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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-03
LOOK AT BABY'S TOE.
Child With Shortest Big Toe Will Kill
Its Father.

Paris, May 3.-The Countess De La
Rochefoucauld has announced a re-
markable discovery by which she
claims to be able 20 tell from an ex-
animation of child's toes while a
babe in arms. whether it will murder
it's father when it grows UP.
HE who is going to kill his father
has a shorter big toe than most other
children" said the countess.
The suggestion of applying this test
was first suggested 70 the countess by
the story of Oedipus, a famous his
toricaI parricide, who from birth bore
the stigma of crimes he was to commit
in later life.
Since receiving the inspiration she
has busted herself examining hundreds
of toes, big and little, and especially
has she sought the toes Of PARTICLES.
The countess has found it difficult
to gain recognition for her discovery.
She went first to NJ. Bertillon, of fin
ger print fame. He appeared inter-
ested, but thought that the Paris chief
of police was the proper official to
consult. So it has gone until the
countess has visited all manner of Of
ficials from a captain of gendarmes to
the president of the republic, but none
of them have appreciated the value of
the new system.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-03
BATTLESHIP LEAGUE.
Nine Teams of Twelve Ships Make Up
Organization.

Philadelphia. May ga baseball
league which does not fear baseball
trust investigation by congress and
pays no attention to mandates OF the
National commission, opened it's season
here today. 1t is the Battleship league
of the United States navy and nine
teams from the crews of twelve war
ships at the Philadelphia navy yard
make up the organization. The league
which has the sanction of Rear Admiral
Knight, includes teams from the battle
ships Wisconsin,, Alabama Mississippi,
Maine and Missouri, the scout cruisers
Birmingham and Salem, a joint team
formed from the men of the Indiana,
Massachusetts and Iowa. The battle
ships making up the joint teams are
in second reserve and have not suf-
ficient men to put in the field strong
separate mines.
Games will be played Wednesdays
and Saturdays. Two contests are
scheduled for today, one between the
Birmingham and Missouri and the
other between Kearsarge- Kentucky
team and the nine from the Salem.
One officer from each vessel is per-
mitted to be a member of the ships
team. Lieutenant c. F. Barnes, is
secretary of the league. The prize in
addition to the championship of the
fleet, will be a silver cup.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-03
PRAYER ANSWERED.
Kneeling on Scaffold, Men Received
Extension From Governor.

Wheeling. w. Va, May 3.-As John
Medley, colored, and John Hix, con-
victed of the murder of man and
woman, respectively, were kneeling in
a final prayer before being executed
today, Warden Brown received tele-
gram from Governor Hatfield COM
muting Medley's death sentence to life
Imprisonment and granting Hix a stay
of execution for 80 days
When the message was read to the
condemned men, Medley arose and,
stretching his arms toward heaven,
cried, Thank God" and then col
lapsed. Hix was too overcome to rise
from his knees and crumpled to the
floor, sobbing and murmuring thanks
to the governor.
Medley killed a white man in the
southern part of the state five years
ago. He pleaded self defense, claim
ing that the man had threatened his
life after killing Medley's father.
While crazed with drink, Hix muir
dered a woman who had repulsed his
attentions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-03
FARMER is LUCKY.
Uncle Sam VIII Tell Him of Rural Life
Financial Advantages.

Washington, May 3.-The discarded
dollar diplomacy of the state de-
partment has been seized upon by the
department of agriculture, which will
try to apply at home what the Wilson
administration declared should not be
used in foreign dealings. 1t is the
policy which the department has de-
cided to use in its newly planned
rural organization service
I'VE must appeal to the material
side of the farmer and make him see
there is as much or more money for
him in farming as in anything that he
might undertake" said Assistant Sec
rotary Galloway today, who is actively
at work shaping. plans for the new
bureau. High sounding theories
about the beauties of country life and
appeals to the reason will fail, but the
minute you can make the man in the
country see that he is as well off
financially as he would be elsewhere,
your farm problem is virtually solved. -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-03
DOMESTIC PROBLEMS.
New York Commissioner Says Servants
Are Incompetent.

