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THE FASHION SHOP FOR WOMEN
A Rousing Easter Sale of
The Greatest Musical Instrument
in the World
The Edison Disc Phonograph
THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOUBNAL FEED AY EVENING- MARCH 21,1913-
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Coats and Suits
62 All Wool Serge and Striped Wool Mixture Suits, these tfQ QC
suits are regular $15 and $12.50 values, specially priced at. . . .4 VJ
22 All Wool Norfolk Suits made of a splendid quality, serge. Colors
are navy blue and tan. Other stores will ask you $14.95 Ci "7C
forthissuit. Ourprice. VmiO
$19.50 All Wool Bedford Cord Suits. Specially SL h Q
priced at 4 e ' D
$19.50 Beautiful Bulgarian Serge Norfolk Suits $14 50
Is being1 demonstrated this wek at the Music rooms of the
Santa Fe Watch Co. Those interested in music should hear
this marvel of the musical world.
Those who have visited the music rooms
the past few days and have heard this won
derful instrument have nothing but the
greatest praise for the New Edison Disc
Phonograph. Demonstrations are being con
ducted by experts from the Edison labra
tories every afternoon and evening.
SANITY IN DOUBT
i
Commission May Be Appointed
in Eaton Case.
Widow of Late Admiral in Jail
at Plymouth.
EXAMINATION ON MARCH 28
TToman Dressed in Mourning
"When Arrested.
Sends Cheerful Note to Her
Relatives.
Plymouth, Mass.. March 21. Mrs.
Joseph G. Eaton, who was arrested
yesterday charged with the murder by
poisoning of her husband. Rear Ad
miral Eaton, sent a cheerful message
from her room in the county jail to
her daughter. Miss Dorothy Ainsworth.
'"I want to tell you all not to worry
about me," she wrote. "Don't cry and
take on over it, for it will all come
all right in a few days. Look after
mother and don't allow her to become
excited and be sure to take care of
everything on the place."
The widow herself appeared optimis
tic today and accustomed herself to
the routine of jail life without com
plaint. She was brought here from Hingham.
where she had been arraigned earlier In
the day following her arrest. Throue-h
counsel she pleaded not guilty, waived :
the reading of the complaint and was
held without bail for examination '
March 28. I
It has not been determined whether '
the inquest into the sudden death of '
the admiral will be resumed. It was '
intimated that Mrs. Eaton might not
be brought to trial. The possible ap
pointment of a commission to pass up
on her sanity was suggested.
District Attorney Barker went to
Boston to confer with Chief Justice
Aiken, of the superior court. It was
thought his errand might be in con
nection with the convening of a special
grand jury to consider the case.
When Mrs. Eaton, who Is a stout
woman, 45 years of age. entered the jail
here she was dressed in the black suit
she wore at her husband's funeral. A i
mourning veil partially hid her face j
She had been weeping, but generally i
maintained the composure that has '
characterized her bearing from the j
first.
Both Admiral and Mrs. Eaton had ;
been married before. The admiral's '
first wife was Mary Anne Yamum,
whom he married at Dracut, in 1871.
when he was a lieutenant in the navy, i
His body was buried beside that of his1
first wife. From his graduation at !
Annapolis until his retirement with the
rank of rear admiral In 1905. the life of j
nnviil tiffiinr tvsa f !' ! tw) with honors !
and he acquired a fortune.
Soon after his retirement he met Mrs.
Jennie May Ainsworth. the daughter of
George Harrison, of Alexandria, Ta.
Mrs. Ainswcrth later divorced her hus
band. D. H. Ainsworth. an employes
of the senate at Washington, and she
and the admiral were married in 1907.
Their courtship was described by the
admiral in a statement which he made
during a brief estrangement from his
wife four years ago. He said:
"I met Mrs. Ainsworth in Chicago
and at that time I thought she was a
widow. At that time, however, she
was not actually divorced from her
husband. It was not until Just before
mv marriage that I learned she had a
husband. Then she told me that her
husband was alive and that she had
Just obtained a divorce from him on
the grounds of drunkenness and de-;
aertion.
Helped Her Financially.
