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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-13
FARMERS SEEK AssAMANT.
Central Kansas Girl Attacked by
QueerIy Acting Stranger.

New Cambria, April ia desperate
attempt to assault Miss Gertrude Vau-
pei the 14-year-old daughter of Mrs.
William Vaupel made at the George
Vaupel residence two miles east of here,
brought out an impromptu posse OF
New Cambria farmers to look for the
man suspected of the attempt.
The man suspected of the crime is
perhaps 20 years of age. His queer &C
lions here Friday and Saturday ex-
cited the suspicious of the farmers here
who saw him, and who called at the
VaupeI house Friday afternoon.
When at the Vaupel house Friday.
efforts to make him leave the premises
seemed unavailing, and he did not leave
until his queer actions had made it APP
parent that he was partially demented
That night Miss Vaupel was passing
an clubhouse when man inside the
building snatched at her arm, and at
tempted to drag her inside. But the
girl was followed by her mother, and
her sister, Miss Annie Vaupel, and
these raised such an outcry that the
man gave up and fled.
1t was very dark just before last
nights thunder storm and his figure
could not be distinguished.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-13
MAN HUNTS 'ewIDOW LADY"
Proposes Marriage on Spot When He
Finds One.

Pittsburg, Kan, April 13.-The po-
lice are looking for short, thick-set
man, dark complexion, with stubby
mustache streaked with gray, who has
been annoying women. Besides the
above description he is said to be about
fifty years of age.
'Are you widow Lady," he would
ask after he had raped at the front
door and received an audience with
the lady of the house. If she was not
a widow he would excuse himself
with the remark, 81 am looking for
a widow lady to do my washing"
He found three or four in his
rounds, the police say but he did not
arrange for time to bring his laun-
dry around.
At one place he found a widow.
He told her that he was after a wife
and stated that he was a widOwer with
four children, all grown. and all he
wanted was widow woman for a wife
whom he would take to his home farm
in Missouri and care for her If she
would look after the household duties.
This sudden proposal to the widow
frightened her and she stepped to the
telephone and called for policeman.
He suspected that som ething was
wrong and departed just about the
time she began an endeavo- to enter
tain him until the arrival of an Of
ficer
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-13
KANSAS WHEAT LOOKS FINE.
Chicago Expert Finds Promise of
Great Crop Here.

Salina, Kan, April 15.-Geo. NJ. LIE
Count representing the Ffnley-BarreH
Grain company of Chicago, was in Sa-
lima Tuesday on a wheat inspection tour.
He came up from Wichita, and left this
morning in an automobile with R. E Nc
Hue, general agent for the Buffalo-Pitts
ThreShing Machine company OF Wichita,
and L. H. Barber, local agent of the same
company.
They are on their way west and viii
travel as far as they can find any wheat
The trip will take them at least as far
west as Oakley. They will then go south
toward Dodge City. and back toward
Wichita, through Great Bend and the
heart of the Arkansas valley wheat belt.
Mr.. lie Count is one of the men you
read about in the Chicago market re-
ports as having said thus and so about
the Kansas wheat, though LIE Count has
probably bigger following than most
of the so-called crop experts" who go
through the wheat country making pre-
dictions on next harvest There Is this to
say about Mr.. LIE Count: He isn't one OF
the crop killers" that f. D. Coburn tells
about, travelling through Kansas in a
Pullman car, irrigating his dubious alb
domen" with Mumm's extra dry. LIE
Count gets down to the grass roots In
his work, and besides, he says wheat Is
looking fine, which is not the way for
a crop killer to talk.
Everything north or sumner county
all over the eastern and central Kan
sas,' said Mr.. LIE Count, us in splendid
condition. Never saw wheat looking bet
ter, or giving promise of finer crop.
Before coming to Kansas I was in Okla
homa, and the wheat there has been
much injured. In Sumner county, which
used to be the banner wheat county OF
Kansas, the wheat failed to terminate.
1t is not looking we'll In Oklahoma and
has been plowed up and the ground
planted to OATS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-13
TRAIN ROBBERS IN JAIL.
Kansan's Still Hunt Results in Arrest
of Suspects.

