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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-05
SCHEDULES.
Seaboard Air Line Rwy. Co.

SeabOards Air Line KWy. Go.
&TAe Progressive Railway Of the
SOUTH
Trains leave daily A. n, Soriina
local; 1880 p. NJ. sleepers. Atlanta
and Jacksonville: s:ss p. NJ sleep
ers Jacksonville ST. Petarsburg: 12:&s
A. NJ. siespers, Atlanta Birmingham,
Jacksonville. Tampa and Miami Trains
arrive $40 A. NJ. 7:sa A, M S.2o P. N
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PLUMBING.
WANTED.

wan ted--Evrry Plane owner to Know
that they can get the best service
and prices in tuning and repairing
by JOSEPH BOPP 4 CO.. Piano Hos
pitai, First and Main streets.
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REMOVAL NOTICE.
LADIES' TAILORS

Lesser, the Ladies Tailor,
sag Announces This Sensoa's styles.
Your last years suit, coat or dress
will remodel to this seasons style at
moderate prices. I am the only la
dies tailor In the city who makes a
speciality OF this kind of work. Suits
made to order. with your own mate
rial
Complete, $4,000, Goats, st5.oot
Dresses. $3.50. .
NJ. LESSER, THE RALEIGH.
Madison 4625.
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OFFICE OF
THE CITY ENGINEER

October s, 1917.
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ssSunday only. DAILY except sun
day. B Baggage
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nnted-Nanuscrtpts Circulars and
form letters to copy. Work promptly
and neatly done Prices reasonable,
Phone MISS BAILEY, Randolph solt.
Room SIT. Lyric building.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-16

900 acres Ia IL per cent less than last years
and 81 per cent less than the average OF
10 Se5, 900 acres, is So per cent above the
average. .,.,s S.a..s and Can
.d EAp yesserday were ss5. 600 bushels of
wheat 20 600 barrels of flour, 1871, 600 bush.
els of corn, 6750O0 bushels d OF oa.s
and flour combined Sio'VVV pusheis' ~
Exports of wheat and flour from the
Trnifed States and Canada this week, accord
mo to Bradstreet's, were S595 600 bushels.
nnSmn NJ with S,447, 900 bushels last week
and tS. S %esS We're Bushels
The Chicago Board of Trade voted Thurs,
day to permit delivery OF a No No hard
wheat on future contracts at &C discount
after July on sn sPg No sf:sr red ssprng and
other grades of No. spring wheat can
be delivered at Sc discount. -.
/ The total wheat area OF Canaoa .nis
wear. as reported by the government, is 13.-
/ 45O 900 acres; LII, 900 acres less tnah wss
Than was harvested. THE present condition
] is 81 compared with 80 year ago ana a
year average Of 81 as t nnn o tis eC4 90
more than was harvested last year; par
Argentina exported 351, 900 bushels OF
wheat this week, compared with 5o0ooo
bushels last week and 2,oIoOoO ousheis "a a
yeer fgc Sushe ste year ago as
$4,000 bushels. Corn shipments this week
were 900 bushels. against GS5,0oO oushels
Total Shipments since January are 265oS.-
600 bushels; n year ago. 33.9S1, 600 bushels,
Oats shipments this week were 6'o-oVu
| bushels.
Directors of the Kansas City Board OF
Trade adopted resolution yesterday de-
ciaring that ION account of scarcity OF
available supplies. all trading in July wheat
and corn be discontinued except to close
existing contracts except that new sales
NAV be made where absolute showing can
be made that the seller is in position for
immediate delivery" Previous restrictions
vi m nriceS
directors also adopted a resolution declar-
ing that it is the sense of the directory
fixing maximum price, in any way tex
cept as to the price paid in the open mar,
ket) modify or effect the rights or duties
of parties in the fulfillment of contracts
entered into under our rules"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-16
YOU AND THE
NEWSPAPERS

There is seldom any really good ex-
read the newspapers. But just 4 t pres
the woman who buys food or other
supplies for her family should not let
day 60 by without carefully search
ing the sheets of a good daily paper
and, with all due respect TO the wo
mans page, this persusal should in
clude the news columns as we'll For
not day goes by but what some new
phase of the food question arises. The
president hardly makes a speech with
out making some appeal to the house
wives of the land.
National American cookery is I'M
dergoinS drastic changes from day to
day, AMI whereas a few weeks ago
we might have been listed as 4 nation
OF White-flour bread consumers, with
few days more we may have passed
from that class to that of a nation
that feeds itself on bread made of
other CEREALS, at least in part.
Watch the newspapers for author
itative receipts for bread containing
cheaper cereals, such as cornmeaL
Watch the newspapers for accounts of
level market conditions, so that you
| viii know when to buy. Watch them
| If for nothing else than that you may
! share in the spirit of the day, which is
/ showing women that patriotism. often
! begins IN the pantry.
| II you are not fired with this en-
| thusiasm, systematic following of the
news will no doubt quickly obliterate
| your Indifference
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HANGING IN KAN.
Ono Manual To Be Executed on
Friday, July ID.
o. L. Wood or His Deputy Will
Spring the Trap.
vs. Thousands of shrapnel

