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The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-08-09
FOR FULL TICKET IN MISSOURI
PROGRESSlVES TO HAVE CANDl
DATES FOR ALL OFFICES.
After Long Debate Question is De-
cided and First Convention of
New Party Adjourns.

Kansas City, Mo.-Rejecting all
compromises, the Progressive conven-
ton voted for a full ticket in Missouri
from governor to constable.
After three hours of debate that
part of the resolution offered provid-
ing for congressional ticket in every
district was adopted by acclamation.
Previously the convention had voted
on roll call, eos to 20, to reject an
amendment leaving the question Of
putting up candidates for congress 70
be decided by the districts.
The same action followed with re-
gard to the remaining part of the
resolution providing for county tick
cts.
Without a roll call the convention
decided that every county in the state
should put up local ticket, and the
state central committee was instruct
ed to call county conventions and or
ganize county committees for that
purpose.
There is no closure in the Progress
sive convention, and every delegate
who desired to speak had the chance
to be heard.
The convention closed with prayer
by the Rev. j. NJ. Cromer of Kansas
City.
The delegates, with heads bowed,
repeated the Lords prayer.
After resolutions had been adopted
thanking the Kansas City and st.
Louis newspapers for their impartial
reports of the convention, and Judge
Nortoni for his work as chairman,
and the secretaries for their work,
Judge Nortoni declared:
This memorable and historic con-
vention is adjourned
The band played God Be With You
Till We Meet Again." while the dele
gates marched out of the hall
When the convention adjourned it
had nominated presidential electors
instructed to vote for Theodore Roose-
welt for president 1t had elected
delegates to the national convention
of the Progressive party in Chicago
August 5, instructed to vote for his
nomination. 1t had selected a state
central committee, which is to orga-
nize the Progressive party in Missouri
and place the names of it's candidates
on the ballots. 1t had adopted resolu-
tons in the spirit of Roosevelt's decla-
rations for social and industrial JUS
tice and adopted a declaration of prin-
ciples that placed it squarely in line
with the Roosevelt program. That
declaration even included an indorse-
ment of suffrage for women.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-08-09
JAPANESE TO STOP HARI-KARI
Many Old School Japanese Plan to
XIII Themselves as Tribute to
Dead Emperor.

Toxic, Japan.-Warned by the news
paper Asahi that many Japanese are
planning to kill themselves in test
mony of their grief at the mikado's
death, the ministry of the interior gave
orders to the police to take extra pse-
cautions to prevent such attempts.
The newspapers also were request
ed to point out that hari-kari is en-
tirely out of date. Many old-school
Japanese persist, however, in regard
ing suicide as the most fitting form
of tribute to the dead rulers memory.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-08-09
WOMAN HELPED ROB A RAILROAD
Held Agent at Bay With Dagger
While Male Partner Broke Open
Cash Box.

Denver, Colorado.-A well dressed
young woman with dagger held an
employee at the Moffat railroad station
at bay while a man companion rified
the cash box in the telephone booth.
o. H. Holtz, night ticket agent at
the station heard the burglar alarm
and rushed around to the waiting
room. AS he entered the door the
woman, brandishing dagger,
shouted:
stay where you are or I'll cut your
heart out"
Just then the man smashed the
money receptacle and nickels and
dimes were scattered over the floor.
The man gathered them in his cap
and he and the woman fed.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-08-09

being an estimate of the immigration
from the United States for 1912, the
consumption of coal will naturally in
crease.
The agricultural districts of Canada
have now become so well known
throughout the world, and the vacant
area of splendid land is still so great
that it may be expected that the num-
bers mentioned will increase from
year to year, and it will not be many
years before the immigration figures
will reach the million mark.
1t may be asked what is there to
warrant this large immigration? With
millions of acres of land, capable Of
producing twenty-five to forty bushels
of wheat to the acre; or, II in oats,
from forty to ninety, and even as high
as a hundred bushels per acre, or the
same splendid yields of flax or bar
ley, there is ample inducement to at
tract these hundreds Of thousands who
are filling the present agricultural set
Elements and pushing forward into the
uSMSI oelllSlhSulo ySdl Wy yCoA, ohu
leave room still for the hundreds of
thousands who will follow. There re-
mains not only the agricultural wealth
of the country, but there are also the
social advantages, the home-making
privileges, apart altogether from the
financial opportunities, there is the life
and the energy born from the knowl-
edge THAI the settler is more than a
unit in the upbuilding, In the making
of a couatry that will soon rank
amongst the first in the nations of
the world. There is no desire on the
part of the writer to dwell upon the
success that has followed the Ameri-
can settler in the Provinces of Mani
toba, Saskatchewan and Alberta and
the coast Province of British Column
bia, or to speak Of the thousands Of in
dividuals whose hundreds of dollars
have made them thousands, but atten-
ton must be paid to the fact that these
people have done well. They are fol-
lowed by their families and their
friends, who also are doing well.
Where, a few years ago. seemingly
only months ago. there was nothing
but the open prairie, or If We speak Of
the more central portions of these
provinces, the park districts, there are
today we'll titled and cultivated farms,
large farms, too, and the herds OF cat
tie. Cities and towns are the result OF
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-08-09

