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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-27

Father of Topeka Woman Struck by
Train on Missouri Pacific.

Leavenworth, Kan, Aug. 27.-The
dismembered body of Cedar Horn of
Soldier, Kan, was found on the Mis-
souri, Pacific tracks near the Fort
Leavenworth depot this morning
Coroner Davis sent the body to the
morgue and started an investigation.
It was learned that Horn came to
Leavenworth from Soldier yesterday
morning with the intention of return
ing last night.
It is believed Horn either lost his
money or spent it for liquor, as he APP
peared at the union depot last night
and asked to have check caShed. He
was not successful This was the last
seen of him last evening. The suppo-
sitiOn is that Horn started to walk to
Soldier over the LeaVenworth & West
ern tracks, but kept on north over
the Missouri Pacific.
Mrs. o. Freiberger, a daughter, who
resides in Topeka, has been notified
of the death of her father. A son
resides at Oskaloosa, Ia. Horn was a
stone mason by trade and was about
20 wears old
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-27
EsPEE SENDS AN INVITATION.
Annual Postcard Day in California
Next Month.

San Bernardino, Cal, Aug. 27.-The
annual California Invitation day, the
postcard day of the Southern Pacific,
will be held this year on September
10, according to the announcement
made in local offices of the company.
On that day people of not only this
city, but every other place in the state
will be asked to send a postcard or let
ter to the old home in the east inVit-
ing a friend or relative to come 20
this state and see the land of "sun-
shine and opportunity" This annual
invitation day is a prelude to the re-
duced colonial rate period from Sep
TENDER 10, when low fares will be in
effect to San Bernardino from all
points in the east.
About 100000 souvenir postcard
pictures of California, some of them
being local views in four colors, will
he distributed by the Southern Pacific
shortly. The cards will be of 1 de-
signs and picture scenes of agricul-
ture, irrigating, fruit growing, mining,
manufacturing and the expositions 1T
San Francisco and San Diego. The
chamber of commerce here will be
asked to aid in the distribution of the
cards to the general public, while all
will be requested to send out card
with the invitation, Come to Cali
fcrnia and Be Happy"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-27
DRY EARTH FOR PIT SILOS.
Will Not Be Successful If Water
Secps in SiIage.

Manhattan. Kan, Aug. 27.-Pit
Silos will not he successful east of
the ninety-eighth meridian in Kansas.
There is danger of seepage water en-
tering and spelling the silage, experts
at the Kansas Agricultural college
say. Except on high and well-drained
spots this type of silO also will be I'M
successful east of the 99th meridian
Information has come to the college
recently of a number of farmers in
the state who are digging pit silos
where they will be failures. The col
lcge has sent warnings to these farm
ers. One farmer in Saline county was
digging silo near the Smoky river.
Another in Marion county proposed
to put corn in a pit silo without ce-
menting the walls. Another farmer
had dug a silo near a creek bank
While the ground near this sf1o was
quite dry when it was built, water will
seep in from the soil when the rainy
season comes, and spoil the silage
Pit silos can be used only in sections
where the sub-soil always is so dry
that there is no seepage water. That
makes the pit type western Kansas
SilO
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-27
MOVE FORT RILEY SCHOOL.
Garrison FaVors Point Near Washing
ton for Mounted Service School.

Junction City, Kan. Aug. 27.-That
Fort Riley is to lose the mounted ser
vice school seems very likely. Its re-
moVal to some point in Virginia was
one of the chief topics of conversation
during the visit of Secretary of War
Garrison at the post ana it is under
stool that Mr.. Garrison faVors the
transfer. The removal project was
under consideration even during the
term of office Of Secretary Stimson.
who visited the post a year ago, and
IT is said at the post that Il tract Of
land recently purchased in Virginia
will be the site of the school in case
the contemplated plans are carried
cut.
The school year of 19O3-19O4 was
the first during which a systematic
and reasonably adequate course of IN
gtruction was pursued and it was from
this time that the development of the
various features of the school as they
Tow exist really began. The name
was changed to The school of ApplI-
cation for Cavalry and Field ArtiI-
cry and again to The Mounted Ser
vice SchOOI'-its present title. The
subSChools We're abolished. The
growth of the school was largely due
TO the efforts of Captain Cameron
Its special features are the training
OF young horses with the idea of =
veloping useful military mounts and
the establishment of a uniform meth
Cd of training applicable to the re-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-27
WATER FROM NEosHo RIVER.
EmpOria Will Have Enough for Is
DAYS Without Rain

