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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-31
FACES BIG TASK.
Work of Reconstruction in Flooded
Areas of Buckeye State.

Toledo O.. March 31--Ohio faces the
largest problem of reconstruction and re-
financing it has ever met. Public service
corporations have been hit hard. Many
counties have sustained staggering losses
and municipalities have their burdens
doubled quadrupled.
Indicative of the situation, Franklin
county has lost forty-six bridges That it
will cost a million to replace A similar
situation exists in every other county.
differing only in degree. This does not
include the damage to highways, small
culverts and little bridges.
1t is estimated it will require $50 000, 600
flood Cities, villages. township and dis
trictS must shoulder that load.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-31
COnIin Again in Tolls.

Leavenworth, Kan, March 31.-William
Conlin, known also as Allegheny
Whitley who has spent 42 of his 50 years
of life in the prisons of a dozen states.
was arrested here today charged with
stealing suit case. ConIin recently was
released from the Missouri prison in JEFF
ferson City. He has served prison SEN
tences in Kansas, Ohio, Pennsylvania, In
diana, Iowa. Nebraska. Wisconsin. Min
nesota Michigan and Missouri.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-31
WILSON WILL DECIDE.
Sugar Schedule in Tariff Bill Left to
President.

Washington, March 31.-President
Wilson will decide whether raw sugar
shall so on the free list or carry a
small duty in the new tariff bill. Con-
gressionaI leaders today said they were
willing to defer to the presidents atti-
tude. Chairman Underwood of the
ways and means committee is waiting
to hear from the president. The Loui-
siana delegation and congressman from
the beet sugar district want duty.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-31
The Finest Day of 1913.

The weather is about as pleasant
brand today as is often dealt. out by
the weather man in the springtime.
northeast breeze blowing at the
rate of 2 miles an hour has held the
temperatures down to a certain eX-
tent, but at that they have been six
degrees above normal for this date.
Sunday the maximum temperature
was eighty. That is the highest mark
reached thus far this season.
The forecast calls for a continuance
of fair and pleasant weather. The
shippers forecast indicates that tenn
peratureS will be above freezing for SO
hour shipments in all directions.
lir,rr
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-31
THE STATE BANKERS.
Fourth Annual Convention in Topeka
April 1O-11.

The fourth annual convention of the
Kansas State Bankers association will
be held in Topeka April 10 and IL.
Several hundred bankers and their
wives are expected to attend. There
will be special entertainment provided
for the latter. The speakers will in
clude Governor George H. Hodges,
Charles Sawyer, the new state bank
commissioner, Mayor Billiard and
bankers from all parts of the state.
E. S. Chenoweth of McCracken is
president of the organization.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-31
OMAHA TORNADO film
Cozy Theater Has Motion Pictures of
Recent Disaster.

Today and tomorrow the Cozy thea
ter is showing views of the havoc
wrought by the tornado at Omaha a
week ago. The photography is re-
markably clear and the film gives a
very vivid idea of the terrific force of
the wind that caused so much loss of
life and destruction of property.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-31
VIII Meet With Council.

Dayton, March 31-A meeting of the
members of the relief committee with
members of the city council was called
for this afternoon. On Saturday the
council discussed a request from the
relief committee that s100, 900 be diverted
from the sinking fund of the city to
the relief fund
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-31
Robbers Frightened Away.

Alton, Mo-, March 81. Three men
made an unsuccessful attempt to blow
the safe in the Bank of Alton early to-
day. Surprised by citizens the robbers
fled before the fuse to a charge of
explosives had been lighted. They left
this town in a buggy stolen from a
local stable, taking the direction of
Thaver
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-31
ON The LAST LAP
Hard Fought City Campaign
Ends Tonight.
Candidates Have Done Their
BeSt-Their Predictions.
AnT hGANV cUIV oT0nIrc
ARE MANY SILLY STORIES
These Spring Up at This Time
Like Mushrooms in Dark.
Many Contests Be Close and
Predictions Are Vain.

