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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-27
TO WEAR THUMB RINGS.
Bill to Make 1t Compulsory for Mar
ried Men in New Jersey.

Trenton, n. J., Dec. 27.-The Cupid
Wings club, the Trenton organization
composed of women for the purpose
of mending broken hearts and bring
ing about domestic felicity, has writ
ten to Governor-elect Wilson asking
his support of bill they have prepar-
ed for the coming session of the legis-
1ature, providing that every married
man be compelled to wear a ring on
one thumb to show that he has been
welded. This will be one of the first
measures to be presented to the legis-
lature next year, and the members of
the club will lobby for it's passage.
The bill provides that every man in
the state of New Jersey who is mar
ried wear what will be known as a
thumb ring" Married men, if the
law goes into effect, will have to wear
their rings at all times while outside
their own homes and penalty of two
years in state prison and fine of $500
is provided for failure to live up to the
provisions of the law. jewelers. are
aiding the Cupid Wings Club in its
endeavors to have the measure passed,
and some of them have made models
of what they believe will be appro-
pirate.
Mrs Charles Howell, the president
of the club, drew the bill, with the
assistance of an attorney. She says
that a married man should be as cas-
lily identified as a married woman. In
speaking of the movement today Mrs.
Howell said: IF we succeed in getting
this bill passed. as we hope we will.
there must necessarily be a sister bill
passed, compelling married women to
wear rings. great many homes
have been made unhappy, we have
found, by husbands posing as single
men and making love to others than
their wives. Several cases where
young girls have suffered by falling in
love with married men whom they be-
lieved to be single have been reported
RI
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-27
FARMERS WEEK HERE.
Board of Agriculture and StocIxmen
Meet at Same Time.

The week of January IL will be
Farmers week in Topeka as the an
nual sessions of the state board of
agriculture will be held here January
IL and II and during the same time
the stock breeders and swine breeders
associations will meet here and the
state veterinary association will hold
it's annual meeting. The list OF speak
ers and those who will read papers on
these occasions is as follows:
Address of welcome-Governor W.
R. Stubbs.
Address of welcome on behalf of the
city and county-County Attorney E.
r. Simon.
Response-President Charles E.
Sutton.
The Present Status and Future Out
look of the Serum Treatment for Pre-
Vention of Hog Cholera-F. S. Schoen-
leber, V. s., State Agricultural college,
Manhattan.
Beef Productions. o. Cowan, as
sistant secretary American Shorthorn
Breeders association, Chicago.
Water Storage Possibilities. L.
Dyche, state fish and game warden,
Pratt.
Sorghum Culture-Carleton r. Ball,
U. S. department of agriculture, Wash
ington.
Does 1t Pay to Interchange or I'm
port Seed Wheat w. NJ. Jardine,
State Agricultural college, Manhattan.
D. Tomson. the Breeders Gazette,
Cedar Rapids. Iowa.
Kansas a Sheep State? Why Not p
M. V. Carroll, the Missouri Ruralist,
Sedalia.
The Conservation of the Country
Church-Rev. Duncan c. Miner. D.
D., Chicago.
Efficiency the Key Note in the Edu-
cation of Our Girls-Mrs. Mary Pierce
Van zile, State Agricultural college,
Manhattan.
What of the Morrow Pc. NJ. Went
worth, State Center, Iowa.
The Story of My Farmer Boys-Will
B. Orwell, Otwel1s Farmer Boy, Car
linville, Ill.
Election of officers and members.
Maintenance of Soil Fertility-Chas.
E. Thorne. director Ohio agricultural
experiment station Wooster.
While She Waits-Miss Edna D.
Day, department of home economics,
State university, Lawrence.
The Growing of a Human Plant
Rev. Frank L. Loveland, D. D., To-
peka.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-27
CIlicayo Live stock Nfarlet.

