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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-30
CEDARRED'SNERVE
Cherokee County Alleged Boot
logger Prints Greeting.
Wishes Merry Christmas
Through Columns of Press.

When the state legal advisors in the
office of the attorney general opened
up a copy of the Cherokee County Re-
publican today they found to their sur
prise a half column advertisement
reading:
"A merry Christmas to my friends
and enemies-Cedar Red
Now the country weeklies in Kansas
this week were filled with varied adj
vertisements signed by grocers, bakers,
bankers. jewellers, milliners, and de-
partment stores all wishing their pa
irons a Merry Christmas and a Happy
New Year.
But how about Cedar Red?
Cedar Red is a well known character
in the vicinity of Baxter Springs. In
fact he is known all over southeastern
Kansas. For ten years he has held a.
reputation that has approached the en-
viable notoriety of having a favorite
brand of whisky named in his honor.
Hardly a session of the district court
passes without the name of Cedar Red
occupying a prominent position on the
docket. And William P. Montgomery,
assistant attorney general has made
many trips to the Cherokee village in
response to certain law loving citizens
who had a sneaking idea that Cedar
Red was sliding too near the hole in
the ice of the prohibition law.
The attorney generals office there
fore was flattered and frustrated when
the Cherokee County Republican
printed in its columns a holiday greet
ing from Cedar Red to his many friends
and enemies.
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4
Buem was one of the executive board
members accused of appropriating ST.
900 a month to Mcnamara for dyna-
hitting purposes.
Came i'm Handcuffed.
Shortly before the hour for recon
vening court the prisoners were taken
from their cells in the county JAIL
each handcuffed between deputy mar
shals and after being lined up in the
Jail yard, were carried in wagons
four prisoners at a time. to the fed
eral building five blocks away.
Their coming out of the jail door
was the first the men had seen of the
outside since their convictions last
Saturday morning. At the head walk
ed Ryan, the old labor leader, whose
pale face showed the long ordeal
through which he had gone since his
Indictment last February.
Behind came Michael ]. Young and
Frank j. Higgins. both of Boston
Four Chicago men walked together,
Hockin at some distance from the
others, brought up the rear. 1t was
Hockin who was accused of having
turned over to the government much
of the evidence upon which the men
were convicted but Hockin himself
was branded by the government as "the
worst dynamiter of them ALL
At the federal building a few peo-
pie greeted the men. These were the
wives and the women relatives who
for 4S hours have paced the distance
between the Jail and the court with
their appeals to see the prisoners.
In the courtroom the prisoners were
seated in three rows of chairs accord
ing to the alphabetical arrangements
of their names.
The first man in the first row was
George Anderson of Cleveland, and the
last man in the last row was Young of
Boston. The inference from this was
that the men would be called alpha
betically when the sentences are i'm
posed Heretofore they were permit
ted to sit where they pleased. Judge
Anderson was in his chambers early.
Acquitted Men Spectators.
Herman G. Seiffert of Milwaukee and
Daniel Buckley of Davenport, the only
two of the 40 men who were adjudged
not guilty, came into court as spec
tators and endeavored by leaning over
the railing to cheer the prisoners.
The appearance of so many men all
waiting to learn how long they were
to be deprived of liberty and each I'M
certain of it was that of a crowd which
was about to witness some fatal hap
pening.
Back in the last row Tveitmoe, &C
cused of aiding in the destruction of
the Los Angeles Times was handed
large package of mail by q. s. Marshal
Schmidt. The prisoner who had gone
through the three months trial pre-oc-
cupied in a book of poems or notes now
glanced hurriedIy through the mail and
then LAYING it on the floor began to
rock back and forth in his chair.
Philip A. Cooley, New Orleans, ask
ed permission to send out a messenger
bow for chewing tobacco.
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from heart failure while he was pracu-
cally alone.
Alfred Won Kiderlen Waechter was 80
years old. He had occupied office as I'M
perial secretary of state for foreign af-
fairs only since June Is, 1910, when he sue
ceeded Wilhelm Won Schoen, who became
ambassador to France. The advent of
great enthusiasm in the German imperial
parliament. He was a poor orator, and
his speeches did not create a good i'm
preston. He was known, however, as
one of the shrewdeSt men in German
diplomacy and was regarded as an e&-
pert OF affairs of the near east owing TO
his having been stationed for a long time
in the Balkans ana his disappearance
from the German cabinet at this time is
considered to be great misfortune.
During his short period of office as
foreign secretary he was successful IN
steering the international politics of the
German empire through a period of IN
usual enlargement, more especially in
regard to the settlement of the dispute
between France and Germany as to the
future of Morocco. The negotiations were
brought to a successful termination last
year when France and Germany signed
an agreement as the result of which their
rela lions nave become much more cordial
Won Kiderlen Waechter was bachelor-
He belonged to a very old WurtemberS
family which was raised to the nobility
in 1868. He was born July 10, 1852, ana
while studying law volunteered and fought
through the Franco-PruSsian war or
1901. He entered the diplomatic service
Paris, Copenhagen, Constantinople aid
Bucharest. Owing to the suddenness 81
his death there has been no talk as to his
probable successor.
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Strength Is Developed Owing
to Light World Shipments.
Advance Is Checked by Bearish
News From Argentine.
WET WEATHER STIFFENS CORN
Oats Follow the Upward Trend
of Other Grains.
Provisions Take the Up Grade
Along With Hogs.

