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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-07
DROWNED IN HUSBANDS ARMS
While He Was Trying to Rescue Her
From the River.

Niagara Falls, N. Y, June 7.-Aaron
Cohen of Buffalo saw his young wife
leap into the swirling river between
Second and Third Sisters Islands
Sunday afternoon, only $50 feet above
the brink of the cataract. Without a
moments hesitation he followed her,
caught her hand and struggled des-
perately to save her.
Mrs. Cohen probably died in her
husbands arms. Before it was pos
sible to bring efficient help an hour
had passed, during all of which Co
hen was making frantic attempts to
reach the shore. But the struggle
against the current-at this point is
about 20 miles an hour-was beyond
his power. Fortune aided him. With
his wife tightly clasped to him he felt
himself bump into a tree stump and
on this he got grip with his one free
hand. He shouted for help. Finally
word was carried to the reservation
police and Policeman James Martin
and three other men with ropes hur-
ried to the scene.
Three times they threw rope before
it fell within Cohen's grasp. When he
did catch it he was too weak to tie it
about his own or his wife's waist. The
two were &c feet away from shore and
it was extremely difficult, owing to the
precarious nature of the footing, to
make a good cast. Pinned against the
tree stump by the terrific rush of wa
ter, all the strength had gone out of
Cohen and he had been unable to keep
his wife's tace above water.
Once Cohen had hold of the rope the
men on shore began to pull and Mar
tin, who was in the front, slipped and
tell into the stream but, quickly re-
gained his feet. When within Is feet
of the shore Cohen lost his grip on his
wife's body and it was carried down
stream and was lost to visw.
Cohen says that worry over the fact
I1o+ he n he Tn
FAINT depressed his wife greatly and
probably caused her desire for death.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-07
PUT UP THE CASH.
Cudahy Packing Company Pays Gov
eminent Big sum in Revenues.

| The Cudai1y' Packing company has
turned over TO The United States gov
ornment $4,000. or the amount which
the company is alleged to have been in
Gebted to Uncle Sam for the use of Il
cent revenue white oleo stamps on the
colorated cleo instead of the required
| 10 cent stamp under the rules of the
government.
This morey was turned into the reve-
nue. department at Washington and was
given without a trial of any kind. Ths
ICudahys had been indicted on 695 counts
in the April term of the federal court
in this city and each count was worthy
Of fine of from 81 to $1,000. 1t is still
Tos sible for the government to inf1ict
through the indictment brought in by
the grand jury at the April term of
the court.
The Cudahy people have made a wise
move in paying over the alleged amount
of the defraud without making a fight
of any kind. In the first place it gives
them standing with the federal Off
Gals and will be a great point in their
favor when the court convenes in Oc-
I1cber and fixes the fine. There is a
custom at Washington which grants a
certain amount of leniency in such a
condition of affairs.
In the second place the government
would have confiscated the Cudahy
plant, which includes the oleoma rgarine
d. partment, if Cudahy refused to make
good the revenue deficit. This is allow
able under law and would have been
performed in case the guilty company
had refused to smooth matters over by
the payment of the fines.
The fna, action in the case will be
made at the October term of court
The fines will be imposed by Uncle Sam
at this time. AS this is the biggest
fraud in the history of the revenue de-
partment, it is thought that the fine
with a minimum of $685. and a maxi
mum of $695000, will be leaning toward
the larger amount. The Cudahy peo-
companies.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-07
CHANGED HIS MIND.
John d. SpreckIes objects to His Sons
Marriage to Choir Girl.

New York, June CLAUS Sprekles,
III, the 20 year old son of John D.
Spreckles of California, and Miss Mary
Adele Case, were not married when
they arrived here from Paris on the
steamer Cincinnati, as they had in
tended. A wireless message received at
sea instructed young Mr.. Spreckles to
call on his father at the Hotel Wolcott
Immediately upon his arrival and be-
fore he made any important step.
Spreckles drove Miss Case, who in a
few years has sung herself from the
obscurity CT Alaskan music halls to the
fame of Paris cfloirs, to the Hotel
Knickerbocker and then went to the
Wolcott. After an hours private irter-
view with his father, the young man
returned to the Knickerbocker and took
Miss Case for drive through the
park, after which he went to the Vol
colt to remain permanently with his
father.
To reporters. the young man admit
ted that h. and Miss Case were to have
been married upon the arrival of the
steamship at Hoboken, but that the
wireless message had caused a delay.
He said that his father insisted that
he give up his musical studies and
abandon his intention of marrying for
two years, during which time he is to
engage in a commercial pursuit and
demonstrate to his father his ability
to care for a wife.
He said that he had accepted his
fathers terms. His friendship with
Miss Case, he insisted would endure
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-07
TO FOLLOW COLUMBUS.
Joseph Brucker Plans to Cross the
Atlantic i'm an Airship.

