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:1 r" Cliil flLES FiifllEST Sayt Grain Men Don't Get Fair UcsJ The Senate committee Ttk.es Matter Up and Is Pressing for Early Action Wsahlngton, July 23. Senator Cap- Dr has broueht up before the com mlttee on agriculture in the senate the matter of grain grading and reduc tions made from the government fixed price made by the United States Grain . corporation. The senator has been ii "Hkreceint of mail and telegraphic com munications from Kansas to the effect that the rules of the 'grain corpora tioa as they are operating in Kansai at present are working a sharp in justice on the wheat grower. In some instances the price on the lower grades of grain has gone as low as U3 in some sections, despite the government guaranty price of $2.20 at Chicago. As a result of Senator Capper's pro iMt Senator Gronna. chairman of the senate committee on agriculture, filed a protest with the agricultural depart ment and asked immediate action to protect wheat growers from improper grading of wheat Senator Capper made his protect in .nerson and also wired Julius Dames sresident of the United States Grain ' corporation at New York, directing his attention to the injustice being .done Kansas grain growers by his rules and the manner in which they an being applied by wheat buyers in Kansas. One of the most emphatic protests received Jy Senator Capper was from R. B. Ward, of Belleville, but scores of telegrams and letters of protest have been received within tne last two days. GEOLOGISTS TELL OE PLANS 1 FIELD State Officials from Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma Talk to Operators at Pichcr Meeting An overflow attendance of mine op erators was on hand at the regular weeklv meeting of the Tri-State branch of the American Zinc Institute at Picher. Okla., yesterday, to greet the state geologists of the three states 1 principally interested in the district- Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma. Geologists H. A. Buchler for Mis souri, C. W. Shannon for Oklahoma and Mr. Moore for Kansas, were pres ent and each spoke briefly regarding: the work that has been started in con nection with the establishment of a Tri-State office at Joplin. They ex plained that while the office that was opened there the first of July in the Chamber of Commerce rooms had not yet got fairly under way, a good start has been made, and it is believed that the plan will meet with the hearty ap proval of mining men of the district through the service that will be ren dered. The .object of the geologists at the meeting yesterday was to extend their acquaintance with the mining opera tor! and to bespeak co-operation in the work contemplated. The program for yesterday's meet ing was further enhanced by the pres ence of Arthur Thatcher, St Louis resident representative for the New Jersey Zinc Company, and one of the prominent men in mining circles in the United States. Upon invitation of F. C Wallower, chairman of the meeting, Mr. Thatcher spoke briefly, praising highly the weekly meeting of mining operators, and declaring that co-operation is the big thing in civili zation today. - iA. W. Pope, of Boston, also was present and made a brief talk. He was formerly interested in the manu facture of bicycles and automobiles and at present is retired, but is inter ested in mining operations in this Held. Major E. D. Payne, of Chicago, a classmate of Edgar Wallower, jr., v ns also a guest at the meeting and us introduced to the operators. m i " Harbinger of War Fsble. fine ancient day the locust has bets the Cjlng wing of superstition, people forget from 1912 tUl 1019 that tike locust has markings on his wines which carry a distinct letter W. whlrlu when noticed, usually result in mnny stories that war is at hand, the letter W being supposed to stand for the word, war. But the fallacy of surh supposition Is In Itself evident from the zact that the word for wnr In French does not begin with W, nor Com U la Italian or BpenUh. BRINGS BELGIAN HOME Olathe Boy's Bride Is Well Educated and Speaks Three Languages Olathe, July 22- Chester Ward, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Ward, of Olathe, has Just returned from eight- ecn months' service overseas. He brought with him a Belgian bride. She is well educated and speaks three languages besides her own. Her fath er was killed In the war and the moth er and three daughters were left, but all their property was destroyed by the Germans. Mrs. Chester Ward Likes America and the American peo ple. Ward Is the first Johnson county soldier to bring home a wife from overseas! Various Falls. "Fall in" Is an old military com mand, originating In the Idea of giv ing up Individuality, and becoming part of the military machine, when In line. Fall means more than "tumble," at for Instance, "to fall from grace,1' no fall asleep." "befall," etc It IS also used In the sense of classifying, "to fall Into place," which may give the derivation desired. Rich Brasillan Forests. There are more than 800 varieties of woods In the Kao Paulo region alone and as a whole Brazilian forests not only abound In the finest of woods but are of enormous extent. Trans portation facilities are dev!opln? slowly and thetubor supply Is a con stant problem. Female Executioner. According