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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-14
WHEAT KING HERE
j. N. Fike of Thomas County
Tells of Hail Storm.
Stones Large as Hen Eggs
Fell Last Night Out West.

Notwithstanding reports to the con-
trary and numerous severe storms that
have swept over the territory, north
western Kansas will have an excellent
wheat crop this season, according to
]. N. Fike, the wheat king of
Thomas county, who is in the city to-
day attending a meeting of the state
board of agriculture.
When Mr.. Fike boarded the train at
Colby Tuesday evening one of the
most severe hailstorms in years was
in progress. The stones were as big
as hens eggs, he stated. They came
right through several windows of the
Pullman car in which he was riding.
The storm was still raging when the
train reached Dresden.
Mr.. F'ike said today: "I cannot say
as to the extent of the damage done
by the storm. 1t would not injure the
wheat but it probably did damage to
the alfalfa.
1.-The acreage in wheat is not so
great this season in the counties of
the northwest but the prospects for
a good crop are as favorable as have
known them to be in the 2S years
have been in that district.
THE horse disease took off any
where from so to 1000 horses in each
of many counties. This was just at
the time when the ground should have
been prepared for planting. Fifteen
per cent of the wheat planted was lost
proper methods employed. There has
been some damage done by electrical
storms in February, March and the
first part of April.
"There has been plenty of moisture
in the district for a period of a num-
Der of months. Two weeks ago over
four inches of rain fell at Colby.
'It is true that we have a wind strip
in Thomas county but reports concern
ing that have been much exaggerated.
There are fields of excellent wheat
right in this strip.
''It is to be regretted that a man
drawing pay from the state in travel
ing over our county and other coun-
ties didn't stop with a hammer but
took along a sledge. The people feel
that it is very poor judgment for a
man representing the state to enlarge
on our little Affections and malign the
county. He went through Thomas
county in the night"
Mr.. Fike is the largest wheat grower
in Thomas county. This year he has
but 1000 acres of wheat as against
13, 900 in 1910. He also has 500 acres
in corn. He predicts a future in the
cattle business for his part of the
state.
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Eastern Roads Begin Higher
Rates Conference.
Ask Commerce Body to Reopen
Advance Case.
BETTERMENTS ARE DEMANDED
Public Asks for Elimination or
All Grade Crossings.
Five Per Cent Increase is
Basis of 1918 Request.

washington, May 14-Eastern rail-
roads took the first step toward an
attempt to increase their freight rates
when representatives of fifty-two lines
east of the Mississippi and north OF
the Ohio and Potomac conferred toudy
with the interstate commerce comrllls-
sion on a formal application to reopen
+ba ..E,a stern advance case" which was
decided against the railroad two yea IS
ago. .s !. +o rebear
tho reouest for increases Whlch @ llle
commission denied about two yea
400 The old application asked TOT d d
uniform five per cent advance On - a.
through freight on the pasls OF @ tlle
New York-Chicago rate. The case was
oo+ad one commonly known as NO
3,400.' r-,.,o,, xice
president of the Erie Fallro1u' ~ +be
Patterson. general couhsel VI ~
pannsv1vania: Clyde Brown, general
--o1iai4orof the New oYrk Central lines
and Hughe Bond, general counsel VI
the r. and o. representing the my
eastern railroads concerned IN the oIu
case appeared before the entlre I.n- Illenl-
barsbin of the interstate commerce
ron,mission to ask rehearing, Whlch IL
Granted would substantially be an ap-
Mica tion for a five per cent increase;
The petition, presented py MI
RroIUneli. who acted as spoKeslIianI' u
recited in brief, the efforts OF the eas.
arr lines three years ago TO ootali
,3arnoissior, from the commission to IN
crease their freight rates. The com
mission held then that the cdrIie. . .
bad not satisfact orily established thelr
need of increased revenues anu ~ re
fused permission to advance rates, ne
commission, however, indicated
y1;IIin oness to reconsider its conclu-
sions in the light of future develop
ments in the operations of the car
The petition submitted today de-
cIares that the carriers are prepareo
~ show that the cost of conducting thS
business of the carriers has been ana
is being steadily increasd by increases
in capital charges: increases in wages;
increases in taxes; increased puruene pi
imposed by legislative enactment;
elimination of grade CROSSINGS anu ~
various other respects ana tnal eAl9l
ing rates are insufficient.
The netition recites that improve
,,,ants and betterments of various sorts
are required to meet the pup1c oe-
mand for additional transportation Ia
cilities. ao-i-a
ard propose to increase all freight
rates. class and commodity, on tne
basis of 5 per cent. with reasonable
mininma per one hundred pounds ana
per ton" said the petition.
The commission promised to take
un the subject soon, but gave no as
sl1rance that it would be able to con-
duct the necessary public hearings be-
fore the summer recess
Washington, May 14.-At the con-
clusion of the conference it was an
nounced that the commission had re-
ceived the petition and would take II
under advisement.
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1T HAS A MORAL
Prosecution of Jack johnson
FOrerunner of New Laws.
Intermarriage to Be Forbidden
in This Country.

