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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-17
FIGHT THOMPSON
Four Kansas Democrats Plan
to Block Certificate.
Claim Unconstitutional to Be
Elected Senator While Judge.

There is still an effort to keep w.
H. Thompson, of Garden City, from
receiving the certificate of United
States senator at the hands of the leg
islature. Four Kansas men-Demo-
crats-met in room 109 in the Throop
hotel this week and discussed plans
for enjoining the issuance of a certifi-
cate to Judge William H. Thompson,
United States senator-elect, on the
grounds that it would be a violation
OF the state constitution. A second
meeting will probably be held in To-
peka next week. In the meantime the
legal phase of Thompson's election and
qualifications is being reviewed with
the intention of taking action if there
is sufficient foundation for legal pro-
cedure. The basis of the action is that
Thompson could not be elected senate
While holding the office of district
judge. f6P q
The Throop hotel meeting, which
was a secret session, was attended by
Hugh P. Farrelley of Chanute, who
was defeated by Thompson for the
united States senatorial nomination in
august; w. H. Ryan of Girard, Robert
turner of Mankato, and Alfred Q.
wooster, editor of the Erie Sentinel.
At the meeting the qualifications of
thompson as viewed from a legal
standpoint were discussed. In the
session the question of an injunction
TO prevent the issuance of a certifi-
cate OF election to the Garden City
man was also considered. No definite
actlon was taken and it is probable
that a second meeting will be held in
topeka next week to again review the
question of blocking the granting of
a cert1f1cate to the winner of the SEN
atOr1al contest in the Novemb Der cleo
ton.
Monday, January 81, both houses
VIII caucus on the United States sena-
torlaI question. The joint session for
Of W.
succeed United States Senator Charles
curtis, will be held Tuesday afternoon
January % in Representative hall. 1t
is stated on good authority that 140
of the 165 members of the legislature
have already pledged themselves in
writing to vote for Thompson.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-17
WHITE RACE AT STAKE
Social Evils Mean That 1t VIII Toes
Supremacy.

Boston. Jan. 1.-THE lasting of
the white race is involved in the ques-
ton of the social evil" said Presi-
dent Emeritus Charles w. Eliot of
Harvard university, in an address at
the City club last night. 1--WE have
got to remove this evil,'' he continued,
.oc this country will not be ruled by
the race that is now here. The family
life of the white race is at stake in it's
purity, healthfulness and fertility. We
have tried the policy of silence and the
policy of segregation but there is no
cure except the observance by men of
the same standards that almost all
races demand of their women"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-17
ATHLETE ASSAULTED.
Philip Rotterdam Attacked as Glass
Looks On.

New York, JAN 17.-Philip Rother-
ham. supervising inspector OF pnysl-
SS seriously injured as the result of an
assauIt made upon him yesterday
when Is young ruffians ran INTO
school where he was conducting a class
i'm physicaI culture and attacked him.
He was struck over the head with
plumbers ladle and badly beaten.
Rotterdam a Princeton man, was
one of the physical directors at the
Olympic games in Stockholm last sum-
mer.
Two young men, alleged to be lead
ers in the mysterious assault, were ar
rested early today and on one of them
the police found a blackjack made OF
lead and tape.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-17
HANS To PLAY 1T OUT.
Flying Dutchman Plays Basketball to
Prepare for Baseball.

Pittsburg, Jan. 17.-Hans Wagner
has been playing basketball all win
ter to keep himself in trim for the
opening of the baseball season. Wag-
ner's team has won forty-six straight
games They play at least five games
a week.
When asked why he INDUCED in
such a violent game during the winter,
Hans said:
I'm doing this to improve my
wind. You know us old fellows have
to do gym work to keep in condi-
ton. But don't believe the stories
you hear that I'm not going to last
through the coming season. I'll play
all season just like L always do. The
sport writers retire me once a year,
but I haven't thought of it yet,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-17
NO JACKRABBITS NOW
Cold of Last Winter Relieves West of
Pest.

