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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-29
Oscar Swayze Begins Action on
Samuel Zimmerman.
Recovery of SOS Alleged To Be
Due ON Clerical Work.
WORKED FOR THREE YEARS
County Clerk Says He Labored
Nights on Books.
Claims Zimmerman Neglected
Minutes of Meetings.

Suit on the official bond of Samuel
G. Zimmerman, for three terms clerk
of Shawnee county, was commenced in
the district court this morning by Os-
car Swayze. present county clerk, for
the recovery of S10S.41, with interest,
alleged to be due as payment for cler-
1cai work in Strengthening up the rec
ords of the office, neglected by Zim-
norman. Swayze claims payment for
writing up the minutes of the meet
ings of the board of county commits
sioners for a period of about three
years prior to his own entrance into
the office, as well as for certain in
dexing which he says Zimmerman
should have done. but did not.
Frank NJ. Bonebrake and Horace L.
Hall are named as bondsmen and
made defendants in the suit. The
case is in the hands of Wheeler &
Switzer, attorneys of this city.
The business of entering in an Off
cial record book of the minutes of the
meetings of the board of county COM
missioners devolves upon the county
clerk They are written up Subse-
quent to each regular meeting from
notes taken by the clerk during the
sessions. Swayze's petition sets forth
that when he took charge of the
clerks office as Zimmerman'S sue
cessor he found that the minutes of
the board of commissioners had been
neglected for three years or more.
In order to complete this record he,
himself, performed the clerical work
of tranScribing the notes of his prede-
cossor at night and on holidays His
suit is for payment for the time OUT
side of office hours required for this
task.
Zimmerman, while in office, was re-
sponsible for the auditing of the books
of the sheriff's office, the register of
deeds and the clerk of the district
court. The net result of the audit was
a suit against R. l.. Thomas over fees
fcollected by him as clerk of the dis
trict court, in which the county lost
after a heavy expense in attorneys
fees and court costs, Thomas being
sustained and indicated
When demand was made by Swayze
upon the board of county commits
sioners for payment of the S70S claim,
a year or more ago, the matter was
referred to Zimmerman, who said he
was occupied with the big job of au-
diting other office records
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Topeka DONATES
$4,000 TO BLUE
rcont,nueo from Page one.J


There is still an opportunity for those
who are generously inclined to make
up the additional fifty thousand-and
Washburn college needs the money.
There were times in the campaign
but only brief momentS-when
there was disbursement in camp.
Monday April IS, was "blue Monday"
for sure 1t was at those times that
as director-general was fully Demon
strated. Director Barber had the
right thing to say at the right time,
and he spurred the workers on to
greater efforts. The organization per
fected was wonderful, and particular
praise is due Division "D'' under Mrs.
A. Marburg-the women were on the
job continuously and they brought in
nearly one-fourth of the entire amount
procured Miss Erna F'yfe, assistant
to Director Barber, who handled the
thousand and one" details, and aided
in the publicity work, is deserving of
special credit.
showers Cut Crowd.
There were few persons at the final
rally Wednesday night who were not
members of the Army of the Blue, due
to the April shower that started at
o'clock. Tired after their strenuous
efforts in the interests Of the cause.
the five hundred persons present did
not reach the high pitch of enthusiasm
noon hour rallies The Washburn con-
tingent which has fairly yelled its
head OFF, every day at the noon meet
ings. vas Johnny on the spot" and
provided some noise.
Between noon Wednesday and the
close of the campaign nearly $4,000
was raised. When the final reports
were made by the team captains at
the last rally, it was found that there
lacked $4,000 to make the grand total
an even $150,0O0.
The campaigners were again thrust
into action. They were asked to get
that $4,000 somehow. Miss Fyfe Of
fered to give $40 if ten other women
would do the same, and her offer was
accented on the spot The men pre-
vailed upon twenty persons to give $40
each. Midnight soon arrived and the
goal had not been reached There
was great rejoicing when the Patten
subscription was announced. Patten
had been out of the city and arrived
in Topeka on a late train.
The speakers at the wind-up rally
were Robert Stone, chairman: Sen
eph G. Waters. The talks were all
short and snappy.
Ministers "Come Through,
The completion of a fund by minis
ters of Topeka of more than $1,000
was announced Wednesday night. The
of the Walnut Grove Methodist
church showed his public spirited
ness when he proposed to give 500
provided that a 81 900 fund was made
ert D. Busy, new pastor of the Sea-
brook Congregational church, who
came to Topeka because of the edu-
cational facilities offered, Immediate
ly agreed to give 500. Others con-
tributing were: The Rev. J. S. Ing
ham, 500; DR.. J. E. kirkpatrick,
the Rev. Ralph Ward, s25; the Rev.
j. E. Scheer.e S25; the Rev. Mr. Nc
Pherson, $40; the Rev B. Ross, S25;
the Rev. G. w. Henry (colored), $40.
DIR. w. c. Wheeler, 500: DR.. D. NJ.
Fisk, the Rev. L. c. Schnacle, $50;
DR.. S. S. Estey, 500.
DR.. and Mrs. Kirkpatrick have con-
tributed half of their income for a
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DRIVE OUT THE Takers
There Will Be More Advertisers and
Quicker Results.

