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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-22
BUSY DECEMBER
Lecturers From Agricultural
College to FIJI 20 Dates.
win Visit Towns In Many Parts
of State in Four Weeks.

Manhattan. Kan. Nov. 22.-Decem-
Der will be a busy month for institute
lectures at the Kansas Agricultural
college. Seventy farmers institutes
will be conducted by college speakers
during the four weeks. This IL the
schedule:
Junction City. December Sc: Alta
Vista. 8: Canto, 3; Marion. 10-11: Lit
tie River. IL; Clafiin. 10; Lyons. 1916;
Lorraine, II; Ellsworth. 1919: Brook
Vile. 20. Speakers, George o. Greene
and J. w. McColloch.
Cunningham, December 4; Norwich,
SIS; Ashland. SO; Protection. 10; Cold
water, 11-12: Coats. ID: Sawyer. Is:
Zenda, 16; Rago, IT; Stafford 18;
Kinsley. 1920. Speakers, p. E. Crab
tree and Lee H. Gould.
Tescott, December 4; Lincoln. Sc;
Plainville. 8; Hill City. $40; Morland.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-22
OIL IN WELL AT HORTON.
Product Starts Blaze in Rear {
Bakery-Old Hole.

Horton. Kan. Nov. 22.-F. L.
Baughn, a Horton baker, thinks he
has discovered an oil we'll on the lot
back of his bakery
Ben Taylor, baker working for
Baughn. washed his hands in water
pumped from the well. He smelled oil
on his hands and thought oil had got
ten into the well. He threw a cupfuI
OF the water into the bake oven and
1t exploded, and caught a large wood
en- box near the furnace door afire.
Baughn threw nearly a bucketful of
water from the well on the fire and
1t caused the flames to spread, and
for while the bakery was in danger
OF being burned down. After the fire
had been extinguished Baughn pump
ed several bucketfuls of water from
the well. and with each bucketful got
over half gallon Of an oil substance
resembling melted butter Later the
Oil got purer and it is now nearly like
kerosene and will burn in a lamp
Baughn already has taken over fifty
gallons of this oil from the we'll
: The alleged oil well was drilled
three years ago and is sixty-eight feet
in depth. Water was struck at a dis
lance of sixteen feet from the surface.
but no more water was found.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-22

Thought Each Other Dead-Mee
After - Years. Separation.

Thought Each Other Dead-AGeet
After - Years. Separation.
Coldwater, Nov. 22.-Eor % years
Mrs. Dan Hayes has lived near Cold
water in Comanche county, and for
40 years her sister, Mrs. Joe Jindrak.
has resided in PaWnee county, less
than sixty miles away cross-country.
And all of these years each sister
supposed the other was dead. It was
covered that each other. was living
and near together. They were in
Hutchinson on their way to Coldwa-
ter. Mrs Hayes had gone to see her
sister and they were returning to-
gether to the formers home.
1t was a joyful reunion for them.
They had not seen each other for ~
years. Mrs. Hayes Is now So years
of age and her sister, 81. When
they last parted they were girls Of 10
and II years Of age.
They were born in Bohemia, and
came to this country when children
with their father, locating first in a
Bohemian colony in Iowa, since made
famous as the setting for Dvorak's
New World symphony.
Later, while they were still chill
dren, the father took a claim in Ne
braska- He moved there, taking the
older child. now Mrs. Jindrak The
younger daughter, now Mrs. HAYES.
was left in Iowa to go on later with
an uncle who was coming from the
old country. But he failed to show
up, the little girl became lost from
her people, and as the family in Me-
braska were 100 miles from a town
and beyond communication the child.
too young to know what to do. fell
into the hands of strangers.
The father lost all track of her and
supposed she had died. The daugh-
tiers grew to womanhood supposing
each other was dead.
Recently Mrs. Jindrak, now the
wife Of a Pawnee county farmer.
wrote an article for a Bohemian pa
per. telling Of her wanderings and
those Of the family. She mentioned
the circumstance of the loss of her
sister.
The article came to the notice of a
step-brother in the east He wrote
her that her sister was living in
southern Kansas somewhere. Az a
result, correspondence followed and
the missing sister was located.
MRS. Hayes joyfully made the trip
to Pawnee county and found the sis
ter she had not seen for nearly half
a century.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-22

Wichita Man Drowned When Steamer
Turned Turtle.

