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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-12
Or Pay $4,000 Into City
Treasury After May, 1913.
MORE THAN z MILES OF LINES
Kansas Avenue, Clay Street and
Eighth Avenue.
Make Good Promise for a
CrOss-City Routing.

If the Topeka Railway company does
not build more than two miles of ex-
tensions in different parts of the city
before May, 1913, they will forfeit a
SO, 600 bond. One extension is from
Seventeenth and Kansas avenue to the
city limits on the avenues blocks
Another from Tenth avenue to Fourth
street on Clay street-6 blocks. The
third from Eighth avenue and Clay
street to Summit street-12 blocks
Officials at the city hall do not believe
that the railway company will attempt
to make these extensions. Furthermore
they intimate that the company has no
intention of forfeiting the bond without
a fight in the courts. 1t remains for
the city, then, according to the officials
to bring suit against the company
The agreement to extend the lines
was made two years ago with the
mayor and council after long fight
over the new franchise. In order to
cnnch the extensions the city asked for
$4,000 good will deposit. The railway
company would give a bond and the
city conceded.
The street railway will have to begin
pretty soon if they finish the work by
the middle of May next year" Commits
S1oner Tandy limited this afternoon 81
don believe they are figuring build
mayor and council with tears in their
eyes, asking for certain concessions which |
tHey CANNED were Tor the good of the |
dear people. They yelled about the many
advantages of a cross town system on |
Clay street from Tenth avenue to Fourth |
street They said that the traffic demand |
ed it-that the congestion down town was |
1nconvenient to the suffering passengers. |
But they haven't built their cross town |
system. They have turned down a Gage |
park line. They were given their privi- |
leees on certain lines and now they ap- |
parently have forgotten all about their |
promises.
The city will bring suit against that /
bond If the forfeit is not made. There |
will be no fooling around about it. Per- |
sonally [ believe that the street railway
people figure that the bond is wortTpl esS.
But if they cling to that decision we will
try and prove differently
Albert NJ. Patten. general superintend-
ent of the Topeka and Wichita street
systems, will have nothing to say
on the bond proposition. He insists that
the earnings will not warrant extensions
this year but he makes no predictions for
next year outside of the promise that if
the business is worth it a double track
will be built to Garfield park
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-12
VOTE FOR STRIKE
More Than $4,000 Eastern En-
gineers Favor WaIkOut.
Will Give Railroads Chance to
Come to Terms.

New York, April 12.-By a major
1ty of more than 1000 out of 25, 600
votes cast. locomotive engineers on
fifty railroads east of Chicago and
north of the Norfolk & Western have
have authorized a strike, should fur
ther negotiations with the railroads
for increased pay fail.
The count was completed at noon
and the result. announced by Warren
s. Stone, grand chief of the Brother
c. Stuart, chairman of the General
Managers association of the railroads.
The general managers have called a
meeting here April 5 to consider the
result. The engineers officers have
notified Mr.. Stuart they would remain
here for "a reasonable time to await
a counter proposition. The orginial
demands of the engineers for increases
in pay aggregating Is per cent re
Gently were rejected by the railroads
cent of the engineers had voted to au-
thorize strike.
In his letter Mr.. Stone asks if the
railroads have any counter proposition
to make and notifies Mr.. Stuart that if
none is received a strike on the so roads
is subject to call at any time.
In addition to the $1,000 members of
proximately $4,000 members of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
and Enginemen also had voted. Their
vote, he said, was overwhelmingly in
favor of a strike.
1.-THE result speaks for ITSELF Mr..
Stone said. 1.-The next move is up to
the railroads.
ter proposition, will you call a striker
he was asked
THAT is not a fair question at this
time,' he replied. 81 cannot answer"
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CAUGHT BY WIRELESS
Antonio Spirri Doesn't Know He Is to
Be Arrested.

