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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-11
REPEAL DOG ORDINANCE.
Movement Started to Knock Out Tie
Up Regulation.

Here is gladstone news for Carlo
and Fido who are bowling the day
away at the end Of a big chain.
Councilman Hughes will ask the re-
peal of the sixty day dog ordinance
at the council meeting Monday night.
An ordinance will be drafted asking
for the repeal Of the ordinance which
went into effect Thursday and pro-
viding that all dogs must be kept from
running the streets at large under
penalty of death.
Some of the councilmen who were
for the sixty day order are weakening
they have been assailed over the
telephone and on the street SO much
begun to experience a change of heart.
Its something awful" said one
councilman wiping his forehead with
handkerchief.
what? ?" asked a bystander.
"Why the way the people have been
telephoning me on this dog business"
And just at that minute man came
along holding a little pitiful looking
dog, about as big a June bug, at the
end Of a heavy clanking chain and
glowered at the councilman.
There it goes again." said the
councilman.
my dog earns me $50 a year." said
one dog owner who called up one OF
the councilmen to read the riot act to
him for voting for the dog ordinance.
the ordinance can be repealed. Coun-
cilmen Hughes. Lannan and Fraser
voted against it in the first place and
have not changed their views any
since.
Will Core, city dog officer, did not
kill any dogs Friday. He had not
picked up any for the dog owners are
yigilant for the first few days at least.
Dog owners and friends of the dogs
will probably be present at the council
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-11
FINGERS ON HER THROAT.
They Belonged to a Man Wearing a
Mask.

New York. July 11.-Awakened early
today by the pressure of fingers about
her throat, Mrs. George Whitley OF
Boston, a niece of the late Mrs. Chas-
F. Fair. discovered that she was being
gagged by a masked man. She was un-
able to scream, but she fought desper-
ately and awakened her brother-in-law,
Frank B. Leonard, at whose home she
is staying in Caldwell, N. Y. He burst
into the room and the man jumped
from a second story window and es-
capped. The police are inclined to be-
lieve that the intruder was not burg
lar.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-11
SUES FOR DIVORCE
j. T. Is arkley Brings Action
Against Wife.
He Alleges That She las De-
serted Him.
LARIMER is NAMED.
Appointed County Auditor by
Judge Dana.
VIII Succeed r.. HI. CAV in I'm.
portant Position.
LARIMER is NAMED.

]. 7. Barkley has filed suit for d.
vorce from May Barley. alleging de-
sertion. They were married here in
1906, and the plaintiff alleges that his
wife left his home without cause or
warning and remained away nearly a
month. That on her return he forgaye
her, but in a short time she left
again and went to California, still
without his knowledge or consent. She
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-11
j. b. Furry Resigns.

]. B. Furry, who has been right of
way attorney for the Santa Fe for the
past six years, with headquarters at
Topeka, has resigned his position and
will leave Monday for Muskogee,
Okla, where he will engage in the
practice of law. His family will re-
main here until next October before
joining Mr.. Furry at his location in
the new state.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-11

at well over $4,000. Mr.. Perkins had
the affidavits of the builder of the
property and book containing the
detailed cost of construction. The
tax payer and assessor were finally
persuaded to leave the Office of the
state tax commission without coming
to blows. The assessment and protest
were taken under advisement.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-11
LAKE OF OIL ON FIRE.
Blaze Can Be Seen Two Hundred
Miles Out at Sea.

Chicago, July ia dispatch to the
Tribune from City of Mexico says:
A lake of oil covering an area OF
more than one square mile and OF un-
known depth in the state of vera Cruz
is on fire. 1t has been burning IoI
five days and has created the widest
terror among the natives of that sec
ton. The blaze is seen for more than
200 miles at sea, according TO navlsa-
tors who have arrived at Vera Cruz
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-11
Americans win at Cricket.

Worcester, England. July 1.-THE
American cricket team, representing
the gentlemen Of Philadelphia, won it's
match here today from the Worcester
shire eleven by So runs. This is the
second time the visitors have played
since their arrival The first match
was at Cardiffe. where they were also
victorious.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-11
vinewood Band Concert Monday.

