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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-08

IThe following sales were made this
morning at the Stock Yards, Kansas
City, and reported over long distance
telephone direct to the State Journal by
Clay, Robinson & Co., live stock COM
mission merchants. with offices at all
markets.
Kansas City, May s.-CATTLE-Receipt
5000 head. Market steady to weak.
HOGS-Receipts 5000 head. Market SC
to 10c higher. Bulk of sales, $7.50Q7. IS /;
top, $3.50
SHEEP-Receipts 5000 head. Market
25c higher. Lambs SQ65
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-08

FURNISHED by The Continental Creamerv
Co., Topeka, Kan.1
Topeka, Kan, May g.
NEW YORK EGGS-19d191kc.
CHICAGO EGGS-171z618c.
CREAMERY BUTTER-Chicag 2sc:
N Y, 3O1kc; Elgin, zoe; Topeka wholesale,
&c.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-08
topeka Hay Market.

FURNISHED by T. A. Beck. 212-214 z. 6th.I
Topeka, Kan, May g.
PRAIRIE HAY-No. ]. 5000; aIfaifa
choice, S22.00s No. 1. 5000.
Topeka Butter. Eggs ant. Poultry.
FURNISHED by the Topeka Packing Col
Topeka, Kan, May g.
EGGS-Fresh country, Ice.
POULTRY-Hens, all sizes, 10c; spr1n1a
ioc; old cocks, &c; ducks. loo; geese so:
TAT young turkeys, l2c; old turkeys. iOc
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. stock, I9c
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-08
TEXAS GoATs-ss. 25q4.1O.
Chicago Live Stock Market.

Chicago, May S.-CATTLE-Receipt
21 600 Market 1O915c lower. Beeves, $3.50
6s.90; Texas steers S. 5a7.25: western
steers, 5.65Q7.60; stockers and feeders
s415q6.60; cows and heifers, s2.75G7.6';
HoGsCReceipts 10000. Market slow.
Light sz.59775; mixed. $7.35Q7 S2Is;
81 S5G6. IS; bulk of sales, 81. 6097.75.
SHEE-Receipts 1900. Market slow
Native, s4.65@7.50; western. S5O0lI7. 50;
yearlings Sc 10dS.35; lambs, native s.. 30
az 90: western, Sc. 25a9. Is.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-08
Toneka Markets.

FURNISHED by the Chas- Woln Paclsins
Co., yards close at noon Saturday. We
weighing less than 40 lbs Do not mar
ket hogs unless same are well finished
as we cannot use half fat stun. We give
below prices effective at once. until fur
Their norice-1
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-08
Toneka Hide AIarket


furnlshed by james Q. Smith
Hids Co.. los East Third ST.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-08
New York Produce HIarke

New York StOc:z Market.
Wall St, New York, May S.-STOCKS-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-08

"Tba increasing legions of reform,
from Maine to California, have risen
IN like q giant coming out of sleep
and at the opening of another great
battle for the righ;5 of man, have de-
manded the leadership of America s
greatest popular Observation-Disclosures
Roosevelt"
The above declaration was made here
TODAY by Governor Walter r. Stubbs.
permanent chairman, in concluding his
speech to the State Republican Con-
vention.
Stubs, "a political battle royal, the
like of which this country has not wit
messed in half a century.
ssProblems of greater import than any
we have had to deal with Stree the
civil war are involved in the present
campaign.
I'VE maintain with Lincoln-'The
rights of man are superior to the rights
of property
1T is more a question of human
rights today than it was in 1860.
Are we to have republic for the
classes or for the masses? In this ques-
ton is involved one of the greatest
issues of the campaign.
Choose Whom We Will Serve.
''Are you for the corporations and
special interests, or are you for the
people?
THAT tremendous ultimatum Choose
1 We this day whom ye shall serve'-is As
apt now as it was in the days of Joshua.
| The exigencies of the present situa-
| ton demand an answer to it, We can
not dodge it and be true to our coun-
\ try. We must line UP on one side or
the other if we want to be true to our
neighbors and to ourselves
I'm the nationwide struggle now
pending there is no place for strad-
der. He who is not fo- government by
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-08
Chicago Grain Market.
Chicago, May 8.

open High Low Tod
The Washington herald., 1912-11-28
The Salem Verdict.

