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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-24

to care for many others. For instance
we allow a pound of bread for each
man a day. Few men eat this much
or even half that much. Other sup
plies are based on the same liberal
plan, and every veteran who comes
here will get shelter and all the food
he needs.'
The camp will be fully completed two
days ahead of schedule time. accord
ing to Major Normoyle, in command.
Provisions which are not perisha BILE
will all be distributed to the kitchens
not later than next Saturday and I'M
der a scheme outlined by Captain Nc
Caskey who, with Major Grove, is as
sisting Major Normoyle,. The arrival
of every trainload of veterans will be
followed by the supply of immediate
mess requirements.
A remarkable system of keeping
track of the veterans from every state
has been devised. with the result that
any delay after they reach camp is
practically an impossibility.
Almost every day brings news of
larger allotnents of veterans from the
various states. The latest request for
more space comes from Virginia which
reports that instead of 1880 it will send
at least $500.
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Will CARE FOR ALL.
Every Veteran Who Goes to Gettys-
burg Will Be Provided For.

Gettysburg, Pa, June 24.-"There will
be ample accommodations and plenty
of rations for all veterans who come
to Gettysburg for the battle anniver-
sary celebration next week, even
though the number expected exceeds
by 10000 the original estimate was
the statement made by officers of the
regular army camp at camp headquar-
tiers yesterday. Here we have 5000
tents, nearly all of which are in place."
said one officer. Every one is supposed
to be large enough to receive IL men.
We have apportioned only eight to each
tent. BY making it nine you have adj
ditional accommodations for 5000
men and you can increase this by an
other 5000 without crowding anyone.
1t is true that We based our supplies
on an estimate of 10000 veterans but
the amount is elastic and can be made
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-24
STYLE AN OUTRAGE.
Doctor Says Women Dress to Attract
Men.

Chicago, June 24.-The harmony OF
the a1ienists and neurologists conven-
ton in the Hotel Sherman was jeopar-
died seriously for a time when wom-
ans dress inadvertently was introduced
into the discussion.
THE present style in feminine wear
ing apparel is an outrage" said DR.. H.
c. r. NorrisS of Enderlin, N. D. "Wo-
men dress only to attract the men,"
without contradicting DR.. Norriss,''
retorted DR.. Mary E. Pogue of Lake
Geneva, Wis, II should like to ask
what the men dress for
ALLOW me to differ with both of you,'
said DR.. A. E. Sterne Of Indianapolis,
Ind. Women dress to make other
women jealous
'I think womens styles are more
sensible than ever BEFORE" added Dr.
Harold N. Meyer of Chicago. 1.-The
fewer skirts they wear the BETTER
These remarks were made after a
paper had been read by DR.. Norriss
on 1.-The Prophylactic Value Of Home
Training The speaker denounced the
present system of education and home
training as the worst in the history of
the United States.
THE child of today has respect for
neither God, man nor the DEVIL he
said. Home training has become a
farce.
Girls think they can love but once"
ne continued, and often they marry
man regardless of his qualifications as
a father. The girl who marries a man
to reform him is a fool. Marriage
should be made difficult and divorce
should be made easy. Health certifi-
Gates should be demanded by law be-
fore any marriage"
Insanity cannot be cured by an OPP
Grafton, according to DR.. E. L.
Greene, chief surgeon OF the Georgia
state hospital for the insane at Mill
edgeville. The alienists will contiSlue
their session today and Wednesday,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-24

when he learned that the Army of the
Potomac under General Hooker, was
in hot pursuit.
1t soon became evident that the
greatest battle of the civil war was at
hand. Hooker, with a force of 1900
men, was determined to crush Lee,
who led the finest army of the south.
On the 18th of June, Hooker, after
a dispute with Halleck, resigned his
leadership and General George Gordon
Meade, the strongest of the corps COM
manders, assumed command. At this
time the northern and southern armies
were scattered over a large part of
southern Pennsylvania and Maryland.
The new commander of the Army
of the Potomac kept his forces in
terposed between Lee and the federal
capital. On June 80 General Buford
with 4,000 cavalry was sent to inter-
cept the confederate advance guard in
the vicinity of Gettysburg, a quiet lit
tie village in southeastern Pennsylva-
MIA.
On the morning of July 1 the two
armies were still scattered, the ex-l
tremes being 40 miles apart. But Gen.
Reynolds, with two crops of the Union
army, was but a few miles away to the
east and fastening toward Gettysburg. I
From the opposite direction came
Longstrcet and Hill with their forces.
Three hours before noon the greatest
battle ever fought on the western
hemisphere was in progress.
The battle had proceeded not more
than an hour before General Rey-l
nolds, one of the ablest and bravest of
the northern leaders, lay dead on the
field with a sharpshooter's bullet in
his brain. But the battle continued
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-24
HOLLANDERS ARE HERE
Brother and Sister Around World On
Wooden Shoes.

