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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-29
PRINGLE Gets IT.
East Side Sewer Contract Awarded
to Second Lowest Bidder.

T. NJ. Torson, contractor, of Kan
sas iCty, Mo-, who submitted the low
est bid on the work of constructing
the East side sewer, today requested
the city commission to relieve him OF
the obligation of going ahead with
his contract, explaining in a letter
written to the mayor and commits
sioners, that after going over the
ground of the proposed work and
checking it up with his bid he had dis
covered several very material errors
in his bid which would make it ur-
profitable for him to do the work at
the price he had proposed, which was
approximately $685. 900 lower than the
cost estimated by the city engineer.
The letter was given to the commits
sioners Wednesday afternoon and Mr..
Torson was out of the city today. A
son, however, remained. The city
commissioners considered the matter
of attempting to hold Torson to his
proposition by retaining the certified
check which accompanied his bid, but
George P. Hayden, city attorney, ex-
planned that the outcome of such ac-
ton would be doubtful and that the
only certain result would be delay.
Unless the cost of the sewer can De
certified to the county clerk by Aug.
25 to be placed on the tax rolls, work
would be delayed a year.
While this phase of the subject was
being discussed Frank Whitney speak
ing IOr 1OrSOn, stated lnaL IL would
be impossible for Torson to secure a
bond in any good company. Young
TorSon also spoke up saying the state
ment had been found to be correct.
This leaves ]. A. Pringle the low
est responsible bidder" remarked
Mayor House.
Upon motion of w. G. Tandy the
contract was awarded to PringIe.
Pringle said today that he would
have his machinery and full crew
of men at work on the new sewer
Monday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-29
Juvenile Court Officer DiscOv'
ers a Frightful Situation.
West Side House ReekS With
Filth and Disease.
EIGHT YEAR-OLD GIRL BEATEN
Because She Did Not Wash
Dishes Satisfactorily.
House without Doors Occupied
by Five Persons.

BECAUSE she did not wash dishes TO
suit Elmer Nelson, formerly an IN
mate of the county Jail ana VINO Is
wanted in oklahoma for burglary
little Pearl Ellen Suplee, years gu
Was beaten on the back with a stlch
until blood came through the SKIN,
according to an investigation reported
today by Ed V. Rooney, propatloh oI.
ficer. He claims it is one OF the WorSl
cases ever known in the juvenile
court. , i,e+
"When I went out to the house just
bevond Highland avenue and Huntool
street I found the little girl ana Leon
Wev. years old, living with MIS- May
WEI. this Elmer Nelson, and another
man There were only Two peos III
the house which had only loose
boards for a floor. There wasn't a
door in the place-eVerythlng stoou
wide open. There wasn't a chalr,
table. or stove in the place. The mouse
was in a deplorable condition, so much
SO / brought the children to the coun-
ty detention home Immediately
s.rThe<sa two children have been llNlnS
in one of tn emost despicable house
holds imaginable. Elmer Nelson was
relt ased from the county Jall by tne
,,ff,cials because of being so wrecked
bv disease that he was menace TO
the other prisoners. The httIe girI
i infected Mrs Wey, mother of the
children, says that her husband De
serted her in Lawrence, Kan, but that
she has not yet obtained a divorce:
Mary Thompson, the former wife OF
Nelson, is in the girls reformatory in
Beloit He has not been divorced.
The case in regard to the disposition
of the children came up in the probate
court this afternoon. John Wey, of
Lawrence, grandfather of the boy,
came to Topeka to get the custody of
Leon. 1t is probable that the court
will allow the boy to be taken to Law
renee and will send the girl to the
Orphans Home at Atchison."
Zone thing is certain said Mr..
Rooney, land that is that the children
will noc be allowed to return to their
home -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-29
DEATHS AND FUNERALS.

