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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-24
REOPEN COTTON CASE
Uncle Sam Seeks Indictment of "Cor-
ner" Defendants.

New York, May 24.-The department
of justice has decided to seek the re-
Indictment of Frank Hayne and VIM.
P. Brown of New Orleans, Eugena
Scales of Texas, and Col. Robert M.
Thompson of New York, on the charge
that they conspired to corner the cot
ton crop of 1909.
This was learned today when sub
poenas were issued by United States
District Attorney Marshall, for the ap-
pearance next week before the federal
grand jury of the witnesses upon whose
testimony the Indictment now standing
against them was found
The document contains flaws 1t is
said, which the government thinks
might stand in the way of conviction.
1t CHARGE that with James A Patton
of Chicago, the defendants, conspired
to create a bull pool with the intention
of artificially raising the price of cot
ton in order to obtain a profit of $10,-
COG, ,0OO
Patton pleaded guilty last February
to the SiXthn count of the Indictment
known as the contract count" which
alleged that the defendants entered
into contracts to buy up all the raw
cotton produced in 1909 and hold it out
of the market until November, 1909.
He was fined 81, 900 and under an agree
ment between his counsel and the de-
partfnent of justice the other indict-
ments were noll. Patton announced
in answering his plea that he was
not conscious of any moral turpi-
tude"
Messrs Haynes. Brown and Scales
professed to the Indictment in this ac-
tion and said that they would fight
the case to the end. Col. Thompson
recently sailed for Europe. All five
defendants originally pleaded not
guilty, and, with the exception of Col.
u
The demurrer was defeated in the
United States Supreme court
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-24
Luther McCarty Died From
Knockout Blow Today.
Punch From Arthur PeIkey
Fatal to Champion.
CAME IN THE FIRST ROUND
Blow Was Administered Just
Over Heart.
Death Came Soon After Nc
Carty Took Count.

Calgary, May A-Luther McCarty,
heavyweight fighter, died from blow
over the heart administered by Arthur
Pelkey in the first round of their
ten round bout today.
Death came soon after the white
heavyweight champion had taken the
count
The blow which came stiffly from
Belkey and struck the champion just
below the heart, sent him reeling. He
fell heavily to the floor. He was count
ed out by Referee Eddie Smith. When
he failed to stand upon his feet an
examina ton hurriedly was made ana
the champion was carried from the ring
dying in 35 minutes
Calgary, May 24.-The large crowd
of spectators, numbering more than
seven thousand, had hardly settled in
their seats in the anticipation of wit
Messing a hard gruelling battle, when
Pelkey, following an advantage gain
ed by a clever feint, drew McCarty Off
his guard, and sent a terrific drive to
the champions left side, near the
heart.
McCarty died 35 minutes later.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-24
ATLAST
New Budget Will Provide for
City Hall Lift.
Climb of Stairs Too Much for
Frank NeWland.

According to a statement made by
the mayor this morning provision will
be made in Commissioner w. L. Por-
ters' forthcoming budget for installing
a push-button elevator at the city
building The question has been agi-
tated for number of months Mayor
Cofran's remark this morning settles it
satisfactorily. There is space in the
city hall for an elevator, but one has
never been used. The mayor does not
believe the cost will exceed $1,000.
Commissioner Frank Newland who
appreciates Caesars observation, Let
me have men about me that are fat"
climbed the steep stairs leading to the
mayors office this morning. He sank
breathlessly into a chair.
I'm here to file a petition for an ele-
vator," he painted.
You're going to have one," the
mayor assured him, commissioner
Porter is official custodian for this
building. and welI have him provide
for an elevator in his 1914 budget
Mr.. Newland. whose office is on the
first floor, is exceedingly anxious for
a lift. His trips to the commission
floor are the council room, the mayors
er of finance, commissioner of parks
city treasurer and city clerk An ele-
vator will be of benefit to the general
public.
Mr.. Porter's July budget is scheduled
to contain provision for two widely diff
ferent but equally philanthropic items
one is the much mooted elevator, and
the other is free collection of municipal
garbage.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-24
England Thinking of an Alli-
ance With Japan.
The Theory Causes Anxiety
Throughout British Empire.
FEAR AMERICAN SUPREMACY
Believe This Country Is After
Pacific Control.
Side With Mongolians Against
CaucaSians.