Emporia, Aug. CIV. ]. Reynolds,
water superintendent, and Commits
sioner Dan Dryer, have inspected the
water conditions in the Neosho river.
week ago the statement was made
that barely enough water remained
in the NeoShO to last the city for a
period of 20 days. AS a result of OBJ
servations it was estimated that there
would be water enough to supply the
town for from IL to Is days with
no rain. which estimate would bear
out the eXactness of previous inves-
legations. The water really is hold
ing out longer than was expected at
one time, but not nearly as long as
had been hoped.
Work on the lines at the Cotton
wood river continues. and probably
eight ten days will elapse before
the water will be available.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-27
WICHITA WON'T FINISH DEPOT.
Delays in Material Delivery Causes
Delay in Construction.

Wichita. Kan. Aug. 27.-Although
the Wichita Business association has
planned to dedicate the new union
passenger station and elevated tracks
by public ceremony in October there
is little likelihood that the station and
track work will be finished. City
Engineer Bert Wells declares that the
work will not be done before the first
Of the new year.
According to the way the city en-
g;neer figures kirkpatrick Brothers,
who are building the elevation, and
Deter & Wenzel. who are building the
passenger station, cannot turn the
work over before January l, 1914. De-
lays in securing material are blamed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-27
FISH DIE IN COTTONWOOD.
Stagnant Water and Drouth Are Fatal
to Einny Tribe.

Cottonwood Falls. Kan, Aug. 81
According to deputy fish wardens in
this county fish in the Cottonwood
river are suffering severely on account
of the low stage of the stream which
has made it's waters unusually stag
nant. AT some points along the
stream in the west part of the county
thousands of dead minnows have been
found floating in its waters, while
larger fish have also been found dead,
it is believed as a result of the stag
nant condition of the stream. It is
impossible for the fish which were
caught we'll up in the headwaters
when the river began to fail, to now
descend as many rifles and dams over
which the water has quit flowing pre-
vent them coming down.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-27
BIG FIRE LOSS NEAR BELoIr.
House and Buildings Destroyed-Esti-
mated Loss $1,000.


Beloit, Kan. Aug. 27.-F'ire at the
farm of John Tromble in Logan town
ship, destroyed the big house with all
of it's contents and a combination cob
and coal house, 16x40 feet in dimen-
sions.
The farm was occupied by Frank
Tromble and wife, the elder Mr.. from
BILE and his wife having moved to Be
lott few weeks ago. So furious were
the flames and so quickly did they
spread that nothing was saved from
the house but china closet, and even
the clothes outside of those in use were
burned.
Mr.. Tromble estimates the loss to be
$4,000 and that the stone walls of the
residence, while standing, are so badly
damaged that they will probably be of
no use in erecting new house. which
will be done at once. There was 81, 900
insurance carried on the place.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-27

great way toward the prevention of ac-
cidents.
Preliminary tests have already been
completed over the Huntington and
Broad Top line, and the freight and
coal cars of this system are now be-
ing equipped with the new wireless
ssytem. 1t not only permits the con-
ductor in the caboose of a freight train
to converse with the engineer, but
eliminates the necessity of brakemen
climbing on the tops of cars in order
to keep watch over the property of the
railroad.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-27
MENNONTES GO EAST.
Will Attend National Conference at
BePne. Ind.

Hillsboro, Kan, Aug. PA mum Der
of delegates representing the various
Mennonite churches of this community
left yesterday for Berne, Ind, where
all the Mennonite conferences of the
world meet for the first time in history.
The Mennonites are more or less di-
vided into a large number of independ-
ent conferences and a meeting of this
nature will be instrumental in bringing
about a closer union. 1t is said that
the conferences of Russia and Holland
are not sending delegates on account of
their differing convictions on the sub
ject of 'tnon-resistence-'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-27
simpson Won Tournament.

