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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-17

other countries of the world. do not
mean to say that there are not racial
preJudices here; I don't mean to say
that there are no social clubs and other
places where the small-headed men
who occasionally get into directory
manifest their greatness by using
black ball and shutting out men of i'm
portance in the community, but my
friends, while it is aggrevating and ex-
asperating still it is not the worst thing
that could happen. 1 have had it hap
pen to friends of mine-Gentiles-wh
have been kept out of clubs by people
who are not worthy to button their
shoes and who have no standing save
in clubs. 1t is aggravating, agree, but
a man is what he is by reason of his
respect for himself, and if he knows
that some one who affects to snub him
and look down on him is not worthy
If he knows that person is not his
equal and if he cultivates any of the
philosophy that he ought to call to his
aid-he will have the advantage over
his srall-brained and narrow-minded
critic always
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-17
WANT so MILLION
The Treasury Officials Send Out
"a Mail Bags
Filled With Invitations to the
Public to Shell Out.
ONE FOR EVERY BANK.
Offers as Low as $1OO Will Be
Accepted.
The Bonds Will Bear Three Per
Cent Interest.
ONE FOR EVERY BANK.

Washington, May 17.-Seventy-
seven mail bags filed with invitations
to the public to bid for Uncle Sam s
new bonds left Washington today.
Every one of the $4,000 national
banks. state banks and trust companies
of which the treasury has record will
receive one of the official circulars and
bidding slips.
The man who wants to lend $780,
$500, $1,000 or more to the govern
ment at per cent interest can learn
all the particulars by dropping around
t. see his banker.
To make the new s5o,00o,ooo loan
as popular as possible, the treasury
will accept ordinanry checks payable
through clearing house cities, and pos
tai orders in payment. The small bid
ders will receive first attention, which
will make it possible for the Individual
investor to deal directly with the gov
ernment instead of with a bond
dealer.
1t probably will be six weeks before
the successful bidders are announced.
The price they will pay for the new
securities is a conjecture, but the esti-
mates put it some where between par
and 103. By this issue of $4,000, 900
Uncle Sam will owe his people about
$685., 100000 upon which various rates
of interest are paid. The money from
the new issue will be used partly to
reimburse the treasury for money it
has advanced to the Panama canal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-17
viii Succeed Carter in Com.
mand Of Maneuver Army.
War Department Plans to Give
All a Chance.
A LONG STAY AHEAD
Occupation of Territory Along
the Border of Mexico
Probably Will Be Continued
Until Next Winter.

Washington. May 17.-Major General
Frederick d. Grant soon will succeed
Major General Carter as commander
OF the maneuver division of the army
in Texas. Secretary of War Dickinson
has selected General Grant for this
duty but as the change will not take
place until after Henry L. Stimson
becomes secretary of war the assign
ment will of course be subject to his
approval.
The purpose of the war department.
is to afford an opportunity to command
the division to as many general off,
GERS of high rank as possible during
the meneuvers, which it is said now
probably will continue until next win
ter.
General Carter has done splendid
work, the department officials declare.
in mobilizing the forces and getting
them in condition for field work which
is now beginning. The change probably
will not be made until conditions in
Mexico become less acute than at pres
ent.
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TAFT HAS A CROUCH.
The President Airs Ill Humor at jew
ish Temple.

Washington. May 17.-Washington
was discussing with a good deal of zest
today some references made by Presi-
dent Taft in a speech at the Jewish
temple here last night 'to small headed
men" in prominent clubs who display
their greatness" by blackballing men
of Importance proposed for member
ship.
to apply directly to the recent exclusion
from a club in this city of a prominent
New York congressman and several
newly elected senators. The congress-
man in question is a particular friend
Of the president.
In his speech the president said:
'I believe, and I am proud Of the fact,
that the Jews in America enjoy an
equality that they have in only a few
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-17

