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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-08
CRY FOR MOTORS
When Kansas Harvests Her
Wheat Crop, Look Out!
Gasoline Smell ON Every COun-
try Road This Year.

Joe" Longshore. former state oil
inspector, had the unique experience
last week of being water bound in the
usually arid region of Seward county
on trip when he went through four
or five railroad accidents in quick sue
cession, all of them traceab1e to the
unusual rainfall with which south
western Kansas has been visited in the
past fortnight.
Farmers in southwestern Kansas
don't know what to do with the kind
of wheat they are going to have this
year and they have more trouble in
sight than they ever dreamed of, try
ing to harvest it with header boxes.
They are used to harvesting wheat
that stands about eight inches high
but this year it is solid all over the
country higher than mans waist,
and in spite of all the rains they have
been getting it is standing straight anv
maturing finely.
kansas isn't by itself in its pros
poets for a big yield of wheat. have
travelled all the way from southern
Oklahoma to Dakota and the condi-
tions are the same everywhere. Ne
braska wheat is just as good as that
in Kansas and the alfalfa looks even
better. When this state gathers in its
wheat there'll be a cry for automo-
biles in western Kansas such as was
never heard BEFORE"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-08
MOB AGAINST MOB
British Public Shows Resent
ment Against Suffragettes.
Pelts Women Orators With To.
matOes and Other Missiles.

London, June 8-Public anger, in
connection with the militant suffragette
outrages. IL expressed daily with more
vehemence throughout Great Britain.
Reports from the provinces show that
suffragette meetings organized Sunday
generally were broken up and the
women threatened with violence. At
Ilford. some miles east OF London. the
speakers were pelted with tomatoes
and other missiles and an unsuccessful
attempt was made by the crowd under
the leadership of a woman to upset the
wagon from which the suffragettes
were speaking. The orators escaped
the militant society and the crowd
afterward pelted the house with stones
and broke every window in the place.
Guns and Dogs on Guard.
London, June S.-The guardians Of
ancient structures in all parts Of the
country have adopted the most strin-
gent precautions to protect the build
fngs against the vandalism Of the mil
ftant suffragettes. Guns and dogs
have been requisitioned for this SER
vice. Two men armed with rifles and
accompanied by two bull dogs have
been placed on guard in the grounds
of the historic priory at Christ's
church. Hampshire. which dates from
the twelfth century. This plan IL also
No Peace for the King.
London, juno 8.-Another demon
stration by a militant suffragette in
the presence Of King George and
Queen Mary occurred at the interna-
tipnal horse show at Olympia this aft
ernoon.
Their majesties had hardly sat down
when a young woman rose in the stalls
opposite and screamed denunciations
nf fnrnfh1eA foo0fnO nf Q1lffpo 70, M.
oners. The police pounced upon her,
but her election from the building
was effected only after a fierce
struggle.
mo peace for King George or
Queen Mary" Is the latest order given
out by headquarters sta4f of the mill
tant sunragettes and their followers
now allow few appearances Of their
maJestiee In public to pass without
some kind OF demonstration.
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REPORT ON CROPS
Total Estimated Yield of Wheat
Is 9OO,OOO,OOO Blu.
Average Condition for the
Country Placed at 93.7.

Washington, June s.-The June
crop report of the department of agri-
culture announced today shows:
Spring wheat Area 17,990,0OO
acres; condition 95.5 per cent; indi-
Gated yield 14.6 bushels per acre. Esti-
mated production 262.000.00O bushels.
Winter wheat-Condition 92.7; yield
1871; production 63S,OOO,OO0.
All wheat-Area 53,377,000 acres;
condition 93.7; yield 16.9; production
9OO,O00,000 bushels.
Oats-Area 1888, 900 acres; condi-
tion 9s.5: yield S1.7; production 1876
100000 bushels.
Barley-Area 7,52s,ooo acres; con-
dition 95.5: yield 27.3; production
206,000,000 bushels.
Rye-Condition 93.6; yield 17.2.
Hay-Condition S8.7;
Pastures-COnditiOn S9.S
The enormous crop of wheat will be
1877 million bushels more than ever
was grown before in the United States
in any one year. Excellent weather
for the growing crop and an increase
Of GA per cent in the acreage planted
to wheat are responsible.
There also will be large Yields OF
oats and barley, probably second in
size in the history of the nation.
Kansas1 48, ,OOO, 900.
Details Of important crops, as of June
1. by principal states thousands omitted
in production and acreage) follow:
WINTER WHEAT CONDITION:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-08
GOLF IN EVANSTON
Play Qualifying Round in
Transmississippi Event.
Greatest Array of Golfers Ever
Assembled in West.

