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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-13
Sanctitied Lawyer Refuses to
Buy Marriage License Here.
Tan Get One in Lawrence for
Half Price, He Says.
WILL MARRY GIRL OF 10
Good Man Says He Has Not
Sinned for Ten Years.
His Wife-TO-Be Is Untainted by
Worldly Contact.

I'm a sanctified man. l haven't
sinned for ten years. I'm 45 years
old and have found an 1S-year-old
sanctified girl I am going to marry. L
want marriage license. What's the
price,"
Three dollars" said the clerk in
the probate judges office.
"Three dollars" exclaimed the sane
ttHed individual, why 1 can get one
for SIS at Lawrence. Just forget it
for the present. I'll go back home
and talk it over with the girl
The sanctihed man didn't leave his
name nor his street address in Law
renee. but he promised that unless he
could get rate from the Douglas
county probate Judge he would be
back in about ten day days for his
marriage license.
He's Lawyer, Too.
Besides being sanctified and sinless
the man admitted he is both a preach
er and a lawyer. Judge Ralph Cav
questioned that statement slightly. He
might be sanctifed, he might be
preacher and he might be a sanctified
preacher But Judge Cav had seri-
Gus doubts if he could be a sancti-
fled lawyer.
The sanctified man explained why
he had picked an eighteen-year-old
girl instead of woman somewhere
near his own age.
You see it's this way" he said,
his young girl has not come in con-
tact with the sinful world. She is
unsullied by contact with worldly peo-
pie. She is pure and wholesome Me
j m sanctified and haven't committed
q sin in ten years. | could mould her
to my way of thinking and believing.
After they are thirty years old there's
no use trying to do anything with
them"
The sanctified man added that Gov
"a il.
speech at the sanctified wedding when
he and the sanctified girl are married.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-13
6,419 CITY LADS ELIGIBLE
200 Country Schools in Chicago
Vicinity Also Are Dismissed.

Chicago, April 1S.-Cook county
school boys today formed the van
guard of the citizen army which will
go into the fields, plant crops and start
the fighting in the bread and butter
war against Germany. E. J. Tobin,
county superintendent of schools,
gave 200 county school boards author
ity to Immediately close all grades
above the sixth so the children can be-
gin work in the fields.
This force will soon be supplement-
ed with Chicago high school boys
above 16 years of age. Jacob NJ.
Loeb, president of the board of educa-
ton, wrote to Superintendent Shoop
announcing that boys who are over
16, but under military age, may leave
their classes next Monday, provided
they go to work on Cook county farms
and truck gardens Those that leave
will receive full credits for the years
schooling. This order affects SAB
lads
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-13
VIC MURDOCH THERE
Reform Progressives Pledge Opposi-
ton to Merger.

ST. Louis, April 13.-Matthew Hale,
of Boston, national chairman of the
Progressive party called the national
convention of the party together here
Thursday with a speech in which he
said the party had too much power to
throw away.
The party, he said, should unite the
progressive elements of all parties.
I'VE must see to it," he said, that
the United States becomes more lib
eral rather than less liberal the
result of this war. We must uphold
the president in his determination to
make the entrance of the United States
in this world conflict mean a victory
for democracy and not a victory for
plutocracy or autocracy.''
AS each delegate entered the con-
vention he signed a card pledging him.
self to oppose any action to merge the
Progressive party with the Democratic
or Republican parties. Victor Murdoch
attended the sessions today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-13
NEED 800 MEN HERE
Topeka Branch of Navy League VIII
Try to Raise Them.

Men and women anxious to do
something for their country in this
hour of crisis have the opportunity
1T hand from now on in working in
behalf Of the Topeka branch of Navy
league which was emporaTily organ
lied this noon at the Chamber of Com
merce. Robert Stone was eltcted tenn
porary chairman and j. Will Ktlley,
temporary secretary and treasurer. A
big mass meeting owill be held at 8
O'Clock Wednesday evening at the
Chambtr Of Commerce, when the
scheme Of the Navy league will be
explained in detail to all who care
to attend.
W. II. Stayton, of Washington, eX-
ecutive secretary of the league, ex-
plaind the work of the organization
to the board of directors of the Cham
Der of Commerce. The campaign will
be waged toarouse enthusiasm in naval
embraced by Kanses City, Wichita and
Salina.
Sub-recruting stations in the de-
partment stores. in the hotels and in
the rest urants are the plan. Similar
tactics have been pursued in Kansas
City and Wichita. tht speaker de-
clared. and have aided greatly in
swelling the number of enlistments,
In order for the territory in which
Topeka is included to do it's share to-
ward raising the United States naval
force to full war strength 500 men
must join the navy.
The women may aid by talking to
the young men ana urging them to
enlist, by preparing articles needed by
the sailor boys and subscribing money
for a fund to pay for the campaign.
Kansas City raised a fund of more
than $4,000 to stimulate the campaign
for enIistments.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-13
LAST DEBATE TONIGHT
Pentangular Closes With Washburn
Teams Here and at Manhattan.

