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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-17
STARTS EXODUS
News That N. Y. Supreme Court
viii Hold InquisitiOn
Causes a Panic in the City'S
Underworld.
MANY GAMBLERS LEAVE TOWN
Price Paid for Police Protection
During Past Year
BY DiSOrderly Houses Estimat-
ed at $1,OOO,OOO.
Many GAMBLERS LEAVE TOWN

New York, Aug. IA general inves-
ugation into police CRAFTS in all its
| phases is to be undertaken by the ex-
traordinary session of the supreme
court presided over by Justice Goff who
has been designated by Governor Dix
TO sit in the trials of Police Lieut..
seeker and others charged with the
murder of the gambler Herman Rosen-
thai.
News that the supreme court would
conduct a grand jury inquisition with
justice Goff having full powers of COM
pelilng testimony caused a panic in the
uI oerWorld today and lnany gamblers
and others hurriedly left the city it
mas been supposed that the appoint
ment OF Justice Goff was only for the
purpose of trying the Rosenthal muir
oer case, but it leaked out that the
supreme court would begin a John
Doe inquiry that would delve into the
lntermoSt relations between the police
and keepers of gambling and disor-
derly houses.
UIIer John Doe proceedings Jus
tlce Gof can call gamblers and keep
ers of disorderly houses and force
them to tell how much money was
paid for police protection ami to whom
the money was paid. The aldermanic
inquiry, it is expected, will cooper
ate with the work of the supreme e
court Evidence is in the hands of
District Attorney Whitman that dis
orderly houses in the city paid more
than $1,000,000 for police protection
during the last year and that this mon
ey went to certain police inspectors
and others higher up The punish
ment inflicted upon Inspector Hayes
by reducing him to the rank of cap
tain and then suspending him on tire
charge that he failed to keep his dis
trict clean is believed to be a forerun-
ner of general shake-up by Police
Commissioner Waldo, who is now con-
vinced that the police have deceived
him as to gambling and vice con-
ditions. Commissioner Waldo said:
There is proof now of laxity and
bad work on the part of certain n
spectors and policem en-. If these men
have been downright crooks the truth
will come out and they will be pun
ished. If they have erred through stu
pidity or carelessness, they will be re-
quired to change their ways or shall
fire them from the department"
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Namara case. The jury was out "a
minutes.
Only three ballots were taken by the
jury and each juror voted not guilty
Although warned against any demon
stration by the baiiiffs, there was a
spontaneous outburst of applause when
Foreman NJ. r. Williams, in response
to the courts query, stated that the
jury had found verdict of not guilty.
There was a rush to the side of the
defendant, which was stopped by the
bailiffs. but it was renewed few mo-
ments later after Judge Hutton thank
ed and discharged the jury.
Then enSued a remarkable scene.
Darrow approached the jurors still
in the box to thank them and two of
Them. Jurors Golding and Dunbar,
throw their arms about HIM and pat
ted his back. other jurors reached
forward and clasped hands with the
attorney. The scene gradually re-
solved itself into reception for DarroW
and the jurors, friends of the erStWhlle
defendant crowding up to congratulate
him and shake hands with the jurors,
while the flashlights of newspaper
photographers doomed from every
angle of the court room.
AcquittaI Was Expected.
The final scene in the trial which
lasted several days more than three
months, was dramatic in the extreme
The crowd which filled the court room
when the jury filed out at 9:25 O'Clock
was still intact when the electric buzz
ger in the room summoned the bailiff to
that occupied by the jurors on the floor
above.
The waiting crowd, composed mostly
OF Darrow's friends seemed confident
the verdict would not be long in COM
ing. The instructions of Judge Hutton
convinced many of them that it would
be verdict of acquittal, and the sound
OF the buzzer, followed by sudden ac-
tivity among the bailiffs, electrified the
spectators. When the jurors filed into
their seats, hundreds searched the faces
of the men for some Indication of the
result of their brief deliberations.
Most of the faces were expressionless
while one or two showed suppressed ex-
citement. What sounded like a long
sigh and few handcIaps followed the
announcement of foreman M r. Will
liams that the verdict was not guilty
Am effort had clearly been made to obey
the warning against a demonstration
and the spontaneous outburst ended
abruptly.
With the formal thanking and dis
charging of the jury the crowd rushed
forward to congratulate the Chicago
lawyer and his wife, who had sat at
his side since the trial began; but with
only a passing acknowledgment Dar-
row and his wife rushed over to the
jury box and Golding and Dunbar
threw their arms about the erstwilile
defendant, patted him on the back and
declared with smiles that it was the
happiest day of their lives. Other
jurors reached out to grasp his hands
and the crowd pushed in and Swarmed
over the jury box
Judge CongratuIates him.
Judge Hutton was one of the first
officials to congratulate Darrow.
Hundreds of thousands of halle
luiahs will go up from as many
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a dumb person can do toward speak
ing to the many scientists assembled
there from all over the world. The
foreign members were much i'm
pressed by the way in which Miss
Keller had mastered the difficulties of
speech and pronounced this session of
the congress the most profitable yet
held. Miss Keller has been under in
structfon with Professor White of the
Boston Conservatory of Music for
more than a year. She will lecture
this fail and In September will be-
gin the series at Schenectady, where
she has been appointed on the public
service commission of that city by
Mayor Lunn.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-17
SEEK ROSENTHAL'S WAD
Dead Gambler Reported in Rhenish
to Have Left Millions.