Wilhelmina Nordwall and Herbert,
her big brother, who are tripping
around the world on wooden shoes,
dumped into Topeka this morning
and told anyone who wanted to listen
tales of travels afoot and stories of
their native heath at Amsterdam, in
the land of the windmills.
MANY people walk over the world,
explained Wilhelmina, "Only Herbert
and 1 travel in sabots.''
Herbert, who is a lieutenant in tho
Dutch army, travelled $4,000 miles in
erman's costume, and looks like a
Dutch portrait. He told so many
tales of his adventures on land and
sea that his small sister persuaded
him to take her along; she donned a
crisp cap, short skirt, scarlet bodice,
slipped her hand in his. The pair
picked up a nondescript brown pup,
called Tecumseh, and started out to
conquer the world: Tecumseh doesn't
wear wooden shoes, but he's fond of
them.
The big brother left Amsterdam in
1907-covered Europe, Africa, India.
United States Alaska, Canada and
the British Isles in sixty months. He's
had adventures rivaling those of Hair
breadth Harry. He was arrested in
Turkey as a spy, imprisoned and re-
leased by the German ambassador; he
was robbed by bandits in the rocky
hills of Spain: abandoned by his guide
lost in a canoe and almost drowned
in the Yukon.
The 19-year-old frau1ein and her
brother are travelling west across the
United States; will return to Holland
via China and India. Wilhelmina de-
clares it's a healthy misunderstanding
and exceptionally good for the COM
n1oxiOn
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-24
NO RAISE in RATES
Kansas Fire Schedules Have
Been Held Up.
Long Legal Battle Opened by
Robert Stone.

The people of Kansas who pay out
their hard earned shekels for fire in
surance may rest assured that the
rates will not be raised right away.
Robert Stone. attorney for the insur-
ance companies has filed a demurrer
to Attorney General Dawsons petition
in the Leavenworth district court. This
hangs up that case on question of law.
Today Attorney General Dawson filed
a motion in the district court of Shaw
nee county to dismiss the suit brought
by the insurance companies against
Ike Lewis, superintendent of insurance,
on the ground that the states case
was filed in Leavenworth and served
first and that the controversy is SUBJ
stantially the same in both cases. This
hangs up the Shawnee county case on
questions of jurisdiction.
Thus the ground is laid for a long
drawn out legal contest; but meantime
the people of Kansas will continue to
enjoy the present low rates of fire in
suranee, about which the companies
have so noisily complained in recent
months
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-24
WOMEN DID The WORK
With Men Fighting, Bulgaria Raises
Bigger Wheat Crop.

Washington, June 24.-Although it
has been popularity supposed that Vir-
tually the entire male population of
Bulgaria was engaged in a death grap-
pie with the Turk, nevertheless the
wheat production IN Bulgaria this year
promises to be greater than in 1912.
Figures received by the department
of agriculture from the International
Institute of Agriculture at Rome an
nounces that the yield promises to be
67,977,00O bushels which is 1866 per
cent of last years crop. The same
dispatch declares that Italy's crop will
probably be 183,719.000 bushels, or
110.9 per cent, while the crop in India.
will reach $685. $4,000, a slight de-
crease from last year, and Japan will
produce approximately 27,020,0 900
bushels, o. 1852 per cent.
Less acreage is devoted this year to
the cultivation of the sugar beet in
both Belgium and France. The lesser
acreage is made up, however, by in
creased areas planted in Denmark and
Hungary.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-24

