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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-03
TRADE GAINS SLOWLY
A Steady Improvement Is Noted i'm All
Directions.

New York, April 3.-R. G. Dun &
Company's review of trade says:
Domestic trade gains slowly but war
orders and food exports continue very
heavy and in all branches of business
The big advance in cotton is great
relief to the depression in the south
while in the west high prices for farm
products make for continued activity
and in spite of low temperature in the
winter wheat section prospects are re-
garded as favorableS A notable eX-
pansion of stock exchange activity is
a speculative expression both OF the
improving business conditions and of
the increasing hopes of peace.
The action in removing all restric-
lions upon stock trading means COM
plete return to normal market condi-
lions and is another notable proof of
expanding financial power. Bank
clearings, commercial failures and
other statistics of business, however,
still reveal the wide extent and effect
of the depression that was produced
by the war, but it is significant that
these indications of trade activity are
growing better month by month.
1t is noteworthy that American
bankers are arranging large credits
for European buyers of American
commodities, and preparations must
eventually be made for financing the
governmental war loans that can not
be taken by the people of the several
belligerent nations. Settlement of the
wage scale with sheet and tin plate
workers, permitting independent
plants to resume, was the most note
worthy development of the week in
iron and steel.
Considerable activity has prevailed
in the retail dry goods trade. In the
primary markets, cotton goods have
been stronger. Wholesalers are dis
playing more interest in the footwear
market.
Bank clearings for the week total
$3.50, 792,S91, a decrease of 1914 per
cent as compared with the same week
last year
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Kansas Railway Case Will Open
Here Tuesday.
Month of Oral and DOcumen-
tary Evidence.
They WANT HIGHER FARES
Effort to Make Passenger BuSi-
ness Pay Here.
Outcome of Old 2-Cent Order in
This State.

The public utilities commission has
cleared the decks for the passenger
rate hearing which begins next Tues
day morning. 1t is probable that the
case may continue an entire month
and much oral and documentary EVIL
dence will be offered. Representa-
tives of the thirteen railroads making
application for an increased passenger
fare have intimated that they viii re-
o1ire three weeks to make their case
Application for the increase IN pas
senger rates was filed with the com
mission last fall The case was set for
hearing in January, but postponed
that the new commission might pass
on the important question. This week
the commission was reorganized With
Joseph L. Bristow as chairman. he
will preside at the hearing which
opens Tuesday morning
In their application for an increase
in existing passenger rates, the rail-
roads do not ask for the restoration or
the three cent fare. They ask merely
for a rate that is just and equitable
in view of existing cost of operation.
One of the chief contentious before
the commission will be the fact that
since the two cent fare agreement IN
1903, cost of equipment and operation
has greatly increased and that receipts
and earnings have not kept pace with
the growing expense. In event an IN
crease in. rates is granted, the commits
sion will be at liberty to fix the rate.
operation in lieu of pending litigation
in other states concerning a two cent
fare law.
A large number Of attorneys for the
railroads will participate in the hear
ing and numerous experts will be
called to testify before the commits
sion. Four weeks may be required to
conclude the taking of testimony.
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TWICE ON SAME DAY
Charles Oldfield Indicted by *. c.
and Denver Grand Juries.

Kansas City, April 3.-CharIesI Old
field, railway mail clerk, was in
dicted by a federal grand jury in
Kansas City, Kan, late Friday,
charged with the theft of $4,000
from an A. T. & s. F. mail train be-
tween Kansas City and La Junta,
Colo, in April, 1912.
Because of doubt among federal
authorities as to whether the crime
was committed in Kansas or Colo
RADIO, grand iuries in both states had
been entrusted with the investigation
and as a result Oldfield also was in
dicted on the same charge in Denver
Friday The same witnesses who tes-
titled before the. Denver. jury ap-
peared here.
The stolen package was consigned
by registered mail from the Com
mercial and Continental National
bank of Chicago to the First National
bank of Pasadena, Cal.
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TODAY'S MARKET REPORT.