New York, Aug. Histories of a for
tune of fabulous size, left by Herman
Rosenthal the gambler. are being cir
culated in Rhenish, Prussia, the district
from which RosenthaI came, according
to cabled advices from Berlin. One wide
ly published story, it is said, asserts
that the murdered gambler left a for
tune of $45vO,0O0. Other reports place
the amount at 10 million dollars
Four German heirs, it is said, are
preparing to put in claims to the es-
tate. Orc of them is Ludwig Rosen-
thai. bookbinder, who is an inmate
of the municipal hospital at GIadbach.
So far as known in New York, Ro-
senthal was practically penniless when
he was murdered. Sam Paul has said
that he paid the dead gamblers fun
eral expenses.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-17
IN LOW CLEAR TONES.
Helen Keller Sings Before the OtoIog-
ical Congress.

Boston, Aug 17.-Singing in low
clear tones, her voice reaching to the
furthest parts of the room, Helen
Keller, the marvelously gifted blind,
deaf and dumb girl, sang and talked
to the session of the ninth biological
congress in the medical department
of Harvard medical school She TO-
cused her sightless eyes straight ahead
and gazed into the faces of her hear
ers as if she were conscious of their
every smile. She kept her professor
and her audience both laughing by
witty remarks in the intervals of the
demonstration of her voice work, on
which she has spent 18 months of
hard study and practice
She gave a short address in Eng
lish, which was followed by one in
French at the request of DR.. E. J.
Maure of Bordeaux. She then spoke
in German and her enunciation and
pronunciation were pronounced per-
feet in all three languages.
Miss Keller was accompanied by
Mrs B. j. Macy and her presence
went far toward demonstrating what
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-17
SHE USES NEEDLE
Woman Sought When Kansan
Will Probably Die.
C. HI. BuIIard, winfield, Found
Dying in Cemetery.

Los Angeles, Aug. 17.-Calvin H.
Bullard, formerly postoffice inspcc-
tor, is at the point of death in the
county hospital from a wound made
with a sacking needle in his right
temple. The needle had been driven
three inches into his head when he
was found yesterday in the cemetery
at New Hall and there were evidences
of struggle. Torn pieces of a pho
tograph of a young woman upon which
was written:
From your Bakersfield sweet
heart" were found nearby. Bullard' s
wife lives in Bakersfield.
The police are searching for a young
woman said to have been seen with
Bullard two hours before he was
found. Billiards. parents live in Win
field, Cowley county. Kansas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-17

between the two national league pen
nant leaders. Manager Chance pre-
dicted that with Johnny Evers, tho
suspended second baseman back in
the game, and with Richie now pitch
ing at his best, Chicago would win
From the other camp came the
news that Christy Mathewson, the
idol of the New York fans, was
scheduled to take the mound against
the pennant contenders. The atten-
dance promises to surpass that of the
two previous days. 1t was announced
last night that every reserved seat in
the big stand had been sold. Show
ers were predicted by the weather
bureau for this morning.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-17
Dimes WITH NEGROES.
Roosevelt wipes Out the Color Line at
Providence.

