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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-26
WAR OR WOMAN? new OFFICE HERE
Santa Fe to Concentrate To-
ward UpbuiIding Southwest.
Assistant Industrial Commits.
siOner To Be Here Soon.

Following concentration by the
Santa Fe in a new movement to build
up the resources of the southwest and
Kansas. assistant to c. l. Sea-
commissioner, will be named in a few
days. The assistant will have his
headquarters in Topeka.
Mr.. Seagraves's headquarters will
continue to be in Chicago but through
his assistant here he will direct much
OF his personal work toward the in
dustrial betterment of this portion of
the Santa Fe's territory.
Efforts will be made to attract
nomeseekers and men who have mon
ey to invest in industrial enterprises.
Aims of the New Move.
The man who is looking for q
chance to establish a home in the
west is naturally attracted to the Sec
ton that shows evidence of prosper
lty, Mr.. Seagraves wrote to a Topeka
railroad official. Good roads, mar
kets, schools, community enterprises,
the cooperation of agricultural col
leges, county farm advisers and our
own agricultural demonstrators-au
are factors and will contribute very
materially to the upbuilding of the
territory served by our lines The
creation OF a demand for manufactur-
ing industries also will result
An announcement that Mr. Sea-
gravess assistant has been appointed
is expected soon. The new plan of the
Santa Fe was planned and dictated by
j. r. koontz, general freight agent
The new office will be a valuable one
to Topeka.
Ticket Clerk in 1886.
Mr. Seagraves, the industrial COM
missioner, entered the service of the
Santa Fe as a ticket agent in Topeka
in 1886. Since that time he has served
consecutively as ticket agent, travel
ing passenger agent and colonization
agent He is one of the most widely
known officials in the company's en-
ploy, his work for years having kept
| him on the road and in tune with To-
cal conditions.
| Mr.. Dana was division freight agent
at Fort Madison when his promotion
/ TO be Industrial agent was announced
TWO years ago Long experience as a
| traffic official fitted him for the duties
10 winch he now is called, as general
freight and passenger agent at
Amarillo. the Capital of the Texas
| Panhandle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-26
BIG BEGINNERS SHOOT
Topeka Gun Club Will Entertain Nom
Members Tuesday Afternoon.

Tuesday afternoon. starting at 2:3O
O'Clock, the Topeka Gun club will hold
a beginners and ladies' shoot and one
of the most interesting trap events of
the season is anticipated. The day has
been set apart by gun clubs all over
the United States for beginners and
ladies and the Topeka club is anxious
to make a good showing.
Any inexperienced trap shooter. any
shooter not affiliated with the Topeka
club, and all ladies are invited to par
ticipate in the five-bird events that
will be held for each. No entrance fee
will be charged and the only cost to
the shooters will he that of the blue
rocks, one cent apiece, and the cost
of the shells. Those who dc not have
guns of their own will be furnished
guns by members of the club.
Prizes will be given for the best and
second best scores made by the male
beginners and also for the best scores
made by the lady shooters. The first
prize for each is a silver trophy do
mated by the DUPONT Powder com
pany. Shells for 12-gauge guns can
be bought at the club house on the
grounds
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-26
WON'T MEDIATE
q. S. Informs Diplomats No
Time for Farley.
Must at Least Await Next Re-
ply From Mexico.

Washington, June 26.-Minister
Calderon said he had been informed
by Secretary Lansing that the United
States considered this was not the
time for mediation. The minister add
ed, however, that the Latin American
countries might consider the subject
again after the United States had re-
ceived a reply to its note to the de
facto government of Mexico.
Six Central and South American re-
publics, through their Representatives
here, inquired formally today of Eliseo
Arredondo, General Carranza'S am
bassador to designate formally wheth-
er his government would accept offers
of mediation in the crisis between the
United States and Mexico.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-26

Public Service company, has devised
a new type of twenty-five-foot pole
with a twelve-foot mast-arm sticking
out on the street side so as to keep
the poles lined up on the curb but
get the wires away from the beautiful
old elms and water oaks that are
the glory of Johnston's highways.
Anyone who has seen the ruin and
mutilation eft by fanatical tree trim
mers will appreciate Mr.. Boyd's de-
vice. The Ohio Electric Light asso-
citation reports that its members have
saved from three to five cents per
ton on all coal handled at certain of
their power houses by putting in an
eight-hour day for firemen. This
ought to interes st the old-timers, who
think twelve hours toll an inalienable
right for engire-room workers. Those
three items cover vital subjects and
are only part of the grist in one issue
OF live technical journal. That's
how our United States goes along.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-26

