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The Evening Newspaper of Kansas HOME EDITION TOPEKA, KANSAS, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 31, 1922 TWELVE PAGES TWO CENTS V. X p r V I RAIL PEACE SEEMS NEAR; MINE PARLEY IS FAR OFF Tomorrow Expected to See End of Railroad Shop Craft's Authorized Walkout, With Coming Conferences in Chicago and New York But Operators Say They Won't Meet Miners Now. LABOR TO AGREE Acceptance by Shop Craft Men of Harding Plan Sure. Executives May Protest, But It Is Believed They'll Agree. (By The Associsted Press ) Washington, July 31. President Harding was said today by close per sonal friends and advisers to have re ceived assurances from Chairman Cuyler of the Association of Railway Executives, Vice President Atterbury of the Pennsylvania railroad, and B. M. Jewell, head of the striking shop men's organisations that they would support his proposals for immediate ending of the strike. These assurances were understood to be the basis of the president's hope for successful termination of his ar bitration efforts. Mr. Cuyler and Mr. Atterbury, it was said did not go so far as the union head, but were said to have ad vised the president that they would at least vote for its acceptance. It was said that Mr. Cuvler told the pres ident he would agree to present the executives proposals to the railway heads' conference tomorrow at New York and in doing so express the personal belief that they ought to be adopted. It was thought probable that the executives would take action declar ing that the president and not they themselves. were responsible for waiving the seniority question. New York, July 31. With 148 rail road executives arriving here for the conference called by President Hard ing for tomorrow interest of both sides centered today on the report from Chicago that an agreement had been reached between the striking shopmen and the roads. Officials said a full meeting of the road executives would be held here this afternoon where a policy cover ing the question of seniority would be adopted prior to the formal meeting tomorrow. Washington, July 31. Ben W. Hooper, chairman of the railway la bor board, arrived in Washington this morning for a conference with Presi dent Harding on the railway strike situation. Hooper will leave for Chicago this afternoon. Washington. July 31. Confidence prevailed -generally in cabinet circles today that this week the seventeenth of the nation-wide coal strike and the fifth of the railway strike will see the passing of the grave industrial crisis which has kept the country In a ferment of uncertainty and anxiety. Tuesday Kail Strike Day! Tomorrow is expected to see the windup of the paralyzing rail strike, with the executives of 148 railroad svstems meeting in New York and leaders of 300.000 striking shopcraft workers meeting in Chicago to vote upon acceptance of President Hard ing's peace proposals. Acceptance of the president's pro gram by labor will be prompt. The leaders already have agreed to it. At the meeting of the railway executives, the acceptance will not be so prompt, but it is, none the less certain, ac cording to administration spokesmen in a position to know. They antici pate a short sharp fight against the White House program by the small 'bitter enders" and the acceptance of the program by a majority of the railroad presidents acting as a unit. Not later than Thursday morning, perhaps "Wednesday morning admin istration officials expect to see the 300.000 striking shop craftsmen back in the shops and beginning the repair (Continued ou Page Eight.) NO STATEMENTJBY SANTA FE Officials in Topeka Arc Showing In terest in Strike Situation. No statement was forthcoming to day from Santa Fe offic.ais here re garding the proposed basis of settling the shop strike or the probable out come of the conference to be held Tuesday in Chicago and New York. Officials here are showing a keen interest in the developments as re ported by private wire and press dis patches but are absolutely silent as to what the Santa Fe may or may net do in connection with the propose! settlement. It is k-iown. however, that the Santa Fe is one ot the western roads which are not in favor of taking back the striking thopmer. and restoring iheni to their oiJ seniority rights, even tbo they constnL to accept the reduction in wages. It was po.ntcd out in various cir cles today that the Santa Fe is one of the rou.is to suffer little from tne strike, and that if all of the roads wei e in a similar position there would be little chance or need for a com promise of any sort whatever. It is reasonable to assume, however, that the Santa Fe might, in a spirit of co-operation with other roads, agree to certain modifying conditions regarding the seniority question, but there is reason to believe that the Santa Fe will endeavor to stand by its guns insofar as protecting