| ed this year. The railroads are add
ing to their already large mileage and
have got ready for handling the crop
thousands of box cars. The govern
ment agents and the railways are max
ing arrangements for from fifty to six
ty thousand extra farm hands in order
that the crop may be successfully and
quickly harvested, business men are
laying in larger stocks than usual, real
estate men are active, preparing for
the rush Of business that Is sure to
follow, and everywhere there is the
note of optimism, which seems to be
perfectly justifable.
There is, as has been said, vast
area of the country still open for set
Element and homesteading lying in the
center north. Speaking of this part
writer, who made the trip when the
crop was in it's green stage, said:
Just now, the whole country is a
beautiful sight, as it presents itself in
full dress of living green, varied in
shade, many places elegantly fringed
and interspersed with pleatings Of
shrubbery and patches Of sweet scent
ed flowers in rose, yellow, waite, pink,
scarlet, cardinal and purple. In trav-
cling over the virgin soil, have seen
some OF the most charming rolling
prairies, sloping hills, deep ravines,
mirrored lakes, artistic flower fields,
and natural parks that one could wish
to behold, and all placed there without
the aid of man. The land in general
is heavily matted with grass, mixed
with vetches and pea vines, nearly up
to the knee, and many millions OF
acres of which are going to waste
while beef pork and mutton are soar
ing at prices heretofore unknown. The
comparatively small acreage under cul-
tivation reminds one of few small
garden patches.
when we consider the estimated
crop of 30000O,00O bushels of wheat
for 1912, to be produced on these west
ern prairies from these garden patches,
some faint idea can be formed by an
imaginative mind as to the immense
possibilities and rich heritage of a glo-
rious western Canada"
The estimate of the wheat crop, as
made by the writer quoted. is exces-
sive, but with even $50 million bushels,
there will be a great deal Of satisfac-
ton on the part of the settlers.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-08-09
Canada Has Sufficient
Coal for 5000 Years
1t Has Enough Agricultural Land for the Set
Ting of Millions.

the opening up of this rich field Of ag-
riculture, and it Is high class of ag-
riculture, carried on by the use Of
brains, and, where energy has not
been endowed, it has become in that
splendid air case Of inoculated en-
ergy.
The rapid advancement of railways
makes the situation easy Today one
may be located thirty miles from one
of the many branches Of the different
systems. A year from now, the whis-
tie of the locomotive and the long
train of cars may pass the farm, the
elevator is but short drive from the
home, a splendid market is established,
and all the advantages of an old set
tied community are at hand.
The prospects this year from an ag-
ricultural standpoint are exceedingly
bright, and, relieved Of untoward con-
ditions, the farmer Is already counting
his bank roll, planning for more ex-
tensive operations for next year, and
figuring on paying out for his farm.
He is calculating what the increased
value of his holdings, as result of a
successful crop, will add to his assets.
Already some fields of wheat have been
harvested, barley has been cut, and
the yield is above his expectation. In
fact, the feeling at the time of writing
is that never in the history of any
country on the continent has there
been such a prospect of large aver
age crop, all over the three central
provinces of Canada, as will be harvest
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-08-09
Willing to Walt for Good Time.

A woman who for twelve years has
conducted a boarding house in Chi
cago, and who takes pride in telling
that "boarders usually stay until they
get married and then send some one
to fill the place made vacant by mat
rimony," anticipated possible COM
plants because Of smaller portions
Of meat by placing a neatly written
notice in the dining room which stat
ed that the price of beef. mutton and
veal had advanced to figures which
had not prevailed since the Civil war.
and that everything is high in pro
portion. There has never been any
complaint among my boarders, and l
hope there will be none. am doing
the best can and complaint viii do
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-08-09
To the Orient for Evidence.

