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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-08
MIKE TRENT GUILTY
Jury Says He Committed Assault and
Battery in Car.

Just before o'clock this afternoon
the jury in the case of the state
against Mike Trent brought in YER
dict and found Trent guilty of assault
and battery. It found that he drove
an automobile along the lower Silver
Lake road at an excessive speed,
struck a vehicle IN which Fred Root
and his family were riding, threw
them out and wrecked the vehicle,
therefore committed assault and bat
terv. The form of the verdict was
totally unexpected by persons who
have attended the trial in the first d.
vision of the district court.
The maximum penalty for assault
and battery is a year in Jail and fine
of $500.
Hiram Root is sitting in the case for
the reason that the complaining wit
ness is his son, Fred Root. Fred Root
charges that while he and his family
were driving home in vehicle last
summer his buggy was struck by a
car driven at an unlawful speed by
Mike Trent He testified that he was
thrown thirty-five feet by the impact
that his family was bruised and in
jured and that the vehicle was de-
stroyed.
1t was charged by the state that
Trent and Bud" Hughes were racing
out the Silver Lake road when the
accident happened. Hughes was tried
on the same charge as Trent and ac-
quilted. 1t was made to appear in
his case that Trent, not he, struck the
Root vehicle. L he Trent case it has
been made to appear that Hughes was
really responsible for the wreck.
Two damage suits have been filed
as a result of the accident by the
Roots, one against Hughes and one
against Trent Hiram Root filed them
and will represent his son when they
come to trial That may have been
another reason for his sitting in on
the criminal case.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-08
TWO ARE BOUND OVER
Nipper and Rodgers Must Face Trial
on Statutory Charge.

Arthur Nipper and Lee Rodgers,
charged with statutory offenses against
Minnie Murphy and Minnie Atkins,
minor girls were bound over to the
district court after a preliminary hear
ing held in the court of Topeka today
Jesse Atkison, a jftney driver
charged by one of the girls with an
attempted offense and with threaten
ed white slavery during the progress
of a drive to Lawrence. is relieved OF
the charge. The case against him was
dismissed by the court for lack of evl-
dence and for technical reasons.
The case against Louis Bartlett,
charged with offenses again:t the
Atkins girl. was dismissed on motion
of the state.
Nipper and Rodgers, held for trial
in the district court, are not more imam
boys. They are next door neiShbors
in North Topeka. They are charged
with taking the two 16-year-old girls
to the Baltimore hotel in North To-
peka, registering them. and spending
the night there with them. IL Is
charged that all four occupied the
same room The girls are now testl-
fving for the state against the two
young men.
The Atkins girl lives at Valencia put
has been spending much time in To-
peka The Murphy girl, chum' lives
in Topeka.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-08

their sister, Mrs. Kemp, to learn her
fate, and found her home also had
been entirely blown to pieces.
Mrs. Kemp was caught under a par
t1tion of the house and suffered a
broken collar-bone and possibly some
internal injuries. A young lady who
was living with her, a Miss Hurdle,
was also pinioned down under some
timbers, and it required all the
strength that Mrs Kemp had to lift
them enough to free her.
In spite of her injuries, Mrs Kemp
and the young lady started towards
the Cole home, and it was on the road
between the two homes that the two
families met
Mr. Cole found one uninjureG horse.
and his son John Cole, who came to
see how they Jared, furnished another
morse and they found enough harness
10 Tx up rig, and started to Topeka
with Mrs. Kemp. BY this time she
was suffer ing so severely they stopped.
at the Barker home. Early Wednes-
day morning Frank Burrow brought
her in his touring car to Topeka to her
daughter. Mrs. Hayden. While she is
still suffering considerable pain, she
is doing very well and will probably
recover.
Her daughter, Miss Ethel Kemp. a.
nurse, came from Kansas City toscare
for her.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-08
WHO PAYS LAWYERS?
Costly Bevy of Legal Talent Lines Up
in White Slave Defense.

