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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-19

four men, or $3.50 a year. counting
Sundays, when the spotter cannot exist
without place to lay his head and
something to eat.
Then you come to salaries. A fully
initiated, bona fide, dyed in the wool
spotter costs $1Oc month. Hiring
four of them, costs $500 a month, or
$4,000 q year.
Greater Than Contingent Fund.
Stnl you have made no provision Tor
But, IL the estimate. the stranger
bought some Of the beer. You might
presume that the part the stranger
pays, covers the tips the spotter gives
These expenses accounted for would
bring the total for the year to S12.06S
As the gcveI nor's little contingent fund
is but $4,000 a year, some OF the men
must betempOrarily switched to the at
torney genersaIs employ or suspend
ed until June 30, when a brand new con-
tingent fund is ayailable- This fact IS
the more apparent. when the expense
accounts are examined
Once w. Mr.. Norris was sent e.
help clean Up wichita He arrived IL
the Peerless Princess at a bad time and
ladies in tho questionable nouFHs chnrg-
ed the Topeka minister as high as 81 a
excessive retail prices. Rev Mr.. Nor
ris shed tips freely while in these
houses. 1t is said that the expense OF
getting evidence in wichita might have
De6Il BOfIcAHAnA hAAiAnAAR ANA4 ANN tAA1
money come from a contingent fund for
which no one accounts.
Murder Case Waits on.
Parallel to the money so freely spent
in collecting evidence In these cases.
is a Topeka instance that has been fire.
quently recalled. Last winter q mer-
chant was murdered in his store on
Kansas avenue. The crime was com
mitted in broad daylight when hun
dreds of people were passing the build
ing every hour. After the brutal kill
ing, the murderer dragged the body OF
his victim behind a counter. covered IL
with clothing and ESCAPED. He was
never caught Governor Stubbs was
urged to offer a reward for the arrest
and conviction of the guilty party. He
explained that his contingent fund had
been drained and that there was no
money available for tins purpose
Since that time. a new contingent
fund has become avs.ilabl Tt is now
practically exhausted. Yet no reward
from the governor of Kansas has been
posted in the Elatt murder case.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-19

judge never intended to sentence him
to DEATH
The attorne general. Immediately
following tie presidents action, tele-
graphed TO Warden Meyer. OF the At
lanta panitentiary, who technically was
in charge of Morse even though he had
been removed to the Fort Mcpherson
hospital, to release the prisoner. The
army surgeons at Fort Mcpherson were
similarly instructed. Morse was freed
by the Geographic orders. it being I'M
necessary for the Atlanta authorities
to wait the formal warrant of com
mutation, which has been sent by mail.
Efforts mada for a complete pardon
were unavailing and under the law
Morse could lot be paroled until he had
served five years. Under the commuta-
ton he will be allowed to leave tlra
army hospital at Fort Mcpherson, near
Atlanta, at once. Recent efforts in his
behalf developed the fact that his
friends wished to take him to Carlsbad
for treatment. and tonight it was
deemed probable here that he would be
taken abroad at once.
The communication of Morse's sentence
came at the end of months of unre-
hitting e1.ort on the part of Mrs
Morse and the bankers friends Almost
since the day the doors of his cell in
Atlanta closed upon him Mrs Morse
and influential friends have besieged
the department of justice ana through
1T the White House. for some mitiga-
ton of the sentence. Mrs. Morse in
person conducted a campaign among
senators and members of the House of
Representatives and obtained scores Of
signatures Of prominent men to a petit
ton she circulated in her husbands be-
half
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-19

