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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-15
The Euening Story
The Kings Jester.
(By Clarissa Mackie. }


Out Of the magic stiffness of the mid
summer night rang a mans infectious
laugh At the sound Amy Pond lifted
her head and drew her idle fingers from
the fountain pool
THE kings jester is on the job,
sneered her companion.
"Dont!'' protested Amy. then she
added in confusion: He might hear
you, Mr. Lane-sounds carry SO plainly
at night
Ralph Lane smote the marble rim with
his palm. What if Leslie Clifton does
hear me?" he aske- sharply. what Is
it to me-Or tO-yOu-Amy? The last
word bore a note of lingering tender
ness.
Il have not given you permission to
call me that" said the girl steadily.
He leaned forward, his dark face
close to her fair one. The moonlight
shone impartially on both and revealed
them plainly to an old man and q
the fountain.
You will give me permission to call
you that-and much more-will you
not?" breathed Ralph Lane in the girls
ear.
Amy drew back quickly, and rose to
her feet. 1T is impossible" she said
firmly.
You do not care for me?'' demand
ed Lane darkly.
She shook her head. II am sorry
Mr. Lane. I never could-in that way.
We have always been good friends and
don't like to lose my friends she
added wistfully.
He laughed shortly. 1t was an I'M
pleasant laugh, quite unlike the hearty,
contagious laughter of Leslie Clifton,
which had earned for that impecunious
young man the sobriquet of the king
jester or the court fool" he being
merely private secretary to the rich
and acrimonious Mr.. Jasper Root.
chronic invalid as we'll as cotton
king.
niece and a frequent visitor in that
bachelor household.
Across the fountain Lanes con-
temptuous voice had carried clearly.
The old man chuckled in his beard and
poked his private secretary playfully.
80 they call you the kings jes-
ter. do they. Clifton? Well. you
have certainly earned the title. I've
felt Ten years younger since you came
You're an antidote for old age. II ]
can ever persuade myself to part
with you will recommend you as q
sure cure for grouchy. equity old men
like myself
Clifton laughed again. but this time
his voice was low and bitter
Being the kings jester has its dis
advantages" he said, wryly
Such as being laughed at by the
beautiful princees?"
"Yes-and by rival jesters." re-
torted the guaded Clifton.
Jasper reared with Aughtes. and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-15
CRIED like 4 CHILD
Perry Wolfe Broke Down When
Told He Shot wife.
Physicians and Olficers Believed
He Was Insane.

Perry Wolfe, who wounded his
VIE with three revolver shots, nearly
taking her life. at their home cas-. OF
North Topeka. two weeks ago, sud-
denly recovered his senses at st. Fran
els hospital today. where he has been
under the scrutiny OF sanity experts,
and for the first time learned Of the
numerous attack. Wolfe's display of
gr1ef was SO apparently genuine chat
Dotn county authorities and the phy-
s1cians who have been observing, his
case are convinced that he has been
the victim of an attack Of hysrerlcal
insanity. They are puxxle6 over the
proper procedure with his case.
Wolfe Is under arrest on q charge OF
assault with intent to kill.
This is the most difficult situltion
I have had to face" declared w. E..
Atchison. county attorney. this after
was insane when he shot his wife and
that he actually had no knowledge OF
the crime. When he came to his
senses this morning he asked why his
VIE had not been to see him. We
told him. Wolfe broke into tears and
cried like child. His conduct was
precisely what the alienist, DR.. B.sh-
op, of the State Insane hospital, who
has been watching him, predicted 1t
would be. The physicians have
agreed that he has displayed all the
evidences Of insanity. Today his
mind is clear
For seven days while Wolfe was
confined in the county jail he refused
food. A half glass Of milk was the
only nourishment he could be per-
suaded to take. He weakened SO rap
idly physicians who saw him ordered
his removal to a hospital, where he
has been under guard. He will re-
main there few days longer while
being fed. After that it will be up to
the county authorities to handle his
case.
That the prosecution will go for
ward is the present prospect
The man is morally innocent, hut
physically guilty. as one of the ply
sicians expressed it." said Undersher-
IN Hugh Larimer today. I'VE can
not drop the case. He may attack
his wife again If his insanity comes
back. She processes to be in terror
OF him. But Wolfe is heartbrolsen
over his own act. We will wait for
further advice from the doctors"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-15
is wILa1ARTH FORGOTTEN.

