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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-06
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He COULD NOT SINK.
Fished Out of Lake Michigan After
Vain Effort to Drown.

Chicago, June ga man who would
not sink, tried to commit suicide by
jumping into the lake from the stern
of a launch today but failed dismally
despite his frantic efforts to keep under
water. Captain Carlson of the life saw
ing crew, saw the man who is about
so years old and well dressed make the
leap The life boat was launched with
little hope of making a rescue but the
man did not sink. He turned and twist
ed and held his head under water all
to no purpose and he was perfectly
conscious when the boat reached him.
He fought against rescue but was
taken ashore He refused to disclose
his identify
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Personal Mention.

Rev. and Mrs. Scheer and son Paul
returned from Baldwin Thursday even
ing, where they attended the commence
ment exercises of Baker University.
| Vera Fl. Dossman, formerly Vera
Bridge. is in Amarillo. Texas, this
month with her husband who is
travelling auditor for the Santa Fe.
E H. Martin left yesterday for Port
land Oregon to look for a location
with a view to making that place his
home.
S. S. WakIey who lives north of
town, went to Colorado Springs yester-
day to spend the summer with MS
son.
Mrs. Mary A Hart. mother of Mrs.
c. F. Bridge of 1920 Buchanan street,
Will leave Saturday evening Tor New
ULYSSES. Kan. to be with her daughter
Mrs Edith Keplinger.
George Scheer and sister Miss Adele
Scheer returned from Baker University
| Thursday evening Mr.. Scheer gradu-
ated from the Liberal Arts department
and Miss Scheer completed the course
| for Supervisor of Pubic School Music
c. P. Faber will preach at lnd1anola
Sunday afternoon at $3.50 o'clock.
DR. H f. Pratt and family of Ross
VILE are visiting relatives in Topeka
today.
Rev. VIM. B. Barton. pastor of the
NJ E. church at Caldwell, Kan, and his
son Paul T. Barton. We're guests at the
home of Rev. J. E. Scheer Thursday
evening Paul Barton was a member
of the graduating class at Baker Uni
versity.
Mr.. and Mrs Messenger and son
Frank of Lawrence were the guests of
J. c. Snediker yesterday. They are en-
route to California and other points in
the west. travelling in their automo-
bile. They expect to be gone about a
year.
Mr.. Dudley Pratt who had a fall
several days ago which has resulted in
sickness is no better
Mrs. Will Hanna of 1125 N Topeka
avenue will go to Hanover tomorrow
to be with her husband who has a
position there.
We still have a goodly number of
beautifully trimmed hats selling at
81. 90, s.. 90, 300 and up. These hats are
the equal of hats sold elsewhere for
double the money. 1t will pay you to
see them tomorrow Courtneys North
Side Millinery Store. 90519 North Kan
sas avenue.-AdV.
Miss Ethel Palmer will go to: the
country tomorrow 10 visit couple of
weeks with her aunt
Miss Lillian Christman of Kiro is in
town visiting today.
Trimmed hats Sis and 1878. North
Topeka Hat Shop. Mrs. Wetherholt
917 n. Kansas avenue--Adv-
The Rangers class of the Metho-
dist church will hold a social on the
church lawn this evening.
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At the Empress Theater

Inc Empress theaters hour show con-
slsts of four good reels on diversified
subjects. What God Hath Joined To
gether Is Vitagraph western drama
IL the story of a western prospector' $
reward for saving a woman from the
brutality of her husband. Faith of a
Girl is an especially good drama by the
Lubin Co. by Mutual Agreement is a
laughable Edison picture wherein a good
natured fat man who thinks he is hen
pecked is glad to return to his wife. The
Woodfire at Martins is a good Selig
drama
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-06
NEGRO WILL HANG,
President Wilson Refuses to Interfere
-P1eases Women.