New York. May 3-"Domestic service
is grave problem not because serv-
ants are scarce but because so many
of them are incompetent; and this in
competency is due largely to the at
titude of employers
In these terms, a lesson was read to
the American house wife today by Her
man Robinson municipal commissioner
OF licenses in his annual report. The
report is based on Commissioner Rob-
lnson's investigation of the employment
of the city.
The employment agents assert that
employers as rule give too little to
servants when they have them, do not
sufficiently provide for their comfort
and do not take into account their
ambitions. The social standing of the
servant" says Mr.. Robinson, lis the
most important factor in the problem
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-03
WILSON HAS "A BUMP.
Fate of Nation Depends on Dornicls
ON Presidents Head.

Philadelphia, May S.-President
woodrow Wilson is proud possessor
of a bump, and Professor Michael
Lewis, a phrenologist who recently ar
rived in this city from Washington de-
clares that if it were not for this
f3ornick on the chief executives head,
heaven only knows what would become
of the nation.
According to the. savant this partic-
Mar cranial protuberance, upon which
the ultimate destiny of a united people
is dependent, is situated nine cent?
meters to the left of the right occipita1
hone on the presidential dome.
While Professor Lewis did not really
examine Mr.. Wilson's head, he saw his
photograph and simply by one look at
it. discovered the spheroid. He thought
at first it might be due to the presi-
dents recent interest in baseball but
later, after an unsuccessful effort to
obtain sn audience at the White House,
he declared that the bump evidenced
the fact that Mr.. Wilson was a cold,
hard, matter of fact business man, and
the fate of the nation was safe in his
hands.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-03

has been an annual event for MANY
years. In the palmy days it was ar
open house for class rivalry and the
seniors left the college with naughty
juniors treading on their heels. Farces
playlets and other features have con-
stituted the final effort of the grad
uating members.
In later years, however, the seniors
have. prided themselves in the quality
of their performances and a polished
standard play has been the result.
This year the seniors are fortunate
to have Dramatic club members in
their cast and the acting should be
far better than it has been in the past.
The receipts each year go to good
cause.
The class of '13, despite it's unlucky
numerals. has been a factor in Wash
burns progressive student life and
they pave the way for future honor,
by promising the college $500 for i'm
provements along the north boundary
of the campus.
The money from the play at the
chapel Friday evening will be used to-
ward paying the expense of curbfng
and grading Euclid avenue from Col
lege avenue to Boswell avenue
The officers of the senior class are:
President-Warren j. Crumbine.
Vice president-Sherrill Smith.
Secretary-Vera Croft.
Treasurer-Leslie QUAINT
Observation-Disclosures r. OBrien.
Managers play-Warren' j. Crumbine
and P w BeggS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-03
DEMAND SOIL SURVEY.
Investigation of Conditions in North by
United States Bureau Soon.

Washington, May 3.-Workers in the
United States bureau on soil surveys
who have been wintering in the south
are now preparing to continue
their investigations of soil conditions
in the north Between now and June
l. virtually all of these men will have
transferred their activities from the
south.
1.-THE demand for soil survey work is
becoming more urgent said Prof.
Milton Whitney, in charge of the bu-
reau today. Requests are coming to
us from farm experts who are being
held back because no survey has been
made in their territory Already we
have surveyed $4,000 miles, an area
equal in size to Germany, France, Italy
and the British Isles, and we are do
ing about 10000 square miles a year.
Two of our men, who work in pairs,
do about 20 square miles a week. If
they do not they have to explain what
the conditions were which made them
fall
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-03

Katherine of Owlscot'' is a delight
full play full of comedy and pathos
and will be given by a cast composed
of four veteran members of the Wash
burn Dramatic club and three well
known seniors who have exhibited tai
ent in the college amateur dramatics
Miss Ruth Bauer, well known in
college, high school and society circles
will take the lead as Katherine Curtis,
the novelist. Warren ]. Crumbine, also
well known in Topeka and the hero
of many Washburn plays will take the
part. of Heath Desmond, the young
artist. Miss Fanny Stoves and Miss
Grace Gaines, dramatic club favorites
will assume other roles. Miss Ruth
Leonard, Mr.. John Shaw and Mr. Willis
Lusby complete the list to appear on
the senior stage.
Katherine Of Owlscot'' is a play that
was made famous at one time by Ethel
Barrymore and is feature on the
American stage. The Washburn seniors
promise to make the comedy doubly
famous by their presentation next Fri
day evening.
Proceeds for Campus improvements.
The senior play at Washburn college
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-03
FRENCH DAD RECORD.
Two Brothers Near Paris Have Fifty
Three Children.

