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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-28
M'CURTAIN IS DEAD.
He Was the Last Governor of the
Choctaw Nation.

Sanshois, Okla, Dec. 2S.-Green Nc
Curtain, warm friend of his race, the
Choctaw, a man high in the councils
of his people, is dead here at the age
of so years. Erysipelas caused his
death
McCurtain, who was the last gov
ernor of the Choctaw Indian nation,
had served as treasurer of the nation,
and delegate to Washington on many
occasions. Besides working at the cap
itol as chosen representative of the
Choctaws as a, body. he had frequently
made trips there to investigate personal
cases of Indians.
Although man of great intellectual
attainments, the dead leader never was
above doing the most trivial favor for
the illiterate red man. His love for the
Caucasians was also marked
McCurtain was a man of powerful
physique and of good appearance. He
is survived by a widow and five chill
dren.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-28
TO SAVE THEIR JOBS.
Congressman Seem Likely to Favor a
House Membership of 4S5.

Washington, Dec. 2S.-The coming
congressional reapportionment will
provide for a total membership of AS
in the house of representatives. ac-
c-:rGlnS to present Indications This
would mean one members to every
911.70a of population.
Chairman Crumpacker of the house
{ omlrlttee on census. and his associ-
atcs Rave been digesting the statistical
CalcGlat ms of the census bureau to
show the effect of various systems of
apno-tioDment on the repr asentation
OF the different states. OF the sixteen
members of the committee. eleven are
from states which would lose one or
more representatives if the present
number of members of the entire
house Is maintaf-le1a 1t is likely these
states will be pro TED.
Mr.. Crumpacker and others believe
that an increase to 435 will solve the
problem befors the house. that being
the least rumte1 that will save every
state from any loss in the numerical
strength CT its delegation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-28
CIVIL SUIT DISMISSED.
To Clear the Way for Criminal Action
Against Packers.

Chicago, Dec. 2s.-United States Dis
trict Attorney Edwin W. Sims appeared
before Judge Kohlsaat in the federal
court and asked that the dissolution
suit of the government against the Ma
tional Packing company which had
been accused of being a trust be dis
missed. The order was entered by the
court.
This move was declared by the gov
eminent officials to have been made
with the object of clearing the way for
the criminal trials of packers indicted
on charges of conspiring against trade.
Recently attorneys for the indicted
packers appeared in the federal district
court and asked that the criminal pro-
ceedings be stayed until the civil suit
was terminated.
I'VE are doing everything we can to
expedite the criminal trials said a
federal official. THE packers wanted
DELAY on the criminal proceedings to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-28
WHEAT HOLDS up.
Decline at the Opening Due to
the Rain.
LIS Checked by the Bullish News
From Abroad.
LIGHT SALES OF CORN.
Unsettled Weather Interferes
with Movement to Market.
Packers and Traders Turn Sell
ers of Provisions.
LIGHT SALES OF CORN.

chicago, Dec. 2s-WHEAT-An unex-
pected large decrease in the European
visible supply today checked a wheat mar
Ket decline due to the breaking of the
orouth IN the greater part of the Ameri-
can winter wheat belt. The moisture
previously on the weather bureau fore
cast A contributing influence on the bull
side came from the less favorable crop
outlook in France, Germany and the
United Kingdom.
Opening prpices were sc lower to 1hc
cline. May started at 955sc to 95alc a loss
OF 1sc to &c and rallied to SIC.
LeSSen1ng of the worlds available sup
ply added flrmness to the market. The
close. was steady with May at 961sc net,
a gain of nc.
a sparing manner corn was firm. Unset
tied weather interfered with the crop
movement which favored the bulls Nav
opened unchanged at 477sc and advanced
to 4Sc.
Reports of larger sales of corn in coun-
try stations caused early buyers to un-
load. The close was steady. however, with
May at 47s4c, a net loss of &c.
OATS-Resting orders to buy kept oats
steady. May started the same as last
night at 34@341sc and sold at 341sc
PROVISIONS-Packers and local trad
ers took the selling side in the provision
pit and weakened the market. First sales
deliveries at $1S.S71a to SIS. 921h for pork :
SO 271z to $10921s for lard and So. S715619 50
for ribs.
RYE-Cash: So1k@s1c
BARLEY-Cash: 60@S4c.
TIMOTHY-Cash: sS.00d9.75; March,
CLoVER-cash: s1oooa1425; March,
$3.50.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-28
PARKER WAS SAVED.
Only Bennett and His Wife Drowned
When the Zebra Sank.

