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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-05-01
PAYNE-WATTs BRIDAL PARTY

Miss Helen Watts of Davenport, who
Will be the May bride of II. b. Payne
her wedding day to be Saturday. May
16-has chosen two OF her girlhood
friends as her matrons of honor in
Mrs. Dugald Porter OF Moline. nee
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-05-01

additional Social on Page 100.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-24
RIPLEY TO EMPLOYEES
President OF Santa F,e Asks C0-Opera
ton in safety Work.

E. p. Ripley, president of the Santa
Fe railway, has issued the following
circular letter to all employees regard
ing the important work done by the
safety department.:
THE report of the commissioner of
safety indicates progress in that less
of our number were killed and less in
jured during the fiscal year ended
June 80, 1914, than in previous years:
but the showing, while improved and
rejecting great credit on the commits
sioner and his assistants, still leaves
much to be desired. 1t is good to save
lives and limbs but 1t is important to
save more Of them.
Therefore all officers and en-
ployees are urgently requested to CO.
operate in every way to make the
Safety Department q still greater sue
cess to the end that the Santa Fe, al
ready in the front rank in most re-
spects. may take its proper position
in this matter a1so.''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-24
MISS LONG HERE.
MilliOnaire's Daughter With 16
Horses for Topeka Fair.


Miss Loula Long, famous horsewom-
an, and daughter of r. A. Long, Kan
sas City millionaire, will be at the
spectacular horse show at the Big Fair,
Topeka. September 14-18. with sixteen
Of the blue bloods'' from the Long
private stables and two loads Of We
hicles. These will be the same horses
that have been entered in Madison
Square horse show in New York, the
Coliseum at Chicago. and st. Louis. st.
Paul and other large cities.
r. A. Long is the owner Of the ia
nous Longview farm where an almost
limitless amount Of money has been
expended in equipment. The stables
are, not excelled by any in the United
States
Miss Long is a true sportswoman. She
enjoys competition. and is particularly
in the face Of the strongest kind of
competition. And according to the
management of the Big Fair. Topeka,
Miss Long will not be without compe-
tition here.
The big pavilion-200x400 feet in size
lin which the night entertainment viii
be held at the fair was made espe-
cially for g horse show at st. Joe two
years ago. Unless the weather is
stormy only tho center poles will be
used SO there will be nothing in the
way to obstruct the view of those who
attend. The tent will have a seating
capacity Of 5000.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-24
IS VIOLATING THE Law.
German Wireless station Receives Of
fetal Notification.

Washington, Aug. 24.-After q con-
ference with Secretary Daniels today,
Secretary Redfeld notified the Ger
man-owned wireless station at Tuck
erton, n. J., that it is operating in vio-
lation Of law. The action was taken
because the Tuckerton station never
has been licensed as il required in the
radio laws. 1t began operating last
May in the experimental stage. and
lately has been the only direct means
OF communication between the United
States and Germany. Other stations,
operating. are said to require a relay
during the summer.
The Tuckerton tower is said to be
the only one having a system capable
Of overcoming static conditions in hot
weather. The wireless station at
Sayville, Long Island. is licensed and
now under censorship. Whether the
government would license the Tucker
ton station. now that war has broken
out, raises a difficult question.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-24
UP IN THE AIR.
City Commissioners Can't Figure Out
Dim Light Order.

Because language fails them, the city
commissioners did not pass an ordi-
nance today regulating the operation of
sioners are DESTROYS of passing an ordi-
nance compelling automobile owners to
dim their lights. They want to legis-
late against the dazzling and binding
lights some autoists use, but they are
unable to put into words such an ordi-
nance. They are not able to state with
sufficient definiteness the intensity of a
light. They are not able to say how
bright a light may be to be illegal be-
cause there is no convenient method of
me assuring the intensity OF light.
The ordinance under consideration
was framed some time ago. 1t was
referred to r. L. Cofran, mayor, w. C.
Ralston. city attorney. and H. s. Put
ney, Of the Kansas State Automobile
association. The committee made
report that while it would like to in
corporate in the ordinance a section
prohibiting the use of lights of too
great intensity, it could find no way of
stating such a section with sufficient
deflniteness to make it enforceable.
One section Of the ordinance as it
now reads f0rbids any motor-pro-
PEELED vehicle to pass within eight
feet Of q street car taking on or dis
charging passengers, and where the
streets are too narrow to allow pas
sage eight feet away, autos must
come to q stop and wait for the street
cars to start before passing. Action
on the ordinance was postponed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-24
perate Skirt Styles are now SO different

