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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-03
POLITICAL GOSSIP
l.. j. PettyjOhn of Dodge City
Candidate for Speaker.
Early Contender for 1917 Leg
islative HOnors in Topeka.
TRAVIS AND KEENE OUT, TOO
Allen and Bourbon Leaders
Would Handle the Gavel.
PettyjOhn Sixteen Years as
Land Office Receiver.
TRAVIS AND kEENE OUT, TOO

Western Kansas legislators will
probably unite in the support of L. j.
Pettyjohn of Dodge City as a speak
ership candidate before the house of
representatives next winter. Petty
john is listed for a return trip to the
legislature next winter and it is quite
probable that he will be a speakership
contender He is one of the strongest
men in the short grass country and 1t
is probable that he will go into the
fight with the solid support or the
western half of the state.
Pettyjohns entrance into the speak
ership fight will probably disturb sew
eral personal ambitions. A. M. keene
of Fort Scott. has for several years
entertained an ambition to win the
speakership. He lost in the fight with
Robert Stone in 1915 and is a candi-
date for election next winter. FRANK
L. Travis of Allen county. also wants
to handle the gavel and crack the
whip during the 1917 session. He has
told his friends of his ambitions and
is expected to be in the race early as
an avowed candidate.
While Pettyjohn has made no for
NAL announcement of his candidacy,
it is known that he has been urged
for the place by a number of members
from both the eastern and western
sections of the state. With keene and
Travis dividing the membership from
the big eastern counties, Pettyjohn's
chances to win would be greatly in
creased. 1t is quite certain that he
will go into the fight with the big
Sixth and Seventh districts behind him
and a positive following in other
counties.
Made an Excellent Record.
In the 1915 session Pettyjohn made
Ii he
legislature with a record as a vet
eran in politics in Ford county and
the Seventh district. He had served
sixteen years as receiver of the Dodge
City land office, had mixed in every
political campaign in a quarter of a
century and possessed an unusual
knowledge of the inside rules of the
political game. He made few speeches,
kept his own counsel and worked for
everything that promised to benefit
the western half of the state. He
drew some unusual committee assign
ments for a new member and was
recognized as a man of unusual abil-
ity Following the legislative session,
Pettyjohn was appointed by Governor
Capper as a member of the legislative
committee which investigated the
state prison.
r Recently Pettyjohn told his friends
OF his ambition to return to the legis-
lature for another term. He will be
renominated without opposition, it is
stated, and it is proba Bile that he will
encounter easy sailing at the polls in
November. OF course, Pettyjohn will
probably withhold a formal announce
ment of his speakership campaign I'M
til after the November election. Just
at this time, though, and with the ap-
parent muddle which seems proba BILE
in the Keene-Travis fight, Pettyjohn
looms on the horizon as a real conten-
der for leadership of the house during
the 1917 session.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-03

that l escaped. Chief Gaul was my
mothers brother and I went to him
and told him that wanted to go home
and he let me through.
Wiped Out in an Hour.
II reached Terry and brought back
part of his men with me. As we swan
the river beneath the hill my horse
was shot. Terry's cavalry charged up
the hill and l trailed after them on
foot. Within fifty-six minutes after
the first shot was fired Custer was the
only man living.
AS reached the top OF the NIL
saw Custer. He had picked up
sword. A big Indian grappled with
him and Custer split his head with the
sword. Just then the Indians son
sitting on a horse a little way off fired
the shot that killed Custer.
within fifteen minutes after the
shot the Indians had disappeared. The
and Clusters pony. 1 stayed alone on
the field until Terry arrived that
night
Mcintosh has been in the govern
ment service ever since under the
name curly Crow, his tribal name He
refused to talk concerning the move
ments of the troops at Columbus.
He is at present in command of ITO
Apache scouts located at Columbus, N.
M.
HVilla is not dead" said Mcintosh.
smiling as he said So Il know Villa
well and 1 do not believe he has been
captured, wounded or killed" That
was his only mention of the Mexican
situation. Err
The new officers of the Loyal Lee
gion are: Col A. c. Pierce, Junction
City, commander; William Green, To
peka, senior vice commander; Capt. ].
G. Waters. Topeka. junior vice COM
mander; Capt. j. T. Taylor, Leaven-
worth, recorder; A H Denton, Ar
kansas City, treasurer; T. A. Lee, To-
peka, chancellor; Lieut.. J. w. Tor
rington, Topeka, registrar; and Capt.
H. w. Miller, Topeka, chaplain.
The board of officers is as follows:
T H. Spielman, Topeka; Lieut.. Henry
Bennett, Topeka; Lieut.. r. F. Thomas.
Leavenworth; L. w. Wilson, Topeka
and @. S. Elliott. TOpeka.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-03
Clears AtOay Pin7ples

