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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-28

choice 2oOpOgnd Weights T ddds g y eb 5os
Sshh.,.o,tnd TO :}5O-p0und welghts Msle .t -
sale Tuesday and found q sbavs sim
sf nrices 10 cents TO 10 cents apo o5 Siii -,
liar liz loads Monday, Choice qo-g g9pno 10
sioio Throw-out sows sold mostly a a az e 10 10
~ * 5O win odd punches up e 49, ~
e x Rourh kinds sold at So 20 49, 80
The market was about s steadyTT ne ss Win
enIy 4 few good ard choice light We We gh5s
offsred A ton Of el0.35 was m ea,n ~ p ~
The bulk Of desirable kinds made SloOo To
save Average cost Monday. sipoO' weight
MSnaaE, ~ pe onnta were estimate at 1000
against 6.45o last Tuesday and 5,5so rs sns
same day last year. All classes naue 80
orally strong to rs cents higher prices,
attic some sales of lambs showeSb. e. az
advances. A few fat wethers brolshSS <, S t;Se
and light fat ewes topped at sou e, ~ = 80
ewes went to killers mostly az 80, - 49,,
$500. Sales of breeding ewes rangeSI e. o o0
SIS. so to SITS and numerous lots naus ~.
to $50. One deck native lambs mace s rs
days top e SlsO and bplnkS sett e,,,is sold
at $500 to 500, Some weakness developg5dd
on the close and several decks were unsoio
late. NJ. Y. GRIFFIN, Representative
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Tonekn. Kan. June D

Topeka Kan June -
Hens. 4 lbs. and over, lie under lbs.
14c: fancy broilers, lbs. and under, eoc;
Leghorn and black broilers. 24c; old Toost-
Eggs-s535 case delivered. including new
cases.
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BELIEVES LECoMPToN CAPITAL.
Letter from N. South wales TO Kansas,
Went Back 20 Years.

Lawrence, Kan, June 2s.-Yester-
day Probate Judge L. H. Menger re-
ceived q letter from Fron-oleu. Llwyn-
hendy, Llanellys South Wales. The
letter was addressed to the Regis
trar of Wills, Lecompton. Kansas,
u. s. A" It made inquiry relative
to the will of Ann Stalker, who died at
Fort Scott in 1918. The signature was
by Margaret Howels, and incIosed a
British postal order for five shillings
in payment for a copy OF the will.
The letter was forwarded to the
probate judge of Barton county. AS
Lecompton was the capital or Kansas
territory in the fifties, Judge Menger
thinks the writer of the letter must
have been under the impression that
Lecompton is still the capital of Kan
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cHICAGo LIVESTOCK MARKEr.

Chicago, june 2S-CATTLE-Receip
IL 600. Beef steers and butcher she
stock, fairly active, steady to strong; ear
" top beef steers, $1,000 paid several times;
some held higher; bulk of sales, Sc 2Jd1
900; bulls, firm; Gamers, calves and stock
ers steady; bulk beef cows and heifers,
IS oo67. SIS: Gamers and cutters, mostly
S. 006I4.0O; few best heavies, around 81 90 !;
early sales veal calves, mostly IS o91S so;
choice handy weight to outsiders. 50 COG
HoGs-Receipts % 600. Market steady
to Toe lower: top, $1,000: bulk of sales,
So 6501o so; bulk Of good butchers. 10000
1880: pigs, steady; heavy weights, SO. $50
1850: medium Si0.5oQ10s5; light, $10.T51
10 so; light lights, S1O.40@10s0; packing
sows. smooth. $9.15@e-75; packing sowg,
rough. IS. T5@9. 80: killing pigs. s9.5o@105 20.
steady; packer top. $685.; few to city
butchers. $3.50; culls, mostly $7.25@ I so !;
fat ewes mostly s4.25@6.5o; choice mandy
ewes quetable $T.00GT.25; two doubles
choice light fed western yearlings, $1f,T5.
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RUNNING FIGHT AT SEA.


New York, June 2s.-One man was
killed and another captured following
an early morning pistol battle today
between alleged rum runners and
United States customs officers in
Gravesend bay. Twenty-Five cases OF
whisky valued at $4,000 were seized.
The rum runners were in a motor
boat and were chased for miles by a
government launch before George
Hollander, one of the twoSmen in the
booze craft, was shot.
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Lyons Clubs May Protest Taxes.

