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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-27
FROM OTHER PENS

IS THERE SAFETY IN NUMBERS?
In pathetic and eloquent explara-
ton OF his reasons for voting in IA
Yor OF Lorimer, Senator Tfllman last
saturday offered suggestion about
bribery that Is worth thinking over.
corruption at Chicago as there is
IN every large city and in every
state where there is a large city.
Massachusetts he regarded as an ex-
ception and he intimated that exenap-
ton from boodling in that state. and
perhaps all New England, might be
due to the large size of the legislatures
there, since it is much easier by use
of money or other corrupt instruments
talities to debauch a small than I
large legislature. Whatever the merit
of the argument, the fact certainly
seems to be on Senator Tillman's side.
The house of representatives of Massa-
chusetts has 240 members, while that
in Illinois has only 153. The conui-
ton holds pretty well all through New
England, too, for New Hampshire's
lower house has a membership of no
less than 1872, Vermont's PAS and
Connecticut's 256, While even Names
has ISL and Rhode Islands 100. the
last two being fairly included among
our large legislatures in view of the
populations they represent. Michigan.
as most people remember, sends an
even 100 to her lower house at Lam
sing. 1t doesn't necessarily follow that
there is more bribery in proportion 10
the decrease in representative totals
however or our own legislature would
be a hotbed of crime. and 1t Is assur-
eddy nothing of the sort. But. accept
ing the Tillman hypothesis that corr
rupt practices are less common in New
England than elsewhere, the coinci-
dence of the larger figures from that
section is interesting, at least.-Detroit
Free Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-27
DAFFYDHS
BY U. NOAL-

If the kitchen utensils gave party
what would the tinware?
(Zounds!! Waiter, this lamb is pork
No wonder Italy is stumbling in her
war. What else might be expected in
TripoH?
owe are lost" the captain shouted
as he staggered down the stairs.)
If there was a scandal In the BARN
yard would the cattle?
lAnd for less than that, has a man
been sent to the nutty house9
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-27
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

IFronn the New York Press.1
Money never made a man a beauty, but
it has made beauty marry him
Lots of men want you to Judge their
brains by their whiskerS and their virtues
by their smirks.
Even a man in jail for life could get
excited over stopping his right to go to
horse races IL he were out.
A self-made pickpocket probably has an
idea that with college education he
could have become forger-
When man feels like getting mad with
somebody in the office but doesn't, it's a
sign he will with his wife when he gets
home.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-27

Justice occasionally seems to travel
along at the rate of speed that is so
popular with the dove of universal
peace. The hearing in the govern
ment suit against the sugar trust which
was begun in New York two years
ago has been reopened and started on
its way again in San Francisco.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-27
HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY.

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sway from home during the summer
may have the paper mailed regularly
eRch day TO any address at the rate Oh
can cents q week or thirty cents a
month (by rail only. Address
chanRed as often as desired: While
out Of topvn the State Journal VIII be
To YOU like a daily letter from home.
Advance payment is requested on
these short time subscriptions, to saVe
bookkeeping expenses.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-27

Nothing could be more natural than
the reports that Orozco has planted a
big fortune for himself in banks in
the United States. He wouldn't be a
typical Mexican patriot devoted to
saving his country if he forgot to make
such provision for days of exile and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-27

me mosquito lit on the sleeping man,
And looked for place to drill.
THE world owes me a living" he said.
And at once sent in his bill
Baltimore American
81 saw that man gazing into your eyes,
said Maud. YES" replied Mamie. s'I
felt complimented until I learned that no
is studying to be an ocu1ist. 1 had the
same disappointing experience with a
young dentist who was always anxious to
make me smile."-Washington Star
Zangwilrs Name.-IsraeI Zangwfl tha
well-known writer, signs himself 1. Fang
will. He was once approached at a re-
ception by a fussy old lady, who demand
ed "Oh. Mr.. ZangwiII, what is your
Christian name?'' Madame I have
none" he gravely assured her.-Lipplu-
colts
The Cautious Tailor.-"Nov look here.
Snipperton," pleaded Hackley. why can't
I'm going to be married in the fall to a
girl who's worth her weight in gold"
That's all right, Mr.. Hackley," returned
Snipperton, but is she going to be worth
my wait in gold2 How much does she
weigh2'-Judge's Library.
Concerning the Fourth-'Pm so sorry
for Mrs. Higgins what's the matter
with her?'' Shes had to get divorce
from her husband" "Again2 NY my,
and the poor woman was expecting to
have a safe and sane Fourth, too, wasn't
lsne?"-Lippincott's
Why and Because.-"Why do you use SO
much tobacco?" said a gentleman to an
other the other evening at a whist party.
Because chews." was the witty replpys
Burlington Hawkeye.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-27

