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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-02
FOR SETTLEMENT OF CLAIMS.
Blanket Order to Cover Reputation In
s Missouri River Case.

ST. Louis. Mo-, Jan. 2-Represen-
tatives of interested railroads and
shippers have reached an agreement
for the interstate commission to issue
blanket order giving the carriers
the right to settle all undisputed
claims Tor PREPARATION growing out of
the reduction of cents per 100
pounds, by the commission. in first
class rates on freight originating on
the Atlantic seaboard and Transported
between Missouri and Mississippi riveL
points. Disputed claims will be tbk
subject OF argument before the cor16-
mission at date to be hereafter
named. The aggregate amount III
volved is $25o.000 and thirteen roads
are asked toF pay this.
The carriers sought to prevent the
enforcement of the reduction in the
rates and were beaten In the Htiea :
ton. the supreme court of the fTnifes
States ruling against them. The or
der of the commission, however, en-
pirtng on November 10. they iunder-
took to make the original rates ef-
fective December 1, whereupon tba
commission. exercising it's prerorative
under the present railroad law
promptly suspended the tariffz filed
until March 81.
The carriers have since been forcad
to concede the right of the cornr.1;s-
sion to fix rates and have agreed Ito
voluntary suspension beyond fhe
date last named. This attitude has
enabled them to get more time for
the preparation of more cofnpIete7 f7sta
in support of their contention for tl,a
higher rates.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-02
DEMAND FOR new BONDS
Towns Are Calling on Banks to FL
nance Their improvements.

Kansas City. Mo-, jan. "A bond
firm that has had a representative
travelling through the Prairie states,
endeavoring to interest bankers in
nigh grade bonds, reports that little
progress has been made. The bankers
have too much use at home for their
money, and their customers who are
carrying heavy deposits are inclined
10 make local investments, rather
than go to a distance.
The towns are also calling on banks
to finance their improvements, and
bonds for sewers and paving are Of
fered. These meet with varying mar
kets. Some town have had much diff
ficulty in floating 5 II and per cent
bonds, while others have handled SIS
at home with little difficulty. Local
money conditions have had much to do
with this and the credit of the towns
themselves must, of course, be consid-
cred. The banks have been willing
to help home concerns, rather than
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-02

Mr.. Cooper's career has been quite an
eventfuI one. He went to sea IN the
merchant service at an early age ana
spent five years in that service he
was round Cape Horn to California IN
1S49 spent IA months placer mining on
the North Fork of the America river
and returned to Baltimore In ls5l- ne
was for while reporter on the Repup-
lican. and Daily Argus of Ba4tlmore,
and the Philadelphia Press, then unoer
the ownership Of John W. Forney, a
prominent Democratic politician al
that time. For a time also he was IN
the engineer service on the loca l.oll
survey of the London q Hampsnire
railroad up the Shenandoah valley, WI.
ginia. For three years he WORKED at
his uncle's Peter cooper slue iaceoiS
at Brooklyn. N. Y.
Mr. Cooper was married to Virginia
w r. Porter of Brooklyn, MY - IN
October, 1856 In 1856 he went 70 iowa
and spent five years farming. January
1. 1860, he entered upon his railroad se1,
vice with the 1iIlnols en- Its;ia IN +I,at
in the land department WINE IN t llia
service he was for several years pup
Usher Of the Centralia Sentfnei at Cen.
tra1ia. III. Upon the organization. OIL
the land department OF the Atchlsoh'
Topeka & Santa Fe railroad, ne Gil
tered that roads service as secretary
of the department and was afterwards
secretary and cashier. He remained IN
the service of the Santa Fe, in varying
positions until July 1, 1886, when ne en-
tered the service of the Rock Island as
right of way agent, a position he filled
for one year, at the end of which time
he took charge of the tax business OF
the Rock Island lines west OF the MIS-
souri, river. He continued at this up TO
the date of his retirement, rounding
out so years of railway service.
Mr.. Cooper has made his recreation
the study of geology and Inineralogy.
particularly mineralogy. Although Nv
ing in the agricultural state OF Kansas
with no interesting mineral field near
to work, he has collected, classified
and named sc, 900 specimens Of crystal
lied minerals. AS evidence Of the
character his work. he has sold to
COLLEGES, collectors and dealers, twelve
thousand dollars worth of minerals
and has feir collection on hand. Mr..
Cooper is a member of the American
Association for the Advancement Of
Science. of which he has been presf-
dent. He is also a member Of the Ma
tionaI biographical society.-Rock
Island Employees Magazine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-02

