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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-12
Washburn's First Day of En-
rOllment Is a Hummer.
More Than 500 Alone for Lib
eral Arts Department.
FRESHMEN TAKE THE FIELD
Frats and SOrOritieS Rushing
EIigibIes to Finish.
Big Reception for New Stu
dents i'm Gymnasium.

Nearly 500 students enrolled today
in the los studies offered by the lib
eral arts department of Washburn
college, more than 100 enrolled in the
law school and an equal number in
the fine arts school, making a total of
700 the first day of registration. Many
more enrollments are expected tomor-
row.
Washburn's three ''frats'' and four
sororities are busy today rushing
the freshmen An unusual number of
out of town students has caused much
excitement in the Washburn Greek
letter" world
Football suits were given out today
and tomorrow football practice will
start IN earnest. Coach Kennedy
stated today that he was delighted
with prospects for this years team.
Nearly twenty freshmen have signf-
lied their intention of playing fresh
man football this season and the num-
Der is expected to be doubled by the
end of the week. 1t is the intention
of the coach to provide a full freshrna n
portant high schools over the state and
smaller colleges
Hold Big Receptions.
Tomorrow night the big NJ e
and Y. w. c. A. reception will take
place In the Washburn gymnasium
and the library The men will as
semble In the gymnasium and listen to
snort talks by Coach Kennedy. Presi-
Gent Womer and A. r. Elliot. the col
lege Y NJ. C A secretary for Kansas.
The Y w. c. A will offer a short
program for the girls of the college
IN the Washburn library. Following
the conclusions of the separate pro
grams 900 students, boys and girls
will crowd the two floors of the col
lese library in a scramble of intro
auctions, and good many college
friendships and eases" will be started
on the spot
Friday night the faculty reception
Will be held in the White House.
Boarding Houses Good
Boarding and fraternity houses ca
ter1ng to Washburn college students
nave been inspected by Dr. H L
Clark, city health officer, and passed
upon as being in an excellent condi-
ton as to their sanitation, it was an
nounced today The inspection which
has been under way for the last two
weeks. was completed today and in
cluded about forty houses. The col
iege does not permit students to board
IN buildings which have not been APP
proved, according to Doctor Clark.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-12
TRIAL FOR GIRL
JOY Ride Party Once More in shaw
nee Court.

Dorothy Tracey IS years of age
will be forced to stand trial in the
district court of Shawnee county on
the charge of perjury. Tillie Patter-
son. the same age. may have to stand
trial on the same charge but her case
has not yet been determined.
The Tracey girl was bound over to
the district court by Judge Hugh
Fisher after a hearing in the court of
Topeka today. He took the case of
the Patterson girl under Amusement
The two girls are charged with
swearing falsely, either upon the wit
ness stand in the court of Topeka or
70 w T. Atchison, county attorney
The complaints were sworn to by l.
l. kfene. sheriff
Following a joy ride lasting two
days and a night two young men were
arrested, one charged with a statutory
cffense against Dorothy Tracey and
the other charged with contributing to
the delinquency of Title Patterson
The complaints for the young men
were made upon statements alleged to
have been made by the girls in the
presence of County Attorney Atchi-
son and L. l. Kiene. sheriff. They are
alleged to have made and sworn to
charges against the young men
When the trials of the young men
came up the girls testified that their
sworn statements were untrue-that
they made them under threats. They
charged that County Attorney Atchi-
son threatened TO send them to the
Girls Industrial school unless they
swore to the complaints. Both of the
young men were discharged
Then the county attorney brought
action charging both girls with per
Jury. They were released on bonds of
$500 each. signed by Title Patterson
mother.
The Tracey girl. bound over today.
was placed under a new bond of $500
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-12
Will COnfine 1t to Unions III
yOIved in Movement.
This Would Affect About 6O,oOV
WOrkmen.
STRIKERS SMASH STREET CARS
Shoot Up Elevated Trains From
HOusetOps.
Many Passengers Hurt and fO-
lice Kept Busy.

