Noted Kansan Leader Father Baker Dies in Topeka
Farewell note on J P Baker aka Father Baker who shaped early Kansas Republican journalism and served with the Kansas Historical Society. He died at his grandson Floyd Baker’s home in Topeka after strokes, age ninety. Also updates on dairy TB figures, sanitation prosecutions, dry farming gains, and officials passing through Topeka.
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Topeka
Floyd Perry Baker
Floyd Baker
J. P. Baker
Kansas
Baker
Kansas Historical Society
Fort Ann
N. Y
Kansas State Record
Commonwealth
The
Capital
Kansas Newspaper Union
Green goods game warned by Kansas agriculture chief
F D Coburn, secretary of the Kansas board of agriculture, denounces Chicago grain men for reports on a small Kansas wheat crop. He says such reports are a yearly green goods scam to sway prices, citing inflated yields and market manipulation from a Pullman window crop tour. He notes the public and markets react strongly to scattered clues like showers or minor pests.
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Topeka
F. D. Coburn
Kansas Board of Agriculture
Chicago
Kansas
Chicago Grain
Wheat Belt
Oklahoma
Panama Gase Postponed At Government Request
The Panama graft trial for Charles R. Williams and Delavar Smith, Indianapolis News owners, is adjourned to October 11 as the government seeks removal to Washington for trial. Judge Anderson will hear witnesses including Frank Hitchcock Norman Mack Geo Cortelyou and Morgan staff and government officials.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
O. Charles R. Williams
Delavar Smith
Indianapolis News
District of Columbia
Panama Canal
United States
Anderson
United States Court
District v Columbia
Stuart McNamara
Department of Justice
Washington
Charles W. Miller
Frank M. Hitchcock
Republican National Committee
Norman E. Mack
Democratic National Committee
Geo B. Cortelyou
J. Pierpont Morgan & Co
Brewers Seek Reform as Prohibition Movements Rise
Rudolph J. Schaefer president of the New York Brewers Association outlines National Brewers Association policy in an address to the New Jersey state organization. He says brewers will lead reform in intoxicant sales and credits New York clergymen for supporting liquor reforms. He cautions reform as the only way to head off prohibition. About two hundred delegates attend the national convention.
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Atlanta City
New Jersey
Rudolph J. Schaefer
New York Brewers Association
National Brewers’ Association
New York
State Textbook Commission Approves Supple- ments and Replaces Dictionaries
The state text book commission approved maps globes charts and other supplemental school articles and dropped Laird Lee Webster's dictionary in favor of Webster's school dictionaries from American Book Company. New approvals include Atlas School Supply Chicago Caxton Dow Crisman Mountjoy Nystrum Rand McNally Buf fon Marshall and other publishers for educational aids and histories.
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State Text Book Commission
Laird & Lee Standard
American Book Company
Commission
Atlas School Supply Company
Topeka
Caxton Company
Chicago
F. M. Dow
B. M. Crisman
Salina
John C. Mountjoy
A. J. Nystrum & Co
Rand, McNally & Co
Webster
Cyclopedia
Buffon Book Company
MacCaun
Atkinson, Mentzer & Grover
Marshall
Bradley
Hoover Bros
Kansas City
Kansas osteopaths seek separate state board
At a recent convention Dr. F M Godfrey outlined a proposed 1911 bill creating a governor appointed board of five osteopaths from a list of ten or more. The board would examine, license, and prosecute osteopathy violations similar to medical boards. Eleven states already have such boards. Fees would fund the board.
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Kansas
F. M. Godfrey
Holton
Laws
First Kansas case tests new freight train passenger law
Concordia, Kansas. The first case under a new law requires freight trains on branch lines to carry passengers and bans refusals. Justice Troup's court will hear the matter June 8. Doctor Smith of Miltonvale arrested N B Buck, a Santa Fe extra freight conductor, for ejecting him from the caboose after he refused to pay fare. Buck’s bond is signed by the division superintendent who says the law’s validity may go to the supreme court if needed.
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Concordia
Kansas
Justice Troup
Doctor Smith
Miltonvale
N. B. Buck
Santa Fe
Caboose
Buck
Supreme Court
State wins first round on Sibley act express rates
Lincoln Nebraska a state win in the litiga tion to enforce the Sibley act reducing express rates 25 per cent in Nebraska. J J Sullivan referee appointed by the supreme court to take testimony has reported that the act was not confiscatory and that judgment should be entered in favor of the state.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
J. J. Sullivan
Supreme Court
Insurance Rates Rising Under New Kansas Law
Fire insurers file rate sheets with the state superintendent under the new law. The commissioner must approve tariffs before premiums can be collected. Tariffs show higher rates likely increasing total company receipts this year, with a possible later reduction if rates are deemed too high.
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Kansas
California Militia Deployed to Quell Lumber Strike
Gov. Gillett ordered four companies of the California state militia to move to McCloud after a telegram declared 600 Italian lumber hands on strike had broken into light and power plants and forced firemen and engineers to quit. Troops departed Sacramento by special train.
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California
Sacramento
McCloud
Not tender enough steak sparks diner clash
A waiter mocks a customer's complaint about a steak’s tenderness. In a separate vignette a St Louis girl rebels against family prayer, declaring it is her mother’s job to ask God for blessings. A conservatory scene follows with a girl debating microbes in kisses as a fountain glows.
No Doubt In the Baggageman's Mind About Coffin Contents
An emergency cheese shipment forces a Limburger maker to improvise. With 200 pounds packed in a rough box, he rides the train alone to ensure his order is delivered. At the first stop he checks the baggage car, declaring the box is his dead brother.
Appointments of Local Deputy Oil Inspectors Named
State Oil Inspector Joseph Longshore announces new deputy oil inspectors across Kansas. Appointees include D. R. Lamereau Mound City Dennis O Connor Emporia Ed J Howard Cherryvale J W Roberson Eskridge R T Campbell Fort Scott Ed Chenoweth Ottawa Mrs Mora J Lamb Wichita E F Smith Sarden City James F Naylor Holton J G Reed Minneapolis H B March Galena.
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Joseph Longshore
D. R. Lamereau
Mound City
Dennis O’connor
Emporia
J. Howard
Cherryvale
J. W. Robertson
Eskridge
R. T. Campbell
Fort Scott
Ed. Chenoweth
Ottawa
Mora J. Lamb
Wichita
E. F. Smith
Sarden City
James F. Naylor
Holton
J. G. Reed
Minneapolis
H. B. March
Galena
McCloud Power Plant Seized by Striking Mill Workers
In Sisson California the McCloud power house and light plant were seized by 300 to 400 armed strikers from the shingle mill. They drove off 25 deputy sheriffs, took control of the plant and forced workers to quit.
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Sisson
California
McCloud
Edmund A. Smith Dies at 88 Inventor of The Iron Chink
Edmund A. Smith of Seattle died aged 88 from burns after his automobile gasoline tank exploded Monday night. Smith was president of a cannery and machine company and created The Iron Chink a device that transformed the salmon canning industry.
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Seattle
Washington
Edmund A. Smith
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