Chicago, April 29.-Reject all forms
of Objectionable advertising - the
QuackS and fakers-and there will be
more advertising and quicker results,
William Woodhead of San Francisco,
president of the Associated Advertis-
ing clubs of the world, told members
Of the association of commerce in an
address. Mr.. Woodhead is in Chicago
to arrange for the world convention
of advertising clubs to be held here
in June. 1t is expected that more than
10000 advertising experts for all ma
lions will be in attendance.
The greatest enemy to successful
advertising business is the quack and
the faker and the more money they
contribute the greater the loss" Mr..
Woodhead said.
Every time man or woman is
cheated by bogus advertisement the
pulling power of all advertising is so
much weakened because the faker
and the publisher have taught just so
many more people to distrust all ad-
vertising. There will be more adver-
Users and they will get more and
quicker results when the quacks and
takers are driven out of business
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NAVEL ORANGES-Per box, $2.5o@35o.
FLoRIDA GRAPEFRUIT = Per box
BANANAs-Extra fancy, per H.. 4c;
fan nRyN;PP eNTs lb:f SA BOX $500
TUTARE COUNTY oRANGEs-Per box.
CALIFORNIA RHUBARB-Per lb., &C.
LETTUCE-Fancy hot house. per basket
q CALIFORNIA ASPARAGUS Per doz.. 90
. CALIFORNIA cABBAGE-Pony crates.
per b Se E staHdsEd Srates per l6 2&S
CRYSTAL wax oNIoNs-11Per bu.. s2.25.
CARROTS-Per doz 4Oc
sPINAGHi-lP3eer, r. bu ;;, 75e
CAULIFLowER-JPer standard crate.
400; per u crate, $2.25.
NEW POTATOES-No. 1 per hamper
S375; No. 2 per hamper, 1925.
MINNEsOTA BURBANK POTATOES
M NJ KINGs-Per bu, roc
RADISHES-Long, per doz S5c:
ro GRER gSf 6 sri aGs doz SOC; Winter
u HtoRsERADTSHW doz bottles. soc
GENUINE. RED RIVER SEED POTA-
CABBAGE PLANTs-Early Jersey Wake
field, per 100 35c, per 1000 $2.75: Early
~ ToMATo PLANTsWEa iy Tree, per 100
@ Loo SEQ Ser loo EarH BMa
Early Early p Dwarf stone, per 100 s5c: per 1000
c6RNPRer TO- 1B per IN 1000 Original
sacks; Containing iI1i,g 100 lbs, per lb.; 319c.
oN1 pef bs &h ReF p sq bS gel
CHEESE-Per h., 1714@1919c-
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FLOOD IS SUBSIDINC.
Texas Farmers Are Preparing to Re-
plant Their Crops.

Houston, April 29.-Another day
and night without rainfall has
strengthened hopes that the great
flood now rushing outward in the
Brazos and Colorado rivers will pass
without adding to the injury already
done. Reports today show waters
still high along both courses with the
inundated area large but apparently
narrowing.
Railway service also shows a mark
ed Improvement and some of the
lines are attempting to resume regu-
lar train schedules. An unusually
large number of farmers are here to-
day after corn and cotton seed with
which to replant their lands. No ad-
ditiona1 loss of life has been reported.
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COL. ROOSEVELT
QUITS The STAND