to the limit the men who refused to strike and the men who have been employ ed since the strike occurred. Santa Fe officials here are Inclined to point to the stand first taken in re gard to seniority rights, and it is be lieved that the company will insist on no interference with the two classes of men on the job at the present time. NO .COAL PARLEY Coal Operators Will Refuse to Meet With Lewis at All. Mines at Pittsburg, Kan., Are Closed Down Early Today. Pittsburg. Kan., July 31. Crowe mine No. .14. the first of the larger Kansas coal mines to be opened by the operating company, was not at work today. The ninety-five men who had been working there did not report for work this morning. It was reported here several days ago that an effort was being made to keep the men from working. Organi zers of the international union were credited with having attempted to persuade the men to refrain from working. However, the action of the Howat followers in a meeting yesterday de claring for joining in the strike is be lieved to have been the direct cause of the cessation of work, as many of the workers were Howat men. St. Louis. July 31. W. K. Kavan augh, president of the coal operators' association of the fifth and ninth dis tricts of Illinois, in a statement issued this afternoo-i said: Says Lewis Knows It. "I can now say positively that the operators of the union territory of the United States have not surrendered and will not surrender the public's cause in this strike, as indicated in press accounts purporting to quote John L. Lewis. 'There will be no Joint interstate conference of the former Central com petitive field, and Mr. Lewis knows this to be true," Kavanaugh asserted. "Mr. Lewis's scheme is intended to befuddle the public by getting a few operators to agree to start on the ld scale conditions dictated by Mr. Lewis. He will then announce that this rump convention is the meeting of the cen tral competitive field that he has be in talking about. - "Mr. Lewis is fooling the press and the public by these statements. Any tonnage that may be tepresented will be insignificant compared with that which might now be operating under the principles of collective bargain ing, if Mc .Lewis had accepted either the offer of the president of the United States or that of tne operators for national settlement." New York, July 31. Samuel Gom pers, president of the A. K. L., de clared yesterday that he viewed "with a great deal of pleasure" news that the mine and rail workers' striffes are "hearing what would seem to be a mutually satisfactory settlement." "From my knowledge," Mr. Gom pers added, "I am convinced that never in the history of organized la bor and capital has there been such an effort on both sides to view things from a really human standpoint." Washington, July 31. The govern ment machinery for emergency de liberation of coal swung into gear to day as the central committee here with Henry B. Spencer, federal fuel distributer, as administrative head be gan its work to supply coal to the in dustries and localities where it is most needed and to maintain fair price levels at the mines. An adequate staff was organized to handle the reports and orders expected to flow thru Washington. Accepting only the responsibility of keeping the railroads and interstate public utilities supplied with coal and directing a proper distribution as be tween states at the same time thru car allocations holding mine prices at a fair level, the federal agency looked to the various states to control dis tribution and prices for consumers locally. Slow- recovery In production was shown In reports of the geological sur vey for the week ending Saturday, the estimated total being 3,900.000 tons compared with 3.700.000 tons the iweek previous- Production of anthra cite was said to remain at "practically zero." Asks Farrlngton To Resign. Livingston. 111.. July 31. Six hun dred miners in a mass meeting here passed a resolution asking the resig nation of Frank Farrington, Illinois unions miners' president, for his al leged activities in connection with a separate wage agreement. Neosho Out of Banks. Emporia, Kan.. July 31. The Neo sho river went out of its bank near here this morning. The river rose 18 H feet In twelve hours as the result of heavy rains northwest of Emporia. At 2 o'clock this afternoon the river was rising slowly. Where to Vote Tuesday Topeka voters In Tuesday's pri mary should study tlie legal notice in this Issue of The Topeka State Journal to make sure of their vot ing places. The polling places of some pre cincts have been changed with the rearrangement of tlie precincts by the city commission this spring. Other voters have changed their residences from one precinct to another since the last election, and will vote at different places. Full information regarding the boundaries of the precincts and the polling places therefor will be found