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The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1908-05-01
Girls
Who Are
Utterly
Useless
By LILLIAN BELL.
Aulhofsss.

girl helps her mother any way do know any
mothers who help their daughters to be anything but helpless butterflies
Where has all gone-his home life? Where the od-fashiond
have her daughters condolences knew the Young
daughter danced with who the books daughter read and
who selected plays her daughter could without harm But then
where the ashoned husbands and wives whose interests and
pleasures identical?
Now we womens cubsus like the haye-wher women
may swim drink cocktails and bat privately lust
publicly and you may take daughters there afternoons for
tea and hear gossip of the day Isn't it provide these sub
su for home who have Of their just
with servants?
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1908-05-01
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have never known anything like-nor
am capable Of imagining anything like
the usclessness Of some young girls know.
| have watched them carefully and even
questioned them, and il they know how to
do one single helpful, useful thing, or il
they do one such act from morning until
night, day in and day out, do not know
what it is. Sometimes they know how to
make fudge, and know one who claims
to know how to make an angel food cake,
but I've never seen her do it, don't
know a girl in View York who can trim
hat Nor one mo can make a dress.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1908-05-01
WOnan'S
Sphere
II Should Be
and Is Being
ENLARGED
by MRS. HUMPHREY WARD.
Endiish Novelist. Now In America.

Woman's sphere Of activity should be and is be-
ing enlarged. ! ann anything but an advocate Of the
old "hcarth and home theory. But | think that
what the suiIragctcs are fighting for is just what
women do not need and should not have.
Women do not need the ballot on questions in
the solution Of which they never play RESPONSE
bic part. Fancy female general a female admiral :
Fancy railroad run by women roads built or mines
worked by them! Well. if there is this inevitable
physical limitation to womans actiyity-if she can
never enter The army or The nayy neyer be minor
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-08

ers, men under indictment or men
wanted in connection with various
crimes. Well throw out the drag
net and gather them in
According to the prospectus of the
convention, criminals from all parts
of the country are to meet here to
discuss their relations to society, to
the police and to one another.
brotherhood" is to be the watch
word of the convention.
The titles of some of the addresses
TO be delivered at the convention, If
the police forget to go around and
arrest everybody connected with the
gathering, are:
"Twenty-one Years a Criminal
Twenty Years a Prisoner" dope and
Booze do the Police Give the
Criminal a Fair Deal?" Easier to
Commit Crime Than to Find job"
what Society Owes the Criminal"
and THE Average Income of the
Criminal"
Inspector McCafferty laughed when
he came upon the last topic. --.-
They'd all fatten their averages If
we let them collect in New York"
he said. This is a hospitable city.
but we have to draw the line some
where In this case we'll draw it be-
fore the temporary chairman of the
convention begins his opening re-
marks. It does seem q shame though
to stop 1t before the committee on
resolutions gets its report ready. I'd
give a months salary to get look
at that report"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-08
FIGHT OVER TAXES.
New State Law Results in Bloodshed
at Ulysses.