Transmitting photographs by wire
less biography, which is now pro-
posed, will produce something real III
the way of spirit pictures" Most
people, however, will be from Missouri
on this proposition. 1t takes a strong
imagination to think of perfect like
nesses being successfully waited
through space.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-27

Dave Leahy's fingers must be itch
ing to get a cen in the letter-writlns
controversy that is now being waged
between Senator Curtis and Bull
Moose White. 1t sure is a warm one.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-27

News comes from Indianapolis that
Albert ]. Beveridge has quit the Re-
publican party. That's fair enough.
The Republican party quit him some
time ago when he was retired to the
company of former United States SEN
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-27

If Fred S. Jackson's legal opinions
on important political matters are nc
nearer correct than is his general po-
nticaI information they don't amount
TO much. In a recent endeavor to cast
aspersions on the supporters of Presi-
dent Taft, Mr.. jackson declared that
William Barnes. the Republican leader
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-27

Some people are even complaining
these days about the high and increas-
ing cost of dying. Why so? Dead
men don't have to pay their funeral
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-27

Some of the mean-minded folk will
be sure to insist that the shooting OF
a New York lawyer by a former client
is nothing more than case of retri-
huffve Justice.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-27

One of the convicts in California
prison has not spoken word for near
" three years. What a great thing it
would be for these United States If
most Of it's politicians should do like
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-27

Cruelty is the natural child of des-
peration. The feebler the insurrection
grows In Mexico the greater the out
RACES 1T breeds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-27
KANSAS COAAENT

IF CORN AND KAFFIR YIELD.
The Kansas farmers have harvested
hrst class crop of alfalfa, and the
second second cutting was almost as good.
Other cuttings will follow. and while
AZ rs TOO early to predict four large
crops, enough has been cut to justify
Ieedlng some of it upon the farm. The
prairie hay crop is promising and
mere should be no shortage of good
nay and alfalfa on every farm. Last
years experience will warn the farm
er against selling his hay too freely.
He will not want to buy it back in the
spring for twice the fall selling price.
Inere are fair prospects for corn ana
kaft1r crops. If these develop, the
FARMER should remember that he can
make more money feeding than in
selling, unless the price is abnormal. 1t
Is a recognized fact that the pig crop
is light and many farmer with fifty
tons of hay, 1000 bushels of corn and
an equal amount of kaffir, with abund-
ant fodder, will find himself short of
live stock. Without cattle. horses or
sheep, and few pigs obtainable, he can
not get the full profit from his crops.
The minute it is certain that the feed
will be available, the farmer should
keep his eyes open for cows, heifers,
sheep or young horses to feed through
the winter. With every farm produce
ing beef or mutton, the southwest
would reap a tremendous price for all
the feed its soil yields. The banks
nave the money when the farmer can
margin the deal with sufficient feed to
winter the desired herd.-Wichita
Beacon.
ONE GOOD LAW.
one law passed by the last session OF
the legislature which has been accom-
pllshing results is that fixing a severe
penalty on wife deserters 1t is not so
much the fear of the penalty that has
proven beneficial in this regard because
a man who would desert his wife is low
down enough in he scale not to care for
that phase of the law. But the fact that
the law takes cognizance of the gravity of
such crime, the knowledge that society
demands punishment for it, will deter
many a man who thinks he has provoca-
tlon for leaving his home, from doing So
and he Will make greater effort to smooth
over the rough places in his marital ex-
perlences. The divorce is held to be a
great and growing evil in many stato5
out legal separation with a division OF
property is much to be preferred to wan
ton desertion of wife and family and
that recourse to the man or woman who
tnlnks the marriage tie longer bear
aoie is still open.-Newton Kansan-Re-
publican.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-27
ny THE WAY
III HARVEY PARsONR

