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The Red Cloud chief., 1912-11-28
SCHRANK DECLARED INSANE
Commission Of Five Physicians Pass
Judgment on Man Who Attempted
Life Of Roosevelt.

Milwaukee. Nov. 25.-John Schrank.
the New York man who shot Col.
Theodore Roosevelt In Milwaukee last
month. was declared insane Friday
by commission Of five physicians.
Schrank will be sent to the Wiscon.
sin State Hospital for the Insane.
near Oshkosh, Wis.
The report OF the commission was
made before Judge August c. Backus
in the municipal court. Schrank was
In court. He displayed little interest
In the proceedings
Members Of the commission were
questioned about their report. When
court adjourned District Attorney
label said he would move that the
criminal charge against Schrank be
dropped and that he be sentenced to
the insane hospital.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-11-28
STRIKES BODY BLOW
SAYS PARCELS POST WILL BENE.
FIT THE FARMER.
GETTING READY FOR FRAY
Advocates OF Womens Suffrage Pre-.
pairing for Referendum Vote
on Proposition Next
Year.
GETTING READY FOR FRAY

Washington. is claimed that
when the new parcels post law goes
into effect on January l body blow
will be struck at an alleged condi-
tiOn which allows farmers of the coun-
try to get but $G,000,000 for what
finally sells to consumers at about
s13.O00,O00 This Is according to Rep
resentative David J. Lewis Of Mary
land, who is said to be the foremost
expert in the country on the parcels
post question. It was he who forced
fight on the matter at the last session
OF congress. Mr.. Lewis says that the
parcels post arose out of the very
serious condition in which the coun.
try is placed because of the high cost
OF living.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-11-28
RACE SUICIDE IS HIT|
POSTAL AUTHORITIES ARREST
DOCTORS AND DRUGGISTS.
United Crusade Against illegal Prae-
tIees 10 Begun In All Parts Of
Country.

Chicago, Nov. 22.-Raids were made
In nearly every section OF the United
States simultaneously Wednesday by
postal inspectors. when nationwide
crusade against doctors. druggists and
other persons advocating methods
conducive to race suicide was begun.
Ten men and women were arrested
In Chicago alone. but the govern
ment's net, spread over the whole
country. brought in total Of 173 per-
sons from 72 different towns and
cities. Tho defendants are charged
With using the mails to promote
criminal medical practices or the sale
Of drugs and other materials for
illegal purposes.
The number OF arrests made were
as follows: Chicago. IL; Portland,
Ore. 8; Seattle. 8; Oakland, Cal. 8;
Cincinnati, 8; San Francisco. z; Pitts.
burg. z; Indianapolis. 8; st. Paul. 8;
Denver. 8: Spokane. 8; Oklahoma
City. s: Forth Worth. 4: Omaha, 4;
st. Louis. 3: Buffalo. 3: Los Angeles.
3; Mobile. 3: Marietta. Ohio, 3; San
Jose, CAL. 3: New York, 2; Albany. 2;
Washington. 2; Memphis. 2; Birming.
ham, 2; Steubenville. Ohio. 2; Cleve-
land, 3; Duluth. 2: Winona, Minn.. 2:
San Antonio. 2; Houston, q; New Or
leans. 2: Kansas City. 2: Topeka. 2:
Alameda. CAL. 2; Atlanta, 1: Toledo,
4; Minneapolis. 1; Galveston. 1; Salt
Lake City. 1; Ithaca. N. Y. 1: Elmira,
N. Y, 1; East Orange. N. j.. 1; Ian.
caster. Pa. 1: Pine Bank, Pa. I;
Cumberland. Md. 1; Charleston. 8. c.,
1; Columbus. 8. c., 1: Jacksonville.
Fla. 1: Columbus. Ohio. 1: Spring.
field, Ohio. 1; Mount Vernon. ILL.,. !:
Dayton. Ohio. 1; Convoy. Ohio. 1:
Fort Wayne, Ind. 1; Terre Haute,
Ind. 1: Peoria. ILL.,. 4: Kalamazoo.
Mich. /; Iron River. Mich. I; Holden.
Mo-. 1: Muskogee. Okla. L; Wichita.
Kan. 1: Council Bluffs. Ia. 4; Belling-
ham, WASH. L; Crecent. Wash. 1:
Tacoma, Wash, 1; Sacramento. Cal.
/; Petaluma. CAL. /: Fresno. Cal. I:
Glendale, Cal. 1.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-11-28
PREPARE FOR WAR |
AUSTRIAN CALLS SIX ARMY
CORPS TO coLoRs As SER.
WAN CRISIS ARRIVES.
PEACE CONDITIONS DRASTIC
France Warns Turks Against Doing
Violence to Christlans-Atrocious
Acts Of sutchery Laid to servIans
Slaughter Women and Children.

