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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-29

cessible for shipping and it is-said
that this is being done for the purpose
of installing an overall and glove FAC
tory al this point.
The factory will start in small way
at first and only four people will be
employed. one of whom is the pro-
prietor and he will spend the most of
his time as a salesman on the road
The people of Norton are for any
industry that helps to build up the
population and the Commercial club
will lend its influence towards the sup
port of the new industry
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-29
Ruler of the COcOs Islands Is
No More.
First and Only Original Comic
Opera Kingdom.
WAS A SCOTCH ADVENTURER
Ross Opposed English Faction
and Won the Natives.
Cyclones and Sinking of Emden
the Only Excitement.

London, Jan. 29.-The news that
King Ross of the Cocos Islands has
laid him down in the shade of the
palms and died was cabled here re
GENTLY The brief message rings down
the curtain upon the last of the tlrst
ruler of the real, original comic opGTa
kingdom-the Land of CocoS-Wls4 an
lies upon the shimmerlng silver lap OF
the South Seas. diminutive emerald
world in a setting of pink coral reefs
Andy Ross was a Scotch adventurer
who, after rowing youth, discovered
and decided to cast has lot as KING
with the motley inhabitants of the lit
tie story book kingdom. From 1S2I
until his death he was the oldest king,
with the queerest subjects and the
most extraordinary domain in all the
world His was a kingdom where the
arrival of Sinbad the Sailor, Alice In
Wonderland. CULVER and the Boy
Who Could Not Learn To ShlVer ana
Shake would not have seemed unusual
His was q kingdom that put Romance
into Real Life and Real Life in Ro-
nance The Cocos Islands is distinct
Iy an o. Henry land, place such as
Gilbert & Sullivan saw only in fancy,
a spot that a Robert Louis stevenson
would be 10th to leave.
Ross Faction Won.
Ross was king, court, government
and owner of this group of Indian
ocean isles, twenty in all, whose only
excitement in history occurred during
the present war-the destruction or
the German cruiser Emden by the
Australian battleship Sydney, off the
CocoS'. coast.
King Ross was the third of his line.
In 1928, an English adventurer
named Alexander Hare settled in the
islands with a number of slaves given
him bv an Indian potentate. Two
years later, Ross, a Scotchman, redis-
covered the islands and determined to
colonize them. He returned in 1927
with a party of Scotch and found
Hare in possession. The two factions
settled by dividing the islands equally.
Finally however, the natives swore
allegiance to Ross and he and his
descendants have ruled their story
book kingdom ever since.
Interspersed with palm covered
atons and thanked by reefs of pink
coral, the picturesque little group of
islands is more like a scene from a
musical comedy than anything else.
In 1856 the British government eX-
! tended protection to the Cocos. In
1855 parliament sent a commission to
I investigate conditions there. When
the British warship with the commits
hsion on board steamed into the lagoon
lat Direction Island, the inhabitants
and the king and his court welcomed
them just like a comic-opera-South
Sea-island-king would be expected to
/ do.
The palace was thrown open to the
Europeans; and the royal family, its
salaaming Malay servants and their all
was at the disposal of the men from
civilization.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-29
FORD TO HELP ORPHANS
Lindsey to Berlin to Inquire About
Little War Victims.

The Hague, Jan. % (via London).-
Ben B. Lindsey has left Holland for
Berlin to study the needs of children
in the be1ligerent countries. 1t is said
that Henry Ford, before leaving Chris
tiania. told Mr.. Lindsey that if it were
feasible he would provide ample funds
to help the children. Judge Lindsey
hopes later to go to England and will
leave there for the United States.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-29
DEATH MYSTERY UNSOLVED.
Saline County Officers in Dark on
Killing of John Bush.

Salina, Kan, Jan. 29.-The mystery
surrounding the killing of John Bush
by an unknown assassin at his home
near Shipton Tuesday night is even
more complicated today than yester-
day.
There was hope that a motive
might be discovered, either within the
mans family or in connection with
some outsider, but today new circum-
stances disclosed in connection with
Bush's life habits are covering up the
clews officers believed they would be
able to track down yesterday
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-29
OAKLEY PHONE PLANT SOLD.
EsbOn Man Takes Over Telephone Sys-
tenn: Former Owner to Leave.

