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The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-25
RoUsING RECEPTION.
CoffeyviIIe Is Handsomely Decorated
for the Taft VisiA


Coffeyville, Kan, Sept. 25-Presi-
dent Taft arrived here at $50 this
morning and was given a rousing re-
ception. The town was handsomely
decorated in his honor and a busy
program was outlined for him during g
the four hours he was to remain here.
The presidents schedule for the day
will take him to four other Kansas
towns before he leaves for Kansas
City, where he will address the Ma
tionaI Conservation congress tonight.
At 1890 a. m. he will leave for Inde-
pendence, Kan. Upon his arrival
there he will be escorted through two
lines of school children bearing gold en-
rod and sunflowers to the court house
lawn. where he will deliver an ad-
dress. After remaining In Independ-
ence from II a. m. till 1880 the presi-
dent will next go to Cherryvale, ar
irving there at 1850 a. m. and leaving
there at 1920 for Chanute. He will
when he will depart for Ottawa. He
is due to arrive at Ottawa at 4:05 and
viii remain there but ten minutes.
Senator Curtis and Congressman
Campbell came along with the presi-
dent tc Coffeyville, but Senator Bristow
and Governor Stubbs who welcomed
him to the state left last night and will
rejoin the party later.
The presidents train pulled into
Coffeyville early this morning but hun
hundreds more lined the streets when
the president passed through on the
way to breakfast at the Country club.
1t was CoffeyvilIe's first president and
the town turned out.
The president faced a crowd of sew
eral thousand at the Plaza and told
them of his tariff vetoes. The crowd at
times got beyond control of the police
and there was constant confusion
Those who could hear the president,
however, listened most attentively and
occasionally there was applause. Mr..
Taft said he was not here to apologize
for his vetoes but to explain them. He
devoted much of his time to discussion
of the cotton bill. which included
revision of the chemical schedule. The
presidents address was largely techni-
cal and he made no attempt at a popu-
lar appeal.
While breakfasting at the Country
club the president was within a mile of
the Oklahoma border. There was some
talk of taking him over into that state
for few minutes but time did not per-
nit. Senator Curtis and Representa-
tive Campbell arranged here for the
president to make a number of addi- |
tional stops during the day and it was
figured that Mr.. Taft would make IL
speeches before reaching Kansas City |
tonight
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TALKS ON vETOES.
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Continued from Page one.l
new expressions of ideas on old CUB
jects- He declared the wool bill sched-
ules had been reduced SO per cent,
which was below the rate of the old
German free trade bill.
admit the Payne woolen bill
schedule is too high" he said, "but 1t
is one thing to want a decrease and
another to decrease promiscuously. I
shall recommend a decrease in cotton
and wool schedules when the tariff
board reports on these schedules in
December.
The president who would not have
withheld his signature from the spec
lai session cut in these schedules would
nave been either ignorant or lacked the
courage Of his convictions The presi-
dents message to Montgomery county
people, his first direct word to
Kansas, an insurgent state, was the
often repeated declaration that he
would urge reduction of cotton and wool
schedules when his tariff board report
ed in December.
Favors Tariff Reduction.
He wanted an intelligent and syste-
matte reduction of tariff, not a pro-
nllScuouS cut or free trade measures. Il
am protectionist," he declared, land
was elected on a protection platform" "
Montgomery county has population
of $4,000 and is part of the Third con-
greSsIonaI district. the least progress
slVe OF Kansas districts. The people
were eager to see the president and
they paid him the highest honor they
knew. Arrangements for the care of
the crowds at Coffeyville and Inde-
pendence were perfect. police guarded
side streets and kept a wide lane for
the presidents party at all times. No
time was lost to and from trains. The
local police work was so good that Sc
cret service men did not even reach
the platform at Coffeyville John
Kloehr, the man who killed two of the
Daltons in that famous raid, guarded
the president while he was in the city.
The weather was perfect. local poll
ticians were pleased with the size of
the crowd and the way arrangements
went through, as Enbree Morgan said:
1T is hard to gauge Taft sentiment
in O. town that had never enjoyed a
presidential visit. Every one wanted to
see Taft and pay honor to his high
Office
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-25


