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The Detroit times., 1916-07-11
TEN PIE

Anna Wheaton. fresh from several
seasons Of success with the London
public via the big hippodrome in
that town. Is singing a lot Of new
songs by Harry Carroll. with the
composer At the piano. this week. In
the Temple. Miss Wheaton has q
way all her own. and the Monday
audiences were quick TO recognise
her undoubted talent In putting
song over.
Carroll. who has q long string OF
popular song hits to his credit. puts
lots OF vim into the Accomplishments
for Miss Wheaton. and while she
changes frocks be sings q medley OF
the ditties which have brought him
fame and shekels.
II must make Carroll awful jeal-
ous- TO have the nut comedian OF
| Conlin, Steel and Parks come out
right after him and sit down at the
piano TO rattle OF in exhilarating
fashion the Carroll favorites. This
chap. In an eccentric get-up. plays
the piano cieverfy, and is just as
sure of hitting the right notes while
standing on his head. or lolling over
the instrument with his back TO II.
as he is in the ordinary way.
Zoe and Klaire FL Rey are mar
vels on roller skates. They perform
dificult feats on the tricky little
rollers. and gracefully dance all the
latest ballroom steps. Their act Is
one OF the smartest and prettiest
seen on the Temple stage in long
time.
Unlimited applause was won by
the Chung Hwa four. the members
| Of which claim to be native Chi
nese. They have good voices and,
appearing first In Chinese garb'
| change to conventional evening
dress and again TO kilties la Harry
Lauder.
Page, Hack and Mack have a
| really different sort Of an acrobatic
act. The two men and woman en-
ter an ordinary sitting room, the
| furnishings Of which prove TO be the
means by which they do all sorts Of
expert tumbling. balancing, etc.
An agreeable musical act Is Of
fered by Thomas r. Swift & Co,
the company being Hazel Kelley and
Frou Jacques.
La France and Bruce get by with
a lot of funny chatter In THE Argu-
ment," singing and dancing for good
measure.
Roser's pets are three trick dogs
OF great intelligence. The movies
are mighty interesting.
The Detroit times., 1916-07-11
Soldier Drowned While Bathing.

Private Victor E. Kane "a years
old OF the One Hundred and Forty
second Canadian Overseas battalion,
was drowned while fathing Sunday
in the Nottawasaga river. near Ror-
den, the new military camp recent
ly opened by the militia department
News Of the soldiers death was re.
ceived Monday night by his father,
Parney Kane. Of Tecumsc h.rd
walkerville. The body has not
been recovered.
The Detroit times., 1916-07-11
c. A. POE, LONG
ILL, SUCCUMBS

Suffering from an illness Of four
years duration. G. A. Poe, prominet
Detroit business man, died. Monday
morning. in his home No. 1877 Sew
ard-ave. he was As years old.
Mr.. Poe was vice president OF the
Wright Manufacturing Co, Austin
Separator Co, and the Murray Spe-
cialty Manufacturing Co. He was
a member OF the Shrine, Moslem
temple, Michigan Sovereign cons,s.
tory. Oriental lodge No. 240. r. &
A. NJ. and Allegheny lodge OF Elks,
No. 23e. He was also a member
OF the woodward-ave. PRESBYTERIAN
church and Of the Detroit Board of
commerce.
Mr.. Poe was born IN Massillon. O.
and at an early age went 70 Pitts.
burgh. Seven years ago he came 10
Detroit.
He leaves q widow and che sos
Thomas o. Poe. Interment will b>
in Massillon.
The Detroit times., 1916-07-11
TEEATERS
oRPhEUM

