The Topeka State Journal (Topeka, Kansas)
June 5, 1915

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i Stale EVERYBODY EVERYBODY 20 PAGES 20 PAGES READ IT NEEDS IT HOME EDITION SATURDAY EVENING- TOPEKA, KANSAS. JUNE 5, 1915. SATURDAY EVENING. THIS EDITION 2 CENTS if K 1 4 v GERMANY IN GIGANTIC OFFENSIVE Kaiser Strikes Mightiest Blows at Ring of Steel. Land, Sea and Air Drives to In fluence Balkan Neutrals. POWERFUL ASSAULT ON YPRES Mackenzen Tries to Batter Rnss Out of Galieia. 1 Von Tirpitz Sedulously Combs Waters of "War Zone." London, June 5. With every re source at his command, the kaiser is now striking his mightiest blows against the ring of enemies encircling his empire. A powerful German offensive has been launched against the British at Ypres. From the re gion of Hoosc the Teutons have renewed their bombardment of the old Flanders town prepara tory to a grand assault and at tempt to break the British front. Gorman submarines are comb ing the waters of the on Tirpitz "war zone." They have sunk at least seventeen vessels, four of them neutrals. In the last 48 hours. In Galieia, General Maekenzen Is pressing on In a desperate at tempt to crush the Rnssians and drive them out of Galieia- by rapr Id hammering strokes. In Russian Courland, In south eastern Poland, north of Arras and at several other sectors of their battle front, the Germans are driving hard against enemy positions. The greatest activity Is report ed around German air bases. Both London and Paris have made ready to meet concentrated attacks from the skies. They ex pect the Zeppelins before the end of another week. Some think that an attempt to in fluence the Balkan neutrals is back of this gigantic air, land and sea of fensive. It is the unanimous belief here that Germany has seized upon the present mompr.', ts the mo vantageous.for a succession of.Mght nrng ctrcke3. Gigantic Assault at Ypres. Dispatches from Amsterdam and The Hague, and official cymmunica- (Continued on Page 6.)- ROBS GIRL BANKER South Gets Cash From Fair Cashier in K. C. Suburb. Thief, Overhauled by Posse, Gets 20 Years in Pen. Kansas City, Mo., June 5. After he had held up and robbed Martha Self, 18 years old. assistant cashier of the People's State bank of Dodson, and forced her to give him $304 of the bank's money, a man giving his name as Luther Afton, 19, of Merrick, Ok., was captured near here today. The girl was alone in the bank, which is in a suburb of Kansas City, when the young man entered. He pointed a revolver at her and ordered her to give him money. At first Miss Self laughed at him and then handed him a double handful of silver dol lars. These he refused. The girl parleyed with him a mo ment to gain time, and then complied with his demand for currency. As the robber reached the door the girl screamed for help. Immediately a number of citizens, armed with weapons ranging from shotguns to pickaxes, gathered and pursued the robber, finally catching him in a chicken yard. An hour later Afton pleaded guilty in the criminal court to robbery in the first degree and was sentenced to twenty years in the penitentiary. The same bank was robbed eight months ago, the robber escaping with more than $1,000 in gold, silver and currency, after locking the former as sistant cashier in a vault. KAISER SEES ARCHDUKE Joins In Celebration of Austrian Field Marshal's Birthday. Berlin, June 5. Emperor William arrived at the headquarters of Field Marshal Archduke Frederick, the Austrian commander-in-chief, yes terday, to take par' in the celebra tion of the archduke's birthday. The visit was made the occasion of re joicing at the fall of Przemysl. Emper or William was greeted everywhere by wildly enthusiastic crowds. Weather Forecast for Kansas. Partly cloudy tonight and Sunday; cooler. COALITION GOVERNMENT IS ASSURED IN HUNGARY London, June 5. The Exchange Telegraph company, has published a dispatch from Vienna, received by way of Amsterdam, saying it Is now virtually certain that a coali tion government is to be formed in Hungary. Some of the ministers of the op position will be given leading positions. AMERICANS IN LONDON ARE WARNED TO FLEE THE CITY London, June 5. Several Amer ican residents of London today In formed Robert P. Skinner, the American consul general here, that last night they received anonymous telephone calls warning them to get out of London with their fam ilies at once. Among those thus notified was M. K. Shaler. a mem ber of the American Belgian relief commission, who was told by an unknown voice over the telephone not to stir from his home during the night and furthermore to fill the bathtubs in his house with wa ter. For several days reports have been in circulation in London that ail American women here had been warned to leave Kngland by June 5. According to this report the American embassy had been re quested by Berlin to issue a warn ing of this nature. Investigation brought the information that the ambassador had received no such request. RAID ON BRITAIN Hostile Airships Attack East and Southeast Coasts. Little Damage; Casualties Be lieved To Be Few. London, June 5. Hostile airships dropped bombs on the east and south east coasts of England last night. Lit tie damage was done and the casual ties were few. The bombs were thrown down at a number of different places which have not as yet been enumerated. This information is contained in an official statement given out here to day. Official announcement was made to night that in the previous Zeppelin raid over London, last Monday night, six persons were killed. An official statement on the day following Mon day gave the number of deaths as four. ANSWER YES OR NO TVilson Sote Leaves So Room for Half-Way Reply. President Puts the Finishing Touches on Inflexible Paper. Washington. .Tune 5. President Wilson was today putting the finish ing touches on his latest note to Ger many concerning the sinking of the Lusitania. It already had been ap proved in principle by the cabinet All that was needed today to start the communication on its way to Ber lin was the making of minor changes in phraseology. 1 While the main principles of the note were approved at the cabinet ses sion yesterday, the president today had not completed its exact phraseology. Officials generally, therefore, did not know how emphatic its terms would be, but the general impression in executive quarters was that it was phrased in such a way as to admit only of an affirmative or negative an swer to the query of the United States as to Germany's intention to exercise the right of visit and search when encountering unarmed merchantmen on the high seas. Secretary Bryan would only say that when the note actually goes forward to Berlin, the fact would be made public. When the note itself would be published, he said he did not know. FAKERACEGANG? Police Say They Got Leaders of Wire Tapping Syndicate. Operations in Excelsior Springs Extend to Many Cities. Kansas City, June 5. Through the arrest of seven persons in various parts of the county, the police of Kan sas City today announced they be lieved they have discovered the leaders of a syndicate which has been swin dling numbers of persons in the large cities of the country by means of a fraudulent racing and wire tapping scheme. Woman in Quarry. Three men. arrested here, gave the names of Walter Harrison, Omaha, Neb.; Harry Stanhope. Philadelphia, and L. V. Obrien, Meriden, Miss. The local police say two men and a woman are being held in connec tion with the syndicate by the Denver police, and one man in Philadelphia. In the pockets of the men arrested here, the police say they found racing forms and tickets, rolls of imitation money, and newspaper clipping tell ing of enormous winnings on race tracks. Operate In Larger Cities. It is asserted the band has main tained headquarters in Excelsior Springs, with connections in the larger cities. The arrests were made on com plaint of J. W. Klinkerman of Las Animas, Colo., who asserts he lost $8,000. SOOS HERE TODAY. Indians and Savages Open Series at V. L. Park. Josh Clark and his Sioux City In dians arrived in town this morning, and this afternoon they opened a four game series at Western League park with the Savages. This after noon's game was started at 3:30 o'clock. Sunday's game will begin at 3 o'clock. Manager Jackson announced before the game began that he would use his groom pitcher. Animal Dashner. BANKER DENIES OUTLAW TACTICS IN ROCKJSLAND Dividends on Stocks of Holding Company "Minor Matter. Great Outlay Not Concerned With Receivership, He Says. BLAME IS PLACED ON LAWS High Taxes and Dear Material Hit Coffers Hard. Untermeyer Prods Harding Over Change in Directorate. Washington, June 5. The Rock Is land railway receivership, and changes in the directorate which accompanied it, were the subject of further testi mony today at the interstate com merce commission investigation of the road's financial affairs. Samuel Untermyer, representing N. BATTLESHIPS IN DARDANELLES DECKED British Battleship Covered With the New War Paint in the Dardanelles.', V- The success with which the allied ships are slowly making their way up the Dardanelles is due in some measure to the new disguise which the allies have discovered for the vessels. This disguise is a new "dopple" War paint which in a rough sea makes the ships appear at a distance a part of the waves and sky. M. Amster of Boston, a director, who headed a committee which sought to elect an opposition ticket of directors, questioned J. Horace Harding, a New l ork broker, who organized the win ning ticket. Untermeyer wanted to show Hard ing was acting for W. H. Moore and Daniel G. Reid. Acted in Public's Behalf. Harding insisted he had acted in behalf of the public interest and the fact that Moore and Reid were large clients of his was a mere coincidence. Commissioner Clements asked Hard- ng if the receivership could have been avoided if the Rock Island had not been compelled since 1902 to pay $45,000,000 as dividends on the stocks and bonds of the holding company. Harding s opinion was that it was a Continued on Page Six. 42 AREJNDICTED U. S. Commissioner Caught in Grand Jury Net. Many Officials Accused in Texas Election Frauds. Corpus Christi, Tex., June 5. For ty-two persons, including United States Commissioner T. B. Southgate, offi cials of Nueces county, and the local chief of police, were indicted here to day by the federal grand jury on charges of "conspiring to corrupt an election." The grand jury has been investigat ng the elections held here last No vember. BIG BATTLE IS ON Italian Alpinists Advancing on Fortress Revereto. Second Roman Army Pushes Up Adige to City. Rome, June 5. The battle of Re vereto has begun. Italian Alpinists and Bersogliere are advancing on the Austrian fortress town from tnt south and southeast. Austrian guns, cap tured when the Italians took Monte Zugno by assault, have begun bom barding the city from a great height. A second Italian army is operating with the forces that pushed rapidly up the Adige to the attack upon Revereto. It is making its way along the mountain path overlooking Val Arsa. The advance guard of this second force is less than eight miles from Revereto. Elsewhere the fiercest fighting is taking place upon the slopes of Monte Terno, and an official report from General Cardona today said he bat tle for the ridge continues with the losses on both sides heavier than in any other action. The Italians are making progress, but the character of the enemy's defenses make it neces sary to sacrifice lives. TOPEKANSJO FLY In Case of War Local Aviators Plan to Enlist. Phil Billard and A. K. Longren With Aerial Corps. BOTH CLEVER AND DARING Have Made Scores of Flights Throughout State. Longren Will Try Bomb Drop ping in New Machine. In case the United States engages in war with either Germany or Mexico, Topeka will be well represented in the aviation corps. Phil Billard is plan ning to join the Aero-Military Service federation, which is being organized rapidly all over the United States. A. K. Longren will not join the associa tion, as his time is taken up exclusive ly with exhibition flights, but if war is declared he will be on duty with hie "bomb-dropping craft." The Aero-Military Service federation was organized in New York City a few days ago. August Belmont was elect ed president-general and Mortimer Delano, deputy" president-general. This association will constitute a national reserve corps of aviators and in times of war will volunteer for- service un der Uncle Sam. Branches of the association will be established in many of the. important cities of the country.- It Is believed that 25,000 aviators will join in a month. Fifteen hundred service sta tions will be arranged and a systematic organization will be. perfected that undoubtedly will be of great aid to the nation in case the Bryan "peace bubble" bursts. Volunteer If Needed. Phil Billard was asked this morn ing whether or not he intended to join the association. "I have been asked to join," he said, "but have not had time to look into the matter thor oughly." Mr. Longren made the statement that he probably would not become connected with the association, but would volunteer in active service if needed. Longren is today testing out his new machine, which he will use in exhibi tion flights and which is doubly in teresting in that these flights will demonstrate bomb dropping. Fur thermore, Longren will fly over To peka and drop imitation bombs to show what the people of Europe, are getting used to. The new machine is equipped with a 7-cylinder French Gnome motor. Several new features have also been added. The oil tank, holding 18 gal lons, is located beneath the planes. It is a lighter craft than the old Lon gren aeroplane and is almost a coun terpart, in many respects, of some of the French war vessels of the skies. LATINS VISIT ST. LOUIS Pan-American Delegates Guests of Business Men's League. St. Louis. June 5. Delegates to the Pan-American financial conference, who are making a tour of the large cities of the country,- arrived here to day to spend two days as guests of the Business Men's league of St. Louis Only One Team Refuses Cut. Chicago, 111., June 5. Norris L. O'Neill, president of the Western Baseball League, who announced that the players of the league must accept a cut in wages to prevent the league from suspending, said Friday night two clubs had agreed to the reduction. Two others, he said, had asked for further information. Only one team refused to consider the plan. BATHIXG TRAIN'S FOB ARMY. Berlin, June 5. The German military department, recognizing that cleanliness of its soldiers is conducive to the health and physi cal strength of the army, is send ing special bathtub trains to the front. This is especially necessary in Russian Poland, where German soldiers are much troubled by dirt and vermin. i --n,.. ..in. KANSAS TO HAVE BEST SYSTEM OF DIRT ROADS IN U.S. Revenue From Automobile Li censes Will Be $270,000. Equal to One Dragging of More Than 360,000 Miles. FROM ONE STATE TO ANOTHER Chance for 240 Highways, North-South, East-West. No District in Union With Such an Improvement Plan. Results From Anto License. Net revenue to road fanris $270,000 Equal one dragging miles 3H0.000 Equals five draggings miles 72,000 or State wide east and west roads.... 120 State wide north and south roads.. 120 With practical use of the revenue from the state automobile license fund IN NEW WAR PAINT this year, Kansas will establish the best system of dirt roads in the Unit ed States. That is the opinion of J. T. Botkin, secretary of state, who de clares that the state will turn into the county treasuries $270,000 from the fund at the close of the year ending June 30. This $270,000 will be avail able in its entirety for road building purposes. The money realized by. the state from its automobile license fund goes directly into the counties where the machines are owned after deducting the small expense for handling the work in the secretary of staie's office. Seventy-five cents from each automo bile license is deducted to meet office expense, postage and purchase of tags. Fifty cents is deducted from the mo tocycle license, leaving $4.25 to be re turned to the county in which the au tomobile is located and $1.50 from each motorcycle license. It is after deducting the expense of handling the rConrJnued on Vase Two. DAILY LEAGUE HERE. Newspaper Men of Kansas Dailies Hold Session in Topeka Today. Fifteen newspaper men, represent ing the Daily League of Kansas News papers, are in Topeka today, in a meeting called to discuss problems of interest to the organization. The league is meeting with Merle Thorpe, dean of the school of jour nalism of Kansas university, to hear a report of his eastern investigation con cerning foreign advertising. The newspaper men are talking over, also, the provisions of the law concerning statewide industrial and commercial surveys, passed by the 1915 legisla ture. Several of the well known Kansas editors are in attendance, including Charles F. Scott, ex-congressman, of the Iola Register. Those early today for the meeting: Merle Thorpe, K. U. department of journalism; Roy Bailey, Salina Jour nal; John Mack, Newton Republican; W. Y. Morgan, Hutchinson News; Harry Montgomery, Junction City Union; Herbert Cavaness, Chanute i Tribune; Charles F. Scott, Iola Regis ter; A. M. Clapp, Fort Scott Tribune; George Marble, Fort Scott Tribune; Doc Moore, Pittsburg Headlight; Del Deputy, Manhattan Nationalist. The newspaper men met in the grey room of the State Journal building. They were the guests of Frank P. MacLennan for luncheon at the Topeka Commercial club quarters. BERGHTOLD AS DRIVER Former Foreign Minister Offers Ser vices in War as Chauffeur. Vienna, June 5. Count Leopold von Berchtold, formerly Austro-Hungarian foreign minister, has offered his ser vices in the Italian campaign as a volunteer automobilist. In the hope that he will be able to accompany his son to the front, the count is learning to be a chauffeur. FRENCH TANK STEAMER TO "MOTHER" SDBMARINE New York, June 5. A French tank steamer designed to mother a submarine reached this port today from Bordeaux. The vessel is fit ted with opening bows through which submarine may enter. When the submarine Is in position in the ship's interior, the bows are closed and the steamer is then ready to sail and to discharge the submarine at distant points wher ever desired. The steamer is the first of three vessels of her type built and build ing. She is named the Kangaroo. KING HAS RELAPSE Another Operation Necessary on Constantlne of Greece. Surgeons Compelled to Remove One or j More Ribs. Athens, June 6. Announcement was made today that King Constantlne of Greece has had a change for the worse and that another operation on his majesty is necessary. The operation will necessitate the removal of one or more of the king's ribs. The temperature of the patient last evening was 99.6; pulse, 102; res piration, 20. The king has been suffering from pleurisy for several weeks and his condition has been far from satisfac tory. He underwent an operation the latter part of May, after which he suffered a relapse. King Constantine's wife is a sister of Emperor William of Germany. U. S. BOYSTOWAR Washington Probes Recruiting of American Youth. Britain Suspected of Violating Shipping Agreement. Boston, Mass., June 5- Alleged re cruiting of America young men for the military forces of Great Britain, is the subject pf jn investigation be gun by federaljofflcials here.". According to a cablegram from the United States consul general at Lon don, which was included in a message sent by Secretary Bryan to Congress man Peter F. Tague of this city, at least fifteen youths have been enlisted .n violation of an agreement with the British board of trade, regarding the United States shipping laws. These and other cases are being in quired into, it is understood. RIVERS ARE HIGH Heavy Rains Are General Over the State. Railway Traffic Is Delayed at Many Points. Rains in the last forty-eight hours have caused rivers and streams to overflow, bridges to wash out and have delayed railway traffic. All govern ment stations reported from a trace of moisture to 1.28 inches at Anthony with the exception of Manhattan, Scott City and Wichita, where there was no precipitation at all. Rivers and streams in southern Kansas Friday night and this morning were raging torrents. Residents of towns along the Arkansas river south of Wichita prepared to vacate their homes. This morning the stage of the Solo mon at Beloit was 23.8 feet. Bank full stage is 16 feet. The Republican river at Clay Cen ter was 10.4 feet, a rise of five-tenths of a foot since Friday. Bank full stage is 18 feet. The Blue at Blue Rapids today was 5.1 feet, a 2.4 foot fall since Friday. There the bank full stage is 14 feet. The Smoky Hill at Abilene was 9.1 feet which is little change over Friday. Bank full stage is 2 2 feet. There is no chance of the Kaw river's rising at Topeka to a marked degree. The stage today at Wamego was 7.9 feet, which was a rise of but one-tenth of a foot since Friday. The Kaw at Topeka was twelve feet even today as against 12.4 feet at 5 o'clock Friday evening. It was reported today that eight persons were injured in a tornado which swept Barton, Russell and Os borne counties Friday. Much prop erty damage was done and the wind was followed by a heavy fall of rain, which in some localities reached al most cloudbursts proportions. Cloudy and cooler weather is sched uled for tonight and Sunday. The temperature Friday night was the highest in more than ten nights. The minimum at 5 o'clock this morn ing was 66 or four degrees above nor mal for this date. The weather was sultry today. The weather In Kansas today was good for the corn. The temperature was three degrees above normal at Topeka. This afternoon the wind was fourteen miles an hour from the south. The hourly readings: 7 o'clock. 69 11 o'clock. 79 80 83 83 8 o'clock. 9 o'clock. 10 o'clock. 71 74 76 12 o'clock. 1 o'clock 2 o'clock. ALLIES FIGHT AS ONE. To Take Xo Independent- Action of Any Kind in War. Tokio, June 5. Foreign Minister Kato, interpellated in the house of peers, today, by the budget committee, made the declaration that Great Brit ain, France, Russia, Italy and Japan had agreed to take no independent ac tion of any kind in connection with the European war. NOTE JOINS VILLA AND GARRANZA Possibility of Rapprochement Discussed by Mexicans. Bandit Leader Sends Envoy to Old Chief's Agent. PEACE ON REPUBLIC'S HORIZON Unofficial Messages Say Car ranza Takes Appeal Kindly. Promised Friendly Reply Gives "Washington Hope. El Paso, Tex., June 5. The possibility that President WH- son's recent note to Mexican leaders might result in a rap-- prochement between General. Carranza and General Villa was being discussed in Mexican cir cles here today. It was stated authoritatively that at the suggestion of a high Villa official on the border, a re quest has gone to Elisio Aredon- do, the Carranza representative at Washington, to outline some basis for an understanding. Carranza Is Friendly. Washington, June 5. Unofficial advices received here from Vera Cruz saying that General Carranza would reply favorably to President Wilson's statement calling upon the heads of the warring factions in Mexico to re store peace in the southern republic gave renewed hope to administration officials today of ultimate solution of the problem. More' than 20,000 hungry Mexicans already have been fed at Monterey, from supplies arriving from the United States. More than 7,000 Starv ing persons were supplied with corn' yesterday at the American hospital alone. Generals Davila, Zertuche. and Santos have expressed to Consul Gen eral Hajana, thanks to President Wil son, the American Red Cross and the American people for assistance. The consul general made another appeal today for corn, beans and rice, "to save the lives" of people, most of whom are not responsible for "the most awful conditions." DEATH FOR A SPY Confederate of Kuepferle Found Guilty in London. Third Prisoner Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison. London, June 5. Official an nouncement was made here this afternoon that another German spy, named Robert Rosenthal had been arrested and had made a confession. London, June 5. Official an nouncement has Just been made that German spy named Muller had been sentenced to death. The trial of the two alleged spies, Muller and Hahn, was held in camera at Old Bailey, before the Lord Chief Justice and Justices Avory and Lush. The Jury found both prisoners guilty. Prisoner Muller was sentenced to death by shooting and is to be hand ed over to a competent military au thority for execution, subject to hie right to appeal to the court of crim inal appeals. Prisoner Hahn was sen tenced to seven years' penal servitude. Muller and Hahn were arrested with Anton Kuepferle, who committed sui cide in Brixton prison, London. All were accused of sending information to Germany by means of invisible ink. Kuepferle, who once lived in Brook lyn, claimed American citizenship, and Muller professed to be a natural ized Englishman. Hahn admitted he was a German. Brody Gets 15 Years. Kansas City, Kan., June 5. Jesse Brody, a brakeman, who killed Nathan Gill, in March, 1910. when Gill came home unexpectedly and found Brody there, was sentenced In the Wyandotte county district court to day to 15 years in the Kaksas peniten tiary. Brody was convicted of second degree murder. i WAR ODDITIES. London The story Is told how a certain "Sister Susie" in London knitted socks for soldiers at the front. In the toe of one she placed a note and the first soldier that read it was her brother. London A favorite color for women's hats the coming season will be "Belgian "red" the milliners say. London King George has ac cepted as a gift a German bomb dropped from a Zeppelin In North Cumberland, the donor being the man whom it narrowly missed. Capetown Women of ."outb Africa have been called upon by the war office to make veils for the soldiers to protect then from disease carrying insects. Thin silk is the material. London An artilleryman writes from northern France, "Spring is here. We have planted rose bushes and flowers about our guns and they give the place a more homey appearance." London Queen Alexandra has left London on a brief vacation for the first time since the war began.

