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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-15
SEN. SHIVELY DIES
HOOSier Senator Passes AWAY
in Washington.
Funeral To Be Held Saturday
in South Bend, Ind.

Washington, March 15.-Funeral
arrangements virtually were complete
today for the late Senator Benjamin F.
Shively of Indiana, who died here late
yesterday, after a lingering illness,
aged SO years. Death resulted from a
complication of diseases.
The body probably will remain at
the ShiVely home here until tomorrow
when it will be started on its way to
South Bend, Ind, where burial will
take place, Saturday The family were
considering today Governor Ralston's
request that the body lie in state at
Indianapolis for one day. Members of
the family and a congressional COM
mittee will accompany the body to
Indiana.
News of the death of Senator Shive-
ly was received with manifestations of
sorrow from his associates in congress
and from President Wilson, who re-
garded him as warm personal friend.
Both the senate and house after
adopting resolutions of regret and APP
pointing committees to attend the flu
neal, adjourned as further mark 81
respect.
Senator Shively was one sof the
prominent figures in congress. He had
devoted his activities chiefly to for
eign affairs and tariff legislation.
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Here Last Summer.

Continued from Page One-j
''aE know = that / am sent here to
recruit as many men as possible
Here Last Summer.
Corporal Sandusky was here last
summer in charge of the station. 1t
was closed about four months ago.
The station at St. Joseph was opened
today also All the stations in the
district under the jurisdiction of Kan
sas City will be open for enlistment
after today
This action follows the adoption of
a joint resolution in congress calling
for an increase in the standing army
from $4,000 to 1000 men. Twenty
thousand men are to be recruited i'm
medlately and orders have been issued
to numerous recruiting stations. The
order to the different stations comes
from the adjutant general of the war
department
Expect x. n. G. Order.
An edict from the federal depart
ment for the mobilization of the Kan
sas state militia may come any times,
according to an officer in the conf
dence of Adjutant General c. 1. Mar
tin, who is now in Washington on
what is believed to be a conference
with high army officials.
Since the decision of the United
States to enter Mexico after Villa was
made militia headquarters have been
unusually active. According to the Of
ficer the guard can be modified and
concentrated at Fort Riley within five
days after the order is received from
the war department. Explicit inStruc-
tons have been sent to each of the
twenty -eight organization comman-
ders in the state which tell them what
to do when ordered to mobilize.
Open Missouri Recruiting Offices,
ST. Louis, March 15.-Orders to re-
open the army recruiting stations at
Mo-, were received today by Major
cruiting headquarters here. Major
Goode said that the recruits from this
section probably would be sent to the
south of here, as heretofore, but that
the course of instruction would prob
ably be shortened so they could be
cruiting in the last few months he
said, has been below normal and there
has been no increase in the last few
days. He expects a marked gain,
however. as soon as the need for more
men becomes generally known.
In Topeka and st. Joe.
Kansas City, March 15.-Recruiting
stations will be opened Immediately at
Topeka, Kan, and st. Joseph, Mo-, by
officers Of the United States army ac-
cording to an announcement made
here today. Lieutenant Cole, in
charge OF the arny's recruiting office
here, today received aGvices from
Washington ordering a campaign in
this district to increase the army.
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TOM KELLY WENT DOWN.
And With Him DESCENDED the Null
vane Banner at Ottawa.