Friday, July 10, is loaded down with
bad luck for one Ono Manual 1t
will be his "black Friday" He is one
individual who has an excuse for be-
ing superstitious.
Unless some unexpected agency in
terferes Manual will mount a scaffold
at the federal penitentiary at Leaven-
worth the morning of that day, suf-
fer a cap to be placed over his head
and stand on the trap while the United
States marshal or one of his deputies
pulls it. And that will be all for
Manual.
Within a few days o. T. Wood,
United States marshal, will advertise
for bids for the construction of such a
scaffold as will be needed at the pris-
on. If there ever was one there it
was so long ago that the elements de-
stroyed it. There is no one on the
marshaPs force who has had the ex-
perience of plunging a condemned
man to his death The assumption is
that Wood. himself. as United States
marshal, will pull the trap but all he
has to say is Jack, you do it," and
c. c. Jackson, deputy, will have the
job.
Manual was convicted of man.
slaughter in Alaska and was sentenced
to McNeal Island, a government prison
on the Pacific coast. Re had trouble
with guards there and in order to
avoid serious consequences he was
lIdnS1eT-eu 10 the 1eucral prison at
Leavenworth- He caused more dis
turbances there and about a year ago
he killed Robert Barr, guard
A federal grand jury indicted him.
then he was tried before q jury and
Judge john c. Pollock at Leave1lworth
in May May % he was found guilty
of first degree murder and in the gov
ernment's law books the penalty 70,
that is hanging. Judge Pollock SEN
/ fenced hin. to hang Friday, July 10.
Capital punishment is prohibited in
Kansas by state statute but that does
not apply to the government territory
/ at the federal penitentiary
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STRIKE IN SHIP YARDS
Action Threatened IL Closed Shop Is
Not Inaugurated.

Washington, June 15.-Threats of a
strike in eastern ship yards unless the
closed shop is inaugurated Were re-
ported TO Chairman Denman and Gen.
Goethals of the shipping board at e
meeting held today with ship builders
from all parts of the country.
To limitations that the ship yard
owners would like the government to
handle the labor unions with the
mailed -isr of war, Denman replied:
Il think it would be a sir. fo- us to
start a labor controversy IN congress
at this time
DENIM also made il clear to the
forty shipbuildors that the govern
ment at present has no intention of
operating a merchant vessels.
Gen. 'iothals asked all ship build
ers to inform him of The number of
vessels they have under way, how
many more they can undertake to
build at CLce and to give their pres
ent basi: costs of labor and materials
Puget Sound ship yard men declar-
ed lack CT stee. is keeping some OF
their ship ways idle Chairman Dem
man promised everything would be
done to see they obtained the neces-
sary steel at the earliest possible date.
To Take Over Contracts.
steel ship builders called here to-
day by the shipping board and Major
General Goethals, chairman of the
emergency fleet corporation were told
that the government would com
mandeer Immediately all ship build
ing contracts. There is no present in
tcntion, they were old, to COM
mandeer the yards themselves.
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CAPPER BLOCKS PLAN
Silk Stocking Convicts Can't Escape
Prison to Become Army Cooks.

Silk stockinged convicts at the state
penitentiary will not be released to
serve as cooks and walters at the Fort
Riley military camp. That was the
announcement today of Governor
Capper, following a request for con-
Wet cooks and walters by govern
ment contractor.
Men engaged in construction of new
buildings at Fort Riley mus. be fed.
a Leavenworth man has the contract
for feeding the men. He needed help
and asked the state to show a spirit
of patriotism by releasing men from
the prison Governor Capper declar-
ed today that no request for prisoners
has been made by the federal govern
ment and that the state would not aid
private contractors in earning long
profits on their contracts.
THE class of men which the con-
tractor wanted were not experienced
cooks" said the governor. st looked
over the list and found the name of
Banker Flack. of Abilene; Payne, of
Hutchinson, and other silk stockinged
prisoners-men who know nothing of
the work expected of them. No re-
quest for men has come from the gov
eminent and L do not deem it the
province of the state to open its pris-
ons to benefit private contractors. The
request for paroles for these men has
been turned DOWN.
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Predict One of Greatest Strug-
giles Ever Staged There.
Picks the Senate as
Arena for Initial Round.
MAKE HOOVER FOOD DICTATOR
Party Lines Much Mixed
Claim Bill Too Drastic.
Gore, HOke Smith (Dem); NeS-
yOn, WadswOrth Oppose 1t.

