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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-30
ALLIES PUSH ON
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curtain of fire maintained by the Ger
man artillery, as well as very violent
thanking rifle fire Our men, how
ever, hold firmly the points con-
quered by them on the second line
of the enemy.
''To the south of Ripont we have
enlarged and completed our conquest
of the first line German positions by
taking possession of a portion of the
important supporting works known
locally as the Outrage de la DEBATE
(the defeat earth works..
THE night passed quietly along the
remainder of the front.
I'm spite of most unfavorable
atm ospheric conditions our aircraft
squadrons yesterday pombarded the
lines of communication behind the
German front. Shells were thrown
down on the railroad stations in the
valley of the Suippe, at Bahancourt,
Warnerville, Pont Favger and st.
Hilare-Le-Petit, as well upon a Ger
man column marching near Somme-
Py.''
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lowing reports of the various commit
tees, an evenings entertainment of
songs and short speeches will be pro-
vided. Roy Bone, chairman OF the
stunts" committee, promises other
live entertainment
Officials of the club, do no- look for
any material decrease in the mem
bership of the club as a result of the
new rates A number of mem bers
say that the rate has always been too
low and that the club is entitled to
more money through this source.
For the dinner wednesday evening,
a platform will be erected in the east
end of the Commercial club dining
room Stunts the nature of which
the committee in charge refuse to dis
close, will be put on. AT meeting to-
day the dinner committee completed
nIans for working out the program
which will be announced later.
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Turks in Mesopotamia brings Gen. Sir
John Nixon's men within $50 miles of
Bagdad. The news came unheralded
to London, as the fighting in that
quarter had been almost forgotten.
Whether the British will try to push
on to Bagdad is problematical. but the
consensus of opinion here is that the
resistance of the Turks in this region
has been crushed. Some sections of
the British press see in this victory the
addition of another British colony.
whatever is done with the Turks
elsewhere" says the Pail Mall Ga
zette, they can never be allowed to
resume their bloodstained way in the
Euphrates Valley'
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MOVIES FOE TO SALOON
Six Hundred Bars to Close in Manhat-
tan and Brooklyn.

New York, Sept. 3O.-The increase
of $500 in the state retail liquor Ii
cense fees. which becomes effective
tomorrow, will force 500 saloons out
of business in Manhattan and Brook
Ign and reduce the city's share in this
revenue about s36O.000, according to
estimates of the officers of the Retail
Liquor Dealers associations. The in
crease brings the cost of the licenses
up to $1,000.
The excise commissioner for Man
haitian said he believed that people
are not drinking as much now as in
past years and that in his opinion
moving pictures keep men from sa-
looms
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Wholesale Fruit and Produce.
FURNISHED by b e. Lux.I

ITALIAN PRUNES-Per rate. 9Oc. In
" BART RI STi PEARS-Per oox. $3.50.
VALENCIA ORANGES-Per box $S.759
PEACHEs-Per busheI, SL25.
CALIFORNIA GRAPES-Maiagas. per
crate Tgksgs RsT eT pef Sig
LEMoNsmo:3Oo size per box $4.25; $50 size
Limes-Per carton $1.25.
LOUISIANA KEIFER PEARS - Per
GARBER "PEARs-Per Blu. basket, sL75.
MISSOURI PIQUETTES - Half cling
CONCORD GKAPES-Per basket, csc.
CANTALoUPES-Flats per crate. $1.10.
wATERMELoNsaaP cwt., s1.4o; per
TOMATOES-Per 20 ID. Climax basket
~CUCUMBERs--Per dozen. s5c: per 20 lib.
Climax basket Soc.
per dog; As: IS 6q; baskets. per dog 5Sc:
CABBAGE-crated.. per 100 lbs. $1.15,
MANGO PEPPERS-Per basket. Toe.
BEETS-Per bu. basket, SOC.
TURNIPS-Per blu. 6Oc.
ONIONS-7.Red. per bu;, 75c: yellow. per
oq Po ia 0Rise per blu SH. s SSe.
SWEEP P9TAToGs-PPer hu., sl25
HOT HOT P 81 Pc -! p.I p; 1ss
GREEN BEANs-Per basket. i5c.
LETTUCE-Per basket, 6Oc.
COLO. CAULIFLOWER-Per h., 10c.
PARSNIPS-Per bu.. 15c.
CARROTS-Per bu., 6Jc.
CHEESE-Per h., 17Rc.
BEANS--Per basket Toe
CARROTS-Per bu. 75c.
POTATOES-Per Du. 55c.
SWEET POTATOES-Per bu. S1.35
POP CORN-Per H.. 3-4c.
GRAPES-Per basket, BIC.
HOT PEPPEI;S--Prr h.. zoe; in 20 and
more Id. lots per h., lie.
COLO; CAULIFLOWER-P 10. 10c.
of 200 baskets, 50 25-less than original
crates each 1Ac
PARSNIPS-Per bu.. 75c.
OYSTERS-New Cork Counts, per can
BULK OYSTERS-New York Counts. per
gallon. S2.35: Extra Selects, per gallon.
S2.25: Plain Selects, per gallon. S2.15; Bal
lects per can. 45c: Standards. per can, 40c
55c: Extra Selects per can, soc: Plain Sc
timore Standards per gallon. S1.f0.
WHEAT-aOGl95c.
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CLIO DAVENPORT KILLED
Sister of Late Cartoonist and france
Run Down by Motor.