fore it leads up to the viaduct. There
is at this place a large grove of big
trees bordered by Shunganunga creek.
1t is understood that the city will
purchase the land for park purposes
and the Santa Fe both as a road and
among the employees will erect mag
n1fcent monument in the park to the
late ]. E. Hurley, who was general
manager of the road in Topeka until
his death last summer.
The officials of the Santa Fe and
the city commissioners will hold a con-
ference coon to decide just what ac-
ton shall be taken to procure this
park site and what improvements will
be made.
At this time the officials of the Santa
Fe are planning a big monument to
Mr.. Hurley and it is hoped that they
may be influenced to place the monu-
ment in this park. Other funds from
the road and it's employees will be used
to make improvements in the park that
may be appreciated by railroad men.
had his wish in the matter something
for the bent of his railroad men
would be preferred.
The park will be made a resting place
and a picnic grounds for railroad men,
especially. The creek will be widened
and damned, the park will be benched
and every convenience will be provided
for out door recreation.
The matter of establishing a park for
part of the city was first suggested by
Commissioner Miller through the col
umns of the State Journal last fall.
The city didn't have the money for the
purpose at that time and it was post
poned until this spring. Now others
. have become interested in the improve
ment and the railroad men of Topeka
have figured seriously on the PROPOSE
ton with the city.
Tennis courts, baseball and football
grounds, and smaller out door games
will be accommodated in the park
Hurley Park" has been suggested
and approved as the fitting name.
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|. C. C. DECISIONS.
Erect of Holidays on Demurrage Rule
Is Defined.

washington, May 17.-Saturday
afternoon when allowed as business
half holiday must be considered ac-
cording to a decision today of the in
terstate commerce commission as a
part of the free time" for loading or
unloading shipments under the uni
form demurrage rules. The decision
was rendered in the case of the Com
mercial exchange of Philadelphia
against the Pennsylvania railroad
The interstate commerce commits
sion held that mo legal obligations
rest upon an interstate carrier to
counteract the result of natural condi-
tions by a reduction of its freight
rates"
The National Refining company. an
independent oil producing concern of
Ohio, operates a refinery at Findlay
Ohio. The exhaustion of the supply
of crude petroleum near Findlay in
duced it to develop oil wells at Flat
Rock, Illinois. The crude oil is ship
ped from Flat Rock to Findlay at a.
rate of 1871 cents a hundred pounds.
which the refining company urged is
excessive. In holding that the rate
was reasonable the commission saws
that 'the exhaustion of the supply of
raw material near at hand must soon
er or later be experienced by every
manufacturing enterprise of this ma
fure.''
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DOILEY POINTS WITH PRIDE.
Pleased With Capture and Conviction
of Bank Robbers.

]. N. Dolley. bank commissioner,
points with pride to the activity in
many counties against bank robbers
VINO nave been captured and prose-
cuted. In Marshall county Neal Null
cahy, a leader in the gang that oper-
ated In that part of the state, has been
sentenced to 20 years in prison, and
the man Hoerr is to be tried next with
sixty witnesses to testify against him.
An important states witness from Ne
nraska, who had been terrorized by
the gang, had to be kidnapped before
he would appear to testify against
Hoerr.
The preliminary of the three Hud-
son bank robbers is being held at St
John, Stafford county, this week.
Assistant Commissioner Watson ap-
peared as witness Monday at Ellis
worth in the case against Max
Cnurch, former cashier of the Holy
rood bank, who absconded with S7O,-
VOO OF the banks funds and was cap
tured at Los Angeles a short time ago.
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TO BE FREE
Geo. w. Clark Held as an Insane
Criminal Sues for Freedom.
Claims That Law Doesn't Apply
in His Case.

Anna Clark today applied to the SUI
preme court for writ Of habeas cor
pus to get her husband, George w,
Ciark, out OF theshcsR Rital for the crimi-
nal insane at Lansing prison. The law
relating to the custody of criminal in
sane persons passed by the last legis-
Iature is involved in this suit.
clark was convicted in the Kearney
county district court a year ago for
the murder of Ezra Carter. It was
proved to the satisfaction of the court
that he was insane at the time he COM
mltted the crime. SO he was sent to the
state prison hospital under the law of
ISL which provides that criminal in
sane persons shall be confined to the
prison hospital instead of the ordinary
state hospital for the insane.
The writ relates that Clark has re-
covered his sanity and is therefore en-
titled to his freedom. The argument
made in the application for the writ
is that Clark committed the crime for
which he is paying the penalty before
the law that placed him in Lansing
was enacted. In other words his act
was made evil after it had been com
mitted.
The application relates further that
the probate and not the district court
should have passed upon this case
The state will resist the application
for the writ. taking the stand that the
legislature had the right to make the
law apply to an act already commit
ted if it so desired.
Had Clark, under the ordinary pro-
cess of the old law, been confined to
state hospital for the insane, he
could be discharged from the custody
OF the hospital authorities in regular
form without procedure upon presen-
tation of proof that he had been cured.
But getting him out of a hospital for
the criminal insane is a more difficult
matter, even though he be cured of his
madness. The supreme court has this
power, or the executive department.
The case of Harry Thaw, confined to
the Matteawan hospital in New York
for the criminal insane is a case in
point. All efforts SO far to get the
slayer of Stanford White out of this
institution have been unavailing
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-17
AERO TAXI READY SOON.
Swiss Will Enjoy First. Rides in Novel
Conveyance

