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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-04
Jayh Jots

Call Girls says the Lenora News
and those of so will look around just
as quickly as those of 16.
The ''unspeakable Turk seems, to
the Arkansas City News, to have a
good deal to say for himself.
Speaking of competition. the lola
Register remarks, did you ever hear
of two rheumatic persons comparing
notes?
A hint from the Leavenworth Post:
The census takers should try to locate
the man who reads all the war news.
1t is believed he is dead.
With a modesty as commendable as
unusual. the senior class of the Liberal
high school has chosen for motto:
Not at the top, but climbing"
Tourists to California are not prov
ing so large a crop as expected, notes
the Hutchinson News and it adds:
Which is hard on those who do go.
Man is just naturally a warlike
specimen. observes the Arkansas City
Traveller He will fight for his women
or with them. All he wants is a fight.
BY the way the Newton Kansan-
Republican is mean enough to ask.
has anybody seen the fellow who pre-
dicted that the peach crop was killed,
lately?
Eagle to the fact that there is no real
malice in Nature. She invented the
dandehon before man invented the
lawn-mower-
The only objection to a Twilight
League, to the mind of the Salina
Journal, is this: Umpires have a hard
enough time to see the plate when the
sun is shining.
. intercollegiate athletics received a
new impetus last week, notes the Man
haitian Nationalist, when a Missouri
student challenged any student at K.
u. to a checker game
In the meantime" is very properly
used insists S. c. L. in the Phillips
County Post, by the fellow when he
refers to the couple of months he kept
house while his wife visited.
According to Walt Mason, in the
Emporia Gazette, the restaurants
should feature dandelion green's in the
spring. but there hasn't been an orig
inal idea in the restaurant business
since Charles Dickens wrote it up in
his american Notes.
All of the European war news in the
current issue of the Lenora News is
reported in this single and short SEN
tence: big battles in Europe are still
raging" And that covers the situa-
ton thoroughly 1t is as definite and
comprehensive as the columns and
columns of conflicting dispatches that
appear in the big metropolitan news
papers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-04
BUSINESS MOVING AHEAD.

Promise of general business i'm
provement become more and more
definite each day. writes Henry
Clews, the New York banker, in his
current weekly financial review, and
he continues: Thus far progress III
this direction has been much too slow
to satisfy the impatient; nevertheless,
there has been a steady forward move
ment which cannot be overlooked, and
the turn for the better has really
come. This is clearly expressed in
the new spirit of confidence begotten
by reaction against political radical
s,n, by the more reasonable public at
tltude toward business, by the estab-
lishment of the federal reserve bank
ing system, by the adjustment of
our finances to war basis and by the
unquestioned stimulus of big war con-
tracts. As usual, the spirit of conf
dence first manifested itself in the
west, where the bulk of our 100000
100000 of agricultural wealth and a
large portion of our $4,000, 900
mineral wealth is annually produced.
This vast section of our country pos
sesses in the soil an unfailing source
of prosperity every year. and this sea-
son that prospect is greatly enhanced
prices for all food and mineral
products. Western bankers, though
still wisely clinging to a large degree
of caution, are daily becoming more
and more candid IN their expressions
of optimism, and advices all the way
from the Pacific coast to the Allie
ghanies are almost uniformly hopeful.
So, too, are the reports of travellers re-
turning from the California EXPOSE
lions, impressed with the magnificent
resources of their own country. Not
the least of benefits to the United
States from the war, will be the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-04
LIVE STOCKS IMPoRTANCE.

The live stock experiments con-
Quoted under the auspices of the ami
NAL husbandry department of the ag-
ricultural college and experiment sta
ton are proving of benefit not only to
the state but to the vast region in this
part of the United States which has
conditions similar to those prevailing in
Kansas, says the Kansas Industrialist
The great fact about these expert
ments is that they are Immediately
practical. that the farmer or stock
man reading or hearing the results
may follow out the same principles in
his own work and reap the same or
greater results The college and sta
ton are endeavoring. with constantly
growing success, to work out system
of agriculture that will be of greatest
permanent profit to the man engaged
in 1t. that will fulfil the needs of the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-04
Globe Sights
BY THE ATCEISON GLOBE.

