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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-19

terday afternoon and the wind was
blowing sixty miles an hour by
O'Clock. A large gin and two black
smith shops were demolished and
numerous small buildings blown down
WindmiIls and Silos Raced.
The cotton crop is ruined in this
section and wind mills silos and fences
on farms were swept away. Trains
that left here at o'clock yesterday
afternoon could go no further than
Sinton on the San Antonio and Aran
sas Pass railway. The crews report
the hurricane did heavy damage
there and the tracks were covered
with debris for several miles on this
side OF the town. No loss of life has
yet been reported. All wires are down
south of here.
Start Train to Corpus Christi.
San Antonio, Aug. 19-Telephonic
communication was established this
morning between Sinton and San An
tonic. A train left Sinton at o'clock
this morning for Corpus Christi. which
is thirty miles distant.
The local telephone company would
give no promise of early communica-
ton with Corpus Christi, but said that
reports received at Sinton indicated
that while the damage was quite
heavy there had been little or no loss
of life in the coast resort
Disappears Into Mexico.
which struck the extreme south Texas
coast yesterday and last night in
f1cited considerable damage in the re-
gion between Corpus Christi and
Brownsville. passed inland southwest
of San Antonio, followed the Rio
Grande valley to about Del Rio and
then spent force on the plains OF
northern Mexico. This was the sum
mary given today by DR.. ]. l.. Cline
head of the local weather bureau
from information available.
Galveston, where a forty-mile wine
was felt, received the eastern edge o.
the disturbance while San Antonio
with a 68-mile wind last night was il
the northwestern arc of the circle.
Lives Lost in Rockport.
Dallas, Aug. 19-There was SOM
loss of life in the tropical storm a
Rockport, Tex, on the coast about tel
miles north of Port Arkansas, accord
ing to a long distance telephone mes
sage received here from Beeville
about sixty miles inland. No one wa
injured in the town itself, it was said
but the casualties resulted from
number being caught in the storm
while in small boats. The exact mum
Der was not learned. Efforts are be
ing made to locate the bodies.
Damage in Skidmore.
Houston, Texas, Aug. 19.-Th
Methodist church at Skidmore, man
barns and about all of the windmills il
the surrounding country were blow
down, according to a long distanc
telephone call from that neighborhood
Sinton, reached by wire today, re
ports the electric light plant crippled
the hotel badly damaged and all tn
cotton crop in that section ruined.
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quiries into suggested Reimbursement of
pay or practice.
This seems to me a thoroly prac-
teal and entirely fair program, and 1
think that the public has the right to
expect its acceptance"
Has Tough Problem.
Washington, Aug. 19.--President
Wilson. still has a serious problem to
solve if he is to prevent a national
railroad strike.
That was the situation when thirty
one railway presidents and thirty rail-
way managers prepared to leave their
hotel today for the White House where
President Wilson waited to go over
the matter once more with them. They
had not slept a lot, most of them hav-
ing been engaged in conferences of
their own up to a late hour last night.
The upshot of their conferences was
not to accept the presidents proposal
for settlement with the employees. They
were prepared to hold out for arbitra-
ton. they said
Cannot Yield Principle.
In a lengthy statement of their posi-
ton, which they had ready to lay be-
fore the president, the railroad heads
OF arbitration. They desire peace,
they say. but declare such peace must
be built up on arbitration.
1t appears that the situation, If it
IS TO De solved, must result now in
mutual concessions. The railroad ex-
ecutives are willing to do this The
employees, it became known today. are
willing also to tarry while and "con-
sicer the question OF possible trades. :
The president let it be understood
he is determined the situation shall
not get away from him. He wants a
settlement and it Is understood he has
not yet reached the end of his re-
sources. There was more talk TODAY
that lie would appeal to the directors
OF the roads and some of the biggest
financial interests back of them-as
court Of ia st resort
Railroads Court Investigation
The more likely plan in view, how
ever. was the formation of an entirely
new proposition to present to both
sides. There is no question that the
railroads will not yield to the eight
nour plan, unless its Inauguration is
preceded by a thoro Investigation by
an impartial commission to prove its
application to railroad operation is
practicable The railroads are will
ing, they say, to submit to such an
investigation at the hands of the in
terstate commerce commission. q
board appointed by the president OF
any other body capable of acting.
Their contention is that before they
can raise rates. they must submit tc
investigation and therefore before
they raise salaries-or make a change
equivalent to this-they should be en-
titled to an investigation. To yield
without this investigation, they claim
interstate commerce commission fol
| Increased rates
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STORM VIES WITH GUNS
Imrid Night Battle Amid Thunder and
Lightning on Somme.

