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The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-09
Semi.Annual County Report
Pleasing to Officials.
Shawnee's Expenses for Six
Months, sos, s,656.56.
LARGEST ITEM IN BRIDGES
Poor in Vicinity Of Topeka
Wore Well Cared For.

Shawnee unty's expenses nave oeen
$10s.e e56.5e for the last six months Tne
new fee and salary law went into ef-
feet last July. All fees collected by
court house officials have been depos-
tied with the county treasurer since the
81st Of June. The county has paid al
salartesHa total Of $26. .072.S0. the larg-
est item on the report completed IN the
Office of James E. Larimer. county
auditor, today.
County officers are unanimously IN
favor of the new law, as placing bus
mess on a standardized basis. Mr.. Lar
liners report Is Of especial interest be-
cause it is the first to be compiled since
the statute has been in operation.
With the exception of salaries. the
county's biggest expense tier, has been
for bridges-$23 .052.221. The board of
commissioners has expended 22.281. 81
for the opening of permanent public
highways.
The poor in the county has been well
cared for. The various funds including
the asylum for the poor. the special
fund for the tuberculosis camp and
Provident association, the INDECENT
poor and tie insane poor have amount
ed to So Sc. The work is under the
di .ction of c. N. Bacon. whose office
is constantly open for the distribution
of supplies. and investigation of cases.
Report by Items.
The complete report with record Of
the 26 most important items ON the
county bills. follows:
For permanent public highways,
$22,2S1.92: TO. burial Of ex-union SOL
diers, $400; for teachers examina-
tions, $126: for coroner's inquests,
$1O4.20; for the first division of the
district court. $3,780.04: for the Sec
ond division, s3,e42.47; for special
poor fund. STATS, for county attor-
ney's inquisitions, $240.S0; for the
probate court, SCALA; for the court
of Topeka. $2,915.23; for the juvenile
court $49c.53; for the poor asylum,
$3,9OO.75; for tt, INDECENT DOOR,
$3,90O75; for assessment, $102; for
salaries Of county officers, $26,O72SO:
for bridges. 3.052.21: for court
house expenses, s2,370.27; for county
Jail, $3.546.90, for justice court.
1854: for miscellaneous, $1,5S5.20:
for insane poor. $291.12; for fair
grounds. $1.5O0: for roads, $277; for
printira. $121.99: for surveyors fees.
s63S; for stationery and supplies,
$2,113.24.
witness and jury fees and the salaries
of the bailif's. The sum paid to the
fairgrounds is provided by law, a
percentage Of the concessions Each
insane patient sent to Winfield or
Parsons from Sh-wnee county must
be provided with a stipulated amount
of clothes. The other items in the
report are self explanatory.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-09
Good ROADS, 1914
Shawnee and Topeka VII
Spend $4,000 for Year.
Nearly $4,000 in Automobile
Licenses to Aid Cause.

Topeka and Shawnee county are
planning big good roads campaign
for the year.
According to Commissioners J. G.
Simmer, chairman of the board, <4z.-
600 will be spent on county roads dur
ing the next twelve months-$32,O 900 for
permanent Improvement and 10000 for
Iincidentals.
County Treasurer Matt Weightman
has collected S. .717.50 from automobile
licenses since July 1. OF this amount
IS SIG has been transferred to the
Shawnee county road fund. and $1O1.5O
turned over to the state.
At present the county 10 graveling
two miles on the Granville road. three
miles on the Golden Belt west Of Ross
vile, two and a half miles on the Va
lencia road to Silver Lake, and one
mile on the Dover road. Work win be
completed before spring.
In the next year West Tenth avenue
will be reoiled between tho city limits
and Wakarusa. Part OF the Dover road
il to be graveled. The Wakarusa road
will be improved.
Mr.. Sinner stated this morning that
the board had intended macadamixing
three-Quarters of a mile on the East
Sixth road to Tecumseh. Tecumseh
township recently flied suit against tho
commissioners. which may change the
situation.
Numerous petitions for sraveling and
improving roads are under advisement
by the board.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-09
PRISON TO HONOR
Al J. jennings Would Be Gov
ernor Of Oklahoma.
Famous Train Robber . Demo-
cratic Candidate.