"During the time that I paid atten
tion to her. knowing her straightened
circumstances and thinking that her
husband was dead. I helped toward
the support of herself and children, i
giving her money, though at the times
1 did not know for what purpose she
was using it. Later, after the mar- j
riaee. I learned inadvertently that I !
had been paying for the divorce pro
ceedings which she had instituted
against her husband.
"I married her because I had said
I would, and was too much of a gen
tleman to withdraw my promise. She
has always been a good wife. I knew
that money was given to Ainsworth.
but never with my consent except
once; then I paid his fare to Cleveland
to get rid of him."
After their marriage, the Eatons
came to Brookline. Soon afterward
the admiral met with financial re
verses and in his last days led an un
pretentious life on a poultry farm in
Norwell.
His principal income was from his
allowance as a retired naval officer,
which amounted to $4,000 a year. It
is understood that his estate is rep
resented largely by a life insurance
policy for $6,000.
Xktaaapninted -that -a child ' tatd nut
been born to them, the admiral about
two years after his second marriage
secretly adopted an infant which he
proclaimed as his own. The deception
was successful for a time, but the baby
died when a few months old. Mrs.
Eaton declared that the infant had
been poisoned and an examination of
the stomach was made. No poison was
found but as a result of her charge.
Mrs. Eaton was estranged from her
husband for a brief period. Then they
were reconciled and again lived to
gether. With them at that time lived
the two daughters of Mrs. Eaton by
her earlier marriage, June and Doro
thy. The former is now the wife of
Ralph P- Keyes, of Boston.
Ainsworth, Mrs. Eaton's first hus
band, renewed friendly relations with
the Eaton family and was an occa
sional visitor at their home. Mrs. Ea
ton has stated that her husband was
much interested in drugs and their ef
fect upon persons and devoted much
Why not do as so
many are doing
put your household on a
practical, economical basis ?
A cash basis!
A fine list of attractive
prices for Saturday !
Special Saturday
Fresh Country Eggs,
doz. . .'. 18
Easter Egg Dye,
5c pkg 3
White Crisp Celery,
stalk 4f
Peck Good Cold Storage
Apples 20f
White House Flour, 48 lb.
sack ($1.35 value at
least) $1.18
Best Red or Yellow Onion
' Sets, 2 Qts 15
60c pail fancy Country
Sorghum 4Sf
30c Coffee, a popular
brand 25 f
5 cans Good Standard
Corn 25 1
15c can fancy little Peas
for ..12l
Fancy fresh Head Lettuce,
head 3S
Prices Good Every Day
Our fine Bread, 3 for 10c; 4c
and 8c loaf.
Good Red Chunk Alaska Sal
mon 14c
Good can White Salmon, 2
cans 15c
10c can Tall Milk 8c
Best Long Thread Bulk
Cocoanut. lb 18c
Finest quality Peanut Butter
made, lb 15c
Very finest Cocoa put up,
2 !b. can : 18c
Very finest first crop B. Fired
Japan Tea. lb -. .4Sc
Salome, wonderful dirt start
er for wash day 9c
5 lbs. very best White Beans 25c
3 pkgs. 5c Lump Starch .... 10c
4 0c pail Table Syrup 32c
10c sack finest Table Salt... 6c
10c Round pkg. Shaker Salt 6c
A good cheap Coffee, lb....!8o
Can good table Plums 10c
10 bars Silk or Lenox Soap. .28c
30c sack Graham Flour.... 23c
20c Best Bitter Chocolate. . . . 15c
10c pkg. Jell-O 8c
Little sack good Flour S2c
Clothes Pins, doz lc
Special Discount of 109c on the
best Graniteware on the mar
ket. Every piece warranted
two years.
Evaporated Raspberries, lb.. 25c
10c pkg. Figs 6c
Very best 20c Butterine. 18c
Fancy 25c Butterine 23c
Split Sweet Pickles, very fine
parchment pkg Sc
8 lbs best Bulk Oatflake 25c
8 lbs. best Bulk Starch 25c
2 lbs. Very best Head Rice.. 15c
8 cans Oil Sardines 25c
Keg Herring "3c
Lowest possible price on Pork
Chops. Sausage. Bologna. Vi
enna Sausage. Salt Pork. Ba
con. Lard (Pail or Bulk),
compound. Hams. Cottolene,
Snowdrift, Crisco, etc. Get
our prices.