Polls open tomorrow at O'Clock in the
morning and close at O'Clock in the
evening.
Failure to vote at the primaries does not
disqualify voters from voting at the polls
tomorrow.
Vote for one candidate for mayor for
each city commissioner position and three
for school board.
Returns will be shown on State journal
bulletin boards Tuesday evening usual.
The Primary Vote.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-31
HEAD OF MEXICO
Rebel Chief Declares Himself
Provisional President.
Official Adyices of Action Re-
ceived in Washington.

Washington, March 31.-Governor
Carransea, at the head of the revolu-
tion against the Mexican government
in the north, has declared himself pro-
visionaI president, according to Off
cial advices today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-31
Here's Your Chance.

Very low fares to Pacific Coast, Mon
tana, North Dakota and Canada via
Chicago Great Western Railroad. Write
H. B. Bryning, District Passenger
Agent, C. G. W. r. r., 500 Walnut St,
Kansas City, Mo-, for particulars.-Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-31
HAYWOOD SENTENCED
Given Six Months i'm Jail on Conviction
in Paterson. n. j.

Paterson N. J., March 31.-WiIIiam d.
Haywood, organizer for the Industrial
Workers of the World, was sentenced to
assemblages- He came here in connec-
ton with the silk mill workers strike.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-31
PACE To ENGLAND
Editor of Worlds Work Accepts
AmbassadOrship.
Is Well known Member of Big
Publishing Firm.

Washington, March ,3L-Walter H.
Page of Garden City, L. l., editor of
the Worlds Work and a member of
Doubleday, Page & Company, pub
fishers, has accepted President Will
sons offer to be ambassador to Great
Britain.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-31
: readings:

Weather Forecast for Kansas.
Fair tonight and Tuesday, not much
change in temperature.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-31
LIFE STORY OF j. p. MORGAN.
Remarkable Career in Finance Started
Amid Inherited Wealth.

John Pierpont Morgan started his
business career half a century ago
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Continued on Page six.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-31

wanted-Competent and public spirited
man or woman to inspect moving pictures.
Applicants must be willing to trust to 1915
legislature for their pay. No funds avail
able befre that date. Send references
with application to w. d. Ross state su-
perintendent of public instruction, state
house, Topeka. Kan
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-31

Paris, March 31.-The death of j.
P. Morgan, which became known on
the Paris bourse shortly before clos
ing time had no effect on the market.
Mr. Morgan occupied an immense
place in French confidence. He had
done more than anyone else during the
last ten years in establishing the faith
of French investors in American Sc
curitieS.
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CONTINUED on Page Six.)
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CONTINUED on Page Sikh
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-31
Look For Record !

If tomorrow is a duplicate of today
atmospherically, city politicians pre-
dict the largest vote ever cast in the
history of the city. This prediction
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-10-31
LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT ccsTLI
German drummer" Offers so .
Young Lady to Mend Glove
and She Keeps H.

Berlin.-An amusing case mas inH
come before the Munich law courts y
reference to a craze that suddenly
seized a respectable drummer al ne
sight of a young and handsome glfl
This girl was making some pr
chases in a store. when a drunne.
came in to get orders. He was charms'
at first sight with the woman, ana %
gan to fiirt and Jest with her.
As he couldn't make any heads4
he pointed to a small hole in bis glove
and offered her $12 II she would m'.'
It. And with that h9 took out ~
and pressed 1t into ner hand peioH
the eyes Of the bystanders, ana y
peated his offer. In a rash moment '''
woman consented to humor tne
questionable young man, got out neseF
and thread and soon mended the ne''
Then she prepared to leave, tak''.
with her the note.
But the drummer had succumoso =
this time to q at Of repentance =
said it was all joke; she mus
sensible and give him back ms GO
But the woman, determining On ~.
ishing the troublesome fellow, Vo.''
not hear to 1t, and she remained Qs'.
undisturbed when he explained tn., y
couldn't continue his journey "''p'
that money.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-10-31
AGAIN RAISING THE POPPY
Chinese BacksIlde on Their Agree
meut Not to Boom Business
In Opium.

