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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-12
DO MUCH DAMAGE
Chinch Bugs Cost Kansas
Farmer S1OO,OOO,OOO.
More Serious This Year Than
Eyer-Start Campaign.

Manhattan, Kan, June 12.-One hum
dred million dollars, presumably, is a
lot of money. enough money to make
a big change in the circulation of a
country even so big as North America.
And yet in the last six years, damage
representing the destruction of prop
erty worth approximately one hundred
million dollars, ha= been done by the
nasty little insect called the chinch
bug. Wherefore the farmers of Kansas
are beginning a campaign against the
chinch bug family. All this money
might have been saved years ago if
state farm had been employed else
where. The Kansas Agricultural col
lege has proved over and over again
that nothing but barriers will stop the
chinch bugs in the summer and nothing
but fire will kill them in the winter
Chinch bugs have lived through cold %
degrees below zero.
The most serious damage to wheat
has been done this spring over large
areas. These bugs will soon be in the
corn and sorghums and cause ire
mendous loss. The time for farmers to
organize has arrived. E. c. Johnson,
superintendent of farmers Institutes
and demonstrations, is urging the
farmers Institutes everywhere in Kan
sas to meet Saturday, June IA at
o'clock in the afternoon and organize
campaign against the bugs. Oranges,
farmers unions, and the anti-horse
thief associations are urged to take
part in the campaign. The suggested
program is:
Life history of the chinch bugs; Sum
mer control; the dust barrier; the oil
and tar barrier; steps in organizations
for united action: autumn control.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-12
SHOT BY OWN GUN.
Revolver Dropped and Exploded
Bullet Punctured Intestines.

Medicine Lodge, Kan. June 12.-Al-
bert Crew, a well known cattleman of
the southwest is dead as the result of
the accidental discharge of his revolver
while wolf hunting seven miles from
the J. J. COW camp near the Oklahoma
Colorado line.
Mr.. Crew was walking along a rough
canyon. when. as he was stopping down
to drink out of a spring, his revolver
fell from his belt and was discharged,
the bullet entering the right side just
below the ribs. and penetrating the
bowels in several places. Mr.. Crew af-
ter much trouble succeeded in reach
ing the camp. where his wife was alone
Messages were sent for assistance. A
physician and surgeon arrived An
operation was performed. but was not
successful-Mr. Crew dying days af-
ter the fatal accident.
The widow and his daughter survive
him. He was f1fty-one years old.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-12
FATAL TO CATTLE.
Cold Weather Killing Beeves From
South and HOppers.

Satanic, June 12.-Slow, steady rain
has been falling over this section for
the past forty-eight hours. and con-
tinues with no appearance of cessa ton
An east wind prevails, accompanied by
a very low temperature. This morning
at o'clock the reading was As degrees.
This rain and cold are singing the
death song of Mr.. Grasshopper. If it
does not get warmer quickly and there
will be considera BILE loss of cattle. Ma
tive stock does not suffer. However, in
the forest reserve, just north of this
place are several thousand head of
mixed cattle lately shipped up from
the Florida peninsula They cannot
stand chilling. The warm rains of last
week killed quite a number of these
southern cattle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-12
NEW CAMBRIA A CITY.
Elected City Officers-Fifth i'm Saline
County.

New Cambria, Kan, June 12.-New
Cambria is now city, making the fifth
in the county. The first city officers
were elected as follows:
Mayor, NJ. J. Kephart; police judge,
B. n. Batdorff; councilmen, E. M. Don
myer. P. J. Roseman, George Lehman,
John Ball and A. E. Vermillion.
There was no opposition and for
this reason the election was quiet. Only
about So ballots were cast.
The plans now are to have the newly
elected officers sworn in before a
notary public at once.
On Friday evening the newly elect
ed mayor and councilmen will hold
their first meeting They will organ
ize and get ready for regular business.
While the city headquarters have
not yet been established, it Is probable
: that they will be at the Eagle hall.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-12
WIFE HELPED CATCH HIM.
Husband Postoffice Robber and
Clever Forger.

