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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-01
LAY IN YOUR COAL.
That Is Martins Last Word on Gas
Situation.

Kansas City, Aug. IA motion to
advance the appeal from the recent
gas decision by which the federal court
receivers of the Kansas Natural Gas
company were upheld in their deter
mination not to extend the company's
lines in Oklahoma was granted here
today by Federal Judges Van Valken-
burgh and Hook, sitting together.
The appeal was taken from the de-
cision of Judge Marshall in the United
States court at Salt Lake City in which
he refused to sanction the order of
Kansas state officials that the lines of
the Kansas Natural be extended to
Oklahoma gas fields.
Judge Marshall held the Kansas Of
ficials had no power to order opera
tions in another state.
Judge Van Valkenburgh and Judge
Hook set the appeal for a hearing at
Denver, September %.
s'My advice" said Henderson Mar
tin, chairman of the public utilities
commission, lis to lay in supply of
coal for next winter. Mind you, 1 still
think there is some hope for more gas
next winter, but it is by far too remote
a contingency to risk shivering next
January"
That was the ultimatum which Mar
tin issued today when he returned from
Kansas City, where he heard the ar
guments in the gas controversy before
the federal court. The advancement OIL
the case was q VICTORY IOr the state, ne
said, but the fight isn't over yet.
THE case will undoubtedly go to the
United States supreme court said
Martin regardless of which side is
successful in the Denver hearing. And
while We may get more gas next win
ter, it will probably be a whole lot
safer to have a little coal in the Gel
lar"
Just what said last fqalI.'' declared
Attorney General Dawson, when told
of Martins ultimatum to the gas con-
sumers. L think L remarked at that
time that the gas prospect was just
about as uncertain as the then uncer-
tain political outlook. l remember that
l bought some coal myself and other
people who did the same, will recall
that it wasn't a serious mistake
And with these statements from the
men who have been on the firing line
in the gas controversy, it appears that
both the state and the federal gas re-
ceivers are making preparation for a
long, determined fight; with warnings
to the individuals in the gas towns that
the only sure safeguard for next win
ter is full coal bin.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-01
Three Men Killed and Six
Others Injured
When Two Trains Crash To-
gether at Duluth Docks,
DUE TO CARELESS SWITCHING
Indignant Over Accident, 25
LabOrers Go ON Strike.
Others Stand About in GrOups
Crying for Vengeance.

Duluth. Mimi, Aug. 1.-Three men
are known to have been killed, two
injured probably fatally, four others
were badly hurt and a score more are
unaccounted for as the result of a
collision ore trains at the Allouez
ore docks last night. The men most
seriously injured are not expected to
live through the day.
The Dead.
Nick Libest, laborer, Superior.
John Koski, laborer, Superior.
Unidentified man.
Isaac Isoi, a laborers. suffered the
loss of a leg and an unidentified man
lost a leg and an arm. Both are
thought to be fatally hurt.
Indignant over the accident, % dock
hands struck
The accident is blamed to careless
switching. A moving ore train ran
100 standing train, throwing the
W4rkmen into ore pockets and cover
ing them with ore. Within a minute
several hundred workmen were on the
scene, digging into the pockets. The
injured were removed to a local hospi
tai while the dead were placed in a
switch house which was converted into
a temporary morgue.
More than 200 men stood about in
groups. crying for vengeance. Women
hurried to the docks in search Of loved
ones, adding to the confusion. The dock
managers ordered the work resumed.
But the foreigners refused. Special
police then took charge of the docks.
A number of boats loading at the
docks will be delayed unless an agree
ment with the striking laborers is
reached
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-01
IT IS COOL TODAY.
And What Is More to Point, Will Be
Cool Tomorrow.

This is another pleasant day The
temperature is three degrees below
normal for the first day of August
The wind is blowing at the rate of
twelve miles an hour from the north
east. The minimum temperature to-
day was 63 degrees at o'clock this
morning. The local weather observer
says tonight conditions will be con-
ducive to sleep. and that Saturday the
weather will be of the same brand as
that of today.
The river has risen three-tenths of
a foot in the last "a hours, although
no rains are reported to have fallen
in Kansas. The only explanation that
sunny Flora, the local observer
can make is that now that the wealth
er is cooler there is less evaporation.
,ir-cr
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-01
COURT ACQUIT HER
Miss FIatley, 81, Breaks Chair
Over WOman's Head.
Because She Sang cat the Old
Maids Ball."