September Morn brilliant,
giittering. lively musical comedy
with George w. Fields and Louise
De Fogi as the STARS. made the vau-
deville bill In the orpheum theater,
Monday. stand out with more than
ordinary interest. II IL a condensa-
ton OF The musical comedy which
has been seen locally. and which
ran for q year In q Chicago theater.
with the best song numbers retain.
ed and the best jokes and comedy
held for reteliing. The costuming
is novel and effective. and few. II
any. musical comedies In vaudeville
are so deliberately staged.
Raymond Paine and Inez Nesbitt
In "A Breezy Comedy OF Youth" are
easily the next in Importance. This
popular pair are Detroiters who hap
pened TO come home Monday on a
visit. and by chance visited the Or
pheum. where both have previously
headlined. They were seized by the
management TO take a place left va.
cant by the illness Of another team.
Paine IL q clever comedian. with
dance numbers that are quite as
original as his stories.
Gormley and CafYrey. two aero
batic funsters who do dificult feats
without appearing TO half Try. open
the program. Some OF their feats
are extremely hazardous. Then
come the Misses Nelson. two pretty
girls. one Of whom plays the piano
and the other the violin. Their nrst
local appearance was wholly sue
cessful
Eschel Roberts. q dramatic tenor,
sings well and has number OF
original songs. Mccormack and Irv-
ing provide q fine singing skit. call
ed Between Decks" with the scene
placed on an ocean liner. Feature
photoplays and comedies lend fur
ther variety.
The Detroit times., 1916-07-11
LITTLE STORIES FOR BEDTIME
sv THORNTON W. BURGESS.


Copyright. 1916. by T. W. Bursess.)
To shrink means. a. you know
10 grow smaller. A great many
things can shrink. but the last thing
in the world that you would expect
TO shrink would be a chicken. Yet
as Farmer Brown ana Farmer
Browns boy stood looking at the
chickens which Mrs. Featherless
was mothering II suddenly came
over Farmer Browns boy that one
OF those white chickens vas quite
bit smaller than the rest. There
was no doubt about it, That par
ticular chicken was quite small
compared with the others
Now. you remember that Farmer
Browns boy lad counted eleven
chickens where there should have
been only ten, and Farmer Brown
had done the same thing. That had
been puzzle enough in itself. but nov
10 nnd that one OF these chickens
was so much smaller than the others
when he had never noticed anything
OF the kind before was too much for
Farmer Browns boy. There was
something queer about those chick
ems. Yes. sir. there certainly was
something queer He began 10 think
that they were Sewitched
Can a chicken shrink" he asked
suddenly.
Farmer Brown laughed right out.
i've never seen one that could,
said he.
Well. look az that one right over
there" replied Farmer Browns boz.
See how much smaller II Is than
the others. I think il must ha, e
shrunk over night. because last
night when | shut them up there
wasn't any as small as that never
have heard OF chicken shrinking.
but how could that one be so small
IL IL hasn't shrunk?"
And how can there be eleven OF
those white chicks when never be
fore has there been but ten" asked
Farmer Brown. laughing right out.
Il think. son. that Mrs. Featherlegs
better be made 10 give an account
Of her doiugs. II looks 10 NE as II
she has been playing q ..oke or YOU.
II we had any other chicks AT this
time I should say that she had sto'-
en- that little fellow from some other
hen. But we haven't any other chick
ems Just now and none OF our neigh
bors are near enough for Mrs.
Featheriess TO so visiting and steal
one OF their chicks. II Is very mys-
FERROUS"
Farmer Browns boys face was a
study. A sudden thought had come
to him He turned and stared over
towards the Green Forest where
Redtail the hawk had long ago dis
appeared. Then he locked at Farm.
er Brown as II he was wondering II
he would be laughed At y he should
tell what had come into his mind.
Farmer Browns eyes we're twink
ling. What Is 1t. SON." said he.
at Is Just this" replied Farmer
Browns boy. "f; Ia hard TO believe
but | do believe that Rsdtail thu
hawk brought US that chicken.
believe he caught that somewhere
else and on his way back TO thu
Green Forest he Jaw ours and
thought he might a. well have tive
as one. He dropped down here u
catch one OF ours. not knowing Mrs
Featheriegs. She startled him sc
that he dropped the one he did hav'
and that is how I happen TO have
eleven white chicks instead Of ten
and why one appears 10 have
shrunk. Redtail's claws simplJ
The Detroit times., 1916-07-11

