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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-13
FILE MRS. NATIONS WILL.
w. C. Il. q. of Kansas Gets Most VaIu-
able BeQueSt.


Washington, June 13.-The will of
Mrs. Carry A. Nation, who died az
Leavenworth, Kan, Friday night, has
The will is dated in 1907 and in it Mrs.
Nation declared herself to be a resident
of Washington. The estate is valued at
$4,000. 1t consists of houses and lots
in Guthrie and Shawnee, Ok. an az
count of $1,000 in an Alexandria, Va.)
bank and a life insurance policy.
TO the Wonan'S Christian Temper
ance Union of the state of Kansas Mrs.
Nation bequeaths her Book of My
Life and all rights Hereunder. The
will beQueaths the sum of $50 g. month
from the estate to Mrs. Charlton A.
McNab, the only child of Mrs. Nation,
the income to be derived from the
houses and lots in Guthrie and Shaw
nee. After the death of her daughter
a house and three lots in Guthrie are
left to the Free Methodist church of
Oklahoma.
After the death of Mrs. McNab her
children are to receive the sum of $500
to be given to the Carrie Nation home
for drunkards' wives and widows at
Kansas City, Kan. and for home for
children II years old and under.
Kansas City, June 19.-The Carrie Ma
ton home for drunkardS' wives and
widows in Kansas City, Kan, has been
turned over to the Interdenominational
Sunshine society. It's original purpose
was abandoned because there appeared
to be no drunkardS' wives to patronIZe
it. The home for children mentioned
in the will has not been established.
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weather. also the choirs, and the pub
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IRRIGATE STATES FARM.
Hutchinson ReformatOry Garden Has
Plenty of Water.

Hutchinson, Kan, June 13.-The
first farm irrigating, on a large scale,
in central Kansas is now being done
at the State Reformatory farm, at the
southeast edge of Hutchinson.
Water is turned on in the irriga-
ton bitches for the first time, and to-
day the big potato fields were mum
dated with water.
In all forty acres of the Reforma-
tory gardens will be irrigated, includ-
ing 20 acres of potatoes, 10 acres of
onions and four acres of cabbage.
The water is pumped from Cow
creek into the main bitches, from
which it is carried by laterals into all
of the fields to be irrigated. A %
horse power engine, using a cheap
solar fuel oil, operates the pump, an
eighth inch centrifugal pump, which
sucks the water from the creek
through an eight inch main at the
rate of $500 gallons per minute.
The cost of running the engine is
very low. The oil used, a low grade
of kerosene, costs but three cents
gallon, and the entire cost of operat-
ing the plant is about eight cents a
daT.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-13
PREACHER GIVES PICTURE SHOW
OIathc, Torn by Religious Strife, May
Have Novel Trial

Olathe, Kan, June 1S.-Olathe is
rent by a Sunday observance law as
result of the action of the Rev. Walter
Burr, Congregational minister in Civ
ing a religious motion picture show in
an airdome to an audience of 700 per-
sons. Threats of arrests have been
made under the Sunday labor law by
which the attorney general of the state
is endeavoring to force the closing of
all theaters and amusement parks in
Kansas on Sunday. The town is di-
vided.
The action was not the outbreak of
the controversy. When tie Olathe
Chautauqua program was announced
recently and it was found that it pro-
vided for Sunday events, an attempt
was made by the Ministers alliance to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-13
KEEPS OLD WOLVES ALIVE.
Central Kansas Farmer Pays Taxes by
Selling ScalpS.