There is a state of war in Grant
| county, Kansas. over the new prop
| erty assessment. and feeling has
reached such a pitch that County AS
SCISSOR Henry Miller and County Com
missioner Isaac Huffman had a
| ock-down and drag-out fight in the
county court house at Ulysses a few
days ago.
Grant county is located in extreme
southwestern Kansas. and is one of
the four counties of the state which
has no railroad line and no telegraph
companies. For the past week the
state tax commission has been trying
to get in communication with the
county officials about some irregulari-
ties in the assessment. kilograms
and letters have been sent one after
another, but nothing came back to in
dictate that Grant county was still on
the may. The kilograms were sent
to Hartland, the nearest telegraph
office, 80 miles from Ulysses, and at
Hartland they seemed to be swallowed
up in the thirsty sands of the plains.
Today, however, red-headed, red
faced, and withal, very polite and
and announced that he was I. G..
Marshall, county treasurer Of Grant
county.
Mr.. Marshall came to Topeka to
see the state auditor about certain
school land sales. He had not heard
that the state tax commission was try
ing to get its sounder in tune" with
Grant county, but he was welcomed
with great enthusiasm by the tax
commission nevertheless. They con-
visitation, for it assured them that
Grant county was still doing business
1t seems that there are three town
ships in Grant county; Sherman, Lin
coin and Sullivan. The assessor in the
south township fixed values about a
Id T.
middle township fixed values about
right, and the assessor in the north
township fixed values too high. The
county assessor proceeded to equalize
things by reducing the north township
and increasing the south one. Then
cut in the valuations placed on live
stock. The state tax commission re-
fused to stand for the county commits
sioners' cut on live stock. This
caused hard feeling between the coun-
ty commissioners and the county as
together in the court house the other
day, there was a fight, and a good
fight, too.
Mr. Marshall stated that all the par
ties to the controversy are friends of
his, and therefore he does not care to
enter into any discussion of the merits
of the controversy. But he has prom
Used, when he goes home, to see that
the Grant county officials give the tax
commission the information which is
needed from that county.
Mr.. Marshall said: I'VE had a red
hot time at the primary election, and
our county went For Stubs and Bris-
tow. Stanton county, with which we
are Joined for legislative purposes,
went still stronger for Long, and SO
the district is Long district
Land values are falling out there.
There is great need of rain. The north
part Of the county Is burning up.
Wheat is failure. We will have some
broom corn, kaffir corn, and forage
stuff. 1t is so dry in some parts Of
the county that the cattle have been
moved out. People come out there to
look at land a good deal. but they
don't buy"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-08
ROAST THE AMERICANS.
Manager of the Canadian Olympic
Athletes Sides With English.

Montreal, Aug. 8.-The Canadian
Olympic team was met by a crowd Of
admirers on it's return from England
last night. The athletes were escorted
through the streets to the Montreal
Athletic club amid cheers and plaudits.
j. III. Crocker, manager of the team,
sides with the English athletes and
officials in the dispute with the Ameri-
can team. He said:
Starting with the hole digging in
cident for the pole vault and finishing
up with the foul of the 400 meters,
the Americans made themselves thor
oughly disliked by other competitors
and despised by the officials and the
English people. Most of their pro-
tests were of the most trivial nature.
They had gone into the tug of war as
an afterthought more than anything
else and expected with their weight
men and shot putters to win. They
had never had any practice in the tug
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-08
Kalamazoo Races Close.

10 alamazoo. Mich, Aug. S.-Kala-
mazoo's first Grand circuit meeting, in
many respects the most successful rae
ing carnival ever held here, came to a
close last evening when the Canadian
mare Darkey Hal won the final heat
of the 2:0S class for PAGERS for which
a purse of $4,000 was offered. All af-
ternoon the PAGERS in the two fast
classes, the other being the two min
ute event, performed in fast time, the
California horse Copa De Orc turning
the course in 2:03A in the 2:0S class.
In the final heat of the two-minute
pace the horses were sent away while
going at about a three minute gait
The first quarter was paced at a 1921
speed, all the drivers taking it easy
and waiting for the rush through the
stretch. AS a result the mile was pac-
ed in the ridiculously slow time of
2:11A.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-08

Chicago. Aug s.-The Chicago & North
western railway announces that Its en-
gtneer and architects have completed the
plans for its new Madison street passen-
ger terminal, which will cost when COM
pleted. in the neighborhood of 20 milliorf
dollars, and which will include facilities
for handling over a quarter of a million
passengers every "a hours.
This station will surpass in point OF
ground covered and length of trackage-
every railway terminal in the United
States, 1t is said, except the South sta
ton In Boston.
The new terminal will occupy practi-
cally four entire city blocks, bounded by
Madison street on the south, Kinsie on
the north. Clinton on the west. and Cana
on the east. crossingN Washington and
Randolph streets by means of brilliantly
lighted subways.
The structure will be of gray granite of
classic design. the essential feature OF
which Is the great colonaded entrance or
portico of lofty proportions that will
tower to a height of 40 feet above Mad
tson street.
Before this imposing front will be a
broad pavement or esplanade. from which
VIII rise the granite columns that guard
the inner vesttbu1e.
mental bronze lamp standards and four
big clock dials, each IL feet in diameter.
will look down from the walls.
There will be six other public entrances
so ample that II placed side by side they
would form steps 100 feet broad.
Many months have been spent in nego-
tiations for the necessary real estate for
site now is being rapidly cleared, and the
workmen soon will begin to sink the great
caissons on which the building is to rest,
reaching los feet down to bed rock.
The Northwestern officials believe they
will have the new criminal ready for oc-
cupancy by January 1870
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-08
BEER AND BILLBOARDS.
They Disfigure People and Places and
Destroy Beauty.