Some men seem to be proud OF the
hair on their arms
The BARRIERS know who among the
men have dirty ears.
Wild oats, unlike tame oats, are
mostly sown at night.
Why worry? If you don't make
good blame the boss.
Late political frosts can occur dur
ing any season of a year.
A man and a marriage license is
the most effectual Hague.
A lot of men can tap their heads
and find no enc at home.
Believing in accordance with your
pay envelope is mans easiest way.
If the frivolous doesn't appeal to
you you are getting old. That's what.
A policeman is like an alarm clock.
He is cussed if he does and cussed if he
doesn't.
If a newspaper thinks of it first the
man with the coin will be a little
slower.
What has become of the old fash
toned boy who cut a grape vine and
used the sap for hair oil?
The average woman can be depend
ed upon to use at least three pieces of
paper in wrapping up a lunch.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-04
KIDDIEs WITHOUT A CHANCE.

Children in America who have no
chance will be the subject of one of
the notable gatherings at the San
Francisco Exposition, when the e1ev-
enth annual conference of the Nation
al Child Labor Committee is held
there during the last three days of
this month. The special topics to be
considered are Child Labor in tie
West, Federal Control of Child Labor,
and A Charter for Childhood, and the
speakers will include Mrs. Florence
Kelley. DR.. Felix Adler, owen r.
Lovejoy and others who have been ac-
tive in the national movement for sew
eral years, together with a group of
Californians distinguished for their in
terest in labor problems and educa-
ton. Recent Investigations of the Ma
tional Child Labor Committee have
shown that in spite of the marked ad-
vance in child labor and school legis-
lation there are still in this country
hundreds of thousands of children
who have no chance. In fact the Com
mittee says that there is no state in
the Union which completely protects
its children. even all of those under
IA, from overwork and ensures to them
the elements of a good education. All
the states except five have recognized
the need of a 14-year minimum age
limit, but not one applies it consistent
ly and effectively to all the various
forms of exploitation to which chill
dren are subjected. After ten years of
active state campaigns the Commit
tee last year drafted a federal bill
which was passed in the House of
Representatives by an overwhelming
majority. This bill, which will be re-
introduced early in the first session of
the new Congress, would exclude from
interstate commerce the products of
the cotton mills and canneries, the
tenement workshops and the miscel-
laneous industries in which thousands
of young children under IA are now
employed; the products of the glass
factories where boys work on the
night shift; and the coal mined by
workers less than 6 years old. The
Committee, organized primarily a
protest against the exploitation of
young children, has been more and
more active in constructive efforts for
the benefit of the children who have
been released from industry And at
the request of other social workers
and childrens organizations it is now
taking the lead in an attempt to form
ulate a charter of childhood which
would h1rmonize and coordinate the
various phases of the child welfare
problem.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-04

country, and that will lead to an ef-
fective, well-ordered rural civilization
They are not hampered by attempt
ing to reproduce the crops or the Gull
ture of some other country or region
They are taking what may be found on
the prairies and the Great Plains and
adapting it to its largest possibilities
In this activity live stock plays high
ly important part. Grain farming
alone has never proved a permanent
success even where conditions are un-
usually favorable. In regions of linn
tied rainfall it is bound to prove even
less successful. Combined with the
raising of live stock, however, it makes
possible that on which modern COM
mercial industry SO largely depends
the utilization of by-products-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-04
DOGS; not WAR HORSES
Caused Attempt to Kill Olathe Man
Farmland Convicted.