: Washington, June 16.-The big food
fight is on in congress While the
people of this country and the allied
nations watched. the administration
food control measure, making Herbert
Hoover virtual food administrator Of
tie world was launched today into
on, of the greatest struggles of the
American congress.
The senate agriculture committee
met to report the bill without recon-
rneneation so that the senate might
begin work on it at once.
Senator Gore, chairman or the COM
rnittee-unfriendly to the measure
asked Senator Chamberlain to direct
Ms course in the upper branch.
Z Chamberlain will have Democratic
Support on TIE measure in senator
Sheppard, Texas; Johnson, South Da-
kota and probably some others He
will have sturdy backing in Republic
can Senators Kenyon and Norris.
The fate of the Till IS yet in doubt
Opposition will be intensive
Sure to Pass House.
The president has chosen the SEN
ate as the field on which to fight the
battle to a decision. He determined
not to await house action where the
measure is practically certain to pass
next week. The senate finance com
rnIttee has consented to give the 1000
bill the right OF way at me ~ 49,
request. The administration prereren-
tiai routing bill, still in the throes OF
debate. may be sidetrIcked unless 1t
can be passed today.
.C,ive us the legislative right OF
V,av and We'll press this bill thru the
Senate" Senator Kenyon, strong Re
nubIican supporter of the measure,
aid today. 1--WE have got the votes to
pass it.
of the bill, said:
Il want it to have clear path Tor
action by the senate one way or the
other" >,
This is not a beleaguered country,
6. nator Wadsworth, New York, de-
clared such powers as these are
not in the province of any one man
to administer"
Wants Substitute Method.
Senator Wadsworth swould support
and believes a majority of the senate
would acquiesce to control bill which
provided the following and which
President Wilson is understood to hold
sufficient and satisfa Glory:
A common buying agency for all the
allies in order to prevent the compel
five bidding for food in our market
and thereby put an end to one big
cause for high prices; means of stop
ming the boarding of foodstuffs and
other necessaries of life with authority
10 requisition plants when necessary &c
curb this process and authority to fly
minimum prices and to stimulate pro-
duction.
Senator Gore and Senator Hoke
Smith. Georgia, held a long confer.
ence last night on the bill. Smith
who is strongly opposed to the mea-
sure. will be away next week but sale
significantly there will be sufficient
" long debate that I will have {
chance to be in on it,"
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SHE ACTS WICKED

Continued from Page Oue-b
game of cuchre in the Manning home
when he and Honora May playfully
put the stakes as possession OF him
self-an1 May won me-" as he ex-
pressed it Turnout all the examina-
ton he carefully defended Miss
O'Rrien truthfulness but always in
sisted he began to get suspicious that
the O'Briens, Honora and her brother,
were trying to 'inveigle : i'm into mar
riage."
Told Her Not to Do 1t Again.
The millionaire laughed heartily in
describing this attempt TO ''inveisle I"
After we played cards one night,
Miss O'Brien suddenly got down and
unbuckled my shoes. L CON- want you
to do that; it is isn't NICE told her
She said she wanted to show me wha5
she could 90 for me and what a com
fort she would be for me. Then she
swirled her skirts abou-. ne and
swamped me, throwing me down on
the sofa. 1 told her that was wicked
and not to do it again; that it wasn't
nice. She laughed and turned on her
heel"
Jim and May Set Wedding Day.
Trembling, mumbling, stumbling,
forgetting and repeating, Manning
launched into the events of last De-
cember 13. The entire courtship last
ed six days
81 thought Jim was conspiring
ness" he said 'I was very timid.
This was the day I told Cardinal Far
ley L intended to marry Miss O'Brien.'
He said: I'm surprised at you; you
are not n boy.
Yes 1 said, this matter is being
forced on me- Jim and May fixed
December 10 for the wedding. Jim
| brought me the application for the
| license and showed me where to sign
That day he acted suspfciously.''
On T1Ra h i
his family of his approaching mar
riage and the storm of protest broke
| He said he signed the license. Jim
! he declared, had put him down as
q years old in the papers, but he
| didn't tell him he could"
! Cardinal Farley Objected.
Manning said he again sought
Cardinal Farley and that the carolina
! told him: It's all wrong" The
| witnesses asserted the cardinal advised
| him to make a new will. providing fol-
bride.
On the following Sunday, Manning
said. Cardinal Farley advised him
again TO postpone the match until pro-
vision had been made for his children
In dramatic manner Manning told
of the opposition of his children
| Papa. don't do it, don't do it, he said
they kept telling him. With each
don't do it," Manning whacked the
judges desk with his cane.
We'll, l prayed all Sunday night,
said the banker. The next morning
his wedding day, Manping said HI
finally told his secretary to call VI
Miss O'Brien and tell her "aIl wa
off" on account of family objections.
Meets Girl in Court Room.
After the court adjourned, Mannin:
tottered up to Miss O'Brien and hell
out his hand.
"Oh, May, let's be friends. There i
TO hard feeling, is there?'' he said.
The girls brother thrust the aget
/, banker aside.
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SECRECY VEIL ON SPAIN
No News From Madrid for 4 Days
Revolt Is Rumored.

