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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-09-23
NEWS OF THE NORTHWEST
BOY SHOT TN FACE TN
WANT0N, BRUTAL MANNER

Mott N. D, Sept 23-An unusual instance of wantonness is report
ed northwest Of Regent Two small son of Frank Neprach were about
n mile from home, having beens ent after the cattle. The younger
the elder boy in the face, hurriedy driving away.
The injured youth was taken to a hospital where it was found the
sight If one aye lost and the other may also be blind. No possible
cause for the brutal shooting has been learned and there is no clue to the
identity of the shooter.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-09-23
COW D o CAPTURED.

Animal Wanted by Aberdeen Beard
for City Park,
Aberdeen, S. d.. Sept. 23.--The cow
lmDose for which Aberdeen peTk hoard
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-09-23

" Sumatra in its natural state is bitter
Abut the manufacturers of Lawrence Barretts
have a process Of neutralizing (sweating) that
removes. all the bitterness, leaving IL abso~.
luteLy t0steless-therefore, it is only used II dress
and finish the cigar-giving you the full benefit
OF the observation-disclosures qualities OF
the fine old Santa Clara Cuban Tobacco used
exclusively in the filler. "
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-11
WHY GROW OLD?
Life Is Only One-Third Dying That
TwO-Thirds May Live.

!. DR.. Woods Hutchinson, in his book,
E"Common Diseases published by
4 Houghton Miff1in & Co., entertainingly
discusses old age conditions that will
come to each of us if we live long
enough:
eff we are going to do anything to
| cure the disease of old age, we must
| begin before birth. Indeed, as oliver
! Wendell Holmes wittily remarked on
the prevention of disease, we must
| begin with the grandparents The So
called Senile changes are changes
which have been going on ever since
We began our individual existence.
THE time when we begin to feel
old, the particular period at which
we begin to show our age is merely
that period at which these internal
changes have reached and shown
themselves upon the surface; in
which, so to speak, these microscopic
alterations have finally become visible
to the naked eye.
1T is nothing short of absurd to say
that man becomes old, or senile, or
incapable of further development or
incapable of the conception of new
ideas at, or after, any special or par
ticular age. There is no one period
of life in which we grow. and another
in which we decline. Both processes
are going on side by side in every part
of our body from the day we are born.
death of certain of its cells. so the
growth of every power and faculty
means the sacrifice and the decay of
others. Every primitive cell of the
embryo lays down part of it's life to
become a muscle cell, a neurone, a
blood corpuscle. or a bone cell
p THE process has no limit any more
than it has beginnings. Life is just
that, one-third dying that two-thirds
may live, whether it be the single cell,
or the hugest and most elaborate body.
While in such gross matters as mere
avoirdupoiS and stature, and the ac-
tual horsepower of our muscles, we
reach limit. a period of what we are
pleased to call maturity, at compare
lively early age; yet in other and more
important respects we continue to
grow and develop steadily, to a very
much later period-55, 60. and even
70 years. New and valuable achieve
ments. masterpieces in every realm of
human activity and interest, have been
produced hundreds of times in every
decade, up to and including the ninth.
1T is obvious then that there is
no hard and fast dead line which can
possibly be drawn, beyond which no
further growth, or fresh creative eff
fort or new enterprise. or improve
ment is possible. In fact, by living
healthful, active, happy life, and keep
ing up all our interests, we can grow
feel that we are growing until we are
one day suddenly dead. withou ever
realizing in any distressing or painful
way that we are growing old at ALL
Edwin Markham in the New York
American.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-11
HE WILL GO BACK.
Will Coats Denies Oklahoma Charge
Horse Stealing.

Sheriff r. D. Perry, Rogers coun-
ty, Okla, is in Topeka today to take
VIM. P. Coats, alleged horse thief, to
Claremore, where he is to be tried.
Sheriff Perry reports that Coats
stole d valuable horse belonging to
j. w. GuiIfoyle, of Claremore, and
that he operated in Lincoln county,
Kansas. Deputy Sheriff H. H. Antics.
OF Lincoln county, arrested the man
in HOltOn, and he was brought down
to the city prison this morning, pend
ing the arrival of the Oklahoma of
ficers.
Coats has waived the right of req
uisition papers and will go with
Perry this evening. At present he is
in the city Jail, and declares that he
Will be cleared when the trial comes
off. Coats is a tall young man, and
wore black suit of clothes at the
time of his arrest. I'm not guilty
of the charge" Coats said today, but
want to prove it to a jury. For
several weeks 1 have been wor king
in jackson county, and 1 intend to so
back when L am acquitted. I will
go to Oklahoma peacefully with the
sheriff. but 1 feel sure that no jury
will convict me-"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-11
DAVIDSON is HANGED.
Condemned Man Protests His In
nocence to the Last.