Simpson, Kan, Aug. N.-The Simp-
son baseball jubilee ended. after hav-
ing been under way three days, and
that it was a grand success through
out seems to go without saying. There
was a big crowd present each day and
there was plenty of entertainment for
all. The broncho busting feature, the
balloon ascensions, wrestling bouts,
and, in fact, every part of the enter
tainment was carried out without a
hitch and the crowd was well handled
Simpson won the first two days ball
games from Scottsville, IS to 1 and
To L
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-27
CHAPMAN WANTS CITY HALL.
Advertises for Bids on Contract-WiII
Be Modern.

Chapman, Kan, Aug. 27-Bids
have been advertised for the erection
of a new city hail. to be erected on
the city lot west of the Chapman
hotel, and work will begin on it in a
building will be a credit to the city.
and will fill a long felt need for u
public building, where the legal bust
ness of the city can be transacted. The
building will be a two-story structure.
the upper story to be equipped for
council chamber offices, and the lower
floor will be arranged to contain the
hose carts and fire apparatus and the
city baStile.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-27
WILL NOT TOLERATE CROUCH.
Illinois Central Tells Employees to b.
Cheerful

In an effort to eliminate malcontents
from the service of the company, the
management of the Illinois Central rail-
road is distributing a circular among
employees in which they are urged to
maintain q spirit of cheerfulness at all
times. IF you have crouch, get rid
of it before going to work. says the
communicat ton. Remember that we
are all human and must treat each
other SUCH Humanity depends one
upon another. Without others coop
era ton our work would not be a sue
cess
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-27

ouirements of the service. The school
closed it's most successful term this
spring, and a large class of officers
have been assigned 10 the new term
opening in September. The main rea-
sons advanced for the transfer of the
school are the ACCESSIBILITY of having
it closer to Washington, and many OF
the officers at the post think that its
removal is but a matter of short
time The buildings of the school at
Fort Riley would in that event prob
ably be put to other uses.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-27

the little son of Sam Thompson, living
east of this city, was bitten by a rattle
snake. He had chased a rabbit into
4 hole, and when he reached in to get
II the snake sunk its fangs into his
hand. The boy was a mile from
home. and, crazed with pain, ran the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-27
WIRELESS PHoNE ON PENNsY.
Anticipated That New Scheme Will
Prevent Accidents.

The Pennsylvania railroad is soon to
install a wireless telephone system on
the trains of that road for the use of
the engineers and conductors. and it
is said that this new scheme will go a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-27
Heat Causes Rails to Expand.

Oferle, Kan, Aug. 27.-The intense
heat Monday caused the new rails be-
ing put in the track here to expand
and warp so badly that 81 rails sprang
out of place, causing delayed service
The Santa Fe's fast train No. was
held for an hour and one-hah while
the track was being made passable.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-27
FOUND KIDNAPPED GIRL.
Hutchinson Lass Works on Farm Neal
Ness City.

Ness City. Kan, Aug 27.-Miss Grace
Dalton. young girl who it is thought
was kidnapped from Hutchinson a few
days ago. whom the police of surround
ing towns have been requested to look
for, has been located near Ness City
by Sheriff O'Brien. She is thought to
have left Hutchinson with a wagon
outfit and at Ransom had walked
across the country Is miles to Ness
City, where she obtained work with a
farmers family.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-27
For Cuts. Burns and Bruises

In every home there should be box OF
Bucklen's Arnica Salve, ready to apply
in every case of burns, cuts, wounds or
scalds- J. H Polanco, DeIvalle, Tex, x
No. 2, writes: ''Bucklen's Arnica Saliva
saved my little girls cut foot. No one BIZ
lieved it could be cured The works
best salve- Only sc Recommended Dy
Arnold Drug Co.-Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-27

entire distance through the blistering
lays of an August sun. DR.. Nc
Naughton was out of town and the
Grainfield physician was called. The
little fellow seemed to improve for
awhile, but could not recover.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-10
DRUG TENDS
 HELD IN $I,OOO
 FOR FORGERIES

