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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-06
Zero Weather Extends From
Rockies to Appalachians.
Regina, Canada, ,COldest Place in
the Northwest.
WILL LAST ALL WEEK.
Will Reach the Atlantic Coast
by Morning.
Freezing Temperature to Ex-
tend as Far as Florida.

Washington. Jan. "a severe cold
wave this morning covered the entire
northern and central portion OF the
country from the Rocky mountains to
the Appalachians. BY tonight. accord
ing to the weather bureau, it will over
spread the entire east and south to the
Atlantic and Gulf coasts and It will be
still colder in the interior states. =.
The cold wave will maintain its
severity and continue over the eastern
half Of the country says Chief Moore
of the bureau. until about the end OF
the present week. although there will
be. some moderation in the central
west by Friday or Saturday. The line
Of zero temperature will probably ex-
tend into Virginia by morning and
freezing temperature may be expected
in north Florida Thursday morning and
as far as the 25th parallel on Friday
morning. The weather will be general
ly fair except along the eastern slope
of the Rocky mountains. where there
will be snow for a day or two"
st. Paul, Jan 6.-This city today is
in the icy grasp of an intense cold
weather. the weather bureau reporting
25 degrees below zero, while street
low. Regina, Canada, is the coldest
place in the northwest with temper
ture of 40 degrees below. Other tenn
peratures: Winnipeg, 80 below; Devifs
head, Minn., and Fargo. n. D.. p.
Coast trains are several hours late
Omaha, Neb.. Jan. 6.-The weather
bureau this morning reports the cold
est weather experienced for two years.
At O'Clock the mercury registered 13
below At o'clock il was one degree
warmer A slowly rising temperature
is predicted for today.
ST Joseph, Mo. Jan. 6-The mer-
curry reached below here last night.
much the coolest of the winter The
poor were unprepared and there is
much suffering.
Milwaukee, Wis. jan 6.-Wiscon-
sin is experiencing the coldest weather
of the year today. In Milwaukee the
official temperature is Is degrees be-
low and at Lacrosse %.
Lincoln, Neb-. Jan. 6.-With a tenn
perature of degrees below zero at
traffic was fmpeded. All trains were
delayed by the intense cold.
Chicago Jan. 6--True to the
weather bureaus schedule. the first
blizzard of the winter swept down on
Chicago today from the north. From
A degrees above zero yesterday the
mercury dropped to below today.
Telegraph wires were crippled in
every direction A number Of accidents
due to the cold were recorded A
South Chicago electric car crashed into
an Illinois Central train, injuring a
number of street car passengers, two
seriously Twenty-Five guests of the
Humboldt Park hotel suffered severely
when they were driven, half clad. into
the street by fire. Today was the
coIdest in three years.
Des Moines, Ia. Jan SIN central
Iowa the thermometer ranged from 10
to 20 below this morning
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-06
COMMITTEE GOES BACK.
At Lansing to Continue Investigation
of Prison

F. D. Coburn, chairman of the joint
committee appointed by the governors
of Kansas and Oklahoma to inveSti-
gate conditions at the Kansas peni-
tentiary on account Of charges made
by Kate Barnard, Oklahoma's COM
missioner of charities and corrections,
left for Lansing today in company
with his colleagues from Topeka. Rev.
Charles NJ. Sheldon and Dr. s J..
Crumbine- Prof F. W. Blackmar of
the State university. and Frank Gilday
state mine inspector, are the other
two members of the Kansas commit
tee
These gentlemen are expecting to
continue Investigations with the Okla
homa committee if the latter appear
as agreed If they remain away the
Kansas committee will likely make
report to Governor Hoch of what they
have already learned. The governor
is anxious to have such a report be-
fore his term of office expires next
Monday, and his committee, feeling
that in honor this is due him. intends
to see that he is not disappointed
Tt is hinted that little or nothing
has been found to justify the sensa-
tional interviews and charges attrib-
uted to Miss Barnard.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-06
HE IS NOT SCARED.
Justice Wright Is Receiving All Kinds
of Threatening Letters