New York, May 1.-THE first aero
taxi will be put into service in week
or two at Lucerne. Switzerland, ac-
cording to advices received by the
Aero club. A French company is the
builder of the novel machine, which
is biplane fitted with a wind miIl''
taximeter. Passengers will be carried
on short cross country flights at a
fixed rate per kilometer.
Enthusiasts calculate that the aero
taxi will ultimately become a far
cheaper conveyance than the street
taxicab, owing to the bee line route it
will be able to follow in the air, where.
furthermore, there will probably be no
trouble owing to congested traffic for
some time to come.
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STOCKS GO ON UP.
Boom Started by Standard Oil Deci-
sion Continues.

New York, May 17.-The upward
movement in stocks which set in as a
result of the decision of the Standard
Oil case was resumed today although
in less spectacular manner than yes
terday. Trading up to noon was heavy
and the demand broad. In some quar-
ters there was a disposition to attrib-
ute today's gains to a series of bull
drives against the short interests.
u. S. Steel was again the market
leader and touched so. it's highest point
since last February shortly before noon.
Reading and other active issues more
than held their gains Of yesterday,
especially U. P, passing 1S3 at mid
day. Rumors of important financing
by the Hartman roads persist although
denied in official circles.
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HE INTERVIEWS LAMA.
Dalai of Thibet at Last Gives Audience
to News Writer.

New York, May 1.-THE irrepres-
Sible American interviewer has sue
ceeded at last in talking with the
Dalai Lama of Thibet, generally re-
garded as the most unapproachable
being in the world. Very few men of
white skin have ever seen him and
countless thousands of his followers
hold him to be deity. The first in
terview ever obtained with him will
be published here this week by the
Continent, a Presbyterian denomina-
tional journal.
Its travelling representative, William
T. Ellis of Philadelphia, met the Lama
in the village of Darjeeling, beneath
the Himalayan SHOWS, where he is
exiled in asylum prepared for him
by the British.
1.-THE, Lama is not an impressive in
diyidual in appearance" writes the in
terviewer. His face is pock marked
and his ears are large and curiously
shaped. His moustache is waxed hori-
zontally. His head is bullet shaped.
He has a hobby for cleanliness unusual
in these regions. He eats from
golden bowl and sleeps between spot
less sheets of SATIN
OF the things the Lama had to talk
about, the item that most impressed
his interviewer was a statement that
he intended, upon his return to Thtbet,
to sned many of his young men to
America for a western education The
Japanese and Chinese example In this
regard had impressed MIN very nucn
and he declared that it could be fol-
lowed by the people of Thibet with
great advantage.
He also proposed that Thibet and
even the Sacred City of Lhasa itself
should be thrown open to the com
merce of the world and the ancient
policy of seclusion abandoned. He de-
clared that Buddhism as religion.
was superior to Christianity, and
prophesied that in four hundred years
all mankind will be enrolled in a
Ruddhist fellowship.
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BIDS UP COTTON.
Bull Leader Calls for 100. 900 BALES Mt
Above Market.

