The Topeka state journal. [volume], September 24, 1910, LAST EDITION, Image 1

About The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980

Image provided by: Kansas State Historical Society; Topeka, KS

                
EVERYBODY
20 PAGES
EVERYBODY
20 PAGES
READS IT.
NEEDS IT.
LAST EDITION.
SATURDAY EVENING.
TOPEKA, KANSAS, SEPTEMBER 24, 1910.
SATURDAY EVENING.
FIVE CENTS.
DOYNTOWORK.
Loriaier Investigation to Begin
in Earnest.
Senator Frazier of Tennessee
Telejrapus He Will Come.
KEEP NAMES SECRET.
IT. S. Marshal Will Serve the
Subpoenas.
U?t No One Else Will Know
Who Are Witnesses.
Chicago, Sept. 14. A telegram was
received today by Chairman Burrows
of the senatorial subcommittee on
elections and privileges which is inves
tigating the election of Senator Lor-
rrwu Left to m&it Senator 11..J..G
imer, saying that Senator James B.
Frazier of Tennessee, one of the mem
bers of the committee, would be here
the first of the -week.
Senator Bulkeley, of Connecticut, the
other absent member, also is expected
Monday.
Chairman Burrows announced todrfy
that witnesses would be summoned by
I'nited States marshals and until ser
vice of the summons was had. no wit
Cess' r "lie would be given out.
MEXICO SHOWS OFF.
Mort Brilliant Social Event In History
of Republic.
Mexico City. Sept. ?4. The most
brilliant and costly social event in the
history of Mexico took place here
Friday when 7,000 people were guests
of President Diaz at a monster re
ception and ball in the national pal
ace. The affair proved to be the most
notable event of the month's centennial
of independence celebration.
The electrical decorations surpassed
anything of the kind ever seen in the
capital.
People who did not own their pri
vate conveyances and who had neg
lected up to noon to engage them were
compelled to pay as much as $100 for
a carriage to take them to the palace.
Thirty-nine nations were represent
ed in the brilliant assembly.
HE SAW DR. COOK.
Stopping at Munich With Family Un
der Name of Coleman.
Xew York, Sept. 24. Dr. Frederick
A. Cook, the vanished explorer, has
been sighted in a Munich hotel, under
the name of Mr. Coleman and family.
Michael M. Ryan of Bridgeport, Conn.,
has informed the New York Times,
which will publish his account tomor
row, of how he met the doctor.
"I arrived in Munich on August 31,"
said Mr. Ryan, "and on entering the
dining room of my hotel I was amazed
1o see Dr. Cook, his wife, his son and
daughter sitting at a table. There
was no attempt at disguise. He wore
his moustache, little side whiskers and
looked just like his photograph."
ALCOHOL IX SOIA WATER.
Massachusetts Professor Finds Some
Which Contains More Than Beer.
New York, Sept. 24. The cheap soda
water which is retailed on street cor
ners to school children and passersby.
at a penny or two a glass, is in most
cases an alcoholic beverage with a
larger percentage of spirit than ordi
nary beer, according to an analysis
made here by Prof. M. S. Allyn of the
Massachusetts State Normal school.
"The syrups with which these cheap
sodas are flavored frequently contain
10 per cent of alcohol,'' says Prof.
Allyn. "This is twice as much as there
is in beer. Take for instance, a 'straw
berry' flavoring which I bought yester
day at a stand on the lower Kast side.
The red color in the syrup is obtained
from a coal tar dye and the flavor is
given by another compound with a
saccharine sweetening. Into it also
goes 10 per cpnt of alcohol. The direc
tions on the bottle say that it is strong
enough to make a gallon of syrup, but
many men. women and children on the
Kast side have formed the habit of tak
ing it straight. In this form of course
it is an intoxicating beverage of no
small jjower."
VV, -4 ...? H? 14 - ' f f
I m 1l j (j 9lj j
ABOLISH THE FRATS.
University ol Mississippi Wants No
More Greek Letter Societies.
Medford, Miss.. Sept 24. By an
unanimous vote the board of trustees
of the University of Mississippi last
night, decided to abolish Greek letter
societies from that institution.
CHAVEZ WILL LIVE
Condition of Daring Young
Aviator Shows Improvement.