Salina, Kan, June 13.-That he
had for several years paid taxes on his
farm from the sale of wolf scaIps to
the county commissioners by prevent
ing the death of two old wolves, has
been admitted by a Saline county
man. In an effort to drive the wolves
from central Kansas the county COM
missioners for several years have paid
a bounty of fifty cents scalp. 1t de-
veloped today that old wolves were
never killed by the farmers, but left
to raise their young so as to maintain
a steady income
Boys who have made money hunt
ing wolves on the prairie, after SELL
ing the scalps and watching the jani-
tor of the courthouse throw them in a
heap in the back yard, have often TAX
en- the same scalps and resold them to
the commissioners. Recently, how
ever, all scalps have been burned as
soon as bought.
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BURY KANSAS BOY IN BOSTON.
Oscar WheeIock Was on Gen. Madero's
Staff as Captain.

stan as captain.
Hutchinson, Kan, June 13.-Oscar
Wheelock, nephew of w. c. bearing.
formerly of Hutchinson, and who has
many friends here. was killed in the
recent civil war in Mexico, while
serving as an officer on the staff Of
the revolutionary leader, Gen. Ma
dero.
The body of the young man is now
being taken to Boston, Mass, his old
home, at the expense of Gen. Madero
and the new Mexican government, by
whom the deceased was highly hon
ored.
WheeIock was we'll known in the
insurgent army under the assumed
name of Oscar Creighton. He held
the rank of captain. When his name
appeared among the slain in the Mex
lean conflict his friends and acquain-
tances here did not recognize it.
Erdix bearing, son of w. c. Dear
ing, and cousin of the deceased, pass
ed through Hutchinson this week with
the body of the slain officer, enroute
to Boston.
Captain Wheelock or Creighton, as
the Mexican government knew him,
was killed twelve miles from Juarez,
while in charge of detachment en-
gagged in dynamiting a railroad bridge.
He and two others were killed, and
were buried, with military honors, at
the battle ground.
Now that the war is over, Gen.
Madero, who greatly admired the
home at his own expense. His moth
er is a widow at Boston.
w. c. bearing, whose family has
been staying at FL Paso, during the
revolutionary trouble, has gone back
to their old home at Chihuahua, Mex,
ductor. the railroad again being
Opened.
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POLLOCK RULES AGAINST CITY.
Wichita Enjoined From Lowering Bell
Telephone Rates.

Kansas City, June 13.-Judge John
Pollock in the federal court in Kan
sas City, Kan, granted a temporary
restraining order against the city of
Wichita, Kan, to prevent the enforce
ment of an ordinance requiring the
Wichita Telephone company to lower
its rates. No date was set for hearing
the case.
The petition of the Wichita Tele-
phone company asserted that the city
sought to arbitrarily fix and lower the
telephone rates in that city to a price
where the company would lose money
in maintaining its service The COM
pany asks that the present rate be
allowed to stand
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-13

bring on gravel. dropsy CT a bad case
Of Bright's disease OF diabetes
Doan's Kidney Pills quickly help
weak kidneys. Don't waste time and
health and money trying other new
and unproven remedies of similar
names. Doan's have a record of rs
years of success in curing backache.
kidney and bladder troubles.
Doan's Kidney Pills have won fans
all over the civilized world, and are
endorsed by people whom you can call
on for verbal proof.
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COURT WAITS ON HARVEST.
May Term Postponed Until July to
Accommodate Farmers.

Salina, Kan, June 13.-Judge Dali
las Grover of the Thirtieth Judicial
district has set a precedent which will
be popular with the farmers in Saline,
Lincoln, Ottawa and Ellsworth coun-
ties. When the May term of court was
adjourned last month the jury was or
dered to report for duty June %. This
date will be in the midst of harvest,
and Judge Grover has instructed the
court officials to notify all jurors they
have been excused from further SER
vice. In the past the farmers selected
for jury service have been put to a
great Inconvenience because of court
sessions interfering with their work.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-13
ARREST THEATER MANAGER.
Frank Bailey Will Demand jury Trial
When Hearing Comes Up.

Pittsburg, Kan, June 13.-Charged
with a violation of the Sunday labor
law, Frank H. Bailey, resident man
ager of motion picture house, was
arrested here on a complaint sworn to
and issued by w H. Morris, a deputy
county attorney. Bailey was arraigned
in a justice court and released on a
bond of 500.
He will demand a jury trial on June
10, when he is to be given hearing.
Bailey's theater was the only house
open here Sunday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-13
KANSAS PIONEER PASSES.
Valentine Bittman Located at IeaV-
enWorth in 1859.