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 5, 1915. DIVERS JIT HARD Heary Toll of British Ships Taken by Submarines. Vessels Shelled and Sunk by German Under-Sea Craft. I0NA AND 1NKUM SENT DOWN Members of Iona's Crew Are Wounded in Rain of Lead. Gerard Fails to Get Information on Kebraskan Incident. Kirkney, Orkney Islands, Jnne 5. Three more British ships have been rank by Gfiman sub marines. The steam fishing ves sels Kathleen, of Peterhead, and Evening Star and Cortes, of Aberdeen, were sent to the bot tom yesterday. The crews were landed here today. Norwich, June 5. The trawler Lit tle Boy. of Lowestoft, has nrrived hero with the crews of the trawlers Horace and Economy on board, these two ships having been sunk by the Germans. A German submarine stopped the three trawlers I., the North sea Thursday and ,jave the crews of the Horace and the Economy Tive minutes to board the Little Boy. After the transfer had been made the boats were sunk by bombs placed on board by the crew of the sub marine. Steamship Sunnethead Sunk. Leith, Scotland. June 5. The steamer Sunnethead was torpedoed Friday. The crew was ordered into the boats and landed at Berwick. In One, Two, Three Order. London, June 5. The steam drifter Ena May of Peterhead; the trawler Ptrathbran and the sailing ship George and Mary, all have been sent to the bottom by German submarines. The crews of all three ships were saved. tnkum's Crew Safe. Falmouth, June 5. The British teamer Inkum, from New York to London, has been torpedoed 43 miles southwest of Lizard head. The crew was landed here by the Norwegian iteamer Wendla. Two More Down. Kirkwall, June 6. The crews of two vessels which are declared to have been torpedoed by German subma rines were landed here today. The Iona was sunk 24 miles south of Fair Isle, Scotland, being torpedoed after her crew had left her. The Chrysophrasus was sent to the bottom about 45 miles off Stronsay, one of the Orkney islands. In each case it is alleged the sub marines shelled the boats as they were being launched. Two of the Iona's crew were seriously and two slightly Injured. Nothing on Xebraskan. Berlin, June 6 (via London). James W. Gerard,, the American am basuador, has called at the foreign of fice and requested information con cerning the torpedoing of the Ameri can steamer Nebraskan off the south ern coast of Ireland last month. He was informed ihe German government had received no report of the incident. READY NEXT WEEK, Shawnee Golf Course Will Be Finest s In State. The new golf links owned by the holding company of the Country club, and leased to the Shawnee Golf club, will be ready for play a week from next Tuesday according to a letter from W. K. Bullis, secretary-treasurer, received by the members today. The letter reads in part: "The holding company of the Coun try club now have the title to the land in question. Our contract is agreed and we are assured of golf for fifteen years at a small yearly sum. "Our architect is now preparing plans and specifications for our club house and we hope to have this com pleted inside of sixty days and any who desire lockers should kindly ad vise the secretary promptly. The cost of the locker probably will be $1.50 per year. It can be uted by two per sons, making the cost very small to each member. We have the finest golf course in Kansas and if you have a friend who. now that he is convinced that we are going to do all and more than we agreed to do, wishes to join, send in his application with ten dollars mem bership fee. The membership is limited to two hundred and fifty and there are still a few memberships open but there is no question but what the limit will have been reached be fore we have been playing golf a QUIT PROGRESSIVE FGLD Indiana Men Desert New Standard for the ti. O. P. Indianapolis, Ind.. June 5. At the con clusion of a meeting of the Progressive state central committee here, Edward C. Toner, chatrmau. ami Paul J. names, see- retary, handed in their resignations and announced that liem-efortli they would af filiate with the Republican part-. L. Uav Lenlch. chairman of the Eighth district committee, also resigned.- At the meeting Chairman Toner proposed a resolution that the party disband, urging that the Progressive movement could be carried forward in the Republican party. The resolution was rejected, however. Weekly Bank Statement. New York. June 5. The statement of the actual condition of clearing house banks and trust companies for the week shows that they hold SlxOiODSO reserve in excess of legal requirements. This is an Increase of $J.!W).810 over last week. The statement follows Actual condition: Increase. Loans, etc $2,444,9;.0OO $7,608,000 Reserve In own vaults (b) 442,709,000 4,023,000 Reserve in federal reserve bank 110,207,000 1.837,000 Reserve In other depositaries W.Oifi.OOO t 352.000 Net demand deposits 2,3VS.i!4.ono 11.H42.0O0 Net time deposits.. 134.42!).0tii 1.(04.000 Circulation :7.!77.00O 120,000 (b) Of which $370,532,000 is specie. Excess reserve lttI,2S9,250 'AOSaSlO Summary of state banks and trust com- r 'antes in Greater New York not included n clearing bouse statement Loans 574.125.700 $fil.S00 Specie 40.54K.710 21f7.4O0 Legal tenders 0.311,200 3.255.0)10 Banks, cash reserve Id vault $11,720,000 Trust companies cash reserve in vault 47,5S4,000 Decrease. Benefit for a Boy. Marysville. Kan., June 6. The high school students and others save a ben- efit program at the Grand Opera house for Walter Wendele, a junior in the high school, who was recently seriously injured while attempting to leave a moving train. The young man is now in a hospital at St. Joseph, where it was necesary to amputate the right arm. The benefit program realized $165. 17 FOR HALL OF FAME. Names of Famous Americans Selected For New York Tablets. New Tork, June 5. Names cf sev enteen famous Americans, out of more than 200 nominated by the gen eral public, have been selected as candidates for the five tablets in scribed every five years in the ball of fame of New Tork university. They are as follows: Francis Parkman, author: Mark Hopkins, educator; Alic- Freeman Palmer, teacher; Horace Bushnell, preacher and theologian; Joseph Henry. Benjamin Thompson and Louis Agassiz, scientist; George Rogers Clark, Nathanial Greene and Thomas J. Jackson, soldiers; Rufus Choate and Thomas Mclntyro Cooley, jurists; Samuel Adams, Patrick Henry, John Jay and Alexander Ham ilton, statesmen; Charlotte Saunders Cushman, actress. NEW WHEAT TO EUROPE First Shipment of No. IS White Spring Leaves Galveston. Galveston, June 5. The first ship ment of No. 2 white spring wheat to be made through the port of Galveston was on the steamship Norwegian that cleared for Liverpool. She carried 120,000 bushels of the spring grain, in addition to 40,000 bushels of No. 2 hard winter wheat. The grain comes from the Pacific slone and is a. part of about 260,000 bushels expected to move soon through this port. SHAUGHNESSYWARAIDE Rail Head to Buy Supplies In Canada and United States. Vancouver, June 5. Apparently authentic information gathered here today was that Si-- Thomas G. "haugh nessy, president of the Canadian Pa cific railway, was summoned o Lon don by Earl Kitchener to take charge of the purchase and transportation of all war supplies from the United States and Canada. His headquarters, it was stated, would be in New York. BABY YELLS TO FRISCO Whitman, at Fair, Hears Youngster Cry In New York. Albany, N. Y, June 5. Charles Seymour Whitman, jr., the governor's baby, cried so loudly in the executive mansion here that his father, who is in San Francisco, heard him. The governor listened to his baby over the telephone. A hundred and fifty persons assem bled at the mansion to talk with the governor's party in the New York state building at the Panama-Pacific ex position. Marysville White Way. Marysville, Kan., Juno 5. Marys ville has just completed a splendid "white way" along Broadway. The service extends of a mile and has eighteen large electric lights to the block. The city council has ordered all signs and hitching posts removed from the street. It is rumored that the Union Pacific and the Grand Is land railroads will build a new union depot here. i Stork Leaves Four. Hollis, Okla., June 5. Quadruplets have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Flake Keys of Hollis. The babies are girls and weighed about six pounds each, and apparently are health-'. The mother -a 3 4 years old. Mr. Keys is a hardware merchant. NOVEL FROCK AND BOLERO FROM PARIS X ill H lit 11 1 wm Hi I III II 111 1 i '.kS1 Novelty frock and bolero of plaid taffeta closing at the front with a passementerie ornament; side point ed plaited tunic skirt; side lace patent leather boots; ostrich trim med Helmet bat. Iff gf if! f jifM sv If mmyi rfis S&S lit--' I i w V f KAISER JVILL PAY Germany Offers to Compensate U. S. for Gnlflight. Note Sent to Washington Through Ambassador Gerard. "AN UNFORTUNATE ACCIDENT" Torpedo Commander Didn't Know It Was American Ship. More Time Asked to Inyestigate Attack on Cashing. Washington, June 5. Germany, in a note cabled to the state department, by Ambassador Gerard,- at Berlin, ex pressed regrets that through "an un fortunate accident," a German sub marine had torpedoed the American steamship Gulflight and declared it self "ready to furnish full recompense for the damage thereby sustained by American citizens." In the same communication the German foreign office said it has not yet been possible to clear up fully the case of the American steamer Cushing, reported attacked by a Ger man aeroplane and asked that the United States communicate the in formation in its possession concerning this incident. The Gulflight was torpedoed In the English channel five weeks ago while bound from Port Arthur, Texas, for Rouen, France, with oil. Two seamen were drowned when the crew took to the boats immediately after the attack and the captain died of heart trouble the next day. The expression of regrets and offer of reparation in the note follows the principle outlined in the circular re cently sent to neutral nations by Ger many disclaiming any intention of at tacking neutral vessels carrying non contraband cargoes. OAKLAND NOTES. litems for this department may be phoned to 3915 or State Journal office. Mrs. J. J. Gleason entertained the members of the Sunflower Art club Wednesday afternoon at her home in Arrer avenue. The members present were Mrs. W. G. Barker, Mrs. J. B. SDickelmier. Mrs. W.H. Braut, Mrs. Clara Johnson, Mrs. C. M. Reaugh, Mrs. E. F. Hunter, Mrs. L. C Lingo, Mrs. William Goodin. Mrs. W. G. Greer, Miss Helen Biggs and Miss Louise Shutt. The next meeting will be held in two weeks with Mrs. Wm. Goodin in Oakland avenue. The regular monthly business and social meeting of the Oakland Vet erans' club will be held next Monday night with Comrade and Mrs. Sam Jones. Mrs. S. Strait and daughter, Mrs. C. W. Weatherton, of Forest avenue will leave within a short time for Alexander, Minn., where they will spend the sum mer months. Miss Mary Shuler entertained at dinner Sunday at her home in Ches ter avenue the following young peo ple: Miss Mildred Davidson, Miss Lena Baxter, Miss Eloiso Sargent, Miss Margaret Prout, Miss Wilma Perry, Miss Genevieve Wise, Mr. Carl David son, Mr. Oliver Larimer, Mr. Leo Helm, Mr. Arthur Beattie, Mr. Frank Harshbarger, Mr. Scoville Davidson and Mr. Carl Linge. Mrs. C. W. Main entertained the members of the Missionary society of the Oakland Christian church Friday afternoon at her home in Green street. Announcement has been made of the engagement of Miss Esther Josephine Hanna, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. J. G. Hanna, and Mr. Chas. S. Mitchell of Corning, Iowa. The wedding will be solemnized at the home of the bride's parents in Michigan avenue June 22. Miss Hanna, who has been teaching in the public schools at Corn ing the past few years. Is here to spend the vacation with relatives. Mr. Mitchell is a prosperous young busi ness man and has their home pre pared in Corning, where they will be at home to their friends after July 16. The .following members of the Loyal Girls' class of the Oakland Christian church held a class picnic on the church lawn Monday evening: Mrs. Viola Tanyert, teacher; Miss Gladys Fox, Miss Gladys Ramer, Miss Blanche Star, Miss Olive Read, Miss Lucille Sherman, Miss Zadie Randall, Miss Helen Jesp, Miss Florence Lund ington. Miss Ruth Golden and Master Arol Knauber. The regular monthly meeting of the Missionary society of the Oakland Presbyterian church will be held Thursday, June 10, with Mrs. James Kelley. Mrs. Elizabeth Lee will be leader and the subject for the after noon will be Cuba and Porto Rico. Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Peters will en tertain a number of friends Saturday evening at their home, 399 Michigan avenue. Mrs. Herman Knitter of San Ber nardino, Cal., who has been visiting relatives in Westmoreland, Kan., will arrive here within a few days to visit the J. u. Huey family. Mr. Frank Whiteker has returned to his home in Nortonvllle. after a short visit with the R. S. Clingan family. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Berryman and children returned to their home in Chicago Monday after a short visit with relatives here. S. N. Potter of Centerburg, Ohio, is visiting his daughters, Mrs. N. W. Sloan. Mr. Jesse Riley of Admire and Mr. Wm. Montgomery of Aline have re turned to their homes after being here a few days, called by the death of the infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Perry Law. Mrs. C. S. Ash entertained the mem bers of her Sunday school class, the Delta Alpha, Thursday night at her home in Arter avenue. Those pres ent were: Miss Iva Caruthers, Miss Hazel Keesee, Miss Irene Oakley, Miss Helen Potter, Miss Florence Draut, Miss Ncnavee Herschel, Miss Amy Borovick, Miss Gladys Herschel and Miss Virginia Munson. Miss Lela Law of Strait street is re covering from an operation for ap pendicitis performed a few days ago at Stormont hospital. Mrs. C. E. Dachenhausen is recov ering from serious injuries received in a runaway a few days ago. Announcement has been made of the marriage of Miss Gertrude Hoff mann, daughter of Mrs. L. G. Hoff mann of Oakland avenue, and Mr. William L. Stewart. The wedding was solemnized Tuesday evening, June 1, at the bride's home. The couple were attended by Miss Ruth Mayes, Mr. Charles McGarron and little Claudia Euler. They will be at home to their friends after June 15 at 720 Pennsyl vania' street. Mrs. G. H. Anderson has returned from Kansas City, where she was called by the serious illness of her father, who is much improved KANSAS DIRT ROADS, CContlnued from Page Ona.J work during the year just closing that Botkin estimates that $270,000 will be paid in the 105 county treasuries. Best In Country. That $270,000 will do wondrous things. It will enable Kansas not only to establish but to maintain the best system of dirt roads in the United States, Botkin declares. After using his pencil a few minutes, Botkin stated that the $270,000 would pay for the single dragging of 360, 000 miles of road or 8,400 miles in each of the 105 counties of the state. But one dragging will not maintain a good dirt highway. Five draggings each year, however, will keep the av erage road in excellent condition. So the $270,000 applied in this manner, will pay for five draggings of 72,000 miles of road. Journal May 15. Most preten- Those 72,000 miles, equal 120 east and west roads from the Missouri line to the Colorado line and 120 north and south roads from the Nebraska line to the Oklahoma line. No state in the Union has such a system of dirt roads as this license fund will afford, Botkin says, and the automobile and motorcycle owner who are paying the money are getting returns in the best natural highways that can be built. Must Be Spent on Road. Under the law, none of the money from the automobile license fund can be used to build new roads or bridges. All of the money must be spent on designated county highways. In other words, every road that gets the bene fits from one dollar of the automobile fund, must have been designated as county highways by the county com missioners before the fund is used. No definite data concerning the ex act number of miles of county high ways in Kansas have been obtained by the secretary of state's office. It is believed, however, that the fund from the sale of automobile licenses during the last year will permit from five to seven draggings of every designated highway in the state. PLUNGER FAILS ON TEST Dummy Torpedo Sticks In New XJ. S. Submarine. Newport, R. I., June 5. Tests of the torpedo tubes on the submarine G-l were unsuccessful. The dummy tor pedo stuck in the tubes and could not be launched. The submarine will be returned to the New York navy yard, where her construction was completed. The submarine tender, Fulton, which has returned here from her final acceptance trials, also will pro ceed to the New York navy yard for an overhauling. It was announced that she would be recommended for acceptance by the government. THE WEATHER RECORD. Following are observations of the Onltei Btates weather bureau for the twenty-four hours ending at 7 o'clock this morning: Stations In Kansns. Stations High. Low. Rain. Anthony 70 58 1.28 Coldwater 72 50 .88 Dodge City 80 62 64 Emporia 80 62 .10 Eureka 82 62 .24 Fort Scott 85 64 .02 Goodlnnd 76 48 .08 Hanover 80 60 32 Hays i. 74 54 24 Horton 82 62 .34 Iola 84 64 .48 Liberal 78 60 .34 Macksville 74 56 .34 MePherson 70 56 .18 Manhattan 86 62 .0 Phillipsburg 76 54 T Scott City 70 58 .0 Sedan 82 66 08 TOPEKA 82 65 T Wichita 74 64 .0 Reports From Other States. Amarillo, Tex 78 60 .02 Boston, Mass 62 50 .0 Buffalo, N. Y 74 56 .0 Calgary. Alb 62 44 04 Chi.-ago. Ill 64 50 .0 Cincinnati, Ohio 76 60 .0 Corpus Ohristi, Tex... 84 80 .0 Denver. Colo 64 48 .02 res Moines. Ia 78 68 70 El I'aso. Tex 84 60 54 Enid, Okla SO 62 .70 Oalveston, Tex 82 78 .0 Havre, Mont 62 48 .0 Hurop. S. D 76 58 .04 Jacksonville, Fla 78 66 0 Kansas City, Mo 82 66 .08 Little Ko k. Ark 00 72 .0 Los Angeles. Cal 72 58 .0 MooreUead, Minn 78 58 .04 New Orleans. La 02 74 .0 New York. N. Y 08 56 .0 North Platte, Neb 74 52 .16 Oklahoma. Okla 84 ffi .52 Omaha, Neb 82 64 .16 Phoenix, Ariz 78 58 .0 Pittsburg, Pa 74 52 .0 St. Joseph, Mo 84 66 26 St. Louis 84 68 .08 Salt Lake. Ueah 60 50 .01 San Francisco, Cala.. 74 52 .0 Seattle. Wash 72 54 .0 Sheridan. Wyo 62 Springfield, 111 78 64 .30 Swift Current, Sas... 60 46 .04 Toledo, Ohio 66 54 .0 Washington, D. C 72 52 .0 Wlunepeg, Man 78 53 .28 SAYS WAR WOWT AFFECT BASEBALL Benjamin S. Minor. Tf you have a good show, people will so to see it; if you give them good Daseball, they will flock through the turnstiles, notwithstanding the war, 'hard times,' other distractions and whatnot,'' says Benjamin S. Minor, lawyer-president of the Wash ington baseball clubi TO EXPOSE K. C. Gorernor and Attorney General Will Go Down in Person. They Plan to Lay Bare the Shame of the Town. Governor Capper and S. M. Brew ster, attorney general, will make per sonal inquiry into the alleged election frauds in Kansas City. It has been announced at the state house that the two state officials will attend the hear ing in Kansas City next Tuesday and will personally take a hand in the inquiry. Some time ago Governor Capper an nounced that he would make a per sonal trip to Kansas City to inquire concerning me iacts m tne -case. At that time it was indicated that the governor would not go to the scene of alleged election fraud until all of the evidence had been submitted. Re cently the taking of testimony was stopped. It was announced that the case would be resumed as soon as a transcript of former evidence could be completed. Possibly the taking of evidence will be resumed next week. The chief Interest among state house officials is in regard to evidence of election frauds. J. L. Smaller, in charge of the probe, recently lost sight of the election cases when he spent a week or ten days looking for evidence to show that Mayor Green was connected with a grocery store which sold supplies to the city. This weeK smaiiey was in Topeka to talk the situation over with his chiefs. It is understood that he wanted to go farther with the Green affair, but that a halt was called and Smalley was ad vised to keep his mind more directly on election matters. With both the governor and attor ney general personally attending the hearing, it is believed in state house circles that the long promised evidence of Governor Capper to "make Terre Haute look like a Sunday school town," is soon to be revealed and thnt evidence showing Kansas City in all ner election sname win be given to the puouc. CAN BOOST RISK RATES Contrary Stipulation by Fraternal Pol icies isot Hi lining. Olympia, Wash., June 5. Fraternal insurance companies have the right to increase assessments sufficiently to en able them to pay insurance claims, notwithstanding statements to the contrary in membership certificates, according to a ruling by the state su preme court in the case of Jesse Thomas against the Knights of the Maccabees of the World. Thomas was contesting an increase in his monthly assessment from 90 cents to 11.65. The court, in its decision, warned the organization that under