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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-21
U. OF M. FILES SUIT.
Claims Inheritance Tax From the
Pulitzer Estate.

St Louis. Aug. 21.--The University of
Missouri today filed suit in the probate
court here against certain philanthropic
legacies under the will of the late Joseph
Pulitzer, owner of the New York World
and the st. Louis Post-Dispatch
One suit is for the payment of an in
heritance tax of $14 450 sums aggre-
eating $292.O0 which are set aside from
the earnings of the POst-Dispatch for the
Philharmonic society of New York, the
Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Co
lumbia University School of Journalism.
The will also provides, according to
Forest c. Donnell. who represents the
University of Missouri in the litigation.
that each of these beneficiarieS may get
beouests not exceeding $500,000 from time
to time, which are to be paid by the trus-
tees of the Pulitzer estate. The Univer-
on whatever sums are paid in the future
under these bequeSts.
The suits were filed under a statute
which imposes a collateral inheritance
tax of per cent. on all legacies eX-
cept those bequeather direct heirs of
the maker of the will. Under the law
the University of Missouri is benefi-
ciary of this inheritance tax.
The legal question involved is wheth-
er a collateral inheritance tax can be
levied against bequests to charitable
and educational institutions. Attorneys
of the university claim that the fact
that the beneficiaries of the will are
foreign institutions, prevent them from
claiming tax exemption.
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Continued on Page Two.)
DEEP IN DESERT
Telegram Is 10 Days Reaching
Col. Roosevelt.
His Reply Is Is Days in Com
ing Out.

Chicago, Aug. 21.-It took telegram
to Col Roosevelt 10 days to penetrate
to the coloneTs camp in the Navajo
desert it was learned here today from
Charles J. Ryberg, chairman of the
committee which has arranged for a
big Progressive party birthday celebra-
ton here on August 80 Mr.. Ryberg
telegraphed the party leader July Is
asking him to be present and today
received a letter dated lin the Navajo
desert, August 6, 1913' 1t was written
with a lead pencil on a scrap of yellow
wrapping paper and said:
Your telegram of July Is has just
rached me which shows how impossi-
BILE it is to communicate while L am
in this desert. 1 have no writing ma
terials even 1 am sending this in by
a Navajo runners. 1t is impossible to
set a date when 1 can leave this coun-
try as the day of the snake dance has
not yet been announced. 1 have the
deepest feeling of gratitude to the Pro-
gressive party of Chicago and neigh
borhOOd."
From another informant Mr.. Ryberg
received a telegram stating that the
Hcpi snake dance which Col. Roose-
Welt went to- study took place today
which leads him to believe the colonel
will be in Chicago in time for the cele-
bration ten days hence.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-21
More Startling Coal Figures
From Penitentiary.
1t Took $1,000 Tons of Fuel for
Prison Last Year.
MORE THAN USED IN Topeka
Exceeds City'S Amount for All
Public Services.
More Than 5000 Tons Are I'm
accounted For.

