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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-11-30
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SOCIETY event Of this season
was the debut yesterday after
> noon of Miss Mary GaddiS Plum

A SOCIETY event Of this season
AA was the debut yesterday after
noon of Miss Mary Gaddis Plum,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Matthias
1um,. jr., who was formally presented
society at a reception given for her
Mrs. Plum at her residence, II Lin
Sin Park, and which was attended by
(hore than 300 guests. Miss Plum wore
q gown of white satin messaline, hand
Embroidered, and Mrs. Plum's gown
twas blue satin. Those who assisted
he hostess and the debutante were<a
humber of young women who came out
last season, and several of those pre-
scented this year. In the receiving party
were: Mrs. Henry G. Atha, Mrs. Ed
gar w. Heller. a sister of Mrs. Plum,
and Mrs. Harry Durand.
Mrs. Matthias Plum, sr., and Mrs. j.
Lewis Hay, poured. The table bore a
centrepiece of orchids and ferns and
the house was attractiyely decorated
with flowers, including a quantity that
were sent to the debutante comprising
American beauty roses, violets n
orchids. The young women. who as
sisted werei Miss Mary Belcher. who
has Just made her debut; Miss Isa-
belle H. McCarter. Miss Louise Pol
I hemus. Misc Marie Vail Dodd and Miss
Dorothy Lee. of this city. n Miss
Harriet Fletcher, of Providence. r. l.,
a schoolmate of Miss Plum; Miss Mil
dred Chase of Waterbury, Conn.,, and
Miss Marion Dale of Chestnut Hin,
Philadelphia. who are house guests OF
Mrs. Plum. Following the reception
Mr.. and Mrs. Plum entertained thirty
five guests at dinner. and the party
afterward attended a performance of
"rbe Deserters'' at the Newark Thea
ire with Helen Ware in the leading
role where they occupied the two
lower boxes. Included in the party,
! basides the Young women, were Har-
rison Higbie. Stuart Young. Roger
Young, Gayle Young, kenneth wallace,
Dudley Norton. Harry Dodd, Roland
Dss. Harry Downs, Joseph Riker' Jr,
gold Short and Philip Hedges.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-13
CORK USED IN BALLS.
Change in Spheres Noted in Big
League Games.

When the fact was discovered that
the ball being used this season was not
like those officially declared right by
President Ban Johnson last season, the
query naturally came up, why can't
all American League games played this
year be proteSted?"
The rules this year say nothing about
the ounce in the center of the ball as
they did in the old days, but simply
call for a ball of certain make that
weighs not less nor more than 81
ounces avoirdupois, and measures not
less than nor more than 9A inches
IL circumference.
The official ball used by the Nation
ais this season still contains the one
ounce Of rubber
Will the new baseball being used by
tie American League have any effect
upon the game? Will it be as lively?
Some experts believe that the cutting
down of the amount of rubber will
deaden the ball and that the placing Of
cork inside the rubber will not make
UP for It.
Others believe that the new combi-
nation of cork and rubber will be just
as good as a solid rubber center. The
captains and managers of the teams
Using the ball have made no protest
against using the hall with the cork
Center but state that the ball weak ems
and loses shape quicker than the old
time ball.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-13
NOW FOR THE ELEVATOR
Attorney O'Neil Is Whipping Commits
siOners Into Line.

At last the elevator in the Shawnee
court house will be operated-perhaps
This is the first time the chances have
ever been promising. The county COM
missiOners are now seriously cOnsid-
ering the proposition and Attorney Ed
ward O'Neil who is pushing the case
was told today to learn the cost.
The elevator shaft and carriage are
thought to be in good condition and
need but little repair. When installed
the elevator was to be operated by ny
draulic pressure. This was found 10
be too expensive and more particularly
in summer when the engines are not
fired up for steam. O'Neil viii fnvesti-
gate electric power and it's cost
For years lawyers, officials, and call
eTs have cried loudly to the honorable
board Cor assistance but have not been
heard. Some three months ago at a
meeting of the Topeka Bar association
q committee was appointed to wait on
the commissioners. O'Neil, who is also
a member of the bar. was told to see
about it but the committee never APP
peared before the whole board. Com
missioner lanes Sinner is with O'Ncil
for the elevator. Chairman Simms IS
c. the opinion that the haul is too short
for the money but will give in if the
thing is not too expensive.
Aside from the carriage up ana down
the operation of the elevator will at
the same time settle the question of a
cigar stand in the corridor by not put
ting one in, but allowing the operator
to sell cigars. chewing gum and other
requisites of the attorneys and officials
who infsSt the building.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-13
AIRSHIPS ARE COMING.
Fair Management Getting Ready to
Receive Curtiss in juno.

