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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-10
READY FOR CAMPAIGN
Baseball Boosters Will Try to Plaster
Town With Tickets Monday.

Here are the final plans for the
launching of the big baseball ticket
selling campaign next Monday: All
who are willing to help are requested
by $40 o'clock The men who re-
port will be organized into teams and
each team will be assigned territory
to work. Either two or three men
will compose a team, according to the
number who report.
At a meeting held at the CONNER
cial club at noon today it was decided
to abandon the idea of having break
fast at the Commercial club rooms,
and the workers are requested to par
take of enough food before leaving
home to run them until the noon
hour.
Everyone who is interested in see
ing Topeka put out good baseball
team is requested to help. The cam
paigners hope to raise at least $4,000
before Monday night, and Mr. Savage
amount to keep the team running
without embarrassment until the gate
receipts begin to come in.
complete list of those who have
already volunteered their services, ice
could not be procured, but the fol-
lowing are among them:
c. G. McCleery, L. c. Smith, Will
liam Fieger. H. C. Burdick, Robert
Tasker, Harry Snyder, Tom King; s.
lor, DR.. E. c. Smith, j. A. Zook, A.
Beronious, NJ. o. Lock. Fred Bert,
w. o. Synammon, Geo. G.. Moore.
Chas. Mitchell. Chas. Trap, Carl
Wood, G. W. Stansfield, John Webb.
J. J. Corkill, John Tompkins, c. A.
Moore, DIR. F. J. Ernest, Frank Gla-
leece, F. R. Conwell, Fred Moorns,
Fred voiland. Isle Bishop, Father
Murphy, j. r. johnson, P. ]. Nc
Aloon, T. N. Huntington, Carl Nc
Grew, Frank Ruppel, Tom Scully,
J ohm Parkinson, A. Shook. J. N.
White, ]. C. Winslow, w. E. Grote-
wall, S. A. Bond, Ralph Strawn. Hen
ry Buechner, H. B. Wright, A. b. G.
butcher Phil Wilson, Frank Cope,
r. N. Lattner, E. NJ. Bracket, L. M.
j tones, F. P. Whitmore, Chas. Joslin,
w. o. Anderson, W. r. Faulkner, DR..
NJ. G. Sloo, DR.. M. Wills, j. VIII KEEL
lev, Elmer Strain, B. b. Eite1man,
Chas. Cruise, Ed. Sherman, w. A.
Dyal, c.. E. Bascom.
All of the above are requested to be
at the Commercial club at $3.50 Mon
day morning.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-10

fective June 8. The uniform bill of
lading approved by the commission
several years ago allows a limited liza
b1l1ty for the carriers for one rate and
a full liability at a 10 per cent higher
rate. The eCummins amendment
makes it compulsory on all roads not
to limit their liabilities.
o. E. Butterfield, chairman of COM
mittee of traffic officials and lawyers
for railroads north of the Ohio and
east of the Mississippi river, told Com
missioner Clark, who presided, that
the railroads he represented proposed
to amend the uniform bill of lading
so as to limit the carriers liability or
increase rates. He said:
I'VE do not expect to increase
rates 10 per, cent, but we submit that
some increase in the normal rate be
permitted. On this point we desire to
be heard further"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-10

at ALL
..She didn't say anything back and 1
got my hat and left That was a year
ago. This year when 1 went back 1
got one of the friendliest welcomes I
ever had in my experience and she
gave in her assessment as though it
were a real pleasure. 1 guess she'd
been thinking"
unsupported Wealth.
81 had the real surprise of my life
the other day.. / had been taking the
assessment in a house not far from
here and when 1 got through the lady
said there was a woman upstairs that
maybe ought to see l went on up
and knocked at the apartment door.
"a nice looking woman came to the
door wiping suds off her hands on a
kitchen apron. She let me in when I
explained my business and we went
through the regular business of taking
down household goods. 1t was com
Portable sort of place but nothing
fancy 1 supposed 1 was through and
was sliding down through the list of
extras pretty fast with the idea of
getting my way. 1 came to auto
mobiles. She said:
Yes, but I don't think it ought to
be quite so much as it was last year;
it's getting older
How much did you put it in for
them?' I asked.
Eighteen hundred dollars said
she. And when she told me what kind
of a car it was l knew she had been
fair about it.
ANY mortgages?'
Yes, some said she, but not so
much as last year. I've put a little
money in other things since then
She looked up her account book
and nearly fell over when she said:
81 have $4,000 out on mortgages
this year The rest of it is all in
municipal and government bonds
which aren't taxable, so you needn't
bother about them
'I wish everybody was like that"
sighed the old assessor
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-10
FROM ZERO TO 1870
City Water Pressure Took I'm
usual Jump Today.
Later 1t Dropped Back to, Moth
ing Mark Again.
HARD ON SERVICE PIPES
Report of One Faucet Blown
Out i'm Residence.
FluctuatiOn of Water Supply
During the Fire.

