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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-24
NOW HOW is THIS?
Rev. j. A. MiIburn Says Autos
Are CrOWding Out Churches.
His Edifice Sold to Make Room
for Garage.
CAN SCARCE CREDIT 1T
Advance Of COmmercialism in
Past Five Years.
Community Will Support Gar
age But Not Church.
CAN SCARCE CREDIT 1T

Chicago, Sept. 24.-"We have been
literally driven out by the automo-
biIes,' said Rev. Joseph A. MiIburn,
pastor of Plymouth Congregational
church yesterday.
The church property located at 25S5
Michigan boulevard has been sold and
will be used for commercial purposes.
The congregation were once before
driven out by the advance of com
mercialism,' as it was described by
DR.. Milburn. The former site was
on wabash avenue at the corner of
Eldredge Court. The church where
it now stands cost 100000 and the lot
cost $4,000. The purchase price of
the property as given out yesterday
is $4,000.
81 have been pastor of this church
for nine years and never would imag-
inc there could have been such a
change had it not come before my very
eyes, said DR.. Milburn.
''Everything has had to give place
to the automobile garage. 1 should
not wonder if the person who bought
our church intended to convert it into
such business place or tear it down
to put up one. The community will
well support a garage where it will
not support a church. 1t shows the
advance of commercialism
'"Ten other churches are in the path
They too, will have to face the prob
lem"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-24
LAST JOY RIDE.
Auto Goes Into Canal Carrying
Occupants to Death.
Six or Seven People Were in the
Car.

New Orleans, Sept. 24-Four persons
are known to have been, drowned and
three are reported missing as the re-
suit of an automobile accident early to-
day on the Shell road between West
end, lake resort, and New Orleans
Travelling at high speed a touring car
swerved to one side of the road, crash
ed through a fence and plunged into a
canal Up to noon the bodies of the
following had been recovered: w. r.
Fireman, 35 years. New York; T. Boet-
tier, 43 years old, New Orleans; two un-
identified young women. Searchers are
dragging the canal. RumorS that the
two women who have been drowned
were members of a, travelling theatrical
company playing here this week, were
declared untrue when the company was
assembled for the matinee performance
this afternoon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-24
TROLLEY IN WRECK
Another Collision in Indiana
and Six Dead.
All Passengers in Smoking Com
partment OF One Train Killed.

Upton, Ind, Sept. pa headon
collision on the Indianapolis and Peru
division of the Indiana Union Traction
company's lines between a limited
passenger and a freight car today re-
suited in the death of six persons and
serious injury to six more. The dead:
DIR. w. T. HOLTHOMER, Brook
lyn, n. Y.
WALTER HOLTHOMER, Brooklyn.
FRED RAILSBACK, Hymeria, Ind.
JONCB BAKER, motorman on linn
tied car, Logansport, Ind.
LEWIS BROO, Kokomo, Ind.
B. T. WEIGH, Michigan.
The cars came together on a curve,
all the passengers in the smoking COM
partment of the limited were killed.
The motorman and conductor of the
freight car jumped and were not in
jured- The injured were brought to
Upton, where physicians were sum-
moned and their injuries attended
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-24
BURNED HIS HOUSE
Home of Chairman DolIey Is De-
strOyed by Fire.
Believed to Have Been Act of
Incendiary.