Chicago, Ill, May 14.-That the con-
viction of Jack Johnson. negro prize
fighter last night for violation of the
Mann act against trafficking in women,
is the forerunner of laws forbidding
miscegenation, was the assertion today
of Assistant United States District At
torney Harry Parkin, who conducted
the case for the government.
This verdict will go around the
world" he said. 1T is the forerunner
of laws to be passed in the United
forbidding miscegenation. This negro,
in the eyes of many, has been per-
secuted.
Perhaps as an individual he was
but his misfortune is to be the fore
most example of the evil in permitting
the intermarriage of whites and blacks.
He has violated the law. Now it is his
function to teach others the law must
be respected"
In his Instructions to the jury, United
States District Judge Carpenter en-
phasized the fact that the character
of the prosecuting witness must not
be considered.
1.-The fact that the prosecuting wit
ness Is a discarded mistress, an aban-
doned woman, does not affect the is
sue in this case the court declared.
1--WE have had many unfortunates in
this case, trainers, fighting camp hang
ers-on and women of the underworld
but because of their status in life their
evidence must not be disregarded.
TT is as much of an offense under
the Mann act to transport a hardened
woman as an innocent girl. 1t is not
necessary that a peron accused of V1o-
alton of the act shall receive a profit
through transportation of a woman.
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LOSE SHIP PLANS
Special Agents Find Naval De-
partment Leak.
Will Enforce Efforts to Prevent
Further Losses.

Washington, May 14.-Detectives in
vestigating the theft of plans for the
electrical wiring of the dreadnaught
Pennsylvania, declared today that pub
Hcation of the leak probably wouI4
hamper their work and might prevent
solution of the problem. The depart
ment of justice has several good clues.
Nothing so far has developed, it is said,
to connect any foreign nation directly
with the suspects. The fact that the
ordnance and steam engineering bu-
reaus of the navy department for many
months have been missing plans and
documents relating to American vessels
and their armament has created alarm
among officials and will undoubtedly
cause the military authorities to sur
round the war secrets of the United
States with greater safeguards.
None of the missing papers, officials
reiterated today was important or
contained secrets of advantage to for
eign nations. Some officials were in
clined to believe that the losses pro-
clerks but the investigating forces of
the government continued to endeavor
to unrave1 the mystery.
FURTHER investigation at the navy de-
partment today revealed that the sec
ond set of plans of the new dread
naught Pennsylvania to be stolen from
the bureau of steam engineering were
taken between the evening of Satur-
day, March 22, and the following Mon
day. The plans were duplicates of
those stolen March 4. Secretary Dan
iels today reiterated that they would
be of no particular value to any one
ly made public and that they contained
military secrets.
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REPORT ON STEEL.
Bureau of Corporations Makes Public
Part Three of Investigation.

