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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-02
SHOT AS SHE SLEPT.
Young Woman Killed Because She
Refused to Wed.

Chicago, Oct. 2.-Refusal of Miss
Phoebe Armstrong, % years of age. to
marry Charles T. Miller. a stationary
engineer, aged so years, terminated in
a double tragedy in the boarding house
at 519 Rush street, early today.
Miss Armstrong, employed as a cash
ier for a business firm, roomed on the
first floor, and her admirer on the
second. Miss Armstrong slept with
her window open and it is said by the
police that Miller, having stolen down
a back stairway, entered the room by
this means.
The position of Miss Armstrong;
body seemed to indicate that she was
shot as she slept. Miller was fully
clothed. He is believed to have shot
the girl and then ended his own life.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-02
MISSING MAN LOCATED.
Lafayette Merritt, Supposed to Be
Dead, Found in Oklahoma.

Tulsa, Okla, Oct. with young
wife, man claiming to be Lafayette
Merritt, supposed to have died and
been buried in Denver. more than
year ago, is stopping at local hotel.
To a detective in the employ of the
Modern Woodman lodge which refused
to pay an insurance claim of $4,000 to
his first wife on the ground that Mer-
ritt was not dead and to others here,
he recently confided that he is the
missing man. He came to Tulsa about
three weeks ago. According to the
story of the supposed Merritt, he left
several years ago and went west.
Eventually he secured a divorce and
married a second wife, the daughter of
a business man Of Emporia, Kansas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-02
MUST SHOW PROOFS.
Before Either Cook or Peary Can Be
Officially Recognized.

Washington, Oct. I'm view of the
mPolar controversy the board of direc-
tors of the National Geographic So
ciety held a special meeting to deter
mine the attitude it should assume
toward DR.. Cook on the occasion of
his visit here tomorrow. when he will
deliver a lecture on his Arctic exper-
fences.
The decision was reached that DR..
Cook under the circumstances could
not be recognized in an official way.
The conclusions of the board were
stated in an announcement by Willis
L. Moore, president of the society, in
which it was urged that both Com
mander Peary and DR.: Cook lose no
time in submitting their observations,
notes and data to a competent scien-
tific commission in the United States.
The announcement states:
Before the society can accept the
conclusions of either Commander
Peary or DR.. Cook that the North Pole
has been attained. it will be necessary
that the scientific records and data
of each explorer be carefully examin-
ed by it's committee on research or by
some body or commission acceptable
to the board.
.aThe society takes this position not
from any distrust of the personal in
tegrity of either explorer, but because
OF the many calculations that enter
into the determination of the pole.'
Prof. Moore said he did not feel he
could disassociate himself sufficiently
as president of the society to call upon
or to Introduce DR.. Cook to any au-
dience while in this city. He could
not do so until the board of managers
of the society had taken action on DR..
Cooks claims OF having reached the
North pole.
Mr.. Moore will maintain the same
attitude toward Commander Peary
that he does toward DR.. Cook.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-02
ENGINE RAN WILD.
For Two Miles Through the City of
Youngstown, Ohio.

Youngstown. Ohio, Sept 2.-While
entering youngstown under full
steam, passenger train No. 125, on
the Pennsylvania railroad westbound,
was struck by a train of cars backed
out of a local steel plant, the col
Hsion separating the engine from the
tender and train. Kent Stafford, fire
man, was thrown from the engine
and will die. Engineer B. Cummings
was also thrown off and was badly in
jured.
For two miles the engine ran wild
through the city. Near the upper
works of the Carnegie Steel COM
pany, it struck switch engine
knocking it off the track. Engine er
Chas. A. Simpson of the switch en-
gine was seriously injured.
The passenger train was stopped
by the wreckage of the tender and
its passengers escaped uninjure9.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-02
PRINCE HAD BAD LUCK.
Failed to Reach Home Until After q
Son Was Born.

