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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-19
She TOOK It over
Woman Didn't Like Way Bar
Der Shop Was Handled.
Found That Head Barber Took
Money, She Charges.

With Norris Peterson, alleged en-
bezzler, in custody, Ed Carver. deputy
sheriff, returned to Topeka Sunday
evening from Admire, KAN, where he
arrested Peterson. Peterson is charg-
ed with the embezzlement of sums of
money from Mrs. p. J. McKierman,
owner of the Chesterfield barber shop.
According 70 Information in the
hands of county officials. Peterson was
placed in charge of the barber shop
as head barber about six months ago
following the death of Mrs. Mckier-
mans husband and in his statements
to the widow reported that business
was poor-hardly enough to pay ex-
penses. After several months of this
Mrs. McKierman announced her in
tentions of placing desk in the shop
and running things herself. She told
county officials that Peterson objected
to this on grounds that it would hurt
the business.
However she took charge of the
shop a week ago Saturday. That night
or the next morning Peterson left. she
says. She entered an Enforcement
complaint at the county attorneys Of
flee and Peterson was located a few
days ago by the sheriffs office Later
ne was arrested by Deputy Carver at
the home of his mother, nine miles
north of Admire.
According to the woman'S story, she
gave Peterson SIS to pay laundry bills
the night he left and he kept the
money
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-19
LARIMER WON 1T.
Trustee of Blitz, Bankrupt, Received
Verdict i'm q. S. Court.

After a Commute elaboration, a
Jury in the United States district court
returned a verdict in favor of the
plaintiff Saturday evening in the case
of James Larimer, trustee of the Blltz
bankruptcy, against the German
American State bank. Larimer was
awarded the $4,000 and interest for
which he was suing.
The litigation resulted from the
banks failure to give up $4,000 which
BHtz deposited in the bank on De-
cember &c. 1912 The question of
whether or not Blitz was insolvent
at the time he deposited the money
was the principal argument in the case
by both sides. The bank maintained
that they had no way of knowing that
Blitz was insolvent at the time he
made the deposit if such was the case.
Attorneys for the plaintiff introduced
testimony to show that Blitz was in
solvent at that time.
At the time the money was deposited
Blitz owed the bank about $4,000.
The deposit was set off against the
debt, which was secured by notes and
other collateral Blitz's liabilities at
the time of hfsfb nkrut tcy afnotiTfed
to between 100000 and $4,000. His
assets, in the hands of Larimer, trus-
tee amounted tC S1O.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-19
COUGH WAS EPIDEMIC.
Everybody Was Cured When Medicine
Was Changed.

Kansas City, April 19.-When DR..
o. p. FAIRIES, the regular county Jail
physician, was called away last week
a young doctor was called in his
place Friday the young doctor treat
ed three prisoners for a severe cough
He prescribed tablets which contained
1-24 grain of heroin. One of the
prisoners recognized the taste of the
heroin and took all his coughing medi-
cine at one dose. The secret was too
good to keep. When the doctor went
to the Jail Saturday. IS prisoners had
severe coughs Each got some of the
treatment. When the young doctor
went Sunday, nearly the entire Jail
was coughing. Out of $50 prisoners,
at least 100 were coughing and hack
ing.
The doctor was somewhat puzzled
and went down to consult the jailerS
and they asked what the medicine
contained.
They are after the heroin,'' he was
told.
The doctor changed remedies this
morning. He prescribed an evil tast-
ing remedy which contained no heroin.
At noon the epidemic of colds had been
completely conquered.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-19
METHOD OF HANDLING
Discussion by Experts Brought Up at
Western aFste Hearing.

Chicago, April 19.-TeStimOny rela-
ative TO proper methods of handling
grain, was offered today before w. M
Daniels, interstate commerce commits
sioner, who is hearing the case in
which fl western railroad systems
are asking freight rate advances on
certain commodities Under cross ex
animation, w. NJ Hopkins, former
board of trade, and now rate expert
association, asserted that more eco
non1ical handling of grain would more
than offset the proposed increase Of
/ cent a hundred pounds sought by
the railroad. The hearing was at
tended by a number of delegates of
the annual convention of the Farm
ers' Cooperative association. which
organization has 100000 members.
Mr.. Hopkins declared that of all
grain annually marketed frome 65 to
as per cent moved in four or five
months
Less grain is moved in the win
ter months, when the transportation
charges are high, than in the fall aft
er harvest said Mr.. Hopkins.
Though much corn is transported in
the winter.
The witness said he thought there
should be a distinction between the
rates on grain and those on flour.
( Speaking of the comparative values
of grain and other commodities trans
ported by carloads, the witness said
grain would average about S25 ton,
which would be e bout $500
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-19
WAYLAID And KILLED.
White Woman Slain by an Indian
Lover, Who Shoots Himself.