Chicago, June with the same
northeast trade winds by which Co
lumbus figured out his route to the dis
covery of America, Joseph Brucker,
former editor of the Stats Zeitung and
commissioner from Germany to the ST.
Louis Worlds fair. says he will at
tempt to cross the Atlantic ocean in an
airship or dirigible balloon
Mr. Brucker has arrived in Chicago
on a visit to friends. He declared it
was possible to cross the ocean in an
airship and that he would put his
theories into execution some time next
spring.
1.-The Wright brothers and Count
Zeppelin agree with me- he said, that
it is perfectly within reason that bal
loon or airship properly constructed,
could cross the ocean safely.
81 win spend most of the winter in
building my airship and in the spring
I expect to start my voyage from
Cadiz. Spain. 1 expect to land either
in Cuba or somewhere in the middle
states
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-07
LEPER TO NEW YORK.
Famous Patient to Receive Treat
ment From Specialist.

New York, June John r. Early.
who has been confined for nine
months in reservation at Washing
ton, suspected of being a victim of
leprosy, will probably be brought to
New York this week to- undergo
treatment in the Skin and Cancer
hospital. The New York health
authorities have given their permits
sion to bring Early here and place
has been prepared for him in the
hospital
DR. L. Duncan Buckley, a special
lst who has beer. one of those who
have contended in this famous case
that Early is not a leper, will go to
Washing ton tomorrow or next day
and bring him here for treatment in
the hospital DR.. Buckley and the
hospital officials insist they can cure
Early despite the long-repeated state
ments of many other physicians that
the man is doomed to death from
leprosy. The medical world is
watching the case closely.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-07
SAVED BY MRS. TAFT.
Plea of Condemned Man Touched
Heart of Presidents Wife.


Washington, June Mrs. Taft has
saved the life of a man named Pero-
vich, convicted of murder in the first
degree at Fairbanks. Alaska. and sem
fenced to be hanged. President Taft
was not inclined to interfere in the
case, and the law would probably have
taken its course had he not submitted
the papers to Mrs Taft. She read
the mand touched by their contents,
added her plea for Communication of
sentence.
Application for Communication of sem
tence was submitted to the president
some time ago by Judge Wickersham,
the present delegate from Alaska
Perovich had been tried and convicted
while Wickersham was United States
Judge in Alaska, and the appeal for
communication was recommended by
him. 1t was also recommended by At
torney General Wickersham- But the
intervention of Mrs. Taft completely
swayed the presidents mind in favor
of mercy and he commuted Perovich's
sentence to Imprisonment for life.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-07
and the LIE Roy and Caney Valley Air
Line Railroad company of Kansas


Line Railroad company of Kansas.
The Washington Herald says. dis.
GUESSING the new prohibition law OF
Kansas. Charles s. Painter, of kansas
City, who is at the National, said that
II connection with the new law, At
tcrney General Jackson has started
crusade on the social clubs of the state
He has ruled that no man can wen
drink his own liquor N a club house,
continued Mr.. Painter. Most OF the
clubs, Elks, Eagles, and the like, main
tam locker systems. hut these are pui
under the ban by the attorney general:
All of them have taken them out, and
cut out all LIQUOR The Topeka club, the
swell cub of the state. which entertalns
al the noted men of the country VINO
happen to drift into Topeka. is resist
ing the new ruling. It's members claim
liquor. if kept in lockers A test case
will soon be made. The position the
states attorney takes is that cluo
house is place where PEOPLE eongre-
gate to drink, which is against the law.
MANY of the towns" added Mr.
Painter following the advice of the
attorney general. are even limiting the
amount of beer that man can nave
shipped into his home from an outside
state Wichita has fixed the limit at
one case a week. Topeka has liked IL
at one case for every two weeks. Leav-
enworth permits two cases week II
d man mas more tndn Ine ilInll as llASo
shipped him, it is taken as evidence
that he is shipping the stuff in for sale,
and he is subject to arrest.
1T is also made unlawful to drink
liquor publicly on passenger trains. Any
passenger caught drinking from bot
tie is subject to arrest. Conductors and
other trainmen are given authority to
make arrests. It has been reported that
some of the through transcontlnental
trains sell liquor in the buffet cars. The
state now has spoilers out rounding up
evidence against them.
Official announcement has been made
of the scholastic standing of the first
% members of the graduating class at
the naval academy. There are 10 mem
bers who graduate with star" rate,
having obtained So per cent, or better
of the maximum. Alvah D. Bernhard.
o student from Lawrence, Kan, is list
ed among those VINO came just short OF
obtaining a star grade.
Rural letter carriers appointed for
service in Kansas: Frank E. Thomas
and Harry w. Thomas at McLouth;
Eddie 3. Estes ana Germaine Hoag at
Blue Rapids.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-07
MRS. EDDY IS WELL.
Announcement of Her Death Is Proven
to Be Untrue.

