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The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-08-11

The emperor OF China is to wear 9
military coat of European cut and
tuck his shirt into his trousers. China
Is up and coming
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-08-11

A woman lawyer. who had exhaust.
cd every other resource during the
trial OF a case, ended ND. by crying.
That is an argument that no male at
torney ever has been able to answer.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-08-11
Former Albany Mayor Dies.

Bar Harbor, Maine. - A. B. Banks,
formerly mayor of Albany, N. Y, is
dead at his summer home here.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-08-11

take chances on the lives OF aviatort
made a good guess.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-08-11

A German scientist has found 81.
400, 900 germs In a raisin. Boil your
raisins.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-08-11

Instead Of trying our popular songs
on the dog we should first have them
sung to the COW and note results.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-08-11

Man has constructed the flying ma
chine, but he has not succeeded In
tanning 1t.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-08-11

Among the few things that are bet
ter broken may be mentioned heat
waves.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-08-11

Flying is sadly In need OF a safety
attachment.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-08-11

Why worry when the swimming IL
good?
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-08-11

Don't make a man hot by telling
him to keep cool
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-08-11

LaFollette calling attention to the
great wealth of the coal and asphalt
lands owned by the Indians.
He said the United States govern.
ment survey had estimated the min.
eral deposits to be worth $3.50, 000, 600
In 1905 he said McMurray had >b.
tanned contracts with the tribes of In.
dams for the sale of the lands on a
10 per cent basis. In 1908 President
Roosevelt had registered his disap.
prevail of the contracts.
In the same year McMurray obtain,
ed contracts individually with 10000
Indians, there being then no law
against the execution of contracts
with individual Indians. 1t was this
condition that aroused him to intro,
duce a resolution in congress declar,
ing that all Indian contracts must be
approved by congress before they be-
came valid.
"A great many interests were at
work in promoting contracts. The
first I knew that former Senator Long
was acting in behalf of McMurray was
one day when | walked into the Office
of Secretary of the Interior Ballinger.
| began to protest against the o
tracts and was told not to talk so loud
as Mr.. Long was present and he was
interested in them"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-08-11
Mem urray's Denial.

Mr.. McMurray IN an interview said:
Il have never approached any one
in this matter upon its merits. | took
the contracts In good faith. l believe
they are legitimate and the compensa-
ton is not toe great. Practically all
the Indians in the Choctaw and Chick
asaw nations want their land sold.
Il do not know anything about the
incident of which Senator Gore and
Congressman Creagor speak. | have
gone to them many times, but | went
to them in person and did not SEND
an agent"
References to invitations to frog
leg" banquets and to alleged asseT
tons by Hamon, that Senator Gore
was going back on his friends" were
made in the testimony of d. F. Gore,
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-08-11
Mr.. Pinchot to SpeaI

Last, but not least, to use Mr.. Bak-
er's language, Clifford Pinchot, presi-
den of the National Conservation as
ISOLATION, will deliver an address.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-10
Has Criminal Warrant Served
Upon Pittsburg Publisher.
DEFENDANT ON BOND.
Must Appear in February for
Hearing OF the Case.
Other Items Of General Interest
to Kansas Readers.

Plttsburg, Kan. Dec. 10.-Sheriff Ed
Merriweather has served a warrant on
DR.. j. =. Callen, editor and publisher
of the Pittsburg Kansan, a weekly
newspaper, charging criminal libel.
The warrant is based on an informa-
| ton filed by County Attorney D. H.
Wolley and sworn to by him before
e. M. Mason, deputy clerk of the dis
trict court at Girard.
The information charging criminal
| libel is based on the publication in
the Kansan on September "a, 1910,
of certain statements reflecting on
Judge Fuller. Immediately upon be-
ing served with the worrant Dr.
at the February term of court in
the sum of $500 with J. M. Liepman
as surety.
The following is the alleged libel
Gus article printed in the Pittsburg
kansan on the date given above:
when the executive and judicial
powers of a community are in the
hands of those who care only to line
their own pockets with lucre wrung
from lawbreakers whom they have
encouraged and protected (meaning
that the judicial powers then in the
hands of said Arthur Fuller, the dis
tr1ct judge of the said Crawford
county, Kansas, and that he, the said
ed money from lawbreakers and
thereby encouraged lawbreakers and
protected them in the violation of
the law) and to perpetuate the Off
cfal power they possess among their
own kind, 1t is then that the voter
takes his cue to make change by
the exercise of a certain privilege he
possesses, to vote out the old gang
and leave them powerless to do any
thing. That is the great and glorious
privilege of the American voter.
There can be no greater drawback
to a community than a secret collu-
sion of understanding between the
law breaking classes and the men
sworn to enforce the law
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-10
PEONAGE PRISONER RELEASED.
Millionaire Missourian Completes Sem
tence, Less His Good Time.

