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The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-27
Other Inmates Go to His AID
Assailants Armed.
TWO PRISONERS TO AnSu
Paroles for the Two VIE
Helped Guard.
The Guard Was Knocked Down
BY His Prisoner.

Hutchinson, Kan. Feb. 17.@Tho
life Of Sherman Monroe, q guard OF
the reformatory. was saved this
morning by two inmates Of that inoti-
tuition. after he had been knocked
down by one and Threatened with .
gun by another.
It was in q farm detail. whom
Charles Church, sent mp from Riley
county, hit Monroe In the head with
a pitchfork. knocking him down. A
small revolver fell out Of his pocket
and Guy Cunningham, an inmate.
pushed it out Of the way. william
Daniel. sent from Atchison county,
ran and. getting the gun. started to
shoot Monroe.
Jesse Dawson and Jesse Blank, In
mates, the latter colored. got Monroe
on his feet and dfsaEmed Daniels. Mon
roe pulled q second revolver by this
time and made the boys throw up
their hands.
Church and Daniels will be taken to
Lansing prison, and the board, in ses-
sion today, will either parole or par
don Dawson and Blank for their part
In assisting an officer when his life was
at stake.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-27
TO REVISE Rates.
Newland Is About to Redeem Cam
patgn Promise.

Frank Newland, city commissioner
Of water and lighting, this morning
made a move in the direction OF
carrying out his prediction promise
of cheaper water for the patrons OF
the city's municipal plant. At a
meeting Of the city commission today
Commissioner Newland presented to
the commission q proposed revision
downward of the water rates. Nat
urally q discussion of the subject fol-
lowed.
The other members of the city COM
mission wanted to be sure they were
not able to arrive at this certainty
with the information at hand or
what Mr.. Newland could give them.
SO to gain time in which to study the
question the new schedule was with
drawn and nothing was left in the
minutes of the proceedings of the
meeting of the commission to show
that the subject had ever been dis
cussed. The matter will probably be
taken up again Monday.
Mr. Newland was not able to say
what the average percentage Of re-
duction the revision he had drawn up
would make over the existing rates.
The most definite statement he made
was that in some instances the re-
duction would be as much as % per
than within $1,000 Of what the de-
crease in revenues Of the water de-
partment would be under his sched-
ule, based on the amount Of water
used last year. He said the reduc-
ton would be somewhere between
$4,000 and $4,000 per year prob
ably, but he had not figured 1t out.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-27
VANDEGRIFT IS HERE.
Well Known Newspaper Writer Just
Recovered From Severe Illness.

Fred vandegrift. the best known of
all tho Kansas newspaper men. L. in
Topeka for q short visit with old
friends. IVAN" has just recovered
from a serious illness. For five weeks
he lay at his homo In Kansas City
near to death from bilious and inter-
mittent fever.
ssVan'' has written hundreds of
thousands OF columns Of news about
many people In the twenty years of
his service as Newspaper man and yet
not q line appeared in print about this
serious illness. Van" has been too
long q giver Of publicity to seek pub
licity in his later years. He also OBJ
jects to the title dean" of Kansas
newspaper writer's, declaring that 1t
has been overdone. He said today
that Tom McNeal had been writing for
papers in Kansas twenty years before
he came to the state. $50 why should
be called the dean ?" asked ''Van."
Call me emeritus II you have to
call me something" said ''van." ''But
I do not see why you have to give me
any title at ALL"
This writer doesn't like the word
emeritus and doesn't know much
about what it meand, anyway. "van''
should be called Aristotle, for he is q
very great philosopher.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-27
Two PLEAD GUILTY.
Indicted for Conspiracy and Conduct
ing . Land Lottery.

Kansas City. Feb. 27.-R. J. Martin
and Joseph n. Borders, Kansas City
agents of the Florida Fruit Lands
company, pleaded guilty in the federal
court here today to the charges of
conspiracy and the conducting of q
lottery in the sale of lands in the ever
glades of Florida. Judge Van Valken-
burg reserved sentence.
Martin and Borders were indicted
with six other officers and agents Of
the lands company last November, on
the general charge of misuse of the
mails. It was charged they misrepre-
sented land sold in small tracts to
1900 persons in states Of the middle
west. Among those indicted was r.
J. Bolles Of Jacksonville. Fla, presi-
dent OF the company. Martin and
Borders are the first to answer to the
Indictment.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-27
AGED HERMIT SINKING
Fell ON Ice and Broke Hip-Is 8S
Years Old.

