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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-27

American residents in Japan are of
the opinion that the people of that
country entertain the most cordial and
friendly sentiments toward the gov
eminent and the people of the United
States. But take it from Hobson, Con-
gressman-Captain, Much-Kissed Hob
son, who hasn't been near japan for
several years, the Japanese are ready
at less than an instant's notice to fly
at the throat of the United States.
and it's a good thing Hobson has
stayed away from Japan. Had he
been there recently he would have
been arrested and hanged for a spy,
because he has more inside informa-
ton about the preparations of Japan
for war, than the Japanese seem to
have themselves.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-27
REFLECTIONS OF . BACHELOR.

IFrorn the New York Press.1
Orange blossoms at the altar; then
orange bitters.
Widows seem to have learned how
to be innocent just from experience
They say how women like to talk,
but any woman knows enough to keep
still about the meals.
The more times a man tells the
same funny story before his Wife the
more he wonders why she hasn't any
sense of hunor.
IT takes woman to start to put
something in a letter, write sixteen
pages, mail it, and then remember she
forgot to put in any of the things she
wrote it for.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-27
HUNoR OF THE Day

It was after his fifteenth disappoint-
m +he11. that the bill collector collected his
how many doorbells are out of order
along about the first of every month";
Uncle-My dear boy, it's fact that the
oaeiii on paper money have caused many
very tired Of ife nEys dew B naefs
,. What as do 10, you think of the new prob
G Es1ba,t ,, 1T was bad enough to see it.
Star.
Feminine Voter cat meeting)-Im not
fectly open and unbiased mind to listen
% what L m convinced is pure rubbish
Black and White.
IAN easy job will suit me. senator"
How about winding the clocks every
what's the matter with tearing the leaves
on the calendars every month?''-Wash-
ington Herald.
Then this asked the rejected sutton.
is absolutely final?' "Quite!' was the
calm ea reply, Shall I return your lettersP''
l can use again. ''-Tit-Bits. " '-'~'''
She-So you're stan artist on the Daily
Whirl? Why, I never see your name on
ANYTHING. He.oh,, haven't got that
far yet. They just let me make the cross
to show where the accident occurred.-
Chicago News.
Observation-Disclosures says tibet city
Teller gev him a hundred an some odd
dollars fur tibet horse o. his'n. Silas-You
amt heerd the hull of it. When he took
them dollars to the bank he found they
was all odd.-Caholic Standard and Times.
MY wife is always borrowing trouble"
What kind of trouble is she borrowing
now?" She is afraid wfdskers will be
in style. when our. little boy grows up.
SO that he will not have q chance to show
the cunning dimple in his chin Chicago
Record Herald.
Teacher-,Now. Earle, tell us when is
the harvest season? Earlie-Frorn Novem-
Der to March. Teacher-Why, Earle.
am surprised that you should name such
barren months. Who told you they were
the harvest season? Earlie-Pa. He's a
Observation-Disclosures News.
Mrs. Blueblood-John, who was that
man who just bowed to us? Blueblood-
Such insolencei You should make him
keep his distance. Blueblood-Ive done
my best, my dear I've stood him off
| now for two years.--Boston Transcript
ct rather like the motif of that pic
| ture," said Mrs. Oldcastle, after she had
carefully inspected the new work of art.
| Yes, SO do II replied her hostess, as
they were passing from the gallery, "only
| both me and Josiah thought the artist
meant it for cow.'-Chicago Record
| Herald.
! Now, Johnny said the Sunday school
| superintendent, lean you tell me what
it was that caused the prophet Elijah to
wath the Payne tariff bill.''-Harper's
| Weekly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-27
THE DAUGHTERS OF EVE SCORE


Solomon may have been the wisest
man that the world has yet looked,
upon, but he now appears to have o
real competitor for those honors in the
person of Mr.. John F. Donohue, a city
father of Wilkesbarre, Pa. In that
town the individual aldermen have
powers similar to those conferred on
police judges in other localities. Petty
criminals and nisdemeanants are ex-
amined by them, and the requisite
punishment administered.
Among those who were arraigned be-
fore Alderman Donohue recently was
one Marian Chepele, a demure and at
traetive miss from that equally de-
mure New York bailiwick, known as
Brooklyn. During her stay in Wilke-
barre, Miss Chepelle had wrought
terrific havoc among many and divers
young men of the town with her
laughing eyes They became SO in
| fatuated that they did little else than
tag her around. Finally, the mother Of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-27

