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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-03
DROPS 345 FEET
SteepIejack Jumps From Top
of Liberty Statue.
Lands in Safety by Aid of a
Parachute.

New York, Feb. 3.-F Rodman
Law, steeplejack by profession, big
gest fool in New York. by self descrip-
ton and always willing to try any
thing once" leaped from the upper
most ledge of the torch of the statue
of liberty with a parachute, distance
of 345 feet.
For $50 feet he dropped at light
ming speed, within six feet Of the
statue.
The spectators, horror stricken.
feared that the canvas never would
open. Indeed, professional jumpers
almost unanimously declared that the
distance was too short for the descent
to be sufficiently checked.
But about midway down the god
dess' figure the parachute spread out
and, with Laws body swinging and
swaying from the trapeze, perilously
near the statue, bore him to earth.
He landed with a bump on the
frozen grass at the foot of the pedes-
tai He was stunned and his right leg
was painfully wrenched, but other
wise he was all right.
Gimme a drink quick and a cigar
ettel" he said to those who came run
ming to pick him up. When the pre-
scription ahd been filled he grinned
cheerfully and said:
Nothing to do till tomorrow
Laws feat was performed for the
D0neIlL Oh moving picture concern
and was witnessed only by a handful
of friends and the couple of hundred
soldiers on Bedloe's island. He got
1880 for it.
I'm going off the Eiffel tower in
Paris next summer" he declared
This jumping business is an awful
cinch.'
The jump was made without any
previous experience whatever. Law
had never even seen a parachute at
close range and had never been up
in the statue of liberty. He said:
Il just had a hunch that it would
be a good moving picture stunt, so
went to the picture people and hired
out to do it.
why, it was like picking up money
in the street 1t was a great expert !
ence,' he added. Il guess that's about
as fast as ever traveled-the first
$50 feet. Geei 1t almost took the
breath out of me. It looked as
though the ground was jumping right |
up to hit me- 1 began to wonder if 1
hat blamed old parachute was ever
going to open up. I wasn't scared 4
exactly, but I was right curious to |
know.
My arms got kind of a jerk
when she did open. but then knew
Ill I had to do was to hang on"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-03
COLLISION IN A STORM
Steamer Allegheny Is Sunk on the
Virginia Coast.

New York. Feb. "a wireless mes
sage received here this morning from
the revenue cutter Onondaga gives the
information that the British steam er
Pomaron, which yesterday collided
with and sank the Ham burg-Ame erican
line steamer Allegheny. bound for the
West Indies, had passed the tail of
the Horse Shoe Hghtship and was with
IN a few miles of Newport News at
2:3O O'Clock this morning. The col
1ision occurred 3 miles east of Cape
Henry and the POmaron took the pas
sengers and crew of the Allegheny
aboard and then conveyed by the reve-
nue. cutter Onondaga, steamed for
Newport News. The following wire
less was received from the Onondaga.
Leaving steamer Pomaron at 2:3OI
a. m Tail of Horse Shoe with pilot
on board bound for Newport News;
forepeak full of water; bulkhead
holding well. Onondaga proceeding
to breakwater.'
The Hamburg-American line steam
er Allegheny, which left here for Cen
tra1 America and the West Indies, /
sank 3 miles north east of Cape Hen
~, off the Virginia coast, after col
lision with the British steamer Po- I
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-03
TODAY IN CONGRESS.
Final Hearing in Bribery Charges in
Stephenson's Election.

Washington, Feb. Senate not in
session; meets Monday 2 D. m. Lor-
inner investigating committee to con-
clude detectives testimony.
Final argument heard on bribery
charges in Senator StepheDson's cleo
ton.
House met at noon. Considered gen
eral amendment to rules to permit the
disc barge of committees from consid-
Grafton of measures. Steel trust in
vestigating committee heard testimony
regarding labor conditions in nfr7
Senate finance committee gave notice
only oral evidence would be considered
in steel tariff hearings. House rules
amendment adopted, $50 to 100. Army ap-
preparation bill carrying about $4,000. 600
and containing army re-organ anizatiOn leg
isiation taken up Representative Henry
introduced compromise resolution for
money trust INVESTIGATION.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-03
Continued on Page Two)
HIT BY COLD WAVE.
Mercury Drops Twenty One Degrees
in an Hour.

