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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-31
DEAD SECRETARY SHORT
100000 Missing From Drowned Chi
cagOan's Company Vaults.

Chicago, Oct. 31.-State banking
officials, continuing the investigation
of the accounts of the Peoples Build
ing and Loan Association, said today
that the alleged shortage of Harrison
Kelly, secretary. whose body was
found in Lake Michigan several weeks
ago, might exceed the 100000 first
announced.
Cancelled checks discovered by the
officials are said to have revealed that
between 1898 and 1900, Kelly lost
more than 100000 thru playing the
grain market and embezzled at least
an equal amount subsequently in try
ing to cover up the alleged shortage.
A stockholders meeting will be held
this week to decide whether to con-
tinue or suspend the association, which
was temporarily closed by the officials
late yesterday.
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FATS IN The FIRE
Garfield Starts New Flareup in
Coal Mining.
Penalty Clause Unsatisfactory;
May Reopen Dispute.

Kansas City. Mo, Oct. 31.-The en-
tire coal mine dispute in the south
western district, comprising Kansas,
Missouri Arkansas and Oklahoma.
may be reopened. causing another
tie-up and further complicating the
fuel situation in these states, it be-
came known today.
Section five of the agreement made
between operators and miners here on
October % has been judged ''unsatis-
factory by Fuel Administrator Gar
field and today Alexander Howatt.
president of the Kansas miners; D. A.
Fra mpton of the Missouri miners and
John Wilkinson of the Oklahoma min
erS, are on their way to Washington,
here Garfield has 2called another
meeting for 10 O'Clock Friday morn
ing. w. A. JOA44-oun and F. w. Lukins
of the Operators association will rep
resent the mine owners.
Coal Scarce Everywhere.
While confidence was expressed by
both sides here this morning that the
matter would be adjusted satisfac-
torily, there is no attempt to mitigate
the gravity of the situation. Coal is
practically unobtainable in every large
town in the district now and unprece-
denied cold weather. for October has
caused great suffering. Many Kansas
City dealers yesterday were fatty re-
fusing to even accept orders. Reports
from many points in Kansas Okla
homa indicate a similar condition.
Section s." which Garfield declar-
ed unsatisfactory in his telegram sum-
moning miners and operators for the
Washington conference is that part
of the agreement recently drawn here
relating to penalties" 1t proves that
in case of strike or shutdown the
parties judged at fault-operators or
miners-shall pay fine of fifty cents
a day for each miner involved for not
to exceed five days after the blame
shall have been fixed by an examina-
ton by the miners district president
and the operators district commits
sioners. Immediate hearings were pro-
vided for under the agreement.
Matter Supposed to be Settled.
The re-opening of the trouble comes
as a surprise to the public here. 1t
had been believed that the agreement
on October % had finally settled the
case
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U. S. TO TAKE OVER MILLS
Administrative Supervision Will Be
come Effective November 4.

New York, Oct. 31.-Administra-
tive supervision over the operation of
all flour mills in the United States will
be assumed by the milling division of
the United States food administration
effective November 1. it was an
nounced here today. This action will
be taken under President Wilson's
proclamation of October 8. Since Sep
TENDER 10, the milling division has
exercised control over the wheat sup
ply operation and rate of profit of
the operators of all the large mills
thru their voluntary agreement but
plants under 100 barrels capacity
daily have been exempt. Beginning
Thursday every mill will be required
to report it's operation thereby increas-
ing the assurance that flour will be
manufactured and sold with the least
possible economic loss.
Supervision is also to be exercised
over all wheat,flo wholesaler, retail
ers, brokers, agents and others who,
acting as jobbers do a business in ex-
cess of 100000 a year. These in
clude mills which have jobbing de-
partments The supervision announced
today will affect all flour mills, large
and small, regardless of whether they
have jobbing departments.
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DECLARE HE WON'T Do
Socialists Already Knocking on New
German ChanceIlor.