washington, June 6.-President Wilson
today refused to interfere with the death
sentence on Nathaniel Green negro
VINO last Christmas night assaulted a
white woman almost in the shadow of the
oone OF the Capitol. Green will hang
Monday and it will be the first man to
pay death penalty in the District of
columbia for feloniouS assault.
Repeated delays in execution of the SEN
fence AFTER Green pleaded guilty recently
moved a committee of 100 women all
prominent in official and social life to
petition the court here to act with more
expedition.
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messenger who shot and killed Pat
Lawson, aged 10 years of age, of this
city. on the northbound Kansas CITY
southern passenger train Number 2.
near here last Sunday morning. was
held to the grand jury without bail as
the result of his preliminary hearing
SICK was charged with murder in
the first degree and the states attorney
said he would resist any effort to Sc
cure Sticks release on bond.
Sick said he thought Lawson and his
companion were train robbers
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Grasshoppers Bad in California.

Sacra mento, June 6.-Many young
orchards of Butte county have been
neatly done up in paper bags to fore
stall the grasshopper pest. according
to reports by the State Horticultural
commissioner. The plague is spreading.
Yolo. Madin and Kern counties having
been added to the list of the afflicted.
The estimates as to the loss have not
been compiled as yet. Specimen twigs
from orchards swept by the grasshop-
pers received by the commissioner
show that even the bark has been
stripped off in many places
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"An Aerial Disaster at Cozy.

An exciting aeroplane race. the ex-
plosion OF one of the engines in midair,
an attempt to "volplane" to safety. the
precipitating of the aviator and machine
in a pile of wreckage after the planes
take fire-au go TO make AN Aerial Dis
aster'' picture that is full of thrills. 1t
is heing shown in three reels at the Cozy
theater today and tomorrow. love story
is interviewer in the piece. showing how
the aviator forsakes a girl for a stunning
beauty of the Paris boulevards. but who
spurns him after his Disagreement in the
air disaster.
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"F,or the Love of the EIag''-Best

Today and tomorrow the Best theater
is showing a two-reel Kay-Bee feature
For the Love of the Flag 1t is the old
story of the scorn with which officers
hoId a fellow officer who has risen from
the ranks the ostracism being made
more complete by the fact that he has an
indian sweetheart. Being warned by the
Indian maid of an attack planned by her
people he informs the commander and IL
compelled to lead in the repulse of the
Indians the girl being killed in the con-
ftict .trFhejr First Execution one of the
uproarious Keystone comedies, is also on
thu bill at the Best theater-
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SIS. ooO. OoO Commemoration Fund.

Berlin, June 6.-From reports re-
ceived here it is estimated that nearly
s., 600. 900 has been subscribed to the
various memorials which have been
launched in connection with the Tven-
ty-f1fth anniversary of Emperor Will
liam's ascension. In accordance with
the emperor's wishes practically all of
the amount will take the form of
charitable or educational foundations
for institutions for the public welfare.
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LIBERAL LAND LAWS.
Better Treatment of HomeSteaders
Urged by Western Governors.

Salt Lake City, Utah. June 6.-Argu-
ments favoring a more liberal policy to-
ward the homesteader by the federal gov
eminent in its administration of public
land affairs in the western states were
made at the second days session of the
conference of western governors here to-
day, Governor NJ. Ammons. of Colo
RADIO, declared in an address on ''Our Ma
tional Conservation Policy"
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Arrested for Forceful Hair Cutting

Colorado Springs Colo. June edgar
Garvey. president of the high school dra-
matte club, and Charles Schneider, cap
tain of the 1914 baseball team were ar
rested the charge of having waylaid
and forcibly sheared Justin Miller and
Malcolm Ord, members of the high school
senior class. The young men are being
held under $500 bail each for trial Wednes-
day morning.
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AT the Aurora Tbeater.

Tricks of the Trade Is the title of a
Vitagraph film being shown at the Aurora
theater today and tomorrow 1t shows
how two thieves are sent to prison
trough the clever manipula tons of girl.
The Reward of Service" a Lubin drama.
is a military drama and "On the job, an
Essanay comedy. both of which are also
on the Auroras program.
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Ohio Wheat Crop.

