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WEDNESDAY EVENING.
TOPEKA, KANSAS, SEPTEMBER 20, 1911.
WEDNESDAY EVENING.
TWO CENTS.
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SHE IS NOT SURE.
Mother of Kimmel Does Not Re
pudiate Released Man.
Woman Asks Man Who Claims
to Be Son Many Questions.
SAYS SHE KNEW HIM.
'Call Me Mother When A!on,'
She Said Years Ago.
Niles Divided Over Identity of
Auburn Convict.
Niles, Mich.. Sept. 20. Stepping
back from the proffered embrace
of the man who claims to be
her son, Mrs. Kstella Kimmel today
faced him for the first time since their
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The Ex-Convict, Who Claims He Is K Immel, the Missing Kansas Banker,
and himnit'l as He Looked fifteen Years Ago,
dramatic meeting in the prison at Au
burn. X. T., four years ago.
"Why, mother, don't you know me."
the man who claims to be George Al
fred Kimmel exclaimed as the woman
entered the heme of a cousin, where
the man of mystery has beenjieknowl
eriged as a relative. As he fepoke he
stepped forward with arms extended,
but the woman recoiled and respond
ed sharply:
"I'm not so sure about that."
Then she subjected "Kimmel" to a
cress examination that went into de
tails of her son's early life and school
days in Niles. She asked him also
why. if he was her son, he had not
written to her during the many years
he was away from his birthplace.
The interview was, if anything, more
dramatic than the former meeting be
tween the two. Karlier in the day
the man had reiterated his claims to
identity as Kimmel and had declared
that if his mother wished to see him
fhe would have to call on him.
When they came face to face he
made the first advances and after her
rebuff exclaimed:
"How can you say any such thing,
mother?''
Then they sat down facing each
other and the fire of questions began
behind closed doors. He was asked
his age. birthplace, several questions
h nout his father, where he went to
school and why and when he left Niles
and what circumstances had prevent
ed him from informing those at home
of his whereabouts and actions.
Mrs. Kimmel is not ready to deny
flatly that the man is her son, neither
will she admit that his claims are
just. When she saw him in Auburn
she was emphatic in her denunciation
of his claims.
Former acquaintances of the wom
rn s son are divided as to the identity
of the man. Some asserted that he has
readily recalled happenings of boyhood
but others declared today that he was
cm impostei.
"This man is not Kimmel." declared
C"iief of Police Ceorge Francis today,
f.fter a conference with the new comer.
'T wtnt tc school with Kimmel and
would know him well. When I asked
this man my name, he could not tell.
"He told mc of once having a fight
here with a man who is now promi
nent, but I find on investigation that
no such fight took place. What that
object of this m( n is in masquerading
rs Kimmel I do not know. But I'm sure
he is under no hallucination. He knows
he is not Kimmel."
Several other iesidnts also express
ed doubt as to the man being Kimmel.
At the same time Mrs. Fox, who ac
cepts "Kimmel" as a cousin, says she
is convinced of his identity. Tatoo
marks oil his wri.'t, and his recollection
of various details of family history
she says make it impossible that Kim
mel is another man.
It was arranged to take "Kimmel"
about the city this afternoon to see
whether he could recognize local land
marks.
"Kimmel." who says he d'sappeared
1.1 years ago and now returns after
S5 0P0 life insurance has been paid Mrs.
Kimmel for his death, said he had no
motive in leturning other than love for
his mother.
"I do noc want to cheat anyone out
of $25,000 more life insurance which
my relatives would receive if they
could prove I'm cead," said "Kimmel."
"But I am not dead.
"After being knocked in the head
in what appeared to be an attempt to
rut me out of the business, after be
ing sent to the Auburn penitentiary
lor five years on a charge of stealing
i'5 cents and after otherwise being so
badlv treated that iny mind is almost
pone, I desired tc come home. It was
impossible for me to pretend for the
Test of my life that I was dead just
s?o that somebody could enjoy $25,000.
"If my mother will not recognize me
J will net force her to. -AH my friends
-ere know I'm the real George Kim
mel. So does my mother know I'm
not an imposter.
"When I disappeared from home 13
years ago undoubtedly my family did
think I was dead. Seven years later
my mother proved in court that there
was evidence to show I was dead. One
Insurance company promptly paid her
SS.non but another company holding
$25,000 policy appealed and said they
would locate me. They did find me in
jail.
