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BACK FIRE HITS
fcontinued from PAGE one.1

sent of the commission, therefore,
was not necessary"
In the cases of consultations and
various transfers, the records of the
commission appSovising ownership of
securities was pointed out. 1t was the
claim of the company that in all of
these instances the full information
was contained in numerous annual
reports and that transfers and con-
solicitations were in the interests of
the telephone using public.
Destruction of Competition.
Fred S. Jackson, attorney for the
commission, indicated this afternoon
that the commission might seek to
show that a destruction of competition
resulted thru handling of toll business
even tho there was no local competi-
ton in certain cases and that security
ownership had been given by the COM
mission in other instances.
In its statement regarding possess
sion of securities of other companies
the Bell company directed commission
attention to reports which had been
filed with that body during the last
eight years. 1t said in part:
Most of said holdings were the re-
suit of sales and consultations duly
authorized by this commission and in
such cases the orders authorizing the
sales and consultations specifically
authorized the holding by respondent
panies. Thus, the order authorizing
the sale of property of thi- respondent
and other companies and individuals
to the United Telephone company, au-
thorized this respondent to take and
hold such portion of the United Tele-
phone company stock as might by the
various parties be agreed upon and
respondent has from its organization
owned majority of the common
stock of said United Telephone COM
pany.
These orders for consolidation.
which not only incidentally but speci-
fically authorized respondent to take
and hold securities are found in var
ious proceedings before this commits
sion, especially in Docket Nos. 1851,
1852. 250S. 126, 2556, 1893, 1909, and
4021
The public and the commission
have at all times been fully advised y
said holdings of securities thru re-
spondents annual reports to the COM
mission and said holdings are not only
lawful. but were the result Of CONSOLE
dat-ons which were demanded by and
in the interest of the telephone using
public
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PRESIDENT VETOES
(Continued from Page One. !


on account of death or disability and $3.50
their dependent relatives. One hundred
and seventy-fiye thousand disabled ex-
service men are now receiving compensa-
ton, along with medical or hospital care
where needed, and quarter of a million
checks go out monthly in distributing the
eight million dollars payments of indis-
putable obligations.
Il recite the figures to remind the con-
gress how generously and how properly it
has opened the treasury doors to dis
charge the obligations Of the nation to
those to whom it indisputably owes COM
pensation and care. Tho undying graft
tude Is the need of every one who served
it is not to be said that material be-
stowal Is an obligation to those who
emerged from the great conflict not only
unframed but physically, mentally and
spiritually richer for the great experiences
II an obligation were TO be admitted it
woulc be to charge the adjusted compensa-
ton bill with inadequacy and stinginess
wholly unbecomfng our republic. Such a
bestowal to be worth while must be gen
erous and without apology.
Says It's Note.
"Clearly the bill returned herewith takes
cognizance of the inability of the govern
ment wisely to bestow and SAYS In sub
stance, we do not have the cash, we do
not believe in a tax levy to meet the situa-
our credit for half its worth This is not
compensation but rather a pledge by the
congress- while the executive branch of
the government is left to provide for pay
ments falling due in ever increasing
amount. "
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PLAN 4 JOINT MEETIKG
Merchants Assn. and C. of c. To Dis
cuss Many Matters.

cuSS Many Matters.
At a meeting of the board of direc-
tors of the Topeka Merchants associa-
ton held at the Chamber of Com
field. president of the Chamber of
Commerce. was a guest. Several mat
tiers of mutual interest to the Mer-
chants association and the Chamber
of Commerce were discusslH, and it
was determined to hold. in the near
future, a joint meeting of the direc-
tors OF the Chamber of Commerce
and the Merchants association for
consideration and action on mutual
relations.
The date of this meeting has not
been selected as yet. The matter OF
Merchants association Of their multi
pie memberships in the Cham ber of
Commerce was not mentioned today,
it was said. w. H. lines. president OF
the association and one of the direc-
tors of the Chamber of Commerce,
said after the meeting that he did
not expect the multiple membership
question to come up at the joint meet
ing of the directors Of; the two bodies.
The Merchants association direc-
tors confirmed the plans for the trip
Of members of the association to the
valley Falls fair "Wednesday of next
week. which will be declared Topeka
Day" at the fair. Delegations of
me nlbers from the association and
from the Chamber of Commerce, with
bands. will make the trip.
The date ofA.Automobils Day."
trade event which has been contem-
plated by the merchants thru the
summer. was fixed as October %. On
that date all the motorized farmers
and their families, within Topeka's
trade territory, will be asked to come
to Topeka, and various automobile
contests will be held.
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FORTY TELL STORY
More Witnesses VIII Appear
Before the Jury Today.
Additional Indictments in Mas
sacHe Case Expected.
tBy the Associated Press.J


