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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-14
ACCIDENT CAUSES DEATH.
Bow Killed While Riding With Brother
on Hand Car.

Hutchinson. Kan, Dec. IA
tragedy that brings sorrow at Christ
mas-tide was the accident that re
suited in the death of John Fulks, the
Il wear old son of Mr.. and Mrs. J. w.
Fulks.
The boy. whose 2C year old brother,
VIII. is a section hand had been IN
the habit of riding with the section
boss and with his bro cher On the mo
for hand car to the school the Fulks
children attend. He was making the
usual trip when a wheel ofthe car
came off. The lad was thrown IN
front of the car, and was rolled for a
distance down the track. he was
f,.igbtfuI1v injured and bruised.
The right side of the pelvic bone
was fractured and the right arm, ana
there were sever internal INJURIES
causing death.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-14
PAYS BIC INTEREST
Ranchman Makes Hurried Trip
to Pay for Farm.
Payment Due % Years Ago Had
Not Been Paid.

CoIdwater, Kan, Dec. H-It isn't
often a man wants to pay $50 per cent
back interest on a loan but 5. A
D'Lair, prominent local rancher. has
just finished a speedy auto trip to
Dodge City and back, 140 miles, to
do so. In D'Lair's ranch is a quarter
section of old Usage Indian land pur-
chased over 30 years ago from the gov
eminent in payments of 800 annually,
per cent interest on deferred pay
ments. Through oversight the last
payment due December 10, 1884, was
not paid. Working for q years the 8
per cent interest has increased the
800 debt to $242. So.
Despite the governments attempts
the matter has gone unattended
through various transfers and D'Lair
has held a defective title for Is years.
Recently Dodge City land office Off
Gals received instructions from Wash
ington to resell the quarter, which is
now valuable. The officials wrote the
register of deeds here for the name of
owner and mortgages, If any.
Word reached D'Lair and he lost no
time in getting to Dodge City with the
money. He states that on a part of
the trip he averaged go miles an hour.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-14
FRESHMAN MADE ARREST.
Woman Was Not, 1t Seems, Dressed
for Company.

Wichita, Kan, Dec. 14.-When an
Irishman attempts to arrest a person
that person might as we'll decide to go
peacefully, for she will have to go. This,
in substance, is the opinion of Judge
Dyer, of the city court. 1t was de-
livered when Phil Bryan, a policeman,
was tried for assaulting Mrs. w. j.
Hoofer, formerly Mrs. Fox, resident
of North Wichita.
Bryan testified that after midnight
on the night of November 10, he heard
loud voices as of persons quarreling at
a rooming house, and he and Officer
Hanes made an investigation. They
found Mrs. Fox and w. ]. Hoofer, a
Iodger to whom she was subsequently
married. quarreling. The police car
was sent for and Bryan says he told
Mrs. Fox to dress and go with him to
the police station. She refused to do
either and when the car arrived, the
policeman picked the woman up and
took her to The car and then to the
station. Mrs. F'ox's mother testified
that when she saw her daughter in the
city jail next morning she had only a
kimono and her garters on.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-14
KANSAS FARMERS
Their Products for the Year
1912 Worth S5SO,155,476.
Coburn's Report Makes Great
Showing for Farmers.