Harrison, Ark, Aug. 11.-Protesting
his innocence to the last Odus David
son, the youth convicted of brutally
numbering Ella Barham last NOVem-
Der 81. was hanged here by Sheriff
Helm at IL o'clock this morning. The
execution took place in the Jail yard
in the presence of twenty-five wit
nesses. Two uncles and a sister of the
condemned man waited in the office of
the sheriff and claimed the body for
burial Immediately following the ex-
ecution.
Since his arrest, shortly after the
body of Miss Barham had been found
in the woods near here, Davidson has
maintained his innocence of completely
in the crime. Public sentiment was so
greatly aroused that all of the rela-
tives of the youth were forced to leave
the country and sought new abodes in
Oklahoma.
Every effort has been made to free
the youth and appeals We're made to
the supreme court and to the governor
for stay of execution. Several con-
tinuances were granted.
Davidson did not appear to realize
until the last few days that he was TO
die. An hour before he was hanged he
tainted in his cell. In a statement
made from the scaffold Davidson de-
clared his innocence.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-11

is. Why, in order to properly serve the
$500 people who drink here daily it is
necessary to keep two, and oftentimes
three men steadily at work mixing
drinks off the counter. A first-class soda
tjerker' must learn to put every motion
that he makes to some good use. Both
hands must be going steadily. While
he is drawing the carbOnated water for
one drink he must be rounding up Il
glass and rinsing it for the next, or
swabbing the counter, or passing the
straws, or doing any of the hundred
and one little tasks that are so plenti
full about a soda fountain. The soda
boy who cannot train himself into the
best method for saving every motion
possible need not hope to hold down a
good job very long,
The boys who work the soda foun-
tains about Washington have the best
chance in the world to study the cur
ious little traits of character peculiar
to the people who deal with them.
Many a soda f1end, if he could see him.
self as the boy at his favorite fountain
sees him, would turn over a new leaf
and mend his ways.
Not long ago a women entered a big
Pennsylvania avenue establishment
and demanded a certain flavor of ice
cream soda. The boy behind the coun-
ter FASTENED to mix the desired drink,
and in his hurry, managed to splash a
silk skirt. The liquid was harmless.
but the woman, much incensed at the
dispensers careleSSneSs, vowed that
her dress was completely ruined. The
offending soda boy pleaded in vain that
no harm could result from tie mishap.
but she left the counter in high
dudgeOn and swept haughtily forth.
All this happened at an hour peril
ously near midnight. Apparently the
good lady spent the remainder of that
night endeavoring to wash away the
ina ginary stain on her skirt, and DIR
ing the process must have convinced
herself that it was actually there, for
before the clock over the postoffice
had registered the following morn
ing a messenger appeared at the scene
of the late disaster with an indignant
note from the much wronged custom
er and a bill for $3.50 damages "to
defray the expense of Cleansing" The
manager of the fountain, rather than
engage in alteration, acceded to
her demand and ruefully paid up.
Upon another recent occasion, at
this same counter. customer found
fault with the strength of his drink,
saying after tasting it very perfume
torily. that it was nothing but sweet
ened water. The soda boy. knowing
that he had injected the proper
amount of flavoring into the drink, de
cided that his customer was only
throwing a bluff Accordingly he
proceeded to experiment. Taking the
rejected mixture, he placed it conven-
iently to hand behind the counter and
began the mixing of a second drink
this time adding twice as much flavor
ing as was usual, his customer watch
ing him narrowly meanwhile. When
the second mixture was ready to be
served he held it for moment be-
hind the counter on pretense of stir
ring it, and in that moment he deftly
exchanged it for the original drink
which he handed to the unsuspecting
fault finder. The soda boys suspi-
cions proved to be we'll founded No
further kick was forthcoming, and the
customer drained his
Washington Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-11
TWO BARNS BURNED.
Fire Did $4,000 Damage This After
noon at 1900 Quincy Street.