Marion, Ill, Sept. 19.-Closing up
loose ends of the evidence with which
they hope to convict participants in
the killing of % persons at the strip
mine of the Southern Illinois Coal,
-l,company near here last June, the
= prosecuting authorities today had on
II hand. a. number of the more than 100
witnesses still to testify before the
special grand jury investigating the
~ mine killings.
81 The grand jury in inquiry has as
4 sumed a routine nature following its
bareconvening yesterday after a recess.
81 During the session yesterday ABOUT
- forty witnesses were heard Before
the recess the jury returned indict-
= ment against fifty-eight men. thirty
: eight of whom were charged with
murder, conspiracy to commit muir
der and rioting. The remainder Of
the men are charged only with the lat
ter two offenses. and most OF them
have been admitted to bail after CIV
~ ing themselves up, but eleven or the
- men. charged with murder are still at
Z large, twenty-seven having been ar
4 rested. Attorneys for these men have
3 filed petitions for their release on
i bond.
49,. A number of additional indictments
q are expected to be returned the latter
part OF this week when the special IN
Vestigating body is due to complete
its inquiry and make it's final report,
- which It is believed will contain rec
- concentrations for the prosecution OF
the indicted persons.
Unions Won't Give Evidence.
The Illinois mine workers, which are
q giving legal and financial assistance to
= the fifty-eight men indicted in con-
nection with the killing of nineteen
non-union men at the Lester strip
mine June %, will not proffer to the
egrand Jury any evidence concerning
. the killing of three union men on June
81, it was announced today following
= announcement yesterday that the
grand jury also would investigate
these deaths.
A. c. Lewis, one of the attorneys
for. the U. NJ. w. A, in announcing
: that no evidence would be given the
: jury, said in part:
I'VE announced at the beginning of
the special grand jury investigation
that we would take no hand in the
Z investigation and we adhere to that
: pledge. If the grand jury wants evil
! dence of the killing of the union
miners, it can subpoena witnesses, as
! it has done in investigating the other
killings. Our only purpose in this
matter is to defend innocent men,"
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CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY
U. s. To Take Action Against Fire.
men on Orient Railroad.

Evidence pertaining to the alleged
concerted action by firemen on the
Orient railroad whereby U. S. mail
trains and trains engaged in interstate
commerce were delayed is to be sub
mitted to the grand jury which will
convene in Wichita next Monday. it
was announced at the office of U. S.
District Attorney Al F. Williams here
today.
THE fact that action by some fit
teen firemen at Orient division points
in both Kansas and oklahoma was
simultaneous indicated that it was d
conspiracy said Frank H. McFar-
land assistant district attorney. THE
firemen when summoned to go out on
runs answered they would be on duty
at the specified time, and then failed
to appear. In some instances trains
were held up for several hours. In
fvestigation has revealed that the fire.
men had no excuse for failing to be
on duty and did not give any notice
that they would not be on the job
Attorney Mcfarland said there is no
certainty as to-how many OF the fire
men may be cited under the charge
before the grand jury. The men may
be charged, he said, either with viola
ton of the federal injunction. with
contempt of court, or with interior
ence with movement of U. S. mail
trains,
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PLENTY OF WORK IN Topeka
Minimum Rate OF Pay Is Thirty-Fiye
Cents Per Hour.

Minimum Rate of Pay Is Thirty-Fiye
Cents Per Hour.
81 can get job for any man with a
strong back who is willing to work for
la minimum of thirty-five cents an
hour" w. H. Gushing, In charge of
the state free employment bureau on
West Fifth street, says.
There is work for men on the
roads, in the quarries, and in all the
building trades, if they want it and
at the figure which is offered" Cush-
ing said. He recently had a call for
200 men from the Santa Fe for work
on the new line which is being built
in western Kansas.
There are a good many men ap-
plying for work who are not able, on
account of their age or their physical
condition, to do a. full days work, :"
Gushing says. 81 save the odd, light
jobs for them. There are always a
few of tt EN- around the office, and
they are the ones who make it look
as if there are men who can't get jobs
or who don't want to work"
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AUCTION The KATY
Railroad VIII Be Sold Tomor.
row to Highest Bidder.
Sale VIII Mark the End of Fed
eral Recivership.