With the British Armies on the
Somme Front. Aug. 10, via London
The thunders of the heaviest rain
storm of the season joined those of the
artillery and flashes of lightning from
the heavens We'd with the flashes
from the mouths of many guns in a
most lurid battle picture in the dark
ness of the early hours this morning
as a finale to yesterdays Anglo
French attack from Pozieres to the
Somme The chilly. heavy downpour
continues, making artillery observation
difficult.
The British main advance was to-
ward Guil1emont. where they gained
an important position on either side
of the town, besides ground on the
right of High Wood.
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trench north Of Maurepas in most vio-
lent counter attacks against all the
newly won French positions north of
the Somme last night, but at every
point were completely repulsed, it was
officially announced today. On the
Verdun front, the French captured a
few ruined houses on the outskirts of
Fleury village to which the Germans
still chung.
The German assaults north of the
Somme reached. their greatest violence
between Maurepas and Olery. The
Teutons vainly attempted to expel the
French from the outskirts of Maure-
pas and throw back the French lines
threatening to encircle the village.
They suffered heavy losses under
French machine gun fire. The French
took fifty prisoners.
Get 800 German Prisoners.
South of the Somme, artillery was
most active in the region of Belloy-
en-Santerre. where the French have
recently advanced their lines and also
near Estrees.
The Germans resumed the fighting
on the northwestern front of Verdun
last night, with two grenade attacks
against the French salient north OF
Avacourt and against Hill 304. Both
attacks were completely repulsed. The
Germans were driven back to then
trenches after suffering heavy losses
Artillery was most active on the whole
Verdun front.
In Thursdays and Fridays fighting
the French captured 800 unwounded
prisoners.
Austrians "Come Back"
Rome, Aug 1.-THE Austrians
launched an attack last night on the
left wing of the italian forces on the
Carso plateau, 1t was announced Off.
cially today The assaults were
checked by the fire of the Italian bat
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AUDIENCE $4,000

tCortInped e-n-n Page One,
mixing politics and military prepara-
ton is the worst thing that can hap
pen to a nation"
Referring to Mexico and the Vera
Cruz expedition, Governor Hughes de-
cIared:
I'VE interviewed, but we didn't stay
interviewed. We had an intervention
for an ignoble purpose and a retreat
without accomplishing anything ex-
cept the destruction of the only gov
eminent Mexico had.
I'VE do not want any buster" he
said in concluding. I'VE do not want
any braggadocio. We are not agrees
sive. But the name American citizen
ought to be as proud title as a man
can wear and ought to have the power
of the United States government be-
hind it everywhere on this earth"
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81 CENTS EACH CHILD
Semi-Annual Apportionnent
Permanent School Fund.

F1fty-one cents for every child of
school age i'll Kansas is the basis of
the semf-annual apportionment of the
permanent school fund interest. The
apportionment was made by the state
school fund commission and will go to
the various counties of the state in
proportion to the school population
The fund for distribution this month
amounts to $25S,S76.51. Wyandotte,
Sedgwick and Shawnee counties re-
ceive the largest sums from the fund.
Wyandotte county received SIS, 14S.64,
Sedgwick, s9,151.44; and Shawnee
Ss20S.45. Seventy-riine counties re-
ceived sums in excess of $1,000. STAN
ton county received the smallest sum.
S14b35.
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5000 TON Liner