the terms of the Washington insurance code, it would not be permitted to continue doing insurance business at assess ment rates that would not pay, ac cording to accepted mortality tables, Bradstreet's Report. New York, June 6. Bradstreet's says: Final distribution, checked in the east by unseasonable weather, has been revived in the west by sunshine and warmth. Speeding up is the rule In Industrial lines, and war orders, taken on close to a cash basis, tax the capacity of many plants, spread ac tivity to other lines, and make for competitive bidding for skilled labor, hence unemployment is steadily de creasing. At the same time crop news is favorable and the indicated yield of wheat suggests another record crop, The decision rendered Thursday denying dissolution of the United States steel corporation would receive greater attention by for international affairs. All In all. business for future deliv ery is growing steadily, though per haps slowly, and at most places it is ahead of last year, when trends In general were downward. Collections in the major part of the country are about fair. Money is easy. Road sales, especially in the in terior, are increasing, and mail order trade is much better than a year ago, Bank clearings, $3,073,043,000; in crease 2.3 over last week. St. Paul-Xew Orleans River Traffic. St. Paul, Minn., June 5. Steel barges operated by John H. Bernhardt or the Mississippi River Transporta tion Co., New Orleans, will be in oper ation between St. Paul and New Or leans on the Mississippi river in August, it was announced by A. J. KranR, vice president of the associa tion of commerce here today. Civic workers in St. Paul are anxious to pro mote river traffic between St. Paul and New Orleans. Republican River Out. Concordia, June 6. The Republican river rose four inches last night and seven inches this morning. It is out of the bank at Clyde, Norway, and Fcandia and miles wide at Superior. The crest of the rise has not yet reach ed here TODAY'S MARKET REPORT. Chicago, June 5. WHEAT Free selling by laree houses had a depressing: effect today on wheat. About the only support came from shorts. Bulls were discouraged by lower cables and by the prospect of clearing weather southwest, where the storm damage was not as serious as re ports had indicated might be the case. After opening c to c lower the market underwent a mnner moderate setDacK. Later something of a rally took place, owing to week's end evening up and to renewed apprehension about continued rain in Oklahoma and Texas. The close, how ever, was weak at 2V4c to 2e under last night. CORN Prospects of enlarged receipts next week eased off the corn market, armer weather counted also against the bulls. Opening pri-es, which ranged from gc to c lower, were followed by a slight additional decline. No important reaction ensued. The close was heavy, liffll-5 to lc net lower. OATS Oats Buffered from a lack of de mand. Selling pressure was not unusual ly heavy. PROVISIONS Provisions seemed to have no aggressive support. Pit tradera leaned to tne near aiae. Kansas City Grain Market. fTIi nnn of n rices for srram fnrorea Ttaa Kansas City Board of Trade as Sorted by 'loos. J. jayera, uroner. coiua iao Bldg-J Kansas City, njne 5. Onea H1B -ow Today Yaa. whtat July ..1104 110 108 108 110V4 Sept. ..106 106 104 104 106 Dec. ..109 1094 107 1071a 109 CORN July 71 TlMi 70 70 71 Sept. 71 71 09 09 71- Dec 60 60 58 5b 60 Liverpool Grain Market. Livernool. June 5. WHEAT SDOt No. 1 Manitoba. 13s Id; No. 3, 12s 7d No. 1 Northern Dnlutn, 1Z8 lid; z nam, CORN Spot, American mixed, 8a Id; La x'tata mixea, not quowa- CUnca Cnin Market. I The range of prices for grain fornrta on ane unicaco uoara or xraa as reported by This. J. Uyera. Broker, Columbian Bldg.J Chicago, Jnne 5. Uoaa Low- Today Yta, 114 114 116 110 110 112 71 71 73 72 72 73- 46 46 47- 41 41 41 17.90 17.90 18.00- 18. 30 IS. 30 18.37 Open Blgn WHEAT- July Sept. 116 112 116 112 CORN July Sept. 72 73H 47 41 18.00 .1840 72 73 47 41 IS. 02 18.40 OATS July Sept. PORK Jnly Sept. Chlcaca Grain Market. Chieaeo. June 5. WHEAT Close: July, $1.14 September. $1.10. LUKW July, lic; Jjepwmwr, i-. OATS July, 4c; September, 41c. PORK July, f 17.90; September. 18.36. LARD July. 9.75; September. fclO.00. SHORT KIBS July. $9.75; September, $10.82. drain Goaalp. By special wire to T. J. Myers. Colum- Dian umiaing.j MinneaDoIia'wheat stocks decreased 25.000 bushels this week. A year ago the decrease was 675,000 bushels. Elevator stocks of wheat in Kansas City have decreased 95.768 bushels thus far this week and corn stocks decreased 169,42 bushels. Shlnmenta of wheat from India this week, all to the T'nited Kingdom, are esti- I mated at 2 millions; next week 800,000 bushels. A cable from Germany reads as follows: Cron and weather renorta are crenerallv favorable, and wheat harvesting will be done as usual, in July and August. Price of bread was reduced June 1." Einorts from the United States and Can ada yesterday were 398,000 bushels of wheat. ei.uuu oarreis or riour, wnm Duaueia i corn and 88.000 bushels of oats; wheat and flour combined, 673,000 bushels. A Russian cable reads as follows: 'Famine prevails over an extended area as grain cannot move freely owing to re duced railroad facilities. Crop prospects continue fair. A much reduced spring wheat acreage is confirmed." Exports of wheat and flour from the United States and aCnada this week, ac cording to Bradtsreet's, were 4,872.000 bushels, compared with 6.253,000 bushels last week and 4,802,000 bushels a year ago. Corn shipments were 622,000 bushels. Argentina exported 3,232,000 bushels of wheat this week, compared with 4.015.000 bushels last week and 1,224.000 bushels a year ago. Shipments since January 1 ag gregate 77,554,000 buahels a year ago, 29, 184,000 bushels. Corn shipments this week were 5,033,000 bushels, against 1,735,000 bushels last week and 2,380.000 bushels a J ear ago. Total corn shipments since anuary 1 are 39.131,000 bushels; a year ago, 35.743,000 bushels. Oats shipments were 390.000 bushels. The following reports come from Okla homa "Chclkasha General appearances in southern counties indicate a large wheat crop, but there is too much straw and foliage and yield will be disappointing. Black rnst is spreading from sprouts down Plant In 1unt nnoroachiuir the crit ical stage. Heavy fields show scab and blight on heads. Rain and lack of sun shine is delaying ripening. Mangum Condition southwestern counties is promising; equal to last year. Crop Is late straw neavy rusting in spots, wim weather favorable for its development. Hail cleaned out a strip two miles by forty miles near Aitus." Kansas City Prodnee Market. Kansas City. June 5. WHEAT Cash: Market lc to 3c lower. No. 2 hard, $1.23 6x1.28; No. 3, $1.221.27; No. 2 red, $L21 1.23: No. a. S1.19)&1.21. CORN Market c to lc lower. No. 2 mixed. 71V,S713ic: No. 3. 70A(ffi71c: No. 2 white. 72iyc: No. 3. 71(a,71c; No. 2 yellow, 73c; No. 3, 7272c. OATS Market c to lc lower. No. white. 47i!47c; No. 2 mixed, 43344c. RYE $1.00. HAY Market unchanged. WHEAT Receipts 113 cars. BUTTER- Market .-unchanged. EGGS Market unchanged. POULTRY Market unchanged. CLOSE: WHEAT July, $1.08; Septem ber. $1.04 December, $1.U7. CORN July, 70c; September, 69c; De cember, 5S58c. Chicago Produce Market. Chicago. June 5. BUTTER Market nn. changed. EGGS Market unchanged. POTATOKS Market unchanged. POULTRY Alive, lower; fowls, 13c New York Produce Market. New York, June 5. BUTTER Mnrket steady. Creamery extras, w score, ztc. EGGS Market barely steady. Fresh irnHin T-Il I vtrHH ''A0l It' CHEESE Market unsettled. State whole milk, fresh specials, lb(&lic. POULTRY Alive, steady western chick ens, broilers, 22g20c. Elgin Botter Market. Elgin, June 5 BUTTER Market lower, 27C eNw York. June 5. COTTON Spot, steady; miaaiing upiauua, SA,b UarL.t IClose of prices for the leading stocks on Vn.L- Cflr VTfhDnra u a re ported by Thos. J. Myers, broker. Colum tian Bldg.l v Close Today. Yes. Am. Beet Sugar 48 48 Am. Can. c 41 42 Amalgamated Copper 4 7.1 Am S R.. C 7.i )2 Am! s: r.. p.::.t ioo i4 Am. Sugar Ref 108 Am. Tel. T 122 122 Am. Tobaco. c 22.- Anaconda Mining 3o A T S. F., c 101 101 A'! T. S. F., p i 100 Baltimore Ohio 73 74 Beth. Steel V""? Ikooklyn it. i Canadian -acinc Central Leather 38 dS 153 38 40 91 ....126 47 30 26 118 Chesapeake e uuio.. C M. St. P., c Chicago N. W Chino Copper Colorado Fuel Iron Erie, c Great Northern, p.... Illinois central Inspiration j!! c-s?.u',?"n-c :,32l2 L.eniKii Missouri Pacific 11 M.. IV. c National Lead Nev. Con. Copper N. Y. Central N. Y.. N. H- H Norfolk Western Northern Pacific Pennsylvania Railroad Ray Con. Copper Reading, c Rock Island Southern Pacific Southern Ry. c v.. 12 M ...1 87 ...65 "!l06 ...107 146 2014 89 16 35 127 59 Tennessee copper Union Pacific, c. U. S. Steel, c IT Q KtOAl 11..-.. Utah" Copper Western I nion 7 s Westinghouse Electric 93 97 New Tork Stock Market. Wall St., New York,- June 5. STOCKS The wave of enthusiasm which swept yes terday's stock market to a higher level as a result of the United States Steel de cision subsided completely. Trading waa STOCK SHIPPERS To Insure Yourself Best Results Consiga to GLAY, ROBINSON 5 GO. Lrve Stocks Commission Merchants, Stock, Yards. Kan. City We Ala Hto Oar Own OCfloaa at Chicago, So. St. Jexv-nrt aJ. pTW4ruXWr' So" Clr. Bfc PaaU E. Buffalo. K. St. Ixmii JJ2 very light and mainly represented the week end aettlement of P'""""1 "21 counts. The only notable features were the motor shares which gained from points. Sueel recorded a 1 P',,tdf5""'! in the early dealings and other leaders re flected moderate pressure. Among tne railways Canadian Pacific was again the weakest feature, losing 2, Coppers alone showed consistent strength. Amalgamated rising above yesterday's high price- Tne closing was irregular. Bonds were steady. No traces of yesterday's excitement visible at the opening of today s market. Instead of the feverish trndlnff of that period, there were numroens rrac- ttonal declines In Copper, was specialties and staudard railways. I lilted States Steel was the only stock to show activity, opening with one block of 8,000 shares at 60 to 59. against yesterday's close of 60 At the lower quotation the was only a mere fractiou above its closing price of the day of the court decision in its favor. Canadian Pacific, Lnlon Paciric and American Can were lower by a point each. New Tork Money Market. New York, June 6. MONEY Mercantile Saner, 3rd per cent. Sterling exchange, day bills, 4.75; demand. 4.78.35; cables, 4.78.8o francs, demand, 5.44; sables, 5.43. Marks, demand, 82; cables, 82; lires, demand, 5.92: cables, 5.91; rubles, de mand, 39; cables. 39. Bar silver, 49V4 Mexican dollars, 3c. Government bonds, steady railroad bonds, steady. Wichita lln Stock Market. Wichita. Jane 5. HOGS Receipts 500. Market strong. Top, $7.55; bulk of sales. $7.4of($ 7.5o. r CAlibr, tteceipts HarKei nuiuium, j ii iW. k 7-. .nvi mil helf- ers. $5.008.50; stoekers and feedera, $b.ia es.00; stock cows and heifers, $4.50ij7.30 bulls, $5.00(6.50; calves, 6.uo&s.ou. St. .Joseph Un Stocn Market. St. Jo.4bph. June 5. HOG8 Receipts 2.500. Market steady to strong. lop, $7.65: bulk of sales, $7.55a.7.r. LA1TLK IteceipiB A"". iMJ,ic Steera. 7.50&8.90 cows and heifers, $4.25 8.75; calves, $7.509.25. SHEEP Receipts none, raaraei urauj. Lambs, $10.00 11.35. Kansas City JAvm Stock Market. ci .Tuns K HOflS Receipts 1.000. Market strong. Bulk of sales, $1.60 647.65; heavy, H.twsi.iw; i'"; butchers. $7.607.65; light, $7.60&7.65 ;pig. $6.75rtt7.25. CAlTLE Receipts 1.000. Msrket steady. Prime fed steers, $8.75fd9.00; dressed beef 8.80 southern steers. $6.00(33.30 cows, $4.50 617.75; hellers, n.wimn.uu; niocrr feeders. $6.25 8.25; bulls, $6.007.25 calves. $6.50f lu.uu. SHEEP Receipts 100. Market steady. Lambs. $8.50(11.35: yearlings, $7.25)S.25; wethers, $5.757.00 ewes, $3.25&6.00; tockers and feeders, $4.00ji7.00.w Chicago Live Stock Market. Chicago. June 5. HOGS Receipts 9.000. Market slow, shade above yesterday's 5 617 35. CATTLE Receipts 100. Market steady. Native beef steers, $6.90(&9.30; western steers, $6.858.10; cows and heifers, $3.25 8.75: calves. $7.50(510.00. SHEEP Receipts 3,000. Market firm. Sheep, $6.407.20; lambs, $7.50)10.50. Topeka Market. Furnished by Chas. Wolff Packing Co.) Topeka, Kan., Juns 5. HOGS. MIXED AND BUTCHERS $7.20(37.25 HEAVY 715(47.20 ROUGH AND HEAVY... 7.0,Va7.10 LIGHT 7.20)37.25 Tvl-t Market. (furnished by Shawnee Milling Co. Topeka, Kan., June B. WHEAT No. 2 hard, $1.20. WHEAT No. 3 hard. $1.18. WHEAT No. 2 act t, $1.20. nutter and Ecg. Furnished by The Continental Creamsry Co., Topeka, Kan. Topeka. Kan., Jnne 5. CHICAGO EGGS 17Viifel8e. NEW YORK EGGS 20ff421c. CREAMERY BUTTER Chicago, 27c; New York, 28c; Elgin, 28c; Topeka whole sals, 28c. Wholesale Fruit and Produce. Furnished by S. E. Lux-1 Topeka, Kan., June 5. VALENCIA ORANGES Per box. $3.25Q 4.00. tx. BANANAS Extra fancy, per lb., 4c; fancy, per lb., 3c. GOOSEBERRIES rer crate, $2.75. LEMONS Per box, $4.75. MISSOURI AROMA STRAWBERRIES Per crate, $3.00. LIMES Per box, $1.25. PINEAPPLES Per crate. $3.003.25. CALIFORNIA RHUBARB Per lb., 2c. FIELD LETTUCE Per basket. 30c HEAD LETTUCE Per doz., 50c. ASPARAGUS Per doz., 40c; in lots of S doz.. $1.00. CALIFORNIA CABBAGE Best rfrade, PCRYSTAL WAX ONIONS Per bu., $1.25. In five crate lots, $1.20. NEW BEETS Per doz., 30c; in lota of 3 dozen. $1.00. TURNIPS Per doz., 40c. WAX BEANS Per basket, $1.00. FLORIDA TOMATOES Per crate, $2.50 SWEET TEAS Per basket, 85c. CUCUMBERS Per doz, 35c; bu. box. $2.00. NEW POTATOES Per bu., $1.60. BERRY BOX MATERIAL Per M., $2.75; Knocked Down crates, each 10c. DIAMOND BASKETS bu. baskets, per doz., 45c; 2-5 bu. baskets, per do 45c; peck baskets per dozen, 45c. RADISHES -Large bunches, per dozen, 15c. In lots of 4 dozen, 50c. GREEN ONIONS Per doz, 20c In S doz. lots, 50c. OLD POTATOES rer bu, 80c. SPINACH Per bu, 75c. CABBAGE PLANTS Early Jersey Wake, field, per 100 35c, per 1,000 $2.75; Early Wlnniiigstadt, per 110 85c, per 1,000 $2.75; Early Summer, per 100 85c: per 1,000 $2.75. TOMATO PLANTS Ea ly Tree, per 100 35c, per 1.000 $2.75: Ea-'lr Kansns Standard, pc- 100 35c, per 1.000 $2.75; Early Dwarf Cfcsmp'-i, per 100 35c; per 1,000 $2.75; Early Dwarf Stone, per 100 35c; per 1,000 12.75: Earllnna, pe 100 35c, per 1,000 ..2.75. POP CORN Per lb., 3c. In original sacks, containing 100 lbs, per lb.. 3c. ONION SETS Red. per bu, $L75: yl tow, per bu, $1.50; white per bu, $2.00. CHEESE Per lb.. 18ai9e. HORSERADISH Per doz. bottles, 00c Topeka Grain Marks. II Lrnlshed by J. B. Billard. corner Kas aa Am. and Curtis St Topeka, Kan, June Bu COTt.V-72e. OATS 46c. WHEAT $1.20. Poultry. Eggs and Batter. Furnished by thf. Top-ma J--ai-k rnn -any. corner l-a'jrent and Madison.) Topeka, Kan.. June 5 POULTRY Hens, all sizes. 11c: snrina-a snd broilers. 12c; ducks. 8c; geese. 7c' young Tom turkeys. 13c: old Tom tur keys, lie; EGGS 14c. PACKING STOCK BUTTER 17c. Topeka Mar Market. Topeka, Kan, June R. PRAIRIE HAT fiu.o ''Bn ALKAI.c lilt

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 5,1915. 3 Up to the Minute SportingNews From Everywhere AN "AWFUL" GAME Omahogs Got Revenge on Sav ages Friday Afternoon. With 20 Hits, They Made Total of 17 Scores. A big black cloud gathered over Western league park Friday afternoon and in the last miseries of the game when the flood gates began to leak the Savages were washed from their feet and swept out of the running as though they were tissue paper soldiers fighting a whirlwind. Only enough water fell to make things disagreeable and to delay the game for a short time. But there was a regular cloudburst of runs, hits, blunders and blowups in the eighth and ninth innings when the thrice de feated Omahogs collected eleven hits and a. dozen runs from Grover, and wound up the game by taking a 17 to 6 victory. Things went bad from the start. Swede Wideman went to the mound for the team in the opening, but after he made his first delivery Manager Jackson ordered McCoy to the bull pen to warm up. The Swede lasted an inning and two-thirds, during which time the Hogs collected one home run, a three bagger, a two bagger, two sin gles and three runs. Then McCoy was called to the rubber. Savages Score. In the last of the second the Sav ages scored one. Jackson, first up, got a walk. Lattimore singled and Roche hit a high fly to center on which Jackson scored. Then, in the third the Savages all but sewed the game up in a sack when they bunched five hits for three runs and a lead of one. McCoy led off with a single through the pitcher. Cochran doubled to left and Bostick singled to the same place, scoring both McCoy and Honus. Mayer grounded out, but Lattimore was run down between sec ond and third. Roche singled to left, but Trainer whiffed, retiring the side. Again in the first of the fourth the Krug-Hogs nosed into a one run lead. Smith, first up, was safe on Bostick's error. Whalen sacrificed and Ever don grounded out; but Breen singled sufficiently to score Smith. Then Krug followed with a two timer, scoring Breen. This was the last of McCoy and Grover finished the game. In the first of the seventh the Sav ages tied the count. Bugs Grover pushed out a single, Cochran was safe when the Bugs went out on a force. Bostick flew out, but Mayer singled, scoring Cochran. This tie-up seemed to vex the Rourkes considerably, and to show that their hair could bristle they be gan to murder the good exhibition. Grover gave Dutch Schliebner a free walk. Smith singled and Whalen did likewise scoring Schliebner. Smith scored on a wild pitch, and Everdon fanned. But the half had not near "been did." Breen hit a safe one to right that scored Whalen. Krug de livered his second twin wallop and Thomason flew out to Trainer. For sythe doubled, scoring Krug, and fin ally Kafora, the ninth man in the inning to bat, rtired the side by hit ting a fielder's choice on which For sythe expired at third. Savages Tried in Vain. Although five runs behind, the Savages came to bat like they might still make things warm at the fin ish. But it was only an appearance Jackson singled over second base. Roche fanned. Trainer drove out two bagger, and Monroe hit a fly to Thomason on which Jackson scored But Grover fouled out and spoiled the chance. Then came the last spasm of the horrible spilling. Once around plus two, the Hogs batted and six hits and seven runs were deposited to their credit before the thing was over. The details are almost too horrible to re late, but for the benefit of those glut tons who gloat over paper back epi sodes they are set down. Schliebner flew out to Trainer. Smith was safe on Bostick's error. Whalen whaled out a single, and Kverdon was safe on a force out. Breen hit to left scoring Smith, Krug tripled scoring Everdon and Breen, Thomason was safe on Bostick's er ror, Forsythe doubled scoring Krug, Kafora singled scoring Thomason, and Schliebner doubled bringing in Forsythe and Kafora. Smith then flew out to Roche. The Savages came in, gave a weak imitation of batting and then acknow ledged that Omaha had won the game. Cochran grounded out, Bostick put one in Whalen's hand. Mayer singled, but. Lattimore put an end to the frankenstein monster by grounding out. Here are the frightful figures: OMAHA. Players AB. R. H. PO. A. 3 Kreen, 3 4 3 Krug. 3b 6 2 Thomason. cf 6 1 Forsythe, rf 6 1 Kafora, c 0 2 Schliebner, lb 5 2 Smith. If. B 3 AVhalen. ss 4 2 Everdon, p 5 2 1 4 0 4 10 Totals 49 1' 20 15 A. 2 6 1 3 0 0 0 1 o o l 0 TOPEKA. Players AB. R. H. PO. Cochran, 3b 5 2 13 Bostick. ss 5 1 1 o Mayer, lb 5 n 3 12 Lattimore. 2b 4 12 3 Jackson, cf. 4 1 3 1 Roche. If. 2 0 12 Trainer, rf. 4 0 15 Monroe, c 3 0 0 Wideman, p 0 0 0 0 McCoy, p 2 1 1 0 Grover, p 2 0 10 Toals 3tt' 6 14 27 Score by innings: Omaha 030 200 14 5 R. ran 9on revr 17 Topeka 013 000 110 6 Summary Home rnus Kafora. Three base hits Schliebner, Krug. Two base hits Everdon. Cochran, Krug 2, Schliebner. Forsythe. Trainer. Double plavs Cochran to Mayer. Sacrifice hits Whalen, Roche. Sacrifice plies Koche. Monroe. Stolen bases Cochran, Jackson, Thomason. Passed balls Monroe. Wild pitches Grover 1 Struck out By Grover. 2: bv Everdon, 3 First base on balls Off Everdon, 1; off AlcCoy, 1; off Grover, 1. Umpire Parent. Des Moines 2; Denver 7. Denver. June 5. After Des Moines had tied the score with two runs in the rixth. Denver same back strong and clinched the game with five runs in the seventh. The score: R H E Des Moines ....000 002 S00 2 6 3 Denver 200 000 50 7 9 3 Batteries Gilligan and Graham and Breen: Mitchell and Shestak. Summary: Stolen base Spencer. Two base hits Shields. Jones. Three base hit Hunter. Sacrifice hits Hahn. Sawyer. Kellerer. Hit by pitch er Coffey. Struck out By Mitchell, B-r"CLUG, STANDING OF THE CLUBS. Wnterii Learne. China Des Moines TOPEKA Omaha Lincoln Denver St. Joseph Won. Lost. Pet. IS 029 20 18 16 16 10 14 15 l(i 15 15 17 19 20 .571 .529 .510 .510 .485 .424 .2S0 Sioux City Wichita 8 American League. Won. Lost. Pet 28 15 .652 rinhs Chicago Detroit Boston 20 19 19 I 10 IS 19 21 24 27 .591 .54:! .51-t .472 .44 .429 .341 New York Washington 17 Cleveland 17 St. Louis is Philadelphia 14 National Leafna. dobs Won. Lost Pet Chicago 23 17 .575 Philadelphia 21 is .BSH Brooklyn 21 19 .523 Boston 20 19 .513 St. Louis 21 21 .54 Hi Pittsburg 19 21 A"t Cincinnati 10 19 .457 New York 14 21 .341 Federal League. Clubs Won. I-ost. p-t Pittsburg 24 17 .5K5 Kansas City 24 17 .5S5 Newark 22 17 .505 St. Louis 20 17 .541 Chicago 23 20 .535 Brooklyn 20 20 .50t Baltimore 15 24 .385 Buffalo 14 29 .317 American Association. Clubs Won. Lost. Pet. Jnrtianapolls 26 Kansas City 22 Louisville 22 St. Paul 20 Milwaukee 20 Cleveland 15 Columbus 10 Minneapolis. 