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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-09
LEAvENWoRrH IS DRY.
Dawson Puts Real Lid on Dan An
thongs Town.

Leavenworth, Kan, Oct. 9.-Indica-
tons are that John Dawson attorney
general. was nearly right when he
made a staten ent that IseavenWorth
now is the driest city in the country
So far as can be learned, no liquor is
to be had, because in their search the
Topeka officers conf1Scated nearly
every case and bottle and took them
to the county jail yard, where they
now are piled high.
Even the soldiers. the majority of
whom have been accustomed to know
ing where to get it," are standing
around on street corners. 1t is pre-
dicted that none of the several liquor
dealers in Stillings. Mo, across the
river, and from where all liquors con-
sumed in Leavenw orth come from, will
venture to make their Monday morn
ing deliveries today.
The raiding party worked until mid
night Saturday night. After all joints
in the downtown district had been
even money confiscated, that part of
reported to be on sale was visited. BY
that time. however, there had been
sufficient time for the proprietors, if
there were any, to ttc1ean up and
nothing was accomplished.
In several houses visited single cases
of beer were found, but the sheriff's
force was convinced they were for pri-
waite use. and what these men said
seem to go with the Topeka officers.
1t was not until / o'clock that Dawson
and Montgomery returned to the Ma
tional hotel and retired, and both
showed unmistakable signs of fatigue.
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BIG AUTO RACE is ON.
Lee OldfieId Withdraws After Criticism
for. Entering Race.

Philadelphia, Oct. 9.-IdeaI autumn
weather prevailed for the 2O0-miIe au-
tomobile road race under the auspices
of the Quaker City Motor club in Fair
mount park this afternoon. The race
was postponed from Saturday because
of rain
The original entry list numbered IS
cars, but early today it was thought
probable that only Is would start
Among the drivers in the race were
Len Zengle, winner of last years con-
test; Harry Grant, two-time Vanderbilt
cup winner; Ralph Milford, and Ralph
De Palma.
The race was scheduled to start at
IL o'clock and the course was 10
miles of roads in Paramount park
The cars are to go % times around,
making the exact distance 2O21k miles.
The entries:
Len Zengle, National; Ralph Null
ford, Lozier; Charles Basic, Cole;
Ralph De Palma, Mercer; Donald
Herr, National; Joseph Jagersberger.
Case; Erwin Bergdou, Benz; Harry
Grant, Lozier; G. Anderson, Stusy;
Hughie Hughes, Mercer; George Park
err Chip; Grover BergdolI, Bergdou;
Fred Betz, Fiat; Louis Disbrow, Ma
tional; Spence Wishart, Mercedes;
Willie Wallace, Mercedes.
Lee O1dfieid, whose car killed eleven
persons at Syracuse several weeks ago,
withdrew from the race because he
took to heart the criticism aimed
against him here for entering another
race so soon after that accident.
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RAILROAD NEWS.
w. G. Brown of New York Cen
trail Talks of Prosperity.
Says Good Times Are on Way
for All Roads.
LINES ARE BEST HERE
Eastern President Sees Su-
periority in United States.
Other Items of General Interest
IT. ee- HA-Tg
LINES ARE BEST HERE
Other Items of General Interest
Of Traffic World.

