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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-03
Sailed From Jekyl Island for
Bermuda Tuesday.
NOT IN HIS new YORK HOUSE
Which Detectives Have Been
Guarding So Carefully.
House Officers Still Insist That
He Is There.

New York, Jan. notwithstanding
reports from Brunswick, Ca, that VIM
Rockefeller whose testimony is sought
by the Pujo committee had sailed from
Jekyl island Tuesday on a specially
chartered steamer for a secret destina-
ton, the Gordon of process servers
around his Fifth avenue mansion did
not relax their vigilance today
Charles F. Riddell, sergeant-at-arms
of the house of representatives, his
deputies and private detectives to the
number of forty are investigating the
report of Mr.. Rockefe1ler's sailing but
in the mean time they are hopeful that
they have the oil millionaire bottled
up in his home here.
ga man has been sent to Jekyl island
but has not yet been heard FROM" said
Mr. Riddell.
1T still think, however, that Mr.
Rockefeller is here and I shall keep my
men around his house until I learn
positively that he is not If he has
sailed to Bermuda as reported he is
out of our jurisdiction of course and
will not attempt to follow him there.
IT thought a day or so ago that the
presence of so many men outside his
home and the wide publicity given our
attempts to subpoena him would shame
him into surrendering. I hardly think
so now however"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-03
WILSON TEACHER AGAIN
Prepares "First Lesson on Democracy
for Women.

Washington, Jan. 3.-President-
elect Wilson is preparing lesson on
Democracy for presentation to the
national convention of the National
Woman's Democratic league. which
meets here next week, according to a
statement of the officials of the or
ganization today. The message is ex-
pected to be the feature of the conven-
ton.
Strong rivalry has developed in the
race for the presidency of the league,
toned in connection with the office
being Mrs. Champ Clark, Mrs. Oscar
w. Underwood, wife of the majority
leader of the house, Mrs. Perry Bel
mont, and Mesdames Ayres, Cullop
and Kinkead, wives of the representa-
tives from New York, Indiana and
New Jersey, respectively. The con-
vention will be called to order Tues
daU
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-03
FIGHT FOR LOOT
Band of Smugglers Engages in
Battle With Cowboys.
Kill Nine, Wound IA and Garry
Off $4,000.

Valenco-Do-Minho Portugal, Jan. 3.
A daring band of snugglers on the
Portu uguese-Spanish frontier carried off
$4,000 in cash today after a fierce
battle with a cattle raiser and forty of
his herdsmen, during which nine of the
cowboys were killed and IA severely
wounded, most of them fatally.
Jose Murilhaes, well known cattle
breeder in the province of Mimic, had
been for several weeks passing from
fair to fair and had disposed of three
herds of bulls He then started for
home with the Portuguese equivalent
of 500, 900 in bank notes and cash with
him and his forty armed herdsmen act
ing as guards. While he was passing
close to the border between Portugal
and Spain today he was suddenly at
tackled by a large band of armed snug
glers who fired on his party from be-
hind rocks and thickets.
The herdsmen returned the fire with
vigor but were finally forced to fee.
They carried off Murilhaes, who had
been seriously wounded but left the
whole of the money and % of their
comrades on the field, nine of them
dead and most of the others fatally
injured.
The civil guards of the province have
been called out and are searching for
the smugglers and the treasure but no
trace of them has been found.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-03

believes that these healing processes
can be accelerated wonderfully by the
growth of connective tissue by artificia
means. He diScloses that he has been
conducting experiments to this end
since 1907.
Aided by knowledge that growth of
the body is dependent in many respects
on the more or less mysterious activity
of some of the ductless glands, the thy
roid for instance-he applied a mixture
of thyroid extract and macerated por-
tions of other organs of the body to
cutaneous wounds. He found the ex-
periments to bear out his belief that If
rate of the preparation Of tissues were
activated ten times only a cutaneous
wound would heal in less than "a hours,
and a fracture of the leg would be
cured in four or five days.
Continuing with more radical expert
ments on live animals with the use of
an extract from the embyronal tissue,
he found this increased the growth
forty times. In other words, If this
were the practical application of his
discovery to human wounds that would
heal normally in forty days they would
heal in one day. Experiments with
various other extracts of tissues showed
healing powers ranging from three to
forty times greater than normal plas-
ma. Applied to bones he found that
pulp made of thyroid glands produced
a pronounced thickening which accel-
Grated the reparatiOn process.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-03
CITY To SELL GAS
New Plan Is to Have LegiSIa-
ture Help Out.
Mayors of Kansas Towns to
Fight Price Raise.