Copenhagen. Oct 31.-The Social
list organ. Vorwaerts, of Berlin in an
issue published before the appoint
ment of Count Won Hertling as chan
cellor declares that the counts oppo-
sition to parliamentarism and to the
erection of Alsace Lorraine into an
autonomous federal state makes 1t i'm
possible for the majority parties in
the reichstag to consider him for the
chancellOrship.
No members of the reichstag were
received by the emperor, who is care
fully guarding the surface attributes
of his prerogative of making and I'M
making ministers without consulting
the representatives of the people
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Morning Grain Gossip.
FURNISHED by T. ]. Myers, 301 n. r. BldgJ

Chicago, Oct 31-The Herald says: Bears
in the market of late They continue to
sell short, however, without making much
If any Roadway as breaks are followed by
quick bulges. At the same time the bulges
have a way of fading so that moderate
profits have to be accepted. Bears are hop
ing for a decline in cash corn but values
in the various markets are irregular, high
grades commanded better prices in most
markets yesterday while some of the low
grades suffered a decline. The future is
regarded es a matter of weather and cars
1t noticeable that some of the COM
mission houses who have been bearish ad-
vised against short sales last night. A few
local traders are buying December and sell
ing January but some are selling Deem
Der. January and February and buying
May. They say the low grades can be de-
lvered on the winter months but not on
May which is in favor of May holder.
There is said to be a large shortage in
December corn. count Is said to have
been made that showed the open interest
well up in the millions Of bushels 1t gain
ed sac on January yesterday
Big covering of short December and May
oats has been on here the last two days.
One large line has been taken in for a
local trader working thru n private wire
house. This. with the weakening of cash
premiums made some Of the operators bear
ish at the close yesterday. There has been
no export business for three days and one
large cash handler looks for less buying
Of that character for the present.
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Wall ST., New York. Oct 31-STOCKS-
Liquidation of industrials and rails in
enormous volume soon undermined the en-
tire list United States Steel touched 99A
accompanied by individual offerings 1000
to 5000 shares. Allied stocks broke to
were at lowest quotations for the current
movement. Among less representative is
sues declines ran from 3 to 10 points the
movement halting slightly toward noon
Sales during the morning approxima ted
100000 shares. Liberty as held at par and
the 81 s at 1924 1T 500 &c.
United States Steel featured the lower
trend of prices at the opening Of today's
stock market with a sale of 5000 sharss
at 1O1% to 1O14 gainst yesterdays final
price Of 102% Later the stock fell to 101L
but rallied fractionally. Canadian Pacific
under further pressure at "a decline of
Ia and Central Leather Was the heaviest
speciality, losing IL The reaction EN-
braced General Motors. Shippings and Pull
man at recessions Il TO IL points. Lib
erty Is sold at par and the 355's at 99.94
To
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AUSTRO GERMANS
Continued from Page One. }

met of Premier Orlando has been an
nounced. Italy's foreign policy will
undergo no change as Baron Sonnino
will retain the portfolio of foreign af-
fairs
In Flanders the British have been
successful in minor operations north
east of Ypres. Canadian troops car
ried the bulk of the fighting in ac-
tons near Passachendaele and Peel
capelle with the object of straighten-
ing out the British line. Passachen-
daele, Berlin says, was entered by the
Canadians who were driven out later
Doggy terrain, rainfall and strong
wind hampered the attackers but they
reached their detectives which in
cluded further sections of the Pas
schendaele ridge.
Emperor William has placed at the
head of his government Count Won
Hertling, premier of Bavaria, and
former leader of the Catholic center.
strong opponent of parliamentary
or franchise reform. Whether he will
be acceptable to all the reichstag par
ties is not indicated. The reichstag
does not meet again until early De-
cember. Copenhagen dispatches in
dictate he will hardly be welcome by
the Socialists and pan-Germans
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Probably z Lives and $4,000,
900 Property Lost.
Munitions and Loaded British
Steamer Are Burned.
FRESH BLAZE NEARBY TODAY
Breaks Out in Railroad Shops
Mile From Piers.
Food and Munitions for Army
Abroad Up in Smoke.

