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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-23
DEAD IN A WRECK
Six Killed on Rock Island Near
Clayton, Kansas.
Passenger Train Runs into a
WashOut.

Denver, Sept. 23.-Westbound pas
senger train No. % on the Rock Island
road due in Denver at 1925 this morn
ing from Kansas City, ran into wash
out about o'clock this morning near
Clayton, Kansas, and was wrecked.
Four trainmen are known to be dead
and it is reported two or three paSSen-
gers were killed and a number of 9TH
ers injured.
ENGINEER FRANK PICKEN-
PAUGH.
CONDUCTOR ]. w. USHER
FIREMAN WILLIAM MILLER.
BAGGAGEMAN HUFFMAN, pinned
under wreck.
Norton, Colby and other points, and a
wrecking train has been sent from
Phillipsburg.
The wreck was caused by cloud
burst which swept portions of north
western Kansas last night. A bridge
was carried away, and the train while
running at good speed, ran into the
gap, and the engine and mail car
plunged into the twenty feet of water,
the second coach telescoping the
smoker.
Dead Are Taken TO Norton.
Norton, KAN Sept o2.-All of the
dead and injured in the wreck of west
bound Rock Island train, No. 27, which
ran into a washout four miles west of
DelIvale. are being brought to Norton.
Reports received here are that eight
persons were killed, including Conduc-
tor Usher, Engineer Pickenbaugh, and
Fireman Miller.
Four others killed in the wreck were
passengers. Their names have not been
learned here. Fireman Miller still is
under the wreck according to the lat
est advices.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-23
ALL WATER IN USE.
No More Available for Irrigation Ex-
cept From Subterranean Sources.

Denver. Sept. 23.-Every drop of
surface water capable of being turned
to irrigation is already appropriated,
is the opinion of practically all eX-
perts who read papers at a conference
on irrigation matters here. The con-
ference was arranged by the depart
meIt of agriculture.
Supplies from other sources than
running streams must be looked to for
future use. the experts declared. and.
in the meantime, new reclamation
projects should be held in abeyance.
In line with this view of conditions,
experiments are being made in differ
ent sections into the feasibility of
pumping operations from great depths
In Kansas. Washington, California and
New Mexico these experiments are be-
ing carried on under direction of rep
resentatives from the agricultural de-
partment in Washington. Subirriga-
ton is another plan of bringing mois4
ture to growing crops which is being
tested.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-23

1.-The law has turned a deficit of S5S,-
100000 into a surplus of more than %
million dollars in its first years opera
tion. 1t is a revenue producer. We put
increased duties on wines. liquors and
like luXuries. We have no apologies TO
make for it. These are the articles on
which the revenues of the government
should be raised as far as possible.
1T is an easy thing to say that the
present tariff law has increased the cost
of living, but it is impossible to prove
it. It is almost impossible to find
creased on which the price has shown
a similar increase. On the other hand,
on nearly every item where we re-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-23

robertson was going at an estimated
rate of 70 miles an hour in the new
Benz car which he was to drive in the
Vanderbilt cup race a week from to-
morrow and which he was driving an
initial tryout. When he struck the
Massapequa curve, considered the most
dangerous in the course, the car gave
q jump, swerved from the course and
was overturned. Robertson and Rev
nolds, a New York man whom he was
carryincr as passenger, were thrown
80 feet or more clear of the wreckage
Both Robertson and Reynolds were
unconscious when another car came
along and they were picked up. Rey-
nolds was found to be suffering from
internal injuries.
A haSty eXamination caused the
physicians to fear that Robertson's in
juries were serious if not fatal. He
appeared to be suffering from a bad
scalp wound. a sprained or fractured
arm, concussion of the brain and possi-
BILE internal injuries. At the Nassau
hospital, however, it appeared to the
surgeons from the preliminary exami-
nation that the automobilist's injuries
might not be so serious as was at first
feared.
1t was thought Robertson had at
tempted to take the dangerous curve
at too high speed.
Later-Robertson's injuries are not
serious. Reynolds was only slightly
hurt.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-23