Not Ahle to Appreciate Shower
of Messages and Condolences.
Domodossola, Sept. 24. George
Chavez, the Peruvian aviator, who
thrilled the world yesterday by a
flight over the Alps at an altitude of a
mile and a half and then lost control
amble, Senator V. B. Ileyburn, Senator
Lortmer.
of his monoplane when he had de
scended to within 30 feet of the sur
face, passed a fairly good night. The
physicians state except for a disturb
ing lethargy, the condition of the pa
tient was satisfactory. His tempera
ture this morning was 38.8 centigrade,
pulse 100 and respiration 20. Tin fig
ures of last night showed a tempera
ture of 37 and a pulse of 112.
The broken legs, fractured thigh and
many bruises, the price in addition to
the mental shock, which the 23 year
old boy paid for the glory of being the
first to fly from Switzerland to Italy,
will keep him in the hospital for some
time, but the medical men hope for
an ultimate recovery. He is being
showered with messages of mingled
congratulation and condolence, but Is
in no state to appreciate these or to
discuss his exploit and the why of its
unhappy ending.
Finit Wa- to Alight.
Paris. Sept. 24. The old problem of
how to come down safely is yet to be
solved by navigators of the air. This
is emphasized by the accident to
Chavez yesterday.
The French aviators and constructors
are intensely interested to discover the
exact cause of the Peruvian's mishap
which they consider is proof positive of
a. weakness of construction in aero
planes which must be corrected. Ac
cording to the account of experts
printed here today, a wire stay snap
ped permitting the wings to collapse as
Chavez restarted his motor after hav
ing planed down a distance of moe
than half a mile. His speed as he ap
proached the aeroplane is estimated at
fully 68 miles an hour.
The constructors agree that the glide
earthward after the motor has been
stopped subjects the stays of the wings
to a tremendous strain and they be
lieve Chavez's gave way when suddenly
put to the extra tension caused by the
restarting of the motor.
As the deaths of De La Grange, Le
Blon and Waeehter were due to simi
lar collapses. the impression Is
strengthened that this serious defect
must be overcome.
RICH SMUGGLER PAYS.
Mrs. Cliesbrough Turns Over $39,000
to the Government.
New- York. Sept. 24 Representa
tives of Mrs. Mathilda M. Chesbrough,
wife of F. B. Chesbrough, a steamship
owner and lumber dealer of Newton,
Mass., paid over $39,000 to the cus
toms authorities in settlement of a
$5,000 fine imposed on her for smug
gling and in redemption of a pearl neck
lace seized last year. The case has
been long contested but Mrs. Ches
brough was finally convinced that the
only way for her to get her necklace
was payment of the fine and of the
home value of the goods seized.
KILLED IN MAMMOTHCAVE
Mrs. Helen Day Falls OfT a Precipice
While Sightseeing.
Mammoth Cave, Ky., Sept. 24. The
first fatal accident that has occurred
inside of Mammath Cave in years oc
curred Friday when Mrs. Helen Day
of Wyoming, Pa., fell from a precipice,
striking upon the granite known as
"purgatory" and fractured her skull.
She died later.
Mrs. Day. who was the widow of the
late publisher of the Wyoming County
(Pa.) Democrat, and prominent social
ly, came here several days ago with a
party of sightseers.
DEATHSARE MANY
Ravages of Infantile Paralysis
Show in Reports.
Exists in Epidemic Form in
Many Localities.
INCOMPLETE KEPOUTS
Only Inadequate Idea of Real
Ravages Given.
Few Cases of Pellagra Reported
in United States.
Washington. Sept. 24. For the first
time the mortality report of the census
bureau covering investigations for 1909
takes cognizance of infantile paralysis
J. F.
Johnson, Senator William
and pellagra as diseases to which the
flesh is heir. The record shows 569
in the former and lis in the latter
class.
The statistics cover only slightly
more than Vz of the population as
they do not extend to states or cities
which do not require the registration
of deaths. As comparatively little of
the area in which pellagra is most
prevalent is included in the registra
tion section, it is suggested that the
report on that malady gives an inade
quate idea of its real ravages. In
deed, it is told that "it would seem
that many hundreds and perhaps thou
sands of deaths from this disease must
occur each year."