Chanute. Kan. Feb. 27.-Henry
Voltz, S3 years old, who has lived as a
hermit on the Neosho river near here
for forty-five years, WIFI not recover,
physicians say. from the effects of a
fall which fractured HIS thigh The
blizzard Sunday found him without
provisions in his cabin. Near ex-
haustion from cold and hunger he at
tempted Tuesday to get to town.
When near assistance he fell on the
ice.
Voltx Is a native of Switzerland.
Discouraged by business failure in
Illinois he came to Kansas and sought
seclusion. He chopped wood. trapped
and hunted for n meager living for
paniOnS.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-27
DEN0UNCE LIQUOR
Hutchinson Citizens Ask Nee.
ley and Senators for Support.
Pass Resolution and Urge Na.
tiOnal Prohibition. :.

Hutchinson. Feb. 27.-"Resolved.
by three thousand American citizens,
in mass meeting assembled In the
Hutchinson, Kan, Convention hall.
that we are in hearty favor Of nation
al constitutional prohibition and will
do all within our power to secure the
adoption of an amendment to the
constitution forever prohibiting the
sale, manufacture for sale, importa-
ton for sale. expectation or transpor-
tation for sale of beverages, or foods
containing alcohol, in accordance with
the joint resolution introduced in the
United States congress by Congress-
man Richmond Pearson Hobson.''
This resolution was adopted by ac-
clamation. with a shout. by an audi
ence OF men and women who nearly
filled Convention hall last night.
1t was after stirring and scathing
denunciation Of the liquor traffic by
Evangelist Charles Reign Scoville,
which was applauded to the echo that
Rev. ]. w. Abel presented to the large
congresation this resolution and
moved its adoption.
Fifty men secured the motion and IL
was adopted with lusty applause. 1t
will be forwarded at once to Congress-
man George A. Neeley and Senators
Bristow and Thompson. The bin is
now pending in the judiciary commit
tee Of the house.
It's Up to Congress.
The day il not far advanced" de-
clared DR.. Scoville, when the bill in
the hands of the judiciary committee
will be pulled out and the Democrats
have got to say whether they are for
or against it.
IF the fellows there at Washington,
now haven't got the backbone to de-
clare themselves. you just wait until
they come back home for reelection
and we'll show them whether they're
for or against it. The nations going
dry" (Cheers.)
w. C. T. U. Was There.
Occupying one side of the frst bal
cony was the Women's Christian Tenn
perance Union. the company Of women
stand in Hutchinson in stamping out
liquor.
Stretched along the balcony in front
OF their delegs-tes was a large banner
reading: For God and Home. and
Native Land
Before the address by DIR. Scoville,
which was a sledge hammer attack on
the liquor traffic. the big audience
arose. and led by the w. c. T. u. and
chorus choir sang, to the tune OF THE
Sweet Bye and Bye
The nations going dry,
The nations going dry,
Pass along the watchword,
The nations going dry
IF the church stands the saloon has
to die in this nation" declared DR..
Scoville. IF the saloon stands the
church will die. They both can't live
in America"
The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-27
BARS MARRIED WOMEN
Pittsburg VIII Not Employ Them ON
the Police Force.

Pfttsburg, Pa, Feb. 27.-Married
women are barred from appointment
to the Pittsburgh police force. ac-
cording to regulations issued today by
Charles s. Hubbard, director Of public
safety on the ground that single wo-
men will have more time to look after
their official duties
Twenty applications have been filed
for the four positions to be filled by
women on the local force. The sue
cessful ones will not be required to
wear uniforms and will each be paid
$75 a month. They will be subject to
the general rules governing the police
department.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-27
ANARCHY IN PORTUGAL
An Important Revolutionary Move
ment Is in Progress.

Madrid, Feb. z7.-The Spanish gov
ernment has received information
that an important revolutionary move
is in progress in Portugal Accord
ing to an announcement made today
by the Spanish under-secretary OF
state for the interior, q condition of
anarchy exists throughout Portugal.
authorities here to obtain full par
ticulars Of the occurrences in Portugal
but hitherto it has been impossible to
learn definitely what is taking place,
AZ all communication, including wire
less teleGraphy, Is interrupted
The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-27
THE DAY IN CONGRESS
Amendment Putting Check ON r. n.
General Il Thrown Out.

