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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-12

pleasant meadow. Not far away, be-
hind clump of trees, he saw house,
but the foreground was occupied by
Celia, who stared commiseratingly at
him.
look all in. Why aye come p
You dared me, Celia"
But I'd have let you off if I'd
up to the house and get something
for you-a cup Of milk, or some
Never mind, Celia. I'll be all
Clinton Brookel You mind what
I sayi' There was tone of author
ity in her voice. and Brooke, who
found that he was a little shaky on
his feet, obeyed without dispute
He threw himself down on the grass
and watched her walk briskly to
ward the house behind the trees.
Moves like a goddess ..d,5 he : n mur >,
Suddenly a wild scream startled
him.
ooh. Gin! Help. Gin. Help!''
He sprang to his feet and sprinteai
the end like a college quarterback
making a touchdown and beheld
Celia, her back against a tree, star
ing panic stricken at a mild-eyed COW
and screaming at the top of her lungs.
tfGIOry! She's human after all!
chortled Brooke joyously under his
breath and in a half a minute he held
her in his arms. Celia, darling, "
he soothed, don't be frightened.
won't let the-I won't let anything
hurt your
"It's that awful bull, Clin!'' sobbed
Celia. smuggling her face against the
protecting shoulder. "And his aW-
full, awful hornsI"
It know, sweetheart" He patted
her back comfortably. Don't look
at the-the frightful beast again!"
He winked apoIogetically at the gen
tie Jersey. I'VE will go to the house
III be between you and the-the bull
all the way. I'D like to stand be-
tween you and all danger always,
may I, Celia?'' Celia raised her head
and nodded mo don't look, darl
ingl'' He softly covered her eyes with
one hand, and with his arm about
her waist led her trustingly away
copyrighted 1912 by Associated
Literary Press.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-12
.LAYHAWKER JOTS

Peter Mumm, of Selden. Sheridan
county, probably isn't at all that way.
The chances are good that Miss
Pauline Lemon of Pratt is an exceed
ingly sweet girl.
Projected by the Lindsborg News
Nitascope. Even the owl thinks he
knows who's Who"
Always, after reading the per capita
wealth statement of Kansas, says mar
~ Leonard in his Harper Sentinel we
have the socialistic feeling that some
one owes us lot and should "divvy''
up.
Some local news in the Americas
Greeting; a few got their ears frozen
the past week. DR.. Brickell is experi-
encing a compound case of concealed
auriculars due to exposure to zero
zephyrs.
Under heading. Turned Turtle"
the Pratt Union reports as follows:
Two gentlemen ran a foot race on
Main street Tuesday noon one was a
safe winner, when he skidded and
turned turtle If he had worn either
chains or frost nails. he would have
won the race hands down.
Two pages of last weeks BuckIfn
Banner came off the press upside
down. Editor Miller Will break ali
precedents in the Kansas newspaper
world, if, in this weeks issue of his
paper. he does not couple his apology
with the merry jest that his readers
would have had no trouble in perusing
those pages had they stood on their
heads.
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POSTSCRIPT
WILKINS is DEAD.
University Man Pays Penalty for
Death of Woman.
May Be Last Capital Punishment
in State.

