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The Washington herald., 1916-01-05

And tried TO make It fashionable
The directors insisted he sell eotktsils
two for a quarter.
So he quit
Baxter Is a brave man.
, Not because he has hired Josie Collins
No. indeed, Another word fits that.
But because saw him rescue a drown
ing man at White sulphur.
The drowning man was a fool from
Florida
He could not swim a stroke.
50 he went down the slide into the pool
where II was twelve feet deep.
Nobody was in the deep end Of the
Baxter was on the balcony twenty feet
above.
Fully dressed even to eyeglasses and
cigarette.
He saw the fool come up the second
time
Jumped on the railing and dove.
All alone he dragged the fool TO safety.
And then told him what he thought OF
him.
/ imagine he can boss moving-pIcture
actors.
Edgar whitebridge Is secretary OF the
London Underground Company.
He has come over to buy supplies for
the road.
He says it's impossible to get them in
England
Albert Stanley is the general manager
of the whole London system.
II includes the underground tram cars
and motor buses.
! should say Sir Albert, as he was
knighted last year.
He is a young man.
And he learned his job here.
Used to manage trolleys in Jersey.
Then went to London as Yerkes' sec
retary.
Now has risen TO the very top.
He plays an excellent game Of poker
Although he is English by birth.
President Todd talked TO me about
potatoes.
He is president Of the Aroostook rail-
road In Maine.
1t runs away from Bangor up into the
Maine woods
And gets lost.
Aroostook potatoes are famous.
They are all as big as your foot.
And there is a bushel to a hill.
This year the crop is small
Potatoes as good as ever, but the yield
only one-half OF normal
All on account Of the war.
Lack of fertilizer.
President Reid, OF the Newfoundland
railroad to the rescue.
He is spending millions on q fertilizer
plant
Somewhere up in Newfoundland.
II is TO grind up rock that has the
right chemical properties.
But he expects to get his money back
And not take pay In potatoes either.
That's all OF that deal.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-05
WASHINGTON PRODUCE.

Quotations riTen below for large lots o. sod
marketable goods only. Jobbers' prices are higher
Lower grades may be sold for less. Fancy god,
Command higher prices
The prodnce market continued firm aeain yester.
day. Quotations ou hens adranced to ieal7 cents
under firm demand prcsailing over light rec-irts
Receipts Of the other live poultry were moderate
quotations remaining firm Live stock firm. Dressed
hogs continued scarce at same figure.
Pure butter was on s5 cents all around.
EGGs--Frrsh. per doz., 3oass; do. Southern nm
BurTER-Best prints. new. per b. W.: rrocrss
.: under grade. Gsamery. za,p: store-acked- IAN
The Washington herald., 1916-01-05
Tragedy Over Taxi Bill Dispute.

Cleveland. Ohio. Jan. 4.-John H
Brown. shipping broker, was killed to-
day during a dispute which arose
over a taxicab bill. Brown objected
to paying the amount demanded by
the chauffeur and in a tussS which
ensued Browns skull was fractured
by a fall to the sidewalk.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-05
Jewish Fund Now Over Million.

New York. Jan. L-Contributions to the
American Jewish relief committee fund
for relieving suffering in Europe amount
to s9a5 2ss. it was announced today. More
than $4,000 will be added to this as a
result Of the mass meeting held in Balti-
more on the night of January 2
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Montenegrin Cabinet Resigns.

Cettinie, Jan. 4-The Montenegrin cab
met, headed by Gen. Janko Vukotitch,
who combined the functions Of prenI.er
and minister of war. has resigned. The
formation of a new cabinet has been en-
trusted to Lazare Miouchekovitch.
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Last Sailor Of Monitors Crew Dead

Philadelphia, Pa Jan. 4.-Willism
burst. the last survivor of the band of
sailors who manned the United States
Monitor in its memorable battle with
the Merrimac, died today. He was
born in Austria in 1889.
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WASHINGTON STOCK EXCHANGE
Furnished by w. B. Hibbs 4 Co.

Washington Railway & ElectrSSs. s.. .ooo at 81.
Potomac Electric cons. S. 81 900 at ee4.
Washington Railway & Electric pfd. S at s27s.
at sgs, at 50.
Washington Loan & Trust. 7 at 81. 10 at Zo4s.
10 at Zc1.. at sos.
GraThophone pfd., Is at lB
After call
Mergenthaler Linotype at IT.. 5 at 1T, 10 at
Elk.
Washington Railway Electric pfd., at S.
Washington Gas. 2 at fRa.
GOVERNMENT BONDS.
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The Want Columns afford the quick
est and most economical means of
bringing people together for the mu-
tual qualification of their wants-Dan
sayles.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-05

There are a hundred or more ways
in which you can employ the Want
Columns to profitable sdvantage.-Dan
sayles.
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Total sales, so,55 shares ay,inx / o,o an -
aay and N,a5 week ago and lis s7s wear ,rn
From January to date. laoso. against osi IN
year ago. 1'4'''0
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BALTIMORE STOCK MARKET.