Lyons, June 2S.-The Lyons Lions
club and the Lyons Commercial club
are cooperating IN gathering data to
ascertain whether or not this city has
a right to protest the local tax assess
the clubs decide in the affirmative il
is announced, a committee will be
chosen to present Lyons claim to the
commission at Topeka sometime be-
fore July O.
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Chicago. June 2S-WHEAT-Deelfne in
wheat prices occurred today during the
early dealings, Liverpool quotations having
shown little response to yestrday's advance
wheat tended also to depress values Rains,
which were expected to prove Of benefit to
corn and oats, were 1kewist indirectly a
further 5ource of wakness in the wheat
market Initial prices. which varied from
unchanged figures to sc lower, with July
SII4 to $1-14A and September S1-l5S to
S11514, were followed by slight rally and
then by material downturns all around
Prices closed unsettled. &c net lower to
&c gain. with July S1134 to s1-135s and
September 81 4Tk.
CORN-Corn and oats were eased by the
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DAILY WEATHER REPORT.

Furnished by the weather bureau office,
Topeka, Kan, for the twenty-four hours
ending at a. m: wednesday.
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Chicago. June es.

lFurnished BY The Empire mmisslon Co,
POI New England Bldg0
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A Butler County Pioneer Dies.

Eidorado. kan, June ass. p. Car
nahan, "a. a resident of Butler county
for fifty-one years and q veteran, OF
the Civil war. died at his home here
today after a long illness. He is sur
vived by his widow and three sons
His father. John Carnahan. was a cap-
tain in George Washington's army.
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TOrEKA POULTRY MARKET.
Furnished by the Topeka Packing Co.,
corner Laurent and Madison sta. Topeka.
Kansds.1
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BOOM WOMAN FOR SENATE.
Mrs. Benjamin Hooper, OF Women's
League, in Wisconsin, May Run.
NV cha AaSonfatad prasua

Milwaukee, June 27.--Nfrs. Benjamin
Hooper of Oshkosh, president of the
Womens Voters League of Wisconsin,
is this afternoon at the Democratic
state conference being doomed an a
candidate for the United States senate
on the state ticket.
No nominations had been made up
to o. o'clock
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-28
MISS LENGLEN IN GOOD FORM
Her First Opponent at Wimbledon
Didn't Make Single Score.

Wimbledon, Eng, June 2S.-Mlle
Suzanne Lenglen, woman tennis cham
pion of France, made her first appear
auce in the British tennis champion
opponent. Mrs. Ellis, without giving
the latter a chance to score a single
point.
The result was SO. so.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-28

United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Markets and Crop Estimates
964 Livestock Exchange, Kansas City, Mo.
Telephone Harrison 1916.
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Furnished by Empire Commission Co, 201
New England Building. Topeka. kan.)
HORSE AND MULE MARKET.

Kansas City, Mo, June 2s.-Trade In
horses and mules was small this week, al
receipts were again Mt the harvest time
minimum, scarcely 100 arriving for the auc-
lions in the first two days this week. Quail
ity of horses was poor and prices were not
representative. Dealers report some orders
for good big harness marked mules and
for English types ranging from 1873 to a.
inches in girth. Acceptable animals are
said to sell around SO. Some demand for
cotton feeders, mare mules, 14.3 hands, is
also reported.
ReceiptsA last week were 26S head; pre-
ceding week, 213 year ago, 49,
The nominal range of prices prevailing
for horses and mules the past week is here
chowR:
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WANTS EN- TO RESCIND 1T.
Labor Board Would Be Given Au
thority to Recall Wage Cut.

Washington, June 27.-A Joint reso-
luton which would authorize the rail-
road labor board to descind its deci-
sion reducing the wages of railroad
employees effective July /, was intro
duced in the house today by Repre-
sentative Burke, Pennsylvania, a
member of the Order of Railroad
system.
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HARVEST HANDS WE'RE KEPT
Odd Jobs of City Given Those Waiting
to Harvest Wheat.

Great Rend, June 2s,-Mayor Daw-
son of this city has established a little
employment bureau all his own to
receive applications from citizens
needing men for odd jobs.
Men who arrived early for the har-
vest are being given this work and
in this manner many were kept en-
ployed until wheat cutting begins.
More than thirty of the vanguard of
reapers were temporarily employed by
the city itself.
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to n shade higher; top weighty steers,
50 90 including three loads of 1890 pound
pulpers. Toy yearlings, $50; most desir-
able cattle IS 256TD. so; beef cows, mostly
s5 25m5 rs; nothing choice offered. Calves,
steady, mostly $T.5O
SHEEP-Receipts 1000. Fat lambs fully
steady Sheen. 25G50c higher Fat native
lambs mostly S12T5; sorted light eulls.
Sc 90: ewes, mostly s.. 90 down Small
bunch of light weight carrying some year
lings So Idaho feeding lambs late yes
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JEWELS telegram was sent after &
series Of conferences OF union execu-
tives here It was based upon par
tial tabulation of strike vote taken by
the union, which shows an ''over-
WIDENING" sentiment in favor of
walkout.
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ARM BRITISH IN CANTON
Told To Protect Selves
From DR.. Tun Vat Sen.
(By the Associated Press.)