His 3Iother Knew Hlni.
"Then my mother heard of it but she
refused to change her position. Four
years ago they brought us face to face
in Auburn penitentiary. My mother
appeared not to recognize me. While
we were talking the guards stepped
aside and I whispered in my mother's
ear:
" 'What am I to call you if not moth
er?' She looked at me in silence and
then whispered:
" 'When we are alon . call me moth
er." "That was an outburst of mother
love which she could not suppress.
Afterwards she appeared to regret it.
I wonder whether that impulse will re
assert itself or whether, while acknowl
edged by my friends, I am forever to bj
disowned by my mother."
Kimmel, believed by relatives to
have been dead for 13 years, arrived
at his old home here from the peni
tentiary at Auburn, N. Y., and was
identified by dozens of former friends
and associates. Among those who
identified Kimmel was his cousin,
Mrs. Harry L. Fox. who opened her
home to the wanderer and held a
celebration of his strange return.
He's Not an Iinposter.
Kimmel'3 arrival here was drama
tic in the extreme. He was aceom-
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George Kim me!.
panied from Auburn by Harry L. Fox
and two other old associates from
Niles, who had telegraphed from the
east that they were sure of Kimmel's
identity. As Kimmei stepped from
the train scores attempted to talk to
him, but his friends hurried him into
a waiting carriage and drove him to
the Fox home to see his cousin. Here
he was also met by F. M. Cook and
Richard Dugan, two of the men who
had known Kimmel best in the old
days. Both said they were entirely
satisfied that Kimmel was not an im
poster. "Let me see 'your left wrist," Dugan
said to Kimmel.
"Tea, the old scar is there," con
tinued Dugan, as he made a minute
examination of Kimmel's arm, "but I
don't need that verification to know
that this man is our George Kimmel
and no other."
"I know it is George," exclaimed
Mrs. Fox. "I am as certain of that
as I can be of anything. I would not
have him here unless I were sure."
Ten minutes after Kimmel had ar
rived at the Fox residence neighbors
went in search of the mother to tell
her of the identification of the man
who claimed to be her son. Both
Mrs. Kimmel refused to go to the Fox
home and continued to reiterate her
belief that the man at her niece's res
idence was an imposter.
After the first flurry of his arrival
and identification had passed, Kimmel
gave a detailed account of his wan
derings since he disappeared from
Arkansas City, Kan., in 1898.
"As you all remember," said Kim
mel, "I left my home here in Niles in
1S38 to go into business at Arkansas
City, Kan. I went to St. Louis from
Arkansas City that same year on a
business trip. While in St. Louis at
that time I was slugged by hold up
men and for a long time my memory
was quite bad.
"For several years It was with the
greatest difficulty that I remembered
anything. Things came back to me
piecemeal and strive as hard as I
could, I could not remember thingn
in any sort of connected way.
"I must have wandered much while
in this condition and eventually brought
up in New York. I have little to say
about the trouble I got into there which
resulted in my being sent to prison.
But I was not responsible at that time,
and I do not think I should be judged
for that. I feel better now than I have
at any time since leaving Niles 13 years
ago.
Longg for Mother's Recognition.
"But I cannot understand why my
mother does not want to see me. She
always treated me well, dressed me in
the best of clothing when I was a boy
and sent me through high school. I
still hold the greatest love for her
and nothing would be a greater boon
than to go back home after all these
years of trouble and suffering. May
be she will, change her mind. I know
it is a shock to her."
Seven years after Kimmel's disap
pearance in 1898 his mother instituted
suit in the St. Louis courts to secure
the insurance which she held on his
life. A jury returned a verdict in her
favor and declared Kimmel to be legal
ly dead. On this verdict one company
paid Mrs. Kimmel on a $5,000 policy.
Another company which carried a $20.
000 policy on Kimmel. however, fought
the claim and carried the matter to
higher courts. Meanwhile, this com
pany directed a country-wide search
for Kimmel and finally announced to
the court that Kimmel was at Au
burn. Upon this discovery, the company
informed Kimmel's relatives that no
payment would be made on the $20,000
policy. Mrs. Kimmel, however, said
she put no confidence in the discovery
made by the insurance company and
declared the whele matter was a con
spiracy to defraud her of the money.