Leavenworth, Kan. Dec. 10.-When
the doors of the federal prison opened
at o'clock this morning, c. M. Smith,
millionaire land owner from Sikeston,
Mo-, had completed a three years and
six months sentence, less his good
time, for violating the federal peonage
laws. With the discharge of Smith
the last of seven men convicted of
this crime by the federal court at
Cape Girardeau in the spring of 1906,
were released.
The peonage cases excited atten-
ton throughout the country. 1t was
two years after they first were tried
by Judge John c. Pollock, who was
acting judge, before Smith, his son,
c. M Smith, jr., William A. Woods,
Lloyd Woods, Benjamin Fields, Lee
Rodgers and Benjamin Stone. were
received at the prison here. The case
was taken to the court of appeals and
finally the lower court decision was
upheld by the supreme court Smith
was fined $4,000, as also was his son.
The son was sentenced to two years
and six months in prison. The others
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-10
BROUGHT BACK FROM FLORIDA
Henry Haberman Has Nothing to Sa,
Regarding Mystery.

Great Bend, Kan, Dec. 10.-Henry
Haberman of Olmnitz neighborhood,
who was reported as being badly hurt
in Florida, is at the hospital here and
in dangerous condition. He is suf-
fering from a. stab or knife wound
in the breast and a gunshot in both
legs. The wounds in the legs are the
worst and are likely to result serious
ly. An operation may be necessary
which will result in one or both legs
being taken off about the knee. The
injured man has not told any one
about what happened to him and is
In such weak condition that the
physicians have not questioned him
much.
The accident occurred about
Thanksgiving day, and the first word
received was a telegram from the au-
thorities at Fort Myers, Fla, stating
that the injured man was in the hos
pital there. When he left here Henry
stated that he intended to look over
land there with a prospect of invest
ing but took only $40 or $50 in money.
About $40 of that sum is unaccounted
for, says his wife. Henry Haberman
is about 80 years old, and has a wife
and two children. There are four of
his brothers living near Olmnitz, John,
Frank, Joe and Antoine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-10

T. E. Prout spent Friday in Kansas
City on a business trip.
Fred Taylor of the blacksmith shop Is
spending several days in Kansas City.
kan, called by the illness of his
mother.
On Monday evening the East Side
Choral union will meet for practice in
the Y. NJ. C. A. rooms. The union is
under the leadership of Mr.. John
Lungstrom and is for both men and
women The night for practice has
been changed from Saturday to Mon
day so as to benefit the young people
whose work detains them on Satur-
day. Everybody welcome.
Bert Barber spent Tuesday in Atch-
ison on a business trip.
Art Smith of the machine shop will
spend Thursday with his folks in Rock
Creek
King Edwards funeral will be illus
trated by motion pictures at the r. 2.
Y. M. C. A. Sunday afternoon. d..
Loveland. pastor of the First Methodist
church. will deliver an address on the
subject, The Uncrowned King" All
men are cordially invited to attend.
Oran Stone of the electrical depart
ment, Kansas City, is here spending
several days on a business trip.
c. D. Moore. bonus supervisor. CT
Amarillo, Tex, is here spending several
days on a business trip.
F. c. Fox. general manager of the
western lines, spent Friday in Topeka
Frank Sturgis is spending his an
nUa1 vacation in Mexico.
L. Stanley, trainmaster of Emporia
spent Thursday in the city.
c. T. Mcclellan of Emporia was in
the city Thursday on business
Jesse Brokaw. office secretary of
the r. r. Y. NJ. c. A, has resigned his
position and will return next week to
his home in Greenville, o.
Oscar Turner of the riptrack is un-
able to be at work on account of an
injured hand
Eli Mitchell spent Sunday in Willard
with his family.
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were given shorter sentences and fined
5000 each.
When Smith and the others left
Sikeston for st. Louis, before coming
here April l. 1908, brass band and
200 townspeople marched to the depot
with them.
While at the prison Smith was en-
ployed as a gateman at the south en-
trance to the yard. He had a good
record and always maintained his in
nocence.
Mrs. C. NJ. Smith arrived in Leaven-
worth last night to meet her husband
in the morning. They at once depart
ed for Excelsior Springs, Mo-, to visit
friends before going to Sikeston-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-10
BANKS WANT TO COMPROMISE
Supreme Court Decision Has Every
body Guessing About Meaning.