London.-The report of Sir ]. N.
Jordan, British minister to China, on
the opium question indicates that
there has been some backsliding in
the effort to suppress the cultivation
of the poppy since the introduction OF
the republican regime.
The report declares that since the
fall of the Manchus the policy of sup
preston agreed upon between China
and Great Britain has been weakened
and that there has been an immense
recrudenscence in the cultivation OF
the drug.
In the provinces Of Anhui, Human
and Shantung the campaign for the
suppression of the cultivation OF the
plant his been successful. and In con-
sequence the importation of Indian
opium into these provinces will cease.
But investigation in other parts of the
republic tells different tale. In many
of the provinces the authorities are
powerless to prevent cultivation. In
others there is collision between the
powers and the growers. and In still
others the officials are not inclined 70
deprive themselves of a rich source o.
revenue.
The reports, however, are not all
from official sources, many being sup
piled by missionaries and travellers,
so exact figures are impossible. The
minister concludes with the statement
that a great deal must be done before
the work of suppression can be con
sidered as complete.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-10-31
WAS OPERATED ON 200 TIMES
Last Attempt to Remove Growth In
Throat Proves Fatal to Bahi-
more Man.

Baltimore.-After undergoing more
than 200 operations during three
years for the removal Of a growth in
the throat that interfered with his
breathing, George Mcdowell. twenty,
one years old. formerly of Spartan.
burg, s. c., is dead at hospital here.
Death came while the surgeons we're
making a last attempt to save hia life.
For the past Is months Mcdowell
breathed through a silver tube In his
throat. He had been under SO many
operations that he became immune to
the effects of cocaine. Freezing was
resorted to and then chlorofrorm tc
deaden the pain while they worked on
the growth. The doctors knew that Il
was a muscular growth, but could moi
tell what kind 1t contracted the mans
windpipe and at times all but closed
It.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-10-31
SIRENS OF THE SEA
Those of Present Day Haunt
Ships Instead of Cliffs.
Modern Enehantresses Live In Small
staterooms Aboard PaIatIaI Liners
That Ply Between Port Of New
York and Foreign Shores.

New York.-Those ancient entan-
glers of men who In the Moreric myth
ology used their Establishments over
mariners, have their successors today
for those who travel by the sea.
The sirens of ancient days-Par-
thenope, Ligea and Leucosia and the
rest of their CLASSIFIED in cliffs and
caves of islands between Sicily and
Italy.
Their successor of today travel first
class in sumptuous ocean hotels. They
have discarded their wings and half
bird and half-fish costumes for Paris
creations. with headgear from Fifth
avenue and the Rue de la Paix. Long
since the double flute of the marine
sorceresses Of Homer has been ex-
changed for a lorgnette. a fan or
cigarette.
The presence of the modern siren
on the great ships Of today is not
known to the general and nonobserv-
ant traveller. But two classes know
of her existence very well-her vic
tins and the "gangplank" detectives.
There is and has been for two gen.
erations along the North river water
| front a regularly organized stan OF
sleuths and plain clothes men who are
Independent Of the uniformed police
and headquarters plain clothes men
The business has been transmitted
from father to son.
The names of these marine de
tectives seldom appear in print, but
they are very important people never
the less, for they watch the passen
gers on ocean vessels and separate
the sheep from the goats.
These quiet, unobtrusive men. wht
look like steamship men or manager:
of passenger traffic, glue their eyes
upon every traveller passing up Of
down a gangplank, embarking THU
week and returning weeks hence. Oh
the deck of the vessel within or with
out the three-mile limit violations o
conventions or noncompliance will
laws which obtain on land are Difficult
of detection.
The twentieth century siren, from
liking for the sea, chooses a swell
suite on a liner in preference to tn
no longer poetic and now unproitabl
habitation of Gree lying along tn
course from the country of the Cy
clops.
Instead of picking the bones o
mariners. over whom they formerl
exercised their powers, strewing thei
skeletons thickly around their dwell
ings, they now dine in the floating ref
taurants of international name an
pick the bones of pheasants an
ptarmigans instead. They drink rar
vintages, while the old style siren wa
presumably content with water. Owe
her and her movements the pier sleut
watches.
What his pocketbook, containin
every known detail of offensive an
defensive armor of every warship
the world is to the naval officer, so hi
| little book is to the pier sleuth; for, a
Koko says, the detective whispers {
the siren, i've got her on my list"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-10-31
SMOKED CIGARS TO BE STUFF.
Miss Amy Lowell, Sister Of Harvard
President, Wanted to Prove
Equality to Man.

