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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-09
THEY WANT TO PREACH
Suffragette Movement Has Invaded the
Methodist Church.

Minneapolis, May 9.-Scores of
memorials are pouring into the gen
eral conference of the Methodist Epis-
copal church, in session, and probably
before the finap padjournmen will ap-
pear before the conference for final
action.
Far in the lead is that relating to
the famous paragraph 260 of the
church discipline, which prohibits
dancing, card playing and kindred
amusements. That this section will be
amended at the present session to
leave the question to the conscience"
of the individual member is the belief
of many of the delegates.
Another memorial which has ap-
peared frequently in the church rec
ords is that changing the name of the
district superintendent back to that
of presiding elder" The latter was
in use until the change was made at
Baltimore four years ago and it is
claimed oy many that the new name
has not proved satisfactory. That
there is a suffragette movement in the
church has been shown by the intro
duction of a memorial which asks that
women be licensed to preach.
A number of years ago a rule was
adopted ferbidding the ordaining of a
woman minister but it is probable the
question again will be discussed at the
present session
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-09
THREE BISHOPS HERE.
All Fake Part in Ordination of Rev.
w. r.. B. Turrfn.

A special service of ordination to
the diaconate was arranged by the
Right Rev. F. r. Millspaugh and held
this morning at Grace Cathedral for
the ordination exercises of w. R. B.
Turrill of ElDorado, in which Bishop
Millspaugh performed the rite of the
laying on of hands himself.
In the exercises, Bishop Millspaugh
was assisted by the Right Rev. F. K.
Brooke, bishop of Oklahoma. and the
Right Rev. F. P. Thurston, bishop of
eastern Oklahoma: the candidate thus
having the privilege of three bishops
taking part in the ordination. This
privilege is unique in the history of
the church.
Very Rev. Dean Kaye was present
and the faculty together with the
students of the Kansas Theological
school were in attendance
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-09
Men in Skiffs Are RObbing the
Deserted Houses
In the Flooded Country of the
Lower Mississippi.
BOATS ARE CONFISCATED
And Held in Readiness for Fur
ther Relief Work.
Hundreds of Persons Are Ma
rOOned in Their Homes.

New Roads, La, May 9.-By tearing
away 1,400 feet of the south end of the
Torras crevasse, a wall of water from
eight to ten fet deep and half a mile
in width is today bearing down upon
the already overfiowed area OF Pointe
Coupee, ST. Landry and several other
parishes. New Roads, heretofore con
sidered practically safe from the Torras
food, is rapidly becoming inundated.
Boats are being built and other prepar-
ations made by the townspeople for a
hurried exit.
This section of the parish being thick
ly settled, much rescue work will be
required. Motor boats and skiffs are
being concentrated here by the govern
ment representatives. In some instances
the officers confscated boats and are
holding them in readiness.
Farmers driving their live stock in
advance of the flood arrived early to-
day from the country around Ferdoch.
They report hundreds of persons ma
rooned in their homes in that vicinity
and in urgent need of relief. Motor
boats were unable to reach that dis
trict yesterday. Looters in skiffS are
reported to be reaping a rich harvest
in the inundated country. Many houses
from which their occupants were dri-
ven have been broken open and rob-
bed.
The size of the families among the
refugees is surprising. One robust
white woman had 16 children strung
out efter her when she climbed down
the steps of a relief train today. Moth
ers with nine and ten children are
numerous among the people coming
T7f
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-09
TRY TO WRECK TRAIN.
Striking Miners Continue to Cause
Trouble in Pennsylvania.

Pottsville, Pa, May 9.-The noun
tains about Minersville were dotted
with pickets representing idle anthra-
cite miners who hid behind bushes
and rocks and who stopped many
workers on their way to the collieries
and warned them not to go to work
today. No trouble was reported.
Leh1gh Valley Coal & Iron police
dispersed pickets near Mount Carmel
and Centralia and arrested after a
sharp fight one man for throwing
stones at company hands.
An unsuccessful attempt was made
at Locust Gap during the night to
wreck Reading freight train. Spe-
cial policemen and track walkers have
been distributed along the railway.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-09

