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The Topeka state journal., 1911-04-11

E. D. King of the blacksmith shop is
unable to be at work on account of ILL
ness.
Bert Stone is spending two weeks in
Argentine on a business trip.
Frank E. Landmeier, travelling passen-
ger agent for the Chesapeake & Ohio
railroad at Kansas City spent Monday
here on a business trip.
Rev. Quinlind, pastor of the Baptist
church at Reading, Kan, visited friends
here today He is a former employe of
the coach shop.
Fred Cramer of the machine shop is
unable to be at work on account of an
injured hand.
Clarence Wampler of the coach shop
has gone to Kansas City and has accept
ed a position with the Metropolitan Car
company.
E. A Peterson of the coach shop, who
is i'll in the hospital is reported to be i'm
proving.
Engineer Tom Scott of Chicago is here
for few days on business trip.
l.. Z. Romig, engineer of Coffeyville,
spent Tuesday here on business trip.
Arthur Tracy of Chicago has returned
home after spending a short time here on
a business trip.
c. E. Doll painter, of Hehrin, Neb., is
here working for few days.
Oscar Johnson of the boiler shop is un-
able to be at work on account of illness.
He is suffering with an attack of appen-
dicitiS.
Engineer Robert Brentnall was working
on the plug run Sunday in place of Engi-
neer Rain.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-04-11
Claims Right Under Old Soldier
Preference Law.
GOODRICH THE SAME.
Electric Light Superintendent
May Contest, Also.
Fight Among Snyder, Ramsey
and Furman Baker.

If the city commissioners insist on
the appointment of N. B. Arnold as
judge of the police court, S. S. Urmy
the present judge. will bring action
against the city officials demanding his
reappointment under the old soldiers
preference law. Judge Urmy is pre-
pairing to take this action against the
commissioners in case they decide to
maintain their present attitude in IA
vor of N. B. Arnold.
And this isn't all the trouble that is
staring the city commissioners in the
face.
Goodrich May Resist Also.
H. K. Goodrich, present superintend-
ent of the city electric light plant, also
may bring this old soldier law into use
if the commissioner carry out their
threats to appoint another man in the
place.
Superintendent Goodrich has been
superintendent in this position for a
number of years and has made a rec
ord for the light plant. He maintains
that unless the new candidate for the
place is a better fitted man he will
contest the appointment.
With off1ceseekers beckoning to them
at every turn, with their mails filled
with applications and threats and re-
minders that they had certain support
III the campaign, Lne city commission
ers are a sleepless lot. And now old
soldier contests are appearing on their
stormy horizon.
The list of appointments announced
for the first time in the State Journal
last evening was approved by the city
commissioners in session this morning
The appointments were to be approved
in the meeting Monday afternoon but
on account of a bond postponement or
the part of the mayor it was delayed
until this morning.
The contest for street commissioner
is the main issue between the commits
sioners. The fight is between J. F
Snyder, the present man in office; J.
r. Ramsey, a former street commits
sioner and Furman Baker, who has
been connected with the street depart
ment number of years.
Other minor city offices are in doubt
Commissioner Miller doesn't expect tc
bring up the electric light superintend-
ency until next week. 1t is conceded
that Jesse Shaw and Frank Steven.
will be at the head of the waterwork.
department.
The remaining appointments will b,
made later, -
The Topeka state journal., 1911-04-11
Notes and Personals.

Mrs. T. J. NeiSwender and her
daughter, Clara, and granddaughter,
Irene, of 1898 North Jackson street
have returned from Marmarth, N. D.,
where they have been visiting Mrs.
Neiswender's son, John Neiswender.
Roy Boast, Paul Priddy and Harry
Foth left last night for Washington
state, where they will make an ex-
tended visit.
Guy Gardiner has returned from a
visit in ST. Louis.
W. r. whitney of Shorey is visiting
in Frankfort.
Rev. w. I. Cole, pastor of the North
Side Baptist church, went to Alta
Vista today to assist in ordination
services.
A. NJ. Petro. druggist.
A man giving his name as T. j
Jones sustained a sprained ankle
when he tried to steal a ride on g
freight near the tie plant Monday aft
ernoon. He fell from the moving
train,
Daniel Gabriel of Idaho Springs
Colo, is visiting his brother, T. D
Gabriel.
John De Wore of Harveyville is Wis
iting with W. H. Williams.
H A. Musson of Colchester is visit
ing his brother. A. L. Musson, of 524
Park street.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-04-11
GET A GOOD START.
DR.. Strong of *. L. Attends Topeka
AcropIane Contest.

