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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-03

The atmosphere is humid with the
mercury lowering around the 80 de-
gree point. There will be no relief
from the heat in the next "A hours,
according to Sunny Flora, the wealth
er man, although he states that the
Thermometer in sodthw estern Canada
registered SO degrees this morning, and
that cool weather is due here the mid
die of the week.
Following is the report of Section
Director T. B. Jennings for the three
days ending at O'Clock this morn
ing:
During the past "a hours good rains,
have been general in the Smoky Hill
valley from Mcpherson eastward in
the Kaw valley, in northeastern Kan
sas, and northwestern Missouri, but no
rain is reported in western or extreme
southern Kansas. Only a few scat
tered showers were reported in the dis
trict in the 4S hours ending Monday
morning. Day temperatures have been
abnormally high at all stations for the
past three days, but there was a
change to cooler weather at all sta
tions last night
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-03
in SPOTS
Heavy DOWnpOur in Topeka
Labor Day.
But West Got Only Light Show
ers-COOl Weather on Way.

Two-thirds of an inch of rain fell
in Topeka Labor day between 2:22
and 9:15 o'clock. TIE rain was not
general over Kansas. The Santa Fe
reports that no rain fell west of En-
poria along its lines. but that an aver
age of a half inch fell all the way from
Lang to Kansas City.
The rain was accompanied by a
heavy wind and a drop Of 23 degrees
in temperature in the course of an
hour and half; lightning also played
a part of the storm. The highest wind
velocity was As miles an hour, the
record since the first of June.
Horse barn No. at the State fair
grounds was struck by lightning with
the result that a race horse belonging
to DR.. J. P. Raster was seriously in
jured and the north corners of the
barn were taken off
Two young women, Miss Eva Marks,
and Miss Alma ThoTp were stunned
and rendered temporarily unconscious
when a bolt of lightning struck near
them. They were at 1880 Topeka ave-
nue. the home of the former, and had
gone out into the yard to shut up some
chickens when a bolt of lightning
struck a shed near them. They soon
recovered from the shock
Wen probably have touch of real
fall weather by fair week." remarked
sunny Flora, the government OBJ
server. 1.-The forecast for the week from
Washington indicates that compare
lively warm Weather will prevail the
first of this week, but that by Wednes-
day the wind should shift to the north
west with the result that cooler condi-
items will give relief to the Topekans
who have been sweltering the past week
or ten days.
The minimum temperature of 6S de-
grees was reached at three o'clock
Labor Day after the severe portion OF
the storm was over. This was the low
mark for ten days.
The forecast is for fair weather.
There was no rain at Concordia, Dres-
den, Fort Scott, Hays, Macksville, Sc
dan, and Wichita. Rains were reported
at the following government stations.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-03

Weather Forecast for Kansas.
Generally fair tonight and Wednes-
lay.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-03

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Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1912-06-01
Hanqman's Rope Broke.

Antonio RomeZzo was executed in
Lancaster. Pa. for the murder OF Tony
Serahno some months ago.
When the trap was sprung Romez
EOS body shot downward. but as l,
reach - bottom OF the drop the
rope broke inst above the knot and
the body crashed TO the prison court
yard.
The sheriff and his deputies hurried
down and picked up the unconscious
form of the murderer. Another knot
was tied in the rope and II was read
justed and the trap sprung again. This
time the hemp held and the condemn
ed man died slowly OF strangulaiion.
Up 10 the time that he was ordered
to walk to the gallows Romezzo re-
fused To credit the belief that he must
die. He laughed and joked with the
prison guards and insisted that the
entire plan oi trial and sentence was
"a huge joke designed TO scare him
and make him confess a crime about
which he knew nothing.
Not Until he stood squarely on the
scaffold and the rope was being al
justed dyer the black cap did he real
lie that he was to die. And as a las,
despairing protestation OF innont enco
rang out the trap was sprung. The
motive OF the crime was robbery.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1912-06-01

