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6 THIS TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOUBNAE MARCH 7, 1912 IT L00KSBETTER Industrial Sky Is Clearing Since First of Year. 1 Only Politics to Hold Up Pros perity Ware "ow. CONFIDENCE IS AWAKENED Corporation Men Believe Pub lic Is "For" Them. Good Beginning causes Hopes for Spring ivevival. New York, March 7. One of the comparatively small number of men who. although intimately associated with the securities market, living daily in the atmosphere which sur rounds the New York Stock Exchange, nevertheless think sometimes profound ly and always with the intent to think correctly, recently said that there is something pathetic in the present long drawcout lack of prosperous business, although the situation is not so distress ing as is the real misery of hard time3. The experience of hard times we have escaped. But now for several years industry has been as constant as is possible, yet it has not received the compensation which it should. There ibas been persistent expenditure of honorable energy and time and yet there ihave not come the profits of accumu lation of surplus which should have come. This condition is properly described as almost pathetic, especially ' because there seems to be no Just cause for it It is spoken of by those who have given the condition careful study as one due chiefly to lack of confidence and to the comparative chaos with which the larger business interests of the Uni ted States that are of corporation form are perplexed, not knowing exactly iwhat is safe and lawful to do and iwhat may at some time be declared un lawful. Yet since the first of January of this year the evidences of improvement have been on the whole somewhat gratify ing. The very immensity of the domes tio business needs of the people of the United States and the persistent pres sure of business against the obstacles iwhlch doubt or lack of confidence, have raised will. It is believed, ultimately, sweep these obstacles away. The hints ihave been considerable in number since the first of February that this onward movement is now well unde iway and would be much farther ad vanced were it not that always the politics and campaigning of a presi dential year tend somewhat to limit business activities. Some of the Evidences. Some of the evidences of this ad vance are furnished by the invitation to the public to absorb large issues of securities behind which stand unques tioned credit and, in many instances, the approval of the regulating or su pervising commissions of the states. In one day last week there were of ferings of securities of this character aggregating 51 million dollars, all of them representing industries or trans portation properties upon the Pacific slope. The mere fact that such offer ings are now made is sufficient proof, first, of real industrial and commercial activliy in our Pacific states and. sec ond, that the people of those states are looking ahead not in doubt, but in perfect confidence of what the future Is to mean for them in the way of material prosperity. It is the impres sion that the people will speedily ab sorb these Pacific slope securities and they will be prepared to make invest ment In other offerings, provided those bave high credit behind them and tha moral support of the state authorities. This, however, was a single item, a one day's record, of appeals to the public to absorb high grade securities traction, industrial and railroad representing interests ' on the Pacific coast. But the month of February has been able to make a new record not surpassed In any previous years, even In those years between 1899 and 1904 of vast industrial promotions and expansions when governmental super vision, state and national, was mucli less rigid than it is at present. In the mor.ih of February of this year rail road and Industrial corporations of the United States were able to finance securities of the aggregate value of 268 million dollars in round numbers. It Is true that some of this financing tends to reflect the prevailing timidity Thro Avay His TRUSS! tttennsoa Old Sea Captain Fool the Doctors I And Corei Himielf, Wo man or woman who Is ruptu edV-no matter bow severely or at what age need despair of being cured. Throw Away the Traas. Tfia f r m n rif Pant A. fVvlHnfra fflvaa em- courajrement for all sufferers from rupture Capt. Oollings suffered a double rupture and wan confined to his bed for years. No truss could hold such a rupture. 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In the month of February the Erie railroad company asked the permission of the public service commission to offer ror sale 10 millions of notes. Presumably this permission will soon be given. Had It been granted in February, the total offerings of the railroads of short-time notes in that month would have been nearly 30 million dollars. In normal times the 30 million dollars would have passed into long-time securities. Possibly the most gratifying feature of the financial transactions of the month of February was the evidence that the public has not lost confidence In the industrial corporations of the united states. In fact, the public seems to have taken renewed conn dence, for there was a very large sale or the stocks of industrial companies in the month of February. The Sale of Bonds. It is not possible to obtain any ac curate report which tells of the sale of oonds m the month of February al though a rough estimate has been made. This is due to the fact that much of the selling of bonds is in the nature of pri vate transactions. Stock exchange rec ords do not tell of the purchase and sale of millions of bonds because these arc bought and sold over the counter. But it is possible to learn from the managers of the foremost houses thai deal In bonds what the nature of then- February business has been. Almost all of them speak of their bond sales as gratifying. Some of them