Kimmel says that he has no plans
for the immediate future, but that these
would depend upon the attitude of his
mother and sister. Meanwhile he will
remain as a guest at the Fox home.
All of Niles Is Out.
Almost the entire population of Niles
journeyed to the railroad station to
meet the prisoner whom the moter de
meet the prisoner whom the mother de
prive her of $23. 000 insurance which she
held on the life of her Eon, who, she
CContlnued on Page Eisht.
ONLY ONEJN LINE
Topeka Postal Savings Bank
Opening Is Quiet.
Kev. David Lyon Makes a 810.00
Deposit.
IS 3IUCH RED TAPE.
Required Ten Minutes to Ar
range Details.
Eain Given as Cause for Poor
Showing.
The man who has the distinction of
being the first depositor in the United
States Postal Savings bank, which was
opened at the Topeka postoffice at 8
o'clock this morning is the Rev. Iavid
Lyon, pastor of the North Topeka
Christian church. The amount de
posited was $10, and it took just ten
minutes to transact the business.
"I was asked to give my father's
an dmother's name, and my place of
birth and age among other thing,"
said Mr. Lyon. On the ten dollar cer
tificate received by the depositor was
written the following: "This certifies
that the sum of ten dollars has been
deposited with the trustees of the pos
tal savings system and will be payable
to the depositor at the above named
depository office with interest at the
rate of two per cent per annum pay
able annually on the presentation of
this certificate properly endorsed."
The certificate bears the signatures in
facsimile of Frank H. Hitchcock,
Franklin Mac "Veagh, and Geo. W.
Wickersham, and was enclosed in an
envelope on which are printed instruc
tions for the depositor to bear in mind.
Rev. Mr. Lyon was the only person
to be on hand at the opening of the
bank, but the experience of many of
the Kansas towns where United States
Savings banks have been established
has been that in some instances no de
posit has been made for a day or two.
"It won't be very rushing for a
while," remarked Postmaster Rodgers
this morning.
"I was expecting to see several per
sons in line for the opening," said G.
W. Lyon, the teller, "but I presume
that the rain has kept the people
away." a
In other places it has been the ex
perience that it apparently takes some
little time for the people to realize
that the banks are !n existence.
Expect $500 Before Night.
At noon today an aged negro from
the East side was waiting impatient
ly at the window for W. R. Caldwell
to prepare a certificiate of deposit for
the $5 bill which the negro held in
his hand. The negro was the ninth
depositor of the morning. The largest
depositor of the morning placed less
than $100 in the bank .
The customary red tape that char
acterizes all business with the govern
ment is in evidence in the new savings
bank. The cashier does more writing
in entering a $5 deposit than an or
dinary banker does in making a $10.
000 loan. Just what the bank would
do with a line of waiting customers
is a mere matter of guess.
Arrangements had been made to
receive a rush business this morning,
but the rain kept away several pros
pective customers and it may be sev
eral days before the institution is
handling the amount of business that
was anticipated. It is possible that
the banking receipts for the first day
may reach the $o00 mark beiore- 5
o'clock, the closing hour.
LAST DAY OF CAMPAIGN
Canada Will Vote on the Reciprocity
Question Tomorrow.
Montreal, Sept. 20. With the heavy
oratorical cannonading of the election
practically ended the camparative lull
before the voting tomorrow which will
determine the fate of the Laurier gov
ernment and reciprocity gave oppor
tunity today for reviewing the situa
tion and revising forecasts.
Little modification Is made in the
claims of the government or the oppo
sition. Both profess certainty of vic
tory and say the nly question is the
size of the majority. Government esti
mates appear to average about 40; the
opposition claim from 16 to 45 major
ity. Much uncertainty exists as to
what appeals have most affected the
country's real feeling regarding reci
procity uninfluenced by other issues,
national and local, continuously em
phasized by the opposition. There ap
pear to be indications that the Bouras
sa nationalists campaign which a
month ago threatened to divert many
votes from the premier, especially
among French voters, has weakened
under Sir Wilfrid's personal appeal,
politicians Are Active.
