The Topeka State Journal (Topeka, Kansas)
January 3, 1916

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yii ATHKR forecast for Kansas: Fair tonight; warmer In west. Tuesday unsettled, with rain or snow In the northern part of Kansas. JTIE lirst sign: New spring fashions are apiicaring in the monthly magazines. HOME EDITION TOPEKA, KANSAS, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 3, 1916 TEN PAGES THIS EDITION 2 CENTS MORE SHIPS SUNK BY GERMANS Largest Steamship in Mediter ranean "Warfare to Bottom. One Hundred Survivors of Brit ish Ship "Glengyle." WILL PARALYZE SHIPPING All Crew Probably Perished With Steamship St. Oswal i. Also a British Owned Vessel; Last Reported Oct. 13. Ijoiulon, Jan. S. Two more vic tims of submarine warfare Jn the Mediterranean sea were reported today. One is. the big Glasgow steamer Glengyle, excepting the I,usltHnln and Arabic, the largest British merchantman torpedo vic tim or the war. The other Is a ISrmsh steamer. St. Oswald. 3.810 tons gross. Fragmentary reports make ac curate estimate of hiss of life im possible. Probably not more than ten lives were lost on the Glen gyle. The St. Oswald's movements have not been reported since October IS. It is probable all members of her crew perished. The first dispatches received here said that about 100 sur vivors had been picked up. The Glengyle was sunk in the .Mediter ranean while on the way to Italy from the far east. The Glengyle displaces 9.0OO tons and presumably carried a larire crew. It is believed that live have I wen lost. News of the sinking of the big Gla."gow steamer reached here while the admiralty was bending every effort to learn more details of the sinking of the liner Per sia with a loss of alKiut 250 lives. A moment later word came that the Japanese steamer Renkon .Maru. owned by the Inuni Kaislia Shipping company, had been tor pedoed. The crew. It was stated, was saved. There are six steamers owned by the Japanese company of the Kenkon Maru class, each numbered Kenkon Maru I. Kenkon Maru II. etc., and it is not known which has been sunk. They range in size from 1,867 to 4,777 tons. The Glengyle was a new steamer built in 1914 at Newcastle and was owned by McGregor. Gow Co., Glasgow. She was 500 feet long and had a 62-foot beam. It is not believed that she carried Bnypassengers. The same firm owns (Continued on Page Two. BLOW UP2PLANTS French Artillery Destroys Ger man Munition Depots. Many Attacks on West Front, Says Official Report. Paris, Jan. 3. The war office to night issued the following statement: 'In Belgium, a bombardment by our field artillery and trench mortars against groups of the enemy in the direction of the Dunes caused heavy damage. Two fires were started and two munitions depots were blown up. "In the Argonne the fire of our bat teries dispersed a body of Germans moving upon the road from Avon court to Malancourt "On the heights of the Meuse in the forest of Chevaliers, a heavy can nonade directed against the enemy trendies caused the destruction of sev eral block houses. "In the afternoon two shells fell in Nancy. The enemy's gun from which they came immediately was taken un der our fire. "In the region of Hartsmann Weil erkopf the enemy carried on a vio lent bombardment following which our troops retired along a front of 20C metres on the western side of the ravine to tte south of Rehfelsen- The enemy did not attempt any attack with inf intrv. "The official Belgian statement says nothing in particular has transpired outsice of the customary artillery struggles." Req u isl t ions All I jeather. Paris, Jan. 3. The government in order to saiisfy the needs of the army. has decided on a general requisition ing of crude leather beginning Jan uary 5. Kings Will Visit. Athens, Jan. 3. King Peter, of Serbia, will go to Athens to visit King Constantine after an Inspection of the Serbian troops at Saloniki, it is gen erally believed. Thought Peter in Italy. Home. Jan. .3. The report that the king of Serbia is at Saloniki has been received with interest here by Serbian refugees. They believed that he was already in Italy. VETERAN USES KNIFE, AXE GUN; SLAYS WIFE AND SELF Ivo. Va., Jan. 3. W. K. Johnson, once postmaster here and a Confed erate veteran, cut his wife's throat and brained her with an axe, then blew his own head off with a shotgun, at their home here Sunday. Mr. John son was 70 years old and his wife was 16 years younger. TWO BIG Armored Bodies For Police Cars Thru Oklahoma Oklahoma City, Okla., Jan. 3. Be cause of the. large number of bank robberies and postoffice robberies in eastern Oklahoma in recent months, armored bodies are being placed on two motor cars here for use of coun ty officers in pursuing bandits. This information was obtained today from a local carriage builder, who asserted he is constructing the bodies. He de clineed, however, to make public the name of tho officer who placed the or der. In numbers of recent bank robberies in the eastern counties motor cars have been used. The robbers have come down from their hiding places in the Kiamlchi mountains and the Osage hills and because of their more rapid method of transportation, offi cers have found pursuit on horseback useless. The motor car bodies, under con struction here, are of light steel. They are being painted black and have a somewhat box-like appearance. Be hind the windshield is a plate of steel, which can be raised or lowered by the driver by touching a pedal. It was as serted the cost of the construction is $100 for each. WILL LET THEM IN Ford Party Obtains Permission to Pass Through Germany. Kaiser's 3Iinister Complied Aft er C. S. Refused to Aid. WILL TRAVEL AS PRISONERS Rigid Requirement Exacted and "o Baggage Allowed. M'hisker Pulling Threatened in Peace Gents' Tilt. (By Charles P. Stewart.) (Written for the State Journal.) Copenhagen, Jan. 3. Germany has granted permission for the Ford pence party to cross German soil on the way to The Hague from Copenhagen, it was announced today. The German cor.su late will give passports to the delegates, the American state depart ment having refused to act. The party will leave Copenhagen next Friday. No opportunity will be offered for spreading peace propaganda on Teu tonic soil. It is understood that none of the members of the party will be permittel to leave tha train while within the borders of Germany. The neutral peace conference at The Hague will last only a few days. Under present arrangements the ex- Continued on Page 2. ASKS STATE HELP Topeka Will Refuse Payment of Royalties to Luton If the Commonwealth Will Pay Expense of Fight. Resolutions asking Governor Cap per and the office of the attorney gen eral to back Topeka and stand all ex penses of litigation in case of a break with Daniel Luten, holder of numer ous bridge patents, was brought before the city commission today. It was read the first time, but in good time it will reach the state oricials and it will be up to them to say just how far they are willing to back up their arraign ment of Luten and his royalties. Luten holds the patents on all of the more pactical concrete bridge designs. He requires the payment of a royalty of ten per cent wherever a bridge con forming to his designs is constructed. Topeka, has been paying the royalty year after year, finding it cheaper to do so than to enter into litigation with the patent holder. The payment of the ten per cent not only permits the city to build a bridge of the Luten de sign but It provides also for the fur nishing of complete plans and speci fications of the bridge. The resolution offered coday came from the department of W. O. Tandy commissioner. It is full of whereases but stripped of Its legaj verbiage. It simply provides that if the state of ficials will do all the fighting and pay the bills Topeka will stand pat and re fuse to pay the Luten royalty. It states that Topeka doesn't want to pay the ten per cent royalty unless It has to. but that it has found it to be cheaper in the past than taking a chance of paying a big bill for litiga tion. There has been a great deal of dis cussion In relation to the Luten pat ents and the payment of the royalties The patent office at Washington granted Luten his patents and he claims to have been universally suc cessful in suing on them. That is the reason the officials of Topeka do n care to risk any city money fighting a case through the courts. But most of the talking has been done by state of ficials and Topeka officials are per fectly willing to have the former spend the state's money. RUSSIAN SINKS TWO TEUTON SUBMARINES Amsterdam, .Ian. 3. Russian vat-ships have sunk two (ie-rnian submarines oif the Bulgarian Black sea port of Varna, atx-ord-itigr to reports reaching here to day. X. Y- Legislature Opens Wednesday. Albany, N. Y., Jan. 3. Legislative leaders are here today for the launch ing of the 1916 legislature Wednesday The Republicans will control both houses. The senate roll shows 34 He publican? and 17 Democrats: in th i assembly, 96 Republicans, Demo crats, 1 progressive and 1 Socialist. WILSON BACK TO CAPITAL TO HANDLE CRISIS Diplomatic Furore on Over Sinking of Ships. Austrian Ambassador Disposed to Smooth It Over. SURVIVORS SAY NO WARNING Vienna Embassy Ordered to So licit Explanation. American Consul Reports Per sia Carried Cannon. Washington, Jan. 3. President Wil son will return to the capital tomor row morning at 7 o'clock to take charge of the new crisis in foreign re lations caused by the submarine cam paign in the Mediterranean with loss of American life. After conferences over the telephone between the presi dent and Secretary Tumulty and Secre tary Landing, it was announced at the v hite House and also at Hot Springs, Va.. the president would arrive here tomorrow. It was state authoritative ly that the destruction of the British liner Persia with loss of American life and the destruction of the British ship Glengyle had put such a grave aipect on the relations of the United States with the Teutonic powers that the president considered it necessary to return at once for conferences with Secretary Lansing and the other mem bers of the cabinet. The situation was described In offi cial quarters as paralleling the crisis which was caused by the sinking of the Arabic, close on Germany's assur ances in response to the representa tions of the United States on the de struction of the Lusitania, While American officials are keep ing their minds open until they have all the facts in the Persia case official ly and know whether Americans were endangered in the sinking of the Glen gyle, the gravity of the situation is not WOMAN IN PLOT She Demands Immunity Be cause She Told About It. Indicted as Detective in Ger man Arson Plot. San Krancisco, Jan. 3. The federal grand jury was called to meet again today to resume its investigation into the alleged Gi rman plots to blow up ships and munition plants. Judge M. T. Dooling of the United States district court is expected to render a decision as to whether Mrs. Margaret B. Vor nell should be held on the indictment returned against her recently. Mrs. Cornell was indicted jointly with C. C. Crowley, a detective in whose employ she was, and Baron George Wilhelm Von Brincken, an attache of the local German consulate. All three were charged with using the mails to incite arson, murder and assassination. Mrs. Cornell claimed immunity from trial on the ground she was compelled to testify before the grand jury. 