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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-01-24
TIA JUANA HOLDS PROUD TITLE
OF HELL HOLE" OF AMERICA

TIA JUANA, Mex, Jan. "a
Tia Juana, Lower California, 10
the shell hole" of America!
Just over the line from San
Diego. vice holds sway that was
driven from the United States
years ago.
Opium Is sold openly. Gamb-
ling Of all descriptions, such as
roulette, which IL the favorite
game; faro bank, craps and pam
sini, certain to trim the sucker"
Is conducted wide open. The
Lower California Jockey club, an
American syndicate, has Just add
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-01-24

o o o o @ o o o o o o o @ @ o .
@ A Chinaman smoking @
Q opium, favorite pastime at 9
. Tia Juana. .
o Veterans at the gambling Q
. table. The old timers take 9
o their chances quietly. The .
Q women In the Tia Juana re- .
. sort grow hysterical as they .
. squander their money dur .
. ing the fascination of an .
o evening in the Cacino. .
q A racing scene at Tia q
. Juana. An American syn Q
o dictate added horse racing to 9
. the gambling list in the 9
y Lower California town on q
. New Years day. q
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-01-24

cept the invitation, routing their
train over the northern part OF
the country, and spending a few
days on each of the northwest
courses. "Chick" Evans il
spokesman for the middle west
ern players. Francis Ouimet,
former national open champion,
is expected to be q member Of
the party. @
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-01-24

Every household in the Unit
ed States should contain one army
rifle and at least one male mem
Der of the family should be able
to use it, 19broc
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-01-24
Notion Bargains

r REAT CLEARANCE of all broken lines
~ and odds and ends in everyday -
Notion needs at, each ............. IL
A wonderful selling of fine Pearl Dress and
Trimming Buttons to close at once, IN
choice, DOZEN for ............. IUC
All Novelty Belts and Girdles In silks and
patent leathers-all must go nE>
ON SALE-BROADWAY FLOOR. fr
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-01-24

Look over our stocks-pick out the pieces,
or the outfit you want-decide how you can
conveniently pay for it, even to fixing your
self the amount you wish to pay down and
the amount you can pay each week or month
present your plan to us-if 1t is at all
within the bounds of good business we will
accept it.
FURNITURE STORE-FOURTH FLOOR.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-08
open RIGGS TRIAL C. 0. P. ON THE JOB
Advance Forces Open House
for Big Convention.
Hearing of Contests Over Seats
One Preliminary.

Chicago, May S.-Advance forces of
the G. Q. P. took Chicago today The
Coliseum, scene of the coming Re-
publican national convention, was
turned over to the national committee
for the convention opening June 4
simultaneously the committee opened
Headquarters at both the Coliseum
and the Congress hotel and began final
arrangements for the big show
Preliminaries to the opening of the
convention promise to be more rou-
tine than usual because of the small
number of contests. The primary
| laws in many states have practically
eliminated contests.
The committee shortly will an
! nounce when hearings On contests will
be conducted. Because of the small
number, contests may be filed up al
! most to the opening of the convention.
| Heretofore the committee has set a
date for closing the lists.
Chairman Hilles and Secretary Rey-
| noldS of the national committee expect
] to arrive in Chicago the first of next
week, with their staff. Arrangements
| for seating the delegates is the big
problem they face.
| DELEGATES entitled to vote in the
convention number 9S7, while there
are six more, two each from Hawaii,
| the Philippines, and Porto Rico, en-
titled to vote only by the consent OF
the convention.
The number of delegates from each
state and territory is:
| Alabama, 16; Arizona, 6 Arkansas,
| Is; California, 26; Colorado, IL; Con-
necticut, IA; Delaware, 6; Florida, 8;
Georgia. II; Idaho, 8; Illinois, So; In
diana, 80; Iowa, 26; Kansas. 20; Ken
lucky, %; Louisiana, IL; Maine IL;
Maryland, 16; Massachusetts, 26;
Michigan, 80; Minnesota, "a; Missis-
sippi. u; Missouri. SO; Montana, s.
Nebraska, 16; Nevada, s; New Hamp-
shire, s; New Jersey, Is; New Mexico
6; New York, st: North Carolina, 81
North Dakota, 10; Ohio, 4S; Okla
homa, 20; oregon, 10; Pennsylvania
rs; Rhode Island 10; South Carolina
II; South Dakota, 10; Tennessee, 81
Texas, 26; Utah, s; Vermont, 8; Wash
ington. IA; West Virginia. 16; Wiscon.
sin, 20; Wyoming. 6; Alaska, 2; Dis
trict of Columbia, ..
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-08
MEXICAN is LOGGED
He Will Have Time to Sober I'D on
the Rock Pile