In the IctiU notice on page 11 of this paper. BIG BATTLE OF BALLOTS WILL BEGIN TUESDAY Kansas To Go Into Primary With Blaze of Fire. Campaign Is Most Muddled in History of State. FACTIONAL LINES REMOVED Eyeryone Is Claiming Eyery thing in Tuesday's Voting. Dope 'Sheet as Puzzling Chinese Laundry Slip. as BY A. L. SHULTZ. Kansas is going into her eighth state wide primary in a blaze of red fire and cloud of blue smoke. A bab ble of claims, a volley of sensational dtarges and a final broadside of ora tory tonight will mark the finish. Then the third voter will go to bed and dream to do his durndest with his bal lot in Tuesday's voting. Never in the history of the state has a campaign been so muddled. Never have established factional lines been so thoroly obliterated. Never have re sults been so gravely in doubt. Weeks of labored, tedious effort by the candidates have suddenly ended in a big row and smash in which almost every candidate for state office is con cerned. From the governorship down to minor state offices there is newly developed hostility that threat ens to take all elements of lady like politics out of Tuesday's battle of bal lots. Dope Sheet Is Puzzling. With a dope sheet that is as puzzling as a Chinese laundry slip, the voters and candidates have been thrown into a new muddle in the governorship disturbance. Stubbs headquarters started a lot of the trouble. Their outburst came in the form of a page advertisement of names of prominent men and women .who, it was claimed, were supporting the former governor. The list looked like choice selec tions from the state political directory. On its face it carried a lot of weight. But with only two days in which to go on record, persons claimed for the Stubbs cause have burned up the tele phone and telegraph wires repudiating the Stubbs claim. Many wires were sent to Lambertson and Morgan head quarters in Topeka asserting that al leged signers of the endorsement were for other candidates. - , -Right on thebaela of-toe sensa tional play of the Stubbs organization for votes was a free and untrammeled heaving of bricks regarding the tax league support. Saturday J. M. Kess ler of Topeka endorsed Knapp. It was merely- Kessler's personal en dorsement. But it was veiled in such a manner as to indicate that the league was behind the Salina man. No Action by Tax League. 1 Now ' messages are coming into Lambertson headquarters to the ef fect that many local leagues are for the former house speaker and that the state league has not taken action. On the strength of the Kessler state ment telegrams were received in To peka today to the effect that the Franklin county league had endorsed Knapp. As tho there was not enough trou ble in the tired old world, Emmett D. George exploded some T. N. T. under the big down east insurance corpora tions. George, who is running for su perintendent of insurance, as one of the very interested but sometimes downtrodden policy holders, has charged that the nomination is being commercialized. He has given out an interview that hundreds of thousands of pieces of literature have been mailed in the interests of Baker and Herrick and that the campaign sup port was paid for by the insurance in terests. Herrick today made strenu ous denial of the charge. George Stirs Up Trouble. George has stirred up a lot of hos tility among the old line insurance agents. But he has also caused a con siderable number of policy holders to stop, look and listen. And George's course wasn't by any means the least ot the. bursts of blue flames in the closing hours of the primary fight. -Many New Ones in Race More men unfamilar with state poli ties And the old lines are in races for I, office or managing campaigns than evec. before in the hard fought con tests for nominations. That situation plus the development of new Issues . and the drawing of new lines in the ! last few years have made dope on ! primary results a mere speculation and I guess. I Voting in the larger towns and cities -will begin at 6 o'cloak, Tuesday morning and will continue until 7 o'clock in the evening. In the rural districts and smaller towns the polling nlnj.ea will not oten until 7 in the i morning and will close at C in the 1 evening. Returns will come late. The ballot is the heaviest the Voters have ever (Continued on Page Eight.) CAMPAIGN AT FEVER PITCH. Reed-Long Scrap Is Talk of Street Corners 'In Missouri. St. Louis, July 31. "Reed will be nominated by 50.000 majority" "You're all wrong. Long will win the nomination by at least 100.000," that's the subject of today discussed on the corners ofNf he streets, in the hotel lob bies, the street cars and homes. It's the cause of many heated argu ments in front of the village Itore, the small town depot; it even pro vokes the farmer in his field to stop in the sweKering heat and in a con versation with his neighbor venture predictions as to tomorrow's