Paris, May 3.-The national record
as French fathers will probably go
without protest to Jean and Claude
Bossu, two brothers of the village of
ST. Usuges. Jean had II boys and one
girl by his first wife and seven boys
and five girls by the second. Claude
had Is children, three sets coming as
triplets to his first wife and five singly
to his second. The grand total for the
two brothers is SO children.
OF this monstrous family, 10 of jeans
children are living and IL of Claude's.
The brothers are poor peasants, earn
ing on the average Is cents day. This
is helped slightly by the bounty of 50
a year paid by the government to the
citizens of France who raise more than
three children to the age of 16.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-03
FEAR COTTON WORM.
Invasion of Pest From Egypt Is
Threatened in This Country.

Washington, May 3.-The department
of agriculture is alarmed over threat
ened invasion of these shores by the
pink boil worm This dangerous en-
env of cotton may be introduced into
the United States at any time in cot
tonseed shipments from Egypt, India
and other cotton producing areas where
it is widely distributed.
It is feared that the pest nSg ht thrive
in this country and as 1T can live with
In the seed dormant for about six
months, the danger is all the greater.
Department officials think it might do
even more harm to cotton than the
weevil now here, which crossed the
border from the cotton fields of Mex
leo.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-03
FAT CATTLE COSTS.
President Waters Talks to Stoclmen
at Manhattan.

Manhattan, Kan, May 3.-It costs a
farmer twenty-five cents a pound to
produce fat on cattle. This fat sells
for about one-third that amount All
the fat a butcher cannot dispose of
to the house wife who buys it over the
telephone without seeing it, he sells as
raw tallow for about five cents a
pound.
These interesting facts were disclosed
by President ]. Henry Waters in an
address on How an Animal Grows, -
in the meeting of cattle farmers at
the Kansas Agricultural college. More
than 500 cattle feeders and a large
delegation of members Of the livestock
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-03

exchanges of Kansas City, ST. Joseph
and Chicago heard the address.
1.-The fat on a steak or roast which
the family will not eat President Wa
tiers said, finds place in the garbage
can or in the tummy of the family
cat"
President Waters discussed the proper
feeding and breeding of cattle to pro-
duce beef
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-03
Annual WaShburn Performance
at McVicar Friday Evening.
All Star Cast to Present ssKath-
crime of OwIscOt."
MAKE CAMPUS IMPROVEMENTS
Glass of 1918 Will Curb Part of
Euclid Avenue.
Ethel Barrymore Made Play
Famous in America.

The senior class of Washburn college
with nearly an "all STAR cast has de-
c1ded to present Katherine of Owl
SCOT as the annual dramatic perfor-
nance this year. This play will be
presented at the college chapel Friday
evening. May 8, and already Managers
Crumbine and Beggs have planned adj
ditional seating capacity in the big
hall.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-03-27
Best Known Cough Remedy.

For forty three years DR.. Kings
New Discovery has been known
throughout the world as the most
reliable cough remedy. Over three
million bottles we're used last year.
Isn't this proof? 1t will get rid of
your cough. or we will refund your
money. J. j. Owens, of Allendale,
S. c., writes the way hundreds of
others have done; After twenty
years, find that DR.. Ding's New
Discovery is the best remedy for
coughs and colds that l have ever
used" For coughs or colds and all
throat and lung troubles. it has no
equal. SOC and 100 at All Drug
gists.
Advertisement.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-03-27

Man Aboard BrInantIne Reports Hor-
rlfylnp orules--Evcrythlna on
ship Demolished.

