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LAST EDITION-
FRIDAY EVENING.
TOPKKA. KAN HAS- MARCH 21, 1913-
FRIDAY EVENING.
at by i
TWO CENTS
Strive cents
HAVOC CREATED
BY BIGSTCRMS
Gales of Sleet and Snow Sweep
Over Country.
Communication Facilities Suf
fer Demoralization.
MUCH DAMAGE TO PROPERTY
Sfearly 30 Deaths Reported,
and Many More Injured.
Greatest Disasters Reported
From Southern States.
Mobile, Ala., March 21. The town of
Lower Peachtree, on the Alabama
river, about thirty miles from Pine Hill.
Wilcox county, was practically wiped
out by a tornado, which struck the
town late last night, according to re
ports from Pine Hill.
The mayor of Pine Hill has been
asked to send doctors and nurses to
the scene.
Reports are to the effect that 14 peo
ple have been killed and many injured.
The tornado passed directly through the
town and but a few houses escaped
destruction.
Late advices are to the effect that
fifteen people were killed at Lower
Peachiree, among them the following
prominent citizens:
Family of L. D. Bryant, Mr. and
Mrs. James Clark, Mrs. Cooper, Mrs.
G. E. Williamson and son. G. E. Wil
liamson is seriously but not fatally in
jured. St. Louis, Mo., March 21. A special
to the Post Dispatch from Poplar Bluff,
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that town last night. Dozens of homes
and business houses were unroofed,
and hundreds of windows were shat
tered. The lighting and telephone plants
were badly crippled.
Indianapolis, Ind., March 21. Two
lives were lost and several persons
probably wer fatally injured today
by the windstorm, which wrought
havoc throughout the state, causing
thousands of . dollars damage to
property.
Omer A. Vice, a cab driver at
Frankfort, was killed when the roof
of a building struck him.
Henry Walters, a working man of
Lafayette, was crushed to death by a
sign that ble.. down on him.
At Terre Haute a young girl was
fatally injured by a brick which fell
on her.
A smokestack, blown over by the
high wind, struck an employee of the
Western Drop oFrge company at Mar
lon, fatally injuring him. A large elec
tric sign here took part of a building
with it when it was blown down and
u falling brick struck Patrolman Roben
ovitz and a working man, probably
fatally injuring both of them.
Bettie Hill, colored was struck by a
falling sign here and her skull frac
tured. She will die.
Memphis, Tenn., March 21. Five per
sons were killed and more than fifty
injured by the storm last night at Pop
lar Bluff, Mo., according to members
of the crew of the St. Louis & San
Francisco railway passenger train,
which arrived here today.
They also reported one dead and 25
injured at Hoxie, Ark., and the town
practically destroyed.
Great damage was done at Poplar
Bluff and the country between that
point and Hoxie.
Sandusky, O., March 21. Two boats
are missing, one is on the rocks and
another is in distress in the sixty-mile
gale that is sweeping Sandusky and
vicinity today.
It is feared six or more men have
been drowned. Life savers have gone
to the rescue of six others, who are
ii. extreme peril.
Meridian, Miss., March 21. Several
negroes were reported killed by a wind
storm which struck a settlement last
night five miles north of Macon, Miss.
It was feared severe damage was
wrought by the storm in the northern
part of the state, but communication
with that section was impossible be
cause of the demoralized condition oftnal:
teiephone and telegraph wires.
Columbus. Ohio, March 21. At Tiffin,
Ohio." William Wick. 75, was instantly
killed, and six or eight others are be
lived to be tueJ 1 the debris of the
smokestack of the county infirmary
which was wrecked today by the high
winds. Three others are known to be
injured. Tottering walls make rescue
almost impossible.
Fierce Winds at Chicago.
Chieaeo. March 21. Only two tele
graph wires connected Chicagowith the
outside world for several nours toaay.
The only practical relief from this
situation was by .way of an under
ground telephone cable to Milwaukee.
Sleet, wet snow and occasional
dashes of rain, driven by a forty-mile
gale from the west, struck the city
and environs before daylight and
within four hours had prostrated the
telegraph lines in all directions. All
transportation lines were crippled.
One young woman was blown under
the feet of a team of Horses and se
verely hurt.