Washington, May 14.-Part three Of
the report of the bureau of corpora
tions in it's extended investigation of
the steel industry, dealing particular
1y with the cost of production, was
submitted to the president today by
Acting Commissioner Francis Walker.
A discussion of the vast difference be-
tween book costs and met costs"
featured the report, figures being CIV
en- to demonstrate that iron and steel
manufacturing companies usually In
clude in their statements of costs of
production large profits paid to sub
sidiary ore and transportation con-
Germs.
For Bessemer steel rails, for in
stance, the report stated that the av-
erage book cost of the United States
steel corporation was $21.53, while the
actual net cost, excluding intercom-
pany profit on transportation and ma
terial, was only S16.67. Similar diff
ferences were shown in the manufac-
ture of other steel products.
Parts one and two of the bureaus
report were submitted during the Taft
administration by former Commission
er Herbert Knox Smith.
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ing had a dispute with his aged wife.
He struck her on the head repeatedly
with a poker ard when she was dead
he hurried to the home of his daugh-
ter half a mile distant. When Mrs.
Wilson opened the door Hogue shot
her three times with a pistol She
fell to the floor dying, just as her hus-
band, hearing the shots, came in and
seized Hogue as he was about to fire
again at the woman. Hogue fired twice
in his son-in-law's face and fed. Pur-
sued by a mob he ran to his home,
lay down beside his wife and cut his
throat from ear to ear. with a razor.
He was dead when the police burst in.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-14
Hot Weather and Showers.

June temperatures have prevailed
today. The sky has been partially
covered with clouds. The hourly read
ings have averaged s degrees above
normal for this date.
Moderately heavy showers have fall
en- in the last "a hours in central KAN
sas, according to the report of the To-
cal weather man. The report from
Dresden is missing, but it is known
that a storm struck that place last
night. There was an unusually severe
hailstorm at Colby.
The forecast calls for showers to-
night or Thursday. The cool weather
that was scheduled for today is ex-
pected to arrive by Thursday.
The hourly readings:
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NO MORE BOSSES
Secretary Bryan Sees End of
Convention Plan.
Presidential Primary General
Before Election.
Definition OF A CRIMINAL
SHE'S a Man Who Violates His
PIatfOrm'-W. J. b.
Time Coming for People to
Write Own PIankS.

The day of the boss is gone. The
people will write their own platforms
hereafter and send their own repre-
sentativeS to the legislative halls. We
nave seen the last of the great nation
al conventions. L predict that before
another presidential election the presi-
Dental primary will become so gen.
eraI that the presidential candidates
Will be selected, not by the party boss,
nor party leaders, but by the people,
William j. Bryan to the PENNSYLVANIA
Legislature.
Harrisburg, Pa, May 14-Secretary
OF state Bryan in an address before
the Pennsylvania legislature on the
distinction between democracy and
arlstocracy, predicted that before an
other general election the presidential
primary will be so general that. there
Will be no need to hold national con-
ventions, and presidential nominees
Will not be named by party leaders nor
by bosses, but by the people.
Secretary Bryan came to speak at
the jefferson anniversary dinner of
the Central Democratic club of Har-
rlsburg, and was invited to address the
legislature. He told the lawmakers
he desired to talk of fundamental
ioeas that are appropriate at this
time.
Jefferson a century ago spoke of
two parties" he said, zone was the
Democratic party and the other the
arlstocrat1c party The Democratic
party is that party which tries to bring
the government near the people and
the ar1stocratic party is that which
desires to restrain and obstruct popu-
lar government.
1t is important to know whether the
legislative representative is holding to
the Democratic idea. or to the aristo-
cratic idea 1t is a settled principle
OF this country that a platform is
binding upon every man that runs on
that platform. Some men violate their
conscience. No man should violate his
conscience, but that does not mean that
he should violate his party platform. 1t
means his conscience should begin to
work before he is elected and not af-
terward.
"a man who violates a party plat
form, and betrays his party and his
people, is a criminal worse than the
man who embezzles money
Let me tell you something else The
day of the boss is gone The people
will write their own platforms hereaf after
and send their own representative to
the legislative halls. We have seen
the last of the great national conven-
tions. I predict that before another
presidential election the presidential
primary will become so general that
the presidential candidates will be Sc
lected not by the party boss, nor party
leaders, but by the people,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-14
SHORE All S'PRISE.
x. G. Negro "Just Happened" to Find
Two Revolvers in His Pocket.

Kansas City, May 14.-William Tay-
lor, a negro 96 years old, was fined
5000 in the municipal court today for
fighting in the street. He came to
blows with Joe Taylor, another negro,
half a century younger than himself.
Joe knockfied him down. Drawing a
revolver from his left hip pocket the
aged William missed three shots before
Joe could disarm him. Then drawing
another revolver from his right hip
pocket William fired once more and
missed before the police arrived.
William told the judge he did not
know there were any revolvers in his
pockets and that after Joe knocked
him down he "just happened" to put
his hand in his pockets and found them
there.
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STUBS FOR PRESIDENT
Guthrie, Okla, Progressfves Start
Postcard Campaign.

