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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-12
SEWING SCHOOLS
VALENTINE PARTY
Children of Stevens Memorial
Church Have a Merry Play
time This Afternoon

The children of the Stevens Memo
rial Sewing School dispensed with
work and had a valentine party from
2:S0 o'clock through the afternoon.
There were special dcorations OF
hearts and plants in the rooms and
much merrymaking during contests
and games. The children brought box
lunches, which were numbered as they
turned them in, and when refresh
ment time came, they found their
partners by corresponding figures.
The teachers prepared a punch bowl
of pink lemonade with little Cupids
peeping over the rim of the bowl.
This school has an average attend
ance of 50 and is doing excellent
work. The superintendent is Mrs.
]. II. Kase; Mrs. ]. M. Beckley, judge
of work; Mrs. w. e. Wisehart. secre-
tary and treasurer; Miss Mary G..
Bennett, assistant secretary and Miss
Gertrude Snyder, kindergarten
teacher.
The corps of teachers includes Miss
Anna Abbott, Mrs. II. c. Armes,, Mrs.
w. s. Boone, Mrs. S. NJ. Dodge, Mrs.
James Evans. Mrs. Elias Fry, Mrs.
c. c. Gastrock, Mrs. William Halle
tine, Mrs. J. r. Herbein, Mrs. II. w.
Johnson, Mrs. w. r. Kahn, Mrs. E. b.
Louisgard, Mrs. Ray Reed, Mrs. Harry
Rock, Mrs. Clayton A. Smucker and
Mrs. r. A. Weilder.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-12
ShOop Family Reunion
Honors An Aged Member

Mrs. Christian Shoop who is eighty
four years old and the mother of Mrs.
Harry Follett was guest of honor at
a dinner given at Mrs. Folletts home
in South Nineteenth street and at
tended by every member of the Shoop
family, including four generations.
The guests were Mrs. Christian
Shoop, Mrs. Joseph Hummel, Mrs.
John Geukas, of Steelton; Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Follett, Curtis Shoop,
haut; Mrs. John Baughman and
daughter, Margaret, of Steelton; Mrs.
Jacob NJ Walters, Penbrook, Mrs.
Frank Hoerner, Beaver; Mr.. and Mrs.
VIM. Follett, Penbrook; Mr.. and Mrs
Harry Follett, Jr., and son, Lester;
Mr.. AND Mrs. James Klinger and Miss
Ruth Follett of this city.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-12
MEADE w. g. r. o. MEETING

A regular meeting of the Meade
w. c. T. U. will be held Monday even
ing at the home of Mrs. c. c. Gas
trock. of 1926 Carnation street. A
sketch of Frances Willard will be pre-
sented and a general discussion of
Let Us Live With Our Children"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-12
GUESTS OF MISS SINGER

A party of young girls spent last
evening with Miss Mae Singer at her
home, 1417 Susquehanna street, en-
joying games, music and refreshments.
In attendance were the Misses Viola
Coss, Helena Handler, Helen Fitz-
gerald, Viola Brownawell, Katharine
Tress, Florence Swartz, Grace Singer,
Esther Carpenter and Mae Singer;
Donald and Francis Singer, Mr.. and
Mrs. f. +. Singer.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-12

Mrs. Harry F. Sheesley and daugh-
ter, Eleanor Sheesley, of 905 South
Ninth street, spent some time with
her mother, Mrs. Nissley of Oberlin.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-29
WRONG MRS. BROWN
White Persons Pose as Heirs of De.
ceased Negro Woman.

A. L. QUAINT, attorney. threw up his
hands this morning when he diScov-
cred that his white clients were rep
reSenting themselves as heirs of two
deceased Topeka negroes
Cha rles H. Brown and his wife, Sar-
all j. Brown. lived at 225 Jefferson
street for many years and owned the
property there. They were negroes.
Brown died several years ago and re-
Gently his widow died. So far as local
people knew neither had any heirs
Advertisements were published and no
heirs appeared. Arrangements were
being made to sell the property and
turn the proceeds over to the school
fund as is provided by law in such
cases
Then Mr.. QUAINT appeared represent
ing people in the east who claimed to
be heirs of Mrs. Sarah Brown. He
presented his claim and the discussion
had proceeded for some time when a
remark was made disclosing the fact
that the deceased Mr.. and Mrs. Brown
weer negroes.
Why, my people are. white,' said
QUAINT. There's some mistake. I
guess this must be the wrong Mrs.
Brown"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-29
BUTCHER TO DUBUQUE
Topekan Will Take Charge of $4,000
Cafe in Iowa Town.

