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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-17
MAJORITY FOR CLARKE
He Beats Both His Opponents b.
20,566 Votes.

Des Moines, June 17.-Practically
complete returns on the primary cleo
tion now In the hands of the state
board of canvassers show that Cover
nor Clarke was nominated over both
his opponents by a majority of 29.586.
His plurality was 1929. Senator
Cummins defeated A. C. Savage by
4O,967 votes. w. L. Harding, was
winner of the lieutenant governorship
nomination by 23.718 votes over w.
C. Barber.
The Progressive nomination for sem
ator which has been in doubt went to
Casper Schenk Of Des Moines with a
majority of $50 votes The lieutenant
governorship on the Democratic ticket
which also was in doubt. was won by
o. p. Meyers of Newton with q ma
Jorfty of 4.645.
The total vote of each Of the three
parties for United States senator was:
Republican, 140.z77; Democratic. 76.-
413: Progressive, $3.50.
The heaviest vote cast for any one
office was for the Republican nomi-
nation for governor. This was 142.636
votes. or nearly $1,000 less than the
vote in the 1919 primary.
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SESSIONS OUT OF. RACE
Secretary OF state Wiu Not Run for
COnnittee Chnirman.

Charles Sessions. secretary OF state.
who returned today from q ten days
trip to Minnesota, declares he II not q
candidate for the chairmanshfp Of the
Republican state committee. Petitions
for SessionS election a. . precinct
committeeman, with plans for subse-
quently making him county chairman
and later state chairman, were orig
mated during the secretary Of states
absence. Now he has returned to
Kansas to declare that he = not q can
didate for the job.
J. c. Gafford. the present chairman
Of the Republican state committee, has
been urged a. q candidate to succeed
himself. Then 9ega1on1' friends con-
cluded to enter the wen known stAte
official In the race.
Sessions has told hfa fr3endu that
he does not want the plAce ana 70 mr.
~ he q concerned. at leaGf Il y prob
4ble that hto name WIN MT ~ pre-
eenfed 1t the uAeetlng q 4Ho Na@otai-
|en1 party eounc14 n Aul
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-17
SHOOTSAT BERNSTORFF
Jay Policeman Fired at German Am
bassadOr's Automobile.

Champaign, Ill. June 17.-Count
Johann Won Bernstorff, ambassador
from Germany to the United States,
narrowly escaped death today, when
a special policeman fired pointblank at
the automobile in which the ambassa-
dor was being driven to the commence
ment exercises of the University Of
Illinois, where he was to deliver the
chief Grafton. The shot went wild and
was not repeated.
Count Won Bernstorf was riding to
the campus from the railway station.
He was the guest of Arthur Meeker Of
Chicago, and was escorted by Mr..
Meeker in his own automobile. DR..
David Kinley, vice president of the
university, and DIR. Ewarts Boutelle
Green were also in the automobile.
AS the automobile neared Fifth and
University avenue. Michael Murphy, a
merchant policeman, employed by
neighboring business men, held up his
hand as a warning signal Murphy
was not in uniform and the chauffeur
paid no attention to him. Apparently
angered at the inattentiOn Murphy
fired one shot at the automobile.
The university conferred the degrees
on 760 graduates of whom 596 are resi-
dents of Illinois, 81 out Of the 102 coun-
ties in the state being represented.
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GOLFERS WILL DINE.
Losers Of Team Match Play Are Ho~ee
to Winners.

Golf players Of the Topeka Country
club who played In the team match
play on the course OF the club llay n.
will enjoy q dinner at the club houec
at 1880 o'clock this evening. A. r.
Catlin. captain Of the Blues vii Saoliv-
er short talk on the coming state
championship tournament which VIM
be held next week at Salina- DR.. W.
N. West was captain of the 0reyo
which lost the contest
Twenty members Of the Topeka
Country club will go to Salina to take
part In the state tournament. A num-
Der of them expect to leave Satur-
day in order to get practice ON the
court before time to play the qualify
ing round.
A partial list of the golfers of rope-
ka. who will go to, Salina In DR.. w.
N. West, A. Fassler, C. b. Merriam.
George Snyder. A. NJ. Catlin, Harlow
Hurley, Horace Humphries. Joe will
son. Charles III. Wolff. H. A. Auer-
bach. Fred Cole. Chester woodward,
T. M. Frost and Cliff Heaton.
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Farmers Say They Have Plenty
Of Harvest Hands.
WORK HAS Been EFFECIIvE
In Comparatively Short Tie
Army Was Organized.
Reports by Counties Filed Wltn
State Labor Department

