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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-12
X. U. BUILDS '.sWININIIN. HOLE >,
Potter Lake Can Also Be Used for
Boating

Lawrence. Kan. May 12.-Tbat
Kansans are liberal with their sons at
the state university has been demon
strated by the $4,000 lake Which has
been built on "the hill'' as a swimming
pool for the students. The lake. whic6
has just been finished, is to serve as a
reservoir to be used in case of a. fire
at the university. The students how
ever, are not looking for a fire but
are waiting for the time when fine
authorities shall have filled the Swim
min hole with city water.
Potter lake. which was named after
Senator Potter of Marion county, has
a capacity of four million gallons of
water and. when filled will be about
sixteen feet deep. 1t covers two acres
and will make the university an ideal
place to hold the aquatic sports, which
have heretofore been limited to the
gymnasium pool or the Kaw river.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-12
GREAT WAGE INCREASE IN 1910
Trainmen in United States and Canada
Given $37, 900, 900 More.

Harrisburg, Pa, May 1.-THE
wages of the trainmen in the United
States and Canada have been increased
$37,O0O,O0 in year. according to tbe
report made to the international con
vention of the Brotherhood of Rail
road Trainmen by w. G. Lee. presi-
dent of the brotherhood. This is the
first statement to be made of the great
wage increasing movement in 1910
and covered every section Of the
country.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-12

and get it right here in the that for making
ment alone actually greater number of suits than
We give you every conceivable shade of blue every
weight every weave, every style and every size for fat
thin, tall and short and young The greatest val
the market special Hart Schaffner Marx
true blue serge suits at
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PROSPECTS ARE BRIGHTER
FOR EARLY ADJOURNMENT
Agreement Between the Various Senate Factions
More Probable With Each Succeeding Day.

The outlook continues favorable for
an adjournment of Congress about Au-
gust L Some Of the Senate leaders were
predicting yesterday that Congress would
complete its work in time to adjourn in
July %. Senator Penrose is not so OPP
timistic and expects the adjournment to
occur within the week beginning July 81.
He will be very well satisfied II Con-
gress has completed its work and is
ready to adjourn on August s.
1t is believed that an agreement for a
vote on the Canadian reciprocity bill and
the farmers free list and the wool bill
Will be reached before the end OF the
week, and II may be reached to-day. The
date for such vote will probably be about
the 10th of July.
Senator Shively, Of Indiana. who re-
ported the bill for a reapportionment Of
the country for Congressional purposes.
is very determined in his efforts to Sc
cure consideration for 1t, but the oppo-
sition is so strong that its defeat or
postponement is assured. Senator La
Toilette is preparing a strong minority
report against the bill. and Senators
Root and Burton are preparing to fight
II on the floor.
1t is conceded on all hands that the
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WASHINGTON IN THE ABBEY" !"
Brftons to Erect Statue to Father of
Our Country.

Br1tons to Erect Statue to Father OF
Our Country.
From the New York American.
William T. Stead presided at a Fourth
of July celebration in London and made
a speech that struck a lost chord OF
history that deserves TO be set vibrating
again.
He showed that Washington, the
father of American independence, was
the father OF British freedom also-that
the American Revolution, in its reaction
upon English public life, made England
democratic-taught her how not TO treat
her colonies, and inaugurated that lib
eral colonial policy that has spread the
British empire round the world.
Mr.. Stead suggested that the people
OF the British empire should erect Q
statue to George Washington in West
minister Abbey to signalize the signing
OF the AngIp-American arbitration treaty,
and should make the unveiling of the
statue a dramatic celebration OF the
completion Of hundred years peace
between the British and the American
people.
America will sympathize with the
spirit of this suggestion. American lib
erty was meant to enlighten the world.
We have no patent on free government,
and no desire to make the abolition OF
privilege itself a privilege-the monopoly
Of q single nation.
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Blame It on the Engineer.