The pentangular debate among col
leges of Kansas will end tonight, with
two debates, one at Manhattan and
one at Washburn. The affirmative
team of Washburn will visit the
Aggie camp and the negative team
will stay here and entertain the Baker
representatives.
This home debate is one of the hot
est contests of the series. Washburn
and Baker have both won two de-
bates, one on affirmative and one on
the negative side. This makes them
the two colleges in a close race for
final victory in the pentangular
match. Clifford Hope, John Mahaffey
and Roscoe Graves are on the negative
team which will remain in the 1cha-
bod's camp. Albert Reed, Lowell Ber-
rev and Arthur Beatty will go to Man
"a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-13
40 IN ONE CRAVE
Two Score of Blast Victims Are
Unidentified.
Canopy Over CaSkets Piled
High With Flowers.

Chester, Pa, April 13.-Thousands
of persons assembled in the Chester
rural cemetery as rain fell today to
witness the funeral of two score
unidentified dead of the explosion at
the plant of the Eddystone ammuni-
ton corporation on Tuesday which
killed 122 persons. Services were held
at a long trench in which the un-
claimed victims were buried in oaken
Baskets.
Clergy of all denominations took
part in the ceremony. Chester and
Eddystone were places of mourning
The Eddystone works shut down at
5:45 a. m. until Monday in respect to
the memory of the dead. The loco
motive plant of the Baldwin works
the Remington Arms company and
numerous business places were closed
part of the day. The bodies of the
unidentified dead were taken to the
cemetery during the night to avoid
distressing scenes along the streets.
After the caskets had been lowered
into the trench they were covered
with canvas to await the formal
burial services. Over this canvas
were piled flowers that were sent by
Eddystone corporations, families of
the dead and hundreds of sympa-
thizers.
Revised figures show that 122 per-
sons lost their lives and that fifty
still remain in the hospitals. OF the
injured twelve are in a serious con-
dition.
The various Investigations into the
cause of the explosion were continued
today. In the absence of any conclu-
sion by experts who are making the
inquiry officials of the company said
the cause of the disaster is still mat
&aY Of cpac111af inn
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-13
BACK TO FARM

Columbia, Mo-, April 13.-More
than 200 students of the agricultural
college of the University of Missouri
filed application with the faculty to-
day for permission to leave school to
take UP farm work at their homes to
aid in the nations food drive. The
school authorities recently announced
that students whose services were
needed for such work would be given
full scholastic credit for the present
semester.
Among those who applied today
were some of the stars of the univers-
ity track and field team, and imme-
diately it became known they consid-
cred leaving, School Athletic Director
Brewer announced he would call a
meeting of the athletic committee to
consider whether the sports scheduled
should be dropped.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-13
A FATAL MISTAKE
Criticises Treating U. S. Entry
Into War Lightly.
Same Error Germany Made Es-
timating Britain's Strength.

Amsterdam, April 13.-Captain
Perseus. writing in the Berlin Tage-
blatt, criticises those who treat Amer
ica's entry into the war lightly
1T would be a fatal mistake" he
said, Ito regard Americas economic
strength as the only important factor
The military strength of the United
States is not to be met with shrug of
the shoulders, otherwise we shall
make the same mistake as we did
about the military strength of Britain
Germany Fighting for Neutrals.
Otto Hoetsch, a prominent political
writer, reviewing the Commandment
can clash in the Kreuze Zeitung con-
tends that Germany has perfect right
to make her own international law as
FAR as submarines are concerned and
also in regard neutralS for whose fu-
ture interests, he says, Germany is
fighting. Herr Hoetsch charges that
America was never neutral from the
beginning of the war which he says
would have been over long ago if
America had not abetted the entente.
He continues:
Germany. in all ways trying to
avoid German-American conflict.
played into the hands of our oppon-
ents. The German embassy in Wash
ington should be blamed for this. 1t
was the weakest spot in the whole
diplomatic service. Apart from its
glaring mistakes, the embassy lacked
an understanding of American psy-
chology, the best proof of this being
the failure of the whole German
propaganda.
Blames German Americans.
1T is to the kaiser's lasting merit
that he made every effort to hold
Americas friendship. We cannot
blame him because America is against
US, but we do blame the German
Americans who must realize that the
fatherland is deeply disappointed in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-13
TO BOOST FARMING
Colorado Congressman's Bill Calls for
S5,OOO,OOO for Reclamation.