With the exception Of Ford. Kiowa
and Meade counties. reports received
today by w. L. O'Brien, director Of
the state labor bureau, indicated that
enough men have been received in the
southwestern Kansas counties to han
die the big wheat harvest. The ex-
act situation regarding mon. however,.
may not be definitely known before
the latter part Of the week.
A number OF the big counties in tha
southwestern Kansas wheat belt
Pawnee. Pratt. Kingman, EdwardaL
Barton. McPherson-some OF the
banner wheat counties of the state
indicated today that they had already
received enough men to successfully
handle their crops. In the NORTH
western sections Of the state. where
the wheat cutting will be from ten
days to two l7eeks later than in tn.
southwestern portion Of the state. "A.
manos Tor men are quite heavy.
Dodge City, county seat of Fcrl
county, today asked for 1000. thoueh-
and indicated that the demand II
that section had not been met Men1o
county, on the south tier OF Kanaae
counties, sent q call for 500 men ans
Kiowa county asked for 500 harvcst
hands,
CAN Is Supplied.
With the demand for helm in th~
pig wheat counties already supplied.
1t is probable that by the end Of the
CONTINUED on PAGE Ei9hf-7
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MISSOURI IS FALLING.


Kansas City, June 17.-There will
be no floods either of the Missouri or
Kaw rivers, said p. Connor, weather
forecaster today. Only an unforeseen
week of heavy rains in northern Kan
sas and Nebraska could send either
stream out OF banks. The Missouri
this morning showed a rise of n feet
in the last "a hours, but the crest Of
the high water has passed and the
river is slowly falling. 1t stood ut
21.2 feet this forenoon. 1t takes q
stage of % feet to flood the lowland
farms.
Water today laps the base Of the
Kansas river dikes for the first time
since they have been constructed. But
that Is due to backwater from the Mis-
souri,.
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prep are FOR war
State of Siege Proclaimed at
Smyrna by Turkey.
Put q Stop to Heavy Volume Of
Greek Emigration.

London, June 17.-An Exchange Tele-
graph company's dispatch from Con-
stantinople today says a state Of siege
has been proclaimed by the Turkish
government at Smyrna. in Asia Minor
and along the Dardanelles, in order to
put to sotp tc the emigration Of Greek
residents in Turkey.
The question Of the expulsion or
forced migration Of Greeks from
Turkish territory has recently been
the cause of sharp protests from the
Greek government and veiled threat
Of war. Both Greece and Turkey are
making preparations for armed con-
Hict
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TAKE WILSON'S VIEW.
Business Men Are Writing Letters to
the President.

Washington, June 17.-As one re-
suit of President Wilson's denuncia-
ton of what he characterized as a
deliberate campaign to spread abroad
the idea that business is In the dol
drums the White House has begun
to receive letters from the manufac-
turers and others throughout the
country taking the presidents view
that a psychological depression has
been created. One letter circulated
by a st. Louis hardware company de-
clared:
"Our sales up to date this year are
Just three-f1fths Of one per cent less
than the same period last year and
If June business continues to increase
as it has done so Tar, we win gain
this three-fifths and probably finish
the first half year with a gain
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-17
STRIKE IN A FOG
Kaiser Wilhelm III in Collision
With the IncemOro.
The Atlantic Liner Compelled
to Return to Port.

Southampton. June 1.-THE Kaiser
Wilhelm II returned here this evening.
having apparently suffered damage be-
low the water line. in a collision during
the fog with the steamer Incemore.
Her Bows Badly Damaged.
Spithead. England, June 1.-THE
steamer Incemore, from Liverpool for
Southampton. reports having been in
collision with the North German Lloyd
steamship Kaiser Wilhelm II. The bows
of the Incemore were badly damaged
above the water line. The extent of the
damage to the Kaiser Wilhelm II has
not yet been ascertained.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-17
Governor in Speech Before
Kansas Funeral Directors.
MOTOR EQUIPMENT COMING
Kansas Must Keep Up With
Procession, Is the Decree.
UndertakerS Dance Tonight
Sad, Sad Lot, Are They!