| A second chapter today in the enor-
nous waste of fuel at the state peni-
| tentiary reveals the fact, according to
! figures collected by Sam Seaton at the
governors office. that the state of Kan
sas uses to heat and light the prison
at Lansing more coal in one year than
is used to furnish electric light, mu-
nicipaI light, power,t street railway
power, public building heat and water
to the entire city of Topeka. In other
words, it costs the state of Kansas
more money to give the simple ac-
commodations to the penitentiary than
it does to furnish nearly all the mod
ern conveniences in Topeka.
Here are the figures:
1t takes more than $1,000 tons of
coal-fgures for the last fiscal year
to run the penitentiary, an institution
of 500 persons. This means $4,000.
1t takes 5000 tons to furnish pow
er for the Topeka Railway company,
furnish electric light and power to
the city, furnish street lights for the
city, heat 125 of Topeka's largest build
ings, furnish power for many of To-
peka's manufacturing concerns and
pump water to all parts of town.
The tremendous expense of the
states largest penal institutions has
created a wave of economy with the
administration and an effort Will be
made, as announced in the State Jour
Figures startling to State Officers.
The opening of the state penitentiary
coal investigation through the figures
made public last evening to the effect
that the prison uses 400 more tons of
coal to run a little pumping plant sup
plying 500 persons than the city of
Topeka uses to supply $4,000 persons,
has caused more than a stir at the
state house.
The secondary feature today to the
effect that the penitentiary alone uses
more coal than all the municipal and
private corporations for public use in
Topeka will throw another fever of
economy into the state officials who
are anxious to reduce taxes. The fact
that the coal is mined by the prison
inmates is no excuse for its reckless
waste-if there is a waste-because
the coal is worth $2.5O. a ton through
its supply to other institutions over
the state.
Added to this showing of the fuel
consumption at Lansing is another
mystery that Governor Hodges and the
executive council will try to untangle
when the investigation is made after
the governors return from Colorado
Springs. 1t is known, according to
at the governors office, that
the records fail to show the disposition
of more than 5000 tons of coal last
wear 1t is not known whether this
coal was dumped into the Missouri
river or whether it is lost in the book
keeping accounts There is a beautiful
little piece of work for the governor
and his staff when the coal proposition
glass. 1t should furnish
mi ghty interesting reading matter to
the taxpayers of the state.
Meanwhile Jones pays the freight
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-21
And 1t Is as Bad as Amy of Its
Predecessors.
Thermometer Hits 100 Mark at
3 O'clock.
MAY BE COOLER THIS EVENING
Sluggish Wind From North
May Bring Change.
Eighteen Records Are Broken
This Summer.

The government therm ometer on
top of the Mulvane building regist d
100 degrees at 2 O'Clock this afternoon.
At the same time thermome along
Kansas avenue told a different story
it was much hotter near the pave
ment. The temperatures ranged from
1O5 to 120 degrees.
The only encouraging feature about
the weather condition is the fact that
there is a sluggish breeze blowing
from the north. There is a we'll de-
veloped area of high pressure over
Montana today which is headed this
way. In case it is not sidetra cked
there will be a decided lowering of the
temperature here. Tonight is expected
to be comparatively cool at Topeka.
There were a few scattered clouds in
the sky at o'clock and there is just
a possibility that there will be a show
er here before night although the
weather man is of the opinion that the
chances are rather remote. He an
ticipates that there will be a shower
here and there in the state in the next
"a hours
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-21

hostility or unfriendIiness toward Mex
ico.''
Senator Penrose said that in a day
or two he would make few remarks
on the amendment and his resolu-
ton.
n COnditiOn-NOt a Sentiment.
Il do not want to stir this matter
up unduly," said Senator PenroSe.
There is hardly day that 1 am
not appealed to by people from my
state urging action to furnish protec-
ton to Americans in Mexico. 1t is
not a sentiment. 1t is a condition"
Senator Nelson declared it seemed
unwise at this juncture to agitate the
question.
such agitation" said he, lis an
embarrassment to the president, who
is doing everything he can to bring
about peace. This resolution should
go to the committee on foreign rela-
tions and not be used here to exploit
speeches of an embarrassing charac-
ter to the administration. Let me cite
a bit of history that a few of us we'll
remember. We were very glad dur
ing the dark days of the Civil war
that no foreign government inter
vened in our trouble. We were threat
ened time and again with interVen-
tion from Germany and France ana
ENGLAND
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-21
CLAIMS WIFE'S TEETH
Court Rules Against Husband and
Sends Him to Jail.

Washington, Aug. Separation
from ones wife in the eyes of the law.
furnishes no excuse for attem pting to
separate the wife from her store teeth
even though the husband did buy
them and considered them his prop
erty. This is the ruling of Police
Judge Aukam and as a result Henry
Hardestv today is in the workhouse
under a 80 days sentence.
But. judge, l bought and paid for
them" he expostulated. She wears
EN- but they're mine"
Judge Aukam declined to accept the
husbands viewpoint. Incidentally, it
was learned that Mrs. Hardesty near
ly swallowed the disputed property in
her agitation when her husband
threatened to separate her and her
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-21
Broke IS Heat Records This Month.