Columbus. o., June 6.-According to a
report issued by the state agricultural de-
partTnent Ohio's wheat crop is 81 per cent
normal compared with "A per cent this
time last year. The department estimates
that not more than I per cent of the
acreage which was sown last fall viii be
unproductive as result of the March
floods.
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NORTH SIDE NEWS.

Miss Juliet c. Smith of go North
Quincy street left last night for New
York for a tour of visits before sailing
for Europe on July 5. Mrs. F. M. AK
tell of Oakland who is to accompany
Miss Smith, will join her at Geneva,
New York a few days before sailing
Miss Smith and Mrs. Axtell expect to be
away until October and will travel in
England and Germany, making short
stay in Paris before the return voyage.
The Rev. A. P. Mack of the church of
the Good Shepherd will cross on the
same stea mer but will spend the sum-
mer with relatives in Ireland and Scot
land
The new service of the Union Pacific
will cause several changes in the
schedule as follows: The st. Louis
train, No. 102 which now leaves here
for the west at 7:25 o'clock in the
evening. will go at SIS. The Kansas
Citv train east. instead of going at
5: 80 in the afternoon will leave at $50
in the morning. The Kansas City local
east will leave at 7:25 o'clock in the
morning.
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Operate on Gonpers.

Washington, June 6.-Samuel Com
pers, president American Federation
of Labor, was operated on today for a
mastoid abscess. Surgeons at the
hospital said his condition was such as
to promise a speedy recovery.
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Elonr Inches of Hail.

Alva, Okla, June "a disastrous hail
storm is reported near White Horse,
piled four inches deep and all Vegetation
was killed. Reports say the damage COW
cred an area four miles wide and ten
miles long and destroyed valuable wheat
ali
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BeIgians Negotiate Loan,

Brussels June 6.-The Belgian govern
ment is carrying negotiations with a
group of bankers in Paris for loan of
about S12o 100000 a per cent interest.
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Messenger Held Without Bond
Fort Smith. Ark. June 6.-John c.
Sick of Kansas City. Mo, express
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-06

Twenty-eight of our finest Wash
Dresses, that sold at $3.50 to $500
to be closed out Saturday.
Made of Silk Eponge. Ratne. Ramle and
French Linen. Colors light blue, pink. tan,
rose, brown and lavender. In the newest
modes of the season
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1913-11-11

