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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-06
DENVER CITIZENS

Continued from Page onel
There had been no hint of such a dis
turbance as was created last night. So
confident were the Denver newspapers
that the strike would be terminated
successfully and without bloodshed
that stories were carried in yesterday
afternoons editions to the effect that
the strike was ended and normal serv-
ice would be restored within a few
days.
Then at o'clock two thousand
union men assembled at the city hall
while a committee presented a petit
ton to- Mayor Bailey equesting an
arbitration for settlement of their de-
mands for an increase in wages, ap-
pfoximating rs cents an hour and suit
able working agreement which the
tramway company had refused and
caused the walkout Sunday morning.
Mayor Promised to Consider.
The mayor promised to consider the
petition and was cheered by the crowd,
whose leadrs promisd there would be
no violence.
From the city hall the men MARCHED
to the office of the Denver Post, which
had been bitterly antagonistic to the
men during the. present strike Here
they staged a mild demonstration
The two thousand men. greatly Ydg-
mented by large crowd of onlookers
and sympathizers, started a parade
thru the downtown district. At Fiji
teenth and California STREETS. they
found that which. changed peaceful
demonstrations into a fatal riot which
lasted six hours.
Two of the street cars. protected by
heavy wire netting and manned by
armed strikebreakers, were stalled. In
an instant the crowd was a mob and
with a great roar 1t surged around the
two cars. ~tearing away the protecting
xzyir M HrTc Of %
crew.
Shot Started Trouble.
A shot was fired from one of the
cars. followed by a dozen more and
within ten minutes seventeen men had
been wounded. Police reserves rushed
to the scene and prevented furthr
bloodshed, but the mob had only a
taste and it was eager for more. En-
ragged by the wounding of their com
panions. the two thousand men
marched to the tramway company's
office building, where they demolished
windows and doors
Back to the office of the Denver
Post stormed the mob. AS fast as ex-
tras came from the presses they were
torn up. Police were powerless. The
rioters simply continued their work of
destruction until they grew tired and
then left to inflict damage elsewhere.
Word of the rioting spread like wild
IRE tnEuOuI the city anu the crowns
of persons watched the rioters as they
wrecked property and fought with
strike breakers.
Rioters Not Union Men.
Near midnight the men who had
participated in one of the worst riots
in the history of the city, dispersed
and went home. -
Union officials today said the vio-
Ience was perpetrated by men outside
the union. ir
I'VE had preached against this very
thing for days" declared Harry Sill
berg. president of the, Tramyay EN-
ployes' union, but we could do moth
ing last night. 1t was a mob, and you
can't do anything with a mob"
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FURNISHED by 2. c. Christopher Col
Chicago, Aug. 6.-Tribune; With a war
scare on, the grain markets are nervous
and easily excited, especially after the dras-
tic liquidation and usual decline of the last
week. There have been changes on the
part of local traders and for the time be.
ing nervousness and wide fluctuations are
to be expected. Traders are not disposed
to venture positive opinions as to the i'm
mediate course of values.
Uncertainty as to the outcome OF the
Russian Polish trouble has resulted in nc
tive closing of old commitments and with
holding of new. There has been most
unusual break and reaction within a week
and the trade awaits new developments.
There is a weather scare on In corn, and
without good general rains the corn market
Is getting more friends. Light receipts are
for q large movement OF corn as farmers
are too busy harvesting. threshing and
haying to shell and market corn. In August
last year receipts were 2,159 cars compared
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BEST CROP MONTH
July Had Coolest and Wettcst
Weather of Amy Summer Month
for Five Years.

