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The Prescott daily news., 1913-09-03

The appearance of a representa-. tive for the attorney-general is a thun. derbolt to us,' said MT. McKeown, We should like time to consult the law as to his right to appear"
 T sent for him." said the court curtly. "The issues here are plain. First, is this man illegally detained |? Second, does Boudreau have a right to petition for the writ of habeas corpus? Both these questions are points of law, purely, and I see no reason for granting an adjournment. :"
 Crowd of 15,ooo Awaits Thaw.
 The judge decided to admit four re- porters to the hearing. Unaware that the proceedings were to be held in chambers, crowds damned the supe- rior court room, swarmed in the cor riders and on the stairways.
 Probably 200 persons waited out. side the jail to watch Thaw come to the courthouse. Dozens of cameras clicked as he stepped over the thresh- old and some carriages fell in behind his surrey. With Thaw was Gov. La Force of the jail one of his turnkeys and the chief of police of Sherbrooke. AS the carriage rolled down the hill into the main street and approached the courthouse the crowd grew in numbers and began to cheer.
 Justice Hutchinson announced he would reserve decision on attempt of the attorneys for New York state to force the release of Harry K. Thaw on writ of habeas corpus and fol lowing arguments on the writ which were made, William Travers Jerome declared he now was absolutely con. fident that Thaw would be set at lib erty to be deported within AS hours. Justice Hutchinson will deliver his de- cision tomorrow.
The Prescott daily news., 1913-09-03
FIRE COMMISSIONER SLAIN
Bood-Stained Hat and Coat Furnish Clew to Missing Nebraska or
 fjciaI-Pnliea Ane Active,

Kansas City, Sept. 3.-With blood stained coat and damaged Panama hat in their possession, but lacking clews upon which to base theory, the police of this city are working on the supposition that Paul H. Thomp- son of Grand Island, Neb., fire com missioner of Nebraska, had met with foul play while on visit here.
 Detectives put on the case after finding of the clothing under the mu- nicipal wharf on the Missouri river have found only few traces of the presence of Thompson in the city. They are making an effort to locate young man whose name was men, toned in a note found in pocket of the coat.
The Prescott daily news., 1913-09-03
TO INITIATED ON CANAL LOCK
to Commemorate Event-Visitors Depart for United States.

Panama, Sept. S.-An initiation ceremony was conducted on the up- per lock Of the canal at Mirafiores by Shriners of Osman temple, St. Paul. A complete temple setting was ar ranged In the lock chamber and ITO local candidates were made ito cross the burning sands" Following the ceremony bronze tablet in commem- oration of the event was placed on the wall
 The Shriners, to the number of 190, after being entertained at banquet at Colon, departed for home last night.
The Prescott daily news., 1913-09-03
PRESIDENT WOULD NOT COMPEL EXODUS AND DID NOT INTI-
 MATE INTERVENTION.
KICK AT POOR ASSISTANCE
Many Refugees Refuse to Accept Passage in the Steerage-Wash- ington Awaits Next Move
 From Huerta Regime.

Washington, Sept. 3.-Senator Ba- con, chairman of the senate commit tee on foreign relations, explains that President Wilson's warning in his re- cent message to congress for Ameri- cans to leave Mexico was not given with any idea of compulsion, but was intended merely as advice. No Amer jeans need feel that they are com pelled to leave Mexico, just because the president suggested an exodus, according to Secretary Bacon. Bacon also declared this advice was not given with any intimation tAat it might mean ultimate intervention.
 Reports from Torreon that six Americans had been killed received no verification in state department advices, but bulletin was forwarded to the department from the American consul-general at Monterey stating that five Americans, who left Tor reOn last Monday, had been account ed for, three of them reaching Monte rey Saturday night and two remain.
 
