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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-21
SHE STABBED TWO men.
Hatpin Proved Effective Weapon in
Hands of Woman.

Cincinnati. O., April 2I.-Bonita,
leading woman with the Wine
Woman and Song company, which
went to pieces here was arrested in
her room at the hotel early this
morning after a fight with the hotel
clerk and was locked up in a cell
Bonita Is charged with disorderly con-
duct. After languishing two hours in
the cell she was released. Later when
her case was called in court Bonita
failed to appear. She had skipped to
New York on an early train A fine
of s5 and costs was assessed against
her and it was paid by her attor-
ney.
Previous to the arrest a desperate
fight took place in an elevator of the
hostelry between the woman, who was
armed with hat pin. and Night Clerk
William Hett1ich. jr., and Watchman
Adam Matz. Both Hettlich and Matz
were severely stabbed during the
scuff1e and a physician had to be
called to dress their wounds.
The trouble started when the
woman tried to order drinks from
the bar after midnight.
Bonita started a comm otion in the
hallway and guests, panic stricken.
rushed from their rooms. Several
patrolmen were summoned to the
hotel and Bonita was taken to the
police headquarters in a patrol wagon.
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by the army of investment.
In some quarters it is believed there
is an increasing bility of arriving
at an understanding which may result
III a reconciliation between the young
Turks and the sultan. 1t was even de-
clared in official circles this morning
that the four farles between the gov
ernment and the constitutional army
promises a settlement.
It is alleged that the army no longer
insists on the withdrawal of the pres
ent ministry and the reinstallatlon OF
the Hilmi cabinet but it does maintain
its demand for punishment of the auth
orS of the recent trouble
Americans Feel Safe.
Constantlnople, April 21.-The report
of the news here that the American
government had ordered the cruisers
Montana and North Carolina to Alex
andretta for the protection of Ameri-
cans, has brought satisfaction and
sense of security to Americans here and
in the Syrian coast cities OF Merstna,
Beirut and Alexandretta whittier the
information has been forwarded. The
trouble may be over before the cruisers
arrive but there is also chance that
in two or three weeks time civil war
may be beginning. Great Britain,
France and Italy already have war
ships on this coast. while Germany is
sending vessels. and in addition the
powers maintain guard ships at Con-
stantino2le
The consuls and the consular agents
stationed on the Syrian coast sent in
kilograms yesterday and today declar-
ing that the missionaries were receiv
ing strong protection at the hands of
Turkish authorities. ]. B. Jackson, the
American consul at Aleppo. however.
expressed some concern for the mis-
sionaries in outlying stations who have
given asylum to Christian refugees. At
A number of places the conditions are
not yet sufficiently quiet to permit
these refugees to leave the stations. and
as a result the missionaries are still
exposed to the possibility of mob at
tack
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over THE FALLS.
Ice in the Upper Niagara River
is Flowing
At the Rate of Thousands of
Tons Second.
SITUATION PERILOUS
At Lewiston 1t Is Piled Up
Eighty Feet High.
As Jam Moves 1t Carries EN-.
bankment With 1t.

Niagara Falls, n. Y, April 21.-rhe
situation here today is perilous. Col
onel James r. Price. In charge of the
Buffalo office of United States Engin-
eering corps. says the department is
helpless to render any assistance at
Lewiston and Youngstown He in
spected the conditions on Sunday and
found the ice at the mouth of the riv-
er at least rs inches in thickness. Dy-
Mantle, Colonel Price declared would
make as much impression as il ex-
ploded in soft dirt. He saw no way to
relieve the condition. r..
The water that is now passing over
the falls is backing up in the Lotter
river. There are large fields of ice in
the river above the rapids, and IL IS
passing over the falls at the rate of
thousands of tons second.
AT Lewiston there is a large mound
of ice, probably so feet above the nor
NAL water level and endangering the
Cornell House located far above the riv-
er- AS the jam moves it carries the
embankment before it. cutting it of
clear as it passes.
State Of1icials Act.
Albany, n. Y, April 21-F c.
stevens, superintendent of the state
department of public works said to-
day that he had instructed Henry A,
kunze of Rochester. superintendent OF
the western division, and Charles L.
Tuttle, an expert in the use of explo-
sives, to proceed at once to the scene
of the trouble of the Niagara river and
render any assistance in their poWer
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Patient Suffering From Abdominal TIL
NOR Is Relieved

