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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-30

an Interchange of books from one set to
an9,tner. Those who order books can
books desired, and a collection of fifty
Is made from the list or the information
amount of labor compared to the other.
i i sc seems pso best to the managers to handle
the books is $500 for one set for six
months. The library pays the freight both
only enough to pay the Transportation
charges, and some times comes short of
that, when there Is a long haul from rail-
road station to point of destination. Books
nave been sent to 5S1 towns In the past
two years.
church societies. schools. towns, or indi-
viduals 1t is difficult for people who live
IN large towns to realize the dearth of
books and other reading matter in re-
mote neighborhoods. and the hunger and
thirst for intellectual food that some of
the members of those communities must
suffer. were it not for the possibility of
obtaining the printed page through this
ingenious method of an ftinerant library
western part Of the state. sent In an order
for a. set of books, and her letter accom-
of the conHdtiogs nreya
ing at perhaps hundreds of other COM
munities. She said her husband was one
the library would be kept at the bank
and she would be the librarian: In speak
y
Standard Oil Company you might send It,
The big gambler of the town would be so
pleased he might buy library as a per-
manent gift to the town, and also If you
have an unabridged dictionary, send that
argued in this place like the subjects of
God and Immortality" Imagine II you
can living in a town where there is not
one unabridged dictionary 1t Is hard to
understand that in a town of that kind.
fifty books for six months use mean
wealth-a perfect gold mine of pleasure,
information and culture If the books are
well chosen. 1t is the purpose OF the pro-
moters and managers of the library. to
have none but good books In their collec-
ton, and anyone finding books of low
grade among the sets sent out. are ask
ed o-report them to the librarian.
The club women of the state, and the
men and women who gave to the library,
can never know how much their gift has
meant to thousands of people of this state,
and will mean in yeays to come.
One man in voicing his feeling OF ap-
probation of the travelling library, said:
TIT is the greatest blessing Kansas has,
not excepting T. D. Coburn.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-30

Complaint has been made in the last
week of automobile drivers using the
Silver Lake road without lights on
their machines. While out driving
Wednesday night Mr.. and Mrs. A. r.
Ensminger had a narrow escape from
collision with one of these cars.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-30

There are about thirty automobiles
In Hill City. When Governor Stubs
spoke here recently, E. E. MulIaney. a
member Of the state prison board. had
them lined up and a photograph taken.
Governor Stubs sat in one of the ma
chimes and his picture appears in the
group.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-30

ISOLATION concerning the use of the
track and meeting is assured This
meeting Will be entirely for autorno-
biles and will consist of free-for-all
races in which the cars are classed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-30

The membership of the Topeka
Motor league was increased to $50 at
the meeting held this week in the Com
mercial club rooms. After a discus
sion it was left to the board OF d.
rectors to purchase sign posts for the
crossroads. A motion to limit drtv-
ing in Gage park to twelve miles an
hour was adopted. A summer resort
proposition was presented to tho club
by c. D. Williams of Silver Lake. Mr..
williams has a lease on ground bor-
dering the lake, where he offers to
build and maintain a club house and
garage A committee will investigate
the proposition.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-30

For Sale-One 1907 Model winton:
IN hne shape; including top, shield, ex-
ira casing and tube. Must be sold and
will be sold cheap for cash. LIT,
Motor Car Co., los East 10th st. Tel.
973: Bell GA
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-30

The following account of a suffrage con-
vention in London, is from Chicago
for the suffragettes. An enormous crowd
of women from all parts of the world,
after parading through the streets, gath
cred at the historic meeting place in Hyde
Park and passed resolutions.
A notable feature of the procession was
furnished by the contingents from Amer
lea, France, Germany. Holland. Norway,
Sweden and Canada and the British
colonies. The United States was repre-
sented by Is women, each of whom car
ried the stars and stripes.
The local suffragettes in their advance
advertising featured the American dfvis-
ion, announcing as three star participants
Mrs O. H. P. Belmont, Dr. Anna Shaw,
Miss Inez Milholland and a few others
who have become known through their
advocacy of the cause.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-30

