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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-12


Journal Wednesday, Feb. 26, 1881
In the Probate Court of Shawnee County
Kansas.
In the Matter of the Estate of Perry
Gookins, Deceased.
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT
All creditors and I'll others Interested
in the aforesaid estate. are hereby mott
fled that on the 18th day of April. 1873
said day being the first Monday of said
month and the first day of the April. 1913
term, I shall apply to the Probate Court
sitting at the Court House in the City OF
Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, for
full and final settlement of said estate
and for an order of the Court finding
and adiuding who are the heirs of Perry
Gookins, deceased.
You are further notified that my claim
for compensation executor and for
attorney fees and other expenses neces-
sal ily incurred in the administration Of
said estate has been filed and, as ordered
by the court will be heard on the said
9TH day of April. 1918. at 10 o'clock a. M
CYNTHIA J. GOOKINS,
Executor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-12
AUTO REPAIR SHOPS.

YOU BREAK TIVE FIX 1T-Oxy-
Acetvlene Welding. Automobile cylin-
ders. crank and tranmission cases, axles
housings. frames manifolds, gears, steer
ing knucIles, parts of machinery OF an
kinds. stove and furnace parts sectional
boilers farm machinery. All kinds OF metal
castings welded, cast iron, steel. copper.
brass bronze, aluminium. Satisfactory
workmanship guaranteed Price reason
able Gilmore Auto Co, 515 Quincy ST..
topeka Kansas. Phone SlIS-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-12

Wheatley, a graduate of the kansas
State League and a battery pardner al
Great Bend with Catcher Wacoo Oh
Wichita is showing well with Detrolt-
He reported last fall and had excel
lent control and nerve He is now
suffering with a sore shoulder, which
is so persistent that his chances OF
making good are endangered.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-12
SPORT NOTES.

Emory Olson hasn't made GOOD Win
the st. Louis Browns but he is being
held for further training. Two pitch
ers, one catcher, three infielders ana
one outfieIder are due for a release
while about the same number Will De
taken back to St. Louis and held Tor
further trial.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-12

The Tigers have began the third and
hardest week of training, but Craw-
ford and Cobb have OF reported, nor
have they shown the inclination.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-12

L. w. Arnett of Covington. Ky, has
begun a suit in the federal court at
that place which attacks the validity
of the fiVe-mile clause in the agree
ment of the National Baseball Associ-
alton. He wants to put team in
Covington representing the Blue Grass
League, but Garry Herman will not
consent. As Covington is just across
the river from Cincinnati, Covington
must do without professional baseball
under this agreement. The chief con-
tention is the paragraph which reads
that the party of the second part
(National Association hereby guaran-
tees that none of the leagues in the
membership shall estaolis or main
tain a club in a city or circuit of
either major leagues or within hVe
miles of the limit thereof without the
consent in writing of the major league
club or clubs located therein
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-12

Farmer Willis has -sported with the
Tiger crowd and is expected to be the
mainstay of the team during the COM
ing season
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-12
LOST AND FOUND.

IF THE BOYS who took from the barn
of Mrs. r. II. Bartlett, 1852 Tyler, pic
lures and case of dead mothers hair. will
return the hair. nothing more will be said
about it,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-12
COAL AND WOOD.

$50 LBS. coal delivered any where in CITY,
81; 175 lbs. Soc. Hard dry wood per rick
Sc delivered. 18th and Monroe. Phone 372s.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-12
NOTICE.
NOTICE.

NOTICE.
To whom it may concern: After this
date I will not be responsible for con-
tracts made by my wife
CHAS F. HEIGHT.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-12

! lFuphshed in The Topeka state Journal
March II, 1871
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-12
BUSINESS CHANCES.

FOR QUICK SALE-A nice small stock
of furniture; would take In a good work
team. Phone 2S1O Red.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-12

Bobby Byrne. the third baseman, and
Max Carey, the southpaw pitcher, have
agreed on terms with The Pirates and
Joined the team in their training quar-
tiers at Hot Springs, Ark Manager
Fred Clark net the holdouts more
than half way. Pitcher Hendrix is still
out.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-12

First published in The Topeka State
Journal Wednesday, Feb 26. 1881
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-12

The players of the various Western
League teams will report for practice
within a week and then the scribes will
be writing the usual bear stories At
the same time. the major leaguers will
be deserving their training camps and
the hope of the bush Ieaguers will
begin to sound like the cannonading in
Mexico
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-12

Smoky Joe Wood has wrenched his
ankle in practice. Joe was running
out a highIanded first base to see
if he could progress farther, when
he gave his ankle a hasty twist. The
injury is not serious. although pain
full, and Smoky Joe win be all right
in day or SO. Traine- Joe Quirk
feared that there was bone broken.
as Wood fell. but this was not the
case.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-12
MACHINE SHOPS.