to the London Sunday Times of Februnry IS. 1829. the hang man who executed Burke had a wife whom he had Instructed In the s"t and mystery of hanging. Dressed In man's autre, while he was executing crim inals In one part of the country, his hidy was giving effect to the law In another Burke, It may be recalled, was an Irishman, who was In the hab it of suffocating his victims and selling their bodies to the anatomists. He was hanged at Edinburgh on January 28. Good Way Out of Difficulty. If you can't tell the truth, do not tell anything. If you do not wish -to answer a man's question, tell him that If you did It would embarrass him and yourself, and he'll be glad 'to let you off. Uncle Eben. "Some men hate work," said Uncle Eben, "an' a lot more never git well enough acquainted with It to so much ns dislike It." The Original Stub Penn. From a magazine article : "William Penn was a short, stubby man."' Boston Transcript. Dally Thought Strengthen me by sympathizing with my strength, not my weakness. Amos Bronson Alcott Life of Candle Flame. Laboratory experiments conducted of late have shown that a candle flame will become extinguished when the oxycen content of the atmosphere In which It Is burning falls to about 45 per cent. Sulphur stops burning wnen nil but 13.5 per cent of the oxygen In nn Inclosed space has been exhausted. The case of charcoal, however, is notable. Combustion continues until only 9 per cent of the oxygen remains, Time's Changes. Caesar used to wait days to hear from the outposts of his empire, but today the descendants of his legions who plow the sunny fields near Earn mond, La., get dully market news on their strawberries from places thou sands of miles away. This news comes over wires and Is Issued In Ital ian, as well ns In English, 'by the local ofllce of the bureau of markets of the United States department of agricul ture. Thin Watches Not New. The thin watches that have been fashioned for several years are not a new model. P. V. Bergen of Bound Brook, N. J has a thin watch that Is more than 100 years old. It la an open-face watch, three-eighths of an Inch thlck.N The movement Is one and three-quarters Inches In diameter and the watch Itself two Inches. The movement Is full plate, lever escape ment and opens at the front The case Is beautifully made and of 18- carat gold. The watch Is marked "Mlcaltef & GlgUo, Malta." v All Plodders. I have known several men who may be recognized In days to come as men of genius, and they were all plodders, hard-working, Intent men. Genius Is known by Its works; genius without works Is a blind faith, a dumb oracle. But meritorious works are the result of time and labor, and cannot be ac complished by intention or by a wish. Every great work Is the result of time, of vast preparatory training. Facility comes by labor. George Boss. Chance for Real Friend In Need. As the motorist turned a corner fa a quiet country road he saw a brother of the wheel Just ahead, evidently In trouble. Immediately he slowed down. "Want sny helpr he asked, genially. The other motorist looked gratefully at him as he wiped the perspiration off his brow. "I do," he whispered. "See that lady In the car? She's my wife, and I'd be much obliged If yon'd answer her questions and keep ber amused while I'm seeing to this pune- tared tire." DUE ME, IT CODS Two Husbands Seek Damages for Missing wives White Slave Charge Columbus, July 23. A double sen sation, involving four families has shaken this and the Hallowell com munity, eight miles west of here. David E. Hill filed a suit in district court here today for $10,000 damages against O. B. Everett whom he alleges alienated the affections of his wife, Pearl Hill. Hill also swore out a state warrant against Everett charg ing him with unlawfully enticing Pearl Hil lto leave the state with him for immoral purposes. Both Hill and Everett are Hallowell farmers. Delbert Parsons, of Colum bus, a miner, has also sworn out a warrant for the arrest of John Crain, another Hallowell farmer, charging Crain with having enticed Alice A. Parsons to leave the state with him for immoral purposes. Both parties have been missing since Saturday, Parsons Js the father of four children. It is said that the mother took the two youngest children when she dls appeared. Crain had $700 on deposit in the Hallowell State bank last week but checked it all out excepting $200 for various accounts. The balance has been rarnisheed. This afternoon Crain's wife, Mrs. Bessie Crain, filed suit for divorce in district court charging her husband with extreme cruelty and with having eloped Sat urday July 19 with Alice Parsons. TO BLUE SKY VIOLATORS State Bank Commissioner Will Reward Citizens Report ing Illegal Stock Sales to Officers Topeka, July 23. Fifty dollars may be offered as a state bounty for the conviction of violators of the blue sky law. Walter E. Wilson, state bank com missioner, yesterday requested an opinion from the attorney general's office as to his authority in making such a reward offer. Citizens Get Rewards Kansas now is reported filled with agents selling stock in schemes not authorized by the state blue sky board. Richard J. Hopkins, attorney general, is sending letters to the coun ty attorneys, urging them to be more active in enforcing the law. The reward offered by