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A TDl ft Circulation Yesterday 3 4 ,2 8 4 LARGEST LOCAL AND LARGEST STATE GIB-CUL ATI ON GUARANTEED 0j VOLUME XXXV NO. 273. TOPEKA, KANSAS. SUNDAY. NOVEMBER 19; 1911.

32 PAGES IN TWO PARTS TAR PARTY TRIAL TWO OF DEFENDANTS IN THE SHADY BEND TAR PARTY SUITS MEXICANS PLOT ASSASSINS PLOT PREMIER'S DEATH GALLS DOCTRINE OF T. R. ROTTEN SCORING ALL DONE TO START MONDAY Wa REVOLUTION BY CO SKE Representative Henry of Texas Kansas Lost Game to Nebraska Jury Has Been Secured, Another Unexpected Arrest Made and Court Stage Is Set for Hearing Evidence. U. S.

Troops on Border Ordered t6 Be Ready to Move Immediately to Enforce Neutrality Laws. Conspiracy at Peking to Kill Yuan Shi Kai Said to Exist Press Comment Him. If I l' i lf L--J r. -muJt LwJ taJ V-jTW Yt. ELBERT KINDELSPARGER.

IT'S A FALS Says Charges of F. W. Baum-hoff Are Without Foundation. Washington, Nov. 18.

"That Is a tls- 1 sue of absolute falsehoods; Baumhoffs i statement is utterly without foundation. in this vigorous language Joseph L. Bristow, United States senator from Kan- sas, denied yesterday the charges of F. W. Baumhoff, formerly postmaster of St.

Louis, made while the latter was a wit- 1 ness before the House congressional com- mittee investigating the Lewis fraud order in St. Louis. Baumhoffs charges were that Senator Bristow, while fourth assistant postmaster general, instigated the investigation of E. Q. Lewis and his enterprises as a part of a scheme to oust the late George A.

Dice, then postoffice inspector In charge at St. Louis, now United States marshal for Kansas, in his place; that former Speaker Joseph G. Cannon saved Dice from transfer, causing an effort to 'get something on Dice;" that Dee was, hounded to death by departmental perse- cutlon and that Bristow had the Kansas City district created to place Harrison when he failed to oust Dice. Baumhoff also said Bristow had told him he knew i things from President Roosevelt office before Roosevelt himself, because he had BRISTOL'J DECLARES REYES ARRESTED Former Commander-in-Chief of Mexican Army Under Diaz Reign Taken Into Custody Following Indictment. Washington, Nov.

18. Commanders of the American troops now near the Mexican border today were ordered to hold themselves in fo proceed Immediately upon request from the proper federal officers, to enforce the neutrality laws of the United States. Evidence of a well defined revolutionary plot, which appears, to have its base in the northern part of Mexico, has come to the state department. Agents of the department of Justice and the American troops along the border have been ordered to watch closely for and prevent any violation of the neutrality laws. General Duncan, commanding the department of Texas, has Informed the department of various rumors of revolutionary activity.

Should the Department of Justice' agents discover that any plots are being hatched on this side of the line, they will immediately make efforts to discourage them. In this work they will have the help of the American soldiers along the border, as the order today commands them to keep themselves In readiness for service at the request of these agents. Douglas, Nov. 18. The Mexican forces at Agua Prieta, were increased by 150 soldiers today and a heavy guard is patrolling the border to prevent violation of the neutrality United States Marshal Overlook is ex- pected to arrive here tomorrow to take chare the investigation of the alleged attempted violation of the neutrality law last nlgnt wnen men were aaW have planned to cross the border near this city and join forces marching north rm.

Nacozari. Although a large amount of ammunition wag sejzed here last night, which it Is believed frustrated an alleged Magonista move. United States officials here have made no arrests. GENERAL UNDER ARREST San Antonio, Nov. 18.

