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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-13
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-13
CITES HIS RECORD.

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Topeka, Kan. May IA.
PRAIRIE HAY--No. !. 5000: aIfaIfa-
choice. $500; No. /. 5000
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-01
md broken cargoes can be shipped.

and broken cargoes can be shipped.
The future possibilities of this fair
Mississippi valley seem almost un-
limited. With the development Of It's
resources. increase Of population and
growth of its commerce, 1t can sue
cessfully seek the markets of South
America with it's seventy million Of
population and Of the whole world, In
the interchange of products; through
a wise use of its magnificent network
of internal water routes placed here
by the hand of the Creator and all
leading to the sea, and the Panama
canal being built by American genius
connecting the two oceans.
To fully use these advantages with
which we are endowed will conserve
the best interests of all OF the people,
not to use them will be wanton waste.
It rests with the representatives Of
commercial interests to cooperate
with the civic authorities Of their re-
spective localities, to secure at the
earliest possible moment the facilities
II have mentioned for the new birth
of river traffic, which will rebound to
the lasting good and prosperity of all.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-01

ON A DEAD CHILD.
Man proposes God in his time dis
poses,
And SO / wandered up to where lou
lay,
A little rose among the little roses,
And no more dead than they.
I
It seemed your childish feet were tired
of straying
You did not greet me from your
flower-strewn bed,
Yet still knew that you were only
playing
Playing at being dead.
/ might have thought that you were
really sleeping,
So quiet lay your eyelids to the sky,
So still your hair, but surely you
ii were peeping,
And SO did not cry.
God knows, and in His proper time
disposes,
And SO smiled and gently called
your name,
Added my rose to your sweet heap OF
roses,
And left you to your game.
Richard Middleton.
vi
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-01
Jumped From ElffeI Tower.

limited Press Leased Wire service.]
PARIS, Aug. 1.-The police are
trying today to identify by her cloth
ing, the young woman who jumped
yesterday from the topmost to the
second platform of the Eiffel tower.
525 feet and was crushed past recog-
nition Extra precautions have been
taken at the tower, as the attendants
say attempts at imitation generally
follow such suicides.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-01

Tecthing children have more or lesa
diarrhoea, which can be controlled by
giving Chamterlain's Collie. Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy. All that Is
necessary, is to give the prescribed
dose after each operation OF tho
bowels more than natural and then
castor oil to cleanse the system. ~
is safe and sure. Sold by Wilkinson
& Co. Pharmacy & j. F. Kiedaisch Il
Son.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-01
Kidnapped BY GYpsies.

TUnIted Press Leased Wire SeTV1ce.J
PEORIA, ILL.,. Aug. while one
clew to the kidnapers Of the infant
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Martow, of
Lone Rock, Iowa, failed today another
was discovered which caused Sheriff
Minor to rush Deputy Harmon to
Washburn where 1t was represented a
band of gypsies were camped having
with them a child that answered the
description of the Martow boy.
The gypsies who passed through
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-01

here last Friday were apprehended
near Lewistown today but the child
with them was not the MARROW boy
according to Sheriff Roy of Fulton
county. Deputy Sheriff Cook, OF Lew.
istown and Deputy Sheriff Jack Wells
OF this city marched the entire party
into Lcwistown where they later were
released.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-01

Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets gently stimulate the liver ana
bowels to expel poisonous matter
cleanse the system, cure constipation
and sick-headache. Sold by Wllkln'
son & Co. Pharmacy. and J. f. Killed.
aisch & Son.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-01

Doubling his ability to perform his
first marriage ceremony, Mayor Ger
hardt of Terre Haute. Ind, called up
on the aid of the assistant city attor-
ney and . law book in which was the
prescribed form. He got along all
right until he tried to exercise his
right to kiss the bride. But she and
the bridegroom refused him this
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-01

Former Senator Billy Mason is ca
vorting around the suburbs of Illinois
politics striving to convince the plain
people that his jokes are new rib-ticls.
lers. Just now Illinois politics have
as much use for Joke as a graveyard
has
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-01

A woman in Binghamton, n. Y, was
cured of rheumatism by a stroke of
lightning. The great objection to this
specific is the difficulty of examining
the label before taking.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-01

