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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-02
vENI, VIDI, VICI.
Shortest Battle Report Ever Written
Characteristic of Caesars Methods.

Nineteen hundred and sixty years ago
July 19, It B. C.-according to the best
reckoning, Caesar beat Pharmacies at
Zela. northeastern Asia Minor, and sent
home to the conscript fathers his famous
.sVen1, Vidi. Vfci:'-''I came, I saw, con-
quered''-the shortest battle report ever
written.
The whole affair is characteristic of
Caesar Winning the great fight in in
credibIy short time (and almost before his
Caesar sent home to the senate an &C
count of his victory in three words. and
Portius became forthwith a part OF the
Roman territory.
The directness of Caesar-the shortcut
to results-the suddennesS and swiftness,
and vet completeness, of his work is as
founding The foremost man of all this
world never tarried by the way, never
took two bites at a cherry, never eN-
hausted his time and energies with reflec-
lions and reconsideTations-he made up
up his mind what he needed TO 90 and did
flash. '-- ~
From the memorable day on which he
he annihilated Pompeii at Pharsalia only
a year and a half had passed, so rapid, SO
like the storm-driven cloud were bis
movements.
Through defeat and through victory he
moved straight on, never stopped by the
other until he was the master of the
world.
stamped with Caesars speediness. The
mighty man ruled as king of Rome five
and a half years, but out of that snort
period his seven great campaigns allowed
him to be in the capital not more than
fifteen months altogether; and yet, in the
words of MommSen. he regulated the
destinies of the world for the present and
the future, from the establishment of the
boundary line between civilization and
barbarisIn down to the removal OF the
rainpools in the. streets OF the capital.
And (for wonders never cease to croWd
upon us in the story of this remarkable
mani Caesars work, Notwithstanding the
rapidity with which it was done, was SO
perfect in its execution that the political
life of the nations has during thousands
of years again and again reverted to the
lines which Caesar drew Rev T. 3.
GREGORY in the New YORK American.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-02
SOURCE OF Temperament.
Some Forms of Disease Cause Re-
markable Exaltation of Mind.

The activity of the thyroid gland in the
neck largely affects temperament, and
every one has some idea of what it means
to be bilious or jaundiced. Far more diff
ficult Is the case where a morbid state OF
BODY produces what We must regard as in
itself healthy state of mind. The ''spes
phthisica,'' the optimistic outlook of the
sufferer from phthisis or consumption, has
been known for ages, and is astOnish-
ing as ever to observe today. a stage
further is found in general paralysis of
the insane, an awful and invariably fatal
disease: with a rapid course. due to in
toxication of the whole body with the
products. of some kind of parasitism. Here
the patient is not merely happy; he is
morbidly exalted, his glee his megaIo-
mania pass all bounds: and while he can
no longer control his liberated body or its
hun blest functions. he flatters himself
that ne is the king of kings. It need
hardly be said that we have no beginning
of an explanation of these things.
Then there are the questions of race and
of sex DR.. Arthur Keith. in his mastery
brochure on the human body says that
women are fortunate in that the ''joie de
vivre'' lasts longer and Is more acute in
them than in men, never saw the state
ment before, and know nothing about II,
but 1t interests one. Lastly, we have the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-02
TRAGEDIES OF STAGE.
Actors Fatally Shot and Stabbed While
Amusing Their Audiences.

The series of matinees recently given at
the Court theater in London mark the re-
covery of Victor wiltshire from a severe
wound sustained during a stage duel at
Southampton IS reminder of Fate's fond
ness for imparting a spice of reality to
theatrical make-believe tragedies. 1t may
be recalled that during THE Miracle" at
I -ympia. there was an accident of the
sort that nearly proved fatal, the dagger
Of the king &C; KENNETH only just missing
RaadD and making very nasty cash on
the latter's cheek; and in Paris a few
years ago a music hall assistant whose
business it was to stand still while articles
were sent flying from his head by the
well-aimed bullets of a crack shot" was
unfortunate enough to receive one OF the
At Dublin some years ago one of the
catch between his teeth harmless ball
fired from a pistol; but one evening a
a member of the audience to fire, with the
result that a fatal bullet was lodged in
the conjurer's head. Somewhat similar.
but more tragic, was the incident at Arm
sladt, during performance patronized BY
royalty, when Nine. Linsky was shot dead
by one OF party of stage soldiers. Be
the bullets las used to be done with the
old rifles. but on the Hateful evening one
At Kettering. in 1907. two actors playing
as brothers at deadly enmity in play
fiercely in the dressing room Just as the
curtain was about to rise, and one was
stabbed in three or four places. There
was also no make believe in the stage
duel with knives between the two actors
in the Chinese theater at Yolo. Cal, in
1885. But the audience of miners did no.
know this at first, and cheered frantically
at the Tnagnificence of the acting until
the blood began to soak the boards. I ne
actors died of his wounds.-Westminste
Gazette.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-02
HIS LAST EXCUSE.