Great Bend, Kan. Jan. 1.-THE
jackrabbit is about extinct in this sec
ton of the state, according to reports
received from rural districts. Several
farmers have called attention to the
absence of the rabbit, and the suppo-
sition is that the heavy SHOWS of last
winter put the jack out of business.
The jackrabbit has been held re-
sponsible for the ruin of a good many
thousand acres of alfalfa every year
besides plying their forage on other
crops, and the farmers are elated over
the decrease in the rabbit crop and
hope the present ratio of decrease will
continue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-17
LET PUBLIC KNOW
Bill i'm Senate Calls for Mar
riage Banns.
Publication of Notice Three
Weeks Before Wedding.

If a bill offered in the senate TINS
morning passes the legislative approx
al the days of elopements, premature
marriage secret bonds or matrlnohy
and surprising wedlock partles' are
past.
The act makes it necessary for all
persons contemplating marriage TO
publish the fact broadcast three weeks
before the date of the event. Inc
proof of this certified publication must
be taken to probate judge pelole d
license will be issued.
According to the rules of the new
bill, the bridegroom is the person VINO
must suffer the humiliation of MS 90
mestic plans in case his hancee ives
in another part of the country. Ihe
announcement to be published IN the
newspapers is printed in the county
occupied by the male party.
A bill offered in the senate this
morning will act as twin to a
similar act filed in the house few
DAYS ago. This provision gives Wo-
men the same constitutional privileges
of old soldiers, state offlcers ana the
like in being exempt from jury ser
vice. The passage of the suffrage
amendment in Kansas has presented
problems to the legislature this ses-
sion.
If NAV be necessary in a short time
for all farmers in Kansas to name ana
register their farms. A bill in the
senate provides for the registration
of all rural homesteads and the as
sessment of one dollar as reglstra-
ton fee The farmer must name ms
place and leave the description with
the secretary of state.
Senator J. d. Joseph of Butler
county believes that the telephone
companies of the state shouIo coIne
Hn5ar the direct jurisdiction of the
public utilities commission. HIS Dill
in the senate today provides for TINS
action on the part of the state board
and the corporations
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-17
KAW RIVER SAND.
Royalty Revenue May Go to Local
Drainage Boards.

That plan of State Auditor w. IL.
Davis to collect revenue from the sand
taken from the beds of the Kansas and
Arkansas rivers, crept into the bills in
the house today in a measure offered
by Gordon, of Wyandotte But Cor
don would put the funds in the treasury
OF local drainage boards rather than in
the state treasury
In the bill which Gordon has pre-
pared, he would collect a royalty from
the sand, gravel or oil companies which
take any of these products from the
streams and would use the money in
extending the operation and equipment
of the local drainage boards Since
thousands of tons of sand are taken
each year from the rivers at Kansas
City, Kansas, Lawrence, Topeka, Man.
haitian, Wichita and Hutchinson, the
bill is of especial Importance to the
drainage districts of those towns.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-17
HAD GOOD YEAR.
Central National Pays Dividends and
Re-electS Directors.

The Central National bank reports
the most successful year in the history
of the institution. A per
cent, semi-annual dividend was
issued to the stockholders the
first of the year. Members of the
board of directors for 1913 are: J. r.
Burrow, president; E. E. Ames, vice
president; P. I. Bonebrake. vice presi-
dent; c. W. Merriam, A. w. Bronson,
w. B. kirkpatrick, A. Zahner, S. S.
OFT, E. H. Crosby. P. J. Clevenger, E.
B. Merriam, c. S. Gleed, C. S. Elliott
and George A. Guild.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-17
HAMMERED CARTRIDGE
And Little Mexican Boy Was Badly
Hurt.

Thursday evening, the 12-year-old
son of Simon Cebrero, (Mexican) of &c
Kaw avenue, was seriously injured
by the explosion of one of two dyna-
mite cartridges which he found in the
street near his home. The injuries We're
chiefly to the left wrist and face. The
explosion was caused by the boy ham
mering the cartridge.
The second cartridge he gave to his
15-months-old brother, from whom it
was taken after he had bitten off one
end, fortunately the wrong one
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-17
Sun Vat Ser

-A-@@@ ~~ sun Tac SEM
:, ouid be spAlt between The north
and tie south. but / now feel that
lie country Is one nation and WILL
aIyays be SO. The republic has come
~ stay"
China Is rich In every way and
aeeds only to De developed. Railways
WI bring the people closer together.
Ikey WALL sweep aside provinciA
,re1udices and do away with 1eaio.:s-
IS and cross-purposes which cannot
ut help relardlng progress toward
,u- goal. The railways which We
.ieed will soon be secured. Then
china will be unified and will stand
e. q great nation Of The worad."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-17
CARRIER PIGEON dies
Farmer Sees Bird But Fails in At
tempt to Catch 1t.