Los Angeles, Sept. 30.-Miss Clio
Davenport, sister of the cartoonist,
Homer Davenport, is dead and her
the Panama Pacific Steamship COM
pany, is in a precarious condition to-
day as the result of an automobile ac-
cident last night. The couple were
strolling near the hotel where Miss
Davenport had been staying with her
mother and sisters when they were
struck by an unidentified automobiles
who reported the accident to nearby
druggist and then disappeared.
Both suffered fractured skulls
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SEND SCHOOL LAWS
Superintendent Ross Mails Out $4,000
Copies Over Kansas.

Twenty-Five thousand copies of the
Kansas school laws, revised to date,
are being mailed out today from the
offices of w. D. Ross. state superin-
tendent of public instruction, to the
various county superintendent and to
heads of city educational systems.
The state law provides that the SUI
perintendent of public instruction
shall compile the revised school laws
biennially. Two copies are being
mailed to each superintendent for
every school under his Jurisdiction.
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GEE WIFI, GIRLS
lCoutinuea from Page one.l


q day. Clerks and stenographers VINO
formerly went to work at S:5O ana
came at 8 o'clock if breakfast was
late, must now come at 8 O'clock
That is they must come at that hour
if the economy board Will back up tn >
rule. Employees must also work un-
til o'clock in the evening, with just
an hour off for lunch.
That isn't aIl-not nearly all. Why,
now there is the prospect of a rule
that will require some person in each
department to keep cardS and cases
on the employees in that particular
office This guardian of public ser
vice will make regular reports as to
the hour the stenO arrived, the time
she went to lunch, the time she re-
turned the hour she went home in the
evening and a few side notes as to her
demeanor and service during the day.
If the lady steno was a bit weary ana
larguid as the result of late hours oc-
casioned by last nights dance, the
commission wants to know 1t. BruteS!
Beastsi Horrid horrid things! Those
are just some of the things the girls
at the state house think of the mem
bers of these new fangled boards and
commissions that came on the crest
of reform wave. In fact, reform is
losing it's charm in several state de-
partments
Commissioners Finch.
Some of the things the state en-
pIOYeeS THINK ana nave Sdlu nave
reached the ears of the civil service
commissioners. Now they are slipping
some of the responsibility for new
rules onto the shoulders of the eff
ficiency and economy commission.
The efficiency and economy commits
sion is just a mere patriotic board. 1t
has no permanent office in Topeka. 1t
serves without pay because it has the
love of the state deep at heart. 1t
may come to Topeka, to issue some
new rules and get away before the
girls can express their sentiments. But
the civil service commission must stay
right here and listen to it all-and
listening to a dignified, righteously in
dignant steno isn't bit pleasant. AL
most any member of the commission
will tell you about it.
In some of the offices. heads of de-
partmentS have come to the rescue.
They have told the commission that
they preferred to run their own offices
and didn't appreciate outside inter-
ference. But there is yet a strong
prospect of long. hard, tedious days
for state employees. Even Governor
Capper might gather some ideas as to
the popularity of the commission if he
spent a half hour in conference with
one of the indignant stenographers and
heard her story through the flood of
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OCEAN TO OCEAN
First Wireless Communication
Across This Continent.
Human Voice Was Heard Dis
tinctly $500 Miles.
KllHEn Tn nAMAAal nun A0R
TALKED To PANAMA LONG AGO
But Officials Kept 1t Quiet for
Last Nights Test.
From Here to Japan Now But
Il Question of Equipment.

