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John o. coIno West For Health.

John d. Rockefeller has made ar.
rangements to go to Demaris Springs.
near Cody, Wyo., for his health. ac-
cording to news dispatches received
In Cheyenne, Wyo.
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twenty Injured BY Liqhtnlnq.

Twenty New Workers at q summer
boarding house at Monticello. N. ".
were injured when the house was hit
hy lixhining One woman. Sarah Grab.
ner. viii probably die.
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Diver nreaka Mock.

William II. Tuers. twenty-one years
old. OF Bergenneld, while swimming
near Nyack. N. ". dived into two feet
Of water and broke his neck. He soon
dad.
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Peninsula Produce
Exchange Of Md.
POCOMOKE CITY, MD.
CDR. Miles Nervine
Raised Me From
the Grave Mrs. Taylor

This is strong statement to
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Cold Storage
Seed...
Potatoes

We have about so sacks of
IRISH COBBLERS which we
offer, subject to being unsold,
at $500 per sack, t. o. b. Phila-
delphia, and 90 or % sacks of
GREEN MOUNTAINS at 81. so
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If any wanted mail order and
check Immediately as supply is
very limited.
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70 someone Else.

Maud-Iack vows hc'll marry 20
yet.
Maybe-if he goes in for tn.
ministry.
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SAMUEL. MI. TOWNSEND.

Attorney al Law. Snow Hill. Md. once opposite
Court House. In Berlin Office every Saturday
afternoon.
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CHILDREN'S HOSIERY

AT ~ c. AND isc. children's Black
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and white.
At ~ c. Infants Lightweight Cotton
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At i5e. Infants and Children's Full
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white.
AT 25c. Infants and Children's Import
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sky blue and red; also in fancy ailover
designs and fancy tops.
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MEMS HOSIERY

AT ~ c. Mems Lightweight, LisIe
Socks. with linen splicing at toe and heel to
insure wear. Black and all colors.
AT i2' g. Men Black Cotton Socks.
with ail-white feet.
AT &c. SIX PAIRS FOR sl.ss. Mems
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Gauze Lis,e Socks. full. regular made or
seamless: black and eolors.
AT sc. AND SOC. Mems Pure Thread
silk Socks; black and colors.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-12
DIDN'T DO 1T.
Atchison Trades Council Didn't Cen
sure Attorney General.

Sim A. Bramlette, president of the
Kansas Federation of Labor, takes ex-
ception to the Atchison news dispatches
placing the Atchison Trades council in
the attitude of condemning the attor-
ney general for enforcing the Sunday
closing law. President Bramlette makes
clear his position as an official of the
state federation on the matter. He did
not condemn the action of the attorney
general as reported. Neither has he
authority to dictate to the local unions
what their action shall be. Mr.. Bram-
lette stated his position as follows:
I'm an Atchison news item which re-
Gently appeared in the Topeka papers.
relative to the action of the Atchison
Trades council in regard to the enforce
ment of the Sunday labor law, the in
ference is given that a resolution was
passed condemning the attorney gen.
eral for the enforcement of the Sunday
labor law. The facts in connection with
the case are that the question was
brought before the council at meet
ing held Tuesday, May 9, and discussed
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SINS FIND HIM OUT.
Assaria Postmaster Must Answer to
Government for Shortage.

John a. Larson, postmaster at AS
saria, was arrested this week by VIII
liam H. Mackey, United States marshal,
and is now under bond pending trial i'll
the federal court at Leavenworth. 1t is
claimed that Larson is short $500 in his
accounts.
It was several years ago when Larson
was appointed postmaster of the little
town in Saline county. The job came
through the energy of w. ii. Calder
head. former congressman from that
district But Larson, evidence showed,
was not always true or faithful to the
friend who once found him a place at
the public crib.
Not until after the 1910 primaries was
Larson's infidelity proven. Then Lar
son himself admitted he had slipped a
cog. The fight in Saline county be-
tween Calderhead and Judge Rees was
extremely warm. In the little town of
Assaria, it reached the point where
both sides counted noses. But always
Larson was placed on the Calderhead
list without argument It was pain
fully apparent-to the Calderhead fac
tion-that Rees had Assaria township
hog tied.
It was when the votes were counted.
however, that the big surprise came.
Even the friends of Judge Rees were
astounded. Through the night the
clerks had read the name of Rees with
stunning regularity. When all the votes
were counted, the returns showed Rees
had received every vote in the precinct
The Assarians marvelled. They re-
called that John A Larson, postmasteF.
had voted. Larson was accused of
voting for the enemy. Finally he adj
mitted the charge.
''I thought" Larson told his friends,
that at least some one would vote for
Calderhead. I sort Of liked Rees and
voted for him. But I didn't think
everyone in the township would do the
same thing"
After the election of Rees. petitions
were circulated for Mrs. Larson to sue
coed her husband. She has not been
confirmed.
Immediately following the arrest OF
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-12
THERE'LL Be FLOATS.
Topeka Will Have a Real Festival Fair
Week.

