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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-21
SELLING AT A LOSS.
How Commission Men Suffer From
Unfair Banana Rate.

Kansas City, Oct. 21.-Further
arguments upon the complaint of
Wichita and Hutchinson, Kan, com
mercial organizations charging that
freight rates on bananas from the
Gulf of Mexico to those points are un-
reasonable and discriminatory in favor
of Nebraska, Iowa and South Dakota
points were heard by G. r. Marshall,
special examiner for the interstate
commerce commission, at the reSump-
ton of the banana rate hearings here
today.
Roscoe Hambrick, who yesterday in
presenting the case of the Wichita and
Hutchinson dealers, said commission
men in those cities were selling ba-
nanaS at a loss because of lower rates
granted northern points, continued mis-
argument for more favorable rates for
the Kansas cities.
Evidence to justify the prevailing
rates to Topeka, Wichita and Hutchin-
son and the increase in rates to Lin
coin and Beatrice was given by Joseph
Hattendorf, general freight agent of
the Illinois Central railroad, the first
witness called by the respondents. Mr.
Hattendorf said the commission had
ruled as the result of a previous hear
ing that the rate on bananas from the
gulf to Topeka was not unreasonable
in itself, but was discriminatory as
compared with the rate to Lincoln and
Beatrice. To meet the order of the
commission that the rates be equal
lied, he said the railroad increased
the ldTlII 10 the NeDTdSka ln1S
action was fair, he said, because if
the rate to Topeka was not unreason-
able, as the commission had decided,
the same rate to Lincoln and Beatrice,
a considerably longer haul, must be
reasonable.
The witness said aside from the fact
that the rate to Topeka is reasonable,
it would be most unwise to disturb
the rate to that point, as it would
nee essitate readjustment of tariff to
all Intern ediate points.
Mr.. Hattendorf said the banana
traffic was one of the most expensive
and troublesome with which the rail-
roads had to contend.
No other traffic requires more care
full supervision, he said. The cars
must be iced and specially equipped
for that service, he said, and the
banana trains are given the right of
way over other freight trains on the
Illinois Central He said this railroad
had 1900 cars equipped for handling
bananas and that 500 additional cars
now are being built at cost of $1,575
each. He said the cost of transporting
this comm odity had increased greatly /
during the last five years and it still !
was increasing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-21
The BEERS CASE.
1t Has Been Set for Trial Novem-
Der 10.

Re-hearing of the Rev. w. L. Beers,
clergyman, charged with the wilful
murder of his wife, will take place be-
fore Judge George H. Whitcomb Nov
10. The trial of Mark Williams, ac-
cused of the murder of James Hayden,
colored, is docketed for Nov. 8. The
dates were set by the judge of the Sec
ond division of the district court today
The wife of the Rev. Beers died Of
focation-resulting, it was alleged,
from a quarrel in which her fond
spouse pushed her false teeth down
her throat. The trial received more
public attention than any case last
year. 1t was heard during the Janu-
airy term, and resulted in a hung jury
The death of James Hayden occurred
last summer. He was a negro sand
wieh vender, and died at Stormont hos
pital from injuries received at a key
party. Hayden was supplying the rev.
elers with bread and fish. His wife
identified the murderer at the dramatic
preliminary hearing in the city court
Warrant was issued charging Will
liams with wilful murder of the negro
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-21
FIRST TOUCH OF WINTER
The Frost Reaches as Far South as
Florida.

Washington, Oct. 21.-The seasons
first touch of winter weather was gem
eraI today east of the Mississippi
Shifting gales which whipped the
middle Atlantic coast and the lakes
region had taken their way to sea
leaving crisp cool areas behind and
promises of light snow in some sec
tionS.
General froStS today touched the
south Atlantic region as far down as
Florida and there was freezing wealth
er through the Mississippi and Ohio
valleys. Fair, cold weather tonight
east of the Mississippi with probable
local SHOWS in the lakes region, was
the official forecast. In the north At
lantic states a decided drop of the
mercury is expected. Storm warnings
have been ordered up from Sandy
Hook to EaStport.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-21
THE EVENING STORY
Racing for a Husband.
(By John Philip Orth.)

