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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-09-16
LEGAL


Kansas and owned by The Prudential
Trust Company of 634 Kansas avenue in
said city, is a nuisance and is dangerous
to the health of the neighborhood and
that 1t Is necessary for the best interests
Of said city to abate said nuisance by
filling in said lots so to prevent water
| Their
RESOLVED: That the said Prudential
Trust Company, be, and it is hereby,
given ten days from and after service of
this resolution, as provided by Section 6
| of Ordinance No. 1881 of said city. to abate
said nuisance by filling in said lots so as
to prevent water from standing thereon,
l and if said nuisance be not abated within
ten days from and after the service of
nance then the Street Commissioner is
hereby directed to fill in said lots in such
manner as to permanently abate said
nuisance and report the cost of said work
o the Board of Commissioners, which
said cost shall be levied against said lots
as provided by law
The above resolution was adopted by
the following vote: Ayes, Commissioners
Bone, Stotts and Tandy and Mayor Bill
lard Absent, Commissioner Miller.
The following resolution, presented to
commission on September IL, 1911, by Com
missioner Stotts, was taken up for second
'RESOLvED by the Board of Commits
sioners of The City Of Topeka: That the
stagnant water standing on lots numbered
Place Addition, in the City of Topeka,
Kansas, and owned by The Prudential
Trust company or 634 Kansas avenue IN
said city, is nuisance and is dangerous
to the health of the neighborhood and that
it is necessary for the best interests of
said city to abate said nuisance by filling
in said lots so as to prevent water from
standing thereon, and be it further
RESOLVED: That the said Prudential
Trust Company be, and it is hereby, given
ten days from and after service Of this
resolution, as provided by section Of
Ordinance No. 25s1 of said city, to abate
said nuisance by filling in said lots so
as to prevent water from standing there
on, and if said nuisance be not abated
within ten days from and after the service
Of this resolution, as provided by said
Ordinance, then the Street Commissioner
is hereby directed to fill in said lots in
such manner as to permanently abate said
nuisance and report the cost of said work
to the Board Of Commissioners, which
said cost shall be levied against said
lots as provided by law
The above resolution was adopted by the
following vote: Ayes, Commissioners
Bone, Stotts and Tandy and Mayor Bill
lardA. Absent, Commissioner AIiller-1.
No further business appearing, on mo-
ton OF Commissioner Tandy, commission
adjourned.
[SeaLJ G. B. BURGE,
Cffv Clerk
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-09-16
LEGAL.
Published in The Topeka State Journal
September &c. 1911
OFFICIAL CITY COMMISSION PRO-
CEEDINCS
Both Phones.
631 Kansas Ave

OFFICIAL CITY COMMISSION PRO-
CEEDINGS.
Commission Chamber, Copeka, Kansas,
Friday, September Is, 1911. The city COM
mission met in regular adjourned session
at 900 o'clock a. m, with the following
commissioners present: Commissioners
Bone Stotts and Tandy-3 Absent, Com
missioner Miller. Mayor Billiard in the
chair
On motion of Commissioner Tandy, the
city clerk was Instructed to advertise for
bids for coal for use in the various city
departments for. the ensuing year, said
clerk by 800 o'clock a. M, September
25 1911
The following resolution, presented to
missioner Stotts, was taken up for second
reading:
..RESOLVED by the Board of Commits
sioners of The City of Topeka: That the
stagnant water standing on lots numbered
119, 121 and 123 Plass street, in College
Place Addition in the City OF Topeka
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Office of the City Clerk,
Topeka, Kansas, September 15 1911.
PROPOSALS FOR COAL.
Sealed proposals will be received at the
office of the city clerk until 800 O'Clock
a. M, Monday. September Is, 1911, for fur
nishing Usage City or Burlingame shaft
Pittsburg, Cheryokee, Weir City or From
tenac lump, mine run nut and slack coal
to the City of Topeka Coal to be de-
hvered on tracks at the City Water W orks,
City Electric Light Plant and various city
departments, including the Crematory
plant where and when needed and in such
quantities as may be needed
All coal to be weighed on the city scales
or such scales as may be designated
by the Board OF Commissioners.
A certified check in the sum OF One
Hundred Dollars must accompany each
bid, payable to the City of Topeka which
will be forfeited to the City II the success
full bidder fails to enter into contract with
the City within five days after the award
is made.
The Board Of Commissioners reserve the
right to reject any OF all bids, or parts OF
TseaI.1 c. B. BURGE,
City Clerk.
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FOR SALEAChicken house. Is Bun Oping.
ton, 10 Barred Rocks, so feet 4 feet wire
Call 631 Horne
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AUTOMOBILES.