Oakley, Kan, Jan. 29.-H. B. Fall
gatter has closed the deal for the sale
of the OAKLEY Telephone company to
J. W. Matousek of Esbon- Mr. Metou-
SEX is a practical telephone man and
will take charge of the business in a
short time. Mr.. and Mrs. FaIlgatter
will leave the first of February for
KanSaS Citv
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-29
% MEN SLEEP IN JAIL.
Junction City Lookup Accommodates
Large Number Of FToaters.

Junction City, Kan, Jan %
Twenty-Five sleepers, the largest num-
Der ever accommodated here, slept in
the city jail Thursday night. The men
applied to the night police for shelter
and were given hunks in the Jail. The
number of homeless and jobless men
in the city at present is the largest
during the winter, and there are many
deserving cases among them-men
who are willing and anxious to work
but can find nothing to do.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-29
''Pape's Cold Compound" is the
SureSt, Quickest Relief
Known-It'S Fine!


Relief cumes instantly.
A dose taken every two hours until
three doses are taken will end grippe
misery and break up a severe cold.
either in the head, chest, body or
limbs.
1t promptly opens clogged-up nos
.trils and air passages in the head.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-29
Andalte Bank Robber to Prison.

Wichita, Kan, Jan. 29.-Fred Hem
bree must go to the state penitentiary
for helping to blow the Andale State
bank safe January 16, 1915. He was
found guilty by a jury in Judge Thorn
as c. Wilson's division of the district
court. 1t required eighteen hours for
the jury to reach a verdict.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-29
NEW FACTORY AT NORTON.
Commercial Club Secures Plant to
Make Cloves and OXeraIIs

Norton, Kan, Jan. 29.-An overall
and glove factory wants to locate in
Norton. During the past week there
have been advances made to certain
parties for purchase of lots easily ac-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-29
War Brought Only Excitement.

All the people of the island group
are of more than ordinarily powerful
physique, muscular and 1.-the; quite
Jack Londonish, in fact. The brown
skinned natives speak their own Ian
guage with a Scottish burr. The white
royalty speaks the native tongue too
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-29

United States in 1914 had a pot
terry output valued at S35.39S ISL
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-29

In Wales wages of farm laborers
have risen 90 per cent this year.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-12

In England have given their excellent
performances of old costume comedies
Q after season. including . stay
In London. In fact, Edward Comp
ton. who 10 now possibly past 70. Is
still directing the fate Of the Comp
ton Players. His son, Mckenzie
Compton, has become . well known
novelist.
Edward Compton was the sort Of
actor who preferred the society Of
gentlemen to anything else. He was
frequently the guest and entertainer
Of the most agreeable and well known
men about town. The young Duke OF
York. who il now the present King
Of England, regarded Edward Comp
ton with a good deal OF affection. II
"a therefore quite natural that
among Compton's intimates should be
one Henry James. 1t was because Of
this friendship that the great novel;
ist gave Mr.. Compton his one and only
play. The American The play was
q dramatization Of his book Of the
same name and a dramatization. by
the way. upon which the author was
very insistent.
"1n those days tho Opera Comique
was one Of the good theatres in Lon
don. where the Compton Players usu-
ally appeared for their London season.
The theatre has since been torn down.
In those days Henry James wore a
beard. He was rather short. stocky.
with one Of tho most winning voices
that I have v heard In a man.
He was very timid. however. obviously
shy. but quite clear and certain in his
mind as to what he wanted OF the
stage and how he wanted II.
with Mr.. Compton he directed the
r%ehearsals Of The American He
was a great stickler for correct artic-
ulation. for exact gesture and correct
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-12
THE NEWMAN LECTURE

Having presented in his fore
going talks the two most impor-
tant countries on the east coast
of South America, E. M. Newman
will devote the remaining lectures
In the course to the more pic
turesque and more interesting
countries on the west coast. His
third subject tonight at Carne-
gle Hall is to be "Chile," the
playground Of the continent, with
Its unrivalled lakes and majestic
Andean scenery. Boosting the
highest mountain on the western
hemisphere, Aconcaqua; splen-
did, progressive cities such a.
Santiago and Valparaiso, . de.
lightful climate, unmeasured
natural resources-nitrate, salt
and borax deposits and huge
fruit growing and cattle raising
industries-Chile offers much to
attract the tourist and the busi-
ness man. Mr.. Newman's new
colored views and motion pictures
will reproduce his journey from
Montevideo, the capital Of uru-
quay, through the Strait Of Ne.
gellan, to PuntA Arenas, the
southernmost city on the globe,
thence up the west coast 70 An.
tofogasta, . picturesque port
near the Peruvian boundary.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-12
WHERE TO DANCE.