Broke IS Heat Records This Month.
sunny Flora, the local weather OBJ
server, gave out some interesting
dope" today. Since the first of May
the heat record for individual days in
the twenty-seven years that the To-
peka records have been kept has been
broken eighteen times. This month up
to today an even dozen records were
broken. The dates on which records
were broken We're August 4, 5, 6, Z, s,
9, 10, II, 13, Is, IS, 19 and 20.
In July it was necessary to compete
with the extreme hot weather of 1901
and 1911. The only days on which rec
ords were broken were July Is and 16.
The last three days in May were the
hottest corresponding days recorded in
Topeka.
There have been eighteen days this
summer on which the mercury has
been to the 100 degree mark or above
Since the first of May there have been
ffty-siX days on which the tempera-
ture has been at least ninety degrees
This ties the record of 1901 up to this
date
With but two exceptions the maxi
mum temperature of 102 degrees on
Wednesday was the highest tempera-
ture on record that late in the season
On Aug. 25, 1901, the thermometer read
ing was los and on Sept. 13 1898, it was
1O4.
1t is hot today at Wichita. although
cooler nights hav been enjoyed re-
Gently
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-21
TO FIGHT TAMMANY.
SuIzer Will Take Part in the City
Campaign.

New York, Aug. 21.-Regardless of
the outcome of his trial by the court
of impeachment, Governor William
Sulzer proposes to enter the mayoralty
campaign in New York city, according
to his friends here. 1t is declared
that he is particularly anxious to in
ject himself into the campaign in
order to continue his fight against
Tammany hall and Chas. F. Murphy,
it's leader. The impeached governor
proposes to support the fusion nomi-
nee for mayor who is John Purroy
Mitchell and to do his utmost in at
tacking the record of Murphy and the
TammanN candidates.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-21
BUILT 200 MILES.
Result of the First Good Roads Day
in Missouri.

Kansas City, Aug. 21.-Encoura ged
with the results of their efforts yes
terday when according to Governor
Majors estimates 200 miles of new
roads were built, Missouri good roads
hosts started today to complete the
work so well begun.
Although the number of voIupteers
who engaged in the campaign yester-
day exceeded expectations, reports
from nearly every county indicated
that a larger number were welding the
picks and shovels today. In some dis
tricts farming operations were practi-
cally suspended as the farmers decid-
ed the work of road improvement was
the most important in which they
could engage.
Governor Major, who with Governor
Hodges of Kansas, left Jefferson City
early this morning to resume active
work on the roads, was elated with the
results Of yesterday as shown by re-
ports he had received from the various
counties of the state.
THE first of Missouri's two good
roads days was such a success that it
exceeded our anticipations," he said.
I'm addition to the 200 miles of new
road added to our highway system re-
pairs We're made upon hundreds of
miles of old roads. 1 am pleased also
with the splendid road spirit that has
been developed"
Twenty-Five hundred men and 600
teams were fighting the battle of good
roads in Jackson county today. A part
of this force cut weeds and brush along
the highways. Other squads were put
ting in culverts While others dug drain
ing bitches along the roadside or
trimmed unsightly hedges. But most
of the workers were building new roads.
Buchanan, Clay and Jasper counties
and the other counties in western Mis-
souri, were we'll represented in the work
of road iDproveTnept
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-21