Ns1v York. Sept. 12.-The danger o.
. graat general strike to help enforce
the demands of the striking tracl''"
s-,,n1oves seemed remote today IN view
- he statement that the only unions
IiI.ef1, 70 he involved in such a move
Denr were those directly cohcei IT,
urith the operation of the street ca :
Hugh Frayne, state organize -
the American Federation OF Lapoi
Who made this assertion. said tnat II
a sympathetic strike were calleq !
nrobabIV would not involve more thdh
10000 workers. In tins class
named engineers. firemen, IohgSiol
men and teamsters. In other resi- ~
the strike situation today sho"eu "O
mitigating features.
Fire on Elevated Trains
After a night of intermittent rioting
rnotorrnen on the Sixth and Ninth ave
nue. elevated roads reported 10 the
Dotice that they had been fired upon
by strikers from roof tops Third ave
nue. elevated trains were repeatedly
bornbarded with bricks and stones
from buildings. one passenger,
woman. was struck on the head and
seriously injured. Five arrests were
made
The congestion on the subways and
elevated roads today was even more
pronounced than yesterday, due to
the fact that there was little or no
service on the surface lines of Man
haitian and the Bronx. Not a car
wheel moved in the West Chester
cities. Yonkers. Mount Vernon and
New Rochelle. Union leaders claim
hundreds of subway and elevated
employees have Joined the union with
in the last tWenty-four hours Trac-
ton officials maintain that all of
their employees who signed the
master and servant" contract re-
manned loyal
In the one big riot stones were
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-12
HUGHES ALLIANCE
Mrs Herman Peppmeyer Made Presi-
dent of Topeka Organization.

Permanent officers of the Hughes
Alliance were elected today at a meet
ing in the Political Science club rooms
in the National hotel. Several of the
temporary officers refused reelection.
The organization named Mrs. H l.
Peppmeyer as president to succeed
Mrs J. 5. West.
Mrs r. G. Merrick was elected vice
president of the alliance, with Mrs.
Frank Campbell as secretary and Mrs.
Albrecht Marburg as treasurer The
officers were installed at today's
meeting
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-12

A rosd batter muss 10 In primo
physical eondis1sa he Beeds eosi
head. quick eys and Tremendous
strength - put the swtng behind the
bad.
" Cobb b undsubfedfy the greatest
baseball player In the history ct the
rnxne. A short time AFRO he WINS weak-
ered and an "rundown''-today he 70 o
miracle of strength aud endurance. due
- ffllBny his blood with plenty Of iron
he says SuIated lyon has Efven him
the eid-tlrpe vim and vfgOr of youth
into his blood
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-12
HEAVY RAINS IN MISSOURI
Clouds at Kansas City Dropped Tenn
perature to 50 Degrees.

Kansas City. Sept. 12-This city
was the center of a rain area. accord
ing to reports to the weather bureau
today. that brought heavy precipita-
ton to all parts of Missouri last night
and a lighter fall turnout Kansas
Low clouds today brought the tenn
perature down to its lowest level for
many months, a minimum of SO de-
grees having been recorded at s
O'Clock this morning, which mounte ed
slowly to IS. shortly before noon
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-12
40 MILLION INCREASE
Railroads Show Big Increase in Reve-
nue. and Expenditures.

Washington, Sept. 12.-Net revenues
from railway operations of $93.415.264
for July against SIS. 1888 for
July. 1915. for $50 railroads were an
nounced today by the interstate COM
merce commission.
The gross revenue for the roads re-
porting was 1855. 517.s24 or more than
$40, 00O,0o over year ago. The
gross expenditures were s172,102, $50
or about s21, 100000 more than a year
ago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-12

the secret Of great strength and eDdur-
ance and filled his blood with iron BE-
fore he went into the affrRy. while many
another has gene to inglorio1s defeat
simply for the lack of irOn-"-E- Sauer.
NJ d
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-12

Fort Worth. Sept 1.-THE police
campaign against speeding extended
TO street cars today and motorman
on the HemphiIl line was fined SIS for
fast driving.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-12

New York. y. when interviewed
IN his apartment at Breton Hail, "
Cobb said: Hundreds of people write
to me 10 know how l train and what
l do to keep up that force and vital
ity which enables me to play prac-
ticaily every day OF the entire base
ball season They wonder why can
play better game today than when
! was Younger. The secret Is keep
ing up the supply Of iron in my blood
Exactly what everyone else can DO
II they will
AT the beginning OF the present
season I was nervous and run down
from a bad attack OF tonsilitis. but
soon the papers began to state Ty
Cobb has come back He is hit
ting up the old stride The secret
was iron-Fuxated Iron filled me
with renewed life
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1916-11-30

