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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-27
3esSsors

The Trapp-Stevic company, printers,
has moved to 113 East Eighth.
800 IS the phone number of the To-
peka Transfer Co, moving and storage
The baseball team of the Catholic
school lost to the Harrison ball tosserS,
at Skene's park, Tuesday Score TO 6.
Rawser N. Spicer of Topeka secured
a marriage license in Kansas CITY
Thursday to marry Lottie LaVenda OF
Polhast Hull, Iowa.
The police have received word that
Addie McMurdo the Burlingame girl
who was reported to the officers as lost
in Topeka, did not leave her home in
Burlingame Thursday.
John F. Eby, county superintendent,
saws he is enrolling people every day
for the normal institute at Washpurn
college during June. The attendance
promises to break all previous records.
Elizabeth N. Barr states that her new
weekly will be a free lance" and will
deal with things as they are" and not
las they ought to be-" MISS Barr has
always been capable of portraying real
live things"
Work on the south approach of the
Melan bridge is going slowly on account
of the wet weather. This together with
a multitude of other troubles has caused
a delay that is making the city off1cials
lear the outcome.
John Burns, the aged negro who is
charged with violating the prohibitory
law in connection with the shooting
up of Silver Lake by Dutch Billy
last summer. has been released from
the county Jail on bond.
The editor of the Washburn Review
and his sensational inclined staff is
sued a farinG, flashing, "Wuxtra" with
a pink insert today. The paper Is
cleverly made up In true Hearst style
even 10 the editorial page.
Topekans now have % trains out of
ID Sow ifxy hxyo1
hours-a train almost every hour. And
there are about Is trains back. 1t might
be mentioned that the trains back this
way ara the ones that interest To
pekanS.
Several men in town have expressed
a wish and desire to make one of the
airship flights during Merchants week
1t Is a safe bet that these bidders will
he in the background when the ali
crafts arrive. 1t is easier to look Ut
than down.
The news of the arrest of Ed Weav-
err, charged with selling liquor without
a government license. and indicted al
the Fort Scott term of the federal
court, has reached United States Mar
shall Mackey's Office. Weaver has beer
released on bond.
United States Marshal Mackey is II
Leavenworth today and it is believed
that Charles O'Neil. whose death sen
tence was recently commuted to life
Imprisonment by. President Taft, vii
be taken to the federal prison to be-
gin on his sentence today.
The officers of the city waterwork:
department are happy lot today. Th'
Kansas coal mine strike is over and
they will be able to replenish theil
scanty coal supply. 1t was feared for {
time that oil burners would be placed
under the boilers in order to prepare
for the emergency.
The best story of the week has leak,
ed out at the police station abou
Taller Woodruff. Woodruff is thor.
ouEhly '.agin" canvassers, peddlers and
solicitors. Recently a report came t.
the police station that a fake opticiar
was selling glasses on the street
woodruff maintained that this was {
felony and brought up the law tt
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-27
7. B. BROWN AT HEAD.
Topeka Man President State Building
and Loan Association.

President, T. B. Brown, Topeka.
Vice president, C. S. Hartough,
Leavenworth.
Secretary. w. H. Eastman, Topeka.
Treasurer Geo. Stumpf, Kansas City.
This is the result of the election of
officers held at noon which constituted
the final stroke of business of the
fourteenth annual meeting of the
building and loan section of the Kan
saS Bankers association.
The registration of the members of
this department was 80, the largest
gathering yet recorded. The firms
which they represent boast of assets
aggregating $10.000,000.
An exhaustive address was given
this morning on Association Book
keeping by A. j. .Applegate of Wich-
ita.
THE plans and methods used in
the management of building and loan
associations are numerous said Mr..
Applegate, land any attempt at a
formation of a system of accounting
undertaking to provide for all the
varying requirements must fall short
of success. The workings of these as
sociations offer broad field to the
student of economics and to the prac-
teal accountant.
Building associations since their in
PRODUCTION into the United States over
seventy years ago have appeared in
several distinct forms. Building or
are sometimes designated, are corpora
tions, and are now recognized generally
as an important factor in the social
| economy of the country
"a building association is a money
saving institution, which deals only
with its members. All that comes into
| it comes from members and all that
| goes out of it goes to members. There
| are no outside producers and there are
no outside beneficial ries'
A. H. Plumb of Emporia spoke on
Desirable Amendments to the Build
| ing and Loan Law
| In his closing remarks Mr. Plumb
said:
I'm view of the present statute being
rather complicated it might be better
| to substitute an entirely new one
which would be made more simple
and yet permit all of the associations
| now in the state to continue under
| their present plans.
| Il suggest that this meeting of the
| state league authorize the appointment
| of a legislative committee whose duty
it shall be to cooperate with the bank
| ing department in drafting amend
ments to the present law. or in the
| preparation of a new one in substitu-
| ton thereof, as the banking COMMITTEES
| may seem best"
| This matter was referred to the ex-
ecutiye committee.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-27
DECISION IS STRONG.
Text of Judge Hooks Bank Opinion
Leaves Little for Opponents.