BY S. D. FLORA, METEOROLOGIST.
July just passed had the coolest,
Wettest and. best crop growing weather
of any month Kansas has seen this
TIME of the year for five years time,
with more rain than has fallen in any
other month since June of last year,
according to a summary OF the re-
ports of 100 observers of the weather
bureau, which cover conditions in ev-
Eevery county. An abnormal amount of
sunshiny weather also helped boost
the crop outlook.
TheIe were few hot spells. nota-
bly, the first week and from the 2Oth
to the 25th, when temperatures of 100
degrees and higher occurred in most
parts of the state, but the month as a
whole was strongly suggestive of sum-
mer- resort weather, especially In the
eastern counties. The highest tenn
perature reported was 10 degrees at
degrees at Oberlfh on the 18th, while
the mean for the entire state was a
fraction of a degree below normal.
The rainfall for the eastern division
of the state was 406 inches; the mid
die division, 3.07 inches; the western
division, 2.62 inches; and for the en-
tire state, 3S3 inches. which is 0.26
inch below normal. The heaviest rain
fall reported was at Kansas City,
where the monthly total was 9.7S
lnCneS ana the ledSI 400 AAACAA at III
dependence. Probably the best IA
vored part of the state was the Kaw
valley and the northeastern counties,
which generally had totals ranging
from to o inches. There were a few
places in the state which experienced
a severe drouth the latter part OF the
month, especially Reno and the south
ern part of Rice counties. the extreme
southeastern counties and some of the
southwest portion.
Violent wind storms were conspicu-
Gus by their absence. in, fact the aver
age wind movement was light every
where, but there were quite number
of damag ing hail storms.
Corn made a phenomenal growth IN
the Kaw valley ana other important
corn producing sections in the north.
eastern part of the state, but suffered
from lack Of moisture IN that part of
the state lying south and west Of
Hutchinson. At-the close of the month
half Of it was in roasting ears in the
eastern half and the crop was rapidly
approaching that stage elsewhere.
Grain sorghums were also very prom
ising and were heading nicely.
Wheat harvest was generally fin
ished the first half of the month un-
der ideal weather conditions and
threshing soon became general, tho 1t
was interfered with consideEEoly by
rainy weather the last week. Pastures
and truck crops made a fine growth
in the eastern half The second crop
of alfalfa was secured and the third
made a good start the latter part.
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OFFICIAL COUNT ON
County Commissioners Canvass
ing Returns From Primaries.
May Require Result to Settle
State Treasurer Contest.

County commissioners today are
canvassing returns frCm Tuesday,
state wide primaries. These returns
viii be certified to L. J. Pettitohn, sec
rotary of state, by county clerks. Until
result of the official count is known,
the state treasury fight may be in
doubt. All other contests seemingly
are settled, on the face of unofficial
returns.
While E. T. Thompson. assistant
state treasurer, Is now leading for the
Republican treasuFship nomina ton,
his lead is but ASST over c. c. Evans.
With returns from % counties yet to
be received in Topeka and with pre-
cincts missing from number of avail
able county reports, many changes
may be made in the present figures.
Both Evans and Thompson claim they
viii gain on later reports.
The ThOmpson-E Evans fight recalls
the Payne Evans fight Of four years
ago when Evans was nosed out of the
treasurership nomination as later re-
turns gave the place to Walter l.
Payne. Now Payne's assistant is in
an almost Similar fight against Evans.
Official returns from q number of
counties viii not be avilable for sew
eraI days In the larger counties one
to three days are required to canva IS
all of the reports are certified to the
secretary of states office.
Late reports indicate John A. Ed
wards has added a fourth county to his
string. He is leading on the face of
complete returns from Greeley county,
thus giving him Clark. Greenwood,
Greeley and Marshall counties in his
fight for the United States senatorial
nomination. He is beaten two to one
in the state.
Governor Aliens lead continues to
grow, althO the staggering vote for
Snow will occasion comaaent in politi-
cal circles for many weeks Snow has
carried but one county-CraWfOrd
Yet in the three big counties of the
state-Sedgwick, Shawnee and Wyan-
dotte, he polled more than 1000 votes
equal to the conservative estimates
of his state strength against Allen. He
is now running with more than 1000
votes in eighty-two counties and his
state total will probably reach 100000.
It may go to $4,000.
Justice John S. Dawson continues to
draw away from the field in the con-
test for place No~7 on the supreme
court.
Richard J. Hopkins has widened the
margin in his vote over Edward
Rooney for attorney general. Hop
kins's majority probably will be 3d.
600.
Frank L. Travis will have a good
many thousand votes tG spare as final
figures are complied on the insurance
superintendent fight He is leading
Banks considerably more than two to
one.
Stockton, Kan, Aug. 6.-Complete
returns in Rocks county show Curtis
246. Edwards 80; Smith 81, Dawson
1877, Graham AZ: Snow AZ, Allen 3015
White 1877, Evans Sc, Thompson SO;
Rooney III, Hopkins 1856: Travis 229.
Banks 81; Miller 127, Showalter 10,
Wolfe II, Chittenden 8, HOWARD Is,
McIvar 70; Wood 81, Davis IS. Hyatt
So, Potts 10; RuppenthaI .104, Egan
40, Mulroy so.
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BASEBALL GAMES TODAY


