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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-29
BULK SALES BILL.
1t Is Before House Again-Its Friends
and Enemies.

Considerable opposition to the Keene
bulk sales bill became apparent in the
house during a consideration of the meas
ure in committee of the whole. The cor
Sideration was cut short when Speaker
Brown called the attention of the house 10
special orders on the Hines bill. and
moved that the measure be considered
further at another time
The bill is similar 10 one that was de-
feated two years ago, and is by no means
a new thing 1t prohibits the sale of
stock of goods in bulk unless the owner
shall give at least seven DAYS notice to
his creditors of his intention to sell AZ
Is aimed at the shady Individual who
buys a stock of goods on credit takes
them to a strange community. sells them
IN bulk and leaves the creditors holding
the sack.
Representative Keene explained the bill
Speaker Brown took lie floor in its de-
tense George c Bunser OF Wabaunsts
declared he was opposed to it two years
ago, but frankly admitted his opposition
was on account of his ignorance He de-
clared It viii not injure an honest mer-
chant, declared he knows IL will not lsur-
him and cited the fact that he has been a
retail merchant ever since he has been IN
business.
Taylor Riddle of Marion does not pre-
tend to be a merchant but will oppose tie
bill because ne says d petition signed o.
every merchant In Marion asks him TO
90 so. l. N Williams of Sedgwick favofs
re olli, but did not have an opportunity
to finish his argument when Speaker
Brown called attention to she time ard
moved a later consideration
Two years ag9 scores of protests came
thing is happening this year except that
friends of the bill are armed with a goodi,r
number of petitions from wholesalers
and retailers asking for the passage OF
the measure
In his speech Bunger called attention 10
the fact that only three states in the
union do not have the law in force
Maine, Arkansas and Kansas He urged
that Kansas join the majority
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-29

Supreme Court Justice Presi-
dent Bar Association.
Banquet Last Night at EIks
Fine Success.

r. A Burch of Salina was elected
president of the Kansas Bar associa-
ton at the closing session late Tues
day.
Other officers: Vice president. Chas.
L. Lopdell of Great Bend; secretary,
]. g. Sloneker, Topeka; executive
committee, C. L. Kagey. chairman.
Beloit; Charles F. Spencer, Topeka;
A NJ Keene. Fort Scott; Earl w
Great Bend; John A Curran, Pitts
burg; delegates to the American Bar
association. c. Ruppenthal, Rus
sell; F. L. Martin, Hutchinson; E. C.
Gates. Fort Scott.
All procedure" said William r.
Arthur. dean of the Washburn law
school in speaking on The Trail of
the Common Law Procedure" orig
mated in the idea of vengeance and
to the present day. The present day
lawyer unfortunately has a tendency
to be involved in theoretical abstrac-
tions rather than to understand that
the law must grow with the demands
of the people The up-to-date lawyer
must realize that law is ever expand
ing and needs wide-awake thoueat-"
Lobbying ought to be regulated by
law according to Earl W. Evans of
Wichita.
Contrary to the popular belief"
said he. the most effective. although
perhaps the least picturesque and no
ticeable method of lobbying is digni-
fled and altogether consistent with
the ethics of our profession. Lobby
ing ought to be regulated by law. 1t
has certainly been demonstrated that
those who practice it can not or will
not regulate it. Such legislation, in
my opinion. can not 1n5ure any
worthy member of our profession.
Il believe in a wide open. out
spoken press which says what 1t
means and means what it says The
sting of its condemnation hurts to be
sure, but that only spurs us on, not
forgetting by interpretive analysis to
ascertain whether after all these crit
icisrns NAV not be we'll deserved.
Clearly as 1 believe, the lawyer
may properly advocate or oppose
pending measures in just the same
standards of ethics that his services
are elsewhere employed"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-29
AT THE PLAY.

Once in a while great while
something comes to Topeka that can
be described by one self sufficient, put
meaningless word-perfect- Such an
entertainment was given by Mile
AdeIine Genee, the Danish danSeuse,
at the Grand yesterday afternoon
Genee is adorable-to describe her
is impossible She has an evanescent
yyitcherv all her own. One must see
her to love her-the verbs, in her
case. at least, are synonymous she
has the hearts of half dozen coun-
tries beneath her twinkling feet
Twinkle? They do twinkle and point
and flutter like the elfin slippers of
Titania When she bounds in the air
and lights on the very tips of her toes,
no one jumps and says Couch" There
Is no ..hurf' "Reminiscences, on the
other hand. seems to have attained a
yerv ecstacy of motion-to flash about
the stage as lightly as a butterfly. She
seems to be blowing about as she
pIeases-each minutest motion has
been rehearsed with exhaustive
energy. In a room lined with mirrors
she has praeticed pirouettes, the per
lection of which only a eonnoisseur
capacity for taking pains, Genee is a
genius.
She is as pure and sparkling as the
cold northland from which she comes
She has none of Pavlowa's fire-none
of the passion OF the south She pos
sesses an almost childish appeal
someone has said there are but two
of the four elements in Genee-free
air and ripping water
The program was divided into two
parts Did you like the first part %
Genee insisted, wrapped in a shroud
ing kimono after the performance.
The tableux and pantomine describ-
ing la Danse" represent months of
detailed study and thought.
First came Mademoiselle Provost,
who danced for Louis XIV, and gave
place to La Camargo,' the first
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-29

