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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-16
TO OPEN AETNA FIGHT
Court of Appeals to Pass on Question
of Jobs.

Motions to set aside the ruling of
Judge Pollock in the Aetna; row will
be argued Monday morning before
the United States court of appeals in
st. Louis. Notice of the hearing has
been served on attorneys for the new
board and officers of the building and
loan association.
Just how far the Aetna troubles will
be carried by the deposed officers is
not known. They decline to discuss
thier plans for the future and it is be-
lieved they contemplate a new line of
legal procedure to hold their old jobs.
If the Pollock appeal is unsuccessful,
new actions may be brought to re-
move the recently elected officers.
The decision of Judge Pollock ap-
proved the report of Judge Sluss, mas
ter of the recent election, and resulted
in the seating of the new officers. Not
until the United States marshal per-
sonally enforced the courts order, di
the old officers and directors turn over
the records and keys. Then the case
was fastened to the court of appeals
in st. Louis and the defeated officers
are relying on a reversal of the Pol
lock decision to recover their jobs.
If the st. Louis court will permit,
the history of the Aetna row will prob
ably be reopened and a couple of DAYS
may be occupied in the hearing of the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-16
MAIL men WORKERS.
In Topeka 81 900 Pieces Are Delivered
Daily.

In a report made this week by Post
master A. K. Rodgers, it is shown that
each of the 43 mail carriers in Topeka
walk AT miles a day in delivering the
mail on their routes. The report is com
piled from a record kept of trips made
last week by all carriers.
Each carrier works an average of eight
hours a day. There is an average of L. 32
persons on each route and an average Of
S59.7 possible stops for each man Ia
the residence district, 81 per cent of the
patrons have mail boxes. A few of the
carriers in outlying districts walk Is miles
a day In covering their route and in the
up town territory, few men carry an
average of 100 pounds of mail on their
daily trips.
An average of $50 letters and circulars
are delivered each day by the carriers
which with papers and magazines makes
the daily delivery of each man average
1.276 pieces of mail. This means the de-
livery each day of $1,000 pieces of maN
with an aggregate weight of $500 pounds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-16
BUREAU IS CERTAIN.
Uobbers and Manufacturers to Raise
Needed Funds.

Topeka will have a traffic bureau.
This was definitely decided at the an
nual meeting of the Topeka Jobbers'
and Manufacturers association at the
Commercial club Friday evening.
Already subscriptions amounting to
$500 have been pledged for the sup
port of the bureau and 1t is hoped that
within a few days the balance of S.
600 will be raised. The committee for
this work is composed of Samuel E.
Lux, T. A. Borman an Geo. Fleisch-
man.
Charles P. Adams was chosen to
head the association.
Some months ago committee COM
posed of George P. McEntire, ]. F.
Haskell, w. H. Haskell, W. o. Ander
son and S. ]. Hodgins was appointed
bureau. The committee procured
$4,000 in pledges for the support of a
bureau, but they found a good deal of
opposition on the part of some persons
who had the impression that the bu-
reau was being formed with the object
of waging war against the railroads.
The old committee was retained, and
instructed to draw up a constitution
and bylaws for the new bureau, and
look after the other details of organ
ization. This committee employed
rate man to represent the Jobbers' and
Manufacturers association in the re-
merce commission. and the organiza-
ton decided to reimburse George P.
McEntire, who paid the bills amount
ing to something less than $500.
These officers were elected for the
ensuing year:
President, Charles P. Adams of the
Adams Brothers Printing company;
vice president, George H. Fleischman
of the Armstrong-F7ei Mercan-
tile company; secretary, Ed F. Grote
of the Davis Mercantile company, and
treasurer, T. G. Whiteker of the
WhiteI-e- BROTHERS Produce COMPANY
Merchants Week This Fall
No definite action was taken rela-
tive 10 noIuing Merchants week. this
year, although the executive commit
tee was instructed to get the opinion
of the individual members on the
question and to report the findings at
a meeting of the association to be held
the first part of May.
There Is q sentiment that it would
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-16
ONLY TWO STATES.
That Is All Roosevelt Managers Con-
cede Taft in West.