Key West, Fla, Dec. 2S.-The pilot
boat Nonpareil arrived at noon today
bringing Herman Parker, passenger
on the yacht Zebra, which was wreck
ed Sunday night on the Northwest jet
ties. Parker said that when the yacht
struck the six occupants were caught
in the wreckage.
Captain Stuart Bennett of New
York, magazine writer and owner of
the boat, and his wife were drowned
Three of the crew were rescued Mon
day. Parker was saved early today.
According to Parker. Mrs. Bennett
chung to the bottom of the wrecked
yacht for six hours before the heavy
seas carried her away. Parker foated
to a small key where he secured
skiff which had f1oated from the yacht.
He started to sea, he declared. when
early this morning an unidentified boat
passed within $50 yards of him and re-
fused assistance.
Parker was badly bruised and ex-
hausted when brought here and taken
to the Maloney hospital.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-28
HELD IN A VAULT.
Negro Prisoner Kept From Mob Until
Militia Arrives.

Weston, w. Va. Dec. estate
troops arrived here at l O'Clock this
morning and rescued William Furby,
a negro, from a mob that had waited
all night outside the railway station
seeking to prevent his removal to
Clarksburg Jail. The soldiers took the
prisoner from the vault in the express
office, where the sheriff had kept him,
and placed him aboard the special
train on which they had arrived and
took him to Clarksburg. The crowd
was overawed and gave away before
threats to shoot.
The mob demanded the life of the
prisoner for alleged assaults upon and
an attempt to murder Miss Flora
Anglin daughter of a farmer
While the mob waited special depu-
ties and the sheriff guarded the express
office and kept the negro locked in the
express safe, where he had little air
to breathe. For hours the crowd wait
ed, but for want of a leader. it failed
to move with sufficient force to dis
lodge the deputies and take possession
of the express room. They stormed the
place several times, breaking all the
windows and forcing open the doors,
but were unable to gain access to the
safe
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-28
OYSTERS ARE DESTROYED
Nearly Three Hundred Dollars Worth
Thrown Into the Kaw.

One hundred and twenty gallons of
oysters, valued at $3.50, have been
condemned at a local oyster house
by John Kleinhans, state pure food
Inspector, and thrown into the Kaw
The inspection was invited by the own
ers, who surmised that the oysters
were unfit for use.
with me that they We're not 1T for
food said the inspector. land made
no effort to evade throwing them out.
"Oysters may be unfit for food for
several reasons. but principally from
coming from polluted water or from
contamination on account of their con-
tainer. A simple test for spoiled oys-
tiers is to float them in pure water.
The weight of water and oysters is so
nearly the same bad oyster Will
float on the surface by forming air
bubbles
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-28
New York Stock Market.

Wall St. New York Dec. 2S.-STOCkS-
Price changes at the opening of the stock
market today were mostly fractional and
in almost every instance lower than yes
red and st. Paul were off a point The
substantial fractional losses were IN
United States Steel. Reading, American
Tobacco preferred, Chesapeake and Ohio
sequently recovered its initial loss and
there were slight advances in ConSolldat-
ed Gas and Pacific Mail.
Selling of United States Steel was the
most notable feature of the early trading,
the stock selling down to 70ss. the lowest
figure in some weeks. Supporting orders
in that and other stocks brought some
recovery. Consolidated Gas made FUR
of the stock Western Maryland lost prac-
tically all of Yesterdays advance. Lehigh
Valley was the strongest issue in the rail-
way group. Trading was light Reading,
Union Pacific and Southern Pacific were
firm following the early dip.
Following almost a week OF moderate
reaction, some of the professional element
seemed inclined to buy strongly on the
theory that the market was emitted 10
rally and toward midday u higher level
of prices was recorded: The movement
was led by Consolidated Gas and sub
tie advance in Brooklyn Union Gas re
vived rumors of merger OIL LneSe wv IWp
companies The strength of Lehigh VAL
lev. Reading and the Hartman issues I'M
parted firmness to the general list. Prac-
ticallv all early losses were wiped out
with a sprinkling of material gains. ne
metal stocks showed in the recovery put
it's steel was relatively the heaviest of
the active issues.
Bonds were firm.
While the market ruled trifle below
the best prices of the day there were no
in a torpid state and operations principal
Nv of a Scalping nature.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-28
He REPLIES TO SMITH.
Woodrow Wilson in Quarrel With a
Common Politician.