result of the Democratic contest for the nomi nation for the United States senate, for which Senator James A. Reed and Breckenridge Long have aspirations. Even at Sportsman's park, the fans discarding for moments thier visions of a pennant, find time to inject into their jibes and jeers remarks on the on-coming primary election. Only usual interest kept alive by the candi dates themselves is noticeable in the Republican side where six are seeking the nomination. Gas Tank 60 Feet Across, 100 Feet High, Explodes More Than a Score Injured Gas Burst Tank, Ignite, and Set Fire to Scores of Houses in Chicago's Labor Residence Section. Chicago, July 31. A tank sixty feet in diameter and 100 feet high, con taining thousands of cubic feet of gas. blew up at Fifth and Throop streets, a section inhabited mostly by laborers, injured more than a score of persons, set fire to a dozen houses and caused many persons within an area of sev eral blocks to be overcome by the fumes. The flames were brought under control by the fire department. The cause of the explosion is un known. The top of the tank blew off and witnesses said that simultaneously IN COUNTY RAGE Thirty-Three BepuMican Can didates in Primary Campaign. 'o Opposition in Twelve Offices in Shawnee County. The thirty-three Republican candi dates for county offices today, were staging the final act of the campaign prior to the primary election tomor row. In twelve of the offices there Is no opposition. Fifteen of the candi dates are present officeholders seek ing re-election. The biggest fight for any county office centers around the office of commissioner from the First district, where Boyd Pollom is seeking a third term. E. C. Grisworld. present trus tee of Rossville township, is making a tremendous fight for the place. Rossville has not had a representative on the board since the court house was built, and is out this time to win. In addition to Pollom and Griswold, there are five other candidates on the Republican ticket for this office. They are: William Farnsworth, North To peka coal merchant: Eugene Jiays, North Topeka commission merchant: W. S. Robinson, farmer, of Soldier township; John Ostrand. of Menoken township and former deputy sheriff under Bert Lucas, and V. R. Park hurst, civil engineer and president of the North Topeka Civic club.' These men all have formidable followings. Two In Race In Third District. In the Third district Kenneth Raub and John Sutherin, Jr., will fight it out alone for tl honor of succeeding the late Henry W McAfee, whose un expired term Hugh Larimer, former sheriff, was appointed to" filv First indications war. that the field would be swamped with candidates for this office but at the last minute all of Raub's opponents withdrew to throw their support to Sutherin. When Raub opposed McAfee last election he was defeated by only forty-two votes. This campaign has demonstrated that women can oppose each other in politics without any "catty" propa ganda. Miss Nanon Herren. popular reader and publisher of the Legal News, and Miss Flora Stratemeyer are candidates for the office of register of deeds to succeed Oran Layton. Miss Stratemeyer ihas been a deputy in the office for several years and is seeking promotion. Both women are highly qualified fjor the position and both have hosts ' of,, friends. From start to finish their campaign has been conducted with the utmost cleanliness and according to the highest ethical standards known in politics. T. J. Stone, porch contractor, is the third figure in this race. Three In Race for Surveyor. J. A. (Jack) Campbell, Jr.. county surveyor, is out for re-election, and has two opponents in the persons of Adrian T. Parr, of the Parr Map and Engineering Co., and WTalter J. Ar nold, with the Topeka Foundry Co., and who six years ago served as coun ty engineer. Josiah Jordan, veteran Shawnee county educator, is asking a third term as county superintendent of schools. He is opposed by Dave Wallace, prin cipal ,pf Lyman school. L. H. Neiswender, candidate for re election as representative of the Thirty-third district, is ipposcd by Harold Rude, . Kaw valley market gardener. In the Thirty-fourth district George W. Stansfield has no opposition. A. J. Little, blind proprietor of the Shaw- tContlnued on Page Eight.) STATE TAX LEVYBEDUCED New Levy WiU Be $1.70 on Each $1,000 Assessed Valuation. The new state tax levy will probably be $1.70 on each $1,000 assessed val uation as against $2,235 a year ago. The levy which will be certified from the offices of the state tax commis sion this week, will raise $5,800,000. It is probable that the total property valuation for the state will amount to $3,550,000,000 as against $3,795,000, 000 last year. The big reduction in property values has been due to slumps in land values and personal property returns. The decrease in the state levy is made in spite of a reduction of $240, 