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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-14
OAKLAND NOTES
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The Helping Hand society of the
Oakland Christian church, will hold
their regular monthly social and bust
ness me citing Tuesday afternoon Feb
ruary 18th at the home of Mrs. Sarah
Lemley in Winfield avenue. All ladies
of the church ard friends interested
are cordially invited.
The regular monthly business meet
ing of the Oakland w. C. T. u. will
be held Tuesday afternoon at the
home of Mrs. George Newbold in
kellam avenue. The announcement of
the meeting to be held Thursday was
erroneous.
Mrs. &. H. Ensign has returned
from Lawrence, where she spent last
week with her son, DR.. Charles En-
sign and family.
Miss Faye M1deland, of Horton.
Kansas, is visiting Miss Mabel Keats
in AFTER avenue few days this week
Mrs. E. q. Wiiter has returned to
her home in Silver Lake after a few
days visit with her sister Mrs. VIII
liam Vanorsdol and family IN Forest
avenue.
The regular meeting of the sun
flower Art club will be held Wednes-
day afternoon with Mrs. o. c. Willsey
in Forest avenue
John Morris. of Gage, Oklahoma,
spent a few days last week with his
sister. Mrs. r.. c. Watts in keIlam
Forty invitations have been issucd
ny the members of the $. o. ID. H
club for their annual Valentine party
to be given tonight at the home Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Lepper in Forest
avenue.
Miss Bertha Hotze. fourth grade
teacher. has gone tc Richard, Kan.
called by the serious illness of her
father. Miss Julia Newell is substi-
tuting in her place.
Mrs. Joseph Bower will entertain
the members of the F'icur de Liz Art
club "Wednesday afternoon at her
homo, 43S Wabash avenue.
Mrs. Henry Shuler Will be hostess
to the members OF the Priscilla club
next Friday afternoon at her home in
Chester avert 2.
The next regular meeting Of the
LOYAL Womcn's class OF the Oakland
Christian church will be held with
Mrs r. E. Lesson in Forest avenue
Mrs II, =. Carother5 will entertain
the members of the Ladies Aid society
of the Oakland Presbyterian church
Thursday afternoon
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-14
TIRED OF WAITING
City Authorizes Dreaming 10 Sue for
Costs I'm Sewer Case.

Frank Dreaming, former city attor-
ney, was authorized by the city COM
mission today to bring suit against the
Western Indemnity company of Dali
las, Texas, to recover the costs in the
litigation growing out of the construc-
ton of the Sixth ward sewer The
action will be brought in the district
court Of Shawnee county and will be
for the amount of s560.5O.
The city was Unidentified for the
costs in the action by the Federal
Union Surety company and has waited
patiently for that company to pay.
Nothing was paid and Mr.. Dreaming
started an investigation. He discov-
cred that the Federal Surety company
had been closed by authorities and
that all its assets and liabilities had
been turned over to the Texas COM
pany. The Texas company in its con-
tract agreed to make good all claims
against the Federal Union Surety COM
pany.
But no money will be paid unIess
we force the Texas company to nav it,"
said Dreaming to the commission. II
am asking for authority to bring shit
in the district court to collect the
costs"
On motion of w. G. Tandy conn
missioner, the commission authorized
Dreaming to start the action whenever
he desired.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-14
U. S. WOMAN HELD
Virtually a War Prisoner Oh
Bulgarians in MOnastir.
Soldiers Raided Red Crosse
Handled Her Roughly.
BY WILLIAM G. SHEPHERD.

nj WILLIAM u. S11f1l-l1I4ItDs
Athens, Feb. 14.-Mrs. Walter Far.
well, prominent Chicago woman, who
is virtually held prisoner by the Bull
garians at Monastir, is left entirely I'M
protected by the expulsion of all neu-
trail consuls from the city
NJ. Jossif, the Greek consul, who was
forced to leave Monastir on Saturday,
reached Salonika last night with a re-
port on Mrs Farwelrs detention ana
is on the way to Athens. The expul.
sion of the neutral consuls has not
only aroused great anger in political
circles here but has caused the great
est indignation in the American COLI
ony. With Monastir entirely con-
trolled by Bulgarian soldiers, the poo
sition of the American woman is de-
cidedly unpleasant, if not actually dan
gerous.
Frequent Air Raids.
Anglo French air squadrons are
making frequent raids upon Monastir,
raining bombs at Bulgarian camps
and upon buildings housing army Of
ficers, increasing the danger of Mira
Farwelrs position.
Mrs. Farwell, who was acting as corr
respondent for a Chicago newspaper.
was caught in Monastir when the
Bulgars occupied the city. Several
weeks ago. according to reports
brought to Salonika, she was roughly
handled by Bulgarian soldiers who
raided the American Red Cross head
quarters and confiscated supplies Of
flour
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-14
WORST is TO CONE
Second Degree in Work of Royal Or
der of Receivers.