Shawanow, Wis, April 19.-Miss
Mary Dickson, postmistress at Keshe-
ma, official agency of the Menonimee
Indian reservation. was shot and in
stantly killed last night by an Indian,
James WapOOse, a rejected sutton.
WapooSe then fired two shots into his
head. His chances of recovery are
slight.
The shooting took place while Miss
Dickson was buggy riding with an
other young man. WapOOSe lay in
hiding at the side of the road and
when Miss Dickson and her escort
came along Wapoose demanded that
the girl go with him. Upon Miss
Dickson's refusal. WapooSe fired.
Miss Dickson's companion fled to
the woods.
WaPoose had recently been per-
forming for a moving picture film
company at Minneapolis, posing as an
indian warrior and hOrSeman.
Miss Dickson. was a sister of Bony
Dickson, a baseball player. formerly
with a Wisconsin Illinois league club
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-19
PAVE WEST TENTH
New Highway to Gage Park is
Assured Today.
City Commission Signed Petit
ton for Work.

The paving of West Tenth street
from the present paving, which ter
inmates at the city limits, to Gage
Park is assured. 1t was made a GER
tainty today by action of the city conn
mission, when the city as an interest
ed property-owner signed the paving
petition, thus assuring the petitioners
more than the necessary sixty per cent
of the ownership of the land to be in
cluded in the benefit district.
At meeting of the city commission
today, Luther Bailey and others inter-
ested in the project, requested the city
commission to adopt resolution auth
orizing Mayor House to sign the pay
ing petition in behalf of the city. This
until the resolution could be drawn
and then giving it first reading Sith-
out delay.
As explained by Mr.. Bailey, the paw
ing will cost approximately $4,000
per mile 1t is proposed to pave as
far west as the west side of the west
line of the buffalo pen. Topeka town
shin will pay 25 per cent of the cost
The county commissioners will pay
a like amount. A benefit district will
of the paving, and the remaining so
per cent of the cost will be borne by
the owners of this land, petition
signed by owners of so per cent of the
land, having been secured.
1t has been figured out that the tax
per acre will be about S26, which will
be paid in ten annual installments.
The paving is to be IS feet wide
with a concrete base and brick block
surface. The curb will be flush with
the surface of the ground, so vehicles
may easily turn aside, or use the dirt
road when they wish. The new paw
ing will be one and one-half miles
long.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-19
MOTOR CAR NEWS.
Sparks and Spitters of Interest to
Topeka Auto Fans.

An Oakland model 81 touring car,
with it's German silver radiator point
ed at an angle of nearly As degrees,
carrying five passengers and running
under its own power, startled and
amazed the people of Chicago recent
W. A crowd gathered to witness the
strange spectacle, known as THE Oak
land Grasshopper'' The angle at
which the car was set placed the
carbureter nearly six feet above the
gasoline tank at the rear of the car
No gravity feed. pressure feed or cowl
tank could possibly supply fuel at this
angle This test of the Oakland car
evidently proved it's efficiency. j. r.
Johnson. local dealer, has several pic
lures of the machine.
Cadillac Chassis Demonstrations
The first demonstrations of the
Cadillac eight. cut-Open chassis were
given at and 4 O'Clock this after
noon. The night lecture on the
chassis will begin at 8 o'clock. The
three periods will pe repeated Tues
day. The public is invited to attend.
To Handle the LOzier.
The Independent Auto company will
continue to handle the agency of the
Lozier car this season for Topeka and
surrounding territory The LOZier
is one of the best known cars on the
market and popular here, where there
are several owned. The Lobier com
pany is, financially, one of the strong
est in the business. The Lozier puts
out a six and a four, and the indie
light six, which will have all the char
acteristics that have made the Lozier
famous and it is believed to be a COM
ing sensation in the automobile world.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-19
ENTER PLEA OF GUILT
Postof1ice Safe Robbers Admit All Be-
fore Judge Pollock.