Chicago, Aug. Mrs. Elizabeth
Varley was tidying up the dining room
of family hotel when she began to
sing "At the Old Maids Ball" Her
song was halted abruptly in the mid
die of. the chorus by Miss Winnie Flat
ley, 81 years old. who broke a chair
over the singers head. The attack
centered around a table which was
overturned with a crash of china.
Arraigned before Municipal Judge
Gemmill, Miss Flatley said she long
had been subjected to ridicule because
she is not married
Il think the provocation justified the
attack said the court, who dis
charged her.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-01
MOVIE MEN WIN.
Acquitted on Charge of Violating the
Sunday Law.

Jefferson City, Aug. IA jury in
the circuit court here today acquitted
two moving picture show proprietors
of a charge of violating the Sunday
law, which provides that no unneces-
sary work shall be performed on the
first day of the week. The county
prosecutor had brought them to trial
for running their picture show on
Sunday. The prosecutor said today
he would try to get a ruling from the
supreme court as to whether picture
shows come under the prohibition of
the Sunday law.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-01
PURSUED BY LAUNDRESS
Prince Marries Daughter of Million
aire and They Disappear.

Los Angeles, Cal. Aug. Mrs.
Clara Melcher, owner of a laundry in
Vienna, appeared today before
Charles T. Connell, United States i'm
migration inspector, and was inter-
rogated relative to her coming to this
country and to the claims she de-
clares she has against Prince Stanis-
laus Sulkowski, a nephew of the
grand duke of Berlitz, scion of a no
BILE Austrian house. The prince was
married last Monday night to Miss
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-01
HOUSE GETS MULHALL
The Senate Is Through With Him for
This Week.

Washington. Aug. Gross eXamin-
alton of Martin NJ. Mulhall, confessed
lobbyist for the National Association
of Manufacturers, ended today before
the senate lobby committee.
Mulhall was excused until Monday
and turned over to the house lobby
committee. The senate committee will
turn next week to the files of the Ma
tional Association of Manufacturers
and an examination of its Officials
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-01

forcefully- told the court the allies ed
history of the sugar company and
MounDay's operations He referred to
letter alleged to have been written
by United States Senator Catron of
New Mexico. to MounDay. regarding
the option contract to MounDay for
sale of New Mexican land. The con-
tract with MounDay long since ex-
pired, Dawson charged and Senator
Catron's own title to the land offered
for sale was very questionable.
Dawson Read the Curtis Letter.
Then Dawson read to the court y let
ter written by former United States
of the incorporators of the New Mex
can company, in which he endorsed
Mrs. MounDay.
This will introduce to you Mrs.
L. D. w. MounDay, whom 1 have
known for many years." the letter
read. She is a woman of strict
honesty and good business ability.
She is secretary and treasurer of the
American Sugar Manufacturing and
Refining company of New Mexico
and will properly account for all
moneys received by her"
The letter, contained in the Noun
Day land literature, was offered as a
portion of the evidence to show the
alleged connection of the sugar COR
poration with the individual defend
ants. The letter is dated Topeka,
Kan, Nov. 16, 1908, and purported
to have been written on Senator Cur
tis' official stationery as member
of the United States senate commit
tee on Indian appropriations.
IF the contentious of the defense
are true said Dawson, Il want to
call your attention to the pitiful story
of duplicity on the part of Noun
Day"
The MOmDay Literature.
Dawson then referred to the liter
ature mailed by MounDay to prospec-
tive land buyers.
Just look at this dreamy green
picture of a sugar plantation and
the picture of MounDay standing in
said Dawson. Then look at this
gIittering picture of a sugar factory
which the innocent investor may be
led to believe is to be erected on the
land"
THAT picture looks a little like the
Garden City plant suggested Justice
Mason, whose remark created rip
pie of laughter in the court room.
Dawson then called the courts at
tention to the deposit of $5O0,0 900
worth of bonds of the sugar company,
deposited with Hiram Root as trus-
of the assets, but which the Shawnee
county commissioners recently found
were of so little real value as not to
be assesSa BILE.
In the hearing before the supreme
court. the state is represented by At
torney General John S. Dawson,
Judge Frank Foster Major 4. NJ
Harvey and Judge Frank P. Lindsay,
assistant attorney general. Harry J.
Bone, former United States district
attorney; d. r. Hite and a. B. Quin-
ton appear as counsel for the defend
ants.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-01
THE DAY IN CONGRESS
NceIey Offers Resolution for Investi-
CATION of McAdoo Charges.

