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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-06
BRAVES SNOW STORM
Mrs. Taft Again Attends the Hearing
on the Lawrence Strike.

washington, March 6.-Mrs. Taft,
wife of the president, again attended
today the hearing before the rules COM
mittee of the house in the strike con-
dition at Lawrence. She journeyed to
Capitol Hill through a heavy snow
storm She occupied a seat behind the
committee on the platform. Wives of
many congressman also were present.
c. F. Lynch, commissioner of public
safety at Lawrence, resumed the stand.
He first told of lending personal finan-
cial assistance to parents who were
persuaded not to send their children
from Lawrence.
Did the city authorities and citizens
make any effort to settle the strike ?'
asked Representative Hardwick.
Yes, sir; the city police commits
sioner met with the strike committee
and tried to arrange a meeting with
the mill owners. The mill owners re-
fused to deal with the organization, but
would deal with their own men,"
The commissioner said he personally
saw one riot about the mills. II saw a
crowd hurting rocks at the mills
What section of the statute author
lied you to order the police to prevent
children leaving Lawrence?" asked
Representative Stanley.
Il looked it up at the time-the
statute I think was that preventing
children's departure without parents
consent
Did you instruct the police to get
written consent of their parents?''
yes"
What if the parents were present at
the depot?''
We'll, that would be different if we
knew they We're the parents"
Did you read that law you say you
have on the statute books of Massa-
chusetts on which you acted in this
matter?''
II did not"
Did you order the police to in1prison
the children?"
I left that to the man who had police
experience"
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SNEED is KILLED
Father of the Man Who Shot
Capt. A. G. BOyce
Is Slain by One of His Tenants
for Revenge.
HE ENDS HIS OWN LIFE
r.. o. HilIard Didn't Wait to An
sWer for Crime.
Leaves a Note Saying He Had
Been Badly Treated.
HE ENDS HIS OWN LIFE

Georgetown, Texas, March 6.-John
T. Sneed was killed here today by one
of his tenants, r. o. Hilliard. The as
sassin killed himself.
He said he shot for revenge.
John T. Sneed was the father of
John Beal Sneed. The latter recently
was on trial for the killing of Captain
A. G. Boyce. The first tragedy was
the sequel to the elopement of Cap
tain BOyce's son with Sneed's wife.
The Sneed trial was not decisive, the
jury failing to agree.
Hillard met Sneed in front of the
postoffice and opened fire Immediate
~ killing Sneed instantly. Then he
killed himself. He left a note saying
Sneed had treated him badly, and
that he first had intended to kill and
then to feign insanity. At first it was
enormously said that Al Boyce, whose
elopement with John B. Sneed's wife,
started the feud had done the shoot.
ing. 1t is believed young Boyce re-
mains in Manitoba whence he and
Mrs. Sneed went from Texas.
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this county. Other delegates are John
Henry, Eureka; Hugh Devter, Severy;
Perry Clemens, Hamilton; r. D. Mar
tin, Utopia. and A. ]. Howell, Virgil.
Resolutions favoring the candidacy of
w. NJ Price, cashier of the First Ma
tional bank, of Madison, were adopted
by the Greenwood county Democrats.
Price has not yet made formal an
nouncement of his candidacy, but has
been assured the support of both
Greenwood and Lyon county Demo-
Gratis.
No instructions were given delegates
from this county to the Hutchinson
convention and the delegation was di-
vided in the interest of party harmony
in the county.
Clark Men Win.
Wamego, Kan, March 6.-The Clark
men scored a victory in the Potta-
watomie convention here Tuesday by
forcing the passage of a resolution in
structing the seven delegates to vote
as unit in the state convention.
There are five Clark men and two Will
son men on the delegation.
There were no Instructions but a
vote on presidential candidates result
ed: Clark, p; Wilson, 6.
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1T HELPS CLARK
Wilson's Unfair Charge of Com
binatiOn Reacts Against Him.
MissOurian Charges Unfair
Methods Used by Governor.