The terrible railroad tragedy al
Bridgeport yesterday has its usual Sc.
quence. The blame is laid by the rail-
road officials upon the engineer. He i:
dead.
Some years ago, when there was ar
awful fatality at Terra Gotta, near this
city, the blame was placed upon the en-.
gineer. In that case the hand of justice
never fell upon any one. There was a
long and tedious inquiry, and after the
usual amount of legal delay, everybody
was allowed to go free
And thus 1t may be in the Bridgeport
wreck. There should, however, be a
most searching inquiry, and the respon.
sibility for the loss of human life should
be definitely fixed. if possible.
In the meantime, of course. blame the
engineer. He is still dead.
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GUN-CARRYING SHOW GIRLS
RELEASED ON $4,000 BAIL
Elevator Boy at Apartments Denies He Was Fore
warned of Stokes Visit-Nine Letters Written
to Miss Graham Still Missing.

New York, July 1L-There was a
double bill on to-day at the Tombs po-
lice court, where the W. E. Stokes melo-
drama has been playing to a packed
house in spite OF the hot weather. Part
one presented the last act in the police
court dealing with the shooting of
Stokes in the legs by Miss Lillian
Graham and Miss Ethel Conrad, the two
show girls. who peppered him when he
called at the apartment on the evening
OF June last
Magistrate Freschi, after hearing some
more testimony relative to the shooting.
held both young women in 5000 bail
each for the grand jury. Bail was fur
nished
Letters still Missing.
Part two had to do with the mystery
OF the missing letters and an inquiry into
the part, II any. that James Cummings,
the house detective at Stokes hotel, and
number OF detectives and policemen
had In the matter. Nine letters written
by Stokes to Miss Graham, it will be
remembered. have been produced at the
trial, but the lawyers say that nine
other letters have dropped out of sight
After listening to these rather remark
able statements. District Attorney Whit
man said he would not ask for warrants
and Magistrate Freschi said the hearing
was over.
That relieved Cummings for the time
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being. but it is probable that both he
and A. H Gleason, Stokes personal at
torney, who sent the nine Stokes letters
to the district attorney two days and Q
half after they were handed to him by
Cummings, may be called upon to do
some moro explaining.
The only new evidence given to-day
was that by wilfrid Hart. the elevator
boy at the Varuna apartments, for whom
the defense had been searching since the
hearings began.
Blow for Stokes.
Stokes has maintained that the show
girls had told the elevator boy that they
were expecting him, and to be on the
watch for their caller. Stokes lawyers
made a good deal OF this showing that
Miss Graham and Miss Conrad had had
plenty OF time to prepare themselves to
give their visitor a warm welcome. Hart
denied he had been forewarned of Stokes
visit
Miss Graham and Miss Conrad moved
over to where Stokes was seated during
the interval after the magistrates de-
cision and the adjustment of the bail
matter. There was a vacant place right
next to Stokes and Miss Graham was
about to take It when her sister, Mrs.
Singleton. dropped into the place. Stokes
glanced around at the two girls and
hastily changed his seat
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CONGRESS BRIEFS.

Bills for the extension Of Eighteenth
street northeast and Irving street north
east were introduced yesterday by Sena-
tor Gallinger.
The President sent to the Senate the
nomination of Samuel W. Backus, OF Cali
fornia, to be commissioner OF immigra-
ton at the port of San Francisco.
The Statehood bill, providing for the
admission Of Arizona and New Mexico,
which passed the House on May %, was
reported to the Senate by Senator Smith,
Of Michigan, chairman Of the COMMITTEES
on Territories.
II Prof Henry W. Elliott, Of Cleve-
land, Ohio, the seal expert. can substan-
tiate the charge he made before the
House Committee on Expenditures in the
Department Of Commerce and Labor. that
the North American Commercial Com
pany, whose lease Of the seal-killing priv
ileges on the Pribilof Islands recently ex-
pired, Illegally killed 12S,47s yearlirg seals,
valued approximately at S5,oOo,0o0 the De-
partment of Justice will be asked to pros
ecute the company.
The House Committee on Rules con-
cluded its hearing upon the resolution
introduced several days ago by Repre-
sentative Sulzer, of New York, directing
that the Committee on immigration be
directed to investigate the administra-
ton OF William Williams as commissioner
OF immigration at Ellis Island. New York.
Representative Henry. Of Texas. chair
man OF the committee, announced that a
meeting viii be held shortly to take ac-
ton upon the 6ulEas gese'.,.'--
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Voluntary Reduction in Price.