~ q Vim ruin or kin any man
~ BooDp oYini<ing II. DO you want
~ ~ RE Of the drink habit9 ! can
- yo2 We . victim of drink
~ TNs absolutely and permanently
~ ~ .qn eRectivs. reliable home
6&0o1ys the formula and rights I
ISk66o4 and made within the reach
Gyegy human being burdened vita
- Gufoo OF drink. II causes no sick
- o. SoOAining away from work
G1nooe. IL Also builds up and
- {Alos and tones the system. II
491ty pemoves al craving. de-
~ taste for or need for stimu.
G @ Gny kind. All alcoholic pol
~ ot once eliminated. No mat.
Woofnpf you are . periodical
~ osuukard can save you. Il
40 3 friend who drinks writ,
~ one who appeals TO me viii
o1o(1eoksd or negiected. All cor
661oooe confidential. l can refe
W - hundrcds OF people right u
-. ~ you honestly desire q
15oVor free from the curse q
IN u an opportunity yol
~ overlook. Address j. II
- pouth Dearborn-st-. CHI.
G14M1Vs
The Detroit times., 1916-07-11

Every war in which the United
States has engaged has produced a
president Washington was the con-
sequence OF the revolution. Jackson
OF the war OF 1912, Tyler the Mex.
lean war. Grant the Civil war. Roose-
Welt, the Spanish-American war.
The Detroit times., 1916-07-11

mo - JAfsElRO. July 1.-THE
1nfo chancsilor has been oficially
Enee that . sister ship to the
3 osu1bmasine Deutschland Is now
osslng the Atlantic and viii ar
>1Do hoso within 10 days, the news
Dooos - Declared today.
The Detroit times., 1916-07-11
BOY SHOOTS SELF
LOADING GUN

YPsIIANTI. Mich. July H.
Frew Newton. aged 20. OF Superior
township, accidentally shot himself
Monday while loading double
barreled muxzle loader shotgun.
The top OF his head was blown on
and his death was almost instan.
taneous.
The Detroit times., 1916-07-11

The Hardware Dealers associa.
ton OF the carolinas will begin its
annual convention today at chatts-
nooga. Tenn.
The Detroit times., 1916-07-11

II the Republican national ticker
is successful In November. Mr.. j
banks will oe the third yiCc-Lresident
who has served under two presi-
dents. Clinton served under JET.
ferson and Madison, and Calhoun un.
der quincy Adams and Jackson.
The Detroit times., 1916-07-11
MILES

The beautiful interior OF an old
colonial manor. and company OF
capable instrumentalists, singers and
dancers, c0stumed In the quaint
gowns and the satin breeches and
brocade waistcoats Of the colonial
period, made "Beaux and Bellies" q
delightful offering on the Miles bill.
Monday.
The act is deliberately staged and
offers a pleasing picture to the eye,
while the musical abilities Of the
young folk who are supposed to be
attending a soiree In the old manor
are far above the ordinary The
music offered Is OF such variety as
10 appeal to all tastes, and memo
ries Of lavender and old lace are re-
vived in the slow and graceful state
illness of the minuet.
Charles A. Loder. the well-known
German comedian, assisted by Mary
Lytton and Frank Backus, creates
much laughter In depicting the ex-
periences of a befuddled party who
gets into the wrong apartment after
an overlong stay AT the club. The
farce IL called The Night Doctor"
and Loder. as Henry Astor. finds
himself assuming 10 be the doctor
called by Mrs. Will Burns to attend
her sick child. The arrival Of Friend
Husband rather mixes up the doc
tors dope.
Fine vocal equipment Ia disclosed
by ScharfY and Ramser In q roper
toire Of songs and duets. The wo-
man Is handsome and sings well.
and the two voices blend harmon
iously.
Arnold and Florence have a novel
equilibrium act that has real expert
ness 10 II, many OF the tricks being
very dimcult.
The RaNdals. expert with rife and
pistol. Offer Seventeen Minutes in
Arizona" giving an exhibition OF
trick. straight and fancy marksman-
ship that is almost incredible in It's
unfailing accuracy.
An interesting and varied film pro
gram precedes and follows the vau-
deville. offering all the latest fea.
lures in motion picture land.
The Detroit times., 1916-07-11
GAR RICK.

