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THE TOPEKA EfAILY STATE JOURNAIr WEDNESDAY EVENING- SEPTEMBER 24, 1913-
2Trprka tat Journal
By FRAXK P. MAOLEXXAX.
(Entered July 1, 1S75, as second-class
matter at the postofTlce at Topeka, K.ao
under the act of congress.
VOLUME XXXV No. 226
Official State Paper
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nal building over wires for this sole pur
pose.
It is said that the split gown was
known to ancient Rome. Perhaps
that is what made Nero get out his
fiddle and kerosene can.
Don't think that our schoolmaster
president isn't an astute politician. He
is determined to have that elastic cur
rency ready before Christmas.
Secretary Bryants - attitude toward
the yodlers perhaps is merely, an indi
cation that he wants to have friendly
diplomatic relations 'With' 'Switzerland.
Kansas to the fore again. It has a
representative on both the senate and
the house teams that ,are to contest
for the golf championship of the cap
itol. Another milestone in the progress
of civilization. King Constantine of
Greece walked the streets of Paris
the other day unattended and unmo
lested. Although the price of Tearing chil
dren has advanced 40 per cent in the
past ten years, you seldom hear par
ents complaining about it. Good old
parents!
At last it has been explained why
people who habitually dine in hotels
are "different." A German scientist
says hotel orchestras are driving peo
ple crazy.
American intervention . in Albania
seems imperative. Cable--dispatches
state that the Greeks there iave beat
en an American woman school teacher
and thrown her in prison.
Chicago proposes to eliminate
"gunmen" from the moving pictures
displayed within its confines. Ridding
Its streets of thugs and highwaymen
would be more to the point.
Topeka now takes a place of promi
nence in the realms of scientific re
search. Its officials have achieved the
distinction of dlseo-vering--that--there
are 9,449,440 flies in 140. gallons. .
Kaiser Wilhelm having abandoned
beer for grape juice, almost any day
now word may come that he has re
ceived a blank contract from the man
ager of a Chautauqua circuit.
In the absence of a German war
scare and with Mrs. ' Pankhurst in
France, and about to visit this country,
John Bull may soon have to take some
thing for thai lonesome feeling. -
Russell Sage may not have kept any
books to record the details of his finan
cial transactions but he had a system
that precluded the possibility of any
pennies getting away from him. '
Now that policewomen as well as
holdup men are toting revolvers In Chi
cago, it is evident that the position of
the innocent bystander there has be
come more precarious than ever.
If wodse comes to worst. Mr. Bryan
can follow the example said to have
been set by Daniel 'Webster when he
was secretary of state. Tradition has
It that Daniel was some poker player.
Aviators are reported to be exceed
ingly scarce. This is only natural con
sidering the large number that have
dropped to their death. The time is
still In the dim distance when aviation
will be a popular pastime.
Xews from Washington is to the ef
fect that the system of lobbying which
has been practiced by capital and la
bor will be severely excoriated by the
senate and house committees which
have been carrying cn the lobby in
vestigations. But verbal flaying of
capital and labor won't do much dam
age to either or to the lobbyists wno
have represented them. It will mere
ly have a tendency to make the lob
byists of the future a trifle more dis
creet. -
Mme. Polaire, the Parisian actress,
who is famed as the ugliest beauty in
the world, is not likely to achieve a
large success, in New York, where she
has just arrived. She is In no mood
to shine. In fact she Is in the bluest
kind of a funk, and with no possibil
ity of shaking It off. Her pet pig,
Olivia, her constant companion and
the inspiration of her endeavors.
leaped from her arms and jumped
verboard on the trip across from land states where single cases of lep
Bavre. How sad! Ye that have tears j rosy occur, and because of consequent
io shed, ahed them now. I inadequate methods of control, there
FOOTBALL.
Football has its critics and its ene
mies. They used to be much more
numerous, or noisy, than they are
now. And the mere fact that foot
bail has survived the vigorous and
sometimes violent crusades that have
been waged for its extermination is
about all the evidence needed of its
substance and worth as a sport. As
a matter of fact it is the greatest of
American college games, and each
succeeding year sees the general pub
lic taking a larger interest in it.