Kansas City, Mo-, June S.-As the
Hamilton Koppenhaver white slave
case progresses in federal court here.
the mystery of the source of Hamil-
tons financial hackers deepens.
The defendant, w. A. Hamilton is
charged with transporting a Mennon-
lite missionary girl, LuZon koppen-
haver, across the state line. He is in
moderate circumstances. He was en-
company as a salesman. Now his
costly legal array includes w. R. Pot
ter of Chicago. and Wentworth Griffin
and Cameron Orr, two of Kansas
City's leading attorneys.
James Wilkerson, formerly district
attorney of Chicago, said to be
one of the most noted white slave ex-
perts in the country is expected to ar
rive today to aid the defense. At the
preliminary hearing w. C. Haeght, an
other Chicago attorney represented
Hamilton. w. w. Danneburg, white
slave investigator also has been en-
gagged by the defense. Two steno-
graphers, who work in relays are en-
ployed by Hamilton's attorneys.
Hamilton at first told the federal in
vestigatorS that a brother in New
York was paying for his defense. In
vestigation proved that he was in but
moderate circumstances. The prose-
cution holds the theory that white
slave interests, alleged to exist in Chi
cago and the east are conducting the
fight to clear Hamilton, fearing if con-
victed, he may make disclosures.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-08
KAN.2S,S95SHORT
Official Registration Figures
Are Given Out Today.
States Eligibles for First Call
Number 15O,1S6.
NEGROES FELL WAY SHORT
Alien Total Shows More Than
That of COIOred Race.
Two Counties Contain Most OF
Alien Enemies.

Kansas registration for the military
draft was 15O.156-just 1895 below
the government notwithstanding
TO official announcement from the ad-
jutant generals office this afternoon
by Col r. Neil Rain. assistant ad1u-
tant general, in charge of the regis
tration. With all counties complete
the registration indicates that prob
ably 1876. 900 of the 15O.1S6 registered
Kansans are whites or naturalized
Americans, with about Is. 900 negroes
aliens and alien enemies.
Official returns cover totals from all
of the 1OS registration districts of the
state. Several counties, however. have
not reported negro and alien reglstra-
ton Reports as received from prac-
tically all of the state. however, show
hut 11,776 negroes, aliens and alien
Alien Enemies.
The states list of alien enemies is
below the 1000 mark. Returns this
afternoon showed 90S alien enemies,
of which 1S1 were registered in Sedg-
wick and I15 in Reno county. Wyan-
dotte county with 1,470 aliens, report
ed only l 4 alien enemies. Crawford
county with SIS aliens, also reported
IA alien enemies.
The colored registration for the
state is far below. the alien reSlStrd-
tion-the alien class including unnat-
uralized foreigners, while the alien
enemy class includes unnaturalized
Germans Reports as compiled by
Col Rain show 4534 negroes reg
istered in the state-1,226 of which
are in Wyandotte county. The alien
total is 6,334-just 1900 more than
the negro registration. With the adj
dition of the 90S alien enemies, the
registra ton report if unchanged will
leave 138,410 native born or natural
lied aliens
Following is the registration for the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-08
O. X. ENGINEERS TODAY
Members State Highway Commission
Confirm Nineteen Appointments.

The state highway commission this
Afternoon confirmed appointments of
nineteen highway engineers named by
commissioners of various Kansas
counties. The commissioners will
have Jurisdiction over twenty coun-
tfes-Osage and Wabaunsee counties
having named Charles c. Jones of Chi
cago as joint commissioner.
State highways will be announced
Saturday members of the state COM
mission have announced. The desig-
nations were considered at a meeting
of the state commission this week
County highway engineers as APP
proved by the state commission are:
James NJ. Mundell, Mound City, for
Linn county.
Paul L. Evans, Minneapolis, for OF
taW; county.
II. NJ. Fearing, Burr Oak, for Jew
ell county.
Charles Carlson, Larned, for Paw
nee county.
Nicely Arlington, Kingman, for
kingman county.
Emery E. Clark, Oskaloosa, for JEFF
ferson county.
John H. Austin. Eldorado, for But
Ter county.
Ed F. Loveless. Marion, for Marion
county
Adolph Hay. Newton. for Harvey
John c. Newell, Norton, for Norton
county.
]. W. Mavity, Wellington, for Sum-
ner county.
Elmo F. Miltner, Garnett, for An
derson county
Glenn L Voyles. Phillipsburg, for
Phillips county.
Samuel K. McCrary, Hiawatha, for
Brown county.
c. r. Payne, Olathe, for Johnson
county.
NJ. E. Alderman, Of Ottawa, for
Franklin county.
F. D. Meade, Beloit, for Mitchell
county
Charles c. Jones, Chicago. ILL.,, for
Usage and Wabaunsee counties.
Sam Ainsworth, Lyons, for Rice
county
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BURNING OF ANIMALS
Oils Used to Consume Livestock Kill
ed by Tornado.

