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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-16

Incidentally, the rare June days
that Kansans have experienced this
year, while just as delightful as the
poets insist, have been altogether too
rare, too few and far between. Still,
June is only half over. And there is
nothing quite SO stimulating as hope.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-16
Voyage in Rowboats.

Cleveland, June ia 2OO-nlile
voyage around Lake Erie in two row.
boats is planned in a few days by j.
D. Launceford and three other en-
thusiasIs. Launceford and a party of
four rowed across the lake to Canada
twelve years ago and had many
thrilling experiences.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-16

AS the Toledo Blade suggests: The
man who has 4 corn on one foot and a
bunion on the other looks at the
weather predictions merely for con-
fir,nation of what ne knows is going
to happen.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-16
Postponement VIII Stand

Chicago, ILL.,. June 16.-Officials OF
the speedway announced today that
the postponement of the international
500 mile auto derby nom next Satur-
day to Saturday, June 26, as an
nounced last night on account of the
strike, would stand despite settlement
of the transportation tieup.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-16

Arkansas again demonstrates that
she is as handy and willing in the
lynching business as any of her south
ern neighbors. And then we hold up
our hands at the horrors in Mexico,
Turkey, and elsewhere.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-16

How the baggage smashers must
smile over the pretentions of the
geniuses who have developed what
they are pleased to style as an indie
StructibIe trunk
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-16
LOCAL MENTION.

suit. growing out of the will and
estate of the late Mrs. Catherine Had
sky, began today in the second division
of the district court before Judge
Wnitcomb. The suit is brought by
five of Mrs. Hladskys children against
the remaining two TO set aside a deed
for eighty acres of land north of Ross
Vile, which was made out to Joe
Hladsky. a son, short time before
the death of the deceased: The plain
tiffs in the suit contend that they
should be given q portion of the land.
The estate of Mrs. Hladsky includes
considerable property in Shawnee
county
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-16

Chieago's street car strike will
probably give the people of that burg
a faint idea of what war is like; I'M
less, of course, the rioting that usually
attends such strikes in big cities is not
INDUCED in.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-16
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The STATE journal is a member OF the
Associated Press and receives tie fuli DAY
teieTraph report of that great news or
xanization, for the exclusive afternoon
publication In Topeka.
The news Ia received in The State jour
nal building over wires Tor this sole pur-
nose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-16

Curious thing about human van
itv.'' said the costumer. ITO what do
you refer?" THE more knock-kneed a
man is, the more he wants TO appear
at a mask ball as a Scottish High
Observation-Disclosures Star
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-16
Wichita Golf Match Delayed.

Wichita, Kan, June 16.-Owing to
the state golf tournament which is in
progress here, the play of the eight
Wichita entries for the Tom Morris
memorial trophy will not be complss-
ed until late today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-16

IT, as is asserted, Japan has barred
the teaching of Christianity from every
kind of school in Korea, one kind
of a Holy War is almost certain to
follow
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-16

Isn't this rubbing it in? Mr.. Bryan's
peace pronunciamento fer the guild
ance of the European belligerents and
the benefit of the world, is to be issued
in serial form.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-16

News that the United states navy
department is to try a new type of
aeroplane also suggests that it might
be well for the department to try a
new type of submarine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-16

Conditions are normal again in
Haiti. Another revolution is under
way there.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-16

Mrs. ]. Rosenkrans. matron of the
State hospital, returned Monday even
ing from a two weeks vacation spent
with relatives and friends at her for
mer. home in Frankfort, Kan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-16
John redmond Is Ill.