Chetopa, Kan. Jan. 17.-For several
days John A. Logan, farmer living
about five miles south of here, noticed
a carrier pigeon feeding with his poul-
try. He made several attempts to catch
the bird, but always it would esca pc
him. Yesterday he found the pigeon
dead in the barnyard. One of it's legs
bore a little brass band, on which was
engraved, IS. 1910, 49, Mr.. Logan is
trying to find the owner.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-17
0EAiHS AND FUNERALS.

Mrs. Sarah L. Hungate widow of the
late A J. Hungate, died this morning ar
ter an illness of about four weeks Old
age and an injury sustained in falling was
the cause of death. Mrs. Hungate was
born in Decatur county, Indiana August
8, 1882, and has lived in Kansas since Nav
/, 1868. She was the mother of nine chill
dren, but only two, George r. Hungate
and Otis E. Hungate, are living The
gate residence, HOO Quincy street at 2:3O
o'clock Sunday afternoon.
Katherine Leslie Lane, the infant daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. John Lane died
yesterday at the family home at 1923 KAN
saS avenue. The body will be taken TO
Highland, Kan, for burial.
Cornelius H. Warrington, aged n years
died Thursday night at his home at 1890
Buchanan street. The funeral will be held
at the residence at O'Clock Saturday
Interment will be in Mount Hope GENE
terry.
James Fulton, colored, the three-year-
old son of Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Fulton
died of pneumonia last night at the family
home in Highland Park. The funeral will
urday-
The funeral of Rev. John Trezise who
died Thursday morning, will be held at
the residence at 1926 Mulvane street at
o'clock Saturday. Interment will be in
Foster cemetery. Rev. Edwin Locke will
conduct the services. Members of To-
peka Post G. A. r. No. IL will have
charge of the services.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-17
WINNER LOST ON SHIP?
Italians Believe Lottery Tickets We're
OH Titanic.

Rome, Jan. 17.-No claimant has
yet appeared for the first prize of
100000 francs in the recent Bank of
Italy lottery. 1t is believed that the
winning ticket may have been lost
when the Titanic sank last April. All
efforts to trace the holder of the ticket
have been Ruthless and it is recalled
that a batch of other tickets which
were sent to the United States on the
Titanic was lost
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-17

seen in the auditorium February ~ ana
90 The show will be put on by Lew
Williamson and the price will be 70 cents
Two picture machines will be used, SO
that the performance will be continuous
one Big game in the act of being roped
will be shown. One remarkable portion
of the picture shows a polar bear SWIM
ming under the water.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-17
women Barred From the Bar.

London, jan 17.-Women were ex-
cluded from practfcing law at the Brit
ish bar by an overwhelming vote of
the Bar Association at its annual meet
ing held this afternoon. A motion to
admit women to. membership was IA
vored by some of the younger barris-
tiers but the senior counsel voted in a
body against it
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-17

congress. Many witnesses have been
called, all of whom agree that the
country needs a more elastic currency
and concentration of reserve funds.
Chairman Glass has announced that
inasmuch as the Democratic platform
declared specifically against the mon
etary commissions central bank, the
majority members of the committee
feel it their duty to seek a substitute
for the plan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-17
SEEKING A REMEDY
FOR CURRENCY ILLS

Rep. Carter Glass, of Virginia, is
chairman of the subcommittee of the
house banking and currency committee
which has commenced a series of hear
ings with the purpose of devising new
currency scheme to be recommended to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-17

the fastest stallion in the world will
be shipped to st. Petersburg on the
steamship Minnetonka tomorrow. 1t
is reported that. the horse will go into
the stable of George Bakmetieff, Rus
sian am baSSador to the United States.
1t is said that the owner, J. Howard
Ford, of this city, demanded $4,000
for the stallion
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-17
GREAT FILM PICTURES
Pipe Organ Committee Get Them for
February 10.