Now that the contract with Glenn H.
Curtiss has been signed by which he
agrees to entertain the crowds which
gather June Z, and for the state
aviation meet by furnishing two ma
chimes and expert operators to accom-
plished feats in the air, the state fair
management, under whose auspices the
meet is being held, is busily engaged in
making active preparations for the
event.
A merry-go-round is wanted for the
occasion, and in fact all forms of clean
amuSements. If you are in a position
to furnish entertainment of no mean
order you are requested to get in COM
munication with Secretary H. L. Cook.
,.ork will begin at once in getting
the grounds adjacent to Garfield park
in readiness for the big meet A bridge
will be thrown across Soldier creek,
and stands which will accommodate
thousands of people will go up as
though by magic.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-13
is THIS MURDER?
Body of Mexican Found on
Tracks of Union Pacific.
Letter Addressed to LudObicO
BOrela Found on Man.
HIS SKULL CRUSHED.
Was He Killed! Is Question PO-
lice Are Asking Now.
Death ShrOuded in Mystery and
Foul Play Is Feared.
HIS SKULL CRUSHED.

Lying between the tracks of the I'm
ion Pacific railroad three miles north
east of Topeka the body of a Mexican,
supposed to be Ludobico Borela, was
discovered this morning by the train
crew of the passenger train due in
North Topeka at about o'clock. In
the absence of Coroner Keith, DIR. Amis
viewed the body and ordered it remov-
ed to an undertaking shop on the North
side.
Several envelopes addressed to the
above named man at Kansas City, Mo,
were found in the pockets of the cloth
ing on the corpse. The body was still
warm when DR.. Amis arrived ami it
is believed that death had occurred
only a short time before the body was
seen by the tr&inmen.
Several trains pass where the body
was found between and O'Clock and
It is possible that the dead man might
have fallen or been pushed from one
of these trains. However, the body was
lying at a point where it would have
been seen by any passing train crew
and it is believed that if he fell from
n train 1t must have been the last train
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-13
MAKE ZOOS OF SCHOOLS
Chicago Children to Have Mice and
Frogs as Desk Mates.

Chicago. May 13.-Kittens, puppies,
pigeons, chickens, rabbits. squirrels,
guinea pigs. Japanese mice, white rats,
tadpoles, frogs birds, bugs and bees
are some of the new pupils that a
committee of principals and district
superintendent appointed by Superin-
tendent Mrs. Ella Flagg Young has de-
cided to admit to the Chicago public
schools.
The school authorities have decided
to give the youngsters in the kinder
garten grades this strange set of school
companions. They want to inculcate IN
the children a taste for nature study
and they believe this the best way to
do it.
In a higher grade of the kindergarten
work the children will take up the
feedin of caterpillars and the study
of the habits of crickets and spiders.
The report in which the strange roster
of kindergarten pupils is suggested
says:
The kindergarten should aim to de-
velop the sense of delight in nature and
of interesting plays with nature ma
terial. also the sense of affectionate
kinship with all living things"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-13

to pass over the track before the one
on which the train crew discovered the
body arrived. This would have made
death or at least the injury occur an
hour before the boly Was discovered
by the train crew.
EXcepI those employed in the Union
Pacific yards in North Topeka no Mex
leans are employed on the line near
where the body was found. 1t could
rot have been one of the men employed
locally by the Union Pacific as all of
these mon are present or accounted
for
Injuries found upon the body do not
indicate that that the dead man was
struck by a train. More likely he fell
or was pushed from a train, or was
killed and placed between the rails in
the hope of hiding a murder. Besides
the principal injury which is the crush
ed head, there is cut just above the
eye and another on the back of the
made By the ballast had the dead man
fallen Or been thrown from the train.
May BE Murder
While it is not given out as the
cry there is a possibility that the Mex
lean was murdered and placed upon
the track, in the hope that the crime
might be hidden in this way The
with Mexicans and they quarrel and
fight good deal among themselves.
West of Topeka, on the three princi-
Pal railroads there are hundreds of
Mexicans working They come and go
ard have more or less trouble and Mex
leans do not follow the English GUS
tom of using tI1eir fists when they fight.
Coroner Keith returned today from
an out of town trip and although he
could not, today, say when, he an
nounccd that an inquest would be
held. Every effort will be made, mean
while, to ascertain as nearly as posi-
BILE what caused the death of the de-
ceas cd.
The envelopes found in the dead mans
clothing were directed to d Twenty
fourth street address in Kansas City
and it is believed that inquiry there
may lead to some clue whereby the
dead mans movements can be traced
and thus it may be learned whether the
death was accidental or the result of
foul play.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-13
FOOD FOR MEMORY
The Kind That Builds Up the Brain