Denison. Tex, Sept. 19.-Over 200
| miles of trackage, hundreds of loco
motives, thousands of freight cars and
passenger cars, hundreds of stations
and offices, several great shops and
considerable real estate-in fact every
thing that is a part of the Missouri,
Kansas & Texas railroad system, will
be sold at auction tomorrow at Col
bert, Okla, and several branch lines
in Texas will be sold "to the highest
bidder at Denison the day after to-
morrow.
The Katy-as the system is gen.
orally known-is one. of the largest
trunk ,lines of the southwest. Since
September 81, 1915, it has been in
the hands of a receiver. The receiver
sales ordered by federal courts in St.
Louis and Dallas.
TraVerses Four States.
The main line of the Katy extends
from st. Louis to Houston and San
Antonio, Tex. It traverses four states.
Missouri Kansas, Oklahoma and
Texas. Running west from st. Louis
the main line of the road follows the
course of the Missouri river to New
Franklin, Mo, 100 miles away. Then
it takes a southwesterly course rum
ming across the southeast corner OF
Kansas and extending across Okla
homa and Texas.
In Texas the road has its greatest
trackage. The NJ. X. & T. operates
1879 miles of trackage in Texas-or
two miles more than it operates in the
other three states. One thousand, one
hundred and eighteen miles of the
Texas trackage is owned by the Katy;
173 miles are operated under track
age rights and 448 miles are leased.
In Missouri, Oklahoma and Kansas,
the NJ. K. & T. operates 1877 miles,
1861 of which, it owns and 76 over
which it holds traclage rights.
offices at Parsons.
The general offices for the road
are in st. Louis. AS Kansas and Texas
demand that offices of railroads be
maintained in those states, there are
offices at Parsons, Kan, and at Dali
las, Tex. Other departmental offices
are at Sedalia, Mo, and Denison, Tex.
The principal locomotive shops of the
road are located at Parsons and Deni-
son.
A new locomotive shop is now under
construction OF Waco, Tex. The car
shops are located at Sedalia, Mo-, and
Denison Smaller locomotive shops
are at New Franklin, Mo-, Walnut
Springs and Smithville. Texas.
Latest available statistics show the
Katy to have 572 locomotives in oper-
alton on it's main line; 1884 freight
cars and $50 passenger coaches, as
well as 2,202 miscellaneous cars. ON
the Texas branch lines, the figures
five the Katy 129 locomotives, 1884
freight cars, "a passenger coaches ana
SS8 miscellaneous cars.
In recent months,~the road has ac-
quired new locomotives, freight cars
and passenger coaches. so the above
figures are below the actual number
of engines and cars now in operation.
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PICNIC FOR Topeka ROTARlANS
Last Club Outing VIII Be TIcad Thurs
day Afternoon.

The stage is being set for the last
Rotary cub picnic of the season,
which is to be held Thursday after
noon at o'clock at the Boys Indus
trial school north of the city.
Ralph Mcdaniel is in charge of the
arrangements for the picnic. The
wives of the members of the fellow
ship committee of the club will as
sist in getting folks acquainted" at
the picnic.
Fried chicken will figure in the
menu at the picnic. The entertain
ment program is yet to be announced.
The secretary of the Topeka Rotary
is asking the members of the local
club who plan to attend the Inter
City Rotary meeting at Kansas City.
October 8, to notify him, in order that
the Topeka Rotarians may make the
trip in a body.
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MISSOURI METHoDIsTs MEET
Conference Also Includes Pastorates
of State of Arkansas.

Ell Dorado, Springs, Mo, Sept. 10
Ministers and representatives of Meth
odist Episcopal churches of the ST.
Louis conference began arriving here
today for the annual session of that
conference. A meeting of the board
of trustees will take place today and
conference sessions will start tomor-
row. About 500 ministers and lay
men are expected for the conference
session. The st. Louis conference in
Guides the pAstorates of the state of
Arkansas and the state of Missouri
as far north as the Missouri river
Bishop A. w. Leonard of California
Is expected to preside at the sessions
Appointments of ministers for the en-
suing year will be made at the con-
ference,
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MOVE FOR BETTER PICTURES
Committee Will Discuss Plans for
Showing Films,

Cleveland, Sept. 19.-The first an
nual international convention of The
National Committee for Better Films
will be held here October 6 and Z.
The, meeting will be the first of its
kind to be held, it is said, and is part
of plan to form definite organiza-
tons thrI. out the country to study mo-
ton picture problems in relation to
censorship.
The general sessions of the con-
vention will be devoted to a discussion
of how to get exhibitors to show edu-
cational films in their houses at pop
ular priCeSe
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TO WELCOME THE TEACHERS
Mayor Corwine Appointed Chairman
of General Committee.