Coffeyville, Kan, April 13.-Three Of
the men who held up and robbed the
passengers on the Iron Mountain train
on the night of March % are now in
Oklahoma jails and the other two are
said to be in easy reach of the officers.
The arrest came as the result of still
hunt made by w. P. F'leeman of this
city A store had been robbed in Gen.
tralia, an inland town a short distance
from here in Oklahoma Shortly after
wards, the passenger train was robbed
near Lenape, just south of here
Among the shells discharged by the
bandits were number which were
Identical with those stolen from the
store. They also fit the rifles which
had been taken. A piece of bed ticking
which had contained the soap used in
blowing open the safe in the expire IS
car was found, and F1eeman went to
the home where the arrest was made
and found the tick from which the
piece had been torn.
Other evidence was also secured. The
other two suspects, Walter Jarret and
Elmer Maurdy, had been in the city
jail here since the holdup on a, minor
charge, but the police allowed them %
escape by paying SO fine for disturb
ing the peace. 1t is said that the Of
ficers have them located. Rewards Of
81 900 each for the robbers have been
offered by the government.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-13
MorHER-TN-LAW JAILs HIM.
Shouted That Baby on Train Had
Smallpox.

Concordia, Kan, April ia 2-year-
old baby, an frate mOther-in-law, a
weeping mother and a desperate father
had an interesting meeting at the
Union Pacific depot, presided over by
an officer of the law, while the curious
passengers made up an interested audi
ence. The trouble began when Clarence
Mossberg and his wife found they could
not agree any longer. They decided to
separate. But the mother took the
children. one 2 years old and the other
a tiny baby, with her. The father de-
cided to have one Of the children and
kidnapped his own baby from the house
yesterday afternoon. He intended TAX
ing the child to Clifton. where he IS
working on a farm, and was on the
Union Pacific train bound for BelleviAe
when the mother-in-law and his former
wife arrived on the scene. The mother,
in-law used her wits and made big
fuss, telling that the baby had smallpox
and should not be allowed to leave
town. The alacrity with which the
porter hustled the man and the unsus
pecting baby out of the train was
amusing, and the mother gathered the
baby in her arms and left the lonely
father to his thoughts.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-13
MEN AS FAMILY HOSTS? WHAT?
p. G. Dayton of Harrington Establishes
Dangers Precedent

Dangers Precedent.
Herington, Kan, April ia move
ment has been started in Harrington
that will cause a rebellion in Kansas
towns If it spreads and meets with
approval
P. G. Dayton, prominent business
man Of this city served notice on Mrs.
Dayton Wednesday morning that she
should leave the house and not re-
turn until O'Clock in the evening.
In the afternoon Mrs. Dayton re-
ceived an invitation to a Z o'clock
dinner at her home. She was in a
flurry-a dinner at her home and she
didn't know thing about it! She
called up her friendS-they had re-
ceived bids also! Frantically she at
tempted to obtain information from
her husband. His only answer was
that all was well and she would be
received like other guests.
The dinner was served in elaborate
style without a flaw or a mistake
and Mr.. Dayton received only the as
sistance of the ordinary house cook.
The menu included six courses of the
best prepared foods, the house was
decorated and not a grain of dust
could be detected on the hall banis-
tiers.
The other masculine members of
Harrington society are fearful that Mr..
Dayton has established a dangerous
precedent that may give them much
trouble in their future family relations
to society.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-13
FALL On BURNING IItASH.
Screams of Child Save Life of Hays
Woman.

Hays, Kan, April 13.-Saturday
morning as Mrs. Chilcoat, who lives in
the north part of town. was burning
off the trash about her place, she be-
came overcome by the smoke and faint
ed, falling against a stump, cutting a
cash two inches long in the forehead,
and falling where her clothing was
soon Attire.
A child who was with her at the tine,
screamed and called neighbor to the
help of the unfortunate woman By
use of water and after much work the
fire was extinguished, but not until
after almost half of the woman's body
was badly burned.
1t is thought she will recover, al
though she is about s. years Of age.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-13
MOTORS DO WORK
Farming by Electricity on Reno
County Ranch.
Windmills Are Replaced by Mo-
tor Pumps Now.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Eggs Kept at Even Temperature
by Current.
All Farm Buildings Lighted by
Pushing Button.