New York Oct. 9--William c. Brown,
president of the New York Central
Railroad company, has returned from
a two months vacation abroad. He
said that lie had been much interested
in the English railway strike, which.
he thought. had been handled admir-
mirably by the authorities. Financial
conditionsa broad he found to be consid-
erably unsettled. but he expected pros
perity Tor all here.
The unsettled conditions on the 9TH
er side are due to the threatened -trou-
Bile between Germany and France" ne
said. and Will continue so until some
diplomatic settlement of differences is
made. The Mediterranean war appar
emily has caused no great unea siness.
Things Look Bright Here.
AS for financial opinion over there
in regard to our condition. there is
some apprehension over what is called
the war on capital This apprehension,
rl think is temporary and partly caused
by uncertainty. due to foreign causes
I have been abroad for two months,
and am not able to talk about the
financial or Industrial situation in this
country. with any assurance But
things look bright here I think that O
time of prosperity is coming for all [
don't see any chance of the strike
trouble on the Hartman lines extend
ing to the east
I did not make first hand study Of
the railroad situation abroad-in fact,
I kept away from railways as far as
could. and motored more than three
thousand miles through England and
Scotland and on the continent.
The Strike in England.
Naturally the labor troubles on the
English lines interested me kept up
with the situation there as we'll as /
could through the press. but saw little
of the actual circumstances of the
strike. While I am not able to talk in
detail of the differences between the
employees and the officers of the roads,
believe that the authorities handled
the situation admirably The condi-
lions of English traffic make it impera-
tive that any trouble such as a general
strike be settled at once. The country
cannot stand it for long though it is
true that this last strike was made
worse by the steamship men going out.
too.
Foreign Wages Are Low.
Vases of employees on the railways
In England and on the continent are
scarcely more than so per cent of ours.
Their carrying rates. both for nassen
ger and freight service are consider
ably higher. Railway service of both
kinds is incOmparably better here
have never seen such poorly managed
lines as those owned or run by the GOV
ernments abroad
Brown thought the United States hal
e. good deal to learn from Europe in
agriculture In England" he said
F,they produce twice as much ON An
acre OF land as we do and on land +ba+
mas been used for a thousand Years ans
not half as fertile as our land. Seed
seLeellon and close study of every prin-
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TT PAYS TO IRRIGATE.
Also to smudge, Spray and Trim Fruit
Trees.

Hutchinson, Kan, Oct. 9.=It pays
to smudge, and to spray and to irrigate
and do other things like that in the
orchards.
And the best proof that it pays is to
compare the 5000 bushels of apples
that are coming in every day from the
big Underwood orchards with the
crops Of runty. worm-eaten and
blotch-infested apples in the orchards
where no spraying was done.
In the larger orchards around
Hutchinson, where care was taken of
the apples, such as at the Yaggy plan
tation, the two Underwood orchards
snd the orchards of Sheridan Ploughe.
DR. W. R. Cone, Judge Martin and
others, there is a splendid crop of
splendid apples.
But elsewhere, where no scientific
spraying was done, the apples mainly
dropped from the trees, and there is
almost failure as far as apples that
can be stored and shipped are con-
cerned. in most of the smaller orr
chardS.
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ONE NAN AT MEDDING.
Even Judge and Witnesses We're Same
Sex as Bride.

Cottonwood Falls, Kan, Oct. g.
For the first time in Chase county d
marriage ceremony has been perform
ed by a woman. In the absence of her
husband, the county probate Judge.
Mrs. Wells as judge pro tenn. united
an anxious young couple who came to
the probate judges office Wedne
The groom, who had come from
Texas to marry a Kansas girl, was
greatly disappointed when he found
the Judge had just left town. Mrs.
Wells told them that, as probate Judge
pro tenn. she was qualified to issue the
license and perform the ceremony
After the license had been duly made
out, the woman judge called the clerk
of the district court. Miss Gussie Hous-
ton, to act as a witness. She might
have tapped on the office doors of the
county superintendent, Anna Arnold,
and the register of deeds. Bertha
Plummer and invited them as guests
to the ceremony, and then it would
have been woman's wedding all
around, except the groom.
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DENOUNCES JURY
Mother Of Dead Man Hysterical
at Accidental Killing Verdict.
'sYou Knew Better, 'She Screams
at Men in Court.
HOW WOODRUFF DIED
Shot Twice Accidentally He
Knew Of But One Wound.
Bleeds to Death When He Con-
tinues Hunting Trip.
HOW WOODRUFF DIED

