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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-02
SUES FOR INSURANCE
Grandmother of Late Mart Bomgard-
ner Wants $475.

Jane Chester. grandmother of Mart
Bomgardner, who was killed by his
wife in a row on Railroad street in
1915. today filed a suit in the district
court to recover a $475 life insurance
policy alleged to have bee nheld by
Bomgardner at the time of his death
The petition sets forth that his wife,
who was found guilty and served time
at Lansing, cannot be the beneficiary.
His grandmother states that he has no
other relatives excepting herself, and
she asks for the money. The suit is
brought against the Metropolitan Life
Insurance COMPANY
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PRICES BOUND BACK
United States Steel Gains AS Points
Over Night.

New York, Nov. Prices rebound
ed vigorously at the opening of to-
days stock market as a result of the
curb placed on short selling by the
authorities of the exchange. United
States steel, yesterdays weakest feat
ure, opened with a single lot of 10000
shares at u to 81, maximum over
night gain of 4 IS points Advances
of to points were made by other
steels, coppers, equipments and ship
pings. Baltimore x Ohio led the
rails, rising Az points Norfolk &
Western rose four, Canadian Pacific
& ST. Paul 8 z, and Chesapeake &
Ohio, three. Many of these gains
were materially shaded before the end
of the first hour
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PUT CHECK ON BEARS
New York Stock Exchange Demands
Names of Short Sellers.

New York, Nov. 2.-To suppress
bear raids, the governors of the New
York stock exchange today announced
that members must report daily the
names of customers selling short.
This mandate followed a startling
break in the market Thursday, caused
by concerted short selling.
Orders to sell came from all over
the country. If there is any German
influence behind these orders, the
governors want to locate and expose it
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Kansas City, Nov. 2.-CORN-Cash Mar
ket steady. No. mixed, $1.9GM2. 90; No 3,
81 9Od LBS: No. white. 81. 0SGI2 Is: No. 3.
nominal; No. yellow, $1.99@2.O4; No 8,
nominal
OATS-Market unchanged. No. white.
6012@61c; No. , mixed, 59@G0c
RYE-$1.12
KAFIR AND MILO MAIZE-S3 25613 40
HAY-Mnrket strong TO 81 higher Choice
timothy, S21.50@ GO; choice prairie S22 90
22.50; choice alfalfa, $32. 006p33.OO.
SHORTS-$2.1O@2.3 5
BRAN-$1.65
WHEAT-Receipts So cars
BUTTER-Market unchanged
POULTRY-Market unchanged
EGGS-Firsts, 3Sc: seconds, 2Sc.
CORN-Ciose: December, S11TA; Jan
uary, $1.122s May. $1101s.
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NOTICE, SCOTTISH RITE MASONS

All Scottish Rite Masons will meet
at the Masonic temple at 2:30 p. m.
Saturday, November 3. for the pur-
pose of attending the funeral of
Brother George Henry Sparks 1SS.
Services at the residence. GIG West
street at 8 o'clock.
WILLIAM A. TINKER. 320 KOCH,
Master of Kadosh, Topeka Consistory
No. /.
Attest
JAMES B. DONCYSON, 320 KOCH,
RegiStraE ADV.
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New York, Nov MONEY Mercantile
paper. 81. Sterling, 90 day bills. An /;
commercial, 90 day bills on banks, All !:
commercial. 60 day bills 4707k demand
1854 cables. 476 ZIG. Francs demand
5.1GA cables. 5.I41a. Guilders, demand.
44a4 cables, 45A. Lires, demand, rs; ca
bles, 7.S2. Rubles. demand, 1871 cables
23st Bar silver. s7Nc; Mexican dollars.
6S12c. Government bonds, firm; railroad
bonds. weak. Time loans steady; 60 days,
81 90 days and 6 months. 512.
Call money, steady high. A. low and rul-
ing rate, 4 closing bid 3I2; offered and
list loan. 4
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Fan From Chair Fatal.

Chicago, Nov 2.-Arnot Stubble-
field. a prominent Chicago attorney,
died today from the effects of a fall
he received when he was at the home
of his mother, Mrs. Julia Stubblefield,
in Rutherford, Tenn. Sunday. Stub
blefield fell backward from a chair,
striking his head. It was not known
the injury was serious until he col
lapsed Thursday night
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FIGHTS FOR SAMMIES
Mike Gibbons Begins Work at Camp
Dodge With Exhibition.

