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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-22
Fasting Won't
Cure Stomach Ills
Diet or Starving VIII Not Take the
Place OF Medicine.

Diet or Starving VIII Not Take the
Place OF Medicine.
Dyspepsia and constipation cannot be
cured by cutting down the food sup
ply. No matter bow much we eat If
the digestive organs create the proper
amount of gastric and peptic juices
there will be no dyspepsia. and IL the
bowels expel the waste matter regu-
larry there will be no constipation. To
cure dyspepsia we must create an
abundance of the necessary digestive
juices. To cure constipation we must
force the bowels to do their share of
the work. This can be done by the
reliable tonic digestive laxative-Dr-
CaldwelPs- Syrup Pepsin. Take it reg
ularly and you will soon be cured Of
dyspepsia and constipation and the
disagreeable symptoms such as heart
burn, sick headache. sour stomach,
disappear. The first few doses give
easy regular natural daily movements
even in obstinate cases of constipation,
without pain or grippe, yet is safe and
pleasant for babies or delicate women.
1t strengthens the entire system. Aus
tin Smith, Danville, Ill, says: For
years I have been troubled with dys-
pepsia and constipation. tried every
remedy recommended for these trou-
bles, but never found anything that re-
lieved me Hike DR.. Caldwe1Ps Syrup
Pepsin-' All druggists sell 1t at SOC
and $1O0 per bottle. Pepsin Syrup Co.,
327 Caldwell Bldg. Monticello, Ill, Is
glad to send a free sample to any one
who has never used It and win give 1t
q fair trial ~
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-22
MAY Be DOUGLASS.
Massachusetts, Man Sought for Demo-
crat National Chairman.

Fairview. Lincoln, Neb., July 22.-It
now seems almost certain that the new
chairman of the Democratic national
committee will be former Governor
VIM. L. Douglass of Massachusetts,.
The fact that he is being much sought
after to take the place became known
following the departure of George
Fred Williams, who conferred with
Mr.. Bryan after coming direct from
Massachusetts,. 1t was not generally
known here that Mr.. Williams had re-
turned east from the Denver conven-
ton. 1t Is presumed that he con-
ferred with Governor Douglass about
the matter at the request of Mr..
Bryan while in the east.
Boston. Mass. July 22.-There is
report current in political circles that
the Craftsmanship of the Democratic
national committee has been offered to
former Governor Douglass. Despite
the persistency of the rumor, those
closest to Governor Douglass profess
ignorance of the matter Mr.. Doug
lass is cruising on his yacht
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-22
A CIRCUS CLOWN KILLED.
One of the Sells-F9oto Men Falls ON
His Head at Clay Center.

Clay Center. Kan. July 22.-"Dick''
Oskyian of West Hoboken, N. J.. a
clown with the Sells-Floto circus, which
showed here, was killed at night by
falling on his head. His neck was bro
ken. 1t was after the performance
when the accident occurred. He and
another actor were practicing ground
tumbling when Oskyian was thrown
backward by his companion, falling on
his head. He was about 20 years old
and had been with the show only a
week. The body was buried here
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law. He paid high tribute to George
h Hunter, the wellington miller, and
candidate for the nomination for
state senator against Senator
Simons in this county. who was one Of
three men who really made the case
against the railroads and furnished
the Information to the Interstate
Commerce commission at Topeka that
resulted in the reduction on Galveston
wheat for export last July.
senator Long then returned TO
Wellington on the special train, and
this morning went to Cowley county
where he is spending the day.
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Coffeyville, kan. July ga. s.
Dean, ex-United-States district at
torney for Kansas, at Leland meet
ing here tonight charged w. r.
Stubs. Leland's opponent, with hav-
ing been strike breaker. and urged
all union men to vote aEainst Stubhe
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-22
at the forthcoming primary for that

reason.
r. u. strike was on, the railroad
boarding houses refused board to men
brought into Kansas City and Argen-
tine by the Santa Fe road to break
the strike. These men could not have
secured board, said Mr.. Dean, IL w. r.
Stubs, at the instigation Of the Santa
Fe, had not furnished it to the strike
breakers by moving his own boarding
cars to the scene of the strike and
boarding the nonunion men.
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Anple DeaIers EaiI

Gallipolis. o., July 22-Graham Riggs
& Co., the largest apple dealers in
southern Ohio. with cold storage houses
in Minneapolis and New York, have as
signed. Liabilities $171,000; assets $71.-
900. Low prices are given as the cause.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-07-09
LOCK OF HAIR is ESTATE.
Hamilton CO., County Enriched Tha,
Much by Coroner.