Chanute, Kan, Oct. 9.-Rising from
her chair and advancing towards the
coroner's jury which had just brought
in a verdict that her son, John Wood
ruff of Stark, had come to his death
through an accidental shooting, the
dead mans mother created a Sensa-
ton at the close Of the inquest by ex-
claiming:
II want to say Just word to you
jurymen. You knew better than to
bring in a verdict like that"
She was kept from making further
remarks by Sheriff Reynolds. who or
dered silence and threatened to arrest
the first person who disobeyed the
command.
Woodruff's widow became hysterical
as she was leaving the room. Worn
out by the two days Of stress she re-
Taxed and relieved her feelings by
screams which echoed through the
building.
These dramatic incidents concluded
the two days session of the formal in
qufry which DR.. F. r. Hickey Of this
city, county coroner, conducted into
the death of the young farmer Inc
victims family tried to establish the
They engaged F. J. Oyler to represent
them.
Their implication was directed
against George Bundy and Charles
Fleenor. the two men who were With
Woodruff the morning he received the
fatal wound. Bundy and Fleenor We're
represented by A. NJ Sailors OF STARK.
The community was divided INTO
factions. part of which stood StoutIy by
the theory that Woodruff shot himself
accidentally, and part of which Just as
strongly adhered to his family's
theory.
jeopardy of being accused Of having 4
hand in the killing, and 1t was a great
strain for them F1eenors WlIe anu
sister have been sick for a week from
l. SC wifi
a. critical condition for a time. Bundys
aged mother remained by his side
the hearing.
Forty Witnesses Examined:
Forty witnesses were examined The
stories that have been told
OF the affair were taken up and thresn-
ed out. Bundy and Fleenor were the
principal witnesses. They declared
that they did not know much about
the circumstances from the fact that
they and Woodruff had been drinking
together that morning, and they had
taken so much liquor that they were
Their story was that Woodruff was
alone in a spring wagon when they
heard shots. When they went 70 see
what was the matter. they found ne
had wounded himself in the arm Tell |
ing them it did not amount to much |
he wene on with them to the creek,
where they had started on hunting
expe dition.
1t turned out subsequently that "
sides the wound in the arm, he had
one in the leg. That severed the main
artery and he bIed to death, being 50
far gone when physician reached I
him that his life could not be saved
It is not likely that any stops will be |
taken to prosecute Rundy ana Fleenor:
The jury's verdict was simply one OF |
accidental shooting. the jurors not i'm
plicating them.
The affair has made a great impress
sion upon them
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HE HAS No COUNTRY.
Frank LEM of salina, Discovered by
Swiss Consul

Salina, Kan, Oct. 9.-The county
commissioners have decided to discon-
tinue paying anything for the support
of Frank Lenz. the paralyzed man,
who has been in st. Louis hospital
for some time. This means that Mr.
Lenz will be brought back to Salina
and will for a time have to be depend
ant upon his friends for aid.
The action of the commissioners was
taken after Mayor Kirkland had pre-
scented a letter from the Swiss consul
at St. Louis who has investigated the
ease and visited LEM at the hospital
The letter stated that the Swiss au-
tlorities could do nothing in the mat
ter as they considered Lenz an Ameri-
can citizen 1t is said that Lenz has
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NO SYMPATHY is OFFERED.
Conductors and Trainmen Will Not
Recognize Shopmen-

Denver. Colo. Oct. 9.=There will be
no sympathetic strike on the part of
other railroad employees to aid the
Hartman shopmen in the solution of
their difficulties. This was officially
announced by both W. G. Lee presi-
dent of the Brotherhood of Railroad
Trainmen, and L. z. Sheppard. acting
president of the order of Railway
Conductors. after conference of
prominent railroad labor leaders.
l. and Sheppard are at the head
of two of the largest organizations of
railway employees in the world, and
their remarks are regarded as signifi-
cant Of the attitude of the men they
represent.
IF the shopmen are to win this
strike" said Lee, they must do so
without our aid. Their difficulties are
not such that we may take cognizance
of them. At present, our position is
neutral and SO far as either myself or
Mr.. Sheppard can determine, there is
no possibility that a change viii oc-
cur
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DOG CATCHER GETTING RICH.
His Name Is Murphy and He Is Said
to Be Irish.