Mrs Carrie Chapman Gait in the bulle-
tin of the New York Woman Suffrage
Party, describes the difficulties before the
women who desire to vote, as follows:
.sBillss No "a in the senate and No. 33a
in the house authorize referendum upon
a constitutional amendment which will
enable women to vote. Such a measure
must secure a majority endorsement In
two successive legislatures followed by
favorable majority endorsement Of all
men voting upon the proposition at the
next general election, before it can become
a law. Intentionally or otherwise, the
constitution-makers of our various states
formulated an enormously more difficult
process by which women must seek en-
Reimbursement than exists in any other
nation in the world. Other women may
be enfranchised by mere act Of parna-
ment No white man in any land has ever
been forced to appeal to the negro or the
Indian for a vote; and no man in any land
has ever been driven to beg men born
under other flags to give him the right
of self-government in his own native land;
yet this is the tragic fate Of American
women, the last class. of citizens remain
ing unenfranchised in the United States.
Each new acknowledgment of men has
added numbers sex prejudice, and ignor-
ance to the electorate, to be won over to
the cause of equal political rights for men
and women
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-30

~HE NORTH TOPEKA MOTOR CAR co.
is fixed better now than ever before
to take care of the motorists wants
With the garage we have the agency for the
JACKSON a car we'll known to the public as
one that will fill the bill in all cases.
The KRIT. light runabout equal to all oc-
casions as a speedy, substantial
The AUBURN, a large five passenger tour
ing car with power to burn, easy riding and
silent.
The DE TAMBLE, a powerful runabout that
has equal.
In some and under certain conditions
we will trade cars for land.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-30
HONK HONk NEWS
Examiner Talks on Increase in
Topeka Cars.
Says Driver Smoking in Machine
Runs Risk.
TO AVOID ACCIDENT.
Mr.. Crane Ayers Automobile
Should Go to Right.
Declares Rule Ought to Be Care
fully Observed.

George w. Crane, president Of the
board of automobile examiners, and 6
member of the Topeka Motor league
| gives some pointers in regard to au-
tomobile driving.
The large number of cars register
| ed within the last year is the reason
| for the appearance Of so many new
drivers on the streets. I use the word
| driver instead of chauffeur, because
| it's easier to spell, easier to pronounce
is American, and just as expressive
Beside that it means the man behind
the wheel whether he Is owner of the
car or a hired man.
"One of the first signs of a green
driver is a cloud Of smoke following
his car. He may be so careless as
not to know It, or knowing it may not
know how to avoid it, or worse still, he
may be careless about the nuisance to
PEOPLE living on the street and to those
who are driving behind him.
"a driver who smokes a pipe, cigar
or cigarette while driving, or who al
lows one sitting on the front seat be-
side him to DO so, is very illmannered
and runs a great risk of injuring his
car or his passengers or both. The
ashes will be driven by the wind into
the eyes of his passengers, or a spark
may sit fire to their hair or fluffy wells.
A lady who frequently rides in my car
says I don't like to sit behind-be-
cause he smokes and the ashes blow
into my eyes, I'm afraid he will set
me on fire.
1.-The reckless driver is one who ex-
ceeds the speed IT, its or even who
drives the limit in a crowded place.
Turning corners fast, is reckless driv-
ing as well as being very extravaganza
because it is very hard on the tire,
hence expensive. The city ordinance
provides for a speed Of not to exceed
eight miles an hour in turning cor
ners. How many drivers observe that
rule? 1t is no excuse to say, I didn't
know the law copy of the law is
easily obtainable.
Every driver should join the Motor
League for mary good reasons. The
Motor Lea que handbook contains many
things every driver should know.
while there are so many cars and
buggies on the streets in the summer
evenings the rule of giving the car on
the right, the right Of way, at inter-
secting streets should be more. care
fully observed than it is
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-13
The Argus Daily Short Story
The Little Green Auto.-By Alice E. Allen.
COPYRIGHTED 1910 by Associated Literary Press

