davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-14
DEACON IS NAMED.
Becomes Chief Clerk in Charge OF
Pure Food Inspectors.

w. J. V. Deacon, former statistician
for the state board of health, today as
sumed his new duties in the office OF
DR.. Crumbine as chief clerk in charge
of the work of the pure food and drug
inspectors of the state. Mr.. Deacon is
a competent accountant and is familiar
with this work.
The duties of the secretary of the
state board Of health have been nearly
doubled by legislation the past two
terms and the need of chief clerk
of ability was almost imperative There
are now six pure food and drug inspec-
tors and the new food and drug laws
will keep them very busy this summer.
They must swat the f1y;'' keep the
dogs out of grocery stores; keep the
drugs and soda fountains up to the
standard; protect the hotel guests from
being burned up in fires; insist on fun
weights and measures for the con-
sumer; boost the tuberculosis cam
paign, and prosecute the vendors of
Wholesome meats. Yet there are some
people who say that state job is a
SineCure.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-14
BRENKER TRIAL ENDS.
Pleads Guilty to Selling Liquor on
One Count

f. D. Brenker, the North Topeka
druggist who was on trial in district
court today for the new and novel
crime of selling liquor in bad faith,
entered a plea of guilty on the
nuisance count, and the trial, which
promised to be long one, came to
an end.
Brenker had a permit to sell liquor
according to law, but the county at
torney charged that he violated the
letter of the law in several par
ticulars. 1t was not charged that he
sold without requiring the applicant
to sign. but it was shown by the books
that he had sold a pint per day to
one customer for 81 consecutive days
for various ailments such as rheu-
matism, cold, grippe, stomach
trouble. etc.
Beside his fine of 500 and sentence
of 80 days in Jail on the count to
which Brenker entered the plea of
guilty. he will have to pay the costs
and his large stock of liquors. which
was seized by the sheriff, will be de-
stroyed.
Frank Raynor, the veteran whole
sale and retail booze dealer who lives
at 413 West Curtis street, North To-
peka entered plea of guilty to one
of the several counts charged against
| him. This is the first sentence for
| Raynor, who has been arrested dozens
| of times on the same charge.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-14
BLACK HAND A MYTH.
Prominent italian Lawyer Says Such
Stories Hurt His People.

Chicago, April 14-'"The Black
Hand society is myth. No such or
ganiZation ever existed"
So declares Bernard Barasa, a
prominent Italian lawyer and formerly
attorney of the Italian consul here,
commenting on the recent alleged
BLACK Hand" outrages in this city.
He is at the head of formal move
ment designed to abolish what he calls
a "hoax" on the public.
1.-The things has gone too far" he
says. "It is hurting the italian peo-
pie. Matters have got to such a point
before a jury 1 have to ask the
veniremen whether they are preju-
diced against Italians. 1 find that hun
dreds of men are. A little questioning
brings out the fact that this prejudice
is founded on the Black Hand stories.
italian business men are troubled in
the sia me way.
1.-THE term Black Hand originated
in New York. A small group OF
blackmailers wrote letters to a banker
there signing that name. Since then it
has been used thousands of times in
connection with hundreds of different
sorts of outrages.
IAN investigation of crimes among
Italians will show that they are either
assaults or murders. The italian is
not often a thief He is hot tempered,
and that accounts for the assaults
"Rich Italians of Chicago never get
Black Hand letters. Now 1 personal
ly have investigated fully twenty of
these alleged Black Hand outrages and
in every instance 1 found either that
the people were not Italians or that
the whole thing was a fake
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-14
PASSENGERS RELEASED.
After Being Snow Bound Two Days on
Top of the Divide.

Denver. April 14.-Passengers on
the Denver, Northwestern & Pacific
(Moffatt road) train which has been
snow bound for two days near Earl at
the top of the continental divide, were
this morning transferred across the
huge snow drifts and resumed their
eastward journey. Two big rotary
plows. derailed in bucking the snow
still block the tracks, but gangs. of
laborers with shovels are rapidly cut
ting through the drifts and traffic will
be opened by tomorrow.
The Colorado & Southern late yes
terday succeeded in breaking the snow
blockade between Como and Brecken-
ridge, and the passenger train which
was stuck in the drift near Boreas was
released.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-14
Patten, the Bull Leader, Dis.
cuSses Wheat Market.
Says High Prices Have Been on
the Way for Years.
DENIES ANY CORNER.
His Line at No Time Has Ex.
ceeded Ten Millions.
Is Selling All the While When
the Price Suits.

