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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-03
In the Persecution of the Is
raelites in Her Borders.
DRUG STORE OWNERS
Are Required to Reduce the
Number of Clerks.
Travelling Statesmen Must Ex-
hibit Bills of Lading.

st. Petersburg, June 3.-In further
ance of its purpose to drive back into
the pale-the district formed by the
Polish provinces and the Ukraine-all
Jews who cannot establish legal
right of residence outside it's confines,
the Russian government is now pursu-
ing a close inquiry regarding those en-
gagged in the drug business or who
claim to be so engaged.
The proprietors of the drug stores
chiefly are Jews and their employees as
well as statesmen for the drug houses
travelling in the interior are now called
on not only to exhibit pharmaceutic
certificates, but to satisfy the authori-
ties that they are actively occupied
with the business for which they are
licensed.
These certificates are rather easily
obtained and held generally by drug
store employees and those travelling as
pharmaceutical assistants and sales
men. Many Jews, it is claimed by the
government have established resi-
denceS on the strength of their certif-
icateS and subsequently ceased to fol-
low the profession or business. All
such are now subject to expulsion.
The owners of drug stores are being
required to reduce their 5taffs of clerks
and apprentices in every instance where
the duCnOflCleS COnSlQer- that the num-
Der employed is out of proportion to the
business done. Statesmen permitted by
law to travel are compelled in doubt
full cases to produce the bills of lading
in proof of the actual business which
they are doing.
Gar Authorizes Concessions.
In response to representations made
by him, NJ. Friedman, Jewish member
of the duma, was informed today that
Emperor Nicholas had authorized the
Caucasian authorities to make certain
concessions to Jews residing tempo
rarily in the Caucasus. The health
resorts of the Caucasus are frequented
much by persons desiring the benefit
of the baths to be had there. The law,
however, forbids the residence of Jews
in the district. During the season OF
1909, the government authorities au-
thorized visits to resorts by Jews and
recently NJ. Friedman received a pc
tition from members of his race asking
that they be granted similar privileges
during the season.
Twenty families have been ordered to
leave Lisichansk, town in the coal
region. A petition in their behalf
signed by their neighbors has been sent
to Premier Stolypin.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-03
"FINGY" C0NNERS OUT.
Is Succeeded as State Chairman BY
John A. Dix.

New York, June 3.-John A. Dix of
Washington county has been elected
chairman of the Democratic state COM
mittee, succeeding William ]. Corners
of Buffalo.
Resolutions unanimously adopted
arraigned the Republican party for
the enactment of the "outrageously
unfair tariff act," which was described
to be responsible for the present "ex-
cessive and almost prohibitive cost of
the necessities of life criticized Gov
ernor Hughes for his opposition to the
income tax amendment to the consti-
tuition and alluded to the defeat of the
income tax proposition as striking
example of the hypocrisy of the Re-
publican party"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-03
AUTO MEET AT X. C.
OIdfieId and Strang Are Among Those
Who VIII Participate.

Kansas City, Mo-, June 3.-Barney
Oldf1eld, Lewis Strang and other noted
autoists will participate in an automo-
bile meet that will open at Elm Ridge
in this city this afternoon and be con-
cluded tomorrow. George Clark of
Dallas. Texas, and Scott Miller of De-
troit, are among those entered.
The races will be run under the
rules of the contest board of the
American Automobile association with
the consent of the Manufacturers Con-
test association, and will be held under
the auspices of the Auto club Of Kan
sas City.
One of the events today will be a
one mile exhibition by Oldfeld in a
200-horse power Blitzsn Benz machine.
The principal event today will be a
so mile free for all for stock chassis
cars
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-03
ONE MORE. SCHEME.
A House Committee Has a Plan to
Shelve Roosevelt.

Washington. June 3.-Former Presi-
dent Roosevelt is expected to head
peace committee provided for in a
resolution which was fayorably acted
upon by the house committee on for
eign affairs.
President Taft has indicated, it is
said, that he would appoint his prede-
cessor as chairman of the commission
in event it was created by congress.
The committee would be directed to
visit the capitals in all foreign coun-
tries in the interests of securing the
elimination of armaments of nations
and of preserving international peace.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-03
ROBBERY AT KANAPOLIS
Men Crack Safe of Postofice and Get
Away With 5000.

Salina, Kan, June 3.-During a
thunder storm last night three men
broke into the postoff1ce at Kanapolis,
thirty miles west of here, loaded the
safe on a truck and took it some dis
tance away, where it was cracked
open, six hundred dollars in cash and
one thousand dollars in stamps were
taken. The robbery was not discov-
cred until today
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-03
-FOUR NEW WAR VESSELS.
They Will Be Built in Canada for
Their New Navy.

Ottawa, Ont, June 3.-Tenders for
four war vessels for the new Canadian
navy will be called for shortly. Wick
ars. Son & Maxim and Harland &
Wolff will be among those rendering
The experts Of the naval service de-
partment are now working on the
specifications. These four vessels are
to be built in Canada and will mark
the birth of warship construction in
this country. The armament will be
purchased in Great Britain.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-03
Penn. First Apprentice Dies.

Altoona, Pa. June 3.-John P.
Levan, president Second National
bank Of this city and retired general
foreman of the Pennsylvania Railway
company's car shops, died here today.
to have been the first regularly in
dentured apprentice of the Pennsyl-
Vania railroad.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-03

all day he had large crowds at his
meetings.
He speaks at Oberlin tonight and
closes his weeks campaign at Smith
Center Saturday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-03
No FLOWERS for Girl Graduates.

Wolfville, n. S., June 3.-Dr. George
B. Gotten, president of Acadia college,
who is an old Yale football player. has
issued a decree to the effect that in
the future the presentation of flowers
to girl graduates will be forbidden.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-03
TOM WATSON AGAIN DEMOCRAT.
Former Popu1ist Leader Gets Back
Into Folds of Old Party.

Augusta, Ga. June 3-Thomas E.
Watson, once Democratic member of
congress and twice nominated by the
Populist party for the presidency of
the United States. has announced in a
card his return to the Democratic
DartV
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-03
Unions to Enter Politics.

Reno, New, June 3.-For the purpose
of entering state politics the labor
unions of Nevada last night met in this
city and organized the Nevada State
Labor league
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-03
FOUR LIVES FOR ONE.
One Execution Today and Three Nexf
Friday for a Murder.

Richmond, Va, June 3.-Henry
Smith, alias Henry Batting, was put
to death in the penitentiary early this
morning for the murder at Alexandria,
March 6, 1909, of Walter F. Schultz
of Chicago, an artist. The negro con-
fessed, naming Eugene Dorsey, Rich
ard Pines and Calvin Johnson, all col
ored, as his accomplices. These three
men will be electrocuted next Friday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-03
.eather Indications

Chicago, June 3.-Forecast for Kan-
sas: Showers tonight and Saturday.
The sun., 1910-01-09
Power and Participation.

Two sentences in the recent message
of Governor HUGHES to the members
of the State Legislature have an odd
appearance when placed side by side.
In his reference to the recent failure of
the voters TO indicate approval or dis
approval Of constitutional amendments,
the Governor wrote:
Our experience at the last election with re-
gard 70 constitutional amendments submitted for
adoption shows a Iamentable lack of sense OF
responsibility the part of our citizens with
Spect To changes In the fundamental law"
Subsequently, in emphasizing the need
Of direct primary legislation, the Gov
ernor said:
1t Is diricuit 10 interest people In iniermcdl-
aries. and general participation Of the voters in
the primaries is conditioned upon their appre-
cIAuon OF the fact that they accomplish something
by such participation"
The participation of the people in the
vote upon the constitutional amend
ments was direct. By participating
each voter, as he knew fully, was able
to accomplish all any citizen ever can
expect to be able to accomplish. The
question at issue in the case of one of
the amendments involved the expen-
diture of $7OOO,O 900; yet an appalling
percentage of the voters OF this State
declined to participate.
Apparently the only conclusions log
ically possible from the Governors
premises are that IL the people do not
have the power to accomplish some
thing by participation they won't, and
if they do have the power they don't
participate. Did the Governor mean
to concede this?
The sun., 1910-01-09