Wichita, Kan. Nov. 22.-When the
Charles 8. Price. steel steamboat.
turned bottom up and sank in Lake
Huron in the death-dealing storm Of
November Is, it carried down H. s.
Brakeman. an engineer, formerly of
Wichita.
A message from the widow says
that the steamer Is lying upside down
on the bottom Of Lake Huron.
Under it is the body Of my hus-
band" Mrs. Brakeman writes, land
the bodies Of all her crew. I fear we
cannot recover the body Of Mr..
Brakeman"
The Charles s. Price foundered off
Goderich, Ont, with twenty-eight on
board. Seven frozen bodies Of men
believed to have been members of the
crew, were washed ashore at Grand
Bend. The others have not been
found.
Mr.. Brakeman was a railroad en-
gineer when he and his wife resided
at Wichita. They went to Geneva, o.,
from this city, where Mr.. Brakeman
entered the lake freighter service. He
was third engineer on the lost ship.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-22
knights of Siege Perilous Boys in Costume.

rate scale. It il just the thing to APP
peal to boys between II and 20
years of age, and it has made pro-
found impression upon between 40 and
60 Of them at the Central Congre-
gational church.
For equipment six hundred dollars
has already been expended, and 1t Will
take another four hundred dollars to
completely furnish the headquarters
of the order in the basement OF the
church. However. this Is not an. An
active young man will be employed TO
take charge OF the boys work OF the
church, and already a movement mas
been started looking towards the erect
ing a $4,000 addition Immediately
south of the present building to be
among the young people. 1t will un-
doubleday take this plan some time to
develop, for it hardly more than be-
yond the air castle stage.
Backed by Brotherhood.
The order of Knights of the Siege
Perilous is backed by the Boys work
committee of the brotherhood Of the
church under DIR. C. b. Van Horn, but
the entire church is taking an interest
in the plans of the order.
Donations have been liberal from
both men and women. The idea ap-
pealed to several young ladies one Of
whom has contributed one hundred
dollars towards the cause. Never was
a movement started in the church that
are ever ready to push good thing.
More than year ago the plan was
formulated and every week the house
OF the leading promoter of the order
DIR. G. B. Van Horn-was opened for
the meetings Of the boys. DR.. Van Horn
it was who prepared the elaborate and
impressive ritual which is used in the
initiation ceremonies In spare mo-
ments he has devoted thought to work.
ing out of something different" for
the boys. and furnished money to aid
in carrying out the plans. 1t goes
without saying, moreover, that his ef-
forts have been appreciated.
But DIR. Van Horn has had behind
him in the work his committee of the
brotherhood of the church who have
entered into the spirit Of the project
with zeal. The committee members:
Heartberg. George Joss. w. ]. Rick
enbacher, E. L. O'Nefl, w. C. Wheel
er. p. H. Forbes, D. o. Coe, Lyndon
Day, w. w. Gillespie and Radcliffe
Lee. DR.. Roy B. Guild. pastor of the
church has also taken an active inter-
est in the order.
Initiation Is Impressive.
The equipment for the elaborate in
itiation ceremonies has been pur-
chased and the costumes are of the
best Notwithstanding shoddy about
them as is shown in the accompany
Ing illustration. After promising not
to divulge the secrets Of the order, a
State Journal reporter was admitted
to an initiation the other evening. All
he dares to say Is that the ceremony
was SO impressive that 1t could not do
otherwise than to influence a candi-
date for membership for good. The
service OF man for man is empha-
sized.
There is another side to the order.
The members do not always maintain
q grave and serious attitude. The
promoters of the enterprise do not
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-22
BUSINESS IS SLOW.
Buyers Seem Inclined to Wait 10
Lower Prices.