San Francisco, April 12.-Chased and
caught by wireless, Antonio Spirri,
passenger on the Matson liner Will
helminia, which sailed last Wednes-
day, thinks he is going to Honolulu,
but he is not. He's going to be ar
rested
Spirri is a theatrical strongman.
When he signed for an engagement in
Honolulu his wife refused to accom-
pany him
During her absence, she complains he
entered her room and departed with
$500 worth of wearing apparel. Wire
less messages located Spirri on the
Wilhelminia today. Instructions for
his arrest and return for trial on
charges of grand larceny were then
transmitted to the captain.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-12
FINDS OLD DIAMOND.
Hotel Man Discovers Historic Stone in
Crack in Floor.

New York, April 12.-Ulysses Gar
mier, a distinguished F'renchman who
visited America a year ago, will re-
ceive a cablegram from William K.
Vanderbilt at his home in Paris today
announcing the recovery of a diamond
pin which he lost while on a motor
trip on Long Island last spring The
gem was valued at several thousand
dollars and had once been the property
of Queen Marie Antoinette, who wore
it as an earring.
When a cursory search last spring
failed to reveal the pin, Mr.. Wander
bilt hired a squad of detectives to go
over the entire route which the auto
mobile party had covered. The pin was
not recovered until yesterday when
hotel employee at Lake Ronkonkoma
came upon it in a crevice of the floor
of a cloak room.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-12
THEY CALL IT A LEAGUE
Kansas City School Teachers Are
Organizing a Union.

Kansas City, April 12.-Public
school teachers of this city are form
ing a league among themselves that is
to be a mutual benefit organization to
promote their interests.
''It isn't to be union, but it will
be on that order" said one of the or
ganizers today. Heretofore the teach
ers have feared to go before the school
board with suggestions or requests
because they did not know whether
the other teachers would support
them. Through a teachers league we
could make suggestions as a whole
that would, result in great benefit to
the school system here. The league
will not be for the purpose of fight
ing the school board"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-12
FOR CLARK
The State VIII Send IS Instructed
Delegates to Baltimore.

Little Rock, Ark, April 12.-Out of
$50 delegates to the Democratic state
convention elected at the primaries
onlv three were instructed for Profess
or Wilson. More than 200 are IN
structed for Champ Clark, and II
counties which sent uninstructed dele
gates have adopted resolutions en-
dorsing Clark for the presidency. This
makes it certain that Clark will have
1S delegates to Baltimore.
The Wilson managers admit that
they are hopelessly beaten in this state,
although prior to the primaries they
claimed and apparently expected to
get at least an even break in the dele
The state convention will be held
Tuna
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-12
BACK AT OYSTER BAY.
Colonel Roosevelt Finishes Up His
Weeks Campaigning.

Oyster Bay, n. Y. April 12--His
week Of campaigning through West
Virginia, Kentucky, Illinois and Penn
syIvania ended, Colonel Roosevelt has
returned to Oyster Bay. He said he
was greatly pleased with the result
of his trip, especially by what he had
seen in Illinois and Pennsylvania.
Suggestions which had arisen in
some quarters as to a compromise can
didate for the presidential nomination
were referred to Colonel Roosevelt
last night and made it clear that so
far as he was concerned there could
be no compromise. He said he would
fight it out to a finish.
Nobody must dare suggest COM
promise to me-" he declared
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-12
HITS PREACHERS HARD
Cost of Living Has Doubled But
Salaries Are the same.

That the clergy has suffered more Sc
vereIy than any other class from the
increased cost of living is the state
ment made by the Methodist confer
ence here in a resolution requesting
the appointment of a commission to
present the need of larger salaries to
church members throughout this sec
ton
Many churches, it is stated have not
raised their pastors salaries in 20
years, although the cost of living has
doubled in that time.
'Self-respect, courage and holy pow
er dependent not upon the asceticism
of the medieval church but upon
reasonable supply of the common ne
cessities of life,'' the conferences de-
Cided
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-12

E. C. Duncan, Republican national
committeeman from North Carolina.
The president went to New York yes
terday and addressed his classmates of
Yale '7S and the Union League club
there last night.
New York, April 12.-President Taft
charged last night that many of those
persons who advocate the recall of
judges or the recall of judicial decis-
ions are insincere demagogues, acting
without sufficient knowledge of the
need for preservation of the constitu-
ton or its guarantees. Some of tie
men who preach the recall, he said
were sincere, but all of them acted
from desire to propose change rath-
er than with any definite plan for the
of conditions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-12
BOMB IN A TAXI.
Blast Wrecks the Car and Shakes the
NeighborhoOd.

