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The Topeka state journal., 1911-12-11
Notes and Personals.

Tuesday, Wednesday. Thursday and
Friday four days campaign will be
held in the Kansas Avenue Methodist
church in the interests of the Men
and Religion Forward Movement.
Rev. w. I. Cole, pastor of the North
Topeka Baptist church, Will entertain
the trustees of his church at his
home tomorrow evening. Plans for
the next year will be discussed.
S. E. Dyal of Wichita, who has
been visiting his brother. c. H. Dyal
of 81 North quincy street, has re-
turned home
Fred Deemer has left for Decatur
City, Iowa, where he will make his
future home.
H. NJ. Cline has returned from a
visit in Leavenworth.
Frank Peyton has returned from
visit in Kansas City.
w. L. Wood has moved from 1909
North Monroe street to 526 West Cor
don street.
]. NJ. McHenry has left for Los An
geles. Cal, where he will spend the
winter.
w. E. Williams is in Kansas City on
business.
E. W. Davis spent Saturday in Law
renee.
The Helena chapter o. E. S. No. 21O
will hold a special meeting in the
Masonic hall on North Kansas ave
nue. tonight
Pumps and spouting fixed New
pumps, etc. See FOUGHT Hardware.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-12-11
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holders off the delegations as far as pos
sible. President Taft will entertain the
members of the committee at dinner at
the White House tonight
Roosevelt Men Anxious
The adjustment of the presidential
primary question tout of court was
attended by the fear of friends of Col.
Roosevelt that the primary, if adopted
at this time, might cut off the posi- bill
lty of nominating him. At presidential
primaries the voters would be called
upon to elect delegates to support GER
tain announced candidates. The men
behind this Roosevelt movement do not
believe Roosevelt sentiment will have
time to crystallice prior to primary cleo
tions in certain western states. Thus
states where they would look for the
strongest upport might be compelled
to record their preference for some otn-
er candidate. His nomination, they say
must come through an outburst of en-
thusiasm at the convention.
While Chicago seems to have been de-
termined uron us the convention city,
the champions of st. Louis, Denver. Gin
have not abandoned the fight They
undoubtedly will put in a formal bid
for the convention.
St. Louis has been the most formda-
bic rival of Chicago, with the claims
of Denver and Cincinnati being next
most promine emily presented.
While the last week in June seems to
be favored as the best time for holding
the convention, the obstacle to so early
a date is the presidential primary in
South Dakota for June 4. There is a
rule that delegates to the convention
must be selected at least 80 days prior
to the convention in order to give ample
for the adjudicatipg of any
contests
1t is likely that an order will be adopt
ed waving this rule in the case of any
states which find it impossible or in
to select delegates before
June /
The Topeka state journal., 1911-12-11
PLENTY OF PAVING
FOrty-Nine Blocks Approved by
City Commissioners.
Expected Sixty viii Be Put
in Next Year.

Forty-nine blocks of pavement to be
laid in Topeka next year, have been
approved by the board of city commits
sioners. Before the commissioners com
plete their list for the year, probably
more than go blocks will be placed be
fore the contractors for bias.
The list to date follows:
Fillmore street. Douthitt avenue to
Sixteenth street, / block.
Seventh street, Madison to Jefferson
streets, / block
Third street, Madison to jefferson
streets, 1 block.
Lawrence street. Eighth to Eleventh
streets, 8 blocks.
Willow avenue, Woodlawn to Elmont,
block
Huntington and Harrison street inter
sections.
Horne street. Willcw avenue to
Eighth avenue, , blocks.
Third street, Tyler street to Western
avenue, 3 blocks.
Clay street, Sixteenth to Seventeenth,
l block.
Arch street. Tenth avenue to Eleventh
street, L block.
Fillmore street, Sixteenth street to
Euclid. l block.
Monroe street. Second to Third street,
block
Lincoln street. Euclid to Hampton, 4
blocks.
Fourteenth street. Quincy street to
Kansas avenue. 1 block.
Garfield avenue, Sixth to Eighth av-
enue blocks.
Chandler, Fourth to Sixth avenues,
blocks.
East Tenth avenue, Shunganunga to
Lawrence street, 6 blocks.
Sixteenth street. Mulvane street to Col
lege avenue, 1 block.
Fifteenth street. Western avenue to Bu-
chanan street, 3 blocks.
Fourteenth street, Van Buren to Harri-
Euclid avenue. Kansas TO Bones avenue,
l3 blocks
The latest petitions for pavements to
be turned down by the city commission
ers called for the paving of the following
named streets
Fifth street Van Buren to Harrison.
first street.
Huntoon street Lincoln to Mulvane.
Chestnut street, Seventh street to Tenth
avenue
The Topeka state journal., 1911-12-11
OvercOatS and Small Amounts of
Money Taken.
ENTERS BY WINDOWS
Which Had Been Left Unlocked
in Each Case.
Carries Shoes to Wear After
Work." Police Believe.
Where Barefoot Burglar Called.
415 West Seventh street.
106, 712, 726 Polk street.
go and 626 Tyler street.

