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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-29
AT THE PICTURE HOUSES
The Iris.


a four part feature reel "On the
Trail of the Spider Gang" is to be the
top liner at the Iris today and
Thursday. This photo play is a de-
tective story wherein the horrible
wrecks and catastropheS actually
take place, engines are sent together,
cliffs of rock blown into. dust, aero
planes are crippled in midair and men
escape apparent death by the narrow
est margin.
AS is usual, there is a love story in
terwoven along with the thrills and
adventures of the principals in the
play and the band of crooks known as
the Society of the Spider are finally
rounded up and captured by the de-
tective whom they sought time and
again to put out of the running.
"Mary" Picture at Aurora.
Today and tomorrow the Aurora theater
has another of the Who ill Marry
Nary" series which have been SO popu-
lar. This one is entitled "A Proposal
duced by the Edison company being the
dramatization of the story running in the
Ladies' World. There is probably no 9TH
er one series of films that las a larger
list of admirers than this. The Aurora
is also showing 1.-The BridoA of Shadows"
a Selig feature in two reels showing a
most tragic effect of circumstantial evil
dence concerning young bank bookkeep-
er during the Dayton flood: Being a new
man and unacquainted, he is found in the
bank after dark, where he had promised
to meet the president who died suddenly
in the meantime. There are also two
good Kalem comedies on the program.
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PREACHERS PENSIONS
A Plan Is Submitted to the Congre-
gationaI Church Council.

Kansas City, Mo-. Oct 2s-How to take
care of the aged minister and his family
was the problem discussed by the Con-
gregational board of ministerial relief at
the national council of Congregational
churches. A number of speakers pointed
houses and individuals were providing for
their sick and disabled employees, the
tiers. and that it was time the church be-
gan to zeal justly with its aged servants.
A committee that has been working
upon pension plan since the last meet
in in Boston three years ago. presented
its report with a scheme for granting old
age pensions to ministers and taking care
Trough death. The scheme provides that
Secured from ministers enrolled in such a
plan and so per cent be supplied by the
churches. The foundation, of 100000
endowment fund was urged
Inc committee declared that out of 4,9l5
churches reporting 1,40S paid their min
to tste so 500 IF SIS SIS to PaiS to
81. 800 the remainder paid $500 or over
ne a Pan p See besnnn at s.
of age for ministers who have served the
congregational church at least thirty
years.
For ministers who have served less than
thirty years, an annuity of 500 beginning
at the age of IS with SO additional for
each year of service. A disability annuity
of $780, with $40 additional for each year
of service over five years, the total not
In case of the death of the minister an
annuity for the widow of three-fifths OF
what would be due and payable to him as
an annuity: this amount continuing to
tie minor children in the event of death
or renarriage of the widow It is pro-
posed to begin the operation of the an
nuity fund by obtaining not less than
three hundred ministers who will become
nuaI ayments Such payments by the
ministers will be sufficient to make eft.
fective one-fifth or 20 per cent of the
nronosed benefits. The remaining four
fifths must be supplied bv the churches
and individuals.
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HIGHLAND PARK NOTES
Qtems for this column phone 2329 Nj,
or State Journal Office)

Mr. Leon Wa Dele, the impersonater
who attracted to much attention at the
Orphenum theater and at Warren M
Crosby Co. store, was the guest sunday OF
Mr.. and Mrs c. A. Griffin OF Canfornla
avenue. Mr.. Wa Dele is a cousin OF Mrs.
Griffin.
Mrs. Walter Whitehead of Potwin Place
was the guest one day last week of Mrs.
Alfred Cross of Maryland avenue.
Mrs ]. E. Cross of Lime street was the
guest Friday of Mrs. ]. L. Moneypenny of
Vinewood.
Mr. Clark Berry, who has been quite
i'll for several days is improving.
Mr.. Olif Nelson of Minneapolis, Kan, Is
visiting at the home of his sister, Mrs. W.
E. McCarter.
J. d. Vance has returned from Wakarusa
where he went on a hunr1ng trip
Ralph Davidson came from Manhattan
for few days visit with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. r. Davidson.
Mrs. E. Luenberger and her mother,
Mrs. Henberger, will go to Salna Friday
to spend several days there, the guests
of relatives
Miss Pearl Shaul spent Saturday and
Sunday with her grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. ]. w. Marsh. of Berryton.
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COOLEST EVER.
tcontinued from Page One,