The Vinewood management, which
has a contract with Marshall's band
for Wednesday evening next, kindly
waived it and permitted the concert
to be given at City park that evening,
changing its own concert at Vinewood
to Monday evening instead.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-11
The Sick
Mans Friend.

was a doubt as to my recovery.
my good honest old doctor advised
me to take Peruna, which I did and in
a short time my health began to i'm
prove very rapidly, the bronchial trou-
BILE gradually disappeared, and in three
months my health was fully restored.
Accept a grateful mans thanks for
his restoration to perfect health"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-11
Robust Health Ruined.

Mr.. Sylvester E. Smith. Room 21s.
Granite Block, ST. Louis, Mo-. writes:
"Peruna is the best friend a sick man
can have.
"a few months ago I came here in
a wretched condition. Exposure and
dampness had ruined my once robust
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-11

health. 1 had ca
tarrhal affections of
the bronchial tubes,
and for a time there
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-11

The Topeka club building was erected
by material from J. Thomas Lumber Co.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-11
JACKSON TO BUILD
Attorney General Will Erect a $4,000
House in Westlawn.

House in WestlaWn.
Fred S. Jackson, attorney general
for Kansas, will erect a $1,000 resi-
dence in Westlawn at 80 Lane street.
A building permit has already been
granted.
Other permits issued are: A. G.
Axtell, 1919 Mulvane street, dwelling,
$4,000; A. B. Stark. dwelling, S22 Lin
coin street. $1,000; c. p. Moeser,
dwelling 1O9 Western avenue. $1.5O0.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-11

G. H. Adams, printer, was fined IS
in police court today for exceeding the
speed limit in his automobile. This
item surely indicates an era of unpre-
cedented prosperity. for in the old days
printers tramped on foot from one
town to the other, and as regards this
worlds goods were always spoken of
in the same breath with Job.
New-York tribune., 1908-05-20
THE DYING TWdEG.

If recent utterances of Professor Alos Brandt
and Professor W. w. Skeat touching cisatantic
English do not awaken considerable loyast
wrath within echo range Of certain chalk cliffs
It will be because all Anglomanacs have mi
grated 10 Canada, Australia and the United
States. few days ago Professor Brandt the
distinguished English scholar at the University
of Berlin remarked that English spoken by
Englishmen no better than that mouthed
by twanging Yankees. In fact, said Professor
Brandt the Yankee no longer has twang
Twenty years observation Of English speaking
students and travellers has convinced him that
far the cultured classes are concerned. the
Yankee twang is a myth, and he confesSes TO
having advised the German Ministry of Educa-
tion TO import American teachers Of English as
freely as English teachers for places In German
schools And now the we'll known professor OF
Anglo Saxon at Cambridge not only confirms
this German opinion. but even explains the in
evitableness of Americas attainment Accord
Ing to The New York Times" Professor Skeat
said:
Many Americans speak English with an ex-
cellent pronunciation but il is to be remembered
that in America training in English Is carried
on with much greater strictness and to far
greater extent than in England Moreover the
study OF phonetics Is taken very seriously both
in Germany and America. and students are ex-
pected to understand the pronunciation OF
Chaucer and King Alfred. In England the study
OF phonetics is almost unknown except TO a few
students who receive small announcement
The consequence Is that the ordinary English
Is entirely ignorant of the history Of his
own language and has no idea why words are
spelled they
The but" in the first sentence here quoted
carries so much unwarrantahle depreciation that
we cannot believe Professor Skeat used il in the
given context American pronunciation must
not forfeit praise simply because 1t is the result
OF strict training. On the contrary, II It is a
pedagogical triumph over n perverse laryn1 it
is all the more laudable. IL schooling belittes
the achievement, then the finest Oxford accent
and phraseology deserve not syllable of eulogy,
for both are products Of happy environment in
which governesses, schoolmasters and debating
clubs figure prominently they do in Bos
ton Oklahoma. The truth is. far as Amer
leans have come TO speak the English of Eng
land they have accomplished something little
short OF remarkable. For, In order to do so,
New-York tribune., 1908-05-20
NEW WRINKLE FROM OKLAHOMA.