Old King Corn isn't worried over
political conditions; he is coming right
along with his promise of another
record yield for Iowa.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-01

Omaha's labor unions are planning
for an old-fashioned Labor day cele-
hration. Make it also safe and sane,
says the Omaha Bee.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-01

The debate over woman's dress
would be entered into more heartily
If it promised to have any effect on
reduction of the h. C. of |.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-01

So long as our army maneuverers
confine their casualties to the imagina
ton it is all right.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-01

A muchly denuded person is repre-
scented as giving the dance that cleo
trifed Paris How did Paris come
to notice the dance?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-01

Mr.. Rockefeller insists he is not
trying to control Waters Pierce. He
said something like that when the
Standard was formed.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-01

Conferees at Madison, Wis, are
busy trying to decide if newspapers
can tell the truth. About as well as
some statesmen.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-01

where the rail- anu WdL0E bysVSMS
complement and supplement each 9TH
lef.
The terminals should be construct
led and operated by non-partisan
board, under authority by the munf-
scipality.
Where such laws do not now exist,
they should be passed at the next ses-
sion of each state legislature, provid-
ing that there shall be created in con-
nection with the municipal govern
ment Of each port, a harbor depart
ment or board, and such laws should
authorize the municipality acting
through this department or board, to
take such measures as may be neces.
sary to acquire its water-frontage, to
unity and systematic the physical
layout OF the water terminal, to CON
struct and operate such public quays.
wharves, docks, warehouses and 9th
Ter harbor facilities as may be needed,
and to provide funds for carrying on
such work by bond issue or otherwise,
and, generally, to regulate, administer
and develop the port.
You may ask; Will it pay to do
these things? Judging by the expert
ence, the facts and the actions OF cit
les Of Europe, it is proven beyond
question that the provision of term
inals and the utilization of waterways,
has paid handsomely. The cities have
made their harbors, and the harbors
have made the cities.
The business of our country is in
creasing SO rapidly, expanding one
hundred per cent every ten years,
that increased facilities of stranspmta.
I ton must be provided. To maintafn
railroad facilities equal to this enor-
NOUS increase of traffic during the
next five years, will require the i'm
mense sum of eight and one-half bill
! lion dollars.
There is no likelihood, in view OF
the constantly increasing cost Of ter
minals, equipment and operation, thai
present railroad charges will be re
| duced, but, on the contrary. these
charges will move towards higher
level.
The transportation necessities O
the country require all the facilities
both the railways and the waterway!
can furnish. and these requirement:
will become more acute as TIM
passes. Therefore, the rivers should
fbe properly equipped and made to rem
der the service to which they ar
adapted, towards relieving the newt
able congestion OF the traffic follow
ing the commercial expansion Of tn
country; at the same time furnishing
!. the cheapest transportation to be oh
tanned for the carriage Of their com
merce, 30 that American industrie
may compete with those Of other couu
tries which use their waterways s.
successfully in transporting thei
! products to the seaboard and theme
to all the markets of the world.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-01

Possibly England would permit us
to use the canal, then, for an occas-
lona1 swim.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-01

Those bellicose Byrnes men want
to remember that Mr.. Bryan is some
steam roller himself.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-01

Where would our country have
landed in that Olympic but for the
boys of the west?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-01

One cannot be too careful about
what he eats and the condition of his
stomach in hot weather.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-01

Mr.. Hearst, in his support of Gov
ernor Wilson, has gone to Europe for
sojourn.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-01

Judge Hanford got lot of public
lty, if that will do him any good.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-01

Standard Oil is only quoted at
$1,000 share now. Poor old John D.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-01

One can always tell copyrighted
Joke by the fact that it is labeled.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-01

Demi-gods and demagogues have no
real place in democracy.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-01