NIT testimony by Maurice L. Farrell
of New York, managing news editor
of Dow, Jones and Company. Sew
eral affidavits and letters were read
into the record, including statement
of DR.. F. c.. Quitzrau of Toronto, a
passenger on the Mount Temple. Sem
ator William Alden Smith of Michi-
gan, chairman of the subcommittee,
was long in questioning Mr.. Farrell,
who was called to throw light on re-
ports circulated Monday, April 15, be-
fore the night dispatches showed the
appalling extent of the accident Mr.
Farrell said the information they sent
out was virtually all from the White
Star offices, either from Mr.. Franklin,
the vice president of the liner, or his
subordinate officers. Mr.. Smith read
from a dispatch which stated that "a
dispatch received from Halifax re-
ports that all of the passengers of the
Titanic left the steamer after $3.50
this morning.
Mr. Farrell identified a memorandum
accompanying this dispatch dated 1858
a. m. which he said was received from
the Boston News bureau, the Boston
correspondent of the company.
did you attempt to verify this at the
White Star office?" asked Senator
Smith.
I'VE did Prior to that we had re-
ceived from the White Star offices a
statement somewhat similar to this 1t
was pupIlsned IN our ticker service at
8:35 a. M
From the Laffan News bureau, Mr..
Farrell, said he had obtained the basis
for his item that an attempt was being
made in London to have LIoyds rein
sure the Titanic cargo.
Did you attempt to verify the re-
port?" Senator Smith asked.
No, sir" replied the witness.
Didn't you send a reporter to
Lloyd's to substantiate it %,
Not that can recall. We were
too busy"
The item about 1870 a. M, annourc-
ing that the Titanic was heading for
Halifax, Mr.. Farrell said was obtained
py Reporter Byren from Vice Presi-
cent FRANKLIN. The item at 1885 re-
porting the Virginian was ALONGSIDE
the Titanic was said to have been re-
ceived by the Laffan News bureau.
Another was read quoting Franklin as
insisting that the Titanic was unsink-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-09
GIRL DENIES STORY.
Cashier at Hotel Says Kimmel Re-
ceived Money Alone.

st Louis, May 9.-Harriet B. Wiley,
of Kansas City, was the cashier of the
Midland hotel, in Kansas City in July,
1898, and is the person by whom Andrew
J. White, the Kimmel claimant now
in a Chicago hospital, is seeking to
prove that three men accompanied him
when he received money from the cash
ier the night that Kimmel disappeared.
The deposition of Miss Wiley was read
at the recent trial and reference to it
today showed that she testified that
Kinmel when he received the money
was unaccompanied. The barber at the
hotel, whose deposition was also read,
corroborated Miss Wiley's testimony.
The next hearing of the insurance
case of the Kimmel estate will be in
October in the state court
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-09
DUE To BLUNDER
Titanic BuIkheads Opened
After Being Closed.
But for This She Would Have
Kept AfIOat.

London, May 9.-Evidence that the
doors of the four water tight bulk
heads had been opened after having
| been closed from the bridge was intro
missions inquiry into the loss of the
Titanic This was done, according to
Thomas Dillon of the engin staff,
in order that the engineer crew might
reach the pumps in boiler room No.
5. The men did not go into boiler
! room No. because there was too
much water there. In fact the water
was leaking through into boiler room
No. 4.
Dillon said he swan about for twen-
ty minutes before being rescued and
saw at least 1000 other men swim
ming or floating on the surface buoyed
women in the water.
The conduct of J. Bruce Ismay
after the casualty was mentioned for
the first time during the British in
James johnson, a steward, as having
been exemplary. johnson, who left
the ship in No. 2 emergency boat, a
small dingy, was asked why there were
not more women il the boat. He re-
piled that they would not get into it.
Mr.. Ismay, the witness said, tried to
induce women to enter the dingy but
they refused, whereupon he escorted
them to larger boats.
t'He did everything an Englishman
could do,'' johnson added. Steward
Johnson was asked why his boat had
not returned to the scene of the dis
aster when its occupants heard cries
for help. He replied that the officer
in charge had asked the women if they
should return but the women decided
against this course and the officer took
their advice. Under the existing
weather conditions their boat would
have held five or six more, Johnson
testified.
Sir Robert Finlay, attorney for the
White Star line, explained that the
doors mentioned by Dillon could not
be opened without being released from
the bridge.
The attorney for the Seamen's and
Firemen's union suggested that the
evidence that the after part of the
ship righted itself momentarily after
the forward part had sunk justified
his theory that if the bulkhead doors
had not been opened the after part of
the ship would have remained afioat.
The attorney general, Sir Rufus
Isaacs, explained that the only evil
dence obtainable regarding the engine
room was that of the stokers, as all
the engineers went down with the ship.
Only seven of the SO f1remen on duty
at the time of the accident were saved.
The Washington Inquiry.
Washington, May 9.-The Titanic
inquiry was opened by the senate in
lvestigating committee today to per-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-09
SHE BOUGHT 80 HATS.
So Police Decided Woman Was Crazy
Over Titanic.