They seem to do most things differ
emily in Russia. In this country when
public authority makes an effort to
get at the books of any of the large
corporations, a long drawn out lawsuit
is the result and just as like as not it
ends with the corporation keeping its
books locked up in its safe. When
thew want to look at the books of a
corporation in Russia, the police go
around and unceremoniously seize
them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-27
Even staid, old england seems to be

Even staid, old England seems to be
poaching on the preserves of Kansas.
A whirlwind picked up a young girl
near London the other day and when
it dropped her from a height of thirty
feet she was crushed to death. Here
tofore all the cyclones and whirlwinds
in existence were supposed to main
tain their habitat exclusively in Kan
sas. At least. some people so insisted.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-27
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
from the Chicago News.l

from the Chicago NeWsJ
Knowing what not to say helps some
Even the high flyer isn't always
above suspicion.
And occasionally woman's wisdom
is only skin deep.
Many a man is able to buy an au-
tomobile because he doesn't.
1t pollutes a lot of atmosphere every
time a grievance is aired.
The artificial bonds method of keep
ing her hair light is a dark secret.
You can't always tell what a wom-
ans hat cost by what she says the
price was.
when a man tells you he likes hash,
don't be in a hurry to believe all he
says.
A mans opportunity has reached
the lint when a porous plaster refuses
to get stuck on him.
We once heard of a woman who
married q man to reform him and sue
ceeded-at least, he died the next day.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-27

I'D like to think of it, said John
slowly, ''if 1 dared.
Then Phyllis came to the rescue.
why not dare 20 she asked softly.
Am / so formidable. Jobn?'
Then Marion slipped out and leIt
them. When she came back the jade
bracelet was on Phyllis arm.
1T is a funny sort of an engage
ment ring said Phyllis. but ike
it better than the other kind. -
Copyrighted 1911 by Associated Lit
erary Press)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-27

name for a new fashion thew follow it
unshrinlxingly. The matrimonial tri-
angle exists; why not write fiction
about it? The new fashion is skirt
and a bifurcated garment; why not
call it a "jupe culotte"? So the
French. But Anglo Saxondom shrinks
back. whether it be from revolutions
"triangles, or "trouser skirts" But
call it "harem skirt" and if it ever
had a chance to gain the day it had
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-27

That measure seeking to regulate.
employment agencies so that the fake
concerns of this sort can be driven
out of business, which has passed the
senate, has everything to recommend
it, and should receive favorable con-
sideration in the house.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-27

AS it is explained by the New York
Tribune: The new name which. by a
prestidigitation of the trade. has re-
placed the old one is an inspiration.
AS the trousers skirt" it--or should
we properly say they would not go.
1t makes no difference that in French
it IS called 'jupe culotte. " which means
about the same thing. The French are
a logical race, and whether logic leads
them to revolution or to truthful
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-27

The millennium being still in the far
distant future, it is scarcely probable
anv one hereabouts has held to the
idea that Senators Curtis and Bristow
would ever be able to agree on the dis
tribution of the important federal pat
ronage in Kansas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-27
A NATTER OF RIGHT.

The Kansas legislature having very
properly placed the woman suffrage
constitutional amendment squarely up
to the voters the Dispatch desires to
go on record as favoring it's adoption
not as a matter of sentiment, nor as
matter of courtesy, nor as a matter
of advisability, but as plain, simple
matter of right. And right wrongs no
man.-C1ay Center Dispatch.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-27

Kansas appears to be falling behind.
She has lost another record. The
youngest mayor of a city in this coun-
try is Boyd B. Stutler, who became the
chief magistrate of Grantsville, W.
Va, on February IS. He is only
twenty-orle years old
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-27

The Kansas legislature is as yet far
from being up to the standards which
prevail in congress. The only personal
encounter between members that has
happened in the former was pulled off
in the privacy of a committee room,
while in the latter, fisticuffs have been
INDUCED in by members on the floor
of the house of representatives during
a regular session.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-27
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.