New York, Jan. 9.-A +. Jennings,
who was a train robber In Oklahoma
I'D the Southwest for several years
.sefcre he was sentenced in 1887 to servs
five years In the prison at Columbus,
turns to Oklahoma next week he will
seek the Democratic nomination for
the governorship.
JENNINGS served ave years In prison
before he was pardoned by President
Mckinley. President Roosevelt later
restored his citizenship. Soon after Jen-
nings studied law and began its prac-
tice under many difficulties in Oklaho-
ma City.
Il am entering the race for the gov
ernorship," said Jennings.
Some people do not seam to be able
to understand how an outlaw, former
train robber and federal prisoner can
become sincerely law-abfding and q re-
former in politics, but the explanation
is simple. l made a mistake and defled
the law. was caught and punished.
kept f1ve years in prison, and then
saw how I had been wrong to become
an enemy Of society. I decided to re-
claim my place In society, and set about
doing It. As soon IS became q free
man, living in a free community I be-
gan to appreciate the differences in
lawbreaking and the consequences
thereof-and that made me q political
reformer.
Il will stump the state and speak
from street corners and halls where
county of the state AZ often ~ possi-
BILE. shall name the political crooks
In the open and show my evidence
against them.''
The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-09
Paris Has Her Opinion Of Kan-
sas Girls Of Today.
And for That, French Cali This
. Naughty State.
PRET1IEST MAIDS LIVE HERE
Sunflower Beauties Have Lips
Like Claret Wine.
But They Are Said to Be Cold
With Manly Qualities.

Paris. Jan. S.-Who IL the Kansas
girl whose kisses saved her fathers
crop from devastation by q storm and
won for her the musical education on
which she was intent? This is the quee-
ton that many Americans and other
in Paris are asking after reading Emile
Deschamps's remarkable book. entitled
The Women Of Uncle Sam" Her name
is Given as Mabel but that u all.
and the writer refrains from mention
Ing any address. He vouches for Il az
a true case and mentions 1t as among
the collection of shocking things he
garnered In his tour OF wicked Amer
tca."
M. Deschamps il a noted writer on
national characteristics. He spent
many months in America studying the
women, and his observations have to
do with all phases Of American life. and
he finds 1t all very shameful from the
tango sQuirmers OF New York to the
lively girls of the Kansas plains :"
This from a Frenchnan. and he ma
tive Of Paris. is rather the reverse OF
what all Americans expected to hear.
They have grown to consider the Paris
and French women the embodiment
of all that il flippant, and here this
CONTINUED on Page Two.)
The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-09
SEIZE The ORIENT
Mexican Rebels Take Posses
sion of 500 Miles of Road.
Refugees Still Swarm Across
the Rio 6rande at Ojinaga.

Wichita, Kan, Jan 9.-Mexican reb-
els have seized $50 miles of the Kansas
City, Mexico & Orient railroad track
and equipment in Mexico and are oper-
ating the trains. Some Of the roads
employees are forced to continue work
under the rebels and others have been
discharged and their places filled by
rebel sympathizers.
]. o. Davidson. ono Of the Orient
railroad receivers. said today that no
immediate effort will be made to take
the property from the control Of the
rebels.
Fleeing From villa.
Presi1io. Jan. 9-A fresh inflow OF
refugees from Ojinaga today bore wit
ness to the belief. on the Mexican side
Of the line, that General Villa is about
to lead the combined forces of the con-
stitutiOnalists to attack the town.
and army authorities to care for more
wounded.
The scene in the border district Il
q strange one to dwellers on this side
of the river. The 67-mile trail from
PreeidiO to Maria, Tex, the nearest
railroad station, rises from the Rio
Grande valley 2.o00 feet, to a cold
wtndswept plateau. On this bleeh
road trudge Mexican women and chill
dren, their arms full of such posses
siOns as they can carry, and their
bright-hued garments Tapping in the
wind. Here and there on the trail
are seen q handful of ragged Mexican
soldiers. without their guns, or q
the sand. runaway hurro nibblins
at the mesquite. numbering United
States army wagon or an automobile
fCnpt;nuo9 .p-
The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-09
COL. CONOVER DEAD.


