irrigation north of Tribune, are almost completed, and water will soon be turned into the reservoir for irrigating 80 acres of land. The wells are considered among the best in western Ksnsss that have been made for Irrigation purposes. BREAKS A COLD OPEHS K0STR1LS Fpr Cold Cosnponnd End Colds and Grippe in a Few Hoar Contains No Jalnlne. Tour cold will break and all grippe misery end after taking a doseof "Papa's Cold Compound" every two hours until three doses are taken. It promptly open. cloKed-up nos trils sad air passages in the aveaa, stops nasty discharge or noes run ning! relieves sick headache, dutness. fevertshness, sore throat, snsating. 0Do,nTstaV stffedup! Quit blowing and snuffling! Ease your throbbing head nothing else in the world gives such prompt relief ss "Pane's Cold Compound." which costs only 8S cents at any drug store. It act without as sistance, tastes nice, and causes no In convenience Accept no substitute Adv.

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TIIE TOPEgA DAILY STATE JOTTHITAL CATUCDAY PVLJlKCr. DZtSZiDSIl 6, 1913. 5 ROYAL Esiking Powder Saves Health and Saves Money and i Makes Better Food IT IS VERY BAD. Contlnued from Pays On.) One Sanitary Building. Out of the mass of twisted iron, broken brick and smouldering sisal, which told the story of the big prison fire of last April, there arose one san itary building. It is the new twine plant. A fire proof structure, cement floor, ample light, good ventilation, sanitary drinking fountains, and auto matic sprinklers are features of the new building. It is the only building In the ten acre stockade at the prison which would pass Inspection by the board of health. The new twine plant cost the state of Kansas about $73,000. It is new, clean and sanitary. Every machine is brand new, the brick was burned at the prison and laid by convict labor. The new plant with a capacity of 12, 600 pounds of twine a day, has the same equipment and same capacity as the Wisconsin prison twine plant, which cost that state $180,000. But t.ie feature of the new twine plant is the fact that it is clean end sanitary. Ninety men will work there. A New Hospital. Under the administration of Warden" Botkln, a new hospital has been estab lished, thus doubling the prison's hos pital capacity. There are 14 beds in the new hospital, which is well lighted and ventilated and quite well equipped. "It's the greatest improvement that has been made since I came here,"' said Ike Johnson, a life termer from Atchi son county, as he talked to a State Journal reporter who recently spent a day and a night at the penitentiary plant. Johnson was a trained nurse before he went to prison for murder. In the 20 years he has been an inmate at the Lansing institution, Johnson has as sisted in nearly 600 major and minor operations. Prison a Fire Trap. Walking through the prison cell blocks. Warden Botkin told of the needs of a new prison. He has been on the Job less than six months. He went to Lansing a green hand in prison man agement. But he has broken the union rules in the hours he has spent on the Job and reform in the care of prisoners is Just one of the things that Botkin has started. "With 480,000 we can tear out those old stone affairs and build modern all steel cells," said the warden. "We can arrange for better ventilation, plenty of fresh air and improve the health con ditions of the prison. This whole thing Is a veritable Are trap. The roofs of the cell blocks are frame and a rire in the cell blocks and administration might mean the suffocation of dozens of men. Conditions cry to high heaven for relief. It isn't anyone's fault in par ticular. It is something the people should have demanded and the legisla ture remedied years ago." New Prison Will Cost $400,000. A new prison, an extension of the prison walls to the east and the build ing cells in the new enclosure, is the need of the state, Botkin declares. Such an improvement, though, will cost from $400,000 to $500,000. The extension of the walls, stone, materials and labor would be furnished at the prison with but little extra ex pense to the state. The state already Owns the ground on which the new blockade would be built. With a new prison, all steel cells, built and fashioned after the plan of the new 92,000,000 federal prison plant at Leav enworth, would be built. But until the legislature meets in January, 1915 Gov ernor Hodges has said he would nJt call a