(This is the first of a series of three
articles telling the story of the battle
of Gettysburg. Public interest in this
greatest battle of the civil war is now
high, owing to the fact that a great
reunion of Northern and Southern
veterans OF the war is to be held July
IA on the old battlef1eld.-The Editor.)
About the middle of 1853 the hopes of
the southern confederacy reached the
highest point Lee had just admins
tered crushing defeat to the Army
of the Potomac at Charlottesville, and
the memory of Fredericksburg was still
fresh. The Army of the Potomac, the
flower of the northern forces, had met
with discoura cement on every hand.
1t was realized in the south that
if Lee could win a great victory
above the Mason and Dixon's line.
recognition and perhaps financial as
sistance could be secured from the
nations of Europe. The north would
be discouraged. and possibly Wash
ington itself could be taken. Public
opinion throughout the south was
unanimous in demanding an invasion of
northern soil
This was the situation in June, 1868,
when Lee with a splendid army of
5000 veterans crossed the Potomac.
His objective point was Harrisburg,
Pa. His army was organized in three
corps, under the respective commands
of Longstreet, Ewell and A. p. Hill. He
had planned on dividing his army so as
to approach Harrisburg by different
routes and assess all the towns along
the way for large sums of money.
This plan, however, was abandoned
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-24

with undated fury. Both sides were
greatly REINFORCED, and the battle line
extended north of the town from Semi
nary Ridge to the bank of Rock creek,
which flowed a mile and a half to the
south of Gettysburg. The carnage was
appalling. Finally, about the middle
of the afternoon, Gen. Carl Schurz,
who succeeded General Reynolds in
command, retreatcd toward Cemetery
Hill, just west of Gettysburg, leaving
nearly half of his men dead or wound
the town, The Confederates pursued
and captured a large number of the re-
mainder. The left wing, now unable to
hold its position owing to the retreat
of the right, was also forced back, and
it, too, took refuge on Cemetery Hill.
The first days fight was over.
The federais had lost 10000 men and
were disorganized and discouraged.
Had this been known to the confeder-
ates, they might have pursued and
captured a large part of the Union
army.
Between and o'clock in the af-
ternoon, however, General Hancock
arrived. His presence inspired conf
dence and renewed hope in the ranks
of the federals. Meade reached the
the field the place of a general engag e-
ment-l Lee had come to the same de-
cision and was calling all his Iegions
to come with all possible speed to Get
tysburg.
Everyone realized that the decisive
battle of the civil war was in progress.
The people of the north and south
waited with GREATNESS eagerness for its
outcome.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-24
STRUNG UP GIRL
Father Hangs Daughter to
Meat Hook With Chain.
Was Beating Her When Police
man Made Rescue.

Augusta, June Exchanges that he
fastened chain around the neck OF his
b-year-old daughter, suspended her from
meat hook in his butcher shop and then
peat her with the butt end of a whip until
the blood flowed from her wounds. were
made against j. j. Johnson in the record
er's court today. Policeman Moore, who
arrested Johnson, stated that he was
called by neighbors who heard the rfrI's
screams. The policeman said that when
he reached the market he found Johnson's
hook suspended by a chain which had
been wrapped twice around her neck and
locked. More said that the girls arms
and neck showed evidence of severe beat
ing. She was exhausted when released
Johnson said he whipped his daughter be-
cause he could not control her. His case
was continued. One of the specific charges
against him is assault with intent to
murder. -
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SUICIDE TOO EASY.
Chicago to Regulate Sale of Poisons
More Strictly.

Chicago, June 24-Aroused by unusually
frequent suicides and accidental deaths by
po1sons, three aldermen last night intro
duced orders requesting the health COM
mittee to draft an ordinance prohibiting
the promiscuous sale of deadly drugs. All
were passed.
Inese poisons may be purchased rs
easily as cough drops" asserted Alder
man Schaffer. Lizzie Silverman gave up
her life Sunday, a victim of a poison taken
accidentally for which antidote is
known and which may be bought by
anyone This body is, in a way, respon-
slole for her death because of it's back
Wardness In providing an ordinance pre-
venting the sale of poisons without a
prescription
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-24
JOHN D. STORk'S ALLY.
Delays Trip Home for Visit of Bird
to Wallets Family.