in United States Steel was a block Of 1000
shares at 561s to 56 compared with Satur-
days close of 56A- On subsequent trans
The preferred receded a half
weakness Of the Copper group was
acute. American Smelling sold at 5s1k
a decline OF 1Z. Anaconda receded a point
TO BIS and Amalgamated Copper IL to
4I9sr all low record for the year Union
Pacific lost points; Canadian Pacific 1ss
Nortnern FaclIic IL and Lehigh Valley
and General Electric points each
Liquidation more general and virulent
than any which has overtaken the stock
market In two months of it's almost steady
decline which witnessed today. The sell
ing was not on so large a scale as that
OF last Friday but declines, especially in
tne copper and affiliated shares, were
more precipitate. According to board
room gossip the selling came from all
quarters, including Europe and was prob
aply Iy LhIenslIied by the presence in this
CITY OF the attorney general of the United
States whose attitude toward trusts has
recently provoked so much uneasiness- To
the impartial observer the course of the
market this morning suggested that rail-
way shares held steady last week chiefly
Tor the purpose of unloading elsewhere
IN the list New low records of the year
were made today by Union Pacific Read
ing and some other high grade issues. At
midday stocks were pouring in in large
volume and the extreme weakness of the
less negotiable issues indicated that they
were being thrown out of loans.
Bonds were heavy.
The market was unable to retain the
gains made during slight rally which
followed the initial decline. Heavy offer
lngs OF the Copper stocks Offset the sup
port extended to the railroad leaders and
prices all around sank to a lower level
than at the outset, with considerably more
selling of the representative railroad
stock United States Express broke four
points; Virginia Chemical and American
Beet Sugar preferred 335; American Cot
ton Oil 3Sz; Arnalgamated Copper 3; Amer
ican Smelling rs; Anaconda 2; Reading
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-25
CALLED TO ORDER.
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CONTINUED from Page One.)
The solution of the high cost of living
problem lies in better farming meth
DDS, he said.
]. B. White Of Kansas City, chair
man of the executive committee, de-
livered one of the responses to the
welcoming speech. Mr.. White will
make his principal address on Wednes-
day.
The afternoon program included an
address by Judge Ben B. Lindsey of
Denver on e'The Country Child VS.. the
City Child
Routine business occupied the great
er part of the remainder of the morn
ing and afternoon sessions
Ralph Faxon's Report.
r. H. F'axon of Garden City. Kansas,
editor Of the Evening Telegram and
chairman of the Kansas state con
servation commission, presented the
report for that state before congress
at the afternoon session
kansas is in the movement for
conservation. It is exceedingly well
represented in this congress. Its. citi-
zens have healthy minds and whole
some thoughts. Any good movement
appeals to them Conservation and
development are the principal prob
lens of this generation. Kansas wants
to participate in this movement.
f'If may say q personal word as
to my conception of the term CON
servation,' may I suggest that It is not
the idea of boarding, but of utilization:
not putting under lock and key what
we have, for our children and our
children's children, but wisely using
what we have for our own needs and
saving enough for future generations. =
These are the concluding remarks of
Mr.. Faxon's report.
Kansas said Mr.. Faxon in open
ing. was one Of the last states, prob
ably the very last, TO organize a state
conservation commission by act of the
legislature. Some thoughtful citizens
of the state in sympathy with the gem
era1 conservation movement of the
country realized that while some of
the great problems that confronted
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-25
PRICES DECLINE.
Larger Worlds Shipments
Bring a Depression in Wheat.
Selling Is Heavy and Support Is
Only Scattered.
CORN CARRIED DOWN
By Weak Cables and Selling by
Leading Houses.
Rear PaoEors KnooI- %Eo D~ona
Bear Packers Knock the Props
From Under Provisions.

