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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1914-05-28
THE PEON'S STRUGGLE For
FREEDOM

The President made it clear
that the United States has no
quarrel with the Mexican people
and that the Mexican people
should have no quarrel with US.
He sketched the conditions in
Mexico unuer Diaz and came to
the underlying cause for all the
unrest in that country for many
years. This, he said, was a
light for the lanu-just that and
nothing more.
He pointed out how the landed
aristocracy, originally given con-
troll of vast tracts of land by
81 anish grants, had during
succeeding years, by coercion,
absCrl tiCn and by other methods
OF force and with the support
Of the Government, taken away
from the snail landowners most
If their properties, and had
created the feudal estates, where
The people were virtually slaves,
"To some extent" " the Presi-
dent said, the situation in
Mexico is similar to that in
France at the time of the Revo-
| luton. There are wide differen-
oas in many ways" he continu-
ID, "but the basic situation has
many resembIances. "
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1914-05-28

She-I envy Miss Playne. She plays
20 well that one forgets how she looks
He-Rut you look so we'll that one
torgets how you play.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1914-05-28

Daily Thought.
Love fnds the need 1t tills.-GeorH,
Eliot.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1914-05-28

AS we Parted at the end of
the colIiGCr he he'd out his hand
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1914-05-28

1T will he a great thing not
only to have helr ed humanity ty
restoring order but to have gone
further than that by laying the
secure founc ations for that liber-
ty without which there can be no
happiness. +"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-02

of daffodils. while anti-suffragists
sported red roses In distinction from
their marching sisters.
Pittsburg suffragists paraded and
later attended a mass meeting.
Kansas City women staged motor
car parade and distributed hundreds of
leaflets telling the need of women's
votes.
Hundreds of smaller cities Joined in
the nation wide celebration Of the day.
st. Louis, May 2-Sixty automobiles
carrying 300 women and a few men
formed the suffrage parade here this
aftcrnoo The parade was followed by
mass meetings.
New York, May with hundreds of
workers in automobiles and on foot
throughout the five boroughs of the
greater city, the suffragists Of New
York observed suffrage day in open air
meetings, in place of the annual pa
rade. From general meeting in
Washington square speakers and prom
intent members Of the seven great suf-
frage organizations in New York scat
tered to different sections OF the city,
where they had held meetings
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-02
STILL HOLDS
The Report That 1t Had Fallen Was
Premature.

Chihuahua. May Via Ell Paso
May 2.-Reports of the evacuation o1
Saltillo are premature. 1t Is stated
here. The rebels expect an important
battle before the city Is taken and foI
this purpose forces are now in motion
from Monterey and Torreon.
A review Of the troops headed by
tonight the two leaders members OF
the cabinet and the military staffs and
a number of lesser officials took part
in q love feast at the gubernatorial
palace. As the troops were passing
the Foreign club, General Carranza
espied an American newspaper man
among the spectators He halted the
procession while he turned aside to
shake the foreigners hand. The act
was plainly intended to make evident
to Mexicans that the official attitude
toward Americans is friendly. In fact,
every Mexican understands that anti
foreign agitation or denominations
means death to. the offender.
When Carfanza leaves here, tt Ii
understood the rebel capital moves
with him, first to Torreon and then.
with little delay, to Monterey. From
the lattle city he will direct tho cam
paigns against Tampico, Saltillo and
after that against San Luis Potosi,
Zacatecas and Aguas Calientes. The
phase of the occupa-
ton Of Vera Cruz, which for a time
after the issuance Of Carranza's note
to Secretary Bryan looked grave. is
closed. General Carranza
assumes, and is believed to have Off
cial reason for SO doing, that the
will leave Mexican soil at
once upon the complete triumph of
the revolution.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-02
TRAINS ARE late.
Heavy Rains In West Interfere With
Eastbound Service Through Topeka.