There Is one remedy that seldom fails to
clear away all pimples. black heads and
skin eruptions and that makes the skin
soft clear and healthy.
Any druggist can supply you with zemo.
which generally overcomes all skin dis
eases. Acne, eczema. itch. pimples. rashes.
black heads in most cases give way to
zemo. Frequently. minor blemishes disap-
pear overnight. Itching usually stops in
srantly. Zemo is safe. clean. easy to use
and dependable. 1t costs only 25c: an ex-
ira large bottle. S1.00. 1t will not stain.
safe for tender, sensitive skins.
Zemo. Observation-Disclosures
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-03
HAD A BUSY MONTH
Food and Health Inspection Depart
ment Files Monthly Report.

The report of the food inspector
and city health laboratory for the
month of March shows that los bac-
THEOLOGICAL and III chemical analyses
of milk were made.
Five wells were examined. accord
ing TO the reports. One was con-
demned and two were ordered cleaned
For diphtheria, 40 examinations
were made in different forms, eight
cases examined for diagnosis and go
for release.
Seventy-five dairy inspections were
made, IS of which were within the
city limits and 7 were rural
Thirty-one Inspections were made of
stores and soda fountains and 81 pack
ages were weighed for test of net
weight.
A total of S. inspections of 1-Ieat
killed by local butchers is reported
land 104 different scales received Of
fetal attention during the past month.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-03
Ben Mcintosh, the Sole Sur
VivOr of the Massacre
Tells Loyal Legion How "Yel.
low Hair" Was Killed.
SAYS He KNOWS VILLA WELL
Does Not Believe Bandit Is
Dead or Wounded.
Famous Scout Is on His Way
to Washington.

A scanty remnant of twenty were
an that could attend the meeting last
night of the Loyal Legion of Kansas
at Memorial Hall. The Loyal Legion
is composed of the commissioned
orflcers of the Civil war and their
sons. At one time it numbered sew
erai hundred members but now over
the state there are only 14S and most
or these are too feeble to undertake a
journey to the state capital
An election of officers was held in
the afternoon followed by a banquet
at the tea room in the Mills building. At
the banquet they were addressed by
Capt J. G. Waters and Ben Mcintosh,
the sole survivor of the Custer massa
ere. Mcintosh is en- route to Washing
ton. He has been with Funston on
the border and he is carrying infor
nation to the president.
He described wildly the Custer
massacre at the battle of Little Big
Horn q had been with the govern
ment several years as an interpreter,
Mcintosh said, under the name of
Curly Crow, and was sent with the ex-
petition of General Crook to ask
Chief Red Cloud to move the Sioux
tribes out of the North Platte valley
into South Dagota
when General Crook and the Fifth
cavalry arrived he sent me and Frank
Gerard, another scout, to find the
chief. We found him a little way off
He came back and told Crook that
ne WOuIuI l move 10 lHdl grave ydIQ
Nothing more was done and General
Crook moved back to Fort Kiowa-
However settlers began to arrive and
wished to settle on the Indian land
The government ordered General
George Custer to move the Indians.
All Had Guns.
81 went with Custer as he gathered
five companies of the Seventh cavalry
and five companies of the Sixth cav
airy. The general told me to go after
Red Cloud and I found him with
force of 5000 Indians. The Indians
all had guns. nearly all old army rifles
with bayonets.
Red Cloud told Custer to go back.
yellow Hair as he was named by the
Indians. replied that he was sent to
move the Indians and that he intend
ed to follow orders. The Indians
started for the northwest, Custer fol-
lowing them for eighteen days.
by Saturday, June IS, 1876, we
reached the Little Big Horn mountain,
where we found the Sioux under the
command of Sitting ull, Rain-in-the-
Face, Red Cloud and Chief Gaul.
Custer gathered his scattered com
mand there and went into camp on the
top of a hill. The next morning we
discovered that we were surrounded
by 5000 Sioux. Custer dispatched me
instantly to bring Colonel Reno and
General Terry to the rescue. 1t was
only through my Indian relationship
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-03
PAID FOR The FUNERAL
Shellabargers Refused to Accept Money
From Edna Dinsmorc's Father.