London. England. Nov. 25.-Three
classes Of the Austrian reserves haye
been called. out, says the Chronicles
Vienna correspondent. About 100000
men, he says, have been massed
around the Servian frontier and steady
preparations are going forward In
Galicia. 1T is reported that the Don
Cossacks have been mobilized and that
the Russian authorities are holding all
available rolling stock on the lines
running to the Austrian frontier" says
n dispatch to the Daily Mall from
Vienna.
London. Nov. 23.-Nazim Pasha.
holding by desperate effort the de-
tense lines of Tachatalja and fighting
within his rapidly dwindling ranks q
frightful epidemic of cholera, was no
titled Thursday by the government at
Constantinople that the Bulgarian pro-
posals for an amistice had been re-
1ected and ordered to resume opera
tions at once. Thus the Turkish army
must fight on to q decisive end.
This note was made public by the
porte:
THE porte. finding the Bulgarian
conditions for an armistice unaccept-
able, has ordered Nazim Pasha to re-
sumo military operations"
There Is still a strong possibility Of
the Bulgarians making an entry into
Constantinople and the powers are
again considering action to prevent
such an eventuality. France took the
initiative by notifying the Turkish
government that she would hold Tur.
key responsible for any violence
against Christians.
Vienna. Nov. 23.--Lieutenant Wag.
ner. the war correspondent Of the
Reichspost. telegraphed Thursday that
while at Nish he heard well-nigh in.
credible details of the barbarities com.
mitted by the Servian troops on the
Albanians. A Red Cross doctor with
the Servian army told him:
"The Servians gave no quarter. All
the Albanians. armed or unarmed, as
well as the women and children. who
fell into their hands. were mercilessly
killed. General Stepanovitch, the Ser
Wan commander. had the Albanians
captured at Kratova formed into two
rows and shot dead with machine
guns, the general saying:
"'We must extirpate those Austro-
Hungarian favorites.'
General Zivkovitch also had $50
Albanians and Turkish notables cut
down near SienNza.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-11-28
Disastrous Prairie Fires.

Norfolk. Neb.-Hundreds of square
miles In northwestern Nebraska and
southern Sopth Dakota lie in barren
waste. following one of the most dis.
astrous fires that ever swept the west.
ern plains. Reports indicate that the
flames are under control in every
quarter. after hours of fire fighting by
hundreds Of desperate men. women
and children. The destruction Of
means Of communication with the
burned district has made details Of
the disaster difficult to secure.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-11-28
Getting Ready for Contest.

Lincoln. Sounding the call to arms
in the approaching fight in Nebraska
for womens suffrage, the press Of
this state is being asked by the lead.
ers of that party where 1t will stand
n the question is submitted by refer.
endum one year from now. More than
$50 letters have been written to ed.
itors Of newspapers and 1t Is de.
clared that practically half have re-
piled that they will support the ef.
fort to line Nebraska up with the
states where women are given the
ballot.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-11-28
To Reduce Cost Of lIxlna.