paid these men. In addition to their
salaries the men are remitted their
expenses, which word seems to
mean anything except the daily pur-
chase of a new suit of clothes with
the states money. It includes car
fare, berths, hotel bills, telephone and
telegraph tolls, cabs. postage, tips to
multitude of people, and all money
used in the purchase of liquors or in
any way securing evidence
Ten Gallons in Two PIaces.
At just two places which Armstrong
told of visiting during state fair
week, he and his friends bought nearly
40 quarts of beer and some whisky.
Armstrong spent one week in Topeka
He is endorsed as witness in at least
IA cases. Using Armstrong; testi-
mony in two cases and presuming that
his weeks Topeka campaign covered
at least all of the IA places, some in
teresting figures may be hidden in the
untold stories Armstrong can not tell
ness stand. Some of the cases have
been compromised.
The evidence showed that the
Armstrong; orris-Lassure Erickson
quartette made numerous visits to
places conducted by Lizzie Young and
Ida Bryant They took their friends
and liquor was drank freely. Evidence
further showed that they treated
women found in these places. bought
lunches and charged all to their ex-
pense accounts.
Armstrong Meets His Friends.
AS it was fair week, Armstrong met
many of his old Marion county assO-
ciates in Topeka. If he had related
all of his weeks experiences from The
witness stand, the public might have
heard of a jolly week on the state s
good money. Huffman, Saunders,
Hackney and others were in Topeka
from Marion county that week. Some
how, Armstrong just met his old
friends. It also appeared that he was
trifle lonesome and took these men
on some of his evidence getting tours.
At Lizzie Young's one day, Arm
strong bought bottle of beer, which
the men and women drank on the
premises. Then Huffman bought a suit
case full of beer Possibly the grip
held dozen bottles 1t was taken to
the hotel and consumed. Armstrong
did not bring any of this evidence to
the court house, but told of the tran
sactions from memory and his own
notes. On such trips as the Lizzie
Young expedition, the state paid the
expenses and friends and chance ac-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-19
MORSE IS FREED
Bankers Is Years. Sentence to
the Federal Prison
Is COMMITTED by Taft to Expire
Immediately.

Washington, Jan. 19.-President Taft
has committed to expire Immediately
the Is year sentence for violation of the
national banking laws under which
Charles w. Morse, the New York bank
er and ..ice king served two years in
the federal penitentiary at Atlanta. Ga
The Communication of the sentence, which
gives Morse his complete freedom-but
which, unlike a pardon, does not re-
store his civil rights-was granted upon
recommendation of Attorney General
Wlckersham and Surgeon General Tor
ney, u. S. A. According to the surgeon
generals report to the president on his
condition, Morse could not live one
month longer in confinement and even
at liberty probably would not live six
months.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-19

quaintances helped Armstrong drink
the liquor.
There is little 10 contradict the
stories told by these spoilers They
must stand as true. SO, get your PEN
ell and go TO work.
At Rate of 202 Barrels Yearly.
The spoilers and their friends buy
some 40 quarts of beer in two places.
They visit IA places that week That 5
$50 quarts. Then there is work to be
done in other fields and the spoilers
buy tickets and move to damper terri
tory. Presume the work continues
throughout the year. At the END or L
months the four faithful and ardent
spoilers. with their friends. buy 14'Soo
quarts of beer Reduced to more COM
prehensive figures, that's 3,64O gallons
or. at 70 bottled quarts to the barrel,
POP barrels of beer; with not word
said as to whisky and other lntoxi-
cants-
the governor each week for his ap-
provaI and no questions are asked IN
Topeka tile retail price of beer seems
to be so cents a quart-again see Nor
than in Wichita and other places-see
Norris expense account in state audi
tors office AS the Topeka fnvestiga-
ton was used as a basis of calculation,
the Topeka quotations viii be accepted
At 80 cents a quart. those 1850 quarts
of beer of varied brand and quality.
cost $4.369 f. OBJ. a waitress, who fire.
uuentIy draws small tip from the
governors contingent fund via MI
Spotter. Not all of this "a, 569, however.
should come from Governor Stubs
contingent fund. Some of the beer IN
the original estimate was bought by an
individual who found the refreshment
booth through he courtesy of a wise
spotter.
That Is Not All.
Be not discoura ged. You have only
started on the years work. AS your
pencil shortens, you realize that law
enforcing in the revised sense of the
word costs money. You may even find
people who will explain that this is the
need that created contingent funds
After paying for the liquid evidence,
which has been bought and consumed,
provision must be made for other ex-
penses. F'ol instance, there are the
hotel bills Four men at steady en-
ployment and with modest desires will
each find accommodations at local
hotels at 81 a day. That's So a day for
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-19

