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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-20

think when you are tempted to wear an
| extreme sAirt what you would do if
there came the call of 'Fire.'
| ''Of course, this applies only to the
extremely narrow skirt-the freak
skirt. You will learn - yourselves
| just how wide a skirt YOU can wear.
for we will have fire drills enough to
test all your clothes before the sum-
mer is over.
LAS a matter of fact, the narrow
skirt is safer than the very wide one.
The full, pleated skirt is really far
more dangerous, because it catches on
knobs and nails and people behind you
step on it or you have to use both
hands to hold it up, and you haven't
anything to hang onto the fire escape
with. The narrow skirt you can at
least pun up around your knees and
get it out of the way. No, forget all
that false modesty. People aren't in
terested in your legs when lives are
in danger. Better leg the fire es-
cape than a corpse in the morgue.''
Another peril of the fashionable fac
tory worker is her pumps. Mrs. Chris
topher rails by the hour at the giddy
patent-leather novelties that most of
the pretty girls wear with their hob
bles and fluffy rifles.
1.-The other rule I'm asking the girls
to remember is no loose pumps
said Mrs. Christopher. Wear shoes
that are fastened on you, I tell 'em.
don't care if they are high or low,
buttoned or laced or tied on with gold
chains, so long as they don't flop off
every step a girl takes on a ladder.
Did you ever see a girl trying to climb
a ladder, with her pumps falling off at
every round? Shed lose her head in
no time if she had to hurry-or she'd
lose her shoe.'-New York Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-20
APPEALS TO CHURCH.
Delegate Episcopal Convention Intro
duces Social Service Resolution.

New York, Oct 20.-The Protestant
Episcopal church in general convention
was called upon today to demand
more equita BILE distribution of wealth
and a Just return for the worker" \
resolution to this effect was introduced
in the house of deputies by Rathborne
Gardner, a lay delegate from Provi-
dence, r. 1. The deputies voted down
a request to consider the resolution i'm
mediately and it was referred to the
committee on social service. Mr. Gard
ner's social service measure aroused
comment by it's unSparing denunciati IN
of present social conditions.
1.-THE most disproportionate Unequal
ity and glazing injustices,'' it said, '-as
we'll as misunderstanding, prejudice and
hatred as between employer and en-
pIoyee are widespread in our social and
industrial life" 1t provided that the
church declare itself for the ideal of
social justice and ask every commune
cant to study conditions and try 10
remedy them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-20
DIETS.

From Washington comes a warning
against the adoption of faddish diets
| for sick people, fat people, lean peo-
pie, and we'll people, says the Kansas
Industrialist Each one of the self
named dietary experts has reason
for his theory, but he hasn't been
fair in his Investigations, they tell u.s.
One scientific fact is not a safe foun-
dation upon which to build a dietary
system. No person would advocate
diet of nails and gas-pipe, yet it is
true that every person needs mineral
matter Some theories of nutrition
are built on facts just as isolated, and
when considered scientifically, the re-
suits are just as ludicrous.
1t was found that a certain group of
rabbits, accustomed to eating cab
bages, bark and herbs, could not live
on diet of cooked food. Thereupon,
the perverted scientist smiled, took
off his apron, and proclaimed that he
had conclusively proved that human
beings could not thrive on cooked
food. He didn't stop to wonder how
the human race had survived until his
marvellous discovery had been made.
He was much too busy smiling to
bother with details of that sort.
Inc experts IN w dSnlnSCOn realize
that people have been helped some
times by faddish diets, advocated by
friends or mail-order doctors. A
change of any sort is often beneficial,
however, whether it is of any curative
value or not. Did you ever think that
the man who thought he was all run
down may have been having a trifling
attack of indigestion? Testimony is
dangerous
The people who sent out the warn
ing are optimists about the eating
business. They say we may keep on
eating anything We like if it's clean
and agrees. They tell the man who's
getting little bald to go rather more
slowly, if he isn't working quite so
hard he used to. If something
bothers your digestion, leave it off the
menu. If everything bothers, go to
a doctor in your town and get fixed
up; don't send your symptoms and
money by mail and hope to be cured.
1t is rather disconcerting to be told
that you don't know your own symp-
toms, but that's what the warning
said. No sick person does.
The whole warning makes the
cheeriest kind of reading you can i'm
agine for chicken dinner sort of peo-
Illa
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-20
BEATEN TO DEATH.
Woman Hit on the Head With Piece
of Gas Pipe.

