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Arizona republican., 1911-12-25

on the outskirts of Sacramento. Cal. the Southern Pacific is erecting a steel bridge across the Sacramento river that contains the heaviest swing span of any bridge in the world It is 401 feet long and weighs 6.3rp,000 pounds The entire structure, however will weigh more than 1O.o0o.oo pounds when in position upon the heavy con- crete piers. Only two steel bridges Tn the world have swing spans that eN- Cced this one in length one Is across the Williamstte river and is part of the Spokane, Seattle and Portland system. and the other iS a bridge ope- rated by the omaha Terminal com Pany across tho Missouri river.
Arizona republican., 1911-12-25
AN ALARM AT MIGHT

That strikes terror to the entire household is the loud hoJrse. and metallic cough of croup. Nc mlstak- ing it, and fortunate theI tne lucky parents who keep Folcy's Honey and Tar Compound on hand. H. w. Casscl- man, Canton, N. Y- says: Tt is worth its weight in gold. Our little children are troubled with croup and hoarseness, and all we give them l. Foiey's Honey and Tar Compound always have bottle of it in thc house" Elvcy and Hulett
Arizona republican., 1911-12-25
THE COLISEUM.

Christmas Day matinee and even ing the regular program will be feat urcd by the additional presentation of that wonderful picture of the cN- pIoits of the James boys of Missouri. Here is a wonder in the line of film production. 5o0o feet in length. thrill ling enough to please the most phlcg- rnatic.
 on Tuesday evening new vaude- vile program with three star attrac- tions and new picture program Will hn offered
Arizona republican., 1911-12-25

not at all on the superiOrity-intcl- lcctual. social or mOral-Of the men the cities send to the legislature.
 Well. in the name of the great god. common sense, who ever supposed that the right of representation of cities, or country districts either. was based on anything else but the number of peO- pie represented? The constitution in plain words expressly directs that representative districts shall be so laid out as to contain. as nearly as pos- siblc. an equal number of votes. This also is common sense. fairness and equity.
 But when did the constitution, or decency or fairness. or anything but pickings and offerings. sway the pO- litical actions of these holy jumpers the canting humbugs Stockton Mail.
Arizona republican., 1911-12-25
ADJUSTMENTS
THE WIGWAM.

Manager Mullen of ihc Wjs0am theatre has arranged a special Christ mas program for his patrons tonight that he feels certain will please cN- cry person who attends. He tries t" do that very night but has made a special effort for this evenings en- tcrtainmCut
Arizona republican., 1911-12-25
DRAMA THAT HAS
 INFLUENCED POLITICS
"The Lion and the Mouse One of the Few Plays to Start World
 Wide Movements.

In The Lion and the Mouse which the United Play company will present here on December 29. Charles Klein has written play which is destined t. i've in the minds of all thcatcr-
Arizona republican., 1911-12-25

New factories started in St Louis. Mo. during 1910 and the first eight months of 1911 are employing iOU1 workers. according to data collected by the business mems league of St Louis Taking the average wage of S65O d year. which is the basis used by the government census. the employees or trese new industries are earning Si.- 900 a year.
Arizona republican., 1911-12-25

Those who are ambitious to get into employment where business IS pick ing up will be glad to learn that the civil service has been extended to in cmde the street cleaning department.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-23
BIGGEST BUT ONE.
Argentine Battleship Moreno Is
Launched at Philadelphia.
Only Sea Fighter Of Her Size Is
Her Sister.
UTAH AND FLORIDA
The Next Largest in the Navies
of the World
Have a Displacement OF Over
5000 Tons Less.
UTAH AND FLORIDA

