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IT IS EXPENSIVE
"AN OLD OFFENDER" BY NELL BRINKLEY
(Copyright, 1913, by Journal-American-Examiner.)
LOYAL KANSAfJS
A Trip to Washington to See
Sons of the Sunflower State
Celebrate Her Birthday
Inaugural.
And Ifot Much to See After
With a Banquet at the "Waldorf
Astoria, New York.
Arrival.
PRICES SH"T SKY HIGH
SOME DISTINGUISHED GUESTS
General Crozler and "Billy"
Deford Make Speeches.
For Room, Meals, Seats and
Any Privileges.
The Fodid and Circnmstance
Many Well Known Jayhawkers
Were in Attendance.
Cut Short, Too.
THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL SATURDAY EVENING-FEBRUARY 1, 1913-
W&shinirton. Feb. 1. Advices from
Kansas are that hundreds of Demo
crats throughout the state are plan
ning to come to Washington to see
wit a wii.nn inaugurated as
present -on March 4. From all ac
counts more Sunflower statesmen and
politicians will come here for this in
duration than ever before in the
history of the state's politics.
Those who attend the inaugural
i m,it necessarily come to
the national capital fortified with a
fat purse. This is tne auv' ".
Umers here who know well u i wiles
and ways of the hotels, cafes and
boarding houses on such occasions to
separate the visitor from all that he
has in his jeans. Ordinarily, Wash
ington is by far the most expensive
city to live in in the country, but
when a president is inaugurated prices
of food and lodging are shot to the
sky It is a general "holdup all
around. Even hundreds of private
houses are turned into dormitores and
the price for a place to sleep is con
sidered extortionate considering the
conveniences and liberties offered
If the weather is reasonably good
In Washington on March 4, the in
augural committee confidently antici
pates the presence of something like
100,000 visitors on inauguration day.
Jf such a crowd comes to the city on
that day it will surpass any gathering
here in twenty years.
The crowds advertised to come here
on occasions of the Inauguration of
Cleveland, McKinley. Roosevelt and
Taft were something like a hundred
thousand, but the attendance upon
neither of these occasions ever ex
ceeded 25,000 people. Owing to 'the
bad weather in Washington four years
ago not more than 10,000 visitors at
tended the inaugural ceremonies.
Established a Press Bureau.
As usual the inaugural committee
has established a press bureau which
Is sending out daily articles to 800
newspapers of the county telling of
the extraordinary attractions of the
coming inauguration and how cheap
one can come to Washington and live
for a few days during the period of the
ceremonies.
Since President-elect Wilson put his
stamp of disapproval on the holding
of an inaugural ball or a public re
ception either at the capitol or White
House, the people of the states who
desire to come here want to know
just what they can see and enjoy for
the expenses they will be put to.
This is easy enough told. According I
- to Mr. Wilson's express request, here i
Is the program for March 4:
The president-elect will take quar
ters at the Shoreham hotel upon his
arrival in Washington. It is his in
tention, -if the weather permits, to j
walk down the center of Pennsylvania 1
avenue to the capitol with President j
Taft; if the weather is bad, an open .
carriage will be used. The oath of I
office will be taken in front of the
capitol, weather permitting; otherwise
tihs ceremony will take place in the '
senate chamber. After this the presi- ,
dent and former president will jour- .
ney to the White House where, in I
front, they will view the inaugural pa-
rade from the presidential grand- I
stand. At night, weather permitting, '
there will be fireworks on the White i
House lot near Washington's monu
ment. This is the extent of the in
augural program. It will all occur
within one day and night.
The Business Men of Washington.
The business men of Washington
have never subscribed more than
$50,000 or $75,000 to pay the expenses
of the inaugural ceremonies. It is
purely their sideshow, and they pay
the expenses of it. This fund has al
ways been subscribed to with the ex
press understanding that every dollar
subscribed would be guaranteed to be
returned to the donors. And every
dollar has always been duly returned.
