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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-21
FIXING THE DOOR.

There was a crack under the kitchen
door-a crevice large enough for one
TO nut a hand under-and Mrs. Cripso
kept saying:
Now. Cripso, don't let this day pass
without mailing down a cleat to stop
that crevice It will let in more cold
this winter than two tons of coal can
drive out"
Certainly. my dear-certainly. That
crevice shall be stopped this very day
On 10 different occasions in Novem-
Der she reminded him of the fact that
he had forgotten the crevice. In De-
cember the number of occasions was
20. During the month of January she
spoke of it % times. In February she
began referring to the matter at each
meal. and the other day she nailed him
down with the remark:
"Cripso. 1 am going down town, and
I'll stop on my way and ask a car
penter to come up and fix that door"
I'll fix it"
No. you won't, You just let it alone.
I'll have a carpenter here before night,
and that door will be fixed
81 say. I'll fix it myself-right away
now" and in five minutes he had
saw and hammer and cleat and was at
the Job.
Mrs. Cripso went off chuckling over
her victory. and upon her return her
husband said:
We'll. the old crevice is shut up
You fixed it. eh?''
Fixed it better than any carpenter
you could have sent up. and in 10
minutes. too Come and see.
She took one look at his work and
then sat down and whispered:
Cripso. you just missed it by a
hairs BREADTH"
WHAT"
"Being born a fool, You have
nailed the cleat to the floor inside the
door!"
So he had He had shut the crevice
and door, too. and when he came to
realize IT he walked slowly out into
the back yard and tried to saw his
head off on the clothes line.
HE WON'T PAY.
81 got that notice this afternoon"
he remarked as he handed the printed
slip into one of the wire windows at
the water Office.
Yes. I see replied the clerk as
he handed it back
II am notified" resumed the citi-
zen. that the water is to be shut off
from my house unless I pay rates at
once
Yes. sir
els this despotic Russia or free
American
81 guess So" sighed the clerk. as
he looked over a lot of figures.
Then you'll shut my water off. will
you?''
Il presume We WILL
ct don't believe it. We've been
frozen up for ten days. and if any
body can find any water to shut off
they may try il ONT"
Frozen, eh?'
Frozen tight as crowbar and
whose fault is it? You contract to
give me so much water daily or weekly
or monthly for so much money.
Where's my water today2''
Then it's frozen ,"
Frozen? Didn't / say every water
pipe in my house was frozen as solid
as the Rock of Gibraltar? And whose
fault is it?''
II see" murmured the clerk
what do you see? Do you see
me going around the neighborhood
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-21

GOVERNMENT POSITIONS are easy to
get. My free booklet 213 tells how.
Write today-NOW. Earl Hopkins, Wash
ington, D. c.
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WANTED-MAlE HELP.

WHITE GIRL experienced in homework,
to go north with family for summer.
1885 Topeka ave.
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GOVERNMENT EXAMINATIONS-M
thorough preparation s.. Returned if
not appointed Particulars free. Ameri-
can Civil Service School, Washington,
d. c.
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experienced deliveryman
Apply Dibble Grocery Co. South Side.
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LOCAL REPRESENTATIVE WANTED.
NO canvassing or. soliciting required.
GOOD income assured. Address National
Cooperative Realty Co, V-726, Marden
Building, Washington. D. c.
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LOCOMOTIVE firemen, brakemen. wages
about 500; experience unnecessary. Send
age, stamp. Railway" care Journal
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MANIFESTATIONS.

YOUNG LADY attending Business College
desires place to work in exchange for
board and room. Strickler's Business Col
lege. Phone 1882
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WANTED-Position in bank, realty in
surance or mortgage office by expert
enced accountant. State salary. Address
r. NJ, care Journal.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
BUSINESS CHANCES.

WANTED IDEAS-Write for list of In
Ventons Wanted by manufacturers and
prizes onered for inventions Our four
books sent free. Patent secured or Fee
Returned Victor j. Evans & Co.,
Washington, D. C.
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FOR RENT-ROOMS.

