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TUESDAY EVENING.
TOPK KA. KANSAS.' FEBRUARY 9, 1915
TUESDAY EVENING.
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Big Packing Firms Are Or
dered to Leave Missouri.
Found Guilty of Violating the
Anti-Trust Law.
SUPREME JjOURT VERDICT
Order Includes Armour, Swift,
Hammond and Morris.
They Can Stay Provided They
Pay Their Fines.
Jefferson City, Feb. 9. The pack
ing firms of Armour & Company.
Swift & Company, the St. Louis Dress
ed Beef & Provision company, the
Hammond Packing company and
Morris & Company were found guilty
of violating the state anti-trust law
by the Missouri supreme court today.
An order of ouster was issued, but the
companies are allowed to remain in
the state on payment of fines.
Each company was fined $25,000.
"Hie opinion was written by Judge
r. f!. walker, and was concurred in
by all the other judges except Judge
Blair, who was assistant attorney
general, when the ouster suit was
filed and consequently did not .sit in
this case. To stay in the state each
company must pay its fine by March
1, 1915.
The ouster suit gainst the socalled
"beef trust" was filed by Governor
Major when he was attorney general.
Daniel Diilon of St. Louis was ap
poin'd commissioner to take testi
mony in the case and- he reported to
the supreme court that the companies
had violated the anti-trust law. The
cause was argued in the supreme
court more than a y. r ago.
The supreme court ruled that the
anti-trust law was violated by the ac
quirement by the National Packing
company of the Hammond Packing
company and the St. Louis Dressed
Beef and Provision company. The
National Packing company was organ
ized by the Armour, Swift and Mor
ris companies.
The opinion says the National
Packing company became a holding
company for the five packing com
panies named and 'directed them,
thereby -,dstrnying.comptitjion.i.RB4 '
'fixing the. price for dressed meats..
Judge Bond dissented to a fine,
though he concurred in the judgment
of ouster. He held, however, that as
the National Packing company has
been dissolved the ends of justice
could be met by decreeing an ouster
and staying the execution of the or
der during good behavior.
The suits against the packing com
panies were filed in June, 1910. It
was charged that the companies had
formed a poo to regulate prices paid
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GIVElTTO CAPPER
Senate Unloads Troublesome
Panama Fair Renort.
Lets Governor and Board De
cide on Dean Matter.
The senate today put the Panama
Pacific exposition finances tangle into
the hands of the governor, the attor
ney general and the members of the
commission itself when it adopted the
report of the special committee ren
dered this afternoon.
By adopting the committee report
named to decide whether Secretary
H. E. Dean will be permitted to keep
the $2,4-'n which he was paid for his
services. The fight to make Dean put
back the money was based on the fact
that the law provided that members
of the exposition commission should
serve without pay.
FORlAXEfGOOD
Mortgage Registration and
"Anti-Hide" Bills Favored.
Joint House and Senate Com
mittee Announces Decision.
A state mortgage registration fee
bill to take the place of all other taxes
on mortgages, and a bill placing a
heavy penalty on the offense of con
cealing personal property from the
tax assessors, were reported to the
legislature this afternoon by members
of the joint committee representing
both legislative houses bv which the
bills were drawn. Both bills are
modeled on measures written by Sen
ator Joseph of Butler.
The mortgage registration tax is
based on a dharge of 10 cents on the
hundred dollars and is payable an
nually. The committee bill, like the
Joseph original, provides that no un
registered mortgage can be made the
basis for an action to recover judg
ment under it.
Where land covered by a single
mortgage is distributed among two or
morec ounties the registration fee will
be payable in the county of registry
and the money distributed from there
to the treasurers of the various coun
ties where the land is situated.
The committee bill relating to as
sessment provides a penalty of the
forfeiture of one-third of the value of
any property concealed from the
county assessor by its owner. The bill
also provides for experti nvestigations
by the state tax commission at the re
quest of the county assessor or by a
private citizen, provided that in the
latter case the private complainant
must put up bonds for costs.
IT'S A DM, DAfiX DAY FOR
1,'jsuhAuCE go:,?a::ies
Half a Dozen Bills In House Today
Alined at Corporations.
Regulation of Every Character Includ
ed In Their Provisions.
