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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-02
TODAY IN CONGRESS.
\ Message From the President De-
Hvered to Both Houses.

Washington. Feb. 2-Senate not in
session. meets Monday p. m.
Lorimer election investigation contin-
ued with Detective Bailey testifying.
Finance committee will decide late
today it's action OH Democrat steel bill.
House met at noon. Pension appro-
priation bill up for passage.
Steel trust committee resumed hear
ings.
Appropriation for Savannah emanci-
patton celebration will be favorably re-
ported in the senate.
Coal operators urge before interstate
commerce committee an interstate trade
commission
President Taft's message recon-
mending legislation for Alaska and
public domain in general, and urging
international inquiry into high cost of
living was read.
Leader Underwood announced he
would present to the Democratic eau
Gus Wednesday a resolution for separ-
ate money trust and shipping com
bine investigation. Hearing of contest
for Representative Bartholdt's seat con-
tinued.
Count Won Leutzow of Austria ad-
dressed the house on universal Peace.
Pension bill appropriating 1852, 600, 900
passed, PAS to 33.
Omnibus claims appropriation bill
taken up for passage.
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Continued on Page Sd
TO WEAR HOPE DIAMOND
Young Mrs. Mclean VIII Display Fa-
nous Stone Tonight.

Washington, Feb. AT a brilliant
dinner and musicale to be given by
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Beale Mclean
tonight in honor of the Russian am
bassador and Nine. Bakhmetieff, for
NAL announcement will be made that
the world famous Hope diamond, at a
cost approximately $3.50, 600. has final
ly passod into the possession of Mrs.
Mclean, wife of the only son of John
r. Mclean. The litigation begun sew
eral months ago by Carriers, the New
York jewellers, to compel the compile
ton of the purchase contract, has been
dropped.
This remarkable diamond, which has
left a trail of broken hearts and blast
ed lives in its wake, will be worn by
young Mrs Mclean at the reception
tonight which will be it's first appear
ance as the decoration of a beautiful
woman in America. Its radiance will
dazzle the guests and society is on the
tip-toe of expectancy, for the function
promises to one of the most brilliant
ever held at the capital
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COLQUITT WIRES TAFT
Texas Governor Wants Permission to
Protect FL Paso.

Austin, Texas, Feb. I'm a message
sent to President Taft today Governor
Colquitt advised the president that if
necessary he will use drastic measures
to protect citizens of Ell Paso from a
recurrence of conditions that prevail
ed on the American side in the battle
of Juarez. He asks the president to
notify the Mexican government not to
fire across the border.
MY advices,'' says Governor Col
quit in his messages to the president,
indicate serious disturbances at
Juarez, opposite Ell Paso. I have dis
banded the extra ranger force as per
your suggestion. I ask that you give
directions to the war department to
protect the citizens of Texas from the
firing of Mexican bandits across the
border.
Il ask that you give notice to the
rnutineers and Mexican government
that they must not shoot into Ell Paso
as they did at the last battle of
JuareZ.
IF necessary I will take drastic
steps to prevent this recurrence.
Please advise me-
w. S. Clayton. president of the Ell
PasO chamber of commerce, has tele-
grapheG Governor Colquitt, asking for
protection and describing conditions as
serious.
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win Appear Before Topeka
Township Court Tomorrow.
He MAY NOT GO TO JAIL
Justice Has Discretion in Dis
posing of the Case.
Law Permits Him to Assess a
Small Fine.

J. e. House, the Topeka newspaper
man, has been summoned by Attorney
General Dawson to appear before
Justice H. w. McAfee Saturday morn
ing at II o'clock to tell what he knows
about reported violations of the pro-
hibitory law in Kansas. Justice Nc
Afee lives four miles west of Topeka.
He is the friendly justice Dawson
has been looking for for several days.
he is member of the State Temper
ance union The hearing will be held
at Justice McAfee's home
After House had been summoned
before the attorney general for an
lnquisition a few weeks ago and re-
fused to answer questions Dawson
wanted to bring suit against him
in the district court on a misd emeanor
charge. The governor thought that
a summons before a justice of the
peace and a Jail sentence for con-
tempt the better way, so Dawson
agreed to adopt that plan, too The
governor went further to instruct the
attorney general to bring the suit be-
fore a justice mot unfriendly' to the
prohibitory law. Dawson spent a cou-
pie of weeks looking for the right
kind of justice and announced to-
day that he had found the man. If
that is true he ought to suit the gov
ernor. Mr.. House may land in jail
tomorrow afternoon unless his attor-
ney is quick and sure at drawing up
-, D.
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Steel and Concrete Structure to
Cost More Than 100000.
TEAR DOWN PRESENT BUILDING
State Will Be Asked for Con-
tributiOn for Removal.
Annual Report of Association
Shows Good Surplus.

