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SENTENCED ID DEATH, WAITE
 THANKS COURT
kPoisoner of Wife's Parents to Die in Sing Sing Chair
 Week of July 10.

New York, June 1.-Dr. Arthur Warren Waite was sentenced today to die in the electric chair during the week of July 10-the penalty for the murder of his father-in-law, John E.. Peck. of which he was convicted.
 A motion by Dr. Waites counsel that he be granted a new trial was denied. Waite entered the court room with head erect, step firm and ap- parently unperturbed After sentence was pronounced he thanked the court with suawe politeness, although his voice wavered as he spoke of his sor- row for his crimes.
 'I ask for forgiveness. I am very, very glad to give my body in expiation for the things I have done and I give my soul freely to rectify my misdeeds hope it will go on and on forever and ever to purge itself'
 Within half an hour after sentence was imposed Waite was on board train for Sing Sing.
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Grain and Provisions.

2 Chicago, June 1.-Announcement that Oklahoma was offering to ship newly harvested wheat within fort night had bearish effect today on the market. It was said cutting had already begun in the southern part of Oklahoma. The opening, which ranged rom the same as yesterdays finish 10 l,4@3-8c higher, with July at $1.O7 Wd;ol 1-S and September at $1.09@ f.os Is; was followed by slight further hardening and then decided
 After opening unchanged to 1-sc nlgher corn prices scored moderate gam, ggalns' put soon dipped below yester-
 Dats proved relatively firm.
 provisions averaged lower.
 oo,s Aosence of any important export cal led subsequently, to great weak ness 1 in wheat. The close was heavy igl o-Sc to 1 7-8c net lower, with yuly at $1.05@1.O5 3-4 and September E $l.o7@107 1-2. Slowness of cash SIemand operated as a check on any 1ulhsh @ reaction in corn. The close .,, was weak at 1-2@5-8c to 58c net de-
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AN ANCIENT .SEX STRIKE.,

The sensational ladies suggesting the plan of "sex strike" among the women of belligerent countries may think they are proposing something new in urging wives and sweet carts of soldiers to refrain from caresses until the fighting stops It SO hap pens, however, that Yysistrata, titular heroine of the most farcical of Aris- tophanes' comedies, headed a repre- sentative gathering of Athenian mat rons after 21 years of the Pelepon- nesian war and advised that very thing-a sex strike. Incidentally, it didn't work. Men are not the only people on earth who like kisses and such things.--Los Angeles Times.
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Iiyerpool Cotton.

Liverpool, June l.-Spot cotton weak; good middling, S.63d; middling, 8.47d; low middling, e.27d; sales, 10,- 900 bales; for speculation and export, 1000 bales; receipts, l3,500 bales.
 Futures steady; June, S.19d; June July. Slid; July-August, S.19d; Au gust-September, S.03d; September-O De- tober, 7.92d; October November, 7.84d; November December, 7.78d; De cember-January, 7.75d; January Feb ruary, 772d; February March, 7.71d; March-April, 7.70d; April May, 7.69d; May June. .7.67d.
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right tip and make you feel fine and vigorous I want you to go back to the store and get vour money. Dodsons Liver Tone is destroying the sale of calomel because it is real liver medicine entirely vegetable. therefore it can not salivate or make you sick.
 guarantee that one spoonful of Dodsons Liver one will put your sluggish liver to work and clean your bowels of that sour bile and constipaed waste winch IS clogging your system and making you reel miserable l guarantee that bottle of ioousoh Liver one will keep your entire family feeling fine for months Give it to vour childret1 1t IS harmless; doesn't gripe and they like its peas ant taste.
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WARNING ORDER.

In the Chancery Court of Jefferson County, Arkansas.
 c. J. Samstag and c. H. Bolinger, trustes, plaintiff, vs. Marel Franklin and Annie A. Franklin, defendant.
 The defendants, Marel Franklin and Annie A. Franklin, are warned to ap- pear in this court within thirty days and answer the complaint of plaintiffs C. J. Samstag and c. H. Bolinger, trustees.
 Given under my hand and the Seal of said Court this 18th day of May A. D. 1916.
 F. M. REEVES, Clerk. s: F. VAULX, D. c.
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E. 7th. 4 rooms, modern
 F OR s A L. K
WARNING ORDER.

