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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-31
APPEALS TO BOARD.
Mrs. Clarence Parker Wants CHARGES
Against Husband Dropped.

Mrs. Clarence Parker has appealed
to the county commissioners for ad-
vice and assistance in the state case
against her husband The woman
openly charges that the supposed evil
dence against Parker is groundIess and
that the complaint was sworn to by
Dr. c. NJ Hensley, county physician,
without regard for facts.
Recently Barker was taken to the
pest house for violating the ouaran-
tine laws. It was charged that the
young man had beaten his wife and
abused his baby while they were Suf-
fering from the smallpox, from which
they have now recovered. A state war
be tried next month in the court of
Topeka.
Several days ago several officials
visited the Parker home and informed
Mrs. Parker that she must testify
against her husband But the wife
says the charges are false and that her
husband should be released Mrs.
Parker says in her affidavit filed with
the commissioners:
81 have always heard that a doctor
should keep the secrets of his patients
sacredly but here DR.. Hensley has
scandalized US by making false state
ments and having them published
81 understand that DR. Hensley is
pushing the prosecution against Clar-
ence himself, and that the county at
torney and his assistant have both told
him that they would do just as he
wanted them to 10 in this case that if
he wanted to dismiss it, that was all
right; that the entire responsibility for
the prosecution was up to DR. Hens
ley. So you see DR.. Hensley is prose
cutting the case and not the county
attorney
GAS I said, did not tell DR.. Hens
ley to arrest Clarence; do not want
him prosecuted, and I want the case
dismissed. We are now living together
at 615 Leland street.
II am still sick and very weak from
a fearful case of the smallpox and
feel that this prosecution, which seems
to be only a persecution by DR.. Hens
ley, should be off my mind.
and only think of it, too! Dr.
told me that night that CIar-
ence was going to take the baby away
from me, and there was not a word
of truth in it. What would not a
woman, then in my condition and un-
der those circumstances, not sign, es-
pecially when urged by her physician,
a man she is always inclined to trust
only 16 years old, alone at night,
Just released from a lingering and aw-
full case of smallpox, myself and baby
nobody to help me, myself still weak,
very weak and altogether worn out;
and in this condition. set upon and
brow beaten and lied to-that was my
situation! What should I have done? |
What could I do?
And, after all this, DR.. Hensley is |
.rying to force me to prosecute my
husband, when I do not want to.
I want you to help me-"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-31

crafts have been given a number of in
creases n pay, in some cases aggreg A.
ing as much as 33 per cent, and aver
aging 1888 per cent and our present
rates of pay average as high as other
lines in this section, and in cost cases
higher Notwithstanding this, 1t is de-
manded that we make a very large fiat
increase in the hourly rates, equivalent
to from Is to 20 per cent increase over
the present schedules. The expense to
those lines to make this flat increase
would be fully one-haIf million dollars
per annum, and in addition We ara
asked to adopt other measures which
would entail further large expenditures.
1T has always been our desire and
practice to be as liberal as possible IN
our dealings with our employees. but I
must now say to them frankly and fair
ly that under present conditions as to
passenger and freight rates and earn
ings, the limit has been reached in this
direction and we cannot grant the de-
mandS which have been made upon us.
I'VE have notified the various shop
crafts with whom we have agreements
that we would meet each of the COM
mittees, the same as heretofore, to dis
cuss existing rules and rates ana any
changes desired. It is felt that this ex-
PLANTATION is due you in order that you
may know the facts in the case, re-
gardless of any contrary reports that
may be circulated"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-31
READY FOR SERVICE.
The BattIeship Utah Is Placed in
Commission.

Philadelphia, Aug. S1-With its crew
of more than seven hundred men stand
ing Eat attention" the battIcship
Utah, one of the most powerful war
ships afloat, was placed in commission
at the Philadelphia navy yard today
A representative of Captain Grant
commandant of the yard, read The Or
ders of the secretary of the navy
placing the big battleship in commits
sion AMI then Captain W. S. Benson
read the orders of the navy department.
placing him in command of the Utah
With the band playing "The star
Spangled Banner the Stars and Stripes
were thrown to the breeze fir ON the
mast head.
After stores and other supplies are
placed on board the battleship win sail
for New York and will later join the
Atlantic fleet
The Utah was built by the New York
Shipbuilding company at Camden, ".
J., and was turned over to the govern
ment yesterday.
At the New York navy yard the Dig
warship will be given whatever finish
ing touches that are necessary. The
battleships Iowa, Massachusetts, and
Indiana arrived at the Philadelphia
navy yard today and will be given an
overhauling. The battleships have
been on a cruise in European waters
since May. They constituted a practice
squadron for the Annapolis cadets.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-31
NEW ROCK ISLAND EXTENSION.
Line 1Vin Be Built South From Ard
more. Okla.