Hutchinson, Kan, April 1S-They' re
farming by electricity out at the Rim
gle ranch. northeast of Hutchinson.
Farm machinery is being driven by
electricity, the big cow barns are
lighted by electric lights motor power
has succeeded the windmillS in pump
ing water; and even the chickens are
being Matched by electricity.
1t is five miles from the Hutchin-
son electric light plant to the Ringle
ranch, but in order to get the current
to the big farm it was necessary to
construct only half a mile of addi-
tional line.
The telephone line to the ranch is
privately owned and the electric wires
were strung along this phone line. The
residence, barns. carriage sheds, and
even the yards and feed lots are light
ed by electricity.
By a push of the button the entire
farm is lighted, and if necessary farm
work can be carried on after dark
without the least difficulty.
The windmills, which are very
often damaged If not blown clear down
by high winds are superseded now by
motors which do the pumping of water
much more satisfactorily than the
windmills ever did.
Motors attached to feed grinders.
and other implements do work form
erly done by horse power, while
churns, and other apparatus in con-
nection with the dairy house and
ranch kitchen are operated by cleo
trio power.
It was only a few days ago that
the electric juice was called into use
in the Matching of chickens. The oil
lamp on the incubator was smoking
and giving trouble.
Mrs. Ken Ringle, who personally
manages the big farm. decided to try
electric heat in the incubator. She
had electricians come out and they
fitted up four sixteen candle power
incandescent light in the incubator.
They were so arranged as to be ad-
Unstable so that the heat could be
easily regulated.
The electric heat was turned on,
with a setting of $50 eggs in the in
cubator, Sunday.
'It has been perfectly satisfactory"
said Mrs. Ringle. 1.-The uniform tenn
perature of 1913 degrees has been
maintained steadily. There has been
no variation and no difficulty. 1t has
been more satisfactory than the old oil
lamp and just as cheap.
eve are now having motors INSTALL
ed and will do away with the wind
mills on the place. We find the cleo
tricity cheaper and much more salts
factory"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-13
LIQUID CURES ECZEMA
WHERE SALVES FAIL

In regard to skin diseases, medical
authorities are now agreed on this:
Don't imprison the disease germs in
your skin by the use of greasy salves,
and thus encourage them to multiply.
true cure of all eczematous diseases
can be brought abont only by using
the healing agents in the form of a
liquid.
WASH THE GERMS OUT.
A simple wash: A compound of Oil
o. Wintergreen, Thymol, and other in
gradients aa com bined in the d. d. n.
Prescription. This penetrates to the
disease germs and destroys them, then
soothes and heals the skin as nothing
else has ever done.
A % cent trial bottle will start the
cure, and give you instant relief
Geo. w. Stansheld, druggist, $50
Kansas ave., Topeka
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-13
KANSAS BOY GETS RICH.
Son of Winfield Man Gains $500, 900 in
Grain Business.

Winfield, Kan, April 13.-Edwin L.
Bartlett, son of " r. Bartlett, of this
city, is another of the Winfield prod
uct of early days who has made a
success in the world of business and
finance. He attended school here in
the seventies, and learned the grain
business as he grew up, that being
his fathers vocation. This story from
1.-THE Modern Miller" of April 8, the
great authority in the grain and mill
ing world, tells of his success:
Edwin L. Bartlett of the Bartlett
Commission Co, engaged in the grain
and elevator business in st. Louis
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-13
SHARON SPRINGS BOOMING.
New Compressed Air Water System
Now Being Used.

Sharon Springs, Kan, April ID
Sharon Springs has a fine new COM
pressed air system of city water works
and a supply of the finest soft water.
One hundred residences have been
built in the last year, and number OF
fine new business blocks. ]. A. john
son block and new Odd Fellows hall
of brick are nearing completion, in
which the Citizens State Bank will
also be located. The New West hotel,
a fine new cement block hotel, was
completed a few weeks ago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-13
ENTERTAINs U. p. OFFICIALS.
Two Hundred Banquet Plates at 81
Per Plate.