Heretofore the inaugural commit
tee, which is comprised of Washing
ton business men, has erected view
ing stands on parkings all along the
line of the parade and charged a fee
of oO cents to $1 for a seat. Pre-:
viously the government gave over the ;
use of the pension office building -for j
the holding of the inaugural ball, con-
cert and supper. The price for e. tick- I
et to the ball was $5 for each person ;
attending and $2 additional for sup-
per. During the week of inaugura
tion the concert was held in the ball
room and an admission price of $2
. was charged to enjoy the event and :
view the decorations. j
It is estimated that the expense for'
the use of the pension office building
for the holding of these festivities was
something like $25,000. This expense
was incurred in giving a week's va-;
cation to 3,000 employees in the of-j
fice, the shifting of files, records and '
office furniture out and back into the !
DR. D. R. PAINE
Eye Specialist
Ths
Fitting
of
Glasses
when done
correctly, is
a task which
requires a
thorou gh
knowledge of
the patient's
eye needs
and difficul
ties gathered from careful study
and examination as well as the ut
most care and exactness in the ac
tual operation of fitting.
Dr. Paine has specialized in this
line of work and is prepared to
give satisfactory results at mini
mum. Let him fit your eyes with glasses.
718 KANSAS AVENUE
(Over Cozy Theater) -Plione
724
"And since my Lady Judge
He's a little bit o' pink boy with an itch in his
pink palm to be getting it about the free heart of
some one all the time... And then he, meaning to
be kind all the time, as kiddies do when they try
to hug a baby chicken to death, presses it so tight
between his hands that that heart is never quite
the same again.
building, besides entailing a loss of
time in the adjudication of thousands
of pension claims. The Democratic
house decided it would not stand for
this expense and the, president-elect
indorsed its contention. So there will
be no inaugural ball this year. This
decison was a sledge hammer blow to
the inaugural committee, for the rea
son that the receipts of the ball, con
cert and supper had heretofore been
the means of guaranteeing the return
of every dollar subscribed by the bus
ness men for the inaugural ceremony.
Generally the weather has been severe
on these occasions and much loss was
suffered in the receipts taken in from
parade street stand seats.
Raised the Price of Seats.
In view of the fact that there will
be no ball or public reception, the in
augural committee has decided to in
crease the charge for seats along the
line of the parade. Seats costing 50
cents during former inaugurations will
be sold next March 4 at from $1.50
to $5.
Window space for viewing the pa
rade will be sold at from $5 a chair
to $800 a room and upwards, depend
ing upon the location in Pennsylvania
avenue. The number of these Indoor
viewpoints are exceedingly limited,
and generally are bought up by the
wealthier class of visitors and local
people.
The average visitor on these occasions
has but little opportunity to see and er.
joy ut little for his money. The gTand
KtanH eror-torl in front Of the CapHOl,
where the president takes his oath of o
ficp and delivers his inaugural address,
will be limited for occupancy only by ttii
cabinet officers, diplomatic corps, mem
bers of the house and senate, their pre
ferred friends and families, officers and
employees of the house and senate, and
nearly 200 newspaper correspondents.
Take Chances With the Multitude.
But very few visitors are ever lucKy
enough to obtain seats on the official
stand. They must take their chance with
the multitude standing on the capitol
plaza.
Should the inaugural ceremony be held
in the senate, a chance for the outsider
to obtain a ticket of admission to the gal
leries is far more difficult than to secure
one to the grandstand on account of tne
limited capacity of seats and standing
room.
About all the average visitor will see
next inauguration will be a passing glane
of the new president on his way to ar-vl
from the capitol and a paeeant covering
three or more hours of the army, navy
and civic and political bodies.
The parade will be greatly shortened by
reason of the fact that a majority of Uie
state legislatures have already declined
to appropriate the necessary funds to
send militia organizations to Washington
for the inauguration.. This is another big
disappointment to the inaugural commit
tee. It not only means a shortening ;t
the pageant, but an immense loss to tne
hotels, rooming houses and saloons.
Take it in all its glory and pomp, tne
cominK inauguration of Mr. Wilson will
undoubtedly be a cheap show when oi e
takes into consideration the great expense
the visitor Is put to and what he may be
able to see and enjoy.