special session nothing can be done to improve conditions. Now Eot kin is devoting his time to Improving the physical condition of the plant. -Make Many Improvements. After the prison fire last spring, the electric light plant was out of commis sion. The blacksmith shop burned, the wagon shop went up in smoke, the grain, tobacco, clothing and dress goods sup ply was destroyed, the shoe shop, and harness shops burned, the printing plant was lost, the big twine plant and two million pounds of manufactured twine were a complete loss and the prison was more nearly a wreck than at any time since Its establishment. But all of the buildings and departments have been re stored and are in better shape than ever before. There was no special session of the legislature and much of the money for reconstruction was furnished from private sources, with the anticipation that it will be repaid In 1915 by the state legis lature. But the rebuilding of the shops and buildings has not been the only job which rested on Warden Botkin's shoulders. When he took his new office July 1, the work of re-establishing the prison plant had been only fairly started under Warden Codding. All the time Botkin was turning bis at tention to other things. And that list of "other things" Included many items. Reclaimed Lost Soil. A trip over the prison farm showed where a little work would reclaim 200 acres of the very best land the state owns. This patch of ground Is on the island in the Missouri river and will pro duce 75 to 100 bushels of corn to the acre, or enough beans, cabbage, tomatoes and potatoes to run the prison during an en tire season. The extra 200 acres of ground is now ready for the plow. Looking over the land with members of the penal board, if was found that some of the best grass on the prison farm was among the foothills in thick growth of underbrush. So the prison bought 100 goats and fattened them on the grass which in former years brought no re turns. On the farm there was enough blue stem to pasture 300 head of cattle, but only a straggling herd of prison cows ate this grass. So the prison board went to Kansas City and bought 70 head of the thinnest, gauntest, most hungry looking steers on the market. When the pasture season ended, the prison owned 70 head of fat grass steers. These cattle are now In the prison storage plant and will provide most of the winter meat supply. Next year 200 steers will be pastured on the farm. Cat High Cost of Living. Then Warden Botkin began to look into the high cost of living. His maintenance fund is but $105,000 a year and from this he must meet all the running expenses of the prison and serve the 800 men and women three meals a day. Beef had been one of the regular meat orders, but the best prices on meat were nine cents a pound. It requires 600 pounds of meat for one meal at the prison, or an expense of $54 for this, one item. The warden learned that he could buy salmon in barrel lots at a little more than four cents. He bought a few barrels, then tried other fishes and is now serving three fish dinners a week and reducing the meat cost nearly half. This change in diet was not only econom ical, but made a hit with the prisoners. One day the man in charge of the prison toeacco shop told the warden he could make as good plug tobacco as the prison was buying. He was told to try it and bis assertion proved true. The prison's to bacco bill is now $150 a month less than it used to be. Improvements in the mines made under Warden Botkin's direction, have in creased facilities for handling coa! and lessened danger to life and limb. Some new machinery has aided In Increasing the coal output and the quality of the supply is perhaps better than ever before. But the matter of a new prison is al ways uppermost in Botkin's mind. "Men who come here are entitled to go out as stronjr and healthy as when they come." said Botkin. "For these men are just folks much the same folks as you meet on the streets of any town In the state. Many of them are unfortunates who deserve every advantage end assist ance the state can give them. They can t Set it under these conditions and the state ught to know it. I will never be sat isfied until we have a new prison, one where men and women will have a chance to breathe pure fresh ah- and where dis ease germs are not bred In spite of every human effort to afford sanitary surround ings." The Per Capita Cost. It would cost five