New York. Nov. 22.-Dun's Review says:
Trade conditions are reflected in the
unseasonably light demand for money,
Egpecially in the east; in the south and
west there IL q little more inquiry. The
recession in iron and steel II more pro-
eraly reduced with buyers showing 4 dis
position to hold on for still lower prices,.
Current demands from the railroads
are Disappointing ana falling on in con-
sumption has also extended to less inn
portland lines while there has been no
fior1s. : In copper the situation continued
one OF extreme dullness and SUBSTANTIAL
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-22
WILSON'S Aid CHARITY


Washington, Nov. 22-Preaident
and Mrs. Wilson are lending their as
sistance to a bazaar being held here
for the benefit of Starmont Aid for
consumptives. Autographed photo
graphs Of the president were sent
from the executive offices to be sold
down town hotel while the thriving
trade done by flower girls was found
to be due to the fact that the blos-
SONS were the contributions OF 1Grs.
Wilson and had come from the White
House conservatory. The bazaar win
close tonight.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-22

Cincinnati. Nov. 22.-Twenty-five
thousand cans of tomato pulp were
exploded here today by government
OFFICIALS when they caused the city
dump in which the cans had been
buried. to be set on fire. The cans
were part of a lot Of forty thousand
which had been seized and condemn
ed by government officials The pro-
cess OF opening the cans and dumping
their contents proved too tedious and
It was decided to bury them In a city
dump set the dump ON fire and let the
heat do the rest,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-22
WON'T HELP HUERTA NOW.
Paroled Convict Found Armed-Re.
turned tn LANSING

Leavenworth. Kan, Nov. "a
'Why, am going to Mexico to help
Huerta," was the explanation given by
Charles Jones. q negro. released on
parole from the state penitentiary
only "a hours before, when arrested
at Fort Scott, with two big automatic
revolvers and a handbag well stocked
with ammunition.
Jones. with fifteen others, was re-
leased Wednesday. He was serving a
term for murder. but had been in the
prison long enough to make him elig-
ible for parole. Fred Snyder, a parole
officer, returned Jones to the peni-
Tertiary last night.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-22

concessions are offered from the values
previously prevailing.
Failures this week numbered 373 in the
Uni.ed States against 313 last year, and 81
In Canada compared with 80 year ago."
Bank Clearings.
Bradstreet's bank clearings report for
the week ending November 20 shows an
aggregate of 1885,. 2O600O as against S.
49, 667 600 last week and s. 703, $4,000 in the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-22

and you must be prepared to meet
the sudden change, by keeping 'Sev-
enty-seyen" handy-ln your pocket is
best.
A dose Of ssSeventy-seven'' 1t the
first chill or saiver. win break mp
your Cold at once.
II you wait until your bones begin
to ache; TIN you begin to cough and
sneeze, Il make take longer.
The Dollar Flask holds more than
six twenty-five cents vials. An Drug
Stores or usailed.
Humphreys Houeos Medicine Co. lse
william Street, New York.-Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-22
STUBBS A MILK MAN NOW.
Buys Dairy Cows for Ranch Neaz

Mulvane. Kan, Nov. 22.-Ex-Gov-
ernor w. r. Stubs has bought a car
load of fine Holstein dairy cows.
There are seventeen cows in the lot.
each OF them of registered stock, and
the lot is valued at $4,000.
Stubs il filling up his dairy farm
near town with fancy cattle and ex-
poets to produce $4,000 worth OF
milk each year on his half section
farm, near Mulvane.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-22

street. Oliver had been visiting his
brother here. before leaving for Cali
fornia, where he intended to spend
the winter. Some one representing
himself as william Howard tarried at
Manhattan. long enough to acuuaint
himself with these facts: while here
he stayed at the Manhattan house. He
fixed up . fake deed by forging Mr..
McKee's name and en1isting the serv-
ices OF q bogus notary public.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-22
SHRINERS AT JOPLIN.


1iEFee StateS FepreSented-I2,OOO At
tend Ceremonial.
Joplin, Mo-, Nov. 22.-An estimated
crowd Of $4,000 Shriners from Mis-
souri,. Kansas and Oklahoma partici-
pated in the fall ceremonial of Abou
Ben Adhem temple of Springfield
here yesterday. Besides the
Springfield delegation. Mira temple
of Pitsburg, Kan, and Akdar temple
of Tulsa, Okla, sent their Arab pa
trolls. the Shrine drill teams. A parade
was held at noon and in the afternoon
q business session was held. The
meeting closed with a dance and re-
ception last night.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-22
APPEALS TO BOYS
knights Of the Siege Peril0us
Is Popular Order.
Has Been Formed ut Central
Congregational Church.
EQUIPMENT IS. ELABORATE
COzy Club Room Is Being Fur
nished by Brotherhood.
The Church May Build $4,000
Addition Later.