In a final summary of the state s
AGRICULTURAL output for 1917, Secre-
tarv F. D. Coburn shows the years
farm products and live stock worth a
market value of $3.50, ,476; or forty
millions greater than in 1910, the next
highest year, and forty-seVen m1Ilons
greater than the same products in
1911 Kansas has experienced years
when yields were larger, but in those
days prices were shorter The ele,
waited average of both products and
values has been the big factor in the
1919 showing of riches yielded by
Kansas soil.
Field crops for the year show a
value of 1927, S34,650-forty-five mil
lion dollars greater than last year
and thirteen millions greater than the
best preceding record. The value or
the 1912 wheat, oat and corn crop IS
given by Coburn's report at six mil
lion dollars greater than the comblned
output of all field crops in 1920
years ago.
Sorghum Comes to Front.
"a prominent factor in the years
showing" says Coburn, has been the
sorghums, and the returns indicate
place in the Kansas farmers affairs.
The increase in Kafir planting for the
year is remarkable, amounting to
$3.50 acres, or 81 per cent, making
the total 1,422,114 acres. The acre
age had never before reached the mil
lion mark 1t is an agreeable fact,
too, that in the same period the states
alfalfa area, and for the first time,
reached a million acres, or to be exact,
1,000,7S5 acres This is nearly a.
fourth of the alfalfa growing in the
United States, according to the gov
eminent census returns. Prices OF
both tame and prairie hay are less
than for the year before, and the ag-
gregate value of each is also below
that for the preceding year"
Rules and milch cows have increased
in numbers, while other live stock has
decreased. With the exceptions of
$5-per head increase for mich cows
and other cattle, values for each class
remain about the same as in 1911. The
states live stock was worth $255, 166, 533,
or more by three and a half million dol
lars than in the next best year, which
was 1911. The value of their products.
in the one item of animals slaughtered
or sold for slaughter amounts to
nearly ten million dollars, suggesting
that a short corn crop in 1911 and the
extra high prices prevailing until
late in the present year marked
~ curtailed fattening operations.
An increase in the value of dairy pro-
ducts amounting to three-quarters of
q million dollars, in connection with
the increases in numbers and values of
Snilch cows, indicates that Kansans are
wisely giving more attention to COW
culture. Other collateral evidence of
this is found in the greatly increased
humber of silos in the state.
Yields and Values.
The yields and values of the years crops
and products in bushels, tons, pounds and
gallons show these conditions:
Winter
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-14
FATHER FoRTTER IS DEAD.
Pioneer Priest Succumbs to Stroke o
Paralysis.

Concordia, Kan, Dec. H.-Rev. Peter
Fortier, for many years priest OF the
Roman Catholic church at Aurora, died
following a stroke of paralysis.
Father Fortier has been the father OF
the church at Aurora for so many years,
that 1t is difficult to imagine the parish
without him Born in Canada, near
Athabes, on December Z, 1852, he spent
his early manhood there and at Nicholet,
where he attended the college. In 1884 nc
came to Aurora. Father Fortier worked
day and night in his parish, always cheer
full, always ready with advice or help,
and when a tornado destroyed his churC Il
during the vesper services on Easter Sur
day, 1903, his people showed their appre-
citation by helping raise the funds for the
grand structure which was erected in its
place. and which cost in the neighborhood
of SIS, 600.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-14
HE TRIES TO KILL HIMSELF.
Kansan SIashes Throat and Wrist
With Razor.

Fort Scott, Kan, Dec. 14.-Martin
Burke of the Burke House tried to
commit Suicid SiaSnIp ks throat
with a razor the wound inflicted,
/ cwever, is .Ios thought to be Il serious
one, neither the jugular vein nor
trachea having been injured, and it is
thought that he VII rapidly recover.
He $50 cut himself on the left wrist
in some manner, but this wound is
not Seri.,Is
The attempt occurred in the lobby
OF the Burke House, in the presence
of six or seven guests, probably none
of whom, however, were eye witnesses,
as they had their backs toward Burke
at the time he attempted to end his
life. The men at the show case heard
hts cry of pain. and turning, saw him
severed with blood. A physician was
ip1me lately called and the injured
man was taken to the hospital.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-14
BREAKS A COLD
In A FEW HOURS
First dose of Pape's Gold Compound
reneves an grippe misery
Contains no Quinine.

After the very first dose of ''Pape's
Goid compound" you distinctly feel
the cold breaking and all the disa-
greeable grippe symptoms leaving.
1t Is g positive fact that a dose of
Pape'S Cold Compound taken every
two hours until three consecutive
doses are taken will cure Grippe or
break up the most severe cold. either
In the head, chest, back. stomach or
limbs.
1t promptly ends the most miserable
headache. dizziness, head and nose
stuffed up. feverishness, sneezirg, sore
throat, running of the nose, mucous
catarrhal discharges, soreness stiff
ness and rheumatic twinges.
Take this wonderful compound with
the knowledge that there is nothing
else in the world which will cure your
cold or end Grippe misery as promptly
and without any other assistance or
bad after-effects as 25-cent pack
age of Pape'S Cold Compound, which
any druggist can suppIy-it contains
no Quinine-be sure you get what you
ask for-sccept no substitute-hel ongs
In every home. Tastes nice-acta
1ently.-Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-14
TO FIGHT SMOKING EVIL.
E1nporia Aroused Over High School
Football Scandal.