The circulation of reports by friends
of Governor T. Woodrow Wilson that
the other candidates have combined
against him, has injured the candidacy
of the New .Jerseyan, according to a
statement received by the State Journal
from the Clark headquarters in Wash
ington. Discussion of the action IL
Washington, by congressman and poll
ticians is said to show that the report
injured the Wilson movement The
message follows:
THAT the managers of Governor
Wilson's campaign for the Democratic
presidential nomination have injured
his cause by charging that combina :
ton exists among other candidates fol
the nomination against the New Jersey
executive, was the opinion freely SX-
pressed at the capitol today by mem
bers of congress and friends of other
candidates. Members of the house and
senate were indignant that such d
charge should be made, and it was
universally expressed it would react
upon Governor Wilson.
THE members OF the Ohio and Ala
bama delegations were particularly in
censed. Speaker Clark himself nailed
the statement when he declared that il
was malicious lie to charge that he
was in any combination with any other
candidate to defeat Governor Wilson's s
nOmina ton.
Judge Henry D. Clayton. of Alabama
said: Such a charge is not only with
out foundation but it is absurd. MIR
Underwood is not allied with any can
didate for the Democratic nomination
for the purpose of defeating Governor
Wilson.
similar expressions came from mem
bers of the Ohio delegation. Ed A
Glenn of louisiana, Mo, who managed
the Clark campaign in Missouri said
Unfair Methods Are Charged.
Tt seems to me that such a charge
comes with poor grace from the man
ayers of governor Wilson, in view OF
the methods that Wilson employed IN
Missouri to embrace Speaker Clark in
his fight for the Missouri delegation
Governor Folk sometime before the
Missouri primaries were held openly de-
clared that Governor Wilson was his
second choice and he instructed mis-
friends to support Wilson if he could
not be nominated. Folk Wilson clubs
were formed all through the state and
there was no attempt to conceal the
efforts of the Wilson managers e
bring about Clarks defeat in his own
state by forming a combination wit
Governor Folk. The extent to which
the Wilson people went in their fight
against Clark will be shown by the
late hour at which Governor Folk
withdrew from the race. His announce
ment was made at o'clock in the af
ternoon but it did not get to the voters
of the state until after they had cast
their ballots.
" The sole purpose of the Wilson
men in keeping Folk in the race until
so late a time was in the hope that it
would muddy the waters in Oklahoma
where primaries were held on the same
day as those in Missouri. It is suffi- |
cient in this connection that notwith-
standing the voters in Missouri did not
know Folk had Withdrawn he got only |
i3 degates out of a total of 1875 -
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again present, Lawrence strike hearing
was continued before rules committee
with city officials testifying. Governor
Gilchrist of Florida at Everglades investi-
cation told the committee he desired Rep
resentative Clark's position in controversy
brought out
Boston and San Francisco chambers of
commerce delegations urged governmental
recognition and $50 900 appropriation for
international congress of chambers of
commerce in Boston next September
Senate finance committee concluded
its hearing on steel tariff revision bill.
REPRESENTATIVE Kent protested
against Fraud and misrepresentation
of liquor interests at hearing on bill
prohibiting liquor shipment from wet
into dry states. Interstate commerce
committee practically completed its
bill providing legal machinery for
Panama canal and will vote on its re-
port Thursday. Secretary Nagel urged
enactment of seal protection bill be-
fore foreign relations committee.
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CONTINUED on Page TwoA
PEN Atty S. A DAY
Five Hundred Kansas Corpora
tiOns Behind With Reports.
Must Pay for Delinquency or
Lose Their Charters.

