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hospital, where she was held a prison
er and was permitted to see no Wis
itors.
She left the train at the outskirts OF
Trinidad and later appeared at a local
hotel. She was arrested by a detail of
state troops, hurried out of the hotel,
placed In an automobile and whirled
through the streets. with a cavalry es-
.cort galloping at full speed in front
and behind the machine.
Several hundred coal mine strikers
lined the streets and cheered wildly.
while Mother" Jones waved her hand
in response.
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l am q candidate before the primar-
les of March cath for denomination by
the republican party to the Office Of
Circuit Judge. / am deeply grateful
to my friends throughout the second
circuit for their generous support In
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Independent Republican Candidate

/ hereby announce myself an indie
pendent republican candidate for the
Office of Sheriff. Lake county, subject
to the republican primaries. Floyd J..
Benway.
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years past. and if reelected will en-.
deavor to repay their continued conf
dence by giving to the public the best
judicial service of which l am capable.
Joseph ". Jones.
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Indspei dent Republican Candidate.

! hereby announce myself independ-
republican candidate for the Office OF
county superintendent of schools, SUBJ
ject 10 the republican primaries. =
Della Nj. Sheridan.
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For Register of Deeds.

] am a candidate for register of
deeds, subject to the decision Of the
voters at the March primaries. - P. A.
johnson.
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For Sale Nine room house aud It.
good cistern and we'll, electric lights.
telephons. $500 closes the deal. In.
quire ct this Office.
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For Sale. One Holstein and one
Jersey bull. IaQuiis II = {. Kingslsy.
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SEEKS TO SHIELD
MIGRATORY BIRDS
Virginia, "Sportsman's Para
dise," Wants Laws Enforced.
RIGID MEASURE PROPOSED.

Game Killed In Violation of Both State
and Federal Statutes Is offered For
Sale In Many C~ities-Game Warden
System Ursed-Pothunter's Gun Is
Captured.
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ONCE BUT NOT NOW
Huerta Says There Was q Time
When He Might
Have Resigned at Bidding of
Almost Anyone.

Mexico City, Jan. S.--President
Huerta today reiterated III strong
terms his determination to hold out
against the opposition of the United
States and denied any intention of re-
signing despite repeated rumors to
the contrary.
Hell will hold both Woodrow Will
son and myself before I resign" he
declared to a caller at the palace VINO
asked If there were any truth in the
resignation report.
"Once / might have resigned at the
bidding of almost any ore," he contin-
ued, but now, no! 1t is merely a Ques-
ton of duty with me, not one Of pOmp,
pride or ambition.
What does President Wilson know
Of Mexico. its people or their needs?
He does not understand that Mexico is
like a snake with its life in its head.
And they will have to batter this old
head OF my shoulders before they kill
me or my government
'They say have no money. They
do not know what they are talking
about. Do you know how many
haciendas there are in this country
There 10000 great haciendas most of
them untaxed. Each is capable of
bearing a tax of five thousand pesos
or total of 350.O0O,O0O pesos. / can
put my hand on this amount when I
want to. Ny government is far from
bankruptcy. no matter whether the
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Job FOR. TOPEKAN
F. HI. Adams Of Santa Fe to Z
Federal Position.
Engineer Of Shop Extension i'm
Topeka Shops.

F. III. Adams. engineer Of shop extern
sions for the Santa Fe. with headquar-
ters in Topeka. has resigned to accept
position as staff mechanical engineer
of the Western distrfcHs with the inter-
state commerce commission. His resig-
nation will not become effective here
until January Is. His headquarters will
be In Kansas City s5
Mr.. Adams was first employed by the
Santa Fe at Galveston. Tex, as chief
mechanical craftsman of the lines OF
the G. c. & 8. F., which is operated by
the Santa Fe. He accepted this posi-
tion in February. 1891, and held it until
in November. 1901. He was then trans
ferred to Topeka as engineer of shop
extensions and has held this position
ever since. Mr.. Adams is responsible
for many OF the improved shop methods
which have been adopted in the To-
peka shops in recent years.
1t is impossible to say at this time,
who will succeed Mr.. Adams at the To-
peka shops. It is one in which no other
branch of the mechanical work could
be considered as stepping stone. NJ.
]. Drury. superintendent of the shops.
will make no announcement at this
time. The appointment will be made
from the Office Of the mechanical de-
partment in Chicago.
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Ottawa Men Arrested in Col
lege Endowment Scheme.
Government Alleges Misuse Of
United States Mails.
EPWORTH LEAGUE ACTIVITY
Defendants Said to Have Hands
ON S5OO,OOO Plan.
College Authorities Deny Any
Real Contracts.