walk. The next minute he was on our
porch He was ever so much bigger
and stronger and taller than I'd
thought he almost filed the space
back of the vines. He looked down at
me. very little. and lame and ashamed
there in my wheel chair.
on came his cap.
I'm so sorry" he said. For a min
ute he didn't say anything else. just
stood looking down at me. Then he
went on: You Just must forgive me
somehow / was rude. impertinent,
stupid. everything ought not to have
BEEN
You thought was a little grip I
said
II wasn't so far wrong there. was I?
You're a grownup little girl. that's
all. But what did you do with the
doll and the picture books. Miss
Kathleen" | said before l thought.
There had never been any one 10 call
me Miss Lester. How could I remem-
Der?
But before 1 could say another word
mother came. She saw the man, the
auto. my red face. Her eyes fairly
blazed What could / do?
The man smiled down at me. Then
/ knew that / hadn't anything to do
about 1t. How he managed it / don't
know, but In five minutes he had ex-
planned everything. and be sat on the
steps, with mother near by in the lit
tie rocker. And they, we're talking to-
gether like old friends
Next day it was past o'clock and
the little auto hadn't come. i was be-
ginning to feel so disappointed. Then
1 saw a big red car with a top and
room in it for four or five people come
proudly around the corner from the
city. On the back seat was a lady
with a lovely gray veil. She looked
my way and smiled.
The auto stopped in front of our
house. Up the. walk came the lady.
You are Miss Kathleen Lester?"
she said. She took both my hands. IT
am Wright Engleby's sister"
Then | remembered that Wright En-
gleby was the man in the little green
auto. And there he was in the big red
auto lifting his cap and smiling in just
the friendliest way.
Put on some wraps. please. kath-
leen." said Wright Engleby's sister.
You and mother. too. are going to
ride with us"
When | was ready Mr.. Wright En-
gleby picked me up in his arms and
carried me down the walk and set me
in the big red auto. And the next
minute he and his sister and mother
and were all flying away around the
curve.
After that there were many rides
the four of US, and sometimes Billy
scrubbed till he shone. But one day,
instead of the big red car, up to our
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-13
The Rockford Saloon.

The city OF Rockford recently turn,
ed from dry to wet, but the local sa-
loon emerged from the process pretty
thoroughly metamorphosed. In fact,
8 the city's new liquor ordinance so
transforms the saloon that neither
friend nor foe would completely rec
ogniZe it.
Henceforth Rockford barroom must
be a single room without connection
with others. It's furnishings are re-
duced to a minimum; tables, chairs.
and dumb-waiters are banned, and only
two stools are allowed for the use of
proprietor and bartender. Treating Is
prohibited; free lunch. and games of
chance are swept away. In Rockford
the saloon, as reduced to its lowest
and simplest elements. has become a
mere dramshop.
The actual working out Of the Rock
ford plan will be watched with IN
terest
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-13
The Kings Last words.

Bryap's Commoner: The last words
uttered by King Edward were: Il
think have done by duty" What
greater consolation can one have,
when the shadows of life are closing
about him, than to feel bhat he has
braveIy borne the responsibilities of
life and conscientiously performed his
duty?
The mother looks back over a long
life Of service, recalls the infancy of
her children and their growth into
manhood and womanhood, remembers
how she has labored' to develop char
acter as well as brain power, and feels
that she has done her duty, even If her
children have not measured up to her
hopes and expectations
The father, too, finds consolation in
the consciousness that he has done
his duty, even though wayward sons
have brought his gray hairs down in
sorrow to the grave, if he has set an
example worthy of imitation and, by
wise counsel, done all within his power
to guide his children Alright
And the children. also, must rest for
comfort In the closing hours upon the
conviction that he has lived up to the
obligations imposed upon him by citi-
zenship-has been true to every pub
lie trust and has not shirked the
voters duty.
The pathos of death reaches its
maximum when one enters the un-
known world distracted by the mock
ing memory of heeting pleasures pur-
chased by sin; even those who find
that they have done their duty can
approach the grave like one who
wraps the drapery of his couch about
him and lies down to pleasant dreams.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-13
Doom of the Income Tax.

