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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-10
FAILED TO SIGN
Taft Candidates for National
Delegates in California
If Elected Will Be Free to Vote
as They Please.

San Francisco, May 10.-The failure
of the Taft delegates in California to
sign the preference and delegates
pledges promises an exceedingly com
pick situation. Roosevelt supporters
already have planned to contest the
rights of the delegates should they be
elected. Both sides are agreed that
the Taft delegates had a legal right to
both pledges, under the law, are op-
tionaI but not obligatory. Roosevelt
leaders declare the purpose of the ac-
ton was to save some struggling votes
carried the majority of the districts.
Had they signed the pledges. they
would have been obliged to vote for
Roosevelt as the delegates pledge
binds them ''to support that candidate
who shall have received the highest
number of votes cast throughout the
state"
From Roosevelt headquarters comes
the intimation that any attempt to
seat delegates from scattering districts
the Taft men are not delegates from
any particular district but delegates at
large. John w. Stetson, a Roosevelt
leader in California, said:
Their scheme is to take advantage of
the provision in the call of the Republican
national committee which provides that
all presidential primaries must be by dis
tricts. They cannot do it because the
California law declares for the election of
lis delegates by a state wide vote and the
convention can not violate that law.
IT suppose the Taft men will, if they
lose the state, collect the vote by counties
in any congressional districts they might
carry and try to seat those two delegates
at Chicago. But they have overlooked
something. Officially there are no dele
gates at large. If they choose to contest
for the seats of any two Roosevelt men
from one district. for instance. there is
nothing to prevent declaring that those
two delegates are delegates at large and
not delegates from that particular dis
triet."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-10
(Continued on Page Two.l
SOLD WITHOUT GUARD
Chicago Newspapers Are Once More
on General Sale.

Chicago, May 10.-Newspapers were
sold at a number of downtown corners
today without guard for the first time
since the beginning of the newspaper
strike.
The scene of the distribution of the
papers has gradually widened in the
last few days until at present it in
cludes nearly every section of the city.
Following the action of President ]. J..
Freel of the Stereotypers International
union in revoking the charter of the
Chicago union for rebelling against
the laws of the organization, more
striking stereotypers applied to the
newspapers today for reinstatement. A
few of the old men have been taken
back but it is reported that most of
the papers have full crews of stereo-
tyDerS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-10
Committee Turns Down Re-
quest for $4,000.
CLEAR MOUTH OF RIVER
Two Dikes and Debris Will BE
Removed.
River VIII Be Deepened Five
Miles Up Stream.

Washington, D. c.. May 10.-At last
Uncle Sam has been induced to lend
his aid in the interests of flood pro-
lection at the mouth of the Kaw river
and improve generally it's navigation.
For the past several months Senator
Curtis has been fighting to have con-
gress adopt the recommendation of the
secretary of war and board of engi-
neers. which call for an appropriation
of $4,000 for the first year, and a
subsequent annual appropriation of
$4,000.
According to the recommendations,
$1,000 should be expended on the re-
mOval of two dikes at the mouth of
the Kaw; $4,000 for the removal of
debris and surveys in connection with
bridge reconstruction and levee i'm
provement; for additional work need
ed in the .moval of other distractions
in the interests of navigation,
S25OOO
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-10
CALLED IN DREAM.
Fireman Sustained His First Accident
While Asleep.

Chicago, May 10.-Hugh M. Top
met his first accident in the business
ping, for many years a city fireman,
last night while responding to a
dream alarm Answering fire
alarms has become purely mechanical
with Topping and he declares that
many times he has not awakened un-
til after reaching the scene of the
blaze.
Topping was sleeping peacefully in
the headquarters of his company last
night when he dreamed that an alarm
had been sounded.
He sprang from his bed and "a mo-
ment later for the brass pole used by
the men to slide down to the main
floor from the bunk room. For the
first time he missed it and dropped
through the hole to the lower floor.
He broke a rib and was unconscious
for several minutes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-10
THEY WANT BOYS.
Two Chicago Bachelors Desire tc
Adopt Twins.