'Continuation .School for Child Ijaboi. Beaver Falls, Pa., Jan. 3. Beaver Fails today opens a new kind of pub lic school, with an enrollment of near ly 100 young pupils. It :s the "con tinuation school," started under the new Pennsylvania child labor law which makes it compulsory for em ployed minors, to receive at least eight hours' educational instruction weekly. Says Cook Own Meals. Cleveland, Jan. 3 More than 500 Cleveland boys will start the new year right by cooking iheir own meals. They are boy scouts who will go to the scout cabin at Gates Mill, for the annual winter outing starting today. MOVIES WILL SHOW MEN JUST HOW TQ DON THEIR CLOTHES Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 3. Men will have an opportunity in the future to determine the style of their next suit of clothing at the family motion picture theater as a result of plans which have been worked out by the Custom Cut ters' Association of America, which holds its thirty-sixth annual convention here during: the first four days of next month. It has been announced that a score of young men. whose figures will display the spring and au tumn lflltt styles to best advan tage, have been engaged to serve as visual examples for the arbi ters of fashion and that motion pictures will be taken of these models. A committee has been at work for several months determining what properly groomed men shall wear this year. While results of this will not he announced offi cially until the opening of the convention, there were given out today a few preliminary Indica tions. These point to coats which will display shoulders about as wide as a piece of toast. TroiLsers are to be cut so that even a long breath would seem an indiscretion and to give the wear er the appearance of being mostly legs. The curves of the coat are to follow the lines of the figure with a eorsetlike effect ami no padding will be considered proper. Overcoats, to be proer. must be chopped at the knee and either he very tight or very loose, no belts being placed on dress or day coals, this distinction being re served for heavy weather u liters. BRITISH CYCLISTS ADVANCE IN BLINDING SNOW ,l.. .t.iun i. it iiusn tit.nuiiuui leis at taion.Ki tliut xne enemy Hriti.sh cycle regiment was dispatched to advance and locate the enemy their errand in the face of a blindin a: snow storm. NEW SLAV DRIVE Russians Beating Austrians Back in South Zone. Cross Stripa River; Threaten Teutons in Balkans. 6ERMJUI MINES BURY ENEMY French Guns Kill Alsace Vil lagers Leaving Church. v U. S. Orders France to Release German Prisoners- London, Jan. 3. The latest dis patches from the southern extremity of the Russian front indicate heavy fighting Is continuing with the Rus sian army of GeneraMvutfdff gaining ground. One correspondent reports that these operations began with an offensive movement on the part of the Austrians designated to straighten their line, and that after repulsing this attack the Russians assumed the initiative. It is evident the Russian advance has now extended a consid erable distance beyond the Stripa river. In other dispatches it is asserted that two great defensive actions clashed, the Russians having advanced as a threat against the Teutons in their Balkan operations, while the Austrians and Germans felt the ne cessity of improving their positions against the attack expected from Gen eral Ivanoff early in the spring. Whatever may be the facts there is no (Continued on Page 2.) nearIheTrost line Tlie Temperature Bobs Around the Freezing Point Day and Xight. The weather Sunday was of the va riety usually experienced in March. The highest temperature was 46 de grees and the day was sunny and quiet. The lowest temperature last niprht was 26 degrees which is 10 above normal for this date. Four years a;o today the mercury was down to 10 decrees below zero. With the wind in the south this morning there was a prospect of a temperature near the high record. The highest mark ever recorded was 57 degrees in 1909. At 10 o'clock this morning the mercury was up to 3 5 degrees. The shippers' forecast indi cates temperatures as follows: For 36 hour shipments north and west, t; south and east. 30 degrees. The tem perature at Topeka .onight will be be tween the two readings. The Kaw river stands at 5.7 feet to day, showing a fall of .2 of a foot since Sunday morning. Little change in weather is expected tonight. The forecast calls for fair weather with higher temperature in the west tonight: unsettled, with prob able rain or snow in the northern part of the state Tuesday. The wind blew today at the rate of 15 miles an hour from the south. The temperature came within 10 degrees of the high record. Following are the hourly readings for today 7 o'clock 8 o'clock .27 1 1 o'clock 12 o'clock 1 o'clock 2 o'clock. .40 .43 .46 .47 .28 .32 .36 9 o'clock. 10 o'clock. Kaiser's Illness Grows Critical Had Operation Paris. Jan. 3. Press dispatches from Switzerland and Italy con tinue to affirm that the illness of Emperor William is serious. It is stated he was operated on last Wednesday, successfully, but the nature of the operation is not specified. It is stated that the emperor is suffering from a deep seated affection of which the cut aneous eruption is only an inci dental sympton and that the mal ady is complicated by the reap pearance of his old throat trouble which haj extended to the mouth. It is even asserted that it will be necessary to provide him with an artificial palate made of silver. JAPS JOIN FRAY Dispatch Squadron of Warships to Suez Canal. Will Protect Marine Shipping Against Central Powers. TWO JAPANESE SHIPS SUNK Yasaka Maru and Kenkoku Maru Submarine Victims. Prompts Mikado to Send Flo tilla Against Enemy. Tokie, Jan. S. Announcement is made by the Jiji Shimpo that a squad ron of Japanese warships will sail for the Suez canal presumably to protect Japanese shipping. It is said the ar mored cruisers Kasuga Tokiwa and Chitoee have been assigned for this service. Tho reported decision of the Jap anese srovernment tc send a squadron to the Suez canal follows the sinking of two Japanese steamships in the Mediterranean. The passenger liner Yasaka Maru was torpedoed off Port Said December 21. The freighter, Kenkoku Maru was sunk by a sub marine on December 29. Those on board both vessels were rescued. The Japan mail steamship company which controls the bulk of Japanese shipping has abandoned the Suez route. SIXKS JAP FKKIGHTKK. Crew of German Submarine's Victim Lands at Cannes, France. Tokio, Jan. 3. The owner of the Japanese freighter Kenkoku Maru has been advised that the vessel was sunk by a German submarine in the Med iterranean on December 29. The Kenkoku Maru was under charter by a foreigner. She was loaded with hemp at Manila and sailed for Italy and England. The Kenkoku Maru was a steamer of 2.109 tons. She sailed from Manila, November 6. KANSAS PIONEER DIES Basil Hardiwty of Overbrook a Victim of Stomach Trouble. Basil Hardisty, 8 2 years of age. president of the First National bank of Overbrook, and wealthy Osage county land owner, died at 6 o'clock this morning at his home in Over brook, Kansas. Mr. Hardisty's death resulted from stomach trouble. Basil Hardisty, President of the First National Bank of Overbrook, Who Died This Morning. Mr. Hardisty was also one of the early Kansas settlers. Born in 1833 in Ohio, Mr. Hardisty came to Kansas in the early sixties and settled at Over brook where he has lived ever since. Mr. Hardisty is survived by his wife and one son, Frank Hardisty MeXeely's Mother III. Monroe. N. C, Jan. 3. Mrs. W. R. McNeely. mother of Consul McNeely, is critically ill as the result of paraly sis sustained last week. She has not been told that her son is reported among the missing passengers of the Persia. vvie upi'Tuaciiiug at a tuoi A and they are shown here starting on NEWGAS RATE ROW Utilities Commission Would Block Federal Court Goes to SuDreme Court for Re- wura l" ouiwcnic tuui i lur jve- Q, ft Ktrmnino" llrnpr.

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Uni 11 OICC 111 CTnT PnilDTO nULU UHOC 111 OIHIC UUUniOlrun largely in excess of 200. Action Would Preserve Rate Making Power. Order Ties Hands of Kansas Natural Receivers, The Kansas public utilities commis- today sought refuge under the nS of the state supreme court in an 1 Athens Report SayS Norwegian 1 degree a acnook organization, and em fort to dnrtiri litiLtim, in thJ powered boards of education and effort to dodge gas litigation in the federal courts." New issues in the case j were drawn when the utilities com mission asked the supreme court for an order restraining the further prose- cution or gas suits Detore tne united States supreme court. -,i,-"-,v'M "i"1"" was taken today following confer- ence in Topeka last week auptrn. iai. wen. l uim time the 'attorneys for the utilties com- mission decided to go to the supreme court for relief and evade, if nrtsnihle. the trial of the gas cases in the fed-I wlth the affairs f French interests. dfd tlor JlvarJ0V thl" eral courts. Because the supreme I .JL. t-, case-, that the existence of such or e-curt recently decided that it had I Arrest Nomrjian (onoul, Too I ganiiationa is harmful to the publlo Jurisdiction in the ftas rate case, the I Iondon, Jan. 3. Reuter s Atnens scriools and that the. law of the stata commission today asked that the state 1 correspondent says the -Norwegian rules of the school board rela-t-tribunal protect that jurisdiction consul at Saloniki was arrested at the thereto should be enforced. Ther throusrh the granting of an injunction. Judge John F. Flannelly of Inde pendence, and John M. Landon and R. SUIT AGAINST P. U. C. City Attorney Is Ordered to Begin Action ln Gas Case. George P. Hayden, city attorney, was introduced by the city commis sion this morning to bring suit in the district court of Shawnee county. w......ocu. from enforcing its recent order pro- hibiting the gas company from fur nishing free gas to the city of Topeka. Under the franchise granted to the gas company when it sought to do business in Topeka, the city was to re ceive free pas during ihe life of the; coTitract. The city has been using gas for lighting and laboratory purposes for years but che ordc issued by the public utilities commission increasing the gas rate to individual consumers also cuts off the free gas to cities. Commissioner W. L. Porter, whose department must stand the loss, says it will cost the city several hundred dollars each year without the free gas A similar suit has already been brought by Atchison where conditions were th name ts in Topeka. The Atchison case is the one that will he tried out in the courts but a decision in thnt case will determine the Topeka cace. We don't Intend to push the case wc will bring," said Mr. Hayden to day, "I will simply bring the suit and allow it to stand pending a decision in the Atcnison case. However, we will render all possible assistance to the Atchison attorneys when the case is tried. We object to having any thing cut off that is free, particularly when the franchise granted by the city calls frr it." Hal Chase Won't Be Barred. Chicago. 111., Jan. 3. Hal Chase, first baseman who left the Chicago Americans in mid season to ioin the Buffalo Federals, will find no bar raised against him by Owner Comiskey of the White Sox. who today said that Manager Rowland was free to sign any player from the Federal League whom he could get. EXPORTS INCREASE BUT CUSTOMS RECEIPTS LESS New York, Jan. 3. A total gain of $950,836,233 in merchandise exports wilh a decrease of $24,832,748 in cus toms receipts for the year 1915 as compared with 1914, is shown in the report of the collector of the port of Now YorK There was an increase of $933,660,072 la domestic merchandise exports alone. The increase in Im ports of gold and silver durin? 1915 amounted to $146,780,847. Merchan dise imports showed an increase of $5,246,021. DEATH TOLL ON LINER PERSIA IS I0RE THAN 200 On Board Were 200 Passengers; 200 to 300 In Crew. Of 15S Rescued, but 59 Were on Passenger List. M'NEELY DEATH IS CONFIRMED Survivors Remained in Water for Thirty Hours. Charles Grant, Boston, Picked Up by British Destroyer. London, Jan. 3. The loss of life in connection with the slnkinpr of the British steamship Persia, torpedoed in the eastern Mediterranean Thursday 'afternoon, ip still a matter of doubt. I-atest advices from Cairo ana Alexan dria indicate 158 survivors have been landed, of whom 59 were passengers. IThey were picked up by the British destroyer Mallard, 30 hours after the I ship sunk. Hope that others have 1 been saved is diminishing, as lour days have now elapsed since the vessel was i destroyed. Xo further word has been received concerning Robert N. Mc Neely, American consul at Aden, Ara- ma, ana tnere seems to De mue uouui he was drowned. The safety of r, i nrie uruni ui nuuiuii, iiawns established, it is thought Mr. McNee- 1 ly was the only American who per-1 ished. i restraining order was to enjoin the ll 19 Stl" lr"Possible Vi.?'"'?! I officials from enforcing the order wxth accuracy the loss of life, as the; .hh n. number of persons on board has not pending hearing of application for -inAnmnnnn. ini.ni!nn oeen estaDiisnea. j ne parens-! s numbered more than 200, so with be- tween 200 and 300 members of the crew, apparently the death list will Accounts l-'ragmentary. Such fragmentary accounts of the (Continued on I'cge 2. TWO MORE JAILED! i and by-laws of the board, and from I i the olders of the board the law pro i Bulgaria Gets Even, Arresting! videa no appeal. I "In 1907 the legislature made it un- French Diplomat. t lawful for hiRh school pupils to b- j j long: to any secret fraternity or or- i eanization whatsoever that is In any y Uonsui -AlfcO aelzett.

