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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-31
BRYAN STARTS TROUBLE
He CritIcises Severely the Proposed
Wool Tariff Schedule.

washington, D. c.. May 31.-Wil-
liam Jennings Bryan does not like the
program of his party in the house, and
he criticises 1t as we'll as the Demo-
crsts who have agreed to support the
revised tariff schedule on wool and
1voolen goods. The criticism was con-
4ained in a statement made public
though Representative Harrison On.
"
man Underwood of the ways and
means committee said the revised tar
ar would pass the caucus by a two
thirds majority.
''The Dem ocratic voters" said Mr..
rrvan. "know that all needed revenue
can be raised in less oppressive ways
and they know the argument that the
tariff on wool is proposed as a revenue
tariff is merely a subterfuge employed
1oecause those who employ it are
ashamed to say they favor protection" p"
The Nebraskan warned against the
drift of Democrats toward protective
1oolIcy. which, he said. is most marked
IN those Democrats who have among
their constituents influential benefi-
Charles of the system"
1.-THE Republicans want protection of
wool because they believe in the prin-
cinIe of protection he declared. Let
M democrat advocate of tax on wool
,,asouerade behind the pretense that
he IS voting for a revenue tariff; let
him not add hypocrisy to the sin
which he commits against his party
This criticism, apparently directed
at the party leaders in the mouse,
evoked no comment except the sugges-
4ion that the votes in the caucus would
disclose that Mr.. Bryan has only one
third Of the Democrats in the house
behind him
Mr.. Bryan insisted if protection was
70 be accepted as Democratic doc
+rtne. "that II be accepted openly and
anplfed to everything and to all sec
tons He said there Is no reason for
favorftisn to a few sheep raisers at the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-31
GET TAX DODGERS.
Commissioner eaton of Kansas City,
Kan, Has a Plan.

Kansas City, Kan, May 31.-A reform
in the system of assessing and collect
ing taxes in Wyandotte county is being
urged by ]. E. Cation, commissioner of
finance. The assessments for both the
real estate and personal property In
Kansas City, Kan. now are made by
the Wyandotte county assessor and the
taxes are collected by the county
treasurer. The county treasurer turns
over to the city it's share of the real
estate and personal property tax.
The assessments made in recent
years have been unjust and unequal,
and have encouraged tax lodging" !"
The deputy assessors last year caused
vacant lots and mud holes to be taxed
as improved property.
Mr.. Cation suggests a tax assessment
board to be composed of intelligent
men, who know something about land
values and property values. The as
sessment board should be composed of
six or eight men, half of them from the
city and half from the country
IF the entire city was fairly as
sessed,'' he said, "the total valuation
would jump from SS5, 600. 900. where it is
now, to $125, 900 or $130 ,OOO, 900, and
not one taxpayer would have to be un-
fairly dealt with to make the increase.
The added valuation would almost
double the revenue of both the city AMI
the county"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-31
FINED HIM $40.
Young Murray Pleads Guilty to Dis
orderly Conduct Charge.

Disorderly conduct was the charge
to which Herbert w. Murray. a To-
peka high school graduate and for
mer K. U. student, pleaded guilty at
the police court Tuesday afternoon.
He was fined SO. Murray, at 1920
O'Clock Monday night. entered the
home of w. NJ. Boast of 909 North
Jackson street by way of the window
of an upstairs room, after climbing
the back porch pillar.
1t was thought that he intended to
kidnap Miss Hazel Boast, the pretty
However, Murray stated that such was
not his intention and that he didn't
mean to harm the girl. Nevertheless,
he said that he would tell his real
purpose to Mrs Boast ard her daugh-
ter, but to no others.
After the hearing the Boast family
did not seem inclined to carry the case
further. Murray refused to make ad-
d1tional statements regarding his con-
duct. In a general way the statements
of Murray were denied by members OF
the Boast household. Hazel Boast
the pretty 16-year- girl in the case
denied that she ever kept company
with the young farmer.
Mr.. Murray never called on me, "
she declared emphatically land fur
ther than that, I never attended par
ties and picnics with him. In view OF
this. l don't think it is very kind OF
people to say I did"
The family also say that Murray
paid no more attention to their daugh-
ter than to several other of the young
girls of her circle. The girl bears q
good reputation and is well liked.
The young man is a nephew of j
F. Morton of Rochester. His parents
are dead. He has been making his
home with his sister. Miss Elizabeth
Murray who is well thought of by the
Boasts and all who know her.
She was overcome by her brothers
eScapade.
why, yes, 1 knew Hazel" she said
''She used to come to our house. OF
course 1 was H1Qeh' surprised at my
brothers actions and don't know what
to think of it,
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First of the Ayiators to Reach
Rome From Paris.
His Prize for the Performance
Is $4,000.
MEET WITH BADLUCK.
Beaumont and Frey Make a Mis-
take i'm Landing Place.
Machines Turn SOmersaults and
Are Badly Damaged.

