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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-04
WILL NOT MEET BRYAN
Underwood Declines Invitation TO
jackson Day Banquet.

Washington. Jan. democratic
Leader Oscar W. Underwood's decision
not to attend the Jackson day banquet
here next Monday night which became
known Immediately after the announce
ment that the managing committee had
g s5i to William Jennings Bryan, at
ms own request, the last place on the
speaking program. threw Democrats in
congress into furry. - -
MI Underwood declared he would not
attend the banquet because of his 70
cent cent attack Of threatened appendicitis
Fl rus PHYSICIAN, he said, had ordered him
70 attend no banquets and partic1lari,,
10 make no speeches. nor do anything
requiring unusual exertion.
VIII not have any speech 70 u
wood ii I were there t. ,o S--.e.'i-
self 70 ueilVer It my
Nevertheless. the forecast of +ha
1e OF the majority leader Of -.
mouse from Democratic national aff sne
ana men who are mentioned az 10y 10y
oates for the presidential n S S,~ eahal-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-04
STORY OF THE POOL
Is Continued by Manager of the Ar
mour Company.

Chicago, Jan. 4.-William D. Miles,
formerly general manager of the Ar
mour Packing company at Kansas City,
continued his story of the operations of
the old packers pool this morning when
the trial of the ten Chicago packers
charged with criminal violation Of the
Sherman law was resumed before Uni
ted States District Judge Carpenter.
The government is preparing to in
troduce mass of documentary evil
dence in support of it's contention that
the packers violated the law by fixing
the price of fresh meat and apportion-
ing the volume Of business on a nom
competitive basis. Nest CT this evil
dence consists of letters sent out by
the alleged combination of packers at
different times.
1t is expected the examination of
Miles will not be concluded until late
in the day.
The government may call Ferdinand
SuIzberger of Schwartzchild & Sulzber-
ger & Co., as it's next witness.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-04
MOVE TO GUST GLEED
ST. Louis Directors of Bell Telephone
Company After His Scalp.

81 Louis. Jan. 4.-Insurgent directors
or the Bell Telephone company of Mis-
souri, are organizing minority stockholders
in an effort to GUST Charles s. Gleed from
the presidency of the company at the an
nual election in st. Louis, February 20.
They are determined a st. Louis business
man shall be president of the St. Louis
company. Cyrus z. WaIbridge's friends
IN the telephone world believe an effort
will be made to reinstate him as presi-
dent The principal objection to Gleed,
an insurgent director says. Is his long
distance management of the Bell TeIe-
phone Company. of Missouri Gleed, he
says, has been in st. Louis only once in
six months.
The executive committee is composed
of three st. Louisans, all insurgent d.
rectors. Minority stockholders are con-
fident they viii elect a St. Louisan presi-
dent If the American Telephone ana
Telegraph company does not vote its
stock. The American is the holding COM
pany for the Bell of Missouri and owns
S, 1881, 800 of the IS, 5000 stock of the Bel
of Missouri. If the American insists upon
voting its majority stock the Bell mi
nority stockholders purpose going to
court and asking an injunction restrain
ing the American from doing SO.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-04
AT TAFT'S REQUEST
The French Ambassador Made the
Trip to Panama.

Paris. Jan. 1.-The foreign office
today issued a statement in regard to
a newspaper report which has been
published here that the French am
bassador at Washington, Jean Jules
Jusserand, had been affrOnted by
President Taft and had left Washing
ton on a trip to Panama so as to be
absent from the New Year reception
at the White House and thus to show
his adhesion to his friend Roosevelt.
The foreign office declares that the
truth of the matter is quite different
1t says that Ambassador Jusserand
left for Panama at the request of
President Taft, who had repeatedly
pressed the French ambassador to
visit Panama before the construction
of the canal was completed. NJ. JUS
serand and his wife. accompanied by
Attorney General Wickersham and his
wife, left for Panama on December
90 and expect to return to Washington
on January 9. after which NJ Jus
serand will go to New York to attend
the banquet of the New York bar at
which he and President Taft are to
speak.
1.-The good relations between Presi-
dent Taft and Ambassador Jusserand"
continues the statement by the for
eign office, ARE we'll known
Far from lacking cordiality and
readiness in connection with the nego-
tiations with the treaty of arbitration
as one newspaper insinuated that it
was. NJ. Jusserand was the first to an
prove publicly of the idea
1T was due to his initiative that
the treaty between France and Amer
lea was signed first
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-04
GOES TO SUPREME COURT.
Question of Whether Man Can Be Sent
to Prison for Debt.

