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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-28
NOW RUNNING CARS.
only one Line Not Opcn-Wcathcr
Is Unsettled.

Fairly regular street car service is
being maintained by the street railway
company today on the majority or
liEes, but the Cemetery and West
Fourth street cars are still motion
less. It is expected, however. to have
the tracks clear by night.
The Highland Park cars are only
running as far as Twenty-first street,
but traffic will soon be resumed 10
California avenue. The West Sixth
avenue tracks are clear and the cars
are running to the asylum.
Unsettled leather is predicted Tor
tonight and tomorrow. with lower
temperatures. The mercury IS expect
ed to go down to the neighborhOd OF
Il degrees above zero by morning
The wind has shifted TO the north.
and. according to sunny" Flora, the
snow will be with us for some DAYS
to come. The slight thaw OF today
will probably be the last for two or
three days. he says.
The shippers forecast reads. Pro
tect 36 hour shipments north against
of degrees; west,
a gainst 10; east and south. IS"
There is a possibility cf snow fur
ries tonight or Thursday. and little
sunshine is expected.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-28
SLAYER OF RICH MAN
S. L. Timothy. Chauffeur Who Killed
John }. Moore, Acquitted.

San Francisco. Feb 2s.-samueI L. Tim
othy a chauffeur trial at Redwood
City for the alleged murder of John j.
Moore. wealthy club man of this city
was acquitted late Tuesday. His plea
was self-defense.
The shooting occurred in front of Mrs.
Moore's residence at San Mateo on the
night of January 2. Moore, in a dying
statement. declared that he had opened
fire on the chauffeur
The tragedy was sequel to a sensa-
tional suit in which neither Moore nor
his wife obtained relief, and which III
volved the name of Rear Admiral Thomas
S. Phelps.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-28
Continued on Page Two.)
ITALIANS whip TURKS
After an All Day Battle MosIems Are
Routed.

Rome. Feb. 2S-A severe battle re-
s11lting in the utter defeat by the
Italian troops of the Turkish forces and
their Arab allies with great loss is re-
ported in official dispatches received
here today from HONS (Which is also
known as Lebda) about 20 miles east
of Tripoli on -he Mediterranean coast.
The engagement occurred at Mount
Mergheb. which lies at some distance
behind the town.
The Turks and Arabs had taken up
strong position on the slopes where
they were attacked by the Italians with
infantry and artillery. After a fight
which lasted all day the Italians put
the enemy to flight by storming the
height. The loss of the Turks and
Arabs is described in the report as very
heavy.
The italians lost Il killed and 81
wounded
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-28
Alleges George Sell Usurped
Place With Woman.
ORDERED FROM OLD HOME
By Affinity After He Consent
ed TO Divorce.
Children Driven Out by Wife's
SOulmate.

Suit for $500 0damaecs for the
loss of his wife's affections. was filed
today by Charles y. Spencer. a Tope-
ka broker, against George n. Sell.
wealthy Shawnee county farmer.
Spencer and his wife were divorced
several months ago. 1t is charEcd
that Sell was responsible for the do
mestic difficulties
Mrs. Spencer, because Of whose love
the action was filed. is an attractive
woman, 45 years old. Spencer is 81.
while Sell is said TO be much younger
than his affinity. The farmer owns
considerable property and is said 10
be quite wealthy. II was when Sell
entered the Spencer home as a board
er in October last year, that trouble
started
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-28
TODAY IN CONGRESS.

Washington, Feb. 2S.-Senate in ses-
sion p. M Labor Leader John W.
Williams, of Pittsburg. told finance
committee any reduction in steel plate
tariff would result in conflict between
capital and labor. House met at noon.
Considered calendar Wednesday,
bills. A report made to Stanley steel
committee on an investigation of U
S steel corporation books and min
utes stated the corporation operated
restraint of trade and prevented COM
petion Foreign relations committee
favorab bly, reported Sulzer resolution
which would recognize new Chinese
republic.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-28
WIFE DYING
And Writer Is Seriously III in Adjoin-
ing Room.

St. Louis. Feb. 2s.-Walter B. Ste
vens, journalist. author, traveller and
secretary of the Louisiana Purchase
Exposition company, lies seriously i'll
at a local hotel in a room adjoining
that of his wife. unaware that she is
dying.
Mr.. Stevens has been suffering from
pneumonia for two weeks, and Mrs.
Stevens, an invalid for several years,
may die at any hour.
Attending physicians say the seri-
BUSINESS of Mr.. Stevens condition will
prevent his knowing his wife's condi-
tiOn until after her death
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-28
TAFT GETS TWO MORE
Delegates in second Alabama District
VIII Support President.