General Bernardo Reyes, commander-in-chief of the Mexican army during the regime of Former President Diaz, temporarily clared niB llfe wag not secure in the BOUthern republlc wis arrested late tod on an lndictment returned by the federal juryat Laredo, charged with conspiring against a frlendly government. General Reyes waived examination and made a bond of to insure hls presence Monday morning before charged that General Reyes was arranging an uprising from this side of the border. The general describes his arrest as "ridiculous." "I consider it perseou- in any conspiracy" to start one. He placed the blame on the MSderls- tas. ASK MODIFICATION HARVESTER TRUST FINE Chicago, Nov.

18. The supreme court of Missouri will be asked Monday to modify the $50,000 fine imposed last Tuesday oil the International Harvester company of America, it was announced here. today. A petition for a hearing will be filed. Selden P.

Spencer of St. Louis, attorney for the company, after a consultation with the general counsel here today, said the petition was filed because of language used In the decision of which the fine was a part. SEVERE EARTHQUAKE IN SOUTH AMERICA Nov. 18. An earthquake of great intensity, whose center Is believed to have been in South America or Central America, was recorded on the seismograph at the United States magnetic observatory here at 11:39 o'clock last night.

The vibrations continued 48 minutes, the maximum movement here being three-eighths of an inch. FIGHT EXPECTED SOON Revolutionists Planning to Ad--vance Today and Concentrate Troops and Guns at Lung Tan. Toklo, Nov. 18. Private and reliable intelligence from Peking Is that there Is a strong conspiracy among the Chinese to assassinate Yuan Shi Kai.

Press comment upon Yuan Shi Kai, however, Is generally favorable, though there is no doubt of his success in view of the formidable difficulties confronting him. A feeling prevails that he is the only person who can cope with the situation. Chin Klan China, Nov. 18. The expected great struggle for the possession of Nanking will not be long delayed.

Runners returning here report that the imperial outposts have been withdrawn and General Chang's army is now within Nanking. The revolutionists will advance tomorrow and concentrate 8,000 of their best troops and several rapid fire guns at Lung Tan, 20 miles from Nanking. At the same time the rebel fleet will move up the Yang Tse river. The attempt to storm Nanking will follow at once. Nanking is cut off from communication with the outside except by wireless and river boats.

Sensational rumors are current to the effect that the imperial forces are being weakened by desertions, but this Is not verified. General Chang, who Is strongly entrenched on Purple mountain, is said to be provisioning against a long siege. WTireless reports from Hankow state that the fighting continues there. Today there was. a sharp engagement during which both sides lost a total of 30 killed.

Several shells dropped into 'the foreign concessions, but no was injured. It is reliably reported that Admiral Sah Chen Ping, commander of the Chinese navy, is a prisoner at Kuh Kiang. Peking, Nov. 18. Premier Yuan Shi Kai announced today that the rebels attacked the imperial forces near Hankow yesterday.

There was fierce fighting, but the rebel 'armywas repulsed- with considerable loss. LAWLESSNESS IN CHINA FAR BEYOND CONTROL Neither Revolutionist Nor Government Can Stop It. Washington, Nov. 18. Affairs in China apparently have reached such a point that neither the rebels nor imperials are able to check acts of lawlessness.

Advices to the state department today report that (Continued on Page 7, Column 1 THE WEATHER Washington, D. Nov. 18. Fre nt Kansas Fair Sunday and Monday. The hourly temperatures yesterday were: 7 a.

96 1 p. 49 8 a. 37 2 p. 50 9 a. 40 3 p.

62 10 a. 42 4 p. 61 11 a. 45 6 p. 67 12 a.

48 6 44 7 p. 43. Highest temperature 63; highest this date in 25 years was 79 In 1508. Lowest temperature 35; lowest this date in 25 years was 10 in 1S31. Precipitation greatest this date in 25 years was 0.06 in 1906.