When the Oklahoma constitution WIS suoin''-
ted the fear expressed that ns makers ii"u
used I'D all possible Legislative IDEAS anu t"aI
tho state LEGISLATURE when it was called into
existence would have nothing to do nut SUCK IT'S
thumbs The state was started upon its career
with all the newfangled laws that had been
nosced or oven suggested elsewhere embodied in
IFS constitution But those who were afraid
that this would leave the Oklahoma solons with
a dearth Of topics on which to exercise their
ingenuity underestimated the inventiveness ana
resource of Southwest craftsmanship. 1t Is not
nv chance that the new state has the most up
to-date constitution in the world. Its legisa-
ton gives promise Of equaling its organic law
in startling novelties. Oklahoma shows no dis
position to slow down. 1t will evidently con-
tinue to set the pace for the rest of the nation
for many years TO come.
Here is the latest legislative novelty from
Oklahoma, one which, so far as we know. is
absolutely original, owing It's inspiration 10 no
source outside the new commonwealth Dill
has passed both houses Of the State Legislature
and is now in the hands of a conference COM
mittee regarding certain details over which there
is a disagreement. providing that all corpora
tions in the state shall furnish detailed reports
of earnings to the State Labor Commissioner.
upon which he may determine the rate or wages
that each company shall pay In view of It's
profits The Labor Commissioner, or course, Is
an active labor unionlst. In Oklahoma there Is
to be no robbing Of labor Of its surplus value
or. to use the language Of the Ohio Democrats,
the few shall not enjoy more than they produce
nor the many produce more than they enjoy
not so long as there is State Labor Commits
sioner, with full figures at hand to see that the
distribution of the results Of industry takes
place eautably. Distribution, men say. presents
the great problem of modern economics. OKLA
homa means to leave no problems unsolved, and
SC she will put the solution of this one In the
hands of a walking delegate.
New-York tribune., 1908-05-20

they have had TO overcome the powerui au
verse influences of American weather, diaiects
and the pseudo English Of twenty ana ODD mill
ion immigrants That very many Americans
have wholly evaded the corruption which these
factors entail is highly improbable. PROFESSOR
Brandt may believe that the old American
twang has virtually ceased to resound among fhe
educated classes, but he surely does not suppose
that the American voice has lost every coloring
that distinguishes 1t from the English. Just as
surely as air and climate affect the organs OF
speech and the manner in which they are used'
American pronunciation will show large num-
Der Of shadings according to locality, ana III
most regions will be at least slightly dHferehe
from transatlantic sounds. For all this. 1t ls IN
teresting to hear two of the best qualified Eng
lish scholars In the world testifying to our VIC
tory over the weather and traditions. III the
American schoolma am can rout these TWO
giants she may some day succeed In changing
human nature so that Americans Will become
proud Of their own natural accent and cease
initiating one which is the product of radicaii!
different environment.
New-York tribune., 1908-05-20
THE COLLIER FEST4L.

Although the vessel launched yesterday at the
Brooklyn yard is destined TO perform more
prosaic service than a battleSh'p or an arm0red
cruiser, II belongs to a class which is now
essential 10 the efficiency of a first class
navy. In Nelson's day fighting was done with
ships which propelled by the wind alone
Such craft might remain at sea as long as their
rations lasted. Since the advent OF steam navi-
CATION a new necessity has arisen. war YES
sci must obtain fresh stores of fuel at suitable
intervals. In time Of peace she can usually pro-
cure them at almost any convenient port. In
war her privileges are more limited, when she
Is ar distance from home. A fleet would be in
q wretched plight were there no Golfers to ac
company il or meet it at designated places OF
rendezvous.
The Yestal Is notable vessel Of her type
She is by far the fastest collier In the American
service, if not in the world. Other colliers do
not develop speed much in excess OF ten
knots The Yestal is designed to travel at the
rate of sixteen knots Remarkable is the
advance on past usage here indicated, 1t is
merely another manifestation OF the policy
which characteriZeS the design Of modern war
vessels. There are to-day in the United States
navy two Dattleships which on their official
trials developed speed of only fifteen and
half and sixteen knots. respectively. If the Del
aware and North Dakota do not develop speed
of twenty knots they VIII diSappOlnt tner
designers and the government. 1t Is not 10 be
expected that a collier will match in this respect
the ships to which 1t will minister. Something
like prOpOrtionate gain, however. Is required.
Another gratifying circumstance is that the
Vestal is being built not ny private contractor,
but by the government. She Is product Of the
same yard at which the cruiser Cincinnati and
the battleship Connecticut were constructed.
There is not finer specimen of naval architect
ure carrying the Stars and Stripes than the
flagship of the Atlantic fleet. In respect TO
workmanship and the energy with which her
builders performed their task there Occa-
sion for the utmost pride, and there is reason
TO believe that the same qualities have been
hbited in the work done on the collier which
is near completion. As The Tribune re-
marked the other day. Brooklyn is TO be con-
graduated upon the prospect that the local navy
yard will build one of the e0.OOO-tOn battleshps
just authorized by Congress- but the government
and country at large equally fortunate.
New-York tribune., 1908-05-20
STUDENTS STAND BY DIR. H. H. BAwDEN
Want Cincinnati University to Let Jury
Hear His Views on Marriage.

