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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-27
NO MONEY EMBEZZLED.
Cashier StaIlard Tells of the Shortage
and His NanderingS.

Sedan, Kan, Dec. 27.-Otto D. stall
lard. the absconding cashier of the Peo-
pies National bank of this city, who
left here after banking hours the even
ing of Tuesday, September Is. and who
returned to his home in Sedan yester-
day afternoon and gave himself up to
the police, is Al his house in the south
part of town.
The amount of the shortage in his
accounts is estimated to be between
Sz3, 900 and $50 600 This amount has
been made good by the stockholders
and the bank is now in operation again
He returned home voluntarily and was
accompanied by his wife who went TO
DALLAS, Tex, last Friday Immediately
upon receipt of a letter from him tell
ing her of his wherea bouts His attor-
ner Senator w. s. Fitzpatrick, met
him at Chetopa, Kan
StalIard declines to talk much of his
shortage He said that it had existed
many years and that he has no idea
what became of the money. When he
discovered the shortage he falsihed his
books in order to cover up the discrep-
ancies hoping to be able to make II
good before his discovery Fate seemed
to be against him, he said and he final
ly gave up in despair Rather than face
the directors of the bank when it was
no longer possible to hide the shortage,
he closed the bank, drew $500 from the
institution sent S3T5 to his wife and rode
away for the Indian Territory with the
remainder 1925 He says he Travelled
all night and the next morning was al
Bartlesville Here he turned his horse
loose and walked into the hills, where
he hid two days.
A hunter came upon him one after
noon and as soon as possible after that
he left there He walked to Tulsa and
from there to a point in the extreme
southern part of the territory. There
he secured work as a day laborer at
Sl75 and after working a short time,
he was taken i'll. Upon his recovery.
he again began la borer's work and was
soon stricken again. This time he lay
for weeks in a lumber camp In a dan
gerOus condition.
AS soon as he was able to leave the
camp. he left for Dallas. Texas, where
he remained until last Monday, again
working as a day laborer- During all
this time he saws he never saw a per-
son that he knew or heard one word
from his home or his family and knew
nothing concerning the reorganization
of the hank Last Thursday he wrote
to his wife. telling her of his where
abouts. how he had suffered since
leaving and asking her advice about
coming back and facing those who
had lost by his acts He told her that
# she would rather he would return
and take his punishment ne would do
so. otherwise he would continue to
drift from place to place and live the
life Of refugee. AS far as he was
concerned he would prefer the punish
ment to the life he was living. but he
was unwilling to bring more disgrace
on her and the children without her
consent. Mrs. Stallard Immediately
wrote him to return and she would
leave on the first train to accompany
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-27
ELOPING WITH A BOY.
An Ottawa Woman Deserts Three
Children and Her Home.

Ottawa, Kan. Dec. 27.-Mrs Ottie Rice.
alleged wife of Lee Rice, and Ora Pen
nington, both of this city, were arrested
Monday evening by Santa Fe officer Har-
Ian, charged with elopement. They were
turned over to the city authorities and
locked up in the calaboOse.
Mrs Rice with three young children
lives with her father. G. B. Mitchell, 1t
516 East Second street. She came here
from Arkansas about three months ago.
She is about % years of age Lee Rice,
the husband came 10 Ottawa a few
weeks ago. The pair separated some time
ago.
Pennington. named in the charge
against the woman, is a boy of about 16
years his home is on East Third street.
The father G. B. Mitchell. reported to
Chief BeetIey Yesterday forenoon that the
couple had run away together and asked
that they be apprehended Both parties
declared that they intended to get mar
ried. When it was suggested to the wo-
man that she already was supplied with
one husband. she is reported TO have de-
clared that it mistake there had
been no legal ceremony as between her
and Rice
Il don't know what to do about it,"
said Mr.. Mitchell. father of the woman.
Seems like the world is going wrong.
Not long ago my son s wife. who lives at
Chanute, away with man, and
little later one of her friends did a SINH
lar trick. My daughter has left three
children on my hands and / am not able
to care for them
Pennington and Mrs. Rice were dis
charged from custody, the charge having
been withdrawn 1t $ understood that
Mrs Rice will leave the city
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-27
STAND FOR DECENCY.
White Men Shield Innocent Negroes
From Mob in Mississippi.