Telephone men here Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday at their an
nual convention will be given the Sec :
ond Degree of the Royal Order of Re
ceivers at the Commercial club rooms
Wednesday evening. All survived the
first degree last year but there is some
apprehension that those with bad
hearts and stomachs will be fit sub
jects for L. NJ. Penwell after the sec
ond degree is conferred Wednesday
evening. 80
The fertile minds of George God
frey Moore, Harrison Putney and half
a dozen others were working on the
second degree initiation at a big table
at the Commercial club this noon. By
! o'clock Moore announced that every
thing had been prepared for the
worst"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-14
FINEST IN CITY
A. Samuels win Build a Big
Apartment House.
It VIII Be Located at Corner of
Tenth and Polk.

Thsre is one Topeka apartment
the visits of the intrusive peddler and
book agent The new apartment house
soon to be put up by a. Samuels at
the corner of Tenth and Polk is auto
matically protected against these pests
by a device of the architect, Charles
d. Cuthbert, whereby any one enter
ing the vestibule of the house ust first
call by telephone the apartment that
he desires to reach, whereupon the oc-
cupant if he or she desires the visitor to
enter will press a button opening the
inner door. Otherwise the apartments
are impregnable to the assault of the
most persistent book agent.
The SamuelS apartments will be one
of the finest in town. There are to be
six apartments of six rooms and BATH
each. The entrance Vestibule is to be
richly finished in tile and marble All
baths are to have genuine tile floors
and wainscoting, with art glass win
dows. The building will be equipped
with a complete. intercommunicating
telephone systems from all apartments
to vestibule and the janitor's suite in
the basement.
"A feature now to Topeka apartment
houses is the maids room off the
kitchen. The sleeping porch and sun
parlor are located on the south to get
full benefit of the south light.
The basement will contain a laundry
and separate store rooms for each
apartment as well as suite of rooms
for the janitor.
The building is to be contracted of
hollow tile and brick trimmed in cut
stone. The architect is Charles d.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-14
IN VIOLATION OF LAW
Fire Hydrants Arc Being Opened All
Over the City.

Although there is a city ordinance
which prohibits anyone except firemen
and employees of the water depart
ment from opening a water hydrant
without first securing a permit. tho
hydrants are being opened all over
town. Frank Newland. commissioner,
declared today that there are hydrant
keys scattered all over town and that
they are being used in violation of the
ordinance
I'VE find hydrants opened here md
there all over the city" he said "In
some sections Transfers open them
and water their horses. and apparently
think nothing about it. They are not
properly closed, they leak and the first
thing we know we have a frozen hy-
drant. If the fire department has oc-
cas1on to use that hydrant there is a
delay until the next nearest hydrant
can be reached with the hose line. The
indiscriminate use of water MIGRANTS
adds to the fire hazard in TopelIan and
must be stopped"
Mr.. Newland also complained that
the street force. after using the hy-
drants to flush the street failed to
close them properly. He stated that
saturday Superintendent Jesse Shaw
found almost half of the hydrants used
by the street force on Kansas avenue
dripping water.
W. G. Tandy. commissioner in
charge of the street force, declined to
admit his men were responsible with
out an investigation.
The trouble is said Tandy, that
the MIGRANTS are no good. After they
are opened it is frequently impossible
to close them so they will not leak.
We have found that true out in sec
tons where they are not used more
than once a year. Apparently the
gaskets rot out and the first time they
are used, go out with the water"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-14
TABLE TALK a
At THE eE2