THOUSANDS TO KANSAS
Travis Measure Would Bring Money
From Eastern States.
Resolution for State or County Pro
tection Against Ball.
This Is a dark day for insurance
companies who are in touch with ac
tion of the state legislature. A half
dozen bills in the house hopper today
are aimed at varied lines of insurance
and bonding companies and their
agents and will mean some trouble
some hours before the insurance com
mittee this week.
Two insurance, bills by Travis of
Allen county tend to regulate the in
surance and bonding business. Under
one of the Travis bills rates of surety
and fidelity companies are placed un
der the supervision of the state insur
ance, commissioner. The measure
spells trouble for the eastern bond
ing and surety companies, as under
the present law there is no method
whereby the state can regulate their
rates. It is the aim of the Travis bill
to establish uniform rates and- to pre
vent discrimination by companies af
fected by the bill.
Another Travis measure would com
pel foreign insurance companies to
come under the state laws before writ
ing business for corporations doing
business in the state. The measure
will tend to bring to the companies in
Kansas thousands of dollars in insur
ance business now written in other
states for corporations doing an inter
state business.
Added to the Travis bills are insur
ance measures by Representatives
Harris and Smith of Graham.
The Harris bill would compel acci
dent and health insurance companies
to make settlements of claims within
sixty days from date of filing claims
or to forfeit their charters under the
state law.
Smith's bill Is aimed at the local
insurance agents. It provides for an
annual county license of $25 for every
agent of lightning, fire, hail and tor
nado insurance companies. The li
cense is payable to the county clerk
who would issue a license permitting
the agent to do business in the coun
ty. The revenue under the proposed
law would go to the general revenue
fund of the county.
A resolution introduced by Repre
sentative Kdwards of Reno county,
points to the tremendous loss of crops
by hail and urges a statutory enact
ment for State or county insurance
against, loss of crops by hail.- Ed---nln'
reaohrtion . nnlhr on - the. insur
ance committee of the house, to in
vestigate the loss of crops by hail ana
to draft a bill providing for either
state or county insurance against
such losses.
All of which adds a little more
trouble to the accumulating woes of
the insurance companies.
LONG BATTLE LINE
Russians and Germans Are
Fighting Continuously
I From Piock Province, Poland,
I to Ts East Prussia.
Petrograd, Feb. 9. The engage
ments are growing in intensity at the
two extremities of the eastern battle
front in East Prussia as well as in
the Carpathians, according to infor
mation reaching Petrograd today. The
same news sets forth that on the
Warsaw front the battle has subsided.
The fighting line rf om the province
of Plock in Russian Poland, as far
north as Tilsit, in East Prussia, is vir
tually continuous. The Germans to
day apparently are taking the offen
sive from Gumbinnen and the Ma
zurian Lakes as far south as Llpnow
in Poland, on the right bank of the
Vistula.
A dispatch reaching here from War
saw says that among the prisoners
taken by the Russians in the fighting
at the junction of the Bzura river were
a number of German women. Accord
ing to this message some of these wo
men were found with rifles in their
hands in the first line of trenches.
RUN DOWN LIQUOR
Bill in House to Permit Search
of Bootlegger's Rooms.
Attempt to End Traffic of Sales
men in Western Kansas.
Representative A. L. Drummond of
Norton county today introduced a bill
tenatng to make easier the work of
local peace officers in chasing the
Kansas bootlegger. Drummond's bill
permits the searching, without a
search and seizure warrant, of the
rooms of an itinerant liquor salesman,
or a man suspected of illegally selling
liquor.
The Drummond bill gives to a con
stable, marshal, sheriff or police offi
cer the right to search th3 rooms of a
person arrested for selling liquor. Out
in some of the western counties,
Drummond complains, a bootlegger
fills a suit case with bottles of whisky
and starts on his pilgrimage of several
towns. He supplies the demands of
tne thirsty in one town and moves to
the adjoining county seat. This mod
ern bootlegger, Drummond declares,
stops at a first class hotel, wears good
clothes and causes the local police of
ficers all manner of trouble.
Drummond's bill would relieve the
situation by enabling the officer to ar
rest a suspect and gather evidence lat
er. Under the bill a man's rooms or
traveling bags might be searched with
out the formality of securing a search
and seizure warrant. The Norton man
believes such a law would aid in the
enforcement of the prohibitory law in
wvenu western counties.
