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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-06
HANDLED CASE WELL
Sheriff and Assistant Saved County
Money in Soldiers Robbery.

The manner in which Sheriff Lari-
mer and Undersheriff Bob Miller
handled the capture and confession
of b. E. Pratt and Archie Maxwell, the
soldiers who sluSged and robbed
David Jones, a jitney driver, has
caused much favorable comment Two
hours after the robbery the men were
arrested.
An hour later the officers had OBJ
tanned a confession from them. Then,
in inducing the soldiers to waive trial,
plead guilty and get sentence pro-
nounced on them the sheriffs office
has saved the county about 5000 in
court costs and board at the county
iail
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-06
OLD STOCKMAN GONE
Theodore Saxon Dies Here Following
a Stroke of Paralysis.

Theodore Saxon, II, died Friday at
his home, 23S Woodlawn, after a
stroke of paralysis. Theodore Saxon
was i'll only a few hours before his
death. The attack came at 10 o'clock
in the morning. and he died at 4
o'clock that afternoon.
Mr. Saxon was a veteran stock
raiser, and had for years held a high
place in the state among cattlemen
and horsemen. He was born in In
diana in 1910, coming to Kansas in
1859 to settle on a small farm near
Emmett, Kan. He labored thru the
hard seasons of the early years and
came out victorious, and was known
as one of few breeders of fancy stock
in the state. Mr., Saxon moved to To-
peka fifteen years ago, still holding
his farm in Emmett, where his son,
Warren, stin lives.
Mr.. Saxon was a member of the
Scottish Rites and a thirty-second de-
gree Mason.
Funeral services will be held from
the home, 23S Woodlawn, Sunday
morning at IL o'clock. Burial in Mt.
Hope cemetery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-06

the wonderful, adventurous web of
romance about herself and make-be-
Heve lover. She worries her family
because of scrubbed rotations regard
ing her mythical Prince Charming,
and the real thrill of the story comes
with the climax when the little dainty
''Bab's' love letters come home 10 her
and her make-believe characters be-
come real.
The picture as a whole is so novel,
so intensely human, that those who
have seen the production say the eff
forts surpass, any of Miss Clark S
former features, including Miss
George Washington" THE AmaZons,"
and her other notable examples.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-06
Is YEARS AGO IN Topeka
From the columns o.
THE TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL

October s. 1892.
w H. Rossingtou will preside at the
Democratic mass meeting at the Grand
theater this evening, Marshall's band will
furnish the music, and Joseph G. Lowe
and A A Harris will preside.
r. B. Welch left this morning for Rus
sell where he will speak in a Republican
rally tonight
Dr. Redden, after a months visit to
Baltimore, New York. Philadelphia and
Chicago. has returned home. Mrs. Redden
is still visiting friends in Chicago.
Lord Tennyson is dead. The Pail Mall
Gazette thinks that Mr.. Gladstone will ap-
point Algernon Swinburne to the post Of
poet laureate made vacant by the death
of Lord Tennyson.
Such a chapter as Tuesdays attack on
Coffeyville has not been written since the
romance went out Of the rough riding.
bank robbing, train wrecking career of
the James boys. The members of the Dali
ton gang fought coOily under fire, when
attacked by citizens.
DIR. G. J. Mulvane's handsome new resi-
dence on Taylor street between Sixth and
Seventh, is about ready for the finishing
touches
The ladies of the First Christian church
will give literary and musical entertain
ment next Tuesday evening
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-06

Topeka is located so far away from
points where stellar productions of
the legitimate stage are wont to begin
more than a few of them early in the
season. Cheap productions are plenti-
full any time, but Topeka audiences
don't approve of them. Having no
ticed this, Manager Crawford is fill
ing a lot of early engagements with
superfeature motion pictures, pictures
that cost from so cents to $3.50 a seat
to see in Chicago or New York.
Among the more prominent films
booked for this season is THE Garden
of Allah" as produced by William n.
Selig at a cost OF thousands of dollars
in settings and spectacular effects.
The scenes contain exact replicas of
Oriental cities, with thousands of
women, men and children taking part
Helen Ware, best remembered for her
work in within the Law" will star
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-06
Lieutenant YOunggreen Writes
of Sights in Montreal.
He Expects To Be an Aviator
at Front Soon.
WILL GO TO TEXAS SOON
Aviation School Will Be Trans
ferred There for Winter.
TOpekan Attached to Royal
British Flying Corps.

