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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-07
AMERICAN HANGED
L. S. Mining Man Executed on Villas
Order at Chihuahua.

I'll Paso Dec. Howard Gray, an
American mining man at Parral, chi
huahua, was killed by Villa bandlts
when they entered the town on NO
vember 5, according to telegram re-
ceived today by the Alvardo Mining q
Milling company. The message says
all other Americans were safe and
American property was unharmed
Gray has a sister. a Mrs. Bowman, re-
siding in El Paso.
A messenger who arrived from Par
raj shortly after the telegram was
made public said Gray was hanged by
order of Villa.
Another version of Gray's death is
that he was shot to death in the door
way of his home near Parral and his
body then hanged by a band of Villa
bandits from Villas main column. Two
foreign refugees, who reached here to-
day from Parral, related this story
Rob German Consul of $4,000.
/ These foreigners saw Edgar Koch,
| German consul in Parral, before they
/ left that city. He told them he was
/ ordered executed by Villa bandits at
Santa Rosalia. after being robbed of
! $4,000 worth of silver bars belonging
to the Alvarado Mining & Milling COM
| pany. The refugees also saw Theodore
Hoemuller, German, before they left
ParraL He was reported to have
| been killed together with his wife and
family. They said all other foreigners
! in the Parral district were safe except
number of Cinnamon who had been
/ killed.
Was Villa at chihuahua?
Washington, Dec doubts that
Villa himself was in Chihuahua City
when the city was taken from the Car
! rama forces as was reported have
been raised by the story of a deserter
from Villas band who says the bandit
chief directed the fighting by tele-
graph from Bustillos ranch near Chi
! huahua. His story was forwarded to
the war department today by the
American military authorities ar Fl
| PaSO.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-07
HER CROSS TOO HEAVY
"God Help the Poor" Writes Dis
tracted Mother.

Chicago, Dec. death was more
enticing than trying to rear family
on s12 a week. with prices at the pres
ent level and Mrs. Anna Dram turned
on the gas and lay down to die. Neigh
bors however. discovered her and to-
day she is recovering.
Before her attempt at suicide, Mrs
Dram prepared budget showing how
she tried to stretch her husband
small wage over the expenses of the
household
This is what it takes a week
81 rent. 50 lunch and carfare. That
leaves Sc a week for light, fuel,
food, clothes. medicine and Incl
dentals for husband. children and
myself. owe about $3.50 on a
number of bills. l can only spare
81 a week towards effacing this in
debtedness. God help the poor,
Poor Johnny. The world won't
give us a chance at all. ] know you
will do your best by the children
and forgive me. My cross is too
heavy, / can not carry it any
longer. Your ANNA"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-07
Light, Water and Street Car
Men in Convention Today.
Mayor House Delivers Address
of Welcome This Morning.
BIG LIST OF SPEAKERS
Prof. BIackmar to Talk on In
determinate Franchise.
New Officers Will Be Elected at
Session Tonight.