Attorney General Jackson, who is
in st. Paul this week in attendance at
the national convention of attorneys
general, has seen the full text of
Judge Hooks decision reversing Judge
Pollock in the bank guaranty case.
Mr.. Jackson is evidently more pleased
with view of the decision at close
range than he was from the printed
reports of the verdict, for he wired
Bank Commissioner Dolley today that
he thinks this decision ends the case.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-27
WHO GOT THE MONEY.
Holton Signal Complains of $4,000
Fee in Bank Case.

The Holton Signal, Democrat, under
the heading. "Who Got the Money!"
prints the following echo of the Devlin
suit, which was evidently intended to
be a sensation:
"In the case Of the state of Kansas
VS.. United States Fidelity & Guaranty
company. growing out of the failure
of the First National bank of Topeka,
judgment was rendered in favor of the
state in May, 1908, for $139,003.06.
The Devlin estate, by reason of Mr.
Devlin having signed certain bonds
SeM 'L9LnsB7Ll 91Bls 'AII9Y WoL IoJ
liable for a part of that judgment. The
trustees of the estate finally agreed
with the surety company that they
would pay two-Sevenths of the amount,
and the surety company agreed to pay
the remaining fve-sevenths. When
that agreement was made the Judg-
ment together with interest amounted
to little over $152,000. The entire
amount was paid about month ago,
at which time the Devlin trustees paid
$43,542.S3, being two-sevenths of the
amount, and the United States Fidelity
& Guaranty company paid sos, 81.
The books of the state treasurer shows
that $142.130.9S was received by the
state. What became of the difference?
eff the answer is that the $4,000
was paid for attorney fees. then the
question is. by what authority that
amount was taken from the states
| money and paid to attorneys? The
constitution of the state of Kansas.
section "a, article 2, provides that the
state money shall not be paid out ex-
| cept in pursuance of a specific appro-
priation made by the legislature.
sit might also be interesting to the
taxpayers to know how much the at
torneys for the state received alto
gether.
| ''It might also be interesting to
know why it is necessary to hire a lot
| of outside lawyers to help the attor-
ney generals office.
1.-THE Signal does not desire to be
captious; it simply asks the questions
for information.
1.-The Signal does not know whether
| the state treasurer is standpatter
or an .insurgent Therefore, it can not
| be accused of starting something in
| the interest of any faction of the
G.. o. Pr
| The answer to the above is simple and
| to the point. State Treasurer Mark
Tulley did not pay out one cent of this
money for attorney fees. These fees,
Which amounted to SO 164, We're paid out
by the district court under written Or
der by the attorney general. Here is
| the full statement of the case making
an answer in full to the Signals ques-
tons:
ION April Is, 1870 the surety COM
rany for the old First National bank
| of Topeka, paid into the district court
Of Shawnee county $10S, 5251 for the
| state of Kansas, and the receivers o.
the Devlin estate paid to the treasurer
of state s49542.S4, making in all s152,-
1885. But the district court of Shaw
nee county allowed the attorneys who
assisted the attorney general of the
| state $10,164.37, which would leave a
balance of $142, 130.9S which the state
| received net"
The attorneys who got the fee, were
F. L. Williams, of the firm of Coleman
& Williams. Clay Center, and ]. w
| Gleed of Topeka.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-27
shunganunga Ray Freed.