George o. Wilmarth devoted 4
entire life. and 1t was a long one, t
the welfare of Topeka and its citi
zens. There is a no more Onerous Pc
sition in the public service than tina
of chief of fire department.. Never
was there a more faithful one thar
this man. Nor have there been man,
that were as efficient. No hour Of the
answer a call. even after an unusual
ly long day of constant work. NJ
weather was too severe. and even il
his advancing years, to keep hin
from his duties. Neither was there
any risk too great for him to dare &c
cope with a blaze or to protect and
save the lives of others. There really
can be no measure to the value VI
the services he rendered to the city
1t is impossible to imagine what
might have happened il hundreds OF
fires that he fought to death in thetI
early stages had gotten beyond con-
troll; how much property they would
have destroyed. how many lives they
would have taken.
And yet-well, the grave of George
".
is marked with nothing more than Il
shingle Of wood, and this was set up
by the cemetery association for the
mere purposes of Identification.
Even were Chief Wilmarth's wid-
ow financially able to erect SO much
as a modest monument to her hus-
bands memory he should not be ex-
pected to do so. But she isn't, sad to
say. The old chief practiced the the
DRY that a public Office is a public
trust. He might have died in COM
Portable circumstances had ne
thought otherwise. He was as hon.
time even for outside ventures Of the
legitimate sort. His sleeping. one
might say, as we'll - his waking
hours were given unreservedly to the
discharge of his duties and the
equipping of Topeka with a fire de-
partment that has few equals for ef-
ficiency throughout the entire coun-
try.
Without doubt. almost every To-
pekan has a fond memory for George
Wilmarth All Of them are grateful
for his services to the city and the
protection that he gave them. How
could they show that gratitude better
than by subscribing to a fund to place
a shaft of stone at the head OF his
grave? There is no need that 1t be
big one. DESTINATIONS display was
foreign to the old chiefs nature. I.
would be out of place in a memorial
to him. But a memorial there should
be. 1t is a debt owed by Topekans
that they should promptly discharge.
And generous share of the money
that may be needed should come
from the fire insurance companies do
ing business in Topeka, or their agen-
cies here. The activities OF George
Wilmarth made their business here
most profitable.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-15
SLATE IS MADE up.


Home economics and public health
were the subjects OF the days SEES
sions as outlined in the program. Eu-
| gentcs. sanitation. pure food legislation.
tuberculosis and compulsory education
were among the leading topics. Miss
Julia Lathrop, head of the children's
bureau Of the department of labor
made a strong plea for compulsory reg
( istration OF every birth.
Legal record of birth is the only
means of preserving the lives and
rights of children and no American
baby should be deprived of that right
she said. "Only by prompt registration
can nurses and doctors discover the
children who most need care. 1t il
only thus that we can stamp out blind
ness of the newly born. Between Is
and Is per cent. of babes born in the
past two years have been deprived Of
what advantages they might have had
with. a prompt legal registration. We
have no accurate knowledge Of
country wide infant mortality but the
census bureau has estimated 1t at 30O.-
600 annually"
Miss Lathrop urged the delegates to
have meeting OF every club within
the next six months with which to take
action to protect the babies of their
own communities.
DR.. Charles S. Rockhir of Cincinnati
urged the women's club to work for
Fairgrounds and breathing spaces in
fight against tuberculosis. The most
important work the women's clubs
could do, he said, would be to urge the
establishment of federal tuberculosis
commission. Demand that certificates
of freedom from communicable disease
should accompany every application for
a marriage license was formulated in
a resolution submitted by Mrs. 8. g.
Crockett. chairman of the public health
department.
Resolutions were adopted as follows:
Protesting against suggestive stories
in magazines and pledging members Of
the federation to subscribe for only
those publications whose columns are
clean: pledging support to a national
centennial celebration at Baltimore in
cOmmemoratioE of the composition Of
the Star Spangled Banner; censuring
iE1modest forms Of dancing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-15

