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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-30

.......................- Edlth Barry
Newspaper -.......:..-..--... Bessie Iotn
song-""Pippa's Song" .:...-.:.-...--. schoo.
our penitentiaries should be reformation
rather than punishment Affirmative
Henry Rausch, Homer Patterson. Mega
tive-Cecil Van Cleave, Ray Pringle.
Glass History. ..................Ea Earl Staten
Song-'"The Merry Life ........ School
The following members compose the
class: Willard Austin, Edith Barry, Bes-
sic Foth, Lawrence Fountain, William
Kelly, Homer Patterson, Roy Pringle,
Henry Rausch, Sadie Sawyer, Earl Stat
ten, Cecil Van Cleave, Eva White, Charles
Willard. The class consists of nine boys
and four girls.
Mrs. John Weaver, SIT Lake street, who
has been i'll at her home for the past two
months, is now able to be about the
house.
Mrs. Charles Fuller entertained her en-
broidery club Tuesday afternoon at her
ladies thoroughly enjoyed the delightful
afternoon: Mrs. H. G. Rust Mrs. Fred
Langley, Mrs. Clarenc Reese. Mrs. J.
Hail, Mrs. c. M. Hensley, Mrs Edwin.
Policy, Miss Edna Clumb and Miss Mar
garet Fuller. The club disbanded until
Mrs. E. E. jerks of East Eighth ave-
nue. and parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Donald
son of Iowa, who have been visiting her
for several weeks, left yesterday to spend
a short time with relatives in Kansas
City.
Mrs. Sam Grossnickel of Jefferson street
left Wednesday to spend the remainder Of
the week with relatives and friends in
Leavenworth.
Mrs. E. ]. Smith of S34 Madison street
is expected home the last of this week
from Melvern, Kan, where she has been
spending two weeks with her mother, Mrs.
Schreck.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. V. Whitaker of East
Seventh street have purchased a new five
passenger automobile.
Mrs. Charles Jewell will spend Satur-
day and Sunday with her daughter, Mrs.
Harry G. Wilson, and Mr.. Wilson in
Lawrence.
Mrs. Chris Reid and Mrs. Alma Chesney
are spending today with Mrs. c. w.
Campbell, 624 Chandler street.
The grounds of the old Parkdale school
house were filled early yesterday evening
with patrons, parents and friends of the
East Side kindergarten little tots who had
their closing exercises for the year last
night A number of clever stunts were
given by the pupils and the dance of the
happy little ones around the May. pole is
worthy of special mention. The pupils
have been drilling for this event for sew
eral weeks under the direction of Miss
Mckee, Miss Ethel Everingham and Miss
Alice Andrews.
Mrs George Frazer, 315 East Seventh
street, who underwent operation at
Stormont hospital last Monday, is doin5
nicely.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-30
PLANS FOR BETTER SERVICE.
General Manager Gilman InstaIls Spe-
cial Observing Board.

ciaI Observing Board.
To keep intimately acquainted with
the telephone service that is being
given to the subscribers in Topeka,
General Manager F. L. Gilman has had
a. special observing board installed in
the operating room of what was for
merly the Home telephone quarters.
This special board enables the oper-
ators who make direct report to the
officials in supervision at Kansas City,
to hear just what each operator does
in the performance of her duties-thai
is, enables them to see how long a
period elapses between the time the
subscriber removes the receiver from
the hook and the answer Number,
please of the girl.
Again, by signals on this observing
board the service observer is able tic
tell how long a period elapses after
the subscriber finishes talking before
the operator takes down the connec-
ton.
Considerable study is made of the
latter situation since the company
aims to have all connections taken
down in as brief a period as possible
following the close of the conversation,
both to open the lines so that they
will not be reported busy to other sub
scribers calling and especially to allow
the subscriber on either of the lines
TO make an immediate call himself.
1--WE intend to give to Topeka the
very highest standard of telephone
service" said General Manager Gilman
today.
.sThe work of merging the two offices
here. as is of course understood by all
the subscribers, is an intricate piece
of business, on which we are busily
engaged, and which we trust will be
soon brought to such condition tha'
the lines of all subscribers will term
mate in the same exchange"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-30
eommencement Exercises at Washburn

