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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-24

clay and ]. N. Gentry to Topeka, for
trial is also set for Wednesday.
Meanwhile the police retain charge of
little Marian. Her mother. Mrs. Bleak
ley. was not permitted to remain with
her last night. She left the police sta
that her child would be restored to her.
Mrs. Barclay Talks.
1t was the story of true love for a
child which did not return her affec-
tions that Mrs. Stella Barclay. the fos-
Bleakley, told at police headquarters
last night Then, as if the confession
had relieved her of indifference, she
talked freely of the incidents sur
rounding the kidnapping of the child
last Saturday in Topeka.
Mrs. Barclay declared that her love
for the little girl was as great as any
mothers.
.'And why should not it be?'' she
asked '-Ask any woman how much
she would love child whom she had
watched over day and night for year,
nursing its faint flicker of life into a
flame, and bringing its puny body to
health. And perhaps 1 can say with
out boasting that it was nothing ex-
cept my care and love which finally
made her sturdy and healthy as any
youngster.''
Mrs Barclay said that five weeks
ago she went to Topeka and saw the
little girl near a kindergarten which
the child attended. She talked to her
foster daughter, she said, but did not
disclose her identity. She declared
that the child's mind had been poison
ed against "a Mrs. Barclay" and the
little one had been taught to believe
that Mrs. Barclay sought to kill her.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-24

Greene, the proprietor, received word
that his place would be dynamited Sun
day night unless these men were evict-
ed. Hastily calling consultation with
his guests, Greene decided that with
their help, he would defend the place.
dozen of the men staying at the hotel
shot guns and stood off the strikers
when two raids were made on the
building. The arrival of the state police
on the scene prevented the commission
of the mobs scheme.
Bloody Corner" Lieutenant Smith of
the state police. late last night discoV-
cred the hat of Trooper Williams. Lieu
tenant Smith sair that the hat was urt-
doubtedly left there by three men who
hid in the house when pursued by
troopers.
Terror is dominant in the hearts of
the handful of nonparticipants who live
in Schoenville. Affiliated neither with
the troopers and deputies nor with the
strikers and their allies, these trades
men and their families anxiously WdlcE
each morning for the detail of troopers
to take up their position at Bloody
Corner and with a sigh of regret see
the detachment ride away into the
stockade for the night.
During the past 48 hours. no person,
male or female, has entered or left the
strike zone without being thoroughly
searched. Weapons have been taken
on few, unaware of the rigid exami-
nation that must be passed by all that
enter or leave the lines.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-24
MARIAN BLEAKLEY FUND.
Money Is Being Left at the Prudential
Trust Company.

Since the first announcement in the
State Journal last night to the effect
that a fund would be started in Topeka
for the benefit of Mrs. Charlotte Bleak
ley whose financial standing is not able
to conduct in hte courts the cases in
which she will make frantic effort to
regain her kidnapped child. number of
the good people of Topeka have taken
up the i'd with determination and the
fund has reached a half hundred dol
lars.
Mrs Barclay. the kidnaper of little
Marian Bleakley, has spent $12. 900 in
an attempt to take the child from the
natural mother and she has stated that
she will spend $12. 900 more if it is
possible to get possession of the inno-
cent incubator child. Marian Rleakley.
The case is now befu-e the Kansas City
courts and Mrs. Barclay is lavishing
money with the legal world in an at
tempt to take from Mrs. Bleakley of
Topeka her rightful child.
The funds cor the return Of little
Marian to Topeka are being accepted
at the office of the Prudential Trust
avenue Every cent taken to this office
will be placed on record and the sub
scriptions will be published officially
by the State Journal every evening.
From the inside information received
from different Topeka officials it is sta
ted that there will be considerable trou-
BILE in the proceedings at Kansas City
the officers and legal fraternity at that
city seem TO be radically in favor of
the Barclay woman 1t will be a hard
uphill fight for the Topeka woman and
her little child and this fund is for the
<xo,+;r,o6 m DaCa EfDhfN
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GOULDS ARE DIVORCED.
Final Decree Entered in Case OF Frank
and Helen.