It is no pastime for the mollycod
dle, or the weakling. But at that.
every young fellow could add to his
vigor and dye the red in his blood a
deeper hue by chasing and booting
the pigskin about, even though he
might not be able to stand, the rigors
of training or the play in hard-fought
contests. Football is essentially a
game for the brawny, for the physical
ly fit; for the young men with nerve
and pluck, for those who have crafti
ness and courage. It takes brains, too
And the all too general impression
that its stars come from the -college
students who stand at the foot of
their classes Is in reality one of those
myths that is kept alive by the pro
fessional jokesmiths. Fortunate, in
deed, is the college boy whose phy
sical equipment permits him to take
a course in football. It is a wonder
ful develoDer of the right kind of
manhood, and the whole truth Is that
the heroes of the gridiron are among
the men who deliver the goods, who
are found on the firing line in the
battle of life.
Indications are that the present
season will be a banner one in the his
tory of the game. During its develop
ment methods of play crept in that
"made it unnecessarily dangerous and
possibly brutal. Mass plays and fly-ine-
wedges were fraught with real
danger to the lone opponent, or two,
who tried to stop them. But these
and other objectionable features have
gradually been eliminated, until to
day the game has more admirers and
followers than ever. Of course, acci
dents of one sort or another will oc
cur on the football fields this year
and during every other year to come.
No system of play or set of rules
could be devised that would be certain
to prevent them. But accidents hap
pen in every healthy sport. Many a
man has been killed as the result of
playing baseball. The drowning rec
ords of a year, from swimming and
boating, roll up a much bigger death
list than any football season ever did,
even during the most vicious periods
of the game. But if men will play,
men are sure to be hurt, and play
they must or the dull ones would be
too numerous.
Topekans are fortunate in having a
big college in their midst that affords
them the opportunity of seeing the
best in football that is played in this
section of the country. Not so far
away, too, are the teams of the state
university and the agricultural col
lege. The Washburn team has played
with varying degrees of fortune during
the- past few years. But the prospects
for an excellent team are bright this
year, . and proper encouragement and
support from Topekans will help it
on its way to victory. Football is a
thrilling, an intensely interesting game
to watch, and more Topekans should
take advantage of their opportunities
to familiarize themselves with and
enjoy this good sport.
LEPROSY'S MENACE.
The presence of leprosy here and
there in the United States Is held by
some to be of little consequence in
comparison with the occurrence of
other diseases, such as tuberculosis
and typhoid fever. Xevertheless, it is
a menace to the public health and
deserves special consideration be
cause of the possibility of the spread
of the infection, the hopeless nature
of the disease and the aversion of
the public to persons so afflicted.
While the spread of leprosy in recent
years has not been marked, it must
be remembered that cases of the dis
ease have, developed from time to
time in American-born persons, some
of whom had not been outside of the
United States. Of 278 lepers reported
In 1901. 145 were American-born, ac
cording to Surgeon General Blue of
the United States public health ser
vice, who discusses this question- In a
recent issue of The Journal of the
American Medical Association. By
reason of our ir.terests in the Philip
pine islands and other possessions,
there is danger of the introduction of
leprosy by returning American citi
zens. Large numbers of soldiers, sail
ors and civil employees spend pro
longed periods abroad, particularly in
the Philippine islands, where there is
decided danger of contracting the in
fection. The disease may not mani
fest itself on these persons for years
after their return. These facts taken
in connection with our knowledge of
the rise and fall of epidemics In the
past suggest the possibility of a
greater prevalence of the disease fifty
or one hundred years hence, unless
appropriate preventive measures are
instituted. Leprosy should not be re
garded as of no importance, neither
should it be an object of unreason
able aversion on the part of the pub
lic. Education is necessary to over
come this feeling. Public health offi
cials and physicians should system
atically teach the people the nature
of the disease, the extent of its con
tractibility, and above all, the hu
mane treatment that' should be ac
corded lepers. Every case of leprosy
should be promptly reported to the
proper health authority and, wherever
necessary, the laws should be so
amended and penalties provided for
non-observance. All lepers should be
isolated to prevent the spread of the
disease, but this should be so done as
to promote the comfort and happi
ness of those so afflicted. On ac
count of the difficulty of providing
these conditions in towns, counties
should be established under the
United States public health service a
national leper home for the care and
treatment of such cases as may be
turned over by state and local health
authorities for the purpose.
JOURNAL ENTRIES
Among the really rare things are
important arguments.
Every woman can keep a secret
that affects her own reputation.
A photographer is the only beauty
doctor who can rub out the wrinkles
permanently. -
Neither is the appearance - of a
street corner improved by the men
who hang around it.
Mind cures might be more success
ful if there were a larger supply of
material for them to work with.