commencement exercises at Washburn
college
Miss Pearl Forsythe, who has done
such excellent work at the Y. w. c. A.
and who has made many frlenos IN
town, leaves June for Bay CITY.
Mich, where she has accepted the
position of general secretary for the
associalicn.
Miss Alice Hughes is spending a
week in Kansas City.
Mrs. d. t. Mervin4 of Chicago IS the
guest of her sister. Mrs. j. w. ROBIN
DR.. and Mrs. w. F. Bowen leave this
week to attend the meeting OF the
American Medical association whlch
will be held in Atlantic City, N j. Dr.
A. M. Robinson, a brother of J. w.
Robinson of Topeka, spent yesterday
in the city on his way to the conven-
ton.
Mr.. Herbert Guild and Mr.. Allen
Miller are new pledges for the PM
Debts.
Roge: Savage, Archie McKeever.
archibald and Sanford Jarren leave
Sunday for a summer camping party
on Pixies Peak. Mr.. Frank farrell
will accompany them.
Mr.. Ralph Rohrer. who has been in
Las Vegas, N. NJ, is the guest of his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. S. B. Rohrer, of
Potwin He will return to New Mexico
next week.
Mr.. Lewis Hasty of Washburn has
returned to his home in Bel!eVille.
Larimer sail for Europe June 20. MISS
Julia La1imer leaves Topeka June II,
and will visit several college friends
before sailing from New YORK.
Mr.. Merrill Gage, who has been do
ing most interesting and creditable
work in the Henri Art school of New
York, returns Saturday and will spend
the summer with his mother, Mrs. ].
2. Griswold.
Mrs. George Rutter of Gallatin, Mo-,
is visiting her mother, Mrs j. E. Lord
Miss Grace Gilmore of Lawrence
spent Wednesday in Topeka
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mileham leave
next week for Newton, Kansas, where
they expect to make their home.
The Senior G. E. society of the First
Congrega tiona1 church will have So
cial and business meeting this evening
in the church parlors.
Tom L. Brown IS spending few
days in CoffeyvilIe, Kansas.
The intermediate Christian Endeavor
society of the First Congregational
church will have banquet and confer
ence June g. at Silver Lake, and has
invited all the junior and intermediate
organizations to attend. The Senior
C. E. association is to have a trolley
party June 18th.
The following pupils furnished the
program given by Mrs. w. A. Harsh
barger at her home: Esther Grandon,
Anna Neil, Irene Willitts, Bessie Me-
OOShA1o, <AQd 4MCAIluuI, " GIIld WISE,
Gladys Miller, Elaine Hudson, Laura
Neiswanger, Martha Whittemore, Ger
trude Gray, Maud Bishop, Mrs. Bonn
gardner. Helen Sticker, Scoville Dav-
idson, William McCarter, Harry Davis,
Raymond Early, Arthur Stickel,
Mrs. L. A. Ryder returned yesterday
from Atchison. Mrs. George Mitchell
who went with her will remain the
rest of the week.
Miss Della Van Amburgh of Kansas
City is visiting her sister, Mrs. Fred
Goodrich in Potwin.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. c. Roller are he
parents of a daughter, born Monday,
May 26th.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Trowbridge will
spend the summer on a ranch near
Dodge City. Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Harris
will have the Trowbridge home while
the family is away.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-30
STEALS MAILING LIST.
Unusual Theft Causes Arrest of Cloak
House Employee.

New York, May 30.-Alexander M.
Davis is under arrest here today on
the unusual charge of stealing 100000
names from the files of a suit and
cloak house by which he was formerly
employed. One of the most valued
possessions of this firm is a mailing
list of something like a million names.
Recently in going over the list it was
found that 10000 names were missing.
cards and all. The company reported
the loss to the police and after an
investigation Davis was arrested. The
police declare that he had in his pos
session a suitcase filed with the sto
len name cards.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-30
Instant Relief fromEczema

Now if you have tried great many
cures for eczema and have been disap-
pointed, do not make the mistake of re-
fusing to try this soothing wash.
All other druggists keep this d. d. d.
Prescription-go to them If you can't
come to us-but if you come to our
store, we will give you the first dollar
bottle on our positive no pay guar-
antee, that d. d. D. will stop the ftcA
at once Geo. w. Stansfield. 632 kan
sas avenue Topeka, Kansas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-30

were filly justified by the trend of
events ard the growth of sentiment in
Alaska since then.
Former Mayor E. Valentine of
Juneau was designated as national
committeeman.
Delegate Wickersham will be OPP
posed in his race for congress by
Mayor William A. Gilmore of Nome,
Republican; Robert w. Jennings of
Juneau Democrat; Martin Harrais OF
Fairbanks. Independent Democrat, and
Kaziz K-auczunas of Ketchiken, So
cia1iSt
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-30
OLD men WILL MARCH
In Chicago Two Veterans of Mexican
War Are Healthy.