The income tax amendment was de-
feated last week in Rhode Island, Mas
sachusetts and New York, insuring its
doom in the country generally. The
objection raised to its constitutionality
by Governor Hughes furnishes the pre-
text needed by legislators, influenced
by capitalistic combinations, to vote
against its ratification.
There will be agreement with the
view of the New York World that
Since it is admitted that the pro-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-13
FOR BETTER ROADS
Representatives of % States
Meet at Chicago to Plan
Way to Cooperate.
A. N. JOHNSON HEADS MOVE
FavOrs Banding the Township High
way Officers of State To-
gether.

Chica9o, May 13.-Preliminary steps
are being taken today to organize a
national highway commissioners asso-
citation at a convention in the La Sale
hotel by representatives of % states.
The principal object is to discuss tech
meal methods of road construction as
they have been employed In the diff
ferent states. This is the first conven-
ton of its kind in the history of the
country. Unification of the methods of
state highway construction will also be
discussed Convict labor for the build
ing of public roads in the north as it
has long been employed in the south
will be another subject for discussion.
This morning delegates to the con-
vention went on afspecial car to Jo-
liet, where the euarries were inspect
ed and the results Of Illinois employ
ment OF convict labor studied.
states Aim of Convention.
A. N. Johnson of Springfield, the I'LL
nois state highway commissioner, is
chairman of the committee that has
called the convention.
Because of the increased automo-
bile traffic and the better understand
ing on the part of the farmers of the
purpose of the good roads movement
we have been greatly pressed to ex-
pand our work in almost all of the
states" said Mr.. Johnson last night.
Instead of clay and gravel, the farm
ers now want brick pavements and
oiled roads. They transport their pro-
duce to towns in auto trucks which go
and come back in less time than 1t
used to take them to go one way. The
convention is to bring together the
highway commissioners of the differ
ent states to tell of the results they
have accomplished under the varying
conditions. Each state may be able
to profit by some other states expert
ence."
Cooperation to BE Sought.
Plans for better system. of organ
ization for the different highway Offices
which are now under local control will
probably be taken up at today's ses-
sion. The state of Illinois now pro-
vides for highway commissioners from
each township. These officials act for
their locality only. The local commits
sioners refer frequently to the state
highway commissioner for advice, but
are not in systematic cooperation with
the general department. Plans for
full state organization for Illinois as
well as other states may be advanced.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-13
Ths Sorappsrs.

Jim Jeffries looks a-fieId ana sees
A chap who does not aim TO please
Who threatens he will come across
And show which color IL the boss,
Who has q scheme cooked Up TO tag
The honors and the juicy swag,
And who his way the thing 20 hL
Will open up n box OF tricks
Jack johnson. he's the one who looms
And all this heated air consumes
And what Is waited to the ear
or Jack upon the atmospheric
Well, nothing much. but just the claim
That he VIII quite forget HIS name
And be 30 quickly made TO quit
He will not know where he was hit
Each claims to be the big surprise
As back and forth the language flies.
Each claims to have a punch on hand
BY which the other VIII be canned.
And each is certain that his style
VIII carry on tho major pile
The while his victim win remain
Too broken hearted to explain.
And thus each slugger in advance
Holds pity for the others chance.
While on the afr their boasts are tossed.
The advertisement isn't lost.
For neither knows he has a cinoh
The prize at one fell swoop 20 pinch.
But each keeps Dragging day and night
That they may make more suckers bite.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-13
Hun1or and
Philosophy
PERI PARAGRAPHS.
8y DUNcAN ~. SMITH

SOME persons rank high in their abil-
- ity 10 take care OF themselves by
reason OF their nerve. which permits
them to let their friends take entire
care OF them.
When a man feels that he is quite
able to take care OF himself be goes
out and proceeds to get into al sorts
of trouble.
The things wa are going to do sell
dom bear the slightest relation TO the
things we execute.
When you hear a woman say she
hasn't a thing TO wear II is a sign that
she expects to surprise you By the
magnifcence Of her apparel.
Undoubtedly the wise came by their
wisdom through a multitude OF errors
and mistakes and cannot feel that they
are ever done with them.
pessimist is a man who has a
crouch against himself and wants to
transfer the ownership.
It is a game thing to be a good loser,
but most of us would rather be game
on the other SIDE
Being satisfied is desirable, but IL II
not a condition that Is attained By q
wave Of the hand
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-13
Injustice in the Conduct of Grand
Jury Inquisitions.

