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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-15
TO TALK OVER GAS
Utilities Commission of Two
States to Meet in X. G..
Evidence Gathered at Topeka
Will Be Considered.

Mem berS of the public utilities COM
missions of Kansas and Missouri will
meet in Kansas City this month to talk
over the gas situation. They will dis
cuss rates and regulations. AS a re-
suit of the conference, it is probable
be held in allegiance pending action
by the Missouri commission.
Inc Kansas City conference was
scheduled for Wednesday of this week.
This meeting has been postponed and
details of the gas situation as affecting
towns in the two states will not be
considered until later in the month.
Evidence in the Kansas gas rate
case was recently heard by the utilities
commission and the case closed last
week. Now the Missouri commission
expects to look into the gas question
both as to supply and rates which
should reasonably be charged by dis
tributing companies
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-15
AT THE THEATERS.
At Garfield Park.

Garfield pictures today and tonight
are The Heart of Man." a story of
the west in Gold Days" with plenty
of romance and adventure, then THE
Girl and the Butterfly a drama,
closing with Lady Audley's Secret
a burlesque featuring Charles DeFor-
rest.
Tonight the dancers will have con-
troll OF the pavilion the entire evening.
AT the Iris.
The five act William A Brady drama,
THE Boss" is the bill at the Iris to-
night UnQueStionably, this drama is
one OF the strongest released in some
time Edward Sheldon'S play fur
nished likely material for a screen
story that was used TO excellent pur-
pose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-15
KANSAS FIRMS
NAMED IN ORE
CUSTER ACTION
Attorney General Barker OF
Missouri Files Charges.
Alleges Twenty-Eight Com
panies i'm Combination.
ILLEGAL CONTROL OF PRICES
Court Asked to Name Man
to Take Evidence.
Urges Fines and Punishment ii
Allegations Are True.
Attorney General Barker o
Missouri Files Charges.
Alleges Twenty-Eight Com
panies i'm Combination.
ILLEGAL CONTROL OF PRICES
Court Asked to Name Man
TO Take Evidence.

Jefferson City, June 15.-Attorney
General Barker today filed an lnforna-
Hon in the state supreme court against
tventy-eight companies alleged inter-
ested in the purchase of zinc ore III
the Missouri district, stating he had
reasons for believing that they were
in an unlawful combination to control
prices. He asked the court to appoint
a commissioner to take testimony
with the ultimate view OF tlllng pro-
ceedings against any one or all the
companies the Testimony may show
guilty of the practices charged and
holding them fined, or ousted' or poth-
Finds No Competition.
, II is alleged that a few buyers for
the big smelling companies make their
purchases weekly and at uniform
prices and there is no competition.
Kansas Companies Named.
The companies named in the petit
ton are:
York; BartlesvilIe Zinc company of
New York; LanyonStarr Smelling
company of New Jersey; MetaIlurS1c
Company of America of New Jersey;
Vogelstein & Co. and smelters doing
business under the name of Ludwig
Vogelstein and Ernest c. Hobhorn,
special partner, and Aaron Hirsche,
AZ Broadway, New York; American
Zinc Lead and Smelling company OF
Maine; American Zinc company of
Illinois; National Zinc company of
New York; United States Zinc and
Chemical company of New Jersey;
Chanute Zinc company of Kansas;
Collinsville Zinc company of Illinois;
Grantby Mining and Smelling COM
pany of Missouri; Hegler Zinc COM
pany of Illinois; Illinois Zinc COM
pany of Illinois: MathiesSen and Hele-
ger Zinc company of Illinois; Missouri
Zinc company of Illinois; PittSburg
Zinc company of Kansas: William
Isanyon, doing business under the
name of Robert LanyOn Zinc and Acid
company, Pierce building, St Louis;
Sandoval Zinc company of Illinois;
New Jersey Zinc company Of New Jer-
sey; Tulsa Fuel and Manufacturing
company of Kansas City; Mineral
Point Zinc company of New Jersey;
Prime Western Smelling company fOf
New Jersey; United States Zinc COM
pany; Edgar Zinc company of Mis-
souri,; GraSSelli Chemical company of
Ohio; Joplin Separating company of
Missouri.
Companies Licensed.
The attorney general said that out
side of the Missouri corporations
named. the only ones licensed to do
business in this state are American
Zinc, Lead and Smelling company;
GrasselH Chemical company, and the
Illinois Zinc company, and that all
the other persons, partnerships, COM
panies and corporations named are
transacting the same business in this
state that is being transacted by the
companies organized in this state or
licensed to do business here"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-15
CLEMENCY IS URGED.
Friends of w. 1. Arnold Apply to
Governor for Parole.