Judge Dana, who has postponed
court work until Tuesday next in or
der to do some office work, took a few
moments off this morning to grant a
decree of divorce to Shunganunga
Ray. Ray, who may have gotten his
title simply from his residence near
the little creek, is rightly named Harry
J. Hargraves. About two years ago
Mr.. Hargraves went to Hutchinson and
brought back a bride, Frances H. Har-
graves, but the life agreement did not
stick for she abandoned him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-27
CARPENTER PROMOTED.
Taft Makes His Secretary Minister to
Morocco.

Taft today appointed his secretary.
Fred Warner Carpenter of Sank Cen
ter, Mimi. as minister to Morocco to
succeed H. Perciva1 Dodge. 1t is like
ly that the president will appoint Ru-
dOlph Forster, present assistant secre-
tary, to succeed Carpenter
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-27

determine which is better and which
will best merit oil sprinkling. There's
the lower Silver Lake road and the
road to Dover and the Tecumseh road
and many others under consideration
by the commissioners and the work
of making Shawnee county and the
Topeka district proud of its roads will
be pushed with yigor
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-27
Dance Around a Bonfire.

Ann Arbor, Mich, May 27.-The
women of the University of Michigan
last night engaged in out of door folk
dances and fancy marching following
the dedication of their athletic field.
The feature of the celebration which
bids fair to become an annual custom
was huge bonfire about which the
dances were held
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-27
sin Has Three of His Dogs.

San Jose, Cal. May civilian
Brown, who started from Newfound-
land December 25. 1906, wilma team
of four dogs on trip around the world.
for purse of 900, reached this city
at noon today, on the last leg of his
trip. He has travelled $4,000 miles, is
ahead of time and has three of the
four dogs with which he started.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-06-03
Lap QUICK AT FIGURES.
Using Il Abacus, re Beat Bank CLERK
with Adding Machine.

At a meeting of the Tacoma chapter
Of tha American Institute of Bank
Clerks the other night a japanese clerk,
using Il saroban." put it all over a
Tacoma bank clerk using a modern ADD
ing machine in casting up long column
Of figures.
The japanese. with his .'saroban," did
the arithmetical stunt in thirty sec
onds. while the bank clerk, with his
modern adding machine, took ffty-fouI
seconds to obtain a total. and afterWard
1t was found the clerk or the modern
adding machine had made an error,
while the japanese with his little abacus
or saroban" obtained the correct result
the first time. In another test the Jap
anese might make an error. as did the
bank clerk. However. it is significant
that the japanese did not err and that he
obtained a correct result far more quick
~ though he used an ancient arith-
metical device.
The japanese that won the contest in
ADDING was once a clerk in bank at
Osaka, Japan. He disclaims being an
expert in adding and says many Japan
csc are much faster on the ''saroban"
than he. The little old-fashioned adding
machine used by the japanese is what
we call an abacus. Years ago in our
public school rooms the abacus used to
hang on the wall, and it was sometimes
used IN the study of arithmetic. 1t is
not used much nowadays, though it
would appear from the speed and ac-
curacy Of the japanese that it might be
employed with good results.
Inc abacus III use in China IS known
as the swan pan. The Chinese are also
rapid calculators. The abacus is a very
simple device when compared with the
modern adding machine. + &c probable
that 1t requires more practice and more
arithmetlcal ability to get correct re-
suits from an abacus than are required
with the modern adding machine
Inc abacus is very ancient. It was
used by the Egyptians and Greeks in a
form similar to that now used in Japan,
China, Arabia and Russia. The word is
traced through the Greek to q word
meaning dust" 1t is said that dust was
spread upon board and that numerals
We're inscribed in the dust.
III early times the Greeks used such a
ooard. ana 1t is supposed that geometry
as we'll as arithmetic was taught with
the use of that kind of an abacus. Late.
an abacus was developed in which beads
slld on wore or in grooves. the beads hav-
ing value depending upon column. This
was probably like the abacus now used
III Japan and China. The word zeal
culate. is traced to Greek word mean
ing pebble. 1t is supposed that pebbles
were used in the early abacus
The victory of the Tacoma JaDanese
win his saroban" over one of our bank
clerks with modern adding machine is
not an exceptional instance. few
months ago, when the japanese com
merclal commissioners visited the United
states, a contest was held in which \
Japanese came out ahead in q caIcnIo
ton contest in which he used an abacns.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-06-03
PARIS is PAISLEY MAD.
French Women Have Revived an Old
Fashion in Many New Forms.

