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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-21
All Amendments to the Senate
Measure Are Barred.
TOO MUCH FOR CANNON
Even Uncle Joe Protests Against
the New Regulation.
Madison DenOunces It as Most
Drastic Ever Passed.

Washington, Aug. 21.=Leaders of
the senate and house reported an
understanding at ? p. m. that congress
should adjourn tomorrow afternoon,
but the hour will be determined by
the convenience of President Taft.
Members of both parties are agreed it
would be discourteous to the president
to adjourn without giving him
chance to transmit to the house his
veto of the cotton bill. It was decided,
however. no action would be taken on
the veto m essage.
The rule under which the cotton bill
was taken up barred any house
amendments to the senate measure.
Representative Madison Of Kansas, in
surgent Republican, denounced the
rule as the most drastic ever offered
in the house of representatives. He
told the Democrats that they were re-
turning to gag rule" methods. though
many of them had secu1 ed their seats
by denouncing those methods.
Speaker Cannon. central figure in
the great rules revision battle at the
last session of congress- also arraigned
the rule. He said it was unheard of
to call upon members to vote on twen-
ty-five pages of amendments which
had not even been read.
Representative Isenroot of Wiscon-
sin, Republican insurgent declared he
opposed ''gag rule'' when administered
by Republican or Democrat majorities
and quoted from q speech by Demo-
crat Leader Underwood during the
consideration of the Payn bill to
prove that Mr.. Underwood at that time
contended that tariff measures should
be considered schedule by schedule.
Democrat Leader Underwood open
ed debate on the bill with a vigorous
defense of the rule prohibiting amend
ments. He accused the Republican
leaders of bad faith, reciting that he
brought in his resolution after a con-
ference with Republican Leader Mann
and Representative Payne of New
York, ranking member of the ways
and means committee, in which he was
given to understand it was satisfac-
tory to the minority.
Mr.. Mann said he believed Mr.. I'm
derwood had acted in good faith, but
that he, Mr.. Mann, could not speak
for every members of the house. Mr..
Payne explained that he had made
the agreement with Mr. Underwood
and if there had been one vote lack
ing to pass the rule he would have
voted AYE"
The rule was adopted 143 to 1O7,
twenty-five Democrats voting with the
Republicans in the negative.
The Arizona-New Mexico statehood
resolution was signed by Vice Presi-
dent Sherman today and was sent to
President Taft for apprOvaI
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Plans for President Taft's West.
ern Tour Are Completed.
He Will Break Ground for the
Panama Exposition.
TO CLIMB MT. RAINIER
Is Expected to Make About 200
Speeches En- Route.
viii Visit All the StrOngholds
of the Insurgents.

Washington. Aug. 21.-PIans for
President Taft's coming trip through
the west and to the Pacific coast prac-
tically are completed. The journey will
be almost as extensive as that taken
by the president on his famous ''swing
around the circle" in 1903, when he
travelled more than 1900 miles and
visited thirty-three states.
He will break ground for the Pan
anna canal exposition at San Francisco
make scores Of addresses and attempt
to scale the $4,000 @eet OF Mount
Rainier's slope.
According to the present arrange
ment, the president will be gone six
weeks. In that time it is expected he
Will make close to 200 speeches, from
platforms of the rear end of his pri-
vate car and at other places not on the
regular schedule. Repu- lican leaders
look upon the trip as the most i'm
portant politically that the president
has mapped out since he entered the
White House. He will go through all
the states in the west in which they
recognize the domination of the pro-
gresS1Ve Republicans who are counted
on to oppose his denomination next
year.
Until the question of the adjourn
ment of congress was out of the way.
the president was undecided as to
whether he should be gone three
weeks or six. With adjournment prac-
tically assured for this week, the
president feels that he can get three
weeks rest at Beverly and be in trim
then to stand the admittedly hard
grind OF forty days in a private car.
The president probably will leave
Beverly September II, returning east
about November 1. He viii go west
through Iowa, Kansas Nebraska, Colo
rado and Nevada to the coast Most
IL ,aL
ing DeS Moines, Kansas City, Omaha.
| Topeka, Denver and salt Lake City,
will be visited, but the plans for the
trip contemplate stops at scores of
smaller places as we'll
/ From California the president will
go north to Portland and Seattle.
Three days are to be spent in Wash :
ington state, and the route eastward
will allow him to stop in Idaho, Mon
tana, the Dakotas and Minnesota.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-21
Over Two Inches of Precipita-
tiOn Here.
Continued All Night in a Gentle
DOWnpOur.
OVER EASTERN SECTION
1t Did Not Extend West Of
Emporia.
Eastern Part of the State Is
Well Soaked.
TER EASTERN SECTION