Olathe, May Frank Thompson S
dogs, and not his connection with the
sale, of fifty thousand horses to the
French and Belgian governments dur
ing the last month, caused the mys-
front of his home last Saturday night.
This was brought out in police court
today when c. f. Quinn a farmland,
was sentenced to six months in Jail
and fined $25 on charge of disturb
ing the peace, shooting at a domicile
and at domestic animals"
Thompson, who is a wealthy trader
in horses, was awakened late Satur-
day night by the barking of his dogs.
He looked out the window of his home,
and saw a man armed with a shotgun
walking back and forth in the road in
front of the house. Thompson sent
his son into the orchard with a shot
gun and opened fire upon the stranger
himself. The man disappeared, after
returning the fire. The only injury
was to one of the Thompson dogs.
Thompson suspected that the shooting
was a part of a plot to injure him for
supplying the war horses, and Olathe
began an exciting search for a Euro
pean spy.
Today Quinn came into court and
told his story. He declared he had
come out from Kansas City on a late
train and in passing the Thompson
home the dogs had parked and ran
into the road toward him. Angered,
Quinn went to the home of the farm
er he worked for and returned with
a shotgun. He was waiting for the
dogs to appear when Thompson dis
covered him
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-04
WEATHER FORECAST.
Fair and Scasonable Temperatures for
Next Week.

Washington, May 4.-The weather
bureau in its forecast for the next
week made these predictions today:
West Gulf states-Showery weather
early in the week will be followed by
generally fair for four or five days.
Temperatures will be seasonable.
Great Lakes Internationally fair
with moderate temperatures.
Plains States and Upper Mississippi
Valley-Fair with slowly rising tenn
perature for several days, probably
followed toward end of week by show
ers over extreme northwest.
Rocky Mountain and Plateau Re-
gions--Fair during much of week with
probably showery conditions near its
close
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-04

spread of such knowledge among our
own people. American travellers and
American investors will become bet
ter acquainted with their own coun-
try, and for some time to come will
distribute their spare funds at home
instead of abroad; thus affording an
other new stimulus to home industry
which cannot be indefinitely held
back. For the first time in many
months bank clearings are showing an
increase. Last week the gain at all
cities was nearly per cent Railroad
earnings are also exhibiting better re-
suits, several systems having shown
encouraging gains in recent reports
Should trade manifest the expected
improvement, a decided gain in net
earnings will develop a result of the
better rates now obtained
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-04
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
IFrom the Chicago News. ]

From the Chicago News.l
The nude truth is often mistaken
for an epigram.
The wise guy and the FOOLS money
are soon married.
Nine-tenths of mans talk is of no
earthly Importance.
A wife is very dear to the ex-bach-
elor who formerly saved his money.
An orator is willing to raise his
voice if his audience raise the cash.
woman's idea of a woman hater
is any man who fails to admire her.
And many a girl fails to make a
catch because she does too much
angling.
Many a mans reputation for good
ness is founded upon his ability to
cover up
Occasionally bachelor lives to
marry the daughter of the man who
turned him down.
The horse may become extinct in
time. but the donkey will remain with
us until society has ceased to be.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-04
CRIMINAL COMPLAINT.
Is Filed Against PatroIman Harmon
by j. +. Travis.

Criminal complaint was filed in the
court of Topeka today against George
Harmon, a policeman, by John r.
Travis. Travis alleges that Harmon
assaulted him. The petition charges
that the officer pulled a gun on Travis
at the Missouri Pacific depot ana
made the latter crawl along the
ground. He also alleges that the pa
trolman otherwise made it unpleasant
for him.
according to Chief Parsons, Han
non Will be discharged when he ap-
pears at the station tonight. Parsons
made a definite statement to that ef-
feet this afternoon.
Harmon has been on the police force
for several years and was formerly
guar d at the state prison.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-04
Journal Entries

tt also costs considerably less to be
decent than otherwise.
= + +
any individuals waste a lot of
valuable time in waiting for their
luck to change.
Time may be money, but if many
folk had as much of the latter to
spare as they have of the former,
they'd be better satisfied.
+ +
A poor young man may need a
thrifty, economical woman for a wife.
but he'd probably get along better
with a rich and liberal one.
= + i
Those who have all of it they want
or need are likely to be foremost
among the preachers that money is
not the only thing in the world worth
striving for
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-04
ANOTHER WORTHY APPEAL

Kansans did well in their contribu-
tions of flour for the relief of the Bel
gums, but there probably aren't
many Kansans that extended the help
ing hand in this respect who are
not well able to dig in their
jeans again and join in the cam
paign that has just been started by
the women's section of the Kansas
Belgian relief committee, to provide
10000 boxes of foodstuffs for the Bel
gian war sufferers who are still SO
sorely pressed for the barest of neces-
sites to keep them alive. A paltry
three dollars is the cost of one of these
boxes. The 10000, that it is hoped to
obtain, should be forthcoming in a
hurry
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-04