That Kansas is more fertile than
the valley of the Nile and rivals the
Garden Of Eden was the assertion of
George H. Hodges. governor Of Kan
sas. in speaking this morning at the
auditorium before those in attendance
at the annual meeting of the Kansas
Funeral Directors association. Gov
ernor Hodges was thus carried away
on the wings of ecstacy as result OF
his recent trip through northern Kan
sas with the Red Line officials. Kan
sas is a regular paradise of the beau
tiful," he said.
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BOTH R9 alive BIG BINDER TRADE
Aeron.uts hs Balloon Harvesting Machinery B.snes,
Springfield 4re Safe. Greatest in History.
They Sagger Intb Camp Of Has Kansas Created
the Forest Hangers. Such : Demand
THEIR GAS BAG WAS WRECKED Topeka DISTRIBUTING CENTER
Never Has Kansas Created
Such . Demand.
Topeka DISTRIBUTING Center
Binders Alone Valued ut $780,.
600 Shipped From Topeka.
Forces Working Day and Night
ON Their Orders.

Binders valued at q quarter Of q
million dollars and vast quantities Of
binding twine have been shipped
from Topeka this season to the har-
vest fields of Kansas. The volume Of
business done is .stimated to be at
least a third greater than last year.
The binder trade in Kansas this
season has been the greatest in the
history Of the state. according to the
implement dealers. The demand for
twine has been so great that for a
time the supply was exhausted.
There Ia q suhicient supply in Topeka
to last week, but there IL serious
danger Of q shortage. However, later
southern Kansas have completed
their work the twine factories may pe
able to meet the demand here. The
factories are working over time to
produce the twine.
Ship 1000 Binders.
In speaking of the trade in binders
and twtne. Thomas E Donnellan,
Harvester company at Topeka, sad
today:
I'VE have shipped 1900 binders
and two and a quarter million pounds
of twine this season. and we are now
working day and night trying to get
eAA0 HAdtCHAdAS Out. ING QS1u8nQ Will
be exceptionally feavy for another
week at least
There has been a one-third in
crease in our business in binders and
twine. We were short Of twine for a
while, but we now have enough on
hand to last week. The factory
supply Ii exhausted. AS soon as the
southern demand lets up we may be
amle to provide more twine from
the factory to relieve the situation. >
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No Opposition If Democrats
Fail to Regain Their Control.
|SAPP DENIES BILLIARD STORY
Says He Isn't in Fight Against
National Prohibition.
Calderhead Platform Is Beyond
Ducking Year Periods.