Washington, Sept. 30.-Wireless
telephone communication across the
continent was accomplished for the
first time yesterday when experiments
extending over several months cut
minated in successful TRANSMISSION OF
the human voice by radio from the
great naval plant at Arlington, Va,
across the continent to the station at
Mare Island, Calf, $500 miles away;
The experiments were conducted
under direction of Captain Billiard,
chief of the naVy's radio service, in CO.
operation with the American TeIe-
phone and Telegraph company and the
Western Electric company. secretary
Daniels predicted that further devel-
Opment of wireless telephony would
make great changes in long distance
communication, both for military ana
naval service and in commercial usage
Successful operation of a device for
automatically transferring to the radio
telephone conversations Origina ting on
metallic circuits also was accom-
plished in today's tests. President
Theodore y. Vail and other officials OF
the American Telephone and Tele-
graph company at New York talked
easily with the Mare Island stalon.
the conversations travelling over an
ordinary metallic line from New Y ork
to Arlington and thence by radio
across the continent.
The fact that the voince can be
started on a land wire and automat-
ically transmitted to voice radio
transrnitter.'' said Secretary Daniels,
holds out hope that persons inland
should readily be put in touch by tele-
phone with others at sea through some
central transmitting station"
In Clear Distinct Tone.
New York. Sept. 30.-President Vail,
surrounded by a few officials of the
American Telephone and Telegraph
company, picked up the transmitter in
his office here and called John j.
Carly, the chief engineer at San Fran
cisco. The latter replied almost in
stantly and the men conversed for sew
eral minutes in a clear, distinct tone.
The transmission of audible speech
to Europe by wireless can be taken as
an assured fact, in the opinion of Off
cials of the company here who added
that it would have been attempted be-
fore this but for the European war.
They declared that talking from New
York across the Atlantic and from
here to Japa-. is now but a matter of
installing the necessary apparatus.
Vallejo, Calf. Sept. 3O.-wireless
telephone communj cation between
Washington, D. c.. and the Pan
anna canal, distance of 2,100
miles, was established months ago, but
public announcement was withheld
until the greater goal-transcontinen-
This statement was made by Chief En-
gineer John J. Carly of the American
Telephone and Telegral h company
after his conversation at the wireless
tower at the Mare Island navy yard
today with Theodore N. Vail, president
of the company, who was speaking
from New York.
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.HINDENBURC TO WEST
Two German Generals Unnamed
Have Been Dismissed in France.

London, Sept. 29.-German newspa-
pers today announce that two eener-
ais, unnamed, have been dismissed
from German commands in the west
ern war zone in connection with the
recent setback at the hands of the
French and British, according to a
dispatch from Amsterdam to the EN-
change Telegraph.
1t IS probable, the dispatch adds
that a new German command
chief of the western armies soon will
be appointed. In this connection the
name of Field Marshal Won linden
burg is mentioned
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TODAY'S MARKET REPORT.

Chicago, Sept 30-WHEAT-Wheat
tended to harden in price today on ac-
count of Liverpool reports of an insstent
demand from millers and because of en-
larged estimates of European require
ments. The bulls here were also influenced
by assertions that farmers in the Dakotas
and Minnesota were storing every bushel
possible and would hold for higher prices.
On the other hand, receipts in the north
west continued to be liberal scale.
The opening, which varied from sc off
to &c up with December at 945sc to 941sc
and May at 971s@97Ac to 97$sc, was fol-
lowed by moderate general gains, although
Interrupted by temporary setback
Reports that Illinois farm stocks were
light cut considerable figure against the
bears sharp advance of 115sc in the
September option resulted from covering
by some short, who had waited until almost
the very last minute before attempting to
settle on contracts about to expire. Other
months were not affected The market
closed unsettled at the as last night
to 113sc higher with September at $115H
December at 95Hc and AMY at 97H 6l973sc
CORN-COrn developed a little firmness
in sympathy with wheat. Warmer temper
atures, however, prevented any aggressive
buying. After opening &c lower to a
shade advance the market rose above last
nights level all around.
Subsequent talk of an export demand led
to a further upturn. The close was firm
at Ac to SIC net advance, with the latter
gain in the September option.
OATS-Oats were governed by the ac-
ton of corn. Price changes though proved
narrow.
PROVISIONS-Packers buying steadied
provisions Scattered liquidation was
noticeable in nearby deliveries.
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Grain Gossip.
Furnished by T. ]. Myers. Columbian
Building.