From the aggregate amount of dam
ages involved and the number of
newspapers that Mrs. Upton Sinclair
is suing for libel on the charge that
they committed a grievous error when
they reported she was arrested a year
ago in connection with demonstra-
ton of protest about the Colorado
strike in front of the New York build
ing where John ID. Rockefeller has his
offices, it would seem reasonable to
urge that she is in quest of a little
easy money as well as the vindication
of her good name.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-04
Squirt IN PERMITS
Increase of 100 Per Cent Over
April of Last Year.
Last Month Was Period of
Home Building Here.

The building permit record for April
was more than double that for the
corresponding period last year-s1O5.-
600 as against $4,000 in round num-
bers.
OF the seventy permits issued TWEEN
ty-four calls for the erection of new
dwellings at total expenditure of
$4,000, or an average of nearly $4,000
each. There were unusually preten-
tious residences in the list. $4,000
was the limit.
The largest item in the list was
that permitting the erection of the
Lowman Memorial Methodist church
at a cost of $4,000. The permit
for the Rehkof three-story building
the amount by $4,000.
Twenty permits were for the remod-
ing of dwellings These improve
ments will cost $500. Permits were
porches, for eight garages, and for
three barns.
Following is a list of building permits
OF 1000 or more issued in April
Shawnee Investment Co, one-story
dwelling. 1921 Madison street. IS 1880
Shawnee Investment Co., one-story
dwelling. 1880 Madison street. -. 1,400
dwelling. 1920 East sixth avenue. 1850
c. e. Manning, wo-story dwelling,
1900 Mulvane street ............ $500
". Couture, two-story dwelling, ioi6
shawnee Investment Co, two-story e
dwelling, 1929 Lincoln street. 1.S00
John Walrafen, two-story dwelling
Holy Name Parish church, i013- i023
West Tenth avenue, for basement
clearinghouse Realty Co, story
dwelling, FOG Elmwood avenue 1000
Clearinghouse Realty Co, story 900
dwelling, 1912 Byron avenue. 1000
dwelling. 735 Brooks avenue. -. 1000
Clearinghouse Realty Co., iii Wood
H. ". Moore, one-story dwelling, LOW
2015 Buchanan street ...........- 1000
Rehkopf Brothers, three story bust
ness building, 212-214 West Sixth
Lewis Lynch, two-story dwelling, -0'''
$50 East Eighth avenue. ......... 2.4OO
S11 Buchanan street ;.s............. 1,65O
A. g, NJ. church, Astory stone
HI. b. Wright Realty Co., two-story
dwelling, III West Sixteenth St. 5000
H. B. Wright Realty Co, two-story 80
dwelling, 1isl Garfield, avenue. 5000
f. NJ Stoves, two story dwelling, on
dwelling. 1925 Park avenue. -. 1870
Shawnee Investment Co, one-story 600
Shawnee Investment Co., one story
dwelling, 1907 Quinton boulevard 1000
Shawnee Investment Co., two-story
dwelling. 315 Quinton boulevard: 1000
Morris avenue .......-... $4,000
927 Madison street ................. LOCO
The Home Builders association, two
=, story dwelling, 1245 Mulvane street 1900
story dwelling, 1913 Mulvane street 1900
story dwelling, 1899 boswell ave. 1880
H. W. Kinkaid, III STORY. dwelling,
lTaft1Pld avenue -.g...
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-04
More Rain for Flood Zone.