Ottawa, Kan, March 15.-Second
district Republicans rolled the D. W.
Mulvane banner in the dust when they
defeated T. T. Kelly, former state treas
urer, and the Mulvane slate for dele
gates to the national convention. Dele
gates were not instructed, but q last
hour combination of Wyandotte
Douglas, Franklin and Linn counties
put across Charles Tucker of Law
renee and John o. Morse of Linn
county-both conservative Republi-
cans. but opposed to the election of
the Topeka man.
better politics than did Kelly and his
followers. That was the story of the
Mulvane downfall and the loss of two
delegates to the national convention
who would have voted for his election
as national committeeman. Failure of
Charles F. Scott, Frank L. Travis and
the Allen county delegation to live up
to the advance dope in the support of
Kelly's slate, added to the disaster
which overlook the Paola man on the
second ballot.
The meeting was virtually over
when Senator o. o. Wolf of Franklin
county was elected chairman of the
convention over Baxter Mclean of
Then Allen county put Mclean in the
race as a candidate for district dele
gate. Refusal of the Allen county
delegates to leave Mclean when he
was clearly out of the running and to
throw their strength to Kelly sounded
the funeral dirge in the convention
Kelly's stock slumped at once under
the Mclean vote and before the
! Wyandotte county vote was called, the
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former state treasurer was beaten. ir
Mulvane followers had but one
pleasant thought of the days proceed
ings T. A. Bigger of Wyandotte
county. who had been charged with
throwing Mulvane after the Wyan-
dotte caucuses, did not win a place on
the delegation. That thought was not
of great comfort in view of the days
disasters, but it was the only memory
which Kelly and his friends cherished
with great comfort.
Five candidates entered the fight for
delegates on the first ballot Wyan-
dotte, Douglas, Franklin and Linn
counties went solidly for Charles
Tucker OF Lawrence and Allen county
contributed five votes which gave the
Lawrence man IS votes on the first
ballot Ker was second in the run
ming with ten votes short of election
Bigger had polled 46 votes, DIR. c. "
Jones of Olathe, AS; and Mclean, rs.
The second ballot broke up the con
vention. Linn county came into its
own when Douglas county. under an
advance agreement, threw its l. votes
to John o. Morse of Mound CITY
Franklin and Wyandotte went to
Morse. contest of the Wyandctte
vote on this ballot, gave two for
Kelly and "A for Morse. Then Ander-
son county left Kelly, Allen county
johnson county split. six for Morse
and five for Jones. The Linn county
man had won with IS votes, as against
81 for Kelly, Is for Mclean and five
for Jones.
Mulvane opponents in the conven-
ton made no effort to instruct against
the election of the Topeka man. 1t
was not necessary. The delegates ere
pledged in advance. The men will
support a conservative Republican
Maybe Mulvane will have a voice in
the selection of the committeeman but
there will be no Second district votes
for his own andidacy-should he
later announce his candidacy.
Sennett Kirk, Garnett, and Dr. c.
w. Jones, Olathe, were elected as al
ternateS to tho national convention
The election was by reclamation
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REPLY is TERSE
England Asserts Right to Seize
American Mails.
Answer to Protest a Flat Re-
fusaI to Stop Practice.

Washington, March 15-Ambassa-
dor Page at London, it was learned to-
day, has cabled to the state depart
ment sufficient information concern
ing the forthcoming reply to the
American protest, on the British seiz-
ure of mails to indicate that the
United States is soon to face a serious
crisis with Great Britain. The answer
is understood to be practically a flat
rejection of all the American conten-
lions and is officially reported as be-
ing unsatisfactory"
There are now three acute issues
with Great Britain. They are:
The Issues.
First-Seizure of American
mails on the high seas.
Second-Invasion of American
ships on the high seas to take off
persons either of or suspected of
being of German origin.
Third-The validity of the Eng
lish blockade which embraces her
extension of the contraband list
and her enemy origin" decree.
The underlying principle of the
American protest is that Great Brit
ain not only has violated international
law by her acts but has also violated
the plain letter of The Hague conven-
ton. Great Britain has replied arbi-
tarily that she has Jurisdiction in her
own territorial waters. which officials
say means that she can commit any
international violation within her
Jurisdiction.
Officials Irritated.
There is growing irritation in state
departm circles over the failure of
the British government to reply to the
inquiries of this government regard
ing her right to take from the ship
China more than thirty Germans when
the vessel was near Shanghai. Both
Great Britain and France heretofore
have released Germans thus taken off
American ships without, however. adj
hitting the American contention that
they had no right to take them. Off
Gals anticipate that she will hold that
previous cases have no bearing on the
case of the China.
Great Britain's answer to the note
regarding the validity of her block
ade is understood to be either en-
route or about ready for transmission.
1t will come by mail and is under
stood to be a flat justification based
on the principle of expediency.
As the government already is on
record as considering reprisals unlaw-
full, the British answer will force the
United States to pass on the conten-
ton between Germany and Great Brit
ain as to whether England is justified
in excluding foodstuffs from Germany
and whether such eclusion is justifia-
bly, based on Germanys submarine
warfare.
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TODAY'S MARKET REPORT.

Chicago, March 15-WHEAT-Crop
damage reports from Illinois and Missouri
rallied the price of wheat today after a
display of weakness at the start In some
places the damage was estimated aver
aging 20 to so per cent, chiefly the resi- t
of winter killing Assertions from Liver
pool that British milIers were reselling
had considerable to do with the early
weakness here. Opening prices, which
ranged from sc to lie lower, with May
at $1o71s to $1.0S and July at $1.06A to
$1O6sz, were followed by a rise to well
above yesterdays finish.
sharp break in Liverpool quotations
led afterward to a material setback but
not of a lasting sort. Adverse weather
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TWO KILLED BY TRAIN
Missouri Pacific Hits Auto just Out
side Topeka City Limits.