The Topeka aeroplane the Curtis
had covered a distance of three and
half miles as against two and quar-
ter miles for the Wright OF the
Wichita contestants as result OF the
first DAVIS work in connection with
the TOpeka Wichita Y. M. G. A. mem
bership contest. In the contest every
$40 turned in counts a mile of travel,
and each dollar one point.
A separate contest is being Wageu
between the colored departments in
the two cities In this race for mem
bers the Topeka association gained the
lead at the first stage of the game, the
standing in points being, Topeka lS
and Wichita 13.
The winning team among the teams
of the Central association, or rather
the team which makes the best record
in the. contest, will be given an eX-
allied position when the final banquet
is held in the gymnasium. The team
members will be seated at table thaI
will be placed on q platform IN the
center of the room improvised for the
occasion The members of the team
which make the poorest showing VIII
dress up as negro or FEMININE WaiterS
and will pass the eats.
Gemmen hall was filled to its ca
pacity Monday at 6:15 when the work
ers in the campaign sat down TO the
opening dinner event. Dr. FRANK
Strong helped organize the Y. NJ. C.
a. at Yale cOlleSe years etSo' ~ NAlC
present time this is the strongest col
lege association in the country.
Democracy and Christianity were
born at the same time, SAID Dr.
strong eAn immense fraternity<feel- ia
ing has spread all over the world. We
have our fraternities in the colleges
and iversities-sometimes 1 wish
we did not have them, and sometimes
I wish that we had more.
"The greatest fraternity was started
by Christ himself. The Church OF
Christ was the first and greatest fra
ternity. Out of this has sprung the
Y. NJ. C. A.
"The Y. NJ. C. A. has done a great
work in the uplift of the young men
of Topeka, and it is one of the best
institutions you have here at The pres
ent time. The workers present should
do their utmost in this campaign to
make it p .ssible to spread the in
fIuence of the association"
w. o. Hunter, one of the secre-
= taries. who is sometimes known as
"the checker fiend" also spoke.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-04-11
GREAT WHITE WAY A GO.
No Longer Any Doubt of Success of
Proposition.

Reports submitted this noon by the
workers on the great white way pro-
position proved conclusively that the pro-
ject will be carried into effect. The ma
Jority of the property owners along low
er Kansas avenue have expressed them
selves favoring the plan for lighting
the main thOroughfare of the city, and
this means that Topeka will have a blaze
of brightness from the Rock Island tracks
to Tenth street instead of from Fourth
street to Tenth as was at first antici-
pated.
by Friday" said w. w. Webb, chair
man of the lighting committee of the
Commercial club this noon, eve expect
to have the signatures of the majority
of the property owners from the Rock
Island depot to Tenth street attached to
the petitions asking for the establishment
The Topeka state journal., 1911-04-11
STRUCK BY MOTORCYCLE
Rider and Pedestrian Both Slightly
Injured.

Miss Primrose Gilchrist, of I'll
Quincy street. was slightly injured
Monday afternoon, by a collision with
a motorcycle. The accident occurred
at the corner of Eighth and Kansas
avenues. F. r. Eddy of 1924 Mon
roe street, was riding the motorcycle,
and did his best to avoid striking Miss
Gilchrist. One handle bar of his ma
chine, which was not going more than
eight or ten miles an hour at the time,
struck Miss Gilchrist, knocking her
down. Eddy threw his machine side
ways, and was thrown onto the side
walk near the Topeka Stats bank.
Eddy saw the girl step backward
into the course of his motorcycle, but
the throttle failed to respond promptly.
| and he was thrown in his vain effort to
avoid a collision.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-04-11
LOCKED UP MILLIONAIRE.
But Belgium Got Scared and Released
Him After Twenty Days.