Chicago, May 10.-Three wealthy
young bachelors of Chicago have tired
spending their money recklessly and
are anxious to adopt five 4-year-old
boys Two of them want to become
the foster-fathers of twins, while the
tn1ro prefers to adopt only one boy.
The identity of the men is held a
secret Their wishes were made known
through DR.. A. L. Lindsay Wynel1oop
~ an address before the Congress of
Mothers last night. The boys will be
welI taken care of it was said. In
each case a governess will be ap-
pointed and all will wear fine clothes
and play with costly TOYS. In adfli-
ton, they will be given the best edu-
cation possible.
Dr. Wynekoop said the men were
AFRAID that if their identity became
known they would be ridiculed. No
boys have been selected thus far
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-10
MENACE OF FLOOD
Thousands of Dead Animals
Floating in Back Water.
Disease Likely to Be Added to
Other Affections.

New Roads, La, May 10.-F1ood
waters from breaches in the M1ss1ssip-
pi levees that already have carried suf-
fering to thousands of persons of
Louisiana continue to creep southwark
today and now this town, with its rich
outlying country, is threatened.
All people living in this territory
have been warned to flee. Many, how
ever declare they will not abandon
their homes. City, government and
state relief officials are preparing for
a hard campaign of rescue work. Boats
are being gathered here and crews are
being drilled.
tt seems only matter of a few
hours before this entire territory will
be inundated just as the country to the
north has been. This means that the
state and the government Will have to
care for thousands more homeless and
that the people of Louisiana must bear
great additional loss before the flood
waters have turned back.
Most of the flood water is coming
from the great break in the levee at
Torras. This breach is 5000 feet wide.
Water pours through it with the speed
of a mill race. This is the third
calamity that the people of the Pointe
Coupee country have been compelled
to face First came the boil weevil
that destroyed the cotton crops. The
people disheartened, turned to plant
ing cane. Then an early freeze came
last winter that destroyed thousands
of ton of cane. Now the flood is
spread over the entire parish. Crops
cannot be planted this year.
Prior to this series of disasters Pointe
Coupee, then not under Intensive cul-
tivation. produced GA, 900 bales of cotton
and 5000, 900 pounds of sugar cane be-
side large crops of rice and truck A
new menace showed today when 1t
was discovered that carcasses of hum
dreds of animals are floating in the
back water between New Roads and
Torras. They can neither be buried nor
burned. The health authorities were
afraid they will bring disease.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-10
BURTON MAY COME.
Reported That He Will Be Member
of Legislature.

1t is said that former U. S. Senator
]. R. Burton will run for the legisla-
ture from Saline county this year on
the Democratic ticket. Burton, hav-
ing sounded all the depths and shoals
of political honor and preference and
finally reaching the United States
senate, the highest place in the land
next to president, now begins all over
again by running for the legislature.
He had won his former offices as a
Republican. Now he is of the Demo-
cratic faith.
If Burton comes to the next Kansas
house as a Democrat the sessions of
that body will not be less interesting
than they have been in the past. With
his experience and his natural gift
of eloquence and the bitterness that
is stored up in his soul he should play
an important part in council and de-
hate
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-10
TODAY'S BALL GAMES
Western League.

Denver at Lincoln. clear, 3:45 p. m.
Topeka at Wichita, cloudy, 3:30
st. Joe at Des Moines. rain, s:45
Omaha at Sioux City. rain, s:45
p. m.
National.
New York at Chicago. clear, p. m.
Boston at ST. Louis, cloudy, 3 p. m.
Brooklyn at Cincinnati, clear, 3
p. m.
Philadelphia at Pittsburg, clear.
$3.50 p. m.
American.
St. Louis at New York, clear, D. m.
Detroit at Boston, clear, 3:15 D. m.
Cleveland at Philadelphia, clear,
3:45 p. m.
Chicago at washington, clear. 4
p. M
Association.
indianapolis at Milwaukee. clear, 3
Louisville at Kansas City. clear. 8
p. m.
Toledo at Minneapolis. p. m.
Columbus at st. Paul. cloudy. 3
p. m.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-10

after legal fights. prompted clergymen,
lawyers and physicians to organize this
society for the purpose of preventing
such miscarriages of Justice
Mrs. Margaret Evans Wright, gen.
eral secretary of the new society, was
released from an asylum at Central
Islip, L. L, last month, after she had
convinced the court of her sanity.
"a case in point says the president
of the society, '1s that of Mary Eliza
beth Lewis, who was detained for %
years in Bloomingdale before she was
found to be sane. Another case was
that of J. A. Chaloner, who was ad-
judged insane in this state and after
wards wrote such creditable works as
-Four Years Behind the Bars of
Bloomingdale,' and Lunacy Law of the
WOrld.'''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-10
GOOD RAIN FALLS.
Nearly an Inch Is Recorded in
Topeka.