The funeral of Charles Hess, who
was killed by fall from u window
in st. Joseph, Mo, will be held at 9
o'clock Friday morning from the st.
Joseph's German Catholic church.
Interment in Mount Calvary cemetery
Mrs. Charles Furnas, aged rs, died
Wednesday evening at her home, S24
Fillmore street. The funeral was held
at 1880 o'clock this afternoon from
the home. The body was taken to
Dayton, O., for interment. Mrs. Fur
mas is survived by her husband and
nine children, all by a former mar
rage. The children are: Frank II.
CottreH, of EllShart, Ind; Mrs. Emma
Hufo EIkharr, Ind; Mrs lea May
Cottre1l, Dayton, O.; Mrs Nettie Hill,
Elkhart, Ind; James Fl. CottreH.
Wichita, kan; Mrs Minnie Leschner.
EIkhart. Ind; j. L. Cottrell, Elkhart.
Ind; Mrs. Grace Francis, Wichita;
John r. CoItrell, Elkhart, Ind.
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WAR STOCKS SOAR
Issues, BuOyed by Contracts,
Reach New High Marks.
Transactions Total $4,000
Shares First Hour.

New York, July 29.-Excited spec
ulation. in the stocks of corporations
benefiting from war orders from
European governments kept the stock
market in a turmoil today. In the
first hour alone transactions amount
ed to $4,000 shares.
The most pronounced advances
were in steel and railway equipme nt
shares. which were traded in fire.
quently in blocks of several thousand
shares. Bethlehem steel advanced six
points TO 270, crucib1e steel IS IA to
IS 1-2, Westinghouse to 112 IL and
Allis-Chalmer 3 to 1884, all new high
records.
Many other stocks reached the
highest prices of the year or more.
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NOT MANY BANKRUPTS
Out of Total OF 3O7 Only SO Were
Farmers.

Kansas, with more than one and
one-half millions of people, is state
of prosperity from the standpoint of
the laborer, farmer and business man.
In the last twelve months only 307
bankruptcy cases have been closed in
the United States district court, ac-
cording to a report issued by Morton
Albaugh, clerk of the court. Only
287 cases in bankruptcy are pending.
The state has approximately III, 600
farmers. Thirty-six were declared
bankrupt. More failures occurred
among merchants than any other
class; 1876 being declared bankrupt.
Among others declared bankrupt,
were SO wage earners, Z manufactur-
ers, 10 professionals and 80 individ-
uals employed in miscellaneous occu-
pations.
The amount of money involved in
the cases was small compared with
that in bankruptcy suits in other
states. Only IL cases of the total
number closed involved amounts of
more than $4,000. Forty-one in
volved amounts between $4,000 and
$4,000 and 191 between $1,000 and
$4,000, while SO cases involved
amounts less than $1,000.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-29
LAX MORALS ON BOATS
Chicago Lake Excursions Know No
Social Conventions.

Chicago, July 29.-Lax morals and
gambling prevail on excursion boats
plying out of Chicago, according to a
report of an investigation by the
Juvenile Protective association pre-
scented to Ira B. Mansfield and Will
liam Nicholas, federal inspectors of
ty on most of the excursion steamers
plying out of Chicago and the moral
atmosphere is OF the free and easy
kind the report says. Conventions
are cast to the wind. Excuses are
permitted. The whole influence OF the
life aboard during weekend and holt
day trips so far as it bears on the
young is demoralizing"
Observations were not limited to g.
single trip, it was declared.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-29
ONLY 80 CENTS A DAY
Injured Man Claims Rock Island Is
Poor Pay.

The cost of living in western Kan
sas is high and Luis Kitlex claims that
the Rock Island only paid him and
nine other extra track workers so
cents a day. So Tuesday morning
kitlez and his nine companions voted
a strike. AS one man they dropped
their tools and started in different di-
rections in search of work.
This morning Kitlex, half starved
and suffering with a badly injured
leg, was found by the police in the
Rock Island yards. Kitlex started out
Tuesday morning without money
there is a lot of red tape to paying
employees on a railroad-in the di-
rection of Topeka to find work. He
started from Lorraine, Kan, and
walked more than 100 miles with lit
tie to eat. Near Topeka he caught a
freight train and rode into the city.
On top of a freight car last night Kit
lex was too weak to hold onto the top
of the car. He was found about IL
o'clock Wednesday evening by the po-
lice and brought to the station where
he was given treatment and food
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-29

Scott, former owner of the restaurant.
When remodeled the restaurant
will be the finest in the state: The
lunch counter, when the building is
altered, will be located on the south
side of the double building and will
be much larger. The counter will be
marble topped. The tables are to be
moved to the north side of the build
ing. A new modern front will be put
in. New fixtures and new decorations
will be installed.
The second floor of the building,
which was until recently occupied by
two doctors, will be remodeled and di
vided into banquet rooms. j. c. Hol-
land & Son made the plans for the
remodeling. The contract has been
awarded to NJ. Council.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-29
HAMMER MAN STAYS 3
Texas Farmer and Family Beaten Up
by Night AssaiIant.