FOR SALE OR TRADE-AutomobiIe for
vacant lots. Ind. phone 25S9 Red.
FOR SALE-Automobile vacuum cleaners,
hand and electric, as exhibited at the
state fair. 1905 Morris ave. E. M. Rhea
state manager. Bell 1854.
FOR SALE-A 1911 Chalmers 30 automo-
bile bargain Chas- Patrick, Ches-
terrified hotel
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FOR SALE-Price IS per share, par value,
$40, blocks of Elmhurst Investment Co.
stock. Is to 200 shares. Address P. o. Box
$50. Topeka. Kansas
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BUsT~Ess CHANCES.

CANADA wants manufacturers, capital
lists and live men. Winnipeg City offers
greatest combined money making advan-
tages. Business facts free. Write Chas
+. Roland, Commissioner, Winnipeg, Can
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G. B. BURGE,
City Clerk.

First published in The Topeka State
Journal September 10. 1s11.l
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FOR SALEExceIIent state Journal
route, well located, reasonable; earns 81
per day Can Sabin at Wolff Packing co.
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FOR SALE-Dresser bed, Administer rug
chiffonier, leather rockers, 200 religious
new; many other things: viii trade sood
ladies' overcoat for good turnk. Bell 1905
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FOR SALE-s1Axs1z camera, II plate hold
ers with case, tripod printing frame and
sets OF lenses; original cost $175. VIII
phone PAT.
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FOOL AND BILLIARD TARTEA
FOR SALE-Now and secondhand IN
lard ana pool tables and boWifng ailaTn-
We lead the world IN cheap bar fiE-
tuTe8s easy payments. Send for Catalogue
Brunswtck-Baike- Coilender Co. la0-n
Main street Kanaae City. Me-
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BUY A HOME
FACING CENTRAL park

1915 Clay ST., ten room house, III lots
barn, fruit and shade trees cistern. civ
less than assessed valuation; leaving cftv
Inquire 1887 Buchanan Ind. phone 24S7-
Black.
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EXCLUSIVE TERRITORY-Own your
own business. Start a wagon vacuum
cleaning business. Profits 5000 to SIS. 90
q day. No competition. Field unlimited.
ss500-00 to 100000 required, part cash, bal
ance payments. Only one wagon sold in
a county. The National Vacuum Machin-
cry Company Dayton, o.
WANTED AT ONCE-Parties to take a
half interest in a 40 acre orchard. Wind
falls can be had cheap under the trees
if taken at once Geo. D. Greenough, 400
Topeka ave- Ind. phone 1898.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-04-04
ENGLAND BECOMING
DECADENT IS CLAIM
Specids by United Press Wire.

Spectds by United Press Wire.
London, April 4-English laws re-
latfng to SANDER and libel are com.
ing in for exceedingly rough treat
ment at the hands of their critics OF
late. So many outrageous verdicts
have been returned in the past two
or three years that professional writ
ers are beginning to realize that
there must be q reform or they will
be put out Of business completely.
The latest OF these cases was that
of the Express against the Penny
illustrated Paper, both London
newspapers. The Up. /. p" as the
latter is generally known, published
an article caricaturing the Express
violently anti-German attitude and
1okingly suggesting that a publica-
ton of such views vas a German spy,
1t was not particularly funny, but il
was obviously intended to be.
The Express demanded an apologY
which "P. /. P" published, including
however, the name of R. d. Blumen-
field, the Express managing editor,
as n of those to whom reparation
was due. The Express interpreted
this use Of q German name as q re-
newed implication that it was under
German management and sued for
damages. II got $4,000.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-04-04
PEOPLE REALLY
RULE IN OREGON
State Has Most Complete
Democracy in the World. =.