State Chairman j. N. Dolley's new
S14 600 residence, just completed at
Maple Hill, in Wabaunsee county, was
burned to the ground at o'clock this
morning. The cause of the fire is not
known with any certainty. The first
report was to the effect that an ex-
plosion of ascetylene gas in the base
ment had started the fire, but it is
learned by telephone at noon today
that there is a suspicion that the fire
was of incendiary origin.
There was a small insurance policy
on the house. but not nearly enough
to cover the loss. Mr.. DolIey had been
working on the new residence since
last February and had taken great
pride in the interior finishingS of his
new home. The interior work had Just
been completed and some of the new
household furnishings had been moved
in. 1t was expected that the RepubIi-
can state chairman and his family
would have been installed in the beau
tiful new home next week.
There is no clew at this time as to
the identity of the supposed incen-
diary, and it may be, after all, that the
blaze was started from the heating and
light apparatus in the basement. There
is no fire department at Maple Hill,
and as the fire started at an early hour
in the morning. it had gained too much
headWay when discovered for the
bucket brigade of townspeople to
check the progress of the flames.
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of his monoplane when he had de-
scended to within 80 feet of the sur
face, passed q fairly good night The
physicians state except for a disturb
ing lethargy, the condition of the pa
tient was satisfactory. His tempera-
ture this morning was 1873 centiSrade,
pulse 100 and respiration 20. The fig
ures of last night showed tempera-
ture of 81 and a pulse of 112.
The broken legs, fractured thigh and
many bruises the price in addition to
the mental shock, which the % year
old boy paid for the glory of being the
first to fly from Switzerland to Italy,
will keep him in the hospital for some
time but the medical men hope for
an ultimate recovery. He is being
showered with messages of mingled
congratulation and coincidence, but is
in no state to appreciate these or to
discuss his exploit and the why of its
unhappy ending.
Find Wa to Alight.
Paris, Sept. 24.-The old problem of
how to come down safely is yet to be
solved by navigators of the air. TINS
is emphasized by the accident TO
Chavez yesterday.
The French aViatOrS and constructors
are intensely interested to discover the
exact cause of the Peruvian's mishap
which they consider is proof positive OF
a weakness of construction in aero
planes which must be corrected. Ac-
cOrding to the account of experts
printed here today, a wire stay snap
ped permitting the wings to collapse as
Chavez restarted his motor after hav-
ing planed down a distance of more
than half a mile. His speed as he ap-
preached the aerOplane is estimated at
fully 6S miles an hour.
The constructors agree that the glide
earthward after the motor has been
stopped subjects the stays of the wings
to a tremendous strain and they be-
leve Chavezs gave way when suddenly
put to the extra tension caused by the
restarting of the motor.
AS the deaths of De La Grange, LIE
BlOn and Waechter were due to SINH
lar cOllapses, the impression IS
strengthened that this serious defect
must be overcome
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-24

accompanying the formal applica-
tion for a pardon were thousands of
letters from individuals in Chicago
ana throughout the middle west urg-
ing President Taft to grant the petit
tion. The file of these letters COM
posed 25 bound volumes. Besides let
ters from personal friends and busi-
ness associates there We're letters from
all the officers and directors of the
Walsh banks which were involved in
the case; letters from the banks
stockholders and depositors and jur-
ors who found Walsh guilty of mis-
appropriating funds of his banks.
Found Guilty in 1907.
In 1907 Mr. Walsh was found guilty
of a violation of the United States
banking laws, in having made exces-
sive loans to railroads in which he
was interested and in December, 1903,
he was sentenced to five years in
Leavenworth prison.
Walsh is 73 years old and the main
motive in the appeal to President Taft
is based on the prisoners falling
health He is reported as suffering
from acute heart disease and physi-
clans affirm that he is likely to die at
any moment.
As set forth in the petition the
grounds on which his pardon is asked,
are as follows.
That the crime for which he was
found guilty does not involve moral
turpitude and that none of the acts
on which conviction was based were
done for, or resulted in, any profit to
himself. That the depostors in all
the banks with which he was connect
ed were paid in full and Immediately.
Punished by Financial Loss
That the loss of nearly all his own
large personal fortune caused by the
forced liquidation of these banking
institutions is equivalent to a finan-
cial fine many times in excess of any
usually imposed and is in itself a
severe punishment already suffered.
That his loss of power, prestige and
position, together with the humiliation
of a conviction and Imprisonment is
a punishment already suffered great
ly in excess of the usual.
That the racking strain of the four
years struggle to save his personal
name as well as to save loss to par
ties interested has with his advanced
age so seriously affected his health
that a continued Imprisonment is like
ly to result fatally.
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and pellagra as diseases to which the
flesh is heir. The record shows $50
in the former and 116 in the latter
class
The statistics cover only slightly
more than Il of the population as
they do not extend to states or cities
which do not require the registration
of deaths. AS comparatively little of
the area in which pellagra is most
prevalent is included in the registra-
ton section, it is suggested that the
report on that malady gives an made
quate idea of its real ravages. In
deed, it is told that "it would seem
that many hundreds and perhaps thou
sands of deaths from this disease must
occur each year"
Owing to the fact that the deaths
from infantiIe paralysis were widely
distributed the inference is drawn by
the report that the disease exists in
epidemic or endemic form in many
parts of the country.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-24
ALCOHOL IN SODA WATER.
Massachusetts Professor Finds Some
Which Contains More Than Beer.