Chicago April 3-wHEAT-wheat tend
ed to sag in value owing to reports that
russia and Austria We're showing. signs. of
weather for the domestic winter crop
counted also against the bulls and so. too
did predictions of heavier world shipments
The market seemed to have but little power
to rally. After opening &c to lie lower
quotation seemed inclined TO keep within
the initial range.
., Later, however, offerings gave out and
ene market N took an upward swing ac-
count OF covering by shorts The close was
unsettled at kc to 115c net advance.
CORN-Corn eased off with wheat Be-
sides offerings from rural dealers west
were said to be little more liberal Open
ing prices, which varied from Il M3lc to
RQHsc lower, were followed by a slight
gan.
Losses were all overcome afterward when
wheat showed bulge. The close was steady
at shade off to shade up, compared
with Thursday night.
OATS-Oats took the same path as corn.
the dip. w
PROVISIONS-Fore orders gave pro-
visions a decided upturn. One packer
alone was said to have sold for expert one
million pounds of fat backs.
Chicago Grain Market
Chicago, April 3.-WHEAT-Close: May,
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Massachusetts, Senator Har-
monized Republicans.
Visit to Topeka Smoothed Over
Several Differences.
HAS AROUSED A new SPIRIT
He Was Applauded by Bristow,
Capper and Jackson.
All Factions Approved Remarks
on Business Regulation.

In the judgment of political lead
ers, the Weeks luncheon in Topeka
Friday brought together more warning
factions in the Republican party than
any political event since the party
breach in 1912. At the luncheon
tables sat the men who were most bit
ter enemies in the Roosevelt-Taft
fight. But in the interest of harmony
and the wiping out OF thlrd party,
Progressives and standpat Republl-
cans of yesterday cheered sentim ents
that once aroused the fighting spirits
of rabid fractional leaders.
Some of the men who have made
the most stubborn fights for SocaSed
progressive measures sat at the tables
with the men who fought and bled
and offered to lay down their lives
for the cause of Taft and Cannon in
the nation and Long and Curtis and
Clark and Dean in Kansas. 1t was
strange personnel. But the faces at
the Weeks luncheon meant one thing
in the opinion of men wise in politics
there will be no Progressive party in
Kansas in 1916.
The coming to Topeka of a man
who Victor Murdoch declared could
draw the support of Roosevelt, was
sufficient to attract some of the ultra
Progressives of recent date. Bristow,
jackson, Capper-once most rabid of
Kansas gressives-appiauded the
remarks of the Massachusetts senator
and counseled with him as to the fu-
ture. Seemingly Senator Weeks, look
ing on the horizon as a strong presi-
dental possibility, was progressive
enough to suit the progressive wing
of the party in Kansas-especially
when Murdoch had said that T. R.
could support the near Bostonian.
And at the tables with Capper,
Bristow and Jackson were other men
equally prominent in Kansas affairs
Curtis. Mulvane, Clark, Dean, Brew
other men at the luncheon were
among the number who organized the
Republican League and made the
fight of their lives for the Taft cause
in Kansas.
When Senator Weeks said that or
ganized business had been maltreated
by too much regulation, both crowds
applauded. To be sure the men who
represented both sides of the business
regulation idea in former years sat
at the luncheon. But now they viewed
the sentiments alike. When Senator
Weeks told of the iniquities of the
Democratic tariff, both the old guard
and the progressives and other cam
paigners yelled for a Republican
president The fight of Bristow
against Long was forgotten. The
CurtiS-StubbS battle was ancient his
tory. For a second the leaders thought
of the more recent Bristow-Curt
contest and turned over the page. 1t
was all past and. buried and forgot
ten now.
Kansas political leaders were out to
eliminate a third party in 1916 and
Senator Weeks was the basis of har-
mony in the campaign to send a Re-
publican to the White House.
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CITY ATTORNEY
FLAYS PETITIONS
CONTINUED from Page one.1

Continued from Page One.J
herein and as set forth in said writ;
that number of citizens, whose
names appeared upon said petition,
have filed affidavits with defendant,
Z. b. Burge as city clerk of said city,
to the effect that they did not sign,
nor did they authorize any other per-
son to sign, their names to said petit
ton; and that said petition contained
the names of persons purporting to
have signed the same several months
after their death.
'fThat defendant, c. B. Burge as
city clerk of said city, after counting
all the unauthorized and irregular and
false signatures of every kind and
character and the names of the de-
parted, appearing upon said petition,
found that said petition contained only
1879 signatures, and on March 5,
1915, under date of March 5, 1915 he
certified and reported to said mayor
ana commissioners that said petition
was insufficient upon it's face to
authorize the calling of the election
therein requested, and, for this reason,
ne considered it useless to examine
the voters register in the office of the
commissioner of elections of said city
for the purpose of ascertaining wheth-
er or not said petition had been signed
by the requisite number of electors
and he therefore had not made such
examination; which said report was
accepted and approved and placed on
file by said mayor and commissioners;
COPY Oh Wnlcn said report is hereto
attached, marked Exhibit d. and
made part of this return.
That the total number of electors
appearing on the voters register in the
office of commissioner of elections of
the city of Topeka, at the time of the
filing of said petition, was 6,97S; that
section 1241 of the general statutes of
Kansas of 1909 requires said petition
to be signed by not less than % per
cent of the electors of said city, towit,
4,z46; that said petition contained
only 1879 signatures and was. there
fore, insufficient upon it's face to au-
thorfze the mayor and commissioners
to call the election therein reouestad
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old NEGRO MELODIES
Hampton Institute Singers at the
Auditorium Tonight.