New York, April 21.-Surgeons at
the Flower hospital have just effected
a remarkable cure of patient suffer
ing with a malignant tumor by means
of the injection of gelatine impregnat-
ed with radium. Only one other SINH
lar case is on record, according to the
hospital authorities and it was treated
in Europe recently by means of a ra-
dunn in a glass tube, which was sew
ed UP in the tumor.
In the Flower hospital case the tu-
NOR was as large as grape fruit and
was first reduced by use of the X
ray. Then the radioactive gelatine
was injected and at the end of five
weeks the growth was so materially
reduced that the patient was allowed
to go home. 1t is expected that he
will recover completely. although the
tumor was in the abdomen and his
death was expected six months ago.
No official report has been made on
the case nor has the name of the pa
tient been announced.
He Is well to do resident of West
chester county and went to the hos
pital with the idea of an operation.
The history of the case is to be pub
lished in the official journal of the
New York Homeopathic college in a
short time.
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HELD in MID AIR.
Clyde Eunchess Comes i'm Contact
With Live Wire.

Clyde Funchess of Ala East Tenth
avenue, line man for the Bell Tele-
phone company, was severely shocked
by A live wire in the alley On First
street between Kansas avenue and
Quincy street about IL O'Clock this
morning. He was repairing a break
in the line caused by the fire last
night at the F.. L. Seller paper house
at First and Quincy streets. He is
now at Keith's hospital in critical
condition.
George Whiteker of the Whfteker
Commission company was the first to
see Mr.. Funchess after the shock.
Mr.. Whiteker was experimenting the
unloading Of fruit in the alley outside
of the building when he heard a
gurgling noise. He. looked up and
saw the body of a man hanging across
the telephone wires at the top of the
pole. He notified the force of line
men who were working near by and
then telephoned for the current to be
shut off. DIR. Keith was also notified.
AS soon as the current was shut of
linemen climbed the pole and let the
unconscious body of the man down to
the ground by means of a belt and
ropes. The ambulance took him TO
the hospital.
The injured man is the son OF M.
Funchess.
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FARMERS TRUST.
Old Idea Revived with Some Success
in Wisconsin.

Madison. Wis, April 21.-Thomas
Emmerton of Bloomer. president of
the Wisconsin Society of Equity, be-
lieves the only method to curb the
trusts is for the farmers to have
trust of their own. He has started at
the task. During the past year the
society refused to sell the tobacco
raised and owned by the members for
less than a certain price The tobac
co kings bucked, but Emmerton had
tobacco sheds built in southwestern
Wisconsin where the tobacco of the
members was pooled and boxed ready
for sale. The insurance companies
insured the tobacco against losses by
fires and after some delay, the bank
ers loaned money upon the tobacco
in the pool as security. Nearly all of
last years crop has been sold from
the pool at from to cents more
pound than could ordinarily have been
received" according to Mr.. Emmer-
ton. Another tobacco pool was form
ed this year
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British vice eonsulates. The British
cruiser Diana has landed so men off
Alexandretta. The Sheik-Ul-Islam,
the head of the church, has telegraph
ed the ecclesiastical authorities in
Syria to exert every effort to put a
stop to the disorders. The civil and
military authorities appear to be pow
erless effectively to control the situa-
ton. A telegram received here today
from William Chambers, an American
missionary at Adana dated yesterday,
says:
THE trouble began April IA. BY
evening of April 16, Adana was quieter
and peace still continued. The town
is under martial law. Many people
were killed. There was much looting,
great damage was done by fire; the
market was almost totally destroyed
and the district was in a turmoil
The Shah Excused Himself
Teheran. April 21.-The Shah today
declined to receive the British and
Russian diplomatic representatives,
giving illness as an excuse.
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GETS A VERDICT FOR 81
End of the Gaines-ButIer Libel
Suit.