New Orleans, La, Dec. 27--That
white men protected innocent negroes,
and that every effort is being made by
l~a whites to punish those '-noodlums
of their own race who were responsible
for the Christmas riots in Kemper
county, Mississippi, was the informa-
tion in detailed accounts arriving early
today from the little towns which were
the scene of the bIoodshed.
"A conference has been held" these
dispatches say, between the civil and
military authorities at which evidence
was produced that will establish the
identity of five white men of good fam
ilies of the county who took part in the
lynchinGs. District Attorney Currie
has maze a public statement in which
he says:
I found upon an investigation that
the trouble was caused by lot Of
hoodlums and outlaws who openly Vio-
lated all laws of God, man and decency-
The four men killed Christmas day
were not connected with the affair in
the houses burned were occupied by
negroes who were not even in sym
pathy with any of those who were con-
nected with the outrages- The men
will be captured if 1t is in the power of
the state of Mississippi to do TO-
The dispatches say that tire total
death hist is probably p. that the mob
element among the whites has mostly
fed towards the Alabama state line
while negroes in terror have gathered
at Scooba and Wahalak to place them
selves under the protection of troops or
of citizens. The killing of a negro
named Calvin Nicholson is reported as
one of the most brutal which has oc-
CURED since the days of reconstruc-
ton" Nicholson was a negro OF the
best class. While a posse was search
ing for negro named Simpson who
had killed a deputy they entered Nichol-
sons house and several persons began
shooting at him. Deputy Sheriff Alex
ander and two others rushed to the
negro shielding him with their bodies
They protected him until overpowered
after which he was shot and his house
burned. District Attorney Currie says
he has fixed the blame for this murder
upon three men and Will arrest tnen II
thev are still in the state.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-27
FOUR YEARS IN PRISON.
Teller Anderson Pleads Guilty to EN-
bezzIing $4,000.

Kansas City. Mo, Dec 27.-Williarl
c. Anderson, former assistant paying
teller of the First National bank of this
city. pleaded guilty in the criminal
court here today to embezziing $4,000 OF
the banks funds and was sentenced to
four years in the penitentiary.
Anderson had been employed in the
bank for IS years when he disappeared
on December I, last. He was arrested
a [ Austin, Tex, last week and since
then most of the stolen money has been
recovered Before sentence was pro-
nounced today Anderson's attorney an
nounced that the prisoner had decided
his home in this city over to the Surety
company to cover the money he mad
spent, which amounted to something
over 81 900. Anderson has a wife and
grown daughter. Since his arrest he
has been kept in a hotel under guard.
Why did you take this money!"
asked Judge Wofferd before passing
sentence.
1T is as much a mystery to me,
judge, as it is to you,'' replied Ander-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-27
STRIKE MAY BE SERIOUS.
Firemen of Southern Pacific Have
Sympathy of Other Trainmen.

FL Paso. Tex Dec. 27.-The South
ern Pacific officials declare the fire
mems strike is virtually broken All
trains are arriving practically on time
and freight is being accepted as usual.
The fremen, through Joseph Bedford,
grievance chairman of this district.
declares that they can and will tie up
the Hartman and connecting systems
completely. He says:
I'VE have assurances of support
from the Brotherhood of Railway
Trainman. the Order of Railway Con-
ductors and the order Of Railway
Telegraph ers.
These orders are in full sympathy
with the fremen. Beyond the fact
that we leave their sense of justice to
guide the engineers action, we have
nothing to say about them. We deny
the statement that this is a fight be-
tween the Brotherhood of Railway
Firemen and the Brotherh ood Of Rail si-
way Engineers. 1t is purely a hight
between the Brotherhood of Locomo-
tive Firemen and the railroad COM
pany-
no freight
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-27