Charged with using Ehe mails to de-
fraud, G. E. Richards and M. L. Dem
nick, both of Ottawa, are being held
by j. r.. Harrison, United tSates mar
shall. in Topeka, in default OF $1,000
bond. Richards and Dennick are said
to be the promoters OF the alleged
scheme to get money for a fund called
the Epworth League Endowment fund
for Baker university.
These two men are alleged to have
been the cause of great activity among
members of the Epworth league in
Kansas and Methodist church circles
in general They tried to raise fund
of 100000, according to federal Of
ficers, and their aim was presented to
Epworth leaguers as making Baker
university the largest and best equip
ped Methodist college in America.
Last month, on December 20, to be
exact. the two men sent out letters to
presidents of each and every Epworth
league in the state. AS the league is
a large organization, hundreds of let
ters are purported to have been sent
out. They requested, according to a
that the league give many entertain
ments to raise large fund In two
weeks. preparatory to raising the
100000.
ACCOIQlnR 10 u p0llllOu IIldUc OuI
this morning by Thomas E. Chandler
of Ottawa, and approved : by Fred
Robertson, United States district at
tOrney, the two men represented that
they were empowered in the raising
of the vast endowment for the college.
and operated by the Methodist Episco-
pal church Of Kansas, was the bene-
ficiary of the fund which Richards
and Dennick attempted to raise. They
sGAI~
raised to the Epworth league endow
ment fund and the remainder was to
be invested.
According to statements made by
Baker authorities Richards and Dem
nick have never had official connec-
ton with Baker.
Letters Sent Out.
Following is one of the many let
ters said to have been sent by the two
men to presidents of the Epworth
league in Kansas:
Dear President-Owing to your
church affiliations. you are vitally in
terested in the $50O,OOO endowment
fund that is being raised for Baker
university
ITO assist in raising this fund.
there has been formulated a plan
whereby all Epworth leagues of the
state of Kansas will raise their part
within the next two
weeks. By so doing, this will show
how much will have to be raised by
other members.
1.-THE various leagues in the state
are to raise the money in the follow
ing manner: By giving entertain
ments of some sort, such as box sup
pers. pie suppers and sell to the high
est bidders. by having old-fashioned
spelling schools, etc. The presidents
of the leagues are to arraupo uit1,
their pastors to have them announce
these entertainments. their purpose,
etc. Also to have the pastor to turn
over all collections taken up next
Sunday. Another good way would be
to have several ladies and gentlemen,
who are members of the Epworth
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After 2s Years IN Prison To
pekan Il Par1sne1.
Charged WITH Murder Q
His Only Stspchul.
Officers Blackencd His Faee ia
Fool the 1oh.
One of Most Sensstional Cases
in Shawnee County.

Governor Hodges today granted a
full pardon and citixenship papers to
Ben F. McClain, convicted 22 years
ago for the murder of his nine months
old stepchild in Topeka McCIain was
paroled several months ago and his
record since he left the prison, to-
gether with new evidence in. the case.
resulted today In the man securing his
absolute freedom.
1t was in the fa1l Of 1890 that Nc
Claims stepchild Was found brutally
murdered. The baby's head and body
had been battered and beaten and
horribly mutilated. McCIain was ar
rested. It was claimed that the step
father was found trying to bury the
body of the infant. So sensational
were the circumstances surrounding
the killing of the babe that a lynching
was narrowly averted. The night Nc
Claim was arrested q mob Of :, 900 men
gathered at the old county Jail and
demanded the mans life. They
brought ropes and guns and clamored
for the blood Of the man under ar
rest.
Several times an attempt was made
to take the prisoner from the officers
and 1t was due alone to the strategy
of the officers that the mans life WAS
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ERROR COST $459
Oversight in Contract Expen-
sive to Topeka.
Bid ON Fire Station Let al
Higher Price.