10000 bushels thus far this week.
Import requirements of wheat for France
are estimated at fully so million bushels.
The Armour Grain company announced
yesterday that it had further open
interest IN September wheat in Chicago.
Elevator stocks of wheat in Kansas City
have increased 1855 bushels thus far this
week and corn stocks decreased 4,941
bushels.
Exports from the United States and Can
ada yesterday were $4,000 bushels of
wheat. IL 900 barrels of flour, 1000 bushels
of corn and $4,000 bushels of oats; wheat
and flour combined, 1000 bushels.
with favorable weather. so per cent
of the early planted corn will be safe from
injury from frost October 10, but this is
was cut and silos are being filed says
the Iowa weekly crop bulletin
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Troops to Manila.
Du Pont workers Strike.

Wilmington, Del, Sept. 29.-Bc-
tween 200 and 800 metal workers in
plants of the Du Pont Powder COM
pany at Carney's Point n. J., went on
strike today. They demand an eight
hour day and IS a day. They have
been receiving 1915 for a nine hour
day. About $50 metal workers at the
Wilmington plant of the American
Car and Foundry company also went
on strike today. The men said their
action was one of sympathy and sup
port for the Carneys Point strikers.
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HONORS 43 AMERICANS
Physicians and Sanitary Engineers
Decorated in Serbia.

Nish, Sept. 30.-Crown Prince Alex
ander has decorated forty-three Amer
lean physicians and sanitary engineers
in recognition of their services in stop
ping the epidemics which broke out in
Serbia after the war began.
The Americans decorated are repre-
sentatives of the Rockefeller founda-
ton and the American Red Cross.
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in Bloody Rebellion.

Berlin, Sept. 29.-Private reports
from the British island of Ceylon, says
the Overseas News agency, are to the
effect that the entire island has been
in a state of rebellion since June and
that all the tea plantations on the is
land have been destroyed. More than
1000 persons have been shot during
the rioting.
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Chicago. Sept. 30-WHEAT-Close: Sep
TENDER. $1.15A; December. 95Ac; May,
97A @973sc.
05Ac: May. 57kc.
OATS-September, 361Ac December, 3614 C !;
PORK8Septembe 1892; October, s13.so
LARD-September, $500: October, $500.
RIBS-September, $3.50; October, $3.50.
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.HAITIANS QUIT FIGHT
Rebels Who Have Been Resisting
United States Lay Down Arms.

Cape Haitien, Sept 3O-The Hal
ten rebels who have been resisting the
American troops, resulting il several
fatal encounters recently, have agreed
to lay down their arms.
conference was held yesterday
between the principal rebel leaders
and American officers.
The rebels accepted the conditions
offered by the Americans ard prom
ised to cease armed resistance.
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II. c. PeIzer Killed.

Kansas City, Sept. 29.-Theodorc c.
Pelzer, wealthy real estate operator
was killed today in five-story fall
from a window of his office in the
business district. Pelzer was sitting
in the window just before the fall. His
brother, Herman, End his stenog-
rapher were in the room,
Look out here" Pelzer said to
Them pointing toward the street.
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Pittsburg, Pa, Sept. 30.-A resolu-
ton expressing appreciation for the
services TO the city Of Fred c. Clarke,
retiring manager of the Pirates, has
been drawn up by Councilman Rob-
ert Garland and will be presented to
the council at its session next Tues
day The resolution has been signed
by all the members of TIE council
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Kansas CITY Produce Market.

Kansas City, Sept. 3O.-WHEAT-Cash
Market unchanged. No. 2ehard, $1.03@1 90 !;
No. ,, 99cM$1.07; No. 2 red, $1-15@1.17; No.
3, S1.02@1.13-
CORN-Market unchanged. No. 2 mixed.
631%G64c; No. s. CSC; No. white, 641aM
65c; No. 3. 631a @64c; No. ? yellow, G61a@
&c: No. 3. 651a0 66c.
OATS-Market unchanged. No. white,
36M37c; No. mixed, 34Q3412c.
RIE-S7@SSc.
HAY-Market steady to higher Choice
timothy, S12.O0013.0 90; choice prairie, $1,000
(d11.O0: choice alfalfa, s13.00d14.O0.
KAFIR-9Sca1.o 90.
WHEAT-Receipts 149 cars
BUTTER-Creamery. &c; hrsts, Doc !:
seconds, &c; packing. 1912c
EGGS-Firsts. DE; seconds, he
POULTRY-Hens. lie; ROSTERS, &c !;
broilers, 145c.
CLOSE: NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 500 i;
Tecember 921Sc: May 935k @94c-
CORN-Septernber G3I@c; December,
Sig @517sc; May, 53Ac-
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Luther o. Emerson Dies.