The pipe organ committee of the Com
mercial club has procured a remarkable
series of six animal films entitled ATOP
of the World in Motion. These are the
famous Carnegie Museum Alaska-Siberian
motion pictures which were shown in the
Whitney opera house in Chicago three
hundred and thirty times. They will be
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-17
New York Money Marker.

New York, Jan. 7.-MONEY-Money on
call steady, 21zB3 per cent; ruling rate.
"a per cent closing bid 211 per cent; Of
fered at "a per cent. Time loans, easier:
60 days, per cent; 80 days, 4lI45h per cent
months. "A per cent.
CLOSE: Prime mercantile paper az to
5A per cent.
Sterling exchange strong with actual
business in bankers' bills at $4.Ss for so
day bills and at S4.S7.30 for demand Com
mercial bills, $4.S21z.
SILVER-Bar silver, 69c; Mexican dol
lars. 1890.
BONDS-Governmentb bonds steady. rail-
road bonds easy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-17

the white and Indian acting and won
derfully clear photography all COM
bine to make it well worth seeing. one
battle scene alone will makes up for
the time spent in seeing the film
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-17
HORSES TO EUROPE.
Billie Burke Purchased for Russian
Ambassadors Stable

New York, Jan. 17.-Another of the
most noted American race horses is to
be shipped to Europe. Billie Burke,
2:o314, the fastest trotting stallion in
training last year, and next to the
Harvester, 2:01, and Cresceus, 2:02A,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-17
1t Is a Remarkable PhotopIay.

1.-THE Invaders being shown at the
Best theater today and tomorrow. is
a remarkable picture from every stand
point. The story, the outdoor staging
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-17
REPUBLIC TO LIVE,
SAYS SUN VAT SEN

In the Chinese Press DR.. Sun lat
SEN. first provisional president of
china. tells OF the future OF the Gel
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-17
Attention, Topeka Post.

All members of the post are request
ed to meet at the post hall tomorrow
at O'Clock, prompt, to attend the
funeral of Comrade Trezise.
S. S. BOZARTH, Commander
l. NJ. BRANDON, Adiutant.-AdY.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-08-21
What to Do In Vacation.

Play, play, play! Play all the time,
whatever your social standing or your
ordinary duty. Let father forget that
there is an office Of which he is the
head or a business that he assists to
manage, and let mother forget for the
time all the household duties and little
everyday worries and frets.
Leave them all behind. and for a
fortnight. at least. be are free and
happy.
Let mother go out all day and play
with the children or sit on the beach,
bathe or build sand castles and leave
the frocks and little garments to be
made and mended some other time.
Do not try to do the usual amount
of sewing; let the children go about
happily without stockings: then there
will be little or no mending to be done
till after you go home again.
Play cricket. croquet. golf. paddle
md play the children's games with
them and be young again and you will
get lots of health and happiness.
One important thing should be no.
ticed during Il seaside. or country holt
day. You are in different surroundings
to what is usual to you: you are out in
the open air much more than is usual:
therefore extra rest is needed.
\ wise plan is for the whole family,
directly after lunch or midday dinner,
to lie down and rest quietly for half
an hour or an hour. Go to sleep if pos
slDle. but at any rate lie down with
the blinds drawn and keep still for a
time. 1t is good for the children and
for their elders. and in the long run
the holiday will do much more good
to all.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-08-21

