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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-01-05
JOBS HANDED out
Five Shawnee County Officials
Named Today.
But Commissioners Dodge
Woman Candidacy.
DR.. C. c. luI IS PHYSICIAN
Washburn Graduate Wins Over
Other Candidates.
w. J. Arnold, G.. w. Belts and
Mrs. Abbott Are Reelected.

Five appointments were made this
morning by the county commissioners.
The wrangle over the office of poor
commissioner, and the equally strong
forces brought to bear on three Of the
nine appli csnts. caused a postponement
of the appointment. After three ballots
had been recorded by the county clerk.
C. C. Lull was elected county physician.
w. ]. Arnold, engineer; G. w. Belts.
superintendent CT the poor farm, and
Mrs. s. H. AN~ott. Jail matron. were
reappointed. William Thompson was
named as upstairs janitor of the court
house. Each appointment is for a per-
iod of enc year.
Predictions as to a disagreement
over the appointment of a county physi-
clan were fulfilled. Chairman Sinner
voted for DR.. L. B. Bushong; Commits
sioner Simms for DR.. c.. N. Hensley,
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Senior Senator VIII "Rema1n"
in Republican Ranks.
Victor MurdOck Is Bull Moose
Senatorial Candidate.
Are WORRIED
Senior Senator Comes Home
Single Handed
And Decks Are Cleared for q
Three-COrnered Fight.

United States Senator Joseph l..
Bristow announced that he would ire
main" q Republican-tust as every
Kansas politician had known Tor q
week that he would announce-and
before the telegraph operators had
completed the transmission OF the
Bristow announcement. the receiving
instrument began to click and clatter
and Kansas knew that the Progress
sives had called the Bristow-Capper
play and Victor Murdock's announce
ment for United States senator on the
Bull Moose ticket was on the wire.
The Bristow announcement came
after a days conference with Arthur
Capper and the Republican harmony
leaders. It is rather long. quite dig
nified and points feelingly to the fun
damental principles and sacred tradi-
tions Of the Republican party, which
the senior senator now says he loves.
1t will probably later be followed by
Capper's gubernatorial announcement.
Murdock's announcement is shorter.
1t is terse and snappy. uncompromis-
ing and chock full of the Kansas Ian
guage. He swings straight at the jaw
CONTINUED on Page Two.)
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Tho Oklahoma Goes to Botte1
on Sandy Hook.
Report Of tho Disaster Il Re-
celved BY wireless.
TWENTY -FOUR0F CREW PBISll'
Resc1ers Are Injured ana Thelr
Boat Il Lost.

New York, Jan 6.-Tho tank seoo1ls@
er in trouble on sandy HooA youeoEe
day was tho Oklahoma and - of -
crew perished. Eight were aGS66
This was the substance Of liro1oU
messages received here today.
A report reached Sandy HoOk TIT
morning that tho steamer Bavaria u
the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. line had e
board q crew rescued from vonD6G
The message did mot make cloof
whether tho rescued were the OroW 01
the tank steamer reported In distress
yesterday.
A wireless message received tA1o
morning from tho steamahip CaelH,
bean stated that she and the Manuel
Calvo had stood by al night In tko
vicinity where the un1noWu tank
steamer was reported yesterday 70 -
in distress and later to have sunk.
The Caribbean end Manuel Ca1V0
were then about sixty miles 0aotp
southeast OF Sandy Hook.
The last message from tho unhnoWm
steamer was received at dusk yeatog0nv
by Captain Donet OF the Manuel CQlvos
1t was believed then that tho voGDoS
was the German oil carrier Peuno7,
Continued on Pare Six.)
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Confident Of q State Wide Vic
tory Next Fall.
MANY CANDIDATES N FIELD
Ambitious Leaders Make Early
Announcements.
Hendricks Scents q. s. Sena'
tOrial Troubles.

