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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-07-09
THE DAY IN CONGRESS
Rucker Bill Relating to Campaign
Publicity Passes House.

Washington, July 9.-Senate banking
committee continued consideration Of
nomination of the federal reserve
board.
Consideration of the amendment to
the Indian appropriation bill continued
In the house. Judiciary committee con-
sidered impeachment charges against
Federal Judge Dayton of West vir-
ginia.
The Rucker bill to amend and codify
campaign publicity laws was passed 1t
would extend exercising requirements
to senators who were not elected by
popular vote when the original law was
passed and limits amounts of money
which national political committee may
send into states.
Acting in accord with state depart
ment recommendations that it was un-
wise to agitate the Mexico question at
congress at this time the house foreign
affairs committee today voted to report
unfavorably the Kahn resolution call
ing for information Of alleged official
assurances that constitutionalists might
import arms from the United States by
way OF Cuba without Interference.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-07-09
PRICED COMPARED.
Wheat 1913 Cents Below the Five Year
Average July 1.

Washington. July 9.-Wheat sold at
only IL cents a bushel more than corn
on July l, accordir~ to the average
Of prices for all the states just an
nounced by the department of agricul-
ture. In Kansas corn was selling for
cents more a bushel than wheat.
This was due to the failure of the KAN
sas corn crop last year and the extra
ordinarily fine prospect of the wheat
crop there this year.
The average price of wheat for the
country on July 1 was 76.9 cents a
bushel. This is 1913 cents less than the
July average for the past five years.
In North Carolina, the price was $1.O5
while in Oklahoma it was GA cents a
bushel.
The average price of corn was 1855
cents bushel or cents bushel more
than the July price for the past five
years. In Iowa corn sold at 63 cents,
in North Carolina. SO cents
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-07-09
COUNT 'EM--100 !!
Fried Chicken for Every Law.
yer in Topeka To-day.


Practically every lawyer in Topeka
sat down to . fried chicken dinner 1t
the annual lawyers picnic at the
Frank Coberly farm about Is miles
south of Topeka near Wakarusa today.
The dinner was served in q beauti-
full grove ON the Coberly farm. The
grounds were given the name Of Camp
w. A. Johnston in honor Of Johnston,
chief justice of the supreme court
An advance guard Of the lawyers
headed by Major A. NJ. Harvey left
Topeka Wednesday afternoon and pre-
pared the grounds for the picnic to-
day.
Once on the ground Major Harvey
was elected commander Of the camp.
Judge A. w. Dana was elected official
woodcutter. Robert Tasker was APP
pointed official camp devil, his duties
being to keep his companions from
sleeping during the night.
Cunning for Justices.
Beginning at 1880 o'clock this
morning with general order No. 1
Major Harvey issued six other orders.
Order No. 2-Gunning for Justices
Of the supreme court prohibited until
$3.50 p. m.
Order No. Son the arrival of John
members of the bar will line up for
inspection.
Order No. detailed for the day:
Judge. Randall Harvey: Joe Baldwin.
bailiff; Frank Dreaming. officer of the
day; S. N. Briggs, officer Of the guard:
Harry Llrimer, Hiram Root. John
Swit8er and John Waters, marshals.
Order No. 5-Ordered that Arthur
Capper appear before the court mar
tial at p: m. and answer questions
touching his arrest for Contributing
to the Billiard campaign"
A court martial was held at $3.50
o'clock this afternoon. George Nc
Dermott charged that John s. Dawson
show cause that he is qualified for a
position as justice Of the supreme
court.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-07-09
BIG DRINK BILL.
People of United States Spent Nearly
Two Billion Last Year.

New York, July 9.-Statistics print
ed ir the American Grocer show that
In the United States, during the year
ending June 80, 1913, almost two bill
lion dollars was spent for drink The
exact expenditure for spirituous and
malt liquors and wines was silica
67O.61. For coffee. tea and cocoa
1888, 459,239 was spent
The per capita consumption of
spirituOus and malt liquors was 22.68
gallons, quantity never exceeded ex-
cept in 1907 and 1911 AS it is esti-
mated that the users of alcoholic slim
ulants constitute 25 " per cent of the
total population, this would make their
per capita consumption 80 gallons, of
which 81 per cent was beer
Tables printed today show an in
creased use of spirits and beer and a
decrease in the consumption of wines,
coffee and tea
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-07-09
HINTS At PROSECUTION
Sir Thomas Upton Is Threatened With
Criminal Action.