Time, midnight: scene one residence.
Scene two-Factory, with forty girls
working forty sewing machines
Telephone from residence-"Mr. Open
heimer. tits now midnight and that dress
has not come up YETI
From factory to residence-"But we
the girls famed away few minutes ago. >
What is it TO me how many of your
the girls tainted away a few minutes ago. -
Dress
And you shall It will be done in an
hour"
Time. . a. m.-sMr. Oppenheimer, it is
now . O'Clock in the morning, and that
dress is not here yeti What have you got
to say for you-self?'
Seventeen OF our girls have had fits.
but are better now, and the last stitches
are being taken
I have nothing to do with your girls
having fits, and want that dress. M
Quad.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-02

from New Orealns to Topeka will be
reduced from 81 cents per hundred
pounds to 35 cents per hundred
pounds, and the rate on onions, car
loads, from New Orleans to Topeka
will be reduced from 81 cents to 35
cents per hundred pounds, effective
with the issuance of the next supple
ment to the tariff.
The rate on flax tow, carloads,
from St Paul to Topeka will be re-
duced from 49 cents per hundred
pounds to 2013 cents per hundred
pounds.
THE rate on melons, carloads, from
southeastern Missouri points on the ST.
Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern TO
Iopeka Will be reduced from 90 cents
to % cents per hundred bounds, ef-
fective July 20, 1918"
Building Permits.
Following is a list OF building nernnits
issued in the last week:
A; = Mulnn, addition to business
building, 10 West Eighth avenues 500
Franz s Davis, two-story dwelling,
914 Polk street. .,....... - 5na
apartment building. 602-6o4 West
Seventh street. 80. ..........,.. 1900
Clauue E. Neil, two-story dwelling
1l16 Mulvane street-.-.--- --..-...--.:. $3.50
ing. 1854 TYLER street.. .:...:..e::. 1000
ing. 1901 Lincoln street. -. 800
Shawnee Agency, one-story dwell
cI ms IIIo quincy street .........;...;;. 1'-o
shawnee Agency, One-story dwell
ing, 1877 Madison street.............. / 100
z. A Flad, remodel dwelling, 1924
Harrison street. ....-...-.............. 600
Small item ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $50
Total eos &
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-02
Boy Scout Movement Is Crow
ing in Topeka.
1t Is "Peace ScOuting"-NOt
Military, Says Leader.
Hikes ARE SUMMER FEATURE
Members Enjoy Nature Studies
on the Excursions.
Musical Organizations Are Be-
ing Formed in City.

The Boy Scout movement in To-
peka. under the leadership of the
commissioner, J. H. Fazel, is becom-
ing an important factor in the boy
life of Topeka. There are now
eighteen Scout troops in Topeka and
Oakland, with an aggregate member
ship of three hundred and fifty, and
the number is on the increase. In
charge of the individual troops are
registered scoutmasters- and
older boys who are well qualified to
serve as leaders.
The Boy Scout organizations are
anything but military as the name
would imply. Commissioner Fazel
said today in speaking of the scouts
and their work: 1T is strictly peace
scouting. The object is to develop in
the boy his good qualities and to edu-
cate him in useful requirements OF
ways a slow process-one cannot ex-
pect a revolution in a boy.
of the $50 scouts in Topeka and
Oakland IS or 100 of them are sec
ond class scouts and 40 of the first
class; the remainder belong to the
'tenderfOot' or third class.
Course of Study.
The scouts are required to go
through course of study and the first
class scouts are those who have
passed TISlQ examinations IN the SUD-
jects they have chosen to pursue.
Among the subjects on which ex-
aminatiOns have been taken personal
health and public health are in pre-
dominance. Swimming comes third
in popularity. There are more than
fifty subjects upon which the boys
may be examined, which include ag-
ricuIture, astronomy, athletics, cook
ing, electricity, music, printing, sig
mailing, surveying, etc. a court of
honor or individual experts have
charge of the examinations
Every two weeks this summer there
will be a general hike arranged for
all Shawnee county scouts. On each
of the hikes some special subject will
be studied Nature lessons Will be
popular among the boys.
In about two weeks will be asked
to meet on the state house grounds
at 8 o'clock in the evening. The boys
will walk out to Gage park where sup /
per will be cooked in scout style on an
open fire. Prizes will be awarded TO
the boys who show the most skill in
tying knots and in rope throwing /
Professor Charles H. Edmondson of /
college will be on hand to
give the boys popular lecture on 20
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-02
WAS BUSY PERIOD
Realty Men and Contractors
Were Active in July.
Building Permits for Month
More Than 100000.
MANY LAND DEALS RECORDED
Stock of EImhurst Investment
Company Is Selling Fast.
Monthly Report Of Topeka
Traffic Bureau Is Issued.