General discussion will be limited TO
five minute speeches.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2S, ? TO P. NJ.
High School Auditorium.
]. Problems to Be Solved in
the Present Kansas Plan to Bring Bet
ter Results" Superintendent J. M. GIL
man. Leavenworth county.
2. Address-"Model Rural School Ii
brary: Contains What? How Secured.
Preserved and Used Miss ElVa Il.
Clark. librarian State Normal
3. Paper-"What Shall Be Expected
of Teachers in Return Cor an Increase
in Wages?" Principal Rob E. Hartsock,
Pittsburg.
4. Paper-"Practica Basis for the
Pre- motion Of Teachers" Superiutend-
ent A. M. Thoroman. Council Grove.
FRIDAY. DEC. 28, P. NJ.
I. "Children's Songs" Mrs. Jessie
GaynOr. St. Joseph, No
2. At the close of the address Mrs.
Gaynor will answer questions of musi-
cal interest to primary teachers.
MUSIC DEPARTMENT. THURSDAY,
DEC. 27. TO P. NJ.
Lecture room First Presbyterian
church
Mr.. William B. Kinnear, Minneap-
oils, chairman; Mrs. Mary S. Thomas,
WaterviIle, secretary.
l. How I Use Written Work" w
I. Farley. Independence.
?. Music in the County Institute
and the Rural School," E. J. Leach,
Junction CITY
8: "Discord. Concord. Accord S.
w. Jones, Topeka.
4. Shall Supervisors Lend Their
influence to TerminoloRy Reform ~
FRIDAY. DEC. %, . P. NJ
Lecture room First PRESBYTERIAN
church
The music department will meet
with the primary department to be ad-
dressed by Mrs. Jessie Gaynor (Rep-
resentative halD. At the conclusion of
her address Mrs. Gaynor will answer
questions of musical interest to pri
mary and lower grade teachers. and
following this supervisors will retire
for discussion of musical questions and
election of officers
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-27

Henry Van Dyke has said. To judge
rightly. one must have sympa thy, and
-Ee condition of sym pathy is imagina-
UCn.-rhe power OF putting ones self
mentally and morally in another's
place In other words. TO be sympa
thetic. one must be able TO appreciate
mental power and moral force. Ono
must have breadth of mind and varied
lrteres Is. one must have the power Of
iscriminating right from WrOng.=tne
are necessary to the woman Of power
and ability today. To recur again u
y an Dyke. Imagination is the condition
Of sympathy Now. ir1asination eoSs
hand la hand with childhood 1t is TO
the child what the perfume is to the
violet The little girl is certainly as
much given TO dreaming as her broth
er- Is il unreasona bic to say that If ny
environment and education, her in
StluctiNe fnagina ton. her inherent
sympathy end loyalty car be directed in
10 reasoning channels. the girl may at
tain the quality Of rightly judging
She needs. to fiji her place of re-
SpOusibility in this world that she has
pose for her existence. Just as
man was able TO tower high above ami
mai IN power because OF his mental
apliltS, so the man and woman of to-
morrow VIII be stronger than the man
ana woman of today. II to those in
stinctive tendencies there is related the
power to think and reason,-tO so de-
NAlop the instructive tendencies of the
child that they viii be Of the grea test
service in making him meet the de-
mands of manhood and womanhood-
such is the problem of education"
Miss Greer then particularized the
various ways a woman could better
herself and prepare for future eth
er as a home maker or a self sup
porter. by the study OF domestic
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-27

him home She arrived in Dallas last
Sunday, ana they started for Sedan
Christmas morning, arriving here
Wednesday afternoon.
Stallard VIII meet the directors and
the affairs of the bank will be gone
over thoroughly He says that he
cannot pay the shortage at once, but
says the only ambition he has now is
to pay back every dollar that has been
lost. whether 1 am given one year
or fifteen years iH the penitentiary.
the moment l am free I will begin to
refund the money lost and VIII never
be content until every penny has been
paid back. I have suffered ten thou
sand deaths for crime that 1 never
committed. but l was in charge or the
bank and covered 1t UP when l dis
covered it. Therefore. Will take
whatever punishment is given me
without q murmur"
As yet no warrant has been issued
for him so far as is known in Sedan
The matter has been laid before the
United States district attorney, Mr.
Bone of Topeka. He is investigating
and may file information against Stall
lard at any time. Should an indict-
ment be returned against him by the
perience no difficulty in giving bond.
His friends are still loyal to him. Few
speak harshly Of him. When he
stepped off the train everybody on the
depot platform rushed up and shook
hands The worry. labor and illness
has told On him. and he is now prob
ably forty pounds lighter than he was
more money than he left here with
He lived during his absence on the
$1.15 a day that he has earned and
saved a portion of it besides
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-27
GAGE POST ON RACK.
G. \. r. Council of Administration
Will Decide Its Fate