Halifax. Sept. 20. Politicians were
everywhere active today. The closing
of the seven weeks' campaign has
stirred Canada from Vancouver to
Halifax as never before. Final in
structions were sent to the political
workers today and complete arrange
ments for getting out a heavy vote to
morrow were made by both parties.
The Liberals are making a determined
attempt to defeat Robert L. Borden,
the Conservative leader, and that gen
tleman has been devoting much time
to the situation in Halifax city and
county, which comprise his constitu
ency. W. S. Fielding, finance minis
ter of Canada and Premier Laurier's
lieutenant, who was largely instrumen
tal in perfecting the reciprocity agree
ment, is having a stitf tight in the
Queen Helburne district at the south
ern extremity of the province. The
finance minister is opposed by F. B.
McCurdy of Halifax.
It has been reported that several
hundred employees of American fish
ing firms, which are opposed to reci
procity, will vote Conservative in Nova
Scotia tomorrow. Many of these Ca
nadian fishermen are residents of Min
ister Fielding's district. The Liberal
leaders, however, say they will not be
injured by the fishermen vote, as many
of th,e fishermen are in favor of the 1
party. The Anglican archbishop of
Ruperts land, Most Rev. Dr. S. P.
Matheson, primate of Canada, and
Rev. Dr. Chas. Hamilton, archbishop
of Ottawa, acting for all the bishops
of the church in Canada, have issued
an appeal to the voters of the do-
minion. The appeal concludes as fol
lows: "The bishops desire at this time to
remind men of all political views and
parties that political purity is one of
the essential foundation stones on
which national greatness and prosper
ity must rest, and in particular that
to buy or sell a. vote is to act the part
of a traitor to our country and to invite
the just contempt and condemnation
of all good men."
Hundreds of Speeches.
Ottawa, Ont., Sept. 20. The final
day of the campaign for the election
of members to the twelfth parliament
of Canada is notable for the unpre
cedented activity of both political par
ties, orators, for and against recipro
city being scheduled to speak at hun
dreds of places all over Canada this
afternoon and evening. The liberals
and conservatives are actively engaged
in preparations to bring out their full
vote and a final istribution of cash
for legitimate exp.enses is being made
today.
The Canadian law forbids a politi
cal party to hire vehicles to convey
electors to the poll but the use of con
veyances of all kinds is being donated
for tomorrow.
Elections will be held in 214 of the
2 21 constituencies. Three liberals al
ready have been elected by acclama
tion. They are Sir Wilfrid Laurier in
Quebec east; J. E. Ethier of Two
Mountains, and Wm. M. German of
Welland county, Ontario. Mr. German
is an avowed opponent of reciprocity,
however. In four other districts the
elections have been deferred. These
are Gaspe, Chicoutimi-Saguenay, Que
bec, Thunder Bay and Rainy River,
Ontario and the Yukon.
hot a car mnmm.
Street IXailway Employees at Detroit
Go on a Strike.
Detroit, Sept. 20. Fifteen hundred
employees of the Detroit United Rail
way company went on strike at 6:20
this morning and no street car is run
ning in the city. The men get 23, 25
and 28 cents an hour. They ask 25 and
30 cents an hour.
Last night the leaders of the local
Street Car Men's association took up
headquarters in the Knights of Equity
hall. Fort and Second streets, and as
soon as crews finished their respective
runs they marched to the hall. At
dawn today hundreds of the men, still
wearing their uniforms, came march
ing in every direction towards the hall.
"Practically all the men were at the
meeting this morning." said one of the
men. "Only about 50 were absent.
There was not a dissenting voice on
the strike proposition."
State fair officials were out early.
anxious and worried about the condi
tions at the fair grounds. With the
tig fair under way only two days and
with thousands of people expected to
day and .'xll the rest of the week, it
means to them a great loss.
The men are asking lor a. rais of
2 cents an hour. When the company.
in conference with the men yesterday
asked whether the union would con
sider a 13 hours day "at the new sche
dule the men offered to try the hours
for 13 days. The company insisted that
if the question of wages was to be
considered the men must accept a 13
hours schedule without trial.
The wages at present are 23 cents
an hour for men who have worked less
than six months; 25 cents for those
who have worked under 18 months and
28 cents for those who have worked
over 18 montht. The increase which the
men ask would make the maximum
wage 30 cents and the minimum 25
cents.