Monday or Tuesday. That Barnes
himself will not be questioned half as
long as Roosevelt was predicted.
Although without positive confirm
alton from either side today a report
was circulated that BOSS" Murphy
of Tammany Hall would not be sum-
moned as a witness
Comes in Smiling.
When Colonel Roosevelt entered the
court room today the spectators APP
plauded him and attendants had some
difficulty in restoring order. The
colonel was smiling as he took his seat
in the witness chair and awaited the
first question which was about a let
ter in which Messrs. Bidwell and
Stranahan were mentioned.
4 remember that letter. said the
colonel Senator Plat wanted Mr..
Bidwell appointed collector of the port
of New York. 1t seemed inadvisable,
however. so l appointed Mr.. Strana-
han. a state senator
In regard to the election of Seth
Low. as mayor of New York city and
n meeting he arranged between Mr..
Low and Plat. the colonel said:
THE organization had helped elect
Mr.. Low. 1 wanted MI Low to take
the same attitude I did toward the
organization. Therefore, l wrote to
Mr. Plat about meeting between the
two. l did not want the organization
to feel it was being sighted. But l
wanted Mr.. Low always to understand
that he was to do what he thought
best. 1 was president then"
why did you write about Mr.
Platt's man and someone else's man ?''
asked Mr. Bowers.
'Why. that meant nothing deroga-
tory to the men. 1t was simply to
identify them"
How did you finally happen to be
nominated for vice president in 1902"
An objection was sustained.
Did President Mckinley send you
communication on that subject?'
Did you accept after receiving the
message"
Another objection was sustained.
Later he said: q accepted so as to
crafty President Mckinley"
Campaign Contributors.
DO you remember hearing that any
of the men named by Mr.. WINS con-
tributed to your campaign fund in
19O4?''
seUntiI after l left the presidency I
never heard the names of those men
as having been contributors. l heard
of most of them the first time when
they were read here.
81 knew some people had contrib
uted but / did not know how much.
knew of Henry Prick, George w. Per-
kins, Clifford Pinchot, the widow OF
Senator Hannah and George Won L
Meyer. L also remember a widow
who contributed a dollar
What did you do in regard to the
New Haven railroad and the Harves-
ter company ~
Action was taken against the New
Haven, an investigation was made of
the Harvester company and it was re-
ported to me that it was all right"
The colonel then said he remem-
bered an investigation had been made
of the Dupont Powder company,
How about the Northern Pacific
railway2'
An objection was sustained.
WAS action during your admins
tration brought against the Standard
Oil company"
The court upheld another objection.
WAS any other action taken against
a corporation in which Mr. Morgan
or other gentlemen whose names ap-
peared as contributors were interested
during your administration?
An objection was sustained,
Tennessee Coal and Iron.
''Now, for the Tennessee Coal and
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Iron and the u. S. Steel corporation"
when the merger took place un-
derstood the Tennessee was so weak
that the steel corporation did not con-
slider it a dangerous competitor. The
corporation controlled about so per
cent of the output. The Tennessee
had 1 $40 per cent of the total out
put Subsequently the output of the
steel corporation shrunk to 81 per
cent. The action occurred during the
height of the panic of 1907. The
prime interests of every citizen was
that some measure should be taken
dence. In New York the situation was
trembling on a hair as to whether
every business would have to be smut
up. One night l received notice that
next day Mr.. Prick and Mr.. Gary. of
the steel corporation would come to
see me. 1 had received thousands of
appeals to do something"
Counsel for the plaintiff objected at
that point. The objection was over
ruled and the colonel continued:
Il notified the attorney general to
meet the two gentlemen. He was IN
Baltimore and could not get there.
then invited Mr.. Root. Mr.. Gary said
if Mr.. Pierpont Morgan's company
took immediate control of the Tennes-
see, the stock of the company would
Immediately be enhanced in value and
that the result would be the end of
the company Mr.. Gary told me the
the stock as they were trying to re-
duCe their holdings.
Il asked them to wait until the at
torney general got over from Balti-
more. They said the situation was
acute and that if something was not
done before the market opened the
crash would come. l called in the
newspaper men and told them of the
action L had decided to take. The
news was printed all over the coun-
try and the panic was stopped"
Since you became governor, how
many letters have you written? ?"
Il have written more than 10000
letters. l have made over 10000 ap-
pointments, L have signed 10000 laws.
carrying appropriations of several bill
lion dollars. 1 have made thousands
of speeches"
In reply to questions. the colonel
then said:
II always consulted Mr.. Plat about
appointing judges, 1 disregarded his
advice on judges however, more than
did on anything else. Some of the
judges L appointed l knew personally.
On others l had the recommendation
of men 1 knew or bar associations.
In appointments to high courts, I al
ways knew the man or knew all about
him."
while you were governor or pres
ident was there any invisible govern
ment on your part?'
There was not one particle" re-
piled the colonel with great emphasis.
DO you remember reading at the
time of the New York insurance in
vestigation the testimony by Senator
Platt.'
Yes
ness to answer question on what
the testimony was
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The disposal of Forsythe means that
Tallion will play right field for a
from Kansas City, will be stationed in
left. However, it has been intimated
that Tallion will have to improve or
he, too, will be passed on to the
first team that makes a bid for him.
Owner Savage said this morning
in discussing Forsythe's sale, that 1t
was probably only the beginning. and
that others would go rapidly unless
they show that they are real ball
players. Jimmy Jackson said: 1--WE
all the time We are going to play
no favorites, and it is a cinch we
will keep no one who boots away
games on errors and then fails to
hit
Needs Hitters.
Hitters are what Jackson wants
and must have. Forsythe has always
been 800 hitter or better. but this
his past record. Last year Cy hit
.316 and the year before he made an
average of 334. Before he came to
Topeka he was in the Texas league
and was always a good hitter.
However, Cy has never been lucky
enough to get his hits when hits were
needed most and his greatest fame
probably comes from his erratic play
knows Forsythe knows that no living
human can tell what he is going to
do when playing in the field. When
an easy one comes his way it is So
so bet that he will muff it or fall all
over himself trying to do so. Then
when a chance comes that seems i'm
possible he will grab it without eff
fort.
Owner Savage refused to state what
he got from the Omaha club for For
sythe, but admitted that it was neith-
err $1,000 nor a batch of theater tick
cts. And he didn't trade him for
valuable dog.
Woolums, the first baseman who has
been with the Savages since the open
ing of the season, has been released,
and it is very probable that a pitcher
or two will go in the near future.
Either Cam or CIunn was booked to
pitch this afternoons game against
Denver with Monroe behind the bat.
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Their WORK IS DONE.
Cotton Manufacturers End COnyen-
ton With Business Session.