The beer advertising on Topeka's
billboards is an insult to the senti-
ment of the city. Not being able to get
into the newspapers. these advertisers
haunt our laws and go to billboards.
Billboards are rapidly getting into
disrepute. Here is what Golfers Week.
ly says in it's issue dated today, accom-
panied by page of the eyesores. under
the heading:
ONE FIGHT FOR THE CITY BEAU
TIFUL."
"Cincinnati's natural situation has
been compared with that of Rome The
city is built on hills, and a great curve
of the Ohio separates 1t from the hills
of Kentucky, exquisitely beautiful be-
fore they were dotted and crowned
with glazing signs. Realizing that bet
ter places than the saloons must be
provided for her growing and con-
gested population, Cincinnati has
projected an admirable park. play
ground, and parkway system. AS it
was at once seen that no city beauty
was possible with billboards every
where. the municipal art committee of
the thousand strong Business Mems
club has asked all who have any civic
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-08
CONVENTION OF CRIMINALS.
Is Planned for New York But Police
Threaten to Interfere.

New York, Aug. s.-Police head
quarters has heard that DIR. Ben L.
Reitman of Chicago. who calls him.
self King of Tramps' and has spent
the last 20 years doing rescue work
among the inhabitants of the under
world, has issued a call for CON
vention of criminals to meet in this
city next month. To that part of
DR.. Reitman's programme which is
directed toward the obtaining of safe
conduct and immunity from arrest of
the delegates while they are in the
city, Inspector McCafferty, in charge
of the detective bureau made a strong
objection.
sIll order the arrest of every
criminal who arrives for the conven-
tion," said Inspector McCafferty, land
1 am not yet sure that I won't arrest
those persons who are getting up the
AFFAIR. We want no assembly of
criminals in this city"
DR.. Reitman says cit was suggested
that all of the criminals will agree to
do no criminal act while they are in
the CITY,"
"Dr. Reitman may believe what
those fellows tell him. said the in
spector, but I don't. We can, and
will, arrest all of them as suspicious
persons and the chances are that
we'll ind that many OF them are
fugitives from Justice. escaped prison
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-08

of war and when they got up against
a team of trained men like the Liver
pool policemen, every man of them
giant, the Americans were pulled over
the mark like a lot of children. Then
came the howl about the boots of the
policemen. They wore only their ordf-
mar service boots and the American
protest was derided on all Sides
Speaking of the famous 400 meter
race, in which Carpenter. the Amerl-
can. was alleged to have bored
Hallswelle, Mr.. Crocker declared en-
phatically that it was one of the most
deliberate fouls that could have been
devised. More than that, Mr.. Crocker
AYERS that the foul was premeditated.
Early in the day of the race he had
heard that there was some deal being
framed up, the news leaked out from
the dressing room of the Americans
and to see for himself exactly what
was going to happen the Canadian
manager stationed himself above the
press stand and Immediately above the
spot at which the jostling took place.
At the turn of the track, said Mr..
Croker. Carpenter deliberately veer-
ed out from the inside berth while
Hallswell was working into it.
Croker blames an inefficient starter
for Kerrs failure to take second place.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-08
ANNUAL BABY SHOW.
More Than 500 Entries for the Asbury
Park Event.

New York, Aug. S.-Asbury Park is
to have its eighteenth annual baby
show beginning August 10, and it Is to
be a gorgeous one this year. Already
the town is preparing to don holiday
dress, and by August 10. when Queen
Titania will have been chosen, the city
will be respondent with bunting and
flags.
More than five hundred children be-
tween the ages of and Is years are
already entered in the doll coach, go
cart, bicycle, fancy dress and pony
cart divisions. Over $4,000 worth Of
silver trophies will be awarded for
costumes and decorations, while
grand prizes of $500 will be given for
the best entry in the parade.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-08