Newark, Dec. 2S.-Governor-ele
Woodrow Wilson not only reaffirms
his assertion that an emissary from
James Smith, jr., informed him before
election day that Mr.. Smith would not
be candidate for the United States
senate, but declares that Smith per-
sonal1y had cerroborated such a state
ment. DR.. Wilson is now in ST. Louis
attending a meeting of the American
Home Economic association. His
statement signed, is printed today in
the Newark Evening News.
Mr.. Smith denied that he ever sent
such an emissary to DR.. Wilson and
challenged the governor ELECT to name
the man.
In his reply today DIR. Wilson de-
clines to reveal the identity of his in
formant. He says:
81 certainly would not have allowed
my name to go before the convention
that nominated me if / had not
thought that the man who told me
that Mr.. Smith would not be a candi-
date for the senate spoke to me for
Mr.. Smith. I had every reason to
think he did. 1 will not name him
because he is man whom I very
highly esteem and on whom I do not
care to bring the modification of being
drawn into this now very public mat
ter. 1 am quite willing to go with Mr..
Smith before the court of public opin-
ion on the charge of attempted trick
cry and deceit.
IF the gentleman of whom I have
spoken did not speak for Mr.. Smith in
what he told me, why did Mr.. Smith
corroborate what he had said. He him
self told me exactly the same thing
when he came to my house a few
days after the election. He told me in
the plainest terms that before the cleo
ton he had not desired to go to Wash
ington, had not felt equal to seeking
or occupying the office. but that he
was now feeling stronger and did de-
sire it. He was evidently referring to
something he knew I had known.
MIR. Smith has a singularly distort-
ed recollection of that conversation. I
did speak as his friend. I felt very
friendly toward him. indeed and wish
that 1 might have been permitted to
serve his real interest in this final de-
cision of his public career.
Il pointed out to him the deep dis
credit that would fall on him if he
We're himself to seek the senatorship-
Finding him utterly contemptuous of
the primary and towards Mr.. MARITIME;
finding that he insisted that the state
would be disgraced should Mr.. MARITIME
rather than he represent it in the SEN
ate l tried to point out to him in all
kindness the only course that lay open
to him in the circumstances if he
would win the respect of thoughtful
men.
Il told him that feeling as he did
the only honorable course open to him
was to come out and say that he was
not himself candidate and would CO.
operate in the choice of any man
whom general opinion might agree on
as representing not special interests.
but the opinion and the interests of
the state. He told me that he did not
know of any such man in the state
who had any claim on the party COM
parable to his own"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-28
MUZZLE FOR HATPINS.
The Kansas City Council Passes a
P"Ctection Ordinan ace.

Kansas City, Dec. 2S.-Women here
must muzzle their hat pins CT they
will become lawbreakers, liable to a
fine of from 81 to $500.
The upper and lower houses of the
city council have passed the hat pin
ordinance. There was little objection
to it in either house. Most Of the
aldermen who voted against the meas
ure are bachelors. Mayor Darius a.
Brown has said he VIII sign the ordi-
nance.
The most enthusiastic supporter of
the ordinance was Alderman John
Ward, survivor of collision with i
long pointed pin. He bears scar as
proof of his troubles. 1t was q gencr-
Gus AYE he voted.
How the hat pins shall be nluzzled is
not stated in the new ordinance. That
the women must figure out for them
selves. Dr. c. A. Jackson. who intro
duced the ordinance, said the pin
points must be protected or the poor,
helpless men will have to wear screens
over their faces
The doctor is married man. too.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-28
STUBS AT MANHATTAN.
Governor Says He VIII Continue the
Ripley Controversy.

Manhattan, Kan, Dec. 2S.-"Mr.
Ripley started the correspondence
during the recent campaign now l am
going to continue it after the cam
paign is over said Gov. w. r. Stubs
in his address at the state farmers in
stitute here, referring to the public
letters between himself and the head
of the Santa Fe system.
A thousand or more farmers, to-
gether with a large number of farmers
ters made up the governors audience
nthe college auditorium.
What is needed to effect a solution
of the railroad problem as well as that
of other organizations" continued the
governor. lis to get the facts and pre-
papers if We can get them there
They can't stand publicity
In his address he pointed out the
great Importance to the farmer of the
transportation problem, both in getting
his produce to market and bringing
back the supplies needed in the way of
living necessities. According to his
statements. there are few states in the
union whose farmers must pay as
much to get their products to market
as do Kansas farmers. He advised the
farmers and citizens of the state not
to attack or injure the railroads but to
simply demand justice and to keep on
demanding it.
Governor Stubs was the most dis
tinguished visitor and speaker. In
company with his brother and Presi-
dent Waters. he visited several depart
ments of the State Agricultural col
lege. He was impressed with the corn
show and remarked that there was
wonderful improvement in the kind of
corn grown.
Governor Stubs delivered another
address at a banquet given at the Y.
NJ. c. A. building at o'clock in the
evening. The spread was given in
honor of the visiting farmers and five
hundred participated in it. The gov
ernors speech was powerful plea for
the Y. NJ. c. A. and the things for
which it stands. Other speakers at
the banquet were: Dean T. H. Web
ster, Professor Chas. J. Dillon and
Secretary E. T. Held. Pres. Waters
acted as POSTMASTER
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-28
SEES A THEFT CHAIN.
Fowler Farmer Thinks Horses Are
Marketed in Joplin, Mo.

xx- -lSr Hersoh, Kan, Dec. 2S.-F. D.
Waiiace, formerly owner of Circle Lake
VINO owns large livery barn at Fow-
ler, Ran, tells a story about the way
that part of the state.
Along ABOUT the first of November
MT. wallace had valuable team of
norseS stolen from his barn at Fowler
Gnu tue next night a team disappeared
from barn at Col6water. Both Mr..
Wallace and the owner of the team at
CoiuWater Immediately put the officers
on the track, but no trace could be
iound OF them. They circulated descrip-
IONS OF the teams and two weeks la
ter the teams were located near Medi-
cine Lodge on ranch. Mr.. Wallace
sent one OF his men to Medicine Lodge
ana recovered his team, but the man
from Coldwater was not so lucky. The
team had been at Medicine Lodge on
the same ranch, but the sheriff tele-
phoned to the ranch that a man was
mere TO look at the team to try to iden-
tiIy ana OF course, when they arrived
the horse and man were gone
Iney traced it on through to the east
as Tar as Cherryvale and there were
within few miles of it, but again
with the help of others who are in the
gang the thief was enabled to escape.
Many here had seen the team and said
that the driver had told them he was
going to Joplin, Mo. Here Mr.. wal
~OOS man WCAlL ny TdlI, sent OUT uo-
scription, and waited for the thief to
arrive. Some here claimed that they
had seen the team but when they would
follow the clew they gave, no further
trace could be found. The team never
has been recovered
Mr.. Wallace is of the opinion that
there is a chain Of thieves at a num-
Der of towns through the southern
part of the state and that they help
one another. The towns are just far
ho+ he div
be made in about one day and there
they have protection until they are
ready to leave. In these gangs he
thinks there are number of officers
as it seems impossible that they could
have escaped had the officers not been
connected with the chain. Mr.. Wallace
is willing to tell any one his experience
in tracing these teams and thinks that
if the people would get together they
might be able to break up this chain.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-28
BOX OFFICE ROBBED.
Tulsa Opera House Manager Relieved
of $1,000

Tulsa, Okla, Dec. 2S.-Entering the
box office of the Grand opera house
here last night during a performance,
two youths stole approximately $1,000.
They escaped. it is thought, on a
northbound ST. Louis & San Francisco
railroad train. Good descriptions were
obtained of the robbers.
The robbers appeared in the box Of
fee while w. A. Stuart. manager of
the theater. was making financial
settlement with the manager of the
company. The robbers grabbed the
money and quickly escaped.
Men in automobiles pursued the
thieves for time. but finally losing
trace of them. turned back, abandon
ing the chase.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-28

Kansas City. Dec. 2S.-WHEAT-Cash
Market unchanged No. hard, 9112M96c
No. 3. 91q93c; No. ? red, 961z@97c; No. 3,
93@95c.
CORN-Market unchanged No. 2 mix
No. 3, Ale.
OA'rS-Market unchanged. No. , white.
311a@32c; No. mixed, 31Q311ac.
RYElNo. 2, 74d77c
HAY-Market unchanged. Choice tim
otky. s14.00@14.50 choice prairie, $11.50Q
1900.
BUTTER-Creamery, 2Sc; firsts, 25c;
seconds, 23c; packing stock. 19c.
EGGS-Extras, 2919c; firsts, PC; seconds,
1S1zc
WHEAT-Receipts, 10 cars.
CLOSE: WHEAT-May, s37sc bid; July,
S914c bid
CoRN-May, 457s@4sc sellers; July. 1890
$3.50 sellers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-28
PEGUES' LOSS $4,000.
Junction City Fire Now Figured to
Have Done 100000 Damage.

Junction City. Kan, Dec. 2s.-Sev-
enty-five thousand dollars damage, it
has been ascertained, was done to the
Pegues-Wright store and stock in. the
500, 600 fiere here two days ago. LIND
sey Pegues, one of the proprietors,
formerly was of Topeka where he was
identified with w. 7. and E. H. Cros-
by, his uncles. The Pegues- Wright
loss was partially covered by insur-
ance.
Other losses as now figured are as
follows:
Zee-D building. $4,000
Ponath Grocery store. $4,000
Western Union Telegraph Co, 81, 800
ElkS club So O0O
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-28

Kansas City, Dec. 2S.-Two persons
were killed and more than fifty hurt,
four probably fatally, in a street car
collision on the Intercity viaduct be-
tween here and Kansas City, Kan,
last night.
The dead:
OMER A. DUKE, Kansas City. Kan.
JOHN HARDING, colored, Kansas
City. Kan.
The more seriously injured:
Earl Hauser, Kansas City. Kan,
skull fractured, left hip broken and
spine injured.
o. B. ecker, Kansas City. Kan.
bruised and left leg crushed. Will lose
left foot.
Charles Lewis, colored. Kansas City,
Kan, internally injured and face cut.
Jesse Montgomery, eolored, Kansas
City. Kan, internally injured.
Both cars belonged on the Mime
sofa avenue Inns and were headed
west. Car III, when near the eastern
end of the bridge at a point 80 feet
above ground. lost its trolley. Car 1913,
in charge of Motorman George Green.
came along before the trolley had
been replaced. Green did not see car
III until his car was within three
feet of it, and before he could apply
the brakes the moving car had crash
ed into the dead one.
The collision caused every light in
the moving car to go out. A wild
scene followed. Four persons fell of
the viaduct into the sand below. With
IN the cars men and women fought to
get out. Window panes were crushed,
many being injured by broken glass
Harding, who was Killed. was one of
those who fell off the trestle. He
alighted on his head. breaking his
neck. Duke, the other victim. did not
die until an hour after the crash.
Warning of the accident was first
given by Charles Lewis, one of the
men who fell off the viaduct. Although
badly hurt, he regained his feet short
~ after striking the sand and rushed
to. a nearby railroad office to spread
the alarm. A moment after telling
the clerk of the wreck. Lewis col
lapsed.
Members of the crew of the dead"
car said they attempted to give a
warning to the approaching car that
they were on the track.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-28
New York Money Market.

New YORK, Dec. 2S-MON EY-MOheY on
call steady, 2a4@39s per cent; ruling rate,
Sss ner cent: closing bid ga per cent; of
Tered at 3sa per ceit. Time loans, dull;
60 dsys and 80 days 3sz@4 per cent? six
&c CLOSE: Prime mercantile paper to AZ
per cent. ..t,
Sterling exchange steady at decline with WITH
actual business in bankers bills at $4S2Q
% * for 60 day bills and at S4-S.1O for
demand Commercial bills S4S1Ad+S2.
STTVER-Bar silver, $3.50; Mexican dol
BONDS bonds steady, rail-
road bonds firm.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-28
Chicago Produce Market.

Chicago, Dec 2S-BUTTER-Mar
steady. Creameries, 2S@29c; diaries, 21Q
sc.
EGGS-Market steady. Receipts 4,147
cases; at mark, cases included, 1912@221sc;
firsts. 29c; prime firsts, 31c.
CHEESE-Market steady. Daisies, $50
1514c; Twins. 14@1414c; Young Americas
15A4151zc; Long Horns, 150151zc.
POTATOES-Market steady. Choice to
fancy, 49d45c; fair to good, 3SQ42c-
POULTRY-Market firm. Turkeys, live,
lie; dressed, 21c; chickens, live, 111sc;
springs, 115zc.
VEAf-Market steady. so to 80 1b. WITS,
Sc: 60 to s. lb. WITS, 10c; SIS to 10 Id. WITS,
1G01212c.