Chicago, June IA Boston special
to the Tribune says: Mrs. Della M.
Gilbert, a New York woman long
prominent in Christian Science, issued
an open letter Saturday directed to
"AlI Christian Scientists in which she
said Mrs. Mary Baker G.. Eddy, foun-
der of Christian Science, was either
dead or a helpless, mindless puppet.' y
Conducting an independent investi-
cation of the sensational charges made
in Mrs. Gilbert's letter reporter went
out to Mrs. Eddy's estate. The re-
He saw her drive by in her carriage as
usual, her companion being Calvin A.
Frye, for many years known both as
the footman and confidential private
secretary of Mrs. Eddy. The latter
seemed as well as she was a year ago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-07
He WAS DELIGHTED.
French Professor Impressed With
American Institutions.

Paris, June label LeF'ranc of
the College of France, the professor
who lately 1ectured at Harvard uni
versity, has returned with an en-
thusiastic impression of the Amer
lean and particularly. American uni
versity life. He said the many books
he had studied on the subject did not
convey an adequate idea of the in
tensity of American activity.
He was deeply impressed by the
evidence of idealism and intellectual
progress among the people. who have
been represented by European
writer's as rough and uncultured,
while it was plain that he had been
surprised at the courtesy and polite
ness he encountered.
The language used might be
brusque, but Americans. he said, do
not make useless compliments. An
other surprise had been American
architecture. He said:
81 saw no ugly houses. Optimism
seems to be the basis of American
character, both national and in
diViduaI"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-07
CURED BY FAITH
Woman.s Voice Restored by Current
From a Dead Battery.

New York. June AT a recent
meeting of the County Medical society
in Philadelphia, says the Medical
Times in its publication today, Dr. De
Sajous related how man brought his
daughter of him for treatment. She
had lost her voice.
Il tried the battery on her." said the
physician, land her voice returned per-
fectly in a short time. The father was
in such glee that he Rugged me. When
they had gone I happened to look at
the battery and observed that the cur
rent had not been turned on
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-07
vOLK MOVES TO OREGON.
Will Engage in Newspaper Work at
Forest Grove.

Wichita, Kan. June 7.-Gerald Volk
has purchased a newspaper in Forest
Grove, Ore. and will leave Wichita to
make his home in the northwest. He
expects to leave here the latter part OF
this month and will take charge of his
new paper the first of July.
Mr.. Volk will be missed by the Kan
sas newspaper fraternity. He has al
ways been a Give one in newspaper
circles In Wichita, where Mr. and Mrs.
volh have lived for many years, they
have a large number of friends who
will be sorry to learn that they will
leave the Peerless Princess.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-07
Brother of Father Baker Insane.

Wichita, Kan, June &c. d. Baker,
aged 75 years, has been adjudged in
sane by the probate court He is a
brother of Father" F. p. Baker. who
died recently at his home in Topeka.
G. D. Baker was at one time the
editor of the Holton Recorder and came
to Wichita fourteen years ago to edit
the Kansas and Oklahoma notes for
the Western Newspaper Union.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-07
Slept 81 DAYS and Died.

Lowell. Mass. June 7.-Louisiana
Petite, Lowell, the so-called Sleeping
sickness" girl, is dead after lying on
her bed practically unconscious for 80
days. In that time the only nourish-
ment which passed her lips was milk
forced through her teeth. The girl had
four other similar spells, lying uncon-
scious for days. Last fall she slept
thirty days
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-07
Whisky Shipped as Tomatoes.