A rain that began at 1890 Sunday
night and continued until $50 this
morning broke all local records for
August 21. according to the weather
man, the water measuring 2:26
inches
This was the heaviest downpour
since July % when 2.S3 inches fell
The rain was general in eastern Kan
sas, southeastern Nebraska and west
ern Missouri.
At o'clock Sunday evening the
thermometer registered 81 degrees
but by 1890 when the storm broke
the mercury had dropped 10 notches
The night was a comfortable one
There was little wind.
Some thunder accompanied the
storm, and the rain did not come down
in heavy enough torrents to cause al
the water to run away In faci
forecaster. this was the first time since
last February that we have got as
much rain as we need.
Il think the dog days are over. Il
is too late in the season to continue
much longer with the extremely hot
are: Generally fair weather tonight
and Tuesday; cooler tonight. This
means that We'll have the most COM
Portable nights in a long time as last
night was comparatively cool"
Reports from the railroad head
quarters Of the Rock Island and San
ia Fe in Topeka show that the rair
swept down through the eastern
quarter of Kansas, the western quar-
ter of Missouri and part of south
eastern Nebraska
The Santa Fe reports the rain as
far west as Emporia and as far south
as Garnett In the southeastern part
of the state they had light rain
The Rock Island shows rain IN al
northeast Kansas and as far west as
BelleVille.
The Rock Island reports a heavy
rainfall, with a strong wind in south
ern Nebraska. The Santa Fe records
a heavy precipitation in western Mis-
souri,.
The Rock Island is having little
trouble with it's northeastern territory
where the floods of a few weeks ago
placed their track under water But
nothing serious is delaying the trains.
No wires are down on either the Rock
Island or the Santa Fe-
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FAMILY ROW is AIRED. I
Secretary Wilson Testifies Regarding
Friction in His Department.

Washington. Aug. 21.-Secretary
Wilson, testifying todav before the
house investigating committee. severe
ly criticised DR.. H. w. Wiley of the
bureau of chemistry for his course in
regard to the pure food and drug work
and told in a more or less general way
of the family troubles which led to the
recommendation for DR. Wley's dis
miSsaI-
Secretary Wilson declared that DR..
Wiley in his testimony before the
committee had withheld material mat
ters in regard to the controversy over
sulphur dioxide in fruit He COM
planned that DIR. Wiley did not come
to him to discuss subjects which he
had talked freely to the investigating g
| committee and promised to have a lit
| tie chat with the chief of the bureau of
chemistry when he returned from a
weeks vacation. Secretary Wilson
shifted all responsibility for the en-
ployment of DR.. H. H. Rusby to DIR.
Wiley. Secretary Wilson said that DR..
Wiley was without question the head
of the bureau. Asked about his object
in creating a pure food and drug in
spection board, the secI starry said he
felt more power attached to board
decision than to a one-nan decision.
There are people who criticise me- .
said the secretary.
Gwen the president of the United
States is some times criticised and if
remember correctly there were
those who shouted as the Savior passed
by. Cruelty him. cruelty him. SO !
wanted a board
The witness was asked why he ap-
pointed a mixed board'' consisting of
two chemists, DR.. Wiley and DR.. Dun
lap and a lawyer, solicitor, McCabe.
''It may be that it was not necessary
to have a lawyer on the board because
passed on said the secretary. 1T
may be that a farmer like me or you
Mr.. Cair1nan, could take a case into
court, but 1 don't believe we would dc
very well with it
HAS it worked out very welI2"
II think you gentlemen have gone far
enough to ascertain that the family has
not been as happy as it might have
been"
The secretary was asked about his
phrase in a letter touching the Indiana
litigation over benzoate of soda, in
which he referred to Solicitor McCabe
and Dr. Dunlap as Our people on the
board"
You are pretty we'll aware that there
was friction on the board" replied the
secretary.
ut would have been an insult to DR..
Wiley to consult him in regard to the
benzoate of Soda
''Why?'' asked Representative Floyd
of Arizona.
Because he despised it and every
thing in regard to it. He felt that his
work was reflected on when he ap-
pointed the referee board to reconsider
the benzoate of soda question but II
was not.''
Secretary Wilson declared that he
himself and not Solicitor McCabe was
responsible for increasing the powers
of the solicitor. He denied that in SC
doing he was getting back to the criti-
cized one man power.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-21
JOY AT SANTA FE.
Celebration of Coming Statehood at
New Mexico Capital.