Chicago, Dec. 30.-WHEAT-wheat de-
Veioped strength today owing to smaller
worlds shipments than expected. The
advance, however was restrained bv pre-
dlchons that estimates of the Argentine
export surplus would have to be enlarged.
Local Spectators were the chief BUYERS.
me opening was unchanged to 1kc high
er. May started at 911sc to s1Xc. The
same variation from Saturday night as
the market taken altogether. A rise to
91149919sc followed.
Later a big increase in the visible sun
ply total brought about a reaction, but
renewed mobilization of troops in Europe
caused rally. The close was nervous
with May Nc net higher at 9Issc
CORN-Wet weather made corn firm
May opened shade off to a IKE amount
higher at 4Sc to 4s1Sc and steadied at 1870
48hc.
Failing off in demand led to a setback,
blu 1.-THE market again hardened with
wheat. The close was firm with May a
shade net higher at 4S1sc.
OATS-Oats followed the upward couruse
OF other grain May, which started I'M
changed to sixteenth dearer at 32S4Q327kc
seemed inclined to keep within that range
PROVISIONS-Provis took the up
grade with hogs, $10.55 First sales varied
from Saturday nights level to loo higher
with May at $500 for pork, S975 to 49, 80
for lard and 500 to 1915 for ribs.
RYE-No. 2, 62q631ac.
BARLEY-4&l75c.
TIMOTHY-$3. 00@DS 80.
O.0OQ1S.50.
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CAN THIS Be TRUE
Pa ROurke and Ducky Holmes
in Kansas City.
Confer on New Location of
Western League Offices.

Kansas City, Dec. SO.-The soft
thuds of the baseball gumshoes were
heard in the hotel corridors of Kansas
City, Behold two men, acknowledged
foes, in deep and clandestine confer
ence in our very midst. w. A. (B1Il)
Rourke, owner of the Omaha cup
of the Western League, and Ducky
Holmes, owner of the Sioux City team
in the same organization, met here
and conferred long and loud. About
What? Opinions varied as to that, but
the general cons 77sus OF opinion
among baseball men seemed to be that
the pair were emissaries of President
Tip O'Neil of the Western circle,
dickering for the transfer OF the
leagues headquarters to Kansas City.
Also runor was abroad that another
attempt was being made to place
Western League club in either Kansas
City. Mo-, or Kansas City, Kan.
1t has been known for some time that
the league offices were to be removed
from Chicago. from the Office suite of
Charles Comiskey. In other words, the
connection between O'Neil and the Old
Roman, -eputed owner of the Des
Moines franchise in the Western
League, has occasioned considerable
talk among the magnates and man
ayers in the transmississippi circuit.
Denver and Des Moines are after the
league headquarters. Denver was re-
fused. Comiskey may secure them for
Des Moines, but the hand points tow
ard locating the managerial fountain
head in Kansas City.
Rourke and Holmes left for Ok
lahorna City, where they will crrangf
this week for the spring training camps
of the two teams there or in that
neighborhood While here they visited
G. A. Arbogast, catcher and manager
of the Omaha team. and chatted with
Johnny King at his billiard parlors.
It is not thought likely that a sue
cessful attempt can be made to get
Western League franchise here, as
President George Tebeau of the Blues
would not stand for it. A franchise
in Kansas City, Kan, has been talked
of for some time and this may be ac-
complished, although it is not very pro-
bable.
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new SOCCER RECORD
Ralph Slate Made Ten Scores in One
Game.

football enthusiasts were discussing
today a new American record in soccer
established by Ralph Slate of the AL
bion club at Jersey City yesterday
when he shot ten goals in a single
game The contest was Metropolitan
league championship fixture in which
the Hibernians of Jersey City lost to
the Albions by a score of IA to 0.
During the first half Slate found
the Hibernians net four times. Time
after time he corraled the ball in mid
field and each time he rushed the
entire length of the field for a score.
The six goals he placed in the second
half were equally spectacular.
The former record was held by R.
Glover, formerly of Glasgow, who ran
up nine goals while playing for the
New York Celtics last year.
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Kansas civ srndncs AfnrI..,