The Ziegfeld Follies still con-
tinues the gayest entertainment
in New York after the theatre.
The Dolly Sisters. with Charlie
Chaplin, when they can bag him:
the Arnaut Brothers, Will Rogers
and q long list Of other attrac-
tions are to be seer there after
the show gets under way at II
o'clock. Then there is dancing
for the visitors as we'll.
At Castles in the Air there Is
now a Fashion Show In addition
to the skating by experts and
the dancing by the amateurs that
gather there.
Joan Sawyer now has two
added attractions in the persons
Of Nylson Fischer. with the in
audible voice, and Maurice Far
koa, who sounds like a tenor ro-
busto in comparison with him.
They are all together now--and
this all includes the Twelve Lean
Year Girls Of Miss Sawycr--at
Montmartre at Night. which is in
reality in the Winter Garden
Building. There are many un-
usual charms about this latest OF
the dance halls.
There Is dancing as well as
food and drink in the Hawaiian
Room at Reiscnweber's, and there
is also there a new cabaret clas-
sic known as "Hello- IIow-Are-
You?"-with music and dancing
by the company when the visitors
r too exhausted to dance them
selves.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-12
OSSlP OF THE STAGE THE ACTOR FOLK

Naughton. Nora Bayes. Kitty Gordon
and Jack Wilson, Joseph Santley and
the Magazine Girls, from stop! Look!
Listen!"; Dolly Sisters, Melville Ellis
and Irene Bordoni, Nat Wills, Will
Rogers. Belle Storey. Henry Lewis.
Jack Hazard, Paul Gordon and Fred
Niblo. master Of ceremonies. To this
list some surprises will be added. Stage
directors. Edward v. Darling and I.
Robert Samuels. Tho programmes
will be In charge Of some Of the most
popular actresses now appearing In
New York.
This 10 James Whitcomb Riley's con.
tribution to the programme for the
Winter testimonial on Tuesday:
DEAR WILLIAM WINTER: On this
merry occasion, when that audience.
about whose shoulders you have 40 often
put your Arm with friendly squeexes
at choice and delicate moments Of the
play. turns toward you TO thank you and
to honor you. ~ you deserve beyond all
our words. please know how big this
audience is--how Il trails far from the
misty past. up through the present. and
into the dawning future. and thunders
its applause. and smiles from q deep
stirring Of heart and spirit.
o rare Will Winter. We would express
ous low for you.
Your roses are the phrase and word Of
oiden times divine
with hi! and no!
md pinks ablow
And posies everywhessD
So you are a. a humming bird
That steals from ong to sonG
A~A ~~vN. NhA altn.sN hlAAsAAR RhNUNA
Bearing your heart along.
To sack all sweets Of bursting verse
And ballads. throng on throng
with no! and hey!
And brook and bme
And Drinks Of shade and shine.)
With all loyal. and friendly. and
CHEEKY sslutations and greetings,
Four faithful
JANIS wHircoMB RILEY.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-12

Market" At the Comedy Theatre 10
sustaining his record ~ leading man
In such society plays a Clyde Fitch
used I o write. was recalling his recol.
lcct!ons OF Henry James. the famous
novelist.
For some years a. a young actor"
said Mr.. Hunter. II was with that
pleasant and representative company
OF comedians In England who played
classical comedy under the direction
Of Edward Compton. Ever since I
a remember the Compton Players
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-12