Cincinnati -. Coroner Cameron
turned over to the county treasurer
1888 unclaimed money found among
the effects of deceased persons from
June l, 1904, to June 1. 1907. Besides
the money, several bushels of trinkets
were turned over to Probate Court
Judge Malsbury, who will administer
the various estates, sell the valuables
and turn the money over to the county
treasurer.
me property the probate court will
De asked to dispose Of Is worth prob
ably several hundred dollars. The
smallest estate consists of a lock Of
hair which was found on the BODY of
an unknown white woman. Two head
ache powders comprise another estate
mere Is one diamond ring of value
found on an unknown body and sew.
eral watches are of considerable valpe
Eight estates consist of seven cents
In all there were about 200 cases.
George Belouche, whose brutal MIR.
der aroused all of Cincinnati In DC.
tober of 1905, was one of those whose
relatives never claimed his effects
belouche was killed by thieves and q
reu'hst poker was run through his
Oody at his home on Walnut Hills
Zen dollars in gold and five cents wera
FOUND In his clothing, 1t is supposed
the murderers overlooked this money
as the motive of the crime was said
oy the police to have been robbery
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CHILDREN WITHOUT SCHOOL.
Five Live on Island in Ocean OF Mas
sachusetts Coast.

Boston.-Alone on an island In the
ocean, with five children to educate.
is the predicament in which the SUI
preme courts decision leaves Henry
b. Davis. the sole resident of mo
Mans Land"
This little island lies four miles
south of Martha's Vineyard. 1t Is In
cluded in the town of Chilmark, and
Mr.. Davis pays taxes on property as
sessed at $1,000.
In 1904 he moved to the island.
His children are 4, ~, II, 10 and "a
years old. The 12-year-old child is
the only one of whom attendance at
school is legally required.
In its decision the court regretted
that the children should go unedu-
Gated but stated that the petitioner
cannot expect the town to furnish and
maintain a school for his sole bene-
fit.
Had Mr.. Davis petition been
granted. he would likely have had the
contract for erecting the school build
ing. One Of the scholars would have
been appointed janitor, and when
graduate of the school became teach
err the educational short circuit would
have been complete. In the town OF
Chilmark there are several school
buildings and library.
In answer to Mr.. Davis petition the
court said: THE situation of the Pc
titioner and his children Is an unfor-
tunate one The statute requires him
to cause at least one of them to at
tend school; he pays taxes to the
town to a considerable amount; there
are no regular means Of communica-
ton between the island upon which
he has fixed his residence and the
main island upon which the public
schools of the town are situated; COM
Is often difficult and some
times impossible. But we can pass
only upon the question of law raised
by the report. Petition dismissed"
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ed vagrant is sent to a maison de ret
uge, which, besides acting as KIM
of almshouse for the aged and handl'
capped. serves somewhat as do the
voluntary colonies of Germany for
those wanderers who at the time OF
their coming within the law are unht
through ignorance, illness or inefficien'
cy to make their living.
Thirdly, Belgium does not expect
that any large proportion OF It's Vag-
rant population will be reformed
Most of the Migrants at Merxplas are
recidivists, repeaters, who nave
reached their present position through
drink.
Fourthly. Belgium believes that va
grancy, being a social disease devel-
oped through months and years, can
not be cured by 30 days of idleness in
a demoralizlng Jail. The average term
of detention is 16 months, long enough
to effect a considerable cure, If cure
is possible.
In Germany and in Switzerland the
vi TIC ndDiluul No5i INV ~
similar to that prevailing in Belgium.
There are "a compulsory labor colo
MES in Germany, the average length
of sentence being one year. Numerous
industries are carried on and the cost
is comparatively small. These work
houses have diminished vagrancy,
while the "a voluntary labor colonies,
accommodating nearly 1000 persons.
show no evidence Of any substantial
improvement resulting from the time
spent in the colonies. In Switzerland
there are several compulsory colonies,
the sentences being from six months
to two years.
THE Swiss colony of Witzwyl, which
Mr. Edmond Kelly has recently de.
scribed in detail in his book on THE
Elimination of the Tramp" shows that
in certain proportion of cases the
inmates committed to a compulsory
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He straddled State Lin.