Washington, Feb. 27.-Senate re-
fused to agree on q day for q vote ON
the woman suffrage constitutional
amendment. Rejected an amendment
master general of power to lower
rates and alter regulations for the
parcel post.
Senator Nelson introduced a bill for
federal license of interstate commerce
corporations and proposing a plan for
publicity.
House. Representative Dies warnsa
against intervention in Mexico.
Representative Palmer advocated
his bill to bar child labor products
from Interstate commerce.
Representative MOndell (Republi-
can, Wyoming). in an attack ON the
administrations Mexico policy pre-
dicted that If the constitutionalists
overthrew Huerta there would follow
a reign Of rapine, plunder and mur-
der" that would spread all over Mex
leo.
The recent cold blooded murder
or barbarous execution, whichever It
may prove to have been, of tho
ranchman Benton at Juarez," Mondell
declared, has served to throw q sim
constitutiOna1ist commander of the
north. but is neither a surprise nor
revelation to those who have been
following developments in northern
Mexico. 1t simply serves to throw
into relief the character of the forces
of barbarism and outlawry which arc
the backwash of the Madero revolu-
ton, utterly devoid of all the humani-
tartan and patriotic instincts that in
spired that unfortunate man.
Mr.. Mondell said he credited the
best intentions to President Wilson
and Secretary Bryan, but good in
tentiOns cannot save us from disas-
ters which amateurs, theorists.
dreamers, acting on impulse when not
on prejudice. are likely to bring
upon us.
when we compare" Mr.. Mondeu
concluded, the policy Of retreat in
China. OF aimless vaccilation in Mex
leo, meddling in the West Indies, and
ENHANCEMENT in Central America
with the administrations plan Of
scoot and scuttle in the Philippines.
where we have real interests and
great responsibilities, we have a pic
ture Of external affairs calculated to
make fools laugh and wise men
grieve.''
Attempts by Senator Ashurst to get
on the constitutional amendment for
woman suffrage were blocked today
and the Arizona senator announced he
would move for immediate considera-
ton after the passage of the postof-
flee bill now pending. He also had .
wordy clash with Senator Reed, who
objected to fixing date.
III the senator would talk less" de-
clared Mr.. Ashurst, I'VE might ret
through with some Of this legislation
the country is waiting for"
Several senators urged Mr.. AshurDt
to withdraw the remark. but he re-
fused.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-27
Jobs FOR THE J0BLESS
That Is Object Of . National Confer
ence In New York.

New York, Feb. N.-Delegates to the
national conference on unemployment
gathered In the city hall today to
ind. a remedy for irregularity Of em-
ployment. to hit upon a practicable
method of bringing together the job
less men and the manless jobs and
to so organize the labor market that
there may be permanent thinning in
the swollen ranks OF the unemployed
This floating army of men without
jobs has assumed such proportions in
New York city that a municipal en-
ployment bureau has been recently
sus bureau 25 per cent Of the entire
number Of working persons are without
employment for one to three months
during the year.
Mayor John Purroy Mitchell opened
the conference which is to last today
Public Responsibility" The dele
gates brought to the conference special
home problems from every large city
in the country, and from an exposition
Of these special conditions a general
panacea is being formulated.
"This problem" said DR.. John B.
Andrews. secretary of the American
Association for Labor legislation, will
sift down to this: H~w are employers
to employ q constant STAFF OF men and
keep them busy In slack seasons?
Germany has done 1t and certain
manufacturing concerns and railroads
in this country have shown that 1t
can be done, by shifting men engaged
in construction work from one part of
the country to another as the slack
season in any given locality leaves a
surplus Of labor. This obviates the
necessity for the annual discharge of
employees by railroads and the conse-
quent swelling of the body Of the un-
employed.
THE definite constructive result of
this conference" he concluded, Twill
be the establishment Of q great many
employment exchanges which ought to
be run by the state.''
Already, according to DR.. Andrews.
eight cities have established free en-
p1oyment exchanges.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-27
SOME BIG TAXPAYERS.
One Man in Chicago Pays ON Income
Of Nearly q Million.