That there are just two states west
| of the Mississippi river of which the
| Taft managers are sure, was the state
ment made by Frank Knox, vice chair
man of the Roosevelt executive COM
| mittee who was in Topeka to see Gov
ernor Stubs and Chairman j. N. Dol
ley.
There are just two states,'' he said.
that the Taft managers can count on.
They are Utah and Arkansas. The Nor
mon influence in Utah will give Taft
| that state Arkansas is not such a sure
proposition
Mr.. Knox is in charge of the Chicago
Roosevelt headquarters. f is chair
man of the Michigan State Central
committee.
Roosevelt is going to win. He will
be nominated at the Chicago conven-
tion,' said Mr.. Knox. ''Of the middle
western states he will carry Michigan,
Indiana, Illinois and Ohio, and in the
east he will carry New Jersey, Massa-
chuSetts and Pennsylvania He will
have a majority in all these states and
Will carry all of this great territory
west of the Mississippi river.
''The conviction that with Taft we
lose and that with Roosevelt we win Is
the thing that is cutting the figure all
over the country today.
The reflex action of the communica-
ton from Chairman Dixon of the
Roosevelt forces to Chairman Mckinley
of the Taft forces, asking that general
presidential preference primaries be
held over the country, demonstrated
that the Taft forces are afraid to go
before the people with their cause.
The Taft forces have left the field
in North Dakota They have not even
put up a slate. Taft will not poll to ex-
coed fifteen per cent of the votes cast.
The other eighty-f1ve per cent will be
cast for the progressive principles for
which Roosevelt stands They will be
cast either for Roosevelt or LaFollette
The principles involved are the same
and the fact that there are two legal
organizations in North Dakota is the
only reason for the two sets of dele
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-16
HARMED REMEMBERED
His Testimony Covers Matter i'm Miss
ing Sugar Documents.

New York March 16.-Many points
covered by missing documents in the
governments suit against four former
officers directors and agents of the
American Sugar Refining company for
, alleged violation of the criminal clause
of the antitrust law were written into
the record through the testimony of
Thomas H. Harmed who took the wit
ness stand again today. Mr.. Harned's
sudden transition from "a defendant to
a star witness for the district attorney
followed the revelation that many of
the papers sought by the government
had disappeared.
Mr.. Harmed resumed the witness
stand and in answer to questions said
he had never held any consultation
with Mr.. Parsons concerning the loan
to Ado1ph Segal. The entire deal he
said was put through by Segal, Kissel
and Parsons. He was left out of the
negotiations because of his attempt to
warn Mr.. Segal that the money was
being put up by the American Sugar
Refining company.
Mr.. Wise read from the minute book
of the Pennsylvania Sugar Refining
company at the meeting of directors
just after the loan had been made. At
this meeting new officers and directors
elected by the Kissel interests who now
held the majority of stock, voted to
stop further erection of the Philadel-
phia refinery of the company. Mr.
Wise next read the original loan agree
ment between SegaI and Kissel which
set forth that the Pennsylvania Sugar
Refining company should not operate
until directed to do so by the board of
directors. Another stipulation in the
agreement was that during the twelve
months that Kissel or the unknown
lenders had possession of the stock
they also had full voting privilege and
could vote their stock as they saw fit. |
This Mr.. Wise contends was the means |
by which the American Sugar Refining |
company was able to stop operations of |
the new refinery. |
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-16
DREW STILL CARRIED.
Old Pension Clerk Will Return in
April.

Charles P. Drew, designated clerk in
the pension Office, will return to To-
peka in April and resume his work in
the PENSION department after an abb
sence of nearly six months. Since De-
cember Drew has been at Palm Beach,
Florida, where he has been taking
treatment.
Last fall Mr.. Drew suffered from a
stroke of paralysis. He was taken to
Florida, but his health returned slow
ly. Recently he notified A. w. Smith,
pension agent, that he contemplated
was mover appointed and this week MI.
Drew notified the department of his
intention to return to the service In
point of continuous service, Mr.. Drew
is one of the oldest men in the To-
peka agency.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-16

natural sequence of the lower prices from
London. Official and other advices from
that center limited at the possibility of
an international crisis, the nature of
which was not disclosed. Prices here
rallied some from the opening, after which
they went lower and trading became dull.
Illinois Central which was one of yester-
days few weak features, made a further
decline of points.
The market closed weak. Further de-
clines were scored in the final hour, at
which time some issues, including Union
Pacific and Reading, were selling at the
lowest prices of the week. In fact large
part of the advance for that period was
wiped out where it was not altogether
lost.
A significant feature was the increased
activity at the expense of values There
was notable lack of the support which
has marked all recent bear attacks.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-16
MAKE 1T STATE WIDE
Woman Suffrage Question to be Sub
mited to the Illinois Voters.