Chicago. Dec. N.-CATTLE-R Receipts
estimated at $500. Market strong Beeves
s.. 6507. 80; Texas steers, s.. 30q5. 49, western
steers, $4O0@5.90; stockers and feeders
So. 40G5.S0; cows and heifers, $2.50q6.25
calves, 81. 25G9.50.
HOGS-Receipts estimated at 1900 Mar
ket SC higher. Light, s7.60QS.00; mixed
G.65Q8.O0; heavy. sT.6o4S.0o; rough, $1,000
IT'S; good to choice heavy. S7.75dS-00; pigs
81 251S.05; bulk of sales, S7.S0d7.95.
SHEEP-Receipts estimated at 1000
Market sc to loo higher. Native, $500 IS
western, $2.75GI4.30; yearlings, $475Q5. so
lambs, native, 81. 25@6.5O; western, S4-75Q
$40.
DAILY MOVEMENT OF PRODUCE.
WHEAT-Receipts. Il, 400 bushels; ship
ments Is, 800 bushels.
CORNWReceipts, 6s1, 200 bushels; ship
ments 30, 400 bushels.
of contract grade; corn 3SS cars. with OF
contract grade; oats 205 cars
Total receipts of wheat at Chicago, Min
neapolis and Duluth today were GA cars:
compared with 1,225 cars last week and
.o04 cars the corresponding day a year
ago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-27
COLLEGE HILL COMPLAINS.
Residents Say That Sewers Are in Bad
COnditiOn--Need Flushing.
Topeka. Kan, Dec. 81. 1910

To the Editor of the State Journal.
l am citizen here and taxpayer.
and as such am concerned in the general
welfare of the city. I wish now to
get some information as to the merit
or dement, of our present system of
municipal government. II was my I'M.
Outstanding that under the present
form of city administration all matters
coming before those in power would be
handled speedily, there being no red
tape" to impede and delay doing what
the public welfare badly needed done.
There is now one fragrant instance
where there is no response to the ap-
peal of an indignant body of citizens
and taxpayers. Take Quinton car
get off at Fifteenth, and walk west to
West street, if you do not get too sick
to get that far, and you will have de-
termined that something is seriously
wrong, not only with the sewers, but
with a system of city government which
permits long delay in righting a condi-
ton SO dangerous to the public health,
and SO very offensive in every way to
the community.
About five weeks ago a petition head
ed by all the men in business at Col
lege Hill and signed by all the residents
in that community was handed to the
commissioners, notifying them that the
sewers badly needed flooding. The same
was inferred somewhere in the city
hall, and nothing was done.
The residents of this community have
hitherto especially prided themselves
upon the purity of the atmosphere in
which they live, this being peculiarly
favored locality. The air comes across
the Washburn campus and across the
long stretch of grassy and wooded
plains to the south. making it a very
healthful place to live. Instead of this
they now have and have had for many
months, through the neglect of some
one of the city dads an atmosphere.
polluted by the stencil of extremely
fetid sewers.
Some one is to blame for this condi-
ton. AS each commissioner has his
well defined duties, we ought to be able
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-27
BREAK IN PRICES.
Bear Influences Predominant in
the Wheat Pit.
Fear OF a Squeeze Gives Bullish
Start to Corn.
A LIGHT RUN OF HOGS.
Provisions in Good Demand and
Hard to Buy.
Cattle Are Quoted Steady to Five
Cents Higher.
A LIGHT RUN OF HOGS