Denver, June 12.-There's always
something to interfere with the career
of q genius. In the case of H. E. Estes
alias Ed Estes, alias Ed Holly, 1T was
marriage. Had it not been for that,
the amiable Mr.. Estes might have kept
out of trouble. He is now in jail al
Kansas City under $4,000 bond. while
various Denver merchants, as well as
those of Kansas City, Cedarvale, Kan.
Warrensburg, Mo-; Trinidad, Pueblo.
Colorado Springs and HOLSTER, MO-,
are pleased over the fact.
1t is charged by the government
that Estes stole forty-seven blank
money orders from the postoffice at
Hilltop, Kan, and that he has been
filling them out for large amounts ever
receiving the difference in cash.
Rheumatism Ring Cure.
According to the government reports
the postoffice was robbed March 81.
After that, Estes pursued a roundabout
trail, finally going to Denver. He Wis
tied several music stores and bought a
photograph and records. They must
be excellent records.
And would the music dealer be kind
enough to ship the phonograph to La
Junta? Certainly.
The thing most desired in the world
by Mr.. Estes was rheumatism ring.
And would the pawnbroker cash lit
tie money order on Hilltop, Kan, for
$65? OF course.
Then he went to Leavenworth-and
Estes married Miss Ethel Griffith,
clerk of the Hotel de Moore there
They went to the home of Miss Grit
f1th's father at HoIlister, Mo, on their
honeymoon.
Mrs. Estes was nettled to learn she
had married a man accused of forgery.
She aided the poStoffice authorities in
hunting her new husband, with the
result that Inspector-in-Charge Coch-
ran and T. F. Fitch and F. T. Frawley,
postoffice inspectors. learned that Estes
had been arrested in Kansas City and
was being held under $4,000 bond.
According to the dispatch, Estes adj
mitted the forgerieS, but denied the
robbery
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-12
EGG LAYING CONTEST.
Illustrated Lecture at Manhattan for
Poultry Men.

Manhattan, Kan, June 12.-Those
who attend the meeting of the State
Poultry federation in Manhattan, June
&c and 81, will have an opportunity
to learn all about the national egg
laying contest. lecture on this con-
test. illustrated by lantern slides, will
be given by T. E. Quisenberry, direc-
tor of the state poultry experiment
station of Missouri. 1t will be shown
how the winners of the contest were
fed and the difference in type between
high producers and low producers. Mr..
Quisenberry also will be prepared to
answer and discuss any questions re
Iating to the subject.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-12
CELEBRATE JULY 4.
Garden City Will Have Oldtime Can
non Crackers and Band.

Garden City, Kan, June Gear
den City business men are determined
to put on the best one day entertain
ment western Kansas has ever had
July 4. This was decided at an en-
thusiastic meeting of local merchants
here. The celebration will be strictly
old fashioned, replete with cannon
crackers fireworks and brass bands.
The Cattlemen's Carnival one of the
big entertainment features of this sec
ton, will also be held here that day,
but not in connection with the patri-
otto celebration arranged by the bust
ness men.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-12
REBEKAHs HOLD MEETING.
District Convention Was Success
Elected Officers.

Garden City, Kan, June 1.-THE
district convention of Rebekahs held
here was a decided success, a good
representation from the various lodges
in this part of the state being present
The following officers were elected for
the coming year: Mrs. Josephine w.
Strobe, Garden City, president; Mrs.
Forrest Luther, Cimarron, vice pres1-
dent; Mrs. May Williamson, Dodge
City, secretary, and Mrs. Mamie
Woodman, Santa Fe, treasurer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-12
DEDICATE 100000 CHURCH.
Bishop HenneSSey of Wichita Will OF
ficiate-Holiday Affair.

Dodge City, Kan, June 1.-THE big
Catholic church at Windhorst is to be
dedicated today. The structure is To-
Gated in Wheatland township, Ford
county, in the center of a prosperous
farming community, ten miles from a
railroad, and cost $4,000. 1t is to
be named the Immaculate Heart of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-12
ELKHART HAS POSTOFFTCE.
Original TOWNSHIP Name Was sid
But Is Changed.

