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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-25

Evidently the judges of the supreme
court of West Virginia never sat in
a game where the banker was unable
to make good. They have decided that
poker chips are real money.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-25

Bully for the astronomers. Their
prediction of the eclipse of the moon
came off according to the schedule
they had figured out.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-25

Summer is apparently having the
most difficult task of its career in
reaching these parts on it's accustom-
ed schedule
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-25

One of the recent reports from
Washington is to the effect that thirty
aged clerks in the federal treasury
department are to be dropped from
thA rolls on June so and that the axe
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-25

This life is beset with perils, but the
peril mentioned by the New York board
of health has no terrors for this de-
partment Money never stops long
enough at this station for a microbe to
grab his valise and hop off.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-25

Leavenworth county man. when bit
ten by copperhead snake, was given
emergency treatment" Which reminds
us again that Leavenworth county has
ere ad7antage-it is closer to Missouri
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-25
KANSAS COAAENT
EDUCATION IN KANSAS


Kansans have been in the habit Of
ooasting of the educational advantages
| Of this state, the high rating in the
matter of lite~acy, the large expend-
ltures we make for our schools and OF
their superiority
As a matter of fact we are not near
the top and while we may try to make
ourselves think we are, the people of
other states won't believe US, for they
nave me report of the United States
commissioner of education with which
to contradict our claims.
Here are some facts regarding the
matter of education in this state which
it Will be well to remember when state
ments are made concerning Kansas
schools.
southern states, but three states spent
less money to the head of population
Tor education that we spent in kansas.
Missouri is the only state in the grea.
middle west which comes behind Kan
saS in this respect.
Kansas is below the average of the
whole country, and is below every 9TH
er state in the middle west, except
Minnesota and North Dakota, in the
number of days during the year that
its schools are kept running. Our rural
schools are not supported and are not
as efficient as they should be made.
Eight states in the Union raise no
revenue for schools by state tax, and
Kansas is one of them.
This is the showing Kansas is maxi
ing to the other states through the re-
port of the United States commissioner
of education. Something is wrong.
1t is not the fault of the children for
the same report shows that we are near
the top in the proportion of the popula-
ton of school age which attends school.
1t is evident that more interest must
be taken in the matter. Our educa-
tional advantages as far as public
schools are concerned, should be the
best.-Wichita Eagle.
A SUGGESTION.
The proposal to start a Democratic
daily at Topeka IS utter folly. L would
probably never get a good start, would
cost a pile of money, and accomplish
little or no good. Great and Influential
newspapers are not made in day. 1t
takes time, money and man with
ability to build a newspaper that can
accomplish things. If the Democrats
of Kansas want a daily, why not get
behind Tom Morgans Ottawa Repub-
lie with their surplus coin. 1t is es-
tablished, and has passed the "all going
out and nothing coming in stage, 1t Is
rewsy, it's owner and editor is man
of recognized ability ard stands for
progressive Democracy, and all that he
reeds IS $1,000 Democratic subscribers
il. Kansas and he will do the rest. Why
not do something practical, especially
when that is the easiest thing to. do?-
Olathe Register.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-25
PREVALENCE On SUPERSTITION.

According to the Investigations of a
professor of psychology. AZ per cent of
the people questioned believed in
superstitions of some sort This is not
new revelation and the proportion
does not seem exaggerated In every
human breast. if honest acknowledge
ment is made will be found fears or
beliefs based upon apparently irrele-
want and inconsequential things. utter
~ outside the bounds CT logic or
reason.
These suoerstitious beliefs are held
by men in all stations o. life. 1t is
lucky or unluck< for them to do this
or that Some of these things are not
beyond proof. For instance: If you
are a legislator and another legislator
invites you into a hotel bathroom, it
means money: but after you get the
money, if another man in a distant city
sends you an official notice to appear
before him, it means trouble.-Chicago
Tribune
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-25
FROM OTHER PENS
AN INTERNATIONAL MENACE.