cumberland, Md-Frank Nickola n,
Garrett county, who had a saloon on
me OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES state line
anu VINO was wanted by both states
Tor selling liquor without a license
pleaded guilty at Oakland, Md and
was fined 5000. anu
Nickoia evaded arrest by going on
we pennsylvania side whenever tba
maryland authorities wanted him and
10 the Maryland side when the Pen
sylvania officers looked in. "N
Last February officers of both states
went to his place. and when the penn
'ylVania officers stepped inside Mion
o o, went over to the Maryland sida
ticer. Siand or
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labor colony do not reform and rejoip
the ranks Of the Industrial army. A
trained English investigator stated
recently. regarding Witzwyl that
there is no doubt that the fact of hay.
ing worked hard for a year or IS
months makes man apt to get into
the habit Of working. and this is he
iieved TO be the actual result in
Switzerland.
what, then, shall we say regarding
the treatment of vagrancy in the Uni
ted States? First, that at present II
Is thoroughly inadequate, AS stats.
tics and the accompanying diagrams
snow, 81 per cent. of the commitments
TO penal institutions are to county
1ails and warehouses; in which the
conditions are often exceptionaIlv
bad. Drunkenness, vagrancy and dis.
orderly conduct We're responsible for
more than half the commitments dur
ing 1904 to penal institutions in the
United States. For these three of
lenses the county jails and work.
houses, to which the large majority of
Offenders are committed, offer nrac.
tcaily no reformatiye influences, For
more serious crimes, such as burglary
ROBBERY, assault forgery, etc. there
are reformatories and state prisons in
winch latter institutions some reform.
atory influence is felt.
THE sentences for vagrancy are IN
over 80 per cent of the cases tov
SIX months or less, and the largest
percentage OF commitments is shown
TO be for less than one month No
cure for vagrancy can be had urder
such conditions. New York stata
leads all other states Of our countr,,
IN the number of its commitments fou
vagrancy The burden OF vasrancv q,
the United States was represented in
1914 by over $4,000 commitments ba,
Ing about 20 per cent. of all commit
ments to penal institutions durins
that year. ''ns
This brief resume OF the present
conditions inevitably points n ~
necessity OF a material change in ovn
system OF combating vagrancy, In
TINS connection it is of special inter
est that within recent months a hin
mas been drafted in New York STAT
providing for the establishment 90
iarm colony upon lines very s,,ni1o'
10 mat OF the Swiss compulsory coIo
NY Witzwyl This bill which has ~,
approval OF the leading charitahIe %"
cieties of New York city and ~ So
era trunk lines terminating in Nv.
York, and which will be introdros",
into the next legislature. nrovidaa .5
eae establishment in New York state
OF compulsory labor colony. with IN
sentence, regular Iabor
retormatory influences and cIassISca
ton Of prisoners. 'S'nca'
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MAN BUYS WoMEN's GLOVES.
And Wears Them-Surprise for Girl
at Glove Counter.