No matter what other subjects the
idlers of the village of Clayton might
discuss the talk always got around to
Deacon Ingram, and sometimes blows
followed argument.
The deacon was in his fifties, and he
was a widower and well off. He was
an active deacon in a church. He was
also an honest man. Every yard of
goods measured off in his store was
full three feet in length, and if he told
a customer that his calico would not
fade in the wash his guarantee was as
good as gold.
A dozen times over there were re-
ports that Deacon Ingram was going
to marry this widow or that old maid,
but while he had a smile for all he
did not accounting go.
When a man is lonely he generally
takes to woman. In Deacon In
grams case he took to a horse. That
was why there was so much talk in
Clayton. 1t wasn't an old plug of a
horse, such as one might expect a
deacon to invest in, but a trotter for
whom the merchant handed over the
sum of 5000. He had never been on the
race track, and the deacon wasn't go
ing to put him there, but it was
county in which score of good step
pers were on the road every day, and
the merchant didn't propose to take
any ones dust. After he got the horse
supper.
The deacon hadn't owned the trot-
ter a fortnight when Elder Comstock
dropped into the store and said: "Dea-
con, is it true that you have got a race
horse?"
No, elder. I have simply got a pref
ty fast stopper" was the reply.
But you race everybody on the road,
1 hear"
oh, no. If a man comes up behind
me with a likely horse and calls out
that he is going by I simply take j
tighter grip on the reins.'
And stop your horse?"
well. not stock still. In fact, he has
a habit of starting off at a pretty good
gait
But you pull him DOWN."
'Always-at the end of half a. mile
or So"
Deacon Ingram said the elder aft
er a little bordering, do you think it
seemly for a man in your position to
be speeding on, the highway and set
ting such an example as you do?''
II do, elder. The example I am set
ting is one to waken interest among
our farmers to get better stock. The
better horses he owns the faster a
farmer can get to town and out again."
Elder Comstock went away shaking
his head and next day the minister
called He bought a spool of black
NO ~, LOT his vile, anu uleIl
said:
Brother Ingram, some of the broth
ers and sisters think-think-"
Think I hadn't ought to own a fast
stopper. eh?''
We'll, yes
And what do you think of it
Il hardly think it consistent"
Have you met with anything in the
Bible to discourage any man from
owning and driving a good horse?'
Mo-
In biblical days there were horses
and asses, weren't there?''
Certainly"
They were sold and exchanged the
same as today?''
Yes
And don't you believe that a horse
or ass that could get over the ground
the fastest got the longest price?''
But it's the moral example, Broth
er Ingram"
THE example, pastor? Let me tell
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-21
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Occasionally a young man asks for
a girls hand and gets her fathers foot.
- j. j.
Most of the people who get the worst
of it generally deserve no more, nor
less.
= = +
If there were not so many towards
on earth thered be more suicides
graves in the cemeteries
Il = -
All new babies have this in common.
They're the most remarkable things on
earth in the eyes of their relatives.
i - T.
Even an excellent singer is seldom
appreciated by neighbors, so prone is
one to profuse practice.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-21
WIRED TO WILSON,
Resolutions Protesting Against Race
Segregation at Washington.

Baltimore, Oct. 21.-Resolutions rec
commended at meeting here last
night under the auspices of the BaIti-
more branch of the national associa-
ton for the advancement of colored
people protesting against race segre-
cation now gathering force in this
country and specifically against the
segregation of colored employees of az
national government in the denart-
ments at Washington, have been teIe-
graphed to President Wilson. The res
buttons were passed after addressas,
by oswald Garrison Willard, president
OF the New York Evening Post. anS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-21
mitchell IS CALLED.

New York. Oct 21.-The grand jury
drafted a letter today requiring John
Purroy Mitchell fusion candidate for
mayor to appear before the body and
tell what he knows about the colonial
ton of votes by Tammany leaders. An
investigation of the matter was set on
foot Yesterday after Charles E. Muir
phy. leader of Tammany hail. had tax
en- cognizance of remarks with refer
ence to colonization attributed 20
Mitchell and demanded an inquiry as
to their truth or falsity.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-21
BY THE WAY
By HARVEY PARSONS.

