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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-10-19
Truth stranger Than Fiction.

Wonderful things happen in Chica-
go. Frank Washburne, an Iowa farm
err, went there a few days ago to visit
friends. The second night out he was
held up by masked bandits with a pis-
toll, robbed. beaten insensible and
thrown into the Chicago river.
Strangely revived by the Chicago river
water, which is said to have recovered
this quality since the Inauguration of
the drainage canal, he swan to the
center pier of the Harrison street
bridge, where he promptly fell into a
pit, was again knocked senseless, and
was finally fished out with a rope by
police who arrested him for vagrancy.
And afterwards came the most won
derful thing of all. 1t was discovered
that Washburne still had $45, over
looked by the careless bandits-Hart-
ford Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-10-19

The Ramblers club will meet Mon
day afternoon with Mrs. G. H. Foster
1913 Tyler street.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-10-19
MRS. WILKES
BLESSING
Her Dearest Hopes Realized
- Health, Happiness
and Baby.

Plottsburg, Miss. =" Lydia E. Pink
har1 IS Vegetable Compound has proved
very beneficial to me, for now am well
and have a sweet, healthy baby, and our
home l. happy.
al YVES an invalid from nervous pros
tration, indigestion and female troubles.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-10-19
Hated to Encourage 1t.

can you direct me to the nearest
hotel?'' asked the stranger.
Yes" replied the old inhabitant, Il
can, but hate to do it,
why SOP"
IT'S one of these new-fangled places
where you've got to take a bath along
with your room, even if you only ex-
pect to stay three or four days Chi
cago Record Herald
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-10-19

stations as phone men call them,
which could not be put through by
Central" The fire damage and the
hindrance to service has been greater
since the consolidation by the two To
pela companies than all the similar
damage to service and equipment in
the history of telephones in Topeka.
Beside this there have been hundreds
of phones put out of service by other
causes over which the. company had as
little control as it has over fires. And
that is why the local telephone men are
in the market for a 'tjinx chaser" or
mascot or something that will drive
away bad luck. One result of the work
OF the ink is imperfect service.
Another is distracted telephone officials.
But the most important of all is still
a third result-irate subscribers.
The damage to equipment and the
cost of replacing t alone amounts to
$4,000 Contributing to this result is
every conceivable cause. Never, all of
the men connected with the local ex-
change declare did such a bunch of bad
luck strike them with such regularity.
The Damage in Six Weeks.
Here's a table showing some of the
fires and the result to the telephone
company and its subscribers:
July IS, fire between Third and
Fourth streets and Tayor and West
err. avenue, damage $50 wires, putting
out $50 subscribers
August 80, fire south of Fourteenth
street between Fillmore and Clay dam
aged $50 wires stopping service to $50
subscribers.
September IL. fire between Seven
taenth and Eighteenth and Harrison
and Topeka avenues, damaged 250
wires stopping the service furnished 80
subscribers. The same day lightning on
West Gordon street put out another
hundred phones.
September 10. fire between Kansas
avenue and Quincy and Twelfth and
Thirteenth streets damaged 100 wires,
stopping the service from 200 sub
Scribers.
October 2. fire between Tenth and
Eleventh and Jackson and Van Buren,
streets damaged 100 wires cutting off
the serivse from rs subscribers.
October IA, Sixth and Seventh and
Kansas avenue and Quincy 10000 wires
were damaged and the service shut off
from $50 subscribers beside the toll line
connection damage which shut of COM
munication to Kansas City.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-10-19
CLUB NOTES.

The Vignette club will meet Tues
day afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Y.
w. c. A. The club will study Browning
this winter. Mrs. J. H. Jones, a mem
Der of the club. and its teacher in the
study of Shakespeare and Ibsen, will
go to Oklahoma City to live. The
club gave a luncheon in her honor at
the Mills Tea room.
The Ramblers club will meet Mon
day afternoon with Mrs. G. H. Foster,
1243 Tyler street.
The Minerva club met Monday, Oc-
tober IA, at the home of Mrs. Charles
Curtis 1101 Topeka avenue. Mrs.
hostesses. The program was as fol-
Hymn to Eros ............ Holmes
Mrs. E. G. Foster.
Sketch of Holmes ..............
Mr.. J. D. Heym.
Mrs G. ]. Wilson.
Mrs. Robert stone.
Mrs. r. H. Morehouse.
Reading ..G eogre Sand
Mrs. George Godfrey Moore.
Duo Dramatique, from Elisire
D'Amore Remand de Villai
Mrs. G. J. Wilson and Mrs.
Morton Albaugh.
A Perfect Day -. Carrie Jacobs Bond
Mrs. N. G. Atkinson.
Romanza ... .Chaminade
Miss May Clark.
The guests of the club were: Mrs.
P. J. C1evenger, Miss JOY Paxton, Mrs.
James E. Snyder of Leavenworth, Miss
Lulu Elliott and DR.. Sarah Kline.
G al, mill 1ox
afternoon with Mrs. S. G. Berridge,
500 Lane street
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-10-19

