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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-23
MRS. COPE'S SUIT.
Trial Begins in the Federal Court at
Kansas City.

Kansas City, Jan. 23.-TriaI of a libel
suit brought against Bishop David II.
Moore, of the Methodist Episcopal
church of Cincinnati and Mrs. George
o. Robinson, of Detroit, president Meth
odist home missionary society by Mrs
Carrie E. Cope, of Topeka Kansas, to
begin this afternoon in the federal court
in Kansas City.
Each defendent is sued for $4,000
damages.
The suits grew out of the disposition
of $4,000 left to Kansas home missions
by Mrs. Fanny Murray, of Atchison
county, Kansas, who died in 1907. Two
Methodist societies claimed the fund.
Mrs. Cope obtained part of the funds
and the other society sued here. Bishop
Moore was appointed by the conference
to investigate the. controversy. Mrs.
Cope alleges that Bishop Moore In a
letter to Mrs. Robinson said referring
to the fund:
II don't believe you will ever see
cent of il.
Copies of this letter, Mrs. Cope al
leges further were sent by Mrs. Robin
son to other national officials of the
missionary society.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-23

would tend TO make dOmeSticS of many
young women now in commercial lie
Only 335a per cent of the girls employed
in this store are receiving over 50 a week
The lowest weekly wages are about S4-0O
per week, the highest about SO.
The minimum wage of 50 a week." de-
clared W. I. Crosby, would work a
hardship on apprentices and girls whose
earning capacity is less. However, L think
a nine-hour Iaw-not eight-would be ac-
ceptable to both employer and employee. -
THE most serious objection to the
minimum wage is that it soon gets to De
the maximum as WE'LL said S. G. Petit
of the Continental Creamery, 1T cuts tfe
efficient force down to the standard of
the inefficient force. This is the strongest
objection 1 can find. We would not oe
in favor of the bill it stands. The
eight-bour law, also, seems to US un-
reasonable
John Ostlind of Mcpherson county
today introduced a bill providing for
the esta blishment of a caSket factory
at the Hutchinson reformatory. The
Mcpherson man would provide that
caskets for use of burial of paupers
in all state institutions shall be built
at the reformatory and furnished at
the expense of the state.
Jocelyn of Sedgwick county has in
troduced in the house a bill conform
ing to the one recommended for pass
age by the Kansas Sportsmen's associ-
alton. This bill provides for the ap-
pointment of fish and game warden
by the governor and for term of
four years. The salary is made So
600 a year and provision is made for
eight deputies at not to exceed $1,000
year. other deputies appointed will
receive fees only.
The minimum wage for women bill
was introduced in the house today by
Taylor Riddle of Marion county. This
bill was drafted by the legislative
committee of the Good Government
club, of which Riddles sister is
member. Provisions of the proposed
new law were printed in detail in the
State Journal several days ago.
Representative Schlicher today in
fered a measure which places the
maximum school tax for the support
of rural schools at four mills on the
assessed valuation of the district. I'm
der the present law, the maximum
levy is four and a half mills on the
dollar valuation.
Gordon of Wyandotte has presented
bill affecting the operation OF
railway trains was offered in the SEN
ate several days ago.
By vote of SO to Is, the house this
morning passed the Herr bill prohib-
iting intermarriage of blacks and
whites. The bill was reported favor
ably in the committee of the whole
Tuesday afternoon and was today
called up on third reading. Two years
ago Herr's bill was beaten in the
house by a straight party vote wnen
it was made a party issue by Stone of
Shawnee.
Davis of Edwards county has pre-
sented a bill compelling traveling
paupers, cripples and invalids to Sc
cure a certificate of health as we'll as
TO their physical condition from the
county health officer in each county
N which they ask aims.
Kinkaid of Johnson offered a bill
making it a misdemeanor for any per-
son to solicit funds as a cripple or
blind person and in any manner de-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-23
MARTIN IN DEMAND.
Head of New Utilities Commission
Speaker at Winfield Banquet.