Camp Dodge, Iowa, Nov. Fifteen
hundred Sammies saw Mike Gibbons,
middleweight champion, beat a tattoo
on the ribs OF Lage Safro. st. Paul, in
a three-round bout here Thursday
night.
It was the st. Paul phantom's intro
ductton lesson as athletic instructor at
the camp. Bouts will be held once u
week
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HOLDUPS USE BOTTLE
Knock Bartender Unconscious, Rob
Patrons and Escape.

Chicago, Nov. 2.-Five bandits in
vaded a West side saloon early today,
held up all the patrons, knocked the
bartender unconscious with a beer
bottle, and escaped with SGT.
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knnsas city. NOV. Z.-HDfIS-IfeceI pts
5000. Market 25c higher. Bulk Of sales
SIG eGd17.40: heavy, 81. 25n II. 80: packers
and butchers s1T.O0n174o: light S1sGOlI
Ia 20. pigs S15.O0d16.0U
CATTLE-Receipt 6.OO0 including 2cO
southerus Market steady Prime fed
steers SIS 5od1615: dressed beef steers
81 OO71j.O0; western steers Ss-JOM13.OO :
southern steers. $1,000 LOO; cows 5000
1000; heifers, S6.5GQ12.50; stoekers and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-02
TODAY'S MARKET REPORTS

Chicago, Nov. 2-CORE-Fresh weakness
developed in the corn market as result
more or less Of weather conditions likely
to facilitate the crop movement The
generally unsettled trade situation tended
also to increase bearish sentiment. Bust
ness in the pit lacked volume Opening
prices which ranged from &c 70 re lower,
with December $1-1T and May Slips to
81 IL. we're followed by moderate further
declines.
Increased receipts of new grain in the
southwest and renewed notice of the fact
that no exports of corn would be permitted
except under license brought about addi-
tional down turns later The close was
heavy, 15zc to 35Sc net lower with Decem
Der 81 154 to $1.152s and May SI102.
OATS-Oats showed heayiness Influenced
mainly by the action Of corn.
OVISIONS-Provisions jumped in
consequence of the big reduction on the
warehouse stocks here announced In the
monthly statement issued last evening. At
tention WAS given also to sharp ad-
vances in the value Of hogs
On the advance profit taking sales be-
came popular and ed to a sharp setback
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The taituN .hg 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-
rhantsD
Kansas City. Nov. 2-CATTLE-Re-
ceiprs G.OO0 head. Market steady
HOGS-Heceipts 5000 head. Market pc
higher. Bulk of sales. S1G.j0d 1875: top.
81 &c
sHEEP-Receipts LOCO head Market
steady
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Chicago, Nov. 2.-HOGS-Receipts 10000
Market unsettled, early advance of 2j613Oc
above yesterdays average mostly lost Bulk
of sales, S1675d17.3O; light, $15.SOd17 % +;
mixed, $16:35@l7;50; heavy. $1G.3O@ 1850 /:
rough. $16.30 "a 1850; pigs. $12 5Od15.6O
Native steers, $615@17.5O; western steers,
$6.25Q $40; stockers and feeders. $4,000
II 90; cows and heifers, 5000 l.. 10 calves.
So. 00M145G
SHEEP-Receipts 10000 Market steady.
Wethers, $S.7J6f 1870: lambs, S125Om Il %
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-02

Washington, Nov. 2.-Reports of a
shortage of salt in the United States
were denounced today by the food ad-
ministratio There is an abundance
of salt it was said
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New York Nov. 2-BUTTER-Market
firmer. Creamery higher than extras, 44%
045I5c.
EGGS-Market firm. Fresh gathered ex-
tras. 4S@49c
CHEESE-Market unsettled. State whole
milk, flats, fresh special. 226I 22Ec.
POULTRN-Alive, firm; no prices quoted.
Dressed. irregular.
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Shorn lambs and sheep &c under ghoys
prices Positively cannot use sheen OF
lambs unirsr fat W
Topeka Hay Market
FURNISHED by T. A. Beck. 2I2-214 r ethA
Topeka, Kan, Nov. a
PRAIRIE HAY-$i7.00
ALFALFA-s2e 90.
Retail Hay.
Street.
PRAIRIE HAY-s14o9M16OO
ALFALFA-S1s.O Gd 20.OO
Topeka Grain Market
tt urnished by }. u. Billiard. corner Kanas.
ave and Curtis St
oATs-5;c5ssc Topeka Kan, Nov. q
COEN-S1 90
Poultry and Eggs
FURNISHED by the Topeka Packing cor,
pany. corner Laurent aud Madison !
Topeka Kan. Nov
M W. lbs. ~ud over. re. under M
lbs, 1Oe; - rings. over 2 lbs lie. roosters
l%c STACEY young ROSTERS I3c: broilers
lbs. aud under. ~
EGGS-34c.
Eggs are retailing In Topeka. 4oe.
BITTER-ij0I47c.
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Firms WANT REPUBLIC
Senate Drafts Bill Providing for indie
pendence From Russia.