Baltimore. Nd, Jan. l.
CITY AND STATE SECURITIES.
RID Asked
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Furnihed By n. L Cnpsnt.r & O.
Liverpool
New York.

NHddling, sl2; yesterday. so. Sales. 1000 bales.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-09-21
German Diplomats Involved in
Heated Controversy.
Veracity Questioned in Defeat
ing U-BOat War Plan.

Berlin, Sept. 21.-Renewed and full
discussion in the reichstag of the sub
marine issue and the controversy
which led to the retirement of Ad-
miral Won Tirpitz as minister of the
navy appears to be inevitable in con-
sequence of the publication yesterday
of the letters exchanged between
Chancellor Won Bethmann-Hollweg
and the admiral.
From these letters the public
learned that in a private conversa-
ton Professor Valentine asserted Ad-
miral Won Tirpitz had misled the
reichstag in regard to the number of
available submarines and the possi-
b1l1ty of submarine campaign. The
admiral demanded that the chancellor
discipline Professor Valentine, but the
chancellor, while freeing the admiral
from the charges, took the position
that the professor was not subject to
his disciplinary powers. These let
ters, however, touched only the fringes
of accusations and allegations which
for months have been circulating from
mouth to mouth in connection with
the controversy.
Charge He Misled Reichstag.
There is attributed to Professor
Valentine not only the statement that
Admiral Won Tirpitz furnished incor-
rect figures regarding the number of
available submarines, which charge
the chancellor declares unfounded, but
also the declaration that the admiral
deliberately misled the reichstag and
| the chancellor regarding the previous
| success of the submarine campaign
and the amount of tonnage destroyed.
| and that the foreign office obtained
| the correct figures only from papers
! stolen from the admiralty.
J This account of Professor Valen-
tines conversation not only reached
Admiral Won Tirpitz, but was SUBJ
mitted in the form of an affidavit to
the Bavarian war ministry and formed
one of the subjects of discussion al
an audience granted last month by
the king of Bavaria to delegation
which demanded change in the i'm
perial policy and the sharpest possible
warfare against Great Britain.
Theft of Private Papers Mooted.
| In a communication printed in the
Norddeutsche Allegemeine Zeitung, this
afternoon Professor Valentine denies
flatly any mention of the theft o1
| papers from the admiralty or that, as
charged in the affidavit he cited as
| authority for this statement the chan
1 cellor, with whom at that time he was
not acquainted
There has arisen a sharp issue o1
| veracity between Professor Valentine
and the author of the affidavit, Pro-
fessor Grossman, editor of the South
German Monthly, prominent polit-
ical periodical.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-09-21
WEATHER IS IDEAL
Warm Comfortable Days and Cool
Refreshing Nights.

Temperatures today averaged de-
grees below normal. The wind is
blowing at the rate of eight miles an
hour from the west. The moon rises
tonight at 1882 o'clock.
Cool weather returned last night
after the mercury reached 81 degrees
Wednesday afternoon. The high read
ing yesterday occurred at $3.50 o'clock
and between that time and o'clock
this morning a drop of SO degrees was
recorded. The minimum, SO degrees,
is 4 degrees below normal.
Warm weather was general over the
state yesterday with a cool night last
night and only a few scattered show
ers. No change in the weather pro-
gram is due tomorrow except in the
southeastern portion of the state,
where slightly lower temperatures are
expected. The forecast calls for fair
weather tonight and Friday.
The mercury here this morning rose
(Continued on Page TWol
The Topeka state journal., 1916-09-21
STATE WILL ACT
Governor and Attorney General
in Investigation.
Sheriff Is Automatically Sus-
pended From Office.

