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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-03
BILLS IN THE SENATE.

The following bills were introduced
and read the first time:
S. B. No. 497-By Milton: An act re-
lating to the selling of insurance
premium notes prior to the delivery CT
the policy.
S. B. No. 4ss-By Milton: An act to
provide for the consolidation of cities
of the first class, and of cities of the
second class having an aggregate pop
ulation of $4,000
s. B. No. 499-By Milton: An act
amending section 2, chapter 226 of the
session laws of 1905 as to salary of
bailiffs of certain courts and repeating
said original section. 81. =,
S. B. No. 500-By Milton: An act re-
I lating to cities of the first class having
population of more than 10000, en-
abling them to acquire lands i'm said
city for the building of any school,
hospital department, branch or auxil-
larry thereof owned OF. controlled in
whole or in part by the state of Kan
sas and to issue bonds in payment for
such lands and to donate, transfer and
convey the same.
S.. B. No. .5O1-By Avery: An act
amending sections 9075. 9O76. 9O77 907S,
general statutes of 1909 and repeating
/ said original sections.
/ 5. B. No 502-By Brady: An act
creating the office of notary public and
/ conyeyancer and prescribing the duties
thereof.
S. B. No. 5O3-By Carey: An act
making an appropriation to compensate
and relieve the distresse7 condition Of
( Horace R. Dobson, who was perma-
/ pently injured by the breaking of a de-
/ fective derrick at the industrial state
reformatery at Hutchinson, Kan.
! S. B. No. 504-By Carey: An act to
amend section 102, chapter 81. general
! statutes of 1909. being section 2, chap
4 te. 224. laws of 1905. to regulate the is
suance of elevator and warehouse GER
/ tificates, etc.
S. B. No. 505-By Hostrup: An act
I to amend section 1884 of the general
statutes of Kansas of 1868, and repeal
ing said original section.
\ S. B. No. 5O6-By Fowler: An act /,
4 sink a we'll for natural gas within the
\ grounds of the Mother Bickerdyke
/ Annex 20 the State Soldiers home in
Ellsworth county, to equip such well
and the said annex with pipes and APP
pliances adapted to lighting. heating
and supplying the culinary needs OF
\ the annex with natural gas and max
ing an appropriation therefor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-03
FINDS LORIMER GUILTY.
Senator Root Declares Illinois Man
Should Be Turned Out.

Washington, Feb. 3.-That Senator
William Lorimer of Illinois holds his
seat as The result of bribery and that
on that account he should not be per-
mitted to continue in the senate is the
conclusion reached by Senator Elihu
Root and announced by him in an
argument on the floor of the Senate
today.
The New York senator held the I'M
divided attention of his colleagues as
he dis saed the report of the COM
mittee on privileges and elections by
which Mr.. Lorimer was exonerated.
Mr.. Roots position had been ques-
ton of much speculation and SO high
is the esteem in which his opinion is
held that it is known some members
of the senate have held in allegiance
their own opinions until they could
hear from him. In the main his adj
dress consisted of a careful analysis CT
the testimony taken by the committee
The argument was almost entirely
legal
MIR. Root lost little time in indicat-
ing the conclusion he had reached
which was entirely antagonistic to Mr..
Lorimer. He took the position that
the investigation committee had been
at fault in permitting either the at
torney for Mr.. Lorimer or the attorney
for the Chicago Tribune to direct its
course in the matter of connecting Mr..
Lorimer with the corruption of menu
bers of the Illinois legislature but
agreed that even in the face of it's
fault in this respect the committee had
obtained sufficient evidence affectually
to faint and invalidate the election.
He expressed the opinion that both
the state and country had been dis
graced by the methods of the Lorimer
election. Not only did the senator diff
fer as to the conclusions but as to the
methods of the senate committee. He
did not believe that organization had
properly interpreted the scope of its
instructions but felt that it had gone
too far in interpreting the charges as
a private complaint by the Chicago
Tribune The committee should be
thought have borne in mind that the
reputation, the honor, the purity and
the authority of the senate were in
volved When" he asked earnestly.
Ibid we entrust the guardianship of
our honor and integrity to any news
paper or any man? 1t was the duty
| of the committee to investigate wheth-
er corrupt methods and practices had
been resorted to as directed by the
senate and not to decide whether the
Tribune had established q case
| One effect of the committees course
had been to create the feeling that this
was persecution rather than prose-
] crntion and the speaker himself con-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-03
BILLIARD PETITION IN.
Signed by one Hundred and Fifty
Business Men.