Wilson is for the purpose of making citizens more active in reporting cases of illegal stock sales for county onicers. ine reward is for the citizen, not the of ficer. Also, Mr. Wilson made a strong statement yesterday against the prac tice of many Kansas banks in accept ing "promotion paper." Practice Must Stop Thus, agents of promotion schemes come into a community and sell their stock, which may be a legitimate transaction. The agent takes the note of the purchaser to a bank, which pays for the note, receiving a discount of from. 10 to 25 per cent Thereafter, when the time comes for the collection of the notes, there is difficulty. "The practice of banks profiting by heavy discounts on doubtful paper must stop," said Wilson. The accept ance of promotion paper by Brockets Salina bank was one of the causes for its present trouble. -,. Tip to Authors. A youthful aspirant applied to .a successful authoress for advice as to how to succeed lnv'Tterature. "Yon need todoraltabe'pefci iterance, a type writer and a'ufnej.wai the reply. "Do you mean I hadf. better take In washlngf" ddked theasplrant "Non sense 1 Tpu need the mangle to take the creases out of ytmr manuscripts. Mangle them well, and then, unless the editor have burned them with cigarette ash, no one can tell they have been out before.' f fJ YheTirst 811k, The first silk wss made 2000 B. O. by the wife of a Chinese emperor. Aristotle, In S50 B. &, first mentions silk among the Greeks. The manufae ture of silk wss carried on la Sicily In the twelfth century, later spreading to Italy. Spain and the south, of France. It was not manufactured la England before 1304. . . Really Hit "Why do people say, 'As dead as a door nalir" asked the boob. "Why Is a door nail any deader than doorf "Because It hss beea hit oa the head. I suppose," replied the SWAT THAT EAT QUICK WIA His Relatives II Brings Disease aad Millions la Property Law j Rsts are a serious wheat menace at the is present tuna, aa . health authorities are starting a rat extermination campaign. .. A CllrnllF. Ill at tmmnmA I - V farmers the following other reasons why rats should be killed in their eany infancy: . "One pair of rata will produce a progeny or over 6150,000 la three years. "Rati do damage in the United States in one year of over $100,000.- AAA ' VAJ 'Over $15,000,000 of property is lost year Dy ores started by rats gnawing away the insulation M ssj tola. A1 "uca uu torn m niiwa a. "It costs an average of $1 .82 a year for - fvery rat on your premises in loss food and damn th A of "The rat Is one of the most danger is mediums known fnw ous dii be disease. No premises having rats will nn dangers or disease until i rats are eomnletalv .!... .t the W "rf .KtuiiUIIWU. Shins ram In a .t. v - mil nive brought plague infected rats in the auur years into the Philippines, Hawaii, thre eltUm f tv,. -tt-u-j - un UIUWU States, besides Liverpool, England nd the West Indies." BOXING MATCH AT PICHER The Picher Athlntii a . ' sMavusiuuJI with Sam J. Hannon as president and vnHmner, wuj pot en an athletic eon test in Picher; Friday night, August 1. In Rogers halL Paul Roman, of Kansas City, a boxer f - ' . HMwiavic note, will be matched against Knock out im. omiux, of Picher, for a fifteen round contest ta u-uiA t WWM.VM IWU1IU has to his credit the defeat of Hughie wer (twice), Kay Long, Burt Mullens. Navy Rostin and nth f fameln the welter and light-heavy di vision. Smith hm riftwt n0f don, Bull Morrow, Tommy Ryan, Lee Jackson, Lute Taylor and others. The com starts at v p, m. e SEMPLE STARTS HIS MINE C Y. Semple has started tin hla Early Bird property, located Jusrwest of the Southern, 6 miles west of Bax ter. ' The mine was partly started in operation several weeks asm. whn i decision was made to try the property as a tallinn -clout. Whn am I began climbing, however, it was de cided to forget the tailings and go af ter tne mine dirt once more, and this is being done. While the ttlant was shut down several months many im provements and enlargements were matte in the milL CALLS MOONEY TRIAL A FARCE Washington, July 23. Thomas J. Mooney did not receive full justice in his trial at San Francisco for alleged connection with the preparedness day bomb explosion, according to a report- by John B. Densmore, former special agent of the Department of Justice A E tpfei h Mftil f NO use arguing about it, or making 'chin-music in a minor key! If you've got that jimmy-pipe notion cornered in your little ole smokeappetite, slip it a few liberal loads of Prince Albert! Boiled down to regular old between-us-man-talk, Prince Albert kicks the "pip" right out of a pipe! Puts pipe pleasure into the 24-hours-a-day joy'us class end makes it the toppiest of outdoor and indoor sports! P. A, is so frcgrant, so fascinating in flavor, so refreshing! Prince Albert can't bite your tongue or parch your threat! You go as far as you like according to your smoke spirit! Our exclusive patented process cuts out bite and porch! Prove, that to your own satisfaction! Tepp? rW left, tidy rmd tint, kmdtoma pomnd nd kalf-pownd Cut lutmtJn j that tlatzy, prwclicaipomdcrytal giat kmmidfmitk ytiift moirttnrr top I kat ttr? tk ffcacc m tmck ptrfmct eenJitiom.. - R. J. r.r"f 1 1 Tcbrcco Ccspany, Wixutcn-Sta, tl C who Investigated the case for the gov ernment The