ONE large furnished housekeeping room
with alcove and veranda, $500 week !:
one 1lrst floor furnished housekeeping
allowed. 27S4 Red
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ATTROPHONE Gear trumpet), cheap; good
condition. Address H.. care Journal
Phone 2136 Red.
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WANTED-Partner in a legitimate dis
tributing business with or without ser
vices $4,000 will handle this proposition.
Address B., care journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-21

~ CYCLE POGO plate camera and out
fit at genuine bargain Must sell at
once 929 Monroe St
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-21
FOR SALE-P0ULTRY.

FINE White Orpington hens, February
pullets, at a bargain. 2790 Black.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-21

FOR SALE OF TRADE-A good auto for
lots. SIG Black.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-21

FOX RENT-Nicely furnished rooms for
Sleeping or housekeeping, strictly mod
ern home. 623 Van Buren, 2207 Black.
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FOR RENT-FLATS,

FOR RENT-Heinz fiat. PA East Eighth.
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FOR RENT or unfurnished rooms
first floor, 709 West 9Th. Inquire 15
West 9Th, or room 3, Mulvane Bldg. Tele.
1890 W.
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FOR RENT-Cottage, 725 Madison; 1107
Monroe and small cottage Phone ISIS
Red.
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FOR RENT-July /, good front office
rooms, hot water heat toilet hot and
cold water, gas and electric lights. Private
stairway. Inquire S29 Kansas ave.
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FOR RENT-One modern Groom house.
also room modern house Mrs. ]. E.
Rodman. Phone 2523 Blue.
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COPIES PRODUCE OFFERS published il
daily market report this paper.
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FOR EXCHANGE.
AUTOMOBILES.

FOR SALE-Maxwell 2 passenger car in
good running condition, $225. 120 Blu
chanan st. Call after o'clock.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-01-21
Famous Stage Beauties

Look with horror on skin erup-
tions, biotches, sores or pimples.
They don't have them. For all such
troubles use Bucklen's Arnica Salve.
1t glorifes the face. Excellent for
eczema or salt rheum; it cures sore
lips, chapped hands, chilblains; heals
burns, cuts and bruises. Unsurpass-
ed for piles. % cents at Dawson
Drug Co.'S.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-01-21
TWO MONEY KINGS CONTROL
WEALTH OF UNITED STATES
He Shares Reign Over Millions
With Morgan 80 Great
Power They Weld.

to pay the interest on It's bonds abroad.
First Nationals chief officers, was Bak
ers assistant as cashier and had charge
of buying the exchange.
One day Fahnestock. as an act
of kindness to a friend. bought some
big drafts on London for the govern
ment from the banking house Of jay
Cooke & Co. Baker approved the pur-
chase, for Cooke was considered absO-
lutely sound financially. A few days
later Cooke failed sensationally and
disastrously. Cashier Baker and his
assistant were much concerned, not
only on account of the money involved,
but because of the severe criticism and
probable dismissal that might follow
from Mr.. Thompson.
ut looks as though we would have
to buy the bank to save ourselves
said Baker in talking the matter over
with Fahnestock.
Then with this determination they
went to President Thompson and made
q proposition to him that staggered him
at first. They knew that he wanted to
retire from active management, that
he felt that his work was done and
that he wanted to be relieved of some
Of the heavy load of responsibility that
he had borne for many years They
were young. vigorous and ambitious.
They proposed that he sell them enough
Of his stock to entitle them to exercise
control and that if he would retain the
presidency Of the bank for six months
they would purchase it at a certain
figure. They did not have much mon
ey, but they had the courage to believe
in themselves. What they practically
did was to get from President Thomp-
son six months option on the shares
of the bank. for which they negotiated.
Buys Out President.
The old gentleman had high admi-
ration for the two young men. he
knew them for their worth, for their
application, for their grasp of affairs,
their knowledge of men and of bank
ing. He was weary Of his long years
Of labor, and he accepted their pro-
posal and gave the young men
chance. The next six months were
very busy ones indeed. Baker and
Fahnestock had to get out and scurry
around to get backing to buy the stock.
They succeeded, and when the half
year was up they obtained control. To-
day these two men are the same friends
that they were when they were bank
clerks together. They occupy the same
box at the opera. All through life they
have gone along side by side. Baker
has climbed higher in financial power
though Fahnestock is many times
millionaire. How vast George F. Bak-
er's fortune is no one but himself
knows.
All these things considered it isn't
any wonder that Mr. Baker made the
whole country sit up and take notice
when he took the stand before the
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-01-21
SMALLEST COUNTRY IN
EUROPE TO CELEBRATE
Moresnet, One and Quarter Square
Miles In Area, 100 Years Old.