Notice of an appeal to the supreme
court was served today when Judge
Dana refused to set aside the order
committing W. A. McNamee to jail for
LIaudulently obtaining money in a
arose on the action of the court over
ruung motion to discharge the de-
fendant
Judgment was obtained against Nc
.NSlIlee recently by Mrs. Anna Mean
~ e~s, VINO alleged that the real estate
man used fraudulent methods in trad
ing her a worthless farm. Under the
Kansas law man may be committed
Ia default of a Judgment where fraud
mas been established. It was under
ehls statute that Mrs Andrews attor-
nTSs asked an execution against
SlaeNamee when he failed to pay the
S2.525 judgment
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-04
TO STOP DISEASE.
Every House in School District
Is Fumigated.
From IS Homes Fumes of Form
aIdehyde Arise.

Newton, Kan, Jan. livery house in
an entire school district fumigated at
one time for scarlet fever.
That's the record and it was made in
Hesston, Harvey county.
There are So homes in the school dis
trict in which Hesston is included, and
so of these homes will be fumigated at
once Eight of them have been fumi-
gated within a short time.
For over year scarlet fever cases
have been reported in the HesstOn dis
trict Not many cases at a time but
cases would continually appear and the
disease seemed to have a death grip.
The school board held a meeting just
before the holidays and closed the
school for three weeks. The churches
were also closed. The Christmas exer-
cises were dispensed with. Then the
board held another meeting and it was
decided to fumigate all the houses,
schools and churches.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-04
FEAR EIGHT HOUR LAW
Ship Builders May Not Bid on the
uper-Dreadnoughts.

Washington. Jan. 4.-Intense interest
and some apprehension was manifested
in naval quarters over the opening to-
day of bids for the construction of the
latest and most powerful American
super-dreadnoughts. the Oklahoma and
Nevada. Because of the recent inter
probation of the S-hour law by the de-
partment of justice. doubt had been ex-
pressed that any private ship builders
would seek the contracts. The new
vessels Will have a displacement of APP
proximately $4,000 tons and will carry
the most powerful main batteries ever
put afioat. Four turrets will house ten
l4-inch rifles, three of the big guns go
ing into each of two turrets. The main
armor belts will be IA inches thick
Congress appropriated $500 900 each
Tor these vessels exclusive of armor
ana armament. In general design the
shlps will be almost exact duplicates of
the New York and Texas, now being
quilt. They are to have a speed of
about 2016 knots an hour and viii use
oil for fuel
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-04

are to speak. aroused discussion, par
ticularly in connection with the so
called break between Bryan and Under
wood ~
inc committee announcing he would not
a+fend was sent after it became known
that Bryan was to speak. The arrange
rnent did not meet the approval OF
many leaders, but it will stand some
of Mr.. Underwoods friends pointed out
that Mr.. Bryan speaking last on the
nrogram ould be in position OF de-
rif5e7 advantage to make declarations
which would of necessity remain I'M
answered and that such a contlngency
T2Tvan's practically referred to Mr. I'm
derwood did not wish to enter an ora
to-icaI contest with Mr.. Bryan
THE controversy between Mr.. Bryan
and Leader Underwood which develop
81 over the wooden schedule, the Sc
cret caucus and other party afalrss
At the special session OF congress last
year was recently renewed when MI
I3,-T-ar,'s prastie1fTy referred to Mr. I'm
5erwood as Wall streets choice for the
Damoeratic presidential nomination.
Mr. underwood never has denied that
t,is POLITICAL views differ much from MI
3rvan's. but many of Mr.. Underwood
frisnds recently have declared that he
has no hesitaney to express himseI
concerning Mr.. Bryan's position.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-04
SELL MORE BONDS
Orient to Build Five Miles of
Track Weekly.
Trains Into Mexico Promised
Before Next December.