The first effects of the storm were
felt south and east of Chicago. Wires
routed around the south end of Lake
Michigan went down within an hour
of the time the storm struck, then the
territory west of the city was cut off.
and about two hours later the last of
the above ground wires along the
north shore succumbed to the com
bined forces of wind and ice.
The only lines which survived were
two lines to St. Louis. Over these was
carried a very small part of the mass
of intelligence which normally is re
ceived and sent out from Chicago.
The only crumb of comfort to those
charged with transmitting press and
commercial telegrams was that the
Good Friday holiday - relieved them
from the usual burden of brokerage
and market report.
Six hours after the storm broke the
sun forced its way through the clouds
and the disturbance ceased almost as
suddenly as it had begun. The dam
age, however, had been done and
early estimates of the loss to wire and
transportation placed the figures as
nign as $laU,ouu.
One JJeported Del
Shreyeport, La., March 21. One man
was killed, several persons were hurt
and much property was damaged in
Saline. La., a town of 200 inhabitants
in Bienville parish, by last night's se
vere wind storm, according to a re
port received here today.
Several houses were blown down at
Gibbsland. a town in Bienville Parish
and several thousand dollars property
damage was dons. The house of Joe
Randall, in Gibbsland, was blown from
its foundation, carried through the air
several hundred yards and deposited
outside the town.
Many Persons Injured.
. Springfield, Mo., March 21. A score
or more persons were injured, some of
them seriously, buildings in the busi
ness district were wrecked and resi
dences unroofed late last night at
Hoxie, Ark., about 95 miles south of
here, by a wind of unusual v.elocity.
The loss to property, it is said, will
total thousands of dollars.
Telephone and telegraph communi
cation with Hoxie is cut off and it is
impossible to get details of the tor
nado. No deaths were reported at 1
o'clock this morning when communi-
cation with the town was cut off, but
it is feared later reports will run up
a big total or latanties.
(Continued on Page Two.)
BREAKS RECORDS
This Is Coldest March 21
Them All.
of
All Late March Records Brok
en but One.
AH cold weather records for this late
in the season with one exception were
broken today. The minimum tempera
on March 26, 1S94. the mercury slid
down to the eleven degree point. It
might be interesting to note, -ilso, that
this is the coldest March 21 on record
in Topeka since the government began
keeping records twenty-six years ago.
This is the first day of spring, but the
temperatures are those of midwinter
The temperatures in the night averaged
twenty degrees below normal for this
date.
A light fall of snow and sleet is re
ported from all sections of the state
In Topeka the depth of snow was 1.8
inches. When melted this made .23 of
water.
The telegraph companies doing bus!
ness in Topeka experienced wire trouble
today on account of the sleet.
It Continues Cold.
The sky is clear today but the
weather is cold. The temperatures
for the entire day have averaged 2 7
degrees below normal for the first day
of spring. The forecast calls for
continued cold weather tonight, and
a slight rise in temperature Saturday.
The sun will shine again Saturday.
The wind Is blowing at the rate of 15
miles an hour from the northwest.
The hourly readings:
7 o'clock 12 11 o'clock. ... .17
8 o'clock 13 j 12 o'clock 18
9 o'clock 13 I 1 o'clock 19
10 o'clock 14 I 2 o'clock 20
BROTHERJS FOUND
Story in State Journal Brings
Quick Results.
Woman Had Sot Heard From
Relative in 30 Years.
Mrs. Carrie Austin, of Oklahoma
City, has succeeded In locating her
brother, Charles Timrod, of near Tates
Center, Kan., after a silence between
the two for more than thirty years.
Mrs. Austin wrote the State Journal
last week, and a story about the sep
eration appeared in this paper on Sat
urday last.
. l' M 11 H. IV irsuiia tl l ICUIH'U '
the publication of the story, as only '
a day or two elapsed before Mrs. Austin
Austin
received a letter from the brother. She
is elated over the success of her search,
and writes as follows to the State Jour-
"Editor State Journal The article
you inserted for me in your paper
brought prompt results. I have located
my dear brother that I have not seen
for over 30 years. I feel so grateful
Ho you that words cannot express it.
Respectfully,
"MRS. CARRIE AUSTIN."
TAKES OATH OF KING.