To a local firm of undertakers be-
longs the credit of the largest gift for
Edna Dinsmore and her family in
their recent bereavement. Shella-
barger e Son, to whose parlors the lit
tie broken body was taken, voluntarily
donated their services and furnished
the caSket and funeral equipage.
And, knowing the financial circum-
stances of the father of the little girl,
refused his offer to pay them for their
services.
Saturday Earl Dinsmore, father of
the murder victim, went to the I'M
dertakers to make arrangements for
the payment, it became known today.
The firm absolutely declined to accept
any remuneration for their services.
The little body was dressed by mem
berS of a local women's club but the
casket, hearse and other vehicles were
furnished by the undertakers. Both
Mr.. and Mrs. Dinsmore are profuse in
their thanks to everybody who has
helped them and they are especially
appreciative of charity that will ac-
cept no return.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-03
BAKER FOR MORE WAGES
War Secretary FavOrs Increase for
Government Arsenal Workmen.

Washington, May 3.-Secretary
Baker in announcing that negotiations
would be undertaken with workmen
of the Rock Island, Ill. arsenal seek
ing a higher wage scale. expressed the
belief that the government should
lead the way as an employer and pay
more than the usual wage scale.
1.-The government" said the secre-
tary, should be an industrial leader,
offering the employees better wages
under working conditions than pri-
waite employers.
For two reasons it should pay
slightly over the usual wage scale
to secure the pick of employees and
be a model to private employers"
Mr. Baker said the labor department
had been asked to advise on the ar
senal wage scale. final answer
probably will be given the workmen
Nav u.s.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-03
Raise 2 Million
OPensior1 Fund
For CLergynen

New York. May 3.-Two million
dollars has been pledged toward
the fund of s5.00O,000 which is
being raised to pension aged
clergymen of the Protestant Epis-
copal church. it was announced
here last night by Bishop William
Lawrence of Massachusetts,. There
are now I'll Episcopal clergymen
past the age of IS, who, according
TO the proposed plan. are eligible
for retirement and entitled to a
life annuity of $500
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-03
SENDING RAW
RECRUITS into
BATTLE, CRIME
Know How to Die but Not
How to Fight.
Takes 153 Days Training to
snake" a Swiss Soldier.
eleven DAYS EACH SUMMER
Citizens Training Camp and
Rifle Clubs Help.
Keeps Soldier Outfit Handy;
Each Man a Reservist.
Takes 153 Days Training to
snake" a Swiss Soldier.
ELEVEN DAYS EACH SUMMER
Citizens Training Camp and
Rifle Clubs Help.
Keeps Soldier Outfit Handy;
Each Man a ReServist.

(Note.-This is the third of a series
of five articles by Shepherd deahng
with the Swiss system of military
training for citizens. in its relation TO
the possibilities of similar system IN
the United States.-Editor)
BY WILLIAM G. SHEPHERD.
Berne, May 3.-'My son and his
regiment knew how to die but they
didn't know how to fight"
e. The English father who said this
of his dead soldier son who had been
trained only three months paints
picture of the average American if the
United States were plunged into war
and needed millions of troops quick.
It's all right to know how to die,
they say in Switzerland. but it's better
to know how to fight. By fighting
you lessen your chance of dying A
soldier hasn't got any right to die, I'M
less there's nothing else left for him
to do.
Fighting today is an exact science.
Read a book of military instructions.
1t tells you every last thing a soldier
ought to do, every possible contin-
gency. Master militarists have worked
it all out and put it down. Swiss citl-
zen-soldiers know how to do twenty
different things in pinch, before they
resort TO dying. They know how to
die too if it comes to that.
How long does it take Swiss youth
to learn how to fight instead OF die?
How long would it take an American
youth to learn the same thing?
Just one hundred and fifty-three
days!
In forty eight years, Swiss citizen
soldier gives half a year to learning
how to be one of the best soldiers in
the world.
1000 Practice Shots.
In all this time he is forced to fire
only 1000 shots He does fire more,
it is true, because his 1 900 shots teach
him that sharpshooting in the open
air is more fun than Kelly pool shoot
ing in a smoke filled room.
Switzerland is full of shooting clubs.
One hundred and forty-three days in
camp and the firing of a rifle 1000
times in twelve years and you've got
your crack Swiss private soldier.
Two hundred and thirty-eight days
taken out of a lifetime makesa corporal.
A sergeant is made in 2S2 days and a
lieutenant spends 402 days, out of his
entire life, to learn his job. A captain
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-03