Henry Ford who is so devoted TO tiie
arts and theories of peace that he pro-
poses to discharge all his employees
who are already members OF the MICH
iran National Guard as well as any
who may enlist in it in response 10
their country's call-how would me- II
il be not impertinent to inquire now
would he have handled the Onlteu
states end of Mexican situation with
ont anv soldiers at all. Possibly ne
has an idea that if the Mexicans. ban
dts and otherwise. knew that the
United States didn't have soldier to
its name, they would have respected
our weakness and the rights OF our
citizens among them and would never
have thought of raiding any of our ter
ritory. But surely Mr.. Ford cannot
be so credulous as to believe that
there is any such potency to the pur-
suit of peace. And is Mr.. Ford in Ia
>or of the abolition of Detroits police
force? And does he think that sates
and bank vaults, where his millions OF
dollars are probably stored are I'M
necessary things?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-26
Jayh Jots

Nothing succeeds like success quotes
the Hutchinson Reformatory Herald,
and it adds: 1t pays to put up a good
front provided there is something
solid back of it.
Personal item in the Athol Rec
ord: Blame Nyburg began to get tired
of bachelor days and has bought
new buggy and fine team, and start
ed north. We hope you get her,
Blame.
The Teutonville correspondent of
the Athol Record describes a recent
rain as "a regular old hen drowner and
pond filler and reports the gladstone
news that the .'old swimming hole is
full"
The bride was attired iii an elegant
dress of snowy white and the groom
wore conventional black, writes Editor
Joslyn in his Logan County News in
the course of report of a wedding,
and he is evidently a safety first"
enthusiast as he added in parenthesis:
This is a mans report and we cannot
be expected to be able to know whetn-
or satin, surah, messaline or brocade
were the materials of the ladys dress
But all say the bride was most charm
ing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-26

book is already in the fourteenth thou
sand, and the publishers say it will
go to fifty within the month" Then,
in confusion, she covered her blushing
face with both her hands. but dropped
them as her father spoke.
II never knew before that you were
the son of the fellow l knew at college
as Square John Wood but I'll confess
1 did suspect you two of being ac-
completes in that 'Maneuvering for
First Place Mother. shall we let
this squad of spies escape and cast
their lots together for life?'
"Only on condition that they keep
their crime a secret, and shift the
scene of future stories away from my
social set" Mrs. Barnes named her
conditions in all seriousness.
"Oh, we've already shifted the
scenery to the working classes in our
new book said Betty, smiling on
everybody at once. Her mothers only
response was a shake of the head, but
presently she and Mr.. Barnes left
Betty and Barnaby to themselves, and
for the moment both extremes of so
ciety were entirely forgotten by the
two young reform writers.-(Copy-
right, 1916, by the Mcclure Newspaper
Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-26
M0REY Gets BACK
Wounded Captain Finally
Reaches Pershing Camp.
Suffering Loss of Much Blood;
Hid in Shack.

Field Headquarters, Mexico, June 26.
Capt. Lewis S. Morey was brought
to General Pershing's headquarters
today by automobile and gave the
American commander a personal ac-
count of the Carrizal fight. Morey
appeared to be in good physical con-
dition considering his wound and the
privations he endured before being
found by a relief column. His wound
was treated by surgeons here.
Adobe Hut Refuge.
Columbus, N NJ, June 26.-Hiding
in the ranch house of an American
named McCabe. nine miles from Car
RIAL Captain Lewis S. Morey, wound
ed, was found by Major Jenkins and
a cavalry relief column, according to
official advices received here today.
Morey and the remnants of his troop,
K, took refuge in an adobe house al
most within the Carranza lines at Car
RIAL The Americans left in small
groups to increase their chances of es-
Gaping safely. Morey and four troop
ers remained until night, when they
started out to reach the American
lines Morey lost so much blood that
he was forced to give up, and ordered
his men to leave him. Later, Morey
rallied and made his way to McC-be's
house.
According to the officials. the Amer
leans lost % killed in the Carrizal
fight
Menace Truck Train.
Columbus, n. NJ, June 26-Carranza
troops who appeared at Ascension
ieered an American truck train which
natives stoned but no shots were flred
and the train passed through the vii
lage safely. The situation along the
expeditions communication lines today
is reported as tense.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-26
N. Y. SENDS ARMY
Fourteen Regiments From Empire
State" Leave Today.