Baltimore. Oct 31.-A disastrous
fire which wrecked two of the Balt1-
more & Ohio railroad terminal piers
at Locast Point and spread to Brit
ish steamship that had just locked at
one of the piers for loading, broke out
last night, causing the probable loss
of seven lives and a financial loss es-
timated at between 100000 and $4,-
900, 900 before it was subdued. Five
of the missing men were members
o1 ..~ lew of the steamship.
Among them were two of the ships
officers and the chief gunner of the
naval crew aboard.
Vice President J. NJ. Davis of the
Baltimore & Ohio said it was the be-
lief of the railroad officials that the
fire was of incendiary origin as cred
ible witnesses stated that they saw
flames leap from five points on piers
Nos. 8 and 9 almost simultaneously.
Already the police in their investiga-
ton have arrested one man.
Army Goods, S1.5OO,OOO.
The piers represented a value of
$1,50O,000; the merchandise stored in
them S1,5O0,OOO and the steamer and
cargo 100000.
Secret service operators and the
police repeated assertions that pro-
German agents probably were respon-
sible for the fire when second blaze
sprang up in the shops of the railway
at Riverside today, more than a mile
from the piers.
Five of the men believed dead
were working on the piers. Two are
unaccounted for among Is of the
crew of the British steamship Kerry
Range. They leaped overheard when
the vessel.
Shells Explode Amid Flames.
Explosions punctuated efforts of
Baltimores entire fire fighting forces
Piled on the piers waiting steamships
were many cases of ammunition
which detonated as the flames reached
them. Foodstuffs went up in smoke
food that was to have gone to the
armies.
The blaze was got under control at
about o'clock this morning.
Steamer Carried Big Shells.
The steamer had on board eighty
anti-submarine shells from a British
port. These exploded with loud re-
ports when the ship took fire and it
was not long after the ship had been
towed into midstream that she sank.
Chief of Police Leigh of the Balti-
more & Ohio began an investiga-
ton on the report of the pier watch
man that he saw five or six men jump
from pier nine just as the flames
broke out.
Dynamite in Grain Cargo.
Several months ago a quantity of
dynamite was found in a loaded grain
car in one of the elevators of the rail-
road at Locust Point The grain was
intended for one of the allies. The
car was traced to its loading point in
the central west and found to have
been loaded by Austrian stevedores.
Pier ten loaded with wheat for ex-
port was in danger of being burned
early today and only a fire wall stood
between the fire and this pier and
two others. Baltimore & Ohio Off
Gals felt confident of saving these
piers.
A number of department of justice
operatives were reported to be on the
scene.
The customs house authorities saved
their records on pier eight but those
on pier nine were DESTROYED
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DOCK GUARD INSUFFICIENT.
RedoubIe Effort to Thwart German
Agents Incendiarism.

Washington, Oct. 31.-Precautions
at every munitions and grain dock in
the country were redoubled today fol-
lowing the big incendiary fire in Bal
timore. Secret service officials here
are certain German agents started the
fire with bombs.
I'VE are surprised that more such
attempts have not been successful
said one official. "Our Baltimore
office has been on guard against just
such a fire for some time"
Chief Flynn of the secret service in
Washington, and Chief Bielaski of
the department of justice, were in
close touch with the investigation in
Baltimore
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FAMOUS BEER CITY
ADDS BEERLESS DAY
TO HOOVER'S LIST

Milwaukee, Wis. Oct. 3l.-This. the
"wettest" town in the United States
is the incubator of peerless" day.
In resolutions forwarded to Gov
ernor Philip today the Wisconsin
Anti Saloon league urges that as an
economy measure he proclaims Sun
day a peerless" day. to be strictly
observed. They also urge that all
beer users drink one less glass of
beer a day.
Their request is in line with the
"meatless'' and "wheatless' days pro-
claimed by the food administration.
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TODAY'S MARKET REPORTS

Chicago: Oct .31--coRN-Good weather
turnout the. entire corn belt faroring the
movement of the crop to market tended to
ease down corn prices today. fresh weak
ness in the New York stock ma rket count
ed also bearish factor. Reports. how
ever, that an unusually large amount of
new corn was turning out to be of unsat-
isfactory grade checked any disposition
toward aggressive selling Opening quo
tations which ranged from 1zc of to II C
advance with December $11s$a TO S11s-z
and May .132s to S1.14, were followed by
moderate general decline.
Assertions that there would be more soft
corn available for December delivery at ;
cents discount than longs would be willing
to pay for did not find much favor. The
market closed steady at 1.177k for Deem
Der and BIB to s1.131k for May. g cents to
l cent off as compared with twenty fou~
hours before
OATS-Oats were easy with corn. A
little buying that seemed to come from
export interests developed on the down
turn
PROVISIONS-Lack of support alloFed
provisions to sag. Firmness of prices sn
hogs was ignored. d.
Later the market rallied in response to a
further advance in hog values.
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!. N0QlAYS ADJUSTMENTS

AUDITORIUM this evening-Ora-
torio artists, third number OF
Elks' concert series.
GRAND this evening-Spectacul
drama, 1.-The Flame"
NOVELTY-Five acts vaudeville
and an episode of THE Neglected
Wife,
MAJESTIC4The Gard Lawson
musical revue.
/ORPHEUM-Willia S. Hart in
The Narrow Trail"
COZY-Alma Reubens in THE
FREELY of Tough Lu TX"
GEM-Harry Carey in THE Marked
Man"
BEST-Motion features.
Motion features.
For details. prices. etc. see adver-
tisement on page 10 of the state
Journal
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NO WAR BRIDE FOR HIM
Father Calls Off Wedding and Cor
pOral Jumps to His Death.