report, dated Novem ber 1, 1018, was submitted to the House today in response to a resolu tion. "The plain truth is," the report said, "that there is nothing about the case to produce a feeling of confidence that the dignity and majesty of the law have been upheld. , "There is nowhere anything resem bling consistency, the effort being a patchwork of inconguous makeshift and often of desperate expediency." ' MINING NOTES The Pioneer Mine, located about half way between the Homestake and the Ozark, has again started the work of opening up one of the richest mines in the district. The work of Install ing a set of rolls, a crusher and about twelve hand jigs will start at once and be put into operation as soon as possible and the work of opening up the ground will proceed while the building a large mill will follow, it is expected to have the ground thor oughly opened up by the time the mill is built so that it can run continuous from the start. The Homestake Mine one-half mile southwest of HockerviUe made a turn in this week the first since over a year ago when low ore prices and a strong water proposition forced them to shut down. The work now being done is with hand jigs at the field shaft while the mill is being put Into shape to re sume operations in the near future. The water has also disappeared and no water trouble is expected, i m Jefferson's Wisdom. Thomas Jefferson said: "I have often thought thut If heaven had given me a choice of my position and calling. It should have been a rich spot of earth, well watered, and near a good market Xo occupation Is so delight ful to me as the culture of the earth." Egyptian Pyramids. It took 123.000,645 slaves, working 14 hours a day for three centuries to complete the pyramids of Egypt end the mummies exported from them have not brought, all told, $1,000,000. New York Sun. Must Have Olive Oil. Although olive oil as a food and me dicinal oil can be replaced very largely by other vegetable oils, there are one or two technical uses, wool-eplnnlng, for Instance, for which no entirely sat isfactory substitute has yet been found. Indian Potlatch. Potlatch Is a corruption of an In dian word common among the Pacific coast tribes, meaning a festival of gifts. At a potshatl (potlatch) cele bration the more personal property an Indian gives awny, blankets, orna ments, etc., the hlpher he stands In the estimation of his neighbors, and the more he expects to receive In re turn at the next potlatch. The festi val Is accompanied by music, dancing, and feasting. CAN YOUR OWN FRUIT Jobbers Say Canned Fruit Will ,7 Much Higher This Wlntri 4 Wichita, July 22.-Th whole sout west faces the almost certain prospect of having to pay increased prices for canned fruit and vegetables this sea son, according to reports from whole sale grocers and jobbers here. Higher prices of labor, shortage tt many commodities which are com monly put on the retail market in cans and an unusual export demand is causing this increase, It is said. On the other hand, the wholesale produce men say fresh fruits and vegetables are but little higher than last year, that sugar shows' no ad vance, and that It will pay the house wife to can her own peaches, apples, pears, blackberries, peas, beans and corn. Peanut Oil. The peanut nil, which Is ued as a substitute for other nut oils. Is receiv ing special attention from growers who find this the most profitable feature of the Industry. Alxiut 40,000.000 bush els a year are used In the production of peanut oil. a bushel weighing SO pounds, usually yielding about a; Ion. , ( . Our Country's Birth. . . Our country's independence da' from July 4, 1778, because the Cn States then declared Its Independent, and from that duy on has maintained It. Great Britain acknowledged the. Independence of the United States by a preliminary treaty of peace dated November 80, 1782, and by the final or definite treaty dated September 8, . 1783. This treaty was ratified by the continental congress January. 14, 1784, 8eemed In Distress. One Suturday morning Kermlt's mother was baking pies. She asked Kermlt to go open the oven door and see If the pies were getting too brown. -As It happened, the oven was quite hot and the Juice was bubbling out of the top of the pies while the crust was heaving up and down. Kermlt opened the oven door and said : "No, they're ' not too -brown, but they're breathln awful hard." Helpful Sympathy. She was slowly recovering from a long Illness, but still too weak for the trip downtown to a hairdresser for the much-needed shampoo. At last a maid was found wbq would come to the house. During the doing process she . tpade the startling discovery of the first gray hairs. The convalescent's .grief was so Intense that the mnld. striving to comfort, said : "Law' what If you had to wear one o transmissions on your beadi" " , Cure for Rheumatism.' - , A certain variety of seaweed, known ' . In Ireland as "tope," has been recom- -mended by a famous physician cure for rheumatism and throat affec-. ; tlons if eaten hot, whilst In some parts of England and Wales a variety of seaweed, known as "lover," has been ; In demand for years os a vegetable. Served with roast meats It Is sald'to be extremely palatable. i .. coprrwni im -,. ' t .V kv It. J I' . . . . . a.- -.Tyv. VA "1 -3 'A if :1 X r 1 t 1 4.