Ell Reno. Okla, June Boxes
labelled Tomatoes and "Gloss
starch but containing instead old
bourbon whisky. have been seized here
today at the direction of United States
District Attorney John Embry. because
of the false labels. There were la
pints of whisky in the consignment,
which was shipped from Kansas City.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-07
Miss Knann rs Dead

San Francisco, June miss Adeline
Knapp, the California novelist and
magazine writer, died Yesterday at her
home in Mill Valley, suburb of this
city, in her 50th year. Miss Knapp be-
came widely known at the time of the
Hawaiian revolution when she Journey
ed to the islands as the representative
of a San Francisco newspaper Since
then she has written several books that
attracted attention.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-07
NOT ENOUGH SEATS.
Census of Strap-Hangers Indicate q
Daily Total of 136.S61.

Chicago. June I'm the first sup
Elemental report of the subway
bureau there is included the census
of the army of strap changers The
roll shows that on an average day
136.S61 Chicagoans cling to the
loosely hung bits of leather in street
railways and elevated trains.
The total for year would show
that between IS million and SO mil
lion passengers had failed to find
seats in the trolley or elevated lines
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-07
SaIina Herald suspends Publication

Salina, Kan, June with its
Thursdays issue, the Salina Herald,
the oldest newspaper in central Kan
sas. suspended publication. The paper
was founded in 1857 and the issue
was No. II of volume 43. ]. H.
Padgett, manager of the paper, states
that he may some time resume publ
cation of the paper as daily.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-07
McPherson,s Bic Hotel Sold.

Mcpherson, Kan, June 1.-THE Union
hotel, the largest in this city, has been
sold by Miss S NJ. McCourt to Arthur
Sparks of Hillsboro, who has taken
possession.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-07

The postoffices of Burlington, Lib
eral, Marysville, Minneapolis and
Sterling, Kan, will be advanced from
the third to the second class on July
1 next.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-07
Get MORE MONEY
Kansas Postmasters Who Will
BE Paid More
includes Many County Seat
Towns in State.
RAISES ARE NOT LARGE
Amount From SlOO to $500
Per Year.
RAISES ARENOTLARGE
Other Offices to Be Advanced
From Third to Second Class.

Washington, June THE postoffice
department has announced an addi-
tional list of Kansas postoffices in
which the postmasters will receive an
increase Of salary after next July 1.
The list numbers lightweight. and is
as follows:
Alma, increased from 81, 400 to 81 500 a
year.
Almena, from $1,000 to $1,000.
Alton, from 81 900 to $1,1OO
Anthony, from s2,100 to $4,000.
Argonia. from 81, 100 to $780,
Ashland, from $1,000 to 1,400.
Attica, from 81, 100 to 81, 200
Atwood, from 81 400 to 81 800.
Belle PLANE. from ST. 100 to 81, 200.
Beloit, from $2,100 to 1900.
Bonner Springs. from 81, 300 to 81, 500.
Bucklin. from $1,000 to 81 400.
Burlington. from 81, 800 to $1,000.
Burton, from 81, 100 to $1,000.
Caldwell, from $500 to $780,
Canton, from $1,000 to $1,000
Chanute, from 81, 500 to $500.
Cimarron, from $1,000 to $1,000.
Clafiin, from $1,100 to $1,000.
Coffeyville, from 81, 700 to 50, 500.
Coldwater, from 81, 200 to $1,000.
Colony, from $1,000 to SLIGO.
Columbus, from $4,000 to $4,000
Conway Springs from 81 400 to 81 500.
Cottonwood Falls, from $1,400 to ST.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-12
CLOSING TIMES OF THE
TRANS-PACIFIC MAIL s

The following closing dates for trans
Pacific mails are announced by the San
Francisco postoftice, subject to changes
on notice;
For Australia and New Zealand.
steamer Tymeric 10 a m, December II.
For China and Japan. steamer En-
press OF China, via Seattle, 10 D. M.
december IL steamer Minnesota, via
Seattle. 10 .. m. December I9
For Hawaii. steamer HilOnian 10
a m. December a; steamer Mongolia
closing an hour earlier.
For the Philippines, steamer Empress
Of China. via Seattle, 10 p. m, December
u. steamer Mongolia, 1920 a. m. De
cenber .21.
For Tahiti, steamer Mariposa, 6 a. m
December 2S
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-12
ROBINSON AND WINDELL
REQUESTS YIELD RELIEF