Washington. Jan 6--'I have not been
measured for my shroud yet, nor can
say 1 am afraid to go home in the
Ozark, commen-ed Justice Daniel Thew
Wright today. when asked about the
hundreds of threatening letters sent 70
him by persons who we're dispIeased
over his recent decision sentencing
Samuel Gompers. John Mitchell and
Frank Morrison for contempt of court.
-Of such communications, I have re-
ceived waste basketfuI," said the jus
tice, but 1 am losing no sleep over the
threats contained in them. 1 am amused
rather than terrified"
One of the writers declares that he
will arrive in five days to kill the JUS
tice, while another asserts that your
decision will be a very unhealthy af-
fair for you before we are done with
you The undertaken will have a job
down your way before long, and you will
be the chief mourner"
Many of the letters sent to the chief
justice contain insulting comments on
the decision
The judge says he is consigning all
these communications to the waste bas-
ket.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-06
GATES A FREE TRADER.
Wants Iron, Coal and Lumber Duties
Wiped Out

Washington. Jan. e.-John W.
Gates has Joined the ranks OF those
who are asking for free trade on iron,
coal and lumber. In a letter to
Speaker Cannon which was referred
to the committee on ways and means.
Mr.. Gates declares that these articles
should be on the free list and that a
cut of so per cent in the steel sched-
uIe would not affect the manufactur-
ers of iron and steel in this country.
Mr.. Gatess letter is dated at Port
Arthur, Tex, and reads as follows.
81 notice a great deal Of evidence is
being taken on tariff matters in
washington 1t seems TO me that
there are three articles that ought to
be put on the free list-iron ore. coal
and Ium Der. I have a large portion OF
my fortune in the steel business but
1 say this to you conscientiously and
A cut of so per cent in the
schedule would not hurt the manufac-
turers of iron and steel particle
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-06
MORGAN MAKES A LOAN
New York Banker Lets Bolivia Have
s., SOC, 900.

New York, Jan. "Details Of the 81
100000 loan by ]. P. Morgan & Co, to
Bolivia have been completed. papers
having been signed and the transaction
Iegalized in the city of Lapaz, accord
ing to word received here by the act
ing consul for Bolivia. This is the first
foreign loan ever negotiated by BO-
livia in this country and it was OBJ
tanned by Morgan & Co., in the face OF
competition by other local banking
firms and by bankers in Paris and
London. The rate of interest. it is un-
derstood, is six per cent
BoIivia's internal debt is approxI-
mately three millions and the budget
was not sufficient to meet interest COM
ing due on government bonds. The
present loan will be used partly for this
purpose and partly to erect public
school buildings on which $1,0O0.000 will
be spent.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-06
LITTLE HEAT IN COURT.
Judge Dana Holds Session in His Pri-
Vate Chambers.

On account of the poor heating
facilities of the county court house,
Judge Dana of the district court held
court in his private chambers, back of
the court room, today. The case on
hand is still the Star Grain and Lum-
Der company case, which has been in
progress for more than a week. One
witness. four attorneys, the stenog-
rapher and bailif were accommodated
in the courts private office, which is
so small that the attorneys could
shake a finger directly under the nose
OF the witness without leaving their
seats.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-06
THREE KANSANS THERE.
Congressman Gardner Gives a Dinner
to Insurgents.

Washington, Jan. 6--Thirteen of the
Republican insurgents" were guests
at dinner given last night by Repre-
sentative Gardner of Massachusetts
The guests We're Representatives An
thony. Campbell, Madison and Scott OF
Kansas; Cooper and Nelson of Wiscon-
sin. Foster of Vermont. Hays OF Cali
fornia, Hubbard Of Iowa, MarshaH OF
North Dakota. Pearre Of Maryland.
S emerson of Minnesota and Waldo Of
New York
There was a general discussion OF
the situation in the house, but no def
mite action was taken.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-06
new KIND OF LOBBY.
1t VIII Keep Tab on DOings OF Cali
foFnia Legislature.