Chicago Feb. N.-Income tax schedules
filed at the United States internal revenue
Office show that one Chicagoan will pay
taxes on a yearly income estimated at
nearly 81, 100000.
The office was notified that q man
whose name was not made public was
an income of 100000 derived between
March / and December 81 The mans in
come for the ten months was estimated
at $500, 600 as the tax is required only on
l.ve-sixths of the total. Internal revenue
officials estimated his yearly income at
nearly q million dollars
The four next highest returns filed by
..icasoans were $4,000. $4,000. $2S00o0.
Sl29OOO
The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-27

Thursday afternoon session that
showed every detail In connection
with the manufacture Of shoes
May Como 70 Topeka Next Year.
Many Of the members Of the assoc
citation favored Topeka as the next
meeting place Of the organization
They wanted to come here while the
legislature IL N session next winter.
but up to tho time of going to press
this afternoon no action had been
taken. The on1cers will be elected the
day.
A resolution was passed this after
noon favoring the shortening the
period for seni-annual clearing sales.
It was recommended that they begin
Feb. and Aug. respectively. and
that they be discontinued in at least
four weeks.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-27
YOUNG GIRL


Hutchinson. Feb. 27.-Ohicers this
morning arrested Ernest Mitchell, -
years old, a farm hand charged with
attacking Mabel Steinbrinke, years
old, on a country road near Sylvia
yesterday afternoon. He will be
brought to Hutchinson and placed in
the county Jail this afternoon. The
little girl was on the way home from
q country school when Mitchell, who
worked at q farm four miles from
Sylvia, intercepted her and. she
claims, brutally attacked her.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-27
THE INCOME TAX.

If your income was over 1888, il
married, and over $500 IL unmarried,
for the last ten months Of 1913. your
income tax return due March 1 must
be fled with the collector of internal
revenue at Leavenworth not later than
Monday, March 2, in order to avoid
the prescribed penalties unless an ex-
tension has been granted on account Of
absence or sickness.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-27

Weather Forecast for Kansas.
Fair with q moderate Temperature
tonight and Saturday.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-27

Continued on Page Six.)
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-01-11
the World of Dress Has Begun

be getting more In demand with house
keepers than the fresh variety.
Tho Department of Agriculture now
gives the palm to timed foods and says
that IL every family would use the
fruits and vegetables prepared in this
way there would be less illness. This
may seem odd to those who believe the
freshness OF such things to be their
greatest recommendation. but 1t Is
fact that canning is a means of protec-
ton against microbes.
Dust Is a great microbe carrier and
such vegetables as celery, spinach and
salads, for instance collect and hold dirt.
They are OF course washed before being
used, but are not always cleansed as
thoroughly as they should be. They re-
ouire q completes cleansing, and this
they get In the great canning factories
where machinery performs the work.
sending them through process that
renders them immaculate.
An important improvement in the
production of canned goods was to make
them available In smaller quantities
than the usual quart size tins. One firm
began the good work by putting up half
pints OF soup and now one can get jel-
lies, meats, vegetables and sweets in In
diyidual quantities, Entrees are also
put up in this fashion and there are
available such things as whole capons.
roasted and boned In aspic. French
chickens in aSpic, chicken a la king,
sweetbreads la nnanciere, duckling a
Ia sultana, salmi of goose, praised beef
. la jardiniere. chicken curry. veal and
green peas and chicken pates.
Whole chickens and various homeless
meats and fish come out OF their pack
ing ready for the table. Lobster which
tastes as fresh as any just from the sea
Is another delicacy and is especially con-
venient for salads as 1t is free OF all
shell. Instead Of using inferior foods
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-01-11