Winfield, Kan, Jan. 23.-Henderson
Martin, chairman of the state utilities
commission, will be the honor guest
at a banquet given by the CONNER
cial club of this city on the evening
of February 4. 1t is understood
Chairman Martin will upon this oc-
casion make his first public utterance
of the plans and purposes of the new
commission. The banquet, which will
be attended by two hundred persons
will be given to the leading business
men of Cowley county, including the
county line towns of Cedarvale and
Oxford.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-23

these conditions the issuance or eX-
iStence OF a formal license contract
or license has been deemed unneces-
sary ana the rlgnt of inheritance or OF
divorce have been held the same,
when fully established, as through the
formal marriage VOW has been OBJ
served.
Now Miller wants the law changed
and would in the future put a ban
on any and all common law marriages
in this s tate.
Taylor Riddle, of Marion county, to-
day offered bill providing that the
supreme court shall give a decision on
any constitutional question under con-
sideration by the legislature before the
measure is enacted into law. Based on
the opinion OF the court, the legislature
might then rewrite the bill to conform
with the statutes as interpreted by the
court.
Under the old system, the work Of
legislature was never fully determined
until its laws had found their way to
the supreme court in contest suits.
Riddle would guard against this an
cient plan and receive legal advise be-
fore the bill is actually passed.
His measure provides that on joint
resolution by the two branches of the
legislature, that any pending measure
may be submitted to the supreme court
for decision and that the bill shall
be br1eted by the attorney generals s
Office and that the legislature may then
act in accordance with the courts
opinion. The bill is for the purpose
of correcting the old evil insofar as
the constitutionality of the statutes is
concerned.
Representative Carroll, of Leaven-
worth county, and a Democrat, finds
serious objection to the plan of allow
ing several thousand old soldiers at
the LeavenWorth fort to have their
votes counted in Leavenworth county
election. Carroll does not seek to dis
franchise the veterans, but he wants
their votes mailed to the county clerks
of the counties where these veterans
formally lived and their voting made
similar to that which now affects rail-
road and travelling men who find oc-
casion to vote away from home. He
has introduced a bill seeking to change
the old plan and to eliminate the SOL
der vote as a factor in Leavenworth
county elections.
Miller, of Cherokee county, today in
troduced bill in the house which pro-
vides that illegitimate children shall
have the same right of inheritance and
descendency as is now provided by law
to legitimate children.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-23

Appointments of Botkin to the war;
denship of the state penitentiary and
of Myers as a member of the board of
control were the real surprises. Myers
was not seriously recognized as a pro-
bable appointee by the politicians,
while Botkin was slated for the super
intendency of the Hutchinson reforma-
tory. 1t had been known for some
time that Hurley would probably land
the second Democratic place on the
utilities commission and that Martin
would succeed himself as adjutant gen.
eral.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-23
HIGH COST OF DYING.
Tombstones to Go Up and Grave Dig
gers to Form Union.

Philadelphia, Jan. 23.-The cost of
dying and being buried is going up
here today are discussing the advis-
ability of putting up the prices for
tombstones. Grave diggers in all the
cemeteries in this part of the state
are planning to organize a union so
that they can demand an increase in
Pay.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-23

This has proven a delightful day
Notwithstanding the early morning
fog and light precipitation. The tenn
peratures have averaged IL degrees
above normal for this date. The wind
is blowing 5 miles an hour from the
north. Fair and colder weather is
predicted for tonight and Friday, but
the cold will not be severe.
The hourly readings:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-23

Weather Forecast for Kansas.
Fair and colder.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-23
KANSAS IN The FOG.
Entire State Covered This Morning
Cold Coming.

All Kansas was enveloped in a heavy
fog early this morning, and light precipf-
tation is reported from Hutchinson, Wich-
ita, Newton, Pittsburg and other points.
The rainfall in Topeka amounted to .05
of an inch. The greater part of this pre-
cipitation was recorded by the govern
ment instruments between 8 and O'Clock
this morning.
Colder weather is scheduled for tonight
and Friday. The shippers forecast indi-
Gated that there will be minimum tenn
peTature of about twenty, degrees. Today
10 O'Clock this morning the fog had
cleared, indicating that the remainder OF
the day would be pleasant.
the wind shifted from the south to the
north this morning, and the barometer is
rising rapidly which indicates change
in temperature. -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-23

CONTINUED on Page Five.),
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-23

Gordon of Wyandotte has presented
the full crew bill in the house. A
bill affecting the operation of
railway trains was offered in the SEN
ate several days ago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-23

Representative Schlicher today in
fered a measure which places the
maximum school tax for the support
of rural schools at four mills on the
assessed valuation of the district. I'm
der the present law, the maximum
levy is four and a half mills on the
dollar valuation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-23

Miller, of Cherokee county, today in
troduced bill in the house which pro-
vides that illegitimate children shall
have the same right of inheritance and
descendency as is now provided by law
to legitimate children
The Springdale news., 1913-04-11

The hog is a filthy animal chief ly because 1t never has a chance to keep clean.
The Springdale news., 1913-04-11
THEY LIKED IT.