A cold wave struck Topeka this
morning at 2;40 O'Clock and by 8
| o'clock a drop in temperature of "a
degrees had been recorded by the gov
ernment instruments on the roof of
the MulVane building.
The prediction of the weather de-
partment that there would be a rise
in temperature Friday night came
true, and yet the department was en-
tirely unaware of the approaching
cold wave. AS a matter of fact the
elements acted in a peculiar fashion.
At midnight the thermometer regis
tered 26 degrees, and at the time the
wind shifted from the southwest to
the northwest at 2;4O this morning,
the reading was 81 degrees. Then
between 8 and 4 o'clock there was
drop in temperature Of 21 degrees. At
8 o'clock the wind began blowing from
the direct north and the pace kept up
the rest of the night, varying from 20
to Sc miles an hour, the latter gait
being recorded by the indicator at
sos O'Clock this morning.
The barometer fell steadily Friday
until O'Clock this morning, when it
began to rise equally as fast
"Just where the cold weather has
come from is a puzzle to me-" remark
ed sunny Flora at an early hour to-
day. Reports Friday didn't show any
cold weather on the map in the north
west, and that is where the cold blast
is coming from"
Shippers forecast: Protect SO
hOuT shipments north against tenn
peratures of Is degrees below zero:
east, 10 below; west, below; south,
zero
This means" commented sunny
Flora, that the temperature in To-
peka will be between 5 and 10 below
zero Sunday"
The forecast is: Generally fair to-
night and Sunday: colder tonight"
The mercury has been lowering Just
above the zero mark all day, and pres /
ent indications are, according to .'Sun- /
NY Flora, that the temperature Sun /
day morning will be betkeen 5 and 10 /
degrees below zero. Sunday after
the same as this afternoon but there
will be less wind. At 2 o'clock this
afternoon the wind was blowing 25 7
miles an hour from the northwest.
The return of cold weather today
showed an increase in the demand of
women, men and boys accepted it's Of
ferings. The daily average has been
about "a or So for more than a week.
The demands of the soup lines will
De greater than ever if the labor COM
missioner continues to believe that the
men who We're employed at trimming
-reeS and rem owing the dirt from un-
Ter the Me1an bridge are underpaid.
The commissioners do not deny that
,he men are working for a minimum
'alary but owing to the emergency
hey thought that this would be al
owed and cannot afford to pay any
more.
If the work is stopped a large num-
rer of families Will be thrown on the
'ity and county for support AS the
present conditions exist it win be nee
.ssary to maintain the soup line until
March or later if the funds will per
nit
mt I
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-03
HUNGER FOR GOLD.
Armed Men and Women Take Posses
sion of a Ranch.

South Bend, Wash. Feb. S.-HoId-
ing their ground, it is said. despite the
efforts of the sheriff and a number of
deputies, $50 armed men and women
are reported to have camped last night
along the South Fork river, near here,
occupying ranch land where they be-
Heve there is a rich gold deposit
When the invasion began the owner of
the land enlisted the services of the
sheriff to drive OFF trespassers. But
the officers were powerless.
There has been a veritab1e stampede
from surrounding points to this ranch
for two weeks as the result of the
reported gold discovery
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-03
RIOT ACT IS READ
Mexico Warned That There
Must Be No Shooting
Across the United States
Boundary by Her People.

Washington, Feb. 3.=CoL Edgar z
Steever, commanding the Fourth Unit
ed States cavalry at Ell Paso. has been
instructed to prevent firing into Amer
ican territory and the Mexican auth
orIt1es have received a warning from
the American government not to per
nit shooting across the border line.
These orders have been issued as a
result of the exchange of kilograms
between President Taft and Governor
CoIquitt of Texas. Col. Steever has re
piled to the department that there
has yet been no firing into American
territory.
Although representations have been
made to the Mexican government by
Ambassador Wilson for the protection
of the family of G. P. Robinson, man
ager of a mining company who was
captured by the rebels. advices to the
state departm ent express doubt as to
to give this protection. Casas Grandes
Is reported to have gone over to the
insurrectos without a shot being fired.
Gives Formal Notice.
Ell Paso, Feb. 3.-Col E. T. Steev-
err commanding the United States
trc-rs guarding the American border
on the Ell Paso side of the river, gave
formal notice to the Mexican govern
nent today through Mexican consul
in Ell Paso, that he would
take such steps as he deemed neces-
sary to protect American interest if
there should be a repetition of the
events Of last May, when bullets fired
wounded citizens of Ell Paso. Col
Steever received his orders this morn
ing from the secretary of war which
were brief but pointed, merely in
structing him to notify authorities in
Juarez to prevent firing into United
States Tertiary
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-03