A. B. c. butcher, who returned to
Topeka from Ash Fork, Arizona, sew
eral months ago to become affiliated
with George Godfrey Moore in the
life insurance business. announced to-
Gay that he had severed his connec-
tons with the Moore agency and would
leave some time this week for Du-
buque, Iowa, where he will take
charge of a new $4,000 cafe that has
just been opened up there.
butcher was connected with the
Harvey eating houses of the Santa Fe
system for ten years before going into
the insurance field and was manager
of the Topeka Harvey house and the
Escolante hotel of Ask Fork, Arizona
The cafe he will take charge of in
Dubuque is known as the Moderne
and is said to be the most pretentious
of its kind west of Chicago.
butcher has many friends here
among all classes of people and has
been prominent in Masonic and Com
mercial club circles Also, he is
known as one of the leaders of To-
peka's thirty-third degree baseball
boosters
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-29
MULVANES OBJECT
They Don't Want Jitney Transfer Point
at Sixth and Kansas Avenues.

A vigorous letter of protest was re-
ceived by the city commissioners today
from J. r. and Joab Mulvane against
permitting the jitneys to make Sixth
and Kansas avenues their transfer
point.
I'VE do not understand" reads the
letter, that the city has or can grant
jitneys or any other carrier more than
a free passage upon the streets. Ger
tainly not the privilege of obstruct-
ing the ingress and egress to and
from buildings. by regularly stopping
and standing in front of them.
I'VE object to them or any other
carriers being allowed to make regular
stopping or standing place on the
streets anywhere in front of our build
ing.
I'VE believe that our frontage is
privileged first to our tenants and
their business.
"A great many people do business
with the Bank of Topeka, many of
them elderly people, and we can not
consent to any increased hazard to
them in having access to and from this
building in which the bank is located -
The letter was placed on file after
the mayor remarked that the matter
was for the police department to look
after but he wanted it read so that all
the commissioners might hear it
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-29
Club Women Must Clean Up
World, Says Speaker.
Must See That Better, Braver
Men Are Produced.
GIVE A RECEPTION TUESDAY
Federation Will View Work of
Museum of Art.
Welfare Work for Wage Earn
ers in Moving Pictures.

New York, May 29.-Delegates to
the General Federation of Women's
Clubs will be entertained at a recep-
ton at the Metropolitan Museum of
Art by the Art School League tomor-
row afternoon. The work in school
and museum will be shown with a
class of children taking part in the
demonstration Dr. James P. Haney,
art director in the high schools of
New York City, will instruct the class
The program will be given under the
auspices of the educational committee
of the general federation.
A reception for delegates and their
friends will be given by the National
Civic Federation in the assembly hall
of the Metropolitan building late to-
day 1t will be presided over by L. A
Collidge, chairman of the welfare de-
partment of the national civic feder-
alton and Mrs. James w. Remick,
chairman of the industrial and social
conditions department of the General
Federation of Womens clubs, will well
come the delegates and their friends.
Indian to Speak.
There will be an address on the
European war by Edward Marshall,
who was a passenger on the Sussex
when that vessel was torpedoed and
Pal Suchet Singh of Punjab, India,
will speak on conditions in India. 9th
er speakers will be DIR. Lee F. Frank
| ell of the Metropolitan Life Insurance
company; F. A. Hoffman of the firm
of B. Altman & Co., and T. A Will
loughby, president of the Macy Mems
| club.
Motion picture films showing well
fare work for wage earners employed
| by large industrial enterprises will be
exhibited by the New York Central
ton the National Cash Register com
pany, the Bethlehem Steel company,
the Ford Motor company. the United
Shoe Machinery company and the
Curtis Publishing company.
You have two things to do The
first is house cleaning. You will have
to clean up America. The second is
that you must enlarge the scope of
Democratic institutions. You are tho
gate keepers of life. and the burden of
responsibility for reforms is on your
shoulders
So the Rev. DR.. Percy Stickney
Grant, rector of the Church of the AS
cension, told $500 delegates to the
General Federation at vesper service
in the grand ball room of the Hotel
! Aston.
Dr. Grant declared that the race is
dying out at the top and being re-
placed from the bottom. He said 1t is
woman's mission to remedy this evil
and to see to it that better, stronger
and Drawer men are produced.
Your work for women" he said
must begin with the men"
The church today is preaching 4
social gospel, he said. and it is the
woman who must hear it and under
stand He said that her new place is
by the side of men and that to her
it is promotion.
Women have not been treated as
the equal of men, he said. Fair
words were used to WOO and win her
and she was called a goddess that she
might more quickly become mans
| slave
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-29
LESSON TO BOYS
Two Runaways Picked Up by
Topeka Police.
Happy as Larks Because They
Are Going Home.
BOTH ARE -0LDS
In Knee Pants, They Left De-
Lavan, Illinois.
Had. Only As Cents Between
Them at Start.