Wamego, Kan, June 13.-Valentine
Bittman, a pioneer citizen of Kansas
and an early settler of Pottawatomie
county, died Of heart disease on his
seventy-fourth birthday anniversary.
Mr.. Bittmann came to Kansas in 1859,
locating at Leavenworth. He served in
the Union army for three years during
the Civil war. In 1871 he moved to
Louisville, three miles north of here,
and established a mercantile business
Fifteen years ago the business was
moved to Wamego. A wife and eight
children survive him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-13
Topeka TESTIMONY.

Thomas E. De Pui, 1914 Clay street,
Topeka. Kan. says: ''For years was
afflicted with kidney trouble. The first
symptom was dull. bearing-down
ache across the small of my back,
which gradually grew worse and at
times was confined to my bed for a
week or ten days. hardly able to move.
Rowley's Drug Store, relieved me OF
my trouble. Doan's Kidney Pills act
ed just as represented IN my case and
after taking them was stronger and
in much better health. I shall always
be a firm endorser of Doan's Kidney
Pills"
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WANT PAY FOR HER DEATH.
Relatives of Ella BeinhOrn Demand
$1O.S5O Damages.

Winfield, Kan, June ia suit of
$1O,S5O damages against the city of
Winfield is threatened, if that amount
is not paid over at once to William
Beinhorn and Sophia Beinhorn as
damages for the death of their daugh-
ter, Ella Beinhorn. who was electro
cuted at the home of Samuel Good
man on May 81. The accident was
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-13
Light Crop at MarysviIIe.

Marysville, Kan, Juno 13.-Wheat
harvest is on in Marshall county. The
crop is lighter than usual from the
continued dry weather. The yield will
run from ten to twenty-five bushels to
the acre. The oats crop in many fields
is almost too short to harvest. Pas
lures are suffering from lack of rain.
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WHEAT WE'LL FILLED OUT.
Corn Not Suffering but Rain Would
Help.

Jewell City. June 13.-The hot wave
here brought the temperature up to
los in the shade several times, wind
and dust blowing all day long. Farm
erS claim their wheat is filled we'll,
but short, and if there is rain pretty
soon corn will do fairly well owing
to the lateness of planting, as it was
not advanced enough to be in danger
just now. The gardens, however,
show that they are hit hard.
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bison of this place, and Levi Briden-
slime, of Beloit, as delegates; alter
mates, William Mcintyre of this place,
and G.. B. Bottsford of Norton. De-
partment Commander Anderson, Kan
Sas G. A. r., made the appointments.
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Hold Union NTeetings.

Jewell City. June lathe churches
of the city have united in a union
meeting for Sunday evenings held in
the city park during the summer
This gives the clergymen a little respite
from steady pulpit work in the hot
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GUST Revh Burr from the platform
managership of the ChautauQua. They
object to any program in opposition
to the regular Sunday church services.
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G. A. r. Delegates Named.
Jewell City, June 13.-The Sixth
District delegates to the National G.
A. r. encampment are Wesley Har-
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1911-02-03

feeling that the fault, if fault
there be, does not rest entirely
with the male sex. If women
are in this matter the victims of
circumstances, one rather sus-
poets that most of them are will
ing enough victims.
And perhaps this spirit of will
ingness, rather than the force
of circumstances, is one of the
true causes why women do not
figure as prominently among sci
entists as men. One might ask
the question whether it is desir-
able that they should. There
are some walks in life, some mis-
sions, which are eminently wo-
mems sphere. The pursuit of
scientific research is perhaps not
one of these. This, however,
does seem probable. that the
present proportion of eighteen in
one thousand does not represent
a fair condition, whatever may
be the causes of the disparity.
More convincing perhaps, than
the first plea, is the second COM
plant made: women, it is claim
ed, are hardly considered seri-
ously as candidates for major
positions at universities. And it
is the holders of such positions
who are contributing the main
share to the advancement of
science. Scientific American.
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ITEMS MORE OR LESS INTERESTING
cate (New York; Mr.. Upham re-