A legal technicality has cost the city
of Topeka $459. This amount repre-
sents the difference between the sum
asked by the contractors for the COM
pleti0n Of the new North Topeka fire sta
ton Monday, and the amount they
want today. Bids for the construction
of the station and the plumbing. heat
ing and gas fitting, and electrical wir-
ing of the same. were opened by the
city commission this morning. The
same thing was done last Monday. but
all bids were rejected and new bids
called for after the commission had
already awarded the contract, because
it was discovered that L. M. Wood.
architect, had failed to make separate
and sworn estimates Of the work under
the three separate contracts.
Monday Bowers & Kern were the
lowest bidders on the construction of
the building. Their bid then was
$14,484. They were the lowest bid
ders again today, but were 5000 high
er than they were Monday. The
commission awarded them the con-
tract.
Only a part of the bids received on
the plumbing, heating and gas-f1tting
were opened Monday when the dis
ccvery OF. the error In the proceedings
was made. The other bids were
not opened. But of those opened,
lowest bid today was 81, $40, made by
James Durkin, who was awarded the
contract.
The architects estimates ON the
work were building. $4,000: plumb
ing, heating and gas fitting, $4,000;
electrical wiring, $4,000. The Tucker
Electrical company bid $248: Overton
Electrical & Supply company. 1855;
Keil Electrical & Supply company,
$2O6; Jordan Electrical company,
$231
When the bid of the Machinists
Electrical company of $3.50 was read.
L. M. Wood, the architect, who had
made 4 sworn estimate of the work
at $1,000, fell back in his chair with
such force that It broke with a crash.
The contract was awarded to the Ma
chinists Electrical company.
According to the contract to be en-
tered into between the city and the
contractors, the work Is all to be COM
pleted by August 1.
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Cargo of 500, 900 Bushels From
Argentine Is in Port.
Thirteen Other Shiploads En-
Route to This Country.
RESULT OF new TARIFF LAW
More Than 100000 Bushels
Already Been Received.
Importation Has Forced . De.
cline in the Cash Price.

New York, Jan. a-Nearly 100000
bushels of Argentine corn were being
unloaded in this port today. and mil
lions more from the South American re-
public are under contract. The impor-
tations are the direct result of the re-
moval OF the duty on the staple under
the recent tariff act. More than 1.O00,-
600 bushels have been received in the
United States since the tariff went into
effect, the first from the Argentine ever
brought here, and already the competi-
ton with American corn has forced a
decline in cash values.
Thirteen ships are either en- route
here or loading. with corn from the
Argentine. and one American manufac-
turing concern which uses corn in the
manufacture of syrups and kindred
products. has five million bushels from
that country under contract for deliv-
cry. When the new Argentine corn
crop is harvested the impOrtatiOns will
increase. according to trade authorities.
The corn already here found the rail-
roads unprepared to handle it and the
port without adequate docking facili-
ties.
Arrangements to remedy the def
cheney are being made by the trans
portation bureaus of the produce ex-
change.
The fact that hitherto practically no
corn has ever moved west, has also
confronted the railroads with a new
rate problem, as there is movement
on foot among the importers to have
the present nominal rate for western
shipment reduced.
Chicago Is UndersOld.
Chicago. Jan. S.@The recent sharp
decline in corn prices here went a
penny further today. due to the re-
moval Of the tariff duty from the ce-
real. accentuated by decline in the
Buenos Ayres market today. Argen-
tine corn in New York at present is
selling 4 to cents under the price at
which Chicago shipments can be sold
in that market, according to James A.
Patten. who for many years has been
recognized as the biggest corn dealer,
in the American market.
Mr.. Patten said that in due course
of time he looked for the appearance
of foreign corn in western markets
and predicted that In two or three
years the cheaper feed would increase
production Of beef.
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keep ON WORKING
Train Men Fail to Respond to
Strike Order.
Only the ShOpmen Lay Down
Their Tools i'm Africa.

Capetown. Jan. s.-The response,
this morning. to the call for general
railway strike. throughout the union
Of South Africa, was not encouraging
to the leaders Of the movement IN
Cape Colony, Natal and the Orange
Free State, all the men continued at
work as usual, while i'll the Transvaa1
the train crews with few exceptions
remained on duty. The men in the
railroad workshops mostly laid down
their tools.
The police took charge of all rail-
road stations in the Transvaal, this
morning, and only passengers and Of
ficials were admitted while the train
crews were placed under protection.
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Commercial Club Work Suc-
cessfal in 1918.
Organization Never IN Better
Financial Condition.
EXPECT TO DO MORE N 1914
Future Plans WIN Be Diecussed
Friday Night.
Directors win BE Confirmed
at Annual Meeting.