Chicago April 14-The appeal of
Pittsburg bakers to Secretary of State
Knox to take steps to end manipula-
ton of wheat and other markets, ex-
cited James A. Patten. popularity al
legged to control the present market for
the high priced cereal.
In the first place." said Mr.. Patten.
Il don't control the market My line
at no time has run over ten million
bushels. 1 have preached the gospel OF
higher wheat because saw what was
coming"
Mr.. Patten at this point In the inter-
view, paused to open a telegram. which
had been handed him. He read it,
smiled grimly and then remarked:
Now what do you think of that
l am 'disgusted' with the whole wheat
business, because of criticisms and am
going to get out"
The so-called wheat king tossed
the offending note on his desk, and re-
sumed: Pm a grain trader and don't
intend to quit I bought when the mar
ket looked cheap, as did others who ac-
cepted my view. and I'm going to sell
it at a profit If I can. I have already
sold a great deal. 1 have more to sell
and when anybody offers me a proper
price / will sell more. 1 sold some this
1ilOInlnS, CASH SlQll dI $l-f&- AClC 10
no corner. no manipulation. Others
who bought early sell as demand de-
velops."
1t Had to Come
Mr.. Patten continued: For three or
four years this has been coming. At
the end OF each crop bins were empty
everywhere. With increasing population
here and abroad it was obvious that
sooner or later the crop of one year
would be exhausted before new crop
was at hand. Last fall if not earlier
saw it coming I bought wheat and
my friends did likewise. The great un-
thinking public here and in Europe
would not or could not see what was
coming Liverpool would not buy
months ago, thinking the prices of that
day too high; Now Europe wants % %
million bushels. The harvest was early
last year 1t has been trying to cover
Is months instead of the usual 12 and II
can't do it. We need wheat for the
mills right here in Chicago now
Maybe some of the shorts will de-
was suggested.
Il wish they would for there is not
any to speak of here. We could use
half a million for the local milling
trade today.
Here's another point If we had not
bought wheat mean myself and 9th
ers-the price would be higher here than
it is. Europe would have taken it for
the foreigners finally recognized the
weakness of their position. Where
would the domestic supply have come
from? We would have been compelled
to buy from the very Europeans we
sold to. 1 regard it as fortunate that ii
was an American who first diagnosed
crop conditions and took advantage OF
it.
This was not philanthropy. 1 trade
to make profits. but this talk of mani
pulation is all rot
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-14
MAKES NO DEFENSE.
Sarah Koten Pleads Guilty to Man.
slaughter When Arraigned.

New York. April 14.-Sarah Koten.
the young Russian woman charged
with shooting and killing DR.. Martin
w. Auspitz, on August I last, pleaded
guilty to manslaughter in the first de-
gree when called to trial for her life in
the supreme court here today. She was
remanded for sentence on Friday.
The crime to which the young woman
pleaded guilty was sensational and the
story which the prisoner told shortly
after she had killed the physician in
the vestibule OF an uptown apartment
house aroused wide interest In her case.
She had killed Dr. Auspitz, she said.
because he had attacked her while she
was under the influence of an anes-
thetic during her terms of service as a
nurse in d sanitarium which the physi-
clan conducts.
She brought with her today from
BlackwelPs island, where she has been
a prisoner. the baby boy born to her
since the shooting. She had expressed
confidence that entire justice would
ultimately be done her. In a statement
she declared that she was merely the
instrument of God in the killing of the
physician. as her efforts to punish him
in the courts had not succeeded.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-14
HER 18TH VICTORY
A Woman Prevents the Establishment
of a Saloon at Dodson. Mo.

Kansas City, April IA woman
has defeat ted fifteen attempts in the
last five years to place a saloon in the
village of Dodson, twenty miles south
of Kansas City. The woman is Mrs.
c. H. McCrackin. Her latest victory
over the saloon was achieved when
the county court acting on evidence
obtained by her refused to issue a
license.
The applicants recently filed their
petition with the court. Upon learn
ing of this Mrs. McCracken mounted
her horse and rode through the town
ship procuring signers to a remon-
STRANGE and gathering information
that many names said to have been on
the petition were forgeries.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-14
TAFT GO TO new YORK.
The President Will Attend Meeting of
Yale Corporation Tomorrow.