Chicago. Sept 25.-WHEAT-Large
world shipments than expected brought
about feeling of depression today in the
wheat pit. Besides, Liverpool reported
Tree offerings from Manitoba with demand
poor Selling here was rather heavy but
appeared to be given to talk of war grow
ing out of the clash between Turkey and
Italy.
The opening was 1sQAc to sc lower. De-
cember started at $3.50 to 9914c, a loss of
1sq14c to 3sQssc, sagged to 985sQ9Sszc and
reacted to 99c.
Northwestern millers buying wheat
southwest led to further hardening of
values but the effect did not last, the
market declining worse than before Clos
ing prices were steady with December at
1880, net loss of AG7sc-
Leading houses took the selling side and
met with but little opposition. December
opened Ac to ssc off at 637sc to 64c. The
market seemed to have no power to rally.
subsequently colder weather west helped
prices somewhat but there was a fresh
decline when wheat fell late in the day
The close was steady, 12c down, at 6Ss4c
for December.
OATS-Oats suffered from unloading by
longs. Prices were Steadied, however,
through resting orders to buy at a decline.
December started 7s0asc lower at 471zc
and later held at the last named level
PROVISIONS-Sellin on the part of
packers had a tendency to knock the
props from under provisions. First sales
varied from Saturday night figures to 15c
below with January $15.1215 to S15.25 for
pork; SS.971z to $500 for lard and $500 for
ribs.
RYE-No. 2. 94c.
BARLEY-65c@$1.2 .25.
TIMOTHY-S12. .50014.50.
CLOVER-$18.
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Kansas city Produce Market.

Kansas City, Sept. 25-WHEAT-Cash
Market 1d2c higher. No. 2 hard, $1,000
104: Nc. 8, 96cQ$1.02; No. 2 red, erase; No
g. 95G97c.
CORN-Market 1c higher. No. mixed
677aQ6Sc; No. 8, size; No. white, 671kd
CSC; No. 8, 661z
OATs-Market steady. No. white 4s1s
G471sc; No. 2 mixed, 451s946c.
RYE-90c-
HAY-Market steady Choice timothy,
$18.50G19-00; choice prairie, $1250613.O0.
BUTTER-Creamery, 25c; firsts, 23c;
seconds, 21c; packing stock, 17c.
EGGS-Extras, 221kc; firsts. 2Oc; seconds,
1315c.
WHEAT-Receipts, 81 cars.
CLOSE: WHEAT-December. se1sc;
May, S1.031l051- -O3ss
CORN-December e1ss@s11zc; May. 64149
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-25

| other states were present in this state,
| nevertheless, conservation as nation
al question and has it's own peculiar
problems in Kansas as we'll as in 9TH
AFTER some agitation, a bill was in
troduced in the Kansas legislature last
winter. providing for commission n
and for it's work. The bill provided
for 25 members one of whom should
always be the governor of the state,
and the main body of the commission
divided equally among the eight con-
gressional districts. This puts each
section of the state in touch with
the question and geographically dis
tributed the personnel and the work.
s'The commission is unpaid nor does
it have any funds. The deliberate pur-
pose being to see to it that twenty
foIlr men could be found of sufficient
public spirit and force and intelli-
gence to prosecute a new work with
out compensation or without fund;
and to show to the people of the state
and the succeeding legislature the i'm
portance of the work and the actual
accom- plishment.
THE governor was able, IN my
judgm ent, to find just such men, and
the Kansas commission is body OF
earnest thoughtful citizens, now en-
gagged in this large and useful work.
Under the law, the commission itself
will fill it's vacancies, and the utmost
endeavor will be made to preserve the
present high standard OF membership
for this useful undertaking"
Judge Lindsey's Address.
Citing the fact that more than
100000 children are born in this
country every year, Judge Ben B.
Lindsey of Denver told the delegates
to the congress that 100000 children
annually are brought into the court as
dependent and delinquent and declared
his belief that the duty of the national
legislature was to enact a bill provld-
ing for the establishment of a chill
dren's bureau in the department of
commerce and labor.
ssThe government spends annually
millions of dollars investigating the
diseases of animals he said. IF we
have a somewhat analogous broad deal
ing with the welfare of the children
life of the nation it would be doing no
more for them than we are now doing
for cattle and hogs
The judge pointed out that the va
rious activities that have grown out of
the cry "back to the soily to promote
the pleasure, advantages and oppor-
tunities of farm life have not checked
the onward march to the cities I'm
less some new and unexpected change
shall come it is reasonable to assume
that the next generation will find more
than half the children of the country
in urban communities he asserted
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-25
TOBACCO TRUST PLAN.
VIII Be Submitted to the United States
Supreme Court October 2.