Constantine Becomes Official Ruler of
Grecian People.
Athens, Mach 21. King oCnstantine,
of Greece, took the constitutional oath
of office in the chamber of deputies
under auspicious circumstances in the
presence of the highest officials of the
state and the entire parliament. The
metropolitan of Athens, who was sur
rounded by the members of the Holy
Synod, in full canonicals, offered prayer
and then read aloud the oath which
the king repeated in a firm voice.
The king then signed the oath and all
the cabinet ministers and the metro
politan countersigned it amid the
hearty cheers of the deputies. A salute
of 101 guns was fired when the royal
procession left the palace for the
chamber of deputies. Brilliant weather
had brought great crowds who cheered
the king on his way and military bands
stationed at intervals played the na
tional anthem. The king will start for
Saloniki tonight.
Cut Rates.
Write H. B. Bryning, District Pas
senger Agent C G. W. R. R., 809 Wal
nut street, Kansas City, Mo., for par
ticulars about very low fares to Pa
cific coast, Montana, North Dakota
and Canada via Chicago Great West
ern railroad. Adv-
IS STIIlWAiTING
Beers Jury Been Out Twenty
Four Hours.
So Intimation of How They're
Balloting.
ASK FOR NO INSTRUCTIONS
Just an Uncanny Silence From
Jury Room.
Lines Deeper on Preacher's
Face While He Walts.
At 3:30 this afternoon the Beers jury
was still out. No word has been re
ceived as to how the jury 'stands on
this case. Only an oppressive silence
comes from the jury room.
The judge will keep the jury until
Saturday night.
At 12:30 o'clock this afternoon the
jury was taken by Bailiff Mullen to
lunch without having reached a deci
sion in the case of the Rev. W. L.
Beers, charged with the murder of his
Catholic wife. So far not an inkling
of how the jury stands has been made
known, and although there are a
score of theories and rumors as to
why they do not agree, nobody knows
anything Bailiff Mullen has seen to
that.
So far also Judge George H. Wbit-
comb has not called the jury into
court to sound them, and no hint of a
request for further instructions or to
hear any of the testimony over again,
has ccme from the jury room. Las
night the jury bell rang twice, and
the crowd waited with bated breath
for the third ring that meant a ver
dict. But it did not come. Two rings
simply meant the jury wanted water.
This morning shortly after 7 o'clock
the jury was taken to breakfast, after
a night in which some of them said
they had slept hardly at all. . By 8
o'clock they were back in their room
working on the verdict. From that
time until .half past twelve not a
sound came from the jury room.
Last night also, when Judge Whit
comb ordered the jurors sent to bed.
a request came down that they be per
mitted to take another ballot before
retiring. But the ballot seemingly aia
not accomplish anything. At least
they made up their beds and arranged
themselves for sleep" and stopped their
work for the time being.
Among the rumors Is one that the
jury are having a. hard time to de
termine why the minister, in asking
for a doctor at the Glenwood hotel the
afternoon of the tragedy, asked also
for a policeman. Another theory is
that some of the Jurors are insisting
if the minister really wanted to save
his wife's life he would not have wait
ed so long after she sc;amed before
calling for help, as testified to by Wal
lace McDowell, the bellboy at the ho
tel. Still another theory Is that Schenck,
In his scathing denunciation of the
Catholic church yesterday in his plea
for his client, aroused the passions and
prejudices of the jurors to the extent
that it will be difficult for them to
get together. Another theory is that
there may be a Catholic on the Jury,
in spite of the vigilance of the de
fense in preventing such a thing hap
pening, and that the Catholic, who
ever he is may be standing out alone
against the others.
But this is regarded as unlikely. In
asmuch as there has been no disposi
tion on the part of the jury to declare
they are unable to agree, and the more
plausible theory seems to be that they
are earnestly trying to make up their
minds upon a verdict.
It is reported, but this Is pure rumor
without any backing except some of
the theories advanced, that the Jury
is about evenly divided. However, as
has been stated, nobody knows any
thing about the situation, and all that
is being said is the purest kind of
guesswork, without any foundation
whatsoever.
This afternoon at 1:30 o'clock the
jurors were back in their room again.
once more working on the case. They
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Ordered From Court.