Yep, 1 guess got enough, amt you
Bill ~ said 14-year-old Milton Israel,
to 14-year-old Wilburn Walston, both
runaways. The boys were picked up
by the police Sunday, and transporta-
ton that will take both back to De-
Lavan. ILL.,. where their parents live,
is expected today.
The boys were before Robert Yates,
police judge, this morning. He knew
all about their case and had no pun
ishment in store for them. He merely
wanted to look them over to see what
clean clothing they needed before be-
| ing placed on the homebound train.
They were taken from the station to
the Provident association and fitted
out with clean shirts and underc1oth-
ine
The Israel boy told about THEM trip.
They left home last Tuesday night af-
ter talking the matter over for three
weeks. They planned to go to Dallas.
Texas. but denied that they intended
to fight Mexicans.
Nav, we just wanted to get away
from home" said Israel. school was
Tuesday We left DeLavan on a
freight train and we had As cents be-
tween u.s.
Have you eaten regularly?" was
asked.
Part of the time said one. I'VE
sure have since we been here
When the police first picked the
boys up they said they were from
Lawrence and when Lawrence Off
Gals denied they belonged there. the
/ police tried Kansas City. Eventually
they traced the boys back to DeLavan
and sent kilograms to their parents
Both fathers replied yesterday stating
that letters and transportation fol-
lowed.
We're ready to go back said one
but we amt particular about it. We've
| had a pretty good time and didn't
have any trouble until we got to To-
| peka. We bummed our way every
mile and came into Topeka on a pas
senger train, too.
| Both boys wear short trousers and
| look like ordinary school boys. in spite
| of the fact that they have accumulated
considera BILE soil and cinders
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-29
CHEERS FOR 7. R.
Colonel Given Big Sendoff by
New Workers..
He Starts for West WELDING
His s.InfectiOuS Smile.o

New York, May ga crowd of
several hundred persons cheered Col
onel Roosevelt as he boarded the Lake
Shore Limited Sunday at the Grand
Central station for his four-day west
ern trip.
The demonstration began as soon as
the colonel. followed by hundred or
more persons who had recognized him
on the street, entered the building. 1t
continued while he strolled across the
station, and hundreds of men and
women ran cheering and applaudinG
in his direction.
He Looked Happy.
Colonel Roosevelt lifted his black
campaign hat and bowed several
times, especially when the round of
Il woman's voice could be heard above
the tumult His infectious smile was
reflected in the face of every one anG
on hoard the train.
Kansas City is the destination OF
Colonel Roosevelt. This will be his
last spea king tour before the Chicago
convention. He was in buoyant
frame of mind. apparently serene and
confident. Before his return on
Thursday night he will have struck
his final blows in the middle west
The rest will be in the hands of the
delegates.
With the Republican national con-
vention looming up ten days away talk
of a third ticket among the Progress
sives. whose convention will assemble
in Chicago at the same time, con-
stantiy grows more pronounced.
Confidential talks with Colonel
Roosevelt's callers at Oyster Bay in
dictate clearly that the Progressives
are in a militant frame of mind, be-
lieve they will hold the balance OF
power in the coming campaign and
will insist upon being treated accord
ingly.
Republican leaders who believe the
Progressives will accept any terms of
fered them at Chicago, are therefore
in line for a severe jolt. Likewise, il
can be said that an offer to permit
the Progressive leader, meaning Col
onel Roosevelt. to write the Republi-
can platform. or the essential part OF
it. will not be regarded by the Pro.
gressives as by any means a satisfac.
tory conclusion to them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-29
HOLD HEARING LATER
Attorneys at lola Agree to Postpone
Mrs Stephens's Preliminary