The temperature averaged 4 degrees above normal. Wind velocity at 7 p. m. 10 miles from the west. Sun rose 7:10 a.

will set 5:07 p. m. IIGTED PACKERS OF TLVO DAYS Chicago, Nov. IS. Counsel for the nine Chicago packers Indicted under the Sherman anti-trust act, succeeded late today in getting a further delay in the criminal trial, which was scheduled to begin next Monday, in the United States district court.

The delay until next Wednesday was granted by Judge C. C. Kohlsaat in the United States circuit court where, earlier in the day. the defendants had been defeated in efforts to make effective a writ of habeas corpus. An appeal to the United States supreme court was CHESTER ANDERSON AND EIGHTEEN KILLE DISASTER Over 150 Men in Mine at Time All But Two of Bodies Have Been Recovered.

Vivian, Nov. 18. Eighteen men were killed in a coal dust explosion which occurred today in the Bottom Creek mine of the Bottom Creek Coal Coke company at this place. Over 150 men were in the mine at the time of the explosion but all escaped except eighteen of the twenty7two who were in the explosion zone. The-other four were rescued alive.

All but two of the bodies had be6n recovered at midnight. Among the men killed were Engineers W. H. Henderson, of Rockville, E. H.

Hervey, of Philadelphia; Tarvin Williams, of Keystone, W. and Charles Brewer, of Elkhorn, V. Va.V who were In a party of five making a semi-annual survey of the mine. Alexander Williams, the fifth engineer, was saved. The others killed were negroes or foreigners.

Where the explosion occurred, IS men were at work. Five of them were engineers connected with the Crozier Land association, which leases the coal to the Bottom Creek company. Immediately after the explosion, rescue parties succeeded in rescuing alive Alexander AVilliams, an engineer, and three other men. The rescuers tonight had succeeded in finding the places where all of the entombed men but one were located. It was believed that all would be rnueht out of the mine by tomorrow morning.

The Bottom Creek mine was considered safe, as is was equipped with a steam jet system for dampening the workings. A 16-foot fan was used for ventilation and clay tamping utilized for shooting. A OF 17 5 SELF TO DEATH Care of Motherless Family and Poor Health Made Her Despondent. Special to the Capital. Nov.

18. Miss Alice Caldwell committed suicide about 3 o'clock Friday afternoon by shooting herself in the breast. She lived with her father, L. L. Caldwell, about 42 miles south of Sterling in Reno county.

She was about 17 years of age and was the oldest of several children. Since the death of her mother, which occurred some time ago. she had been doing the housework and taking care of the younger children. She had been in poor health for about a month: No other cause is assigned for her act except that she had become despondent over the trying position in which she was placed. lli'J KANSAS 01 JURORS ALL FARMERS Mary Chamberlain, It Is Expected, Will Be First Wit-ness Called Great Interest Attaches to Her Story.

Special to the Capital. Lincoln Center, Nov. 18. Tomorrow will be an anxious day for residents of Lincoln Center, Beverly and Shady Bend the calm before the storm. A jury has been secured to try the men accused of tarring Mary Chamberlain, the court stage has been set and the curtain will rise at 10 o'clock Monday morning.

Immediately thereafter, Mary Chamberlain, the Beverly teacher, who was seized, stripped of her clothing and tarred near Shady Bend last August, Is expected to take the witness stand. There Is a feeling of suppressed excitement here tonight, a feeling of anxiety on the part of the accused, and of wonder on the part of spectators as to what the woman will tell. The action of certain of the accused men in pleading guilty, and of Ed Ricord, the barber decoy, in confessing his part In the affair, makes the other defendants doubly anxious, worried by doubts and fears as to how far the testimony of their ex-compatriots will Involve them. Figuratively speaking they are holding their breath over Sunday. Probably Lincoln county never experienced any kind of trouble before which it would not gladly accept now in exchange for its tarring case.