000, 000. in valuations. It is the biggest property loss absorbed by the state in a single year. Last year the state raised $8,500,000 in direct taxes. In view of the fact that legislative appropriations for the ensuing year are less than those of a year ago, the state commission was able to direct a cut of practically 20 per cent in spite of the loss in real es tate and personal property values. CHIXESE PARLIAMENT MEETS. First Convention Since 1917 Has Na tionalist Problem Before It. Peking, July 31. China's parlia ment is expected to convene here to morrow its first meeting since 1917. Upon its courage to proceed with the reunited China program hang the plans and hopes of President Li Yuan Hung. Today there was uncertainty whether sufficient members would be available to form a quorum. Problems facing parliament include the depleted nationa? treasury discord among the provinces and hostility of the militarists whr do not want their troops disbanded. When Thousands of Feet ofj a tremendous sheet of flame shot up wards. Within a few seconds houses were burning and scores of persons were fleeing. A dock on the Chicago river caught fire and for some' time several large lumber yards were threatened, t Within thirty minutes after the ex- in. iiLj-inn injuicu iiciawiia had been taken to hospitals and doz- ens or others were said to be receiving attention in private hospitals. The tank was owned by the Peoples Gas, Light & Coke company, which an nounced that it contained 4,200,000 cubic feet of gas. DON'T FAVOR IT Shopmen in Topeka, Not En- j thnsiastie About Strike' End. Harding Should Hare Acted "f Sooner Their Attitude. Tha official statement of the ex ecutive committee of the Santa Fe shop crafts in Topeka does not indi cate enthusiasm on the part of the man over the reported possibilities of a settlement of the shop strike Tues day as a result of the intervention of President W. H. Harding. Interested in Election. The local strikers are more inter ested in the primary election Tuesday than in the settlement of the strike schduled" for the same day, accord ing to F. W. Rausch, chairman of the publicity committee of the shop crafts. "'You'd naturally think that the men would all be talking strike set tlement today, but they ' are not," Rausch said. "They are talking about the election, and they are going to be talking and working tomorrow on the same thing. The interest of the shop men. while it is distributed thruout the list of candidates, is centered particularly oa Fred Knapp, candidate for gov ernor, endorsed by the Kansas State Federation of Labor, and W. E. Bush, labor candidate for representative in tha First district." v . Shop Crafts Statement, The statement of the executive committee on the prospect of settle ment of the strike is as follows: Altho the press quotes statements pre dicting settlement of tlie 'strike tomorrow on teriasvas proposed by President Hsrd ins,tae shop crafts do not look with much favor on such proposals, as President Harding should have been sufficiently in terested to have prevented the strike by effering such proposals to the labor board when the questions at issue were befcre it. Not that the shop, crafts do not want a settlement tomorrow, and not that it cannot be settled tomorrow. But if a just settle ment that is satisfactory to the majority of the men now involved -cannot be made to morrow we will stay out until a Just set tlement is made, regardless of the time. One thing each and every man is certain of is that the longer the strike lasts the better the condition we will be in and tho worse condition the railroads will be in to dictate terms of settlement. The past thir ty days has proven this to us. COMMENCE TICKET SALE Shopmen Dispose of Billets to Grand Benefit Show. The sale of tickets ,to the benefit performance to be given at the Grand theater for the striking shopmen and their families during the last half of this week, commenced this morning, when more than 2,000 of the tickets were disposed of. The shopmen on strike, and the members of their families, are selling the tickets, at the regular prices, to the three benefit performances the last half of this week. T'NIOX WOMEN ARE TO MEET. Will Organize Woman's Label League Here Tonight. There will be a meeting of the wives of shop crafts workers and of other union men in Topeka at Labor hall at 8 o clock tonight, for the purpose of organizing a Topeka branch of the Woman's Union Label league. The league is 'a national organiza tion, whose members are pledged to demand the presence of the label de noting manufacture by union labor, of all wares which they purchase. FARMER KILLED BY LIGHTNING C. W. Rohde Dies During Storm Sat urday Afternoon. C. W. Rohde. a farmer, living six miles northwest of Wakarusa, was killed during the storm Saturday afternoon by a bolt of lightning which struck a haystack near which he and his