Kansas City, Jan. 4.-The Kansas
City, Mexico & Orient Railroad COM
pany is about to close a deal in Paris
for the sale of another large block of
bonds which will mean available funds
for a great deal of construction on
Kansas City's road to the Orient in
1912.
e. Dickinson of Kansas City, vice
president and general manager of the
road. said he was expecting cable
gram daily saying the deal was closed.
It will mean that five miles of new
road can be built each week.
The present construction plans de-
pending upon the success of the deal,
call for an extension of the road as far
This means 95 miles of additional
track. The Orient should be operat-
ing trains into Mexico before Decem-
Der. 1912.
BY the first OF this year track was
laid little beyond Granada, Tex. Fort
Stockton, 30 miles south of Granada, is
tn next objective point. That town will
be a large Orient center Alpine is 81
miles south of Fort Stockton. With the
will have only "a miles to construct
until the Rio Grande is reached.
An extension of 79 miles from Rio
Grande. Mexico, will put the Orient
into Marquee, Mexico. where its Mexi-
can division is in service.
Except for a stretch of 200 miles be-
tween Sanchez, Mexico, and Fuerte,
Mexico the Orient then will have a di-
rect line from Wichita to Topolobampo
on the Gulf of California.
Grade rights have been purchased a s
far north as Emperia by the Orient.
Work on that projection is to begin in
the spring
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-04
COATED WITH ICE
steamer EastOn PIOws Her Way
Through Frozen Surface of Lake.

Duluth, Jan 4.-The steamer Easton
will again leave for a trip as soon as
she can load, the trip to END at Grant
Portage The settlers and residents of
that. community are depending on the
boat to bring them supplies to last
until spring. Provisions there are al
most exhausted. The Easton arrived at
the Duluth dock yesterday eS&cr travel
ing 21O miles between Port Arthur and
this city in weather ranging from 20 to
80 degrees below zero She was heavily
coated with ice.
Getting into Grand Portage the vessel
had to break six-inch ice for ten miles
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-04
ITS FIRST ANNIVERSARY

Minnesota Progressive Republican
League Is Celebrating.
Minneapolis, Jan. with Louis d.
Brandeis of Boston as the chief speaker
of the day the Minnesota Progressive
Republican L7gue today is celebrating
the first anniversary of its founding. IRE
celebration is considered also as the OPEN
ing OF the presidential campaign IN
Minnesota of Senator LaFollette
Three meetings are listed, at all OF
which Mr. Brandeis is scheduled to make
an address. The principal meeting is TO
be held this evening with Senator J. M.
Hackney Of st. Paul as chairman.
An address also is to be made by Sen
ator o. A. Lende of Candy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-04
READY FOR PRISON
ssIt's LeavenwOrth for Me-" Says
Aged Albion Banker.
Admits That There Is No Hope
for DepOsitOrs.
TAKEN TO DETROIT.
Placed in Jail There as Federal
Prisoners.
Will Not Come Before the Court
for Two Months.

Rattle Creek. Mich. jan = -
Teavenworth prison for me. anu -
sooner the better" said H. NJ Deai ~ =
tho asad Albion banker, as ne pre-
,srad to leave for Detroit today Win
bis SON. palmer NJ bearing. in CUSTODY
Of a United States marshal ieiiei
ana son had confessed forgeries
amounting to S165,OO0 that resulted III
49, cios;ne Of the Albion National
bank last Tuesday
rs there any hope for the ue-
positors?" the elder prisoner was
For an instant the man appeared On On
the verge of breaking down. Ihei ~
choked back the tears ana replie"'
mo. none at all +1,-
The son, who had been apPa,I 49, 80
unaffected during the hearing peloIe
TTnited states Commissioner Clark
here last night. continued 70 leas
most of the talking to his fatheF ~
to the moment of their depattuLe ~
Detroit After the men were poIii1
over to the federal grand jury a. ~
froft under $4,000 bonds each, the
proceedings in the commissioner OF
fee were extended late into the nlgHl
in order to give time for preparation
and signing of statements showing inc
confessions We're entirely voluntary.
Inc senior DedliAs - - -
oldest and best known bankers OF
Michigan. That there could not De
ANYTHING wrong about the old man
was an expression frequently heard
when suspicious of forgeries were first
reported.
Nav Be Forced to Wait
Detroit. Jan. Al. NJ. Dearing ana
his son. Palmer NJ. bearing, the Al
hfon bankers and confessed forgers,
were received at the Wayne county jail
today as federal prisoners The grand
fury is not in session at present and it
may be two months before indictments
can be returned.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-04
CLARK CLUB FORMED
The First in Colorado Is Organized in
FL Paso County.