The weather has been pleasant today
but somewhat threatening. The fore
low pressue. tits a common mistake
orally fair conditions Saturday.
There was some apprehension on the
part of some Topeka people today due
to the fact that a head line in a To-
peka paper conveyed the impression
that a cyclone would strike Kansas.
Now cyclone" said Sunny Flora
this afternoon, ais just a term given
by weather observers for an area OF
low pressure 1t is a common mistke
to call tornado a cyclone
Rain began falling at 1:05 Thursday
night and continued until 3:45 O'Clock
this morning. The total amount of pre-
cIpltation was 81 of an inch.
Rain has been general in prac ctically
all parts of Kansas and western Mis-
souri, since Thursday morning. In west
ern and southeastern Kansas the
amounts reported were somewhat light,
put the fall ranged from half an inch
TO an inch in central and northeastern
Kansas.
The wind is blowing II miles an hour
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-10
POINTER ON MINNESOTA
First Expression OF Presidential Pref
erence Tonight.

Minneapolis, May 10.-Indications of
the Republican presidential sentiment in
Minnesota will be given tonight when
the primary of Hennepin county which
is identical with the Fifth congressional
district will be held Voting will be
begun at o'clock and the polls will
close at o'clock.
The Republicans of the county will
vote on President Taft, Theodore Roose-
welt and Senator LaFoHette. Arrange
ments have been made by the head
quarters of the three different organi-
zauons for the counting of the ballots
tomorrow night. Other county and
0lstrlct conventions Will be held next
1loIioay' May 13, the state convention
at St. Paul coming Nav 16.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-10
GOES ON TEACHING.
School Ma'am Receives Check fol
S1,s9O,OOO.

New York, May 10.-Although she
has just received a check for $780,
900 pequeathed to her by the late John
S. Kennedy, the New York banker,
Miss Charlotte S. Baker has no inten-
ton of giving up her position as teach
er in a school for girls on East Fifty
fifth street. She intends to go on with
her work exactly as in the past, she
says.
81 am interested in the school and
there is no reason on earth for chang
ing my mode of life" she explained.
The money is to be invested in gilt
edged uptown real estate.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-10
KILLED BY A QUAKE.
Thirty y-Four Lives Lost on the slope
of COlima.

Mexico City, May 10.-Thirty-four
persons were killed and many build
ings in the city of Zapatalan, located
on the slope of the volcano of Colima,
have been destroyed by an earthquake.
Sixteen persons were killed in Ciudad
Guzman and ten others were seriously
injured.
More than half million dollars of
damage, including the total destruc-
ton of & Catholic church, is reported
from the town of Quartet.
The observatory here predicts that
Mexico City will be visited by a dis
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-10

ments may be made for the trip to
Denver.
'Mr. -, of Cincinnati, will
meet them and take care of their
transportation to Denver.
''By this letter, my dear Mr.. -,
you will see there il something doing
and whilst endorsements have been
given in your district, hope that your
two delegates can see their way clear
to vote for Judge Harmon on the first
ballot at Denver"
Mr. CARRIER is a member of the
Democratic nationa, committee. He
declined to make known the names of
those involved in the letter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-10
TO TREAT "THE BLUES"
Boston Will Have a Hospital for the
Mentally Depressed.

Boston, May 1O.-This city is to
have a hospital for 1.-The bIues,'' the
first of the kind in the world The
institution will be a branch of the Bos-
ton state hospital for the insane and
will be conducted on the theory that
all cases of mental depression are
simply forms of physical sickness
which can be alleviated with proper
treatment Patients will be differen-
.lated and classified according to the
kinds of mental diseases they show.
and remedies will be sought for each
class of patients
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-10
SAVED FROM DEATH.
Child Rescued From in Front of Train
by Fireman.