they have had to go cautiously The
effect has been to make the market
for bonds slow, and with the present
prospect for the money market not
much encouragement can be given for
the improvement.
The banks are themselves finding
it more profitable to use their funds in
supplying the short term note de-
mand at home than to keep money
tied up in low rate bonds and have
been gradually letting go the hold
ings in the latter. If money condi-
lions improve, they will be back in
the market again, and the effect may
be a most important one on the mar
ket, as a whole. This is not likely to
occur for the present. Most of the
country bankers are giving little at
tention to such investments and only
occasionally is a customer asking for
such securities.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-02
VIEWS OF FOUR PRESIDENTS.
Railway Chiefs Discuss General Bush
ness Prospects for Year.

President Delano of the wabash
says with regard to the new years
prospects: while I feel that bust
ness is now on a substantial basis
and will continue so, do not look Tor
particularly favorable results on
American railways during 1911 BUSH
ness will, I think, move in good vol
ume, and, of. course, as far as gross
earnings are concerned any increase
which is granted in rates VIII be of
net earnings I am not optimistic as
to the result
Darius Miller, president of the Chi
cago, Burlington e. Quincy, says:
Business is hesitating because of sey-
eraI prominent factors that will con-
tinue to deter activity and delay re-
assurance until they are resolved into
clearer understanding, but I have
faith in the belief that a correct solu-
ton of the pending questions will be
reached before the new year is far
advanced and that under the influence
of more certain conditions regarding
the future of invested capital bust
ness will go forward in a satisfactory
volume
H. u. Nudge, president of the Chi
cago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway,
says: Results of the past years OPP
erations of railways in the west were
unsatisfactory, both to operating men
and to stockholders. While there was
a considerable increase in traffic
handled, there was very material
decrease in net income, due partly to
lower rates received on certain traffic,
but largely to the much higher cost
of operation. The new year opens
with large increases made in the rates
of wages paid nearly all classes of
employees"
E. P. Ripley, president of the Atchi-
son, Topeka & Santa Fe. says: Rail-
roads have gone through a year char
acterized by legislative agitation
against them, unrest in labor and lin-
certainty in matters financial They
are, as a whole, today from $780,
100000 to $so0,o0o.00e behind on
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-02

Hence Miss Webber's liking for the

Hence Miss Webber's liking for the
automobile.
While in Atlanta recently an in
formal automobile meet was given in
her honor on Atlanta's million dol
lar speedway, which was a great sue
cess. There were several cars on the
scene and there was some very lively
brushes The stars of the meet We're
the two E. NJ. F.'s! Asa G.. Chandler,
Jr.'s, powerful Fiat so, and the little
red Conneract Buick. This last
named car was the winner of the
Chandler cup race at the Atlanta
meeting last fall, driven by Joe Mel
son. The warmest kind of interest
was taken in the two E. M. F's, one
of them was the Bullet" driven by
Miss Weber.
Miss Weber showed exceptional
speed against the field and kept her
opponents in the rear right into the
stretch. The young actress proved a
wizard at the wheel. '
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-02
ALI. RECORDS ARE BROKEN
Railway Earnings in United State
Largest for the Last Year
STATISTTCS FOp

u
Increase oves i SSsosstimaaed, SsS 80 5S1
Miles Of road h,,ilt '--.-s'..~.-. $ss7, 197. S73
Miles Of road built in 1909 49, 81 51zs
foreclosure on IT roads with '''4o
capitalization Of co. ooo an
fSe &c on 2 roads, with q 'VO''V'V
LocomotiTes 49, of,;;.--.-:..... 100000
locomotives ordered in 1903 S.as1
passenger cars ordered 3'SO
3 rsSssenSer cars ordered, 1873 2 2esi
freight cars ordered 4,oI4
Freight cars of,iereS iioooooo....-... IA, 3O4
Taxes paid by raiIr,oaaSSIs' ....-.. $780, 1853
Ali piu oy railroads in 1909 s91 81 DC
fl records for gross earninr e0' h do
sailr1ads IN the United States 10y ~
smashed during 1910. the annro,. were
s su,ai Delng s2,S35,374,5s1. Tbis h,sae
o1o SHOWS an increase of s297 log
se11 Eyer oe the total for 1903 ana
raoa,S o, over the previous b,,t,
+eooro OF 1907. So great. houa,,sel
49, me ADDITION to OPERATING a..
f ES.ses IN 1910 that the NET ear,,;'s
re- en- operation increased onIv sesEe
oeI; or scarcely more than onatS,
u per cent. above those o+ 1ooo
me ADVANCE in expenses occos;o
" Inc raise in wages last snrirr ne
90 s-so Isl OF deferred maintenance re-.
30 RAPID That the net rece;nts e., Was
Second half of the year were sa9 o1 Inc
200 iess than for the COMPREHENSIVE,
peI1od or 1909. One of the n1os4 Ing
HnIncant developments Of +ba zig
Lron statistical Standpoint &c a.,
uHusuai reversal in the ct1ars &C. 1iiis
of 1910. 'He second half
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-02