one and then another. Its knife-like
teeth shone as II snapped its jaws.
Joseph McKenna picked up a re-
volver from the sideboard and fired
several times. but missed.
Benjamin Ballman was passing and
heard the shots. lie ran into the
house. grabbed up shovel and joined
In the fight.
The rat had just made spring at
Mac McKenna. She jumped atop the
dining table. The rat leaped after her
and bit her twice. on the back and
arm.
Joseph McKenna started to attack
the animal with his bare hands when
Ballman swung the shovel. He hit
the rate squarely on the head and
killed 1t. A physician was called to
attend the injured women.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1912-06-01
Ten-Pound Rodent Turns on Five
Persons and Leaps Upon
ChiId's Back.
GIRL BADLY BITTEN
Food In Large Quantities Had Been
Missed from the Pantry, and Ev.
cry Night the House Was
Filled With Peculiar
Noises.

New York.-A ten.pound. twenty
seventeen rat fought five members Of
a family all over the ground floor Of
their home in East New York the 9TH
err day. II was killed only after a
desperate struggle in which one wom-
an was badly bitten and another driv-
en- into hysteria.
The rat put TO fight Terence Me-
Kenna. of As Montauk avenue. his
wife and three children. Mrs. Nc
Kenna is Ill as the result Of her fright
and her daughter. Mae. is suffering
from bites.
The McKannas have believed for
some weeks past that their home was
infested by a plague OF rats. Food
In large quantities was missed from
the pantry. and every night the house
was filed with noises.
The other night McKenna. his wife
and the three children-Joseph. Lii
liam and Mae-decided to begin war
on the pests. They put a trap in the
kitchen and went into the dining room
TO await results.
They heard two or three loud
thumps and rushed out. The trap
was empty. but two potatoes and a
cabbage lay in the middle OF the
floor. The McKennas could not be-
lieve that rats had dragged the vege-
tables from their bin.
After an hour of waiting. the fam
fly heard the trap click. They again
went into the kitchen and saw an
enormous rat sitting beside the trap.
The glare of its eye made Mrs. Nc
Kenna hysterical.
Instead OF running to escape. the
rat rushed at the astonished family.
They fled. The rat jumped first st
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1912-06-01
WIN Fiaht Plan to Gus, Wood.

WV '0fh 'att W OboA NEOtos
The army appropriation bill was re-
ported back 10 the senate and house
with decentralization amendments
which would legislate Major General
Wood out OF office as chief OF staff and
would leave the location and distribu.
ton OF military posts to commission
OF retired army officers and two mem
bers each of the senate and house COM
mittee on military affairs.
The amendment that would remove
General Wood also would prevent
either Brigadier Generals Crozier or
Funston from ever attaining the Office
OF Chief OF staff No officer who has
not spent ten years in the line with
troops before becoming brigadier
would be eligible
Many army officers charge that the
fight between the line and the stan.
which re; emily resulted In the retire
ment from the army of Major General
Ainsworth is responsible for that pro
vision.
Secretary of War Stimson said the
provision. supposedly aimed at Cen
eral Wood, would have made incl!gi-
bic for service as chief OF stan every
one except four of the nineteen gen
erals who have served as COMMANDER
inchief OF the American army since
General Washington.
The clause which makes II ncces
sary for man to have served ten
years with the troops prior TO his Al
tanning the rank OF brigadier general,
is the real cause of these debarments.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1912-06-01
Gets corns on Ears.

Mount Clemens. Mich.-There is a
merry war on In the local telephone
exchange. On one side are thirty
sweet-voiced operators with a medium
sized district manager as their oppo-
nent.
The operators are compelled to wear
a headband continuance while on duty.
and the claim OF the girls Is that the
contrivance causes corns to form upon
their ears. They declare that n the
manager does not provide another sort
of appliance for holding the receivers
they will leave the Office.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1912-06-01
Ea,al Aeelden, a. Coal Mime.

While working near cable whlci
draws loaded cars from the min o
the Cunningham Coal compeny. n.a
chlcora. Pa. Ambrose Jorgan. lor
years old. was caught by the cabi,.
His body was wrapped arouni the
drnm and crushed beyond recognition
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1912-06-01
Murderer Executed by Shooting.