stage In some SORT Of beard. I know
that for several years in my young
life as an actor In England I usu
ally appeared behind whiskers.
well. I thought that being a
Frenchman. a beard would be the
proper thing. and I was not at all
modest about my idea Of a French
beard. 1t was a distinctly bushy, out
spreading bristly affair and privately I
wal rather proud Of the impression
that the President OF France himself
would not recognize me as an English
man. When the dress rehearsal came
Mr.. James. observing my disguise.
looked rather startled. When the op-
portunity came ne took me gently by
the arm and In his most affable way
invited me to look at the London fog
which was then filling the street. In
front Of the theatre stood a carriage
mar In a gorgeous uniform. We stood
inside the lobby Of the theatre, I In
my makeup Of whiskers and Mr..
James with his eyeglass and his rather
whimsical smile. lie pointed out the
carriage man across the street. who
also had a very conspicuous but likely
wholly natural beard.
"You will observe said Henry
James. how sinsularly becoming a
large beard IL to q carriage man. but
consider for a moment how unbecom-
ing that beard would be to the charac-
ter Of M. Do - Needless to say
I trimmed my beard down considerably
for the performance.
II remember one evening Henry
James invited the men Of the company
to a little supper In his cosey rooms
on Half Moon street. We all got out
our best dress clothes, our stifest
shirts and went around to Half Moon
street determined to impress upon
Henry James the fact that actors
would be to the manner born when
invited out by the upper classes. 1t
80 happened that Henry James had
taken the trouble. however. to invite
some Of his old cronies with the in
structions that the supper party was
to be entirely bohemian in character.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-12

The play opens a weeks engagement
Tomorrow night at the Royal Alex.
andra Theatre. Toronto. previous to
coming to New York.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-12

money. and incidentally crafty their
ambition to be een In the movies"
BY acting perfectly natural before the
camera
Huge lights were transported from
the company's studio and yet up In the
main aisles OF the store. focusing on
the ribbon counter behind which Miss
Dawn dispensed her wares and smiled
upon every except the impudent
fioorwalker. whose attentions she re-
scented. Even before Director Thorn
son told her 20. she could tell from his
makeup that he was q horrid mar
and the villain Of tho play.
II 10 the first time that a real de-
partment store has ever been used as
the background for a motion picture.
and the employees OF the store have
voted the experiment an unqualified
success. Never were they so sure that
they were always intended to be movie
stars as after they had acted" Thorn
declares that. Judging from the
ideas Of makeup displayed by some
OF the embryonic talent. they are not
in danger Of being precipitously
rushed into stardom.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-12

Joseph Brooks will present "The
Great Pursuit." by c. Haddon Cham
bers. at the Shubert Theatre on March
20. In the extraordinary cast will he
Phyllis Neilson-Terry Marie Tempest.
Jeanne Eagels. Cynthia Brooke. Bruce
McRae, Charles Cherry. Graham
Browne. Montagu Love and others.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-12

This latter requirement Of
Henry James wa brought home very
wildly Il me In q thorough Henry
James way. I was a young actor and
I was cast for the part Of a French.
man. For some a or other In
those days Of what might be called
early stage history II was the rus
tom to put the youngsters on the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-12

The actors were determined to he for
ma and courteous 20 a tircsome de-
gree, while Henry James and his
friends did their best to he formal
and bohemian. or course they won
out, largely due to the delightful HUI
and genial tone of our hosts voce
and words"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-12

The annual all-star vaudeville bene-
fit for the Actors Fund Will take place
at the Century Theatre on Sunday
evening. March 10. Under the direc-
torship Of 4. Paul Keith. f. r. Albee
and Martin Reck the programme
promises to surpass anything that
they have ever arranged for the fund.
The following artists have already
volunteered and they VIII positively
appear: Mitzi Hajos and Tom Nc
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-12
MUSIC AT

Olive Fremstad, Ernest Schel-
ling and David Hochstein are to
divide honors with Sousa's Band
at the Hippodrome tonight. Nine.
Fremstad will sing an aria from
"Tannhaeuser," as well as songs
by American, Scotch and Norwe-
gian composers. Mr.. Schelling will
play TO the accompaniment Of
Sousa-who will also accompany
Nine. Fremstad-Liszt's piano
concerto in E fiat. David Hoch-
stein will play numbers BY Wien
iawskd. Then Sousa will play
"America First" and other COM
positions Of his own. :.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-12
Vaudeville and Burlesque.
PALACE THEATRE - Hattie