New Orleans, May 17-Sensational
bids at the market for 100, 600 bales
each of May and July cotton and Of
fers Of one-eighth over exchange quo
tations for any or all of the spot cot
ton in New Orleans startled the cot
ton market here today The bids were
offered by Frank B. Hayne, the huII
leader, and he added to his Challenge
by declaring the bid for spots over the
market price was open all dav and
covered anything from low ordinary
grade to fair.
Bear leaders scrambled into tho
ring. but they looked gingerly before
leaping into the fray offere5 bJ, ~, : :
bull chief. One house gave him S00
bales of May on his bid for 100 nm
bales. Hayne yelled for more hut
none was offered. On this transaction
Hayne paid $1.1O a bale more than
the cotton exchange quotations said
spots were worth.
Haynes bidding had a sympathetic
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PACKERS TAKE HEART.
They Are Encouraged by Supreme
Courts Oil Decision.

Chicago, May lion the grounds
that the federal supreme courts stand
ard Oil decision overrules United States
District Judge Carpenters decision OF
May IL on the beef packers cases here.
attorneys for the packers today filed a
motion for permission to appear and
reargue the demurrers which Judge
Carpenter overruled.
The whole matter again is hung on
the question of what is reasonable.
and what is ''unreasonable' restraint
of trade. 1t was the supreme courts
dictum that in effect the word ''un-
reasonable must be read into the
Sherman antitrust law which gave the
beef attorneys their excuse for request
to reopen the demurrer argument.
The attorneys included that argu-
ment when they presented their de-
mirrers, in what they claim is almost
the identical language of the supreme
courts Standard Oil decision, but the
court held against this reasoning. They
now appear to ask the court to admit It
erred, in the light of such application
to the case as the oil decision may
have.
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Weather Is StiIl Hot.

1t is still hot and rain does not seem
to be near. 1T will be the same thing
over without a change in program"
was sunny F'lora's manner of ex-
pressing himself in speaking of the
Indications for tomorrow. I'VE have
risked out reputation" he continued,
trying to get some cooler weather
here, but We have now given up. There
is a warm wind blowing 20 miles an
hour from the south. No records have
been broken today. Four years ago
on this date the mercury went up to
"a degrees, although it might be mem
toned that it was il degrees above
normal at o'clock today. The month
thus far has been one of the warmest
ana driest on record" The hourly
roadin0S.
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ADVERTISING TALKS
WRITTEN BY
WILLIAM c. FREEMAN

THE REGAL SHOE COM
PANY has given us all new
idea in advertising, which, thus
far, has proved to be TREMEN-
DOUSLY RESULTFUL to
them.
Advertisements have appear
ed in newspapers in cities where
the Regal Company operates it's
own storesHtelling the public
of its plan of selling shoes at a
NET PROFIT OF FIVE PER
CENT, a small enough net pro-
fit on which to do business.
One of the advertisements
printed gave in detail the cost
of all parts of a shoe, and then
added the cost of selling-get-
ting down to FRACTIONS OF
A CENT, and then giving the
total cost.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-17

a peace agreement. Judge Carbajal, it
was expected, would transmit about
noon the formal acceptance by the
Mexican government of the peace con-
ditions which already have been taken
to mean the beginning of an era of
tranquility in Mexico.
Besides the portfolio of war, justice
and gobernacion In the presidential
cabinet 1t was said today the insur-
rectos would name governors for the
following IA states: Chihuahua, Sonora,
Sinoloa, Zacatecas, Coahuila, Yucatan,
TIaxcala, Durango, Hidalgo, Puebla,
Guanajuata, Guerrero, Morelos and
Jalisco or Tabarsco.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-17
NEW MAP MAKES RECORD.
Alan HawIey Made Over 1900 Miles in
Recent Flight.

New York, May 1.-THE recent
completion of a new official map of
Canada may result in a worlds record
being credited to Alan R. Hawley,
winner of the international balloon
re- ce of 1910. The record is at present
held by Count De La Vaulx, who COW
cred 1.192 miles ten years ago.
Mr.. Hawley's trip was logged by the
Aero club as 1,172 miles. Now accord
ing to advices from Montreal, the new
map shows that Mr.. HaWley traVeleo
1907 miles.
The club will send representatives
tn ascertain the exact landing place
and confirm the new figures if possible.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-17
HOBSON'S ROAD BILL.
1t Provides for the Location of Two
Auto TranscontinentaI Highways.