of forty-eight years has put in 5ss
days altogether.
These periods of learning and exper-
fence are spread over long stretch
of time.
The first bit is sixty-five days.
When you're twenty years old, you go
into a military school for that time.
Don't Quit Your Job to Do 1t.
You don't give up your job to do 1t,
either. Let your boss try to give your
job to somebody else while you're
gone, no matter whether you're bank
Clerk or farm hand; he'll go to Jail
if your job isn't open for you when
you come back.
What's more, if he has any pride at
all, he'll pay you your wages while
you're gone. Let his neighbors find
out he didn't and they'll cut him dead.
The next year, when you're twenty
one you'll troop off in summer to a
military camp where you'll spend
eleven days, and every summer after
that, for ten summers, you'll spend
eleven days in camp.
By this time you're thirty-two years
old and, at that age, you pass out of
the regular army into the landwehr.
You'll do eleven days every four
years. until you have served an addi-
tional twenty-five days. So you've
served. in all. 153 days.
All this time, from the day you left
the military school when you were
twenty. you've had your rifle, uniform,
field kit and ammunition hanging up
on a handy nail at home, ready to take
down and march off with, if the call
to arms was sounded.
He's a better man than you are. Mr..
Average Citizen, and you'd admit it II
you walked the streets of these Swiss
towns. You'd know how to die, in a
pinch; but any man knows that. This
fellow knows how to fight.
(Article No. points out that ply
sically and a soldier, the average
Swiss. thanks to his military system,
appears to be better man. man for
man, than the average male Ameri-
CAM
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-03
ENDORSE ROOSEVELT
Mississippi Progressives Also Take
Rap at Democratic Administration.

jackson, Miss. May 3.-Theodore
Roosevelt was endorsed for nomina-
ton for president by the Mississippi
state convention of Progressives held
here Tuesday, and resolutions were
adopted for a System of national pre-
paredness to be worked out in that
way and manner which will at once
serve the purpose of protecting the
country from invasion by foreign
foes, and at the same time interfere
in the least way possible with the in
dustrial life of the country
The convention took the following
whack at the Democrats:
I'VE condemn the weak and ineffi-
cient management of international af-
fairs now being conducted by the
Democratic administration, especially
their Mexican policy"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-03

(Note.-This is the third of a series
of five articles by Shepherd dealing
with the Swiss system of military
training for citizens. in its relation to
the possibilities of similar system in
TTOifa1 --Editnr }
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-03
Send Uninstructed DcIcgation.

Nashville, Tenn, May 3.-The
Eighth district Republican conven-
ton at Camden late, yesterday elm
mated from a resolution the statement
that Roosevelt was the best man for
president and sent an uninstructed
delegation to Chicago
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-03
Avoid Spring Colds.

Sudden changes, high winds, shifting
seasons cause colds and grippe, and these
spring colds are annoying and dangerous
mer cough. In such cases take a treat
ment of DR.. Kings New Discovery. a
pleasant Laxative Tar Syrup. 1t soothes
the cough, checks the cold and helps
break up an attack of grippe. Its al
Kings New Discovery. Tested and tried
for over 40 years.-Advertisement.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-03
Wants to Investigate New Rates.

Washington, May 3.-Tariffs of the
st. Louis & San Francisco railroad.
cancelling its joint through rates with
the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
on grain from Oklahoma points to
New Orleans and other gulf ports were
suspended today by the Interstate
Commerce Commission until Novem-
Der 9. pending investigation. Cancel
lat:on would leave in effect higher
rates than those now in force.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-03
BURIED HOMES OF ANCIENT AMERJCA
j