The man who is to administer the
destinies of Florida having been
chosen by the sacred voice of the ma
jority, it is the duty of all to give
him their support. Partisanship, so
necessary yesterday, is today little
short of criminal. To raise your voice
against the general will is to invite
the desolation that has fallen upon
Mexico. No matter what your party
the whole truth is that Florida is big
ger than any one man or any one
party. Our prosperity is not matter
of personal charity; our liberty is not
thing that one man can bestow and
another withhold. AS politics was
never able to break country-even
during reconstruction days-so poll
tics never will make a country. That
is for US to do. We have 30,000,000
acres to develop; we have cities -
build; we have industries to establish.
Unless united our efforts will be as
vain as at the Tower of Babel, where
no man understood his neighbours Ian
guage.-Pensacola Journal.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1916-11-30

farm fails, all prices rise in sympathy.
We know this is not at all accepta-
BILE to the politicians, who would have
US believe that party policies are re-
sponsible-all of which is the veriest
ret, as the American people are fast
finding out.
When we as people attack the
farm problem in a sensible way; when
we devise some plan to restore to the
farms Of this country the valuable
human Drawn that they have lost
then and not till then will be be in the
way of reducing the cost of living
again to the normal.
Perhaps the movement reported is
the beginning, and indicates that the
pendulum is at last started on its
backward swing. Let US devoutly
hope that such is the case.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1916-11-30
THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

The recent election is peculiar in
that both candidates enjoyed the ex,
ultation of victory and endured the
pangs of defeat. This was hard or
the eventual loser whose friends ant
family enjoyed the privilege of antici
pating his accession to the highest
office in the gift of the nation.
This much is peculiar but what fol-
lows is significant. The west acquires
an Importance in future presidential
races that has been unknown. 1t De-
comes the real doubtful section and to
its progressive tendencies the politi-
clans of the east must give heed.
Personally we think this is good for
America. The west brings many new
idess for the south and east to adopt.
tt will preserve the equilibrium be-
tween the hide-bound democracy Of
the south and the hidebound republi-
canism of the northeast. 1t will off
set the sectionalism of the eastern
north and south. 1t will balance the
concentrated power of the great popu-
lous states which have been known as
the doubtful states and whose support
has always given victory to a candi-
date. This, we think is a good thing
for America.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1916-11-30
BACK TO THE FARM

1t is gratifying to learn from real
estate men in different sections of the
country that there is at last a pro-
nounced movement "back to the
farm" They report large numbers of
city men of moderate means purchas-
ing farms and moving their families
to them to escape the burdens of the
present high cost of living.
b This is commendable and all right
as far as it goes, but the movement is
not general enough. And then it is
not owners that are needed on the
farms, but workers.
For several decades past now there
has been a rapid exodus from the
farm, until in many sections of the
country it is almost impossible to Sc
cure farm help at any price. This
has had the inevitable result of cur
failing the output of the farms, high
prices naturally resulting. iii
We have seen table of statistics 1of
the per cent of urban population as
compared to rural, at the present time
and fifty years ago. 1t showed start.
ling growth of the cities and towns
with not nearly an equal growth Of
rural population.
But, you say, those workers who
have deserted the. farms for the city
are now engaged in manufactures
Why, then, are not manufactured arti-
cles cheaper in price instead of being
right up alongside of food stuffs?
The answer is simple, and will have
to be taken into consideration in any
scheme to lessen the cost of living
The farm is the barometer of the ma.
tional l:fe. Touch the farm and you
toueh ne national pulse. 1t matters
very Title the scarcity or plenty Of
manufactured products, if the farm i!
over productive the prices fall; if tn
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1916-11-30

By ordering an election to settle
the county-sea5 matter Judge Reaves
decides that the petitioners of st. Pc
tersburg were within their rights so
far as the law is concerned. It may
be that an appeal will be had from
the decision of the lower court to the
supreme court, but that would be q
proceeding that would further delay
things. Put it up to the people of the
county and let Us settle this matter
once for all. In the language of tie
immortal Shakespeare, Lay on, Mac
duff, and damned be he who first cries,
hold on there, Gully, I've got all
want" or words to that effect.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1916-11-30

