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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-12-05
GLYNN IN WASHINGTON
New York Governor Talks Over PO-
litical Situation with Party Leaders.

Washington, Dec. 5.-Governor
Glynn of New York talked with sew
eral administration officials today
about the political situation in his
state. After a conference with Sec
rotary Bryan and a call upon. Justice
Hughes. he conferred at the White
House with Secretary Tumulty on pri-
mary reform.
Owing to the presidents illness the
governor did not see him, but Secre-
tary Tumulty arranged a later en-
gagement Gov. Glynn did not dis
cuss his visit but it was learned that
he had expressed himself in favor of
a primary law that would include the
elimination OF party emblems or what
is known as the Massachusetts ballot.
1t is understood an alternative plan
to have the party platform submitted
at the primary also is being consid-
cred by Governor Glynn.
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pnoned to 1915 or the State Journal office
Robert Gridley, claim agent at Arkansas
City. was in Topeka yesterday on COM
pany business. Mr.. Gridley. who recently
m mas IN the COMPANY hospital here several
entirely
The entertainment at the r. r.. Y. NJ c.
tGsh Mn w be ESen by the
Kathryn Albaugh, and the following pro-
gram !:psn,, has been arranged: Piano trio.
Chase. Mrs. Boiinger; reading. Inter ss
yention of Grandpap." Miss Kathryn AL
M Snnsh; 9ea Mo ssee1ion
Jennings Jubilee" i've Got the
Banjo Song Miss Chase sea: pis sse' srio.
Spanish Fantasie." Mrs. Bolinger. Miss
Chase Chase Mrs A!baugh: vocal trio; %
nsSRS: vocal ssoR Mrs 5ol,sSsT MIS-
Song Of the she ep ' Elephant EGaa and
Chase, Miss .Barteii; vocal election
take part in this evenings program are
well known among Topeka people and
the entertainment will undoubtedly be
well attended.
Mrs. Jas. Bostic will entertain the
Ladies' Society to the B. of L. F. and E.
next Tuesday afternoon t At her home, sis
nation of officers will be held and all
members are urged to be present.
]. NJ. Connell, general passenger agent,
and Mrs. ConneIl are spending few days
| in Chicago this week with their son.
Conductor J. Tenney OF Emporia, who
was seriously injured several weeks ago
by being knocked on a train, has been in
the company hospital at Mulvane has
been brought to Topeka for treatment
Mrs. Collins, wife of Conductor T. ).
Collins of Emporia. who are well known
among Topeka railroad people, has been
called to Michigan City. Ind, by the
serious Illness of her aged father.
Or: G c; Luii viii give e practtce, tax
r. 7. NJ. C. A. to the Junior boys. All
boys interested are cordially invited to at
tend. Moving pictures will be shown.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-12-05

city plan'' proposition. Already more
than two hundred dollars has been sub
scribed by Commercial club members
and others to go towards paying an
expert" to draw up plan towards
which Topeka can work.
A meeting of the general Topeka
social survey committee under Judge
T. r. Carver will be held in Gemmell
hall of the Central Y. M. c.. A. to-
night-7:3O o'clock. Reports will be
made by Shelby NJ. Harrison and the
other experts" who are doing the
survey work in Topeka.
There are several good base voices
wanted by Charles YOunggreen. direc-
tor Of the Commercial club minstrel
show. The chorus practice Is progress
ing nicely, but several more vocalisrs
could be used to advantage. Rehears-
ais are being held every night in the
main room of the Commercial club
quarters.
Paul Adams, who for several months
has been connected with the Kansas
News Service. a local agency for the
distribution of Topeka news to a num-
Der of state papers, is no longer con-
nected with the concern, having dis
posed of his interest to his partner,
C. A. Sloan who will continue the bus
mess under the same name.
Three tickets for the Commercial club
will be sent to each member of tie
club. Two Of them will be regular tick
cts and the third a child's ticket. If
the recipient of the tickets cares to do
so he is to pay for the tickets and help
along the cause; otherwise he is ex-
pected to return them Immediately to
the office.
1t is reported that there is an un-
usual amount of hardness on the part
of the boys of the high school just now.
Beginning next Monday the students
who are late will report directly to
their classes instead of going to the
office of the principal for an excuse.
This will save the pupil time. and it
will enable the teachers to place more
of a check on the students.
H. B. Wilson, superintendent of
city schools, will call a conference of
those who contemplate enrolling in
the night school that will be estab-
lished soon, in order to ascertain
what nights will be most convenient
for them to attend, and what studies
they care to pursue. AS result of
the conference, Superintendent Will
son will be able to judge the number
of teachers that will be required in
the new school,
H. B. Wilson, superintendent of
city schools, will issue a bulletin be-
fore the first of next week notifying
prizes will be offered for the best COM
positions submitted by school children
on the identifying and improvement
Of home surroundings. The essays
are to be illustrated with photographs,
water colOrs or otherwise. The To-
peka Real Estate Dealers association
furnished the prize money.
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SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS.