Kansas City, Jan. 3.-The mayors OF
several Kansas cities, directly affected
by the recent increase in the price of
natural gas allowed by Judge John c.
Pollock, of the federal court, will meet
this afternoon in Kansas City, Kan,
to evolve plans for concentrated action
to oppose the increase.
In addition, the Kansas utilities COM
mission will hold a meeting to hear
formal complaints against the Kansas
Natural Gas company whose receivers
petitioned the federal court to grant
the increase in price. Most of the ex-
ecutives arrived here this morning and
there were many informal conferences.
According to statement by city Off
cials of Kansas City, Mo-, this morn
ing it is their plan to carry the gas
question into the state legislature and
seek a constitutional amendment CIV
ing the city power to take over and
operate the property of the local dis
tributing company. AS the limit of the
city's bonded Indebtedness already has
been reached it was said the city
would seek right to operate the gas
company's plant by an issue of bonds
secured by the property. AS a special
election would be necessary before the
could be effective it was
said the plan could not be worked out
inside of a year and a half.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-03
SAFETY PLAY TO STAY
Opposition of Amateurs Is Needed by
Rules Committee.

New York. Jan. 3.-Safety play is
to be retained as permissible in bill
liards and not to be penalized in the
rules about to be established by the
National Association of Amateur Bill
lard Players, according to decision
reached by the rules committee and
announced today. 1t was learned that
number of prominent amateur play
ers had registered their opposition to
the proposed rule on the ground that
it would take from billiards what
amounted to it's only defensive ele-
ment.
Although it is believed by the COM
mittee that the new rules was mfsin-
terpreted, it's elimination has been de-
cided upon. The idea was to do away
with the deliberate wrecking of bill
lard match by a player who was un-
able to get his stroke and who would
mot allow his opponent to make any
thing out of his turns at table. Play
lasting for five hours or more has Of
ten resulted from such exhibitions.
The meeting of the national asso-
citation to be held here on January 90
will have other new rules to consider
but it is expected to take no further
action on the elimination of safety
plays.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-03
Sixty-Mile Gale Blowing Along
the Atlantic Coast.
SEVERAL Small CRAFT SUNK
Water of James River Driven
Into Newport News.
Communication by Wire Is
Badly DemOralized.

New York, Jan. 3.-Three storms of
extraordinary violence, occurring al
most simultaneously in widely sepa-
rate sections of the country, were re-
ported today. The first of these RACED
south of Washington along the At
lantic coast and it is feared caused
loss of life in the sinking of many
small ships. For time there was but
one wire working between Washington
and Atlanta and not one working
south of Atlanta; all had been pros
trated by the storm.
Next in violence was windstorm
in the north central states which level
led scores of wires between here and
Chicago. At one time during the day
only five wires were working between
the two cities. The third storm area
was in the states of Washington and
Oregon Hundreds of wires have been
prostrated by the heavy blow there,
the telegraph companies said.
Sixty Mile Gale.
Norfolk, Va, Jan. 3.-A sixty mile
gale with heavy rains swept the At
lantic cost here today with terrific
violence, downing wires and demoral-
izing shipping Several small craft
are sunk with loss of life.
The terrific gale swept the waters
of the James river up into the lower
portions of the city of Newport News,
driving the people to the elevations.
Ferry service across the river to
Newport News was impossible and the
city was cut off from all communica-
ton.
Much Damage at Richmond.
Richmond, Va, Jan. 3.-Richmond
was storm swept today by the violent
gale prevailing along the coast line.
Much damage was done to property,
but there were no injuries to people.
Storm Is General.
Washington, Jan. 3.-F,ragmentary
reports to the telegraph and telephone
companies here say the storm, ap-
preaching proportions of a cyclone, is
general all along the south Atlantic
coast, practically paralyzing commu-
nication between Richmond and At
lanta.
The navy wireless spanked out un-
answered caffs4to the ships of the At
Iantic fleet gathering in Hampton
Roads. Greatly anxiety was felt for
the safety of torpedo boats in the mar
row Seaway.
Incomplete reports coming in while
the storm was at its height were that
many small craft had been sunk. The
loss of life, if any, was not known.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-03
To TRY FOR MISSOURI
Women Launch Suffrage Campaign
Before Legislature.