At 11 o'clock last night a group of
the faithful, who had waited anxiously
for some word from the jury in the W.
L. Beers murder case, were ordered out
of the court room that the room might
be turned Into sleeping quarters for
tht jurors. There was nothing to in
dicate how the jury stood, or had stood
since they retired about 5:30 o'clock
with the case. Judge George H. Whit-
comb merely Instructed the bailiff to
allow the Jurors to go to bed, and de-
clined to quiz them any about their j
standing, or the likelihood of their being
able to reach a verdict.
During the evening the defendant sat
back against the court railing, part of
the time asleep, and the lines in his
face seemed to be much deeper than
they ever have been. The minister's
attitude was that of one who was very
tired and worn out. His face was
haggard, and he seems to have aged
twenty years in the last two weeks
that have been terrible to him in their
uncertainty and possible outcome.
Last night he had lost entirely his
genial attitude, shown on the witness
stand when he was under a fire of
questions, and spoke but -ieldora to
anyone. He presented one of the most
pathetic sights ever seen in a Shawnee
county courtroom.
Among the group that waited for
the jury was Judge Whitcomb and
his stenographer, Don Wellman; Paul
Heinz, one of the attorneys for the
defense; the minister and two broth
ers who have been here during the
entire trial, several newspaper men
and perhaps a score of friends of the
accused preacher who waited with
him.
At the conclusion of the argument
by John J. Schenck for the defense, in
which he accused practically every
witness produced by the state of per
jury. County Attorney William E.
Atchison, in a talk that lasted over
two hours, closed the argument. The I
county attorney took exceptions to re
marks made by Schenck with refer
ence to Tom Lillard, assistant county
attorney, and declared there is not a
fairer, squarer, more honest man in
the state than Lillard. He said it was
ridiculous to accuse Lillard of going
to Ohio and buying perjured testi
mony. In this connection he explained
to the jury why Lillard went back to
Ohio in the first instance.
"Mr. Hungate and Mr. Schenck
served notice that they would take
depositions there in behalf of their
client," he said, "and of course it was
the duty of one of us to go back and
conduct the cross examinations. Mr.
Lillard went. While he was there he
found considerable evidence of im
portance to the case. The matter was
presented to the county commissioner
and they agreed that, inasmuch as we
could not compel the attendance of
those witnesses, we should secure
them anyway if possible. We simply
secured them by paying them for their
time and their expenses'.
"It is a strange thing If the state
has not been able to produce one wit
ness who told the' truth." he added.
"Mr Schenck would have you believe
that every witness put on by us de
liberately lied in an effort to send his
client to the penitentiary. You gen
tlemen know that cannot be true."
Concluding his argument Atchison
said he wished that the evidence
might have shown that Beers was not
guilty. He said he would have been
as sincerely glad as anybody if sucu
had been the outcome.
(Continued on Page Two.)
FOR BRITISHTOST
Wilson Said to Be Urging Dr.
Charles Eliot.
Reports That Henry Fine Will
Be Sent to Germany.
Washington, March 21. Dr. Charles
William Eliot, former president of Har
vard university, is being urged by Presi
dent Wilson to accept the ambassador
ship to the court of St. James, which was
declined by Richard Olney, of Boston.
It can only be said that Dr. Eliot has
not definitely declined to accept the post.
President Wilson and his assistants -fi
fused positively to discuss the matter be
cause of the embarrassing position in
which the administration will be placed If
two men should decline to accept this
most important diplomatic position at the
disposal of the government.
He-ry Burchard Fine, former dean of
the faculty at Princeton university, who
is now abroad, has been offered the post
of ambassador to Germany, and it is un
derstood that he will accept. It is under
stood that some official announcement re
garding this appointment will be made at
the White House during the coming week
Professor Fine has a wide reputation In
the literary world and his friendship with
President Wilson is of long standing. He
is a member of the American Mathemat
ical society and the American Philosophi
cal society. His native home is at Chair-
bersburg. Pa., and he graduated from
Princeton in 1880. .. . . . ...
The post at Berlin ranks third in point
of importance. The diplomatic repre
sentatives of this country in Berlin dur
ing recent years have been Charlemagne
Tower, David Jayne Hill and John Leisn
man. There are no acute questions pending
at this time fietween the United States
and Germany.
jourWover ice
Tale Told of Hardships in the
JTorthern Seas.