= PIONEERS THANKS.
GIVING.

y IN the early days in the west
y and northwest, according to
Y good authority, THANKSGIVING
y was the one day in the whole
y year that every living soul in
y the community went to the un-
y ion church service.
y 1t seems that pioneer preachers
Y were not allowed by the rules of
y etiquette to divefge from the BIZ
y BILE in their Sunday sermons. To
Y preach on politics, society and
y any similar theme would have
Y been scandal. But by. common
y consent the community preach
Y Ell, who then was the scholar of
Y the neighborheed and its oracle,
y could say anything he pleased ON
Y Thanksgiving morning. The lack
y of checkrein on that one sermon
Y made it the NEST refreshing as
y well as the forceful of the year,
y for the preacher could then ''cut
y loose, with every snappy COM
- HlSuL that Ad0 OcC1l hclu III StOL-
y age during the year. The gov
y errors often recommended a gen.
y eral Church attendance on this
y occasion. Anticipating the treat
" of the year. the populace turn
" ed out en- masse. 1t is said,
" however, that the thoughts Of
" the mothers were on the cook
" ing rather than the sermon.
Y The services were held at II
" o'clock, and they were no SOON
Y er over than all hands and stom-
Y achs prepared for the big feast.
" Dinner usually came at 2 o'clock,
" and there were SO many things
" on the table that 1t required at
" least an hour to make way with
v it all.
v OF course turkey was the piece
" de resistance wherever and
" whenever it was available. But
" 1t was scarce article in those
" days, and as q result wild geese
" were substituted on many tables.
"
mMH " W " " " " K@Mw " " " "
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1916-11-30
Tarpon Springs
Ice and
Electric
Company
Where Wisdom lies.

I say wisdom is gathered on foot,
along country roads. Collect your ideas
where you can: from alley, boulevard,
Office, lecture hall, theater, dinner ia
BILE, library, wharf, picture gallery,
street car, opera house, curbstone, or
courtroom; but test them on the road.
Confronted with the realities of soil
and salt water and the character
shaped by these, they will look vastly
less momentous or vastly more so.-
Seymour Deming in the Atlantic.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1916-11-30

A Partisan suburb has adopted
sugar cards and Great Britain is reg
ulating the price of milk. After at
tending thoroughly to the products
of neutrals we now find them applying
their genius to themselves.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1916-11-30
In the Sixteenth Century.

Queen Elizabeth issued proclama-
ton for day of Thanksgiving, saying.
ION Thanksgiving day no servile labor
may be performed. and thanks should
be offered for the increase and abun-
dance of his fruits upon the face of
the EARTH"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-03-30
,AMBERG, S. G. THURSDAY, MARCH 80, 1916.
SAVED FROM DROWNING.
Young Woman Jumps Into Pond, Bat
is Pulled Out.

York, March 27.-Miss jamie Rob-
inson, aged about twenty, pretty
young woman, who lives in the Can
non Mill village on the outskirts of
York, attempted to take her own life
about 7:30 yesterday morning by
drowning herself in the pond at the
mill. She was rescued from the
waters before she had been in the
pond more than minute or two by
several persons who chanced to be
near the spot.
Persons who were passing noticed
the young woman sitting on the bank
of the pond with her little nephew.
She had her hair down and her
shoes off. A short while after
ward they heard the little boy scream
and then saw the young woman in
the mill pond. Mr.. P. M. Thrift and
others hastened to the water and sue
ceeded in pulling her out. She was a
little bit strangled but further than
that appeared to be none the worse
for her experience.
She would give her rescuers no rea-
son for attempting to end her life,
and members of her family are un-
able to say why she attempted it.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-03-30
TWO FIRES AT ORANGEBURG.
Another at State College.-One al
Negro School.

