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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-05-23

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then green. then transparent. Its col
oring is due to manganese.
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-29
CHANGES ARE MADE.
Rev. F. d. Baker Goes to Salina as
Conference Evangelist.

Jewell City, Kan, March 29.-Rev. F.
D. Baker, D. D., does not return to the
NJ. E pastorate here, having been elect
ed conference evangelist by the North
west Kansas conference at Salina,
which has just closed. DR.. Baker,
headquarters will be Sa1ina, where the
family will locate. Mrs. Baker is con
ference president of the w. F. NJ. s,
and the location is particularly adj
vantageous to her work.
Their youngest son, VIM Baker, has
headquarters there as general agent for
the N. Y. Life Insurance company, and
it is expected that Mrs. Emma Kelley
of Concordia, the only daughter, and
recently widowed, will move there IN
the fall.
DR.. Baker has been preaching in
Northwest Kansas since 1875 first Kan
sas pastorate at Minneapolis. He has
been presiding elder nearly half that
time. residing longer at Concordia and
Beloit than elsewhere; towns that were
headquarters for him. He is a Civil
war veteran, enlisting when only Is.
and is one of the few old soldier
preachers still in active work
Rev. Benson Baker and wife, the
eldest son, have reached Afmere, India.
to resume missionary work. They are
supported by Foundry church, Wash
ington. D. G.. Mrs. Benson Baker was
a CowIey county girl.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-29
RIOTERS CLUB TO ROOT
Will Give Parade With Band When
Ball Season Opens.

The Topeka Boosters and Rooters'
club headed by a band will parade
Kansas avenue prior to the opening of
the Western league baseball season in
Topeka, Friday afternoon April 10. All
Topeka will know that there is some
thing doing Five hundred men as
they parade the street will, with the
aid of megaphones, give ''yells" that
will be improvised for the occasion.
This was decided today at a meeting
of the executive committee of the or
ganization of fans held at the CONNER
cial club
A string of cars will be in waiting
and the entire membership of the club
with band playing and streamers flying
will be taken to the ball grounds. One
served for the rooters. Megaphones
will be provided for everyone who is
willing to make noise.
The official buttons of the Topeka
Boosters and Rooters club will be here
next week and they will be placed on
sale at certain stores at 25 cents each.
One day prior to the opening of the
season will probably be spent by a
committee of 25 members of the club
in tagging the fans of the town into
the organization at % cents time At
the opening game the pop boys will sell
the official badges, and everyone who is
a sport will be expected to help along
the cause.
In the very near future a general
meeting of the rooters will be held in
the rooms of the Commercial club when
enthusiasm will be aroused for the
opening day. A letter from Manager
Dale Gear will be read at this time tell
ing the fans some things they will be
interested to hear about the team
The members of the executive COM
mfttee of the club are: George Godfrey
Moore, Arch M. Catlin. H. A. Auerbach,
CHARLES Joslin, Robert Fullerton, E. l.
Copeland, Samuel Zimmerman Judge
E. r. Simon, Chester Woodward. viii
liam Collinson, Leon Van Laeys. Ar
thur B. butcher and Frank l. Snow
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MUNSEY ON The STAND
Publisher Tells What He Knows About
Steel Trust.

Washington. March 29.-When
Frank A. Munsey, the magazine pub
Usher, placed the valuation of $7S2,-
100000 on the property of the United
States Steel corporation in his article
published in June, 1908, he did so
after consulting with officials of the
corporation and having had access to
their books. He made this declara-
ton today as a witness before the
Stanley investigating committee. IT
also based my estimate" said Mr..
MunSey, ION talks with other men in
terested in the steel business and with
Charles M. Schwab, ]. w. Gates and
others who were not then in the steel
corporation"
In his article Mr. Munsey said the
ore holdings of the steel corporation
were worth so cents a ton. This fig
ure was based on the value of the ore
properties leased by the corporation
from J. ]. Hill. He was asked about
his estimate of sos. 100000 as the
value of ore holdings of the Tennessee
Coal and Iron company. That valua
ton figured at fifteen cents a ton he
said also was based on the terms of
Hill lease. Mr.. MunSey reluctantly
said George F. Baker was the director
of the steel corporation quoted in his
article as saying he would not sell the
ore properties acquired under the Hill
lease for 500.000,00O. Mr.. Munsey's
article referred to the Hill lease as
insurance against competition"
What led you to that conclusion"
asked Mr.. Stanley Because all the
available ore of the steel corporation
outside of the Hill ores were rapidly
being used up and the Hill ores were
the only others that could be devel-
opeG."
Regarding his estimate that the
ore holdings of the Tennessee Coal
and Iron company were worth $105,-
900, 900, Mr.. Munsey said his infor-
nation came from persons outside the
II "a H.
most reliable information he could
get
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ASKED lewis ADVICE
Witness Says She Got 1t at an E,x-
penSe of $500.