State departments will probably
take a hand in the investigation of
the Dudley lynching at Olathe. Both
are out of the city today, but reports
in the state house this afternoon in
dicated immediate action by the state.
Charles Sessions, private secretary
to Governor Capper, has been un-
able to communicate with the state
executive. General Brewster is in
Fredonia- He has not Indicated. his
action in the matter
In state house circles, however, it
was assimued that Governor Capper
would tonight direct the attorney gen
eral to begin an investigation of the
lynching. 1t is probable that special
assistants will be sent 10 Johnson
county from the attorney generals Of
flee to gather evidence in the case.
Whether Governor Capper will offer
a reward in the case or will use his
contingent fund in a probe of the
Dudley case is not known at this
time.
Coroner Becomes Sheriff.
L. p. Lathrop. coroner, automatic
ally became sheriff of johnson county
today following the lynching of Bert
Dudley, nvicted slayer of Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Muller. by fifty enraged
johnson county citizens this morning
! It is provided by the Kansas, 1905
| statutes. that when a lynching occurs
in a Kansas sheriffs territory, the
coroner automatically becomes sheriff
AT the end of ten days suspension, q
hearing is held before the governor
and the deposed sheriff may or MAY
not be re1nstated by the governor E
G. Carroll was the sheriff of johnson
The Topeka state journal., 1916-09-21
Detroit Automobile Manufac-
turer Scheduled for Campaign.
Offers His Services
to President Wilson.
BIG TALENT IS GIVEN KANSANS
Ham Lewis and Vice President
Marshall on List.
Champ Clark, Glenn and Other
Well Known Men.

Henry Ford, Detroit millionaire au-
tomobile manufacturer and candidate
for the Republican presidential NOM
ination in Chicago in June, may come
to Kansas for the Democrats. That
was the announcement today by HUI
bert Lardner, chairman { the Demo-
crat state committee. 1t = claimed
that Ford has offered his services 10
the Democrat national committee and
may be sent to this state.
Ford's name was presented to the
Republican national convention IN
June. In fact, Ford held a tentatively
instructed delegation from Michigan.
These delegates voted for Ford on the
first ballot.
Since the national conventions, the
peace ship promoter and flivver E-an-
ufacturer, has swung to President
Wilson. During a recent visit in Chi
cago, Chairman Lardner was assured
national committee representatives
that Ford would be in the fight for
President Wilson and that he would
be sent to Kansas to speak.
National Committees Offer.
| sThe national committee will give
us everything they have to offer,
said the enthusiastic Democrat state
man working under direction of the
national committee and expect tc
! keep things moving until after the
the election"
| As evidence that he will really offer
! (Continued on Page Twal
The Topeka state journal., 1916-09-21
STATE COMPELS
ARBITRATION IN
TRANSIT STRIKE
Stage All Set for Hall Million to
Quit Friday.
Mediation Board Simply Stakes
Bull by Horns.'
Determined TO QUELL RIOTING
Police Frustrated Against ViO-
lent Night Attacks.
Enlist 10000 Women Pickets to
Boycott Street Cars.

New York, Sept. 21.-Arbitration of
the city's transit strike, now in its
third week, will be enforced by the
state board of arbitration and media
ton, it was announced here TO-DAY oy
NJ. ]. Regan, member of the board
Hearings will be held beginning Mon
day, and both sides will be directed to
present testimony.
New York, Sept. 21.-New York's
protracted traction strike situation
approached a crisis today The last
kday which labor leaders have allotted
the officials of the traction companies
to accept the proposals of Mayor
Mitchell for further negotiations was
ushered IN with increasing violence
and with no sign of wavering by either
side.
Unless their demands are met, union
organizers are prepared to call to-
morrow for the greatest walkout in
the history of the city-a sympathetic
strike of five hundred thousand union
workers.
President Shonts of the Interb
announced today that the position of
the company will not be altered un-
der any circumstances Organizer
Fitzgerald declared that unless the
carmen's grievances are adjusted a
general strike will certainly be called
Friday"
Running Battle With Police.
Crowds of strikers and sympathiz-
ers are growing more hard to handle
as the crisis in the situation draws
near. Five hundred strikers and their
sympathlzers engaged in a running
battle with the police in Central park
west last night, in the worst outbreaks
since the strike began. A police cap
tain was knocked unconscious and an
aged woman seriously hurt.
The police department today united
with the district attorneys office and
| the magistrates courts in a deter
mined effort to stamp out rioting
Long term sentences have been threat
ened and more than score now face
terms from five to twenty years. Sam
uel Gompers, president of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor, has not come
| CONTINUED on Page TwoD
The Topeka state journal., 1916-09-21
BEWARE OF G. 0. P!
Bryan ChivaIrousIy Warns Democrat
Women of Party Trickery.