The jinx must DE in the name of the
team. The Kaw river is vurry, VUIeRT
low during a major portion of the
year. and rises but to fall again.
And that coolest man in the world
who recently croaked in Mexico, may
have had a valid excuse. Maybe he
couldn't get away from Mexico.
Reformers all over the country are
knocking the free lunch. Kansas re-
formers are up against it, on this prop
os1t1on; they have made practice Oh
grabbing off all the reform fads of the
world, but this is a stumper, as 1t is
doubtful if they have money enough to
start saloon free lunches to knock
about.
Every common man should be glad
of it, There is not so much danger
that every fool thing he ever said will
be put in print. embalmed in the
archives and then exhumed at later
New York won't let Lii Artha fight
a whate man in that burg. They
have other use for their white men.
Frinstance. they make excellent targets
for "gun-gang' pistol practice.
Our candidate for white hope is
Fred Shellabarger. Fred has boxed a
number of colored gentlemen, and any
one he ever boxed Never Came Back.
A 20 per cent reduction of last win
ter'S gas pressure is the cheerful fore
cast for next winter Our experience
is that there wasn't over 20 per cent
last winter-so, better lay in coal.
Being weak on fractions, we may be
in error about the exact per cent OF
gas last winter. Having no means OF
separating the Scipio fresh air from
the gas, we couldn't measure it, so
our statement is based solely upon estt-
mate.
A friend has written this depart
which, like fractions, is another of our
weak points. On the last trip, the only
tackle used was a relatives hired man,
with which we captured several fus5y
little kittenfish. From newspaper re-
search we gather that the proper bait
for catching a Pitz-boig millionaire is
a New York chorus goil-but we for
get; the friend asked about catfish
not suckers.
Believing that the world is growing
better, we point with pride to the fact
that two white men were hanged in
Nashville, Tenn, yesterday for muir
dering an old negro and his two chill
dren. Neither the venerable colored
man nor his two little children were
guilty of the usual crime" and the
tendency Of Tennessee courts to draw
a line between the Justifable and the
other kind is indeed gratifying.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-27
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The state journal is q member Of the
Associated Press ard receives the fuil DAY
Telegraph report of that great news or
gaufzation for the exclusive afternoon
puHiication in Topeka
The news is received in The State Jour
nal building over wires for this sole puf-
pose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-27

Congress is busy making the country
wonder why it does not quit and go
home.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-27

Harvests that put grain prices down
and railroad stocks up hit the right
mark
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-27

The jinx must DE in the name of the
team. The Kaw river is vurry, VURRT
low during major portion OF the
year, and rises but to fall again.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-27

And that coolest man in the world
who recently croaked in Mexico, may
have had valid excuse. Maybe he
couldn't get away from Mexico.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-27
a SATURDAY SERMON.

R,It as touching brotherly love We need
not that 1 write unto you; for ye your
selves are taught of God to love one
another Thessalonians ~ B.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-27
HUNOR OF THE Day
A BAD DEBT.

The mosquito lit on the sleeping man,
And looked for place to drill.
THE world owes me a living" he said,
And at once sent in his bill
Baltimore American.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-27

Every common man should be glad
of it. There is not so much danger
that every fool thing he ever said will
be put in print. embalmed in the
archives and then exhumed at a later
date by a political opponent.
The evening world., 1912-06-20
DIVORCE SLEUTHS TELL
OF SHADOWING BOOKER

Clarence II. Tsrhune. member OF tho
Consolidated Stock Exchange and well
known in Wall street circles. was the
defendant In a suit for divorce on trial.
to-day, before Supreme Court Justice
Eswourger.
The complaint charged Tcrhune had.
in February. 1910. and at other times
until recently. been entirely too friend
~ with Mrs. Helen Dunkak. OF No. sSS
West End avenue This was denied by
both Terhune and Mrs. Dunkak.
Mrs. Terhune, who is tall and OF the
brunette type. was fetchingly dressed In
a suit OF light blue, with white straw
hat. She listened with considerable In
terest 20 the story of her husbands al
legged wrongdoing. as elected from two
detectives. employed by her lawyer,
John F. Mcintyre. to trail the broker
Although the first witness, Mrs. Ter
hume. was only permitted under ths
divorce statute to testify TO the date 81
her marriage. That was Feb, II, 1890.
she said. and there are two children.
william \. Blazier. one of the detsc-
tives was then called, and told OF fol-
lowing Terhune from the Consolidated
Stock Exchange on several occasions to
q house in West Fortieth street where
the broker met Mrs. Dunkak. he said.
Peter Coleman was the other detcc-
dee whose business 1t was to tran Mrs
Dunkak most of the time
The evening world., 1912-06-20