Cleveland, O., June 24.-John D.
Rockefeller, the worlds richest man,
is also one of the stork's best allies.
The bird will tell you SO. The oil
king, who arrived in Cleveland for
sojourn at Forest Hill today, delayed
his trip to Cleveland three weeks to
permit the anti-race suicide advocate
to make visit to the home of his val
ct. Two years ago he similarly put
off a trip when Mrs. Sims was ill. Now
that the bird has deposited his bum
die and flown away leaving a CHEEKY
word for his good friend, the old mag
nate is coming to Cleveland. The
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-24
Last Night for saIome.

The witchery of SaIome, the tragedy NJ
ner connection with Herod and John the
Baptist, is being shown today in excellent
tWo-reel films at the Best theater The
photoplay, a European Film company fea-
ture, was released June %; Topeka is
seeing it as soon as New York one of
the most zcomfnendabIe features of mo-
ton picture companies is their dignffied
handling OF Biblical subjects. "Salorne''
IS no exception. There is nothing ob1ec-
donable in the films to the most devout
student Of the New Testament. The
scenic effects are quite splendid. One
sees Herod's mosaic palace and Nubian
slaves; the Prison OF Bronze where John
the Baptist, wrapped in camel's hair, was
thrown; the crowning of Herod after the
murder of Philip; and the Racchana1ian
banquet with the famous Salome dance.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-24
RAILROAD DIVORCE.
Attorney General F'avors Part of Dis
solution Plan.

Washington, June 24.-Paul D. Cra-
vath, counsel for the Union Pacific,
conferred with Attorney General Nc
Reynolds today over the dissolution of
the Union Pacific merger with partic-
ular reference to the proposition to
exchange $SS,000,000 Southern Pacific
stock held by the Union Pacific for a
similar amount of B. & o. held by the
Pennsylvania. The attorney general
has not yet announced definitely his
approval of that proposal but his
tentative conclusion has been that it
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-24
REFUSED LICENSE.
Meta Sinclair and F,iance Meet Dis
appointments.

Poughkeepsie, N. Y, June "a
Mrs. Meta Sinclair, divorced wife of
Upton Sinclair, and Hubert Halliwell
of this city were refused a marriage
license by City Chamberlain Graham.
Mr.. Halliwel1 and his fiancee then
went to the home of Mr.. HalliwelPs
mother. Mr.. Halliwel1 said they
would be married within a week,
probably in New York today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-24

is step in the right direction because
it divorces the Pennsylvania from an
interest in the Baltimore & Ohio, a
competing line. Mr.. McReynolds prob
ably will advise the United States
court at ST. Paul of his attitude be-
fore July l..
=, The Union Pacifics plan submitted
to the court for the disposition of the
remainder of it's Southern Pacific hold
ings are opposed by the attorney gem
eral
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-24
LURE OF HARVEST.
Dances and Electric Pianos Fail TO
Hold Railroaders.

Chicago, June 24.-Hundreds of
section hands and men employed in
construction camps have quit to ac-
cept more lucrative jobs in the har-
vest uelds OF Kansas and Oklahoma
it was learned today at the offices
here of western railroads Many con-
tractors had anticipated the STAN
pede of their men to the fields, and
nad placed electric pianos and dancing
floors in camps, but the scheme has
failed $3.50
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-24

25 miles of drives at Forest Hill are
as smooth as a billiard table await
ing the coming of the financier. The
grass looks as if it had been trimmed
with a knife.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-24
ROCK ISLAND NOTES.
State Gives Road Permission to Issue
Equipment Bonds.

The Kansas state public utilities
commission today gave the Chicago,
Rock Island & Pacific railway COM
pany permission to issue 81, 41O, 900 in
equipment notes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-24

She-"I wish you'd keep awake when
m talking to you He-"But, my dear,
I've got to sleep some time."-Judge.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-24

We are closing out some special styles OF
wall paper at greatly reduced prices. r.
n. Adds, lit w. It'll st.-Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-24
LOCAL MENTION.

