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4 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 Official Paper City of Topeka. TERMS OP SUBSCRIPTION Daily edition, delivered by carrJer. K cents a week to any part of Topeka or suburbs, or at the aam; price In any Kan sas town where the paper haa a carrier System. By mall one year $3.60 By mall six month 1-80 By mall 100 days, trial order ! TELEPHONES. Private branch exchange. Can 3530 and sk the State Journal operator for per son or department desired. Topeka State Journal building. S0O. SE and 804 Kansas avenue, corner Eighth. New York Office: 250 ilfth avenue. Paul Block manager. Chicago Office: Mailers building. Paul Block, manager. Boston Office: Tremont Building. Paul Biock. manager. FT'IJj LEASED WIRE REPORT Of THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. The State Journal is a member of the Associated Press and receives the full day telegraph report of that great news r- fanizatlon for the exclusive anernojn publication In Topeka. The news is receive In The State Jour 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, -