Farland left for his summer vacation
week ago, leaving Ed Rooney. parole
officer in his place with judicial au-
thorlty. In the past week Rooney says
he has had more work than in any one
week in the last two years. Besides
sending one girl to the reform school
at BelOit he has committed two boys
to the industrial school here and ham
died the cases of five more whom he
paroled last week.
Persons passing the Santa Fe hospital
grounds in the evenings complain of
annoyance by either direct insults or
bOisterous and profane language on the
part of boys ranging in age from IA
to 20 years. The other night the boys
threw stones at a young man and wOm-
an in a buggy. Had not the young
man whipped up the horse 1t might
have resulted seriously. Persons liv-
ing in the immediate neighborhood are
disturbed in their sleep by singing and
shouting.
Judge Robert. Carver. today gave a
verdict in favor of the Second Presby-
terrain church in North Topeka in a
suit brought in the court Of Topeka by
]. w. Kaufman. a paper hanger
Kaufman had undertaken to redecor-
ate and repair the walls of the church
on contract. When he commenced work
he found the job could not be handled
profitably on the agreed figure of 1925.
The church authorities gave the con-
tract to another man and Kaufman
he had bought in anticipation of the
work. Although the contractor who
finally got the work testified that he
lost money en- it. the court held that
Kaufman had insufficient ground for
action and decided against him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-24
POCKET BILLIARDS


A pocket billiard tournament win be
played at the Curry smoke house at
S14 Kansas avenue. beginning tonight
at 1880 o'clock. Eight Of the best
known players in the city have signed
up to play in this tournament. Each
man will be eliminated after he has
lost three games of 100 points each
and play will be continued until the
best players of the lot defeat all 9TH
ere.
Players will draw lots so as to de-
eide who they shall play in the first
round and the date they will play. An
interesting tournament IL expected.
The following is the list Of players who
will participate: Mark Roach. Joe
Handy, John Hedderman, William
Wilcox, Charles Adds. Beamer Nell
son, AlonzO Peters and L. Swain.
Billiard Men to Organize.
Billiard hall owners of the state
will meet Tuesday at the Commercial
club rooms to organize a state billiard
association. A number Of owners or
ganized a small association some time
ago, but this meeting Is being held to
give the operators in other towns q
chance to join.
Frank Curry has called this meeting
and the billiard hall owners of the
following towns have been invited to
attend and join the association: st.
Marys, Della, Mcfarland. Paxico, Do
yer, Burlingame. Scranton. Carbon
dale. Richland, Perry. Oslkaloosa.
Lawrence. Valley Falls, and Alma.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-24
TENNIS STARS meet.
National Championship Opens To-day
1t Casino Courts.

Newport. Aug. 24.-More than one
hundred Of the most expert racquet
wielders of the country gathered at
the Casino courts today for the OPEN
ing of the thirty-fourth annual lawn
tennis championship tournament.
Norman E. Brookes. the Australian
internationalist, also was an entrant,
and as he and Maurice E. Mclaughlin
of San Francisco, national champion,
were in opposite halves Of the draw,
it was the general expectation that
they would come safely through the
early rounds and meet in the finals.
For the championship court today the
committee chose the match between
c. M. Bull Of Brooklyn and William
M. Johnston of San Francisco, in the
second round.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-24
DARIUS MILLER DEAD.
President Of Burlington Victim Of
Surgical Operation.

Chicago, Aug. A.-Darius Miller. pres
ident of the Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy railroad. died at Glacier Park.
Mont. Sunday. after having undergone
an operation yesterday for appendicitis.
He had been touring the park with his
wife, apparently in good health, when
he was taken Ill last Wednesday.
Various officials Of the railroad and his
wife were with Mr.. Miller at the time of
his death.
The body is to arrive in Chicago Tues
day, when funeral arrangements will be
announced. Mr.. Miller was born In
Princeton, Ill, in 1859. He began his
career as q stenographer In a railroad
office. He became president of the Chi
cago. Burlington 4 Quincy road i'll 1910.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-24
RYAN IS NAMED.
j. b. Billiard Makes Girartl Man His
Campaign Manager.