London, July s.-Criminal prosecu-
ton of Sir Thomas Upton. the chair
man, and his co-directors in Upton
limited. was suggested by Sir Arthur
Markham, q Liberal member, in q
question addressed to the attorney
general at a hearing in today's parlia-
mentary papers. The question, the
putting of which was postponed by ar
rangement, asks whether in view of
Justice Darling's statement that the
defendants in the army canteen scan
dals were acting upon a system which
was encouraged by the directorate OF
the company. The attorney general
has laid the papers in the case before
the public prosecutor with q view to
criminal proceedings for fraud and
bribery against Sir Thomas Upton and
his co-directors
The question arose out of the recent
conviction of nine army officers and
eight civilian employees of Upton
limited on charges Of receiving and
giving brides to influence the allotment
Of supply contracts for the army cam
teens.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-07-09
HELD FOR DAMAGES.
Long Beach Must Pay for Lives Lost
When Pier Collapsed.

Los Angeles, Cal, July 9-The city
Of Long Beach was held responsible
for the condition of its municipal pier
when it collapsed during a celebration
on Empire day. May "a. 1913. killing II
persons and injuring more than 200.
This was decided by a jury in the
superior court yesterday in awarding
1880 damages to George Chafor and
his son Edward for the death of Cha
for's wife. They asked for 1850.
More than a hundred other damage
suits aggregating So. 75O, 900 have been
held in allegiance, awaiting the outcome
of this test suit.
The jury held that the city of Long
Beach had been negligent in inspecting
the pier, the timbers of which were
found to be decayed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-07-09

Considerable criticism is occasioned
In this country because the more i'm
portant Of the diplomatic posts are vir-
tually open only to men of independent
means But in Germany. for instance.
the Kaiser will not permit his penniless
diplomats to marry unless the bride
brings her husband an income of at
least - 500 a year. and British candi-
dates for diplomatic service are re-
quired to guarantee that they have in
comes Of at least e3seoQ year before
they are permitted e. TAXI. the exami-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-07-09
WORSE FOR BURT.
Charge Will Be Changed to Assault
With Intent to Kill.

Columbus, Kan, July 9.-The hear
ing of the case against Dick Burt who
assaulted and dangerously injured the
Rev. c. C. Wilkins. Of Scammon. at
Mineral last week. was postponed I'M
til next Tuesday, when called in JUS
tice court here today.
F. w. Boss, county attorney and S.
L. Walker. attorney for Wilkins. de-
sired to make an investigation of the
assault and on their motion the post
ponement was taken. The attorneys
were in Mineral today.
Burt pleaded guilty to minor
charge in police court at Mineral the
day after the assault and paid a fine
and costs amounting to about So.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-07-09
HUMORS OF LAW.

We laugh at old Wouter Van Twiller
nose mode Of deciding a case
was to go by the looks and the weight Of
the books
Which the lawyers brought into his
place.
We jest at his manner of judging
Because it Is queer in our eyes,
AND the erudite way of our jurists today
Shows up as decidedly wise.
For now they determine on justice
BY means that are noble to see.
by a comma misplaced in a prOOfreader's
haste
Or failure of crossing It.
AND having thus climbed to perfection,
To justice sans error or flaw,
Gun laughter rings shris:ac at Wouter
Van Twincf
And his way Of deciding the law.
-Perton Braley. in the Docket
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-07-09
Want TO F0RECLOSE.
Creditors OF Frisco Ask That MORT
gage be Declared Valid.

st. Louis, July 9.-Foreclosure of a
mortgage of $6S,666.OOO on the st.
Louis and San Francisco railway was
asked in the United States district
court here today by the Guaranty
trust company OF New York The
Frisco is now in the hands of re-
ceivers.
The petition asks that the mortgage
be declared a valid lien against the
property which it covers, which in
cludes large part of the Frisco
system.
The mortgage was given to secure a
series OF refunding per cent bonds,
issued In 1901. The petition says that
the accrued interest on the bonds is
$1,37SOOO
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-07-09
PULMOTOR FAILED.
City Oxygen Did Not Save Life Of
Edna Patton.