cents the price of one street ear fare for every man, woman and child, to rebuild the cell houses and to put in modern cells. To build a new prison, would' cost about 25 cents per capita for the state. "Think of lt" said Botkin, after he had given these figures. "Think of rich, pros perous Kansas telling her unfortunates they must stay in this hell-hole because it costs us a quarter to give them some thing better. Prisons have been criticised because their cells were but seven by nine feet. What would they think of our Kan sas cells, four by seven feet; with nar row doors, opening into dark, narrow cor ridors where a ray of sunshine never reaches? If this Is not the curse of Kan sas, i don't know where to find it." CHILDREN TAKE "CASCARETS" WHEN CROSS, C0NSHPATED--DIME A BOX secg::d m FF.CM THE SOUTH To Hold the Position of Post- master General. Any child will gladly take "Cascarets Candy Cathartic," which act gently never gripe or produce the slightest un easiness though cleanses the little one's Constipated Bowels, sweetens the stomach and puts the liver in a healthy condition. Full directions for children and grown-ups in each package. Mothers can rest easy after giving this gentle, harmless laxative to children. as I es I jg i L g-3 g3 O J PRICE 10 CENTS! on nm LINES High Order of Efficiency in the Postal Service Has Been Beached Under the Management of Bnrleson. Fire Different Men Held the Job Under Roosevelt. CARETS WORK WHILE YOU SLEEP. Washington, Dee. 6. The remark able activity displayed in every branch of the postal service since the begin ning of Postmaster General Burleson's administration, and which has attract ed the attention of the press of the country, would seem to show that the south can furnish quite as capable and energetic business men as the east, from which section nearly half of all our postmasters general have been chosen. It it a noteworthy fact, however, it may be explained, that excluding the border states, the south, properly speaking, has had but two men in that office since the days of Benjamin Franklin Joseph Habersham of Georgia and Albert S. Burleson. The more populous states of the east, with their political power and material ad vantages, have had the greatest num ber of such appointments, twenty three of the forty-eight men who have held that office having come from that section. The border states have had fifteen, and the west only eight. It was not until 1866 that the west was at all recognised in the appoint ment of such cabinet office, when Alexander W. Randall of Wisconsin was chosen by President Johnson. Subsequently that state furnished three more postmasters general, viz., Howe, Vilas and Payne. In considering the states of the union, which have been most for tunate in this respect, it is found that Pennsylvania heads the list with seven to its credit, New York comes next with six, Connecticut, Kentucky, Ten nessee and Wisconsin with lour eacn; Massachusetts. Maryland and Ohio, three each, and the remainder scatter ed anions' the seventeen states from which all the postmasters general have been selected. Tha term of service was. It seems, much longer in the olden days than at present. From 1775 to isau, seventy-five years, there were only seven teen men in that position, Gideon Granger of Connecticut having served thirteen years and eight months, and Return J. Meigs of Ohio, nine years and three months. From 1850 to 1912, sixty-two years, there have been thirty-two men in that office. Roosevelt Bad Five. Whether the shifting currents of political life and expediency, or other causes, have operated to make changes in this the most important of cabinet offices, it appears that many occurred in the administrations of some of our chief executives. Roose velt, for Instance, had five postmas ters general; Grant, Arthur and Cleve land (in the latter's two terms), had four; Washington and Buchanan, three: Jefferson, Jackson. Van Buren, Fillmore, Lincoln, Johnson, Hayes and McKinley, two each. The remainder of the presidents evidently held on to the men they originally had ap pointed. The postmaster general being, by the nature of his official duties, brought into close contact with the people, it might be of interest to know something of these men, who they were, why cho sen, and what notable achievements were connected with their names, but ail that is past history. We live in an age where new subjects and vital questions occupy