If the Republicans return to power IN
Kansas this year and regain control OF
the state legislature, A. M. keene OF
Fort Scott will be a speakership candi-
date. The Bourbon county lawyer was
a member Of the house during the 1911
13 sessions and this year he will have
no opposition from the Democrats In
his fight for reelection.
Keene is the first Republican to be
mentioned in connection with the 1915
speakership. Several Democrats, how
probable candidates in event the Demo-
Gratis again carry the state and control
the house. Miles II. Mulroy Of Ellis,
state hotel inspector and speaker pro
tenn. in 1913 will be a candidate for
the speakership If returned to the leg
islature Robert s. Hendricks of Raw
Inns county. Taylor Riddle. Marion
county; ]. A. Mahurin. Coffey county;
u. w. Schlicher Of Sheridan county
all are Democratic possibilities In the
fight for speaker.
In Topeka today, Keene admitted
that he would seek the speakership If
the Republicans held the balance of
power in the house next winter. He
has made an excellent record in the
two terms he served during the two
sessions. In the session Of 1913. Keene
stood with Brewster and Stone as the
leaders of the minority forces. Keene
has always been recognized az a clean.
fair fighter and a man of force and con-
victions. This year the Democrats will
not enter a candidate in the field
against the Fort Scott lawyer and
Keene's only fight to succeed himself
will be to secure more votes than q
Progressive candidate who has an
nounced for the legislature. Whether
the Republicans win or lose control Of
the next house, Keene is quite certain
to be a members and his work Of four
fC0rffnra1 ~, NO ga
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Mary l.. Gates of Rosedale, for Fifteen
Years Treasurer Kansas Funeral
Directors Association.
Governor Hodges in his address
said: This good town of Topeka is a
convention city. 1 want to welcome
you here in behalf of the state. want
you to spread the gospel of good fell
lowship and good tidings of this great
state"
Convention a Success.
This seventeenth annual meeting of
the funeral directors is proving a sue
cess in every particular. This after
noon the visitors were taken on a trip
through the Santa Fe shops. The
banquet rendered at the Masonic hall
Tuesday evening by the local commit
tee was happy" affair. L. M. Pen
we'll presided.
Informal talks were given by Presi-
dent Harvey, M. Reinbach, of Topeka;
II. w. Gates. of Kansas City; William
johnson, of Hutchinson; Joseph Bonn
gardner, of Chicago: ]. S. johnson, of
Osawatomie; J. H. Mcfarland, of Chi
cagO: Allan Street, of Oklahoma City;
II. w. Bomgardner, F. r. Conwell, l..
M. Penwell, all of Topeka, and Prof.
Charles A. Renouard of New York
city.
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They stasger Intp : Camp Of
the Forest hangers.
THEIR GAS BAG WAS WRECKED
Settled Down q Hin 4s Miles
From Portland.
The Men Walked 1s Miles
Through Thick undergrowth.

Portland. Ore, June 17.-Roy Dom
aldson and Wilbur Henderson, pilot
and aide of the balloon Springfield. are
safe. The men. for whom rangers and
searching parties have- been combing
the woods for days. staggered into the
forest rangers camp ct Walkers Prai-
rie today.
Homer Williams and A. Mitchell. the
forest guards stationed at Walkers
Prairie, were astonished when the two
lost aeronauts stumbled into. their
camp. their clothing hanging in shreds.
The men staggered up one of the paths
exhausted at the cabin door.
''Who in thunder are your" asked
Mitchell. springing to his feet. Donald
son and Henderson told him The
rangers had been Instructed by C. L.
Henson. chief ranger OF the Bull Run
They at once set out q meal and made
the aeronauts comfortable in every
way possible. The Springfield came
down on the side OF a steep hill near
Blue Lake. This is about 48 miles
northeast of Portland.
They Had No Matches.
Unlike the three other crews in the
last Thursday Donaldson and Hender-
son did not have to dodge the spikes
Of pine trees in coming down. But
they had their heaped up share Of
hardships when they started to come
in. One Of the most discouraging dis
through their kits and found no
matches. They struck out at once for
the nearest stream and started follow
ing it westward. At night, the cold
mountain air cut them to the marrow
of their bones They could not build
a fire and had to eat what canned
food they had raw The Is miles
walk to Walkers Prairie was one Of
extreme hardships. A network Of
thick underground ana fallen trees
disputed every foot Of the way.
No attempt was made to save the
balloon.
The sprin9ffeld wks forced to de-
scend at 6 o'clock Iast>FfidaY morning
on rocky slope Of Table Mountain,
about 18 miles ON a direct line from
Walkers Prairie ranger station.
The aeronauts had wandered until
this morning, living on half ratiOns OF
food. Donaldson said the
balloon was wrecked.
Four Days Of Wandering.
After the balloonists landed Friday
settlement. All day Friday. Saturday,
Sunday and Monday they wandered
through the trackless forest. Yester-
day morning they struck a creek
which they decided to follow and in
the evening they came across q path
constructed by United State forest
rangers. They camped on the trail
and early today arrived at the ranger
station.
Neither is in a serious condition
They were forced to land on the slope
of Table Mountain owing to being un-
able to pass over its peak. They hit
a clearing but the balloon dragged
along the jagged rocks and was badly
torn. Members of the Portland Rose
festival aero committee which con-
Quoted the race under the auspices OF
the Aero Club of America were elated
over the escape from death of Donald
son and Henderson.
Every one of the four balloons in
the race-Uncle Sam, Million POpula-
ton club, Kansas City III and Spring
field-met with disaster, and their
pilots and aides narrowly escaped with
their lives
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Her Bows Badly Damaged.
THE DAY IN CONGRESS
The World to Be Invited TO Come to
Wichita In October.