Wichita, Oct. 29.-Nineteen degrees
above zero was the lowest tempera-
ture reached last night by the first
cold wave of this season. Wind at
tanned a speed of 80 miles an hour.
The snowfall yesterday totaled seven
; tenthS of an inch.
Twenty-six degrees above zero was
the former minimum record for Oct.
% here. The melting snow yesterday
was followed by q heavy freeze last
night.
ST. Joseph, Oct. 29.-Northwest
Missouri experienced the coolest
weather in years last night and today
The thermometer has been stationary
at % degrees for IL hours.
There was a light snow fall and
warmer weather Is predicted.
Joplin. Oct. 29.-From a maximum
temperature of 81 at 2 o'clock yester
day afternoon, a freezing north wind
last night drove the mercury down to
% and brought with it a snowfall of
1.5 inches which remains on the
ground.
Ponds were frozen last night for
the first time this season. A bright
sun and clear sky raised the temper
allure only three degrees at nine
o'clock this morning, as a cold north
wind still blows.
Kansas City, Oct. 29.-October
temperature records of rs years
were broken in Missouri, Kansas and
oklahoma and equaled in Texas when
the thermometer early today showed
readings ranging from 16 degrees
above zero at Concordia and Dodge
City, Kan, to 80 at Dallas and Abb
lene. Tex. Coming on the heels of
snow and sleet storms driven by a
biting wind, the drop caused great
suffering to live stock and not a little
to human beings unprepared.
The United States weather observer
here said tonight 1t would be not
in temperature would come tomor-
row
A light sheet of snow covered all
of Kansas and parts of Oklahoma
and Missouri. The heaviest fall re-
corded was 2 II inches here. Acct
dents due to slippery pavements were
numerous here. A brakeman on an
sleet fell from the top of a box car
last night and was killed.
Five hundred students Of the Kan
sas State Normal school at Pfttsburg
held their annual picnic in the woods
yesterday afternoon despite the
weather. Bundled in furs and
goloshes, the merry picnickers gath
cred in a binding snowstorm.
At most points the cold came down
with a sweep.
At Joplin, Mo-. temperature of 81
yesterday afternoon dropped to "a de-
grees in a few hours. Among mini
mum temperatures reported to the To-
Joe, %: Pittsburg, 20: Hutchinson,
16; Oklahoma City, Ok, %, and
Springfield %. The lowest tempera-
ture recorded here was %.
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Gates IS DEAD.
Suffers Stroke of Apoplexy at
Cody, WyO.
Distributed Money Layishly
Unto Day of His Death.

Cody, Wyo., Oct 29.-Charles G..
Gates, son of the late John W. Gates,
died in his private car here last night
of a stroke of apoplexy. His body
will be sent east by way of Billings,
Mont.
Mr.. Gates came west about a
month ago on the advice of physi-
clans VINO accompanied him, believ-
ing his health would improve. There
was some Improvement after his ar
rival here and together with his ply
sicians and friends, he was taken to
a mountain resort and a hunting trip
was planned. The exertion seemed to
leave him weaker and he returned to
Cody to recuperate before his trip
east. Monday change for the worse
occurred and complications caused
apprehension.
Mr.. Gates had many friends here
and a few days before his death he
ascertained the Indebtedness of the
various churches of Cody In some
instances he wiped out the indebted
ness and in others he made substan-
tial contributions.
On his return from his hunting trip
Mr.. Gates spent more than $1,000
buying fur coats for friends. He
gave his chauffeur $1,000 and pre-
scented Ned Frost, his guide on the
trip, with $4,000 in currency.
A few hours before his death Mr..
Gates said he had just made big
turn on the Chicago board of trade
and that he expected to spend $4,000
before leaving Cody
Mr.. Gates died while his special
car was being coupled to a train.
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TODAY'S MARKET REPORTS.