July was an active month in building
and realty circles. An unusually large
number of real estate transa ctions were
closed as is shown by the list of trans
fers published daily and the building
permits for the month aggregated in
round numbers 100000.
There were several comparatively
large items that helped swell the figure
in permits. The largest single permit
brick business building at 20O-202 West
Sixth avenue by E. B. KeIlam Then
there was the ST. 900 permit for the
building of a one-Story concrete Duiid-
ing for the Standard Oil company at
the corner of Seventh and Washington
streets. This week a permit was issued
to William Wells for the construction
of a two-story brick apartment build
ing at 602-604 West Seventh. The $500
residence which will be built by Frank
S. Davis at 914 Polk street will be one
of the most pretentious homes built in
Topeka this summer. While permits
have been issued for the construction
of scores of dwellings they have not
for the most part been expensive
houses.
A total of several hundred lots have
been sold this summer in Highland
park. The sale of the park property
has been pushed and many buyers were
found.
Recent Realty Transactions.
The Clearinghouse Realty Co.. reports
these sales: a five room dwelling at 230
The Drive to r. W. RAIDER, considera-
ton s., 100; a six room dwelling at 1860
Polk street to G. W. Harris, So 200; a
six room dwelling at 221 Elmwood ave-
nue. to NJ Sommers, So, 200; a five room
cottage at 1923 Park avenue to G. W.
Anderson, s2,T50; a six room modern
dwelling at 226, The Drive to G. D Nc
Clasky, s., $50.
Shawnee Agency: 9 four room 1wen-
ing and an acre tract in Garfield Place
to Charles Pyle; a five room bungalow
and four lots in Broadmoor to z. H.
Bonner; a four room dwelling and TWO
lots at 3S7 AFTER avenue in Oakland to
Ed SmeIser; a five room dwelling al
432 Scotland avenue to Enoch Ecker.
Lagerstrom and Wright: an eight
room modern dwelling at 1911 Tyler
street from R. H. Eddy to Miss Melva
Z. Gregg; a six room dwelling at 1865
Lane street from E. E. Weeks to ].
A. Bowman. consideration $1,000.
c. J. r, Smith Real Estate company:
three room and an eight room dwell
ing on two and one-half lots at 1862
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uncharted universe of psychicaI fact,
where temperament depends upon imma-
teriaI factors. Let any Psychologist who
is well content with, for instance the re-
cent study of thyroid instability read
as I have just read, he story of Jeanne
d Arc and explain the temperament of
that noble child by his formula if ne can.
I said our science of mind was like chem
fstrv before Dalton: it had been better to
say before Prometheus--Pan Mall Ga
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-02
ology. At the close of the address the
boys will hike back to town.
Form PnOle COrpS
Form Bugle Cor


A Boy Scout bugle corps is being
organized under the leadership of
Paul Sweeney and Ralph Wilson. An
orchestra of twelve pieces is being or
ganized among the scouts of the Third
Christian church by Professor F. F.
Dawdy.
The scout commissioner, J. H
Fazel, has completed arrangements to
visit every troop in Topeka and Oak
land this summer for inspection pur-
poses.
Here is a list of the local registered
scoutmasters and assistant scoutmas-
tiers: Arthur A. Graham. Wilmot
Stevens. Leigh Carver. Fred W. Bech-
tel, F. F. Dawdy, Robert E. Wilson,
W. NJ. Van SIyck, c. NJ. Case. Robert
F. HolcOmb, Harry L Woods, Eugene
A Dunlap, Philip w. Frank. D. a.
SayIer DR.. W. R. Russell, Jos. w.
Rollins, Jos. B. Slaughter. Richard. S.
Whitcomb, George Irwin Myers,
Ernest r. Simon, J. C. Everett, the
Rev. Robert Gordon. Ray E. Leach,
John L. Hersh, Fred Roy Winters,
Roland W. Seibert. John Lloyd Will
liams and F. Wallace Harrington.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-02

The Prudential Trust company loans
money on city property.-Adv.
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-02-03
HOKE SMITH GIVES
HIGH SCHOOL PRIZE
FOR 4TH DISTRICT