Temple. Tex, July 29.-Three chill
dren of w. r. Grimes, a farmer near
here, were beaten to death with a
hammer last night. Grimes and his
wife also were beaten into uncon-
seriousness and Mrs. Grimes 81 not ex-
pected to live.
When Grimes recovered conscious
ness he dressed his three remaining
living children, sending them to a
neighbor half a mile away for help.
Bloodhounds have been sent to the
Grimes home.
Two of the dead children were twin
babies and the third a 7-year-o1d boy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-29
3 BALL PLAYERS FINED
StovalI, Magee and Kauff Punished
For Attack on Umpire.

Chicago, July 29.-FineS ranging
from $50 to $3.50 today were imposed
upon the three players who attacked
Umpire CorcoraE, in the games at
Kansas City yesterday between the
Kansas City and Brooklyn club of the
Federal league, according to an an
uouncement made by President Gill
more. The players who were named
by Mr.. Gilmore, with the amount of
the fines, are:
George StOvall. manager of the
Kansas City club, $3.50; Lee Magee,
manager OF the Brooklyn club, $3.50;
Benny Kauff, centerfielder of .he
BROOKLYN club, $50.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-29
RATES HELD TOO HIGH
Commerce Board Rules I'm Favor of
Oklahoma Cotton Seed Men.

Washington, July 29.-Rates OF the
Missouri Kansas & Texas and other
railroads on cotton seed oil from pro-
ducing points in Oklahoma to Kansas
City, Mo-, and rates on cotton seed
cake and meal and hulls from the
same producing points to points in
and Ohio were found to be unreasona-
BILE today by the interstate commerce
commission of the Oklahoma Cotton
Seed CrusherS' association
The commission set October IL as
a date of hearing at Kansas City on
lower rates on these articles.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-29
NECK BROKEN IN FALL
Harvest Hand Thrown From Train
Near Salina May Die.

Salina, Kan, July 29.-Austin Wag-
ner of Canton, Ohio, a harvest hand,
IS ir a local hospital with his neck
broken; ne is conscious and talks of
the holdup in which he lost his money
in a box car and was then kicked off
the moving train south of this city
10 days ago. He with several COM
paniCnS were robbed and although
they begged the robbers to allow them
to remain on the train all were thrown
off and injured. Wagner's chances
for life are indefinite according to the
physicians but he can never walk. He
is paraiyzed from the neck down,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-29
KANSANS IN ACCIDENT
Six Persons Hurt, One Probably Fatal
ly, in New Mexico Mishap.

Clovis, n. NJ, July 29.-Mrs. Tom
Reagan. wife of a stockman at Here
ford, Tex, was injured, probably
fatally, and five other persons were
hurt when a motor car in which they
were riding was overturned near here
last night. Among the injured were
Barry Simmons and Miss Grace Col
gan, both of AtchiSon.
Barry Simmons. jr., escaped with
out injury. Miss Nanon Noble of this
city suffered a broken arm.
The party had started out on fish
ing trip
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-29

the National Baseball commission, to-
day issued the following statement re-
lative to the Compton case:
IF the Kansas iCty club was in ar
rears to Compton, the player auto
matically became a free agent and
had the absolute right to go to the
Federal league or tc any league that
would engage him. If we do net live
up to our obligations we have no right
to demand that the players live up to
their contracts
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-29
TO BE A new CREMERIE
Whole Building VIII Be RemodeIed
and Newly Furnished.

For the first time in % years there
are no busy walters in the famous old
Cremerie restaurant and no clash of
dishes from the kitchen. The eating
house is closed for remodeling.
Several months ago the restaurant
went into the hands of receivers and
resulted in its being taken over by
George B. Ross, one of the proprietors
of the Chesterfield hotel, and Clarence
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Eprs. Sunnyside Up.