Andy Shines. Tom Goodwin and Joe
Hogan entered pleas of guilty this
morning in the United States district
court before Judge Pollock of blow
ing the safe in the postoffice at Meta
waka, Kan, last Christmas eve. The
three men obtained about 500.
According to federal authorities, the
three men are professional yeggs. They
were arrested in Alexandria, La, a
few weeks ago and later indicted by
a grand jury at Kansas City. The in
spector who arrested the three men
found several punches of ingeniously
made skeleton keys and other para
phernalia used by yeggs and safe
blowers in their possession.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-19
FABER WINS BIG RACE
Montreal Runner Finishes First in
Boston A. A Marathon Today.

Boston, Mass. April 19.-Running
an overtaking race. Eduard Faber. of
the Richmond A. C. of Montreal, a
contender in several previous contests.
won the nineteenth marathon of the
Boston A. a. today His time was two
hours. 81 minutes and Al Is seconds,
as against the record of hours, 21
minutes Is 1-5 seconds, made by NJ.
]. Ryan of New York in 1912
Clifton Horne was second; Sidney
Hatch of the Illinois A. c., Chicago,
third, and Hugh Honoghan of the New
York A. c. who set the pace for
miles. fourth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-19
BATTLE IN THE AIR.
German Aeroplane Engaged by
Two British Machines.
Both Armies Take a Hand in
the Fight.

(By William G.. Shepherd, Copy
right, 1915, by United Press.)
Headquarters of the British Army,
Northern France. April ie.-It was my
privilege today to witness a. wonder
fui demonstration of the superiority
of the British royal flying corps As
result of the demonstration, 1t was
easy to understand why General
French sings the praises of his airmen
in nearly every report he writes
AT 4:s0 this afternoon German
aeropfane was reported flying over
Ypres- When it was sighted, it al
ready had passed within the British
line. From a distant station, almost
Immediately after the field telephone
had given the alarm, two British aero
planes could be seen rising and soar
ing into the sky in great wide circles.
The German aviator discerned his
enemy almost at the same moment
they came into view of their own lines.
He headed back over the German
trenches, making for the direction of
his guns
As he led the way, white balls of
ing. broke into view In the center
of each was a ball of light They
were German shrapnel The smoke
puffs did not disappear but hung in
almost regular order in space. 1t ap-
peared from the ground that the Ger
mans were putting new fleecy clouds
in the sky.
Around and Around
The British airmen were trying
hard to get above the German so they
could shoot him down. As they dashed
through the lazy smoke clouds, it was
as though their propellers were tear
ing apart gigantic feather bed.
The aviators ignored the German
shrapnel. Finally their machines
showed in relief above the German.
who had scared back across the Brit
ish front to lure the British aviators
within range Of the shrapnel of his
own trenches.
1t was possible to count 81 German
smoke balls. each denoting shrapnel,
as the British swung closer and closer
to their foe.
The German finally tried to circle
back toward his own line but almost
instantly he was crowded down toward
the earth by the pursuing airmel.
Then the German swung about to
make one final dash for home, but he
was SO low that he was within range of
the British soldiers in the trenches.
The German machine, which was
now exposed to fire from the British
aeroplanes and the British trenches,
turned back and flew well into British
territory. 1t was accepted as a sign
of surrender.
The English aeroplanes followed I'M
til they saw the German land on the
rough ground in the rear of the Brit
ish trenches. The German machine
was smashed and the pilot crushed to
death under the aeroplane, but
observer officer was only slightly
bruised and was taken prisoner. The
battle in the sky had lasted 4 IL hours
| All business in Ypres ceased while the
battle was on as it was in full view
of the city and the deep blue of the
sky was marred only by the feathery
smoke from the shrapneI and the
flash of the wings of the aeroplanes
| in the atmosphere.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-19
WANTED FOR BURGLARY
George Carter Brought Here By
Sheriff kiene.
With Geore

With George, alleged burglar. in
custody, L. L. Kiene, sheriff of Shaw
nee county, today returned to Topeka
from Hotorn, where Carter was pick
ed up Sunday night by E. z. Brandon,
Rock Island special agent. on investt-
CATION.
Carter had in his possession pock-
etbook in which the name of HERNIA n
often was found. Offen's store, the
Exchange grocery, Sixth and Quincy
street, was burglarized Saturday
night Carter is charged with the
robbery of the grocery store and the
robbery of the Capital hardware store.
a number of knives and razors were
taken from the harware store.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-19
BROKE Big PLATE GLASS
Unknown Person Smashed Mills Win
dow Sunday.