The water pressure maintained by
the city pumping plant during the
Palace fire this morning was incon-
slant. There was high pressure part
of the time and at other times the
pressure was decidedly low, according
to the gauge records kept at the city
water departments office and also at
fire headquarters. AS these two
gauges are in the same building and
show a wide variation in their records,
it is doubtful whether any value can
be placed in them.
Frank M. Newland, city commits
sioner of water and lighting, while
looking over the record made by the
instrument in his office, said this in
strument was less accurate sthan the
one in the fire department. and when
he looked at the one in the fire de-
partment his eyes opened wide for in
stead of a little red line having been
traced across the dial the fluctuations
had been so rapid that a solid blot of
ink in some places three or four
inches wide had been made
At 6:15 o'clock the indicator shot
from 100 pounds pressure down to
only fifteen pounds. The record also
shows that at O'Clock there was an
instance in which there was no pres
sure at all. Then it Immediately shot
up to 100 pounds. The dial says there
was ITO pounds of pressure at 4:30
o'clock. The ordinary pressure main
tanned is approximately so pounds
That many water pipes were not
burst is considered remarkable.
Blew Out One Pipe.
w. H. Gayhart, 500 Lincoln street.
reports that the faucet was blown out
of it's connection in the bathroom in
his house. He had a lively time keep
ing the house from being flooded.
The fire alarm was received at de-
partment headquarters at 3:05
O'Clock.
At o'clock the pressure, according
to the fire department gauge, was 60
pounds. The pressure after that time,
as recorded, reads approximately as
follows. accurate readings being i'm
possible because what should have
been a thin red line became a wide
blotch on the dial.
Where two figures are given for the
number of pounds pressure in the fol-
lowing table, they indicate the extent
of fluctuation between high and low
preSSure:
Pounds Pounds
Il fire dept water dept
Time a. m gauge. gauge.
100 Observation-Disclosures. 90 So
3 10 ................... 80 100
S.5o .s......-llO --agr srvEss w >ss--
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-10
WHITE SLAVE CHARGE
Kansas Mayor Goes on Trial in To-
peka Monday.

William Van Sickle. mayor of olpe'
Kan, is scheduled to face a white
slavery charge in the first division q
the Shawnee county district court
Monday, the trial being set for that
date. .
Van Sickle's troubles are the OUT
come of relations between himself and
Alma Stephenson, a 17-year-old girl
of Olpe. A warrant was issued for
Van Sickle several weeks ago after
the two had been traced to Topeka III
is alleged they registered at the Rex
hotel as ME-. and Mrs. l.. L. Wilson.
The girl had disappeared and her par
ents had been searching for her sew
eral weeks before she, was located
here. 80
1t is claimed that the two visited
several cities in Kansas and Missouri
during the time the girls whereabouts
were unknown to her relatives.
bundle of letters which passed
between Van Sickle and the girl will
be introduced lin evidence and prom
Use to be sensational.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-10
Federation CONCERT.