Washington. Aug 1.-The day in CON
gress Senate met at noon and resumed
general debate on tariff bill. Senator
Gronna continued his attack. Lobby
committee continued cross-examinatioa
of Martin NJ Mulhall. Senator. Catron
opposed free wool and reductions in
woolen manufactures. Subcommittee
debated Smith cotton futures bill but
postponed action.
House met at noon Chairman Flood.
of foreign affairs committee, favorably
reported bill for separate legations to
Paraguay and Uruguay and elevation
of legation at Madrid to an embassy.
Representative Murray (Mass) in
troduced resolution for investigation Of
hard coal trust.
d Representative Neely introduced
resolution directing banking committee
to investigate charge of Secretary Nc
Adoo that New York bankers have de-
pressed price of government bonds.
Foreign affairs committee discussed
Mexican situation and voted to request
Ambassador Wilson to present his
views.
Senator Sutherland introduced reso-
luton calling on secretary of the treas
ury for information on goods placed in
bonded warehouses to await passage
of tariff bill
Secretary Bryan asked appropriation
of $4,000 to care for Americans made
destitute by Mexican revolutions.
Republican Leader mann cOncludeu
-Caminetti debate with hot at
tack on administration and Attorney
General McReynolds.
Adjourned at 1:35 p. m. until noon
Tuesday.
To Abolish Courts.
Washington, Aug. IA constitutional
amendment proposed in the house to-
day by Representative Hull (Tenn)
would provide that congress shall have
the power to abolish any inferior court
of the United States and remove
Judge of any inferior court of the Uni
ted States from Office by resolution, II
concurred in by two-thirds of both
houses.
In a statement accompanying his
resolution Representative Hull said:
THE ancient procedure of impeach-
nent which has come down to United
states from another century, is so pro-
lix. involved, and cumbersome as TO
render it most expensive and difficult
of utilization. 1t has become manifest
that a simplified substitute method of
procedure should be made available
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-01
.LILLARD CHOSEN
Second Assistant e. p. Attorney
for Kansas and Missouri.
c. A. Magaw Elevated to First
Assistant AttOrneyship.

The transferring of B. w. Scandrett,
assistant attorney for the Union Pa
cific for Kansas and Missouri, from
Topeka to a higher position with the
same company in Omaha, and the fill
of the position he held here by the
elevation of c. A. Magaw from second
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-01
TODAY'S GAMES.
Western.

Western.
Topeka at Sioux City, clear.
Lincoln at Des Moines, clear.
Wichita at Omaha, clear
Denver at st. Joseph, clear.
National.
New York at Chicago, clear.
Brooklyn at Pittsburg, cloudy.
Philadelphia at Cincinnati.
clear.
Boston at st. Louis, clear
American.
Chicago at New York, game
postponed: rain.
st. Louis at Philadelphia,
cloudy.
Detroit at Washington, cloudy.
Cleveland at Boston, cloudy.
Association.
Colum bus at Louisville, clear
indianapolis at Toledo, clear.
Milwaukee at Minneapolis.
clear.
Kansas City at st. Paul, clear.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-01
WILSON is HERE
New superintendent Topeka
Schools Arrived Today.
Believes in Being Frank With
Public, He Told Reporter.

H. B. Wilson, who for six years has
served as superintendent of the city
schools of Decatur. Ill, and who is con-
Sidered an educator of the first rank.
assumed the duties of superintendent
of the Topeka schools today. He arriv-
ed in the city late this morning.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-01
Cotton Crop Condition.

Washington, Aug. 1.-The condition
of the growing cotton crop of the
United States on July 20 was 1915
per cent of a normal, the United
States department of agriculture re-
porting board announced at noon
today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-01
EASY MONEY.