the stage and demand consideration, prominent among which at this time is that of economical, yet effective, public administration. To this subject the present postmaster general has given his attention, and having served In congress, on the com mittee of appropriations, is evidently interested to know how the public money is spent and what return Is received for it, and being in position to find out, at least so far as his department is eoncerned. Is taking the necessary steps to discover it. The survey of existing conditions dis closed the fact that because of fre quent divisional changes, the different bureaus were found to be overlapping one another in various instances and exercising a separate authority in cor related matters. A rearrangement, whereby these officially related duties were brought under one head, soon cor rected this, insuring not only prompt attention and fixing a definite respon sibility, but simplifying as well the ad ministrative features, which has pro ven to be of recognized benefit and value. If the selection of the right men for public station is one of the essentials to successful administration, the post master general has been fortunate in his choice of the mea to whom these great trusts were committed. All are well qualified and have given satisfac tion in their several stations. The first assistant postmaster general, Mr. Roper, has an extended political ac quaintance, is conversant with public affairs, and has the discriminating judgment his position requires. Second Assistant Postmaster General Stewart, a former Kansan, is, by train ing and experience, abundantly able to deal with the great problem of railroad transportation, where much of the ap propriation goes. The third assistant, ex-Governor Dockery, who has gen eral supervision or the financial oper ations of the postal service, to which has lately been added the increasingly popular branch of postal savings, is so well known by his successful public career that comment is quite unneces sary, and Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Blakslee has shown himself ruuy capable of handling- the growing expense which the rural delivery and the postofflces of the country have brought about. His frequent visits to the annex, the supply house of the department, a custom which he has inaugurated and which affords him di rect insight into the numerous items of public expenditure connected with equipment and supplies, evidence an intelligent appreciation of the respon sible duties of ris office and his de sire to meet its utmost requirements. As the nation grows, the demand from the people for postal extension and from the postmasters for increased facilities for conducting their offices, must needs receive consideration. Pro vision must be made and measures adopted to meet this demand. The first Is met by the generous regard of con gress in appropriate legislation, and the department answers the other by considerate effort to afford all possible assistance to those who are endeavor ins; to further the Interests of the peo ple they serve. Division of Supplies. m The great division of supplies of the fourth assistant's bureau deals directly with the postmasters, and, -as now con ducted, is an excellent example of what order and system can accomplish in the management of public affairs. Every method and appliance known to the com mercial world for the speedy dispatch of business Is brought into requisition. No concern in the country is better organ ised and directed,' or better equipped for the vast amount of business which comes there for attention from the many thou sand postofflces of the United States, By the system in vogue, a glance is suf ficient to tell the condition of public work, the daily or monthly output, the stock on band, and the volume of mall received and dispatched. The constant touch of control In the hands of the superintend ent, which the eystem permits, provides an apt illustration of modern methods in the treatment of government business, which effectually disposes of the old, and yet too prevalent, notion that red tape and ruts are,- in relation to public -work, synonomous terms, and that other popular fiction as well, that public employment in Washington is a sinecure, little to do, and that little well paid for. Postmaster General Burleson is the first man In that high office, for many years, who personally has sought to get In touch with the