Society has no graver fault to answer
for than that it permits white slav-
cry to flourish. The blame attaches
to all nations; the blight of this in
ternational curse rests on civilization
everywhere. There met in Paris the
other day a conference of the nations
called for the purpose of devising
means to combat this form of slavery
1t was not the first effort of the kind
At least as far back as 1902 such an
International gathering was held and
since that time. due in some large
measure to the agitation set in motion
at that conference, the evil has been
curbed to an appreciate extent. More
stringent laws have been enacted and
enforced in Great Britain and CONT
mental countries and much of the traf-
fic between the nations has been brok
en- up.
That much remains to be done. how
ever is sufficiently clear. Investiga-
tions in the United States. official and
unofficial, have disclosed the fact
that the importation of girls and young
women for immoral purposes still
thrives. Congress and the various
state legislatures have undertaken to
check the traffic Their activity has
doubtless had an effect, but the great
menacing problem remains to be
solved.-Cleveland Plain Dealer
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-25

The supreme court of West Virginia
has ruled that poker chips are legal
tender Any person contemplating a
trip to West Virginia will please com
:nunicate with this department. We
have for sale at reduced rates two
quarts of West Virginia cash. Which
was donated by G. former chief of police.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-25
MORE FARMERS NEEDED.

Secretary Wilson insists that the rea-
son for nigh prices is the fact that pro-
duction has not kept pace with con-
sumption. He feels that our farming
methods are not sufficiently intelli-
gent; that we are still influenced by
the prodigality with which land was
supplied to all desiring it a generation
ago. He intimates that what is need
ed is more careful conservation of our
lands and more intelligence in the use
of them. The same plea has been made
by Mr.. Hill and others.
It does not seem to us that there is
any scarcity of land III America. There
are million of acres Of it in the south
and millions of acres of it in the west.
Hundreds of Young men left the south
after the war between the states, aban-
doning the plantations which they had
inherited or selling them if opportuni-
ty offered. Many plantations that We're
cultivated a half century ago are not
half cultivated, although the land is
just as good as it was then. There are
dozens Of such plantations. hundreds of
acres of such lands. all through the
south. We are not suffering from
scarcity OF land so much as from
scarcity of men to work it. Mr.. Hill
and Secretary Wilson have both been
1lisled to some extent by the exodus Of
farmers from the middle west to Can
ada.-Ci1arieston News and Courier.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-25

nave IOT SAFE at reduced rates two
quarts of West Virginia cash. which
was donated by 6. former chief of police.
The late Mr.. Webster, in his iustlv
celebrated collection of words, stated
that an "Oliphant'' was an ivory hunt
ing horn, used in the middle ages. We
had been suffering under the delusion
mat an OHphant was something to be
suspended by the neck frona-a Telegram
pole az Sixth and Kansas avenue. fAn-
Gent history. See some leading citi-
zen' of 20 years ago..
\ prominent newspaper paragrapher
orce remarked TO the manager of this
department.: mo paragrapher ever
dashed Off anything worth while un-
less he had it in his system" He was
right and then some. A blind man
with a cottonwood limb could see at a
glance, tibet today's BY the Way col
umn was dashed off, Just ahead of a,
call for copy, and that the writer had
nothing in his system except la grippe.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-11-19
ALEXANDER HAWLEY IN DANGER OF DEATH FROM
 GAS, IS SAVED BY SON
Treasurer of Bridgeport Savings Bank Still
 Critically HI
Leay Fue in Furnace Poured Flood of Coal Gas Into SeeDg ROom-Eider Mr. Hawley Overcome and Verge of Deah For Several Hours-Now Resting More Comfortably and
 May Recover.

Alexander Haw1ey, treasurer of the Bridgeport Savings Bank and one of the best known men in Bridgeport's financial and business life, is confined to his bed in a critical condition as the result of mishap at his home, PA Brooklawn avenue. that nearly cost him his life, and endangered other members of the family. Dr. Henry Blodget is in attendance and thinks that his patient will pull through, al- though MT. Hawley's condition has been exceedingly grave throughout the week, and he is today very weak, but more comfortable than at any other time since the accident.
 His narrow escape was due to leak inside the furnace which flooded the house with coal gas last Sunday night. His son, Samuel Hawley, assistant treasurer of the Bridgeport Savings Bank. was the means of saving his fa- ther's life and probably that of other members of the household, by discov- ering the leak and checking it in time.
 The family had retired last Sunday night and the furnace had been fixed for the evening. Apparently it was working properly when banked for the night, but shortly afterward bad
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-11-19

ieak developed somewhere in the 6res ana let flood of coal gas into the mouse, some of the deadly vapor pour ing directly into the room where Alex ander Hawley was sleeping.
 Late Tn the night Samauel HawIeY was awakened by the stffing fumes. Shaking off with difficulty the oyer towering sensation of drowgfncss which accompanied his half sfjfIed condition, he threw open the windows and eagerly inhaled the fresh air. He quickly recognized the smell Of tfe coal gas and sought the furnace. dlsfnD- ing the fire. Returning up stairs 1o entered his fathers room and found the elder Mre Hawley entirely over come, and apparently dead
 First aid" remedies were apDfjed at once and the other members of the household were aroused Hasty calls were sent out for medical assistance. ana after several hours of work the frst flickering symptoms of life were obtained from the patient.
 MT. Hawley gradually revived but was exceedingly sick as the result of his experience. During the week his vitality was very low and he was fir, grave danger, and in very uncor1- fortable condition. Today ne fs re- ported as resting more easily and ft Is believed that the greater part of the danger is over
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-11-19
FRESHMEN
 ARE ALERT Meeting Here Tomorrow to Fur ther Revival of Celtic
 Language.
Remarkable Growth of Move ment During Past Ten Years
 Local Celts to Push Work