JAYHAWKER JOTS
Let your head save your heels, ad
vises the Barton County Democrat.
Sometimes a minute think saves an
hour of hustle.
The worst case of absent-mindedness
known, reports the Atchison Globe, Is
told of an Atchison man who persists
in calling his second wife by his first
wife s name. .
The fellow who holds onto popular
ity the longest, declares the Washing
ton Republican-Register, has a way of
making people believe they know more
than he does.
Considering how low an estimate is
placed on a henpecked man. Miss Carl
son of the Lindsborg News wonders
why any woman should want to hen
peck her husband.
Conclusive evidence that the popula
tion of Wathena and vicinity is com
posed of mere humans is to be found in
the following in the Wathena Times
"Drouth? Already many are complain
ing or wet weather.
Everybody has one of two delusions,
insists the Cimarron Jacksonian. One
is that oil will eventually be struck on
his property. The other is that he will
some time invent something which will
make nlm a fortune.
Eaton B. Going tells that Si Snod-
grass has sent out invitations for a cat
fish hunt. Si says that since the creek
went dry the catfish have been annoy
ing him powerful. They have been
stealing his chickens most every night.
Should you ever meet anv one nre-
cisely like yourself the chances are,
thinks Mrs. Tom ThomDson of the
Howard Courant. you would swat him.
it takes a smart man. says Will Pal
mer in the Jewell County Republican,
io quit work himself and not become a
bother to those who haven't quit.
A plainly dressed fn
drove up to the hitchrack last Satur
day in a wagon, reDorts the Himiltnr
County Republican. Beside her sat
two small children. They were all
dust-covered and tired looking after
their long ride, and the children were
restless and fretful. Five men were
loafing opposite the hitchrack where
she stopped. Xot one offered to tie
the horses, nor help lift the young
sters to tfiA prjii,TiH i j . ,
Republican, this Ik tint r,. i..
fs a paid local advert isrn -Tnr-
Ancient Order of ,Sns of Rest.
You may believe In system, but don't be
eternally talking about it.
It's so hard for the average ' man to
smile when he is invited to a party.
It Is easy to become converted after you
have become too old to be mean.
.wP0",'. be''fve what people sav about
truer kin. No one is fair with their kin.
Man wasn't born to eat fire, and that Is
why smoking doesn't benefit any man.
A man who feels like a dog after he has
quarreled with his wife, isn't such a Mean
Man.
Mrs Jude Johnson got a. separation
rrom her husband today. Four cops had
to take her hands from his throat.
It occurs to a henpecked husband that
a bigamist would have plenty of trouble
even if there were no law against it.
Since clothes don't make the man, they
shouldn't, break him. Possibly we can
make that old overcoat run another win
ter. Ever notice the woman you are talking
to about ages is always a year or so
younger than those who were in her
crowd as a girl?
Men are bad enough, but there is some
thing wrong with the girl or woman who
has to make Defending her Honor her
life work.
QUAKER MEDITATIONS.
From the Philadelphia Record.
Sometimes it is also a good rule that
won't work both ways.
A woman's Idea of a bore is simply a
man who never flatters her.
Anger prompts some people to be furi
ous, and makes others sulphurious.
No Maude, dear, we should scarcely call
a missionary a success unless he makes
good.
Some men are so constituted that they
will do almost anything for money except
work for it.
When a sudden thought strikes a man it
is to be hoped that it doesn't strike him
off his guard.
Blobbs "What has he ever done to be
considered a hero?" Siobbs "Great Scott!
He has had six wives."
She "Did their engagement end hap
pily?" He "I don't know. They've only
been married a few weeks."
Sillicus "Do you believe matches are
made in heaven?" Cynicus "Perhaps;
those that are not made in hammocks."
Wigg "Bjones is the sort of fellow who
always seems to know just what to do.
Wagg "Yea. but he can't always find
ome one to do it."
Diner "Can you assure me that these
eggs are absolutely fresh?" Waiter "I
don't know that I can, sir. You see, I've
only been here about a month."
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
From the Chicago News.
The self-made man doesn't have to carrc
nr.li.Ti - .-.7 - !
union card.
A miser is one of the things that will
keep In any climate.
Lots of easy marks have been done in
tie name of charity.
If vou would learn a man's weakness
let him talk while you listen.
Our Idea of a true heroine is a woman
who could talk back but doesn't.
Don't worry about the faults of others.
Get ousy and try to correct your own.