Two verdicts we're returned q
the Garrick theater. Monday night
One was that OF the stage Jury tina,
acquitted Robert Stafford OF the
crime OF homicide; the other yer
dict vas that OF the jury in front
that pronounced the Jessie Bon
stelle company guilty OF giving a
highly commendable performances
OF Elmer L. Reizenstein's unique
drama. ION Trial"
The play has been presented In
Detroit at top-lofty prices, but II is
doubtful II the previous perform
ances OF II excelled in general merit
that Of Miss Donstelle and her tai
enied associates.
As the wife OF the defendant, the
star Of the organization has q role
that encompasses all shades of emo
ton. from the innocent young girl
Joyous and buoyant over her first
real love affair and its apparently
happy elimination: the horror OF
disillusion when she finds that the
man who deceived her Is already
married; and ths agony Of the wo-
man on the rack when her husband
learns OF her skeleton in the clos
ct Miss Bonstelle enacts this
eNactins role with commeudable
restraint. scaling the heights easily
aud effectively
As the child sroris. Eileen Wilson
contributed a remarkable illusion.
IL he. u:i;e girl makeup she pre-
ssnted striking resemblance to
tia orig'vAl child. Maxine Elliott
Hodges.
Corliss Giles won sympathy and
regard for his admirable portrait.
ure Of the defendant. In the parts
OF the district attorney end the de-
PENDANTS counsel. those seasoned
players, Lynn Pratt and William
Pringle, gave weight and dignity TO
the court room scenes. and Detroit's
Lewis Weary presented the proper
judicial aspect as the Judge. VIII
liam Powell was sufficiently de-
tesla BILE as Gerald TrAsk and Rob
ert Adams arose 70 his oppcr-
tunity In the last act.
Jane Houston, Beatrice Moreland.
Milton staIlard, Meta Gund. Arthur
Allen. Adams Rice and others all
fitted well into the picture.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-12
WANTED-MALE HELP.

wANTED-Common carpenters to ship
out, So day; carpenter helpers, 500
laborers, bridge work, $3.50 day: laborers,
cement plant, 81 day: laborers lumber
$50 month 10 farm couples; laborers in
city, $50 month; dairy hands, $50 month !:
man and wife cooks; kitchen help; hotel
day clerk; young men hotel work. Fur
man Employment Office. S11 Kan. Ave.
WANTED-Neat young to train for
hospital nurses, $50 mo-, board, room and
laundry hotel cooks: kitchen help: farm
hands: 500 1aborers. good wages. Furman
Employment Office, S11 Kansas ave.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. man and wife to
work on farm. Inquire Topeka Hotel,
100 West 9th.
MEN, WOMEN WANTED-ST5 month,
list government jobs open free. Frank
lin Institute, Dept. 130-R, Rochester, N V
WANTED-Teams to haul brick. Capital
City Brick Yards. west of asylum.
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TRY TO BLOW UP TRAIN
Explosion Occurs Thirty Seconds After
4 Flyer Passes.

Altot ma. Pa. July 12.-Dynamite,
L said by railroad officials to have been
- connected with time fuse. exploded
less than thirty seconds after a fast
Messenger train passed over it near
Beuewood. at midnight last night.
tearing a large hole under the tracks
and delayed traffic on the middle divi-
sion of the Pennsylvania about two
hours. Officials are investigating a
large quantity of the explosive placed
- gainst the rails which for some I'M
-1aknowns reason failed TO go off.
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No. 20,722.