(
The people who live in this imperial
their bunk. Then then tunneled
Mississippi valley, the heart Of the
nation, and the most productive valley
on Gods green earth. possess advant-
ages given to no other people in tho
world. Between the Allegheny noun
tains on the east and the Rocky Noun
tains on the west are situated twenty
two OF the richest states Of our union,
whose gateway to the open sea is the
Mississippi river and Its tributaries,
forming over eighteen thousand miles
OF nayigable waterways. Every port
on these rivers having railroad run
ming into the interior, should be dis
tributing point for the export Of the
products of its hinterland, as we'll as
distributing point for the imports
from other places to the interior; 1t
| is this class OF business that makes a,
port great, not the traffic merely from
port to port.
Within a short time, the Panama
canal will be completed The day It
/
will reyolutionize the transportation
/ traffic of the world. 1t will bring the
| Atlantic. Gulf and Pacific coasts clos
er together, and far-away nations will
be brought thousands Of miles nearer
to us and to each other Its effect
on freight rates In the United States
will be marked. especially so, ii the
canal is made free Of toll, as hope 1t
will be, to American ships engaged in
domestic coastwise commerce.
While definite figures are not yet
available, 1t is safe to assume that
1 the water rates via the canal between
the Pacific coast ports and the Gulf
OF Atlantic ports. will not be more
i thar one-half and on many commodi-
4 ties one-third or even less, OF the
present rail rates.
All freight shipped from the Pacific
coast destined to any point in the
Mississippi valley, in order to get the
benefit of water transportation as far
as possible, should go Via the canal
and the gulf port of New Orleans,
. CHcIlCe ny SIedlileTS anu UdTSeS 10 tHc
river port nearest its destination, AMI
from there be carried by rail. In this
way, railroad congestion would be re.
lieyed and interior sections would be
benefited by being given the opportun.
ity for moving their products to, and
receiving commodities from seaboard
points, at lowest possible cost OF
transportation.
! Every element of cost or expense
, that is eliminated in the handling o.
: the transportation of any commodity
: enlargest the markets and increases
j. the possibilities of its use, by dimin
ishing the price of it, and at the same
: time every decrease in the cost OF
i transportation and handling of freight
will increase the area at distributing
! points within which business car
j profitably be conducted. The cost Of
transportation is the factor which
! determines the distance from whicr
Z rev material and bulk cargoes can be
8 drawn and to which finished products
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-01

where the rail and water systems
complement and supplement each 9TH
er.
The terminals should be constructs
ed and operated by non-partisan
board, under authority by the munt-
cipality.
TaÌˆgliche Omaha tribuÌˆne. [volume] (Omaha, Nebr.) 1912-1926, 1912-12-12
Rldfi6tgppIf.
Ridter. ,WieDiel Obrfsiosn bo6er

aidier: nDisDiel 0brfsissn BADEN
Gis benz &ldger Der~ubfOlgt2@
anaetlaster: Cine. .Gr Be-
1anptst aber, flint betommen gu pa
BENZ
,glsin, Serr Ri9ter. es mar nur
cine: i'd babe fs ibm nit Ridfi9i
auf feline CARTE a0rpertonfitution al
lerpinss in flint Rutsn sesebtn.1
TaÌˆgliche Omaha tribuÌˆne. [volume] (Omaha, Nebr.) 1912-1926, 1912-12-12

r0u lsrnit pohl ni4t mebr bie5du.
iterei, 4uguit9"
rylee. ss bat mid gu febr anse.
itrengt."
rauf bic Qrms2A
.Nee."
pQluf bic Brute"
pglee, auf bi. Sbrcn.'
TaÌˆgliche Omaha tribuÌˆne. [volume] (Omaha, Nebr.) 1912-1926, 1912-12-12
8ernfsfranthtft.

Cube: IN fleenen anads BAT meine
Sefunbbtit bod jefriegt bon bet bile
Drummer"
gbe: ga, ia, iiebitt, bet IA unIs
gtrufslranshset - bic s3tllulOje!!"
TaÌˆgliche Omaha tribuÌˆne. [volume] (Omaha, Nebr.) 1912-1926, 1912-12-12

Monfer lebt, obns Elm Ser3 gu ia.
Ben, mandjsr ftirbt, obns jeinen 0eiit
a~ufgsben Jul miiisn.
TaÌˆgliche Omaha tribuÌˆne. [volume] (Omaha, Nebr.) 1912-1926, 1912-12-12
0erratben n.