Kansas City. Jan. s.-Colonel John Cou-
over. who commanded the Eighth KanaA0
regiment OF volunteers during bora6e
days. died here Thursday. Colonel Con-
over was the head OF a large hardWaro
company. which he established here e
the END Of the civil war. He was - yea1
old. =
y aIasA pa3as4sataH- [eaxanHcrth Eaxp. =
fantry. ana served IN the Army or tn
Cumberland. He ruee from neutenaMt -
lieutenant colonel IN three years. takin1
1853 Afterward. he was made brovet
colonel by President lincoln for gallant
and merftorions service in the field.
Colonel Conovef's regiment remained In
the service until long after the last gun
of the rebellion was fired. being finally
discharged at Leayenworth January 6
J0e6
The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-09

1t is urged that II Bristow should
win the Republican nomination that
much of the Curtis following would
quietly slip over to the Democratic
nominee and give him their support in
the election. And if Curtis were nOm-
mated 1t is claimed that the progress
sive Republicans would either support
Victor Murdock or the Democratic
nominee. So Lobden Is offered as q
compromise on the claim that he has
been free from both factions in the re-
cent Republican unpleasantneas and
could hold the support of both the pro-
gressive and regular wings of the Re-
publican party in the election.
The EllinWood Leader this week gave
the Lobdell boom boost in a half col
umn editorial. The Leader said in
sTWith Victor Murdock the Progress
sive candidate, and Senator Bristow
the Republican candidate. neither one
could carry the full strength OF their
respective parties, nor draw enough
from each other to help much, and It
would be an easy victory Tor the Dem
ocrats.
"The same thing would be true II ex-
Senator Curtis or any other of tho ag-
gressive leaders land the Republican
nomination, only in this case 1t would
tend to widen the breach. and all Pro-
gressives would go to Murdoch and all
Stand-Pats to the Republican nominee.
except those who would vote the Dem
ocratic ticket"
The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-09
YES, IT'S TOO Bad


New York. Jan. s.-Havins success
fully undergone an operation for .
muscular ailment. brought ON by too
much tango dancing. Mrs r. n. Thorn
a.. American society beauty. whose
homo u In Paris. sailed for the "City
Of 0ayety'' today ON the steamship
France. Just before the big liner put
out to sea Mrs. Thomas said some sar-
castle things about New Workers. who
have been criticisins the tango and 9TH
er dancos
The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-09
'L0BDELL IN RACE?
Great Bend Banker Candidate
for United States Senator.
Mentioned as Compromise Of
BristOw.Curtis Forces.

Charles Lobdell Of Great Bend. one
Of the most widely known bankers in
Kansas and q power in the political
affairs of the Seventh district, ID being
boosted as a compromise candidate for
United States senator In the Republi-
can primaries. Several Seventh dis
trfct papers have recently sung Lob
dell's praise and urged the Barton
county man to enter the senatorial
contest.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-09
LITTLE CHILLY TODAY.
Northwest Wind Keeps Temporary
Down Below Freezing.

1t is cooler today but the tempera-
ture is still above normal. There has
been a good deal of sunshine, but the
sky has been partially overcast The
forecast for tonight and Saturday
calls for a continuance OF the same
brand of weather At two O'Clock
this afternoon the wind was travelling
from the northwest at a fifteen mile
pace.
Shippers forecast: Protect 3e-
perature of 20 degrees; east 20 to IS
degrees: west and south Is degrees.'s
h 6iran
The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-09
Clcncoe Hires . Managcr

Chicago, Jan. 9.-From q list Of near
ly 200 applicants who responded to an
the village board of Glencoe, ILL.,. Sc
lected H. II. Sherer Of Evanston to
be village manager at a salary Of @16o
month. The duties of the manager
will be to purchase supplies for the VII
1age, superintend the street cleaning
and other departments.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-09

construction work on the fortifica-
tons is being done by two young lieu
tenants of the engineering corps, Ges
@. Goethals, SON Of the Panama cana
builder. and Albert H. Archer. SON.
in-law of Colonel H F.. Hodges, also
one Of the canal bui1dArA
1t Is said that this is the first time
that officers OF such tender years have
ever been intrusted with such impor-
tant work. II the work meets with
the approval Of the board designated
to inspect It, the records Of the two
young officers are made
The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-09