No. 20722
Union Pacific Railroad Company, Appellee,
The Public Utilities Commission Of the
State of Kansas, Appellant
Appeal from Shawnee County,
Second Division.
AFFIRMED.
Syllabus. BY the Court Dawson. J.
Chapter pa of the Laws of 1911 which
gives the owner of farm divided by u
railroad a right to a crossing over the rail-
road right of way and which gives him
right of action to compel its construction
by the railroad company and the right to
construct 1t himself If the railroad com
pany refuses to construct it, confers absO-
lutte rights upon the owner of such farm
which he may vindicate in court, and his
rights conferred by this statute are not
dependent upon the sanction of the Public
Utilities Commission, nor does this act nor
the regulatory railroad acts of this state
confer Jurisdiction concerning private farm
crossings on the Public Utilities Commits
sion.
All the Justices concurring.
A true copy.
Attest: ID. A VALENTINE.
tSeal.1 Clerk Supreme Court
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NOIlNf III 0oI W
You are, hereby notified to cut and
destroy all noxious weeds growing upon
in the streets and alleys in front of or
abutting thereon, to-wit:
walnut Grove AS Gts cit fy s o 4apeka
Mrs: Julia A. Soper. lots 10I, 100, III, 1l3,
1l5 III, 10. III. 123, 125, 127, 129 1s1, 1873.
Mary J; Hugnes. lots 6i2, GA; GAG. GAS
Lincoln ST. Martin $ Dennis mi Sui STbdivision
Ave, College Place Add.
J; ID. dillman, lots 2f4, 246 Jewell Ave,
Mrs L. II. Stricken, lots 269, 271 Jewell
Mrs L. II. Stricken. lots 219, 221 Jewell
Ave. College Place Add.
August .Wahl, lots 1873, 1877 Plass Ave.
cd I@a p, White s lots 1872 1914 rlass Ave.
L. Il. McClolland. tract No. 1875. Sec. 25
11-15. Underwood Ave.
j. {. Gest lots 81, 80, Al Underwood
Ave. Underwood Add.
Eldridge Tomkins. lot No. 500 and
tract bounded on north by lot $40 on Mon
roe, east by r. r., on west by Monroe ST.
Eldridge Tomkins. lots 5os sos, 80. So.
514. SIG. 51s Monroe St. Ritchie's Add.
Edna Short. tract No. 1909 on Washing
p: bennett, tract No, 1914 in 5-12-16,
$. II: Kilgore, tract No. 1924 in 5-12-16,
City of Topeka.
O. N. Hester, tract No. 1875 on Center
st. in 5-12-16. City of Topeka.
Martin L. McEntire. tract No. 1887 in s.
Martin i. MeEntire, tract No. 1888 in s.
L. A. bigger, lots 14o 49, 144 Central
Ave, Fireys Add. n. Topeka;
| J. S. Irwin. lots 145 Central Ave, Fireys
J. Peterson, lot ZIG and s. u 147 Central
Ave, Eireiy's id, n Topeka g., ,o
Firey's Add. y. Topeka
f.. NJ. Staples, park abuttinG lots 40. al
q. W. Fleisher, lots 10 II N. Jackson
St.; Wineberger's Add, n Topeka
son 0sie RsncnsEa Sa H. id r ~
\, L. NJ Fink; s park abutting lot No r on
/ peka
afEsa st" E Rsgk aS Gd T Hs
St. block i. Parks Add. \. TopeHa
Elizabeth ]. Disbrow; lots 154; 136 La
iafe' Nichols park abattins lots 81 ? T. s.
Block + Parks Add, n. Topeka; :,
| Leavenworth Coal Co.. lot AZ: and s.
"a 475 N. Tyler St, Letters Add, n. To-
H b. Billiard. N "a lot 475 and S. 2s ATT
N. Tyler st. LETTERS Add.
Christina Forbes. lots 4s7. 4s9. 491 n.
Tyler ST Leflus rad add n TSPsk "a
| City of Topeka.
Lima f. Fusion. tract No. 1889 in SIP
IL, City of Topeka.
A. & f. X. Jones' lots 46S, 40 Fifteenth
| St. College Place Add.
Mary Alberta Brown. lots 462. AGA Fiji
tenth ST.. College Place Add.
w. A. Houch, lots .. 4. Euclid Ave,
| Edwards Tract Subdivision,
| in the City Of Topeka, Shawnee County,
/ Kansas. within five days as provided by
Ordinance No 1915 of the City of Topeka.
as said weeds injurious to public
an Sai q
within five days from this date, they will
be cut by the street commissioner of the
city of Topeka and the total cost thereof
taxed and assessed against the real estate.
BY order of the Board of Health of the
City of Topeka.
ISeal-l ETA NJ. COVELL, City Clerk.
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No. 2O,s16
w. Il. kirkpatrick. as National President
of the Knights and Ladies' of Security,
Plaintiff,
John Abrahams, ct al, Defendants.
Original Proceeding in Manjamus.
Judgment for Plaintiff and Intervenor.
No. 20.S23.
The National Council of the Knights and
Ladies of Security, Plaintiff,
H. P. Farrelly Defendant
Original Proceeding in Quo Warranto.
Judgment for Defendant.
Syllabus. by the Court Burch, +.
/ Since the act of 1S9s, providing for
the organization and regulation of frater-
nal beneficiary societies, took effect. con-
situations of societies organized before
1895 and continuing to do business under
the act without incorporation are to be
treated in the light of articles If associa-
ton or charters under the act, so far as
they relate to the same subjects, including
provisions relating to plan of organization
aud provisions for amendment
,. The plan of organization of such
society, set forth in its constitution. can
not be amended by simple bylaw not
enacted according to the provision If the
constitution relating to It's amendment.
3 Section 81 of the bylaws of the
knights and Ladies of Security frater-
nal beneficiary society of the character
described in paragraph L above, providing
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Bitter WAS BIT
Wife Used Teeth on Husband-Then
He Game Back"