| signed by more than $50 business
men of the city, the petition OF Mayor
Billiard for nomination of mayor has
been filed with the city clerk This is
the first; petition ar rominatio ion paper
to be filed by candidate for mayor.
S. S. T5rmy, judge of the police court,
has fled his papers for the position of
Judge of the court of Topeka.
Among the names attached to the
petition of Mayor Billiard are the fol-
lowing: F. B. Simms. n. B. Arnold,
A. V. Linde1l, J. J. Lannan, Frank Ho-
bart, George w. Veale, jr., M. Snattin-
ger. L. E. Fraser, Frank Klingaman,
W. c. Stephenson, F. S. Thomas, E.
c. Dibble, J. C. Elliott, w. o. Rigby;
C. e Rigby and Frank Durein.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-03
NO WEDDING BELLS
Miss Pearl Helbert Seeks Ten
Thousand Heart Balm.
Charges That W. C. Wentemute
Was a Recreant Lover.
WEDDING DAY FIXED.
But Bridegroom Found Excuse
for Postponem ent.
Now Girl Has Lost Confidence
and Seeks Balm.

A breach of promise suit for $4,000
has been brought in the district court
by Pearl Helbert, a clerk, against w.
c. Wentemute. an employee of the
Santa Fe.. .zsss<s ssaass
One definite and numerous. indefin-
lite wedding dates had been set,
charges the plaintiff, but each time the
groom SHE'D off. Easter. 1910, was the
definite day and she had made lavish
preparations for the happy event.
Shortly before the date arrived, how
ever, Wentemute imploreJ her to wait
until February, the present month
Now, she alleges, there is no chance
whatever.
The couple met, according to the pc
tition, in September, 1903. Immedi-
ately he began to call on her at the
home of her mother, Mrs. Margaret
Helbert, 1854 Mulvanes street. He paid
her marked attention and many man
ifestations of affection and love- and
by his manner and conduct invited
and obtained a return of similar senti-
ment." They became acknowledged
lovers.
From September until December 81
the cease remained the same and
then on that date Eat his special in
vftation and request" she promised to
marry him. No date was set, but it
was understood the wedding would
take place within unreasonable. time
The contract, however, was renewed
and extended from tin1e~to- time until
the definite date of Easter. 1910, was
set. s-sa @t4szs-'&&e
Frequently she alleges he talked. to
her relatives about his and her pros
poets in life and to all appearances in
tended to carry out his contract But
when the date approached ne again
postponed it.
In asking damage of $4,000, she
complains that in waiting for Wente-
mute she had rejected numerous other
lovers who have sought her hand, and
that her prospects of ever obtaining a
husband have been blighted. ii;.s
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-03

lated him and his daughter upon their
marriage when it was too late to pre-
vent the ceremony. The mother, be
explained, assisted by a policeman,
was the stumbling block.
Upon cross examination by County
Attorney Simon, Ketchel explained
that he had gone to the probate court
for marriage license alone because
Esther did not want to go along. He
said he had asked her to go, but she
had replied: mo, I am Is years old.
That's all they want to know" Then
he admitted he had told her, well, if
they ever saw you, they would not
believe it," Yet he insisted he had be-
lieved it all the time and rather over
did it by asking the. attorney; why,
what right had I to doubt her word %
And why did you say you married
her?" asked Simon.
Because l loved her, because she
was misused at home, and because 1
wanted to protect her"
IF that was the reason, why then
did you want to take her right back to
that home after the ceremony"
This question seemed to stall the
witness and the further examination
brought out that he had not had a
dollar in his pocket and would have
to seek shelter at her home or at his
he thought he could have protected
her even at her old home.
And it was his retreat to the old
home that got Ketchel into trouble.
He had word sent the parents that he
had married the daughter In less
than two hours he was under arrest
and has been in the jail ever since.
Ketchel said he was IS and his first
wife Is years old when they were mar
ried in Kansas City in 1903. They
lived there one day less than a year
then went to Junction City, Kan, her
home, and subsequently to Kansas
City again where they were separated
after q few days Since that time he
had been through most of the middle
states
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-03
HE TRADED IN DISEASE.
Medical Men Tell of Furnishing Germs
to PantchenI5o.