DISTINGUISHING that she was
merely putting her theories on wom-
an suffrage to practical uses. Miss
Amy Lowell, a sister of DR.. Abbott
Lawrence Lowell. president of Har-
ward university, and a widely known
poetess. on the arrival of the liner
Laconia, defended her actions in
smoking cigars on the trip across.
81 am a suffragist on general prin-
ciples," said Miss Lowell, "and I
firmly believe that women have all
the rights and duties of men. II !
chose to smoke on the vessel don't
think 1t was anybody else's business.
The men were all smoking and
would be false to my theories II
didn't do so. merely to observe the
conventions"
Miss Lowell said she was unalter
ably opposed to English militancy
The attitude of the English suffra
gfsts. she declared. was hurting the
cause.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-10-31

the cathedral at Lima, Peru. Il va
founded the same day as the city 1,
Pizarro, the conqueror, destroyer sa5
builder. In the place of what be a.
stroyed Pizarro substituted one Of .hs
fascinating settlements of the word
1t took him Is years to narify IA,
outraged people Of Peru. but mean
while he had laid out the city \
Lima, and dedicated the conversions b
the cathedral. This was in 1885. Ii
it he lies buried before great silre
altar. The interior of the cathedral
is vast and dim, and there are mar
side chapels and sacred pictures. some
of which are by Peruvian artls.a
There are groups of benches in ihs
nave, and as Lima Is a cosmopolitsn
city, it is no longer uncommon % Sc.
women there wearing hats, although
this custom formerly gave ofiense
The cathedral of Lima Ia bull d
gray stone Of the same tone as he
surrounding landscape. the back
ground of which is of gray sand, iron
the plain to the winters snow line
The building fills the whole Of one
side of the Plaza de Armas. paYet
square interpreted with flower BEDS
benches and a music pavilion, lhh
forming the gathering place Of Lima
Lima is a city of churches, and ihs
cathedral is more than equaled b.
several others in beauty and interest
If not in age. The construction Of a,
city around this square. which va
the nucleus of the city's growth from
the earliest foundation is 6 character
istic OF the capitals Of the southern
republics.
Fine illustrations Of the early colo
NAL construction are seen IN Panama
Caracas. Bogota and Quito. At saers
in Bolivia, Asuncion and Paraguay
climatic, racial and Architectural cen
ditions modify this impression aaa
leave it less distinctive.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-10-31

palaces, one beyond another, till In
the far distance, their forms seem to
dissolve in dusty air of palpitating
gold. Hardly ruling house Of India
but has helped in their building. For
four miles, from Ash Chat at one end,
to the old Raj Chat at the other by
the Dufferin bridge, the west side OF
the river presents this great irregular
facade of the chief city of the Hindu
religion, which claims today more than
200,000,000 adherents.
The mighty river has played strange
freaks in fiood-time. and, as my boat
went slowly past the towering cliff
of buildings, here and there saw huge
masses of masonry sloping at all an
giles and broken from the foundations
as II by earthquake; carved friezes
fallen into the water, old inundated
hastions thrusting decrepit heads
above the tide, while the very steps
of some of the most crowded CHATS
we're rent and riven.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-10-31
FISH ENTER THE ICE HOUSE
Are Found Frozen Fast Between
the Cakes-Eat Into
Foundation.

Craig, Colo.-When r. A. Summers
vent to his ice house he was sur
yrised to find several large trout
frozen in the ice cakes. He knew
that they were not there when the
house was filled and looked about
for an explanation.
The house is on the bank Of Bear
river and the water had eaten its
way to the foundations of the build
ing.
1t is Mr.. Summers idea that the
fish were attracted to the spot by the
cooler atmosphere and entered the
building by some hole. which later
was stopped up. The river receded
and the trout we're left marooned be
tween the ice cakes.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-10-31
BUDDHA BUILT CITY
Great Brahman God Constructed
Town of Benares.
Mysterious Place Of Marvellous Tenn
Piles, Terraces and PaIaces-HardIy
q Ruling House In India but Has
Helped In Their Building.