GINS repaired and cleaned by experts
H. B. Howard supply Co.. 71s Kansas
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-12

President JusG-e, of the Central AS
socia ton. has sent out fresh warning
this year to all the members, showing
the dangers of ante-season games be-
tween the clubs in the same league.
Waterloo, Cedar Rapids and Musca-
tine had planned. some exhibition
Ea mes.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-27
FRIEDMAN CASE
IN EVERY STATE
Rumors That the Doctor Has Sold
out for TWO Million
Dollars.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.l
NEW YORK, April ga statement
that DR.. F. r. Friedman has ar
ranged to dispose of the American
rights to his tuberculosis treatment
for $125,000 in cash and S1,S00,000 in
stock of thirty-six Friedman insti-
tutes to be established in thirty-six
states, was circulated here tonight.
DR.. Friedman refused to confirm the
report, saying no statement would be
issued until Monday. 1t was reported
that complete plans had been worked
out by a managing firm to be called
the Eisner-Mendelsohn Company. 1t
is proposed to establish institutions in
all states except those where tuber-
culosis is comparatively rare. The in.
stitutes are to have total capitaliza-
ton of s5,4O0,0oo, according to uncon.
flrmed stories.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-27
Back to the Old Home.

BOSTON. April 26,-Ramona Bor-
den, the II year old daughter of the
millionaire milk dealer, Gail Borden,
was in her fathers care tonight after
her sensational escapade, and wide
spread search OF three days. The
slender young girl was said to be on
the verge of nervous breakdown
when she was discovered by detec-
tives in Back Bay residence in COM
pany with Violet and Gladys Sheldon,
nieces of Mrs. VIM. H. White, with
whom, 1t is believed she had run
away from the sanitarium at Pompton
Lake N j., last Wednesday afternoon.
Borden announced tonight that
there would be no legal proceedings
and that he wished the incident to be
closed. Mrs. White and her nieces
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-27
DECLINES TO ACCEPT
THE THRONE OF LBANIA

Montpensier tentatively accepted. Sec
reilly he went to Brindisi several
weeks ago in his private yacht and
there met Ismael Kemal Bey, provi-
sional president of Albania, who pro-
claimed him king, subject to the ap-
proval of the powers.
The Due De Montpensier is of the
house of Bourbon-orleans, younger
brother of the Due De Orleans, pre-
Observation-Disclosures of France.
In signed statement tonight CIV
en- exclusively to tie United Press.
the due thankeN the Albanians for
the honor they conferred upon him
when they proclaimed him their king
and automatically avoided criticising
his opponents. He said that as a
prince of France he might have a
disturbing effect on Albania,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-27
GREAT STRIKE
IS ENDED
Governor Hatfield Has Been
Able to Bring Peace to-
the Valleys.

limited Press Leased Wire Seryice.]
CHARLESTON, w. Va, April 26.-
Governor Hatfield announced tonight
that the great coal miners strike In
the Paint Creek and Cabin Creek dis,
tricts. is ended.
Following the personal investiga-
ton by the governor and his media
ton, the long warfare, probably the
most bitter and protracted industrial
struggle of the kind in the history OF
the country, ended today.
For more than a year the strike
has been on in the West Virginia coal
fields. Clashes between miners and
guards led by former Governor Glass,
cock in the district occurred three
different times. For most of the WIN
ter the big mining section has known
no law except that of the court mar
tial. The most picturesque figure OF
the conflict was Mother" Jones, the
aged woman leader, who encouraged
the men to hold out to the last and
who faced trial for her life before d
military tribunal with a smile.
Governor HATFIELD prepared state
ment on the strike for the United
| press, setting forth the terms of his
peace proposal. which proved success
full, as follows:
TBy Henry D. Hatfield, governor of
West Virginia.]
I can say tonight the mine strike
DIS ended. AS governor of West Vir.
ginia, felt for the good OF all that
the dispute should be terminated
While / took no sides in the matter
insofar as the cont entsons CT the par
ties In interest were concerned,
| took decided position and suggested
\
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-27
HEART OF
WIFE OF THE PRESIDENT