A man's best friend Is a woman who
can keep him from making a fool of him
self. -
After the second baby arrives a woman
seldom changes the style of doing up her
hair.
Anyway, a mere man can wear his best
hat in the rain without getting the curl
out of the feathers.
When an old bachelor decides to get
married he keeps as mum on the subject
as if he were about to rob a safe.
F GLOBE SIGHTS I
BT THE ATCHISON GLOBE.
HY THE WAY
BT HARYBT PARSONS.
Europeans are coming to this coun
try by - shiploads, but returned trav
elers report that there are still a num
ber of natives of the other hemisphere
running at large on their native heath.
The European seems to be something
like the musca domestica, or house
fly. which has the peculiar faculty of
being Just as numerous in a house
after he has been chased out every
day for a week.
Our pet fox has taken up another
abode; he is gone, but not forgotten
and we are more forcibly reminded of
him when we are passed by an auto
that Isn't working just right.
Our social survey has been post
poned: there are plenty of rod and
chain men on the job, but as yet the
promoters of the new survey have
been unable to raise the price de
manded by the transit man.
In regard to that William Tell stunt
that was pulled off at Alma one would
hardly expect a .22 bullet to make a
serious abrasion on solid ivory.
We Intended to write something
about the failure of the equinoctial
storm to materialize, but thought bet
ter of it; it may come yet. Xothing is
exactly on time or according to prece
dent in Kansas.
Illinois college professor who
jumped his job to become a peanut
peddler made this improvement in his
lot: although his dealing will be large
ly with hopeless boobs, as before, he
will not have to be shut up in a room
with a whole gang of them.
Some advertise board, and others
table board, but it does not necessar
ily follow that the former feeds the
guest in the kitchen sink. A lot of
other surplus words are in daily use.
"I suppose," says Jack Supp, "that
the college boys must have some com
pensation for going to college, but
football has always appealed to me
as an unnecessary waste of time and
cuticle."
The story of the colored gentle
man, victim of circumstances because
an expressman hid a case of booze in
his store, reminds one of the other
colored gentleman, who, when frisked
bv an officer demanded: ".N'ow who
do you spos'n put dat chicking in man
pocket?"
The latest reports indicate that
Murphy has Sulzer's goat tied to a
post and is sharpening the axe.
And that will be about all for a few
days.
EVENING CHAT
BY RUTH CAMERON.
Enjoying 111 Health
There is unquestionably such a thing
as enjoying ill health. Or perhaps I
should put it less harshly, apd say,
making a vocation of ill health, -
If you should ;use that phrase to the
people whose way of living it describes,
they would be highly indignant. Oh
would . sprmlriiowfer .h-e': gif tie -gie them
to listen t'. theifrteies, and hear thi
peculiar gusto with which they speak
of "one of my headaches, "my diet.
'my rheumatism; ' "one of those bad
attacks I'm subject to," etc.. etc.
In all the world there is nothing
so Joyless as such enjoyment.
The people who indulge in it have
my profoundest pity.
For they are unhappily caught In a
vicious circle. The medicine they most
need is a mental effort, and that men
tal effort, by the very nature of their
disease, it is peculiarly hard for them
to make.
When the doctor says that there is
nothing the matter with anyone ex
cept nerves,' the patient's relatives of
ten take that to mean that there is
nothing the matter with her at all. In
reality it means that she has a dis
ease which is as difficult to cure as
many organic troubles.
When we are told that anyone has
the opium or some other drug habit
fastened upon him we realize that he
has a terrible disease which excites our
greatest pity and requires the most
careful treatment. Now the habit ot
enjoying poor health is just as deadly
and insistent a disease, and the poor
unfortunate who has drifted into this
cruel habit deserves just as much pity
and just as careful treatment.
And for what he does while under
the domination of that habit, for his
gloomy ways; his distressing pessimism
and his miserable self-centredness, he
does not deserve blame, only pity.
The fault committed, if fault there
was, lay in letting himself drift into
the habit.
It is terribly hard to get out of this
peculiar state of mind.
It is only about one hundredth part
as hard not to get into it.
Even as I write, I know hundreds of
thousands of women are drifting that
way.
You, reader friend, may be one of
them.
Then don't do it. Whether it's neu
ritis, or nervous indigestion, or sleep
lessness, or headache, or queer feelings,
or depression, or any one of the in
numerable forms which that devil
nerves knows how to assume, stop
now.
Don't be so tense. Relax. Cultivate
a?renity. Don't hurry, but don't be idle.