Washington, April ia far
reaching administration measure to
stimulate production of food upon
private and public lands Within recla-
nation projects and appropriating
S5,OOO,OO0 for the purpose was intro
duceG today by Representative Taylor
of Colorado chairman of the house
irrigation committee. The bill has
the approval of the federal reclama-
ton service.
Another step in the food production
campaign has come before congress-
men from the American Defense So
cietv All congressman arc being
asked by the society to urge the gov
ernors of their states to designate by
proclamation or otherwise a planting
month from April Is to May Is to
accomplish the cultivation of all avail
a bIe SDaCe
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WILD TRADING TODAY
Wheat Sold on Topeka Market As
High As 1884.

The most strenuous day in the his
tory of the organization was witness
ed on the floor of the Topeka board
of trade today. Wheat again broke
all records, the Topeka market keep
ing at level with that in other cities
and sometimes higher.
One car of wheat was sold on the
floor of the Topeka board for s2.54
a bushel. The Cardwell Grain COM
pany sold a car of 1900 bushels to
the Young Grain company for S2.51
bushel. This is nine to ten points
higher than Thursday. The lowest
price for wheat here was s2.35, two
cents higher than low for Kansas
City May options.
May wheat. almost cash now. open
ed on the Kansas City wire at 81 "a,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-13
TRAINING SCHOOL HERE
Topekans Will Have a Chance to Drill
at Fair Grounds.

Topekans who desire the benefits of
military training will be given an OPP
portunity to study the army game. Ar
rangements have been made with
Charles 1. Martin, adjutant general
which will permit the use of national
guardsmen during the training of army
students in Topeka.
Plans are now being worked out for
training school in Topeka, beginning
sometime next week. 1t is proba BILE
the school will be opened at the state
fair grounds. A number of officers
and members of the famous Fighting
Twentieth Kansas will assist in train
ing the men who desire to know some
thing of army service.
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TO GO TO MINNESOTA
Benton of Washburn Prepares to En-
ter Big Oratorical Contest.

Howard Benton, senior Washburn
student. who was one of the three
winners of the western district of the
Interstate Oratorical contest, held in
York, Neb, last week, is preparing to
go to Minnesota, where he and three
other western boys VIII compete LOT
national honors, meeting the three
winners of the eastern district.
Benton won the state intercolleglate
peace oratorical contest. which en-
titled him to compete in the interstate
bout At this affair he was announced
one of the three winners. He has
taken great interest in the debate and
oratorical work at Washburn. Ben
ton is amember of the Phi Delta
Theta fraternity.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-13
PAY $4,000 FINES
Three Lumber Companies Cash in for
Violating Antitrust Law.

jefferson City. April 13.-Three
lumber companies paid into the state
treasury today sums totalling $56,5O0.
as compromises for fines assessed
against them three years ago in the
supreme court proceedings charging
twenty companies with having violated
the antitrust statutes. Fifteen of the
companies previously had paid their
fines and of the two remaining. one
has gone out of business and the 9TH
er announced it Will pay $4,000 is
fine within a few DAYS.
The companies and the amounts
Maid today were: Colonial Lumber q
Timber company. $2,5O0; Bradley
Lumber company. $25,00t; Chicago
Lumber G. Coal company, $4,000. The
twenty companies originally were
fined a total of S462, 900.
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RIP BIG HOLES


(Continued from Page One-)
night on a wide front from north of
Hargicourt to Metz-En- Coutre and
now hold Sart farm, Gauche wood and
Gouzeaucourt village and the wood"
his official report asserted today.
Take More Than $50 Guns
There was sharp fighting between
St Quentin and Cambria before the
positions were captured" the field
marshal continued. During the night
in a successful raid southwest of Loos
enemys dugouts were bombarded and
defenses damaged. In the neighbor-
hood of Ploegstreet a hostile raiding
party came under our machine gun
fire and failed to reach our trenches =
A special dispatch from the front
received by the Times today asserted
that the total of guns captured from
the Germans so far in the British Of
fensive has now reached more than
100
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-13
FATHER KILLED BY SON
Eudora City Marshal Shot for Quar-
reling With Girl.