Fire from an unknown source at
2:15 o'clock this afternoon destroyed
two barns and badly damaged two
others on the alley east of 1900 Kansas
avenue, doing damage to the amount
of about s., 900. A small amount of in
surance was carried on the property
destroyed.
The fire originated in a barn be-
longing to J. NJ. Ferguson east of the
alley, and on East Fifteenth street. 1t
spread very rapidly, firing a barn i'm
mediately south of it, and two just
across the alley in very few minutes.
The fire department reached the scene
in time to save the complete destruc-
ton of the two barns west of the alley,
and to prevent further spread of the
flames.
Three of the barns belonged to w.
w. Gilmore and Walton Gilmore, 1850
Kansas avenue, contractors, and a
quantity of tools and cement made the
loss much greater than the value of the
barns. Nothing in any of the barns
was saved.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-11
TO BREAK OLD BONDS.
Walter S. Ryan Wants Marriage of II
Years Severed.

Walter S. Ryan, in papers filed to-
day, asks for legal severing of matri-
m onial bonds forty-one years old. He
seeks a divorce from Caroline A. Ryan,
whom he alleges in his complaint.
he married Sept. 1, 1872, in West Lib
berty, Iowa. According to his complain t,
Caroline, during most of the years
subsequent to their marriage was
welded but no wife. He claims she
ignored her marriage vows and de-
serted him in 1883. The complaint
asks for divorce at this late date,
that it may be made doubly certain
that his runaway wife can in no way
share in a five-acre homestead he
owns in this county. He asks for alb
solute divorce and that the woman be
barred from any property rights in the
homestead.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-11
BO0MS THE STATE.
Governor Hodges Makes Opti-
miStic Talk at Home Town.
Says Kansas Has Raised Three
Times What She Needs.

Olathe, Kan, Aug. 11.-'kansas has
raised enough feed this year for three
times the amount of stock in the whole
State,'' said Governor Hodges, While
visiting his home town.
The governor was at his old home
for a visit among his neighbors and
for the closing day of the chautauqua.
cut out all the talk about poor
Kansas being burned up Our prob
lem is not lack of products. 1t is sx-
actly the problem they are having to
deal with in Missouri and Iowa and
Nebraska and in all this part of the
country-water.
We were never in such splendid
financial condition and never were so
well prepared to stand little setback
on account of weather conditions.
We have raised enough stuff this
year to fatten every head of livestock
in the state and then we could go into
Missouri and other states and buy
three head of cattle, horses, hogs ana
sheep for every head of these animals
now in the state and feed this import
ed stock-and still have plenty left.
The only trouble we are having is
lack of water-and that is common to
all of our neighboring states this year.
kansas raised big wheat crop this
year, big oats crop and big potato
crop.
Two cuttings of alfalfa were the best
ever. The tame hay was all right,
posits are at top notch. 1t really has
been a year of plenty in Kansas and
we would not have noticed the short
age there will be in the corn crop but
for the lack of water to tide the stock
through for a few weeks.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-11
SOME Time THIS FALL.
Will Be Cut in Water Rate, Says
NeWIand.

Some time this fall, as soon as the
present improvements at the city wa
ter plant have been completed and
the officials can figure just what cut
can be made, there will be a reduc-
ton in the price of water.
This is the statement made again
this morning by Commissioner F. NJ.
Newiand. Just what the cut will be
the commissioner does not know now.
But it will be a reduction, and it will
be as much as can be made under the
present circumstances.
The big new pump at the pumping
station will relieve the city from fur
ther expense in equipment for many
years as far as the plant is concerned.
AT least it will give all the pumping
power that will be needed for dozen
years at least. A proposed reservoir
to provide an emergency supply will
not be very expensive.
The cut in rates will be made this
falI' Newland said 1T will be made
just as soon as the improvements are
completed. We have not worked out
what the cut will be, but there will be
a reduction
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-11
PROGRAM IS OUT
Nearly 5000 in Prizes for EN-
pIOyees at Santa Fe Picnic.
List of Field Events An
nOunced by Committee.