Rome, May 81.-Andre Beaumont.
the French aviator, arrived here at
1856 o'clock this afternoon. He was
the first contestant in the Paris
Rome-Turin aviation flight to reach
Rome. the end of the second stage of
the race. His flight from Pisa, about
$50 miles. made him the winner of
a $4,000 prize
Beaumont on reaching Rome, was
given an overwhe Ginning reception by
the people. Ten minutes after the
Frenchman landed at the aerodrome
heavy rainstorm set in.
All Have Trouble.
Pisa May 31.-Accidents of more
serious nature than any which have
occurred since the fight was begun,
marred the Nice-to-Ro stage of the
1900 mile Paris Rome-Turin r aviation
contest
Three of the competitors, the
Frenchmen Garros and Beaumont and
the German Frey, met with mishaps
TO-DAY which damaged their machines
and Frey himself was slightly injured.
Roland Garros who is being hailed
as the victor of the long fight lefs
Casc1ne di San Rossore, before sunrise
TO-DAY, bound for the italian capital.
He flew away at a tremendous speed
but after covering a few miles his
monoplane suddenly fell to the ground
and was wrecked. Garros was not
the arrival of a new aeroplane.
Beaumont and Frey, who left Genoa
this morning for Rome both mistook
the race course here for the aerodrome
at Casctne di San Rossore, the estate
OF King Victor Emmanuel, and landed
| heavily. Their machines turned somer-
saults and were badly damaged. Frey
was slightly wounded. All three avia :
| tors are now working to get their ma
| chimes into shape to resume the fight.
Beaumont repaired his aeroplane and
| left Pisa in the direction of Rome at
1888 this afternoon. Garros expects
to follow Beaumont within a short
| time.
Vidart arrived at Nice, the end oe
| the first stage of the contest this morn
| ing in fine condition after a Spectacular
| voyage from Avignon.
A new aeroplane is being sent from
| Paris to Frey who is stranded here.
| Bathial, who was delayed by a storm
| yesterday at Frolois arrived at Dijon
| today. Lieutenant Chevreau of the
| French army was capsized at Cuissery.
| He was not hurt.
| Lieutenant Lucia. arrived at Lyons
this morning from Avignon. covering
| the distance of 135 miles at the rate
| of 741z miles an hour.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-31
BODY of Woman Found in a Va
cant Flat.
Had Been Partially Burned With
a Solution of Lime.
HER HUSBAND HELD
Letters From Other Women Are
Found in His Room.
Says He Has Not Seen His Wife
Since March 9.

New York, May 31.-After "a hours
investigation following the discovery OF
the body of Mrs. Henry Schieb in the
bath tub of a vacant fiat early yester-
day the police have today no solution
of the mystery. Mrs. Schiebs body
ton of lime, and it is now believed
that the woman had been dead for sew
eral months, possibly since last Christ
mas when. so far as the police are
able to learn. she was last seen alive.
Her husband. who is chauffeur and
is under arrest in connection with the
murder, declares that his wife left him
on the second of March and he ADDS
that he had not seen or heard from
her since until confronted with the
body. Schieb had told fellow employees
that his wife had gone to Chicago on
account of ill health, the police say,
and from time to time he spoke cheer
fully of her getting stronger. The de-
tectives also found in a furnished room
which Schieb recently occupied, 4 num-
Der of letters to him from women.
One of the letters is signed Anna.
The writer declares that she loves
Schieb better than his wife does and
she says she hopes to have him with
her always.
A shirt wrapped around the woman's
body is said to have been identified by
a laundry mark as one belonging to
Schieb.
The police say that they believe
Scnieb came from Sacramento, CAL
and that his name is an assumed one.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-31