Governor Capper is today hearing
the application for a parole for VIII
liam | Arnold, sent to the penitentiary
from Dickinson county nine years ago
for the murder of his wife. Arnold
IS serving a life sentence and for some
time has been a truSty at the Lansing
state prison.
Several of Arnold's friends appeared
before the governor today to urge
clemency. Members of the board OF
corrections are in Topeka this week
attending the semi -annual contract
letting and they will be consulted by
the governor before action is taken.
Arnold was convicted of murder and
sent to the penitentiary in 1906. He
was charged with the murder OF his
wife and after the killing, it is
claimed, the man attempted to end his
own life AS a result of a cash in his
throat, use of a metal tube was made
necessary.
Since going to Lansing, Arnold has
been a model prisoner. He has been
a trusty and because of the fact that
no clemency was shown by a preced-
ing executive, the issuance of parole
is being urged before Governor Cap
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-15
KANSAS WINS 40
SunflOWer State Is Cleaning Up
at Frisco Fair.
Leading the Country in Agricul-
turaI Prize Award.

Kansas is beating the world in agri-
cultural displays at the Panama-Pa-
cific exposition. In the next Few days
the grand award on all agricultural
offerings will be made. Already Kan
sas has carried away forty agricultural
prizes and the contest Tor first place is
between the sunflower state and Mon
tana.
At the San Francisco fair, proud.
naughty and boastful Illinois and
Iowa are declared to De out of the run
ming. They are trailing Kansas in
agricultural offerings and Montana is
declared to be the only real opposition
which Kansas must meet in winning
the big prize on all displays.
The first prize for wheat went to
Kansas without close competition
Minnesota, the Dakotas and Nebraska
were never in the fight, it is asserted,
when the Kansas wheat display ar
rived. To date forty prizes-gold, sill
yer and bronze-have been awarded
the Kansas exhibitors and in a few
days when the grand award is made
for all agricultural displays, kanSans
expect to be at the top.
A letter received today by w. F.
Benson, state bank commissioner and
a member of the Panama-Pacific ex-
position commission, tells of the big
winnings of the Kansas crop displays.
The letter which came from an au-
thoritative source, says:
Now Kansas is waiting for the
grand prize, with only Montana as real
competition. The state already has
swept away forty prizes, gold, silver
and bronze and has won the grand
priX.''
In crop production last year, Kan
sas ranked third, with Illinois and
Iowa holding first and second place.
Now, Benson believes the state is
about to outdistance the world in her
crop displays at the big fair.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-15
MAIL BY MOTOR CAR.
To Be Operated Over
Two Rural Routes.

Motor mail service two Topeka
rural routes will tomorrow become a
reality, when two new routes will be
opened. One of the routes will run
south from Station B. The other will
run from the main postoffice through
Highland Park.
This morning, George Gleisner and
T: T. Rowe were notified that they
had been appointed to carry mail over
the two routes. Automobi will be
used in making the trips. The cars
are owned by the carriers.
The motor service is regarded as
forerunner for the installation of sew
eral motor trucks for mail service in
Topeka by the government.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-15
WILSON GREETS TYKES
President Shakes Hands With Several Hun
bred Youngsters.

Washington. June 15.-President Wilson
shook hands today with several hundred
boys and girls from different parts of the
country.
The call of six of the children was the
result of correspondence between the pres
ident and Charles Beales the small son of
Representative-electC c. W. Beales of Gettys-
burg, Pa. Unknown to his parents the boy
wrote the president several days ago saw
ing he would like to see him. The presi-
the boy told his father and was taken to
the White House with five brothers and
sisters.
A large group of boys and girls from the
immaculate Conception school in Balti-
more, also the president
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-15
TO GOOD BUSINESS.
Shows Open a Weeks En-
gagement in North Topeka.