for canning as in the old times the
manufacturers choose the best to-day.
The price is of course higher in most
cases than that Of fresh food, but when
one considers the cost of preparation
it may be figured that there is an actual
saving in the use of the ready TO eat
foods.
Complete dinners are put up In
baskets. These contain what is really a
dinner in cans and delicious one, lack
ing nothing and having even tiny bot
ties of sauces, bonbons and pickles
and large bottles of wines and liqneurs.
Dainty lace edged paper napkins are
used in the packing.
These prepared foods are of course
especially convenient for motor trips
when lunch baskets are taken along
provided with spirit stoves for heating
the edibles. For camping they are adj
mirable and for use In travel, when 1t is
not always possible to get the kind OF
dishes desired. they are "a boon to the
particular tourist.
The contents of these baskets vary
from simple menus to elaborate din
ners. Clam broth, beef tea. clear green
turtle soup and consomine are the Ia
vorite soups, as they have little or no
fat and can be used cold or hot as
preferred Crab flakes, lobster, pate de
foie gras and sardines constitute the
second course and there are prepared
biscuits and cartons OF toasted bread
that these delicacies may be served
with. The crab meat comes either in
the shells and without them. Chilli con
carne, goose breast, potted meats.
lambs tongues, cayiare and various
brands of sauces accompany these, with
salads, fruits, sweets and cakes attrac-
lively packed.
1t Is obvious that these things are
far superior TO the soggy, dried up and
tasteless foods that are provided at
many Of the eating places where rail-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-01-11
TWO HINTS ABOUT BEDS.

HRETTY covers for beds can be made
of cretonne or heavy chintz. to be
used instead of the time honored
counterpane. The covers are to be cut
at the corners so they will At and lie
fiat and may be finished off with lace
or wash edging. Use the same material
elsewhere in the room. on dresser. table,
cushions--even to the curtains. Be sure
TO choose a well covered though dainty
design.
Every one knows how ungainiy mAt-'
tress is to handle. This difficulty can
be overcome by sewing two loops on
each side of the mattress to use as han.
dies when turning or lifting 1t from one
place to another.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-01-11

cussed pleats are In evidence. Ono Of
these gowns Il set in Nat pieats from
waist to hem. The material Ia black
charrneuse and the corsage 10 finished
with ! folded dchu of the same material
~ the skirt.
A second gown. for dinner wear. II
trimmed with pleated drapery which
y arranged In tunic fashion The pieated
material falls In q graceful waterfall At
one side and II confined At the waist by
. supple sAsh Of parma violet chiffon
velvet. Even IN Redfern's draped satin
slkirts ~ and an indication Of pleatings
underneath. these pleatings showing d.
rectly In front. whore the skirt 10 cut up
In Z point, and giving . very graceful
appearance to the feet.
Il u interesting to note that the rs-
vival Of pleAted skirts marches side BY
slds with ! revival OF draped skirts which
rscau the quaint fashions Of 1sSo-S2. On
looking over = collection Of photographs
taken thirty years Ago was struck
.by the similarity Of the fashions Of than
ana now.
In mAny cases the outline was prac-
tically the same. the neV high toQues
being almost exact copies OF the three
decker hat worn In the days when Nrn.
Langtry originated the idea Of prpfes-
sionAl beauties. n one may place con-
ndence>in thA camera the stylea Of l4Ae..
- Wero extraordinarily like tho adls
vAnood stylee ~ to-day. with ono not-l
able 6i0srNnce. and that y thA mir a.
~ I07a o6aG TO AWN6l
Ql1lto ~ 1c01nnSy than4 III ho6Mtf0nl
u y bskn1
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-01-11
With Them Comes Revival of the Quaint Fashions of
188oz---Artistc Creations Produced by Paris Dress
makers for Princess Radziwil and Princess Arnedee dc
Brogle--A Period of Extreme Luxury and Splendor ir
The World cf Dreee LJoe Remm

road passengers are often landed un-s
expectedly through some delay OF hitch
in the train arrangements. E-e-
One OF the best known actresses n
America who travelled the country over
long before the conveniences OF tbs
present were known says that FOR yearH
she made point of ordering nothing
but hard boiled eggs at any Of thu,
one night stands. IT was the only
thing she could be sure of. 1t can ~.
imagined that the dinners In tins. weft
cooked, seasoned with sauces and soups
made by skilled chefs would have he46.
great luxury in the days before stax1s
had their private cars and cooks. 49,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-01-11
Two and N Quarter Tons Of Honey.

ARcoLA, ILL.,, Dec 3D.-J. NJ. Gingerich,
the Arthur bee king, has been delivering
Il lot of honey In Arcola this week and
has sold over 500 pounds here.
This year he took off over 4.500 pounds,
ttwo and one-fourth tons) from his lSC
stands. In addition to the large amount
of honey he sold he has sold $50 queen
bees and for these received s425.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-01-11

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