Skipper Reaches Some, Alaska,
After Perilous Trip.
Nome, Alaska, March 21. Samuel
Gottschalk, of the whaling schooner
Moras, reached Nome last night after
a trip of 100 miles over the breaking
ice In Behrlng Straits, with news of
the loss of the schooners Kittawac and
Moras and the hardships endured by
members of the crew. The schooners
were caught in the ice near the Si
berian shore last fall and the crews
landed boats to prepare winter quar
ters. Before the men were able to
land all their provisions or make ex
tensive preparations for the winter a
great storm arose, preventing their re
turn to their schooners. During the
storm tlie 1c pfliiffht thp Rrhnnnprs
an(j crushed them.
. .
e crews- consisting or Gottschalk,
tvoren, a naturalist, owner 01 tne 2 u -
tawas; Albert Gunderson ' and Gus
Schroeder, started out in the remain
ing: whaleboat in an attempt to cross
the strait through the open leads in
the great floes to the Seward penin
sula. Captain Witting F. Moras re
fused to accompany them and started
south along the Siberian coast in an
attempt to reach Plover bay, where
there is an Eskimo settlement. Wheth
er he reached there is not known. The
party in the whaleboat encountered a
storm near Big Diamond island, and
their boat Was smashed to splinters in
the surf and ice floes when they
landed.
subsisted on wairu3 before they were
For nearly three months the men
able to attempt the passage over the
broken ice to the Seward peninsula
and Nome.
The Kittawac was a small auxiliary
gas schooner of 15 gross tons. She
was purchased two years ago by Kor
en, who went north in her to make a
study of Arctic wild flowers.
Woman Subdues Prisoners.
Fort Smith, Ark., March 21. After
her husband had been knocked un
conscious with a chair by a prisoner,
Mrs. Tom Walden, wife of the sheriff
of Carroll county, grabbed her de
fenseless husband's revolver and
fnrroH a bnif dor.en nrimnpr.' hou tn I
their cells in the jail at Berryville.
Walden was assnulted wh he enter
ed the jail to deliver a meal to a pris
oner. His wife was in an adjoining
room and, hearing her husband fall,
ran to his aid.
Big Frauds Disclosed.
St. Petersburg, March 21. Frauds
of an amazing extent on the South
western Bjttem of Russian government
railroads are now being disclosed. Last
vear the treasury was defrauded of
$8,000,000, almost entirely through
paying for damage or loss of freight
that never existed. .
Weather Forecast for Kansas.
Fair and colder tonight. Saturday
fair and slightly warmer.
IN CITY POLITICS
Three Features Injected Into
the Campaign Today. '
Discovery That Full Socialist
Ticket Is on Ballot.
COMMISSION SAVES MONEY
An Answer to Enemies of Pres
ent Administration.
Mayor Billard Receives Strong
Letter From H. P. Dillon.
Facts of City Campaign.
Polls open Monday morning at 8. a- m.,
close at 7 p. m.
Voting places named In legal column
State Journal.
Vote for one candidate for each posi
tion on city commission and three for
school board.
Qualified voters 8,281 woman and 11,167
men.
No smoking In polling places.
Election returns at State Journal office
Monday night.
Candidates.
MAYOR.
E. L. O'NeH.
J. W. F. Hughes.
J. B. Billard.
R. L. Cofran.
G. N. Crichton.
Mrs. May Taylor.
COMM'R PARKS, PUBLIC BUILD
INGS. E. B. Stotts.
Wm. Bolinger.
Mrs. Ida Burkhart
W. R. Porter.
J. A. Ramsey.
Richard Wilson.
COMM'R FINANCE AND REVENUE
Roy L. Bone. Thomas R. Pope.
J. A. Bostic.
COMM'R STREETS, PUBLIC
WO.JC3.
. G. Tandy. M. F. Coate.
George Adam son.
COMM'R WATERWORKS, ELEC
TRIC LIGHTS.