W. F. Jeffrey. Dentist, FOG Kansas ave-
Adv.
Safety razor blades sharpened better than
new 25c-35c doz. Brunt Drug Co.-Adv.
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Special prices on wall paper all this
week. F. NJ. Adds, III w. It'll st.-Adv.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-02
COAL VALLEY

Those who spent Saturday in the
ti-cities were: Miss Minnie Conner,
Mrs. Robert Hass, Mr. and Mrs. Halle
ton. Mrs. Adolph Larson and son, Ar
thur, Mrs. Anil Carlson and daughter
Lillian.
Mr.. Washburn of Silvis visited
from Friday till Saturday with old
friends here.
Miss LEILA Leese entertained the H.
H. club Friday. evening. Games and
shor. program were the features of
the evening. AMI a luncheon was
served by Miss Dina Leese.
Lucille John and Myrtle Wicker OF
Rock Island spent Sunday with Mary
Nicely
John Leese is very seriously i'll.
I Word was received last. week that
Mrs. Tom Corns fell and broke her
alp. Mrs. Corns was an old resident
Of Coal Valley.
(. Mrs. Henry Poster who has been
visiting in Moline for the past two
/ weeks returned home Monday.
Mrs. Charles La;hen and Mrs
Baird we're shopping in Moline and
Rock Island Monday.
l The 7. Y. p. club was entertained
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-02
GLEE CLUB WILL SING
AT WATERFOWL HOSPITAL

The Illinois Glee club is TO give
an entertainment this evening at
the WATERFOWL hospital for the patti
ents of the institution DR.. Camp
bell, the new superintendent. has ar
ranged for a series of entertainments
to be given during the winter months
recent order issued by the state
board of administration restricts pub
lie visiting and visiting days at the
institution will be dispensed with. 1t
is believed that the effect on the
inmates of being under the observation
of big crowds of the curious is bad
and that it is lowering the standard of
state institutions. Relatives anu
friends of inmates will be welcome
to see patients on week days. The
habit of making Sunday the big day
to visit the hospital is to be elm
mated.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-02

It's human blood he is fighting for.
Let's show what American folks can
do
To help brother start life anew.
Mrs. Ferguson is a young woman
OF culture and personal charm, a
leader in society circles, and an en-
thusiastic champion for any cause
which she espouses.
She is working day and night to
increase interest in the petition which
she hopes will be worldwide in its
extent
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-02

Kalamazoo. Mich, Oct 2-Believing
that an expression of public sentiment
is the only thing now needed to Sc
cure for Harry Kendall Thaw his re-
lease and the restoration to him of
his rights as an American citizen, Mrs.
Lulu Ferguson, a well-known woman
of Kalamazoo, has inaugurated what
she hopes TO make a worldwide petit
ton in favor of this young American
millionaire prisoner.
Mrs Ferguson plans to circulate her
petition throughout the English
speaking world, and already has plac-
ed petitions in many of the public
buildings and leading hotels through
out the country.
Hundreds of names are being signed
daily to the petition and the signers
include many Of the representative
people throughout the country Mrs.
Ferguson's mail is flooded with letters
from Thaw sympathizers from every
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-02

section. Mothers who have known the
unhappiness of hayward sons, divorc-
ed and jealous husbands who have
bond OF sympathy with any Tilted hus-
band, and wives whose husbands have
proved untrue, all these, as well as
many business and professional people
OF standing, unite their sympathy for
Thaw, and beg to have their names
added to the list of those who would
plead for the young mans release.
Petitions are being placed in every
public place where men and women
congregate. Young Women's Chris
tan associations, saloons, railway
stations, public Libraries. convention
halls, state fairs, business places,
everywhere these petitions are being
hung, and above them is placed the
appeal in verse. of which Mrs. Fergu-
I son is the author
The poem which states the appeal
is as follows:
! Brothers and sisters, one and all,
/ Who are in favor of Harry X. Thaw,
Let's work and see what we can do
To help this young man start anew.
He fell by the wayside, he's down
and out.
He's a young man in trouble, let's
help him out
Let's show the spirit of our Dominion
friends,
Who gave him concerts and played
their bands.
Perhaps We will all have sons some
day,
VINO with wine and women will q
astray
I He has mother whose heart is sad
/ Let's try to make that mother glad.
Let's show Jerome with his fendisl
i paw