Helsingfors, Finland Nov. 2.-Di-
rect steps for Finland's independence
were started by drafting a bill in the
Finnish senate today proposing thnt
this body elect a president of a Finnish
republic.
Petrograd dispatches on Monday as
serted that the Russian government
had cut off all governmental revenues
heretofore sent to Finland on account
of the growth of autonomous spirit
there
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feeders, $1,000 11.5O; bulls. $GOOG77s;
calves, $65O@13.OO
SHEEP-Receipts 1000 Market steady.
Lambs, $16.25@ 17.25: yearlings, S12O0Gl
1850; wethers, S11OO@12.50; ewes, $a.5061
1150; stockers and feeders, $I.00@17.OO.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-02

Chicago Nov 2-CORN-C1Ose: Decem-
Der. 81 1514 Giles; January, sl111sG
Tx May. $1-101z
OATS-Decenber. 5s1sc: May. $685. q 59ls r
PORk-Jan-, $4265.
LARD-Nov $25.00d25 30: Jan S22 81.
SHORT RIBS-Jan.. $22.70; May, s22.40.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-02

Chicago. Nov. 2-BCTTER-Market un
changed
POTATOES-Market unchanged.
POULTRY-AIive, unsettled.
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Chicago Grain and Provision Market.
(The range OF prices on grain futures on
Chicago Board of Trade as reported by
Thos. j. Myers. 301 N. L. BldgD
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New York. Nov. 2-SCGAR-Raw W.
steady: centrifugal. g 90: molasses. COZ: re-
fined, steady; fine graduated. s-35.
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WEATHER TABLE.

Furnished by the weather bureau office
Topeka. Kan, for the twenty-four hours
ending at a. m. Friday.
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New Orleans. Nov. 2.-COTToN-Spot
quiet, 10 points off; middling, 27.56
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-02

A clever, smart man will
attract and hold attention
In any company. The same
quality in printing pro-
duces similar results. And
IL is important to remem-
Der good printing is al
ways SEEN before it is
read Such printing is al
ways cheaper in the end
than the kind that must be
read before it is seen.
If you want printing en-
dowed with quality that
gets across, see
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-02

(The range of prices on grain futures on
Kansas City Board of Trade as reported
by Thos. ]. Myers. 901 n. f. Bldgj
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New York, Nov. 2.-COTTON-SpOt
quiet; middling uplands, 2S.T5. No sales.
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Boyle Printing Co.

GOOD Printing-Plus"
5th and Jackson Phone 77s
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F"uItTy and ERRs.
FURNISHED by the Topeka packfna o.
Pany. corner Laurent aud Madlson.J
Rock Island Argus., 1917-04-17

address and It IS expected thar plans
Will Immediately be made towards get
ting ready company Of volunteers.
1t is expected that the full force OF
100 can be recruited. but il even a
force Of only IS were secured. It Is
thought that some other c8nusnv
might split up SO that Augustaua could
hold the honor Of having its own eom-
pany IN the field
1Iay Give credits.
There &as as yet been no formal de-
cislon made with regard 90 giving the
term s credits to ali who wish t. enlist
st the present time. but sucn q thing
is so near a certaiutv zhat 1t can he
confidently expected by every young
man who desires 20 Join the colors
The faculty viii meet tomorrow night
formally to decide the matter
Rock Island Argus., 1917-04-17
LEXINGTON DAY IS
TO BE CELEBRATED
IN LOCAL SCHOOLS