Houston, Tex, May 4.-By nightfalI
at least the rest of the Brazos river
flood is expected to be pouring into
the gulf. The fertile section about
Brazoria is now the center of dis
turbance and thousands of acres of
corn, cotton and cane land are under
water there.
Waters are also high in the long
lake section of the Trinity river. Skies
in the coast country today are over
cast and there are indications of re-
neM2d rainfall
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-04

Here's an unusual exception to rule
that is not noted for them. A New
Jersey mother has been arrested for
deserving her husband and a family
of seventeen children. It's the hus-
band and father that generally leaves
the family in the lurch.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-04
Woman Author Dead

Philadelphia, May 4.-Olive Harper,
a widely known author, is dead at
the home of her son in this city. She
was the writer of So books and, in ad-
dition, had translated from the French
many detective stories by Maurice lie
Blanc and other works, including Pas
tor Wagner's THE Simple Life In
private life she was Mrs. Helen Bur-
rell D'Apery
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-04
KANSAS THAW CASE.
Truskett's Application for Parole Is
Being Heard at Lansing.

The application of A. A. Truskett
for parole is being heard this after
noon before the state board of correc-
lions at Lansing. Testimony is being
introduced as to his sanity. Truskett
was sent to prison three years ago
from Montgomery county for killing al
Caney oil man. He applied for a pa
role under the new criminal insane
law.
County Attorney Ice of Montgomery
is attending the hearing. The case
will probably be concluded this after
noon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-04

What an endless variety of rocks
there are to interfere with the smooth
sailing of the matrimonial craft. A
New York woman was granted a sep
aration Icy the courts the other day
because of the unbearable fussing of
her husband on account of her inabiI-
ity to prepare Scotch broth and Scotch
stews to his liking
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-04

The late rains have also been fine
for the Kansas fish, and not only in
providing them with plenty of water
with which 10 wet their whistles. They
have also made the banks of the
streams and ponds SO muddy that the
fisherman. except a few of the most
desperate variety. hesitate about going
after them
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-04

With both sides to the controversy
protesting against the decision of the
arbitrators in the dispute between the
engineers and firemen of the western
railroads and the operating officials
of the roads, it would appear to be
reasonable to urge that the judgment
is probably as nearly just as it could
me- made
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-04
GOMEZ is REELECTED
Castro's Successor Will Rule Venezu-
ella for Another Seven Years.

Caracas, Venezuela. May 4.-The
national congress, by a unanimous
ballot. elected General Juan Vicente
Gomez president of Venzuela Cor the
term, 1915 to 1922.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-04

In appointing two new members to
places on it, Governor Capper there
by calls attention to the fact that the
state barber board is one of the little
better than useless adjuncts of the
state government that the legislature
did not abolish; regardless of the fine
promises that were made in this par
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-04
Topeka,s rypographicaI union.

Topeka's Typographical union, many
of whose members. are taxpayers,
comes out strongly in favor of a free
state fair at Topeka and the necessary
insignificant tax levy to make one
possible. This is an excellent lead that
other local organizations would do
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-04

Incidentally, the attitude of the
Belgian delegate to the Interna tional
CONGRESS of Women in session at The
Hague that peace in Europe would be
premature until the wrongs that have
been done Belgium are righted. is no
more than reasonable one 1t be-
speaks. too. of a brand of patriotism
that more individuals should possess.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-04
Al PERSONS KILLED.
Flood Damage in Texas Probably Will
Reach $4,000

Houston, Texas, May 4.-Forty- zone
persons were killed or drowned in re-
cent storms and floods III Texas, ac-
cordipg to a recount of the district.
Thirty-six bodies have been recovered
while five persons. missing at Austin
for two weeks, are counted with the
dead. Twenty-one bodies have been
recovered at Austin
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-04
Found Dead at Cottonwood.

Cottonwood Falls, Kan, May A.
The body of a man in whose head
there were two bullet holes and whose
farm near here Monday. Only a few
sh-eds of clothing remained, the man
having been dead several months, and
there were other means of identi-
fication- The body apparently was
that of a man between 80 and % years
age, who was about feet inches
tall.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-04
ALL BIDS REJECTED.
City Will Readvertise the Concessions
at Gage Park.

ls-Bitis fer concessions. in Gage park
were opened by the city commission
today and all rejected because none
complied with the advertised specifi-
cations. The city will again advertise
for bids and in the meantime a num-
Der of those whose bids were opened
today will have explained to them the
difference between a personal and a
certified check
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-04

What refreshing relief it is to have
a police department that proposes tc
devote it's energies to the hunting OF
''big' as we'll as little" game?