There will be a meeting at the Audi
forum tonight under the auspices of
the Topeka Federation of Churches in
the interests of the Hampton Institute
of Hampton, Va. The Hampton sing
ers will render old plantation melo-
dies in approved style, and Major
Robert Morton, next to Booker T.
Washington in influence in the south,
will speak. Arthur Capper. governor,
will preside.
Robert E. Malone, who is now di-
recter of agriculture in the Topeka
Industrial and Educational institute,
Topeka, is carrying into his everyday
work the helpful lessons of work,
thrift and racial good will which he
learned at Hampton Institute-the
pioneer industrial school for negroes
and Indians which was opened in 1868
by General S. c. Armstrong near Fort
resS Monroe, Virginia
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-03

Robert W. Wooley, who was re-
Gently appointed to succeed George
E Roberts as director of the U. S.
mint, is a well known news and
magazine writer. He first came into
prominence as special Investigator
with Congressman Stanley in the
steel trust investigation. Later he
became auditor for the interior de-
partment, the position he just left.
II the last presidential campaign he
served in literary capacity, writing
many partisan articles for the news
papers and magazines.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-03
Rome's Colossal Fish Pond.

. The duke of Sermoneta, who is act
ing as president of the committee
formed in Rome to promote the in
dependence of Poland, ranks among
the greatest land owners in Italy,
Fogliano, his estate near the Pontine
marshes, extending to $4,000 acres
mainly under grass, for the duke owns
vast herds of cattle, The most pro-
ductive portion of the estate, however
is lake several miles long and about
a mile in breadth, which, from the
time of the Roman empire downward,
has supplied fish for the market in
Rome. Whenever there is flood
caused by rain on the hills, the lake
into the sea. The sea fish find their
way through into the lake, remain to
fatten in the fresh water, and then
are captured on their return by an
ingenious labyrinth constructed of
reeds into which they swim. They are
of the best kind-chief1y gray mullet.
London Chronicle.
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WILLARD JUMPS
TO A FAvOR|TE
tcontinued from page one.I

longer for the sake of the movies. He
IS tricky fellow. L know him like
q book Willard, a rawboned young
ster' you might say. is pitted against
Wore glove. Say, if that cowboy
lasts ten rounds I will be more than
surprised. He hasn't a ghost of a
CHANGE OF beating the man who licked
our Jim Jeffries.''
Burns on Willard
New Orleans, April 3-Jess Willard
has no stronger hacker anywhere in
the world than Tommy Burns. ex-
heavyweight champion, who lost his
title to johnson in an Australian ring
leans fight promoter.
Burns believes Willard is a sure
winner. He has never seen the big
white man in action but says that if
willard adheres to his determination
to make Johnson force the fighting
that the cowboy will finish with flv-
ing colors.
johnson never was game" said
Burns: IF Willard is half as tough
as he is cracked up to be, he will cas-
lily weather twenty rounds with the
negro, for Johnson cannot hit hard
at all and I look for Willard to out
game him every second after tba
twentieth round.
Willard has everything in his fav-,
or-youth, height, reach, courage and
the punch. Johnson is the biggest dub
In the world unless he can induce his
opponent to come to him. I look for
Willard to stop the negro inside of
35 rounds"
AS Runyan Sees 1t.
Havana, April st seems to be
generally accepted by nearly all the
in Cuba as an almost fore
gone conclusion that Jess Willard will
beat Jack Johnson said Damon Rum
yam today yet on the strength of
their workouts Friday with johnson
in good condition, it should not be
even close"
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New York Stock Market.

Wall St, New York, April 3.-STOCKS-
Considerable activity attended today's short
market session but more than proper
tionate share of the trading was in issues
were strong on a revival of dividend
mors. Rock Island moved in uncertain
fashion declining about three points and
then recovering. Other stocks, like Read
ing Union Pacific, Southern Pacific, United
States Steel and Amalgamated Copper were
comparative inactive until the final deal
ings when they recorded substantial ad-
vances Bethlehem Steel made a further
recovery of two points from it's recent de-
cline. Less prominent specialties gained
from to points. The closing strong.
Bonds were irregular.
Market leaders opened with general advance
today but soon reacted while the special
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-03
MARRIED WHILE DRUGGED.
Woman Says Husband Took Unfair
Advantage to Marry Her.