The action of the Georgetown Gas
Company in voluntarily reducing the
price of gas to S. cents per 1000 cubic
feet shows wisdom upon the part of the
directors of that corporation.
Despite all that blind and selfish cor
poration managers may say, the general
public is not unreasonable. There are
always a few people who demand more
than they are legitimately entitled to and
who express themselves in no uncertain
terms when their requests are denied
These are the exception, however, rather
than the rule. The average American is
disposed to be fair and to endure any
inconvenience or imposition to the last
degree.
This being the case, the corporation
which meets the citizen half way, or
even less than half way, gains the good
will of the public This good will is
valuable asset. 1t means that the cor
poration will not be liable to unneces-
sary assault, and that even when it fails
IN some respects to do its full duty to-
ward the public the latter will not be
too critical. When a corporation acts
decently toward the public, it will re-
ceive decent treatment in return. This
IS the logic which inspires, for instance,
every action of President Vail, of the
telephone and telegraph combination.
And in the practical demonstration of
this idea the Georgetown Gas Company
has made friends.
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Statehood resolution cannot pass at
this session The only other important
measure is the resolution authorizing
the submission to the States Of a oon-
stitutional amendment for the direct
election of Senators. That resolution
passed the Senate with an amendment
by Senator Bristow which retained
Federal control over the elections in
the States.
The Bristow amendment was added to
the resolution as a result OF a tie vote,
which was decided by Vice President
Sherman voting in favor Of the amend
ment. Since the resolution went back to
the House. and the House refused to ac-
cept it in the amended form, there IS
every prospect that the Senate, by a very
close vote. will recede from the Bristow
amendment, and that the resolution will
pass in the form in which it came from
the House.
The Democrats will be satisfied, It IS
understood, If they can have a vote on
the wool bill and the farmers free list
bill. They are willing to refrain from ex-
tended debate If they can get a record
vote on each bill. Neither bill ought to
require more than two days for discus
sion.
The Washington herald., 1911-07-12
RECONCILIATION EFFORTS
MADE IN BARRYMORE CASE

New York, July 11.-Ethel Barrymore
after all may decide not to press pro-
ceedings against her husband, Russell
GriswoId Colt. 1t was learned to-day
that her friends and family are making
every effort to effect a reconciliation be-
tween the young people. and that Miss
Barrymore is seriously considering drop
ping her proposed suit. 1t was stated
at the office of Dittenhofer, Gerber &
James, her lawyers, that no papers had
been received from Miss Barrymore.
Furthermore, they have received from
her no notification that she desiredS to
begin her action.
Friends Of the actress assert that she
still loves Mr.. Colt, and friends of Mr..
Colt declare that he is as fond as ever
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GRIFFITHS IN TROUBLE.
VIII BE Asked to Explain His
Speech in London.

Will Be Asked to Explain His
Speech in London.
The official text of the speech made by
Consul General Grif1ths at London,
which, 1t was thought, would have made
him liable to severe censure by the
President, has been received by friends
in Washington, and shows that he did
not say what was attributed to him in
the cable dispatches from London.
1t was alleged that in talking Of ar
bitratton the consul general had travelled
far beyond the proprieties. and had dis
cussed the relations OF the United States,
Great Britain, and Germany. The al
lusions credited to Mr.. Griffiths were not
Of nature to preserve the good feeling
between the United States and Germany.
The text as received here will be the
one on which the State Department and
the President will act, and not upon
the cabled reports. Congress wanted to
know what Mr.. Grif1ths had said, and
a resolution asking for information Is
pending.
The Washington herald., 1911-07-12
One Phase of Popular Elections.

1t is not without significance that
when a vacancy in a United States
Senatorship occurred in Georgia, the
Democratic State committee refused TO
, call a primary and allowed the legisla-
ture to grapple with the problem of Sc
lection. The nominal excuse for the ac-
ton was that the vacancy to be filed
was an unexpired term. There is a
feeling, however, that it was due to a
willingness to dispense for the time be-
ing with the popular election of Sena-
tors, which has hitherto been a cardinal
principle in the State Certainly the
protests of those who believe in the new
regime have had no effect upon the
State committee.
The States are now beginning to real
ize that the election of United States
Senators by the people is a matter of
considerable cost. Under present condi-
tiOns, this expense has to be met by the
candidates. In Virginia the four aspi-
rants for the Senatorship have been as
sessed $4,000 apiece for the pleasure of
participating in the race, it being esti-
mated that the cost of holding the pri-
mary will amount to $4,000. Not long
ago Senator Rayner, of Maryland, was
compelled to pay many thousands of
dollars for the expense of a State pri-
mary, although there was absolutely no
opposition to his reelection Senator
Flint, of California, recently declined to
be candidate for reelection because he
could not afford the cost which the hold
ing of primary entailed upon him.
This is phase of popular elections of
Senators to which careful attention must
be given. If the State is to bear all the
expense, any aspiring statesmen can shy
his castor into the ring, and there is no
telling how large the bill will be. If the
candidates are to be assessed, only the
wealthy will be able to contend against
each other. In either case the people
may be inpaled upon the horn of an
ugly dilemma
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Why2