disclaimer of the authenticity of the
nterview-although we have seen no
denial of it from Sir Lionel himself
but the importance of the incident lies
in the prompt action of the organs of
British opinion in telling us that the
British people are with us in our
Mexican policy. True, considerable
doubt seems to exist as to just what
our policy is, but whatever it is, they
say plainly that they value our friend
ship more than they do the British
gold that is invested in the land of
Huerta. "The friendship of the Unit
ed States is more important to Great
Britain than any oil concession" de-
clares The Pail Mall Gazette; and the
London Graphic thinks the British
government should first have assured
itself that in supporting Huerta it
did not risk vexing the United
States, whose friendship is far more
than all Lord Cowdray's railways and
copper-mines in Mexico" The Lon
don Daily News believes that "the in
terests of our friendship with Amer
lea require the recall of minister
who does not appreciate that the main
tenance Of such friendship is the key
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being picture with deep moral.
Such opinion was concurred in by the
national censorship board which COM
mented upon especially the great NOR
al truth revealed in the picture. On
the other hand one of the ministers
who saw the same pictures said that
he was shocked. There are two sides
to the question and the Times be-
lieves that the general public is the
best judge of the films after all. Any
show that will persistantly show i'm
moral pictures will lose business in
this city and is the best criterion of
the real worth of the pictures. Ii a
censorship of the picture shows, why
not one Of the press, or of the pulpit,
or of the advertising used by the mer-
chants? The Times believes that Twin
Falls is in many ways model city
and that it's value as home city is
due largely to the churches. 1t also
believes that, too, the work of clean
ing out the saloons and evil places of
the city was not all done by the
churches or by the temperance forces,
and that many people who voted dry
would be easily changed around if too
much reform is attempted by the DOM
inant dry element. This conservative
element is much larger than the drys
or the vets believe The Dublic dis
approval of the immoral picture is
the best censorship for it appeals to
the pocketbook directly of the show
managers.
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stone OF British policy" and the Lon
don Telegraph would also recall Brit
ish recognition OF the Mexican ruler.
Comparing what Britain has at stake
The Daily News says:
What have we at stake in Mexico
What is governing our policy? Simply
and solely money invested in Mexico
by English bondholders, mine owners,
and oil concessionnaries. The higher
interests of Mexico are frankly adj
mitted to be out of the purview of
British policy there.
mot all the British capital in Mex
leo would be compensation for even
the risk of losing Americas friend
ship. Under the present circumstances
it would be our duty and the plainest
common sense to acquiesce in the
American policy, even though we
! though it mistaken; but President
Wilson's policy is not mistaken, all
] that has happened in Mexico confirms
the keenness Of his insight and justi-
| fies the courage of his conduct.
1--WE can only see one explanation
of the British policy. We believe this
| country's Mexican policy is just the
Mexican policy desired by handful
! of British capitalists, who may have
made 1t more palatable by persuadine
the British foreign office that behind
President Wilson is the Standard Oil
| company, reaching out for control OF
the Mexican oil supplies. There is q
great deal which we are prepared te
suffer at the dictation of rich men
| anxious about their speculative in
vestments, but we are not prepared to
sacrifice the friendship of the United
States; let the foreign office under
stand that"
| Sir Hiram Maxim goes even further
and writes in the London Morning
Post that Britain should stand with
us, right or wrong:
ANcthiiiS 10 81 LII pol tdi1l W IetlIu
as the friendship of the great Ameri-
can republic. The destiny of Mexico
is inevitable, and it is. only a question
of time when the great Anglo Saxon
race will enter into possession of the
country This ought to be under
stood by the Anglo-Saxons of the Brit
ish Isles, and her officials should not
attempt to put brake on the wheels
of progress, especially on the contin-
ent Of America.
Rightly or wrongly, England should
stand by the American policy in Mex
ioo."
The London Times is more luke
warm, and the London Globe thinks
we are expecting too much when we
demand constitutional government in
! country like Mexico. We are toe
idealistic, thinks The Daily Mail, and
| it adds: Lt
Tile danger in the Mexican situa-
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DEMAND THIS LABEL

The censorship proposed by the city
council for the picture shows looks
like piece of excess legislation when
the fact is brought to mind that the
pictures shown in this city have al
ready passed the national censorship
composed of broad-gauge ministers
and men and women who have to deal
with the complex problems of much
larger cities than this. The Times be-
lieves the picture shows of this city
have shown great care in the films Sc
lected and that the shows are much
cleaner than in most cities. The man
ayers have shown all the way through
a spirit and intent to do the right
thing. The addition of the board Of
censorship unless carefully selected
will work a great hardship upon the
picture shows. No two people will see
the same films with the same mind
and it will result eventually in one of
two things-either narrowness which
will injure the shows financially, or
on the other hand tend to let every film
pass by with an endorsement which
will carry weight and do much harm
e the picture should prove suggestive,
There is another thing which the
Times wishes to call to mind as Illus
trative of its point. The picture
which started the ministry off on
their campaign for the censorship was
viewed on orders Of the mayor by two
men Of mature mind and members of
evangelical churches who passed it as
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ton is that which is always found
lurking where idealism mingles with
politics. Idealists seem fated to stir
up trouble, and their idealism, if only
for its transparent honesty, is more
deadly in it's effect if there are forces
behind it which are by no means
idealistic, but are only seeking to use
it to serve their own earthly ends"
The Times takes this matter-of- fact
view of the situation:
1--WE have no sort of political inter-
ests in Mexico other than those which
we have in any other foreign state in
which our financial and commercial
interests are large 1t is no concern
OF ours by what men or what party the
government is carried on. 1t does
concern us, for the sake of our trade
and our capital invested there, that
the government should be able and
willing to preserve some measure OF
order and justice and maintain a reg
ular and stable administration. That
is the limit of our interest in the in
ternal affairs of the Republic.
I'VE are awaiting the development
of events with a sincere desire to SEE
peace and decent government re-es
tablished in Mexico. Americans, VIZ
all know, are inspired by the same
motives, but they seem to define theil
attitude toward any new government
which the elections may bring fortl
before it has come into being. If they
have a practical plan for realizing the
immediate benefits which we and they
agree that Mexico requires, we shall
be ready, we need hardly say, to give
it our best, our most friendly consid
GRAFTON. To speak frankly, we do mo-
believe government can be estab
lished in Mexico inc accordance with
their ideals. We shall be delighted tc
find that we are mistaken
There has, we repeat, been no fric-
ton between London and Washington
on the question hitherto; we earnestly
hone there will be none in the future. ;
Literary Digest.
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RECORD POTATO CROP
G. 3. Flynn and Al Kern Harvest SOB
Bushels of Spuds From One Acre.