Providence, r. L, Aug line
color line was obliterated when Colonel
Roosevelt sat down to a dinner at the
Hotel Narragausett with workers in
his Rhode Island campaign. At the
board were two women who have
aligned themselves with the third par
ty cause, one of them the daughter of
Ex-Governor Garvin.
Also seated at the table were julius
L. Mitchell. a lawyer OF PROVIDENCE,
and DIR. Matthews of Newport, both
negroes. who went to the third party
convention as delegates. The negroes
are in the Rhode Island state execu-
tive committee of seventeen.
Roosevelt showed the most cordial
interest in his negro supporters at the
dinner, directing his conversation at
times directly to them. The feast was
a secret affair.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-17
Are 5000 DEAD
Injured 5000 by the Recent
Earthquake.
Whole Villages Are Heaps of
Charred Debris.

Constantinople, Aug. 17.-An appalling
story of suffering and damage caused
by the recent earthquake in the region
abou the sea of Marmora was told by
the members of the expedition dis
patched on August IA to the stricken
district on board the United States
sunboat Scorpion, guardzhip at Con-
stantinopIe which returned here today
The number of killed in the various
towns and villages is placed at 5000,
and injured 6,000 1t was found impos-
sible to approach. several villages oW-
ing to the odors arising from the bodies
buried among the ruins Other VII
lagos were simply heaps of charred de-
bris. The plight of the survivors has
been rendered worse because of dill
Guilty of obtaining building material.
Earthquakes continue almost daily
at many places along the coast Slx
shocks were felt yesterday and many
damaged houses collapsed. In several
villages visited by the expedition, some
of the houses which apparently were
undamaged were found to consist ol
empty shells, the whole of the interior
having collapsed.
At Myrieophite the appearance of the
town was deceptive because NUMBER
of houses standing on the sea front
surrounded by gardens were intact but
immediately in the rear scarcely
stick or stone was left upright. Num-
erous assures were observed in the
ground but none of great size although
The villagers reported that cleft near
lv 200 feet deep had opened in a hill
side eight miles inland.
People Seem stunned.
The people throughout the district
appeared stunned by the catastrophe
and made no attempt to help them
selves, sitting and brooding over their
rrisfortunes and awaiting the arrival
of relief. The Red Cross society and
the Greek philanthropic societies are
doing good work in the district, the Red
Cross having dispatched missions to the
irterior to assist the sufferers.
The Turkish transport Bezzm-y-Alem
has been converted into a hospital ship
and anchored off the coast
The American medical mission after
treating 800 patients and finding that
its work was overlapping that of other
missions handed over it's supplies and
medical stores to the vail of Adrianople
who is experimenting the work on the
scene.
The American Red Cross society con-
tirued to dispatch supplies to the suf-
ferers and the foreign colonies here
purpose to collect subscriptions under
the patronage of their respective 1ega-
items The ecumenical patriarchate con-
templates making an appeal for aid to
the Archbishop of Canterbury.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-17
GOODBYE TO WICWAM
Historic Training Headquarters VIII
Be Wrecked.

San Francisco, Aug. 1.-THE wig
wanl." famous in tee annals of Fistiana
is to be torn down. For 35 years
worlds champions have trained ther
In the old wooden pavilion across the
bay in Alameda, Jack Dempsey had
his quarters when he was thought in
vincible. Peter Jackson trained there
for his battle with Jim Cerbett. Joe
Cans worked there for his last fight
with Battling Nelson
Lanky Bob Fitzsinlmons, "Pompa-
dour Jim Corbett, Jim Jeffries, 'the
big fellow" Terrible Teddy Meow
ern, Joe Walcott, the "Barbadoes De-
mon;'' George Dixon, Jimmie Britt
Tommy Ryan, Eddie Hanlon, and a
long list of others whose epitaphs sprin-
kfe the book of records, made ready
there for some of their best remern bet-
ed bouts.
But on September the walls of
the wigwam will echo for the last time
to the thump of padded fists. On that
night the Alameda Athletic club viii
stage farewell exhibition, and the
next day the wreckers will be busy
among the falling timbers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-17
CROzIER MOVES UP.
Kansas Man Becomes Head of the War
College.