New Britain, Sept. 10-ProbabIe cause was found and John s. Riley and George A. Wha1en, both of Hart ford, were bound over to the 'Septen- Der term of superior court under bonds of $1,00O when they were given a hearing, today, on charges of fraudu1ently obtaining cocaine and heroin by forging the signatures of physicians to prescriptions.
 Riley is held on four counts and Whalen on eight counts. The physi- clans whose signatures were alleged to have been forged are pr. William Por- ter, Jr., Dr. John Howard, and Dr.. P. F. McPhart1and, all of Hartford. The offenses are claimed to have been committed in June and July and a number of druggists and drug clerks testified to having sold narcotics to the prisoners.
 The arrests were made as the re- suit of an investigation into the rum or that young men of Hartford addicted to narcotics were coming to- New Britain regularly to have prescriptions for cocaine and heroin filled. It was found that several of the prescriptions purporting to have been signed by Hartford physicians were forgeries and Riley and WhaIen were taken in to custody. It is claimed by the state that they secured the narcotics under various aliases, using prescription blanks stolen from the offices of the physicians.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-10
REP, KLINEFELTER
 OF DARlEN IS DEAD

Noroton, Conn.,, Sept. 1O-Jeremiah h c. Klinefe1ter, who was a Progressive member of the last general assembly from Darien. died during the night. He was born in Shrewsbury, Pa, in 1889, and came to Connecticut when quite young and lived here since. Dur ing the Civil War he enlisted in the 25rd Connecticut Volunteers, at Ridge field. After the war he resided in Stamford for many years. He was a contractor in business but recently dealt in ice.
 Although a Republican in politics, last year, he joined the Progressives and after being nominated for the House by that party was endorsed by the Democrats which ensured his election. He served on the commit tee on sale of bonds.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-10
FIRE DRIVES OUT 200 VACATI0NISTS
 IN SCANTY ATTIRE

Salisbury Beach, Mass, Sept. 10-A chill northeast wind whipping in from Massachusetts Bay at sunrise, today, found 200 homeless vaca tionists shiv- ering under scanty covering on Sails bury Beach. Clad in thin clothing, men, women and children had stood guard all night over the few belongings they were able to rescue from the sweep of the fire that devastated the summer resort, late yesterday, and last night. The suns rays, though wei come brought relief that was but slight for the wind effectual1y dtspelled any warmth. Heaps of smoking ruins were all that remained, today, of nearly 30 cottages and seven hotels that were in the path of the flames. Rumors of coming arrests and a state police in- vestigation were current.
 Early today, a squad of police arriv- ed from Haverhil1 to help the local officers in guarding the ruins. Officials were apparently satisfied that second fire which broke out shortly after midnight at the southern end of the beach was incendiary4 in origin. The fire was extinguished after it had destroyed two cottages. Chief Of Police Samuel Beckman declared. today, that he expected to make an ar rest in this connection within a few hours.
 Conservative estimates, this morning. place the loss from the conflagration at $15o,o00.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-10
ARRESTED
 ON OLD CHARGE

New Britain, Sept. 1O-The local police have been notified that Ado1ph Schwaderer, an inventor, is being held in Erie, Pa, for two forgeries alleged to have been committed in this city. two years ago. Schwaderer is said to have prospered since leaving here and the police understand that he desires to make restitution.
 The complainant is the New Britain National Bank, which said Schwader- CT forged a note on Christian Burk- hardt for $1o0 on August 10, 1911, and a second for a similar amount on September 22, 1911. When the police went to his home, early one morning to arrest him he had disappeared and the information from Erie is the first that has reached the authorities con corning his present residence.
 If Schwaderer will not come here willingly, extradition papers will be asked for.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-10
TASHUA

Miss Lillian Krohmer has returned to her position in Bridgeport.
 Marna Gilbert is attending Cutler $ Farms school and being taught by Fred Sherman.
 Miss M. H. Dickinson, Woodbridge, is the teacher at Tashua school which began Sept. 8. Miss Dickinson boards at MT. Abraham Wildman's. Two new scholars were added, Samuel Seeley, Jr., and Annie Plateo.
 During the heavy electrical storm Sunday afternoon Samuel G. Seeley's house was struck by lightning. The bolt came in through a roof smashing chimney, passing through the roof four times and tearing off the corner of the house at the telephone connec- tions. No one was injured although the whole family was in the house.
 Mrs. Beth Hill returned Saturday from a two weeks trip to New York City.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-10
LOCAL EDUCATOR OBJECTS
TO STORY OF NJ