Announcement was made by ]. B.
Billiard today of the appointment of w.
H Ryan of Gir4rd as manager of tho
Billiard gubernatorial campaign. The
appointment was made at the sugges-
ton of a number of Billiards. friends
and Ryan will next week take charge
OF the headquarters at 513 Kansas ave-
nue., maintained in the interests Of the
Independent gubernator1a1 candidate.
'.Bfn Ryan is a well known character
in Kansas politics. He was at one time
chairman Of the Democratic state COM
mfttee and served one term in the state
legislature. He is a resubmission Dem
ocrat and In the recent Democratic pri-
maries in Crawford county WAS q cam
dfdate Tor nomination ~ representa-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-24
FUN AT The CAMP LESSONS IN fire.
Thirty Boys Are Enjoying Ont Kansas Preparing to
ing Near Maple HILL school Children
~Bg Brother" Copies OF Prevention Bulletin
oualiRed Surcass Over Entire State.
|NDDES SLEPT m HAY STACK DECREASE IN FIRE LOSSES
Hike to Paxfco Was ON the Damages Per
Camp Program Cent Less Is Report.
Camn Rull DOG Atemns tn Hints Protection
Stop African Dance. Against Blaxe
Kansas Preparing to Instruct
school Children.
Copies of Prevention Bulletin
Go Over Entire State.
DECREASE IN FIRE LOSSES
Damages in Last Year IS Per
Cent Less, Is Report.
Hints on Protection of Property
Against . Blaze.

Harrison Parkman. state fire mar
shall. is asking county and city super
intendents and school teachers all over
the state to write him at Topeka for
Bulletin to be used in the public
schools. Fire prevention will be
taught in the schools this year. The
work will be started the Friday after
noon of the first week of school and
a regular period will be devoted to this
subject every week in the year.
Teachers are requested to begin
loaning bulletins to the patrons az
soon as school commences and to keep
it up until every resident of the dis
trict has had an opportunity to read
the fire prevention facts.
The fire loss the last year, the first
year under the new fire marshal law,
showed h decrease of Is per cent COM
pared with the previous year. II the
educational work is pushed aggressive
ly this year, along with the inspection
Of buildings and various other lines of
activity employed by the department
to lessen fire danger, the state fire
marshal confidently expects another
big cut in the loss.
Suggestions by Parlkman.
Given out by the fire marshal to-
day:
other buildings prohibiting smoking
in or near barn. haymows, or other
outbuildings. and see that they are
complied with.
Don't go into barns or other build
ings with an open light.
Don't fail to burn all rubbish, but
don't do it near buildings.
Don't keep matches in other than
metallic boxes and out of reach OF
children.
Don't keep gasoline engines or
gasoline in barns.
Keep at least six 60 buckets of
water in passageway of barn. Mark
For Fire Purposes only and see that
they are always kept filled.
Keep fire extinguishers both in
house and barn.
Keep ladder Of sufficient length
hanging on side of barn for emergency
and have footholds placed on roof of
barn.
IF you have no fire-fighting force
near you, form one amongst your
neighbors, and don't hesitate to call
them when services are needed. nor
to promptly respond when they call
you."
A fire occurred in Seward, Kan.
last April burning q number Of busi-
qess houses in the town, including the
postOffice. A few days ago the owner
Of the principal atoxe which was burn
ed confessed to- q deputy state fire
marshal that he set the fire. He had
filed suit to collect $1,000 insurance
when the officer presented to him un-
mistakable proof that he had caused
the fire. The confession followed. =.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-24
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS.