San Francisco. Jan. 12.-Mark A.
wilkins, VINO was convicted of the
murder of Mrs. VERNE Carmen with
whom he elOped from Kansas City in
1907. was hanged at San Quentin prison
at 1921 a. m. today. The body was
pronounced dead and taken from the
Scaffold at 10.47
Just before being taken from the
death chamber Wilkins made the fol-
lowl- 1arement to Warden Hoyle:
L want you to say for me. as my
last words on earth that 1 am an inno-
cent man. and have no fear of death.
Express my deep gratitude to those
who have been active in trying to Sc
cure a pardon
wilkins slept soundly all night He
dressed carefully and announced to his
guard that he was ready. Two priests
spent the hour preceding the execution
alone with him.
Had He Planned Suicide.
The condemned man walked with
firm step to the death chamber where
a small company of physicians, news
paper men and county representatives
were waiting. The cap an. moose were
adjusted and the trap sprung in less
sharpened to a razor edge was found
in wilkins prayer book after the ex-
ccution.
They EIOped From Kansas City.
Wilkins was convicted in Oakland,
Cal, of having murdered Mrs VERNE
Carmen, with whom he had eloped
from Kansas City early in 1907 He
was university man and an engineer,
and had been friendly for years with
the womans husband. The couple lived
in this city for a time, finally moving
to Oakland
They mingled little with neighbors,
but in July, 1907. it was noticed that
the woman had disappeared.
In November, 1907, the womAn's
body was exhumed from a grave be-
meath the stable of the house where
Wilkins was still living. It had been
buried in quick lime. Wilkins was ar
rested and promptly convicted of muir
der.
Husband Thought Her Dead.
Kansas City, Jan. 12.-Mrs. Vernie
Carmen, for whose death Mark A.
Wilkins was sentenced to die, was the
daughter of Henry P. Linderman, a
hotel proprietor at Sheffield, No, a
suburb of Kansas City. She was the
wife of Louis L. Carmen, a railroad
engineer, from whom she had separ |
ated a year before her death.
Carmen thought his wife had been |
killed in q railroad wreck near Spring
field, Mo-, where he lived, but when
he learned that Wilkins was under ar
rest for the murder of a woman in !
California he decided to go there and
view the woman's body. Carmen iden- |
titled the body as that of his wife by
a dentists chart that he took from !
Kansas City. He and his wife were
never divorced
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-12
FEEDING PLACES FOR BIRDS.
Supt- Reinisch Tells How They Are
Cared for at Gage Park.

E. f. A. Reinisch, superintendent OF
the Topeka park system, says that
birds need feed this weather. He sug
gests that boys erect feeding places for
them in the back yards.
1.-The wild birds are regularly fed
every winter in Gage park. but they
have never appreciated this little care
is scarce when the ground is covered
with heavy coat of snow said MI
Reinisch. 1.-The red birds and snow
birds come every day for their meals,
which are served to them on especially
constructed feeding tables.
THE quail and sparrows feed with
the buffalos and deer and seldom
come to the feeding tables. IL fakes
quite a while for the red birds to get
used to the little platform, sheltered by
an overhanging roof. but after they
become thoroughly acquainted with IL
they rather eat from the table than
from the ground. The feeding tables
the ground also afford more safety
from cats and better lookout in gen
eral.
There are more birds wintering in
the parks every succeeding year on
account of the paintings of trees and
shrubs and especially evergreens.
which become taller and denser as
in the form of the many different
kinds OF berries and seeds.
1T would be one of the most inter
esting and instructive pastiines for
boys and girls Of the city to erect feed
ing places in the back yards or some
convenient place in view of window
and feed them every day. Wood peck
ers like some chopped suet or meat
the best, while the red birds, snow
birds, etc, eat grain"
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HIS WIFE KNEW 1T
Mrs. NIcNIanigal Confirms Much of Her
Husbands Confession.

indianapolis. Jan. 12.-Ortie Nc
ManigaTs confession, particularly with
reference to others who helped him in
the dynamite conspiracy. was con-
firmed in important details by the
dynamiter's wife, who was examined
today by officials in charge of the fed
eral grand jury investigation
From conversations she had with
her husband in Chicago, Mrs. Nc
Manigal, it is said, was able to tell
much about the man who approached
Mechanical when he was working on
building in Detroit. in June, 1907, and
induced him to begin the many ex
plosions on open jobs" This man
went to Detroit from Indianapolis and
professed to have instructions and
money from J. J. Mcnamara.
After Mechanical took to dynamiting
regularly he frequently met in Chi
cago men who, it is asserted. talked
about places to be blown up. Mrs.
McManigal was questioned about her
husbands carrying explosives through
Chicago to points in Wisconsin, Mis-
souri, and Iowa and about persons who
accompanied him when he blew up a
place in South Chicago, January "a,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-12
THE UNCoNoUERED AIR.