Guthrie, Ok, Progressives want Wal
ter Roscoe Stubbs of Kansas for presi-
dent in 1916 according to the tone of
several score postcards received by
Topeka politicians. On the cards are
printed the words, Governor Stubbs for
President, 1876
The author of the cards or the per-
sons or organization behind the move
ment are not known in Topeka. 1t is
probable that several thousand of
these cards have been mailed to Kan
sas voters. Probably 100 Topeka peo-
pie received copies of the cards which
bore a Guthrie, Ok, postmark-
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MYSTERY AT EMMETT.
Graders Filled Well and Dirt Disap-
pears-Water in 1t Now.

Emmett, Kan, May H.-An under
ground current or some mysterious
work is responsible for a we'll under
the track of the Union Pacific at this
place.
The well was on the line Of the pro-
posed route of the track and was flled
up when the grading gang was prepar-
ing the roadbed for the trackmen. That
was seven years ago and nothing more
was thought of the affair until a few
days ago. The well has reappeared
and has water in it but the citizens
have been unable to determine what
became of the dirt that was thrown in
it. 1t is believed to have been carried
away by an underground current.
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KINKAID NOT GUILTY.
Former Ohio Bank Official Not Held
for Graft Charge.

Columbus, o., May 14.-Holding
that the facts as stated in the indict-
ment did not constitute the crime of
converting money to his own use
Judge Kinkaid in the criminal court
today ordered a verdict of not guilty
in the case of Frank E. Baxter, former
superintendent of state banks.
Mr.. Baxter was placed on trial yes
terday under an indictment which
charged him with having used $4,000
of funds of the Columbus Savings &
Trust company to pay off a note to
the estate of the late John w. Gates,
the transaction being made through
the Bankers trust company of New
York. The funds, 1t was shown, were
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was overpowered. The girl was ar
rested.
Only the presence of an unusually
tvs prevented a double murder and
the escape of Evans and Albert Jen-
sen, who had been tried with Evans
for burglary, according to Municipal
Judge Cooper.
A number of friends Of the two men
were in the courtroom, and it is be-
lieved they had planned to go to their
aid when they were frightened by the
number of men who met the attack
of Evans and Jensen. Miss Fairfield
had introduced herself as Evans's sis
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-14
over NIAGRA FALLS.
Unknown Man Chooses Cataract as
Means of Suicide.

Niagara Falls, n. Y, May 14.-The e
body of an unidentified man was taken
from the Niagara river below the
American Falls last night. The only
articles of clothing remaining were
shoes and stockings and a black die.
The man had dark brown hair,
slightly gray, weighed $50 pounds and
was about five feet ten inches in
height.
Less than an hour before the body
was recovered a constable of the state
reservation saw a man jump from the
iron fence above Prospect park. He
was swept over the falls.
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TODAY'S GAMES.

Western.
Sioux City at Topeka, clear.
Omaha at Wichita, clear.
st. Joe at Lincoln, cloudy.
Des Moines at Denver, post
poned, wet grounds.
National.
Chicago at New York, clear.
Pittsburg at Philadelphia,
clear.
Cincinnati at Brooklyn, clear.
st. Louis at Boston, clear.
American.
Philadelphia at Chicago, post
poned, wet grounds.
New York at Cleveland,
cloudy.
Washington at st. Louis,
cloudy.
Boston at Detroit. cloudy.
Association.
Louisville at Milwaukee,
postponed, wet grounds.
indianapolis at st. Paul, post
poned, rain.
Toledo at Kansas City, clear.
Columbus at Minneapolis,
postponed, rain.
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SWITCHMAN HURT.
Leslie Wagner Loses His Foot Under
Car Wheels.

Emmett, Kan, May 14.-Leslie
Wagner, a brakeman on the local
westbound Union Pacific freight, met
with a painful accident this morning
at Della, where some switching was
being done. His foot slipped and was
partly run over. While he will not
lose the foot, it will be necessary to
taken to Kansas City for treatm ent.
Wagner is a single man and formerly
lived in Topeka
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STABBED IN COURT.
Cabaret Singer Gives Knife to Pris-
oner Who Attempts Escape.