Z st. Petersburg, Feb. 3.-Dr. Pant
chenko, whose speciality he admits
has been the removal by poisoning of
undesirable relatives and enemies of
those who could pay his fee, told at
todays session of the murder trial
how he secured his instruments of
death. The admissions were brought
out in connection with the testimony
OF medical witnesses.
Pantchenko in common with Count
O'Brien De Lassy is charged with the
murder of De Lassy's brother-in-law,
Count Vassilf Bouturlin, the heir to
several millions which it is alleged,
DIS Lassy coveted for his wife. The
doctor has confessed that Bouturlin
was the most recent of some forty vic
Tins, but claims that in this particular
killing he was under the hypnotic in
huence of De Lassy who, however,
paid him for the job. Pantchenko'
income is said to have gone to Mad
anne Muravieff, and the latter has
been made a party to the proceedings.
DR.. Heinrich, veterinary employ
ed at the pest laboratory in kronstadt
testified that the poisoner twice visit
ed the laboratory where he obtained
several tubes of cholera toxine, which
he represented were required LOT
scientific purposes. At this point rant
/ chonkO explained 10 the COuIb IA1l
| De Lassy had furnished him with
money for the trip to kronstadt and
The added that he. gave the tubes OF
| poison to the count.
| DIR. Zabolontny, the plague expert,
who recently returned from an in
spection of China, was then called. He
testified that Pantchenko had applied
| to him for diphtheria toxine. The
witness gave him diphtheria culture
| fluid. Later he ascertained the Hu1d
| lacked killing power. but this was UNI
known to Pantchenllo. The president
of the court asked the aged prisoner
what he did with the fluid and the
! latter replied that he threw 1t away
Another time he went for poison
| to DR.. Zdrzhekoshi. The latter
| testified that the doctor came to the
institution of experimental medicine
and asked for diphtheria toxine- The
witness gave him several assay tubes
and told him the minimum non-fatal
dose. The presiding judge interrupt
| ed to inquire what Pantchenko did
with this supply of poison. For a mo-
ment there was tense silence in the
court room as the4notorious murder
er hesitated. Finally he evaded the
| question saying he would reply to il
| later. The results of the autopsy and
q microscopical examination of the in
ternal organs from the body OF Bout
urlin were then laid before the court
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-03
LOCAL MENTION.
Get up a crowd. and visit the skat-
ing Kinks. some afternoon or night.


The city health department today
investigated a house occupied by Mex
leans at the corner of North Topeka
avenue and West Gordon street fol-
lowing a report that it was in an unr
sanitary condition and that forty Mex
leans were living in one room. OF this
number one was taken to Stormont
hospital with the typhoid fever. The
health officers report that the place
was as sanitary as could be and that
only eleven men were living in seven
rooms.
Staff Captain Lundy of the Saliva
ton army, with headquarters in st.
Louis, will be in Topeka over Sunday.
He will lead the services at the hall at
315 Kansas avenue at O'Clock tomor-
row evening. He will also conduct the
services at IL a. m Sunday, at 8
o'clock the following afternoon and at
s o'clock Sunday evening. He will re-
turn to st. Louis Monday. He is also
secretary of the Young Peoples work
of the army. His territory includes
southern Illinois, Missouri and Kansas.
George Gfvens, young man charged
with being an accessory before>tf1e fact
in the robbery of Fred LeepeT by John
Deever, roomers in the Keith build
ing, was released by the county attor-
ney today when he produced an alibA.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-03
FIRST OMNIBUS BILL.
House Passes Forty Measures. at Single
Roll Call.