 horses.
 Consul Hanna at Monterey. has been ordered to make an inquiry into the reported execution of six Ameri- cans at Torreon, on order of Federal Gen. Bravo. The Americans were said to be serving In the Constitu. tionalists' ranks As the investigators must proceed to Torreon by automc- bile, it probably will be several days before they make a report.
 Americans We'll Treated.
 According to state department ad- vices, the Americans who reached Monterey reported that they were we'll treated by all MeXicans with whom they came in contact. They said the federals still held Torreon, while the revolutionists controlled Go- meg Paci Palacio and Leredo.
 Secretary Bryan, after ccmmuni- eating with President Wilson. de- schibed the Mexican situation as un- changed, and said no development required the presence of the preSl- dent in Washington at this time.
 An official conversant with MeXi- can affairs stated that the waiting at titude of the United States was cor rect one and that it would be sure to force important developments before many days, despite the intimations. in the last note of Huerta'S secretary of foreign affairs, Senor Gamboa, that the next move would be expected from Washington.
 John Lind, the American special envoy to Mexico, would remain in Vera Cruz indefinitely, It is an nounced here. AS far as the United States is concerned, it was stated the negotiations stand just where they were when President Wilson ad- dressed congress
The Prescott daily news., 1913-09-03
..vs CANADIAN JAIlS CANNOT DE ,IsED TO SHIELD MEN
 FROM FEDERAL LAW.
ATTEMPTED DELAY FAILURE
u..rino Is in Private, but 15,oo0 Per- sons Line Route of Matteawan Euoltive-Crowd in Street
 Gives Cheers for Thaw.

sherbrooke. Sept. S.-Over the vio- ,srt objection of Harry K. Thaw's counsel. Judge Hutchinson of the su- narior court ordered that the habeas corpus proceedings brought by New York state for the purpose of liberat- ing him for deportation should go on. lime Geoffrion, who represented the mime minister and attorney-general, then announced that the attorney-gen- oral had intervened and that this matter must be decided at once"
 "If he is not liberated on the writ" Ceoffrion said, other means will be taken. Thaw must not be harbored in . Canadian jail
 Thaw's lawyers, declaring that the writ was irregular, spoke in turn. pleading for adjournment until Fri day.
 We must go on," said the court.
 T represent the attorney-general," said Geoffrion, "and 1t is of para mount importance that justice In this case move swiftly. Our jails are not public boarding houses. It is the at. torney- generals desire that this mat ter be settled instanter by the libera' tion of MT. Thaw. The prisons of the province cannot be used to shield a man from the federal law"
 Calls Thaw Case a Scandal.
 Samuel Jacobs, appearing directly for Boudreau, indirectly for Jerome supplemented Geoffrion's remarks. He denounced the case as a scandal to the Dominion, and said it was incum. bent on the court to restore the county of St. Francis to its normal state"
The Prescott daily news., 1913-09-03
Americans Leaving Mexico Angry.

Mexico City, Sept. 3.-Many of the Americans who are needing President Wilson's warning to leave Mexico are indignant over the transportation of fered. Telegrams from Vera Cruz and Tampico indicate that the only. passage the consuls are authorized to provide is "steerage," or the lowest priced ticket available" Some of the Americans who proceeded to seaports to avail themselves of the proffered transportation home have refused to accept 1t, saying they prefer to take their chances in Mexico tc being herded in the steerage."
 Consul-General Shanklin already sent 9 refugees to Manzanillo. He estimates that between 400 and 300 have gone to the gulf ports, of whcra
The Prescott daily news., 1913-09-03
Disastrous Iowa Wreck.

Cedar Rapids, la, Sept. 3.-Train No. 444, south-bound on the Decorah branch of the Rock Island, was wrecked two miles from Maynard. The entire train was derailed, rolling down a 10-foot embankment. Three were killed and 35 others were in- jured more or less seriously. E
The Prescott daily news., 1913-09-03
GermanAmericans in Session

St. Paul, Sept. 3-A program of German folk songs and patriotic American airs marked the opening of the annual sessions of the German American alliance, one of the strong est German societies in the United States.
The Prescott daily news., 1913-09-03
Elks' Home to Be in Virginia.

Chicago, Sept. 3,-The national home for aged members of the Benev- olent and Protective Order of Elks will be built at Bedford City, Va, in- stead of at French Lick Springs, Ind, according to an announcement by Fred Robinson of Dubuque. grand sec retary of the order.
The Prescott daily news., 1913-09-03
Lind in eandit-Infested Country.

Vera Cruz, Sept. 3.-President Will sons personal representative. John Lind, and Rear Admiral Fletcher, commanding the American wafsiips here. have planned to go on visit to sugar plantation 50 miles to the south, in d district where small bands of rebels or bandits have been operat- ing with comparative impunity. The trip will be taken on the invitation Of R. NJ. Emery, an old friend of Lind's, who is now managing the plantation
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-24
TRIGGER WAS TOUCHY
Automatic Pistol Cost Two Lives and
Endangered Another.