The state council of administration
Of the Grand Army of the Republic
is holding a secret meeting today at
the office of Department Commander
T. H. Coney, in the state house. The
charges of insu ubordinatiOn and other
G.. g. Gage post of Topeka. in an eff
fort to revoke the charter Of the post
is set for hearing al > O'Clock this
afternoon.
There is only one absentee from the
meeting Of the council. and that one is
lain Those present are as follows:
P H. Coney, ]. NJ. Miller II. X.
Devendorf r. A Campbell of Hutch
inson; H. H. Carr of Wichita. L. H.
Powell, Lawrence; A. A Raub To-
peka. J. II. Downing. Hays; G. w.
son; Abilene; J. H. Rickel. Chanute: :
James A. Smith, Girard; Thomas H.
Grisham, Cottonwood Falls. w. r..
Burgess, Wichita; l. II. Higgins, Bur
lingame.
This moraing the time of the meet
ing was devoted to an examination Of
the financial reports of the depart
ment officers. The proceedings this
afternoon concerning the Gage post
affair will be behind closed doors.
One of the officers Of Gage post
said today in speaking Of the trouble
which has arisen:
THE report that Gage post was or
ganized because somebody was anx-
ious to be elected to an Office is in
correct. The split came when one OF
the white posts voted to receive a
colored man to membership. Some OF
us felt that in a town where there is
a colored post, the colored men should
Join their own post and we withdrew
from the old post on that account, and
started a new one
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-27
Teachers Demand a Revision of
Tax Laws.
Present System Not Equitable
Nor Just.
WE ARE OUT OF DATE.
Even Arkansas Ahead, Says Mr..
Macdonald.
Miss Greer's Interesting Talk
About Girls Education.
WE ARE OUT OF DATE.

Eight hundred and fifty-fVe scnool
teachers had registered in the state sup
erintendent's office by noon today and
mere are coming in on every train
Abcu1 100. or 10 per cent of all th :
teachers in the state. are expected &c
attead the convention.
The. programme for today included a
paper by Miss Carlotta N Greer. Ct
PHtsburg. who is veteran teacher Of
the state She took as her subject.
The best education for a girl Her
PAPER was one Of great interest to the
4 eonventica. and prepared In a way
which indicated that the author under
stood the subject thoroughly.
She said.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-27
WORSE THAN WAR
Deaths by Accident in One Year
Exceed by 10000
The Total Loss of Life in the
Civil War.
CONDEMNED TO DEATH.
At Present Rate 900 Per.
sons Will Be Killed
In the Course of Business in
Next Ten Years.
CONDEMNED TO DEATH.

New York, Dec. 2T.-Important steps
are soon to be taken in this city and
elsewhere to establish a system of com
pulsory and accurate records OF the
enormous number Of persons who are
annually killed and injured in Ameri-
cas- vast army Of industrial workers
In New York city alone the meagre
records obtainable are startling. In
1904, there were 4.162 persons killed in
New York city through accident and
negligence as shown by the reports OF
the department of health and these re-
ports are said to be incomplete.
For two weeks beginning on january
2s. an exposition will be held in the
American museum of natural history in
this city, under the auspices of the
American Institute Of Social Service for
the purpose of studying and exhibiting
safety devices for dangerous machinery,
methods of Industrial hygiene and to
set in motion the movement to establish
more accurate record of industrial IA
talities ana accidents in all parts Of the
country At present Wisconsin is said
to be the only state in the union where
any effort is made at official compila-
ton of these statistics.
In Europe there are several perman-
ent museums of this character where
experts are constantly studying how to
safeguard Industrial employees and as
q result the percentage OF QeaLn ana
injury from accidents mas been greatly
reQuced. Former President Grover
Cleveland and many other prominent
and influential citizens are interested in
this new movement.
DR.. Josiah Strong, president of the
American Institute of Social Service, in
speaking of the number of persons kill
ed each year in our Industrial occupa-
tions made some astonishing compare
sons. He said
We. in the United States kill in four
years some $4,000 persons, more than
fell in battle and died of wounds dur
ing the four years OF the civil war. We
are killing more than twice as many
every year as peIished by violence in
both the French and English armies
during the three years of the Crimean
waE.
There are more killed and wounded
on our railroads every year than rhs
entire losses of the BQer war on both
sides in three years. We have indus
trial casualties enough every year tn
keep one conflict like our war with
Spain going for 200 years or % such
wars going for 100 years. Our peaceful
days than were lost in battle during the
entire Spanish war
From the best statistics obtaina Bile
may say there are today $4,000 persons
in the United States under sentence OF
death to be executed at an unknown
moment during the next ten years
1,1C0 next week and the same number
every week until the CHASTITY work is
complete. An intelligent and earnest
effort would procure the reprieve Of a
multitude of these innocent victims"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-27
OWNS COPY OF BLUE LAWS.
Louisville Woman Has the Famous
Connecticut Statute.