The State Journal Is a member OF the
Associated Press ana receives the fun DAY
telegraph report OF that great news or
rarization for the exclusive afternoon
publication in Topeka.
The news is received in The State Jour
nal building over wires for this sole pur-
pose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-27

From the public standpoint, the only
regrettable thing about the interstate
commerce commissions decisions in
freight rate cases is the likelihood
that Lawyer Brandeis and his friends
will do q good deal of Growing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-27

If Congressman Hobson had been
permitted to have his way it is likely
that the new treaty between Japan
and the United States would have been
turned into a declaration of war.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-27

Because the paving bill of Topeka
against the state of Kansas is an old
one is about the poorest excuse that
could be advanced why it should not
he Maid
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-27
rHE PLAGJIE IN CHINA.


BY all odds the most calamitous
happening in the world at the present
time is the spread of plague in China
in epidemic and extremely fatal form
There seems to be but little attempt
to cope with it by any cooperative
preventive measures. either upon the
part of officials in the provinces OF
Mongolia and Manchuria, where it is
creating the greatest havoc, or upon
the part of the central authority at
Picking. The government has solicited
the advice of foreign experts as TO the
means of prevention, but there appears
to be no machinery or sanitary de-
tense in existence in the empire.
There is besides, dead weight
of passive fatalism among the mass OF
the people, who will do nothing for
themselves and who are suspicious
and distrustful of the offered aid of
foreign doctors or missionaries. What
may be done to help people who viii
not help themselves is perhaps the
puzzling humanitarian problem OF the
time. The type of the disease is IN It's
most deadly pneumonia form the
density of population, the squalor OF
| the villages, the swarms OF rats
| (known ready carriers of infectionl
and the absence of all proper medical
or police direction. conspire to aggra-
yate the horrors of the situation At
| tempt at remedy, under such clrcum-
| stances, seems so futile as to take on
the appearance of hardlhood.-Phlla-
delphia Record.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-27
FROM OFFER PENS
GERMANY. NEW AND OH

The new German census is complete
so far as the Kingdom of Prussia is
concerned, which has 40.157,573 in
habitants. an increase of 5,6S5,064 in
ten years. Germany takes q census
every five years, and the numerical in
crease in the last half of the decade
was but slightly more than that of the
first half. Nevertheless, Prussia alone
now has more people than France or
the island of Great Britain. and the
total for the empire will probably be
about 6S,0OO,00O.
Since 1870 Germany has surpassed
every other country in Europe in most
forms of material growth. She has
become a mighty power in trade and
finance, her army is probably the
strongest in the world. she has built
and rebuilt splendid cities, her place
on the map is large, and yet there are
complaints even from the Germans
themselves.
For centuries the Germans were a
race of ideaiists. They gave to the
world mighty thinkers and began
great intellectual movem ents. Liberty
was an inheritance from the ancient
Teutons, who never yielded to Rome,
and it f1ourished in the Free Cities of
the empire when the rest of Europe
scarcely knew the name of freedom.
Luther came out of Germany to
change the religion of half the white
world, and in the first half of the nine
teenth century Germany was full of
men of genius. Now it is full Of men
of ness.-New York World.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-27

Queer.-Reuben-Josh says tibet city
Lelier gev him hundred an some odd
dollars fur tibet horse o. hisn. Silas-You
amt heerd the hull of it. When he took
them dollars to the bank he found they
was all odd.-Caholic Standard and Times
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-27
A DISAPPEARING TYPE.

Reference was made wednesday by
a Dubois financier to the fact that
a few of the deposftors inAthe new pos
tai savings bank there were that class
of persons who are governed by a
senseless fear of any and all the reg
ular banks. That there are few of
this type yet abroad is further shown
by a dispatch from Milford Del, re-
lating how a native of that section.
having accumulated $1,000 and "hav-
ing no faith in banks" buried his
wealth in an earthen Jar in a Sc
cluded portion of his farm. Soon af-
terward some fox h 1tcrs brought him
the jar, which had been dug from the
ground by their dogs, but even that
failed to cure him and he buried it
again, this time so well that he can
not find it. He is now spending most
of his days digging up his farm and
most of his nights worrying lest some
one else, observing his search, may
beat him to It,.
Absurd though this plight may be,
it is, of course, no whit more ridicu-
Ious than that of countless others in
the past who have boarded their saw
ings in old stockingc and coffee pots,
under carpets or in holes in the wall,
only to lose it through theft, robbery
or fire. If the postal savings bank can
| only eliminate the antediluvian no.
ton about "having no faith in banks
| they will have justified their creation
I-Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-27
ChiIe.s Nitrate Deposits.