Chicago. April 24.-How a super
sensitive hair trigger on an automatic
pistol which has already cost two lives
nearly caused a third death, was told
to a coroner's jury today by the widow
of John E. w. Wayman, former states
attorney. Mrs. Wayman testified that
when she found her husband uncon-
scious from two self-inflicted wounds
on April II, the pistol was clutched in
his fingers. She tried to loosen his
grip and another cartridge was eX-
ploded. the bullet passing close to her
head and burying itself in wall.
Yesterday another coroner's jury
exonerated Charles D. Lund, who kill
ed Edward Paul with the same weapon
April IL. Paul was involved in a
union labor fight and it was while at
tempting to stop the disturbance that
Lund emerged from his home and
pointed the weapon at the struggling
men.
1.-THE pistol would explode a cart
ridge at the slightest touch on the trig-
ger" said Lund, and the jury accepted
his explanation that the killing was an
accident. Wayman had been engaged
as counsel by Lund and took the pistol
to his home to examine it. After to-
days jury had heard Mrs. Wayman's
story the hearing was adjourned until
Nav /.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-24
MURRAY WILL LEAVE.
Comptroller of Currency Decides to
Quit Government Service Saturday.

Washington, April 24.-Lawrence o.
Murray, comptroller of the currency
declined to comment on Secretary Nc
Adoo's statement that the presence OF
clerk representing the Nation
al City bank in the comptro1-
lers office to collect statistical
informa ton was improper and
irregular except to say that the secre-
tary's orders forbidding a, continuance
of the practice would be obeyed during
the few days remaining of Mr.. Muir
rays Administered ton.
Mr.. Murray's five-year term of office
expires Saturday and the comptroller
today indicated that he would leave
the government service at that time,
even though his successor had not been
appointed and qualified.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-24
JOIN ALL CITIES
Nation Wide Movement to
Fight "White Slavery"
Establish School of Social
Welfare Work.

Washington, April 24.-'White slav-
cry is to be fought through the edu-
cation of trained reformers, according
to a plan on foot for the establishment
here of school of social welfare work.
Under the direction of Stanley Finch.
special commissioner of the department
of justice for the suppression of the
white slave traffic, a campaign was
started today to enroll at least 100 stu
dents before the school is formally or
ganized next month 1t is proposed
that the school will serve as a model
for others and that the educational
movement will spread to cities through
the United States.
The idea was born last night a. the
result of a church lecture by Mr.. Finch
on the white slave evil. 1t was the
first time, Mr.. Finch said, that he had
publicly advocated such a means of
overcoming the traffic. He said, how
ever, that he had given much thought
to the subject and had become con-
WINGED that the systematic education of
workers was necessary to make head
way in the crusade.
In addition to the educational feat
ures of the proposed school it will con-
duct broad lecture courses. Mr.. Finch
volunteered to serve at the head of
such a lecture bureau and to enlist the
services of speakers of national repu-
tatiOn.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-24
WILSON'S BUSY DAY,
Door to Presidents Room Wide Open
During His Conferences,

Washington, April Ex-senator
Gore was the presidents first caller
today. Senator Sheppard and Fetch
er followed Representatives Oldfield
and Goodwin of Arkansas; Hughes,
Howard and Bell of Georgia and Sis
son, Collier and tSevens of Mississippi,
all asked the president to appoint w,
V. Turley of Chattanooga, as public
printer.
What did the president say 4" they
were asked.
He listened very politely and smil-
ed said the spokesman.
The door to the presidents room
was left wide open and the small
group which gathered in the corridor
could see the president in conversa-
ton with those who came to call on
him.
Senator Hoke Smith and Senator
Shields conferred briefly. Senator La
Toilette came for a short talk and
had an earnest conversation with the
president. He said it concerned ap-
pointmentS only.
The president summoned Senator
Townsend of Michigan, Republican, to
inquire about J. J. Bell of Port
Huron, whom he has in mind for col
lector of customs there. Bell was de-
feated for congress on the Democrat
ticket last fall.
Il told the president the only thing
I knew against Bell was hsi politics., -
said the senator as he came from the
conference room.
Senator Tillman was the presidents
last caller and after having been at
the capitol one hour to the minute
and having conferred with 16 senator's
and IS representatives, the president
rode back to the White House. He
shook hands with several admirers as
he passed out of the senate corridor.
Mr.. McCombs, who had an hours
talk with the president said he dis
cussed appointments.
Soon after the president returned,
James Bryce, the British ambassador
came to say goodbye. The ambassador
leaves late today for New York to
attend a farewell dinner by the Pill
grim's Society. From there he goes
to San Francisco to return home by
way of Japan and China.
DR.. Konstantin Dumba, the new am
bassador from Austria Hungary called
to present his credentials
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-24
AkERS To NEWTON.
Treasurer viii Hold Forth There as
an Orator.