London, June 16.-John Redmond
the noted Irish leader, is i'll from
ptorfia poisoning
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-16

Big money saved by the Santa Fe
Tour Co. on first class trips to the Sar
Francisco fair. See H. p. Richards, 514
New England Bldg. p. 1524.-Adv
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-16

n. Il. Wolff has moved his Tailor
Shop to SIG Kansas avenue, over
Emahizer' s.-Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-16

A marriage license has been issued
to William H. Drescher ana lola May
Dart of Topeka.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-16

The monthly meeting of the board
of trustees of the First Presbyterian
church was held at the Commercial
club quarters Today
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-16

MEMBER: a.
Associated Press. -
Audit Bureau OF Calculations.
American Newspaper Publishers
Association.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-16

Dr. Atwood, Eye, Ear, Nose,
Throat 623 Kansas Ave. Phone 435S
white.-Adv.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-04-11
In Her Campaign for Equai
Suffrage in the State
of Nevada.
tsrEctaL TO THETELEerAn,7

WASHINGTON. April Cor pos
sible interest to West Virginia WON
en- at this time when they are firing
the first guns OF their active cam
paign for the vote, is a recent inter
view with Margaret Foley, concerning
+ the suffragist work in Nevada. and
the difficulties Of the campai gn, which
makes the obstacles West Virginia
women have to encounter look very
small indeed. Miss Foley. 1t will be
remem bered has had large and
varied experience in mining camps,
and was sent as a representative of
one Of the large eastern papers to
cover the West Virginia strike in
the Paint Creek territory. Through
her interest in the ranchisemento Of
women she enlisted in the suffrage
cause and was sent with Miss Vernon
from congressional headquarters as
lone OF the workers IN the whirlWind
campaign which was made. One
thing OF particular nterest about the
Nevada campaign, aside from the
things Miss Foley has to relates Is
that the state was practically pre-
pared for the qestion or the vote. by
one woman. who believed in suffrage.
and without any word ofsencourage-
ment kept up her solitary fight in the
state. until the time came when the
seeds she had planted bore fruit in
an amazin ElY rapid manner.
Goes into Mines.
even went underground in the
mines OF Goldheld,i Tonopah, Virgin
ia City, Searchlight, Phoebe, Ely, Eu-
reka and Austin to talk to the men"
said Miss Foley in; a recent converse
ton Often I reached a little town
at three O'Clock in the morning to
find Indians lurking around the ram
shackle station and only stray
passerby to help me find a hotel in
the darkness. One night I had to
take a fifty mile ride across the desert
with two drunken cowboys In the
tonneau OF an automo bile. After
they awoke from a sleep on the bot
tom OF the car. they started to
shoot. - .
Here, said. ...supposing you let
ME try4to shoot. Finally they gave
he their revolvers. and Il escaped
having my hat shot off. Nevada was
a great victory considering the odds
against us Nevada is man state.
practically all mining camps, that
come up in night and go down In a
might. We had the richest man In
the state TO fight. He and his bench
men were afraid that suffrage would
put ban on gambling and defeat
the attempt to repeal the divorce law.
He was a notorious gambler. owned
some Of the richest mines IN. the state
as we'll as many Of the newspaper or
Nevada. He declared he would leave
the state IL we won at the election.
Thtrty-two of his nlployes w tho a t.
tended one of the meetings, were
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-04-11
Speaks (:
For the First Time about the In
vestigation of Him by
Congress.

MARTINsBURG. Apr. lO.-In de-
livering his charge to the grand jury
at the opening Of the federal court
here this week, Judge Aston G. Day
ton. for the first time, referred pub
licly to the recent investigation into
his judicial conduct made by the sub
committee Of the House. He said:
Judges and Jurors are human, and
|ernbody in their makeup the ele-
ments OF human frailtv Criticisms
are often directed at them. The best
answer to these criticisms is for
judges and jurors to fully appreciate
the wonderful system of law and JUS
tice in this country, and to perform
their functions earnestly, honestly,
fearless1y and kindly"
This has been the only public ut
iterance OF Judge Dayton on the mat
ter since the proceedings were drop
ped by the House,
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-04-11
Sixteen Inch Guns for
Uncle Sans Men Sl1ips