son, Charles, had taken refuge. Rohde and his son were stacking hay when the storm broke, and took refuge by the side of the stack, it was said. The bolt killed the older man and rendered Charles unconscious. He was severely burned, but is expected to recover. . Rohde is survived by his wife and several children. DON'T GO TO S. AMERICA! That Ic Look One for Fake Coloniza tion Schemes, U. S. Warns. Washington, July 31. Warning against unofficial promoters of colon- j issued today by the commerce depart ment which added that such pro moters have been particularly active in the western states. Many Americans going to South America as colonists have found that ; Jacksonville, Fla., Sunday night at they have invested their savings in ; o'clock in his attempt to fly from the land in the remote wilderness, the de- J Atlantic to the Pacific coast in twenty- parunent said. I four hours with only one stop. . , " . . I Lieutenant Doolittle will leave Kelly Wind Delays Channel Swim Try. j field for jacksonViiIe jn the plane with Dover. England, July 31. A heavy which he will make the flight Friday southwest wind which blew in from morning. He expects to land at Kelly the Atlantic today caused Charles Toth field the following Monday morning Boston, long distance swimmer, to , on his coast to coast flight. Doolittle. postpone his attempt to swim English , in mapping his route, recently flew channel from England to France. He from Kelly field to Jacksonville, a dis hopes to be able to attempt the feat tance of 1,025 miles in nine hours and tomorrow and is confident of success, fifty minutes. READY FOR FINALS Kansas Voters to Decide Who Is Who Tomorrow. 121 Candidates for State, Con gressional and Judicial Offices. SLUMP DUE TO "OFF YEAR" Is Due to No Presidential and Senatorial Elections. . Iilst OI Candidates and OftlCeS to Which They Aspire. Tomorrow the voters of Kansas will decide which of the 121 candidates for nomination to state, congressional and Judicial offices on the three tickets shall make the final race1 to serve them during the coming terms. These choices will be made in addition to se lecting their favorites for county and township offices. The number of candidates this year compares to a total of 202 two years ago. The slump in orrice seekers is generally attributed to tne fact that this is an "off year" in politics, there being no presidential or senatorial elections. List of State Candidates. Following is a list of the 121 candi dates and the offices to which they aspire (the names appear in the or der the candidates filed): -Republican Ticket. Congress: First district Congress man Dan R. Anthony, Jr., Leaven worth; Fred Voiland, Topeka; W. E. Bush, Topeka. Second Tom Harley, Lawrence; Russel Dyer. Kansas City; Congress man Edward C. Little, Kansas City. Third Congressman Philip F. Campbell. Pittsburg; W. H. Sproul, Sedan; J. E. Brooks, Sedan. Fourth Congressman Homer Hoch, Marion. Fifth Congressman James G. Strong, Blue Rapids; David R. Cough lin. Concordia. Sixth John M. Gray. Kirwin; Con gressman Hays B. White, Mankato; Clerin Zumwalt, Agra. Sevent . h Congressman J. Tineher. Medicine Lodge. Eighth Congressman Richard Bird, Wichita. State Offices: Governor Mrs. N. E, M. D. Mo wry, Kansas City; T. A. McNeal Topeka: Helen Pettigrew, Kansas City; William Purneli Lambertson, Fairview; W. R. Stubbs, Lawrence; Fred W. Knapp. Salina; W. Y. Mor gan, Hutchinson. Lieutenant Governor Ben S. Faulen, Fredonia. Secretary of State D. O. McCray, Topeka; Frank J. Ryan, Leavenworth. Auditor Norton A. Turner. Rus- rsell; Edgar W. Degan, Topeka.'"" Treasurer E. . T.. . Thompson, Bel laire. Attorney General John E. Martin, Alma; Tom D. Smith, Hiawatha: Charles B. Griffith, Fort Scott; Hal R. Clark, Independence; Frank G. Drenning, Topeka; Ed Rooney, To peka. Superintendent of Public Instruc tion Jess W. Miley, Girard; Lorraine Elizabeth Wooster, Salina; Fred A. Seaman, Topeka, Superintendent of Insurance Wal ter G. Herrick, Wellington; William R. Baker, Topeka: Jacob J. Banks, Atchison; Emmett D. George, Council Grove; Charles F. Hobbs. Baldwin; A. C. Cartwright, Kansas City. State Printer B. P. Walker, Os borne. Supreme Court Position No.1 1. Richard J. Hopkins, Garden City; ustice Silas Porter, Kansas City. Supreme Court Position No. 2 W. W. Harvey. Ashland; Justice Judson S. West, Topeka; A. A. Graham, To peka. Judicial Judge, 8th district C. M. Clark Peabody. Judge. 10th district J. O. Rankin, Paola. Judge. 