sharp reversal all around and not
only were early advances wiped out but
very substantial losses substituted.
Dealings in American Tobacco securi-
ties were very cratic. Curb Ameri-
can Tobacco common opened at 500, un-
changed from Mondays closing, but by
1880 the stock had fallen rs points to
425 and later dropped 81 points to 41S
On the stock exchange dealing in the 4
and per cent Tobacco bonds were the
most active on the list, the fours ad-
vancing at one time to 9311, a gain of
S1a, and the skies falling off points.
Consolidated Tobacco fours, one of the
American Tobacco companys sub
sidiaries, declined over points, with
declines of and 4 points respectively
inAmerican Snuff preferred and Ameri-
can Tobacco preferred.
Further weakness continued in the
afternoon. All the standard stocks
were heavy. 1t was reckoned that at
Ais the depreciation in American To-
bacco shares showed a shrinkage of
values of 100000, 900
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INJURED MAY LIVE.
Knight, Glover and Anderson Most
Seriously Hurt.

indianapolis, May 31.-The six per-
sons injured in the 500 mile automo-
bile race at the Indianapolis motor
speedway Tuesday are getting along as
we'll as could be expected according TO
Dr.. Frank Allen who is attending them
at the Methodist hospital in this city
where they were taken after the race.
The most seriously injured, 1t was sta
ted at the hospital today, were:
Harry Knight, driver of the WeScott
car his mechanician, John T. Glover,
and c. L. Anderson, machanician of the
Case car.
These men were all injured in the
sunashup of three cars near the judges
stand. Their injuries are internal and
the outcome cannot be forecasted for
some time.
Arthur Greiner, driver of the Amplex,
who was injured when his mechanician
6 p. Dickson. was killed, Bob Evans,
mechanician for the Jackson car who
Jumped from his seat when the car was
speeding down the back stretch and
David Lewis. mechanician for Lozier
car which was in collision with a Pope
Hartford at the upper end of the home
stretch, are recovering from their in
juries.
one of the notable features of the
Raw Harroun's victory in his Marmon
"Wasp'' was the fact that he did not
carry a mechanician. Harroun had q
mirror fastened in front of him by
which he could tell who was following
him and the condition of his rear tires
II this way he was able to dispense
with a mechanician and tighten his
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-31
GreatNOrthern Executes Mort
gage for $500, 100000.
Chairman J.J.H Hill Issues an Ex'
pIanatOry Statement.
is TO REFUND BONDS
Amounting Approximately 10
$50 Million Dollars.
Remainder Available for EXpan-
sion and Improvements.

st PauI May 31.-A move that Is
strongly suggestive here Of railroad op
erations on the scale of the Northern
Securities company was announced py
IL Hill. chairman Of the Great North
ern company today when in a statement
he announced the execution of $780,
100000 first and refunding mortgage 10
secure bonds for the Great Northern
and chicago. Burlington and Quincy
roads. The statement follows;
THE Great Northern road as or date
MAY 1. 1911, has executed its hrst anu anu
refunding mortgage securing loSa'
authorized issue of $6OO'OOo'OVO poiIue; p;
The size of the mortgage is explained
bv the fact that the outstanding oD-
legations of the company which are 70
be refunded amount approximately 70
$3.50 900, 900. Included, however III ths
figures last named is the direct anu anu
contingent obligation OF the company iil
on the Burlington joint tours mat MAJ tuIIlls II
in 1921 and aggregating $2224OO'Ooo. Gov
erine A future of so years, approximate
1v 500 100000 in bonds, therefore VIII
be available for general corporate pun
poses. double tracking and addltlolal
mileage. Since its beginning 81 yeaI5
ago the Great Northern has expended
between $3.50. 100000 and $400OOO'OOO out
of capital and earnings. The provision
made for the future in consideration OF
rapidlv growing territory Whlch cIredI
Northern lines serve would seem Intel
ligently conservative"
The railway company evidently mas
made ample financial provision 10 en-
abIe it to keep it's facilities and exten-
sions equal to all demands that rap
idly growing country may make on II
and at the same time, to maintain the
highest and most efficient standard OF
service. Future issuance OF bonds
against property acquired is safeguard
cd nv the restriction usually found in
~ this Ixind.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-31
STEAL PARK DUCKS.
The Flock of Two Dozen at Central
Park Gone.

