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American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1912-05-02
AppreciatIons.

$50 your Shakespeare club IL q
great success?" Yes. We have ac-
cumulated enough fines for non-attend-
ance to take US all to musical COM
edy."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-09
RATE ON GRAPES
Question Occupies Interstate
Commerce Hearing.
Army of Traffic Men and Law
yers in Court on Topeka Case.

Railway representatives, traffic men,
and fruit shippers are in attendance
today at a grape case freight rate
hearing before c. R. Marshall special
examiner for the interstate commerce
commission, in the federal building
August l, rates on grapes were
raised by the agent OF the western
Trunk Line committee Rates from
Chicago were boosted from SO to 81
cents per hundred weight, and to
Hutchinson, Wichita, Salina, indie
pendence and other points from SO to
SO cents
Western Fruit Growers association, is
taking up the cause of the commission
men The thing that they are working
for is the reduction of the rates to the
former figures, and the refundins by
the railroads of the excess rate that
has been charged since August 1.
Among those representing the rail-
roads were Frank J. Shubert, general
freight agent for the Rock Island; w
T. Hughes, attorney for the Rock
Island: J. r. Koontz, general freight
agent for the santa F'e: k NJ Wharry,
general freight agent for the Missouri
Pacific: T. F. Strain, division freight
agent for the Rock Island; J. B. Cur
ry chief clerk of the Union Pacific
general freight office, Kansas City
Martin E. Casio represented the
Wichita Business association NJ A
Gray. traffic manager H D. Lee Mer-
camille company of SaIfna was pres
ent. Rosco Hambric was here from
| the Hutchinson Produce company. Mr..
| SpratIin of the Carey Commission
/ company was the independence repre-
sentative.
| The hearing will probably not be
concluded until late today. W. o.
! case this morning; also Mr.. SpratIin of
case this mrning; also I'M Spratlin of
! Independence. H. D. DriScoH is rep
resenting the Topeka Traffic associa-
ton.
The local commission men and the
Topeka Traffic association are par
, ticularly interested in banana case
that will be heard late today or Tues
day.
The complaint that will be filed
calls into question the reasona bleness
of the carload rate of 80 cents from
New Orleans and 20 cents from Gal
weston as compared to rates at points
adjacent to Topeka The rate from
Galveston to Kansas City. St. Joseph.
Atchison and Leavenworth is but So
cents
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-09
TODAY IN CONGRESS.
House Ways and Means Committee
Takes Up Tariff Revision.

Washington, Dec e,-Senate con-
vened at noon Senator Overulan in
troduced joint resolution authorizing a
joint Inauguration committee of six
members
Judiciary committee informally con-
sidered President Tafts judicial ap-
pointments.
House convened at noon. Resumed
consideration of legislative executive
and judicial appropriation bill. Demo
crat members of the ways and means
committee conferred on plans for tariff
revision at special session
Banking and currency subcommittee
resumed hearings in money trust
investigation, Chairman PujO making
statement regulating reports as to
committees intentions.
Senator Works spoke advocating his
resolution for a single six year presi-
Dental term.
President Taft transmitted report of
economy and efficiency commission
recommending radical changes in pat
ent Office procedure. Court of i'm
parchment resumed trial of Judge Rog-
ert w. Archibald at $50 p. m.
Representative Allen introduced res
olution proposing a general investiga-
ton of the canning industry.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-09
M'KANNA'S DEFENSE.
Try to Show He Had No Motive in
Sending Poisoned Candy.