Kansas City, Dec. 90.-WHEAT-Cash /:
Market unchanged to lie higher No 2
hard, sSQ90c; No. 3, S2QS5c; No. red
$l02g1.O6; No. 3, 94c@$1. O31a.
CORN-Market irregular. No. mixed
4oQ4o12c; No. 8, 431zc; No. white, 46@461zc
No. 8, 431ac.
OATS-Marl5et steady. No. 2 white, SAC
S5c; No. 2 mixed, 33G34c.
RYEN61Q62c.
HAY-Market steady. Choice timothy,
$l2.O0Q12.60; choice prairie. $13.OoQ13.5e.
BUTTER-Creamery 33c; firSts, Bic;
seconds, 29c; packing, 21c.
EGGS--Extras 251sc; firsts. 2S1ac; Sec
onds, 14GJ15c.
POULTRY-Hens, 11Q111Sc; ROSTERS, SC;
young turkeys, 15c; ducks, 13@14c.
WHEAT-Receipts, 126 cars.
CLOSE: WHEAT-May, Sc; July, 83szc.
CORN-May, 46$zQ46Ac; July, 47Q471sc.
OATS-May, 345kc.
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NORTH SIDE news
Site for Factory Found in Old
Wooden Mill.
White Way Petition Turned
Over to Commercial Club.

Several days ago a story was pub
lished to the effect that number or
large factories wanted to locate in To-
peka if they could get suitable build
ings. ]. ]. King, a North Topeka real
estate man, reports that he has found
a good building for factory purposes.
The building formerly occupied by the
Western Wooden Mills is of brick and
three stories high, and large enough
for at least one large factory. Spurs
from the three principal railroads in
Topeka run to this building, and it is
a good site for any of the proposed
factories for Topeka. The building has
been vacant for a year and can be
either purchased or rented.
The petition asking for the installa-
ton of the white way from the Melan
bridge to Gordon street, signed by over
20 per cent of the residents on North
Kansas avenue, has been turned over
to the white way committee of the
Commercial club Saturday. The COM
mittee will. circulate the petition
among the property owners from the
Rock Island depot to the bridge.
Notes and Personals.
Items for this department may be
left at a. NJ. Petro's drug store, S39
North Kansas avenue, at Shocks gro
Gerry, SIS Grand, or they may be phoned
to 1880.
H. M. Barney, 1413 North Quincy, has
purchased a barber shop in Perry, and
will move this week.
Roy Hughes, of 922 North Harrison
street, has gone to st. Joseph, Mo, for
a short visit.
Harold Warwick, 1915 North Polk
street, has resigned his position with
the Topeka Book company and gone to
Las Vegas, N. NJ, where he will work
for the railroad.
c. G. Meyer, of Granville, was in
North Topeka today on business.
John Hanley, of the Hanley & Norris
Grocery company, died Saturday even
ing at $50 of pneumonia at his home,
1925 North Topeka avenue. The funeral
will be held Tuesday at a. M, from
the Church of the Assumption.
c.. K. Wilson of Meriden, Kan, was In
North Topeka today.
On account of the holidays the Parent
Teachers association meeting has been
postponed until next month.
Park Goodno of Elmont was a North
side visitor today
J. F. Lawson, 700 West Gordon street.
left yesterday for Cincinnati, Ohio.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. E. Ollinger of Okla
homa City are visiting with Mrs.
Ollinger's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. T..
Skinner, at their home in Shorey-
William Jenkins of Granville was in
North Topeka today on business
Miss Mary Hancock of 2S5 Strait ave-
nue. has gone to Portland, Ore, for q
short visit with relatives.
H G. KidbaIl of St. Louis, Mo-, Is VS.
ting on the North side.
gone to Minneapolis, Mimi
A musical concert in charge OF MISS
Ceora Lanhan, and an oyster supper will
be given by the Kaw Valley Grange Tues |
day at the hall in Granville.
street is visiting with her mother in
Palms Cal.
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TO FIGHT "SQUATTERS''
Rice County Men Want River Formed
Land.