New York, Sept. 5.-Announcement
was made at the conclusion of the con
ference looking to the reorganization
of the American Tobacco company to-
day that a petition would be filed with
the United States circuit court on Oe-
tober 2 setting forth the proposed plan
of dissolution in consonance with the
mandate Of the supreme court and that
public hearings on the plan would fol-
low. Dates for the public hearings
We're not announced.
Attorney General Wickersham on
leaving the conference room said:
II think we can report progress. We
are not sure that the plan will be pre-
sented to the court without further
consideration but we hope it will
Mr.. Wickersham was asked if the
plan outlined was one of dissolution.
Il should prefer to call it one of dis
integration,'' he replied.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-25
CLIMAX or a SERIES.
Long List of Naval Accidents in Past
Four Years.

-Four Years.
Paris, Sept 25.@The news of the
explosion of the magazines of the bat
tleship Liberte came as a stunning
blow to the French public and to naval
officials. 1t is the climax of a long
series of disasters which have marked
the history Of the French navy since
the blowing up of the batt1eship lena
on March 3, 1907 The accounts of
the disaster as received here during
the morning hours varied widely. The
mcst authentic dispatch stated that the
sinking came nearly two hours after
the discovery of fire in the forward
hold. Another account said that the
ship broke in half from the force of
the explosions and sank twenty min
utes later. According to this version,
the battleship afterwards reappeared
at the surface for a time a grim car
cass of iron surrounded by a tangled
mass Of wreekage.
Estimates of the number of dead
vary from $50 to 500.
The battIeship Liberte was the type
ship of the SO-called Liberte class in
the French navy-a boat of 149OO tons
displacem ent and an overall length
OF 49, feet She carried crew of
793 men and bore four 12-inch guns
and ten guns of the French 76-inch
tyre She also had twenty-three small
guns and four torpedo tubes. She was
completed in 1907 at a cost of about
$7,000,000.
The Liberte class of battleships in
clude the Democratic, the Justice, the
Verite and the Liberte, all 1S-knot yes
sells of the most modern type They
correspond apprOximat to the five
American battleships of the New Jer-
sey class. including the Virginia.
Georgia, Nebraska, Rhode Island and
New Jersey
Series of Disasters.
The recent history of the French
navy contains series of disastrous ac-
cidents most of them caused by ex-
pIosions and several occurring at Tou-
Ion, the scene of today's catastrophe
On March u. 1907, the battleship
lena. was almost destroyed by the ex-
plosfon of her magazine and 1O7 officers
and men lost their lives. Until today
the lena disaster stood as the greatest
recent calamity suffered by the French
navy in times of peace Like the
Liberte, the lena was blown up in the
harbor of Toulon, but the loss of life
was less, mainly because the lena re-
mained af1oat.
An investigation of the lena ex-
plosion resulted in an official report
that 1t was due to spontaneous COM
bustion of B-powder in magazine
where the temperature was too high
owing to the proximity of the dynamo
apartment
The report severely censured the or
ganization of the navy and said
THE real cause of the disaster was
the absence of accord, as well as the
divisions and antagonisms existing in
the different branches of the service.
The distressing weakness of the CEN
tral power explains the progressive
weakening of our naval forces. Where
will it lead us 2''
A parliamentary committee appoint
ed in 1907 presented a report scathing-
iy condemning the naval administra-
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-25
BIG LIQUOR RAID MADE.
Nine Persons Are Under Arrest at
Pittsburg.