Mrs Fannie Shumate, 227 Clay
street, was instantly killed and her
grandson, Floyd Hoover, SO seriously
injured that he died a few minutes
later, when an automobile in which
they were riding was struck by a Mis-
souri, Pacific passenger train Tues
day evening at a crossing three miles
south of Topeka. The machine was
completely demolished and both occu-
pants were thrown high into the air.
Mrs. Shumate was thrown against a
post and killed instantly. The boy
hurtled through the air for a distance
of seventy feet into a wire fence. He
was alive when picked up but died
about five minutes after reaching the
station
John Myers. the fireman on the
train, was the only eye witness to the
accident. He glanced out of the cab
window in time to see the collision.
The car had just climbed steep
grade west of the tracks and reached
the crossing in time to meet the on
coming locomotive. The pilot of the
engine struck the car and hurled it
backward to the side of the road.
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MISSIONARIES QUIT mex
Methodist Bishop From Mexico City
Reaches Border-Others TO Follow

Denver. Colo, March 15.-Word
was received here today = the arrival
at Eagle Pass. Tex, last night of
Bishop Francis ]. Mcconnell, of the
Methodist Episcopal church, whose
Jurisdiction embraces Mexico. Bishop
Mcconnell is en- route here from
Mexico City. Officials of the church
here expressed the belief that all the
missionaries of t--e church had been
ordered to leave Me ico by Bishop
Mcconnell.
Under normal conditions the church
maintains "a missionaries in the
southerl republic.
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Kansas City March 15.--HOGS-Re-
ceipts 1900. Market DC to Zoe lower Bulk
of sales, $9.35@9.60; heavy, S955d9 20 7;
packers and butchers. $9.40@9G5; light,
$9.25M9.50; pigs, $T.75@ST5.
CATTLE-Receipts $500. Market steady
Prime fed steers, $9.25d975; dressed beef
steers. St.g0G915; western steers, $T.50@
30; southern steers. $7.00MS.75; cows
$5.00@T,75; heifers, S7OOG975: stockers
and feeders, $650@s.50; bulls, $5.50a7. rs
calves; So 5o@1;0o b. $3.50
to Zoe higher Lambs, $1ol6501I.25; year
hngs, So 23@ 1000; wethers, $7.756iS.5O;
ewes SL25Gs-l5; stockers and feeders.
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Minneapolis wheat stocks have decreased
10000 bushels in the past three days.
Elevator stocks of wheat in Kansas City
decreased 153,153 bushels Monday and
corn stocks increased 70913 bushels.
report from Spain claimed that flour
merchants at Barcelona are urging the
government to obtain about ~ million
bushels of wheat to fill their requirements
Exports from the United States and Can
ada yesterday were 613,000 bushels of
wheat. $1,000 barrels of flour, 100000 bush
wheat and flour combined, $4,000 bush
els
Stocks of wheat in Chicago elevators in
creased 100000 bushels last week and now
amount to 4.JI3,00o; corn, 1896 900 bush
els. increase 100000 bushels; oats, 1920,
600 bushels, decrease 3:S3. 900 bushels. A
year ago stocks were ,204, 600 bushels of
wheat Ii, 45S,0O0 bushels of corn and IL,
749, 900 bushels of oats.
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Wall St, New York. March 15.-STOCKS
Reading assumed first place soon after
the opening. leading the active trading
for the forenoon. The stock rose "a to
S95S, its advance being accompanied by
various rumors, among others that Rookie
Teller interests were buying control. Color
was given to this report by the strength
of Western Maryland, n Rockefeller prop
erty which rose 3M to 323s. Among other
strong features were Lehigh Valley, Nor
folk and Western, United Fruit and Zinc,
the latetr adding points to it's initial
gain. Bethlehem Steel, selling minus its
first quarterly dividend of ~, fell to $40,
an overnight loss of 211a points. Cuban
American Sugar rose pig to 235.
Bonds were steady.
Activity and general strength were
again the dominant features of today's
early market, yesterdays buying move
ment being resumed on n broad scale,
gains of a point or more were registered
by American Locomotive, American Can.
American Zinc, Chino Copper. Mexican Pc
troleum and Westinghouse The latter
opened with n sale of 5000 shares at 20
to 70H against yesterdays final quotation
of 69as. Canadian Pacific led the rails
with rise of ~, while Reading rose
over a point. Specialties yielded as much
a point on secondary offerings
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69@e91ac: No. 8. 61@esc; No. w, wni'gN No d
No. 3, 671sc; No. yellow, I11ic' NO. %
oATs-Market unchanged. No. white'
421s@4515c: No. mixed, 4od4-s-
HAY-Msrket steady; unchanged.
kAFIR-No. white, S5c
WHEAT-Receipts ~ cars.
BUTTER-Market unchanged.
POTLTRY@Hens, 151Ac; turkeys, 2oc'
CLOSE: wHEAT-May. s1.o2ss; July.
coktSEMay, 71h@71Ae; July, 7s@7slsc.
Chicago Produce Market.
Chicago, March 15.-BUTTER-MarA
EGGs-Market higher. Firsts. 191s@2oc;
ordinary firsts. 19c. At mark, cases IN
ei NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. fSSiasMs lower. Michigan.
Wisconsin. Minnesota and Dakota wn N.Y.
SS@95c; Minnesota and Dakota ohios, eoW
PoULTRY-Alive, higher; fowls. 171sc;
springs, 1Sc.
New York Produce Market.
New York, March 15.-BUTTER--Marh
firme-. Creamery extras t92 score)' so1a
EGGs-Market firm. Fresh gathered ex-
CHEEsE-Market firm, State whole
milk flats, held colored; specials le'4e.
POULTR1-Dressed, firm.
New York Sugar Markets
strong; centrifugal, 5.T2G5TT; molasses,
4.95Q5.00; refined, strong.
New Orleans Cotton M1rISet.
New Orleans, March 15.-COTTON-Spot
firm; points up. Middling, Hiss.
New York Cotton Market.
New York, March 15.-COTTON-Spot,
steady. Middling uplands, 1l.eo. sales,
100 bales.
KANSAS City Live Stock Sales.
IThe folIo wing snles were made this morn
ing at the Stock Yards, Kansas City. and
reported over long distance telephone d.
rect to the State Journal by Clay. Robin
son Co.. live stock commission mer-
chuntsI
Kansas City, March 15.-CATTLE-Re-
ceipts $500 head. Market steady, 1Qc
lower
HOGS-Receipts 10000 head. Market &c
lower. Bulk of sales, $9.40@S.65; top. 1910
SHEEP-Receipts 10000 head. Market
steady to strong
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PUT A STOP TO IT
Santa Fe Prevents Kansans
From Enjoying 2-Cent Fare.
Trains Will Not Stop at Argen-
tine Any More.