Five riticmen concealed behind cur
tain sent : eelnosed bullets into the
heart OF 'lind-iolded man as he sat
in chair al the state prison In Sal,
Lake City. Utah. julius Sirmay. a
murderer. was the target.
He had selected death by shooting
In preference to the gallows. after his
confession of the murder OF Thomas
Carrick. a fourteen.yearold boy. whom
he shot while committing a dayligh,
burglary.
Up TO the last Sirmay maintained
that a fellow burglar had killed tho
lad. Then he confessed.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1912-06-01
]. P.,s Grandson Fined.

Cambridge. Mass.--Junius Spencer
Morgan, Jr., grandson OF J. Pierpont
Morgan. defied the forces OF law and
order by refusing TO stop his auto
when policeman hailed him. He was
fined s25. but appealed.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1912-06-01

Detroit.-Because he talked In his
sleep Greene McAdoo betrayed 20 his
associates In local boarding house
that he was wanted In Greensboro
N. c.. for wife murder. He wag ar
rested.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1912-06-01
Woman starxes to Death.

Literally starved TO death. Mrs.
Frank Johnson was found at her
house in fecluded part OF Allentown,
Pa. Thursday. by Humane Society
Agent Stubei. The other members OF
the family are the woman's husband
and four children. one only three
weeks old. who aer in serious con
dltion because OF the lack of food.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1912-06-01
Deadly Gases Kan Many In the Navy

Deadly gas from exploded powder
and burning oil kill many men in h,
United States navy every year. accord
ing TO Surgeon General Stokes. In {
lecture at the pnblir library in Wash
ington the SURGEON general dwell on
the importance OF industrial hysien
In the navy.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-04-26
SENATOR BOURNE.

Senator Bourne OF Oregon is just
now attracting the attention of the
public. Bourne was accustomed to
extolI the virtues of his ~state-and tell
of its wonderful political provisions
the peculiar and infallible discernment
of its voters-uuder the freak laws en-
acted in that state. Now Oregon has
turned Bourne's picture to the wall.
Prior to the recent primaries Bourne
evidently assumed he was essential to
safe government in Oregon and that
the state could not exist without his
political supervision. The announce
ment was made that he wouldn't go to
the trouble of a campaign. He would
not even visit the state-but would
permit the voters the honor of return
ing him to the u. S. senate.
Ben Selling, a clothing merchant,
wanted to go to the senate. Unlike
Bourne he made a anvass He con-
WINGED the people that he really and
truly was a candidate and actually So
licited their votes. He defeated the
great Senator Bourne.
Bourne has often told Of the intelli-
gence displayed by the average Ore
gon voter. The rest Of the people are
now disposed to agree with him.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-04-26
DR.. WI, VEGETARIAN.

For the third time DR.. WI Ting Fang
is to come to the United States, as
minister from China. This time he
will be the minister from the Chinese
republic-and not from the unprogres-
sive Chinese empire.
DR.. WI is always interesting, al
ways unusual. He may continue to
come for well over a century-if the
distinguished diplomat realizes all his
expectations Of long life based on
strict adherence to a vegetable diet.
Mrs. John B. Henderson, the dis
tinguished wife of former Sen. John B.
Henderson of Missouri, won Mr.. WI
over to yegetarianism when he last
served in this country. He still es-
ehews meat and proudly asserts that
he will attain the age of 200 because Of
his careful diet.
Even Metchnikoff, with his sour milk
diet, hasn't promised any living man
such longevity. He predicts that sew.
eral centuries from now men descend
ed from sour-milk-fed parents win
think it a disgrace to die when young
er than 100.
Old age would be the most delight
full part Of life if everybody looked on
the world as cheerfully as DIR. Wu-
and scattered sunshine wherever OPP
portunity offers. He always tells the
ladies they are more beautiful than
anybody he ever saw and even finds
something to admire in mere men. He
praises American institutions and
iauds his own country in a manner
which makes everybody feel good.
Long live DR.. WI and his kind. He
Is a sure IRE for the blues, and the
world needs optimists of the WI ype
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-04-26

THE INDUSTRIAL EXPO.