Salina, Kan, April 13.-Salina is
entertaining General Manager A. L
Mohler and five other high officials of
the Union Pacific railroad A ban
quet was given at the Elks club for
the visitors and two hundred plates
were set, all Salina people paying two
motor car ride over the city as the OBJ
ject of the Salina people in inviting
the officials was to interest them in
the town. Mr.. Mohler in an interview
declared this evening that Salina was
the best Union Pacific town in the
state save Kansas City.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-13

Powell for the past "a years pastor
of the First Church of Christ of Louis
vile, KY, is the chief speaker. At
his first address DR.. Powell said: 81
believe the dead are still living and al
ways have lived. But we may not
communicate with them by such vul-
gar means as table rappings, mediums
seances and the like" DIR. Powell
will deliver two more addresses before
the close of the meeting.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-13
BOYS SHOULD SAVE MONEY.
Principal stops Plans for 81 High
School Splash.

School SpIasH
Ell Dorado, April 1.-TWO dollars is
too much for a high school student to
pay for a class splash In fact, there
is a tendency for students to be extrav-
agant and must be stopped.
These are the sentiments of B. +.
Martin. Superintendent of Ell Dorado's
schools. And he is putting his ideas
into practice. A 81 splash" fund col
lected by the junior class several days
ago, has been returned.
1--WE can not afford to have our
schools on any other than pure demo-
cratic principles" stated Mr.. Martin
Expenses incident to elaborate recep-
lions and social functions invariably
work a hardship on some member of
the class The rule applies to every
community Boys and girls should be
discouraged in this tendency to spend
money fooIishly"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-13
FAST TRAIN KILLS BABY.

Grandmother Carries Bleeding, Man
gled Form to House.
Wichita, April 13.-Emmett SIyter. IS
months old, was killed by Rock Island
passenger train, known as the Texas
express, late yesterday evening. The
child was attempting to crawl across
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-13
OFF TO JOIN REBELS.
Kansan Leaves for Scene of Mexican
Disturbance.

Stockton. Kan, April ia. N.
Bullitt, soldier of fortune and ex-
county surveyor of this county, left
along the southern border where it
is reported he will join the Mexican
insurgent army. Bullitt came here
several years ago from New York city
as the chief constructing engineer of
the Nebraska, Kansas & Southern rail-
road. He was one of the best civil
engineers in this part of the state.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-13

the track when the accident occurred
A gruesome feature to the accident was
the action of the child's grandmother,
an aged woman, who rushed out and
picked up the mangled body, carrying it
with blood dripping over her clothing,
to their house short distance away
She then tainted
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-13
BROTHERS C0MPAN'
KICKED BY A MAD HORSE

Samuel Birch, of Beetown, Wis. had a
most narrow escape from losing his leg
as no doctor could heal the frightful sore
that developed, but at last Bucklen' S
Arnica Salve cured it completely. Its the
greatest healer of ulcers, burns, boils,
eczema, scalds, cuts, corns, cold-sores,
bruises and piles on earth. Try it. Csc
at Campbell Drug Co.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-13
VULGAR sEANCEs CONDEMNED.
But Table Rappings Are Not Means of
Communication.

Wichita, April 13.-Nearly two
hundred ministers of the Church of
Christ are here in attendance at the
annual meeting of the state institute,
which opened Tuesday. DR.. E. L.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-03
LIGHT.

Tie speed at which light travels
through space was discovered almost
py accident go years ago 1t grew
out OF an irregularity in the movement
OF one OF Jupiter's moons At one pc
ROD OF the year this moon was is min
utes ana IS seconds behind time. that
Is, behind the timetable 1t had kept
SIX months before. This moon would
disappear behind Jupiter and at times
De 10 minutes and Sc seconds late ind
reappearlns. In other words. the time,
table Jupiter's moon kept in spring|
was different from tho one it kept ind
iaii. III Is important TO note that the]
variation occurred every six months|
regularly. Every half year the r.oor1
would be this quarter of an hour ,ats5
IN coming out from behind its parer n
planet. Jupiter. This periodicity exl
pi1ined tho irrcgularity For the dis
lance between us and Jupiter varied
every SIX months, and the moon an
peared late in making its appearance
BECAUSE its light had a greater inter&
Vening space to travel over in conin& q
10 US. suppose you are on a iner-yX
Go-found and a big arc light Is at on&
sac OF 1t. At times as you ride around
you VIII be near the arc light and at
tlmes removed to tic opposite side "a
tle circle. When YOU are on the on
Fosite side of the circle the light viii
nave to cross the circle to reach yoa
10 cross the circl.. in which the e,rt
moves Is distance of $4,000 900 mile
Hence astronomers saw it took al
Iisht OF Jupiter's moon 1e minutes ann
IN seconds n frat IL Ii
me 10 minutes and 36. seconds is abotif'
eaaai to 1000 seconds. Therefore. til
rate at which light travels is 1856. coo 4.
oop miles divi1ed by 1Coo. or 5000
iniies per second. That this is tru$
mocern machines clearly show.--Mar&
chester, N. Fl. Union. H.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-03