trail of the tornado thru North
Shawnee county is marked today by
spirals of smoke arising from funeral
pyres Livestock, last week worth
thousands of dollars, is being burned.
One of the first steps taken towards
the rehabilitation of the farms was
the burial or burning of the dead ami
mails. They were in barns, in fields
and along the roads. Many of them
were buried. Hugh Larimer, sheriff,
went over the district Thursday and
notified owners that the animals must
be disposed of at once in order to pre-
vent disease.
Today the county is sending out oil
to aid in the burning All along the
two Silver Lake roads bodies are be-
ing piled up, covered with hay and
broken timbers, soaked with oil and
burned. The smoke has been drifting
directly towards Topeka all day.
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FINE HOME WIPED OUT
Matt Cole Family, Ten Miles North.
Lived There Forty Years.

One of the most destructive evil
dences of the storm of Tuesday eve
ming, was the utter devastation of the
nome and surroundings of Matt Cole
VINO lives 10 miles north of Topeka. Mr.
Cole has lived on this place for nearly
forty years, and his beautiful home
was one of the landmarks of that part
of the country.
The storm not only completely de-
moiished the house, but the barn and
outbuildings also. The barn and sheds
were carried away and scattered so far
that not even any vestige of them can
be seen. All the trees surrounding the
house and along the fence and in the
pastures were twisted and torn; some
torn from their roots and others
stripped entirely of tops and branches
The family was saved by taking
refuge in the cellar, altho the house
was blow entirely off of them, leaving
them exposed to the heavy rains that
followed. All escaped with a few
slight bruises.
AS soon as the storm subsidized, Mr.
Coles people started to the home of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-08
START BIG DRY RALLY
HI. r. Swan Will Preach in Topeka
Next Sunday.

H. E. Swan, superintendent of the
Oklahoma Anti-Saloon league. will
start the Dry America" rally that is
to be held under the direction of the
Kansas State association Sunday. He
will preach at the Third Presbyterian
church at the morning services, held
a II o'clock.
Swan has been touring the country
for the last six months in the interest
of national prohibition. under the
auspices of the Anti-Saloon League of
America. His activities have ranged
from minister to controller of mobs of
liquor men, street fights and lectures
at several colleges of the east.
His sermon will be DRY America"
and will be one of the preliminary
rally to the National Prohibition con-
gress, which will convene in Topeka
June IS, 10 and 20.
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and Colorado will be held and Red
Cross work discussed.
The object of the meeting is to ex-
plain and work out in detail the stu
pendous task confronting the Ameri-
can Red Cross society in doing its bit
in caring for Uncle Sans armies now
in process of organization. COM
prehensive plan will be outlined by
well known Red Cross workers from
San Francisco, Chicago, st. Louis,
Cleveland, New York and Washington,
D. C. Ford Harvey of Kansas City,
will be one of that city's representa-
tives at the meeting. The American
Red Cross society is divided into dis
tricts and the district in which Kansas
is placed includes the sister states of
Arkansas, Missouri, oklahoma and
Colorado
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-08
PERMIT FOR ELEVATOR
Golden Belt Grain Co. Expected to
Begin Work Soon.

Permission to build a $4,000 eleva-
tor was granted to the Golden Belt
Grain & Elevator company by Joseph
Hanlon, fire chief. The permit was
obtained by ]. F. Jones, president of
the company.
The building will be 56x56x154 feet
in dimensions and will be built of steel
and concrete. The location of the ele-
vator will be at 500 North Madison
street on the Union Pacific right-of-
way. The building will be completed
September 80. 1917, according to spec
ifications in the permit.
Announcement of the building of
this elevator was made several months
ago. Since that time plans and spec
ifications have been prepared, a con-
tract awarded and a corporation
formed. E. ]. Smiley, secretary of the
Kansas Grain Dealers association. is
a member of the company.
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OPPOSE COALITION NOW
Canadian Leaders First Will Urge
Consumption Bill.

ottawa, Ont, June S.-Plans for a
coalition cabinet have been rejected
by Sir Wilfred Laurier, the liberal
leader, it was definitely announced to-
day. The proposal, which was ad-
vanced by Premier Sir Robert Borden,
was rejected on the CONSUMPTION issue.
Laurier holding that the country
should first pass on the measure.
Premier Borden will now press the
consumption bill. 1t will probably be
passed after which parliament will be
dissolved. The government will then
go to the country on the CONSUMPTION
issue with probably a new unionist
party, led by Borden and composed of
parties
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-08
MANY ARE PROMOTED
Army and Navy Officers Rewarded by
President Wilson.