New York.-He sat at the women's
glove counter in the department store
waiting patiently until the struggling
women buyers would release a sales
woman. Finally one came to him.
81 want a pair of tan gloves he
,aid.
For yourself?" the girl inquired.
Certainly" he said.
Gents gloves third counter to the
right" she announced.
Il know that" said the man, but
please won't you let me buy them
here? You see, I've got small hand
and l can get much better fit in
women's gloves"
Certainly" said the salesgirl, and
she brought out gloves and gloves I'M
til she found what he wanted.
I'VE never had a man buy his
gloves at this counter BEFORE" she
said in the intervals of trying on<"but
I'm sure l don't see why more men
don't buy womens gloves. You can
do ever so much better in the small
sizes, seven or under. Now, there you
have a perfect fitting glove, and
know they don't keep them that small
at the gents counter here"
Il learned the trick a long while
ago." said the man as he waited for
his change. "a young woman suggest
ed it. She was a sensible girl, and If
there We're more like her you would do
big business with men here"
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in Birmingham, Ala, 240 men in 70
cells; rs women in ten cells.
The inmates of jails are chiefly OF two
classes-those awaiting trial and con-
victed misdemeanants. The ordi-
nary term OF convicted misdemean-
ants, Migrants and inebriates is too
short for any sort Of Industrial train.
ing or systematic production. A care
full study of the situation in all parts
Of the land has long ago driven many
to the conclusion that we must have
district labor colonies or warehouses;
for those convicted Of offenses, and
that the term of degenerates must be
at least two years, If we really intend
to fit them for useful lives"
r. HE committee plainly shows that
i under present conditions and laws
the county Jail must provide for males
and females; children, youth and
adults; first offenders, habitual crimi-
nails, vagabonds, prostitutes; wit
nesses held for their testimony; poor
debtors whose crime is their poverty;
idiots, imbeciles, insane, epileptics,
persons arrested on suspicion, and
apoplectics whom the sapient police.
man could not distinguish from drunk
ards. All these, says the report, are
often under one roof and management,
In building so built that cries and
whispers travel along a corridor with
cages open at the side.
Now, what chance Is there in the
average jail for the reformation Of the
imprisoned vagrant? We may think
that Jack London draws the long bow
in his picturesque descriptions OF life
on the road but In his tale OF impris-
onment in the Erie county Jail he
never wrote of such horrifying condi-
tons as are described by the report
of the committee, of which Prof.
Charles X. Henderson OF the Univer.
sity of Chicago was chairman. What
chance, above all, has the detained
witness or suspect, held in the Jail for
his testimony, and innocent before the
law until he is proven guilty? What
chance has he of not suffering con
0hh Soihfh6 hdtlCo VI bO-
ciety that will not die? In many coun-
ty Jails the only exercise enjoyed"
by the prisoners is in a common large
room, with steel grating separating It
from the surrounding corridors, and
called in jail parlance the bull pen"
A RE we not then in a wretched di.
"A lemma, we who urge that the
vagrant receive treatment that will
deter and reform? Shall we, know
ing Jail conditions, allow him to roam
at large? But the vagrant habit is fos
tered by idleness, mendicancy and the
absence of prosecution. Even as II is,
the unwillingness of many police Off
cials or magistrates to prosecute
tramps is well known. When the
vagrant is told to get out of town or
be run in" he of course decamps, and
the town finances are spared while
the neighboring community receives
the shifted burden. Yet IL the con
victed vagrant is sent to Jail he be-
comes source of contamination to
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RyEW YORK.--The course of the
IN Migrants life is in vicious cir
~ Gle. Street, park bench, cheap |
=. y l1adrr linz LIN MN n..I
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| to enable him to form an adequate
| judgment Of the case.
Coupled with this carefulness and
completeness of investigation, regis
tration, and adequacy of judgment is
the Belgian system for the punish
ment of Migrants, which differs so es-
sentially from our opportunist meth
DDS as to be staggering at first to con-
template We bunch our Migrants
in law. In New York state the man
with no money, no work, and no visi-
bic means of support is vagrant
That such a man Is not often Jailed
unless the case Is aggravated by
other factors, is not the fault of the
law, so to speak, but is due to the I'M
willingness of magistrates to commit
the unemployed homeless, or to the
indifference of the authorities. But In
Belgium the state of mo work, no
home, no money" is not crime. un.
less there is added to that the state of
intentional idleness.
u UT when Belgium does commit a
- vagrant then woe to the liberty of
that yagrant for long period! Con-
viction is TO depot de mendicite for
from two to seven years. The depot
de mendicite is at Merxplas, great
industrial colony with accommodations
for about 5000 prisoners. Here there
occurs classification, the worst ele-
ments being at night placed in soil
tary confinement and otherwise placed