The fifth public concert under the
auspices of the Topeka Federation of
Women was given Friday night in the
auditorium. In point of excellence
and of attendance it was one of the
most successful of the recitaIs in the
series, and the program was one of
special merit in presenting, as it did,
first rate music that appeals to the in
telligence of both the professional mu-
stefan and the concert goer outside of
the professional ranks.
The concert was given by Miss
nellie Kouns, Mrs. Robert Shoemaker.
Mr. Herman Springer and Mr.. Glen
wood Jones. The piano accompanf-
ments were played by Miss Myrtle
Radcliffe. The recital began with
quartet, double number. May Time
and Drink to Me Only With Thine
Eyes" and the last number of the
program was a quartet, lone Morn if
1 Remember Well,' from Verdis Rig
oletto. Two duets, some solos, and a
trio made up the rest of the program.
Miss kOuns, soprano, and Mrs.
Shoemaker, contraIto, sang together
in the lovely duet, Power Eternal"
from Rossini's Stabat Mater. The two
voices blend we'll, and the duet was
given with satisfying effect. Miss
kouns and Mrs Shoemaker Formerly
Miss Frances McClintock) have
studied both in this country and in
Europe, and their voices show a high
degree of training.
Mr.. Herman Springer sang two
solos, one a recitative and aria from
Handel, and the other old sacred
song, Il Think When L Read That
Sweet Story of Old" Mr.. Springer is
a teacher of pupils in Topeka and
Kansas City. and he is the director of
the Grace cathedral choir in this city.
There were two tenor solos by Mr..
Glenwood Jones, I'm, Native WORTH"
from the Creation, and Let Her Be
Heve,' from the popular opera, 1.-The
ir-I Of ho Ho11 N<~.,% =
from the opera is one of the best liked
arias of piece thai falls to the tenor
voice. Its dominant impulse is sus-
tanned intensity of tone, and Mr.. Jones
sang it in way that made it one of
the most acceptable numbers of the
evening.
Conspicuous on the program was a
trio from Faust by Mr.. Springer Mr.
Jones and Miss Kouns The qualities
that astonish are priced by the public |
which delights in the purely sensuous
excitement of brilliant high tone, or
colorature passage delivered with in
strumental accuracy of information and
precision of shading. These qualities
were present in the soprano part of
the trio, and the baritone and tenor |
had their opportunities in the song |
also. Miss Kouns also gave an opera |
selection from Tosca.
Mrs. Shoemaker gave two solo |
numbers, Schumann song in the |
German Itch Wandelte under den |
Baumen, and "A Birthday by |
WOOdman- She has a voice that has |
freshness and warmth of tone, and |
she sings with feeling and accuracy.
The tonal beauty of her voice is made i
the agent of a sympathetic and under
interpretatfve art
The accompanies, Miss Radcliffe, is
a professional pianist and accom-
PIANIST, and her playing contributed
it's full share to the success of the 1
program
The two young women soloists sang
entirely from memory Score one for
the women singers! B. II :
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-10
Kansas Man Went to See An
others Wife, Is Charge.
Used Mail Box as Excuse to See
Her, Says Husband.
PULLED UP BOX AND ALL
Head of Family Got i'm Bad
With Government.
Family Tangle Over Wife Re-
ported i'm Topeka.

A woman and a mail box are re-
sponsible for the latest revolution
among Austrians in Frontenac, Kan,
which started in domestic troubles and
gradually merged dhrough Pittsburg
courts and finally wound up with a
complaint being made. to the federal
pOStOffice department. 1t seems that
the trouble started when j. VOL
cajusek, an Austrian. began paying, in
the opinion of L. Zvetko, too many
attentions to the 1atter's wife. VOL
cajusek was a boarder at the Zvetko
home Apropos of the state of affairs
Zvetko told Wolcajusek to find an
other boarding place. Wolcajuesk
found another boarding place several
blocks from the Zvetko home but con-
tinued to make trips to the vicinity of
the place for his mail as his mail box
was in front of his former boarding
place.
To put a stop to these trips, which
Zvetko claims were made more for the
purpose of seeing his wife than for
mail, the husband pulled up the mail
box.
Wolcajusek believing that he had
grievance carried the matter into the
court of Justice Kozman, a naturalized
Austrian. The Austrian judge heard
the case and dismissed the case, as
SesSing the costs against the complain
ing witness. The complaining witness
then took the matter up with the
United States postOffice departm
An inspector was put on the job and
this morning submitted his report to
Fred Robertson, United States district
attorney.
Story i'm Detail.
Allegations made in the report by
plaintiff and defendant follow in part:
The plaintiff claims that while he
was a boarder at the L. Zvetko home
on Route 8, he bought and erected
the mail box. Then he claims, when
he changed his place of abode he con-
tinued to make trips to the box for
his mail and one day he found the
post pulled up and leaning against the
fence with the box attached
!, Zvetko, next interviewed by the in
spector, claimed that he owned the
post which supported the box and had
right TO pull it up, and that when
the complaining witness came to the
place after mail he would tarry and
talk to Mrs. Zvetko, and that he
would follow her into the house for
the alleged purpose of buying stamps
Yartz, constable in the city court of
Frontenac, contains the following Ie-
gal gem, as to testimony by the de-
PENDANT before the justice of the
peace:
'"The defendant testified that the
continuance of the said mail box di-
rectly in front of his premise consti-
tuted indirectly, a domestic nuisance
to him.
Fred Robertson in an answer to
the inspectors letter advised that the
matter be dropped
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-10
ABOLISH TOPEKA P. 0.