Brussels, April 1.-THE local pa
pers this morning publish a story con-
cerning Ralph Branreth of New York
and August Matthias, the latter being
described as the New Workers. sec
retary, in which it is affirmed that
through the intervention of the minis
ter of justice, the two men have been
released from prison, after serving only
twenty days of a two years sentence.
According to the published account,
Branreth and Matthias were arrested
on March 5, charged with having
The Topeka state journal., 1911-04-11
Killed in Auto Accident.

Enid. Okla, April 11.-John Myers
was killed. Walter Fisher probably
fatally injured and Thomas Cotter
and Joseph Mann were badly cut and
bruised when the automobile in which
they were riding ran off a bridge near
here early today. The four occupants
of the machine lived at Ames, 1 3 miles
west of here.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-04-11

of white way"
The subcommittee working between
Fourth and Tenth streets are s follows:
Between Fourth and Fifth streets, w.
G. Stephenson, NJ. F. Rigby, ]. c. Rosen;
between Fifth and Sixth street, J. r.
Mulvane, H. L. Hail. S. A. Nichols; be-
tween Sixth and Seventh streets, William
Macferran, George Stansfield, Scott Hop
kins; between Seventh and Eighth streets,
Sol Berkson, H. A. Auerbach, e. H. Cros-
by; between Eighth and Ninth streets,
n. 3. Burge, F.. S. Clark, A. A. GODDARD.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-04-11

Decrease in Municipal Bonds.
The quarterly report of the school
fund commission has been issued and
it shows a decrease in the issuance of
The Topeka state journal., 1911-04-11
ZEPPELIN AT DUEssELDoRF.
Ready to Carry Out Contract for Pas
Senger Flights.

Dusseldorf. Rheinish Prussia, April
11.-Count Zeppelin's dirigible balloon
Deutschland II arrived today from
Frankfort-on-the-M and will be
stationed here permanently to carry
out the contract with the municipality
for passenger flights.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-04-11

swindled the proprietor of a hotel,
and were subsequently sentenced to
Imprisonment as vagabonds. The pa
pers state that an investigation
conducted by the minister of justice
convinced him that Branreth was an
American millionaire.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-04-11

municipal bonds over the first quarter
of 1910. The commission has purchas-
ed $309, ,997 in bonds thus far this year.
During the same period a year ago 1T
bought more than 100000 worth of
bonds. The purchases for the first quar-
ter was $2S5, ,497 for the permanent
school fund, $4,000 for the normal
school and s.. 500 for the university.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-04-11
BLOWN FROM BEDS.
Family of b. w. HensIey in Path of
Night Cyclone.

Frederick, Okla, April lin cy-
two miles southeast of this city last
night the home of B. w. Hensley, a
farmer was demolished and it's occu-
pants scattered about the adjoining
fields. James F. Smith of this city,
who was visiting at the Hensley home,
was killed when struck by flying tim
bers. Mr.. Hensley, his wife and two
children were more or less injured.
All the members of the family were
in bed when the roar of wind came
and the house was torn to pieces.
Some were whirled up bodily in their
beds and carried through the air. The
storm blew up from the northwest in
a few moments and lasted not more
than five minutes. 1t was followed by
q soaking rain.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-08-18
TO KEEP THE SKIN CLEAR

For more than generation, Cuti.
cura Soap and Cuticura Ointment have
done more for pimples, blackheads
and other unsightly conditions of the
complexion, red, rough, chapped
hands, dandruff, itching, scaly scalps.
and dry, thin and falling hair than any
other method. They do even more for
skin-tortured and disfigured infants
and children. Although Cuticura Soap
and Ointment are sold by druggists
and dealers throughout the world,
liberal sample Of each, with 92-page
book on the care of the skin and hair
will be sent post-free, on application
to "Cuticura," Dept. % L, Boston.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-08-18
SUMMER WORK
FOR CHICKENS
Where There Is Not Perfectly Com
Portable Poultry House on
Farm One Should be Pro-
vided This Summer.
(By MILLER PUVIS.)