the next place of meeting for the ma
tional encampment of the G. \. r.
The officers elected in addition to
John Z. Gilman of Boston, were:
Senior vice -in-chief-
Charles Burrows, Rutherford, n. Y.
Junior vice commander. in-chief-
William James, Jacksonville, Fla.
Surgeon general-John L. Smith,
Spokane. Wash.
Cha in-in-chief-Rev. Thomas
Harwood. Albuquerque. n. NJ.
The new COMMUNICATIVE chief had an
easy time of it in his election. but
Rochester's selection as the next en-
campment site has a little string to it.
The veterans decided that the encamp-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-23

would be impossible. and an accident
must mean almost certain death.
Aviation experts had predicted freely
that the only alternative to a success
full flight across the Alps will be the
death of the aviator.
Signal fires along the Napoleon road
marked the way as far as Domodossola
and the rest of the course was indica-
ted by flags and buoys anchored on
Lake Maggiore.
The summit of the pass at Monscera
was Illuminated with oxhydrique lights.
and a captive balloon showed the finish
line at the aerodrome here.
Chavez's Injuries Serious.
Domodossola, Sept. 23.-Chavez's in
juries proved to be more serious than
was at first thought. At the hospital
to which he was removed the ply
sicians found that both of the aviators
legs were broken and that the left
thigh was fractured. Other parts of
the body revealed bad cOntusions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-23

duced the tariff. or where we left 1t
the same, as under the old law, they
have maintained the old price ana
sometimes increased it. We reduced
the tariff on lumber from 81 to $1.25 and
lumber brings the same old price. we
increased the duty on shingles from
80 to so cents and the price of shingles
has been lower ever since the act De
came a law. I could enumerate these
items by the hour, showing that the
price has no relation whatever to the
changes in the tariff act.
THE increase in price of articles is
world wide. No other country during
the past three or four years has gone
through a general tariff revolution and
vet every country shows the same in
crease on the necessities of life"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-23
FLEW over ALPS.
Geo. Chavez Passes Over Sim
plen Pass Today.
He Followed Path of the Con-
quering Napoleon.
DISASTER AT THE END
Falls at DOmOdOssOla and Is
Slightly Injured.
Compelled to Rise to Height of
1000 Feet.

Domodossola, Italy, Sept. 23.-To
George Chavez, the Peruvian aviator,
belongs the honor of being the first to
fly across the Alps. The daring feat
was accomplished today in an attempt
to win the prize of $4,000 offered by
the Italian Aviation society of Milan
for a fight from Brig, Switzerland, to
Milan.
Chavez, however. was unable to COM
plte the trip, having suffered painful
injuries when he aighted here. His
machine was overturned and he was
buried in the wreckage. It is not be-
lived, however, that his injuries are
serious.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-23
BOIL LERMAKERS STRIKE.
Trouble Over the Missouri Pacific Is
Spreading.

Kansas City. Sept. 23.-Missouri
Pacific boilermakers in two locals
voted, practically unanimously last
night in Kansas City, Kan, to go out
on strike in sympathy with the ma
chinists of the line who struck last
May 2 A general vote is being taken
among boilermakers over the entire
system on the proposition.
The sheet metal workers and black
smiths have already called a sympa
thetic strike. Switchmen are also dis
cussing the advisability of quitting.
The machinists struck for wages Of
40 cents an hour. They were receiv-
ing 81 cents Their places have been
filled with non-union labor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-23
HIS LAST BUGGY RIDE.
Norman e. BLACK, Wealthy Indianian,
Found Dead in Vehicle.