Louisville, KY. Dec 27.=Recent
announcement in a press report to the
effect that 5000 was paid for copy
Of the early laws of Connecticut.
known also as the blue laws Of Con-
necticut, has brought to light the pos
sible fact that the only other copy IN
existence is in Louisville.
Mrs. C. z. Laverty mother of DR.. f.
c. Laverty, secretary of the health de-
partment. is the owner of the book
1t has occupied place in the library
at her home for the last fifty years
MANY offers have been made for
the book" said DR.. Laverty, "in
amounts ranging from $40 to 5000.
but of course they have been refused.
as the book is not for sale. 1t is an
exact copy of the constitution. or form
of civil government, as adopted by the
towns of Windsor, Hartford and With
ersfield and the code of 1850 as con-
firmed by the general court OF Con-
nectieut having been taken from the
original records
The following. taken from the book
in the possession of Mrs Laverty. will
give one an idea of the peculiarity Of
expression and spelling as used in the
early history of this country.
CAPITAL LAWES
1. If any man after legal convic-
ton, shall have or worship any other
God but the Lord God, hee shall bee
put TO death.-Deut xiii, GIT; II
Exodus. xxi, 20.
witch. that is. hath or consulteth with
a fimiliar spirritt. they shall bee nut
to death.--Exodus. xxi. 13: Levitt Xxx,
%: Deut.. xvi 1911.
3. IF any person shall blaspheme
the name OF God the Father Some or
Holy Ghost. with direct. express pre-
sumption or hish-handed blasphemy,
or shall curse in the like manner. hee
shall bee put to death.-Exo., xxi. II.
10. IA; Numb, xxxv. 3O-31
10. If any child or children above
16 years old and of sufficient under
standing. shall curse Or smfte their
natural father or mother. hee or they
shall bee put to death: unless it can be
sufficiently testified that the parents
have been very unchristianly negligent
in the education Of such children. or
so provoke them by extreme and
cruell correction that they have been
forced thereunto to preserve them
selves from death. nnaiming.-Exo..
xxi. II; Levitt. Xxx: Ex., XXI 15.
Other laws not carrying capital
punishment inflicted rigorous penalties
for trivial offenses.
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WAR PREPARATIONS.
Japan Is Preparing to Increase Army
and Navy.

Victoria, B. c.. Dec. 27.-According
to advices brought here by the steam
er Tosa Maru the military section of
the japanese government intends to
increase the army until the standing
forces number 19 divisions, six more
than before the war with Russia. The
program also calls for increases in
naval equipments by an expenditure Of
$2S,500,000 over last year. 1t has al
so been agreed that 500, 100000 be
appropriated in installments as special
expenditure for new ships and restosa-
tion of the present fleet and arma-
ments to an efficient state.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-27
WIFE TIRED OF BEATING.
Mary J. clifford Sues Her Husband for
Divorce.

Mary ]. clifford has filed a suit for
a divorce from Frank P. clifford. The
couple were married in Washington,
Kansas. in 1904 and since they have
been ioined in holy wedlock the fond
husband has failed to provide suffi-
GENTLY for their maintenance, in fact
the only property that they own at
present are their individual ward
robes. In addition to not supplying his
wife with the necessaries of life, her
lord and master has frequently fav-
orsd her with beatings and cursings.
This treatment has tended to extin-
Euish the burning fame of love in her
heart and Mrs Clifford now wishes to
be released from her spouse and to
once more be allowed to assume her
maiden name
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-27
CLOUDY AND THREATENING.
The Temperature Has Also Been a
Trihe Colder.

A cloudy day with not a glimpse of
sunshine and a light drizzling rain
most of the time is the summary Of
the weather which has been thrust
upon Topeka today. The temperature
has been nearly constant and has how
cred near the thirty degree mark
most of the time
The. same conditions are expected
to prevail for some time yet. There
VIII be either rain or snow tonight
and by tomorrow afternoon the mer-
curry will make an ascent, how much
1t Is not known. In the last twenty
four hours there has been a precipita-
ton of 90 of an inch. The wind to-
day is seven miles from the north
west. The following are the tempera-