Emporia, Kan, Dec. 1O.-Proposals
Tor compromise is the latest step
IN the three year old disagreement
DetWeen Lyon county and the Citizens
National bank and the Emporia Ma
uonal bank over the payment of taxes.
ihe board OF county commissioners is
in session. H. Dunlap and F. C. New
man appeared before that body, and
oHered to settle the controversy on
tax levy basis of 261S per cent. The
commissioners did not commit them
serves to the proposition, and still had
1T under consideration this afternoon.
In 1907, the property of the two
banks was assessed on basis of 40
per cent. The banks thought this
too high, and brought suit in the dis
from collecting taxes in excess of a
90 per cent levy. In this prelim-
mary, the banks won out. The COM
m1ss1onerS appealed the decision to
the supreme court on the theory that
the banks were not paying their
share of taxes; that the farmers were
assessed 40 per cent, and the banks
should be treated likewise. The
banks, on the other hand, considered
that there was unfair discrimination
against them, and that farmers were
sometimes assessed as low as rs
per cent The case ground slowly
through the supreme court, and re-
Gently that body gave a decision, ap-
parently modifying the decision of
the Lyon county district court, but
In no unmistakable terms. Such
lawyers as have read the decision
agree that the supreme court intends
to say the levy cannot be made above
80 per cent, but no one knows for
certainty. Under such circumstances,
the banks proposed the compromise.
The suit was begun under w. c.
Harris as county attorney, and in
wolves about $4,000.
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ALLEN COUNTY PAVING BONDS.
Outstanding Debt Now $4,000 In
stead of $4,000.

lola, Kan, Dec. 10.-In a recent
statement issued from Topeka, state
officers included Allen county among
those which provide no bond fund
and leave future generations to care
for bonded Indebtedness. The state
ment drew forth the wrath of George
Reynolds, chairman of the board of
county commissioners.
Its a rank injustice to the coun-
ty to make such a statement, said
Commissioner Reynolds. "Allen coun-
ty has levied tax to take care of
its bonds for several years past. Last
year we paid $1,000 on our bonded
Indebtedness. That should reduce the
amount from $4,000 to $4,000. Yet
the newspapers charge us with an in
debtedness of $4,000. This year we
will raise $4,000 for the bonds.
Probably we will be able to pay only
$1,000, as there will be interest and
other items to care for. The point
is. however that Allen county is not
one of those which are neglecting
their bonds. We have a regular levy
to provide for our Indebtedness. This
year it is .32 of one mill"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-10