Berlin. Jan. S. (Bv Wireless to j Sayville. The Bulgarian government has arrested the French vice consul at Sofia in retaliation for the arrest of tne KuiKarian consul at buioiiiki, cording to the Overseas News agency. which adds tnat tne vice consul naa remained at .Sofia with the permission of tne Bulgarian government, in order had I I- .L ,,...v, and TLrktah consuls werT taken into I e' E SSTSST custody on the order of the French I ?Pen Lf 1f,n"id"01" f0?" commander. General Sarrail. c- L Wt 1 Til T I 1 J? The arrest of the Norwegian official law- m the nilMof the school board, is said to have resulted from the die- should first be observed that covery at the Austrian and German th law ln thi Htat make no pro consulates of documents implicating vision for an appral to the courts from him in connection with espionage. The any order made by the board of edu Greek government, the message says, cation. The order of suspension corn has protested against his detention, as plained of, being within the power of well as against the arrest of Greeks suspected of espionage. I. S. Consul in Cliarge. Saloniki, Jan. 1. (via Paris. Jan. 3.) At the request of General Sar rail, commander of the French forces tAva mnn h Kn Amprimn rnnxni at saloniki, nas tanen cnarge 01 tne Turkish am" German interests. The consulates will be delivered to him to morrow. The German, Austro-Hungarian, Tm-l i oh r n H Wul tra rlnn cAnnn la nt fin- ,,Ui r rrt.H 1nt Thiir.rtav hv .,r i cH-nii nm r-r.i v to a bombardment by Teutonic aero planes. A dispatch Saturday said that j ne Anlerlcfin oonBui had taken over the Austro-Hungarian interests. London, Jan. 3. It is stated that in case the measures taken by Greece do not lead to their release, the porte will make reprisals against the sub jects of the entente powers. Greece has made a protest to the entente powers in connection with the arrest of the consuls of the central al lies at Saloniki. Protest by Ottoman. London, Jan. 3. The Amsterdam correspondent of Reuter's Telegram sends the following: According to a Constantinople tele gram the porte, through the inter mediary of the American embassy, haa protested energetically against the arbitrary arrest of the Ottoman consul and officials at Saloniki. Pay V"p Week in Gaicfihursr. Galesburg, III., Jan. 3. Hundreds of Galeshurgers started out today to pay their bills. Those who can't finish up the task today, can do eo any time be- fore January 8. "Pay Up Week" i being observed here. is Reform Mayor of Philadelphia Out of a Job Philadelphia, Jan. 3. Four years of reform administration in Philadelphia came to an end to day with the retirement as mayor of Rudolph Bltnkenburg and the inauguration of Thomas B. Smith, thus giving the regular Republicans control aain of stl municipal officers. Blankenburg. the only mayor the reformers have succeeded in putting into of fice in many years, will take a Ions vacation in California, M.S. GIRLS LOSE THEIR "SORORITY" CASE TODAY Court Sustains Action of 111 Board of Education. The Suspension of Alleged I Sorority Members Stands. CASE WILL NOT BE APPEALED Attorney MeKeever States That Kow Is at an End. Controversy in Court (Her "Who Were Called Liars." Holding that the Topeka board of education and the Topeka hiRrh school officials did not act in bad faith when it suspended for term the fourteen high school girls during the early part of December, 1915, Judges George H. Whitcomb and A. .W. Dana this aft ernoon denied the application for temp irarv injunction against tn

I school officials which was asked by the girls. The requested temporary i n.junv,nw,. The decision state in part: "The statutes of this state place th government of the public schools in cities of the first class in boards of education, and give them the power to make all necessary rules for the government of such schools. They provide for a superintendent who shall have the charge and control of the public schools of the city, sub ject to the orders, rules, regulations trustee or county nign aennou to deny j any Htudent who shall violate the pro- j -visions of said act, all the prlviles i of such hih school, or to expel such student for failure or refusal to com- 1 pi wun its requirements. No Question of Power. "tu. to rt int.ni.Mt i th( f th ht DOW of th. h othrrritiwi tn .1Tliru mrnwi j u? Ilf" f"d irTJ T0i Vtl therefor. Th IB is conceded. It Is Con- i lne ooara 0i education to make, can- not be reviewed in this court u on appeal or retried on tho mrlta. (Contlnusd on Par Six.) 18 MEN KILLED 3Iany of Crew Also Injured' When Tanker Blows Up Three Slain hj BlackhanderV Bomb Through Window. New York, Jan. 3. BTighfuen men are reported to have been killed and many were injured when the tank steamer Aztec blew up at her dock in Brooklyn this afternoon. Seven members of tha crew and eleven men employed ln loading th boat are missing. Rescuers who wr able to penetrate to the hold of th tanker declared more mangled bodies were visible. Black Handera Kill Three. Sacramento, Jan. 3. A. Grande and A. Argoni were killed Instantly and Peter Apostolo died this morning from injuries received by the explosion of a dynamite bomb thrown through th window of the Apostolo home at mid night. The dynamiting was the result of a feud among garbagemen. SMILE, CIGAR, GLASS OF BEER AND 1 DOLLAR FOR $10,000 IN LAND Indianapolis. Jan. How a beautiful woman rs alleged to have received property worth 10.000 111 exi-liantre for a smile, a ciftar. a elans of beer and wat to be told In cir-uit court here to day when ttie rtrll aetion of HiicH K. Hogan vs. Mrs. James Hhod opened. Mrs. Ithnde. of social eoiijto. quence In Newcastle. Ind.. was a BiMter to Hoean' wife. When Mm. Hoean died Hoeau deeded th Property to Mrs. Itiiode ami now Iiofran wants the property back. I preliminary testimony grlven by Mrw. Khode she tell of many years ient as a traperce perform er and contortionist with, various circuses.

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 3, 1916 OUT OF THE RACE Democrat Congressmen From Kansas Make an Agreement. Will Net Be Candidates for the National Contention. SENATORS NOT SO GERTAIN Thompson Will Kun if Hodges rf. Enters the Race Curtis Is Awaiting Action of t;K Brlstow and Friends. None of the six Democratic cort Strcssmen from Kansas will be a can didate for delegate to the national convention. That Is the announcement foade. from Washington following a Poll of the delejration by Cc ngress Jjan Dudley Dooliltle of the Fourth district. jpThe tendency among members of the Kansas' delegation to permit the Workers' at home to attend the con MUion. seems to receive the endorse irtnt of the six Democratic congress linen. Whether William H. Thomp son, United States senator, will now line up with the congressmen and re alise a place on the delegation, is not known. Senator Thompson has been regarded as a candidate for a place on the delegation from this state. In View of the fact that he .aces a fight tjf renomination in 191S, a number of iJvrtiocratlc leaders suggested that both Senator Thompson and George H. Htidtes, former governor and sena torial candidate in 1918, be given traces on the delegation. Senators Are Uncertain. Withdrawal of Senator Thompson from the contest for delegate at large, Would check the next move to the fyiends of Hodges. Kllmination of Iioth Thompson an( Hodges from the a&Uonal convention controversy will jK' a long way toward uniting the democratic factio..s in the state dur itm the coming campaign. The first utep was taken when all of the six Democratic congressmen Taggart, Doiilittle. Helvering, Connelly, Shouse drtcl Ay res recently agreed that they Would stay out of the national delega tion fights in their districts. "All of the Democratic members of congress from Kansas have pledged me that they will not be candidates for places on the national convention JiMt," Doolittle wrote to a Kansas friend. "It means that the workers at hom will be givtn a chance to go to the convention and the consrossmen -jvll stay out of the fight." Republicans May Folio--- Suit. Neither D. R. Antimny, Jr., nor Phil P. Campbell, Republican members of tho national houre from Kansas, are regarded an candidates for places on .t,ho dele? twin to the Chicago conven- itn. On the other hand, Senator Charles Curtis is expected to seek a -place on the delegation if the candi dacy of Joseph L. Bristow is pushed. Bristow is said to feci keenly the need of his presence in tho Chicago con vention A-ftd may Insist on staying In. tho fight. All of which will mean thai Kansas Republicans will be asked to Bni Mirttj to thf rnnvpnt inn. As for the eiwht congressmen, there is every indication that none of them will ask or accept election as na tional delegates. As for the two I'nited States senators, that is some thing different. Senator Thompson will insist on a place if George H. Hodgrs goes to St. Louis. As for Sen ator Curtis, he will take the war path the minuto Joseph L. Brlstow begins ftghtine In the open. GQMMENGEMENTFEB.il J Ugh School Graduation Kxerrinrs De layed by Midwinter Fair. Commencement exercises for '.he January, 191. class of the T;neka luKh school will be held Friday, Feb ruary 11, at the Auditorium, nceurd Inu to an announcement made by Principal A J. Stout today. This is two weeks after the term closes because the midwinter fair makes It Impossible for the high school to get the auditorium earlier. It has not been decided whether the chum would put on their own com mencement program or get an outside speaker. The custom has been to have a speaker nut me class 01 June, 1916, upset the habit and it is not vertain whether the next class will re turn to It or not. DEATH TOLL 2Q0 Continued from page one.) disaster as have been obtained from survivors furnish little new informa tion. All agree, however, that the Persia sank rapidly within about five minute of the time she was struck, affording small opportunity for rescue work. None of the survivors have reported seeing any sign of a subma rine. The extent to which popular feeling has been aroused in the allied nations by the sinking of the Persia Is indicated by the unrestrained tone of press comment. There is much speculation as to the possible influ ence of this event on the negotiations progressing between the United States and Austria. The lutest was from Consul Garrels at Alexandria, Egypt, dated January 1 and received yesterday. It follow?: "P. and O. liner Persia, carrying 4.7 gun unk five minutes past 1 af ternoon December 30, about 300 miles northwest Alexandria. Presumably torpedoed. No submarine was seen. Second Officer Bromley seeing tor pedo's track. Vessel sunk in about five minutes. Two American citizens aboard. Charle H. Grant, manager Vacuum Oil company, Calcutta, is safe, Alexandria. Robert Ney Mc- SEE n nn If IMJ Before You Buy a Writ If You rcrnT SAKCM Neely, assigned consul of the United States at Aden, most probably lost. Of a total of 400 passengers and crew, 158 landed at Alexandria January 1, McNeely last seen in water. In view of fact sunken vessel being armed, does the diplomatic "department