renewed daily until the expected
death occurs.
The dying child has been under the
observation of several noted wash
ington physicians and surgeons
among them DR. Grayson. naval sur
eeon of the Mayflower, who brought
the pitiful case to the attention OIL
MRS. Wilson During the resent Visit
of DR.. Friedman, an attempt was
made to get him to inject his much
discussed culture but the German
savant declared the child was too
near death for his remedy to be OF
any assistance.
Death was already too near today
for the little sufferer to take any par
ticular notice of the "kind lady who
brought her flowers. The chiid was
too far gone to know who her visitor
was but she noticed the flowers and
smiled wanly and stretched trans
parent little hand toward the crimson
petals
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-27
MANY FUNERALS
ARE TO Be HELD.
Nearly Ono Hundred Dead Miners
VIII be Buried Today as
Result Of tho
Explosion.
THIRTEEN UNIDENTIFIED
Mine Has Been Explored Twice and
There Are No More Bodies There
Unless Under the
Debris.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.J
MONONGAT ATIELA CITY. Pa, April
26.-Nearly every resident Of the
Monongahela coal district prepared
tonight to follow the body OF some
relative, or friend to grave tomor-
row. A dozen victims Of the Cincin-
natl mine explosion of Wednesday
were buried today, and the remainder
of the ninety-four who lost their lives
through some ones carelessness. will
be followed to the cemeteries of the
district tomorrow. Thirteen of the
dead will be buried unidentified.
Investigation into the cause Of the
disaster will be begun Monday when
]. e. Broderick, chief Of the state
mine inspectors will go through the
mine. Coroner james T. Heffran and
District Attorney r. G.. Miller, accom-
panied by the coroner's jury, will in
spect the mine Tuesday.
Coroner Heffran said tonight, as he
left for washington, Pa:
II am convinced that the mine has
been explored thoroughly twice, and
that all the bodies are out, except
those VINO may be buried under the
COAL slate or debris. do not think
there are any more living miners in
| the mine"
| One body was taken from the mint
/ late today and brought to the temper
ary morgue here The searchers the1
quit work to rest until Monday
! In at least one spot in the Monon
! gahela valley there was gladness to
/ night. The two small sons Of Char
les Crawl, who with Phillip Legle
was taken from the mine today afte
sixty hours of Imprisonment. had
happy reunion with their father II
the hospital where Crawl is slowl.
recovering his strength.
Throughout the rest OF the vale
preparations for funerals and plan
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-27
His Trip to California 10 Expected to
Result In Nothing But a
MuddHns Of Leglsla-
tive Action.
IS DIPLOMATIC NOW E STRIKE CONTINUES
Opinion That He 10 Chasing Across
the Country Merely to Make
Japan Keep
Calm.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.
SACRAMENTO. CAL, April 26.-
That the visit Of Secretary of State
Bryan, who arrives here Monday. is
mainly a diplomatic move, made to
assure Japan that her interests will be
looked after carefully, is the general
belief here tonight. Although 1t is
conceded that the premier of the fed
eral cabinet will undoubtedly effect
some changes in the character of the
pending anti-alien land owning In the
way OF "tcning 1t down. no one doubts
that the primary effect of his trip will!
be upon the feeling in Japan.
Legislators tonight discussed the
secretary of states visit at length.
Said Assemblyman Stanley Benedict,
progressive leader, of the Los Angeles
delegation:
"Of course Bryan's coming is not
only to show Tckio that her interests
are being carefully watched. by the
federal government, but that Presi-
dent Wilson has, in this connection,
broken all precedents in sending the
secretary of state to confer with a
state legislature
"Bryan's visit will result in confus
ion," predicted Assemblyman George
B. Finnegan. Il anticipated that adj
journment will be rushed and tina,
there is a growing plan in certain
quarters to blame Bryan's visit fol
muddling legislative action. generally
and to ascribe to this turn of affairs
failure of certain big bills to pass.
am convinced that the Panama-Pa
cific exposition directors are respons
ible for nine-tenths Of the agitation t.
curb anti-alien legislation that is re
puted to have It's origin in Toxic.
know that the fair people have bee1
flooding Washington with telegram'
of protest.
i Theodore A. Bell, prominent Cali
fornia democrat, and spokesman TO
4 the exposition crowd, has been a
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-27
Did You Forget
That
Wedding Gift?