Pittsburg, Kan. Oct. 9.@And now it
is the dog-catcher problem that is
troubling the city commissioners and
Mayor Graves. He is making too much
money the officials believe. He has
got a "get-rich-quick' job.
For the past two months he has
averaged making S105 per month and
he has the figures to show what he
has done. Murphy is his name, and he
is said to be Irish.
BE that as it may, Murphy is a crack
shot. His record shows that he has
gone out with gun after eighty-four
dogs and that he has made "a killings.
Now the city doesn't believe that
the dog catcher should earn $105 per
month.
Unless the supply of dogs runs out,
the dog catcher will need a bank at
the end of this month to insure safety
for his large amount of money.
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c-ple of agriculture has brought the
people to that scientific point of pro-
duction. In Germany every child
spends part of his time in an agricul-
turaI school. Watch Germany. Ger
many is going ahead wonderfully She
is remarkably prosperous. She is forg-
ing to the front and will lead all
Europe. Germany was backward be
cause of her lack Of power for manu-
features Now she is developing hev
water power, a natural power, splen-
didly, and manufactures are booming
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DECREASE IN CAR SURPLUS.
Late Bulletin Represents Reduction of
36 Per Cent.

II
Chicago, Ill, Oct. 9.-That the total
car surplus throughout the country is
decreasing is shown in the current bull
letin of the American Railway associ-
alton. The surplus decreased from
1922 cars on September 1 8 last to
58,382 cars on September 81. This
represents a reduction of 1929 per
cent. The greater part of the decrease
is in box and coal cars, box cars de-
creasing from 1919 on September I 8
to 1892 on September 27. Coal cars
decreased from 23,795 on September
13 to 1887 on September 27. Mis-
cellaneous cars show a decrease OF
1,638, while flat cars increased by SGT.
A decrease in surplus cars is report
ed throughout the country with the ex-
ception of New York, New Jersey,
Delaware. Maryland. Eastern PennsyI-
vania, West Virginia, Virginia North
Carolina, South Carolina, Kentucky,
Tennessee. Mississippi, Alabama. Geor-
gia and Florida
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ELLSWORTH GETS MILITIA.
Armory Suitable to state Offcers Only
Problem to Solve.

Ellsworth, Oct. 9.-Major Hissem is
in receipt of a letter from Col. Hoising-
ton stating that he has been author
lied by the military board of the state
to come to Ellsworth and muster a
company of national guards into ser
vice. and that he will do so just as
soon as the required number of young
men have enlisted, competent officers
been elected, and a suitable place Sc
cured and made ready for use as an
armory. The last mentioned is the one
question still TO be answered.
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SHOOTS INTO RoUNDHOUsE.
Union Pacific Offcer Probably Object
of Night Attack.

Salina. Kan. Oct. 9.-The first strike
violence in Salina as the result of the
general strike on the Hartman lines
occurred when some one fired shot
into the Union Pacific round house.
Special Officer Richards, who has been
at the round house since the trouble
began as night guard, was in the build
ing at the time. He Immediately rush
ed outside but could find no trace of
the one who fired the shot.
The local officials stated that the
strike here was broken as half of the
men who had struck when the first or
ders were issued from the union head
quarters had returned to work. The
other man is still out.
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HE MAKES MONEY ON CORN.
Broom Brush Clears Farmer $44.75
Per Acre After Expense Is Paid.

Caldwell. Kan. Oct sc. o. Carl
son, former Lindsborg man, last
week sold so tons of his crop of
broomcorn for $40 ton. Mr. Carl
son says he is satisfied with the price
he received. Mr.. Carlson's corn is of
the outside of brooms. His corn paid
his rent and all expenses and netted
him STATS per acre. The land this
crop grew on would not sell for the
profit he made. 1t is upland and not
extra good at that
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KILLED STEALING RIDE
Six Boys Lose Lives Near Lingo
Missouri.

Lingo. Mo-, Oct 9-Freight train No
Y was wrecked one-half mile east of
here, on the Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy railroad. about o'clock last
evening by the breaking of drawbar
Nine cars of cattle and horses were
overturned in the ditch.
Six boys of New Cambria and Bevier,
Mo-, are reported dead. Two bodies
were found and others are under the
wreck. Floyd Summers of New Cam
bria, Mo. is uead. Charles Raw of Be
vier Mo-. suffered a broken leg. The
boys were beating their way on the
train It will take from six to eight
hours to clear the wreck.
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BOYS BAND vIEs WITH BRYAN.
Music Makers Attract as Much Atfen.
ton as Famous NebrasLan.