Knights of the Siege Perilous Is an
order surrounding which is an air of
mystery and a degree of form charac-
tertstic of the days of knighthocd.
There is nothing cheap or shoddy
about the order-everything to do with
the organization is done on an elabo-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-22
Money to Loan

THE SHAWNEE BUILDING
AND LOAN ASSOCIATION
offers an easy way to buy q piece
Of property or build q house
and pay for 1t monthly, Just like
paying rent. When you are
down town call at lis West
Sixth Street and ask them to
explain their plan. It II simple
a. . one-word primer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-22

tried several doctors. but they could
do me no good. had pain and rat
thing in the chest. cough. expectora-
ton. especially at night.
Il took Peruna. and can now say
that am entirely well. / feel ten
&c - years younger since
yEARS oyn using Peruna. I rec
- - commend Peruna to
all my friends. for I was in q bad
condition.
Il am an old soldier and am sew
enty-seven years DID,"
A good tonic that acts slightly upon
the excretory system is advisable for
old people. We have great many
testimonials from old people who have
been assisted by Peruna- Their old
age has been made more useful and
beautiful by Peruna, SO they say.
They stand ready to repeat such state
ments whenever they are asked in the
proper way. Everywhere. all over the
country. a multitude Of old people are
to be found who use and praise Pc
runa.
Those who object to liquid medi-
cines can now procure Peruna Tablets.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-22
Hiawatha .: Atchison 3.

Atchison, Kan, Nov. 22.-Hiawatha
high school football team defeated the
Atchison high school here yesterday,
to 3. The Atchison team was slight
~ OutWeighed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-22
REWARD FOR EN1BEzzLER-

False Land Papers.
Manhattan, Kan, Nov. 22.-Four
hundred dollars reward has been Of
fered for the arrest and conviction of
William Howard. who fraudulently
obtained a loan of $4,000 from w. w.
Cornell. The loan was obtained on a
farm belonging to Oliver Mckee,
brother of T. A. Mckee, 923 Fremont
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-22


Mr.. J. r. Prince. r. r. 1, Tuckahoe.
N. r. writes: II am not very well sat
isfied with the picture that am send
Ing you, but when the reader looks at
this picture If he could only realize
that the original suffered for forty
five years. the best of his life. until
your kind advice and prescription
cured him. he would know from
whence these wrinkles came. Next
month shall be sixty-six years old"
Nervous Prostration.
Mrs. Martha Avery, rs Graham St,
Leomtnsters Mass, writes:
-Four years ago had nervous
prostration. I employed several doc
DO1TORS tors. One would say
PTIZ2T.ED I had catarrh of the
stomach and bowels,
another nervousness and another en-
largement of the liver. MY stomach
was in a bad shape. There was moth
ing which seemed to do me much
good.
II tried other remedies. but did not
gain any flesh. until commenced TAX
ing your Peruna, which built me right
have not taken any now for about six
weeks.
II am seventy-three years old. I
never expect to be entirely well or
young again. but I am thankful for
what Peruna has done for me-"
Feels Ten Years Younger.
Mr.. Henry Merz. 1924 Upper Mt
Vernon Road, Evansville. Ind, writes:
When first wrote to you had bron-
chial trouble for four years. and had
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-22
DOCTORS
PUZZLED
tors. One would sa
/ had catarrh of til
efnmooh onN howo1

Mr.. Henry Merz. 1924 Upper Mt.
Vernon Road. Evansville. Ind. writes:
When first wrote to you had bron-
chial trouble for four years. and had
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1913-02-04
SUMMIT TEAMS WIN
AT BASKET BALL
MOrristOWn High School and
Y. M. C. A. Their Victims.