Injustice in the Conduct of Grand
! Jury Inquisitions.
1t is the first principle of law in ILL
nois that the accused is presumed to
be innocent until his guilt is proven
before jury of his peers.
This is not only in accord with the
spirit of fairness which the law always
has in view, but it is conceded that in
the body that charges the crime-the
grand jury-the defendant has had no
opportunity to state his case in his
own defense. On this account as well
as to expedite its business and insure
the proper prosecution of supposed
criminals the grand jury proceedings
are held by statutory requirements to
be secretive. Its members are sworn
to absolute secrecy, and nothing that
occurs before them is supposed to reach
the public ear. 1t is so provided,
for obvious reasons, but above all in
the interests of justice. Under the
strict Interpretation of the law, the
states attorney has no right in the
grand jury room except when he is
called either to give advice on the ap-
plication of technical principles of law
or to frame the indictments. Under
no circumstances has the states at
torney the privilege of appearing be-
fore the grand jury as public prose
cutor seeking to convict any one ac-
cused before that body.
Nevertheless we have seen during
the past week men publicly tried be-
fore a special Cook county grand jury.
No pretense has been made of con-
cealing its proceedings. Every thing
that has happened there has been pub
lished in detail just as if it had oc-
CURED in open court. Take for in
stance the case of Representative
Wheelan of this city, and in this con-
nection there is no disposition on the
part of The Argus to go into the ques-
ton of his guilt or innocence, but he
has been publicly tried in an attempt
to fasten crime upon him. He has
been smirched and by the publication
of what should have been suppressed
under the law until an indictment was
found, he has been condemned with
out a hearing so far as his own de-
tense is concerned. Whether indicted
or not, whether innocent or not, he
has been prematurely wronged, and
there is no recourse for him. Innocent,
the wrong is a grievous one indeed.
In the attainment of the ends of
justice, the law cannot always stop
to consider its effect upon a single
Individual, but the law works on the
theory that every man who is accused
should have the benefit of every doubt.
The practice that puts an innocent
man in peril therefore in the effort to
catch a criminal should be remedied.
The grand jury of Rock Island coun-
ty may right at this moment be hear
ing for its own information evidence
of a sensational character that in due
time, based upon the findings of that
body, the public will have right to
know. But to publish it now to the
world might not only stay the force
OF justice but possibly work a great
injustice and a great outrage.
The laws pertaining to the proceed
ings of grand juries should be enforced
in every county in the state.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-13

posed amendment is clumsy In its
phraseology, why should not congress
correct its blunder and resubmit the
proposition in new form? Honestly
disposed to carry out its obligations,
that body could correct its error in an
hour and clear the way for the consid-
GRAFTON Of the income tax on its merits.
Weighed down as it now is with
formidable legal dispute, its fate is
sealed, perhaps treacherously, in ad-
vance.
. THE pending amendment was a part
OF the tariff compromise of last sum-
mer 1t was fathered by the president
and the leaders of his party Mr..
Taft's good faith is not in question,
but so much cannot be said of some
OF his advisers. If there is any ca
pacity for political management in
Washington, if there is enough party
honesty in that quarter to equip a
ward convention in the gas-house dis
trict, 1t would seem that congress
would be compelled very soon to sub
nit an income tax amendment in Ian
guage OF which the meaning will adj
NIT of no disagreement"
The amendment in it's present form
was conceived in iniquity and put forth
damned by its alleged friends Presi-
dent Taft and Senator Aldrich have
admitted that they turned to it for
expediency's sake. To expect from an
administration dominated by them
such changes in its form as are neces-
sary to make the fight for it's adoption
on the merits of the proposal, is to
hope in vain.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-13

One political phase of the exposure
of corruption in connection with the
election of a United States senator
from Illinois is presented In the. spec
tacie Of the party in power using demo
Gratis to wash its dirty linen in public.