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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-10
RATS AND PASTE.
They Ate Five Gallons for Picture
Show Man.

If it takes ninety people to eat five
gallons of ice cream in one evening,
how many rats will it take to eat I'VE
gallons of glue in similar space or
time? Let equal the number OF
rats This is an algebraic puzzler a
certain moving picture manager IN
Topeka is trying to solve
The paste was bought for the pur-
pose of sticking decorative and gaily
colered posters on various billboards
in town. It was stored in the cellar
of a Kansas avenue motion picture
theater- The performance went on as
usual, but below it merrier party
was taking place.
Messrs. Rats gave ball. sending in
vitations to guests whose numbers
can only be imagined. The paste was
sweet and sticky. Hilarity reigned-
When the manager descended the
stairs the next morning, he looked
about for his glue. He saw five cases.
vacuous. empty, clean. He continued
his search for the new cases. Not to
be SEEN
What the dickens" he calculated
and examined the gallon jars. Then
he jumped He is not a timorous man,
but he hastily assembled the stairs.
The theft of the paste presents some
interesting questions-as, for instance
what became of the rats?
Topeka must needs advertise for a
Pied Piper OF Hamlin.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-10
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Bombay, they arrived to view the
Durbar. They pierced midas farthest
recesses and were fairly worshipped by
the natives, who had never before
gazed upon a vehicle, driven by in
visible means. Coolies helped drag the
car over the impossible stretches. Of
tentimes RATS were made to take the
automobile and its passengers over
swollen torrents.
Drawn by Elephants.
In Ceylon natives furnished the as
sistance of their elephants to remove
the car from dilapidated roads.
From Sumatra and Cochin China
they had their ear shipped to the
Philippines. There they drove over
roads built by Americans and excel
lently finishod d. From there they jour
ney to Japan. where they were made
much of. Hall wrote his experiences
for japanese daily.
Last October they arrived at San
Francisco and started home across the
continent, surrounding imposing diff
culties. In places in the desert west
they had to pay as much as 25 cents
a gallon for water.
The Royal Automobile club of Lon
don has proclaimed this the most re-
markable motor trip in history, as the
passage was made in one car by anna
teurs and the American continent
crossed in winter
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-10
SWAYzE TO STEP IN.
New County Clerk Is Ready to Take
the Office.

Everything will be shipshape in the
county clerks office when Oscar Swayze
steps in as clerk next Monday morning.
not only that but number of improve
neI.tS in the manner of keeping records
some OF them having been suggested by
the special auditors who checked the
county offices year ago. have been made
by County Clerk Samuel G. Zimmerman
The office of county clerk probably is
the most complicated of all the county
offices The clerk writes the tax rolls
Keeps books on the county treasurer, fig
tricts in the county. keeps journal of
the proceedings Of the board of county
commissioners, besides doing a score of
other things such as selling hunting
county warrants. attending to road and
vacation petitions. handling election
notices. ballots and returns. etc.
Oscar Swayze. who takes office Monday,
Is thoroughly acquainted with the work
OF the office, having been deputy clerk
for many years He will find every record
everything up to the minute, and with
new systems that make audit simple
matter, and that give the clerk a positive
check on every transaction of the office.
During his administration Zimmerman
has installed a personal property assess
ment roll that has been accepted by the
real estate tax roll abstract that provides
separate columns for each kind of a tax
in each taxing district. He has worked
out an abstract for school taxes making il
possible for any district to ascertain in
a moment where its taxes come from
He has provided a reconciliation ledger by
which additions and reductions from the
tax rolls, made after the assessments
have been completed, are kept itemized-
He has installed a fee book and cash
book on which the receipts in the office
is impossible. and an audit may be made
almost in moment
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-10