Emporia, Kan, Dec. 14.-That a
general campaign to enforce nonsmok-
ing by minors will be made, is the
result of the disclosures at the high
school the other day, whereby it was
learned that members of the athletic
teams were smoking on the sly. After
thoroughly discussing the proposition,
the school board has decided to ask
the city commission to hold the young
boys of Emporia strictly in hand, and
Furthermore, to prohibit such minors
from congregating and smoking in any
public places.
Such a movement against the smok-
ing evil never has been waged before
which makes the event of greater i'm
portance now, and indicates the seri-
BUSINESS with which the board of edu-
cation is regarding the matter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-14
TOPEKA BOY WON A CONTEST.
A. S. Carver Took Hand Sending Rec
ord at Kansas City.

Kansas City, Dec. 14.-The contest
for the title of the best all around
telegrapher," held by the Kansas City
Railroad photographers club here to-
night, was won by an 1S-year-
Kansas City boy, j. w. Purcell, en-
plOyed by the Atchison, Topeka &
Santa Fe railroad. Purcell also made
the best record for receiving on a
typewriter by taking 42O words in ten
minutes with fewer errors than any
other contestant.
A. S. Carver, employed by the Chi
cago, Rock Island & Pacific railway in
Topeka, won the hand sending contest,
with a score of 219 words in five min
utes. II. A. Ford, another Rock Island
employee, Harrington, Kan, made the
best machine sending record, of 1872
words in five minutes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-14
c. e. REPP is DEAD.
In 1884 He Came to Kansas and
Started Store.


Pratt, Kan, Dec. &c. E. Repp, a
pioneer business man of Pratt, is dead
here. Mr.. Repp sold out his furniture
business about a year ago and retired
on account of his poor health. He is
a brother of Will Repp of the Duff and
Repp Furniture Company of Kansas
City.
c. E. Repp came to Pratt in 1884 and
started a furniture store with his
brother Will. They sold out in 1886 and
moved to Arkansas City, but after a
few years Mr. Repp returned to Pratt
and again took up the furniture bust
ness in which he was steadily engaged
for % years in the same location.
He was one of the foremost leading
spirits in the upbuilding- of the city
and church since he first came to
Pratt. By good business methods he
amassed a fortune and owned sew
eral quarter sections of land in Pratt
county and a three-story building in
the center of the business part of Pratt,
as well as land interests in Arizona
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-14
THEY'LL SEE 'EM
Women to See Bad Pictures at
Pittsburg.
Then They'll Decide if Films
May Be Shown.

Pittsburg, Kan, Dec. 1.-THE pro-
posed board of censorship to supervise
vaudeville performances and picture
films shown in the Pittsburg theaters
has raised the question of who would
be appointed members.
From the opinions expressed by the
mayor, the heads of the schools, citi-
zens and a member of the city COM
mission, the answer seems to be I'M
animous that the board If it is es-
tablished. should be composed alto
gether of women
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-14
Ottawa, Fair Loses Money.

Ottawa, Kan, Dec. 14.-Although
there was one big day at the Franklin
County fair in September, the other
days did not come up to the average
and the fair association lost money.
The financial report of Secretary ]. R.
Finley shows that the deficit for this
year is $S34.17. The total gate receipts
for the fair week were $2,065.35. The
races cost the fair $1,367.63 and the
premiums amounted to $1,S2S. The dis
play from the Kansas State AgricuI-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-14
KANSANS' NEAR DEATH
Aged Men Allow Gas in Room to
Escape.

Los Angeles, Cal, Dec. 14-Michael
Hawkins, So years old, of Winfield. Kan.
wick Kan, nearly lost their lives by be-
ing overcome by gas early today at the
home of Mrs. w. c. Boston, daughter OF
the older man.
The two men, who are brothers, came
here to spend the winter. After eXtin-
gushing the light in their room they &C
cidentally allowed the gas to escape. They
were discovered by Mrs. Boston and it IS
said they will recover
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-14
secretive About Fair.