The centenary of the Napoleonic
wars calls attention to the existence
of the smallest state in Europe. the
autonomous republic of Moresnet. on
the boundary between Germany and
Belgium. which will soon celebrate the
hundredth anniversary OF its establish
ment
Moresnet has an area OF barely one
and One-quarter square miles aud a
population Of $500 1t owes its exist
ence to boundary controversy for the
control of once important zinc mine
A boundary commission settling the
frontiers of Holland and Prussia after
the fall of Napoleon IN 1914 was un
able to agree upon the ownership Of
this tiny piece of land with its valu
able mining rights and finally left the
question for future settlement. Mel
Their power was to occupy it, and 1t
was to be administered jointly by the
two states.
In practice the joint administration
soon resulted in an administration by
neither state, and the community be-
came autonomous under the protection
and tutelage of Prussia and Holland
and later of Prussia and Belgium. In
1871 the two guaranteeing countries
regularized this and formally gave the
district its own independent admins
tration.
1t has no courts, but litigants can
choose between the Belgium and Prus-
sian tribunals in beginning litigation,
which is subject to the laws neither OF
Germany nor of Belgium, but of the
ancient Code Napoleon.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-01-21

An Ohio farmer is dying from an
old hens peck Some of these wives
in the country are hard to get away
from.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-01-21
EDIsON'S "SPEAKING MOVIES
inventor Will Soon Produce His Won
derfuI kinetephone.

Improved motion pictures that talk
will be introduced to the world in a
few weeks by Thomas A. Edison. 1t
has been demonstrated that the inven-
tors kinetephone, over which he has
been working for the last four years,
is now in readiness for public service.
The kinetephone is an instrument
that produces the voices of the figures
on a moving picture film in harmony
with their actions. Thus an entire
play or musical comedy can be pre-,
scented with appropriate vocal or or
chestraI accompaniment wherever a
white screen can be raised against a
wall.
The operas of Faust" and al Tro.
vatore," it is announced, have been
chosen for the kinetephone's debut
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-01-21

GEORGE f. BAKER, WALKING
Pui0 committee. He virtually admit
ted that he and J. Pierpont Morgan
constituted power equivalent to a mon
ey trust and that the country might
be wrecked if this vast power fell into
the hands of ambitious men"
He Discusses His Power.
Here is one bit of interesting testi-
mony by Mr.. Baker:
''Will you name single transaction in
the last ten years of over 100000 In
amount which has been financed without
the participation of Messrs. Morgan & Co.
or the First National bank or the City
bank or Kuhn. Loeb & Co, or Speyer &
Co. or Lee, Higginson & Co or Kidder.
Peabody & Co. of Boston and the First
National bank and the Illinois Trust and
Savings bank of Chicago. lAI Of these
houses are associated with Mr., Morgan
and Mr.. BakerI Take the whole range
of transactions and point to single one
that has been financed without the CO.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-01-21

operation OF some one of those institu-
tons"
~ am not sufficiently familiar with 1t
to tell you, but / should judge that White.
Weld & Co. and Rollins & Co. had done
So was the reply.
do you not know that White Weld &
Co. and Kissel. Kinnicutt & Co. market
largely J. p Morgan & Co.'S bonds?''
Il did not suppose so. have not been
familiar with the business of the street
for half dozen years"
Are you able to point to single trans
action in the last five years of $l0OOO,OOO
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-01-21
WOULD FLY ACROSS THE ALPS
Peruvian Aviator Makes Audacious
Plan In Switzerland.

Jean Bielovucci. the Peruvian avia-
tor, has arrived at Brig. Switzerland.
in the canton of Valais, foo the pur-
pose of attempting a fight across the
Alps above Slmplon pass into Italy.
He will follow the same route as his
friend. George Chavez. who made a
fight successfully. but died from inju-
ries he received while landing at Do
modossola, Italy.
Bielovucci said he would make his at
tempt or the first unwindy day. he
uses a monOplane.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-01-21
ST. PAUL'S REPORTED SINKING
Famous Cathedral In London In Bad
Condition.