London, May 24.-The powerful Eng
lish organs just appear to be awaken
ing to the possibilities of the alliance
between Great Britain and Japan and
to the sentiment which the British
colonies would hold in event of war be-
tween Japan and the United States.
The prospect of a war in which Great
Britain would be fighting for prin-
ciple that is an anathema to its own
dominions," says the London Spectator
is causing much anxiety throughout
the British Empire
Although it believes the possibility
of war breaking out or of Great
Britain becoming party to it through
its alliance with Japan to be vague,
the Spectator declares:
I'VE doubt whether the empire could
survive such an outrage to the feelings
of large and important part of its
white population
The Saturday Review urges Great
Britain to stand by the alliance with
Japan, because America is working
for supremacy in the Pacifis on lines
that are unfriendly both to Great
Britain and Japan
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-24
PIER GOES DOWN
Tragic Climax to Celebration at
Long Beach.
Probably so Killed When Audi
tOrium Stage COllapses.

Long Beach, May 24.-Overloaded
with spectators assembled to do honor
to the memory of the late Queen
Victoria, the stage of the Municipal
auditorium collapsed today, furnishing
a tragic climax to Empire day. Every
one on the stage fell through the floor
of the big building located on the Mu-
nicipal pier and in an instant the sand
beneath the structure was covered by
a writhing mass of men and women.
Early estimates of dead ran as high
as SO or so.
The injured according to the police
will number several scores.
The collapse caused a panic, which
the police could not control. An ap-
peal for aid from Los Angeles police
department was answered by several
automobile loads of officers.
Mayor Hatch of Long Beach, who
was 10 have been one of the principal
speakers, was on the stage and was
believed to be either dead or seriously
injured. Just before the stage fell he
stood upon it beside Grand Marshal
Bestal.
The stage stood about 20 feet above
the beach.
Thirty-five dead bodies have been
taken from under the pier up to 1:15
p. m, according to report made to
the chief of police.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-24
RELIEF IN JAPAN
Emperor YOshihitO Will Re-
cover, Physicians Say.
Message From Wilson Played
. Up by Newspapers.

Toxic. May 24.-The condition of
Emperor Yoshihito continued to i'm
prove today. The physicians in at
tendance declare themselves confident
that he will recover from the attack
of pneumonia. His majesty is cheer
full, he takes nourishment regularly
and his heart action is strong.
Count Chiakf Watanabe, the i'm
perial master of ceremonies, today
read to the emperor President VIII
sons message of sympathy, which
also is displayed prominently in the
newspa pers.
The bulletin issued by the court
physicians in attendance on Emperor
Yoshihito at 4 o'clock this afternoon
said: His majesty's condition has
improved, his temperature is 1O2.74
degrees Farenheit, his pulse So and
his respiration 28"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-24
WAS TEDDY DRUNK
Colonel Will Try to Prove That
Editor Was Wrong.
Libel Suit Begins i'm Michigan
Court Monday.

Marquette, Mich, May 24.-The
county courthouse is expected to be
too small for the crowd next Monday,
May 26, when Theodore Roosevelt will
attempt to show that George A. New
EFT, publisher of the Iron Ore" a
weekly newspaper of the neighboring
city of Ishpeming was in error when
he published that Roosevelt gets
drunk, and that not infrequently, and
all his fntfmateS know it,
No one on the Iron range who can
leave his work will fail to attempt to
attend the trial. and it is certain that
attend the trial, and it is certain that
room can hold only small number of
them. The judge has declined to make
reservations for any one except news
paper men.
The suit charges libel, and the dis
plaintiff names $4,000 as
damages. 1t is believed the trial will
take two weeks. Lawyers estimate
that a jury can be obtained in four
days, owing to the fact that the case
has not been tried in the newspa-
pers.'
When the suit was filed Judge F1an-
nigan got pledges from both sides to
the suit to refrain from discussing the
case with newspaper men and to keep
secret the contents of dispositions and
the names of witnesses. The pledges
have been kept, and today in this city
no outsider knows the name of a de-
fense witness except that of an Ohio
man whose paper is said
to have published his testimony.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-24
new HODGES BOARD.
C. E. Hulett of Topeka Member of
State Osteopathic Commission.