15 in IS 19 619 550 .530 20 21 23 500 470 417 410 395 3; by Gilligan, 3. Bases on balls Off Mitchell, 1; off Gilligan, 1. Dou ble plays Hartford to Jones to Saw yer. Time 1:32. Umpire Geisel. St. Joe at Lincoln ed; rain. -Game postpon- Sioux City at Wichita Game post poned; rain. NATIONAL LEAGUE. At Pittsburg Score: R.H.E. Brooklyn 811 2 Pittsburg 2-4 1 Batteries Pfeffer and McCartv: Cooper, Harmon, Conselman and Gib son and Schang. summary: Two base hits Myers (2). Stolen bases Johnston. Gerber. Bases on balls Off Pfeffer, 1; off Cooper, 2 off Conselman, 1. Struck out By Pfeffer, 3: by Cooper, 1. Um- pires Klem and Cockill. At St. Louis Score: R.H.E. Cincinnati 1 7 3 St. Louis 6 10 0 Batteries Douglass. Toney and Wingo; Griner and Snyder. summary:. Two base hit Griffith. Stolen bases Huggins, Bescher. Bases on balls Off Douglass, 2; off Griner, 3. Struck out By Douglass, 5: by Griner, 3. Umpires Byron and Orth. No other games scheduled. AMERICAN LEAGUE. At Boston Score: R.H.E. Chicago 2 7 0 Boston 0 4 2 Batteries Scott and Schalk; Shore and Cady. Summary: Two base hits J. Col lins, Gardner. Schalk, Brief. Stolen bases E. Collins, Fournier (2). Bases on balls Off Shore, 1; off Scott, 1. Struck out By Shore, 2; by Scott, 2. Umpires Evans and Mullaney. At New Tork Score: R.H.E. Detroit 3 5 1 New York 0 4 1 Bateries Dubuc and McKee; Cald well, Pieh and Sweeney and Nuna maker. Summary: Two base hit Maizel. Three base hit Cobb. Stolen bases Cook. Cobb (2). Bases on balls Off Caldwell, 2; off Dubuc. 2. Struck out By Caldwell, 5; by Dubuc, 2. em pires O'Loughlin and Hildebrand. At Washington Score: R.H.E. Cleveland 1 4 5 Washington 6 7 1 Batteries Steen and O'Neill; Shaw and Henry. Summary: Stolen bases Turner, Williams. Bases on balls Off Steen, 7; off Shaw, 2. Struck out By Steen, 5: by Shaw, 7. Umpires Chill and Connolly. At Philadelphia Score: R.H.E. St. Louis 3 5 3 Philadelphia 5 9 3 Batteries Weilman and Agnew; Bush and McAvoy. Summary: Two base hits C. Walk er, Walsh. Home run Oldring. Stolen bases Shotten, Williams, Mur phy. Bases on balls Off Weilman, 3: off Bush, 3. Struck out By Weil man, 3; by Bush, 3. Umpires Nallin and Dineen. FEDERAL LEAGUE. At Buffalo First game: R.H.E. Brooklyn 9 15 1 Buffalo 3 8 3 Batteries Marion and Land; Krapp and Blair. Second game Score: R.H.E. Brooklyn 3 6 0 Buffalo 6 9 3 Batteries Lafitte and Pratt; Schulz and Allen. At Kansas City Score: R.H.E. Pittsburg 310 1 Kansas City 6 4 1 Batteries Rogge, Barger, Dickson and Berry; Main, Henning and Brown. At Chicago Score: R.H.E. St. Louis '.8 11 2 Chicago 3 8 3 Batteries Groom and Hartley; Mc Connell, Black and Wilson, Fischer. No other games scheduled. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. At Cleveland Score: R.H.E. St. Paul 3 7 1 Cleveland 810 1 Batteries Hall, Dyer and Glenn; James and Devoght. At Louisville Score: R.H.E. Kansas City 411 3 Louisville 712 1 Batteries Delhi, Lathrop and Alexander; Middleton and demons. At Columbus Score: R.H.E. Milwaukee 4 4 0 Columbus 0 5 5 Batteries- Young and Brannon: Da vis and Coleman. At Indianapolis Score: R.H.E. Minneapolis ......5 12 1 Indianapolis 4 8 3 Batteries Ingersoll. Hamer. Yine- ling and Gharrity; Schardt, Burk and Blackburn, GossetC Eleven innings. VEEKLYAVERAGES Lloyd of Lincoln, Takes West ern League Batting Honors. Topeka Still Has Three in the .300 Class. Western league averages up to and including games of Tuesday, June 1, show Topeka fifth in club batting, third in club fielding and with only three hitters in or above the -30ft class. Des Moines, the league leader, is first in club batting with a per cent of .285, and Lincoln is first in club fielding. One of the surprises of the week is the fact that Lloyd, of Lin coln, has climbed above Lejeune in individual batting, the former having a per cent of .438 and the latter only .41.'. Roche continues to lead the Topeka players in batting with a Der cent of .36 9. Also, he is third in the league in number of stolen bases, having 9 to his credit. Tydeman. of Wichita. leads the league in stolen stations, with a total of 11. Wares, of Wichita, is second with 10. Mayer's batting average is .313 and Manager Jackson's .308. Pitcher Wide man is the next Savage on the list with a total of .280. The pitching records show Vance of Omaha leading with 8 won and 1 lost. Mogridge, of Des Moines is second with 8 won and only two defeats. Mc Coy of Topeka has won 1 and lost none; Clunn has won 4 and lost 1, Grover's figures are 5 and 3; Dash ner's 5 and 4; and Wideman's 3 and 3. The averages in detail are as fol lows: Club Batting. Clubs AB. It. II. SH. SB. Pet. ies Moines 1133 185 323 Omaha 1142 193 323 Lincoln 1041 14S 280 Sioux City 1050 109 2S0 TOPEKA 1044 155 277 Denver 1001 126 254 St. Joseph 102S 134 205 Wichita 863 93 197 51 .285 47 54 43 40 40 .283 .269 .265 .205 .254 .248 .228 32 30 A. 414 456 349 451 407 363 Club Fielding. Clubs o. i-o. E. Pet. 51 .900 Lincoln 31 Des Moines 34 TOPKKA 32 Sioux City 32 Omaha 33 Wichita 27 St. Joseph 31 Denver 30 814 003 832 807 799 097 825 07 .953 .952 .948 .946 .946 .943 .940 59 440 804 403 Individual Battlns. Player AB. Lloyd, Lincoln 32 Lejeune, Sioux C... 72 Krueger, Omaha... 99 Forsythe. Omaha.. 122 u. h. s:a. sb. Pet. 4 14 3 0 .438 20 30 0 3 .417 20 40 3 4 .404 24 47 1 3 .385 5 14 2 1 .378 26 46 3 6 .377 23 39 6 9 .369 20 42 0 3 .353 12 28 1 0 .350 9 41 3 0 .336 1 4 2 0 .333 15 31 1 4 .333 8 11 1 0 .333 30 42 3 4 .331 23 30 7 7 .330 13 23 2 1 .329 20 37 3 2 .328 27 42 4 5 .321 24 41 4 7 .318 4 12 1 0 .316 19 37 4 4 .313 17 31 7 .313 2 5 0 0 .312 17 33 3 0 .308 IS 32 3 8 .308 2 12 1 0 .308 19 24 1 7 .296 9 30 1 7 .294 14 34 4 11 .293 28 32 3 3 .291 3 9 2 0 .290 20 37 4 3 .285 28 33 3 3 .291 10 32 6 4 .281 3 7 0 0 .280 29 34 3 4 .279 22 34 13 4 .279 22 27 5 2 .278 12 24 1 2 .270 15 29 4 2 .274 22 30 4 5 .273 1.8 33 6 8 .273 11 21 2 1 .272 14 20 2 4 .271 12 30 4 6 .267 21 34 7 4 .266 15 10 .263 3 0 1 2 .261 10 25 2 1 .258 7 19 2 2 .257 13 18 5 1 .250 7 17 4 6 .250 3 8 0 2 .250 22 34 5 8 .250 22 34 5 8 .250 16 26 3 5 .248 7 19 1 4 .241 5 7 2 0 .241 13 28 1 5 .239 61 31 5 4 .238 23 24 9 4 .237 26 30 4 3 .236 10 22 0 2 .232 11 21 10 10 .231 5 18 2 1 .231 7 15 3 1 .231 4 11 6 0 .229 11 29 8 2 .227 3 13 1 0 .224 15 25 6 5 .221 12 21 6 5 .210 8 9 2 0 .214 3 7 0 0 .212 5 8 10 .211 3 4 3 1 .211 9 21 2 5 .210 17 20 4 3 .207 6 13 3 O .200 2 8 2 0 .195 0 4 5 0 .190 11 17 11 3 .187 4 7 2 2 .184 4 12 5 3 .174 4 12 J 5 3 .174 12 15 3 0 .161 1 7 0 0 .156 15 10 .148 2 3 0 1 .136 5 11 3 0 .125 2 2 10 .125 7 6 5 4 .122 3 2 2 0 .118 12 10 005 2 10 .071 Mogridge, Des M. 37 Krug. Omaha 122 ROCHE, Topeka... 106 Spencer, Denver. .119 Griffith, Wichita.. 80 H. Schreiber. Liu. 122 Closraan, Omaha.. 12 Galloway,. Denver. 93 Price. Sioux Citv.. 33 Jones, Des Moines. 127 Fox, St. Joe 91 Spahr, Denver 70 f 1. Williams, Lin.. 113 Hartford. Des M..131 Bills, Des Moines. .129 Phelps, Stoux C... 38 Britton. St. Joe... 118 MAYER, Topeka.. 95 southern, Wichita. 16 Mclntyre. Lincoln. 107 JACKSON, Top... 104 Shestak. Denver... 39 Page, St. Joe 81 Tydeman, Wich...l02 Watson. St. Joe... 116 Kane. Sioux City.. 110 Thomas. Des M... 31 Hahn, Des Moines. 130 20 Mccormick, s. C..110 Schliebner. Oma...H4 WIEDMAN, Top.. 25 Wolfe. Lincoln 122 McGnffigan, Lin... 122 Clarke, Sioux C 97 Pownall, Wichita.. 87 R. Williams, St. J. 106 LATTIMORE, T..110 Hensling Sioux C..121 Daley, Lincoln 77 Whelan, Denver 96 Callahan. Sioux C..112 Breen, Omaha 128 Brown, St. Joe.... 19 Payne, Omaha 23 Matthews, Denver. 97 Henrv. Wichita 74 TKAlNER, Top... 72 G. COCHRAN, T.. 68 GROVER. Top 32 Breen, Des M 130 Sawver, Des M 130 H. Patterson, St. J. 105 Ewoldt, St. Joe... 79 Blodgett, Omaha... 29 RAPPS. Topeka... 117 Thomason, Omaha. 130 Hunter, Des M 101 Smith. Omaha 127 MONROE. Topeka. 95 Wares, Wichita 91 Crisp, Sioux City.. 78 Cooney, Sioux C... 65 McAllister, Lin 48 Tannehill, Des M..12S Witbrow, St. Joe.. 58 Kelleher. Denver... 113 TALLION. Top 97 Yantz, Lincoln 42 Vance. St. Joe 33 Kafora, Omaha 38 B. Schreiber, Lin.. 19 Kapp. Wichita 100 Whalen, Omaha... 120 Graham, Des M.... 65 Mitchell, Denver... 41 Gaskell. Denver 21 Dell, Denver 91 Hosp. Wichita 38 Charles, Wichita... 69 Nicholson. Wii-h... 69 Fisher. Denver. 93 W. Patterson. St. .1 45 White, St. Joe 34 Ilallman, Sioux C 22 Krueger. Lincoln.. 85 Geist. Wichita 16 Coffev. Denver 49 DASIINER. Top... 17 Kellv, Sionx City.. 21 Gray. Wichita 14 Pitching Records. Pitchers G. BB. SO. W. Pet. 1.000 1.000 .889 .800 .800 .800 .750 .714 .700 .700 .607 .607 .667 .067 .625 .000 .000 .600 .556 .500 .500 .51 Hi .500 .500 .500 .500 .500 .500 .400 .400 .400 .333 .333 .3: .333 .333 ..fcS3 .280 .250 .0OO .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 MeCOY, Topeka 7 10 4 1 0 Morse, Lincoln 2 50 8 1 0 Vance. St. Joe 10 33 55 8 1 Mogridge, Des M..11 27 54 8 2 CLUNN, Topeka... 9 13 35 4 1 Musser, Des M 8 31 37 4 1 Larson, Omaha 6 16 7 3 1 Mitchell. lenver... 9 17 27 5 2 Blodgett, Omaha... 13 14 40 7 3 Thomas. Des M 12 27 21 7 3 Hallman. Sioux C..14 18 29 4 2 Gever. Sioux City.. 7 23 14 2 1 Powell. Lincoln 3 14 4 2 1 Cantwell, Denver.. 3 6 11 2 1 GROVER, Topeka. 12 27 40 5 3 Narveson. Lincoln. 10 16 20 3 2 Harrington. Den... 7 26 32 3 2 B. Schreiber. Lin.. 7 10 15 3 2 DASHNER. Top... 12 21 39 5 4 Gaskill. Denver 11 IS 27 4 4 Kellv. Sioux City.. 12 18 29 3 3 WEIDMAN. Ton. ..10 29 37 3 3 Gaspar, Sioux C... 9 16 35 3 3 Lakaff, St. Joe S 28 31 3 3 Brown, St. Joe 10 27 27 2 2 Everdon. Omaha... 8 10 15 2 2 Willey. St. Joe 3 16 11 Gilligan. Des M 2 5 11 1 1 F. Johnson. Oma..l0 26 14 2 3 H. Cochran. Wich. 8 22 31 2 3 Willis, Omaha 7 11 7 2 3 Ehman. Lincoln 9 12 13 2 4 Dawson, Lincoln... 8 16 22 2 4 Sullivan. Wichita.. 7 19 10 1 2 Clark. Sioux City.. 7 8 11 1 2 Arrelnnes. Denver. .6 9 14 1 2 Gregory, Des M G 11 2 1 2 Gelst. Wichita 10 IS 25 2 5 Nelson, Wichita 7 10 7 13 Baker. Wichita 8 16 17 0 2 Southern, Wichita. 7 17 19 0 2 Goshorn. Denver... 8 13 9 O 2 Hogan. Des Moines. 3 16 8 0 2 Closmpu, Omaha... 11 18 19 0 1 Lambert, St. Joe... 3 G 5 0 1 Western Association Results. Sherman, 2; Fort Smith, 1. Second game, Sherman. 4; Fort Smith, 7. Denison, 5; Tulsa, 3. McAlester. 2; Oklahoma City, 4. Paris, 6; Muskogee. 2. "LEFTY" CLUNN The above cartoon, showing how John Savage is going to present the Western league with a surprise by giving it a pennant winning team in Topeka, was drawn by Floyd "Lefty" Clunn, one of the most promising pitchers on the Savage team. Clunn was brought to Topeka from the Tri State league by Manager Jimmy Jackson. His home is in Millville, New Jersey, and he is one of the new fellows who are working with the old reliables and helping them put Topeka on the baseball map. He is very much interested in art, and while loafing around the hotels on trips, spends a great deal of his time copying little incidents of life. Also, Clunn is an old railroad man and a former football player. He has never studied art or cartooning a day in his life, but has picked it up and does it sim ply because he likes it. He has promised sometime soon to cartoon a ball player and his bride for the State Journal. SPORT WHEEZES Being Purloined Dor Man, Prima Pies. Xjmon Sandwiches. Etc (By Clug.) We don't mind losing on Friday by a million scores if we can just win every other day in the week. The Omahogs made more runs in Friday's game than the Savages did in all three of the preceding ones, but they couldn't .trade results with us. There are many unfortunate things in this old world. Two of Omaha's best- batters are Kafora and Krueger. But they are both catchers and one has to sit on the bench when the oth er is playing. This afternoon the first game of a foursome with the Sioux City Indians will be staged. The Savages hope to make it four straight against them and thereby climb to the top. There were just about as many peo ple at all four of the Omaha games as there should have been at one. And there is talk of the league's blowing up because of poor attendance. Evi dently a great many fans are say ing, "let her blow. It has been suggested by C. D. Jor dan that one way Topeka can give the team better support is for every fan to resolve to see at least one game of every series that is played at home. Of course, there are a great many fans who never miss a game, and these should not bother about making new resolutions. But, speaking of the possibilities of the league's blowing up unless the players submit to a cut in salary, this column would like to go on record as predicting that it will take more than this to deliver a knockout blow to the old circuit. In the first place, if it is in danger of death a salary cut won't save it. Granting that every player on every team were willing to have $20 a month trimmed from his pay check, each club would only save $840 on the remain der of the season. And $840 won't save or sink a ball club when strung out over a whole three months. In the second place, the suspension of the league would give baseball a blacker eye in this part of the coun try than anything else possibly could. It would be an admission that the public is no longer interested in the game. It would brand the club own ers as quitters. And last, but not least, it would force the present fol lowers of the game to turn their at tention to other forms of recreation. and it would take years to build up the patronage that would be lost by a three months' lay off. Primarily, baseball is a sport. All sport is built upon the element of chance that is in it. Therefore, when a man invests his money in a base ball club he must expect to take a chance. And when he has a bad year, it is up to him to make the best of it and do as little hollowing os possi ble. Even the most conservative business enterprises have to weather through squally periods. And few of them find it profitable to shut up shop entirely every time a dull period strikes them. The magnates of the Western league cannot do themselves a greater injury than by continuing to hollow hard times, and then show- ng the feather of a cheap" sport by hanging tin closed sign over their park gates. However, it might be a wise and proper thing to cut the salaries of the players by degrees, and if the magnates are carrying a bigger load than they can walk under, then the players ought to be willing to help them, if from no other than a selfish standpoint. There seems to be no question that the league is, and has for some time been operating on a false basis. Nobody seems to remem ber just when a majority of the clubs in the league made money. The rule seems to be that the few that are scrambling for first and second place sometimes get a leap or two ahead of AS A CARTOONIST lfS Wfte the hounds, and all the others go in the hole with yearly regularity. Even a pencil pusher knows that this isn't good business. It isn't even good gambling. Whenever four out of the eight clubs are not paying a legitimate interest on tho money in vested in them, then there is some thing radically wrong. And when ever any business is losing money it is because the outgo is greater than the income. Therefore, it seems that the logical thing for the league to do is to cut down the outgo even if its class ification has to be lowered to do it. A Good Move. Tho university regents and presi dents comprising the governing boards of the Missouri valley confer ence have rescinded the rule which prohibited the playing of football on Thanksgiving day. Announcement to this effect has been made by Chancel lor Avery of the University of Ne braska. A mail vote was taken and Nebraska, Missouri and Drake uni versities, Iowa State college and Ames and Kansas Agricultural college de clared in favor of rescinding the rule. Kansas university and Washington university of St. Louis voted against rescinding. The Kansas and Wash ington chancellors objected to decid ing the question by the mail vote method, arguing in flavor of a full discussion at a regular meeting of the governing boards, but the vote of fivo to two was so decisive that a dis cussion scarcely could alter the result. The vote was authorized by Chancel lor Avery of Nebraska, president of the governing boards, and conducted by Dean E. W. Stanton of Iowa State college, secretary. GEMS VS. APPRENTICES Strong Santa Fe Team Will Battle With City Leaguers Sunday. Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock at Santa Fe park the Santa Fe Appren tices will play the Gem Grocery team of the City League. The Apprentices are anxious to es tablish title to the amateur champion ship of Topeka, and are trying to make a record by defeating all of the City League teams. Ducky White's Gem Grocery team, one of the strong est in the league, is expected to give them a good fight tomorrow. The lineuo of the two teams as an nounced this morning will be as fol lows: Santa Fe Position Gem Gibbons cf T. Reed Lux 3 b Downs Fieger lb White Peterson ss Jones Brown rf. Hensler Montgomery. 2b Nelson Mulligan If. R. Reed Holzle c Allen Simpson, White Walker or or Curry p wens END GOLF MEET TODAY. St. Joe and St. Louis Players Fight for the Missouri Championship. St. Louis, Mo.. June 5. A. W. War ren of the St. Joseph, Mo., Country club, and Cy Moore of the Normandie Country club, St. Louis, met on the Glen Echo links here today to play for the 1915 state golf championship. With the playing of this match the annual tournament of the Missouri Golf association comes to an end. At the close of the match Alden B. Swift, also of St. Joseph, state champion during 1914. will relinquish his title to the winner. Swift was eliminated in the second round of the championship playing after he had given strong indication of an ability to retain the title. Bcrryton Boosters Want Games, The Berryton Boosters want ama teur games for Saturdays only with town or out of town teams. Address, Archie F. Havekott, Manager, Berry ton, Kan. Box 32. Fort Scott Wins Again. Fort Scott, June 5. Fort Scott again defeated the Kansas City Red Sox Friday afternoon by 4 to 1 score. The Red Sox finish their engagement here todjur. COBB ALL ALONE He's Only .400 Hitter in the Three Big Leagues. Faber of Chicago Is the Lead ing Slab Artist. Chicago, 111., June 5. Ty Cobb is the only 'Tour hundred" hitter left in the three big leagues, according to averages compiled here today, which include batters who have taken part in ten or more games up to Thursday last. The percentage of the Detroit star fell away during the week from .427 to 403, but he ran his stol-n base record total up to 25 and his runs scored to 47 in 45 games leading all rivals. The "three hundred hitters" of the American league following Cobb with the number of games they have played in, are: Daly, Chicago, 16, .364: Thompson, Philadelphia, 13, .357; Fournier, Chi cago, 38, .355; Jackson, Cleveland, 37, .354; Russell, Chicago, 11, .348; Kava- naugh, Detroit, 41, .316; Connolly, Washington, 10, .313; Crawford, De troit, 45, .312; Strunk. Philadelphia, 31, .305; Mclnnis, Philadelphia, 25, .305; Chapman, Cleveland, 38, .303; Veach, Detroit, 43, .300. Cobb also leads in total bases, with 80, his long hits including six doubles, five, triples and one home run. Chi cago, with 2 63 and Cleveland, with 260, are ahead in team hitting. American league pitchers who have won 70 per cent of their games or more are: Faber, Chicago, won 10 and lost 1; Fisher, New Tork, 7 and 1; Benz, Chicago, 5 and 1 Dauss, De troit, 8 and 3; Foster, Boston, 5 and 3; Morton, Cleveland, 7 and 3. IiUderus Still Leads. Fred Luderus of Philadelphia con tinues in front among the National league batsmen with .386 for 26 games. Then come Clark, Cincinnati, 28, .382; Good, Chicago, 27, .364; Zim merman, Brooklyn, 14, .364; Daubert, Brooklyn, 35, .352; Connolly, Boston, 80, .337; Groh. Cincinnati, 38, .336; J. Smith, Boston, 30, .328; Merkle, New York, 20, .338; Robertson, New Tork, 83, .825; Fletcher, New Tork, 35, .321; Saier, Chicago. 