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The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-01-26
Flack May Be erouaht Back.

Abilene, Kan.-Two cases involved
in the failure of the Abilene State
bank were settled the other day by
the district court Judgment was CIV
en- the bank against David Matteson
for $4,000 on stock he claimed to have
sold long ago to John Flack, the ap-
sconding cashier. James Strachan has
proof of his selling his stock and was
released from the receivers claims.
Reports that Flack will come back or
be brought back soon are current. The
reward for his capture expires this
month.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-01-26
TOPEKA WITHDRAWS AND NEXT
YEARS MEETING GOES TO
INDEPENDENCE.
Old Officers Re-EIected-Plans Made
For Years Work-Favor New
Bridge LaW-Make All Struc-
lures Comply With Engi-
neers' Specifications.

Emporia, Kan.-Under the battle
cry kansas For Good Roads" the
most successful meeting in the history
of the Kansas State Good Roads AS
sociation was held in this city.
Two hundred and forty delegates
registered for the convention, and III
members of the prominent good roads
organizations. After hard fight be-
tween Topeka and Independence for
the next convention, the latter town
won out.
1t was agreed to hold the next meet
ing during the first week of December
to avoid future conflict with the con-
ference of county commissioners and
clerks, and to allow for instruction OF
LEGISLATORS regarding good roads laws
before the meeting or the legislature
The next convention will occupy three
days instead of two.
The board of officials was reelected
and new officer, assistant secretary,
was established. The officers are: H.
G. James, independence, president; ii
w. McAfee Topeka, vice president; w
s. Gearhart, Manhattan, Secretary; W.
F. Trowbridge, Kansas City, Kan, as
sistant secretary and treasurer; X, H.
Faxon. Garden City; o. NJ. White,
Emporia, and George H. Hodges, Ola
the. members of the executive commit
tee.
Senator Hodges, who is the author NJ
the Hodges road law, addressed the
convention during the meeting on the
subject of rock road construction. Mr.
Hodges declared that it was time for
Kansas to pause in it's good roads res
olutions long enough to build rev
miles of real good roads. He re-
viewed the fight that was necessary &c
get paved streets in the cities of Kan
sas a few years ago.
Every time an attempt was made tc
nave the first street." he said, IN
functions were served, the city coun
ell was threatened and citizens VINO
awaited paved streets were compelled
to 90 to the Supreme Court " law
suit before they got them. But after the
first street was paved their city coun
ell could hardly keep up with the or
ders for paved streets.
at will be the same way with rocR
roads," said Mr.. Hedges, when the
farmers see t benefit of them they
will fight to get them instead of fight
ing against them"
The association authorized public
ity campaign, to consist chiefly in the
publication of a good roads bulletin
This will be published monthly anc
will be filled with information relating
to this work. The executive commit
tee was granted full power to act II
this matter.
In declaration CT principles, the as
sociation favors the submission t6
Kansas voters of constitutional
amendment to provide that the state
NAV take part in the work of inter
national Improvement and the estap
lishment of state highway depart
ment The association recommends
an entirely new comprehensive bridge
law, that all bridges and culverts com
ply with specifications of state OF
county engineers. 1t is urged that al
road culverts be built of stone or con
crete and that trimming of hedges and
trees at a distance of ten rods from al
road crossings and angles, in order &c
give a clear view, be made compul
sorry.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-01-26
chanute Park Bonds Carried

Chanute, Kan.-The voters of this
city by majority of "a approved the
proposition to issue $4,000 worth of
bonds for the purchase and improve
ment of two public parks. The money
is to be used for acquiring the fair
grounds, which is tract of thirty
four acres, also a tract of $50 by 100
feet within a block and half of the
business district Both have fine
groves
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-01-26
School Teacher Acquitted.

Lawrence, Kan.-Miss Ruth Scott,
teacher in the public schools here,
was acquitted Of assault and battery
on Gaddas CURLY, a pupil here. The
trial has created much interest here
and during the proceedings the court
room was constantly crowded. When
the decision was rendered the audience
cheered loudly.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-01-26
Kansan Is Asphyxiated.