FILIDOSTER IS
l FULL BLAST
Senate -' Has , Been in Session
More Than 24 Hours.
For First Time in Years Every
Senator Is There.
THREAT OF EXTRA SESSG
Is Dangled Before the Body by
5 the President.
Republicans Are Prepared
Talk Until March 4.
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Washington, Feb. 9. Another night
session of the senate, threat of many
more and counter threats of what is
BLIZZARD WEATHER
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Russian brigade near Lodz (top) and English soldiers in a north France blizzard.
Heavy snow falls have taken place along the whole battle front in France, and blizzards have impeded the
movements of troops in Austria, Poland and East Prussia. Upper photo shows a Russian brigade making its
way to Lodz. Instead of four, eight horses were hitched to the Russian guns. The lower photo, taken in north
ern France only a quarter of a miie from the firing line, shows two English soldiers in their winter outfit un
hitching a team from an ammunition wagon.
likely to happen if there are any more,
found President Wilson's ship bill still
being tossed about in a sea of doubt
today with the Republican filibuster
again in full blast. The president, at
a White House conference today said
he had no intention of dropping the
bill and intimated he would call a spe
cial session if it were filibustered to
death at the present one.
The senate Republicans declared
again they were prepared to talk off
a vote until March 4. Some" indica
tions of the wearing effects of the long
hard fight were coming out of the
senate, and Senator Reed, one of the
administration Democrats, prepared
an order for the arrest of all the ab
sentees: in short, he proposed to bring
every one of the 96 senators to the
chamber and keep tnem until tne Din
was disposed of.
His proposal drew a roaring attack
and gave rrospect of furnishing ma
terial for an all day debate. Mean
while the ship -bill itself was waiting
practically where it has been for the
last two weeks.
At noon the senate had been in ses
sion 24 hours and Senator Kern, the
Democrat leader, was declaring any
motion to adjourn or recess would be
defeated. Both sides were stout in
their declarations that there would
be no more breathing spells and no
let up until the deadlock was broken.
At that hour every member ol tne
body was on the floor except Senator
Lewis, who, ill, -was sleeping nearby.
Debate on Senator Reed's proposal
was tinged with intimations of some
sort Tf cloture if the deadlock con
tinued. BEAR IS OPTIMISTIC.
Topekan Expresses Belief in Chicago
That W. I. Franchise W ill Stay.
Chicago, Feb. 9. Club owners of
the Western League continued their
sessions here today with the hope of
deciding the future of the Topeka
franchise and adopting a 1915 playing
schedule In order to adjourn tomgnt.
Indications were that Topeka would
retain its franchise as Simeon Bear.
director of the club who came to Chi
cago at the request of President
O'Neill, was of the opinion that the
financial difficulty could be quickly
adjusted.
Colorado Springs, it was announced,
will take the franchise if the club
owners are unsuccessful in adjusting
questions with a Topeka bank which
holds a mortgage on the club.
JOUNCE OF PREVENTION
A report of ins burglary and at
tack in the College Hill neighbor
hood last night states that after
the matter bad been reported to
the police, of fleers, answering the
call, made a thorough investigation
and finally, in true Barns fashion,
found the bullet after- it had passed
through the citizen's body and
lodged in the basement wall. That's
just , the trouble- with the police
"protection" in Topeka. There are
too many bullets found after they
have left the barrels of the guns.
WILL RAISE CHOPS
Germans Preparing to Cultivate
Soil in Belgium tn Spring.
Kansans Hear From Charles F.
: Scott on Conditions.
Charles F. Scott of lola, who was
delegated to represent this state tn
the distribution of the (400,000 cargo
HANDICAPS TROOPS ON
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of the Kansas Belgian relief ship,
Hannah, has sent a cablegram to W.
R. Stubbs, chairman of the Kansas
Belgian Relief Fund, in which he says
that the condition of affairs in Bel
gium was not in the least exaggerated.
If shipments of foodstuffs are not con
tinued at least until harvest time, he
says, many Belgians wil starve.
According to the cablegram the
Germans have steam engines at work
back of the trenches in Belgium in the
preparation of the soil for a crop, but
there is a chance that another army
will cross the territory before the har
vest is reaped and devastate the lands.