Governor Hodges today named the
five members of the new osteopathic
board created by the 1913 legislative
session. The members of the new
board as announced from the gov
ernor's office today are: F. NJ. Godfrey,
Holton, 1 year; E. B. Waters, Wichita,
2 years; J. L. McClanahan, Paola, 3
years; Miss Linda Hardy, Hiawatha, 4
years; G. E. Hulett, Topeka, 4 years.
The new board will hold its first
meeting in Topeka early in June when
it will elect a president and secre-
tary-f Officers of the board will be paid
$6 a day and actual travelling ex-
penses for their attendance at meet
ings and time devoted to board work
A secretary to the board to be elected
at the June meeting will draw a salary
of not to exceed $500 a year The law
also makes provision for stenographer
at not more than $50 a month
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-24
SWEARS IN POLICE,
Mayor Cofran Finds Officers Compe-
tent After Probation.

Mayor R. L. Cofran did not attend
the banquet of the Saturday Night
club last evening but spent several
hours at his office in the city building
and swore in eight police officers The
municipal law provides that a police
man after having been sworn in shall
serve probation period of thirty
days, after which time he shall receive
the oath of Office from the mayor a
second time. Each one of the officers
originally named by Mr.. Cofran has
been found competent. Each one sue
cessfully served his probation period
and will receive the official approval
Monday. Although the two police
women have served the city only ten
days. their record has been unim-
peachable- The. oath will be admins
tered to them a second time on
June 13.
The officers definitely sworn in by
the mayor last night include H. P.
G. G. Harmon and c. A. Ferguson,
patrolmen; Charles c. Lytle. plain
clothes man; J. L. Pugh, guard. and
r w. Leech, jailer at the city prison.
Z. E. Engle, patrol driver for the
chief; ]. r. Douglas and H. o. Cook.
patrolmen, will be sworn in today.
The names of W. w. Mead and W.
TO the mayor by the civil service
board this morning. Bryant was for
merly named by the mayor and ap-
proved by the commission. His ap-
po1ntment was rescinded by c. H.
hutz on the ground that he had not
been certified by the board. Bryant,
who has been serving as special po-
Ilceman for a month, recently passed
his civil service examination and is
ready for his official aDDoiptment
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-24
TWO Ways FOR PEACE
Carnegie Replies to DIR. Lyman Abbott
on Subject.

New York, lay 24.-Before sailing
for Europe today to be gone till
October, most of the time to be spent at
Skibo castle, Andrew Carnegie gave
out a statement in which he takes is
sues with DR.. Lyman Abbott on the
subject of peace He refers to DIR.
Abbott as ''our lamented ally who has
recently wandered astray," and char
acterizes as an astounding solution, his
recent declaration that there are two
ways of promoting peace, one by max
ing our nation so weak that it cannot
fight. and the other by making it SO
strong that it need not fight Mr..
Carnegie said "the true panacea for
ending war lies in the growing belief
in the brotherhood of men,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-24
DELAY TARIFF BILL.
Senate Finance subcommittee Strike
Snag.

Washington, May 24.-The senate finance
subcommittees have struck snags that al
ready assure delays in the program to
hasten the tariff bill to consideration in
the senate.
Chairmen of the subcommittee said to-
day that although more manufacturers
would be heard after Tuesday, it would
be impossible to have the schedules ready
for the entire committee by the end Of
next week Some increases of the Under
wood rates in the cotton schedules are be-
ing contemplat ted by the subcommittee
and it now seems unlikely that the Demo
cratic caucus will be called until the week
of June 8. and that may delay report of
the bill to the senate until the middle of
June
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-24
FIGHT NEAR SAL0NIKI.
Greeks and Bulgarians in Hot Sl&ir-
mish Is Athens Report.

London, May 24-Severe fighting
has been resumed between Greeks and
the Bulgarian troops in the vicinity
of Saloniki. The infantry and artillery
of both forces are engaged hOtly near
that city, according to dispatches re-
ceived here from Athens.
The dispatches refer to the situa-
ton as having become extremely
grave"
When the last message was sent,
King Constantine of Greece who had
Just arrived at Sa1oniki, with the gem
eral staff of the Greek army, was
endeavoring to arrange a neutral zone
between the two armies
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-24
M. 0. WON IN TENNIS.
Valley Tennis Championship Goes to
Missouri School.

Lawrence, Kan, May 24.-Missouri
university won the Missouri valley
tennis championship in doubles here
today, Wood and Schwartz defeating
H. Richardson and E. Richardson,
University of Kansas 6-2; 60; ST;
ST; Sc.
Drake university, Des Moines, Iowa,
Ames university, Ames, Iowa and
Washington university st. Louis. Mis-
souri, university won the singles cham
pionship yesterday,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-24
TODAY's GAMES.
WeStarn.