Another meeting of the board of d.
rectors of the Commercial cluD VIII
be held at noon Thursday. BY tnat
time James c. Holland will know IN d
general way the details for the re-
modelled auditorium and 1T Will be as
certained if his plans will be certain
to meet the approval of Fire Chiet
Joseph Hanlon.
E. B. Merriam is at the head of an
important committee which has
hard task before 1.-THE union depot
committee. 1t is probable that some
thing tangible will be done in regard
TO the union depot project in short
time.
Friends of John r.. Mulvane are ap-
prehensive regarding his present ILL
ness.
Commissioner WATSON was asked &c
speak at the first meeting of President
Webb's Clearing House of Ideas" but
on account of the briefness of time
for preparing a speech found it i'm
possible However Commissioner
WATSON has announced that Topeka
can afford a bond issue of $4,000 or
So. 900 for a remodeled auditorium if
the bonded Indebtedness of other cities
may be taken as a criterion. 1t won't
be long, however, until Commissioner
WdSSOn Will De Tcduy 10 tell the SOil-
mercial club the exact financial status
of the city.
Postmaster w. o. Rigby was called
to Iowa today because of the serious
illness of his father. This necessitates
calling off the entertainment for post
al officials Thursday evening.
The Co-Ops will hold their regular
weekly dinner tomorrow noon at this
Elks' club.
Not a word has been received by
Charles S. Elliott in reply to a letter
written to Rock Island officials al
Chicago relative to moving offices
here. Not a thing but vague prom
| ises up to date.
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We MAY Be HAPPY Yet
The Pipe Organ Debt Is Growing
Little smaller Year by Year.

In all the years that Topeka has
been the owner of the big pipe organ
in the auditorium she has been able
to pay off a little more than half of
the original cost. A statement of the
pipe organ fund filed with the city
commission today by Scott Hopkins
trustee. shows there is still an indebt-
edness of S5,6O5, consisting of seven
teen notes held by different Topeka
people, each for $685..
The original cost of the pipe organ
was in the neighborhood of S12, 900. A
large amount of interest has been paid.
The interest last year amounted to
S400. But the city makes a payment
on the principal each year and each
year the interest amounts to less.
hence the city commissioners have
hope that some day the big organ will
be paid for.
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600 was offered. Mrs Schutler Brit
ton, however, was unwilling to sell
the real estate holdings only, and the
negotiations developed into deal for
the purchase of both the realty and
the club. Mrs. Britton asked $780,
900 for the club and it's realty hold
ings.
The local syndicate represented by
the real estate firm was willing to pay
SAYS, 5000. There the negotiations
stand today.
The new syndicate, if it obtains the
club and its playing field, will cut the
playing field up into bungalow sites.
Phil Ball. president of the St. Louis
Americans, has agreed that ii the deal
goes through all the National league
games in St. Louis can be transferred
to Sportsmans park, the playing field
of the ST Louis Americans
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-14
BRIDGE CONTRACTS LET
County VIII Build Three Without n
Cent to Luten.

Contracts for three bridges were let
by the county commissioners this aft
erRoon. The new structures are all to
be of concrete and will be built on
plans furnished by the county en-
gineer. No Luten patents cucumber
them and there will be no royalty.
A bridge over Butcher creek will be
constructed by NolIer & Roark at a
cost of $4,224.75. This company also
will build the North branch bridge at
cost of $S,425 One hundred dol
lars will be deducted from the amount
paid to this company on account of
allowing them two contracts The
third bridge, over Vassar creek, will
be built ~ the Topeka Bridge and
Iron Works. 1t will cost $4,000.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-14
ABOUT TO SELL CARDS
Erittons Will Dispose of st. Louis Ball
Club for 100000.

st. Louis, Mo, Feb. 1.-THE Wei
sels-Gerhart Realty company, it was
announced today by H. r. Weisels, a
member of the firm, has been conducts
ing negotiations for the purchase of
the st. Louis Nationals by a local syn
dictate. and only $25,O0O separates the
present owners of the club from the
wouIdbe purchasers.
Mr.. Weisels today said that the ne
gotiations started with a proposition
on the part of the syndicate to buy the
real estate holdings of the St. Louis
National club. For this property $125,-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-14
SEVENTY TURNED OUT
Webb's Clearing House of Ideas Meet
ing Is Well Attended.

