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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-09
Fourteen Railroad Unions in
Appeal to Public Today.
Urge Them To Back Employees
Demand for More Pay.
DENY ANY VIOLENCE OR THREAT
Don't Intend To Press ''Tri-
Partlte' Plan That Way.
Unions Say They're Seeking
AmericanizatiOn of Roads.

Washington, Aug. 9.-With striking
shopmen returning to their jobs and
Rail Director Hines preparing to hear
the wage proposals of the employees
next week, representatives of fourteen
railroad unions today issued an appeal
to the people TO back their demand
for more pay.
This appeal denied that "any vio-
lence or threat was contemplated by
labor when it asked congress to adopt
naturalization of the railroads.
president Wilson In his message TO
congress yesterday said with regard tc
the labor situation: There must be
no threats.")
Want Roads "Americanized."
The fourteen union neads stated
they were asking for characterization
Of the railroads."
Glenn E. Plumb continued his testi-
mony today on the lumb plan before
the interstate commerce committee.
Today's labor appeal follows:
To prevent any NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
as to the policy of the organized rail-
road employees, We unite in a definite
assertion that we have no desire and
have had none, to impress upon the
public, by violence or by threat, our
proposal that railroads be nationaIized
under tri-partite control.
Two distinct considerations now
confront the people. the wage require
ments of the railroad employees and
the Sims bill Inationalization).
"In the matter of wages we have
submitted an eminently Just propo-
sition. We have said that If we are
to continue to live as Americans
should live and are to care for oul
families as American families SHOULD
be cared for, the profiteers must bt
restained and our wages increased
Every fair-minded man and every in-
telligent housewife will recognize the
reasonabeness of this request.
II Government Doesn't Act.
'If congress and the president can,
not meet this request. it is still a liv'
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COBBLER A TOPEKAN? ?
Chicago Dispatch Mentions Fred Ben
der, Murdered in Shop.

Chicago, Aug. 9.--Alice Kenney 20,
today dedicated the rest of her life to
avenging the death of her uncle, Fred
Bender, IS. shoe stitcher. who was
found beaten to death in his shop here
late yesterday.
Bender. who. formerly operated a
cobbler's shop in Topeka, Kan. had
worked here thirteen years. Near his
body was found a piece of gas pipe. A
cash register had been robbed of the
$50 it contained.
81 will do everything in my power
to find the man who murdered him. -
said Miss Kenney. 'I will do it IL it
takes the rest Of my life'
One of Benders sons, Anthony
Bender. is a superintendent at the Ar
mour packing plant.
No trace Of Bender ever having
worked in Topeka could be found to-
day. George Reuter-. who has oper-
ated a shoe repair shop in Topeka for
the last 35 years said today that he
has no recollection of any man named
Bender ever working here in the shoe
repair business. Reuter- says that he
is almost certain he knew all shoe re-
pair men in Topeka by name.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-09
Condition of Kansas Crop on
Aug. 1 Was SO Per Cent.
Crop of SO,O55,OOO Bushels Is
Now FOrecasted.
WHEAT SLUMP IS SHOWN
Crop, However, Second Largest
in States History.
Kansas Will Produce Almost 6
Million Bushels Potatoes.