Kansas City, June 8.@The first pair
were expected to start on the first
qualifying round of medal play in the
Transmississippi Golf tournament on
the course of the Evanston Golf club
here this morning. The pairs were to
be started around the course at inter-
walls of four minutes and the tourna-
ment committee expects the first round
Of eighteen holes to be finished by to-
night. The second qualifying round
will be played tomorrow and then the
players, who have qualified, will be di-
vided into three flights of thirty-two
each for the match play.
A championship trophy and medal,
the presidents cup, che vice president g
cup. the secretary's cup, the directors
cup and the Brock cup and medal for
team play, are up for competition.
Omaha, Denver, st. Louis, Minneapolis
and st. Paut have sent the largest dele
cations. However, almost every city
in the middle west is represented.
Harry G. Legg, of Minneapolis, rec
ord breaking winner Of the tournament.
of the list this year, according to r.
w. Hodge. secretary of the association.
Legg won the championship four years
in succession and failed to play last
year. He was paired today with E. r.
Morrison, Kansas City champion. one
of the best players in the middle west.
]. c. Petro. Hutchinson Country
club association, Hutchinson, Kan, 50;
J. E. Reynold, Fort Smith Country
club, Fort Smith, 9S; F. w. oliver,
Wichita Country club, Wichita, Sc.
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The o. s. Supreme Court Hands
Down . Decision
In the What Is known as
Shreveport Rate Case.
BLOW TO STATE COMMISSIONS
Authority Of the National Body
Greatly Increased.

Washington, June 8-The supreme
court today upheld the interstate COM
merce commissions = orders in the
Shreveport rate case thus placing in
terstate railways more under the com
mission and less under state commits
siOns.
Justice Hughes announced the
courts decision. He spoke of the un-
restricted power of the interstate COM
merce commission over interstate
commerce. saying the commission was
expressly created to prevent conflict
ing state legislation.
Justice Hughes pointed out that
congress and not the states had the
power to prevent the instruments OF
interstate commerce from being used
SO as to injure interstate commerce.
He quoted the cases under the
safety appliance law and the second
federal employers liability law, sup
porting the power Of congress to keep
the channels Of interstate commerce
clear.
Referring to the noted Minnesota
rate case. Justice Hughes said that de-
cisiOn was expressly reserved in those
cases, as to what the outcome would
have been had the interstate com
merce commission found that the
Minnesota rates Disseminated against
interstate commerce.
History OF tho Case.
The fight for better rates for
Shreveport jobbers into Texas prom
fsed from the start to establish a pre-
cedent governing the future trade Of
cities along state boundaries. So i'm
portant was the matter deemed to be
that the Louisiana railroad commits
sion itself initiated the contest before
the interstate commerce commission In
behalf Of the jobbeFs along the Louis
iana-Texas border.
The Louisiana coTnmiseGpn COM
planned to the interstate commerce
commission in March, 1911, that the
class rates charged by the railroads
(Continued frou1 I,asxo . \
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UP TO HIGH COURT
COnstitutiOnality of Corpora
tiOn Law Is Appealed.
States Revenue of 315O,OOO Is
Still at Stake.

Constitutionality Of the Kansas cor
poration tax law was checked up to
the supreme court today in an appeal
taken from the First division Of the
Shawnee county district court. The
original case was brought by attorneys
for the Frisco and Kansas City. Fort
Scott & Memphis railways. Judge
Dana sustained a demurrer filed by the
state and directed toward the amend
ed petition Of the plaintiff corpora
tions.
The corporation tax law was en-
acted by the 1913 legislature to pro-
vide at least a portion of the revenue
which the state lost when it repealed
the inheritance tax law. Under the
new law, which became operative this
year, the state realized something like
$15O.0O0. Several payments were made
under protest and during the last
hours OF collection, suit to enjoin the
enforcement Of the law. was filed by
the two railroads. 1t was charged in
the petitions of the plaintiff corpora
tions that the law was unconstitution-
al and provided for a double taxation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-08