Independence, Kan, April s.-A
remarkable story was told in the
county attorneys office here Friday
by Mrs. Fred Cox, of Coffeyville, who
charged that she had been drugged
and while ina dazed condition forced
to marry man named Eugene Beat
tie, also of Coffeyville, although she
was not divorced from Cox. Beattie
is not divorced from his own legal
spouse, she alleges.
The marriage of Beattie occurred
in the probate judges office Wednes-
day afternoon, she alleges
Mrs. Cox said Beattie and his sis
ter had been staying at the Cox home.
There was trouble and Mrs. Cox left
Her husband followed and persuaded
her to return. When they reached
home, she says, Beattie was in charge
of the house and used a shotgun in
compelling Cox to stay out She en-
tered A quarrel followed, resulting in
headache and she was given a tab
let. Later when she awoke she was
informed by Beattie she was his wife
and the marriage certificate was pro-
duced- Frightened, she sought a law
yer, who sent her to- the prosecutor.
Beattie was arrested, charged with
bigamy and perjury.
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Weekly Rank Statement.

New York, April 3.-The statement of
the actual condition of clearing house
banks and trust companies shows that
they hold S14S, 25S. O4O reserve in excess of
legal requirements. This is a decrease of
81 617,7 from last week. The statement
follows
Actual condition: Increase
Loans, etc. So, 399, 042 900 S14, 222 900
Reserve on own
vaults (b) 1900. 392, 1873 600 *3,4OS, 900
Reserve in federal
reserve banks -. 11S,6T6OOO 3.621 900
Reserve in oher de-
positaries -. 35.O42 600 234S. 900
Net demand deposits 2,502, $4,000 %. 252. 600
Net time deposits. III 100000 23S1 900
Circulation 37.603OO0 Il, 020, 900
OBJ of which 1921 PSI 900 is specie
Aggregate reserve .....-.--.S5 45. S51. 900
Excess reserve -. las, 25S 040 H1.617.720
Summary of state banks and trust COM
panies in Greater New York not included
in clearing house statement:
Loans, etc. ........S 56057S. 900 S eli. 500
Specie. .....-.. AZ 1881 700 s24O 500
Leg aI tender fender 9s72's 500 Il e0o
Banks cash reserve in vaults. SO. $50 900
Trust companies cash reserve
III NauitS ...........s........ -4o,O1a. oOU
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AN AUTOMOBILE MYSTERY.
Empty Blood Soaked Car Found on
Roadside Near Parsons

Parsons, Kan, April 3.-What may
be a motor car murder mystery is
being Investigated by the police here.
A KisSeu machine was found aban-
doned Friday morning on a country
road four miles east of the city. Blood
was spattered on the back seat and
in the tonneau of the car. The ma
chine was covered with mud and bolts
were loose and broken, showing that
it had been put through a long, hard
drive. A search of the surrounding
country has failed to reveal anything
that might be connected with the ma
chine
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Fruit and Produce

FURNISHED by s F lux.1
NAVEL oRANGE SsgfPt box boR, $ a2E@
FLORIDA GRAPEFRUIT Per box.
BANANAs-Extra fancy. per h., a%c;
LEM6Ns-Per box, $3.50
APPLES-Jonathan, fancy, per box.
$16O; Arkansas BLACKS, per bu., $1.75;
wssnTeRsaap%si B PsFF R hq ser crate 1928
:, CRANBERRIEs-Per Dbl, $4.75; per
CALIFORNIA RHUBARB- Per box,
$2.25; in less than original boxes, per
LETTUCE-Fancy hot house, per basket,
CALIFORNIA CABBAGE-Crated, per
S EI gw FoTAT E1T54oEs@ bp s25 ,,
per bu, s1.a5;; Red Jerseys, per b1.. $50:
Southern Queen, per bu.,. $50; White
Vans, per bu.. $3.50; Black Spanish. per
BEETS-Per bu.. .75c.
PARSNIPS-Per bu., 75c.
RED GLOBE oNIoNsIPer bu., SIPS.
o% per b @hi Rsr per- Su Bus 600 gel
RADISHEs-Per doz., 4Oc; in lots OF 3
dG GREEN EFT d 0N1o 5ls doz.. 4oc.
new BEETsNPer doz;, SOC
FANCY FLORIDA TOMATOES-Choice.
crate $40; choice, per crate. 500
- crate. 81 Is i@'e' ''''0' Pe'
y NEW PoTAToEs- hamper, $3.50.
MINNESOTA BURBANK POTATOES
Per bu., zoe.
M aEXSESP Ar KIN SfSERs Rg: roc.
in e HI lRSs re 1H 9 bu, csc
OYSTERS-35Q50c per can; $1.5O62OO
per gal.
COCOANUTS-Per doz., soc; per sack.
original, $3.50.
HONEY-No. 1 White Comb, Colorado.
per case. $500.
pop CORN-white Rice variety. per lb..
3%c.
pop CORN-In original sacks. contain
ing 100 lbs, per lb.. SIC. -
BULK DATES-71zc per lbs; package
CHEESE[Per Ib 1714@19tac 5fs's
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new CLAIM AGENT.
Topeka Railway Officer Goes to Rock
Island in Topeka.