Half tobacco can of pulverized
loco weed was removed from the hip
pocket of Cannato Aleman, a Mexican,
by Harvey Parsons, chief of police,
Sunday, and this morning Cannato
denied that it belonged to him or that
he knew what it was
{ The Mexican was acting strangely
and was reported by people living near
Eleventh and jackson. Parsons and
Augustin Alba hunted him up. Alba
took hold of the Mexican's right wrist
and started towards the automobile
with him. Parsons saw the man
reaching towards his right pocket with
his left hand and hurriedly grasped
the Mexican's wrist. The Mexican
bad secured knife with a blade sew
en- inches long and was ready to use it.
When brought before Robert Yates,
police judge, this morning. the Mex
lean admitted the ownership of the
knife but denied any knowledge OF
the loco weed.
Half of the Mexicans who get into
police court are carrying a can or a
sack of loco weed,'' said Parsons. at
| is worse than opium and the Mexicans
are growing it right here in Topeka
1T makes them crazy when they smoke
| it and they are liable to commit any
sort of crime when under the influ-
ence of the weed"
| The Mexican will have a chance tc
work on the city rock pile for several
weeks and will be deprived of loco
weed in the meantime.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-08
COUNTY WINS A POINT
Banks Outside Topeka Pay 3 Per Cent
on Daily Balances.

z. ssaShe plea that Topeka bankers made
TO, the effect that they could not af-
ford to pay more than two per cent
Flor the usefof city and county funds,
mot long ago, received hard Jolt
SATURDAY. when the county commits
sioners. through the county treasurer,
3 placed on deposit with county banks
7sthe sum of $55, 900 and are to receive
fthrees per bent on average daily bal
&ances, ..ar,-
e This fact was not given to Topeka
selsankers from a distant county but the
blow was delivered them right here at
home The money was all placed in
Shawnee county banks, forty thou
Sand dollars being placed in two banks
AT RossVille and fifteen thousand dol
lars in the bank at, Silver Lake.
Not long ago Topeka bankers united
in. telling city and county officials they
could not pay either city or county
more than, two. per cent for the use
Ssef city or county money on average
DAILY balances----This statement was
made in spite of the fact that they pay
ssthe state over three per cent and the
School board three per cent on all
average daily balances. Just how they
Y Reconcile the fact that a state dollar
getty or county, as to interest, the
.county comm isSioners could not figure,
ESQ they began casting about for bet
Ter rates for the use of county money,
with the above results.
a.. This means a clear gain of fifty per
Gent on daily balances these three
> BANKS may have of county funds
s,oVer and above the amount the To
4seka bankers say they will pay.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-08
TO DOWN ASOUITH
New British Ministry Is Being
Planned by Foes.
LIOyd-GeOrge Slated to Be the
New Premier.

London. May S.=Officials of this
government have received from Lon
don information that within four
months there will be new ministry
in Great Britain.
David Lloyd-George, it was de-
clared.. will be the new premier and
the present premier, Mr.. Asquith. will
not be included in the next cabinet.
Lloyd George, according to the infor-
nation received here, will associate
with himself principally Tories.
The reason for dropping Mr.. As
quith was said to be a purpose to sub
stitute craftsmanship for politics dur
ing the remainder of the war and to
have a statesman at the head of the
government when the peace confer
ence is held
Lloyd-George's Rise.
1t was said Lloyd-George had risked
his great popularity by supporting
CONSUMPTION, which Mr.. Asquith be-
lieved would prove a failure through
supposed hostility on the part of the
British public. L1oyd-George, it was
said, was willing to risk his future to
serve the best interests of the nation,
which required compulsory service.
LIoyd-George's most telling argu-
ment in favor of Consumption, it was
said, was that england must have it
if she would continue to be an indie
pendent nation and not a subject peo-
ple.''
A general feeling throughout Eng
land that Mr.. Asquith sacrificed the
national interests for the sake of party
and factional advantage is said to have
| been seized upon by the most power
full political and financial interests IN
the country to overthrow the Asquith
government. The program, officials
here are Informed, will not be rushed
an orderly way without jeopardizing
anY of the national interests
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-08