The acquittal of the three Lawrence
labor agitators. Ettor, Giovannitti, and
Ca-uso, of the charge of murder,
would make the delay in their trial
which caused second riot-look like
case of persecution to those who do
not know all the facts. But it is
well understood that the accused could
not have had their trial because their
own counsel asked for postponement
whenever the government announced its
readiness to proceed.
The acquittal in itself was not TN
expected. The indictment having beer
returned there had to be an actual test
at a public trial, but the prosecution
while obliged to proceed, was not ex.
pected to sustain the charges without
fresh revelations, which were not forth.
coming. The trial was fair, the yer,
dict just.
If an initial mistake had been made
it was an error on the part of the lower
court which held these men for i;
crime that prccIuded their Liberation
on bail. That this murder and othei
The Washington herald., 1912-11-28

crimes of violence at Lawrence would
not have occurred but for their in
element may perhaps be true. But
to hold them directly responsible for
all that grew out of the situation was
another matter. And this left the er-
roneous appearance of the use of ex-
traordinary methods to remove them
from the scene Of the riotous activities.
But let us remember that Lawrence
citizens and authorities were very much
aroused over the serious trend of
events, and doubtless felt that neces-
sary step toward checking the labor up
roar would be to remove those whose
exhortations had so stirred their fol-
lowers that they were rioting and using
violence. But it was hardly wise
course to pursue, even when the exist
ing conditions and the temper of the
public mind are taken into consid-
Grafton.
Judge Quinn, as a presiding judge,
deserved unstinted credit. His exclusion
of the right of the jury to find the three
defendants guilty of manslaughter, and
his insistence that only murder in the
first or second degree-or acquittal-
should be the verdict, simplihed their
work and plainly enough foreshadowed
what the verdict would be. While the
extreme action taken by the Lawrence
authorities in the beginning is to be
regretted, the result is a fine vindica-
ton of the courts of trial of Massa-
chusetts.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-28
Blame the Parcel Post Law.

The railroads have decided to fight
the proposed 20 per cent reduction in
the compensation they receive from the
government for Transporting the mails
In the statement sent to members of
Congress they say that the creation
of the parcel post will enormously in
crease the volume of shipments. They
claim that the Postmaster Generals
assertion that the railroads were over
paid about 100000 in 1909 is "er-
roneous and rests primarily upon his
adopting an unprecedented theory which
allows nothing for a return on the cap
ital invested in railway property"
The railway mail pay at present, it
is alleged, is not only insufficient to
produce any return on the principal,
but does not even pay its proper share
of operating cost and taxes. Passen-
ger train service does not pay, and
as mail service is more than 25 per
cent below the average for other serv-
ices. it is held that it certainly must
be less lucrative.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-28
REBEL LEADER REFUSES
TO JOIN COMPROMISE
AND CAPTURES TOWN

Refusing to join in the compromise
programme agreed upon between the
Dominican government. the revolution
lists, and the United States commission
ers, Desiderio Arias has continued fight
ing and has captured the seaport town
of Monte Christi, according to State De-
partment advIces yesterday. Arias is
the only one of the revolutionist leaders
who has not subscribed to the peace ar
rangement.
Though the Dominican Congress was
supposed to have met Tuesday to accept
the resignation of the Victoria admins
tration, and choose a provisional Presi-
dent, communications with Santo Do
mingo City are so meager that the State
Department has not yet received any
report on the subject.
Until it is known what has been done
and the probable result of the compro-
mise programme is indicated, no steps
will be taken for the withdrawal of the
$50 United States marines and the sew
eral naval vessels now in Dominican
waters.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-28
Mr.. Taft's Proposition.

If President Taft were really desirous
of seeing the Presidential term limited
to one of six years and Cabinet officers
given seats in Congress, many will be
surprised to find him advocating such
far-reaching changes in the course of
an impromptu after-dinner speech, in
stead of the reservation OF his views
for more formal occasion. 1t may
be that what he said on these subjects
at the Lotus Club will be embodied in
a message TO Congress, but until then
his own party will hardly be inclined
to take the initiative in adopting his
views.
The Democrats are committed in
their platform to the amendment OF
the Constitution so as to provide for
a single term, but this is one of the
many planks which received no inter-
probation at the hands Of Mr. Wilson
during the campaign, although it was
a favorite text with Mr.. Bryan. Ii
is from the Democrats that the strong
est opposition may be expected to any
proposal looking TO the establishment
of closer relations between the Presi-
dent and Congress as in conflict with
the doctrine of the separation oi
powers
The Washington herald., 1912-11-28
THE PEOPLES FORUM
statue of Gen. Lee.