.Confinnen rrorn rage One.
lying in wait for her off Sardinia. In
stead of going north OF Sardinia and
along the north shore of the Mediter-
ranean which before that time had
proved the safest route, she went
south of Sardinia and thru the straits
of Bonifacio, between Sardinia and
Corsica.
U-Boat Activity Increases
Several armed Italian steamships
have reported sighting submarines in
the Mediterranean and in SONS in
firing on them. italian naval gunners
were detailed to service on armed pas
senger vessels to operate the guns.
When the italian steamship D1talia
arrived at New York, August S, from
Genoa, her captain reported she he
iterranean. The steamship was pur-
sued for seven hours and passengers
said they believed one of the subma-
rines had been sunk.
There has been some increase re-
Gently in submarine activity The naval
expert of the Paris Temps wrote on
Thursday that the German submarine
campaign against merchant ships was
again in full swing in accordance
with the German note to the United
States in February in which it was
said merchant ships carrying guns
could not be considered as peaceful
ships. The Stampalia was 476 feet
long and 55 feet of beam. She was
built at Spezia in 1909 and was owned
at Genoa.
May Be in Government Service.
| The New York agents for the Siam
palia said today that two weeks ago
! they had received cable message i'd
vising them that all sailings of the
! steamship had been cancelled. They
express the opinion on this account
that the .Stampa1ia had been requisi-
toned and was in the service Of the
italian government. In this case he
would have no passengers on board.
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Drain Gossip
nv specfal wire to T. J. Myers Columbia
- HuiIding.l

NV specfaI wire to T. J. Myers. Columbian
3uiIding.1
Estimated shipments of wheat from Aus
tralia this week are 100000 bushels; India.
76U 600 bushels.
Elevator stocks of wheat in Kansas City
Increased 740913 bushels yesterday and
corn stocks decreased 1880 bushels.
Exports of wheat and flour from the
United States and Canada this week, ac-
cordfng to Bradstreets, were I.S0S000
bushels compared with 6.09S.0OO bushels
last week and $3.50 900 bushels a year ago.
Corn shipments this week were $4,000
bushels.
Exports from the United States and
Canada Yesterday were 1.062, 900 bushels of
wheat - 900 ba rrels of flour. 96. 900 bushels
of corn COG 900 bushels of oats; wheat and
flour combined. 1.116000 bushels.
An offiial French report places the
condition of winter wheat at "a and spring
wheat g. This represents a great loss and
further emphasizes important needs. Mill
ers' supplies are light everywhere and the
new wheat is of inferior quality.
Rroomha1Fs estimate of the crop Is 224.-
900 600 bushels, 1000 under uorrnSl
He thinks French import requirements Will
be 104. 900 900 bushels.
Argentina exported 10000 bushels of
bushels last week and 100000 bushels a
wear ago Shipments since January 1 ag-
gregate 81 STD 600 bushels: wear ago, 60
800 600 bushels. Corn shipments THIS week
were 2.s06 600 bushels, against 1912 900
bushels last week and 4.s06O00 bushels n
yea- ago. Total shipments since January i
are Sc -61 900 bushels: a year ago, 81 34S 900
bushels. Oats shipments this week were
2 140000 bushels
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BROKE SHUT OUT RECORD
Alexander Pitches Thirteenth No Run
This Season for Phillies.

CINCINNATI O., Aug. 19.-According
to records in the hands of the National
baseball commission the shutout game
pitched by Alexander Of the Philadel-
phia Nationals here yesterday esta b.
lished a new record for no-run games
pitched by one pitcher during major
league season.
Up to last year. according to these
records Mathewson, pitching for New
York, held the honor with twelve shut
out games during season Alexander
equalled this last year and surpassed
1t yesterday when he pitched his thir-
teenth shutout of the season.
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have his hat in the ring. it is init
mated
And for Finance.
Between c. B. Burge and W.
]. stage. enough trouble will be
generated to make the race for
reelection as finance commits
sioner extremely warm for WATSON,
who Is serving his first term. Prac-
ticallyi all of the prospective candi-
dates are well known and at one time
or another have held municipal or
county offices. Burge was city clerk
Stage is a public accountant.
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.BELGIANS WIN in AFRICA
In New Advance They occupy More
German Territory.