Chicago, Oct. 9.-WHEAT-Uncertain
connected with crop conditions in Argen-
tina lifted wheat prices today. There
were reports of weather In that country
being too hot in some sections with other
places suffering from frost. Advices were
at hand also that owing to drought,
opening was ss@14c to A@7sc higher and
the market hardened still more but then
reacted somewhat owing to increased SELL
ing.
Imports of Canadian wheat by Buffalo
millers who are manufacturing export
flour, operated as check on the bulls
until lghtness of primary receipts
brought about additional strength. The
close, however, was weak at %@7sc net
advance.
CORN-Freezing temperature that
firmness ipto corn Opening prices were
a shade to sc up and a further advance
followed.
House with country connections were
large buyers. Peoria reported a corn
famine. The close nevertheless was easy,
1sdKc to AG3sc over last night.
OATS-Oats which We're in general de-
mand were not offered with any degree
of freedom. Values rose accordingly. A
well known speculator was prominent on
the buying side.
PROVISIONS+In provisions crowd,
alizing sales by holders acted as more
than an offset wor strength at the yards.
First transactions ranged PFC decline to
a like advance. but later eased off.
Chicago Grain Market.
1.-THE range of prices for grain futures on
the Chicago Board of Trade as reported
by Thos. ]. Myers. Broker. Columbian
Chicago, Oct %.
open High Low Today Yes
R Rs2 81 81 So s s.: 49,. S. s.
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WORK IS SUSPENDED.
Mitchell Day Is Celebrated Through
out the Anthracite Region.

Hazleton. Pa, Oct. 29.--Hardly a wheel
PENNSYLVANIA. The miners celebrated
Mitchell Day in honor of the anniversary
of the successful termination of the strike
of 1900. the first conducted in the hard
coal belt under the leadership of John
Mitchell then president of the United
Mine Workers of America. In proclama-
tons issued from the union headquarters
of the three anthracite districts all the
men were advised to remain idle today,
except those whose services are necessary
for the operation of pumps and other ma
cninery.
The 1900 strike was the initial clash of
the mine workers with the anthracite
operators who before that time had dealt
with the Knights of Labor. The struggle
won for the men a 10 per cent wage in
crease and other concessions
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MEANS MORE WEALTH
Deputy Comptroller Explains Cur
rency Bill to Bankers.

Chicago. Oct. 29.-Increased wealth
and new opportunities were predicted
for investment bankers under the pro,
posed new currency law by Edmund
D. Fisher, deputy comptroller OF the
currency, of New York, in an address
delivered today before the Investment
Bankers Association OF America. me
Glass-Owen bill will not prevent the
investment banker from borrowing
money on securities during the time
they are in his hands for placement
with the ultimate investor" said Mr..
Fisher, "but will remove the tendency
to stimulate prices through plethoric
money market. Fairer opportunities
for the development of business enter
prise will come through broadening
demand for investment securities and
municipal bonds will again take the
place they once held in the invest
ment market" Mr.. Fisher declared
that the most discourag1ng factor IN
municipal financing during the past
few years has been the rather steady
decline in the price of high grade
bonds from causes apart from conSld-
Grafton involving the credit of indi-
vidual cities or corporations. This
tendency has been caused, he said, by
the increasing demand for new capital
and its diminishing supply. Funda-
mentally, he said, it had been caused
by a lessening volume of production
and a waste of surplus capital. Rela-
lively, prices also have been affected,
in the opinion of the speaker, by the
conversion Oh IlAeQ IOTHlS VI lHNSSl-
ment, through loans, into check cur
rency, thus increasing the spending
tendency, with its corresponding eff
feet on prices.
''The reserve plan of the present
national bank act, although it has de-
veloped the time and call money mar
ket for the investment banker, has
also tended to bring frequent periods
of restriction of his business" assert
ed Mr.. Fisher. 1.-The investment bank
er is primarily interested in the con-
tinuity of good business, in the rea-
sopable stability of prices and in Civ
ing satisfaction to his customers
Present practice brings him none of
these desirable elements"
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POTTERS ON A STRIKE
Employees of 35 Plants Are Demand
ing Higher Wages.

