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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-01-07

WlsHDuRH WILL Be HOST
Already . DOzen Schools Have
Promised to Come.
Topeka Commercial Club Wm
Furnish the Han.

The first intercollegiate peace ora
torical contest OF Kansas win be held
In the Auditorium Friday night. Apen
II. This week Prof. e. D. 9choom-
berger Of Washburn college win oonA
out over the state announcements
relative to the. contest. Approximat.-
fled their intention OF participants.
The Topeka Commercial club hnD
agreed to furnish the Auditorium. fur
nish ushers. and pay the expenses Of
Information that win be sent out
by Professor SchoenberIer follows:
Not later than the middle of
March. each college that desires to
participate in the contest shall oond
to the state chairman the name Of the
winner in the local contest and one
copy Of the GRAFTON.
There will be five Judges selected
from AMONG competent unprsjudieed
may help by sending q list OF names
and those appearing on the majority
Of lists will be given the preference.
I'm order to preclude fear Of pre5u-
chairman suggests that the insfitutioa
which the orator represents be not
divulged until after the decisfon has
been rendered.
competition in this contest.
NO student Ineligible to the intsrsea4o
will be eligible to the state contest (sco n
isscs Each IsIso college that wishes to enron !.
tho state league next year IL requested 20
send q delegate to the meeting Of d.
on the day of the contest. At Which tine
a permanent league win be organised ard
''This year no fee shall be reQuieod Of
the local associations but each assoodation
shall pay the expenses Of its orator and
.'The first prize In the state contest y
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-01-07
THEY LIKE Topeka
Western Cooperative Officials
Would Come Again.
Strong Representation ut Con-
vention Today.

The merchants In attendance at the
meeting Of the Western Cooperative
association like Topeka and want to
come here again. Kansas City, Mo-,
has put In a bid for the next annual
meeting, but the president of the or
ganixation. r. G. Nichols of Clyde. ia
vors Topeka as the meeting place and
expressed himself this afternoon as
being Of the opinion that a vote will be
taken late today to bring the conve8-
ton here.
President Nichols said: I'VE like To-
peka and the manner in which we have
been entertained while here
The sessions of the meeting are be-
ing held in the main room Of the Com
mercial club quarters. Representative
merchants from this and surrounding
states are here today for the closing
sessions. The concluding feature of the
meeting will be a smoker tonight at
the club quarters.
This is the first convention of the
kind to be held in the middle west. The
association was formed a little less
than q year ago by q little body Of
merchants in north central Kansas and
southern Nebraska. It now includes
about $50 members It claims to be
say wing its members from to Is per
cent on all purchases in extra dis
counts Each member does his own
buying but he agrees to buy, SO far as
IL possible, from certain approved whole
sale houses which give the special dis
counts.
, President Nicholas spoke this morn
ing on why We Organized and What
We Have Done" +. J. Coughenour OF
Beloit, secretary-treasurer OF the asso-
citation. spoke on What We Are and
Who We Are" J. C. Modlin OF Burr
Oak gave an address ON what l Think
OF the Association" This afternoon at
lao o'clock 1. J. Weinman of St Joseph
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-01-07
GAS CAUSED FIRE.
Explosion in Emmett HOtel-End Oi
Building Demolished.

Emmett, Kan. Jan. THE west end
of the big hotel here was demolished
Tuesday afternoon by an explosion
from an .-cetyleme gas plant. There
were several persons in the building
at the time but none were seriously
hurt as the force of the explosion was
outward.
The building caught fire but the
quick action of the local chemical fire
department saved it from destruction.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-01-07
Failure Involves 4s Banks.

Sac Paulo. Brazil. Jan. THE fail
ure was announced here today of the
Incorporadora company of Sac Paulo.
The failure involves 46 banks In the
principal towns Of the state Of Sac
Paulo. The banks affected were all
founded by the Incorporadora COM
pany. Several foreign banks are said
to be the principal creditors.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-01-07
Campbell TO RUN
Third District Congressman
Announces His Candidacy.
Asks Another Term-Has
Served Since 1909.

Pittsburg. Kan, Jan. Phillip p.
Campbell, Republican representative in
congress from the Third Kansas dis
trict. serving his sixth, successive term,
today announced his candidacy for re-
election this year. M. Campbell is
home for a visit Of . few days. No
other candidate for the Republican
nomination has announced his candi-
dacy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-01-07
Ellss' Big Key Disappears.