New York, Sept. 24-The cheap soda
water which is retailed on street cor
ners to school children and passersby.
at penny or two a glass. is in most
cases an alcoholic beverage with
larger percentage of spirit than ordi-
nary beer. according to an analysis
made here by Prof, NJ. S. Allyn of the
Massachusetts State Normal school.
THE syrups with which these cheap
sodas are favored frequently contain
10 per cent of alcohol says Prof.
Allyn. This is twice as much as there
is in beer. Take for instance. a straw
berry havOring which I bought yester-
day at a stand on the lower East side
The red color in the syrup is obtained
from a. coal tar dye and the flavor is
given by another compound with a
saccharine sweetening. Into it also
goes 10 per cent of alcohol. The direc-
tions on the bottle say that it is strong
enough to make a gallon of syrup, but
many men, women and children on the
East side have formed the habit of TAX
ing it straight. In this form of course
1t is an intoxicating beverage of no
small power"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-24
MEXICO SHOWS OFF.
AIost Brilliant Social Event In History
of Republic.

Mexico City, Sept. 24-The most
brilliant and costly social event in the
history of Mexico took place here
Friday when 1000 people We're guests
of President Diaz at a monster re
ception and ball in the national pal
ace. The affair proved to be the most
notable event of the months centennial
of independence celebration.
The electrical decorations surpassed
anything of the kind ever seen in the
capital.
People who did not own their pri-
vate conveyances and who had neg
1ected up to noon to engage them were
compelled to pay as much as 500 for
a carriage to take them to the palace.
Thirty-nine nations were represent
ed in the brilliant assembly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-24
SEEKS A PARDON
One Has Been Asked for John
II. Walsh.
Petition Presented to Depart
ment of Justice.
HIS HEALTH is BAD.
One OF Grounds on Which Free.
dom Is Asked.
Shown That No One Lost Money
Through Banker.
is HEALTH is BAD.

Washington, Sept. ga petition
to the president of the United States
for the pardon of John r. Walsh, the
former president of the Chicago Ma
tional bank from the federal prison at
Leavenworth, Kan, was filed at the
department of justice today by Attor-
ney G. I. buckingham of Chicago. on
behalf of Mary L. Walsh. Richard w.
Walsh and John w. Walsh, respect
lively, the wife and sons of the pris-
onef.
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KILLED IN MAMMOTHCAVE
Mrs. Helen Day Falls OF q Precipice
While Sightseeing.

Mammoth Cave, Ky, Sept. 24-The
first fatal accident that has occurred
inside of Mammath Cave in years oc-
Cured Friday when Mrs. Helen Day
of Wyoming, Pa. fell from a precipice,
striking upon the granite known as
"purgatory" and fractured her skull.
She died later.
Mrs. Day. who was the widow of the
late publisher of the wyoming County
(Pa.) Democrat, and prominent social
ly, came here several days ago with a
party of sightseers.
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TAFT BACK in HARNESS.
President Leaves for Washington This
Afternoon.

Cincinnati, Sept. 24.-President Taft
will leave Cincinnati this afternoon
for Washington, where he is to meet
members of his cabinet for series
of conferences next week. The presi-
dent thoroughly enjoyed his visit to
his home city,
No formal program has been ar
ranged for his last day.
He has not made any important ap-
pointments and will probably spend
the time before his departure at the
home of his brother. The president
and party are scheduled to leave over
the Pennsylvania road at $40 p. m.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-24
RICH SMUGGLER PAYS.
Mrs. ChesbrOugh Turns Over S39, 900
to the Government.

New York, Sept. 24.-Representa-
tives of Mrs. Mathilda NJ Chesbrough.
wife of F. B. Chesbrough, a steamship
owner and lumber dealer of Newton,
Mass, paid over $4,000 to the Gus
toms authorities in settlement of a
$1,000 fine imposed on her for snug
Cling and in redemption Of a pearl neck
lace seized last year. The case has
been long contested but Mrs. Ches-
brough was finally convinced that the
only way for her to get her necklace
was paym ment of the fine and of the
home value of the goods seized
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-24
He SAW DR.. COOK.
Stopping at Munich With Family I'm
der Name of Coleman.