The schools OF Rock Island have
planned patriotic programs for Thurs
dav in honor Of the anniversary Of fbe
battle of Lexington The dav VIII be
observed by the reading of Paul Re
vere's ride and many other patriotic
demonstrations Each school will be
free to celebrate in the manner it
chooses. so it IS not likely that any
two programs viii be the same Flag
drills. patriotic talks, stories and
marching viii be features of the aav
This event is one of a series of dem
onstratious which the high school gu-
pills started by their patriotic parade
on March 2S which was given fer The
purpose of reminding US that we are
Americans and all Of one flag
The schools are doing all they can
TO inspire love for the country of
which We are all proud. and is is hoped
that their efforts VIII be crowned with
success" said q school official today.
A meeting was scheduled to be held
LB The office Of LaE0r NcCou0chia this
afternoon in which plans for a pat
riotic demonstration on Thursday
were slated for discussion The mayor
previously asked each one or the fol-
lowing organizations to appoint a rem
resentatlTe to attend the session
Sons of Veterans. Daughters of Vet
Grams. United Spanish War Veterans.
Woman s Relief corps. Red Cross chap
ter and the city schools
The feature VIII be a parade in the
Assurances have been re-
ceived that John Hauhere's fife and
drum corps and Rev. David A John
SON s troop Of Boy. Scouts viii particI-
pate in addition 10 patriotic bodies and
children of the public schools.
Rock Island Argus., 1917-04-17

11rz Nable Temple Of this city dIad
suit for divorce in circuit court today
against her husband, Curtis Temple.
The marriage WAS performed Dee. 4.
1901, and the couple lived together an
til last February Cruelty is charged
Judge ~ r. Church granted an in
junction restraining the defendant
from molestiug the complainant and
her three children. J. T. & S. r. Ken
worthy are counsel
Motion for temporary alimouv pend
lnE the trial Of The separate maiuteu-
aHce case of Mrs Sadie II. Myers. Mo
Line. against her husband, g K Myers.
was fled by he complainant in circuit
court this morning Desertion is
charged Mrs Myers claims that She
had an understanding with her hus-
band that he was to pay her $50 p
month almouy while the suit was
pending but that he has neglected to
keep the agreement She states that
her husband income is from 81 .200 TO
Si,a0" a year. G1at ue is part owner
of 500 farm near Canton TII. and
that when she saw him in Moline she
latter part of last wear ne had a bank
book showing $3.50 on deposit. J. r.
Murphy is counsel for Mrs Myers
Rock Island Argus., 1917-04-17
COLLEGE To HAVE
ITSOWNCOMPAnY
pose af ABEustana Are Making
Preparations 10 Enlist Their
Quota Of Students.
rIfrrEsAST RIED GIVES A TALK
0Hicar Of Sixth Regiment Speaks Be
fore Monster Meeting ri Young
Meu iu Gymnasium.

Aarnstana viii have q company Of
+s own ta send to the front, If present
Mans succeed. Such seemed the gen
z-aF consensus of opinion yesterday
forT7u5He the speech made by Lieuten-
ante g. Reid of the sixth Illinois reg
frart fn rhe hugustana gymnasium
The meeting was attended by prac-
sf.s.tv every young man student Of
t+e school. a large crowd turning
oaf Patriotism was On display and
tra officer was received with cheers
Ha made q brief address. saying that
he realized the serious import Of the
matter and did uot wish the boys to
rrrr7 fn their decision. but that he
believed q company could be organized
a. the school
Patriotism was high following the
Rock Island Argus., 1917-04-17
NEW TRACT ASKS
TO COME IN CITY
Property owners for Two Blocks south
ef sanatorium Wish 10 BE An
nexed fo Rock Island
CONFER IT OFFICE OF MAYOR
Move Brought About by Medical Conn
mission WIN Mean Big Boost
for City Hospital site.

Property owners from the tract adj
+ joining the municipal eanstorium to
+ the south Of Seventeenth street now
a part of South Rock island. met with
the board oG local improvements. and
the medical commission of the sana-
Jorium this morning 10 take prelim-
mary steps to have this tract annexed
to the city oE Rock Island
The meeting was brought about
through the medical commission.
whose members have Been al work
among the property owners for some
4U9. Three Of the FIVE property own
er5 in the tract were present ait the
meeting Petitions VIII be drawn up
Immediately and as quickly as the pa
peTs are signed the matter viii be put
Up to the city commission for final
approval The tract in question runs
300 feet south on Seventeenth street.
from wenty-third 10 Tweutv-ffth
avenues. and one block east of Seven
teenth street
The property owners are desi~ous
of securing the advantages Of gas.
sewage and city water at once. along
with street grade and permanent side
walks
Gas. sewer and watermains are ra
he extended t8 the city sanat7r5um as
soon as possible. The street uilI be
paved within the HeEz two years. it is
understood. The annexation PROPOSE
ton viii be voted upon at the next
city election. the medical commission
having declared against the cost of
special election in the matter
go Bcauti2y Grounds.
The medical commission Of the SAN
afoHiuu has also requested the park
commission ta beautfE the grounds
surrounding the sauatorium Ii is the
aim OF the medical commission to
make the saHat0Tium d garden spot
and the members viii leave nothing
undoue 90 secure this Improvement
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-02-02
FORTY KILLED IN A
F In { At CHICAGO