Boston, April ga business SEES
sion and the reading of papers, large
ly technical, completed the work of
the annual convention of the National
Association of Cotton Manufacturers
today.
Textile fabrics discovered in the
caves of the prehistoric cliff jewellers
of the Southwest were described in
paper by Professor Byron Cummings,
of the University of Utah.
1.-The results of their careful hand
work. said Professor Cummings,
would do credit to our patient New
ENGLAND great grandmothers'
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year. and this has been the case with
several or the INSTRUCTORS at Wash
purn college. Prof. E. D. Schonberger
made a great record as captain of
Team No. IA, and gave literally him
self. DR.. D. NJ Fisk was inyaluabIe
newspapers with several excellent edi-
torialS.
Larger Contributions.
Following are the subscriptions of
500 or more reported Wednesday
night:
Albert Patten, $500.
The Commercial club, $500.
Campus Front, $500.
Mrs. Alice J. Love Ca memorial for
her daughter), $500.
G. D. Greenough, 500.
Mary Schonberger, by G. H.More-
house. 500.
Rehkopf Brothers, $780,
Ziegler & Son, 500.
F. M. Spencer, 500.
Miss M. NJ. Capper, 500.
B. P. Q. E., 500.
j. L. Harrison, 500.
Roy Crawford, $780,
c. F. Foley, 500.
w. w. Mills, 800.
p Mrs. Sara Greenwood, 500.
DR.. D. L. McEachron, 500.
S. c. Petit, 500.
J. c. Gordon, 500.
J. S. Warner, 500.
Gabriel Lumber company, 500.
L. r. Taylor, 500.
A. E. Sweet, 800
Mrs. Albert Neese, 500.
Emahizer & Spielman, $780,
The Work of Committees.
The following table tells the story
OF the campaign in brief:
SUMMARY
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COURT is RESTRAINED
Move to Prevent Thaw From Getting
Jury Trial.

New York. April 29.-The appellate
division of the supreme court has
attorney general of New York for an
alternative writ restraining Supreme
Court Justice Hendrick from empan-
cling a jury to test the sanity of Harry
X Thaw- Argument as to whether
the writ should be made permanent
will be heard May z.
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Kansas CITY Live Stock Market.