H. P. Miller. Guy L. Bradford.
F. M. Newland.
MEMBERS BOARD OF EDUCATION
L. M. Jones. Mrs. J. A. Bostic.
C. B. Van Horn. ' Mrs. A. D. Scott.
P. W. Griggs.
Three features of the city political
campaign were unveiled today. (1)
Mayor Billard made public a strong
letter of endorsement from H. P. Dil
lon, a prominent Topeka attorney.
(2) It was discovered at the city hall
that the Socialists had injected into
the ballots for the primary Monday,
a" complete' ticket ''from mayor "to
school board membership. (3) The
financial statement for the first two
months of the year showing a saving
of $2,400 in favor of the administra
tion is another item that will stamp
out charges of extravagance made by
enemies of Mayor Billard, and Com
missioners Bone, Tandy, Stotts and
Miller.
The Dillon letter, reproduced below,
contains a bitter resentment of the ac
tions taken by certain persons in To
peka who are attempting to defeat
the present mayor for re-election. "1
know of my personal knowledge that
you have gained many votes on ac
count of the virulent attacks against
you," Mr. Dillon said in part.
Socialists in the Field.
The discovery that the Socialists
are supporting a ticket in the list of
city nominees is one of the real sur
prises of the campaign. In the list of
six candidates for office, four ran for
office on the county ticket last fall.
Under the conditions in Topeka it is
doubtful if the Socialists will come
within speaking distance of nomina
tions on account of the fact that the
normal city Socialist vote is only 250
or 300.
Although the commission form does
not recognize political parties or or
ganizations, it is known that the So
cialist vote will hang together in the
coming campaign. Here are the can
didates: For mayor Mrs. May Taylor.
Commissioner parks Mrs. Ida Burk
hart. Commissioner finance J. A. Bostic
Commissioner streets M. F. Coate.
Commissioner water Guy L. Brad
ford, i
. School board Mrs. J. A. Bostic.
In the county campaign last fall Mrs.
Taylor was a candidate for superin- j
tendent of public instruction. J. A. .
Bostic was a candidate for register of
deeds. Guy L. Bradford was a canal
date for coroner and
Mrs.
Burkhart 1
was in the race for county assessor.
Straw Votes in Season.
The straw vote season is here. Al
ready the candidates and their friends
are feeling the public pulse with paper
ballots distributed here and there. The
most significant vote came from a cer
tain industrial plant in Topeka when
l out of 20 men voted for the re-elec-
tion of the entire commission.
Another vote in the ceneral offices
of the Santa Fe railway revealed the
following standing among the candi
dates for mayor:.'
Billard 145
Hughes 80
Cofran 35
O'Neil 15
Crichton 5
Mav Taylor 3
Wherever you go, someone springs a
straw vote on you. From the votes
that have been taken It is apparent
that very little interest Is taken in the
election of the commissioners. A few
Dauots nave Dten lanen out only to
test local support.
The Most Promising Candidates.
A city election prediction usually Is
worthless- Local blazes three hours
previous to the election may swing the
tide of hunureds of votes. Sentiment
governs to a great extent. But in can
vassing the railroad offices, the down
town stores, street car passengers and
pedestrians now and then, here is a
guess on the candidates that will be
nominated at the primaries Monday:
For mayor J. B. Billard and J. W.
F. Hughes.
Commissioner streets--W. G. Tan
dy and George Adamson.
Commissioner parks E. B. Stotts
and William R. Porter.
Commissioner finance Roy L. Bon
and Thomas R. Pope.
Commissioner water H. P. Miller
and F. M. Newland.
II. P. Dillon's Letter.
The letter written by H. P. Dillon
to Mayor Billard follows:
Hon. J. B. Billard, Topeka, Kan.
My dear Mr. Billard: Though per
sonally unacquainted with you, I have
become an ardent supporter of your
candidacy for mayor. The people of
this town should be thankful that a
man of your character and capability
is willing to accept so thankless an of
fice, and that a large majority of the
taxpayers so feel la demonstrated by
an analysis of the vote in your former
contest. Your administrations have
been such that you will receive that
same vote at the coming election.
It goes without saying that no man
can satisfy everybody in a town of
50,000 inhabitants. Some refuse to
be satisfied for selfish political rea
sons, but there is always a large num
ber of impracticables and visionaries
who believe an Utopia is possible and
whose moral yearnings for municipal
perfection will be satisfied with noth
ing less. It would be a futile and
foolish task to attempt either to pla
cate or educate these people they
have always existed and always will.