Shanghai. June 27.-The British
consul general at Canton has in
structed British residents Of Ssla-neen,
a foreign settlement of Canton, to arm
themselves in expectation of another
bonn bardment by the forces of Sun
Vat Sen, deposed president of South
China, according to advices Just re-
ceived here from Hong Kong.
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CHICAGO GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

Chicago, June 2S.-WHEAT-Close: July
81 .13A @113B; Sept, $1.14s @115; Dec,
-CoRN-July. CPS Sept, 65N G6ec; Dec,
oo6,ATs-July, seAc; Sept, ssssc; Dec.
S914c.
BARLEY-July. CSC.
LARD-JuIy, S11.30; Sept SLIGO
RIBS-July, $119o; Sept, $1172
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Kansas City. June 2S-CATTLE-Re-
ceipts 1000. Fat cows. strong to 15c high
er; better grades, s. ooQ6.o6; plain kinds
bulk around $3.50; calves average 25c high
er; practical top on vealers, $3.50; few
small lots. $S75If0 90: all other classes
generally steady; bulls. mostly $3,7an
SEQ: choice heavy stays, 5000: most cut
tiers. s.. 25ll3.5 80; quality of stockers and
feeders, plain sales generally 5000 $50;
top heavy steers, s9.45; some held above
$3.50
HOGS-Receipts 1900 Market opened
slow. closed active to both packers and
shippers; steady to 10c higher; tor to
shippers. S1O.45: to packers, s10.49;
bulk Of sales. So eoaIo.35: throwout sows
mostly s. 40Is6o; bulk good stock pigs,
sHEEP~Receipts 5000 sheep, steady to
strong; light ewes, $3.50; lambs. slow. gen
orally steady: few head Of natives, S13.G0;
bulk better grades. 12-5on12S5.
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CHICAGO PRODUCE NrARKEr

; Chicago, June 2S.-BUTTER-Mar
lower. Creamery extras, 361Ac; extras. 321z
Q35c seconds, 30031c; standards, 361Rc.
EGGS-Market unchanged.
POTATOES-Market slightly weaker on
barrels; steady sacks; Alabama. Louis
ana, Oklahoma and Arkansas, sacked, Bliss
Triumphs, $2.65Q2.S5 cwt.
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Kansas City, June 2S-EGGS-Firsts
zoe; seconds, 16c; selected case lots, 26c.
BCTTER-Creamery extras in cartons,
4Oc; packing, 23c.
POULTRY-A1ive hens. 16019c; broilers,
30037e; boosters, lie; turkeys, soc.
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AsthaIter Out OF Tennis Tourney.
(By the Associated Press.l

Wimbledon. June 2T.-A. w. As
thalter, an American, was eliminated
this afternoon from the international
grass court tennis championship here
when he was defeated by Major J. G.
Richie, a British player, SO, Ga,
6-2
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ST. JOE ITyEsTocK 1TARKET.

St Joe une N-HOGS-Receipts 5.D0O-
Market mostly fair to active to both ship
pers and packers; about steady with yes
terday's average. bulk ITO TO go pound
weights. SIT. 240M 10 50: packing sows.
strong to 10c higher; bulk Of sales, SS-J0d
SIS; average cost yesterday, S9.S7; weight
20 pounds
CATTLE-Receipts $50 All kinds. fully
steady; some steers and yearlings, strong
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Church's "sheII'' Costs Over $4,000.

winfield. June 2s.-A contract for
S5s,710.1s for construction of the shell
for the new Catholic church here, has
Just been awarded
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NEW YORK PRoDUCE MARKET.

New York, June 2s-BUTTER-Mar
weak. Creamery higher than extras, 3S4
@3915c
EGGS-Market irregular.
CHEESE-Market firm.
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GRAIN RECEIPTS.
FURNISHED by Empire Commission Co.. POI
New England Building.)
KANSAS CITY GRAIN MARKET.