DUCK according to the late Hon
| Webster)-"Any of numerous lamel-
/ lirostal swimming birds of the family
! Anatidae.''
DUCK according to Hondo Muir
phy)-"A mild form of Dementia
| Hunteritis. A mythical biped which
credulous people look for along the
Kaw river"
Our theatrical reporter is in re-
ceipt of a communication from an al
legged performer who gave an alleged
performance at a local vaudeville
house last week. The letter was ad-
dressed to the Wood Be Critic" Yep,
you guessed it the first guess. The
writer of said string of misspelled
abusive slush couldn't sing for sour
apples, and the Wood Be Critic ad-
mitted it. 1t is risky business to ad-
init that a vodevil warbler is not an
other "Melber;" such admission is
ticular star that is so badly written
and spelled that you can't make out
anything but the cuss words.
But, as we explained to the Wood
Be Critic the peeve of a vodevil
cheese is our idea of zero in something
to worry about.
In holding services over the depart
ed Sulzer, it might be we'll to para
THE Murph giveth, and the Murph
taketh away. Blessed be the name of
the Murph.'
For it was undoubtedly Murph's
gift and was given in the spirit that
a man gives his boob a drum-on con-
dition that it shall not be pounded
while the donor is taking a snooze.
Sulzer pounded his during the closed
season.
1t is now suspected that the hook
worm has invaded the state peniten-
tiary and Hon. jeremiah is advertis-
ing for a cure. They used to call it
"cussed laziness," and the treatment
was paddle full of augur holes.
1t is reported that Mexicans are
showing little interest in the coming
election. The Mexicans have learned
that interest in an election has a ten
dency to increase the per capita of
widows and orphans. Aversion to
widows and orphans in the immediate
family is a Mexican national trait.
Andy Carnegie says he takes half
a glass of Scotch "whusky'' with his
meals, but it is doctors orders. Fill
ing Fuller wants the doctors name
and address, and would like to know if
he is in the market for another pa
tient. He is also anxious to know
whether or not the prescription men
lions the number of meals or the size
of the glass.
From a recent analysis, we gather
that a microbe and his large family
were found in a sample of Topeka well
water. The report is not unreaSOn-
able, and is probably true. A microbe
doesn't have to patronize grocery
stores, and can afford large family.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-21
schmidt Is Found Sane.

New York Oct 21-Hans Schmidt,
the priest who confessed to Staying
Anna Aumuller and dismembering her
body, was sane when the murder was
committed, according to the report of
four alienists who examined him. The
report was made public today by Dis
trict ATTORNEY Whitman.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-21
ATHAWKER .JOTS

According to the Neodesha Sun, Fail
river is dam full of water.
Advice from the Wilson County Cit
izen that is evidently given for the
benefit of the plutocrats: q Put the
Thanksgiving turkey on full feed.
Editor Smith of the Ellinwood Lead
er must have couple of spare dollars
slowed away in his jeans, for he re-
marks: They say the turkeys are fine
and fat this year, and it is only five
weeks until Thanksgiving.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-21
IN DISTRICT COURT.

City week, appeal cases from the police
court began this morning in Judge Whit
combs division with the trial of Maybelle
Briggs. colored 3o8 East Crane street,
who was arrested in April for maintain
ing joint. fined $500 and sentenced to
90 days in jail by Police Judge Huron The
prosecution is conducted by City Attorney
Ralston. A pan of glasses and mugs,
keg, and a beer pump were introduced
as evidence Five witnesses were sub
poenaed for the city. Maybelle Briggs
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-21
OFFICERS IN TEST.
Begin Ninety Mile Ride for Field
Officers.

Jefferson City, Oct. 21.-The annual
80 mile test ride for field officers start
ed at Fort Riley today the officers
participa ting, including Col. E. A. Mil
lar. post commandant, and Col. J. A.
CASTOR, commandant of the mounted
service school. Col. F. W. Aver, of the
national guard, alsi was taking the
test The officers will ride 80 miles
today returning to the post tonight
and VIII repeat the program Wednes-
dav and Thursday
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-21
Frost in the south.

Atlanta, Oct 21.-The entire south
east of the Mississippi river shivered
this morning in what in most portions
was the coolest weather ever known
this early in the season. The tempera-
ture here was 80 degrees, the coolest
October day in 26 years. Killing frosts
occurred last night in Tennessee and
Northern Georgia and Alabama.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-21

Washington, Oct. 21.-Senata 49,,
noon. leaders both sides assaiIed la al
or attendance. Banking co-,. iack
continued hearings. inlttee
Leader Mann refused m oopuoilcan
recess while the senate work. 10
currency cure bill Adjourned 1:os On .ne
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-21

Senator Penrose says he favors
number of Republican changes For
once, anyway, the senator is in accord
with the majority of his party.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-21

Still another las of the officers who
took part in the charge of the Light
Brigade at Balaclava has just died. All
of which tends to substantiate the
theory that the survivors of any ex-
traordinary event become more nu-
merous in after years than the origi-
nal number of participants.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-21

No doubt about it. This is the era
when the women are getting their
rights. A German court has ruled
that a wife may garnishee her hus-
bands wages if he does not provide
her with a sufficient allowance in ad-
vance to conduct her household in a
suitable manner.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-21
Wireless Tells of a Rescue.

told of the rescue at sea of the crew
of eight men of the schooner Marjorie
Brown of New York by the North Ger
man Lloyd steamship Berlin. The
schooner sank about 200 miles east of
Sandy Hook, but the message gave no
details.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-21

is a sister of Lula Jordan Hamilton, yes
terday convicted on seven counts for vio-
iating the state liquor law.
The other cases docketed for today are
the city against Roy Hartwell, charged
with allowing minors in the Tromp pool
hall, fined SIS, and the city against Car
ence Revely, colored vagrant, fined 500
in the police court.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-21

Huerta is free to announce that he
has plenty of money for his own re-
quirementS, and also that it is his
secret as to where he obtained it But
this is one of those secrets that is
everybody's. He has been boss of
Mexico long enough to have most of
the governments funds in his possess
sion.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-21

Notwithstanding the recent copious
rains, Leavenworth has just expert
enced a three days drouth. Attorney
General Dawson was visiting there
during the period.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-21
BE HEARD IN JANUARY
BIeached Flour Case VIII Be Up for
Oral Argument.