Nearly $500 in prizes will be given
the Topeka employees of the Atchi-
son, Topeka & Santa Fee railway by
the management of the road at the
annual picnic, to be held Saturday,
Aug. 16, at Lake Contrary, near st.
Joseph, Mo. The entire program for
the picnic is announced today by the
committee in charge. Everything is
included, from the free rides to the
children to the baseball game be
tween the apprentices and the crack
nine from the shops
Although the details have not been
completed for the running of the
trains, it is probable that it viii take
three trains of ten coaches each to
handle the crowds from Topeka.
today that at least ESQ persons will
take the days outing to the we'll
known resort at st. Joe
The employees of the road, their
families and those dependent will be
charged so cents for the round trip.
A charge of 25 cents is made for chill
dren. This is one-third less than the
fare last year. The trains will begin
leaving Topeka probably at o'clock
in the morning. The employees will
be unloaded at South ST Joe, where
electric cars will be waiting to trans
fer the crowds to Lake Contrary.
Returning, the trains will leave the
union depot.
tice band of AZ pieces will be taken
along to furnish the music for the PIC
nickers. The sporting events begin at
10 o'clock. ConVeniences for the
ladies. free check stands, and free
dancing from 2:30 until p. m. have
been promised by the park manage
ment. balloon ascension with a
parachute drop has been arranged at
8 o'clock in the afternoon Meals will
be served on the grounds at reasonable
prices, the committee announces.
The program of sports made public
today:
Baseball game, Shops VS.. Appren-
tees. Winners SOS, losers SIS.
Ladies' 50-yard running race. Prizes,
So, 81 and 81.
Girls (5 to 2) 5o-yard running
race. Prizes, SO, 81 and 81. =
Boys shoe race (under 12). Prizes,
So, 81 and 81.
Swimming contest, free for all, 100
feet. Prizes, SIS, SO and 81.
Ladies' egg race. Prizes, So, 81 and
81.
Boys Cunder 12) sack race Prizes,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-11
RUN DOWN BY CAR.
Civil War Veteran Seriously Hurt at
MeIVern.

Melvern, Kan, Aug. 11.-Captain Emery
Hughes. a veteran of the civil war, while
attempting to cross the street here was
run over by an automobile, driven by
VIM. Wolfley. and seriously if not fatally
hurt. He had started to cross the street,
and not seeing the automobile until it
was nearly onto him became confused
and stepped in front of the machine. One
wheel of the car ran over him, crushing
one arm, and breaking his shoulder blade,
his collar bone, and several of his ribs.
No blame is attached to Wolfley. he
was only driving miles per hour,
and the accident was clearly unaVoida BILE.
Mr. Hughes served with distinction
throughout the civil war attaining to
the rank of captain. He was one of the
earliest settlers on the reserve here, and
well known throughout this part
of the country.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-11

Washington, Aug. 11.-As one means of
aiding the administration in dealing with
the Mexican situation, Mrs. Madero, wife
of the murdered president of the warning
republic, may testify before the senate
committee on foreign relations.
Friends of Mrs. Madero in this coun-
before the committee. Undoubtedly she
has a great deal of first hand informa ma
band and the participation of the Amer1-
can ambassador in events leading up to
Madero speaks English fluently she would
make an excellent witness. She is now in
Washington.
The wife of the slain president is be-
loved by all of the little band of revolu-
tionists here They regard her as an ex-
traordinary woman, possessed of very I'M
usual physical and moral strength. Dur
ing the turbulent scenes in Mexico City
/ ended with the murder of her nus
band. she never once lost her poise, nor a
full comprehension of her position, her
admirers say.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-11
WAS GETTING BRASS.
Grant Jones Bound Over for Trial on
Larceny Charge.

Grant Jones, whom railroad detec-
tives aIIege was caught IN the act OF
attempting to remove the whistle from
a pile-driver in the Santa Fe railroad
wards, was given a preliminary hear
ing in the court of Topeka this morn
ing and bound over to the district
court for trial. He is charged with
committing larceny in the night time.
Besides the whistle he was attempting
to remove, he had gathered several
other pieces of brass at the time he
was arrested, he is charged. He will
be tried at the September term of
court
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-11
COUNTY TEACHERS.
First Meeting of School Year Last
Day of Fair Week.