Apparently the students in the University OF
Cincinnati. from the faculty of which Dr. H. H.
Rawden formerly an instructor at Vassar. was re-
GENTLY asked to resign on account Of his views on
marriage do agree with the opinion OF the
governing body OF the university. They did not
strike. however, like their fellows at New York
University and Leland Stanford, but have con-
tented themselves with sending out circular letter
10 alumni all over the country expressing their ap-
probation OF DR.. Bawden's work.
The circular suggests that unprejudtced jury
be selected by the trustees and faculty of the
university consider the case, and goes to say
that time has he ever intimated in the class
room any of the Views which led to the request for
his resignation The circular Is signed by thirty
seven students in the department Of philosophy.
including three graduate students and has been
sent broadcast over the country
New-York tribune., 1908-05-20
COMMANDER PEARYs APPRECIATION

To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: 1 desire to express my appreciation of The
Trbunes interest in my Arctic work and objects a..
shown by It's recent story in regard to my need
for additional funds.
With many OF the great papers of the country
evincng decided interest and sympathy with nv
work. IT seems almost impossible that additional
funds Will not be forthcoming
quote the following from letter from a gen.
tleman who has been interested in my work in the
past. but whom have never met personally:
MY Dear Commander Peary: Your letter is re-
ceived and is opportune. for have been think
ing OF YOU lately and was about TO write YOU
thought perhaps you might ind IT difficult to raise
funds this year, and as have always taken much
interest in your great work. have believed that il
would specially helpful you a this time IL
could than usual
Il have decided to do considerable more and
would like to talk it with you IL il is con-
venient for you to come here.
r. E. PEARY. U. s. N
New York May 19. 1908
New-York tribune., 1908-05-20
NO CURRENCY LEGISLATION.

There viii be no general regret over the re-
ports which come from Washington that
agreement between the Senate and House con
ferrees on tht. currency bills is impossible
Neither Of the bills before the conferrees has
any such qualities 10 arouse enthusiasm among
those who desire 10 see the currency reformed.
The Aldrich bill is regarded with widespread
distrust. as any plan for a bond secured circula-
ton would certainly be- and the VreeIand bill.
far it is acceptable, is acceptable merely
as a temporary expedent. Neither bill goes 10
the root Of the defects in the countrys cur
rency system, nor can any bill which the
label AN emergency currency bill
The faults Of the currency need amending
moi merely in an emergency which occurs
perhaps once in decade, but permanently and
for every season Vf The year. The rSidity of
the system which is 50 strihingly and disaS-
tIously exempli1ied AT every crisis operates
against the interests of business during every
fuctuation in its activity. The country needs,
as Secretary Cortelyou said in his annual
port. a currency which Will automatically
adapt its volume 10 the needs Of business, tend
ing 10 equalize interest rates not only at every
season of the year but in all sections of the
country. il is because neither of the bills
under consideration 10y the conferreeS does or
pretends do these things that the country
is indifferent whether there is any currency
legislation this session or not.
We tlifak il is generally held that more
satisfactory legislation will he secured in the
end by keeping the subject open for longer
discussion and fuller education. There is too
great a tendency now 10 legislate solely in
the light Of last falls crisis. With longer
irrespective there will be a realization that
what requires remedy is not the occasional
defects Of the system but its fundamental er-
5ers On the comparative records OF the two
r,arties the Republicans need have no fear
of going before the country without any fur
ther legislative proceeding than the appoint
fnent OF a commission BY the action of the
conference Of the Republican members OF the
House the party has recognized commercial
paper as the proper basis for hanknotes. ii
position which is sure Of popular approval. The
Democrats Oh the contrary. are committed 10
further creenba ckism, a position which has
heeu shown 10 be weak that none OF the
democratic congressman bad the courage TO
vote for the williams bill when il was up in
fire House Yet the drafting of that BILL which
the party Is either afraid Of or ashamed or, is
New-York tribune., 1908-05-20
A SHAKESPEARE THEATRE.
Meeting at the Lyceum Decides on ss
tional Memorial.