Washington, June 17.-Bebate re-
sumed on Indian appropriation bill in
the senate. Senator Jones presented
petitions from Seattle chamber OF COM
merce and other Washington state or
ganizations demonstrating against anti
trust legislation.
Consideration of judiciary code re-
vision bill resumed in the house.
Foreign affairs committee voted to
report favorably resolution inviting
foreign nations to participate in inter-
national dry farming congress. Wich-
ita. Kan. October Z.
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Years Has Been Secretary Kansas
Funeral Directors Association.
Following the dinner q musical en-
tertainment was given at the auditor
ium. The pipe organ recital by Dean
Horace WhitehOuse of Washburn col
lege was especially appreciated by the
visitors, and the other numbers pleas
ed. Mrs. George w. Parkhurst. ac-
companied on the piano by Mrs, Robt
Carver sang several selections Miss
NanOn Herren gave a reading, and
Mrs. Maude Catron whistling solo.
Travelling Men Tonight.
Tonight the travelling men will pre-
vide entertainment at the auditorium.
There will be music and dancing as
we'll as other diversions.
Although the election of officers
will not be held until Thursday after
noon there was some election talk to-
day. Among those who are being sup
ported for the presidency are H. W.
BOmgardner of Topeka. H. K. EichOltz
of Abilene, Charles Whitney of Solo,
man and r. c. Daniels of Kansas City,
Mr.. Eicholtz, who is now first vice
president of the organization, is often
spoken of as Jim Jeffries's double
Some of the Kansas funeral men had
some fun with him few years ago at
st. Louis when on the return trip from
a national convention. They an
nounced at the hotel that Jim Jeffriee
had arrived. They put Eicholtz in a
hack and paraded him on the streets
as being no other person than the pu-
gilist Jim.
L. M. Penwell. secretary and Mary
L. Gates Of Rosedale, treasurer of the
organization will undoubtedly be re-
tanned in office. They have held their
respective positions for II and Is
years.
Motor Apparatus Soon.
w. H. johnson of Hutchinson spoke
this morning on What the Under
lcontinued q PAGE Twol
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sun IS OUT AGAIN
Warmth win Prepare Kansas
for Harvester Army.
Minimum Temperature To-day
Lowest Since May IS.

Tho sun IL shining In Kansas today
Ia sun that will raise the rain tram
pied wheat fields. dry the soil ana
make way for the army Of harvesters
ready to thresh the states greatest
yield Of grain. The weather bureau
sees no rain or cloudy conditions
ahead.
The minimum, temperature Of 81
degrees recorded by the local govern
ment thermometer at $50 o'clock
was the lowest registered since May
normal for this date. There was no
record smashed. however, as two
years ago on this date the mercury
was down to tho IS point
The forecast calls for generally
fair weather for tonight and Thurs
day with q rise in temperature to-
night The weather is expected TO
be normal by Thursday.
A Few Light Rains.
Heavy rains have fallen in south
eastern Kansas and scattered showers
elsewhere over the state. The entire
state was cloudy this morning with the
exception of the northeast portions.
Reports from government stations
covering the "a hours ending at z
o'clock this morning show that rain
fell in the following amounts: An
thony, .08: Coldwater. trace; Dresden.
IA; Emporia, 10; Eureka, 80; Fort
Scott. 1.S7: lola. go: Liberal. .01: Wich-
ita, .16.
No Danger From KAw.
The stage of the Kaw river was lis
feet today, a rise Of but four-tenths Of
a foot over Tuesday. There is ex-
pected to be little if any further rise.
There is absolutely no cause for alarm.
according to Sunny Flora. the local
weather man. The stage Of the Mis-
souri, river at Kansas City was 21.2
feet today-within a foot Of the bank
full stage.
The soaking rains in the southeastern
portion Of the state retarded the work
Of the harvesters.
Weather Was Ideal.
The weather this afternoon was
ideal. There was g. sluggish west wind,
and at 2 o'clock the sky was almost
as clear as bell.'' The tempera-
ture for the day was eight degrees
below normal.
The hourly readings.