CHICAGO, Feb. 2.-Forty persons
are believed to be dead, with fully that
many more or less seriously injured as
the result of a gas explosion and fire
in tenement house near the heart CT
Chicago foreign district early today
The injured and dead were all resi-
dents of the district, and 1t may be sew
oral days before the total casualties
are known,
Fumes resulting from the explosion
end the Intensity with which the fire
ragged caused many residents OF the dis
trsct to leave their homes, and the
property damage will be high. Those
living in the burned tenement were
forced to leave their apartments hur-
riedly, many escaping only scantily
clad, with the thermometer registering
ten degrees below zero. The suffering
Of these homeless ones was most in
tnse.
Early this afternoon the bodies OF
two women and two girls in an I'M
conscious conditions were taken from
the smouldering ruins, while the body
OF an unidentified man and that of an
C:her woman were also found. Search
ing parties estimated at half-past two
o'clock this afternoon reported that
earlier reports of the dead were proba-
bly, exaggerated. and that the total
number of victims would hardly be
forty, as at first estimated.
Seven investigators into the cause OF
the fire are underway but no estimate
OF the property loss is available at
this hour.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-02-02
Sale of Land.

GEORGIA-Webster County:
UNDER AND BY VIRTURE of
power of sale contained in certain
deed made by Jno. T. King to The In
ion Central Life Insurance Co.. of Gin
cinnati, Ohio, dated Aug. 22nd, 1912 and
recorded in deed book "J'' page 229 and
231 of the deeds records of Webster Su-
perior Court, the undersigned, The
Union Central Life Insurance Co., the
grantee in said deed will sell, at public
outcry, to the highest and best bidder
for cash, on the 9TH day-of February
1917, during the legal hours of sale. be-
fore the Court House door in Webster
county, the following described prop
erty, towit:
IAN of lot of land Number Ninety
six and Ninety-Seven zoe & so, excep.
fifty acres off the south side Of lot Of
land Number Ninety Seven t9D, all
situated in the Twenty-Fifth District
of Webster County. Ga, aggregate
Three Hundred aud Fifty-five acres,
more or less
Said land will be sold as aforesa- /
for the purpose of paying the principal
indebtedness of Twenty-Five Hundred
a. Sixty Dollars and Seventy-Eight and
81 100 Dollars interest, with Eight per
cent interest on said last named sum
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-02-02

from June 23rd, 1916, together with
Ten per cent, n the whole amount as
attorneys fees.
In said deed of Jno. T. King it >:
provided IF the maker or makers Of
said notes shall fail to pay any of said
interest notes promptly. when the
same becomes due, according to their
tenor and effect, or any notes given in
renewal of the notes herein described,
or any notes given as evidence of in
terest on any extension of time of
payment of the debt herein secured
when the same shall become due &C.,
then the whole of the Indebtedness In
said notes, and this deed described, and
all liabilities Hereunder encurred,
shall become due and payable at the
option of said second party, without
notice, time being of the essence Of all
agreements and covenants herein con-
tanned or referred to-" And the said
JnO. I. King having defaulted In the
payment of the interest notes secured
by said deed, the said Union Central
Life Insurance Co., has declared said
debt. with all interest thereon, due and
payable.
Said deed further provides tn It "The
party of the second part, or it's agents
or attorneys duly appointed by it, or at
tie request of the second party. the
herif, for the time, being of the Coun-
ty in which said real-estate is situated,
in whole or in part, may sell said real
estate, or any part thereof, and is here
by authorized and empowered, made
ana constituted the attorney In fact of
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-02-02
COTTON MARKET
AMERICUS, GA.
February 2, 1917.
The Futures Market.

The futures market was quoted to.
day at the opening and noon: