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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-01
W. C. 7. U. MEETING.
First District Convention Is Held at
NortonviIIe.

The annual convention of the First
district w. c. T. U. was held at Win
chester September % and 90. All ses-
sions were held in the NJ. E. church.
Delegates were present from Atchison,
Holton, Nortonville, Winchester and
the following ladies from Topeka: Mrs.
c. A. Case. Mrs. J. P. Carnahan, Mrs.
Emma Blair, Mrs. Brummitt, Mrs. Sea-
man, Mrs. ]. c. Reed, Mrs. c. Currie.
Miss Edna Rowan. a state lecturer,
spoke and gave readings at the even
ing sessions. The usual business was
conducted which consisted largely of
reports from county presidents and
superintendent There were good au-
diences, especially at the evening ses-
sions and good collections.
They were most delightfully."- enter
tanned by the union at Winchester, the
ladies doing all in their power to make
the stay among them pleasant.
The following ladies were elected to
office for the coming year: President
Mrs. L. o. Case, Topeka; secretary,
Miss Stole, Holton; treasurer, Mrs. Net
tie Crandall, NortonVille.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-01
IT is COMPLETED.
New England Building Nearly
Ready for Occupancy.
Structure Cost $15O,OOO - A
FireproOf Block.
DOORS OF MAHOGANY.
National Bank Soon
Goes to Lower Floor.
w. A. L. Thompson and Horace
Hall the Owners.

The Thompson-Hau, or New Eng
land, building at the corner of Fifth
street and Kansas avenue is on the
point of completion. 1t is the finest
Office building in the capital city and
is costing $4,000.
On Kansas avenue the structure,
which is as near fireproof as it is pos
sible to build. has a frontage of fifty
four feet and on West Fifth street $50
feet. The building is seven stories
high and contains 1870 rooms, with
1900 square feet Of tiled floors.
The materials which have been used
in the general construction are rein
forced concrete and vitrified brick, and
the building was designed to combine
the utmost strength and solidity with
the least possible bulk and weight. The
supporting columns are reinforced
with steel rods and spirals, and the
floors and Orders are of concrete rein
forced with twisted steel bars. The ex-
terror is of light buff vitrified brick
and glazed terra-cotta.
Doors throughout the building are
of mahogany and the woodwork is of
oak. The first floor, which is to be
occupied by the National bank,
will not be completed for several
weeks. The room will be elaborate in
the extreme, marble being used with
lavishness.
While the structure has been built
by the New England Building COM
pany, it is understood that the funds
were supplied by w. A. L. Thompson
and Horace L. Hall jointly and that
they are the real owners of the struc-
ture, which is a great credit to Topeka.
Z. NJ. Spencer had the general con-
tract on the building.
Following are some of the firms
which have supplied materials for the
erection of the building:
Ia Thomas Lumber com ma nv
furnished the Dewey Portland cement
and lumber used in the construction.
This firm is operating eighteen lumber
yards in Kansas and two yards in To-
peka.
Ash Grove superine cement sackett
plaster board, Gypsonite studding and
all the plastering material used in the
building was supplied by the Chicago
Lumber company of Topeka, of which
Robert Pierce is president.
All the plate and prism glass in the
building was furnished by tie E Horn
company. The firm also supplied the
mahogany and oak finish for the in
terror and all the hard wood doors
and window frames, which were manu-
featured by them at 51O-520 Van
Buren, street.
johnson & Beck, plumbing and
heating contractors, are just complet-
ing the installation of the plumbing
ard heating plant. The vacuum heat
ing system is so arranged that steam
nav be taken either from the Edison
mains or from an independent boiler in
the building.
Brick was supplied by the Capital
CITY Vitrifed Brick and Paving com
Danv This firm manufactures paving
"a sidewalk materials aside from
other building materials. and supplied
brick for the Central Y. NJ. c. A. build
ing. the building of the McCord- kistleer
Mercantile company, st. Francis hospi-
tai and others.
Rinner & Warren had the contract
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-01
VIRGINIA HARMED SUES.
Again Seeks Divorce From E. HI.
Sothern, Actor Husband.