Washington, Oct 21.-The supreme
court has granted the request of So
1icitor General Davis that the socalIed
"bleached flour case" involving an
alleged violation of the pure food law
by bleaching flour electrically, be re-
assigned for oral argument in Janu-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-21
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 d.
ganfzation 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, 1913-10-21

Young Mr.. Aston will doubtless ac-
cept the $1,5O0 legacy as an indication
that his Philadelphia uncle's heart
was in the right place.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-21

Evidently matters are so shaping
themselves for a continuation of the
Balkin imbroglio. Austria has mott
fled Servia that it must retire from
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-21
KILLS FOOTBALL STAR.
Parker of Maine Was Electrocut.a
$4,000 Volts Through Body

Worcester, Mass, Oct. 21-vv,u,
E. Parker, University of Maine fa14
oall star, was instantly killed todaU -,
a street railway transformer stat. ~
when 1900 volts Of electricity nssroa
through his body from a feed ,,,,e Sseu
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-21

Government inspectors have seized
a consignment of spurious grape juice
shipped to Washington. Our secretary
of state must be protected.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-21

Kansas farmers lead in another d1-
rection One of them in Kingman
county has an aeroplane with which
he can make his trips to town.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-21

Why should England care who
builds Germany's battleships so long
as Count Zeppelin continues to build
he- airshipS?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-21

DR.. Wiley says four-year-old whisky
can be made in forty seconds Per-
haps that's why it takes most of it
only forty seconds to get in its work
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-21

Mr.. Sulzer tells his friends that only
his fight on graft caused his con-
demnation by the high court of i'm
pea chment. But the fact is that it
was his own Willingness to stick out
his hand in the direction of ''easy
money that caused his downfall.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-21

Secretary Bryan is to have some
real competition in the chautauqua
arena. Bill Sulzer has been offered
100000 for a course of lectures.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-21

Why not some sort of American in
tervention in China? A report has 1t
that Chinese brigands have burned
two American mission churches there.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-21

Incidentally, the mission of Special
Envoy Lind can scarcely be character
lied as having developed into much of
a SUCCESS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-21

1t will be noted that it was not the
bride, but her sister, who cried her
self to death. at Chicago wedding.
This is a testimonial to marriage.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-21

ST want plenty of good horse
racing, chicken fighting and honest
poker playing in my state" says Gov
ernor Blease. Judging by appear
nnces, that's just what he is getting.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-21

Some excellent advice for Congress
man-Captain Richmond Pearson Hob
son, from the Philadelphia Record:
Hobson had better continue his war
with Japan and let Underwood alone.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-21

An eastern men, advertising for a
wife, says he wants one with ideas
But he can't go wrong there, no mat
ter whom he gets.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-21

Ex-Governor Sulzer is left free to
hold any office of public trust that he
can get himself elected to on his
record.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-21

Finally, the season of the year has
arrived when the weather men will
be able to increase their batting aver
ages They usually deliver the goods
when it comes to the forecasting of
cold waves
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-21

But, as we explained to the Wood
Be Critic" the peeve of a vodevil
cheese is our idea of zero in something
to worry about.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-21

In holding services over the depart
ed Sulzer, it might be we'll to para
phrase the ritual something like this:
THE Murph giveth, and the Murph
taketh away. Blessed be the name OF
the Murph."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-21

From a recent analysis, we gather
that a microbe and his large family
were found in a sample of Topeka well
water. The report is not unreaSOn
able, and is probably true. A microbe
doesn't have to patroniZe grocery
stores, and can afford large family.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-21

1t is now suspected that the hook
worm has invaded the state peniten-
tiary and Hon. jeremiah is advertis-
ing for a cure. They used to call it
"cussed laZiness," and the treatment
was a paddle full of augur holes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-21

For it was undoubtedly Murph'S
gift, and was given in the spirit that
a man gives his boob a drum-on con-
dition that it shall not be pounded
while the donor is taking a snooze.
Sulzer pounded his during the closed
season.