The interesting, important exper-
iment in government being made by
the people of Oregon Is intellectually
valuable to every citizen of every
state in the Union. That the people
people really rule in Oregon, and the
results are highly gratifying, is
clearly shown in a very clear and
very fascinating article by Frederic
G. Howe, in the April Hampton's.
Mr.. Howe shows how this movement
that has made Oregon the most COM
plete democracy in the world was
practically started by one man, w.
S. U'Ren, and he gives the following
interesting account of his work:
"U'Ren had drifted about the West
looking for a place to hang out his
single. He had moved from Colo
RADIO to Iowa, back again to Denver,
then to California, and finally to
Oregon. He vas poor, far from
strong, always pursuing his health.
He had time to read, as have most
young lawyers. Among the books
that came to his hand was one by
Henry George. This man George had
said that God gave the land to all
II pSOplCs IL "dD IHlSliuCd IOl uoCt
and not for idle monopoly owner
ship.
"U'Ren looked about the boundless
prairies, where unnumbered millions
might be homed and found a great
part of the land In the hands of
railways and land grabbers, who had
gotten 1t from the government, much
of 1T by corrupt They were
holding tens of millions of acres out
of use, waiting for the time when a
hungry population would force it into
The market and give them millions of
dollars in profits. These interests
were holding back Gods gift to all
the people when man wanted food.
They were herding millions in the
tenements of the cities who wanted
a home of their own out ON the prai-
ries.
"U'Ren read another book, this
one dealing with Switzerland.
Broadly speaking, the Swiss
mountaineers were handling their
local affairs on much the same plan
as the old-fashioned town meetings
in New England. 1t was obvious
that all the people In the nation or
state could not come together in a
field and settle public affairs-no
more than the town meeting plan
could expand to meet the needs o.
the greart cities and states which
have grown up in New England.
However, SO the Swiss statesmen
decided, all the people car vote on
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-04-04
PUBLIC SERVICE
PAYS DIVIDEND
Rate is Now Six Per
Cent for First Time.

Newark, April 4.-For the first
time the Public Service Corporation
has paid a quarterly dividend on its
stock at the rate of 6 per cent. Dur
ing the last year the rate had been
five per cent. The 6 per cent dividend
amounted to $4,000.
The report of the corporation for
1910 was sent out yesterday to
the stockholders in the form If a
pamphlet of forty pages, containing
President McCarter's review Of the
year, several financial tables and
also a map of the Public Service
trolley lines throughout the State.
The total income of the corporation
for the year was 9,205, 194.15.
After paying all expenses and meet
ing fixed charges, also settling aside
$4,000 as reserves, the surplus
was $2,070, 295.10. From the latter
sum were paid dividends a~ggregat-
Ing 1,250,000. Taxes paid amounted
to 1,422,698.S2, and increase over
1909 of $197,116.04. In addition to
this there were contributed large
sums to the municipalities for street
Improvements.
Mr.. McCarter tells of the creation
of the employees insurance sick ben
eft and pension funds and of some
financial operations which were pub
lished as they occurred; also of i'm
proVements completed during the
year, including the HOboken termi-
nal. Extension of the holdings and
business of the corporation is re-
corded as follows:
During the year 1910 the corpora
tion purchased 97.79 per cent of the
common stock OF the New Jersey and
Hudson River Railway and Ferry
Company, operating approximately
48.44 miles of railway in Bergen
eoufies, connecerns WIN inc exlsulng
Hines of Public Service at Paterson
on the west, Kearny, near Newark,
On the south, and intersecting other
lines of Public Service at Hacken-
sack, Brentwood and Fort Lee.
This property thus compliments
the existing lines OF Public Service,
and, it Is believed, will form a most
valuable acquisition to its railway
system. Furthermore, 1t was the
only substantial railway property in
the northern section Of the state not
already controlled by Public Service.
The corporation has also ac-
CURED the entire capital stock OF
the Morristown Gas Light Company,
which has been leased to Public Ser
vice Gas Company; the entire capital
stock Of the Burlington Electric
Light and Power Company, and
5000 per cent of the capital stock
of the Princeton Light Heat and
Power Company. Pending the
contamination Of the LOCALITIES the
two latter companies are maintained
as separate entities.
Public Service Gas Company
leased the Ridgewood Gas Company
for a period of 999 years from the
first of July, 1910, at an annual
rental Of $4,000"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-04-04
ACCUSE FATHER
he GOES INSANE
Hastachen Loses Reason as
Girls Funera! is Held.