An effort to show that some other
person than Frank Mckanna sent
poisoned candy through the mail to
Mrs. George Coons of OskaloOsa last
July, for which Mckanna is under in
dictment in the federal court, is out
lined as a part of the plan of defense
when McKanna's hearing comes up in
January The lack of any sort of a
motive on McKanna's part in forward
ing poison to Mrs. Coons will be urged
in his defense.
McKanna says the only evidence
against him is the handwriting in
which the package containing the
poisoned candy was addressed He
admits that it might have resem bled
his own handwriting, but declares he
knew nothing about it He charges a
conspiracy in which he declares he be-
lieves relatives of his wife, with whom
he had quarreled, were involved
The defense points out that George
Coons, former husband of the recip-
lent of the package of candy, left
OSkaIOoSa shortly after the candy was
received and is now in Mexico Steps
may be taken to bring him back to
this country in an effort to further
ferret out the mystery surrounding the
sending of the candy. Mrs Coons Sc
cured a divorce from her husband last
March, and since has been engaged in
keeping roorners at Oska1oosa.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-09
Emery Olson. Who May Play Again
With Topeka.

Olson's last appearance in profession
al baseball was with the Browns in
1911 when he reported after finishing
the American Association schedule with
Louisville. Following this, illness
caused him to seek treatment and he
has been out of the game ever since.
st. Louis does not have any claim on
the man He is a free agent and can
go to any team he desires. He was
the property of the American League
team until stricken with sickness, but
has been out of the game so long that
the Browns have relinquished any re-
serve which they had on him.
He will go TO he Browns as a free
agent and workout before signing a
contract If ] e fails to show the pace
that is necessary for major league COM
pany, he will return to Topeka and seek
a regular position on the infield with
the Kaws.
The Kaws will not suffer a great loss
by the draft of RUDE Gardner. This is
the belief of the local management.
Options on four men for this position
have been secured
Three of the men can be secured for
the asking. Some little trouble may be
experienced in securing the fourth He
is the one acceptable to the local man
agement.
This man is claimed to be equal if
not superior to the Texas League South
Paw, who has been drafted by the
Coast League. The officers of the Base
ball Association feel assured that they
can get him and are working the
strings which will they think land
the man.
If the Kaws land this man and EN-
DRY Olson comes to the team. the Kaws
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-09
SNIP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS

The regular monthly meeting OF the
board of directors of the Provident
association will be held Tuesday after
noon
OF twenty voices at the Central Y. NJ.
G. A. The members would meet once
q week for practice.
A $50 o'clock dinner will be given
this evening at the Central Y NJ C A
for the new members taken in through
the recent relay membership con-
test.
The feminine members of the Feb
ruary graduating class of the BranneF
: hooI will make their own graduation
dresses This is the idea of Miss
Lima BreSette, the teacher in sewing.
The Rev. Paul A Schenk. who for
three years has been pastor of the
German Baptist church of Topeka, has
Onaga- He will leave this city Deem
Der IS.
Sufficient money s2,SO0-was raised
Sunday morning at the First Christian
church to pay off the amount still due
on the $4,000 pipe organ There was
one $3.50 pledge, several that were one
hundred dollars or more and many
smaller ones.
Twenty men and Bee Adams were
arrested in the latter's place at 304
for shooting craps Bee Adams will
be required to answer to the charge
OF maintaining liquor nuisance and
to the charge of being the keeper of
q gam bling house.
The mercury dropped down to- the
L above mark at 1 O'Clock this morn
ing Then the wind shifted and the
quicksilver began to rise Fourteen
degrees is the lowest point reached
this year. But at that no records
were broken. Three years ago today
the minimum temperature was one
degree below zero, and there was snow
i
One-half inches.
Archie ChappelI and Arthur Hines
wanted to settle their troubles by put
ting on an exhibition of Marquis OF
Queensbury in front of Pope's drug
store Saturday night and were arrest
ed by Officer Lindsay. The officer saw
the men quarreling and ordered them
off the street, but they continued the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-09

New York, Dec -MONEY-Money on
call steady, 5l6 per cent; ruling rate. {
per cent; closing bid 5 per cent: offered
at 5l< per cent. Time loans, steady: 60
and 80 days, 64s1@ per cent; s months, 546
s per cent
cent
Sterling exchange steady with actual
business in bankers bills at $4-s05o for 60
day bills and at $3.50 for demand Com
mercial bills. 81. 80
sILvER-Bar silver. s4tsc; Mexican dol
lars, Sic.
BoNDS-Governme bonds steady. rail-
road bonds weak.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-09
Martin Talked of for District Attorney