desire the affidavits?" The department has advised the consul that it desires- the affidavit. Lansing said that although the United States has indicated at the beginning of the war that it did not favor ves sels coming to American ports carry ing guns, he was not prepared to indi cate a view as to vessels sailing in other waters because conditions had changed. FARMERS ORGANIZE Minnesota State Association to Com prise 900 Ixxal Clubs. St. Paul, Jan. 3. Representatives of 900 farmers' clubs gathered at the state university farm and agricultural school here tpday for the purpose of forming a state federation. Agricul turists, dairvmen. fruit crowers. I hmeHurs jind Hv ktnek m in the number of nearly 2,000 were present at the opening session. The meeting is to continue for five days. Daily sessions will begin at 8:30 a. m, and continue until 10 p. m. with out a break. Side meetings and con ferences are set for every hour of the dr.y. Ali questions pertaining to farm ing and to. the welfare of the farmer will be discussed. Tabloid courses in thirteen various lines of work, con densed to embrace only the cardinal points of any subject, also will be con ducted. The various activities, particularly the courses, were made sweeping in their appeal, the object being to inter est the city folk as well as the farmer. There are technical courses in fruit propagation and farming designed to attract the amateur, gardeners and truck farmers. Courses of interest to women have been arranged. Mrs. Harriet B. Dar ling of Boston, lecturer on home prob lems, will address the women daily, as will other experts on various tech nical rubjects. NEW GAS RATE ROW (Continued from Page One.) S. Litchfield, receivers for the Kansas Natural Gas company, were made de fendants in the suit before the supreme court. It was pointed out in the peti tion by attorneys for the state utilities commission that efforts had recently been made to drag the gas controversy into the federal court. Suit, it was urged, had been filed to prevent tne regulation of gas rates by the Kansas commissioners. To permit the federal court's interference in this matter, the petition recited, would oust the state supreme court from its previously ac quired jurisdiction. For that reason protection of state court jurisdiction was urged through a restraining order and later the granting of an injunc tion. May He Up the Case. Because the supreme court was busy with the brewery cases from Wyan dotte county, no action concerning the restraining order will be taken until late this afternoon. In event the writ is allowed, it means that further prog ress with the ga' case in the federal Court is tied up until-the controversy is settled by the state court and the in junction is dissolved. Suit to prevent further action in the gas cases was filed in the federal court several days ago by receivers for the Kansas Naturae Gas company. The action was directed by the state utilities commission and for its ulti mate purpose contemplated a further increase in gas rates. Now the state commission will seek relief in the state supreme court in order to protect its right to regulate gas rates in Kan sas. The question of jurisdiction will be fought out before the supreme court this week and a restraining or der to block further progress with thj cases in the federal court may be is sued late this afternoon. Both the state supreme court and the federal district court are now con cerned with the new 28-cent gas rate, while the city of Atchison has taken its franchise right troubles into the Shawnee county district court for set tlement. All of the cases go to the rights of the state commission in the making of rates and setting aside of former contracts and agreements. honorTovThammond Public Schools Close, Courts Adjourn, All Mourn Loss of Statesman. St. Paul, Jan. 3.-. Public schools are closed, courts are adjourned for the day and all flags are at half mast in St. Paul and Minneapolis today out of respect to the memory of Win field Scott Hammond, late governor of Minnesota who died last week in Louisiana. I The body after lying in state in the Minnesota capitol yesterday was tak I en to St. James, Minn., where funeral i service directed by the Masonic lodge will be held this afternoon. Burial will be at St. James. Governor Burnquist i issued a proclamation requesting a day of mourning throughout the state. In a number of cities and towns brief services in memory of the late gov ernor were neid. ESCAPES FROM ASYLUM; KILLED BENEATH TRAIN Peoria. 111., Jan. t. Clad In her night clothing. Mil. Dora G. Er rion of this city, escaped from a private canitorium in Jackson villa, IH., yesterday and was later ground to pieces by a "Wabash train three miles cut of that city. To Cure a Cold In One Day. Take LAXATIVE HKOMO QUININE Tab lets. Druggists refund money If It falls to rnre. E. V. GROVES signature Is on each box. 25c. Adv. THE 13 Piano Not After Cannot Call Ml hajr WMF taMssv fufcaaaaklBY 822 KANSAS A VF ..whtmom COL.VANHORN DIES Veteran Founder of K. C. Jour nal Succumbs to 'Age. M as 91 Years Old Got Kansas City Paper in 1855. Kansas City, Jan. 3. Colonel Rob ert Thompson "Van Horn, founder of the Kansas City Journal and pioneer journalist and statesman of the mid dle west, died at his home here to day. He was 91 years old. Death was due to the infirmities of age. Col. Robert Thompson Van Horn founded the Kansas City (Mo.) Jour nal and was for forty-one years edi tor of that paper, becoming a widely known figure in American journalism. Kansas City was a village whose in habitants numbered only 478, when the young Van Horn went there and bought out the Weekly Enterprise for $500. in 1855, and changed the name to the Journal. With the rapid growth of the place the Journal be came one of the flourishing daily newspapers of the west. When Col onel Van Horn retired from control of the paper, in 1896, he was seventy-two years old, and at his death he was 91, having been born May 19, 1824. Son of a Fanner. Colonel Van Horn was the son of a Pennsylvania farmer of Dutch and Scotch-Irish ancestry. His education was largely of his own endeavor, with occasional terms at a subscription school. At 15 he became apprenticed in the printing trade and worked at it for ten years in Pennsylvania, Indiana, Ohio and New York, finally drifting to Kansas City, to invest what little he had in the newspaper business for himself. As an editor he made him self known as a fighter for the prog ress of Kansas City and Missouri and his whole career was interwoven with the history of that remarkable prog ress. Colonel Van Horn served the public not only as an editor, but as a soldier, as mayor of Kansas City many years ago, a member of the state legislature and for four terms as the representa tive of his people in congress. His military service was with the Union army, although In the political prologue to the Civil war he had been a pro-slavery Democrat. Secession made a Union man and a Republican out of him. He headed a Missour regiment which served with distinc tion, participating in the battles of Shi Ioh,' Corinth and Westport. While in the field with his regiment he was called to take a seat in the Missouri senate, and shortly after the war he was sent to congress. He introduced there a bill for the organisation of Ok lahoma territory in 1868, and although! the territory was not established until 2 6 years later, it was Colonel Van Horn who for the first time had in troduced congress to the now familiar name of Oklahoma. He disavowed credit for having coined the name but said the E. C. Bourinot. a Chero kee Indian, had told him it was the Creek word meaning Red man's land A Grant Delegate. For many years Colonel Van Horn was a delegate to Republican national conventions and was extremely proud of the fact that-he was ooe of "the im-- mortal 306," who stooa for the third term nomination of General Grant in the Chicago convention of 1880. One of Colonel Van Horn's newspa per reminiscences included the fact that his Journal on August 26, 1858, printed the first article announcing the discovery of gold in Colorado. He also recalled the days when the first telegraph news was received from St. Louis over a wire completed as far as Boonville, from which the news was forwarded by express. In 1864 Colonel Van Horn was mar ried to Mis3 Adela H. Cooley of Meigc county, Ohio. Four children were born to them, of whom Richard Van Horn, manager of the Van Horn es tate and a former newspaper man. is the only survivor. Mrs. Van Horn died in July, 1910. Since her death Colonel Van Horn had spent most of his time at Honeywood, on the out skirts of Kansas City. WILL LETTHEM IN (Continued from page one.) peditlon will come to an end January 12 when the party will sail for home. Permission of tho German author ities is said to have been obtained through tho influence of officials of Scandinavian countries. Mayor Lind hagen, of Stockholm, appealed to the Danish premier, who asked the Ger man minister to obtain permission for a land trip to The Hague. Oaston Plaintiff. Mr. Ford's representative, went to the German minister and consul in Copenhagen, offering to pay $50,000 for a special train on the German railroads. After negotiations with Berlin in which It was made clear that the members of the party did not desire to remain on German soil the consul announced the request had been granted provided the peace makers subject themselves to the strictest military law. It Is un derstood that the railroad refused to accept any pay for the trip in addition to the regular charge. The 150 members of the party were obliged to furnish four extra photo graphs, two to be sent to Berlin and two to remain with the comftil. Bach member of the party was cautioned against carrying papers, on the penalty of being left in Germany if delayed on this account, as the train must pro ceed on schedule regardless of any side Issue. Each person bkfore de parting must personally present his passport to the German consul as proof that he is an American citizen. The announcement that the party will disband at The Hague January 12, it is explained means only that those who axe not listed for places on the per manent peace board will depart. The conditions under which the Americans will travel through Germany are strict. Their train will be sealed, every one being locked with in. No one will be permitted to touch German soil during the Journey. The members of the mission will not be permitted to carry written, printed or typewritten papers. The concealment of any papers, even of an innocent character, will result in complications for the entire party. Others things the party must aban don before reaching German territory are cameras, postcards, opera glasses and gold coin. Most of the baggage of the expedition will be shipped back to the United States from Copenhagen. Aked Recovers "Nerves." Dr. Charles F. Aked, of San Fran cisco, who was left behind at Stock holm, was to Join the party here to day. He wired that he had fully re covered from a nervous attack. The delegates had another fire- Works aesfiion Slimdnv Ttav Tpnlrini Lloyd Jones, of Chicago, asked Sam (JlorK, traveling companion or Gov ernor Hinr.a, of North Dakota, who has been ill in a local hospital, how Hanna was getting along. "No ono in your whole party ever inquired about Governor Hanna when he was really in a dangerous condi tion," said Clark. "Your interest now Is wholly artificial. If you address me again I will puiJ your whiskers.'