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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-19
NEW BUILDING PLANS.

The following plans for new buildings we're aled
March is In the Bureau q Buildings.
Manhattan.
6TH Az sol i3d 81. sly store and show
room 10 l0Is0 Ridley Estate .93 state ST. Brook
lyu. owner Of land: Berger. owner Of Bldg: r
Thompson Restaurant Co. Chicago. lessee: y
Str4ub - W t2d 81. architect cost j. 900
SISI IT. and T.. sly and basement cwlg
50Y66i: Pratt. II olst 81. owner; & A
Plstt. II l. 2ith ST. arch: cost $50 900
The Bronx.
WEBSTER Az VS.. ljis ForihAm road. ,ty
brk theatre stores aud Offices. l25I9j 9. Wedge
wood 60 II heil. Col lo3d 81. pres. wRer:
J Thomas 1876 Webster aE. arch cost. 500 900
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-19
RECORDED TRANSFERS.

wllls az. yp from June /. 1915; sty. q
hirirkcr. 1850 50 ay: -
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-19
DOMESTIC SITUATIONS WANTED.
Female

HoUsEwoRKER Finnish, American s,roOsi VIII
ing: city OF county. excellent references Leau's
Agency. n l. l23th Ct Phons s3l3 Harlem
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-19
BUILDING LOAN CONTRACT.

MAVEN Az. 5. 2l2lo lSist 81. i5oIlls Henry
Bendheim loans Charles hensle Realty 60 10 erect
two sty apartments u payments. $3.50. 900
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-19
SATISFIED MECHANICS LIENS.

a m. 2ssj Jpn. 2ss3 spn.: sS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-19
CONTROLLER BACKS
VHITMAN'S FIGURES
Travis Estimates Defci-
ency in State Revenues
at S16,000,0OO.
EXPECTS S6,000,000
IN INDIRECT TAXES
VIII Tell Legislature About
slO.OOO,OOO Will Be Needed
from a Direct Tax.

80 Correspondent ~ The IriouneI
,ihorv March Is. Controller Travis
=. ns submit TO the Legislature to-mor-
VII statement Of what he believes IL
lSN sord;tion Of the states finances.
,ne statcmcnt substantially bears out
l ms Whitman'S figures, the ae--
uo uocv Of which has been questioned
GU Governor Glynn and others
%rSs following are Controller Travis's
fgures; 49,, ,o,, .,,ou 90 o.
,~1a .rN....r..rs March d 90 oct l -V.t-V ~ t"
1890 ls.,rI balances ~ appro- .o,ooo ~,
Tiiaoas ....''' ----
T|,l r'ser,'s to r'e' "''''''- $50 'ss a3l o.
,u No. ,ho,s from appropriations IN
49, Mach T. Tor general purposes % -oa SEQ n.
- cover. meat. ....-- ..,-;t-' So
- ,rrAd balances 81 sinsl"S -
i.,trhu buttons authorized ~ A0Ns eSsi.u sy
i,u,r q l'lt.........-- '-''''''' -
-.,.,,.,.. g., ,o-ce 5000. $50. $3.50 20
100, - ,@-,crcv sept. 50. l9lA.. tV''S9'''t
parsel r'',,g''. ''' - '.'. 3s.,:isjt7o
reI1siei 'aosei balances W 500. 900 %
auoIs .........' -
roih e,r,as.e' '''''' .'1..'....' sSs.e?i eN7o
"a, "a Ics.,ira.ed dsa,icncy sept SO. soo 600 =.
1915 ..-....'--'. -
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-19
FURNISHED ROOMS TO LET.
nokOUGH OF BROOKLYN.

tsnih. HOUSE. furnished TO reliable Gentle
b,eoiIssu'a Address Owner, ll3O East 2gth a.,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-01
POstOffice the Meeting Place of
Humanity.
Marble Halls q Character Stu.
dents Paradise.
THEY WORK IN HARMONY
The Units Of the Postal Depart
ment Work Like Machine
As Endless Stream of Humanity
Pass Through Doors.