Famous CathedraI IN Eon0oH III OaN
Condition.
The alarming report on the stability
of st. PauTs cathedral, in London. has
intensified the agitation to prevent the
construction of a subway near the ia
nous building.
Sir Francis Fox, the great engineer,
who recently examined the building
declares that the cathedral is actually
moving and cracking. that the sub
way should on no account be permit
ted near the cathedral and that imme-
date remedial measures are impera-
tive to secure the safety Of the build
ing.
He also says the heavy motor bus
traffic near the cathedral is IL serious
evil, the weight on the foundations is
excessive and the subsoil under the
building is unstable, being heavily
charged with water.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-01-21
George F. Baker Is Newly
Discovered COrul0r
Of Finances.

~auAT two men virtually dominate
the finances Of the United
states. practically creating what
= has popularly become known as
anov trust, was the startling but
a.ror+he,ess truthful conviction forced
NC .,nor the people by the testimony Of
CpI, F.. Baker before the PuJo con-
s.as,ongI committee at Washington
e,trv one of the men who control
,r,onev is Mr.. Baker himself. The
'thor is J. Pierpont Morgan. The name
" Mr. Morgan is known to every child
~ tho country almost as soon as he can
snook He has been made the subject
- nopular verse and song.
pr+ not so with Mr.. Baker. He has
-,anocad TO successfully keep out of
+ho Hmelight until now. He can buy
sn5 sell the ordinary millionaire who
hursts into print every time he makes
- financial coup. AS matter OF fact
Ttr Baker is now looked upon as one
- tho four riches. men in the United
States.
Was Once Bank Clerk.
There are many men in Wall street
rbo remember George F. Baker when
bo was a clerk in the bank that he now
virtually owns. Not the least amazing
thing about his interesting career Is
that he has been able to climb so high
without attracting any especial atten-
finn or making any undue noise about
# He is a man of silence. And. as
tba Puio investigation brought out,
next to Morgan he IS the greatest man
in Wall street Few persons among
tbe general public realize the real pow
or of this inconspicuous individual. but
Il develops that he is one of the biggest
figures in the coal fields and in bank
Ing. In the fields of transportation.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-01-21

and over that has been financed in the
United States without the cooperation of
some one of the houses | have namedF'
mo, sr." replied Mr.. Baker.
Regarding the concentration of mon
ey power Mr.. Baker said:
81 suppose you would see no harm,
would you, in having the control Of credit
as represented by the control of banks and
trust companies still further concentrat-
ed? Do you think that would be danger
ous?''
Il think it has gone about far enough"
You think 1t would be dangerous to go
further
1T might not be dangerous. but still it
has gone about far enough, In good hands
| do not see that it would do any harm.
If it got into bad hands it would be very
bad
IF it got into bad hands it would wreck
the country"
YES, but 1 do not believe it would get
into bad hands"
Mr.. Baker was very frank in admit
ting that it wasn't an enviable situa-
ton for country to be in.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-01-21

insurance. rubber and innumerable 9th
er great industries he is a commanding
force.
Quietly, silently, unobtrusively, he
has gone ahead year after year with
never Il backward step. He has tram
mics, aroused no antagonisms. His
name has appeared rarely in the news
papers He has money enough to buy
out all the Lawsons. Gateses, Pattens
and the rest of the crowd who shoot
/ off skyrockets every time they buy or
sell few bushels Of grain or cotton on
a margin. Nobody has heard of Baker
buying any stock, but when one
comes to look over the list of the big
American properties printed in connec-
ton with this article he finds the own
ers to be Mr.. Morgan and Mr.. Baker.
Most Silent Millionaire.
Those who know George F. Baker
and have a fair idea of the power he
Yields do not hesitate to say that he is
an irresistible force" and the most
Silent among all the great million
aalres. Now and then some one sees
MIN on the street engaged in CONVEX
'Satlon' with some one. That means
lnat the other man is doing all the
Ialklng and that Baker is listening, 1t
Is said that a visitor once spent six
weeks at Mr.. Bakers summer home at
tuxedo and never heard him speak
word in all that time. A nod or ges-
Z, PURE was his usual expression Of greet
Alng or qualification.
Mr. Baker worked up from clerk
~ the First National bank, which he
4low controls. 1t was when he was
cashier that the opportunity Of his life
zane He grasped it instantly and
Furned defeat into victory His assist
saht had made an error in Judgment for
7"nlch Baker would also be held re-
fponsible. They stood shoulder to
faouder and personally assumed the
prospective loss. And instead of being
dismissed they laid the foundations Of
Fheir fortune.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-01-21
How Wealth Is Dominated.