the procession frst we're lined the new
seniors, proud In their newly assumed
responsibilities as heads Of the under
graduates. Behind them we're the other
classes and then came the graduating
class. numbering 10. These were fol-
lowed by the faculty. President Finley
bringing up the rear.
Prominent among those on the plat
form with President Finley were Theo-
dore r. Miller. chairman OF the Board
OF Trustees and Trustee Leo kohns
and Edward Lauterbach and Solomon
Schecter, president OF the Jewish Theo-
logical Seminary OF American. Three
thousand persons attended the exercises.
Spreading directly to tho graduates.
President Finley sald
You have just been admitted to mcm-
bership IN the great company Of Bach
elors OF Arts and Sciences. whose men,
hc-s reach Back into the Middle Ages.
You will In few days De admitted into
the full and active life Of this city.
! where your brothers are SO busy that
they hardly look up to see You as you
enter. They will not make a place for
you. You will have To- find It ior your
selves. Many az us know VIA; that
: means ana We shall follow you with fun
sympathy, hut with confidence IN your
! courage and ABILITY to meet and over
come the difficulties. Rclicm1 or tina,
your privileges are to take the hardest
tasks and your immunltlcs 10 he free of
the selfish ones"
The senior addresses were made by
The evening world., 1912-06-20

taxicab about half an hour earlier.
They had arranged with the telephone
company to be notified on a nearby
phone Of the place from where kellogG
was telephonins Just as soon A. he
called up. While Leigh waited at Mr..
Conklings phone Nelson sat at . phone
across the street.
NAeecD WHILE PLEADING THAT
CASE BE DROPPED.
The elusive Mr.. Ksliogg called up
punctually. He had hardly begun talk
ins when Nelson was Informed thar he
was talking from a pay station al
Houston and Lafayette streets. Detec-
tive Leigh instructed Mr.. Conkiing to
keep kellogg on the wire a. long a. pos
sible and then set oft with Nelson In
the taxicab. The chauffeur OF the tax
icab was informed that he could brenk
all known speed laws and tho journey
70 Lafayette and Houston streets was
an hour. The indicted estate agent was
nabbed at the phone while stIii in the
act Of pleading with Mr.. Conkling to
drop the prosecution.
The prisoner was taken to Part 1 o
General Sessions and arralgnei befor,
Judge Rosalsky on the grand larcen,
indictment. He asked permission &
confer with counsel and was Above,
to GO with Nelson and Leigh to Polio,
Headquarters to await the appearan
Of his attorney. Later ne was rear
ra!gned and the matter OF bail takei
UP.
While II Is alleged that Kellogg mis-
The evening world., 1912-06-20
ARREST BY PHONE
RENTAL AGENT IN
100000 ESTATE
Sleuths Quickly Locate Busy
Collector of Property of Ros-
coe Corkling's Niece.

remarkably clever bit OF detective
John *. Kellogg the elderly agent and
rent collector OF the Laura X. Conk-
ling estate. who ON Jan. 8 last was In
dicted on charges In connection WITH ths
alleged cmbezzlement OF $4,000 OF the
funds OF the estate. Miss Laura Conk-
ling was niece OF the late United
states senator Roscoe Conkling.
The fact OF the charges against KEEL
logs was not made known until his ar
rest to-day while he was in the act Of
telephoning to Alfred X. Conkling, a
brother OF Miss Conkling. and one oil
the two executors OF her estate.
Ever since his indictment for grand
larceny in the second degree the tall
gray haired military looking Mr.. Kel
logs has lodged the detectives while h
continued to reside In New York. Whit
he did not go near his offices at No
80 Broadway nor visit his home at No
1l7o Dean street. he frequently tcle
phoned to Alfred II. Conkling and How
ard Conkling. the two executors OF tn
Laura Conkling estate, from public pa.
stations in Manhattan and Brooklyn.
When Detectives Edmund Leigh an
Matthew Nelson of the D!strict-Attor
ney's ONCE learned Of these telephon
calls they arranged with Alfred +
Conkling to appoint to-day as the tim
for the accused to telephone agair
The burden OF these telephone cor
versauons was that Kellogg woul
straighten out his accounts with tn
estate IL the prosecution were dropped.
Kellogg was to telephone to the Coni
ling home, at No. 1877 West Seventiet
street. at 10 A. VI. Detectives Leig
and Nelson drove up to the house In
The evening world., 1912-06-20
HARVARD C0NFERS DEGREES