Muncie, Ind, Sept. 23.-Norman E.
Black. vice president of the Peoples
Trust company, was shot and killed
while driving last night. He had en-
gagged a horse and carriage at a livery
stable early in the evening and at
O'Clock the horse wandered back to
the stable. Employees found Mr..
Blacks body lying on the floor of the
vehicle. No motive is known.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-23
Man Who Handled Army Mail Dead

jamestown, n Y, Sept. 23.-ColoneI
David B. Parker died at his home at
EIHcottsville last evening. During the
Civil war he had charge of department
of mails of the army for the Potomac.
Following the war he was for eight
years United States marshal for Vir-
ginia. He was then made chief Of
postoffice inspectors.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-23
George Robertson, Famous Auto
Speeder, Meets Disaster.
Attempted to Take a Curve at
20 Miles an Hour.
CAR TURNED TURTLE.
The Daring Driver May Be
Fatally Hurt.
Practicing for the Vanderbilt
Cup Races.

Mineola, N. Y, Sept. 2S.-George Rob-
ertson, the automobile driver, was
thrown from his automobile while TAX :
ing a trial spin this morning in Long
Island motor speedway. He was un-
conscious when picked up and was
rushed to a hospital
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-23
DEATH is AT HAND
So Declares Champ Clark in
Speaking Of Republicans.
Enumerates Victories OF Demo-
Gratis to Prove 1t.
TARIFF is THE ROCK
Says That Party Promises Were
Not Redeemed.
People Taken in and Done For,
He Asserts.
TARIFF is THE ROCK

East st. Louis. Sept. 23.-Three cam
oloates for trustees of the University
OF illinois will be nominated and a
PLATFORM will be adopted by the Illi-
nols Democratic state convention here
TINS afternoon. The delegates, num-
oerlng 1,14o. arrived last night and this
morning, those from Chicago coming
on a special train.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-23
JUST \ LITTLE RAIN.
Less Than Quarter of an Inch Is the
Record.

The weather tonight will be cooler
perhaps much cooler. The temperature
in Alberta and southwestern Canada
yesterday was two degrees below freez-
ing and a high pressure is forcing the
cold wave into this area. The forecast
is for unsettled conditions with more
showers. The precipitation during the
last "a hours has been 21 of an inch
and fell in ftful showers. The wind
is blowing y miles an hour from the
northwest.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-23
MRS.HARRIS WINS
Kansas Woman at Head of the
w. r. c.
Rochester Selected for Next
Meeting of G. A. r.

Atlantic City, y. J.. Sept. 23.-Mrs
Belle c. Harris of Emporia, Kan, to-
day was elected national president of
the Woman's Relief Corps Mrs. Har-
ris is the wife of Ben Harris, Of the
State Employment Bureau in Topeka
Rochester, n. Y, was chosen for
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-23
TAFT AT WORLDS SERIES
Plans Being Made to Have the Presi-
dent Present.

Cincinnati, Sept. 23.-President TAFT
will be among those present at the
words championship series at Phila-
delphia, that is, if he can arrange the
affairs of his office to permit of the
trip. Chairman Hermann of the ma
tional commission has received word
from the president to this effect.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-23
weather indications.

Chicago. Sept. 23.-Forecast for Kan
sas: Unsettled with showers tonight
or Saturday; cooler tonight.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-23