Washington. June S.-Arthur Powell
Davis Of Junction City, Kan, chief en-
gineer of the United States reclama-
ton service, is to leave within a few
days for China. He is one of an en-
gineering commission elected by the
Red Cross society to study the prob
lem Of reclaiming large tracts of agri-
cultural land in the Celestial republic
which have been inundated periodical
ly for thousands Of years, causing de-
struction Of crops and resulting in
famines and loss of life.
Mr.. Davis has been chief engineer
OF the reclamation service since the
organization of the service, twelve
years ago. Previous to that time he
occupied important positions in the
geological survey, and was twice Sc
lected as chief photographer of the
commission sent to Central America
to select the route for the isthmian
canal. both commissions being under
the leadership of the late Admiral
Walker, the first in 1897 and the sec
ond in 1899.
He is a brother Of Mrs. L. D. White
more Of Topeka.
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ROOSEVELT MOVES lon
Eats Breakfast with Edith Wharton
While i'm Paris

Paris, June S.-Colonel Theodore
Roosevelt continued his journey to
Madrid, where next Thursday he will
attend the wedding of his son, Ker-
NIT, to Miss Willard. daughter of the
American ambassador to Spain. In
Colonel Roosevelt's party were Mrs.
Nicholas Longworth. Miss Katherine
Page, daughter of Wilter Hines Page.
United States ambassador to Great
Britain, who is to be a bridesmaid, and
Oscar S. Straus, former ambassador to
Turkey.
Colonel Roosevelt had breakfast at
his hotel with Edith Wharton, the
novelist. and afterwards received sew
eral callers. A number of persons left
cards for the colonel, among them ex-
President Fallieres and former Pre-
mier BRAND. Mrs. Cornelius Wander
bilt was among the colohers callers in
che morning.
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BUY BOGUS BONDS
Many Banks Placed in Di1flcul.
ties-One Losing $4,000.

Brussels, Juno s.-The trial began
here today Of Nestor Wilmart, former
ly prominent banker and sportsman
who with six associates. 10 accused Of
swindling the public out Of about S3.-
100000 by the overissue OF stock In
the Ghent-Terneusen railroad. Earlier
reports gave the sum involved a. $10.-
100000 to $12.00O.000.
Wi1mart, who was manager Of the
company the only privately owned rail-
way In Belgium. disappeared early I'm
October. 1912. but was arrested In
March, 1919, at Rheims. France. after .
world wide search. The operations Of
the accused men placed "a Belgian
banks in difficulties and ruined hum
dreds Of small investors - well ~
causing a loss Of 900 to the STATE
savings bank.
The chief prisoner and his accom-
plices are said to have possessed . prt-
waite printing press with which they
produced bogus bonds Of the railway.
With the proceeds OF his apera3iomD
Wilmart kept up several country res
licences and . large racing stable. He
was q director of several banks ara
prominent In politics.
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had no political Significance and was
not started or assisted In by any men,
bers of the Democratic delegation.
My appointment has been deferred
too much to permit me to make any
plans as to the appointment of depu-
ties. I can not say anything ON that
point now"
The deputies on the staff of United
States Marshal ]. r.. Harrison, who
will go out with him. are b. r. F1eni-
ken and u. e. Meade of Topeka, p. c.
Hessen OF Fort Scott and D. D. Leahy
Of Wichita.
Marshal Harrison has not yet re-
ceived any notification of the pros
pective change In his office.
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Congratulating Him on Victory
i'm Luella West Case.
PLAN DRASTIC LEGISLATION
Board to Investigate Damage
Suits in Kansas.
Question of Privileged Test1-
mOny Comes to Light.