Kansas City, Jan. 3.-Encouraged by
the success of the womans suffrage
campaign in Kansas, Missouri women
Will attempt to get a vote on suf-
frage amendment at the general cleo
tion in two years.
This morning Miss Helen Osborn cor
responding secretary of the Missouri
Equal Suffrage association mailed to
each member of the legislature a copy
of a resolution the association Will ask
the legislature to pass. The resolution
calls for the suffrage amendment to
vote in November, 1914
1t was worded as follows:
Women shall have the same right,
under the same conditions to vote at
all elections held in the state as males
now have or may hereafter have
A suffrage amendment was presented
to the legislature two years ago by
Representative McClain, of Springfield
The legislature lost it in a committee
pigeonhole.
The Equal Suffrage association in
tends to send delegations to the legis-
Iature to urge the passage of the reso-
luton submitting suffrage to vote
in 1914.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-03
Balkan Peace ENJOYS VIII De-
mand Immediate CessiOn
OF AdrianOple or They VIII
End the Conference.
REPORTED TO HAVE FALLEN
Paris Hears 1T Is Already in
Hands of Allies.
Turkish Garrison on the Island
of ChiOS Surrenders.

London, Jan. 3.-The Balkan peace en-
voys have decided, it was declared this
morning to put the direct question to
the Turkish delegation tonight whether
the Ottoman government is prepared to
cede the fortress of Adrianople forth
with.
Unless the Turks give a favorable
answer within "a hours the conference
will be suspended.
No other question will be considered
by the allies until this point has been
settled.
Paris, jan "a rumor that the
Turkish fortress of Adrianople has
fallen into the hands of the besiegers
was current on the bourse here today.
Athens, Jan. 3.-The Turkish garrison
of the island of Chios numbering 2,c0O
men of all arms surrendered uncon-
ditionally today to the Greek troops.
London, Jan 3.-Advices received by
the Servian Peace delegation today in
dicated that the condition of Adrianople
was desperate and that its capitulation
was perhaps only a question of hours.
Smyrna, JAN 3.-The Turkish sailing
vessel Theodore, of $50 tons was blown
up today by coming in contact with
a floating mine at the entrance to
Smyrna bay.
Vienna, Austria, Jan. 3.-Austria-
Hungary and Italy are making prepara-
tions to land a joint expeditionary
force in Albania Immediately after the
after London conference ac-
cor1ing to the Wiener Journal today.
This step it is said is to be taken by
the two allies in order to pacify Albania
and establish new condition of af-
fairs there"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-03
FIGHT FOR LAND
Man and Wife Destroy Island
Settlers Cabins.
Stand Guard While Lawyers
Rush Into Court.

Wichita, Kan, Jan. 81. A. Carpen-
ter and his wife, owners of an island in
the Arkansas river here, chopped down
two small houses that had been erected
on the land by persons who are claim
ing it under the ruling that islands in
the river belong to the government and
can be homesteaded. The claimants
filed suits this week for the land.
The carpenters drove off the claim
ants with an ak and stood guard while
a lawyer raced to the court house and
had the claimants enjoined from going
on the land until the courts have passed
on the case
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-03
Mend BONES IN a DAYS
Winner of Nobel Prize Announces an
Important Discovery.