New York, June 26-The move
ment of national guard troops from
the department of the east toward the
Mexican border will begin today in re-
Spouse to the appeal OF secretary
War Baker to Maj. Gen. Leonard
Wood, urging him to start the troops
south as soon as they are reasoably
ready. Fourteen regiments, including
infantry. cavalry and field artillery
together with signal, hospital, ambu-
lance and engineering units. are under
orders from General Wood to start be-
fore night.
Early today it appeared doubtful
whether all these commands coud get
away within the twenty-four hours
time limit specified by General Wood
Difficulty IN obtaining SPECIAL trains
may delay the departure. Later re-
norts said the New York troops Will
go to Brownsville.
Frisco Sends Coast Artillery.
San Francisco, June 26.-Seven
companies of United States coast ar
tiIlery left here early today for Mexl-
can border duty in Southern Cantor
mia. Five of the companies VIII go
to CaIexico and the other two, to
San Diego CALIFORNIA; southern boun-
dairy. which the troops will guard
is the only stretch of the Mexican
line not patrolled by American troops
The troop trains are due TO arrive on
the border late today.
New Jersey Entrains Today.
Seagirt, N. J., June 26.-The First
regiment of Newark, Batteries A OF
East Orange and B of Camden, troops
A and c of the First squadron cavalry.
the field hospital of Elizabeth, and
ambulance company of Redbank, viii
entrain at 2 o'clock for the Mexican
border.
Move Pennsylvania Troops
Harrisburg, Pa, June 26.-Upon
the receipt of orders from the war de-
partment, Adjutant General Stewart
today ordered the First brigade, COM
prising the First, Second and Third
regiments of Philadelphia, to prepare
to leave mobilization camp at Mount
Gretna by tomorrow night The
brigade will be accompanied by one
battalion of engineers. one field signal
COLDS one field hospital corps.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-26
Roy Robinson, go, Suicide After
Dressing in New Clothes.
Some Say Fear of War-POlice
Think Differently.

Sunday morning Roy Robinson,
dressed in a freshly Numbered shirt,
a new Palm Beach suit a new necktie
and clean collar, placed his new straw
hat on the dresser, then shot himself
Three minutes later he was dead.
Robinson was 20 years of age and a
member of Battery A He lived with
his father and mother in 1907 East
Fifth street. He failed to report when
Battery A left for Fort Riley and ex-
pressed to several friends the intention
not to go.
Because of that expression his sui
eide has been attributed to fear of
battle. But Robert Miller and Lon
SaulS, detectives who made an inves-
tigation, believe some trouble with
sweetheart whose name has not been
made public is more likely to have
been responsible. The boy left this
note:
THE reason for this is that 1 have
no one to live for. Have two requests.
Would like very much to have them
attended to. First, call phone,
ask for -- what has hap
pened and where 1 am. Second, that
you forgive this act of insanity.
Signed this 26th day of June, 1915.
ROY ROBINSON"
The boy was downstairs with his
father and mother until IL O'Clock
Sunday morning. He said nothing
that would have served as a warning
| to them. Soon after he went upstairs
| the parents heard a shot, and knowing
the boy had a revolver, they hurried to
his room.
He was on his knees" said G. D.
Robinson, the father, land all he said
was Goodbye, papa His body
slumped to the floor and he was
dead
DIR. o. F. Narcotic, coroner, made an
investigation and decided no inquest
| is necessary Among other things
showing the suicide was deliberate the
father and mother found a loaded re-
volver on the chair beside the boy S
body, apparently to use in case the
| old fashioned Colt failed to do the
work.
Charles Robinson, a brother, is a
member of Battery A and was in Fort
Riley. He reached home last night
Another. brother, George, lives in To
peka, and two sisters, Mrs. Letta
| Khrane and Mrs. Mary Adams live in
| Missouri
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-26
BIG FIGHT THURSDAY
Dillon and Moran Will Clash Before
an Immense Crowd.