Western.
Denver at Omaha, clear.
Lincoln at Sioux City, clear.
Wichita at Des Moines, clear.
Topeka at st. Joseph, clear
National.
Chicago at Pittsburg, cloudy.
ST. Louis at Cincinnati, clear,
2 games.
New York at Boston, post
poned, wet grounds.
philadelphia at Brooklyn, rain.
American.
Cleveland at Chicago, clear.
Detroit at st. Louis, clear.
Washington at Philadelphia,
rain.
Boston at New York.
Association.
Indianapolis at Minneapolis,
cloudy, 2 games
Toledo at St. Paul, clear.
Louisville at Kansas City,
clear.
Columbus at Milwaukee,
cloudy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-24
SOLD COLORED OLEO.
United States Court Orders Arrest of
Two Kansas Citians.

Kansas City, Mo, May 24.-Judge Van
G. May and W. L. Thompson, two Kan
sas Citians, convicted in 1911 of selling
colored oleomargarine without a govern
ment stamp. The men appealed their case
but the supreme court recently affirmed
the decision of the lower court. The men
were given, under the mandate by Judge
Van Valkenburgh, thirty days in which to
surrender. May was sentenced a year in
prison and 81, 600 fine and Thompson to six
months in iail and $500 fine
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-24
1T IS IDEAL WEATHER.
More of Same Is Promised for Sunday
Pleasures.

Ideal weather has prevailed today. At
Two clock this afternoon the theTmom-
eter registered eleven degrees warmer
than on Friday at the same hour, but at
tnat the temperature for the day has
averaged four degrees below normal for
this date The wind is blowing at the
south.
The forecast calls for generally" fair
weather tonight and Sunday. This ad
mlts OF the mere possibility of a shower,
but according to the local weather man
precipitation is not likely. Sunday will
probably be pleasant day and slightly
warmer.
The stage of the river this morning was
126 feet. This is a drop of a fraction of
a foot since Friday. No rain has fallen
IN Kansas in the last twentyfour hours.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-24
NO RACE SUICIDE.
Illinois Husband Deserts Wife With
Seventeen Children.

Aurora, ILL.,, May 24.-Mrs. Rollo
Lincoln startled Judge Slusser in the
circuit court yesterday when she stat
ed that she had been the mother of
II children in II years. There were
four sets of twins, she said.
Mrs. Lincoln testified that her hus-
band told her he could not feed so
many. mouths and deserted her in
1911 The court gave her a divorce.
Mrs. Lincoln is 80 years old
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-24
FIND LIQUOR TWICE.

Liquor was found at the residence of
Ed Davis, 110 Madison street, on two
successive raids by the police, and Davis
has been arrested charged with violating
the prohibitory law The first raid was
pulled off yesterday afternoon when about
a gallon of alcohol and half pint of
whisky were found. This morning the
place was raided again and 20 bottles of
beer and five empty bottles were con-
fiScated.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-24
TO WATERY CRAVE
Steamer Nevada Sinks With
200 Passengers.
Struck Mine Off the Gulf of
Smyrna.

London, May 24.-The steamer Ne
vada with 200 passengers on board
struck a mine in the Gulf of Smyrna,
and sank, according to dispatch from
Constantinople to the Exchange TeIe-
graph company.
The Nevada was owned by the Hadji
Daout company and ran in the east
Mediterranean.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-24
BIG FRENCH DEBT.
Government Would Borrow Twenty
Millions for Army.

Paris. May 24.-The draft of a bill
authorizing the first government to
borrow S20,000,000 for twenty years
in order to meet military expenses was
submitted to the cabinet today by
and appropriations
NJ Dumont explained to his col
leagues his plan for increasing the
governments revenue by $40.000,000
annually
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-24

Weather Forecast for Kansas.
Fair tonight and Sunday; warmer
tonight.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-24
MINE OWNERS. GRANT
TERMS MINERS ASK

CHARLESTON. w. VA, March 90
--Coincident with Governor Hatfields
visit to Paint creek. where he liber-
ated twenty-four more strike riot
prisoners, and ordered ten ring lead
ers sent to Jail to wait his decision on
the military commissions findings,
came reports that the Paint Creek
Galleries company had settled the
strike difficulty with their men on
non union basis, but advancing their
wages over the union scale.
Later Thomas Haggerty, national
executive committeeman OF the United
Mine Workers. telegraphed from.
Philadelphia to District President
Thomas Cairnes, here. that he and
President j. p. White had met, at
Philadelphia, Thomas T. Foster, treas
urer of the Paint Creek Galleries COM
pany, now known as the Iackawanna
Coal and Lumber company, and eff
fected compromised settlement Of
strike. giving the men all they struck
for last May, one and one half cents
per ton wage increase, semi monthly
payments, the use of check weigh
men, also the right to organize liz
the miners want to-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-24
W|NDST0RM RACES
IN MIDDLE WEST
REPORT HAS SEVEN DEAD. BUT 1T
IS IMPOSSIBLE TO
VERIFY 1T.