Havre, Aug. ia Belgian official
review of the campaign in German
East Africa and in the vicinity of Lake
Tanganyika, issued today, says that
the first two weeks in August were
marked by further progress of the
Belgian troops in Africa and an
nounces that Colonel Molito's brigade
occupied Saint Michel August IL.
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white, 56@47c; No. 2 mixed, 45@4sc.
RYE-$l. 22@1.23.
HAY-Marke unchanged.
KAFFIR-No. 3 white. $1.6O.
BRAN-S1 061@-
SHORTSES1 25671.35.
WHEAT-Receipts 404 cars
BUTTER-Market unchanged.
EGGSEFirsts, 24Hc.
POULTRY-Market unchanged.
WHEAT-Close: September S1.42A; De-
cember. S1.44%@144X; Nav, $149@1. 49is,
CORN-Sepember, S2%c; December, 1SB
@74c; May, 71sc
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Chicago Aug. 9.-WHEAT-Close: Sep
TENDER, $147as@1.473s; December. sl.51AG
1.515s; May, $155ls @155A.
CORN-September. S65sc; December, FOG
751kc: May, 1TA@77Mc.
oATs-septembss; 457s@45Ac; Deem
PORK - September, s27.45; October.
$2G25. ~
LARD - September. S13.S2; October,
$3.50: December. 1912.
SHORT RIBS-september, s1442; oc-
tober S14.12.
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MAINE GUARD DROWNED
Search Being Made I'm Rio Grande for
Infantryman's Body.

Laredo, Texas, Aug. 19.-Search
was being made today for the body of
JOS Booier. private in Company H,
Second Maine infantry. who was
drowned in the Rio Grande at Dolores.
thirty miles above here.
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New York, Aug 19--Mercantile paper,
S%. Sterling, 60-day bills, SALTS; demand,
S415%; cables, 4761a. Francs. demand,
5S91a cables, 5S9a4. Marks. demand, 725-16; :
cables, 1928. Kroner. demand, 1925; cables.
12A. Guilders. demand, 41h cables. 41%.
Lires, demand, GAS: cables, 641. Rubles,
demand, 3OA; cables, 3O% Bar silver,
65Ac.. Mexican dollars, 5Ossc. Govern
ment bonds steady; railroad bonds, steady.
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TODAY'S MARKET REPORTS.

Chicago, Aug 19.-when shorts covered
their contracts on a large scale today and
early prices were up more than cents
compared with yesterdays, close, fear Of
frost Monday augmented bullishness
based on established crop damage in this
country and Canada. December opened
11sc to SIC higher at 81 50h to 81. 4s13 and
sold at s1.5o5s. May advanced to s1.54'
31bc over yesterday. James A Patten as
serted the European war and the crop
DANCE constitute an unprecedented mar
ket situation.
Still higher prices were scored later. The
close was srong with net gains OF from
3Ke to 4%c.
Hot weather and the wheat strength sent
corn up. December opened &c to Isc
higher at 7415c to 74ssc. and sold to 54c
September advanced to SEC, a gain Of 11sc
A private report estimating decline OF
points in the condition of the crop since
the government report was bullish IN
fluence.
The close was srong, 1he to PIG up.
Oats were active and firm. December
opened Nc to &c higher at 4SHc to 414sc.
A squeeze III September pork was the
feature of the provision market. The COW
erfng purchases of a few shorts sent the
price att he opening to $27.4T1A. gain of
671Sc. Lard advanced 215c to DC and ribs
&c to 10c,
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New York Aug 17-BUTTER-Marke
firm. Creamery extras (92 scorel. 31A@
31hc.
EGGS-Market steady. Fresh gathered
extra fine, 32633c.
CHEESE-Mark. firm. State. fresh
specials, TE@17hc.
PoULTRY-Alive, weak. Dressed. firm.
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I,tverpool, Aug. 19.-Wheat, spot No. 1
Manitoba. las Id; No. 2, red western win
ter I3s lid Corn spot, American mixed
new los 6t2d.
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New York Cotton Market.
New York, Aug. 1g.-COTTON-Spot
Iuit; middling uplands, 14.45. No sales.
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DAILY WEATHER REPORT.