At the meeting of the state charter
board this morning it developed that
out of the 1000 regular commercial
corporations entitled to do business in
the state, $500 of them have reported
to the secretary of state as required
| by law. All corporations Organized
| for profit that fail to send in their an
nual report by Feb. 29, must pay
penalty of IS per day for each day
| thereafter unless exempted by the
charter board.
When Charles Sessions assumed the
duties of secretary of state under the
new charter law he found 10000
chartered corporations on his books.
In checking up under the new law
IL, 200 of these were found to be dead
and buried and they were marked off
the list. There are some $4,000
churches and lodges and social and
benevolent organizations that are in
corporated, but not for profit, that
are not compelled to report every
year. But the 1000 commercial
reports or suffer the penalty of the
law. The 500 deIinquents must pay
and report or lose their charters.
New Charters Granted.
The charter board today granted
charters to new corporations as fol-
lows:
Durgin Auto Wheel company, of Law
renee; capital $4,000.
Moran Anti Friction Slide Valve COM
pany, of Pittsburg; capital $4,000.
News Publishing company, of Abi-
lene; capital 5000.
Carey Commission company, of Inde-
pendence; capital $500 600.
Chanute Cement company; capital
81 600 900.
Hoisington-Stickn Telephone COM
pany, of Hoisington; capital 81 1000.
Hutchinson Warehouse company;
capital $1,000.
Farmers State Bank. of springhilI.
capital $4,000.
Patrons Cooperative Mercantile as
sociation, of Cadmus, Linn county:
capital $2o,0 900.
Bow Park Farm company, of Lin
wood, Leavenworth county; capital
$25, 900. This company is organized for
the expressed purpose of encouraging
agriculture and horticulture and the
improvement of the breed of animals
The incorporators are, c. L. whitney.
of Kansas City, Mo, ]. II. Whitney, of
Linwood, Sidney Whitney, Of Chase
county, Susan Whitney, Of Linwood,
Sue T. Whitney, of Kansas City, Mo.
McLouth Mutual Telephone company.
Kansas Casualty and Surety COM
pany, of Wichita; capital s5O0.OOO.
Farmers Grain and Elevator COM
pany, of Cunningham; capital $1,000
Humboldt Volunteer Fire Department
First Christian church. Of Haddam.
Cheptow Improvement company. -
Washington county; capital $500.
Great Western Iron Works compaR-s
of Kansas City; capital SIS, 900.
Davis Roberts Lumber COMPANY. OF
Wichita; capital $4,000
Farmers Light and Power companv
of Eureka; capital $500.
Eagan Produce company of Hutch
inson; capital 5000.
Brindley company. of New York CITY.
Kansas branch located at Kansas City.
Kansas capital, $40, 900. Dealers in tools
and machinery.
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Roosevelt Makes Answer to
Secretary's Chicago Speech.
Says He's Actuated Solely by a
Sense of Duty.
ATTACKS THE ADMINISTRATION
Says That Present Course Will
Wreck the Party.
Asserts Presidential Preference
Primaries Are Wanted.

Mineola, L. L, March 6.-Secretary
Stimson's speech in Chicago last night
supporting President Taft for the nom
ination brought from Mr.. Roosevelt
today a tart reply.
In regard to Mr.. Stimson's state
ment that against my original inten-
ton am being forced by certain per
sons into the arena this year, I need
merely say" declared Colonel Roose-
welt, that the statement is correct
only in the sense that it would be
correct to make the same statement
as to my advocacy of Mr.. Stimson
for governor in 1910. In that contest,
as in this, 1 was exceedingly reluctant
to be drawn into the contest. In that
contest, as in this, acted only from
a sense of duty to the people as a
whole and in that contest 1 was as
sailed with precisely the same argu-
ment by the great majority of those
who are now assailing me-"
The colonel continued:
'If I had considered only my per-
sonal interests and personal prefer
ences I should, of course have kept
out of the 1919 campaign, have let
the machine remain in control a Sara
toga and seen the state go Democratic
by 100000 majority, as under those
it certainly would have
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MERCURY TAKES DROP
Down to Degrees-CoIdest March 6
on Record.

The lowest temperature on record
in Topeka for March was record ed
this morning when the reading of the
thermometer was degrees above
zero This eclipses the previous rec
ord of March 6, 1899. of but two
tents of a degree.
The snowfall up to this date for the
season has been the heaviest in the
past quarter of a century-32. 1
inches. In the season of 1S98-99,
however. 16.1 inches of snow fell after
March 1. which brought the total up to
1916 inches. Thus it will be seen that
in order to eclipse all records for an
entire season there will have to be
considerably more snow in Topeka.
Five winters have been colder than
the one just experienced.
The forecast: Unsettled weather
with probable snow furries tonight or
Thursday: warmer temperatures
This just means" said Sunny"
Flora today, that there is a posi-
bility that there will be snow f1urries.
and not necessarily that there will
be-
The mercury rose 26 degrees from 7
o'clock this morning to o'clock, and
another inch or more of the snow has
been melted away. The wind is blow
ing 10 miles an hour from the south
east. The shippers forecast reads:
Protect Sc hour shipments north, west,
and east, against temperature of 20;
south against 25.'' The hourly readings:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-06
SCHMITz IS SET FREE.
No Evidence to Convict the Former
Mayor of Bribery.