chicago, Dec. N.-WHEAT-Free selling
broke down the price of wheat today. The
market had opened a trifle higher but
spir1tless. On the whole, conditions were
unfavorable in the drouth district south
west but cloudy weather prevailed in Kan
Sas with moderate temperatures. In the
foreign news there was similar bearish
erect Although world shipments showed
a falling off compared with year ago,
Russian exports were heavier than ex-
pected. There was an additional source
or weakness in the fact that consignments
from Oklahoma continued liberal and
were showing signs of remaining SO. The
opening was a shade to 1sc up. May
started at 1856 @961zc to 961zc with the same
range in the market as a whole and then
declined to 96G961Ac
Predictions of rain or snow southwest
caused further weakness, which was en-
phasized by an increase of the visible
supply total. Prices closed steady how
ever, with May 1sc net lower at 957sc
CORN-Attention to the possibility of a
squeeze in the December delivery gave
corn a bullish beginning Moderate sales
market. The opening was 1z@5sc higher
to 18th down with the nearby options
the strongest. May started a shade off
to 1sdAc up at 4S1zc to 4S15c and fell back
Reports of rain in Argentine formed a
bear factor. The close was steady with
May down ss@1ac net at 47zsc.,
OATS-Oats weakened little with 9TH
er grain. The market was inactive. May
opened unchanged to a shade advance at
34A G34$sc to 343sc and declined to 341sc.
PROVISIONS-On account of light
run of hogs provisions were in good de-
ed a rise of PIC to 15c with May options
at $19.O71s to 1910 for pork; 1910 for lard
and 5000 to s1O021s for ribs.
RYE+Cash: S01Rc.
BARLEY-Cash: 6O@S4c.
TIMOTHY-$S. OO@975; March, s1025.
CLOVER-ask: $10.00@14.25; March, $500.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-27
KANSAS FARMER GONE.
Otto Reich Not Seen at Dodge City
Since Wednesday.

Dodge City, Kan, Dec 27.-Otto
Reich, a young farmer living near here.
has disappeared and his neighbors car
not account for his absence. He was
last seen December 81, when he was Ill
Kinsley and talked with DR. Carr, man.
ager of the Farmers telephone line.
The next morning an employee of tn :
line was at Reich's, but Otto was not
at home Last Thursday neighbors
noticed his stock was suffering and fed
and tended it.
Reich carried a small banking ac-
count at Offerle Recently he sold his
farm, and the $4,000 in cash which he
received is not in the bank. The young
man lived alone in the house in which
his father committed suicide a few
years ago. A brother, Frank Reich,
lives at wellington, Mo. Sheriff H. E
Bel is searching for him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-27
CHRISTMAS MAIL RUSH
Hundreds of Pouches Hauled Back and
Forth for Days.

Kansas City, Dec. 27-Several hun
dred sacks of Kansas City mail were
delayed from two to ten days in the
holiday rush on account of the lack
of railway mail clerks to take care of
the extra amount of Christmas mail
All the clerks worked overtime, some
of them going nine days without a
sleep off the cars, Selling only short
maps when the time allowed. Many
mail pouches were put on cars with
out being worked at all, often sent
far past their actual destinations and
then sent back to their starting point.
In several known instances mail was
put on cars bound in the opposite di-
rection to that in which it should have
been sent. The mail, principally, was
for Kansas, Oklahoma, Colorado and
New Mexico.
While greater part of the "stuck
Christmas mail has been worked over
and sent to the proper place, much of
it was very late and some of it is not
out. Some of the daily mail, the clerks
of the line to the other
Last Saturday morning westbound
Union Pacific train left Kansas City at
1924 o'clock more than two hours
late, with two baggage cars and the
mail car full of mail most of which
| had not been worked. When the cars
were about to leave the conductor or
dered the railway mail clerks not to
| put any more mail on the train. On
that train pouches for Topeka, Salina,
Manhattan and other Kansas cities
were taken to Denver and then
brought back to Kansas City before
| being worked.
December %. at O'Clock at night,
several hundred pouches of Kansas
| City mail were put on a Santa Fe train
| for points in Missouri and Illinois. That
mail was brought back December "a,
| and sent that same night at o'clock
/ to the proper destination
For two days preceding and follow
| ing Christmas the clerk in charge of
the Santa Fe's California fast mail
train worked only the registered and
first class mail which was put on the
train at Kansas City. The Kansas City
daily papers and the second and third
class mails sent by Kansas Citians to
points throughout Kansas, Colorado
and New Mexico was untouched in that
time.
December 30 the Santa Fe's Chicago
fast mail train came into Kansas City
with eleven pouches of unsorted mail
from northern Illinois and the vicinity
of Chicago.
One clerk said that a pouch of Kan
sas City mail, bound for scattered
points in Oklahoma, went through
eleven railway mail offices in Kansas
and again came into his hands without
being worked for the different lines in
Oklahoma. One of the postal regula-
lions of interstate mail matter specifies
that mail shall not pass through a
state without being sorted at the most
convenient places for the adjoining
state
J. H Harris, postmaster of Kansas
City, said last night that he had heard
of delays. but did not know they were
more than is usual in the holiday rush
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New York Stock Market.