Furnished by the Weather Bureau Of
flee, Topeka. Kansas. for the a hours
ending at a. m. today:
q, In VEo@
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New Orleans. Aug. 19.-COTTON-Spot
steady, unchanged; middling. lab.
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Wall St. New York, Aug. 1g.-STOCKS-
Today's session was mainly devoted to the
usual week -end settlement of outstanding
professional contracts, these being more
numerous because of the recent activity in
pressed for sales but Increased strngth was
shown by aid issues. Atianttcs Gulf and
West !, indies dies making new record with
resumption of Its Oriental service. Few
changes of note occurred in the Investment
definite word from Washington. There
were gains of two to four points In fertil-
izers and Pullman. but leading industrials
munitions and motors were. dull. The
losing was irregular.
Bonds were steady
today's opening, the recent advance in those
days opening, the recent adance in those
issues. coupled with adverse foreign ad-
ing. Marine common and preferred yielded
a point each, with "a for United Fruit, but
Atlane Gulf lsldrd ana !. y West Indies made
Rails continued to reflect the shifting state
of the labor controversy, although Reading
U. S. Steel and other seasoned industrials
were steady, with moderate recessions in
Motors and some equipments.
kansas City Live stock Market.
Kansas City, Aug. 19.--HOGs-R Receipts
500, to 10 cents ut od higher Bulk. 10000
butchers. si6oe@io45; lights. siosoG 1870:
exTTLEERssseiig. 200: steady. Prime
steers, ss.O0@9.50; western steers. S7.OO6p
geo; southern steers. SIS 15Ms. so; cows.
"a. soar 25; heifers. S600d 1000: stockers
and feeders SCOOPS. 25; bulls, SIS. 256l6.6o /;
calves SG50611.00.
SHEEP-Receipts none; steady. Lambs
SO 256I II IS: yearlings, S7756IS25: weth-
ers 81 25G7.75; ewes $675d7.25; stock
ers and feeders, $6O0GI10.O0
Chicago Live Stock Market
Chicago, Aug. 10-HOGS--Market strong
and Toe higher Receipts 900. Bulk Of
sales, SO 25@Ioso; light. SO 3o@1oeo;
rough s9.75d9 %; pigs. ssiOd975.
CATTLE-Market firm; receipts. 2oo
Beeyes $3.70M9.50; western s665Gs 10 /:
stockers and feeders. S5.O0d7 90: calves
SO 25G12.75
SHEEP-Market steady; receipts 1000.
Natives. So 50M1.sO; western. S6T56s.O /:
lambs, $.25@11.00-
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Chicago Grain Market.
1.-THE range OF prices for grain futures Oh
The Chicago Board Of Trade as reported
By Thos j. Myers, Broker. Columbian
hicago, Aug. 10
Open High Low Today Yes
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TOPEKA MARKET.
fPrices furnished by Wolff Packing COT

Positively cannot use sheep or lambs
Topeka Grrin Market
Furnished by q sssi:sr.. -orner us..
sas Ave and Curtis ST
OATS-o6744c aug H.
CORN-s4c
wHEAT-s1 2561 30.
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c,,c.ro Topeka; Kan. Aug. IT.
NV YORK EGCS-2762oc
CREAMERY BUTTER-C,hicago oof<
New. York. ,3oAc: Elgin. 29Izc: Topeka
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Furnished by the Topeka Paekt,, -.
pany. corner Laurent ana Madison
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quiries into suggested REIMBURSEMENT of
pay or practice.
This seems to me q thoroly prac-
teal and entirely fair program, and
think that the public has the right to
exnect Ifs aecentapce -.
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Furnished by 7. Reck ~ ~ aug. ~.
FaARlE HAT-s8o0 n etn-
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HrNs-a n, aUgeKa. kan:. Aug. Il.
lbs. lie. springs. over 2 lbs 1ac rea,
Re- &c; geese 7c: hroilers. TIA and un,les
lec- ""''es
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Kansas City Grain Mrket.
Kansas City, Aug. 10.
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Butter and Eggs
Furnished by the Bentrice Creamery c.
opeka Kan.l
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-31
4 GREAT DISCOVERY

Swollen hands. ankles. feet are due to
a dropsical condition. often caused by
disordered kidneys. Naturally when the
kidneys are deranSed the blood is filled
with poisonous waste matter. which
settles in the feet. ankles and wrists;
or under the eyes in bag-like forma-
tons
As a remedy for those easily recog-
niZed symptoms of inflammation caused
by uric acid-as scalding urine. back
ache and frequent urination. as well as
sediment in the urine, or il uric acid in
the blood has caused rheumatism. lum-
bago. sciatica. govt, it is simply won
derful how quickly "Anuric" acts; the
pains and stiffness rapidly disappear
The very best possible way to take
care OF yourself is to take a glass Of
hot water before meals and "Anuric."
the discovery of DR.. Pierce Of Buffalo.
N Y
Step into any drug store and ask for
Z soc. package OF "Anuric." which is
many times more potent than lithfa and
eliminates uric acid as hot water meIts
sugar a short trial viii convince You.
ADV