Santa Fe. n. M, Aug. 21.-Several
significant celebrations were held here
today in the capital of New Mexico.
which is expected to enter the union
of the states before night by the sign
ing of the statehood bill by President
Taft. The end of the Santa F'e trail
marker, a granite monument erected
in the plaza. was formally dedicated,
the Daughters of the American Revo-
luton Of New Mexico having charge
of the ceremonies. Governor Mills
and other former territory officials
participated. The monument was un-
yelled by Miss Madeline Mills, daugh-
ter of the governor
In the crowds we're many visitors
from all parts of the United States.
who are attending the summer meet
ing of the American Archaeological
society. which includes a meeting of
the board of governors.
Political leaders of both parties are
gathered with the avowed purpose of
outlining informally the state cam
paign which will be launched imme-
diatelv.
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Big STRIKE ENDS.
Railway Employees in England Are
Returning to Work.

London, Aug. 21-Railway men
throughout the kingdom are returning
to work and it is hoped within few
days to have the great transit systems
under normal conditions.
Following the announcement that the
railway managers and their employees
had agreed to permit a commission to
settle their difficulties came the news
that there was great hope of ending
the lockers strike at Liverpool.
No rioung as a result of labor trou-
bles was reported Sunday, expect at
Dublin where the police and consta-
bles came into collision with a mob
which was in sympathy with striking
ncWsboys who were endeavoring to pre-
vent the distribution of newspapers.
Several shops were looted.
The railway workers held meetings
throughout the country to celebrate
wnat they term victory over the rail-
way companies. With the exception OF
1000 men of the Northeastern Railway
company, which was not party to the
settlement agreement, and the 5000
Manchester men, all stations passed res
olutions in favor of a resumption OF
work The Northeastern companies
employees demand an 8-hour day and
a two shilling weekly advance in wages.
with q minimum weekly wage of 2
shillirgs. about $3.50.
Although service on the other lines
has not been completely restored the
for duty ard q start was made toward
reraedving the disorder caused by the
strike. During the day some prog
ress was made in clearing the lines
of freight trains, but it will be several
days before normal conditions are re-
stored.
Because of the blockade Of telegraph
lines. the manifesto of the strike lead
ers calling on the men to return to
work did not reach some points until
Sunday morning and during the night
there were disturbances at numerous
places. With the exception of Llanelly,
Wales, however, there were no serious
riots.
At LlaneIly the death list as a result
of the disturbances, but due chiefly to
an explosion in the freight shed, which
the mob set or fire, reached II. Three
of these were shot by the troops The
police believe that the explosion was
caused by box of cartridges. looted
from the troop train and thrown into
the fire.
Many persons were seriously injured
lv the explosion and are in the hospi-
tails. Eight thousand troops still re-
main at Llanelly, The town is quiet
'The officer ir command says that
roughs and not strikers were response
bile for the rioting.
The prospects for a settlement of the
Iiverpool dock strike are brighter, as
the ship owners have agreed to meet
the representatives of the men when
they all return to work.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-21
HE'D ABOLISH VACATIONS.
Harvard Expert says They Are Harm.
full in Many Cases.

Boston. Aug. 21.-Just now when
everybody who can is getting away
from Office. shop or factory for a vaca-
ton season at the seashore or in the
country, and when more fortunate
folk are passing the entire summer in
leisure, comes a warning from DR..
Dudley A. Sargent of Harvard, who
says that many of the vacationists
would be better off if they stayed at
work.
Harvard's physical culture expert
points out that in a number of cases
the vacation means simply a period Of
loaf1ng and overeating, of gossiping
on hotel verandas and making desper-
ate efforts to kill time.
ITO abolish vacations says DR.. Sar-
gent, would be an unpopular meas
ure, 1 know, but it would be better for
many individuals. In many cases the
vacation is more harmful than bene-
fetal. The people who devote a fort
nigh tor more each summer to idle
loaf1ng and overeating come back to
work more tired than when they went
away
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-21
MI ITCHELL MAN NAMED.
C. Y. CIevenger Appointed Postn1aster
of Osa1atomie.