Seventy members of the Topeka
Commercial club were present today
at noon at the first meeting of Presi-
dent Webb's Clearing House of
Ideas" Charles Dillon was the
principal speaker and a bright future
for this twice-a-week meeting of To-
peka business men was predicted by
Mr.. Dillon. Grouches, plans for a
better Topeka and, in fact, anything
that Topeka business or professional
man has on his mind will be heard at
these meetings.
Al various times scheduled ad-
dresses will be given by city and state
officials and business men. Others
who spoke this noon were: H D.
Driscoll, o. II. White, r. d. Blaine,
Charles Trapp, Z. L. Overton and
MaIc Morrow. The next meeting will
be ncld Thursday noon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-14
WILSON IN THE RACE
Another Capital Man Becomes Candi-
date for Office.

Announcement that he will be a
candidate for the Republican nomin-
alton for sheriff of Shawnee county,
has been made by James E. Wilson,
for several years connected with the
circulation department of the Capper
publications and president of Capital
council No. 1 Knights and Ladies of
Security.
Mr.. Wilson has been actively con-
nected withShawnec county politics for
% years. He has a wide acquain-
lance.
If Shawnee county does me the
honor of electing me sheriff" says Mr..
Wilson, 81 will be on the job all the
time. If 1 didn't believe I would make
a good sheriff, L wouldn't ask for the
nomination.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-14
M. F. RIGBY STRICKEN
Father of TOpeka's Postmaster Is Ill
in Iowa.

Postmaster w. o. Rigby has gone TO
Ottumwa, Ia, where his father, NJ. F.
Rlgby, OF Topeka, was stricken with
apopleXy Saturday night. The message
received at midnight Saturday night
did not state how serious his condi-
ton was.
NJ. f. Rigby was for many years in
the candy business in Topeka. He was
in Chicago part of last week and on
his way home stopped off in Ottumwa
to visit Mrs. A. w. Simmons, a sister of
the late Mrs. Rigby. He was stricken
while at the Simmons home. Mr.. Rig
by formerly lived in Ottumwa
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-14

There will be exceedingly merry
times in Kansas woman suffrage cir
cles if the fuss that has been stirred
up by the advent and activities of
Miss Vernon can be appraised as a
forecast of what is likely to happen
when the prominent suffragists of the
east, who are planning on establish
ing their homes in this state, land
here with their bags and baggage, and
get busy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-14

Governor Major of Missouri. who
was recent visitor in Topeka,
showed himself TO be an unusually
clever speaker. a most entertaining
one. Eat of what advaata &c would
these talents be to him should he real
izc on his ambition to be vice presi-
dent Of these United States? Chau-
tapqua contracts might come easier
ana fatter, but that, apparently, is
about the only service they might be
To him in that Job.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-14
EXTREMES IN EFFICIENCY.

1t IS a gross mistake to suppose that
management systems usually applica-
BILE to a factory can be applied to d
college or a university, or to an ex-
pertinent station or a research labora-
tory. and for the very good reason
that the products are wholly unlike
manufactured goods in the one case,
human souls and scientific truth in
The other, writes L. II. Bailey in Sci
encc. So also are the methods of pro-
cedure unlille--time-work and = meas
urable output in the one case, study
reflection. mental recuperation, inspi-
ration, soul-servicc in the other. We
are face to face with a struggle to
keep educational institutions free not
SO much from political control as from
;he deadenine domination of fiscal
offices. y well known professor in
college OF agriculture writes me that
his institution has now become so eff
cient that he loses one-third of his
time from all productive work; and
another declares that frequently -.e
spends an entire day in making re-
ports that have no significance except
10 maintain scheme of administra-
ton and which could be performed
Just as we'll by a ten-dollar clerk. All
This means that we are in immediate
danger OF developing in our institu
lions a set of administrative officers,
controlling affairs. who are separate
in spirit from the real work of re-
search and education. To this ten
iency add the present peril of similar
despotism from state offices, and you
have a slowly developing method of
strangulation that may well cause
q Ia rn1
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-14
AUSTRIA ADDS THREAT
Follows GeImany's Suit in New SUBJ
marine Rule.

Washington. Feb. 14.-Austria for
NAL notification of her intention to
sink without warning armed merchant
ships after March 1 was received to-
day by the state department. 1t is
substantially the same as that received
from Germany.
Secretary Lansing said no decision
had been reached on the attitude of
the United States. He had read the
German memorandum, he said. and
found it agreed with the published de-
scription contained in dispatches from
Berlin.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-14
OAKLAND WILL Shine
Topeka's Suburb VIII Not Worry
About Cloudy-SIoon Either.