Sterling Kan, Dec. 3O-''Squatting'' on
land formed by accretions from the Ar
kansas river will be brought to end
If Rice county owners Of land abutting
on that stream have their way.
Fifty residents of Rice county-owners
of Arkansas river valley land-have met
at Sterling and formed a protective as
ISOLATION. 1t will be known as the Arkan-
,sas River Land Owners Association of
Rice county. Ansel R. Clark, of Sterling,
former district Judge was elected presi
dent; T. ]. English, also of Sterling, was
elected secretary. Judge Clark, E. c.
Wellman and D. J. Fair, all of Sterling,
were appointed an executive committee
to devise protective measures and to pre-
pare bill for the consideration of the
incoming legislature designed to protect
the present owners of these lands in their
rights f.rf.
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Kansas City Live Stock Market.

Kansas City, Dec. 30.-CATTLE-Re-
ceipts l5,000 including 1000 southerns Mar
ket steady and strong. Native steers, $3.50
Obs; southern steers, $500D7.50; southern
and heifers, $360Qs.OO; stockers and feed
ers, $5.OoQ7. so; bulls, $4.40Q6.50; calves, 5000
q1o.Oo; western steers, $5.506IS.O0; western
cows. $3.75Q650.
HOGS-Receipts 1900. Market 10c high
er. Bulk of sales, $7.S0a7.40; heavy. 81 400
$50; packers and butchers, $7.2517. 45; light,
S.10Q7.35; pigs, S5.50Q6.50
SHEEP-Receipts 5000. Market steady
Muttons, $3.S5q5.25; lambs, $6.509S-50:
wethers and yearlings, $4.O00750; range
ewes, $2.0O@4.75.
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dynamiting conspiracy and that their
services as iron workers would be well
come toward completing the task of
reroofing the prison, now under way
Il have had no intimation from the
government the men were coming, but
have been prepared for that even
Iuality," Mr.. Mackey said. I'VE have
1,20S prisoners now and we thought
the place was full when we had 1,15O.
to give the men from Indianapolis
plenty of work in their own regular
lines
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Waters Chances Are Good.

Washington, D. c., Dec 30.-Kansans
in Washington are discussing the
chances of a Kansas man being given
a place in the cabinet of President-elect
Wilson So far as is known here, the
only Kansan seriously under considera-
ton for a cabinet berth is President
Henry ]. Waters, of the State Agricul-
tural College at Manhattan, who is I'M
derstood to be a possibility for secre-
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CUT APPLE PRICES.
Food Crusaders Begin Selling at Big
Reduction.

New York, Dec. 3o.-The food crusaders
started today to break the high price OF
apples. With a carload on hand and 'un-
limited supplies behind them, they said,
they began selling Baldwins at five cents
a quart, apples as good. they declared al
the local retailers had been asking from
II to Is cents quart for.
The sale was conducted at the Queens
boro bridge market by Mrs. Julian HEATH
president of the Housewives League or
America. Other sales of other produce
are promised. The cold storage egg cru
SADIE begun some days ago continues. TIE
prices in some parts of the city are as low
as % to % cents a dozen.
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chicago Produce Market.

Chicago, Dec. 30.-BUTTER-Marke
firm Creamery, 27QS5c.
EGGS-Market irregular. Receipts 2,801
cases. Fresh. 22Q24c; refrigerator 1Sc;
drsts, 24Q25c.
CHEESE-Market steady. Daisies, 1881
Q17c; Twins, 1614@1619c; Young Americas,
164Q17c; Long Horns, 1870.
POTATOES-Market strong. Receipts,
AZ cars. Michigan, 52q53c; Minnesota, 50Q
53c; Wisconsin, 50G53c. a
POULTRY-Market firm. Turkeys, live,
15c; dressed, 25c; chickens, live, 121ec;
springs. live, 13c.
VEAL-Market steady, 9@14c.
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GERMAN PREMIER DIES
End Comes Suddenly to Alfred Won
Kiderlen Waechter.

Stuttgart. Germany, Dec s0-AIfred
Won Kiderlen Waechter, secretary OF
state OF the German empire died sudden
~ at his home here today after a brief
illness
Won Kiderlen Waechter was ENJOYING
his usual Christmas visit to his sister the
Baroness Won Gemmingen, near here. He
had felt extremely i'll for several days, so
much so, that physicians who were called
in feared a fatal termination. as his heart
action was very irregular. The end came
with great suddenness at ESQ o'clock this
morning. when the secretary expired
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Chicago Live STOCK Market.

Chicago, Dec. Receipts
5000. Market best steady; others down.
Beeves, $5.75qS.50; Texas steers, "a. 70q5. 3d.
feeders, s4.25Q7 40; cows and heifers, s.. 750
7.50; calves $6.5o010.50
HOGS-Receipts 10000. Market strong to
10c over Saturday. Light, T.1597.50: mix
ed, $7.2oQ7.55; heavy. $7.15G7.6o; rough, $7.15
@7S0; pigs, $5.40d7.25; bulk OF sales, $7.40Q
75O.
SHEEP-Receipts Sc, 900. Market strong.
Native, $4.20Q5.50; western, $h2545.50
yearlings. $6.O0g7 20; lambs, native, s6.1OQ
STE; western, $6.45@8.70.
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Ner YorIS Stock Market.