workers in his department, botn In the big building on Pennsylvania ave nue in Washington and the scattered di visions outside. His democratic manner bespeaks his human sympathies and in terest in Ms lorce, nere ana eisewnere, and -Invites their hearty co-operation, in his efforts to reform the service, and that it will yield him their loyal support may ue easily assumed. Judge Key of Tennessee, postmaster general under President Hayes, the one Democrat In his cabinet, was just such a lovable man. He had so endeared him self to his subordinates here during his term of office that when be left the de partment they assembled with one ac cord, Democrats and Republicans alike, in a large upper room of the building and, with expressions of their deep regret, per sonally bade him farewell, the greatest tribute of regard and esteem which any previous official had ever borne away with him on his retirement from the scene of his labors. L. WILLIAM THAVI8. IT IS r.'lLD NOW Corporal Punishment in the Public Schools Compared to Old Days of the Bunch of Birch Bods. The forms of punishment Inflicted by school teachers has differed great ly In the past twenty years. In the days of the nineteenth century, the pupil at the schools was able to stand much more in punishment than the student of today. Now, when a youth angers his teacher, the latter sends him out in the hall to the principal or at the most gives him a shaking. In country towns a spanking is usually forthcoming, but in such a mild man ner as not to alarm the youngster. The spanking of today as compared with the varied forms of whipping of the last century, is mild to the ex treme. A lithe, willow switch consti tuted the punishment in this class. The pupil was made to feel the force of the switch with physical exertion, the mental punishment was not thought of. Then it was the toughest skinned boy who was not displeased at a sound thrashing. Now it is the sensitive lad who cannot stand the puny blows inflicted upon him. Many were the kinds of punishment in the old days. A favorite method among country teachers was to make the rebellious pupil stand on his toes and tie his thumbs on strings hang ing from the ceiling. After standing in this posture for an hour, the stu dent found that it was punishment enough. Forcing the pupil to remain stand ing during the entire morning or afternoon session of school was also fruitful In its results. By this means, the pupil, contented at first, would become a good conduct student for some time. Col. Devere Rafter, veteran of the Spanish war. was able to stand all of these punishments without trouble when inflicted by his teacher 'at a school in Holton. However, when the city superintendent thrashed young Rafter, it was not pleasant to him. His teacher, after trying all energy in school room punishments, was in the habit of sending him -to the superin tendent. One day she sent him with a note, advising the superintendent to spank the bearer without delay. De vere took the note, but met another pupil as he left the building. -This pupil was "teacher's pet," and was crying because he was going to be late. Rafter, with outward kindness and Inward glee. Intrusted the note to the other pupil with a penny for tak ing It to the superintendent. The angelic youth thus received a terrible spanking and Rafter had a short vaca tion during that time. The modern teacher belives that more good can be obtained by kind ness than by excessive punishment. Hard though the 1913 pupils believes his lot in school, it is a "soft snap" when compared to what the fathers had to put up with. The modern serious punishment is to send the naughty pupil home to his parents with a note. Scoldings are plentiful for the school boy in Topeka today, but now it goes little beyond. A few instructors use the paddle now, al though the great number with twen though the great number of twen- cord with the old system. A hard stubborn Cold that hangs on, is broken up by Humphreys' "Seventy-seven' "I stopped coughing after the third dose of Seventy-seven,' writes a Washington lady. The friends of "Seventy-seven all have .the same experience with Congtis, Colds, Grip, Influenza and Sore Throat, especially when taken in If yon wait till you're sick-a-bed it may take longer. The Dollar Flask, holds more than six twenty-five cent vials for sale by all Humphreys' Homeo. Medicine Cow, IN tt imam oixaci. atw huht. AURIGA- LEADS It Has