New York, Sept 24.-Dr. Frederick
A. Cook, the vanished explorer, has
been sighted in a Munich hotel under
the name of Mr.. Coleman and family.
Michael NJ. Ryan of Bridgeport Conn.,,
has informed the New York Times,
which will publish his account tomor-
row, of how he met the doctor.
Il arrived in Munich on August 81"
said Mr.. Ryan, "and on entering the
dining room of my hotel was amazed
TO see DR.. Cook, his wife, his son and
daughter sitting at a table. There
was no attempt at disguise. He wore
his mOustache, little side whiskers and
looked just like his photograph"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-24
MBN SUSPENDED; NO GAME.
Match Between EIgin High School
and Alumni OF.

Elgin. ILL.,, Sept. 24.-The athletic
board of control of Elgin high school
has cancelled a football game sched-
uled for today between the school
squad and alumni pending an inves-
tigation into the suspension last night
of two e. men, who were dismissed
from the eleven by Assistant Coach
Anson Hayes for alleged swearing.
Student members of the board favor
reinstatement of the boys. Faculty
members insist upon upholding the
coach. Whether the school has an
eleven this fall depends on the OUT
come of the dispute.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-24
WnU ATE InE UEAU
Six Mangled Bodies Victims Of
Clayton Wreck Unidentified.
List of the Fatalities Has Now
Reached Sixteen.
ELEVEN ARE INJURED
All Are Being Cared for at Nor
ton, Kansas.
Officials Try to Ascertain Why
No Warming Was Given.
ELEVEN ARE INJURED

Norton, Kan, Sept. 24.-Six dead
bodies. bruised and twisted into shape
less things. remained to be identified
here today when officials of the Chi
cago, Rock Island & Pacific road re-
sumed their work of reconstruction.
following the wreck two miles east of
Clayton, early yesterday, in which six
teen persons were killed and eleven
injured.
1t is unlikely that the task can be
completed soon. All the bodies were
searched yesterday and every clew
which might lead to Identification was
carefully followed. For this reason
officials fear that the full death list
will not be made up until the remain
ing victims are traced through inquir-
les received from relatives.
In some instances steam which arose
in clouds from the engine as it plunged
into the water, scalded the bodies,
which increased the difficulty of identi-
ficatfon. Survivors say the cars were
filled with team, and that it was impos-
sible to breathe except when crawling
along the floor of the coaches.
Inquiry into the reason why no
warning was given when the long
stretch of track was washed away has
been instituted by the railroad Off
cials.
THE DEAD.
f. Pickenbaugh, GoodIand, Kansas,
engineer.
A. v. Huffman, Kansas City, bag
gageInan.
j. w. Usher, Denver, conductor.
William Mills, GoOdland, Kan, fire
Herman Mueller, Smith Center, Kan
William Sloop, Boyle, Kan.
w. e. Shively, Agra, Kan.
Gilbert HI. Ivans. Fullerton. Kan.
w. j. Bowers, RexfOrd, Kan.
III. Mcintyre, Rexford, Kan.
The Injured.
G. ]. Brackon, lineman. Goodland,
Kan, arm injured.
Mrs. H. F. Scott, Jennings, Kan,
right arm broken.
Victor Engle. Birmingham, Ala,
bruised and cut. not serious.
Mrs. T. H. Evans, Langton, Kan,
head cut.
and face cut.
D. Duges, no address. side cut.
A. H. Avis, Blue Rapids. Kan, left
leg broken
Mrs. Anna Smith, Colorado Springs.
head and chest cut.
G. A. Smith, Colorado Springs, hand
and wrist cut.
Helen b6HSOIls NOAOIdd opII I1iSo'
slight.
Held Down by Wreck.
This town rings with tragic stories
of survivors of the Rock Island wreck
near Clayton. The most frightful of
these has to do with the sufferings of
A. " Huffman of Kansas City, bag
gageman Huffman was pinned down
in a heap of heavy trunks and car
fragments with tons of wreckage
above him. Nearly every bone in his
body is thought to have been broken
Rain aroused him from frequent pells
of inconsistencies and his appeals for
aid were pitiful.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-24

New York, Sept. 24.-The statement
of clearing house banks for the week
shows that the banks hold $18,S25 900
cent rule. This is a decrease of $4-
469, 900 in the proportionate cash re-
serve as compared with last week.
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inner. saying that Senator James B.
Frazier of Tennessee, one of the mem
bers of the committee, would be here
the first of the week.
Senator Buckley, of Connecticut, the
other absent member, also is expected
Monday-
Chairman Burrows announced today
that witnesses would be summoned by
United States marshals and until ser
vice of the summons was had no VII
TESS name would be given out.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-24
Earthquake in Arizona.