A two cent stamp-like the proven
bal touch o. nature-makes the whole
world kim For the stamp and gen.
eral delivery windows in the south
aisle of Topeka's new federal building
Is the common meeting place of hui
mainly. A student of character finds
MS paradise in the lobby with its mar
bic archways and halls. Rich man,
p4or man, beggar man, thief-all
windows and back in the mail rooms
the units of Uncle Sans postal service
work IN perfect harmony. Behind
oaKen desks in the, east end of the
DulIolng the postmaster and his lieu
tenants, like wise generals, direct the
movements Of their forces.
The lobby, in addition to being the
meeting place of the classes, is the
melting pot of nationalities. This is
true at practically all hours of the
oay In one corner of the hall is
grouped half-dozen Mexicans writ
cipheriig a letter from the little adobe
village in the southland. One perhaps
Is writing to his wife, who with her
little children, is waiting in Old Mex
come to him. A year has passed since
ne Ieft And she wonders why the
money doesn't come. Times are hard,
he tells her in the letter, and he hasn't
SdVeu quite enough yet. There has
been little work on the section. Last
month the section boss laid him off.
But manana-tomorrow- will go
to work again and then it won't be
long until he will give the money to
the man that looks through the win
dow on the depot and she will get the
tickets soon. A dozen or maybe two
dozen such letters has he dropped in
the box NAKED outgoing letters" in
the last year.
broad Sho,Jdarod Cxuo5o
up to the writing table between two
giggling girls not out of their teens
who are answering ''mash" note,
and scrawlS an address on an envelope
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-01
A NEW AUTO ROAD.
Kan Colo Boulevard Runs From Great
Bend to Fowler.

Tribune, Kan, May 1.-The Kan
Colo boulevard. which was organized
in February, 1910, at Dighton, Kan,
which was named as an automobile
road from Great Bend, Kan, by way
of Towner, Sheridan Lake, Brandon
Eads, Haswell, Arlington, Sugar City,
Ordway and Fowler. Colo, has been
partly marked and will be entirely
completed with iron markers every
mile within a few weeks.
At the Dighton meeting, Clement L.
Wilson Of Tribune, Kan, was made
the president, and Fred Lobdell, then
boulevard and they have continued
the fight for the existence of the road
during these years and at last Greeley
county has marked each mile with an
iron sign six by eighteen inches which
reads: "Kan-Colo Blvd" and in Trib-
une and Horace, every block has been
marked in the same manner. The
iron posts are nine feet long ana seven
feet above the ground.
This road will furnish a line with
few curves; and smooth level ROADS,
with few bridges and hills, with no
sand to bother the progress of the
car and only a dozen irrigation bitches
miles, from Great Bend, Kan, to
Fowler, Colo
The Kan-Co1o boulevard comes off
of the Santa F'e Trail at Great Bend
and enters it again at Fowler, Colo.
1t is designed to be the best marked
road in Kansas, with posts and mark
ers which are permanent and besides
ward it will also have the distinction
of being marked all the way through
with iron markers and known as the
Iron Way.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-01
Skirts Up Higher, Waists Cut
Lower, Tut, Tut, Tut!
REVEAL An ExPANSE OF ANKLE
ssMy Feet Are My Fortune" Now
Under the New Version.
Only a Girdle for Embarrassed
Eye to Perceive.
(By Margaret Mason.0

(By Margaret Mason.)
| written for the United Press.)
Her Grace is of the ballet not
At all. It's simply bally rot.
Though true it is she wears much
shorter
Her skirts than she had really orter.
| London, May Its amazing the
way titled skirts are creeping up aris-
tocratic shins. Talk about your belt
ed Earl, you really can't say much
more about his Lady Countess wife
these days, or rather nights, for her
skirts are cut SO high and her waists
are cut SO low there isn't much more
than q. girdle for an embarrassed eye
to cling to.
| For daytime frocks and costumes
as well. Her Grace, My Lady, and
the Hon. Molly are showing an ex-
panse of ankle that generously goes
the eight inch mandate at least two
inches better, or perhaps we should
say worse. Skirting a rather tender
subject, there seems to be abundant
evidence these days that you can go
further and fare worse when it comes
to a question of British skirts. The
pretty English dairy maid who voiced
the historic answer that My face Is
my fortune could never have gotten
by with a like statement anent her
feet. But be that as it may, feet. and
even much feet, seem to demand even
more inches when you start to hem
about them.
A cunning little dreadnaught gray
costume of fail1e shows the short
skirt tendency and other things be-
sides. OF course, the skirt is circular:
they arc always that or pleated these
times, and is finished around its
lvoluminous rippled hem with a deep
band of eight-inch black SILK braid
The blouse worn with 1t IS OF the same
color chiffon with bell shaped sleeves
and a military collar. 1t is buttoned
straight up the front. as is the skirt
from hem to belt. with bullet buttons
of black onyx. The little snort box
coatee comes just to the waist line
and has the regulation military braid
ing across the front carried out with
a narrower width of black silk skirt
braid and the bullet buttons; High
worn with this striking outfit. chic
little black satin brimless hat fits
tight and snug to the top OF the mead
as if it were nodded to it, and flaunts
two punches Of black aigrettes bent
like Mercury wings. one jutting from
the left rear and the other from the
right front. Incidentally, the smart
American woman who wore 1t has
admits tearfully that she is dying to
go home but simply can't this season
as she has just laid in supply OF
spring and summer hats, each and
every one of which boasts as their
only trimming huge and lavish
punches of aigrettes or Paradise.
They occasionally do trim hats In
something besides aigrettes over
here, however, for I glimpsed a tiny
blue turban on Bond street the other
day that was fantastically adorned
with three lemons. This ought to-
prove a helpful hint to the. homeslck
American BY having her wonderful
feathers replaced with citrus fruit
she would only be realistically flaunt-
ing her private opinion as to the true
status of any possible substitute trim
ming
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-01
RILEY WON'T GO BACK.
Kansan Released From Canada Pen
by Mistake Refuses Request.