Columbus, Kan.-O. l.. Coleman, AZ
years old, of Girard, was found dead
from asphyxiation in his room at the
Collins hotel in Scammon. 1t is
thought that he left the gas heater
burning low when he retired and the
fire went out and as the pressure came
filled the room with gas. Coleman is
survived by wife and three children
who live in Girard.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-01-26
Convict Mail Carrier ParoIed.

Leavenworth, Kan.-Frank Gormond
who for nine years has carried mail be-
tween the Lansing postoffice and the
state penitentiary, has left prison on
parole. He served eleven years of a
fifteen-year sentence for uxorcide. In
his service as mail carrier Gormond
handled more than 100000 in regis
tered mail matter and money orders
and never lost cent.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-01-26

Judge MulQueen of New York. on
heinR told that some one had stolen
the trousers of Tombs prisoner. OBJ
served: "You would better make
most thorough Investigation Of this
II would be a great calamity to tind
thieves in the Tombs." Some woulo
saw. on the contrary. that thatts just
the place for thieves.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-01-26

Reindeer meat is to be shipped
from Alaska to Chicago. so that 1t
may be served in the restaurants in
Chicago Unless 1t is going to be
good deal cheaper than steak 1t will
not be likely to cause much Of a SEN
sation.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-01-26

A jury awarded 5000 damages to
woman who sued because man fail
ed TO marry her after sixty proposals
That places handy and exact price
upon a proposal.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-01-26

IAN eastern highbrow asserts that
we are losing our sense OF smell.
From which we may infer that he
doesn't live in boiled cabbage neigh
borhood
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-01-26

II is announced that shoes are to
cost more. and the family man will
perhaps feel grateful that long sue
cession OF such announcements has
mnde him somewhat callous.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-01-26

Motor cars in New York last year
have killed SO persons and injured S55.
Strikes us that It is safer to be
guide OF a football player than an In
nocent bystander in New York
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-01-26

The household furniture of the fu-
ture may be made OF concrete. as Tom
Edison says. but it will be necessary
TO hire a derrick and a freight train
on moving day
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-01-26
Lime for Sour Soils.

For a soured soil, a liberal applica
ton OF lime is the only thing that
will remedy the trouble. This comes
in many forms, but the cheapest anc
most beneficial is ordinary grouns
limestone. The cost Of ground lime
stone is about so cents .oA At the
pit
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-01-26
Pheasants Increase in Mcpherson Co

Canton, Kan.-Three or four years
ago the game warden turned three
pheasants loose a few miles south oil
town and they have now increased I'M
til there are eleven in the flock. The
weather has driven them from their
breeding places for the first time in
two years.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-01-26

The irony of fate appears to have
been demonstrated in the case OF the
famous surgeon who was operated on
for appendicitis when his trouble was
caused by gallstones
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-01-26
Slow.

"Myra, how long has Joe Nevius
been going with you?"
About Is years"
"That seems an awful long time"
Eyes; / sometimes wonder If Joe's
ever going to ask me to marry him.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-01-26

Veslvius has been throwing mud
again And yet people who live in
the neighborhood probably think that
Home. Sweet Home is great little
song
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-01-26

II you are hotel guest. don't give
your only pair of trousers to bell
boy. and then go to bed. for cry
of 'fre!" would put you in predic-
ament.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-01-26

The trouble with the man who goes
to see a doctor generally is that he
wishes to be cured in a day of Ills 1t
has taken him years to acquire
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-01-26

New York's new whispering
whistle" for trains would be a great
Institution to introduce to Willie. the
gifted office boy siffleur.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-01-26

whole body bloated. L
had chills and hot
flashes and my an
kles swelled so 1
could scarcely wear
nv shoes. Kidney
secretions bothered
me and my nerves
we're unstrung. l be-
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-01-26

The Bostonian who claims that the
earth is fiat would have. been consid-
cred a wise and conservative man in
the days of Christopher Columbus.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-01-26