San Francisco, May 9.-The Titanic dis
aster is believed to have unbalanced the
mind of Mrs. A. E. Rider, who says she
naliSt who was drowned when the Titanic
sank. Mrs. Rider was taken to the de-
tention hospital here today and is held
for observation after she had been re-
moved from the entrance to a bank,
where she fingered desiring, it was said,
to give the president some advice on TIE
stock market.
Before the wreck of the Titanic, Mrs
Rider received check for $3.50 from
relatives in England and was preparing
TO return there. Following the Titanic s
loss, the police say, she bought thirty
hats, the same number of silk dresses,
and an incredible number of trunks to
put them in.
Mrs. Ida Uijanck, S45 Gates avenue,
brooklyn, N. Y, is said to be Mrs. Rid
er's only relative in America
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-09
TODAY'S BALL GAMES
western League.

Western League.
Denver at Lincoln, clear, $3.50 D. m.
Topeka at Wichita clear, $3.50 p. m.
St. Joe at Des Moines, clear, $3.50
D. n
p. m.
National.
Boston at Chicago, clear, 3 p. m.
New York at st. Louis. clear, p. m.
Philadelphia at Cincinnati, clear, 3
p. m.
Brooklyn at Pittsburg, cloudy, 800
p. m.
American.
ST. Louis at New York, threatening,
D. m.
Detroit at Boston, cloudy, 3:15 p. m.
Chicago at Washington, clear, 4
p. m.
Association.
Indianapolis at Milwaukee, clear, 3
p. m.
Louisville at Kansas City, clear, 8
p. m.
Toledo at Minneapolis, clear, d. m.
Columbus at st. Paul, clear, D. m.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-09
PICATO WANTS IN IT.
He Will Challenge Winner of Ferns.
Koehler Bout.

Kansas City, May 9.-According to
information received today Frank
Picato, the Los Angeles welterweight,
will be here tomorrow night to chal-
Ienge the winner of the Ferns-Koehler
bout.
Ferns and Koehler are boxin~ it out
tomorrow night to see who has the
right to claim the title in the 142
pound class. Both men are said to be
in splendid condition and have eased
I'D in their training.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-09
HE GETS GOOD PLACE.
l.. w. Mayberry Is New Head of City
Schools.

Wichita, Kan, May 9.-Professor l..
W. Mayberry has been elected to the
position of superintendent of the city
schools in this city. He IS one of the
youngest superintendents in the state.
L. w. Mayberry was formerly a To-
pekan He left here in 1896 and his
rise as a teacher has been rapid. Fol-
lowing a row betwee-: the principal of
the Wichita high school and the super
intendent of the city schools he was
elected to the place of the retiring
superintendent. He is the youngest
son of Mr.. and Mrs. J. K. Mayberry of
1414 West Tenth avenue. He has
served as superintendent of the city
schools in lola, Washington, and Ar
kansas City. He has been drafted
to his last three positions. He is a.
graduate of the State Normal and did
postgraduate work at Columbia uni
verSifY.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-09

Some of the delegates wanted to en-
dorse Stubbs, Capper and Bristow and
resolutions were actually written along
this line. But the leaders would not
stand for them. They wanted it to be
a strictly Roosevelt convention, keep
ing personal ambitions in the back
ground until after the work for the
colonel had been finished.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-09
Real summer Weather.

Summer this remarked Sunny
Flora, the government weather OBJ
server at the local station this after
noon This is average June weather.
Warm weather and sunshine prevails
over the entire central portion of the
country today. The conditions will
become unsettled, however, and pos
s1pIe showers are predicted for tonight
or Friday. The wind is blowing ten
miles an hour from the southwest The
hourly readings:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-09

Will Lockhardt, delegate from st.
Francis, had to travel 1900 miles to
reach the convention city, but he said
he was glad he came. The trip to the
southwest empire was worth the time,
the trouble and the money.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-09
DIPLEY MUST SERVE.
Slayer of Stanley KetcheI Gets Life
Sentence-WomanF Freed.