Chicago, Oct. 20.-When Captain Hal
pin learned of the strangling of a wo-
man at Milwaukee last night by a man
giving the name of George Schultz, he
was struck by the similarity of the
methods Of the murderer to those of
the missing slayer of Miss Ida Leeg-
son. Miss Leegson, an art student,
was strangled with piece of fish line.
Her watch was pawned the day after
the murder. by a copper colored negro.
Milwaukee, Oct. 20.-The woman
strangled last night with her silk scarf
and her face and head beaten, has
been identified as Mrs. Emily Will, 80,
a widow of this city.
She was killed with a piece of gas
pipe supposedly at the hands of a man
giving his name as George Schultz, but
whom Bertillon records have identified
as Harry Dorow, former inmate of
the Green Bay reformatory.
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TEACHERS. PENSIONS.


Are pensions in general wise
Should a state pension its workers?
Should it pay pensions to teachers any
more than to any other class of en-
ployees?
These are questions discussed in a
bulletin just issued by the United
States bureau of education. The i'm
mediate purpose of the bulletin is to
describe the pension systems of Great
Britain, but in the course of the
study Raymond w. Sizes, the author,
takes occasion to discuss the principles
underlying all pensions, and especially
teachers pensions in the United
States.
Teachers pensions and pension sys-
TENS, according to DR.. Sizes, represent
one phase of what has become uni
versal movement among civilized peo-
ples-a movement to dispose of the
superannuated and disabled individual
and to rob old age of its economic
terrors." Pensions for school teachers,
he points out, have existed in Germany
in some form or other for two or
three centuries, and in other European
countries for the better part of CEN
fury or more. On the continent the
benefits of teachers pensions have Of
ten been extended to include widows
and orphans of teachers. In Scotland
a comprehensive system has been de-
veloped based on scientific insurance
principles, which DR.. Sizes considers
especially valuable for the United
States.
Whether pensions shall be supported
in whole or in part by the state, or
whether they shall be financed entire
" by the teachers themselves, is
problem that has been solved differ
entity in different countries In Ger
many the state finances the entire
plan, the teachers making no contri-
buttons whatsoever. In France the
teachers are heavily assessed to keep
the pension system going. In the
United States the tendency is to ask
small contributions from the teachers
AS a permanent arrangement DR.. Sizes
favors the German plan, not because
he thinks it any more generous to the |
teachers, but because he considers 1t |
better business for the state to finance |
and manage the system itself. He |
shows that in any event the burden is |
shifted to the teachers.
While admitting therefore, that con-
.ributions may be necessary to start
4 substantial pension system, he be-
ieves they should be discontinued as
soon as possible. In his opinion con-
from teachers as per
feature not only add nothing
% the effectiveness of a pension plan,
,ut they Introduce needless complex
tv, they are a source of constant ir-
'itatfon and misunderstanding, and
hey are responsible for vast amount
If unnecessary bookkeeping and 9TH
r. clerical work. DR.. Sizes concludes
With a strong recommendation for a
pension system for
american teachers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-20