Ph;1adelnhia. Sept. 23.-The Argen-
fine batt1eship Moreno. planned to be
ora of the most formidable dread
noughts in the world, was launched az
sag o'clock this afternoon from the
ward of the New York Shlppullu4lAs
company at Camden, n. j.
the only other vessel her equal now
aAoat is. her sister ship, the RlvadaVla'
recently launched by the Fore RlVer
Shipbuilding company at NRuiIiIs, W ~ /,
Mass The Moreno was christened oy
Sonora Isabel Betbeder, Vile OF rear
admiral Onofre Betbeder, president OF
the Argentine navy coLniil~lssIoll' conn ~ %
urO1v for Sonora JoSeIa u uet 20 - - .
eo,ta wife of the former president oL
The Argentine republic, whS had peeH
selected as the sponsor, but was uh-
able to come to this country. 4z
a large company of invited suSsts
saw the giant ship take her hrst
TInrea into he Delaware river. the
birthplace of many other big Warsh1ps. lI-
Among the guests were ". :.tL tSolli ~ -
s Naon. the Argentine III hIlilSlsi II @
Z4TaSninetou and his staff; Rear Az
biral Betbeder and the members o.
the Argentine naval committee hsh
oficials in the American navy, repre-
sentatives of ship yards and steer coii-
panics in the east -r.
Morena. a famous figure in the history
of the South American repupnc, Iep
resents the last word IN tne PIeselle
day DEVELOPMENT of the 12-iEcn gun
bat+leships. She is greater IN point ol
length and displacement than the
Utah and Florida, the greatest shlps
now in the service of the United states
government, and these two giant
American fighters outrank any SNIP
ahoat in any other foreign navy me
Utah and Florida have displacement
of $4,000 tons, where as the Moreno
1vhen. completed will have 27,6OO-
According to the figures given out
by the builders, the Moreno and RlVa-
davia are even larger than the super
dreadnought New York, the keel OF
which was recently laid in New York
and which viii have displacement
of $1,000 tons. British designers are
working to outstrfp any of these huge
fighting machines, planning the Queen
Mary with a displacement Of 29,0OO
tons.
The great strides made in oattleship
building will be realized when 1t is re-
membered that the original dread
noueht built by England and which is
the unit for the modern fighting ship,
had a displacement of only $4,000
tons
The Moreno viii carry twelve 12-
inch guns. Her contemporaries in this
respect are the Arkansas, built in
Camden and wyoming constructed by
which is in commission. the Austrian
Niribua Units; the German Thuringer;
the Japanese Kawachi the Russian Sc
vastopoI: the Brazilian Sac PaulO; the
Italian Dante Alighieri and the French
Courbet and Jean Bart.
The Jean Bart was launched yes
terday
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-23
TEST FOR new GAME.
Football Experts Expect 1t to Please
This Year.

New York, Sept 23.-That college
gridirons will this year stage the most
interesting and successful season of
football in the history of the spor-.
was the opinion expressed by the high
officials of the game here today. Near
ly a hundred and fifty coaches and
football veterans from all parts OF
eastern football territory were in New
York this morning after holding their
annual conference last night for the
final Interpretation of the rules prior
to the seasons opening games
Walter Camp, dean of football at
Yale: Percy D. Haughton. the Harvard
coach: DR.. Carl S. Williams of the
University of Pennsylvania, and DR..
James A Babbitt, chairman of the
central board, were among those who
declared that the reformed game
would this year Overwhelmingly justify
itself.
For the first time in three seasons
the coaches are not hampered by the
necessity of teaching a comparatively
new system of attack and defense
There is to be no complaint this year
of delay in naming officials at the
various contests, according to DR.. Bah
bitt Of the central board. Most of the
assignment of officials he says, will
be decided and published earlier than
in previous years. and the board ex-
poets as result to have its ap-
pointees accepted without trouble
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-23
TO LOSE NO TINE.
Government Will Rush Addition
to Federal Building.
Names of Responsible Topeka
Contractors Asked For.
ROOM is MUCH NEEDED
POstOffice and other Depart
ments Crowded.
May Result in Increase in Pen
sion Office.

That government officials in Wash
ington expect to rush the work on the
100000 addition to the Topeka feder-
al building is evident from the tone Of
letters received this week by A. w.
Smith, pension agent and custodian of
the building
In the letters received this week Col.
Smith was asked for lists of Topeka
contractors who have experience in
government or other public work. In
formation as to the financial rating or
capitalization of the firms is also re-
quested and these lists will be sent to
the government officials in Washing
ton early next week.
It is probable that the receipt of
this information will be followed by
copies of plans and specifications for
the new addition to the Topeka build
ing and that bids will be asked for
sometime this fall. Actual work on
the building may not start until early
next spring, but it seems evident that
the government expects to have every
thing in readiness for the erection of
the addition as soon as contractors can
begin active operations.
The appropriation for the new ad-
dition was made before the close of
the last regular session of congress.
Since that time repr ssentatives from
Washington have secured appraise-
ments on property north Of the build
ing and it is probable that ut least so
feet north of the present driveway will
be purchased for government use. For
the purchase of additional ground. an
appropriation will probably be asked
early in the next session by United
States Senator Charles Curtis. This
money would become availa bic before
real work on the addition would start.
The new addition will be three
stories high and of the same plan of
architecture as the present structure.
The extra room is now badly needed.
The postal department, the pension
agency and the new postal savings
bank are crowded in their present
quarters and for several years there
has been an increasing demand for
more room. It has been frequently
rumored that at least one or more
government offices will be brought to
Topeka with the completion of the
new addition It is further believed
that several of the western pension
offices may be consolidated with the
Topeka Office, which is already one of
the largest in the government service.
With the proposed increase of terri
tory in pension office, the working
force in the pension department would
be practically doubled.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-23