New York, Jan. 3.-Possibility that
the year 1918 will see the marvels or
broken bones repaired for use within
four days and wounds healed within
one day, is forecasted by DR.. Alexis
Carrel of the Rockefeller institute for
medical research, whose success last
year won him the Nobel prize for med
icine. DR.. .Carrel is now in Europe,
about to return to his work after hav-
ing been to Stockholm to receive the
Nobel prize. The announcement of his
marvellous predictions appears in the
current issue of the official organ of
the Rockefeller institute.
While it now requires some times
months for the repair of a broken arm
or leg, and often weeks for the heal
ing of, cutaneous wound, DR.. Carrel
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-03
CAR GOES over CLIFF
Four Drop 25 Feet With Machine
All Injured.

Sioux City. Ia, Jan. Am automo-
bile containing a party of four young
people, two boys and two girls, driven
by John Knott, a son of DR.. Van
buren Knott, went over a 25 foot en-
bankment on the outskirts of the city
here last night severly injuring the
occupants and wrecking the machine.
E. B. Curray received internal in
juries and may die. Dorothy Law
renee suffered a fracture of the left
leg. Martha Whitney, daughter of
State Representative Eugene Whitney,
dislocated a wrist Young Knott es-
capped with bruises. The quartet was
brought to a hospital.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-03
ROSWELL MILLER DEAD
Milwaukee Board Chairman Found
IifcIeSs in His Bed.

New York Jan. 3.-Roswen Miller
chairman of the executive board of the
Chicago Milwaukee g. ST. Paul railway
died suddenly here today.
Mr.. Miller was found dead in bed at his
home by a servant He left his office yes
terday afternoon in apparent good health.
He was about 60 years of age. Yesterday
was the first day Mr.. Miller had visited
his office for more than week. He left
New York on a short vacation over the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-03
Cloudy Weather Predicted.

The abnormally warm weather con-
tinues. Conditions today have been
delightful. However, the prediction
for tonight and Saturday is for mostly
cloudy weather. The temperatures are
averaging eight degrees above normal
today. The minimum temperature
was "a degrees at IL o'clock Thursday
night The wind is blowing at the
rate of 20 miles an hour from the
west The hourlv rea dipoS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-03
Robin Came Too Early.

Chicago, Jan. 3-The robin glimpsed
Yesterday according to affidavit of a
city official was premature for the
drst read snow of the winter began
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-03

Weather Forecast for Kansas.
Cloudy tonight and Saturday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-03

Continued on Page Two.l
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1913-03-21
Gov. Stewart Explains Why He
Vetoed Bill Creating New Counties

The following veto message of
Governor Stewart of Montana
which killed all the county divi-
sion laws passed by the Montana
legislature may be of interest to
our Montana readers. Identical
messages accompanied each coun-
ty division bill:
In his vetoing communication
to A. M. Aldeson. secretary of
state, Governor Stewart gives
these reasons for his veto of the
Clay county bill:
After deliberate and careful
consideration am transmitting
herewith senate bill No. AZ, AN
act to create the county of Clay,
define its boundaries and provide
for its organization and govern
ment, and to change the bound
aries of Blaine and Valley coun-
ties to conform thereto, without
my approval and with my objec-
tions thereto.
In reaching a conclusion l
have been moved by three princi-
pal considerations, either the first
or second Of which is doubtless
sufficient to justify the exercise of
the veto power. but it is upon the
third ground that | wish to place
the greater stress.
Proposition No. has to do
with the constitutionality of the
measure. In this feature of the
matter there is involved only the
legal phase. and but one ques-
ton is presented, to-wit: Has the
legislature the power to create the
county by special act2 Good
lawyers give contradictory an
swers to this question. l have
read the authorities available on
the subject. and the opinion of
the attorney general. and can
come to but one conclusion, and
that is that in the light of the law.
and especially in view Of the utter
ances of our own supreme court
in the past, that court would more
than likely hold that the legisla-
ture has exceeded its authority
in passing this bill. Assuming
this to be true. the question often
asked me by advocates of the bill
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1913-03-21
Marooned on Ice Floe, Two Boys
Have Exciting Race With Death