40, .319; Doyle, New Tork, 34, .313; Hinchman, Pittsburg, 40, .304; Miller, St. Louis, 42, .302; Killifer, Cincinnati, 36. .301. The batting streak which has brought four New Tork batters among the 300 men has raised the Giants to second place in club batting, with .261, Cincinnati leading with .266. Saier leads in stolen bases, with 12; in runs scored, 32; and in total bases with 93. His long hits include fif teen doubles, eight triples and five home runs. In homers, however, he is behind Cravath of Philadelphia, who is credited with nine. Pitchers in the National league's .700 division are: Pierce, Chicago, won five and lost none; Meadows, St. Louis, 4 and none; Standridge, Chi cago, 2 and none; Ritter, New Tork, 1 and none; Mamaux, Pittsburg, 6 and 1 Mayer, Philadelphia, 8 and 2 Coombs, Brooklyn, 4 and 1; Ragan, Boston, Schneider, Cincinnati, and Smith, Brooklyn, 3 and 1; Alexander, Philadelphia, 8 and 3; Dell, Brooklyn, 7 and 3. BIG NINE MEET TODAY. Star Athletes of the West Compete at Urban a Today. Urbana, 111., June 5. Under perfect weather conditions, the athletic stars of the west competed here in the fif teenth annual renewal of the "big nine" track and field championships. The track at the University of Illi nois field, over which the events were 6 FIRST MORTGAGES On Improved Kansas Farms For Sale Loan No. 9782 $800.00, Coffey County Kansas, B interest. The security in this loan is forty acres of bottom land, with twenty acres in cultivation. The owner lives on adjoining land, and han dles this land personally. Interest is payable semi-annually. Our examiner's valuation of this property is $1,800.00. Loan No. 9807 $1,500.00, Harper County, Kansas, 6 interest, payable semi-annually, term of loan five years. Our examiner's val uation of the property securing this loan is $7,100.00 which consists of one hundred twenty acnes of land, with 110 acres in cultivation, and all tillable. It is only one-half mile from the County Seat, and the assessed value for taxation is $4,840.00. Loan No. 9864 $1,500.00, Butler County, Kansas, 6 Interest, payable semi-annually, term of loan seven years. The security in this loan is eighty acres of land, with neat buildings, occupied by the owner, with sixty acres in cultivation. There are 15 acres In alfalfa, in fine condition. Our examiner's valuation of this property la $3,875.00. Loan No. 9850 $1,600.00, Lyon County, Kansas, interest, pay able semi-annually, term of loan five years. The security in this loan is eighty acres of land, all in cultivation. Our examiner's valuation of the property is $3,200.00 for the land and$400.00 for the buildings, and he reports the place well taken care of. Write for Further Oklahoma and Kansas Lists, and Full Particulars The Pioneer Mortgage Co. MULVANE BUILDING TOPEKA, KANSAS CARPETS an RUGS Have you carpets that need cleaning? Have you carpets that are worn out? Don't throw them away. Call McCormick. We Clean, Refit. Sew, Size. Scour, Lay Them, or make Them Into RUGS. It isn't expensive and it's better done by McCormick Rug Factory cttwTJ Phone 421. Be a Barber run, was fast, and it was expected that western conference records in at least four events would fall. There were 35 athletes, the pick of 22 western universities, entered in tho events. Simpson of Missouri was the favorite in the high hurdles. BLODGETT A KANSAM. How Omaha's Star Twirler Broke Into Baseball. Tom Blodgett, the Omaha twirler. who is creating a sensation this sea son in the Western League, is a Kan sas boy. He hails from Irving, a little town in Marshall county. Blodgett first broke into profes sional baseball at Holton. Kan., five years ago. Holton was in the old Eastern Kansas League. Dr. Karl S. McGrew. now of Topeka. was manager of the Holton team and he heard of the prowess of the Irving pitcher. Se he told him that he would give him a tryout. The future Western League star opened up a game at Holton one warm afternoon. The first six men who faced him 'laid down bunts" and were safe. When the seventh did the same thing, the big pitcher grabbed the ball and sent it with all his force to first base. Three hours later the first base man recovered consciouesness and Blodgett was looking for a Job. BASEBALL TODAT. Western I.fMfcgne. Des Moines at Lincoln, clear, 8 p. m. St. Joe at Denver, rain. S p. m. Omaha at Wichita, clear. Sioux City at Topeka, clear. National I .earn. Philadelphia at St. Louis, clear, S p. m. .Boston at Cincinnati, ciear, e p. m. Brooklyn at Pittsburg, clear, 8 p. m New York at Chicago, clear, 8 p. m. American Icn. St. Lonis at Philadelphia, clear, S p, m. Cleveland at Washington, clear, 3 p. ra. Detroit at New York, cloudy, 8 p. m. Chicago at Boston, clear, 3 p. m. Federal Itxiw, Baltimore at Brooklyn, cloudy, 8 p. au 1 1 Buffalo at Newark, cloudy, 3 p. m, Pittsburg at Kansas City, cloudy. St. Louis at Chicago, 2, clear. 7 American Association. St aPul at Cleveland, 2. i Kansas City at Louisville, clear. Milwaukee at Columbus, clear, 3 p. ra. Minneapolis at Indianapolis, clear, 8 p. m. Tie Sb Marys Reserves. St Marys. Kan., June 6. The St Marys city team played the College Reserves a 1 to 1 game, 11 innings, on the college campus Thursday after- i noon. Emmett, for the city team, got 17 strikeouts. The college got six hit' and the city team eight bits. 1 Want Game Here Sunday. D. C. Wilson of Rossville announces that Rossville has organized a base ball team to play Sunday ball. The team will meet all comers, and is especially anxious to play a Topeka team in Topeka tomorrow. Managers who would like to schedule a game are asked to get in touch with him. Clothes Wringers at Forbes. A&r. Nenralgia Pains Stopped Yon don't need to suffer those agonising nerve pains in the face, head, arm, shoul ders, chest and back. Just apply a few drops of soothing Sloan's Liniment; He quietly a few minutes. You will get snch relief and comfort! Life and the world will look brighter. Get a bottle today. 3 onnces for 25c., at all Druggists. I'ene- trates withont rubbing. Adv. TAT FREE PAV IopckaAuto I IRC AndVulcWrks topeka."- kansas 522 Van Burro St. Thorough course under man of 30 years experience, past 5 years manager National Hotel Barber Shop. Topeka. Lowest Tuition Ever Offered. Tools Far nislied Free while learning. TOPEKA BARBER COLLEGE, 327 Kansas Are.

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 5,1915. A TALEJF TREGO Big Crops, Fast and Present, Bring Prosperity. TVill Be a Big Building Year at Wakeeney. Wakeeney. June 5. Trego county will show an increase in population over 1914 of about 600. The assessors find 179,480 bushels of old wheat in the hands of the farm ers. There is. in round figures. 118. 000 acre sown to wheat. Careful es timates put the acreage for 19 1 aoout the same. R- H. Burns one of the real estate rustlers of Wakeeney, figure, it out this way: "A fact worth knowing about Trego county is that in lll4 there were threshed two and one-half million bushels of wheat. The population was 4,314, making 680 bushels for each man, woman and child in Trego county. Can you find another county in the United States that can beat this, to say nothing of tEe thousands of bushels of corn oa. and barley raised, as well as the thou sands of tons of alfalfa." Farmers are cutting thoir first crop of alfalfa, and they claim the biggest yield in the history of the county. Trego county has made a great gain in personal property valuations. In 1914 it was 11.120,955, and 2 00 -later, in 1916, it increased to $2,050. 170. To the growth of the stock in dustry in a great measure is due the increase in personal property valua- tlThat Trego county and -Wakeeney are good places to make a home is snown by the fact that the following people, former residents here, who went elsewhere to better themselves, have returned, and appear better sat isfied than ever: R. H. Burns. John A. Nelson. BenJ. Rogers. W. H. Perrto. A. L, Bppler, Henry Hobbick. John Wheeter. Silas McKune. Bradley Brown and A. T.-Harvey. The bountiful crops in 1914 and the fine indications for larger crops this year, indicate a busy building year in Wakeeney. Masonic halt block is as sured. The building will be 60 by 80 feet, and it will be constructed of briek. It will be two Btories above the basement. The Masonic hall will be 30x50 feet, and will have reception, smoking and dining rooms. The build ing will be modern, and cost about $12,000. Frank Blanch of Topeka is the architect and builder. Work is progressing on the Kline and Heyl block of three business rooms, having a frontage of about 80 feet and a depth of 75 feet. This block will be built of brick and ce ment, two stories above the basement, and will cost about $15,000. One of these buildings will be occupied by A W Heyl, a baker, who will conduct one of the most up-to-date bakeries in this section of the state. In this block will be the Odd Fellows hall, S5 by 75 feet. The remainder of the upstairs will be fitted for offices. Ad joining the Masonic hall, H. F. Kline will erect two business buildings, 48 by 80 feet, two stories, at a cost of about $10,000. Including the Masonic hall block, these seven buildings will have a frontage of about 180 feet. Good crops are going to give Wa keeney a big boost in her building ac tivity this year. There is talk of otlrer buildings to be erected." Wakeeney has -the -beet arranged postofflce the town has ever had. The new postmaster is J. K. Keraus, ex member of the legislature from Trego county, and one of the successful busi ness men. He gives good service, and he wants a good office to do business in. He goes farther than most offi cers do. On the inside walls he has had paintings made on one side the eagle and the Stars and Stripes; the other is a farm scene on the Saline river near Wakeeney, showing a field of wheat harvested, vegetables and fruits. They are attractive feature paintings, and appreciated by the pa trons of the office. The new buildings being erected front the court house square- lawn, which contains about four acres, and contains several hundred thrifty trees. It is one of the most beautiful sights in Wakeeney. If there is another court house lawn in the state so at tractive as this one, the people of Trego county say they must be shown. In Wakeeney, as is the case in other towns, the auto agencies can't get cars fast enough to supply the demand. With the return of good crops, as one of the prominent business men said te your correspondent, Trego county Let's have an A urora Say that to your "particular smok er" friend. Watch the broad smile of appreciation light up his face. The fact that he is a 'particu lar" smoker will make him appre elate the fine V u e 1 1 a Abajo Leaf in Aurora. Four Bhapes at 10c each. Miaca Geo. Burghart In Topeka Retail Store HOI Kansas I Factory and Wholesale IllS W. th and Wakeeney axe overrun with fakirs. There is everything to commend in the pushing spirit of the Wakeeney ites. In the planting of shade trees, her SDlendid system of water and elec tric lights, the county high school and the city school, the several churches, the miles of walks, the beautiful homes surrounded with blue grass lawns, the good roads leading to town. and her enterprising business men. here to be seen. No visitor can leave Wakeeney without saying a kind word for town and people. DEMAND SCHOOL CHANGES. Hays Normal Shows Evidence of Dif ferent Educational Ideas. Hays. Kan.. June 6. The mar velous prosperity of Western Kansas the last two years through its wneat and alfalfa has changed the standard of education in this half of Kansas. Western Kansas boys and tfirls are demanding more college work. It is only within the last two years that this desire has been general. Within that time the personnel of the student body of the Fort Hays Kansas Normal has changed from students most or whom cared only for county certifi cates to the character of the student body at the summer school now. who for the most part, want to go on with a college education and get their de gree. These students want to ruirui the spirit of the new law passed by the last legislature. As evidence of this situation In Western Kansas, Registrar A. F. Bieker has announced that eighteen courses in the secondary department of the Fort Hays Kansas Normal had been dropped from the program of the summer school because there was no demand for them. He said also that seventeen new courses in the col lege department of the Normal had been organized in addition to the col lege work offered on the printed pro gram. This unanticipated demand ry stu dents of college rank for work in the Fort Hays Normal has worked a hardship on eleven of the faculty. One of these college classes had no available recitation room. The in structor set up a green burlap screen at the. end of a hall on the second floor of tha industrial building, bor rowed some chairs from another In structor and conducts the class. One laboratory section in domestic art uses an alcove adjoining the regular laboratory because another section filled it. Western Kansas is using its only state school as never before. WAS JUDGE AT FRISCO PAIR. Dean Jardine of K. S- A. C. Returns Home from Exposition. Manhattan, Kan., June 5. W. H. Jardine, dean of agriculture and direc tor of the agricultural experiment sta tion in the agricultural college, has returned from San Francisco, where he officiated as Judge of agricultural products at the exposition. Dean Jardine was on the commit tee of the whole, which awarded prizes for such products as forage, meat, wool and fiber, and was also a member of the special committee which judged the various grains ex hibited. On this committee were men from California and Washington, and from Japan, China and Argentina. The Kansas exhibit at the big fair, says Dean Jardine. is both artistic and representative, and is one of the best displays there. An effective color scheme has been worked out by the use of sorghums and sunflowers. The college exhibit is In the educa tional hall, where it is conceded to rank among -the very highest. .Its educative character has been particu larly commended. TAGGART TO HASKELL. Congressman Delivers Commencement Address to Indians. Lawrence, Kan., June 5. The grad uating class of Haskell Institute this year will number about 100 students who have completed the work of fered by the school and required for a diploma. The Indian school author ities are now making arrangements for the commencement exercises, which will start Sunday, June 1 3, and close with the formal commencement exercises Thursday afternoon, June 17. Joseph Taggart, congressman from the second district, will deliver the commencement address at Haskell this year. This address will be given as a part of the formal exercises at tending the presentation of diplomas Thursday afternoon, beginning at 2 o clock. Congressman Taggart was chiefly instrumental in securing for Haskell the new gymnasium building, and will be given a royal welcome when he appears at the Indian school for the address. LIKE COXETS ARMY. Flood of Grafters, Beggars and Work ers on Way to the Coast. Hutchinson, Kan., June 5. Hutch inson is one of the "night stops" of an army of "tourists" who are making their way across the continent, by their wits. Not all of them are grafters, in the real sense. Many of them are work ing clever schemes to pay their way from town to town. But all have the same object, to make their way from place to place, with California as their ultimate destination. There are women, some of them with children, cripples, blind people, husky young chaps out for the lark of it, all "working" their ways, some by begging, others by grafting, still oth ers by doing work of one kind or another. MUSIC FOR ORPHANS. Governor Capper Anonymously Sends Machine to Atchison Home. Atchison, Kan., June 5. Governor Capper has sent a grafanola to the orphans' home here for the entertain ment of the inmates of the home. A complete set of records accom panied the instrument. Governor Capper was at the home on a visit recently and noticed that the homeless children had not the benefit of musical entertainment and his gift was a result of his discovery. The presentation was a surprise and was only learned of when a repre sentative of the press talked to an inmate of the home during the ab sence of Mrs. Burns, superintendent of the institution. None of the of ficials or friends of the governor knew of the gift. CALLED I1IM A JANITOR. Telephone Traffic Superintendent Gets Verdict of $15. Wichita, Kan.. June 6. For having the title "janitor" after his name in the 1914 city directory of Wichita, Harry L. Ford, district traffic super intendent of the Missouri and Kansas Telephone company, formerly traffic superintendent of the Hutchinson ex change, will receive $15. The money constitutes the damages awarded him by the jury in the case tried at Wichita. Ford sued the Polk- McAvoy Directory company for $2,500 damages. TEACHERS TOWEL Man Who Does Laundry Tells of Big Job. State Normal Students Use 700 Turkish Towels Daily. Emporia, Kan., June 5. "If I d been paid in pennies. I'd have thir teen thousand five hundred for wash ing towels last month," said H. E. Hultz, of the Kansas State Normal school at Emporia, the other day. "I wash the gym towels at a cent apiece and last month made one hundred and thirty-five dollars." Some business, this of washing towels for the future teachers of Kansas! Every Normal student, entering the gymnasium for a class is given a clean Turkish towel. After his class he takes a shower bath and drops his towel down a chute into a 'cage-like enclosure. From this cage towels are taken to the wash In the boys' side of the Emporia gymnasium about two hundred fifty towels are used every day. The girls' side averages four hundred and fifty towels a day. This difference in the number of towels does not mean that the girls do more gym work than the boys. It means that more girls than men are enrolled at K. S. N. Nine years ago, when Mr. Hultz first undertook the towel-washing job, he considered 75 an enormous num ber to wash in a day. It was more often fifty. Two copper boilers were put on the range every evening at 8 o'clock. They were filled with hot water, soap and towels. The washing proceeded in orthodox fashion. Rock er washing machines were used. Since that time seven hundred dol lars worth of machinery has been in stalled in the house. Behind the house one thousand feet of clothes line stretch back and forth across the fifty foot lot. In bad weather towels are dried on racks in a room having a temperature of 400 degrees, 300 feet of pipe with a steam pressure of 20 pounds per square inch. Towel washing begins immediately after dinner, about 12:30. Two men are employed to assist. An electric motor furnishes power and steam for the work. "Not much like it used to be no copper boilers, no rocker washers!" laughs Mr. Hultz. "The steam heats the towels so hot a man can't touch them with his hand." FEAR DROP IN WHEAT. Farmers Who Held Last Year's Crop Looking for Low Prices, Hutchinson, Kan., June 5. Farm ers who have held tight to their wheat, expecting a dollar and a half, are becoming genuinely alarmed with the steady fall in the future bidding, and the cash price dropping five to ten cents a day. Some are hastening to sell, fearing it will go below the dollar mark. THIS FOR WIDOWS. Fashion Letter to State Journal by Margaret Mason. A fashion letter from .Paris, writ ten by Margaret Mason, gives the lat est in mart mourning costumes. Madame la Mod these days is swathed from head to foot in sombre robes of mourning- and sable veils of crepe. Even the heat of May cannot prevail on her to cast aside a single shred. She fairly revels in her robes of grief with a morbid passion incom prehensible to our sane American eyes. Long since we have learned the sincerity of burying the grief of our bereavements, as a sacred thing, deep in our hearts. We know there is no need of vulgar display of black gar ments before the multitude to gauge the extent of our sorrow. In fact so sane have we become in the matter that the black garb of mourning is a rare sight in our bigger cities, and those atrocities against aestheticism and sanitation, the long crepe veils of widowhood, are sights all but un seen. Hence the mad passion of the Latin races for the sable plumes offends our toleration. Especially since the sirens of the Parisian streets have adopted widow's weeds as a further lure, they become almost a traversty of grief. Verily these marrv widows are more numerous than the real article. In the very last word of crepey chlc- ness they parade along the boulevards on high heeled shoes, a simper on their incardined lips and a widow s cap on their marceled heads. You cart hardly blame them for adopting this costume, for the Parisian widow s caps are certainly mighty be coming. In most cases the yards of heavy black crepe are worn pinned closely around the face like the Red Cross nurses wear their virginal white head coverings. A tiny fold of white crepe is set inside the black crepe next the skin and sometimes a fillet of dull black beads relieves the plain severity. These black beads are the favorite form of trimming for mourning mil linery, and appear also wreathing lit tle mushroom shaped widow's caps that drop their creepy lengths of veil far down behind. Many of these mushroom shapes are lined with white crepe and on some the white lined brims turn up all around like a snowy collar. Several of these shapes have coquettish little straps -of the crepe to be worn under the chin. It seems strange and incongruous to use the terms coquettish and chic as de scriptive of mourning yet they are the most adequate of adjectives to picture the extreme smartness of these Pa risian garments of grief. Coutouriers and modistes are ex pending all their art and ingenuity on A REFRESHING DRINK Daring the sultry, humid and sweltering days, acid drinks com bined with phosphates are most refreshing and beneficial to the Bystem. The best acid-phosphate drink (one that requires but a teaspoonful to a glass of water) a thirst-quencher, nerve-bracer and tonic is HORSFORD'S Add Phosphate (Non-Alcoholic) Keeps battle hi yew devising novelties in mourning styles. Shop windows display practically nothing else and mind you it is the veritable widow as well as the imita tion ones who insist on the most ultra affair, UiiiKHi.. 