cate (New York; Mr.. Upham re-
reports on the experiment:
''Their decision was guided
possibly misguided in certain in
stances-by the pastor, who pre-
sented to each one a list of fifty
hymns, the fifty in our Hymnal
that he would retain most hearth
ly if compelled to part with the
others. Each member who car
ed to do so was asked to select
from this list the ten which were
dearest to him. In the pastors
larger list wire included a few
hymns that seem to be necessary
on certain great occasions, for
example, My Country IT'S of
Thee; also, in his list were three
gospel hymns. Each of these
gospel promptly found a way in
to the list of ten chosen by the
church!
Nearer My God to Thee led
the popular vote. There were
were 112 votes cast for this hymn
out of a total of 1876. Abide
With Me, came second with LOT
votes; Jesus, Lover of My Soul,
third with 80 votes. Strange to
say-Some of us think it to be
strange Love to Tell the Story
came fourth, 80 votes. Close af-
ter this came, Lead Kindly Light,
"a votes. The others chosen
were: Rescue the PerishinR, 80
votes; Rock of Ages, Is votes.
Onward Christian Soldiers 81
votes; and What a Friend We
Have in Jesus, 81 votes. Four
great hymns just failed to get in
the list, each of them receiving
more than so votes; Love Divine,
All Love Excelling, Just as I
Am Without One Plea, Faith of
Our Fathers! Living Still, and In
the Cross of Christ l Glory, y
Literary Digest.
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WOMEN AND SCIENTIFIC
RESEARCH

In a recent paper published in
Science by Professor Cattell, I'M
der the title, Statistical Study
of American Men of Science"
reference is made to the fact
that women are contributing but
a small share to productive scien-
tific work. In 1910 only eighteen
women are found among the first
thousand scientific persons. The
auth says, in part:
"There are now nearly as
many women as men who receive
a college degree; they have on
an average more leisure; there
are four times as many women
as men engaged in teaching.
There does not appear to be any
social prejudice against women
engaging in scientific work, and
it is difficult to avoid the conclu-
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1911-02-03
THE TEN BEST HYMNS

Religious journals often print
articles on how to improve the
music in our churches. Such eff
forts some times represent the
minister's point of view; oftener
the organist's or choir masters.
Seldom do we get an expression
from the pew. One such has
been obtained from by the Rev.
Frank B. Upham, who tried to
find out what, in the judgment
of nearly two hundred people in
a church of an average spiritual
fervor. were the ten best hymns.
The church, it may be said, was
a Methodist church, and the
choice was made from the hymn
al of that denomination, yet most
of the favorites are to be found
in common usage throughout the
other churches, and this list will
therefore have a wide spread in
terest. Organists may be asked
whether it represents improved
music. In The Christian Advo-
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1911-02-03