Those friends OF yours are to
be married next week and you
forgot to send a present!
1t was not exactly case or
forgetting, perhaps - 1t was
rather matter of procrastina-
tion-putting off until tomor-
row what was too much trouble
to do today. For It is q prob
lem to pick out wedding gift;
it's difficult to make a selection.
Have you read the advertise
ments in THE GATE CITY? II
you have not, read them now
and it's 10 to l you'll find an
appropriate suggestion for that
present-so something useful or
something ornamental.
THE GATE C1TY'S advertis-
ing columns are full of reliable
advice on every purchasing
problem.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-27
Continued on page 81
SENATOR BOURNE
ABUSED HIS WIFE
AS Soon as He Lost His Job as
Statesman She Secured Di-
vorce From Him.

[ UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.l
PORTLAND, Oregon, April 26.-
Mrs. Lillian Elizabeth Bourne, wife
of former United States Senator iona.
than Bourne Of Oregon, was grantee
a divorce in the circuit court here to
day on the grounds of cruelty Bourne
did not contest the decree. No prop
erty rights were involved, as settle
ment had been made before the di-
vorce action was instituted.
Bourne is in Washington at present
engaged in governmental work.
Affection for the two elderly sisters
Of her husband and the feeling that
she owed the state of Oregon duty
on account Of the honor of United
States senator which had been con
ferred upon her husband, were given
| by Mrs. Bourne for not having sued
for divorce while he was a member
of the senate
1 Il shall remain in Portland for the
time being" stated Mrs Bourne after
| the divorce was granted. Later
] will probably join Mrs. Henry Pearce
I Senator Bourne's sister, and travel
with her.
In August, 1911, Senator Bourne
wanted me to leave Washington,
4 Mrs. Bourne testified 'he declared
+ that if refused and insults would
not do any good, he would try. means
i that would move me. He declared he
expected to be senator the rest of his
life and wanted me to go away. HI
I went SO far as to threaten violence
and / took the receiver Of the tele
phone down to call the police. tolt
him / would give him five minutes u
which to stop or would call the po
lice. He desisted. On other occas
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-27
10000 Acres Flooded.

NATCHEz, Miss, April 26.-Bvery
foot of the 130 miles between here
and Bayou Hara ON the east bank OF
the Mississippi river Is under water.
The last 10000 acres was flooded to-
night when Artonish and Deer Park
plantations, 40 miles south of here,
were inundated because of break in
a private dixie All of the live stock
had been removed and there was no
loss of life. Engineers at kemps
Bend, where 600 men are working,
and at White Oak, say fne levees viii
hold.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-27
Ramona Borden, Seventeen
Year Old Heiress Has Been
Found at Last By
Her Father.
CHEWING CUM WOMAN
Mrs. White Has Strange Influ-
ence Over the Girl and
Carried Her Off in
an Auto.
= = = = . . = = = = =. = 4