County officers here have been silent as to the purpose of the arrest today of John Booze, engineer 'in Everett Clark's mill at Shady for complicity in the Shady. Bend tar party. County Attorney McCanles describes his share in the mobbing Miss Mary Chamberlain as that of an accessory and confidant of the three men now on trial here, but he does not say what affect his arrest will have upon the present trial. Major John J. McCurdy, of the defense, declares that Booze is entirely innocent of any part in the tarring, and that his arrest i3 either an attempt to silence him or compel him" to give testimony favorable to the state In the Impending trial.

He had already been subpoenaed as a witness against the three present defendants. McCurdy says further that the fact that all of the jury panel except those now on duty have been excused for the term Indicates that Chester Anderson and Del-bert Kindelsparger, under sentence from Justice court to ninety days in Jail, and who were to have been tried next on appeal, have decided to desert the three men now on trial, plead guilty and give testimony against McCurdy's three clients, Sherrell Clark, John Schmidt and A. N. Simms. "The state has made attempts to intimidate the men accused of taking part In the tarring," Major McCurdy said this afternoon.

"This latest arrest Is simply one of these, and I presume that Ander-ron and Kir.delsparger have promised to plead guilty, too." Booze was arrested by Undersheriff W. Hushes at Beverlv this afternoon. He will be arraigned and placed under $500 bond. Including the six witnesses subpoenaed last night, the state now has 66 witnesses. The defense have stood on their constitutional rights and so far refused to enter their subpoenas.

THE JUIiY ONLY 2 SINGLE MEN. Twelve farmers, all but two of them married, will compose the Jury to which Miss Mary Chamberlain will tell the story of the outrage upon her when court sits here Monday. They are: M. Toole. 32, married secretly two weeks ago.

Ernest Obermiller, 36. married. E. B. Dillon, 40, single, 32 years a resident here.

Henry Schroeder, 43, married, children. A. L. Shipp, 27, married, children. Ernest Lohman, 2S, single.

C. P. Sanders, 48, married, children. Fred Eckert, 61, married, nine children, four sons and five daughters, two of the daughters married women. C.

C. Neilson, 29, single. J. H. Stussey, married, seven children.

Abe Seirer, 40, married, two children. David Markham, 60, married, three sons two daughters, all grown. Both sides are satisfied with the 'tar party" Jury. All are substantial farmers, to whom Jury service represents a patriotic duty but a money loss, and lawyers on both sides describe the twelve men as far above the average in Intelligence. M.

M. Toole, the ypung man who heads the list above, had to confess, when he was examined this morning, to his part in a romance at Sylvan Grove, two weeks ago. "You are an unmarried man, are you not?" County Attorney McCanles. who knew him, asked. "Yes N-n-n-no, sir." Toole answered, looking hard at Judge Grover, as if he was afraid he might be clapped in jail for perjury.

"I mean I am a married man." He had been married secretly for two weeks to Miss Kavanaugh, telephone operator and town belle at Sylvan Grove. Colonel Ritchie and Judge Z. C. Milllkin, of counsel for the defense, left for Sa-llna in an automobile immediately after the unexpected adjournment of the trial this morning, to prepare further authorities in their case. ONLY TWO CLERGYMEN TAKING PART IH CASE One Already Being Criticised and Other 29 to 0 and Also the Missouri Valley Championship Lino Didn't Hold.

MADE POOR SHOWING Fumble by Heil Helped Northerners Secure Their Krst Touchdown -K. Goal Crossed Five limes. Special to the Capital. Lawrence, Kan. Nor.

11 Coach Stlehm't prophecy that Nebraska would defeat Kansas 30 to 0, lacked but one point of being fulfilled here this afternoon. Tha Cornhuskers walked away with the game wav vr tail Uiinci tuO MU pionship of the Missouri valley. From the beginning the game until the flnat whistle blew the wonderful foot- ball machine from Nebraska had llttl trouble in gaining ground against tha i of ay O. Tran rbJfsk 8 Pctacular left-half, went SS f. hown on bjr Heil.