William Rockefeller. brother Of the
OIL king. is director Of - companies
OF Importance. of which 80 are railroads.
Mr.. Baker, who has already an
Dounced his intention OF quitting many
boards, has 50 important dtrectorshfps.
among these % are of railroad COM
panies and nine are of big banks and
trust companies.
Stillman has 81 directorates to hfs
credit. including q railroads and seven
banks and trust companies.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-09

Nearly Half Have Hookworm.
Austin, Jan. 9.-The annual state
hookworm report oday showed that
46.3 per cent of about 1900 Texas
children examined mfcroscopically
during 1918 had kookworm.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-09
Merge TelephOue Lines

Salina, Kan, Jan. 9.-Announcemen
of the proposed merger of the Saline
Telephone company and the United
Telephone company of Abilene was
made here Thursday by local officers
The hearing before the state utilities
commission will be on January %.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-09

New York. Jan. Sat least three
noted fnanciers Of New York are ex-
pected soon to follow the lead Of J. p.
Morgan. n. p. Dawson and other menu
bers Of the Morgan group and retire
from interloching directorates. AAey
are william Rockefeller of the Stand
ard Oil group, James ~StiIlman. chair
man Of the National City bank. and
National bank.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-09

Weather F0reras. f0r Kansaa.
Cloudy tonight and Saturday.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-11-05
KRUPPS MAKING
BIGGEST Guns YET
Sixty Centimeter Weapons Be-
ing Built at Essen.
FOR USE ON The CHANNEL.

Each Gun viii Weigh Forty-five Tons.
Little Danger That They Will Be
Able to Command Waterway From
Coast, However, as Range 10 Reduced
by Size Of Shell.
The Hague. the rumors that the
Krupp works at Essen are building
f1fty-six centimeter guns has now been
added another-the claim that the
same plant Is turning out sixty cent?
meter pieces. While it Is hard to be.
Neve this. 1t must be borne In mind
that a siege piece Of fOrty-two cent?
meters, the existence Of which was
doubted before the war. has become a
convincing reality, as has also the
Austrian 305 centimeter piece. which
even after the outbreak of the war
was looked upon as very interesting
fable.
To be sure. a 3O.5 centimeter (about
twelve inch, gun was not in itself
. novelty. But that the Austrians
would be able to make such a piece
mobile for field purposes was thought
out of the question. The same process
Of reasonin' was applied to the Ger
man forty-two centlmeter or sixteen
and one-half inch gun. A mathemat-
ical relation Of cause and effect, in this
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-11-05
MONKEYS GO ON A JAG.
saloon Wrecked by Pets After They
Had Stolen Several Drinks.

Had Stolen Several Drinks.
Paterson, n. 1.-Two pet monkeys.
thirsty because Of Il closed Sunday.
helped themselves to drinks ut John
Hubertus' cufe and then started ON u
rampage. smashing bottles and glass.
ware in the saloon worth $500.
The animals. owned by Hubertus. are
quite tame and often umuse the Gus
toners ut the cafe by being sociabie
and taking a drink with the crowd
On Sunday the place was closed up
tight. with the monkeys inside. They
evidently missed their regular rounds
and so decided to be their own bar
tender.
After breaking several bottles con
tanning different brands and sampling
the contents Of each they were pretty
well under the influence and started
to emulate Carrie Nation. They threw
glasses around. broke showcase.
opened boxes of cigars and smashed
several mirrors.
The noise attracted the attention of
passersby. one of whom telephoned
the proprietor. When Hubertus en-
tered his cafe at midnight the place
looked as though there had been an
earthquake. The monkeys were hid
den under the bar.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-11-05
JONES LEAVES HOSPITAL.

Mandan, N. D., Nov. Al. E. Jones,
the reform school instructor, who on
Thursday afternoon, September IL,
was seriously hurt when struck over
the head and felled by baseball bat
in the hands of Jesse Lewis, a 17-year-
old inmate, and who for several weeks
lowered between life and death, was
discharged from the hospital last Sat-
urday. Jones lay unconscious for IA
days after the assault and for long
time it was feared by attending ply
sicians that his mental faculties had
been permanently impaired by the
blow, which had caused paralysis Of
the nervous system. AS the wound be-
gan slowly to mend, however, the VIC
TINS memory was also restored to him
and he is now entirely we'll, mentally
and physically.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-11-05