Paris has a new craze She has
gone mad over Paisley. Everything TO
wear is made in this well known pattern.
The old fashioned mixture of Paisley
and fringe is shown in most of the shops
Ill many articles of clothing and other
accessories women use. There are Pals
ley collars, ties and stockings, there are
IoDy frlils Of the same pattern and Pals
ley hand bags and sunshades embellished
with long hanging fringe. In dress ma
terials there are Paisley silks, cottons,
Ioulards, chlffons and velvets, and per-
maps the very latest thing is Paisley
shantung
In every variety of costume Paisley
IS used. The great lady drives to the
Bols in rich afternoon gown of Pals
ley silk, while the midinette trips out
TO luncheon IN skinny Paisley cotton
blouse.
1t is craze which men have not es-
capped. A Paisley tobacco pouch is the
latest thing to give to man, while he
must wear a Paisley cravat, and even
Paisley waistcoats have been seen.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-06-03
WATTERSON GRILLS HEARST.
Louisville Editor Dares New Yorker tc
Take Witness Stand

Under the title Let the Called Jade
Vince" Henry Watterson writes as fol
lows IN the Courier-J Ournal: 1t APP
pears that Mr.. William Randolph
Hearst, having worn out the eXpedient
OF running for office as a method of
advertising, has, toward the further ex-
pIoltatlOn Of his business, dropped into
litigation, wholesale and itinerant. With
III the past week he has instituted a
libel suit for 100000 against the AS
soclated Press as an organization, and a
series of libel suits for 100000 each
against certain of his newspaper contem-
porarles as specified Offenders Among
these latter are included the Courier
Journal and its colleague The Louisville
Evening Times. The editor of the Cour-
ier-Journal is signalized by a SEPARATE
and individual acton for S1OO.OO of al
legged, damages. Mr.. Hearst's complaint
embraces the publication of matter that
concurrently appeared In Mr.. Hearts,
own papers, but accompanied with edi-
torial commentator which ditferin@
from that usually supplied by Mr.
Hearsts employees. was critical rather
than complimentary 1t is given ont
that Mr.. Hearst will personally come to
Kentucky to direct and conduct the
suits against u.s. We sincerely hope that
this Will prove to be true. In that event
we shall try to make his sojourn inter-
estlng Ii he Will agree to take the
stand and answer under oath certain IN
terrogat!ves which the attorney of the
COurler-Journal IS prepared to ask him.
not only will this interest be augmented
but, In advance, the Courier-Journal
company will agree to pay him double
the amount OF whatever judgment he
may obtain"
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-06-03
DEAF TELEGRAPH OPERATOR
Maine Man Takes Messages by the Sense
O. Sight or of Touch.

O. Sight or of Touch.
feter A. Foley of Portland. Me-. is q
telegraph operator, though totally deaf,
Since he became deaf however. he has
developed so wonderfully the senses of
touch and OF sight that he can detect the
Hlest movement OF the instrument and
correctly interpret them
According to the Railway Mems Maoa
zlne, hls nervous system is part and
parcel OF te!egraphy, and by the sense
OF touch IN his finger tips he takes mes.
sageS transmitted from the ends of the
continent.
he can also read 4 message by watch
ing the sounder. With his left forefinger
placed lightly on the sOunder he can nv
his wonderful sense Of touch take y met.-
sage as accurately as any man in the
office.
lie insists that he needs no more CON
SlderallOn imam any opera tor, for he can
read the fastest transmitting without the
slightest difficulty, and his record of mis-,
takes III year is said to be smaller than
that OF any other operator in the office
MIR. toley's hearing began to fail rap
IDLY eight years ago. He was then con
sidered the best operator in the Portland
office and every effort was made to help
MN. Ihe manager of the office arranged
the receiver SO that it would make Il
louder tick, but in short time he was
unable to hear even this.
There appeared no alternative but faii-
ure. No operator in the world had been
able to work after he had lost his hear
ing. The manager didn't wish to send
a good man away, SO he was set to do
ing common work at the same salary he
had received as an operator.
One day he announced that he would
soon be able to go back to his old DO
sltlon. The manager was surprised
That Il deaf man could be a Telegraph
operator was too much to credit, but
Mr.. Foley was able to prove that lie
could do it.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-06-03
VanderhiIt's Valiant Sold.