The White House statement granting
freedom to Morse follows:
The president this afternoon COM
muted the sentence of Charles w. Morse
to expire at once This action was ia
ken upon the recommendation of the
attorney general based Upon the follow
ing report of Surgeon General Torney.
A careful review of these reports
makes 1t clear to my mind that he is
SUFFERING from a combination of diseases
due to degeneratiVe changes which are
lncurable and progressive. The reports
SHOW that both the condition of the kid
neys ana the heart are growing worse
regard the attack of cardiac dyspnoea
or heart-block, from which he suffered
on the morning of the 18th inst, as All
om1nouS occurrence In my opinion,
the prisoners duration of life will he
in all prob ability less than one month
if kept in confinement and in the event
of his release under Communication of
sentence, it is not probable that be will
live as long as six months
Designated as a special messenger by
the attorney generals Office. Mrs. Morse
left Washington for Atlanta, bearing
her husbands Communication papers.
Mrs. Morse Is Grateful.
I thank God" she said, just before
she boarded the train. Il could not have
lived longer under the strain. My
heart was breaking. Mr.. Morses life is
almost ended. No human being can
know the suffering have endured since
my husband ) imprisonment tr1eu eN-
cry means to bring about his release.
Presidents Taft'S act was one of sim
PIE justice If my husband did any
wrong, he has more than paid the pen
atty. His life has been forfeited.
always have believed and always will
believe that he was an innocent man
the scapegoat OF others. have no hope
that my husband will live more than
two months, even though we can get
him to Carlsbad, where he will have
the benefit of the baths.
T have no criticism to mako against
anyone. I know all the officers acted
according to a sense of duty. but it is
hard hard to think that my husbands
life has been taken from him and that
he is paying the forfeit Of his life The
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-19

Boys Tennis Flannel
Waists-A good one for
35c; special 25e.
Mems 25c Cashmere
Socks, colors black and
dark grey. Special 16s.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-19

Csc Rompers, 15c
Play suits that are
made of good grade
of chambray ging-
ham, oil red trim
ming, 2, 4 and 6 yr.
sizes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-19

I'VE Apon Bingham 5e-Staple checks-Stand-
ard width-cOlor guaranteed.
1Oc FIeeced Goods 634 a large range of pat
terms to choose from.
12Kc FIeeced Goods 1Oe-Fine patterns for
dresses sacques kimonos.
TIC Muslin 5f-A good standard LII sheeting-
unbeached SO in. wide
15c Percale 131ae-Light or dark patterns, SO in
wide, the very best quality
TricOt Flannel asa splendid cloth for making
ceived.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-19
NO MONEY FOR BURNS.
Claim for NIcNamara Reward Reject
ed Owing to Lack of Funds.

~1t~AHHA TT tlIKIEFEN AhCNFetINA EhEJ ClL@
ed Owing to Lack of Funds.
Sacramento, Jan. 19.-The application
of w. ]. Burns for the reward of &c.,
OG0 offered by the state assembly for
the arrest and conviction of the Los
Angeles Times dynanliters, has been re-
jected by state Controller Nye, be-
causue he said there was not SO, 900 in
the assembly contingent funds
Nye suggested in letter to District
Attorney F,redcricks that Burns pro :
per course would be to have a claim
bill introduced in the legislature at the
next session.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-19
Shoes at Clearance Prices

Women's $3.50 Tan Shoes,
$2.4S-Made of fine Russia calf
skin, button style. All new win
ter goods. A few sizes sold out
but we make the price to close
the lot, $2.48.
WOmen's $500 Shoes, $1.9S-
Patent leather vici kid and gun
metal stock; new toes and lasts.
Small sizes only, worth $500.
Clearance price, $1.98.
Mems $3.50 Shoes, $2.4S-
Vici kid leather, blucher style,
high heels, good $3.50 value.
Sale price, $2.4S.
Boys $500 Tan Shoes, $3.50
Heavy extension soles, new
button style. Sizes up to 5.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-19
Rugs and Lace Curtains at Bargain Prices.
It's Your Opportunity to Make a Big Saving

Administer Rugs $16.5O-Good quality, nice pat
terms, size 9x12 worth $23. Clearance price $3.50
Administer Rug $19.5O-Best quality, high grade
oriental and floral Designs size 9x12 #. great bar
gain during this sale at $3.50.
Tapestry BrusseI Rug S13.e5-size 9x12 it. heavy
and closely woven, good patterns made without
seams worth $17.5O. Clearance price 1880
Tapestry BrusseI Rug, size 8-3x1O-6 at $1O.95 6x9
tapestry brusse rug for $6.95.
Lace Curtains, per pair 81 90 Width AZ inch 21b
yds long, brussel net, ivory white. great bargain
at the price.
AZ inch wide Lace Curtains, per pair SI.3S-beau-
tiful patterns color white A great bargain
for $1.39
BrusseI Net Curtain $25o-width 4s inches yd
long clearance price $3.50.
good line of Curtains Soc 5sc, and 75c per pair.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-19
Staple Goods Clearance