For more than an hour today the city
pulmotor was operated in an unsuc-
cessful attempt to resuscitate Miss
Edna Patton, who died at Stormont
hospital Miss Patton was brought to
the hospital last night and operated
upon this morning. She had a weak
heart and was unable to revive after
the anaesthetic had been given.
The case was desperate and the
physicians summoned the pulmot0r.
The fire company consisting Of John
Petit. Earl Chandler, Frank Brazicek
and J. NJ. Bicknell hurried three tanks
Of oxygen to the hospital at 1920
o'clock. but to no avail.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-07-09
START FIRE IN PRISON
Convicts ON Blackwell,s Island Are In
Rebellion.

New York, July 9-Another out
break among the prisoners in the PEN
itentiary at BlAckwell's island occur
red today az sequel to one last night
in which several keepers were set upon
and badly hurt. The trouble today
happened in the tailor shop whore .
fire was started by the rebels and the
power betting that runs the machines
was cut.
Six ringleaders were put back in
their cells. 1t was said that the pris-
oners mutinied N . protest axainst
the refusal of t1ke authorities Is re-
store yeeeerdayse cuIprits = 500
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-07-09

What, by. the way, has become Of
the Pinchot-Perkins feud? Just when
the haters Of peace, political as we'll
az international and domestic, were
beginning to look forward to some
entertainment and excitement from
this source, which would have helped
q lot to break the monotony of dog
days, it seemingly dropped into obliv-
ION and without even so much as a
dull, sickening thud.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-07-09
Journal Entries

A bad reputation sticks faster than
a good one.
An intelligent individual is not cas-
lily offended.
Nearly everybody is on the hunt for
something for nothing.
Neither does anybody have any
trouble in finding the temper he loses.
- =
Few people escape having the role
Of goat thrust upon them OCCASION
ally.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-07-09

Two hundred million dollars worth
Of live stock, the amount possessed by
Kansas farmers. sounds big. But it is
really only a fair showing for the
agriculturtots of this state. And they
are merely biting chunks from their
own noses by not having two or three
times that amount. The farm with a
herd Of cattle proportionate to it's size
10 far anu away the most valuable
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-07-09

Nor are the American girls troubled
with q phase of the high cost of living
that prevails in India. In that land
there is an epidemic Of suicide among
the Bengali girls because the price for
husbands has risen to such a figure as
to be well-nigh prohibitive except to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-07-09
HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY.

Subscribers of tho 9tate Journal
sway from homo during the summer
nay have the paper mailed regularly
each day 70 any address ut the rate
a ten cents q week or thirty cents
8 month (by mail only. Address
Cbauged ~ often as desired. While
out Of town the State Journal will he
70 you Ike . daily letter from home.
AAvnnCe payment 10 requested on
these short time subscriptions, to save
hoOkkeepinG expenses.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-07-09

Colonel Roosevelt has already begun
to chafe under the restraint Of the rest
cure treatment which permits him to
engage only in such light endeavors as
chopping down trees. rowing a boat
load Of friends several miles. and
tramping more miles through woods.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-07-09
GuADAlAJARA FALLS.
Second Largest City of Mexico Taken
by Rebels.

Nogales. July 9.-Guadalajara, the
second largest city OF Mexico, has
fallen before the attack Of General
Alvaro Obregon. according to infor-
nation received by Constitutionalist
officials today.
Guaymas, a seaport of the state of
Sonora, which has held out for more
than q year Is about to be evacuated
according to the same source of in
formation
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-07-09

To sell, or not to sell. that is the
question with the Kansas farmers who
have harvested rich yields Of wheat.
And the advice Of the experts in the
premises Is that 1t might be well to
hold onto the wheat as long as posi-
BILE. Incidentally, this will also facili-
tate the handling of the bumper crops
by the railroads.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-07-09
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State Journal IL a member OF the
Associated Press and receives the full DAY
telegraph report OF that great news NJ
sanitation for the exclusive afternoon
publication in Topeka.
The news is received in The State Jour
nal building over wires for this sole puf-
pose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-07-09