Pittshurg, Kan, Sept. 25.-Assistant
Attorneys General w. p Montgomery
and Jerry Johnstone and two deputies
have burned the Turner hall at Breezey
Hill, captured eight wagoploads of beer
nd placed nine persons under arrest
ON a charge Of maintaining a nuisance.
One wagon which was coming into this
county from Minden escaped and one
man beat it into the darkness while
The procession made its way down
Broadway, watched by throngs of curl
GUS and immensely amused spectators.
According to Aontgoanery's records
two of the wagons belonged to John
Schramm, agent from the Dick Bros
Brewing company of Quincy, Ill. Two
were the property of Louie Vassel.
agent of the Helm Brewing company
at Radley. One belonged to John
company at Radley. Frank Lamar. of
Mccormack, owned another. John
Kherber and Tanricke Dunkirk owned
one and Enoch Caroch, Of Camp 13,
of Yale, possessed one, making a total
Of eight. After crossing the lire the
wagons were headed for various places.
two belonging to John Schramn were
on their way to Fr0ntenac. On one of
the wagons was Mrs. John Markowitz
the only woman of the procession
which paraded Broadway. She says
merely got on the wagon to take a
ride.
Following are the names of persons
said to have been driving: Mrs. John
MarhoWitz. J3e Brade- Enoch Caroch.
Andy Gregor, John Khreber Frank
Lamar. Don Tinrt and another whose
name is not given.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-25

New York, Sept. 25.-BUTTER-Marke
firm. Creamery specials, 2Sc; ditto extras,
2615d27c; dairy, finest tubs, 25d26c; ditto
good to prime, 23G24c; factory, current
make, firsts, zoe.
CHEESE Market firm. State whole
whole milk, special, 1418c; state whole
milk, daisies, best, 15c; skins, 2015c.
EGGS-Market irregular. Fresh gather
ed extras, 26Q2Sc; ditto extra firsts, 2aG
Csc; refni igerator seconds, charges paid,
1Sq19c; ditto firsts, seasons storage
charges paid, 20Q2lc; state, Pennsylvania,
and nearby hennery whites, fancy large.
new laid, 34035c; western gathered
whites, 2392Sc.
POULTRY-Alive, firm; spring chickens,
14015c; fowls, 13G15c; turkeys. 15c. Dress
ed, irregular; western chickens, 127zd15c;
fowls, 121h@17c; turkeys, 13623c.
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Chicago. Sept. 25.-BUTTFR-Mark
steady Creameries, 21G26c; dairies, 100
EGGS-Market steady Receipts, 6,se0
cases; at mark, cases included, 15d1sc;
firsts, 19c; prime firsts, zoe.
EsE-Market steady. Daisies. 14@
14Ac; Twins, 136131lc; Young Americas,
14Q144c; Long Horns, 14014Ac.
TATOES-Market weak Choice to
fancy, 70G75c; fair to good, 5SG60c.
POULTRY-Narket steady. Turkeys,
14c; chickens, 111kc; springs, 121zc
VEAL-Marl1et steady. so to so ID. wis.,
8Q9c; go to S5 lb- WITS, 91zc; IS to ITO lb.
WITS, lie.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-25
New york Money Marked