Chicago, May 14.-When Harry
Evans has been convicted of burglary
in the municipal court, Garnet Fair
field, a cabaret singer, his sweetheart,
who sat near, passed him her hand
kerchief. Evans extracted an open
knife from the handkerchief and start
ed toward the door. A detective was
cut severely in the neck and deputy
was stabbed in the chest before Evans
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-14
CARLISLE immortality.
Charges Against Indian School Stu
dents by Woman.

Washington, May 14.-General
charges of immortality among students
at the Carlisle Indian school were
made today by Laura c. Kellogg, a
student of Indian affairs, before the
senate Indian committee. Miss Kel-
logg declared the superintendent there
did not maintain the standard of dis
cipline necessary in such an institu-
ton. She could not, however, give
specific instances of immortality at
Carlisle
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-14
RAZOR, POKER, GUN.
Wisconsin Farmer Kills Two, Wounds
Two With Various Weapons.

Sparata, Wis, May 14.-Because of
family trouble, William Hogue, aged
20, retired farmer, today killed his
wife with a stove poker shot his
daughter, Mrs. Guy Wilson, three
times with a revolver, seriously
wounded his son-in-law with two
shots from the same weapon and then
committed suicide by cutting his
throat witha razor. Mrs Wilson is
dying. Her husband may recover.
Hogue soon after arising this morn
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WIN FIRST ROUND.
Woman Suffrage Amendment Favor
ably Reported in Congress.

Washington, May 14.-Senator Cham
berlain's resolution proposing a woman
suffrage amendment to the consti-
tuition was ordered favorably re-
ported today by the senate woman
suffrage committee. Chairman Thomas
and Senator Owen, Democrats, and
Senators Jones. Sutherland and Clapp.
Republicans, voted for the resolution.
Senator Catron, Republican. voted
against it When the resolution is re-
ported an effort will be made to have
it taken up during the present session
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KILLED THEIR FATHER.
Douglas Young Men Confess a Family
Murder.

Douglas, May 14.-Otto, and Fred
Watson. 19 and FL years old, respec-
tively. arrested several days ago
charged with the murder of their faith
er, William watson, a ranchman, con-
fessed to the district attorney today.
They told a story of excessively
cruel treatment at the hands of their
father. in which their mother was
also a victim. On the day of the muir
der, they said, he had threatened to
kill the family and they shot him just
as he was about to shoot them.
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JOIN FOUR CHURCHES.
Union of Northern, Southern, United
Associated Reform Presbyterians.

Atlanta, May 14.-Several impor-
tant conferences today occupied the
attention of the delegates of the
Northern, Southern, United and Asso-
ciated Reform Presbyterian churches
who are here for a joint mbly
which will convene tomorrow. Among
subjects considered was a proposal for
a union of the four denominations 1t
was understood that such a PROPOSE
ton would be presented to the assem-
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EXPLOSION IN NAVY.
-Four German Sailors Killed in Tor
pedo Boat Accident.

Helgoland, Germany, May 14--Four
German blue. jackets were killed and
three others seriously injured today by
the explosion of a high pressure cylin-
der in the engine room of a torpedo
boat which was participating in ma
nuevers near here. The injured were
brought to Helgoland for treatment at
the navy hospital.
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Shriners Meeting.

Dallas, May 14.-With the election of
officers and naming of the 1914 conven-
ton city, the Shriners' annual meet
ing closed today. Inasmuch as the of
ficers move up eonsecutively each year,
the only contest was over that of i'm
perial outer guard. There were several
candidates William w. Irwin of
Wheeling, w. Va, becomes imperial
potens
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NATIONS AT SCUTARI.
International Forces Occupy Former
Turk Stronghold.

Vienna, May 1.-THE international
force which is to occupy the former
Turkish tronghold of Scutari until the
new Albanian government has been es-
tablished, was landed at the port of
San Giovanni de Medua this morning
1t was enthusiastically received by the
AlbanianA
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Weather Forecast for Kansas
Showers tonight or Thursday; cooler
Thursday.
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there should be removed from the law
the evils that greed and selfishness
have injected into our tariff system -