Rock Springs, Wyo., Sept 21.-
William j. Bryan, former secretary of
state, started today on his second
DAVIS tour of Wyoming in support of
President Wilson and the Democrat
ticket. with the program calling for a
number of speeches.
Mr.. Bryan, speaking here last
night, appealed for the reelection of
President Wilson on the ground that
President Wilson had kept the United
States out # war with Europe and
Mexico Mr.. Bryan declared the Re
publican party had been "unscrupu-
Ions in it's methods concerning votes
for women in suffrage states" He
warned the Democratic women to be-
ware of Republican trickery."
The Topeka state journal., 1916-09-21
ROYALTY BITES DUST
Earl Feversham Falls Leading Royal
Rifle Corps in Battle.

London, Sept. 21.-Lieutenant Colo
mel Earl FeverSham y as killed in ac-
ton on September Is, while leading
his battalion, according to the York
shire Herald today.
Earl Feversham, who was 81 years
old, an oxford graduate and a large
land owner, commanded the Twenty
first battalion of the Kings Royal
Rifle Corps, which he raised. He was
a member of parliament from 1906 to
I1915, having previously from 1902 to
1905 been assistant private secretary
to the first lord of the admiralty. He
married Lady Marjorie Greville, eld-
est daughter of the fifth earl of War
wick He leaves two sons and a
daughter.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-09-21
Topeka JITNEYS THERE
Five Motor Busses to Hutchinson for
Reno Fair.

Hutchinson, Kan, Sept. 21.-Five
motor buses, from Topeka, used there
as iitney cars. were brought to Hutch
inson overland to ply between the
business district and the fair grounds
this week. The owners intention was
to nut them into service for a five cent
fare, on a regular schedule on Main
street.
When it came to the matter of get
ting a license they were up against it
unless they agreed to charge 10 cent
fare, instead of five cent. The street
railway company and the local jitney
men put up a complaint against the
competition, and the Topeka bus own
ers finally ahd to agree to the 10 cent
charge in order to get a license.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-09-21
START GOLF PLAY|ExPOSE SCANDAL
Country Club Tournament Be-
gins Today; Many Entrants.
Unusually Low Scores Made in
the Qualifying Round.

Altho the course is much more diff
ficult than it was at the state tourna-
ment last year, qualifying scores
turned in by the players in the fourth
annual invitation tournament of the
Country club this morning were much
better on an average than those made
last year and every indication pointed
to much better playing thruout the
big event.
The low medal score made last year
was an "a by Kitchen, of Lawrence,
and at noon today two players had
made the 1S holes with smaller totals
and one had tied it. Those who played
over the course this morning stated
that it was extremely fast, the only
criticism being that some of the
green's were a bit tricky, appearing to
be rougher than they really We're
Altho quite a few out-of-town play
ers who had entered failed to arrive,
every club that had promised to send
participants was represented today
of the tournament, was kept busy al
day sending the qualifiers away from
the initial tee and recording scores
Play Starts Early.
Jack Crow and Frank Scott were
the first players out this morning anc
the first in. Play started at an early
hour and it was soon apparent tna'
| there would be no trouble about I'M
| ishing the qualifying round Up tt
mon fiftv-four players had been sen1
| away and twenty had turned in thell
Arthur Bonebrake, the local cadd9
phenom, made the best score OF the
morning play, getting ~ aIsea
very disastrous start: Boneorakt
vent outside with his first two shot'
ON the initial hole and 43 was the pes
he could do on the first nine hoies
but on the second round ne settIet
down to his real stride and mad'
a SO. of III.
EXPERTS that the honor of making TN
low qualifying score and the Auerpacl
cup would go to either Boneorake
Harlow Hurley or X f; Lakean' .
Kansas City Hurley and Lakean go
a late start and had not finished b!
noon. Hurley made a 81 on his frs
nine holes.
Salina Man Low.
T r. Anderson, of Salina, who play
ed around with F. G. Willard, mao
an SO, which was the second best car'
af the morning play. H B. McGrath
with an 81. was the shining sta
among the representatives of tn
Shawnee club, altho V. F. Roby, o
the Shawnee, playing in his frs
tournament made remarkable rec
ord when he played the last nine hole
5
| The PLAYERS representing the For
Leavenworth Field club, all excep
Capt. A. B. Warfield, who was alread
here, motored up from Leavenwortl
and on account of car trouble did no
reach the course until late. Severa
of the Emporia players failed to ar
rive and w. r. Pitts was the only rep
resentative of the Wichita Countr
club.
The one source of regret to all tn
old-time tournament players was tn
absence of J. B. Dickey, of Newton
one of the most popular and most en-
thusiastic golfers in the state who i
a regular attendant at all tourna
mentS Mr.. Dickey had made hi
plans to come to the big Topeka af
fair, but at the last minute had to sen
his regrets because of pressing busi
ness affairs.
Tomorrow morning the first roun
of all flights will begin and the res
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The Topeka state journal., 1916-09-21
BANKERS PLEAD GUILTY
Confess to FaIsifying Statement Made
for Comptroller.