15th district W. R. Mitch ell, Mankato. (ContiDued on Page Two IS A SAVING OF $300,000 Improvements In Measure Standards in Gasoline and Kerosene Pumps. .Of the 3,918 gasoline pumps in spected by the state oil inspector's de- partment during the last year, 728 were shown to be giving short meas ure, according to a report by Hugh Duff, state inspector. A year ago the report showed 2.249 Fhort measure pumps from a total of 3,905 inspected. During the year Just ended the state department inspected 1.648 kerosene pumps. Short measures were fobnd in 266 Inspections. Based on daily sales from the pumps. Duff estimates that consumers have saved $300,009 in the last year thru improvements in measure standards. MEXICO'S POT IS BOILING. I Rebel Stew Bolls Over In Some Spots, However, Perplexing Government. Mexico City, July 31. Acatlan de Juarez, a village in Jalisco, was sacked Saturday by followers of Juan Garrasco, who killed two' policemen and committed other depredations. Francisco Urrieta. . one of eleven noted rebel brothers operating in Du rango, is reported officially to have been killed in a clash with the social defense police at Tomatos. Garcia. Vigil of Oaxca. reports that Gen. Mariano Crrieta and several of his men have been slain near Tux tepec. It is said that rebel situation on the whole shows little change and that a regrouping of the rebels is seri ously threatened. FROM PACIFIC TO ATLANTIC Kelly Field Aviator Will Try Flight With Only One Stop. San Antonio. Tex.. July 81. Lieu tenant James Doolittle of Kelly field I will hoD off from the flvin field at l FORECAST FOB KANSAS. 1 I I fair Ton l K III M j uraun? . rurp, i II somewnat BRMtuea wm portion oj i I Tuesday. I TINE WEATHERFOR PRIMARY Showers Are Possible, But Mild Tem peratures Will Continue. TODAY'S TEMPERATURES. 7 o'clock 71 8 o'clock. .... .70 9 o'clock 81 10 o'clock 83 11 o'clock 89 12 o'clock 90 1 o'clock 91 2 o'clock 92 Tuesday will be a pleasant election day, says Meteorologist Flora. A con tinuation of the enjoyable weatner conditions are scheduled, says the weather man. There is no chance ox rain before late Tuesday afternoon and mild temperatures will prevail in. definitely the weather man announces. The sky was partly cloudy in the mid dle west today and a few scattered showers are possible. Topekans may sleep in peace to night and dream about election day. as the mercury will drop to about 6 8 de grees. The temperature will rise to about 90 degrees Tuesday. The temperature averaged two de grees below normal in Topeka Sun day. The highest temperature in To peka in the last twenty-four hours was 92 degrees at 2 o'clock this after- fCootinnea on F'age Trro.1 SO THEY ARE WED Marilyn n Pickford, nee Miller, Flans Her Honeymoon 3fow. But Couple Refuse to Say Just Where They Will Go. Los Angeles, July 31. Marilynn Miller, famous stage star, became the bride of Jack Pickford, film favorite, at the home of the groom's sister, Mary Pickford, and brother-in-law, Douglas Fairbanks, at Beverly Hills, a suburb, yesterday. The couple plan to leave today for their honeymoon, but refuse to say where it will be passed. After thewedding, Jack almost lost his Marilynriv when everybody rushed forward to kiss the bride. Douglas Fairbanks, more athletic than others in the throng, was the first man to kiss Marilynn after the ceremony while Charles Spencer Chap lin, the film comedian, was- right be hind Doug. Mrs. Charlotta Pickford, mother of Jack, said the couple would take but a short honey moon,- probably some where in the north" and the return to LosAngeles so that Jack can fin ish a picture. They will return here by Thursday and during the ensuing ten days Jack will complete the picture it was said, then both of them will leave for Bos ton where Marilynn is to reopen in a musical comedy in which she has been playing. TO GET THEIR VACATIONS Clerks in Employ of Santa Fe Granted Usual Privileges. W. K. Etter, acting general manager of the eastern lines, today, confirmed, in part, the announcement made last week by an official of the clerks' union, relative to the restoration of vacation and sick leave privileges to clerks in the employ of the Santa Fe. Mr. Etter says the privileges have been restored effective at once, except in offices or departments where the work cannot be performed without the employment of extra help to fill the vacancies. In other words, it will be necessary for the clerks to "dou ble up", and do each other's work if each is to share in the restored privi leges. , The action is taken in a purely gratuitous manner, Mr. Etter says, but the privileges cannot be extended in cases where they will involve addition al expense. Clerks in the service one year will receive a vacation or sick leave of six days, those in the service two years will receive a vacation or sick leave of J nne days, and those in the service three or more years will be entitled to twelve days off duty, not including Sundays or holidays. The new ruling will affect all em ployes coming within the clerks agree ment or classification as laid down by the United States labor board whether they are members of tho union or not, and regardless of their working basis. FACTA FORMS NEW CABINET King of Italy to Entrust Task to Man Who Resigned, (liy the Associated Press.) Rome, July 31. Luigl Facta, who, with h.s