witches were pursuing him and de-
stroying his property. Every now and
then, it was said by neighbors, he
would take a bucket of hot water and
brush away imaginary marks on the
outside of the shack in which he lived.
Once, It is said. he daubed paint on a
neighbor's house. Frequently he would
daub his own house, according to
neighbors. His color always ran to
drab.
Donatel is about 40 years old. He is OF
the swarthy Italian type and his features
strongly suggest a romantic temperament.
In the humble neighborhood in which he
lived 1t is said he was regarded some
what of a beau.
Frequently he would take same girl
or older woman to the theater or some
other place of amusement" said Mrs. Z.
Rohrbach- The Rohrbachs admit that
they are DonatePs most intimate friends.
The verdict of most of the neighbors
was that Donated, though peculiar. was
harmless The Rohrbachs told of his
FAMILY history. Eight years ago, they
sald, ne had been deserted by his wife in
Manitou- She had gone away with an
other man and DONATED. it is Understood.
OBTAINED divorce on the ground OF de-
sertion- His ex-wife, supposedly married
again, IS living in Colorado There is a
son Is years old with the mother
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-23
HE FELL FOUR STORIES.
Government Detectives Called in to
Investigate Mans Death.

Chicago, Sept. 2S.-Chicago police.
government detectives and the coro-
ner's office began separate investiga-
tions today in an effort to clear up
the mystery surrounding the death of
Charles W. Allen. the millionaire
leather manufacturer of Kenosha
Wis, who fell from a fourth floor win
dow of a hotel here yesterday. The
government detectives were brought
into the case because Mr.. Allen had
made himself an object Of hatred to
persons said to have blackmailed his
brother, Nathan Allen, in the Jenkins
5ewelry smuggling affair.
Detectives worked on the case all
night, but were unable to clear up the
mystery. A post mortem examination
was expected to be held during the day
by the coroner's physicians to ascertain
whether Mr.. Allen suffered from YER
tigo or other illness that may have
made him dizzy.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-23
LET'S A BIG CONTRACT.
Topeka Cold Storage Company Will
Erect $4,000 Addition.

F. NJ Spencer was today awarded
the contract by the Topeka Cold Stor-
age, Ice and Fuel company for the
erection of a $50 900 addition to the
plant at First and Jackson streets.
The addition which Will be freproof
and which will be built of concrete and
brick material, will adjoin the present
building en- the east. The ground
measurements viii be 1O3x6S feet and
the structure will oe 40 feet high to
conform to the cid building
The new portion of the plant will be
used for ice making and cold storage
purposes. A new 35 ton ice tank will
be installed among the other improve
nents and the storage capacity of the
plant will be doubled The ice storage
capacity i'll be 5000 tons
In order to erect the addition il will
be necessary to move a railroad spur
further west.
or account of our increased busi-
ress,' said Richard Hodgins of the
firm today, I'VE were not able to fill
the demands and it became absolutely
necessary to enlarge the capacity of
our plant
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-23

been Immediately accepted by all his
old friends and his relatives in Niles
as the long lost Kimmel.
Il don't care what they say all out
me- he said, they can abuse me Just
as much as they want to, but I don't
want them to say anything mean about
mother and aunt II after all this is
over they are not able to ackn owledge
me, I shall still regard them as my
relatives and they will be just as dear
to me as ever.
Il have no interest on the insurance
on my life. There is a small policy
that will come to maturity in March
Of next year, but I relinquish all claim
to that. I give it up freely and cheer
fully and they can do just as they
please with it. I do not want it."
Harry Fox reaffirmed his faith in
Kimmel today. Eugene Cook, %
Kalamazoo, but former resident of
Niles, interviewed Kimmel today and
became convinced that he is the man
he says he is. He not only gave Mr..
Cook secret tests but told of fine
driving horse Cook used to own that
he let Kfmmel keep and drive one
winter while Cook was on the road.
Townspeople are beginning to see
mblances to Kimmel in this man
and several more are reported today
as convinced. But the general public
awaits the final word from Mrs. Kim
mel and Mrs. Montague, Kimmels
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-23
FURRY IS OVER.
Calm Prevails and a General Advance
in the stock Market.