Out of the 2,400 men employed by the
company, 1,700 are members of the as
sociation. The remaining 700 are men
who have been employed by the com
pany for less than 90 days and who
ere not entitled to membership until
they have worked that length of time.
1 he men assert, however, the 700 men
ill go out.
LOWER RATE TO STAND
The I. C. C. Declines to Suspend Pro
posed Reduction on Hour,
Washington, Sept. 20. Disregarding
the protest of the eastern trunk lines,
the Interstate Commerce commission
today declined to suspend a proposed
reduction in the rail and lake rate on
flour from Minnesota transfer points
to New York via Duluth and also re
fused to permit the eastern lines to
withdraw their concurrences in the re
duced rate.
The commission considers today's
decision the most important freight
traffic action taken for many months
and likely to cause protracted litiga
tion. It affects the enormous flour
traffic between the Minnesota terri
tory and the east, exclusive of ship
ments for export, affecting all inter
mediate flour milling interests, partic
ularly at Buffalo.
WARD UP 20 MINUTES.
He Lands on Account of Trouble in
His 3Iotor.
Cornell, N. Y., S?pt. 20. James J.
Ward, the aviator, resumed his coast to
coast flight this morning leaving Corn
ing at 9:30. Twenty minutes later he
was reported as having landed just
vest of Addison.
Ward stopped at Addison on account
of a defective water connection in his
motor. He has sent to Hammonds
port for assistance and does not expect
to resume his flight before 2 p. m.
BAsKBALL WEATHEh,
Western League.
Denver at Omaha, cloudy, 3:45.
Lincoln at St. Joseph, 2 games, 2:30
and 4, drizzling.
Pueblo at Sioux City, cloudy, 10 a. m.
Topeka at Des Moines, cloudy, 3:30.
American League.
Cleveland at New York, clear, 2
games. 2 and 4.
Detroit at Boston, clear. 3:15.
St. Louis at Philadelphia, clear, 3:30.
Chicago at Washington, cloudy, 3:30
American Association,
Toledo at Milwaukee, clear, 3.
Indianapolis at Kansas City, cloudy,
3:15.
Louisville at Minneapolis, clear, 3.
Columbus at St. Paul, clear, 3.
National League.
Boston at Pittsburg, clear. 3 p. m.
Brooklyn at Cincinnati, clear, 2
games, 1:30 and 3:30 p. m.
Philadelphia at Chicago, cloudy. Z
games, 1:30 p. m.
New York at St. iouis, clear, z
games, 1:30 and 3:30 p. m.
OLYfijPiGJS HIT.
Largest Passenger Teasel Afloat
Damaged in a Collision.
The Steamer Is Bammed by a
British Cruiser.
PASSENGERS ARE SAFE
Big Hole Is Made in Her Star
board Quarter.
Inrush of Water Stopped toy
Prompt Action of Crew.
Southampton, Sept. 20. The Olym
pic, the proudest of the White Star
company's trans-Atlantic liners and
the biggest passenger vessel afloat, re
turned to this port this afternoon four
hours after she had sailed for New
York with a hole in her starboard
quarter, but with her more than two
thousand passengers unharmed. The
passengers had an exciting story to
tell of a collision with the British
cruiser Hawke off the Isle of Wight.
The steamer took considerable wat
er and it was at first thought it would
be necessary to beach her and Cap
tain Smith made for a mud bank in
the Cowes roadstead. The prompt
closing of the collision doors, how
ever, effectually stopped the inrush of
the sea and her commander, convinc
ed that there was no immediate dan
ger, brought his vessel about and
headed for Southhampton. Watchers
at Cowes saw the steamer moving to
ward the shore, then stopped and, be
lieving that she had been beached, sent
out the report to this effect. Later
when she drew away, it was supposed
that the liner had been floated with
out assistance.
The Olympic was off Osborne bay
on the north coast of the Isle of
Wight enroute for Cherbourg, her
first stop on the way to Queenstown
and New York when the accident oc
curred. An eye witness of the colli
sion said later that the Hawke was
undergoing steam trials following ex
tensive repairs at Portsmouth and
was traveling at great speed when she
overtook the Olympic.
The cruiser was passing the liner to
starboard when suddenly the former
drew in and crashed into the steamer's
quarter about 20 feet from the stern.