/. Mayor Herbert J. Corwine has been
appointed chairman of the general
committee which will welcome the
Kansas State Teachers association
members to Topeka, October 10, 20
and 81.
A meeting of the convention COM
mittee of the Chamber of Commerce
was held at noon today. at which the
first plans for the entertainment of
the peda gogues of the state at To-
peka this fab, were made
A large general committee will be
appointed, with Mayor Corwine as it's
chairman, to handle the arrangements
for the meeting of the teachers. That
is as far as the preliminary meeting
of today went
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ROCK ISLAND is PAYlNG UP
Sends Government 2 Millions ON $1O,-
600, GOO Loan.

Washington, Sept. 19.-Approyal of
seventeen advances aggregating $685.
600 for agricultural and live stock
purposes is announced by the war fl
nance corporation. The corporation
also announced receipt of $4,000, 900
from the Chicago, Rock Island & Pa
cific railway on account of loans ag-
gregating $10,O0O,OOO, leaving a bal
ance of s2,93O,0O0 outstanding against
the company. Repayments to the cor
poration since January 1, 1922, on ac-
count of all loans totalled 1925, 900, 900
on September l.
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LATE MARKETS
KANSAS CITY GRAIN MARKEr.

Kansas City, Sept. 19-WHEAT- Cash
Receipts III cars. Market &c to Sc lower
No. 1 dark hard, $1.07@L13; No. 2 dari
hard, $1.06Q1.13; No. hard, $1-01@111
1.12: No. red, $1.09@110
CORN-Market 15c lower. No. white
5S15c: No. 8 white, 5Sc; No. 2 yellow, 6015c
No. 3 yellow, Soc; No. mixed, 5S@5S1ac
No. 3 mixed, 571hc.
OATS-Market unchanged. No. 2 white
39G40c; No. 2 mixed, 36@40c; No. 2 red
36G40c.
+ RYE-65d66c.
BARLEY-55656c.
KAFIR-S1 9OG206.
BRAN-S7@93c.
SHORTS-$1O..6 1.22.
WHEA r-Close: Sept, 97Hc; Dec, 97c
May, $1.O061. OO1k
oCoRN-sept.. 54Ac; Dec, 52Ac; May
fly g,rtat unebangod
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FIRES RAGING IN FOREST.
More Than $4,000 Acres Burned
Over in California.

San Francisco. Sept. Height big
forest fires. were being fought today
in various sections of California, ac-
cording to reports to the forest serv-
ice of the United States department of
agriculture.
More than $4,000 acres have already
been burned over. Reports indicated
the large force of fire fighters engaged
in battling the flames would control
at least some Of the fires before the
day is over.
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SLUMP IN GRAIN SHIPMENTS
Kansas Railroads Hauled Less Grain
This Year Than Last.

Reports from Kansas railroads
show that the various systems carried
less grain in August than in the same
month a year ago, but transported
more cars OF other commodities. The
combined report shows slump of
1850 cars of grain and grain pro-
ducts but a gain of 9,S22 cars of other
tonnage.
In the face of the shop strike the
Santa Fe hauled 1000 more cars of
freight in August this year than in
August, 1921. The loadings for Aus
gust this year were Al. cars as
against 37,6O8 in August last year.
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Wichita Boy Pleads Guilty

Kansas City, Sept. 19.-Earl Per-
kins, Is, Wichita, Kan, pleaded guilty
today to a grand larceny charge and
was sentenced by Judge Latshaw to
five years in the penitentiary. He was
charged with having robbed local
pawnShOp.
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TWO NEW DIPHTHERIA CASES
Total Number In Topeka Increased TIC
FHiftv-FNOur