Wall St, New York, Dec. 3o.-STOCkS-
Professional operators favored the short
side of the market again today and sold
the active issues literally for time with
resultant sharp declines. In addition there
was scattered liquidation in some of the
ment stocks American express fell 10
points to it's lowest figure in dozen
years. Little outside interest was appar-
ent and after the floor traders had ceased
selling the market rallied easily. Amalga-
mated displayed conspicuous strength
There was less tension in the bond mar
Bonds were irregular.
Stocks were under pressure when trading
was begun today and all of the active is
sues declined. Pressure was most pro-
nounced in the case of Steel, which lost
point Union Pacific, Canadian Pacific
and Reading declined like amount and
Erie first preferred q
After a number of stocks had been de-
pressed a point more, pressure relaxed
and slight recoveries ensued.
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New York Produce Market.

New York, Dec. 30.-BUTTER-Marke
steady. Creamery extras 37Q371ac; held
extras, 33Q34c; packing stock, held, 21g22c.
CHEESE-Market quiet. State, whole
milk, held, white and colored specials, 1Sc.
EGGS-Market steady. Fresh gathered
extras, 31@32c; western gathered whites
2S@S6c.
POULTRY-Live, firmer; western chick
ems, 12D13c; fowls, 12@14c; turkeys, zoe
Dressed, irregular; fresh killed western
chickens, 12Q17c; fowls, 12@a4c; turkeys,
144231zc.
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in | ARM 6 FRACTURES
Wen DrilIer Seriously Hurt When
Caught in Machinery.

Garden City, Kan, Dec. 30.-Frank
Schuleman, a well driIler, had his arm
broken in places this morning when
1t was caught in drilling machinery
Surgeons will try to set the numerous
fractures.
This is the largest number of frac-
lures in the bone of one limb ever
recorded in this section of Kansas
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TO LIGHT MULBERRY.
Bonds for $4,000 Voted for by Big
Majority.

Pittsburg, Kan, Dec. 3O.-Mulberry
voted four to one Saturday in favor of
issuing $4,000 bonds to build a water
and light plant.
Thirty thousand dollars is for an
electric light plant. The remainder
will be used for waterworks.
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Form Basketball League.

mon Valley Basketball League has been
organized again this year. The towns
that comprise the league are Solomon
Minneapolis, Bennington, Ellsworth, Sa-
lima, Chaplain, and Abilene. E. c. Wood
ward principal of the Minneapolis high
school, has been chosen president. Mr..
Woodward endeavored to prepare
schedule, but it seemed impossible on ac-
count of conflicting dates, so each school
has to arrange for its own games.
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USE CHEAPER WHISKY
BoOtleggers Save Money by Using Sub
stitute for Booze.

Pittsburg, Kan, Dec. 3O.-The Pittsburg
police are searching for a plant where
sealed bottles of good whisky are tapped
and mixture of ordinary whisky,
cayenne pepper and tobacco put into the
bottles as substitute.
This substitution requires an electric
needle plant, by the use of which a small
hole is put through the bottom of a bot
tie. These bottles have been found In
large numbers in Pittsburg recently. aud
their discovery has impelled the police to
hunt for the plant
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Train Hits Auto, Two Hurt.

Ottawa, Kan, Dec. 3o.-An automobile
belonging to Lyman Dickey was struck
by a Santa Fe freight train here today.
Diclxey was painfully injured about the
back and legs. D. c. Hoffer, a passenger
in the machine. escaped with a few
bruises. The car was wrecked.
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tary of agriculture Strong represen-
tations are being made to Mr.. Wilson in
behalf of the Kansas educator and it
is believed by Kansans here that there
is reason for hope that these efforts
will be successful.
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Topeka MarkerS

Furnished by the Chas. WoIn Packing
Co. yards close at noon Saturday, W.
cannot use pigs, thin sows or hogs
Weighing less than ITO lbs. Do not mar.
ket hogs unless same are well finished
as We cannot use half fat stuff We giva
below prices effective at once, until fur.
Their notice.l
Topeka, Kan, Dec. 30.
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NEEDED AT LEAvENwoRTH.
Work Is Waiting for the Convicted
Iron Workers.

Lseavenworth. Dec. 3O.-AIthough
the federal prison here is crowded
close to it's capacity, Deputy Warden
W. H. Mackey said today room would