Washington, Aug. &c. Y. eleven
ger, editor and publisher of the Graphic,
has been made postmaster at Oswato-
ME, Kan The nomination went to the
senate Saturday and was confirmed to-
day.
Cleyenger was recommended by the
late Congressman Alex Mitchell, before
his death and the president fulfilled his
promise in this case with Mitchell as
he did in appointing Charles Finch
postmaster of Lawrence. These were
the only two appointments asked for
by Mr.. Mitchell before his death. The
Osawatomie postmastership pays 81, 600
a year.
The senate also confirmed the nomi-
nation of c. K. Gerard for the appoint
ment of postmaster at Leoti, Kan.
Senator Curtis was among the guests
of Senator Root yesterday at a lunch
con given at the Country club in honor
of President Taft.
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CHICAGO IN THE LEAD.
Postal Savings deposits S1Os,S16 in
Twelve Days.

Washington, Aug. 21.--Twenty first
class postoffices were designated to-
day by Postmaster General Hitchcock
as postal savings banks They were
Pine Bluff, Ark; Los Angeles. Cal;
Stamford, Conn; Pensacola, Fla +;
Macon. Ga; Joliet, Ill; Des Moines.
Ia: Kansas City, Kan. Newport, KY;
Lynn, Mass; Duluth, Mimi; Hatties-
burg, Miss; Concord, N H; Newark,
n. j.; Wilmington, N C.; Fargo. N. D. /:
Enid Okla; Providence, R. L, and
Knoxville, Tenn.
At the close of business August 18
the treasurer of the United States had
accepted depository blanks as security
for postal savings deposits bonds ag-
gregating s9,103.2ss. The treasurer
had on hand bonds aggregating ST.
10000 which were being investigated
In the first twelve days of their
operation, the four first-class postof-
fices designated as postal savings
banks received in deposits aggregate
sums as follows:
New York City. s53.O29; Chicago,
s108.316; Boston. $26.722; st. Louis,
.S19.9S1.
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He REPUDIATES SHOAF.
Darrow Says Missing Man Had Moth
ing to Do With Mcnamara case.

Los Angeles, Cal, Aug. 21-That
George Hnery Shoaf, the missing cor
respondent for the Socialist paper, the
Appeal to Reason, never had any con-
nection with the Mcnamara defense IN
any manner is the statement made by
Clarence S. Darrow. Neither was ne
working for the Mcnamara brothers
nor collecting data about their arrest
in any official capacity, DarroW says.
Efforts on the part of detectives to
get an Interview with Mrs. ]. H Post,
an aunt of Shoaf, living here, have
been unsuccessful. She absolutely re-
fuses to say a word about Shoaf. When
a Los Angeles detective tried to see
her. he saws. she slammed the door IN
his face.
A description of Shoaf has been sent
throughout this state Every city and
rural district has been asked to look
for him. The police are greatly handl-
capped by having no photograph OF
the missing man. superintendent
Mills, head of the Burns Detective
agency, was asked if his Office had
been requested to hunt for the miss
ing man. as had been reported IN GER
tain quarters here. He answered: NOT
requested His tone might have been
construed in many ways, but he de-
clined to answer any other questions
Another detective, sent here at the
time of the arrest of the Mcnamara
brothers. was more communicative.
He said:
There is a big exposure coming.
The insinuation that Shoaf was put out
of the way because he had evidence
favorable to the men accused of dyna-
miting the Los Angeles Times is
piff1e.'
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MORRIS GOES EAST.
Will Fight Flynn i'll six Weeks,
Oklahoma ''Hope" Says.

Tulsa. ok, Aug. 21.-Carl Morris.
the Oklahoma white hope" with his
wife and trainer, Con Riley, will leave
his home here Monday night for New
York City to join his manager. F. B.
Ufer, who is there making final prep
arations for Morris bout with Jim
Flynn, the Pueblo fireman.
Morris said today the bout will be
pulled off in PoIlock's arena. Allen
hurst New York City. about the mid
die of next month, the exact date to be
fixed later. His sparring partners in
the training camp at Allenhurst will be
Joe Jeanette, Joe Cotton and al
Kubiak.
eff 1 win from Flynn 1 Will never
return to Oklahoma to live Morris
said this afternoon. ''They don't want
me here and 1 will remain away. Per-
haps feel overconfIdent, but the
world will know me better in six
weeks"
Morris big touring car, labeled in
large letters carl Morris. Tulsa, Ok. %
was shipped to New York today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-21
CUTTING DOWN HOURS.
But Union Pacific Is Not Laying of
Shop Men.