To an unusually large crowd, the
w. S. BrundaSe shows opened Monday
night for an all week stand in North
Topeka opposite Garfield park. Pitch
ing the tents in circle on the grounds
was completed early in the evening
and long before dark the sputter of
motors started the amusements NOV
ing,
Officials of the shows say they are
more than pleased with the reception
given the organization. The three
big tops were filled during the en-
tire evening and the sideshows were
equally crowded.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-15
To IMPROVE CHURCH,
First English Lutherans Plan Build.
ing Betterments

AT a meeting of the congrega ton
of the First English Lutheran church
held last night plans for Improvement
and repairs for the church were made
and a committee was appointed to
carry out the program. The commit
tee consists of the pastor, Rev. M. F.
TroXell, Messrs. c. w. Horn E. H
Rudy. A. V. Lindell, and H. W. Nc
Afee.
The improvements include the re-
placing of the old shingle roof towers
with modern turrets and the cover
ing OF the entire building with
asbestos cement tinted coating SO that
the whole structure will look like
new The church is located at Fifth
and Harrison streets.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-15

money or property. They were mar
ried December %, 1914.
Myrtle Baskins and George Craw-
ford were the principals in a case last
winter in which Miss Baskins sued
Crawford for several thousand dollars
on a charge of breach of promise. The
trlal was unusually sensational and at
tracted much attention. The case was
dismissed when the plaintiff and de-
PENDANT compromised by getting mar
RED. They have lived since their mar
rage at III Branner street.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-15
BULGARIA TO GET IN.
Balkan States Said to Have Placed
Big War Order Here.

Rome, June 5.-UnconfilTned re-
port that Bulgaria has placed a big
order for arms and ammunition in
America. payable through a German
bank, caused a sensation in political
circles here this afternoon.
Bulgarian Minister Rizow refused
to comment on the report, but coming
on the heels of the war party's victory
in the Greek election and the report
that Rumania had about decided to
enter the war on the side of the allies
it aroused wide speculation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-15
WARNS HARVEST HANDS
Federal Agent Denounces Mushroom
Employment Agencies.

Kansas City, Mo-, June 15.-Mush-
room employment agencies. which col
lect a fee from each applicant and
then ship him to the harvest fields,
were blamed today by Federal Employ
ment Agent Green for the filling of
Kansas and Oklahoma with men be-
heving the wheat is ready to cut.
Green issued a warning to harvest
hands not to start for the wheat coun-
try until supplied with exact Informal
ton as to when and where they are
needed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-15
SUES FOR DIVORCE.
Myrtle Baskins Crawford Charges Hus-
band With Neglect of Duty.

Suit for divorce has been filed in the
district court by Myrtle Baskins Craw-
ford against George Crawford. The
petition alleges gross neglect of duty
Mrs. Crawford states that her husband
was preparing to move the household
goods from their home at PIT Branner
street, and she secured a restraining
order to prevent him from moving his
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-15
PRINTER STAYS HIS KIN
Kansas City (Kan.) Man Peacefully
Sleeps After Shooting Up Home.

Kansas City, Kan, June 15.-Fred
Wing, a printer, who shot and killed
his father-in-law, John Crist. and
wounded his wife and her mother in a
family quarrel in this city last night,
was found sleeping on a cot in the
shop where he was employed. He was
taken to police headquarters, where he
is detained pending filing a formal
charge against him.
Wings wife and her mother were
reported improving today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-15
Thief LOCKS IN BANKER
st. Louis County Institution Is Robbed
of $4,000

st. Louis, June 15.-The Gravois
bank of st. Louis county, outside the
st. Louis city limits, was robbed of
$4,000 today, after the cashier had
been locked in a tellers cage
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-15
BILLIARD To GO FREE.
Federal Court Grants Immunity to
Indicted Railroad Director.

New York, June 15.-The federal
district court today granted immun-
ity to John L. Billiard, former director
of the New York, New Haven &. Hart
ford Railway company, who was in
dicted with twenty other directors,
past and present, for alleged criminal
violation of the antitrust law
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-15
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY.