London MAY 1s.-There was a demonstration Us
afternoon at the Lyceum Theatre, the seems q
Henry Irving's great Shakespearian trfunpna
favor of the erection Of national theaire S
central memorial TO Shakespeare, instead OK t1'
proposed statue in Portland Place Lord Lyt'on
nresded over the gathering, and the house was net
with representatives OF the dramatic and literary
opfnfou OF London including Sir John Hare sef-
nard shaw T P. O'COnnOr, Sir Squire Bancro'
and Arthur w. Pinero- Alfred Lytteiton' NJ ~
was sDonsor for the main resolution N favor or tns
ss+abushr,ent Of a national theatre the mos'
snproprfate memorial This was carried unan-
rnousIv. and committee was appointed 70 draft
plan.
New-York tribune., 1908-05-20
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY.
from The Tribune Bureau.

WASHINGTON MAY 1a-There will be an unusually
large contingent of members OF washington SO
cietv at Bar Harbor this summer Mrs R1chard III.
Townsend has taken cottage there; Mr. ana
Mrs John B. Henderson. Major General ana MIS-
GiIIespie Rrigadfer General and Mrs. Charles l.
Allen and Mr. and Mrs. William W. FlnIey VIII
spend the summer there while several diplomats
have already selected that resort as headquarters
for their summer embassies and legations
Representative and Mrs Richard Wayne Parker
are entertaining the brother and sister-ln-laW OF
the former Colonial James and Mrs PARKER VINO
have lust returned from Cuba and who VIII go to
the mountains In Vermont within a few days Rep
resentatfve and Mrs. Parker entertained party
dinner tonight
a large tea at the Country Club this afternoon In
celebration of their twenty-secoud wedding ami
yersary The Italian Ambassador and baroness
Navor Des PIanches the Austrian Ambassador
and Baroness HengelmtilIer. the French Anoas-
sador and Nine JIsserand, the Brazilian ArnDas-
sador and Nine Nabuco. Mrs. Townsend. Miss
Townsend, Mrs. EIkIns. Miss Elkins and large
contingent from official and resident society were
guests.
Mrs John D. Wood OF New York. arrived IN
Washington to-day make two weeks visit with
her son-in-law and her daughter, the Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury and Mrs Beekman WIN
throp. Mr.. and Mrs. Winthrop have taken cot
tage at Chevy Chase for the three summer months
and will go there on June l.
Lady Harrington. the wife of Sir John Lane Har-
rfngton and formerly Miss Amy Mcmillan, Of this
city will come TO this country IN August anu
will spend the remainder OF the summer with her
mother Mrs James Mcmillan at the Iatter's sum
mer home, Eagle Head Manchester. Mass. Mrs.
Mcmillan and her granddaughter Miss Grace Jar
Wis will go to Detroit June n. TO spend rew
weeks before going to Manchester
New-York tribune., 1908-05-20
a WEDDING.

The marriage OF Miss Elizabeth 5. Barns' -
Edward Everett Shaw took place in the IHA IL,
Methodist Episcopal Church. No. S19-321 East Il'
street. yesterday afternoon. in the presence o.
large company Of relatives and friends The
DIR. n. n Jordan pastor OF the church. perform
the ceremony. after which the bridal party VeH'
the parsonage. next door 10 the church. where
wedding breakfast served. The bride W"
given in marriage by John A. Ditmars. The V'S !,
man was William r SnedeHer and the bridesnA4'
was Miss Harriet L. Smith.
Among the invited guests were DR.. and "i !,
Bartlett. Professor and Mrs. A. l.. Schultz. MI si
Mrs. Lawrie SOmerville Mr.. and Mrs. Pat'''
Jones. the Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Frank Upham' 'u'
Rev. DIR. and Mrs A s. Cavanagh. William Bosru-
man. A. L. Jordan Miss Lulu Terry. Mrs Linqu's-
Mrs. McCann. Miss Emma Wright. Mrs DuboiS
William Beardsey and Mrs. Boyd.
Mr. and Mrs. Shaw will spend their honeymoon !"
Europe, sailing the Adriatic to-day.