So far as the Bulletin is informed,
G. B. Flynn and Al Kern broke all pre-.
v1ous records in the production of po-
tatoes, when they harvested 500 BUSH
els of marketable spuds from one acre
OF land, and not being satisfied with
that. they went right on and gathered
an average of 500 bushels of market
able potatoes from a field of eight
acres, or 1000 bushels in all
The gentlemen gave the following
affidavit concerning the crop: "State
Of Idaho, County of Cassia. George B.
Flynn and Al Kern being first duly
sworn deposes and and says that they
produced and harvested 500 bushels Of
marketable potatoes on one acre Of
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BRITISH ACCORD WITH US IN
MEXICO

Figs may not commonly grow on
thistles, but the fine crop of British
good wishes that has followed the I'M
complimentary remarks of Sir Lionel
Garden on our Mexican policy has the
look of some such strange reversal of
nature. Sir Lionel is British Minister
to Mexico, presenting his credentials
the very day after Huerta had clapped
large part of his Parliament into
Jail, and when this coincidence was
called to his attention, he remarked
was not incumbent upon him to inves-
tigate what President Huerta had
DONE" and he did not consider it
right for foreigners to constitute
themselves a committee of inyestiga-
tion into the internal affairs of Next
CO." Elucidating his meaning further,
ne remarked rather pointedly, as re-
ported, that Il do not believe that the
United States fully realizes the SER
iousness of the situation here" Next
day he observed that the United States
was working in the dark and went
on to contrast the strength and abil-
ity of Huerta with the weakness and
disorganization of the rebels.
Several days later the British En-
bassy ia Washington made formal
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ground, and that on a field of eight
acres they harvested an average of 500
bushels Of marketable potatoes to the
acre. This result was accomplished
on their farm near Marshfield, eight
miles east Of. Burley, Cassia County.
Idaho. (Signed) G. B. Flynn, All
Kern. Subscribed and sworn to before.
me this first day of November, 1913
| 5. f. Scott, Notary Public
At the time this affidavit was made
potatoes were selling in Burley for
50 cents per bushel, which makes a
yield of 313.13 for the one acre. These
potatoes were grown on ground used
1or iced yards for sheep the previous
winter. The result shows what may
be accomplished on almost any acre of
land on the Minidoka project by proper.
| fertilization. The time will come
when we have more people on the,
lands here, when such yields will not
De uncommon here-Burley Bulletin
Eight pounds ground green bone 25c
every Saturday. Robertson &. tanks
: oo'-AdV. Nov If
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WILBUR s. HILL
Editor and Publisher.
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INDEPENDENT REPUBLICAN.
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The subscription books OF the TIMES
are open to the inspection OF adver-
GiserS.
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entered as Second Glass Matter as
Sen4i-Weekly, Oct. Is, 1910.
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Uwtn falls Ulnes

Published Twice Week, Tuesdays
and Fridays, in the Gaut-Holohan
Building Main Street.
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Baby Gordon silk Isle hose they come in all
colors. priced at 25c