Jefferson, Ga. May 10.-"Soap"
Lockett, fireman on the Georgia Mid
land railroad, plunged head first from
the pilot beam of a moving train near
here yesterday and saved the life of
a white baby girl The child. who is
the 2k -year-oId daughter of John
Potter of this place, was seen on the
railroad track by Engineer Adair.
Lockett. comprehending that the en-
CINE could not be stopped in time.
dashed along the running board, dived
from the beam and rolled off the track
with the child in HIS arms.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-10
NAMES ARE WITHHELD
Bryan Makes Good His Promise 70
Publish = Letter.

Columbus, O.. May 1o.-Charpes
roin frfa William Jennings Bryan that
lo,1s OF Governor Harmon had
sought to purchase Bryan pIedgeJ
o.e.egates to the 1903 convention hsva
stlrred the Ohio executive to a teIes
graphic denial and brought fron, Ne
1,biaIl Dibyah IN Sne publicatio:- of the letter on
Tn Tbn NE Iat+ says the charges were based.
11o ne letter was made public her. b1,
Harvey CARRIER. who said if was mere % 6y
Dore Tarsseu 20 70 To- State Senator Frank y
Devenna, eve Un IlIlln- m 1t was signed Michael
part: L. ana was in
Dear SSfGineinnati. June 1s. 1905
our m1Ituoi IN conference with
1vi+n ne ne ADVISED me you were in to,,ch Ia
district elr etie IMo delegates from the 80 80
UlatrlcI- he advised that Won - -
.bo ao7--, OF -. and have biro Tg MI, MI
he did deegote got OF thas place whose n name Te
together %5+t teiiemper. RSI and have him
meet Mr.. OF -,
ene evening Of July ?, SO that tht.lnns arra on
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-10
TO STOP INSANE CASES
New Organization Will Look After
Those Falsely Accused.

New York. May 1O.-The newest or
ganization to apply for incorporation
nnder the New York state laws is the
american Society for the Protection
of the Alleged Insane" which aims to
save sane folks from being held for
insanity The incorporators state that
.smany cases where sane persons were
pronounced insane, committed to in
stitutions and ultimately discharged
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-10
DahIman Again Mayor.

Omaha, May 10.-At a meeting of the
newly elected commissioners of Omaha
last night Mayor James G. Dahlman
was selected to again head the munich
pal government with the title of mayor
and with immediate charge of the de-
partment of public affairs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-10
GOES BACK TO PRISON
Appellate Court Decides Unanimously
Against Brandt.

New York, May 10=Folke E.
Brandt former valet to Mortimer
L. Schiff was ordered sent back to
Dannemora prison by the appellate di-
vision of the supreme court today. The
court was unanimous in the decision
on the writ of habeas corpus granted
by Judge Girard to Brandt who had
served five years of thirty year
sentence for burglary in the first de-
gree.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-10
Weather FORECAST

Chicago, May 10--Forecast for Kansas
pain and cooler tonight. Fair Saturday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-10

al Columbus on
> SO that arrange
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-12
THE REPORTER
Talcott Williams in Columbia Guar

Talcott Williams in Columbia Quarterly.
 Among the sons of men there Is none who really knows a great city except the man who has been a reporter in it. He has sounded its depths. He has come to worship and the house of festiwl. He Is familiar with the church and with the neither world. He has seen the greater and the lesser wheels of administrative machinery in motion. He has learned how to reach that supreme potentate, the police sergeant, behind his desk, and how to unrave and knit together the varying tales of bystanders. The streets of the city are known to him, barred in sary of a great city is converging on the markets. thronged by the rising and ebb- ing tides of those who go to their work and return from 1t jostlng in the crowded hours, suddenly empty in mid eve as the tide sweep strips the estuary of its water and full again when the theatres empty He knows the streets of danger full of news, and the streets of safety full of newspaper readers, comfort clogged. He comes to have an instinct as to the trail of news, and he discovers. as perhaps no other man does, how often the intelli- gent, the educated. the we'll bred. and the advantaged are dull and hackneyed by safe life and how keen and swift and quick comes to be the great guer- rlla horde that knows the street as it's hunting ground and wins by wit and not by work.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-12
WHITE WAY DEBTORS