San Francisco, March 6.-Eugene E.
Schmidt former mayor of San Fran
cisco. indicted in 1907 on charges os
having bribed a supervisor. has been
set free by a superior court jury acting
under instructions from Judge William
P. Aawlor.
The court held that no evidence con-
Meeting the defendant with the crime of
bribery had been introduced at the trial
and that. had the jury disregarded his
instructions and found a verdict of
guilty, he would have been forced to
set such a verdict aside, under the law
as interpreted by the state supreme
court, even if Abraham Ruef, now serv-
ing fourteen years in the penitentiary,
as a result of conviction for connection
with the famous graft cases, had testi-
fed.
Both Schmitz and Ruef were in the
courtroom during the proceedings. After
the jury had filed out, Judge LawIor
entered an order for Ruefs return to
San Quentin prison Ruef was Brought
here to testify against Schmitz, but re-
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Republican Clubs Organized in
Five Topeka Wards.
Officers Chosen and Campaign
Is Planned.
HAS A GOOD OPENING
Prominent Workers Ready to
Take Off Coats.
Enthusiastic Speeches Made by
Supporters of President

Taft clubs were formally organized
last night in five of the six wards OF
Topeka. More than 500 names were
enrolled at the initial meeting and in
each ward precinct workers were ap-
pointed to boost the membership. Be
ginning next week, regular meetings
will be held in each of the six wards
of Topeka.
In every ward except the First, en-
thusiastic meetings were reported by
Taft enthusiasts. All preliminary ar
rangements for a solid organization OF
Taft boosters was formed at these
meetings and in a few weeks the work
will be carried to every township in
the county.
d. w. Mulvane, Republican ma
tional committeeman, stated today
that he believed the membership OF
the Shawnee county clubs would ex-
ceed the expectations of the clubs
most ardent organizers Reports re-
ceived from all of the meetings told
of loud demonstrations for President
Taft and love feasts that continued
until a late hour.
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NEEDS MORE TROOPS.
Minister Calhoun Calls on Manila for
Reinforcements.

Washington, March 6.-American Min
lister Calhoun has called on Major Gen
eral Bell at Manila for more American,
troops for China service. General Bell
has informed the war department, and it
is expected he will dispatch the remain
ing battalion of the Fifteenth infantry
numbering about 700 men, to Tien Tsin
at once.
English Missionary Killed
Pekin, March "a missionary named
F. Day, belonging to the Church, of Eng
land mission and attached to the district
of Pao Ting Flu, was killed today by
Charles P. Scott of the North China
diocese and another missionary F. 5.
Hughes, were making a regular tour of
the mission stations in the vicinity of
Pao Ting Flu Arriving at Tien Chwang
Ying, Bishop Scott sent Day and Hughes
to Chin Chow to fetch letters. The two
missionaries found mutinous soldiers
sacking the town. These commandereG
the missionaries cars and the mission
aries attempting to recover them Mr.
Day was killed. Mr.. Hughes took refuge
in the town, where he still remains.
a British attache from the legation here
accompanied by a detachment of eight
British soldiers left this morning for
Chin Chow to rescue Mr.. Hughes.
General Lii Yuen Heng, the vice presi-
dent of the Chinese republic, is leaving
WI Chang for Nanking, where he will
take the oath as proxy for Yuan Shi Kai,
the president-elect of the republic. Tang
Sho Yai also is proceeding from Pekin
to Nanking to take the oath as premier.
When these formalities have been conf
pleted the entire republican cabinet. will
come to Pel1in at once.
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GILL IS BEATEN
Vets Lose the Election in Seat
tie by 645 Votes.
Victory Against Wide Open
Town Due to the Women.

Seattle, March 6.-Complete returns
from yesterdays election for mayor
give George F. Cotterill 81 ,655, Hiram
c. Gill 81, ,010, a majority for Cotterill OF
645
The other officers elected are: Cor
poration council, James E. Bradford
comptroller, Harry Carroll; treasurer.
E. l.. Terry: councilmen, A. ]. Goddard,
A. E. Haas, John F. Peirce, Charles
Marbleall. Socialist candidates for Of
flee were defeated.
G. F. Cotterill, the mayor-elect, is
the Independent Order of Good Temp
lars He also has national prominence
as a prohibition speaker
When the campaign following the
primaries of February 20 was begun no
practical politician here would admit
that Cotterill has a chance to win, ow-
ing to his views in favor of single tax
municipal ownership and prohibition
In the last week however the fight be-
came a repetition of that of last wear
when Gill was recalled from the office
of mayor by the votes of the newly en-
franchiSed women. The women and the
churches took an active part in the
election asserting that GilPs election
would mean the restoration of gambling
and a vice district
The visit of W. J. Bryan to Seattle
also was used to advantage by the Cot
teril forces. The single tax amend
ment to the charter seems to have
been beaten decisiveIy
The mayor-elect is pie, ged to press
the construction of the municinaI
street railroad already authorized by
the electors.
He is also in favor of public own
ership of wharves and harbor facfli-
ties.
Cotterill is a civil engineer, a native
of England
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Continued on Page Two)
MITCHELL IS FIRM
Declines to Make Amy Promise
to Judge Wright
Which Might Be Construed as
Impugning His Testimony.

