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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-17
RAILROAD NEWS.
Uncle Jim Hill is Called a Pes
SinliSt.
Eastern Railroad Men Say He
Is Wrong.
HIS STOCK WENT DOWN
Maybe That Is Why He Sees
Hard Times.
Other Items of Interest to
HIS STOCK WENTDOWN
Other Items of Interest to
Railway People.

New York, June Thames J. Hills
gloomy utterances that the credit of
the railroads of the country was ruin
ed and that they must receive govern
| mental aid and perhaps be taken over
by the government are not regarded
with any striking amount of serious
| ness by the presidents of other rail-
roads or the heads of the great f1nan-
cial institutions which deal in many
millions of railroad securities. In
many quarters in the financial district
Mr.. Hill is regarded as professional
pessimist is his newspaper utterances.
The president of one large institu-
ton said that Mr.. Hill undoubtedly
had individual reasons for looking only
on the dark side. This man said:
"a few months ago the stock of Mr..
Hills pet property, Great Northern,
sold at 348- 1t sold at 125, a shrink
age of 223 points on Saturday. That
of itself is enough to make any man
see through blue glasses. Then there
is the other Hill property, Northern
Pacific. That sold not so long ago at
236, has been down below 115 and to-
day sold at 1913.
Those roads which have gone into
the business of buying other roads and
drawing upon their credit by issuing
new securities for the payment of the
acquired properties must of course
feel some strain sooner or later.
ION the other hand, those roads
which have stuck sQuarely to the bust
ness of railroading and have borrowed
money only for the development and
betterment of their own property are
now, in these pinching times, in a.
sound position for the most part
An officer of the New York Central
railroad said:
1.-The executives of this company do
not agree with Mr.. Hill. The situation
is not nearly as bad in our opinion as
he describes it, eIt is true that i'll adj
vised and i'll placed agitation, bad laws
and attempts at bad legislation have
made capital tirnid and created a stu
alton which is not at all satisfactory.
cit is also true that some of the new
laws enacted are genuine reform
measures and will be of great benefit
to legitimate corporations managed
purely on straight business lines.
1.-The American people and the ma
tional government can be counted
upon to favor nothing that will ruin
legitimate business enterprises, Presi-
dent Thomas P. Fowler said.
"AIi, that I care to say about MI
Hills statement is that / am not as
pessimistic as he appears to be-"
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jumped to Chicago, and was accommo-
dated.
HARRY THAW AT WORK
Slayer of Stanford White Is Preparing
His Own Defense.

New York, June 17.-Notwithstand-
ing the reports that Harry Thaw, now
in the Tombs awaiting his second trial
for the killing of Stanford White, has
engaged a new -director-general for his
legal forces, it is learned authoritative
ly that he has reached no final decision
as to who will direct his defense.
In the solitude of his cell Thaw
works increasingly on the evidence adj
duced at his trial, preparing defense,
which he will submit to his counsel
for their consideration. The routine
of his prison life does not seem to
dampen his spirits, his jailors declare.
His only com panion within the pris-
on is Raffaele Cascone, awaiting his
second trial on the charge of Staying
two of his fellow countrymen. Thaw
associates with none of the other pris-
oners except Cascone, and every day
during the exercising hours this
strangely contrasted pair walk the cell
corridors together engaged in quiet
conversation. The Italian has told
Thaw of his thirty-two months con-
f1nement in the death House. in Sing
Sing until the court of appeals granted
him a new trial.
His Visitors Unnoticed.
Mrs Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, the wife
of Harry Thaw, and Mrs. William
Thaw. his mother are living quietly in
an apartment house uptown and will
remain here during the summer to be
near Harry.
Weeks ago a curious crowd hung
about the Jail eagerly watching to
catch a glimpse of the Thaws when
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-17
SAY THAT IT'S ONLY A BLUFF.
Rock Island Hartman Splitup Not
Regarded as Genuine.