The first meeting of county school
teachers, preparatory to beginning
the school year. will be held in the
Topeka high school building Satur-
day morning at 10 o'clock, Sept. Is.
John F. Eby, county superintendent
of schools, points out that the time
of meeting is on the last day of the
State Fair, a time when most of the
county teachers will probably be in
the city anyway, and thus more con-
venient for them to attend than is or
dinarily the case.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-11
IDEAS FOR THE MOTORlST.

Take with you on your trip roll Of
paper toweling. They will serve to dust
car and riders at the end of a spin.
After wash-up. in country spring or
brook they answer the purpose of linen
towels, and then can be thrown away.
They serve as napkins at 1uncheonS
and are useful in many other ways.
A sofa pillow and hassock are inval-
liable on a long }notor trip, particularly
to any one who is short and has to sit
on the wide back seat of a touring car.
The hassock gives d brace for your feet,
and the soft pillow rest for your back
in case of a severe jolt, and both aid
much comfort and ease to what might
otherwise be a tiresome trip.
What to do with nume1 GUS small
packages in an automobile after the
pockets are full can be solved by hang
ing a childs doll hammock to the top,
over ones head. This is especially
handy for long trip when space is
at a premium.
A hot-cold bottle and a fireless cook
er are just the things for a long au-
tomobile trip. In them food or drink
can be kept either ice cold or smoking
hot, just as you prefer. Your lunch
can be cooked in the fireIess or else
simply be keeping hot. They are two in
dispensable articles to the motorist.
There is a tourists package which is
splendid for motorists, having the ad-
vantage of being compact-just a long.
fiat envelope containing toilet Access
series that may be thrown away after
use. Each package contains six paper
towels, one paper mache comb, one
wash cloth. one portion of soap and one
drinking cup. A fiat pocketbook case
may he bought which contains a basin,
wash cloth soap and towel. The basin
is of rubber and folds fiat
A toy trunk makes an inexpensive
and practical lunch box. 1t will hold
enough for several meals, and the tray
can be used for napkins and small sill
yer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-11

IS, 81 and ST.
Prize awards to ladies, Sc, 81, SO.
Fat mems race, so yards (and no
more). Prizes, SIS, So and 50.
Three-legged race, boys under 10
years. Prizes, 50 and 81.
The local committee also announces,
for the benefit of the small children,
that each child will be furnished with
tickets good for not more than three
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-11
Wedding Presents.

An interesting gift to a bride-to-be y
or, indeed to any woman-is a leather
glove case filled with gloves
One such case. which costs about S..
is of dark green leather 1t contains y
glove stretcher and a buttoner. 1t also
contains pockets to accommodate half
a dozen pairs of gloves. Another such
case holds the stretcher on the cover
and this box is big enough to hold
two or three dozen pairs of gloves
Nothing more acceptable as a gift
could be given to any woman than a
case OF TINS sort, stocked either to over
flowing. or holding ONLY ono or tu,o
pairs of attractive gloves.
Read the State yor,,,oI
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-11
RAIN AT HIAWATHk.
Reported 40 of an Inch Fell in
Brown County.

Hiawatha, Aug. IA rain measur-
ing 40 of an inch fell here last night.
1t is reported here that heavy rains
fell in Nebraska Saturday night and
SUNDAY
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-11

do you use tobacco in any form 20
Well, replied Senator Sorghum. Il
neither smoke it nor chew it. But for
the purpose of an antitrust argument
to impress my constituents, 1 must say
tobacco is one of the handiest things 1
know of. "-Washington Star
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-11
|. 7. U. IN CONVENTION
First Session of Delegates Is Confined
to Addresses.

Nashville, Tenn, Aug. 11.-With 700 del
esates present the 59th annual convention
of the Interna tional Typographical union
began here today. The first session was
confined to addresses.
Very little of the business will be trans
acted until tOmOrrOM.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-11
Notice.

The State Fair management is not
getting out an official state fair pro-
gram nor have they authorized the
soliciting of advertising for one. If
one is made it will be for the private
gain of the promoters and not for the
association. This does not apply to
the race program that will be sold at
the races each afternoon.
l. COOK. Secretary
(AdVl
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-11

Frank PARCELS, Jr-, of Seneca is in
Topeka visiting his father, Frank
PARCELS.