New York, June 26.-The most i'm
portant battle the fistic world has seen
since the WillardMora fight. will be
staged at Washington park Thursday,
when Moran appears with Jack Dill
lon, the Indianapolis man killer" as
his opponent.
Indications today are that the bout
will draw an even larger crowd than
that which witnessed Morans defeat
at the hands of the champion. Dillon
will go into the ring absolutely conf
dent of success, while Moran is using
the advantage of "a good big man
beating a good little man. to back his
claims of victory. Both Dillon and
Moran have all but completed their
training for the fight.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-26
Euening Chat
Plainness Unadorned.
BY RUTH CAMERON

Opposite me on the car the other
day sat a rather plain woman
She had harsh features and she
wore thick glasses.
And how do you suppose she was
dressed?
"A suit of light color and striking
cut, a yellow silk blouse, nower-gar-
den hat, a string of blue beads and a
white fur!
Can you imagine any combination of
clothing more unfortunate for that
type of woman?
was plain and thought to alleviate
that plainness by the elaborateness of
her toilette. And instead sheonly called
attention to it and made it infinitely
worse.
1t takes a very pretty woman to
everywhere you see plain women who
make the mistake of dolling them
selves up in fancy clothes.
It's just as foolish as it is to try to
hide the bad lines of a gown by a
slather of trimming.
Plain people look best in plain
clothes.
I longed to get hold of that woman
and put her in a plain tailored suit,
preferably dark blue, a simple white
blouse, and a close hat, carefully Sc
lected to suit the lines of her face. She
would not have been pretty even then,
but she would have been a much more
agreeable object to look at
What strange ideas people do have
about the kind of clothes that become
them,
For instance, white is popularity
considered a universally becoming
color and every young girl is supposed
hos 81
dress.
And yet not one girl in fifty looks
as well in white as she does in the
right color.
1 went to a graduation the other day
and marvelled that among twenty
graduates there was not one thorough
ly pretty girl.
IA day or two later I saw those same
girls at reception. They were dress
ed in afternoon dresses of various
colors, and several looked attractive
and one or two thoroughly pretty. And
then it came to me that before thew
had been handicapped by white
dresses.
Conversely, black is not half so
unbecoming as it is popularIy SIM
posed to be. A black gown gener-
ously relieved by white about the
throat is becoming to almost any
one. and the right kind of black in
3 hat is often easier to wear than
white.
Bright colors are the most try
ing and yet people who wouldn't
think of wearing black unhesitating-
ly wear such trying shades as rose
and ceriSe.
We can't all be pretty, but we
can all be as pretty as we can.
And l think know myself means
know your style and the colors you
can wear as we'll as your other pow
ers and abilities protected by
George Matthew Adams)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-26
BIG DEAL ON
Transfer of Crosby Mills to Kansas
City Firm.

Negotiations between the Crosby
Milling Co, Tenth and Washington
streets, and the Ismert-Hincke Milling
company in Kansas city, Mo-. whereby
the latter expects to buy the Crosby
Mills here and add another link to its
chain of mills and elevators over the
country, became known today.
The Ismert-Hincke interests are
among the largest in the country.
Their mills in Kansas City are located
on Eighteenth and Delaware streets.
T. d. Hammatt, manager for the
Crosby Mills here. said negotiations for
the transfer are under way today. He
refused to comment further.
The consideration in the deal is said
to amount APPROXIMATELY to $4,000.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-26
l|1 e!
e1nuz - @cha h@rankddsen -
FAIRIES THREE.