To the Editor: Now that the great po-
litical battle has been fought, peace once
more reigns, and a Southern gentleman
who is a Virginian by birth will soon
grace the White House, why shouldn' t
the statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee be un-
veiled. with the proper ceremonies, in
the Statuary Hall at Washington? This
seems to be a piece OF unfinished business
in which the entire country should be
interested. Gen. Lees statue is already
in the Statuary Hall. 1t shouldn't be
there as a sort of a slipped-in affair,
and the Virginia statesmen and all true
Southerners who revere his memorJ
should insist on the proper ceremonies
being held. Has Gen. Lee Deen for
gotten?
The Blue and the Gray have long since
been reunited and have held many meet
ings on questions pertaining to that me-
morable war, which was lead by the
two greatest generals on earth-Grant
and Lee-and why shouldn't the proper
ceremonies be held over the latter as
well as the former?
J. C. CUNNINGHAM.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-28
DEMOCRATIC CLUB
PLANS FOR PARADE
East Washington Association Has
Not Marched for Nearly
Twenty Years.

Let the white men of the District de-
mand the right of self-government and
they will get il from the Democratic
administration" declared Kyle B. Price
in an address before a meeting of the
East Washington Democratic Club at 2Os
Second Street Southeast last night. Mr..
Price. one-time Democratic candidate for
Congress from Alabama, recently re-
turned from a stumping tour in Michi-
gan.
He advised the members to make
known their wish for local self-govern-
ment by marching 500 strong in the in
auguraI parade with banners calling for
limited franchise for citizens of the
District. and prophesied that within
three years their demand would be
granted.
His advice was heartily applauded and
indorsed by the president Of the club,
William s. Riley.
The meeting was called for the enroll
ment and consideration of arrangements
for the clubs contingent in the coming
inaugural parade.
Judge o. B. Hallam told of the famous
torchIight procession OF 1892. when the
Democrats celebrated the second cleo
ton of Cleveland, marching from Wash
ington Circle far into the East End. On
this occasion, he said, the East WASH
ington Democratic Club was founded.
Robert Z. Mattingly, another who re-
membered the rigors of that March
twenty years ago, when he marched
in the inaugural parade, said he was
sure that God was with the party, and
would provide a soft. balmy spring day
on the occasion of Woodrow Wilson's s
inauguration.
W. B. Hardy, who was born at Staun-
ton, Va, as was Gov Wilson, and born
in that part OF town known as Gospel
Hill, even as the Governor. invited the
members to come to Staunton during
Christmas week, when. he said, the big
gest iubiIee celebration ever held In
America will be given to the Governor.
Next Wednesday, the East End Demo
cratic Club is just twenty years old, and
It was decided to observe the occasion
of its twentieth anniversary by big
night at Donohoe Hall, 81 Pennsylva'
mia Avenue Southeast.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-28
THANKSGIVING
~ GEORGE FITCH.
Author Of eat Good ola siwash."

Thanksgiving day was set apart as
day on which to stop grumbllng and to
give miscellaneous and promiscuous
thanks.
It is an American institution, and Is
more necessary in this country than in
any because OF the vast opportunities to
become better on and thus acquire more
worry. In Russia 100 10000 people give
thanks every day because they have
been permitted % live by the govern
ment, but in this country unless a man
has acquired a new railroad or a new
automobile or a new wife during the year
he has been grievously slighted. and
feels as II he had a perfect right TO hold
out on the annual gratitude-fest-
This is very wrong. however. There
is so much for which to be thankful
that we ought to be stretched all out Of
shape with gratefulness as well as tur-
key on Thanksgiving day. Even II We
have not had wealth, health. happiness
nor political office during the year. We
can still be thankful for one million
things, among which the following can
be prominently mentioned:
Because we have neither been run
down by an automobile nor have had to
pay for running down anyone.
Because we do not have to worry about
the income tax or criminal trust law.
Because We are not William Howard
Taft.
Because there isn't a piano player next
door.
Because We do not have to get aboard
floating palace and give our seat to a
lady when il sinks.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-28
'.Bottling Up" Servia.