National League.
Chicago at New York, two games, rain, 2
and 80 .. m.
Pittsburgh at Brooklyn. rain, $50 D. m.
Cincinnati at Philadelphia, rain, 3 80 D. m.
st. Louis At Boston, cloudy. 3 10 p. m.
American League.
New York at Detroit, clear, SIP m.
Philadelphia at Cleveland, clear, D. m.
Boston At Chicago, clear, 8 p. N.
Washington at st. Louis, clear, 5 rs D. m.
American Association.
Milwaukee at Columbus cloudy, p. N.
Kansas City at Louisville, cloudy 3 :1J
p. m.
st. Paul at Toledo, clear, 3 p. m.
Minneapolis at indianapolis, clear, 8 &c
p. m.r
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Wheat Priccs. Az Up Again.

Chicago, Aug 5.-Big upturns in the
value of all grain resulted today from
lar was in demand. At 1880 p. m.
with the market rapidly advancing
December delivery of wheat had
touched $244, a jump since last night
of Is cents. Corn at the same time
was up about s cents with September
deIfverv 1ASA
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Still OuOner
Prepared For
The Legal Bar

Tulsa, Okla..r Aug. Sam Huff
man, residing -iR- the Usage hills eight
miles north OF this place. was reading
Blackstone when federal officers
looked in on him today.
Three hundred yards from Huff
mans two-room house a noonshine
still was in operation. Huffman adj
mitted his moonshining activities and
announced that he had been equip
ping himself to become a member of
the bar, federal officers say.
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Kansas City. Mo. Aug S.-Jitney
drivers here plan to replace their small
touring cars and home made buses
with big double-deck steam buses with
passenger capacity of forty or fifty
persons At present the Jitney asso-
citation is investigating several types
with a view to Standardization.
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+ sChitago. Aug. 6---cATTLE-Receipts A.
600. Market steady to strong. Lower
beeves, duh : bulk grassy cattle. s9.50e1
14.0Qs better grades. $14. 50G16o0: cows and
veal cahes, steady. mostly s15.50G 1900
heavy calves, very dull: stockers, draggy
bulk Of sales. S7.O0@9.25.
10@15c higher Advance on light and light
butchers, lost; early tops. 5000; bulk light
packins sows, s1s. 75671S %: pigs, Toe to 25c
higher: bulk desirable kinds. 14T5G15.40
SHEEP-Receipts 10000. Market steady.
Good western lambs and native lambs
S1425; choice western held: fat ewes, $500
GS.25; feeding lambs, $11ooQ12Oo.
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Wall St, New York, Aug. 6.-SToCKS-
PeSsimistic foreign news Influenced active
selling again in the initial dealings on the
stock exchange United States steel touched
q new low figure at s4%. Atlantic Gulf,
Marine preferred. Vanadium, Corn Products,
American Sumatra tobacco, Shell Transport,
Canadian Pacific and c. and o. lost TO 2
points Union Pacific. American Interna-
uonal, Mexican petroleum ana Middle
States oil were carried up q point with
slight fractional advances in Baldwin,
Bethlehem, Crucibles. Reading. Great
Northern preferred, Baltimore and Ohio,
and Pennsylvania.
% u!!ttns oruers IIoWed INTO me marcy
anu tnere was a substantial rally; steels.
oils. equipments. feathers, shippings and
investment railroads were advanced to pa
witty Houston oil rising points. The
advance was soon checked by fresh out
pouring Of stocks which carried many
shares to new low levels for the movement
Nanadiaum fell points and Baldwin and
Bethlehem steel were also conspicuously
weak Foreign exchange rates were high
.er but European government obligations
were mostly lower.
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Heavy Rain at saIina.