Omaha, Neb., Aug. 21.-The ma
chinists, boilermakers and car men of
the Union Pacific shops were today
placed on a forty-hour basis per week,
working eight hours a. day and having
all of Saturday off. No other cuts were
announced during the forenoon and
the force was not reduced.
Kansas City, Aug. Employees
of the Union Pacific railroad in its
freight house and shops in Kansas
City, Kan. began today a working
schedule of eight hours a day, five
days a week, instead of the old sched-
ule Of nine hours for six days week
The reduction in working time is
said to be the result of an order from
the head offices of the road to reduce
expenses. About 200 employees were
affected by the new rule
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MAY WED IN CONNECTICUT.
The Astor Yacht Is Anchored a
Greenport, L. /.

Fairfield. Conn, Aug 21-It is re-
ported that Miss Madeline Force and
Colonel Astor will be married here at
the home of Mrs. S. F. Glover
Mrs. William H. Force. of New York.
mother of the betrothed woman. is
staying at Mrs. Glover's home and it
was learned that the yacht NOma. with
Colonel Astor and his fiancee and her
father on board. was anchored in Lit
tie Peconic bay. in Long Island sound.
not far from Bridgeport. Conn.
Inquirers at the Glover home were
met with the reply that nothing could
be said. The Astor yacht Noma left
Newport Saturday ostensibly on a fish
ing trip Mrs. Force arrived al Fair
field late Friday and went directly to
the home of Mrs. Glover. Her de-
parture from New York was coincident
with the sailing of the Mona, which, it
is said, is provisioned for a long
VOyage
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FATHER TAKES HIM HOME.
j. B. HeclIe Is Rescued by Parent
From County Jail.

John Ben Heckle held here for de-
sertion Of his wife in Illinois some time
ago, was rescued from bondage bv his
father, who gave $500 bond to the coun-
ty of Shawnee and then took his son
back home to answer to the courts of
Illinois for his dereliction. Heckle- ;
wife came here to find him and make
complaint of his desertion of his fam
lily. Heckle's father arrived today and
gave the necessary bond.
The father declared that the young
man should be made to provide for his
family and he would see to it that he
did his duty in this respect.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-21
TORNAD OES COLLIDE.
Storms Work Havoc in Northern Part
of Minnesota.

Minneapolis, Mimi. Aug. 21.-A ter
rifle wind storm last night along the
international boundary line the North
Dakota blew down houses on the heads
of their inmates and whipped crops in
places into shreds. A number of per-
sons are reported killed and injured It
is reported that two tornadoes collided
at Sherwood. Heavy property loss is
reported at Sherwood. Lorraine, Mohall
and Souris. At Souris one person was
killed.
Members of the family of Ingemar
Nelson, southeast of Sherwood saved
their lives by lying down in a wheat
field. The buildings and personal prop
erty were scattered.
Reports are that property in Sas-
katchewan and Manitoba suffered A
destructive hail storm struck Perdue.
Sask. Wind destroyed many farm build
ings in the Elmore district, of the same
province. One person was seriously in
1ured there. Two fatalities were re-
ported at West Hope.
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TORNADO AT WILSON.
Heavy Damage Caused by Wind in
West Central Kansas.

Salina, Kan. Aug. 21-Wind that
amounted almost to a tornado swept
across the country west of here Sunday
night, overturning several buildings
and injuring a number of persons, none
fatally, it is believed.
The Union Pacific depot at Wilson, 20
miles west, was blown over, as was
also a Touring mill
Many telegraph and telephone poles
were blown down. Wire communica-
tion with Wilson was cut or
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-21
ADVERTISING TALKS
WRITTEN BY
WILLIAM c. FREEMAN

This and other stories for a
few days will be devoted to the
impressions gathered at Boston
while attending the SEVENTH
ANNUAL CONVENTION OF
the ASSOCIATED ADVERTIS-
ING CLUBS OF AMERICA.
The most remarkable feature
of the Convention to me was the
assembling of OVER 2,200 MEN
AND WOMEN from all parts
of the country for the one sim
gle purpose of UNITING IN AN
EFFORT FOR THE BETTER
MENT OF ADVERTISING.
.-.--..----. - L.
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CAMPBELL IS ENGINEER.
County Surveyor Given Added Duty by
commissioners

J. A. Campbell, county surveyor, was
today made county engineer at a meet
ing of the board of county commission
ers. This action does away with the
extra office Of engineer and saves the
county $500 per year. Mr.. Campbell is
a competent engineer as well as sur
veyor and can attend to the duties of
both offices in a satisfactory manner.
Y. R. Parkhurst has been county en-
gineer