4AralrV riflCS. brooches, blacelets, earings, neck-'l laces ana even wrist watcnes are lav ishly displayed. The full short skirts of the moment are developed in dull black silk and banded widely with crinkly crepe unmindful of the incon gruity of a widow's veil that sweeps down to the abbreviated skirt length. The extreme shortness of the skirts on the ordinary individual is enough to make you gasp" at first but after you glimpse a widow in a ballet effect nothing further can disconcert you. Even the children cannot escape the pall and little boys are subdued in black suits and black crepe bound hats while little girls preen themselves pathetically in crepe trimmed ebon frocks and bead trimmed crepe hats of black and white. I have even seen black cloaks and bonnets on mere in fants. Goodness knows if it is any comfort to the poor souls who have lost so many in these dire days of war. I for one would be the last person in the world to begrudge them the mea gre solace of a bit of crepe. The worst phase of it is, of course, the adap tation of the widow's garb illegiti mately. And it is just as well to re member, even if you are an expert at telling the real from- the phony, that right now in Paris there's a heap of truth in the adage "a little widow is a dangerous thing." BUILDING PERMITS, Nine Dwellings To Be Erected at a Cost of $26,575. Permits have been issued for the erection of nine dwellings by the city fire marshal since" a list of building permits was published In the State Journal May 15. The most preten tious of the :iew homes will be the $5, 000 residence that Charles H. .Sessions is having erected at 315 .West Elev enth street. The nine dwellings will be constructed at an aggregate cost of $26,575. The two dozen permits Issued since May 15 total $33,600. Permits issued since May 15: James Handly, one-story dwelling, 213 German avenue $1,000 Charles H. Sessions, 1-atory dwell ing, 315 Eleventh street 6,000 Mary T. Ferry, brick anto garage, 50x115 feet at 113-115 West Tenth avenue 4,800 Clara B. Corbine, two-story dwelling, 230 Woodlawn avenue 2,975 Jerome Hills, one-storv dwelling. Lot No. 4 Westminster Place 2,500 M. W. Overton, one-story dwelling, 041 North Western avenue 500 W. R. Kercher. two-atorv dwelling. 1300 College avenue 3,500 Helen E. Eastman, two-story dwell ing. 594 Buchanan street 4,000 cnanes ti. buck, two-story uweuing, 428 Sumner street 2,600 E. W. Davis, two-storv dwelling. 927 Fillmore street 4,500 Fourteen small items 2,225 SCHOOL FOR OFFICERS. It Will Be Held at Fort Leavenworth. June 20 to 27. The officers' school of the Kansas National Guards will be conducted June 20-27 at Fort-Leavenworth. Plans for the trip to the. fort are now being made at the adjutanfeneral's office and the work will start Monday morn ing, .June 21. It is probable that the annual Leav enworth maneuvers will this year be transferred from Fort Riley to Leav enworth and that event will be staged some time in July. The officers' school week is an Important event to Kansas guardsmen and more than the usual interest- has been displayed in the work this year. All of the officers of the state guard will attend the meet ing. BELGIUM MANLESS LAND Charles F. Scott Tells Kansas City Club of War Horrors. Kansas City, Mo., June 5. A man less land, with its villages in ruins and its women and children living in cel lars and huts, was the description of Belgium given the City club by Charles F. Scott of Iola, Kan., former congressman, in a speech. Mr. Scott went to Belgium to supervise the dis tribution of the Kansas contribution to Belgian relief. "Industry in Belgium has stopped and th epeople are starving at least they would have been if it had not been for our American relief," he said. "In the villages, 90 per cent of the people, rich and poor alike, are in the bread line." REALTY MAN TO PRISON R. F. Goodnow of St. Louis Sent to Penitentiary for Two Years. St. Louis, June E. R. F. Goodnow, former member of a real estate firm, now bankrupt, was sentenced to two years in the state prison today. He had pleaded guilty to embezzle ment by bailee. Board of Missions Meeting. The Topeka Union of the Woman's Board of Missions of the Christian church will hold the quarterly all-day meeting Friday, June 11, at the Cen tral Park church, corner Sixteenth street and Central Park avenue. The following is the program: 10:80 a. m. Praise service Preparation Mrs. Hanna. Business. Tidings Drill February, March, April Tidings. Missionary News Mrs. Blanchard. Luncheon. Afternoon Session. Praise Service Preparation Mrs. Wharton. China and Chinese Miss Russell. Solo Mrs. Cookingham. What the Mission Circle Means to the Business" Girl Miss Georgia Mitch ell. School Girl Miss Myrtle Kellar. Music Central Park Juniors. Sketch "As Others See Us" First Church. Free Dental Clinic The Kansas State Board of Dental Examiners will be in session at the National Hotel, June 8th to 11th. .The persons to be examined are graduates from our best Dental Colleges ana win do good dental work at bare cost of material. No charge for extracting or prophylactic work. Remember the time and place Tuesday, 9 a. m., at National Hotel. G. F. AMBROSE. D. D. 3., Sec. Adv. GRADUATES 178. High School. Turns Out Largest Class in Its History. Sixty-Nine Boys and 109 Girls Receire Diplomas. One hundred and seventv-eiarht scholars, the largest class in the his tory of the Topeka high school, re ceived diplomas Friday night at the auditorium following a program ar ranged by the graduates themselves. J All the seats in the parquet and bal cony were filled and people were iorcea to stand at the back of the room. The unique feature of the affair was the fact that no regular com mencement speech was made. The program, with the exception of the in vocation and a short announcement speech by Superintendent H. W. Wil son, was entirely in the hands of the students. The graduates showed ex cellent taste in the selection of the numbers and the program was short and well arranged. After a number by the high school orchestra the graduates filed in be tween lines of sub-senior girls and took their places on the stage while Miss Mildred Hazel rigg played the processional march. Rev. Millard F. Troxell was introduced by Superin tendent Wilson and delivered the in vocation. A whistling solo by Miss Florence Fair brought an encore and a song by the boys' quartet and a reading by Miss Esther Freeman were well received. Miss Freeman is an ac complished elocutionist. The high school chorus showed ex cellent training and their number was highly appreciated. Miss Aura Brad ford is director. Sol Gilbert delivered an oration on "The Mission of the High School Graduate." The boys' glee club rendered Faning's "Song of the Vikings" and "A Hong Kong Ro mance" by Hadley, following which the diplomas were presented by P. W. Griggs, president of the board of ed ucation, and Dr. C. B. "Van Horn, vice president of the board. The officers of the class are Joe Fay, president: Laura Neiswansrer. vice president; Eloise Sargent, secre tary; Henry Taylor, treasurer, and Edward Clark, sergeant-at-arms. Miss Louise Fleming is class adviser. Miss Marjory Roby was highest in point of scholarship. Marion Lerrigo, William McCarter, Edward Thompson and Helen Whitaker each have 32 final E's to their credit. The most faith ful and deserving members of the senior class elected by a vote of the class are William McCarter and Christina Ward. The class colors are brown and gold. Sixty-nine boys and one hundred and nine girls were graduated. A GOOD MEETING. Topeka Local Union Plans on Aggres sive Year. Much enthusiasm was shown at the last meeting of the Topeka Local Union at the First United Brethren church, with a good attendance, fill ing the church. This meeting marked the closing of the year's work and the beginning of a new aggressive one. An impressive installation service was conducted by Rev. G. K. Hartman, and the following officers were duly installed: President, "V. J. Dunton of the First Presbyterian; first vice president, Louis Floyd of the First Baptist: sec ond vice president, R. M. Lockenour of the First United Brethren; third vice president, Mary Fisher of the Westmoreland Presbyterian; fourth vice president, Winifred Hayes of the North Topeka Congregational; record ing secretary, Georgia Mitchell of the North Topeka Christian; correspond ing secretary. Miss Esther Peers of the Central Congregational; treasurer, Frank Leatherman of the First Chris tion: Junior superintendents, Mrs. Dunham of the Potwin Presbyterian, and Juanita Dignon of the First Bap tist; pastoral counselor Rev. G. K. Hartman of the First United Breth ren; chorister, Paul Van Ness of the First Baptist; pianist, Genevieve Wise of the Central Congregational. Nearly all denominations are co operating in Local Union work. Rep resentatives from each denomination were present. The First Christian had the largest attendance and was awarded the banner till next meeting. Vocal and instrumental solos were part of the program and a selectaion by the Quinton Heights Baptist quin tet. SANDERS IS COMING. Former Washburn President Will At tend Intercollegiate Banquet. Ex-Presidont Frank Knight Sanders of Washburn writes to the Intercol legiate Banquet Committee from New York under date of May 29. as follows: "I have received your printed invita tion to be present at the intercollegiate banquet on June 8. You may count on my "presence and that of Mrs. San ders. Please reserve tickets for us, and mail them to me. Cordially yours, FRANK K. SANDERS. Chancellor Strong of the State Uni versity has written that ht cannot come owing to the fact that the K- U. Commencement is in full blast next Tuesday. President Mason of Baker, President King of the Kansas Wesleyan, Presi dent Rollins of Fairmount, and several other college presidents will bo in at tendance. It is expected that all of the mem bers of the State Board of Educational Administration will attend. Caldwell Lawn Mowers at Forbes. Adv. Financial Institutions of Topeka The Central National Bank Safe, Conservative and Accommodating U. S. DEPOSITARY Capital and Surplus $270,000. J. P. Slaughter, President W. A. Smith, V. P. and Treaa. The Farm Mortgage Company Loan money for banks and Indi viduals on Kansas farms. A Lasting Present for the June Bride or the Graduate Let Us Suggest a Piano HJS On n tp- "pp thing Hi, tm t J.UI aim V 1 I imukI -ii !'H 8 Will WO all ner s W MVa "X 1 f The Incomparable Steinway... $500 MSKj The Pianola Stroud .$550 The World-Famous Vose Sons $360 "ffl, The Old Reliable Kurtzmann $325 2n,V The "Best in the West" Schaeffer $265 MZT The Good, Durable Elburn, style D at.. .$225 Mtwy The Kloman Nord (it's a humdinger) .$175 MtMy Bring her in, or if you want to surprise her, you can come and together we will select what she would like. Comfortable Terms and Jenkins' Service. Won't take long time flies. Come in and let's get the matter settled. r .cioKTs'MOaic i m ill imi m ttw m r Let one of our wagons call for the family bundle and shift the worry to us. It's getting too warm to both er with washing about the house. All flat pieces will be returned Ironed and ready to use. Phone 142 MORGAN NOT IN SOUTH Denial in X. If. Banker and Oil Man Went to Kentucky. New York, June 5. A dispatch from Lexington, Ky., last night stat ing that messages from Pikeville, Ky., said that J. Pierpont Morgan and J. D. Rockefeller, Jr., had reached there yesterday to inspect coal lands, was said today at the offices of Messrs. Rockefeller and Morgan to be erro neous. Mr. Rockefeller, his secretary said, is in New York, and it was said Mr. Morgan had been at his camp in the Adirondacks for several days. HONORS-TO "FATHER" Annual Observance of His Day by Men's Class of M. E.' Church. TColicvlnsr that "father" should be honored as well as "mother" th men's class of the First Methodist church, one of the largost organiza tions of its kind in the middle-west, will carry out a special program Sun- wn..m1nc annrnnrintp tn "Fathers' Day." The meeting will start at 9:30 o'clock. K3d roses win oe worn uui of respect for "father." X 1119 1 ed by the class in 1913. "The mens class of the r lrst Mcmoaist cnurcu inaugurated Fathers' day at the class o.qn .V 1 irt Qunriav morn- JI I ft-1-1 lift ing," read an article in the State Jour nal, following tne Iirst ODservanco ui the day in 1913. "Short talka were i tv,a eiiMopt nf 'Father" and every man was presented with a rose to wear in his honor. Since the first celebration three years ago by the class under Dr. E. R. Pettyjohn, who was the originator of the idea, "father" has been honored in men's classes in Boston, Cincinnati, Portland, ana otner cities. 11 nr. ia on irTi 71 Y1 SI 1 nrkATTI Which will be presented Sunday morning, entitled, "Does Anyone Care for Father?" Does anyone care for the father? Does anyone think of the one Cpon whose tirert. bent shoulders The cares of the family come 'Tis father who strives lor your comfort. And toils for you day after day. Although hts footsteps grow slower. And bis dark locks are turning gray. Does anvone think of the due bills Hes called upon daily to pay? Grocery bills, college bills, book bills: There is some kind of bills every day. Like a patient horse in a treadmill. He works from morning till night. Does anyone think he is tired? Does everyone make bis home br'ght? Is It right. Just because be looks troubled. To say "he's as cross as a bear'" Good words, little actions, and kindness Would help him bis burden to bear. Tis for you be is always so anxious. He will toll for you wbile be may live; In return be asks love and kindness. And such return we should all give. the day when your pride in your daughter urges you to give her something that is a splendid expression of your affection, some- i tnat is intimate ana ueauu- iret okinn' snmoihina1 that J owiuui! ouiuvvi.."o i. jf i 1 tUwi.in-Vi SptJittt. UX vuu LU lie Uliuufc" me -ier, your cnoice ia ui i -.r jUA Tftn a piano. tt ere piuuu ui nic j kins family of good pianos. 714 Kansas Avenue TOPEKA. KANSAS Co. K. P. Hubbard. Mer. Don't leave your comfortable r,jy 1 look after the washing White Star Laundry 213-15 West 5th OFFICIAL Watch Inspector OF THE Santa Fe Railroad The most skillful Watch Adjust ing Service In the city. A full and complete line of Hlrfh grade Watches, Diamonds. Jewelry. Repairing a Specialty. R. H. MOREHOUSE Holiday Place, Opposite Santa Fa Depot. If Your Piano Needs Tuning regulating or repairing, and you want it done by a careful, experienced work man one who has had many years' experience both in general tuning and factory work tele phone S57. GEO. W. HAMILTON, 1831 Grove avenue. REMEMBER We Make Loans IjARGE and small a y "ot let u help you buy a HOME repaying us monthly and you will get out of debt COME AND SEE US AT ONCE The Capital Building and Loan Association. 534 Kansas Ave. L.-M. PENWELL Undertaker and Embalmer THOMA3 B. JONES. Assistant Phone 192. B08-51 9utocJ gfc Constipation Cared Overnight A email Ha w ess. fKnjs 0r,F ffi in .Nature nntKni,. mle able. 'et bftle of Po-DoTnJ' 'T11 your Druggist now and cure vour 'fro.m 1 patioa overnight. Adv. 7?ur C"U-

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THE TOPTTKA DAILY STATE .TfiTTR.TTAlr SATURDAY EVENING. JUNE 5, 1915. READY FM ACTION Government Puts Topeka Bat terr on War Footing. More Equipment and Horses for Local Soldiers. Two cars of new army equipment were received today by the adjutant general's office which will put Battery A on immediate war footing, with full equipment in every particular. As soon as provision is made for the plac ing of 32 head of army horses here, the Topeka battery will be ready for a.n immediate call to arms from the federal government. In the shipment which arrived in Topeka today are four caisson, four limbers and harness and horse equip ment sufficient to bring the local bat tery to full army strength. None of the batteries in this territory have been equipped with more than eight caisson and limbers. That was the strength of Battery A until today. Now the local army is provided with 12 caisson and limbers and sufficient equipment to place it on army foot ing. The new equipment is to be stored In the sub-basement at the state house and is packed ready for immedi ate use. Provision is now being made for the sending of 32 head of army horses to Topeka for use by Battery A. With the horses will come a half doz en army experts who will care for the animals and have them ready for use at any time by the battery. Topeka's quarters are among the first in the western district to be fully equipped for immediate service. It is understood that other western posts are to receive extra equipment this summer. Beginning today, though Battery A Is ready for immediate ac TIED UP BY WASHOUTS Santa Fe Harmony Special Is Ma rooned in Oklahoma. DUE TO JEALOUSY Relatives of Topeka People Write of the War. Germany's Cause Just and She Expects to Win. 1 The New 1016 Model 38 r-OsiHsiinidl i Commercial jealousy inspiring other nations to strike at Germany is the cause of the present European con- j flict, in the opinion of relatives of Otto Rahn. assistant foreman of the me chanical department of the Topeka State Journal, and of his sister. Miss Anna Rahn. of the Capital Shirt fac tory. They have many relatives in Germany. An uncle writing from Ber lin says the war broke as unexpectedly in nti mi as a. inanaerooit comes irom a clear sky. The Santa Fe harmony specialists, after successful meetings in several Oklahoma towns this week, were tied up by washouts today. This morning they spent several hours between Cres cent and Wirt, on tht Enid branch. The special train was unable to move on account of the high waters of the Cimarron river. After a delay of several hours, while the bridge over the Cimarron was be ing repaired, the Topeka officers this afternoon were allowed to proceed. They will arrive in Topeka Sunday. In the party are C. W. Kouns. general manager; E. L. Copeland, secretary and treasurer: J. R. Koontz. general freight agent; J. C. Burnett, assistant, general freight agent; E. H. Bunnell, auditor of disbursements; W. W. Strickland, freight auditor; J. M. Con nell, general passenger agent, and J. F. Jarrell, publicity agent. '"Luther Burbank Day." San Francisco, June 5. "Luther Kurbank Day" attracted thousands to the Panama-Pacific exposition today. Every visitor was-given, as a souvenir, samples of seeds guaranteed to pro duce several varieties of Burbank's fa mous freak plants. Giant cherries, plumcots and thornle&s berries are amonar the marvels Burbank's seeds are expected to sprout. A Card of Thanks. We desire to express to the Luth eran Frauen-Verein, Topeka Typo graphical Union No. 121, Local 36, A. F. of M., Marshall's Band, President's Office, K. L. of S., Tabea Class, State Journal Employees, G. L. C. Club, and to our neighbors and friends, our sin cere appreciation for their many kind nesses and messages of sympathy dur ing our late bereavement. OTTO L. G. RAHX, ERNA RAHN, Adv. HELEN RAHN. n iV 1 1 fl feiH I if'5 fipSf- i ijh fss mm-. ....i i A supporter of German law in Bel. gin in. Bernliuril Behring, who has relatives in Topeka. is here $1100 F.O.B. Topeka MORE POWERFUL 2 H. P. Greater Than 1915 Model. LIGHTER easier on tires, requires less fuel. MORE DURABLE the strength and simplicity of the Oakland Car are leading features. MORE COMFORTABLE More room in the 1916 model insures comfort for 5 passengers. The essentials which round out this car are Four Cylinder Oakland Northway High Speed Motor, 39 H. P.; Delco Electric starting, lighting and ignition system Oakland Stewart Vacuum Gasoline Feed Comfort able roominess for 5 passengers. Also one man top, crown fenders, extra rim, speedometer. In short, complete equipment. This new 1916 Oakland is now ready for. delivery. Other important additions to the 1916 Oakland line will be announced soon. JOHNSON, Phone S4S 511 Quincy St. SS2SSBXBBE3 WARNINGS NOT NEW. No Recent Orders in Germany for Americans to Get Out. "Judging from the letters," said Miss Rahn, "the people of Germany all believe they are fighting a just war and one not of their choosing, but which has been forced upon Germany Dy tne other nations. They are de termined to fight to the very last and they expect to win." The accompanying picture was re ceived recently by Miss Rahn. it was mailed in Belgium and is that of the husband of a cousin of Miss Rahn. His name is Bernhard Behring. He is in the "landstrum" division of the Ger man army and the picture shows the uniform of that division of the army. The "landstrum" is composed of men more than forty years old. Beh ring and others are detained to assist in the reorganization of government in that part of Belgium occupied by the Germans. 