ter, Mrs Sarah Dustin. Mrs. Dustin
is nurse and is away from home.
Mrs DOrsett's husband was a travelling
salesman and died about year ago in
Topeka She visited last September at
the home of Miss Gussie Losh. a nurse,
| in Topeka. The body when found, lay
on the bed, covered with quilts.
The back of Mrs. Dorsett's head had
been crushed py a blow and the indi-
cation was that robbery was the mo
tive Of her slayer.
Mrs. Dorset had been dead many
hours. The coroner said he could not
tell whether death came Thursday night
or the night before. She had about
$4,000 which she lent in small sums,
living from the interest. The theory OF
the police is that her slayer knew OF
her having collected a note.
Mrs. NJ. j. Fisher, another sister liv-
ing in Kansas City. Mo, went to the
home late Friday afternoon. The front
door was ajar. In the bed. covered by
the bedclothing she found her sisters
murdered body dressed In a kimono.
Her screams attracted neighbors and
the police we're notified.
Slayer washed His Hands.
The body lay face downward. indicat-
ing the slayer attacked Mrs. Dorsett in
the bed and then covered the body up.
Evidently he then went into the kitchen
and washed the evidence from his
hands, because the washbasin contain
ed bloodstained frozen water.
A gold watch and jewelry on the
dresser in the bedroom were not mo-
Tested and there was nothing TO indi-
cate the house had been ransacked for
valuables. The police believe Mrs. Dor
sett had the money in a wallet. the
hiding place of which was known TO the
slayer, or she may have had IL on her
person.
A bruise is on the right hand. It may
have warded off the first blow. which
turned her around so the slayer could
strike the back of the head. There was
no signs of a struggle.
Mrs. Dorsett was the widow OF ]. r.
Dorsett who died a year ago. He also
was a dwarf.
Alone in House Two Weeks.
The neighbors said they heard no dis
turbance at the Dorset home and could
give no cleW as to the identity Of the
slayer Mrs. Dorsett was seen on the
street Tuesday afternoon by John
Mogle. a policeman. No one else. so far
as could be learned, saw her later than
that.
Mrs Dorsett lived in the house owned
by her sister, with a trained nurse. Ths
nurse had } cen absent two weeks car
ing for a patient.
The blow that killed the woman ap-
was struck by club or the
butt end OF a revolver. The police were
unable. however. to find the weapon
Had Insurance Money.
The house in which the murder oc-
CURED stands amid a group Of homes
n a quiet neighborhOod near Quindaro
1t Is a 2-story frame ana
gives evidence Of the prosperity Of its
occupant.
Mrs. Dorset received 5000 life in
'urance after the death of her husband
year ago
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-03
Body Found Covered With Bed
Clothes by Sister.
BLOW CRUSHES HER SKULL
Mrs. Lucetta DOrsett Visited
Here in September.
Lately Received $4,000 of Hus-
bands Life Insurance.

Kansas City. Feb. s.-Mrs. Lucetta
Dorsett. widow, aged ss years and
not more than feet tall, who formerly
lived on the East side in Topeka, was
found murdered at the home OF her sis
ter here. at 2914 North Sixteenth street,
on the Kansas side. There were no
signs of a struggle. She formerly lived
with her husband at 634 Lake street, in
Topeka She came to Kansas City re-
Gently to make her home with the sis
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-03
FOUR ARE MURDERED
The Indications Point to Robbery as
the Motive.

Lawrence. Feb. 3=The state and
local police who are investigating the
murder of four persons. whose bodies
were found last night in a tenement
house near the heart Of the city OBJ
when they learned that Shese Mar
room, one Of the victims. had recently
drawn about $500 from q local bank
and had the money when he went to
the house in which the crime was
committed The police did not find
any money.
The body OF Maroon was not iden-
titled until early today. He was Sy-
rian about IS years old
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-03

maron, according to wireless dis
patches received here
The Pomaron's bow was badly stove
IN but the wireless advices were that
she was apparently holding well
through q moderate sea with a
strong. northW esterly breeze blowing
The revenue cutter Onondaga has
tened to the scene of the collision In
response to wireless calls and report
ed that she had picked up the Po-
maron and was conveying her into the
Virginia capes. The advices indicated
that the collision occurred in a driv-
ing snOWstorrn
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-03
ITALIAN FINDS $4,000
Tries to Leave Works But Is Cslught
by Detective.