Overlooking as much money as he
secured and taking his choice of over
coats which he carefully inspected, a
barefoot burglar reaped a fairly good
harvest on the West side early Sun
day morning Six houses were en-
tered He was easily traced from
house to house by his footprints
That he carried his shoes as well
as his plunder is evident, as there
are no barefoot tracks leading away
from the last house entered. The po-
lice believe that after completing his
nights work he sat down on the
step Of the last house robbed and put
on hiI shoes.
His route led through houses at
AS West Seventh street, 7O6, 712 and
726 Polk street and $40 and 626 Tyler
street.
Takes Choice OF Ovcrcoats.
At the ireland home at AS West
Seventh street he took only an over
coat, overlooking SIS which lay in a
drawer which he passed as he entered
through the kitchen window. There
were several overcoatS in the front
room and he took his choice of them.
At 712 Polk street, the home of T.
J. Heterman, he secured another
overcOat, a gray one At $40 Tyler
street the home OF Mrs. Ada DiSbroW,
he took $3.50 in silver from q pocket
book leaving three one dollar bills
in it. Upstairs he got So more At
the Gordon home at 626 Tyler street
he added $3.50 to his collection.
At Work on Polk Street.
That he then repaired to Polk street.
working it from Eighth to Seventh
streets and then took Tyler street from
Seventh to Sixth, is the theory of the
police, judged by the tracks left by
the burglar. He did not walk in the
mud more than necessary, how ever,
but used the walks and pavements for
he most part The prints of his bare
feet were generally confined to the side
Yards, where he tried to raise Win
lows.
In every case, he made his entrance
through windows which the residents
say were unlocked. In several cases
flowers stood in front of the windows
and these We're carefully set aside be-
fore he climbed in. AT the Disbrow
home he had climbed in over d table
on which a newspaper had lain. He
left a perfect mud print of his foot on
the paper.
Nothing was taken at the home of
Frank Snow at zoo Polk street, or a
1926 Polk street On Tyler street,
where he evidently closed up his
nights work, the marauder could be
traced easily from one house to the
other as he went from the Disbrow
house to the Gordon residence through
a side yard gate, leaving his footprints
in the soft earth He dropped a key
to the Disbrow house, which he had
picked up, at the Gordon back door.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-12-11
CHURCH MUST AWAKE
Raymond Robins Talks of the Weak
ness Existing.

The big meetings viii pass like a
dream in the night if the pastors and
men OF the churches do not tie down
the good things" said Raymond
Robins, the wen known social service
worker Of Chicago, in speaking before
the ministers of the city on the fourth
floor of the Central Y. NJ. c. A this
morning
Unless there be men in each
church who viii take up personal
evangelism, this whole campaign is of
no consequence. II this work is done
it will be known ten years from now
thar the campaign was held
The Topeka state journal., 1911-12-11
LACKS COMMON SENSE
Delegate to Business Congress Attacks
Course of Government.