This witness thought the warship had
been drawn against the other vessel by
the suction. After the impact the
Hawke drew astern and her crew
threw the collision mats over a badly
damaged bow.
The Olypmic, as she drew away from
the cruiser, exhibited an ugly hole into
which great quantities of water pour
ed. Captain Smith ordered the col
lision doors closed and turned his ves
sel towards the beach. At the same
time he signalled for assistance to
Portsmouth and Cowes, both of which
ports sent tugs, but their aid was not
required. A quick examination show
ed the Olympic was still seaworthy and
she was brought about and steamed
slowly for this port. The Hawke was
seen also to make port without aid.
There was considerable excitement
but no panic on board the liner, the
passengers of which were quickly re
assured by the officers. The weather
was somewhat thick and there was a
rain squall at the time of the accident
but the haze was not sufficient to ob
scure either vessel from the other.
Hart Big Passenger List.
Cowes, Sept. 20. The Olympic, the
biggest passenger carrying vessel in
service, was in collision with the Brit
ish protected cruiser Hawke near Os
borne bay, on the north side of the Isle
of Wight, this afternoon.
Captain Smith immediately after the
accident signalled for assistance to
Portsmouth from where tugs were sent
promptly to the scene. At the same
time assurance was given that the
passengers were in no danger. The
Hawke was damaged, but less serious
ly, and anchored close by the steamer
until the Olympic set on her return to
Southampton. The Hawke then started
southward under her own steam. The
cruiser's bows were crumpled by the
impact and her plates torn out the wa
ter line. The Olympic sailed from
Southampton at 11:25 o'clock bound for
New York by way of Cherbourg and
Queenstown.
She sailed with the largest list of
first class passengers that ever started
across the Atlantic in one ship. The
first cabin passengers numbered 742, 24
more than her best previous record.
Among them were between 20 and 30
American millionaires and something
like $250,000 had been paid in passage
money.
All told there were nearly 3,000 per
sons on board.
In the collision the Olympic was
struck on the starboard quarter and a
large hole was stove in. When the
vessels separated after the impact it
was seen the Olympic was crippled and
Captain Smith ordered her beached.
CROSS STATEROAD.
Construction of Highway from St.
Louis to Kansas City la Begun.
Sedalia, Sept. 20. Five hundred men
and two hundred teams met today at
Lamm's Crossing, six miles east of
this city, and Joined in the ceremonies
incident to the formal opening of
Pettis county's part in the work on a
cross-state highway to connect St.
Louis and Kansas City by way of Jef
ferson City.
Governor Herbert S. Hadley and
Curtis Hill, state highway engineer,
addressed the gathering. Two brass
bands played as the first soil for the
new highway was turned. A basket
luncheon was served by the wives. It
is the plan to complete the state road
county by county until Missouri is
spanned by a good all year around
highway.
Bird ma n Kails Into Creek.
Harrisburg, Pa.. Sept. 2 0. Paul
Peck, the young Washington aviator,
fell eighty feet into a creek while
making an exhibition flight near this
city. Peck was on what was t-j have
been a flight over the city from a park.
His back was slightly injured.
Weather Indications.
Chicago, Sept. 20. Forecast for Kan
fas: Unsettled weather with showers
tonight. Thursday generally fair.
THE WEATHER RECORD
Following are the observations of the
United States weather bureau for the
24 hours ending at 7 o'clock this morn
ing: Stations. High. Low. Rain.