Kirwin, kan. oct. 9-The Kirwin
band composed of boys from 10 to 16
years of age furnished the music for
the Bryan lecture in Phillipsburg. Tt
is claimed the boys band attracted
about as much attention on the street
as did the speaker.
Another victory for the Kirwin
boys band was the time the new Mis-
souri, Pacific president visited Kirwin
The band turned out, and President
Bush was so well pleased that he made
the band a handsome financial pres
ent.
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ADvERTIsEs FOR OFFICERS.
Methodist Preacher Adopts Novel Plan
for Reform.

Junction City, Kano., Oct. 9.=This
advertisement, from the pen of the
Rev. Marvin NJ. Culpepper, pastor of
the First Methodist Episcopal church,
appears in a Junction City paper:
sWanted-A few city officers who
can see at night; also one mayor with
unimpaired olfactory nerves; a lot of
citizens to go after the bootleggers, but
not as some have been doing; mothers
for the young girls that walk the
streets at night and are seen in the
company of young men of doubtful
character.
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guests of Mrs. Sheer's mother. Mrs. A.
Z. Curry, of 141 Winfield avenue. for "A
few days.
Rev. Mr.. Scrivner Of 1921 East Sixth
avenue will go to Bonner Springs to-
night to hold a protracted meeting.
Mrs. Harry Hummel is in Markett,
Kan, the guest Of Mrs. Myra Myers
for a few days.
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here before he was 81 the case would
all hinge upon whether his legal
guardian was a citizen or not. If he
was citizen before LEM was of age
that would now put Lenz in that class
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Mrs. Peebler and daughter Mildred
were guests of Mrs. c. E. Cole yester-
day.
Mr.. I. Steel of Kansas City spent
Sunday the guest of his sister, Mrs.
VIM Draut, and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Lingo spent
Sunday with Mrs Jackson at Menoken.
Mrs. VIII Staten of Garfield avenue
spent Sunday with Mrs White of 26f
Kellam street.
Mr.. and Mrs. l. Biscoe and family of
124 AFTER avenue are in Fredericksburg,
Va, spending their vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. T. Hummel. Mr.
and Mrs NJ r. Hummel and Mr.
Cedarhart were guests of Mrs. L. Bun.-
mel of AFTER avenue yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Sheer and chill
dren of Winchester. KAN ara thA
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SANTA FE CAR LOADING GAIN.
Rock Island Shows Decrease in sep
TENDER Traffic

tember Traffic.
The Santa FEES car loading for Sep
TENDER showed 1865 cars on the sys-
TENS rails against 82.273 cars last year.
Cars received from foreign connections
were 20.411, against 1888 cars last
year. making a total of 10T, 067 cars
handled this year, against 101, OS6 last
year. an increase of 5,381.
The Rock Islands car loading report
for September. not including the last
day showed lis, SGT cars, as compared
with 120.565 cars for the same month
of last year. a decrease of / 1858 cars
Some falling off was noted in coal,
grain, lumber and switch cars, with
fair increases prevailing in live stock
ana many classes of miscellaneous
freight cars.
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ed to work. In three hours the entire
field of one hundred and twenty acres
was sowed in wheat.
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Diner-I suppose you are accustomed to
getting very large tips. Waiter-Yes, the
patrons here are very generous. Diner
Ihen you can easily overlook the trifling
one 1 am compelled to give you.-Phil-
adelphia Evening Telegraph
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Tell the dealer you want q Lewis
single Binder straight SC cigar.
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Soda crackers are
extremely sensitive
to moisture.
Before the advent of
Uneeda Biscuit the
only persons who
ever tasted fresh,
crisp soda crackers
were the people in
the bakeries.
Imagine their trip
from bakery to your
table; exposed to air
and mOiSture-kept
in grOcerS' boxes and
finally in a paper bag
on the shelf in your
pantry. Gould they
be the same as they
were the day they
were baked?
Now that we have
Uneeda Biscuit
have perfe city
baked soda crackers
perfectly kept.
No moisture can
reach them-nO con-
terminating influ-
enceS can affect
their flavOr-their
goodness is inpriS-
Oned only to be
liberated by you for
you when you open
the package.
Alwaysin themOist-
ure proof package.
Never sold in bulk.
5 cents a package.
NATIONAL BISCUIT
COMPANY
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