eight fifteen inch guns of the British
battleship Queen Elizabeth weighs
ntnetN-six tons. while similar rifles
designed in the Krupp works for
German battleships Laid down this
year each weigh more han eighty-two
tons: The fourteen inch rifles Of the
battleships New. York and Texas and
Tor the FIVE new American dread
thoughts now under construction
weigh 6s.3 tons each. and 1T is certain
thai. the new sixteen inch weapon
weighs more than hundred tons
without It's mounting
krnpp engineers have designed a
sixteen inch gun Which fires a pro-
Ftectile weighing 2.02s pounds. against
the I .6Io pound mass of steel hurled
by the fifteen inch rifles adopted for
the German navy and the ] $40 pound
tprojectiles poured into the Turkish
fortresses OF the Daidanelles by The
British battleship Queen elizabeth.
United States navy o Ulcers cay the
American fourteen inch gun is equal
OF the British or German fifteenii inch
for all practical purposes. With any
target IN plain view 1T Is said, The
American gun has equal range and
nearly equal penetration. the differ
ence being more than counterbal-
Eanced BY the large number Or guns
lcarried. Il ssj ass,sss; Z
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-04-11

keep them alive, and where sanitary
precautions. were impossible. The
result has been that typhus fever has
now broken out, which is likely to
decimate that brave people unless
medical help and nourishing food can
be repidly supplied to them"
The bankers for the Serbian agri-=
cultural relief movement are J. p.
Morgan and Company, and the Bush
Terminal, at New ! crk City, has of
fered to receive shipments Of tools,
grain and seed. What the committee
needs first and worst is money, which
may be sent by check and money
order, marked For Serbian Agri-
cultural Relief" If grain and seed
and tools are sent, the committee
asks that it be advised in advance SO.
that it may be on the lookout for.
them.
Nine. Grouitch IS working literally.
day and night, visiting cities and
relief committees. Cities
all over the country are asking her
to come and tell them the thrilling
stories of Serbia's pitiful sufferings.
She can probably visit only those
which advise the committee Of de-
sire to assist in the relief movement.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-04-11
Treasury Departments
On the Wafer
Wagon

/. WASHINGTON. Apr. rhe tenn
perance wave swept the treasury de-
partment Saturday. Acting Secretary
of the Treasury Byron r. Newton, di-
trected the custodian or the post Of
flee building in New York to grant
permission to the Society or the New
York Free Cold Water Fountains to
erect and maintain a free Ice water
fountain on the sidewalk opposite the
building.
The permission is given with the
The permission Is given with the
understanding that the government
shall be under no expense through
such action and the fountain is to be
removed after the close Of the s sum-
nier season. n il
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-04-11
Great Rifles Tested at Indian
Head Proving Grounds
Weigh 100 Tons.

wAsz1NGroN. Apr. The two
battleships provided for inAthe cur
rent naval bill may be armed with
sixteen inch. rifles. the heaviest nav
al guns ever design ed.
While tenta tive plans for the new
ships contemplate vessels similar in
general design to the 80 900 ton giants
or the California class now building
details or armament and engine equip
ment are being given unusual atten-
ton by,nayyi designers and the results
obtained from the fifteen inch main
batteries or the newest British ana
German battleships are being closely
watched
Already tho new sixteen inch navy
gun has been subjected to tests at the
Indian Head proving grounds, and
while details Of its construction and
performance are closely guarded, 1t
Is KnoWn that the gigantic weapon
has given proof OF it's efficiency. The
gun was built at the American naval
gun factory. BIZ sa
somn idea Of the probable size OF
the ~ eW Anne ldcans gun may be gath
cred from the fact that each OF the
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-04-11