Have plenty to take up your mind and
keep you occupied but don't crowd
yourself.
If there is any organic manifestation
such as indigestion, treat that with
rest, diet and s little medicine as pos
sible. Then attend to the nerves
which caused the trouble. But above
all things, don't get into the habit of
watching yourself and your symptoms
as a cat watches a mouse. Don't enjoy
1,1 health or make a vocation of it.
have neIVOUS trouble almost never
rlA T trtno et thaca n3nnlo A ft-ianrl
of mine declares that if nerves were a
prison offense we should not need any
more nerve specialists. I think he's
pretty near right, don't you?
"Did you read my speech?" asked Sena
tor Sorghum. "I did." replied the candid
constituent. "In fact, I read it several
times. The first time I wanted to learn
what you had to say, and after that I kept
trying to figure utv- if possible, what the
'laughter' and ' 'applause' - were about."
Washington Star. . ' -
"But you don't speak the language of
the country in which you desire a diplo
matic position." "Well," replied the de
termined applicant, "a man isn't nearly
so liable to make indiscreet remarks if
he has to get a lexicon and look up the
meaning of every word he utters." Wash
ington Star-
WHEX OCR GRANDPAS WERE IN
LOVE.- .
Things-have changed a mighty sight
Since our grandpas went to spark;
There was no electric light
When they wished to keep it dark;
x ney a no chance to ever call
Up a girl by telephone;
Had no taxicabs at all,
Cabarets were still unknown;
They were poor and underpaid.
And were plagued by many cares;
How, oh, how, did they, persuade
Our dear grandmas to be theirs?
When our grandpas were young men
They had little cash to burn;
It was customary then
To save all that one could earn;
They were not inclined to flash
Money where crowds could see;
They were stingy with their cash.
For, in fact, they had to be:
Cocktails gave them no delight.
Life, no doubt, was very tame.
But they seemed to hit it right
With our grandmas, all the same.
When our grandpas loved and sighed
As enchanted lovers will.
They had little cause for pride, -
And their tastes were simple still.
They possessed no purring cars
To appeal to women's hearts;
On their hands they bore the scars
Necessary toil imparts;
Oft I wonder how they won
Our grandmas, poor old chaps.
They appear, though, to have done
Well: desDite their handicaps.
S. E. Kiser, in the Chicago Record-Her
ald.
THE EVENING S10RY
Maisle's Forest Ranger.
(By Cora A. M. Dartmouth.)
"He is huntinar for big game, he
said."
"Then he's lost his bearings," quoth
Timothy, blandly. "There's nothing
larger than a woodchuck or a deer on
Mount Euphrata. I can't abide him
myself."
Dave's broad shoulders shook with
silent mirth at the old guide's retort.
"Neither can I. Tim. He gets my
goat and all the home flock of sheep,
too. He's too good to be true, nave
vou been up to his camp ;
"CamD? He ain't got a camp. He'
living in the old stone house on the
west slope. The hunters always have
quarters there, and there's a bed and
stove and table. That s where ms
camp is. I don't know where he got
the horse from, but he acts suspicious
to me."
"I'd give $20 and more to find out
something about him straight. The
young ladies rather take to him, Tim."
Tim nodded . understanding and
shifted his pipe. Down below them
lav the camp, its white tents showing
up in the moonlight. The melody of
a mandolin came up to mem. .some
body was singing, too. the old Spanish
air. "La Paloma, in .Spanish.
"That's him," said Tim, with a grunt
of disapproval. "He's been singing in
French and German and now it s Japan
ish. Got all the folks there listening
to him, specially the women."
"Was he here before we came up
Tim shook his head doubtfully. "I
can't say. Mr. Axtell. I come and go
throusrh the valley and round the
mountains, but I don't usually come
this high up. Most of folks ain't as
anxious for high views as your party
so that way I may have missed his
coming."
Dave shifted his position restlessly.
H had been there in camp for three
weeks nov. and the very first day of
their arrival there had ridden down
the mountain this handsome, careless,
debonair youngster. He wore gray
trousers and a gray flannel shirt, and
was always hatless.
Maisie had been partial to him from
that first day. She was rather sen
ous and liked mystery. With her wide
blue eyes looking after the vanishing
figure of their neighbor she had de
clared they must do all they could to
make things pleasant for him.
There are nine of us, Dave, and
there he is all alone. I told him to
ride down, every day, and just make
himself at home."