Mnan.--A startling ghost story
comes from Genoa. A brigantlne call
ed the Speme, lying in harbor there,
reported that the ship had been in
vaded by turbulent troops OF In
fernal spirits. who forthwith proceeded
TO demollsh everything that was
breakable on board. There we're only
two old men, over sixty. and boy of
twelve, sleeping on the vessel at the
time. They were suddenly awakened,
they say, by fearful clatter Of chains
in the hold, and all the plates and
basins began to perform an eccentric
dance. Before the occupants we're able
to ascertain what was going on they
were nearly smothered by an incom-
ing cataract Of coal.
Shortly after the Spirits" were
again in the ascendant. Signor de
Negri, a Genoese shipbuilder, who
owns the brigant.ne, sent posthaste
for the carabinieri, but the military po-
lice had scarcely begun their night
watch. loaded revolvers In hand,
when they were hit on the head with
an invisible shovel.
The report adds that the spirits pro-
longed their pranks, in the presence
Of many witnesses, smashing and
overturning everything in the vessel
from stern to stern.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-03-27

Big Sandy. Tenn. Mrs. Lucy Can
trell. Of this place. says: Every
two weeks. I had to 90 to bed and
stay there several days ! suffered
untold misery. Nothing seemed to
help me. until ! tried Cardui' the
woman's tonic. although ] had
been afflicted with womanly weak
ness for seven years. Cardui helped
me more than anything else ever did.
II is surely the best tonic for women
on earth" Weakness is woman's
greatest trouble Cardui is woman's
greatest medicine. because it over
comes that weakness and brings back
strength. In the past so years, Car
dui helped over a million women.
Try it for your troubles, today.
Advertisement
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-03-27

DR.. Wiley. the Pure Food man.
created a sensation by going into the
St. Louis Stock Exchange and telling
a hundred Of prominent brokers in a
speech that they were nothing more
nor less than gamblers. He said:
Honesty is the fundamental prime
iple. That is why | have carried on
my fight against dishonest f o d.
That is also why / say that gambling
in the futures is not legitimate and
ought not to engage the thought
and actions of honest men any more
than buying and selling of dishonest
foods or drugs. There is plenty Of
good grain to trade in"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-03-27
GoBBLER GoBBLES $40; DIES
Owner Of Bird joyful When Gold Colin
Is Found In Birds Outlet That
Stranqled to Death.

West Springfield. Mass. = When
Thomas O'Gorman's big turkey COB
bier strangled to death there was
gloom among the little O'Gormans.
They we're sorry that the turkey had
not been eaten.
Joy was unconfined, however, when
an autopsy revealed that the turkey
had died trying to swallow a $40 gold
piece, which was removed in triumph
from the birds gullet
A canvass of neigbbors failed to dis
close a claimant of the $50, which has
been apportioned among the 'O'Gorman
children.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-03-27
Best For Skin Diseases.

Nearly every skin disease yields
quickly and permanently to Buck
lens Arnica Salve, and nothing is
better for burns or bruises. Soothes
and heals. John Deye. of Gladwin,
Mich, says. after suffering twelve
years with skin ailment and spend
ing $500 in doctors bills, Bucklen's
Arnica Salve cured him. 1t will help
you. Only 25c. Recommended by
All Druggists.
Advertisement
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-03-27

Representative. Stanley has declar-
ed that he will introduce a bill for a
progressive tax on tobacco, in re-
spouse to complaints from section Of
Kentucky about the loV prices Of
tobacco.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-03-27

OF three Republican Wilson's, Jas.
Wilson and Huntington Wilson are
out a I'd Henry Lane Wilson soon
will be. Woodrow and William B.
are all the Wilson's we need for the
present.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-03-27

The Government cotton report
shows IA, 295 500 bales, or the second
largest crop ever grown, we're pro-
duced in 1912. Texas led with s.
120, 252 bales.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-03-27

DR.. Chas. w. Eliot. of Harvard
University, has declined the post of
ambassador to Great Britain, on &C.
count of his advanced age.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-03-27

The Court of Appeals has decided
that j. E. Williams was the legally
elected county judge of McCreary
county.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-03-27