Started a New Current of Civilisation Which Threatens to Envelop the Countries ofJEurope. Inrann! LsSTC.nX! FEiniHn) Tells His Countrymen What He Learned on This Side. A fc::d OTCIEI CTEO :V v i ga.:::ot fkhsb feu E::u2:..n HK5 Hew Standards of Judtrment Needed to Understand Us. a ass, wu -ahi'cs iva ueurj na.ii new current of civilisation in -the world. according to uuguemo jrerrero, me Rstman ltlaiAtlen Duf Vaswawn 4 o .wnn.il Mwvansa A S VS.. M7 Vf( U lecture before the Societe des Con ferences isrrangeres in fans, contrast ed America and Europe and declared that Waw rtanaMl. WW am JUUBUicui IUU,l be formed if Europe is to understand America, ai us true value. regard things solely in' terms of quai ls., w-wr we iook upon the ricnes or ii c rw.A disdain. They are often' regarded in """i" i" wie aame ugnt as tne ncnes of a barbarous people which, to ac auire them. hn fimbn, ior spiritual activities. It is not neces- spena much time in America to seA th.fr AmrfAa. from being devoted solely to the pur- can e I have also heard it said that Amer icans are without taste for art; that their cities are hideous. They are pic- voiiik targe prices for any thing that i. .nil.. V muses ua sucn, without distinguishing the beautiful and the authentic from the mediocre and the false. It is unjust to say that the American is indifferent to beauty. Moreover, who would dare to affirm that viae unwregB nr sciences is at this moment the principal .w,u(,,uoa or ine ow world? Listen .W,hat 18 sald about We hear nothimr hut t.iir n .i iung; economic equipment, the exploitation of iron and coal mines, industrial development, and how to increase trade. If all this is American, then Europe must be un dergoing Americanization at an amax lnglv ranld in whLh!? sees m thJs new spirit, which has developed since the discov- an immense historical throw TCr""..a!n8 over ent clvm w?"s,r e w""- i in iounaea on the i o0S08re8i, whIcn- bo the end of the seventeenth or the begin- Sonfln' eJj. centurynow vu vnuiMuon, said M. Ferrrm ZiZ" powerful in action. But it fsSranSe phenomenon tha i,, "'"r3 b'emni6? Pgres. eVerVone seemS FueicosuiB; ur axe we sain 2?. jte .,rin. r repose, our tran quillity and sometimes even our lives. is Only an tllii.l.n m.i preme problem which presented Itself to V I, rraun or au i saw and learnt A,Sca?y traVel" m North u 'wJflFlVL tImes .?uaiity was more quantity, we have now reversed th i- now wuiun our an- cestors lived, piling up riches has be come out aim xxr TT 7 v- tc uavtg WOa IlDertV. thf rfr08 a" the "m'taons of tne nast nut ,n..M uo.u in me pro- o?!8J:.-..abandon, almost all the ideals vliU w "w or religious perfection 5ri in veneratlon by our ancestors. 5 must everywhere sacri fice auallt-r tr. io -m .UUIJ, Tnii thUM AM which we may Judge civilization, the standard of quantity and the standard ni,Tr Y f tyP'raa r the civi lization nf AmAsKk n .I .1 "au uw outer Dy the past civilization of Europe. Either -.r 1. omerj sianaara, will ap pear deficient. "Vm, a Dresident,aroaQr":v"?"c,l States who is compelled to make half oijeecnes ounng the day if his stvle Is not tin nnll.hi m liunuKB BO nicely turned as those of Cicero. Nor "peci sucn gems of oratory from Cicero if he had been called upon to comply with the same demands as wauls upon me modern orator." .J11,? "Painting of sounds, noises and iT" ut a 21.1 is ZUIUnSl 2??is noises and smells, they luvwii-jiaKa in in exprea- ,WIUUic9 auu cuiurs just as SfSfirSSflStSaL ?.3rA. incorporated u I iinwiujM worn. fTom the, point of view of form there are uuub, uuiatiB na smeiis wmch are con cave or convex, trlanglar. ellipsoidal, oblong, conical, spherical, splrallc etc. Prom the point of view of color they are yellow, red. Indigo sky-blue and violet. In stations, factories, garages, hangars and In fact throughout the whole of the world of sport and mechanics, the sounds are almost always red. In cafes, restaur ants or salons they are sllverishi yellow and violet. As for the sounds, noises and uiey are yenow ana PJ"?:. ,.of WOIMn- green, sky-blue and violet." In order to be the latest kind of a futurist you must use plenty of "reds, screaming reds," and greens, never enoueh greens; yellows, never enough yel lows, exploding yellows saffron, copper and early morning yellows." Hector Granet. an obscure scholar liv ing at Viverols, in the Auverne. conceived the idea of preserving in alcohol the corpse of his dead father. This