Wall ST.. New York, Dec. 27.-STOCKS-
The feature of the stock market on re-
sumption of business following the triple
holiday was the severe decline in General
Electric due presumably TO the approach
ing prosecution of the so-called electric
trust by the federal government General
Electric opened with a decline of ~ and
declined 234 points. The rest of the list
was inclined to weaken, with the eXcep-
ton of Western Maryland, which showed
initial gains of q to point.
Trading was all on the bear side in the
as especially good selling of United States
Steel. In addition to General Electric
which continued weak there were declines
of a point over in Steel, Westinghouse,
Union Pacific, Reading and Lehigh Val
ley. Buying orders at the low level re-
suited in some recoveries before the end
of the first hour but the market under
tone was still heavy.
The selling movement gathered volume
in the second hour and caused further de-
clines in the active list. The same group
of spectators who were recently credited
with much activity with the long account
were today prominent the other side.
The closing of local state bank of minor
Importance contributed to the predominant
bearish sentiment General Electric made
a further decline of Isl on light offer
ings Exceptions to the downward ten
dency were Consolidated Gas and West
ern Maryland, but the movement in those
issues was attributed to pool man1pula-
lions.
Bonds were irregular.
Speculative resembled that of the clos
ing days of last week, prices fluctuating
narrowly on few transactions. Amelga-
mated Copper sold down over point but
the other representative stocks were fea-
tureless.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-27
WISCONSIN MAN TO SPEAK.
Burr W. Jones Will Be Principal
Speaker at Bar Association.

The principal speaker on the pro-
gram of the Kansas State Bar asso-
citation annual meeting to be held in
Topeka, January IL and IL will be
Burr w. Jones of Madison, Wis. Mr..
Jones is a former congressman from
that state, and a lawyer of note. His
subject will be 1.-The mal-administra-
ton of Justice in Homicide Cases"
The banquet will be held in Masonic
hall on the evening of January IL.
The program for the two days meet
ing has been arranged as follows:
Wednesday, January IL, opening
session 1880 a. m.-Report of execu-
tive council, j. D. Mcfarland. chair
man, Topeka; admission of new mem
bers; report of secretary; report of
treasurer: report of committee on le-
gal education, H. F. Mason, chairman,
Garden City; report of judiciary com
mittee, James T. Herrick, chairman,
Wellington
Afternoon session, ? .o,clock-Re-
port of memorial committee, r. A.
Burch. chairman, Salina; report of
committee on uniform legislation and
amendments to laws, c. w. Smith,
chairman, Stockton; report of com
mittee on professional ethics D. A.
Banta, chairman. Great Bend; presi-
dents address, THE Esta Enlistment of
Justice" c. A. Smart, Ottawa; adj
dress, THE Moral Duty to Aid Others
as Basis of Civil and Criminal Liza
bility, the most mer1tOr1OuS of the
papers of the senior class of the State
university law school in contest for
this honor; address, Right of Trial
by Jury" A E. Crane, Holton.
Evening session, s o'clock, open
meeting, supreme court room. every
body invited-Annual address, Hon.
Burr w. JONES' Madison. Wis, sub
ject, THE Maladministration of JUS
tice in Homicide Cases"
Thursday, January 10, 10 a. M
Report of special committee on crimes
and criminal procedure, William E,
Higgins chairman, Lawrence; report
of special committee on distribution
of work and compensation of judges
of the district courts. S. H. Allen.
chairman, Topeka; report of special
committee on three-fourths jury YER
diets r. L. King, chairman, Marion
address. 1.-The Trial Judge c. z.
Branine, Hutchinson; address. Con
structive Service" Jay T.. Bolts, Cold
water.
Afternoon session, o'clock-Ad-
dress, "A Square Deal in the Law and
the Courts c. E. Benton Fort Scott;
address. 1.-The Unwritten Law" A. NJ.
Harvey, Topeka: address. Psychology
as Related to Testim ony.'' Prof VIII
liam A. McKeever. State Agricultural
college, Manhattan; election of Off
GERS.
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Big RIVER PAGEANT.
Is Planned by Louisiana Historical
Society.