Washington. April 14.-President
Taft, accompanied by Mrs. Taft and
other members of his family and a
number of young people who have
been guests at the White House dur
ing the Easter holidays, left here for
New York at noon today over the
Pennsylvania railroad.
Arriving in New York this evening
the President and Mrs. Taft will be
the guests of the presidents brother
Henry w. Taft. Tomorrow morning
the president will go to New Haven to
attend a business meeting of the Yale
corporation of which he is a fellow
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-14
Weather Is Warmer.

Weather conditions are improving
The lowest temperature of last night
was Al degrees above zero, and over
a dozen above freezing. 1t is the
guess of the weather department that
winter is over. The past "a hours has
been dry all over the state, but a few
stations experienced freezing weather
Baker, Dresden, Fort Scott. Manhattan,
Usage City and Russell report temper
atures of 26 to 2S, showing that it was
several degrees cooler all around To-
peka than it was here. The wind this
afternoon is blowing at the rate of 16
miles per hour from the northwest.
The hourly teuneratureS today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-14
Tbomas Car Leaves Denver.

pathfinder car left Denver this morn
ing at O'Clock for Cheyenne, its next
destination. The members of the
party expected to leave this city at 6
o'clock this morning, but were delayed
by repairs. 1t is hoped to reach Chey-
enne tonight.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-14
TAFT TAKES A COTTAGE.
1t Is the Evans Property at Woodside
Point, Beverly, Mass.

nouncement was made at the White
House today that the president has
leased as a summer home the cottage
of Robley d. Evans at Woodside Point,
Beverly, Mass.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-14

which ordained the observance of the
Sheri laws and the preservation of the
constitution the troops, who since yes
terday have surrounded parliament
building. dispersed quietly and return
ed to their quarters.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-14
Weather Indications.

Chicago. April 14-Forecast for Kan
sas: Rain or snow tonight and Thurs
day; colder in southern portion tonight.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-14

Philadelphia, April 1.-THE Boston
Philadelphia game today was postponed
Rain.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-14

The American league game at Wash
ington between Washington and New
York was postponed, Rain
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-14

New York. April 1.-THE Brook
lyn-New York game has been post
poned on account of rain.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-14
New Cabinet Installed.

Constantinople, April 1.-THE mem
bers of the new cabinet have been in
stalled in office. Immediately after the
ceremonies which were followed by the
@ding Of an imperial proclamation
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-14

Kansas postmaster appolntmen'
by the senate: Charles Fri
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-14

Boston, AprlI I4--t-IUUUE WVdIIltl anu
frequent showers during the morning
did not seem to dampen the ardor of
the Boston baseball enthusiasts who
crowded the National league grounds
this afternoon to witness the opening
game with Philadelphia
Batteries: Philadelphia = Covalesky
or McQuillan and Doom; Boston-Mat-
tern or Mccarthy and Bowerman-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-14

CONTINUED from Page Eight,
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-09
JURY HEARS BLAKF'S
STORY OF BRIBERY
Statement OF Confessed Tales.
men Tamperer Read in the
Newburgh Trial

For six hours, with frequent re-
cesses because of the excessive heat
the jury trying a. S. Newburgh lis
tened yesterday to the reading of the
testimony given by E. a. s. Blake at
the trial of Frank j. Murphy Only
once during the session was the tran
quillity of the proceedings nlarred and
that occurred when Assistant District
Attorney James Hanley objected to the
manner in which Attorney Schlesinger
read the testimony
The defense attorney frequently
lated the reading to suit the occa-.
sion. If Blake made statement
which seemed doubly significant to the
defense, Schlesingers would SO change
particular statement. He had not gone
far, however, until Hanley's objection
was entered and thereafter the read
ing with variations was discontinued
The most important testimony read
yesterday was that portion of Blakes
statement at the Murphy trial, when
he told of how Murphy had offered
him $4,000 to keep his mouth shut"
Other sums were offered, according to
Blake.
The jury paid strict attention to the
testimony on this phase of the case,
while Newburgh and his wife, who
made temperance in court yester-
day, appeared greatly disturbed over
the reading of that part of Blake's
statement which the prosecution
deemed discriminating.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-09