IN THE JUSTICES COURT BEFORE
R. R. George, Justice of the Peace,
Seattle Precinct, King County, Wash
ington. Summons for Publication.
Paul Richards, plaintiff, vs. Ed. Du Bots,
defendant.-No. 21S53.
State of Washington. County of
Kings.
The State of Washington to Ed. Du
Bois
You, and each of you, are hereby
notified that Paul Richards has filed a
notice and complaint against you in said
court, which will come on to be heard
at my office in room 607 Prefontaine
Building, Seattle, King County, Wash
ington, on the 9th day of February, A.
D. 1911, at the hour of $3.50 o'clock a.
M, and unless you appear and then and
there answer the same will be taken
as confessed and the demand of the
plaintiff, granted. The object and de-
mand of said notice and complaint is to
obtain sixty-eight and no-100 ($6O.O0)
dollars due the plaintiff for material.
Filed January 9Th, A. D 1911.
r. r. GEORGE,
Justice of the Peace in and for Seattle
Precinct. King County, Washington.
Jan. 27-Feb. II, 1911.
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attitude of the majority was ex-
pressed by Chairman Stern,
chairman of the elementary
schools committees, who said he
had nothing but praise for the
candidate, but to promote in face
of the bylaw was to invite criti-
cism.
"There has been much agita-
among women over this bylaw, :"
Mr.. Stern said, but the courts
have decided in our favor. If
we now surrender what we have
so strenuously fought for, you
can understand what will happen
when the other married women
get after us. There are hun
dreds of Them"
Wonder what will happen
when these hundreds of married
women and the other hundreds
of women teachers who might
like to marry get votes?.
F. M. A.
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sion that there is an innate sex
ual disqualification But it is
possible that the lack of encour-
agement and sympathy is greater
than appears on the surface,
and that in the future women
may be able to do their share for
the advancement of science"
Not unnaturally this passage
has brought out some discussion
of the point raised. Two letters
appear in the correspondence
column of Science over the sigma
ture of ladies, who rise in protest
and in defense of their sex.
They urge that the general con-
ditions of education and of col
lege administration are such as
to place unnatural obstacles in
the path of women bent upon
scientific attainment.
One correspondent complains
THAI the whole spirit of girls
education, from childhood up,
lays far too much stress upon at
tention to her apparel and adorn-
ment. that the boy is free from
suoh trammels and has cores
pondingly more leisure to give
thought to things of greater
worth. A boy is taken by his
elders to visit various places of
practical interest, thus prepar-
ing his mind for the solid duties
and life work of the man. No
one thinks it necessary to pay
the same service to girls. Yet,
thewriter claims, the practical in
stinct is innate in girls as in
boys. It was a little girl who
once asked: why do the cars
lean in when they go around q
curve?"
It must be admitted there is
justification for these statements.
Men do like to see women taste
fully attired. The blue stocking
has never been popular. But
one cannot quite shake off the
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1911-02-03
WOMEN'S INTERESTS

The instructions just issued by
Postmaster General Hitchcock to
prospective depositors in postal
savings banks emphasize the
fact that married women may
open accounts which shall be free
from any interference by their
husbans. AS a safe way to in
vest small sums the postal saw
ings banks will meet the needs
of many women, men and chill
dren. Interest at the rate of 2
per cent per annum will be al
owed on all deposits.
The idea of policewomen,
which at first was regarded as
shocking and absurd, is growing
in SAVIOR. The first woman police
officer has just been appointed at
Sapulpa. Mrs Mabel Bassett
has been provided with star,
and a regular salary and has
been invested with the same
power as any member of the pc.
lice. She has been assigned to
look after Thu juveniles and keep
those undere16 years off the
streets after 8 o'clock at night.
The authorities in Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, are planning to have
its first policewoman. Miss Ed
ma Finch, trained nurse, who
stood the highest in a competi-
tive examination, is expected to
be appointed soon. She will be
on duty about factories to make
certain that sanitary conditions
are right. u
If you get married you can't
get promoted is the dire penalty
that hangs heavy oyer the heads
of women teachers in New York
City. The board of superintend-
ents nominated Mrs. Mary B.
Kinkeldey, a teacher for 81 years
in the public schools, to a princi-
palship. When the matter came
before the board of education one
Of the members said of Mrs.
Kinkeldey:
''She has an extraordinary rec
ord. For Fl years not COM
plant has been lodged against
her; firm not a single session of
school has she been absent; not
once was she tardy in getting to
school. She is one of the ablest
teachers in the school system.
She is the only one on the eligi-
BILE list; there were two others
but they withdrew. She is
ready to take charge of this
school.
Nevertheless the Board would
not make this able teacher a
principal, because she got mar
ried two years ago and because
a bylaw, which the Supreme
Court month ago held was a
good law, says that the Board of
Education may not appoint or
promote a married woman in the
teaching or supervising force.
The only persons exempted by
the bylaw are teachers who hus-
bands are cripples or confirmed
invalids or have deserted or abus-
ed them. None of this applied
to Mrs. Kinkeldey. 1t was
shown that she had devoted her
self to the support of her parents.
When relieved of this duty she
had no money saved. Her hus-
band is a teacher i'll a college on
small salary. In view of her
long service, her qualifications
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