The Germans did not interfere with
foodstuffs from the Hannah, and he,
Scott, has been accorded every court
esy. The cablegram states that Mr. Scott
will sail from London Wednesday on
the steamship "Comeric" This means
that he should be in Kansas in a little
more than a week.
OUST HAIL ORDER
House Bill to Make Outcasts of
Fire Companies.
Insurance Firms Must Comply
With All Rules.
A bill that practically makes out
casts of all fire insurance com
panies writing business in Kansas
who have not complied with the law
and been regularly licensed here, has
been drawn by Frank L. . Travis,
chairman of the insurance committee
of the house. It first makes all con
tracts of fire insurance companies
deemed made and completed' in the
state, and then makes contracts of all
companies not authorised void.
It is aimed at "mail order" insur
ance business, it is claimed, and also
at that class of insurance which is
unable to qualify under the law, and
therefore may be unsafe. The bin
also forbids authorized companies
from taking over the business of un
authorized companies, and penalizes
agents who write business for any
company that has not been properly
licensed to do business. It will be in
troduced as a personal measure.
PLAN TO REVISE
LAWS OF LABOR
Compensation Act of Kansas
May Be Changed.
New Measure Will Be Worked
Out by Labor Men.
IT Will COYER ALL FEATURES
Incorporated Schedules of All
Damages Collectable.
Committee Forms Bill Out of
Statewide Conferences.
Revision of the compensation laws
of the state will be proposed in a bill
to be introduced in the house this week
BOTH FRONTIERS
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by the labor committee. The bill will
be drafted from provisions in three
or four compensation bills now before
the committee on labor.
The general demands for changes in
the law, both by labor organizations
and corporations affected by opera
tion of the act, are being considered
by the committee. A number of labor
representatives have already appeared
before the committee and told of their
needs and wants. Employers of labor
have also been in attendance at the
meetings. As a result a bill which
will probably make decided changes in
the existing law will be recommended.
In the new bill will doubtless be in
corporated schedules of compensation
allowed under provisions of the work
men's compensation act. Xot only
will the bill make provision for com
pensation in case of death or serious
injury, but will include a complete
and thorough schedule of all damages
collectable.
Damage to be allowed for loss of an
eye, an ear, a leg, an arm. a thumb,
finger or other member, will find a
place in the new bill. The compen
sation for such injury will be based
entirely on the weekly or monthly
wage of the employee.
Twc bills looking- toward amend
ments to the workmen's compensa
tion act, have been introduced by
Speaker Stone. Another house bill
will come from Frank T.. Travis of Al
ien county. At least two other bills
dealing with existing provisions of the
law, are now before the committee.
All of these bills will be considered in
drafting the committee bill.
The workmen's compensation act
was passed by the 1911 legislature, i A
few slight changes in the provisions of
the law were made In 1913.
AGREE Oil GAS PRICE.
The question of the increase of the
gas rates now enjoyed by consumers
in Topeka can be passed up to the
public utilities commission under the
bill introduced by Wilson of Jeffer
son if it meets with the approval of
the legislature. . .
It makes the commission the offi
cial board of arbitration for the set
tlement of such disputes as have agi
tated Topeka in the past couple of
years by providing that where the
community can not agree with the
public service corporation over the
price of the service performed, the
matter shall be taken directly to the
utilities commission.
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ILUZATT DEFEATS KiS
STCHY CF "CLUCX 1'JL'T
Topekan Teila of His Attempted HoU-
Up on Topeka Avenue Road.
Details of Caw Against John Collins
Brought Oat on Stand.
DETECTIVE DIDN'T ABRIVE
State's Strongest Evidence Did ot
Answer the Subpoena Today.
Detective Agency Refuses to Make
Promtae of His Attendance
When proceedings began today on
the sensational Theodore Hammatt
John Collins alleged black-hand case
in the first division of the district
court it was feared by county officials
that failure on the part of Detective
West, a Kansas City sleuth, to answer
a subpoena may deprive the state of
important evidence in the case.
The Kansas City detective, accord
ing to county officials, has failed to
answer his summons which was sent
to his agency.