The Topeka postoffice station c is
to be abolished May l. The announce
ment was confirmed by Postmaster
station, will receive their mail at the
main postoffice.
There will still be an office at the
Potwin station but it will be con-
tract station, and will be under the
cha ge of the same man who now has
station c. The new Office will be
known as station s.
The purpose of the change is to
give the people in the district of sta
ton c a later mail delivery than they
now have from the Sub-Station.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-10
ABOUT CUMMINS LAW
Railroads and Shippers Talk 1t Over
in Washington.

Washington, April 10.-Representa-
tives of railroads and traffic associa-
state commerce commission to dis
cuss the effect of the Cummins
amendment to the rate law which for
bids a Limitation of liability on ship
ments. The amendment becomes eff
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-10
CHARGE FALSE ENTRIES
Wichita Merchants Indicted Following
Failure of Store.

Wichita, Kan, April 1O.-Indict-
ments returned by the grand jury
charging Thomas Blodgett and Clin-
ton Cox with embezzlement of SS4-
900, and Upton Cox with embezzle-
ment of $4,000 were dismissed by
Judge Wilson in the district court In
dictments charging Blodgett and Tip
ton Cox with making false entries in
the books of the Cox-Blodgett Whole
sale Dry Goods company were sus-
tanned
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-10
special G. A. r. Meeting.

Members of Lincoln Post are re-
quested to meet at their hall in spe-
cial session at 3 o'clock Monday after
noon to act upon. the invitation of
Washburn scollegezin the Topeka cam
paign for the endowment fund of that
institution. All Grand Army COM
rades are invited to attend
w. W. SMITH, Post Commander.
J. M MILLER, Adjutant-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-10

Mrs. Grammercy-"So you refused to
move where your husband decided to go -
Mrs. Park-"Why, dear, he picked out
the first floor, and nobody would know
1t was an elevator apartment Judge
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-10

ME gauge in he WATER departmenl
shows there were rapid fluctuations, but
does not record such extremes as does the
other gauge In the above table where
the water company's dial dipped high or
low for only an instance no reading is
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-10

Try it on walls-Devoe Velour Wall
Paint c. NJ. Hill & Son, S26 Kansas
avenue."Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-10


New York April 10.-The statement of
the actual condition of clearing house banks
and trust companies shows that they hold
S14S,214,940 reserve in excess of legal re-
quirements. This is a decrease of $43, 100
from last week The statement follows:
Actual condition.: Decrease
Loans, etc. SO, 393, S21. 900 So POI 900
CD Reserve in own
vaults ............. 391. $4,000 237, 900
Reserve in federal
reserve bank. .... 11S,02O0O 1924 900
Reserve in other de-
pOS1tarieS ........ 30. 0jI. 900 9S7 900
Net demand deposits O. S3. Sli3, 900 Is, 4S2 600
Net time deposits. 119i25,OOO sTS19OOO
Circulation -....... 37.619.000 "16,OOO
(b) OF which $319, 6sS. 900 is specie
Aggregate reserve ............ 1912 ST. 900
Excess reserve. 14S.214940 43.100
Summary of state banks aud trust COM
panies i'll Greater New York not included
in clearing house statement:
Loans, etc. $5G1 016GO0 %S437 700
Specie .............. 44211 500 $50 100
Legal tenders. 9TS1.6O0 9420O
Total deposits. GI5,4J&100 *5.1S3 900
Banks cash reserve i'm vault. .$1O.S5S. 800
Trust companies reserve invault. 43,135,100
'Why Is 1t college women rarely marry
before they're thirty?'' BY that time
they've forgotten lot of stuff they used
to, Ow.'-Buffalo Express.
-;r d e-
Guaranteed all paint-Devoe Lead
and-zine. &C. M.zHiH g. Sen.--Adv.-ss
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-10
Weekly Bank statement.

If it's Devoe" it's all you need know
about paint. c. M. Hill & Son.-Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-10

Ihe defendant testified that the
continuance of the said mail box di-
rectly in front of his premise, consti-
tuted indirectly, a domestic nuisance
to him.
Fred Robertson in an answer to
the Inspectors letter advised that the
matter be dropped
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-06-29
FARMING LANDS IN SIBERIA
That They Are Rich 10 Proved by the
crops That Are Gathered
From Them.