State Treasurer Earl Akers will go to
Newton May and 8. where he will be one
of the speakers at the annual convention
of the county treasurers of Kansas. He
expects to spend both days of the conven-
ton with the men who handle the state s
cash and will tell the county treasurers
of the work of the state treasurer's office.
Need of System in Public Offices" is
the subject assigned to the Kansas state
treasurer. Since Akers went into office in
January he has adopted several new
policies which have aided in establishing
better system and more modern methods
in the handling of the states funds. In
his -!ewton speech. Akters will tell IF
some of the new systems which may be
successfully applied in the offices of the
county officials.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-24
CAREFUL OF DIVORCE.
Methodists Will Prepare Form of
Application for Marriage.

ST. Louis. April 24.-The district con-
ference of the Methodist Episcopal
church south in session here. adopted
a resolution requesting the next gen.
eral conference to prescribe a form of
application to be signed by candidates
for matrimony to the end that min
listers may not unwittingly violate the
law of the church concerning divorced
parties
The church law permits remarriage
of divorced persons only when the di-
vorce has been granted on statutory
grounds The district conference also
called on the local high schools, "to
consider carefully the influence of class
and other dances, encouraged, SEEM
ingly by the faculties, on the young
people whom we teach to avoid the
dance as a dangerous influence"
The resolution protested against
schools being used to feed the dance
halls"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-24
DON'T SCOLD AN
IRRITABLE CHILI7
II Tongue Is Coated, Stomach Sour
Breath Feverish Give Syrup of
Figs" to Clean the Bowels.

Your child isn't naturally cross ir-
ritable and peevish, mother, Exautne
the tongue; If coated, it means the In
tie ones stomach is disordered liver
inactive and it's thirty feet of bowels
clogged with foul, decaying waste
Every mother realizes after eiving
delicious Syrup of Figs that this lie
the ideal laxative and physic for chtI-
dren- Nothing else regulates the IittI.
ones tender stomach, liver and bowels
so effectually, besides they dearly love
Its delightful fig taste.
For constipated bowels sluevtvh
liver, hiliouSness, or sour disords-a5
stomach. feverishness. diarrhoaa 500
throat, bad breath or to break a coId
give one-half to a teasnoonf,,1 -
syrup of Figs and in a few bo,rs
all the clogged up waste. sour bile ~
digested food and constipated natta-
will gently move on and ont Of ~ a
system without gripping or nausea and
you Will surely have well. hapDy ana
smiling child again shortly.
With Syrup of Figs You ara M.
drugging your children, being com
posed entirely of luscious figs senna
ana aromatics 1t cannot be harmful
Full directions for children NJ all
ages and for srown-ups plainly nrint.
ed on the package. - "a
Ask your druggist for the fulI nar,a
Syrup OF Figs and Elixir OF SIENNA ;,
prepared by the California Fig Syr,,r
Co This is the delicious tasting ean,,
mt old reliable. Refuse anythine ai..
a1ered.--Adv e1
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-24
FRIEDMAN CURE AIDS
Patients Have No More Night Sweats
Coughs or Pains.

New York, April 24.-Dr. FREDERICK
Franz Friedman issued a statement
today in which he declared that all of
the tuberculosis patients which he has
treated with turtle serum in this city
have shown marked Improvement and
there appears to be much hope for
their recovery. DR.. Friedman said:
"All unprecedented and unbiased per-
sons can now see the result of my
treatment In two or three months
every person with their eyes open will
be able to see the result.
In the patients here, the night
sweats have disappeared. The coughs
and pains have gone. All of the pa
TENTS have taken on weight and to tt e
unprecedented mind all seems hopeful.
My fight has always been for truth.
It is a great and beautiful thing to
fight for noble cause. L began the
battle for truth even before I discov-
cred my tuberculosis vaccine The truth
shall and must win
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-24
HOLDS TALKING RECORD
British Woman Speaks 100000 Words
in Sc Hours Supporting Case.