? Unrest Caused War Ford. New Tork City. Jan. 3. Fol lowing his arrival here yesterday Henry Ford declared his views re garding the cause of the war have undergone- a marked change. When he left, he said, he was of the opinion that bankers, manufacturers of muni tions and armament were responsible, but he returns with the belief that it. is the people themselves, those now being slaughtered, who are respon sible. Tho ir.en doing the fighting have bean too content to let those who rule them do their thinking, and they have not taken advantage1' of their divine right to say for them selves what they shall do and think, th, pacifist asserted. Henry Ford today put to rout many rumors that he Intends Joining Wil liam Jennings Bryan in an effort to bring peace to the warring countries of Europe and fight the Wilson ad ministration preparedness program. "I have made no plans for peace with William Jennings Bryan and so far as I know I may never see him again," said Ford. Pale and haggard looking, the De troit manufacturer leaned against the wall of his peace headquarters here today and reiterated his belief that the cruise of the peace delegates to Europe will prove successful, even If no steps are taken toward peace for some time. "The American movement will have a good effect on tho people of the warring countries," said Ford, "be cause it will open their eyes to the attitude of tho outside world." WILSONlS"BACK (Continued from page one.) minimized and the declaration of Baron Zwiedenik, the Austrian charge, that he was confident the final ex planation would be satisfactory, has not lessened the tension. Was Persia Armed? The American consul at Alexandria reported today that the ship carried one 4.7 inch gun, but did not state where the gun was mounted. This may become a factor in the case. The Hague convention, however, provides that a merchant Bhip may carry a gun mounted on the stern for the purpose of defense without being considered an armed ship. The disposition is not to assign the incident of the gun to a Dlace in consideration of the case until all the facts are known. Officials have grave apprehensions over the develop ments of the next few days. Secretary Lansing paid action would be taken to notify Turkey and Bul garia formally of the attitude of the United States toward submarine war fare so that all the central power bel ligerents operating in the Mediter ranean might not be uninformed. Mr. Lansing was asked today what the at titude of the state department would be if investigation developed that Aus trian submarines in the Mediterranean were commanded by German naval of ficers. The secretary said the depart ment was inclined to let the nationality of the vessel itself determine the re sponsibility, taking the view that a f-ubmarrine flying- the Austrian nag would be considered as responsime to the Austrian government by whomso ever commanded. Austrian Ambassador Active. From the inquiries which Ambas sador Penfield has been directed to make at Vienna concerning informa tion there regarding the Persia, the American government hopes to sift what evidence there is for the conclu sion that the Persia was torpedoed. No submersible was seen, but one officer of the Persia said he saw the wake of a torpedo. It is possible that later Ambassador Gerard at Berlin may be instructed to seek informa tion. During the morning Baron Zwiedi nek, charge of the Austrian embassy, called on Secretary Lansing and asked that judgment be withheld until all the facts were known and expressed his belief that a final explanation would be satisfactory, he also sought any available information for the ben efit of his government. Baron Zwiedinek also assuredl Sec retary Lansing that if it were proved that an Austrian submarine had sunk the Persia, his government would give full reparation and satisfaction. No Warning Was Given. Alexandria, Jan. 3. Surviving offi cers of the British liner Persia landed at this port declared positively today that the steamer was torpedoed and ridiculed the idea that a mine might have sent the vessel to the bottom with the loss of probably more than 250 lives. The second officer declared he saw a white streak the wake of the tor pedoon the port side Just before the explosion. Italy Astounded Over Affair. Rome, Jan. S. The sinking of the Persia has made a profound Impres sion in Italy, which is reflected in the press. "This new crime is a grievous of fense against civilization," says the Giornaie d'ltalia, "especially as It comes almost at the time of the Aus trian note to America with its pro fession of humanitarian principles." Tht Tribuna recalls the fact that during the negotiations with the United States concerning the Lusitania, Germans sank the Arabic, Just as now, with the Austro-American exchanges over the Ancor.a in progress the Per sia has been destroyed. The Idea Nazionale says that, be ginning with the Lusitania and end ing with the Persia, more than 2,000 unarmed persons, including women, children and aged and ill persons, have been sacrificed. I let urns In Private Car. Hot Springs, Va., Jan. 3. In order to facilitate the return, a private car in which Joseph Harriman of New Tork arrived at Hot Springs this morning, was taken for the President and Mrs. Wilson. The president was eager to start back sooner but the railroad officials could not make ar rangements. EUROPEAN SOLDIERS FIND TIME TO PLAY FOOTBALL Milan, Jan. 3. A football match here Saturday between a team composed of Italian soldiers and another made up of English. Bel gian and French troops, all from the front, was won by the Italians by a score of 6 to 4. A great crowd thronged the arena to witness the contest. A HEAVYMARKET 1915 Receipts at K. C. Exceed ed PreYious Tear's Report. Sheep and Carres Dropped Be low Former Shipping Mark. Kansas City, Mo., Jan- 3. Receipts at the .Kansas City stock yards in 1915 were 6,121 car loads more than received the year previous, according to figures announced today. A gain was made in the number of cattle, hogs and horses arriving, while sheep and calves dropped off. Analyzing the report, officials declare it indicates the producers are withholding calves from tho market for growth, and a plentiful supply of hogs and cattle in the districts shipping to the local yard. Heavy shipments of horses and mules came forward because of the demand made upon the local market by buyers for countries now engaged in tho war 'n Europe. Receipts of cattle for 1915 were 1,863,000, compared with 1,827,248 in 1914. Hog receipts were: 2,825,000 in 1915 and 2,26,805 the year before; sheep 1,816,000 against 2,002,042 in 1914; calves 103,500, compared with 129,406; horses and mules 102,000 againrt 87,155 in 1914. Unusually heavy shipments of cat tle and sheep were received from all Pacific coast states, and from all the mountain states. Slock cattle from Iowa and Minnesota found a market here in large numbers during the year. Consignments of hogs came from new territory, including Idaho, Montana and ether western states, where irri gation has made the production of hog feed possible. A new high record for cattle re ceipts in a single day was established October 25, 1915, with 43,320 head re ceived. Kansas City excelled as a stocker and feeder market during the year. A total of 915,000 were brought here and sent to the country during the year. All records for business in stock ers and feeders were broken. The number handled here wai more than at the other four leading western markets combined. October trade way heavy. Then feeders and grazers pur chased 185,690 head and shipped them out of Kansas City. It was the big gest month s business in stockers and feeders ever done. Because of large receipts cattle and hogs sold lower in 1915 than in 1914. Sheep and lambs were higher. The top price on beef steers was paid in December $10.85 per hundred pounds. Hogs reached their highest mark in October at S9.60, while the top price for sheep was paid in May. The figure was $9.80. WINIFRED DAILEY KILLED Former Topeka Girl Meets With Fatal Accident New Year's Day. Caldwell, N. J., Jan. 3. Two young women were killed and a young man seriously Injured while bob-sledding here New Year's day. The vic tims were Miss T7inifred Dailey and Miss Helen Van dew- ter, both of East Orange. Their companion, William Little, jr., son of the mayor of North Galdwell, is suffering from internal injuries. Caldwell and East Orange are only a few miles apart. The accident occurred when the three were coasting down a steep hill aid in an effort to avoid a wagon, dashed into a telephone pole. Miss Dailey was 17 years old and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Dailey. She was the oldest of five children, the others being all boys. The Dailey family lived at 212 Fillmore street, Topeka, for many years, and Miss Dailey was born at that place. Mr. Dailey for a long time was con nected with the telegraph department in the Santa Fe general offices. He is now manager of the Eqvitable build ing in New York, said to be the larg est office building in the world. The Dailey home, since moving east, has been at Fast Orange, N. J., a few miles out of New York. NEW SLAV DRIVE IContlnued from Pag-e One. doubt the result of these operations will have an important effect on the Balkan campaign, especially in their influence on the future plans of Ru mania. It is reported with increasing fre quency that the central powers are planning an attack on Saloniki, but they are said to be experiencing dif ficulties with Bulgaria which, accord ing to these reports does not wish to participate in such a campaign unless it promises something more than ex pulsion of the allies for Saloniki. England awaits with the greatest interest details regarding the bill for compulsory military service which Premier Astmith will Introduce in the house Wednesday. It is announced that Ireland will come within the scope of the bill. Opposition to the measure, according to some morning newspapers probably will be divided into two parties, one opposing con scription in any form and the other, while admitting the necessity of some kind of compulsion, opposing enlarge ment of tne army. Explosion Buries Enemy. Berlin, Jan. 3. By Wireless to Say ville. German troops made an attack on a wide front north of the road be tween La Bassee and Bethune yester day after conducting mining opera tions on a large scale. The war office announced today that the occupants of one trench were buried by an explo sion or shot down and that in some other positions the allies' troops fled. Will Release Germans. Washington, Jan. 3. The state de partment was officially advised today that the French government in re sponse