Jack rabbits with horns are said to
be plentiful in the grand old state OF
Texas. Since when has Winsted,
Conn, been transplanted to Texas?
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-01-26

A divorce law has been passed IN
the Philippines. but 1t will be long
time before Manila achieves the fame
of Reno.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-01-26

1t has been decided by court that
collecting tips is begging, Thus the
Demonstration of the bench proceeds
delightfully."-
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-01-26

A Philadelphia physician says that
mince pie. taken in moderation, will
cure insomnia About how many tri-
angles. doctor?
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-01-26

Many a man who believes In doing
the greatest good to the greatest num-
Der regards number one as the great
est number.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-01-26

An imperial edict in Pekin orders
the cutting off of queues Switches
and rats ought to be cheaper next
year.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-01-26

Every time a Mexican patriot tires
Of work and longs for a little easy
money, he organizes new "revo-
luton"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-01-26

A fresh egg of the season comes
straight from fresh chamber of the
cold storage warehouse.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-01-26

A girl umpired a baseball game In
California the other day. Those Cali
fornia women certainly are heroines.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-01-26

II is difficult for some men to be
good when they have a good chance to
be otherwise.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-01-26

Germany has seventeen dirigible
war balloons and England is fortu'
nate In being too busy to worry.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-01-26

A Connecticut woman found dia-
mond in leg of lamb. And she wasn't
anywhere near Winsted at the time
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-01-26

It's almost as easy to give good ead-
vice as II is not to follow 1t.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-01-26

st. Louis girl. twelve years old,
wants divorce. Some of them GER
tainly acquire the habit early
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-01-26

gan taking Doan's Kidney Pills ana
soon the swelling diminished. The
backache and other troubles quickly
disappeared, and was completely
cured"
when Your Back is Lame, Remem-
her the Name-DOAN'S SOCIAL stores.
Foster.Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-01-26

Among the things that we were not
thinking of ordering is new alpha
bet.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-01-26

Persons with no other form Of
amusement can watch the days grow
longer.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-01-26

Any man ought to get three square
meals a day if he is able to work
ord able to keep from being worked.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-01-26
SUFFERED FOURTEEN YEARS.

A Terrible Case of Dropsy and How
1t Was Cured.
Mrs. w. R. Cody, 6O3 Tenth St..
Lewiston, Idaho, says: Il was so
lame and sore 1 could hardly move.
Headaches were frequent and my
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-01-26

cHAMuIE kANs.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-01-26
CHANUTE TIMES.

A. II. Turner, Ed. g Prop.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-01-26

II YOU suffer from Bplieptic Tits, Failing Sckness,
epasms or have children that do 50, my New Ireer
do is 10 send for a FREE g7.0 Bottle OF Dr. NAY
FormuIa III has feiieyed permanently the ve1
write and give age and complete address,
DIR. w, II. MAY, bGs Pearl St., New York
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-11-26
IT Is ALWAYS THE GIRL WHO
TnGEE

me decide TO talk plainly to young
girls who are infatuated with sweet
hearts and who forget that it is always
the girl who gets te rough END Of it.
We have read the eouplet-many
times
when lovely woman stoops TO folly.
And finds too late that men betTay," etc.
And il is the too late" that makes
the troubles every time.
The age we live in is decidedly free
and easy for the most of young girls
THE mother who keeps her girl close
10 her. Is most fortunate woman,
even If she is sometimes upbraided for
being too strict-and is charged with
robbing her Of a good time" The
pearl OF good character is priceless
When the lovely woman stOops TO
such folly there soon comes time
when friends get TO be so scarce that
IN her father and mother forsOok she
might be worse than friendless-abso-
Iutely forsaken- II is the girl who
hears the brunt every time. The man
can so away awhile and then md some
other lovely woman. who may stoop TO
folly. etc.
Tne-young man who presumes-and
gets familiar-is a person to Shrink
from. No gentleman viii degrade the
girl he IOves-and he viii not desire TO
marry a girl who allows men TO be on
familiar terms with his fancee. ] nave
lived long time in this world and 1
have noticed that girls who are obedi-
ent daughters not only make the most
devoted nome-makers, but they avoid
many domestic entanglements Nhich
fast girls are apt to encounter. And
the girl or woman who sacrifices her
own self-respect has lost the greatest
glory Of her own life.
No matter ow sorry she may be and
repentant. she has dimmed ner most
precious jewel-lost the JOY OF a clean
life and she never can regain what she
thus lost. in moment Of passion and
folly" There is nothing in life to me
that is so beautiful as sweet. innocent
young girl and nothing so pitiful as
betrayed and unhappy one. Whatever
else is lost-girls should remember that
good character must be preserved.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-11-26
IS s: :: :: :: :.
~ - Co~ocTD N14nS xHEEr1oH.
CONVICTED NTTRS INHIBITION.