More than 1000 letters, telegrams
and telephone calls have been re-
ceived by Governor Hodges congratu-
lating him on his victory in the dam
age suit brought by Mrs. Lueiia west
From all sections of Kansas and from
friends and acquaintances beyond the
borders Of the state, the governor mas
received congratulatory greetings.
Within an hour after the jury had
returned its verdict messages began to
pour into Topeka and the long dls-
tance telephone in the governors or
flee was busy most of the day. Friends
in wichita. the home of Mrs. West and
Mrs Ruckwalter. were among the first
TO send greetings to the Democratic
povernor. Late Saturday night, the
governor asked the telephone COM
panies to withhold until morning all
congratulatory messages:
.M,, friends have been mighty
kind" said the governor, "but 1 must
sleep some time"
piest woman in Topeka The news
was telephoned to her 1mmeolately
after counsel for MIS-. west Aau e'voAi
up the fight.
.Tsn't t grand?" said the mistress
of the executive mansion. knew
Mr.. Hodges would win-or at least L
felt that way all along-but to think
that the opposition have admitted
their own failure. 1t seems to double
the victory"
Friends of Governor. and Mrs.
Hodges in Topeka called at the execu-
tive mansion or used the telephone to
express pleasure at the result of the
weeks trial. This morning the mail
in the governors office was unusually
heavy. More than one-half of the let
ters had to do with the result OF the
recent damage suit. yszetss o.
May Draft Legislation.
The West-Hodges case. however. has
opened a new vein of thought among
the public men of the state and 1t fs
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President Wilson Removes ]. III.
Harrison of Salina.
NAY CAUSE POLITICAL ROW
Kansas Would Be without Gov
ernment Protection.
No Formal Word Heard at Fed.
eral Headquarters, Topeka.

Washington, June S.-President
Wilson today nominated Ohio T.. Wood
Of Liberal, Kansas, for United States
marshal Tor the district Of Kansas.
The presidents appointment Of
Wood may or may not be the final
chapter Of q long drawn out fight over
the appointment of the Seward coun-
ty Democrat as successor to Jack
Harrison. Several months ago, Har-
risons resignation was sought that
the patronage might go to the string
of the Democratic United States sena-
tor. But Woods appointment drew
fire from the opposition and it has
been claimed that Senator Bristow will
seek to hold up his confirmation in
the senate.
One dispatch from Washington to-
day states that President Wilson has
summarily removed Marshal Harri-
son. No confirmation of this report
has been received in Topeka and no
such news has come to the United
States marshafs Office.
In event Harrison's Office should be
declared vacant. the regular proceed
ure would be for Judge Pollock to
make temporary appointment of a
marshal to serve until Harrison,s sue
cessor was confirmed and qualified. II
the removal order should prove true.
Kansas is this afternoon without a
United States marshal and both Har-
rison and his deputies and employees
are or the governments payroll with
out authority to serve papers or act
in any official capacity.
Whether Senator BristoW will con-
tinue his hostile attitude toward
Wood now that his appointment has
gone to the senate is not stated in to-
days dispatches. Sometime ago it
Cd v1nfO11f ha
filed against Wood in event of his ap-
pointment by the president and that
the senior United States senator would
seek to hold up the Liberal mans con-
hrmatiOn.
Wood Was Not Surprised.
The newly nominated United States
marshal has been in Topeka for q
number OF dayB as 1t has been known
that announcement of his nomination
was pending. He left this afternoon
on business at Kansas City.
OthO T. Wood has been a resident of
Seward county for % years, is ranch
man and former sheriff Of that county.
His family resides at Liberal but he
owns a feed business at Hugoton which
is conducted by his oldest son.
"I have had no formal notice OF the
sending in of my name," said he this
afternoon. although 1 have expected
for several days that such notice might
come at any time. This thing has
dragged along for a long time. In
fact, it has been in sight since 1872
but I have realized that political pre-
ferment of this sort is too uncertain for
me to allow myself much enthusiasm
over the prospect. Senator Thompson
has steadily worked in my behalf and
I consider that my nomination, If it has
been made as the reports indicate, is
due directly to his consistent fight.
Congressman Neeley, I believe, at
one time had a candidate for the ap-
pointment, but he has been on my side
since the first of the year. The fight
that was made upon me, am certain,
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with Possibility Of Disruptine
tho Peace Negotiations.
WILSON WAS READY TO GIVE R
President willing to Abandon
Watchful Waiting Policy
When He Heard Of tho Pro
posed Action Of Mexico.