London, April PA remarkable
forensic record for woman was es-
tablished by Miss Lind Af-Hageby an
observation-disclosures leader, in conduct
ing her own suit for libel against the
Pail Mall Gazette and a London
physician. During the sixteen days
hearing of the case it is estimated that
she spoke in 56 hours about 5000
words matching her arguments
against the most skilful advocates at
the bar. She lost the case, however,
the jury sitting only a quarter of an
hour late yesterday. She will have to
pay the costs. which will amount to
about 100000.
Her last speech before the case went
to the jury was eloquent, provoking
loud applause which the judge did not
suppress, because he said he thought
it a '1audable expression in the cir
cumstances."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-24
NEGRO died IN AGONY.
Scaffold Rope Too Long and He
Struggled IS Minutes.

Uniontown, Pa, April 24.-Because
of bungling on the part of some one,
John Harris, a negro condemned to
death was executed today without the
humanity that is supposed to charac-
terize hangings. The rope was three
feet too long and the victim fell to
the ground beneath the scaffold. With
the rope around his neck he landed on
his knees, remain motionleSS for sew
eral minutes. 1t was thought the drop
had broken his neck until he started
to rise to his feet. Then the sheriff and
his deputies jumped to the scaffold,
pulled up Harris body by the rope I'M
til his feet were clear of the floor. For
IS minutes the condemned man strug
gled and twisted, his contortions evil
dencing the intense agony of Strang-
ling to death. Harris shot and killed
a fellow negro last May.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-24
SET new RECORD.
Mathewson Pitched But 81 Balls in
Entire Game.

New York April 24.-According to John
]. McGraw, Christy Mathewson made a
worlds record yesterday when in the
baseball game against Philadelphia he
pitched only sixty-seven balls.
To retire his opponents after pitching
balls to the three batsmen that on an
average would face him each inning. That
is the rate of a fraction more than two
balls to each man. Had he Struck out
every batter he would not have SO good a
record in the matter of pitched balls, be-
cause then he would have had to deliver
at least 81 balls, not counting fouls after
the first two-three strikes to three men
each of the nine innings
MatheWson did better. He put the ball
where the batter had to hit it-and except
five times it was always hit just where
the fielders were.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-24
DISCUSS up CASE
Supreme Court Will Judge Application
for Time Extension.

Washington. April 24.-The supreme
court today took under consideration
the application of attorneys for the
Union Pacific railway company to au7
thorize the circuit judges sitting as the
district court of Utah to extend, in
their discretion the time in which the
Union Pacific must dispose of its stock
in the Southern Pacific. Attorney Cen
eral McReynolds opposed granting au-
thority to the lower court to extend
the time without limit, and was allowed
two days to file brief Permission
was given to the railroad attorneys to
file a reply.
The attorney general declared he was
agreeable to an extension until July 1
but opposed any indefinite extension or
an authorization for the justice of the
supreme court in his discretion during
the summer recess to grant another ex-
tension.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-24
ono Kansas
OVO Avenue
Five Doors South
of Transfer Station
On Second Floor
kemp ISN'T A Bit SORE
Kansas Box Car Poet Says He Is
Friendly With Affinity's Husband.

New York, April 24.-Upton Sinclair
and his new wife, Marie Kimbrough
Sin clair, kept we'll out of sight today,
and according to Harry Kemp, the
Kansas "box car poet" have taken up
their abode in the New Jersey suburbs
until they are ready to sail for
Europe.
Kemp. who was on his way to
Paterson to assist Elizabeth Cur1ey
Flynn and big Bill' Haywood ha-
rangue the striking silk workers, de-
clared that he had not seen Sinclair
since his wedding in Fredericksburg,
Va, on Monday night and marveled:
81 see Upton almost every day when
h els in New York" said Kemp, land
we are the best of friends-confi-
dants in fact. 1t is all rot to say that
we are anything else. Meta (Sinclair' s
divorced wife) did not break our
friendship Neither is Meta angry
with me. We are the best of friends
the three of u.s."
Kemp's friendship for Mrs. Meta
Fuller Sinclair was made the basis of
the suit for divorce brought by the
novelist.