St Louis, March 29.-Mrs. Anna j.
Day of Pawtucket, testifying today
at the trial of z. G. Lewis in the
United States court on charges of US
ing the mails to defraud, told of let
ter she wrote Lewis asking his advice
after she had invested $500 in his
securities.
In the letter. which was read in
court Mrs. Day asked Lewis to advise
her the same as if she were his best
friend or his sister,. The result of
her dealings. she said, was that she
received a $500 debentures bond on
which she has never been able to
realize.
Mrs Mary A. Meets of Carlisle, Pa,
testified she had invested $1,48O and
had never received any return of the
principal, though she had received
small interest payments. She testi-
fled she had written for secured
notes, but had received unsecured.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-29
AWAITING THE BLOW.
HillSville County Expects the Capture
of the Remaining Aliens.

Hillsville, Va, March 29.-This en-
tire section today anxiously awaited
news from the North Carolina border,
expecting to hear at any moment that
what is left of the Allen gang had
been taken. The capture of C1aud
Swanson Allen, son of Floyd and
nephew of Sidna Allen, revived the
hope that all of the outlaws soon
would be safely behind the bars With
the detectives promising captures day
after day without result interest had
begun to lag and many people believ-
ed the fugitives had made their way
out of the mountains, leaving their
pursuers to chase shadows on the
mountain side. Young Aliens wretch
ed condition when he walked out of
the bushes and gave himself up ex-
ploded the idea that the outlaWed
mountaineers were in communication
with friends who supplied them with
food as well as with information con-
corning the movements of the posses.
The boy declared he had been living
on bread and water.
Sidna and FrieI Allen and Wesley
Edwards are supposed to be in the
immediate vicinity of where Claude
was found in spite of the latter's story
that he had been separated from the
rest of the party for days.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-29
BOTH PARTIES UNITE.
Unanimous Report Favoring Physical
Valuation of Railroads.

Washington, March 29.-Physical Valua-
ton of all the railroads of the United
States is authorized in a bill reported
unanimously to the house today by the
interstate and foreign commerce COM
mittee. The measure enlarges the power
of the interstate commerce commission
and empowers it to make the valuation
to fix and adjust rates
Republicans and Democrats alike voted
for the measure. 1t would provide for a
comparative investigation into the actual
value of the property of every common
carrier and would authorize the commits
sion to inquire into the stock and bond
issues of all roads, the connection of
banking corporations and capitalists or
combination of capitalists Or financial in
stitutions with the various roads, as well
as their connection with the reorganiza-
ton of any common carrier in recent
years.
Such an investigation would be started
sixty days after approval of the measure,
and the commission would report to con-
gress at the beginning of each regular
session.
The powers of the court would be given
to the commission in the matter of conf
pelling the production of papers, maps
profit and records from the various COM
panies. Within 30 days after the commits
sion filed it's report each railroad, dis
pleased with the valuation, will have u
enter its protest or the Valuauon Woulo
stand. Appeals would be taken TO
court of competent jurisdiction
The punitive provisions would lie In
fines to be imposed on carriers which re-
fused to furnish information demanded by
the commission. They would be fixed at
$500 for every such refusal or offense, and
the fine would continue at the same
ratio for each day the offense was con-
tinued WritS of mandamuS could be Is
sued upon application OF the attorney
general commanding the offending COM
mon carrier to comply with the provisions
of the proposed law
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-29
7. R. DOES NOT KNOW
Senator Guggenheim Reviews Colo
RADIO Political Situation.