Today's arrivals for the big Demo-
cratic banquet at the Auditorium to-
night. talked freely Of political condi-
campaign. If there is discord and dis
content in the ranks of the Democratic.
they forgot it before they boarded the
trains for Topeka. All is joy and bliss
and gladness SO far as the Democrats
from the country precincts are con-
cerned.
And with this free discussion Of
conditions in the state. the prospective
candidates began to look for stenog-
raphers and prepare their announce
ments for the coming campaign. Al
ready there is every indication that
the Democrats will offer the biggest
bunch of available candidates for state
office since the enactment OF the state
wide primary election law. Reports
which the county and district leaders
brought to Topeka were to the effect
that their lines were holding strong
in the rural districts and that there il
vember victory than at any time in q
score of years. OF course the politi-
clans may be wrong. Only the elec-
tion returns themselves can tell the
real story.
Are Many states Candidates.
Among the politicians, there is a
free discussion of the future, and
while the real political dope for the
1914 campaign will be prepared at the
regular banquet in Topeka, February
%, there is no evident hesitancy to
talk over the situation and to take
stock Of the future.
Two men-'Ironjaw'' Brown Of
Kingman and Hugh P. Farrelly Of
Continued on Page Six.)
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HODGES IS silent
Governor VIII Make No An.
nOuncement Tonight
Democrats Urge Executive to
Enter Race at Banquet.

Governor Hodges will not ann ounce
his United States senatorial candidacy
at tonight's banquet. although the
days gossip in the state house and
hotel Hobbies has been to the effect
that the state executive would take
advantage Of this opportunity to climb
into the race. The governor will make
no announcement of his future po-
litical plans at this time and will
probably make no definite statement
before the date Of the annual ban
quet in Topeka February "a
Scores Of prominent Democrats
visited the governor'a office today and
urged Hodges to run. The Hodges
for United States senator boom was
one of the features of the days po-
many well known political work
ultimately be a candidate. Yet a
number Of the governors close po-
litical advisors are opposing his en-
trance in the senatorial race and the
banquet tonight will probably close
without a statement from Hodges a.
to his future plans.
"You can say that have no inten-
tons OF making an announcement OF
told the State Journal this afternoon.
II have at all times said that would
make no statement before the an
nual banquet In February and those
gard that statement as final There
Is nothing which care to say at this
time"
The plan which is being urged
would cause w. L. (IronJaW) Brown
to withdraw from the senatorial con-
ernor Brown today did not indicate
that he was enthusiastic for such 4
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at Tonight's Dinner.
and Commissioner Nipps for DR.. Lull.
In the third official ballot Mr.. Simmer
seconded Mr.. Nipps' nomination of DR..
Lull, and Mr.. Simms moved that the
vote be made unanimous.
No Poor Commissioner Change.
Contrary to a long established Gus
tom the appointment of a poor COM
missioner was not made. C. N. Bacon
is candidate for reappoiEtment; he
has been recommended by the Provi-
dent Association. and various influential
men. w. T. Purdem, of the North side,
Is understood to be a strong candidate.
Miss Rosalea PeEdleton, the only wo-
man in the lists. was at the court house
this morning accompanied by her spon-
sor, DIR. Eva Harding. The commits
sioners glanced over the three caudi-
dates, and simply stated that the ap-
pointment had been indefinitely post
poned.
DR. Lull. who succeeds DR.. Hensley as
county physician. is a young Topeka
doctor. secretary CT the Shawnee Coun-
ty Medical society, and was graduated
from the Washburn Medical college in
June, 1913. He was registered as phar-
macist in 1908, came to Topeka the fol-
lowing year, and was president Of his
class at Washburn. He is associated
with DR.. w. E. McVey, 612 Kansas av-
enue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-01-05
BRYAN IS NOT PAID
Stories of Secretary's Ere
ceipts" in Topeka Denied.
Expenses From Kansas City
All He Receives.

Rumors that Secretary Bryan is to b
paid for his speech to Kansas Demo-
Gratis tonight. - emphatically deu1ed
by officers of the state club. under
whose auspices the dinner 10 given. n
H, Wolf, secretary of the club, statef
today that the only expense Of Bryauso
trip to Topeka was for his trip from
Kansas City to Topeka and return.
Stories were circulated last1night ana
today to the effect that Bryan
would receive the receipts from
sale of gallery tickets. which
will probably amount to 500 ot
$500. That report was denied. Another
story was to the effect that the club
would pay Bryan $500 for his trip 70
Kansas Of1cers OF the club branded
that statement as false.
''The only expense for Mr.. Bryan'o
trip to Topeka is for his expenses fru1m
Kansas city to Topeka and return. = :
said Secretary Wolff. '.Mr Bryan aid
not ask anything. He was willing to
come to Kansas and deliver his speech
and nay his own expenses. But it would
be unjust to permit him to pay an oG
his expenses and the club win pay the
expenses Of his trip to and stay In KAN
sas. That ts all
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valid. This opinion was expressed by
r. J. Higgins. city counselor of Kan
sas City, KAN, when he was informed
of the supreme courts decision. The
Kansas utilities commission denied tho
right of the company to make the 2
cent increase in price. The gas COM
pany contended that the commission
could not take from the right to q
sliding scale of prices given them in
a franchise that was granted before
the Kansas utilities commission was
established. The matter was carried
to the Kansas supreme court and that
body sustained the contention OF the
city Of Kansas City. Kan. that the
commission did have the right to reg
ulate the gas rates. The gas company
then appealed to the United States SUI
preme court.
The supreme court decision, Mr..
Higgins said. means that the public
utilities commission and the first class
cities of Kansas have absolute con-
troll of the rates to be charged by the
public utilities and that no contract
made since 1908 which fixes absolutely
the schedule of rates. is valid con-
tract. It puts the matter of rate MAX
ing, not only in cities that have not
Continued on Page Six.)
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Kansas Democrats to Topeka
for Bryan Dinner.
Greatest Political Banquet in
History of State.
4 CROWD OF 5000 TONIGHT
Almost Every County in State
Represented.
Governor Meets Bryan at Law
rence-Speech There.