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BUSV 5W3 W Tenth.
cj. 1123 Kansas Ave.
Stores I0O4 N. Kan. Atv.
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Owing to the intense interest created by
the new Disc phonograph the Edison repre
sentatives have consented to remain in To
peka another week. This will enable out of
town people to hear this new instrument..
By all means see and hear the instrument.
82i ir--7tfakci Cjp
of his time to strange experiments.
The fclue and starred flag of the
Kearsarge Association of Naval Vet
erans of Boston will wave over the
grave of the admiral at Dracut. The
association made known their regret
that no naval honors had been accord
ed the dead officer and announced that
they would mark his resting place with
their colors.
Mother Is 111.
Mrs. George W. Harrison, mother of
Mrs. Eaton, is dangerously ill at her
daughter's home in Assinippl, and her
physician expressed the fear that she
will not survive the shock of her
daughter's arrest. .
Mrs. Ralph Keyes and Dorothy Ains
worth, daughters of Mrs. Eaton by her
first husband, declared that they wou.a
visit their mother in the Plymouth jail.
They refused to comment upon their
mother's arrest.
NEGRO WANTS PLAGE.
Colored Valet Aspires to Position in
Diplomatic Service.
Washington, March 21. When Secre
tary Daniels of the navy department
returns today from a visit to his home
in Raleigh N. C. he will pass along to
the state department the application of
a colored man who has shined his shoes
ami otherwise made him presentable
for a position in the diplomatic service.
Wrhen the secretary first came to
Washington he was the guest of an old
friend Dr. Sterling Ruffin. The physi
cian's valet J. Richard Davis took spe
cial care of the cabinet offices and
when the secretary left for Raleigh,
Davis dispatched a letter to him telling
him of his aspirations for the position
of secretary to the American legation
in Liberia. Davis, who has been in
the employ of Dr. Ruffin for some
time, speaks and writes Spanish per
fectly, havinB spent four years in Cuba.
ne is an tfipcri sitiiograpner ana in
his leisure moments studied for the ex
amination for the diplomatic service.
He has the indorsement of the Colored
Democratic league.
COUNTY ATTORNEYS.
Dawson Calls Conference in Topeka
April 3.
Attorney General John S. Dawson has
called a conference of the Kansas county
attorneys to be held in Taneka Thursday.
j April 3. The meeting, which will be heid
I in the state house, will be concluded with
j a banquet at the Throop hotel in the
evening.
For several years the public prosecutors
of the state have been coming to Topeka
for an annual business meeting and con
ference with the attorney general. This
mee.ing is usually held in the early
spring. Attorney General Dawson has de
cided that April 3 is a good time for tne
1913 conference and he has sent notices to
a. of the county attorneys of the state,
urging them to come to Topeka at that
time.
One of the features of the annual gath
ering of prosecutors, is that it is author
ized by law and the county commissioners
must pay the expense of the annual vuit
of their county attorney to Topeka. For
this reason, t is assumed, the conference
will include the representatives from
practically every county in the state.
NO NEED TO HURRY.
Dr. Friedmann Issues Warning to
Tubercular Sufferers.
New York. March 21. Dr. Friedmann,
the German specialist, has issued a
statement advising persons who have
intended to come to this city for treat
ment with his vaccine to wait until the
government tests of his remedy have
been completed.
"Do not come to New York at the
present time," says he. "Stay at home
and keep your patience. It will not
be long before you have the oppor
tunity of receiving my treatment. A
trip to this city would consume your
strength and vitality. So do not come
because 1 can now treat only those
sufferers selected by the government
physicians."
The superintendent of the Mount
Sinai hospital said that the first official
bulletins concerning the progress of the
patients treated, at the hospital would
be given out today at Washington.