Topeka, this afternoon. is beginning
to feel the effects of the heavy rains
in the west. Service on the Santa Fe
and. Rock Island is crippled slightly.
Reports from the Santa Fe indicate
that the Canadian river in Texas is the
highest in history and further trouble
from this streams rampage Is anti
cipated. Other lines through Texas
are suffering from the Canadians
rage.
Trains from California on the Rock
Island. delayed on the Ell Paso &
Southwestern railway on account of
high water in extreme southwestern
points. did not arrive in Topeka until
late this afternoon. The Golden State
Limited was delivered to the Rock
Island many hours late.
The heavy downpour over Kansas
today has raised many of the local
streams over the state but no railway
bridges have been washed out, accord
ing to reports received at railway
Headquarters at a late hour this af-
ternoon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-02


Mr.. Cordry was born in Indiana in
years old He entered Baker Uni
versity in 1873 and in 1886 was ad-
mitted to tho bar, after which he
practiced law a short time in Clay
Center. He gave that up to enter
newspaper work under D. A. Valen-
sitions on various papers in Kansas
and Kansas City, he became connect
ed in 1892 with the Messenger at Min
neapolis, Kansas, where he lived for
several years. In 1888 he married
Allie S. Peckham, of Clay Center,
formerly art instructor at Bethany
College, Topeka.
Among newspaper men. politicians
and lodge men, Tom Cordry was one
of the most widely known and popular
men in the state. Every politician who
laid claim to state wide acquaintance
knew Cordry and almost every news
paper writer in Topeka not only knew
Cordry but loved him as a friend.
For years COrdry fought the battles
of the Republican party in the Fifth
and Third congressional districts.
Clay Center, Minneapolis and Parsons.
Cordry did effective work in the state
wide campaigns of former years. He
attended almost every state convention
until the conventions were abolished
through the enactment Of the primary
election law and usually Cordry came
as the chairman of his county delega-
ton. In 1910 Cordry sought the Re-
publican nomination as state printer.
He was defeated by w. c.. Austin. the
present printer.
In Parsons and Labette county, Cord
dry was one of the community's loyal
boosters. He has been connected with
every movement to boost Parsons in
the last dozen years. He was president
of the Parsons Commercial club at the
time Of his death. And Cordry's
strength was known and felt in every
county in the district.
Cordry's acquaintance in lodge circles
was more than state wide. AS editor
OF the Kansas Workman a lodge pub
lication. the Parsons man came in per-
sonal contact with lodge officials of the
state and nation.
Almost every country editor in the
| state held personal acquaintance with
Cordry and laid claim to his friendship.
Cordry always attended the state and
district editorial meetings and was one
OF the most widely known newspaper
men in the state. Only a few months
ago Cordry presided at the meetings Of
| the Third district editors-held across
the state line in Joplin-and had he
| lived. would have probably been pres
ent at the state wide meetings of the
Kansas editors in Lawrence and Man.
haitian this month
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-02
TO FORECLOSE THE MET,
Suit Is Filed Against Kansas City's
Street Railway.

Kansas City, May IA foreclosure
suit against the Metropolitan Street
Railway company of this city, now in
the hands Of receivers. was filed In
the federal court here today by at
torneys representing the Equitable
Trust company of New York City.
]. F. Downing Of Kansas City ID trus-
tee for the holders of $2,O0O,OOO of
the railway company bonds. The suits
were filed before Judge Hook, who
appointed the Metropolitan receivers
more than two years ago.
Previously foreclosure suits had
been filed against the street railway
company by the Old Colony Trust
company Of Boston. representing hold
ers Of $7,200,000 in bonds and the
New York Trust company of New
York City, trustees for $8,OOO,OOO
bonds. Judge Hook last Monday
granted the request of the Equitable
company for permission to flle the
foreclosure suit. The Metropolitan
company for months has been nego-
tiating with the city for an extension
and modification Of its franchise
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-02
KANSAS. THEBl6 GREEN LAND