We in America don't even get an
idea of the war yet, but when one
sees the legless, armless and sightless
men thick on the streets of cities in
countries which have been Gin" since
the beginning, realization of the terri
bIeness of the conflict begins to dawn,
according to c. c. Younggreen, for
merly general manager for the Kan
sas Farmer in Topeka, and now a lieu
tenant training in the aviation school
at Montreal. A letter received today
from Younggreen declares: I'VE can
realize what we are up against and
what we must sacrifice by few days
in this section of the country"
Younggreen is one of the American
officers training in Canadian schools.
He writes:
Up in Air 1000 Feet.
81 have only had a few trips in the
air to date, and have been up 1000
feet. 1 am not quite used to the
strain but am certainly fascinated by
the air. 1t is quite a sight to see
twenty-five to thirty machines flying
at once.
Il expect to leave for Texas in
few weeks as the school is being
transferred down there for the winter.
I'VE enjoy the work here because
we are under very efficient instruct
ors. They are all British and have
served on the fighting fronts. I am
attached to the Royal British flying
corps and I think a few more weeks
will see us on our way to the front"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-06

"Bab's Diary" starring Marguerite
Clark and with a cast of well known
players, will appear at the Orpheum
theater beginning Monday of next
week. This play was staged about the
Il nous "Sub-Deb" stories written by
Mary Roberts Rinehart for the Sat
urday Evening Post. "Bab's Diary
is the first of series of pictures
which are being arranged for Miss
Clark and which will be shown at the
Orpheum.
of the type best suited to Miss Clark's
winsome personality. She is a BOARD
ing-school girl who weaves in fancy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-06
NEW MANAGEMENT
Shawnee County Farm Will Be Run
Under Different Plan.

A complete reorganization of the
farm MANAGEMENT of the Shawnee
county farm has been planned by the
county commissioners and the county
engineer. A. D. Folker, county agri-
cultural agent, and W. W. Wright, his
assistant, were asked to attend the
meeting and have a part in the plan
ming. A five year crop rotation was
outlined. Registered Holstein cows and
more Persheron horses will be added
to the stock now on the farm.
NJ. F. Ahearn, professor of land
scape gardening at the Kansas State
Agricultural college, attended the
meeting at the request of the commits
sioners. and made plans for landscape
gardening and the location of new
buildings.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-06

saved the situation. And how the
song rose as their emotions worked
Off Then there was more singing of
French songs of somewhat secular
character. also not in Mrs. Boffin's
hymnal. And so as the candles sput-
tered and the night grew old, Corps
No. babe farewell to it's chief-a
noisy farewell in which the roar of
song covered tears.
1t was indeed the end of a brave
chapteri
WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE.
Copyright 1917 by Wheeler Syndicate Inc)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-06

A Billy West comedy will also be
shown Monday and Tuesday. The
comedian will appear in "Doughnuts.
Wednesday and Thursday Fannie
Ward will appear in Betty to the Res
cue. The scenes are laid in the
orange and mining districts of south
ern California. Betty's father leaves
her mine and she attempts to run
it herself
Arthur Ashley and June EIvidge
will appear Friday and Saturday in
The Marriage Market"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-06

The war revenue bill will E.t1t
but few theaters out of business
and they would have closed anyway.
Uncle Sam isn't going to put anyone
out of business. All he asks is that
everyone da his part and the the
atrical managers, like the coal dealers
and others. are hollering because it
will cost them a little money to do
their part.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-06

Topekans are going to have their
musical ear satisfied this season if
such a thing is possible. Besides the
dozens of musical comedies, grand
operas and other attractions booked
by Roy Crawford there is the Elks'
concert course of a series of ten.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-06

All of which, by the way, illustrates
the point that those who were yelling
for far the loudest before Mr. Wilson's
famous address before the senate, are
now squeallng the loudest because the
war is going to cost them something.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-06

THE Eternal Sappho,' featuring
Theda Bara, the best known vampire
in FINLAND, will be shown at the Gem
Monday and Tuesday. James Cooley
will co-star.
The story begins with Miss Bara,
nlaving the part of a cab drivers
daughter, being rescued from her
drunken father by two artists who
take her to their studio where she is
usad as a model. She revisitsS her old
home and things begin to happen
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-06

Eastern theater managers declare
that an analysis of the war revenue
bill as decided upon by the house and
senate shows that theaters and cab
arets have been handed a wallop that
will put lot of them out of business.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-06

Pauline Frederick. screen star. went
and done it this week and married
Willard Mack who in real life is
Charles Mclaughlin, actor, author,
playwright. The wedding was in
Washington.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-06
AT THE
THEATRES