A plate glass window valued at $500
in the Ninth street front of the Mills
dry goods store was broken by I'M
known persons late Sunday evening or
early this morning.
The plate glass was totally ruined.
1t was evidently broken by a blow
with a hammer or similar heavy in
strument. The condition of the win
dow was reported to the police this
morning Spencer Abbott and Tim
Donovan. plain clothes men, are work
ing on the case.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-19
FIRE MRS. THORPE.
Topeka's Faithful Police Matron Re
placed by Mrs. Frank McGrath.

Mrs. Laura Thorpe, Topeka's first
police matron, and who has held the
position fifteen years, is not to be re-
tanned by the present administration.
She will be succeeded by Mrs. Frank
McGrath widow of Frank McGrath,
formerly United States marshal of this
district
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-19

The announcement that Mrs. Nc
Grath would succeed Mrs. Thorpe was
made by Harvey G. Parsons, chief of
police, today.
'It probab bly, will be a week or more
before Mrs. McGrath takes Office,
said Chief Parsons. Although nine
appointments in the police department
were made by Mayor House today and
confirmed by the city commission. Mrs.
McGrath's name was not in the list
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-19
CONEY ISLAND OPENS.
Big Crowd of Bathers Brave Chilly
Resort Waters Sunday.

New York, April 19.-Betweer T5,-
600 and 100000 persons c! led
Coney Island Sunday at the uno4.cial
opening of the season Ideal weather
brought many automobiles.
Many men and women ventured into
he surf and the beach was lined with
women and children in bathing suits
but the bathers admitted it was rather
chilly in the water. Brighton WED
with the Coney crowds
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-19
MARRIAGE LICENSES,

Following is a list of marriage Ii
censes issued today from the office
of Hugh MacFarland. probate judge.
Charles F. Fussenegger, age "a,
Hanover, and Clara B.@WendelI, age
%. Hanover
and Henrietta Cherry, age 35. of
RossvilIe, were married by Judge Mac
Farland.
Raymond H Miller, age %, Par
sons and Manella Jones, age Is, To-
peka-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-19

per cent Call money steady: high 21a per
cent: low Ia per cent; ruling rate. per
cent: last loans. "a per cent; closing bid,
per cent; offered at per cent -,
SILvER-Bar silver. 50asc; Mexican dol
lars. 3SAc.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-19
New YORK Money Market.

New York. April Is.-MONEY-Mercan-
tile paper 31a63% per cent: sterling ex-
change steady: 60 day bills. 4I6-15; for
cables. 4796o: for demand. 1898.
Time loanms firm; 60 days, per cent
80 days, 3a3A per cent; six months 81
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-19

/ New York Cotton Market
| New York. April 10.-COTTOS-Spot.
steady; middling uplands, 1915 No sales
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-19

Screen wire at Forbes'.-Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-19

sprinkling hose at Forbes'.-Adv.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1915-10-23

The industrial training Of the chill
3ren of the Mohammedan Moros IN
the Philippines ID matter Of vital i'm
Sortance as regards their prospects tor
the future. The ignorance OF the peo-
Die is so dense. their customs 20
incouth and their ideas Of life 80 untu-
tored that Q child has but poor
chance at best. Up to the present the
government has done little to educate
the Moro, but what has been accom-
ilished among the savage mountain
tribes elsewhere in the Philippines en-
courages the belief that equal effort
viii meet with equal success among
the Moros, Bishop Brent writes: "A
wave of hpoelessness sweeps over one
when confronted by mass Of Moro or
pagan adults. But II is not 90 with
their children. They are as impress
sionable, as appealing. as lovable as
any children Of any color in the whole
world. You can see the latent intelli-
eenec In their eyes; the skill resident
In their slender. sensitive fingers: the
power in their comely. half-clad or
wholly naked bodies. Only oppor-
tunity is lacking. and that we must
supply or be guilty in the sight Of
heaven"
The L'Anse sentinel., 1915-10-23

then. after slipping spools c over
nails d. bind them to the tops Of up
rights B.
The form OF merry-go-round shown
In Fig. is sometimes called the fly
ing airships." The toy requires four
sticks about "a inches long for cross
arms "a, Fig. 81, q spool for q hub
(B). stick "a inches long for q GEN.
ter upright (C), four Gerry boxes for
cars, and some strings and nails.
First bind pair Of the cross-arm
sticks A to the sides of the spool
Gig. 81, placing the spool at the ex-
act center of the length Of the sticks,
and wrapping the string tightly around
the sticks 30 the spool cannot turn.
Then cross these sticks With the 9TH
er pair, and bind this second pair se.
curely to the first. as shown In Fig. s.
Drive nail into the end of each
cross arm. Then. after driving the
The L'Anse sentinel., 1915-10-23