In speaking Of the play rendered al Westyille, Ok, rece ntly by Springdale talent the Westville Record says:
 The home talent play Crawford s Claim given by a Springdale com pany at the opening of the new op- era house Monday night was indeed success. The play was three at drama and with the special mus ie by the band and orchestra made 1t an interesting and high class en- tertainmeat in every respect.
 The company was composed of a sat of jolly good nafured young peo- ple and in the play and music were shown talent that springdale should feel proud of The opera house was crowded and everyone express ed themselves with being highly pleased with the play.
 We join in thanking these people for bringing this entertainment to our city and assure them that at any time they wish 10 return they will be welcome
The Springdale news., 1913-04-11
ASK s2.50o FOR RELICS

Carl \. Starck= of Rogers. Pen ton county, has offered 10 the Arkansas History Commission tae valuable collection of historic rel fos, known as the c A. Balloa eol- lection now in possession Of tBe heirs of the Ballou estate IT, has been given power or attorney to dispose of the collection. the price asked for which being $2- 5o0 Mr Starek. in his letter te Dallas r Herndon, secretary oi the commission, offers 10 contri- bute s25 toward the fund for the purchase of the collection, which consists of about $50 relics ot various tribes of Indians, the war of the Revolution, the war of 1872 and the Civil war Among the relics there is a choice collection of tomahawks. arrow heads, scalp ing knives. flint implements, neck laees, robes, guns, rugs, blankets and various and sundry articles of apparel worn by Indians. their squaws and pappooses. Mr. Hern. don is writing letters to mum. Der of prominent citizens of Ark ansas with the view of interesting them in the necessity of securing the collection and inducing then to contribute 10 the fund for it. purchase. Il. K. Gazette
The Springdale news., 1913-04-11
CLEAR CREEK

Come 10 Sunday School at Grand View.
 l.. ]. Davidson was on the sick list last week
 Every one ts busy farming this warm weather
 Harrah' Here comes some news from Clear Creek
 There was crowd pienieing on Clear Creek Sunday
 The band boys af Stony Point are meeting Monday nights now Al. Campbell and =f8milgspent the day Sunday with A Great houses.
 Lookout for the community house as there was a meeting at Stony Point Saturday night
 There was singing a stony Point Sunday afternoon 0rliH Great house was the leader
 A J Campbell was sen going to fayetteYllle saturday afternoon. Guess he has found out it don't take all day to go 10 town in Ark ansas
 Mir Wasson and family are yis- iting Mrs. Dora Reed now Have got the report that Mir Wasson Is feasting on vegetables as he plant ed an early garden
 Mrs. L A Davidson entertained the s. P C Club Tuesday evening of last week Those who were pres ent We're. Misses Maude and Pearl Campbell, Maggie Reed. Minnie and Emma Gilbert and Maude Great house. The club girls report pleasant time
 Blue Eyes
The Springdale news., 1913-04-11
Look to Your Plumbing.

You know what happens in a house in which the plumbing is in poor oondition-everXbody in the house Is liable to contract typhoid or some other fever The digestive organs perform the same functions in the human body as the plumbing does for the house, and they should be kept in first class condition all the time. If you have any trouble with your digestion take Chamber lains Tablets and you are certain to get quick relief For sale by al. dealers.
The Springdale news., 1913-04-11
LOWELL