The last ire listed came Monday
morning when the Merchants Transfer
storage plant was destroyed Two
ca bles carrying 400 wires each me
cable carrying 100 wires one carrying
so wires were melted by the heat and
water soaked by the spray which re-
suited from the efforts of the firemen.
1t was the most costly fire, from the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-10-19
He VIII Sit on Platform at
State Teachers Meeting.
LARGE ATTENDANCE EXPECTED
Fiftieth Anniversary of Organi-
zation Is Special Attraction.
Original Charter, Now a Relic,
VIII Be Read.

Between four and five thousand
school teachers of Kansas are expect
ed in Topeka November and 8, to
celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of
the organization of the Kansas State
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-10-19
TOPEKA IS ON IT
Kansas Capital Important Point
in Big Highway System.
Congressman WarburtOn of
Washington Father of Plan.
COVERS ALL OF THE NATION
No Less Than $4,000 Miles of
Roads Are Contemplated.
Funds to Build Them Would
Come From Tobacco Tax.

To5eka, of course, is one of the
prominent places on the system of
national military highways that is
proposed by Stanton Warourton, the
representative from the Second con-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-10-19
FIRES ARE COSTLY
Twelve Hundred Phones Out in
Twelve Weeks.
Every Little Blaze Has a Re-
pair Bill All It's Own.
LAST FIRE MOST COSTLY
Merchants Transfer Blaze
Hurts Phone Service.
Jinx Camps on Trail of Local
Telephone Men.
LAST FIRE MOST COSTLY

Within the last II weeks nearly 200
telephones in Topeka have been put out
OF use by fire. This includes only
phones actually out of business and not
the hundreds of calls that came for
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1912-06-12

a cesspool atteats the cruel injury
and wrong a maniac armed to the
teeth may accomplish. for Taft is
not only president Of the United
states. but he 10 a gentleman of
upright. self-rsspecting character.
It is clear now that he had better
remained in the whitehouse. leav-
Ing the frenzied paranoiac the field
to himself.
AT length this nation 10 a
world power. The issue precipitat-
ed by Theodore Roosevelt is
whether. to become a world power.
this nation shall proclaim to man
kind its own failure by the aban-
donment of It's constitution. the
overthrow Of Its safeguards and
the naming of = dictator. He who
says this is not the Issue little
reeks what he Is saying: he who
thinks 1t Is mott were prudent to
question his sanity. In its ultimate
Analysis and its last word the
Roosevelt PROPAGANDA L. the invo-
cation OF q mailman to civil war"
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1912-06-12
KEEPING IN TOUCH

With the growth of COM
munities and increased acti-
vities Of our population. the
personal touch Of friends is
apt to be lost. You meet
congenial people. form pleas
ant acquaintanceships, make
friends that become dear to
you. But the restless spirit
OF the age causes separations.
and meetings become less
frequent. You grow away
from those to whom your in
clination is to hold fast.
However. withour modern
telephone facilities. "out Of
sight. out of mind" should
not be true. The use Of the
long Neutrality-suspicious. keeps
the fires Of friendship burn
ing brightly. Distance
doesn't prevent a social call
-afriendlychat-extending
congratulations : expressing
words Of sympathy-in fact.
saying to a friend just what
you would say if you called
in person at his home. Let
tiers are apt to be more or
less formal. while the tele-
phone preserves that init
mate touch Of friendship so
likely to be lost otherwise.
There is not the slightest
necessity for letting friend
ships grow cold through
neglect while you have the
long distance telephone. By
the way. are you getting out
Of your telephone all the
comfort and convenience
there is in it?
THE MOUNTAIN STATES TELEPHONE AYD
TELEGRAPH COMPANY.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1912-06-12