= Mystery Of the Millionaire MIX .
. mans Missing Daughter. .
. Ramona Borden, II years old, =
y taken from Washington by her =
= father ten days ago and placed in =
. a sanitarium at Pompton Lake. =
= N. J.
y Two women, one believed to =
= have been Mrs. VIM. J. White, =
. wife of the chewing gum king" =
. of Cleveland, Ohio, drove to the .
= sanitarium In an automobile last .
. Wednesday afternoon and met =
= Ramona on the road. =
= The girl jumped into the ma =
= chine, accompanied by her nurse =
= who protested against the action =
= and the party drove to Newark. =
= N. J.. =
. At Newark the woman gave the =
= nurse the slip and the entire =
= party disappeared. =
. Gail Borden, the girls father, Z
. from his rooms In the Manhattan =
= hotel, New York City, declared =
. his belief that Mrs: White had a
= strange influence over the GIL 4
= and told how he had taken his =
. daughter away from the older \
. woman through detectives who 4
= found them together in an apart 4
y ment in washington.
. Borden called in detective 4
= agency and the police of three 4
. cities and the search began.
. Thursday night the missing
= girl was reported from the no
. tel Taft, New Haven, Conn. 4
= where 1t was said she, Mrs.
y White and another woman had I
! = spent the night and left for Bos-
= ton.
= Detectives traced the women to
\ Boston but could not find them
y until today, when Borden was
= sent for.
= The girl was found Ill and on
= the verge OF a nervous break
y down in private house in the
y Back Bay section. Mrs. White :
/ . had left the city. Her father
| = took her in charge.
a
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-27
sneral Debate on Bill Will be
Chopped off Tomorrow
When it is Taken up
by Paragraphs.
EooL IS THE TOPIC
[eayy Artillery Of Republicans
and Progressives Wheeled
into Line and Touched
Off.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.1
WASHINGTON, April 26.-Heayy
rtillery Of the republicans and pro-
ressives was trained on the wilson
Underwood tariff bill In assault today
Ind deepened into the most extended
Spen debate the measure has been
tiven since It's consideration was be-
Mn last Wednesday. The discussion
vii be chopped of short Monday
Fhen general debate" closes and the
bill is taken up paragraph by para
raph The debate continued until a
late hour tonight.
That the governments taxing power
has been freely bartered by the repub-
icans to the special interests of
The protective tariff was charged by
representative Collier, Mississippi,
democrat member Of the ways and
heans committee.
Removal OF the tax on raw wool in
)his bill,' Collier said, will enable
liner foreign wool to come in; give a
selection to the manufacturer, increase
The output Of clothing, with cheaper
elothes for the country, and give more
employment to- labor.
We're not here to destroy the sheep
Industry And we are not here to
build 1t up. What peculiar right has
the sheep baron to tax upon the
people? Compared with production cs
other great agricultural products wool
growing is one of the least important
in the country
No tariff baron dictated what
should go in this BILL" Representative
Hefin, Alabama, democrat, declared
"As much could not be said of the
Payne law.
The remnants of the progressives
haye denounced the democratic secret
tariff caucus. They held their owr
open. Why not? They have nothing
left to caucus about. The republican,
have nothing to discuss, except t.
plead guilty to deceiving the people.
Representative Dixon, Indiana, dem
ocrat, declared the. democratic tariff
revision measure is poor man.
bill''
Representative Kent, California
Progressive, charged that the peopl'
have been chasing after strang
gods.'
Get rich quick without work is tn
motto of this pantheon" said Kent
"The great boss god is the protectiy
tariff. II this Robin Hood system Q
distribution were taking from tn
rich and giving to the poor, its falls
economy might be in a measure col
doned, but it has proven takin
from the poor and giving to the rich.
Oregon has two crops; wool an
the quadriennial crop of senators,
representative Sinnolt, republican,
oregon, told the house.
THE wool crop needs and has ever
right to expect fostering care, instea
OF the blight and mildew the DEM
Gratis seem determined to put upon
The crop of senators has sprung u
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-27
Freedom at Last.

IUnited Press Leased Wire SerVice.l
BRIDGEPORT, Conn, April 20
Frances q. Wilmot bore eighteen chill
dren in the nineteen years OF her
married life. She supported her idle
husband thirteen years of this time
Throughout the long term of their
nnion he hurled crockery at her
head and threw her down stairs In
annreciation Of her obligation" be
cause he married her. Today the
long suffering wife is free, her suit
for divorce having been Immediately
granted after the evidence was heard
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-27
Mrs. Wilson Will Garry Flow
ers to Little Girl Until the
End Comes.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.l
WASHINGTON, April 2s.-The
sympathetic heart of Mrs. Woodrow
wilson went out today to seven
sear o,d girl of humble family, dying
= tuberculosis in shabby little
I, ,'oile In southeast Washington. TAX
.us huge bunch of roses from the
"ni.e mouse hot houses, Mrs. Wilson
=, sseu IN the big presidential automo-
~ eile to the child's bedside, arranged
sas flowers In bowl of water and
promised TO see that the flowers are
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-27
Young Duo de Montpensier De-
clines the Honor Because Of
the Opposition.

[By VIM. Phillip Simms, Paris Cor
respondent of the United Press.l
PARIS, April 26.-The United Press
was informed tonight that the young
Due De Montpensier, has declined to
accept the throne of Albania, on
learning that his candidature Is OPP
posed in Vienna. Berlin and Rome,
The provisional government of Al
bania offered the Due the crown OF
the proposed autonomous nation and