Evergreen, Ala. Feb. 2S.-Progres-
sive Republicans will have a state con-
vention at Birmingham on March 16.
Charles H. Scott, progressive leader,
made the announcement at the Second
district Republican convention which
selected two delegates to the national
convention instructed for Taft.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-28
WouId Reccgnize CHINA.

Washington, Feb. 2s-@The house
committee on foreign affairs today
favorably reported the Sulzer resolu-
ton which in effect would recognize
the new republic of China. It con-
graduates the Chinese people 'son their
assumption of the powers, duties and
responsibilities of self-government.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-28
LEADERS IN STRIKE.
Textile Workers Struggle Is Growing
in Bitterness.

Lawrence. Mass Feb 2s.-The strike
in the woolen mill industry here is be-
coming more bitter from day to day
and there is little hope of a settlement
in the near future. Among the leaders
who stand out prominently in the fight
for what the laborers maintain to be
their rights are J. ]. Ettor and j.
Giovannitti.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-28
BRANDT is FREE.
Schiff Valet Is Released on Bail
Today.

New York. Feb. 2S.-Folke E.
Brandt, former valet of Mortimer L.
Schiff, sentenced to 80 years impris-
onment for burglary in the first de-
gree formally was released from the
Tombs today, details of his bail bond
having finally been adjusted. He de-
parted Immediately followed by a
large crowd.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-28
DEAD IN BATH TUB.
Body Of New York Woman Found
Bell Boy Arrested.

New York, Feb. 2S=The body of
Mrs. Johanna Heuveron, who lived
alone in an apartment in Harlem. was
found today crammed into a bath tub
She had been murdered last night and
her flat looted. A bell boy in the
apartrn ent house was arrested
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-28

There was but one degree variation
in the temperature from O'Clock to-
day to 2 O'Clock The wind has shifted
TO the northeast, and is blowing at a
20 mile gait. The direction indicates
the possibility of snow fiurries tonight
or Thursday. The hourly readings:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-28

Chicago. Feb. 2S.-Forecast. Kansas.
Unsettled weather and probably snow
hurlies tonight or Thursday. colder 20
night and in east portion Thursday.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-07
Thirty States Guarantee
Childhood to Children

Charlie k had a mother living in New
York and an invalid father in Colorado
The mother sent him to live with his uncle
i'm Georgia on the promise that Charlie
would be sent to school. His uncle. how
ever, sent the boy and his own stepchildren
into the mill Charlie being nine years old
when ne went to work
He worked in five Georgia mills in two
years, in two of these at night. He was
hurt twice during the two years, the latter
time seriously. his thigh being crushed by
the machinery in which he was caught
Crippled for life, he was finally sent home
70 his mother.
In South Carolina mill a little seven
year-old girl had been at work year ana
half The law was not violated, as she
was an orphan. \ law against this has
been passed this last year The problem
now is to see that it is enforced.
It is no uncommon thing TO see able-bodied
parents lounging at home. while children
of tender years provide for the family.
1t is not alone for the protection of the
child but also of his fellow employees that
more humane laws are needed. To-day a
visitor in many mines may stumble upon
childish forms stunted and bent. The ter
rible disaster at Cherry, H., should be
warning 70 mine employers. The coroner s
verdict was that it was caused by child
employees too young to be competent amid
surroundings so dangerous.
Many a little worker, through accidents
in the mines. has lost, for life. the ability
to earn a living Mr.. Lovejoy showed
photographs Of several such victims, one
Of q little West Virginia boy whose legs
were cut off by a motor car In coal mino
when he was fourteen years old.
PENNSYLVANIA now has q law forbiddng
the employment Of boys under sixteen IN
side the mines and Of boys under fourteen
outside But only a few years ago 1t was
estimated that between six and twelve
thousand little boys ranging from nine 10
fourteen years of age were working IN
the mines and coal breakers Of the anthra-
cite fields.
II was into this region that Mr.. Lovejoy
first went when he left his pulpit, ana
the improved laws in effect there have fol-
lowed his personal efforts.
"Thc little devils like IT," declared a
PENNSYLVANIA breaker boss on one occasion
to Mr.. Lovejoy. II went TO the breaker
when / was eight years old, an II never
done me no hurt"
This conviction and the customs that
accomrany II are Rtii to he met with In the
mining regions Of other states.
The plan is complete" Mr. Lovejoy
wrote then "A boy II born; let him hasten
through his babyhood! Can he not see the
breaker needs his labor and the hut his
wages?
Daughters were unwclcome IN many
miners homes urtii tho enterprlsns SILK
manufacturer discovered the waste human
energy and began 10 plant silk mills every
whore among the cities and hamlets Of the
region Now, the daughter also has a
raison d'etre. But the boys-no boy ever
asks, Shall ! go TO the breaker or seek
some other way of living? He simply
goes"
Is It any wonder that Mr.. LoveJoy found
New-York tribune., 1912-01-07