Sow the seed for good bread-order
BANQUET Flour.-Adv.
Miss Effie Graham spoke before the
Forensic club of the high school at
O'Clock this afternoon.
An entertainment will be given at
the Railroad Y. nj. C. A. tonight by
the Minerva club, assisted by Miss
Katheryn Albaugh, reader.
The high school seniors are having
their photographs taken for use in the
class annual. They must be turned in
to Frank Willard, manager OF the an
nual, by December Is.
The second of the Y. M. c. A. busi-
ness mems volley ball contests will
be played Saturday evening in the
Central association gymnasium
Church basketball teams will also
compete later in the evening.
Songs will be sung in several IAN
guages at the First Baptist church next
Sunday night. Swedish, German and
Italian will be among those sung. The
Rev. Mr.. Gordon will speak about a
word that is known in many languages.
The board of directors Of the COM
mercial club met today to consider the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-12-05
ENDS DYSPEPSIA,
INDIGESTION, GAS
ssPape's Diapepsin" Cures Sick, Sour
Stomach in Five Mfnutes-Stop
Starting Stomach!

REALLY does put bad stomachs in
order-"really does overcome indises-
ton, dyspepsia, gas, heartburn and
sourness in five minutes-that-just
that-makes Pape's Diapepsin the lar
gest selling stomach regulator in the
world. If what you eat ferments into
stubborn Jumps, you belch gas ana
eructate sour, undigested food and
acid: head is dizzy and aches; breath
foul: tongue coated; your insides FLIED
with bile and indigestible waste, re-
member the moment "Pape's Diapep-
sin" comes in contact with the stomach
all such distress vanishes. It's truly
astonishing almost marvellous, and
the ioy is its harmlessness.
A large fifty-cent case Of Pape's Dia-
pepsin will give you a hundred dollars
worth of satisfaction or your druggist
hands you your money back.
It's worth IT'S weight in gold to men
and women who can't get their stom-
achs regulated. 1t belongs in your
home-should always be kept handy IN
case of a sick. sour. upset stomach
during the day or at night. It's the
quickest. surest and most harmless
stomach doctor in the world.-Adv.
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IS YOUR CHILD'S
TONGUE COATED?
Look and See, Mother! When Cross,
Feverish, C0nstipated, Give Cali
fornia Syrup of Figs"

Look at the tongue, mother! II coat
ed, it is a sure sign that your little
ones stomach, liver and bowels need
q gentle, thorough cleansing at once.
When peevish. cross. listless. pale,
doesn't sleep, doesn't eat or act natu-
rally. or is feverish. stomach sour,
breath bad: has stomach-ache. sore
throat, diarrhoea, full Of cold. give a
teaspoonful Of California Syrup Of
Figs" and in a few hours all the foul,
constipated waste, undigested food and
sour bile gently moves out of its little
bowels without gripping, and You have
a we'll, playful child again.
You needn't coax sick children to
take this harmless fruit laxative"
they love it's delicious taste. and 1t al
ways makes them feel splendid.
Ask your druggist for a 50-cent bottle
of "California Syrup of Figs" which
has directions for babies, children OF
all ages and for grown-ups plainly on
the bottle. Beware Of counterfeits sold
here. To be sure you get the genuine.
ask to see that it is made by "Califor-
mia Fig Syrup Company Refuse any
other kind with contempt.-Adv.
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REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

NJ. D. Bird and husband to w. L.
Retter. part NV u BILE ;;....sz
". y tract B Garfield Place SUBJ
E. Thompson to Shawnee Co, lots
16S-7O-73 Jefferson St, BirchaHs add
NJ. A. Dickey and others to 3 Ceoar
holm. lots 6A6 to 655 Caranhan ave-.
Irving Place sub
Same to same. lots 645-6o5 same:.-;
NJ. e. Baker and husband to p. h. .
r NJ. Bedwell and husband to NJ. e.
Miller. lots 1851 Market street. :,
Bedwell's SUBJ. -.
C. w. Joss and wife to c. w. Joss
and wife, lots 699-7W Lincoln ST.
l. F. clearinghouse and wife to +; p.
Thompson, lots $50 to 1856 Bolies
ave, blk s Steele's add.
s. L. Hilbert to F. H. Weooe1' g. 4
ne. u 15-12-17.. =
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Syracuse Changes Schedule.