You don't know a thing about
him.'" growled Dave.
Yes, I do. His name is Paul Car
ter, and he's been a forest ranger
out west some place."
He was good on details, wasn't he?"
I really think," she paused to let
the accusation sink in for all it was
worth. "I really think you'se Jealous,
Dave."
'Why shouldn't I be? Htre I've
been taggii-g after you for years
ready to marry you at the drop of
your handkerchief, and I can give
you everything you wa-' . "
Can vou, Dave.' sne smiled tne
little maddening, enigmatical smile he
always detested. "You re big and
good-natured, and I suppose you
would be a 'good provider.' " She
laughed teasingly. "That's what fath
er always tells me. But -"hat do you
know know of a Woman's real heart?"
"What do you at 19?"
"I know one thing, anyway. You've
got to bring more to a woman today
when vou ask her to be your wlto
than just a check book rind a pleas
ant disposition. Mr. Carter seems to
understand, some way, everything I
say, and even think."
"Made good . progress, hasn't he, in
two visits?"
"You're jealous already."
"By George, I think I am," flared
up Dave. "I'm sick and tired dancing
attendance forever, while you flirt with
every Tom. Dick and Harry who shows
up on the scene."
"Go talk to mother and Aunt Belle."
Maisie suggested kindly. "You mustn't
fret me when I'm reading, and this is
poetry. I'm going to lend it tonight."
Dave checked the rising flood of
words on his lips, seeing Timothy's
shock of red hair rise suddenly behind
some bushes. He strolled away and
met him at the turn of the road. Ev
ery day they went through the autumn
woods hunting game, while Maisie and
the other girls sat around Mr. Carter,
with Maisie's aunt and mother quite as
entranced, listening to the stranger
read aloud. The mystery around him
enhanced his attractiveness. He
seemed to have traveled everywhere,
and he was so "charmingly indefinite.
"I drift about as it pleases me." he
told them. "Now here, now there. I
love nature in her wildest mood. She
lures me. From here I shall go farther
north, possibly into Canada. Yes, I
feel sure It will be Canada next."
"We break camp next week," Maisie
said one day as they watched the sun
set from the trail above the camp.
"Isn't it queer to think we may never
meet again?"
He stood behind her. leaning back
against a tree, the sunset throwing a
red light over him and on his face. He
was looking down at her. at her loos
ened, fluffy hair, her provocative Hps
and long-lashed eyes that drooped at
the corners. And suddenly he reached
down and took her hands, pulling her
up beside him. In a flash all of his pol
ish, his cloak of good manners and
conventionality dropped from him. He
was eager, intense, desperate.
"Listen to me. I know you like me.
You don't have to say so. Let's make
a break from the camp and get away
tonight. I know the northern trails
away from the towns and railroads,
and we'll get to Canada all right, and
from there we'll go west and take up
a claim. They'll never get us, and I'll
make it heaven for you, Maisie, girl,
I swear I will.- Come here."-
He caught her around the waist, but
before Maisie even could gather breath
to call for help, there came one smash
ing blow from behind her which landed
on Carter's jaw. Dave stood over him,
smiling grimly, and directing the two
men who very deftly and swiftly
slipped on a pair of handcuffs over Car
ter's wrists.
"Take him down. I'll come along
presently." Dave waited until the trio
had passed ahead of them down the
trail.- Maisie stood motionless, her eyes
bright with anger. Before Dave could
speak, she held out her hands to him.
"What has he done?" '
"Broken out of the penitentiary a
month ago. He's a clever youngster,
too, the sheriff tells me. Sent up eigh
teen years at hard labor for forgery.
Are you hurt any, dear?"
His arms folded about her quite nat
urally, and this time there was no re
sistance. Maisie hid her face against
the broad shoulder with a sigh of re
lief. "Dear old Dave,'' she said, thankfully-
"Let's go back home soon. I'm aw
fully tired of woods and camping and
and fugitives."
Dave smiled and patted her hand.
"That's all right, kiddie. I knew it
was just the general atmosphere
around him, and those poetical curls.
He'll be back at the rock pile bv morning-"(Copyright,
1913, by the McClure
Newspaper Syndicate.)
NEW WORLD'S RECORD
Louisville Racing Begins by Breaking
Speed Records.