Reno. New, Oct. Virginia Harmed
Sothern, the well known actress, has
filed suit for divorce against Edward
H. Sothern, the prominent actor in the
district court here.
Mrs. Sothern alleges failure to pro-
vide and desertion for a period Of more
than one year. The complaint is I'M
sealed and alleges that Sothern desert
ed the plaintiff in 1906 ten years after
their marriage at Philadelphia Decem-
Der 3. Since that time, the plaintiff al
Ieges her husband has failed to contrib
ute to her support.
Mrs. Sothern alleges a six months
residence and also alleges that her hus-
band is now and has been for the past
two years a resident of Washo county,
New. This is the second suit for di-
vorce filed by Mrs. Sothern. Two years
ago she commenced action but the de-
cree was denied owing to Mrs. SOthern
having never resided in Nevada.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-01
TAKE ANOTHER VIEW.
Machinists Protest Against Increase of
Railroad Rates.

New York, Oct. 1.-The executive COM
mittee of the Brotherhood of Machinists
has sent to the interstate commerce COM
mission a protest against the recent petit
ton presented to the commission by Off
Gals of various organizations of railroad
employees, urging that the proposed ad-
vance of freight rates should be approved.
The opinion is expressed that this action
reflects on the intelligence and leadership
of the labor movement, and doubts are
cast on whether the rank and file of
these organizations approves the position
taken by their leaders
In part, the letter says:
The officials of the railroad unions
made a great blunder, or worse, from
which no benefit can accrue to either the
railroad employees or any other class of
workers. The demands for increased
wages have been based on an enormous
advance in the cost of living and the
conviction that wage earners are not re
ceiving what they deserve. If the in
creased wages are taken as an excuse for
increases in railroad rates we can see no
end of the circle in which we will travel,
for these charges are always passed on
to the consumers, the majority of whom
are wage earners.
Let it be emphatically understood that
the members of this organizat ton are not
in favor of the interstate commerce com
mission extending any further licenses to
railroad corporations to plumber them
through increased freight rates.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-01
TRADE IS BETTER.
Bradstreets Report Shows Encourag-
ing Conditions.

New York. Oct 1.-Bradstreet's
says
Reports from distributive trade cen
tiers this week are rather better. They
point to a slightly increased demand
from jobbers and retailers. COlIec
lions show some betterment and few
markets note slightly less tension in
local money conditions. Still, buying
is classed as conservative as a whole
and gagged closely by absolute require
ments.
Industry shows few changes. Iron
and steel are quiet and here actual
necessities govern taking of crude and
finished products. High prices of raw
material, particularly cotton, render
! the position of manufacturers difficult,
! though the feeling in this branch is
| slightly more optimistic. In the WOODEN
! goods trade the outlook is still not
| entirely clear. Raw wool at Boston
! is relatively lower in price than at
London. The leather and shoe trades
| are below normal activity as whole
and buying of shoes is conservative.
Advices from the west and south are
rather better as to this line but the
New York building trade is disorgan-
lied by a strike of 10000 brickIayers
The coal trade has been benefited by
the advance of the season me rem ln
syIvania whisky market is firmer. Pro-
duction has been restricted for three
years, goods are scarcer and strong
demand is looked for.
Business failures in the United
States for the week ending Septem-
Der 20 were 211, against 100 last
week: 1875 in the like week of 1909;
225 in 1908; II! in 1907, and 1876 in
Business failures in the week in
Canada number 43, which compares
with % last week and % in the cor
responding week of 1903.
Wheat, Including flour, exports from
the United States and Canada for the
week ending September 20 aggregates
| 2,126,6 37 bushels, against 1,5S3'668 last
week and 1926 100 this week last year;
| For the 10 weeks ending September %
| exports are 1856, 1893 bushels, against
I 28.415.7S3 in the corresponding period
| last year. Corn exports for the week
are 593. 1853 bushels, against 2S9,366 last
Weel< and 1854 bushels in 1909. For
| the 10 weeks ending September % corn
| exports are 3.656.131 bushels, against
| $40 2O2 bushels last year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-01