Denver. March 29.-"Colonel Roose-
welt was simply misinformed regarding
the situation in Colorado said Senator
Simon Guggenheim, in discussing Mr.
Roosevelt's Chicago speech The facts
are, emitting Denver, the convention
vote stood SIS for Taft and 242 for
Roosevelt, or a majority of over two to
one in favor of Taft. Thus, when Col
one1 Roosevelt says he controlled the
state outside the city of Denver, he
must have made the statement on I'M
corroborated and inaccurate informa-
ton.
LAS for presidential primaries in
Colorado, believe President Taft car
ried as many counties under the presl-
Dental primary system as did Mr.
Roosevelt Taft carried in straight
primary contest such counties as Pu-
eblo Boulder, Fremont, Larimer and
numerous others. Roosevelt carried
Montrose, Mesa, Delta, Weld, Ell Paso
and one or two other smaller ones
His charge that the city of Denver
was controlled for Taft through what
he terms the observation-disclosures COM
bination, is refuted by the facts in the
case. The facts are, the Republican
state central committee, composed of
progreSsive5 and regulars alike, had
State Chairman Mcdonald appoint
committee of nine of the highest type
of business and professional men in the
city of Denver to conduct these pri-
maries. Not one of the nine men to my
knowledge, has ever mixed in ward poll
itics and not one was ever charged with
being politically corrupt.
ITO say that those nine men conduct
ed an unfair primary is simply to
charge nine of the highest type of
American citizens We have, men equal
in honor, integrity, ability, and in some
cases in wealth, with Colonel Roosevelt
with being dishonest. I can't
believe that the colonel really realized
what he was saying. Colorado is for
Taft and against Roosevelt. That's all
there is to it"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-29
SEEK A WAY OUT
Coal Miners Make New PrOpO-
sitiOn to Operators.
Ask Only for Increase of Five
Cents per Ton.

Cleveland. O., March 29.-As a means
of preventing a strike in the pltuilih-
GUS coal fields the miners proposed 70
the operators today to abandon all or
tginal union demands and ask only Tor
an increase of five cents ton over the
present scale and for five hours on Sat
urdays, instead of eight.
The operators will argue on the
proposition with a prospect that an &C
ceptance or rejection will be reached
before night
The miners put the proposition to the
operators in concrete form after they
had held an independent meeting The
union points out that only two days re-
main before the expiration of the pres
ent wage agreements in both the an
thracite and bituminous fields and that
a suspension next Sunday at midnight,
involving 100000 miners would bring
a about a strike possibly of prolonged
duration. The miners said they were
willing to yield but were determined to
have something in the way of an in
crease however small and all demands
for changes in working condition were
accordingly abandoned The compro-
mise offer probably will be voted on at
a meeting this afternoon.
President White of the union said
the offer were accepted it would have
to go into the hands of the unions
policy committee and by the commit
tee su omitted to a referendum vote of
not see how a short suspension in bit
luminous mines could be avoided,
pending the referendum vote. Mr..
White was shown dispatches from
New York and Scranton, Pa, saying
that the anthracite operators were
willing to reopen negotiations provid-
ing the miners were willing to reduce
their demands and that a movement
was on foot to induce the board of
Cancellation to bring the opposing
sides together He said: The invita-
ton to reconsider the anthracite sit
uation will have to come from the OPP
orators.
so far We have received no such
overtures. We are not willing to meet
them if they stipulate in advance that
we shall not repeat our demands.
when we broke off with them on
March 10, they declined to negotiate
any further. 1t is up to them to pro- |
pose a way out of suspension which |
is now certain in the anthracite mines |
and out of a strike which certainly is |
in prospect so far as the anthracite |
are concerned"
In Compromising Mood.
New York, March 29.-The anthra-
cite coal operators are not inclined |
to reject absolutely a demand for a |
small increase in the wages, in the |
opinion expressed today by a person |
to speak for one of the |
leading coal operators. He also said (
the operators are ready to meet the |
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miners and resume negotiations and
would welcome any efforts looking
toward the avoidance of a strike.
The demand for a 20 per cent in
crease however, never will be grant
ed, he said, and as the miners de-
osition the consideration of a smaller
increase had not come before the
operators. He added that the miners
had shown unwillingness to compro-
mise on a small increase and in view
of this any further overtures should
come from the miners.
If the miners should ask for a
small increase, would they get it?" he
was asked.
In my opinion, they would"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-29
FEDERALS ARE ROUTED
They Leave Arms. Ammunition and
Horses Behind.