Why are not the asphalt streets sprin-
kied, either during the day or night
during the hot weather.
Why are fruit stands and lunch rooms
permitted to display their edibles un-
covered, when other cities demand that
they be screened from flies and insects
Why do the road wagons of the street
department drop masses of black and
heavy oil upon the streets?
Why are so many unmuzzled dogs al
lowed to roam through the streets, espe-
cialIy in the suburbsl
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AID FOR LoMAX WOMAN.

A petition for the commutation of the
death sentence imposed upon Matte
E. LOmax for the murder OF her hus-
band, viii be received Sunday night by
Rev. DR.. Simon P. w. Drew, at q mass
meeting IN Cosmopolitan Baptist Church.
He is trying to get 10000 signatures to
present to President Taft.
Senator Moses E. Clapp. OF Minnesota,
will be the principal speaker at the mass
meeting, and will use as his subject The
rights and opportunities Of colored men
In America"
The Washington herald., 1911-07-12
Flying from Boston to Washington

The flight of Atwood from Boston to
Washington in an aeroplane is the
greatest American achievement in the
matter of travelling through air. When
We remember that it has been only three
years since the whole world chronicled
as marvellous accomplishment the car
rying of passenger in an aeroplane
from Washington to Alexandria and re-
turn, total distance of some fifteen OF
sixteen miles, we realize the tremendous
progress which has been made in the
conquest Of the air. Nowadays the avia-
tor seats himself in his machine, starts
the engine, and hies himself through the
air to his destination.
In Europe these air journeys are even
more mstter-of-fact than here. The
fight of dozen or more aviators over
a large portion of the Continent has just
been completed without mishap, and the
passage across the English Channel.
which not long ago was regarded as a
great performance, was accomplished
with all possible ease and safety. In
Germany an aviator has just concluded
a trip of I,I64 miles through the air.
and neither he nor any of his fellow
fiiers was in apparent danger. The
trip from Paris to Madrid and from
Paris to Rome and Turin were far more
exciting and dangerous than the journey
from Boston to Washington. None the
less, we can felicitate our American
aviators upon the successful ternina-
ten of their effort
1t is quite evident that meteorologists
will gain much in the way of practical
information from these aerial exploits.
It has already been discovered that the
atmosphere which surrounds the earth
IS full of pockets" or vacuums, while
bumps" and "holicws" are also en-
countered- Camille Flammarion once
wrote most exhaustive and entertain
ing book upon @The Atnosphere,s but
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of his wife, and that when he has dined'
out evenings he has shown the guests
her picture and that of his baby admir-
ingly. Mr.. Colt desires that the dis
agreement be settled and is more than
willing to meet his charming wife half
way.
Mr.. Colt himself expects that there will
be no trouble. He is preparing the
Marmaroneck home for her return, as
the couple leased It until the first OF
August, during her trip. The two-year-
old son is in the East with its father,
and no word has yet come requesting
that the child be tzken to its mother.
Miss Barrymore herself will return East
for the first week in August, her season
ending in Spokane on July g.
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When Hammond Nudged the Kin

When Hammond Nudged the King
Ye gods and little fishes, how the
dukes and duchesses around the royaI
presence palpitated when Hammond
nudged the Kingl
Upon the tip of the ambassadors
tongue trembled a remark He wanted
to tell his royal highness that the coro-
nation had passed off as easily as a
creased pig runs around the circus
arena, or words to that effect And to
make sure that the monarch would get
the full effect of the complimentary re-
mark, he gave the benign ruler a gentle
touch upon the sleeve.
1t was a breach of etiquette, perhaps,
and the lords and ladies stood aghast.
Did the King faint or scowl or demand
that the bold and bad American should
preface his action with a "By your
leave?" Not at all. He responded in
an afable and happy manner, as if he,
too, were made of common flesh and
rather enjoyed being treated in hu-
man fashion Whereupon the titled
audience wondered all the more.
But we Americans will like the Brit
ish King all the better for the good
sense which he displayed when he felt
gentle pressure upon his royal person.
Easily, John Hays Hammond is the hero
of the hour.
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THE GUN ToTER.