of extravaganza and bad management
all along the line. He laid especial
stress on the 'fniquity of the inherit
ance tax" which he denounced as an
administration measure.
At times the speech sounded like the
thunderous effort of Tom Wagstaff, the
boy orator from Montgomery, and call
ed back the hot July days of the pri-
mary to the mind of the newspaper
man.
Hodges declared that "Stubbs is
grandstanding for the square deal in
stead Of standing for the square deaL''
and he recited many matters in con-
nection with state affairs to prove his
assertions, notably the allegation that
there are 1874 more employees on the
rolls of the state now than ever before.
He declared that Stubs voted against
the maximum rate law and the anti
pass law
Senator Hodges called attention to
the part played by the Democratic leg
called square deal laws and how a
larger per cent of Democrats in the
legislature voted for these laws than
did Republicans. He said that he him
self had written five of the square deal
laws on the statute books.
He referred to the Stubs admins
tration more than once in the follow
ing language: 1T is composed of 95
per cent politics and 8 per cent bust
ness. If 1 am elected I pledge you 81
per cent business and per cent poll
tics"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-01

for supplying sheet metal and roofing.
This firm makes a specially of this
kind of work
McCaslin, Switzer & Allen, painters,
have the contract on this building.
They also are doing the work on the
Mills, Crosby, Santa Fe shop and Santa
Fe mechanical office building.
Louis Van Dorp had a contract on
the New England. The specialties of
this house are steel ceilings, cornices,
tile roofing, metal roofings and tin
ware.
The Neale Sign company which has
the contract for lettering the entire
New England building, is run by Neale
& F'rick, who are considered experts in
their line of work. The firm has been
successful in securing a number of
large contracts in the city.
The pioneer" concern in the build
ing is the Pueblo Rocky Ford Land
company which is already occupying
quarters in the business block. The Of
f1cers of the company are: c. L. Tall
madge, president; B. H. Tallmadge,
vice president; F.. c. Tallmadge, secre-
tary-treasurer. Land is sold on the in
stallment plan by the company.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-01
NOTHING LIKE 1T.
Wickedness of Northern Mining
Camps Appalling.
Rev. j. Logan Sample Tells OF
Experience.
HIS SADDEST TRIP.
Has just Returned From a Year
in Alaska.
Travelled 10000 Miles But
This Is Worst of Experience.

Chicago, Oct. I'm all my travels,
since I started in my missionary work
in 1871, covering moro than 10000
miles. this was my saddest trip. 1
never saw as much wickedness in all
my life, as I did in those northern
cities and mining camps
This statement was made yesterday
by Rev. ]. Logan Sample, Presbyter-
ian missionary, IT years old, who has
just returned from a years visit
among the mining camps of Alaska
and is enroute to his home in Pitts
burg.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-01
Tried HoIdup Game and Failed.

Council Bluffs. la, Oct. 1.-Because he
could only earn $50 a day, which he
found inadequate to clothe and feed his
wife and eight children. a man giving the
name of Tom Kirby, who said his home
was at Oakland. Ia, attempted TO hold
up the Bank of McClelland at McClelland,
a small town in this county. He was IN
successful. Walter Julius, the cashier, in
stead of turning over the banks cash,
shot and fatally wounded him. The rob-
Der emptied his revolver at the cashier
but the latter was uniniured.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-01

The wise breakfast
For the brain worker
Grape-Nuts and cream
Eaten slowly and
Chewed thoroughly!
And for a hot beverage,
A cup of well-made Postum.
Not much bulk, but
Try it 10 mornings and
Let the clear head
And steady nerves
Convince you.
There's q Reason
Postum Cereal Company, Ltd.
Battle Creek, Mich
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-01
Jockey Died a Millionaire.

Brighton, Eng. Oct Jockey Tom
Coates who died hare Wednesday, left a
fortune of about 81, rs 900, largely the re
suit of careful investments made by him
under the guidance of Leopold DeRoths-
childs, his chief employer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-01
RISES 5000 FEET.
New AeropIane Height Record Is Made
by Wyumalen.