c. w. Milton and c. c. Pussy are two
Topekans who are making trips over
Kansas and taking with them Topeka
fair advertising matter.
Charles Haines, superintendent of
guards for the Kansas State Fair assoc
citation, is in charge of the guards at
the interstate fair now in progress at
st. Joseph.
&. H. Searle, Albert Searle and How
ard Searle have gone on an automobile
trip through Kansas and took with
them a supply Of Kansas State Fair
association advertising matter.
carload Of cottonwood logs was
loaded at Chapman the other day for
shipment to Topeka. The Kaw Pack
age Manufacturing company will con-
vert the wood into baskets and boxes.
David Alden Of 1149 Kansas avenue
has purchased the B. F. Nunley gro
Gerry stock at 1143 North Kansas avenue
and will combine the stocks of the two
stores. according to the Merchants
Journal.
Camp will be broken at Mill Creek
near Maple Hill next Wednesday aft
ernoon, and the thirty boys who are
being given an outing by the big
Brothers. will return to Topeka over
the Rock Island.
Suit for divorce has been commenced
in the district court by Lillian A. Fraser
against James H. Fraser. They were
married in 1902 at Whitehall, N. Y. She
alleges persistent intoxfcation and
gambling on his part.
The following births were reported at
the office of the city clerk today:
Charles d. Brouyette and wife, 1900
Van Buren, street. August Is. boy;
Jacob Roy Reedy and wife, 91S Gordon
street, August, IS, boy.
A Topekan who has been in ST. Louis
says that chicken is cheaper than
round steak in that city. Round steak
in the fashionable West End of ST.
Louis sells for 80 cents pound while
chicken is offered for rs cents.
w. NJ. Peck. president of the Cloud
County bank OF Concordia. Kan, will
address the Concordia colony in Topeka
at It's annual picnic to be held at Gage
park Wednesday, August 26. The Con-
cordia colony in Topeka numbers about
100 persons.
Business In the Juvenile court picked
up almost as soon as Judge Hugh Mac
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-24
ONE WAR AVERTED.
Austria Agrees to Dismantle the
Kaiserin Elizabeth.

Washington, Aug. 24.-Danger of
war between Japan and Austria was
removed today through the agree
ment of Austria to dismantle her
cruiser, the Kaiserin Elizabeth, now
at Tsing-Tau.
The Austrian ambassador had been
preparing to leave Toxic when the
Japan government indicated its ap-
prevail of a suggestion for disman-
Ting the cruiser. Austria accepted
the proposal and instructed the Of
ficers to inferno 1t at Shanghai The
Austrian ambassador then let it be
known that he saw no occasion to
leave Japan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-24
REGULAR Prices.

3 lbs. Fine Graduated sugar. .Sxc
Good Kansas Potatoes. peck. -. .17c
Very best Bulk Cocoa: 10 &c
Pint bottle Very Fine Catsup. lie
Small bottle Very Fine Catsup. -
Sealing Wax-for canning-6 ibs Csc
4 ms. Best White Beans. ... &c
Our Fine Bread. 3 for FEC, &c and &c
Nice Clean. Whole Rice, 10 C
Large pkg. Krinl<le Corn Flake. e
ArbuckIes Coffee, NJ. &c
Campbell b. Beans. can. &C
Marrowfat Peas, can. ........ &c
Fancy Maine Corn. can. 14c
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-24
SPECIAL T0M0RR0lN
PEACH SPECIAL

Fine Yellow E1herta- Peaches
big. doubIe-handle CO.
half-busl1el baskets. WV
We win fave 50 Of these has.
kcts in this afternoon ana pos
sibly moro tomorrow. Get POUR
order In.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-24
The Camp Bull Dog

you do not speak to him?' mo" re-
piled the scholarly girl. when 1 passed
him 1 gave him the geological survey"
"TE. geological survey: Yes. What Is
c.,n,rr only known as the stony stare. -
Washington Star.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1914-10-10
HORSE VALUES.