The jury in the civil libel suit of H.
n. Gaines against James Butler, which
has occupied the time of the district
court since Monday, today took one
hour in which to render a verdict
against the defendant for one dollar.
This case was the result of an article
published in the cooperative Leader -
a publication of hand bill proportions
run by Butler In a copy of this sheet
Butler referred to Gaines, publisher OF
the Farmers Advocate" as a mid
night assassin and compared him to
Harry Orchard, noted murderer. In his
suit for damages to his reputation,
Gaines included the Kansas Farmer, on
the grounds that the Farmer had print
ed the nbelouS publication in it's job
printing office. The jury found that
the Kansas Farmer was liable for as
sisting in the circulation of the printed
matter, and rendered the verdict of one
dollar against the company. The jury
also answered special questions of
the questions was: Did the plaintiff
suffer actual damage from the publica-
tion?'' This question was answered,
No"
In his argument, Judge Carver, for
the defense, recommended a verdict of
% cents. The court instructed the jury
nominal damages could be awarded
such as one cent or one dollar.
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RAIN WAS GENERAL
Only a Little Over Half an Inch Falls
in Topeka.

The rainfall of the past "a hours
amounted to less than an inch in any
part of the state, but was general, and
light rainfall is reported from every
weat ther station except Toronto. All
over the western part of the state,
temperature of freezing or nearly
freezing was recorded, but the average
for the eastern half of the state was
between 40 and AZ. The rainfall in
Topeka amounted to 69-100 of an
inch and the rain ceased at 1 o'clock
this morning. The indications favor
light showers late this afternoon and
tonight.
The best guess. based upon conditions
and past experience Of the weather
man, is cool weather tonight, with freez-
ing or near-freezing temperature in the
morning, but no frost. 1t is not expect
ed to clear off in time to frost Rain
or snow tonight is more probable.
The wind is blowing Is miles per
hour from the northwest.
Three stations in western Kansas
reported a temperature of freezing or
lower last night.
The local temperature by hourly read
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BACK TO MINORS.
Washington Asks for Waivers on
TanHehiii, keeIey and ShipIxe.

Washington. April 21-waivers have
been asked for by the Washington club
of the American leagu on Jesse Tan
nehil1. Bert Kelley and William Shipke.
The two first named are pitchers and
the latter an infielder.
Tannehili has been in major leagues
baseball for many years, having played
successively with the Pittsburg Ma
tionals the New York Americans ana
Boston Americans He was secured
by Washington from Boston last year
in exchange for Case Patten. but has
never been able to get back into win
ming form. Kelley and Shipke are
both young players, the former having
pitched formerly for the Chicago sLo-
gan Squares" The latter was drafted
from the American association.
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CASUALTIES WERE 1860
In the Sortie During Which Basker-
vile Was Slain.

Tabriz. Persia. April 21.-The ma
tionalists lost so men killed and 100
wounded in the sortie from this city
in which H. c. Baskerville, an Amer
lean school teacher, lost his life.
The armistice arranged by the Shah
for the purpose of bringing in pro-
visions is not regarded with en-
thusiasm here as the absence of
TRANSPORTATION makes provisioning
the town very difficult.
Relief Expedition.
Tifis April 21.-General Snarsky,
who commanded the Russian punitive
expedition to Julfa in 1908, has been
designated to lead the proposed Rus
sian expedition into Persia.
The expedition has been organized
at the suggestion of Great Britain
for the relief of foreigners at Tabriz.
It's departure however, has been
postponed on account of the armistice
granted by the Shah. The vanguard,
consisting of the Third battalion of
Caucasian rifemen is now camping g
near Julia on the frontier, in instant
readiness to march. The expedition
will be accompanied by a detachm ent
Of artillery engineers, and field tele-
graphers.
Disturbances Reach Antioch.
Constantinople, April 21-Later re-
ports from the Syrian coast say that
Moslem fanaticism is extending in the
viIayet of Aleppo. Disturbances have
broken out at Antioch and Birejik, and
foreigners have taken refuge at the
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BUss CROSS HELD FOR PERJURY
Negro Who Dodged Workhouse May
Go TO Penitentiary.