Less than 100 delegates to the nine
teenth annual convention of the Kan
sas Public Service association had reg
istered at 2 o'clock this afternoon. but
more electric light, gas. waterworks and
street ear men were arriving on every
train. and the officials in charge of
the registration bureau in the lobby
of the National hotel were confident
that there would be more than hun
dred delegates present by tonight. The
yellow badges worn by the public
service men were conspicuous in the
lobby all morning.
The program opened with a brief
address of welcome by Mayor Jay E.
House, to which L. o. Ripley, of
Wichita, responded. Following the
address and the response, the conven-
ton took up the appointment of com
mittees by the president, a. H. Purdy,
of the Topeka Edison company, which
occupied the remainder of the morn
ing.
Afternoons Program.
The first technical address on the
program today was delivered in the
assembly room of the hotel at o'clock
this afternoon. w. n. Mathews, OF
w. N Mathews & Brother, of St. Louis,
was to speak on Good Will-the
Greatest business FactOr.
Immediately following there were
addresses by A. MacLa hlan, s--les
manager of the Detroit Fuse & Man
ufacturing company, on "Increasfns
the Central stations Profit by Stop
ping a Leak" by E. T Forman, of
Kansas City, Mo, representing the Ma
Ii al Safety Council, on Accident
Prevention" by F B. Uhrig, of Kan
sas City, Mo, district manager of the
Western Electric company, on THE
Progress of Electrical Developments;
by G. B. Muldaur, field assistant sec
retary of the National Electric Light
association, on d topic to be an
nounced later.
BIackmar Speaks Tonight.
Following the addresses. there will
be an executive session for the class A
members of the association, which will
terminate the afternoons work.
One of the features of the conven-
ton is the address to be delivered to-
night by Professor F. w. Blackmar
of the State University, on THE In
determinate Franchise"
Officers for the coming year are to
be elected at the business session
which will follow Professor Black
mars addrt SIS this evening.
The election of the new officers fol
the coming year is the most impor-
tant feature of the work today. The
executive session for the class A mem
bers late this afternoon will be at
tended only by the accredited repre-
sentatives of corporations. Other
members of the convention are pres
ent only for educational purposes.
The time and place of the next
meeting will be fixed after the conven
ton by the executive committee.
The members from the western and
southern parts of the state are the
ones who have not vet arrived.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-07
RUSH FOR FARM LOANS
$4,000 Applications Total IL Times
Amount Available.

Washington, Dec. 7.-Officials Of
the farm loan board announced to-day
that more than $4,000 farmers have
applied for mortgage loans aggrega =
ing approximately S150,0OO0O0 or
more than seventeen times the amount
of money which will be Immediately
available for loans on the organization
of the twelve farm loan banks
Most OF the applications have ONE
from ~the south and west. They still
continue to come in by hundreds every
day.
Altho the location of the banks
probably will not be announced before
December 20 it was said today that al
most Immediately after organization
the banks would find it necessary to
issue bonds for virtually their entire
capital stock to meet the demands of
borrowers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-07
ORDAINS II CARDINALS
Pope Imposes Red Hats on Newly
Chosen Church Dignitaries.

Rome, Dec. Pope Benedict held
a public consistory today in the hall
of Qualifications above the Atrium of
st. Peters in the presence of several
thousand persons. The ten cardinals
created on Monday and also Cardinal
Freuhwirth, apostolic delegate to Mu-
mich and Cardinal Scapinelli. former
papa1 nuncio at Vienna, who were
created cardinals in 1914. entered the
hall. after which the pontifical pro-
cession went in bearing the portable
throne
The pope blessed the kneeling as
semblage. After the pope had impos-
ed the red hat on the new cardinals
he returned to his apartn- ents while
the sacred college sang the te deum IN
the Sistine chapel
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-07
THE COST OF VICTORY
Democrat Report Shows National
Committee Collected Sf.SOS.3 .348.

Washington. Dec. THE final re-
port of the Democratic national com
mittee on it's campaign receipts and
expenditures. filed with the house to-
day. shows total receipts of s1,s0S,3zs
and total disbursements of s1.6s4.590.
In addition there are: Ascertained
liabilities, s97,0O5; claims subject to
audit, $99,470, and loans to be repaid.
$4,000.
The report was submitted by Treas
urer Wilbur w. Marsh. The largest
contributor was Cleveland H Dodge.
President Wilson contributed s2,5OO.
OF the contributions s49O,175 were in
sums less than 500. The loans to be
refunded are:
Henry S. Priest. st. Louis. $3O.006.
and f. s. Peabody, Chicago, $4,000
Another loan by Mr.. Peabody of 500
900 has been already refunded.
Hughes League Has Deficit
The Woodrow Wilson Independ-
ence league. thru Henry Bruere. New
York, treasurer. in it's final report to-
day. acknowledged contributions of
S47.119 and expenditures aggrega ting
s46,4O5. in addition to s7.972 spent
for the league by the Democratic ma
tional committee The contributions
included $4,000 by Charles r. Crane.
The National Hughes alliance. thru
Arch w. Shaw, treasurer. reported re-
ceipts of s13.242; disbursements of
$21. .2S9, beside unpaid bills Of sS.27s
William Wrigley, Jr.. of Chicago, who
gave s4,250, was the principal con-
, tributOr.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-07
NEWSPAPER TO WALL
Old Established Missouri Sheet Could
Not Stand Cost of Paper