Tn the Chancerv Court of Jeffer- son County, Arkansas.
 E. c. Pyatt, plaintiff, vs. Esther Pyatt, defendant.
 The defendant, Esther Pyatt, is warned to appear in this court within thirty days and ancwer the complaint of plaintiff, E.. c. Pyatt. Given under my hand and the seal of said court this 11th day of May. A. D. 1916.
 r. M. REEVES, Clerk.
 s. F. VAULX, D. c. 2-1Q-Ce60.Q =
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WARNING ORDER.
 No. 4890.

In the Chancery Court of Jeffer son County, Arkansas.
 Thomas Day, plaintiff, vs. Estella Day, defendant. The defendant, Estella < Day, is warned to appear in this court within 50 days and answer the complaint of plaintiff, Thomas Day.
 Given under my hand and the seal of said court this lst day of June, A. h., 1916.
 F. M. REEVES. Clerk.
 s. r, VAULX, D. c. lSeal.) 6-2-9-16-23-30.
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DOGS ON VOTING LIST.
Mules and Dead Persons Also Appear
 as Voters in West Virginia.

Charleston, w. ", May 31.-Be- cause the state supreme court is con- vinced that large number of mules, dogs and dead persons is registered as actual voters, and that many fictiti- ous names are on the registry lists, the court late yesterday awarded a peremptory writ of mandamus com manding the county court of Mingo to strike from the registration rolls for the lower Red Jacket precinct of that county large number of names of illegal voters.
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New Orleans Spot Cotton.

New Orleans, June 1.-Spot cotton qmet; sales, on the spot 24O bales, to arrive 255 bales; good ordinary, 11.15c; strict good ordinary, 11.63c; low middling, 12.13c; strict low middl- ing, 12.38c; middling, 12.63c; strict mlddling, l2.SSc; good middling, l3.l3c; strict good modelling, 13.38c; receipts, 2,6S9 bales; stock, 260,116 bales.
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The invention of clay models is credited to Dibutades. the Corinthian. His daughter. being about to be repa- rated from her lover. traced his pro file by his shadow on the wall Her father filled up the outline with clay, which he afterwards baked. and thus produced a figure of the object of her affection, giving rise to an art until then unknown.
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St. Louis Live Stock

8 o3c. s; Lotus, June 1.-Hogs-Receipts, 9SS. 9SSSo' S.eady pigs and lights, $7.5O@ rood hsaec has and butchers, $9.40@9.75; soles. ea sseeaNv1es, se Nag,, ss.7o@s.75; bulk of nat;uo Hassie- Receipts. 2,4Oo; strong; !; mo % stas uee1 steers, $7.5O@10.5O; yeari- 85o. SSo.oo@0.50; stockers, S5.5O6 @ s5 soolex texas eS and Oklahoma steers
 he;tess h;tg9oo; prime yearlinr steers and hs' he;tss' -$s.75@l0.25: cows amd % s'eers' ss.oo@s.5o; puaiav native o0ashesn caIvaa
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-06-02

Probably the youngest delegate ev- CT sent to national convention of any political party in this country is Tom Poe, who has been named to represent the Fifth district of Arkan- sas in the approaching DemoLr ratio convention at St. Louis
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l.. E. Cole of Bangor. Cal, recently received letter written to him by his brother on Dec. 2, 1864. At that ! time the writer was soldier in the l Union army and he tells of the chase into Mississippi after Gen. Prices !! command. Where the letter has been is a mystery.
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ATEXAS E0NDbR