Los Angeles, Cal, July 29.-Tired
travellers who scale Mount Wilson 8
rugged heights may soon be able to
enjoy an egg boiled or leg of lamb
roasted in the sunshine there. Drs.
c. G. Abbott, +. +. Fowle and L. r.
Aldrich are working on an apparatus
designed to concentrate the suns rays
by means of a huge concave mirror.
When collected the rays are said to
be hot enough to cook ANYTHING.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-29
FOOD NOTE next
Washington Representations to
Carranza and Zapata.
Action Follows Reports of
Famine at Mexico City.

Washington, July $50 serious
has the food shortage become in Mex
leo City that the United States will
make immediate representations to
Carranza and Zapata, urging that pro-
visions be permitted to get through to
the starving people in the capital.
Stories of alarming conditions have
reached the state department under
date of July 25.
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MACKlNISTS WALK OUT
Men Working On War Material Ma
chimes Want More Pay.

Boston, July 29.-Six hundred ma
chinists and employees struck today
at the plant of the Becker Milling Ma
chine company, because of the refusal
of the company to grant their de-
mands for increased wages of approx
imately 20 per cent and reinstatement
of discharged workmen.
The plant has been operating night
and day recently filling orders for ma
chimes used in the preparation of war
materials
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-29
Great Sun Spot.

ST. Louis, July ga spot six times
the diameter of the earth was OBJ
served on the sun today by the astron-
omers at Christian Brothers college,
The spot appeared on edge OF the disk
today and will be visible until August
10. 1t first appeared last February
and now is on it's seventh rotation
with the SIM
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-29
IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE
Eli UlamperI Dept. Store at 41s-42t
Kansas Ave. Is Crowded All Day.

The Eli Ulamperl Dept. store used
three pages in the State Journal, one
page Monday, one page Tuesday and
another page Wednesday, announcing
the opening of a great public sale for
this morning at 9 o'clock, but at $3.50
the crowd in front of the store was
so large waiting for the doors to open
the management decided to open the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-29

doors and let the people in instead of
keeping them waiting half hour.
The store has been packed all day and
Mr.. U1amperl and Mr.. Rubin, his
advertising manager in charge said
that the crowd and their purchases
were way beyond their expectation.
The sale will be continued for ten
days and the public are advised to
watch the paper from day to day for
new developments. Mr.. Ulamperl
was firm in the belief that it pays to
advertise
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-29

Bellingham, Wash, July 29.-The
water main leading from the city res
ervoir at Blame was dynamited last
night. The town is without water
supply today. A placard on a fence
near the scene of the explosion read:
Put out the Japs or there will be
something worse than this happen"
There has been discomfort over the
employment of Japanese in fish cam
nerieS
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PRISON Chanlin Dead.

Nashville, Tenn, July 29.-Dr. Tu1-
Illus c. Upper, chaplain of the federal
prison at Atlanta, died suddenly here
late last night. Mr.. Topper was strick-
en- with apoplexy Shortly after address
ing the Nashville Rotary club and died
several hours later.
Leavenworth, kan, July 29.-Dr-
Tullius c. Upper was well known
here, having been rector of the local
Episcopal church from 1886 to 1891.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-29
Vanouished Wrestler slays. Foe.

MGnsing, MIMI, July 29.-Beaten in
a wrestling match by his diminutive
opponent, Oscar TANNER, q giant
woodsman, grab bed an ak and split
Matt Kaskis' skull and escaped.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-29
LOCAL MENTION.

Word has been received by Mrs.
Henry Scott, Fourth and Taylor street,
of serious accident met by her I'M
Gle, u. c. English of Hillsdale, Kan.
Mr.. English was in a runaway in Ok
lahoma and is now suffering in an
Enid hospital with a broken collar
bode and two broken ribs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-29
BELGIAN VESSEL SUNK
Germans Torpedo Ship; Four of Crew
Are Lost.