S1IUeIICe-W ULIldn FFeed.
Jefferson iCty, May 9.-Walter S. Din
ley, convicted of the murder of Stan
ley Ketchel. rniddleweight champion,
must serve his life sentence in the Mis-
souri, penitentiary according to a de-
cision of the supreme court today.
Goldie Smith, convicted, and serving a
life term as an accessory of Dipley,
was discharged from the prison by the
court which reversed the Judgment
against her
The court held the evidence was not
sufficient to convict her
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-09
WELLS TO FIGHT ALL.

BombartIier VIII Meet Al PaIzer
July 4.
New York May 9-Bombardier Wells,
the English heavyweight, will start for
America on May IL. He will go direct to
the coast, where he expects to box Al
Palzer twenty rounds on July 4.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-09
POSTPONED GAMES.

Philadelphia, May 9.-American
Overwhelmingly game post
poned; rain
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-09

one always has to pay for ambitions s
heights is greater than the reward"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-09
Weather Fnrecasf.

Chicago, May 9.-Forecast for KAN
sas: Increasing c1oudiness, probably
with showers tonight or Friday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-09
HUMORS OF HOUSECLEANIrIG TIN1E-THE BABY S
SAFETY DEPOSIT VAULT.
By John T. McCutcheon.

lcoDyr4ra4: lola: By IOhn T. eccArtansOn-l
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-06-30
PRUNING TREES
Time Of Year and Age Of Trees Must
Be Considered

From the Arbor Day Annual.
Pruning is almost prehistoric in origin
and is popularity supposed to be the kim
dergarten operation in fruit growing,
yet as often practiced it is a hit and
miss cutting, saving, chopping and shear
ing out of shoots. twigs, branches and
limbs, designated By such expressive
terms as "cutting back" heading In
"hehoning' and thinning out the wood
There must always be a difference in
the details of pruning, but there are a
few general facts and principles Which
every one who primes shnnld have well
by heart These briefly stateds are as
follows: a. winter pruning increases
the Yigor of the plant; go prune weak
growing varieties heavily in winter.
strong sorts lightly; (D over-pruning in
duces the growth Of, suckers or water
sprouts; Co heavy pruning must take into
account the habit Of growing of the
wood others on older growths; pruning
must take the age of bearing wood into
account
A man can care for trees better if he
makes a sharp distinction between prun-
ing and training trees. The operations
of pruning have to do with the modifica-
ton of the vigor and fruitfulness of the
plants. but training, properly speaking,
aims to keep the trees in manageable
shape. Training as to whether high
headed or low headed, open conferred or
close conferred, one stored or two storied.
depends largely upon the convenience or
the prejudicss OF the owner
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-06-30
SOUTHERN PRESBYTERIAN LEAD
Frs

BY Henry Alexander White. d. D. The
Neale Publishing Company, New York.
AS a contribution to literature nothing
has been written of late years that Is
more valuable than Henry Alexander
Whites Southern Presbyterian Lead
ers."
The book embraces I'll that is worth
knowing in regard to the Presbyterian
church, the founders and. great leaders.
as the name implies. and II deals with
epochs and instances In the growth of
Presbyterianism. that every churchman
as well as the lavnen should know and
appreciate in regard to so great a de-
nomination.
None is so well equipped to present these
facts than DR.. White, who as educator,
writer, historian and minister is well
known throughout the south as well as
the United States generally.
DR. White is a native Virginian and Is
graduate of Washington and Lee Uni
versity. of Union Theological Seminary
and OF Princeton Seminary The Central
University of Kentucky conferred upon
him the honorary degree Of ID. D. in 1891.
From 1889 to 1892 he was professor of his
tory in Washington and Lee University.
and since that time he has held profess
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-06-30