Guthrie. Ok, Aug. 31.-Announce-
ment comes from Ardmore, Waurika
and other towns on the proposed ex-
tension that the Chicago, Rock Is
land and Pacific will soon commence
the construction of the extension from
ArdmOre south and west through the
old Chickasaw nation to Waurika,
where connection will be made with
the Rock Islands main line into Tex
as. At Ardmore direct connection
will be made with the Red river line
of the Frisco, which runs east from
Ardmore to Hope, Ark.
In this connection, it is believed
that the visit to Ardmore and
Waurika, during the past week, of
two Pere Marquette officials has to
do with the early construction of the
extension between these two towns.
The officials were F. T. Byrne, south
western freight agent for the Pere
Marquette. and E. B. Woods, the trav-
cling freight agent.
The Enid, Ochiltree and Western,
which was chartered three years ago
to build east from Dalhart, Texas,
across the Panhandle country and
Oklahoma to Enid, is again being
promoted. The grade work on the
road was completed last year from
Dalhart east almost to the Oklahoma
state line, and the attempt now be-
ing made is to take up the work at
that point and continue it. It is
stated that President George M. Per-
~ of the company and ]. H. Whipple,
a stockholder, have been summoned
to Chicago recently to close up a con-
tract with an English syndicate which
proposes to finish the road.
The first construction on the ex-
tension northward of the Wichita
Falls and Northwestern (Katy) will
be from Hammond, Okla, the pres
ent terminus, to Cheyenne. It is
planned to have trains running into
Cheyenne by January l. The Katy
is furnishing money for the extension
to woodward. and is now running
trains from Dallas to Hammond, US
ing the Wichita Falls and Northwest |
ern from Wichita Falls, Texas, to
Hammond nearly 200 miles of track. !
From Cheyenne the road will be con- (
structed northward to a crossing on |
the Canadian river and thence to |
Woodward. The "Katy's' intention, !
it is said, is to build ultimately to q. |
Denver connection somewhere in
Kansas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-31
INCREASE WEIGHT QUICKLY.
Simple Way for the Thin and Pale to
Be Plump and Rosy.

Samose can hardly be termed a
medicine. it is in reality a flesh form
ing food. Taken before or after meals.
it mingles with the food you eat, en-
ables it to assimilate and readily di-
gest, so as to make rich blood and
pleasing plumpness.
After Samose has been used a week
or ten days a noticeable gain in weight
is seen. The sallow complexion will
become rosy, the sunken cheeks will
have a rudy glow the eyes will be
bright, the breath .sweet and the step
elastic.
Use Samose for a month and all the
flesh of the body will be firm and
solid. and the outlines beautiful and
symmetrical.
With the return of good health fol-
lowing the use of SamOse, emaciation
is overcome, and the thin and scrawny
are once more plump and rosy.
Geo. w Stansfield's customers have
told him of the remarkable results fol-
lowing the use of Samose. the great
flesh forming food, and he is so thor
oughIy convinced of its reliability that
he is selling it under his personal
guarantee to refund the money II it
does not do all that is claimed for il.
You who are thin and in poor health
can not afford to let another day pass
without getting a soc box of Samose
on those terms
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-31
HAwI1EY REAPs HUGE PROFITS.
Man who Has Made Life Study @
Railroads Wins Out