present law partner, Alfred T. Rogers,
bought the. home for the senator and
installed the LaFollette family in 1t,
practically without troubling the sem
ator at all about any of the details.
The fact that Mrs. LaFollette man
ages the family and most of the details
of the home explains to an extent how
il is possible for Senator LaFollette to
do so much work and spend so much
time on the lecture platform. In addi-
ton to being an excellent home man
ager, Mrs. LaFollette is also herself a
lawyer and a woman of the greatest
political tact, thus being an invaluable
aid and counselor to her distinguished
husband.
The family home is at Maple Bluff.
three miles outside of Madison, on
high ground overlooking Lake Men
dota and the city. 1t is an old-fash-
toned brick house, built a generation
ago. and now covered with vines, max
ing one of the Coolest retreats in the
neighborhood of the capital city. Here
the senator holds political conferences
with his friends; here in a large library
seated in an armchair the senator
works over his speeches. His addresses
are not offhand, although he uses Few
notes. Statistics are gathered with the
greatest care, but he has the happy
faculty of putting them in such man.
ner that "dry facts" appeal to his au-
dience. Here on the farm of 30 acres.
with Shetland ponies and an orchard,
the family enjoy their summers.
Every morning Mrs. LaFollette,
generally accompanied by her Oldest
son Robert and occasionally by a
cousin from the city go on horse
back ride for an hour or more. When
the senator is home he is driven to
the city by Little Bob who whips
the two Shetlands into line with the
agility of veteran teamSter.
At home or in his law Office in the
city Senator Lafollette is one of the
busiest men in the country. His Of
flee waiting room is always crowded
with callers, and the senator behind
closed doors is often compelled to
make them wait, while he dictates
hurried letters or maps out some
political plans which are to be carried
out after he has left the city, by his
law partner and other advisers. His
neighbors seldom know when he is
coming home or when he left. He is
secretive. When there is to be a gen.
eral conference of his followers he
sends out letters that he will be back
on a certain day and the coming OF
group Of state senators and as
semblymen to the city is always a sure
tip to the newspapermen that the
LaFollette home is soon to be the
scene of activity. Senator LaFollette
he is unlike William J. Bryan. When
municate to the outside world he pre-
pares a statement and hands it to his
secretary, Col. John j. Harmon, a for
mer newspaperman, who sees to the
publicity side of LaFollettes activi-
ties.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-08
ON THREE DAYS RIDE.
Eight Commissioned Army Officers
Gallop Out of Denver.

Denver, Colo, Aug. Slight COM
missioned officers of the United States
army, galloped out of Denver at 6
o'clock this morning on the annual
three days test ride ordered by Presi-
dent Roosevelt. They will ride to
Boulder today, tomorrow they will
ride from Boulder to Sunset and the
following day they will return to
Boulder, covering a total distance Of
90 miles. The officers riding are Gen.
eral Earl d. Thomas, commander of
the department.: Colonel w. j. Pope,
chief quartermaster; Lieutenant
Colonel Webster Vinzon, chief pay
master; Lieutenant Colonel L. A.
Largde, chief surgeon; Mayor G. w.
Ruthers, chief commissary; Major
Robert Hist, chief of STAFF; Mayor L.
J. HearE, Twenty-first infantry and
Major r. r. Raymond. chief engineer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-08
SHIP WAS STOPPED.
To Allow Surgical Operation on a
Passenger.

New York, Aug:-While in midocean the
Cedric of the White Star Line, was
stopped for nearly three hours last SUN
day afternoon SO that a surgical opeAa-
ton could be performed on Mrs. Thomas
Trebeli. of New York, cabin passen-
ger.
Mrs. Trebell. who was returning with
her husband from a visit to friends in
England, was taken suddenly Ill, and DR..
Prior called In consultation DR.. w. s.
Halstead of Johns Hopkins university, a
prominent surgeon. Both decided that an
operation was necessary to save the wo-
mans life.
Captain c. A. Bartlett. commander of
the Cedric, was informed that the least
possible motion of the ship was required
in the operating room. and notice was
posted telling the passengers that the
ship would be stopped for a time after
half past l O'Clock on Sunday Afternoon.
The two surgeons. with the hospital
stewards and nurses on the Ship. were
through with their work after an hours
delay. but the condition of the patient
was so critical that the ship wae not
sent ahead at her normal speed for two
hours more. On her arrival Mrs. Trebell
was taken to the New York hospital, and
DIR. Prior believed she was on the road
to permanent convalescence unless new
complications set In.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-08