still at breakfast when the sheriff got
there. How they appeared before
their old crony. Probation. Omcer Ed
Rooney. has been already told. Their
nearing was interrupted by other
proceedings in the court room and
Rooney led them into the court house
hall.
You kids announced he. had bet
ter skin out for home and take the
nckings which your mothers have
promised you. In the meanwhile I'll
try and think what I'm going to do
The prisoners. thus released ON bail.
''skinned.''
IT this county doesn't provide a de-
tention home. or something that will
answer that purpose declared Ed
Rooney as he cudgeled his brain for
a punishment adequate for the crime.
shall go crazy. We've had these
boys on our hands here for months with
no place to put them. Their fathers
are dead and their mothers burdened
with the care OF younger children. The
state Orphans Home at Atchison is
full and cannot take them. They are
neither bad enough nor old enough to
be sent to the Reform school I'm,
frankly up against it,
When he talked to them about their
escapade both Lot and Teddy declined
to be interviewed on the subject of
the rifles. But they did state that
they had obtained the plot for their
adventure from the picture shows
How 1ar they drove, or where, before
they fell asleep from utter WEAKNESS
and the absence OF any thrills with
which to while away the tedium Of
the long night, they could not tell.
Probably they didn't know. But they
are both sure of one thing. They'd
like to board at Mr.. Hummer's
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-15
FIND HARVEST NEEDS
State Sends Out Letters to Determine
Number Men Wanted in Kansas.

w. L. O'Brien, state labor commits
sioner, sent out over Kansas this after
noon a circular letter asking the coun-
ty officials for the number of men need
ed to help in the harvest fields next
week.
The request will be returned to the
state official in Topeka by telegram and
telephone that the exact number may
be known by Tuesday of Wednesday
Appeals came to the State Journal Of
flee today from Anthony and Jennings.
Both kilograms stated that $50 men
were needed to aid the farmers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-15
SHE HANGS HER BOY.
Mother of Six-Year-Old Then Commits
Suicide.

Livermore Falls, Maine. June 15.-
The murder of a six-year-old boy by
his mother, who afterwards committed
suicide, became known today when
county officials were called to the
town Of Jay to investigate the tragedy.
They found Mrs. William Brown, wife
Of a prosperous farmer. had shot her
self through the head with q carbine
after hanging her only child from q
hook in q ceiling.
Mrs. Brown, who was 38 years old,
had been Respondent since the death
Of her parents a year ago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-15

A marriage license was issued today to
Milton E. Scheckner of st. Louis and Vera
E. Agard Of Topeka.
Probation OFFICER Ed Rooney IL the
father of a s9-pound boy who arrived at
the Rooney home Saturday. His arrival
was the occasion Of the presentation of
a basket OF flowers from Probate Judge
Mcfarland and the other attaches OF the
court who addressed 1t to THE First Real
Juveniler."
Made-to-order two-piece suits. $1s-so
Ol0f Ekberg, 7u8 Kan. Ave.-Adv.
The electric fans in the Third Presby-
terrain church were great comfort to the
large congregation that attended the
morning services. Next Sunday evening
at the O'Clock service, the Rev. Mr..
Nicholson, pastor Of the Calvary Presby-
terrain church, q man Of unusual educa-
ton and ability, great leader amongst
his own race, will address US on what he
witnessed at the General Assembly Gin
Chicago q couple OF weeks ago), to which
he was a commissioner from the Topeka
Presbytery. You will do well to hear Mr..
Nicholson on the above named date.
The first, and probably the only
car. of the famous California logan
berries, II due in Topeka Wednesday
morning These are the finest berries
for canning purposes known. There
will probably not be enough to salts
~ the demand. Ask your grocer
about them.-Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-15
THE DAY IN CONGRESS
Senate Votes to Put Department of
Commerce Under Civil Service.