He is the man who, according to
those in the posse. "Jimmed the
works" when posing as Theodore
Hammatt and began shooting with a
revolver When he saw a flashlight in
the road.
In a statement made over the long
distance telephone this afternoon the
detective agency by which the Kansas
City detective is employed the agency
TCoatlnued on Page Two.
KAISER JIT FRONT
German Emperor Inspects Gen.
Ton Hindenberg's Army.
Congratulates Soldiers Tells
Them Yictory Is Certain,
(Bv Karl H. Von Weigand.)
Orand Army Headquarters, General
von Hindenberg, via Berlin and via
Wireless, Feb. 9. The kaiser, making
his inspection of the troops in the
eastern theater of war, has been re
ceived with unparalleled enthusiasm.
rToday he reviewed the main army on
the Rawka river and the Sllican lana
wehr battalion and, addressing the
various units in turn, congratulated
them on their achievements and de
clared that ultimate victory was cer
tain. - - .. -
His majesty was in excellent health,
showing conclusively that the recently
.imul!t.t nnnrt thnt Ma- haalttr- was
breaking;-under the strain ef theeatr
Daisn. are groundless.
He- held a long, conference with'
General Von Hindenberg and his staff
and later inquired into the condition
of the Polish inhabitants of the terri
tory now held by the German troops.
Under his direction, every effort is
to be made to revive industry in this
section, especially in the cities where
factories are again being operated, un
der the direction of German manufac
turers. ,- jr r
It is believed that as the result of
the kaiser's visit, a new offensive will
shortly be developed, which will be
very advantageous . to the German
cause.
AID TO JOB HUNTER.
Howe Bill Today Aimed at State Em
ployment Agencies.
Senator J. W. Howe of Abilene to
day introduced a bill which will skim
the cream off the employment agency
business in Kansas and prevent a lot
of abuses which from time to time re
sult in public investigations and the
closing of vampire agencies which
prey on the inexperienced job-hunter.
The Howe bill amends tne present
employment agency law by providing
that no agency may collect more than
one fee from an applicant for a posi
tion. This fee shall be one dollar in
the case of position paying not to ex
ceed $3 a day or two dollars where the
pay is higher. This pay may be col
lected when the applicant registers,
but no subsequent commission may
be collected and the money must be
returned on demand if the agency re
tains the fee three days or longer
without obtaining work for the ap
plicant. ROCK ISLAND PROBE.
Investigation of Financial Operations
of Road February 25.
Washington, Feb. . 9. Investigation
into the financial operations of the
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
railway will be resumed by the Inter
state commerce commission in Wash
ington February 25. Hearings will be
held before Commissioner Clements.
A list of witnesses has not been pre
pared but it is expected that Daniel
G. Reid, former chairman- of the
board, and some of the directors of the
road will be summoned..
. "Gifts" of $100,000 each to former
Afficials of the Chicago, Rock Island
and Pacific railway will be the first
thing that the interstate commerce
commission will probe when it re
sumes its investigation of the line's
"high financing" February 25, it
stated today.
. RECORD FOR "WOUNDS.
Paris, Feb. 9. The record of 79
wounds received by an 'army sur
geon has been broken by Rene Vi
dal. reservist, of Ralney. -
While in the trenches a shell ex
ploded immediately behind him and
the 'lower part of his body and
limbs were riddled with shrapnel.
From eight in the morning un
til evening be lay in the trench
without even first aid. When he
arrived at the auxiliary hospital
a thorough examination showed
traces of 139 wounds.
- His case was considered desper
ate as he bad lost an extraordinary
quantity of Mood, but he is now
able to get about on crutches. -
FLY TO U. 8,
Air Trip to Atlantic Is Ambi
tion of Zeppelin.
German Const Says It Will C
His Crowning Effort.
"QY P A FEESE Q,7?
Aircraft Inventor Thinks Not
of Bombs on New York.
War Interfered With Plans of
Great Dirigible Builder.
By Karl H. Von WIerand.
(Copyright 1016 py United Press. Copy
right Id Great Britain.)
Berlin, Feb. 1, via The Hague and
London. Feb. . "I have always
hoped to be the first to pilot an air
ship across the Atlantic I have be- -lieved
that to do so would be the -crowning
effort of my career," de
clared count Ferdinand von Zeppelin,
when he resumed his discussion ot
the possibilities of the giant aircraft
that bears his name.