Paris. April ia bomb exploded
inside a taxi auto in the Rue de Lyon
this morning. The blast shook the
neighborhood and wrecked the motor
car. The chauffeur and several Pc
destrians We're injured.
The outrage is believed to have been
committed by chauffeurs. MANY of
whom have been on strike for over
two months. The taxicab was passing
along the Rue de Lyon from the Place
de La Bastille to the great railroad
depot of the Lyons line. Many win
doWs in the VICINITY were smashed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-12
FOOTBALL KILLS MORE
Bull Fighting Less Fatal Than Col
Iege Games.

New York, April I'm an effort
to show that football is a more brutal
and deadly sport than bull fighting, a
statistician here has compiled a table
showing the total casualties in Spain
from bull fighting during 1911. There
were S72 bull fights held, attended by
100000 persons, but only ten bull
fighters were killed and 16 injured.
The fatalities among the animals, how
ever, are shown to have totaled 400
bulls and $500 horses.
The football casualties for 1911 were
given as 8 killed and sos injured. In
1909. there were 33 deaths.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-12
Lee HARDESTY KILLED
Kansas City Mans Narrow Escape in
Auto Accident.

Fowler. Colo, April 12-E. Lee Hard
esty, president of the Hardesty Ditch and
reservoir company and a prominent
stockman of Fowler. was almost instant
ly killed when his auto turned turtle on
the Santa Fe trail. seven miles from here
last night Mr. Hardesty was attempting
to pass another automobile when his ma
china ran into a sand bank and turned
over c. NJ Blanchard of Fowler and e.
e Crews of Kansas City. who were in
the auto with him, were thrown out but
escaped serious injury.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-12
CALL RICHESON INSANE
SLAYER of Girl Still Out of Mind, Coun-
sci Declares.

Boston, April IA conference
held late last night between District
Attorney Pelletier and William A.
Morse. counsel for the Rev. Clarence
v, T. Richeson, who. is under sentence
to die next month, is believed to have
related to the proposed attempt by Mr..
Morse to secure from Governor Foss
a communication of the death sentence.
The ground for a plea of clemency put
forth by Mr.. Morse is that Richeson
at the time of the murder was insane
and is so now.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-12
was with her.

MISS cara ISaEbOI, VINO Dleu 1oudS.
Miss Barton had been confined to
her home, "Red Cross at Glen Echo,
since last fall, when she returned from
a visit to New England. 1t was thought
her trip was beneficial, but soon af-
terward size was taken seriously ILL.,
She celebrated her ninetieth birthday
anniversary December %
Miss Barton might properly be call
ed the Florence Nightingale of Amer
lea. Like her British prototype, her
works of mercy were not confined tc
her native land but were carried even
into the eastern hemisphere She VIII
be written down in history as the
founder of the Red Cross in America
hut her powerful personality almost
made an indeIible impression on the in
ternational organization itself through
her active participation in the period
zeal conferences at Geneva, Carlsruhe,
Rome, Vienna and st. Petersburg.
Her Philanthropic Work.
Miss Barton was 40 years of age
when she first turned her attention to
the great works of humanity which
have made her name famous. The
Red Cross was established in America
in 1881 and Miss Barton was its presi-
dent from that date until 1904 Before
that time she had made a name for
herself by her services on DattleneldS
beginning in the civil war and extend
ing through the Franco-P -Prussian war.
Congress recognized her good offices in
the first case by an appropriation of
$4,000 to be disbursed by her in search
ing for missing men after the various
battles of the war.
Miss Barton's work became more ex-
tended with the organization of the
American Red Cross and covered the
new field of catastrophes in time of
peace She distributed relief to the
sufferers from the Johnstown flood and
went to Russia in 1892 to carry food to
the famine sufferers there. In the fol-
loving year she was ministering to the
destitute survivors of the tidal wave
which struck South Carolina and
Florida. In 1896 she was aiding the Ar
Irenian families Disseminated by the
Turks and when yellow fever appeared
among the American troops in Cuba
following the battles around Santiago,
it was Clara Barton, who, at the re-
quest of President Nc ckinley, organized
field hospitals and personally spent her
time on the battle lines. Her last work
of national Importance was in connec-
tion with the great Galveston flood re-
lief in 1900.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-12
THE WARMEST DAY.
Mercury Reaches Nearly to the Eighty
Mark.