The color was the objecting clause.
The Republican party-strange to say
gave the ballot to the black man. 1t Yas
at one time popular-and thirty states
were willing to withdraw the color line,
in. the case of the black man. But the
Republican party is moribund nd the
negroes ballot is a constant menace, and
a constant irritant. Everybody knows
IL now-from the Atlantic TO the Pacific
oceans.
viii President Wilson rise to the
height of statemanship and deliver this
American republic from its greatest
menace and its greatest irritant, and de-
mand universal color line in American
politics? He has the opportunity and
the south supported him as the best eX-
ponent of southern ideas in politics. He
has a grant opportunity and has sufii-
cient uthority to give emphtic legis-
lationy for the good of the whole country.
Let him revise the tariff as his party
declared itwou Id revise it. Let him re-
duce extravaganza I'm the nations ex-
penditures. and let him draw a color line
in politics. giving to the descendants Of
those who once owned this countryside
heritage their white forefathers left to
them
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-11-26

rich men set senseless standards of
luxurious living they must not be sur
prised if people of smaller means get
infected with the desire to conform to
those/standards; and there is not enough
property in the land, nor will there
ever be, for all the people to indulge
in pagan righteousness of life Vain
luxury in living leads inevitably to
strife between class and class; and this
is especially true in a land where there
is no titled aristocracy and where there
is tendency to make an aristocracy
of wealth. Very wise are the words of
a great American statesman and diplo-
mat, who was the furtnest possible re-
moved from. any socialistic disposition
of mind: Nothing is so sure to bring
on social disintegration as the senseless
luxury and crude selfshness of great
milltonaires. The only thing that makes
great millionaires tolerable in society
is the noble expenditure of their money.
Millionaires who simply accumulate I'M
til the end of their days are mere fatty
tumours on the body polite; milhonaires
who set an example of senseless lux
ury are simply cancers. Rich men,
who own a million or less than mill
lion, should try to think out the mean
ing of these strong and true words.
Their children should lay them to heart
with especial care; for society will toll
crate in a man who made his money far
more than it will endure from one who
simply inherited it. John Jacob Astor
the first was not as distasteful to the
masses as the man who went down in
the Titanic; and the people loved
Commodore Vanderbilt far more than
they have ever loved any descendant of
the man who laid the foundation Of the
Vanderbilt fortune in strenuous toll.
"A young blood" is detested by the pop
ulace, and a young man who mas in
herited a good fathers fortune should
not fail to emulate his virtues and fol-
low the ways of his simple life.
But poor men also have their duty
in this matter. 1t is a disgrace to any
of us who nave not wealth to envy men
who have it, and to go about whining
over our poverty Let us have more
self-respect. To be envious of another's
wealth is to proclaim our own unworth-
iness, and to say to all men that in the
want of~wealth we account ourselves
bankrupt in all tine things that make
life dignified and honorable. For one,
am thankful that have had grace
enough not to car for wealth nor to
envy any man who has it. I should re-
gard myself as consciously and con-
fessedly inferior, if I felt unhappy for
lack of wealth or ill-disposed toward
my neighbour who possesses it.
Let men of all classes, both rich, and
poor alike, honestly and sincerely ac-
cept the teaching of Jesus that neither
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-11-26
CapturerS of Chief Jikiri and
Other Soldier Heroes Receive
Highest HonorS
(By Associated Press. }