Berlin. Oct. Grown Prince
Frederick whose wife gave birth to
a son the night of September 80,
was prevented by series of mishaps
from reaching home in time for the
event.
The crown prince had been hunt
ing in the forests of Pomerania. A
courier sent out to bring him in
reached his side just after he had
brought down stag. The crown
prince hastened to the hunting lodge
and started for home at nightfall in
an automobile. The machine baked
and several hours were lost in effect
ing repairs The crown prince then
became lost on the forest roads in a
fog. He finally reached home at 4
a. m, on October 1. and was greeted
at his door with the news that a son
had been born five hours earlier.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-02
HONOR OF A THIEF.
Kansan Preferred Prison Rather Than
Beggar Mother

Chicago, Oct Pr. A. Moran of
Bloomington, ILL.,. yesterday began two
years sentence in the federal prison
at Fort Leavenworth. Kan, because
he would not allow his aged mother
to sacrifice her home to pay his fine
of $4,000.
Moran, a self confessed postal
to the authorities after being in hiding
for two years, and was given the al
tentative of the fine or imprisonment.
Despite the fact that his mother offer
ed to sacrifice her home for her son,
he refused to accept the offer.
After he kissed his mother, who had
offered her all to save him, he asked
the bailiffs to take him to prison at
once.
Moran was formerly a prosperous
merchant in Clay Center, Kansas, but
became a bankrupt.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-02
DR.. COOK.
North Pole Discoverer Sensation of
the Day.

Dr. Cooks great story about his dis
covery of the North Pole starts in this
issue of the State Journal on page 10
and will be completed in subsequent is
sues of the paper. next week.
Aside from the big Associated
Press news, all the local news, special
feature stories and high class reading,
there are many reasons why you
should be reading the State Journal
regularly if you, who read this are
among the very few in Topeka not
regular subscribers. In the evening
paper you are enabled to read today's
news today. while all morning papers
can give you only yesterdays news.
In this day and age few wish to wait
until tomorrow for today's news.
The State Journal had originally
planned to print DR.. Cooks full story
in today's issue, but the New York
Herald which is still printing the story
refused to release but part of it for
today.
The remainder will be printed in
the State Journal in installments dur
ing next week.
There is movement on in Topeka
to secure DR.. Cook for a lecture in the
Topeka auditorium next Friday, but
it is not yet known with what success
this will meet. 1t is thought he could
fill the auditorium at one or even two
dollars a ticket. or at almost any
price.
DR.. Cook spoke in Boston last night.
as reported in these columns today;
speaks in Washington tomorrow; st.
Louis Wednesday; Kansas City Thurs
day; ST. Louis expects to give him an
audience OF 1900 in their big auditor
IIim
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-02

A celebrated New York Aurist has
been selected to demonstrate to deaf
people that deafness is a disease and
can be cured rapidly and easily in your
own home.
He proposes to prove this fact by
sending to any person having trouble
with their ears a trial treatment OF
this new method absolutely free. All
people who have trouble with their cars
are advised to Immediately address DR..
Edward Gardner, Suite 927, No. 40 West
Thirty-third street, New York City, and
they may be assured that they viii
receive by return mail, absolutely free,
a Trial Treatment"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-02
UNCLE SAM NEEDS COOKS.
Wages $4OO, to 5000 a Year in the
Indian Service.

Washington, Oct. 2.-The American
household is not the only place that
has trouble in getting cook. That
this is so is vouched for by the In
dian service of Uncle Sam. 1t pays
pretty good wages. too, but some mis-
taken idea that the scalping as well
as the butcher knife may figure in the
employment apparently has served to
keep applicants away.
The Indian service pays it's cooks
when it can get them $400 to $500 a
year. Nor are the requirements quite
so exacting as they are in many
branches of the government service.
All that is necessary is for the appli-
cant to be neither too young or too
old, to be in good physical condition
and to have had enough experience to
at least approximate the sort that
mother used to make.
Inviting applications, the Indian
service lets it be known that no citi-
zen of the United States is barred if
he or she can only fulfill the require
ments.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-02
Big FREIGHT RECORD.
Largest Shipments Ever Made From
the Lake Ports.

Washington, Oct. 2.-The largest
shipments ever made from the great
lake ports developed in August, ac-
cording to a bulletin just issued by
the bureau of statistics.
During August the domestic ship
ments of all kinds of merchandise
amounted to 12,543,057 net tons as
compared with 10,065,449 net tons for
the same period for 1908.
Domestic shipments of iron ore
showed an increase of As per cent over
those for the same period of 1908.
Wheat shipments showed exceedingly
small totals. Although the shipments
of coal and lumber were rather heavy
during August, they fell below the
average for the same month of 1908.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-02
WORKMEN MAKE A FIND.
Uncover Whisky Buried in 1926 in Old
Stone Foundation.