C1arks6urg, ". Va, Jan. The b1g
wooden key Of Elkdom which originally
was carried away from lodge No. 1 In
New York several years ago. has, dis
appeared from the lodge room OF the
Clarksburg Elks. It IL said the big key
has disappeared mysteriously from
more than dozen Elk lodges stnce It
left New York The key was brought
here from Lebanon. Pa.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-01-07

Paris, Jan. because her hus-
band. Prince Eitel Fritz, the kaiser's
second son. Is getting much too fat to
be handsome, Princes Sophia has left
him and IL now staying alone and in
cognito in the Ritz hotel in Paris.
There probably are other reasons in
addition to the one of her spouse's
obesity why the princess wants free-
dom from him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-01-07
Holland Sells Holke.

st. Joseph, jan First Baseman Holke
has been sold by Manager Holland of the
st. Joseph Western League club to the
Spokane club of the Northwestern
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-01-07
[lWYER'S MATE m SECLUSI0N
Adelaide M. Brance Of Melville, n. 7.
Goes to q Sanitarium.

Miss Adelaide M. Brance. whose life
for three years in q room on Melville
Couch's office in Monticello. N. T..
was revealed by his sudden death. IL
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-01-07

Fair with moderate temperature to-
night and Thursday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-01-07

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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-27
FRENCH ATTENDS
CABINET MEETING
However, No Solution Of Difficult
Problems Was Reached;
Cough Leaves Camp

!, London, March e7.-7Ffeld Marshal Sir
resignation AS head of the British
army. was called into the meeting Of
the cabinet ministers to-day to discuss
his position with them
At noon 1t was announced that the
statement on the subject which Pre-
mier Asquith had promised to give to
the House OF Commons had been post
poned until . o'clock this afternoon.
The session Of the cabinet ministers
tinued three hours. 1t was deduced
from this protracted meeting that they
found difficulty in repairing the, rift
in the army organization caused by
the blow given to 1T by the resigna-
tions of Sir John French chief of the
general staff, and Lieutenant General
Sir John Spencer Ewart, adiutant gem
eral to the forces. The two generals
to-day seemed determined not to with
draw their designations, as they CON
sidered they had received a rebuff in
the governments Reputation of the
guarantees which they gave to Briga-
der General Cough. regarding Ulster.
No solution of the difficult prob
lens confronting the British govern
ment was reached at the cabinet coun-
ell this morning and it was announced
that another meeting of the ministers
would discuss the matter before Pre-
mier Asquith made his appearance in
the House of Commons.
The lobbies of the houses of Parlia-
ment We're crowded and all kinds of ru~
mors were in circulation.
Brigadier General Hubert Cough,
comma nder of the Third Cavalry Bri-
gade, left the Curragh camp for Lon
don hurriedly this afternoon.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-27

screaming through the window into
the cell again.
Steps were taken to-day by the Poor
Directors to have the Dauphin county
court appoint q commission to inquire
into Mrs. Tracy's mental condition
with view to having her removed to
the State asylum.
Husband Deserted Her
Grief at the evident desertion OF
her husband it was said at the office
Of the poor board to-day, has been
largely responsible for Mrs, Tracy's
condition. The woman Is 81 years old
and is the wife of Thomas Tracy. They
have one child, a daughter, aged s.,
who is with relatives. The Tracys
came here from York county couple
of weeks ago and according to the
story unearthed by the poor board
Investigators, Tracy hasn't done much
toward supporting his wife.
Less than week ago she became
Ill and was taken to the Harrisburg
hospital Tracy, it Is said, not only
failed to call to see her after the first
visit but only telephoned to inquire
about her but once. The woman griev-
ed piteously for her husband and when
he was told of this over the phone, he
merely said he guessed he couldn't do
anything for her."
And yesterday the hantic woman,
too violent to be kept longer in the
hospital ward, was removed to the
almshouse.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-27
BUDGET PASSES AS
COUNCIL SITS TODAY
IN SPECIAL SESSION
Millage Ordinance Providing 9 IL
Mills Also Goes
Through