San Francisco, Cal.-Peyton Gordon,
special assistant to the United States
attorney general, will sail from here
on the liner Shenyo Maru for the
Orient, to seek evidence in the gov
ernment's case against James K. Hop
kins, an importer of st. Joseph, Mo.
The importer was sued for 100000,
the charge being made that for two
years he had undervalued large i'm
portations of silk, mating and pottery.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-08-09

A report dealing with the coal re-
the Dominion Department of Mines.
The estimates given are only based on
what Is known. In the western and
northern regions, which have been
little explored there may be vast de-
posits of which nothing whatever is
known at present. The officials of the
department estimate that of btu
minous coal there is in Canada 1871
billion tons; of anthracite 461 mil
lion tons; -bituminous and Ignite
over 100 billion tons. The quantity
of coal now annually mined in Canada
is about ~ million tons. With an es-
timated quantity of unmixed good coal,
of "a billion tons, it would require
6,166 years to exhaust the supply. II
the inferior grades were included, sup
ply would last for 14,575 years. OF
course the coal demands Of Canada
will keep on increasing, but 1t will be
a good many years before the quantity
of Canadian coal mined will equal
present output of the United States
mines. Their annual output is about
50O,000,000 tons. At that rate it
would take only 145 years to exhaust
the estimated Canadian supply Of
good coal, and about $50 years to get
to the end of the total supply. And
with the increasing population, made
up Of about four hundred thousand per-
sons year (and it looks now as if this
number would be reached this year,,
one hundred and seventy-five thousand
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-08-09
10 Give Refugees 100000.

Washington, D. C.-The restitution
of American refugees from Mexico,
now quartered at Ell Paso, resulted
in the passage by the senate of reso-
luton authorizing the war department
to spend 100000 in transporting them
to such places in the United States as
they wish to reach. The measure was
presented by Senator Bailey and
passed after a brief debate.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-08-09
Arrest Two Bank Robbers.

Washington, Kansas.--Frank Miller,
also known as Frank Jackson and
George Cole, also known as George
Bates, were arrested in Arkansas by
Detective Searles on the charge of
robbing the state bank at Hanover,
Kan, some time ago. Searles has
been on their trail ever since the rob.
berry occurred. The men were lodged
in jail here.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-08-09
Fits the Text.

Johnnie" asks the teacher, what
do you think may be meant by the
text. Unto him that hath shall be
given. while from him that hath not
shall be taken away even that wHich
he hath?'"
Uncle Bill says It means fat. teach
err" apswers Johnnie. He says fat
folks tseps a'settin' fatter an thin
ones b.sp a-gettin' thinner, in spite
of all theS do."-Judge's Library.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-08-09
urqe Steel Workers to Organize.

Washington, D. Con the heels
of the Stanley steel committees re-
port denouncing conditions under
which, it is said, the underpaid, over
worked employees of the steel trust
toll, the American Federation of La
Dor issued a call to those workers
urging that they unioniZe.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-08-09

Students Of the University of Chi
,caso have been forbidden to use tooth
hicks In public. II this sort OF thing
keeps up, Chicago will soon be de-
lprtved Of all its distinguishing charao-
lteristics.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-08-09
nundr.d RurIed in a FACTORY

Nuremburg, Germany.-Twenty-two
workmen were killed, 20 injured and
many more missing as result OF the
collapse of a newly finished machine
factory. Over 100 men were buried IN
the rims
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-08-09
Returned to Prison.

Leavenworth, Kansas.-After three
days of freedom Merle Knoblock the
Atchison county prisoner who escaped
from the road gang Sunday, is behind
the bars again. The escaped prisoner
gave himself up voluntarily.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-08-09

II is said that girl scouts must learn
70 bake bread, wash and iron. do sim
ole cooking, build a coal fire. darn
cocks and take care Of babies But
.what's the use? Girls who can do all
of those things don't have to do any
scouting.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-08-09
Kansas Hay to Panama.

Usage City, Kan.-Morton Brothers
and Meilburn & Co. of this city sold
1900 tons of hay to the Carlisle COM
mission company of Kansas City. The
hay will be stored in Olivet awaiting
shipment to the Isthmus of Panama.
The Kansas City firm expects to buy
more hay here to fill government con-
tracts.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-08-09
Wreck Killed 1900 Sheep.

Boise, Idaho-One man was killed,
seven injured and 1900 sheep we're
killed when a stock train on the Idaho
Northern railroad was derailed near
Guffey, Idaho. The engine rolled down
an embankment.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-08-09
IurkeY Ready FOR Peaoe.

Constantinople, Turkey.-The Turk
ish government is willing to enter in
to peace negotiations with Italy il they
are conducted in a manner compatible
with Turkeys honor and dignity and
her rights are adequately safeguarded.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-08-09

People who complained OF the heat
during the past few days should have
their attention and memory directed to
,he records Of a year ago Having re-
called the temperatures OF that tor
rid interval they viii be duly thank
full that they are alive this year.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-08-09
Taft Crank to ASYLUM.