The basketball season in Norris
town probably reached its climax
last Friday evening when the local
Y. M. C. A. and high school teams
were defeated by the corresponding
quintets from Summit. The playing
of both the winning teams, especially
the school lads, combined system
with remarkable amount of dash
which is rare in amateur basketball
since recklesSness naturally increases
with speed. The secret of Summit
high schools success lay chiefly in
their ability to Immediately change
their forward play from offensive to
defensive and vice versa Once the
ball was theirs, at least two open
corners were filled, enabling them to
pass at long range successfully
On the other hand their attempts to
keep their opponents out of the game
is revealed in the thirteen fouls regis
tered against them Hubbard and
Alesbury led their firing line, the
former shooting six and the latter
five baskets. Reaney was the star
player of the winning five. He en-
gineered their dribbling and long
range work like a veteran and also
ing five out of eight chances.
Mitchell, of Morristown, was about
the only man able to cope with the
opponents. He, however, couldn't
find the basket MCINTYRE also had
an off night He landed only two of
his ten free chances and had much ill
luck in his field attempts, scoring
only thrice. "Jim," however. is to
hn sapp faI
opponents tactics and keeping things
from being worse than they were.
Gunther and Barkalow both played
ped the ball in twice.
Pete" Pierson was the lion for the
local Y. M. G. A. In the second half
Persons opponent,s Bender, the most
formidable man on the floor, couldn't
keep Pete" from doing lot of work
on his own hook In all he rang up
five field and two foul goals and
made the spectacular stop of the
evening. Pierson also had the famous
one hand control of the ball but sell
dom used it to advantage.
Reg Moody shot two of the neat
est goals of the evening and found
the basket four times in all.
DR.. Moody also had a keen eye on
the basket but did not have enough
chances to score more than thrice.
In the second half "Chippy" Book
oven and Bob" Clarke scored three
and two field goals respectively.
Oates and Wilson led the shooting
for the Summit Y. M. C. A. each Sc
curing five apiece. Bendre, who cen
tered for Summit in the second half,
was perhaps the strongest man on
the floor. He scored twice at long
range.
The high school game places Nor
ristown in third place in the Tri-
County league where they are now
likely to remain.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1913-02-04
FIRST WARDS TURN
DOWN PROPOSITION
Refuse to Aid in Securing Au-
tOmObilG Fire Apparatus.

Refusing the proposition made to
it by the fire committee of the board
of aldermen the First Ward Hose com
pany has been notified by Or. K. Raj
ston Reed, chairman OF the alder
manic committee, mat the company
may select {. .4otae drawn hose wagon
to cost 10 4-ofe tAda $3.50. The
company sled an automobile hose
wagon al.e. - fire committee asked
the comp. to follow tne precedent
set by i1- peEdenr Hose company
and ResC Ie Hook and Ladder com
pany ana .--sace the purchase itself
The compsly has refused to do
this. 1t take the stand that since
its orgaAl4atie4 it has mad no new
apparatus l.om the town, tAat the
men risk. their lives ard give
IT, that It is uAiair to
- the.a 10 loy eFen in part for
their al atus. The towns proposi-
ton was that the company contribute
$500 ana solicit subscriptions enough
to pay atcut half the cost OF the
auto apparatus. New apparatus is
needed b. the First WARDS, the hose
reel they are now nsing having for
merly baen used by Independent Hose
company aud is over quarter OF a
century old
The fire committee conferred with
the pumping engine committee of the
Humane Engine company Thursday
evening AID found that the situation
with that company is not rosy. In
stead OF Aasing the $500 asked for
by the fire committee 10 pay down
on the $1,000 apparatus the alder
men found only $1I20 of which s 900
is contributed from the funds of the
company. Tie remainder represents
the work of a solicitor who has been
asking contributions from the wealthy
residents 0n the outskirts The com
pany viii not give up, however, but
will continue the work of soliciting
contribut ons. If the auto apparatus
is secured for this company and the
First Wa ds stick to their declaration
not to help the town in securing an
automobil for their use the latter
company may get the steel hose
wagon now used by the Humanes
which is said to be in good condition.
The steamer of the Humanes is past
the age limit for boilers, being TWEEN
ty years Old, and is said to be worn
out.
Ihe Ire committees appropriation
this yea Is $4,000. 1t was expected
that $1,000 Of this might be available
for mal. payment on new ap-
paratus. aHt the cost OF moving and
repairine be First Ward Hose house
may win ont this sum entirely Elk
tensiye repairs have been made
necessaly by the moving of the
structure from its former location on
the site of the new street to the
new bound railroad plaza. It
had bee planned to install a heat
ing plan t this time but the scheme
has been abandoned on account Of
the extra expenses.