New York. Aug. 24.--Mrs. Heller Kelley
Gould obtained a final decree of di-
voroe from Frank ]. Gould today. The
interlocutory decreeHas signed on May
20. of this year. There was no oppo-
sition today when Mrs. Gould's at
torney made. a formal application to
Supreme Court Justice Giegerich for
the final papers
The decree gives the custody of the
two children. Helen and Dorothy, to
each parent for six months in each
year Mr.. Gould is not permitted to
remarry in this state until after the
death Of his wife. The papers did
not mention alimony.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-24

1t was then that she decided to kid
nap the child, Mrs. Barclay declared.
She returned to Kansas City and made
the necessary arrangements.
"You know the rest" she told the
inquirer, as she sank back among the
pillows in the matron's room at po-
lice headquarters. She reached out a
tender hand and caressed the little
girl, who was present at the interview.
The child neither returned nor visibly
objected to the caress.
A question was asked about the
flight from Topeka.
"All I wanted to do,'' she said. was
to get into Missouri. I didn't expect
to escape with the child, but wished
to go where 1 could secure an un-
biased Judgment 1 won't be any hap
pier when L cross the river Jordan
than I was when we crossed the toll
bridge at Atchison. Throwing on full
speed we few across the bridge and
into Missouri. I did not care after
that
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-24

habeas corpus to prevent the return
of the child to its mother, Mrs. j. j.
Bleakley, and the prisoners to Topeka,
will be heard tomorrow.
Should Judge Porterfield dismiss the
writs. nothing but a recall of the re-
quisition papers granted by the gov
ernor OF Missouri can prevent the TAX
ing of Mrs. James G. Barclay of Buff
falo, n. Y, and ]. ". Gentry of Kan
sas City. to Topeka. to stand trial.
James G. Barclay, an automobile
dealer, of Buffalo, husband of Mrs
Barclay is on his way to Kansas City
to assist his wife
Chauffeurs Tell Their Story.
Roxey Ross ard viii Buoy, two boy
iSh looking chauffeurs. employed by To-
cal automobile livery company and who
peka to Valley Falls. where the ma
chine broke down, today told Inspector
of Detectives Ed Boyle, the story Of
their engagement for the trip.
Mrs. Barclay. Mr.. Gentry and an
other man engaged the car at Kansas
City early Saturday morning." said
Ross today. I'VE drove them to To-
peka They told US to stop at the old
hospital near the outskirts of town.
We were there hardly an hour when
horse and buggy containing Mrs. Bare
lay, Gentry and a child dashed up
Gentry pushed Mrs. Barclay into the
machine and jumping In himself, or
oered us to drive north as fast as pos
sible I began to suspect something.
Between Valley Falls and Atchison,
the car broke down. We got out and
began tinkering with it. 1 said to Buoy,
Never find a piece of this machine
We unscrewed a number of parts and
scattered them in the dust. When the
car would not run any more Gentry
got out and left US. The party had
been gone only 10 minutes when car
IN
the kidnapers came along. But they
were too late. We went to a farm
house and had dinner and then came
back to Kansas City"
The police are looking for a second
17gan VINO accompanied Gentry and Mrs.
Barclay from Kansas City to Topeka
He is known, and Inspector Boyle be-
Leves he will be captured by night.
second Habeas Corpus Case.
Kansas City, Aug. 24.-Another ha-
beas corpus order in the case of Marian
Bleakley, the incubator baby of St.
Louis worlds fair fame. was granted
Monday afternoon
Judge Porterffeld ordered Chief of
Police Snow to appear with the child
in court Wednesday. At this time the
court will decide who shall have the
child-her mother, Mrs. j. ]. Bleakley
Of Topeka, Kansas, or the woman who
adopted her and now is being held on
a charge of kidnaping-Mrs. James G.
Barclay of Buffalo, N. Y.
Attorneys for Mrs. Barclay secured
the order late yesterday. They de-
clared to the court that Mrs. Barclay
was the legally adopted mother of the
child. and that the motherhood of Mrs.
Bleakley had not been proven con-
clusiVely.
This latest fight for custody of the
child Is entirely apart from the kid
naping charge. Mrs. Barclay declares
all she wanted was to get the child
into Missouri so as to get action from
the Missouri courts. No matter what
the outcome of the kidnapping case Mrs
Barclay. her attorneys say. will con-
tinue her fight for the child. Hearing
Of a habeas corpus writ which re-
strained the extradition of Mrs. Bar
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-24
CURTIS ON LOOK OUT
Kansas Senior Senator Hasn't a Clear
Path.