If the officers and directors of the
Topeka City Library association are
able to win in their arguments with the
/ city commissioners, Topeka will have
new 100000 library building soon.
Conferences this week have resulted IN
the winning of Mayor Billiard to the
cause When the entire commission is
won over the library action will be
taken.
The library directors are not asking
the city to vote 800, 900 in bonds IN
stead they are asking that the city
work with the state in procuring a do
nation for the removal of the present
library building from the state house
grounds. Then the rest of the money
with the exception of a few thousand
dollars will be obtained from private
sources.
The city is in favor of removing the
public library from the state house
square. In addition to this argument
the present structure is old, of early
architecture and is not large enough
to accommodate the needs of the asso-
citation Many of the directors are m
favor of tearing down the building now
standing and building a new steel and
concrete structure on another site in
the city.
The site has not been selected al
though the directors and city officials
have number of places in view They
refuse at this time to give out any Of
the locations. It will be in the down
town district, however, and in all
probability will face the state house
square. Topeka is ambitious to make
the entire territory around the state
house square, municipal, state and
public buildings.
New Concrete Building.
Scott Hopkins. secretary of the -
brary asso ociation, favOrs a new build
ing of late architecture, plain and sub
buildings we have now days are beau
tiful in their plainness, Mr.. Hopkins
said this afternoon. Topeka will have
a building that will cost at least $780,
600 and we need it at once
I am in favor of new building
If we can get It through assistance
from private sources" Mayor Billiard
commented. I'VE are in need of
new free city public library and 1
think the association deserves great
credit for the excellent work they have
carried on in the old structure"
A. K Wilson, one of the directors
of the association, is enthusiastic for
a new building. I've have patched !
up and strengthened this old building |
until it should be torn down. he said I
today cat least it should be moved /
from the state house square. I have
always been in favor of a new build
ing
In their annual report to the city
commissioners, which will be submit
ed Monday morning President Null
yane and Secretary Hopkins will re-
port that the receipts of the library
ID to $5,487.67- The expenses for the
Tear will be reported at $4,S2S.25,
eaving a surplus in the city treasury
# $659.42.
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BROKER A SUICIDE.
Rapid Rise in Cotton Drives His Firm
to the wall.

New Orleans, Feb. 2.--Immediately
after the announcement on the floor
the New Orleans cotton exchange at
oon today that Chasies y. Finley.
member of the cotton brokerage firm
Of Finley & Simpson had committed
suicide. news of the failure of the firm
Fvas given out.
This is the second failure in two
lays among the membership OF the
'ocal exchange, both Of which are gem
orally attributed to the sensational
rise in the prices of futures.
The firm of Finley & Simpson has
been in business only a few months
and is not believed to have been heav-
ily involved The failure had no ef-
rect on prices. Mr.. Finley. who was
one of the youngest brokers in New
Orleans. shot himself IN the head at
the Louisiana club, only a short dis
-ance from the cotton exchange. He
rvidently had gone there from the ex-
change to end HIS lfa
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expense, even bad debts Included in
the opeT Stio1 7oz tFae zksgg1SSs lsNrs3rdfIfg'
to the witness. On cross examination
by Attorney Ralph Crews, wheeler
said that at a score or more of the
company's branch houses in the south
and west no dressed beef is sold, the
business being limited to market pro-
visions
The witness said that it cost from
$4,000 to $4,000 to build and equip
a branch house, of which there are
10, extending from Boston to Denver.
At many of the large branch houses,
he said, hams and bacon shipped from
the packing plant were smoked and
sausage was manufa These ac-
tivities subjected the branch houses to
daily inspection by government Off
ciaIss
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SHE WINS DECREE.
Marguerite sylvia Tires of Supporting
Her Husband.

