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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-09
LIGHT FRUIT CROP
Peach crop Ruined and Pears Hurt.
HOrtlculturists Say.

The rapid change from extremely
warm weather to bitter cold has ruin
ed this years peach crop in Shawnee
county The pears. too have suffered.
This is the statement made at the
meeting of the Shawnee County Horti-
cultural society Thursday afternoon.
The grapes of the county will be few
and even strawberry crop will be I'M
usually light. The apple trees, how
ever are in good condition and should
give a fine yield.
O. F. Whitney read a paper on the
proper care of lawns during the spring
season. To loosen the top soil and
then SOW the seed is his plan. The old
way of scattering the seed premis-
cuously without regard to the wind
and and birds is foolish.
w. L. Porter city commissioner.
told of the campaign for cultivation of
vacant lots. He said that the poorer
people who really need the produce
are the very ones who take no in
terest in the plan.
The next meeting of the Horticul-
tural society will be held Thursday,
March l 5.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-09

Mrs. A. Forsberg is i'll of tonsilitis at
her home. 400 Larch avenue.
Mrs. Charles Duncan has returned to
her home in Edmond, Okla, after visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. A. T. Flodenberg, German
avenue.
The following guests and members of
the Dorcas society of the Third Christian
church were dinner guests Thursday of
baam Miss Ethe Mani Mrs Rer
Taylor, Mrs. J. Hayek. Mrs. o. D. John
son. Mrs Ella Wyatt, Mrs. Ira Treadwell,
Mrs. Ray Drummer. Mrs. Nelson Bryant,
Mrs: John Owens: Mrs v. KnQx, Mrs.
next Thursday morning at the church for
an all day quilting.
The second annual street fair will be
Novel amusements and attractions will be
shown.
Sig Gill who has been spending the past
few months in Kansas City, is ill at his
Mrs. Eva Peterson and family have
changed their residence from GIG West
Fifth street to 427 Reno avenue
Mrs. Il. S. Durkee, Seventh and Branner
streets, is recovering from a slight stroke
or paralysis from which she has been suf-
fering since last week
Frank G. Davis and William Boyd, fire
men; formerly assigned to station No. 6
on Seward avenue, have been transferred
to station No. 2. headquarters at Seventh
and Quincy streets.
Mrs. John Rosen, jr., was hostess Thurs
guests of the afternoon included: Mrs. n.
v,
Hanson, Mrs: Garrett Hooper, Mrs. Fred
Luttjohann. Mrs. Frank Magnuson, Mrs
Harry Snider, Mrs. George D. Villee and
Mrs. Frank G. Davis. The next hostess,
Mrs August Hanson, will entertain the club
In two weeks at 11S0 Washburn avenue.
Mrs. Floyd Wettling, who has been i'll
of tonsilitis at her home, Reno avenue,
is recovering.
The Jolley Twelve Card club met Thurs
day for an evening at cards at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. J. HOFFMAN. The honours
of the evening were awarded Mr.. and Mrs.
A. p. Wolff. The following couples
played; Mr. and Mrs. P; Miller; Mr.: and
and Mrs: H: E. Freeman, and Mr.. and
Mrs. G. r: Gross. In two weeks Mr.. and
Mrs. P. Miller will be host and hostess at
their home, Grattan street.
Mrs Elmer Gordinnier, Chandler street,
is recovering from an attack of grippe
Mrs. A. c. Noblett will entertain the
members of the Tulip club at a line party
at one of the local theaters, next Wednes-
day afternoon.
Mrs: Harvey Landon spent Friday. as
Thirteenth and California avenue.
Mr. and Mrs. P: L. Maye and son, Clifford
OF winchester. Kan; and Mr.. and Mrs. B.
to the family home at 924 Lincoln street
The members of the Social Hour club
and their husbands and families pleasant
day evening at his home, 1918 Locust
street , The guests included: MI. and Mrs
Mrs. Sam Morris, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore
Sutton, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Scheafor and
little son; Roland, Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Eva Hope, Mrs. George Lyons. Mr.. and
Mrs. Marcel Vigneron and little daughter
Winifred. Miss Ruth Hope, Miss A. Schaef-
for, Miss Eleanor Sutton, Mr. Glenn and
Mr.. Richard Harris, Mr.. Ray, Harold and
Earl Martin and Mr.. Clyde Morris
Mrs. b. G. Baird. wife of B. G. Baird,
operation last week at St Francis hos
pftal, is slowing improving.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-09
CHANGE CAR ROUTES
Street Railway Service Interfered With
by Paving Improvements.

Paving and street improvements
have caused several changes in rout-
ing Topeka street cars. The an
nounccment of the changes was made
Thursday afternoon to become effec-
tive Monday morning.
Melrose cars will not run on West
Sixth street as at present. Patrons of
the Melrose line are requested to take
the state hospital cars. Ten minute
service will be given on West Sixth
street by this line. Cars will run
between Sixth and West streets, where
connections will be made with the
Gage park cars, outbound and in
bound.
The Country club cars will make
the downtown loop, until the work on
West Eighth street is completed.
"A few patrons of the street rail-
way will be slightly Inconvenience
while the work is in progress" said
John NJ. Padgett, publicity agent for
the Topeka Railway company, but
there will be no delays in traffic"
With three weeks of favorable
weather the work will be completed
and cars will be back on their regular
routes,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-09
GIRL CLERK GIVEN
$4,000 FOR LITTLE
KINDNESS TO WOMAN

Paterson, n. J., March 9.-For an
act of courtesy to an elderly woman
Miss Rose Schampanier. a department
store clerk, has been notified that she
will receive $4,000 on her twenty
fifth birthday, three years hence
Meanwhile, she will be paid yearly the
interest on that amount. It is stip-
ulated only that she shall not marry
until she is 25.
Miss Schampanier was at Revere
beach near Boston, last summer when
she saw Mrs. Catherine Ward of
Grand Rapids, Mich, fall in the sand.
The young woman picked UP the older
and acquaintance developed Mrs.
Ward died recently and her will con-
tanned the bequest to the Paterson
girl.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-09
GERMAN SPY'S LETTER
ITO He'll With America" Wisconsin
Guard Wrote in Letter

Leavenworth, Kan, March "a
copy of the court martial proceedings
in the case of Private Paul L. Scharf-
enburg, First Minnesota Infantry, SEN
fenced to five years in the disciplinary
barracks, was received today by Col.
Sedgwick Rice, commandant of the
prison. Scharfenburg is expected from
the border the last of the week. He
was tried on eleven specifications and
convicted on nine, but was not found
guilty on the tenth, of furnishing mill
tary information to Germany. He was
convicted by a letter he wrote to his
mother in Germany which was inter
cepted by the British and turned over
to the war department. The letter
says in part:
one good thing is that the German
Americans hold together here. The war
brings that with it and they are after
President Wilson, the common scoundrel.
There are 100000 German reservists mere
waiting for Germany to come over AFTER
the / am in the army ana am mu9h
looked mp to. | have very much 10 90
with General Funston, who is in chlef COM
mand l do not want to have II known
that | am in the army that | may not have
unpeasantness when l go back To nell
with America here / don't like it and VIII
get out when | like to.
This is not any army here. They have
no discipline and it is more ike play
They want me to teach them German tac-
tics. but l content myself with teachinG
them what they have in their books L
have colonies and generals in my class mere.
The militia is made up of BARRIERS coDbiers,
tailors. bakers and commercial travellers.
In short everything imaginable. am a
Lieutenant and will soon be made a cap
tain
These are bogus American flags. This
is the -SpangIed Banner. They held
n parade for General Pershing and It
was enough to make you laugh. They don't
known anything about an army here at all.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-09
DEATHS AND FUNERALS.

MRS. SARAH f. MOORE, age 73. died
street. She is survived by a husband, Ed
g. Moore and four sons. Carl and Claude.
of Topeka, and Earl of Twenty third in
fantry, L. S. A., now at FL Paso. and
Ernest of Alexandria, Louisiana: also four
brothers She was a member of the
knights and Ladies of Security lodge No.
so The funeral will be held Saturday
afternoon at . O'Clock from the residence.
Burial will be in Topeka cemetery.
Word was received today of the death of
Frank Nesbaum, OF Vanesvile, Ohio He
was brother of Mrs. II. $. Allen. Miss
Alice Nesbaum and Il. L. Nesbaum, of To-
peka-
Funeral arrangements have not been com
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-09
Benefit TO FARMERS
Legislature Allows Shortening q Dis
lance Into Topeka by Road.

The Legislature has passed bill
authorizing change of location, on
state land, of the road which runs
west from Auburndale to the brick
plant" bridge over the river. The
road was opened several years ago,
but the road overseer of Topeka town
snip failed to locate a portion of it,
part of it running thru the state in
sane hospital land, as called for in the
petition.
As the road approached the river
bridge, it was intended that it should
climb the hill, and join the north and
south road on grade, to the south of
that span of the bridge which passes
over the Rock Island. Instead, it was
laid out in the valley to the north of
the bluff. and terminated under the
bridge about thirty feet below the
floor of the latter. This made the
road practically useless unless It
should be extended to the west and
south, to make an awkward circular
detour of a quarter of a mile in order
to come up to the grade of the bridge
road.
c. P. Bolmar and the other petit
TONERS appealed in vain to the county
and township officers and to Doctor
Biddle of the state hospital. During
the present session of the legislature
g. bill was introduced at the urgent
request of Bolmar to authorize and
compel the relocation of the road.
The change will be made early this
spring, and the new road will shorten
by more than a mile the distance into
the city for farmers living west of To-
peka and north of the river; will di-
vert much desirable traffic thru the
northwestern portion of the city, and
will furnish a beautiful and interesting
boulevard for motorists and other
pleasure seekers
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-09
BISCUIT KING is DEAD

A. W. Green, president of the Ma
tional Biscuit company, of New York.
died late Thurday night, message 20
the Topeka agency announced today
Ell had been suffering with pneu-
.monia for nearly two months and was
improving when a relase came, form
which he died. Before this time Mr..
Green had enjoyed the best of health.
He had been suffering with pneu-
his private car '-Nazu," for inspection
of his agencies in every state. He
was IA years old.
Mr. Green will be remembered as
the man who created the biscuit
world He was the originator of the
odor-proof, dust-proof package, which
he so successfully popularized. He
established the National Biscuit com
pany in 1898 and started advertising
IN all the popular magazines. He was
the inventor of the immortal ''Uneeda
Biscuit Boy with his yellow coat.
Oroders have been received by the
local office, at 222 Kansas avenue, to
suspend business between ~ and !
o'clock Saturday. Flags on all the
branch houses were ordered to be low
cred to half mast today and tomor
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-09
LEAK THRU MEXICO
Germany Gets News of U. S. Events
by Powerful Wireless.

Washington, March 9.-The govern
ment is probing today report that
Germany is receiving American in
formation-some of it in violation of
American neutrality ruleS-thru a
powerful wireless plant in Mexico
City Should it be found that this
plant exists. this government will
doubtless take steps to induce Carran-
"a to close it to any information that
might be unneutral.
The reported existence of the wire
less plant links in with new indica-
lions that Germany plotted not alone
to parcel out part of the United States
to Mexico, in case of a Gernan-Amer-
lean war but was also urging that
she invade Guatemala and take a slice
of territory to the south
The state department is still with
out information from Carranza as to
his position toward Germanys over
lures in the Mexican-Japanese plot.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-09
WOMAN STAR WITNESS
Miss Latimer, Sister of Slain Woman
Only Witness Against Roy Ard.

lola, March 9.-Roy Ard released
on bond late yesterday after having
been arrested on a first degree muir
der warrant charging him with hav-
ing murdered Mrs. Viola Latimer Ard,
his wife. near here in 1914. was pre-
pairing today for the presentation OF
his case at the preliminary hearing
set for Monday. He refused to COM
ment on it. except to repeat his prev
ious statement that he had expected
some one to rib this up on him."
County authorities likewise were ret
icent regarding the efforts they will
make to convict Ard. Wallace Ander-
SON county attorney, spoke only
briefly concerning the subpoena is
sued for Miss Katie Latimer sister
of Mrs. Ard, who occupied the front
seat of the motor car she was driving
when killed
4 have no idea what Miss Latimer
will say when she takes the stand"
Anderson said. That remains to be
seem"
She has been interviewed by Ander-
son and other officials several times.
So far. she is the only witness who
has been subpoenaed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-09
LOCAL MENTION

Topeka Auto Livery. Phone sos or
3737, 116 w. 9TH. Open day and
night.-Adv.
Joseph w. Doran, owner of Walnut
Park sub division, is at the National
hotel-AdV.
Rev. Edwin S. Shaw, of Washburn
college, has been appointed field rep
resentative of the annuity fund for
Congregational ministers and will be
associated with Rev. Francis L. Hayes,
D. D., of Chicago, in the campaign for
100000 Mr.. Shaw came from
North Dakota after twenty years of
missionary and educational work to
engage in the half-million endowment
campaign for Washburn, just finished.
His family will remain here for the
present as it has not been decided
where headquarters will be. The cam
paign is nationwide and Mr.. Shaw will
be subject to assignment in any state
ready for the campaign.
Social dancing Saturday night at
Kirkpatrick's hall. Saunders union
orchestra. Admission 35c.-Adv.
Mrs. Callahan, 2O9 East Sth is start
ing a night class in practical Span
ish.-AdV.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-09
BIG FIRE in DETROIT
Loss of 100000 and 800, 900 Bushels
Grain in Spectacular Blaze.

Detroit, Mich. March "a spec
taeular fire caused, it is believed by
spontaneous combustion today des-
troyed the grain elevator of tho De-
troit railroad elevator company. Ad-
joining buildings and valuable rail-
road property also were damaged.
The loss is estimated at S1,O6O,OOO.
The elevator contained more than
100000 bushels of grain, mostly wheat.
1t was learned later that the grain
which was destroyed was about to be
exported to the entente allies. 1t also
was reported that 100000 bushels was
a very low estimate. One report was
that probably 100000 bushels were
consumed.
Investigations have been started to
determine the exact cause of the fire.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-09
Bar Pacifist Cards from Mail.

Washington. March "a pacifist
postcard, headed American Univer-
sity Bulletin mailed in large num-
bers in New York, has been barred
from the mails by the postoffce de-
partment, under the sections of the
criminal code prohibiting anything
tending to incite arson, murder, an
archy or assassination and anything
bearing an inscription detrimental to
the character of anyone American
university officials here complained
the card was not issued by the un:-
versity and they had no knowledge
of it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-09
IN COMMITTEE WORK
L. :. senate Adiourns Until Monday
for steering Purposes.

Washington, March 9-The senate
adjourned at 12:0S p. IN. until noon
Monday to permit the steering COM
mittee to give undivided and immedi-
ate attention to the remaining of SEN
ate committees.
II was pointed out that until the
committees have been appointed, the
hands of the senate are tied. Action
on all resolutions and bills would be
hampered as committees do not exist
TO which they could be referred for
consideration
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-09
HAVE GIVEN UP MILL


Hutchinson, Kan, March 9-The
flour mill and elevator at Turon have
been turned over to the Farmers Ma
tional bank, of this city, and will
largely offset the $4,000 loss sus-
tanned by bogus bills of lading which
had been deposited with the bank as
security, and as a result of which the
three members of the milling firm. r.
b. Miller and his two sons, are under
arrest on forgery charges.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-09
SAPP BURIAL MONDAY
Five Hundred Messages of Coincidence
We're Received Today.

Galena, Kan, March 9.-The funer-
al of Colonel William F. Sapp, who
died last night, will be held in the
First Methodist Episcopal church here
at 2:30 o'clock Monday afternoon. The
services will be conducted by the Rev.
A. S. Wa1dron of Galena, assisted by
the Rev. A. S. Freed of Lane, Kan.
Burial will be in local cemetery.
About 500 messages of coincidence
from all parts of the nation have been
received by the family.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-09
New York Money Market.

New York, March 9.-MONEY-Mercan-
tile paper, 46l4A per cent. Sterling, 60 day
bills, All: commercial, 60 day bills on
4'7os: demand, 4I5as; cables. Are ZIG.
Francs, demand, 1854 cables, 5s4. Marks,
mapd, Ills: cables, Hi Guilders de-
mand. 4Oasc: cables, 4o14- Lires. demand.
1TS: cables, III. Rubles. demand, 275s !;
cables 27& Bar silver. 751Sc: Mexican
dollars. 5SIac. Government bonds. steady :;
railroad bonds, strong. Time loans, steady !;
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-09
Charge Grocer With Murder.

Kansas City, March 9.-AleXander
Weinberg, a grocer of Kansas City,
Kan, was formally charged with first
degree murder there after the death
early today of David E. Dodson, SO
years old, wall paper dealer Dodson
was shot last week. Weinberg had
been held under bond The two men
had quarrelled over business deals and
authorities declared Weinberg was
named in a statement made by Dod-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-09
ASKS 500, 900 POLICY

New York. March 81. P. Morgan,
it was learned today. has made appli-
cation for $2,5O0,000 life insurance
which would be the largest policy ever
written under one name.
1t was understood the risk would be
distributed among several companies
and that the insurance was intended
to protect Mr.. Morgan's partners in
their mutual business interest as well
as for the bankers personal protection.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-09

Wall St. New York, March 9-STOCKS+
All classes of stocks, including rails. par
ticipated in todays substantial advances
the rise being accelerated by DEVELOPMENTS
of favorable import. Sales were estimated
at 5000 shares.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-09

CLOSING prices for the leading stocks on
The New York Stock Exchange as re-
ported by Empire Commission Co., 3OI
New England Bldg.)
New York, March g.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-09
EAST SIDE NOTES

Notes and personals from East Side
by Frances Jones, 211 Grattan street.
Telephone between and 10 a. m. $3.50;
other hours. 4751 K-2.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-09

Joseph w. Doran, owner of Walnut
Park sub division, is at the National
hotel-Adv.
Bisbee daily review., 1917-04-01
SANTA FE WILL BE
 BROUGHT TO JEROME
United Verde Shows Its Public Spiritedness in Many Differ ent Ways; Yavapai Copper Center Making Improve ments.
(By A. Valjean)

JEROME, Ariz.. Mar. 31.-This dis trict is about to lose a distinctive feature. one which has not failed to furnish thrills for all of it's first time visitors. The loss will be made up for. however, through the bringing about of a great deal of benefit in les ser transportation costs to mining companies along the mineralized belt. to business men of the city and to the public generally, for there is involved the abatement of the necessity which has to this time prevailed of making the steep haul to and from the mar row gauge depot along the tortuous, winding road up the mountain side.
 The plan as it is working out is to build a standard gauge line from Clarkdale to the baseball park. near the center of Jerome, this line to con meet with the Santa Fe at Clarksdale and to carry its passenger and freight trains into Jerome. The standard gauge line will also connect with the new steam shovel pit of the United Verde, the terraces of which are to be standard tracked.
 In voluntarily bringing the Santa Fe into the city, the United Verde is considered to have exercisel an eX ceedingly liberal degree of public spirit. for in so doing it abaEdons a very. large amount of local business which it necessarily gets for its stan dardl gauge railroad Tnder existing conditions.
 Other recent public spirited moves of the company include announce ment that the present for- story brick hospital building will turned over to the miners for free -iub rooms just as soon as the new hosuital bui q ing is finished. The company mas al so lately donated ground in the heart of the city for the establishment of a modern rest room station for the pub lie During the week if gave over to the city the private sewer system which had been operated through 3 considerable part of the town. It will be merged in. the sewef system for which bonds were recently voted, the remarkable record being made in this matter of a unanimous vote in favor of the bonds.
Bisbee daily review., 1917-04-01
DEMOCRATS SLATED
 TO WIN IN HOUSE
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 sets, Progressive. whom the Eepubli- cans hoped would confer with them. arrived today and announced that he would vote first for Representative Lenroot, Republican. for speaker.
 There was only one display of open insurgency at the conference. Declar- ing he would vote only for Mir. Len root, for speaker. Representative Gardner of Massachusetts bOlted the meeting after failing to obtain adop- tion of a resolution to provide that members present should not be bound by conference action. Representatives Gray, of New Jersey. and Dallinger. of Massachusetts, left with MT Gardner. but Mir. Dallinger returned later and Republicans were hopeful tonight that they would be able to induce him 10 vote for MT. Mann.
 Immediately after MT Gardner's withdrawal Representative Longworth of Ohio. offered a resolution to bind the members to vote for the confer ence nominees, and asked that it be voted down. This was done by a large vote, leaving the 195 members who voted for Mir. Mann free to sup port whom they please on Monday when balloting on house organization begins.
 The prevailing impression that the Democrats will organize the house with Champ Clark as speaker gained further support today with tine an nouncement that Representative Hel- geson of North Dakota. a Republican would be unable to be present Mon day. There is at least one other Re publican whose attendance is doubt ful and the Democrats declared to night there was not the slightest doubJ that Speaker Clark would have the necessary votes to elect. In that event MT Mann is expected to be con tinued as Republican floor leader.