Friends of Henderson s. Martin,
chairman of the Democratic state CEN
trail committee, who took an active
part in the Denomination campaign
in the interests OF both George H
Hodges and Governor Woodrow Will
son, are urging his appointment as
United States district attorney for
Kansas. This appointment will be
made by the president-elect, and IT is
believed may be one of the first of an
important nature to be made in Kan
sas 1t is urged that Martin is emf
nentIy fitted for the place, his friends
declaring that he is a thoroughly good
lawyer, and also that he is more de-
serving of the appointment than al
most any man in the state, having
spent q great deal of time and work in
the Democratic cause in Kansas. Mar
tin is making no open fight for the ap-
pointment. but his friends declare he
would like to land the plum, and a
number are taking his part and are
declaring such an appointment should
be made.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-09

quarrel and began hostilities when the
officer gra bbed them and took them to
the police station.
The police department does not
wish to add to the misery of one John
Jeanette and dismissed three liquor
cases in the police court Saturday.
Jeanette pleaded guilty to similar
charges in the district court on four
counts several days ago and will be
required to serve at least four
months in the county prison On ac-
count of this, the police decided to
dismiss the charges in police court
They had raided his place and found
liquor on three different occasions
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-09
DR.. SHAW TO SPEAK.
White Invites Her, Fearing Dearth of
Speakers

Emporia, Kan, Dec. 9.-Dr. Anna
Shaw. president of the National
Equal Suffrage association, viii be one
of the speakers at the Lincoln day
dinner of the Progressive party of
Kansas. Realizing that If the matter
was delayed all the speakers of ma
tional prominence would be gone, Will
liam Allen White took it upon himself
in advance of the formation OF a state
organization. to invite DR.. Anna Shaw
to speak to the Progressives.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-09
Farmer Drops Dead.

Horton. kan. Dec 9-Charles
Macho. a wealthy retired farmer OF
Horton, who has been q resident Of
Brown county for forty-one years.
dropped dead at his farm north OF
here Mr.. Macho retired from active
work three years ago, and came to
Horton to live He was a member Of
the city council
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-09

infield viii be equal to any on the cir
cult it is believed. These two men with
Walsh, French, Patterson, Hensley and
others on hand will likely make up an
infield that can defend itself against
other Western teams since the league
salary limit has been established
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-09
Topeka Team May Get Former
Crack Infielder.
Will Try Out With Browns as
Free Agent.
BOLSTER UP KAW INFIELD
Locals Have 80 Men on Reserve
List.
Half of $4,000 Bond Issue Is
Already Sold.

If Emory Olson does not make good
with St. Louis Browns he wants to play
with Topeka in the Western League.
The Savonsb- -g youth will report at
ST. Louis for spring practice and will
make an effort to land a regular berth,
Upon the result of his efforts depends
Topeka's chance to secure his services
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-09

Mrs Katherin Underestimate, OF
Chicago, died December 4 The oody
arrived in Topeka this morning anu
vii lie in state in PenwelFs chapel
from 1 O'Clock to o'clock this even
ing The funeral will be held at
O'Clock Tuesday morning in St JOS
ennis German Catholic church Inter
neut will be in Mount Calvary Gene
terv. Mrs Underestimate formerly
lived in Topeka and is wen known
here.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-09
ROYAL TAILORS ASK IT
Ekberg Invites Men to Inspect Stock
of WOOIenS Closely.

Many men will be surprised at the
extent of the stock of woolens carried
by OIOf Ekberg at his shop over the
walk over shoe store at T0S Kansas
avenue. Mr. Ekberg has also added q
line of wooden for suits and 0vercOatS
to be tailored at $2z-50-Adv-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-09

John MacLucas, OF Rock Creek, died
Saturday evening at Christ's hospital.
The body was taken to Meriden and
the funeral was held at O'Clock this
afternoon Interment was at Meriden.
Mr. MacLucas had been in business in
Rock Creek for a number of years and
is one of the most prominent men in
Jefferson county
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-09
DEATHS AND FUNERALS.