Louisville, Ky, Sept. 24. One
world's record was established and
one track record went by the boards
Tuesday afternoon at Douglas Park
wnicn inaugurated the fall racing sea
son in Louisville. Iron Mask, off
poorly and under an impost of 127
pounds, stepped six furlongs in 1:10-
4-5. The old record was 1:41 and was
held jointly by Chapultepec and
Prince Ahmed. The other record to
fall was for five and . one-half fur
longs which was won by Bradley's
Choice. The winner went the distance
in 1:06 flat.
FAVORS OPEN DOOR.
Bristow Wants Everybody to Have a
Say on Currency Bill.
Washington, Sept. 24. The admin
istration currency bill from the view
point of the farmer and the grain
merchant was discussed before the
senate banking committee todav bv a
delegation of merchants from the
northwest who opposed the provisions
of the bill as they expect them to af
fect the country banks.
F. E. Kenaston, a manufacturer of
farm machinery suggested that the
committee before passing on the bill,
visit the farming and business com
munities of the west and- r. become
closely acquainted with business con
dition. Senators Bristow and Reed
seemed to favor the suggestion.
benator Bristow expressed the opin
ion that a majority of the committee
would support him in a demand that
all bankers, busines men, merchants
and others desiring to discuss the bill,
be allowed to appear before the com
mittee. If that course is followed the
bill may be in the committee at least
a month and probably until Nov. 1st.
WAS A COLONEL AT 14
Champion Office Holder D'ics at Fort
bmitn, Arkansas.
Fort Smith, Ark.. Sept.' 24. Col.
James Brizzolara, one of the most
widely known characters of the early
days in the southwest died at his
home here last night. He became a
colonel in the Italian army at 14. He!
Joined Garibaldi in Italy's war for In
dependence.
Col. Brizzolara read law in the of
fice of Gen. James Chalmers and
Gen. Albert Pike in Memphis. Tenn.
In 1869 he fought a duel in that city
with James Pheland and was wound
ed. Upon his removal to Fort Smith
he became chief of the fire department
and served as city attorney. For
three terms he was mayor then United
States commissioner, circuit court
commissioner, assistant federal pros
ecuting atorney and later postmaster.
TO BE GUEST OF HONOR
ieerctary Daniels Attends Banquet of
Jloosicr Members A. P.
Indianapolis, Sept. 24. Secretary of
the Navy Josephus Daniels, who is to
be the guest of honor and principal
speaker at a banquet tonight given by
the Indiana members of the Associated
Press arrived here this afternoon. He
was met at the station by a reception
committee headed by Former Vice
President Fairbanks.
Besides Secretary Daniels. the
speakers at the banquet will be Gov
ernor Samuel M. Ralston, Dr. Wm.
Lowe Bryan, president of Indiana uni
versity and Melville E. Stone of New
York, general manager of the Asso
ciated Press.
Mr. Fairbanks will be toastmaster.
WANT $5,000 DAMAGES
Claim Rock Island Responsible for
Smallpox Cases.
Claiming that they contracted the
smallpox through the neglect of the
Rock Island company and the John
D. Grier company. Lincoln Stevans,
Silas Smith and Hugh Strong filed
suit today in the Shawnee county
court against these organizations.
They ask $5,000 damages each.
FOREST FIRES OUT.
San Francisco, Sept. 24. After
burning for three days with damage
to timber and agricultural lands esti
mated at $7,000,000 and upward for
est fires in four- counties of central
California were reported today under
control.
Nowhere was any loss of life reported.
U. B. CONFERENCE
Orer 200 Delegates Present at
Topeka Sessions.
The Program Covers Rest of
Week, Closing Sunday.
In the opening address at the con
ference of the United Brethren church
held this week In Topeka, Bishop C. J,
Kepheart of Kansas City, who pre
sides at the meetings, declared effi
ciency one of the requisites of the
Christian life. The session, which is
attended by 200 delegates, opened this
morning in the United Brethren church,
corner of.Quincy and Twelfth streets.
"The secular world has learned this
lesson of efficiency In the realms of ag
riculture, manufacture and commerce."
said the bishop. "We must master the
same lesson as it relates to church
work. Am I saying too much when I
state that the work of the local churchj
of the annual conference, of the denom
ination at large should be planned with
the same care and executed with the
same thoroughness as that of the farm,
the manufacturing establishment, the
commercial institution? More since
the work of the church is inexpressibly
more fundamental than these, so Its
planning and execution should be bet
ter. Every part of our work at this
session is important, because it is the
'King's business.' Hence let every part
of it be carefully, conscientiously, ef
ficiently done, under the one supreme
motive the desire to glorify the Fath
er. Efficiency involves purity of mo
tive, careful planning, zeal and enthu
siasm in execution."