London, June 16.-Behind the
heavy veil of the Spanish censorship
another drama may be occurring
Vague reports of an assumption of
power over the whole nation by the
army have been received here No
direct word has come from Spain in
four days. When the censorship cur
tain dropped last Tuesday. a crisis was
seen between Premier Dato and the
army leaders, and one of the last dis
patches received direct from Madrid
quoted Dato in denial of the report
that the Bilboa garrison revolted
1t was the demands of the army
leaders which precipitated the crisis
resulting in the fall of the Romanones
cabinet. but it was supposed these
had been adjusted when Premier Dato
took hold.
Spain had been a hotbed of Ger
man propaganda and all British news
papers today attributed much OF
SPANS internal dissensions to the
PruSSian agents
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ABANDON HOPE
Can't Find Who Kidnapped and
Slew Keet Baby.
But Suspect May Be "Missing
Link in German Plot.


Springfield Mo, June 16.-That
Claude Piersol, held in Jail in Kansas
CITY. is the key to the Keet kidnapping
M cry and the missing link in the
alleged Germany conspiracy, I'M
earthed in st. Louis and Springfield,
is the opinion of Federal Agents Bag
lev and Schmidt of Kansas City The
government investigators arrived
here today to verify important dis
closures which Piersol is said to have
made.
Local officials have given up hope
of ever learning the identity of the
rnurderers of Baby Lloyd Keet, the
abducted 14-months-old son of ]. Hol-
land Keet, retired banker and million
was found in an abandoned well on
tie old Crenshaw farm, eight miles
from Springfield, ten days after its
abduction.
May Exhume Baby'S Body.
Private detectives, hired by the Keet
family, are still working on the case
but admit that unless Piersol or one
of the six others under arrest con-
fesses, they have nothing to proceed
upon. The hangman's moose failed to
part the sealed lips of Piersol and Of
ficials have little hope of extracting
any valuable information from him
Dissatisfaction over the method OF
conducting the coroner's inquest OF
the dead baby and lack of legal proof
as to the cause of death have resulted
in steps being taken for the exhuma-
ton of the body. A post-mortem ex-
animation to determine the exact
cause of death probably will be made
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-16
KANSAS EDITORS


continued from rage Onel
to shirk a responsibility or are in
Stacker class in displaying loyalty to
the government
Paper Situation.
George Marble, publisher of the
Fort Scott Tribune is here with facts
and figures concerning the print paper
situation. He represented the Daily
league at the print paper Investigations
before the federal trades commission.
He will tell of the investigation by the
federal government and of conditions
as they were revealed by the testimony.
E. G. Hosner of Denver presid ent
of the National Editorial association
in 1916, will arrive in Topeka on a
late afternoon train. Hosner is versed
in the details of the proposed war tax
as affecting the newspapers and will
be one Of the principal speakers at
todays session.
Members of the executive commit
tee of the state editorial association
include: Herbert Cavaness, Chanute,
president: Click Fockele Leroy, vice
president; O. w. Little. Alma, secre-
tary; Clark Conklin, Lyons; G. H.
Yust, Sylvia; Charles H. Browne, Hor-
ton; f. l.. Flint, Lawrence; A. A. Tor
rance. Lebo; W. G. Anderson, Win
field; Roy F. Bailey. Salina; w. L.
Chambers, Bucklin; R. P. McCulloch,
Anthony, and J. l.. Napier, Newton.
Sessions of the committee are be-
ing held at the National hotel.
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FURNISHED by Topeka Board OF Trade.)
Chicago Herald says: The largest sellers
of corn and oats earlier in the week were
the best buyers to take profits on yes
terdays decline. Leading bears believe
that under existing conditions it is well
to take profits whenever the local eie-
ment generally gets too bearish and short
They keep position to put out their lines
sharp rallies The pit element the
whole has faculty of getting very bearish
and do most Of their selling on breaks,
which results in their being run in every
few days. That was the experience yes
terday. 1t looks to a few of the close
observers though foreign governments
We're absorbing corn and oats on breaks.
Bids of 1c over the regular open market
for September corn were made yesterday
for a guarantee of delivery. They were for
seaboard exporters, who desire to be sure
that they will get the corn on their Sep
TENDER purchases.
Flour stocks in the United States and
Canada June 1 are estimated at 2 514, 900
barrels by Daily Trade Bulletin, 2596,0O
on May 1 and compared with 2793,OO0
barrels last year.
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Kansas City Live Stock Market.