New York, Sept. 25-MONEY-Money on
call steady. 2621k per cent; ruling rate,
PA per cent; closing bid 2 per cent; offered
"a per cent. Time loans, steady; so days,
31a per cent; 80 days, 3sz per cent; S
months per cent.
CLOSE: Prime mercantile paper. sA
per cent.
Sterling exchange steady with actual
business in bankers bills at $4.S3.25 for so
day bills and at $4.S6.55 for demand Com
mercial bills, $4.8215.
SILVER-Bar silver, 521zc; Mexican dol
lars, 45c.
BONDS Government bonds steady, rail-
road bonds irregular.
New York Sugar and Cofree Market.
New York, Sept. 25-SUGAR-Raw
firm; Muscovado. SO test, S5.465k; centrf-
fugal, s6 test, S5.961z; molasses. SO test,
$5.211a; refined, firm.
COFFEE-Spot, steady.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-25

Chicago, Sept. 25.-CATTLE-Recei
estimated at IS. 000 Market 10c lower.
Beeves, 81 75@S-O0; Texas steers. S4.40ta6.1O;
western steers. S4-150700; stockers and
feeders, So 1005.70; cows and heifers, 81. 1Od
6.25; calves, S. -00Q9.75-
HOGS-Receipts estimated at 1900.
Market slow to 10c lower. Light, $3.50
7.10; mixed, S6.40G7.1O; heavy, 81. .3077. .O5
rough, s6.3006.55; good to choice heavy,
$655G7O5; pigs, s4.00a6- 40; bulk of sales,
$66506-95.
SHEEP-Reecipts estimated at 10000.
Market steady. Native. 81. .50fD4 so: western.
$2- 7504.35; yearlings, s3.8544.70; lambs, ma
tive, $4,000. 20; western, 81. 4.5OG6.30.
DAILY MOVEMENT or RRODUCE
WHEAT-Reecipts, $500 bushels; ship
ments, 144,300 bushels.
ORN-Receipts. 351. 200 bushels; ship
naents, 13S, coo bushels.
ar lot receipts: Wheat 36 cars. with 13
of contract grade: corn 2os cars. with 81
of contract grade; oats 80 cars
Total receipts of wheat at hicago, Min
neapoIis and Duluth today were 1,208 cars
compared with 915 cars last week and S5z
cars the corresponding day year ago.
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Kansas City Live stock Market.

Kansas City. Sept 25.-CATTLEzRe-
ceipts 25. 600, including 1000 southerns.
Market steady to 10c lower. Native steers,
S525QS-O0; soutehrn steers, S4.00d5. so;
southern COWS and heifers, 81. 75d4 40:- ma
tive COWS and heifers, 81 10000; stockers
and feeders, s3.60G5.S5; bulls $4,000 so;
calves, $5.O0QS.0o; western steers, $4.5O0
7.25; western cows, s2.759475.
HOGS-Receipts 5000. Market SC to 1Oc
lower Bulk of sales, S6-4506.e5 heavy,
s6.4546-55; packers and butchers, 1896 75 !;
lights, $6.45d6.70.
EHEEP-Receipts 1900. Market steady
to 10c higher Muttons, $325d4.25; lambs,
$5.00G6.25; range wethers and yearlings,
$3-25d5.O0; range ewes, $250042 25
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-25
BREAKDowN WORTH 100000.
Rubber Cargo Gains in Value Because
of Delay.

New york. Sept. 25.2The breaking
down of the steamship Goyaz's machin-
ery on her way from Brazil to New
York has filled with joy the hearts of
those to whom her cargo was con-
signed. for the delay in her arrival in
creased by TO per cent the value of her
freight-ali crude rubber from Para.
It was worth at the start $1S0,O00,
and on arrival here 100000.
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The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-25

Fair Gfrl-My father made his fortune
when he was a young man. Would you
like r., know how he did it, Sordid Youth
Not particularly, but I would like to
know # he still has tt.-Alberta Lynx
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-25

Furnished by the Chas. Woln Paci1nr
Co. yards close at noon Saturday we
cannot use pigs, thin sows or hor-
weighing less than ITO lbs. Do not mar
ket hogs unless same are well finished
as we cannot use half fat stun We rive
below prices effective at once. until fllr-
Iher notlce-l