City Council this afternoon in
special session passed finally Harris
burg's first budget ordinance under
the new commission form of govern
ment.
The amount as read for the last
time totaled $510.S72.47 and covers
the expenditures for the nine months
of the fiscal year beginning the first
Monday in April and ending January
1. 1915,
The millage ordinance providing for
a mill rate was also passed
finally.
Four other ordinances We're on the
final reading calendar late this after
noon and upon their passage will de-
pend the appointments to fill some of
the new offices. These are the meas
ure creating the Office of police cap
tain and authorizing the appointment
of that officer and five additional pa
trolmen; the ordinance creating the
office of assistant city assessor; the
ordinance abolishing the positions of
chief clerk and assistant chief clerk
in the City Treasury, and the new
license tax ordinance.
The appointments of the police cap
tain, the new patrolmen and the as
sistant city assessor will be offered. il
is expected, at next Tuesdays meeting
of Council.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-27
ENGINEERS To HOLD
Anniversary MAR. 81
Society Has Remarkable Growth
During Its Ten Years
Existence

Preparations are practically COM
pleted for the celebration of the tenth
anniversary of the founding of the
Engineers Society of Pennsylvania,
which will take place Tuesday night
in the clubhouse, Front and Chestnut
streets. Luncheon, music and informal
discussions by officers, past and pres
ent, of the club will make up the
evening.
The society was instituted a decade
ago for the purpose of promoting good
fellowship and spirit of cooperation
among engineers of Harrisburg and
Steelton. It's success was immediate.
1t soon expanded its activities until
they were State. wide. which resulted
in the purchase of the present club
house. There Is now q membership
of 700.
At the anniversary Tuesday night
music will be furnished by the So
ciety's glee club and an orchestra
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-27
Informal speeches will follow.

Informal speeches will follow.
The committee on anniversary in
cludes Thomas Earle, chairman, John
E. Ericsson, John r. Comstock. Willis
Whited, Farley Gannett, +. A. Rob-
ins. Jr.
Following are the past presidents
from 1904 to 1913, in this order: j. V.
w. Reynders, George w. Parsons, Will
liam b. McCaleb, Thomas Earle, Will
liam P. Mackenzie. f. Herbert Snow,
j. V. w. Reynders, David e. Tracy,
Mason ID. Pratt, George S. Com
stock, Sr.
John Price Jackson is now presi-
dent: r. Herbert Snow and Thomas
E. Kennedy. vice-presidents; Edward
Dasher, secretary; r. Boone Allot,
treasurer. The board of directors in
cludes Paul A. Cuenot. Albert f. Da-
mon, Henderson Gilbert, Kenneth 9.
Grant, Robert II. Irons. #. E. Langen-
helm. Frank p. McKilbern. William C.
Riddle and Charles p. Turner.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-27
Commissioner Sells Says
$4,000 Indians Are
tuberculosis Sufferers
BY Associated Press

Washington, D. c., March 27. -
Health conditions among the Indians
Is described as deplorable by Indian
Commissioner Sells in his annua re-
port to-day. Approximately $4,000
Indians are suffering from tubercu-
losis, he says, while available hospital
facilities for all will not exceed 800
beds.
During the past fiscal year 1905 In
dians died from tuberculosis. The
Indian death rate was 32.25 per
thousand against 1900 per thousand
for the entire registered area of the
United States. More than 10000 cases
of trachoma are shown to exist among
the governments wards. The report
says there are 5000 Indian families
without homes. many of whom live
under revolving conditions. +
NNeed of increased appropriations
to provide the Indians more sanitary
homes. better school facilities, medi-
cal attention and measures to prevent
disease Is emphasized.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-27
Final Brief on Behalf
of Thaw Is Filed in
u. S. District Court
By Associated Press

Concord. n. H.. March az. The final
brief on behalf of Harry *. Thaw, on
his petition for a writ of habeas corpus
and for admission to bail pending de-
cision on the matter of extradition. was
filed in the United States District Court
, by counsel to-day.
The document lay stress upon the
claim that the statute under which
Thaw originally was committed to the
insane asylum at Matteawan, N. Y, Is
unconstitutional and therefore 1t was
not a. crime for him to escape from
custody; that an insane person cannot
commit a crime and accordingly can
not be extradited on q charge of COM
mitting a crime; that Thaw's sanity
or insanity must be decided before II
can be determined that there is juris-
diction to extradite him; and that he is
not q. fugitive from justice within the
meaning of the Federal Constitution.
As to bail, counsel maintains that
bail in misdemeanor case is a matter
of right. The brief concludes:
The purpose of the State Of New
York being to return Thaw to Mattea-
wan, 1t is making misuse of the ex-
tradition laws to accomplish its end.
Thaw should be discharged"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-27
HALF DOZEN HEARD
. IN JUVENILE COURT
Mrs. Tener a Visitor, But She
Wouldn't Talk to News
papermen