Fort Scott. Kan, May Thomas
M. Riley. the Fort Scott railroader
who was released from the Ports
mouth peHitentiary at Kingston, Can
ada, through a confusion of his iden-
tity with that of another man of the
same name. who was pardoned, today
refused to listen to an appeal made
to him to return to the Canadian
prison on moral or conscientious
grounds. Rev. Bingham, who had
been instrumental in securing the
pardon for the other Thomas M. Riley,
made the trip all the way from Can
ada to Everton, Mo-, where Riley is
living with his mother, and made the
plea to him this morning. Riley
would not consider returning on such
grounds.
Rev. Bingham went down through
Fort Scott last night on the Frisco
and was in Everton this morning to
present his case to Riley. He pre-
sented his plea entirely from a stand
point Of conscience to Riley and ar
gued with him long and earnestly, but
there was no indication that he made
any impression on the man who was
given his liberty through so remark
able a mistake in identity.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-01
FACULTY CHANGES AT X. Z.
Dean Skilton Drops Administration
and Starts Teaching.

Lawrence. Kan. May dean
Charles S. Skllton of the University of
Kansas has been relieved of his ad-
ministrative duties in connection with
the School of Fine Arts and will con-
fine himself to the field of work to
which he has given most of his time.
that of teaching. This was formally
arranged for by the board of admins
tration last night, and was salts
factory to Dean Skilton.p
At the same time the board divided
the work that has hitherto been car
ried by the dean of the school of
education, allowing Dean Arvin S.
Olin to devote more attention to the
summer session, which the board
announces will be made into a ten
weeks fourth quarter" next summer
after the manner OF the University Of
Chicago.
These changes were inspired. by the
feeling that the university will have
a much greater demand on it for the
training Of teachers since the certifi-
cation law has gone into effect, both
in the summer school and in the grad
uate courses Ct the school of educa-
ton, and that Strengthening of the
work was necessary.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-01
LOTS OF RAIN IN GREELEY.
Pastures and Hay Fields Green and
Crops Looking Fine.

Tribune, Kan. May 1.-Greeley
county has had a little over two and
one-half inches of rainfall in the past
ten days and the level prairies, COW
cred with buffalo grass. are as green
as the lawns in the cities where they
have had the care and attention of a
landscape gardener.
The fields of rye and winter wheat
present a beautiful scene that puts
the painters brush out, of business.
The state experiment station, I'M
der the supervision OF c. E. Castle, is
making a great showing for Greeley
county as is also the state irrigation
plant which is being carefully looked
after by State Irrigation Commission
er George Ward and the local super
A. E. Carey.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-01