waste of the peoples money, the ROT
tenness of politics. the emptiness of
fashionable society, the brainless
dudes, the silly women, the bad
smelling saloon, the low dives, the
chatter of foreign tongues, the sad
faces, the shabby apparel, the swag-
gerinS inebriates, the blear eyed
bloats, the conglomeration of unde-
make me long for pure air and the
companionship of the birds and flow
ers and trees and normal people and
the wholesome environment and sim
pie life of the country town. And II
is a hobby of mine that there is vastly
more intelligence, relatively, in small
town than in a big city oh, the coun-
try folks don't know as much as their
city cousins about the latest sartoria1
inventions, or menu cards, or social
fads. but they know more about
things which are really worth while.
THE suspicion will be aroused that
Mr.. Hoch is suffering from Il severe
attack of sour grapes We heard no
complaints about the cities SO long as
the people of Kansas elevated him to
a high office and enabled him to live
in one. and the thought naturally oc-
ours that the small town, in the
scheme of its existence, is now obliga-
tory
LAS for brainless dudes, silly women,
and bad-smel1ing saloons, the country
village has its share Cities are not
immune from criticism but Mr. Hoch
has not spoken of their advantag es,
their better sanitation, their greater OPP
portunities. In the matter of indi-
vidual intelligence in villages, as COM
pared with cities. Mr. Hoch missed
point when he did not elaborate upon
the village facilities for gossip. They
beat the city all hollow. 1t is small
wonder that the villager is more intel
ligent than the city chap. when he
makes it a point to know everything
about his neishbor's business"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-10
MARRY, SHE URGES
Miss Marbury Calls Business
Pace Too Hard for Girls.
Anne Morgan Eats % Cent
Lunch With Them.

New York, Jan. 10.-Provins to sew
eral hundred working girls that the rs
cent dinner she had arranged for them
was good enough for her, Miss Anne
Morgan dined off of chops, potatoes
and apple. pie and declared it was one
of the most enjoyable meals she had
ever eaten.
The dinner was served in the lunch
rooms of the Metropolitan Life Build
ing, for members of the Vacation Com
mittee. who wished to attend the
monthly bali and entertainment given
in the assembly rooms of the same
building, and who lived too far out in
the suburbs to go home to dinner. One
thousand girls attended the ball.
Others who attended the dinner be-
sides Miss Morgan, were Gertrude Rob
inson Smith, Miss Elizabeth Marbury,
and Mrs. James Duane Livingston.
Marry First Nice, Man.
Miss Marbury who, at a meeting of
the Vacation Committee two weeks ago.
advised the girls to marry the first
nice man who came along and asked
them, told the girls that they might
bring their young men friends to the
next monthly ball.
She also said they could invite young
men to accompany them on the first of
a series of personally conducted ex-
cursions which the committee has ar
ranged Ior the afternoon OF SUNDAY,
January 19. to the Bronx Park.
"A 15-centv luncheon will be served
out there" she said. land we want you
all to come and have a good time SINH
lar excursions will be made to other
points of interest on following Sun
days"
Miss Marbury reiterated her views on
marriage again, and declared that bust
ness life is too hard for woman.
.-She is far better off married to a
good man, she declared. Later she
surprised many of the Vacation Com
mittee by declaring that at practically
every function by members of the Four
Hundred this winter the Turkey Trot'
and Bunny Hug were quite in vogue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-10

the story of Becker's days at Sing
Sing.
Spohr says he was known as the
Mayor of the death house" by virtue
of being the best educated man there,
until Becker arrived, and succeeded
to the title. Becker confidently ex-
poets that he will get a new trial and
will be acquitted" said Spohr- He is
the most religious man in the place,
and every night reads the Bible and
leads in the singing of two or three
hymns and sometimes popular songs
in which the gunner join. Becker
does not talk about his case but
spends most Of his time studying up
the legal points of it. and he is usual
" in hopeful frame OF mind.''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-10
BECKER IS CHEERFUL.
Condemned Man Reads His Bible
Every Night.

New York jan 10.-Former Po-
lice Lieutenant Charles Becker, under
sentence of death for the murder of
Gambler Herman Rosenthal. continues
in a hopeful frame of mind in his
cell at Sing Sing prison. according to
one of his recent fellow inmates Law
renee J. Spohr, former corporal of the
United States army, who was con-
demned to die for the murder of his
sweet heart, but who has just been sent
from the death house to the jail at
White Plains for a second trial. tells
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-09-20
Percentages Of Advances.

The tremendous general increase in
prices Of food throughout the country
Is shown in the departments COM
parison OF prices the past summer
with the average prices a few years
ago. One June Is, 1913, smoked ba-
con was 1885 per cent higher than
the average price for the ten-year pc
riod-1S9O to 1899.
The percentage of increase for 9TH
er articles was: Sirloin steak. 752;
round steak, 1925; rib roast, rs; pork
chops, Ill; ham, smoked, "a; lard
pure, SIS; hens, 1856; -four wheat,
2S.6; corn meal, 57.3; eggs, strictly
fresh, 4O.S; butter, creamery. Alb.
potatoes Irish, 44.4, and milk, fresh,
3S4.
More significant even was the in
crease in the few weeks between May
is and June 15 of the present year
OF this the report says:
The price at retail for several Of
the. principal articles OF food was
slightly lower on June 10, 1918, than
on the 18th of the preceding month
but the increase for meats, eggs AMI
potatoes was 80 marked that prices of
food as a whole advanced"
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-09-20