Officials of the postoffice department
announce that the new postoffice buildi.is
at Coffey ville, Kan., will be ready for oc
cupancy between February 15 and 2S.
Springfield postoffice, Seward county,
Kan., will be discontinued February Jt
After that date mail to Fargo. .
I.uck. Some people are so lucky that if
they should find themselves in the soup
it would turn to gravy. New York Times.
ammamma'm - - , r ....'... . 'VN!!-
has taken up suffrage .will she
WINDIEST MONTH,
January Has the Record In That Re
gard.
The report of the local weather bu
reau for January shows that the
month was the windiest winter month
on record in Topeka. The statement
is also made that in the last three
months there were more clear days
than any other three months on rec
ord for this period of the year. Jan
uary was mild and dry with much
more sunshine than usual.
The report reads:
"Topeka has enjoyed more sunshine
this month than it did in 23 of the
past 26 Januarys on record and the
3 months of November, December and
January, just passed, have had more
clear days than any other 3 consecu
tive months on record for this time
of the year.
"The average temperature of the
month, 29 degrees was 3 degrees
above normal' and 12 degrees higher
than January of last year, but it was
lower than the average of 13 of the
past .26 Januarys at Topeka.
"The highest temperature during
the month was 65 degrees on the 29th,
which is within 6 degrees of the rec
ord high temperature for January.
The lowest temperature was 5 degrees
below zero on the 8th. Lower tem
peratures than this have often .occur
red in previous Januarys. Last year's
minimum was 19 degrees below zero,
in January.
"The precipitation of the month, in
cluding rain and melted snow, totalled
0.50 of an inch, which is .43 of an
inch below normal and less than the
amount recorded in 16 of the past 26
Januarys. The total depth of unmelt
ed snowfall was 5.3 inches, which' is
just about the January average at To
peka.. "The average hourly velocity of the
wind was 12 miles, the highest velo
city was 34 miles an hour from the
northwest on the 26th and there were
14 days during the month when a ve
locity of 2 5 miles an hour or higher
was recorded. The prevailing direc
tion of the wind was from the south.
"The number of clear days during
the month was 13. partly cloudy 13,
and cloudy days 5. There were. 4
days during the month with measur
able precipitation.
"There were 4 cold waves during
the month, on the 5 th. 11th, 20th and
31st."
PROPOSES TO DR. SHAW
A Farmer Interrupts Her Speech to
Offer Marriage.
Danielson, Conn., Feb. 1. Six hundred
persons, most of whom were suffragistc.
who were listening to an address by Dr.
Anna Howard Shaw, president of the Na
tional Suffrage association, in the Dan
ielson theater last night were thrown into
confusion when John Frlsbie. a wealthy
farmer of Mechanicsville. Interrupted tne
speaker and proposed marriage to her.
"Just a minute. Miss Shaw," shouted
Frisbie, "I have been a widower for IS
years. Will you marry me and make u.e
T hau. nlAtrtv f nr til hoth."
For several minutes Dr. Shaw stood
be 'La Belle Dame Sans Merci' to
that they are so very clever?"
So every little while he's up afore the judge on
the charge of "CRUELTY."
He's an old offender, and since my lady judge
has taken up suffrage and gone out into the world
to broaden her mind will she be "La Belle Dame
Sans Merci" to the "OLD OFFENDER"?
Can he play upon her heart with piteous, dewy
eyes, and wet, red mouth, and a crystal tear a-
speechless, then she cried out dra
matically: "I don't want a wedding ring. AH 1
want is the vote."
"I hope you never get the vote if that's
the way you feel about it," was FTisbie's
parting shot as he left the hall.
SULZER'S TONE EASY.
Wall Street More Cheerful Large
Earnings Reported.
New York, Feb. 1.- Interest In the
stock market which has long been
languishing, was revived this week by
speculative operations on a large scale
which centered about the American
Can stocks. .Trading in these shares
ran Into 'large figures, and the com
mon preferred were advanced approx
imately 15 and 11 points respectively.