The greater failure they have made
in conducting their own affairs simply
proves to them their transcendent
ability to conduct the affairs of the
public.
There is another factor which en
ters largely into this campaign. There
is an underlying sense of fair play
among all classes of people which re
sents the malicious and lying attacks
which are being made upon your char
acter as a man, and this resentment
will manifest Itself on election day. I
know of my personal knowledge that
you have gained many votes on ac
count of the virulent attacks against
you.
That you will be re-elected Is my
sincere wish.
Very truly yours,
H. P. DILLON.
BRISTOW IS BACK
Senator Will Get "Line
Things in Kansas."
on
For Same Tariff He Stood for
Four Years Ago.
Kansas City, March 21. Joseph
L. Bristow, United. States senator from
Kansas, was in Kansas City today on
his way home from Washington.
Mr. Bristow is going to spend a
week at Salina, visiting with the
"folks at home" and looking after the
Salina Daily Journal, ' his newspaper.
Incidentally, he expects to get what is
known in the Kansas vernacular as
a "Jineon things", in his home state
before going back to Washington for
the special session of congress.
"How's Washington?" he was ask
ed this morning when he left the
train. "Never mind that," he an
swered. "How is Kansas? 1 I have
been away from the state so long, I
want to hear the news from home."
Being assured that Kansas was ail
rijrht, the senator was ready to talk about
congress.
"Only one thing seems sure about the
extra session," he said, "and that Is that
we will have a new tariff bill.
"The tariff surely will be revised, al
though it cannot be told as yet exactly
what that revision will be.
"So far as I am concerned, I propose
to stand for the same kind of a tariff
measure that I stood for in 18."
AFRAID OF LEPER
Smallpox Patients Revolt in
Quarantine Hospital.
E. R. Grable Was Driven From
Town to Town.
Salt Lake City, March 21. A re
volt was started at the smallpox
isolation hospital last night when the
health department assigned K. R.
Grable, a leper, to quarters in the
hospital grounds. The smallpox pa
tients served notice to the health com
missioner that they would leave the
hospital unless other quarters were
found for Grable. As there is no
other place available in which to
lodge him, a guard was established
around the institution to prevent the
patients from breaking quarantine.
Grable surrendered himself to the
health authorities here yesterday. He
said he had escaped from the San
i r i.iivioi-u is'.iciiii. 11 uunuiuu Ufl t 111 I )f 1
15. last, by jumping from a window.
According to the story, he has been
driven from town to town. Grable
was a member of the First Wyoming
infantry in the Spanish-American war
and is said to have contracted the dis
ease while serving in the Philippine
islands. He has a wife and child in
Ogden. , .
NEGRO HANGED.
Slayer of Deputy Prison Warden in
Nebraska Pays Penalty.
Lincoln, Neb., March 21. Albert
Prince was hanged at the state prison
here today for the murder of Deputy
Warden E. D. Davis, in the prison
chapel a year ago. His execution was
to be the last legal hanging in Ne
braska
Prince's crime was the killing of
Deputy Warden Davis," against whom
he entertained a grudge. It was on
Sunday morning, February 11, 1912,
just at the conclusion of religious ser
vices in the prison chapel, as the men
were marching to their cells that
Prince, a light-colored negro, stepped
from the line as he neared the depu
ty, raised his hand as if to make a re
quest and then several times stabbed
Davis in the abdomen. The deputy
died a few hours later.
Chinese General Shot.
Shanghai, March 21. General Sung,
ex-minister of education, was shot and
dangerously wounded here yesterday.
His assailant escaped. General Sung
was on his way to attend the opening
of parliament at Peking. The attack
against him occurred at the railway
station- . ... V i
KING SENDS REPLY
Montenegrin Ruler Refuses
Most of Austrian Demands.'
Note Is Considered Concilia
tory in Its Tone.
IS PREPARING AN ULTIMATUM
Austrian Government ot Sat
isfied With Answer.
Situation Regarded as Border
ing on Acute Crisis.
London, March 21. King Nicholas
of Montenegro today replied to the
peremptory demands made by Aus
tria yesterday In connection with the
Montenegro bombardment of Scutari.