Little Ben IAndsey. kid candidate
for vice president. rushed up to
greet Bryan In Denver last Sat
urday and said. II am glad to meet
you. Mr.. Bryan. as l have been an
admirer and follower OF you and
Mr.. Roosevelt for twelve years. d"
Mr.. Bryan looked With fatherly con.
Germ on the little egotist and said.
Better quit It or you will grow
cross-eyed. We are going In op-
posite directio ."
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1912-06-12
MfIre Henry Dips Pen in Gall:
Calls T. Il. Maniac. Dictator

Louisville. May 23.-In a sting
ing editorial in the Courier-Journal.
Col. Henry Watferson asserts life
tenure Of office IL Colonel Roose
velt's aim and that ultimate re-
suit will be civil war. He says:
1.-The result in Ohio makes 1t
certain that the voters of the
United States will have to reckon
with Theodore Roosevelt next No
vember at the polls. 1t will mat
ter not whether he appears under
the emblem of a regular party nom
nation or as an insurrecto ap-
pealing to all parties. Unless he
breaks down under the strain and
Is taken to a lunatic asylum he,
will be a candidate for president.
There can be in his name and
person but one issue-life tenure
in the executive office and a civil
fabric imperial in everything ex-
capt in nomenclature.
THE hideous spectacle Of an
ex-president. battling like Z
drunken harlot from one end OF
the land to the other. dragging re-
publicanism through an ocean of
filth, gives US . foretaste Of the
infamies before US.
There Is nothing which this
mailman will not dare to attempt
under the excitement and the pas
sion of the state of war he has
stirred up In his own mind and I'M
the minds Of the crazy mohs that
follow and applaud. That he was
able to draw . man like TAFT Into
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1912-06-12
Contract to Face Dam Let

The Two Butt"s Irrigation and
Reservoir Co. recently entered in
10 contract with w. J. Krohne
to finish the facing on the up
stream face of the dam. Work Is
to begin soon. Instead of cement
facing riprap will be placed. ac-
cOrding to specifications agreed to
between the company and the state
engineer. The facing is to be
10 inches thick. including inches
of grouting. No stone is to weigh
less than 100 pounds. Certain spec
ifications are given also as to the
setting thereof. There is to be
a 2h foot parapet surrounding
the riprapping on the upstream
face. Competent engineers believe
that riprap will be more satisfac-
cory than cement facing. The cost
is more, but the company was de-
sirous to have riprap instead OF
cement. at added cost. General Man
agef Harris has favored this for
some time. believing that the eff
iicacy of the dam would be en-
HANGED. 1t 10 hoped now that
the work will be pushed to COM
pletion. for we may have rain
some of these days that will cause
a flood to fill the reservoir.-Two
eIttes Sentinel.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1912-06-12

The above named bank opened
for business in the town OF Two
Buttes Tuesday of this week. This
is the first bank In the county. 1t
is to satisfy a lOng-felt want In
the county. The business the
first DAY was good and yesterday
as well. Two Buttes Of course h
proud to lead in this important step
that ID going to help us and the
county materially. For years the
people of Baca county have been
doing their banking in Kansas. Ok
lahOma. Missouri and Colorado:
now they have an opportunity to
do banking at home. or at least q
part OF 1t. Henry J. johnson and
Jay v. Sayler are in charge. prac-
tically. They are ambitious young
men. Mr.. johnson. though young,
has had years OF experience as q
banker. and 10 we'll liked. DR.. Say
Ter has been in Baca county two
years. and Ii acquainted with
many in the county and enters In
to the work backed by business az
perience and enthusiasm. and 10
progressive. Fred l.. Harris. the
president. will devote part Of his
time to 1t. Mr.. Harris had much
to do in establishing the instttu-
ton. Members of the board Of
perieDce In business and have sue
directors each has had wide ex.
ceeded. The bank deserves the
patronage Of Baca county people
Two Buttes Sentinel.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1912-06-12
Nneics

Having retired from the man.
agement OF the The Lamar Seed
Co.. all parties knowing them
selves Indebted to me are request
ed to call at my office. the old NJ
Strain office. and settle their &C,
counts II once.
Very truly.
r. H. KELSEY
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1912-06-12

Gas In the stomach comes from
food which has fermneted. Get rid
of this badly digestsd food a. quick
ly as possible II you would avoid a
edy you need. 1t cleanses and
bilious attack. Herbine II the rem
strengthens the stomach, liver and
bowels. and restores energy and
cheerfulness. Price SOC. Sold By
N. N. Mclean.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1912-06-12