The preliminary estimate of Kansas
winter wheat production, at 144,s07,-
600 bushels. issued today by Edward
c. Paxton of the Bureau of Crop Esti-
mates, furnishes a striking anticlimax
to a seasonal condition that up to time
Of harvest promised the greatest crop
ever harvested in the state. The esti-
mated average yield of 3 bushels is
less by "A bushels than the July fore
cast and the total production is as
911,0 900 bushels less than was indi-
Gated at that time. Altho so much
less than was forecasted. it is yet the
second largest crop of wheat ever pro-
duced in Kansas. being excelled only
by the 1914 production of 176,3O0, 900
bushels. 1t compares favorably with
the 1914-1S average of 105,371,0OO
bushels. 1t is almost double the 1909
1913. pre-war. quinquennial average
of 73,691,00O bushels. 1t is nearly as
much wheat as Kansas produced in
1917-191S combined.
The contributing causes to this dis
appointing outturn are manifold. The
general dissatisfaction is all the more
keen because of high, early promise.
/ The acreage sown for the 1919 crop
was almost phenomenal, exceeding all
previous seedlings by a wide margin
Almost every acre came thru the win
ter in flourishing condition. Early
spring was hospitable and ENCOURAGED
such vigorous growth as to be alarm
ing. Rank foliage and straw, coupled
with continued excessive rainfall dur
ing May and June induced lodging and
offered inviting domicile to every fun
gus disease to which wheat is heir
BY middle June the Kansas fields were
a blaze of orange. yellow, and russet
from leaf rust, but growers were al
/ most universal in their belief that leaf
rust would not appreciabIy curtail the
yield Smut was common, in some
! sections prevalent, but by no means
universal At the last moment before
harvest, black stem rust, scab and
blight became apparent. July fifth
ushered in a wave of excessive heat
| that prematurely ripened hundreds of
! thousands of acres in the west with ac-
companying shriveling of the grain.
Insect pests had offered no serious
| handicap until near time of harvest.
when hoppers made tremendous in
| roads on the wheat in the western
| third of the state. causing in localities
from five per cent to almost total
losses. When threshing got under way
It was discovered that wheat had not
filled well; fact generally attributed
to too much rain during the bloom and
to lodging.
Quality Is Low.
The quality of this years crop is
| comparatively low. Allowing 100 per
cent to represent a high medium grade
CONTINUED on Page TWo.l
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THEY SHOCKED TOPEKA
Returned Soldiers Did "Septem-
Der Morn in the Kaw.


Stripped naked taking bath in the
Kaw river under the Melan bridge,
two men were picked UP by the police
on complaints from observers who
saw them doing the September Morn
in the stream.
They gave their names as Ike Fen
nison and John Dillon. of Mitchell, s.
D. The men are discharged soldiers
who have just returned from France.
according to the discharge papers they
had with them. 1t appears they spent
all their money in the east and were
beating their way home.
Evidently they imagine they are still
in France where there is greater lax
ity in personal matters and one can
take a bath in a tub in the street If he
so desires without causing any commo-
ton. But it is different in Topeka
When asked why the show, the men
stated that they were just trying to
clean up after a hard months trip and
did not realize they were going to stir
up so much commotion. They were
turned loose and allowed to continue
on their way
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Get CAR OF COAL
Ice Situation Here Is More
Promising, Billiard Says.
Fuel Supply, However, Is Still
Inadequate.

Some of the tenseness of the ice
situation in Topeka was relieved this
morning. Robert Billiard, of the City
Ice Delivery company, said that a car
of semi-anthracite coal has been re-
ceived in Topeka but has not yet been
moved to his plant An effort has
been made to have the car moved to
the plant siding, but so far this has
been unsuccessful. However, it was
expected that the coal would be in
place near the Billiard plant today and
the danger of ice shortage removed
for few days.
Billiard said that the receipt of the
carload of coal will remove danger
of ice shortage here until after Mon
day.
But the receipt of this carload is
merely temporary relief, Billiard said,
and the townspeople should not be too
hasty in going back to a reckless con-
sumption of ice Semi-anthracite coal
Is not what is generally burned at the
ice plant and the very fact that such
quality of fuel is being used should
be sufficient warning that the situa-
ton is really tense.
Several persons called the State
Journal office today announcing that
there were many tons of slack coal in
the big coal dumps along the Santa
Fe tracks between Eighth and Tenth
streets. Investigation of this report
by Robert Billiard showed that what
these persons evidently took for slack
coal is what is today known as nut"
coal and is the kind of coal that Bill
lard has been burning for the last two
or three days. Other coal in the
dumps was lump and a small guam
tity of semi-anthracite. There was
also a quantity of car screenings and
sweepings which Billiards. chief cngi-
neer said was absolutely worthless as
a heat producer in the ice plant fur
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-09
Union Bakers Complain Against
Topeka Product.
Strike at Mills May Develop
Into Another Row.
UNION PROPOSALS MADE TODAY
But All Indications Point to
Refusal by Operators.
All Is Quiet Among Strikers
and NOnuniOnS.