other members Of the committee, VINO realiy
are interesting?" he suggested.
Indeed. they are interesting. as
glance at the list shows. Felix Adler Is
chairman of the committee. DR.. Adler
founder OF the Ethical Culture Society
said recently: In laying the burden OF
premature labor on the young we deprive
the Republic OF the citizenship to which It
is entitled"
No man in New York City is better
known in charitable work than Homer
Folks, one of the vice-chairman. v Everit
Macy is treasurer, and the board OF trus-
tees contains such we'll known social work.
crs anC phlanthropists as Jane Adams.
Isaac n. Seligman, Mrs. Florence Kelley
and Robert w. De Forest
Seven years ago the National Child Labor
Committee had fewer than fifty members
To-day it has a membership OF over five
thousand, covering an annual budget OF
nearly $50 ,OO0 With the committee are
affiliated all agencies promoting child well
fare, state committees, jurists. medical eX-
perts, womens clubs manufacturers or
ganizations and others.
There has been a constantly growing
spirit of cooperation on the part Of manu-
featuring and other interests. as we'll as
on the part of the general public.
This growth Of sentiment sometimes crops
up In unexpected places. How the coming
women feels about II was shown at Smith
College the other day. BreathlesS fresh
men and struggling seniors tugged their
own suitcases to the departing trains at
Christmas vacation time I'm their effort 10
discourage the small hoy from entering
street trades. This action had been recon-
mended by an editorial I'm the college paper
and was generally adopted. II was not
commended by shrewd little Northamp-
toni,es TO whom departing suitcases stood
for a splendid addition to their holiday
spending money.
But now Mr.. Loveioy had arisen and
was nervousy shutting his papers. while
clerk, who had Just announced the next
caller, was suggestiyely holding open the
door.
We'll. he laughed, with a gesture OF de-
spair. In response to a final desperate appeal
from the interviewer, III YOU must have
it-I was born In Michigan, and was grad
uated In 1891 from Albion College, OF which
YOU have probably never heard. file was
really beginning TO talk about himself! The
delighted inlu!sltor tried TO look familiar
with his alma mater,l | was married In
Michigan and preached there seven years.
Then came to Mount Vernon, where |
was pastor of a congregational church six
years. Then | took up this work That's
all told YOU there was nothing interest,"
ing about me"
The interview was over.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-07
Continued from third page.

half Of the Gamers voluntarily stopped us
ing children in their sheds. Their chief en-
ployrnent has been shipping beans, husking
corn, hulling berries, etc. Gamers do not
find child work particularly profitable, but
have stated that the labor Of mothers can
not be obtained unless the children go with
them AS a consequence, the committee $
labor has been blocked in that direction.
In one factory, which is not an isolated
case. were over one hundred little chill
oren. boys and girls. mostly girls-no adults,
except supplicrs and weighers and fore"
women. The boys were supplying beans.
The majority were from seven to nine
years old Shed work starts at a. m, and
has been known TO continue till midnight.
The New York state committee has led
in the efforts 10 better conditions in the
tenements and canneries. but so far with
out definite results. So the Empire State
is not yet an ideal model.
yes New York has much better laws
than many Of the other states Mr.. Love
10Y agreed. However, / do not believe in
LAYING too much stress on that fact, lest
other states might be tempted to regard
the New York laws as a model on which
10 base their own legislation. The laws OF
this state are, as yet, far from perfect
Mr.. I,ovejoy is far too practical man to
spend time in dilaung on what has been
ACCOMPLISHED. Somebody recently urged
him to write a book giving the history OF
the child labor movement up 10 date. lie
hadn't time. lie is too busy with the work
OF the present and future Some reformers
love A little New Years spree OF eloquchce
over the "Stupendous progress Of the last
year"
That's all in that report" he remarked
negligently tossing a pamphlet over 70 his
inteTylewor.
But look at this" he added. animatedly,
as he singled out a photograph Of pitt
ful little fve-year-Oid oyster shucker.
There is one Of thousand things We
have set 20 deal with"
There are still thlrty-hve states in the
Union IN which children Of under sixteen
Years may work more than eight hours
a day. though some OF these are among
the states that have taken feeble legisla-
tive stcrs IN the right direction this last
year
A large number OF states Stil employ
young boys in coal mines and quarrics. The
regulation Of street trades IS chgOtc. Hun
Greds Of young girls ard boys are being
sacrificed ir vaudeville and moving picture
SHOWS. Tne frult, vegetable and sea food
canning industries throughout tho country
remain practically exempt from all CHILD
labor restrictions. Law enforcement and
Cducational opportunity are almost lacking
in many sections MANY laws urged by the
committee last year failed 10 pass. Many
are stin pending. The adoption Of uniform
D. nj. f9.gt cal
chndren's bureau are oeing ardontly sought
by the committee.
One OF the members OF the Child Labor
Committee relates story that shows how
easily laws are violated. as well as the alb
solute wrong Of forcing children out into
the Industrial world.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-07