say that these sales have surpassed their expectations or hopes. It is therefore safe to report that since the first of the year the public has been disposed more and more to make investment of its money in railroad and industrial bonds. There is an impression that a very large amount of money has been invested in what are called trac tion bonds. The Beginning of Spring:. On the whole, financial conditions since the first of January justify the hope that the spring months of this year will tell a story of a considerable revival in busi ness activity and especially along broad, large investment lines. And this feeling is now supplemented, as can be learned by inquiry of well informed house? in this city, by the first hints of the har vest of next summer and early tail. Of course these reports are nothing but hints. They are like the first streaks of dawn of a dawn which gives promise of a fair day. Yet it is important that the first reports which come from the agri cultural sections of the country should be favorable. There is much in a good be ginning. The blanket of snow which hui covered so much of the agricultural lands is a benefaction of nature, for it assures evenly and widely distributed and suf ficient moisture. Of course there rw-.y come later in the year climatic disturb ances, as there did last year, but the first hints of what the crops will be are now encouraging, and these tend to stimulate to some extent business activity. The leading merchants of the United States such men as John Clafin of Ntw York. John G. Shedd of Chicago and President Farrell of the United Stated Steel corporation who is more of a mer chant than manufacturer have by means of their perfect organizations kept con stantly in touch with domestic business throughout the United States and have, in this way, learned that merchanrs here, there and everywhere throughout the country have been carrying so small a supply of commodities that It is absolute ly essential that stocks be renewed and upon a large scale. The merchants them selves report that the demands made upon them fox their goods are increas ing, which is only another way of savins that general domestic trade is Improving. The marvelous story of our foreign commerce for the calendar year 1911 is to be continued apparently throughout the fiscal year which ends on the 13th of June next. We are not losing any of our foreign trade in manufactured commodi ties, but seem to be Increasing it. It is not unusual to hear men who are familiar with our foreign trade say that every in dication points to a sale to foreign coun tries of our manufactured commodities in 1912 aggregating one billion, two hun dred fifty million dollars. The recent report made to the comp troller of the currency by the nn clonal banks shows that deposits are increasing all over the country. If we cannot find a market for our investment fun-is in the United States on account of investment timidity we are certainly placing millions in funds and notes issue! by foreign gov ernments and foreign corporations. Our railroad managers speak ;)f the climatic disturbances of the vintcr some what regretfully. The railroads have been put to unusual expense on account of severe storms. The traffic managers of the New York Central system said to day that not in many years liad the Cen tral's lines been so frequenti and so ob stinately barricaded by storm3 in north ern New York as has been the case this winter. It can be reported, however, that the financial and business feeling of th'F city on the first of March was one of greater hopefulness than at any time since 1906. HOLLAND. POLICE LET THEM GO. Forty Cluldren of Strikers Are Taken to Philadelphia. Lawrence. Mass., March 7. The po lice made no attempt today to prevent the departure from the city to Phila delphia of a delegation of forty chil dren of striking textile operatives, al though the officers held up the party long enough to obtain the name and addresses of every child making the trip. The children left soon after 7 o'clock accompanied by six delegates from the strike committee of the In dustrial Workers of the World. The departure was the principal event of the early morning hours al though disturbances in which the pickets of the strikers figured received some police attention and twelve ar rests had been made previous to 8 o'clock. Observers at the mill gates reported that there was no noticeable increase in the number of returning operatives. A crowd of 200 persons in addition to thirty policemen witnessed the de parture of the children. A police ser geant demanded of the strike leaders in charge of the party the name of every child in the delegation. After considerable delay the names were forthcoming. W'hen the train reached South Lawrence all of the children were sent back to Lawrence again, in order that the addresses of the chil dren and the name of each parent might be obtained. This information being furnished the children finally were allowed to depart. M'GIFFIN WILL FILED. Property Consists of Home Which Goes to Widow. The will of John A. MeGiffln was filed for probate here In the Shawnee county probate court. Under the terms of the wilL the estate valued at $3,380. is be queathed to the wife. No administration will be held. McGiffin was for a number of years a resident of Topepka. His estate consists of the property in Topeka which had for several years been the McGiffin home. This property is willed to the widow, Amelia W. McGiffin. FILES OUSTER SUIT County Attorney Simon Brings Action Against Thomas. Wants Clerk of District Court to Give Up Office. NEW AUDIT IS THE BASIS Also Charged That He Tailed to File Reports. Statement Given Out by County Attorney. the Ouster proceedings against Richard L. Thomas, clerk of the district court, were filed in the state supreme court late Wednesday evening by County Attorney Simon. Information based on the county's special audit, charges Thomas with