Continued from preceding page)
The article was written by Charles
Lagerstrom, advertising manager for
the State Journal, and Topeka repre-
sentative for the Billboard.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-06

October &c will he observed the ma
tion'over by theaters as Red Cross day
Every theater in the land will give q
benefit performance for the benefit Of
the society.
A few more of the greatest patri-
otto song hits appeared this week
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-06
A Touching Farewell.

few nights ago, somewhere in the
devastated area of France, in a barn
in which the names of the stations of
the German Crown Prince were stem
cilled on the walls. in a barn beside d
bombed ruin of beautiful chateau, in
barn lighted by four candles forty
young men sat after dinner ready to
listen to their chief. He spoke to
them simply, told them the story OF
the liberalization; advised all to en-
ter the new service who felt they
could serve there to their country's
best advantage; thanked them for
their loyalty to the corps, and then
he said, after an embarrassed pause:
so now 1 bid you all goodbye Off
cially-tho 1 hope not personally"
He tried to smile. They tried TO
grin 1t was a hard, sad leave taking
after three years of fighting. COM
raderie. There was seconds silence
Naturally American tradition prohib-
tied any emotional expression. An
other painful second passed, as forty
youths looked down their noses. Then
some ones voice rose and the barn
roared with song. 1t was one which
should not be chanted in the presence
of Mrs. Boffin-a ribald. registering
song. indeed, but one which vented the
emotions of forty young men and
Bisbee daily review., 1917-01-09
A GERMAN-AUSTRIAN SPLIT.

Germany is only her food supply but is worried about Austria
 While Francis Joseph lived was plain sailing for the the Hapsburg became virtually die. tator of Austria Hungary Germany shaped alys tary and foreign policies, directed her campaigns truded in her internal affairs, the guise of friendly generated into little than subordinate member the German Empire like Bavaria nominally free member of the Germanc federation really governed by Prussia
 Francis Josephs death Charles had his hostility to the Kaiser The Kaiser failed the old e- perors funeral It explained due to a bad cold. later and perhaps trustworthy story is to the effect that the Kaiser kept away because he didn't want to meet Emperor Charles. The latter sraighway ap- pointed ministry notoriousy opposed Geruan doni- nation He has given many indications changing the old order And there have from Vienna and Buda pest hints that Austra-Hungary determined to have peace at either with without German acques- cence.
 It likely, then that the chief why Ger many is making such frenzied efforts arrange a conference is that she fears ally win desert her The Entente powers would willingly give liberal peace terms for the sake of isolang Germany, with the idea of recoupng themselves when they had crushed Prussia-as they surely would. Austria out of the game
Bisbee daily review., 1917-01-09

preends represent want is what they want and not what is right.
 The Democratic state central committee will be con ronted by this underlying condition when for that conditioneecting the party and affecting the state Huntism The attempt by Hunt maintain-physica possession of the office of supported by cpient the argess of his political favor is Huntism functioning It is part of the whole sordid record of Huntism disregarding law when the law is irksome and coaking its acts with unctuous protesta tions It might have been Uriah Heap who said, anent participation in the elected governors inauguration
 T have always upheld the law and do not to take part in anything illegal"
 The obligation of the Democratic committee ended witn the declaration of the result of the election When it meets by disavowig Huntsm, lay the foundation for uniting the Democratic party it make the meet ing a milestone. On the other hand, by subscribing to the cardinal principle of Huntism that physical might makes right that will practical purposes it make the meeting tombstone and it might the time for the obsequies for it not impose Huntism the people of Arizona. However, it is believable that any member of the committee will dis regard the evident determination the in the party for to do would indicate indifference the fate of the party.-Arzona Star.
Bisbee daily review., 1917-01-09
THE SPLITTING SOCIALISTS.

The Socialist party in New York has been having amusing little revolution within its gates Bouck White the picturesque preacher who won fame by going to local fame while there by painting wtewashng garden ing otherwise bringing order and beauty neg lected and dismal spots during his six months confne ment, has been expelled. The definite charge which brought about his excommuncation from the party that he urged his congregation Prohibition ist candidate for President
 Max Eastman editor of The Masses, Ernest Poole au thor of "The Harbor" and widely read novels gether with various other prominent Socialists also scheduled for discipline" They it seems voted for Will and urged their friends follows to do likewise
 To otherwise than Socialist candidates seems party. The formal cutoff independent thinking and for voting according dictates of conscience would but first step Will Socialist party next store the rack?
 It's easy look at the humorousy. But it has a serious side If Socialism is anything at all rent of thought setting strongly the brotherhood of the bettement conditions by means of e. operation and spiritual cooperation first grad ually taking material form. The moment Socialist group-or any other political group-tries to set itself the judge of the thoughts action individuals tries to pour independent thought party mold that moment it becomes reactionary and dangerous.
 Party slavery is thing the past The world moves in the direction of liberty
Bisbee daily review., 1917-01-09
MILITARY SERVICE
 UP ID COMMITTEE
(Continued From Page One)