An engineer at Lyndonville. VT,
stopped a train on a tottering bridge
in time to save all but the engine,
which went down into a swollen
stream. The brave engineer and
his fireman swan out.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-03-27

what is this initiative and refer
.ndum?" 'It's this way. II want
O 20 anywhere, or do anything, /
AXE initiative by mentioning It to my
wife. Then she decides whether I
an or not. That's the referendum"
-Courier-Journal.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-03-27
INSCRIPTION RATES:

VIM. F. McCombs has declined the
tender Of the post of ambassador to
France.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-03-27

The Pope's reported Improvement
was only temporary. 1t is known
that he cannot long survive.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-06-26
DECISION TO ABOLISH
 THE COMMERCE COURT.
Speaker Clark Denounces 1t as a Use- less and Expensive Tribunal.

Washington, June 25.-House demo- crats in caucus today agreed upon abolition of the commerce court as a party policy and, turning deaf ears to pleas from their leaders, rejected 8 plan for the creation of a. budget com mittee to control all appropriations.
 Representative Broussard of Louisi- ana, champion of the commerce court, precipitated caucus action on the moot ed d~question by offering resolution to authorize hearings on the Sims bill to abolish the court. Speaker Clark de- nounced the tribunal as useless and expensive, and Representative Adam son of Georgia, chairman of he inter state commerce committee, offered a resolution declaring it to be the sense of the ca ucus that the court be abolish ed during the present session. due care being taken to protect and provide for Jurisdiction over pending and future litigation. The resolution was adopted by viva voce vote.
 Democratic Leader Underwood led the fight for the budget plan and had the support of Speaker Clark, Repre- sentative Fitzgerald, chairman of the appropriations committee, and other powerful house. leaders
Norwich bulletin., 1913-06-26
COURT COMPLIMENTS
 ATTORNEY M'NA5. Says Government is Losing Efficient and Painstaking Officer.

San Francisco, June 25.-~Thus ter inmates the most useful as well as the happiest year of my public life,'' said John L. McNab before United States District Judge Van Fleet today, an nouncing that his resignation had been accepted by President Wilson. I re- tire content in the knowledge that have done my best
 McNab paid tribute to the court in his farewell for it's just treatment oi all litigants, without regard to wealth of station or their position with the government"
 In reply Judge Van Fleet said: "Mr McNab, I would be stating less than the truth if l did not say that it was with the most sincere regret that learned of your resignation. Without referring to the circumstances of your departure, must say the government is losing a painstaking and efficient officer
 McNab issued a statement to the press today branding the explanation sent to the president by the attorney general as lame and puerile.v
 One of two things is true" the statement continued Either the at tornsy general withheld from the pres idsnt my repeated messages of warn ing that corruption and influence were destroying the cases and postponement was fatal, or official Washington Is neither sensitive nor responsive to the charge of corruption in its public ser vice"
Norwich bulletin., 1913-06-26
TO CONFER ON NEW HAVEN.
Meeting in New York Today Between

Boston, June 25.-An important con : ference over the affairs of the New York, New Haven and Hartford rail- read will be held in New Yerk tomeh- rew afternoen at 3 o'clock, It has been requested by the New Haven stockholders committee, of which George ven L, Meyer of Boston is chairman. and will be between five members of that committee and eem- mittee from the New Haven read management.
 Temerrew morning the executive committee of the New Haven railroad will appoint the subcommittee which Is te represent it in this conference Chairman Meyer will head the cea- 'zRittee which gees frem Besten fer the steckhelders and association with hia will be Charles A: Stone of Stone & Webster, Eugene V. R. Thayer of the Merchants' National bank Of Besten, Eli Whitney Of New Haven and Frank W. Mattesen, an attorney in Previ- dence, R. I.
 The purpose of the conference te- nerreW afternoon is te see how far the New Haven management will ge in aiding the stockholders committee te arrive at a basis for action. What that committee will recommend finally will depend upon what it finds the rail- road situa tion to be after a thorough study of the affairs of the company. It is net antagonistic now to Mellen or to anybody else and is not antag- onized by the large interests.