If there is not a perfectly comfort
able poultry house on the farm, one
should be planned and provided tho
summer, at least before cold weather
sets in, for it is poor planning to put
off providing a warm poultry house
until the time arrives for its use. A
comfortable poultry house need not be
a costly one nor a particularly warm
one. Every poultry house should have
two rooms with a tight partition be-
tween them. If it is build In this way,
the flock may be crowded into one
room when very cold weather comes,
and the heat of their bodies will keep
the room warm. A hen does not feel
the cold as quickly as man does, for
her blood is five per cent. warmer nat
urally, and If she can sleep where
there is no draft blowing on her she
will be very comfortable in room in
which the temperature runs as low as
10 to IL degrees below the freezing
point.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-08-18
To DELAY WIchita,s Depot.

Wichita, Kas.-The Lehman-Hig-
hnson Wholesale Grocery Company
II this city have filed suit against
the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe,
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific, St.
Louis & San Francisco and Kansas
city, Mexico & Orient Railroad COM
panies and the county commissioners
pf sedgwick county to stop the con-
Hemnation of property on the new
hnion depot site. The grocery COM
hany's, building is located on the
tround which is planned to be used
by the railroads for the new station.
rhe plaintiff maintains that offers
made them by the railway companies
have been unreasonably low and they
ask that condemnation proceedings
be stopped until they are assured that
The price will be satisfactory.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-08-18
Severed Fingers Flew Across Room,

Yates Center, Kan.-Lloyd Currier,
one of the owners of the furniture
factory here, met with bad accident
the other day. He was running a
shaper at the factory, machine used
for cutting panels, etc, when in some
manner his hand was cauhgt by the
knives and his middle finger cut Off,
the first joint of the first finger sew
cred and the third finger badly cut
and bruised. The cutting knives on
the shaper make $4,000 revolutions
per minute and he could have lost all
his fingers on his hand as easily as
two, but fortunately he escaped such
deplorable loss. When the accident
occurred the severed members were
hurled across the room and landed on
workman's table, who became so
badly frightened that he tainted. The
injured mans wounds were dressed
and fingers amputated and he is re-
covering nicely.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-08-18
-FOUR KANSAS RAILROADS
WILL HELP THE FARMERS
HAUL SEED WHEAT FREE TO
COUNTIES HIT By DRoUTH.
Further Aid Is Needed-Utilities
Board Plans to Furnish Grain to
Those Who Can't Buy 1t.

Topeka, Kan.-The Santa Fe, Union
Pacific, Rock Island and Missouri Pa
cific railroads will haul seed wheat
free to the counties in Northwestern
Kansas which were hard hit by the
drouth this summer. The roads in
formed the state public utilities COM
mission that they will waive all
freight charges on the transportation
Of seed wheat into those counties.
Representatives from eleven North
western Kansas counties met at Colby
recently and petitioned Governor
Stubs to call special session of the
legislature at once to pass a law to
empower the counties in the drouth
zone to lend money to farmers to buy
seed wheat for fall sowing. The gov
ernor suggested that the public utili-
ties commission call conference with
the railroads traversing these coun'
ties. The conference was held and
representatives of four counties in
addition to the railroad men, were
present. They were George H. Thorn
as, clerk of Cove county; B. w.
Baird, commissioner Of Thomas coun'
ty; w. A. Potter and ]. w. Wolf, COM
missioners- of Logan county, and
Thomas Price, sheriff of Wallace
county.
The Santa Fe and Union Pacific
roads were not represented, as both
had informed the public utilities COM
mission that they would transport
seed wheat free to farmers In need.
Cove county will need about 10000
bushels, Thomas county $4,000 bush
els, Logan county $4,000 bushels and
Wallace county 10000 bushels.
Summed up generally, the represen-
tatives of the four counties said that
a large majority of the farmers would
be able to raise money for seed wheat,
but that some will need help in buy
ing seed. Just what this percentage
wiN be was not given. The hauling
Of the seed free will enable the put
ting In of a good sized acreage.
Relief for those farmers who will
have to rent" seed or receive 1t
gratis, was discussed. ]. T. White,
a member of the public utilities com.
mission, said that $1,000 would be
raised, so. he was informed, by per-
sons about the state house, to aid in
furnishing seed. 1t finally was deter
mined that the commissioners of each
Of the counties affected either should
appoint some one to take charge Of
the matter, or supervise it them
selves. 1t also was decided that the
commissioners should send list to
The utilities commission Of the names
Of farmers who are unable to buy
iced wheat, and the commission will
DO what 1t can toward aiding such
farmers.
The state commission will formulate
the entire plan In letter which 1t
will send out to the counties affected
and will issue a permit for the haul
Ing of seed wheat free Of freight
charges.
The representatives of the four
counties were we'll pleased with the
plan, and expressed their thanks to
the railroads.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-08-18
WEoTEfaN KANSAS URGES
EXTRA WHEAT SESSION
Colby Meeting Calls on Governor To
Convene Legislature to Allow
County Seed Loans.