Macon, Mo. Dec. E.-Charles W.
Shelton of Macon, has been appointed
receiver for the Macon Times Demo-
crat, the oldest paper in the county.
The Irwin Paper company of Quincy.
III. and the Home Coal company of
Macon, are among the creditors
c. \. To.man manager of the paper,
said the assets were more than suffi-
cient to meet liabilities, but that the
paper had not been making any money
on account of conditions, especially
that left by a contest, as more than
three thousand subscribers paid in ad-
vance, and the ever increasing cost of
white paper made the fulfillment of
these contracts an expense which the
receipts were inadequate to meet
The paper will be continued under
the direction of the receiver
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-07
Governor Capper Meets With
Representatives of State.
Representatives Attend From
25 Towns of the State.
MANY REFORMS ADVOCATED
Henry j. Allen Seeks More Effi-
cheney in Court Houses.
Judge Ruppenthal Urges Fewer
Courts and More Justice.

Efficiency and economy students,
advocates of the one-man form OF 10
cal government, leaders of judicial re-
forms and boosters for varied ana
sundry brands of repairs in the sys-
tenn of government, came to Topeka
today to attend Governor Capper's ef-
ficiency meeting More than eighty
men representing more than twenty
five towns of the state are attending
the sessions in the state house. In
vitations sent to more than 500 profni-
nent business and professional men of
the state brought together many men
with many ideas, who are this AFTER
noon seeking to agree on program
to go to the state legislature.
Reforms in existing methods or
handling public business were ad-
vanced this afternoon by men who
came to the meeting from every sec
ton of the state. A number of mem
bers of the 1917 legislature are at
tending the meeting. State efficiency
and economy committee members are
also present. In the crowd are many
prominent business and professional
men and persons who have studied
methods of handling public business.
Allen Has Economy Plan
Henry j. Allen of Wichita, candi-
date for governor in 1914, came to
the meeting with the declaration that
the state thru the individual counties,
might save a million dollars a year
thru a more economical plan in the
court houses. Allen was one of the
principal speakers at the afternoon
meeting.
John L. Powell, prominent Wichita
business man, and other persons in
the meeting, advocated a more thoro
and uniform system of caring fol
county business. Powell urged a UNI
form system of county accounting, the
rewriting of a number of laws now or
the statute books and the probable
holding of a constitutional convention
Judge J. c. Ruppenthal of Russell
urged judicial reforms in the states
effort to cut down operating expenses
He urged the division of the state into
five judicial districts with several
judges elected in each district. Any
district judge might then hold court
in any county in the district. The
plan, he said, would facilitate the
handling of court work and cut down
expenses.
Have Too Many Courts.
1--WE have too many courts and toe
many judges" Judge Ruppenthal de-
clared. "Our judiciary is not co-ordi-
nate, flexible and consistent. We need
more definite and certain justice
aid a cheaper Justice. We should
provide for an interchange of judges
that judges in districts where there
are light dockets might be sent to
help with the work in the counties
with heavy dockets.'
Criticism was also directed against
the present county system. He
pointed to the fact that ten county
fContinupd on Page TwOI
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-07
WINTER FINALLY HERE
Drop in Temperature With Probable
Snow E1urries Is Prediction.