There il no horse Imminent more
effective for animal flesh than Bal
lard'a Snow Liniment. nor b there
man body only. that IL milder or
any healing remedy for the hu-
more efficaciouS In lite action. 1t
heals the sores or wounds of man
and beast. Price 26c, Soc and 81
per bottle. Sold BY N. N. Nc
Lean.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-23
THE DAYS WHEAT
MARKET IS HEAVY
The Closing Prices Show
u to l Cent Net
Decline

Chicago, July 22.-Reports that har-
vesting had spread as far north as
Minnesota and that, including North
Dakota, few counties are said to be in
danger from black rust, and as whole
all crops in this section are
generally fair This made today's
market heavy. closing prices showed a
II to cent net decline.
Latest trading left corn 140ac to
y q 40 down; oats varying from lsc on
to 40 up, and provisions less expen-
sive by IA @25c
Although frequent rallies took place
in the wheat pit. they grew more
favorable as the day advanced. The
best display of strength was Wild when
word came from South Dakota that
black rust had been discovered.
Prices soon began to slip down again,
however. after reports had declared
that In a small strip In North Dakota
the crop was safe from new infection.
September ranged from ok @sS1so
with the close steady at 92ho. a fan
of " compared with Saturdays clos
ing.
Word that drouth reports from Kan
sas had stopped tended further to
weaken the corn market. September
fluctuated from 63A @64%c, closing Is c
net lower. but firm at 6s% @64c. Cash
grain was in fair demand.
Belief that recent rains had delayed
the early marketing of oats developed
sentiment in favor of an upturn for
that cereal. Receipts were strong. Out
side limits touched for September were
S3m33Ac and 1870 with last sales
33isc, net decline of 1ac.
Provisions receded on account of the
heavy weight of hogs arriving here and
because of decline In quotations at
the yards. The outcome was a setback
all around-pork 1O@15c. lard IN @15c.
Future quotations were as follows.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-23
CLOSE IN COTTON
IS BARELY STEADY
Market Is Comparatively
Quiet-Decline of 5 to
IL Points

New York, July 22.-The cotton mar
ket was comparatively quiet during to-
days trading and ruled irregular with
the close barely steady at a decline
of to II points.
The opening was steady with de-
cline of to Is points. under scatter
ing liquidation and local selling pro-
NOTED by local sellers. and better
weather in the belt. During the first
few minutes active months ruled about
IL to IS points under the closing fig
ures of Saturday. A very good demand
developed on scant down, however.
part of which was attributed to hedg-
Ing against forward sales, and with
the weather map falling to show rains
supposed to be needed In the southwest,
ing here against selling In New Or
leans helped the rally. During the
afternoon prices worked up to prac-
tieally the closing figures of Saturday.
Around this level offerings, which had
been very light during the middle OF
the day, became heavier and prices
eased off rather sharply at a reaction
of or 8 points from the best.
Receipts. 1921 bales. against 1926 last
Eweek and 37S last year. Todays re-
oeipts at Galveston, GIT bales, against
so last year; at New Orleans, 2122
bales 103 last year, and at Houston,
1873 bales, against $50 last year.
Now York Cation Euturaa
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-23
QUIET DAY ON
MORRIS AVENUE
Receipts Heavy, All Markets
Being Well Supplied-No
Price Changes

Yesterday proved to be quiet for the
wholesalers on Morris avenue. No change
in prices were reported, and all mar
kets are plentlfully supplied.
The prospects of good crops in the mid
die west will be a factor In the reductions
of prices this week with the grain mer-
chants. Timothy hay has already fallen
off several dollars on the ton with the
prospect of a general lowering of prices
on bran, wheat and flour.
The produce dealers received another
shipment of watermelons yesterday.
thereby Cutting the market. Cantaloupes,
peaches and tomatoes are very plentiful
and selling well at low prices.
Large flyers are now selling at 20
cents and the demand for eggs and po,il-
try continues. The supply on eggs and
poultry is gradually improving, although
1t is very likely that poultry ana egg
quotations will go up a few cents this
week. Yesterdays quotations follow:
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-23
STEEL FOREMOST
FEATURE, But QUIET
Indications of Increased
Confidence Reflected in
Early Operations