Topeka, Kan.-Governor W. r.
Stubs has received resolutions from
representatives of eleven Northwest
ern Kansas counties who met at Col
by, Kan, urging him to call special
session of the Kansas legislature al
once to enable counties in Northwest
Kansas to aid their farmers in pro
curing seed wheat for fall sowing. The
wheat crop in that part of the state
was very badly hit by the unusually
hot weather of this summer and was
almost total failure.
The resolutions were received by
Private Secretary Leahy and forward
ed to Lawrence to the governor. The
latter when asked over the telephone
what he would do about the matter
said he had not made up his mind.
The resolutions follow:
eve, the members Of the legisla
ture of Northwestern Kansas, in meet
ing assembled at Colby, do respect
fully request and urge you to call q
special session of the Kansas legis'
lature at once to enact law enabling
the counties of our state to extend
to its citizens assistance in the pro
curement of crop seed.
I'VE find that in this part of the
state, where wheat is principal crop
this years Widespread drouth has
caused a complete crop failure. Thou
sands of farmers are unable to buy
seed, or borrow money with which to
buy it. Each county is able to take
care of its own condition. All we need
is some law whereby the respective
counties may be authorized to use
their own funds by loaning them to
its citizens or in some other proper
way assist them to procure a reason
able amount of seed. This will pre-
serve to each 'ounty large share
of its population, which it will other
wise lose. If you call a special ses'
sion we pledge ourselves to devote our
entire efforts exclusively to the con-
sideration of emergency legislation,
and to the use of stfictest economy OF
both time and money"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-08-18
Serenity.

"The true religious man, amid all
The ills of time, keeps serene fore
head and entertains peaceful heart
This, going out and coming in amid
all the trails of the city, the agony
of the plague, the horrors Of the
thirsty tyrants, the fierce democracy
abroad, the fiercer i'll at home-the
saint, the sage of Athens, was still
the same. Such one can endure
hardness; can stand alone and be
content; a rock amid the waves
lonely, but not moved. Around him
the few or many may scream, calum-
Mate, blaspheme. What is all to him
but the cawing of the seabird about
that solitary, deep-rooted stone?-
Theodore Parker.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-08-18
A Good Horse Of His Breed-A Hackney.

here, in the greatest and most lavish
ly, bestowed by nature for the pur-
pose?
The American Is the best business
man In the world, as good horse
man as can be produced anywhere,
and is always looking for the straight
est way of getting to a certain point,
and has certainly succeeded in sur
prising the world in this direction. He
has produced the most extraordinary
light harness horse that has ever been
heard of, when speed alone is consid-
cred, and also some Of the fastest
thoroughbreds, and 1t seems that the
time has not arrived when more care
should be shown in the selection OF
horses for breeding purposes, so as to
be able to produce sounder, bigger
and better individuals.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-08-18
To Destroy Horses, Too?

Galena, Kan.-The officers are puz
zled as to what disposition shall be
made Of four horses which have been
seized as a part of the stock of a
liquor establishment raided. Two full
wagon loads of bottled beer whisky
and wine seized In joint raids recent
" made on orders from T. T. Burr,
assistant attorney general, were pub
licly destroyed here. The sight OF
the street gutter running fun of beer
was witnessed by many thirsty citi'
zens sweltering under 1O2 degrees
temperature. Nearly a carload Of
beer and saloon fixtures will be de
stroyed at Columbus.