Colorado Springs, Jan. 4.-The Dem
ocrats of FL Paso county, Colorado,
organized an enthusiastic Champ Clark
club last night. This being the first
Clark club organized in Colorado.
Ringing resolutions endorsing
CIark's record in congress and de-
claring him to be the logical man for
the presidency were adopted The club
pledged itself to use every effort to de-
liver the Colorado delegation to the
national convention to Clark.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-04

Detroit Jan. 4-The four story brick
l9ullalng at the corner Of West Fort and
Fourth streets occunied Nv The tvha1,1-
oerialn Metal Weather Strip com
pany, the Z. S. Cap company and one
u Two smaller concerns was destroy
es+,s py nre early this morning with an
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-04

Lacrosse, Jan 4.-The government
thermometer here stood at % below
zero at o'clock this morning, the low
est recorded for several years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-04
COAL
TulIOch Coal Co.
Ind. 1872 Alb East Fourth
Actress Is ROUND Dead

New York, Jan. 4.-Mollie Lorraine
an actress living on Central Park west.
was found dead in her apartments to-
day by ne1ghbor. Miss Lorraine had
been i'll since her return home yester-
day. An autopsy will be performed to-
day.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-04

Cecil Lean and Florence HoIbrook, the
stars in Jos NJ Gates stupendous
musical comedy, Bright Eyes," which
comes TO the Grand Wednesday, January
TO- have made them a winning appeal and
their clean cut comedy methods and
clever team work have won them body
OF admirers wherever they have ap-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-04
ADJUSTMENTS

Thomas Jefferson will appear in RIP
Van Winkle'' at the Grand this afternoon
at 4 o'clock and again tonight. This de-
lightful and perennially new play is that
years ago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-04

duced with elaborate and beautiful cos
tumery and scenic investiture that would
do credit to any theatrical studio. A par
ticular feature of the show is the chorus,
which is not only large IN numbers. at
tractive in appearance but can sing, as
IS readily proved in the ensemble num-
bers.
A special matinee viii be given at the
Majestic Friday at 2:30 with 'Forty-five
The Parker post., 1912-11-16
MARRIAGE RESTRICTIONS

In all the talk of restricting mar
r,ages to persons of unsound bodily
and mental health, there has hereto
lore been no serious suggestion OF
making the persons who perform the
ceremony or issue the license the
Judges of whether or not the candi-
date TO" marriage come up to re-
quirements. 1t remains for mem
his ideas along that line into the form
Of legislative bill He proposes that
no minister or other person author
ICED to perform the marriage cere-
mOny shall do so in case he suspects
that one of the applicants Is insane
or intoxicated, and no official charged
with the duty of issuing marriage Ii
censes shall do so in such cases, says
the buffalo Express II they do, they
will be liable to fine of $500 for
each offense, and may possibly go to
jail for a year The question arises
at once, what clerk will issue a Ii
cense or what minister will marry
couple in these circumstances? Also,
why should these laymen be required
to Judge of a persons bodily or men
tai condition? Why should not that
be left to experts in the first place?
A way out of the Aituation is provid-
ed, however, for If the licenser has
any doubts as to the eligibility of the
applicants he may require a physi-
clans certificate.
The Parker post., 1912-11-16
OPPOSITION INCREASES.