It IS hard to believe that certain
kinds of food will strengthen the mem
DRY, and yet, upon the condition of the
brain depends the character of the
mind and its power to remember and
to exert itself in various ways. and a
healthy brain can only be maintained
by we'll selected food.
Now we know that dailv use of the
brain uses up certain parts that are
thrown out through the pores TO The
outer surface of the skin. This waste
is natural and must be made up from
food.
Grape-Nuts food was made especial
Iy to rebuild the brain and nerve CEN
tiers. An experience in Chicago will il
lustrate:
II had a terrible siege of gastritis
my stomach refused everything in the
way of food until got hold of Grape
Nuts. 1t was perfectly wonderful and
marvellous to see the difference be-
gan to improve at once.
81 weighed myself about that time
and found that 1 had 11S pounds to
my credit L gained in weight
strength and health steadily and rap
idly, and now weigh $50 pounds and
am strong ard in better health than
ever in my life.
81 have lately had a seven months
course of instruction in vocal music
and have memorized IS songs and
most of the accOmpaniUentS besides
several piano pieces. When 1 started
| in it seemed difficult to mem orize one
but my memory has been growing bet
| ter every day and now find 1t easy
to commit to memory without diff
Guilty.
| "I have taken no medicine. but my
steady diet of Grape-Nuts food has
given me strength, health and mem
ory."
Read tine Road to MELVILLE
| found in Dkgs. There's \ Reason
Ever read the above letter? A New
one appears from time to time. The,
are genuine, true and full of human
/ interest
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-13
New Charters Granted.

The state charter board granted
charters to new corporations today
as follows: Central Presbyterian
church of Wilsey, no capital, with q.
P. Edwards. H. Wakefield, A. F.
Brownell, J. r. Pollock and +. G. Full
ton, all of Wilsey. as directors. The
object of the new corporation is to
promote religion, benevolence and
missionary work.
Laurence-M Coal & Coke Co, Par
sons, with a capital stock of $500, 900.
John Madden, the Katy attorney, and
son are among the directors of this
new company.
Hauser-Garrison Drygoods Co. OF
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-13
TO WIRE FLATS.
Leeper & Smith Let Contract for
Lighting Brown Flats.

H B. Howard Electrical Supply
company was awarded the contract
for doing the electrical work in the
four suites of flats and the store room
in the Brown flats now being con-
structed at the corner of Sixth street
and Western avenue.
"They are going to be dandies,'' said
H B. Howard today when asked about
the new building. 'Those apartments
will have everything put in to add con-
yenience to the occupants"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-13

New York, May 3.-MONEY-AIoney on
cali steady. 3 1-3d4 per cent; ruling rate
ga per cent closing bid 37s per cent Of
fered at per cent. Time loans steady,
60 days 3s4a4 per cent and 80 days 4q41z
per cent; six months 4d4A per cent.
ger cent.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-13
Jack johnson Had to Hurry.

San Francisco. Cal, May 13.-Foggy
weather caused Jack Johnson to start
his road work late this m orning and
once on the beach the chill air made
the champion extend himself to keep
warm His run was bit shorter than
usual and he omitted his daily plunge
in the surf.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-13
ON SERIOUS CHARGE.
Felix Dodson, Negro, Arrested Charged
Passing Counterfeit Dollar.

Felix Dodson, a negro we'll known TO
the police, was arrested Thursday af-
ternoon charged with passing counter
felt money. The negro is alleged to
have tried TO work a queer dollar
on Con Chumcs, a confectioner. De
tectives Hutton and Ross, who made
the arrest are investigating further
with a view of discovering a plant"
The negro will be held for the United
States authorities.
The dollar said to have been used by
Dodson is of fairly good workmanship.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-13
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY.