Although the note Is conciliatory in
tone, the king refuses most 6f Aus
tria's demands. He says he has or
dered that the bombardment be di
rected only against the forts and that
the rest of the city shall not be
shelled.
Preparing Ultimatum.
Vienna, March 21. The Austro
Hunrarian government is preparing
an ultimatum to Montenegro, accord
ing to an unofficial statement today.
The ultimatum was decided upon, it is
said, owing to the unsatisfactory na
ture or tne reply to the Austrian
remonstrances regarding Scutari.
The Montenegrin reply is considered
here as creating a serious situation. A
lively exchange of views is proceeding
between the Austro-Hungarian and
the Italian foreign officers in regard
to the possible Joint action by the two
powers. Austria will insist on en
forcing the decision of the European
powers that Scutari shall remain an
integral part of the future autonomous
state of Albania,
WILSONJN OFFICE
President Has Recovered From
Slight Indisposition.
Receives Message From Wid
owed Queen of Greece.
Washington. March 21. President
Wilson received the following cable
gram this morning from Olga, Queen of
Greece:
"I beg to accept and transmit to the
government and people of the United
States the Greek nation's, my family's
and my own sincerest thanks for your
heartfelt sympathy In our most crush
ing grief."
President Wilson was in his office
early, saying he was entirely re
covered from his slight indisposition of
the last two days. Representative Un
derwood brought former Representative
Nicholas Longworth, of Ohio, to pav his
respects to the president. National
Chairman William F. McCombs was
the first on the president's engage
ment list. The president has arranged
to meet all tile Washington corres
pondents tomorrow at 2:30 o'clock in
the east room of the White House to
have, as the president puts it, "a heart
to heart talk."
Senator Bacon, of Georgia, the new
chairman of the foreign relations com
mittee, today congratulated President
Wilson upon his attitude in the Chinese
loan situation. The senator said he re
garded the president's action as in sup
port of the fight he and his Democratic
colleagues had been making against the
ratification of the Nicaraguan and
Honduras loan conventions. The sen-
ator, however, believed this government
would not relax its efforts to promote .
trade interests in every country. This '
was a regular cabinet day and before
the meeting began Secretary Lane of
the interior department decorated the '
president with the Indian headdress of
Chief Hollow Horn Bear, who died her
recently.
NEW GRAFT SOURCE.
Revelations Continue In New York
Police Investigation.
New York, March 21. A new
source of graft leading, it is said,
straight into police headquarters, has
been discovered by Assistant District
Attorney James Smith. It is the pro
tection of "wire tappers," those ex
ponents of the cleverest of the many
bunco games invented to bilk the un
wary of their wealth.
From 'evidence already in the dis
trict attorney's hands, the total graft
paid for the protection of different
forms of vice in the tenderloin reaches
$160,000 a month. The sources of this
enormous sum are given as follows:
25 gambling houses, paying $1,000 a
month each; 50 smaller gambling
houses, paying $300 monthly; 52
disorderly houses, controlled by the
"trust" and paying $600 per month;
forty "independents." $400; 20 small
er houses, paying $300 each; 50 dis
orderly flats, contributing $50 each;
1,500 saloons paid $10 a month each;
20 stuss games, etc., etc., paid $150;
30 "wheel houses" were assessed $500
per month each; 18 all-night cafes,
$500 each; 12 cabaret places, at $300
each. Extra money given in the form
of gifts to extra collectors, or "luck
money," as it is termed, is put down
as amounting to $20,000 a month.
This makes the total graft annual
ly from the tenderloin alon
$1,935,000.
Picture "ot Immoral.
.lirago, March 21. A - Jury in the
municipal court today, after hearing opin
ions about, ana inspecting "September
Morn," a painting by Paul Ch&baK, de
cided the picture was not immoral and
was not unfit to be publicly dinplayea in
Chicago. The painting represents a nude
fisri)re of a girl bathing out doors. A
question in court while experts were testi
fying was, "What is the girl thinking
ahout?" The jury concluded that the
thoughts of the sirl'n were not immodest.
Numerous witnesses had taken opposing
views as to the propriety of the rJ"""'
public appearance. - .