Washington, June 17.-Oficials of the
department of justice and of the in
terstate commerce commission, look
upon the announcement that the Rock
Island and the Hartman interests have
had a "split up over the management
of the Chicago & Alton railroad as a
bluff While there may be a show
of fighting between the rival interests,
most well informed men there think
that it is a simple device of all inter
ests concerned to square themselves"
with the administration.
The recent conferences held at the
White House had the purpose of decid-
ing whether Hartman and his opera
tions should be the object of attack
in the federal courts, and that if any
proceedings under any law could be ia
ken, it would be under the Sherman
antitrust law, and in connection with
the Hartman handling of the Alton
The agreement for alternate control
of the Chicago & Alton by the Union
Pacific and the Rock Island, was said
to be clearly violation of the anti
trust laws. Now, along come the in
terests associated in that agreement
and solemnIy announce that it is to be
no longer enforced.
There is some shrewdness in the
move and a bit of bland acceptance
of the inevitable. 1t is appreciated that
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-17
DEVICE TO OPERATE TRAINS.
VIII Revolutionize the Present Meth
DDS DiSpatching

VIII Revolutionize the Present Meth
/ DDS Dispatching.
| A device now being tested on the
Chicago & Alton railway, the invention
of an eastern operator named Wright.
promises to revolutionize train dis
patching and effectually prevent ac-
cidents due to carelessness of operators
or through the oversight of the dis
| patchers themselves.
With the device in service at every
station, the dispatcher can manipulate
a key and a switch which drops the
semaphore. signal arm to a ''stop" po-
sition at any station desired.
In case an operator at any station
can not be reached or is prevented
through some happening from attend
ing to his duties, the dispatcher can
act for him as far as stopping the train
is concerned. It must remain their
until orders are transmitted by the OPP
orator as the dispatcher is powerless
to lower the arm to proceed"
Ia addition to controlling the sema-
phore blade, the dispatcher can work
through any instrument even if the
operator carelessly leaves the key open
or ground" occurs. The device will
automatically close the key and also
work through the ground" The de-
vice has another attachment of impor-
lance. 1t operates a gong in the sta
ton or at the home of the operator
summon him to the telegraph instru-
ment for orders.
The various features of the device
are said to be old in themselves and all
have been tried in various other ways.
1t remained for Wright, however,, to
combine them and put them to prac-
teal use. In case of lap order or if
trains by a mischance get by the sta
ton where they should have stopped,
1t will be possible for the dispatcher to
ira ms
sary even at stations without an opera
tor
If the device proves the success
hoped for, it will tend to increase the
safety of the travelling public and re-
duce operating expenses of the rail-
roads in paying for expensive wrecks.
The Alton has fitted the stations at
Carlinville and Virden with the device
and will give it thorough test. If
successful, every station will be sup
Piled
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-17
In PRISON AND HAPPY.
Louis A. Gourdain at Last Attains His
Hearts Desire.

Atlanta, Ca, June IA millionaire
several times, Louis A. Gourdain, of
Chicago, New Orleans and elsewhere,
is now i'll the Atlanta federal peniten-
tiary, and his oft-repeated wish to get
behind the bars and pay the penalty Of
his crime is realized.
He arrived in Atlanta from Joliet, ILL.,,
in the custody of guards of the big
prison in Joliet, and was formally turn
ed over to the Atlanta prison authori-
ties.
With the coming to Atlanta of Gour-
dain, one of the most remarka BILE stories
ever told is ended for Al least three
years. 1t was Gourdain who threatened
to build a prison of his own and incar-
cerate himself because his lawyer had
secured his release from Joliet. 1t was
Gourdain who promised never to eat or
speak again until he donned the garb
of convict and received a number.
And it was Gourdain who changed his
mind.
After accommodating fortune of about
S., 100000, Gourdain was tried and con-
victed in Chicago June 6, 1906, and SEN
fenced to a term of four and one-half
years in prison for violation of the
postal laws regarding lottery schemes.
Then began a series of eccentric ac-
tons. Gourdain discharged his lawyers
and conducted his own case. He made
a speech to the jury and declared that
if he was convicted he would not appeal,
but would serve his sentence and return
all his fortune to the people from whom
it was received. with interest at per
cent. He was sentenced to prison and
was incarcerated in the Joliet peniten-
tiary. He remained a convict there I'M
til July 10, when his lawyers, at the re-
quest of his family, secured a super
sedeas and Gourdain was released on
bond against his will.
From then until he was rearrested,
April "a, and returned to Joliet Gour-
dain jumped around the country from
city to city trying to get a federal judge
to send him back to prison. He went
from New York. where he lived in
sumptuous apartments at the Hotel Sa-
voy to Washington and tried to get one
of the supreme court justices to send
him back to Joliet.
From Washington he jumped to Phil
adelphia and tried to get a judge there
to send him back. back, back to Joliet.
But there was nothing doing. Then he
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-17
RELIEVE CAR SHORTAGE.
Pennsylvania System Adopts an EIab-
CRATE Plan.