London.-Five hundred years be.
fore the Christian era, Budha came
from Gaya to Sarnath, four miles from
the present Benares, to establish
there his religion. The great ~'tope,"
q huge upright cylindrical mass OF
stone and brick work, which rises
ITO feet above the surrounding one
Of the Buddhist dagobas at Anurad-
hapura In Ceylon.- stands in the mid
die of what was called the deer park.
The story is that Buddha struck by
the loneliness of the gazelles. took the
form of one and becoming king of the
herd. A certain rajah, hunting one
day with cheetah, saw this splendid
creature, and ordered the cheetah to
be loosened upon him. Just as the
leather hood was about to fall from
the cheetah's eyes, the mind Of the
rajah became enlightened, and, pros
trating himself In the dust, he cried
out: "Oh, sublime master, truly thou
are a man-and what mani-in the
shape of a beast, whereas l, that
wickedly sought to kill thee, l am q
beast-and oh, how stupid beast!
hidden under the shape of a man."
Sarnath became great place OF
pilgrimage, and the remains of the
monastery and other buildings which
were erected In the deer park have
now for some years been In the
course of excavation. Among 9th
er details / specially noticed square
chamber surrounded by short columns
connected BY rows Of wide rails OF
stone, lozengeshaped in section, and
on some Of such cross-bars circular
medallions carved with patterns.
Perhaps the most remarkable among
the finds at Sarnath is large quad
ripartite lion capital and the column
1t surmounted. These are of polished
granite, and the column, which was
found in several pieces, must have
been As feet high.
In the tenth century of our era
Buddhism was crushed out by the
Brahmins-the votaries of the very
faith from which Buddha had seeded
and at Sarnath, the great monastery
was destroyed by fanatical fury. and III
surprised monks were burned In
gigantic holocaust.
Not far away from these ruins. aloni
a great crescent of the bank OF thu
Ganges, Benares, the mysterious
spreads out today the marvels Of III
temples, It's terraced embankments, 1T
vast flights Of stone steps. and IT.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-10-31
KING ALFONSO BUYS TWO SUITS A WEEK

The king OF Spain is the most
deliberately and extensively attired
monarch in Europe.
II is doubtful IL the youthful mon
arch has ever been seen more than
half a dozen times In the same suit,
and II is certain that there are many
suits in which he has been seen but
once or twice.
When he takes a fancy to par
ticular tweed or cloth he will often
order a dozen suits from 1t straight
way and wear each but two or three
times. II he tires Of the material be-
fore he has worn the whole dozen he
will have the lot put out OF the royal
wardrobe. II would be difficult to
say how many suits Of clothes the
king of Spain orders in the year
The number greatly varies. Some
times King Alfonso VIII order as
many as a couple Of dozen suits at a
time. while at other times he viii
give his tailor. or rather one of them.
for he patronizes several, an order
for but one or two suits.
The king of Spain keeps from II
and buys on an average Of 100 suits
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-10-31

date twelve cencues before the
have been
which He
profound the senior
the guardian the aters
tomb a
described the Mecca of China But
adherens
denomination of China with Its
be his religion
what his life his pilgrimage
and his standing in the official
millions
cult but the founder Of
the civilization the nation
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-10-31
SOUTH AMERICAN cHUHcas'
Their omnipresenee and Their A..
teetural Merit-The Historic &.
thedrai OF Lima.

New York.-Going to the lenr,k !.
the southern half Of the western ~.
sphere through the cities and vilhs~'
of the cultured area OF whsf
vaguely known in the United STATE. :.
Central and South America. the q.
striking thing met with everywss-.
is the church. the cathedral No pI,..
seems too poor or too small 70, /.
and the least of the many cathedr,,'
in the numerous republics would 1.
considered worthy Of a great CITY !.
the United States, being of high g..
enough, and Of more than ordins~
architectural merit.
First of ali to consider, not 30 p,n..
for its superiority as for its history 4.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-10-31

a fund of $4,000 with which to erect
a roomy fireproof building wherein to
house the most magnificent lion family
in captivity, as well as for the accom-
mediation of the tigers. leopards and
pumas. To prove that the little cubs
we're no more dangerous to play with
than young kittens, little Alfredo VIII
son, twelve years old. played about
with the quintette of cubs to the de-
light of the awe-stricken crowd. The
cubs are Men-e-lek. Dar-fur. Ber-ber,
males, and Ta-na and Ju-ba. females.