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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-25
DIG UP SCANDAL
High Society Involved in st.
Louis Stun Revelry.
Tragedy in Resort Discl0ses
Names BOn-TOn Frequenters.

St Louis. Mo-, April 25.-Stories of
reveIry and loose life in which young
girls and young men from fashionable
sections of St. Louis mingled with
those of the slums. are being unrav-
eIled by the police in their investiga-
ton into the murder yesterday of Mrs.
Anna McGillicuddy, wife of John J.
McGiIlicuddy (Cuddy Mack) st. Louis
policeman, in a resort she ran here
Two women and three men are being
held. Names of girls, with telephone
numbers, were found in a cupboard.
The list included residents of fash
ionable districts. Persons living near
by declared the resort has been the
scene of mad revels to which par
Elephants would go in expensive auto
mobiles.
Woman Shot Four Times.
While a number of policemen were
inquiring at the addresses found in
the house others were seeking Emil
Laufer, a bar tender with several
aliases, said to have been seen in the
resort with a revolver in his hand
shortly after Mrs. McGillicuddy had
been shot four times. With Laufer,
three pretty Castilian girls are re-
ported to have disappeared. Shortly
after the body of the slain woman had
been taken to the morgue. a richly
gowned woman entered a police sta
ton from a limousine. She declared
SOHlS OHS Ie1u lelSpiOHSQ u Her 70 ~
to the morgue; that she was positive
some one was there she knew. AL
though she refused to give her name,
she was directed to the morgue She
| looked at the body.
Sister Identifies Body
THAT is she, all right said she,
without emotion.
Who" policeman inquired.
Mrs. McGillicuddy, my sister," she
replied.
The woman told the police she was
well known in st. Louis and did not
care to have her name connected with
| the affair. She denied she knew any
thing concerning the resort where the
| killing took place.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-25
"NUTHER" WILSON VOTE
President Goes Princeton, N. j., to
Vote at Presidential Primary.

Washington, April 25.-President
Wilson left at o'clock this morning
for Princeton, N. j., to cast his vote
in the state presidential preferential
primaries. During the day Mr.. Wilson
will participate in the ceremony of
planting a tree to mark the route Of
the Lincoln highway through Prince
ton. The president who was accom-
panied by Mrs. Wilson will return to
Washington early tonight.
Wilson UnOppOsed.
Trenton, April 25.-There are no
contests for delegates at large on
either the Democratic or Republican
ticket in today's presidential primary
election in New Jersey. The four
candidates for the four places as dele
gates at large to the Democrat con-
vention favor the denomination of
President Wilson, the four candidates
for delegates at large to the Repub-
lican convention are unpledged. In
several of the congressional districts
there are contests for delegates to the
Republican convention between sup
porters of Theodore Roosevelt and
those who are backing unpledged
delegates.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-25
1915: wethers, ss75@9.50; ewes, 5000
| SIS; stockers and feeders. $1,000 1850.


Kansas City Stock. Yards. April 24-Ex-
cept for little weakness on heavy steers
after Tuesday. the cattle market held
around is a. few thousand below expeeta,,
tons. enough to give sellers the edge. ana
receipts here 5000 head There was good
action, and owners as a rule got little
more than they were figuring on. Nothing
steers bringing ss.S5. other pretty good
natives S9.25, about sixty cars of Colorado
natives down to ss25. The outlet was ample
and the market today showed capacity
that indicates strong prices ahead &c s *
and three loads of Utahs $3.50. the latter
plain lot. and the Montanas well bred
but not very fat. Butcher grades Of cattle.
continue firm. best heavy cows ss-25. fancy
baby heif If up to $40, bulk Of cows 20 ana 10
$3.50 veal calves 5000 to $1,000. Stockers
and feeders are finding a good outlet sales
a shade higher today; and the s supply not
sell at $T.25 to $500 for good kinds, with
big jump to fancy bred kinds, some
Feeders eu'S bring SIS to $50 D with near
finished steers anywhere up to $500.
Hog receipts were 1900 head. Market
1Oc to 15c higher top $3.50. bulk of sales
$3.50 to $9.75. Demand was good from all
sources, aud as in the cattle supply, re-
ceipts around the market circle were de-
ficient. An extra good demand for pork
makes it difficult for killers to keep mp
with orders, and forces keen competition
for live hogs hence leaves little chance for
filibustering against the hog market Every
day last week prices closed at about the
best point of the day, although opening
lower on several days The top today is
right at the highest point reached this
year, and is only 10c under top in both ST.
Louis and Chicago.
Sheep sold steady today. receipts 1000
| head, including about 1000 goats. Lambs
sold up to $11.35. quality being lacking.
choice lambs with $11.50. and shorn lambs
up to $9.75. fat ewes scarce and worth 81
TO $3.50, yearlings 1915 to S10.15. Good
I Texas wethers would Lring $40, and be-
cause of scarcity of wethers. packers buy
fat goats pretty strong, some at 500 and
$50 today, second grade. choice ones
worth S6o0. Brushers have wide range in
quality and likewise in price. best AngoraS
this morning $5.25. common slick haired
Mexicans down to S4.25. Receipts OF de-
sirable killing sheep and lambs are bound
/ strong market. ]. A. RICKART,
Market Correspondent-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-25
OHIO PRIMARY TODAY
Both Parties Have Lineup for Dele
gates and Nominees.