Salina, Kan, Aug. 5.-Very heavy
rains fell over a section of northwest
Kansas last night. At Plainville in
the center of the rain and electrical
storm 2.63 inches fell. Lightning in
terrupted telephone communication
for some time
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with s.2eo in July. Last month the re-
cepts were 5.161 cars.
With prospect Of a resumption of war
in Europe the foreign wheat situation is
attracting considerable attention. The fact
that the British commission remains out OF
the market has rather surprised the trade.
However, short while ago IL was rumored
that a gentlemen's agreement had been
made whereby the British and French buy
ers~ would not compete for wheat in this
country.
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Flour Makes New Advance.

vanced s5c to soc a barrel at the
principal mills here today, quotations
for family patents in SO pound cotton
sacks, carloads. being $12.75 to 1880.
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Burlington, Ia. Aug. 5.-R. A. lies,
so, wealthy Henry county farmer,
climbed to the top of a windmill in
his sleep last night and fell to, the
ground, sustaining injuries from which
he died today. He was an habitual
sleep-walker.
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Ftnd on Sand at Dexter.

Dexter, Kan, Aug. 6.-An oil sand
good for 200 barrels daily has been
discovered near here by the Grouse
Valley company. This is one of the
largest oil well ever drilled in Cow
ley county.
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1000. Practically no active steers offered
quarantine steers, 25c higher at $1,000
1900; she stock, steady to strong: Gamers,
strong to 25c higher; other classes, steady
best veafers, $500; most calves, 5000
1- f96cs pooo,n. ,-ooo uoa,,o.
others, 10@15c higher: top. $3.50. bulk
light tand medium, s15.50G15.75; bulk
heavy. S15.00G15.50.
5 SHBEP-Receipts $500 Market slow.
Killing grades scarce; sheep and lambs.
about steady: best Texas lambs, $1265
Feeding and breeding ewes. Meak.
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New York, Aug. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
steady. Creamery higher than extras, 5401
55c.
EGGS-Market Irregular. Fresh gathered
extra flrsts, 51d53c
CHEESE-Market barely steady. State
whole milk. flats, current make white and
colored specials. 271km2Sc.
POULTRY-Alive firm: broilers 43T50c .
fowls, ISAAC
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Laws Shooting on Roommate,

Kansas City, Mo, Aug. 6.-Charles
Bledsoe, arrested here in connection
with the murder of J. A Ballard,
wichita detective, told the police here
that his roommate did the shooting.
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Chicago Grain and Provision Market.
Chicago. Aug. 6-wHEAT-close; De-
cember. S236i9 March, $2.3S.
CORN-September, $1.46% Q1.47; Decem-
Der. S127%.
OATS = September. 1850; December,
KYE-september. sissy @Ls25; Deem
ber $1.T11h.
5 PoRK-Sept., $3.50; Dec, $o6.T5.
LARD-September 1885: Oct. $1a,25.
s RIBS-Sept., $15.60; Oct, $685.
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WEATHER


highest temperature in the United
States Thursday was 106 at Phoenix.
Ariz, while in Washington the naer-
curry was down to rs.
At 2 O'Clock this afternoon the>wind
was blowing six miles an hour from
the west.
The highest temperature on record
in Topeka for this date was 101 in
1913; the lowest was Sc in 1887.
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Chicago Produce Market.

changed.
EGGS-Market higher, Firsts, 45@s48c
ordinary nrsts, 41G42c; at mark, cases in
Guided, 43l45c; storage packed extras, 4Sc
storage packed firsts, 4115e.
POULTRY-Alive,, unchanged
MISUNDERSTANDING weak. Receipts IS
cars. Eactern, $6.75d7.0o a barrel; Kansas
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Would Hike wichita Fares.

Wichita, Kan. Aug. 6.-The Wick
tia Railroad and Light company has
applied to the city for the right to in
crease its fare from 5 to Z cents.
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Baby's little dresses viii just simply
dazzle if Red Cross Ball Blue is used
in the laundry. Try it and see for your
self. At allsgood grocers, 5c.-Adv.
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TODAY'S MARKET REPORTS