Chicago, May 30.-Francis Benton
an6 Sampson Wilder Wood, veterans
OF the Mexican war and each "a years
old, will take part today in the Me-
mCrial Day parade.
Benton served in the Sixteenth Unit
ed States regiment under General
Taylor from 1S47 until the end of the
war.
Woods was a corporal in the First
Massachusetts under General Scott ard
General Taylor. Both men are appar-
entity in the best of health.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-30

You can stop that awful itch from
eczema and other skin troubles in two
seconds.
Seems too good to be true-but it is
true, and we vouch for it.
Just a few drops of the simple. cool
ing wash. the D. d. d. Prescription for
eczema, and the itch stops instantly
We give you a trial bottle-enough to
prove it-for 20 cents.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-30
EAST SIDE NOTES.

The commenment exercises will be held
Friday morning at 9 o'clock at Lincoln
school The following program arranged
in a clever way will be given:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-30
OPPOSES VREELAND.
For First Time in Years He Must Fight
for Seat.

jamestown, N. Y, May 30.-For the
first time in II years, Edward B. Vree-
land, representative in congress, from
the Forty-third New York district, will
have a contest on his hands for the
Republican nomination. ]. Samuel
Fowler of this city, a former deputy
attorney general, has announced his
candidacy in opposition to Mr.. Vree-
land.
The Dickinson press., 1912-04-20
sMITn-aoLEeAARp

At the L. G. Smith residence on
Thursday at ii AS q. m. Raymond O.
Smith wa united in marriage TO Miss
Eleanor H: Holeeaard of Albert Lea,
MINI. Only the Smith family wit.
messed the ceremony which was per-
formed by Rev. A. C. Hacke of the First
Congregational church.
Nj: Smith has been in the Twin Cities
and Fargo for the past several months.
returning to Dickinson on Wednesday.
He Is the son of Dr.. and Mrs. d. q.
Smith and has. many friends in this
city. where he railroaded for some time.
MIS-: Smith is a graduate Of Albert
Lea high school and a charming yount
woman. She had no acquaintance in
this city. but leaves q host Of friends
both at Albert Lea and Minneapoiia.
where she has resided.
MI: and Mrs. Smith will enjoy a
honeymoon vacation at the Smith farm
at Indian Springs and expect to % later
to Washington to live.
The Dickinson press., 1912-04-20

Forks to attend injecting o.. the direc
tors Of the Great Northefn Life. ins,ir
ance Co.
L. f. Green has finished his term OF
school in the Ohet district.
Glare Turner is Ill with tonsiliti,
this week.
Mi. and Mrs. Anton Feiler returned
Friday to their home in Dickinson afte,
q few days visit with Mr.. and ma
Frank Dobner.
Peter Wegesser has offered: for sal.
his 400 acre farm IA miles south ii
town. at $40 per acre, including build.
ings. valued at So, 600. ten head Of
horses. also a complete set of new farm
machinery. which he purchased this
spring. Mr.. Weeesser is now puttins
in the crop on said farm.
Miss Katie Rothschiller is on the sicl
list this week.
W. L. PrindIe wen to Dickinon Tues.
day evening. returning Wednesday.
Sicord Anderson. representing the
Mayer Boot & Shoe Co.. of Milwaukee,
Wis. was q Gladstone visitor Wednes.
day.
Mrs. J. S. Birdsall went to Richard.
ton Wednesday to visit with her sister,
Mrs. A. H. Koesel.
L. L. Wing of Taylor was a business
visitor in town Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bartl Keller went tc
Dickinson Tuesday evening. They re.
turned the following morning.
John, the four-year-old son of Mr.. an6
Mrs. Nick Ru6rick, is i'll with pneumo-
mia.
Bryan Tilden. travelling salesman TO,
the Marshall Wells Hardware Co. OF
Minneapolis. was in town Wednesday.
Mi. and Mrs. Nick Nicholas of New
England arrived here Monday and Wis.
tied with friends for several days.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. Vaughn of South
Heart were arrivals here Wednesday
morning. Mr.. Vaughn is relieving
Agent O. r. Rich, who. with his son,
Lysle. left Wednesday evening for 8
visit at Billings and Huntley. Mont,
where the latter will look for a location.
Roy White of Hettinger came to
Gladstone Wednesday for q visit at the
home of e.. C. Turner.
Billy Challoner of Dickinson was q
Gladstone visitor Wednesday.
Paul Berger, travelling salesman fol-
the Copelin Cand Co. of Bismarck, was
in town Wednesday. Mr.. Berger OK.
poets to give up his position as sales
man about May list and will look for q
business location in Canada.
MI. and Mrs. G. S. 'Cryne vent to
Dickinson Tuesday evening for a visit
with friends.
The Dickinson press., 1912-04-20
ANOTHER ROOSEVELT VICTORY
HAS 81 OUT OF rs IN PA