Columbus, O., April 25.-Ohio's
preparedness" for the national politi-
cal convention next June will rest in
the outcome of the primaries today.
Delegates and alternates were being
chosen by party voters and the presi-
dental preference of Ohios voting
populace will be indicated.
The Democrats are practically
agreed upon United States Senator
Atlee Pomerene, former Governors
Judson Harmon, James E. Campbell
and James H. Cox to represent them
at the state and national convention;
while the Republicans, it is predicted,
will choose Governor Frank B. Willis,
United States Senator Warren G.
Harding, William c. Proctor of Gin
cinnati, and John ]. Sullivan of Cleve-
land.
Republicans are pledged solidly for
Theodore E. Burton of Cleveland, and
Democrats are affixing the name of
Woodrow Wilson to their ballots.
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Oddities CuLLed
From Days Ne1Ds

Delaware, O.-When Arson James
went to feed his 81 pigs. he found so
of them minus tails. The sixty-first
porker was frantically chasing his
own tail. with his mouth wide open.
That pig" said James, pointing at
No. 81, "chewed the tails off the 9TH
ers. I guess he was trying to bite his
own tail off to establish an ahbi.'
London-War prices of felt hats
have doomed the demand for stove
pipes" because they last longer.
London-"Who are your demand
ed chesty British officer of brawny
Scot in kits just from the Highlands.
Am fine, thank ye," responded the
Scot and hoo's yerself?"
Paris-Verdun, near which some of
the fiercest fighting of the war has
developed was used in 1903 by Napol-
con for the internment of British civ
ilians.
Davis, Cal.-Aristocratic swine and
hens with family trees were on exhib-
ition to 5000 visitors here today, the
occasion being the annual picnic
day" of the University of California
Agricultural college. Athletic con-
tests enlivened the day. The judging
of fancy livestock was the main feat
ure.
Tollio-A big live Russian bear has
come to Toxic as a gift and tribute to
Premier Count Okuma from the of
flee of the Russian volunteer fleet al
Vladivostok. The premier sent the
animal to the geological garden which
is one of the best in the Orient.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-25
AUTOS MEET ON BRIDGE
l.. NJ. PenweIl's Car Struck by Another
Machine Near State Hospital.

An Overland automobile, driven by
a man who gave the name of Jones,
smashed into L. NJ. PenwelPs car on
the West Sixth avenue bridge last
night. Both cars were badly dam
aged but none of the occupants was
Jones machine at the time of the
crash, jumped out and started for
town at a two-twenty pace and was
seen no more. Mr.. Penwell was taking
home one of the state hospital doctors.
According to Mr.. Penwell he was
going west on the Sixth avenue road
and the other car was coming toward
town. The Overland weaved from side
to side, said Mr.. Penwell, and he pull
ed over to the extreme right of the
road. When the other car reached
the bridge it turned suddenly and
the wheels and only the weight of
PenwelFs machine prevented both
from going off the bridge. Mr.. Pen
well drove his machine out to his
destination and then came back and
brought the driver of the other car to
town; The windshield and one run
ming board were smashed and one axle
bent. The Overland was almost COM
pletely demolished.
MY car was within six inches of the
edge of the embankment,' said Mr.
Penwell, when the other machine
struck me. I got out and looked
around to see what damage had been
done and I called to the other man
| Then a woman got out of the other
car and started for town and the last
we saw of her she was speeding east
on Sixth as fast as she could go.
brought the other driver to town and
left him at Sixth and Kansas avenues
dent but one wheel worked criss-cross
on account of the bent axle"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-25