MourmeIon, France, Oct. 1.-Wyum-
allen, the aviator, established a new
worlds record for altitude today, rising
to a height of 9,121 feet.
The previous best mark of S,409 feet
was made by the late George Chavez
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-01

Chicago, Oct 1.-The Chicago Tribune
in tomorrow mornings issue will an
cents to l cent per copy. The cent price
has been maintained for many years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-01
Kills a City Marshal.

CoaIgate. Okla. Oct. While return
ing from a dance at the opera house at ]
o. clock in the morning George W. Eng
land, city marshal. was killed, five shots
from revolver entering his body. Park
Thompson, half brother of a man Eng
land killed seven years ago, surrendered
to the authorities.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-01

Buffalo. n. Y, Oct. 1.-Convicted of
stealing one cent from a slot machine
which he had broken open. Thomas
Spader was sentenced to 51a years in AU-
burn prison. His previous record was
taken in consideration by Justice Emery
l in imposing the sentence.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-01
Charles Elliott Is Dead.

Cooperstown, N. Y, Oct 1.-Charles
Elliott. well known as a musician and
newspaper writer, both in America and
abroad, died here today. He was 81 years
of age and a graduate of Yale 81.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-01
PILES CURED AT HOME BY
NEW ABSORPTION METHOD.

II you suffer from bleeding. itching.
blind or protruding Piles. send me your
yourself at home by the new absorption
treatment; and will also send some of
this home treatment free for trial, with
references from your own locality IL re-
quested Immediate relief and permanent
cure assured. Send money, but tel!
others of this offer. Write today TO Mrs.
II. Summers Box p. South Bend. Ind.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-01


Guy T. Helvering, the young attor-
ney, who is contesting with Judge
Rees for the Calderhead seat in con-
gress, discussed the tariff solely in his
preliminary speech. He declared that
the shingle trust had paid dividends
totaling as per cent per year under
the Republican policies. He cited the
case of Keene, the New York jeweler,
as a clincher for voting against the
continuation of Republican national
policies. He said that under the Re-
publican tariff this man Keene had
gone to London and bought Elgin
and Waltham watches and brought
them back to New York where he
held a protection sale" At this sale
he sold a Waltham Riverside lever
watch for $42 that no American deal
er could sell, under terms of his con-
tract with the manufacturer for less
than $50.
Helvering issued formal challenge
to Judge Rees to meet him in joint
debate and declared that he was pre-
pared to arrange at once for the de-
tails of this contest. He asserted that
on the tariff since the primary and
that his speeches in this campaign did
not jibe with those he made when he
met Calderhead in the primary.
He took occasion to pay his re-
spects also to Gov. Stubs, who he de-
on a pedestal of hero worship. He il
Illustrated his remarks along this line
by telling OF an insurgent who, when
asked if Stubs was as great an orator
as w. J. Bryan, replied that Bryan did
not compare to Stubs. Asked if
Stubbs was as great as Roosevelt, the
insurgent replied that T. R. would
soon be playing second fiddle to
Stubs. Asked if Stubs was as great
as Jesus Christ. the insurgent calmly
rejoined, "Stubbs is young yet"
Senator ]. L. Bristow stopped off
here today on his way from Sajna to
Indiana, where he is billed to make
two speeches a day all Of next week
for Senator Beveridge. Senator Bris-
tow had just returned home from Col
orado, where he spent the last few
weeks resting from the primary cam
paign. The senator will get into the
Kansas campaign Immediately upon
his return to Kansas a week from to-
morrow. The senator appears to have
dropped every serious thought he ever
had and is as cheerful az T. r. was
at Saratoga the other day.
Dallas Grover of Salina. candidate
for district judge to succeed Judge
Mason for Judge Rees' old place, ac-
companied the senator to Topeka.
The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-11-11
MASONIC GRAND
LODGE ON VISIT