The nineteenth day of heat for
| Kansas is at hand and the mercury
started early on it's upward climb.
! The temperature at O'Clock was
three degrees higher than Wednesday
morning at the same hour and by
noon was close to the century mark.
However, cooler weather is slated for
tonight and Friday.
The minimum temperature this
morning at 6 o'clock was "A degrees
degree above the minimum of the
previous morning. The thermome-
ter reading at Z O'Clock Wednesday
night was 95 degrees, thus making the
night four degrees warmer than Tues
day night. There was but little
breeze and conditions were not favor
able to sleep.
According to government reports.
the entire state was hot Wednesday
night with the exception of the ex-
treme southeast portion. The tenn
perature WAS comfortably low at Fort
Scott The sky was clear this morn
ing at O'Clock in all parts of Kan
sas and western Missouri. According
to the forecaster at Washington. #
will be cooler here tonight, although
the weather is expected to be gener-
ally fair.
The Kaw is down to as low a stage
as 1T has reached in the period since
ISU4 When the work of keeping the
record was begun. The stage is "a
feet. Silver Lake has gone completely
dry for the first time in the memory
of the Oldest residents of the com
munitt.
Since June l Topeka has received
Just half OF the normal amount of
rainfall for the period. The precipa
ton has been 6.51 inches; the aver
age for the period in 81 years has
been 1913 inches. And TODeka has
Jared better than some parts of the
state.
An Associate tea~ Press dispatch gives
an outline of weather and crop condi-
lons IN and around Hutchinson The
report reads:
while the early part of last night
was unusually warm, for this altitude
the latter portion cooled and before
morning blankets We're NEEDED for
sleepers But at eight O'clock this
morning the temperature was one de-
gree higher than the same time vester-
DAY, registering eighty-three degrees
mere is every appearance of a hot dav
though it is not believed the thermom,
eter VIII record as high as one hun
dred degrees.
Following is a list of temperatures at
government stations for the twentv-fo1r
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-21
THE DAY IN CONGRESS
Penrose Starts Discussion of the Mexi-
can Situation.

Washington. Aug. 21-Senate met
at II a. m. Senator Penrose intro
Guced resolution to require PreSiden [
Wilson to take necessary steps to
place American troops in Mexico to
protect Americans and to appropriate
S25,000,000 for such use. Consider
able discussion over Mexican situation
followed.
Consideration of tariff bill was re-
sumed, Senator Pittman speaking in
support of the bill.
Philippines committee approved ap-
pOintment cf Representative Harrison
as governor general of Philippines.
House not in session; meets Friday
Lobby investigating committee con-
tinued its hearing.
Democrats continued their caucus
on administration currency bill.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-21
BRYAN To STUMP.
Will Spend Two Days in Maine in
September.

Washington Aug. 21.-SecretaTy
Bryan will spend two days early in
September stumping the Third Maine
congressional district for~William Pet
tangal, the Democrat candidate. This
was announced today following a con-
ference at the White House between
President Wilson, Representative Nc
G1ilicudy and Representative Palmer
OF the congressi onaf campaign COM
mittee. AS the campaign will be
largely on national issues the national
administration will take a lively in
farRSf
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-21
SUFFRAGE CAMPAIGN.
Will Be Opened Formally in Missouri
September 4.

Kansas City, Aug. 21.-Announce-
ment was made today that the cam
paign for woman suffrage formally
will open in Missouri on Septem Der |,
when Mrs. Walter McNabb Miller of
St Louis will begin a tour of the
northern part of the state.
Suffrage workers now are circulat-
ing petitions for the $4,000 names
necessary to secure the submission of
the constitutional amendment in 1914
under the initiative clause.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-21
FIRST DEPOSITS MADE
Government Funds Sent Out to the
National Banks.

Washington, Aug. 21.-Ffrst deposits
of the government $50, 100000 crop NOV
ing fund were made today in reserve
cities in the southern states, among
which were Baltimore. Richmond, At
lanta and Memphis. The three latter
receive $3.50, 900 each. Baltimore will re-
ceive between $1,000,00 and 81, 600, 900
and Chicag go and ST Louis will divide
in the neighborhood of S15, 600 900.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-21
TODAY'S GAMES.


western.
Des MoineS at Denver, clear.
Sioux City at Lincoln, clear.
Topeka at st. Joseph, clear.
Omaha at Wichita, CD clear.
National.
Chicago at New York, clear.
Pittsburg at Philadelphia clear.
Cincinnati at Brooklyn, clear.
st. Louis at Boston, clear.
American.
Philadelphia at Chicago, clear.
Washington at St. Louis. clear.
New York at Detroit, clear.
Boston at Cleveland, clear
Association.
Columbus at Toledo. clear.
Indianapolis at Louisville, clear.
St Paul at Kansas City, clear.
Minneapolis at Milwaukee,
cloudy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-21
FRENCH DROPS DEAD.
Death Claims Two Memphis Postmas-
tiers in Month.