Iernment. aF III
He was born on the sSusquehanna
river In 1T41. His father. Thomas
G1rty, was an Indian trader and was
killed by an Indian in a drunken row
IN ISL. This Indian was in turn
killed by John Turner a friend OF
G1rty,s who In 1753 married the WI
dow Girty.
In 756Fa party OF French Indians
invaded the settlements on the Jun
lata. and killed and captured many or
the settlers. Among those captured
was John Turner and his wife and
family, including the four Girty
boys. The prisoners were taken to
the Indian villages on the Allegheny
river. near the present town of Kit
tanning. Here John Turner was tor
tured to death in the presence or his
family.
Girty remained with the savaEes
until the capture .of Fort Duquesns
from the French in 1853. After his
surrender he remained in the vicin-
ity being employed by the military
authorities as an interpreter. When
the revolution broke out he took
sides with the colonies.
Alexander Mckee. WHO lived at
N1ckees Rocks Just below Fort Pitt.
and who had been employed as a
British Indian agent. on the night Of
March 28. 1878. with a small party.
onesof them being Simon Girty. who
was won over by Mckee. escaped
down the river in canoes and finally
reached Detroit. which was the Brit
lsh military Headquarters for opera
tions against the American frontier.
Gfrty was at once given employ
ment as an interpreter and for years
spent mogt OF his time with the In
dams under the orders OF the mill
tary commandant. engaged in Scout "
ing and leading small parties Of say
ages against the settlers. 8+5
Even after the close or the Rero-
slutionarv war. he took part in the
Indian wars, being present at St
Glars defeat FL 179l and agains.
General Wayne5in 794. although he
was then a British subject and there
was peace between the two nations.
When the Americans took posses
sion OF Detroit in 1896. this ended
Girty's operations among the In
dians on this side OF the line, and
he settled OH the Canadian side. but
still being employed by the British
in Indian matters.
In the war or 1872 when Detroit
was captured by the British. Girty
paid a visit to the town. it being the
first time he had been on American
soil since 1895. and he celebrated
the event by getting gloriouslvI
drunk.
He died in 1878. to the last being
the inveterate enemy Of his former
countrymen.
On several occasions he used his
influence to save white prisoners
from being tortured and caused sew
eral Of them TO be released from
captivity. This can be said to his
credit. but in all other respects hel
was white Indian, possessed of all
the brutal instincts of the savage.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-04-11
ROUGH SHEDDING
FOR MISS FOLEY
discharged the following morning.

Victory at Polls.
In spite Of this opposition and the
lack Of funds, we won out with a
majority Of 5000. carrying all but
two counties. We were handicapped
in a thousand ways. The women of
the campaign in the last three years,
which would hardly pay the expenses
OF one anti-speakerA in the east.
II How did 1 get the crowds at my
meeting? Well. as soon as struck
town. one of the ranchersA or miners
would send of a stick Of dynamite or
shoot his revolver "a couple Of times
and in a 5twinkling the Indians, COW
boys and ranchers would hurry into
the center Of the town to see what the
excitement was. In Wadsworth where
there are great many Indians, they
even brought out their band.
II got 90 for suffrage buttons on
the trip. When 7 was at Reno at
the end of the campaign. miner
came Up TO ME and said DO you re-
member selling meza suffrage button
In Rawhide. Miss Foley? replied
that I did, and he went on. Well we
had a party that night safterat he meet
inga hat trimming contest for men. i
! put that suffrage button on my hat
and won $500. I paid you s1.OO
forsthat button and here is $500
more. !.. sf ss5#f
y Went some times for a week With
out sleep continued Miss Foley.
snatches as i could get
on the train and know now what 1t
means to be actually hungry i sim
ply could not eat the food at the SO
called hotels I struck. an d hot water!
why.1 paid as high as so cents a
pitcher for hot water in some of the
mining camps. But said she.
smiling. II just made up my mind to-
do 1T 90 1t would never have to be.
done again. And, 1t never will. be-
5iieve in @ ~ 5$89 .8 t4s
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-04-11