Bridgeport Irishmen meet here to- morrow at the rooms of the United Irish Societies, to consider the best means of furthering the extraordinary revival of the Irish language now pro- ceeding in "the old country" Ten years ago less than thirty schools gave instruction in the old Celtic tongue in which the great St. Patrick himself often preached, while today over three thousand schools have made special provision for teaching it.
 Six up-to-date colleges located in the more beautiful mountain districts where Gaelic is still the vernacular, and staffed by men who have studied all modern systems of language teach ing in the universities and bi-tongued countries of Europe are hard at work training the school teachers who have found it necessary to qualify in sub- ject undreant of in their training days.
 AS can be readily understood . the British government made efforts to check the work of the nationalists, but it only added fuel to the fire. for they responded by sending thousands of packages and letters directed in Irish
 
 business until interpreters were em- ployed to translate the Gaelic into English. Over there the law is very strict regarding the owners name be- ing 'legibly inscribed" on every hack and wagon. To strike back the re- vivalists began putting their Irish names on the wagons and subsequent police court proceedings were of no use, as every one in the particular dis trict plotted out the English form and substituted the Irish when they dis covered it was a crime against the English law. In Dublin and most Irish towns the street name-plates are now up in Gaelic while the English equicalent in microscopic letters will be found underneath.
 A further indication of the large vol- Jlme of public opinion behind the lan- guage revival can be found in the re- cent Irish University controversy. After fifty years of agitation the House of Commons passed bill giving Ire land university. but so arranging the finances that every county had 8 pro- portionate tax to raise. That section of the press favoring the language re- vival pointed out no provision was made for the national language in the new university, and demanded it as right to make students studying in an Irish university qualify in the lan- guage of their own land. The county councils took up the cry and refused to levy the rate-in n-aid until the Irish language was compulsory. Sooner than have the university wrecked at its birth, the Senate bowed to the pop ular clamor and Irish is compulsory after 1912.
 A good many Bridgeport Irishmen favor this agitation, and Sundays is called to see how assistance can be given to those working at home. Steps may also be taken to in- vite Rev. M. O. Flanagan and Eionan MacColum to come and lecture here at an early date. These latter gen. tlenen are in this country collecting funds for the Gaelic League. and have already spoken at many American col- leges and universities.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-11-19

III the show business such people are called excess baggage" While La Pe- t-le Adelaide was too much of a lady 10 express herself as considering her husEand in that category, neverthe- iess others in the company were un- term.
 50 when La Petite Adelaide started with Katy Did, she bade her hus- band farewell He remained in New York but he thought unkindly of her suggest on that he should go, to work 20 ne teIephoned yesterday and, ac- cofdlng to the danseuse threatened her Tn event of her refusing to con- sent sent to his rejoining her and travel ling with her.
 The girls mother counselled secur- Ing the assistance of the authorit es La Petite Adelaide and her mother hastened to the office of Prosecuting Attorney A. L. Delaney. and unfoIdeS her story to him. He at once tele- phoned to pol ce headquarters asking for plain clothes man.
 Supt- Birmingham sent Detective Hall 10 the prosecuting attorneys of hce where he was given instructions to protect her during the afternoon and evening. He remained at the Hotel Stratfield through the after noon and evening. watching for the appearance of the irate husband.
 The policeman escorted the danseuse to the theatre stationed hims5lf at the stage door during the performance, and at its close awaited the danseuse and escorted her mother and her back to the hotel. They had hardly reach ed the hotel, shortly before midnight, when another telephone call came from the husband. He was still in New York and in his later conversa- tion sought to pacify his wife and to rather allowing him to accompany her. But she had not changed her mind when she bade the dective a grateful fare we'll
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-11-19
PRETTY ACTRESS
 HIT OF SHOW, IN
 TERROR OF DEATH
Threat of Husband Leads la Petite Adelaide
 to Seek Police Protection
Prosecutor De Laney Provides Detecve-Depe Her Fear Pre
 Artiste Elecrfies Big Audience at Shners' Night