Continued on Page Eight.
The Detroit times., 1910-04-21
suecottash. n9i.io

matoes. 7sQsOe; suceo,tash. n9ilo
Conee-Package coffee. .l00-lb case.
Sli2 1901 delivered.
Feed-Bran, $40; fine middl,ngs. s29:
coarse middlings.\ s2I; cracked corn,
s25; coarse corn meal s25; corn aud
oats chop s2i Der ton.
EIour-Michigan. patents, In wood.
best; s5.9s ordinary patents, sS 49,,
Rye -four. sf.45 per Dbl
oiis-Raw linseed. SIC: boiled lin
seed. SSc: Diamond headlight kerosene,
Qikc. Perfection. Toe: Eocene. lie,
crown gasoline. iSc per gal; turpen-
tine. In barrel lots. coo por gal.
Provi~ions--Aless pork, So, family
PORK. $3.50 $3.50. medium, clear. SIS o.
$3.50; smoked hams. is ec; dry sailed
b:iskets. leo IL &c; shoulders. &c; pie7
tierces. i5hc: kettle rendered. lehc
per Id.
Sugar-Retail price list for Detroit.
Delray, Crosse Pointe. Highland PARK.
North Detroit and River Rouge: Crys.
tai dominoes. 2-lb. Ss.65. do. 5-lb. ssl5,
eagle tablets. slloi cut loaf; 80 90
cubes, s5.S5; MINK powdered, 500.
ira coarse. $40: graduated. hne. In
bulk. $3.50: graduated. 2-lb cartons.
$500 granulRted.- 2-lh cartons s59Qi
granulated, BIB cartons. $3.50; granu-
lated, l0-lb cartons, $50. granulated,
s5-lb cartons. s565: diamond A, So 20:
confectioners' A. $3.50; No. l, $3.50: No.
2 $3.50; No. 3. $3.50: No. 4. $3.50; No.
8. $40, No. q, $40; No. Z. $3.50, No
:. $3.50; No: y. $50: No. 10 SEQ; NJ.
No 10 Ia Il. ss.SS; No. Is. ss.eSi Michigan
granulateu. 40 40
The Detroit times., 1910-04-21
SAYS COTTON SHORTAGE
MAY CLOSE DOWN MILLS
James A. Patten Adds That He Has
No Intention of Corneroing
Market,

NEW YORK, April 21.-"Cotton
mills all over the world may have 10
close down in August and September
because they will not have anything
10 work on"
This is the prediction james A. Pat
ten made today, when he reiterated
his statement that he had no intention
of cornering the cotton market.
Il don't believe" he said. that
there will be any corner. | can't tell
what the conditions will be in the fu-
ture | always work alone, and don
know whether other operators are
short or long on cotton. Undoubtedly
there is a scrap. believe II was
started by fellows in distress on the
cotton exchange who thought | would
lose my nerve. Look at me; do | look
like man who would lose his nerye?'
Patten criticised the governments
present suit. but admitted that II law
were passed prohibiting the purchase
of cotton futures, he would quit.
William ]. Wolman, of ]. S. Bache *
Co., Patterns brokers. denied today
that Patten was a signer of the alleged
agreement OF Feb. &c. in which the
combination was pledged to hold al
cotton for a rise.
"Patten told me that he never heard
of any such agreement declared
Wolman.
The Detroit times., 1910-04-21
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

DETROIT April Kansas
and Nebraska are making q stir again.
telling of their bad crop outlook. other
reports are bad also. somc OF them from
Michigan. where fields that appeared
20 be all right a short time ago are
now being plowed up and seeded 10
other crops, This is especially true nf
tine fields that were covered with ice
last winter. There is also a good deal
In the wheat dope about the Itessian
ny and ChinCh bug. which are coming
70 the front a. d"stroycrs OF the wheat
left alive by the frost IL is noted th1t
the wheat news rs gradually changing
TO more bullish tone. and conserva-
tive houses arc advising the hears to
exercise caution in getting on the
snort side. General crop conditions are
considered favorable and cash wheat IL
dull. Wheat had an early decline but
demand was so active that weakness
was turned into strength and the price
advanced closing at gain for the
DAY OF L. IN cash, May and sept. and
&c In July
Wheat quotations-Cash No Q. Sl.05.
May wheat opened without change al
StO6it. declined 90 Si.05a, and adVanc-
"a 20 S1.01h July opened at Si0tit,
slumpcd iec and advanced 20 Slgo2 a.
sept opened al $l.o1. declined 20 sl0O =
The Detroit times., 1910-04-21
TREE ORDINANCE PLEASES
MAYOR BREITMEYER GREATLY
"Intended For Good OF Citizens and
Identification ct Detroit
Ec Saws.