Boston, Aug 31-Writing from
New York to the Boston Fin ancial
Bureau Adams. who il well posted on
Wall street says:
"A man now abroad, one of the
lti-millionaires Of Wall street, got
last week in some badly posted quar-
tiers the credit of bear leadership.
That was not because he was really
the leader in such operations but be-
cause he was a nonbeliever in the
stock market when he left for Europe
early in the summer
Another railroad man. not in
Europe but in Wall street. and also a
multimilliOnaire, last week raked in
in Wall street the profits on heavy
short sales and-said nothing.
That's the difference just now be-
tween Daniel G. Reid in Paris and
Edward Hawley in New York. The
hand was the hand of Esau.
Few men know the railroads as
does Hawley. He has made a life
study OF them
When the Interstate commerce
commission refused last winter to
grant the request of the railroads for
higher freight rates, Edwin Hawley
sat up and took notice.
with his observation and informa-
ton he quickly reached the conclu-
sion that the railroads were up
against conditions entirely new, con-
ditions which pointed Enthusiastically
to a serious curtailment in their
earnings and possibly a general re-
duction in their dividends. From that
moment Hawley, one of the most re-
sourceful but secretive operators in
the country. became a silent but IN
compromising bear
Some of the large speculative in
terests of Wall street did not look at
things last spring as he did. These
interests bought and put up stocks.
Their favorites We're the Hartman
Pacific issues. Reading and United
States steel This suited HawIey.s The
latter had determined to make his
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-31
GET HARD ELECTRIC SHOCK.
street Car Officials Get Current In
tended for Car.

Manhattan, Kan, Aug S1--Receiv-
ing the full effect of the electric cur
rent which furnishes the motive power
to the street cars, Joseph T. West,
general manager of the company. and
Jack Lamont, chief electrician, are
alive to tell the story. But they are
fully aware that they had hold of a
live wire.
The two were making an alteration
in the trolley wire. They were on top
of a car and thus afforded no COM
plete circuit for the powerful current
to harm them. But whiIS grasping
the wire they came in contact with a
guy wire connecting with the ground
and instantly the whole current was
passing through their bodies Mr.. La
Mont had a tight grip on the wire and
while he thus escaped being burned
by the current he was so severely
shaken that his muscles are IS sore
as if every one had been beaten with
a club Mr.. West held the wire loose
" in his hand. which caused the cur
rent to arc and flash, burning one
hand and arm seriously. Mr.. West was
the first to break his hold on the wire,
but Mr. LaMont's body furnish a cir
cult for the current a full half minute
before he was able to disengage him
self
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-31
FIGHT CROWD WILD.
Ticket Prices ssHiked," Mob Defies
Police Two Hours.

New York, Aug. 31.-Emphatic pro-
tests against the management of The
big Wells-Brown fight here Wednesday
night poured in today on police. news
papers, reform organizations and the
state officials charged with supervision
of boxing clubs. The ten-round battle
was the first big fight staged under the
new Tammany law legalizing boxing,
and it attracted a crowd unprecedent
in New York fight history
Police reserves from IL precincts had
to be called out in an effort to restrain
the throng which mobbed the streets
around Madison Square Garden With
drawn night sticks. the blue coats re-
peatedIy charged the mob in riot for
nation. and finally resorted to the ex-
pedient of closing up several streets.
The trouble began early in the even
ing with a series Of protests against
the manner in which the price Of
tickets to the fight was being raised
Holders of 81 tickets calling for adnlis-
sion found signs staring them in the
face, standing room So and the price
of tickets continued to soar as the
evening advanced. 1t was charged also
that the spectators had a corner sp
the best seats.
Nearly twenty thousand persons fin
ally gained admission to the big am
phitheater, but there was still q mob Ct
at least equal size clamorning and
fighting in the streets outside. Hood
lumism was rampant. and the zoo CT
300 policemen-most of them in no gen
tie temper after being reused from he'd
by the reserve call-were unable to get
the situation in hand until nearly mid
night
Police Inspector McCloskey blamed
the new boxing law, which provides
that the police may not enter any po.-
ton of the building where a fight is
being held, for most of the trouble. He
said:
1.-THE whole scene was disgraceful IT
was the old days and the old game
over again. The hands of the police
are ted
made public by the promoters. Experts
estimated the proceeds at anywhere
from $4,000 to $50, 900 and declared that
the profits would exceed those Of any
fight held since the Jeffries-Johnson
battle at Reno.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-31
STUDY FRENCH HoRsEOIANsH1P
Army Officers Hope to Make Our Cav
airy More Efficient.