New York, July II 1t was just a
case of the bitter being bit, according
to Harold w. Mowrey, answering to-
's.siay his wife's divorce suit. Mrs. Now
--sfey according to her spouse, bit the
husband on the shoulders and neck.
and Mowrey Just retaliated by biting
some himself. Mowrey also says he
stopped a number of showers of dishes
y aimed at him by Mrs. Mo@rey. He
dismissed his wife's allegations of
undue friendliness with Miss Lauretta
Bean of Cleveland. Ohio, as untrue,
declaring she was only a platonic
friend
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H. A. ALIEN ~ IL.
Clerk Supreme Court.
No. oO.o2O

No. 20.020
Bertha NJ Power, Appellee,
Vs.
Modern brotherhood of America. Appel
liant.
Appeal from Wyandotte County Div. 9.
REVERSED.
Syllabus. BY the Court Porter, j.
L In an action upon beneficiary GER
tificate containing clause that the ce-tifi-
cate should be void in case of fnsure.l's
death by suicide, sane or insane. the IN
disputed facts showed that deceased shot
himself through the head with pistol. al
most Immediately after having declared
his intention to kill himself. and that his
death was the result of the pistol shot.
Held, an instruction that IL the jury de-
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that appointments by the National Presi-
dent TO committees the members of which
become ex officio members of the supreme
Legislative body, shall not become ef,
fective until approved by the National
Executive Council, contravenes section of
article of the constitution of the order
giving the president unconditional power
to make such appointments.
Johnston, c. J., Mason, J.. Porter, J.,
Marshall, J. and Dawson, J., concurring.
West, J., dissenting.
A true copy.
Attest: D. A VALENTINE
(Seal) Clerk Supreme Court.
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LEGAL.
First published in the Topeka State Jour
nal July s, 1851
LEGAL.


Topeka, Kansas. July Z, 1916
THE STATE OF KANSAS, by w. L.
Benson Bank Commissioner. does hereby
offer the following rewards
For the arrest and conviction of the
person or persons implicated in the bur
glary and robbery of the Dunn State
Bank, Fostoria, Kansas. December 8, 1915
81 900.
For the arrest and conviction of the
person persons implicated in the bur
glary and robbery of the State Bank of
Everest, December o, 1915-$1, 900.
For the arrest and conviction of he
person persons implicated iii the bur
glary and robbery of the Stock Growers
State Bank, Maple Hill. Kansas, August
10, 1915-S1 900.
For the arrest and conviction of the
person persons implicated in the bur
glary and robbery of the St Marys State
Bank st. Marys, Kansas, July 4. 1916
$1,000.
Any claim for either of the foregoing
rewards must be presented on before
the Both day of December. 1916, and If
claimed after that date will not be paid.
w. L. BENSON,
Bank Commissioner