$500
Others endure Mans rule; he therefore
shan endure i'll. the uncOnquered
Imagines this triumphant strength may
bear
His paltry sway. yea, ignorantly dreams,
Because proud Rhea now his vassai
And Neptune him obeys in b1lIowy lar,
That he a more sublime assault may
dare
Where blown by tempest wild the vul-
ture screams!
Presumptuous. he mounts: 1 toss ms
Back from the height supernal he has
braved;
Az, as his vessel nears my perilous
blow the coclle-shen away like chaff
And give him to the sea he has en-
He founders in its depths; and then I
qai1)
Inpregnable I held myself, secure
Against intrusion. Who can measure
Man?
How should I guess his mortal viii
Defeat so far that danger could allure
For its own sake2-that he would all en-
dure,
Forego the daring dreams Olympian
That prophesy to him of victory sure?
All, tameIess Courage! dominating power
That, all attempting, in a deafness hour
Made earth-born Titans godlike, in re-
VOLT
Fear IS the fire that melts Icarian wings:
Who fears not Fate, nor Time, nor what
May drive Apollo's streets. or WELD the
thunderboIti
Florence Earle Coates, in Harper's.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-12
ADVER TTSIIFG TALKS
By WILLIAM c. FRpEBdAN

The Representatives. club of New York
ian organization composed of magazine
advertising mem recently gave banquet
and entertainment at the Hotel Aston
which was mighty successful affair.
The banquet was arranged prim aTi1N,
to plan the sending of a delegation from
the club to the convention of Ad clubs,
which will be held in Dallas, Tex, this
year.
The REPRESENTATIVES club sent the
largest delegation to the Boston conven-
ton last year of any club in America, and
it wishes to have equally large repre-
sentation at Dallas.
At this banquet there were over eight
hundred men present, every one of whom
had a direct interest in advertising The
gathering represented every phase of the
advertising business
There are something like $500 advertis-
ing men all over the cOuntry-memberS
of advertising clubs-who in conjunction
with the reputable business men in every
community. are fighting earnestly and
without monetary reward, to better ad-
vertising and business conditions.
And that they are succeeding in their
fight is evidenced by the fact that
fraudulent and offensive advertisement
columns of all publications.
When this finally does come to pass
and it won't take many years more to
bring about this condition-then mer-
chants and manufacturers who do bust
ness on right lines, whose advertising an
noun cements can be believed in absolute
Twill reap the fullest measure of re-
turn to their advertisements.
Those publications that are now bar
ring out unreliable advertisers are giving
printed in their columns, and they SHOULD
receive the support of every reputable
advertiser in their community
Go be c0ndnued.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-12
KANSAS COMNENT
TAFT WAS RIGHT AGAIN.

A month ago there were numerous
critics of the decision in the Tobacco
that there would be no beneficial results.
In answer to those critics, President
Taft said that the man or organization
who would deliberately violate the spirit
of the decision in that case, would be
taking great risk. Today the result of
that decision is being seen. The buyers
of all the companies which formerly con-
stituted the trust, are. buying individual
ly, and entirely independent of each
other, with the result that the condition
in - tobacco market is vastly improved,
and the position taken by the president
is proved to be the correct one--Clay
Center Republican.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-12
SHOW COURT COSTS
Clerks of Courts Reports just Made
Index to Controversy.

In his quarterly report filed today
with the county commissioners, Rich
ard L. Thomas, clerk of the district
court. shows the receipts of his Of
lice for the previous three months aE-
gregated in cash S1.42543 OF this
amount $5O.25 was received in notary
fees
The gross business OF the office for
the quarter amounted to S2.695.43. OF
this amount $1,27O remains uncollect-
ed The cash fees of the office for
the quarter, less notary fees, amounted
to S1.375.1S.
Rad NJ Lee, clerk of the court OF
Topeka, also sent a report to the
board. Reports are submitted from
his office each month. For December
the receipts totalled S3OO.SO. The un-
paid account for the month amounted
to $35.15
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-12
FROM OTHER PENS
CURIOSITY AND CRIME.

The judge who is to preside at the trial
of the Boston minister who is accused Of
murder has decided to limit the attend
ance at the trial to counsel jury, wit
nesses and newspaper men, the general
public to be rigidly excluded in the inter
est of public morality. There is much
that might be said on each side of such
a question, but the net effect will be to
curb morbid curiosity that has no valid
claim to the right of satisfaction.
The principle underlying the public trial
Is thoroughly wholesome. tt precludes
the secret trial that is repugnant to the
sense of justice of the individual, and IS
one of the salutary reforms that put an
end to the unknown accuser and the
judge who rendered no account of his ac-
tons But like many another excellent
institution. the open trial has its abuses,
and greater restrictions upon the salts
faction of the healthy curiosity OF the
public might be put into effect without
hardship to anybody concerned The pub
lie has no inherent right to witness the
humiliation of accused persons, or to wal
low in the moral mire of .'racy' testi-
mony. Its rights end when the accused
gets a fair trial under the law, in open
court. by a jury of his peers.-Kansas
City Journal.
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FRANKLIN IS GUILTY
He Will Tell All and Get Off With
$4,000 Fine.