Z The house took its first omnibus ride
this morning when some forty bills
were passed on one roll call. The ON
nibus was made upn and passed with
the understanding that if any mem
her objected to any~Dill being consid-
cred iIisthe batch. of bills at hand he
could do SO and that @hsu would be
withdrawn and considered separately.
The omnibus measure received III
yeas on roll cal1sand no nays .rez -
Among the bills introduced this
morning was one by the ways and
means committee appropriatirg $145,-
900 for the normal training course in
high schools for 1912 and 1913 and
$4,000 for the introduction of the
course of elements of agriculture and
domestic science in the high schools.
The bill will likely pass, for the ex-
pertinent made by the legislature two
years ago in placing the normal course
in high schools met with approval and
success all over the state. 80 'ssss=-
wilson of Marshall has bill pro-
viding for the establishment of a
branch of the state normal at Marys-
VILE Marshall county, and appropri-
ating $4,000 for the proposed school
Wilson of Greeley would establish
two experiment and demonstration
stations somewhere in western Kansas
under the jurisdiction of the regents of
the agricultural college, the places to
be selected by the regents themselves.
Nearly $50 bills have been intro
duced in the house UP to this time.
After next Tuesday no bills can be in
troduced in the house except appro-
prisstion bills. The total number of
bills in the house this session will
reach the one thousand mark, being
about the same as last session. There
are already resting in the house
morgue lis dead bills. There are
many others marked to die. Nearly
one hundred bills have been passed.
over seven hundred will have to be
DISPOSED of, either by endorsement,
slaughter or neglect. s5sa rs1 ge5.ss-.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-03
DEATHS AND FUNERALS.

Marcus D. Lilies, "a years old, for
merly of Elmont, Kan, but more re-
Gently a patient at the Topeka state
hospital, died this morning of pneu-
monsa The funeral will be held at o
o'clock Sunday morning from Pen
wells undertaking establishment.
IF. Riggs. 20 years old, died at his
home, 3S4 Wabash avenue, Oakland,
at 3 O'Clock this morning. A wife, five
daughters and two sons survive him.
Funeral services will be held at Rich
land, Kan, Saturday morning.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-03

fessed to sharing the view that the
work was not one in which a newspa-
per might properly engage.
This case is not the. case of the
Tribune; it is the case of this govera-
ment, it is the government of the
United States that is involved,' he
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-03
ORDERED TO THE FRONT.
Eleven Troops of Cavalry to Be Moved
to Mexican Border.

Washington, Feb. S.-The Mexican
situation was considered by the cabinet
today and as result eleven addition
al troops of cavalry have been ordered
to the frontier to preserve neutrality
on the part of the United States. -Four
troops will be rushed to FL Paso across
the border line from Ciudad- Juarez,
whese a battle is impending.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-03
Cau of the House.

There was a call of the house this
afternoon on the educational bill. and
the sergeant at arms are hunting for
enough absent members to pass the
bill
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-03
VIII Not Cut Hopkins, Salary.

The bill which called for the reduc-
ton of the salary of the lieutenant
governor from 500 to $500 was de-
feated in the senate committee this
afternoon by 81 to Is votes.
Arizona republican., 1911-09-11
Ba12XS=5 

Every wornan'S heart responds to the charm and sweetness of a baby's voice, because nature intended her for motherhood. But even the loving nature of mother shrinks from the ordeal because such time is regard ed as period of suffering and danger.
 Women who use Mothers s Friend are saved much discomfort and suffering, and their systems, being thoroughly prepared by this great remedy, are in a healthy condition to meet the time with the least possible suffering and danger. Mothers Friend is recommended only for the relief and comfort of expectant mothers it is in no sense remedy for various ills, but its many years of success, and the thousands of endorsements re- ceived from women who have used it are guarantee of the benefit to be derived from its use. This remedy does not accomplish wonders but sim ply assists nature to perfect its work. Mothers Friend allays nausea, pre-
Arizona republican., 1911-09-11

on a tour of the cities of the south west. It is planned to send it at least as f;tr as Albuquerque. It will be made up of fourteen cars, showing the old and new style of construction and will have two engines, one an old wood burner and one of the new Mallets.
 The tain is now being assembled in the T opeka shops and after being shown at the fair in that city will start for ,the southwest. It is planned to send ft over all lines where the construction. is heavy enough to per init running the Mallet. Each station will receive a visit of from five to thirty mi putes. General Agent Colds worthy of the Santa Fe in this city believes it would be possible to bring one of the Mallets in and it would bo one of the most attractive features of the fair.
Arizona republican., 1911-09-11