Owing to the fact that the deaths
from infantile paralysis were widely
distributed the inference is drawn by
the report that the disease exists in
epidemic or endemic form in many
parts of the country.
Weather Indications.
Chicago. Sept. 24. Forecast for Kan
sas: Generally fair tonight and Sunday.
NOW HOWIS THIS?
Rev. J. A. Milburn Says Autos
Are Crowding Out Churches.
His Edifice Sold to Make Room
for Garage.
CAN SCARCE CREDIT IT
Advance of Commercialism in
Past Five Years.
Community Will Support Gar
age Rut Not Church.
Chicago, Sept. 24. "We have been
literally driven out by the automo
biles," said Rev. Joseph A. Milburn,
pastor of Plymouth Congregational
church yesterday.
The church property located at 2535
Michigan boulevard has been sold and
will be used for commercial purposes.
The congregation were once before
driven out by the "advance of com
mercialism," as it was described by
Dr. Milburn. The former site was
on Wabash avenue at the corner of
Eldredge Court. The church where
it now stands cost $100,000 and the lot
cost $33,000. The purchase price of
the property as given out yesterday
is $91,000.
"I have been pastor of this church
for nine years and I never would imag
ine there could have been such a
change had it not come before my very
eyes," said Dr. Milburn.
"Everything has had to sive place
to the automobile garage. I should
not wonder if the person who bought
our church Intended to convert it into
such a business place or tear it down
to put up one. The community will
well support a garage where it will
not support a church. It shows the
advance of commercialism.
"Ten other churches are in the path.
They too, will have to face the prob
lem." BURNEDHIS HOUSE
Home of Chairman Dolley Is De
stroyed by Fire.
Relieved to Have Been Act of
Incendiary.
State Chairman J. N. Dolley's new
$14,000 residence, just completed at
Maple Hill, in Wabaunsee county, was
burned to the ground at 5 o'clock this
morning. The cause of the fire is not
known with any certainty. The first
report was to the effect that an ex
plosion of ascetylene gas in the base
ment had started the fire, but it is
learned by telephone at noon today
that there is a suspicion that the Are
was of incendiary origin.
There was a small insurance policy
on the house, but not nearly enough
to cover the loss. Mr. Dolley had been
working on the new residence since
last February and had taken great
pride in the interior finishings of his
new home. The interior work had just
been completed and some of the new
household furnishings had been moved
in. It was expected that the Republi
can state chairman and his family
would have been installed in the beau
tiful new home next week.
There is no clew at this time as to
the identity of the supposed incen
diary, and it may be, after all, that the
blaze was started from the heating and
light apparatus in the basement. There
Is no fire department at Maple Hill,
and as the fire started at an early hour
in the morning, it had gained too much
headway when discovered for the
bucket brigade of townspeople to
check the progress of the flames.
TAKING OUT A STOCK
WHO ARE THE DEAD
Six Mangled Rodies Yictims of
Clayton Wreck Unidentified.
List of the Fatalities Has Now
Reached Sixteen.
ELEVEN ARE INJURED
All Are Being Cared for at Nor
ton, Kansas.
Officials Try to Ascertain Why
No Warning Was Given.
Norton, Kan., Sept. 24. Six dead
bodies, bruised and twisted into shape
less things, remained to be identified
here today when officials of the Chi
cago, Rock Island & Pacific road re
sumed their work of reconstruction,
following the wreck two miles east of
Clayton, early yesterday, in which six
teen persons were killed and eleven
injured.
It is unlikely that the task can be
completed soon. All the bodies were
searched yesterday and every clew
which might lead to identification was
carefully followed. For this reason
officials fear that the full death list
will not be made up until the remain
ing victims are traced through inquir
ies received from relatives.
In some instances steam which arose
in clouds from the engine as It plunged
Into the water, scalded the bodies,
which increased the difficulty of identi
fication. Survivors say the cars were
filled with team, and that it was impos
sible to breathe except when crawling
along the floor of the coaches.
Inquiry into the reason why no
warning was given when the long
stretch of track was washed away has
been Instituted by the railroad offi
cials. THE DEAD.
F. Pickenbaugh, Goodland, Kansas,
engineer.