This is the warmest day since last
October. The temperatures averaged
II degrees above normal. A wind blow
ing 20 miles an hour from the south
east is making unsettled conditions.
There have been scattered showers in
Kansas in past "a hours. Cooler
weather is expected by Saturday even
ing. In the meantime, there may be
an April shower or two The hourly
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-12
HE CHEATED GALLOWS
James Jefferson takes Poison During
Death Watch.

Columbus, Ga. April 12.-James
Jefferson, who was to have been hang
ed here today. committed suicide by
taking poison in his cell today and
died in spite of the efforts of doctors.
Where he got the drug is not known.
Jefferson shot and killed Policeman
Marion Marchante while resisting ar
rest several months ago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-12
Two New Bishons.

New York, April 12.-At the con-
Guiding session of the Episcopal house
of bishops, held in the synod of the
cathedral of ST. John the Divine, the
Rev. George Boilers, jr., formerly of
New Jersey, was elected bishop of
South Dakota, and the Rev. Herman
Page of Chicago was elected bishop of
New Mexico.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-12
FIVE SLAIN IN SLEEP.
Head of Each Victim Crushed With
an Axe.

San Antonio, Tex, April 12-Wm.
Burton, his wife, two children and
Leon Ayers, his brother-in-law, all
negroes, were murdered while asleep
in their homes here today.
The head of each victim appears to
have been crushed with an axe and
butcher knives were found sticking in
all bodies except those of the children.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-12
MISS BARTON DIES FORFEIT BIC BOND
Founder of Railway
Society Away peka Extensions
At Her Home at Glen Echo, Or Pay $4,000 City
Md, Aged 81. Treasury After May,
DUE TO CHRONIC PNEUMONIA MORE THAN z MILES OF LINES
Had Been Suffering With the Kansas Avenue
Disease About
She Carried Relief Work in Make
Two Wars. CrOss-City Routing.
Founder of American Red Cross
Society Passes Away
At Her Home at Glen Echo,
Nd, Aged 81.
DUE TO CHRONIC PNEUMONIA
Had Been Suffering With the
Disease About a Year.
She Carried on Relief Work in
Two Wars.

Washington, April 12.-Miss Clara
Barton, founder of the American Red
Cross society," died at her home in
Glen Echo. Md, today. The cause was
chronic pneumonia, with which she
was stricken about year ago. Her
brother, stephen Barton of Boston,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-12
Sketch of Her Life.

Clara Barton, widely known milan
thropist, was born in Oxford. Miss.
in 1921 She was a daughter of Can
tain Stephen and Sally Stone Barton.
She graduated from the Clinton. n.
Y. Liberal institute and taught school
for ten years. During the Civil war
she did relief work on many battle
fields and organized a bureau to CON
duct a search for missing men. There
were hundreds of them at the close of
the war and so we'll did she direct
this work that congress voted $4,000
to help in it. In 1866 she laid out the
grounds for the National cemetery at
Andersonville.
Then she associated herself with
the International Red Cross society of
Geneva and worked throughout the
FrancO-Prussian war. She distribut-
ed relief in Strassburg, Belfort. Mont
pelier and Paris and later secured the
adoDtion of the treaty of Geneva by
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-12
President Taft Makes General
Attack on Political AgitatOrs
In Speech Before Union
League Club in New York.
SAYS DESIRE FOR CHANGE
Is the Basis for the Present
Public Unrest.
No Definite Plan for Improve
ment of Conditions.

Washington, April 12.-President Taft
returned to the capital from New York
this morning shortly after O'Clock.
He was accompanied by his brother,
Charles P. Taft, Senator Root and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-12
WEATHER RECORD.