to the letters stamped upon it, but was
picked up on a plantation in Pickens
county recently by a 13year-old boy. 1t
bears the date of 1911. and this prima facie
evidence that it is 101 years old seems
undoubted by its finders.
The find is a piece of copper plate.
about two inches square, but with the
corners cut off in a semicircular pattern.
Across the top of one side the word
Charleston" is struck in capital letters.
and beneath this the figures ISL Be-
meath that, in large capitals, appears tho
word servant and on the bottom line.
which is apparently cut in with an en-
craving tool of some kind. appears mo.
PSI" The word which connects this relic
with a Charleston family is on the oppo-
site side, where in the center of the plate
in small capital letters is stamped the
name sLafar."
The plate was recognized as one of the
pass badges which were given to slaves
during the early days by their owners.
to allow them to go away from their
home plantation without being taken up
as fugitive.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-06-30
oattled on Virginia soil-battled and

battled on Virginia soil-battled and
passed TO their final muster roll"
The heroine of the story, 'Virgie," is
the sweetest, most lovable ehild-the dear
est little bit of humanity that was ever
conceived by mortal brain, and the way
she manipulates things and brings about
finale verifies the biblical saying that
"a little child shall lead them" and We
are convinced that no sweeter influence
ever came into the lives of any two sol
diers than this ehilds all gentleness. all
kindness, all womanliness, even in one so
young.
The closing lines of The Littlest
Rebel tell all the story:
"A sad, sad song it was. yet on its
echoes seemed to ride hopeful memory
of the rebels broken call-'Some day it
will all be over And so the guns
growled slow. sullen. laundering forth
the battle call of a still unconquered en-
nifty; but only that peace might walk
some day in the path of the shrieking
shells"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-06-30
Passes for Slaves

From the Charleston News and Courier.
A little pece of metal which almost any
southern historical society would prob
ably like to get hold or, and which
Charleston people in particular would be
greatly interested in, was brought to this
city a few days ago by Mr.. Benjamin F.
Parott of Atlanta. The article in point
came originally from this city, according
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-06-30
THE RICHER LIFE"
THE kICHER LIf =.
BY Walter A. Dyer. Doubleday, Page &
Company, New York.

by waiter a. Dyer. Doupleudy, t3Se :"
Company, New York.
In the meaning of the author Walter
A. Dyer, THE Richer Life Is that high
aim, that better thing which you and
and the rest of us have slowed away in
our vest pockets, under the delusion that
some day. when we turn a certain bend
in Prosperity avenue we shall draw il
forth and look to it exclusively and give
up mere money making. OF course as
YOU and l know. but won admit the
bend in the road moves as we move be-
cause we are walking In vicious circle.
And it is all put in such a homely, COM
monsensible way, with such. frequent
gusts of humor. that you go from page
to page with evident delight. To mix
metaphors and SMILES: it is as sweet as
a nut with sound philosophy. and the
rapier of his argument touches many ten
der spots in the readers covered-up little
soul.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-06-30
"HEcToR GRAEME. .
BY Evelyn Brentwood. The John La

BY Evelyn Brentwood The John Lane
Company, New York.
A convincing picture of military life in
India written by one who is thoroughly
acquainted with 1t, is Evelyn Brentwood $
Hector Graeme.' Hector Graeme is not
the great soldier of fiction usually depicted
by novelists. but a rather unpopular Of
ficer in the English army who is given
to strange fits of Inconsistencies during
which he shows extraordinary psychic
powers. He is a man as ambitious as he
is INSCRIPTIONS. with the desire but not
the ability to become Napoleon. The
theme of the story is unusual and the at
mosphere cosvincing.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-06-30
MAHLERBE
The Composer Presents Three of His
Best Scores

From the Paris Letter to the New York
Herald
The life of a musician is not a gay one.
Lalo had to wait till he was 60 years
old to hear his music performed. and It
is said that the same thing happened to
Rameua. Mahlerbe did not relish the idea
of having to wait 80 years more, and as
charity begins at home he offered a NAH
lerbes season at the Alhambra, Mime.
Pierre "L'Emeute" and "Cleomthis. ="
SUCCESSFULLY.
These three works are interesting and
Mahlsrbe must be congratulated for hav-
ing spent $4,000 in order to reveal real
dramatic musician, He is not afraid of
clear melody and he writes with a vigor
and clearness which are pleasant coming
from a French composer. His orchestra
ton Is careful, supple and concise
Nine. Pierre" is strongly inspired by
Louise" and by one of Samaras operas,
but that is only question of the libretto