Jiminez, March 29..-Two machine
guns and one cannon, more than 500
horses and $4,000 rounds of ammuni-
ton were left behind when the fed
erals fed their position at Atontonilco
last night. Saddles and other equip
ment also were left in the ruins of the
village which was practically destroy
ed by the shells and grenades.
No accurate statement of the dead
and wounded can be made but it is
not improbable that the federal dead
will total more than a hundred. This
morning the gathering of the wound
ed continued. The hospital wards in
Jiminez are crowded and many wound
ed have been sent to Chihuahua.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-29
MEN TO meet
Good Program Arranged for CONNER
ciaI Club Room Gathering.

The members of the Topeka Show as
ISOLATION and others interested in poultry
will meet at the rooms of the Commercial
club this evening. A number of talks on
poultry raising will be given:
Following is the program: Some Pop
ular Tricks in Poultry Business Reece
V. Hicks, president American Poultry as
ISOLATION; THE Future of the Topeka
Poultry Show, r. F. Palmer; Securing
Fertile Eggs" Prof. R. H. Searle; Build
ing Up Home Trade in MiIk-Fattened
Fowls w. H. Maxwell; 1.-The Hen, or the
Other Half of the Pen w. D. Wallace;
Poultry Scoring c. H. Rhodes; Cues
ton Box, replies by best authorities.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-29
COME SHOPPING TOMORROW, IN
THIS BIG CLEAN EATABIAE SHOP

For tomorrow we've arranged an
especially attra ctive list of delicious
eata bles. Among them are many new
dishes, but all both regular and new.
are extra clean, fresh and temptingly
prepared
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a FRESH SUPPLY OF HIGH QUAI.
TTY CHOCOLATES 5oc TR

We have just unpacked a big lot of
fancy. high quality chocolates from
the Douglass Candy Company. These
are without doubt the finest choco-
lates possible to make at anything like
so low price. There are:
Cherry Cocktails
superb Milk Centers
Maple Nut Sundaes
and many other new and delightful
centers with a rich coating of choco-
late outside.
Our home made candies for tomor
row include:
Chocolate Fudge, Id. soc
Maple Nut Fudge, lb 3Oc
Chocolate Nut Caramels. Id 3Oc
Taffy in Three Flavors, Id. .2Oc
We also have many cute and dainty
novelties in confectionery for Easter
They will please the Riddles.
Yes, come shopping tomorrow at
the IDEAL 15T varieties of good
things to eat.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-29
Votes to Unseat Bowman.

Washington, March 29.-The house
committee on elections No. today
voted four to two to recommend the
unseating of Representative Charles c.
Bowman, Republican, oe Pittston Pa.
Eleventh district, on charges of fraud
and gross irregularity of election. The
committee does not recommend the
seating of George R. Mclean, Demo-
Graf the contestant.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-29
GRANEY is BACK
frankie Burns and Johnny Frayne
Battle Tonight.

San Francisco, March 29.-Frankie
Burns and Johnny Frayne, local light
weights. will meet tonight in a 20-round
fight. The battle will mark the return
to the ring of Eddie Graney as referee.
Frayne and Burns were to have boxed
in Oakland a fortnight ago, but owing
to the bad feeling between them the
authorities refused a permit. Burns is
favorite at odds of 10 to 9.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-29
RAILROADS CRIPPLED.
Nebraska Is Experiencing One of the
Worst Floods in Its History.