were keepers an Italian laborer en-
ployed by the contractors who are
clearing away the ruins of the Equita-
bic building. would be taking passage
for Italy today Unfortunately for
him the owners of the building are
careful to see that the workmen give
up whatever they find there.
Steel workers were cutting away
the girders which buried one of the
vaults when suddenly Salvatore saw
roll of bills, and surreptitiously his
hand slipped down and grasped the
money He slid out of the crowd of
workmen and was hurrying off when
a detective snatched the roll from his
hand 1t contained exactly $4,000
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-03

Kansas City. Feb. 3.-Standing eight TO
four for acquittal the jury which has
been considering the case against Frank
c. Avery and Ernest Marlin charged with
using the mails to defraud in connection
with the sales Of stock in the Interstate
railroad which never was built reported
early today that It was unable to agree
and was discharged Avery was arrested
in San Francisco
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-03
TURNS OUTLAW
Former Cleveland Pitcher says He
Has Franchise.

Lewiston, Idaho. Feb a.-vean
Gregg. Of the pitching stan of the
Cleveland Americans last year, has an
nounced that he has about closed ne
gotiations with one of the new outlaw
leagues being formed in the east
Gregg at present is working at his
trade as plasterer In this CITY
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-03
CURTIS NOT WORRIED.
Senator Doesn't Believe Pension
Agency Bill VIII Pass.

Senator Charles Curtis does not an
ticipate that the United States pension
agency viii be removed from Topeka
according to a telegram received today
by the Commercial club. The telegram
reads:
Have been able to prevent the re-
mOval of pension agency from Topeka
in the past and fele confident there is
10 danger now.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-03

Crawford. N. J.. Feb 3-Fira started
early today in a building occupied by
the local opera house and rapidly
spread to adjoining buildings contain
ing the post office and six stores. The
damage amounted TO 800. 900.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-03
Weather lndIcaflons.

Chicago. Feb. 3.-Forecast for kan
sas: Fair tonight and Sunday Colder
tonight.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-03

6continued on Page Two-1
Milford chronicle., 1912-06-07

Eight and a half years ago a little
item appeared in the newspapers, tele
graphed from Wilmington. n. c., that
the Wright brothers. of Dayton, o..
had managed to fly a machine through
the air, along the Carolina coast, fol
a quarter ora mile.
That was the beginning, the very
beginning, of a series of signal tri.
umphs in aeromotion, constant and in
creasing, up to the very death Of the
distinguished aviator.
But it did not seem so then. Folk
who remembered what had happened
to the hundreds of men in all ages
who had attempted to emulate n
birds, laughed at the item and saia
Fake" and Darius Green" But thie
time it was not Darius, and soon there
was ample evidence that the two for
mer bicycle repairers from Ohio had
achieved the greatest scientific victory
of years among the sand dunes OF
Kitty Hawk. North Carolina.
There. for several years, the Wright |
brothers had been experimenting with |
gliders, a cross between a box kite !
and an aerOplane. minus the engine |
They found they could remain in the |
air for seconds at a time. Then they |
built a glider with an engine attached |
and tried it with varying success in
short flights.
The next year they built their No.
fier and few it above Dayton. Or
Nov. 9, 1904, it was flown for a dis
tance of PAS miles in SO min. 8 sec
That was the next great victory
For the Wrigbts knew that they had
solved the way Of aerial flight. Then
they announced that they would manu-
,acture machines for foreign govern
nents. They declined to reveal the
secret of the manufacture, however
and the negotiations fell through. They |
would not patent the machines.
Then came a period of serious tinan.
.ial hardship for the brothers. Finally,
n 1908, they secured patents, and a
group Of fnanciers capitalized the
Since then their fnancia
success has been great.
Milford chronicle., 1912-06-07

20 wUulu nave noIning more 10 90
with him. Outside the son met his
mother and she persuaded him to go
back to his father and try to be
friendly.
The son returned, and the father, it
is said by the tenants, abused him
roundly and threatened to attack him
with a pick handle. The son thereupon
drew a revolver and shot him. The
ball pierced the body and death ensueG
within a short time.
The son waited about for a short
time and then made of. He tele-
phoned from another part of town in
the course of an hour to inquire how
badly his father was wounded. and
was told he was dead That is the last
that has been heard of him.
Milford chronicle., 1912-06-07
Hair
FaMinq?