longer. Ministers from different churches
over the city are filling the pulpit in his
absence
The Oakland Forestry club viii meet
Friday afternoon with Mrs W. Brown at
her home on Oakland avenue This Will
* the first meeting of the year and tns
yearly books will be ready for distribu-
ton
Miss Opal Draut of Michigan avenue
expects to leave shortly for visit WI .
Miss Harriet Hummeu at Springton.
Ark.
The Oakland W. C. T. L. will give their
silver medal contest for the matrons this
evening at the Seward Avenue Baptist
church. There will be no admission
charged and everyone is cordially IN
vited.
The infant daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Richard Lesson is seriously i'll with pnee-
monia at the home of Mrs. Lessons moth
er on Forest avenue
Mrs o. W. NeiIl and children of West
Topeka were guests Sunday of Mrs
Neitl's parents. Dr. and Mrs Heller, OF
Oakland avenue.
Little Charles Oliver is confined to his
home, 291 AFTER avenue, with serious at
tack of pneumonia
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-29

ship, whereas $50 would take the study
were there adequate teaching facili-
ties Eighty persons have enrolled in
the new class in commercial spelling.
Magnas johnson was this morning
discovered to be feeble minded by the
judge of the probate court, and John
Redeem was appointed his guardian.
johnson owns property worth about
$500, but has been living in filthy
howell on East Sixth street His house
has been condemned by both the fire
marshal and the health officers
The industrial bureau of the Topeka
Commercial club, the organization that
is promoting the factory aid plan, has
had printed official stationery The
promotion committee is composed of
c. 3 Elliott. E. c. Arnold. c. P Adj
ans, H T. Chase. E. l. Copeland, H.
A Auerbach, Marco Morrow. a. t.
Reid and H. A SpieIman. The advi-
sorry board: c. S. Petit. George Brooks,
c. F. w. Felt. George P. McEntire, c.
E. Lawrence and c. S. Elliott The
trustees: H l. Hall. E. C. Arnold and
w H Davis
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-29

Mr.. Albert Sharder, Mr. Maurice Sweareti-
gen, Mr. Ralph Swearengen and Alr.
the contest will be used to buy new song
books for the Sunday school
Mr. and Mrs. Milt Smith and daughter
Annis of Mcfarland have returned to
their home, after spending the DAY Tues
day here with Mr.. Smiths mother, Mrs.
E. ]. Smith. S24 Madison street.
The Westminster Guild of the Third
Presbyterian church will meet Thursday
afternoon with Mrs. a. P. Woln. AZ Sum
ner street
/ The following entertainment committee
of the Sons and Daughters of Justice
lodge No. 3S have arranged an entertain
rlent for Friday evening, January 81. at
the l. O. o. F. lodge hall. III West Sixth
street: Mrs George Hinckle- Mrs. W. d
Rodgers and Mrs. A. r. Weese. A play
'Meandotis." to be given by ten members
of the Tecumseh Grange This will be
followed by a box social II will be an
open entertainment and all ladies are r.
quested to bring thelr boxes Everybody
welcome.
Rev. Mr. Brooks will give his wen
known lecture. The New Citizen Thurs
day evening. at the Third Christian
church. to which the public is cordially
invited
The Mems Bible class of the Third Pres
byterian church will have their regular
church After the short business session
a social entertainment which has bean
arranged will be given.
The Plus Ultra class of the Third Pres
byterian church held their regular meet
ing last night at the church and elected
the following officers. for this year:
President Harrison F. Hutson: vice presi-
dent. A. l. Rodgers; secretary, Mss
Elizabeth Wilson: treasurer. Miss Pearl
Miss Mildred Davidson: chairman of ting
social committee. Stanley Gentry
Mrs Nesbit Elmore OF Tecumseh is in
Alabama, called by the serious illness o.
her daughter.
Miss Alta DeBolt and Mr.. Everett
Lin0-ey spent Sunday in Lawrence, visit
ing relatives and friends
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-29
A dollar oatt at interest IS
an interchangeable toale7, aUorE-
ing for you day and night.
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS

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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-29
Owe the United Doctors Nothing IL You Are Not Cured

A man of affairs. man wra
body was becoming i'll, worn a
with which it came in contact
reckIessIy to regain his health
another, but it was simply too L
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-29

A working man here in T.
disorder after another in sileT
diseases which baffled his fam
which had been making drea'
to the explanations of the fam
that ne could not recover, and
cial obligations, died and left
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-29
HOUSE NOTES.