TO the full his opportunity with Jose
prime, praying fervently that he might
not be fool and frighten her-he
! wished himself a foolish, wild, roman
tic, unfearing boy, who would blum
der his way to her heart.
They had bit of a park to cross, a
green maven of a place. and here
| walking by the girls side he spoke
, straight out to her.
that you SO dislike? 90 He had the in
stinct to go right to the point.
She hesitated a moment.
I-don't dislike you'' she said at
length.
''Then-what is it? You do run
away. from me- am sure I haven't
imagined it. Have II"
Still perfectly honest she met his
eye in the soft light and answered
him-they had both stopped in the
path, and he turned to face her.
yes; have run away-but-I
can't tell you why
He thought a moment by an effort
keeping from taking her by both
shoulders.
You must tell me. You are fair.
and it isn't fair to keep me in doubt
have wanted to tell you that I love
you and wanted you for my wife, but
you have avoided me-like a pesd-
lence." His voice was unsteady now.
And yet you say you do not dislike
me. Be open with mel can bear
anything better than this uncertainty.
If there is no hope for me, say just
why. Now, first, why do you always
avoid me?"
She looked for moment as if she
would run from him; then she stood
her ground, her head high and proud,
her dark eyes shining full into his as
she looked up at him. Her voice rang
out:
Il avoided you because I was being
what they call thrown at your head
I am ashamed of-my mother. But
she doesn't seem to understand about
love. Perhaps it's because she and
father were never very-happy to-
gether. You see, 1 couldn't help know
ing that you saw that mother-wanted
you to-care about me. L couldn't
stand it! It's as if love were a game
Her tone was low and passionate.
with a word.
But we-you and know that it
isn't a game" he said.
"And even if it were,'' she went on,
they don't play fair People tell and
act all sorts of lies to attract each
poor, and I detest keeping up appear
ances. Oh, if only you-were not
rich,"
There was a half sob in the sincere
voice. The man gave a low laugh
and caught her close in his arms
BLESS the darling!" he said fer
vently. wen give it all to your
mother if she'll take it. What I want
to know is-do you love me! Do you,
Josephine?"
She turned her face against his
arm and then lifted it bravely to the
light.
''I am afraid you know I do she
said. NO; I mean that I am glad
you w."-(Copyrighted 1913. by
the Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.)
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Periis of HobbIe skirts.

No more hobble skirts in factories"
This decree was issued ~ Mrs. Sarah
H. Christopher, the fire lady" as she
has come to be known by the thousands
of girls who at her command are learn
ing to jump from their looms and sew
ing machines and climb fearlessly up
and down dizzy fire e-cGpes.
You cannot tell what crrible trag-
edy may be lurking behind these mar
row Skirts Mrs. Christopher told the
girls. You can't move freely in them.
Even now. when you aren't frightened
and are climbing more or less slowly,
you feel yourself caught at every step.
Some day when the smoke is pouring
from the windows and the girls be-
hind are pushing, you will catch your
knee in that narrow skirt and down
you will go. That will mean untold
horrors 1t won't be your own life only.
1t will mean the lives of all the girls
behind you, who VIII fall over you
blocking the way.
Girls, this is serious. Stop and
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THE FINAL step.
Nothing Now Stands i'm Way of Be-
ginning Gage Park Line.

The petition filed with the county
commissioners for right of way for
the Gage park line on West Eighth
street was granted this morning by
the board. The commissioners checked
the petition, section by section, APP
proved the substitution of the county
attorney, and officially approved it,
This is, apparently, the final official
step to be taken before the actual con-
struction of the road is begun. Both
the petition to the city and the county
have been granted The controversy,
which extended over a large part of
the summer and spring, is over
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SOUNDING ENGLAND.
Ambassador Page Discusses Mexican
Situation With Foreign Office.

London. Oct 2O-Walter G. Page, United
States ambassador this afternoon dis
cussed the situation in Mexico with the
officials of the British foreign once
the British foreign office were made TO
ascertain the attitude of the British gov
eminent on the Mexican situation. The
United states had been led to believe
that moral support for its policy would
he given by Great Britain, but great dis
appointment was felt when the very day
after General Huerta announced himself
as dictator and nullified constitutional
restrictions Sir Lionel Garden presented
his credentials to Senior Huerta-
his was looked upon with disfavor oy
the administration here and it has been
reported that Sir Lionel Garden has been
otherwise active to thwart the policy OF
the limited States. 1t is thought that AM
bassador Page will make clear to the
British foreign office the displeasure OF
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by THE WAY
BY HARVEY PARSONS.