0. U. W., ATTENTION! The annua! sermon this year will be delivered by Rev. Arthur S. Hender son, pastor of the First Congregational church, at corner of Harrison and Sev enth streets. Sunday evening, June 6, at 7:45 o'clock. Members of the order and their wives are invited and re quested to attend. Dr. Henderson's reputation as a forceful and entertain ing preacher ought to bo sufficient to fill his church, even to overflowing. Adv. Iron Pumps at Forbes. Adv. Washington, June 5. Ambassador Gerard, at Berlin, cabled the state de partment today that reports it Ameri cans in Germany having been warned to be prepared to leave were attribut able to the embassy's standing ad vice that the war zone in Europe was not a desirable place for Americans. "The warning that the stories have referencs to," said Secretary Bryan today, "is what has been said since the war began; that is, that during the war Europe is not a good placo for Americans to be." TOPEKANS INMOVIES. Raymond Wells and 3Iarc Robbins at Local Theaters .Today. Two former Topekans are playing leads in motion pictures which are be ing shown -today in local theaters. Raymond Wells, former Topeka jitney magnate and now leading man for the Reliance company, is appearing at the Cozy taking the chief role in "The Deadly Focus," a feature drama. Marc Robbins, who is perhaps bettei known personally in Topeka than any other actor, is appearing at the Best theater, taking the lead in an Edison comedy, "The Best Man." Pedagogic Laboratory. tt pitv Tfnn Tfino n The en tire school system of this city has been turned over to the Kansas State Nor mal school to use as a "Pedagogic Laboratory." Among the innovations installed are a iree acmai unuc mu;;r.i inenpr-t i iti social center, com munity music, playgrounds and ath letics. New Service Station We are now ready for business at 10th and Kansas Ave. Red Crown Gasoline 10 2-10. Also Palorine Oil and Grease. Other Service Stations at 509 Quincy and Palmer Auto Supply Company. Standard Oil Company LONDON MOBS ATTACK GERMAN SHOPS FOLLOWING ZEP PELIN RAID ON CITY VOL. 1 TOPEKA, JUNE 5, 1915 NO. 8. STILL Iff Not Even Terrific Rains Can Stop Electricity's Onward March. Electricity's onward march into the homes of Topekans continues unabated. Not even the heavy weather, with its days of incessant rains, could dampen the desire of the many who are just waking up to the economy and superiority of electricity. The owners of fifteen homes in the western part of the city con tracted for wiring and fixtures the past week, ten in the eastern part, six in North Topeka and two in South Topeka. Join the great growing army of electricity. Call 4080 and ask that an Illumination Engineer be sent you free of charge to plan for the wiring of your house and make an estimate. It doesn't cost you a cent, whether you sign a contract or not. Following are the homes that have contracted for real light the past week: West Topeka: J. F. Penny, 1023 Lane; M. H. Strickle. 2119 West Tenth: Mrs. A. McKeerman, 1012 West; J. E. Douglas, 1162 1164 Buchanan: F. North. 1181 Bu chanan: B. Toliver, 1184 Buchan an; William Starnes, 1192 Buchan an; Mrs. Marv Patton, 1156 Bu chanan: C. W. Watson. 1208 Lin coln; T. D. Dizer, 1155 Lincoln: E. Link. 1194 Lincoln; W. M. Green. "1126 Lincoln; Anna Hardision, 1211 Lane; Mrs. Cooper. 1717 Fillmore. East Topeka: C. Ost. 714 Lo cust; F. C. Kleseth. 2th and Mich igan; W. H A. Fusch. 1638 E. 3d; F. D. Windell. 1604 E. 6th; Wil liam Brisendine, 630 Liberty: J. Swager ,815 Chandler; L. S. Clav ton. 1019 E. 6th (store); J. A. Perry. 1515 E. 6th (store); A. A. Hawkins. 715 Locust; H. Brad sh.iw. 7?3 Locust. North Topeka It. SI. Cnmnhell. 1011 N. Jark-goii: W. (i. Lone. 1016 N. Jack son Albert Snook. 515 Orant (store); Mrs. Martha Smith, 1.TJ7 N. Topekn Mrs. Itirdte finrrett. 1208 N. Tyler; W. W. Quarles, 008 West Hallroad. WIRES HiS SIX HOUSES One of the most progressive land lords Current TnpUs hi'.s had the pleasure of meeting is Irwin Snat tinger. an nttorney with offii-es in the New F.ns!:iml buililiug. He has just contracted for the wirinji of seven tenant houses all in a row ou Kast Tenth street. The houses are the property of his father. M. Suattlnger. who is in the East, but the son is lookinR after his interests during his absence, ami we must say lie is loing it well. Itemizing that electricity increases the value of any tenant house, anil thnt good tenants nowadays de m:nd electrified houses, as they should do. and will not be satisfied with less. Attorney Snntti'iger la wiring every honso his father lias. A property owner recently admit ted that the first question desirable tenants rsk now iu seeking a house for rent is. "Is the house wired for electricity The Snatt'Tigpr houses are located t 214-21 B-aiR-JO-itK: Kast Tenth street, and at 427 Monroe. No. 218 is a double house. All are of course, occupied. The sure way ot keep your house occupied. Mr. Propery Owner, is to wire it for electricity. The sure way to gt electricity. Mr. Tenant. Is to ask Mr. Property Owner for it. Iron Without Heat. You once had to heat the whole room to do a little ironing. Now you buy an Electric Iron, which carries all the heat, and iron in your room, if you wish. Mrs. E. E. Brookens. 12 82 College Avenue; Mrs. A. F. Fresh, 1123 College Ave nue; Mrs. G. F. Schultz, 204 Clay street and Mrs. W. W. Huttori. 1 Veal Block, have bought Electrical Irons the past week. You should buy one, too. Buy Your Fan Now. Last week we urged that this was the' Electric Fan season and we were gratified to notice the Economy Grocery Company adopt ing our suggestion. It purchased four lans. one for each of its up-to-date stores at 17th and Kansas, lWth and Buchanan. Huntoon and Clay, and 1116 East Sixth. Buy your fan now. MILLIONS OFMIGROBES. Dcatcn From Old Carpets Into People's Lungs Big City Daily's Timely Warning. We have repeatedly emphasized the dangers that lurk in the old fashioned method of carpet clean ing. We cuote the following from the Memphis (Tenn.) News-Scimitar: "Carpet beating in back yards is an industry that is dying out, and it should die out at once. The process liberates and sends through the air millions of poisonous mi crobes that float into the houses and into the lungs of people in the vicinity. There are vacuum clean ers and other machine methods of cleaning carpets which should be used. The advarftages from a san itary standpoint are great. An old carpet is a vast store house of germs and microbes that should not be permitted to infect the atmos phere and bring disease to innocent people." Be safe by purchasing an Elec trical Vacuum Cleaner. The Edi son Company and all the Topeka electrical dealers and many stores have them. Mrs. M. D. Robinson, of 733 Gar field Avenue, bought one the past week from the Edison. They are time, labor, money and health savers. C5i VPi V.. C5Ji 4. Severe rioting has taken place a 11 over England following Zeppelin raids by the Germane. The picture shows a crowd of rioters smashing up a German's shop in London, using the shutter as a battering ram. Great damage was done all over the country by the rioters and the local police were unable to control the situation. TURNS STEEPLE JACK. Sailor Harry Edmondson Climbs State Journal Flag Pole. Special Sign Week. All season is summer for Elec tric Signs, but the coming week, beginning Monday, will be especial ly devoted to electric signs in To jeka. There are two expert sign men in the city. Max Wessner of Knoxville. Tenn., and Harry B. Porter of Kansas City. Mo., who will submit sketches of any kind of sign you may desire. Your store or business house should have an electric sign; it enhances appear ance, shows you are progressive and is a great trade b ringer. Tele phone 4080 and sk for a visit from Mr. Porter or Mr. Wessner..' The crowd in front of the score board at the State Journal office losi. Interest in the ball game about 4 o'clock when Harry Edmondson, steeple Jack, and ex-sailor in the merchant service, mounted to tne top of the State Journal flagpole. In his ascent Edmondfcon shin- ned" up the pole and used only a Ismail rope a few feet in length loop ed around the start to orace nimseii against the stiff breeze. Edmondson has been in Kansas for more than a year. He was a sailor for 12 years and at one time captain of a vessel on the Great Lakes. Dur ing the time he is not engaged ir. climbing poles he tries to teach "land lubbers' the language of the seas. "Honesi," he remarked to a reporter, "only about one person out of a hun dred here knows the meaning of 'port' and 'starboard." j w nen l was aowu in wie sounicru part or tne state i. wiinessea a ngni that grew out of an argument over an American flag on the bow of the Lus itiania. Some of the reasons given by members of the crowd as to why it was there were laughable. I stopped the row by explaining that a foreign vessel visiting the United States car ried an American flag at her bow and her home tlag at the stern." Married Women Can Teach. Denver. Colo., June 5. Married women no longer will be barred from teaching in the local public schools. The school board recently abrogated its rule to that effect passed a year ago. The woman member of the board, Mrs. Helen M. Wixson, was in strumental in bringing about the change favoring married women. Philadelphia jitney men have or- j ganized to prohibit "joyriding." JOY RIDERS ESCAPE. Overhauled by Police They Take to the Tall Grass. Friday evening an auto belonging to S. E. Cobb of the Bank of Topeka, was stolen from the curb in front of the City Auditorium while Mr. Cobb was attending the high school com mencement exercises. After the exer cises the theft was discovered and Mr. Cobb notified the police. Bert Rich ardson, police driver, and Vern Welsh, motorcop. made a search through the city for the stolen car. It was located carrying four occupants at Fifteenth and Boswell avenue. An attempt to slip up on the joy riders by the oc cupants of the police car failed. The four young men deserted the car and escaped. Their hasty withdrawal from the vicinity of Fifteenth and Boswell avenue was prompted by two shots from Bert Richardson's revolver. Italy a Big Horse Purchaser. Lincoln. Neb. June 5. Information received by Nebraska horse buyers indicate that Italy will be a heavy pur chaser of horses throughout the mid dle western states in the near future. Kansas Auto School Thorough Practical Instructions Repairing. Welding, Brazing. Vulcanizing and Driving. Terms very reasonable. 305' Kansas Ave. Topeka, Kan. "it's easy enough to be pleasant When a man has all he requires; If his health is all right His heart will be light While he's riding on Diamond Tires." Mr. Squeegee iiiiniiiiininnnniiii!!i!iiii!iiiii!!i!iiii!iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiri A man is a good deal like a tire. His greatness depends on the crowd he is in. The really great man the leader literally has to meet all comers in th contest for public approval. Any tire is the best tire in a crowd of inferiors. But nowadays a tire has to be extraordinary if it is to make and bold a record for superior service end mileage economy. It is the extraordinary quality of Diamond Tires that has given them their deserved pre-eminence. Send for our boos of letters from dealers who sold Diamond Tires in 1914. It tells how rhore than 99 out of every 100 of the more than half a million Diamond Tires sold last year gave maximum service at minimum mileage cost. It is yours for the asking. Diamond Squeegee Tires are sold at these "FAIR-LISTED" PRICES: ei,. Diamond Diamond size Squeeree slz Squeegee 30x3 9.45 34x4 $20.35 30x354 12.20 36x414 28.70 32x3J 14.00 37x5 33.90 33x4 20.00 38 x 5J4 46.00 PAY NO MORS. v.- j -i abml omb i at W&S (Pegged ffii'"r.m: Topeka Auto Tire Vulc. Works r pairs Guaranteed. Topeka, Kansas -DISTRIBUTERS Oldest and largest Tire Repair Shop in Topeka. Repair Guaranteed. 924 Kansas Avenue as Automobiles be i r wit Mnf ni- mr TtSw iw kw Supplies Where to Find Them STEAM VULCANIZINC Distributors and T? f C fJT TP 3 TT Ql Adjusters of 17 1 O V. 1 Hi O Largest and best assorted stock of Tires in Topeka. All Repairs Guaranteed. Shawnee Tire Repair Company 116 East Seventh St. Dean Rogers, Tunis Cunningham. The Palace Garage 1113 to 1119 W. 6th The best equipped Garage' in the state. Electric Lighted and Steam Heated. Ladies Rest Room. FIRE PROOF STORAGE SPACE FOR CARS going fast leave your order for space at once. Expert mechanics to look after your auto repairs any time, any place, any where. Automobile and Carriage Painting and Repairing. Rubber Tires a Specialty T. F. LANNAN Phone 93 0W South east Corner 5 th and Jackson St AUTO TOPS Top repairs, dust hoods. slip covers and trlmmins. Tilacksmithlns, woodworking, painting. Foredoore built for any make or model. Wheels built or repaired. Special bodies built (or commercial cars. Rubber REHKOPF BROS, tires applied. 205-207-209 West Sixth Street AUTO REPAIRING Phone S931. First class work. Satisfaction Ouarautecd. Carbon Re moved by Oxygen Gas. Give Me a Trial. C. B. RIDD, Formerly with J. R. Johnson. 928 Kansas Ave. Motorcycles and Accessories and where to get them in Topeka HARLEY-DAVIDSON MOTORCYCLES The Sensation of the Season SHAWNEE CYCLE CO. En In Keller, Mgr. 117 East 7th St. "Where Business Is, Business Goes." Phone 1440 RIDE IT TO WORK RIDE IT FOR FUN THE CENTRAL CYCLE COMPANY Let gnita 111 East 7th St. Topeka lnem 10 yu Everybody Read the State Journal

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PLANT SEEDHDW Topeka City Farmers Are Pre paring for Late Crops. It Is Not Too Late to Make Flower Gardens. VALUE OF BACK YARD "FARM" Government Is Backing: the Home Garden Flan. Idea Is Tot a Fad, Declares Dr, C. D. Jarvis. Many home gardeners in Topeka are now planting vegetable seed for late crops.. In fact practically all varieties of vegetables may be planted now. A combination of heat and drought will work havoc with peas, lettuce, and other varieties of vegetables, but the ground is now well soaked, and provided conditions continue favor able these vegetables should produce. Dr. P. P. Claxton, IV S. Commissioner s of Education, Who Says Every Back Yard Should Produce Vegeta bles and Fruit. The vines, such as squash, cucum ber, melons, etc., should be planted now. Local dealers are doing a good business in the seed of these plo.nts. There was considerable corn dam aged by the recent excessive damp ness, and there is an unusual demand for seed for replanting. Onion Sets Are Cheap. It is late for sowing onion seed but sets may be planted at this time. The white sets that make mild onions are still on the market and are selling at the rate of two quarts for fifteen cents, as against fifteen cents a quart or two quarts fpr two bits the first of the season. "In fact, onion sets may now be had-at $1 a bushel or less, for the dealers want to run no chance of having a surplus supply on hand at the close of the season. Tomato, egg plant, cabbage, and other plant.3 may. ,be'itf out at this time, but they should .be set deeper than earlier in the season. In the Flower Garden. In case the flower garden has not been planted, it is not too late. Of course, there are some varieties that it is well tD give an early start, but provided the weather conditions are favorable they should do well if put out immediately. Gladioli and dahlias "may be put in the ground. All the flowering bulbs from autumn bloom may be planted. Some Model Gardens. Many of the home gardens in the school contests are now in fine condi tion. As is always the case there is indifference on the part of many of the amateur gardeners, but keen in terest is being taken by a large num ber of youngsters. Not a few have been successful in taking in good money through the sale of early vegetables. Back Yard Garden Dr. Philander P. Claxton, commis sioner of education, thinks that every back yard in every large city in the country should produce fruit and gar den vegetables for the home. "Experiments already made by the bureau of education show that with proper direction an average child be tween the ages of six and twenty can produce on an eighth of an acre from $50 to $100 worth of vegetables," said Dr. Claxton. "A third of the children in the city schools might easily pro duce $300,000,000 a year." Home Gardens for City 'Children. '"The school garden idea is not a fad," declares Dr. C. D. Jarvis of the United States bureau of education. "It is an outward expression of an inborn belief on the part of hundreds of teachers and educators throughout this and other lands that children need some kind of active experience to vitalize their school studies. It is also an expression on the part of thousands of parents of the belief that in order to acquire habits of industry and to appreciate the dignity of labor, boys and girls at an early age should be encourased to engage in some kind of wholesome employment.' Furthermore, the various welfare associations, the International Child Welfare League In particular, are embracing the gar- A "t La2? fed The Teaching item A SwtJV kV-vM,jP 1& den movement with the belief that through it thousands of boys and girls may be saved from the evils attending confinement in the shops, the mills and the mines. The plan provides for a whole some occupation for boys and girls while out of school and thus stimu lates industry at the receptive age and guards against the evils attending idleness. An additional result of the plan in operation is an improvement of home surroundings back yards are cleaned up and the home grounds ornamented with shrubbery and flower borders. F.L.S. (Editor's Note: This is the sixteenth of a series of articles by F. L. S. pub lished in the State Journal. ROCK ISLAND. Continued from 'Pa.ee One.) minor matter, and he mentioned other roads in receivership, none of which has a holding company. Expenses Cripple Roads. "The increased cost of material and labor and higher taxes imposed on the railroads in the last three or four years had made the good railroads cut mighty close and has put the third grade roads very close to insolvency," said Harding. "So you would have the commis sion believe that the Rock Island's situation is not due to the buccaneer ing methods of its management, by which its common stock, for instance, was put into the hands of a holding company, bonds were issued and stocks and bonds were pyramided thereupon for the company to pay dividends on, but is due to the law of the land?" inquired Mr. Untermyer. Mr. Harding denied there had been any buccaneering methods, at least, any of which he had knowledge. Mr. Amster told of his fight to elect directors. GERMAN OFFENSIVE. Continued from Page One-1 tions from the German, English and French war offices all point to the beginning of a new effort to rush the British back from Ypres. German re inforcements already have been hurled into action along the Menin road and bloody fighting has occurred at Hooge, only two miles east of Ypres. The British war office contradicts the German claim that Hooge has been stormed and captured, but admits that the enemy: now-holds a portion of the town. All reports to the British govern ment indicate that conditions inside the German empire are rapidly grow ing worse. The authorities are re ported to be taking drastic means to conserve the nation's food supply -until another crop is harvested. Food Blockade Success. The blockade of the German coast apparently has met with success. Con fronted with these conditions and with the ring about him steadily closing in through the arrival of fresh enemies, the kaiser is reported to have ordered a desperate attempt to overwhelm the allies by a series of desperate rushes. Admission from both London and Petrograd that the allies are hampered by a serious lack of ammunition un doubtedly have influenced the em peror's course. All winter the Ger man ammunition works have been turning out trainloads of shells and it is known that the German general staff believes its ammunition supply at least 75 per cent greater than the combined stock of the allies. Fresh German successes around Przemysl unquestionably have had some effect upon th 'attitude of Rou mania and Bulgaria. Dispatches from Budapest in the last forty-eight hours indicate that both Roumania and Bulgarian statesmen are debating whether it is to their advantage to plunge into the war immediately on the side of the allies. The Greek election, which may determine the policy of King Constantine, will be held June 13. FLAYERS OFF TODAY. Travis and Anderson Show Poor Form In Big Golf Match. Rye, X. Y., June 5. Walter J. Travis, veteran of the golf links, and John G. Anderson, formerly of Boston, were all even at the end of the morn ing play in .the 36 hole final for the Metropolitan championship over the course of the Apawamis club. The- play of both men oyer the 18 holes was somewhat ragged and rather disappointing to the big gallery. Each made mistakes in driving and putting. Travis, with S2, and Anderson, with 81 strokes for the 18 holes, fell several strokes behind their averages for the previous matches of the tournament. The following were the scores: Travis, out 554 634 536 41. Anderson, out -454 545 345 39. Travis, in 44 5 455 4 6442 82. Anderson, in 455 364 464 42 81. FLEET TO Wilson Agrees With Daniels, Slides Are Dire Menace. Washington. June 5. President Wilson has agreed with Secretary Daniels it will be unwise to attempt to send the Atlantic fleet through the Panama canal in July, as had been i planned. Governor Goethals has reported the condition of the slides in Gaillard cut to be very indefinite. of Gardening in City Schools Is Becoming General. THE TOPEKA DAILY SEMI-CENTENNIAL Fiftieth Commencement of Washburn Begins Sunday. Baccalaureate Sermon Will Be Delivered by Dr. Sanders. The first event of the fiftieth com mencement of Washburn college will be the baccalaureate sermon that will be delivered at 11 o'clock Sunday morning, in the assembly tent, by Dr. Frank K. Sanders, director of the board of missionary preparation,'-New York city, and formerly president of Washburn college. There will be a sacred concert at 4 o'clock Sunday afternoon in Wash burn chapel, under the direction of Dean Horace Whitehouse. Sunday night the Rev. Noble E. Elderkin of Lawrence will speak before the. mem bers of the Christian associations of Washburn college in the assembly tent. The program for Monday: Monday, June 7. 