Great Bend, Kan. Dec. 14-Be,
to send a reporter to the executive
session of the Barton County Fair as
sociation the officers refuse to dlVulge
their future plans to the pubic. me
surprising success of the fair this year
makes the institution of common in
terest. The public's demand for IN
formation has brought forth advice
that the fair will be held next year,
which with the names of the new Of
ficers is all that will be disclosed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-14
FATHER WANTS LAND NOW.
Having Taken Second Wife Seeks to
Break Agreement.

Wichita, Kan, Dec. 14.-Father
against son in d suit to recover pos
session of farm, is the spectacle pre-
scented in division of the district
court. The title of the case is Henry
Mahannah against Alvah Mahannah,
and the farm in dispute is a quarter
section of land in Sedgwick county.
Alvah Mahannah declares that his
father gave him the farm, requiring
only that he pay 5000 a year until his
death He declares also that his
father gave a farm to each of his three
brothers and his sister. Since this
disposition of the land, it appears that
the elder Mahannah has been married
a second time, and if the statement of
his son is to be believed, he has de-
cided that he wants the land which he
once gave away.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-14
Notice.

The regular annual meeting of the
stockholders of the MERCHANTS Ma
TIONAL BANK, OF TOPEKA, Kansas,
will be held at its banking office, Tues
day, January 14th. 1913, between the
hours of one and three p. m. for the
purpose of electing board of directors
for the ensuing year and for the trans
action of such other business may
legally come before the meeting.
F. NJ. BONEBRAKE, Cashier.
(AdYeI tisement-)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-14
Business Men Behind Farmers.

Great Bend, Kan, Dec. 14.-Busi-
ness men of Great Bend are behind
the farmers in institute work. They
so decided at the last meeting of the
association and sent out 200 invita-
tons to seemingly unintereSted farm
ers in Barton count yto attend the in
stitute here next Thursday and Fri
day. Monday or Tuesday a large
number of merchants viii make auto
trips over the county to boost institute
work. The association has offered
cash prizes for displays.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-14
CAR KILLS OLD SOLDIER
Veteran StumbIes and Falls as Gar
Passes.

Ieavenworth, Kan, Dec: L.
lanes Davis, a veteran of the sol
SinI-s, home died in the home hosp1-
tai from injuries sustained when he. he
was struck by an electric car near tne
home grounds Davis was W alkiLS
seainst the side of the car He IS
survived survive by his sisters, Lucy Hooper PEI
Ind Tidia Davis of Jacksonville, III.
Davis served through the civil war
as a member of Company r lhil'
third Illinois infantry.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-14

a special train from Kansas to the in
auguration of Woodrow Wilson in
March. A. E. Jacques. chairman of
the Sedgwick county central commit
tee, went to Topeka to confer with
state Democratic officials on plans for
the train. The proposed special would
be Joined by Democrats from several
sections of the state on its route
through Kansas. 1t is expected that
$50 Democrats from Kansas will make
the trip
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-14
pacl,iur PLANT Is Burned.

Fort Scott, Kan, Dec. line en-
nanY was destroyed, according to re
ne total loss aggregating in the
neighborhood of $4,000. The hre was
1oce+ad some distance from the bust
ness center of the city. it was en-,
veIoped in flames before the arrlVal
g. the fire department, and was totally
consumed, the loss being complete
one.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-14
Charlie Ross,s Mother Dies.

Philadelphia, Dec. 14.-Mrs. Sarah Anne
Ross. the mother of Charlie Ross who
was kidnapped So years ago, is dead at he,'
home here. aged as years. She was the
widow of Christian K. Ross. The fate of
Charlie Ross, who was stolen when he
was years old, has never been learned
although numberless clues from all sec
tons of this country and Europe were
followed by detectives employed by the
distracted parents
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-14
Takes Paper to Ranch.

Richf1eld, Kan, Dec. 14.-Frank b
NanGundy, editor of the Pioneer and
western Kansas candidate against w
9. Austin for Republican nomination
for state printer at the last primaries
IS preparing to move the Pioneer to
a ranch house five miles south, from
which point it will be issued in the
future Mr.. VanGundy has been a
successful printer-editor here for a
quarter of a century
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-14
CAPTAIN REED IS DEAD.
Washington County Man Dies at Sol
dicrS' Home.