Temperatures today averaged l. de-
grees above normal. The wind is
blowing at the rate of twenty miles
an hour from the northwest
A decided change is on the schedule
for tonight followin two weeks of
beautiful fall weather. Temperatures
were dropping slowly today and the
mercury was expected to be close to
the freezing point by night and to-
morrow morning will get down to
about, 25 degrees. There is just a
chance for snow flurries, and a fresh
wind will blow all night
The wind was making twenty miles
from the northwest this morning, and
it increased in velocity thruout the
day The long warm period culmi-
mated last night in touching the high
record at o'clock in the evening.
when the mercury climbed to 81 de-
grees. The fall started about a. m
The forecast calls for fair weather
CONTINUED on Page TWol
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-07
CLOSES $50 SALOONS

Gary. Ind. Dec. Gary may find
its $50 saloons padlocked Sunday
morning if the war between Mayor
r. o. Johnson and the city council
over the regulation of saloons keeps
up that long.
Declaring that the councilmen are
"grandstanding" by demanding strict
regulation in public and at the same
time privately urging the mayor to in
woke only reasonable" regulations.
johnson announced he would clamu
the blue laws on to the letter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-07
Villa Respected English Rights cut
Looted Others Property.

Ell Paso, Dec. 7.-According to a
telegram reaching William Dale, Eng
lish capitalist and Chihuahua City ref
ugee here, Villa took precautions not
TO harm the property of British sub
iects Many warehouses owned by
Germans, Chinese and other foreign
ers were sacked, but British interests
were respected. Before Villas raid
on the city, Dale fled to the border,
bringing two hundred thousand dol
lars in gold from his bank.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-07
PROSECUTION CLOSES
State Completes Evidence to Prove
Teiper Slew Mother and Brother.

Buffalo, Dec. THE peoples case
against John Edward Teiper on a
charge of numbering his mother, Mrs.
Agnes NJ. Teiper. closed today and
Roger P. Clark of Binghamton, asso-
ciated with Edward r. O'Malley, and
George A. Lewis for the defense made
the opening address to the jury on
behalf of the accused.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-07
BATTERY COMING!
Topeka Artillery Ordered Home
From Border.
Included in 5000 Troops To Be
Returned Soon.

San Antonio, Tex, Dec. IA total
of 5,767 national guard troops now en-
gagged in border service was today
designated by General Funston to go
home. He acted upon orders from
the war department to selected be-
tween 5000 and 10000 troops for re-
lease. Included in the list of troops is
Kansas Battery A, field artillery OF
The original members of Battery A
are:
Officers.
Capt. J. NJ Hite.
First Lieut.. w. p. MacLean.
First Lieut.. J. c. Hughes.
Second Lieut.. A. c. Bartel.
Second Lieut.. Richard B. Porter.
Noncommissioned Officers.
First Sgt. f. d. Wilson
Quartermaster Sgt. Don Mckee.
Sgt. c. S. Winner.
Sgt. c. f. Wilson.
Sgt. r. f. GoshOrn.
Sgt. Nels A. Anderson.
Sgt. J. A Barraclough.
Sgt. T. c. Whitaker
Sgt. William c. Link.
Sgt. z. II. Cummings.
Sgt. L. r. Bartlett
Sgt. Il. o. Mariner.
Corp. H. f. Cooper.
Corp. ID. L. Bliss.
Corp. Otto B. Critchfield.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-07
BANDITS HOLD UP TOWN
Seven Men Wreck Bank Safe-RevoI-
vers on Phone Central.

Findlay. O., Dec. Carrie King,
night phone central, stood in her room
at the point of a revolver for two
hours early today while seven masked
men held up the town of Mount Cory,
ten miles from here They wrecked
the bank vault. The money loss, if
any, is not yet known. One man stood
guard over Miss King to prevent her
telephoning an alarm.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-07
JURY is STILL OUT
No verdict Yet Returned in the Wolff
Watson Case.

The jury in the case of Cynthia Wat
son. a trained nurse. against Harry
Wolff, had not reached verdict at 3
O'Clock this afternoon, after having
been out since $50 o'clock this morn
ing.
Miss Watson is suing Wolff for
$500 damages, charging that he as
saulted her after a quarrel in his home
when she was there attending his
mother.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-07
Steel Prices Set New RECORD.

New YORK, Dec. steel prices set
another high average this week. when
they reached more than $40 long
ton for the first time in history. The
price level of eight leading products
now is s70.53. A week ago the aver
age was $69.S3.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-07
After the BootIeggcrs.