Omaha, March 29.-The breaking
up of the ice in the Platte, Loup, Elk
horn and other rivers of Nebraska, is
causing some of the worst floods the
state has known in many years. Much
property damage has already resulted
and there are rumors of loss of life.
The buggy in which two hunters,
John Ganote and Otis DeBerry left
early in the day was seen. floating
down the river and it is thought the
two men have been drowned.
Three boys are stranded today be-
tween two bridges that have been
washed away near Schuyler. They are
Paul Sprecher, George Smith and
Charles Matthews. The rising water
will probably place them in great
peril.
man is reported on an island in
the river near Schuyler in great dan
ger. All railroads in the state are
more or less crippled. bridges and
tracks having been washed out in
many places A three mile stretch
of track was washed out at Wakefield
on the Omaha road, causing the an
nullment of all trains between Nor
folk, Neb-, and Sioux City, Iowa.
The water in many places is the
highest in forty years.
March High Water Record.
st. Louis. March 2s.-with the riv-
er stage the highest for March it has
been since the records have been kept
in ST. Louis, a general rain falling
through the southern part of the
state and a storm moving northeast
from the south central states. flood
conditions are likely for this city and
the lowlands south of here.
The Mississippi passed the 81 foot
mark last night with the water rising
more than a foot in "a hours and the
weather bureau this morning predict
ed the river would attain depth of
80 or 81 feet, flood stage, by the first
of the week.
Although no lives have been reported
lost incidental to the rise of the Mis-
souri, river. many families have been
forced to leave their homes Tribu
taries are flowing from their banks
and these are expected to bring the
Missouri to a flood stage. Governor
Deneen of Illinois has ordered the adj
jutant generals department to send
tents to Cairo for the relief of families
forced from their homes by the high
water. The Missouri south of Fulton, |
Mo, has been near the danger mark |
there all yesterday and last night has
alton.
Louisville, KY, March 29.-Tele- |
phone advices from Hickman, KY, to- |
lay say the levee there is menaced |
by the Mississippi river floods. For /
hree days people have been strength
ening the levee While there is no /
1anger of loss of life. all families hav-
ng moved from the possible flood re-
gion, the damage to property should |
he break come, would be large. Sew
eral factories would be in the floods |
path.
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AeropIanes for Kaiser.

Berlin, March 29.-The national SUBJ
scription for the purchase of aero
planes for presentation to the emperor
for military purposes is being taken
up throughout the empire. Besides the
municipalities of Frankfort Essen.
Heidelberg and Posen, those of Han
over. Magdeburg and Leipsic have de-
cided to present machines.
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Rock Island Is Tranquil.

Rock Island. ILL.,. March 29.-Rock
Island was tranquil today, the militia
here to prevent renewal of this weeks
rioting found no occasion to make ar
rests. Townspeople speculated freely
on whether Editor Looney would be
permitted to have his paper issued to-
roorrnxU
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in various districts today. Some D.
600 men resumed work in the col
lieries of Warwickshire and the min
ers of Lanarkshire are returning in
increasing numbers making a stipu-
lation that their wages shall be rid
tomorrow, as they and their families
are starving
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-29

Through error it was reported that
the case of the Capital City Brick com
pany against the American Fidelity COM
pany involved recent John Richie con-
tract. The suit is over payment of a
brick claim under a recent John Ramsay
contract
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-29

The recent resignation of Richard l..
Thomas as clerk of the district court, be-
comes effective Saturday night and
Charles Bower will take over the job
Monday morning. Two of the present
clerks in the office have concluded to re-
main in the service. They are Misses
Winnie Williams and Jessie Curtis.
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Fourteen Miners Buried Alive.

Sheffield, England, March 20
Fourteen miners were buried alive
today by the falling in of the roof of
a quarry near here where they were
working on an out-crop of coal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-29
LOCAL MENTION.

No cases were tried today in either di-
vision of the district court and the work
for the January term is now practically
at an end. The term will legally close
Saturday night Monday morning the
two courts will tackle the heavy assign
ment of criminal and civil cases for tina
April term of court The date for jurors
to report has not been determined.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-29
Taft Applies His Veto.

Washington, March 29.-President
Taft today vetoed the joint resolution
passed by congress to provide for the
establishment of permanent maneuv-
ering camp for regular troops and mill
tia at Admission, Ala
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-29

Considerable interest is being shown in
the Photographic display by local photog-
raphers which is now in progress at the
Central Y. NJ. c. A. The exhibition is be-
ing held in a part of the building which
has been made unusually attractive. 1t is
a pleasing exhibit. as we'll as instructive
to those Interested in photography.