over free circulating libraries will
doubtless arise outside of this oensOri-
ous ring and do a brisk business in
special lines. Parents who subscribe
to Mr.. JESSE BooTs or Messrs. NUDES
establishment may henceforward feel
easier about their children who take
advantage Of the subscription, but be-
yond that the scheme is not likely to
be much more efficient than one pro-
posed a few years ago in this country
would have been, we think-a boycott
Of novels considered undesirable by the
women's clubs.
The matter calls attention, however,
to an interesting feature Of English life
to-day: the astonishing development
of the circulating library. Five or six
circulating firms in England supply q
very large part of the public with most
Of its literary nourishment People
subscribe so much year to one of these
firms and in return get all the new books
at a price which works out at about
altogether losers by the arrangement,
for great many more people buy their
books temporarily for three cents than
would care to buy them permanently
for $3.50; the result is really almost
equivalent to the books coming out at
the start in cheap edition. The huge
size this business has attained in Eng
land seems to be partly due TO the
concentration of the inhabitants within
limits so narrow that the cost of trans
porting visiting books to and from the
centres Of issue is never high; and also.
Of course, to the early age at which Eng
lish people retire from business and be-
come "leisured, IL they have not been
born "leisured"
The sun., 1910-01-09
Need OF an Editor.

The speech delivered on the floor OF
the House on January by the Hon.
JOHN A. NJ. ADAIR Of Indiana Demo
craft, places him In that list of Con-
gTessrnen whose speeches should be
edited before they are published. His
views regarding extravaganza in public
expenditures may be expressed with
entire propriety. and there are many who
are In full agreement with his assertion
that there is great opportunity for re-
tTenchment all along the line 1t is
exceedingly difficult, however, to un-
derstand just how man of presumably
fair intelligence can make such state
ment as he makes regarding the source
Of the revenues which are so literally
IL not extravagantly distributed by the
Congress
Mr.. ADAIR says that there are mill
ions OF men in the United States to-day
who are supporting family of five on
m average wage of 81 a week and are
now compelled to give up s62 of their
ea11iings each year for the support OF
the Government. The basis Of his
absurd statement Is that "the cost oi
Rovernment at this time Is sI2.4O for
every man, woman and child in the
country" Accepting that, amount as
the average expenditure per capita, a
schooIboy OF a scrubwoman should
know that the burden does not fall
equally on those who bear 1t, In fact,
alr. ADAIR may be challenged with en-
tire safety to cite or TO discover a single
sBrsDcc in support Of his assertion. un-
,ess It be some man who spends most OF
hls earnings for whiskey and tobacco,
.xd so contributes TO the receipts of tho
fnsensal Revenue service. Unless he
The sun., 1910-01-09
Three Mud Gods.

When ten years or so ago unmistak-
able signs warned the world that Great
Britain had outgrOwn those leviathans
of fiction MARIE CoRELLI and HALL
GAME the sense of relief was followed
by n curiosity concerning their success
sors. They had no Successors in the par
ticularly dull furrow they had plOughed
across the map that once bore the names
of DICKENS, THACKERAY and Troll
LoPE. The new mud gods quickly ap-
peared Socialism rather than fiction
at first seemed to be their goal. But
mud gods are always other than they
appear, and the noble trio WELLS,
SHAW and CHEsTERToN disported them-
selves 80 actively and wore so many
masks that the British public was con-
siderahly mystified. Britons never will
be slaves, but they are not notOriously
critical.
There is SHAW. who takes himself so
seriously behind his sheet lightning
levity that the English are beginning
to believe he wrote Ibsen. His own
The sun., 1910-01-09

Is a hard drioker and an incessant
smoker It is doubtful IL any 50 a week
man pays one-tenth Of the sum men,
toned by this statesman.
The cost of maintaining the Govern
ment is great, and il is probably much
greater than II should be orneed be. but
the weight Of it does not fall equally on
every man, woman and child in the
country" and statements that it does
SO fall should not be allowed TO appear
in a publication presumably Trustworthy
like the Congressional Record.
The sun., 1910-01-09
The Awful Camera.