The evening meeting of the Good
Government club has been postponed
An afternoon meeting will be held Tues
day, December Is, with Mrs. Fanny
Guibor, at her home on Harrison street.
The Current Literature club will meet
Tuesday, Dec. 13, with Mrs. Otto k1ene.
The following program will be given:
outlook .....--.-.- Mrs. q. =. Bowman l
Technical World 49, Mrs. W. g Craft
Races of South American Peo-
Observation-Disclosures Mrs R. S. Magee
Current Literature-....Mrs II. c. Short
The Minerva club met Monday, De-
cember 5, with Mrs. T. r. Paxton, 6l5
Polk street. Mrs. Paxton and Mrs. j.
D. Heym were hostesses. The follow
ing program was given:
Milton. Mrs. W. A. Powers
Reading Mrs. G. G. Moore
other PuritanS. Mrs Robert stone
Paper-Oratori0 Written by Mrs.
Axtell and read by Miss Alice
Patterson.
Largo CHandeD Mrs. Morton Albaugh
Aria-He Was Despised--from me
Violin-Sonata (Handel). ......-.-...
Observation-Disclosures. Miss Mae Clark
Aria-Ye Awful stygian Powers
(GlucD- ..-...--:.: Mrs. E. e. roster
Miss Maude Mary Kline
Woodland whispers (Bramgardt.
Miss Florence Cravens
Guests of the club were: Mrs. ]. <.
Gibson of Marion, Ia, Mrs. N q.
Atkinson, E-rs. J. B. Ames, Miss Mar
tina Valentine and Miss Florence
Cravens.
The Nautilus club will meet Tuesday
afternoon at o'clock in the WASH
burn college observatory lecture room
An illustrated talk on Potsdam, Ger
many, will be given by Mrs. I. W.
Todd.
The Monday Tourist club will meet
December IL with Mrs. George Staebler,
COS Topeka avenue. All the members
are asked to be present. as it is the
last meeting of the year, and good
deal of important business will be at
tended to.
The Woman's Kansas Day club is
planning a meeting of more than or
binary interest this year. Women
from all over the state will attend, and
addresses will be made by the best
sneakers among the delegates. A spe-
ciaI feature of the meeting will be
luncheon to be served at 1 o'clock.
Mrs E. w. Hoch of Marion, president
of the society, will be toastmistress.
The regular dues of the club are 70
cents. but this year 81 will be charged,
Including the dues, and a ticket to the
luncheon. The amount may be sent to
Mrs Scott Hopkins, secretary, 1177
Fillmore street, Topeka. Miss Wilma
TYLER, a harpist of national reputation,
Is expected to be here to furnish part
of the music for the meeting The
officers of the club this year are: Mrs.
10. w. Hoch, president; Mrs. F. w.
Watson, vice president; Mrs. Scout
Hopkins secretary; Mrs. w. A. NC
Garter, historian; Mrs. H b. Asher
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-10
HAS FAITH IN CATTLE TRADE.
White Faced Steers Belonging to Kan
san Weighed 1853 Pounds.

St Joseph, Mo-, Dec. 10.-There
are some men in the country who have
an abiding faith in the future of the
cattle trade. On the market T. J.
McKinny of Howard, Kan, had load
of good white faced steers that aver
aged 1853 pounds. They attracted
the attention of an Illinois feeder who
happened to be one the market look
ing for some cattle and he bought
them at the top price paid for cat
tie here, $500 per hundred weight.
Of course, these cattle had been on
feed and were in good beef condition,
but they come in the short fed class,
and Mr. Alguyer bid a higher price
for them than the packers would
pay.
The price is a high one for feeders
of any kind but the sale shows there
are men who have faith in the future
of the cattle trade.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-10
CONCERNS CLAY COUNTY FAIR.
Important Meeting VIII Be Held Next
Week

Clay Center, Kan, Dec. 10.-The
annual stockholders meeting of the
Clay County Fair association will be
held on December IS, when matters
of Importance are to be decided At
this meeting the stockholders are tc
Getermine whether the annual fair
is TO be continued CT the further ac-
tI-1ties cf the association cease.
The results attending the holding of
the fair the last few years have not
been altogether encouraging, the de-
gree of patronage bestowed having
fallen far below expectations.
Last year the management incurred
loss, and the lack of sufficien. sup.
port has discouraged some of those
who have been its most enthusiastic
hackers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-10

cost each person in the United States
to have prevented him from having
the disease. Here are few of the
leading items of expense to him get
ting cured: Six months treatment in a
sanitarium, $3.50; care of family of
four at IS per week for six months,
1892; loss of wages six months, $432.
Total, 1914. This mans share in the
prevention of tuberculosis, totals up
as follows:
An ounce of prevention in the
proper care of the body -. 500
Stopping of all bodily excuses. =. 90
Study of free literature ....... 90
A timely examination by a doctor 3
Purchase of 100 Red Cross SEALS. 4
Tnhn A
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-10

ton meet in Los Angeles which be-
gins early in January. In this compe-
tition he will be one of less than twen-
" American entrants. Martin will be
IN Salina next summer on his way
East, and it is possible he will give an
exhibition of his work here.
Besides his work as an aviator,
Martins work in aviation comprises
a patent which it is said Will solve
the great air aviation problem of ''au-
tomato lateral stability" and stands
to make him a wealthy and famous
inventor if successful.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-10