LOSTaGold hat pin with oval top, initials
M. y. e Reward for return to Free
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-13

wanted-1.0 900 acres in tomatoes
and pickles. Come and see u.s. Otto
Kuehne Preserving Co.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-13

Tonight-Free show at the OXFORD
theater. Come and hear about the
great opportunities of Texas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-13
wichita. capitall stooek gs15o.oOo.

Armourdale Building 6. Investment
Co. of Kansas City, capital stock $12,
900.
Glasscock Township Co, Kansas
City, capital stock $4,000.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-13
Cotton Market

Galveston, Tex. May s13.-COTTON-
Market higher. 16Ac.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-13

Sterling exchange stronger with actual
business IN bankers bills at $4.S3.7004. SO. IS
Tor 90 day bills and at 81 Sc IS for demand !.
commercial bills 81 S3d4 S35k
SlLVER-Bar silver, 53szc; Mexican dol
lars, 44c
BONDS-Governmen bonds steady, rail-
road bonds irregular
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-13
THE REASON

Owing other
f profit sell shoes almost
money guara
LIST
will sell them The price object
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-10-21
HORSE THIEF IS SHOT DEAD
Whip Loses In Duel With Rovo'vsf~
Brother Of Victim Escapes 70
Mountains.

Hot Springs, Ark.-ln street oae
tie between two alleged horse thieves
and several sheriff's officers nefe
George Chitwood. one OF the accuseo.
was killed by a deputy shern anu
Sheriff Jade Houpt probably was ia1Af
" wounded. Sheriff Houpt ana
posse had been endeavoring TO aff.s'
George Chitwood and his brother l@
a week. Unexpectedly the two Gnu.
woods rode up to the shenns on''
and asked II they were wanted. mns sa
they were placed under arrest va -
dashed from the courthouse. the on
GERS in pursuit. AS they reached .ne
street the officers opened fre' .ue
fugitives returning the 'hots' Wv
OF the Chitwoods mountee MS no.1 LUZ,
hut the animal was shot rom unue,
him. The horse, however, was 1olces
to arise. and Chitwood rode tnroasa
Ouachita avenue on the Wounu ss
beast. brandishing his revolver ass
ordering every one from the Sos ~ss
He escaped to the mountains, ous .,.ou
finally captured and taken 70 p', NV.
II chains. Deputy Sid Houpt y. .d
sued George Chitwood. VINO al ~
Jumped into a buggy and fousn. ,. ~
the ofilcer with buggy wnlp
Chitwod was shot in the aDuo
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-10-21
SOLUTION OF LABOR PROBLEM
Plan Suggested Requires Establish
ment Of National Unit Of Value
for Work.

It should be beyond the power OF
either party (that is, labor and CAPT
tal) to fixe the wages for any specified
class of work. As before suggested, 1t
Is matter to be determined imper-
sonally and automatically, and this
only can be done by the establishment
of q national unit Of value for labor,
upon which all wages shall be COM
puted with the same universally of
application as now inheres In the es-
tablished tables Of weights and meas
ures. Necessarily, such unit Of
value for labor must be not only a
fixed entity In relation to rates Of
wages, but must at the same time be
susceptible Of accommodation to eco
nomic changes. 90 that the money
value Of wages shall keep pace with
In the cost Of living. It
follows, therefore, that the unit upon
which the federally established table
Of wages shall be built must be chosen
with respect to some commodity that
Il 20 universally used and Of so far
an influence that its market
price indexes and measures the cost Of
living In all walks Of life.-North
American Review.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-10-21
How 20 Avoid Cholera.

How 70 Avoid Cholera.
A cheerful disposition Is held b,
some doctors to be the best protection
against cholera When this disease
first visited Paris, In 1882. q, notice
was issued advising the Inhabitants
ito avoid. as far rs possible, all occa-
sion OF melancholy and all painful
emotions, and to seek plenty Of dis
fractions and amusements Those with
: bright and happy temperament are
not likely to, be stricken down." This
advice was largely followed, and even
when cholera was claiming over q
thousand weekly victims, the theaters
and cafes were thronged. The cpl
demic was In some quarters treated
as huge joke. and plays and songs
were written round 1t. Rochefort, the
father Of the brilliant journalist Of to-
day, wrote play, lie Cholera Nor
bus" which proved q big success, and
another production on the same lines,
'Paris-malade," also had long rum
London Chronicle.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-10-21
First to Find Gold Ia America.