East Liverpool, Ohio, Oct. 29.-Clay
makers employed in the thirty-five
general ware potteries of East Liver
pool and Wellsville, Ohio, and Chester
and Newell, w. Va, quit work this
morning when they were refused an
advance in wages. A number OF
plants were closed and if the strike is
not settled by nightfall, all the pot
teries in the district will be compelled
hands.
The clay makers recently formed an
Independent union and are not affili-
ated with the National Brotherhood of
Operative Potters, whose officers last
week in New York signed a tentative
scale for two years with the United
States POtterS' association,
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Topeka Fruit and Prod,,. ~,

[Selling prices by SamI E. Iux VEL.
sale Fruit and Produce.i
-o Topeka, Kan, Oct. %
JONATHAN .APPLES-Per boy % 0oSa
10 ~; Roman Beauties per box. s2'oo92' Sse
RM1 acis n.r per per box $1,000 ARKANSAS
Genitans. box. s1.5Oa175. si-'0'pA'o;
NEW YORK GRAPES-Per basla+ o.
IOkAY GRAPES-Per crate. Al TX 0'o'
GRANBERRIES-Per bbl., sS25.
FLORIDA GRAPE FRJJIT-Per 49,.
$5.25G550. oox'
PACKAGE FIGS-Per box. Soc.
LEMONS-Per box, S5.0Od55O
.. GOCOANUTS-Per doz., SOC; per sack
xAw VALLEY SWEET POTATOES
CABBAGE-New. per h., &c.
CALIFORNIA QUINCES-Per boy % m
BANANAS-Medium sized punches. ner
bunch, S.75Q225; large buncbes Per
bunch $2.5o@2.75; per lb., 9slc. per
ONIONS-Per bu., $150.
SPANISH -ONIONS-Per crate. s15o
IDAHO POTATOES-Per bu., 9oc.
WESTERN SLOPE COLORADO pO
TATOES-Per bu., 90c.
RED RIVER EARLY OHIO-Per nr
CSC. CT pu-s
EGG PLANT-Per doz., 75aeoc
LEAF LETTUCE-Per basket eoc
LEAD LETTUCE-Per basket, 75c.
CARROTS-Per bu., $1.OO w.
TURNIPS-Per bu., SOC.
PARSNIPS-Per bu. soc
BEETS-Per bu., S5c
COLORADO HONEY-Per crate sos
CELERY-Jumbo. zoe doz.; Mammotb
OYSTERS Stanards, per can. 4oc. nev,
York Counts. per can, 55c; Buik N SEN
CHEEsE-1sk@19c
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SUMMONSES BY MAIL.
Court Bailiff Tries 1t With
Great Success.

Cleveland, O., Oct. 29.-After one month
of operation Municipal Court Bailiff Chas.
l. Sulzer announced today that his plan
of subpoenaing by mail had demonstrate
ed its great superiority over the old
method of personal service Out of a
total of SS7 summonses in the past month,
only fourteen had remained undelivered
while under the old system, he says at
least s1Xty-eight would have been I'M
delivered because of changes in addresses
which are not recorded in the directory.
THE poStoffice department is more
quickly notified of changes in addresses -
he said, land hence the percentage of I'M
delivered summonses is much smaller
The total cost to litigants for tse mott
fication by mail system has been only
$3.50, while under the old system it
would have been $270. ~
Bar associations and attorneys all over
the country have written him for infor-
nation about the innovation.
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LAND DRAWING ENDS,
The Capital Prize Is Valued at
$4,000.