7HHE Texas Wonder cures kidney and
 A diabetes. weak and lame backs. rheuma- tism and all Irregularities of .:.e kidneys and bladder il both men and women. If not sold ceipt of s1. One small bottle is two months treatment and seldol1 fails to perfect 8 cure. Send for testincnials from this and otheI States Dr. E. ". Hall 292S Olive Street St. Louis Mo Sold by d'ug.ists. Adv.
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COW PEAS -REPLACE THE HAY and oat crops cut short by drought with Cow Peas. Improves the soil; yields an abundance of best hay. We have a nice assortment of clays, reds, blacks, blue and brown whip poorWill and mixed peas, all Ten nessee grown. Also mammoth vel low sofa beans, millet and sor- ahum seeds, etc. Ask for samples and prices stating quantities in which interested. Chattanooga Feed Co.,. Chattanooga, Tenn. 5-26-6t
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WHAT THE COW SAID. I'm a patient old COW,

I deliver the goods. That's the reason they keep me Out here near the woods. But my husband, alas.
 Is the chaff in the wheat. They bundle him off
 And change him to meat.
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A large quantity of unstable and supposedly unpawnable loot was left on a St. Paul (Minn.), back porch the other morning, just three years after it had been stolen from the same house, the greeting on the package reading: ''trom kind-hearted yegg- man."
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-06-02

Do really love call of the shepherds in the Alps? love call given floats the caught he re-echoed until it dies
 The call peciay appealing Mrs Otto F1echs will beginning
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FOR SALE-$25O0 WILL BUY A TWO story dwelling; nine rooms and bath; on paved street, corner lot, 72x140 feet; good barn and serv-
 ants house; near Lakeside church.
 If you want home at a bargain. see or phone Hollis Real Estate Co.,. phones Nos and 112. 3-19-tf
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FOR SALE-FORTY ACRES OF land 8 miles from Pine Bluff; 1-t
 mile off of pike road: in good nelghborhood: 20 acres in good state of cultivation; a req. bargain at $15 per acre; terms can be had. See or phone Hollis Real Estate Co.,. phones Nos 2 and 1t2 if
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-06-02

r U R $ A l. E HAND DRAWN
 cypress shingles. Call phone 9532-F2 k. N. Bul kks 5-11 I'm
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-06-02

The Bahama islands may become extensive producers of rubber by cul- tlvating the Mexican rubber plant.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-06-02

LOST OR STRAYED-BIRD DOG
 white and liver-colored spots;
 wearing brass collar, chain attached Reward if returned to 623 Walnut street. 5-29.Gt
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FOR RENT-TWO FURNISDED down stairs rooms, clean, light and
 cool; cheap to permanent parties; modern. Telephone 2148, 713 Main
 street. 5-28-3t
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MONEY TO LOAN ON CITY PROP erty or farms in any amount from So,0OO up; quick action. $. C.
 WE'LL. if
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REPORTS OF :. MARKETS = l.: f. TTONLGRAIN-LIVESTOCK.

$60O@11OO.
 sheep1aReeeipts, R zee 2,7oo; strong Wethers, $700@8.50; clipped ewes s6.5o@75o; clipped lambs, $8.5o@ 1925; spring lambs, $10.00@12.25.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-06-02

FOR SALE TWO BEAUTIFUL lots on 24th and Mulberry st eets, blocks from car line: 40 acres unlmproved land on Sulphur Springs road. and one horse wagon. Call at Barnett Tailor shop. 5-27-6t
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New York Shot Catfnn

New York, June l.-Spot cotton qu1et; middling uplands, 1270c; no
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r o E F E N T
C. $. M N K w l0G PINE STREET PHONE 971