Wall ST, New York April 25-sToCKS-
Activity quickened the confident alb
sorption of offerings the stock
change today and prices kept pace with
the increase dealings, the turn over of the
morning exceeding half a million shares.
An unusual variety of rumors contributed
to the advance which was the most i'm
pressive of several weeks. Reports were
current that Berlin had acceded to the
more important demands of this govern
ment and the course of United States Steel,
which added materially to yesterdays re-
covery pointed strongly to an extra divi-
dend at today's meeting of the directors.
Various war shares and specialties were
higher BY to points, with ten for Beth
lehem Steel az 439, slight recessions from
best prices occurred before midday.
Bonds were strong.
Judging from the course of the market at
todays opening Wall Street feel assured
of a lessening of the international tension.
Yesterdays general buying movement was
resumed with undiminished vigor, some
of the more active specialties rising from
1 to over points, while investment shares
responded in moderate measure Mercan-
tile Marine preferred, yesterdays leader.
rose 2A to So, with a point gain for the
common Other foremost features includ-
ed United States and Lackawanna Steels,
Mexicans, the Zinc and Copper groups and
Motors. Baltimore and Ohio led the rails
with an advance of IA.
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AUTO LOOPS The LOOP
Machine Lands Four Occupants in
Bed of Soldier Creek.

A big Oldsmobile car so complete
ly buried in the mud of Soldier creek
that it is impossible to tell the extent
of its damage is now a memorial of
what came near being a fatal accident
to four men this morning.
Eugene Bourassa, a lawyer of Ma
pie Hill was seriously injured as the
big car swept over the embank-
ment, where the road turns west at
the east end of the Industrial school
grounds. His three companions o. c.
Kemper "a neighbor of Bourassa's and
Lennie Lyon, the driver, and a friend
of Lyons escaped unhurt.
One of the men called Supt. H. w.
Charles of the Industrial school. Ac-
cording to Charles, BourasSa was ly-
ing in the mud. DIR. Charles secured
his own car and started with the men
for town, but on the way met Con-
wells ambulance which he had called.
The ambulance took Bourassa to
Christ's hospital. This morning he
was pronounced seriously injured.
The car, a 5,000-pound Oldsmobile,
evidently going at a high rate of speed
shot straight off the high embank-
ment and now lies imbedded in the
mud a few feet from the water of the
creek. The accident happened at the
turn in the upper Silver Lake road just
| east of the Boys Industrial school.
The road turns to the west at that
point right on the creek bank.
| The automobile was travelling north
and apparently no effort was made to
make the turn to the west. The
tracks show It went straight north
/ over the bank. The first place the
wheels touched after leaving the bank
/ is at least twenty-five feet away. The
| car passed over a brush pile without
touching it and went through the top
of box-elder tree. 1t landed with
all four wheels in line and left the
ground again, landing at least forty
| feet away. The car buried itself up
to the Tenders in the soft mud
Ten feet away there is a hole in the
mud where one of the men fell The
car may be badly damaged but Il
does not look it. Even the glass in
the windshield is unbroken.
According to the story of o. c. KEN
per, Lyon who was driving the car
in an effort to avoid running into a
tree on the turn plunged straight
ahead after applying the brakes. The
car ran off the embankment, hit
about half way down and then dived
more than 80 feet forward landine
right side up in the soft mud and wat
er of the creek bottom. The fact that
the men were hurled into the soft
mud of the creek bed undoubtedly
prevented serious injuries if not tine
| death of the party
/
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-25
STILL BELOW NORMAL
No Improvement in the Weather Is
in Sight.

Today was cloudy and cool and the
wind blew from the northeast. The
frost did not arrive last night and this
morning was two degrees warmer than
yesterday morning. 1t was still below
normal, however, and was expected to
remain below today. Cooler weather
IS predicted for tonight but there will
be no frost as the sky will be cloudy.
Conditions tonight may bring a few
scattering showers" said S. D. Flora,
local observer, this morning, land it
will be safe to stay close to an UNI
brella.''
The forecast calls for unsettled
weather tonight and Wednesday,;
somewhat lower temperatures tonight.
The minimum tonight probably will
be close to 40 degrees.
The lowest temperature this morn
ing was 46 degrees, at 1880 o'clock.
This is degrees below normal but is
2. degrees higher than on Monday
morning. The lowest temperature on
record for this date is SO degrees. es-
tablished If 1907. The high record,
IS degrees, occurred in 1914. The
Kaw river rose eight-tenths of a foot
since Monday morning, making the
stage today feet
The wind this morning was blowing
at the rate of IL miles an hour.
There was no chance of clear wealth
er for the ball game this afternoon.
according to the weatherman
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GET PLOT CODE BOOK
Is Among Seized Won Ingel's Papers;
Grand Jury Hears Evidence.