Chicago, Dec. 11-Formal entrance of
American business man as a body in
politics began today with the conven-
ing of i three days session here of the
National Business congress under the
auspices of the National Business
League of America
Three hundred delegates representing
civic and commercial organizations
from every part of the united States
were present. a part of the program
was discussion of national and state
legislation It is the purpose of the
congress TO foster legislation consider
ed beneficial to the business man and to
weed out that which is detrimental.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-12-11
DAY FOR BARGAINS
Hundreds of Visiting Shoppers
Coming Wednesday.
Stores Have All Their Holiday
Stocks Complete.

Wednesday will be a great day for
Topeka.
The Topeka Rebate association has
arranged for a trade excursion train
to start at Alma. and run into Topeka.
to buyers. and it is anticipated that all
the morning trains arriving in the cap
itaI city will be crowded with shoppers
Railroad fare will be refunded PRO
vided the excursionists purchase a suf-
fic1ent amount of goods. and of course
this is a great inducement.
&The window decOra tors of all the
stores connected with the Topeka Re
bate association are now busy and the
displays Will be attractive as artistic
hands and minds can make them when
the visitors reach the city.
The Christmas stocks are all in and
this will be the ideal time to do holi-
dav shopping. as the season is not far
enough s--vanced for the big jams in
Inc stores However. it is expected that
the special inducement for Wednesday
will bring hundreds of buyers to the
city.
as follows;
Goirg-Leave Alma. s a m; Hall
fax. S:25 a. m; Eskridge, $50 a. m;
bradford. 9:O5 a. m. Harveyvile,
$50 a. m; arrive Burlingame. $40
a. m. leave Burlingame. $50 a. m
arrive Topeka. 1850 a. m
Returning-Leave Topeka, : p. m;
arrive Burlingame. sos p. m; leave
BurIingame, S.10 p m; Harveyville.
sac %. m; Bradford, S:45 p. m: Esl1-
ridge. p. M. Halifax. $50 p. m;
Alma, 9:45 p m.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-12-11

New York. Dec. u-Lillian Graham,
who with her chorus girl companion
Ethel Conrad. is On trial in the supreme
court for shooting w. Z d Stokes, in
the legs last June, today faced cross
examine ton Tie defense came into
court together and sat with their ccun-
' sci before court opened. Ethel Conrad
probably viii b1 called to give her tes-
q timony after Miss Graham has left the
stand.
The condition of Mr.. Stokes. who has
been seriously Ill as q result Of COM
plicatfons following an attack of acute
indigestion was slightly improved today.
Miss rah3m be just as composed as
You can under the circumstances. Ssild
the assistant attorney today when the
senior defendant returned to the stand
for a examination Miss Graham
was pale, her features twItShed and ner
hands went constantly to her hair 10
the pros scutor's questions she replied
in d clear voice, emphasizing by shakes
of her head.
Mr. Buckner attempted to make the
defendant admit that instead OF being
. at the present time she is p or 26
wears old. Miss Graham refused to be-
come entangled on this point and the
examiner dropped it.
Knew stokes Was Divorced.
Miss Graham admitted she knew when
she went to the Ansonia in December,
1906 that Stokes had been divorced She
also admitted that she knew Stokes had
no intention of marrying again as he had
write 10 her that having failed to make
one woman Eappy, he did not intend 10
try with another
Hiss Graham said, however. that their
aco41aiutance at that time was only
friendship. with no thought of marriage
Then the prosecutor reverted to the Al
Adams story Last week Miss Graham
said she was afraid OF Stokes at the time
she shot him because her sister, Mrs
Andrews, had told her she had heard that
Stokes had murdered the former policy
king
A coroner's jury found that Adams was
suicide. Miss Graham admitted her
.znSter had not told her this story until
some time after her acquaintance with
Did Mrs. Andrews raise any objections
10 your running around with this old dl-
Vorcee and murderer2' asked the prose
cutor, sarcastically.
In fact haven't you brought this mat
Stokes character"
Nobody Told Her.
To this Miss Graham's attorney OBJ
jected. The witness declared that nobody +
had told her what kind OF man Stokes /
Did not you know of his relations with
women
Did not you want to set on his pay
ron2'
The prosecutors answer to these mega
tives was to read several of the girls let /
ters in which she invited Stokes to her
apartment and expressed disappointment
over his failure to accept former invita-
tiOns.
why did not you stop writing and tele
phoning to him when he continued TO
'iisappoint' you in this way27
Because" replied Miss Graham, "he
always gave a very good excuse Last
week Miss Graham testified that Stokes
never had made full return for S1,700
which she had given him to invest for her
early in their acquaintance Today size
said this money had been given her by
her sister, Mrs. Singleton
Were these letters written before or
after you gave him the money!" inquired
a juror
After" she said
The prosecution disputed this and ex-
hibited several letters in support of its
The Topeka state journal., 1911-12-11
TARIFF BOARD REPORTS
Turns in Summary of Its Findings on
Wool.