at 1880 a. NJ. Interment Holy Cross GENE
terry.
NAMURA-In this city, April l. 1909. Kama
Namurs, mother of Mrs. T. Tenaka. a native
days.
Friends and acquaintance are respectfully
invited to attend the funeral tomorrow (Sat-
urday). at II o'clock a. M, from her late
residence, $50 Lincoln avenue. Interment
Japanese cemetery.
PoWERS-In this city. April s. 1909 Mary j.
beloved wife of John Powers and loving
mother of Frank. Joseph, Nellie, Edmund
John Powers, Brother Arator OF Utica. n. y,
Mary Grata of Minneapolis, Mimi, a native
of Prince Edward island. aged 90 years.
Friends and aequaintances are respectfully
invited to attend the funeral tomorrow (Sat-
urday). April 10, 1909. at 9:15 o'clock a. m.
from her late residence, 1928 Twenty third
street between Diamond and Eureka thence
to St James church for services, commencing
at 10 a. m. Interment Holy Cross cemetery
SM1TH-In this city, April s, 1909, Margaret
NJ, beloved mother OF John j.. David j., VIII
liam p, Joseph G. Smith, Helen and Mary
Smith, Mrs. III. NJ. Roche, Mrs. Agnes Well
and Mrs. Annie Myrtle, native OF Ireland
aged So years II months and 21 days. (santa
Cruz papers please copy.)
Friends and acquaintances are respectfully
invited to attend the funeral tomorrow (Sat-
from her late residence. 1903 McAilister street,
thence to Sacred Heart church for services
Interment tprivate) Holy Cross cemetery.
SPEAR--In this city, April 6, 1909, Robert f.,
father Of Samuel ]. Spear and Mrs. Thomas
j. Lamey, and brother of Mrs. Jennie Ackley
native OF San Francisco. CAL. aged SO
years IL months and 20 days. A member of
Phoenix lodge No. $50. A. o. U. W.
The funeral will take place today (Fri-
day., at 1890 O'Clock, from his late rest
dence 31S Utah street, thence TO the Church
OF st. Charles Borromeo for services at
O'Clock p. m. Interment Holy Cross ceme-
terry
sTERN-In this city. April :, 1909, Or. Louis
Stern, native Of Germany sged 80 years
Funeral notice hereafter.
sTocKwITz- In this city. April .. 1909,
Rachel, beloved wife of Charles stockwitz,
loving mother of Emanuel Mlchaels and Mrs
L.. Copple, beloved daughter of Mrs F. Men
del and the late Louis Mendel. and loving
sister Of Isaac, Nose, Ralph and julius
Mendel and Max NJ. Joe and Abe Levy, and
Mrs. NJ. ornstein of Butte, Mont. native
OF San Francisco. Cal. aged 81 years and
months.
Friends and acquaintance are respectfully
invited to attend the funeral today fFri-
dayl, at o'clock p m from her late
residence, 1408 Geary street .Interment Hills
of Eternity cemetery, by funeral ear from
Thirteenth and West Mission streets
YEEv-In this city, April G, 1909, Toy Yee a
native of China, aged 65 years
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-09
MARRIAGE LICENSES

The following marriage licenses were issued
in san Francisco Thursday. April s, 1909:
E-SYLyEsTER-Frsnk NJ cirimele
%. Los Bsnos, and Nina Sylvester, Is. Il
Bsnnan place.
KE-COyERDALE-Frank L. Clarke, IS
and Matte c. Coverdale, 35, both Of liz
Montgomery avenue.
EIVTN-LIEB-Ar Elvin, &C. el9 York
street and Ethel b. Lieb, 2s, 2s72 Folsom
street.
FEIL-WAGNER-Pe Fell 81. 701 Cole
street. and Augusta Wagner. "a, 1925 Shrader
street
GARCIA-SROUF-Juia Garcia %, and Mrrs
Srouf. 2s. both Of Colorado Springs.
GORREBEECK-KISG ~ Theodore Gorrebeeck
%. 33e Vallejo street, and Annie King, IS
335 Vallejo street.
Msrshheid. Ore. and Eva J. Russell. IS
2i62 Green street.
-WISE-william p. Heidewsld
80, 1887 Eleventh avenue
ais Eleventh avenue. and Charlotte Warnke
is. 1921 Mason street
Oakland, April S.--The following marriage IT,
,rcnses wore issued today.
HARD-AIEYER-Roral C. Blanchard
=. and Maud n. Meyer. p. both OF Berkeley.
BRUNk-RE1 NOIDS-wiiiism W Brunk. II
salem, Ore. and Gwendolyn z. Reynolds, p,
Fruitvale
BURNETT-PARKER-R Ralph W. Burnett. 2f
FruitTale. and Mabel c. Parker 49, Alameda
OMPSoN-LENIS-Ch s. Thompson, 45,
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-09
PLAN TO ENTERTAIN
THE JAPANESE SEAMEN
General Weston and Admiral
Swinburne Will Confer