Washington. March g. John
Mitchell, vice president of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor, today de-
cIined to give TO Judge .XKrissht of
ance that he expected hereafter to
lend adherence to the DEGREES of the
judicial tribunals Of the land"
To do so, he declared, would be
an admission that he had heretofore
failed to comply with lawful DEGREES.
Mr.. Mitchell said he had rather be
convicted of contempt than be acquit-
ted on any other ground than the
facts in the case.
Mr. Mitchelrs letter to the court
follows:
Judge Wright:
Sir: At the close of my eXamina
ton in the contempt proceedings insti-
tuted against Mr.. Gompers, Mr.. Nor
rison and me, the court stated that [
was free at any time before these pro-
ceedings closed to give express1cn to
the court either orally or in written
communication on the subject of the
following recommendations
'' The court strongly recommends
that you consider again the propriety
of acquainting the court before these
proceedings close with your conviction
whether you ought and whether you
expect hereafter to lend adherence
nails of the land in matters committed
by law to their jurisdiction and
power
Il have given the courts recon-
mendation careful thought and care
full consideration, as result of which
desire to say 1 believe that a state
ment by me that / expect hereafter
tc lend adherence to the DEGREES of
judicial tribunals of the land would
be subject to no other interpI citation
than that I have heretofore failed or
refused to comply with the lawful de-
crees of the court and that my evil
dence in this proceeding was not
truthful and sincere and in keeping
with the facts in the case. L am not
willing to make any statement that
would inpugn' my own testimony. [
am not willing by any device or sub
terfuge to deceive the court or Sc
cure an acquittal by any other means
than those of the evidence and the
truthfulness of my testimony.
Indeed, L should feel more content
ment if l am convicted, conscious of
the rectitude of my course and the
truthfulness of my evidence than were
I acquitted on any other grourJ than
the facts as they have been presented
to the court and the law as it has
been enunciated by the higher tribu-
nal. Yours respectfully,
JOHN MITCHELL
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fused to go on the stand Ruef's at
torney protested, saying: There must
be some legal way whereby he should
not be sent back to the penitentiary
when all of his co-defendants have
been discharged from custody The
court must surely realize the injustice
of this
Judge Lawlor refused to discuss the
plea.
Judge Lawlor's instructions to the
jury were made at the request of Dis
trict Attorney Charles M. Fickert. who
stated in court that he was in possess
sion of no evidence sufficient to convict
Schmitz.
Judge Lawlor said that within two
weeks he would pass upon motions sub
mitted for the dismissal of the twenty
seven other indictments pending
against Schmjfz
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GOES DOWN WITH SHIP
A Nun Dies Martyr to Duty in a
Wreck.

Victoria. B. c., March 6.=Sister
Marie Ephram, a nun. died a martyr
to duty in the wreck of the steam er
Tathra, lost with "a lives in the New
Hebrides recently, according to ad-
vices brought by the steamer Makura
yesterday.
The nun was on her way to the
mission station at Pentecost Island,
with four native girls, when the wreck
occurred. AS the steamer was sinking,
Sister Marie was placed in one of the
small boats, but when she found that
her charges had not been rescued, in
sisted on returning to the Tathra to
search for them, and went down with
the ship.
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new YORK FOR TAFT.
Roosevelt Has But Four Districts out
of Forty-tfree.

New York, March The Republi-
can state committee has received OFF,
cial reports of congressional district
meetings in forty of New York's forty
districts had designated as candidates
for delegates to the Chicago conven-
tion supporters of President Taft.
Candidates from four districts. accord
ing to the announcement, are Roose-
welt supporters Three districts have
not been heard from. but their dele
gates were claimed for Taft
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DIVIDE In GREENWOOD
Clark Gets Four and Wilson Two
Delegates.

c. lty Democrats to -ay sent four
Clark and two Wills n delegates to the
state convention at Hutchinson. Robert
Focht editor of the Democratic Mes
senger, will head the delegation from