Washington. Dec. n.-Although its final
report will not be ready for several days
the tariff board today laid before Presi-
dent Taft comprehensive summary of
its Investigations of the wool industry.
No recommendations as to reduction in
the present wool tariff were made.
The data were considered ample for the
first tariff message. The president has
told friends that he would not hesitate
to name reduction to a specific rate if
he thought reduction advisable although
cOngress initiates tariff legislation.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-12-11
Hope for Finding Alive Victims
of Briceville Explosion
Has Been Abandoned by the
Band of Rescuers.
BODIES FOUND.
Believed There Are One Hun
dred More in Nine.
Weeping Wives Wait at En-
trance for Loved Ones.

Briceville, Tenn, Dec. 11.=With 10
bodies recovered and Identified, rescue
parties today renewed their efforts to
force the Big Cross mountain mine
here to give UP its dead. Having
forced their way three miles into the
mountain and beyond most of the
cross entrances, members of the res
cue crew expect to stumble on to
corpse-strewn chambers at any hour.
That there are 100 or more dead men
remaining in the mine, there is no
doubt All hope of rescuing any of
the scores who went to their toll Sat
urday morning has been abandoned.
The discovery late last night of
eight more bodies prompted crowds
to gather at the death cavern early
this morning. Weeping wives made
widows by Saturdays dust blast in the
Knoxville Iron company's mine came
to the shaft entrance in scores this
morning. In a warehouse but a short
step from the mine entrance are great
numbers of collins waiting for their
occupants.
OF the eight corpses discovered last
night three We're sitting bolt upright
in mine car. while the bodies of five
others We're lying on the ground.
Their deaths came by an explosion of
dust.
Found Sitting Up.
Discovery of the first body this
morning came at 10 0 clock when a
dead miner was found in a sitting
posture in one Of the interior cham
bers- He was Andrew Johnson. In !
dicationa were that he had been a
victim OF black damp. It is believed
now that any men who might have |
escaped the fury of the explosion |
were suffocated by the gases. A local |
Red Cross camp began work for the /
relief of the suffering this forenoon
1t is estimated the explosion rendered /
56 women widows and made 1S4 chill |
dren orphans.
Charles Kesterson, whose body was
among the first discovered was found /
at the telephone, back in the mine, by |
the rescUing crew.
Evidently. Kesterson had been
trying to telephone news of the blast |
to the office of the mines when /
he was struck by falling debris His |
skull was badly mashed and his body !
was cut.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-12-11
DEATHS AND FUNERALS

Mrs. Nellie Jones aged 80. wife Of d. Il.
Jones. died Sunday of cancer at the home
at l101 East Sixth avenue. The funeral
will be held from Penwell's chapel. 50s
Quincy street. Tuesday afternoon at 900
O'Clock. Burial in Mount Hope cemetery.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-12-11

Chicago, Dec. IA law supple
mentary to the present food and drug
act which Will prohibit false state
ment in advertising and labels of
drugs was urged by the executive
committee of the national association
of retail druggists. The association
supported President Taft and DR..
Wiley. who advocated such a law.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-12-11
JENNINGS ARRESTED
Bank President Charged With NIisap-
plying the Funds.