The general list at times advanced
sharply, although the week's move
ment as a whole was irregular and
periods of strength were followed by
recessions. Sentiment was somewhat
more cheerful, however, and there was
a tendency to break away from
gloomy forebodings.
The moderate tone of Governor
Sulzer's message to the legislature re
specting the stock exchange helped to
put Wall street in a more cheerful
frame of mind. Reports of handsome
earnings by the railroads in December
and the satisfactory showing of the
United States Steel corporation for the
last quarter were other constructive
factors.
Termination of peace negotiations
in London was of little effect on this
market.
Gold exports to both France and
Argentina continued, $8,000,000 hav
ing been engaged this week for ship
ment to South America. The re
sources of the money market contin
ued to be ample, and foreign demand
for gold was not reflected in money
rates.
ROBBERS GET FREEDOM
Three Postoffice Burglars Released by
Judse Pollock.
Leavenworth. Kan., - Feb. 1. On
writs of habeas corpus issued by Fed
eral Judge Pollock,. Ernest . Johnson,
John Murphy and Thomas Winters of
Hannibal, Mo., were released from the
federal prison here. They were sen
tenced to serve eight years each for
robbing postoffices. They were re
ceived in 1909. '
Man Freezes to Death.
St. Joe, Feb. 1. Thomas A.' Moore,
an aged farmer near Maryville, Mo.,
was frozen to death last night while
returning home from a neighbor's.
New Lodge Is Organized.
Hoxie, Kan., Feb. 1. The team
from the ReJaekah lodge L O. O. F.
went to Grainfield and instituted a
new lodge. No. 600. A -class of forty
were received.; Mrs. J. A. Horn 'was
instituting officer.
this 'Old Offender! and will
NEW TREASURY PLAN.
United States Funds Will Be Kept in
1 Circulation Now.
Washington, Feb. 1. The United
United treasury today revolutionized
its business system and placed the
ordinary fiscal -transactions of the
federal government on a modern basis.
The change, it is declared, will prevent
in large measure the temporary tying
up in the vaults of the subtreasuries
o(a large amount of money available
for circulation without increasing the
deposits of the government in the
banks.
Beginning today the daily govern
ment receipts from customs, internal
revenue and other sources will be
placed with the national bank de
positories to the credit of the treasurer
of the United States. All checks of
government disbursing officers will be
drawn on the treasurer and will be
payable at any subtreasury or nation
al bank depositary in any part of the
country. A national depositary paying
one of these checks may immediately
reimburse its specified government ac
count fnom daily receipts of customs
or internal revenue deposited with it
and forward to the nearest substreas
ury only the remainder of the re
ceipts. This extends the clearing
house- principle to the government
business system.
In the past all receipts in the shape
of checks for customs duties or in
ternal revenue taxes have been for
warded to the subtreasuries for con
version into actual cash. This process,
which it is said drew money into the
treasury unnecessarily for a limited
time at' least, will now be avoided.
Also, it is declared, the change will
obviate the payment by pensioners
and others of exchange on govern
ment checks.
SPORT SNAP SHOTS.
' (By Dan McCarty.)
"I "wouldn't be surprised if I quit
baseball," sighed Jim Delehanty the
other day. Jim is the big blaze in
the American association, where he hit
to the tune of .448 in 27 games last
year. "No, I'm not a holdout. I can
get as" much money as I'm worth to a
minor -league club. I'm just tired of
playing ball." Whereat Del heaved an
other sigh.
Delehanty has been in baseball 14
years and will be 34 next June 20. He
wants' to go on the police force, and
has passed the required examination.
Luther McCarty has the proud dis
tinction of being the handsomest prize
fighter who ever wore a championship
belt. He's Apollo all over again, and
could easily win the highest class
beauty contest. Luther Is 6 feet 3
inches tall, weighs 205. and has a build
that artists might rave over. His nose
is still straight and the. pristine beauty
of his face has not been spoiled by
punches.
Are tlie . expressions of sympathy
which are heard on every hand over
the plight of Jim Thorpe deserved?