sides of the building, thus affording
excellent facilities for quick ship
ping. The building will be equipped
with an elevator, delivery chute and
the latest model trucks and devices
for the prompt handling of goods.
The Minot Sash & Door Company,
the oldest sash and door house in
North Dakota, has had a rapid and
successful growth. Starting as a
small distributing warehouse for
some retail lumber yards in the vicin-
ity of Minot, they have enlarged their
scope and increased their trade to
such an extent as to completely out
grow their present quarters. Their
RELIABLE BRAND is now familiar
to all lumber dealers in North Da-
kota and Eastern Montana.
This new building will have double
the capacity of the old one and will
be so constructed as to embody all the
most improved methods of storing and
handling this line Of goods. A gener-
al invitation will be given to the pub
lie to inspect this modern structure
when it is completed. .-s,
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-11-05

We present herewith an exact re-
production of the new building now
being erected for the Minot Sash &
Door Co., on the 500 Right of Way at
the intersection Of Belyea avenue and
Second street. Work is progressing
rapidly and the building should be
completed by the first of January.
This plant will cost in the neigh
borhood of $18,000.O0, will be 60x150
it., two stories and full basement and
will be strictly modern in every detail.
The basement will be used for storing
glazed sash and windows, building pa
per and roofing. The main floor will
be separated into three departments;
one for lime, cement and plaster, one
for mouldings, hardwood flooring and
interior finish, and the balance for dis
play room and general Offices. On the
second floor will be glazing room and
workshop and the remainder of this
floor will be devoted to doors, porch
and stair work, screen goods and door
and window frames.
There will be broad unloading plat
forms on both the north and south
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-11-05
WHAT OF THE DEAD?
QUESTION IN BERLIN
Little Rejoicing In German Cap
itaI, but AnuSements Continue,

London.-The Times prints the fol-
lowing:
"A subject OF neutral country who
has just returned from Germany fur
nishes the following statement Of his
Impressions:
Il did not hear any boast1ng over
German successes. When | spoke to
Germans Of their victories they would
reply, Yes, we have had victories.
but what Of the dead?"
In Berlin all the theaters are open
and attracting crowded audiences.
went to theater on the night of the
fall of Antwerp. A play entitled
"1914' was acted. in which many topi.
cal illusions were made by the well
known comedian Theilscher. Even in
those serious times the Berliner can
not refrain from jokes
"'In the middle Of one scene some
one stepped quickly on the stage. in.
terrupting the actors, and exclaimed.
Zone moment, II you please: Antwerp
has fallen!'
Berlin keeps open many places Of
amusement until the early hours Of
the morning. The war has not made
any difference in this respect, and the
night life Of Berlin continues
Describing the rescue Of men Of the
three torpedoed British cruisers in the
North sea. the Gazette de Hollande
says:
An interesting detail has come to
light regarding the rescue work of the
steamer Titan Of the Royal Neither
lands Steamboat company. 1t appears
that large part Of the Dutch crew
consisted Of Vollendammers. who still
stick to their custom of wearing a pro-
fusion Of underclothing When the al
most naked Rritishers were taken
aboard this Vollendam mode did ex.
cellent service.
Some Of the Vollendammer were
wearing as many as seven pairs Of
pants. And so each Voilendam sailor
was able to provide about six Of the
rescued men with covering and still
to retain u pair for himself
Vollendam is small fishing village
Of Holland in the province Of North
Holland. 1t is remarkable for the
quaintness OF the buildings and COS
tunes Of the villagers
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-11-05
GIRL ROUTS Three TRAMPS
Whips Ono, Rescues Baby. Scarss 9th.
Or Two Away.

Whips Ono, Rescues Baby. Soarss 9th
Or Two Away.
Lafayette, Ind Hazel Lincoln.
eighteen years old, battled with three
tramps at the home Of her father.
James Lincoln. eight miles south of
Lafayette. The parents were away.
and the girl was left to care for baby
sister.
Three tramps appeared at the door
and asked for food When told there
was no food they demanded money.
When she refused one of them seized
the baby and told the girl he would
kill it. Miss Lincoln rushed at the
tramp and tried to take the baby from
him. He ran into the yard. and the
girl followed him.
Her cries for help frightened away
the other two tramps. and she finally
succeeded in getting the baby away
from the third. Sheriff Slayback and
posse captured two Of the tramps.