New York, Dec. n.-Herbert Theodore
Jennings. president of the Mount Vernon,
y. Y, National bank, now in the hands
Of a receiver. was arrested today on an
jury, charging him with nisapplying $780,
900 of the banks funds
The Topeka state journal., 1911-12-11

No Outside Help wanted.-"W What is
your idea of patriotism?" Patriotism
replied Senator Sorghum, lis what in
spires a man to point out many deeds for
reform in his country, but causes him to
resent an Endorsement of his views by
foreigner. W Washington Star.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-12-11

Washington Dec 1.-THE department
of agriculture estimates the cotton crop
of 1q11-12 to be 7.121. 1900 pounds. or H.
$50, eco bales of so pounds gross weight
The Topeka state journal., 1911-12-11
) JAP MEETS NEWSBOY
Young Togo and ChaIky Germain to
Fight Ten Rounds.

Kansas city, Dec. 1L-Young Togo.
japanese featherweight, will meet Chalky
German, a St. Louis fighter, formerly
newsboy in a ten-rOund bout before the
Missouri Athletic club here tonight
The Topeka state journal., 1911-12-11

Mr. E. y. Quire-What are those women
nauIing that man for? Mrs. Henballot-
He insulted us by saying that the suf-
frase movement destroyed our naturally
tirlid sweetness and robbed US of all our
gentleness.-NeW York Sun.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-12-11

'.If sugar goes much higher, I don't
know what Wen do mourned the anx-
ious housewife. do, :" answered her prac-
teal husband. why. We'll change grocers,
of course. We owe this present one about
as much as we ought to expect him to
stand, anyway Express.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-12-11

Under the recent ruling of the utilities
commission county officials must in tfe
future pay their telephone bills, well
their street fare. Recently the
street car passes carried by members Df
the county board and certain county Of
ficiaIs, were called in under the order OF
the commission. This was followed this
morning by a letter from the Independent
Telephone company, in which they ad-
vised the board that the former plan of
granting free county service to members
of the board, would / withdrawn
The Topeka state journal., 1911-12-11

Harry Gilbert Sloan. Overlook. 30.
Nerna May Rendel, Overbroolz Is. Mar
ried by Probate Judge Schoch
VIII Crook. Valencia, %; Leila Wilker-
son, Valencia, 1S
The Topeka state journal., 1911-12-11
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY.

FOR RENT-5 room modernn house. In
quire J. w. Schaefer. Ideal Bakery.
Phone 1870.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-12-11

Rev. David H. Lyon, pastor of the
Central Avenue Christian church. this
week viii complete two years investi-
cation of church attendance. Assisted
by others he has been keeping record
of the attendance every week since
two years ago this month. In connec-
ton, committees have visited delin-
quent members and have asked them
their reasons for absence and have
been urging them to come more regu-
larly. The majority of reasons given
for non-attendance, says the pastor,
are frivolous.
"Our committees report that frivol-
Gus reasons, for the most part, are
given for nom attendance" said Rev.
Mr. Lyon this morning However,
within the last few months the attend
ance has increased about so per cent
We started this investigation two years
ago and this week we will go over the
mem bershfp roll and make a revision
of it At present the enrolment in our
church is nearly 400"
The Topeka state journal., 1911-12-11

Miss Eta Coven after December Is.
win be deputy city clerk. The board OF
city commissioners have made this ap
pointment following the resignation last
week of Miss Hattie Holman, who has
held the position for a number of years.
Miss CoveH will be assisted in the office
by Miss Blanche Bates who has been sec
retary to Mayor Billiard.
The ladies of Grace Cathedral will hold
their annual Christmas sale Dec. IA at
the Y
The Topeka state journal., 1911-12-11

Bud Muier must stand trial in the dis
trict court for his brutal assault on George
Ward, Santa Fe watchman Muier
waived his preliminary hearing today in
the court of Topeka and gave $500 bond
the district court. The attack on Ward
occurred last winter.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-12-11

Motion for new trial was filed in the
district court today in the case of George
Brewer against E. l.. O'Neil, as admin
istrator. in which judgment was recently
rendered for the defendant.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-12-11

been brought by Mrs Schmidt in her life
time and later settled by her admins
traitor. The question was taken under
The Topeka state journal., 1911-12-11

Topeka will be given a score of new
citizens and valuable piece of land, if
the board of city commissioners approve
the request of property owners that the
territory lying west of Kansas avenue,
south of Twentyfirst street. east of To-
peka avenue and north of the Bradberry
tract be taken into the city.