First 20 Find Gold In America.
North America has counted ~ .
gold producing continent only since
the late '40's. But It might we'll have
done 30 for nearly 200 years. Accord
ing to the London Chronicle, In the
voyage round the world which began
In 1719 the privateer Capt Shelvocke,
found In certain California valleys "a
rich black mold which, as you turn It
fresh up to the sun, appears as II In
termingled with gold dust. Though
we were = little prejudiced.y he adds,
against the thought that it could be
possible that this metal should be 20
promiscuously and universally mingled
with common earth. yet We endeavored
to cleanse and wash the earth from
some Of It. and the more we did the
moro It appeared like gold. IN order
to be further satished brought away
some Of It, which We lost 81 our con.
fusion Ii China.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-10-21

Addison Miner, the well-known bon
vivant Of New York, was discussing his
reported contract with a vaudeville
agency for series Of Partisan dances
at $1,000 a week.
THAT report" he said. SIS Inflated.
In its imitation Of the salary and In
Its imitation Of my knowledge OF the
dances OF the East, the report re-
minds me Of q theatrical criticism |
once wrote. In this criticism Of a
musical comedy desired to fiatter a
beautiful dancing girl. The girls fig
ure was superb. In my article l
praised it ardently. But the exigencies
Of space compelled the excision OF most
OF the praise, and only one sentence,
containing horrible typographical err
ror, was left. This unfortunate SEN
tence ran:
Kathleen Vavasour, who dances in
the second act, possesses form that
Jumbo might have envied.'"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-10-21
BOSTON MAN WAS MUSICAL
Must Have Been, for He Found Moth
Ing Good n Opera Performances
In Paris.

Americans have to have = lot or
nerve when they're abroad" said the
man who had just returned from his
first foreign trip. II fell In with an
American at the Grand hotel IN Paris
who was on his way to the opera, and,
as was Of the same mind. we started
together.
Although It was : fearfully hot
night we found the opera house
packed the French. you know. are
great on opera"
Who were the singers?" asked a
listener
"Oh. I don't know-it was . third
rate performance.
We'll. we tried hard to get seats
and couldn't q thing to be had.
"'Wait,' said my American friend !;
I'll be back in q few minutes 4 think
/ can get some tickets and he re-
turned very soon, waving two tickets
aloft which, as 1t turned out, were
complimentary. To obtain compli-
mentary tickets on night like that
was master stroke. The French
would have called 1T"
Coup 0'etat!" suggested some one.
Tour de force!" said another. but no
one was quite certain, so he contin.
ued:
He had represented himself to be q
director Of the Metropolitan Opera
company"
did he live In New York;" inquired
another listener.
"NO-Boston-but he was very mu.
sical-at least, think he must have
been. for while sat enjoying the per-
Torrance immensely he was exclaim.
ing from time to time, Rotten! Hear
that tenor! That sopranos awful
Boston Herald
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-10-21
SQUIRRELS GNAW THE CABLES
Little Animals Often "knock OUT
Many Of the Telephones In Des
Molnes.

Des Moines, Ia-n your telephone
service is poor you may be justified
In blaming the squirrels that gambol
over your roof and eat nuts from your
hand.
For . chronic kicker the trouble
clerks Of the local telephone compa-
MES have q brand new excuse for
lines which refuse to transmit sound
waves.
"Have you squirrels in your neigh
borhood!" the clerk asks.
"Yes, but what has that got to do
with this BANKED telephone?" the dis
gruntled one IL sure to inquire.
Maybe they have been biting your
WIRE" comes the answer.
Usually the receiver at the COM
plainant's end of the lines goes on
with bang at this juncture.
Electricians assert. however, that
there is more truth than banter in the
trouble clerks new explanation of tel.
ephone difficulties.
Squirrels have q habit Of sharpen
Ing their teeth" said the trouble clerk,
In explanation. "A telephone cable,
with its covering Of soft lead, makes
good sharpener They will climb a
pole and gnaw at the lead. Some
times they will open hole through
the outer covering. Then the damage
ls done.
IF drop of water gets to the
twisted strands inside the cable, every
phone the cable feeds Is put out Of or
der. The water acts as conductor
and short circuits every, wire In the
cable. In some cables there are 800
wires, 90 you can realize what havoc
one squirrel can wreak.
after the hole Is found. all Of the
lead must be cut away and the twisted
wires must be boiled In parafhn to
get out the moisture. Not until this II
done are the phones In working order
again."