EIkhart, Kan. June 12.-Another
chapter of progress closed in this lit
tie town, now but a few weeks old,
when it was placed on the postal map
by the changing of the postoffice
name from "Sid" to Elkhart. The
town is generally known as Elkhart.
the original townsite being so named
by the Santa Fe before any settlers
came.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-12
IRRIGATION IN LANE COUNTY
Test Well DriIIed-Want Part of State
Appropriation.

Dighton, June LIT looks as
though Lane county would get part
of the SIPS, 900 appropriated for irri-
CATION experiments as the samples of
gravel removed from the test we'll and
sent to the secretary of the irrigation
commission has been considered IA
Vorable-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-12

Mary's church and is one of the larg-
est sacred buildings in western Kan
saS The dedication will be observed
as holiday, at least for Catholics, in
this part of Kansas. A band, orches-
ira and ball teams have been hired
and a racing program arranged.
Bishop Hennessey of Wichita and sew
present.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-12
$500 Hand Bags, $1.49

All leather Seal Hand Bags; leather
lined with one and two strap handles /;
different shapes; regular d. 40
$500 bags for Friday all daysD i ~
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-12

Boys Balbriggan Union Suits; short
sleeves and knee length; sizes a to s
years in regular SOC quality forOS
all day Friday at ZCC
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-12
Umbrella BARGAINS
Up to Csc Ribbons. 1Oc

All Silk Taffeta Ribbons, and in
wide in red, navy, 1t. blue. pink, yellow,
brown and lavender; values up ~
to 25c for Friday at yard. lOC
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-17
Would Be Wise Expenditure

For some time past movement
has been on foot to equip and i'm
prove the several parks of the city.
Secretary Settle of the National Play
grounds association has been in Bir-
mingham for some time and has given
the matter much consideration.
He recently filed an estimate as to
the cost of equipping the Fairgrounds
with up-to-date appliances and
strongly recommended the employ
ment of supervisors for the several
parks. He contends that poor equip
ment with supervision is far better
than good equipment without super
vision.
The several parks, small though
they be, are boon to the thousands
of children of the city during the
summer months. Some of them are
partially equipped with swings and
other means of recreation; others have
no equipment at all.
The people living in the vicinity
of Avondale, East Lake and Behren S
parks have offered to equip the parks
without cost to the city, provided the
city will pay the cost of supervision.
A committee from the Fairgrounds
association will present the matter to
the city commissioners this afternoon
and will ask an appropriation OF
$1,000 to supervise the three parks
mentioned during the summer months,
or until the public schools are re-
opened in the fall. The committee
states this will supply three men and
two women supervisors for the time
above stated and by that time other
arrangements may have been made.
Thousands of school children
will be benefited by this proposition
and Notwithstanding the stranded
condition of the city's finances it
would be money well spent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-17
should Hnxe Auditorium

Since Birmingham is badly in need of
an auditorium that would accommodate
large conventions a bond issue by the
city Of, say sl50.ooe at per cent, would
be voted, / believe, by large majority,
said a member of the Chamber of Com
merce
Il am told that the bonds would be
bought by local investors. The interest
would be only $500 year. In the second
or third year the city would probably OBJ
tain enough revenue out of the auditorium
to pay the interest.
Whatever is to be done in the matter
of financing the auditorium SHOULD be
done this summer. Ground should be
broken early in the fall and the building
should be ready for use early next spring.
1t is proposed that the auditorium shall
have seating capacity of between 1000
and 5000. Atanta's auditorium has 200
seats'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-17
A VICTORY OF CULVER

moving in order and saw me pulling at
the end. they set up such a scream Of
grief and despair that it is almost impos-
sible to describe or conceive.
When had got out of danger stopped
while to pick out the arrows that stuck
in my hands and face, and rubbed on some
OF the same ointment that was given me
at my first arrival. as l have formerly
mentioned l then took Off my spectacles
and, waiting about an hour till the tide
was a little fallen, l waded through the
middle with my cargo and arrived safe at
the royal port of Liliput.
The Emeporer and his whole court stood
or the shore expecting the issue of this
great adventure. They saw the ships
movo forward In a large half moon. but
could not discern me. who was up to
my breast in water. When / advanced to
the middle of the channel they were yet
more in pain, because ! was under water
to my neck. The Emperor concluded me
to be drowned, and that the enemy's fleet
he was soon eased of his fears! for, the
channel growing shallower every step l
made. came In a short time within hear
ing and, holding up the end of the cable
by which the fleet was fastened, l cried
In a loud voice. Long live the most
puissant Emperor of Lilllput.' This great
prince received me at my landing with all
possible enconiums. and created me
nardac upon the spot, which is the high
est title of honor among them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-17
The Presidents Innovations