misconduct of office on six specific counts and the complaint asks for the clerk's immediate removal from office, pending the final hearing. After a four days' conference, Coun ty Attorney Simon and the county board concluded that ouster proceed ings wouid be the more effective method of disposing of the trouble in the clerk's office. With the filing of the ouster suit, Thomas is forced to detend the charges hurled at his office in the re port of the special accountants. He also faces removal from office pending the final disposition of the case. For these reasons, the ouster proceedings were considered by the county officials more effective and vital than a civil action to collect from Thomas the money alieged to be due and to bring an action wherein tne county wouiu have been forced to defend their own audit. With the information in the ouster suit, is filed a certified copy of the special audit. From the findings in this report- County Attorney Simon furnishes six counts on which he basis his application for the removal of the court clerk. On the first and second counts, Simcn charges Thomas with sundry violations of the penal code. and recites the history of the audit, as viewed from the impressions of tne commisisoners. As a further reason why Thomas should not hold office, it s alleged that the clerk once offered the county $5,000 in fees and later of fered to deposit a $12,000 certified check to cover any inaccuracies which might be found in his office. It is further charged against Thomas that his official records show certain errors, that he collected certain exces sive fees of which the county asks one-half and that the clerk's reports were not filed with the county board in such manner and at such times as are prescribed by law. Further com plaining, the county attorney insists Thomas should lose his Job, because he claims and holds fees in excess of $3,000 a year. Simon denies that there a controversy concerning the inter pretation of the fee law. In his own mind, the question is quite clear, and the county attorney asks the courts to demand forthwith possession of the keys to Thomas' office. Mr. Simon's Statement. County Attorney Simon has given out the following statement: "At this time I have very little to 3ay regarding the Thomas ouster suit. I will reserve my statements for the court when the case is submitted. "Last Saturday when I returned from St. Louis, where I had been taking depositions in the case of Shawnee county against Kelly & Kelly, I learned that the special auditors had submitted their report on the office of the clerk of the district court, and the county com missioners delivered to me for mv ex amination a copy of that report. "I went through this report very carefully and from my examination I was thoroughly convinced that Mr, Thomas had been grossly derelict and guilty of wilful misconduct in his ad ministration of that office for the last five years. "Entertaining this opinion, my duty was clear and there was but one course for ma to pursue. The last legislature passed an ouster law providing for th removal from office of any corrupt public official. As required bv that law. I Informed Attorney General Dawson of my intention of bringing this action and laid all the facts in my possession before him, and received his official sanction and recommendation to begin this suit. "I have no personal 111 will against Mr. Thomas. Our relations prior to the be ginning of the special audit by the pres ent accountants, were always the most friendly. My official action in compelling Mr. rnomas to submit to an audit by- securing an order of the supreme court to that effect, was not a pleasant one and neither is te fihling of this ouster suit a pleasant duty. But I feel that if I did not take this action, I would be as The Best Cough Syrup is Easily Made at Home Coats Little and Acta Quickly. Money Refunded It It Falls. This recipe makes a pint of cough syrup, and saves you about $2.00 as com pared with ordinary cough remedies. It stops obstinate coughs even whooping cough in a hurry, and is splendid for sore lungs, asthma, croup, hoarseness and other throat troubles. Mix one pint of granulated sugar with Va pint of warm water, and stir for 2 minutes. Put 2i ounces of Pinex (flftv cents' worth) in a pint bottle, and add the Sugar Syrup. Take a teaspoonful every one, two or three hours. Tastes good. This takes right hold of a cough and gives almost instant relief. 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"In my opinion the filing of this ouster suit was rendered necessary not only to protect the public interests of Shawnee county, but also to protect litigants and defendants who have heretofore been compelled to pay extortionate and illegal costs in the district court." KEEP CONVICTS BUSY. Plan Explains Delay Prison. In Completing St. Louis. March 7. William S. Earaes, member of a local firm of architects has denied his firm was responsible for any delay or extrava gance in the construction of the gov ernment prison at Leavenworth. Kan., as charged in a complaint to Attorney General Wickersham. .More than $1,250,000 has been spent on the work which, has consumed thirteen years. The building has not been completed and complaints by congressmen to the attorney general caused him to send Joseph F. Fish man, of the department of justice, to Leavenworth to go over the records. Fames declared today his firm never had charge of expenditures for the building and that the delay was due to the law governing the construction of the building. "The law for the construction of government prisons'," he said, "directs that prison labor shall be used as far as possible. No contract is awarded. The government buys the material af ter advertising for bids and the work is done by convicts under direction from a few skilled workmen. "The delay in construction is inten tional. The purpose is to keep the men in the prison employed and ap