To raE EDITOR OF THE SuH-Siv: NSxt 10 a
marriage ceremony. with Its best man. brides
maids wedding breakfast throwing rice and all
that tomfooIery. I object 10 being photogra phed
would az willingly sit In dentists chair How
ever. twice OF thrice in q lifetime the operation
Is nocessary, and my turn came last week.
The grim headsmAn who posed me looked as II
he had stepped out OF one of Harrison Alnsworth's
novels. He asked me II I had chosen my pose
while waiting. AS had employed my time In
looking at photograph albums of decollete young
women with their hands clAsped behind their
heads, looking as II they were waiting for nies
to fall into their mouths else with what seemed
TO me pneumonia blouses. replied that hAdn't
given the subject much thought. Then he sized
me up and down. Would like 10 be taken writing
at deskI I felt sure this pose would make my
fortune II exhibited In the window. but rs had
no ambition 70 be mistaken for an editor de-
cIned ThercupOn he placed me In NapoleonIc
position. which I felt and said was too utterly
ridiculous. This nonplused him. He was a
man OF resourceful imagination. though. for he
suddenly pushed me into chair. regarded me at
close quarters and At Q distance. made me fold
and refold my hands half a dozen times, and
nnaly told me 70 look at dirty spot on distant
pane OF glass. gaxed 80 hard that really be-
lieve I can sec that spot even nov.l Then he
rubber ball. When the operation was finished ]
gave q sigh OF relief which must have been heard
In the street. and made New Years resolution
that nothing In the wide world would induce me
20 no through q similar trial. and I'll keep that
resolution.
To my CONSERVATION. now the photograph
have arrived they are 20 horribly ike me that
am really afraid 70 look at them.
NEW YonK. Janasrys. NEGATIVE.
The sun., 1910-01-09
rh. Anar.e nalleen stsr, ..Csek.a.. .

TO THE EDITOR OF TRE SUN--Sfr; The low
temperature reported from Prince Albert. Sas
katchewan. appears 10 be responsible for the
statements concerning the discovery OF the north
pole by Andrec and the report Of HIS balloon
having descended In the Mackenzie River dis
trict. The story appears TO be cooked as the
news would nrst be reported from Edmonton
Alberta, and not from place 500 miles east
The gateway 20 the Peaoe River and tho Mackenzie
Aver IL through Edmonton. and all news con-
cerning the country adjoining would como from
there. Then there are no Chippewa Indians In the
Northwest They are usually found on the 81 Law
fence River near Montreal.
About nine or ten years nEo similar report
came from the Cariboo country In British Coium
bla. Tue report said that SIX months previously
a balloon had descended In Carib0o. I happened
70 have travelled through that country on horse
back at the time. but heard nothing Of Andrec or
his balloon I wrote 70 Professor Nordonsk j0ld
at Stockholm. advising him not 20 put any ere
dence in the report. aad ne sent me q card with
a picture OF the dove which returned and q copy
Of the message written by Andree two days after
he started ALkxANDEn MAcAuLEt.
BOsroR. January Z.
The sun., 1910-01-09

To TIE EDTroR or TUE SUS-Sir; The presence
Of part OF the United States navy In the Hudson
River recently brought large numbers of people
every day down to Riverside Park to view the
nghting vessels. The crowds were composed OF
all natonaltes. with Americans predomInat ting
of course; but tho most conspicuous OF all was
the large number OF japanese that were present
every day. They eoemcd 70 be much more inter-
ested than other folks. and most OF them carried
either marine or field glasses. presumably "a
obtain clearer vicW Of the ships from Riverside
rs q magnet.
the presence OF the warshIps also proved that
the sailor boys are not attracted 70 tho Bowery
as they used TO be In days gone by. Instead OF
Iourneying downtown 30 far. Q great many Of
them remained In the neighborhood Of Forty
second street and Broadway. Nothing vas too
good for the boys and outside OF China town the
Bowery wAs not aristocratic enough for them.
NEW YoRK, January .. NAUTICAL.
The sun., 1910-01-09