Mrs Jim Loony s quite serious ly sick again.
 Mrs. Jeff Walker attended chureh services at Rogers last Sunday
 A car load of hay was shipped Ill and sold here on the track thls week
 Ernest Neil is still very i'll with typhoid fever. but is reported to rest easy.
 Mrs. Lloyd has been papering her house and improving her nome generally this week.
 Bill Sharp and wife are the proud possessors of baby boy let os the ever accommodating stork last Sunday.
 John Williams drove to Rogers Sunday afternoon to visit ms daughters, Miss Lucy, Miss Nlha and Mir. Walker.
 Miss Georgia Wilson, who has been visiting some time with her aunt, Miss NJ. Mcclure returned 10 her home this week in sareoXie, Mo.
 The teachers, Miss Noneyhun and Mrs. Sill closed their term Of school here last Friday and nave now departed to their respective homes
 Miss Sophia Walker went to Fayetteville Friday to attend a teachers meeting. She was ae- companied by her niece, little cath erine Walker. and mother ~ho VIII visit relatives there few days Dr. Harrison was in town few days looking somewhat sick oY- CT his recent move to Spring Aai- ley and he says he is a fair repre- i sentative of the family, even down to the old COW. Perhaps We may have the doctor with Us again in the near future, at least il is hop ed so by all
 Ethelyn5
The Springdale news., 1913-04-11
CAItTEIi.

Mrs Howell is on' the sick list again
 stephen and Mamie Reed spent the day at Burfises' Sunday
 Geo. HansheW made business trip 10 Fayetteville Saturday
 It looks now like We were go- ing 10 have some more stormy weather
 Ellis Burris made a business trip down to the Finture Cave Thursday
 Mrs. Stephen Reed and children spent the day Saturday with her aunt, Mrs. Lovina Hicks.
 Mrs. Wiles and little girls and Lorence Hurleson and family visit led E P Ramey Sunday.
 Mrs. Burris has had severe at tack of rheumatism for the past week but is better at this writing.
 Mrs Lovina Ramey, who has been poorly for some time, is gain ing strength, but is not yet able to be out very much.
 Mrs Brown left Friday for Avo- ca to see her daughter, Mrs. Wil- son and children, who are down with the measles.
 Dean Smith closed weeks meet Ing at New Zion Sunday night. Ev- cry one feels benefited by hearing So many good sermons.
 Albert Lewis returned home from Texas after weeks sojourn with his daughter, Mrs Edd Mabry, whose i'ttie daughter died after an illness or little while with pneumonia.
 Apple Bloom.
The Springdale news., 1913-04-11

One example of doing a perfect ly useless thing is giving a smoker in Pittsburg
The Springdale news., 1913-04-11
Straight at It..

There is no use of our beating around the bush" We might as we'll out with it first as last We want you to try Chamberlain's Cough Remedy the next time you have a cough or cold. There Is no reason so far as we can sec why you should not do so This preparation by It's remarkable cures has gained a world wide reputation and people everywhere speak of il in the highest terms of praise It Is for sale by all dealers.
The Springdale news., 1913-04-11
THE OLD HOME PAPER

When the citizen is gathered to his fathers it is the country week ly that extols his virtues and lays wreaths of flowers upon his bier and consoles those left behind. It records the arrival of babyhood and tells of the bright prospects that surround the happy couple as they start out on the journey of matri- mony. When the sun is high and bright and prosperity flows over the land it rejoices with the people and repeats again and again the story of the best town in the best county in the state When the drought stalks down the valley and crops are parehing in the hot sands, it sings songs of optimism and states authoritatiyely= that the next issue will record soaking rain Bill Sikess new barn, Jim Jump CTS almost completed residence and Sam Slows remarkable patch of al falfa find their way into it's columns The doctor, the baker, the candle stick maker-all Of appear in a neyer-ending moving picture be- fore the eyes of the people every seven days. The man who has wandered far from his fireside picks 1t Up, and again is spread before him the whole panorama of his boy hoods golden days All for three cents week and pay when you hap pen to think about it.
 The stern faced man of millions in his spacious office reaches out eagerly every Saturday morning and paws over the pile Of mail until he finds the dinky little paper with the red label on 1t. The careworn woman ill the humble home on the far Western claims glances frequent ly from the doorway down the long winding road at the close of cer- tain day every week for the coming of the husband and father
 She, too, is looking for the sane paper with the same little red lab el on it. They scan every item-the man Of gold and the sad-eyed wo- man-and the marble halls and the flush of power, and the dingy walls ana the gnaw of want, fade away and are forgotten He sees again the swimming hole in the bend of ] bn haa r1, of the boys from the bank as they yell "Chaw beef She in fancy smooths again the new blue frock as she sits in the front room and listens for the footsteps of him. as he comes whistling down the walk. So they live again the glori- ous days of the old home town the man of gold and the sad-eyed woman
 lis thing of sentiment. this lit tle old country newspaper. When you want the story of valor told to the world 1t sings the song When. perehanee, disgrace paints the scar let letter on the family circle. it listens to the pleadings of the brok- en heart and whispers not of it. When it does you a favor You come in and beg few extra copies, but when 1t steps on your toes you drop around to lick the editor With out your dinky country paper your towns and hamletS would be like the man who threw kisses at girl in the dark lie knew ii, but nobody else did You might imagine you were alive. but other people have to buy a railroad ticket and come out and see for themselves. Thus ends the brief tale of the blooming old thing that isn't worth three cents a week Bert Walker in Os- borne (Kan) Farmer
 Atrafphf af
The Springdale news., 1913-04-11
Ethelyns
 STEELE.