hUb IiNC S lhEtI fHONE y7l l21 idaho; tank and well water; close to shop gate-- $S5O 15lG w. Sth; , rooms, strictly mod
 "rn ---------------- $1600 7o5 Beach, 4 rooms, close in; gas and sink -------- ----- S11.5O 1905 E. 3rd; rooms; close to shops -----z---------------- $l50O 1121 Oak, 4 rooms, city water and
 gas, two lots .................. 5000 1916 Beach, 4 rooms, strictly mod 111o W. Fourth, 5 rooms, mod 17o9 E.. Seventh, Pat sChestnut home,
 9 rooms,2 lots, strictly modern and
 up ito date ,:...-..., ................$25.0 .00 1109 Beach, new 4-room bungalow, strictly modern $1G.00 2Gnd and Poplar, 4 room bugalow.
 lights. gas ------------------$1 $12.5O 91S E. 3rd, 10 rooms, fine location for
 boarding; will repair to suit $3O.OO 707 Walnut, 6 rooms, hall. modern,
 close In .$22.vO 119 E. Harding ave, 3 rooms, newly
 papered =. ---------.i = $500 1909 w. 5th, rooms, strictly modern,
 servants house z---------$25.OO 51o E. Bud. 7:.rooms. lights, gas and
 bath, suitable s G for two families: s13 sCherry. Five rooms. lights and
 Dath --------------$l5.OO 10o6 E. 9th, new 4-room cottage,
 strictly modern. lights. bath, sink,
 and close to school and churches;
 on paved street and car line $500 100S E. 6th rooms, newly overhaul
 ed, lights, gas and bath; car line
 and paved street $1S.00 Ct? Tennessee. Lights and gas; four
 rooms; close in $12.5O i4O1 Magnolia, 3 rooms, good we'll
 ana barn -$5.OO S05 w. Third, rooms, strictly mod ern, close in -s25.OO 22i E. End, 8 rooms, all modern con-
 veniences, 9 blocks east of Main
 street -------------------$30.0O 1909 E. 7th, 4 rooms, lights, gas.
 bath 200 11ao East Fifth, rooms, city wa- sos 4ast Second, 4 rooms, city wa-
 ter -------~------------$8.00 22nd and Main, 3 rooms, good we'll. l2l Georgia, 5 rooms ------$1O.00 SIS W. 12th. 3 rooms, city water $500 l116 East Fifth, 4 rooms. city wa-
 ter lO04 E. 7th. 4 rooms, mOdern---$12.0O
 20 R s A LIE
 100x154 feet on c. B. R. R. and I. M. R. R., with 10 room house and store building. close to Main street; was appraised at $6.000; will take almost one-half
 Large bOdy of land On DOllar;vov road; can furnish from 600 to 2,00O acres al bargain price.
 ( rooms, all modern conveniences: near 9th and Walnut on Walnut $ rect; lot 60xt54 Bargain.
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FOR RENT-NICELY FURNISHED rooms for light housekeeping, with
 all modern conveniences; close to downtown. Apply 316 West Fifth
 avenue or phone 875. 5-2S-6t
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St. Louis Produce. St. Louis, June 1.-Poultry-Un- changed. Butter-Unchanged. Eggs-Unchanged.
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FOR RENT-MODERN 5-RooM BUN galow, plastered throughout. Phone
 % or 216. F. B. Renfrow. 5-26-6t
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FOR SALE-ONE FIVE-PASSEN- ger Overland, good shape; newly painted, all equipments. Call 2182 for information or see same at Ill
 North Oak street. 6-28-6t
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CLASSIFIED WA NIT S Brirg Results -Try One

FOR RENT -FlVE-ROOM COTTAGE
 furnished; will rent for the months of June, July and August. Only desirable parties, and without chl-
 drSn preferred. Address B. l.. Wiley, 1S11 Chestnut, or phone
 l0lQ. 5-23-6t FOR RENT-FURN1SHE APART ment, also single rooms; al! mod
 ern convenicnces; close to city. i06 West Third avenue. 5-12-tf FOR RENT-TWO CONNECTING rooms nicely furnish d for light housekeeping, on paved streets, all mode n COnV nlenCeS parties remaining 6 months will get a re- ba'c of two weeks those remaining year a rebate of one mon h; 609 W. BarraqEe, phone la64 If
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FOR RENT-SEVERAL NEW MOD- ern cottages. See Dr. Blackwell.
 5-23-6t
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FOR SALE-FIVE MULES IN good condition, ages 4, 6, s, 9 and 10 years; also new wagon, with double set of wagon harness; for sale cheap for cash. Alb Bedford, 1903 East Thirteenth avenue, tele- phone 1919. 5-2S-6 Ct
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-06-02