Washington. Aug. 31@The war de-
partment is struggling to make the
American cavalry soldier perfect,
fearless, dashing rider, like his fore
fathers in the days of the Indian cam
paigns With that end in view, Cap
tairs Conrad S. Babcock and Henry R.
Richmond and Lieut.. Adna r. Chaffee,
all of the cavalry, are about to leave
this country for a years course of
instruction in equitation in the French
school at Saumar.
The advance of civilization across
the continent and the advent of the
bicycle and automobile are the causes
of deterioration in American horse
manship in the opinion of army Off
GERS In the early days. they point
out when the west and great from
tiers of this country were only wilder
nesses, the United States possessed
natural riders whose daily
routine of duty vas performed on
horseback. With the flow of popula-
ton to the west and the horse losing
its hold as means of locomotion, all
this has been changed. they contend,
and the perfect rider today is the ex-
ception and not the rule.
upon the return of the officers from
France. they will be appointed in
structors in the American mounted
service schools. By this process the
war department expects to gain all the
advantages of the well equipped for
eign institutions and thus develop the
American schools Of equitation-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-31
THEY NEED NO DIVORCE.
Too Poor to Pay Preacher, Couple
Sign Marriage Contract.

wichita. Kan. Aug. 31.-Asserting
that they were too poor to pay for a
marriage license and to have a minis
leon Iegrant, % years old, of Tulsa,
OK. and Blanche L. Isrel % years old,
announced their marriage by common
law in an advertisement in a newspaper
today. They were married August s,
the notice says.
I,egrant met Miss Isrel only a few
days before the marriage It was a case
of love at first sight The bride is
now at the home of her father, B. F.
Isrel. while Legrant has gone to Ok
1ahonna. to look for work. The unusual
had the sanction of the girls
parents. Her father says he drew up
the form of ceremony, following de-
cisfon of an Illinois court relating to
such marriages. He says one advan-
tage of it is that either party may con-
tract a subsequent marriage without
the Formally of a divorce
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-31
NEGROES KNOCK TAFT.
Independent Political League Issues an
Address to the Country.

Boston, Aug. 31.-An address to
the country adopted at the fourth
annual convention of the National IN
dependent Political league, takes
President Taft to task for his alleged
color discrimination.
The address asserts that President
Taft announced color discrimination
in the right to hold public office; per-
petuated the injustice of the Browns
Vile soldiers; continued his bartering
with the colored prejudices of the
south by putting the balance Of the
supreme court in the hands of the
Bourbon south; lent the prestige OF
his office to the doctrine OF INFERIOR
adncation for coIored Americans and
refused to raise his voice for trial by
Jury for colored Americans"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-31
..NICKEL a DAY" PHILOSOPHY.
Rock Island Tells Employees How to
Use Stationary.

Rock Island Tells Employees How to
Use Stationary.
From Santa Fe Employees Maya
zine:
At the present time the annual sta
tionery and printing bill of the Rock
Island Lines is more than half a mil
lion dollars and during the past year
it has increased.
1t is believed that the employees gen
orally do not understand the niagnI-
tude of the expense of stationery and
In this like everything else, it is the
aggregate of the little things which
makes the large total expense.
Will you not help save nickel a day
on stationery and printing? Here are
some preliminary suggestions:
Use up old pencils before obtaining
new ones.
Cover ink wells when not in use to
prevent evaporation.
Avoid unnecessary use of rubber
bands
Obtain full life of each sheet of car
bon paper.
Use wrapping paper or the very
cheapest file boxes for filing permane 1T
records.
Use both sides OF yellow clip paper.
Obtain full life of typewriter ribbons
Be careful not to waste or lose pens,
erasers, clips, pins, fasteners, wrapping
Irvine, wrapping paper, etc, etc
The above items, while small indivld-
ually. cost the Rock Island more than
fifty thousand dollars per year.
IN the succeeding issues of the maya
zine we shall treat certain of these
items in detail. endeavoring to show
how a great saving can be made on
each with but little effort
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-31
STEAL MULES FROM RANCH.
Mexican Liberals Believed to Be Pre-
pairing for War.

Juarez, Mex. Aug. 31.-A ranch loca-
ted few miles south of this city was
raided by a small band of armed liber-
ais Tuesday night, all the mules on the
place being taken.
While retreating with their booty the
robbers encountered a small band OF
rurales who were patrolling that sec
ton, and a large number of shots were
exchanged but as far as known no
one was hit.
1t is believed that the liberals are
providing themselves with horses and
mules in preparation for resuming hos
tilities.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-31
SUNSET OFFICIAL TELLS WHY.
Superintendent of Motive Power Says
Shop Expenses Too High.