The Salvation Army was added yes
terday 10 the list Of seven worthy or
ganizations among whom the mayor
and the supervisors finance committee
distributed the annual returns from the
Robinson and the Windeu bequests.
The former yielded $1,767.14 and the
latter, SB1IS.1S. The total of S2,8S5.72
gave $36o.7l to each Of the eight bene-
hciaries- No conditions attach to the
gifts except that they be used to aid
helpless women and children.
The Youths Directory, the Children's
hospital, the ST. Vincent de Paul So
ciety, the Associated Charities, the IN
fants shelter, the San Francisco nurs-
cry for homeless children, the board of
health and the Salvation Army will
distribute the relief
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-12
IMPROVEMENT IN
SAILORS QUARTERS
Progress Reported in Unions
Campaign to Secure Better
Conditions in FOrecastIe
BAY and River SteambOatmenS
Organization Believe Fight
viii Be Successful

The officers Of the bay and river
steamboatmen's union Of California will
be able to report progress in the cam
paign the union is making to secure
better and more sanitary quarters for
the crews OF the vessels plying on the
bay an6 the tributary rivers at the
meeting of the union to be held tonight
at the headquarters. 81 Steuart street.
II viii take time for the companies to
get out Of the rut in which they have
conducted their boats for the last 25
Years but there has been some i'm
provement in the week which has
elapsed since the union took up the
matter with the state board of health
AND The Call exposed the vile and
noisome conditions existing in the
forecastles of many Of the boats.
superintendent Fox of the Petaluma
and Santa Rosa transportation COM
pany. which operated the steamers Gold
and Napa City, stated yesterday that
the forecastles of the vessels Of that
line are 10 be thoroughly fumigated
today.
CLEAN UP FORECASTLES
we are working under heavy dis
advantages" said Captain Fox, but
we viii aim TO have our boats clean
and the sleeping quarters of the men
free from dirt ] have ordered that
tomorrow the forecastles be fumigated
and steamed out We will try to Sc
cure cooperation from the men on the
boats in keeping the quarters In order.
7 think that the other lines viii real
ize. too. the need of cleanliness and the
evils which The Call has exposed viii
be ameliorated. The boats are old and
The conditions of today are of long
standing, but that is no reason why
they should continue"
Secretary Henry Huntsman Of the
bay and river steamboatmen's union of
California said yesterday that the union
had every nope Of winning out in the
fight DC is making for better quarters
for the crews.
We know that there are many diff
culties in the way Of a change on the
boats. but we think that we shall win
our fundamental pOintA-better ventila-
tiOn. drier quarters and safer arrange
ments on the vessels" said he. The
state board Of health is now consider
ing whether or not il has jurisdiction
over the sanitation OF the boats. When
that point is decided we shall know
better Whe-e we stand"
CONSIDERABLE TIME NECESSARY
While We do not demand impos-
sible accon. oIishments of the steamboat
companies. and while we realize that
from the construction of the boats
considerable time is necessary for the
improvements 10 be made. and will not
press the companies unduly; yet we
shall always have our work well in
hand and viii see that we are not
passed up by the companies"
Patrolman George COmstock, who is
the union officer who comes in closest
contact with the companies and the
vessels, is equally positive Of the sue
cessful outcome Of the campaign that
the union is making.
We shall secure better accommo-
datlOns for the men,, said Com
stock, and while we are willing to
wait until the companies have time to
improve their boats we will continually
be on the watch 10 see that those i'm
provements are made as quickly as is
reasonable
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-12
WE SHOULD BE YOUR
DENTISTS

Because we viii save you a third in
cOst-do your dental work on the most
sensitive tooth without the least pain
give you the highest class work OBJ
tainable anywhere and at any price
guarantee every part OF it, Every
crown, bridge and plate is made in our
own laboratory. of the finest materials
money can buy. under our own super
vision, which precludes any possibility
of the workmanship or material being
other than the best This is why we
can guarantee II. We know what en-
ters into it from start TO finish-that
il is made right We know that when
IL is inserted in your mouth 1t is going
to stay there's going TO give vou
longer and better service than any.
dental work you ever had before There
is no process IN dentistry that we are
not absolute masters OF. Won Houten
Expert Dentists, l112 Market street
corner McAllister. Hours a. N. TO S
p. m; Sundays, 10 till l.