He's sitting in prison. and is hn; he's wishing he
never had carried gum he thought clever to pack one
ever and people in spirit of fur And it. fine
ing went off without warning, and plugged byander who
turned up and he is wan the wearisome Jail In
and has pity for him in his The boneyards
crowded gentlemen srouded and sleeping boxes
tins of FOOLS of pheaded vants who loaded their garments
Nth all kinds of deadly and murderou tools And widows
ghing and orphans crying all this country because of
the bokes who always pannin to spring big and
brandish it ayy till somebody croas Oh let the step on
the with weapon and bury him deeply and load him with
hains No greater the Creator building
got to equip him with brains WALr MASON.
tcOgHas By
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AN INCIDENT OF THE VIRGINIA CAMPAIGN.
JONES, CHALLENGE.

only
railroad interests before the legislature of virginia but actually
not only raises verac
to (Which Mr. s in
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INDIANS FRIEND HERE.

Mai, James Mclaughlin Has Been In
Service for Forty Years.
Mai. James Mclaughlin, chief Of the
government Indian agents, is in Wash
tngton attending to special work. Be-
fore coming here he spent some time
on the reservations in New York State.
He has been connected with Indian
agencies for forty years. This was his
first visit to Eastern reservations.
Sitting Bull, Rain in the Face, and, in
fact all Of the famous fighting Indians
have been known to Maj. Mclaughlin.
He WIFI remain IN Washington for sew
eral weeks
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the volume is interesting nowadays more
for what it does not contain than for
the information which 1t gives. When
men learn to navigate the great aerial
envelope which covers the earth we will
discover new conditions and perhaps be
able to solve phenomena which now
seem to be beyond our ken.
The Washington herald., 1911-07-12
HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY

To keep In touch with home
news WashingtOnians leaving the
city should not fail to have The
Washington Herald mailed to
them. It will be sent promptly,
and addresses may be changed as
often as desired without inter
ruption of service.
Mail order or phone Main $500,
giving the old and new addresses.
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Good for Canada.

From the Troy Record
immigration into Canada for the month
of May exceeded $4,000. If it continues
at this rate long, the Dominion will show
a much larger gain in population during
the coming decade than for the one Just
completed. About one-fourth Of the i'm
migrants are from the United States.
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win RepIr 20 Martin.

Richmond, Va, July 11.-Congressman
William A. Young announces to-day that
he will reply to Senator Thomas s. Mar
tins latest declaimer In his speech to
be delivered at Surry tomorrow after
noon. He says he will place more letters
in evidence bearing out his statement,
relative to Senator Martin being the dis
tributer OF the yellow dog fund.
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CURIOUS BITS OF HISTORY
By A. w. MACY.
THE FIRST BOOK PRINTED IN
AMERICA.

THE FIRST BOOK PRINTED IN
AMERICA.
The first book printed on the
American continent was issued.
not In Boston, or New York, or
Chicago, but in Mexico City. Jules
Cromberger had printing estab-
lishment in Seville. Spain, and in
1886 he concluded It would be a
good idea to have a branch Of
fee in the New World. Accord
ingly, he sent over printing
press in charge OF Juan Pablos,
who was TO be foreman and man
ager Of the new ONCE. This was.
the first printing press In Ameri-
ca, and next year, 1886, the first
book was issued. II was a Span
ish translation OF a work origin-
ally written in Greek, the Span
fish title being ~Escala Eepiri.ual
Para al Cielo." Translated into
English this means "A Spiritual
Ladder for Reaching Heaven"
No copy OF this book Is known
to be now In existence. The same
printing press turned out twelve
other books befors 1850, and
eighty-fve in all by the END or
the century.
tcOD5risht lsli. b Joseph B. Boula1
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