San Bernardino. Cal. Aug. 31.-J- j.
Ryan. superintendent of motive power
for the Sunset lines, has caused to he
issued a circular letter setting forth to
the machinists and others concerned
the reason why his company is unable
at the present time to comply with their
demands for shorter hours and higher
wages. 1t is being widely circulated
among the shopmen not only OF the
coast but throughout Arizona and con-
tiguous territory. 1t reads in part:
'Since January 1, 1906 our shop
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-31
Concrete Poles for Telegraph
Wires in the East.
Pennsylvania Lines Now Making
Experiments.
ECONOMY THE SECRET
No Interruptions by Severe
Storms or Fires.
Other Items Of General Interest
ECONOMY THE SECRET
other Items of General Interest
in Traffic World.

Philadelphia, Pa. Aug. s1.-To ave- j
Interruptions by severe storms, or tires
from meadow grass. as we'll as Tor dur
ability and appearance the PSnnsyl-
vania railroad has constructed d rein
forced concrete pole line designed to
carry so aerial wires and two liz inch
diameter lead encased cables for its
telegraph and telephone circuits On the
north side of its tracks, across the five
miles stretch of swampy meadow land
between Manhattan Transfer and the
portal of the tunnels leading Into the
new passenger station IN New York
city.
Introduced as Experiment.
Although the concrete poles we're
something of an experiment and We're
more costly than wooden ones, II was
evident that the latter would have been
inadequate, while the former We're surs
to provide a safe and durable coustruc-
ton Accordingly, a special yard was
established near the line for making
and seasoning the poles, which were
turned out at the rate Of about six
day.
Two hundred and two poles were re-
quired in this section On account cf
numerous railway and highway cross
ings the spans vary from 20 to 1856 feet
with an average span of 120 feet. The
poles are from 35 to IS feet in length
and rise from 25 to so feet above the
ground On account of the soft1ess O. |
supported by specially constructed I
artificial foundations
Steel Poles for Traction Energy.
On the south side of the tracks so
foot steel poles are used to carry the /
wires for the transmission of traction
energy from the tunnel portal TO Har-
rison substation. They are placed 300
feet apart and are designed for not
only the present needs, but to carry
seven additional transmission circuits
which may be required in the future
These steel poles are supported by con-
crete foundations built On the top of
groups of from so to so foot piles,
driven down through the earth.
Overhead wires are used in ecossing
the Hackensack river instead of sub
marine cables in order to preserve the
integrity of the line against lightning ;
and TO provide FOR use
Of 80 900 volt transmission.
To do this it was necessary to main
tain the clearance prescribed by the
war department, which involved the
of two high steel towers.
The line approaches the river IN so
DOT poles, rising to an intermediates 10 {
DOT pole. and then directly to the ,
over. 1S1 feet 4 inches above high wa
er. The wire span over the river has
length of 765 feet.
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Halleck. Mimi, Aug 31.-A. /.
Briggs has sold a wagon load of tim
othy seed from this years crop for
$3.50. He also sold a car load of seed
to Minneapolis buyer for $4,000.
Briggs, who is a retired merchant.
coming here from Colorado two years
ago, has just finished harvesting 700
acres of timothy which will net him
$4,000. The J. A. Swenson company
shipped a car load of timothy seed, for
which it received $4,000.
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greatest play in Union Pacific and
stocks.
whether he learned about the
Spokane decision of the commerce
commission before it was made pu bile
may never be known, but there is no
question that after that ruling was
made this operator had a clear field
on the bear side of the stocks he had
picked to SELL
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-31
rRAIN AuDIroRs ARE GOING.
Southern Pacific Follows Lend of
Louisiana and Texas Lines.

Fresno. Cal, Aug. 81 The reduction
in the force Of train auditors On the
Louisiana and Texas lines Of the south
ern Pacific is being followed by "a simi-
lar move on the Pacific divisions. ar-
cording to the belief OF railroad men
here.
No train arriving here from san
Francisco In the last IS hours has car
ried an auditor. Conductors say they
received orccrs Tuesday TO lay on their
auditors.