Topeka will be festive, to say the
least, during fair week. for aside from
the attractions on the fair grounds
there will be the semi cele-
bration that the Commercial club ex-
poets to get up which will include
pageant consisting of 25 gorgeous
floats. Then the latest announcement
is that the Topeka AID club will con-
slider at it's next meeting holding an
automobile show which will be the first
really large exhibit of autos ever got
together in Topeka.
There are 81 companies in Topeka,
which handle automobiles or auto SUE
plies" said N. B. Burge, president OF
the club, this afternoon, land 1 think
we could interest some outside firms to
exhibit here. AS there is no building
on the fair ground in which to house
the machines, the Auditorium has been
suggested as the proper place to hold
such a display. This will be taken up
at the next meeting of the Ad club
1t is possible that either the Com
merciaI club or the Ad club will ar
range for an auto flower parade, but
only hints Of such a parade have been
given out. Suffice 1t to remark that
with the great white way in working
order and a program of events of much
interest and magnitude, Topeka should
make a good impression upon the minds
of the thousands of outside visitors.
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at some length. was asked to express
an opinion in regard to the matter ana
in so doing 1 advised that the only
position organized labor could afford to
take on the question was for law en-
forcement That labor did not favor
anv Determinations but that all vio-
laters should be dealt with alike. ami
quite sure the delegates in attendance
at the meeting were in full accord on
the proposition and there was no word
or action of condemnation toward the
attorney generals office and the reso-
luton that was passed did not carry
any such meaning. Organized labor in
sists at all times in compliance with
the law and will not be drawn into any
controversy which seeks to protect vio-
laters of the law. The statement at
tributed to me that action was being
taken by the various Trades Councils
throughout the state condemning the
Sunday closing order. is absolutely
without warrant. made no such state
ment The central bodies of the differ
ent cities will act as their best judg
ment dictates in this matter and it is
not within the power or authority of
any officer Of the State Federation to
dictate to them what their action shall
he -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-12
GREENWOOD IS HERE.
Supt. of Kansas City Schools Will
Speak Tonight.

Superintendent ]. M. Greenwood of
the Kansas City, Mo-, schools arrived
in Topeka this morning and in The
course of the day visited a number of
the local schools. He will refer to
the conditions educationally in Tope-
ka in his address this evening at the
Commercial club on vocational
Training"
Walter Root, citizen of Kansas
City, and myself" said superintendent
Greenwood, this afternoon, were ap-
pointed as a committee to investigate
trade schools. I have Travelled 5000
miles, going as far west as the Pacific
coast in my Investigations. We have
submitted a report to the board of ed
ucation which will be published in
pamphlet form. A plan for the estab-
lishment of trade schools is being
formulated-of course you understand
that the trade schools are entirel,
different from the manual training
schools"
The meeting tonight is the regular
business meeting of the club and
among other things the semi-centen-
NAL celebration will be discussed by
the club members who are urged to
attend in force.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-12
CALLS IT A DREAM.
General Wood Takes No Stock in Dis
armament of Nations.

Washington, May 12-'Disarmamen
of nations is a dream" declared Ma
jor General Wood, chief of staff of the
United States army, before the house
Discussing a change in the term of
enlistment, from 3 to years, Gen.
Wood urged as an alternative his plan
for the establishment of a reserve corps
of regular soldiers who have been re-
tired after three years of service He
declared that the army should be on
a stronger war basis, Notwithstanding
the persistent movement for disarma-
ment and permanent peace through ar
bitration. With the establishment of a
reserve corps there would be within cali
of the war department within seven
years 100000 men.
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Gordon in Topeka.