Commissioner of Agriculture Gill
breath has issued a pamphlet which
he calls a history of North Dakota's
First Industrial Exposition. The
book contains an interesting account
of the exposition and tells Of the Diff
ferent exhibits, all of which are splen-
didly illustrated.
The pamphlet gives those who were
not fortunate enough to attend the
show an excellent idea OF the EXPOSE
ton and will be of great interest and
value to those who were there.
The exposition was the first of the
kind ever attempted by any state and
Commissioners Gilbreath is entitled to
a great deal Of credit for the original
ity and enterprise in conceiving the
big show and carrying it out. He
promises to make the one this fall even
bigger and better.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-04-26
Daddy's Bedtime
~. Rhyming Ruthie
SfOTV- Finds a Rival
In Papa


- ADDY had been away Tor q day o. So
II had a charming umep he said when he came home, "and met
- a delightful little girl named Ruthie. Ruthie III just fve years old.
and she goes 70 kindergarten, where little girls are taught many nice
things
"Ruthhe is a bright little GIRL and in the evening when her DADDY Games
home she tells him all they have done at kindergarten that day, sings her new
songs and shows him how the children play their games
Lately the children have been learning little verses. Ruthie learned quite
q lot Of these, and the jingle Of the rhymes pleased her very much,
AFTER she had said the little verses over and over Ruthie began to make
what she called potry1
"she began it like this One day she was playing with her daddy and In
the midst OF the game stood up and said:
"Tf turn my back, &
a ~ You may give me n whaek' M#
"Why, Ruthe, what do you mean2 You know I never touch your her
father exclaimed
"oh, nor replied Ruhie calmly. But dont yu see that's pogryY
Then Ruthies daddy understood Ruthe was going to be a poetess when
she grew up She was beginning BY making poetry about herself GFownup
poets are generally more interested In themselves and their own affairs than
in anything else Ruhe was starting ont with the right idea.
"The first evening / dned at RuMes house we had cake-very hne cake
for dinner. Ruthrie had a piece, y0u may be sure, but after she had eaten IL
Then your daddy, who had not yet learned that Ruthie was q poetesA
was amazed TO hear her say:
/" ri L could bake
For you'd ia make E 4
2@# A place. OF cake .@6
"Ruthies daddy leaned FORWARD and, looking straight at he1 said Armiys
" More than one pece ia nsver eat
u.s. Caks Is Intended ns at treat $3.50
That's an you'll sk 49, @0&
1 My clever pet @.--+&8 r9e%NM@ #@sM1
"Ruthie stared in surprise A
you didn't know daddy was poet too, did youT be SAID. But RusAt
looked too discouraged to answer What was the use OF asking Tor things in
rhyme when one could be refused in poetry better than ones own"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-04-26

ceptacIes and in paper or wood
en- barrels or boxes.
Oily rags or waste should be kent in
standards metal waste cans and con-
tents removed and burned each night.
Rubbish should never be allowed to
accumulate in buildings.
Spittoons should be made OF metal
and never contain sawdust or other
combustible material.
Gasoline, naptha and other volatile
oils should not be kept in buildings.
Gas brackets should have stiff Ak
lures. Metal bells should be placed
over gas Jets on low ceilings.
Steam pipes should be kept clear
from all wood and other combustibIe
material.
Open iue holes should be protected
with sheet iron, or better be bricked
up.
Electricity when improperly INSTALL
ed, is hazardous; see that your GER
tificate of approval covers the. entire
hung on nails or wrapped around any
piping; paper shades should never be
used.
stove pipes should run direct to
brick chimneys and never through
floors or partitions; protect floors UNI
der and above stoves with brick, ce-
ment or sheet steel.
Stairways should be kept clear at
all times; never place any stock or
shelving on stairs.
Aisles of good width should be main
tanned at all times; never pile stock
in front of windows or against doors,
as 1t ~handicaps the fremen in case of
fire.
Fire doors and shutters should be
closed every night and stock should
never be placed so as to hinder the
ready closing of these fire stops.
See that all fire extinguishing APP
paratus is in good working order.
Use the safety match.
All of the above defects are charged
for ia your rate.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-04-26
FRIDAY. APRIL 20, 1912.
CLEAN UP TOMORROW.