Washington. June 15.-Senate vot-
ed to place commercial attaches OF
department of commerce under civil
service. Judiciary committee re-
stunned work on Clayton omnibus trust
bill recently passed by house.
House bills requiring unanimous
consent were considered. Represent
alive Alexander, Missouri, introduced
bill for regulation of so-ca1led ship
ping combinations and 1t was re-
ferred to merchant marine COMMITTEES
for report.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-15

In the arrest of Sampson Porter for
the murder of Frank Bayless, Sheriff
Ktene again demonstrates his eff
cheney as catcher OF bad men. His
excellent work in this line has only
been surpassed in these parts by the
late John Wilkerson. who made a ma
tional reputation as a successful pur-
suer Of criminals. No other peace Of
Ulcers who have served Shawnee coun-
ty and Topeka have approached the
services Of Kiene and wilkerson in this
Darticulat.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-15

Those delegates to the biennial
meeting of the General Federation of
Women's clubs, most of whom are
married. certainly know which side
their bread is buttered on. They were
vigorous with their cheers over the
pronouncement of one of their number
that man is woman's greatest bless
ing. And as soon as they get home,
visits to the milliners and dressmakers
will be the natural consequences of
their flight into flattery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-15
new MUSIC STORE.
j. W. Jenkins Sons Company Coming
to Topeka.

Topeka is to have q big, new store.
The ]. w. jenkins Sons Music house
people, Kansas City, Mo-, noted in Kan
sas and elsewhere as representing high
type in the trade. selling pianos and other
musical Instruments for their one price,
good value system, have decided to open
a branch store here.
The firm has rented the room at IA
Kansas avenue, formerly occupied by J.
NJ. French, the harness dealer. and lOcat-
ed lust one-half block north OF the State
Journal building. The concern will be
open for business July LIST.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-15
HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY.

Subscribers OF the State Journal
away from home during the summer
may have the paper mailed regularly
each day to any address Mt the rate
of ten cents q week or thirty cents
u month (by mail Only). Address
changed as often as desired. While
out of town the State journal will be
to you like a daily letter from home.
Advance payment IS requested on
these short time subscriptions, to save
bookkeeping expenses.
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they LIKE r. We'll.


The baseball edition out at s O'Clock.
and called tho Postscript. u ATTRACTING
much attention.
This 10 like the noon edition, which II
attracting considerable success. II the
public wants It we win print 1t. The
baseball people can have It. II they win
H. and E. Of the Topeka game, the
O'Clock. as ON Saturday.
Here are few Of many comments:
Chester Woodward, formely president
Of the baseball association. believes N
the baseball edition Of the State Jour
nal. he says: 1.-THE State Journal
baseball edition Is pleasing the fans ana
will do the game in Topeka lot OF good.
II 1t Il continued the fans will soon look
upon it as one of the features Of base-
ball in Topeka
H. A. Auerbach. OF the Palace Cloth
Ing company. compares the State Jour-
ial baseball edition with those OF larger
towns He says: ITO be able to get the
story of the game and also the totalS In
print from the late edition az one gets
back to town after the game. and also
with lots OF good baseball news In the
noon edition the interest IL sure to In
crease and the attendance grow
Dale Gear. until recently manager
Of the KawA is highly pleased with
the State Journal baseball edition.
In seeing Saturdays copy he said:
Topeka IL becoming metropolitan and
the State Journals new policy ID help
ing. The fans are good judges Of base
ball and to get q paper with q story
OF the game and the totals runs, hits
and errors when they get off the car
after getting back to town IL popular
and certainly quick Newspaper work"
A. NJ. Catlin regrets that the State
Journal has decided to get out q COM
plete baseball edition only when the
game is called at o'clock, as It II ut
Omaha and Denver and many other
places where similar baseball editions
are printed. THE reason for this IN
that newspaper Offices are unwilling
to work their forces and STATS 90 late
after a hard and exhausting day on
the regular editions-Editor State
Journal
Manager Dick Cooley: ct think
the baseball or postscript edition IL
a good thing for the fans. 1t IN a big
advantage to read a description of
, the game, or as noticed last week,
to get on the street car coming from
the park and buy a paper containing
the story of the game which you saw
only a few brief minutes before"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-15

Obtaining work in the centers of
population to the east must be a pref
ty serious proposition these days when
men will cling to the brakebeams and
rods of freight cars and go without
food for a day and a night, and long
er. for fear of losing their perilous
places and not getting to the harvest
fields in time
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-15
Journal Entries

Sound sleep is mans greatest boon.
+ e =
Anything you can get along nicely
without is a luxury.
+
A Blue Book has that effect on those
who are not in 1t.
Close friends are also prone to I'M
load gold bricks on each other.
+ =
Many of the sad-looking people
have no excuse for being that way.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-15
Bomb i'm Italian Consulate