He kicked the goal and his team- "3atM on mveh to tha In 'w' mor play, Gibson caugh Warner forward pass and scored a second touchdown. Frank again kicked goal. The Kansans did not fight with the "old-time Kansas spirit" In the first half and were unable to stop the mighty rushea of Captain Shonka or O. Frank, the two Nebraska stars. In the second quarter Stlehm's machine did not let up on Its whirlwind style of play.

O. Frank again being tha star of the Cornhuskers. He carried tha ball on two plays for sixty yards and then went over for a touchdown and kicked his own goal. Captain Shonka and E. Frank flayed havoc with tha Kansas line repeatedly and with littla apparent effort E.

Frank scored Nebraska's fourth touchdown. Gibson failed to kick goal. The last half of the game brought a reversal of frm In the Kan-sans and by punting frequently the Jay-hawkers were able to keep the ball out of their territory for the most part. However, in the latter portion of tb fourth quarter Nebraska took a brace and by fierce plays O. Frank, Purdy and prophesy that Nebraska would defeat Potter carried the ball 65 yards, putting it on Kansas' 5-yard line.

On the next play E. Frank carried the ball over for the last score In the game. The goal wu kicked. The largest crowd that ever witnessed a football game here was present this afternoon on McCook field. The attendance reached 7,000.

The crowd was brought to its feet repeatedly by brlU liant runs by O. Frank. E. Frank and Warner for Nebraska. "Pete" Hell, Kansas' midget quarterback, played a star game for Kansas.

Time and again, when he was almost smothered by Chauner and Lofgren, Nebraska's speedy ends, Hell would break away and return one of Gibson's punts ten yards. Hell's work as safety saved Kansas from being defeated by a much larger score. As many as six times did the Nebraska backs pass tha Kansas line and have a clear way for a goal only to be tackled by the Kansas quarter. Hell's tackflng was sure, his head work was good and his general playing was excellent. Delaney, the Kansas kicker, met his equal this afternoon In Gibson, the Corn-husker booter.

Gibson's punts averaged as much as Delaney's and were high so that the ends had little trouble In getting down under them. However, the con stant booting of the Kansas punter kept (Continued on Page 7, Column 4.) INDEX TO NEWS SECTION A. 1 Coml geetlea, Capital Farmer Clab. Topeka Heed a VorkhMe. 8 Pratt, the Gem City.

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The Boy From Emporia. After the Day's Work. 15 Keek Islaad Telia Its Slda. Says It Makes Alexander Hamilton Look Like Novice as Advocate of Absolutism. BEYOND DREAM OF CZAR Says Roosevelt's Attack on Tobacco Trust Is "Terrific Indictment of President and Department of Justice." Washington, Nov.

18. Declaring that Theodore Roosevelt makes 'Alexander Hamilton look like a novice as an advocate of absolutism. Representative Henry, of Texas, chairman ofl the House committee on rules, issued a formal state- ment today in answer to the former Pres- ldent's views on the trust question in his recent editorial In The Outlook. Mr. Henry asserts that Mr.

Roosevelt, through his "message," Is feeling the pulse of the American people for a third term, that he Is trying to "discredit Mr. Taft and Mr. Wickersham" and predicts 1 that he will "find the road to the presi- 1 dency 'rocky' while he Is running for a third term with the steel trust snugly and congenially sitting astride hia ehoul- ders The Democratic congressman, who re- cently made public proposed amendments to the Sherman law providing that trust criminals be forced to wear "felon's stripes," assails Mr. Roosevelt chiefly' for! what he terms his advocacy of "legisla-! tlve courts" and "legislative executives." He quotes from the former President's editorial the following reference to the Standard Oil and tobacco trust decisions of the Supreme court: "It is contended that In these recent decisions the Supreme court legislated so it did; and it had to; because Congress has signally failed to do its duty by legislating. But where the legislative body persistently leaves open a field which it Is absolutely imperative, from, the public standpoint, to fill, then no possible blame attaches to the official or officials who step in because they have to, and who then do the needed work in the interest of the people." "This is absolutism run mad," de clares Mr.