The Bryan special will arrive in To-
peka over the Union Pacific at s
o'clock this evening. Bryan left Kan
sag City at 1880 this afternoon over
the Union Pacific and stopped in Law
renee for a speech before the student
body at Kansas university. He will
leave Lawrence at s o'clock on a spe-
cial train for Topeka Governor
Doerr. Samuel Barber and L. NJ. PEN
well, left for Lawrence over the Santa
Fe at 1920 this afternoon and will ac-
company Bryan to Mount Dread.
Miles H. Mulroy, president of the
Democratic club, will also be in the
official party which win accompany
Bryan to Topeka this evening. Visit
ing Democrats plan . big reception
for the Commoner when he arrives in
Topeka and 1t Is probable several hum
dred people. headed by a brass band,
will accord their veteran leader q
noisy welcome at the Union Pacific
depot this evening.
From Rosedale to Syracuse and from
Belleville to 6cammon, Kansas Demo-
Gratis came to Topeka today to cele-
brate their victory Of the past. to lay
plans for the future and to pay hom-
aga to SetAsy OF 2t4fAs xfi21iam, Jss-
nings Bryan. their veteran national
leader. Every train last night and to-
day brought delegations for the big
state house officials suspended business
to entertain the visitors and tonight
more than 1000 nghting Democratic
leaders and workers from all 1T every
county in the state will sit at e BAN
CONTINUED on Page Two.)
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WILL STAY ON JOB
Chairman Pepperill Does Not
Intend to Resign.
But Will Not Be q Candidate
Next August.

Not until after the August primaries
will w. n. L. Pepperill. chairman Of
the Democratic state committee, re-
sign his job. That was the statement
which the new internal revenue COL
lector made today in discussing plans
for the campaign. Pepperill will call
the state committee together Feb. 23
the date of the annual banquet
and plans for the primary campaign
Vsilfzbo~eoast2oBod-ss
Some time ago 1t was reported that
Pepperill would find it necessary to
resign his job because Of the federal
rulings under which 1t was claimed he
would be compelled to resign either as
state chairman or revenue collector.
So far Pepperill has heard no COM
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the Cherokee nation will share In =
distribution OF the nations tribal
lands and funds Tho district court Of
appeals here SO held today in . docf-
sion which will distribute among tho
freedmen some $5.000.000 Of m0ney
and property.
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plaint from federal officials and he
proposes to go through the primary
campaign as head of the state COM
mittee. He will not, however. be a
candidate for reelection at the party
council next August and will step
down and out after twenty years Of
service as either secretary or chairman
of the state organization.
Sawyer New Chairman?
1t is reported that State Bank
Commissioner Charles NJ. Sawyer may
become the new state chairman to
succeed Pepperill. although many
= lContinued on PAGE TWol
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Hears Groans Over Wire.

Fort Smith. Ark, Jan. 5.-The
sound Of his groans. heard over the
wire by an operator in the central
telephone office here today, probably
saved the life of J. w. Nelson, a trav-
cling salesman. Nelson, overcome by
fumes from a stove in his room. stag
gered to the telephone and dislodged
the receiver before losing conscious
ness. He was revived with a device
for restoring respiration.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-01-05
CLOUDY AND GLOOMY.
stin the weather Man Eays-ssGener.
ally Fair

This is the thirty-eighth cloudy day
since Nov. 1. Days OF gloom are get
ting to be an ole. old story. The fore
cast calls for generally fair wealth
er, which simply means that the
chances for precipitation in the next
twenty four hours are slight, but does
not necessarily indicate that the sun
will shine. 1t Is real winter weather
today. The temperature is six degrees
below normal for this date Two
years ago today the Thermometer reg
istered ten degrees below zero.
The wind velocity has been light to-
day. At o'clock this afternoon 1t was
three miles an hour from the northeast
There is expected to be q slight rise in
temperature in the next twenty-four
hours.
The shippers forecast: Protect
thirty-six hour shipments north and
west against temperature OF twenty
five degrees; south and east twenty
five to thirty degrees
The hourly readings:
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Weather Forecast for Kansas.
Fair with rising temperature to-
night and Tuesday
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Continued on Page six.)
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CONTINUED on Page Two.)
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CONTINUED on Page Six.)
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-07-09
MURDERER IS
TAKEN AWAY
HALF.BREED WHO KILLED YANK
TON GIRL IS REMOVED IN
FEAR OF MOB.

Yankton, s. D.-Because of the
frantic desire of a mob of Yankton
men to get possession of Charlie
Bowman, half-breed Indian, who
Friday night shot and killed Nellie
Brewer, 1~7-year-old Yankton girl
who had repulsed his advances, the
sheriff of Yankton spirited the pris-
oner away to parts unknown.
Feeling in Yankton is intense over
the brutal Staying of the young girl,
who was to have married another
mar this month. So bitter were the
crowds co~ngregated on street corners
discussing the murder that it was
feared an assault would be made
upon the Jail and violence done the
Indian.
The slayer is in a serious condition
as the result of blows administered
upon his face by the father of the
slain girl who came r~~a the scene
shortly after the Indian had emptied
a revolver into his victims body and
attacked the murderer with a beer
bottle.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-07-09
PARDONS
BLACKFOOT INDIAN
AFTER 81 YEARS, REDsIkIN Is
GIVEN FREEDOM THROUGH
HIS DISCOVERY BY MEM
BERS OF HIS TRIBE

Washington, d. C.-After thirty
four years behind the bars under a
life sentence for murder, Spopee, a
Blackfoot Indian, was today uncon-
ditionally pardoned by President
Wilson. He will be released at once
from the federal hospital for Grim
inal insane here, to return to his
daughter at Browning, Montana,
whom he has not seen since she was
a baby.
A party of Blackfoot Indians, sight
seeing in Washington, a month ago.
happened upon Spopee. grown gray
with long Imprisonment. They estab-
lished his tribal identity by an In
dian sign. One of the interpreters re-
cognized in Spopee the hero of an old
legend, who disappeared years ago
into a white mans Jail. Officials of
the Indians, advised of the discovery,
began an Investigation. which result
ed in a pardon when it was shown
that Spopee's conviction was inn
proper. p' r. ~. SPA .aF,e.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-07-09

sent by his parents, who are English
people living in johannesburg, to
study agriculture in America. His
course of study was varied this sum
mer with an actual taste of farm
life and first hand acquaintance
with agriculture. On the Atkinson
farm. Mr.. Lindsey is doing the work
of the regular farm hand.
The climate in South Africa
said Mr.. Lindsey, does not differ
much from South Dakota, except
that it is more temperate. Until he
came to America, he had never seen
snow. Farming in South Africa is
carried on iii much the same man
ner, except that native blacks are
used for laborers and that the scale
of farming is much more extensive.
The FARM owned by Mr.. Lind
sey's father is characteristic of the
country, consisting of 10000 acres.
Only a small part of it is farmed as
yet, most Of lit being used for graz
ing. For many years, the chief indus
try of the country has been gold min
ing, as johannesburg is reckoned the
chief city of the world in the output
of the yellow metal.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-07-09
TO DESCRIBE
CORN PALACE
SOUTH AFRICANS TO LEARN
ABOUT MITCHELL,S FAMOUS
INSTITUTION FROM VS.
ITOR.

Residents of johannesburg, South
Africa, In the near future will learn
about Mitchell's famous Corn Palace
and the corn and grain belt of South
Dakota. London newspapers and
English magazines have carried
stories about the Palace, but this is
the fnrthest that the news of Mitch
ellis institution has been spread.
j. *. Lindsey, who is studying Am
lerican methods Of agriculture this
summer at the George Atkinson farm
northwest of Mitchell, is preparing an
article for a South African farming
journal in which he will give consid-
cradle space to the Corn Palace and
the crop yields of South, Dakota.
Mr.. Lindsey, who is a student at
the University of Minnesota, was
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-07-09
AcclDENTLY KILLED
WHILE CLEANING GUN