A. V. Huffman, Kansas City, bag
gageman. J. Wr. Usher. Denver, conductor.
William Milks Goodland, Kan., fire
man. Herman Mueler, Smith Center, Kan.
WiUiam Sloop, Boyle. Kan.
W. E. Shively, Agra. Kan.
Gilbert H. Ivans. Fullcrton, Kan. . .
W. J. Bowers, Rexford, Kan.
II. Mclntyre, Rexford, Kan.
The Injured.
G. J. Brackon, lineman, Goodland,
Kan., arm injured.
Mrs. H. F. Scott, Jennings,
right arm broken.
Victor Engle, Birmingham,
bruised and cut, not serious.
Mrs. T. H. Evans, Langton,
bead cut.
John Cigler, Stratton, Colo.,
Kan.,
Ala.,
Kan.,
head
and face cut.
D. Duges, no address, side cut. .
A. H. Avis, Blue Rapids, Kan., left
leg broken.
Mrs. Anna Smith, Colorado Springs,
head and chest cut.
C. A. Smith, Colorado Springs, hand
and wrist cut.
Henry Ahlers, Meta, Mo., slight.
Helen Benson, Colorado Springs,
slight.
Held Down by Wreck.
This town rings with tragic stories
of survivors of the Rock Island wreck
near Clayton. The most frightful of
these has to do with the sufferings of
A. V. Huffman of Kansas City, bag
gageman. Huffman was pinned down
in a heap of heavy trunks and car
fragments with tons of wreckage
above him. Nearly every bone in his
body is thought to have been broken.
Rain aroused him from frequent i pells
of unconsciousness and his appeals for
aid were pitiful.
(Continued on Page Six.)
OF "SARATOGA CHIPS"
WEATHER WARMS AND FALLS.
Forecast Is for Generally Fair Condi
tions Tonight and Sunday.
Cool damp weather prevailed in To
peka today and many overcoats found
service in the forenoon. The tempera
ture stood at 56 degrees for three
hours and warmed to 77 at 10 o'clock
only to sink again. The minimum for
the day was 55 degrees.
The forecast, however, is for warm
er and generally fair weather tonight
and Sunday. The wind is blowing five
miles an hour from the northwest.
Hourly temperatures:
7 o'clock 56 I 11 o'clock 53
8 o'clock 56 I 12 o'clock 59
9 o'clock 56 I 1 o'clock 61
10 o'clock 77 2 o'clock 63
LAST JOY RIDE.
Auto Goes Into Canal Carrying
Occupants to Death.
Six or Seven People Were in the
Car.
New Orleans, Sept. 24. Four persons
are known to have been( drowned and
three are reported missing as the re
sult of an automobile accident early to
day on the Shell road between West
end, a lake resort, and New Orleans
Traveling at high speed a touring car
swerved to one side of the road, crash
ed through a fence and plunged into a
canal. Up to noon the bodies of the.
following had been recovered: W. K.
Freman. 35 years. New York; T. Boet
tler, 43 years old, New Orleans; two un
identified young women. Searchers are
dragging the canal. Rumors that the
two women who have been drowned
were members of a traveling theatrical
company playing here this week, were
declared untrue when the company was
assembled for the matinee performance
this afternoon.
TROLLEY IN WRECK
Another Collision in Indiana
and Six Dead.
All Passengers in Smoking Com
partment of One Train Killed.
Tipton, Ind., Sept. 24. A headon
collision on the Indianapolis and Peru
division of the Indiana Cnion Traction
company's lines between a limited
passenger and a freight car today re
sulted in the death of six persons and
serious injury to six more. The dead:
DR. W. T. HOLTHOMER, Brook
lyn. N. Y.
WALTER HOLTHOMER, Brooklyn.
FRED RAILSBACK, Hymeria, Ind.
JONCB BAKER, motorman on lim
ited car, Logansport, Ind.
LEWIS BROO, Kokomo, Ind.
B. F. WELCH, Michigan.
The cars came together on a curve,
all the passengers in the smoking com
partment of the limited were killed.
The motorman and conductor of the
freight car jumped and were not Injured-
The injured were brought to
Tipton, where physicians were sum
moned and their injuries attended.