Following the refusal of the Team
sters' union in Topeka to haul flour
from the mills concerned in the cereal
workers strike comes the probability
that the Bakers union will refuse to
use flour not made by union mills.
The bakers were scheduled to hold a
meeting at 4 o'clock this afternoon at
Labor hall to decide on the question.
General opinion among the bakers in
dicated that the motion would be car
ried overwhelmingly.
The managers OF the various bak-
cries in the city today varied in their
opinion as to the effect it would have
on the bread supply. The aggregate
information gathered and boiled down
appears in this form:
The bakeries which have been de-
pending upon home products may run
short for time. while those who have
been shipping most of their flour in
will not suffer. Taken as a whole. it
is not generally believed that a seri-
Gus bread shortage will develop be-
fore adequate supplies of flour can be
sent into the city. unless the railroad
employees walk out, in which case
there would be no relief until one or
the other of the strikes is settled.
No Trouble Today.
The strike situation was apparently
peaceful today, no violence being re-
the teamsters' union, stated that no
more flour would be hauled by union
teamsters from the mills where strike-
breakers are employed.
I'VE want to fulfill our contra cts, 4"
he said, but 1 do not feel justified in
asking the boys to run the risk. We
have nothing but good will for both
the cereal workers and the Santa Fe
boys and 1 do not believe there is a
man in either place who would inten-
tionally harm one of us. But there is
danger from sympathizers. Personal
ly, do not really believe it was Santa
Fe men who threw rocks at US at the
mills and / know it wasn't the cereal
workers pickets. 1 want to see this
thing settled"
Where VIII They Buy F1our2
When asked what action would be
! taken by the millers in connection
with the threatened bakers boycott
David Page of the Page mills said this
/ afternoon:
II don't know what will be done
There is not a unionized mill in Kan
sas I asked one union leader where
/ there was a union mill and he said he
! thought there was one in Fort Worth
| Texas. 1 don't understand the dis
| elimination"
Unions Submit Proposition
Striking cereal workers Of Topeka
i today submitted to the employers a
counter proposition for settlement OF
their disputes. After rejecting the
/ compromise proposed by John H
Crawford, state labor commissioner
| the strikers today came back with a
demand for contract recognizing
| (Continued on Page Two)
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IS CALLED HOME?
Reports in Paris Say Pershing
Summoned Suddenly to U. $.
May Even Abandon Visit to
King Albert Sunday.

Paris, Aug. 9.-It is reported here
that General Pershing has been re-
called suddenly to the United States
and that he may even abandon his
visit to King Albert of Belgium.
planned for Sunday.
No Word of II at Capital.
Washington, Aug. 9.--Secretary Ba-
ker and General March. chief of staff,
said today they knew nothing of any
order recalling General Pershing to
the United States. White House Off
cials said they had not been advised
that such an order had gone forward.
1t was said that so far as the war
department was concerned there was
no immediate reason for ordering the
return of General Pershing. Such an
order would come from the president
IS comma ander-in-chief of the army.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-09
HUGE BLAST TOLL /!
Five Killed, Fourteen Known
Injured and $50 Missing.
Explosion Wrecks Canadian
MilI-Big Loss on Barge.

st. GATHERINGS. Ont. Aug. 9.-Five
persons were killed. fourteen are
known to have been injured, and $50
are missing, as the result of an explo-
sion which wrecked the government
elevator at Port Colborne at 1:15
o'clock this afternoon, according to
reports received here.
The greatest loss of life is believed
to have been on a barge which was
just off the elevator when it was
blown up. The barge is said to have
carried a large crew.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-09
SNOWDEN SHAW DYING
He Shot Himself at Brother-in-Law's
Home Friday.

Snowden Shaw is in a dying con-
dition at St. Francis hospital He shot
himself shortly after 3 o'clock Fri
day afternoon at the home of his
brother-in-law. A Zane, 1715 Clay
street. His wife and two children are
at his bedside. The bullet punctured
the right lung.
Financial troubles. following ty-
phoid fever. are given as reasons for
the shooting. After recovering from
his illness Shaw was obliged to sell his
team in order to pay a doctor bill. He
went upstairs at his brother-in-law's s
home and a few moments later a shot
was heard. DR.. o. F. Narcotic, county
coroner, was called. Shaw begged the
physician to give him something to
finish the lob
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-09