Henry DUNCAN, aged Is years. died
this morning at the home of his par
ents. Mr.. and Mrs James H DUNCAN,
at S29 North Monroe street The body
will be shipped to Perry Tuesday morn
ing for burial
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-09

Mrs. B. F. Axteu died Saturday
morning of heart failure at her home
five miles west of Topeka The fun
eraI was held at o'clock this afternoon
at the home of her father, William
DouneI, at 1910 College avenue
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-09

Alfred r. Dawdy, aged 81 years. died
AZ his home at 316 Chandler street.
Sunday morning The funeral services
were held Sunday afternoon and the
body was shipped to Chanute, for in
terment.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-09
Miners Asthma

is caused by inhaling tiny
PARTICLES of coal dust; they
choke the bronchial tubes
and interfere with breath
ing, and bronchitis or Pneu-
monia easily follows.
The cod liver oil in
SCOTS Emulsion builds
healthy tissue the glycer-
inc soothes and heals the
irritated membranes, and
the hypopho sPh ties
strengthen the nerves.
Take Scoft's Emulsion for
Miners Asthma, but INSIST
on SCOTS.
Scott Bovine. Bloomfield. Nj. 1856
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-06-20

Patrick Dore. of Oklahoma, enjoys
the honor of being the one to draw the
first blood at the Republican national
convention. In the course of a heat
ed controversy he struck Grant Vic
tor, another Olxlahoman, In the Jaw.
The trouble went no further and no
arrests were made
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-06-20
Alabama Crushers
Meet in Pensacola
CONTINUED from First Paxe.) =

~~@~ 49, At~@AA y ~ - a8Ssl
able to pay, and have paid fair prices
Tor our raw material
Some Of our committees have been
very busy since we last met, and Others
have done very little. I am glad to
add that the committees who have
done little are not altogether to blame,
as they have had very little put up to
them.
Our legislative committee has prob
ably done more hard work than any
other. Our commissioner Of agricul-
ture, backed UP by our attorney gen.
eral, decided that the cotton seed meal
law enacted by our legislature in 1907
required that our cotton seed meal
should be taxed and tagged when sold
either as fertilizer or a feed. We
took the position that a tax on cotton
seed meal was unjust to the farmer
as well as to the mill, as it tended to
reduce the price of his raw material,
and raise the price Of the feed and
fertilizer he is obliged to use, and,
Furthermore. that it was not the inten-
The case was ably fought by the chair
man Of this committee, Mr.. Ernest
Lamar, assisted by our attorneys, and
the case was decided by the supreme
court IN our favor.
The advertising OF our products
mas been vigorously pushed by our
bureau of publicity through its chair
man, Mr.. s. ]. Cassells.
The remarkable strength of cotton
seed products, in the face of the
largest cotton crop ever gathered, we
can attribute largely to the persistent
and judicious advertising that has been
done by the bureau of publicity, and
individual members of our trade or
ganizations. We have been seriously
handicapped during the past year for
lack of funds to properly push this
work, but we have done more than
seemed possible with the small amount
collected for this purpose. earnestly
suggest that some action be taken at
this meeting toward raising q larger
fund for advertising our products. Can
we not double the assessment per press
of each mill enrolled in our associa-
ton?
The report of our secretary and
treasurer will be made to you during
this meeting, and will show the total
amount Of receipts and disbursements
for the past year, and the cash ball
ance In the treasury. We have paid
out $500 to our publicity bureau, and
about $3.50 for legislation, besides the
ordinary incidental expenses of our
association. We. have not nearly paid
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-06-20