New York, July 22.-Indications OF IN
creased confidence in conditions were re-
fected in early operations on the stock
exchange today. but the movement nat
tened out later, leaving quoted values
without material change. Pressure against
certain leaders. particularly in U. 5. Steel
Union Pacific and Reading probably was
responsible for the reversal. Steel was
the foremost feature, but quiet. No news
accompanied the liquidation or short SELL
ing. other than the fact that there exists
much difference of opinion, and some con-
Germ respecting the effect of the reports
dealing with the steel corporation soon
to be issued by the Stanley committee.
In the list of special stocks. the recent
activity in the tobacco issues, was re-
sumed, gains ranging from two to seven
points. A few other securities OF I'M
portance also advanced, but the market
as whole, was In a waiting mood.
The week opened with favorable news
including western advices telling of the
permanent of trade betternent and none
tary improvement in the section. as well
as the scarcity of labor to handle crops.
Bankers west and southwest of Chicago
confirm reports of increased use of funds
at the same time as asserting that little
eastern money will be needed to move
the large agricultural output.
There were no features of interest in the
market, also London was bearishly In
clined toward home stocks. Berlin was
weak and dull with rumors Of renewal
of loan negotiations in behalf of Italy.
Such advances lack encouragement, how
ever, as the bank of England may soon
be forced to raise its discount.
Bonds here were steady with total sales
par value amounting to $1,516,000.
U, S. governments were unchanged on
call.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-23

12.esc; October. 1s.o5c; November, 8.loc +;
December, 13.17c; January, 81Sc; Feb
ruary, 1s1sc; March. 1890; April, lS2Sc;
May and June. 13.3oc.
Havre unchanged TO quarter lower.
Hamburg unchanged to Apfg. lower. Rio
unchanged. Santos unchanged. Braziiiaii
port receipts 1900 against $4,000 last year
Tundahy receipts $1,000 against 1900 last
wear. Today's Santos cable reported IS
unchanged; sac Peolo receipts 5000
against 5000 yesterday. Firm offers
from Brazil were unchanged to 10 points
higher. Private cables from Santos pre-
dicted severe frosts during the next few
days. Spot coffee. Rio Is 14A; Santos
AZ 16.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-23
WIRELESS REPORT OF
ITALIAN ATTACK

Rome, July 22.-Admiral vialel, in
wireless report on the raid OF the OAR
danelles by italian warships says;
ION the night Of July 1919, the torpedo
boats spica, Centauro, Astore. Climeno
and Persee crept unseen through the
opening of the Dardanelles, but were dis
covered before they had progressed far
inside Dozens of searchlights flashed
on the torpedo boats and the Turkish
ports opened hot fire. The flotilla,
however, continued to steam on at the
rate of q knots in close formation, hug
cling the European shore When they
reached Kilidbahr, the Spica which was
leading, ran into a steel cable. She
disengaged herself. but soon ran into an
other maze of cables. The searchlights
then became so dazzling that it was i'm
possible 10 steer any course. and Com
mandant Milo decided to retire. This
was effected in perfect order. The tor
pedo boats suffered only slight damage.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-23
New York Cotton Futures
Daily Cotton Movement

Galveston: Steady; middling, II &c;
net receipts, 677; gross receipts. GIT;
sales, 40; stock 26,7S2; coastwise. 1875.
New Orleans Easy; middling, 1880;
net receipts, 2122 gross receipts. PISS;
sales, "a; stock, 35,122
Mobile: Net receipts, "a; gross re-
ceipts. "a; stock. 100; ooastwise, so.
Savannah: Steady middling, 12Hc
net receipts, 96 gross receipts, 96;
sales, 81; stock 24,914; coastwise, 52.
Charleston: Nominal; stock, 1892.
Wilmington: Nominal; stock, ST.
Norfolk; Steady; middling. 13Mc; net
receipts, 273; gross receipts. 27s: stock
21,S07; coastwise. 100.
Baltimore; Nominal; stock. 1863
New York: Quiet; middlingf, IL SOC;
gross receipts, 3s47; stock, 1929;
coastwise. 1927.
Boston; Quiet: middling, IL. 500; net
receipts, 40; gross receipts, 249; stock,
7144.
Philadelphia; Quiet; middling, 13.o5o.
stock. 1925.
Total today. at all ports. net. 3271;
stock, 267 ,289.
Consolidated, at oil ports, not, 455S;
Great Britain, Ats; continent. $40.
Total since September /. at all ports
net, 11,S33.770i Great Britain, 4,129,oo0;
Francve. 1,161,342; continent. 4,42S, 298;
Japan. 521,156 Mexico. sofa.