There are many people who main
tain that an old fashioned Colts single
action revolver in expert hands is u
more effective weapon than any auto
matte gun made and handled by the
progressives of today. This question
will be tested some day in Kansa,
when the Chief of the Shawnees walks
through the political woods of his home
state and is ambushed by the two
chiefs of the square deal tribe. In an
interview this week Senator Curtis
stated that the western senators did
not get all they wanted but they Sc
cured every concession that they could
Senator Curtis voted with the insur-
gents on all important schedules that
affected his constituents such as lum-
Der. print paper. pulp, etc.
The senator declined to discuss the
matter Of Governor Stubbs' candidacy
for the United States senate at this
time. He declared positively that he
had no thought of starting or abettins,
any fight On the governor for a second
term As to whether or not Governor
StubbS had made good and was en-
titled to the usual courtesy of a secon
term without serious opposition was a
matter for the people of the state to
decide without the necessity or call for
any party faction or senatorial inter
ference. Senator Curtis disclaimed any
connection with the machine crowd in
kansas politics and thought his recor
bore out his contention, neither did he
believe that he should be accused OF
belonging to the reformers of the
square deal brand. He was satisfied to
be a plain Republican and represent
the people as a whole to the best of his
ability.
He was willing to meet the tariff re-
vision issue fairly and squarely ard
discuss it from any angle but had
nothing to say about congressional or
gubernatorial matters at this time nor
any phase of state politics.
He declared that the appointment OF
a Kansas lawyer to place in thu
chamber of Justice under Attorney
General Wickersham would be made
early next fall and that a man had al
ready been decided upon for the place;
also that Kansas would get another
place in the legal department of the
navy bureau He stated that no names
would be mentioned until the appoint
mentS were made
The square dealers of Kansas endorse
Senator BriStow'S stand for the west
and against the protected interests of
the east. If President Taft is on the
side of the Rhode Island senator why
so much the worse for him. They place
the interests of their state above that
of party and administration. They
believe that a real revision of the tariff
is demanded by the west and that any
make-shift bill should have been de-
feated and thus the matter checked
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ROBBED OF $4,000.
New York PicI1pocIkets Make Rich
Haul From Mrs Jane Lucas.

New York, Aug. 24-Mrs. Jane Lucas
of Newark, N. J.. has reported to the
police that while in New York, pick
pockets relieved her of bonds, bank
books and money representing a total
OF $4,000 Mrs. Lucas came to this city
to arrange for a trip to Europe and
about o'clock last night she boarded
a trolley car in Jersey City for her
home.
The securities and cash were in a
pocket of an underskirt and she be-
Eeved them to be safe. until she ar
rived at her home. Among the miss
ing property are $4,000 worth of bonds
of the city of Manchester, Eng, and
81 900 in Bank of England notes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-24
BIG CAR ORDERS.
From $15O,OOO, 900 TO $175.OOO,OOO
Placed Since January 4.

New York. Aug 24.-Since January
1. it is learned. orders have been given
by various railroad, express and ois-
patch companies for from $50. 100000
to S175,O0O,O00 worth of rolling stock
Many plants that several months
ago were running on half time are
TODAY operating to their full capacity
and thousands of men who were out OF
work six months ago have steady en-
ployment
The principal orders have come
from the New York Central, Baltimore
e. Ohio. Pennsylvania, Chicago. Bur
.lington & Quincy. the Hill lines, the
Chicago & Northwestern, and the
Gould roads, and from the United
States steel corporation and other
great industries using railroad equip
ment.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-24
"SUICIDE SEEKER" HURT
Burt Williams Sustains Serious Erac-
ture of the Skull.

Waukesna, Wis, Aug 24-Burt Will
Jams, billed on park vaudeville cir
cults as the Suicide Seeker was pro-
baby fatally injured while doing his
act at Waukesha Beach yesterday. Will
liams leaps the gap on roller skates,
turning backward somersault into the
lake. He turned the somersau1t too
quick and struck his head on the chute,
sustaining a fracture of the skull. Rem
dered unconscious by the blow. he mar
rowly. escaped drowning, but was res
cued by spectators on the pier.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-24
FIN: RAIN AT KlRWIN.
Came in Nick of Time and Assures a
Fine Corn Crop.