Washington. June S.-The long ex-
pected army and navy promotions to
supply officers for Americas increas-
ing fighting forces in the war on Ger
many We're recommended by Presi-
dent Wilson to the senate today.
The president nominated Brigadier
Generals John F. Morrison, William L.
Sibert and Charles @. Morton to be
major generals.
He nominated the following colonies
to be briga dier generals:
Edwin F.. Glynn, John Biddle, Hen
ry C. Hodges, jr., Adelbert Cronkhite,
William H. Sage, Omar Bundy, Rich
ard NJ. Blatchford, David C. Shanks,
Robert L. Billiard, Augustus P. Block
som, George T. Bartlett, Joseph T.
Dickman, Henry T. Allen, Chase w.
Kennedy. Harry c. Hale, Samuel D.
Sturgis, William NJ. Wright and Pey-
ton c. March.
Recognizes Senior Officers
Age is largely recognized in the
army appointments. Most of the men
are past so or So, while the younger
officers have not. been promoted.
Capt. Hugh Rodman was nominated
to be rear admiral.
Three majors were recommended
for promotion to the rank of lieuten-
ant colonies.
Other recommended promotions in
the navy were six commanders to be
captains; fifteen Observation-Disclosures
to be commanders; twenty five lieu
tenants to be lieutenant-comman
ninety-seven junior grade lieutenants
to be ieutenants, and eighty-seven en-
signs to be Junior grade lieut. enants
In the marine corps, Elisha Theau,
retired first lieutenant was recon-
mended as a colonel on the active list.
Forty-five warrant officers and clerks
for assistant paymasters were recon-
mended as second lieutenants for tenn
porary service.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-08
NEW RUSS REPUBLIC!
Former Revolution Leader Declares
Autonomy of Pereyaslav District.

Petrograd, June S.-M. Krustaleff-
Nosar, who was president of the exec
utive committee of the workmen's
council at the time of the Russian
revolution in 1905, has proclaimed the
complete autonomy of the Pereyaslav
district of Little Russia, according to
a telegram received here today from
Poltava. He has refused even to per-
init the district to send supplies to the
army.
Pereyaslav is a city in southern
Russia, $50 miles west of Poltava and
near the Dneiper. Its population is
about $1,000.
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ANOTHER STORM DEATH
Aged Negro Woman Killed by Tornado
North of Hoyt.

Another death was added to the
tornado's toll when communication
was opened up today with the terri
tory north and east of Hoyt. Amy
Wesley. an aged negro woman, was
killed Tuesday evening. She and her
husband lived in a stone house near
creek The husband was not killed.
Mrs Wesley was the mother of Mrs.
Robert Baker. at 1856 Lincoln street.
Mrs. Baker said over the telephone to-
day that she was in possession of the
facts in connection with the death of
her mother but that she had already
given them to the undertaken and that
was enough: that she didn't have time
to bother giving them to newspaper.
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TOPEKANS TO WICHITA
Red Cross Leaders Will Attend Dis
trict Convention.

Red Cross work of the Topeka chap
ter will be quickened following a trip
made to Wichita today by j. F. Dillon,
chairman of the Topeka chapter; Hor-
ace Hall, president of the Topeka
Provident association: John s. Dean,
president of the Chambers of Com
merce; Frank P. MacLennan, publish
er of the Topeka State Journal, and
Mayor Jay z. House. At a meeting
to be held in Wichita tomorrow influ-
entail citizens from every city in Mis-
souri,, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Kansas
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-08
GOT WRONG REILLY
Suspect Arrested in Chicago
Released Thru Alibi.

Chicago, June S.-Edward Reilly.
arrested here this afternoon, in the
belief that he is the ''Scarface" Reilly
sought in connection with the Keet
baby kidnapping, was later released by
the police when he is said to have es-
tablished an irrefutable alibi.
Reilly, according to the police,
proved his wife was i'll in a local hos
pital and that he had not left the city
in several weeks.
Reilly has a scar on his face and is
known as "Goldtooth" Reilly. He Is
business agent for the local chauf-
feurs' union.
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IT'S NO SMALL ARMY
U. S. Force To Be No Mere Exped-
uonary Corps on West Front.

