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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-20

dorsed notes. to be used in raising cat
tie, hogs. sheep and gardens
The convention closed this afternoon
with an address by Governor Henry
j. Allen, who returned from Wash
ington this morning. where he has
been testifying in the Thirty-fifth di-
vision probe, and the election of new
officers.
Allen was to have spoken this morn
ing but because of his late arrival
from the east the address was held
over until this afternoon.
Five Hundred at Banquet.
More than 500 members of the asso-
citation, their wives and friends at
tended the banquet given by the bank
ers of Topeka at Masonic temple on
Jackson street Wednesday night. c.
C. K Scoville, president of the Citi-
zens' state bank at Seneca; J. N. Dol
ley, former bank commissioner; Wal
ter L. Payne. state treasurer. and
others spoke Scoville endorsed the
bank OF Kansas idea, and declared
81, 100000 and deposits of 100000.
would be q paying proposition. He
asserted that objections to the bill
would not hold water.
In his address J. N. Dolley said:
Seventy per cent of the state banks
of Kansas are now prohibited from
their just rights. This is absolutely
unfair and un-Amefican. The federal
reserve banks have no right to the
position they now hold and nothing
more than 20 be on fifty-fifty basis.
They have treated the small state
banks with indifference"
Ward Off BoIshevism.
Dolley~ also took occasion to sound
warning against any growth of Boil
shevism in Kansas. 1.-THE bankers, -
he said ARE in {. position to ward
off this menace, which IS as great as
PrussianSsm and miiitarism." He then
swung back into a announcement of
the federal reserve system as it is now
in effect and declared it aiItocra tic
because it didn't include between 23.-
900 and $4,000 state banks with capt.
tai of less than $4,000. He said
that the federal system should be
made to embrace the small banks and
pointed to the dual system that he
said would be created if the bank OF
Kansas bill passed and the federal
amendments were made. He sees nc
harm, but a benefit in such a dual
system, he asserted.
Payne, in his address, outlined the
advantages that the proposed state
scheme is parported to offer small
state banks
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FARMERS HAVE A MEETING
All Farm Organizations of L. s. Are
Represented at Session.

Kansas City. No, Feb. 20.-Practi-
cal farmers from all parts of the
United States assemble here today at
the fourth annual convention of the
Nat ona1 Farmers association. The
sessions are to last three days.
The purpose of the gathering is to
solve agricultural. economic, and
comm arcial problems from the farm
ers' point of view: an organized effort
to determine production costs: discus
sions as to improvements in the mar
keting system which would eliminate
speculation in futures. farm credits
and proportionate representation in
governmental affairs.
The organization is made Up of dele
gates from various farm organizations
and in addition governors of all states
are invited to appoint ten or more del
egates to be chosen from the common
wealth's most representative sons of
the soil. The purpose of the confer
ence is to act as a clearing house for
actual farmers; to discuss methods OF
improving rural life. and keep abreast
of current problems
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A MOVE FOR HARD ROADS
Neosho County People Asked for Sew
eraI Miles of Hard Highways.

Chanute, Feb. 2O.-Continuation of
the hard road east of the city to
Leanna. is proposed in a petition sub
mitted to the board of county commits
sioners, for the construction of six and
one-half miles of gravel highway. The
petition stipulates the road to be i'm
proved as follows: Beginning at the
end of the present hard road. then
north one-half mile. then east three
miles, and then north three miles
The petition is the second filed in
this county asking for the establish
ment of such a district. The first
was for the construction of a gravel
road. starting fouf miles south of
Chanute and thence extending east
six miles and south one mile.
Petitions are being circulated for
the establishment of districts which
will connect Erie, carlton and Cha
mute with hard roads, but these have
not yet been formally presented. The
two petitions already in propose the
addition of thirteen and half
miles to the hard-surraced roads in
the county
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The Plans for Greeting Wilson
Are All Made Now.
VIII Be HonOred by Reception
in Boston Monday.
ARRIVES ON SUNDAY NIGHT
30 Patrol Boats VIII Surround
the George Washington.
viii Make Speech Monday Eve
ming at Mechanics Hall.