Mayor Breitmeyer is enthusiastic
over the ordinance introduced into
the council Tuesday night, 10 give
the park and boulevard department
supervision over the planting. selec-
ton and care OF trees on all city
property outside OF the lot lines.
THE ordinance is not at all a
drastic measure, said the mayor,
but is intended only for the good
of the citizens. and for the beautifca-
tiCn of Detroit 1t is helpful and con-
structiye.
1T means simply that the park com
mission shall! help the householder TO
select trees that Will live for years.
and be an ornament. The park com
mission will take into consideration
the Kind or soft and other conditions,
and will see that the right trees are
planted in the right place.
Detroit is about the only large city
in the country that has no ordinance
governing the foresteration OF the
city
What We want, is TO insure the M
ture Of Detroit's trees. says PARK
Commissioner Hurlbut. I'VE will plant
such trees that when the young folk
OF today grow up, the splendid trees
will be a source of pride TO them. I'm
less some such method is adopted,
the trees that are being set out to-
day. will be dead and gone In ~
or II years
The Detroit times., 1910-04-21
ansroN CorpER LETTERS.

Reported FOR The Times by Hayden
stone * co. from Boston. April 2l.
Trading in Boston copper shares con
tiuues largely professional, with prices
Inclined 10 rally after a somewhat ir-
regular opening. North Butte was the
center OF interest and after opening at
3siac rallied 10 "a and as steady at
thar price. Lake Copper opened at 81.
which was gain Of 3i2 points. IL has
had subsequent reaction TO 56ie but
is now steady around 81. sup. Copper
and cal " Ariz. were each points
higher. Osreola and Old Tom have been
exceptions TO the general trend. both
selling enc point lower. old Dominion
was sold rather heavily. Ray Cons
sala-at-4 which is fractIonally low
or. Greene. Miami and GirouN have
LeCn steady. Other departments or the
market arc quiet and featureless
Reported for The Times by Carson,
Craig X Co. from Boston. April II
Early London cables quote metal
market up - 6d ana steady Boston
copper market quiet. but nrn. lake
and North Butte covered some or It's
decline o. Yesterday. selling up about
81 this morning. IL is estimated that
over the las; two weeks an aggrc gate
OF $4,000. 600 pounds OF copper has been
sold. Cross-cutting and drifts in Ari-
IONA Commercial are not far enough
advanced To say anything about as
vet but firmly believe that the ZOO
foot level viii open up good ore. NJ
the annual meeting Of the Bohemia
Mining Co. directors were re-elected.
4 tpresCnt the company mas slOO,oSS
In cash on hand.
The Detroit times., 1910-04-21
Pastor Ryerson FIops Again.

The Rev. Josepr Ryerson, who. Il
was announced Wednesday, had been
confirmed in the Episcopal church.
says that he intends TO enter the
Episcopalian ministery. Mr.. Ryerson
has changed his religious affiliations
several times since coming TO Detroit.
He was pastor of the Gratiot-ave. M.
K. church until church troubles re-
suited in his final withdrawal from the
Methodist denomination. Recently he
has been pastor of the Peoples church.
@ non-sectarian body organized by sew
eral of the former members OF the
Gratiot-ave. NJ. +. Now. 1t is said there
Is dissension in the Peoples church
because of Mr.. Ryerson's flop to The
Episcopalians. The future of the peo'
pies church will be decided upon in
q meeting OF its members Friday.
The Detroit times., 1910-04-21
BATTLE IN BAR-R00M.
Woman "SLds Singer" Who Battered
Friend. Draws $40 Fine.

Helen Warmsdorf dropped in on
her old friend. Gertie Groseheld. the
other day, for social chat When
household duties do not press 10
heavily. Gertie tends bar in a west
side saloon. and on the day In ques.
ton, she was rslinging the suds
right merrily. according 10 her story
10 Police Justice Jenries. Thursday
morning. r,Il
In the course of the visit. IHeleh
reckoned she'd have about five bottles
OF beer TO take home. Helen ana
Gertie did conversation act across
the bar for some time and finally they
got their wires crossed and the noise
could be heard blocks away.
Gertie was the more athletic OF the
two. and besides she thought OF the
beer bottles first. She seized two oil
them and carefully bounced them on
Helen's head. Both bottles smashed
and the beer was spilled.
Judge Jeifries thought that such an
evidence of friendly feeling should be
recognized, SO he fined Gertie $40 OF
30 dayS
The Detroit times., 1910-04-21
NEW YORK PRODUCE.