Chile owns practically all the nitrate
of soda in the world. Small quantities
have been found elsewhere, but in
this region are the only deposits that
can be operated at a profit Most of
the nitrate fields at one time belonged
to Peru, but Chile appropriated them
as indemnity after disastrous war
was waged between the two countries
in 1880. in which Chile was victor
ious You cannot meet a Peruvian
anywhere today who does not swear
vengeance against Chile for thus rob-
bling his country of her greatest source
of wealth. It was provided in the
treaty that after ten years, and upon
the payment of several millions of
dollars, the question of sovereignty
should be left to a vote of the people
residing within the three provinces
composing that disputed territory.
Peru has never been able to pay the
money, and Chile has Systematically
colonized the states. in order to make
sure of the results in case a plebiscite
should be demanded by Peru.--Nevin
Q. Winter. in the World Today
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-27

She-So you're STAFF artist on the Daily
Wh1rl? Why, never see your name on
anything. He-Oh, I haven't got that
far yet. They just let me make the cross
TO show where the accident occurred
Chicago News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-27

My wife is always borrowing trouble"
What kind of trouble is she borrowing
now?" she is afraid wfdskers will be
in style when our little boy grows UP.
SO that he will not have q chance to show
the cunning dimple in his chin "-Chicago
RecOrd-Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-27

Then this asked the rejected sutton,
calm reply. 'Shall return your letters 20
Yes, please" answered the young man
There's some very good material in them
1 can use again. ''-Tit-Bits
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-27

Teacher-Now, Earle, tell us when is
the harvest season? Earlie-From Novem-
Der to March. Teacher-Why, Earle. [
am am surprised tha1 you should name such
the harvest season? Earlie-Pa. He's a
plumber.-Milwaukee News
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-27

An easy job will suit me- senator"
How about winding the clocks every
week" Il might make that do. But
what's the matter with tearing the leaves
ington Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-27

Mrs. Blueblood-John, who was that
man who just bowed to us? Blueblood-
Er-that is my tailor. Mrs. Blueblood-
Such insolencei You should make him
keep his distance. Blueblood-Tve done
my best, my dear. I've stood him off
now for two years.--Boston Transcript
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-27

Feminine Voter Cat a meeting)-Pm not
preJudiced at all. I'm going with a per
Iectly open and unbiased mind to listen
TO what I'm convinced is pure rubbish
Black and White
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-12
Detective Burns
Takes Passage for
Trip to Europe
Refuses to Talk, but Admits It's Not
to Protect King George at the
Coronation.

NEW YORK, June u.-CSpecal Tele-
grant, with an air of great mystery
William J. Burns, the detective In the Lot
Angeles dynamite cases, sailed for Eu
rope on the American liner Philadelphia
today.
The determination OF Mr.. Burns to TAX,
the trip was very sudden. the men in hi.
own office knowing nothing Of IT unit
this morning. There were several theorie.
current as to the cause of the journey
The most generally accepted lie that he it
going after some of those implicated /.
the blowing up Of the Los Angeles Time,
building and the other dynamite exploit.
alleged to have been the work Of the Nc
Namara people
Burns was absolutely silent as to n.
mlssion, however. When asked about
he held up his hands with the ejaculation
II am not saying anything"
Where are you going?'
ITO London and Paris. I expect 70 b
gone three weeks at least. do not want
to be away any longer than that, because
have some business here that / must
come back to-"
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-12
GREAT WESTERN MAKES
BETTER MINNEAPOLIS TIME
Train Service between Omaha aud
Northern Cities Has Been
Improved.