FIRE THREATENS TOWN
Speedy Action of Citizens Saves VU-;
lage of Montezuma. j
Montezuma. Kan.. March 21. This
place barely escaped destruction when
a prairie fire swept this section during
& fierce- windstorm. The fire origi
nated when a farmer southwest of
here set fire to a straw stack. In a
few minutes the prairies for miles in
that direction were ablaze. Citizens
armed with wet sacks went out to meet
the advancing flames and succeeded in
keeping tnem irom nie c"y umijs
Several were suffocated but later re
vived. The town is one of those re
cently established by the Santa Fe on
its new Colmor cutoff
AGREESN POLICY
Secretary Bryan Discusses Chi
nese Loan Matter.
Also Delivers Anti-Standpat
Address in Des Moines.
Des Moines. Ia., March 21. Secretary
of State William J. Bryan last night
said that he was entirely in sympathy
with President Wilson in the latter's
attitude on the proposed Chinese loan.
He also said that he was unable to
agree with what former Assistant Sec
retary Huntington Wilson had to say
concerning the 'six-power agreement."
The secretary of state was engaged
in reading the published reports of
Huntington Wilson's resignation and
the reasons therefore when asked by
the Associated Press if he had any
comment to make.
"I cannot, of course, agree with the
former assistant secretary,'" Mr. Bryan
said, "in what he says concerning the
six-power agreement. The representa
tives of a group of bankers were heard
and the matter was considered by the
president. The principles involved were
such that it did not require any great
length of time for the president to un
derstand and act upon them.
"The assistant secretary. Huntington
Wilson, handed in his resignation when
President Wilson took the oath of of
fice and expected to sail for Europe
last Tuesday. Having to leave the city
ror a rew days, l asked him to delay hi3
departure until I returned. This he
consented to do; but he seems to have
felt that the change of policy pre
vented his remaining. He looked at
the Chinese loan proposition from the
same standpoint that former President
Taft and the late Secretary Knox did.
"I have no doubt that in the matter
of the Chinese loan the late pres
ident and retiring secretary and assist
ant secretary did what they thought
best for our country and China, but
I am entirely in sympathy with the
attitude of President Wilson and
heartily endorse both the position taken
and the language employed by him and
I may add that I am sure that the
country will approve of the change in
policy. I am equally confident that
China will rejoice at our nation's at
titude. "My association with Assistant Secre
tary Wilson has been pleasant. I have
found him courteous and helpful during
my connection with the department."
Delivers Address.
"Standpatism is dead," Secretary
Bryan declared before the annual ban
quet of the Jefferson club here last
night. The statement came early in
his speech and the orator, speaking
before a crowd which filled the Coli
seum, dwelt long upon the fact that he
believed that the highest accomplish
ment of the present administration
would be the restoration of what he
TOMORROW
SUGAR
Cane Granulated, 20 lbs.
for ...$1.00
FLOUR
Our "Puritan" 48 lb. sack,
for $1.10
FISH
Fresh Dress Cat, lb. ... 13
TOMATOES
Fresh and ripe, ....10
RADISHES
Round or long red, 3
bunches 10
LETTUCE
Fancy solid heads,3 for 10
MORNS & MYERS
$10.00 All Wool Serge Coats
$12.50 Serge and Mixture
priced at
$15.00 All Wool Mixture Coats '
$15.00 All Wool Serge Coats
These Coats are beautiful models made
in all wool materials ; come all shades and
sizes at
20 All Wool Serge Dresses colors are blue and black. QC
These dresses are reduced $5.00 values, now at pCiyD
Railroad
Fare
Refunded
According to
Amount of
Purchase
WASTED Alteration help on
on coats and dresses. Apply
immediately. Greenbaum Co.,
605 Kansas avenue.
termed the spirit of the forefathers to
the Institutions of the United States.
"You cannot cross the United States,"
he said, "without passing through a
state which is governed by a progres
sive Democrat. Illinois has Just placed
one in office. Ohio elected a progres
sive at the last election, as did Ne
braska, Kansas and Missouri and you
came very near to filling out this list
of western states by electing one here
in Iowa. Just a day or jtwo before I
left Washington a new United States
senator arrived. He was a progressive
Democrat from Vermont. All the mem
bers of the cabinet are progressive
Democrats and the leader in the senate
is John W. Kern, from whom six mil
lion progressive Democrats cast their
votes for vice president a short time
ago. More than this, the senate of the
United States has been made progres
sive and the new rules of that body
enable the majority of the party of
control."