HE sOUNDLY WALLOPED YOUNG MR.. LEI.
scribed a half circle that ended in the
imaginary c~ountenance of Harry Lee.
Seated behind his desk in the office
of the big lumber firm where he was
billing clerk. Jimmy knew to the very
instant when the door opened to ad-
NIT Margaret, a little late and quite
breathless.
When Jimmy closed his eyes he
could always see Margaret dressed in
a pretty cotton house frock with a
white apron on setting the table for
supper or watching for him at the
window or sewing by a shaded lamp.
Always she was connected with a
home picture. To Jimmy Dill this
meant Il great deal. for be had never
known Il real home. He had been
reared in an orphan asylum. and when
he was old enough to earn his living
he had existed in hall bedrooms Of
boarding houses Of various classes-al-
ways respectable. never homelike.
A bell rang sharply. and Margaret
picked up notebook and pencils and
disappeared through the door leading
to MI. Compton's private office.
Her departure started a little buzz
of gossip in the room.
II don't believe she knows" said one
Of the girls to Jimmy.
KNOWS what?" asked Jimmy grufly.
What a sport Harry Lee is. They
say And her voice whispered GER
tain matters Of gossip that Jimmy Dill
had long known to be facts. lie knew
that Harry Lee was utterly unworthy
of Margaret. He knew that he was
a gambler. that he drank and that he
was utterly u%nreliable: also that he
had held nine different office positions
in twelve months.
Couldn't say" Jimmy had respond
ed when the girl had finished her re-
marks. Have you the invoice for
that last shipment of long leaf pine.
Miss Dawson%"
mo; l haven't" snapped Miss Daw-
son, and she remarked to her neigh
Dor that Jimmy Dill was grumpy be-
cause Margaret Gray was going to be
married.
That night Margaret handed in her
resignation and shook hands and said
goodby to every one in the Office.
There were much talk and laughter
about the approaching wedding. and
Margaret's eyes were very bright.
When she came to Jimmy his cold
hand closed her warm u for the
briefest instant. ~ hope you will DO
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-08-21
The One Who
Waited
An Illustration of "Patient
Walters Are No Losers"
BY CLARISSA MACKIE

Jimmy Dill battered down the steps
Of the subway station. grabbed a tick
ct from the window. shot across the
intervening space and caught the
downtown express without a second
to spare.
Settling himself in a corner, he open
ed a morning newspaper and endeavor-
ed to interest himself in its contents.
The train roared through the tube,
| gusts of vitiated atmosphere swept
into the car. and Jimmy yawned.
For the first time he saw Margaret
Gray. If he had known that she was
there he would have found a seat be-
side her and thus have been miserably
happy for a brief time. Then his glance
fell upon the slender youth who ac-
companied Margaret. and a fierce jeal-
ousy smote him so that he buried his
face behind the newspaper again.
The train seemed to rattle a tune
that expressed the unhappy situation
in which Jimmy Dill found himself.
"That's the way-that's the way"
ratified the train. "a teller never
looks at a girl-untl the right
one comes along-and you fnd-she's
at the next desk-in your Office all-the
time. Then-one day she 1ashes-a
~diamond-big diamond engagement
ring. and you're all mall in" So
ratified the train in accompaniment to
Jimmy's miserable thoughts until they
rounded the curve and stopped at City
Hall station.
Jimmy fed by another door and
reached the street. while Margaret and
Harry Lee sauntered leisurely up the
stairs.
I'D like to punch his face,'' NUT
tered Jimmy fiercely. and his fist de-
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-08-21
Il SAW A LARGE PANTHER"

I SAW A ARG PANTHER"
Of my shelter. where he sat on his
headquarters. watching me and growl-
ing %viciously. 1t was impossible for
me to shoot, as the leaves in the screen
to the left were too tightly interlaced
Only Chance For a Shot.
My only chance for a shot was that
fe would pass along in front Of where
l was sitting. toward the goat. This
apparently be had no intention of do
ing, and we remained in our respec.
tive positions until it was nearly dark,
when he quietly made off.
On whistling up my men l told them
about the behavior Of this panther,
and the shikari informed me that on
leaving he had met him about fifty
yards from where 1 was seated, and, as
be would not move, he threw a stone
at him. when he skunk off. snarling and
growing. into the jungle. AS it was
now quite dark l unloaded my rifles.
and we proceeded together to unite the
goat. We had not gone half a dozen
yards when there was a rush. and we
heard a struggle. The shikari and my
self both said that he was the panther
at the goat. but the other men would
not have it. |. however. reloaded and.
as 1t was too dark, to see. advanced
slowly to the goat.
On coming up to it we found it In
Its last death struggle. the panther
having seized 1t by the neck as he rush.
ed past. AS ] was leaving the next
day. ] was unable to sit up again for
the panther, but the mex year when
! was {. the same place ! was forth.
nate enough to bag him.