SOC BIeached Sheets 29e-Size 72x9O inch.
1Oc Pillow Cases ia Size 36x42 in. Not
more than of each to the customer.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-02-03


once or twice week, and even if the
young people the farm could make it
convenient to make the trip on such an occasion
they more than likely to be confronted with
The Two Orphans 'Ten Nights in the Bar
Room" or EAST Lynne" or tUncle Toms Cabin
or some other classic that they had seen so many
times that they knew the story backward and for
ward Now we have the moving pictures open
every night with nightly change of the little
plays on their programs Their programs are con-
cluded too at an hour that enables the farm young
people to be at home and in bed in reasonable sea-
son and finally this innocent amusement costs only
fraction what visit to the "town hall" or the
opera house did in the old days when the travelling
troupes held sway
To jump at bound from the frivolous to the
serious, it may be noted that our modern agricul-
tural colleges are also doing a tremendous work
In keeping the young people on the farm First of
all, they give to the farmer boy and girl an added
appreciation and respect for the vocation which
awaits them and incidently kinde ambition by
disclosing how much money can be made in farm
ing II the farmer will get down to business and
use scientific. progressive methods. Quite aside
from this consideration however is the one that
after three or four year at an agricultural
college, with all sorts of excursions and social fes
tlvltles on the side farmer lad or assie is more
likely to have had his or her "fll' of such diver
sions and be ready to come back home and settle
down to the serious business of life than is the
country-bred junior who has never been off the
farm and has never had any opportunity to crafty
that love of good time that is instructive with
all young people.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-02-03
ST. PAUL AND MINNEAPOLIS MINI. FEBRJAR 1912
GLUE TO BUDDHISM
Professor Starr Prizes Into Sc.
cret of Idol.
Similarity of Works Found in Oriental
Temple With Monuments Of Gen.
trail America Is Evidence Re-
Iigion Existed in America.

Chicago.-Aftcr 1000 years of cross
legged meditation in heather tenn
pie Of Korea, something exciting has
happened to the giant stone Buddha
of Kyong Ju. The idol has been meas
ured, poked. in it's sacred ribs, and
made the center Of a new theory by
Prof. Frederick Starr, the University
Of Chicago anthropologist, who re-
turned recently from trip of oriental
exploration.
In the seated Buddha, which has
stared at the eastern sea in compare
tive neglect for many centuries, Pro-
fessOr Starr believes he has found the
masterpiece of an ancient fully devel-
oped Korean art, the prototype of the
famous bronze Japanese Buddhas of
Nara and Kamakura, and traces of
sculpture and architecture analogous
to that of Yucatan and Central Amer
lea.
The similarity Of the works of art
found in the temple with the Buddha
to the monuments of Central America
and Mexico is declared by Professor
Starr to be striking. He will make a
careful comparison of the data he has
collected in the widely remote places,
and he believes his evidence will be
the strongest yet produced to prove
that Buddhism formerly existed on
the American continent.
The Chicago scientist asserted that
the examination Of the idol was one
Of the most impressive Of his expert
ences in the Orient The Buddha is
ten feet in height, and sits in a semi.
subterranean temple twenty feet in
diameter, surrounded by fifteen slabs
of stone, each bearing a sculptured
figure. The temple crowns a high hill
fifteen miles from Kyong Ju, the an.
cient capital of Silla, one of the three
ancient Korean nations, on the east.
ern side Of the southern half of the
Korean peninsula. The only living
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-02-03
EXPLORING DEAD SEA
Scientists Sounding Waters Of
Oldest Known Lake.
Motives Of Expedition Said to 30
Purely Scientific-No Elements Of
commercialism Entering Into
Ultimate Object.