9 :00 a. m. Class Day exercises by the graduating class .of Wash burn Academy. Campus. 10:30 a. m. Class Day exercises by the graduating class of 'the De partment of Liberal Arts. Campus. 3:30 p. m College Organizations: Program by the Washburn College and Washburn Girls' Literary Societies. I'ropram by the Gamma Sig ma and Alethean Literary So cieties. "The spirit of the Prairies." a masque, presented by the Young Men's and Young Wo men's Christian Associations. Assembly tent. 5:30 p. m. Annual Reunion of the Tau Delta I'l. Observatory. 7:30 p. m. ra dilating exercises of the Academy. Class of 1915. Ad dress by Reverend William F. Harding, I). of Fort Scott, Kansas. Chapel. S:15 p m. Washburn Dramatic Club pre sents "A Midsummer Night's Dream." Assembly Tent. (Ad mission by ticket. Reserva tions can be made at the col lege office) FEES ARE HELD UP Gregory Attacks Order in Dairy Company Receivership. Pay to McPherson and His Aide "Peculiarly Improper." Columbus, Ohio, June 5. Motions to vacate the order of United States district Judge, John E. Sater, allow ing United States District Attorney Sherman T. McPherson and his as sistant, Harley E. Burns, $20,000 fees for services in settlement of claims of the government in the old Capital City Dairy company receivership case were set for hearing before Judge Sater to day. The motion to vacate the order al lowing the fees was filed yesterday by R. W. Childs. special counsel for the department of justice, in the name of Attorney General Gregory, and asserts ed that acceptance of the fees under the circumstances was "peculiarly im proper." The motion of the government to re quire former Congressman E. L. Tay lor to return a fee. of $20,000 which Judge Sater allowed him for his ser vices as receiver of the dairy com pany would be -considered in conjunc tion with the hearing on' the McPher son and Burns cases, it was under stood. The fees were awarded in- connec tion with civil suits through which the overnment collected $575,000 in taxes alleged to have been evaded on oleomargarine. McPherson Resigns. Washington, June 5. Sherman T. McPherson, United States attorney for southern Ohio, resigned today and President Wilson selected Stuart R. Bolin of Columbus to succeed him. It was said at the department of justice that McPherson resigned be cause of criticism of his conduct in connection with the Capital City Dairy company receivership at Columbus. Attorney General Gregory disapproved McPherson's acceptance of a fee. TWO MIDDIES LET OUT President Approves DUmUmU in Examina- tion Scandal. Washington, June 5. President Wilson has approved of the dismissal of two of seven midshipmen of culpable negliicenre in connection with use of advance infor mation on examinations. Their names will be made public- later by the navy depart ment. SUIT IN EQUITY FILED, Government Brings Action Against Wyandotte Co. and K. C. Southern. An echo of the 1903 flood in Kan sas City, Kan., was heard today in federal courts in Topeka, when a suit in equity to compel the Kansas City Southern railway and the county of Wyandotte, Kan., to remove old wrecks of bridges from the Kaw river in Wyandotte county was filed by STATE JOURNAL SATURDAY EVENING. JUNE Fred Robertson, United States dis trict attorney. In his suit Robertson states that the bridges which are owned partially by the railroad and partially by the coun ty were washed into the river in the 1903 flood. To paraphrase the dis trict attorney the girders have wrap ped around' one another like so many shoestrings and have caught drift logs and rocks until serious obstruc tions have been formed. The railroad and tounty are made joint defendants- in the suit as the district attorney says there is no way of telling just what part of the al leged obstructions are owned by each of them. babyTjomesThgh John Jacob Astor Lives at Rate of $30,000 Yearly. Mother Says $20,000 Annually Is Far Too Little. Xew Tork, June 5. John Jacob Astor, now in his third year, the posthumous child of Col. John Jacob Astor, who perished when the Titanic went down, has been living at the rate of approximately $30,000 a year, ac cording to the. accounting filed today with the surrogate by his mother, Mrs. Madeline Force Astor, who is his guardian. The court allowed Mrs. Astor $60, 000 for the maintenance of the little boy for three years, or $20,000 a year. In the accounting filed today, Mrs. Astor asserts that she has spent $2 3, 639 of her own money in additon for his maintenance. Chief items in the accounting are one-third of the taxes of the Astor Fifth avenue home (the taxes being approximately $30,000 a year); $8,000 for professional services of physicians. lawyers and others, and $5,000 for clothing, supplies and toys. Mrs. Astor asserted that she was in formed that the income of the trust fund left by Colonel Astor for the child was approximately $140,000, and on this assumption, contends it was Colonel Astor's wish that his son be amply provided for. Of this income, she points out, she has been allowed only $60,000 for three years The money she has spent from her own funds in addition to the $20,000 was expended from the aate of the child's birth to December 31, 1914. EIGHTEEN HIGHER Cost of Conducting City Gov ernment in Kansas Towns. Topeka Expenses Compared With That of 35 Others. For the benefit of those persons who have been complaining about high taxes in Topeka and a costly city government, J. Will Kelley. secretary of the Commercial club, has com piled figures, showing that there are 18 cities out of 35 in the list given whose governmental expense per cap ita is greater than Topeka. The fig ures are taken from the government census on the revenues and expendi tures of cities. The cost of running the Topeka city government is $20.71 as against $82.27 per capita for Omaha. The city government" at Wichita costs $24.86. Here is the standing of the 35 cities: Omaha 82.27 Kansas City, Mo 41.48 Akron, Ohio 40.03 Denver 38.03 Colorado Springs 31.14 Springfield. Mo 28.9S Kansas City, Kan 27.87 Wichita 24.86 Lincoln 24.00 Council Bluffs 24.53 Sioux City 24.01 Springfield, 111 23.47 Cedar Rapids 22.90 Kalamazoo, Mich 22.H0 I'eoria 111 t 22.21 Davenport. Iowa 21.03 Rnckford. Ill 21.1 Kavton, Ohio 21.27 Topeka. Kansas 20.71 Waterloo. Iowa 20.43 Joliet. HI 20.06 Dea Moines. 20.07 Fort Wayne, Ind 19.72 Pueblo 10.59 Hamilton, Ohio 19.57 Saginaw. Mich 19.28 Evanaville, Iu.l 19.20 Springfield, Ohio 18-80 Canton, Ohio 18.28 Bay City, Mich 17.91 Decatur. Ill 16.78 Flint. Mich 16.77 St. Joseph. Mo 10.42 Quincy, 111 14.03 Joplin, Mo -...13.88 Lima, Ohio. 12.09 HANDBILLS IN ATLANTA No Attempt to Stop Big Anti-Frank Meeting. Atlanta, Ga., June 5. Parties of men today continued distribution of handbills through Atlanta's streets an nouncing a meeting today in the Capi tol's grounds, "in defense of trial by jury." Solicitor General Dorsey said several parties of men invited him to partici pate, that he declined and learned that the meeting was to be one of pro test against commutation of the death sentence of Leo M. Frank for the mur der of Mary Phagan. Citj' and state authorities said today they had taken no steps to prevent the holding of the meeting. The handbills contain no mention of the Frank case, but the call for the meeting is so phrased as to give the impression that it refers to it. Frank's application for a commuta tion is now before the state prison commission. CELL FOR FAIR SLAYER 5Irs. Clara Sehweigcr. Who Shot Hus band, Waives Preliminary. TIansas City, Mo., June 5. Mrs. Clara T. Schweiger. who shot and killed her husband, Louis L. Schweig er, in the corridor or the county court house, here. May 10. last, waived pre liminary hearing" when she appeared in a justice court today to answer a charge of first degree murder. She was committed to jail without bond. The date of her trial will be set next week, when she will be arraigned in the criminal court. Mrs. Schweiger shot her husband after her motion to set aside the di vorce recently granted her husband had been denied. She also inflicted lisht wounds upon h"-l BIG HORSE SHOW "Blue Bloods" of Country to State Fair at Topeka. Prominent Horse Breeders Be serre Stalls for Events. The "blue bloods" at the spectacu lar night horse show in connection with the State fair, Topeka, Septem ber 13-18, will include manv of the most aristocratic horses in the United States, according to Samuel E. Lux, general manager, who has just re turned from the big Commercement Horse show at Columbia, Mo. There Mr. Lux, and Dr. C. W. McCampbell of Manhattan, superintendent of both the draft horse department and the horse show, met several prominent horse exhibitors who promised to be in Topeka with their nedie-reed animals. Not only will the owners of the "strings" of fancy horses that were seen at the successful show last Sep tember be here, but there will be others with their steeds of class. Miss Long Coming. Manager Lux had a personal inter view with R. A. Long, the Kansas City millionaire, and father of Miss Lou la Long, who said that his daughter will be on hand next September at the capital city with horses and turnouts of class. Mr. Long stated that Miss Long expressed herself with enthus iasm over the reception received at Topeka last year, despite the adverse weather conditions that prevailed. Ed Moore of Columbia, Mo., who was here 'last year, has asked to have seventeen stalls reserved for his string of fancy horses, two of which are ac quisitions this season and have thus far never been defeated. W. J. Mooers, whoose horses were admired at the last show, will retrun in September with his saddle and harness horses expecting to win some good prizes. J, H. Murphy of McKinney, Texas, has written for a premium list saying that both he and V. B. Keel are con templating entering their horses in the show. Xo Tent This Year. Because the tent leaked last year and proved generally unsatisfactory decision has been made to hold the night show in front of the grandstand next September. The fence along the track will be removed and the track together with the space immediately in front of the stand and the bleachers will be used for the fancy driving and stepping. A lighting system will be installed that will "turn night into day." There will be plenty of good band music. Free Gate Popularity. A letter was received today by Man ager Lux from Dr. McCampbell stat ing that applications are already be ing received for space in the horse pavilion by exhibitors of draft horses. The freo gate proposition is giving the fair mucn good advertising and unusual interest is being taken in the big exposition. The premium list is in the hands of the printers and is expected to be ready for distribution by June 21. LOCAL MENTION? Mr. and Mrs. Ray N. Lattner will leave late today for points in north east Iowa where they will visit rela tives. Mr. Lattner will return to To peka in three weeks, while Mrs. Latt ner will spend the summer in Iowa. Dr. W. C. McDonough will occupy a suite of rooms at 427-428, the New England building. He will move into his new quarters tonight. While a jitney driver was looking across the street near Fifth and Madi son streets, his machine crashed into a Ford roadster. The jitney was con siderably battered up, but the roadster was not injured by the mixup. Wanted At once, hustling young man living in Quinton Heights, or near there, to carry State Journal route. Must be 18 years of age, or over, and not interested in other paper rout?. Apply at State Journal business office. Adv. Rev. Arthur S. Henderson will preach tomorrow morning at the First Con gregational church on the subject, "The Profit of Godliness." His even ing subject will be "The Christian Basis of Social Action." Mrs. Hender son will sin. The A. O. U. W. lodge will attend the evening service. 1916 Overlands now on display at our salesroom. 823 Quincy St. Phone 429. The Overland Co. Adv. A report received in Topeka late this afternoon stated that the track on the Lincoln branch of the Union Pacific between Salina and Plainville has been washed out in five places. Local U. P. officials have received word of trouble in that vicinity but up to a late hour this afternoon had received no details. Rev. Arthur S. Henderson delivered the commencement address Thursday at Beatrice, Neb., for the graduating class of the high school at that place. F. A. Koester, D. D. S- 710 Mills Bldg. Special attention given to pyor rhea and oral prophylaxis. Adv. After being absent from home sev en hours, while friends, relatives and the police were searching for her, Mrs. Olive Aber, age 90 years, mother of Mrs. M. Gillmore, 1279 Mulvane street, was found Friday afternoon about 5 o'clock at 419 Tyler street by H. W. Bomgardner. The woman left her daughter's home about 10 o'clock in the morning saying she was going for a short walk. When she did not return her relatives became uneasy. She was visiting friends. Big money saved by the Santa Fe Tour Co. on first class trips to the San Francisco fair. See H. P. Richards, ol4 New England Bldg. P. 1524. Adv. Tuesday evening will be "get ac quainted" evening for members of Sons and Daughters of Justice. A class will be initiated. Refreshments will be served. Marriage licenses were issued today to Ralph E. Coffman and Carrie A. Thomas of Topeka and to Fairfield R. Walker of Topeka and Helen Knox of Frankfort. Do not fail to get our estimate on that lumber bill. J. B. Whelan Co., 711 E 4 th. Phone 86 5. Adv. A new bond was furnished today in the case of Joe McGivern, who has been paroled a second time on an agreement to pay $102 court costs ,i prosecution for the cruelty to animals under which he was convicted last winter. He was paroled on agreement to pay ost-s in the case at the rate of 5, 1915. $5 a month. Having failed to do so he was again confined in the county jail on May 19. Bond was furnished today by hi wife in the sum of $200. Mrs. Lottie Parker, of 719 Chandler street, who was injured in the jitney accident Thursday, is reported by Dr. Merrill Lindsay today to be improv ing. After an examination, her in juries were, found not to be serious. Ollie Hutton, the jitney driver, who is at St. Francis hospital, also is improv ing. He suffered from an injury above the stomach. The board of directors of the Kansas State Fair association authorized a special committee to act relative to the proposition of allowing the gov ernment to keep thirty-two head of horses in the horse pavilion on the fair grounds for the use of Battery A. The board met at noon today. The com mittee composed of W. I. Miller, H. W. McAfee, and Samuel K. Lux, general manager, accompanied by Captain A. M. Fuller, went out to the grounds this afternoon to look into the question. A verdict of guilty was returned to day by the Jury which listened to the evidence against R. E. Colton. charged with obtaining money under false pre tenses frDin a local music store. Col ton obtained $20 :n cash and credit for a payment of $10 by the presentation of a bad check for $30. Safety razor blades sharpened better than new. 2Sc-35c doz. Brunt Drug Co. Adv. Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Carpenter, formerly of Topeka, and now of Cof feyville, are the parents of a boy born June 1. Mr. Carpenter was formerly employed in the freight auditing of fice of the Santa Fe. M. R. Doty of Burlingame today was awarded possession of some pieces of Burlingame city property, title to which has been in litigation almost ever since it was mortgaged by his father 29 years ago to D. S. Shepard, another Osage county business man. by a decision in the first division of the Shawnee county district court. The litigation between the Dotys and Shepards was brought to this county on a change of venue about five years ago. John Switzer took the evidence in the case here as referee. His find ings were today spread on the record by order of Judge A. W. Dana. HELDlORlESEnTION. Another Serious Charge Is Pending Against Glen Scott. Glen E. Scott, defendant in a "white slave" case in the state courts, result ing from an elopement with Mrs. Wal ter Stadal, was arrested Friday by the police on a charge of being a deserter from the navy, a- few hours after a telegram notifying Fred Robertson, district attorney, of the charge was re ceived. According to information placed in the hands of Robertson, Scott desert ed from the navy January 4, 1915, a short time before his elopement with the wife of Stadel. Robertson also claims that Scott carried forged dis charge papers from the navy. At the time of the alleged desertion Scott was stationed at the Ozark naval Pta tion, Great Lakes. Illinois. There is a possibility that the state charge will have to wait until the naval courts try Scott. He is being held in Topeka pending advice from naval .authorities at Washington. He was arrested by the police Friday evening, a few hours after he had obtained bond for release from the county jail on the "white slave" charge. Meat Detention Hearing Put Off. Washington, June 5. Hearings of detention of American meat cargoes by Great Britain has been postponed to June 28, at the request of the American packers. PARIS IDEAS IN CHILDREN'S FROCKS The girl on the left is dressed in a bo-peep hat with shirred crown set with roses; a Victorian scalloped frock with low belted waist line- scalloDa edged in contrasting color material. p The girl on the right: Sport hat of felt with under brim c-agjjt op with fruit: frock of soft silk with ornamental binding and l-icfcop elbow sleeve. Both frocks are by Paris designers. j TRY A JOURNAL AD FOR RESULTS STEEL STOCK UP U. S. Court Decision Sends Shares to Sew High Mark. General Improvement Is Shown in Industrial Situation. New Tork, June 5. The feature of the week was the decision of the fed eral court acquitting the United States Steel corporation from any vio lations of the anti-trust laws. Steel rose on this news to 64. the highest price of the year, and more than ten points over its ruling quotation in Jan uary, when the common dividend was passed. All parts of the list shared in the advance, some of the specialties now under government prosecution rising 6 to 16 points, with Harvester as the greatest gainer. Realizing sales on the heavy volume followed the rise with concurrent declines, many stocks retaining but a small part of their ad vantage, while others, including Read ing and Canadian Pacific, sold lower than before the Steel decision became known. In the fore part of the week the market manifested uncertain tenden cies on a moderate amount of business. Foreign conditions, while admittedly less tense, were further complicated by the injection of the Mexican situa tion, Washington's attitude pointing to decisive action in that quarter. The industrial situation reflected marked improvement in the steel and metal trades, most of the steel mills increasing their output while copper sold at its highest price in years. De mand for new equipment grows stead ily but exports of steel and kindred products are hampered by lack of ves sels. Railroad reports showed a prepon derance of gains, mostly at the ex pense of enforced economies. Tonnage in the west and southwest, compare favorably with a year ago and crop news was more encouraging. Foreign exchange again worked favorably to this country, remittances to France and Italy falling to lowest known records. Remittances to Lon don were steadied by the receipt of further large amounts of gold from Canada. KANSAN IS NIPPED. Baxter Man Drawn Into Wire Tap ping Swindle. Los Angeles, Cal., June 5. A table heaped high with gold was the bait in the country-wide wire tapping swindle, of which this town was one station, police officials here said to day. H. B. Bauman, a farmer of Baxter City.- Kan., told the police he surren dered $1,500 at sight of the yellow heap, and H. F. McCarter, an aged rancher from Curry, Idaho, reported $6,000 gone under the same entice ment. McCarter sold his. ranch and turned over every cent he had.. Bauman drew his money from a bank. Three at Denver; Seek Others. Denver, Colo., Juno 5. Leopold Seeds and his wife are being held by the Denver police in connection with charges of swindling made by J. W. Klinkerman, a rancher of Las Animas, Colo., who says he was fleeced out of $8,000 on a mythical horse race. With Mr. and Mm. Seeds the police took into custody Mrs. Cora Bethel. It was stated, however, that Mrs. Bethel probably would be released. The authorities are .ooking for two members of an alleged swindling syn dicate, who have not yet been arrest ed, but who are supposed to be in Denver. -Trr