Somebody, lacking sadly in civic
pride and righteousness, loaded the
whole flock of ducks at Central park
into a sack last night and devoted
them to private use. Discovery OF
the pillage was made this morning
by Watchman Johnson and the city
officers and police were notified.
E. B. Stotts, commissioner of parks,
is excited about the theft, and de-
clares that he has fair idea of who
got them, and promises to heat up
the miscreant's vicinity Meanwhile
the police also will be busy. There
were two dozen of the ducks. The
swans still float on the lagoon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-31
Attorney General Wickersham's
Fee From Sugar Trust.
He Testifies Before House Com
mittee on Expenditures.
U. S. STEEL.
Was Connected With I'll. w.
Taft's Firm of Lawyers.
Explains Restitution Made by
Havemeyer Corporation.

Washington, May 81. = Attorney
General Wickersham appearing before
the house committee on expenditures
in the department of justice today
testified that he had advised the U. S.
Steel corporation on several occasions
from 1901 to 1909 during his connec-
ton with the firm of Strong & Cad
wallader and also he had received his
share of the fee turned into the firm
for services to the American sugar re-
fining company, personally attended to
by Henry w. Taft, brother of the
share was about $4,000.
Mr.. Wickersham said that after he
became attorney general John Henry
Hammond, represented Strong & Cad
wallader as counsel for the so-called
F'riar lands. He added that at the time
he gave his opinion permitting the sale
of these lands, he did not know Ham
mond represented the president of the
American sugar refining company, Mr..
Havemyer.
When asked about the connection of
the firm with steel affairs, Mr.. Wick
ersham said:
"I personally have advised the
United States Steel corporation in one
or two matters
did Strong and Cadwallader ever
L
changer asked Chairman Beall
Yes, Henry w. Taft was counsel for
| the exchange" Mr.. Wick ersham re-
piled. "and I think he still continues
in that capacity
Questioned as to Sugar.
The chairman sought particularly tc
| learn of the attorney general why the
department of justice and treasury de-
partment accepted a $2,000,000 settle
ment from the. American Sugar Rein
| ing company as restitution for under
valuations at the port of New York
rather than enforce the severe pen
atty provided by law.
| Mr.. Wickersham replied that the de-
partment felt the evidence at hand
was not sufficient to support a claim
for penalties, though it was his belief
that restitution was made because the
corporation feared penalties would be
| i'm posed.
| Then it was your judgm ent," sug-
gested Mr.. Beall. that notwithstand-
ing that the government had access tC
| a memorandum book showing the
real weight of sugar imported and tc
books showing fraudulent weights, il
| the government had attempted tt
collect the penalties there was stronf
| proba bility of failure
YES" Mr.. Wickersham answered.
! II think the $2,000,000 settlement
was the best possible arrangement
The attorney general denied tha
there was another agreement prevent
ing criminal prosecution
That right" he said, t'was specifi
cally reserved to the government"
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MERCURY CUT CAPERS.
Took Slide and Down in Night and
Then Wind Blew.

1t is a perfectly clear warm day with
the wind blowing at the fairly gentle
pace of eight miles an hour from
north. The government weather OBJ
server predicts unsettled weather with
possible showers tonight and Thursday.
Last night there was a peculiar at
mospheric disturbance. Between IL
and 12 O'Clock the mercury rose four
degrees: between IL and 1920 it drop
ped four degrees, and between 1920 and
1:10 it rose five degrees.
In the first hour of the morning the
wind rose to Sc miles an hour, and the
barometer took a decided dip. The rain
fall was lust trace. There was a cy-
clone in Jewell county. The hourly
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-31
SLUMP IN STOCKS.
Tobacco Trust Decision Has Begun to
Affect the Market.

New York, May 31.-Indications of an
open market in the steel and iron trade
and the decision in the American To-
bacco case which is regarded on the ex-
change as more drastic than that
against Standard Oil, unsettled the
stock market to an unusual degree soon
after todays opening. The setback
was the more unexpected inasmuch as
q number of active issues, chiefly
standard railway stocks, had made ma
terial gains over Monday in the London
market and these were generally main-
tanned here at the opening today. With
in the first hour, however, concentrated
selling of United States Steel brought
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-31
ADVERTISING TALKS
WRITTEN BY
WILLIAM c. FREEMAN

Recent experiences with bust
ness placed in the chain OF
newspapers printing these stor-
les, have taught me how hard it
is to do anything that does not
call forth CRITICISM = how
hard it is to make an advertiser
feel that he has done the best
he could for the amount of mon
ey he has expended.
Representatives of newspa-
pers of big circulations are apt
to think that newspapers of
smaller circulations are not en-
titled to the INTELLIGENT
CONSIDERATION of the adj
vertiser.
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CLARK TO KEEP OUT.
The Speaker Will Not Take Part in
Row Over Wool.