Chicago, June 17.-With a view to
relieving the car shortage that has OBJ
tanned on its lines for over a year and
preventing a recurrence of the repeat
ed congestion which caused so much
trouble last winter, the Pennsylvania
road has worked out enw plan of car
distribution, which it will proceed to
put into effect with the least possible
delay. Every shipping pointN on the
sysetm is to be properly classified and
a given proportion of cars is to be as
signed to it. The classification will
be made from the records of ship
ments in the past from each point,
and the division will be made on the
basis of these returns
Pennsylvania coalroads adopted such
a. plan some time ago in connection
with their distribution of coal cars as
a. result of the Investigations of the
interstate commerce commission into
charges of discrimination made against
them by certain coal dealers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-17
DIPLOMAS FOR Y. NJ. c. A. MEN.
Nine Are Graduates of First Aid to
Injured Association.

Diplomas have been received by the
Central Y. NJ. G. A. for nine men who
recently took the class work and ex-
aminations offered by the National
First Aid Association of America.
The class has been under the direc-
ton of DIR. John H. Outland and COW
cred a period Of two months. The di-
plomas are very handsome with the
name of the recipient engrossed upon
it and with the seal and colors of the
society attached. They are signed by
Clara Barton, the president of the So
ciety, DR.. H. H. Hartung, medical
director, DR.. John H. Outland. and
Mr.. H. I. Allen.
The following men received diplomas:
J. Wallace Terrain, Richard r. Ben
ett Lynn c. Keys, Elmer w. Fox.
Mark Byrne Thatcher. Harry w. Doyle,
John Leslie Montgomery, r. L. Smarr.
William Jacobs, Jr. These men are
now entitled to purchase and wear the
button of the National First Aid As
ISOLATION of America which admits
them behind the fire lines in all large
cities.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-17
THE BERRY HARVEST LIGHT.
In Southeast Kansas Hardly Enough
Raised for Local Consumption.

In Southeast Kansas Hardly Enough
Raised for Local Consumption.
Chanute, June 1.-THE strawberry
harvest in the county is almost a thing
of the past. 1t reached it's height the
first of the week and will all be over by
Monday This is much different from
the condition in ordinary seasons.
Usually the strawberry harvest is a
big thing in this neighborhood. 1t be-
gins late in May and lasts well into
June. The growers have more than
they can do to pick and handle the crop
and weeks beforehand advertise for
pickers as wheat growers in the western
part of the state advertise for harvest
hands.
This cyear it was altogether different,
however. The crop amounted to scarce
~ anything at all. The first shipment
to out of town points was made Mon
day and consisted of about forty crates.
The day afterWard fifty or sixty crates
were sent out. They were shipped to
local points within a radius of 100 miles.
On good year lit is customary to ship
in carload lots, and Chanute sends fruit
all the way to Colorado and other west
ern points.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-17
FELL IN A SIDEWALK HOLE.
Almena Has Suit Against 1T for
$4,000 by Injured Man.