Mrs. John X. Tener, wife of the
at the March session of Juvenile court
conducted this morning by President
Judge Kunkel in chambers. Follow
ling juvenile court suspended sentence
court was conducted.
The list of new little defendants
was smaller than usual, five boys for
truancy and two for larceny, COM
prising the calendar. At least a dozen
other youngsters were on hand, how
ever to tell the court how they've been
behaving. The stories they told were
much the same as the tales that have
been told-in juvenile court. And
there were the usual smiles and tears
Mrs. Elsie V. Middleton, the new
probation officer, served in her new
capacity for the first time at court
session. Mrs. Tener attended court
with Miss Anne Mccormick, the two
having been delegated as juvenile
court committee by the Children's Aid
Society.
The present method of conducting
the juvenile sessions in chambers is In
accordance with a suggestion made by
Mrs. Tener several years ago. The
same plan had been followed IN her
hume county. Mrs. Tener believes
that the youngsters should not be SUBJ
jected to the publicity and embarrass-
ment of facing a court room full of
people. Furthermore, the tales that
are Cften told in court are not such
as to improve the morals of child
by any means.
Mrs. Tener smilingly declined TO talk
about her visit this morning:
"a coupls of years ago l talked TO
some newspaper men about visit to
the Juvenile court, and oh, my--when
the papers came out in the evening!
No--no." and the Governors wife
laughed, "never again!"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-27
TO HAVE A DANCE ON
THE MAJESTIC STAGE


The demand for stage dancing after
the matinee, has been. so great tltat
Helen Grayce has concluded to accede
to the many requests that she has re-
ceived and give special tango dance
after the matinee, Saturday afternoon,
in which all who wish to participate
may do so. There will be the announc-
ed tango tea Friday afternoon, at which
refreshments will be served, and during
which lessons will be given free to all
those who wish to learn the newest
steps in the tango. There will also be
tango dancing and some hesitation
waitzes. On Saturday afternoon the
time after the matinee will be devoted
entirely to dancinP of all kinds, both
new and old, In giving these matinee
dances Miss Grayce is but following in
the footsteps Of the theaters in the
larger cities. The craze for dancing
has reached such height that many
theaters throughout the country are
now devoting at least two afternoons a
week to 1t. while in the very largest
cities dancing palaces are being erect
ed,--Advertisement
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-27
BUY A PIANO CHEAP

You can buy a high grade piano or
player piano in our Big Removal Sale
at ridiculously low prices Investi-
gate. Spangler's, Sixth above Maclay.
Advertisement.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-27
SEE WOMAN HANGING
FROM WINDOW SILL

[Continued from First Page.l
Eva Davidson, the chief nurse, raced
to Mrs. Tracy's cell and made flying
grab at the woman's hands as she was
about to drop. They dragged her
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1914-01-30
DENIES THEORY OF LOMBROSO
Equally High Authority Asserts That
There Is No Distinct Type
of Criminal.

DR.. Charles Goring is the latest
criminologist to combat the theories
of Lombroso and to assert that there
is no such thing as a criminal type,
DR.. Goring admits that there are some
persons who are naturally criminals.
but he denies that their criminality
shows itself by physical stigmata.
Seeing hat criminality is a purely ar.
tiicial distinction, it is hard to under
stand why nature should aid in the
classification. Our social system has
seen fit to select a small number Of
the almost innumerable ways of be-
ing wicked and to label them as Grim
inal. The other ways are not labeled
as criminal, although they nay actual
ly involve a much greater moral tur-
pitude. 1t is not the function of so
ciety to prevent people from being
wicked, but only to prevent them from
being wicked in such ways as are
particularly periodical to the rest of
the community. There was a time
when it was criminal to read the Bible.
It is still criminal to do some things
Of which the moral sense may highly
approve. We can hardly expect ma
ture to give her sanction to our artl-
fetal distinctions.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1914-01-30
Snipe. Bird Of Mystery.