NEW YORK. April el.-Pork-Dull;
mess, s2+.50m AIS. Lard-lrregulari
middle west spot. sl2.9Od 95. sugar
Raw. firm. centrifugals. &c test. t.so
cut loaf. $685. crushed. s5s5; powder
Ell. s5,e5: formulated. s5.l5: Coffee
Rio No. on the spot. Tallow-pull
poultry--Firm. quiet; turkeys, II a 23c
chickens. l5me4c; fowls. l59 zoe
ducks. lie: fowls. 20i2c. turkeys. ~ a
zoe. rCosteTs, old and young. l3ls n l5c
Cheese=SteadY. full cream old spe,
Gals. l7is tisc. skins. specials. IL q
lliac: full skins. 3 Siac.
Coffee options opened steady. un
changed 10 points decline. Butter
Fairly active. steady receipts. 1913
creamery extra. 32C. state dairy tubs
25M32c: imitation creamery hrsts. % 4.
n 25c gs-Steady. receipts 3IolS
nearby white fancy. 23m 25c; nearby
mixed fancy. 22M 22isc. fresh firsts. p
- 22iec
The Detroit times., 1910-04-21
WOMAN LEPER FOUND.
Over Half Dozen Persons Were Min
isterinq to Her.

NEW YORK. April 2l.-That a wo'
man in the advanced stages OF leDrosJ.
escaped from Maryland and was III
hiding in New York, was revealed To-
day.
DR. Trask. from Bellevue hospital.
found Mrs. Providence Mascara In a
swarming tenement house AT 203 First
ave. lying on narrow cot, with an
eight.months-old badly pressed tn her
breast.
In the squalid apartment were fivs
children. besides her own baby; =
Young woman and two men and their
wives They lave all been minister
ing TO the sick woman since she came
TO New York ten days ago.
DR.. Trask refused TO ale her IA
Bellevue, and the health authorities
will take steps To isolate her.
The Detroit times., 1910-04-21
AMERICAN GIRLS
ROMANCE FADES
Belle of Rhode Island Who Eloped
Is to Seek Divorce in
Paris With Baby Girl.

PARIS, April 2l.-Elopement MAJ
riage. separation and diyorce-all III
three years. This is the thrilling story
OF lnez Sprague, once called the
most beautiful girl In Rhode Island,
SAYS q cable to the New York Amerl'
can.
Ii was three years ago when lhez
Sprague eloped with Henry NJ.
Stiness, the son OF an ex-chlef Jusucs
OF that state. She was only nineteen
years old then, beautiful and accom-
plished as the best Partisan schools
could make her. She was SUPPOSED
10 be q rich heiress. as her mother
was then the widow OF Geritt Wheaton,
a wealthy Standard Oil man OF Cleve-
land, Ohio.
Henry was the only son of CHIEF
Justice Stiness and a handsom- man,
but he did not love work. His new
mother-in-law gave him money TO pay
his debts, but he spent IL in other
ways. This first caused trouble be-
tween the new married couple.
Inez Sprague, who was young girl
of high ideals, disliked i..,+ decer-
tions and even the birth OF a baby
girl failed To bring them together
again. Recently she determined 10
bring an end TO what she terms "a
matrimonial farce" She look ner six
teenth-months-old badly and fed 10
Paris, leaving Providence forever
The old governor put flowers in every
room in the house the day she and her
baby arrived. The last chapter Is yet
uncompleted, but the scene OF 1t will
be laid In Paris, but hero Inez
Sprague Stiness will in due time get
her divorce, preparations for viii II
have already begun.