Chicago, March 16.-Encouraged by
the consent of County Judge Owens to
submit the woman suffrage question to
the voters at the April 9 primaries the
suffragiSt organizations here today
prepared letters in which election au-
thorities in each of the remaining 101
counties of the state will be asked to
permit a similar expression by the
voters. Winnebago, Whiteside and
Rock Island counties have prepared
for a presidential preference vote at
the primaries and the suffragist leaders
hope to have their question also sub
mitted to the voters
I'VE want the whole state of I'LL
nois to vote on the question April g."
said Mrs. Catherine Waugh McCu1-
Tough, who presented the petition to
County Judge Owens
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-16
COE GIRL COLLAPSES
She Is States Most Important Witness
Against Mcfarland.

Pittsburg, March 16.-Lillian Coe
sister of Elsie Dodds Coe, whose muir
der is charged to the Rev. w. D. Nc
Farland, collapsed Friday and was I'M
able to continue her testimo ny in Nc
Farland's trial. She is the common
wealth's most important witness. Her
mother is at deaths door.
Mrs. Loretta Henderson, a neighbor,
testified she was present at the Coe
residence and saw DIR. Mcfarland per-
form an operation, she administering
the chloroform. The prosecution
closed after physicians had ben called
and DIR. Mcfarland took the stand in
his own behalf after his. attorney had
made a statement in which he denied.
an operation had been performed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-16
CHAPTER XVII.
Rv JaDes p. Thoms, LII. D., Chi

Nv James p. ThOms. LII. d. OAh-
cago, Ill.
/ "a series of interesting articles on
the Gospel according TO Jonn WrIt WIZ
bv prominent business and proIes-
sionai men at the request or REV
Robert Gordon. Questions on the
chapters read this week will be an
swered at the First Baptist church
Sunday nightO
There is nothing in all literature
more lofty in thought, more beautf-
full in diction, more benevolent IN
motive, more aspiring in purpose ana
more wide and uplifting in compass
than this prayer of Jesus.
The place was the sacred city of
Jerusalem, with its strong walls
lofty towers, holy temple, smoking
sacrifices, chanting priests ana MO
sale ritual-now alb having fulrlIleo
their mission and soon TO pass away
These were types; Jesus was antitype
the reality.
The closing was the climax in
Jesus life. His earthly ministry was
al an end; his teaching, miracles and
mission were now closing; he has
fought life's battles and conquered
human conditions in the lofty con-
seriousness of oneness with the fa-
Their; HE had glorified him in the
earth''-he had finished the work
God had given him to do"
Now, like an eagle shut in its cage,
his divine nature longed for the eter-
nal submits of celestial glory-one-
ness with God-"which had with
Thee before the world was" The
man of Sorrows was conscious of
being pre- existent Lord.
The prayer was the outflow1ng OF
his soul towards God and man. Every
true soul prays and takes God into
his life and affairs.
About Jesus the shadows of Geth-
semane were gathering-his enemies
were mastering their forces about
Calvary; the gloom of The Cross was
falling upon him, and Jesus drew
near to God, knowing that to him
self had been committed all power.
In Jesus were conferred the dynamics
of the worlds redemption.
Here was the pivot of the worlds
history, whence all spiritual energies
radiate to all nations and ages
Jesus oneness with God assured him
of power over all flesh; and that he
should give eternal life" to men.
This Is life eternaP'-the knowing of
God in Jesus Christ. 1t is not doc
trine, nor doing, nor churchism; it
is fellowship, correspondence and
union with God in Christ, giving spir-
itual life, power, character. 1t is
transfer ming sinners into saints
Christ in you the hope of glory"
Transforming sinners into saints
and these through the ages are in
Guided in this prayer of Jesus.
(Read John Il today.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-16
TOLD IN A VISION
Dalba's Story of Why He Shot at the
King.

Rome, March 16.-Relating to the
police that he was IAN individualist
anarchist and that he had no accom-
plices Alba who shot at King Victor
Emmanuel, said: ~---s-. .-'.-
"a vision ordered ME to kill the
king. Several times 1 might have done
SO but I waited, having decided to at
tempt his life only when he was sur
rounded by his body guards. My first
shot would have been all right but the
cartridge did not explode I have no
sweethearts, as love weakens a man,
while I wish to be strong. I am not a
drinker and I do not like wine"
Dalba has refused to take nourish-
ment, saying better death than slow
agony referring to his Imprisonment.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-16
Kansas City Produce Market