Boston Feb. s2O.--PIans for the re-
ception of President Wilson were
practically completed lay. subject to
change if Joseph p. TumuIty. the
presidents secretary. believes any
notifications are necessary
Mayor Andrew ]. Peters has made
all arrangements for the reception
Monday, altho the presidential ship
may arrive Sunday. in which case it is
understood she will lie at anchor in
the lower harbor until Monday morn
ing 1t is known that President Will
son desires to avoid a demonstration
on Sunday.
The George Washington will be met
by practically all the naval vessels
stationed here and by at least three
ships carrying the mayors committee
of welcome. Admiral Spencer Wood
of the First naval district has made
arrangements for six destroyers to so
out to sea and convoy the big liner to
port.
Keep AiI Vessels Away.
When the George Washington
steams up the harbor to her berth at
Commonwealth pier. she will be sur
which viii keep any other vessels
away from the presidents ship.
Mayor Peters, Major General Ed
wards and Admiral Wood will come
alongside the liner when she enters
quarantine.
It is now planned that the president
shall 20 to the Copley Plaza hotel.
which is within a short distance OF
Mechanics hall. where he will make
his speech Monday evening. So great
is the demand for admission to the
hall that the mayors committee is
issuing tickets only on application by
mail
He May Be Delayed.
Aboard the Q. S. S. George Wash
ington, Feb. 19.-While planning tC
reach Boston Monday. President VIII
son may be delayed until-Tuesday by
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NOTHING ON EARTH
Like Tanlac Declares James III.
Guthrie.
Well And Strong After Seven
teen Years Suffering.

When so many well-known people
of unquestioned integrity make state
ment after statement, and each and
every one of them testifying to the
same thing day after day. and each
and every statement cOrroboratnS the
other. the truth of such statements
can no longer be doubted
One of the latest testifying to the
merits of Tanlac, the medicine that
has accomplished such remarkable re-
suits is James N. Guthrie of sos
Virginia Ave, Kansas City, Nas. Mr..
Guthrie is owner of the James NJ.
Guthrie Plumbing Co and is one of
the city's best known business men.
Il don't believe there is another
medicine on earth that equals Tan1ac
when it comes to relieving troubles
such as 1 suffered FROM" said Mr..
Guthrie while in conversation with
a Tanlac representative the other day.
II have tried many different kinds of
medicine but Tanlac is the best 1
have ever found.
MY stoTna ch-vas in bad condition
for seventeen years before began
taking Tanlac and l suffered a great
deal from INDIGESTION. Several weeks
ago l took a bad turn and had severe
pains all thru my body, and my heart
would sometimes palpitate something
awful on account of gas forming on
my stomach after meals. 1 would get
very dizzy~at times and often had
worn out feeling all the time, and my
energy had reached such a low ebb
that I didn't feel like doing any work
at all. In fact. l was so generally
rundown that 1 had to stay away
from my business over half the, time.
"A friend of mine came in one day
and told me about the great good
Tanlac was doing for him and advised
me to try it. He was suffering from
the same kind of trouble that 1 was,
so l thought that if Tanlac had helped
him it ought to do the same for me,
so l bought a bottle and began taking
it. l was actually surprised at the way
I improved for, before l finished my
first bottle, my appetite had improved
much that 1 wcs hungry all the
time. Well, sir, l can go to the table
now and eat meats. cabbage, pastry of
all kinds or just anything l want. and
my stomach is in such fine condition
that 1 never suffer a particle after
meals. I never have those dizzy spells
now, and haven't had a headache for
a long time. / am in my office every
day now and am SO well and strong in
every way that can attend to my
business as well as l could years ago.
I can certainly recommend Tanlac to
everybody. for it is one medicine that
does just what they say it will do
Tanlac is sold in Topeka by Tully-
Mcfarland Drug Co.-Adv.
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BULLET IN LUNG
Continues from Page One. ,

(Contlnne1 from Page One.l
allied leaders, altho nothing had been
unearthed SO far as is known to sup
port this surmise.
Elmile Coffin. the assassin, was taken
to Sante prison Wednesday night. An
examination of the Clemenceau car
shows seven bullet holes.
The bullet was located in the right
shoulder, near the spine, and it was
reported that an operation for its re-
moval might not be necessary.
Attended Anarchist Meeting.
Coffin is known to have attended a
recent meeting of anarchists in which
the participants shouted: Death to
ClemenceauY
Coffin was arrested in company with
several other anarchists at the time,
but was later released. His explana-
ton of the, shooting is that he regards
Clemencean as an enemy of the
workers.
Coffin was modified for two months
at the start of the war, and then was
exempted because of heart trouble.
He went to work in an airp1ane fac
tory but was discharged for ineffi-
cheney and laZiness after three months.
Thereafter he was employed in a fur
niture factory. No papers were found
upon Coffin, save a minority Socialist
His police record shows that he has
served three sentences for melting SOL
diers to disobedience.
Parents Simple Working Folk.
The father and mother of Emile
Coffin. the would-be assassin of Pre-
mier Cletnenceau, are simple working
people. They live in Rue Convention
the father working in a factory in
Issy Les Moulineaux- A brother. age
II. also works in a factory there. A
second brother is " years old.
Neighbors of the family desc De
Emile Coffin as being addicted to
neither smoking nor drinking but say
books on astronomy and sociology.
The father tried in vain to combat the
anarchistic ideas of his son but the
latter ridiculed him as being old fash
Toned. When he heard the news of the
attempted assassination he was at
work but felt presentiment it is said
that the criminal was his son.
Emile Coffin has been under treat
ment for an affection of the heart and
a disease of the 1arynx.
An Outcrop OF BoIshevism.
London. Feb. 20.-The attack on
Premier Clemenceau was interpreted
| by the British press today as an in
stance of an outcropping of 'Bolshe-
vism" turnout the world. Morning
newspapers, fearing an epidemic of as
sassinations. suggested that interna-
tional action should be undertaken to
deal with anarchists. The Daily News
denounced the attack as mad dog
politics.
Certainly Seriously Hurt.
1.-THE premier scertaI-ly is seriously
hurt, his condition is as satisfactory as
possible p Georges Mande1, Premier
( Clemenceau's chief Jerk, is quoted as
saying at an early hour this orning.
clerk by Marcel Hutin in the Echo de
Paris
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He VIII Speak Word That VIII
Decide People.
Senate Talk viii Not Have
Weight in Matter.
LEADERS ARE NOT WORRIED
When Wilson Comes Back the
People VIII Listen.
VIII Be Convinced That Men,
aces Are Not Real.

Washington, Feb. 20.-President
Wilson and not the senate will speak
the words that will decide the Ameri-
can people for or against the league
of nations, in the opinion of senate
administration leaders.
They refused to worry today over
attacks on the draft of the league con-
stitution. They are in no hurry to
reply to Senator Poindexter, nor will
they rush into the arena against other
critics who plan to hammer at the
league daily from now on.
Wednesdays senate demonstration,
when packed galleries applauded POin-
dexter'S assaults on the league, meant
nothing in the absence of defense of
the league by the man, more than any
one else responsible for it, administra-
ton senators said.
Criticism VIII Help.
In their absence, hostile criticism
will center the public mind upon the
league, create interest in the provisions
of its constitution and thus give Pres
ideRt Wilson an audience eager to hear
what he has to say.
president Wilson will make the
chief speech to the great American
jury" said Senator Lewis, Democratic
whip. 1.-The American people know
they can rely on his being honest with
them. If after hearing MIN they de-
eide the league plan is evil, they
doubtless will express that view to con-
gress without hesitation and in no I'M
certain terms.
eff they are convinced that the
menaces foreseen by Senator Poindex-
ter and others are not real and that
the league will prevent future war.
i, they assuredly viii express that view.
When the senate comes to vote upon
The question it will have before it, not
only President Wilson's frank expla-
nation of the leagues charter but the
peoples opinion of it,
Senator Hitchcock, who will be adj
ministratiori spokesman in whatever
reply is to be made to critics, said to-
day he does not know when he Will
speak.
Senator Borah, who by declining
President Wilson's invitation TO a
White House conference on the league,
became a i1eader of the opposition,
may present his views today if he can
complete his preparations in time.
Senator Reed intends to speak Satur-
day.
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MUCH PAVING FOR PRATT
Kansas Town Up and Coming-Hard
Road Proposition Winner.

Pratt, Kan, Feb. 2O.-Pratt will
pave several miles of streets this year.
Petitions for two sire cts were acted
upon favorably by the commissioners
this week and work will beg in the
early spring. Third Fifth streets
will both be paved west to the city
limits as they both will be used by the
federal road that will pass thru Pratt
The hard surfaced road problem is
a winner in this country and it seems
there is little or no opposition to the
road.
The Rock Island is -.ow erecting
new planning mill that will do the wood
work for this entire division The new
mill will employ several men.
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CHIEF WITNESS GONE
Norma Cook, Former Kansas Girl
Leaves Before Trial of Father.