| "Of course there is little chance that
the increased cost of living will drive
me to it," says Hondo Murphy, but
, if 1 ever go into the holdup business L
| will begin on some cook with little
| side whiskers."
1t is said that Sulzer gave up hope
as soon as he took an inventory of
! the bunch that was to pass upon his
| case In other words, he packed his
grip as soon as he found that Tam
many had packed the jury.
Jawn Dawson is becoming peeved at
Leavenworth. Some day he will pick
up the boundary line and move it over
on the other side, leaving that justly
celebrated village in Missouri. Then
won't it be sorry it was so naughty!
Speaking of quiet and unobtrusive
corporations, a man on Santa Fe car
| 'touher day asked the con for a trans
fer to the Missouri Pacific. Con gave
it as his opinion there was no such
station in town, but offered a transfer
to the Union Pacific at the same price.
If her estimate of the deceased is
true and correct, the Concordia girl
who used rabbit gun on a male ac
quaintance, is guilty beyond a doubt.
She is guilty of violating Professor
Dyche's game law which prohibits
the killing of the striped mephitis out
of season.
The Zeppelin type of aircraft, which
was tOuted as the only safe and sane
means of aerial navigation, might be
a great thing in warfare if the enemy
could be induced to ride in it.
Hon. Huerta coyly admits that he
has sailed some of the grabbings he
has enjoyed during his administration.
The patriot who has it in mind to re-
move Hon. Huerta from the sphere of
mortal activities should bear this in
mind, and when the time comes, prod
him in vital spot-the pocketbook.
Mrs. Pankhurst'S triumpha1 entry
into the United States was not all that
might be desired in triumphal entries.
The morbid desire to entertain inn
ported freaks is not SO strong in this
country as it used OF be.
Former Chief Bacon Rind of the
Usage tribe has been implicated with
H H Tucker as a promoter of the
Uncle Sam Oil company. Bacon Rind
is said to be a slick one.
he came back from New York without |
any new stories is a base canard-
whatever that is. But he is peeved !
about the report, and is keeping his /
stories on ice.
Mr.. Suffers grief over his impeach- |
ment may be brief, as he is being Of |
fered real money for roasting Tam |
many from the lecture platform, when |
he has been doing it for nothing from |
the executive chair
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JOURNAL ENTRIES

About the easiest thing to pick is a
quarrel.
j - Il
There is also many a slip 'twixt the
soup spoon and the mouth.
= j. J.
Nobody considers his own faults as
reprehensible as his neighbours.
= i
Considerable of the applause that is
scattered around SO freely is misdirect-
ed.
1t is also true that the best of jokes
often fall fiat. So few can grasp their
point.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-20

High school frat trouble was resumed
this morning when several alleged mem
bers of secret societies were called out
of their class rooms. According to sew
eral high school students, the boys
did not appear at the classes during the
morning. 1t is reported that more frat
members will be called upon the carpet
this week.
Clyde Mills. who was charged by Prin-
cipal Stout with being a member of a
fraternity. has sent in his resignation to
the society, it is said. This is the second
moment against frats within the past
few years.
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Member of F. f. V. Released.

New York, Oct. 2O.-Mrs. Randolph
F'itzhugh, a member of an old and
prominent Virginia family, was set
free by Justice Gavegan in the su-
preme court on a suspended sentence
today after having pleaded guilty a
few days ago to the theft of a gold
mesh bag and a gold bracelet. 1t was
SAID that relatives would take her to
Washington. D. c. She has been in
prison nearly seven months and is
broken in health.
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Approves Currency Bill.

New York, Oct. 20.-The New York
chamber of commerce adopted a reso-
luton approving in the main the cur
rency act, now before congress, but
suggesting several amendments. One
was reduction of federal reserve banks
no. to exceed four, with power to
operate branches in their own dis
trictS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-20
-FOUR new BISHOPS,
Elected by the General Convention of
Episcopal Church.

New York, Oct. 2O.-Four mission
airy bishops of the Protestant Episco-
pal church were elected today by the
house of bishops at the general con-
vention. They are: Bishop of North
Dakota, Hugh Burleson of New York
City; Bishop of Spokane, w. B. Capers
of Columbia, Tenn; Bishop of Cuba,
NARROW H. Gates of New York City;
Bishop of New Mexico, F. c. How
den of GeOrgetOwn d G
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-20
No Holiday for Germany.