In the novels points out the Cincin-
natl Enquirer. the Husband strolls into
the Conservatory for a little smoke be-
fore dinner. In Real Life he strolls into
the itchen and raises Blue Blazes
with the Light of His Life because din
ner isn't ready.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-07-09

President Dabney of Cincinnati uni
versity declares that as far as the
estimate Of the ordinary man is con-
cerned, the school teacher is a worm.
The book variety, presumably.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-07-09

Now that trolley cars are running to
it's door. Gage park is proving no more
popular with the people than there was
reason to expect 1t would. Not only is
1t beauty spot, but it is an interest
ing place to visit as well.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-07-09

Mrs. Lewis, who is a member of
the Kansas state board of educational
administration, makes her home at
Kinsley. She is known throughout
the state for her activities in educa-
tional work, and has gained promf-
hence particularly through her con-
nectiOn with the new state board
which for a year has had charge OF
the state institutions of learning.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-07-09

As the worm turns. New York city.
through its police force. has finally
begun reprisals with a real war against
the anarchists that make the little old
town their headquarters.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-07-09

Why not a joint debate between City
Election Commissioner Kemper and
County Clerk Swayze as to the rules
and regulations for registering and
voting?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-07-09
Site for yewsboys' Home

Chicago. July six acres of larH
lying on the northwest side. were deed
ed to the newsboys and bootblacks of
Chicago today, to be used as a cite
for $4,000 home for boys The land
was donated by Francis A. Hardy, who
Is chairman of the board in charge
Of the endowment fund by which the
home IL to be supported
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-07-09

So realistic were some recent French
naval mnneuvers that a submarine
was sunk by one of the torpedo boat
destroyers. The perils of peace appear
to be no less numerous than those of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-07-09

Perhaps the Austrians will have to
bury the late archduke and duchess
over again in order to settle the dis
pute that their interment has &C.
caa3Oued
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-07-09
MRS. LEWIS ELECTED,
Kansas Woman Chosen Vice President
of the n. E. A.

st. Paul, July 9.-Among the vice
presidents elected by the N. E. A. to-
day was Mrs. Cora G. Lewis Of Kansas
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-07-09

Dave Leahy has returned to the old
game at ElDorado. The exchange
editor has been needing another sheet
for scissorial purposes for some time.
Welcome back, Dave; you weren't
much good as a politician anyway.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-07-09

BY arrcsting the Docs wife, the
Freeport, N. Y, authorities are merely
Covering up, The ~. K. public will
stand 1t just SO long In such cases
without a goat, and then it is up to
the officials to furnish one.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-07-09

So. under the circumstances, the
general is justified In leaving it al
ZacatecaS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-07-09

A movie weekly film shows General
Carranza leaving the bank at Zaca-
tecas- And the reason Is plainly
shown in the picture. The bank IL a
husky stone structure, and does not
look to be portable.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-04-01
SOMETHING q, il TO SAY. FOR MULE.
Travelling Tobacco Man Made Study
Of Spanish With q Distinct OBJ
Iect In View. @

Before returning from my first trip
to Cuba l improved my Spanish by
diligent study In order to inform q
mule in his own language just what l
thought Of him without any confus-
ing equivocation," said a travelling to-
bacco man. &59.
This mule was one that rode on
a tour Of some tobacco plantations.
The people from whom borrowed the
mule said that it was an animal Of
tireless energy, tenacious disposition,
and marvellous speed. ~ r.
Il had no sooner mounted the beast
than it showed disposition to can
ter far in advance Of my party over
hills and through fields until real
lied suddenly that / had practically
lost the others. ID gE,
II spoke sharply to the mule and
tried to rein it in. Instead Of slack
ing pace the animal went faster. /.
II spoke more sharply still and
refined harder. Same result.
! Faster and faster went the mule.
It, galloped on through forests, open
country and startled villages. I might
have been galloping yet, kind Of
permanent John Gilpin, had ! not ut
tered, wholly by chance, word Of
Spanish profanity that the mule
might understand. 55l
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-04-01
ONWARD MARSfiAIL