Memphis, Tenn. Aug. 2I-Major ].
c. French, aged ~, appointed post
master in Memphis about two months
ago, dropped dead from apopIexy to-
day. Major French succeeded Lee w.
Dutro, Republican, who was drowned
July % in the Mississippi river Mr.
French was a Confederate veteran and
had been employed in the postoffice
for more than 25 years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-21
STRIKERS Make CONCESSIONS,

Farmington, Mo, Aug 21.-Represen-
tatives of the 5000 striking lead miners
in ST. Francois county agreed today to
eliminate recognition of the union from
their controversy with the mine own
ers. Settlement of the strike is ex-
pected today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-21
SHOOT AT THE KING.
Bandits Fire on Rumanian Ruler and
His Wife.

London. Aug. 21--Revolver shots
were fired by bandits today at King
Charles and Queen Elizabeth of Rou-
mania as they were riding in an au-
tomobile near Sinaia, a fashiona BILE
health resort in Roumania in the Car
pathian mountains. according to spe-
cial dispatches receiyedAhere. Neither
of their majesties was injured. AS
soon as the bandits began firing the
chauffeur speeded up his machine and
succeeded in carrying the king and
queen to safety-f
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-21
ARREST Topeka FORGER
James Ford Captured by Marshal nj
Usage City.

Usage City. Kan, Aug. 2L-Marshal
Sandy McMiling has arrested James
Ford here. Ford is wanted for passing
forged checks at st. Joseph, Holton and
Topeka He goes dressed like cowboy.
wearing high heeled boots, white hat and
red handkerchief around his neck. He
had been around town for several days.
drir king heavily.
Sheriff Isaacs. from HoIton. took the
prisoner to Holton to answer the charges
against him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-21
Postponed Games.

Detroit, Aug. 21.-New York-DC-
troit game postponed, rain; two games
tom orrow.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-21

Weather Forecast for Kansas.
Unsettled but fair tonight and Fri
day; cooler tonight.
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CONTINUED from Page Two.)
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Continued on Page Two.)
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-06-18
SQUIRRELS HELP IN
WORK OF FORESTERS
Little animals, Enemies Of Regular
Tree Planting. Assist Forester in
GatherInE Pine Tree Cones.

Washington, D. c., June 18.-Harvest-
ing tree seed IS q new industry on
winch the department Of agriculture
has just received an unusual report
through the forest service 1t is the
beginning of a big campaign in which
all the science and administrative abiI-
lLy OF the district fOresters are called
into play and one in which the fOresters
are making the squirrels help them in
the work
1t is stated by Henry Farouhar Of
the forest service that there are IS OOO
600 acres Of land in the United States,
at present unprOductiVe, that need re-
IOreSUnE- About half of this land viii
be naturally refOrested in the course
that viii have to be refOrested arti-
hcially- either by planting the seed or
by raising trees in the forest nurseries
and transplanting them
The campaign last year for pine cone
collecting centered in the Kaniksu
national forest of Idaho The men We're
divided into camps that had to be
housed and fed. More men were needed
than the country afforded, and drafts
were made on the lumber camps, and
the collectors finally representa- ranch
erss college students, hObOes, lumber
Jacks, md almost all other classes Of
humanity
The use that was made Of the squir-
rels was in collecting the cones These
little animals. which are great enemies
OF regular tree planting. are the most
efficient collectors Of pine cones. They
know which trees bear the best crops
and how to store them so they viii
keep
The fOresters therefore, relied large
" on the squirrels to cut of the cones
and collect them from the ground
where they were stored in caches"
whence the fOresters collected them
and hauled them to the seed ware
houses
The work in the Kaniksu forest re-
suited in the collecting of 10000 sacks
Of cones at a total cost of a little
over So cents a busheL 1t is expected.
in the light of experience, that next
year the service viii be able to i'm
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