johnson with Kaufman. and Henry
Mess1er of Milwaukee, the American
representative of the Australian. yes
terday had a conference with the ne
gro regarding a battle in London.
Johnson says that he has the proposal
under advisement. but does not ex-
pect TO reach a decision until he has
mad time to get into condition.
The Paris promoters are reported
70 nave offered Johnson a purse of
5000, but no definite proposition has
Deen received by the champion.
johnson denies that his alleged in
disposition is due to dissipations He
says the strain of daily work is re-
sponslble for his present condition.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-02
AESTHETIC IN BUYING grANrps
some Women, Refuse Coverpn,sn.
Sdckers. Not Liking Color

"A man obtained a money order at
Inc posto11ice this morning. and start
ca away forgetting to pay for It. The
clerk called him back. The man nro-
ouced the money, apologized and left
the building.
very many cases like that ?" in
qufred a bystander.
We'll should say yes" replied +ha
clerk, that kind is quite ordinary. but
woman who came in here a few davs
ago got on my nerves. She said eba
wanted stamp and I asked whether
she wanted one or two cent stamn.
Wen. I want to write to Mrs. So
and-So in Kansas City, she replied
men you want a two cent
stamp, l said and handed her one of
+ "She gazed severely at the little
piece of paper. THAT shade doesn't
suit me at ALL she snapped"
shade said I. What difference
does that make?'"
Why, whole world Of difference
sne replied positively. DO you think
1 am going to send anyone with the
taste of Mrs. So-and-So a letter with
a brazen red stamp like that one?
No Stree. And she cast upon me a
glance of contempt
Well, how does this one suit you?'
1 e~SnSus plouuclnS a one cent stamp
Fine, she cried, without a mo-
ment's hesitation. That's Just what
4 want and she opened her purse to
pay for it.
: " of course I said, you know it
will take two of them to send let
ter out of town"
'Two?' she cried. Why, 1 don't
want two. Now, young man. wouldn't
that envelope look pretty with two
stamps on it? That would not only
appear slipshod, but it would destroy
the effect of unity and simplicity. No,
I only want one stamp"
Then you must take the red
'ButsI don't like the red one and
I won't take it. -
'' Then you must use two ones"
But, told you I didn't want
| /" Then you can't send your letter
out of town. -
/" Haven't you any other stamps L
could use?' asked the woman as she
prepared to depart
II am afraid not, Madam"
Then will supply my needs else
where she declared as she turned
and walked from the window"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-02
RAILROAD NEWS.
Eyentful Career of James Coop
er, With Rock Island.
Pensioned by Road Following
"a Years of Service.
TAX COMMISSIONER.
COMMISSIONER.
Mr.. Cooper Has Collected 80, 600
Scientific Specimens.
Other Items of General Inter-
est in Traffic World.

James C. Cooper. ZIG East Eighth
avenue, Topeka, who for 231a years held
the position Of tax commissioner and
assistant real estate and tax agent in
Rock Island service at Topeka. was, in
consequence of the removal Of his Of
flee to Chicago and his advanced age OF
7s years, retired and pensioned. Mr..
Cooper was born near the city of Balti-
more, Md, June Is, 1892 His educa-
ton was very rudimantary, consisting
of four winters in the common schools
of Maryland in the early forties Of the
last century.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-02
lSBELL'S LINEUP.
JObber Boss Has the Same Old
Faces.
They Worried All Other Clubs
Last Season.
sLOOKS GOOD TO ME''
Says Owner Isbell Who Will
Play the First Sack.
Will Have a Number of Try-Outs
for InfieId.
THE 1911 EoRBERs