LOST-Auto crank. Finder please return to
Kansas Motor Car Co, 52G Quincy.
FOR SALE-In choice location, 50 IT front
with rooms. besides large bath, pantry
closets and finished third floor, ali modern
Auto driveway and good barn. Call phone
397 or 397 RE-.
CALL the Topeka hatchery for thorough
bred baby chicks Rose Comb Rhode Is
land Red, White LeghorD. White wyan-
dottes, all from heavy winter layers, 81 per
dozen. Phone 1857 N-3.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-15

bers of complaints have reached the COVER
nor recently that working conditions,
especially ventilation. in the mine. were
poor. Thursday. Joke Fleming, jr.. a
miner, was caught in gas pocket and
burned severely. report of this acct
dent. together with the complaints, reached
the governor TODAY
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-15
MORCAN'S SON Welded
Scion of Banker Takes Composers
Daughter as Bride.

Dedham, Mass. June 15.-Junius
Spencer Morgan, son of J. P. Morgan
of New York. and Miss Louise Con-
verse, daughter of Frederick S Con-
verse, a we'll known composer of Bos-
ton, were married in ST. PauFs Epis-
copal church here today.
The ceremony was witnessed by
about 900 friends and relatives
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-15
PAX|CO WINS GAME.
Sensational Fielding Enables Them to De-
feat Topeka White SOx Team.

Paxico. Kan. June 15.-Paxico defeated
the oTpeka White Sox team here by the
score of to /. Sensational fielding on
pitching were the features of the game
The score: r. H. E.
PaX1co
Batteries: Herington and Price; W. ).
Fuller and Burk.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-15
NOT ON APPROVAL.

Eight merchants are said to have
entered into an agreement to send
no more goods out on approval
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-15
Strike Breakers on WAY.

Syracuse. n. Y, June 15.-Five
hundred strike breakers recruited in
New York and bound for Chicago to
take the places on the trolley and
elevated roads, passed through SYRIA
cuSe today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-15
DEATHS AND FUNERALS.

Jesse F. Metty, son of the late DR..
Sol Metty died recently in Columbia
Mo. after an illness of over three
years. Mrs. Metty. his mother, and
w. L. Metty, a brother have returned
from Columbia where they went to at
tend the funeral. Mr.. Metty's death
was caused by articular rheumatism.
The funeral was held in the Sacred
Heart Catholic church in -Colum bia
Mr.. Metty was born in Wamego Kan.
He was forty years old at the time of
his death. He is survived by his wife
his mother, Mrs. Margaret Metty; four
sisters, MIS-. F. E. Richmond and Miss
Gertrude Metty of Topeka; Mrs. q. r..
Pwinton, Kansas City. and Mrs. F.. r..
Greenfield of Denver; three brothers.
George A Metty of Los Angeles; G. p
Metty of Chicago. and w. l.. Metty of
Topeka. Mr.. Metty was for eighteen
years sales manager for mercantile
houses in Kansas City, Topeka and
Houston, Texas.
Ada Leila Peterson, wife of Elmer
peterson. died today at her home. 101O
East Sixth street. The funeral will be
held at O'Clock Wednesday afternoon
from the residence. Interfnent in Mt
Auburn cemetery
Joseph Thornburg. age "a, died last
evening at his home in Garfield Place
me body will be taken to Wheeling.
w. Va, for burial
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-15
Bryan Denies 1t.
PIPE ORGAN RECITAL.
Miss Juanita Ladd in Concert at
Auditorium Wednesday.

Miss Juanita Laid will give her reg
ular pipe-organ recital at the audi
forum tomorrow at noon. Miss Laid
is a sister ofsPearl Laid, the little
''shut-in'' who sdied recently. Miss
Ladd is axtalented musician and plays
the pipe organ exceptionally well for
one so young. No admission is
charged to these concerts and every
one is invited. Following is the pro-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-15
BRYAN AND CHAPLIN,
Former Secretary of State May Go
Acting With Movie Comedian.

New York, June 15.-May be it will
be Bryan and Chaplin.
Anyhow Mr.. Bryan may go into
the movies, according to reports in
political circles. Persons who usually
hear correctly were told that a large
movie concern had offered the one
time secretary of state 100000 to
pose for a series of films.
They were also told that while no
agreement has been reached, the pic
ture concern has reason to believe
that the cOmmOHer is giving very Sc
rious consideration to the offer.
Bryan Denies 1t.
Washington, June Is. Bryan
laughed today at a report that he had
received a 100000 offer to appear
in the movies. Nothing of the kind"
he said.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-15
To Investigate Pittsburg Mine.