The annual reports. which will be
read at the meeting Of the CONNER
cial club Friday evening viii show
that the year 1919 was a prosperous
one for the organisation. Much WAS
accomplished tn the course Of twelve
months for the betterment OF the
city, and the club ended the year in
q more satisfactory condition from
financial standpoint than has been
the case since its reorganization near
" i've years ago. There IL q largo
amount OF work in view for 1914.
The discussion of future spheres OF
enterprise will be an interesting
feature of the annual meeting.
Directors for 1914 viii be con-
firmed. Each committee chairman il
expected to submit a report Of the
work OF his respective committee. A
few days subsequent to the meeting the
board will elect officers.
In speaking of the affairs Of the club
J. win Kelley. the secretary. said
today: The club has had many
questions under consideration in the
last year regarding which the public
does not know. They will be given
space in the reports of the chairman
of the various committees.
when the years work Is sum-
marked It will be seen that the year
1913 was active on the part of the
time for those persons to attend who
are asking what the club is doing.
Need OF More Cooperation.
.'It will be learned just who the
men are who have been giving their
time and money in the interests Of the
betterment of the city. With more
adequate cooperation it will be pos
sible to accomplish even more in 1914
than was accomplished in 1913. With
the assistance of q larger number of
men 1t will be possible to tighten the
work of the others who have been
continuously on the job.
There will be several new faces
among the members Of the board of
directors. The new members are men
Of ability and influence.
There have not been many MEM
bership meetings due to the fact that
the greater part of the work Of the
club - done through the committees.
We trust that there will be q fun at
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TOTES S3,000,000
Police Chief Conveys Huge Sum
From Houston to Chicago.
Saves $50, 900 Express Charges
for the Bank.

st. Louis, Jan. S@Three million
dollars in coin and currency was taken
through st. Louis last night by B. S.
Dawson, chief of police of Houston. He
was taking the money from a bank in
Houston to q Chicago bank. BY en-
ploying him, the Houston bank saved
nearly $50. 900, which an express COM
pany had asked to transport the mon
ey. Dawson locked himself with the
money in state room when he left
Houston. and did not leave the room
until he changed cars at St.Louis where
he took q state room on q Chicago
train
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M0YER GOES BACK
Labor Leader Leaves Chicago
Secretly During the Night.
Returns to Hancock, Mich,
Where He Was Deported.

Chicago, Jan. S.-Charles H. Meyer,
president Of the Western Federation of
Miners, left Chicago secretly last night
and will be on the scene Of his dep0rta-
ton. Hancock. Mich. today. That he
was a passenger on train No. was
confirmed this morning. through Of
ficials Of the Chicago, Milwaukee & st.
Paul.
Meyers associates finally admitted
the elaborate preparations taken to
hide his departure were due to a desire
to prevent general knowledge Of his re-
and roughly handled and sent out of
town two weeks ago.
Arrives in Hancock.
Houxhton, Jan. S.-President Meyer,
Of the Western Federation of Miners,
returned to the copper country today,
accompanied by Charles H. Tanner.
auditor of the federation. who was de-
men came under guard Of deputy sher-
IFS.
They will appear before the special
grand jury this afternoon. Arrange
ment for Meyers return were made by
Attorney General Fellows after a con-
ference with Governor Ferris.
Mr.. Meyer excused himself from
seeing interviewers and went at once
to a room. He pleaded fatigue and
appeared as IL he needed rest. Mr..
tanner also declined to discuss any
thing connected with his experiences.
Several hundred men, evidently
union members. awaited Mr.. Meyer
at Hancock and raised a cheer as he
stepped into an automobile and was
whirled away to the Hotel Scott.
where he. was domiciled when the
mob Of Dec. 26 invaded the hotel and
escorted Meyer and Tanner to a train
in Houghton.
1t was learned the federation: men
telegraphed to Governor Ferris a day
or two ago. Offering to testify before the
the strike situation generally. asked the
attorney general to come to Houghtor
to arrange for the return Of the fedora
ton leaders An application for pro.
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Monument to s.old HICKORY, /,

Nashville, Tenn, Jan. 8.-A move-
ment to build q million dollar mvnu-
ment in Nashville to the memory OF
General Andrew jackson, hero of the
battle Of New Orleans and seventh
president Of the United States, will be
launched at a banquet here tonight.
At daybreak 80 years ago today, Gem
eral Jackson and his troops defeated
one of the most highly disciplined
forces that England ever sent out.
President Wilson has indicated that he
would accept the honorary presidency
OF the Memorial association provided
no appropriation is asked OF congress.
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oSAGE CITY MURDER
w. r. McGfath Killed His Wife, Then
Turned Gum on Self.