Here are seven painful but truthful
facts which stand out strongly In the
testimony Of Mr.. Baker before the COM
mittee:
First-That no great enterprise can
go forward successfully In this country
unless the men at the helm have the
confidence Of J. P. Morgan and his as
SociateS.
Second.-That the financial situation
in this country today is subject entirely
to the power of few men.
Third.-That these men are the arbi-
tiers Of what is right and good for the
remaining 100000 and that their
Judgment must be accepted because not
even the government is strong enough
to cope with them.
Fourth.-That competition is a thing
that may exist among large enter
prises, subject again to the judgment
of the money masters.
Fifth.-That the great system Of In
terlocking directOrates extends over all
the major industries and that competi-
ton may be killed without interference
from the law.
Sixth.-That Morgan and his associ-
ates have handled every bond issue Of
more than S1O.OOO.OOO in the last dec
ade and that these bond issues carry
the right of control.
Seventh.-That the ethics of banking
preclude a bank from financing a con-
Germ that would interfere with the con-
cerns that it has already.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-01-21

District Attorney Uncarths conspir-
aey by Which Insurance Adjuster, In
League With Incendiaries, Robs Com
panies of Great Sums on False
Ciajms-Lives Sacrificed.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-01-21
Story of His Rise.

As the story goes, John Thompson,
ne originator of the national banking
eySten, was the president of the First
Nauonal bank in those days. The re-
lauons between the bank and the gov
'nment were close, and to the bank
was lntrusted the buying of all foreign
exchange that the government needed
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1913-08-08
Valley View News.

Mrs. Bailey Smiths mother, Is with
her for q long visit.
Mrs. Tyson is with her daughter
Mrs. J. w. johnson this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Guess were
shopping in Lordsburg Tuesday.
Rev. d. f. Sellards and son David
made a trip to Stems Wednesday.
Mrs. Joe Woods is visiting her sis
ter, Mrs. DeMoss In town this week.
Miss Capitola Robinson has been
elected to teach the valley view school.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Woods spent part
OF last week with relatives out at
Bedrock.
Mrs. Sellards and Mrs. Killebrew
attended the W. @. T.. W. meeting
Wednesday.
Song service was held at Mr..
Smiths home Sunday afternoon and
we'll attended, about 30 being present.
Henry Owens has moved back to
town after spending three or four
months on his place in the Animas,
The automobile road is being work
cd this week, and will be In good
shape for the automobiles coming
through from California on Monday
next.
TEE TWINS.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1913-08-08

Saturday evening Sheriff McGrath
and Deputy Bob Mozart rode In from
Silver City, horseback, with q pack
horse. Sunday morning they travelled
south towards the border. There
have been so many complaints Of the
treatment the soldiers camped there
have been receiving that the sheriff
thought he had better investigate,
and II he found the condition as bad
as 1t has been reported he will leave
Deputy Mozart down there to see
that the soldiers are not molested
anv more,
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1913-08-08

Last week Thursday evening lightn-
ing played a peculiar stunt at R. Il.
Woods place on the river. Mrs.
Woods, Mrs. Harper and others we're
sitting in Mrs. Woods house, visiting.
A bolt Of lightning struck near the
house. No one in the room felt any
effect from it except Mrs. Woods,
who was seriously shocked. The
shock was so severe that she was
thought TO be dead. She was revived,
but did not Immediately recover, and
several times during the night she re-
lapsed into Inconsistencies. Even
tually she recovered, and is now re-
ported In her usual health, although
some Of the effects Of her experience
remains.