BY FREDERIC j. HAskIN

builders OF the Ahio VALLEY and A.,
kansas. supposed by early writer's n
have been an ancient and wonderful
'"cc' We're proved TO have been the
same Indians that inhabited that re-
gion few years ago.
rms discovery by Dr. HouCh hid.
!atr to create one more such legend
ana upon n good deal more substantial
grounds The pit dwellings," which he
mas discovered bear absolutely no ro
scmolancc to any of the other ru,na
OF mat region. al Of which were built
ei'her from stone or abode brick. Fur
thermore, these pit dwe!lers lived nm
In the mountains at an elevation -,
',"Vo rect. where they had permanont
villages. while the Pueblo stoc, NJ tb.t
region has lived In tie valleys ana
cultivated the soil since limo i,nme-
moral II would have been tmpossibIn
" raise at thai altitude the grain
winch was the main dependence OF tho
valley jewellers. These nj. d,re,lor.
must nave lived mainly by hunting and
ms surmise is borne out by the dis
coNery about their dwellings OF num-
erous bones Of elk, deer. rabbit and
ohI,. oi .na'senous animals. They prob
hpIy ckcd out this fare with the pinon.
irult or the nut pine, and with lnesrcj
"a.
gathered on the plains below
Hunters Had Permanent IIo,
rms cndows them with anot!., ne
c"harlty for almost always hunting
people are nomads, and have moved
from camp 10 camp. while permanent
villages were built only by the ayri-
suitoTai peoples These pit dwcllers,
however seem 10 have been "a hunting
people who mad a permanent home.
me one way TO determine this matter
dcnritclY would he by the ,lisroverv
OIL a complete adult skull. All grades
Oh development and races OF men ara
diHercntiatcd BY the details OF their
had skulls of the usual nat Pueblo
type. they We're undoubtedly Pueblos.
iiVing in an unusual way. If tbeir
sh"iiS are round. il is probable that n
new race has been discovered and a
ne" chaptcr added to the little-known
history OF prc-coiumbian America
"hat the pit dwellcrs antedated tho
iueh!"S IS very strongly indicated by
me ract that an ancient Pueblo ruin
was FOUND built on top of one Of their
PITS II may we'll be that thew be-
iohged TO very ancient race which
iiVcd IN America thousands of years
ago. before tho American Indians an
pearcd there; that they were driven
INTO their mountain haunts by the in
vaders and persisted In the struggle
with hostile environment
Meantime, DR.. Hough must postpona
until the next field season his search
Tor the necessary skull. This year he
inuhd no buryinS ground except one
"hich had been used only for the bodies
OF children, and their gelatinous little
bones had almost completely decayed
So the identity Of the pit dwellers must
remain mystery for another wear Mt
least.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-03
SEEN ON THE SIDE

October.
OF all the months-and some are rpre-
There's none among them to compare
With blithe and gay October.
She has a ruddy. smiling face:
She has Wild and elfin grace:
She's never staid md sober.
She whistles TO the vasrant Wind
And, answering, he leaps to md
Now partners for his dancing,
And nnds them In the autumn leaves
And with them weaves and interweavss
color scheme enhancing.
kindly sun lights all her way,
With smiles and rudy beams, by day;
At night bright stars are shining;
Tho air Is like u draught of wine,
SO cold and clear. 80 puro and fine,
1t banishes repining.
OF all the months Of all the year.
I'm ready with raised hand to swear
BY blithe and gay October,
And at this time she's doubly sweet.
For in four weeks we'll have to greet
November, sadly sober.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-03
News Of Fifty Years Ago
rom the Richmond Dispatch. Oct. 9, 1869

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T oSneeow vas E.s shiny attsnds5 last night
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SnehS sxia j. rb Burr two and By Jadss Wilson
offered and tSs others SspSsed
majorS Of those se'f sut 1t
OF the three virginia roads 10 the uniting
onor Judge waSh Ms
S %ss to have Sssn met Il s eity today has.
this august body Smt the n ahe
ff as # iS sS,s y
OF sa Sae sansesd
prsss ss M psss washing
sss Is. one Of the wseu
Sas OF the most estnordinary feats in tees
G"sed States has over been performed in the
he Of n sS5 and
t tepaSeo have been inspected in the city Of Pc
Sat,o meeting Of the local Stockholders OF tn.
tain and uphold the company IN its pr ses
G If. the nat5sa ssye' Pin In
SSpSoHpeT was S3.SOu.0O0 coin bnlanco
IN IN inc treasury OF tho United States was large
~ Increased. although the figures arc not given
COTTON has gone up to l5d per pound in Iiy-
IirP9ol; ana 10000 bales were sold last week
i tn .t neW york the price for cotton Jumped up
RSsna nad L" Ps
favor further advance to-day.
fra Every dag, brings worse and worse reports
nroin tho cotton-growing Statcs, owing to tho
ravases OF tho caterpiller and the boil worm
p, the British government has offered pope
r., us IN an asylum In the Island OF Malta in
rhs event that he is forced to leave the kter.
state tSS puu tne latest accounts from Florence
eerstandinE between the King Of italy and the
sovereign Pontih now exists, and there /. eyerv
ptGsSsiHlilty OF an nmicable solution TO the long,