Chicago, Feb. Mrs. Alice Helene
Mann, known on the stage as Marquee
rita sylvia, applied to the circuit court
here for a divorce from William David
Mann, charging non-support and de-
sertion-
band had not supported her since their
marriage. April 10. 1902, and that they
separated in Paris in 1909, when she
says she allowed him 800 a month.
When asked what her husbands busi-
ness was, she replied:
HE has no business. except being
my husband"
Mann is in Chicago. but did not con-
test the suit
4 decree was ordered drawn up.
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IS DOWN TO STAY
British Submarine "A-S'' Is
Sunk in a Collision.
All of the Crew of Eleven Men
Drowned.

Portsmouth. Eng, Feb. 2.-The Brit
ish submarine "A-3" sank this morn
ing after d collision with the British
gunboat Hazard off the eastern end of
the Isle of Wight
The "A-3" carried a crew of eleven
men. all of whom were drowned.
The A-3 which went out of harbor
this orning to carry out a series Of
diving and torpedo exercises sank like
a stone Immediately after collision with
the gunboat Hazard. A big escape of
gas which was observed on the surface
Immediately after she sank indicates
that the vessel quickly filled with wa
ter.
The submarine lies on the Princess
shoal on the same spot where the sub
marine Al was lost with all hands on
March Is. 1904.
Besides the regular crew who were
states that three other neutenants were
on the vessel and were drowned when
the submarine sank, making a total OF
IA deaths
British submarines belonging to the
"A" class have been sirgularly unfort-
Enate. The AS" had six men killed
and u injured by an explosion at
AS sank off Plymouth on June 8,
1905, when IA men out of her crew
of Is lost their lives. The Az sank
during the maneuvers at Portsmouth on
November .16 Of the same year but the
whole of her crew was rescued with
difficulty. The Al had
seven of her crew badly injured by an
explosion on August 6, 1910.
This class of boat is a single screw
of modified Holland
type with a length of 100 feet and a
beam of II feet 8 inches. Their dis
placement is 180 tons. They are driven
by gasoline motors when on the sur
face of the water and by electric mo-
tors when submerged. Iney have a
surface speed of u knots and a sub
merged speed of knots. The motors
develop 500 indicated horsepower on
the surface and $50 horsepower when
submerged. Their armament consists
of two torpedo tubes.
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The Administration VIII Open
Pre-COnvention Campaign
With a Broadside ON the Night
of February ~.
TAFT TO SPEAK IN NEW YORK
Wickersham in Milwaukee;
MacVeagh in Lansing.
Sherman Adds His Testimony
Regarding the Situation.

Washington, Feb. 2-The first
heavy guns of the Republican pre-
convention campaign will be fired on
the night of February 12-Lncoln' s
birthday. President Taft will speak
in New York. Attorney General Wick
ersham will speak in milwaukee, Sec
retary MacVeagh will speak in Lam
sing, Mich. Senator Townsend Of
Michigan will speak in Detroit, Repre-
sentative Mccall of Massachusetts Will
speak in Minneapolis, and Representa-
tive Hines of Maine will speak in Port
land. The White House has had no
part in arranging the program but it is
not unaware that these Republican
leaders are speaking on the same
night
sherman Sees Victory.
Washington, Feb. 2.=Vice President
Sherman at the White House today
added his comment to that of other
Republican leaders who believe Mr..
Taft will be renominated and re-elect-
ed. 1.-The situation so far as President
Taft is concerned has improved in the
last four weeks" said he. During
three weeks OF that time it was under
the surface; in the last week the i'm
provement has been above the surface.
I never have had a doubt as to the re-
nomination of President Taft
THE Republican party wins its VIC
tories in November and not in Feb
ruary. History will repeat itself this
year. Mr.. Sherman concluded.
Public VIII Understand.
Indianapolis, Feb. 2--The newly elect
ed Republican district chairman of In
diana met today to elect a state chair
man to succeed Edwin NJ Lee who ere
ated a stir by giving out a statement
at the Republican national committee
in washington that President
Taft could not carry Indiana, if re-
nominated. There are no avowed can
didates for the craftsmanship but it is
probable Fred A. Sims, former secre-
tary of state, will be the choice
Before the committee went into ex- |
ecutive session members stated that |
it was PROBABLE that no candidate for |
the presidency would be endorsed by /
resolution but the committee felt the /
public would understand it favored Mr. I
Taft's denomination for the reason that /
Il out of 13 district conventions approv-
I'd his administration. James P. Good I
rich, it was said, probably will succeed |
Harry s. New as national committee
man, Mr. New having announced he is /
not a candidate for reelection.
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ARE EXPLAINED
superintendent of Beef Trusts Branch
House Testifies.