to representations made by the United States has ordered the imme diate release of Germans recently re moved from American ships on the high seas by the French cruiser Des cartes. Bombardment Kills Girl. Berlin, Jan. 3. French artillery on January 1 shelled the town of Lutter bach, in Alsace. The announcement says one girl was killed and one wo man and three children were wound ed as they were leaving church. On the eastern front the Russians contin ued their operations with patrols and other small detachments but without success. On Dardanelles Front. Constantinople, Jan. 3. The follow ing statement was issued at the war ministry here today: "Dardanelles front: Near Seddul Bahr, artillery and bomb fighting is proceeding actively. A cruiser and a monitor which participated in the en gagement were obliged to retreat. An enemy monitor unsuccessfully shelled our batteries for an hour. "A Turkish hydro-aeroplane drop ped bombs on the enemy's camp near Seddul-Bahr. Our batteries on the Dardanelles successfully shelled the enemy's work at Seddul-Bahr, de stroying a number of store houses- "Perslan front: In an attack on the Russians north of Hamadan two Rus sian guns were captured. In another 180 Russians were wounded. This engagement occurred near Savio, the attack on the Russians being made by native volunteers. The Russians lost two machine guns and one automo bile." German Hero Dead. Berlin, Jan. 3. The death of a popular hero of Germany known as "Lifeboat" Hermann, at Rahnsdorf, is announced by the Overseas News agency. He was 74 years old. He rescued fourteen persons from drown ing and received an award of 500 marks from the Carnegie hero fund. KANSAS GARAGE FIRE Nine Automobiles and Two Motor cycles Destroyed at Dunlap. Council Grove, Kan., Jan. 3. The Dewar Lamb garage of Dunlap, Kansas, a small town seven miles south of this city was destroyed by 1 fire at noon Sunday- Only by the diligent work of the citizens wno were returning from. church at the time and formed a rystcmatic bucket brigade were the adjoining buildings saved. The garage at the time of the fire contained iwc 1916 demonstrating autos and seven private cars and two motorcycles all of which were de stroyed excepting three of the cars nearest the door. This garage was considered fireproof and was one of the most complete small garages in cei.tral Kar.sas having its own electric lighting system which furnished light for several of Dunlap's stores. The machinist had just stepped from the building when the fire which was pre ceded by a terrific explosion that filled the entire garage with a sheet of flamo occurred. The cause or what exploded is not known. Dewar and Lamb had taken posses sion of the garage but the day before and carried no insurance on building or contents both of which are a total loss. They will rebuild at once. LELAlOTSONGIVES UP Agrees to Plead Guilty to Violating the Revenue Law. After deputies In the office of the United States marshal had made at least fifteen trips to locate her, Lela Dotson, a colored girl, who is charged with selling liquor without a govern ment license, came to the office of the marshal today and agreed to plead guilty. C. C. Jackson, deputy marshal, said he had made frequent excursions to different parts of Topeka looking for the Dotson woman in the last eight months; that he had made trips to Wichita, Kansas City, Kan.. Emporia and other points trying to locate her. GAufSWEEPS FRISCO Wind, 75- Miles an Hour, Does Heavy Damage on Coast. San Francisco, Jan. 3. A southerly gale that quickly developed into a seventy-five miles an hour hurricane struck San Francisco late Sunday, kill ing one man, severely injuring other persons and taking a heavy toll of property damage. Henry Chilson, a retired druggist from Los Angeles, was fatally injured by a falling sign and died soon after ward. Many other persons were hurt by flying debris and at all the munici pal hospitals, doctors and nurses were kept busy patching up victims. BRITISH BOATS SUNK (Continued from Page One.) eight other steamers, all freighters. It was reported today that several more shipping firms will announce suspension of sailings through the Suer canal within twenty-four hours as the result of increasing activity by submarines. Because of the sinking of the Persia and Glengyle, it was pre dicted that isurance rates on shipping through the Mediterranean will be lifted until they are prohibitive. Loss of life rrohably 10. The Glengyle sailed from Shanghai for London November 26. She was last reported at Singapore on Decem ber 6. Her route would take her through the Suez canal and the Mediterranean and it may be assumed she was sunk in the Mediterranean as were the Persia, Ville de La Cicota, Yasaka Maru and several other steam ships. TheGlengyle had on board about 120 persons, passengers and crew. All. with the exception of three European and seven Chinese were landed. So far as is known no Americans were on board. The Glengyle, which was homeward bound from Shanghai, was sunk in the Mediterranean on Sunday. This was her second voyage. Last Reported at Mudros Island. The British steamship, St. Oswald, was in the service of the British gov ernment and presumably was sunk in the Mediterranean. Her movements had not been reported since October 13, when she arrived at Mudros island from Alexandria. The St. Oswald was 361 feet long, 3,810 tons gross, built in 1905 an,', owned by the British and Foreign Steamship company of Liverpool. Ransans Are Inventors. Washington, D. C, Jan. 3. The pat ent office granted nine patents to Kansas inventors during the month of December. New York Money Unrket. New York. Jan. 3. MONK V Mercantile Eaper. 3&.T per cent. Sterling. 60 day ills. 4.69: demand. 4.7": cables, 4.74. Francs, demann. 5.85: cables. 0.84. Marks, deninuri, 7.51 1-10: cables, 75. Guilders, demand. 434 cables. 44. Llres. ilemMnd. 8.02: cables. 6.61. Rubles, demand, 29 canicH. rvar silver, oo'.fee; Mexican dol lars, 42c. Government bonds, steady rail- road bonds, firm. Time loans, weak: 60 cloys. 2M:&2; 90 days, 22; 6 months, ;u.i2"i. Call money, firmer: high. 2; low 1: ruling rate, 1: last loau, 2; closing bid 2; offered at 2. tiiultry si: -Miff flutter (Furnished oj the Topeka Packing Com Dan J corner Laurent and Madison I Topeka. Kan., Jan. 3. t'ttl l.lr Hfrifi HU, r. ,n.l ,f. 11c; hens under 3 lbs.. 9c: broilers, 2 lbs. and nn ler. 15c: ducks. 9c: geese,- 7e: springs over 2 lbs.. 12c: stags. 10c 1NP1AN KUNNEK IirCKS Sc HENS AND VOL'NU TUat TUK&ItS- j 14c: old toma. 12c EOGS "Oc I TODAY'S MARKET REPORT. Chicago, Jan. 3. WHEAT Prospects of a material increase of the Cnited States visible supply total hud a bearish effect today on wheat. Buying on the part or foreigners, however, led to something of a rallv. World shipments other than from North America were next to nothing, ana there were reports "of a continued demand at Liverpool. Opening prices here, which ranged from (gc to Tfci&lc lower, with Mav at $1.24 to fl.2Stt and July at Sl.lfi- to "$1.17, were followed by a substantial further decline and then an upturn. Renewed weakness ensued owing to con tinued liquidation by holders. The close was weak. lc to 2H-V4c net lower, with Mav at $1.2314 anil July at S1.MV4- COK.N Corn sagged with wheat. There was a noticeable lack of support. After opening &Vie to ic lower, the market suffered an additional setback, before a recovery set in. In subsequent trading the market fell lower than before in consequence of the increased heaviness of wheat and owing to favorable weather. The elose was weak at lHftilc to lMc net decline. OATS-Oata declined with other grain. The losses though were not severe. PROVISIONS Firmness developed in provisions notwithstanding lower prices on hogs. Offerings were unusually light. Cbteag tiraln Mrfcrt iThe ranre of prices for a-rsla futures The Chicago Board of Trade as reported by Tho. J. Myers. Hrokrr. Columbia Blde.l Open High Low Today Fri. Chicago, Jan, 3. vr HKiT- May ..125 nJly ..117 12514 117 70 12S 115 12.m 11 75 125 117 7fi 77 May July OATS M.iy PORK Jan. May 7014 70 75 70 47- 18.75 19.02 19.03 1.05 19.02 tiftnaas Cttar Grain Market. IThe r.ipe of prices for train futures a The Kanaaa City Board of Trade aa re ported by Thoa. J- layers. Broker. Colum bian Bids.) Kanaaa City, Jan. 3 C1m Open High Low Today Fri. WHKAT May ..110 110 113 114- 110 u.Jly ..10S 109 10S 10- 10M CORN May 72 72 70 10 72 July 72 72' 71 71- 72 Chlraro Grain Market. Chicago, Jan. 3. WHEAT Close May, $1.2:1 July, $1.10. Co UN' May, 75c; July, 76c. OATS May. 47c. POKK January, $18.85; May, $19.02. LARl) January, $9.92: Mav. $10.20. SHOUT RIBS January, $10.25; May, $10.00. Liverpool Grain Market. Liverpool. Jan. 3. WHEAT Spot No. 1 MHnitnba. l:ts 3d; No. 2. i:ta 2d; No. .1. 12a 10d; No. 2 hard winter, new, 12s 5d. CORN Spot, American mixed, new, 9a lOd. Grain Gosalp. (Furnished by T. J. Myers. Columbian Building.) Minneapolis wheat stocks Increased 155,000 bushels last week. Shipments of wheat from Australia last week were 50,000 bushels compared with 480.000 bushels the preceding week and none a year ago. Elevator stocks of wheat in Kansas City have increased 5MI.774 bushels and corn stocks increased 374.101 bushels last m-oek- Kxports from the United States and Can ada Friday were 1,907,000 bushels of wheat. 57.000 barrels of flour, 4,000 bushels of corn and 51,000 bushels of oats wheat and flour combined, 2.124,000 bushels. Exports of wheat and flour from the United States and Canada last week, as reported by Bradstreefs were 9.502,000 bushels, compared with 8,329.000 bushels the preceding week and 7.400,000 bushel a year ago. Corn shipments were 94,690 bushels. Argentina exported 32.000 bushels of wheat last week, compared with 480.000 bushels the precedlug week and 32.000 bushels a year ago. New fork Stock Market. Close of prices for the lesdlnie stocks on The New York Stock Exchange as re ported by Thoa. J. Myers, broker, Colum blau Bldg.l New York, Jan. 3. Close Today. Fri. Am. Beet Sugar 70 Am. Locomotive 08 09 Am. S. H., c 110 1UH Am. Can, c 01 01 Am. Car Fndy 78 78 Am. S. K., p 113 112 Am. Sugar Ref 114 115 Am. Tel. T 127 127 Am. Tobacco, c. 90 91 108 117 117 Anaconda Mining A. T. S. F.. c Baldwin Locomotive Baltimore Ohio B51 Bethlehem Steel ...458 Brooklyn R. T H4 Canadian Pacific iKYt l Central Leather 53 54 Chesapeake Ohio 64 64 C. M. St. P., c 102 100 C. K. I. I. P 17 18 Colorado Fuel Iron 52 52 Crucible Steel .73 73 Erie, c 43 44 Oeneral Electric 174 174 Great Northern Ore 60 51 Illinois Central 109 Inspiration 45 46 Great Northern, p 120 127 K. C. Southern, c 32 32 Lackawanna Steel 79 81 Lehigh Valley 129 Maxwell Motors 75 76 Missouri Pacific 4 4 National Lead 69 60 Nev. Con Copper 10 16 N. Y. Central 110 110 N. Y.. N. H. H 77 76 Norfolk Western 121 121 Northern Pacific 117 118 Pcnn. Railroad 59i 59 Ray Con Copper 25Mi 25 Reading, c 83 84 Southern Pacific 103 104 Southern Railway, c 2 24 Tenn. Conper 62 63 Union Pacific, c 138 139 Union Pacific, p 83 83 V. S. Steel, c 88 88 t'. S. Steel, p 116 117 I-fsh Copper 81 81 Western Union 88 88 Westlnghouse