Chicago.-Resolutions were adopted
at recent meeting Of the city coun.
Gil calling on Mayor Harrison to ap.
point n committee OF seven to report
on the feasibility OF public markets in
densely populated portions of the city
as means Of lessening the cost OF liv.
Ing. Five aldermen will be appointed
to act with the city comptroller and
the commissioner Of public works, in
accordance with the resolutions.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-11-28
Death Of Former Nebra,kan.

Manchester. N. H.--Judge John p.
Bartlett. for many years prominent in
legal and political circles in New Eng.
land. died suddenly at his home here.
aged II years. Death was due to
heart trouble. Judge Bartlett was the
first attorney admitted to the bar in
Nebraska. After coming to this state
he was for many years chairman of
the democratic state committee.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-11-28
To Restrict Sale Of Firearms.

Lincoln.-To put the sale OF revolv.
ers under the ban Of state. law. with
proper restrictive measures around
purchase, may be suggested to the
legislature when 1t meets this winter
by the city OF Lincoln. This move
has been advanced In connection with
the work OF preparing a prospective
ordinance. which will be presented to
the city council with the idea Of such
restrictions In Lincoln.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-11-28

NChicago, III. - Captain Thomas l..
Porter OF the secret service has an
nounced that counterfeit $40 gold Ger.
tifcates, series B1sS9O323, are in cir.
culation In Chicago. A warning was
issued urging every person with $40
bills In their possession to examine
them closely or submit them to bank
experts to be assured of their genu-
ineness.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-11-28
TO DISSOLVE BATHTUB TRUST
Dealers In EnameIed Ware Goods Are
Accused Of Violating Sherman
Antitrust Law.

Washington, Nov. 20.-By declaring
Illegal the enameling "license agree
ments" which hold manufacturers Of
sanitary enameled ironware together
In the combination known as the
"bathtub trust" the Supreme court
OF the United States delivered death
blow Monday at violations of the Sher.
man antitrust law under the cloak OF
the protection of the patent laws.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-11-28
Rebels Beaten In rIoht.

FL Paso. Tex. Nov, 23.--In a battle
Thursday. near MADEIRA. Chihuahua.
federals under Gen. Jose Blanco de-
feated two bands of rebels command.
ed by Richardo Terrazas and Juan
Ramos. killing twelve rebels.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-11-28
Tenth Time 4 Widow.

Pretoria.-It is believed that the
worlds legitimate matrimonial record
Is held by Mrs. Thelia NJ. de Beer,
aged seventy-eight. living here. First
married at the age of eighteen, she
recently became widow for the tenth
time. She Ia the mother and step.
mother OF forty-nine children and the
grandmother of 27O.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-11-28
counterfeiters Under Arrest.

Kansas City, Motive Greeks have
been arrested here by United States
secret service agents on a charge Of
circulating counterfeit money. The
men under arrest are Nick Nistas, a
leader OF the local Greek colony; Mike
karantounia, Peter Konomos, Charles
Brown and Thomas Benialis.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-11-28
Rockefeller Gives 5000. I.

Washington, Nov. 22.-John ].
Rockefeller contributed $4,000 to the
American Red Cross Wednesday for
use In relief work In the Balkan safes.
Mr.. Rockefeller's contribution makes
the American total $4,000.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-11-28
Two AlIens Granted Re.o,,.

Richmond, Va, Nov. Ex-Governor
Mann granted Floyd and Claude Allen
respite Tuesday until December l3.
They were sentenced to death Novem.
ber %. for their part In the Hillsyille
(Va.) courthouse murders.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-11-28
IS YEARS FOR SlDNA ALLEN
Leader Of Clan 10 Found Guilty Of
Murder In the Second Degree
at Wythevlile, Va.

Wytheville. Va, Nov. 25.--Sidna
Allen. leader Of the Allen clan. which
shot UP the Carroll county court at
Hillsville last March. resulting in the
death of five persons, was found guilty
Friday of murder In the second degree
for the killing Of Judge Thornton l..
Massie. The Jury fixed the penalty
at fifteen years In the penitentiary.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-11-28
1lg Skyscraper Falls.