lice matrons was in the summer of
1892" said Mrs Thorpe to reporter.
Il was busy in the garden when q
buggy stopped at the gate and Mrs.
to me and asked IL would take such
q position If they could secure the
passage of such a law IN the 1893 leg
islature. 1 wanted work. said 1
through Mrs. Belle Jouson and others
of Rev. C. M. Sheldon's church and
George w. Burge of the G. A. r.
Colonel Lindsay, Chief -
I'm 1893 / received the appoint
ment and began work September L.
Our police commissioners then were
A. b. whiting. Oscar Krauss. and L.
T. Yount My first chief of police
was Colonel Lindsay. My first salary
was SIS month and 81 extra for
every day served at the station. The
first two months my salary was $2s
and $50.
Then the commissioners set my
wages at $40 a month and after six
Of $50.
den association. no juvenile court nor
humane society. 1 am proud that
was permitted to help start all these"
When the aforementioned welfare
societies were founded in Topeka Mrs-
Thorpe played a prominent part in
their organization.
For eighteen years did both
night and day work. / have cared for
and placed in good homes hundreds
of homeless waits"
my first office or ward was just
one room-the one where the jailer's
office is now. About four years after
1 came to the station the upper ward
was built. I then occupied the room
that is now set apart for the boys
room.
Zone day in 1899 went to my
office to find it elegantly furnished
by my friends. Jailer AL. Hopkins had
moved all the nice furnishings in while
I had been at dinners. In 1900 when
money for him Christian Daily he
asked me how $1,000 could be best
applied to my work 1 told him an
other room or two would enable US
to separate young prisoners from the
old and provide place for the care
of such prisoners and for emergencies.
That great gift has been invaluable to
police work. enabling us to properly
care for the unfortunate.
had the care of many persons suffer-
ing from contagious disease, 1 have
never suffered a minute from any
pestilence."
Care OF Criminals.
Mrs. Thorpe has had the care of
many of the most vicious criminals
of the country and has been able to
control them without the aid of gun
or billy. IF thought anyone needed
to be shot," Mrs. Thorpe smiled, 1T
always called a policeman to do It,"
Although Mrs. Thorpe is no longer
connected with city welfare work. she
continues to work among the unfor-
tunate of the city. Often does the
telephone ring at her home and some
one asks for help or advice from ths
little woman who was the first to do
welfare work in Topeka. go
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-01
SCORES CAPPER.
Mrs. Burns, Retiring Orphans
Home Superintendent, Sore.
SAYS Governor Is What She
Thought-Bowman, Too.

Atchison, Kan. May Certain
members of the state administration
do not occupy very high places In
the estimation of Mrs. E. X. Burns,
home. and Governor Arthur Capper
and Harry Bowman. minority member
of the state board of control, are two
Of them. Twenty-Five Atchtson people
are also included in her list.
Speaking of Governor, Capper. Mrs.
Burns said:
Governor Capper is just exactly
what I thought he was--exactly. He
did just exactly what I thought he
would do"
Then, referring to Harry Bowman,
she continued:
will have anything to say as to what
I can or what shall do"
: Concerning the people of Atchfson:
ct know possibly fifty people in
Atchison. Some of them are my
friends, but I'd just as soon that I
don't give that "a snap Of the fingers)
for my enemies.
Concerning the resignation you
speak Of" parted Mrs. Burns, IT will
not say anything about that. The
entire matter is purely political.
had to give. If I had placed a
silver dome on the main building here.
it wouldn't make any difference.
Charges have been made. You can
make charges--but proving them is
different. Mr.. Bowman made charges,
but when he was before the commit
tee he admitted that they were made
purely for political reasons.
Governor Capper's charges of dis
organization here are ridiculous.
even anyone to work in the laundry,
but we won't talk about that"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-01
GRAIN INSPECTORS MOVE.
Headquarters of Department From
Topeka to Kansas City.

Kansas City, Kan. May HEAD
quarters of the Kansas grain inspec-
ton department were opened here to-
day, the entire force moving here from
the office in the capitol at Topeka
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-01

or postcard. His place is taken by a
dapper Englishman who is sending
postcard views of America to the
boys in the club at home. y'know.
Indignation at the second interruption.
A little woman plainly dressed ap-
pears at the general delivery window
every day. She's from the German
settlement About once month the
man in the cage hands her letter
bearing foreign stamp. Her boy is
in the German army. And again
there is the plain little woman in
black who has been woven into TRACE
dies SO often by writer's and play
wrights that she has nearly become a
myth with the public. But any de-
livery clerk will tell you that she is
real-the little woman who asks for
letters that never come. And the
man behind the windows in Topeka
sees dozens of them every day.
Near the door, leaning against the
wall, a wildcat" promoter reads
letter from his partner who is en-
cheering the sale of fake land in an
other part of the country The letter
and the good shearing, and the reader
smiles. He doesn't know that the
postoffice inspector over by the VIM
dow who is reading a newspaper has
he will be in the federal pen at Leav-
enworth for using the mails to de-
fraud
And so it goes, day after day, re-
gardless of race or position, humanity
rubs shoulders in the lobby of the
Topeka postoffice.
Back in the mail rooms the units
of the clerical forces work like cogs
in well oiled machine. And under
master, the machine has been made as
efficient as any in the country
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-01
MARE WAS "a YEARS OLD.
Old Racing Animal Found Dead in
Stall at Leavenworth.