Electric 69 09 Ne Vork stork Starke Wall St.. New York, Jan. 3. STOCKS Fears of fresh complications arising from the sinking of the steamship Persia Im parted a heavy tone to the market at the opening of the first session of the New Year. In place of the strength that mark ed the close of 1915. prii-es of active Issues fell from 1 to 4 points, oil war shares, coppers and mils like Union Pacific. Read ing New York Central, St. Paul and Erie, sharing bi the decline. United States Steel, which changed hands in blocks of 2.000 to 3-OUO shares, yielded only a substantial fraction. The market rallied sharply, how ever, some losses being fully recovered. Auclo-French bonds were firm. The early gave way to another selling movement, in which representative stocks, notably Steels, the Pacifies, Anaconda, Copper and Smeiting sought lower levels than at the opening. This was followed by another rise in which the average of recoveries was higher. Trading on these successive movement was very extensive, the first hour's turn over totaling almost f STOCK SHIPPERS To Insure Yourself Best Results Consign to CLAY, ROBINSON CO. Lire Stocks Commission Merchants, Stock Yaurds, Kan. Oty We Also Hare Our Own Offices) ml Ctilcmjro, So gs. Josasnh. ana. Omaiaa, Desvre-. Biota Oty. So. Sc pssL B. Boftklo. B. UowjS 350.000 shares. The more stable tone of the later market waa ascribed to further advices from London, which pnt a less ser ious phase on the Persia episode. Oil especially Mexican, IVtrolenm, and St. Paul were the strong feature at midday. Bonds were irregular. Kansas City Prodoea Market.' Kansas City. Jan. 3. WHEAT Cash Market liS2e lower. No. 2 hard, $1.11(91.175 No. X, tl.HTfp l.W; No. 2 red, 1.17jjl.20; No. 3. $1.09l.ld. CORN Market lW2c lower. No. 2 mix ed, 66c; No. 3. 66c; No. 2 white, 67 c; No. 3. 06c: No. 2 yellow, 67c; No. 8, 6c. OATS Market unchanged. No. 2 white. 4i43c: No. 2 mixed, 39 40c. 11VE 04i91c. HAY Market unchanged. KAFIR No. 3 white. 90c. WHEAT Receipts 7:12 cars. BUTTER Creamery, 33c; firsts, Sle; seconds. 29c; packing, 19c. KGGS Firsts. 2c seconds, 20c. POULTRY Hens, 10gllc; turkeys, 15c: springs. 12c. CLOSE WHEAT May, Il.lil.l4: July. $l.fl8(l.(is. CORN May, 70c; July, 71 c. Chicago rroduea Market. Chicago, Jan. 3. BUTTER Market ateadv. Creamery. 22&32c. EGGS Market higher. Firsts, 2Sc; ordi nary firsts. 20((i2ic. At mark, cases In cluded, 22ii27c. POTATOES Market higher. Michigan and Wisconsin white. 0cj$1.00; Minne sota white, 90 95c; Minnesota Ohlos, S5tf 90c POULTRY Alive, higher; fowls, 14c; springs, 14c; turkeys, 18c. New Tork Produce Market New York, Jan. 8. BUTTER Marks steadv. Creamery extras, 92 score, 33 EGGS Market firm. Fresh gathered ex tra fine. 35ftl 36c. CHEKSE Market firm. State whole milk, flats, held, specials, 17$17c. POULTRY Alive, prices not quoted. Dressed, very quiet. New Tork Marar Market. New York. Jan. 3. SUGAR Raw, steady: centrifugal, 4.4G4J4.58; molasses, 3.OM11 3.81 refined, steady. .n Vork Cotton Market. New York, Jan. 3. COTTON Snot, steady; middling upland, 12.40. Sales, 2,500 bales. Chicago Live Stock Market, (The following sales were made this mora ine at the Stock Yards, Kansas City, and reported over long distance telephone di rect to the State Journal by Clay, Robin ton Co.. live atock como.lsaioo mer chants. Kansas City. Jsn. 3. CATTLK Re ceipts 10.000 head. Market slow: steady. HOGS Receipt 12.000 head. Market 10c lower. Bulk of sales, 4OI&0.70; top, $0.75. SHEEP Recelpta 10,000 head. Market steady to strong. tuns ANlJ rift if una No. 8. Wt Prlcel No. Wt fries $5.50 7.15 5.75 .1104 871 $4 .85 S 781 21 083 86 1092 4.10 6.50 4.10 6 1287 1 890 STOCKERS AND FEEDERS. 17... 804 6.75 7.50 31.. 920 683 TOO 6.40 5 430 384 284 180 22... CALVES. 16. 3. 1. 6.50 I 1 6.35 4.... 9.00 I BULLS. 4.40 I 2.... 6.00 I 1.... HOOS. 6.75 I 19.... 6.05 68 6.60 I 51 150 230 900 5.50 1 1130 4 1062 981 .1420 248 231 94 5.00 5.75 6.70 6.05 5.25 82. 54. t0. 225 321 192 Kanaaa City Llva Stock Markst, Kansas City, Jan. 3. HOGS Receipts 12.000. Market 10c lower. Bulk of tales, $6.40f6.50 heavy, $6.60f6.72 packers snd butchers. .5O().70 light, a.S5s6.65; pigs, $5.25fa,O.00. CATTLE! Receipts 16.000. Market steadv. Prime fed steers. $.00(a:9.50; dressed beef steers, $fl.50fq 8.50 western steers, $6.00i 8.25: southern steers, $5.500.50; cows. 4.(.H Jfa 7.00 heifers, $5.75&9.00; stockers snd feeders. $5.50i-a8.00; bulls, $5,2510.25; calves. $fl.004i9.50. SHEEP Receipts 10.000. Msrkel strong to 10c higher. Lambs, $.50ft.25; yearlings. $7.00(8.00; wethers, $6.00fi6.75; ewes. $5.25 g'6.25; stockers and feeders, $4.25(d;8.25. Chlcaca Use Stock Market. Chicago, aJn. 3. HOGS Recelpta 80.000. Market alow, 10c to 15c under Friday's average. Bulk of sales, $6.60(0.680; light, $6.45fa.85; mixed. $0.4l(fi 0.90; heavy, $0.50 &6.S; rough. $6.45fa0.5!i pigs, $5.50(S0.40. CATTLE Receipts 10.000. Market strong. Native beef steers, $6.25(9.80; western steers, $0,300:8.15: cows and heifers. 3.00nt 8.45: calves, $7.O0a 10.50. SHEEP Receipts 10.000. Market firm. Wethers, $0.50(7.10; lambs, $7.50(9.75. Topeka Market. (Prices furnished hy Wolff F-arklna Co. I Topeka, Kan., Jan. 3. CATTLE AND HOGS. MIXED AND BUTCHERS $6.15ci0..' HEAVY 6.1.Vq0.30 LIGHT 6.00(0.30 STEERS. Good to choice (corn fed).......$6.5fii7.00 Fair to good 5.25(5.75 COWS. Good to choice (corn fed) $5 SOffiO 00 Fair to good 4.25185.00 Common to fair 8.50414.00 HEIFERS. Good to choice (corn fed).......$6.oo(?ffl.50 Fair to good S-OOS-fiO Common S.50&4.25 BULLS. Fleshy S4.TS95.25 Medium 4.00(24.50 VEAL GALES. Prime fat $7.00(37.70 Medium good 6.0 M T OO Fair 6.004J6.00 SHEEP AND LAMB8. Fat wethers $4.00ai.oo Fat ewes 3.50(34.00 Fat lambs 6.WKg7.00 (Positively cannot use sbeap or lambs unless fat.) Wheat Markst. Frirnlahed by Shawnee Milling Cow -hlr snd Kansas Avs. Topeka. Kan., Jsn. a. WHEAT No. 8. fC W H EAT No. 2. BOp Bntter and Rags. IPurola. cd by the Beatrice Craamsry Caw Topeka. Kan.) Topeka. Kan.. Jsn. ft. CHICAGO EGGS 2727c NEW YORK EGGS 32Si33c. CREAMERY BUTTER Chicago 89A 32c; New York. 33c; Klgln. 33c- tZ peka wholesale, 33c. Tonoka tiraln Market. I Furnished by J. B. Blllard corner Kan sas An. and ''nrtls SL) Topeka, Kan., 'Jan. fx oats so.rc. WHEAT 0ac NEW CORN 62c. Topeka Hay Market, IFjrnlsheo by T. A. Bees. 212-14 K. 6tk. Topeka, Kan.. Jan 'HMTHlr RAY no ELL-ANS Absolutely Removes Indigestion, Onepackaga Droves it. 25c at all druggiste.

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 3, 1916 3 FARM WEEK OVER History Pageant Finale at the Agricultural College. Kansas Poultry Federation Met on Final Day. PRIZES AWARDED TO FARMERS Boys and Girls Took Active Part in Contests. Topeka Woman Assisted in Ar ranging Closing Affair. Manhattan, Kan., Jan. 3. The closing feature of Farm and Home week at ".he Kansas State Agricultural college was a spectacular paseant en titled "The Folks Who Are Building Kansas, the Heart of the Nation," in which several hundred persons took 7art. The event portrayed early his-to-y with particular reference to Kansas- Among th characters represented wc:e Father Time, Indians, early set tleis, Columbus and John Brown. Those who took part included boys and girls from all parts of the state hero in attendance at the annual in slit lit". The pageant was under the direction of Walter Burr, of the col ge and Miss Ceora Lanham, of To peka. One of the closing events of the big home week program was the meet ing of the Kansas Ktate Poultry fed eration. The following papers were read: The Farm poultry Du-t-uuih Flock F. K. Mussehl. Kansas State Arricultura! college: "Buying Eggs on j a oualitv Basis." W. A. Lippincott. professor of poultry husbandry in the college: and A. O. Philips, professor of poultry husbandry in Purdue uni versity. The Kansas Bef Producers also I held a successful meeting with several j pnmincnt tpeaKers on ine iin'S''" The l'rlo Winners. William Gronnigtr, of Bendena, i thp hov who ex- hihited the best ten ears of corn dor ing the Farm ar.d Home week and j th. rebv won the swecp:stake prize. He will ro'ce've $5 in car.h and a ribbon, j and v ill elso have hi3 name engraved on the S100 silver loving cup offered bv the Kansas Crop Improvement as- sociation and whic h will be retained at j the college. i in..Ah nrox. of Atchison, won the men's five-ccre contest. Howard VW1 sor of Nemaha county, was second, and J. J. McCray, of Kiley county. th-rd. T Mrs Krr.mn Downie, of Lyndon, captured first honors for country but- r. Antone Kemitz. of Manhattan, was a close second with score of 90. I Victor Hi rt, ar.e 16, of Lyon county, was awarded first prize in the pig contest open to Kansas club boys and j E"lh'irvey Russell, age 12, of Scott' county won first honors in the contest for hatching and rerii g chicks, open j to bovs and girls under 18. Here ::re the winners In the men s j .com contest: Northeast Kansas ellow corn, l, John H.ox. Atchison; 2, Joe Bros, Atchison: 3, Armour Ramev, Spring Hill. Whi'.f torn: 1. F. CI. Laptad, liwrtnce; 2. K. Wilson. I-awrence; j 3. Charl -s Ttamey, Spring Hill. Southeast Kansas Yellow corn: 1. t'l.arlts ltamey. Spring Hill; 2. C. lv Hildretn, Aiiamoi.i, o, Utopia. WtiU corn: 1. Oeorge Hays. 1 Utop'a; 2. Matthew Karleskint, Fort Scott: 3, James Park, Iola. Certral Kansas Yellow corn: 1, I), j 11 Casement. Manhattan: 2. O. A. MrKinlcv. Wayne; 3. J. B. C.orton ar.d Charles MiUs, Kllsworth. White corn: i A Munser. Manhattan; 2. T. Swihart. Lovewell; 3, J. J. McCray, Manhattan- western Kansas Yellow corn: 1. H. Walker, Osborne. Here are the winners in the ooys content: White de.it 1. George Dowres. Mi ami countv. 2, Herman Wehrenberg, Chase countv 3, Carl Hall, Leaven worth county: 4, Chris Schmitt Har vey countv: 5, Fred Harris, Mont gomery county. Yellow dent 1, John F Ijavies, Lvon county: 2, Glen Butz, Nemaha county; 3, Walter Hays. Mi ami county: 4, Floyd H. Hern, Dickinson county; 5, Benson Waddle, Dickinson county. Western Kansas, any variety 1. Chester Hudson. Tre go county. 