Sacramento. Cal. Jan 6--Isadore
Jacobs of San Francisco the leading spirit
IN the PEOPLES legislative bureau, arrived
here yesterday with some of his lieutenants
and has opened HEADQUARTERS for one OF
the most unique lObbies in the history of
California legislatures His announced
purpose is to take stenogra pF1fc reports Of
all the speeches in both branches
of the legislature, record every
vote on every measure and keep such per-
feet tab on the doing of the sOlonS that
at any time the league can give the form
of each when important bills are at issue
According to Mr.. Jacobs. two Stenograph-
ers and a corps OF detectives will be en-
ployed throughout the session
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-06
FIGHT WILL GO ON.
Judge Iandis Is Asked to Set Date for
RetriaI of Standard Case

Chicago. Jan. 6--The supreme court
having refused to review the appellate
courts reversal of Judge Lands fine
of s29,24O,000 against the s andard
Oil com pany, Judge Lands was asked
today to set a new date for the retriaI
of the case
The government may still make
itself felt by the big corporation, said
United states Distrfcr Attorney Sims.
ssThe case will be fought to the last
incn bearing in mind the errors found
by the court of appeals in the original
trial"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-06

The following officers Of Lincoln circle
No. l. Ladies of the G. A r. were in
stalled at Lincoln Post hall Saturday
evening by Mrs. Clara Spohn: Presf-
dent Mrs. Emma Depew; senior vice
president. Mrs Hannah Sturgis: junior
vice president. Mrs. Sarah Strauss:
treasurer. Mrs Helen J. Moore; secre-
tary, Mrs Molly Hunter: Chaplain, Mrs
Angie Sprague: conductor. Mrs Sarah
Stevenson; assistant conductor. Mrs
Eta Orners guard. Mrs Gussie LAUGH:
assistant guard. Mrs. George Wolverton-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-06
TAFT GETS HELP.
Knox and Hitchcock VIII Aid in Se-
Iecting a Cabinet.

Augusta, Ga, Jan. 6.-The presi-
dent-eIect today received message
from Senator Knox, appointee as his
secretary of state. that the senator
would arrive here tomorrow. Mr.
Hitchcock returned here today It is
the announced purpose Of Mr.. Taft to
get to the actual work of selecting his
cabinet during the stay here of his two
advisors
John Hays Hammond, who visited
at Atlantic City yesterday, returned to-
day with Mr.. Hitchcock
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-06

curry began to fall slowly and continued
I at this rate until O'Clock and the ran
/ became more rapid and continued until
| the minimum of s degrees below zero
was reached little before sunup this
Tbromgbolt the night a piercing
north wind prevailed varying in in
| teusfty from Is to 20 miles an hour
This was responsible for the way the
cold seemed to pierce the walls or
buildings and chill the interiors Early
| this morning the wind veered to the
northeast but is cold and penetrating
and blowing at the rate of Is miles an
hour
The prevailing temperatures during
the past a hours are not exceptional
for this part of the country Inasmuch
as II times during the past p years the
mercury has reached a point as low as
the minimum this morning The wealth
er conditions are much more noticeaoIe
for the reason that Kansas has had re
narkable open and warm winters Tor
the past three years
The government weather forecast in
dieates fair weather for the eastern
portion of Kansas tonight and snow for
the western part A light snow may be
exuected over the entire state WedneS-
day with a slowly rising temperature
Still Below Zero.
The following were the temperatures
since O'Clock this morning:
7 O'Clock below zero
O'Clock below zero
9 O'Clock s below zero.
10 o'clock 8 below zero
II O'Clock , below zero
10 O'Clock 1 below zero
1 o'clock > below zero
, O'Clock below zero
At EmpOria.
Fmporia. Kan, Jan. 6.-The mer-
curv has dropped so degrees here since
Monday It has been growing steadily
colder This is the coldest weather OF
the winter. the mercury going down to
10 above on December a.
At Newton.
Newton. Kan. Jan. 6.-At S o'clock
last night the thermometer had reach
point for the winter. The weather has
been growing colder all afternoon
There has been a slight dimtnution in
{ he gas supply. but the officials Of the
gas company do not expect any snort
age Of consequence
At Strong City.
Strong City. Kan. Jan 6-There
has been a very rapid fall in the tenn
peraturC here since IL o'clock Tuesday
thermometer at p m registered 2
above zero and it is growing colder
A strong northwes- wind is blowing. !
Indications are it fw1l be much colder |
UnsheItered stock will suffer
At Salina.
Salfna. Kan. Jan. 6-The tempera- !
ture at s O'Clock last evening was 3 !
er in more than year in central Kan /
sas There are no traces of snow. /
Similar conditions are reported from I
several western counties
The Weather Elsewhere.
Kansas CT Y, Jan. 6--Today was the :
eoIdeSt of the winter in this part of
he southwest. the lowest temperature +
recorded being degrees below zero
Dodge City. Kan, Jan, 6-=The mer-
Jury dropped to paint degrees be
ON zero at o'clock this morning, the
owes point reached IN this part of the
tate for several winters.
Oklahoma City, Jan. "A cold wave
iwept down on this part of the world
rom the nor during the night and
he minimum of 8 degrees above zero
: recorded as the minimum for the
1ast "a hours
St. Joseph, Mo, Jan 6.-The mer-
ury dropped to a point degrees be-
ow zero early this morning and
,iercing northwest wind prevailed
Turing the night
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-06