Usage City, Kan. Jan. s.-W. p. Nc
Grath. q well-to-do farmer. living near
here shot and killed his wife early today
then fired q bullet into his own head. In
flicting a wound that probably will prove
fatal. McGrath was S. years old. His
was 81.
ton Of filing suit for divorce today. Hugh
McGrath, son. was In the house. Hear
ing the shots he rushed into the dining
he could reach his mothers side. she was
dead and the father had turned the re-
volver upon himself -
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MAKES MILLION ON 4 LECTURE
DR.. Russell II. Conweu, . Philadelphia
Preacher Speaks 4,9oo Times.

DR.. Russell H. Conwell. the well
known Philadelphia preachers has
given his lecture, Acres OF Dia-
monds." 1893 times. This lecture has
earned it's author more than q million
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MILLION AND HALF n GlnlS|
Outstanding Collectors Mals
Large Showing.


Final report Of receivers for the KAN
sas Natural Gas company Appointed ~
Joudge John c. Pollock. was nled toGay
with Morton Albaugh, clerk Of TIE UDa-j
ted States district court. ana shows
$11s.0 600 cash on hand after paying cur
rent operating expenees ana rocoevof-
ship. attorney and APPRAISERS claims
ceipts during the federal recefvefaAfp
totalled $2.7zS, ,11S. ~ againgt di1bmee-
ments Of 32,e17, $50. More than = btl-
lion cubic feet Of gas was produced and
sold by the federal receivers. the report
shows.
The report which was this afternoon
forwarded to Judge Pollock goe6 into
detail about tue hendling Of the bu11-
ness OF the giant e1s corporation. e
states most emphatica1ly that tho pee-
vafling gas rates and existing c0utfocee
Of the Kansas Natural was cAualng the
company to lose money At the time Of
the receivership suit and that the or
the federal court appointed C.
Holmes. George Sharitt and Euge0o
Mackey to take charge Of its AFFAIRS
At the time Of the receiverahip there
were collectAble claims Of $780, turn
ed over to the receivers. Now there are
claims and accounts due company eg-
gregating s, ~, ,oooy with outstanding
accounts totalling 3s8,o00.
In addition to that the receivers have
paid themselves ON account 5000 eac11,
or q total Of $4,000 for their eefvtooG
That was March -, 1919. Lawyers in
the case have been paid @11,1eo anA
the appraisers received $6.4s7 for their
services.
These little incidental expenses are
not all taken care of in the report.
however. and final reckoning win ~
made with the receivers when the
court approves their report. SO, in nj
ing their report, the federal receiveta
show that they have turned over -
the state receiv6ss appointed ~ Judge
cash How III the hands Of the federal
r9oe1ykB ~ 4llse97se ke.az sss.
Exact amount Of the feceaver1htp
claims will not be known until after the
final order in the case IL made By
Judge Pollock George Sharitt Of To-
peka, one OF the federal receivers. -
not in town today and nothing in the
report indicates the manner in which
$44,637 reserved by the receivers II to
be used in paying claims and accounts.
List Of Expenses.
Some Of the expense items under the
receivership are listed as follows:
Gas pqrchesed ................$ ~
Moving lines and st1tions. ........... 11ys39
D1 Mssnets ne Mining company rentals. ss
Sundry accounts. Dy114
Expense items account the receivotonlp
included:
March IS, 1919 C. F. Holiness 0eorge
shar1tt. and Eugene Macfey. re-
john Ss1vG. ;. jones' nesn receivers; astorney.. -
Charles Blood Smith. attorney for
Jonn SHmR!a1eans Phiiiip.. rsc.ivsrs attorney
C. F. HutchfhgB. recefver8' attorney -
Appraisement Of property y........... AU8
The report further shows that The
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JUST LIKE SPRING.
But Weather Man Doesn't Promise
More OF TOday's Variety.

The weather today was of near
April variety, sunny and pleasant. But
the sunshine will be of short duration.
The forecaster has ordained that there
shall be clouds Friday. and drop in
temperature. The temperature today
is 19 degrees above normal for this
date.
shipments north and west against tenn
perature Of 1e degrees: south, - de-
1rees. and east above freezing
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weather Forecast for Kansae.
Cloudy tonight and Friday: colder
Friday.