Up in the big, dark blue sky three
little fairies sailed. Between stars
that were little and stars that were
big; past the milky way and over
the drifting cloudlets; through the
night they sailed.
Not such a strong boat had they
either, for they were sailing on
small white cloud. But they didn't
care for a little thing like that-not
they! Fairies never worry about
whether boats are strong or whether
thew know where they are going
not theyl They laughed and talked
and had a beautiful time as they sailed
through the starry night.
But after a long, long sail, the
three fairies got tired, very, very tired
and they wished SO much they could
stop and rest. You know just how
tired you get when you sail and look
at pretty sights and laugh for hours at
a time, so you can easily imagine how
those fairies felt.
"Of course we like to sail through
the sky said the first fairy.
And of course we like to see pretty
things. SO we don't mind if we are a
little tired-just a little tired" said A
second.
third. "Only don't you think this
cloud is getting rather small? I'm
finding it pretty hard to hold on to
this edge"
at guess not" said the other two,
together Maybe you're getting tired
and want to rest"
TT would be nice if we had room
to stretch out more" admitted the
third fairy, who, now that she was
beginning to notice tiredness, wanted
room to lie down; but never mind"
ITO be sure we don't mind" said
the first fairy; but wouldn't it be fun
TO ride on the moon ?"
And at that very minute, as though
she had heard the fairy's wish (and
maybe she did-who knows?) old
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-26

If the personnel of the attendance
at the big Hughes and Fairbanks
meeting at the auditorium on Satur
slsv night is an indication of the gen
eraI conditions that prevail hereabouts
in one corner of the national political
arena, it would seem safe to suggest
that practically all of the Bull Moose
of yesteryear in these parts have sud
denly transformed themselves into
most enthusiastic Elephants. Where
could they go. though, after their own
house had tumbled down on their
heads. except to their old home :?
-.Tf ere amt nc place like it,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-26
BETTER WAYS.

- Progress is no monopoly of the
cannon makers says Golfers. In one
issue of :hc Electrical World we note
that the Columbus (Ohio) Railway
Power and Light company has set
ont TO make its buildings safer. Fire
escapes. standard doors. and other
improvements have been added, along
with a rigid system of inspection to
prevent the accumulation of waste
and grease, so that in three years fire
risks and insurance rates have been
cut nearly in half. In Johnston, S. C.,
p. NJ. Boyd, manager for the Carolina
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-26

Chilean newspapers are right in
their analysis that the United States
has no intention of Selling Mexico and
retaining possession of it, in the event
that this country decided to intervene
by arms in the land below the Rio
Grande and pacify it. This is a job
that would undoubtedly take some
time. But whenever it might be COM
pleted and the United States had as
sisted the Mexicans in setting up an
orderly government, we would retire
and leave all of Mexico for the Next
cans. Any other attitude on the part
of the United States would be as in
defensible and unpopular at home as
il would abroad.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-26
Journal Entries

If man is anxious to find out just
what woman thinks of him he
should marry her.
j. ! !
Some men are always getting more
than they are looking for by underes-
timating the strength of their foes.
= +
What has become of the old fash
Toned girl who wore rats" and
'puffs" and other false appurtenances
for coiffures?
4. = J.
Maybe some people do not know
how to use money properly because
they've never had enough of it -
practice with.
A husband who never gives his wife
cause for complaint is likely to be con-
sidered a mean old thing just for that
reason.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-26

News from Washington that is of
the too-good-to-b e-true type tells that
Mr.. Baker, the new secretary of war,
has succeeded in Slashing right and
left the red tape that has hampered
for so long and so seriously the ad-
rninistration of the military affairs of
the nation. If Mr.. Baker has actually
succeeded in doing this, lie has earned
thereby a place of prominence for
himself among the few really great
secretaries of war that this country
has possessed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-26
NO TRAINING OFFICERS
Call for Volunteers Useless, Say War
Department Authorities.

Washington, June 2e.-That in the
event of war with Mexico no volun-
teers will be called for until the mill
tia organization is completed and the
men all on the border, was the opinion
expressed by war department officials
today.
They said it would be useless to call
for volunteers when all availab BILE
equipment is being absorbed by the
militia. Also under present condi-
tons, there would be no officers who
could be used to train the volunteers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-26

Suppose the Kansas wheat crop
makes a Weld of only 90, 226.O00 bush
els. which is the estimate that Is
founded on the latest reports of the
condition of the wheat that have been
received by ]. c. Mohler, secretary OF
the Kansas department of agriculture
That will be several million bushels
better than the ten-year-average Kan
sas wheat crop, and in which average
is included the monster 177.OO0, 900
husheI crop of 1914.