Persons travelling between Missouri
and points in Kansas are to be pre-
vented from enjoying the 2-cent fare
in this state. it is said. by action that
is being taken by the railroads.
To take advantage of the 2-cent
rate in Kansas, passengers have been
buying tickets to a point nearest the
Kansas Missouri line. From there
tickets are purchased to the destina-
ton in Missouri.
The practice conforms to the laws
of this state but retains in the jeans
of the passenger an additional half
cent per mile that the railroads would
get if tickets were purchased through
to the Missouri destination.
Now the railroads are out after the
half cent According to letter re-
ceiVed from the Santa Fe Railway
company by Mayor c. w. Green of
stopped at that place. This action will
effectively block attempts of passen-
gers to enjoy the privileges of the .
cent fare guaranteed them under the
laws of Kansas.
For some time residents of Argen-
tine have complained of the service
given them by the Santa Fe. Some of
the best of the roads trains which
stop at Turner, Holiday and Forest
where there are only watering tanks
pass through Argentine without a
stop, they point out. As a result late
afternoon passengers from Argentine
to Topeka are compelled to take their
choice of coming to the union station
on the Missouri side or riding a plug
to Holiday where they can make
connections with the Topeka train.
They Don't Ask Much
/ Residents of Argentine have urged
the Santa Fe to stop trains No. l, No.
/ II and the Emnoria "Dl1e'' ar +hefr
station, according to Mayor Green If
the railroad will stop these trains at
I Argentine. residents of the town will
| be satisfied to have the best Santa Fe
trains pass them by, says the mayor
/ Railroads in their efforts to make il
hard for passengers to take ADVANTAGE
/ of the interstate rate also are adopt
I ing the methods that the Frisco is
charged with having practiced for
| some time.
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U. S.-MEx CLASH