Boston, Sept 29.-Prof. Luther o.
Emerson, composer of church music
and writer of hymns, died today at his
home at Hyde Park at the age of 50
years Professor Emerson, who was
born in Parsonfield, Maine, published
seventy-two collections of church mu-
sic, most of which were his own COM
position.
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New York Produce Market

New York, Sept. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
steady, Creamery extras, 90 score. 271ac.
tras 32033c
HEESE-Market firm. state whole
mig, fresh flats, specials, 144 @15c; ditto
average fancy, 1415c
POULTRY-Prfces unsettled
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Wichita, Sept O-HOGS-Receipts
1850 Market lower. Top, $500; bulk of
sales. $775@79O
CATTLE-Receipts 300. Market weak.
Native steers, $6.O0@9.25; cows and heifers,
S4.750S.25; stockers and feeders, $1,000
$780, stock cows and heifers, S4.0o@7 90
bulls, $4.50@5.50; calves, $6.O0@9.50
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Kansaa City Live stock Market.

Kansas City, Sept. MISUNDERSTANDING
5000 Market steady to Zoe lower Bulk
of sales, S7.500S.15; heavy, $7.40@7.9 ;
packers and butchers. $760@s.2O; light,
$775@S.25; pigs, ST.OO@S.0O
CATTLE-Receipts 5000. Market steady:
Prime fed steers, $9.50@10.10; dressed beef
steers, $7O0@9.4O; western steers, $6.50@
900: southern steers, $5.5O@7.50; cows,
$4O0@675; heifers, $6.OOM95O; stockers
and feeders, $5.50@S-00; bulls, $5.O0@6.0O;
calves, S600@10.10.
to strong. Lambs, SS.25@S. so: yearlings
S600@6.75; wethers, $55O616.50: ewes. So 5
@6.00; stockers and feeders, $5.009S40.
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st. Joseph Live stock Market.

St. Joseph, Sept O-HOGS-Receipts
COCO Market 5@1Oc lower. Bulk of sales,
$740@S.05: top, $50.
CATTLE-Receipts 2,1OO. Market slow.
Steers, $7.00@9.50; cows and heifers, $4,000
9.25; calves, $60O@10.00.
SHEEP-Receipts $500. Market steady.
Lambs, $S.00@S.65.
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CONDENSED News.
Nationals to Meet Saturday.

Cincinnati, Sept. 29.-It was OF
ficialIy announced at the headquar-
tiers CT the National baseball commits
sion :hat the commission will neeE i'll
New York city at / a. m. on next Sat
urday to tadke up The details of the
worlds championship baseball series.
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Liverpool Grain Market.

Liverpool, Sept. 30.-wHFAT-Spot No
1 Manitoba, lis I'D; No. ?. lis Cd; No. 3
lis sud; No. 1 Northern Duluth, lis sd
No. red western winter, los Sd No. :
hard winter, lis 1015d.
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Ohios. 40@42c; Michigan white, 40@45c;
Wisconsin white 3SG43c
springs, 13@131ac
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Wheat Market.

Topeka, Kan, Sept. 80.
GREEN CORN-Per uoz. l2c.
PRAIRIE HAY-SS.OO
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THE WEATHER RECORD.

Following are observations at the United
States weather bureau for the twenty
four hours ending at o'clock this morn
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x. C. Celestial Slain.

Kansas City, Sept. 29.-Gaw Chez,
was slain for his money In his place of
business here oday. TIE victims
trunk had been rifled. The amount
of booty is unknown. Deposit slips
showing Chez had $4,000 in Kansas
City banks were left behind by the
murderers. The body of the aged
Chinese, the throat cut, was found on
the floor of his laundry.
Troops to Manila.
Galveston, Sept. 29.-The United
States army transport Buford with the
TWenty-seventh infantry regiment on
board is to sail for Manila this after
noon at 4 o'clock. The Buford was
ready to sail on Septembe %, but was
delayed pending development of the
tropical storm which is today going
inland over Louisiana. During the
IL, 900 mile voyage, stops will be made
at Panama and Honolulu
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FURNISHED py Shawnee AiIIltng Col
Topeka, Kan, Sept. 80.
WHEAT-No. 3, 9Oc.
WHEAT-No. ,, 95c-