Syracuse. Dec. 5.-The Syracuse
eleven will not meet Harvard in foot
ball next fall. but the graduate man
ager OF athletics is trying to arrange
games with Cornell and Dartmouth,
Hobart, Hamilton and Western Reserve
will be dropped from the schedule.
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m Ho;;l;;;na,,. ..Frnancial Patriots .

Philadelphia, Dec 5-Phiadelphia is to
Give beiafed recognition to four of her
sons who we're known as financial pa
triots'' and who came to the assistance OF
they country in four of the wars Trey
are Robert Morris who financed tne
American Revolution; Steven Gtrard, who
helped to keep the nation In finances In
the war of 1872; Enoch w. Clark, who as
Sisted in ffnancins the Mexican war, and
Jay Cooke, who was largely instrumental
Evening star., 1913-11-01
LOST IN A GREAT CITY"
Policeman Murray Hero of Con-
densed Version of Play.

Policeman Murray of the first precinct
was the hero of a condensed version of
Lost in Great City last night He
was standing on Pennsylvania avenue
northwest when a bewildered young miss;
told him she was lost and was looking
for a policeman.
Tn policeman. and 1 dare say 1 can
direct you." Murray said.
The young woman said she came from
a city in Virginia where there arc only
two streets. .One runs one way and the
other runs the other way. It's very SIM
pie, and SO 1 never bother about east or
west, or anything like that she con-
fided. Murray directed her how to reach
the address In Georgetown which She
was seeking The young woman started
toward the Capitol. He redirected her
She started for an .anacostia car. Rather
than take any chances, Murry boarded
a car and took the s,irl to a point where
she could see the house she was search
ing for. and saw her safely started. He
said today he wasn't sure she reached il.
because she had to walk almost half q
square. No girls have been reported to
the police as lost. however.
Evening star., 1913-11-01
Southeast Corner 18th and C

mer of the Juvenile Court and Mrs. Err
nest L. Thu.ston. wife of the assistant
superintendent of schools, were guests
OF honor.
Because of the fact that it was to be
a masquerade admission was allowed
only by card. Numerous funny and
bizarre costumes were to be SEEN One
of the best. it was said, was that
chosen by Miss Frances S. Farley.
principal Of the school, who came as a
rag doll.
Several of the boys were disguised as
girls.
The boys had full charge of the af-
fair. although they were advised by
Miss Farley. principal Of the school:
Mrs. Howard Beall. mother OF one of
the pupils and Miss Cecil Norton one
of the teachers. who were instrumental
in organizing the two clubs The clubs
are founded on civic lines, and while
last evening was given over entirely to
festivities, the clubs are far from being
purely social in their nature
The committee representing the boys
club comprised Leroy Bay. the pres:
dent: William Larcond. Alvin Chamey
Clement Wiedman and Frank Kennedy.
The hall i'm which the affair was held
WAS decorated by the boys. the color
scheme being orange and black. Pump
kin heads and numerous other things
symbo1ical i'm the Halloween scheme
played an important part in the dec
orations.
Evening star., 1913-11-01
BOYS PRANK CAUSES TROUBLE
Starts Cable Spool Down Kansas City
Hill and Damage Follows.

KANSAS CITY. Mo-, November IA
Halloween prank of small boy last
night caused trouble for the police and
the fire departments The boy spied "a
telephone cable spool in a street a
little block of wood held it from rolling
down hill. The boy waited until he was
sure there were policemen watching
then removed the block and ran.
The spool started slowly. but as the
great cylinder, six feet in diameter and
weighing a thousand pounds, rolled on
it's momentum increased.
Just before it reached 18th street,
crowded with motor cars and pedestrians
1t was travelling thirty miles an hour
Then it crashed with great force against
a water plug.
The hydrant was snapped off at the
base and the rushing water shot into
the door OF a saloon. -Four girls OH the
sidewalk were within ten feet of the
plug. Their dresses were ruined. Sew
era, men also were soaked.
The water flowed down the street in "A
torrent. 1t took the police, the fire and
water departments two hours to stop the
food and restore order.
Evening star., 1913-11-01
ACCUSED OF KILLING TWO.
Unidentified Man, Running Amuck
on Motor Cycle, Uses Revolver.