Amarillo, Tex S 56 .01
Boise, Idaho 72 42 .42
Boston. Mass 60 56 0
Buffalo, N. Y 72 50 .44
algaxy, Aib 54 32 0
Chicago 65 58 0
Concordia, Kan 76 54 .12
Corpus Christi, Tex. f-6 76 0
Denver, Col 74 B 0
Des Moines, la 70 55 0
Dodge City. Kan 74 56 .02
Dresden, Kan 73 48 0
Duluth, Minn 66 50 0
Edmonton, Alb 46 SS .18
Fort Scott. Kan 64 50 0
Ft. Worth, Tex M 6 0
Galveston, Tex 90 SO 0
Havre, Mont 66 48 0
Horion, Kan 72 52 0
Ida, Kan 72 t.2 0
Kansas City, Mo 70 56 T
Little Rock, Ark SO 64 0
Louisville, Ky SO 56 0
Macksville, Kan 76 60 .20
McPherson. Kan 78 56 .12
M anhattan, Kan 78 4o .08
New Orleans S8 74 0
New York 78 64 0
North Platte. Neb 70 50 .01
Oklahoma, Ok 72 62 0
Omaha. Neb 74 58 .01
Osage City, Kan 76 46 0
Phoenix, Ariz U6 74 0
Pittsburg, Ia 78 5t .38
Portland, Ore 68 4S 0
Prince Albert, Sask. rA 34 0
Rapid City, S 72 50 0
Roswell, N. M 76 60 0
St. Joseph, M) 74 56 0
St. Louis, Mo 72 56 0
St. Paul, Minn 6S 46 0
Salt Lake, Utah 46 0
San Diego. Cal 72 58 0
San Francisco, Cal.. 60 50 0
Seattle. Wash 64 52 0
S.dan. Kan 74 58 .02
Sheridan, Wyo 6S 32 0
Swift Current, Assin. 62 42 .04
Toledo, 0 74 52 0
Topeka, Kan 72 5S T
Toronto, Kan 7S 52 0
Washington, D. C SO 64 0
Wichita, Kan 72 58 .02
T. B. JENNINGS.
Section Director.
COLD AUTUMN RAIN.
One Is Falling All Over Central and
Kastern Kansas.
A cold drizzling rain began early this
morning and by 2 o'clock the precip
itation had amounted to .80 of an
inch. "This is a typical fall rain,"
said S. D. Flora, the local weather
man. today. "It is cold and dreary.
and the indications are that the pre
vailing conditions will continue in the
eastern portion of the state over night.
It will probably be generally fair to
morrow." The .rain is general over the central
portion of the state and the Kaw val
ley and it was raining gently early this
morning in a territory amounting to
about one-third of the state. No heavy
rains were reported.
Up to 7 o'clock .12 of an inch had
fallen at Concordia; .02 at Dodge City;
.20 at Macksville; .12 at McPherson:
.08 at Manhattan: .02 at Sedan, and
.02 at Wichita. No precipitation was
reported from other stations.
This is the coldest day since May 3.
The highest the thermometer has gone
today is 57. The hourly tempera
tures: 7 o'clock 5711 o'clock 54
8 o'clock 55112 o'clock 55
9 o'clock 5 4 1 o'clock 55
10 o'clock 54! 2 o'clock 55
BURGLARS RUN OFF.
After One of Them Had (iot Inside a
Bank.
Chicago, Sept. 20. Two men at
tempted to burglarize the Mount Pros
pect National bank at Mount Prospect,
nineteen miles northwest of Chicago,
early today, but were frightened away
before they could open the vault.
County Commissioner Wm. Busse.
president of the bank, was notified of
the attempted burglary and followed
the burglars for five miles in his auto
mobile. The men were in a buggy
which they had stolen and escaped.
One of the men had gained entrance
to the bank and the other was watch
ing outside when two citizens of Mount
Prospect surprised them and compelled
them to flee after the burglars had
fired three shots.
TAFT HEADS SOUTH.
Next Week He Will Invade the Insur
gent Country.
Marquette, Mich., Sept. 20. With
the conclusion of his visit to Marquette,
President Taft today turned south
ward to the lower peninsula of Michi
gan and to Illinois and the states be
yond the Mississippi river, where next
week he will invade the real "insur
gent country."
The program of the president's stay
here made it rather an easy day for
him. He was the guest of Alton T.
Roberts over night and after break
fast was the central figure in a pa
rade through the city. Other features
of the day were the president's ad
dress to a mass meeting and a lunch
eon for him.
Mr. Taft is anxiously awaiting the
outcome of the Canadian elections
held tomorrow. Until then he expects
to say nothing on reciprocity, al
though he is in a part of the country
intensely interested in that subject.
While he has paid little about tomor
row's election, it is believed he expects
the Canadian government to be sus
tained, insuring the passage of the bill
through parliament.
RAIN IN HUTCHINSON.
Third Iay of Fair Has Anything But
Favorable Outlook.
Hutchinson, Kan., Sept. 20. At 9
o'clock this morning it had been rain
ing here for three solid hours and the
indications are for a continuance. Ths
third day of the fair which is being
held this week looks anything but
auspicious.