New York, Oct. 31.-Corporal Bernv
E. Loveman, rs years old, 18th u
infantry of Birmingham, Ala, com
mitted suicide early today by Jump
ing from an eighth floor window of an
uptown hotel, where he had been
stopping for several days
A marriage license, obtained yester-
day showed that Loveman planned TO
mary Miss Regina GIanokopf of this
city.
Police inquiry developed that Love-
mans act was due to opposition to the
wedding on the part OF Miss GIano-
kopfs father, who told the corporal
that a marriage would be unwise while
IN the service. he faced the possibility
of going abroad and returning a Grip
pie.
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YOUTHS TO RUN THINGS
Enroll for Farm and Factory Work
Next Spring.

Chicago, Oct s1@The farms and
factories win be manned" by boys
next spring
This was the prediction today at
the headquarters of the United States
Boys Working Reserve. when it was
found that more than 1000 youths
between 1e and 90 years have en-
rolled for farm labor and other pa
triotic work.
The headquarters here will be
clearing house for Illinois
More than 1000 600 boys viii be
sought before spring.
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COLD INDIAN SUMMER

(Continued from Page One.l
Tuesday night was 2S-which was II
points below normal At nine o'clock
the Thermometer registered 35 and
at 2 o'clock this afternoon stood at
so. TonigI-- the mercury will stay
above freezing.
No rain was reported in the state
in the last twenty-four hours. Nothing
but clear weather is in sight.
Shippers forecast calls for protec-
ton against 25 to 80 degrees in the
north and west and aginst 80 in the
south and east
The lowest temperature on record
for this date was q in 1890, and the
highest, "a, in 1887.
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Chicago. Oct. 31.-H0GS- Receipts .. coo
Market firm. DC above yesterdays average
Bulk Of sales. SIS 70G 1855: light, Slt90M
100; rough. s1530@ 1850; pigs. s11-25G
14-50
CATTLE-Receipts n 900. Market steady
Native steers. S6.7567 100: western steers
81. goa 1910; stockers and feeders. $G0oM
11J0: cows and heifers. 5000 Il 10 .caIves
s.. GOA 1900.
SHEEP-Receipfs 21.O00 Market steady
Wethers. s.. 500 - -: lambs. 81. 40sl1T5 80.
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U. S. WAR TAX

CONTINUED rom Page One.)
postage on letters. except drop or
local letters, shall be 3 cents; and
that on postcards, including private
than heretofore. This increase in
cIudes so-called picture postcards.
The advances were made effective
thirty days after passage of the law.
and are construed by the post office
department to begin with letters and
postcards postmarked November 2.
The increases also have been ex-
tended by departmental order to first
class mail to many foreign countries.
which under postal conventions, have
enjoyed the domestic rates. The new
Scent letter rate, therefore, will ap
ply to letters to Canada, Cuba, Mexico,
Panama, England, Ireland, Scotland,
Wales, the Bahamas, Barbados, Brit
ish Guinea, British Honduras, Santo
Domingo, Dutch West Indies, LeeWard
Islands, Newfoundland and New Yea
land, The post card increase will ex-
tend to Canada, Cuba Mexico and
Panama, the only countries which
have enjoyed the domestic st-card
rate.
Have New Scent Stamps.
For consumers convenience, books
of postage stamps containing Scent
stamps are in readiness for sale and
the department has had printed
thousands of 2-cent post First
class mail poStmarked tomorrow or
any time prior to 1901 a. M, Novem-
Der regardless of time taken for de-
livery, will be transmitted at the old
rates but that postmarked thereafter
must pay the increased toll.
Amusement admission taxes become
effective tomorrow at places charging
10 cents or more. They are / cenl
| for each ten cents or fraction paid
for such admission. payable by the
person admitted but collected by the
government from the amusement pro-
prietor, required to make sworn re-
turns to the treasury.
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SOUANDERS A MILLION
With IS Cents Left of Fortune Grain
Gambler Hangs Self.