robes have been made white by the blood of the lamb
 One last look did I take. when be- hold. I saw a company engaging the watcher in earnest conversation. l listened and I heard plainly: Poor you may be or rich. illiteratc or learn ed. but l behold in your faces the light of a spirit within that has been begotten of the Savior Come in, come in; eternal glory thou shalt win Thou shalt sit in heaven with Christ for thou art like him."
 4-Whatever hope of eternal life may have held on the ground of his self begotten goodness must go to pieces on this last rock. if it has not before.
 I call you to witness and beg you ever to remember and never to for get that God himself discarded the fig leaf aprons of Eden's sinful inhabi- tants and substituted there for coats of skin with which to clothe them.
 Do you know why God killed the animal to make a covering for the body when fig leaves seemed to suffice? Mark the answer; it was because the race must be taught that without the shedding of blood there is no remis- sion of sins There is no blood in the fig leaf, and nothing in it. there fore. that could suggest to fallen hu- manity the need of a fountain filled with blood drawn from Immahuers veins"
 Thus did they learn at once that salvation is in Christ and not in things. Would God we might learn it now.
 They could not doubt--how can we? that nothing short of the blood-re garment of the slain Christ could hide human guilt from just God.
 It were not easy to be well clad nowadays. for the price of clothing Is SO high But. thank God, the robe of His Sons righteousness is within reach of all. Man-made robes we get by giving our means. But the Christ made we get by giving ourselves. "Son give me thine heart"
 The garment of the market soon wear out. The sun turns them brown, the rain leaves it's mark, the moth eats away the texture.
 But the robe that Christ holds out to every surrendered life bears upon it the stamp of the eternal. It will not stand the strain of time and storms of eternity. Men do not corrupt it. thieves do not steal. the elements do not fade it. And you may have it for the simple price of surrender. Son give me thine heart.''
 One day as minister was speak
Arizona republican., 1911-09-11
GRAND ID DECIDE
 TREMA|ME 10 MARK
GUIDE BOARDS FOR THE ROAD
 THAT GETS THE MONEY.
Tetzlaff to Interview the Old Pueblo ties as to Arrangements for
 Road Race There.

The new course for the road race from Los Angeles to Phoenix for the territorial fair this year is to be marked with signs showing which way to go at critical points, since there are several places on the Yuma Phoe- nix end of the new course where one has an alternative as to roads. The marking is to be done by w. B. Trea- maine, former proprietor of the Pope Hartford garage in Phoenix.
 On account of these alternative roads MT. Tremaine will be accompanied from here to Yuma over the road by Territorial Engineer J. B. Girand. who will determine as they go which road shall be taken. The plain signs show ing which way to go, but not the mile age, will be put up as they go.
 At Yuma MT Tremaine will meet Teddy Tetzlaff and together they will of Yuma.
 On the return MT. Tremaine will be accompanied to Phoenix by Tetzlaff, who will visit Tucson to interview those who have in charge the pro- jected road race at Tucson, to see if arrangements can be made with them on behalf of all the road racers who will be at the territorial fair to ap- pear in the Tucson race not later than week after the fair, MT. Tetzlaff having been commissioned to act for the others in the matter.
 Mir. Tremaine said last night that he could not tell just what day MT. Gi- rand and himself would start on the marking expedition as it depended on Mir. Girand's convenience after he re- turned from Globe, where he is now. but it would be probably the 18th of this month or thereabout. The Mari copa County Automobile club will fur nish the signs.
 The Santa Monica road race occurs October 14th. on an eight-mile course along the beach and inland at Santa Monica If the dangerous turn from the beach course to the inland course is parked this year as it was last year. but not the year before, it is ex pected that some very fast time, ex ceeding even that of about "A miles an hour of last year, will probably be made. but if it is not parked this year, fast time will be impossible. In any case the course is to be abolished by the city of Santa Monica after the race of this year. The new course for the road race to the territorial fair this race, while