From the New York Sun.
 Part of the business troubles of George F. Considine. former proprietor of the Metropole, are due, according to the schedules in bankruptcy filed by him Tuesday, to the fact that Harry Pollok, sporting promoter and sometime host of Jack Rose, owes Considine 70 cents. The list of outstanding accounts says also that Valeska Surrat owes s1; "Bombidus' Supposed to be Bombardier) Wells, s. 40; John T. Kelly. s3; Arnold Daly, an actor. si, and Nat Goodwin. another actor, sS.
 Some of the clientele seemed to go a step further. Corse Payton is listed as owing s219, although some say that prob ably there was a decimal point originally after the g. Bessie Clifford, says the list owes s33; Thomas F Grady, S3.7o; Lew Cooper. s59; L. Whallen, $2.SO Sam Rose ss7, and H. F. Burbridge, $50.
 Considine schedules his liabilities at s25s. .6ss, of which $l26.413 is secured. The asests are put at s5442 and consist of s145 in cash, stock in trade, 5000; liquor tax license, s40o, and accounts. s1s97.
 Consdine's debts for money borrowed total $4S,000, among six creditors, named Charles A. Stoneham, $2o.000 Phil Dwyer. Ss50o; Tim O'Leary of Philadelphia s75Oo; Joseph Began, $3000; Tom O'Rourke, s25o0 and James w Young, $15oo.
 On the outstanding accounts of debtors listed there are more than 100 names of actors, actresses and sporting men,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-12
ORIGIN OF BLACK MARIA

From the New York sun.
 A terror of evildoers was the real orig inal Black Maria, and quite as useful
 in helping to keep the peace as the Black Maria of today Black Maria lived in Bos- ton and in colonial times. She was a gigantic negress, named Maria Lee, and she was mistress of sailors boarding house down near the whsrves.
 Sailors came to her from all over the world. They were often wild, rough set, but they never gave Maria any trouble for her huge size was well bal anced by her prodigious strength. It is told that she once brought three drunken sailors at once to the lookup when they had grown too obstreperous to be kept longer in the house.
 The fame of Marla's strength grew. so that she became a great assistance to the authorities, for when men got to be vio- lent or quarrelsome Black Maria was sent for and soon reduced the unruly to obedience. In time her reputation spread all over Boston, and the lawless el ,ment grew so afraid of her that often the threat of sending for Black Maria was enough to quel the worst cases of in- subordination.
 Few people know of Black Maria Lee as the boarding house keeper of colonial days, but she handed her name down as a menace to the vicious of future gener- ations, in the modern jail wagon. To send for the Black Maria is as much of a threat now as 1t was in Maria Lees time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-12
Mir. Underwood's Speaking Tour

The national campaign committee has wisely decided to confine MT Un- derwood's speaking tour to the east ern states. This popular statesman will speak in Delaware, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Pennsylvania, and he will be kept busy in fulfilling the engagements made for him right up to November 2, thus giving him barely time to come home to vote.
 No one can more plainly and con- vincingly explain revenue tariff than the majority leader can. He will be able to say what not only this Con gress but the next will do in revising the tariff, and his speeches will att tract attention and be carefully weighed. He has the advantage of a full understanding of the great sub ject he will discuss, and he will talk to the point every time. He never fails to win over the impartial nearer. He is to speak 15 times in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Penn sylvania, and these 15 speeches will be widely reported. The national com- mittee could not have sent better speaker into those populous central states.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-12

From the New York Morning Telegraph.
 To MT. Alfred Henry Lewis belongs the pennant for bringing forward the best campaign story of the season of 1912 It is a story of the colonel when he was in the follows:
 Strong not only in the mental, but In the physical, as in a tower, young MT. Roosevelt, arriving in Albany, fell back. it seems upon his fist-his reasoning hav- ing failed-upon at least a brace of leg islative occasions. It resulted in good for MT. Roosevelt, good for the state. A Tammany member became displeased with the Roosevelt school of oratory. The Tammany one expressed views-in whispers-concernng Mir. Roosevelt which on the Bowery would have meant war. Mir Roosevelt overheard the whispers.
 I shall see you presently in the cor ridor,' he snapped.
 MT. Roosevelt did see the Tammany member in the corridor. He commence rated the meeting by smiting that mis- guided whelp of the Tiger hip and thigh.
 Later the smitten one lay in his bed at the Delevant. His friend, who knew nothing of that corridor collision, came in. Beholding the bandages, the friend became as one planet struck. He stood speechess at the others bedside, tacitly counting the wounds.
 "'What would you do?" moaned the injured one, putting a weak hand to the bandages.
 What would I do?' repeated the friend. impressively; I'd sue the road D