THE 1911 JOBBERS.
First base-Isbell- 4
Second base-Hughes- -
Shortstop-Claire- i
Third base-Schnid.
Left feld-Belden, Davis.
Center feld-Pettigrew, Anderson.
Right Standardization
Catchers-Shaw, Clemens
Pitchers-Durham, Ellis, Jackson
Shackelford. Jarnigan, Ens4ey' Wright,
Harmon, Perry.
wichita. Kan. jan with a prob
able addition for third base the above
Will be the lineup of the Jobhers for
the 1911 race for the championship.
THAT lineup sure looks good to me,
said Frank IshelL owner and manager
Of the Wichita baseball club. what s
the use of experimenting with bunch
of young fellows when have that kind
of a team to start off with? WITH
shaw and Clemens the catching depart
unent can't be beat by any team in the
league I intend to play first base my
reIf This wear unless some promising
5youngster turns up that can hold down
the lob as good as Koerner did last
wear. George Hughes has II on all OF
them when it comes to covering Srouno
and all around work around second
base. Claire VIII cover short and with
Hughes will make team that Will class
with any OF tn en-. The only pace
that I may fill will be at third, and
unless can get, a man ClAAl 10 11ONO
the ordinary Schmid will play there,
and l1e Is some third baseman at that.
If I get another to play third Schn1o
viii be used as utility man.
Pitchers Are Issy's Pride.
see snre makes me feel good when
n Ioolx at that pitching staff cont1nuel
So Rig Ross. There are six pitchers
there VINO will be able to go out aesalnst
CIV IF them and win their Share OF the
ean,es- There is not much choice pc
t~een them. Harmon and Ferry are
,,sTT men but they come recommended
.as 1vinners and they may develop INTO
S1inners that will crowd some OF the reg
,Iiar staff out, but I wouldn't kno"
which to let go. 1,as
,,Isved only amateur ball. but IS sald
to he a. grand fielder and Some Da'eer
as well. $500, ,o,,+racts
from Harmon, Claire. Clemens Ferry;
Ellis paws and Ensley- Contracts WIN
he mailed to the rest of the bunch IN
- few days as Isben wants to get tnal
.DaTt Of the business attended TO. Peutl-
crew and Hughes are ready TO sign az
anv time as they both are spending LIE
winter in Wichita
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-02
WOMAN MOTOR CAR ENrHusIAs,
Miss Florence Weber, Daughter of
Inventor of ''Star Starter.

One of the most enthusiastic auto
mobile enthusiasts among the women
of today is Miss Florence Weber,
who plays the part of Adelina in
Joseph Weber's production of 1.-THE
Climax" at the Grand tomorrow night.
1.-The Climax was to have been here
tonight but was unable to reach here
from Sioux City.
Miss Weber is what one might
call a born automobili Fearless
daring, and with a wonderful adapt
ability for handling high powered cars
with graceful ease Miss Webber's
father is the inventor of the famous
Weber "Star Starter" used in start
ing the machine without the usual
tiresome methods of cranking. His
method is attached to the wheel. BY
the mere pressing of button with
the thumb causes the car to start.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-02

In automobiling Henry f. Grant and
David Bruce Brown divide the cham
pionship honors, the former having
won the Vanderbilt cup and the latter
the grand prize.
In pugflism Jack Johnson is the I'M
disputed heavyweight champion of the
world. Ad Wolgast and Abe Attell
hold the championships in their re-
spective divisions. On the mat Frank
Gotch remains the undisputed cham
pion.s=
Willie Hoppe is credited as cham
pion bslIiardist
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-02

AS the 1910 sport season closes
many familiar faces are among the
champions, together with some new
ones. In baseball the world champion
ship goes to the Philadelphia Ameri-
can league team, with Connie Mack as
the dominant factor in winning the
title. In tennis w. A. Larned for the
sixth consecutive time holds the ma
tional championship, with Miss Hazel
Hotchkiss of San Francisco as the ma
tional women's champion. On the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-02

turf S. C. Hi1dreth holds the record of
being the largest stake winner, with
$144,025 to show for his years work.
In the middle distance runs Melvin w.
Sheppard stands supreme, holding the
titles in everything from 500 to 1000
yards. A new face is found as cham
pion pole vaulter in that of Leland S.
Scott of Stanford, Cal, who raised the
pole vault mark--to IL feet 10A
inches.
In aeronautics Archie Hoxsey with
an altitude record of II, 474 feet, prac-
tical1y two miles, stands supreme.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-02

necessary expenditures, they are pay
ing more than ever in recent years for
labor. material and money. Perhaps
the situation is best summed up by
saying that the future of American
railroads is in the hands of the in
terstate. commerce commission ana of
something over forty state commits
sions."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-02

Pittsburg, Jan. 2.-Wm, Resser, aged II,
was probably saved from death today
when spent bullet struck a lens of his
glasses as he walked along Homestead
street The glass was reduced to powder
but 1nstinctively the boy closed his eyes
and the bullet and glass fell to the side
walk.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-02
Funk in Senatorial Race.