Kansas City, March .-WHEAT-Cash,
No. 3, $1.01Q1.0S; No. red, $1,000. O11h: No
3, 9sQ99c.
CORN-Market unchanged to &c higher
No mixed, 6s12Q69c;. No. 8, 671k@6Sc; No
2 white, 69Q70c; No. 3, Sc.
OATS-Market unchanged No. white
5Sq6S1ac; No. mixed, 52Q5Sc.
RYE9oQ92c
HAY-Market strong to lie higher. Choice
timothy, $2000Q21.5O choice prairie, 1Sc.
BUTTER-Creamery, CSC; fffsts, 26c;
seconds. 24c; packing stock, 211xc.
EGGS-Extras, 22c; firsts, zoe.
WHEAT-Receipts, cars.
CLOSE: WHEAT-May, 991kc bid; July,
917s@91a4c; sellers; September, S95sQ8sszc
bid.
CORN-May. 7o7sc; July. $3.50; septem-
Der, s7A@677sc bid.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-16

be wise to put off the annual enter
tainment until fall, on account of the
hard winter that the merchants of
Kansas have gone through. One or
two members suggested that there
might be some other form of advertis-
ing that would pay better than that
derived through the inviting Of the
merchants of Kansas to the capital
city. 1t was agreed that it would not
be wise to hold the event fair week as
had been suggested by one member.
1t might be interesting to note that
Charles P. Adams, who is the new
president, was the originator of the
Jobbers' and Manufacturers associa-
ton.
There were Al persons in attendance
at the dinner which was served in the
Ad club room at $50 o'clock.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-16
REUNION FOR THE FALLEN.
Correspondent Makes Unique Sugges.
ton for Politicians.
Topeka, Kan, March 16, 1912.

topeka, hdH., MARCH 10, I5I1.
To the Editor of the State Journal:
suggest a reunion of politicians
who have fallen by the wayside by
reason of the support given them by
the Kansas City Star. There are
enough of these sufferers to fill a hall.
These good men ought to meet, form
a permanent organization and issue
blank applications for new members.
The following gentlemen are now
eligible as charter members:
Governor Folk, Missouri.
Woodrow Wilson, New Jersey.
U. S. Guyer, Kansas City, Kansas.
R. J. Hopkins, Garden City.
F. L. Martin, Hutchinson.
Tom McNeaI, Topeka.
Later on the membership can be in
creased by the addition Of Colonel
Roosevelt, Oyster Bay; w. r. Stubs,
Lawrence; William Allen White, EN-
poria. READER.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-16
AGAINST HER NIECE
Mrs. Crawford Testifies in the Poison
ing Case.

Washington, March 16.-In one of
the most dramatic stories ever told in
criminal court here, Mrs. Robert
Crawford, kindly faced woman of
middle age, Friday related circum :
stances surrounding the sudden and
mysterious death last September of her
niece. Elsie Crawford, and of her sus-
picions aroused against Annie Craw-
ford, who is on trial for the alleged
murder of Elsie, her sister, by the ad-
ministration of morphine poison.
Mrs. Crawford was followed on the
stand by Gertrude Crawford, another
sister of the defendant.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-16
Chicago Live Stock Market.

Chicago, March 16-CATTIEAReceipt
200 Market steady. Beeves S. OOG5s % }:
Texas steers. $46O66. 90; western steers.
$50oa7.00; stockers and feeders, $410de.O 100;
cows and heifers, $230q6.65; calves, $3.50
S.25.
HOGS-Receipts 5000 Market slow.
Light, $6.706l7.Oo; mixed, $6. 7067.O5; heavy
Sc. 75d7.05; rough, S. 75d6.s5; pigs, $4s0d6.5O [;
bulk of sales, 6.S5617.0 90.
SHEEP-Receipts 1000. Market strong.
Native, $3.70d5.6O; western, $425d5. so;
yearlings, $5.O046.40; lambs, native, s.. 25G
$50; western, $5.75Q7.6O.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-16
New york Stock Marker.

Wall ST., New York, March 16--STOCES
Opening prices on the stock exchange
this morning reflected the depression
shown by London and continental mar
kets. Without exception prices tended
downward with numerous losses of a
point. Opening dealings in United States
Steel and Erie common were the features
at marked recessions. Canadian Pacific
was off 19s and American Sugar N. The
one point losses included Amalgamated
Copper, Atchison, Southern Pacific, Ana
conda and Illinois Central
The heaviness of this market was
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-16
Thinks one Is Enough.