We have inherited from the tradI-
lions of the past the idea that Siberia
is country with not very fruit
full soil. Yet In the last few years
very decided advances In farming have
been made there, as a result of the ef-
forts of the Russian government to
arouse the native peasants and set
tiers to more intensive cultivation
of the ground. In the western section
of the country, so the German journal
Prometheus tells us, large associa-
lions Of farmers have been organ
ized for the export Of their products.
In 1912 butter to the value of 7,000,-
600 rubles "a ruble is about 81 cents)
was exported. IN 1913 this amount
had doubled, for In this year butter
to the value Of 14,500,00O rubles was
sold to Germany. AUSTRIA Hungary and
England. In 1918 experiments were
made in the manufacture Of the Eng
fish cheddar cheese. After several
failures, the cheese, which Is very pop
ular in Great Britain, was 30 success
fully initiated that in 1918 England inn
ported 65 tons Of Siberian cheddar.
The trade is carried on by ships d.
rectly from the interior Of Siberia to
London.-Scientific American.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-06-29
ORIGIN OF sURNAMES
COME FROM ANoLo-sAxoN AND
MORSE MYTHOLOGY.
Professor Weekley, In His Romance Of
1 Names, Has Dealt With the Sub
!, Iect In an Interesting and In
!. structive Manner.


The study as to the origin of sur
names is more intricate than one
who has never engaged in this d.
version may suppose The name of
the present president of France, M.
Poincare, appears to mean square
fist" which could hardly need coat
of arms to go with it. The greater
part of our English names ending in
sing" are, according to Professor
Weekley. in his Romance of Names.
of Anglo-Saxon origin. Among these
are Browning, Benning, Cumming,
Kipling, Manning and Spalding.
Among Anglo-Saxon suffixes. greatly
changed in their spelling and pro-
nunciation are beald (bold), beort
(brigh), cytel (kettle), god (good),
heard (strong), here (army), man
(man), mund (protection), roed
(counsel), ric (powerfuD, weald
(ruling), weard (guard), and wine
(friends).
The name Everett is from the
Saxon Eoforhead, which also takes
the form of Everhard; Gunter was
Gundhere. Redmond, the name OF
the great nationalist leader, is not
Irish, but is from the Saxon Raed-
mund; neither is the name Parnell
Irish. "Mand" and "Mund" were
often interchanged so that from
Eastmund came both Eastman and
Esmond. The name of the fat knight,
Falstaff, comes from the Saxon Fast
wulf, and Hubert, Hubbard, Hobart
and Hilbert have as their ancestor
Herebeorth (army bright, and Regen-
mund came to be Raymond. The
name Cytel is connected with the
Kettle or Cauldron of Morse mythol-
ogy It survives in such names as
Chettle, Kettle. Chell and Kell, whence
comes the name Kelsey, the icy" tend
ing to confirm the opinion that the
original Kelsey was an islander Many
names of common folk, the plain peo-
pie, have been ennobled. Prominent
among these Is Stewart or Stuart,
which became royal with Walker, the
Steward of Scotland, who married Mar
jorie Bruce in 1915. It stands for sty-
ward, where sty means pen, but is not
necessarily limited to pigs.
Perhaps the most interesting group
of nicknames," says Professor Week
ley, SIS that of which we may take
Shakespeare as the type. Incidental
,ly we should be thankful that our
greatest poet bore name so much
more picturesque than Cornaille
Grow and Racine (Root). As Bards-
ley well says, it is impossible to retail
all the nonsense that has been writ
ten about the name of Shakespeare
never a name in English nomenclature
SO simple or so certain in its origin;
it is exactly what it looks-Shake-
speare"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-06-29
Rubber Armor Patel

If the present war has proved any.
thing 1t has proved the inadequacy Of
the protection afforded by armor plate
covering the underwater vital parts
of ship. The armor does not extend
sufficiently far below the water line
to assure complete protection when
the vessel is rolling, and in this re-
spect a suggestion put forward by a
writer in Popular Science Siftings
might be worth serious consideration.
Describing an experiment made In
1850 on the recoiling strength OF rub
Der, he says that piece of rubber
two inches thick and a foot square
was placed under a steam hammer
and six-inch round shot was placed
on it. The hammer fell with tremen-
dous force and broke the shot to
pieces, the rubber remaining elastic
and unimpaired, Results from great
explosive force on rubber flooring and
buffers have shown that beyond fusing
by heat the rubber remained unin.
jured, SO apparently rubber would
make ship more shot-proof than ar.
NOR plate.