Kirwin, Kan, Aug. PA fine rain
fell here Monday afternoon and a fine
crop is now assured in the district in
which the precipitation occurred. The
clouds indicated q rain to the south
and east of here as far as Marvin.
The Indications are that the dry spell
is broken, alfalfa which has been cut
will make a fine third crop and there
will be a fine lot of forage and late
pasture.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-24
FRISCO TO new ORLEANS
Entrance to Be Made Over the Tracks
of L. r. & n. Road.

New Orleans, Aug. 24.-After many de-
lays and much difficulty in securing an
entrance to New Orleans, it was posi-
lively announced by st. Louis & San
Francisco officials today that the trains
of that system would be run into this
city on September 1. 1t is planned the
road shall eventually run into New
Orleans on its own tracks. In the
meantime the tracks of the Louisiana
Railway & Navigation company will be
Used between New Orleans and Baton
Rouge.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-24
1t Is Cooler Today.

Temperatures are generally lower
today but there is no immediate
prospect of d break in the drought.
The forecast is the same old shop
worn Generally fair 1t looks a
little like rain this afternoon, but all
signs fail in dry weather. Mondays
highest temperature was "a, and the
lowest last night was 65. Today's
temperatures show a decided i'm
provement, and beside that the wind
is blowing 20 miles an hour from the
south. The hourly temneratrreS:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-24
TOOK IT APART.
Chauffeurs Ross and Buoy Tell
Stories to Police.
Didn't Know What kidnapers
We're About.
BREAKDOWN OF AUTO
PurposeIy Prevent 1t From Be-
ing Repaired at Valley Falls.
Kansas City Police Looking for
Another Man.
The Marian Bleakley Fund Con.
tinues to Grow.
BREAKDOWN OF AUTO
The Marian BIeakIey Fund Con-
tinues to Grow.

Kansas City. Mo-. Aug. 24.-Al the
principals in the kidnapping of 6-year-old
Marian Rleakley, the incubator baDy,
who was stolen from her home in To-
peka Saturday awaited today the de-
cision of Judge E. E. Porterfield, be-
fore whom the hearing on writs of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-24
NOW MIR. BARCLAY IS MISSING.
Lights in the Home in Buffalo, But No
One Is at Home.

Buffalo, N. Y, Aug. 24.-James G..
Barclay, whose wife adopted the "incu-
bator baby" entered a motor car Sat
urday night and has not been seen
since. The Barclays live here in the
Wellesley apartment house at Franklin
and Edward streets. Early Sunday
morning the Barclay apartment was
locked. The shades were partly down
and the lights burning. Attempts were
also made Sunday afternoon and even
ing and last night, but no one could be
found, and the apartment was in the
same condition as on the first visits.
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Jerome to Run Again.

New York, Aug. 24.-District Attor-
ney William T. Jerome has announced
that he will be candidate for re-elec-
ton this fall runnin~ independently. In
a brief statement issued he says he has
decided to seek again the nomination
by@ petition.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-24
AUTO TURNED TURTLE.
Ex-8Iayor Thomas b. Gilbert of Kan
sas City. Kan, Severely Injured

Kansas City. Mo-. Aug. B.
Gilbert, ex-mayor of Kansas City. Kan,
and widely known throughout Kansas.
and his sfster-fn-law. Mrs. William
Fenner of Butte, Mont. were severely
injured near this city. last night when
the motor car in which they were rid
ing, turned turtle and pinned them be-
meath it.
Mrs. Gilbert and her three daughters
escaped with slight Injuries. Mr. GIL
bert's injuries consisted OF a broken leg
and painful bruises Mrs Fenner's wrist
was broken and she was severely bruis-
ed.
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weather Indications.

Chicago, Aug. 24.-Forecast for Kan
sas: Generally fair tonight and We'd
nesday.
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The Ordway new era., 1909-04-16
NO NEED TO TAKE CHANCES
There 10 Sure Way Of Knowing Good
Paint Material.

There Is really no heed whatever for
any property owner to take chances In
the selection OF his paint materials.
1t doesn't cost cent to learn how to
be on the safe side. Certainly every
property owner has enough at stake to
find this out.
A complete painting guide. known as
Houseowner's Painting Outfit No. 40,
can be had free by writing National
Lead Company, 1902 Trinity Building,
New York. This company is the largest
maker of pure white lead in the world.
Its Dutch Boy Painter trademark
is famous as a guarantee of purity and
quality. The outfit includes a book
OF color schemes. for either interior or
exterior painting, book OF specifica-
tions. and n simple little instrument,
with directions for testing the purity
OF paint materials.
The Ordway new era., 1909-04-16
FEEDING THE CALVES
SKIM MILK
BY Prof. a. l.. Hacker, Nebraska
Agricultural College.