his new field Of work a fascinating STUDY
and gave himself up to it for life?
Another field toward which he is direct
Ing his attention at present is the Gulf
States. where shrimp pckers and oyster
pickers are employed.
eyes. I'm learnin' her de trade" proudly
remarked the mother of a three-year-old girl
whose baby fingers were trying to keep up
with those OF her older sister in the
"shuckIng" Five cents day rewards the
struggle of many little fve-year-oid IN
the effort to separate the rough, heavy
shells.
According to the report of an investigator,
work begins often at O'Clock in the
morning on the low cars of oysters, that
have been steamed that they may be more
readily opened On busy days they con-
tinue work until about o'clock in the
afternoon.
Shrimp packing Is a more irregular work.
because the weather conditions affect tho
catch shrimp packers cannct usually
work over six hours because tie nuld OF
the shrimp affects the fingers of the pick
ers In the evening sore and bleeding I'M
gers are treated with a solution of alum.
to harden them for the next days work
bill" bright nye-year-old, said he
made Is cents a day.
YES" his mother said. "he kin when
he wants to work. but he won't keep at 1t.
An eleven-year-old girl earns 81 day
! when shrimbs are big; and boy of twelve,
who has worked four years. made sj7 in
three months last year. Often children
srond the winter IN Southern canning fac
tories. and come North In the summer to
nick berries i'm New Jersey, Delaware and
] Norvlard. For recreation they tend the
babies. Little ones, when work becomes
unerdurahle, rock the cradles or tote" the
babies around until they feel like working
again
Little Mary. an eght-year-old worker,
said: II shucks SIX pots day when |
don't got de baby wild me. an two pots II
/ got him"
Help must he had by these cannerics, aud
It certainly IS hard to get
Not only are the committees efforts TO
get Information for prospective legislation
frequently blocked by the interests affected,
but laws once passed are nagrantly Vo-
lated
Down IN a South Carolina mill an enact
atcd little elf. weighing perhaps forty
! elEnt IOuuuS, "bIhtu from n q CLOCK dN
night till I'm the morning-so tiny that she
had TO climb up on her machine frame u
reach the topmcst spindlcs In anothe:
mill in North Carolina were found at work
nine or ten children obviously under the
legal age OF twelve years, but none was
! positively SO reported
| In still another mill little spinner was
at work on the day shift She was lfty-
one inches tall, ran four sides, earned IS
cents a day and had been In the mill two
years
Another industry that for a great many
years has been largo employer OF child
labor Is glass manufacturing. Ohio aud
Illinois have led in legislation betterrg
conditions In this direction There 4; much
to I've done Many little nisht workers
were found in the glass factories who com
monty finished their labor about a. m, and
then slept at the factories, instead OF going
! home
But Mr., Loveioys time was up,
| why don't you call on some OF the
New-York tribune., 1912-01-07
WOLVES ARE INCREASING.