Chicago, Feb. "Details of the
methods of distribution in the dressed
beef business We're explained to the
jury in the packers trial today by
John G. Wheeler, superintendent of
branch houses for the National Pack
ing company. Monthly reports he
said, were made by each branch house
manager showing the number of
pounds of dressed beef handled to-
gether with the margin and average
selling price. From these figures a
trial balance was prepared each month
showing the net profits at each branch
house Branch house managers were
naid a fixed salary, but each house
was allowed for expenses so cents a
hundred pounds on all dressed beef
sold. Mr.. Wheeler said This commits
sion is expected TO cover every item Of
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ASK AN INJUNCTION.
Railroads Again Take Lemon Rate to
Commerce Court.

Washington, Feb. 2.-The Santa Fe
and other transcontinental lines today
petitioned the commerce court for an
Injunction against the interstate COM
merce commission order reducing
rates on lemons from California to all
points in the United States from $115
per hundred pounds to 81. The court
will hear argument on Monday. The
commissions s order was to have been
effective February Is.
This is the second time the case has
been carried to the commerce court.
A like order of the commission some
time ago was reversed and last month
after a rehearing, the commission
made another order substantially en-
bra cling the terms of the former one
The fight involves the question of
foreign competition, particularly that
of Sicily with the lemon growing re
eion of California.
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SHOT BEHIND The EAR
Dead Body of Man Is Found on Ker-
sey Coates Drive.

Kansas City, Feb. Whether or not
Thomas Edwards, formerly county COM
missioner at Yankton. S. D., was muir
dered or killed himself is a mystery that
Kansas City detectives urged on by three
fraternal orders. of which he was q
member, today are trying to solve. Ed
wards was found dead on Kersey Coates
drive here, shot behind the right ear
No money or other valuables were
found on Edwards person. On Tuesday
he had registered at a local hotel but did
not occupy his room Wednesday night In
response to kilograms received by the 10
cal fraternal orders from Yankton these
organizations have taken charge of Ed
wards body which will be sent to Yank-
ton tomorrow
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CHINk is A CANDIDATE
Leo Cow Would Be Councilman in
Colorado Town.

Georgetown, Col. Feb. 2.-Lee Cow,
a Chinaman, today announced his can
didacy for councilman here. filed the
proper papers to secure a place on the
ballot, and started his campaign with
an American as campaign manager.
The first step of Cow and his manager
was to purchase silk top hats to COM
plete their otherwise stylish attire, af-
ter which they started a house to house
canvass for votes.
Cow is said to be the first foreign
born Chinaman to run for office in
America. He came to this country
when he was four years old.
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NO. 13 IS WRECKED.
Broken Rail Causes VandaIia Train
to Quit the Track.

St. Louis, Feb. 2.-The vandaIia
train No. IS, known as the ST. Louis
special, which left Pittsburg yesterday
afternoon at o'clock and was due
here at $50 o'clock this morning, was
derailed near St. Jacob, Ill, this morn
ing. Brief reports to the Vandalia
headquarters state Engineer Hickman
was injured. A broken rail caused the
derailment. One of the double header
engines went off the track and another
turned over.
No passengers were injured, accord
ing to later reports. The broken rail
was discovered by section men who
tagged the train but not far enough
away to enable the engineers to come
to full stop before reaching 1t.
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THEY EAT RAW HAM.
And Two Are Dead of Disease That
Killed Many Germans.

Newark, n. J., Feb. 1.-Two per-
sons are dead and six others seriously
i'll at Dumont, N. J., Of trichinosis, the
result of eating uncooked ham. The
disease has of late been exceedingly
rare in this country. 1t once caused
a scourge in Germany.
For a while examinations of hams
for trichinae were made in this coun-
try but so little uncooked ham is
eaten here that the authorities gave
the examination up.
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HE FINDS new LAND.
H. G. Hall Says No One Claims North
Slope of Pixies Peak.