Advices were received by General j.
F. Weston, department commander, from
the war department. yesterday that Ad-
TniraI William T. Swinburne would take
charge Of the entertainment OF the
Japanese naval training feet that viii
arrive at this port Sunday, April 20.
Admiral Swinburne is at present with
the Pacific squadron at Magdalena bay
at target practice. He will start up the
coast soon with his flagship, the West
Virginia. and one or two other vessels
OF his feet On arrival at this port
his orders are TO confer with General
Weston and together, map out the
plans or the entertainment.
The Japanese fleet is composed OF the
two training ships, the AsO and Soya-
who was in command Of the battleship
Mikasa during the Japanese Russian
war
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-09
THIRTEEN MEN
ON Jury THAT
TRIES CALHOUN
Probable That Provision for ALI
ternate Juror viii Be UtiI-
lied in Graft Case
Measure May Be ReSOrted To
TO Guard Against MistriaI
by Illness of Juror a

Adjournment was taken in the CAL
houn trial at noon yesterday. with the
thirty-seeond jury venire entirely ex-
hausted and no talesmen left on hand
for examination. There was the same
failure OF the case to move ahead a
single step, and the one vacancy that
has existed in the jury box for more
than a week still remains.
There have been days at time on
several occasions when all efforts at
progress were fruitless, but the pres
ent stretch OF tedium has been the
most prolonged of any. For days not
single talesman examined has
shown the slightest sign of possible
qualification, and almost hundred
have been questioned since the last
man was passed 40 the box Should
the same average OF progress continue
during the selection Of the thirt4nth
Juror, for whom the prosecution has
announced its intention Of applying.
the final impanelmenf Of the jury will
take several weeks yet. even should
none OF the remaining peremptory
challenges be exhausted
THIRTEENTH JUROR
II is practically assured that a thir-
teenth juror viii listen TO the evi-
oence in the case. The penal code
gives a discretionary power to the
court 10 impanel one or two extra
Jurors in cases which promise to be
prolonged. the intention being that
one OF these alternate jurors should
take the place OF any regular juror
who might be disqualified by illness
during the course OF the trial As
sistant District Attorney Heney has al
ready suggested the idea of adopting
this precaution and Judge Lawior in
dicated that the wisdom OF the sug-
gestion appealed TO him.
Where one or two alternate Jurors
are impaneled the prosecution is given
an additional peremptory challenge
and the defense two. In the event that
the services OF an alternate are not
required he is discharged before the
case IS finally submitted to his fellow
Jurors for a decision The impaael-
ment Of an alternate juror and the
nature Of his services during the
course Of the trial are exactly the
same as in the case Of a regular juror
FUTILE EXAMINATIONS
II 6-4N tdASrlAtu were examined YeS-
terday morning before the venire on
hand was exhausted. The first man
called was George /. Leonard, secre-
tary Of a contracting firm, who was
promptly excused because his name
was not on the assessment roll. Frank
p Lansing, a builder, was challenged
by the defense after he had said that
he signed an application for member
snip In the League Of Justice and un-
derstood the purpose of the organiza-
tion to be TO hasten the graft trials
and work for the general good Of San
Francisco. Lansing said he had ex-
pressed the opinion that If Calhoun
Werc guilty lie should be convicted.
lie did not approve of the immunity
given the former supervisors, but be-
lieved that the supervisors had taken
money IN the trolley deal.
Lansing was challenged by the de-
fense and excused. but not until after
there had been a short tiff between
stanley Moore Of CalhOun's counsel
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-09
DANGEROUS FIRE IN
RICHMOND DISTRICT
Prompt Action of Firemen Pre-
vents Spread of Flames

A fire was started in the pressing
room of Dehmlow's cleaning works
in the rear of 555 First avenue
yesterday afternoon by a match
which ignited the benzine soaked cloth
ing and spread to the roof in a few
moments. Two small cottages in the
rear of the room, which face Second
avenue, were damaged. Damage to
the extent of $4,000 was done to the
cleaning works and cottages before the
blaze was extinguished.
Hundreds of gallons of benzine In
tanks and In open watts and barrels lay
about the yard of the works and within
dozen yards of where the fire was
hottest, and the officers of the fire de-
partment said that had they exploded
several of the men who We're plying
hose near there would have been killed
and the flames would have spread be-
yond control Prompt action by the
firemen prevented the spread of the
flames
Six young women who were working
in the front of the building escaped at
the first alarm of fire, but Frank Sobey
and Caleixte Allard, who were en-
ployed in the pressing room. succeeded
only by a narrow margin in reaching
the open air before the room became a
mass of flames.