vent national collapse of the textile
business
In five years the women will be
wearing semi hoop skirts.
So believes Madam A. Ripley.
chairman of the Art and Fashion De-
partment Of the Chicago Dressmakers'
Club. now hostess to a convention of
American dressmakers.
Talks On Adapted Styles.
Madam Ripley addressed the con-
vention on Our Americanized French
Styles"
Before taking the platform, Madam
Ripley said:
In five years women will be wear
ing four or five times as much cloth
ing as they are at the present time.
Not because ii IS best, nor because il
is more healtnful. but because the
manufacturers and designers will
compel IT,
The petticoat makers are going
broke. The silk and other textile
makers are suffering sad cuts in their
business because of the small amour;
of cloth now used in the actual build
ing to-day of milady's gowns
The dressmakers and the patrons
have no voice on the all-important
feminine subject. They are like grains
OF wheat between the millstones of
avariCe.
Patrons Obey Edict Blindiy.
The manufacturers and designers
will get together and issue an edict
that more cloth must go into the
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-09-20
DECISION
NEXT WEEK ON
NJ 'NAUGHTON
Continued from Page I.

indisposition while in Thomasville
and had been working daily at hard.
manual labor at his sawmill. And
had it not been for his determination
to move to Thomasville to get his
wife away from DR.. McNaughton he
would never have been sick" con-
cluded Bradley.
Judge Saffold charged the State
with deliberately attempting to have
DIR, McNaughton executed before they
placed Mrs Flanders on trial, and
that when the prosecution found this
impossible the case against her was
nolle-prossed.
Defends Mrs. Flanders
Mrs. Flanders always has been
ready to go to trial and it was only
fair that she should have been ac-
corded a hearing" said Judge Saffold
she was present at every term of
court, and the case was never once
continued at the request of the de-
Tense"
Judge Saffold laid stress upon an
affidavit made by Mrs. Flanders that
her husband had taken medicine in
his last illness that was not prescribed
for him by DR.. McNaughton.
Governor Slaton asked q number Of
questions relative to the relations be-
tween DR.. McNaughton and Mrs.
Flanders. One thing which was re-
garded as highly favorable to TO those
opposing any Communication of the con-
demned mans sentence was his ques
ton as to why McNaughton could not
have discovered that Flanders was
suffering from arsenic poisoning in his
last illness.
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-09-20

dresses and gowns and the cloth will
go in. The order will go unchal-
lenged.
The women will quickly become
accustomed to the additional weight,
and they will go from the present
skinny styles to the other extreme
In five years women will be wear
ing the semi-hoop skirt, similar to
the styles affected in 1850. The first
change win be noticed this winter
when the women will begin wearing
baggy skirts, topped by the Russian
blouse and belt, all very loose
we are seeing the last of the slit
skirt now"
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-09-20
j, 8. WILL HONOR
GAYN0R; BODY
IN CITY HALL !.
Private Funeral HeId-20,000 to
March in Public Ceremonies.
T, R. and Taft to Attend. &

NEW YORK. Sept. 2O.-The family
Of the late William J. Gaynor, Mayor
of New York to-day surrendered his
body to the custody of the city and
it will lie in state in City Hall until
the public funeral services Monday,
after which it will be inferred in
Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn.
For the next AS hours there will be
a succession Of honors of the highest
and most impressive order paid TO
the memory of the dead executive.
The private services to-day at this
Gaynor home we're conducted by the
Rev. Frank w. Page, an Episcopal
pastor and brother Of Thomas Nell
son Page, the novelist.
10000 To Be in Procession.
In addition to members OF the
Gaynor family, only a few intimate
friends were present. These included
Robert Adamson. the Mayors secre-
tary; Police Lieutenant Kennel and
Dock Commissioner Smith.
1t is estimated that oyer 10000 per-
sons will march in the cortege from
City Hall to Trinity Church.
On account Of the general demand
for admission tickets to Trinity
Church it has been decided to hold
an overflow service in St. Paul's
Church.
Mayor Gaynor's body will lie in
state at the foot of the stairway In
the rotunda of City Hall, guarded
night and day by a death watch OF
firemen and policemen.
Two Ex-Presidents to Attend.
While the service Monday will have
no military features. both the United
States Army and Navy. a well as the
Government, will be represented.
Among the representatives of the
Army and Navy will be Major Cen
eral Barry. commander of the De-
partment Of the East; Captain Glass,
L. s. y, representing the commander
cf the Brooklyn Navy Yard: Rear
Admiral Winslow, comamnder-in
chief of the North Atlantic fleet; Ma
ior General John F. Organ, comman-
der of the New York National Guard.
The British Consul will represent
the English Government at the Trim
ity service. All officials Of the city
will be present among the mourners.
as well as two former Presidents of
the United States-William II. Taft
and Theodore Roosevelt.
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-09-20
Savannah Man to
Try Oversee Flight