cabinet resigned on July 19, todav was entrusted by King Victor Emmanuel with the task of forming a new ministry. Four Plangc 3,000 Feet to Death. Berne. July 31. By a sheer drop of 3,000 feet into a crevasse, three men and one woman were killed while climbing the Jungfrau yesterday. ELECTION RETURNS As usual The State Journal will an nounce city, county and state election returns Tuesday night. On the Kansas avenue windows bulletins will be . posted giving the vote so far as counted in Shawnse county. From a second story window on Kansas avenue the results from the city, county and state will be an nounced. Reporters In taxicabs will cover every city and mahiy county precincts and will obtain the latest count every fifteen minutes. Special telegraph, telephone and Associated Press service will be main tained for returns from over the mate. E. T. GARTLID6E RETIRING AFTER 45 YEARS ON S.F. Tax Commissioner One of "Grand Old Men of Sant Fe," Has Been In Railway Work la Topeka Since 1S76. SUCCEEDED BY J. F. HUGHES Valuation Expert Takes Up Position in General Offices. In 1877 Taxes Were $149,000 In 1921 Up ,to $5,455,000. The Santa Fe railway today loses one of its terand old men" Edward T. Cartlidge,. tax commissioner, ant for the last forty-five years In the service of the company. Mr. Cartlidge retired on a pension today, despite the offers of the com pany to keep him in active charge of the department he has watched grow for so many years. Edward T. Cartlidge. He wil) continue to make his homi In Topeka. He and Mrs. Cartlidge live , at 1183 Western avenue, Edward T. Cartlidge always has been one of the strong links in the Santa Fe's exceptionally solid chain of officials. He is a man of the pioneer type whose heart and soul have been with railroad, its g-rowth and de velopment. The best part of his lit has been given to the Santa Fe. Tha , railway's wonderful expansion has ' been due to such men, such builder, such ambitious workers as E. T. Cart lidge. He is a man of great charac ter, strong physique, -natural leader ship and sincere devotion to work and family. Started as a Rodman. Mr. Cartlidge has enjoyed a most unusual railway career. More than 60 years ago he took up his first rail-., way position as a rodman on the loca tion survey of the St. Joseph & Denver City railway, now the St. Joseph & Orand Island, between Hiawatha and Marysville in Kansas. From that tims until this he has been In railway serv. ice and is seeond in length of servir in the employ of the Atchison, Topeki & Santa Fe railway. Mr. Cartlidge has watched the Santa Fe expand from a road 755 miles in length to its present size. 11,793 miles. He has been with the Santa Fe from its operation between unimportant lo cal points to a system that is second to none in the world. First Tax Is Only $149,000. " His first payment of taxes on the Santa Fe in 1877 amounted to $149. 000 on the railroad and $132,000 on land holdings. In 1921 he authorised the payment of taxes amounting to $5,455,000. Millions of figures, mil lions In valuations, millions , in tax charges have gone thru his hand. Mr, Cartlidge has been all these years the, only tax commissioner on the Santa Fe system. Succeeded by 3. F. Hughes. Tomorrow the title goes to J. F, Hughes of Kansas City. Mr. Hughes has been in railway valuation work for many years and has been with tha Santa Fe for the last year in valuation work on the Gulf lines and In the west. Specializing in valuation has given him an insight into the tax duties of the system and he will move to Topeka Immediately with his family. E. T. Cartlidge was born April 14, 1855, at Green Point. Brooklyn. N. Y. Three years later he went with h!a ' ' parents to Hannibal, Mo. He attend ed common school there until less, when the family moved to St Joseph, Mo., where his father, E. J. Cartlldea was general passenger and . freight agent of the St. Louis A St. Joseph railway, now the Atchison, Topeka 4s Santa Fe branch from Lexington to St. Joseph and at one time a part ot uhe North Missouri Wabash system. He attended common school and hlgbl school in St. Joseph and in the sum mer of 18 70 was employed as rodmasj on the location survey of the St. Joseph & Denver City railway. To Topeka In 1876. In March, 171. he moved with his parents to Lincoln, Neb., where he at tended the state university. He en tered the service of the land depart ment of the Burlington Missouri River railway and in 1876 he left to take a position with the Santa Fe l Topeka under Coi. A. 8. Johnson, land and tax commissioner. He was em ployed originally to look after delin quent payments on contracts lor in sale of congressional lands in Kansas, On his first day in Topeka Mr. Cart lidge purchased a horse from Hank Lindsay and for months he rode on horseback between Cottonwood Fall and Pawnee Rook, bar-K and forth twenty miles on each side of the rmll tCouuoacd on fags'Klgbt.)