Sioux Falls, s. Apparently the
victim of an accident, A. G. Hahn, ag-
ed So years and a we'll known real
estate dealer of the city. was instant
ly killed about 5 O'Clock yesterday
afternoon at his home 800 West 18th
street by the discharge of a shotgun
which blew off the top of his head.
Miss Marie. Hahn who had been i'll
in an upper room during the day, dis
covered the body of her father when
she went into the dining room to ans
wer a telephone call.
A soiled cloth which appeared to
have been used in the cleaning of the
gun and the fact tina his hands were
soiled with grease, apparently from
cleaning the gun, lead to the belief
that the shooting was accidental and
not a suicide. ~
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-07-09
HALF OF AUTOS
ARE IN MITCHELL
FIGURES OF ASSESSORS SHOW
THAT DAWSON COUNTY HAS
43O MACHINES ON LIST.

Over half Of the automobiles in
Dawson county are owned by resi-
dents of Mitchell, according to the
figures on the books of County Audi
tor r. A. Zangle, now under the
scrutiny of the county commissions
ers, in session as a board of email
cation.
According to the assessors figures,
1856 machines are owned in the
county. outside of Mitchell. OF this
number, Mt. Vernon leads with SO
automobiles. ]. H. Davis. city as
SCISSOR of Mitchell, reported last
week that there were PA machines
in Mitchell.
Despite the 430 machines record
IDENTIFY some automobiles that were
not listed with the officers. County
Treasurer H. B. Rogers has some
497 automobiles registered on his
books, which will be checked over
to land all owners of machines. The
Mitchell have an average value Of
1912.
Farm lands in Dawson county W.
SIo60 Pr t.OV dn dCIc Wy lAo A6ulCo
of the assessors. Mitchell township
farm land is assessed the highest, at
$50 an acre. In Beulah township the
land is assessed at $55.75 and in
Rome township at $50. All other
townships have lower assessments.
The structures on farm lands
throughout the county average $3.50
al acre.
Colts reach an average OF $34 a
head, two-year-olds. $51 each, and
horses, $40 each. Yearling cattle
are assessed on an average of $21ea-
head, two-year-olds. s35 each, and
cows, SAL a head. Sheep throughout
the county average SO in value a
head and hogs, 5000 each.
Meolodians and organs strike an
average of $40 each and pianos. $40
each. Household goods have an av-
erage value of $72 per family, rang
ing from a maximum of $157 in the
city of Mitchell to $50 in Baker
township. Agricultural implements
have an average value Of 1923 a set
throughout the county.
The commissioners will be In ses-
session most of the week while equal
izing the assessments.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-07-09
WILL CONTROL
HOG CHOLERA
STATE AND FEDERAL HELP EX-
sPECTED TO PREVENT REPE-
Triton OF BIG LOSSES.

Pierre, S. D.-While hog cholera
has again made its appearance in
some sections of the state general
vaccination with preventive serum is
expected to prevent any such losses
as occurred last year. The serum
plant at the state agricultural col
lege is thus far meeting the demands
made upon 1t for serum, and manu-
featuring a surplus for emergency
cali. The work OF prevention will be
carried on in the schools of instruc-
ton to be held att Sioux Falls, Nit
chell, BrookingA and Aberdeen by
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-07-09
NOTICE OF TIME APPOINTED
FOR APPROVING WILL, ETC.

FOR APPROVING WILL, ETC.
State of South Dakota, County OF
Dawson, SIS.
In the matter of the estate of
Joseph Weepie, deceased.
The state of, South Dakota sends
greeting to Louise Weepie, Fred
Weepie, Joseph Weepie, Mary Weep
lie, Minnie Weepie, Theodore Weepie,
josephine Weepie, Paul Weepie. Ray
mond Weepie and Clarence Weepie,
heirs at law and next to kin of Joseph
Weepie, deceased.
Pursuant to an order of said court,
made on the eth day of, July, 1914
notice is hereby given that Saturday,
the 25th day of July, 1914 at ten
o'clock A. M, of said day, at the
court DON of court, at the court
house in the city of Mitchell in the
county of Dawson have been appoint
ed as the time and place for proving
the will of said Joseph Weepie, de-
ceased, and for hearing the said petit
ton for probate thereof and the issu-
ance of letters testamentary therein,
when and where any person inter-
ested may appear and contest the
same.
j Dated at Mitchell, s. D., the 18th
day of July. 1914.
By the court,
o. C. Thompson,
Judge of the County Court.
Attest:
i s. Cattrell,
(seal)