Portland, Ore, Nov. 2s.--Eight
floors on the Sixth street side OF the
Marquam building. skyscraper in the
heart of the business section of tho
city. collapsed here Thursday. No one
was injured.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-11-28
French Aviator Killed,

Rheims. France. Nov. 23.-Andre
Frey. the well'known aviator. was
killed here Thursday. When flying
around the aerodome his aeroplane
collapsed and he fell distance OF
over $50 feet.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-11-28

Council Bluffs. lathe state au.
ditor's report for 1912 shows that the
state paid bounty fees on the tails Of
1883 rattlesnakcs during the year,
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-11-28
SultlnQ Himself.

The modern small boy Is painfully
cautious.
would you like to come to our bon.
fire on the 5th Of November" one was
asked.
Back came an answer worthy Of .
cabinet minister: "Well. II ! haven't
q bonfire of my own and II my father
doesn't take me to Belle Vue. and II
I'm not asked to a better bonfire. I'll
be awfully glad to come."-Manches-
ter Guardian.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-11-28
Oldest v. 9. Ship Out Of Commission

Vallejo, Cal, Nov. 22,-The century.
old receiving ship. Independence. the
oldest vessel In the navy. was placed
out OF commission at Mare Island
navy yard Wednesday. The cruiser
Cleveland takes her place.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-11-28

Washington.--The vanguard of con.
gress is arriving. assembling for the
drop OF the flag next Monday, when
the short session Of congress" opens.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-11-28
Shoots stepmother and HImsel,

OVVss SSeFVVc' o"U V'UVseV'
Hammond, Ind. Nov. 23.--Frank
Cravens. aged nineteen, In a trivial
quarrel shot his stepmother. Mrs. Lin.
coin Cravens, here. Thursday. and
.hen fired bullet into his own body.
Both will die. physicians say.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-11-28

You can't convince a schoolboy that
history repeats itself.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-18
Melville IS DEAD.
Distinguished Retired Naval Officer
Victim of Paralysis.

Philadelphia. March 1s.-Rear Ad-
miral George Wallace Melville. U. S.
n. retired, died at his home Sunday
of paralysis.
Rear Admiral Melville, who was
placed on the retired list January 10,
1908, was ~ years old For sixteen
wears he was chief of the bureau OF
steam engineering in the navy depart
ment He was appointed an assistant
engineer in the navy in 1861 and was
a member of both the Jeanette and
the Greely relief expeditions to the
Arctic circle.
Among the colleges which conferred
honorary degrees upon him in recog-
milton of his scientific work were the
University of Pennsylvania, Harvard,
Columbia, Georgetown and Stevens
Institute.
American Academy of Mechanical En-
gineers and the American Society OF
Naval Engineers. At the time OF ms
death he was the president of the
Friendly Sons of ST. Patrick.
Internent will be made in Laurel
Hill cemetery this city, on Wednesday,.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-18
ROOSEvELT'S PLAN.
The Colonel VIII Make an Extended
Speaking Tour.