Berlin, Oct. 20.-The proposal by
Winston Spencer Churchill, first lord
of the British admiralty, that Eng
land and Germany should declare q
without sympathy by the German gov
eminent. 1t is doubtful whether any
official notice will be taken of the sug-
geStiOn
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Earliest Snow at Nashville.

Nashville, Oct. 20.-Winter appeared
in many sections of the middle south
today, snowfall being reported from
points far north as Hopkinsville,
KY. and south as far as Birmingham,
Ala. and Atlanta. This was the earli-
est snowfall on record in Nashville
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-20

Another of the famous and magni-
ficent Zeppelins has followed the
course of it's predecessors. This time,
its destruction carried twenty-eight
men to a horrible death. Germany's
expensive experiments with dirigible
supplements to it's military and naval
forces seem to indicate that other ma
tons have been wise in letting them
alone.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-20
ST. MARYS IN LEAD.
Bested Ottawa IL to 3 in the First
Half.

ST. Marys, Kan, Oct 20.-The score
at the end of the first half in the game
here this afternoon between the OF
tawa university and st. Marys college
teams is IL to in favor of ST. Marys.
The visitors were outclassed the early
part of the game.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-20
TIRED OF DEFEAT.
Chicago Ministers Oppose Submitting
Liquor Question to Vote.

Chicago, Oct. 2o.-The Humiliation of
repeatssd. defeats at the polls influenced
METHODIST ministers of Chicago at their
oppose submitting the wet or dry is
sue to the voters at the municipal cleo
newspapers with in a campaign of
education before we appeal to the voters
again., said the Rev. John Thompson ex-
pressing the sentiment of the rneetinn
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-20

They seem to be alive to the neces-
stiles of the hour in Connecticut a
judge in the superior court there has
sentenced a man to Jail for the care
less driving of an automobile that re-
suited in the loss of a life. Fines
mean nothing to reckless automo-
bi1ists. They always have the price
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Kills His Wife and Himself.

Trenton. Oct 20.-Wm. Payne, aged so,
a farmer living 10 miles south of --enton
killed his wife Anna today, shooIng her
in the face and cutting her throat and
then committed suicide. A little daugh-
ter witnessed the shooting of her mother
and ran screaming to a neighbours house
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New York. Oct 2O-Through counsel.
Hans Schmidt, self confessed murder of
Anna Aumuller. pleaded not guilty today
to a charge of homicide. and was sent
back to the tombs. The report of the
be submitted to District Attorney Whit
man tomorrow.
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GAME POSTPONED,
White Sox and Giants i'm Snow-Game
Postponed.

Springfield, Ill, Oct. 20.-A blizzard
the Chicago White Sox teams When
they arrived here today. Snow was
still falling this afternoon and il was
necessary to call the game off
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Storm on the Lakes.

Calumet, Oct. 20.-A heavy snow
and windstorm struck the cent? al
Lake Superior region today, but few
boats were caught in the storm. Most
of the shipping was held in harbors
of refuge along the lake.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-20

We are glad, remarks the New Or
leans Picayune, to hear that Mr. Kotu-
mort Sotaska, of Bhownugur. has
been selected by the Jam of Mastari
for the post of Drojan. The appoint
ment will give great satisfaction to
his numerous friends in this country
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-20

Perhaps if the people in the big
cities worked longer in the daytime
and slept more at night, some impress
sion might eventually be made on the
high cost of living
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-20

Argentine is planning to sell huge
quantities of beef in the United States
But the chances are that the bulk of
it will be gobb1ed up by the beef trust
and its agents so any advantage to
the consumers is not likely to be large
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FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State Journal is a member of the
Associated Press and receives the full day
telegraph report Of that great news 1r-
ganization for the exclusive afternoon
publication in Topeka
The news is received in The State jour
nal building over wires for this sole pur-
pose
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-20

Probably Yuan Shih-kai thinks he
is having his troubles now as presi-
dent of China. But wait until he tries
to put through new tariff law
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Servia Obeys Orders

belgrade, Oct. 2O.-The servi.r
government today notified the Euro
pean powers that it had ordered its
troops to withdraw immediately be9
nlhd the Albanian frontier fixed nv
the peace conference held IN ny
at the conclusion of the first Baif<en
war RMS step complies with Ans-