New York. June ia bomb said by
the police to be highly destructive. was
found today in the building occupied by
the Italian consulate and the Italian
rawlings bank. A Waterman discovered
1t near the elevator on the ground floor
of the building. Recently an attempt
was made to set the building on fire.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-15

William G. Sharp of Ohio, has been
named as United States ambassador
to France. And here's hoping that in
this instance there is something in a
name and that he will not fall as flat
as one or two of the other ambassa-
dorial appointees of President Wilson.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-15

On his return to Kansas to look
over his fences, Congressman Medley
will find that they are far from being
the hog-tight affairs that he thought
they were. Indeed, some of the holes
in them are so big that it isn't likely
he'll be able to repair them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-15

In the oratorical contest at New
York university the first prize was won
by Ubaldo j. Maria, the second by
Joseph Spae.h Ziandi. and honorable
mention was given to Luigi Sorrieri
AS the New York World comments:
You can't down the good old Ameri-
ran stock
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-15

Icebergs appear to be more effec-
tive than Matchmaking schemes in
causing trouble for the Atlantic steam
ship lines. But is it really possible
that there can be a fiend in human
form who would actually make good a
threat to doctor a ships coal with dy-
nanniter
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-15
politician.

Possibly the interstate commerce
commission or the state public service
commissions. or all of them, will pro-
coed to jack up the railroads for dis
examinations in permitting prospective
harvest hands to ride free to the
wheat fields
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-15

New York. June 16.-MONEY-Can
money firmer. 1kG2 per cent: ruling rae4
loans. stronger; 90 days, zh02h per cent; ;
40 days. III per cent: months. ~ per
cent: mercantile paper, 3k@4 per cent
CLOSE: Sterling exchange. steady: %
days. a $50: demand. $4sS96. CONNER
cial bills. $466x-
SILvER-Bar silver, 563zc: Mexican dol
lars. 44c
BONDS Government bonds steady. rail-
road bonds irregular.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-15
IN HONOR OF I. R.
A Luncheon Is Given by the British
Foreign Secretary.

London, June ia luncheon in honor
of Colonel Theodore Roosevelt was given
today. by Sir Edward Grey, British for
elm secretary. The guests included:
Premier Asquith. David Lloyd-0eorge.
chancellor Of the excAequer; Lewis Har-
court secretary for the colonies: viscount
Brvce former British Ambassador At
Weshiugton, and Sir Cecil 6pring-R1ce,
the present British Ambassador to the
United States.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-15
Rebcls Tlose Heavily.

Mexico City, June 15.-Te1egraph
reports received at the capital today
from Zacatccas say that the losses Of
the constitutionalists in the battle at
that place are estimated at 5000. Gen.
eral Medina Barron, who commanded
the federal forces, has been promoted
to the rank of general Of division
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-15
TOO uIE 70 CLASSIFY.

HALF MONTH FREE RENT.
room modern house neariy new w.~
side. SIS June rent free to ri0ht psrfv'
Cottren CO., 107 E 7th. Tel. "a 3509
LOST-Somewhere between 80 Weef mr.
. brown and white cameo brooch. F1n6er.
rewarded by returning to either number.
FURNISHED apartment. S rooma ana
bath. modern. Phone 4zlD Blue
sTRAYED-IArge white Angora cat ooe
blue eye. one brown. Reward h r
Lsnenfine. ~ West l1th. Rhouo 1yG ~
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-15

With the doors of his big Chicago
banking institution and its subsidiaries
closed by the Illinois authorities, 1t
would seem that William Lorimer is
as unsuccessful banker as he is a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-15

When it comes to hating peace, Tur-
key and Greece have no competitors
among the nations of the earth.
They're about to mix again.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-15
CULI. LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The state Journal II . member Of the
Associated Press and receives the full day
telegraph report Of that great news -
sanitation for the exclusive aoGDooo
0uhlicat1on IN Topeka
The news 10 received in The State Joue.
al building ever wires for this sole Dus
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-15

Neither is there anything fragile
about the Kansas temperature. No
matter how big a drop it takes. 1t
never breaks. nor Injuries in the slight
est it's faculties for a husky rebound.