New York, April 25.-The docu-
ments seized by federal agents when
they raided the office of Wolf Won Igel
gained new importance today through
an announcement that among them
was a German code book. This code,
it is said unlocked valuable informa-
ton since many of the Won Igel papers
are in cipher.
The documents are now in the keep
ing of the department of justice in
Washington. Evidence received by
the federal grand jury investigating
the alleged plot to destroy the Welland
canal, convinced the United States
district attorney TODAY that the gov
eminent can legally deny the demand
of the German ambassador for the
return of these papers.
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hard. $1.oTd1.1s: No. 5. s1.o51s@112; No.
red. S1.12@1.16; No. 3, 81. 95@112.
CORN-Market unchanged to 1Rc higher
No 2 mixed, 70A @71c; No. 3. 70@701ac !;
yellow, re; No. g. Tic.
OATS-Market unchanged. No. . white,
431a@4412c; No. mixed, 4OQ Ale.
RYE-S6c.
HAY-Market steady: unchanged.
kAFIR-No. 3 white. $1.06(d O615.
WHEAT-Receipts IS cars
BUTTER-Creamery, S3c; firsts, Sic /;
seconds, 29c: packing, 25c
EGGS-Firsts. PIC.
POULTRY-Hens, 15c; turkeys zoe /;
springs, 25c
CLOSE: WHEAT-May, S1.045s; July.
$1.O61s.
CoRN-May, zoe; July. 71h@71sc.
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steamship Parisiana of 4,764 tons
gross has been sunk. The crew of the
vessel was landed. The Parisiana left
Newport, Eng. April 20, bound for
feet long, So foot beam and 81 feet
deep was built in 1911 at West Hartle-
pool and was owned by Furness,
Witty Co. Ltd, of Cardiff.
The British steamship Ross, 1855
tons gross and owned at Cardiff has
been sunk. Eleven members of the
crew were saved.
story of Naval Fight.
London. April ga German
squadron appeared off Lowestoft at
a. m. today but was driven off in
a brief but desperate battle, the ad-
miralty announced this afternoon
The raid followed by about five
hours the appearance of Zeppelins off
the county of Norfolk, a few miles
north of London, and is presumed to
have been part of an attempt to ter
rorlze the east coast by simultaneous
attacks. The results of the Zeppelin
raid have not yet been announced,
though first reports said number of
incendiary bombs were dropped.
Battle Lasted 20 Minutes.
Local naval forces engaged the
raiders and also British light cruisers.
The German warships retreated in 20
minutes Announcement of the ap-
pearance of the German warships was
made in an official statement.
The German warships opened fire
on the coast before departing. Two
men, one woman and a child were
killed. The material damage appar-
emily was small
In the engagement two light Brit
ish cruisers and a destroyer were hit,
but none of them was sunk.
City OF $4,000.
This is the first time a German
squadron has appeared off the Eng
lish east coast since the bombardment
of Scarborough and other English
coast towns, December 16, 1914.
! Lowestoft lies about 100 miles
northeast of London, in the county OF
Suffolk. 1t is a city of about $4,000
and is noted chiefly as a fashionable
bathing resort and is a fishing town.
The older part of the town lies on
a cliff overlooking the sea. There is a
| lighthouse on the cliff and at it's base
is another lighthouse, which occupies
a plot of ground at the easternmost
coast of England. Lowestoft has ship
building facilities and it's fishing
smacks operate throughout the North
sea.
Revenge on Prisoners.
Berlin, April 25.-As an act of re-
prisal for. i'll treatment of Germany
war prisoners in northern Africa
who are cut off from all communica-
ton with Germany the German gov
eminent has suspended all intercourse
with the French prisoners in the
camps at Ohdruff and Holzminden-
The Overseas news agency an
nounced today that six car loads OF
parcels destined for the French pris
oners in these camps have been re
turned to Berne.
German Planes Raid SaIoniki.
Paris, April 25.-A squadron o.
German aeroplanes has delivered an
other attack on the entrenched CAM
of the entente allies at Saloniki, &C
cording to a Havas dispatch from Sal
oniki The airmen flew over the CAM
from all direction and dropped bomb;
at various points. Little damage wal
done by the raiders according to ths
dispatch.
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Minneapolis wheat stocks have decreased
100. 900 bushels in the past two days.
Worlds shipment of oats last week were
S027 900 bushels, including 1857, 600 bush
els from America.
worlds shipments of corn last week
were 2.251 600 bushels, compared with l.
S63. 900 bushels in the preceding week and
Eli 900 a year ago. America shipped
Exports from the United States and Can
ada yesterday were LOO. 900 bushels of
wheat II 600 barrels of flour. 325, 600 bush
els of corn and 10000 bushels of oats
wheat and flour combined, 1,172,000 bush
els.
Worlds shipments of wheat last week
as reported at Liverpool were IA, 3S4 600
bushels. compared with 13,491 600 bushels
in the previous week and 13, 491. 600 bushels
were $780,, 200 bushels, including 2.S0S 900
! bushels of wheat flour. OF the total
shipments the United Kingdom expects
| $50, 200 bushels.
Elevator stocks of wheat in Kansas City
| decreased 1854 ,056 bushels last week and
now amount to 5,463, 952 bushels; corn,
5.SO4, 40 bushels, decrease DDS. 316 bushels
| oats 613, 494 bushels. increase S094 bush
els: Kafir, 772,022 bushels. decrease 3D.
S74 bushels: rye, 12.46S bushels, decrease
2,702 bushels; barley, 90, $50 bushels, in
| crease 2.225 bushels A year ago stocks
were 1,029 143 bushels of wheat 1,752, 600
/ bushels of corn and 365176 bushels of oats
! The Canadian visible supply of wheat
( decreas ed 3.643. 600 bushels last week and
now amounts to 81, 53s, 600 bushels, COM
pared with 12322,O00 bushels a year ago.
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KILLING STEERS.