Oyster Bay, N. Y, March 18.-F'irst
information of the plan of campaign
mapped out by Roosevelt leaders at
their conference at New York Friday
and Saturday has been given by Colo
mel Roosevelt. He said he had decld-
ed definitely to make number of
speeches IN various parts OF the coun-
try.
in New York Wednesday night is first
on the program. Later this week
Colonel Roosevelt will talk some
where on the east side in New YORK
if a hall can be obtained.
Early next week he will start on a
short tour of the middle west. Three
speeches have been decided upon TO
be made at Chicago, St. Paul or Min
neapolis and St Louis. Other stops
may be arranged later.
In the week beginning March 81
Colonel Roosevelt will go into New
England. Speeches are to be MADE
possibly one in Portland, Me-, although
Colonel Roosevelt doubted whether
he would be able to go to Maine be-
fore the primaries are held. A trip TO
Philadelphia and Newark is to be
made during the week of April II.
None of the speaking dates has been
fixed. Roosevelt's campaign managers
are at work upon the itineraries when
probably will not be competed 1ol
Colonel Roosevelt during his talk
with the newspaper men alluded to re
ports that misleading information IN
regard to the campaign was belng as
seninated in news dispatches. He
said some of his supporters had told
him that in certain news reports the
facts regarding the relative strength
of the Taft and Roosevelt forces hao
been misrepresented.
Replving to a statement attributed
to Samuel s. Koenig, chairman of the
New York county Republican commit,
tee, that Colonel Roosevelt WouIo
gates from New York state, the colo
II expect that we win get at least
twenty delegates and if it We're not TOT
we would break even or better
The colonel said that he did not
believe the Roosevelt forces would
have control of the Republican natlohz
al committee and that all he wanted
fror,, +ba com rnittee was a square deal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-18
KANsAN's PUSH HELPS HEARST
r. r. Whitman Made Gold Mine of
Losing Proposition.

Lawrence, Kan, March 1S.-Rus-
sell r. Whitman, the Boston alum
nus of the University of Kansas, who
sent a check the other day for 500
en- who are working for a women
building, has had career that
shows what the Kansas boy can do
when he gets out and hustles.
Whitman left the university with
a record of straight ones-as a tennis
player. His work as a student was
fair He went to Kansas City and
began work as an advertising solicitor
on the Journal Within a few years
he was advertising manager of that
paper. Then Hearst saw him. A
tempting offer took Whitman to Chi
cago as manager of general adver-
Using in the west for the Hearst pa
pers- He made good. He used his
head That suited Mr.. Hearst.
When Whitman had been in Chi
cago long enough to show what he
could do, and before he had been
out of college a dozen years, Mr..
go to Boston and pull the Boston
American out of the hole Several
experts had told its owner that the
American was hopeless.
Whitman went to Boston. He be-
gan by making the American lose
losing. He spent thousands on it the
first month making it a good pa
per. In two years it broke even.
The third it showed a profit. Now
it boasts of half million circulation.
1t is one of Hearst's gold mines. Kan
Sas grit and ginger had won.
Whitman wrote the committee for
the wOmen's dormitOry at the uni
versity that he would see that the
alumni in New England had oppor-
tunity to help out the good cause.
That promise the committee regards
as equivalent to a whole wing for
their building
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-18
oAKFoRD GOES INTO COURT.
Socialist Gives Up Place on Beacon
to Be Tried.


Cimarron, kan, March 1S-Dr C.
r. d. s. Oakford, the Socialist agi-
tator who has for some time been
editing the Gray County Beacon, for
merly the Ingalls, Beacon, at this
place, has given up his place as edi-
tor and gone to Wichita to answer
to charges against him in the federal
court for using the mails for i'm
proper purposes. The charges were
preferred by Garden City parties
when Oakford was running the Pro-
locutor at that place. The complain
ants state that he tried to revolution
ize the city by running everybody
down through the columns of his
paper.
Oakford is the man who got sore at
the Santa Fe when stranded with his
family at Larned recently during a
blockade and walked to Pawnee Rock
through heavy drifts, carrying his
young son, the famous boy Socialist
orator, strapped on his back. His
place as editor of the Beacon is be-
ing filled by Cecil Alexander, for
merly editor of that paper, who is
now editor of the Argonia Clipper.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-18
HE URGES PURITY
Social Problem More ImpOr-
tant Than Tariff.
*. S. A. C. Professor Says Boys
Are Clean Minded.