WEST POINT, GA, Feb. 3.-Sen-
ator Hoke Smith has donated to the
Fourth Congressional District High
School association a loving cup, to be
awarded the school which at each an
nual meet scores the greatest number
Of points. This cup is to be held by
the winning school until some other
institution of the district wins it.
Professor w. p. Thomas, of West
Point, president of the association,
wrote Senator Smith a few days ago
requesting that he donate the cup. A
reply came Immediately, saying that
he would do anything in his power to
create a deeper interest in the cause of
education in Georgia. He commits
stoned Professor Thomas to purchase
the cup. The next annual meeting of
the association will be held this year in
Buena Vista on April IL and II.
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-02-03
II DRUNK POLICEMEN
WORSTED WHEN THEY
BEGIN FIGHT AT DANCE

CHICAGO, Feb. 3.-Stories that elev-
en- intoxicated policemen invaded Oak
Lawn, a suburb Saturday night, broke
up a community dance, engaged in a
fight with the town officials, in which
shots were exchanged, and that the po-
licemen were beaten and repulsed,
three losing their stars, were brought
to the attention of the civil service
commissioners today. The commission
ers promised a thorough investigation
The three policemen who lost their
stars are said also to have lost their
clubs and revolvers and to have been
severely handled by men in Oak Lawn
who joined in the fight.
According to the story told by Oak
Lawn residents, the policemen mo-
tored out, spent much time drinking
and then entered the dance hall, saying
they wanted to look on. They were
asked to leave. The fight followed. 1t
is asserted also that they insulted
women at the dance,
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-02-03
Of US.
MENACE REVISION
Democratic Congress Finds
Itself Face to Face With
Revenue Problem.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3.-Confronted
with the problem of raising at least
one third of a billion dollars year out
of customs revenues, the Democrats of
the house ways and means committee
got down to work today in executive
session to prepare a general plan of
tariff revision.
Before the committee can decide the
details of revising each schedule, a gen
eral program must be agreed upon as to
how the $330.000,00O or more must be
apportioned among the several sched~
ules. Members of the committee ad-
mitted the task was largely a mathemat-
ical problem, and that it might be neces-
sary to collect in the aggregate from
customs duties more than is collected
undert he Payne-Aldrich bill.
If the plans of Chairman Underwood
be followed, hardly an import of any
kind will escape a small tax, excepting
food
The Democratic policy will be, it was
stated, to levy a tax on practically
everything, but to reduce the tariff
enough in all cases to give the foreign
manufacturer chance to compete on
even terms in this country with the
American manufacturer. 1t is expected
that the bill will be completed about
March Is.
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-02-03
ATLANTA RED MEMS
DRUM CORPS TO Go
TO THE INAUGURAL

The Red Mems famous drum corps
which, on many occasions, has enliv-
ened public festivities and conventions
in Atlanta and throughout the South
win be red shirted, red-capped fea-
ture of the inaugural parade in Wash
ington.
The drum corps is peculiarly an es-
sential part of such a patriotic line of
march when it is remembered that the
Improved Order of Red Men is strictly
an American institution, having its
origin before the Revolution, when the
pioneers of this country met in the
forests disguised as Indians and
planned to throw off the British yoke
Later the same DISCUSSES were used
when the boycotted tea was dumped
into Boston harbor
The drum corps, by long practice. has
reached the acme of perfection in its
kind of music. The officers are j. P
Buchanan, president; NJ. U. Smith,
secretary, and w. r. Millican, treas
urer. James NJ Wilson, of the Attain
ia National bank, is drum major
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-02-03
COBB VETERANS NOT
IN FAVOR OF PLAN TO
AID GENERAL SICKLES

Mrs. Helen D. Longstreet is in re-
ceipt of a communication from the
Confederate veterans of Marietta,
camp No. 1853, saying that they are not
IN sympathy with her proposed plan to
assist General Sicllles. The communi-
cation, which is signed officially by ].
Gid Morris, commander, and Elan
Christian. adjutant, says, in part:
Many followers of General Long
street at Gettysburg and in other bat
ties, live in Cobb county. 1t is true
that they are manned but not so rag
ged now as then. Rich in love for their
gallant old leader and the cause that
he and they fought for, they wish to
tell the widow that they are unwilling
to help Daniel, even though he be cast
IN the den in New York, where they
think he so richly deserves to be-"
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-02-03
COL LUMBUS PREPARING
FOR u. C. T. CONVENTION