Once more The Herald has occasion
to state that it was the only one of the
leading papers of this country to fore
tell with exactitude coming events in
the Balkan war
We quoted the other day the cabled
comments of the great continental pa
pers as to the cowardly manner in
which the powers, aotuated by jealousy
of one toward another, were trying to
deprive the victorious allies of the
fruits of their dearly bought victories,
by forcing an armistice before the Bull
gars could enter Constantinople, fore
shadowing with reasonable certainty
the fact that the Sublime Porte would
be left in undisputed possession of its
European capital plus the adjoining
district and water front-the latter the
real crux of the near East situation.
And now comes the death blow in
another direction. The cable reports
that Great Britain has officially in
formed the powers that :"she has no
interest in Servia's demand for a sea-
port on the Adriatic" Thus, one by
one, cowardly self-interest has robbed
the Balkan oonfederacy of expected
and well-merited support. First Rus
sia (Which retracted her promise on
Monday. and now England. And yet
it was only few days ago that Premier
Asquith publicly declared that the VIC
tors were not to be robbed of the fruits
of war and that the British government
would deprecate the raising of isolat-
ing questions"
So there you are! Austria, backed
by the triple alliance, is permitted to
bully Servia and keep it an inland, an
isolated country commercially, and the
deadly foe" of the triple alliance, the
triple entente is sanctioning the rob-
berry and scolding Servia for her ''ex-
travagant ambitions in that she aims
to have a seaport of her own and re-
fuses to be bottled up" commercially
by Austria
And again we ask: What have the
brave Balkan-Christian- been
fighting for?
The Washington herald., 1912-11-28
Against Woman Suffrage.

The court of final resort in New
Jersey has given a setback to the
woman suffrage movement in that State
by deciding against the claim of a
woman to the right to vote under the
old constitution of Iz76. This claim
which had been before the courts for
some time was based upon what the
present decision describes as novel
and courageous grounds" namely, that
the constitution of I776 gave women
the right to vote, but that the law of
1907 interpreted that constitution to
be unconstitutional, it being beyond the
power of the Legislature to amend the
constitution merely by enactment.
The decision denies the contention
that the constitution of I776 authorized
women to vote, though it does not
discuss that point But another con-
tention, namely. that the constitution
of 1874 is invalid. is strongly dealt
with. 1t is pointed out that il the
constitution was not properly adopted,
and therefore was not valid, the court
would have no legal existence, and
the very writ of error on which this
case was based would be nugatory In
brief, the present constitution must be
regarded as valid. The implication Of
its language is that women have not
the right to vote, and, in the absence
of any explicit constitutional provision
or statute, giving them that right, theii
claim to the suffrage must be denied
This definitely closes that chapter
of the sufragist campaign in New
Jersey, and there is nothing left fol
its advocates to do but to seek legisla-
ton or, perhaps, constitutional revision
The party now in power is supposed
to be pledged to revision. and if i
should undertake the task there is littl,
reason for supposing that it would in
clude votes for women in its pro
gramme Nor is there any present as
surance that a suffragist proposition, i
submitted to the electorate, would b.
approved.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-28
MANILA RAILWAY
UNEARTHS FRAUD
Dishonesty Found in Right of Way
Department Among
Officials.

Dishonesty and fraud have been un-
earthed in the right Of way department
OF the Manila Railway. Philippine r.
lands, according to dispatches to the Bu-
reau OF Insular Affairs Of the War De
partment yesterday. preliminary in
vestiga ton into the case has been made
bv a special agent of the Philippine gov
ernment which bears out the charges OF
graft.
II is said that the railroad company.
which is an English corporation, has
been muICted by persons employed in the
right of way department and engaged in
acquiring land and rights Of way for
extensions to the road. The railroad has
been made to pay much more for lands
and right of way than the owners re-
ceived. the grating officials pocketing the
difference
The Philippine government is interested
because of the fact that II has guar
anteed the interest on bonds issued by
the road to make the extensions to its
system. 1t is stated. however, that the
earnings of the railway are sufficient
to pay the interest on the bonds with
out any embarrassment.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-28
GEORGE F. BAER
TO Be A WITNESS
Head of Reading Railroad to Tes-
tify at Trial of Judge
Archibald.