CAMBRIDGE. Mass. June 2O.-rhe
fsdF weather which has accompanied all
the events Of commencement week AZ
Harvard University continued for tne
commencement day exercises to-day.
CHARLES Warren. ~. was marshal OF
he procession which marched from
Massachusetts, Hall TO Sanders Theatre,
whore the formal exercises Of the two
hundred and seventy first commence
mat were hold, After tho exercises
PRECEDENT A. Lawrence Lowell con-
seessd the degrees In course. numbering
~ ana awarded the thirteen honorary
AQrsss.
- NArs - tsl,ewsi Master Of Arts'
- 4eAAno oee11oA evSoooaaSsaarAs
- p.
The evening world., 1912-06-20
"CO0UT AND FIGHT"
SAYS "PREN" FINLEY
TO C|TYS GRADUATES
No Places Ready Made in Big
World, College Head Tells
Glass of $50.

Beginnlnu with procession OF stu
dents. graduates. In new caps and
gowns. and the faculty. the s'xty-third
annual commencement exercises Of the
College Of the CITY OF New York were
held to-day In the Great Hail OF the
college. President John u. Finley de-
llverod AN optimistic and cheering ad-
dress to the graduates.
rho campus WAS crowded by friends
and relatives OF the graduates. Summer
gowns and stylish hats were plenty. In
The evening world., 1912-06-20

appropriated $4,000 Of the rents Of the
Laura Conkling estate during the past
four or i've years the specific charge
In the Indictment MANS the theft of
check for Sis. paid on Oct. By
Max Felnman as the rent of the store
At No. q Bowery.
Miss Laura Ronaids ConkIing, daugh-
ter of the late Col. Frederick A. Conk-
ling and niece Of Roscoe Conkling. died
last July In the Catskiil Mountains.
leaving an estate of moro than a mil
Hon dollnrs. tho s'ca'ar part OF which
Yves Invested In real estate.
The evening world., 1912-06-20

tn AVE.. leTu 70 10th ST.. IN /
The evening world., 1912-06-20
Drownins OF Dosey Accidental

ST. LOUIS, June Ca coroner's jury
At Clifton. Tenn. returned a verdict OF
accidental drowning In the case Of Df.
Loren Il. DoSey, whose body was
found In the Tennessee river yesterday.
DR.. Doxey and his wife. Dora. were
on the way TO Clayton, county seat OF
st. Louis County. where Mrs. Doxey
IN charged With having blgamously
marT.ci W.ll'am Jericr. OF whose mui-
der she was acquitted before the
Doxeys went south. II was at first
The evening world., 1912-06-20

of the navy; Livingston Chester Lord,
president of the Eastern Illinois State
Normal School. Willis.on Walker.
teacher of Ecclesiastical History at
Yale University. Doctor OF Science:
Frederick Forschelmer, C!ncinna Il. pres
fdent of the Association OF American
Physicians Carlos de la Tore Huera,
Latin-American Statesman: Frederick
Cheever Shattuck of Boston, a teacher
OF memclne. Doctor OF Letters: Kuno
Francke. Curatory OF the German'c
Museum at Harvard University: Henry
Osborn Taylor OF New York. lawyer
and humanlst. Doctor of Divinity:
Lawrence Pearsall Jacks OF England.
philosopher and Theologian: Benjamin
Osgood Pierce. Cambridge. Physics, and
mathematician. Doctor of Laws: George
Washington Goethals. in charge OF
Panama Canal work; William Cameron
Forbes. Governor OF the Philippine Is
lands; William Frederick Slocum, pres.
ident OF Colorado College
The evening world., 1912-06-20

Emanuel Cohen on Wisdom" Nsurfee
l.. Nader on Character" and Cecil =
Dyer on Faith" Degrees. prfooo au4
honors were then awarded By rvoesdsM
Finley.
The evening world., 1912-06-20

(From the Bosion Ttanscfip,)
She-Mr. Dubbleigh IL vety poor
Judge of human nature.
He--What makes you think so?
She-IIe has such a good opinion OF
himself.