WASHINGTON, Nov. 23.-Five young
men, officers and enlisted men on the
Uncle Sans active military force, went
to the White House today to receive the
highest award that can be given an
American soldier, the medal of honor.
Four of the men-from the presidio,
San Francisco-brought memories of the
hunt and capture of the Filipino pirate,
Chief Jikfri, in 1909; while the fifth, a
cavalry officer who had helped protect
the town of Douglas, Ariz., last year.
heard modestly the retelling of his rid
ing into rain of bullets to stop a fight
that threatened the lives of Americans.
The solliers decorated for deeds of
gallantry in action" were: First Lieu
tenant Archie Miller and Second Lieu
Arthur H. Wilson and John T.
Kennedy, all of the Sixth cavalry; Quar-
termaster Sergeant Joseph Henderson,
an enlisted man of Troop B, Sixth cav
airy, and Captain Julian Gaujot, of cne
First cavalry.
AT WHITE HOUSE.
President Taft had summoned to the
White House for the ceremony all of
the medal Of honor men now stationed
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-11-26
TAFT PINS MEDALS ON
MEN WHO SLEW PIRATES

or living near Washington.
Invited to the White House to do hon
or to the younger members of the dis
tinguished order were Major General
william H. Carter Brigadier General
Ernest A. Carlinton, Brigadier General
Albert L. Mills, Lieutenant General Nell
son A. Miles (retired), Major General
George L. Gillespie (retired). and near
ly a score of others, whose deeds Of
gallantry in action" ran back through
the history of Cuban and Philippine
campaigns, to the stirring days Of In
dian fighting and the Civil war.
The Sixth cavalry men honored today
all won their spurs in the Philippines.
They were under orders from General
Leonard Wood when they went on the
trail of Jilxiri, who had killed hundreds
of Chinese and Moros and had become
the terror of the Jolo archipelago. In a
campaign noted for the brilliancy Of
the personal acts of bravery, they
caught the marauder and his allies and
effectually put an end to the piracy he
had directed.
THE FINAL FIGHT.
In the final fight, according to the
reports made by Captain George L.
Byram, their commanding officer, the
present medal of honor men rushed
ahead of the line and engaged in hand
to-hand fighting with the pirate chief
and his lieutenants. .
Captain Gaujot, of the First cavalry,
won his medal much nearer home. He
was in command of troops on the border
line when the battle of Aqua Prieta,
Mexico, threatened the lives and prop
erty of citizens of Douglas, Ariz., April
Is, 1911. According to an eyewitness,
Captain Gaujot, seeing the havoc
wrought by Mexican bullets that came
to the American side, rode boldly
through the fire into Aqua Prieta, where
he induced the Mexicans to lay down
their arms and stop xhe combat.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-11-26
EASTMAN HIGH SCHOOL
WINS SPIRITED DEBATE

EASTMAN, Ga, Nov. 23.-In a debate
contest last night the Eastman High
school won out over South Georgia col
Iege at McRae. The subject was RE
solved, That Georgia should establish
and maintain a system of high schools"
Eastman championed the negative side
and was represented by Myrick Clements
and Carson Wright.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-11-26
RAILROADS INDICTED
ON RELATING CHARGE

PUEBLO, Colo, Nov. 23.-The Denver
and Rio Grande railroad and the Colo
RADIO and Southern railroad were indict-
ed by the federal grand jury here today,
charged with granting rebates and with
issuing free transportation to influences
interstate shipments.
The Colorado Fuel and Iron company
Victor American Fuel company, Great
Western Sugar company, Portland Ce.
ment company, and United States Port
land Cement company are indicted
charged with accepting rebates and free
transportation.
Eighteen indictments, embracing forty
counts, were returned against the rail
roads and the companies.