George F. Baer. president Of the Read
irS road, is among those who have been
summoned as witnesses in the trial Of
Judge Robert Archibald, OF the Com
merce Court, before the Senate at the
coming session. Articles of impeachment
against Judge Archibald were passed by
the House at the last session.
The Senate trial will be begun on De-
cember. next. Forty-eight witnesses
will be called to testify before the bar Of
the Senate. Most OF them live in Penn
sylvania, and all are supposed to have
knowledge of transactions of Judge Arch
bald that have been questioned.
George +. Brownell, William S. Jen-
ney, +. f. Loomis. c. A. Richardson,
John l.. Seager, Eben b. Thomas. and
William II. Treusdale, all Of New York,
will be summoned to appear as witnesses.
Four OF the House managers of the
Archibald proceedings met yesterday to
plan the procedure in the Senate. They
were Representative Clayton of Alabama,
chairman of the House judiciary Com
mittee, and Representatives Webb OF
North Carolina, Floyd of Arkansas, and
Rowland of Ohio.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-28
PAY
FOR MAIL CARRYING
Postmaster General Hitchcock Meets
Officials of Railroads Rela- /
tive to Matter.

Representatives Of several Of the
larger railway systems of the country
yt sterday conferred with Postmaster
General Hitchcock regarding his pro-
posed plan for readjustment Of railway
mail pay. discussing the details. Raii-
ways are now paid according to the
weight OF mail carried. Mr.. Hitchcocks
plan is to pay according to the amount
OF car space actually used for carrying
the mails.
Under authority of an old statute Mr..
Hitchcock has required railway COM
panies to report to the Post-office De-
partment the actual cost TO them oil
carrying the malls. A compilation oil
these figures showed that many roads
were receiving an eNorbitant amount
while some OF the smaller lines were
actually losing money by carrying mail.
With Mr.. Hltchcock's plan Of payment
by space, allowing a profit OF per cent
he feels that payments will be more
equitable, that railways will get what
they are entitled to and no more, and
that the government will not be payine
for anything II does not get.
At present. under the weighing sys'
tenn, the government pays the railways
approximately $SO,0000o0 year for carry
ing mail. II Mr.. Hitchcock's plan IL
adopted 1t will result In an annual saw
ing TO the government Of no less thar
s9, ,00o. 900. The Postmaster General made
this recommendation in his last annua
report. and will urge the adoption OF th'
system again this year.
Those at the conference with Mr.
Hitchcock were A. H. Rowan, manager
OF mail trafic, New York Central; E. T
Postlethwaite, assistant TO the president
Pennsylvania System; U. J. Bradley
Pennsylvania; w. A. Worthington. as
sistant director of maintenance and op
Grafton, Union and Southern Pacific, anC
Ralph Peters, president Of the Ions
Island Railroad.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-28
Nine. Alma GIuck.

The mere announcement that Nine. Al
ma Gluck, the great soprano. will give
a recital here has brought an unusual
number OF orders for boxes and seats.
This young artist. in many respects. is
the most remarkable soprano who has
ever appeared in New York. whether in
opera or on the concert platform. owing
to the fact that in a single season she
has risen to a position of first magni-
tude. 1t is but once in a great while
that the operatic stage presents for con-
sideration a soprano possessing the sa-
lient attributes OF a great artist cloaked
in physical charms and that much de-
sired factor, personality.
No soprano since the palmy days OF
Patti has created such a furor and in
terest in the musical world.
Nine. Gluck will be heard at the Ma
tional Theater Monday, December at
4:3O o'clock.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-28
PoII'r-VnudevIIIe.

Poll patrons will welcome the headline
attraction at the Avenue playhouse next
week, for Manager Thatcher has secured
the gifted singing comedienne and mimic
Edna Luby. Miss Luby will delight her
public with faithful characterizations OF
Rose Stahl. Ethel Barrymore, Carrie De
Mar. Irene Franklin, Anna Held, Marie
Dressler. and many other famous stars.
Ed Reynard will occupy the position
of second Importance on the bill Rey-
nard is said to have the most original
yentriIouuist's act ever staged. All his
dummies speak from the apartment
houses and private dwellings Of a minia-
ture city set upon the stage. Carson
and Willard will add humorous diversion
with their German speciality, and the
Cliff Bailey Trio will please with a sing
ing and dancing feature. As speciaI
feature, Mr. Poll has secured Louise
Kent in her own sketch, "Dicky Bird.
Miss Kent is supported by strong COM
Dany,