center stick c several inches into the
ground. pivot the spool hub to its top
with q nail.
For the Ferris wheel shown In Fig.
Z you will need four sticks 30 inches
long for cross arms (A), two sticks
"a inches long for supports (B). pair
Of spoois for bearings (C). four sticks
ten inches long for connecting braces
(D) and four berry boxes.
Cross the sticks A at their exact
centers. in pairs. and drive q nall
through the exact center, as shown
In Fig. s. Use long enough nail SO
the point will project about one inch
and one half, as shown at e. To xeep
the sticks at right angles. bind their
centers with string passed diagonally
around them as shown In Fig. z. On
the face opposite to that on which nail
ID projects. drive 2-inch nails into the
cross arms near their ends. as shown
in Fig. 8, on which to hang the cars.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1915-10-23

formed. placing the frames in line
with one another and about eighteen
inches apart. The covering material
must be made long enough to extend
sufficiently beyond the framework to
inclose II In the manner shown In
Fig. 3. Drive stake into the ground
about eighteen inches away from each
end Of the framework. to fasten the
covering to.
A small campfire can be built with
safety in the back yard II you make
q fireplace like that shown In Fig. S.
with earth banked up on each side to
keep the fire within confined area.
Bank up the earth in the form of two
ridges. with four or Ave inches be-
tween the ridges at one end, and
about twelve inches between at the
other end. A coffee pot and other
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line. or any other heavy rope. tie
them to the upper crossed ends OF the
poles. and run them down and tie to
stakes driven into the ground halfway
between tho poles. as shown In Fig. Q.
Figure 1 shows the framework GOV
cred with odd-sized pieces OF cloth.
The torpedo-shaped shelter tent
shown In Fig. 8 Is new form that I
have devised for you boys. Four bar
rel hoops and eight two-foot stakes
are needed for its framework. and
enough cloth to cover this.
Open the barrel hoops where their
ends are joined. and nail each end Of
each hoop to one Of the stakes. Then
drive into the ground the other end
Of each stake of the frames thus
The L'Anse sentinel., 1915-10-23
Paralysis Has Board Worried.


The state board OF health Is worried
over the spread Of infantile paralysis.
"a cases of which are reported in
Flint. Bay City. Saginaw. Greenville.
Ann Arbor and Albion. Four deaths
were reported in September.
'Infantile paralysis" said Doctor
Burkart, secretary OF the board, can
run wild much the same as diphtheria.
The board is watching all these cases.
and / am sending letters all over the
state urging caution on the part of
health officers. Schools should be
watched very closely and action like
that at Bay City should be taken
wherever the disease breaks out. Iso-
lation and strict quarantine are the
only things we can suggest. have
no idea how the disease started. IN
Michigan. All we can do now 10 by
strict enforcement of quarantine keep
It from spreading beyond our con-
troll"
Flies, especially the stable variety,
are believed to aid in spreading the
disease.
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Observation-Disclosures
HANDICRAFT FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
ron BACKYARD CAMPING.

We cannot all 80 camping in the
woods. but there II opportunity for ev-
cry one Of you boys to build . camp
IN the back yard or nearby lot
Best Of all. the nsar.to-home camp
requires no equipment other than
what you can prepare with materials
that can be picked up around home.
There 10 the tepee shown in Fig. I.
for example. made Of clothes poles.
clothes line and old pieces Of cloth.
You can likely borrow four clothes
poles for the purpose. as you will in
no way destroy them. Stand these
poles on the ground with their lower
ends spread five or six feet apart. and
their upper ends crossed as shown in
Fig. 2. Then. taking pieces Of clothes
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A DOLLS TEETER. MERRY-oo-
ROUND AND FERRis WHEEL.

The teeter (Fis. u requires stick
~ or 30 inches long and two inches
wide. for the teetsr board "a. Fig. -.
two short sticks for supports tB. Fig.
-. spool bearing for the top Of each
upright (C). and I berry box for each
end Of the teeter board
Locate the center OF the length Of
stick A, upon each edge. and then
drive nail into both edges ct this
point Cd. Fig. ~. Drive uprights B
Into the ground three inches apart.