NEW York, "a pT. When A.
.EDorEan, the cartoonist lived in San
francisco he used to play with the
Fson OF netghbor who was some
thing unique as tightwads so: Il was
told that he had his pockets lined with
hash hooks one OF those kind that
Wouldn't give a duck a drink il he
4owned a lake.
About year ago-after q life OF
Emiserliness he passed from earthly
view and his son and daughter got
1.-The family roll and proceeded to blow
HI in They arrived in New York re-
GENTLY ypical types OF the newly
h Upon meeting TAD the daughter
said do you ever take in grand
Opera 2" ,
II ~once IN a while. he replied, do
4 your
iS II nm beginning to- Not long ago
Fl saw Pagliacci in The Stories OF
Hoffman and liked him very much"
\ The gay old dogs of Gothan-s1-1lo
Hive in fear OF being exposed have
taken heart over the sudden turn in
1.-THE "Oliver Osborne. scandal. Black
mail has found many an easy mark
3famonE the rich old Founders that
CRUISE lip and down Broadway by gas
light. They believe that blackmai1ing
has received a setback.
When Rae Tanner. trying to accum-
iulate a financial surplus in hard
ItimeE. selected James w Osborne, the
it.bu1ldog OF the bar as her source of
Ifsupply.- she was doing something
Nabollt as foolish as trying to stand in
front or a Twentieth Century flyer and
make faces to avense the railroad
Il Osborne is experienced in the ways
!.of crime and is a man OF ability and
Innocent OF the
lcharge he Immediately began 10 fight.
Fit is not pleasantIto face such motor
I5ietT. A weaker man might have been
willing to be yictimized to spareEhim-
tself and his family.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-04-11
WHERE TO MAKE FLOWER BEDS

r. = b / e Z 4 ~
Il The question Of flower beds for the
small home grounds IS one that
should be deity handled, says Woni-
ans World for April The smaller
the lawn or grass plot, the more ne
Ecessity for keeping it free from in
cumbrances. Never make a flower bed
in the center Of small lawn. The
flowers should be along the fences
and buildings, under the trees (shade
loving ones) and in the corners The
center bed is thing of beauty only
when used to divide or cut UP a space
which is too large in proportion to
tosits surroundings
The soil for the beds and borders
Should tbe the best obtainable It
should be deep, and filled with hum
us To insure the latter. dig in each
year a good dressing Of we'll rotted
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-04-11

r.
finanure, or conposted leaves ands
vegetable litter, and use bone meal
Or good commercial fertilizer % j
top dressing You can get good re-
suits only by keeping up the fertility
of the soil.
hing is to be gained by setting
the plants out in the beds and Dor
ders TOO soon. Hardy plants can i'll
set out as soon as the soil can ia
worked. But the annual and bedding
plants should not be set out Until ths
soil is warm and all danger Of frost
is past.
Do not crowd your pI ants. t.consfs,-S
er their size when matured. and do
not prevent their development BY
overcroRding in the beds and Dor
Eders. Look 10 the drainage. keep on
the insects and plant diseases. and
supply wat er. when needed. 5sss
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-04-11

Nora sBayes is in Christian SER
ence.' She declares that while IN
Pittsburs last summer she was told
by three specialists that she had can
Ger coupled with pernicious anaemia.
She said friend sent her some Chris
ton Science literature and later
brought practitioner aroundan nd In
Two months She was we'll
VI The editor OF moving picture
scenario contest has received seen
ario entitled ..dary's Return In Tsyio "A
Parts.
Lillian Russell the we'll known jostl.-
|nalist, has promised to dance With
every man who asks her at the ball
Monday night for the benefit of the
actors fund.
Boris Thomashcfsky,s Yiddisf ac-s
tor in Yiddish theater. is bringing
the silk hated and bcspangled gown
cd crowds from up town to his littlaS
theater at Houston street on Second
avenue.
ss4 trhomashefsky himself is appearing
lin the titleSro of a play called - The
Green millionaire. He is turing big
crowds away nightly and It is irtiM-1
ated that a number OF wealthy He
hrews. are contemplating erecting q
sthcater and presented It to Thomas
l1efsky-
David Belasco after seeing the per
formance, wrote: AS Jew was
proud to see such a gathering Or Ia A.
tented performers 1t is measure
and privilege to know that there5Ssis
such an institution. headed and made
up Of Hebrews and supported by He
brew patronage
DR. Charles IT. Parlllurst has re-
turned to the editorial staff of the
Evening Journal. where he writes
three articles a week for the editorial
page. While he is minister. his ar
ticles. are not 'preachy' but allow the
readers to draw their own moral He
has large following.