Most of President Wilson's innova-
tions in the official routine of the
executive office have met with ap-
proval. Going to the capitol in per-
son and reading his message to Con-
gress was picturesque act. Those
who were disposed to ridicule the
President in his tendency to set aside
precedent and in reviving a custom
in vogue in the first few years of the
republic admitted that the Presidents S
way was impressive.
President Wilson is about to visit
Congress again for the purpose of
reading his message on currency re-
form and since he made a hit when
he read his other message he will do
likewise this week.
Many little customs which the
President has established seem par
ticularly sensible and fitting. Con-
ferring freely with members of
Congress on party measures is cer-
tainly tactful and wise, but there is
such thing as overriding this matter
of comforting when it comes to con-
sulting about appointments. When
the President makes up his mind to
appoint this or that man the best
way to do is simply to send the name
in to the Senate. If the Senate re-
iects the nomination that ends it.
The President has saved himself some
embarrassment possibly by knowing
just what the Senate's attitude would
be upon given appointment about
to be made. But if every member of
every committee which will consider
nominations is to be sounded in
advance by the President in person
there is sure to be some loss of
dignity in the long run.
Mr.. Wilson is making one of the
best Presidents this country has ever
had and there is less disposition on
the part of the public to find fault
with him than was often the case in
former administrations. Certainly no
one will ever question his democracy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-17
The lady voter struts in Illinois.
EARLIEST OF HUMANS

London Cor. New York Sun.
The very earliest human being whose
| remains have been discovered was right
handed. Possibly certain percentage Gf
his fellows may have been left handed
but whichever way 1t worked, there is
no doubt about it thas one of the points
of separation between the nobler apes
and the lowest men is the fact that the
quick, insistent use of the right hand was
utterly unknown 10 the apes.
| DR.. Smith Woodward, lecturing recent
ly ON Recent Discoveries of Early Maui
at the Royal institution, told how in the
| evolution of vertebrates there came a
time when the tree dwellers began to de-
velop brain.
Brain was the only part that ad-
vanced,' he said, land after brain devel-
opment followed the upright position Il
is strange that heavy brain should
cause monkey 20 hold its head upright.
yet so seems to have been"
| He showed lantern slides of the little
coiled up skeleton that has been found at
La Chapelle aux Saints, in a small cleft
In the side of valley, by M. Boule. He
had not dreamed of finding human re-
mains, but when he came to a hollow Oh
the side of a limestone hill he and his
friends found IL lying over what was
probably a grave. The horn of a bison
was the first thing discovered Under
meath was the skeleton. His wrath
would need food. and the bison was evil
IDENTIFY the last offering of his friends
Bones or remains of the horse and the
| En
place. all inside the little cave. In an odd
corner was a something blackened that
looked like a fireplace. No one knows
what it was used for, but it is surround
ed by bones neither burned by fire nor
gnawed by beasts.
1t is possible. that the La Chappelle skel-
eton may be of enormous antiquity. A few
| flint implements are found in it's neigh
borhood. but neither reindeer nor bone
has been seen near 1t. Possibly this may
be relic of the Middle Plestocene. 1t
has large, square eyesockets, and 1t has
a big brain pan. If clothed with flesh it
would be quite IS beautiful. according to
modern aestheticism, as an Australian
bushman.
All the earlier skulls, according to DIR,
woodward, are large. AS a rule they
have much larger brain capacity than
those of the man of today. Quantity in
the old days is possibly made up for by
the quality of today. Monkeys never have
a development like this.
/ Moreover, man, even the La Chapelle
man, always has parietal bones, which
proves that the left hemisphere of the
brain was larger than the right In ordi-
nary right handed men and women of to-
day this is the common arrangement, as
the left limbs are always controlled by
the right part of he brain, and vice versa
| No monkey brain has ever been known
to show differences in its sides. Perhaps
the huge difference between early man
and late monkey depends on the fact that
a man uses one hand tpreferaby his
right hand) more quickly than the other.
and the monkey has neither of his upper
limbs specialized,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-17
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