Washington, May ia bill providing
for two national auto highways was
introduced today by Representative
Hobson. 1t authorizes the appointment
OF two commissions, one a highway to
extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific
ocean along the 35th parallel of north
latitude; the other to extend from
Canada to Mexico on a line near the
zSrd meridian west from Washington.
These highways, the bill provides shall
be known respectively as the national
east-west automobile highway and the
national north-south automobile high
WAY
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DOUBTFUL VICTORY.
Standard Decision VIII Make Trust
Question Loom Larger Than Ever.

Toronto. Ont, May 17.-William ].
Bryan, here on a lecture tour, said re-
garding the Standard Oil decision:
This decision is likely to make the
trust question more of an issue than
it has been in recent years. While on
the face of it the decision seems a
victory for the government, it virtually
amends the antitrust law by constru-
ing 1t to prohibit, not all restraint of
trade, but only such restraint as the
courts, after each lengthy litigation,
may decide to be unreasonable"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-17

Three of the newly appointed mem
bers of provisional President Madero's
cabinet. DR.. Vanquez Gomez, minister
of foreign relations, who was agent OF
the revolutionary party in Washington
up to the time peace terms were being
discussed. Gustave Madero, minister
of finance, a brother of the provisional
president. Venus Carranza, minister
of war, will have supervision Of the
railroads and telegraphs in addition to
his other duties. Frederick CANA was
appointed minister of the interior.
Pine Suarez. minister Of Justice, Juan
Azcona., secretary to the president.
Senior DeLabarra. 1t is said, will re-
ceive the support of insurrectos for
president as a successor of President
Diaz.
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FORTUNE TO HIS NURSE.
Walter Duryea Leaves Her $500, 900
for Her Services.

New York, May 17.-By the will of
Walter Duryea, the crippled athlete
and broker, the bulk of his fortune es-
timated at $500, 900 goes to Miss Flea
nor Pergrine. a trained nurse, who
acted as his housekeeper for the last
II years of his life. She is given $50. 900
outright $4,000 in trust. a house in
Montclair, N. J., and all the residue
of the estate after certain legacies have
been paid. Her total share is thought
to be worth $1,5O0, 900.
Walter Duryea broke his back in div
ing, in August, 1899. He spent the rest
Of his life in a harness but managed
his affairs with great shrewdness.
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BASEBALL WEATHER.
Western League.

"eSICIn lCdSuc.
st. Joseph at Lincoln, clear, 3:45 p. m.
Omaha at Topeka, cloudy, $3.50 p. m.
Sioux City at Denver, clear, $3.50 p. m.
Des Moines at Wichita, cloudy, BIS
p. m.
National League.
ST. Louis at New York, cloudy,
p. m.
Chicago at Brooklyn, cloudy, p. m.
Pittsburg at Boston, clear, $3.50 p. m.
Cincinnati at Philadelphia, clear, $3.50
p. m.
American League.
Philadelphia at Chicago, clear, $3.50
p. m.
Washington at st. Louis, clear, $3.50
p. m.
American Association.
Columbus at Toledo, clear, 3:15 D. m.
Louisville at Indianapolis, clear, 3:15
p m.
st. Paul at Milwaukee. cloudy, D. M.
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CHEERS FOR CLARK.
When Mann Mentions Him as Cam
didate for President.

washington, May H. Prolonged
cheers and applause followed state
naent in the house today by Leader
Mann that Speaker Clark was pelnS
considered by the Democratic party for
the presidency in 1912. The demonstra-
tion started on the floor but the gal
leries soon joined in. The speaker, his
face red from embarrassment, pounded
vigorously with his gavel for two min
utes before he could command any SEM
h1aDce of order.
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WoLGAsT STARTS TRAINING.
Betting on Bout With Burns Favor
Ad 10 to 6.

San Francisco, May 17.-Ad VOL
gast, lightweight champion, arrived
yesterday from Los Angeles to put the
finishing touches on his training for
his twenty round fight here on May 81
with frankie Burns. Betting ComInis-
sioner Tom Corbett announced last
night that odds of 10 to 6 had been
offered on the result, with Wolgast the
favorite.
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Aviator Killed at Los AngeIes.

Los Angeles, May IA v. Hardle,
an amateur aviator, was killed at Do
mingues field today while trying out an
aeroplane. Hardle came here recently
from Ohio and had made several sue
cessful flights. Hardle, who was about
80 years old, had biplane built at the
aviation camp and made his first flight