Norton, Kan, June 17-Papers have
been filed with the clerk of the court by
Attorney w. G.. Bissel1 of Phillipsburg,
attorney for c. H. Fitzgerald sueing the
city of Almena for damages in the sum
of ten thousand d@lars.
Mr.. Fitzgerald claims woodruff as
his home and in his petition he alleges
that on the 18th day of November, 1906,
he walked into an opening of the side
walk that was sixteen inches deep and
twenty-five feet wide and his injuries
were such that he now wants $4,000 to
keep his mangled remains.
In his petition Mr.. Fitzgerald further
states that he cracked his shin bone,
broke two ribs, ruptured his groin,
strained his kidneys and lost all control
of his urinary organs
Before meeting this horrible accident
he was mason and earned IS per day
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-17
6 the .intergtate commerce commits

of the interstate commerce commits
sion.
In an interview yesterday he ex-
pressed the belief that present railway
conditions would improve, that in. his
opinion an abundance of capital w6uld
be found in time to make the needed
extensions and improvement to carry
on the constantly growing traffic of
the country. He declared that in the
future, if he read the signs of the
times Alright, railroad men would be
found giving their support instead of
opposing well considered measures
having for their purpose the federal
regulat ton or control of commerce be-
tween the states.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-17
WATCHING FOR VIOLATIONS.
Twenty-eight Hour Law for Cattle
Must Be Observed.

Agents of the interstate commerce
commission are keeping a sharp look
out to see that the railroads do not
trangress the 28-hour law regu-
lating the feeding and watering of live
stock. Complaints have been filed
against four southwestern roads in the
United States District Court in ST.
Louis. The district attorney who is
prosecuting the charges asks that a
fine of $500 be assessed against each
of the roads.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-17

bright, fine looking woman recently
came to Leavenworth from Oklahoma
with her husband, who is a paper
hanger.
An odd thing about the meeting of
the father and daughter is that she
saw him at the Soldiers home a short
time before meeting him on the street,
and was struck then by the thought
that he must be her father, but finally
decided that she was mistaken since
she thought tht he was dead
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-17
Ems county Wants Harvesters.

Hays, Kan, June 7.-EIIls county
will want about 100 harvest hands about
July 1. but will only hire good practi--
cal farmers-that county being one of
the good wheat counties. want good
work and pay fair harvest wages for
good men. 1t has been a rule in that
county if a man shows he is not
practical harvest hand he gets his dis
charge right off. so they do not en-
ploy the hobo harvesters.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-17
ST. JOSEPH & NoDAWAY LINE.
Survey and Profile Map for 1t Have
Been COMPLETED

st. Joseph, Mo. June 1.-THE st. Joseph
and Nodaw Valley, railway has com
pleted a survey and prepared profile and
map for it's line from st. Louis to Tarkio,
in Atchison county, a distance of about
seventy-eight miles, via Savannah, Fill
more and Grahap. The road will run
through a fine farming country.
The company is not yet ready to invite
bids for construction or equipment, but
these matters will be in the hands of J.
w. .Brockett, st. Joseph, who is the chief
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-17

| they left their electric vehicle to enter
the prison for their daily visit to Harry
and to await, sometimes for hours,
coming and going is unnoticed and
even the freuuenters of the district
fail to stare at the Thaws when they
alight in front of the Tombs
Harry Thaw follows strictly the
rules and routine of the Tombs, and
the jailors say he is a model prisoner.
meals are furnished by an uptown ca
terer.
Walks Several Miles.
After breakfas st, from o'clock un-
til 9, Thaw walks the corridors of the
Jail, usually in conversation with Cas-
cone Round and round the pair
trudge-fourteen laps to the mile. the
second tier guard says-and when the
exercising time is up they have walked
several miles. After exercise Thaw is
visited by his wife and mother. who
sit just outside of his cell door and talk
with him through the bars. The visit
sometimes lasts for two hours.
Dinner is served at noon and in the
afternoon the prisoners are again per-
mitted to walk in the corridors and
Thaw takes advantage of every oppor-
tunity to exercise. He is shaved by
the prison barber every day, and on
Sundays he attends service at 10
o'clock in the prison chapel
Thaw shows no physical i'll effects
from his years confinement, though
his face is bleached with the usual
prison pailor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-17
MIR. KNAPP is OPTIMISTIC.
Sees an Era Ahead of Good Feeling
Between Railroads and People.

Chicago, June IA dispatch to
the Tribune from Washington says an
era of good feeling between the rail-
roads and the public with consequent
beneficent effect upon the material
welfare of the United States is pre-
dicted by Martin A. Knapp, chairman
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-17

if the government goes ahead with a
prosecution it will be working on con-
dition which the public Knows has been
absolutely corrected.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-17

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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-08-30

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a reliable recipe for removing chevy
ing gum from the: hair. How on the
earth did the gum ever get there?
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OPENING day!