lola. Kan, May 29.-Preliminary
hearing of Mrs. Ruby Stephens
charged with killing Clifford Kistner
farmer living near Bayard Kan.
was postponed today by agreement of
counsel. She will be arraigned later
this week
Mrs. Stephens remains in the Allen
county Jail here. The family that
adopted her little daughter brought
the child to the Jail today for a visit
The baby will remain with Mrs. Steph-
ems two or three days and then will
return to the home of her adopted pa
rents. Grief over the fact that she
had been separated from the child is
ale I'd to have caused the shooting of
Kstner
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-29

honorary president of the committee
which includes men of all parties.
The prohibitionists promise in their
statement of policy the support OF
their entire enlistment of voters to
parties and candidates which will de-
clare in favor of the overthrow of the
liquor traffic
The active president of the commit
tee of sixty is Daniel A. Polling. asso-
ciate president of the United Society
of Christian Endeavor.
The committee hopes to line up
100000 voters who will swing en-
masse to a party standing for prohibi-
ton.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-29
FIGHT AGAINST BOOZE
Prohibition Party Will Support Party
Which Includes Dry Plank.

Chicago. May 29.-The Prohibition
party sent out from its national head
quarters in Chicago today the names
of its committee of sixty which will
strive to induce both the Republican
and Democratic parties to include a
nation wide dry plank in their plat
form. DR.. David Starr Jordan, chan
cellor of Leland Stanford university, is
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-29
BOLT KILLS WOMAN
Farmers Wife Struck by Lightning
While Milking.

Dewitt, Neb.. May 2e.-While milk
ing at her home near here last hight.
the wife of George Buss, a farmer, As
years old, was instantly killed by a
bolt of lightning.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-29
DEATHS and FUNERALS

grafton GREGG of Lawrence
died Sunday at a local hospital. The
body was taken to Lawrence today for
interment. '7-.i
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-29
United States.

CHAS. NJ. SCHWAB. Chairman
EUGENE G. GRACE, President
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-29
A RECORD GEM THEFT
5000, 900 Worth of Jewels Stolen
From James Gordon Bennett.

Paris, May 29.-Gems valued at S.
100000 belonging to James Gordon
Bennett have been stolen at Nice A
band of twenty men have been arrest
ed by the police, charged with the
theft.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-29

A. A. BURGER. age 65. died Sun
day at a local hospital. The body will
be taken to Chanute, Kan, for inter-
ment.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-29

Porch screens at Forbes-Adv.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-03-13


kins, have died.
That is just exactly what is bound
to happen to eVerybody's illusions. !"
They ought to die. Nothing can save
them. Yet the misfits always take
this word with them to the divorce
courts. As if anyone could build SOL
idly on quicksand!
The trouble with this whole mar
rage business is that we have never
set a standard of value for love.
Men and women exchange false
coin before marriage, and when they
find themselves cheated they spread
their coppers out in a court room and
blame marriage for their losses.
Because some men steal, we do
not lose faith in honesty.
Because some lie, we do not say
there is no truth.
Yet, when marriage fails to bring
the expected happiness we blame its
illusions" and call cupid hard
names.
This is because we refuse to make
any distinctions between lOve-and
love.
Love is the most abused word in
the language.
The 17-year-old girl prides herself
on the sterling quality of the article
she proffers to the first man who
makes her blush.
And the youth who shapes his idea
of a Iovely-and therefore the only
loveabIe-girl after the modes in a
musical comedy, calls his emotion
lovei
And the poet has no. other word,
nor the philosopher, nor the sensu-
alist.
Those who swap rouge for f1attery
pay with counterfeit coin, and no one
need pity them when they discover
their losses.
Neither should any sane person
take his ideals of marriage and love !
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-03-13
WILLIAM HODGE COLLECTS
ROYALTIES FROM SELF