Los Angeles. Cal, Jan. 1.-THE Elk
aminer here today says:
Bert H. Franklin, a detective ar
rested on charge of bribery in the
murder trial of James b. Mcnamara
has agreed to enter a plea of guilty.
Franklin held a long conference late
Thursday with Deputy District Attor-
ney w. Joseph Ford. but last night
Ford refused to say whether Franklin
saw him.
1T was learned early today" the
Examiner continues, that Franklin
had talked to Ford, and practically
had agreed to enter plea of guilty.
The agreement, it is asserted, is that
the state will be content to impose a
fine of $4,000 upon Franklin should
he consent to tell the county grand
jury all he knows about the alleged
Jury bribing.'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-12

Medicine Hat may have been sue
cessful in eliminating itself from the
weather map. but this Will not fool
the people into thinking that the roses
are blooming there. At Swift Current,
not SO many miles away from Medicine
Hat and in the same Canadian territory
Of Assiniboia, the maximum tenpera-
ture g. couple of days ago was % below
zero and the minimum was 80 below
zero. And at Edmonton, Alberta. not
so very far away on the other side of
Medicine Hat the maximum tempera-
ture on the same day was IS below
zero and the minimum was 42 below.
a reasonable deduction. therefore, de-
spite its silence. is that the weather
which made Medicine Hat famous con-
kinues to prevail there
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-12
JOURNAL ENTRIES

It's possible nowadays for almost
anybody to cut considerable ice
=
The baby who cries for the moon
generally develops into a man who
wants the earth.
y
Making a good reputation is not so
difficult The trick comes in keeping it
few of the newer novels would
indicate that the days have passed
when facts We're stranger than fiction
= x
Some of the duh, sickening thuds you
hear these days are likely to be due 20
falls from the water-wagon.
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one might gather that she is. also being
followed by an ardent and competent
press agent.
By -glancing through old newspaper
files, one may discover that the dis
turbers were on the job four years
ago, and trying to throw the same
scare into the Taft camp. About sew
en-tenths of the eartoonists in the
country worked out on several views
of Taft in the Deep Dark forest, sur
rounded by threatening teeth and eye
glasses
But NEVERTHELESS as Crum-
nfer used to say when he introduced
Gov. Hoch. Hon. Taft has been stick
ing around Washington fairly close
since that time.
AS we remember it. numerous politi-
clans observed at that time that the
only way to Save the Country was by
the Roosevelt route
And still the country is not in the
hands of a receiver.
It was Stubs. of course, who open
ed traffic into Russell Springs. He
did it by sending a telegram to the
railway officials just as they finished
digging through the drifts into the
snowbound village.
BuC up TO q late nOQT LnlS aILeIIlOOns
Hon. Stubs has not been charged
with opening up the soup line into
Topeka.
The French Cabinet resigns at the
slightest provocation. In this coun-
try, the only way to separate a politi-
clan from a job is to use a crow bar
One might gather that Col. Roose-
welt was dining with his justly cele-
brated Ananias club the other night,
and that it changed its name, tenn
porarily. to the Aldine club just to
fool him
Ralph Faxon is going to change the
Garden City Daily Telegram to a semi
weekly. And he cannot be blamed;
how he could find time, after serving
as president of ST different Organiza-
tons, to write a soft water editorial
every day, is more than an ordinary
newspaper man can figure out.
After the federal grand jury gets
through with Rev. Norris, it may de-
velop that he drank in only 80 Topeka
joints, instead of 40
Sherlock Holmes had his watson
but at that he had nothing on Joe
DoIley (Quick, Watson, the hypo; this
B and L just moved a Lego
Some fel1ers act the fool when they
are in love, and a hull lot more don't
wait fer sech a good excuse
Deacon Squash.
Your sins may find you out. but the
bill collector usually finds you in.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-12

All the medals for perspicacity prop
erly belong with the Chicago police
force A young man and young woman
of that town, known sweethearts. are
missing. And with powers of deduc-
ton akin to those possessed by the fic-
tfor Sherlock Holmes. the Chicago
cops are of the belief that the couple
have committed suicide or eloped.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-12
STATE LOSES AGAIN
Fails TO Prove Carl Taylor Passed
Worthless Check.