Chicago, Aug. 6-WHEAT-Sharp- new
advances in the prices of wheat resulted to-
day from continued anxiety over the likeli-
hood of war between Great Britain and
Russia. Prolonged dry weather in the corn
belt threatening serious crop damage. tend
on the other hand, reiterated assertions
that the British royal commission was still
ont Of the market as buyer Of wheat had
no apparent influence as a check on>the up
turn. Opeaing prices. which ranged from
215c to size higher with December s2.43 to
$245 and March S2.46 to $2.4iA were fol
lowed by additional gains Tor December.
was coHstrued~as favorable to an armlstiee,
and there was a quick setback in prices.
The close was weak, -21k 6f4c net lower with
December $2.361a and March $2.3S.
CORN-Bulls in corn made much of the
fact that aside from the war scare and
receipts of corn were less than current
requirements. After opening sc to SIC
higher, Including September at $1.4SH to
S1.51 and December $1.29 to $1.29&, the
market continued to ascend.
Heaey speculative selling and consider
able liquidation accompanied a sharp down
turn In values later. The close was unset
tember s1.46% to STAT and December $12T
to d.2T%.
OATs.oats mounted with other grain
starting &c to 1%c up. September 74Mc to
T5hc and later hardening still more.
PROVISIONS - Higher quotations on
hogs as we'll as on cereals lifted provisions.
Buyers, however, were scarce.
Kansas City Produce Market.
Kansas City, Aug. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
E(iGS-Market unchanged. r
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NEW SPRING BOARDS FOR POOLS,
Special Seasoned Wood From Chicago
BOUGHT by City.

. Three spring boards for THE city
swimming pools have arrived from
Chicago and will be installed soon.
The boards are of special seasoned
1rnnd-
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Chicago. Aug. 6.-HoGS-Receipts 1900
Market 10c TO 15c higher.
CATTLE-Receipts 5000.
SHEEP-Receipts 10000.
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Kansas CITY, Aug 6.-WHEAT-cash {:
Market generally unchanged. &c lower to 1c
higher. No. hard, $2.50G2.T0: No. hard.
81. 45n24S.
CoRN-,Market &C to &c higher; No
mixed 81 55n1 81: No ; mixed. $50: No.
2 white 81. 55: No. ; white, S149: No. vel
low, S1.56615S: No. 3 yellow. 1.53Q LBS.
OATS-Market steady TO &c higher. No.
white, re; No. mixed. 12c; No. 2 red, 12g
RYE@s2 05@2.10
KAFIR AND MILO MA1ZE-s23562.4c.
SHORTS-$2.15.
BRAN-$2.00.
WHEAT-Receipts 245 cars
WHEAT-Close: December, $2.3415 +;
March. $685..
CORN-september. s14oss; December.
81. 225s; May, $1.2512.
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New York. Aug. 6-Liberty bonds noon :
331's, 1924; first as. $500 second As, $3.50;
first AS, S5.4S; second "A s. Sass: third
4H's, $50; fourth AXIS. 1886; Victory
3A's, 95.6s; Victory AIS. 95.TO.
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and Missouri Early Ohios. S3.5e@S.o5; Ken
lucky Cobhlers, $4OO64.10.
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Topeka Poultry ana Ere.

Topeka Poultry and Eggs.
FURNISHED by the Topeka Packing Col
Topeka. Kan, Aug. 6.
Hens. all sizes, pc; broilers. lbs. and
under. Sc; springs over lbs, Sc: old
ROSTERS. 15c.
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Kansas City Grain Market
Orange of prices on grain futures on
the kansas City Board Of Trade as reported
by B. C. Christopher & Co.. 326 New Eng
land BIdg)
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Topeka, Kan. Aug. g.
MIXED AND BUTCHERS. ;. .s11o0d15oo
aEAn1 OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 0OOe1l3-00
LiGhI -...-..--.-...-.- 11OOe9 l0U
lNc low
CHOICE PACKING STOCK 1I.00712T
Cannot use rough unfinished hogs for
packing purposes. VIII have TO BUY -
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New York. Aug S-SUGAR-Raw
easier Sales, 5000 bags Porto Rico: centri-
fulgnl. 1901: refinder, quiet; fine granulat-
ed, p. 00G225o.
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DAILY WEATHER REPORT.

Furnished by the weather bureau office.
Topeka, Kan, for the twenty flour hours
ending at Z q. N. Friday.
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Topeka Market Report.
Furnished By Chas. Violin Packing Gel
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Chicago Grain and Provision Market.
(The range Of prices on grain futures on
Chicago Board OF Trade as reported De
En- pire Commission Co.. 30l New England
Bldg1
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Kansas City Produce Market.

: KANSAS City Produce MARKET.
Kansas City, Aug. 6.-BUTTER-Market
unchanged.
EGGS-Aarket unchanged. r
POULTRY-Market unchanged.
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Chicago, Aug. 9.
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Morning Grain Market.


Kansas City receipts: Wheat, 245. corn
. oatR 10