Washington, D. C.-Edward w.
Tomey, arrested at the White house
recently when he attempted to see
President Taft, was adjudged insane
and sent to the government insane
hospital
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-08-09

no good. So please be patient There's
good time coming and l want you
here when 1t comes" The boarders
are taking the reduced rations and
are waiting" one of them says. with
shortened belts. for the good time. "
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-08-09

There are nearly 10000 lawyers In,
active practice in New York city. No
wonder some of the people there pre-
fer to s1lttle their disputes on the
streets with revolvers.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-08-09
Seized Six Canadian Boats.

Vancouver. B. C.-Six Frazer river
salmon fishing boats were seized on
Point Roberts by a United States
revenue cutter on the ground that
they were operating in American
waters.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-08-09

Over in New York an alimony claim
for $2S,445 was sold at auction for
500. This does not sound like
sporting proposition. 1t looks more
like donation.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-08-09

New Jersey man has been fined
for allowing mosquitoes to breed on
his land. But how can a man dispense
a flock OF Jersey skeeters unless he
he armed with a gatling gun?
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-08-09

deniDen of a Detroit boarding
houIe demands that his room rent be
retlrned because he has been forced
10 kill $4,000 bedbugs. II he does
mot have care he will be arrested for
hunting without a license.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-08-09

A Pennsylvania farmer says he has
a flock OF hens that can run the mu-
steal scale, but what we want in our
hens is less artistic temperament and
more egg laying ability.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-08-09

Perhaps If the weather bureau will
take an interlude in its prediction OF
showers, the perverse skies might IA
vor us.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-08-09
awhIte Hopep Routed by Wife.

Wichita, Kansas.-After chasing
her husband. an amateur white
hope" for seven blocks through the
hot sun. Mrs. James Gregg fell faint
ing on the sidewalk and is in dan
gerous condition
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-08-09

One pleasurable form Of summer va.
cation is to spend two weeks on one OF
those scout cruisers now engaged in,
hunting icebergs
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-08-09

A French town has proposed grad
uated tax on fat residents, those under
1876 pounds being tax free. The weight
Of opinion is against it.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-08-09

Is the large increase in business
shown by the indianapolis postoffice
for the fiscal year evidence Of the in.
dustry Of Indiana's authors?
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-08-09

A suit brought in 1926 has just been
settled. There must have been some
of the laws delays in the good old
times. too.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-08-09

; An Austrian count has gone into
bankruptcy with assets of $3.50. 1t
looks as II some American heiress
might get a bargain there.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-08-09

When a small boy can go around all
day attired in nothing but a cotton
bathing suit the amenities of civiliza-
ton do not greatly bother him.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-08-09
Cruiser to Nicaragua.

Washington, D. C.-The cruiser Ia
coma was ordered from Guantanamo
to Bluefields, Nicaragua. to protect
American interests there in the revo-
luton which is reported spreading.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-08-09

We are becoming a spry and spright-
ly people, science finds. A reflex. no
doubt, of the agility acquired in dodg-
ing automobiles.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-08-09

Why bother to water the plants
while wife is away? It's much easier
to buy her new set just before she is
expected home.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-08-09

A London suffragette who donned
male attire had her shins kicked by
a mob. Even the hobble skirt has Its
advantages.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-08-09

In Germany, too. the birth rate is
declining. Is the whole human race
going TO commit suicide?
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-08-09

The tides ebb and flow In political
battles, but the fly gets swatted all
the time
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-08-09

Not until his wife goes away on a
vacation does a man fully realize the
joys of poker as a summer sport.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-08-09

Conflicting emotions sway the girl
who is delight to the eye in a bath
ing suit but who freckles in the sun!
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-08-09

Bathing suits are made to fit the
occasion.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-08-09

Airship or aeroplane. They can
both become engines of death when
the unforeseen happens.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-08-09

Another way to avoid sunstroke is
to let somebody else do the political
wrangling.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-08-09

New York has again given evidence
Of its dislike of dead ones by avert
ing the hearse drivers strike.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-08-09

A historian claims that the liberty
bell is a myth, but our English breth-
ren have reason to suspect otherwise.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-08-09

Air pockets continue to cause trou-
BILE, but nobody ever tries to pick
them.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-08-09

Mark the returned vacationer. By
his tan We shall know him.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-08-09

Old General Humidity is once more
in supreme command of all the forces
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-08-09

Some people go on picnics and 9TH
ers get their shower baths at home.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-08-09

A. H. Turner, Ed. G. Prop.