St. Louis Grain. St. Louis, June 1.-Wheat-No. 2 red, $1.06@108; No. ? hard, nominal. Corn-No. 2, FOG; No. 2 white, roc. Oats-No. 2, 38c; No. white, nomi- nal.
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FOR SALE-SEVERAL LOTS BE- tween Plum and Hickory streets on
 West Eleventh avenue; sewer paid
 out; 31o cash, balance $15o per month. F. O. and M. H. McGehee, phone 1937. !e 5-28-6t
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FOR RENT-TWO CONNECTING rooms on first floor, furnished or unfurnished; with modern con veniences; reasonable to right
 party Phone 21S9, 5O9 west Sixth
 avenue. 5-27-6t
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w A N T !, D

WANTED LADY OR GENTLEMAN 10 attend to lecture bureau for State of Arkansas. Pine Bluff can be the office Some teacher, law yer, real estate dealer, could do it without loss of time. Be quick
 High class. Address H. Anderson
 Rulo, Nebr. 5-2o-6t WANTED - TO BUY SECOND
 hand automobile, any condition,
 must be cheap. Apply A. E. S., care
 Graphic. dtf WANTED-SPoKE BILIhTs FROM good live hickory timber free from dcfects-2x2 1-2X3O, 2 1-2X3X3O and 3X3 l2X30. For further infor- nation, write Pine Bluff Spoke Co.,, Pine Bluff, Ark 5-17-tf.
 WANTED-SF"T OF BOOKS TO post at night by Bookkeeper; cm- ploycd during the day. Address "R'. care Graphic dtf
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-06-02

FOR RENT-FURNISHED ROOMS for light housekeeping: also roon, and board; close in on car line; 523 West Sixth avenue, phone 2087 r <
 5-24-6t
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P O R R E N T

20 R RE NIT FOR RENT-TWO OR THREE nicely furnished rooms for light housekeeping; close in; 10 minutes walk from courthouse; all modern conveniences. Apply 622 Beech.
 5-2-6t.
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FOR SALE-JERSEY COW WITH calf three we ks old, 1911 East
 Eighth. -31-6t
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FOR RENT OR SALE -HO JSE
 with all modern improveme its;
 gas. water and electric lights; nos West Fourth avenue. Apply C. C ], Veil, Phone 2161. Hotel Pines.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-14
TALK CAS- TONIGHT
Topekans Will Hold Meeting
on Capitol Square.
Organize "Proteetive League"
Against Rate Increase.

Topekans who are not pleased with
the new gas rates have been urged to
meet at the state house tonight to pro-
test against the new rates. Governor
Cappcr, Representative w. A. s. Bird,
Major Harvey and other well known
Kansas politicians will speak.
The meeting is called for the pur-
pose of organizing protective league
to protest against the gas rate in
crease 1t is probable that speakers
will urge drastic action against the
gas company by the public utilities
commission, which has handled vari-
Gus gas suits during the last five or six
years. Dismissal of the receivership
will also be urged.
formal protest will probably be
sent to Pittsburg, Pa, where officers
and directors of the Kansas Natural
Gas company will hold a meeting
Tuesday. The protest will demand
that the gas company withdraw its
new rate, which has been established
under a decree from the United States
circuit court, and establish the rates
which Joseph L. Bristow and the pub
lie utilities comm ission said were just.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-14
WHEAT INQUIRY ON
Price of Grain Dropped Three
Cents This Morning.
Bread, Rolls and Crackers
Scheduled to Advance Soon.

Chicago, Aug. IA federal inves-
tigation Of the recent rise in wheat
prices was under way in earnest here
today. The government wants to
know whether 20 cent rise in wheat
in the past two weeks was due entire
ly to natural causes or whether It was
planned in advance by traders.
Prices Drop Today.
In the meantime, wheat prices be-
gan declining today. Prices dropped
from two to three cents during the
morning.
Paul Schultz. head of one of the big
gest bakeries in the middle west, con-
ferred today with Federal Trade Com
missioner Edward Hurley regarding a
proposed increase in the price of
bread. Schultz said he would raise the
price tomorrow if Hurley did not in
terpose objections. and that other bak-
ers probably would follow his lead.
Crackers, rolls and other bakery
products were also due to advance
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-14
WINS BY ONE VOTE
But Guyer Doesn't Concede 1t, and
Brings Two Suits.