Preston, Ariz., Sept. 24.-Slight earth
quake shocks We're felt last night in
Jerome, Flagstaff and Kingman. The
first tremor occurred at 9:06 o'clock.
The series of shakes lasted but few
seconds. No damage was done.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-24
WEATHER WARNS AND FALLS.
Forecast Is for Generally Fair COndi-
tiOns Tonight and Sunday.

Cool damp weather prevailed in To-
peka today and many overcoats found
service in the forenoon The tempera-
ture stood at 56 degrees for three
hours and warmed to n at 10 o'clock
only to sink again. The minimum for
the day was 55 degrees.
The forecast, however, is for warm
er and generally fair weather tonight
and Sunday. The wind is blowing five
miles an hour from the northwest
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-24
DOWN TO WORK.
LOrimer Investigation to Begin
in Earnest.
Senator Frazier OF Tennessee
TeIegraphs He Will Come.
KEEP NAMES SECRET.
Z. S. Marshal Will Serve the
SubpOenas.
Brit No One Else Will Know
Who Are Witnesses.
KEEP NAMES SECRET.

Chicago, Sept. PA telegram was
received today by Chairman Burrows
of the senatorial subcommittee on
elections and privileges which is 1nVes-
tigating the election of Senator Lor-
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ABOLISH The FRATS.
University of Mississippi Wants No
More Greek Letter Societies.

Medford, Miss. Sept. 24.-By an
unanimous vote the board of trustees
of the University of Mississippi last
night decided to abolish Greek letter
societies from that institution.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-24
CHAVEZ Will LIVE
Condition OF Daring Young
Aviator Shows Improvement.
Not Able to Appreciate Shower
OF Messages and Condolences.

Domodossola, Sept. 24.-George
Chavez, the Peruvian aviator, who
thrilled the world yesterday by a
flight over the Alps at an altitude of a
mile and a half and then lost control
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Weather Indications
Chicago, Sept. 24.-Forecast for Kan
sas: Generally fair tonight and Sun
day.
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DEATHS SARE MANY
RaVages OF Infantile Paralysis
Show in Reports.
Exists in Epidemic Form in
Many Localities.
REPORTS
Only Inadequate Idea Of Real
Ravages Given.
Few Cases of Pellagra Reported
in United States.

Washington. Sept. 24.-For the first
time the mortality report of the census
bureau covering Investigations for 1903
takes cognizance of infantile paralysis
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Continued on Page Six.)
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-03-10
FINISHING pRAwsrRlNes.

Very few ribbons used as drawstrings
for the fancy workbag are now tied
together with the ordinary bow. They
are knotted. and on the remaining
small cut ends there are sewed tightly
SHRED balls INC rosettes of ribbon or
silk. The balls are frequently filled
with cotton, or ever lissle paper, to
give them the required shape.
Little gold tassels are often used, and
also the round white rose made of Irish
lace. A whole flower or bell is some
times made of chiffon or gauze ribbon.
Indeed, the bag is finished invariably in
some way calculated to suggest the or
nate fashions we have borrowed from
France and London.
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SOME DoN'Ts FOR WIVES.

Don't begrudge your husband
a few hours spent with his men
friends. You meet friends. Be
considerate and give him the
same privilege.
Don't bother him with trou-
blesome trifles that happen dur
ing the day.
Don't whine and complain
over household duties.
Don't overwork and be tired
and cross when he comes home.
3 Your husband will see you tired
and irritable where he will not
be conscious Of d few grains Of
dust which you may have dissi-
pated at the expense Of your
strength.
Don't let yourself get old and
ugly. Take time to keep your
self young and to cultivate good
looks. If you can't be beautiful
try to be Interesting.
Don't forget to cultivate your
mind. Read about what is going
on in the great world, so II he
makes a remark on current
events you will be able to ar
swer'him intelligently instead of
giving him a blank stare.
Don't inquire how his business
Is unless you are sure from his
face that he has something
pleasant to tell you.