propriations are made to supply just enough money to keep the work go ing from year to year." Have you been Aetnalzed? FRENCH PRINCE SUED On Bill for Jewels Bought When lie Married Heiress. Washington, March 7. Echoes from the marriaee of the Prince De Bearn of France to Miss Winans of Balti more, in 190 5, were heard toaay m tne supreme court of the United States, where alleged creditors of the prince are seeking relief. Three brothers of the Drince claim damages from him for the alleged breach of agreement in selling certain land in France. Jean Baptiste Chaumet, a .fans jeweler, complains that he has not been paid for J20.000 worth of jew-elry sold the prince on the eve of his mar riage to Miss Winans. The four sought to attach certain railway bonds given by Ross Winans to his daughter on her marriage and alleged to have been willed to the prince by his wife, now deceased. A claim to these bonds was made on behalf of the children of the .marriage. Have you been Aetnaized? ' eginning today it will be pos sible for ALL telephone subscrib ers in Topeka (both the Bell and Independent) to use the Long Dis- of telephone station. toll you service anywhere without the in convenience of having to go to a particular telephone for such ser vice. Give Long Distance your call and Long Distance will do the rest PRIZE FOR GARDENS. Garlinghou.se "Urges Planting of Pota toes on Vacant Lots. The Topeka Real Estate Dealers' association has launched a movement in the direction of gardening va cant lots in Topeka, by appropriating the sum of $17.50 to be used in three prizes by the managment of the city schools to stimulate interest in back lot gardening among the school chil dren. Furthermore, George Garlinghouse read a paper in which he advocated municipal gardening in Topeka. "Topeka is an Indian name, meaning 'Good Potato Patch,' he said. "Fifty years ago Topeka was in the heart of what was known to the whole world as the Great American Desert, new she carries the honor of being the capital city of the greatest agricultural state in the world. Now if the Indians over 50 years ago knew that Topeka was a 'good potato patch,' why should we who claim our intelligence far su perior to that of the Indian not ap preciate the same fact? "Nearly one-half of the area with'-n the limit of Topeka's boundaries i' composed of vacant lots. 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"I would suggest that the matter be taken up with the city commissioners and instead of having a weed cutting department as now exists which is ex pensive to property owners and of no benefit to any one, that we convert the mowing machines into plows and reap the profits of the crop. First, there should be a superintend ent of gardening whose duty it wou'd be to oversee the whole gardening de partment, or it might be handled as a gardening department through th park commissioner. Then let the super intendent have as many assistants as necessary." PERKINS VISITS T. R. Ostensibly to Carry a Letter From Senator Dixon. Oyster Bay. N. Y., March 7. -Geo. W. Perkins, former partner of J. P. Morgan, has paid a mysterious1 visit to Theodore Roosevelt here. Mr. Per kins's supposed activity in behalf of Colonel Roosevelt and his connection with the International Harvester com pany have furnished campaign mater ial for the colonel's opponents since he declared himself willing to accept the presidential nomination. Mr. Perkins slipped inconspicuously into Oyster Bay late in the afternoon. All that was seen in the village was a high powered limousine which sped through the snow at such a clip that no one could tell who was within. All that Colonel Roosevelt would say of the visit was that Mr. Perkins came as the bearer of a message from Senator Dixon, the colonel's campaign manager. When he was seen the col onel said he had received a telephone message from his secretary in New York saying that Senator -Dixon would pass through New York between 9 and 12 o'clock and would like to see the colonel. Senator Dixon could re main in the city three hours, it was said. Colonel Roosevelt replied that he would be unable to go to town to see the senator. He was then told, he said, that Senator Dixon might send a message to Oyster Bay. When it became known that Mr. Perkins had gone to Sagamore Hill, Colonel Roosevelt was asked whether he cared to say anything as to the ob ject of the visit. He sent back word that Mr. Perkins had come from New York with a message from Senator Dixon and after a visit of a few min utes, had started back for New York. The colonel added that he would say nothing else in regard to Mr. Per kins' visit. Later in the evening, he said, he might receive another mes sage from Senator Dixon, but he de clared in advance that if such a mes sage came he would have nothing to say about it. . my! Real WHERE PEOPLE CHOOSE LaFollette Will Center iris Fight In Presidential Primary States. Washington, March 7. LaFolfette forces will concentrate their efforts on North Dakota, California and other states where direct presidential pri maries soon are to be held. It was an nounced today. Senator LaFollette has no intention of abandoning the field to the Taft and Roosevelt forces. It wn said, though he Is at present taking n active part In the campaign. Walter L. Houser, director of the LaFollette fight, now is in California and telegraphed today that LaFollette delegates would be put up in every district in the state. Similar fights will be made In Ne braska, South Dakota, Oregon, New Jersey, Wisconsin and North Dakota, according to Mr. Houser. The North Dakota primaries will l held March 19. Hodrginan to Have fiood ltoatl. Jetmore, Kan., March 7. The county commissioners of Hodgeman county voted at their last session to lay out a county road extending the full length of the county from east to west. Work will be begun as soon as the route la established. 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