Chicago, Feb 20.-Norma Cook,
chief witness for the state i'll the. case
of her father, ]. Norman Cook
charged with the murder of William
Broadway, las1 summer, has disap-
peared, according to Assistant States
Attorney James c. O'Brien.
She is said to have left a note to her
mother in which she said:
Il have nearly/gone crazy thinking
of this terrible trial. 1 think l would
rather be dead than have to be
dragged thru all of this and be torn
to pieces by heartless men who care
nothing for my character, my future
Or my health. 1 know, mother, you
will be glad if I get away from it all.
I know this is the turning point in our
lives, and 1 hope and pray all will
come out all right and we can start
life over again and be happy"
The case was to have started last
Tuesday, but because of the absence
of Norma a continuance was granted.
Broadway was a friend of Norma S
and Cook is said to have resented it.
Cook formerly lived at Columbus, Kan.
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COLDER AND SNOW


the night Up to o'clock this after
noon the precipitation in Topeka
amounted to SO of an inch; Wichita,
SIS; kansas City, 40; Concordia, rs;
st. Joseph, .26.
Nebraska and Missouri received gem
era1 SHOWS of the same wet, sloppy
variety that blessedsTopeka this morn
ing. Rains were general in Oklahoma
and Texas. The rain had reached as
far east as St. Louis at o'clock this
morning. 1t will arrive in Indiana
and Ohio during the day.
Snow VIII continue to fall, off and
on, in Topeka during the day and
night. The low temperature tonight
will be about % degrees which will
rise to about 80 in the afternoon. To-
morrow will be a chilly, damp day,
says S. D. Flora.
The lowest temperature on the
weather map, above zero, was re-
ported from Williston, N D. The low
temperature here was 80 at o'clock.
1t changed little at 2 o'clock The
extremes on record for this date were
65 in 1895 and IS below zero in 1889.
At 2 o'clock this afternoon the wind
was blowing at the rate of nine miles
an hour from the north.
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a gale which sprang up this afternoon.
The strong wind was accompanied byS
a driving rain.
The president devoted most of the
day to working. He appeared on deck
with Mrs. Wilson for a short time and
joined the soldiers and crew in 'aban-
don ship" drill He has not yet de-
cided whether he viii address a joint
session of congress on the league of
nations. but it is believed that he
will do so.
Ship Due Monday.
Boston, Feb. 20.-The transport
George Washington is expected to ar
rive in Boston Monday. according to a
wireless message today to Admiral
Spencer Wood of the First naval dis
trict. The information came from one
of the vessels conveying the presidents
shin
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HOLD PAIR OFFICERS
They VIII Be Tried for Alleged Brib.
cry in Navy Gases.

Washington, Feb. 20.-Fuliest pub
LEFTY on the alleged bribery conspiracy
in the Third naval district, which en-
abled draft dodgers" to secure lands
mems ASST gnments in the navy, will De
given as soon as facts are available, 1t
was learned at the navy department
today.
Two officers. Lieut.. Benz. Davis. a
medical examiner, and Ensign Paul
Beck of New York, are held in the
investigation. The charges involve a
number of others, it was state q. The
names of enlisted men who are in
volved in the conspiracy have not been
revealed
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MAKE PACKER COMBINE
Small Ones Unite To Fight the Work
ings of Big Ones.

be made today on the amount each of
sixty small packers was to con-
tribute to the new Jointly owned cor
poration to compete with the -'big
five" packers for foreign trade. Plans
for formation of the corporation were
made here yesterday at a meeting of
the packers with F. S. Snyder, head of
the meat division of the food admins
tration.
Membership in the export corpora
ton will not prevent the packers to
do individual foreign business, lit was
stated.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-20
HEBRON MEETS WHITE
Socialist on U. 6. Board To Meet Russ
Goes to Paris.

Paris. Feb. 20.-George D. Heron
has arrived in Paris from Geneva and
is in consultation with William Allen
White, his American colleague in the
proposed. conference with Russian fac
tional leaders at Prinkipo islands
There is as yet no definite announce
ment concerning plans for the meeting
but indications are that either that
program or some other form of con-
ference with the various Russian gov
ernments, either individually or COL
lectively, will be arranged by the en-
tente powers.
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Wall St. New York Feb. 20.-STOCKS-
Feverish activity attended the strong open
ing of today's stock market. speculative
issues. particularly oils and motors. again
recording substantial gains. Royal Dutch
advanced points in the first half hour
and Kelly Springfield tire added points
to yesterdays gain of 101a. Crucible steel.
pressed steel car. general motors. Stude-
ferred. Sumatra tobacco. international pa
per and industrial alcohol were included
among the numerous one to two point adj
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Kansas City Feb. 2O-HOGS-Receipts
10000. Market steady to Zoe lower. Bulk
of sales, s1710@17.60; heavy. s17;50@17. 50:
packers and butchers S1750d 1T.G0; lights,
S1690M17.40; pigs, S12.o0@1600.
CATTLE-Receipts 5000; no southerns.
Market steady to lower Prime fed steers,
$1S.00a19.00: dressed beef steers, $1,000
1900: western steers. $12.oo@17.W southern
steers, nominally S7.00I130O; cows. $1,000
HOO; heifers. $S.00d145O: stockers and
feeders, g; 50@ 1000 d bulls, .s75oG1.5o;
sHEEP-Receipts 5000 Market steady
to higher. Lambs. S1175@1S.00; yearlings.
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EXTRA LONG WEAR
FROM SHOES