CHICAGO. March ga terrific wind
storm. which ragged over Kansas. Okla
homa. Iowa, Nebraska and parts of
the Dakotas. and which reached the
proportions of cyclone in the vicinity
Of Omaha, Neb,. was the elements Eas-
ter greetings today to the Middle West.
Telegraph and telephone service be-
tween Chicago and Middle Western
points severely crippled by Thursday $
storm, was paralyzed Not a word of
information could be obtained from
any part Of Iowa or Nebraska
From roundabout source came a
story to the local Western Union office
that the hurricane which swept up the
Missouri river cost the lives of seven
persons In South Omaha. The anthem
ITCHY Of the report could not be tested.
nor could the truth of rumors that
Des Moines Council Bluffs. St Joseph.
Mo, and other cities in that section.
Train dispatchers in local offices sat
helpless tonight hearing reports of
washouts and derailments, and not be-
ing able to confirm them.
From Kansas City. Mo. came the
ragged there all day. gained in fury as
darkness came on. Torrents of rain
and hall descended. it was reported
and electrical disturbances played
havoc with local telegraph and tele-
phone systems.
Rumors of tornadoes in Kansas and
Nebraska We're current in Kansas City
all day. Various reports of damage
erty were circulated. At the Union
Pacific offices in the Missouri city, it
was said tonight that the town of
Yutan Neb, had been in the path OF
the cyclone, that most of the build
ings had been torn down, and that
those that remained were being de-
were killed and many injured, accord
ing to the reports.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-24
THIEVES GET LITTLE
AND OVERLOOK MUCH
WYATT FAMILY RETURNS FROM
CHURCH TO FIND THE HOUSE
is RANSACKED.

When Clarence Wyatt and his fam
lily, of 1921 Hanover avenue, return
ed home from church between and
10 o'clock last night they found that
others had preceded them and that
every room on the second floor had
been ransacked from top to bottom
The work was that of apparently two
or more persons for every bureau
drawer, every clothes press and all
the closets had been opened and their
contents strewn about the floor, Search
showed that SIT in currency, Il watch
and chain, valued at $50, a gold ring
and seine stockings had been stolen.
How much more is missing will be
learned only after an inventory is
taken, for Mrs. Wyatt had many
pieces of antique tewelry stored away
which she may find later on have
been stolen.
AS the family started to enter the
house they heard the sound of hur-
ried footsteps scurrying down the back
stairway. 1t was Mr.. WAITS little
daughter who first discovered thatVthe
house had been entered and the second
story rooms ransacked. Investigation
showed that the thieves had gained
an entrance by pricing open the pam
try window in the rear, From the
pantry they gained access to the other
part OF the house by breaking the
lock with a pair of large shears. The
thieves paid no attention TO the first
floor. but in their search for jewelry
and money went upstairs. They must
have worked hurriedly. for several
diamond rings OF value were over
looked in their haste.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-24
BUCKS A GALE IN
FLYING MACHINE

NEW YORK. March 23.-Bucking
forty-tive mile an. hour gale. two
thousands feet above Harlem. irving
to hold "a course on to the Metropoli-
tan Tower, and feeling his machine
gently falling off every minute; fixing
his eyes on the red and green lights Of
Governors Island and finally, after
an hours fight. landing in FIatbush
are few of the incidents described
today by Harry NJ, Jones, an aviator.
who attempted to fly from Mamro-
neck to the military reservation late
Saturday night He would have tried
To fly from F1athush to the island to-
day If the wind had not been so
strong, and he will make the flight. he
says, just as soon as conditions are
favora BILE.
Young Mr.. Jones recently reached
Mamroneck on his flight from Boston
TO Governors Island, AS q matter of
fact he left Boston on January 7th.
He landed III Mamroneck two weeks
ago today, with a damaged machine.
He had NOT made any record on his
flight but he announced that he was
going to finish 1t II the thirty horse
power Burgess Wright he owns would
carry him.