New Orleans. Dec. 27.-Mayor Behr-
men of this city has referred to the
Louisiana Historical society a sugges-
ton that a celebration be held to mark
the centennial anniversary of the first
steamboat trip down the Ohio and Mis-
sissippi rivers by Captain Roosevelt in
1S11-12.
The plan proposed calls for river
pageant starting from Pittsburg after
a local celebration in thai city. the
pageant to make stops in every city
on the way, each of these intermediate
cities to have a local celebration and
add its pageant, the whole to end in
New Orleans. The builder and navi-
gator of the first steamboat down the
river was a great uncle of former
President Theodore Roosevelt.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-27
New York Produce Nfarket.

New York, Dec 27.-BUTTER-Marke Ell
steady. Creamery specials, Sic; extra. 291E
qS0c; third to firsts, 23@Z71zc; creamery
held, third to special, 23@S0c; state dairy,
common to finest, N@29c.
CHEESE-Market steady. State whole
milk. September quality, specials. 1910
;di ito October duality, fine, i4G14bc;
skins, 2@l121ac.
EGGS-MarSet easy. State. Pennsyl-
4S@50c; ditto gathered. white, 4ed4Sc; ditto
hennery brown, fancy, 40@41c; ditto gath
cred brown, 37d40c; western gathered
white, 33@40c; fresh gathered, extra first
35@36c; ditto first, 33@34c; ditto second, Is
@32c; refrigerator, special marks, fancy
in local storage, 25@251zc; ditto first, 24@
2415c; ditto second, 221ad231Rc.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-27
ATHLETICS A GOOD THING.
Fifty Per Cent Improvement in New
York School Results.

New York, Dec. 27.-That the intro
duction of systematic athletics in the
public schools in the United States has
resulted in a so per cent Improvement,
not only in physique, but in ethics, dis
cipline and mental alertness, is the as
sertion of General George w. Wingate.
president of the New York Public
School Athletic league, in his annual
report just given to the public. He
says in part:
1.-The day of experiments in this mat
ter of athletics has now long passed.
1t has now become established upon
such a firm foundation in both the
schools and the public estimation that
its future is assured.
with every year the standard of
athletic ability in our public schools
becomes higher and records which were
considered wonderful when made are
surpassed. Accompanying this is a
marked improvement in carriage of the
person, alertness OF mind and body AMI
the general air of strength and health
resultins- from the athletic exercises
which tine children have pursued.
Gratifying as this is. from the physical
side the improvement on the side of
ethics, school discipline and esprit du
corps is even greater, a fact which has
converted the supervising and teaching
force of the schools into firm support
ers of the work
1.-The New York Public Schools Ath-
letic league. formed in 1903. is now the
largest athletic organization in the
world Its success has caused the
formation of similar leagues in 16 OF
the great cities of the country and mora
are constantly adopting its methods.
"a hundred thousand school children
took active part in the leagues COM
petitions during the past year. For ex-
ample. Sc, $50 children participated in
jumping contests. while 1880 boys
cor1Dete ed in fchinning' and 5000 in class
running Thirty thousand were entered
in the various field day games, ut
which 300 medals and $50 banners
were awarded"
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Kansas City, Dec. N.-CATTLE-Re-
ceipts 5000, including 200 southerns. Mar
ket strong. Native steers, $4.75Q6.50;
southern steers, 81. 50@5. 80; southern cows,
$3O0q450; native cows and heifers, s.. 75q
5.75: stockers and feeders. S4.00dI5.50; bulls,
So. 40d4.60; calves, S40OGS. %; western
steers, $4.50d6.O0; western cows, $2.50G4.75.
Receipts 1000. Market sc higher.
Bulk of sales, s7.S0d7. IS; heavy, SS047. Sly;
packers and butchers, $7.S0@7.S5; lights,
$7.75Q17.S2
SHEEP-Receipts 5000. Market strong.
Muttons So. SOFA Is; lambs, s5.50Q6. 30; fed
wethers and yearlings, $3.75@5.25; fed
western ewes So. 2G3.75.
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New York Money Market.