Steele farmers are busy setting out straw berries
 A few young folks spent Sunday evening at P. NJ Rhodes
 Alf Baird made a flying trip to Spfingdale Sunday Wonder why
 (. F Mitchell and E co9bin sold some cattle and took them 70 Fayetteville saturdaY
 Bro. Jackson preached at Wo5d- lawn Sunday morning and al Thomas Sunday afternoon
The Springdale news., 1913-04-11

Lawlessness is tnstinctive with us Shipping live animals by par eel post is all the rage.
The Springdale news., 1913-04-11

left his valuable farm in trust to his unthrifty son, to go to his granddaughter on her twenty-first birthday The girl had been told the date of her birth and always celebrated as her birthday the an nual recurrence of the same. How ever, when she believed she was 21, then claimed her inheritance, her father denied her age, saying she was only 19. The family Bible was appealed to, but the leaf with the record was gone. The court was in a quandary A Solomon was needed for judgment At last a neighbor remembered that a valua- ble COW belonging to the grandfath- CT had given birth to a calf on the day the girl was born, and he could swear to it. Perhaps the grandfather had recorded the date of the birth of the calf His farm books showed this to be the case The date of birth of the human be- ing was established
 The practical sanitarium is utter ly at sea without reliable vital sta tistics on which to base his work. Even a partial system Of registra- ton, if well administered and con- stituted, as far as it goes, accord ing to the essential principles found necessary for accurate registration, is invaluable. If a state is not ab- le to secure complete registration of both births and deaths by the adoption of the complete Model Law, then law for the registra- ton of deaths alone las an examp- le, see the Michigan act of 1S979, is better than no law. If it is im- practicable to require immediate registration of all deaths in a state, with compulsory burial permits, then the enactment of general state law making burial permits compulsory in municipalities of a certain size is step in the right direction This method has been adopted in North Carolina, first for municipalities of 1000 population and over, then extended to munich palities of 300 population and over, and undoubtedly in the future to the entire state. Dr. w. s. Rank in, secretary of the State Board of Health and State Registrar of Vit- d Statistics, said of this law:
 One can hardly have any adequate conception Of the value of vital sta tfsties who has not had personal experience in their application. l have found vital statistics worth more than all other considerations combined in moving thoughtful, practical men to intelligent and eff feetiVe interest in the importance of the public health Of their locali- ties could continue to cite ex- amples Of the force of vital statis- ties when applied to the practical brains of a community There afe many people who will become en- thused over generalities, but the practical, cool heads that We usual ly find dictating municipal policies are men who want facts. and the only way to reach this necessary in fluenee in bringing about sanitary reforms is through vital statistics. Vital statistics are the right arm of the health officer, and, in my opinion, the grea est defect in OUT southern states in promoting sani tary progress is the absence of yit- nl cta+istinS
The Springdale news., 1913-04-11
Severe Rheumatism.

Grove Hill. Ala. Hunts Lightn- ing Oil cured my wife of a severe case of Rheumatism and my friend of toothache I surely believe it is good for all you claim for it-A. R. Stringer 25e and soc bottle. All dealers.
The Springdale news., 1913-04-11

Our interest in the south Pole is now superseded by interest in the fishpole.