PUBLIC WANTS FLYING FIELD.
Does Topeka want postal air serv-
ice7
The State Journal thinks SO.
Action must be taken by the city
commissioners not later than next
Monday so that the signed contract
can be handed over to Colonel Nor
row, who will leave Chicago next
Wednesday for Washington to present
the contract recently signed by Kan
sas City.
The whole matter now rests upon
the willingness of the city commits
sioners to agree to pay $4,000 a year
for field rental. Personally the COM
missioners are favorable to the plan
and are willing tc do anything with
in reason to give Topeka this service,
do not know public sentiment about
the matter.
! The truth is that the majority OF
Topekans are enthusiastic about air
transportation of all kinds. The in
terest that has been shown in the ef-
forts to make this a government sta
ton, the crowds that congregate on
WaShburn field every day there are
flyers there and the big business the
commercial planes have been doing, is
sufficient indication of this.
In fact, a majority of Topekans take
it for granted that Topeka. being the
air center of Kansas at the present
time will continue to hold this pres
tige. However, those who think read
lily realize that in order to do this an
effort must be made to encourage fly
ing. And certainly no one will feel
that the expenditure of $4,000 a year
for a first class field will be an ex-
orbitant price for the privilege of get
ting the many advantages a govern
ment landing field would give Topeka
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-09
New BAN Tcam Herc.

The Topeka Jayhawks is the name
of the newest baseball aggregation in
the city to announce its complete read
mess to take on all corners for con-
tests. The season for this team opens
tomorrow at Silver Lake. Dewey
Sproat. former manager of the Curry
Smokers. Is the manager of the Jay
hawks and games may be arranged
by communicating with him.
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STEEL DEMAND GROWS
UnhIIed Orders OF Z. S. Steel Corpor
alton Show Another Increase.

New York, Aug. 9.-Unfilled orders
Of the United States steel corporation
on July 81 were 5,57S, ,661 tons. accord
ing to the corporations monthly state
ment issued today. This is an Increase
of 6S5. sos tons compared with the or
ders of June so.
This is the second increase to be
shown in any month since October of
last year. The statement for June
marked the tuin in the tide in steel
industry and the figures for last month
indicate a steady improvement in con-
ditions.
The untitled tonnage on May 81,
was 4.2S2.310, which was less than
half of that of July 81, 1918. which
was S.SS3.SO1
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TODAY's TEMPERATUREs

The wind was blowing sixteen miles
an hour from the southeast at 2
o'clock.
For the first time in a period of
three weeks there has been a period
of twenty-four hours when the tenn
perature did not reach 100 degrees at
any point in Kansas
The pleasant. cool. summer resort
brand of weather is going to continue,
S. d. Flora, state meteorologist, pre-
diets. Still there is not q bit Of rain
in sight.
During the last twenty-four hours
no rain fell in Kansas. The highest
temperature in Topeka Friday after
noon was Sc degrees. During the
night the temperature dropped to 65
degrees The temperature will regis
ter about 10 degrees tonight. 1t will
N,nnfInned nn Paoa 1Tn
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-09
"zEP" PASSENGER SERVICE

Try the Associated Press.)
Berlin, Aug. 9.-Zeppelin aIrship
service between Berlin and Munich
will be inaugurated in the near fu-
ture, says the Vossisclne ZeitILg.
II Is expected the 10 rrney will be
covered I'm seven hours. The fare
Will he 800 marks (S75).
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Labor Leaders Had Hoped To Spread
II Over Country.

Berne. Aug. s.-The general strike
at Basle ended today in a completes
failure, like the one at Zurich. The
communist party and the extremist
labor leaders who hoped TO spread the
strike all over the country. eveu
prophesying the establishment OF a
Swiss soviet have been entirely de-
feated.
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SUGAR DROPS ? CENTS.
Reports OF Impending Investigation
Causes Reduction.

Chicago. Aug. "a 2-cent reduc-
ton in the wholesale price of sugar
has resulted from inquiries directed
against the price of the commodity,
according 10 members of the city food
markets and farm products bureau.
Eleven cents pound now generally
prevails wholesale, tho a few days ago
it ranged to slightly above 1914 cents
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MINERS BACK TO WORK
Ninety Per Cent of Illinois Strikers
Returned This Morning.