Washington, Aug. 17.-Brigadiar
General VIM. Crozier, U. S. A, chief
of the bureau of ordnance, has been
selected to succeed Brigadier General
A. L. Mills as president of the army
war college in this city.
General Mills becomes chief of the
division of militia affairs relieving
Brigadier General r. K. Evans. as
signed to command the department of
the gulf, recently commanded by Brig
adler General Wotherspoon, now in
nomination before the senate to be
major general
Brigadier General z. z. SteeVer,
temporarily in command of the de-
partment of Texas, succeeding the late
Brigo dier General Duncan, is MADE
commander of that division.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-17
BILL IS SIGNED
The Money to Pay Pensioners
Is Made Available
By President Taft's First Off
ciaI Act Today.

Washington, Aug. 17.-President
Taft's first official act today was 20
sign the $16O,0OO,00O pension appro-
priation bill. The pension office was
Immediately notified and telegraph
orders were sent to the Is outlying
agencies to start payment at once OF
the money so long held up by the de-
Law in congress. Every pensiOner IN
the United States will be paid by
Tuesday at the latest
Paymaster General Smith of the
army today authorized payment to
enlisted men of the regular army for
the month of July, leaving the June
paw to be distributed later. The Off
GERS already have received their pay
for June. The pay of the regulars
has been held up in the general de-
ficiency bill.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-17
GOSSIP
Many Well Known Politicians
Running for. Senate.
Fitzpatrick, Price and Wagge-
ner May Come Back.
OLD SENATORS TO TRY AGAIN
Quincy, Bender and VintOn
StiIIings on the Way.
Veatch of Washington and
Carey of Reno, Nominees.
Old SENATORS TO TRY AGAIN

Many of the students in the old
school of Kansas law making, VIII s1t
in the senate next winter, judging
from the returns from the state wido
primaries. Among those men who Will
return to the legislature try to
are men who have for years been
prominent in state politics and helped
to create some of the best laws on the
next year will probably include such
old timers as Price, Waggoner, Still
ings, Porter, Stavley, Getty, Fitzpat-
rick, Troutman, Denton, Quincy, Car
ey and half dozen others.
Among this old crowd are men who
have helped in former elections of
United States senators, men who went
through some of the hottest fights
ever witnessed in the Kansas legisla-
ture. In the crop of a score of new
senators who will come to Topeka
next winter, any of them will find
willing leaders in any one of the doz-
en- pioneers of the legislative halls.
In a number of districts this year, the
former members of the lower house
were rewarded for their service by
nominations to the senate. In other
districts the parties selected men
whose faces will be new in Kansas
politics and in a Kansas law making g
body. Many of the state senatorial
fights this year were hotly contested,
and the fights for the party nomina-
tions in most districts will be carried
to the November election.
In the Brown-Doniphan district,
w. p. Lambertson, a member of the
house in 1911, was nominated by the
Republicans in a three-cornered bat
tie. w. E. Waupler was given the
Democratic nomination without op-
position.
Bale P. Waggener, of Atchison, is
the Democratic nominee in the Sec
ond district, which includes Atchison
and jackson counties. Waggener's s
name in the senate roll call next ses-
sion will add a familiar tone to the
visitor of other days if he chances 70
watch the 1913 legislature work. Ie
was Waggener who went through the
stormy days when the old rISS was
in force, when reporters We're BAN
ished and when the Atchison man s
affiliation with the railway industry
was recited at every opportunity. As
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-17
BARS HIGH HEELS
Women Must Not Punch Holes
in Greens.
Public Golf Course Open Only
to Flat HeeIed Players.