SAVANNAH. Sept. 2O.-Captain
Matthew A. Batson. L. s. A., retired
announced to-day that his great
hydro -aeroplane in which he ex-
poets to cross the Atlantic would be
complete in the next few days and
launched by October /.
The giant air and water craft will
receive its, first tryout as a boat on
the waters about Dutch Island. Cap
tain Batson stated he would not at
tempt a flight until he had expri-
mented for at least a month on water.
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-09-20
Informal Dance.

Miss Alice Snodgrass gave a dance
Friday evening in honor Of her broth
er, Albert Snodgrass. who left Sat
urday to attend school in Chicago,
and for Mr. Robert Hurd. who leaves
Monday TO attend school in Washing
ton, d. c. The chaperones were Mr.
and Mrs. w. w. Snodgrass. Mr.. and
Mrs. A. p. Bartlett. Mrs. II. A Rol-
listone. Mrs. Elizabeth Cotney, Mrs.
Goza and Mr. Mast. Miss Maude Rol-
lestone assisted. Guests were Misses
Louise Couper, Marguerite Ward,
Dorothy Douglas. Louise Dobhs sal
lie McKinnon, Leslie Weathers Mary
Rosa Johnson, Edwina Harper Helen
Stewart Dorothy Wilhelm, Messrs
Mic Anderson. Cy Young. Ernest Al
len. Lynn Brannan, Henry Taylor
William Franklin, George Brown
Garland Freeman, Joe Heard. Clyde
Coca, Hewett Chambers. Morton Rol-
lestone Philip Frances. Clarence
Trotti, Judious McKinnon, Garland
Freeman and LaVerne Withers
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-09-20
Europe Laughing at
Bryan, Asserts Gary

NEW YORK, Sept, 2O.-Judge FL
bert H. Gary. chairman OF the board
of directors of the United States
Steel Corporation, on his return from
Europe, said:
IAN Europe is talking about Sec
retary Bryan's circus stunt and
laughing at the numerous cartoons
published in their papers. He is SO
much in the news that did not hear
President Wilson mentioned very
much.
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-09-20
Girl Brought $4,000
Miles To Be Witness

FORT SMITH. ARK. Sept. 2O.-On
the last lap Of an $4,000 mile journey,
Thomas V. ODonnell, a Chicago at
torney, left here for that city with
Miss NJ. c. Purcell, of Sydney, Aus
tralia, who, according to ODonneil,
is expected to prove that a will dis
posing of a 100000 estate is a fraud.
O'Donnell stated the deceased was
a former bachelor who gave his en-
tire estate to stranger, and that
eighteen relatives were cut off with
nothing
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-09-20
Japs Suppress Memoirs.

TOXIC, Sept. 2O.-Japanese police,
at the instance of the Government, to-
day took forcible possession of all
newspapers publishing extracts from
the memoirs of the late Count Ha-
yashi, who came near arranging an
alliance between Japan and Germany.
1t was feared that an expose of Ger
tain passages of the hidden political
history of Japan might further in
flame the jingoes. who are calling for
war
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-09-20
CABLE
/ NEWS
Important Events From All
Over the Old World Told In 9
Few Short Lines.

PARIS, Sept. 20.-The French press
to-day asked the public, on behalf Of
the Government. not to make any un-
demonstration against King
Constantine of Greece, who arrived
here yesterday incognito from Eng
land. The papers have refrained from
making any allusion to the Berlin
speech of King Constantine, which Of
Tended the French.
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-09-20
AUTOS FOR MAIL SERVICE.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20.-Post-
master General Burleson announced
the purchase of Al automobiles for
mail service as an experiment to learn
whether ii is cheaper for the depart
ment to own or rent such machines.
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-09-20
Conferees on Tariff
Have l8 Items Left

WASHINGTON. Sept. 2O.-Only
eighteen items of the tariff bill re-
main with Senate and House con-
ferees. The tax on bananas. lead,
zinc, cotton thread, yarn and cloth,
the countervailing duties on potatoes
and wood pulp. and the date on which
the wool schedule is 10 be effective
still are unsettled.
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-09-20
Atlanta Boys Slayer
Held Without Bond

COLUMBUS. Sept 20 Baufr r /.
Willis was held without bond for the
Superior Court at the conclusion OF his
preliminary hearing yesterday Willis
is charged with killing Luther Hawkins.
young Atlanta boy.
The hearing was held before Recorder
Frank d. Foley.
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-09-20
U. S. Out Of Aero Meet.