The use of the hand separator has
calves on hand separator skim milk.
The calf stanchion Is the best equip
ment for calf feeding. This stanchion
should be supplied with little box
or manger, and the stanchion should
be used both in the calf pen and in
the calf pasture. Care should be used
to feed the skim milk fresh and warm
from the separator, giving small ra-
tions In preference to large ones.
With the present prices paid for
butter fat 1t requires rich man to
afford his calves the luxury OF nurs-
ing their dams, and the one who says
he cannot afford the time to milk and
feed calves is either getting very
large salary or is well enough OFF so
that he need not economiZe in this
way. This does not, of course. refer to
the man raising pure-bred beef cattle
or the range conditions. There Is
quite diversity of opinion in the
method of rearing a calf on skim milk,
and I do not assume that mine Is the
only one or that 1t is particularly bet
ter than Others But l have been very
successful in raising calves for the past
20 years and attribute this success
largely to the method employed.
After the calf is removed from the
COW 1t should be given its mothers
milk for few days. and then any
whole milk will answer, but 1t is bet
ter to give milk that is low in per
cent. of butter fat than that which is
high Feed small rations in clean pals.
When the calf is from ten days to two
weeks old it may be changed from
whole milk to skim milk by adding
small amount of skim milk, say one
fourth, and increasing this per cent.
The Ordway new era., 1909-04-16
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.

A bill has been introduced by Rep-
resentative Taylor OF Colorado to
make October lst of each year a pub
lie holiday. to be called Columbus Day.
Approximately 100000 acres of land
have been restored to the public do
main for power purposes in the Salmon
river country in Idaho, by Secretary
BallinCer. These lands now become
subject to settlement and entry.
According to the figures presented
before the ways and means committee
of the House at Washington relative to
the new tariff bill, motor vehicle OF
any kind may be made in Europe Tor
60 per cent. of the cost thereof In AM
erica.
bulletin issued by the bureau OF
labor asserts that an annual saving OF
more than $4,000 lives. representing u
reduction in the consumption death
rate from 90 per 1000 to 1.5 per LOCO,
would result from intelligent methods
of ventilation and dust removal IN the
United States.
The two most prominent basebali
Fans" in the United States, President
william II. Taft and Vice President
James s. Sherman, have been pre-
sented by Thomas c. Noyes, president
of the Washington Baseball team with
annual passes, good for themselves ana
party on any American league Dali
grounds.
The civil service commission an
nounces that difficulty has been ex'
perienced In obtaining competent per
sons to fill the position OF land la"
clerks and in order to fill forty vacan-
cies now existing, examinations Will be
held generally throughout the west
NAV 9TH and 9Th. The places pay from
5000 to 81 500 per annum. The exam
nation will be open to male and female
applicants over twenty years OF age.
The famous South Carolina dispen.
sary case, involving the disposition OF
held by the staten, uoC lk12345612s4
about 100000 Of dispensary 1uhus
held NV the state dispensary commls-
sion has been decided by the Supreme
Court of the United States In faVor
Of the commission.
Representative Taylor OF Colorado
has introduced a bill appropriating
$4,000 to pay the travelling expenses ,,ses
Of President Taft for the nscal yea,
ending January 30. 1910. II tne vi
passes II will enable the Presldent ~
visit Denver and other western cities
duriu1 the coming summer
The Ordway new era., 1909-04-16
RUNNING THE DAIRY
TO PRODUCE A PROFIT
ee out the Robber Cows, Cows eft to
Limit Of Their capaeity-By SmaIls

While the consumption of milk per
capita shows an increase. the number
OF COWS per capita show a decrease.
fhis would seem to indicate marked
Improvement In the development of
the dairy COW of the country. Ac-
cording to the statisticians there are
2l.194,OO0 milch cows in the country.
an average of one for every four of
population.
In the decade of 1890 to 1900 the
average production of every dairy
COW showed an Increase of 1000
pounds of milk or commercial gain
OF $2l1 100000 Yet with this improve