Chicago, Aug. 1T.-Women who play
golf on the public course at Jackson
park, are incensed at an order just
issued by the park commissioners,
which prohibits the wearing of high
heel shoes ON the course.
The order reads:
Men and women may not use this
course while wearing high heel shoes.
Only low and broad heels, such as are
commonly used in the practice of
sports will be permitted
The commissioners claimed IT was
impossible to keep the greens in prop
er condition as long as persons who
wear high heels were permitted to
nlaY.
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throats when they hear of this said
the judge as he grasped the hand of
the Vindicated lawyer.
reception in which the Darrows
and members of the jury were the
central figures followed and lasted
almost until noon.
Although the members of the jury
declared that they were always of one
mind. three ballots We're taken, in or
ger, as one of them said, that no "un-
due haste would be shown.
The first ballot was to 4 for ac-
quittal and the second 1C to 2; the
third was unanimous for mot guilty.
The result of the vote was received
with applause and cheers by the
jurors. echoes of which were heard in
the chambers below of Judge Hutton.
Darrow dictated the following state
ment to the Associated Press:
1T has been long, hard ordeal and
of course 1 have great sense of relief
at it's, close. None of those who knew
me ever believed that 1 was corrupt
and thier encouragement and faith has
been my greatest help in this trial. The
indictment and prosecution could not
have happened except under the tense
excitement and strain of the dramatic
close of the Mcnamara case.
Il shall spend the rest of my life
as I have that which is past, in dong
the best I can to serve the cause of
the poor"
FredericIxs Talks.
District Attorney Fredericks was not
present when the verdict was an
nounced. He was visibly perturbed
when informed of it.
81 have nothing to say,' he said.
I'VE gave the jury evidence which IN
our judgment was complet and con-
/ think the jury has taken
into account what has been said by rhe
defense's counsel more than they have
the evidence. However, we do not
quarrel with verdicts. 1t is our bus
mess to present evidence theirs to
consider it. 1 imagine we will try the
Balm case. 1 do not know Cf any rea-
son why we should not. It is a far
stronger case than this
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-17
SEMBRICH IS HURT.
Breaks Her Wrist While Rescuing Her
Dog.

Paris, Aug. 17.-Madame Sembrich,
the prina donna, is suffering much
pain from a severe fracture of her left
wrist. A few days ago at Onchy she
returned to a trolley car from which
she had just alighted, to rescue her
favorite dachshund, which was peril
ously near the wheels. She fell and
in trying to lessen the force of the fall,
broke the wrist bone.
Nine. Sembrich will sail on Septem-
Der Is for a tour of America, where
she will give 60 concerts
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-17
QUITS AIR FOR Wife.
Lieut.. John Rodgers Gives Up Charge
of Aerial School.

Annapolis, Nd, Aug. 17.-Lieuten-
ant John Rodgers, the pioneer OF the
United States corps of navy aviators,
has been detached from the school OF
aviation at the naval academy and
will assume command of ths gunboat
Yankton.
Rodgers gave up aviation on the plea,
of his bride of less than a year, who
was kept in constant fear II her hus-
bands life while he continued MS
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GOES INTO THE DITCH.
PennsyIvania's Eighteen Hour Chicago
Flyer Is Derailed.

Fort Wayne, Ind, Aug. 17.-Pennsyl-
vania passenger train No. %. west
bound, the 1S-hour New York-Chicago
flyer due in Chicago at 2 p. m. went
into the ditch near Middle Point, Ohio,
early today. Three passengers are re-
ported injured, but none was killed.
When the train left the rails it car
red down telegraph poles and available
details are meagre.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-17
IT IS VERY HOT.
And the weather Man Promises No
Relief for Sunday.

It is hot again today. the mercury
having reached the SO degree mark By
o'clock this afternoon The river y
rising slightly, the stage being 80 feet
The wind is blowing IA miles an hour
from the southwest Continued fair
weather is predicted for tonight and
Sunday.
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EVERS BACK IN GAME.
Today's Battle Between Cubs AID
Giants to Be Hottest.

Chicago, Aug. 17.@Today's game
between the New York Giants and
the Chicago Cubs promises to be The
hardest fought of the present series
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UNANIMOUS FROM THE FIRST
Jury Wished to Avoid Amy APP
pearance of Haste.
First Ballot Was s to 4 for
Not Guilty.

Los Angeles, Aug. 17.-Clarence S.
Darrcw, the noted Chicago lawyer.
was found not guilty today of the
charge of bribery of a juror in the Nc
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Weather Forecast for Kansas.
Generally fair tonight and Sunday. Cool
z tonight
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CONTINUED on Page Two.l
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1912-05-17

Jim Pringle the Timer is here, and
will stay in town as long as he has
any work. Bring in your orders to
Oakley Hdw. Co.
The Primary Stake Convention will
be held in Oakley on the 18th and
10Th inst. to which all Primary work
ers are cordially invited to attend.
There never was time when peo-
pie appreciated the real merits of
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy more
than now. This is shown by the in
crease in sales and voluntary testi-
monials from persons who have been
cured by it. If you or your children
are troubled with a cough or cold
give it trial and become acquainted
with its good qualities. for sale by
all Dealers.