Denver Jan 6--Ihe seFenteentn
general assembly Of Colorado met at
noon today Both branches are Bemo-.
cratic and the election of Charles J.
Hughes, tr-. of Denver. to the United
states senate to succeed Senator
Henry N Teller is assured A Straight
eight hours law and a repeal OF the
anti-boycott Law viii be especially
urged BY labor interests
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-06
CREATES new OFFICE.
Congressman Madison of Kansas In
troduces Bill.

Washington Jan Representative
Madison of kansas has introduced 4 bill
which provides for the creation of the
Office of attorney for the interstate com
merce commission II provides for the ap-
pointnent of the new officer by the presi-
dent. and fixes the salary at SO. 900 per
aunun-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-06

St Petersburg. Jan "a dispatch re-
ceived here from Rome says that NJ.
Petroff, a prominent Russian basso, and
two italian singers. Signores Catani
and Cambi. tenors. perished at Mes
Sfna. These artists all appeared last
wiater in St. Petersburg.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-06
Weather Tndieations.

Chicago. Jan 6.-Forecast for Kan
sas: Fair in east. snow in west to-
night; snow Thursday; risin- tempera-
ture tonight and Thursday
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-08-18
UNREASONABLE Mr.. HoLLEY.

Councilman Holley is far too urgent
His insistence on a report of progress
on the west side intercepting sewer is
in the nature of an impertinence.
What does the councilman expect of
a sewer? What does ne think a sewer
ought TO do? Is he pestered with the
impression that a sewer ought to sew?
Doesn't he know that the sewer in
question is on the west side, and there
fore should be regarded as innocuOus
Mr.. Holley's name suggests Christmas
and Pickwick. And the man with a
take things in a Pickwickian sense. II
makes people uncomfortable for him tC
so ramming around with the demand
that the city's dollars are expected tC
get something tangible for the people
If he keeps on he will be insisting that
contractors have no rights which the
paymaster is bound to respect. And
close after that will come the mental
attitude I'm which he will be demanding
that the so-calIed American party be
held 10 a strict accountability for the
money of the people paid on the pre-
tense of public improvement.
We regret to note the activity-the
embarrassing activity-Of Mr.. HoIley
He acts like a man who regards a public
Office as a public trust. And that. Mr.
Holley should be informed, is an an
achrOufsn. Which means that. in the
city council il is Ous-ke-speled.
We trust that in future Mr. Holley
may not embarrass the patriots with
his queries about the west side inter
cepting sewer, or any other error of the
so-called American" party.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-08-18

it does not. the whole nation is short
just that much of the efficiency which
it should realize. And nations will be
gagged just as are individuals. If they
have the power, they must exercise it.
If they have the opportunity, they must
use it.
Here is desert, and it is doing no
good for the nation; for the people-the
men and women of the republic. The
nation has facilities in the way of water
that only the expenditure of money is
needed to deliver to that thirsting land.
And the government has the money.
And water on the land would make the
land productive.
1t is all very well, and to be COM
mended, for the government to have ar
mics and navies. But the strength be-
hind armies and navies is. the producer
of bread and meat. He can be helped
by government, and for the good of
government, he should be helped.
That seems to be the logic of the stu
alton.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-08-18
WHAT A LITTLE BUG COSTS.