Don't forget that tomorrow is clean
UP day. After the dust storm that
prevailed yesterday-the necessity for
the clean up work Is even more appar-
ent than before.
Every resident Of the city, regardless
Of age, should participate in the gem
eral movemen to make Fargo more
cleanly. more sanitary and more at
tractiye. II every one does a small
part the total effort will be a large one.
Outside of the personal desire to
have things looking better, there is a
selfish reason for cleaning up-to
avoid sickness, epidemics and conta-
gion.
Join in the city wide movement to-
morrow and see that Fargo is as
clean as a new pin.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-04-26
FIRE PROTECTION.

The people OF North Dakota are
paying more attention to Are protec-
ton than formerly. They learn that
they cannot afford to own buildings,
furnishings. stocks OF goods and other
infiamabls stuff and no carry insur-
ance-and they also have discovered
that carrying insurance Is an expsn-
sive matter-wfere FIRE protection is
disregarded.
Keeping the premises clear OF rub
Dish and loose paper Is one way to
prevent fires. There are many reasons
advanced for better fire protection.
"A publication in the interests of fre
protection says;
al large part Of the nre waste Of the
country IL directly due to untidy con-
dftions and other faults Of
nent. Heavy loss naturally increases
cost of insurance. A careful inspec-
ton OF your entire premises daily will
assist in bringing about a lower in
surancs cost
AAhes should be kept ia metal re-
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-04-26
. IN .SPW19
3 b.
- by Roy k. Monlkon.

Moving.
Of ours you must move. 1t Is
against b rules to stay more than a
year In house nowadays, even liz ii
Is 9 perfectly good house and in a
splendid neighbornood. The whole
tamiiy goes out ho~use-hunting collec-
lively and individually.
Your wife wants d colonial house
with pillars In front, your daughter
wants q Of those new-fangled
BUNGALOWS, and your mother in-law
wants one Of those / -fashioned ones
with about fourteen gables in he
root q q tower In one corner. You
talk about the house before breakfast
and supper and the various members
OF your family telephone you about
the mouse at odd times during he day.
Renting agency men hold a conven-
ton IN your Office and load you down
with about fifteen pounds of door keys
Wnlch you lug around for about three
weeks while you family is making up
its mind.
Finally you find a house that is
a sort of combination Of All the
houses favored, but it is in a poor
neighborhood. When 8 get in YOU,
md that the wall paper is not right
IN 2 room, the kitchen pump won't
WORK, the plumbing is out of order,
the back stairs are too steep, the
kitchen roof leaks. the man next door
owns a photograph and tripIets that
cry all night, and the house has a
black eye because the last family that
lived there didn't pay bills. This is
liable to occur, no matter what house
you choose. When you get the house
liked up at your own expense it is time
to move again.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-04-26

tNt& FtfWtNHF THks& WfNtt#t%9 sM#H
AIRS. Ez Perkins says she doesn't
know what in tunket is the matter
with her husband, and she is some
worried about him. He is always
taken suddenly in about this time in
the spring and he doesn't get out Of
bed until after the harvestin' Is over
IN the fall. It seems to be chronical
with him and the funny part Of it is
he always feels first rate in the winter
when there is no farm work to do.
Elmer Jones says there Is some
women he has run across that he GER
tainly can't see through. Well, by
gravy, if he kin see through any Of EN-
he is q dandy,
Miss Euphremia Perkins, our poet
she sits down and tries to write she
can think OF nothing, Well, most of
the magazines short stories now are
written IN that same subject.
There is a lot OF charm in feminin-
ity around the house unless perhaps a
Teller has got i've or six unmarried
daughters, in which case the novelty
of the thing kind of wears off.
Il amt n o ~disgraceful to wear
a pair Of pants that lie patched than 1t
is to wear a pair that Amt paid for.
Rev. Hudnutt says the law of COM
pensation is one that can't be violated
by a human bein'. Hank Tumms has
owed us for Ave bushels of oats for
fifteen years and we have always sus-
pected that Hank wasn't exactly hui
man.