Wilkcsbarre, Pa, April 4.-John Has
tachen of Duryea, who is charged with
the murder of his sixteen-year-old
daughter, became so violently insane
at the prospect of attending the girls
funeral that be could not be taken to
the grave and was brought to this city
and placed in jail.
His friends. who believe him limo
cent, secured permission for him to
attend the funeral under the guard Of
officers. He has been brooding ever
since his arrest Owe the death Of his
daughter and the charge against him,
but he did not show any signs of in
sanity until a few hours before the
funeral. The charge against Hasta-
chen is that he killed the girl and
placed her body on a railroad track,
where it was cut to pieces.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-04-04
NEWARK, N. ].

public measures by means Of the
~secrst ballot; by this means they
can veto such laws as they DO not
want, and Uopose such laws as taey
desire.
This ia the initiative and refsr-
enoum. Switzerland tried the new
tools OF government in all her cam
tons except one, and by their use
the people got rid of the political
boss and the business interests bAck
of the boss. U'Ren became con-
WINGED that the initiative and rsf-
erendum would break up the monop-
oily Of land, and would also cna-
bic the people to control their gov.
eminent. Fired with this new idea,
he Joined the Farmers Grange and
the Populist party. He talked IN
ceasingly Of his discovery. Enthusi-
asm is contagious. He explained the
Swiss device with the unfamaliaS
name. He showed that 1t meant more
power to the people.
"U'Ren was a politician as well ~
q Law glver. He knew the way t.
mems minds. He never blustereA
never threatened. He argued quietEA
persistently, intelligently. He went
W IuC ~COuFSnIlOuS Ol tu6 hSpGDllC81R
party and induced them to endorse
the l & r. as the new idea had
come to be called. Then he went to
the conventions OF the Democratic
party and induced the INTO follow
suit.
Everybody worked. The Ger
mans translated the pamphlet into
their W language; the women
stitched the covers; the oranges and
labor unions carried the pamphlets
about the state. During the CAM
paign in 1894, 10000 copies were
distributed among the voters, so that
everybody might know what this
new device was. They circulated 4
petition and presented 1t to the as
sembly with $4,000 signatures.
Then U'Ren went to the ASSEM-
bly, to see that the men who had
agreed to submit the resolution kept
their word. He was disappointed.
The resolution failed to pass by
vote. Two years later he ran for the
Assembly on the Populist ticket and
was elected. That was In 1895,
when the state was split up between
the regular Republicans. the free
silver Republicans, the Democrats
and the Populists. The assembly
was In session forty days, but never
organized. Nor did it agree on Z
United States Senator. Again the
l q r. resolution failed % pass,
Two years moro of agitation fol-
lowed. Candidates for the ASSEM-
bly, were pledged; the state was an.
"Issed with literature ind speak.
ers. Finally In 1899 thu resolution
submitting the amendment to the
people was adopted by both houeso
OF the assembly. 1t was again ar.
proved In 1901. for In Oregon tive
legislatures must approve of an
amendment to the constitution be.
fore 1t can be submitted to the psa>
pie. y
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-04-04
EkGlhhDS WRDICTo
CLAIMED OUTRAGEOUS
Special by United Press Wire.

specio! by United Press Wire.
London, April 4-Englishmen are
beginning to admit that their coun-
try is decadent. From the compla-
cent satisfaction with themselves as
the greatest people of earth, dating
back only a few years. the change is
astonishing. G.. K. Chesterton, the
novelist, voiced the popular alarm
In & recent issue of the London Morn
ing News. His expressions are typ
ical of what IS being very generally
said.
when a dead body is rotting," he
says, 'tt does not diminish; it sweets.
When We speak of a d~ecaying people
we always have the idea of the
dwindling. But is it not so that So
cial bodies rot. They rot like physical
bodies, being horribly ~distended from
within by revolving gases demanding
egress.
"A dying monarchy is always one
that has too much power. not too
little. Our own country is really
in this state of swollen decay. Every
power public and private, has been
stretched long past all sane dehni-
ton. 1t is something worse thar
chaos. 1t is a conflict of warning au-
tocracies, under any of which at any
moment we may fall"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-04-04
CAUSE FOR GATES FLIER.


Divorce Suit.
New York, April At has developed
that when Charles G. Gates rushed
across the continent from Los Angeles,
Cal, to this city in a private train at
thousands Of dollars expense 1t was
not to be treated by an eminent physi-
clan. He hurried to exert every intlu-
ence in his power to check the divorce
proceedings his wife is bringing against
him. His ailment was more Of the
heart and mind and -constitution.
John w. Gates and a party of friends
are at Lake Charles, La, to attend the
trial Of q suit in which the elder Gates
is the plaintiff, and indiscreet friends
In the party discussed the matter and
acknowledged that young Gates made
his trip for reconciliation.
A young woman OF great beauty who
has a singing part in Il of the
Broadway light opera productions Is
said to have been named by Mrs.
Gates as correspondent. Gates alleged
devotion to the actress reached the
ears Of Mrs. Gates. 1t Is reported, and
1t is understood that as a result detec-
tives were employed by her.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-04-04
General Markets.