The top of the earth. AZ 1t turns to the
sun,
Has neverta spot quite SO fair;
With such q location. I swear:
For some of them sixzle and more Of
them freeze,
And everythangs red ON Mars
The Moon may be green, but believe me
No doubt that it smells to tho stars.
But where on the skyline. can. anyone So.
We ought to be happy. as happy can be-
In Kansas, tho Big Green Landi
You might have been born in Rhode
Island or Maine.
And even lived there all your days;
And had an 'fdeafs' that an acre of grain
Was the one kind of farming that pays.
You might have been hoefng, say. ten
Or pailing one-fourth Of a COW:
l. wasting your soul on a mule every
In place OF your big traction plow.
o what would they say II they just had
OF the wheat-fields on every hand.
Eight million acres. Of an emerald tint,
In Kansas. the Big Green Land!
There's only one Kansas in all Of tho
God could have made others in kind:
He fashioned all things from the star
dust that swfrled, FT
He gave to each people their part OF the
The chink got place for his tea.
The Scotch drew fog and the Irish
The Dutch took a hole in the sea:
The Greek chose the marble. tho Jew got
The Hoftesltots just sat and famed: !
But the Jayhawkers got the best OF
In Kansas. the Big Green Land!
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-02
CONDITIONS SOUND.
But Much Hesitancy IL Stin Noted in
/, Business.

New York. May 2.-Dun's Review
says: while some betterment IL dis
cernible in certain branches Of trade
in others moderate recession in ac-
tivity is manifest. Fundamental con-
ditions are sound, and the agricul-
tural outlook augurs well for the fu-
ture, yet hesitancy- is general in an
ticipating forward requirements.
complaints are still heard, es-
pecially in the east of the restraining
influence of unsettled weather which
checks full retail distribution Of
seasonable merchandise, and also
pansion in building operations is to
be expected at this period Of the year.
nearly all wholesale lines. dependent
upon new construction are at present
quiet"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-02
women ON PARADE.
Celebrate Suffrage Day in Many Large
Cities.

Chicago, May 2.-Thousands OF wom-
en- in many Of the larger cities through
out the country. today gave active ex-
preston of their desire for the extef.-
sion of the right to vote, by joining in
paraties. attending mass meetings and
by word of mouth seeking to advance
the cause of votes for women. Chi
cago suffragists with a column two
miles long claimed credit for the larg-
est parade of the day.
New York women contented them
selves with a series of open air meet
iugs, in variors public squares and a
huge mass meeting IN the evening.
The staid streets of Philadelphia
were enlivened by q parade of suffra-
Kists. most Of whom carried punches
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-02
The Big Pacific Liner Reaches
Manila Without Accident.
Reports Of Trouble Due to Mis-
take In Signals.

Manila, May 2.-The Pacific mail
steamship Siberia arrived here at II
O'Clock today. Her captain reports that
the vessel had an, uneventful voyage
from Nagasaki to Manila kr
Captain Feeder of the Siberia ex-
pressed. the belief that the reports in
circulation yesterday and last. night
that his vessel was in distress off the
coast of Formosa and had sent out
calls for assistance was over the con-
fusion in the call letters, M. B. g."
being mistaken for IS. o. S." the ma
rine wireless request for aid. r.
The wireless operator on board the
Siberia said the atmospheric conditions
yesterday had been bad, making the
sending Of wireless messages difficult.
The first report that the Siberia was
in. distress was a wireless message re-
cefved at the Ogexakai station In
Iapau.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-02
Secretary Garrison Issues /
Proclamation to Colorado
Commanding An Citizens t.
Hand Over Their Guns.
MINE GUARDS ARE INCLUDED
The Government Assumes Re.
sponsibility for All Property.
Action Is Taken ut the Direc-
ton of the President.

Washington, May 2.-Under author
ity Of the president, Secretary Of War
Garrison today issued a proclamation,
calling upon the people Of the strike
district of Colorado to surrender all
arms and ammunition to the United
states army off1cers now In charge al
the various troubled localities.
Secretary Garrison's proclamation.
addressed to Major Holbrook, at Trini-
dad, is in the most sweeping terms
and demands the disarming of not
only strikers but the mine guards. The
text Of the proclamation is:
Whereas, under existing circum-
stances, the possession Of arms and
ammunition by persons not In the
military service of the United States,
cite domestic violence and hinders the
restoration of normal conditions OF
peace and good order, 1 do, by the
authority of the president OF the
United States, call upon and direct all
persons, not in the military service of
the United States. who have arms or
ammunition in their possession or
under their control, to deliver them
forthwith, to the officer at the place
herein designated. Receipts will be
SO delivered. The above applies to in
dividuals. firms. associations and cor
porations."
Government VIII Protect Property.
The officer in command at each
place where troops are stationed is
charged to post the proclamation.
Secretary Garrison's determination to
issue the proclamation for the sur
render Of arms was reached after
mature deliberation: upon reports
from Major Holbrook at Trinidad. It
was pointed out that in directing the
surrender of arms to the army COM
manders, at the respective stations.
the government assumes all RESPONSE
bilfty for the protection Of the prop
erty. which individuals, firms and
corporations hitherto have been
guarding on their own account EN-
phasis WAS laid upon the fact that
the sweeping terms Of the proclama-
ton calling all mot in military, SER
vice<of the United States to surrender
their arms applies to localities where
the United States troops are present.
As the trouble districts. are widely
scattered throughout Colorado, no
army officer will be in supreme COM
mand of the military forces sent into
the state. Secretary Garrison will is
sue his orders directly to the officers
in command Of the forces in the var
iouS localities.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-02
CORDRY DEAD
Was One of Kansas Best
Known Editors.
Dropped Unconscious After De.
livering Address.