The Simultaneous Opening, Day
throughout America, for the sale
of the new VICTOR RECORDS is
the 28th of the month before. On
the 28th inst. the leading news
papers in, all the larger cities in the
south will contain a quarter page
advertisement giving complete
list of the September records; as the
majority Of these papers will be in
the hands of the public by noon of
the 2Sth, an immediate demand for
these selections is sure to occur,
and while we have ordered very
heavily in these records, the Sep
tember list is, as you will see, one
of the strongest of the year, and
the marked superiority OF many OF
these selections is sure to create a
large demand, so come at once
while stock is complete to
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1907-12-06
from The Chapel Hill News.

Mr.. John Squires. of Durham,
has moved into one of the Smith
houses on Mallett street. Mr..
Squires will have the manage.
ment of the bnilding of the Bio.
logical labratory in the campus,
w. r.. Lloyd returned Monday
from Burlington where he went
to attend the bedside of hi:
daughter, Mrs. Claude Gates,
who was reported quite i'll last
week. Her condition is much
improved this week her many
friends will be pleased to learn.
1t was rumored a day or SC
ago that Mr.. T. +. Lloyd had sold
his cotton mill, but such is moi
the case. We are informed how.
ever, that there are parties in
Chapel Hill and at Gibsonville,
who are interested in trying tc
close a deal with Mr.. Lloyd.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1907-12-06

Our readers are familiar with
the case of J. P. Black, who came
here with a scheme whereby
people could secure a pair of shoes
for Is cents: The matter was
called to the attention of the
police and his arrest followed,
when he gave bond in the sum of
S1O0 for his appearance at the
next Iterm Of Durham Superior
court.
Black left Durham after giving
the required bond, and when the
case was called in the superior
court this week Black did not put
in his appearance, and a capias
was issued for his arrest and the
bvnd forfeited.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1907-12-06
WILL NOT PAY THE $4,000 FINE.
Supreme Court Decides In Favor Of
Southern Road and Against State.

s-~s~ ~As. As1Ss.Ss StstSs
The Supreme Court in a decis-
ion filed Wednesday afternoon
arrests the judgments of Judge
Long as to the $50, 900 fine of the
Southern Railway for violating
the 2 IA cent passenger rate law.
The right of the court to fine or
imprison any rail road official for
selling at a higher rate issdenied
and it is held that the Federal
courts cannot interfere in crimi-
nal prosecution and that in civil
suits the railroad maybe mulcted
of $500 for each sale. Chief
Justice Clark dissents and says
the railroad should be fined and
intimates that an extra session
of the Legislature should be held
to make the act more explicit.
HISTORY OF LITIGATION.
The opinion was written by
Mr.. Justice Walker, one of the
ablest and most learned of the
judges who have sat on thebench
of this State. The opinion is
concurred in by Mr.. Justice Con-
nor, Mr.. Justice Brown and Mr..
Justice Hoke and is a very elab-
crate and exceedingly able dis
cussion of the matters involved
In this well-known controversy.
1t will be remembered that the
Southern Railway Company was
indicted at the July term 1907,
of the Superior Court of Wake
county, along with one of its
agenta, Mr.. Thomas E. Green;
for the violation of the act of the
General Assembly of 1907, fixing
railroad passenger rates 2 1-2
cents a mile. The case was tried
before Hon. B. F. Long, one of
the the judges of the Superior
Court, and upon the trial, the de-
PENDANTS Were both convicted.
The railroad company was fined
$4,000 and the agent was fined
S.. The railroad company ap-
pealed to the Supreme Court,
of the State. During the trial
in the Superior Court, the rail-
road company filed a copy of GER
tain proceedings in equity in the
Circuit. Court of the United
States, together with a copy of
the injunction issued by Judge
Pritchard restraining the State
officers from putting into effect
the rates fixed by the General
Assembly upon the ground that
they were confscatory. The
agent, Dir. Green, was taken in
to custody by the judge Of the
Superior Court in person. in or
der to prevent the Circuit judge
of the United States from re-
leasing him upon habeas corpus.