J. P. o. GRADER of Reno wants a
state fair at Hutchinson provided for.
A bill appropriating $4,000 a year for
such fair was introduced in the
house this morning. The bill has
oobbed up at nearly every session for
years.
Provision for working convicts in
the state prison on the public high
ways Is contained in a bill introduced
by T. B. Sharpless of Atchison in the
mouse this morning. The bill pro-
v1deS that upon the application of a
majority of the county commissioners
IN any county the warden shall detail
men TO such work, the county to pay
all expenses incident to such work,
furnish tools, etc.
Several petitions protesting against
the bulk sales bill were presented this
morning in the house. Such a petition
came from Abilene and another from
Russell
Barton has heard from home with
reference to his position to a resolu-
ton endorsing the Kenyon-Sheppard
bill in congress. Representative Zuta-
vern took the lead in the fight against
the endorsement of the measure. His
letter from Barton county commends
his action, and adds a Scathing de-
nunciation of the Kansas prohibitory
law 1t indicates that the prohibitory
law is farce in Reno county at least.
The letter is signed by W. E. Stokes,
secretary of the Seventh district
Democratic committee.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-07-17
ERROR OF JuDeMENT."

Just how far an error of judgment should be allowed to serve as proper verdict for the loss of life is dependent upon the circumstances surrounding it, but the case which has recently been decided by the British Board of Trade concerning the loss of the freight steamer Mountoswald and its crew shows to what an extent it can be used to encourage the continuance of the same practice which was used in that instance The condition of the steam CT was such as would have justified the assertion of it by it's officers and crew With twelve feet of water in the forepeak when it left Baltimore for Hamburg against the advice of the captain that it should be drydocked in New York there is nothing strange about the fact that the steamer was never heard from. It's too faithful cap tain and crew were drowned like rats in a trap.
 They represented a type of men who were too faithful to reckless and non- considerate owners, who cast aside the advice of the master of the ship and forced the risking of human life to serve their own selfish ends For the court of inquiry now to sanction such treatment under the verdict of a grave error of judgment is only smoothing over the situation and offering an in ducement to the continuance of such negligence whereas full responsibility should be fixed for such unwarranted action and the penalty applied. Error of judgment where life is al stake is an excuse which should be cautiously ap- D1ied
Norwich bulletin., 1913-07-17
SOME TIMELY ADVICE.

It is timely warning which Dr. J. Fl. Townsend, secretary of the state board of health gives cQncerninS the carelessness which accompanies the vacation season and the failure to take the necessary precaution to ward off disease, and it deserves to be needed. There is nothing more important than maintaining health and sanitary con- ditions at home during the greater part of the year. and this vigilance should not be discarded during a vaca- ton period even though it is but for small portion of the year, Too often does the vacation result in serious cases of sickness because of the lack of precaution, both on the part of those who may be spreading the disease germs as well as by those who are placing themselves in contact with them. Typhoid fever Is what the vacA- tion season too often develops and it is a disease which a too strenuous effort cannot be made to prevent, whether it be solely by sanitation or with the aid of vaccination.
 For other reasons as well there should be an insistence upon pure and untainted supply of water and milk as it is largely through such that the germs enter the system, and too often are cases of typhoid traced back to a stay in the country where sanitary conditions were not properly observed or to visits at the shore where the supply of water had not been properly protected. The excrcis- ing of due care by vacationfsts and those who entertain them is mlch preferable to exercising the skill of nhvsician
Norwich bulletin., 1913-07-17
THE POWERS DEMAND.

The notes from foreign countries to the United States concerning the Mex lcan situation means that the position of the government in regard to that seemingly endless revolution in the re- public to the south must be declared in more positive terms than 1t has been by the present administration. The attitude of this government has not changed throughout the Mexican trouble except that with the overthrow of the Madero regime by the action Of General Huerta and the murder of the former officials this country has failed to recognize the government which the traitors set up. though dip- lomatic relations have been maintain ed. Under the Monroe Doctrine and as the nearest large neighbor to Mex leo this country is naturally looked to for the protection of the subjects of other countries and there is no doubt that the reply to the foreign inquiries will show that this country has kept closely in touch with the sit uation in Mexico and is prepared to see that foreign as well as American citizens are properly treated. IL is perhaps well. however, that our pol icy be well defined
 There can be no doubt that there is imperative need of the adjustmene of the trouble in Mexico just as soon as it can possibly be accomplished. The fixing of an %arly date for a national election following the setting up of the provisional government would have been of much aid towards this but placing it at such a distant date as October gave rise to fresh trouble and uncertainty.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-07-17
SURPRISING VICE.