Kansas City, June 2s.-wHEAT-Cash !:
RNeeeipts 100 cars Market Ie to &c higher.
hard, $117aI4o: No. / hard. s1i@i. SO !:
No. 2 hard, $1.1o@1.35; No. 1 red, 81 ca
LIP: No. red. $1.0S@1 90.
CORN-Market unchanged No. 2 white
5S@5S45c; No. white, 5T12 a 5Sc; No. . yell
low. 615se; No. yellow, COZ 061He; No .
OATS-Market unchanged. No. 2 white
3S9972e; No. 2 mixed, S714@3a15c; No. red,
RYE-S36S4c
BARLEY-49G5 SIC
KAFIR-$1 42M1T1
BRAN-680T2c
SHORTS-S5cm$1O 5
., WHEAT-cIose: July, $1.O71a; Sept,
!, CoRN-July, 57Bc; Sept, 6o1zc; Dec.
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General Scars In 4th Address.
Lawrence. June 2S.-W. H Sears
viii deliver the address at the Fourth
OF July celebration here. II has been
announced. General Sears is a ma
tive Kansan and formerly lived in
Lawrence.
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LIVERPOOL & BUENOS AIRES GRAIN,
FURNISHED by Empire Commission Co., 201
New England Bldg. Topeka.l
June 90. 1922

- JuMe =, IBZZ.
LIvERPooL-wheat opened " d higher;
p. m, I'D higher; p. m, sd higher
wheat closed a4@1d higher.
BUENOS AIRES-Wh heat closed Tuesday
2g212c higher; wheat opened today IL q
11ac higher; corn opened today 3Ac higher.
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more favorable wether conditions for the
growing crop After opening sc lower to
M@Nc up, July 621Ac, the corn market
underwent decided general sag
Prices closed unsettled, 1sc to y q sc net
lower, July, 623se.
oATS-Oats started unchanged to lac
higher, July 3TLc to 37Ssc and later de-
clined for all deliveries.
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Topeka, Kan, June %.
The poultry market is fairly steady ar
present values and may be expected to re-
main close to these values until after the
Fourth of July.
a large percentage Of eggs arriving in
Chicag go and New York are showing the re-
suits of the hot weather which has pre-
last week or ten days. Because OF this
condition, eggs of good quality are in bet
ter demand and where local buyers are buy
ing ON a graded basis a slight advance is
noted in the paying price for extra firsts.
Prices as follows:
Hens 4 lbs and over. tic per ID; hens.
under lbs 14c per lb.; roOsters, DC per
lb !; broilers, zoe per ID.
Buff and white Except Leghorns) fowl
1c broilers &c premium over above prices
Ieghorn and black fowl lie, brOilers sc dis
count from above prices.
Eggs-On a graded basis, extra tirsts, 2lc
per doz.; ordinary firsts, lOc per doz; sec
GUIDED; without case, lie per doc. less.
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Hutchinson, Kan, June 2s.-There
was a total rainfall of .95 inch during
a severe thunderstorm at about
o'clock this morning. Harvest is de-
layed somewhat this morning as a
result.
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NEW YORK SUGAR MARKET.
NEW YORK COTTON MARKET

New York June 2S-SUGAR-Ra'
quiet; centrifugal, 4.73; fine granulate
$40 to $50
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Junction City. Kan, June 2S-Con-
siderable damage to growing corn and
standing wheat resulted from two ter
rifle wind and hail storms in this sec
ton last night. Four inches of rain
fell. Lightning burned numerous
wheat shocks over Geary county and
damaged several buildings. Tops of
motor cars were riddled by large hail
stones
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WEATHER.
Continued from Page one.3 !

O'Clock this morning The tempera-
ture averaged one degree below nor
NAL. The highest temperature in
Kansas was 90 at Fort Scott and the
lowest was 81 at O'Clock this morn
ing. The highest in the United States
was 1O4 degrees at Phoenix and the
lowest was 4 at Duluth.
The highest temperature ever re-
corded in Topeka on this date was
100 in 1901 and the lowest was 81
in 1904.
At o'clock this afternoon the wind
was blowing at seven miles an hour
from the northwest.
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KANSAS CITY LIVESTOCK mAKKET.

(The following sales were made this morn
ing at the Stock Yards Kansas City, and
reported over long distance telephone
Ward.l
Kansas City, June 2S.-CATTLE-Re-
ceipts 5000 head. Market steady to strong
HOGS-Receipts 1900 head Market
steady to Toe lower. Bulk of sales, $40 10
to $1,000; top, $10.35.
sHEEP-Receipts 5000 head Market
steady T,arnbs S1oS5
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Rail Executives and Board
Members To Let Strike Come.
Intimated That They See No
Reason for Needing Threat.
NO CUT, NO STRIKE---UNIONS
But WalkOut Call VIII Be Sent
Cat Saturday, Is Belief.
Executives To Meet Tomorrow
To Consider the Warning.