April 16-Colonel Ro0sevelt's sweep
ing victory in Pennsylvania's Saturday
primary election grew as the returns
continued to come.
In complete returns from every dis
trict gave the former president IS OF
the states Is delegates in the republi.
can national convention and it was
thought later that complete returns
would give him 81 delegates. 1t was
a landslide that the Taft people were
not looking for.
Woodrow Wilson swept the Keystone
state and took every delegate.
The Minneapolis Tribune commented
Monday as follows on the Pennsylvan-
ian election:
The situation in Pennsylvania is
more clear the first day than it was in
Illinois. There the first impression that
Democrats and Socialists had nominal
ted Roosevelt was not confirmed by the
full vote. The Democratic vote was
greater than the Republican instead of
far less.
The Pennsylvania result was not I'M
expected. There also the unfortunate
president was dragged down by the
weight of a justly unpopular political
machine with which he had on other
utilization. any more than Roosevelt
has with the old crowd that hung around
his neck in North Dakota.
The Chicago Record Herald says:
The extraordinary results of the Penn
sylvania primaries emphasize the fact
which the Illinois presidential prefer
ence primary so strikingly indicated
the remarkable hold of Mr.. Roosevelt
on the confidence of Republican voters.
Without the advisory primary this
fact might have been suppressed by or
CARNATIONS and machines. by so called
delegates who represent organized
appetite rather than the rank and file.
This alone completely justifies the
presidential primary; indeed. it abso-
lutely demonstrates it's necessity. The
people must nominate as we'll as elect.
and they should have every opportun-
ity to express their wishes and prefer
ences directly. leaving no room for Chi
cane and Misrepresentation.
The Dickinson press., 1912-04-20
new HRADEc resident.
PASSES TO GREAT BEYOND

New Hradec lost one of her pioneer
citizens on Wednesday when Frank
Kovash passed away after a several
weeks illness with stomach trouble.
Burial was made Thursday in the New
Hradec cemetery, Rev. Smiley officiat-
ing.
Mr.. Kovash has been a resident and
prosperous farmer in the New Hradec
vicinity, about nine miles northwest
of Dickinson, for the past eighteen
years. He recently sold his fine farm
in that section to a Mr.. Kostelecky who
came to this country from Russia last
summer.
Mr.. Kovash was about so years of age
and leaves a wife, but no children. He
also leaves three brothers, Vincent,
Anton and John at New Hradec and
Wenzel, now in Canada, also two sis
tiers, Mrs. Wenzel Semerad of Dickinson
and Mrs. Joseph Semerad, at whose
home Mr.. and Mrs. Kovash had been
living since disposing of their land.
The Dickinson press., 1912-04-20

The Press and Inter Ocean and Farm.
er only SI.75 per year.
The Dickinson press., 1912-04-20

lin. Wnere they attended the wedding
OF Miss Lena Stricken and Nick KONG.
There was no church service in Glad.
stone Sunday, al Rev. N. L. Rockwell
was unable to be here, on account Of
the series Of revival meeting being held
in Taylor by the Rev. c. W. Ruth of
indianapolis, Ind.
Miss Frances Spencer, who has been
teaching the Swenning school, left here
Saturday for Belield, where she will
visit a week with friends. She will
then 60 to Flasher, N. D., where she
will be Joined by her sister, Miss lii
lian,; upon the expiration of the latter's
school term in Zenith. From there they
will proceed to their home in Water
| vile, Mimi.
Mrs. Maria Stricken and son, Peter.
Miss Lena Stricken, Mrs. John Reiner.
ST.. and Miss Regina Grasl went. to
Glen Ullin Sunday morning to attend
the wedding of Nick Konif and Mis-
Lena Stricken which occurred Monday
morning.
A carload of Red WING crockery was
delivered to y merchants Tuesday.
Two carloads Of thoroughbred Hol-
stein cattle passed through Gladstone
on train No. 3 Monday. They were
shipped by express to Marcus Daly's
Dairy farm in the Bitter Root Valley
north Of Missoula, Mont.
G. g. Turner went to Dickinson Thurs
day to attend q social meeting az ~
Knights Of Pythias and to meet FfanI
Henry, tho Grand Chancellor Of ~
order. From there heswent to Grand
The Dickinson press., 1912-04-20
RUSSELL CASE IS CALLED
SIMPSON NOT LIKELY TO 60