State Grain Inspector d. r. Gordon
came to Topeka today to tell his story
of distress and appeal tc the state de-
partment for help. 1--WE will have to
close up shop at Kansas City" he said,
land go out of business unless we re-
ceive aid soon from the state. My re-
port for March shows that we col
lected $3,1O2.70 in fees and that our
expenses were $3,07S.34, which left us
a balance of $24.36. For April we ran
over $1,000 behind. 1 have the bills
for inspection and weighing made out
every day and present them in due
form to the railroads handling the
cars. They are filed by the roads. but
payment is refused. The new law by
which the fees were doubled is being
tested in the courts. If it is decided
to be constitutional the grain depart
ment can quickly collect back fees
sufficient to place our financial affairs
in good shape. But a decision may
not be handed down for two or three
months and we will not be able to stay
in business that long unless we receive
help
The grain departments trouble
began when the Kansas City elevator
men refused to pay the new fees pro-
vided for in the law passed by the last
legislature. These fees are double the
amount of the old fees. The grain men
denounced the new fees as exorbitant
and appealed to the courts. FOLLOW
ing this action the collections of the
department quickly fell far below The
expense dead line and an appeal was
made to Governor Stubs to save the
department from going on the rocks
of debt. The governor was willing to
help, but the law stood in the way
until the attorney general decided that
the present contingency warranted
step unforeseen by the trainers of the
law.
The opinion of the attorney general
will smooth over affairs for the grain
until a decision is had on
the new law A favorable decision
will make it clear sailing while an I'M
favorable decision would put the grain
out of business unless
some expedient is adopted to save 1t
until the legislature meets in 1913.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-12
MOVES ON HERMSIOLLO.
Rebels Appear Intent Capturing the
Capital of Sonora.

Cananea, May 12.-Without having
demanded the surrender of Cananea,
Juan Cabral moved southwark today
with the combined forces of reNels that
have been operating in this vicinity
numbering about 1000. His destination
is believed to be Hermosillo.
There is a general movement of in
surrecto troops against the capital city
and it is the apparent determination OF
the rebels to assault and capture Her
mosillo. After the fall of HermosiIlo
they believe Cananea and the smaller
towns will fall into their hands without
much resistance.
The rebels have burned four bridges
between Cananea and Naco, stopping
all traffic oveS the South Pacific line
All bullion from Cananea smelters is
shipped over the line which carries all
supplies for camps.
The garrison here numbers $50 men.
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PLEADS HIS OWN CASE.
John Dietz Maintains His Innocence in
Address to Jury.

Hayward. May 12.-Arguments in the
Dietz murder trial were heard today
and it was expected the case would so
to the jury late this afternoon. District
Attorney J. Williams, for the state.
spoke for an hour For the next three
hours John Dietz, his wife and son,
Leslie, the three defendants on trial.
pleaded their innocence before the jury.
Attorney L. NJ. Sturdevant closed for
the state.
John Dietz, in his address to the jury,
declared no evidence had been submit
ted, except by the states witnesses to
show that Oscar Harp is dead. mo
member of the coroner's jury nor the
coroner had been put on the stand -
Dietz assaiIed what he called the
''blackmailing evidence and said he
had never been given a chance to re-
sist arrest.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-12
MAKE BALLOON TRIP.
''The Topeka Makes safe Landing at
DeniSOn.

The balloon Topeka made a flight
from the park at Tenth avenue and West
street shortly after 9 O'Clock this morn
ing, and landed without mishap at Deni-
son, ten miles west of Valley Falls, a
few minutes after noon. Those making the
flight were r. Emerson, pilot, and Frank
and Will Jacobs, of Atchison. The start
was uneventful, the balloon clearing all
Instructions at the first bound, and float
ing away to the northward on light
breeze The three hundred foot drag rope
was left suspended from the rigging, and
narrowly escaped ENHANCEMENT with a
trolley wire. This drag rope may have
interfered with the flight and shortened
flights from Topeka, and is supposed to
act as pendulum and add to the balance
of the basket.
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Mr.. Dawson's Opinion.


The opinion in full is as follows:
Hon. Mark Tulley, State Treasurer.
Dear Mr.. Tulley: Your letter of
some days ago came duly to hand, but
while it has received my careful con-
sideration, this is the first opportunity
1 have had to answer it.
Your question may be stated as
follows:
"Can the governor contribute sums
of money from his contingent fund to
support the grain inspection depart
ment when the statute provides that
said department shall be exclusively
maintained by the inspection fees col
lected for inspection services?
cat first blush that question would
be answered in the negative. We
must assume that the legislature took
into consideration the usual and aver
age amount of grain to be inspected
and weighed, and estimated the cost
of inspection, and fixed the fees to be
exacted for inspection services upon
that basis.
"As governmental policy, the
statute provided that the department
should be self sustaining.
but the legislature can not be SAID
to have contemplated that its laws
should be set at detinance by state
wide conspiracy among the pupilc
elevators and others to nullify the
work of that department; and that is
the present predicament with which
we have to deal. 1t is for such con-
tingencies that the governor is given
a contingent fund by the legislature.
The constitution charges the governor
with the duty of protecting the inter-
ests of the state and to see that it's
laws, rights and prerogatives are re-
spected, and to that end the law con-
fers upon him, among other powers,
the right to expend 200 per annum
as a contingent fund to be employed
by him in the exercise of sound dis
cretion. If the grain inspection law
was being obeyed and the grain being
inspected and weighed and the fees
therefor did not maintain the depart
ment, the fault would lie with the law
and the system of grain inspection
established by the legislature would
have to fall of its own inadequacy. But
that is not the present case. The au-
thority of the state is being def1ed, and
the state is contending for it's lawful
rights in the courts, but meantime
the res in litigation-the system of
grain inspections rapidly going to
pieces, and, If the governor did not
come to the rescue it would be but a
little time when the department would
be compelled to disband, for the Off
GERS and employees must be fed and
clothed and housed and their families
supported, and they must be at their
several posts of duty ready to weigh
and inspect for all who will submit to
the law.
"Such consequence was not with
in the remotest contemplation Of the
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legislature nor within its purposes
when it decreed that the grain inspec-
ton department should be self sup
porting.
''It is my opinion that in view of the
present extraordinary situation there
seen contingency which calls FOR the
exercise of the governors broad pow
ers, and that he may contribute TO the
support of that department and main
tain it in statu quo until the conciu-
sion of the pending litigation, and I'M
til the return of the defendants in the
grain inspection litigation to their
obedience to the law.
yours respectfully,
JOHN s. DAWSON, Atty. Gen."
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GETS HIS LOCOMOTIVE.
John Madden Has Supreme Court
Help Him.