On this page published a brief ac- count delayed in transmission of the battle of Marathon and the great long distance race pulled off by John D. Phidippides, the star distance runner of the Irish-Athenian Athletic Club. This story couched in chaste and pure English. was animated throughout by the nob1est of motives, and was in tended to inculcate reverence for the great athletes of the past. This be- nevoIent educational effort has arous- ed a spirit of professional envy in the breast of an educator, who, taking his pen in hand, vented his rancor in the following epistolary communica- ton:
 Sept. g, 1913.
 Sporting Editor-While the de pertinent over which you presumably preside is far from being my fa- vorite form of fiction, and seems to me to involve a wanton waste of white paper, I occasionally peruse it for it's sedative effect. As a cure for in- somnia, have found a contemplation of the sporting page productive of a mental hiatus and vacuity that is highly favorable to slumber, and much better for that purpose than counting sheep jumping over a fence. While thus wooing Morpheus this ev- ening my eye fell upon what purport- ed to be an account of the First Mara  I wish to protest against the ignorance and transformation manifested in that article. To any educated person, the statement that "Phidippides is dead would be wholly unnecessary. The very apotheosis of benighted and il- literate ignorance, such as it would seem could not possibly persist in this enlightened era of public schools and devoted teachers, is to be found in the naive allegation that When the Greeks sought to send news of their victory to Athens, they found that the telegraph wires had been cut Can :t be possible that the writer of that article does not know that the e1ec- tric telegraph is a modern inventor, and urAreamed of at the time of the battle of Marathon? The references to autom obiles and newspapers are of course, beneath contempt. By spread ing broadcast such effusions of a writ CT who can be characterized by no other word than ignoramus, you are working a positive injustice on such persons-if they exist-as are so de- hcient in knowledge as to accept such statements as facts"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-10

children; exempted the incomes of mutual life insurance companies which revert to the benefit of stockholders; increased the graduated surtax on large incomes to a maximum of six per cent. on these more than $500, GOO; exempted incomes of municipalities derived from operation of public utfli- ties and changed the date from which the tax shall be computed for the first year from January to March l, 1914
 Free listed cattle and other live stock, and wheat, hair of the angora goat and some other agricultural pro ducts; restored oatmeal and rolled oats to the dut1ab1e list, and provided an elab crate inspection of meat imports. manufactures to become effective Jan uary 1, 1914.
 Free Sugar in 1916.
 Provided, in the sugar schedule for immediate abolishment of the Dutch standard test; postponed operation of proposed reduced rates until March I, 1914, leaving the provision unchanged for free sugar in May, 1916.
 Slightly increased rates on finer cot ton goods, re-cIassifying the whole cotton schedule and changing the silk schedule from an valorem to a specific basis.
 Struck out countervailing duty on wood pulp.
 Greatly reduced rates of the metal schedule.
 Struck out many reform provisions in administrative section; rejected the dumping clause; the five per cent. tariff reduction on imports in American vessels, and the require ment for inspection of books of for eign manufacture in underva1uarron cases; but added a provision giving the President authority to reta1iate against nations which discriminate against American goods, by proclaim ing increased rates on certain goods manufactured chiefly by child labor and provided for the creation of a commission to revise the custom laws
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-10
SEASON END PARTY
 AT OSCEOLA BUNGALOW

Miss Marguerite Gillick entertained at the Osceo1a bungalow, Fort Trum- bull beach, Saturday and Sunday, the following young people: The Misses Henrietta Schif, Frances Doyle, Maighe Lynch, Mary Honan, Mary Giblin, Kathlyn F1aherty, Sarah Can ny, May Grant, Elizabeth F'reibot, Elizabeth Finley from Waterbury Ted Smith from Binghamton, N. Y, and Nellie Gaffney, Mary Murphy and from DAnbury, Conn, and the Messrs. Leo Shaughnessy, Stanley Greenwood, Edward Sherry, Dr. Thomas O'Brien, Harry Douglass, William Canny, John Grant, John Sherry, William Higgins and William Finley, aN1 William Laud from Waterbury and Lincoln Mahoney from Passaic, N. J.