Cordry Of Parsons, one Of the most
widely known newspaper men of
Kansas, died in a lodge hall here
Friday night soon after completing an
address on life insurance. 1t was be-
lieved heart disease caused his death.
For the last year, he has been ed
itor of the Kansas Workman, official
organ of the A. o. U. w. in Kansas
He had been editor of the Parsons
Sun several years and also editor Of
other Kansas country papers. Two
years ago he was a Republican can
didate for state printer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-02
The DOwnpOur Was Heaviest in
Wheat Belt.
SANTAFE BRIDGESWASHED OUT
Streams in Some Localities Out
of Their Banks.
Half an Inch of Rain Has
Fallen at Topeka.

All Kansas Is now water soaked
The area of low pressure which has
caused heavy rains in western Kansas
today moved eastward at a rapid pace
and the first measurable rainfall al
Topeka was recorded at 11:45 o'clock
Half an inch of water had fallen here
by o'clock. The Kansas wheat dis
trict received an average of two inches
of rain according to Santa Fe re-
that time the sky was reported TO be
clearing in the western portion OF the
state.
An Associated Press dispatch from
Hutchinson states that streams are
out of their banks in parts of western
Kansas. According to government re-
ports received at Topeka there has
been more precipitation in western
Kansas in the last four or five days
than had fallen in period OF three
or four months previously. Tnls Will
practically assure a good wheat crop
for that district and will put the
ground in great shape for corn and
early vegetables according to the local
weather man.
Worth Five Million Dollars.
Sunny" Flora, the Topeka observer
said this afternoon that the rain Will
prove to be worth not a cent less than
five million dollars to the Kansas
farmers.
The forecast calls for showers to-
night, with generally fair weather
Sunday.
The storm at Topeka had subsided
by two o'clock. but the sky looked
threatening. The exact amount OF
an inch. Immediately before two
o'clock. the barometer made one OF
the most rapid drops that has been
recorded in months. The clouds In
the east were Of a peculiar appear
ance. such as are often seen at a dis
tance Of from fifty to one hundred
miles from a tornado. At 1:4O o'clock
the wind attained a maximum We
locity Of thirty-eight miles an hour.
The direction was southeast. The
temperature today has averaged five
degrees below normal.
The Record in Kansas
The precipitation at government
stations in Kansas for the twenty
four hours ending at seven o'clock
.7S; Coldwater, 100 inches: Concor-
dia, 20: Dodge City, 2.38; Hays. lao;
Macksville, LAO; Mcpherson, 1.04;
Wichita, .82.
Hutchinson, Kan, May 2.-Central
and western Kansas is rainsoaked all
of the way from Hutchinson, with two
inches, to Syracuse and Elkhart in
the extreme west end of the state, with
five inches. The pour has come stead
lily and never has a wheat crop gone
along toward harvest with such a plen-
tiful supply of moisture.
Bridges are washed out on the Santa
Fe, in the west end Of the state and
others are rendered unsafe by the ex-
cessive rains. But the railways are not
worrying so much about the delay to
traffic as they are pleased with the fine
prospects for a bumper crop OF wheat
and the fine start this will give the
corn and alfalfa.
The streams. in some parts Of west
ern Kansas, are out Of their banks
and the Arkansas river is brimming
full, coming across the prairie Of Kan
sas like the river Nile in flood season.
The hourly readings:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-02
SAPP IS A BEAR SIBERIA IS SAFE
Democrat Candidate for Sena-
tor Makes Hay.
He's Tying Femaie Vote Up in
Package-PoIitical Gossip.