Wall St, New York, May .s-STOCKS-
Stocks pursued a more irregular course
after the first rally, speculative issues.
particularly Mexican Petroleum, Maxwell,
Crucible Steel and Industrial Alcohol react
ing sharply with shipping shares, while
The advance in this quarter embraced all
the transcontinentals, St Paul. Atchison,
New York Central and some of the eastern
lines, and was coincident with tntimations
that Washington had agreed in effect to
accept Germany's submarine concessions.
Prospects of a favorable winter wheat re-
port also helped the movement in these
shares
Bonds were steady
Initial prices on the resumption of trading
today were substantially lower. the Next
can situation and Germany's renewed ac-
tivity in France causing some unea siness.
Mexican Petroleum, American Smelling and
some of the active munitions and metals
registered recessions of one to over three
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-08
FLoUR-Minter patents, As,
[By special wire to T. J. Myers. Columbian
: BuildingO

Elevator stocks of wheat in Kansas city
increased 5000 bushels last week and corn
stocks decreased 22I 595 bushels.
Shipments Of wheat from Australia last
week were 1.400. 900 bushels, compared with
1,944, 600 bushels the preceding week ana
none a year ago. ooo
Minneapolis wheat stocks decreased 10000
bushels Friday. Total stocks were 9,6loooo
bushels, compared with 5,609,OOO bushels
a year ago.
The Michigan May crop report estimates
condition of wheat at 81, compared with rs
a month ago and 81 a year ago. Five
per cent of the acreage has been aoan-
doned.
Exports from the United States and Can.
ada Saturday were sol 600 bushels or
wheat. 1900 barrels of flour, LOCO bushels
of corn; wheat and flour combined, LIZA,
The Missouri state crop report. published
Saturday afternoon. makes the winter
wheat condition 62.S. This is points low
err than a month ago About Is per cent of
the area planted last fall will be sown 70
other crops. Nineteen per cent OF the corn
crop has been planted. compared with 50
per cent a year ago and an average OF
about "a per cent on May 1. An increase OF
per cent in corn area is expected
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-08
Bank Case Created Sensation
Throughout Nation.
High q. S. Officials Charged
With Plot by Defendants.

Washington, May S.-With the lead
ing legal lights of New York and
Washington as advocates and bankers
throughout the country as audience,
the famous Riggs bank case came TO
trial here today.
Charles G. Glover, president; Will
liam ]. Father, vice president, and
Henry H. Father, former cashier or
the Riggs National bank are answer
ing the charge of perjury in the dis
trict supreme court.
The three men are charged with tes-
tifying falsely that the Riggs bank did
not engage in stock actions.
Back of the case is the fight that
has ragged for a year, or since the
Riggs bank officials charged Secre-
tary of the Treasury McAdoo, John
Shelton Williams, comptroller of the
currency and other treasury officials
with conspiracy to wreck the bank
Were Banks Customers.
The bank officials plead that the
stock transactions, alleged by the gov
eminent to have been with the de-
funct Lewis, Johnson & Company in
the name of the bank. were those of
| the banks customers.
Samuel Untermyer, chief counsel for
the treasury officials in the conspiracy
suit, is expected to act in an advisory
capacity to United States Attorney
| Laskey, prosecutor
For the bank officials, the star cor
poration lawyers of Washington are
acting.
The fight between Williams and the
bank officials has been bitter. Charges
of perjury, bad faith and general IN
desira bility have flown back and forth
between them ever since the spring
of 1915.
Charter of Bank at Stake.
| Upon the acquitta1 of the officials OF
their resignation hangs the renewal OF
| the charter of the Riggs bank-one
of the oldest and strongest outside OF
New York Williams has limited thai
he will not renew the charter If the
present officers remain in charge I'M
less they are freed of the perjury
charge against them
1t is possible the trial will not be
over before the present charter of the
bank expires July 1.
| The government charges 932 items
| of stock dealing by the bank. The
fact that the company with which the
transactions allegedly were made is
defunct was another angle expected tt
be considered.
| The fact that the trial started today
was a defeat for the bank officers, who
tried to have it advanced on the caIen.
dar to assure its completion before the
time for renewal of the charter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-08
GERMAN new ARMY