London, July 29.-The Belgian
steamship Princess Marie Jose, of L.
935 tons, gross burden, was torpedoed
and sunk today by a German subma-
rine. Twenty-one members of the
crew of twenty-five were saved.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-29
Rain Stops Races Again.

Davenport, Ia, July 29.-The Great
Western Circuit races were declared
OFF again today because of rain. If the
weather permits they will be held Fri
day and Saturday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-29

G. F. Miller has filed claim against
the city for alleged injuries received
by stepping into a depression in the
street paving near Tenth street and
Topeka avenue.
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NJ. and nj. Stake Postponed.

Detroit, July 29.-The NJ. and NJ.
$4,000 stake was postponed until to-
morrow because of the muddy track
An attempt was made to hold the
other grand circuit races.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-29

DO you think man ought ever to trust
Ito luck Sometimes" replied Senator
Sorghum. 81 know people whose judg-
ment is so bad that the less they try to
use It the better off they are.'-Washing-
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SALARIES MUST BE PAID
Magnates Can't Hold Ball Players
Without Living Up to Contracts.

Cincinnati, O.. July 29.-Holding
that d player is justified in jumping
his contract if the club to whom he
belongs IS IN arrears in salary due to
him Chairman August Hermann. OF
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pa plaintfvely coaxed Mrs Nookoyne.
i want to get into society. All right,
resignedly assented Mr.. Nookoyne. Il
s'pose we kin hire a reporter to write some
thin scandalous about us.=Judge.
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'FWhat kind of fiction does Fleecer
write z: Mainly promissory notes and
1. .. Us.-Boston Transcript.
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F. A. Rooster. D. D. s.. 71o Mills
Bldg. Special attention given to pyor-
rhea and oral pEophyiaxis.-AdV.
The ways and means committee of
the Commercial club carried on a
quiet membership campaign today.
That is there were no big preparations
and little fuss" was made over it in
the newspapers. The sub committee
consisting of r. P. Bennett and B. B.
Eitelman brought in more money at
noon today than the other two COM
mittees that We're out combined. The
subcommittee were ION the job
this afternoon.
Safety razor blades sharpentd better than
new. 25c-35c doz. Brunt Drug Co.-Adv.
A number of young people enjoyed
a hay-rack ride and watermelon feast
at Burnetts Mound Wednesday eve
ming. Those who attended were Miss
Miss Helen Claypool, Miss Agnes Will
hanson, Miss Elizabeth Gates, Miss
Aletha Darling, Miss Ruth Seckel.
Miss Oneita Boyle, Miss Elizabeth
nice Boggs, Miss Rose Winfield, Miss
Mildred Bradley, Miss Grace Dwig-
gins: Miss Laura Gates. Mr.. and Mrs.
Joe White, Mr.. Arthur Dennis, Mr..
Don Tweedy, Mr.. James Williamson,
Mr.. Frank Williamson, Mr.. Lawrence
Gates, Mr. wayne Lacey, MI. FRANK
Myers, Mr.. Elvin Schoonover, Mr..
Charles Montgomery and Mr.. George
Baker.
The mint lime fits your taste about
right. Try one at Waggoner & Good
rich, 731 Kansas ave.-Adv.
s. j. Shook, business manager of
Strickler'S Topeka Business college,
spent last Sunday at the home of his
parents out at Jennings, Decatur
county. He reports lots of rain there,
which has retarded the harvest, but
that they ere about through and ready
to thresh. He says the wheat is in
fine shape.
7. B. Hunt of tn eSanta Fe Watch
Company received a message from
Colorado Springs today telling of the
sudden and very serious illness of Mrs.
Hunt who is at the Springs. Mr.. Hunt
left Immediately for the west. This
afternoon messages from the physi-
clan in charge stated that Mrs. Hurt
was expected to live but a few hours.
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New York Stock Market.
IC1ose of prices for the leading stocks on
The New York Stock Exchange as re-
ported by Thos. ]. Myers. broker. Column
bian Bldg.l
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f. A. Rooster. D. D. s., 10 Mills
rhea and oral OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
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The mint lime fits your taste about
right. Try one at Waggoner & Good
rich, 731 Kansas ave.-Adv.
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Safety razor blades sharpent better than
new. 25c-35c doz. Brunt Drug Co.-Adv.