Champ Clark tells of a Bowling
Green, Mo-, youngster who asked his
mother for a nickel.
You should earn some of your
spending money" reproved the moth
er. ''and not always come to me for
it
The boy went away. That after
noon his mother saw him on the
street surrounded by a crowd of boys.
She went to him, and tackled on a
fence-post behind him was card,
neatly printed, which bore this an
nouncement:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-01
KANSAS MAN NAMED.
Is Chosen Vice President of PoStmas-
ters' Association.

Denver. Colo. Aug. 1.-Officers were
elected for the ensuing year by the
Association of PoStmasterS of the First
Glass. Dallas, Tex, was chosen as the
place for the next meeting.
d. 4. Gerrow. Jacksonville, Fla,
was chosen president; w c. Markham
Baldwin City. Kan. secretary; H. c
Eastman. Oklahoma City, was named
one of the vice presidents.
Resolutions urging the installation
of 1 cent letter postage and differen-
tiation between postage rates on ad-
vertising and reading matter in maga-
zines and periodicals were adopted.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-01

Weather Forecast for Kansas.
Fair tonight and Saturday; not
much change in temperature.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-10-03
OEIRICHS CASE
IS COMPLICATED
STAB RECEIVED BY MISS SINGLE.
TON MAY HAVE BEEN CAUSED
BY GLASS.

New York, Oct. 3.-Mystery per-
picked investigators last night in the
case of Herman Oelrichs, millionaire
law student at Columbia University,
and Miss Lucille Singleton, daughter
of Texas mine owner. Although
Oelrichs was held in a magistrates
court for hearing Tuesday on the
charge that he stabbed the girl in the
breast while they were in his automo-
bile few nights ago, the question
exists as to whether she received her
injuries in this manner, or from the
iabbed points of the broken wind
shield through which she was thrown
when young Oelrichs' car crashed into
a tree.
The case was complicated further
by statement by Oelrichs' lawyer to
the effect that third person, said to
be a Columbia University student, was
In the machine with Oelrichs and Miss
Singleton. The identity of this per.
son was not disclosed by Oelrichs'
lawyer, who characterized as "abso-
lutely ridiculous" the charge that his
client stabbed Miss Singleton.
Miss Singleton did not appear In
ourt Thursday to press the complaint,
and was said last night to be still in
bed The physicians who attended
her at hospital after the automobile
accident stated 1t was not possible to
ay how the cuts In her chest were In
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-10-03
PRESIDENT IS
'ConuLued from Page One }

after the new tariff rates become eff
fective.
The eight and one-ha1f hours of de-
bare in the Senate, produced but little
real criticism Of the tariff bill or the
conference report. Chief interest cent
cred in the speech of Senator Pen
rose, who raised the standard Of the
Angora goat over the Democratic part
and moved the Senate TO continued
bursts of laughter with Lis allusion d
the new duty that had been put on
Angora wool. The prinCi pal criticisms
of the conference committee came
from Senator Pomerere Of Ohio. whose
amendment imposing a tax of $1.10 a
gallon on spirits used to fortify sweet
wines had been dropped out by the
conferees; and from Senator Borah
whose amendment prohibiting the i'm
portation of goods made by child labor
also had been eliminated. Senator
Borah declared that the opposition to
the child labor amendment had been
fostered by importers and aided by
Sinister influences" In this country.
that were opposed to restrictions
against child labor.
There is nothing so pathetic, moth
ing 80 meEAcing to the citizenship Of
this republic" he added, "as the fact
that these conditions of labor continue
here in our country year after year and
there seems to be no remedy for them"
Senator Simmons declared the Dem
ocrats were to be congratulated on the
character OF tho tariff bill that finally
I'd been brought out of the conference
committee.
This is the first~ tariff bill ever
passed in this country" he said, that
was framed by the whole body of the
party responsible for the legislation"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-10-03
JACKSON STILL
AFTER WILSON
DELEGATION WILL GO TO WASH
lNGToN TO URGE HIM TO
VISIT CAPITAL.