One of the most destructive natural ene-
mics OF the elk was formerly the puma, or
mountain lion. 1t no longer cuts a figure
i'm the problem. however, having been prac-
ticaly extermnated by hunters in the jack
son Hole region. On the other hand, wolves,
which used to be unknown there, are now
common and increasing in numbers. They
first appeared about a dozen years ago.
following the introduction Of stock. AS
they seem TO he able TO kill elk whenever
they feel like doing So they must destroy
very many-frequenty two or more attack
ing the prey in concert. Usually they begin
by hamstringing the animal, and thereupon
dcvour the eyes. the udder and other choice
tIdbits,. seldom returning TO the carcass, but
preferring a fresh victim.
The plans of the Biological Survey include
the removal Of many of the elk to other
New-York tribune., 1912-01-07
STARVING TO DEATH. EVEN THE
WILLOW BARK AND TWiGS
EATEN TO THE LAST MORSEL.

jackson Hole, and which is part Of the
valley Of Snake River, In Northwestern
Wyoming. Spending the summer in the
mountains. the animals are forced by cold
weather TO seek lower levels, where a
lighter snowfall and a milder climate in
sure more favorable forage conditions.
Their primitive winter range has gradually
been reduced by the encroachment of civli-
zation. until the basin in question has be-
come their principal stronghold. Here until
recent years they have Jared well, except
in an occasional abnormal winter, but with
increased settlement in the valley has come
depletion Of the range by grazing. The elk
have come down in their old. or even aug
mented, numbers, only TO find their former
haunts shorn of forage by cattle and sheep,
and great suffering and loss OF life have
resulted
New-York tribune., 1912-01-07
THE MOST NUMEROUS CLASS.

Abroad they take all Americans fer mill.
lonaires." said Henry =. Dixey al the Play
ers' club In New York, but, as a matter
Of fact the majority OF US are a good deal
like Brewster.
Grandma said Brewster's young son
che day, which of my parents do resem-
bic?
Both the grandmother answered You
have your mothers remarkable capacity for
spending money and your fathers absolute
genius for not making it,"
New-York tribune., 1912-01-07
rHE OFFJCESEEKER.

Senator Bourne was talking about con-
frmed officeseeker.
His little son." said Senator Bourne,
Cooked UP from his history lesson one
night and said TO his mother:
Mother, IL anything should happen 70
the King of England. who would be King"
1.-The Prince of Wales his mother an
swered
..'If the Prince Of Wales should die, who
would be King thenT
THE mother hesitated She stammered
something or other. 1t was plain she didn I
really know who would succeed the Prince
of Wales. Then the boy interrupted her.
"'Well' he said, with sigh, anyhow l
hope father won't try for it, "
New-York tribune., 1912-01-07

starve. Second is the question of the pre-
vention of illegal killing. Third is the
matter OF defence against the wolves,
which, unless something is done TO destroy
them, will certainly become more numerous
and increase their depredations proportion
ately. Fourth is the plan for transferring
some of the animals to game preserves
maintained under federal or state auspices
in other parts of the country. And fifth H.
the establishment Of winter refuge.
The Biological Survey deems absolutely
necessary such refuge, where the natural
forage can be preserved by excluding cat
tie and sheep during the summer. 1t must
New-York tribune., 1912-01-07

be of adequate size, of course, and should
comprise pasture lands as well as mea-
dows An ideal situation would include also
a tract of somewhat elevated land, to
which the animals could retire when not
feeding
Undoubtedly at least one such refuge,
and possibly two or three, will be soon es-
tablished d. C. Nowlin, formerly the
wyoming State Game Warden, has sug-
gested the use in this way, for elk, moose
and other game. of part of the valley OF
the Gros Ventre River. This area is en-
braced by the Teton national forest, ana
includes several claims occupied by stock
ranchers, which could easily be acquired
| by condemnation and purchase.
Fortunately elk are fairly prolific animals
New-York tribune., 1912-01-07

year by hunters. There is considerable
poaching-that is, Illegal killing Of the ami
mals--by men who frequent and even reside
in the jackson Hole region, for the sake
of making their living wholly or in part
from game. These lawbreakers regard the
elk as their natural prey. But lowest IN
the scale of all the enemies Of the elk is
the tooth hunter-the human brute who
for the sake of gaining a dollar or two,
kills the noble creatures. and, taking only
their tusks leaves the carcasses to rot,
Under cover of the mail he forwards his
booty undetected to dealers in the cities,
who dispose of it to thoughtless purchas'
ers.
From 5000 to 5000 elk habitually range
in the southern part of the Yellowstone
Park, and most of them spend the winter
in a region TO the south. commonly called