Leavenworth, Kan, Dec. 14.-Captain
H. H. Reed, a pioneer of Washington
county, Kansas. is dead at the Soldiers
home of Bright's disease. He was IS
years old.
county clerk of Washington county and
taught school there for a number of
years. Since coming, to the home he
has had charge of the barracks for the
blind.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-14
Soldiers Came Home.

Junction City, Kan, Dec. IA
troop of the Thirteenth cavalry, now
on the Mexican border, has been or
dered to come Immediately to Fort
Riley to take station. Several instruc-
tors of the mounted service school will
be assigned to the command of the
troop, enabling them to remain here,
despite the recent Manchu order.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-14

specialist is DR..
Coutant, a diplo-
mated, certificat-
ed and registered
physician w h o
has served the U.
S. Government as
a medical official
and who has held
other high posi-
tions. This noted
physician makes
S o m q v e r y
straightforward
l1
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-14
FARMER LOSES RIGHT HAND.
Blood Poison Feared Following ACCT
dent at Great Bend

Great Bend, Kan. Dec. ~ nc ne
working with gasoline engine on ne ne
faTn1 near here Will Dunekack got ms
ra1 III hand caught in the cogs and
n1Iled into the machine. All fingers
I R.,,e ground to q. pulp and the index
finger was torn from the hand o;,v
,-,oIra Uorn on the hand, was ground
into the flesh.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-14

The chief executioner of death in the
winter and spring months is pneumonia
Its advance agents are colds and grip In
anv attack by one of these maladieS no
time should be lost in taking the best
medicine obtainable to drive it off. Count
Kings New Discovery. My husband be-
Iieves it has kept him from having pneu-
rnonia three or four times writes Mrs.
George w. Place, Jacksonville, VT, and
for coughs. colds and Group We haze
never found its equal" Guaranteed for
all bronchial affections. Price a0 cts ana
81 90 Trial bottle free al Campbell Drug
CoAdy
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-14
DEAFNESS
How to Overcome 1t
Good News for Those Afflicted. Sue
cess by Natural Treatment After
Doctors and Hospitals Fail.

There is an eminent New York ply
sician who has had over a third of a
century of experience and who does
not hesitate to assert that he has a
remarkably successful home treatment
for deafness and head-noises, such as
buzzing, ringing, etc., in the ears.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-14
Prison Records Broken.

.Leavenworth, Kan, Dec. 1.-THE popu-
lation record of the federal prison here
was broken with the arrival of 26 prison
creased the number of inmates to 1, 206
Since July l, 1865, 1894 prisoners have be IN
received.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-14

tural college of Manhattan was one of
the most important displays at the
fair this year. This only cost the as
by the bands, amounted to $50.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-14
Total value.
kansas Live Stock.
"Knucks'' Cost an Eye.

Norway, Kan, Dec. 14.-Oscar
Zerba lost an eye in an encounter with
LLOYD Stice and Knud Knudson, who,
1T is said, struck Zerba with brass
kuucks Stice and Knudson tried to
escape, but were arrested as they were
about to get on g. train at Clyde. They
were charged with felonious assault.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-14

Democrats to Go to Washington.
Wichita, Kan, Dec. 14.-Democrats
Of Sedgwick county are arranging for
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-14
$3.50 Recipe Free
For Weak Kidneys
relieves Urinary and Kidney Troubles.
Backache, Straining, Swelling, Etc.
Stops Pain I'm the Bladder, Kidneys
and Back.

Wouldn't It be nice within week or so
to begin to say good bye forever to the
scalding. dribbling, straining, or too fire.
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HE VIII GIVE IT FREE

There will be no charge whatever
for this valuable work on the subject
of deafness, head-noises, their causes
and how to cure them at home in the
quietude of ones room, speedily, safe
ly and lastingly.
To obtain this book free it is only
necessary to write 10 DR.. George f.
Coutant, 473 G, Station E. New Y ork,
N. Y. The treatise will be sent in
plain wrapper, postpaid, free of cost.
Those who are deaf Cor becoming SOD
as well as those who are interested in
others thus afflicted, should take this
opportunity, as it may not be given
again. The Doctor is an honorable,
est pleasure in life is enabling deaf
people to regain perfect hearing. A
letter addressed to him as above, ask
ing for his trcltiSe will bring it
promptly and he will cheerfully give
his opinion without charge.-Adv.