PALACE THEATRE - Hattie
Williams, comedy star; Joan
Sawyer and Maurice and
Florence Walton, drawing room
dancers, and Belle Baker, char
acter singer, will lead the pro-
grammc this week. Others in.
clude Orth and Dooley. Ethel
Kirk and Billy Fogarty. Lucy
Gillett and a current news pic
tOrial.
COLONIAL THEATREJack
Wilson, assisted by Frank
Hurst and Lillian Boardman, In
IA minstrel act will be the fea-
turc at the Colonial Theatre.
On the remainder of the pro.
gramme are Wilbur Mack and
Nella Walker, William Gaxton,
Lester Conrad. Shirli Rives,
Ben Harrison, the Four Meya-
kos, Glen Ellison, the Primrose
Four, the oxford Trio and
others.
ALEXANDRA THEATRE-The
Dolly Sisters. Julian Rose,
Dolly Connolly, the Mosconi
Brothers, Frances Nordstrom
and company, Helene Davies,
Myrl and Delmar, Degnon and
Clifton and other features.
COLUMBIA THEATRE--"Puss
Puss' is the title OF the new
burlesque in two acts and six
scenes which comes to the Co.
lumbia Thestre this week. The
production is the latest addi-
tion to the Columbia Amuse-
ment Company's list of I'D.
vanced attractions and il said
to be a marked improvement
over the others in every detail.
fORkNlLLE THEATRE--Two
one act travcsties with singing
and dancing and some comedy
specialties make up the enter
tainment at the Yorkvills Thea
tire this week.
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-09-29

More than 1900 tons of orange sons and 1000 tons of roses are annually in the Italian perfume duStry.
 Under the Swedish license law one can buy a drink without DuyI something to eat at the same .i1 Must be great country for ihuis1 tion. Ninety per cent of the worlds sl ply of cloves comes from the hanzl' archipelago.
 The salary of the mayor of fh delphia is $12,OO0 year. There is a possible market for Am ican machinery on the sugar plan tions of Natal, South Africa. In Europe the hydrogen gas Whlcl a by-product of the manufacture oi gen is utilized to harden oils for us' the soap industry.
 A power loom has been invented is said to weave oriental rugs tha' closely >lmitate the genuine handm ones as to defy experts.
 Electrical devices connected VII recently invented mirror cause ao tisements to appear on it's suFiaee obscure the features of persons ing into it.
 | Miss Mabel F. Allen of Mount non, Me, found an unusual p0hu recently. It had two stems gfo"i gether their entire length and ao blossom concealed in one set ot pet
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-09-29

afforded for further growth in all those activities, justify the pains and the expense.
 ''The building, however is more inn portant as the symbol, the ever-pres- ent reminder, the perpetual assertion of unity of common interest and pur- pose and hope among all the republics. This building is a confession of faith, a covenant of fraternal duty, decla- ration of allegiance to an ideal. The members of The Hague conference de- scribed that conference in the pre- amble of its great arbitration conven- tion as:
 Animated by the sincere desire to work for the maintenance of general peace.
 Resolved to promote by all the efforts in their power the friendly set clement of international disputes.
 Recognizing the solidarity uniting the members of the society of civilized nations.
 "'Desirous of extending the empire of law and of strengthening the appre' eiation of international justice.' "That is the meaning of this build l ing for the republics of America. Thai sentiment which all the best in modern
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-09-29
WORK ON CAMPAIGN BANNERS
Twelve Men Employed in Production of One of These Wonderful
 Objects of "Art."

The services of F men are required to produce one of the big campaign banners.
 Two Ii n prepare the strips on which the lettering is done. Two more look after the lettering of these strips, the painting of the names of clubs or as sociati0ns ordering the banners, the captions for tEe portraits and the of fees for which the nominees are to contend.
 Two men work on the centerpieces, generally consisting of an eagle and a shield. One man devotes l. MSeli to the special portraits, and the others assemble the various parts, sew the strips together, and give the finishing touches to the banner.
 The portrait man" scorns to do any other work than the main portrait. The rest he calls filling in." By work ing on the same faces day after day this artist becomes so skillful that he can paint tie portrait of a candidate (to use the words Of one painter) ''in the dark" and do it as true to life as l - the standard of the campaign banner industry requires.
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-09-29
Earthuuake Caused Changes.

An effect of the Nevada earthquake of the Inst quarter of 1915 has been an increase to three CT four times the former amount in the flow of streams and springs throughout the northern part Of the state. Observers have pro nounced this earthquake more violent than the one that caused such disaster in San Francisco in 1906, but In the thinly settled region the damage was small. Beginning October ?, there were more than 500 shocks within three months. The most notable mark of the disturbance has been left on the east side of Pleasant valley, where the alluvial detritus at the base of the Sonoma range has settled away for a vertical height of 5 to 12 feet and a horizontal width of 8 feet over a dis tance of nearly 9 miles.