John Pellegrino, state mine inspector.
with headquarters in Pittsburg, today was
ordered by Governor Capper to make an
exhaustive investigation into conditions in
Mine No 45 of the Central Coal and Coke
G" - ''sr'@ro - Gre wfOrd county. Num-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-15
Wife Divorces Warrior.

Kansas City, Mo-, June 15.-John
Van De Weghe, a Belgian, who left
his wife last October to go back to
Europe to enlist in King Albert's
army, was divorced by the WIFE Mrs
Sidnie Van De Weghe here today.
The wife charged desertion in her
petition
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-15
Germans Capture Moscisl.a

Berlin, June 15.-Official annOunce-
ment was made in Berlin today that
the Austro-German forces operating in
Galicia had captured the town of
Mosciska
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-15
MARION INGALLS, DEAD
Daughter of Late Kansas Senator Ex-
pires in Kansas City.

Kansas City, Mo, June 15.-Mrs.
Marion ingalls, Hunt, a daughter of
the late Senator John J. Ingalls, of
Kansas, died today at a local hospital
after a brief illness. Mrs. Hunt was
the wife of DR.. J. f. Hunt of this city
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-15
Unsurpassed, Unequaled
Piano Bargains
Jenkins

This. indeed. is a fruitful
opportunity for the June
piano buyer. for the used
pianos Jenkins now offer
represent the largest amount
of reliable piano quality at an
exceptionally m a price.
Nor is this an idle assertion.
One look through our sales
.rooms will convince the most
critical. In fact, many who
did not intend to buy at this
time wisely saw they could
not afford to miss these re-
markable money saving val
Jenkins plan of plainly
one price to all, the lowest
price possible. or represent
ing the condition of each in
strument exactly as it is. does
away with all the uncertainty
usually attached to a pur-
chase of this nature. How
ever, no piano is allowed to
go on our sales floors until
it has been so carefully, so
thoroughly overhauled and
refiniShed that it is absolute
ly in the best condition posi-
BILE. And this fact means a
great deal, for Jenkins repair
department is one of the
largest and best equipped in
the country and only the
most skilled mechanics are
employed. Moreover, no mat
ter how little you care to pay
for an instrument our large
stock gives a most ample as
sortment and wide range to
select from. Whether it be
$65-for we have used pianos
as low as that-or whether it
be $1,000. you can be assured
of the same courteous treat
ment. the same fair and
square dealing and full dol
lars worth for every dollar
spent. Also the comfortable
terms is another one of the
advantageous features of the
jenkins plan OF selling
monthly installments as low
as SIS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-15

f. A Rooster, D. d. s.. 10 Mills
Bldg Special attention given to pyor-
rhea and oral prophyiaxis.-Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-15

Safety razor blades sharpened better this
new, 2oc-S5c doz- Brunt Drug Co.-Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-15

Big money saved by the Santa F
Tour Co on first class trips to the Sal
Francisco fair. See II. P. Richards. 5 1
New England Bldg. p. 1524.-Adt
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-15

A small house in the 500 block on
North Polk street, occupied by Kale
Gilkey, negro, caught fire at
o'clock this afternoon. The blaze was
extinguished in a short time and the
damage was slight.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-15

Do not fail to get our estimate or
that lumber bill. ]. B. Whelan & Co.
I'll E 4th. Phone ss5.-Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-15

Australia in 1913 imported $685.
977 worth of cement
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-15

St Louis. Mo. June 15.=The tenth an
nual western handicap shoot of the inter
state association opened today with a pro-
groom OF ten fifteen target events. Amateur
and professionals from every mid -wesfern
state and a few from the east are PARTED
pants in the shoot
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-15

Union Pacific train No. 119, at 1:45
o'clock tonight, bound for the Pacific
coast, will contain four sections This
heavy increase in traffic is due to a
large touring party from Nashville,
Tenn. On the Rock Island, the tour
lists from Tennessee, numbering 1S5,
came through on extra sections on
their way to the California fairs. On
No. 81 this afternoon, over the Rock
Island, Governor Ralston of Indiana
and his party in a special car, passed
through Topeka
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-15
LOCAL MENTION.

DIR. Atwood, Eye. Ear. Nose.
Throat. 623 Kansas Ave. Phone 1883
white.-Adv.