Spencer, Ind, Oct. 2.-Workmen en-
gagged In tearing down the old Owen
county court house found a gallon jug
OF whisky buried in a crevice in the
foundation stones under the building
The jug was sealed with wax and bore
on one side a discolored paper label in
scribed as follows:
Deposited by Joseph Freeland, 1926:
distilled in Owen county 1921
About half the contents had evapora-
ted The liquor Is now in the possess
sion of the county auditor, who has
purchased q new spoon preparatory to
dealing the liquor out in limited guam
titles to the county officials and others.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-02
ST. LOUIS CENTENNIAL
Begins With Formal Welcome to
Torpedo Boat FTotiIIa.

st. Louis, Oct. 2.-AIthough the
centennial celebration of the in
corporation of st. Louis does not
open officially until sunrise tomor-
row, the week of festivities was fairly
ushered in today when a formal
welcome was rendered to the officers
Atlantic torpedo boat hotilla. The
four torpedo boats took part in a
parade on the Mississippi river
Every craft on the river saluted the
newly painted and polished warships.
the latter replying with sa1utes from
barking rapid fire guns.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-02
CHICAGO VS.. PURDUE.
Coach Stagg and Captain Page Opti-
mistic Over Chance of the Maroons.

Chicago, Oct. 2.-Football teams of
the University of Chicago and Pur-
due university clash today at Mar
shall field in the opening game of the
season of 1909.
Captain Orville Page will command
the attack of the Chicago players and
Coach Stagg expressed satisfaction in
the line up of the players despite the
absence of Crawley, the star halfback,
who will be out of the game because
of injuries. The Purdue players are
in charge of Coach Speik. who has %
men in his squad.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-02
GOPHERS VS.. HAWKEYES
Big Game at Minneapolis Today
Promises to Be Hotly Contested.

Minneapolis, Oct. 2.-Minnesota and
Iowa are both prepared for the first
crucial test of the football season for
each eleven this afternoon on North
rop field.
The Iowa team arrived yesterday in
excellent condition.
Minnesota will present it's strongest
line up against the Iowans While
Minnesota, with six veterans in the
lineup, is the favorite, Iowa having
only three tried men on the team, the
Minnesota coach expects a hard game.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-02
MORE AID ASKED.
Homeless Storm Sufferers Still Num-
bcr 1000 in Louisiana.

New Orleans, Oct Am earnest
appeal to the federal authorities for
further assistance for the storm suffer-
ers in Terre Bonne parish has been
sent to Washington.
In addition to a supply of 10000
small rations directed for distribution
by the war department, Congressman
Broussard has asked for 100 tents, 500
mattresses and 500 double blankets.
More than 1000 persons are still
homeless and without means of self
support.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-02
STOP SHIPMENTS
Attorney General on Inter-
state Liquor Business.
What If Our Attorney Jackson
Could Stop 1t Here!

Muskogee, Ok, Oct. AT a confer
ence between c. L. Jackson, general
attorney for the Missouri, Kansas &
Texas Railway company and County
Attorney Crump today, it was agreed
that this railway would no longer pro-
tect interstate liquor shipments from
seizure by Oklahoma officers. The To-
cal officers state that they will now
search cars and open and confiscate all
liquors CONSIGNED to Muskogee.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-02
FIERCE RATE WAR ON.
Fare From Los Angeles to Frisco
Cut to 81.

Los Angeles, Cal. Oct. 2.-The war of
the coast steamship companies is on in
costly earnestness and a passenger can
ride from Los Angeles to San Fran
cisco. meals included, for 81 The
thousands of homeseekers that have
reached California on reduced tourist
rates from the east are taking advan-
tage of the steamship family war and
crowding the coast vessels to their ca
pacities. Railroad travel has fallen off
eDOrmOI1sly
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-02
FUNERAL DIRECTORS MEETING
George Thomas of Milwaukee New
President of Undertakers.