Mutter: Der asutnant fat Dir
ipc cine aiebeserildruns gsmadtr
5o9ter: sDurdaus niht!1
Mutter: .aeuans bod nitt; maj,
fam ia bier auf ben 9eppid nod ie-
ben, no or nit ben anitsn seruildt
It'll"
TaÌˆgliche Omaha tribuÌˆne. [volume] (Omaha, Nebr.) 1912-1926, 1912-12-12
SeItfart.

p@citern abenO 1T mir mein SUIT
bertauid)t moroett."
Ser oIte 0edel2 annnit Oh Dir
niht 0enfeiJ iuer i'm geltommteri ia.
ben f0nnte2"
Seine abnune; aIS if 70 gegen
@ittcrnadlt meg ging, bino CT no6
ba.@
TaÌˆgliche Omaha tribuÌˆne. [volume] (Omaha, Nebr.) 1912-1926, 1912-12-12
matttrt..

2eutnant u. (auf Der G~isbabn):
,Die, I6on mad 6duis, 4am'rab2"
2eutaant g.: ySa, mebreremaIs
tarambolirt gang aus 5acon aes
tommen!"
TaÌˆgliche Omaha tribuÌˆne. [volume] (Omaha, Nebr.) 1912-1926, 1912-12-12
gate ausre0c.

@ait: uSie. aealler, Der Slid III
nidt frii9l"
aellner: 0@ntiduIoigen Sic, mein
Serr, sic BADEN chen aus Der geltri.
gen Speiiefarte geiu1bltl"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-11
MISS SWEET TO ROME
Former Popular Topeka Girl WIN DO
Missionary Work.

The Topeka branch of the Women 3
Foreign Missionary society of the
Methodist church will raise 100000 to
support foreign missions. This was de-
c1ded upon at a meeting of the society
at the Kansas Avenue Methodist
church in North Topeka Wednesday
afternoon.
It was reported before the meeting
that Miss Mary Sweet, daughter of Mr.
I. b. Sweet. a prominent member and
worker in the First Methodist church,
Will leave January II for Rome, Italy,
where she Will take up mission work
Miss Sweet is now in New York City
Other young women who have gone
to foreign mission fields from the To-
peka branch include Miss Myrtle Pider
of MankatO, Miss Jennette Walter of
Kingman, Miss Edith Randall of Win
field, Miss Emma Robbins of Hast
ings, Neb., Miss Ethel Writings of
Beatrice. Neb., Miss Emma Chilson of
Pueblo, Colo, and Miss Marie Larson
of Sweden. The last named country
and the states mentioned are included
in the Topeka branch of the mission
airy organization.
reported that the missionaries in China
were doing good work.
The out-of-town members of the So
ciety who attended the meeting in
cluded Mrs. H. Imboden of wichita.
president of the society; Miss Julia
Smith of Baldwin, college secretary;
Mrs. S. A. Staley of Atchison. secre-
tary of special work, and Miss Ella
Watson of Lincoln, Neb., correspond
ing secretary.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-11
1T MADE HIM LAUGH.
When Carnegie Recalled Beating
Rockefeller III an Ore Deal

Washington, jan lit does my
heart good to think that 1 got ahead
of John l.. Rockefeller, my fellow mil
ionaire, in that Lake Superior ore
deal"
Andrew Carnegie, former ruler of
the steel industry of the United States,
gloated thus in testifying before the
house committee of inquiry into the
United States Steel corporation.
Mr. Carnegie had just told the COM
mittee about his deal with Mr.. Rookie
Teller, whereby he obtained control OF
Mr. Rockefeller's iron ore holdings in
the Lake Superior region at a rate of
IS cents a ton, holdings, which, when
turned into the steel corporation later,
formed q large part of the assets val
ueG at 500, 100000
Mr. Carnegie laughed like a school
bov as he referred to the business tri-
umph he had achieved over his EEL
low millionaire AS he spoke of Mr..
Rockefeller he took the committee into
his confidence and told of New
Years call he and Mrs Carnegie had
made on the oil king and Mrs. Rookie
Teller.
1--WE had an enjoyable chat. but in
our conversation never referred to
that ore purchase" and Mr.. Carnegie
chuckIed while his auditors enjoyed
the laugh with him.
Throughout the inquiry Mr.. Carne
gle declared he had come to tell all
he knew. but he was unable to supply
many facts which the committee de-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-11
LIBEL IS CHARGED.
Hutchinson Men Wrote Letters to At
tOrney General.