Chica go, June 2s.-Railway execu-
tives who were served last night with
an ultimatum by the shopcrafts unions
that a strike Will be called July 1 un-
less certain demands are met are not
expected to accede to the unions de-
rnAnd. according to opinion prevalent
in railway circles here today. If the
unions carry out their threat. the long
threatened strike OF shopmen proba-
bly, Will be called Saturday.
Railway executives, IL was an
nounced today. will meet in Chicago
tomorrow to consider Jewelrs ultima
tun-
The unions in a 1000 word tele-
gram sent to T. Dewitt Cuyier, chair
man of the Association of American
Railway Executives. demanded that
the railway mana gements ignore re-
cent wage cuts ordered by the United
states railway labor board: restore
certain working rules the board has
revised and abolish the system OF con-
tracing out shop work
The alternative Is a strike.
The telegram was sent by NJ. NJ.
Jewell. head of the railway employees
department OF the American Fedora
tion of Labor. Jewell spoke as the
representative of section Of the de-
partment which comprises the ma
chfnists. Maintenance of way EN-
pioyes are not parties TO the ultima
tum. Il is expected. however, that
II the strike is called. the maintenance
men will join in.
Sentiment Favors WaIkout.
Jewell's telegram was sent after &
series Of conferences OF union execu-
tives here II was based upon a par
tial tabulation of strike vote taken by
the union. which shows an '-over-
WIDENING" sentiment in favor of
walkout.
tBY the Associated PressJ
Detroit June 2S.-Tabulators work
ing on the strike vote at the head
quarters Of the United Brotherhood OF
maintenance way employees and
shop laborers here. started speeding
upon their check today. to get the
bulk OF the vote compiled by the end
OF the week.
Approximately 275.OOO ballots. out
of about 400, 0Q0 were on hand here
today. Only $4,000 had been tabu-
lated.
The vote thus far has shown senti-
nleut among the maintenance men,
strongly in favor OF a strike. pro-
vided other unions whose wages have
been cut join in as the ballots already
counted are considered fairly repre-
sentative according to officials here.
They are OF the opinion the final
result will be unchanged. and the
maintenance men will go Out. il their
strike movement is supported
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saltna, Kan, June 2s.-Ellsworth
got 1.5S inches of rain with some hail
and wind last night. Showers were
light here.
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New York, June 2s.-COTToN-Spo
steady; middling, 22.10.
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FORETGN EyCHANGE,

FURNISHED by Empire Commission Co. 2J1
New England Building. Topeka. Kanj
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TOPEKA POULTRY AND EGGS


(Market quotations by Premium EQUITY
Products Co. 30 North Kansas avenue
Topeka, kan.1
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KANSAS ROAD REPORT,

By U. S. department of agriculture.
Weather Bureau, Topeka. kan, for the "a
hours ending at a; m, June %, 1922.
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KANSAS CITY CASH GRAIN.
(Range of futures on Kansas City Board
of Trade as reported by B. c. Christie
pher & Co, 226 New England Bldg, To-
peka, kan.)
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WAR VETERANS


Continued from Page One.J
dent Harding vetoed the measure for
adjusted compensation last summer.
Alvin NJ Owsley of Texas, head of
the legion's commission on Americana
zation, appeared early today to be the
outstanding candidate for national
commander.
\ Supporters of William F. Deegan,
View York state commander. and the
first candidate to publicly announce
that he was running for the office of
chief executive of the legion, ap-
peared discouraged by unconfirmed
rumors that the Missouri delegation
and the predicted midwest coalition"
had split, and that the south, with the
possible exception of Alabama, was
lining up in favor of Owsley.
Political wisecres affected to see in
this definite declaration by the
legion that it did not desire to discuss
the matter of the Ku Klux Khan, and
further unofficial Interpretation and
forecast indicated that other candi-
dates from the south have virtually
withdrawn in the face of Owsley.
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WILL ASK FOR A PARDON
Story of Destitute Circumstances
VIII Be Related to Kansas Gov
ernor by Salvatore Brentagno's
Wife and Two Children.

Salvatore Brentagno's wife and two
children are in Topeka to plead with
Governor Allen for a pardon for the
husband and father. A story of desti-
tute circumstances will be related to
the Kansas governor when he returns
to Topeka for few hours Friday
afternoon.
Brentagno and some companions
were convicted of stealing a motor
car in western Kansas. They were
driving from New York to Trinidad,
Colo, when a woman in the party be-
came sick. Unable to hail passing
cars, they finally stopped a machine,
took the driver from the wheel, wired
him to a post and drove away.
Brentagno's home is in New York.
He is serving a sentence of five to
fifteen years. The wolf has prowled
near the home since Brentagno went
to prison and now the mother and
children are in Topeka to urge Glenn