"Not to bombard New Tork ant
Washington?" I asked him quickly. .',
The count was very grave as he re
plied, .it was plain from his general
attitude that he has been greatly trou
bled over the charges of ruthleasnesa
in the use' of dirigibles in war and In-,
timations that they were "beyond the
pale" of civilized warfare.
"Throw bombs on people who have
been bo kind to me when I was among
them?" he said. "Never, never. I '
want to sail on a peaceful mission
when I go to America. My greatest
ambition has not been to create an en
gine of destruction. It has been to
demonstrate that the Zeppelins were -suited
to far greater purposes than -to
be used as mere instrument of
warfare."
Delayed by War.
It was evident that the demolition
of the skyscrapers of New Tork. and
destruction of the historic structures
of Washington were farthest from the
thoughts of the man who la responst-
Die lor a lorm or terror which has ,
been so aptly described aa "the Zen-
pelin chill." He seemed to be ponder -
ing matters over In his mind. For a
few seconds there was silence. rSen
speaking with an Intensity of thought '
as though he were talking to himself,
the count -continued :
I must try to live long enough for
I fear that It won't be accomplished 1
at least not la the near-future: v..
TXnen you beuMra.nat traaa-Af tan-
r!aLlravel with a dirigible of the
type ' yon have constructed:'' Is possi
ble? I asked. .
"Not only possible, but practicable.
This war has Interfered with my plans.
I know that aerial travel will become ,
the quickest and safest method. Zep- .
pelins in their, development have, in .
my opinion, a great future before '
them. Few people know the delight
and safety of travel through the air.
They - will become great factors for
quick passenger and mail service."
"How - long do you think it would .
take a' Zeppelin to make a flight from
here to New Tork?" I asked.
Three - or - four days perhaps
more, 'perhaps less. It would depend
upon the wind and weather. Anyhow,
it could hardly be expected that the
voyage would be made in the shortest
time any more than that the first
steamship established the record."
' ' Future of Zeppelins.
What will be the trend of devel
opment in the Zeppelins of the fu
ture?" "Where they are to be utilised for '
warcraft, a form of construction that
will permit them to fly much higher
than at present. For commercial pur
poses, they must have greater carry
ing capacity and greater speed. As
compared with the years It took to
develop the railroad, my airerafts arc
merely beginning their career. At
present they too much depend upon
wind and weather.
"With the exception of the first
flight that I made, I cannot conceive
a more inspiring moment than when
I pilot one of my cruisers into New
Tork and then go on to Washington."
There was no doubt that the veter
an inventor was keenly alive to the
defects that are still to be overcome '
before his airships are completely suc
cessful. Plainly he had no doubt that
there were many problems still un
solved and he did not seem to believe
there would ever come great battles
in the air on the scale so -luridly pic
tured by imaginative writers of fie- '
tion.
"Perhaps there won't be wars when
this stajge of perfection is reached."
the count said.
MARCH AIID MAY.
Temperature and Sunshine Combtaa
Features for Kansas Today.
March temperature with May sun
shine was the weather combination to
day! And the best thing about It la
that there Is more of practically the
same thing in store. The forecast -calls
for fair weather with a slight rise
in temperature. It is a southeast wind
that is turning the trick. :
B-r-r-r! On this date In 1899 the
quicksilver was down to 17 degrees be
low zero, and Feb. 12 of the same year
25 below and it might be mentioned
that February of 1899 was the coldest
month of any year experienced in To
peka in 28 seasons.
The - minimum temperature this
morning at seven o'clock was 2 de
grees or eight above the normal night
temperature.
The wind was twelve miles an hour
from the southeast this afternoon.
Shippers' - forecast: "Protect 88
hour shipments north against tem
perature of 25 degrees; south, east and '
west. 25 to 80 degrees."
The hourly readings: "
7 o'clock..... 26 11 o'clock .17
8 o'clock 27 i 18 o'clock.. . ..41
9 o'clock 80 j 1 o'clock..... 45
19 o'clock 34 2 o'clock ..... 45
'.' Weather Forecast for Kansas.
. Fair tonight and Wednesday; ris
ing temperature tonight and In north
and west parts of the state Wsdn '
5