Leavenworth, Kan, May l.
Phoebe a dark bay mare, owned
by L. c. Biddle.. was found dead in
her stall yesterday morning. This
mare was thirty-four years old and
was driven to a buggy around Leav-
enworth for the last twenty-five years.
She was of Hamiltonian stock and
was in many races in her early days.
She had a record of 1928 on a half
mile track, which Is equivalent to
about 2:20 on a good mile track.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-01

in Topeka for twenty-five years and
who retires with the appointment of
Mrs. Frank McGrath. Thousands of
young people, now scattered over the
country, have been helped through
school and businss colleges by To-
peka's faithful welfare worker and
are now prosperous.
The name and each STORY" of each
of the unfortunates that she has
helped is fixed in the memory of Mrs
Thorpe.
THE first time ever heard of po-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-01

record in the case is the sherifrs re-
turn on February II, 1862, which
states that he could find no property
on which to collect. 1t took the man
from Pennsylvania four years to find
out that he had lost his case and it is
not of course, on record whether his
attorney got anything but a contin-
gent part of the unsatisfied Judgment.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-01
KILLED IN A RUNAWAY.

Winchester Farmer Working a Young
Team-Unable to Manage Horses.
Winchester. Kan, May &c. H.
Pitts, a farmer living about a mile
north of Winchester, was killed in a
runaway accident Thursday afternoon
when a young team he was working
became uncomfortable and ran away
Mr.. Pitts moved to the farm north Of
town about twenty-five years ago. His
survive.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-01
NEW KANSAS PAPER.
junction City Printer VIII Establish
The Upton Times.

Upton, May 1-Charley Wells, for
merly job printer at the Junction CITY
Union office. will start a newspaper
here to be called the Upton Times.
Mr.. Wells is very bright and ca
pable young man, who will give Tip
ton an interesting sheet to read each
week.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-01

You're sure of fine paint or var
nish IL Devoe is on the can. c. NJ. Hill
& Son. S26 Kancas avenue.-Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-01
she WON'T QUIT
Mrs. L. E. Thorpe Will Continue
Welfare Work.
Retires From Police Work
Has Helped Thousands.
APPOINTED MATRON IN 1893
Two Thousand Families Owe
Faithful Worker Gratitude.
Retiring Matron Helped Organ
lie Welfare Societies.

In Topeka, in Kansas and other
states are more than two thousand
families who have been helped out of
their misfortunes or their mistakes
by Mrs. L. E. Thorpe, police matron
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-06-25
History Of County
Continued from page /.

Continued from page /.
ground till morning, when again
resuming his journey he at length
arrived at home.
But greater difficulty than the
distance to grist-milis was oftentimes
experienced by these pioneers in
the great scarcity of grain, as it
sometimes could not be had at any
price short Of going from SO to 100
miles down the river. !" Thewriter
has.often heard his father tell of
having, when a boy, to go to Brad
ford, and sometimes further down
the river, in company with others
and get a horse load of eorn,' -
which was as much as horse could
fetch upon his back. = .F-T@l
To be continued. 't'a -
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-06-25
CUILDHALL.
Schools close today

Schools close today.
Mrs. M. M. Hubbard and sons
were guests at J. N. Hardy's Sum
day.
Wyman Hubbard returned to
the Balsams the first Of the week.
Miss Mamie Prue of Whitefeld
was in town Saturday calling on
friends.
Mrs. Ethel Barlow and FIVE chill
dren are spending their vacation
with her father, George A. Hub
bard.
Fred Emery and Eveline Wade
were united in marriage Saturday,
! June 10.
Benton Library is now open
Tuesday evenings and Saturday
afternoons and evenings. A NUM-
Der of new books have been added.
State Master and Mrs. Adams
visited Cape Horn Grange Friday.
The first land second degrees
were conferred on four members.
The ball game Saturday between
the Whitefeld and Guildhall bows
resulted in a score of 6 TO in fa-
vor of the home team.
Mrs. Ruth Stone Collins has
been visiting her aunt, Mrs. Mel
son Call.
The home talent play, "The
Strike" will be presented by the
Cape Horn Dramatic Club al
Stratford Hollow, next Tuesday
night. There will be supper
and dance after the play.
Little Miss Julia Hane y enter
tanned about thirty of her friends
in honor of her twelfth birthday
Monday afternoon. Bountiful re
freshments were served and good
time enjoyed. Miss Julia was the
recipient of many dainty gifts.
The Glorious Fourth is to be
celebrated here. Monday, July S,
there will be grand parade In
the morning, baseball games II
the forenoon and afternoon and all
other attractions that makes the
Fourth day to look forward to-