Washington, May 31.-Speake
Champ Clark today declined positively
to comment on the Bryan appeal to
the Democrats not to masquerade ''un-
der the guise of a tariff for revenue
only in voting for the Underwood re-
vision of the wool schedule, nor would
he discuss the reply to Mr.. Bryan
made by the majority leader. The
speakers close friends recognizing
that his present position is difficult,
have advised him against becoming
embroiled in the party fcud.
Chairman Underwood. smarting un-
der the Bryan attack, is exerting every
effort now to insure two-thirds vote
of the Democratic members of the
committee at tomorrow's caucus.
The new bill closely resembles the
Wilson bill, except as to raw wool the
duty on which is cut from the present
rate of II cents a pound to about 5
cents a pound. Mr.. Underwood's COM
mittee room presented a busy round
up scene, Democratic members of the
state delegations being summoned in
to test the strength in support of the
schedules. AS result of the inquiry,
Mr. Underwood remained firm in his
conviction that the bill would be rati-
fled by q. big majority. Speaker Clark S
attitude on the wool question from the
beginning has been a conservative one.
ne has dPpdA SNOON "ASAA
derwood and other members of the
ways and means committee who in
sisted on the necessity of a small duty
for revenue purposes on raw wool.
The house committee on expendi-
lures in the state department today
expected to have before it more ev1-
dence bearing on the disclosures made
Monday regarding the portrait of for
mer Secretary w. r. Day.
Albert RosenthaI, the artist. testi-
fled that he received only $3.50 for the
portrait, though a voucher showed
$2,45o was paid. The voucher is miss
ing from the department files.
Neither the house nor the senate
was in session today.
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JUSTICE HARLAN IS IS.
He Says He Has Been Ill but Twice i'm
His Life.

Washington. May S1.-Associate JUS
tice John Marshall Harlan of the su-
preme court of the United States, to-
morrow will celebrate his seventy
eighth birthday anniversary. His as
sociates on the bench and friends VIII
congratulate him on the event.
Justice Harlans health is excellent
and. he said today that he had been
sick but twice in his life. On December
10 next he will have been on the bench
"a years. If he remains until June 10.
1912, he will have served longer than
any Justice since the organization OF
the court.
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WILL RETURN HERE.
Ex-Mayor Jones Is Coming Back to
Topeka.

DR.. D. c. Jones, surgeon of the Ma
tional Soldiers Home at Danville, Ill.
has resigned and will return in the fall
to Topeka to reside. This will be good
news to his many Topeka friends. DIR.
Jones was mayor of this city in 1898
and has been in the United States SER
vice as surgeon for Is years. most of
this time at Danville, Ill. He has a
ranch at Hooker Postoff1ce, Pulaski
county, Mo, where he Will spend tn
summer. His resignation takes effect
June 80. He has property interests
here, has resigned to retire from the
service and make his home in Topeka
where he lived so many years.
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LAW IS MADE CHEAP.
Litigant Can Get Into Court for so
Cents in Kansas City.

Kansas City, May 31.-Since the cityc
free legal bureau was established here
a year ago the average cost of con-
Quoting a case has been 80 cents.
This is shown in the first annual re-
port of the bureau. just issued by Sec
retary Edward ]. Fleming. The fiscal
year ended April IS.
During the year of its existence the
bureau has handled 2,225 cases. One
hundred and nine of these have been
cases of nonsupport and % of child
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expense of all who wear woolen cloth
ing.
''Before the Democratic party is
finally committed to the doctrine OF
protection" he declared, ''it will be
necessary to consult the voters of the
party and it may be we'll to remem-
ber that the voters of all parties are
braver than the politicians. The Re
publican voters were brave enough to
turn out lot of Republican Aldriches,
so what reason have our Democratic
congressman to think that Democratic
voters are less CONTAGIOUS? 2"
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abandonment. 1t is estimated that
S100, 900 has been saved for persons who
were too poor to employ legal advisers
All attorneys in the bureau give their
services free. Many of them are young
men in the profession and are glad to
obtain the opportunity to practice. The
city pays the necessary costs of con-
Quoting all coses accepted by the bu-
reau