You certainly cannot lose
your hair and keep it, too.
Which shall it be? Lose?
Then do nothing. Keep?
Then use Ayers Hair VigOr.
That is about all there is to
it. Ayers Hair VigOr is also
a splendid hair-dressing and
hair-tOnic. It keeps the hair
soft and smooth and greatly
promotes its growth. 1t does
not color the hair. Consult
your doctor freely. Doctors
are studying these hair
questions much more than
in former days.
Made by the :. Q. AVER Co. Lowell. Mass.
Milford chronicle., 1912-06-07
Says Rockefeller Has sso0,ooo,ooo.

The New York World says.
The litigation that has brought
about the examination of John D.
Rockefeller as a witness to tell of tae
present relations between Standard
Oil and lis former subsidiary CON.
panies, supposedly disassociated from
it under the judgment of the United
States supreme court, has involved
also quiet inquiry into the stock
holdings and other forms Of wealth OF
Mr.. Rockefeller.
From all the data available, ard
one Of the associate counsel IN this
inquiry said the available data were
fairly exhaustive, the conclusion has
been reached that John D. Rockefeller
is now worth s90O,O00,O0O.
For the purposes of an average
the Rockefeller income may be esti
mated at SS0,O0OOO0 year, or S.,
100000 q rlonth. or s1,153,S46.15
week, or $1e4,735.3f a day, or S6S63.97
an hour, or $11440 a minute, or s1.902A
a second.
He has siven s174,50O,O0O to var
Gus charitable, educa ional and sc;en
tifc institutions, but this has not made
any impression on the vast principal
of his wealth, being merely gifts out
of the income"
Milford chronicle., 1912-06-07
10000 Eor captaIn Rostron.

Captain Arthur H. Rostron, of the
steamship Carpa,hia which brought
into port the survivors of the Titanic
disaster, was presented with a draf.
for $4,000. fund subscribed by read
ers of the New York American.
The presentation ceremony took
place aboard the liner. Captain Ros-
tron. in accepting. said that whatever
part he had played in the Titanic ira
gedy was due to the loyalty Of his
crew, and it grieved him, he said, to
know that honors were being thrust
upon him through the sufferings Of
others.
The largest contributor to the fund
was Mrs. George D. Widener, of Phila-
delphia, wEOseh usband perished on
the Titanic She save 2500.
Milford chronicle., 1912-06-07
Kills Father In Quarrel.

Robert PREM, twenty-one years old
shot and killed his father, Herman
Priem, forty-ive years old, a mer
chant Of Dunmore, near Scranton, Pa.
in the course Of a quarrel
The father is a hardware dealer and
the son was employed in the store. a
tenant Of the fathers building next
door reported a broken faucet and the
two went to repair it. Quarreling be.
tween them, according to the neigh
bors, had been frequent, and it broke
out while they were in the tenants
house.
The father drove the son out Of the
house, so the tenants say, and said
Milford chronicle., 1912-06-07
claude Allen Is Guilty.

After deliberadng for two and a half
hours tie jury in Wytheville. Va,
found Claude Swanson Allen guilty OF
murder in the second degree for the
killing of Judge Thornton L. Massie
at Hillsville in March.
The jury recommended his punish
ment be fixed at fifteen years in the
penitentiary Sentence was deferred in
order that he may testify in the other
cases growing out of the shooting up
of the Carroll county court.
Milford chronicle., 1912-06-07


The Roosevelt victory in New Jer
sey at Tuesdays primaries was So
complete and so widespread as to
leave but little consolation for the reg
ular Republican organization which,
although divided, had in the main sup
ported President Taft.
From the latest returns it appears
that Roosevelt carried the state by a
majority of between 10000 and 1900
over Taft. The colonel not only car
ried all of the twelve congressional
districts and the four delegates-at
large, giving him the entire twenty
eight delegates from the state, but he
got a majority on the preferential vote
in nearly all of the twenty-One coun
ties. The few scattering counties that
are placed in the Taft column gave the
president such narrow margins as to
be almost negligible.
Notwithstanding the loss of the four
delegates in the two Essex districts
controlled by former United States
Senator James Smith, Jr., and James
r. Nugent, Governor Wilson's victory
ID SNdA CSAy lS5S Sdtlol dClOly " u4S AOA
lowers on the Democratic side VITA
the single exception of Essex county,
there were only two or three districts
in the state in which the Wilson op
position made even a substantial show
ing, so that the Wilson faction feel
confident in claiming that New Jersey
Democracy is practically unanimous
for the governor.