w. B. Jansen, fourth vice press
dent of the Santa Fe, who has been
in Topeka for several days visiting
with relatives, left on No. 6 last night
for his home in Chicago.
J. E. Henderson, roadmaster of the
eastern grand division, left this morn
ing for Argentine on a business trip.
Charles Swanson, general car in
spector- of the Santa Fe, is in Topeka
for few days on business.
]. M. Morgan, travelling accountant
of the motive power department, has
returned to Topeka after a trip over
the Kansas lines of the system.
Conductor James is running tenn
porarily in the Arkansas City pool.
Conductor Chester of Argentine is
running temporarily in extra road SER
vice.
Claude Hewitt is working tenn
porarily as conductor in extra freight
service.
Trainmaster Lloyd Stanley of the
Santa Fee is in Topeka today on a
business trip.
General Manager A. G. Wells of the
Santa Fe coast lines passed through
Topeka yesterday in his private car
attached to No. 1 on his way from
Chicago to his home in Los Angeles.
Andy James, general foreman of
went to Lawrence this morning on a
business trip.
William Davis of the electrical de-
partment left this morning on a short
business trip to Argentine.
Division Superintendent c. T. Nc
Lellan is in Topeka today on bust
ness.
Engineer Hardine of Argentine is
running on runs Nos. 81 and 81 be-
tween Topeka and Argentine in the
place of Engineer c. w. Speckin.
Engineer L. H. Richie has re-
turned to work on runs. Nos. 81 and
81 between Topeka and Argentine
after an absence of several days.
Engineer j. Maurice is running
temporarily on runs Nos. II and IS
between Kansas City and Topeka.
Engineer Fairchild is running on
the California limited runs.
Engineer John HOMELAND is running
temporarily on Nos. lis and 116 be-
tween Kansas City and Newton.
Engineer Ed D. Webb is taking the
place of Engineer Tom Jones on runs
Nos. II and Is between Topeka and
Newton.
Engineer H. A. Policy is running in
temporary passenger service.
Jesse Howes is running as extra
conductor in freight service.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-08
A son KILLS HIS FATHER.
When John Lewis Beat His Wife II
Cost Him His Life

Larned, Kan, Aug. S.-John Lewis,
a negro, was shot and killed by his Is
year-old son. Harry as he lay in
drunken stupor at his home Lewis
had been on a drunk and came home
at night and beat and abused his wife
Afterwards, as he lay on his bed, his
son shot him five times through the
left breast. The boy gave himself up
to Marshal Norton just after the
shooting. At the coroner's inquest the
boy said:
MY father has beaten, kicked and
sworn at my mother ever since I can
remember. I said If he did 1t again
would kill him and / did"
Lewis had been fined repeatedly for
beating his wife.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-08
THREE MILLS NOT SO.
The County Assessment Levied for
r. Next Year

Owing to the unusual decimal sys-
tenn employed by the county commits
sioners in making their reports. the
Shawnee county tax levy for 1908 was
reported in this paper last evening as
SO mills. What the commissioners in
tended to convey-the facts-were
that a levy of and $40 (three and
three-tenths) mills. would cover the
expenditures. There is more than a
slight difference between 33 and 8 and
3-10ths, but the dearth of decimal
points in the report made it look like
hte big figure. The total was written
thus, .0033, which is correct If you
count it out, but misleading.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-08
WON'T STAND FOR THE STRING.
ssUncle Remus" Memorial Association
Refuses Rockefeller's Gift.

Chicago. Aug. s-A dispatch from Allan
ia. Ga. says:
The t.o00 subscription of John D.
Rockefeller to a fund to establish a me-
mortal for Uncle Remus" (Joel Chandler
Harris) has condition attached to 1t.
President Joyner of the Uncle Remus"
Memorial association has received a let
ter from Mr.: Rockefeller stating that he
would give $780, provided the association
raises $4,000 in one year.
The letter reached the offices of the as
ISOLATION and they will inform the oil
magnate his gift will not be accepted
with the conditions attached The associ-
alton has fixed no limit to the memorial
fund and does not intend to.