treasurer, and Mrs. J. D. Mcfarland.
auditor.
The Woman's Kansas Day club was
organized in January, 1905, and its
purpose is 'to encourage and promote
the collection and preservation of the
early history of Kansas; to inst1ll
patriotism in Kansas youth, and estab-
lish a comradeship among Kansas
women" The organization is entirely
nonpartisan, nonsectarian, and is open
to all loyal women of the state, wheth-
err they are club women or not. At
an open meeting of the Good Govern
ment club held in January, 1905, to
celebrate the 45th anniversary of the
admission of Kansas to the Union,
Mrs. w. A. Johnston presented the
plan for the formation of the Kansas
Day club. The plan was adopted and
the club organized. The first year the
membership was 500, and the cIup mas
steadily grown ever since. Mrs. j. ID.
Mcfarland was the first president
the organization, and after her, Mrs.
James Humphrey of Junction City,
Mrs. Simmons of Hutchinson, and
Mrs. A. H. Horton of Topeka. The
work of the club was well advanced
under Mrs. Horton. and her admins
tration closed with program of mu
interest given by the presidents of the
different womans state organizations.
Mrs. E. w. Hoch of Marion was
chosen to succeed her. A little book
let of articles by Kansas authors has
been complied by Margaret Perkins
of Hutchinson to help defray the ex-
penses of the club, and Mrs. Scout
Hopkins now has some of these books
in her possession.
The date and place of the January
meeting will be announced when ar
rangements have been definitely MADE
The Portia club will meet next Thurs
day with Mrs. J. II. FT1zeIl, LII west
Tenth avenue.
The. Helianthus Literary club will
meet with Mrs. Richardson, 6S6 MOTIFS
avenue next Wednesday afternoon.
The w. T. K. club will meet Tuesday,
December 10, with Mrs. w. H. Davis,
9O3 Western avenue.
The Child Study club will meet with
Mrs. w. G. Magaw, 1914 West Fifteenth
street, Thursday, December 10.
The Research club will meet Friday,
December 16. with Mrs. l. M. Gain,
1859 Fillmore street. The club will
study oliver Wendell Holmes.
Many of the clubs will suspend
their sessions until after Christmas.
A good many club women, and other
women as well, are interesting them
selves in the sale of stamps for the
benefit of the anti-tuberculosis work.
The importance of the campaign
against the white plague cannot be
over-emphasized. In the literature
sent out by the Society for the Study
and Prevention of tuberculosis, ap-
pears the following calculation OF tu-
berculosis expense: suppose man.
father of a family of three children,
and earning SO a day, is taken sick
with tuberculosis. What does it cost
him to get well, and what would it
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-10
RoBARTs' FATE Is POSTPONED.
Oklahoman Soon Will Go to Trial for
Attack on Girl.

ottawa, Kan, Dec. 10.-Again the
trial of Charles Robarts of Shawnee,
Okla, charged with assault with in
tent to kill Miss Jessie Ellington, for
merly of Ottawa. has been postponed.
The trial was opened Thursday, but
has been continued to December Is.
Meanwhile Robarts himself is out
on bond. Fred Gaddis of Ottawa, a
brother-in-law of Miss Jessie Eding-
ton, has been subpoenaed as a wit
ness when the trial comes up Decem-
Der Is. He was with Miss Ellington
in her stay in the hospital after she
was injured.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-10
CLAY CENTER EXPECTED TT.
Not Surprised at Contempt Proceed
ings Before Supreme Court.


Clay Center, Kan, Dec. 10.-The
reported attempt to adjudge Mayor
George W. Hanna and members of the
city council in contempt of the SUI
preme court of the United States did
not surprise certain citizens who, act
ing under orders of the city marshal
cut down and carried away part of
the Williamson Electric Light COM
pany poles November 16.
Nothing is known in Clay Center of
the application of the Merrimack
River Savings bank of New Hamp-
shire, that holds the light company's
mortgage, for writ in the United
States supreme court citing the coun-
cilmen of Clay Center and Mayor
George w. Hanna to appear and an
swer why they should not be adjudged
in contempt of that court. Mayor
Hanna is out of the city on personal
business and F. B. Dawes. city attor-
ney, is in Topeka.
The first information received here
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-10
MARTIN MAY FLY IN SALIVA.
To Stop OFF at Old Home on Way
East Next Summer.

salina. Kan, Dec. 1O.-with front
page pictures featuring his flight
newspaper accounts of the work of
a former Salina boy, Glenn L. Martin,
as an aviator in a special exhibition
at Santa Ana, Calf. where the Mar
tins moved from here, just have
reached Salina.
Fred Tuthill, one of Martins
friends here, has just received a let
ter from him containing copies of the
Santa Ana Daily Register for the day
following that of his flight, and an
announcement of some of hts future
plans as an aviator.
He expects to enter the big avia-