Lawrence. Kan. April 13.-Ben
Deck, city marshal of Eudora, was
killed by his 20-year-old son, Fred,
at the entrance to the Deck home,
near the main street of Eudora Stor-
les told by witnesses of the events
leading up to the shooting indicate
that the young man fired the fatal
shot to protect his cousin, Miss Nam
ME Buckley, from the wrath of his
father, who objected to a motor ride
she took. Young Deck waited for the
officers to arrest him after the shoot
ing and was placed in the county Jail
here.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-13

Wall ST.. New York April 13.-STOCKS
The conflicting course of prices after the
first half hour seemed to result from a
mixture of profit taking and short cover
ing. In a few instances the movement was
most bewildering, Atlantic, Gulf and West
Indies losing it's points rise while In
dustrial Alcohol rose appreciably over its
early setback. Strength and activity were
shown by Harvester issues. Fertilizers and
Oils. but Steel and other leaders yielded
much or all of their advances. rails also
shading with further heaviness in Della
ware and Hudson. The entire list was
subjected to renewed pressure at midday
with substantial recessions in the Motor
group.
Bonds were irregular.
market developed a strong tone under
lead of prominent rails and the usual war
issues and allied specialties. Reading rose
= points on confident buying with almost
point for L. =. United States Steel made
fractional gain an initial sale of 12-
900 shares. while Gulf States Steel rose 3
points with 1 to . for Mexican Petroleum.
General Electric and Ohio Gas. Shippings
were in further demand swith Central
Leather, United States Rubber and Will
son Packing. Metals were inactive and
little changed.
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GREATEST IN Time
President Wilson Leads All in
Money Lending.
Unrestricted Power to Loan
Three Billion Dollars.

Washington, April 13.-When con-
gress passes the five billion bond issue
bill, President Wilson and Secretary
McAdoo will become the greatest
money lenders of all time.
Under the liberal authorizations of
the bill they are given unrestricted
power to loan three billion dollars to
foreign governments.
]. P. Morgan & Company, thru
numerous private investment firms,
floated a loan to the allies of approxi-
mately a billion dollars. The British
government alone surpasses this
money lending feat of two American
officials. The latest available statis-
tics show that Great Britain has loan
ed the allies since the outbreak of the
war about four billion dollars.
The wealth of the United States
government, which stands responsible
for the loans negotiated by the two
men, is approximately $250,000, 000.-
900.
The liabilities of the government
now amount to only little over ST.
900, 900.
AS an indication of the great finan-
cial strength this country is able to
throw into the war, treasury depart
ment authorities today compiled the
following figures, showing the rela-
tive wealth and Indebtedness of the
different countries at the time of en-
tering the great war:
Country Debt Wealth
~ D-f%
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-13
IODMSAMUSEMENTS

GRAND-"Ramon
NOVELTY-Five acts vaudeville
and THE Great Secret"
ORPHEUM-Willia S. Hart in
The Square Deal Man."
IRIS-Genevieve Hamper in Tan
gled Lives"
CRYSTAL - Marie Walcamp in
'Steel Hearts,"
BEST-Motion Features.
COZY-Ethel Barrymore in the
Awakening of Helena Richie"
GEM-Motion Features.
For details, prices. etc. see adver-
tisement on page Of the State
Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-13
Kansas City Produce Market.

Kansas City, April 13.-WHEAT-Cash:
Market &c to lie higher. No. hard, 81. 10 %
% No. ), $243@2-52; No. red, $2.4O@
CoRN--Market Sc to &c higher No. .
mixed S1:45G1 40: No. 3. S1.446I1 .471a No.
white, $1.49@1.5O; No. 3, S1.4SGi 10; No.
yellow, 81 .4S@1.49; No. 3. Si.46@14S
OATS-Market 1c to 11ac-higher. No. .
white: I2l2@ BE: No. mixed, 71@72c.
kAFIR ND MILO MAIZE-S2 S5M 90.
HAf-Market higher. Choice timothy,
5000 1880: choice prairie, $4,000 20 80
choice alfalfa. S27 .OO@2S. 90.
BRAN-S1. 94M1.95
SHORTS-S2.1 5d220.
WHEAT-Receipts 10 cars.
BUTTER-Creamery, 45c; firsts, 42c
seconds, 40c; packing 32c.
EGGS-Firsts. 34c
POULTRY-Hens, 21c; ROSTERS, 15c
turkeys &c.
WHEAT-.Close: May, s235; July, s1ss
September, 81 6Sss
CoRN..May: sf.ss1s; July. s1.33as Sep
TENDER. S1.261a.
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QUIT MAKING WHISKY
Kentucky Distilleries Will Help to
Conserve the Grain Supply.

Lexington, Ky, April 13.-James
f. Pepper head of the distilling COM
pany which bears his name. has an
nounced from Chicago that his great
plant here will make no whisky dur
ing the progress of the war. He de-
cIares that his action is due to the
shortage in grain and that it is the
patriotic DUTY of every citizen to con-
serve the supply.
Fifteer other Kentucky distillers
will take similar action. They all have
offered to supply the government with
their available stock of alcohol.
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Chicago, April 13.-HOGS-Receipts b.
600, tomorrow 10000. Market slow. sc
above yesterdays average. Bulk of sales
S15.9OG16 lights, SIS. 40d 1926: mixed.
s15.6o@ 1910; heavy, s15.I0G 1918; rough,
CATTLE-Receipts 1000. tomorrow 500
Market slow. Native beef cattle. $4,000
IL 25: stockers and feer-ers, $1,000 10 90 {:
cows and heifers, s5I5@1I00; calves, 500
d13.25
SHEEP-Receipts 1000. tomorrow 5000
Market strong. Wethers, $10.10M13 10 /:
lambs Sl2O0n1G.
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SUN SHINING AGAIN
Continued from Page one)

lContlnned from Page Onel
at 2 o'clock. Tonight will be warm
er than Thursday night with a
temperature around Az degrees. Sat
urday will be a duplicate of today.
The highest temperature on record
for this date was SO in 1899, and the
lowest, 20, in 1910.
The wind was still from the north
east this morning and indications pre-
dicted that it would remain so all day.
This unusual condition makes the
forecast uncertain.
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steers, S100OM1225: western steers, S9.756
1855: southern steers, $S50M 11.5U: cows,
S65O61O.75; heifers. S900G12.00 stockers
and feeders $3.50 90; bulls, 81. 50n10O0 {:
calves. $S.00M13o0.
SHEEP-Receipts none Market steady.
Lambs s12 25615.G0: yearlings S13jOM
1925; wethers. S12.O0d13.25; ewes. $11O0f
1900; stockers and feeders, S7.0001i.00.
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went as high as SAP and as low as
$2.33 where it closed before recover
ing. May corn opened on a range of
$l.3I to $1.3S, went as high as S1.40A
on the Kansas City wire, dropped to
S1.37 as low and closed at $139A
Cash sales on corn ranged from
s1.46 TO S1.51 on the floor of the To-
peka board. All records for high corn
prices here were broken when the
Cardwells made another record deal
and sold a car of corn for $1.51
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Protect Chicago Stock Yards.

Chicago, April 12.-Precautionary
measures were completed at the I'm
ion stock yards today when an electric
current strong enough to cause death
was turned into wires surrounding a
fence around the district Even en-
ployes are permitted to enter the
stockade only after showing creden-
tials
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-13
MAJOR BURKE DEAD
Former Scout and Friend of Buffalo
Bill Was "A Years Old.

NJ Burke. former scout in Indian wars
and for nearly half century asso-
ciated with the late Col. VIM. F. Cody
buffalo Bid publicity representative,
died of pneumonia here early today.
aged "a years. He had been visiting
friends here for several weeks.
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Dividend Notice

Davenport, Ia, April G. 1917.
At meeting of the Board of Directors
of the Mid-Continent Consolidated Oil *
Utilities Corporation. held this day. a diyi-
dend of 10c per share was declared on all
"A" stock of this corporation outstanding
payable on April 20. 1917. TO stockholders of
record April 1G, 1917. A. s. Nelson, Seere-
tary.-Adv.
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Chicago. April 13.-WHEAT-CIose 4:
May, $2.21@221A; July, $1.ssN al. ssls /;
CoRN-,May. sI36H al 3615 July, S1.33%
@13A; September, 81. 29@ 1.29h.
90 0ATS-May; 65A@65asc; July, 635s q
63&c; September. 56s4 @56sc.
LARDmMay, $2O.sO; July, s210e; Sep
TENDER, $21.12.
SHORT RIBs-May, 1882; July, $3.50
September, S19.92