Decrease In the Reserve
New York, Sept. 24. The statement
of clearing house banks for the week
shows that the banks hold $18,825,000
more than the requirements of 25 per
cent rule. This is a decrease of $4,
469,000 in the proportionate cash re
serve as compared with last week.
Earthquake in Arizona.
Preston, Ariz.. Sept. 24. Slight earth
quake shocks were felt last night in
Jerome, Flagstaff and Kingman. The
first tremor occurred at 9:06 o'clock.
The series of shakes lasted but a few
seconds. No damage was done.
SEEKS APARD0N.
One Has Been Asked for John
K. Walsh.
Petition Presented to Depart
ment of Justice.
HIS HEALTH IS BAD.
One of Grounds on Which Free
dom Is Asked.
Shown That Jio One Lost Money
Through Banker.
Washington, Sept. 24. A petition
to the president or the United States
for the pardon of John R. Walsh, the
former president of the Chicago Na
tional bank from the federal prison at
Leavenworth, Kan., was filed at the
department of justice today by Attor
ney G. T. Buckingham of Chicago, on
behalf of Mary L. Walsh, Richard W.
Walsh and John W. Walsh, respect
ively, the wife and sons of the pris
oner. John R. Walsh, Chicago Banker, for
Vhom a Pardon Was Asked To
day. Accompanying the formal applica
tion for a pardon were thousands of
letters from individuals in Chicago
and throughout the middle west urg
ing President Taft to grant the peti
tion. The file of these letters com
posed 25 bound volumes. Besides let
ters from personal friends and busi
ness associates there were letters from
all the officers and directors of the
Walsh banks which were involved in
the case; letters from the bank's
stockholders and depositors and jur
ors who found Walsh guiltv of mis
appropriating funds of hia "banks.
Found Guilty In 1907.
In 1907 Mr. Walsh was found guilty
of a violation of the United States
banking laws, in having made exces
sive loans to railroads in which he
was interested and in December, 1909,
he was sentenced to five years in
Leavenworth prison.
Walsh is 73 years old and the main
motive in the appeal to President Taft
is based on the prisoner's failing
health. He is reported as suffering
from acute heart disease and physi
cians affirm that he is likely to die at
any moment.
As set forth in the petition the
grounds on which his pardon is asked,
are as follows.
That the crime for which he was
found guilty does not involve moral
turpitude and that none of the acts
on which conviction was based were
done for, or resulted in, any profit to
himself. That the depositors In all
the banks with which . he was connect--ed
were paid in full and Immediately.
Punished by Financial Loss. '
That the loss of nearly all his own
large personal fortune caused by tho
forced liquidation of these banking
institutions is equivalent to a finan
cial fine many times in excess of any
usually imposed and is in itself a.
severe punishment already suffered.
That his loss of power, prestige and
position, together with the hnmiliation
of a conviction and imprisonment, is
a punishment already suffered great
ly in excess of the usual.
That the racking strain of the four
years struggle to save his personal
name as well as to save loss to par
ties interested has with his advanced
age so seriously affected his health
that a continued imprisonment is like
ly to result fatally.
TAFT BACK IN HARNESS.
President Leaves for Washingtou This
Afternoon.
Cincinnati, Sept. 24. President Taft
will leave Cincinnati this afternoon
for Washington, where he is to meet
members of his cabinet for a series
of conferences next week. The presi
dent thoroughly enjoyed his visit to
his "home city."
- No formal program has been ar
ranged for his last day. .
He has not made any important ap
pointments and will probably spend
the time before his departure at the
home of his brother. The president
and party are scheduled to leave over
the Pennsylvania road at 3:10 p. m,
MEN SUSPENDED; NO GAME.
Match Between Elgin lUgh
and Alumni Off.
School
Elgin. 111., Sept. 24. The. athletic
hoard of control of Elgin high school
has cancelled a football game sched
uled for today between the school
squad and alumni pending an inves
tigation into the suspension last night
of two -E" men, who were dismissed
from the eleven by Assistant Coach
Anson Hayes for alleged swearing.
Student members of the board favor
reinstatement of the boys. Faculty
members insist upon upholding th
coach. Whether the school has an
eleven this fall depends on the out
come of the dispute.
PIIIIHMnHM H.IMI 111 JIUI ESS
rirmriiBiiHiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiitMBi,iii(r