Paris, June s.-General Pershing
task in France was described as
most arduous one by Colonel Fabry-
In an interview with a representative
ofJe petit Parisien, Colonel Fabry
said:
TT is not an expeditionary corps
that will be sent from the United
States, but a veritable army which will
be increasingly swelled by fresh con-
tingents and is destined to occupy an
ever increasing front"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-08

New York, June .--MONEY-Mercan ti1e
paper. 4A@5. Sterling 60 day bills 4 70 :.
commercial GO days bills on banks, 4T1% !;
commercial GO days bills, Any, demand,
Francs, demand. 5.734: cables. 5.72K
Guilders, demand, Az cables, 41as Lires.
demand. 1.0312: cables. 702h rubIes de-
mand, 251s: cables. 25as. Bar silver 75ss.
Mexican dollars. 5SA. Goernment bonds
weak. Railroad bonds irregular Time
loans, Az. Call money, closing bid 3s1
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DEATHS AND FUNERALS

AMY WESLEY. age IS, was killed
Tuesday by the tornado: when her home
just Is miles north of Topeka was des
troyed. The funeral will be held Sat
urday afternoon at O'Clock from the
St Johns A. NJ. E church. Burial i'll
Richie cemetery.
CHARLES w. DOUGHERTY, age ~
died Tuesday at Lewistown, Montana.
The funeral will be held Saturday after
noon at O'Clock from Penwell's chEpel.
The funeral of Mrs. Zoe Morris will
be held Saturday morning at 1h:;iH
O'Clock from Penwelrs chapel. Buria,
in Topeka cemetery.
The funeral of Mary Osborne will be
held Saturday morning from the First
Christian church at 10 30 o'clock. Burial
in Topeka cemetery.
The funeral of Mrs. Thomas Belcher
will be held Saturday afternoon at ,
O'Clock fr I'm her home. three miles north
west of EImont. Burial in Halliday GEM
etery.
Lords Flowers Satisfy. Tel. S27.-
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LACK OF CONFIDENCE.
Senator Harding Says That's Why the
Bonds Aren't Selling Fast.

Washington, June s.-Denouncing
as "balderdash" much of the ''senti-
ment expressed on the war;" Senator
Warren G. Harding of Ohio declared
in a speech in the senate that Amer
lea with ability to buy $17,0O0.000 900
of bonds in one day. is unwilling to
buy 100000. worth because of
lack of confidence in the administra-
ton ="
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Constant selling for profits and renewals
OF bearish aggression caused frequent pc
RODS OF irregularity in today's market
Buying of railway issues served to
strengthen the general list at the end Sales
approximated 100000 shares
Rails rose briskly in the last hour on
the encouraging crop report, and high
priced specialties supplemental . previous
gains. alcohol leading that group The
closing was strong
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Mrs. Warneson Moore Gives BOND.

Kansas City. June S.-Mrs. Leonora
Warneson Moore was released on bond
today from the county Jail here where
she had been held for a week on a fed
eral charge of anti-draft conspiracy.
The amount of the bail was $4,000.
fixed at the arraignment of the sew
en- persons held. None of the others
yet has been released similarly.
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MISSOURI ON RAMPAGE
At Height of 25.S Feet, Much Crop
Land Is Flooded

Kansas City, June S.-Heavy dam
age to crops and property in the low
lands along the Missouri river, both
above and below Kansas City, were re-
ported today to the weather bureau
here. The river at Kansas City has
reached a stage of 25.S nearly four
feet above flood. The forecast was
that a crest of 26 feet probably would
be reached tonight, after which the
fall would be gradual.
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LOCAL MENTION

The annual picnic of the Mizpah
Bible class of the First Baptist church
has beel postponed until fall. The af-
fair was to be held June g.
Kansas City papers show that a
marriage license was issued in Jack
son county, Missouri, Thursday, to Lea
Byrd, Topeka. age 81, and Amy Barn
hart, Mcpherson, age Is.
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ATTENTION u. C. IT'S

During the months of June JULY
and August, we will meet on the
fourth Saturday
ADV. r. T. KREIPE, Sec'y.
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CONTRACT, 100 SHIPS
Shipping Board Has Closed Deals in
Last 10 Days, Board Announces.

Washington June S.-The shipping
board announced today that contracts
for 100 wooden ships had been let
within the past ten days, 100 ships to
the Southern Pine association. and
sixty ships to various firms on the
western coast with an option for forty
more at the same price
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LAW AT LINCOLN
''Bombards" Territory Between THAT
CitY and Sd. JOsenh TodaN

Lincoln, Neb., June s.-Miss Ruth
Law left here at 1890 today in her
airplane for st. Joseph, Mo. after
abandoning the proposed flight to
Omaha because of delay in arrange
ments for leaving here. She will drop
pamphlets during her flight in the in
terest of liberty loan bonds.