Springfield, ILL.,, Aug. 9.-Ninety per
cent of the striking miners in the
Belleville district returned to work to-
day, Frank Harrington, president of
the Illinois Mine Workers, announced
this morning.
I'VE expect the remaining 10 per
cent to be back at their tasks by Mon
day." Harrington said.
Dissatisfaction arose when opera
tors imposed fines on miners who par
ticipated in the Mooney protest strike
July g. President Harrington ordered
the men back with the comment that
the wage deductions were in accord
ance with the joint agreement
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2 KILLED AT CROSSING
Five Other Missouri Boys Hurt When
Train Hits Their Auto.

st. Joseph. Mo-. Aug. 9.-Huston
Nuckalls and Morrell Johnston were
killed and five companions were badly
injured when motor car was hit by
a Burlington train at a grade crossing
near Westboro, Mo- last night. The
dead and injured boys ranged in age
from Il to Is years. and all lived near
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-09
BRITISH FOOD CONTROL
Government Takes Over Bacon, Ham
and Lard Imports.

erts. food controller. announced to-
night that the government had de-
cioed to resume control of the supply
and distribution of imports of bacon,
ham and lard and that the prices to
be charged would also be under super
vision.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-09
TRAINS CRASH IN MINES
Seventeen Deaths in Dynamite ExpIo-
sion in Mexico.

Mexico City, Aug s-Seyenteen
deaths were caused by a dynamite ex-
plosion yesterday in the Rosario mine.
Pachuca, according to latest reports.
Two trains, one carrying 5000
pounds Of explosives. crashed near
the main entrance to the mine. II
was at first feared that more than a
thousand miners were entombed.
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Concordia Wires for Army Food

Concordia, kan, Aug. 9.-The may
or of this city has ordered by wire a
carload Of surplus army food stocks
to be shipped as soon as possible. The
goods will be sold here at cost in an
effort to relieve high costs. The
Moose are making plans to handle the
sales.
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PARADE BEFORE WILSON
President VIII Review Second Division
Marines Tuesday.

Washington. Aug. 9.-Marines of the
End division will parade in Washing
ton Tuesday noon, IL was announced
today. They will be reviewed by Pres
ident Wilson.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-09
GET BULLY BRASHEAR
Negro Accused of Killing Ottawa
Family Caught in Texas.

Denison, Tex, Aug. 9-."BuIly"
Brashear. a negro. arrested here by
United States Marshal GaskilI and
Texas Ranger Rowe and charged with
Staying the Berkeley family near OF
tawa, Kan, several months ago. was
taken to Austin. Tex, today TO await
extradition to Kansas.
State officials have been looking for
Brashear for some time. Governor
Aliens office is expected to ask Gov
ernor Hobby Of Texas for removal of
the negro to this state. Sheriff w.
S. Barnett of Franklin county will
probably go to Denison with requisi-
ton request from the governor Of this
state.
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Invite Opposition.
BASLE STRIKE A FAILURE

lContinued on Page Two.l
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STRIKE HITS CONEY
Brooklyn Street Car Tieup Keeps
Holiday Throngs at Home.

Holiday Throngs Mt Homo.
New York, Aug. s.-The usual Sat
urday throngs at Manhattan terminals
Of Brooklyn Rapid Transit company
lines 10 COney Island and Brighton
Beach were absent early today. The
strike OF Brooklyn carmen, which for
three days has virtually stopped traf-
fic on the surface. subway and ele-
waited lines. bids fair to make the tie
up equally complete today.
A few elevated and subway trains
we're operated during the night but
the service was sporadic and the pa
tronage extremely light
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STAGE PUBLIC HOLDUP
Bandits, One a Cripple Garry on
$1,000 in Gems in Bucket.

Chicago, Aug. 9.-Two automobile
bandits, one a cripple, today held up
Louis Trocky in his jewelry store in
West Madison street, bound and
gagged him and in view of scores of
pedestrians escaped with an iron
bucket filled with diamonds and
watches valued at $1,000 and 800 in
currency
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1T WILL BE WARMER
Still There Is No Indication of Rain
Mr.. Flora Says.

| WEATHER FORECAST FOR KANSAS
, Generally fair tonight and Sunday: some
what warmer Sunday and east portion to
night.
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IN HEAD-ON CRASH

Frisco Trains Collide at Chandler,
OkIa.-Wrecker to Scene.
Tulsa, Okla. Aug. 9.-Two Frisco
trains met head-on at Chandler, Okla.
Wrecker has gone from Sapulpa.
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BALL PLAYER TO MILLIONAIRE
Seven HUNDRED Barrel Gusher Comes
In on 4sRebel' Oakcs' Land.

In on "HebeF' Uakcs' land.
Shreveport. La. Aug. 9.-"RebeI"
Cakes. former s. Louis Cardinal and
Brooklyn baseball player is today a
millionaire. The Standard Oil COM
rany's second test well came in yester-
day as a 7.0O0-barre Rusher on Oake's
land, Claybourne Parish, La.