John Madden, general attorney for
the NJ, K & T. railway, came to To-
peka yesterday to get one of the COM
pany's passenger engines out of the
clutches of Gabriel Schmuck and 9TH
erS by means of a writ of Injunction
from the supreme court. He was sue
cessful in his mission, as the court de-
cided that the railroad company was
not responsible for the failure of the
appeal papers in the case to appear in
the supreme court in time. The clerk
of the Cherokee court was held re-
sponsible.
Schmuck and his fellow plaintiffs
are not going to engage in the railroad
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business and they have no particular
use for locomotive. They attached
the Dig machine in order to realize on
a damage suit for $500 thev won
against the Katy in the Cherokee
courts. The decree of the lower courta
had become effective before the apDeaI
papers in the case reached the SUI
preme court. But as stated above the
supreme court held that the faulf did
not lie with the railroad lawyers. The
engine was released from the proceed
ure of the Cherokee courts until the
supreme court can pass on the merits
of the damage suit
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-12

Today's flight had not been extensively
advertised, and only about 100 persons
were at the park to witness the initiation
and start Striking a light wind velocity
at the thousand-foot level the balloon
was in plain view of the business district
for Is minutes before it faded away to
the north. The report of the landing at
Denison was brief, and contained no in
formation as to the altitude attained dur
ing the flight.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-12

Larson came the arrest of Homer Z.
Mangold, a rural mail carrier AZ
Mentor. Saline county. 1t is charged
that Mangold opened letters and pack
ages and appropriated their contents.
He has given bond for his appearance
at the October term of the Leavenworth
federal court
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-12
STUBS MAY HELP
Governor Has Right to PAY the
Grain Inspectors.
Attorney General Dawson Gives
His Opinion Today.
HAVETOS SHUT UPSHOP
ID. r. Gordon, State Inspector,
Comes to Topeka.
Says That Fees No Longer Pay
the Expenses.
HAVE TO SHUT SHOP

Governor Stubs can contribute from
his contingent fund to help out the
grain inspection department of the
state. Attorney General John S. Daw-
son today in an opinion handed down
in this matter declares that a contin-
prohibited the expenses of the grain
department from exceeding the reve-
nues. He alleges that a conspiracy on
the part Of the elevator men of Kan
sas and Missouri has been responsible
for the predicament of the grain de-
partment and therefore the governor
can help the department until the status
of the new grain inspection law has
been decided by the courts.
When the question first came up of
the governor helping the grain depart
ment to meet it's expenses from his
contingent fund Governor Stubs
promptly decided to do so. He applied
to the auditor to o. K. his vouchers
for the sum needed to cover the short
age. Auditor w. E. Davis, at first
blush, resolved to honor the vouchers,
passed by the last legislature read
justing the affairs and methods of the
grain department, he found a section
that prohibited the expenses of the de-
partment from exceeding the revenues,
and he was in a quandary what to do
in the premises.
State Treasurer Mark Tulley had also
read the law and was not prepared to
honor a voucher on the governors con-
tingent fund to help the department
in distress. The state treasurer ap-
pealed to the attorney general for an
opinion on the matter. The opinion
was handed down today as noted above
in the form Of a letter to State Treas
urer Tulley.
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TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY.

WANTED-Saleslady with exnerianc.
The Warren NJ. Crosby Co.
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All Metal RfpIane.

All Metal Bfplane.
Mineola, L. l., May 1.-THE new all
metal biplane of Captain Thomas
had it's initial flight over the
plains today. Baldwin
sailed several ties over Mineola.