Manhattan, Kan, March 18.-
Judged from the standpoint of the
future well-being of the American peo-
pie. social purity is a more important
issue than the tariff or the conserva-
ton of the natural resources" says
William A McKeever, professor OF
philosophy at the Kansas State Agr1-
cultural college, in a bulletin just is
sued.
Professor McKeever urges that boys
and girls of all ages should be allow
ed frequent association with the OPP
posite sex under proper restrictions.
THE line fence that separates the
sexes at school and elsewhere is a
shameful advertisement of our dual
standard of morals he continued.
Women are not naturally any more
pureminded than men. Take down the
line fence; inculcate the same degree
of cleanness of thought, speech and
conduct before boys as before girls =
Parents Too Are Ignorant.
Parental ignorance and neglect
constitute the first contributing cause
of the great prevalence of the social
evil, he said.
Let American parents rally to the
great social obligation of training
their children for pure thinking and
clean sexual life, and the race Will
quickly manifest the splendid manly
and womanly qualities inherent in our
ordinary human breed"
Athletic sports, vigorous and Joyful
outdoor exercises so both the physi-
cal and mental eXuberance of youth
may find a wholesome outlet" are
recommended.
1.-The long standing theory that ev-
cry boy must SOW his wild oats has
been successfully controversial by
SneciaIiSts saws Professor McKeeVer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-18
SNOW CRUSHES BOY.
Rotary Pillow Covers Youngster, Killing
Him Instantly.

Smith Center, Kan, March 1S.-To
be buried alive by the spray from a
snow pillow was the fate of Harry
Agnew, a 12-year-old boy of this city.
Harry was playing in the wake of a
big rotary snow pillow that was being
used on the Rock Island railroad
With other boys he was allowing the
clouds of snow to fall over him, run
ming from under when the snow be-
came too heavy.
He was not missed until night.
Searchers dug his body from under
the mass of snow. His thigh was
broken and it is believed the weight
of snow crushed out life almost in
stantly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-18
GETS NEW WHOLESALE HOUSE
Dodge City Man Plans to Supply
Western Kansas Trade.

Dodge City, Kan, March 1S.-Sam
Stubs, the veteran grocer of this city,
has decided to enlarge his business
and enter the wholesale field. The
new institution will be known as the
Dodge City Wholesale Grocery and
Commission House and will be open
by April l. Mr.. Stubs just recent
ly purchased a two story brick build
ing and two large warehouses and
is stocking them with supplies. The
new institution will be the second
of its kind established in western
Kansas.
Everything from Asphaltum to Zinc
White in Acme Quality Paints and
Finishes at the
Acme Quality Paint Store,
62S Kansas avenue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-18
BAD ROADS SEND PRICES u

Corn u Cents a Bushel at Larned-
Wheat $1.02.
Larned, Kan, March 1S.-The ex-
tremely bad condition of the country
roads has sent the prices of farm
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-18

produce soaring again at this place.
Wheat is selling at $1.02, corn u
cents, prairie hay SIT per ton and
alfalfa SIT per ton. Many of the
farmers living close to town are de-
termined to take advantage of this
six horses.
The roads have not been in such
a bad condition in this region for
wears.
The Adair County news., 1912-05-22

Has a widow the right to cut
timber on land which she holds
under her husbands will, giving
it to her ito her use as long as
she lives?" asks a Pennsylvania
correspondent of the Farm Jour-
nal. The answer is: "The wild
ow is entitled to cut timber
from the land for fuel, fences,
agricultural erections and other
necessary improvements. In
taking wood for fuel she is en-
titled to take a reasonable guam
thy and to take good fuel and
such as is conveniently situated.
She has no, right, however, to
sell any of the firewood or tim
Der or TO exchangeit for mater.
ials for repairs or to take more
than is necessary
The Adair County news., 1912-05-22
Removing Fence Posts.

A laborer was sent to remove
a number of fence posts from an
old fence. The job would have
taken a half day of ordinary
work, says a writer in the Pop
ular Mechanics, but two hours
later we found him asleep in the
shade, and the posts all remov-
ed. We let him sleep till noon,
as we thought he had earned his
rest.
His method of removing the
posts was very simple. as he
used an ordinary gravel pick,
drove the sharp point into the
post close to the ground, put a
hardwood block under the pick
and pulled on the handle. The
operation was repeated as the
post was drawn out of the
ground.