New York, Dec. 2.-MONEY-Money on
call steady, SAQ3h per cent; ruling rate
3ss per cent, closing bid 3ss per cent; of
fered at S1h per cent. Time loans dull 60
days and so days 33z@4 per cent;~S months
Close: Prime mercantile paper ~ to
S per cent.
Sterling exchange weak with actual bus
mess in bankers bills 81 50. 20@D4. 50. 80 for
60 day bills and at $4S5.25 for demand.
Commercial bills $4-S13s@4S2A.
SILVER-Bar silver, SIC; Mexican dol
lars, 45c.
BONDS bonds steady; rail-
road bonds irregular.
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Governor at Manhattan.

Governor Stubs went to Manhattan
today to deliver an address before the
students of the State Agricultural col
lege. The governor has been over
whelmed with invitations to speak this
month and next, but will fill his Kan
sas dates as nearly as possible before
again leaving the state to speak He
was invited to address a Twin Cities
convention at St. Paul and it is rumor-
ed that he has turned down an offer
to fill winter dates on a chautauqua
circuit
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-27
From Ladies of orphans Home.

The ladies of the Topeka Orphans
home wish to thank the public for the
generous Christmas given the children
at the home. The Topeka schools and
merchants generally contributed liber-
ally Of toys, fruit, candy. groceries.
etc. Mrs. Long and other ladies from
Overlook brought in a 25 pound tur-
key, four chickens and other things
Some cash was also given. The nine
children had Christmas tree Satur-
urday evening and a big dinner Sun
daY.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-27
Kansas City Produce Market

= NIty HOIuC'V HdrkUI.
Kansas City, Dec N.-WHEAT-Cash
MARKET unchanged to lie lower. No. .
hard. 91@97c: No. g. 9OQsSc; No. 2 red, $50
sc; No. 8, 93@95c
80 CORN-Market 1sc lower. No mixed
&C; No ). Ale; No. white 42c; No. s, 41c
., OaAIS-Market unchanged. No. 2 white,
Sl@S2c; No mixed, 301z@311zc.
RYE-No. 2, 74G77c
HAY-Market unchanged. Choice tim
othy, Sl400q14. 80; choice prairie, s11.5O@
BUTIER-Creamery, CSC; first, 25c; sec
onds, 23c; packing stock 19c.
EGGS-Extras, 3Oc; firsts, 271sc; seconds,
1900.
WHEAT-Receipts 1854 cars
CLOSE WHEAT-May, 935s@93s4c bid F.;
July, S91zc bid.
ORN-May, 461sc bid; July, 47@47sc.
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to fix the blame where it belongs Now
the people out here do not want
speech They want the sewers flooded
SO that they may walk from College av-
enue to Central park without getting
sick. and SO that their children will not
have to hold their nose as they run to
and from school. (Signed)
j. S. GREER,
1925 West Street.