under strict discipline. Intensive la
Dor is carried on, the work being
graded according to the physical abili.
ty OF the individual inmates.
The Belgian treatment of Migrants
brings out prominently several facts.
In the first place, Belgium believes In
getting Migrants off the streets and
highways. Some years ago the minis
ter of justice declared that there was
no vagabondage in Belgium. This
statement needs interpreting. There
is probably fairly little vagrancy
along the highways, because every
vagrant must be apprehended and
made to show cause through his pa.
pers, or by the absence of a record at
Brussels, why he should not be sent to
the depot de mendicite. The fact that
MerXplas contains about 5000 in
mates, and that the average period of
detention is IS months, and that the
majority of the inmates are returned
to Merxplas for succeeding offenses
of vagrancy, shows that vagrancy in
Belgium is not eradicated from the so
cial body, but removed as much as
much as possible from society.
q ECONDLY, Belgium does not re-
y gard all Migrants alike. If there
are extenuating circumstances, or if
the case of vagrancy seems the result
Of physical incapacity. the anprehend-
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other inmates, and in addition he is
OFTEN glad to hibernate or spend few
weeks where warmth, food, idleness
and the company of vicious fellows is
assured. Are we not often, by admin.
istering the law, condemning the vag.
rant to further depths of degeneracy {?
What do the reports of chiefs of DO
lice show? The writer recently re-
ceived extended reports from so
chiefs, representing as many different
cities, representative of large and
small municipalities. The letters
showed that in most instances vag.
rants are committed to jails, less fire.
quently to warehouses;, and in a few
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REEW YORK.-The course of the
NI Migrants life is in vicious cir
Nv Gle. Street, park bench, cheap
lodging house, court, Jail, street
brake-beam, court, jail. etc; SO II
goes, from month to month, from hand
to mouth, from city to city. More &C
curately stated, the Migrants course
Ia spiral and downward, with accel.
Grated momentum toward demoraliza-
ton, disease and death. Along his
road are certain rescue stations
charitable societies, missions, curb
stone breadlines, industrial homes,
personal visitations in alcoholic wards.
These are efforts to extend the help
Ing hand, to switch the vagrant from
the circular track to the straight
ahead line" But generally the mo-
mentum is too great Failures are re-
corded far In excess of even imagined
successes writes o. +. Lewis of the
Charity Organization society in the
New York Times.
When we seek, by Imprisonment, to
deal with the individual "vag," what
do we find? Generally ineffective, in.
adequate, unjust methods Of punish
ment, so futile as to be ridiculous,
were they not 80 tragic. We find cor
reotional methods in jail that instead
OF correcting, debase, methods as
vagrant as are the prisoners. We be.
lieve that each man who is able
should contribute his share of the
days work. Nature abhors vacuum,
and the community. in general abhors
the constitutional idler. II the drone
work not, neither shall he eat We
believe that crime should be punished.
Vagrancy is crime under the law.
Punishment is generally and neces-
sarily effected by the restraint of lib.
erty, within penal institution. Vag-
rants are imprisoned generally in jails
or warehouses;.
But how7
What are the conditions Of Amsri-
can JaIls7
Do they check vasranoy7
Do they punish JUSTIFY
Do they reform7
A N ANSWER has recently been
"A made public which is scathing
arraignment of conditions in a great
majority of American county jails, all
the more scathing and staggering be-
cause made after careful investiga-
ton by committee of the National
Prison Congress, which does not seek
sensationalism. The following para.
graphs are almost random quotations
from the report:
III the only or chief purpose Of jails
were to keep wild beasts In cages
most OF the jails are we'll enough
adapted for this purpose. The
customary mode of serving food Is re-
voting, demoralizing and often dan.
gerous to health. Often we must
imagine bunk over bunk, in the same
cell or cage. crowded until the horrors
of stencil or suffocation are indescrib.
able. Under an@open Jail system
the filthiest, vilest prisoner Furnishes
or tortures those who have not yet
sunk to his level /. The very struc-
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ture OF the ordinary jail is radically
wrong, and offends against the laws of
health Almost all the reports
from jails record the dull, mononton-
Gus, maddening tramp of prisoners
walking aimlessly up and down the
corridor. II is the path of lunacy
Why not have walled yards in the
open air, partly sheltered from rain,
covered over with steel wire to pre-
vent escape? But this plan is rarely
thought of. Card playing is the
universal resource for passing the dull
and anxious waking hours"
Many examples are given of exces.
sive overcTowding.
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PROBLEM OF THE
AMERICAN TRAMP
HOW SHALL vAGRANCY EVIL BE CHECKED?

Laws of Various States Have Proved Unequal to the
Task-Elaborate System for the Cure of Habitual
Idleness in Force the Continent Of Europe-Is
Striking Contrast to the Futile Efforts That Have
Been Made Here in the United States.