Fort Smith, Ark, Sept. 21.-P. A.
Ball, cashier, and A. S. Dowd, assist
ant cashier, of the defunct American
guilty in the federal court today TO
Justification of reports to the comp
troller of the currency of the banks
condition. Conspiracy and embezzle-
ment charges against them are still to
be heard.
T. w. M. Boone, the president, also
was indicted on similar charges. a
jury for the joint trial of the three
was obtained late yesterday and tes-
timony was to have started this morn
ing. The trial of Mr.. Boone is con-
tinuing.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-09-21
Real Row Over Laundry Situa-
ton at State House.
Welfare Commission VIII En-
force Recommendations.
PLAYING POLITICS" IS RETORT
Laundry Board Says Mcbride
Is Not Sincere.
Trouble Started Over Minimum
Wage and Hours.

There is new war at the state house
today. Unless the laundry board
adopts the recommendations of the
state welfare commission the board
will be discharged. Unless the welfare
commission approves the recommen-
dations as made by the laundry board.
the commission can prepare for trou-
BILE and the board members will talk"
Both sides have refused to bulge
Members of the welfare commits
sion and laundry board are seriously
in earnest concerning their troubles.
Paul Mcbride. state labor commission
er and chairman of the welfare COM
mission, declares he will discharge the
board and appoint another in its place
unless the boards recommendation
are changed. Members of the laundry
board charge the welfare commission
with playing politics and refuse to
back up.
Trouble started when the laundry
board refused to report approval of a
minimum wage and recommended a
maximum hour provision with holes in
II. The laundry board says the recon-
mendatlon meets conditions and de-
mands. Mcbride is confident the re
port is a subterfuge and an effort To
sidestep. Definite action in the con-
troVersy is being delayed because OF
the sudden sickness of Mrs Emma
! fiardlnS, OF kansas City, a member OF
the board.
Appoint New Board.
The commission cannot approve
the report of the board in the form il
was submitted" declared Mcbride to-
day For that reason it was sent
pack with a request that it be amend
Gu oont Know what the board will
| DO. was in hopes something reason
| able would be offered But if the
board won't act there is just one thing
10 oo-adJourn the board and appoint
Three laundrymen-U. G. Balderson.
Dodge City: E. V. johnson, Wichita' :
and c. II. Mathews, Topeka-are
members of the board Mrs C I
Evans, Topeka; Mrs. M J. McSpadden
and Mrs Emma Harding. Kansas City
represent the women, while Mrs L. l.
Corpln, Lawrence, represents the inno-
cent public. A majority of the MEM
pers voted for the recommendation ss
sent to Mcbride and the welfare COM
mission.
Politics Is Charge.
Now it is charged that an effort is
being made to play politics and to
force a reconsideration of the report
They are playing politics and we
! won't stand it," declared E. V. John
son of Wichita. we don't intend to
! change our report and we have the
| backing of the state association in our
stand. don't know what will be done
The commission is trying to get a re-
consideration thru q member of the
board and the whole thing has
changed from business to politics. We
will fight to the finish"
Work of the board was DELAYED to-
day when Mrs. Harding became sud
denly sick at the National hotel She
expected to be able 10 attend late al
seek to take final action regarding the
Mcbride recommendation
The Topeka state journal., 1916-09-21
BATTLE FOR A "TANK''
Crippled Land Dreadnaught Between
German-British Lines

London. Sept 21.-One of the new
British tanks" toppled on its side in
the Bouleaux wood, northwest of
Combles, has become a prize for
which German and British detach-
ments are engaged in spirited fight
ing.
The Germans are attempting to cap
ture the new monster to learn the se-
crets of its construction, planning to
build tanks of their own. The Brit
ish have repelled every German at
tack.
The disabled tank" lies midway
between German and British lines
The Topeka state journal., 1916-09-21
DR.. BIDDLE ON STAND
Court Room Crowded for Testimony
in Stevens Murder Trial.

lola, Sept. 21.-The trial of Ruby
Stevens for the murder of Clifford
Kistler, who she alleges ruined her
life, was resumed today with the court
room crowded to capacity.
The state resumed its case this
morning by introducing further evil
dence as to the death of Kistner and
the arrest of Miss Stevens. DIR. T. c.
Biddle, superintendent of the Topeka
State hospital. and an alienist, also
will testify.
The state, according to counsel, will
charge premeditated murder, while
attorneys for the defense announced
a defense of emotional insanity based
on a groundwork of unwritten law