Jim Thorpe is not a simple. child. He
knew Just exactly what he was doing
the jury be as kind to him now
shaking on his chin, as he has always upon the
tender hearts of old-fashioned maids ?
Will the jury be as kind to him, now that they
are so very clever?" . . - r- .. . ..
He certainly is always deep in crime, this little
boy, this old man, this angel but one's heart al
most melts away like butter when he pleads his
case! NELL BRINKLEY.
when he went into professional base
ball. He knew that he could not hon
orably take part in amateur athletics
after having played a season or two of
professional baseball. He knew when
he went to Stockholm as an American
representative in the Olympic games
that if his professionalism should be
discovered the revelation would - bring
humiliation to his native land. Know
ing all these things he went right on,
protesting constantly , that he was an
amateur. It may be ' doubted whether
the expressions of sympathy will be
heard very long. ,
Whether Thorpe is to be condemned
for his course or not, there can be
no question but that the Amateur Ath
letic Union deserves the condemnation
which has lately been heaped upon it.
Had the A. A. U. followed the course
of duty it would have looked into
Thorpe's record before he went to
Stockholm. Also it would take some
action with regard to the scores and
scores, of professionals who are play
ing as amateurs in all the colleges of
the land. The term "amateur" when
applied to athletics is getting to be a
Joke. It would not be were the A. A.
U. strictly on the Job.
Joe Mandot, the New Orleans fighter,
manages to keep busy. Immediately
after his bout with Tommy Murphy
at San Francisco on Washington's
birthday, he will take a flying trip
back to the Crescent City, where he
will meet two other fighters of renown I
Jack Britton and Knock-Out Brown,
of New York city. Both fights Willi
be for ten rounds and will be pulled off j
in March. I
PIKE COUNTY MODEL.
No Debts, No Lawsuits, No One in
Jail.
Philadelphia, Feb.. 1. Not a single
jury trial in nearly two years is the
unique record of Pike county, ihis
state, - according to Presiding Judge
Charles B. Staples of the Pike-Monroe
district, who is at present presiding
ovqr a Philadelphia court.
"The county Jail is empty," said
Judge Staples last night. "There are
no cases on the court calendars, either
criminal or civil, and I journey to
Milford, the county seat, every three
months to go through the formality
of holding a court where there are no
trials." '
As near as Judge Staples can re
member the last Jury trial in the
county court was in June, 1911. At
that session two cases reached juries.
both of which were of a minor nature
and were concluded in less than two
days. The Jury wheels are kept filled
but no names are drawn.
The county doesn't owe a cent, has
no bonds outstanding and has a bal
ance of more than- $4,000 In the treas
ury. Pike county is located in the north
eastern section of the state, on the
New York and New Jersey boundaries
and has a population of 8,033.
What makes your baby so head
strong?" "He was raised on sro&t'a milk."
St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
New York. Fh. lTh i-hth an
nual banquet of the Kansas Society
of New York wag held on the night
of "Kansas day" at the Waldorf-
Astoria hotel.
There are auite a numhnr of thM
societies in New York City, -some of
mem naving many nunareds or mem-
some of the speeches assume the im
portance oi national events because
of the high .position or reputation of
the speakers.
The Kansas society, ' while younger
than some of the others, has always
managed to "hold its end up" In the
matter of it banquet. Its speakers
and its speeches. . It was the first
amonar them to Invito, in .i. -
annual "function, and two years ago.
wueui uuvcrnor wooarow Wilson was
the guest of honor, the president of
the society, in Introducing him, ex
pressed the ' hope that as he had
crossed the - Delaware and captured
the executive mansion a t Tv.n t.
would, in due time, cross the Potomac
ana capture .-. tne . White House in
Washington. So . far as known this
was the first public or semi-publio
launching of what afterwards evo
luted into the Wilson boom.
The menu this year was a hand
some fOUr-DAm hnnlrlat K i
the cover this stanza by Esther Mary
v. iai jv .
There are many to sing of the noble deeds
of Kansas' favorite sons:
The men who stood In the early days so
manfully by their guns.
Who shed their blood at the Nation's
call for the martyr-state's release.