Continued From Page One) citation, heading the delegation of medical men, told the committee that military training would go far toward correcting the alarming increase in physical defectives in the United States which is now physically a sub standard nation with the highest mid dle age death rate in the world due to preventable ailments.
 Dr. Hugh H. Young of Baltimore said medical opinion agreed that pre- 1iminary physical survey should be made of all boys during their twelfth year as part of the ntaional defense program in order to correct minor de fleets that would have serious effects if allowed to develop.
Bisbee daily review., 1917-01-09
MILESTONE OR TOMBSTONE?

The meeting of the Democratic central commit tee to be held at Phoenix January 10, the call of Chairman Stoneman, may be either milestone a tombstone is the most important meeting of the party organization since Arizona became state. for decide whether not will the party some twelve thousand Democrats who have refused follow longer the who has led it through the bogs class hatred and brought it to the brink of dissolution
 Let there be mistake about the temper of these Democrats. The camels back is broken. Compare with the Democratic majority years ago and four years the result of the November election Party feaIy ceased to be virtue with them when Huntism raised it's thrdterm propaganda the justification that Hunt essential to the welfare of the state Emboldened by success in the primary, enormously thought that the Democracy of Arizona was yellow dog Democracy that it would follow him anywhere and so long as he bade them follow. Power melted caution and he openly went before the people candidate of the Western Federation of Miners.
 The plan of the organization for continued strife was based on and comprehended the reelection of Hunt to third term What that term contained for the peo- pie of the state outside the Western Federation of Miners one only guess. is significant that the defeat Of Hunt has generally been interpreted by the people as augury of industrial peace and more sig ncant still that the election of Campbell is resented by the Western Federation of Miners interference with it's plans, although Mir Campbell summed up his attitude toward capital and labor in the following words Every employer, every wage worker must be guar anteed his liberty and his right likes with his property or his labor long he does not infringe upon the rights of others"
 How policy of fair dealing is viewed by the cohorts of Huntism be inferred the contemptuous re- mark of the Arizona Labor Journal the statement of Governor Campbell. which just quoted shows very clearly his position regarding the workngmen of Arizona should he by any manner of means obtain the office of governor"
 And yet fair-minded person will be able to under stand how the statement be interpreted as menacng the legitimate and just interests of labor The Journal makes the incautious admission that what those whom
Bisbee daily review., 1917-01-09
Tuesday Morning, January 9, 1917.
ELECTION FRAUDS.

Evidence indicating the perpetraon of frauds has been revealed inspection of ballots Phoenix and thus the fears of those who prepared for the dis tice, realized
 Every development thus in the gubernatoria contest its shadow the Hunt camp First of his untenabe position in refusing to recognize election of MT Campbell and his supplemental action in locking the executive chambers against his This procedure preudcial to his indicative bile, lost him the respect of many sympathetically interested in his projected contest. Next the Aasco relative to Senator Smiths reported illness, interruptions inven tion through which solely could derived any benefit. This pernicious swiftly thwarted and while the Supreme Court did all in its power take remedial action no convinced that Hunt part exonnerated principals the disgraceful transaction.
 The discovery the mutilaed ballots in Precinct Douglas which despoiled fagranty in effort to assist Hunts and deprive Campbell of wellmert- ed addition is the crowning nfamy in election which has done nothing inspire the confidence n the sancty suffrage in Arizona best it savory which has been stirred up by Hunts desire to perpetuate himself in ofce. At onset the cleo in-sympatry with the move to see fair play As foul methods develop however the universal impress sion is forming in the State that nsincerity if trick cry is being employed confound the proceedings and the gubenatoral outside the realm of clean conduct.
Bisbee daily review., 1917-01-09
GIRLS SLAYER STILL IN DOUBT

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. S.-After questioning a score of witnesses in an effort definitely to establish the iden- tity of the murderer of Maizie Colbert in her apartment here on December 30 and the motive therefor, District Attorney Samuel F. Rotan tonight an nounced that nothing had developed to cause him to change his opinion that Bernard w. Lewis of Pittsburg was the girls slayer.