Hutchinson, Kan, Jan. 11.-Charged
with criminal libel for sending a letter
over fictitious names making serious
accusations against city officers of
Hutchinson, Lee Patterson and Ross
Updegraff, Two Hutchinson young men
are under arrest here.
The arrests were made on a COM
plant sworn to by G. NJ. DuckWortl,
city detective, before County Attorney
e. T. F'COte- Both were soon taken into
custody, and were taken into the court
of Justice Sam Gallup, who released
them on $50 bail each.
Some time ago Attorney General Daw-
son received a letter from Hutchinson
signed by Aloert Shipman and John
Mcclure, in which Some serious charges
were preferred against City Detective
G. NJ. Duckworth and other members of
the Hutchinson police department, and
seriously rejecting on the city officials.
The accusations were SO fragrant that
the attorney general refused to pay
any attention to them, and sent the
letter to Mayor Frank Vincent, with
the accompanying note that he knew
anything of the kind, but he wanted to
see what kind of charges had been
made.
Mayor Vincent was highly indignant.
No less SO We're Chief of Police Pat
ten and City Detective Duckworta who
were personally accused. a little de-
tective work was done, and evidence
will convict Patterson and Updegraf
of being the ones who wrote the sour
rilous letter signing fictitious names.
It was alleged that Updegraff had
confessed and involved Patterson and
another Hutchinson man in the affair.
Later both Updegraff and Patterson de-
MED to County Attorney Foote that
thew ha.7 made anv such admissions
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-11
FINDS WORK, DIES
Recently John McCord. Out of Work,
Sought Death.

Louisville. Ky. Jan. 11.=Death
which he so eagerly sought a few
weeks ago while out of work came
unexpectedly to John NJ. McCord when
he was killed at one of the barns of
the Louisville Street Railway com
pany where he had secured employ
ment only a few days ago.
A few weeks ago McCord walked
into the Office of Prosecuting Attorney
Harry Robinson of the police court
and startled that official by asking to
be given a permit to kill his wife and
three children and end his own life.
He said he had been without work
for a number of months and that his
family were in destitute circumstances.
Having tried in vain to secure work.
McCord said he had concluded to kill
lis family and then end his own life
but he did not wish to break any law
in SO doing and desired to know if he
could not secure a permit that would
legalize the act.
McCord was placed in custody but
was later released after the authori-
ties had investigated conditions at the
mans home and supplied the imm e-
date wants of his family
4 few days go McCOrd secured en-
ployment washing cars for the Louis
vile Street Railway company. He
was struck by a car and killed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-11
TAFT SENDS REGRETS
Also a Wedding Gift to a Young
Woman Relative.

South Norwallz, Conn, Jan. IA
ceremony that united youth and age
and at the same time a prominent
southern family with a New York for
tune was performed at Cranbury,
near here, at the wedding of Elijah
Marshall Allen, ~ years old a mil
lonaire lumber merchant of New York,
and Miss Matte Laura Walker, aged
10, daughter of Mrs. Elwood Van
Wyck kneeland of Kentucky and a
member of the well known Carroll
family OF that state.
The bride is related to President
Taft, who sent his regrets in response
to an invitation to be present, together
with a cut glass and gold wedding gift.
On her stepfather's side Mrs. Allen is
related to ex-Mayor VanWyck of New
York. The millionaire met Miss Walk
er in Europe two months ago just
after she had embarked on a stage
career and Immediately began an ar
dent courtship
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-11
SEARCH CALLED OFF
Wireless Message Announces Finding
of the Mccall.

Norfolk, Va, Jan. 11.-Almost as
quickly as they began, the ten or more
battleShips and cruisers which have
been engaged in securing the seas for
the past week for the torpedo boats
Mayrant and Mccall, abandoned the
search when the battleship Connecti-
miles over the Atlantic ocean an
nouncing that she had found the Nc
Call and the cruiser Birmingham was
escorting her into Hamilton, Bermuda.
good news than another wireless came
ordering all of them excepting the
fifth, or cruiser division. to proceed
to Guantanamo to ascertain of the
torpedo boat Mayrant had been in that
place as reported.
No official notice has been received
of the Migrants arrival.
The cruiser Salem, which lost all
her life boats and two members of
her crew during the storm last Fri
day, has arrived in Hampton Roads.