Jackson, Miss, oct. president
Wilson may come to Jackson and de-
liver an address during the Mississippi
State Fair this year, October 20 to
November Z.
A delegation composed of three rep
resentative citizens will leave here
Saturday to personally urge the Presi-
dent to so arrange the itinerary of his
trip to Mobile, where he goes the lat
ter part of the month to the conven-
ton of the Southern Commercial Con-
gress, so that he can spend at least
one day here during the fair. The
delegates who go to Washington to
see the executive will bear invitations
signed by the governor of the state,
the mayor of Jackson, the president
of the Jackson Board of Trade and
the president of the Mississippi State
Fair
Members of the Mississippi delega-
tion in the national legislature have
arranged for the bearers of these invi-
tations to have a conference with
President Wilson next Monday after
noon.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-10-03
z BOYS, PISTOL,
SAME old STORY
SAD ACCIDENT AT LAUREL FOL
LOWS EXPERIMENT WITH
FIREARMS.
(From Laurel Argus.)

Two boys with guns, and a pistol
besides, brought repetition in this
city yesterday of the tragedy which
has wrung the hearts Of SO many par
ents-which has brought so much pain
and misery but which seems never
to have brought the needed lesson to
those who ought to have. learned it.
Two widowed mothers in this city
are today deploring a great trial that
has come to them. One has loved
boy at the point of death in the hos
pital, and the other has the trial equal
ly as great of being the unfortunate
cause of it all.
Walter Bethea and Homer Davis,
two fourteen-year-old boys, each with
shot gun, went hunting yesterday.
In addition to, the guns, they carried
with them a thirty-tyo calibre pistol.
The day was spent in the woods AMI
swamps near the Wausau mill, and as
evening approached they started to re-
turn home, and being tired stopped to
rest under a tree in the swamp back
OF the Wausau mill.
Some time was spent there, and
about o'clock Walter Bethea, who
was "pranking" with the pistol, in
some manner caused it to explode. The
shot struck his companion in the
chest, the ball entering the lungs, and
severely iniuring the spinal chord
DR.. Scarborough was summoned, and
found the boy in desperate condition,
1t is believed that the wound will
prove fatal. Homer Davis was i'm
mediately carried to the hospital,
where he is being given every atten-
ton, but his life is despaired Of.
Walter Bethea is the son of a widow
who runs boarding house here. HON.
er Davis is likewise bereft of his ia
Their, his mother having moved here
from Taylorville some time ago.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-10-03

States from all parts of the world paid
no tariff, and that proportion will be
increased by the new law.
The free wool provision of the new
law takes effect December l, 1913; the
free sugar provision May /, 1916.
The new tariff law, passed four years
after President Taft signed the exist
ing Payne-Aldrich law, is the result OF
more than nine months of work in
Congress. Hearings were started
January 6, by the House Ways and
Means committee. Chairman Under
wood introduced the tariff bill April
l. Immediately after President Wilson
had convened the new Congress. 1t
passed the House May and the Sen
ate September 8.
In the opinion Of it's makers the
| Democratic leaders of Congress, the
most important features of the new
tariff are:
"A reduction of nearly one-half in
! the average tariff on foodstuffs and
| farm products.
The placing of raw wool on the free
list, and a reduction of nearly 2-3 in
the tariff en- wooden clothing, especial
ly of the cheaper grades.
| A reduction of one-third (average)
on cotton clothing.
Reduction of the sugar tariff and It's
ultimate adjustment in 1916.
A reduction of one-third (average)
in the tariff on earthenware and glass.
ware.
= Adjustment of all tariff on meats
/ fish, dairy products, -four, potatoes
coal, iron ore, lumber and many class
es of farm and office machinery.
General tariff reduction on all i'm
portant articles in general use.
Throughout the long fight over the
bin, the Republican attack on the meas
ure has been directed against those
rhtes wn.tu tie t.tpu1i.oI..2 declared
were 81 low as to threaten destruction
to American industries, through the
competition of foreign manufacturers
The democratic supporters of the new
law have insisted that except in those
cases where public welfare demanded
radical changes the tariff has beer
reduced only to a point where 1t will
stimulate competition" without turn
ing American markets over to foreign
ers.
A great amount of work will fall
upon the Treasury Department, It Is
expected, in working out the details Of
the new income tax and the methods
of collecting the direct taxes from in