1900. Market 1Oc higher Bulk of sales,
s96Od9s5; heavy, 50. 75m9.90; packers and
butchers. s96509S5; light, S9.50@9-75
CATTLE-Receipts 1000 Market steady
to strong. Prime fed steers. $9.25d9.75
dressed p Soo orfbeT ge sfsers 81 10
875: cows, $5.5O6S. %; heifers. 81 25d10.OO
stockers and feeders. s7.o0qs.S5; bulls,
IS. T5G7 so; calves, $1,000 1850.
SHEEP-Receipts 1000. Market steady.
Lambs, s10.75G f1.55; yearlings. $9.50@
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Kansas City Live Stock Sales.
1.-THE following sales were made this morn
ing at the Stock Yards Kansas City, and
reported over long distance telephone di
rect to the State Journal by Clay. Robin
son & Co. live stock commission mer-
chants.
Kansas CITY April 25-CATTLE-Re-
ceipts 1000. Market steady and strong.
HOGS-Receipts 1900 head. Market 1Oc
higher. Bulk of sales, $9.5OQ9.SO; top,
SHEEP-Receipts 1000 head. Market
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$1,000 BULGARIAN men
KILLED since WAR BEGAN

Athens, April 25.-The losses by
the Bulgarian army during the
war are estimated by Bulgarian
reports received here to amount to
$1,000 killed and $4,000 wounded
or missing.
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TODAY'S MARKET REPORT

Chicago April 25.-WHEAT-Wha
prices turned upward today after hest
tating start. The ascent appeared to be
due chiefly to increased hope that a solu
ton would be found for the difficulty be-
tween Germany and the United States
Stormy weather that interferred with seed
ing in the spring crop belt tended also to
lift the market. Early weakness was
ascribed to lower quotations from Liver
pool. The opening here which varied
from unchanged figures to sc down, with
May at $1.111a to $111% and July at SLIPS
to $1.1212 was followed soon by a rise all
around to well above yesterdays finish.
Crop advices from the northwest became
much more bullish later and export sales
in the east and lower freight rates on the
The close was strong. 1A@13sc to 212c net
higher, with May at $1.13Ss @1.131a and
July at 81. 141k @114H
CORN-Corn strengthened with wheat.
Besides attention was directed to estimates
that 100000 bushels of corn were daily
being made into starch by Ohio, Indiana,
Illinois and Kentucky factories presum-
ably for export to be used in manufacture
of explosives. After opening 1sc off to
A@Ac up. the market scored a moderate
general advance.
Foreign bids at the seaboard helped to
sustain prices here. The close was steady
at nc to &c net advance.
OATS-Sympathy with other grain lifted
oats. Gains, however, were relatively
slight.
PROVISIONS went to a new high
price record for this season. Big export
lard transactions gave force to the buying,
and carried pork and ribs along.
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STRIPPED DANISH SHIP
Mail, Parcels and Baggage OF Pas
sengers Seized BY British.

Berlin, April 25.-By wireless to
Sayville-The Overseas News agency
says:
1t is reported from Copenhagen that
the British took into port the Danish
steamer Gullfcss, bound from Iceland
for Denmark, and re- y i all the first
class mail, parcels and baggage of the
passengers.