The following are observations of the
United States weather bureau for the "a
hours ending at o'clock this morning.
giving the high mark yesterday and the
lowest point recorded last night:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-12
Weather Indication..

Chicago, April 12.-Forecast for KAN
sas: Unsettled probably with showers
tonight or Saturday. Cooler in west
portion tonight.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-12
Son of the Eighteenth Presi-
dent of the U. s.
Expires Suddenly in His Room
at a New York Hotel.
COMES WITHOUT WARNING
Death Is a Surprise to His
Family and Friends.
Presence in the City Unknown
TO the Public.

New York, April 12.-General Fred
erick d. Grant, commander of the de-
partment of the east. and son of the
famous civil war general. died sud
denly at midnight at the Hotel Buck
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-12
Games POSTPONED.

Games POSIpOneu.
st. Louis, April 12.-National: st.
uis-Pittsburg game postponed; rain
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ATrs. Grant's Statenent.

According to Mrs Grant the gem
eraI retired about II O'Clock Half
an hour later he was seized with a
choking attack which awoke his wife.
she shook the general and called 70
him. but he did not respond. Rush
ing to telephone, she notified the
night clerk to call a physician. DR..
Abbey, who at first could not be
found, suddenly appeared, and he and
The Washington herald., 1912-06-25
MRS. KERN INDoRsED.
Woman Attorney Recommended
for Board of Education.

Woman Attorney Recommended
for Board of Education.
Mrs. Edith KInEman Kern, a prominent
clubwoman and local attorney. was IN
dorsed by the Toner and Grant Home
and School Association last night at a
meeting OF the organization in the Grant
School for appointment as member Of
the Board OF Education TO I'LL the va
cancy caused by the refusal Of Miss
Mabel T. Boardman. secretary OF the
American Red Cross, TO serve.
The name OF Mrs. Kern will be pre-
sented to-day by prominent members OF
the association to the District Supreme
Court for consideration. Mrs. Kern is
president OF the Association.
George W. Linklns, OF 1873 G Street
Northwest a real estate operator, paid
glowing tribute to Mrs. Kern in an ad-
dress following the introduction OF reso-
lutions indorsing the president OF the or
EanizatiOn for the position on the Board
Of Education.
Justice Wright said yesterday after
noon that announcement OF the appoint
ment will not he made for about a week
Tne only other woman who has been
mentioned for the vacancy IS Mrs. Will
lam E. Andrews, president Of the District
Federation OF Women's Clubs.
The Washington herald., 1912-06-25

state that only about one cat in . hun
dred catches a rat, however many catch
mice.
Trap Plan Humane.
The trap plan would be q humane
way Of keeping down the danger. and
would be inexpensive. While our sppro-
priatlon for labor at the pound has been
cut down this year. that would not stand
in our way in enforcing this regulation,
because one laborer could set the traps
out In the evening from a wagon. and
the same one man make the rounds in
the morning and gather up the traps and
their contents. We would try to catch
them with nets. Persons who have not
given thought to the matter and are In
clined to poke fun at the Commissioners
because OF this amendment to the police
regulations are liable to md themselves
mistaken II they think the ordinance
could not be carried out. We viii ex-
pertinent with the trap idea, on the basis
that II is a humane and inexpensive way
to do the work"
Upon Commissioner Johnston's return
to his desk to-day he will find before him
strong complaint from the Washington
Cat Club against the ordinance. and
the city are behind IL Mrs. Henry L
West, the president OF the club, said yes
terday that the women OF the city who
own cats OF the better class are not dis
posed to sit idly by and see ordinances
such as the one in question put into ef-
fect, knowing as they say they do. that
II will affect valuable pets as well as the
alley cat at which II is aimed.
Health department oficials here are
watching with keen interest the situation
now confronting Chicago, in which there
Are said 70 a million aNr
Chicago health authorities are attempt
ing TO devise some means Of getting ria
OF them. Hundreds OF them, OF course.
are starving to death, and II would seem
TO be but a humane thing TO end their
existence.