Chicago. Oct 31.-A brokerage
firms receipt for SIS in wheat buys
and 10 cents in cash were the only
valuables found on the body of John
H. Dawson. which was found suspend
ed by the neck from a door in the
Bradley hotel early today
This according to his family. was
all that remained of fortune of more
than s1,0o0,000 which Dawson inher-
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Kansas City, Oct. 31-CORN-Cash: Mar
ket steady. No. mixed. S197d2O0: No.
3, $1.95@L9S; No. 2 white, $2.10M212; No. ;,
nominal.
OATS-Market steady. No. 2 white, 6O1a
@61c No, mixed, 5S1a@59c. -
RYE$1.72
KAFIR AND MILO MAIZE 81. 25 a $40
HAY-Market unchanged.
SHORTS-$2 1OG2.33.
BRAN-$1.64
WHEAT-Receipts log cars.
CORN-Close: December, $1.19A Jan
uary, $1-15as May ST. 1914.
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BLOW KILLS BOXER

Dayton. o.. Oct 31.-'Young"
Epstein, Of Hamilton, Ohio, died to-
day from injuries he suffered when
he fell in the ring during the last
minute of a ten-round contest with
Battling" Hess of Fort Wayne. Ind.
at the Dayton Gymnastic club last
night.
When Epstein went down, it is said
his head struck on the edge of the
platform causing conclusion of the
brain.
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tied. They said he had dissipated it
on the grain market and suffered
nervous breakdown because of his
losses.
Dawson leaves a widow and three
sons, the eldest of whom is 10.
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Kansas city Live stock Msrket.

Kansas City, oct. 31-HOGS-Receipt
5000 Market 1Oc to 25c higher BuIk Of
sales. SIG 25616.75. heavy. SIG.JnG7 $3.50 /:
packers and butchers. S1G359I1G-85: light
s16.O0d16.GO; pigs s14. 5Od 1880.
CATTLE-Reeetpts II coo Market steady
10 strong Prime fed steers. SIS 5Gf7 If n !.
dressed beef steers s1100GI5.00: wesfern
steers. $500 Is 90: southern steers 81 ora
Il 90: COWS $500 1000: heifers- $4,000
1870. stockers and feeders. $1,000 u 90.
bulls S600ld 7.75: alves. $3.50 q LB.25
SHEEP-Receirfs ZOO. Market steady.
Lambs. $16.25n16DO: yearilugs $12 00Tt
155O: sverners. SO .5OdI25O: ewes 5000
LOO; st0ekers and feeders, s7.oUfI1 w.
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BRITISH LOSE 24,O91

London, Oct 31.-British casualties
reported during the week ended to-
day totaled 24,091. They were divid-
ed as follows: Officers killed or died
wounded or missing. 1,1O2: men.
1880.
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New York Produce Market.

New York. Oct. 31.-BUTTER-Ma
unsettled; creamery higher than extras,
4414 a 45c.
EGGS-Market firm; fresh gathered ex-
tras. 41@4Sc.
CHEESE--Market unsettled; state fresh
specials, 22M22Ac.
'POULTRY-Llve. firmer; dressed dull
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Chicago, Oct. 31-BUTTER-M I'M
changed.
EGGS-Market higher; firsts 3SG39c:
ordinary firsts, 36Q3Sc; at mark. cases
included 36c.
POTATOES-Market unchanged.
POULTRY-Alive! higher; fowls 14@1Sc;
springs. 1Sc.
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New York, Oct. 31.-COTTON-Spot
quiet middling, 2S.s5.
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(The range of prices on grain futures on
Chicago Board of Trade as reported by
Thos. J. Myers. 301 N. Z. Bldg.)
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Chicago, Oct 31.-CORN-Close Deem
Der, $1177s; January, $1.151s a 115H May.
81 .13@1.13s.
OATS-December, 5S1sQ5s15, split; May,
591 a 60c.
PORK-Oct, S4O15; JAN, S4120
LARD-Oct., $2475; Nov, $24.77; JAN.
so. AZ.
SHORT RIBs-oct., $2275; Jan, $2225.
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Kansas City. Oct. 81

(The range Of prices on grain futures on
Kansas City BOARD Of Trade as reported
by Thos- J Myers. 301 " E Bldg.5
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New Orleans, Oct 31.-COTTON-SpC
steady and unchanged; middling, 27.T5.
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THE following safes were made this morn
ing at the Stock Yards, Kansas City. and
reported over long distance telephone d.
rect to the State Journal by Clay Robin
son & Co.. live stock commission mer-
Kansas City, Oct 31--CATTLE-Re
ceipts 1900 head. Market slow steady
HOGS-Receipts 5000 head. Market loo
to 25c higher. Bulk of sales, $15.7511G 10;
top, $1,000.
SHEEP-Receipts 1000 head. Market
15c to 25c higher. Lambs, SIT %.