PARIS, Sept. 20.~-Aviator Charles
T. Wymann to-day rejected the offer
Of the Aero Club of America to rep
resent the United States in the in
ternational aviation tournament at
Rheims this month. This likely
means that the United States will not
be represented at all in the contes.-
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-09-20
Want Frontiers Fixed.

CETTINJE, MONTENEGRO, Sept.
=0.-Montenegro is getting impatient
at the delay in fixing definite bounda-
ries in the Balkans. The Government
to-day requested the Servian Minis
ter to obtain an immediate settlement
Of the frontier question. RumOrs are
current that an international COM
mission may be appointed by the
powers to Ak frontier limits.
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-09-20
Starts 1000. Mile EIiaht.

WARSAW, Sept. 2O.-Victor Stof-
fer, German aviator, left here at
2 a. m. to-day in his blplane to fly
to Paris. over 1000 miles away be
fore sunset for a $4,000 prize.
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-09-20
Liauor Licenses Auotioned,

CAMDEN, n. j., Sept. 2O.-For the
first time in this country liquor Ii
censes will be sold at auction in the
Camden court. Under a new law
when a saloon is deemed a necessity
the license is sold to the highest bid
der.
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-09-20
ROSS ATTACKED
AS ANARCHIST
BY WRIGHT
Bibb County Solicitor Scored at
Citizenship Meet for Liquor
Law Attitude.
Continued from Page T.

danger 10 America 10 oficisl an
archy represented bv the men who
are elected under the laws Of the land
and then do not enforce the laws
What can we do about it? There is
nothing to do except to appeal TO the
citizenship Of the State and country.
II the citizenship is low and degraded,
then there certainly is no hope.
Cites Law Violation,
In your own State a few days ago
an officer OF the law declared that by
common consent in certain cities "
the State there were certain laws that
should not be enforced. and this
prosecuting attorney defied the law
and openely declared that he would
not enforce it, II | were Governor OF
this State Of Georgia, the prosecut-
ing attorney who would not enforce
the law should not hold office in this
State.
The only thing I admire about this
Solicitor Is that there are hundreds
Of public officials who believe as he
believes and acts as he acts but who
have not his manhood TO proclaim 1t
to the public. A man is elected to
office TO enforce every law. No man
has discretionary power"
Attorney Wright paid tribute to
chief Beavers in the elimination OF
the red light district. and said it was
demonstration that laws unpopular
in many quarters could be enforced
il there were a few men with back
bone, strength OF character and con-
science to see that they were not vio-
lated with impunity.
Scores Necessary Evil"
Il rejoice he said. that the me-
tropolis OF the old South, the fairest
city in many respects in tho whole
Commonwealth, has decided that the
greatest crime shall not go unpun
ished. This nation is going to learn
that there is no necessary evil We
are going to learn that the real basis
palaces, not in banks, not in trans
portation systems, but in a clean,
pure, virtuous citizenship"
Mr.. Wright asserted that the great
est problem before the American peo-
pie was that of law enforcement and
the elimination of anarchistic tenden
cies among those in high places.
DR.. DuBose said that the whole
question Of good government was
embraced in this trinity-the citizen
voter, the orficeholder and the su-
premacy of the law. He declared it
the duty of every citizen to cast a
vote. to see that it is counted. and to
follow it up to see that II is enacted
into a law, and, when a law, that It
vigorously is enforced.
Oren Near Socialist.
A. j. Orem's theory of economics
was contained in this statement:
Zach man should have what he
earns and no more, He is not enti-
tied 10 any portion Of what other men
produce except that obtained through
honest barter or other equitable
means.
Personally, / question the wisdom
of granting 10 private individuals or
corporations. TO use and control for
their own personal needs, anything
which in its natural state is necessary
TO mans existence The system which
breeds either the idle rich or the idle
poor is pernicious