From tho Chicago News.
Don't howl too loudly for justice. You
might get it.
Many woman who thinks she is in
love Is merely jealous.
A man and his good resolutions fire.
ouentlS go broke together
The man who gets on the job late is the
first to he pushed off.
When girl doesn't know what to do
next she hunts the pickle jar.
Alas when a man is too lazy to work
on the sympathy of his friends
Many a dime that falls into blind
beggar's hands goes for an eye opener.
Even the gift of a gold ring may not
ir duce a small boy to keep his hands per-
fectly, indisputably clean.
But the yawning grave never tries to
excuse itself on the ground that it is the
weather instead of the company.
The average man would rather help out
with the anvil chorus than play second
violin. Not for the exercise. either.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-17
TELEPHON
Fewer Railroad Accidents

The Pennsylvania railroad has set
an example for all railroads OF this
country in minimizing accidents. It's
statistics for the year 1912 are as in
teresting as they are cheering. There
were only two accidents to trains III
which passengers were fatally hurt.
A curious fact in connection with
the Pennsylvania statement is that
one-third of the population of the
globe" has been handled by that road
during the past five years. In that
time there were only five train acci-
dents in which passengers were killed.
The Pennsylvania records show that
many passengers were injured by fall
ing from moving trains. Quite num-
ber have been killed by their own
carelessness. In 1912 321 passengers
were hurt in getting on and off trains.
In 1912 the Pennsylvania railroad
carried total of 101, ,755,061 passen-
gers and in five years total Of 481,-
29S,337 passengers, in which vast
number only 16 were killed.
In the bulletin which the Pennsylva-
MIA railroad has issued is this state
ment: "The management of the COM
pany regards every accident of any
kind on the property of the Pennsyl-
vania railroad as one too many. The
number of accidents is too large; it
must be cut down. To that our efforts
are being directed more definitely and
Systematically than ever before"
The Pennsylvania railroad officials
hope to make a new record this year;
record of not having a single fatal
accident. What the Pennsylvania can
do other roads can do if the same
earnest attention is given to the ques-
ton of preventing accidents.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-17
The Tariff and Politics

Tariff for revenue only has been
FOR many years the slogan Of the dem
ocratic party. Some persons can re-
call when there were two factions, or
schools, in the party-protection DEM
ocrats and low tariff democrats. But
there is only one now.
Samuel j. Randall Of Pennsylvania,
democrat, who died in 1890, and who
was speaker of the House during sew
eral terms, was champion of high
protection. He was politician of
great force and he had large follow
ing. The tariff reform element of the
party was led by such men as Carlisle,
Mills and William l.. Wilson in the
House and finally gained the ascend
ancy. In the last few years the party
has been practically unanimous on the
subject of revision downward but
there are individuals who have been
voting the democratic ticket for MANY
years who arc protectionists for self
ish reasons. They do not want the
tariff taken off of certain commodi-
ties in which they are personally in
terested. But not only is the party as
a whole for lower tariff but many
republicans now side with the demo-
Gratis in this important matter.
Those republican politicians who
are allied with Wall street interests
and monopoly affect alarm at the
passage of revised tariff bill Listen
to these champions of monopolistic
interests and one would think that the
business Of the country was going to
be very much injured by the measure
They argue that a high protective
tariff insures high wages. But they dc
not point out that the high cost OF
living is a part Of this protection sys.
fem. Ii wages are high the cost of liv-
ing is certainly increasing steadily
and has already reached point that
pinches all classes. The man who earns
$4 day finds it harder 80 make both
ends meet than he did when his wages
were $1.50 day. But the arguments
on both sides have been so often ant
so strongly presented that everybody
is familiar with them.
The country will soon have tariff
reform. If the democratic party die
not give the people what it is pledged
to give them in the way of relief il
would not deserve to live. The revised
tariff will have good trial and the