CONTINUED from page II
posed of the initial attack without
ceding any important ground, but the
battle is still raging according to the
latest advfces.
Advance East of Meuse.
East of the Mouse the Germans de-
livered four attacks on a front of two
thousand yards, each advance being
made by a different Prussian regiment.
The fighting there is as fierce as on
the other side of the river and as in
conclusive.
General Nivelle, whose promotion to
the command at Verdun put him in
charge at such a critical time, is a
man of so. He comes from Tulle in
the Correze department. General Nj
velle is one of the discoveries of the
war. AT the outbreak of hostilities he
was in command of the Fifth regiment
of artillery He was promoted to be
general of brigade in October, 1914
and shortly after was placed in COM
mand of the Sixty-first infantry divi-
sion. On December %, 1915, he was
appointed commander of the Third
army corps.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-08
AFTER WAR, WHAT
q. 5. Governors Forecast Con-
siiii i, ditions to, Follow.
.sst
States Individually Must Take
Hand in Solution.
COMPETITION WILL Be KEENER
Efficiency in Production and
~ Distribution Issue.
War Forced Economic Schemes
80. That VIII Remain.

Salt Lake City, May Slow Amer
ican states can help meet the CONNER
I cial and economic conditions after the
world war is the big question to be
discussed at the ninth annual meeting
of the Governors Conference which
( opens here Tuesday, June q. Execu-
tives from most of the IS states are
( expe cted to be present at the inc.
1t is held by the governors who are
arranging the program that while
{ preparation for war is a matter es-
sentially for the federal government,
3 preparation for peace and for com
mercial agricultural and industrial de-
velopment under the new conditions
which will obtain when world peace is
+ established is matter to be handled
{ by the states individually, and that the
greatest efficiency can be secured
4 through uniformity of action by the
states insofar as practicable.
Many Problems Presented.
+ Some of the problems involved in
I this economic REIMBURSEMENT accord
ing to Miles G. Riley, secretary of the
governors conference, are: Mobil1za-
ton of American resources, industries
ana commerce, distribution of the i'm
migrant, and land settlement policies:
s 1t is likely also that some phases OF
the general subject, preparedness Tor
national defense and the relation of
the state thereto, will be presented
4 and discussed by the governors.
4 THE present world war said Sec
rotary Riley, has forced upon Europe
greater efficiency in production and
X distribution, a quicker moving, less
4 Wasteful commercial system, which
!. has been so thoroughly organized as
to include all business from the first
steps in agriculture to the last steps in
manufacture and transportation. The
new methods with their savings OF eff
: fort and money and with their eff
3 cheney and convenience, have come to
:. stay. This movement has been in
tensified by the war and will become
dpen more iBtense5in the efforts of ma
ss@@tiurs to recoup and build up when the
wa. ends International competition
will be keener than ever before 1t is
< Amer cas- problem to be prepared to
q meet these new conditions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-08
CATCH A BLACkMAILER
Hill City Laborer Arrested While Dig
ging Up Jar of Money.

Hill City, Kan, May s.-John Nc
Cain, a transient workman, is in Jail
here charged with attempting to
blackmail Col A. ]. Rice, one of the
wealthiest men in Graham county.
Mccain is said to have confessed to
the crime and to have written a letter
to Colonel Rice asking his forgiveness.
On the morning of May 3, Colonel
Rice received a letter demanding a
sum of money on threat of personal
injury and destruction of some of his
property The money was to be
placed in a jar and buried in a spot
two miles from town. Colonel Rice
notified the officers and then buried
the jar of money as directed. Mccain
was arrested while digging for the Jar
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-08
Big GIFT TO WASHBURN
Cornelius p. HouIt Presents College a
Collection OF Pictures.

Washburn college is the beneficiary
of a gift of $500 fine prints and pho
togravures of famous paintings, from
the collection of Cornelius P. Hoult, of
this city. In addition Hoult has do
mated money for several cases to hold
the smaller prints and to mount them.
The pictures are valued at about
$4,000. A special value attaches to a
part of the collection for many are
paintings or photographs of European
towns and art galleries which have
been destroyed in the war. About 500
of the prints are mounted. The re-
naming two thousand are smaller, I'M
mounted prints and photographs.
The donation is the result of the
wish of HOults wife who died several
years ago. She had always been in
tereSted in the Washburn art depart
ment, and had made many lectures at
the college as well as over the state
on art. In addition to the pictures her
husband has had her art lectures
bound and has presented them to the
art department of WaShburn.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-08
T0DAY'S MARKET REPORT