New York. Sept. Comparative
calm prevailed at the opening of the
stock market today after the wild
scenes of yesterday. Trading was on
much smaller scale and advances
were general. o. S. steel the storm
center Of yesterdays slump. opened
IN higher, $500 shares selling at
57A. The next transaction was 4,5OO
shares at the same price. The pre-
ferred stock, which closed yesterday at
los 3-5, opened at 1906 u. On the next
sale its gain was increased to a full
point.
The market showed no signs of the
extreme nervousness of yesterday, al
though no development had occurred
over night to dispel the uncertainty re-
garding the status of the U. S. Steel
corporation The buoyancy of the Lon
don market, where American shares
advanced generally before the opening
here, was to some extent responsible
for the better tone
The general market held fairly
steady throughout the early trading,
although the copper and steel stocks
reacted fractionally.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-23
he IS RELEASED.
Husband Not Held for Death of
Wife and Babies.
Suspicion Points More Strongly
to Friend of Woman.
ROMANCE TO BLAME
GirlhoOdAffair May Have Caused
SextupIe Killing.
Husband Tells of Finding Her
in Compromising Position.

Colorado Springs. Sept. 23.-Arthur
j. Burnham, who has been under ar
rest since the discovery of the seXtuple
murder in which he lost his wife and
two children and in which he lost his
two nearest neighbors, Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry F. Wayne, and their babe, has
been released from Jail, but will be
kept under surveillance.
After securing his liberty he went
to the office of an attorney and made
over $4,000 Woodman insurance
policy to the two children of his cou-
sin, E. E. Hardwick of Detroit, Mich.
His release followed a comparison of
his finger prints with those found
on the ak.
Little progress has been made in
the search for the murderer in the
last few hours.
Is Romance Responsible?
Did a romance of her girlhood cost
Mrs. Alice May Burnham her life and
lead to the death of her two babies
and the slaughter of Henry F.
Waynea family Sunday night at the
hands of an assassin?
The arrest of Tony A. DONATED, an
Italian laborer, shed new light on the
murder mystery.
"Donatel was intimate with my
wife, is the gist of a suspicion voiced
by the husband of the murdered wo-
ian.
7 came home one afternoon unex-
pectedly and found him rubbing my
wife's breast" said Burnham.
Donate1, according to Burnham,
| tried to explain the alleged compro-
missing position in which the husband
had found his wife by saying that Mrs.
Burnham had been hurt by a barbed
wire fence.
Strange Men Seen.
Two men have been found who tes-
tify to having seen lOitererS in the
Burnham neighborhood late Sunday
night or early Monday morning. One
of them, a milkman says he saw a
man riding away from the neighbor-
hood on a bicycle about o'clock Mon
day morning.
c. Marshall, accustomed to pass the
Wayne and Burnham homes on his
way to and from work, says he saw
a suspicious character near the two
houses shortly after midnight Sunday.
He describes man as tall as Burn
ham or DONATED. both being about the
same height. Marshall says the man
wore a light soft hat. This description
of the hat fits that of DONATED.
1t is supposed that the authorities
are in possession of evidence that
tends to corroborate their theory that
Mrs. Burnham and DONATED were on
very friendly terms; that this relation
had existed for years, or since Mrs.
Burnham was a little girl in short
frocks DONATED admits having known
Mrs. Burnham and her sister, Mrs.
Nettie Ruth, for many years, probably
fifteen.
Neighbors of DONATED state that he
had talked to them months ago of
knowing the two women. DONATED is
a character in his neighborhood His
pecu1iarities got him into court a year
ago on charge of insanity. He was
acquitted after a trial in which the
whole neighborhood participated.
Believed in Witches.
It was said that he believed that
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-23
NO KIMMEL VERDICT.
People Wait for Mother to Reach Dc
cfsion About Son.