T. D. Collins of Ookala, Hawaii.
makes remarkable statement which
demonstrates the money-saving dura-
bility of Neolin Soles.
He writes, AFTER wearing a pair of
Neolin-soled shoes off and on for
thirty-three months, l wore them ON
a trip to the volcano of Kilauea and
walked around the crater over hot lava
six times and still the soles showed
only slight signs of wear"
This experience is not accidental.
1t results from the scientific process
by which Neolin Soles are made to be
exactly what soles should be-com-
Portable, waterproof and exceedingly
economical because of the long wear
they give.
Get them on new shoes for all men,
bers of the family and have them put
on worn shoes. They are made by
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Com
pany, Akron. Ohio, who also make
Wingfoot Heels, guaranteed to out
wear any other heels.
IleS5lisn So1es
- 'lTads s,=ra i.e-. I. D. IA. c..
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LET BOCHE TROOPS In
Marshal Foch Has Agreed To Their
Use in the Neutral Zone.

Amsterdam, Feb. 2O-Marshal Foch
has agreed to the employment of Ger
man government troops in the neutral
zone, comprising the ten kilometer
district east of Cologne, but not in
Guiding Dusseldorf, and also in the
Rhine region south of Home in order
to suppress local disturbances, accord
ing to a telegram received here from
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TODAY'S MARKET REPORTS

Chicago Feb. 2O.-CORN-Stormyw wealth
er with sleet and snow over part of the
corn belt had a bullish effect on the corn
market today. Scantiness of receipts tend
ed further to make buyers uneasy. Besides
export inquiry was in evidence Opening
prices, yMich ranged from 1ac to exc high
er with May s1.21A to $1-22 and July
$1.1712 to S11S. were followed by good
additional gains
Numerous reactions took place but none
of lasting sort; The close was firm, &c
$1.24& and July $1.19A to s1.195s.
oATs-oats assembled with corn After
to 59aic. the market Continued to harden.
PROvISIoNS-Hfgher quotations on
hogs and corn lifted provisions. Offerings
were very scarce and it took but little buy
ing to bring about a maximum advance.
The market remained strong thruout the
session.
Chicago Grain md Provision Market.
tThe range of prices on grain futures on
Chicago Board of Trade as reported by
Thos. j. Myers. 301 N. e. BldZ0
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New York. Feb. 2O.-BCTTER-Marke
easy Creamery higher than extras, $50
J31ac.
EGGS-Market unsettled. Fresh gather
ed extras. 44c
CHEESE-Market irregular. State whole
milk. flats. current make. specials, 30N31e.
POULTRY-Alive, steady: dressed, irreg-
ular.
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Kansas city Grain and Produce Market.

Kansas City. Feb. 0.-WHEAT-Cash
Market unchanged No. 1 hard. 1929: No.
,, $224@2.25; No. red, $2.30@2.31; No. 2.
S..21Ga2S.
CoRN-Market steady to dc higher. No
? mixed, S1.306I1. 81; No. 3, $1.21I1 %; No.
2 white, s.. 3od1 -32, No. 3. S1.26a1.2 s; No.
= yellow, S1.3001..55: No. 3. $1.2S611. 80
OATS-Market unchanged No. white.
G21%c; No. mixed, G0G60Ac; No. . red.
81 MG5c
RYE-s1. goal. %
KAFIR AND MILO MAIZE-S2 55@e 10
HAY-Market unchanged.
SHORTSLMarket unchanged.
BRAN-Market unchanged.
sWHEAT-Receipts 30 cars.
BUTTER-Market lower. Creamery, 49c :;
firsts, 41c: seconds. 45c; packing, CSC.
EGGS-Firsts. Soc.
POULTRY-Market unchanged,
CQRN-Close: February. S1.30ss: March,
$780,; May, SI.217sMI2s: July, S1.237s.