ceipts 500 Market steady to &c higher.
Bulk, $15.15@13so; heavy, s15.50@ p s.;
packers and butchers, $4,000 1880; light,
CATTLE-Cattle receipts 1.500, including
1000 southerns. Market steady. Prime fed
$10Oo612.25: western steers, S9.00d13.30
southern steers, 81 50@12. 80; cows. S650d
HOO; heifers. ss.50013 90; stockers and
feeders. $7.50@11.O0; bulls, $700@9.50i
calves. $1,000 1925
SHEEP--Sheep receipts 300. Market
steady. Lambs S1600617. yearlings
SO OOt612 90; wethers, $9.OO@11.0O; ewes
$S.75@10.75; stockers and feeders, $7.00@
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Wall St., New York, June 16.-STOCKS-
Stock market activity today was most con
spicuous in specialties and unimportant
rails. Gains of one to almost points were
made by Savage arms, Industrial alcohol,
Wilson company. Virginia Iron and Bruins
wick company. One to two point recessions
were made in steels, oils, motors and papers
Some of which were later retrieved. In
vestment rails registered no material
changes. News of the day mainly was
helpful including record prices for raw
material products and more optimistic
trade advices The closing was irregular.
Sales were estimated at 100000 shares.
Bonds yielded slightly but the liberty issue
changed hands in various amounts from
par to a slight premium.
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REAL RESORT WEATHER


> o'clock this afternoon it had risen
10 n. Sunday with clear skies and a
south wind the mercury will probably
reach 80 in the afternoon.
The highest temperature on record
FOR this date is 100, in 1911, and the
lowest 50. in 1916. which was equaled
Friday night.
The river at Topeka was still fall
ing. registering 7.2 feet this morning,
a fall OF ; of a foot in the last twenty
four hours. The Missouri river at
Kansas city has returned to the bank
full stage, reading 20 feet this morn
ing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-16
RECONSIDER NEWS TAX.
Absent Members of Committee Oppose
Per Cent War Levy.

Washington. June 16.-The senate
finance committee. revising the war
tax bill may reconsider its action. it
was said today in deciding to impose
levy of five per cent on net profits
on newspapers and magazines. A mo-
ton to reconsider, offered by Senator
Penrose is pending, but cannot be
taken up before Monday.
The new tax was adopted late yes
terday by a majority of only one vote
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-16

Chicago. June 16.-HOGS-Hog receipts
5000; market slow at yesterdays average.
Bulk S15.20@15 IS: light, S14Ga615.75;
mixed S1500@15.95; heavy. s15.00@16.05
CATTLE-Cattle receipts 1000; market
weak. Native beef cattle, S9.00@13.I0
heifers S6O0@I1SO; calves, S1050@15.5O.
SHEEP-Sheep receipts 2OOO market
firm. Wethers, $s.sO@1f.35; lambs. $4,000
1900; springs, S13.5061SO0.
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Chicago Grain and Pork Market.

Chicago. June 16.-WHEAT-M Market
close. July, S22112: Sept, 81 951h
CoRNZJuIy. s1.56A q "a; Sept, S1.4s@h !;
Dec, S1O9a4 as
OATs-Juiy, 647s@e5c; Sept, 5sh@%c
Dec, 55%c.
PoRK"July, $3.50; Sept, 1856.
LARD-July $21. So; Sept. $21 SIS.
SHORT RIBS-July, SCI. 05; Sept S21 Of