Wichita. Kan., Sept- 20. A heavy
rain is falling here this morning.
sounds cry
Speaktr Champ Clark Heralds
Triumphant Democracy
In a Speech at His Old Home in
Kentucky.
SEES PROMISED LAM)
After 17 Years of Wandering in
the Wilderness.
Says His Party Is Cheerful, Hap
py and Confident.
Lawrenceburg, Ky., Sept. 20. "Tri
umphant Democracy is now the re
sounding cry or every tongue. After
17 years of wandering in the wilder
ness we this day stand upon Mount
Victory and look into the Promised
Land which we will enter and j).is.st
in 1912." So declared Champ Clark,
speaker of the national house of rep
resentatives, in an address here today,
Mr. Clark was born near lawrence
burg, March 7. 1S50. and until today
had not been there since he taught a.
country school.
Continuing his message to Democ
racy, the sneaker said:
"Democrats everywhere are cheer
ful, hopeful, confident, united and Re
gressive, while our Republican friend
are sad. hopeless, despondent, on tb
defensive and split into bitter factions
constantly at each others' throms.
From ocean to ocean they are fighting
each other like the cats of Kilkenny.
President Taft is leading the st.-indpHt
faction, while Senator Robert Marlon
La Kollette 'Fighting Bob.' hs hi
followers love to call him heads Iho
insurgents. With them it is war to tho
knife and the knife to the hilt.
"They are so thoroughly destroy It. if
each other that sometimes it seenit
that all we hnve to do 1s to stand Mill
and see the salvation of the Lord; but
wise Democrats are not 1n favor "f
standing still or of depending on Re
publican factionalism to give us th
victory next year. On the contrary wo
should continue as we have begun,
press forward, advance our banner",
keep everlastingly pounding them, pa."
more good bills until we have carried
out our entire program and force thr
president to sign or veto meritorious
Democratic mejLsures, which are de
signed to promote the prosperity, hap
piness and SMfety of the American
people. That is a policy which will
win and which deserves to win.
He Ouotcs JrffiTMOii.
"The greatest statesman that ever
lived, bar none, Thomas JelTernon.
said: 'Kternal vigilance is the prie
of liberty.' It Is also the price of suc
cess at the polls. I commend it m:t
cheerfully and earnestly to Democrats
all over the land."
Mr. Clark reviewed conditions In
both parties, referred to the Demo
cratic victory of 1910, and the vari
ous congressional fights, and said that
"had the Republicans in the Sixty-first
congress honestly redeemed the prom
ises made in the campaign of lflos.
to revise the tariff downward, they
would have made their party invinc
ible, and would have secured another
long lease of power. The musses of
the people, without regard to party
affiliations, are honest, and they de
mand honesty and candor in public
men.
"One of the chief reasons why wo
won In 1910 was that the Democrats
and insurgent Republicans in congreurt
kept constantly hammering on the
broken promises of the Republican
standpatters, on their gross perfidy to
their pledges, and upon their scorn of
the righteous demands of the people.
We appealed to the country on that
record and won an astonishing victory
which, let us hope. Is only the begin
ning of a long Fcrles of victories for
lower taxes, for greater economies arid
for better government.
Jtcfrd of the House.
"The new Democratic house lias
made a record so splendid as to pur
prise our friends- and dumfound our
enemies. No house has in a generation
achieved so much constructive legis
lation of such a beneficial character In
so short a time, notwithstanding the
fact that we had been sneered fit for
years as being a party of mere nega
tion and utterly destitute of construc
tive statesmanship. That uneer is now
frozen on the faces of the pneerers.
That gib disturbs nolmdy any more.
"The great battle of 1912 must bo
fought on the splendid record of the
Democrats in this enngrcH. and upon
that record we can win not only next
year, but for years to come.
"Duty is the subllmest word In our
vocabulary. To do one's duty honest
ly, faithfully, courageously and patri
otically Is the greatest achievement in
statesmanship or in any other field of
human endeavor. To their eternal
credit be It said that the Democrats
of the Sixty-second congress at the ex
traordinary session discharged their
duty to the utmost and deserve well
of the country."
Mr. Clark reviewed some of the
party accomplishments and said:
"What we did at the extraordinary
passion is only an earnest of what we
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