Kansas City April 29.-HOGS-KeCgIPts
6o0o Market SC to Toe higher Cher BULB nsce o.
ers and butchers. S7.35@7.50; light, 1880
80: pigs $7.OO@7.35-
70 strong Prime fed steers, SS.3569-OO
dressed beef steers. s{.5o@s,25; w sa tern
steers S7.25@S.25: southern steers ao S9;t
n. cows 81 OOM7 %; heifers, S6.OOQ1S-15
sstociers and feeders, s650MS60; bulls,
S55007. 90; calves, s6o0M10.00
Lambs. SIS. 5O@1O5O: yearlings, S.25@9-3 IS
wethers, $70O@s.6o; eyes ewes 90 s6-1o@s.35
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reported over long distance telephone d.
rect to the State Journal by Clay, ROBIN
son & Co., live stock commission mer-
chants, with offices at all markets.
Kansas City April 29-CATTLEERe
ceipts 5000 head. Market steady and strong
HOGS-Receipts 5000 head Market on
Zoe higher. Bulk of sales, $7.4O@1.45; top,
SHEEP-Recefpts 1000 head. Market 10
Ian L Ina
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New York, April 29.-BUTTER-Mark
steady. Creamery extras, BOZ @31c.
EGGS-Market Irregular Fresh gather
ed extras, 221ac.
CHEESE Market firm State whole
milk, fresh specials, 151a@16Ac
POULTRY-Dressed quiet; western
frozen roasting chickens. 17@21Hc; fowls,
1a@171ac; turkeys, 15022c. Live, firm
western chickens, broilers, 35@45c; fowls,
161a@17c; turkeys, 12@15c.
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Chicago Grain AIarkt.

Chicago April 29-wHEAT-Close: May.
$1.63; July. $1.363s; September. 1.261s.
CoRN-May, T7Ac; July, so1sc@s0Ac;
September, S11kc.
oATs--May. 551sc; July, 55d551sc; Sep
PoRk~!May, s17:e7: July, s1s;s5.
LARD-May, $1012; July, 5000
SHORT RIBS-May, 5000; July, $10.65.
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New York, April 29-MONEY--Mrcan
tile paper S per cs s1is ste RI aa s6r
cables, 479.60: for demand, 1880. Bar
silver, 505se; Mexican dollars, 3s3ac; Coy
eminent bonds. steady; railroad bonds,
strong. Time loans, easy; 60 and 80 days,
Cali money. firm; high, 2A low, ~ :;
ruling rate, 2: last loan, .; ruling rate,
2; closing bid ~ ; offered at 2.
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LET FORSYTHE GO
Old Cy Sloakum Sold to Marty
Krug's Omahogs.
Jackson and Savage Must Have
More Hitters.

Cy S1oakum Forsythe, spectacular
but erratic outfielder, is with us no
longer. This morning it was announced
from the office of Owner Savage that
FOrsythe had been sold to the Omaha
club. The deal was closed this morn
ing.
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Chicapo Live stock market.

Chicago. April 9-HOGS-Receipts IL
600. Market strong, &c above yesterday 8
average. Bulk of sales, $7.50@7.65: light,
s.. oodT7 80: mixed. $7:3o@7.75 heavy, $7 o!
G7.65: rough, 81. o5@7 20; 90 pigs 80 25aa d 10
Native steers, So 5MS.75: western steers,
S.. 60d 40; cows and heifers, $3-1O@s5o; ;
SHEEP~Receipts 6,OO0. Market weak
Sheep, 81 4O@S4 lambs, $S.25dl0.7O.
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TODAY'S MARKET REPORT.

;, Chicago. April 29.1eWHEAT-Wheat raj
Heavfness at the start appeared to be due
somewhat to predictions of larger Argen-
tine shipments and to favorable crop adj
vices from India and Australia. Reports
of imported flour business at Minneapolis,
however tended to bring about reaction.
and so also did fear of crop damage in
the eastern part of the domestic winter
belt. After opening unchanged to 1asc
louvre prizes mounted to well above last
nights level all around.
Aftrward setback resulted firm selling
associated with lack of important export
call. The close unsettled, SIC off to
1sc up. compared with last night.
CORN-Saies of corn to go to store here
had a bearish effect future deliveries
An upturn when wheat showed a rally
from a shade to &c lower was followed
by a recovery and then a fresh decline.
Favorable weather for planting counted
at times against the bulls; The close, how
ever. was steady at nc decline to a shade
advance, compared with last night
OATS-Holders of oats appeared in
clined to realize profits. The sagging of the
market. however, was checked to some eX-
tent by a fair cash demand.
vISIONS..-IProvisions advanced
little in line with the hog market. The
selling was only of scattered sort.
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New Kansas Postmasters.

washington, D. C, April 29.|The
postoffice department announces the
appointment of the following Kansas
postmasters. Mrs Ada E. High at
Carlton. Dickinson county, to succeed
J. A. Peck, resigned; John Seelye at
Seward, Stafford county, vice E c.
Hyter; John H. Waterman, Morrow
vile; Roy L. Van Pelt, Victor.