LANCASTER, Pa. November Rum
li.ng amuck on motor cycle an unid.nti-
fled rider is believed by the police to
haze killed siXteen-year-o Ivan Gracff.
who WAS shot last night While celcbrat-
ing halloween at Williamstown, near
here and NJ. Collatta. itinerant fruit
merchant. whose body was found along
the roadside near the southern limits of
this city.
Graeff was with crowd of other boys
when the mysterious motor cyclist sped
through Williamstown. AS the cyciist
passed the group he fired three shots
from a revolver. one of which struck
Graeff in the temple and he died within
a few minutes.
When Colfatta's body WAS discovered it
was at first assumed that lie Trad fallen
from his wagon aud broken his neck
bu, an undertaken late last night discoy-
cred that the man had been shot in the
right shoulder and that death had been
caused by an internal hemorrhage.
Evening star., 1913-11-01
Would Settle Indian Questions.

With a. view to settling once and for
all the probate conditions in Oklahoma
affecting Indian minors. Commissioner
Sells of the Indian bureau has sum
rnoned for a conference here Monday
the principal chiefs and governors of al:
the Five Civilized Tribes. Reford Bond
the new attorney for the Chickasaws and
Supt. Kelsey of these tribes. The whole
question will be gone over, and II is ex-
pected that Commissioner Sells will an
nounce some important reforms, shortly
aSser the conference is ended. -
Evening star., 1913-11-01
SEEKS REINSTATEMENT.
Buren, Brown Asks Presidents Favor
and Lands in Hospital.

Buren, Brown, iifty-four years old was
found in the east room at the White
House this morning awaiting an audience
with the President. Detective Jamison
inquired of him the object of his visit
and Brown said he wanted the President
to reinstate him as member of Com
pany h. 4th United States. Infantry.
II was mustered out for disabi
said Brown. 'and the. sent me to an in
sane asylum in Iowa.
Detective Jamison thought the caller
should be under observation and sent him
to Washington Asylum Hospital. Brown
told the police he had no home
Evening star., 1913-11-01
is LAST OBSTRUCTION
TO CANAL NAVIGATION
Engineers With Big Force Are
Opening the Way Through
Cucaracha Slide.

The task of opening a way through
Cucaracha slide, the sole remaining OBJ
stacle to the navigation of the Panama
canal has been carried on as rush
work since the blowing UP of the
GaI,boa dixie. according to the Canal
Record The engineers have been putting
forth herculean efforts to clear IA naviga-
bic channel through this nearly half
mile-long obstruction. but owing to the
peculiar mobility of the vast mass of
earth and rock. the work of hundreds of
shovels and thousands of gallons of
jetted water is often undonc over night
by n slumping back into place of the
material removed or by additional slides
from the sides of the channel.
Big Charge of Dynamite.
a ton and half Of dynamite was ex-
ploded in one blast October 10, without
any substantial result so far as increas-
ing the flow OF water across the dam
was concerned. Since that date three
shifts of men working eight hours each
in rotation have been trying to create a
channel by sluicing with hose and hy-
draulic monitors. Before this attack the
material had been yielding slowly and
finally the engineers have utilized a big
suction dredge. Meanwhile the sharp
rise in the level of Gatun lake October
Il has increased the size of the ditch so
that now 100000 cubic feet of water
daily Is passing over the slide and by
this time sufficient water has been ad-
nitted to till the two miles of Cuebra
cut between the slide and the first of
the Pacific locks. enabling the big steam
dredges To enter the cut and operate on
the earth barrier.
Evening star., 1913-11-01
HALLOWEEN PRANK FATAL.
Boy Killed by Live Wire, Another
by Fire Wagon.

CHICAGO. November 1.-Two boys are
dead as the result of Halloween pranks
played here last night While trying to
pull down an arc light. Morgan Camp
bell, fifteen years old. came i'll contact
with a charged wire and was instantly
electrocuted.
from injuries sustained when he was
down by a fire department wagon
which was answering false alarm some
Joker had turned. in. u
Evening star., 1913-11-01
VICTIMS OF HEART DISEASE.
Mother and Daughter Dead Follow.
ing Halloween Festivities.