Chicago May S.-WHEAT-Wheat values
took a decided upward swing today in
fluenced by the bullfsh nature of the Mis-
souri, state crop report and by dry weather
complaints from the southwest According
to the Missouri report. the crop condition
he'd ben lowered as compared with a month
ago and was much under last years per
centage. beliefe appeared to be general
that the government crop report to be
issued after the close of todays trading
would also prove heavily adverse TO the
bears. Opening prices which ranged from
&c off to 15c up. with May at S1-15 to
S1.15s and uJly at S1161s to 81 1914. were
followed by material gains all around
Sales of wheat to go into storage here
were succeeded by a setback in prices. An
nouncements of the sending of Il new note
to Germany was made about the same time.
Prices closed unsettled, Ae to &c net low
er with May at S1-145s and July at 1159s
CORN-Corn rose with wheat. Prospects
| of enlarged receipts however. brought
| about a reaction. After opening shade
| off to Ac up and scoring slight general
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-08
W. G. FRAzEUR DIES
He Was the Father of Mrs. Robert
Stone and Mrs. Fred Slater.

Walter G. Frazeur died of valvular
heart disease last night at his home,
1411 Huntoon street. He leaves sur
viving him his wife, a son. w. A. Fra
zeur who lives at Homestead, Florida !;
a daughter, wife of Fred c. Slater,
American consul at Sarnia. Canada
and another daughter, Mrs Robert
Stone His sister, Mrs. Barnes of
Bridgeton, has been with him sew
eral weeks. Mr.. Frazeur had been in
poor health for about two years. He
was born in Bridgeton. New Jersey, in
1S49, and came to Topeka in 1888,
where he has been engaged in bust
ness ever since. Mr. Frazeur was a
mem Der of the First Baptist church
and was well known and highly re-
spected by the business men of the
city. He has a brother, Benjamin
Frazeur, who lives in Fort Worth.
The funeral will be held at his home
on Thursday morning at 10 o'clock.
The burial will be at Mount Hope
cemetery
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-08
TABLE TAEk
ar THE 9AkHl4

B. B. Eitelman put George Godfrey
Moore and E. l. Copeland to shame
today when he appeared at the Com
mercial club in palm beach suit the
first of the season.
Automobiles will convey a repre-
sentative bunch of St Louis business
men and wholesalers over the city
Saturday. The visitors will arrive in
special train on the Union Pacific at
1880 o'clock and remain in the city
until $3.50 o'clock
Preparations for the special audi
toriun and city Jail election are being
made already by the Commercial club.
The election will be held May 81,
Strawberry shortcake made its first
appearance at luncheon today.
j. r. Johnson, the Oakland automo-
bile man. is new member of the
Commercial club
A trade trip to Oskaloosa and
Osawkie on the new L. & T. motor is
being planned. The motor begins run
ming tomorrow morning.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-08
EMMETT WINS AGAIN
Wizards Defeat Soldier Team Sunday
by Score of II to 4.

Emmett Kan. May s.-The Emmett
,kVillards annexed another victory
from Soldier here Sunday by the score
Tlf II to a.
81 Feeback. the Kansas City tWirler,
made his initial appearance with the
tlocals and chopped is men and made
Two home runs.
Soldier used every available pitcher
N IAN effort to check the hard hitting
Nfllards, but failed. The score:
Score: R.H.E.
zoldier Observation-Disclosures. 6 4
Emmett ...........17 II 5
"a Batteries: Soldier, Hopkins, j. F'riel,
West and G. Friel; Emmett. Feeback.
Gill and Sullae. Umpires Macca and
Sc lSraida.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-08
SUMMER HAS ARRIVED
lcontinued from Page One,

Continued from Page Onel
ed tomorrow and the sky NAV be
slightly cloudy tonight.
The forecast calls for probably fair
weather tonight and Tuesday; warm
er Tuesday, and in the northwest to-
night.
The lowest temperature this morn
ing was Sc degrees. This is 4 degrees
above normal but is degrees below
the minimum of Sunday morning A
slight trace of rain fell last night but
it's effect was not noticeable this
morning. The highest temperature on
record for this date, according to fig
ures in the local weather bureau, is
SO degrees established in 1895 The
low mark, 3S degrees. occurred in
1908. The Kaw river is still falling
slowly, the stage today being 63 feet