Buss Cross. star witness for the de-
fense in the Harve Enochs and Steve
Prouty robbery case, was formally ar
rested today in the county jail on a
charge of perjury. Prouty and Enochs
We're on trial on the charge of rob-
bing Mrs. G.. +. Jewell of a pocket
book containing $50. Cross. who was
then serving a long term in the Kan
sas City workhouse, professed a know
ledge of the transaction, and was
BORROWED to testify in the case On
the witness stand he assumed all re-
sponsibility for the robbery claiming
that he stole the purse. assisted by
another negro. who is not in the city
at present The prosecution made a
case regardless of the alleged confess,
sion of Cross and convicted the de-
PENDANTS. BY an agreement with the
Kansas City officials, Cross was not
returned, but held here to answer to
the perjury charge.
1t appears that Cross made the
confession because he preferred a
Kansas sentence to a long stay in the
Kansas City workhouse, which is not
a nonuiar resort.
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DEMOCRATS ARE SLOW.
In Preparing Their Speeches Against
the Tariff Bill.

Washington. April 21.-Delay
among Democratic senators in pre-
pairing speeches in opposition to the
tariff bill will probably result in con-
siderable progress being made today
in the second reading of the measure
and in the consideration of committee
amendments.
Senator Bailey is preparing an
elaborate address which he probably
VIII deliver next Monday. Senator
Money is prepared to speak but not
being well, will postpone doing so.
1t is the general opinion of senators
that debate is apt to lag during the
present week.
A further report by conferees on
the -~nsus bill probably will be made
To-Day as opponents to the adoption of
the report as previously made indi-
Gated that they have no intention of
causing long delay in the final pass
age of the measure
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CITY IS INVESTED.
Advance Guard of the Turkish
Constitutional Army
Arrives at the Outskirts OF the
National Capital.
CABINET WILL MEET
And Proclaim Martial Law i'll
COnstantinOple.
Will Also Consider Proposals of
the Young Turks.

Constantinople, April 21.-The advance
guard of the constitutional army has
arrived at the outskirts of the city. The
cabinet will meet this afternoon and
proclaim martial law in the capital
The administering of oath to the
troops still in garrison is proceeding to-
day in accordance with the demands of
the constitutionalfsts Furthermore the
authors of the recent upheaval are be-
ing arrested.
A cabinet meeting was held this
morning to consider the proposals made
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LEFT DEATH and RUIN.
Wind Blew 100 Miles an Hour Along
Lake Erie Shore.

Cleveland, April 21.-A squall
which swept along the southern shore
of Lake Erie today left death and
ruin in its wake. The wind reached a
velocity of nearly 100 miles an hour
for a few minutes. Day was made
as dark as night
Trees and frame houses were blown
down in all parts of the city. Light
ming started many fires.
A young woman was blown into
Wade park pond and drowned.
The roof was blown from the main
building of the Chase school of
science and from Albert college
Fences and trees were blown down in
Woodland cemetery. Telegraph and
telephone wires are down south of
here
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WAY ORDERS OBJECT
VIII Insist That Men of Organization
&c Placed on Motor Cars.

San Bernardino, Cal, April 21-
Members of the Order of Railway Con-
ductors and Engineers on the Santa Fe
are aroused over the advent of a gaso-
line motor car for this division. The
grievance committees have demanded
that the company place none but or
gamZation men in charge of the car.
Futile conferences have been held in
Los Angeles and G. f. Rensch of the
grievance committee has left hurriedly
for San Francisco to line up the or
ganizations on that division. The men
fear that the company will place cheap
men in charge of the car and ultimate
ly the innovation will prove a serious
menace to railroad brotherhoods.
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7. P. CULLEY IS DEAD.
Former Topeka Piano Man Dies in
Washington, ID. G.