Little did the immense audience witnessing the performance of Katy Did at Jackson's theatre last night realize as they overwhelmed with ap- plause La Petite Adelaide, that the dainty danseuse tripped gracefully through her performance under the protection of the police and in fear of her life.
 Perhaps the intense nervous strain keyed her up to greater effort than usual. It is sure that the reception accorded her by the big audience was one of the most remarkable rendered such an artist in the history of the theatre.
 La Petite Adelaide, for several sea- sons a notable vaudeville star. arriv- ed here with the other members of the Katy Did Company yesterday noon and she engaged quarters for her mother, who accompanies her en tour, and herself at the Stratfield- She had been there but a short time before telephone message was received for her.
 The artist answered her call. then in great az: tation. appealed to her moth- CT for advice. Her husband, she said, had threatened violence upon her. and talking from New York city, vowed he would come to the Stratfield by the earliest possible train and wreak vengeance upon her.
 Adelaide her story goes, had quar- reled with her husband because she refused to take him en tour with her. While she was rehearsing for the road tour of Katy Did, in New York c ty. she considered the heavy expenses of her travels and decided that she would inaugurate new policy with the beginning of her engagement with MT. Gaites' new production.
 Hitherto she had been accompanied by both her mother and her husband. The latter. she said. was an expense.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-11-19
THE CRIMSON AND THE BLUE IN GREAT BATTLE
 FOR FOOTBALL H0N0RS
Harvard and Yale T|ess Grappe For First Two PeodsOdds
 on Harvard Drop Heavily at End of First Quarter

men that the oval was kept in Yale territory the greater part of the first half
 When the second half started, Wig gIesWorth was back in the Harvard lineup in place of Potter and Fuller was in at left guard for Yale. Mor- rlson was in at fullback for Harvard in place of Leslie.
 Paul kicked off to Wendell, on Har- wards 15 yard line Kistler hit cen- ter for 10 yards and on the next play Daily smashed through for five yards. Daly smashed through for five yards down the ball on the 45, yard line. .
 Fields next plunge took the ball to the blues 50 yard line and it appeared that Harvard was being rushed off her feet. Kistler made four yards on fake kick and Howe punted to Wig ellsworth. The ball was called back and Harvard was penaliZed. It was Iale's ball on Harvard's 52 yard line. Daly was run out of bounds. and it was Harvard's ball on her 50 yard line Corbett punted to Daly. Kistler but on the next play was pulled down without a gain. Yale's ball on her own p yard line. Howe lost three yards on an attempted end run. Cor bett returned the ball to Yale's A yard line, a distance of 20 yards. Three times Wendell was called upon and gained total of F yards. Wiggles- worth tried a forward pass which Howe /ca aptured on his own 15 yard line. Howe failed to gain cn a fake kick. He repeated the attempt and again failed to gain. Howe punted to Wigglesworth who returned the ball seven yards, to Yale'S 3S yard line. Graustein went in for Corbett Har1 ward failed to gain on the next plunge Wendell went through the lire for three yards. Lewis mad ca weak att tempt at a drop goal and Daly who recovered the ball was downed on his 20 yard line: Daily gained yards and Harvard was penalized five yards for holding. Kistler plunged through for eight, through the line and DaIy went around Harvard's right end for three yards. It was first down for Yale. on her own 40 yard line.
 Field failed to gain around right end. Field went through left end for two yards. Graustein captured a punt and was tackled so hard that he dropped the ball. Wigglesworth recovered in rid-feld. Graustein made five yards through Yale's line but the ball was brought back and Yale was penalized five yard for off-side.
 The fourth period started with Yale defending the north goal again and having a stiff wind at her back. Cor bett was in the lineup again for Har- yard and on the first play plunged through for 10 yards. Wendell made five yards through left tackle and du plicated the trick on the next play Wigglesworth punted to Howe wh was downed on Yale's five yard line. Howe punted from behind his goal
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-11-19
LITTLE COAL PICkER'S
 FOOT CRUSHED WHEN SHE FAILS U DER DUMP CART

Venturing too near a heavily laden dump cart at the rear of the power house of the Connecticut Co. in Sea vtew avenue, as she picked coal from the ash piles, Lizzie Marco. aged 12, of 234 Church street. was caught under meath the cart as the animal gave sudden start
 The child was carried into the power house screaming with pain. When Dr. Bennett arrived in the ambulance her shoe had been removed and her foot was found to be badly crushed. She was taken to the Bridgeport hos- pital where it was expected that her foot could be saved.