The sale Of W. X. Nanderbilts yacht
Valiant for $15O,OOO removes from the
sphere Of Vanderbilt influence the craft
which Freddy Beach once suggested
should be called 1.-The scandal seagoer.' -
1t is recalled that the Valiant was the
scene of the negotiations between the
Duke Of Marlborough and Mrs. Wander
bilt when the unfortunate marriage be-
tween her daughter and the duke was
arranged. 1t afterward was the scene
OF the first meeting Of the couple. Later,
it was on the same yacht that w. K.
Vanderbilt had a furious quarrel with
his wife over 0. II. ?. Belmont It was
the retreat of Mr.. Vanderbilt in long
cruises with friends after the divorce
and has seen many gay parties in all
parts Of the world
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-06-03
Baby's Scalp All Crusted Over.

Our little daughter, when three
months old, began to break out on the
head and we had the best doctors to
treat her, but they did not do her any
good. They said she had eczema. Her
scalp was a solid scale all over. The
burning and itching was so severe that
she could not rest, day or night. We
had about given up all hopes when we
read Of the Cuticura Remedies. We at
once got cake of Cuticura Soap, a
box of Cuticura Ointment and one bot.
tie of Cuticura Resolvent, and fol-
lowed directions carefully. After the
first dose of the Cuticura Resolvent.
we used the Cuticura Soap freely and
applied the Cuticura Ointment. Then
she began to improve rapidly and in
two weeks the scale came off her
head and new hair began to grow. In
a very short time she was well. She is
now sixteen years Of age and pic
ture of health. We used the Cuti-
cura Remedies about five weeks, reg
ularly, and then we could not tell she
had been affected by the disease. We
used no other treatments after we
found out what the Cuticura Remedies
would do for her. ]. Fish and Ella NJ.
Fish, Mt. Vernon, KY, Oct. II, 1909"
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-06-03
The Overland
The Simplest Car

chfnery. And we devote a whole factory
to one model alone.
Because of these facts, and our enor-
nous output, we give more for the money
than anyone else. We have cut the cost
20 per cent in the past year alone.
We now sell 25-horSepOwer Overland
for $1,000 in roadster style, or for $1,100
with tonneau. The car has a 102-inch
wheel base, and is easily capable of SO
miles an hour.
We sell a 40-horsepower Overland for
$3.50. Other Overland models cost 1900,
s1,400 and $1,000. All prices include gas
lamps and magnetic.
You will find no car that compares with
an Overland at anywhere near its price.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-06-03
What Could a Poor Clerk Do?

The teacher of conversational French
in a certain Massachusetts college was
lively mademoiselle just over. One
bright afternoon she stopped two girls
very excitedly. She wanted to buy an
''eponge pour la balm" but did not know
what to ask for. Bath sponge. Tell
the salesman you want a big bath sponge
to take home with you" said the girls
in chorus. and they accompanied her to
the village drug store. A young clerk
stepped forward. Mademoiselle advanced
bravely Please" she said, smilingly,
will you kindly take me home and give
me big sponge bath ?'-Boston Traveller.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-06-03
He Spread Diphtheria Germs

Doctors at Pontiac, Mich, found a dis
penser of diphtheria germs in the tonsils
of Edward McCoughno (colored). %
years old. The case is similar to that
of Typhoid Mary of New York. For
years PONTIAC has been infected with
diphtheria. The cause was never To-
Gated. Recently McCaughna became Ill.
when the state board of health made a
close examination. pronouncing that the
diphtheria germs in his tonsils were in
fecting himself as well as others. The
tOnsils were removed
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-06-03
Easy to Operate

The Overlands operate by pedal con-
troll. One goes backward or forward,
fast or slow, by simply pushing ped
ais. 1t is as simple as walking, and
the hands are left free to steer
The Overland has fewer parts than
any other automobile One part is
made to take the place of many. It
is free from complexities. The opera
tionS are all automatic.
A novice could run an Overland
from coast to coast the first time he
tried. One of these cars has run
1000 miles without stopping the
engine
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-06-03
Queen Dowager Is Sued.

Some sensation has been caused BIZ the
fling of an action for debt against Queen
Maria Pia, grandmother of King Manuel
of Portuga The creditor q prominent
dry goods merchant who claims the
Queen Dowager's old debts due to him
amounted to $4,000 Having become
bankrupt, he vas forced to sue the
Queen for the recovery OF the money