Moro than two hundred and nifty
Masons. officers OF the grand lodge OF
the state and members of the Ogden
and Salt Lake lodges, we're present at
the annual inspection meeting held at
tho Masonic temple In this city last
night II was the annual visit OF the
grand lodge officers TO Weber lodge,
and banquet followed the regular
meeting.
Once each year every Masonic lodge
In the state is visited by the officers
Of the grand lodge The high officials
from Salt Lake who attended the
meeting last night were c. B. Jack.
grand master; S. II Goodwin, +. c..
Scbramm C. V. Schramm, S. d. Ev-
ans, c. H. Dern. Dr. II. n. Mayo, H. X.
Macmillan. Elmer l. Goshen, X l.. Con
", w. ]. Shealy and w T. Snyder
Following tho regular meeting the
members Of Weber lodge rendered the
visiting members q banquet, which
was served by the ladies of the East
ern Star. There were 25o plates laid
at tho banquet tables. B. G. Black
man OF the local lodge introduced
Valentine Gideon, who acted as toast
master.
The members of the grand lodge
and also prominent members of the
Weber lodge addressed the meeting
The grand lodge members declared
the meeting to be one OF tn most sue
cessful they had ever attended.
The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-11-11
| WILL LIFT BAN
PLACED ON DUCKS

Tho ban which the pure food bu,
reau has placed on wild ducks VIII
most likely be lifted When the COM
mission meets In Salt Lake next Tues
day. as this action will be recon-
mended by James Carver, president
OF the board.
President Carver stated yesterday
that reports reaching him show that
the ducks have completely recovered
from the strange malady which at
tucked them earlier In the fall, and
tnat there is no danger now In the
eating of the birds He says that
he has had a number of hunters urge
him 10 lift the ban and that he Will
ask the board TO take such action
Eext Tuesday
According to Mr.. Carver there arc
row no signs OF the disease at any
CT the feeding grounds of the fowls,
and the duck epidemic which has kill
ed thousands of the birds In Utah
and Wyoming this season is now a
thing of the past.
The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-11-11

BLANCHE WALSH IN
THE OTHER WOMAN

Blanche Walsh, in her new play.
"rhe Other Woman" pleased large
audience at the Orpheum theater last
night. The play in which she appears
Is an unique one In many ways and
holds the attention of the hearers by
its sharp, soul touching dialogues
rather than by the force of action
or climax, although neither of the lat
ter is missing.
There Is but one man in the entire
cast. which consists OF six persons.
The play gives a cross section pic
ture of home from which happi-
ness has flown with love. A homo
in which both husband and wife have
lost interest In one another. Neither
rs exactly TO blame, and yet both
responsible for the coldness and
breach which has come between the
couple In TO the breach steps the
other woman" This is Eleanor Gates,
the character presented by Blanche
Walsh She does not lntrude into the
domestic breach. she merely becomes
the affinity through q force of cir
cumstauces
Blessed is the man who finds his
affinity while he is single and mar
lies her. for to flnd her afterwards Is
what Sherman called war.
James Harrington, the husband,
falls in love with Eleanor Gates. Ell
eanor Is etheral; his wife elemental
He finds that his wife cannot under.
stand" him as does Eleanor, and that
he and his wife are not interested
in the same things. From the apart
nents of his affinity he goes to his
home and there is quarrel which
ends in the husband telling the wife
that he has ceased to love her and
that he loves another 1t is all on
high plane. this quarrel and no
rough house, melodramatic action is
used to thrill The husband leaves
the house and the other woman en-
ters. meets and talks with the tear.
ful wife
The dialogue between the two wo-
men is Intense in its interest because
il Is filled with philosophy that might
well be carried home and placed on
the mantle for future reference The
wife knows not that she is talking
with the other woman" but she
gives full vent to her feelings Just
the same She pleads that she has
tHe pilol llehl " lnc loNe Oh ner
husband and that no other woman
has the right TO make conquest for
his heart. She pleads the law Of
the land and the conventionaIities
which society have made sacred. and
Eleanor argues against them all. Then
she shows the little clothes that once
caressed the form of a baby that had
gone since the Harringtons had TAX
en- the marriage vows
1t is the memory OF the child which