WATERFOWL, March 16.-Disapproval
of the proposal to place a second set
of Roosevelt delegates in the field in
South Dakota at a melting to be held
in Aberdeen March 20, was expressed
in kilograms to state papers from
Joseph NJ. Dixon, chairman of the ex-
ecutive committee of the national
Roosevelt committee.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-16
WHY WILEY QUIT
The Doctor Says He Has Been Con.
tinuaIIy Antagonized.

Wiley, the pure food expert Friday
declared he had resigned from the de-
partment of agriculture because he
had been antagonized in the enforce
ment of the pure food law. One by
one he had seen the fundamental prin-
ciples of that act either paralyzed or
discredited he said.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-16
Chicago Produce Market.

Chicago, March 16.-BUTTER-Mark
steady. Creameries, 26@29c; dairies, 23@
&c.
EGGS-Market easier. Receipts, 1885
cases; at mark, cases included, 100000
ordinary firsts, 1919; firsts, 2O1zc.
CHEESE-Market steady. Daisies, 171z
@1Sc; Twins, 174@171ac; Young Americas,
171z@1Sc; Long Horns, 1714@1Sc.
POTATOES Market weak Receipts. 81
cars. Wisconsin, $1.17Q1. 20; Michigan, 81. Is
@1.2o.
POULTRY-Market quiet. Turkeys live,
14c; dressed, 1870; chickens, live. 15c;
dressed, 15c; springs, live. 15c; dressed,
15c.
EAL-Market quiet, 7Q11c.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-16
VISITS GIVEN Up
Coal Strike Keeps the King and Queen
at Home

London, March 16.-AI1 the pro-
jected visits of King George and Queen
Mary to foreign courts have been
abandoned for this year. The change
in program is attributed to the coal
strike, but in all probability the ten
sion in Anglo-Ge relations and
the possibility of the occurrence Of I'M
pleasant incidents If the king and
queen appeared in Berlin have more to
do with it than the labor trouble
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-16
NEW york Money Market.

New york, March 16.-MONEYm.dMoney
on call nominal; time loans o flrm % GAYS cas-
SIX months, 31k03% per cent
CLOSE: Prime mercantile paper TO
AZ per cent. a., -..,. ac+ra1 busi-
- a. bankers' bills at $4-s4.25 for 60 day
bills and at $4.s7.3O for demand CONNER
cial bills. $4.SS11. ~
6 S1Gy 81 rnvernment bonds steady, rail-
road bonds irregular.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-16
RIVER CITIES OBJECT.
They Ask the Commerce Court to En-
join the I. G. c.

Washington, March 16.-Application
was made to the commerce court today
by shippers on the board of trade of
Kansas City, the Omaha Grain Ex-
change, the St. Joseph Board of Trade
and the Atchison Board of Trade for
an injunction to restrain the interstate
commerce commission from enforcing
it's recent orders regarding payment by
railroads of allowances for the eleva-
Uon Of grain at Missouri river cities.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-16

steers. $500. S5; southern cows and heif-
Kansas City, March 16--CATTLE-Re-
ceipts 400. including 100 southerns. Market
steady. Native steers, s6.00QS. 40; southern
ers, $s.5OQ5.75; native cows and heifers,
So I0G7O0; stockers and feeders, $4.25Q6. Is (;
bulls 81 0O6I5. 30; calves, $4.O0dS.0 90; western
steers, S. 75q8.50; western cows, 3.5OQ5. IS.
HOGSIReecipts 2,400- Market steady.
Bulk of sales, $6.6Oq6.s5; heavy, $6S0q6. 30;
packers and butchers, $6.65Q6.9O; lights,
S650Q6. so: pigs, $5.0o@5.75-
SHEEPAReceipts none Market steady.
Muttons, So. 75Q5.50; lambs. s.. 75W7.15; fed
wethers and yearlings, $4.50G6. Is; fed ewes
$S.OOQ5.2 Is.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-16
New York Produce Market.

New York, March 16.-BUTTER-Mar-
ket steady. creamery, 2s1z@291zc; process
extras, 260261zc.
CHEESE-Market firm.
EGGSAMarket firm. Fresh gathered
seconds, 211k021%c.
POULTRY-Alive, firm; western chick
ems, 13c; fowls, 161k@17c; turkeys, 15420c
dressed, quiet; western fowls, 14Q161zc;
turkeys, 12@15c.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-16
New York Sugar Market.

New York, March 16.-sUG q
steady; Muscovado, 80 test, $4,Oz; centr II
Refined, steady; crushed, $40; fine gran
Mated. $50; powdered, $3.50