this is Mr.. Wallace speaking. J. I. 4.
No; not Mr.. Jones. I am friend OF
his. 49,. No; he can't come to the
phone. He's dressing. .. - 5$.fs.
can't make an appointment for you,
..I. What's the name? Yes;
I have it: Peter Pembroke.
You must see him today? .. Il.
Very well, I'll tell him. Say
you'll call? .55 All right. I'll tell
him. Good-by."
He returned from the phone as Ran
kin reappeared. Wake him, did your
Yes, sir. He'll be dressed in about
ten minutes = He hustled about the
room, gathering up the newspapers. y
told him I had just read OF his engage
ment and congratulated him.
What did he say 2" Fl
Nothing. sir; Just asked for the pa.
pers and whisky sour. He says be
sure and wait. 4: ii .5,5 a AZ:
"Oh, Ill walt all right!
There was something stronger than
mere acquiescencei in the young mans
voice. There was determination in It /:
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-04-01
LIKE MOTHER USED TO MAKE.
Young Wife Scored Heavily When
Hubby Came Forward With the
stereotyped Comment.

There was a worried look on the gro
GERS face as he rushed hatless down
the street and ran up the steps OF
Acacia Villa. .-.. -,
lin sorry to say there's been a
slight mistake, Mrs Grumble." he
painted. "You ordered two pounds OF
oatmeal yesterday. and by mistake my
apprentice put up some sawdust that
our grapes came packed in" 5
"Oh!" replied the lady. "Then l
reckon my 'usban' must ave got
through about arr a pound O. the wood
for breakfus'." 4-.-...
"Y-you don't mean to say that he
ate it?'' gasped the man In the apron
Course e did" was the reply.
The lady leaned back on the door
post and for three minutes INDUCED in
a laugh that brought all her neighbors
to the scene. $&
oval, that's right-down funny" she
observed with laugh.
"Tunny?" Queried the grocer. :.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-04-01
WoNDRoUs CHARM IN WOODS
Traveller Writes Of Peculiar charac-
ter Of Romance Noted In Ire :
lands "Forests."

Returning to these woods, I am
struck once more by the peculiar
character OF their romance, says a
writer in Scribner's Magazine. 1t Is
80 different from that Of German
forest, where the imagination is lured
and lost in the, depth Of thickets and
bafled by the endless lines of serried
trunks, brooded over by the canopy
of dark, high blush fir boughs, inter
woven solid. -. -
+ The poetry Of these Irish woods
and not merely from resemblance
they certainly bear to the Pinetas Of
dtaly-is southern, or perhaps Celtic
passed through southern imagination,
alluring, fascinating, but not quite to
be taken seriously. 80 q. -.
Enchantment without end and end
less adventures; In and out, In their
Uttered green light among the big
twisted many bushes under the oaks.
and the high grasses and meadow
sweet, and into their open spaces,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-04-01
Knew What He Meant,

At fashionable wedding there was
intense curiosity to see the rich cos
tunes of the heiress who was being
led to the altar. There was much
craning Of necks, and at last some of
the over-eager rose in their seats in
the extreme back of the church and
stood upon them in the effort to get
a good view.
The clergyman who was in the
chancel ready to conduct the service
was greatly shocked. With much
dignity. but In haste and anger, he
addressed the congregations: I'm
view of the solemnity Of this occasion
and the sacred character Of this edi-
fee, want you all to sit on the floor
and put your feet on the seats" But
they knew what he, meant, and
promptly assumed orderly pos.tioaA
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-04-01

,'t-f q at
marshy and Powered with pale lilac
seabius, where the sunset sky Is wide.
and there is the gibbet for wicked
hawks, and where not merely wild
duck rustic up, but great heraldic
heron: where at dusk it becomes rath-
er frightening among the immense
pale oak trunks.
A hayward in-and-out romance, as
in the pages Of book, that one in
dulges In because one chooses (not un-
der the terrifying necessity Of the
German and Alpine forests), in these
Irish woods and alongside this brown,
clear river, which under the great
oak boughs has tortoise-shell flickers
and transparencies. On 1t and into the
very deepest forest heart, imagine
boats steered by enchantresses, like
those that carried Sir Guyon or RI
naldo, passing up or down like the
broken off narratives Of the poets.