CHICAGO, November Mrs HIuida
Ewer; iift,rtwo years old an, ncr
daughter, Mrs. Alma Stenersrli ,htrty-
two years old. both widows, died =: bert
disease within thirty minutes .i.<A Ig.ii
the latter at Halloween party "A the
former while on her way to Join her
daughter when Informed of her Illness.
The daughter died within half an hour
after being taken i'll. Her motiIer vas
notified of her illness and dropped dead
OH street corner. The body was found
BY policeman.
Evening star., 1913-11-01
Official Halloween at Duluth.

DULUTH Mimi. November May yoi
Prince was host to the spirits last
night, and such "A gathering Of hilarious
spirits as Tas brought to Lake Shore
Park was never hefurc seen at the head
of the lakes The city provided ten bar
rels of apples which were given away
and the spirits had great sport chasing
one another In the light Of the bonfires
The official Halloween celebration proved
such a diversion that most of the usual
about the city were lacking.
Evening star., 1913-11-01
Child Succumbs to Burns.

samuel ieatman, the small child who
was burned while playing with matches
in the bathroom at his home, ESQ Mary
land avenue southwest, yesterday MORN
ing. died at Providence Hospital last
night Coroner Nevitt gave a certificate
Of accidental death,
Evening star., 1913-11-01
Gov. Locke Craig in Town.

Gov. Locke Craig of North Carolina
came to Washington today for a short
visit. At the Raleigh Hotel. where he is
stopping, he said this morning that his
visit is personal one and has no political
Evening star., 1913-11-01
()llle8a
Oil
for -
Sore ?1' Throat
Cold inChest

Soak piece of flannel with Omega
Oil. wrap it around the throat or lay
!, on the chest, and cover with a piece
OF oiled silk The oil goes through
the pores of the skin to the sore and
infiamed parts and usually gives quick
relief. Trial bottle. yoc.
Evening star., 1913-11-01

With the establishment in Washington
of national headquarters of the United
Spanish War Veterans, following the
election of John Lewis Smith of this
city as chief, the Spanish
War Review. official organ. today begins
its publication from this city with James
E. Maynard, assistant adjutant general
as editor.
Among the prominent features of the
first Washington issue are an article Oh
pension legislation by the commander-n-
chief of the organization; "reminiscences
of Luzon in 1899, by Tom Coync, and a
photograph showing the present Sccre-
tary of State in United States Volunteer
uniform. sitting i'm front of a tent with
MAJ. Gen. f1tZhugh Lee. who commanded
the 9TH Army Corps The Photograph
was taken at Camp Cuba Librc, jackson
vile, Fla, in 1895
Staff Appointments.
Announcement of staff appointments is
made i'll the issue, as follows:
Chief of staff Michael j. Donahuc:
judge advocate general, George n Skip
with. Richmond. Va, inspector general
Sheridan Ferree Washngton: patriotic
instructor, William +. Dusseault, Lynn,
Mass: provost marshal, Il. I.eyburn
Shorey. Washington; chief musician,
Harry E. Ward, Jersey City, N. j.: the
most important appointment: is that of
Judge advocate general, who is the legal
head of the organization and decides
questions OF rules and law OF the order
as we'll as advises the national officers in
their business transactions. This official
Will be III Washington a great deal con
ferring with the conlmander-in-ch on
matters referred to his office. Judge Ad-
Vocate General Skipwith is one OF the
we'll known figures at national encamp-
mentS of the order and Is a prominent
and successful lawyer of Richmond Va
Other appointments which are of local
interest are the following aids-de-camp
or the staff of the COMMUNICATIVE chief:
Daniel v. Chisholm. superintendent of
work in the government printing once;
Joseph J. Harvey of the interstate COM
merce commission, !, Lyon King of the
Interior Department and William c. Hud-
son.
Adjutant General Busy.
One of the busiest men in the organiza-
ton is Adit. Gen. G .E Rausch, who.
with his office force. conducts the bust
ness end of the order in Offices in the
Southern building. He carries on all cor
TespoHuence ana SENDS out all supplies
needed by camps and departments for the
conduct of their work ill all states ter
ritories and outlying possessions
The appointment of George N Skip
with. as judge advocate general is look
ed upon here as ali important one He
was born in Richmond in 1879, and
comes from d long line of Virginia and
English ancestry, being lineal de-
scendant of one of Oliver Cromwelrs gem
erals. He enlisted in 1898 when Presi-
hnp Nr Il. N HID
served as first lieutenant in | Company.
I'd Virginia Volunteers.