"The War of the Cousins, now
raging in Europe, seems TO be as
destructive TO horses as it is to
men. The world has been called
upon to supply the needed horses,
aud each succeeding supply does
no. seem to last long. Europe's
supply is apparently running low
and America will be the next
great market to be looked to for
the needs of the armies.
The dispatches announce this
week that the allies have contract
ed for 10000 horses in this coun-
try to be shipped to France. $50
of them were loaded on ship this
week at New Orleans.
Mr.. } s. Snttle is recently back
from the Kansas and Missouri
markets and be found that com
ing conditions al e already stiffeniDg
the prices mp there. The prices
for good horses have advanced
from $40 upwards, over old prices,
and the prospects are that they
will go higher. AT the present
time, IN carload lots, prices are
ranging from SO to s2l5 per head.
Mr. Suttle further said that he
thought that the southern farmer
would be compelled TO raise his
own horses in The very near fu-
ture, and that there was no good
reason why he should not do so.
Some Of the advanced thinkers in
this section are already acting in
that direction. He recently sold
a carload of brood mares to the
Pharr brothers, iD this and st.
Mary parishes. Another carload
of mares was distributed to few
other planters.
Up 10 Kansas, Mr.. Suite said
almost every little 40 acre farmer
Is undertaking to raise two head
of mules each year. There is no
good reason why the farmer with
as much or more land down here
should not raise as many head or
more. Ii the farmers of this sec.
ton wonld undertake the raising
of mules and adopt the meth DIS
OF the western farmer, there seems
/ to be reason for behaving that hp
could produce a good work animal
at less expense than can the farm.
er of the west. The coming high
er prices of horses and the demon
stration work to be undertaken at
Hope Farm will awaken a deeper
consideration of this subject In
the near future in all probability
Those who act early may save
something in the cost of founda
ton stock.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1914-10-10
FRACTURED LIMB.

On last Saturday morning Mr..
J.. A. Fagot showed US a letter
that be had just received from s.
Haas, a friend Of his son, an
nouncing that his son, Albert, had
met with a severe accident, result
ing in the breaking of leg. At
the time of the accident Mr.. AL
bert Fagot was engaged in bring
ing timber down one Of the Mica
ragua rivers, when tow line
broke and he was caught by the
back-lash of the line. He was
taken charge of by r. Lehman, d.
l.. VaHBuskin and 5. Haas, who
took him aboard Of the 5. 8.
Ubelstus. Later he was transfer
red to the Man of War, Tacoma,
where his broken limb was attend
ed to by DR.. r. Lynch, the shIp'e
surgeon, a Texan by birth and a
graduate of Tulane Medical Col
lege at New Orleans.
Mr.. Fagot was taken to Port
Antonio, Jamaica. where he was
placed in the hospital. There he
would have to remain some two
weeks, it was indicated, before be
would be able to resume travel to
the United States. His family Is
in New Orleans.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1914-10-10
A BIG EVENT FOR
OCTOBER II AND IS,

Arrangement for the two day
Lawn Party and Fair to be given
on Oct. 18th and 18th for the ben
eat Of the Catholic College, are
complete and the entertainment
promises to be one Of the most en-
joyable ever given in New Iberia,
as a variety Of amusements to suit
all tastes appear on the pro-
gTamme.
! The large grounds and spacious
rooms and galleries of the old
Henshaw home are adaptable to
any form Of entertainment which
the different committees have in
view.
The Fair will open Saturday
afternoon at 3 o'clock, and light
refreshments, sandwiches, coffee,
cake, ice cream, lemonade and can
dy will be sold at moderate prices
The beautiful grounds and the
house will be lit so that the affair
may be carried on after dark. AT
3 30 will take place q beautiful
March and rrill by crowd of lit
tie girls and at four o'clock sharp,
the Euchre Game will start. The
capable committee on the Euchre
have left nothing undOne towards
its success; the guests will be
furnished with lemonade. A.
night, novel feature and one
which will appeal TO the young
folks will be a Halloween Party
held in some Of the rooms Of the
building. There will be fortune
telling, ghost stories and all sorts
Of wi,chcraft going on. Our Con
federate Veterans have also ar
ranged a unique and cOmical en-
tertainment for Saturday night
On Sunday morning, after High
Mass, the Fair will open by a
meeting by the Progressive Party,
which has promised some of Its
best speakers. The speaking will
commence at ten O'clock from the
front gallery of the College.
Dinner, consisting of gumbo,
meats of all kinds, jambalaya, pc
tato salad, coffee and cake will be
served from IL to 2 and sand
! wiches, chicken salad, gumbo, ice
cream, cake, coffee and candy will
be sold throughout the day. There
will be brass band on the
grounds and selections by the Mt.
Carmel Orchestra.
Last but not least a spirited
Base Ball game between the
Knights of Columbus and Wood
men Of the World Is looked for
ward to with interest for Sunday
afternoon at the rear of the Col
lege grounds.
Admission to the Fair for botl
days free, except to the Euchrt
Game and to the Base Ball which
will be twenty fave cents entrance
to each.