COLUMBUS, GA, Feb. 3.-The mem
bers of Georgia council, No. 2S7, United
Commercial Travellers, of the Georgia
Florida division. are formulating plans
for the convention, which will meet in
Columbus May 1916.
The members of the finance commit
tee are J. T. Norman, w. D. Britt, Eel
der Pou, J. P. Holmes, F. G. Power and
j. r. Cargill, while the entertainment
committee consists Of ]. NJ. Giddens, r.
1. zacharias, l.. E. Floyd, E. E. Lloyd,
Benjamin Gerson, D. B. Meadows and
w. c. Thornton.
Fully 500 visitors are expected to at
tend the convention, and the members
of Georgia council are determined, if
possible, to make the convention a
greater success than that of 1912, which
met in Atlanta.
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-02-03
FORMER ALBANIAN DIES:
WIDOW TO RETURN HERE

RICHMOND, VA, Feb. 3.-Widowed
by the sudden death of her husband,
Clinton c. Whitlock. 3S years old, who
was transferred to this city from At
lanta last year by the Western Union
Telegraph Company, with which he
was connected for many years. Mrs.
Julia Stein Whitlocl1 says she viii re-
turn to Atlanta to make that city her
home. She and Whitloclx were mar
ried in Atlanta four years ago and
during their residence there made
their home at 35 Whitehall terrace.
She was trained nurse before her
marriage.
Mrs. Whitlock found her husband
dead in bed at their home in this city
last Thursday night soon after he had
retired, apparently in the best of
health, death having been due to a
stroke of apoplexy. He was buried
Saturday afternoon.
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-02-03
FOOD SIGNS TO
MARK CLEAN BAKERIES

NEW YORK, Feb. S.--The National
Housewives league is plannig a country
wide inspection of bakeries butter shops,
grocery stores and all other places where
foodstuffs are sold, according to Mrs
Julian Heath, president of the organiza-
tion, which has been fighting the high
cost of food
THE league proposes to hang signs in
all pure food shops, but there is to be
no white list or black list" said Mrs
Heath. I'VE will simply ask permission
to place our signs in places that have
successfully passed our inspection" she
said.
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-02-03
COLLECTOR ACCUSED OF
MlSAPPR0PRIATING CASH

CORDELE GA. Feb. 3.-CHford
Jones, we'll known young man of
this city. has been arrested in Albany
and returned here, charged with mis-
appropriating $3.50 belonging to his
employers, J, w. Gibson & Co. piano
dealers Of this city. After making a
trip over the county collecting on ac-
counts, Jones, IT is alleged failed to re-
port and his whereabouts were un-
known for several days. A member Of
the firm, in Albany on business. saw
him on the streets and ordered his ar
rest.
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-02-03
FIRE WIPES OUT
TOURIST HOTEL
Wealthy Guests Have Narrow
Escapes When Fashionable
Aiken Hosiery Burns.

AIKEN, S. c., Feb. 3.-Many wealthy
winter tourists today are being cared
for in private homes here, others have
gone to hotels in Augusta and some
have left for their homes in the North,
following a $250,000 fire that yesterday
destroyed the Park in the Pines tour
list hotel here. The handsome 177-room
three story building is mass Of ruins.
Many thousand dollars of the loss
was suffered by guests, whose cloth
ing, jewelry and other personal prop
erty went up in smoke and flame. A
number of guests had narrow escapes.
The fire burned so rapidly guests had
little chance to save their belongings.
The fire originated in a store room in
the basement, directly at the foot of
the elevator shaft, the flames, fed by
the draft, mounting quickly through
the aperture and spreading quickly
AS soon as the alarm was sounded
through the hotel, the guests poured
frantically from the building. They
saved nothing except such small things
as were in reach as they fled to the
halls only to be turned back by the
D4ebCh NOluLlle Ol SuILOCdllHS smoke TO
the fire escapes.
Guests Heavy Losers.
Mrs. John W. Nary and her two
daughters, of Trenton, N. J., left on a
dressing table more than $4,000 worth
of jewelry.
c. j. MacSoud and his sister, Miss c.
MacSoud, Syrians, from New York, had
on display in one of the upper rooms
more than $4,000 worth of rugs. laces
and fancy goods, which Were de-
stroyed.
An aged New Yorker Mr.. Open
heimer, was rescued from a second
story window by Theodore Price and
S. S. Price, of New York, who found a
ladder and went to his assistance.
Colonel A. f. Dick, manager of the
hotel, was overcome by the dense
smoke, when he rushed into the base
ment as soon as the fire was discov-
cred, and would have suffocated had
not help reached him. He was dragged
out in semi conscious state.
In the office safe deposited by
guests, were several thousand dollars
but so rapid was the spread of the
flames that, although the safe was
open, the clerks could not save the
money ten minutes after the fire was
discovered.