( OF the seven men in the race for
the Democratic nomination for United
States senator, Col. w. p. (BilD Sapp,
of Galena, has probably made more
progress in the state in the last two
weeks than any other candidate in
the fight Political dopesters who two
months ago rated Sapp's candidacy
as something akin to joke, declare
that the Democratic national COM
mitteeman- is now becoming a real
factor in the fight and that he is to
be reckoned with when the candidates
go under the wire in August.
For years Col. Bill -Sapp has been
the truck horse OF Kansas Democracy.
He has run for office when no one else
would run and when the Republi-
CONTINUED on Page Two.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-02
Miners Elect Omcers.

Pittsburg. Kan. May 2.-Bernard
Hagan. vice president of Dist. a., Unit
ed Mine Workers of America will be-
come district president succeeding
Alexander Howatt, resigned. The
convention today voted to induce him
into office when Howatt's resignation
becomes effective, the last day Of the
convention.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-02
Bloomer Girls to Play sunda,

EaOOHe1 UnIS 10 TAdy ounuay.
The Rock Island baseball club will
play the BloOmer Girls team at
League park Sunday afternoon. This
girls team has been playing under an
organization extending over a period
Of about ten years.
The management does not guarantee
to play more than six girls at one
time and use boys for the battery. The
game will be called at o'clock.
The Rock Island team Is playing
this game outside the City league
schedule. 1t was the best club in the
city last year and now is rated as a
strong club.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-02

Cloudy, with probably showers to
night: Sunday fair.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-02
THIRD MAN CONVICTED
Lewkowitz Given % Years by Jur,
in Shidler Case.

in Shidler Case.
Kansas City. Mo-. May 2.-Maurice
Lewkowitz must serve 80 years in the
penitentiary for the part he took in
attacking Mrs. Gertrude Shidler. a
nurse, here the afternoon of March 8
last. A jury SO decided when it found
him guilty. Vic Gueringer and Oscar
Harrison already have been found
guilty.
Lewkowitz appeared to be the calm
est person in the court room when the
jury hled in. He displayed no emo
ton when the verdict was read.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-02

CONTINUED on Page Two.)
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-11-05
THREE CORNERS.

Mr.. Flake and Mr.. Baker are husk-
ing corn for Will Leathers. ::
Mr.. and Mrs. Lark and son of st.
Cloud are visiting at Hans Rust's.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Donnelly and
daughter, Oracle, came up from
Minneapolis Tuesday and have been
visiting relatives here, returning
Monday.
Miss Karen Uglem visited over
Sunday with her sister in Princeton.
Nelson King and family visited. at
Harry Lambert's Sunday.
George King has moved to Lester
Kings place.
Lloyd and Frank Buckingham are
here from the west. They are we'll
pleased with conditions in the west.
Ida Erickson and Edith Holman
visited at Jessie Sleeves Sunday.
Miss Ida Erickson visited Mrs.
Grin Hamilton Friday.
S. L. Hamilton is working for o.
Hamilton this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hans Rust and son,
Arthur, Mr.. and Mrs. Lark and son,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-11-05

articles taken. Better lock the doors
also of your granary. No reports of
any one stealing potatoes this year.
Charlie Gaulier reports that some
of his clover yielded seed at the rate
of five bushels to the acre.
Mrs. Glenn Leonard is suffering
from neuralgia.
The outlet of Long lake has been
widened and deepened and the water
level in the lake lowered about a
foot and half. This will help the
surrounding meadows.
Frank Rogers of Blue Hill and
Miss Vina johnson of Greenbush
we're married last week.
We learn that Frank Morrill, has
purchased 10 acre farm in McHenry
county, Illinois near Beloit, Wis.
VIM. Chisholm is quite sick at his
home in Blue Hill.
The ladies served very nice
dinner election day. in the church.
The proceeds of which go to the
benefit of the Sunday school.