North Platte. Neb.. Oct. 29-The last
large tract of Nebraska government land
was parcelled out by Uncle Sam when a
drawing for 5S8 homes in the Nebraska
national forest reserve situated near this
city and the Niobrara military reservation
come to end.
Marvin Tritch of Kirksvflle, Mo. the
fortunate person who drew the magic
number one, will have to pay the govern
ment about eleven hundred dollars for
the quarter section he chooses. but valu-
ations as high as fifteen thousand dollars
already have been placed on the 160 acres
he Will be entitled to file upon
Nebraska and Missouri citizens were
among the fortunate, although Iowa and
South Dakota had a share in the glory
one Chicago man was among the favored
and Colorado was represented by several
names among the first 200 drawn
Judge Witten will conduct the filings
from Hyannis, Neb-, which is located near
the lands to be filed upon.
Sergeant Samuel Gibson of Omaha who
drew claim No: 60 in the North Platte
land drawing. is a veteran of the civil
war, and of later Indians wars being one
OF the few survivors of the Fetterman
massacre at old Fort Kearney He has
been employed in the quartermaster's
office of the department of the missouri
several years.
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TO HUNT IN MONTANA
BeIoit Trio Leaves on Trip After Big
Game.

Beloit, Oct 29.-Frank A. Lutz r. NJ.
most prosperous young and pushing bust
ness men of Beloit, left last night for the
wilds of northwest Montana, where they
ton at hunting wild game in that coun-
try. They will go by railroad to Drum
mond, Mont, and then by horse to the
wilds of the country. where elk deer.
bear, mountain sheep and other wild game
are said to abound in large numbers. AS
these young men left their Beloit homes
to take the train they looked like travel
ing arsenals- They took with them their
guns with revolvers and cartridges strap
ped on their sides. A large crowd of
their friends followed them to the depot
to bid them goodbye and wish them a
safe return. The trio are prepared for
big game for they will take with them
an expert guide and cook and ample
provisions, besides trained dogs
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AS SOCIAL CENTERS.
Use of School Houses Is Advocated at
Tulsa Meeting.

Tulsa, Oct. 29.-The use of rural
school houses as social centerS for in
terchange of ideas and the general inn
provement of the mental complexion
of rural communities was advocated
strongly before the International Dry
Farming congress today by H. M.
Banner of Amarillo, Tex. A kind of
dazed and timid lonesomeness that
throttles the spirit of the scattered till
ers of the soil in the isolated back
country will disappear if the school
houses-the property of the people-are
utilized at all times according to Mr..
Banner. 1.-The day is dawning," he said,
lin which there will be no more locked
and barred school houses during vaca-
lions or at other times.
Tree planting and other forestry top
les were emphasized at today's session
of the congress. Among these on the
program for addresses along these lines
were Charles Scott, stat. forester of
Kansas. T. S. Woolsey, Jr., of the
United States forestry service, Albu
querque. n. NJ, and Robert L. Rogers,
United States forestry service, Wash
ington, D. c. Mr. Rogers subject was
The value of forest planting under dry
farming conditions" Others on the
program were L. w. Ellis, Laporte
Ind. whose topic was Farm machine
ry.' W. w. Burr, of the North Platte,
Nebraska experiment station, who told
the delegates of scientific storing of
moisture" and L. E. Call, of the Kan
sas State Agricultural college, who
spoke about Seed bed preparation of
wheat"
An address upon 1.-The art of bill-of-
rare making by Miss Caroline Hunt
of the office of experiment stations,
United States department of agricuI-
ture, was one of the interesting items
on the days program of the Internal
uonal Congress of farm women
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HE SLUGS The COURT.
DisgruntIed Litigant Takes Revenge
on the Judge.