Warrington. June S.-Huerta has
decided after all not to blockade Tam
pico and force tho hand Of the Omit
ed States with the possibility Of dis-
rupting the mediation proceedings a3
Niagara Falls. Mr.. Riano. the Span
ish ambassador, notified Secretary
Bryan oficially to that effct today.
This step was taken upon the gov
ernment's learning that the media
tors at Niagara Falls were taking
some action in regard to the move
ments of the steamer Antilla. report
ed to. have sailed from an American
port with arms for the constitutional
lists and also to prevent = setback I'm
the peace negotiations. It was ON
cially stated that the Mexican govern
ment in ordering the blockade of
Tampico had no intention Of interfsr-
ing with commercial traf1c. Its In
tentiOn was only to prevent the Con-
stitutionalists from receiving arms
and ammunition.
Thus. the latest crisis in the Mexican
situation fraught with possibilities a
renewed hostilities between HuertA and
the United States passed over.
Tension L. Relieved.
What actuated Huerta In backing
vices which reached Washington. Un-
official reports that the dictator had de-
cided at the last moment to rescind hfD
order Of blockade had reached unolRi-
touch with the situation about the same
time Mr.. Riano was notifying Secretary
Bryan. Instantly there was an evi-
dence Of relief of the tension Of tho
last three days along the line in OFF,
cial circles. There were broad intima-
81. ~. I'D S>h> ~
caused Huerta to rdncind his order
had gone to- Mexico City all the way
from Niagara Falls. where. it was said,
the medtators and the Mexican dele
gateas AAz3 bean urging him In the
strongest possible terms to withdr-w
his position and ~ the mediation
1t did not appear here that Huerta's
change of position had been contin-
gent upon any change Of plans for the
cargo of the steamer Antilla steaming
for Tampico. with arms for the con-
stitutionalists. 1t had been suggested
that possibly pressure upon the own
ers of the ship might cause them to
divert her. One thing was plain.
President Wilson was determined that
Tampico should be kept open to the
commerce of the world and the Amer
lean ships under Rear Admiral Mayo
were in evident readiness to enforce IL.
Whether the Antilla war cargo
would have been considered a. conn
merce had the situation come to the
point of a break. all officials here de-
cline to say.
The gunboats Zaragoza and Bravo
should have arrived at Tampico about
s o'clock this morning. Followed by
the United States ships Sacramento
and Tacoma they passed Vera Crus
yesterday. In the absence of any new
report today Secretary Daniels wire
lessed Rear Admiral Badger for q re-
port on their position.
Bryan Smiles Broadly.
In official circles here the rescind-
ing of the Tampico blockade order
was regarded as an indication that
General Carranza will be received into
-(Conttnued on Raga 9ixl
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FORT WRECKS.
A Score or More of Fishermen
Lose Their Lives.
Fierce Storm Sweeps the Coast
of New Brunswick.

Quebec, June S.-Forty schooners
were wrecked and twenty or more
fishermen lost their lives in the storm
that swept the coast OF northern New
Brunswick and Chaleurs bay, last Fri
day night. Nearly all the boats were
blown ashore on Miscou and Ship
pegan islands, remote points from
which the news came slowly.
Eight bodies were recovered and
taken to Caraquet, N. B., today. All
were bodies of French, Canadian and
Acadian fishermen. Property along
the coast and in Chaleurs bay was
damaged by the storm.
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IT IS HOT TODAY.
No Relief Offered by Suffering Wealth.
ef Man.

It il hot today. and there is no hope
OF relief. Generally fair weather
with little change in temperature il
program for tonight and Tuesday.
There may be shower here and
there over the state, according to
Sunny" Flora, the local weather man,
but nothing in the way Of storm is
expected. This is the eighteenth con-
secutive day on which the temperature
has been above normal In fact It Is
above the midsummer normal today.
There will be a serious condition Of
affairs unless rain comes soon. The
corn has not suffered as yet, but the
surface soil is as dry az q board, and
the truck gardeners are alfeady COM
planning. Since the first OF January
the rainfall has amounted 10 TIC
inches, which b but 50 per cent Of the
normal precipitation for the period.
The wheat needs no more rain. and
harvest = expected to start In the KaW
valley within q week. The minimum
Temperature at Topeka, this morning
was ~ degrees-1z degrees above
normal for this date, and six degrees
-
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The Day in Congress.

Washington. June s.-Senate resumed
debate on repeal of Panama tolls ex-
emption. Senator Poindexter spoke
against it. House containued work on
appropriation bills.
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Weather Forecast for Kansas.

Fair tonight and Tuesday; no Inn.
portant change in temperature.
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