Orangeburg, March 22.-Follow-
ing on the heels of the disastrous
fire of Monday morning at State Col
lege, another fire occurred there to-
day about noon, when the residence
of one of the instructors, a small
frame dwelling, was totally Destroy
ed. The house was located on the
extreme east of the State College
property and was a long distance
from the fire plug. Although the de-
partment worked rapidly the very
high wind prevented their doing any
effective work, so quickly was the
house consumed. The residence was
occupied by S. M. Boston, black
smith employed at the college.
About 1 p. m. today fire was dis
covered at Sterling negro graded
school. The blaze was between the
ceiling and roof, and was extinguish-
ed before it gained much headway'
It seems that the origin of this hre
is very mysterious. 1t is said that
there was no fire whatever In the
building today, and no one is able to
account for it.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-03-30
FIRE SWEEPS SO BLOCKS.
In City of Nashville Damage Estimat'
ed at $2,5OO,OOO.

Nashville, Tenn, March 22.-Fire
in the eastern part of Nashville late
today swept an area of thirty-siS
blocks, causing damage of $780,
600. One death, that of negro, was
reported. Many persons received va
rious injuries and hundreds of fami-
lies were made homeless. Six hun
dred houses were destroyed.
The fire, originating in small
dwelling at 9Th and Maine streets
was famed by gale, and burned a
path three blocks wide and mile
long. About 500 houses were de-
stroyed, including the home of the
Little Sisters of the Poor, an insti-
tuition for the aged; the Tulip Street
Methodist church and the Edgefeld
Baptist church.
Governor Rye called out the mill
tia and all semi-military organiza.
tions to aid fire sufferers, and the
burned districts were being guarded
tonight against possible looting.
The Cumberland river separates
the burned section from the business
section of Nashville.
A small ball of yarn, lighted and
thrown by boy into dry grass in
vacant lot started the fire and wind
driving fifty miles an hour famed
the burning grass into torrent o1
flames, which quickly caught plan,
ming mill and leaped from building
to building.
= It was estimated that at least g.
900 persons are homeless as re-
suit of the fire.
One hundred members Of the Ma
tional Guard of Tennessee, called ou1
by Governor Rye were on; duty in
the fire zone and will remain there
throughout the night and for severa
days to aid IN relief work and pre-
vent possible looting.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-03-30
IN THE PALMETTO STATE
JCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down for Quick
Reading.-Paragraphs About
Men and Happenings.

Several houses and other property
were destroyed by fire in Kershaw
county Wednesday.
Jim Brunson, negro, was run
over and killed by an Atlantic Coast
Line train near Sumter last week.
The new electric light, water and
sewerage plant recently installed in
Winnsboro at cost of $4,000, was
put into operation last week.
DR.. J.. S. Sewers, pastor of the
First Baptist church of Florence,
who resigned some time ago, will
move his family this week to An
napolis, Md, where he has accepted
pastorate.
Charlton R. Ward died at his home
in Lamar, Darlington county, last
week, of injuries received while op-
Grating saw mill. A board struck
him in the stomach inflicting internal
injuries which caused his death:
Dan Strickland, a white man, who
was convicted of adultery in the
court of general sessions in Green
vile last week quietly walked out of
the court room while the officers
we're not watching and made his es-
cape.
Monroe Collins, negro, was con.
victed of assault with intent to raw
ish in Greenville last week and was
sentenced to die by electrocution on
June 5th. He attempted to ravish a
prominent white woman of Green
vile several weeks ago.
Sheriff John w. Davis, of Oconee
county, has been ordered to show
cause why he should not be adjudged
in contempt of federal court. 1t is
alleged that he gave into the hands
of State authorities a prisoner held
for trial in the federal court.
George Kirby, night watchman at
the Prospect mills at Batesville,
Greenville county, his son, Mamie
Kirby and NJ. B. Bagwell, an en-
ploye of the mill, were seriously in
jured when a boiler in the mill ex-
ploded early Friday morning and
wrecked the boiler room.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-03-30

men say they are ragged and that
their horses are worn out. The men
themselves rushed into houses in
Galeana demanding food, some OF
them shrieking as if craZed with hun
ger.
Wherever Villa has gone he has
left behind threats, promising that
when he reappears he will kill or tor
ture Mexicans friendly to the Ameri-
cans
Meanwhile Villa has been given
surprisingly little time for rest be-
cause of the rapid, southwark advance
of the Americans Little has been
announced about the work of the
army organization in pushing south,
maintaining a constantly lengthening
line of communication. New difficult
ties of communication are encounter
ed constantly, but the fact remains
that the men not only have received
their supplies on time, but that more
supplies are available each day, not
only in more volume, but in more
variety.