The elders' reports followed the bish
op's address, and the session adjourned
for luncheon at noon. The same ear
nest enthusiasm that characterized the
last conference, held in Concordia, is
noticeable here. Dr. J. H. Snyder of
Lecompton is secretary of the associa
tion, Rev. I. K. Dierdorf of Republic
City assistant secretary. Following the
reports of the various committees this
afternoon is scheduled an address of
welcome by Mayor R. L. Cofran at four
o'clock. Bishop Kepheart has been
asked to make the response.
The program for the conference has
not been outlined. It will last all week,
adjourning Sunday evening. It is
probable that Rev. C. Whitney, home
mission secretary, and Dr. W. E. Schell
of Dayton, educational secretary, will
speak. The conference will consider
organic reunion of the United Breth
ren with the Methodist Protestant
church, and the advisability of a state
wide conference.
Dr. E. R. Baber, pastor of the church,
is chairman of the entertainment com
mittee and extending hospitalities to
the guests. At least 100 delegates had
arrived before noon. The church was
filled during the morning session
CLAIMANT TURNS UP.
Woman Says she Was Common Law
Wife of "Ijord" Harrison.
Kansas City, Sept. 24. A common
law wife has appeared to claim the.
half million dollar estate of "Lord"
Alfred Harrison, English country gen
tleman, and recluse. : who lived on a
ranch near ElDorado, Kansas, until
his death last week in Wichita.
Mrs. Elizabeth Harrison of Kansas
City became the eccentric and wealthy
Englishman's common law wife about
eight years ago when she was 16 years
old, T. A. Milton, her attorney said
here today. They lived together here
several years and spent much time in
Excelsior Springs and Chicago.
Senator Milton said he would file
Mrs. Harrison's claim for a widow's
share in the" estate as soon as she re
turned from a visit out of town. He
declined to give her Kansas City ad
dress. Xo wife is mentioned in Harrison's
will and all his estate is left to a
niece, Ethel Harrison.
" 'Lord' Harrison came to Kansas
about 20 years ago," Senator Milton
said, this morning. "He was very pe
culiar and his wife and he had several
estrangements, but always became
reconciled. She has ample proof that
she is his widow."
WOULD PUT TAFT OUT
Resolution Offered Io Name New
Lincoln Memorial Commission.
Washington, Sept. 24. When for
mer President Taft arrived here to
day to attend a meeting of the Lin
coln memorial commission he found a
resolution in congress to legislate him
out of his commissionership and also
displace "Uncle Joe" Cannon and
former Sen.-itor Cullom. who was a
personal friend of Lincoln's. Bids
for the memorial, a gigantic struc
ture of marble near the Potomac, are
to be opened tomorrow. '
Congressman Borland introduced
the resolution today, asking congress
to repeal the law which authorized
the memorial, and name a new com
mission to be corr.pcsed of Democrats,
including Vice President Marshall and
Speaker Clark. His resolution sets out
that the memorial now proposed will
cost much more than was estimated
and will be confronted with newly
discovered engineering difficulties.
Borland was a warm supporter of a
Lincoln highway from Washington to
Gettysburg.
To Insure Meat Supply.
Chicago, Sept. - 24. Three resolutions
designed to Increase the production of
mem Hire auupif-a ny me American Meat
Packers' association today. The fu-t
calls the attention of the secretary of
agriculture to the "Severe regulations af
fecting the industry;" the second re
quests a government appropriation for the
eradication of live stock disease, and the
third asks for direct government help in
bringing about increased production.
Porter Charlton's Preliminary.
Como, Italy, Sept. 2 4. The pre
liminary inquiry into the charge
against Porter Charlton, the young
American accused of murdering hiu
wife at Lake Como in 1910, was con
cluded today. The result has not been
communicated to the king's procura
tor. The arrival of certain documents
from America is awaited.
Boston 4; Philadelphia O.
Philadelphia, Sept. 24. National
League first game, score: R H E
Boston 4 g 2
Philadelphia "n 3 o
Batteries Rudolph and Rariden;
Seaton, Brennan and Killifer.
Today's Games Postponed.
rrZ?. lty- I?, ' SePt--24. Today's
Wichita-Sioux City game postponed
account of rain.
Omaha, Neb., Sept. 2 4. Today's
Denver-Omaha game postponed ac
count of rair, -