Niles. Mich, Sept. 2s.-Whether
George A. kimmel' is George A.
Kimmel remains as much in doubt
now as when the released Auburn. n.
Y. prisoner arrived in Niles The aged
Mrs. Kimmel has reached the con-
clusion that the man was not her son,
but later she declared she wished still
more time in which to come to a con-
clusion. Above all. she wished to
consult with her daughter Mrs. Ada
BonsIett Of Chicago, who was the
plaintiff in the suit at St. Louis to re-
cover the large amount OF insurance
on her brothers life.
It is said that -.Kimmel' on his vis-
il to the old home did not recognize
the family portraits on the wall.
among which was the portrait of Geo
A. Kimmel. He said he desired time
to think the matter over.
4 This matter of memory is a strange
Thing said Kimmel mo two per
sons see the same thing in the same
way, no two memories run on parallel
lines and the incidents that impress
one person do not impress another"
He laughed as he asked what the
papers had to say about the "mys-
terry in which he occupies the center
OF the stage as the man who is pssz-
zitng the world because he has not
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-23
STRIKE ON The KATY.
The shopmen Walk Out All Over the
System.

Sedalia. Sept 23.=Car shopmen on
the Missouri, Kansas & Texas through
out the entire system struck To-Day pc
cause the company refused TO grant d
joint conference with the men OF tne
two systems north and south of the
Red river regarding working condl-
tions. Fifteen hundred men in all are
said to be out. Four hundred are out
at the local shops
The Walkout today follows reIusal
by the company yesterday to grant a
conference. The local shops OF tne
railway closed down last night, an
nouncing general retrenchment' as
the reason for an indefinite suspen-
sion. This action it is now beneVeo'
was taken by the company in anticipa-
ton of todays move of the shopmen S
In refusing the request for joint
conference made by the unions north
and south of the Red river, company
officials announced that conditions IN
the two districts were so different that
a Joint conference would be useless
In addition to better general work
ing conditions, the shopmen demand
higher wages.
Parsons, kan, Sept. 23.-Fifty car
repairers employed in the Kansas ana
Oklahoma shops of the M. K. & I.
railway here walked out today, fol-
lowing general strike order issued TO
carmen throughout the system.
Houston, Sept. 23.-Car shopmen on
the Missouri, Kansas & Texas railway
struck for more money and petter
working conditions at II o'clock to-
dav Twenty-Five men are out here
At Denison, Tex, 500 are reported and
at Snithvil1e, Tex, IS are reported on
strike.
to strike came from union headauar-
ters at Sedalia. Mo. 1t is said 5000
men were ordered to quit
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-23

thing went wrong. He could be seen
making a frantic attempt to get his
machine under control when suddenly
the whirring of the propellers ceased.
The craft then dropped like a shot for
SO feet. a tiny blue flame was emitting
from the engine and in an instant the
gasoline tank exploded
The machine was wrecked, debris
were hurled hundred Of feet in all di-
rections. What remained of the aero
plane and its driver was burned as
they dropped rapidly to earth.
1t was Ailler's second flight of the
day and the fifth of the week. In a
short flight shortly after noon his ma
chine acted unsteadily and he did not
care to 90 I'D.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-23
GETTING TOGETHER.
France Accepts Gerrnany's Latest Pro-
posaI Regarding Morocco.

Paris. Sept. 23.@The cabinet met
today with President Fallieres at his
residence in Rambouillet, when a
gestion for an agreement concerning
Morocco was approved The reply was
submitted by Premier Caillaux and
Foreign Minister Deselves. Since Ger
many's proposals were drawn after
two long conversations between the
German minister of foreign affairs, and
the French ambassa dor, it probably
will be found that France has accepted
the arrangement proposed regarding
Morocco itself, the question remaining
for settlement being the details of the
cession to Germany in French congo.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-23
ADVERTISING TALKS
WRITTEN BY
WILLIAM c. FREEMAN

The NEW BEDFORD (Mass.)
TIMES was recently asked (as
was every other newspaper
printing these Talks) to Co
operate in introducing a worthy
manufactured product in its
community through reputable
druggists.
If each newspaper could in
terest a few druggists in its
home town to put the article on
sale, the manufacturer agreed
to advertise to the extent of
seven thousand lines within a
year in each newspaper.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-23
SENATOR IS NAMED.
Obcdiah Gardner VIII Succeed the
Late w. p. Frye.

Portland. Me, Sept. 23.-Obediah
Gardner of Rockland was appointed
United States senator today to succeed
the late senator, w. P. Frye. Mr..
Gardner was Democratic candidate for
governor of Maine in 1906.
Mr.. Gardner served several terms as
master of the state grange. He has a
large farm in Rockland. His term will
expire March 4, 1913, under the pres
ent appointment. Party candidates for
a full term must be nominated in pri-
mary next June