Professor Titus is quoted as authority
for the statement that the alfalfa Wee
vii has cost this county a matter of
$500 900 in the present year. by its sue
cess in destroying the hay crop. Which
is a god deal Of money to pay for a
bug.
It is gratifying that the authorities
went vigorously to work to study the
pest as soon as it developed; and that
intelligent effort has gone far to make
an end of the ravages of the bug in
this county. and to prevent its travels
into other parts of Utah.
Here is a curious thing. An insect
totally unknown to scientists is discov-
cred in attack on one of the best crops
of the county. Where it comes from,
where it has been in all the ages of the
past, what are its habits. and-especiaI-
Iy-how to make an end of it, are among
the mysteries.
The first thing to do is study. And
while the doctors are studying, the bug,
which knows every step in its career,
is multiplying and replenishing the
earth with legions of alfalfa decima-
tors. Against the native and inherent
ability of the bug are pitted all the
genius and education of the state and
the nation. Extensively educated men
are hurried to the seat of war. and they
dive into the secrets of the bug They
ask impertinent questions as to an
cestry and former habitat And espe-
ciaIy they seek for the food that will
disagree with the digestive organs of
the intruder.
Forty years ago the Colorado potato
beetle swooped down on the farms of
Indiana At first they didn't care for
anything but the tops of Irish potatoes.
But they gradually assumed a receptive
attitude toward the invitation of every
thing green. And there was nobody TO
tell them: Thus far shalt thou destroy
and no farther. So that the Indiana
people quit raising potatoes and got
along with beans and fapjacks for a
number Of years, till the beetle beat it.
We of Utah are more fortunate.
When a bug attacks our crops, the
whole defensive science of the nation
rushes to the rescue. And the alfalfa
bug reads his death warrant in the la
bOratory formula of the doctors. This
year salt Lake county has lost $500, 900
by the bug. Next year the bug will be
bIessedIy conspicuous by his absence.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-08-18
HOW TO STOP THE QUARREL

About a month ago Mr.. Marc Klaw
contributed an article to the Saturday
Evening Post explaining the beauties
of the theatrical syndicate-from the in
side. In the current number of tina.
publication there is an equally extend.
ed article from Mr.. J. J. Shubert on
the same subject, but from a point o.
view which finds no beauties at all in
the syndicate system. And now, hav-
ing permitted each man to have his
say. let us hope that the editor Of thu
Post may make an end of that form of
current literature. It doesn't sufi-
GENTLY interest the million a week
who read the paper.
Long time ago debates on baptism
were very common. No subject was so
bitterly disputed in the country dis
tricts. Gentlemen with some knowl-
edge IF Scripture and a love for public
contention would debate all night-one
holding that you could not be saved
unless you were immersed, the other
frantically inviting heart disease with
the pEOOL llldl oEl AAAhilAA5 was S4udltg
effective.
Other men, with less facility in public
speaking. would get out in the barn
and write long screeds on the subject,
and bring them to the country paper.
II the editor nodded just once, and ad-
mitted any statement about baptism
in his pages he would have to print a
three-column mass Of badly written,
badly spelled. both-sides-of-the-pa
argument. And next week he would
have to print even more argument
from advocates Of the other method of
getting baptized.
The pest would continue for hal. a
summer-when the writer's should have
been at work in the cornfleld. And tn
only end ever discovered was for the
exasperated editor to throw both con-
t-.ibutors through the window. and
heaye their copy after them.
Permit us to suggest that plan to the
saturday Evening Post. Unless some
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-08-18
PINcHoT AND RALLINeER.

II any gentleman expects to see the
secretary Of the interior and the chief
forestry officer unlimber their guns and
imperil the population in the course Of
deciding whose plan shall prevail-that
gentleman is going to be disappointed.
There viii be no shooting.
No matter how many big headlines
the yellow papers print about the mu-
tually deadly hate entertained by each
for the other, Mr.. Baufnger and MI.
Pinchot will not become parties to any
plan of expedited extinction. Both will
be alive ana probably kicking when the
last congress Of the year shall have been
heid-and disbanded.
Mr. Ballinger may have his notions
as 70 the best means of conserving the
interests of the public He probably
las. And if convinced that he is right,
he viii probably go ahead-though the
headline heavens fall
Mr.. Pmchot likewise has his own
ideas, ana they have not been shaped
by any desire for personal interest.
either. He is a man OF wealth, who
has been devoting himself to what he
regards as a work of necessity for the
people of this or these United States,
In the end we expect to see the for
ests taken care of and the land i'm
proved. In the end we believe that all
the water available win be turned on
the land. and that if the government
doesn't do it the government will not
say 'nay!" to any private individual
who wants to do it.
= So that neither Spokane nor Denver,
nor even the experienced precincts of
New Orleans, shall be made TO run red
with the blood of a cabinet member or
a prominent official who has a predilec-
ton for trees.