Des Moines, Jan. "A. b. Funk,
editor of the Beacon at Spirit Lake,
this afternoon announced himself a
candidate for United States senator to
fill out the unexpired term of the late
Senator Dolliver. Mr.. Funk will issue
g. formal announcement later. He is
progressive Republican
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-02

To Cure a Cold in One Day.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinfne Tablets.
Druggists refund money If it fails to cure
E. w. Groves signature is on each box-So
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-25

achieve ear mean? What policies
Of moment to tine state wiz be inaugu-
rated and carried through II affairs are
put into democratic hands? !,
The Louisville Courier-Journal, the
leading newspaper in the state. thinks
the point well taken. 4 mere party tag,
it asserts, no longer answers. Voters
want to know what Is at stake, and are
not easily aroused by candidates whose
chief topic is themselves.
Sure. But the difficulty arises as to
how and by whom this need is to be
supplied. Should the committee reas-
semble and prepare a platform? And
would such a deliverance be accepted
by the democrats of the state as the
party's expression Or should con-
vention, with no other business to be
submitted to il, be called?
4 plakstorm is an important matter. but
1t does not always bind. Recent history,
indeed, Is discouraging on that score. The
Chicago platform of 1S92-which, by the
way, the editor of the Courier-Journal
helped prepare-did not bind. When pre-
scented to a democratic Congress for re-
demption it was repudiated. The tariff
OIL tue bSINei pidtloiil " itoI
did not bind. When tariff revision was
undertaken two years ago there were
democratic senators and representatives
who voted for duties the Denver deliver
ance had declared against. And the
Chicago platform of that year did not
bind. as the popular judgment of the
Payne law rendered in November testi-
fed. The revision. it was decided, did
not meet the republican campaign prom
Use.
Important, then, as platform is, what
will he the guarantees if, in some way,
the Kentucky democrats secure one for
this years campaign? What assurance
will they have that it is more than a
number of phrases cleverly constructed
and strung together for vote-catching
purposes, and no other? Who will stand
for the men who are standing for, and
on, the platform?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-25
Primaries and Platforms.

The Kentucky democrats are perturbed
on the subject OF platform. A full
state ticket and legislature which will
choose a successor to Mr.. Paynter in the
Senate are to be elected this year. aud
the democratic nominees are 10 be named
at a primary.
AT the moment the committees decision
in favor of a primary as against con-
vention was applauded. The convention
held twelve years ago which nominated
William Goebel for governor left SO bit
ter a taste in the party's mouth. that
form Of procedure fell under ban. The
alternative being primary, one was or
dered
Now, however, the inquiry appears,
what about platform? The party. it
10 suggested. should have one. For what
In local matters Is it at present standing?
Nbat viii; q democratic victory y
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-25
Railroads and Rates.
From the New York World.

1t is no fault of the railroad presidents
that panic did not follow the decision
of the interstate commerce commission in
the rate cases. For months the railroads
have been engaged in a systematic cam
paisn to oOerce the commission by de-
stroying their own credit. Manager after
manager has told the country that unless
freight tariffs We're advanced the rail-
roads could borrow no money. AS Com
missioner Lane says in the decision in
the western cases Throughout this rec
ord it appears that a literary campaign
has been conducted by the use of rail-
road money with the manifest purpose
of establishing at home and abroad the
impression that the effect of railroad
regulation in the United States is in
furious to the American railroad" This
is a very moderate statement Of the
facts. In interviews, in public state
ments. in speeches. the IA lroad managers
have tried to convince the country that
the railroads We're lowering on the verge
Of ruin and that only an immediate ad-
vance in rates could save them. Yet the
truth is that the government had not
sought to reduce by single penny the
earning power of the railroads. All i,
has done is to maintain the rates which
the railroads themselves put into effect
and have kept in effect for years.