ficial sources, General Funston re-
ceived reports of increased activities
of the de facto government troops but
there was no disposition at his head
quarters to regard the activities as a
whole as anything more than evidence
of Carranza's determination to CO.
operate with the United States govern
ment in eliminating Villa.
| General Funston remained at his Of
flee until after midnight to receive any
report General Pershing might make.
1t had been reported here that by
this morning the American troops
would be across the boundary line, but
| General Funston himself did not know
General Pershing's intention. His or
ders to the commander of the punt
tive expedition were in effect, Move
when you are ready"
Little in the way of preparation was
left undone last night, but there was
a feeling at army headquarters here
that General Pershing might wish to
delay his advance until practically
every possibility of hitch in his plans
was eliminated.
Tighten Censorship of News.
The general orders that have been
issued for the suppression of all news
that might interfere with the success
| of the contemplated expedition into
Mexico have served to keep the public
in ignorance of the exact number of
| troops that will be sent in under Gen
eral Pershing, but it is generally
known that the force will be not less
than 5000 and that the greater part
OF the available troops in the United
States will be within reach if it should
become necessary to use them.
Troop trains continued last night to
carry cavalry and infantry to the dis
| trict along the boundary line between
Mexico and New Mexico but today
the concentration of men and supplies
was practically completed.
/
there and numerous motor trucks
have been parked on the border. ready
for use along the lines of communion
ton that will be maintained wherever
possible
Across in "a Hours.
Ell Paso, March 15.-The border
awoke today to the conviction that be-
fore another "a hours had passed the
| United States troops would be sent
across the Mexican frontier at Column
bus, n. NJ, to bring Pancho Villa to
account for his crimes. The question
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Chanute SmeIters Get Raise.

Chanute, Kan, March 15.-Smelter
employees at Chanute, Bartlesvil1e and
Collinsvil1e today were granted an in
crease of IS cents a day. Since last
September wages have been increased
by local plants 80 cents a day volun-
tarily.
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neville and Cumires try to turn the
French position between Cumires and
Dea Man Hill.
1t is announced that General CAL
lieni, minister of war, is still indis-
posed and unable to attend to his
duties
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Chicago, March 15-HOGS-Receipts
$4,000. Market dull: unchanged to &c I'M
der yesterdays average. Bulk of sales
S9I0@9.S5; light, $9.30@9.S5; mixed, $3.50
$3.50; heavy, $9.45d9.90; rough, $3.50
$50; pigs $so0d9OO.
CATTLE--Receipts 10000 Market weak
Native beef steers, $7.60@9.95: western
steers. So .40@S.60; stockers and feeders,
$590dSs0 cows and heifers, $3.S0nS 20 I;
SHEEP-ieceipts 1000. Market steady.
Wethers. $S.25QS-S5; lambs. $9.75011.5O 80.
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Kansas City, March 10.
Chicago Grain Market


Chicago, March 15.-WHEAT-Close
May. 81 .10A @1.102s July, $1.0SA; Septem
coRN1aay, 77Q77sc; July. 779sc; Sep
TENDER. 775sc.
OATs-May. 45Ac; July, ANd44Ac.
PORK-May, $22.9T; July, $22.75
LARD-May, $1G9i; July, S1122
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The wealth of the United States at
the time of the breaking out of the
great war was equal to the combined
wealth of Great Britain and France.
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Mistletoe is proving a pest in the
lumber regions of the northwest and
steps are being taken by the govern
ment forestry department to COM
bat it.
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Liverpool, March 15.-WHEAT-Spot No
hard winter, gulf, lbs 6IAd; No. red
winter. western, lbs sd; No. 1 Durum
lbs 10d.
los 1012d.
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New Yor Stock Market
fCloss Of prices for the leading stocks on
The New York Stock Exchange as re
ported by Thos- ] Myers. Broker. Coium
bian Bldg.l
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in Canada had bullish effect. The
close was steady, 15sc to 1%M1Bc net
higher, with May at $1.10A @110ss and
July at $10S%.
CORN-Corn swayed with wheat Trade
was light After opening unchanged to Ac
lower, the market scored a moderate gen.
eral advance.
Scantiness of receipts led subsequently
TO further gains The close was unsettled
at ia sc to sc net advance
OATS-Oats showed strength indie
pendence of other grain.
PROVISIONS-The reason was the pro-
spect of a big reduction soon in the Chi
eago stock that weakness in the hog mar
ket lowered provisions Pork led the de-
cline.
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Kansas City Grniu Market
1.-THE range OF prices for grain futures on
The Kansas City Boardo ( Trade as re-
ported by Thos. Myers. Broker Column
ban BldG.l