Colorado Springs, Colo, Feb. g.
Land that is in the United States but
is not part of the United States. has
been discovered by Henry c. Hall in
his Investigations relative to the land
grant which Colorado Springs and
Manitou are asking from the govern
ment.
The land is on the north slope of
Pixies Peak, nd comprises 1876 acres.
1t develops that the tract does not ap-
pear on the government records of the
Pixies Peak military reserve
The state, it is believed. may claim
title to It
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KEEP POLITICS OUT
Holland Declares Currency In
vestigatiOn Should Be Fair.
Only Natural That Money
Comes to New York.

New York, Feb. Eff there were tA
be an investigation by q. committee IF
nonpartisan lines for the purpose Of
learning how far the drift of money
capital to the great financial centers of
the United States is due to artificial or
how far it is due to normal and inevi-
table tendencies, 1t is the common
opinion in this city that information of
great value would be obtained. On the
ether hand, if the proposed investigation
Of the so-called money trust is inspired
chiefly by political motives and is con-
Quoted after the manner of dema-
gogues, then the investigation cannot
fail Of being h9rmful, while it is GER
tain rot to point ont any way bv which
artificial or forced concentration of
money capital and unfair use of it can
be prevented.
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NOW IT IS NACLE.
He Is Reported to Have Best Chance
for Supreme Bench.

Washington. Feb 2.-The appoint
ment of Secretary Nagle to fill the va
cancy on the supreme court bench,
caused by the death of Associate JUS
tice Harlan, is considered extrem ely
probable. If Mr.. Nagel is named his
successor in the cabinet will be select
ed from the Pacific coast
Advocates of President Taft's re-
nomination say such a move would be
one of the strongest political steps he
could possibly take.
The possibilities are now down to
Nagel. Judge William c. Hook of Kan
sas and Frank B. Kellogg of Mime
sofa
1t is not improbable that the ap
pointment will be announced before
the middle of next week.
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FISH TRADE is POOR.
Last Year Shows Up Badly in Com
parative Statistics.

Boston, Feb. adverse conditions
marked the fish trade during the year
1911. according to the thirty-seventh
annual report of the Boston Fish
bureau, issued today. Receipts of fish
at Boston direct from the fishing yes
sells were less by 15.000. 900 pounds than
during 1910 The 1911 receipts totalled
IS. 000, 600 pounds compared with 100,-
100000 pounds in 1910.
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He HAS SERVED YEARS
TVhaw to Apply for Freedom Again
Soon.

FishkilI Landing. NY, Feb 2.-Harry
K Thaw has now completed four years
Incarceration at the Matteawan hos
pital for the criminal insane, to which
he was sentenced after the second jury
which tried him for the murder of
White found him insane. Reports con-
tinue to be circulated here that he will
soon make another attempt to gain his
freedom through habeas corpus pro-
ceedingS
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where IS STEFFENS?
Relatives Can't Find Him Following
Fathers Death.

Sacramento, Cal. Feb. 2-Telegrams an
nouncing the death of his father failed TO
bring response from Lincoln Steffens. the
magazine writer. who was thought by
members of his family to be in New
York. and this morning the family said
that the funeral of Steffens' father would
be today. The elder Steffens was
prominent banker.
Relatives of Lincoln Steffens say they
do not know where the writer is, since 1T
was evident that he is not in New York.
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CROWD GETS RATE.
Mob of Angry Patrons Cause Cut in
Gas Prices.

Leavenworth. Kan. Feb. 2-When two
hundred angry gas consumers gathered
at the OFFICES of the Leavenworth Light.
Heat and Gas company Thursday, COM
pIaIning because a rate of p cents had
been charged for gas used in January
the company ordered the rate cut to IS
ants after the crowd had voiced its OBJ
-tions for two hours
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Weather Is UnsettIed.

The weather conditions are unsettled
today The wind has been blowing from
all points of the compass today. At
o'clock the direction was east and the
velocity 4 miles an hour.
Mexico City, Feb. 2.-An attack was
Z. .-I.- r....a -
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Weather Indications.

Chicago, Feb. Forecast for Kan
sas: Unsettled tonight with warmer
IN east portion. Saturday fair.
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