Very little is really known about the
snipe. That he is extremely interest
ing; both naturalists and sportsmen
agree; that he is mysterious. nobody
who has attempted to make the slight
est study of his ways and habits will
deny, for, like the wind, n cannot
tell whence he cometh, or whittier
he goeth," neither can n say why
he comes or why he goes, says a writ
err in Country Life. On a given bog
one may find plenty of snipe today,
and yet tomorrow hunt in vain for a
single bird, and this even when no at
mospheric change has occurred. n
more one studies this bird the more
one realizes how very little one really
knows about him.. The snipe Is
unique in his habit of drumming, or
bleating, as it is sometimes called.
The means by which the sound is
produced is one of the most discussed
subjects in ornithology.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1914-01-30
THE GENESIS OF THE HosRLE.

Captain MacManus, master airlga-
tor, leaned idly on the pneumatic star
board rail of the great New York re-
ceiving foat of the Five Continents
& Australia Aerial line and gazed
down at Manhattan Island, 5000 feet
below, as it was in the year 1862.
Down on the caissons of the F. c.
& A. ground terminal a tiny electrical
depot-tender, all glass and wire, was
taking aboard her quota of passen-
gers, bound for the float to catch the
10:11 Express for Paris. The Express,
a monster 9~00-footer, that flashed her
red hull across the Atlantic on the
10, 00O-fOOt level at the rate OF $50
miles an hour, lay in her clips on the
float, impatient to be released and
tear herself away from contact with
things near-mundane. Tiny 300-toot
express packets from Washington,
Chicago, P%ittsburg and other nearby
points were swarming to the float,
discharging their passengers and
mails for the big Express, taking their
release signals and scurrying back
whence they came.
1t was a scene that the captain had
seen year after year, yet he never
tired Of witnessing the silent swift
ness with which the thing was man
aged.
A tiny bell buzzed near him and No.
10 S%tarboard Clip swiftly opened it's
great steel arms and awaited the COM
ing of the boat that had signaled it.
Down below the tender rose up from
the terminal caissons, spiraled upward
in long curves, and one minute later
No. 10 Clip received it in its arms.
Out of the tender came rushing
tour boys in the white and green uni
forms of the apprentices of the line.
Kids bound for the training
grounds in the Himalaya's," grunted
Captain MacManus.
The boys instantly made a respect
full rush toward him.
What luck!" cried one. We've
got just fifteen minutes to catch the
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1914-01-30

ences, including Turkish baths. at the
pole. ri be waiting for you says
she. Hurry back so long says
he; and away he went and was gone
for five long years.
You see, when he went away WON
en- were plump, and had hips and
shoulders. and wore long skirts, with
room enough in them to walk. When
he came back it was the yea of these
hobble skirts and the women were
altogether different. The young eN'
plorer goes into his apartments ID
the little hotel and something that
looks like this picture ieaped up 10
welcome him, and he steps back and
hollers: Gimme my gun. There's a
strange animal like a seal in the
room And it was only his wife. The
sad part of it was that he had to pay
the dressmaker next day"
But why did the ONE let Style
boss them so?" asked an apprentice
Would 1t punish them If they
wouldn't get thin or plump as it or,
dered them?"
Would it! Indeed 1T would. my
lad; it would let them see other won
en- who were in style!"
But how did they e~er happen TIC
hit onto anything like this hobble
skirt. captaln?"
well. you see, twas in the days
when the ladies were fighting fol
equal rights with man. The men
as yet, SO the dear women did the
next best thing. They couldn't gel
the whole trousers, but they could
get one leg. They took and made II
into a skirt as you g in the pic
ture."
The young airmen gazed at thu
strange picture in amazement. "Wh
in the world did they think sucf
things made them pretty, captain"
asked one. Fancy n Of our womeI
today wearing anything that would
interfere with their stride!'
THE women of today are free.
said Captain MacManus. They have
thrown off the thrali of instinct. Ant
yet" he unused smilingly, and yet
those old days were good days, aftel
all. Douse my signal rays! ! don
know but what they were as good as
the present era, so far as the womer
are concerned. Yes, lads, in those
days ! was once tempted to enter thai
old-fashioned and discarded state Of
matrimony."
What was the matter, captain?
asked one of the boys. "Wouldn'
the girl have you?"
Run along" growled the old man
Get aboard the Express. You're like
all the boys nowadays; you're too
keen on ancient history"
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