playlets-for he never wrote play, with
beginning, middle and an end-were
voted Significant" or social problems,
and all the rest Of the canting phrases
that flow from the pens Of space writers.
Few would acknowledge that he was a
jackdaw strutting about in the bor-
rowed plumes Of IBsEN and NIErzscHE
and SCHoPENHAUER, and those who
said 30 were not heard.
Now that public interest has cooled
of-after ten or twelve theatrical fizzles
on his part-BERNARD SHAW persuades
his friend Mr.. CHEsTERToN to write a
book about him. It did not prove pleas
ant reading. CMEsTERToN is a much
more gifted man than SHAW, and he
seems sincere. We say seems, f" yet we
doubt his sincerity in the Shaw book.
The mutual admiration society that once
included Mr.. WELLS, Mr.. SHAW and Mr..
CHEsTERToN is dissolved, but you may
shatter the vase, the fulsome scent en-
dures. We refuse to take CHESTER
TONS ideas of SHAW seriously. As the
Westminster RerieW in 1907 cheerily put
| it. "We are tired Of Watching him
[SHAwl hop over the graves of the illus
trious dead" Mr.. CHRsTERToN must
also be tired.
Mr.. WELLS in his latest role of social
prophet is bore of the purest water.
When he wrote The Isle Of DR.. MoREAU
there was Swiftian sting to his utter
anoes; to-day he twiddles his thumbs as
he sits on his cosmical tripod and speaks
dark things darkly. His novels, clever
as they seem-we say seem do not
leave good taste in the mouth. They
are devoid of human sympathy. WELLS
is a mock duck JULES VERNE with sauce
4 la MARX. All three Of these self-char-
tered mud gods are philistines of the
rankest sort, philistines and material
lists, and with slight claims as literary
artists. In the interior of SHAW burns
a puritanic flame; he is absolutely de-
void of imagination; he places the pho
tOgraph above the pictures of TITAN
and DELACRoIx, and he admires mechan-
ical piano players. No need to tell any
one what WELLS and CHEsTERToN think
Of art. They don't know even as much
as MAX BEERBoHM.
Yet in certain @hupper lit'rary sue
cles" CHEsTERToN, SHAW and WELLS
form the staple Of critical discussion.
The sun., 1910-01-09
THE SCOTS IN ULSTER.
A sturdy Race That Prospered and Sen,
Valuable COlonlsts to America,

, To THE EDITOR OF THE sUN-Sir M,
James Rogers was right when he said in M.
letter to TIE SUN Of January S that ~.
Protestants OF the north Of Ireland are
Celtic and not Teutonio. Prior to ths
Union ue0S) large numbers Of Scots bad
found In the north OF ireland q home whs,s
there was greater scope for aRricultnr.
than the soil OF their own land afforded.
30 when James vi. OF Scotland flames I a;
En- gland offered facilities for the settlement
OF Ulster thousands OF Scots availed them
selves of the chance and by their energv
helped to transform that district into m.
garden of Ireland.
At the present day there may still be heard
in Down and Armagh Scotch words and
idioms that are now rarely IL ever heard
In the land from which they came, and ths
frequent designation of Belfast as a second
Glasgow emphasizes the extent TO which
that city has owed its prosperity TO n,
Scottish settlers and Go it's close associa
tion with southwestern Scotland.
In 1897 the Church OF Scotland scored
triumph by an act OF Parliament which
formally abolished Episcopacy and estah-
lished Presbyterianisnl. Andrew MelyilJ.
at this time reminded James. who had NOT
then succeeded to the throne OF England
that there were two kings in Scotland. ana
wealth. was subject to Christ. I the sfR%moS Rns o.
the Church. Those who settled in UIster
followed John Knox. Patrick Hamilton
George Buchanan. John MAR, David
Strsiton and Norman Gourisy, and to them
we are indebted for such men rs Andrew
Jackson. James X. Polk tPollock), James
Buchanan. John g. Calhoun. Chester 4
Arthur, T.. A. Hendricks. Horace Greeley. q
y. McCutcheon, Andrew Jay Mcbride, james
q. Blaine, Charles Foster. Samuel n. Grew
Robert Fulton and many other eminent
men OF America. all Scotch-Irish and almost
as Scotch as the Scotch themselves.
Mr.. Gladstone, a Sootchman and the
greatest British Statesman Of the nineteenth
century. In his second attempt to con-
clliate Ireland snapped the link which bound
the great Parliamentarian to public lie
The issue of the elections was bitterly dis
appointing to the Gladstonian party ana
lost 70 them many OF their most Influential
members.
Had the alien Scottish and English el..
ment OF northern Ireland at the time Of the
Union and the English element further
south not kept so much aloof from ths
native strain we would have to-day an
ireland leayened throughout by Scottish
industry and English loyalty, Instead OF
two violently coutrasted elements OF popn-
lation giving rise to that persistent Irish
question" which has so long been and will
continue TO be The despair Of politicians.
ROBERT MUNRO ANDERSON.
BROOKLYN. N. Y. January 7.