Medora. Marol. l9.--A few
days since. Roy and Earl Harmon.
sons of ]. B. Harmon, who lives
on the west side of IT,. liver. TIVE;
We miles south Of here. attempted
to cross the stream on a raft. TO,
the purpose c. getting their mali
When in mid stream a rise of
water and slush ice overlook them
causing them to lose control of
the raft. They are unable to steer
the raft 20 shore and were car
ried down the stream for twelve
miles before shore could be made.
On passing houses along the
river they would call for help but
no one was able to render assis-
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1913-03-21
Jim Jam Jems Jury Disagrees
By Vote Of Eight to Four

bic to get a verdict of guilty in
any case were it not possible with
the jury and evidence at this time.
Messrs. Clark and Crockard Of
fered no defense except the argu-
ments of the attorneys that neither
the book nor any part of it was
obscene. There was no particular
stress laid upon the fact that much
good has resulted from the publi-
cation and that several people
have been brought to the bar of
justice as result of the exposures
published in Jim Jam Jems. At
tention was called to the fact that
the book had large circulation
and that its mission was the clean
ing up of some of the 6lthiness
existing in the country.
There exists in some places an
idea that the present case is
against the publication of Jim Jam
Jems in the future, but such is not
a fact, only certain numbers that
have been published were ment
toned in the indictment and 1t
does not refer to any future num-
bers and there is no effort being
made at the present time to sup
press the magazine by hitting at
the numbers to come and the fu-
ture numbers will appear on time
as heretofore according to state
ment made by the publishers.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1913-03-21

After being out "a hours the
jury in the Jim jam Jems case at
Bismarck failed to agree on ver-
dict and were discharged last
week.
Sam Clark and C. H. Crock
ard were the defendants in the
action and they were charged
with sending obscene literature.
contained in Jim Jam Jems maga-
zine. by express in violation of in
testate commerce laws. In dis
charging the jury the federal Judge
announced that he would hold a
special term of court at Bismarck
in May to give the defendants an
other trial. The case attracted
national attention as the magazine
had big circulation all over the
country and was widely read.
Every advantage except that of a
directed verdict was given the
government. only parts of the ma
sazine were given the jury, and
only parts of some articles. 1t
was the ruling of the court that
the motive of the article nor the
mission of the magazine was not
on trial and that if there was a
word, phrase or sentence in the
magazine. on any of the issues in
question that the defendants
would be adjudged guilty. 1t
would not appear that it is posi-
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1913-03-21

becomes pertinent. to-wit: Why
not permit the bills to pass this
department so that the court may
decide the question for itself2'
My answer to that is simple: If
there were no other question in
volved would gladly take such
course.
THE second consideration in
volved has to do with the manner
of the passage of the bill. An in
innate knowledge of the condi-
tons which existed in the legisla-
ture during the pendency of this
bill convinces me that the measure
could not have been passed by
the two houses alone and stand
ing solely on its own merits; not
but what it may have merit ample
to justify its passage, and to
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1913-03-21
MANS CAP WAS FOUND
FLOATING.

A mans cap floating in a hole
in the ice on the Missouri at Tren-
ton, near Williston, led to the dis
covery that during the night a
driver and his team had gone
down to their death through an
air hole. The drivers name was
Hansen, and when the dead hors-
es and the rig were pulled out of
the water today evidence of a
heroic effort which cost the driver
his life in trying to save his team,
was found. Several parts of the
harness were unbuckled and he
was drawn under while trying to
get the team from the wagon. The
body of the drowned man has not
been recovered.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1913-03-21

tance. Horsemen would ride
from place to place down stream
for help, hoping the raft would
come so near shore that rope
might be thrown to the boys. They
continued to float until they ca1n,,
to O. bend near Medora when the
."ft struck shore and the boys
jumped off.
The affair was very exciting for
a time. and the river bank for
miles was lined with men and
women, but they were powerless
to aid the boys. While on the
raft a cold wind commenced to
blow, and the boys, being without
coats they suferedmuch fromcold.