T. p. Culley, a former resident of To-
peka, but OF late years a citizen of
iTakoma Park, d. c.. died Sunday at his
residence Mr.. Culley was a native of
salem. Ill, and first entered business
as a young man in Topeka. He then
went to Philadelphia. where he remain
ed several years. coming to Washing
ton about six years ago.
Mr. Culley was senior member of the
piano firm of T. P. Culley & Son, and
was well known in musical circles in
the national capital. He leaves a wife
and one sen. In Topeka he founded a
branch of the Kimball Piano company
and was quite prominent in business
and social circles. He sold his busi-
pess to w F. Roehr.
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GROSS IN SANITARIUM.
He Is the Man who Won Suit Against
Rostand.

Chicago, April 21-Samu Eberly
Gross, who gained International fame
some years ago by accusing Edmond
Rostand. the French playwright, OF
flching his ideas for "Cyrano De
Bergerac" from a Gross play called
THE Merchant Prince of Cornville."
and winning a suit based on this claim,
has been sued for divorce.
Mrs. Emily Gross charges that her
husband deserted her December 1.
1895. Mr.. Gross was one of the larg-
est real estate dealers in Chicago, but
two years ago became financially em-
barrassed and now is in a sanitarium.
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FOREST RESERVES TO STAY.
Story That They Will Be Opened to
Settlement Is Denied.

washington.April 21-President Taft's
entire sympathy with the forest and
conservation policies is announced and
stories that vast areas are to be taken
away from the national forests are de-
MED in a statement regarding the ad-
1ninistrations attitude. issued today by
clifford Pichot.
Mr. Pinchot says charges that the
forests contain great areas of agricul-
turaI land are baseless and that anv
agricultural land whatever found along
the boundaries of forests will be re-
stored to entry.
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The society recently held a conven-
ton here and decided to go a step
further. A 100000 packing house
will be built in southern Wisconsin
where the meats will be stored and
when the bulls" and the bears at
tempt to force the market down the
meats will be placed in cold storage
until a price sufficiently high has
been restored. Grain elevators will
be erected and Emmerton's idea is to
have all the farming products of the
state sold in this manner. The socie
ty is willing and anxious to sell to
consumers, for their efforts are di-
rected to eliminate the middleman and
the commission merchant or make
them be content with reasonable
profit Emmerton is a farmer and is
reputed to be worth several millions.
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C0OPERS IN COURT.
Argument for New Trial for Car
mack's Slayers

Nashville, Tenn, April 21.-The ar
gunents for a new trial in the Cooper
case began today before Judge Will
liam Hart. The two defendants. Col
onel D. B. Cooper and Robin ]. Coop
er, who were found guilty of the mur-
der of former United States Senator
w. E Carmack and given 20 years
Imprisonment were in court early.
Both were in excellent spirits and
held an impromptu reception before
the sheriff opened court. Mrs. Lu-
cusi Burch, today, as during the en-
tire trial was at her brothers side,
listening attentively to every word.
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ON THE LAST LAP.
Children Journey Unattended From
England to Texas

New York. April 21.-On the NAL
lory liner San Marces, leaving here
today will be Gertrude and Elizabeth
Gush, 10 and years old respectively,
who are beginning the last lap of a
journey of more than 5000 miles to
join their father at Gonzales. Texas
On Saturday they reached here from
England, having made the trip un-
accompanied.
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RAIN AT CHICAGO.
Spoils Big Opening Game at South
Side Park.

Chicago, April 21.-A drenching
rain compelled the postponement to-
day of the opening of the American
league season in this city where De-
troit and Chicago were scheduled to
meet
President Comiskey of the Chicago
team, declared there was no truth in
the report current In baseball circles
today that "Jiggs'' Donahue was to be
traded or sold to Washington.
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Threw Children From Window.

Centerville, Ia. April PA dozen
persons We're injured last night by the
explosion of a film in moving picture
show. The auditorium was crowded
Women threw their children from the
windows, many being badly bruised
None was fatally hurt, and the Pc
p,triary loss was small
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Weather Indications.

Chicago, April 21.-Forecast for Kan
sas: Rain or snow tonight or Thursday;
colder in east portion tonight.
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Hopkins Makes a Gain.

Springfield, Ill, April 21.-On the 7Srd
joint ballot for United States senator
today former Senator Hopkins received
IS votes.