Jerusalem.-An expedition, the pur
pose OF which is thoroughly to explore
the Dead sea and its environs under
the leadership of DR.. Bruhl of the Uni
versity Of Berlin, has just arrived
from Europe and continued to the
scene of it's future operations.
The motives Of the expedition, so it
is emphatically averred by DR.. Bruhl,
are purely scientific, with absolutely
no elements of commercialism enter
Ing into its ultimate object.
The work Of exploration will con-
slst in the major part Of sounding the
depth of verious sections of the lake
as we'll as Analysing the complex
composition of its waters, studying it's
shores, Investigating the nature of the
different minerals that are said to
abound in that region, exploring, as
far as is possible, the channels of the
many rivers and hot water streams,
apart from the Jordan, which flow
into the sea, from both the eastern
and western mountain ranges that
hem its shores, examining and classify
ing the varieties Of fish that exist in
large numbers only in the extreme
southeastern section of the lake,
which consists mainly of shadows and
marshes.
1t must be remembered in this con-
nection that it has always been firm
ly maintained by those who visited
the Dead sea and wrote treatises
about it long ago that no fish Of any
kind can make their habitat in any
part of it, and this long established
belief was disproved only recently by
a pleasure party Of Americans, long
resident in the country, who visited
the southern end of the lake and dis
covered fish.
So it remains for the members of
the German expedition to arrive at
the causes, which undoubtedly must
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-02-03
"Prophet's" Gloomy Forecast for 1871

Prophets" Gloomy Forecast for 1912.
York, Pa.-"The year of 1912 will
be one of trouble according to Lee
j. Spangler, who styles~himself "the
last of the prophets" and who has
gained a reputation because of the full
fillment of some Of his prophecies.
Spangler's forecast is a gloomy one
since he says there will be much suf-
fering throughout the land. The strug-
gle between capital and labor, accord
ing to Spangler, will become keener
than ever before, and there will be a
business depression, the worst in
many years. He says the people will
be punished for their wickedness and
there will be much distress in the big
cities.
The prophet says that there will
be trouble throughout the world. Ma.
tons will be involved In war, and
there will be much bloodshed.
OF one thing Spangler seems certain,
and that is that the world will not
come to an end this year. He says
that all can feel safe from the coming
of the end Entil 1915.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-02-03
A Sad Event.

The irrepresible .Tody' Hamilton, who is held to
know as much about circuses as any human being
could tells of the misfortunes of an Ohio man who
attempted to pilot "one-tent show" through the
middle west
This owner lost number of valuable animals, by
accident and otherwise; 30 that It was with consid
cradle sympathy that one Of his keepers under.
took the task OF breaking gently to the old man"
the news Of further disaster The keeper accom-.
plished this with much tact, as follows
Mr.. Morgan, you remember that lafin' hyena
in cage No. 81"
Remember the laughing hyena?" repeated the
owner What the deuce are you driving at?'
simply this, MI Morgan: He amt got nothin' to
laugh at this mornin'. "-Lppincott,s.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-02-03
Crying Baby 10 "Exhibit A.

Buffalo, N. VA crying baby was
offered in evidence, and after much
argument between opposing counsel
was marked for Identification as eek.
hibit A. in case brought up in the
city court here. The action is for
$1,000 damages, and the baby is pro.
duced as the principal evidence for
the plaintiff. 49,.
II desire to offer this infant in evi.
dence,' was the announcement of one
of the attorneys as a woman came
behind the rail bearing a bundle in
her arms. The attorney for the de-
tense promptly objected.
Nobody ever heard of such pro-
ceeding," he said.
II contend, that 1t is perfectly proper
to have the child marked for identi.
ication," contended the plaintiffs law.
yer.
The argument continued for several
minutes, the baby holding his own In
the noise-making. Finally the court
settled the dispute by directing ths
stenographer to mark the exhibit.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-02-03
Shared Food With Birds,

Kansas City, Mo.-In front Of the
Hotel Baltimore a newsboy shivered
the other morning. One hand was
busy making frequent trips to his
mouth with large hamburger"
from which he was taking hungry
sized bites.
poor little rat. He must be near.
~ frozen" travelling man remarked
as he sat in large leather chair
looking out upon the snow and ice.
Just then some snow birds lighted
a few feet away. They hoped about
as if half frozen. The newsboy
tossed them piece Of his sandwich
They pecked at it eagerly. Then he
tossed the remainder down and
watched the birds peck at it so
eagerly.
No. The travelling man didn't 60
out and give the newsboy a dollar
or buy him new overcoat. He light
ed another cigar.
I'D like to do something for that
lad" he remarked. tsBut it's Just
too cold to move"