Of a small wagon load OF seed When
you think Of 1t, 1t is astonishing. II
cows could talk we would have no
trouble and there would be no use of
the paper I am reading. They would
demand pure cotton seed meal and
hulls as a feed, but since they cannot
talk we must do the talking for them
1t is up to US. ! would suggest that
we employ a good lecturer to speak on
this subject to the farmers all over the
state Of Alabama. Literature and
agricultural papers help them in every
pressure to bear upon our agricultural
department to impress upon the farm
ers the points I am making.
Has 1t ever occurred to you what a
large per cent of the cotton seed pro-
duced in the southern states is carried
back to the farms to be used in COM
post piles, to be fed to cattle, to be
spread on the land as fertilizer and to
be actually wasted? The average
farmer is very careless in handling his
cotton seed. If there is a sorry house
on the premises seed are stored in it
He will walk 900 yards to save a sin
gle ear of corn and Will not take the
time to pick up a bushel of cotton
seed going to waste. I believe II is a
ture was too careful In protecting the
oil in a cotton seed to intend for it to
be placed in the ground just for the
fertilizing properties in the meats and
humus of the hulls. The seed is COW
cred with q beautiful white fiber and
under this is q fuzzy material of a
more substantial nature both of which
serve as a protection, then next is a
shell which is lined with a thin layer
Of a velvet nature and under this is
what the cotton seed crusher calls the
meat in which are little oil cells pro-
tected further with a little cover which
cannot describe but which can be
seen under a microscope. 1t is absurd
to think that God Almighty intended
that this valuable commodity which
was cared for with such preciseness
to be forced into a cows stomach or
placed under the ground to decay and
spoil without doing any good whatever
for man or beast.
Il trust my few remarks Will bring
about some enthusiasm amongst the
crushers here today and that they will
be encouraged to return home with the
view of having the farmers to become
more interested on this subject and
will be able TO report decided i'm
provements at the next annual con-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-06-20

the southern farmer Is sitting idly by
with the cheapest cattle and sheep feed
ever used, available at their doors,
which they are not utilizing and are
thereby deprived Of enjoying the
splendid profit possible in growing fine
cattle for the market. Choice beef
steak is now bringing 80 cents per
pound
'I want to know how many southern
farmers are furnishing the beeves that
produce this high priced meat? How
many farmers and dairymen realize
that one ton of cotton seed meal is
equivalent to nearly tons of corn
meal as a digestable feed for cattle.
Just think of how many feeders are
under the Impression that cotton seed
hulls serve only as filler in spite of
the fact that the United States gov
eminent in bulletin No. II shows con-
clusively that they rank higher as a
feed than timothy hay. Think of 1t,
the average price OF timothy hay since
January of this year has been some
thing like $1,000 per ton while the
average price Of cotton seed hulls was
from 800 to $500 per ton. Corn meal
today is selling around $500 per ton,
while cotton seed meal is bringing only
from $500 to $4,000 per ton regard
less of the fact that the latter is
worth times the value of the former
according to bulletin No. II of the
United States department of agricul-
ture. AS long as these conditions pre-
vail there is work for us to do. We
must educate the farmer that by ex-
changing his cotton seed for meal and
huIls that he can maintain a sufficient
number of live stock to enable him to
reduce his fertilizer bill from % to so
per cent. We must convince him that
he loses several hundred pounds of
waste in every 1000 pounds of cotton
seed fed to his cattle which is made
up as follows: S22 pounds Of oil,
which is actually detrimental to the
anirnars digestion. believe it is pos
sible to convince any intelligent farm
er that this is the fact He loses 80
pounds of lint, which is UNIT for a
cows stomach and then in every ton
of cotton seed there is 11S pounds of
waste, consisting of dirt trash, chalk,
rocks, nails and pocket knives. All of
this aggregates $40 pounds of actual
loss to the farmer which he could take
to the local oil mill and exchange for
choice feed IN the proper proportion.
OH mills are very liberal with the
farmers in the exchange Of cotton seed
for meal and hulls, so much so that
IL requires two wagons to convey the
meal and hulls back to the farm in lieu