Time changes. making better and more
expeditions service between Omaha and
Chicago and between Omaha and Mime
apolis, have been announced by the Great
Western road. Following are the changes:
Train No. 2, leaying Omaha at 5:4s D. m.
ana known as the Chicago Limited, Will
be discontinued. Train No u will carry
chicago sleeper and chair car
Train No. 6, new train, will be known
as the Clarion, Ia, local and leaves
rived at Omaha at 1879 a. m
Train No. H. Twin City Limited, will
arrive Omaha 7:4s a. m, daily, instead OF
1853 a. m, daily, except Sunday This train
on Sunday was known as No. II and ar
rived at Omaha at 1890 a. m.
Train No. II, known as Twin City Limited
VIII be known as Twin City Chicago
Limited. and leave Omaha s:35 p. m, in
stead of $50 p. m. This train, in addition
to having sleeper and coach for St Paul
and Minneapolis, arriving there as usual
7.3O a. m, and $40 a. m, respectively, will
also have sleeper and chair car for Chicago
end arrived at latter point at p. M
Train No. l6. Twin City Express will
leave Omaha a. m, instead OF Z 30 a. m.
Train No. II, Twin City Limited arriving
at Omaha 1880 a. m, Sundays only, will ar
rive on old schedule, Sunday, June H. as
special train, but thereafter will be known
as No H. arriving at Omaha daily at 7:4s
a.. m.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-12
Son of Iowa Banker
Arrested in Chicago,
Accused of Forgery
Edgar R. Boyer, Former Note Teller,
Has Many Signatures Bearing
Alleged Bogus Signatures.

CHICAGO, June 11.-Edgar Robert BOYER
note teller of the Hamilton National bank
up to the time of its recent consolidat ton
with the National city bank was arrested
today, while cashing an alleged forged
check at the Central Trust company.
In his pockets were found $4,000 in
promissory notes signed with the alleged
forged signature of D. NJ. Frederiksen
president Of the Scandinavian Land COM
pany of Chicago Minneapolis and Mon
treal. The check which Boyer was at.
tempting to cash was the fifth presented
within the week, all bearing F'rederiksen's
signature.
Boyer is son of r. r. Boyer, cashier
of the Cresten National bank of Cres-
ton, la.
In Boyer's room in a hotel was found a
mass of documents bearing alleged forged
signature of George w. Perkins. M. E.
Schiff, Ira NJ. Cobe. F. weyerhauser
q. II. Wilson, L. M Frederiksen, Thomas
F. Ryan, j. Ogden Armour Edward Hines,
C. r. Flint, Henry Meyer and Cobe &
McKinnen.
Bank detectives who caused Boyer's ar
rest say he had represented himself as
a partner with Perkins, Ryan and schiff.
and substantated his claim win an al
legged forged agreement signed with their
names. The document was an agreement
to form company with 81 100000 capital
to hold the stock and float the bonds Of
a power company in the state OF Washing
ton.
Boyer made no attempt to give bond and
was locked up.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-12
MADERO GIVES OUT PLANS
De la BaIra and Reyes to Be Members
of Cabinet.
BOTH MEN READY TO ACCEPT
Poisoned Co=nac which Insurrectos
Drink IN chinese Restaurant said
20 &c Cause of the Mig
Massacre.

MEXICO CIT. June lift should he
elected president Senor d. la Barra will
be ministe. OF foreign relations and Cen
eral Reyes will be m MISTER Of war in my
cabinet saio Francisco L. Madero today
at ChapulJepcC castle where he talked
with President dc la Barra and General
Reyes. Both men have consented to accept
these portfolios. The meeting was acct
dental Mdd,.o had been consulting with
President &c "a Earra about the political
situation when General Reyes appeared.
Madero was asked to remain. a frank
discussion OF the situation ensued.
General Reyes said this afternoon:
1T is true I am going to be minister Of
war II senior Madero is elected. ] am not
going to be a candidate for the presidency
or participate in the elections
Just before YOU came" he said to the
interviewer, "a committee called on me to
ask me to be candidate for the presi-
dency but ] told them ! intend to be d
member Of Senior Madero's cabinet II he is
elected"
MEXICO CITY June 10-Poisoned cognac
which the insurreCtos secured upon sack
Ing a government office and which they
drank in q Chinese restaurant is alleged
to have been the immediate cause of the
slaughter of Chinese in Torreon This in
cident doubtless will become an issue I'm
the adjudication of the Chinese claim for
indemnity.