And led her out of the depths of war and
Into the ways of peace.
I honor them. all; but I honor, too, the
Infinite Wisdom's plan
Of putting a man behind the gun, and a
woman behind the man!
General William Crozler, late of the
United States War College, In his ad
dress,, pointed out the need for the in
struction of the young men of the
country In military matters so that If
called upon for service in the event of
war they would not have everything
to learn from the very beginning. He
intimated ' that the war department
had made considerable advance in
plans to this end that were likely to
be submitted to the states with a view
to their acceptance and carrying Into
effect.
William A. Deford, assistant district
attorney, New York county, gave an
interesting and illuminating account of
his experiences in New York and In
Albany with respect to 80-cent gas for
the Empire City, and he passed from
that topic to the subject of public sen
timent and its powerful and practical
Influence upon the men In control of
the government of the state and of
the city. In strong epigrammatic terms
he described conditions as they exist in
most of the cities of the country, of the
remedies required,' and of the contin
uous, forceful application of the pres
sure indicated by all who had the wel
fare of the community at heart. To
wards the end he struck quite an op
timistic note indicating that he consid
ered the present outlook for a better
city and a better municipal govern
ment, and a better administration of
the laws was very encouraging.
Dr. Frank A. Waugh, of the Massa
chusetts Agricultural College, spoke on
"Skyscrapers and Landscapes.'' A
clever address, with many witty say
ings, interspersed with passages descrip
tive of the sunflower state and con
spicuous features of climate and of
the life of past days, that took . the
old-timers back to those years, the re
collection of which causes pleasure in
spite of the "hardness" of many of
the circumstances recalled.
Dr. Christian F. Reisner,. pastor of
the Grace Methodist Episcopal church.
New York, showed himself to be a
walking biographical cyclopedia of
Kansans who have achieved distinction
in a score of different walks of life
and are now prominent in the various
circles that they adorn.
. Following, are the names of. those
having the banquet in charge:
Dinner committee Byron C. Good,
chairman; H. R. Mitchell, John P.
Fritts.
Speakers' committee Thomas Ew
Ing, chairman: Charles W. Price, Ed
ward F. Burnett.
Reception committee M. W. Levy,
chairman; A. P. Jetmore, Elmer Un
derwood, Miss Frances L. Garside, L.
W. Luellen, Samuel M. Gardenhire,
Mrs. L. H. Pounds, J. Sidney Gould.
H. P. Stimpson, M. J. Stickel, W. O.
Jones, Ellas Summerneld, Homer A.
Dunn, Mrs. Bert Underwood, T. C.
Marshall.-Thomas H. Dinamore. Roy
M. Robinson, F. W. Waller, Miss
Nealie G. Milner, Omar Powell. Ely
Moore, Jr., Walter R. Wilder, Richard
Wanless, Mrs. Russell Harding, L. H.
Pounds, Hais Pope, H. O. Coughlan,
Thomas J. Reilly, Bert Underwood,
Nels C. Benson, Ernest Wernher.
Officers President, Walter H.
Clough; vice presidents, L. H. Pounds
and K. W. Waller; secretary, M. P.
Gould: treasurer, H. R. Mitchell; ex-presidents-.
Edward F. Burnett, 1906:
Charles ; W. Price, 1907; James H.
Canfield, 1908f A. P. Jetmore, 1909:
Thos. H. Dinsmore, Ph. D.. 1910;
Thos. Ewing, jr., 1911.
Trustees Walter R. Wilder, Roy
M. Robinson, H. P. Stimpson. Ellas
Summerfleld. Elmer Underwoo.1, M.
W. Levy. James H. ' Scarr. De Forest
Jetmore -
Farmer's Home Is Burned.
Courtland. Kan., Feb. 1. The coun
try home of R. D. Ebright, a farmer,
three miles northwest of Courtland,
was completely destroyed by fire.
Starting from a defective flue, the
flames spread rapidly and nothing was
saved. . The father and two children
were asleep when the fire broke out.
and had It not been that an older
daughter visiting at a near neighbor's
who noticing the fire, awakened them,
they would have perished.