E. H. Rowell, for the past year a
claim agent for the Topeka Railway
company, has resigned his position
with that company to take a similar
one with the Rock Island.
Mr.. RoweH was with the Rock Is
land before but left that company to
take the Topeka railway position
about a year ago. The appointment
took effect April 1.
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New Kansas wesleyan Head.

Salina, Kan, April 3.-Dr. John F.
Harmon, president of the McKendree
college at Lebanon. Ill, has been
elected to the presidency of the Kan
sas Wesleyan university here to sue
coed DR.. r. p. Smith, resigned. Doc
tor Smith leaves June 1 to take the
secretaryship of Bethany hospital,
Kansas City, Kan
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ties notably Motor shares, again moved
upward, though in more moderate degree.
Rock Island showed increasing heaviness,
opening with one lot of 1,6O0 shares at
2S% to 2SA, maximum decline OF q.
aud later declining to 26A. This compares
with its recent high price of 1864.
In the group of high grade railway is
sues, Canadian Pacific showed gain OF
noint Trading was comparatively light,
with Il small attendance on the exchange.
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to the voters of Topeka-a clean,
stra1ghtforward business administra-
ton that shall be creditable to this
capital city and to it's high-class, pro-
gressive citizenship.
advertisement
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New York Produce Market.

New York. April 3-BUTTER-Market
firm Creamery extras (92 score), 3113c.
EGGS-Market firmer. Fresh gathered
extras. 22c.
CHEESE-Market steady. State whole
milk fresh specials, 15@15Ac.
POULTRY-Alive, firmer; western fowls,
lie.
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Kansas City, April 8.
Liverpool Grain Market.

Liverpool, April 3.-WHEAT-Spot No.
Manitoba, 13s 91ad; No. 2, 13s Sd; No 5,
lbs AID.
CORN-Spot, American mixed, new,
Is 719d; American mixed, old, So I'D fu-
lures not quoted. Holiday in provisions.
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St. Joseph, April 3-HOIS.,ReceIpts
2.1OO. Market strong to &c higher. Top,
sc. So: bulk of sales $6T5G6S0.
CATTLE-Receipts So Market steady.
Steers S7O0@S.25; cows and heifers, $4,000
S.25: calves, $7.00@S.75.
SHEEP-Receipts none. Lambs, $9.5OQ
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II, S1.1O5s.

81, 5sH July. 81 .22% September. s1-1oss.
CORN-May, 73c; July, 751ac.
OATS-May, SIC; July, sac.
PORK-May, ST.. 10; July, SLIGO.
LARD-May, $1015; July, 5000.
SHORT RIBS-May, 1897; July, $1,000.
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Kansas City Produce Market.
Chicago Produce Market

Chicago, April 3.-BUTTER-Market I'M
changed.
EGGS-Market lower. At mark, cases
@171ac; firsts, ISL @1S1ac.
POTATOES-Mar higher. Michigan
and Wisconsin red, 35@40c; ditto white,
35G43c.
POULTRY-Alive, higher fowls, 141sc ;
springs, lie.
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Federal Reserve Statement.

Washington, April 3.-Gold coin and GER
tificates in the hands of the federal reserve
banks decreased about s., O00, 900 during the
last week, while legal tender and silver GER
tificateS increased about So, SOC, OOO accord
ing to the statement of condition, April 2,
issued today by the federal reserve board.
1t shows:
Resources:
Gold coin and certificates. 800. $3.50, lie, 900
Legal tender notes, silver GER
tificates and subsidiary coin. 25,627, 900
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wichita April 3.-HOGS-Receipts 500.
Market strong. Top, $3.50; bulk of sales,
$6650I6.75.
CATTLE+Receipts 100. Market normal.
Native steers, SS.O00S.00; cows and heifers,
$4.75@7.25; bulls, $4.50@5.50; calves, $1,000
925