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Matthew MeKenna. who WAS in the
hospital when Glover died said he did
not hear DIR. Dowd ask Glover IL he
wanted to make Z will. His testi-
mony at previous hearing WAS then
read to him, in 1alch he stated that
he did near such a question by Or.
Dowd. McKenna then recalled that
sucn a question was asked
Both sides rested at noon and Jesse
A. Cove began his argument for the
contestants.
Mr.. GoYe's principal contention in
compelled TO make the viii was that
Glover and his wife lived unhappily.
that he was afraid of her and that
holding several threats over him, she
induced him TO make it in her favor.
He called Mrs. Glover vicious woman
and spoke disparagingly of her char
acter, especially in relation to her
treatment of Hattie lie Blanc.
Fletcher Ranney, who followed for
the will denounced the action of the
four brothers in seeking TO stir up
family quarrels and claimed that they
were responsible for the controversy
that had been drawn out SO long and
through which Mrs Glover had passed
successfully in spite OF their effort to
besmireh her good name.
Considerable testimony was then in
troduced TO show that Mr. and Mrs.
Glover were a happy couple and that
their home life was of the most pleas
ant character. TO support this con-
tention depositions were read from
Charles A. Wagandt of Baltimore, who
with his wife had been on the same
steamer with the Glovers on a trip TO
Jamaica and who later visited the
Glovers in Waltham, and also from
George ID. Potter of Providence, who
vas well acquainted with the Glover
family
Mrs. Mary Walker. a daughter of
Seymour Glover, and Mrs. Seymour
Glover both testified to the happy
home life OF Clarence Glover and his
iwife. Mrs. Seymour Glover also said
shax Albert Glover ONE of the four
ibr0thers who is attempting to break
the will had sald4f her that he wanted
TO put Mrs Lillian Glover behind the
bars.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-03

been. one of those chosen to commit
the actual crime, and to have escaped
this assignment by feigning illness.
of the prisoners the priest, Giro
VifoZZi alone maintained his COM
posure during Abbatemaggio's recital.
Through the exciting moments he read
the breviary, giving the impression
that the testimony did not concern
him
The infUrm2r, wEese statements had
been attacked by the defence on the
grounds that he vas not wholly re
sponsible mentally, denied that he
was subject to eplleptic fits. He
named COrrada Sortino as one of the
actual assassins of Cuoccole
At the conclusion of tie session,
some of the prisoners who had beer
in america, appeared to recognizes Mr..
English. said: I'VE are innocent"
Mr.. Mcclellan said to some of the
Italian newspapermen:
Your court is not confined to our
rules of evidence ana is able TO cut
many legal knots with speed which is
certainly extremely admirable. The
most dramatic feature today was the
confronting of Abbatma ggio with So
rintn the proceeding having no parallel
i'll Anglo-Saxon countries. Aebate-
maggie impressed me as abnormally
clever He stood the regular cross
examination by President Eianchi and
a half dozen lawyers without one
slip or contradiction. The other plis-
oners like Abhateinaggio are very in
telligent, looking like body Of fair
~ prosperous business men.
Il eenyersed with the priest Nitozzi
and never saw more expressive facial
play or gestures. Alfano the alleged
head of the Camorra has as intelligent
face as [ have ever seen. He sits in
the front row of the prisoners cage
dominating his associates and hand j..
ling them like prompter in a theat-
ricai performance. The trial inter-
este;l me profoundly. Its scope is more
extended than the mere conviction of
the Ipurderers of Cuoccolo The Cam
Ora itself is on trial and every true
friend of Italy must earnestly hope
that the admirable body of Carabi-
neeTs will succeed in ending their pa
triotic mission of purifying Naples. :