Three new cases of diphtheria were
reported to the office of DR.. Earle
G.. Brown, city health officer. this
morning, bringing the total number of
cases in the city at this time to fifty
fd1r.
No cases had been released from
quarantine at late hour this after
noon,
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LEAGUE OF NATIONS RELIEF
Near East Organizations To Help ASH
Minor Refugees.
(By the Associated Press

Geneva, Sept. 19.-The assembly of
the League of Nations, today adopted
the report of the humanitarian COM
mittee in favor of the proposal made
by DIR. Fridtjef Nansen of Norway
that the relief organizations of the
league in the Near East be used to
help the refugees in Asia Minor.
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Diamond Engagement Rings. $50 to
$500. Easy terms Harris-Goar Co.
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MARRIAGE LICENSES

Marriage licenses were issued in the pro-
bate court during the last twenty -four
hours to:
Charles c. Carson, Wichita. ........ -. .21
Frances Allison. Topeka. n
Ira d. Cook, Usage City...........25
Hazel Mayes, Topeka. .................... II
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SANTA FE SHOP LEAGUE
Results Today's Games.

Machine Shop. 10; Coach Shop. Z.
Dock and Motor Power building
No game; wet grounds.
STANDINGS of Teams
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Art Lamp Shop. sos Kansas Ave
Adv.

Mrs. Percy Walker was elected a
member of the board of directors of
the Y. W. c. A. at the regular month
ly meeting held Monday evening. The
setting up conference of the associa-
ton will be held next Monday at the
Y. w. C. A. camp at Maple Hill. The
association staff and committee chair
men will be-in attendance. Plans for
the years work will be discussed.
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DEATHS AND FUNERALS

Word has been received in Topeka of the
death of Mrs. T. H. Bridges who died re-
Gently at her home in Hollywood, Cal.
member of the First Methodist church. She
is survived by her husband and a daugh-
ter, Miss Elmina Bridges, of Hollywood.
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New York, Sept. 19.-MONEY-Call
money, nrmer; high, 8; low, 4; ruling rate,
4; closing bid 5; offered at 51S last loan,
5; call loans against acceptances. 31a
time loans, firm; mixed collateral, 60 and
90 days. AZ @4 II; and months, 415@4&4-
Prime mercantile paper, 414@41s.
Foreign exchange, firmer: Great Britain,
demand, 4.421A cables, 4.4215; 60 day bills
on banks; 4.40 France, demand. 7f6;, ca
bles, 7.62. Italy, demand, 4.20; cables,
4.2O15. Belgium, demand, 7191A; cables,
40 Germany, demand, .06 1916; cables,
NEW YORK LIBERTY BOND MARKET.
New York. Sept 19-Liberty bonds close
315's, $101 "A; first As. 800. 20; second As,
$1,000; first AIS, $1,000; second AIS
$10012; third AIS. $1O0.2S; fourth Az rs
$1O0.54; Victory ANS, unealled, $1Oo.12
Victory 4A's, called. $10034.
NEW YORK COTTON MARKET.
New York, Sept. 19-COTTON-Spot
quiet; middling, 2155.
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.
FURNISHED by Empire Commission Co., 301
New England Bldg)
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Lords Flowers satisfy. Tel. :2s1.-
Adv.
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Local Mention

John A. Sage, S31 North Kansas
avenue, was given permission by the
city commission at its session this
morning to hang an electric sign in
front of his place of business at the
above address.
A budget for salaries amounting to
500, 326.13 was approved by the city
commission at the regular session this
morning. This amount is for the fol-
lowing departments: General fund
SIS, 315.49: waterworks department;
extra fire platoon, $1,061.80; per
cent reserve, $439.5O; bridge fund
$48; abating a nuisance, such as cut
ting weeds. $129.38; parks, S1,36S.41;
paving, May. June, July and August
estimates, $71,975.67.
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NEW YORK LIBERTY BOND MARKET
New York, Sept. 10.
NNH@a-

| FURNISHED by Empire Commission Co.. 3O1
New England Bldg.)
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NEW YORK MONEY MARKET.

TAY-Mnrket unchanged
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-01-13

that Franklin was born.
 The object of the thrift week cam paign is to teach thrift and economy to the people of the country and at the same time commemorate the birth of Franklin
 The drive will bring to the atten- ton of the puhlic the many ad- vantages of the Postal Savings De partment and the new Treasury secur- ities as well as the benefits and ad- vantages accruing from prudent liv- ing and systematic saving
 The postmaster will get in touch with organizations of the city and prominent speakers will be brought here to speak to school children and