Boston, March 13. - VIM. Hodge
revealed today that he has been col
Iecting royalties from himself for the
last three seasons. He confessed he
is Lawrence Whitman" author of
''The Road to Happiness, in which
he played an engagement of II
weeks at the Wilbur last season and
this season, and also author of Fix
ing Sister," in which he is now ap-
pearing.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-03-13
they do the atmosphere. True lovers
will never doubt love because there
are dealers in false coin, who cheat.
WAR BOON TO ENGLISH WORK
WOMEN, SAYS SPEAKER

Declaring the war to be boon to
the working women of England, Isa-
bel Sloan, asst sec'y of the Natl
Federation of Women Workers of
London, spoke before the public
meeting of the Woman's Trade
Union league in Schiller hall, Ga w.
Randolph St, last night.
Throughout Great Britain the
women's unions have increased their
memberships to astonishing totals,
she told the meeting. Before the
war women were compelled to work
70 hours a week and sometimes were
required to work all night. Now a
bill has been passed requiring all
women who want to work to regis
ter. An eight-hour day has been es-
tablished in al munition factories and
there is no unemployment.
Miss Sloan is making tour of the
United States to study the woman
trade unions here.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-03-13
ToDAY's WORST RIDDLE

Question - Why is a bad cold a
great humiliation?
And here's the answer: Because it
brings the proudest man to his
his sneeze' This knees-get it?)
doctor! He never acted that way
befOre.)
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-13
FINANCIAL NEWS
AND COMMENT
stocks Reflect satisfaction
With Beginning Of POliti-
cal Campaign.
QUIET STRENGTH SHOWN

ny its continuation Of improving ten
slightly emphasized perhaps,
the stock market yesterday suggested
that II had been moving Of late IN an
,icipation OF the satisfactory outcome
Of the Republican and Progressive party
conventions in Chicago last week. with
the adjournment OF the conventions
there stlll remained enough matters Of
immediate uncertainty to temper con-
illusions drawn from events to date, but
tho financial community apparently
reached an expectation not long ago
that circumstances would compel a good
deal of cohesion among Republicans
this year. whatever their recent fac
tioral divisions have been.
The Interpretation placed on the
Chicago proceedings of the last few
days was that the Wilson Ad-
ministration must prepare to face
4 vigorous challenge from n united In
stead Of q split opposition. Accord
ingly Wall Street was persuaded yester-
day that the Presidential campaign had
made an excellent beginning which
promised to give business interests In
Creasing reason for confidence that the
future would be politically s~afeguarded
III ~ hf6iNt w tHN
tests and trials to which the course and
termination Of the European wal must
subject the economic organization.
There was no outburst of violent
strength and excited trading In stocks
and a demonstration OF that sort would
not have been particularly impressive
as n response 10 the political develop
ments. Indeed. the moderately active
exhibition Of advancing frmness which
- l-.- 1. 80 x,a, ath NNNR nnn.
vincing as n reflection Of political fac
tors. Trading was on a scale OF slightly
increased expansion over the recent aver
ages of volumes and tho movement OF
prices was IN the main upward. with a
fairly liberal diversihcation OF interest
BUSINESS was rather more brisk In the
early forenoon than at n subsequent
period. A letharg.c and reactionary In
teryal succeeded, but IN the late trading
there was a fresh display OF animation
and the final tone was one Of strength
United states steel was one Of the lead
ing features of interest and most or thu
metal stocks, even the copper issues
were at least sympathetically affected
There were some strong Industrial spe
! cialties and several Of the railroad stocks
moved Mt times lutte aggressively up
I ward.
The favorable hange In the weathe
created n more cneerlul atfnospnctc ~
the financial community. II Is possible
also that the market was supported to Al
extent by the apparent significance o
the swearing Russian victories agains
Austria. but the discussions OF the fnan
cial day centred almost exclusives
around the domestic political e'tuat'or
The factor which seemed to he take
mos. into account was the prospect 10
a Presidential canvass confined to tw
PRINCIPAL ~contcnders. which lent itsel
10 the Inference that appeals 70 n
/ voters must he based on constructlv
programmes.