Henry. "Never in the history of America did any man, living or dead, advocate such a rank, miserable and rotten doctrine. The adherents of Alexander Hamilton should tenderly take up his aches, make due apology for his being a novice in the doctrine of absolutism, and remove his sacred urn to some quiet and sequestered spot and give way to the real thing, to one who has views. "The Czar of Russia never dreamed of such power; the Caesars were strangers to it, the epartans never got in hailing distance of It. Our constitution vests all legislative powers herein granted in a Congress of the United States.

Away with Mr. Roosevelt's doctrine; away with 'legislative and 'legislative There Is no place for them In our republic except by usurpers pure and simple." Mr. Roosevelt's attack on the tobacco trust, Mr. Henry describes as a "terrific indictment of the President, Department of Justice and the circuit court In New York." "It looks like Roosevelt Is right here," he continues. Charging that the trust commission idea is Mr.

Roosevelt's issue, the Texas congressman says, in conclusion: "This will make him the candidate of the streel trust, which he defends, and the advance agent of the re-actlonaries, not the progressives. In my opinion, he is harnessing himself up with the wrong crowd and on a mighty bad Issue, and ever Mr. Taft and Mr. Wickersham can whip him in his party." TEDDY TRUST REGULATION PUN II FAILURE! Nehraskaa Say They Have Beea Tried and Were Hot Soeeeesfal. New York, Nov.

18. "Colonel Roosevelt's plan of regulating large business (Continued on Page 7, Column 4.) GRANTED DELAY BY JUDGE KOHLSAAT allowed by Judge Kohlsaat on his decision. After deciding the writ of habeas corpus and after ordering the defendants remanded to their sureties. Judge Kohlsaat agreed to delay formal entry of his decision and order until Wednesday morning. This, it is asserted, will necessitate postponement of the opening of the criminal trial of the packers long enough to permit the indicted men to get before the United States supreme court, before they automatically have accepted Jurisdiction in the district court by appearing at the trial there.

Jarr.i-s Sheean, of special counsel for the government, made sharp objection to this delay while the point was being argued before Judge Kohlsaat this afternoon. "It has taken eight years to get a plea of "not guilty from these defendants. said Attorney Sheean. "and now, six months after the "not guilty plea, has been entered, the trial has not been begun and these defendants have not faced a jury. I protest at any further delay and I submit that counsel for these defendants has but one purpose in making his request for time, and that purpose is delay." Judge Kohlsaat.

in discussing the point at issue, said he could see no pressing reason for the delay. "I do not see how you will be any better off a week from now than you are today." said Judge Kohlsaat to Attorney Levy Mayer of counsel for the packers. "However, I will delay having the formal entry of the order made until Wednesday morning." BRYAN vm.lh.b united states commissioner the guise of protection. when it is expected a certified copy of "Why. the.

whole story is preposter-4 the indictment will have reached San ous," said the Kansas senator. "So far Antonio. A new bond will then be ar-as Dice is concerned, as I now recall, ranged. His trial will be held at he continued in office at St. Louis unttil Laredo at a date to be fixed later, his death.

I never tried to 'get some- The arrest of General Reyes, who thing' on him. I never considered the was named with several others as In-name of Harrison in connection with the volved in an alleged plot against the St. Louis place. Harrison has been a Mexican government, comes as a postoffice inspector for several years and climax to rumors of an impending revo-is a capable man. When the Kansas City lutlon which have been heard for sev-dlvision was created he was placed In weeks.