- Portland, Ore, Oct. 2.-The National
Y-nneral Directors association. in con-
pxentfon yesterday elected officers as
fellows:
President Geo. II. Thomas Milwau-
Toe: first vice president, ]. w. Cookery.
TTai1a WaIla Wash: second vice presi-
6ert, Thomas H. Reilly. Weston, Mass /;
third wee president. George Chandler
EaI,I Philadelphia; secretary, Harry
1yilpatrick. Elmwood. H.; treasurer,
Chas. Miller, Cincinnati
Detroit was selected as the next con-
veutton city
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-02
Nignt Watchnlan Caught bv F1re.

St. Louis, Oct. 2.-Fire which started
at o'clock this morning, in the base
ment OF the Nat L Mcclure Oil and
Supply company, cost Night Watchman
McNeal his life and entailed a loss of
SIC, 600. McNeaL who had apparently
been asleep on the third story of the
four story building. though somewhat
burned, had evidently died from suffo-
cation as indicated by the sleeping
posture in which the body was found.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-02
BURIED 1000 YEARS.
Dwellings Made of Poles Unearthed in
Sweden.

Stockholm. Oct. 2-Pole dwellings A.
coo years old similar to those discover
ed in the north of Switzerland have
been unearthed in swamp on the
nlateau east of Lake Waiter, 120 miles
northwest of Stockholm.
The excavations disclosed petrif1ed ap-
pies. wheat kernels, nuts. pottery, flint
and horn implements, amber ornaments
and wild boar teeth, all in a good
state of preservation in the calcareous
mud.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-02
FORBID USE OF sT1MULANTs.
Marathon Runners Must Draw on
Nature Alone.

Chicago, Oct. 2.-No stimulant will be
permitted for runners in the annual
Marathon run of the Illinois A. c. to-
day. This decision was made yesterday
hv the committee in charge which rules
that ammonia fumes. one of the latest
Innovations OF the Red Cross society,
should be used on exhausted athletes
to revive them
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-02
Lost Their Lives in Prairie Fire.

Winnipeg, Oct 2.-Mrs- Frank Grover
and her two young children. living 10
miles southeast of Lee, Alberta, lost
The mother saw the fire approaching
their home and started for a neighbor's
place but the fire overlook them. The
entire district of farm buildings and
crops was burned out
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-02
..Dry,, vote Causes suicide.

washington, Ind. Oct. George
Killion, agent of a Terre Haute Brew
ing company at Loogootee, which went
dry recently, has killed himself. His
business had dropped away and
mortgage was foreclosed on his horses
and wagons.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-02
WEATHER IS HOT AGAIN.
Thermometer Climbed to 9O-Warm
Weather VIII Continue.

o'clock today, branding this as the
warmest second of October on record
for Topeka. The temperature has
been rising by jumps ali day, making
a ten degree slide between and 10
o'clock. The forecast favors a con-
tinuation of fair, warm weather for
Sunday. This afternoon the wind is
blowing IL miles an hour from the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-02
DePauW PLAYS Indiana Todav.

Bloomington, Ind, Oct. 2.-The
football season in Indiana will open
today with a game here between Indi-
ana university and DePauw university.
Neither team is settled in organiza-
ton.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-02
weather Indications.

Chicago, Oct. 2-Forecast for Kan
sas: Fair tonight and Sunday
The Ordway new era., 1909-09-10
Care In Preparing Food.

In recent years scientists have
proved that the value Of food 10 meas
ured largely by Its purity: the re.
suit 10 the most stringent pure food
laws that have ever been known.
One food that has stood out promi-
nently as perfectly clean and pure
food and which was as pure before
the enactment Of these laws a. 1t could
possibly be is Quaker Scotch. Oats;
conceded by the experts to be the ideal
food for making strength Of muscle
and brain. The best and cheapest Of
all foods. The Quaker Oats Company
is the only manufacturer Of oatmeal
that has satisfactorily solved the prob
lem of removing the huskB and black
specks which are SO annoying when
other brands are eaten. II you are
convenient to the store buy the reg
ular size packages: II not near the
store, buy the large size family pack
ages. ]
The Ordway new era., 1909-09-10
MELONS REQUIRE MUCHWATER
viii Grow and Produce Crop with
Small Quantity Of MoIsture-oo
Better Irrigated.