Kansas City. Aug. 14.-U- S. Guyer
will file two suits in the supreme
court at Topeka today in an effort to
obtain one more vote in Linn county
and three in Douglas county and 20
keep the secretary OF state from issu-
ing a certificate of nomination to Col.
z. c. Little who claims the Republi-
car nomination for congress from the
Second Kansas district by one vote, it
was announced today.
One of the suits will be in the ma
ture of a mandamns proceeding to
compel the county clerk of Linn coun-
ty to certify one more vote for him.
Guyer declares his vote in Linn equal
to Little's, who is one in the lead. The
other suit will be an injunction to
keep the secretary of state from issr-
ing a certificate to Little because
Guyer asserts in Douglas county he
should have three more votes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-14
IS HERE
Special Speaker at Democratic
Meeting Tonight.
Former Kansan Is on a Cam
paign Trip in West.

Frank B. vrooman of Washington.
D. c., will speak tonight at special
meeting of the Shawnee County Demo-
cratic club. Mr.. Vrooman, who is a
former Kansan and a brother of Carl
Vrooman, assistant secretary of agri-
culture, came to Topeka today. He
will make a number of speeches in
this state under direction of the Demo-
crat national committee.
The Vrooman meeting in Topeka to-
night is the first Democrat gathering
since the primaries. Local speakers
will probably make short talks, but
the principal speech will be by the
former Kansan-
Mr.. Vrooman formerly live in To-
peka, worked on Topeka newspapers,
was associated with Frank P. Mac
Lehman, owner and publisher of the
State Journal, when Mr.. MacLennan
published the Emporia Times. Later
Mr.. Vrooman was connected with
the publication of the Kansas City
Times. In Topeka today Mr.. Vroonnan
met many friends and abluaintances
of former days and in a measure his
campaign trip through Kansas is a
visit to old home folks. Mr.. Vrooman
is a former Republican, but will be
in the campaign for President Wilson
until after the November election
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-14
One More Effort to Defeat Sup
erintendent Ross.
IN A '3-CORNERED CONTEST
Present Office Holder Must De-
feat Two Now.
Candidacy of Payne Saved Him
From Defeat.

Miss Lizzie Wooster of Salina. re-
Gently defeated for the Republican
nomination for state superintendent CT
public instruction, may become an in
dependent candidate in the November
election. She has been urged to make
the race on an Independent ticket and
it is reported that petitions are soon
to be circulated in her behalf.
The entrance of Miss Wooster into
the fight for superintendent will mean
a three-cornered contest in Kansas
The Salina woman's announcement
would bring the same wild, care-free
joy to Superintendent w. d. Ross that
the J. B. Billiard announcement carried
to the Hodges camp in 1914. 1t was
the former Topeka mayor running on
an independent ticket that put crimp
in George H Hodges's ambition to sue
ceed himself as governor. Now 1t Is
apparent that superintendent Ross
may find it necessary to defeat both q
Democrat and an independent candi-
date in the November election after
having won a third nomination in the
Republican primaries.
1t Was a Minority Nomination.
Ross was recently renominated for
third term. He won a minority
nomination in a three cornered pri-
mary fight The candidacy of Eli
Payne of Emporia probably saved
Ross from genuine drubbing at the
friends managed to divide the positive
opposition to the third term candi-
dacy in such a manner that he pulled
through for nomination. Now there is
a new brand of trouble for the third
termer.
Since the primaries Miss Wooster
has received numerous letters from
friends in all sections of the state.
These letters have urged her to make
the race for election as an independ-
ent candidate. With an unfavorable
expression from more than SO per cent
of the Republicans who entered the
primaries and with strong Democrat
candidate in the race, Ross can close
both eyes and see storm clouds ap-
preaching from the northwest. Both
the Wooster and Payne votes are re-
garded by politicians as a positive
anti-Ross expression. That means a
minority support in his own party
The opposition votes would probably
go to Miss Wooster, who would also
bid for Democrat support. So the eff
forts of Ross to perpetuate himself ir
the state house, may not bear final
fruit until next November.