1t required just an hour for jury IN
the first division of the district court 10
acquit Carl Taylor Thursday evening on
a charge of forgery Taylor was tried for
passing worthless check at the Flad
drug store
In the trial of the case. the defense
established abb. which the state
failed to overcome to the satisfaction of
the jury After an hours dehberatior,,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-12

Just as the world had about con-
cluded that woman, lovely woman
would talk on all possible occasions
and at the slightest provocation. one
Of Chicago's representatives of the
fair sex became so persistent in her re-
fusa1 to speak her little piece in court
that the Judge fined her s1,709 for
coDferapf
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-12

Andrew Carnegie is again telling the
Interesting story of his life before the
congressional committee investigating
the steel trust. Why doesn't Andy put
this story in book form and place a
copy in each of the libraries he has
@sta bIished7
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-12

Incidentally, those enthusiasts who
ere going to attempt to climb Mt. Nc
KfnIey with Professor Parker will be,
on their own volitiOn. mind you, in the
snow for three or four months, and in
weather so cold that mercury freezes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-12
RIOT IN WOODEN MILLS
Striking Operators Start Trouble in
the Spinning Rooms.

Lawrence. Mass. Jan. 12.-The general
unrest among the 5000 textile operatives
of this city developed into disturbances
at the Washington and Wood mills OF the
American Wooden company today. Strik-
ing operatives became demonstrative in
the spinning rooms and riot call for the
police was issued Several OF the over
seers were injured in hand to hand en-
counters
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-12
COURT QUITS WORK
Too Cold for Judge and Crowd in
Attendance.

The cold weather was responsible for
an early adjournment this morning in
Judge Dana's division of the district
court. It was impossible to keep the
court room properly heated during the
morning session and shortly after II
o'clock court adjourned for the morn
ing
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-12

Pointing to the precision with which
they predict the arrival of intensely
cold weather is only another way for
the professional weather observers to
increase their unpopularity
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-12

Indications now are that the wealth
er conditions will fit in nicely with
the name of the Midwinter exposition,
which is soon to open it's doors at the
Auditorium.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-12

If 1t were not for the divorce mill
at Reno and its being about the only
state in the country where finish prize
fights can be staged, Nevada wouldn't
get into the Hmelight very often.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-12

Republican Insurgency in Kansas
has apparently been of considerable
benefit to the Democratic party. There
are now two Democratic congressman
from Kansas for the first time in many
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-12

Rabbi Wise is exactly right in his
contention that cit is not for those
who advocate wOman's suffrage to
give reasons but for those who OPP
~oSa If
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-12

Within a stones throw from a To-
peka bank that reports the most pros
porous year in its history is a public
soup kettle from which is being dis
pensed free sustenance to the needy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-12

II weather conditions have unusual
influence on humans. it is easy to un-
derstand why so many Kansans, espe-
ciaIIy the politicians.Sso to extremes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-12
"DUCKEY" GETS IN
Now There'H Be Real Life i'm Lincoln
Team.

Lincoln, Jan. 12.-William (Ducky)
Holmes has secured an option on the
Lincoln baseball club and its property
He will probably close the deal and
relieve the club of its present embar-
rassment within a few days 1t is I'M
derstoOd that he will receive aid from
the local commercial club.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-12

That burglar who was forced to
fee from a Topeka house the other
night in his bare feet has surely been
sufficiently punished for his crime.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-12
KNABE FACTORY BURNS.
Big Piano Concern Destroyed by FIRE
Loss 100000.

Cincinnati. Jan. 12.-The piano manu-
featuring plant of the Knabe Brothers
Piano company in Norwood. Ohio. a
suburb was destroyed by fire with a
loss of $500. 900. covered by insurance.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-12

Poultry shows are being held all
over the central west these days, but
the poultry in the same territory is
not showing up very strong in the pro
duction of eggs