With the filing of the Southern Pa
cific papers Wednesday, and the
Ell Paso & Southwestern, the Moren.
ci Southern and the Arizona & New
Mexico Tuesday, four more railroads
have brought action in the United
States court to declare the three-cent
fare act unconstitutional as violative
of the constitution of Arizona and as
in contravention of the fourteenth
amendment of the constitution of the
United States.
With the exception of one addi-
tional allegation, the complaints OF
the four companies are practically
similar to those of the Santa Fe and
the Grand Canyon roads filed last
week. 1t is alleged in the Southern
Pacific and Ell Paso & Southwestern
complaints that the secretary of state
did not send out a full text of the
days before election and continued
sending them out until three days
before election, and that under the
constitution of Arizona a full text OF
a proposed amendment to be submit
ted to the voters must be sent to
each voter ninety days before the
date of the election, and under the
laws of the state fifty-fiVe days be
fore the election.
The Parker post., 1912-11-16

Bishop Anderson of Chicago, sup
ported by a goOdly array of pastors
in other cities. has declared that the
church should not celebrate marriage
unless the intending bride and groom
bring certificates of health and san
ity. A Boston lady. the Rev. Mabel
r. Witham, now purposes to subject
the candidates to three other tests
as well. She will require the certifi-
cate Of q financier that the man Is
able to support a wife; one from a
housekeeper that the woman is able
to take charge of household, and
finally she would have evidence that
the pair are supplied with love inn
mortal and divine which will render
things glorious in their lives" says
the New York World These are hard
rules No man ever lived that was
perfectly healthy and sane in the
opinion of physician No young man
was ever deemed quite competent to
attend to business by an old t1nan-
cier. No young woman was ever ad-
judged a good housekeeper by a coun-
ell of grandmothers And who shall
give assurance of the love immortal
and divine?
The Parker post., 1912-11-16

natural perpetual motion machine. 1t
defies the sun and wind.
When thrown into water, it fumes
and foams amazingly. When the
engineers on the Mexican National
road first began to run their en-
gines over the new line three decades
ago, they were greatly troubled with
bad water which quickly put scales
on the boilers. They used expensive
compounds by the ton and most of
them failed. Finally Mexican sec
tion hands brought forth bundles of
the soap weed, put it into the boil
ers while the doubtful gringoes
looked on, and 10! the problem was
solved. The bad water was softened
at once.
Wells of good water, long since
have obNiated the use of the weed,
but it proved great aid in early
days. The Mexicans use it on the
haciendas today. The question OF
whether or not the weed can be
scientifically applied to modern soap
making is what the railway men are
determined to solve. If they decide
i'm the affirmative, soap orchards may
be planted on waste land and a new
possibility be added to the deserts
many claims for future development.
L. A. Tribune.
The Parker post., 1912-11-16
TEACHERS INSTITUTE.

A teachers institute will be held on
Saturday, November 80, at Bouse,
Arizona All teachers are invited to
attend. All teachers in the Northern
part of Yuma county requested to be
present. Volunteers called for. Please
send topic to county superintendent by
November 2l, so as to procure your
place on the program. School trustees
and the general public invited.
JOHN H. HESS,
Superintendent Of Schools.
The Parker post., 1912-11-16
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The Parker post., 1912-11-16
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The Parker post., 1912-11-16

Two more theaters are to be built
In New York. in spite of the COM
plants OF the managers that all of
the theaters are losing money We
have not learned whether the build
ers Of the new theaters are trying to
be philanthropists or whether it is
their belief that the only way in
which one may get a seat in a New
York theater without paying an exorbi-
tant price to a ticket scalper is to
build ones own theater
The Parker post., 1912-11-16
DESERT SOAP ORCHARDS.

The establishment of soap orchards
in the semi-desert regions of South
ern California is engaging the at
tention of several local railway Off
cials, who, during their former resi-
dence in Mexico, became familiar
with the Mexican soap weed and it's
remarkable qualities of soponifica-
ton.
The weed flourishes without water.
1t delights in any SOIL Sandy plains,
rocky hillsides and solid clay look
alike to it. 1t pays no more heed
to alkali than a humming bird Once