eccentric act appears to have supplied the touch which was necessary to transform his ob scurity Into prominence. M. Granet is now the celebrity of Viverols.' It has since been discovered that his studies are worthy of some: notice and the French government has decorated him with the Academic Palms. M. Granet also has prepared a glass-roofed coffin similar to that for his father, which is one day to receive his own body for similar preservation. Santa Clans Association Formed. New York, Dec. The Santa Clans association, to operate in ministering to the pleas of poor children who write to St. Nicholas for gifts, has been formed here with several hundred members. Application will be maJa to Postmaster Edward M. Morgan for some of the Santa Claus letters he may receive during the next three weeks. The association pledges, its organizers said, a large proportion of these will be answered; the writers will be noti fied Santa Claus will call and they will be sent some of the presents they ask for. Borrow money on your city proper ty. The Prudential Trust Co. Adv. Visitor "I understand that yon are the responsible person in this office." Drudge "No, I ain't. I"m just the one that's al ways to blame for vcrytbins." J udg. rn AKEGLECTED COUGH TRIED MANY REKZ&2S. Mrs. Amber Norris, R. B. 1, Ashley, Ohio, writes: "I will endeavor to write you a few lines in regard to your good medicine, Peruna. I am proud to say that I am positive Peruna cured our little boy, aged two years, of a cough which stayed with him all winter. Tried all kinds of medicine, without relief. We got a bottle of Peruna and he csased coughing immediately, "I cannot praise it enouch, and I will advise every mother to keep Peruna at hand for children or adults, for I believe it will cure a good many diseases where doctor's medicine fails." Catarrh Canses Cough. Cough is always dependent upon a cause. The cause is generally ca tarrhal congestion of the bronchial tubes. In Tablet Farm, For some people Peruna In tablet from, is more eenvenient and desir able than in the fluid form. tl M I H U y r. s wri? w vat I VVW 'SrMw rwf jesoutlHee delightful sightseeing days in Southwest enchantec? lancf In California are great resort hotels, perfect auto roads and a sum mer ocean to tempt the traveler away from winter. En route, visit the Grand Canyon of Arizona. The California Limited is an all-steel Pull man train, exclusively for first-class travel. Runs daily between Chicago, Kansas City, Los Angeles, San Diego, Oakland and San Francisco, with Pullman for Grand Canyon. Fsed Harvey dining-car meals are served. Four other Santa Fe trains to California.' Three run daily; these carry standard Pull mans, tourist sleepers and chair cars; all classes of tickets honored. The Santa Fe de-Luxe, be tween Chicago, Kansas City and Los Angeles, runs once a week in winter "extra fast, extra fine, extra fare." The only railroad under one management through to California: double-tracked half-way. T. L KING, City Passenger Act., Topeka. (14) 8 Daily Trains TO KANSAS CITY DOUBLE TRACK L.T. Topeka 4:20 a. m. 550 a. m. 7:40 a. m. 2:25 D. m. i:2 p. m. PC :4v p. m. 7:40 p. m.- S p. m. Ar. Kan. Cltj :2S a. m. 7:26 a. m. S:26 a. m. 4:20 p. m. 5:10 p. to. 7 JO p. m. S:4S p. m. V M p. m. NO STOPS Ball aid Steaathla Ticks! EVEarwHEiE C. c eucora. c. p. A Pbess 403S Iiv. Kan Catjl i m a. m. 10:10 a. m. 11:05 a. m. 11:36 a. m. 4:10 p. m. S:00 p. m. 10 :M p. m. 11:15 p. m. Arr. Topeka I w:m a. m. 1:0S p. m. 11 M p. m. 1:26 p. m. 7:56 p. m. S:45 p. m. 12:15 a. m. 140 a. tn. ELEVATE your standing in the commun ity in which you live. Thrifty people are always on top. Do mot spend all you make, but save a certain amount each month. Too, should do the same. $2.66 a month amounts to 1100.00 in 3 months. 120.00 a month amounts to $3,640.00 in 120 months. TTTn A 11 M 1 1l Capitol Caildiax 6 LoaaAss'n 534 Aveooe. saeWJllli gatimaij abooklMafcSk stkecBasMf tfcttt Hairn Lamdry 1123 Kanaaa Ave. A saving to you of $$H per cent by bringing your laundry and can for it. Oentleman'a ware (high polish or domestic finish.) ,:--,;'v,--r: All Shirts TJnkm Sulta Its Collars S; Under Shirts. -6c Collars, Zc; Drawers .ac Cuffs 4c; Handkerchiefs So; Socks Se; Overalls Family washing, starched, dried ready to iron, Se per pound; flat pieces lronea. a saving to you i or ze per an, we eau nr deliver family .washing. i Afe

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