Oakland is to have a better street
light system than Topeka. In the con-
tract given TO the Topeka Edison COM
pany for the installation of an electric
lighting system the very latest types of
gas filled, incandescent lamps are
specified which insures a regular
white way lighting system for Oak
land street corners
The feature of the contract is the
''anti-moolight" clause. Come moon.
rain, snow Oakland lights will burn all
the same. The system is expected to
be installed before April IS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-14

Nor need The males of the species
turn aside their heads and smile at
the merry lit-'c scrap that is in prog
ress between til, woman suffragists in
this section. It's u mild affair COM
pared with some of the political bat
Ties in Kansas hat have been fought
hy the r.tn Ard the political mud
that the fades are tossing at each
other isn't "f INC dirty kind that
This IA hton
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-14
FLOOR A POOR SAFE
Next Day Teller Who Paced SO 500
There Found IL Missing.

st Louis. Feb. 14.-The disappear
ance of $500 in silver from the Ma
tional Bank of Commerce here became
~ nilv.il eolay- Inc money disappeared
Hiohths ago The teller who
- tooA IN ene money Was denoted but as
y WaS CONSIDERED the loss was due
charged.
The bank officials today refused TO
make public his name. Four nn.i,.
" siiEeI ooiiars were received at
~ D , rear me close OF the bust
u',s. nc Ielier put the sacks OF
49, On the Lloor o. his cage and
49, " ioch mem up When he re-
1870. ~ "ork next morning the
.,,,.i,s ne Junk loss was covered BY in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-14

the safety appliance act'' 1t is
charged that the Frisco hauled c car
in one of its trains not equipped with
an automatic coupler. The automatic
coupler did away with the old-fash-
toned hand coupling which caused
thousands of trainmen TO lose fingers,
hands and arms, and the government
requires its use under the safety APP
nlianco
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-14
BIRTHS REPORTED

The following birth certificates have
been filed with the city clerk today:
To THOMAS c. FORBES and wife.
lib Exeter, February IL, girl.
To ROBERT STEVES and wife.
1881 Van Buren,, January 90, girl
To WESLEY KING and wife, 1876
Davies. January %, a boy
To HARVEY BLOCHER and wife.
1916 Redden. January 30. a boy.
To GEORGE F. GLADFELTER and
wife, 612 Buchanan, February 5, a
boy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-14

In not few respects has This been
a curiou- winter hereabouts. There
has been plenty of really cold wealth
CT. ana snow and ice have been on
The ground for considerable periods
Lut there haven't been so many snow
storms and for all of which, the men
who ha' 20 shovel their own side
walks are, no doubt, duly thankful.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-14

Arc the increases in the size of the
cadet corps at Annapolis that congress
is planning sufficient? No less than
eighty-two of the boys now on the
rolls Of the naval academy are to be
dropped in a bunch for failure to pass
lhe mldseagor eXaminations.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-14

Here S some efficiency that is worthy
Of being spelled in capital letters. The
Kansas state board of health is doing
as serviaeable work as the health
boards in other states that nave APP
propriati-ns at their disposal which
are two ard three times as large as
the sun o. mo ley set apart for the
Kausae board.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-14

steps he may deem necessary to put
i stop to such flendIshness and bring
about the punishment of those who
may have l'ecn guilty Of indulsing in
IL
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-14
TELEPHONES.
fGIL E.s'-o WT'eV7 REPORT
or THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Tine state journal Is member Of the
Associated Press and receives tn fuil Gay
Telegraph report OF that great news Or
sanitation for size exclusive atfernoo1
notification IN Topeka
The news ia received in The state jour
nose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-14

President Wilson is not the only one
who is fortunate in having a Texas
standby. Col Z. NJ. House. Former
President Roosevelt is equally equip
ped i'm such q particular with Col. Cecil
A. Lyon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-14

one OF the best items of local news
that has been unearthed lately tells
that few men in Topeka who are able
and wiIIh. 10 work are without 1t.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-14

Is Kansas running to quantity at
the expense OF quality in the produce
ton Of VIII att Assertion is made that
only ten pei cent of last years Kan
sas wheat crop will grade as high as