Generally speaking. the watermelon
will grow and produce a crop with a
small quantity Of water but It will do
considerably better II irrigation Is sup
piled. The number and frequency Of
irrigations depends to q large extent,
OF course. upon the soil and climatic
conditions. A soil which conserves
the moisture near the surface where
the roots OF the vines are located will
naturally require the least amount Of
irrigation water. As q rule. however.
under ordinary conditions the irriga-
ton should be more frequent after the
plant begins to bear. The first irri-
cation is usually given to the ground
just as soon as the bitches are made
and before the seed Ia planted. II
the seed Ia slow in terminating, 1t Is
sometimes advisable to give a Sec
ond irrigation to produce germina.
ton, but care must be taken not to
allow the water to cover the hills
for the reason that 1t would pack
the soil and thus retard or prevent
termination. All OF the irrigations
are applied through the bitches.
After the plants have passed the
blooming period the bitches should
be we'll filled SO that the moisture can
soak into the ridges and reach the
roots and from now on during the hot
weather a big melon plantation will
require an ocean Of water.
The Ordway new era., 1909-09-10
BABY HORRIBLY BURNED.
Dy Boiling 0rease-skin All Came or
One Side Of Face and Head
Thought Her Disf'sursd for Life.
Used cstleura: No Scar Left.

my baby was sitting beside the
fender and we were preparing the
breakfast when the frying-pan full Of
boiling grease was upset and It went all
over one side Of her face and head.
Some one wiped the scald with .
towel, pulling the entire skin Oh. We
took her to a doctor. He tended her
. week and gave me some stun to put
on. But 1t all festered and thought
the baby was dishgured for life. I
used about three boxes Of Cuticura
Ointment and 1t was wonderful how
It healed. In about i've weeks 1t was
better and there wasn't mark to tell
where the scald had been. Her skin
10 Just like velvet. Mrs. Hare, I,
Henry st.. South Shields, Durham.
England. March %. 1908"
Potter DRUG 3 Chcru. Corr, Sole Props., BostoA.
The Ordway new era., 1909-09-10
FAINT HEART AND FAIR LADY
Chances Good That the Ancient Adsss
Once More Proved Wisdom Of
Man Who Uttered Il.


He was afraid to tell her right out
and out that he loved her. 80 he began
In roundabout way. hoping she
would catch his drift. then betray. by
her confusion. her own feelings. He
didn't dream but that she loved him.
but thought that she. like himself.
was afraid to demonstrate It.
Heart trouble?" she repeated. Are
you sure you've heart trouble. Alfred?
You know indigestion is very like It
at times"
"Oh. ! know I've got heart trouble
all right. I-can't you see 1t your.
self"
why. how silly. Alfred: no one can
see heart trouble: they have to feel
1t. Have you taken anything for it?"
mo. not yet. but IL want to. don't
you know
Then why don't you?"
II would: that Is. II could get
IT,"
Cant you get 1t. Alfredo"
Il don't know"
= Have you tried?"
mo. not yet
(silence for two provoking min
utes.)
Alfred" (coldly.)
"Y-yes?"
Let's have game OF checkers
The Ordway new era., 1909-09-10
IRRIGATED OATS ARE BEST
Climate, Weather. Variety and Irrisa.
tIon All Tend to Influence
Weight and Quality.

The weight OF oats Is affected by
variety. by the weather. by irrigation
and by the climate. AS a rule, the
larger and plumper the grain the
more heavily will the oats weigh and
this is why irrigated oats excel all
others. When the weather is such as
to produce an excessive amount Of
growth Of straw, the weight of the
grain suffers accordingly. When 1t
produces an insufficient amount Of
straw, the quality Of the grain is
again affected. adversely. When the
weather induces rust in the straw,
there is a corresponding shrinkage in
the grain In size and In weight. The
greatest influence, however, is that
of weather. Cool temperatures at
harvest time which ripen the grain
slowly are favorable to the produc-
tion Of heavy kernels and plump
grain. This explains why 1t is that
oats are usually heavier in the higher
attitudes than on the plains. 1t also
explains why in the hot climates oats,
as a rule, weigh lightly. The differ
ence in the feeding value Of oats is
very considerable. It would not be
correct to say that the difference Is
exactly proportionate to the variation
in weight. 1t Is true, however. that
the difference is very marked when
the oats are dealt out to animals by
measure. s