WINTER IS ENDED.
At Least That Is the Vernal Equinox
Record.
New York, March 21. Winter enCd at
12:10 this morning, according to the
vernal equinox, with New York city
having had less snow and cold weather
than for many years. Practically all
of the $300,000 which the city usually
spends for removing snow was saved.
Repeatedly warm weather records for
winter, which had stood for 30 years
or more, were broken. Navigation on
the Hudson practically has been con
tinuous and the ice harvest in this state
is less than half the normal.
Spring entered warmly, with the city
enveloped in a thick fog.
No Need for Ceremony.
Greenfield. Mo., March 21. Rela
tives and friends who gathered at the
home of J. C. Webb here last night to
witness the marriage of his daughter.
Jessie Webb, to Clyde O. Sloan, were
surprised when the young couple,
just before the Rev. E. S. Brownlee
started to pronounce the wedding
ceremony, kissed each other and an
nn.m that thpv had been married
since last summer . Sloan produced
a wedding certificate attesting to his
marriage to Miss Webb in Erie, Kan.,
Julv 31 last, when each was visiting
friends there. After the marriage
each returned home here and kept
their secret while plans for the wed- j
ding went forward. j
Oliver Twist" Film Today. i
After being disappointed the first
part of the week, patrons of the Cozy
theater can now see the big five-reel
picture in which Nat. C. Goodwin as
sumes the role of "Fagin" in Charles
Dickens' "Oliver Twist." The picture is
being shown today and tomorrow. As
sociated with Goodwin in the produc
tion are Marie Doro as "Oliver Twist."
Charles .Rogers as the artful dodger and
Mortimer Martine as "Bill Sikes." Con
sidering the prominence of the cast and
the careful attention to the very small
est details, the film is a wonderful pro
duction both dramatically and as a
photographic aenievemenc
Stole Bible and Wnteky.
Joplin. Mo., March 21. B. H. Bid
well was arrested by the police here
at noon today upon complaint of
James Walker, who alleges that Bid-
well broke into his home and stole
1000 Easter Spring
Coats to
Select From
at $7.50
Coats. Specially
$8.95
$12.50
PROPER APPAREL FOR jfotfm
605 Kansas Avenue
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In the twilight
Ifil fe--
more pathetic than the silent piano 1
Whatrvisions cluster around the instrument
that now stands voiceless in the corner of the
room. From the Shadowland of the Past come trooping the
hours spent by childish fingers awkwardly running scales,
and the few short years when melody resounded through the home. Now
all is silence. Nothing but memory is left for the parents as they g&ae at
the silent piano. What a contrast to the home that has a
Farrand Cedlian Player Piano
- Anyone can play it play it feel
ingiy. Bat of all Farrand Cteilian
music i not mechanical music, but
soul music the oat
ward expression of
the player's feel
ings. The Farrand
Metal Mechanism
that make climate
a matter of indifference. The
easy-acting pedal, the Tempo Lever,
Thematic Buttons all combine in
We have some attractive price reductions on two Farrand
Cecilians used slightly. Come in tomorrow and hear them.
Your old piano may be exchanged for its full value here.
Today! Tomorrow!
Headliner Attraction of the Big Feature Week
The Power of Civilization
The story of the Red Race from primeval periods of
savagery and blood thirsty warfare to present state of
civilization. An Indian story that is different. An ever
changing series of emotions will pass through you as the
story is unfolded.
SEE the terrific struggle 'ZlrS;
Alt & lligu
boat.
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a B!M and a pint of whisky. . When
arrested Bidwell had the Bible and a
pint bottle filled with whisky in his
pocket, we aominea tamng me diuio,
but Insisted it is his own property
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of life there is nothing
one harmonious whole to give
music to the untrained as well as
the trained.
Call at oar store,
you will not be
urged to buy, and
we will consider
it a pleasure to de
monstrate to you the
fascination of injecting your own per
sonality your own feeling in music
produced by the Farrand Ceeilian.
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Teacher "Class in geography, pay at
tention. You on the end there, are you a
Caucasian?" Small Boy wtUmperinO
"Xo'm. I'm Mr. Jones' little boy." Balti
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