Senator L. A. Simpson received word
this week from his associate counsel
in Boston that the Russell case was
called for May 6. 1t was supposed in
January when Mr.. Simpson was east
that the case would come up on the legal
construction of the will the first of May
and that the question of identity would
come up at the September term. How
ever, the court rules now that the
identity part must come up first and
the case is set before a master, called
a referee out here. Senator Simpson
was asking to have the case before q
master when he was on but counsel for
the executors opposed it. To try the
identity point will consume " months
or more time and it will be practically
impossible for Mr.. Simpson to person
ally conduct the case owing to his can
didacy for Congress in the Third con-
gressionaI district. He is in communi-
cation with Dan Russell with reference
to procuring other counsel to assist
Attorney Sheldon of Boston. In the
event the other counsel cannot be pro-
cured. Mr.. Simpson will. of course. 60
on for the trial..
The Dickinson press., 1912-04-20
sMETHuRsT's EASY MONEY
WORKED ON paper DEAL

When the Richardton Journal made
its appearance on March 3Oth, the
PRESS did not aid the scheme By
heralding the news to the world. II
was evident on the face of it that w.
II. Smethurst was up to his old Dame
Of Grating. He had just ditched the
Sterling Star for Editor Wood of Steele.
beat the Bismarck Tribune u of
q good sum of money, collected SUBJ
scriptions at Glen Ullin and Hebron on
his way out deeping up his record of
many years in the Norehwest,) telling
the victims at each town that he was
coming right in with a paper. He came
him. -
Then Smethurst came to Dickinson
and tried to get the PRESS Office to
(anythine would do) which would he.
called the (Richardton } Journal. He
said it would be for about two months
and he offered to pay in advance for
the first issue. knowing that it would
be necessary, but the PRESS emphati-
cally declined to aid him in the new
swindle project, knowing at once that
it he wal bent on starting the paper
ne would have q plant ordered and
here long before the end of two months.
If q brother printer worthy of the name
should come to the PRESS for assistance
in starting q legitimate paper, any
where in this territory, no Office would
more willingly turn in and help him
than the PRESS. However, the scamp
found q place where he could eel his
work done.
What was the result? Smethurst %
out two issues and last week failed to
come out. But he kept right on nabbine
candidates for office here and there for
$i:5O. IS. and $40. and as late as
Wednesday of this week was taking in
the money in Dickinson.
Within two days. through telephone
MESSAGES and letters from various places
wnere Smethurst had been. the PRESS
Office had information which proved
~conclusively that our first measure Of
the man was correct and that we were
justified in refusing his proposition.
This information was at once made the
property of the Richardton Commercial
Club.
The Dickinson press., 1912-04-20
.Loring

Matt Crowley passed through here
with q bunch of calves last week,
which he had wintered at the Hart
brothers place near Halliday.
Earl Hart took dinner at Hansons last
week.
John and Jim Hanson are employed
at the Lorine Developing Company. the
former for a few days only.
7. J. Simons Of the Lorine Develop
ing Co. was looking for horses this
week.
Colonel Leeblim is making a boat for
sails. fe expects to sail across Windy
Lake, east Of LorinR. where he will re-
side on his homestead.
Dick Moe is on the sick list this
week. He is not expecting to live in
this country long.
Chas. Jentzen was breaking with his
gasoline engine last week. James Ly-
ster as engineer.
Fred Hart is expecting to thresh in
the vicinity of L0rinR this coming
week, the jobs he left undone last fall.
There was but a few farmers around
here that had anything seeded before
the rain.
T. j. Simons visited al Oscar Gustaf-
son last Sunday. esa
Morris Hanson wal building fences
for A.. C. Void last week. They say he
can Q pretty straight when it comes
to building fences
C. N. Lee had abad trip coming home
from Richardton last week with q load
of merchandise for his store.
Loring has reporters for all the lead
ing news papers in the country except
ing the Sharpers Weekly.
c. H. Wendahl expects to thresh this
week.
j. B. Bolmes visited at O. G. Sine.
lands last week.
The Lorine Glee club will meet at
school No. 2 the 2lst Of April at the
usual hour.
John Gunderson is looking around "a
buy some more oats.
Oscar Gustafson Of Halliday threshed
last week. The fax and oats turned out
better than was expected for standing
over winter.