Several days ago promi-charge on merit. The district was created nent followers of President Madero, of because the service was expanding. Mexico, who are In San Antonio, flatly Dice was never 'hounded' by me or by any man under me. "As to Baumhoffs statement regarding former President Roosevelt, it is ab surd to Imagine I ever made such a i statement to him. In the first place, tion," he said, "and the animus is not postoffice inspectors have nothing what- hard to find.

As I have always done, ever to do with the President's office I again deny that I have in any manor with the protection of his person. I ner led, a'ded, abetted or considered a never had any men in Mr. Roosevelt's revolution in Mexico, nor have I Joined DOUBTS IF KANSAS GETS CREDIT EOR ALL OE WHEAT SRE PRODUCES office and could have had no conceivable object in attempting to find out things that happened in the White House before the President did." KILLED IN EXPLOSION REFRIGERATING PIPE Chicago, Nov. 18. Three men were killed and two injured In an explosion of a refrigerating pipe in the lard house of Swift and company at the Union stock yards here today.

Kansas for seeding the nearly seven million acres which was planted to wheat a year ago. The Northwestern Miller asks the question, "Where did all this wheat come from that the Kansas millers used?" Some of the mills jiear the state line may have used some Nebraska wheat and a little from Oklahoma, but this was. not any great amount. The Kansas millers used forty-six million bushels; twenty-two million bushels went east through Kansas City and eight million bushels was used for seed, making a total of seventy-six million bushels which Kansas should be credited with "for the 1910 crop, and in addition there sho-uld be added all that was shipped south and to California. The figures of Secretary F.

D. Coburn. secretary of State Board of Agriculture, credit Kansas with only sixty-seven 'million bushels in 1910. This would indicate that the amount of wheat Kansas produced in 1910 was underestimated in the final crop reports by about nine million bushels. The amount brought from Oklahoma and Nebraska is not considered large enough to begin to account for this difference between the estimated yield and the disposition of the crop.

Does Kansas get credit for all the wheat she produces? Some think she does not, and recent investigations into the amfcunt of wheat Kansas produced in 1910 seem to Indicate that the crop statistics on Kansas wheat production are not high enough. Recently the Northwestern Miller took steps to try to find cut just how much wheat Kansas produced in 1910, calling attention to the possibility that Kansas might not be getting credit for all the wheat the state really produces. The paper sent out a letter to all the Kansas millers and asked their actual consumpt'on of wheat during the year ending June 30, 1911, to see just how much wheat Kansas millers used. The total was a little over forty-six million bushels which had been used In Kansas of the 1910 crop. Then the paper asked the Kansas railroads for a statement of the movement of Kansas wheat through Kansas City, and found that something over twenty-two million bushels of Kansas wheat moved through that point alone, not counting a great Quantity of wheat that went to Texas and to Kurope through southern ports.

A considerable amount, also, went to California, while in addition there was about eight million bushels held in If You Were King of Topeka- What Is the first thing you would do for the good of the city as a whole? If you should wake up tomorrow morning and find yourself clothed with autocratie power, what step would you take first for the city's physical or business betterment? What nuisance would you abate; what changes would you Inaugurate? In other words, what one thing do you saggest for the Immediate improvement of Topeka to make Topeka a better town to llve in? The Topeka Dally Capital will give a prize of 10.00 for tHe most practical suggestion for Topeka's immediate betterment, embodied in an article of not more than 100 words. If you will write your suggestion today, the series will start on Tuesday morning. You may use a pseudonym if you prefer, but your real name must accompany your manuscript. The articles -will be published daily and the prize winner ill be announced on Sunday, December 24th, In time for Christmas. Address your article (not more than 100 words) to The King of Topeka." care Daily Capital.

is Priest Attending the Trial. Bpecial to The Capital. Lincoln, Nov. 13. Some of the clergymen have1- taken exception to the action of the Rev.

A. Kuhn of Beverly, in writing a letter to the Lincoln Republican" in defense of the reputa- (Continued on Page 3. Column 6.).