BUTTER-Steady: receipts. 5.331 pack
ages.
ENTHUSIASTICALLY; receipts, 2,236 boxes.
EGGs-Firn; receipts, 1896 cases; reg
ular packed. nrsts. PEI dozen. 15&a161kc.
POTATOES-Steady to firm: Bermuda,
new, No. 1. per Dbl. $7a7b0; late crop. No.
/, s6aG.25; Florida, new. No. 1, s6a6. rs
southern, late crop. No. /, s1.50a2; Maine,
per bas, 81, 10a2, %: state. s2a2.2 20.
SWEET POTATOES-Firm; Jersey, per
basket. sla2; southern. per bbi., 81. 75a2. rs,
LIVE POULTRY Firm; broIlers, pei
H., 30a40c.: fowls. l7ha1Sc.
HAY AND STRAW-Steady.
DRESSED POULTRY - Firm; fowls,
fresh. western, small boxes. per h., 143ka
ISkc.: average best, bills, %1bal6c.; frozen,
~15a151zc.
MEAT-Live veal calves. common to
choice, per 100 lbs. s.50a&.8
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-04-04
Dancing School

Our regular charges for dancing
instructions IN classes Is five dol
lars for twelve class lessons. In
trying to introduce ourselves and
OUR methods to the people Of Perth
Amboy and vicinity, we are now
conducting classes in Washington
Hall, Wednesday evenings and Sat
urday evenings, 1t twenty-five cents
per lesson for this course.
IF you Wish to learn dancing Join
any Of u classes. II you feel tim
Id about taking class lessons. we
VIII be pleased to give you private
instructions afternoons o. even
iugs.
PROF. p. r. 6HEEHAN,..
12x Madison Avenue.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-04-04
CLAIMANT
FOR MILLIONS
A widow Appears In fa-
nous Ecksrt Case.

New York, April 4.-The Eckert Will
when a woman called on Surrogate
John 2. Cohalan and declared that she
was the widow of the late millionaire
head of the Western Union Telegraph
company. A decision in the viii case
has not been reached, and the new
claimant may prove a factor that will
keep the suit in court for years.
The surrogate told the woman that
he could not listen to her story at the
house or on the street and said she
would have to come before him In
court and assert her claim. The wom-
an said she would do nothing of the
kind, so the surrogate promptly filed
out a subpoena directing her to appear
before him. He also notified Cornelius
Sullivan of Nicoll. Anabel, Lindsay &
Fuller, counsel for the executors of the
Eckert will, and Henry NJ. Earle. coun-
sci for Clendenin Eckert. who has been
contesting the will, which Is In favor
of his brother, Thomas Eckert, Jr.
When the woman appeared at the
surrogate's office she was directed to
Surrogate COhalan's chambers. where
Mr.. Earle, Mr.. Sullivan, Richard Pare,
Jr., General Eckert's secretary. and
Henry NJ. Ward, guardian for Joanna
Eckert, Clendenin's daughter, were
present. The woman at first refused
to be sworn, saying that mo Irish
man" could compel her to be sworn.
but her lawyer advised her to take the
oath. Then she said she called herself
Mrs. E. L. Davies, being the widow of
q man who died some years ago. She
Is siXty-eight years old and has been
living temporarily at AL East One
Hundred and Eighty-secOnd street.
The woman said that her mother
was n cousin of General Eckert and
that she first met him in 1867, when
he was president Of the Atlantic and
Pacific Telegraph company. He got
her a place as telegraph operator with
that company, and she kept up a cas-
ual acquaintance with him after that.
In the fall of 1908, after her hus-
band had died, the woman said she
called TO see General Eckert at his
home on Fifth avenue, and at his in
vltation she went to the Hotel Bel
mont to dine with him. She said Gen
eral Eckert told her while they were
lunching together that they were
prosecuting him and threatening to
put him In an asylum and also that
some woman was trying to compel
him to marry her. Mrs. Davies said
that General Eckert appealed to her TO
protect him from the persons who
ere consHiring against him.
Mrs. Davies said hat after they had
lunched they got into an automobile
and went for a long ride. she did not
know where. The ride ended at a
house where there was q marriage
ceremony, and n nal she took to be
the minister gave her a marriage
certificate" She never lived with Cen
eral Eckert, she said, hut had lunch
con at his home several times after
that, and on one occasion he rave her
the deed to his house at SO West
Etghty-siXth street. She ave had
the deed recorded, she said.