Keokuk. Ia, Dec. Lee county
grand jury. returned forty-seven in
dictments after two weeks session
Forty-six of these were for alleged IL
legal selling of liquor. Attorney Gen
eral George Crosson addressed the
jury.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-07
TO BLOCKADE GREECE
Allies Adopt New Tactics as Reprisal
for Athens Riot.

Paris Dec. IA blockade of Greece
as a measure of reprisal for the riots
in Athens, in which French marines
were fred upon. will be officially an
nounced tomorrow.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-07
NO MORE POTATO BREAD
Germany VIII Eat 90 Per Cent Grain
Loaf, Says Food Official.

Amsterdam Dec. THE Berlin
Lokal Anzeiger quotes Stegerwald, one
of the directors of the war-feeding
board. as saying in a speech at Reck-
ling Hausen that from January 1, no
more potatoes must be used for bread
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-07

Denver. Colo. Dec. 7=PIans are
under way here to institute a state
wide legislative probe into the prices
of foodstuffs and market facilities
when the Colorado legislature con-
venes early in January.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-07
ROTARY sPOKEs.

Fred Voiland used every laudatory
adjective in the dictionary in describ-
ing Henry Allen before introducing
him. Gee, wouldn't Jay House like to
hear that" a Rotarian exclaimed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-07

Pasteboard Identification cards were
placed on hooks and taken down by
the Rotarians before luncheon. This
will be a regular custom from now on.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-07

George Hart usually consumes the
luncheon time by reading the minutes
of the last meet. This time they
wouldn't let him do it. Every time he
started they began clapping.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-07

Henry Allen asked for Topeka's CO.
operation in getting Z; n enabling act
thru the legislature making it possi-
bic for all cities to adopt he manager
plan of government.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-07
CUT MIDDLE man
State HOrticulturists Would
Eliminate the Dealers.
CO.Operative Marketing Facili-
ties Advocated Today.
ASK FOR STATE LEGISLATION
Repeal Law Providing for Use
of Liquid Quart.
Nearly 200 in Topeka for State
wide Sessions.

Members of the state horticultural
society this afternoon elected A. l..
Brooke of Topeka, as president of
the state organization. Brooke was
promoted from the vice presidency,
to which he was elected in 1915.
His election as president is for
term of one year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-07
DIDN'T RAID BRITISH

IContinued on Page Five.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-07

More visitors were resent at to-
days luncheon than at any previous
occasion. 1t was on account of the
ef cheney meeting in progress at the
state house.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-07

ONCE more the weaker nation
bears the brunt in the European
conflict.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-05-02
j. S. MUNITIONS
SALES ARE LARGE
Supplies Valued at s6,50o,ooo Leave
American Ports For Europe
Every Day.

Washington, May 2.-Europe's pur-
ohases of war materials in the United
States totaled sS4O.OO0.OOO at the end
OF the first 20 months OF the war.
Figures assembled Monday in the
bureau OF foreign and domestic com.
merce show the heaviest month was
March last. when more than $4,000
900 worth Of munitions left American
ports. April totals have not been
compiled.
Shipments OF high explosive shells
and shrapnel are crossing the At
lantic now at the rate of 100000
worth daily and vessels are carrying
5000 o worth OF powder a day. Fire
arms and cartridges valued at more
than $50 900 went to Europe dur
ing March.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-05-02
GOOD A 7
Contractors Have Filed Bonds and
Signed Contracts.

Judge MaloSey rehorts~th the
preliminary steps in the county good
road work are being disposed Of In
the order in which they come. and
everything is practically in readiness
for the actual work to begin.
The. Uvalde Rock and Asphalt Com.
pany, contractors for the A. G. NJ.
College Road, has signed up the on
tract with the county and filed its
bond, which was approved by the COM
missloners court. The contractors
will begin work as 500 as the wealth
er will permit.
Hayden G. Bates, general contrac'
tors for all the roads in District No.
l, except the College Road, have also
signed their contract and filed theil
bond. The bond was approved excep'
I, rs to a few minor details and these
| viii be corrected at once. The worl
on the several roads will start in {
short time and be pushed 20 CON
pletion.