New York, Oct. 29.-Joe Patuzel,
q disgruntled litigant, evened what he
fancied to be his grievance against
the court by lying in wait for Magis-
trate Corrigan at the court room door
today and hitting him over the head
with a club. The magistrates UNI
brella was broken and his head
bruised. Patuzel was subsequently
taken to Bellevue hospital for obser-
walton as to his sanity.
+ PatuZel had Hursed his grievance
since Magistrate Corrigan discharged
PatuzePs landlord, against whom
Patuzel had made a trivial complaint.
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Lurther reductions in prices of steel pro-
ducts was short lived and an upturn
which followed early weakness proceeded
steadily until leading stocks reached a
Ievei l to IA above yesterdays close.
Bonds were firm.
Although stocks, including Reading and
Souhtern Pacific opened a shade higher
today, the general trend was toward a
lower level Canadian Pacific and Texas
company declined a point, and Missouri
ac1fic "a. Changes elsewhere were small
and after the first transactions the mar
ket stifened. The upturn was led by
Reading which rose a point.
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hearings on behalf of the claimants Of
the Yorkshire estate.
The evidence was taken before the
British vice consul here and diScrep-
ancies in testimony of doctors, nurses
and other confirmatory witnesses to
the charge that the alleged heir was
really the daughter of Santa Rosa
high school girl and chauffeur,
caused District Attorney Charles NJ
F'ickert to start an investigation.
The man from whom DR.. Fraser
said he got the money refused to an
swer questions put to him on advice
of his counsel.
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Kansas City Produce Market.

Kansas City, Oct. 29.-WHEAT.-lCSash
Market 1kc higher. No. hard, s3gsShc;
No. 8, s2dS7c; No. red, S9q911zc; No. g.,
S6A@S91ac.
CORN-Market unchanged to 1c higher.
No. 2 mixed, 72A@7313c; No 3 121s01Sc;
No 2 white 73@731zc; No. 3, 72kc-
OATS-Market unchanged to nc mgner.
No white, 41c; No. mixed, 40c.
RYE-Market unchanged.
HAY-Market unchanged.
BUTTER-Market unchanged.
EGGS-Market unchanged.
POULTRY-Market unchanged
WHEAT-ReceiptS, 4S cars.
CLOSER: WHEAT-December, S2ssU
S21ac; May, S71s@s75sc.
CORN-December, 71@1l1sc; May I3AV
OATs-December, 4@1Ac; May, 449
4414c.
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Topeka, Kan, Oct %
SALT CURED HIDES-SaIt cured hides
No. /, 141zc; No. 2, 131zc; salt cured h,,iIs
and stays No. l, 12c; No. 2, lie; side brand tIs
over 40 lb. flat. No. l. 12c; side brands
under 40 Id. flat. No. 1, lie; side brand ILLS
bulls and stays fiat. No. l. ioc; salt cured
glue hides fiat. No. I. TIC; salt cured
deacons, 40c to COO: salt cured siIInLs ~
to 25c; green uncured hides. NC less fb ~
same grade cured; green half cured bidas
&c less than same grade cured Ho,ss
hides No. l, sSOoa350; horse hides No ,
$3.50; pony hides and glue horse. 75cT5I sA.
G.. S. hog skins, 15q30c; sheep peits. eraer,'
Q1-oo; dry. according to wool, per ib.''
7d1oc; tallcw No !, 5d51ac; taIlow No
464Ac; bees wax, 15@25c. 49, 9
DRY HIDES-Dry flint butcher beav,
21c to 23c; dry flint fallen heavy. a0c = =
22c; dry flint under 16 lb.. 1sc to 21c. DO 20
flint culls flat, 13c; dry salt heavy oIsS.
IS lbs, tic to 1Sc; dry salt light, lac to re-.
KANSAS. NEBRASKA AND OKT.x-
HOMA-Bright medium, I5616c: darI-
medium, 13Q15c; light fine. I1@12c: heayH
fine, 9G10c.
COLORADO, NEW MEXICO, UTAH
AND TEXAS-Lght medium 12014c. iieht
fine. nQ12c; heavy fine. sQ1oc