From the report which has been sub-
 mitted by the commission appointed
 In Hartford for the investigation and suppression of vice there is reason to believe that encouraging progress has been made in the effort to improve the conditions in that city. The meth bds of ridding the city of commercial fzed vice and the close touch which has been kept with conditions indicate that, while the vice has not been en- tire1y eliminated the efforts have met with excellent results for the time in which they have been in operation, An important aid in the work has been gained by making the fact positively understood that the crusade was not simply temporary wave In behalf of better conditions but that 1t was T permanent upTift which would be maintained. The commission has not been satisfied to go over the surface but has dug into the depths and seen that the exigencies of the undertall- ing were met. It has awakened great CT and constant activity on the part of the police to their duty. That the efforts should be continued and great CT aid and power given to them is rec commended. It is only by the steady fighting of such evil. as is the case of any violation of the law that any progress can be made or a corrective force attached to such an effort as has been started.
 Hartford has given the state an example in action against vice which has been we'll applied and which could well be patterned after. It is the con stant fight, not the periodical efforts against crime or vice which counts.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-07-17
Prevent Forest Fires.

Mr. Editor: The past few weeks in consequence of the dried leaves and underbrush have been a series of for est fires, proving by sad and costly experience the imperative necessity of greater caution during a protracted drouth. An assignment of a cause for their origin has always seemed to be a difficult problem and finally ends in relaxation from the task or by apply ing what appears to be a Jagged con- clusion the most plausible. The log ical deduction drawn from these con- tinued outbreaks must find weight and support from those causes which have been proven in the majority of cases the most correct Like in the nature of other things, fires originate from varied and different sources. although in the matter of these particular con- fagrations a certain alliance or con- tact must take place.
 Men going through the woods heed 1essly let fall but extinguished matches. mothers loath to correct, many times, the child whose eyes sparkle with delight at the bright blaze it has kindled. thoughtlessly allow this kind of pastime to go on, and the To- comotive emitting sparks which fall on the deadened leaves near the track or carried by the wind some distance away, have figured among the attri- butes. Allowing much for the purely accidental, a very large residue is left which must be the result of wan ton carelessness, a carelessness which certainly becomes most criminal in it's continuance. There are habits to which all are prone to indulge, yet a sense of the loss mourning to others should warrant a discrimination against this evil practice.
 The damage done by these fires can not be measured from the destruction of even valuable timber land and po tential fireWood, for as the devastation of the forests was years ago warned against from a meteorological stand point and the resultant drouth predict ed, the disastrous effect upon life and property of the future will be even more far reaching. It is a consider ation which suggests the strictest measures to guard against their fre- quent occurrence. It is considera- tion which should make 1t incumbent upon fire Wardens not only to exer- else prompt action in time of need, but to diligently investigate the origin and perseveringly seeing to it that meth ods are adopted rendering it as inn possible as practical for a repetition from the same source. It is olIe de- parently a deplorable apathy or in putting out of each fire. Damage money allowed at the time for fire swept section, timber or woodlot is not always a sufficient recompense for the loss sustained later when the value would be many times in excess of the first appraisal
 Again adequately preventive means
Norwich bulletin., 1913-07-17

but heard of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege- table Compound through friends and now I praise it because it has cured my daughter. "-M Mrs. F. M. ELsToN, R. D. No. 3, Burlington, Iowa.
 Case of Another Girl.
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 Young Girls, Heed This Advice.
 Girls who are troubled with painful or irregular periods, backache, headache, dragging-down sensations. fainting spells or indigestion, should immediately seek restoration to health by taking Ly- dia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
Norwich bulletin., 1913-07-17
EVERY DAY REFLECTIONS
Compared With Others.

We have more fun than any other people, because our business is fun; other nations hate work, and have to quit it to enjoy themselves
 Compared to the millennium our public schools are pretty poor; com pared to any other nations they are the best ever
 Nowhere are women more highly esteemed and nowhere else do they enjoy such personal freedom as here.
 No other nation pays so much att tention to children; there are more child's books and magazines publish ed in America than in all the rest of the world.
 No other first-class nation is so free from the curse of a standing army and an incubus navy.
 No other people is so good natured
 No other people is so optimistic.
 No other people is so sane and sound.
 No other people is so energetic and youthful spirited.
 We have large and prominent faults and follies, and our society is shy on real dukes and counts, but if you are just plain, ordinary man and are looking for a place to make an honest living, be respected and let alone, and give your children a good education, you may travel all around the green earth and not find better place to settle and build a house than in these United States of America