2. Charles Hudson, Trego county; 3, George W. Burson, Russell county. NO HOW IN FEDEKATIOX. President of Clubs Denies Friction Over Convention late. Hutchinson. Kan., Jan. 3. Mrs. J. M. Miller, a member of the state board of corrections who was here for the monthly meeting, denies there is fric tion In the State Federation of Wom en's Clubs pver the date of the con vention next year. Mrs. Miller, who Is president of the federation, declares that all is harmonious and that the date is being held open until it cap be ascertained whether Mrs. Percy Penny-backer of Austin, Texas, the na tional president, can arrange for a date in Kansas. Recently stories were sent out from Topeka to the effect that the feder ation was at swords' points because ihb Hut. hnH been set for April 18 to 20. during holy week. This was an nounced as the only date Mrs. Penny- backer could come for an address. "Mrs. Pennybaeker cannot come on this date and we long ago gave it up." said Mrs. Miller. "We are very anx- ious to have her address here and will j hold the dates open for a time longer at least in the hope that she can ar- I range a speaking date for us." NOKTOX TO BUILD SCHOOL. F Bonds for $40,000 Voted to Cover Structure: Start in Spring. Norton, Kan.. Jan. 3. Bonds in the amount of $40,000 were voted here for a new city school building. Work on the new structure will start as soon as school closes in the spring. This action is one of the many marks of the prosperity of Norton, never before equaled in the history of the town. Pensions for All the Blind in Illinois. Springfield, 111., Jan. 3. Pensions for the blind, became effective in Illi nois today. Kach blind man above the age of 21 and each blind woman above the age of 18 will be paid $150 a year in quarterly installments, by the counties In which they live. Pro vision is made for competent medical examinarion artd for regulation to pre vet t fraud. The act providing the pensions was passed by the last gen eral assembly. It was introduced by Representative Torn Gorman. of Peoria. The number of beneficiaries has been variously estimated at from JO, 000 to 40,000. the mills stores company Order by mail Satisfaction or your money back Order by phone the mills stores company The "Big Store" continues to do big things in a big way Open a charge account There's nothing more con venient than a charge account at the "Big Store" open to all responsible people. See the credit man on the 2nd floor. rwii) urn 11 l ks EMM fitf JM.mAiiSM TOPEKA'S BEST STORE. IS! EM.PELLETIER, prest. Larger stocks and better values than ever before and greater selling! Embroideries and laces The daintiest undermuslins at lowest prices Just a word in general Spic, span and new, our undermuslins are styled after Fashion's latest conceit; chic, dainty, generously cut, and superior in material, workmanship and finish. And yet the magnitude of our purchases permit us to make a minimum selling price on everything included in this great January White Sale. Children's undermuslins 5 lots at special prices 5c Uowns fTA Twelve different styles of high-neck, V-neck and slip over gowns, made of good quality long cloth and attractively trimmed with laces and embroideries. 7r a special lot of gowns 'wv worth up to $2.00; slip-over styles of fine nainsook and long cloths. QQs Slip-over style crepe gowns, OJL. Witn square or round necks, finished with pink and blue crocheted edges. QQ Twenty different styles of 'O-' slip over and high neck gowns of sheerest lingeries cloth and of organdy trimmed with em broidered medallions and the daintiest of laces and embroideries. r Drawers OfTrt Drawers of excellent quality "J-' long cloth finished with plain hemstitched or embroidery trim med ruffles. PA Choice of ten different styles of plain and circular drawers of long cloth with lace or embroid ery trimming- A special lot or up to $1.50 straight and circular draw ers will be on sale at "Ia Grecque" tailored drawers; the best fitting and most com- nb!e. 59c to .$1.25 Envelope chemise Ordered especially for this great January White Sale is a great lot of the famous "Grecque" hand-tailored envelope chemise and if you have ever worn the "La Grecque", you know them to be the best fitting the most comfortable and the best wearing of all under muslins S1.0O to $2.50 (L'nderoiuslins Fourth floor) 4 "Specials" new style spring models $1.50 Thomson "Glove-Fitting." me dium bust, long skirt corset with stitched stays and six hose sup- mT. $1-19 $2.00 Thomson "Glove-Fitting," me dium bust, medium skirt corset of flesh color brocade g"1 JG on special sale pj.. $2.50 "American Ijady," medium bust, long hip corset of striped coutil with six hose sup- P CQ porters attached on saltVJ-"' $3.00 "American Iady" corset of white broche with wide rubber insert in the back and six hose supporters attached t Q on sale X7 (Corsets 4th floor.) Choice of three styles of drawers, a slip and a panty waist most remarkable bargains at 10c Choice of four styles of drawers neatly trimmed with lace or hem stitched ruffles, a slip and an un derwaist and just thing of buying them for only LVC 15c Choice of four styles of drawers trimmed with dainty laces or em broideries, an under-waist and a night gown on special 1 sale AOC 25c Choice of two styles of drawers, two styles of skirts, a slip and a gown; all attractively trimmed with laces or 9f embroideries AitIC 50c Choice of two styles of slips, two styles of gowns and one style of drawers every one a most P0f excellent value at tiVV (Cliildreu's undermuslins 1th foor 15c $1.00 to $3.00 dress embroidries; Swisses, organdies, crepes and voiles; some with dainty colored edges and some all white, two patterns in ecru on special sale, QQ per yard HOC Embroidery edges and insertions for undermuslins and r children's dresses, per yard DC 25c and 35c cambric embroidery edges 11 inches wide, 1 C indainty eyelet patterns for undermuslins yard IOC 25c corset cover embroidery 18 inches wide, in eyelet 1 O work and a few small, dainty closed patterns yard.. IOC 75c baby flouncings of sheerest Swiss or batiste 27 inches wide, in the daintiest of tiny little patterns, finished with A hemstitched hems and edges or ruffles, yard DC 5c linen torchon laces ranging in width from iy to 3 inches, for undermuslins and children's dresses better lay in a Q good supply while you can buy it for, per yard jC Normandy Val. lace edges and insertions to match; 2 to 4-inch width in both French and German meshes rare bar- in gains at, per yard 1UC 25c to $1.75 Venise lace bands and edges from 1 to 41,4 inches wide both the white and the ecru buy your summer i dress trimmings NOW while they are, per yard IOC Up to $1.00 wide Oriental and shadow lace bands in a variety of dainty patterns especially desirable for trimming lingerie dresses $2.00 to $7.00 Venise lace edges and bands ranging in width from 8 to 12 inches; beautiful raised patterns designed for linen dresses on special 50 C $2 T5 (Laces and embroideries r-main floor.) Table linens special prices $1.00 quality, 66-inch, bleached, pure Irish linen table damask considering the very material advance in all linens, OA this is a most exceptional value at, per yard 0C 60-inch, pure linen, Scotch table damask; will make excellent table cloths for ordinary, every-day use on special pQ sale, per yard 0C 64-inch, bleached, pure linen table damask; of a good weight and very serviceable special January White Sale TQ price, per yard iC 70-inch, bleached Satin table damask; a good, heavy one that you can depend on to give the very best of service, i day m and day out per yard Napkins to match $3.25 a dozen. $3.00 pattern cloths; the 70x72-inch size and the extra heavy quality of bleached, pure linen, satin damask on tf0 rjQ special sale, each tpu3 18- inch, bleached, mercerized damask napkins; hemmed, ready for use rare bargains at our very special January QQ White Sale price of, per dozen 0C 19- inch, pure linen, bleached damask napkins; good weight and very durable on special sale as long as they last Qf at, per dozen tpl.Oi (Linens and white goods Main floor) $1.15 White iales l .Basement 50c lace all-overs 19c yard 19c This is the best lace bargain the Basement has ever offered and it will pay you to buy for future as well as for present needs. 35-inch all over laces in a great variety of dainty patterns for making blouses, dancing frocks and summer dresses regular 50c a yard values for Up to $2.50 lace all-overs 49c yard Thousands of yards of dainty Venise all overs, yard-wide shadow all-overs, various widths of shadow flouncings and a lot of net flouncings with colored embroidered figures up to $2.50 laces on sale, AQg per yard 'tUC $1.50 embroidered all-overs 35c yd. Colored embroidered designs on fancy white grounds crepes, neat checks, etc. a bargain that will appeal particularly to those who make their own waists embroidered all-overs worth up to $1.50 a yard, on sale Lace edges worth up to 8c 2c and 3c yard Dozens and dozens of different patterns of dainty lace edges for finishing curtains. Ordi narily they would sell for 5c, 6c and 8c a yard here tomorrow you can buy O o them for tLQ and jC (BARGAIN BASEMENT) 35c Rare values in undermuslins Better lay in a good supply of them while you can save Corset covers Corset covers of good quality cambiic trimmed with dainty lares and embroideries regular 1 Dp 25c and 35c values on sale... Corset covers of extra quality soft-finished cambric elaborately trimmed with handsome embroid eries and laces regular 2Qtf 50c and 75c values on sale... Drawers 35c All kinds and styles of drawers of best quality cambric attractively trimmed with laces and embroid eries two big lots 2 on special sale.... and Gowns Women's full-cut, slip-over style gowns, neatly trimmed; and at a price that is leFs than you could buy the muslin for on sale 2tC as long as they last A big lot of bleached muslin gowns that would be good values at 75c are on sale 4SC Gowns of plain color crepes, floral crepes and of fine cambrics attractively trimmed with laces and embroideries regular $1.00 and $1.25 values on sale... Combinations A manufacturer's remaining etock of regular $1.00 combinations bought for very much less than regular and to be sold the f)Qr same way; your choice (BARGAIN" BASEMENT) Turkish towels-6c Heavy weight, 14x27-inch Turkish towels with red or blue borders for face use n y rare bargains at, each OC Extra heavy huck towels; the medium size, heavy weight with fancy borders and a place for embroidering an op initial 6 for ODC Barber towels 29 doz. All have minor im perfections; some so slight you can scarcely see them note the 0Q price per doz. CtUC 5c cotton toweling; the white twilled that is so much used for roller and face towels not more than 10 yards to one Q customer per yardOC "Bell-In-Hand" crash; the most popular crash that is woven, more of it is sold than all the others combined; gives the very best of sat isfaction on special QQ sale 10 yards 0C Curtain marquisette 25c plain marquisette 156 yard 35c plain 40-inch marquisettes. .19 yard 50c hemstitched, 40-inch fancy bor der marquisette 25 yard This is a special under-price purchase of cur tain marquisette bought for very close to i2 price and to be sold the same way. While we are featuring the white for this sale, yet we have the Arabian and the cream at the same price. (BARGAIN BASEMENT.) Suits- price This includes every suit in stock the advance Spring styles just the same as the others. No mat ter what style, what material or what color you want, you will un doubtedly find it here. Kvery suit in our entire stock is on sale at ex actly 2 the plainly-marked, regu lar selling price. Coats-K price While every coat is not on sale at Vj price, yet all are rcdiu'etl every one U or more. In the price sale are all odd coats, all small lots and all broken lines. Taking the lot as a whole, there are most all styles, all materials and all colors every coat in stock is materially reduced, and many of them are price. Furs-- off How they have been selling the last week such a sweeping re duction was never known before, at this season of the year, and women were quick to take advantage of it. Included are furs of all kinds, from Coney to Sable: sets, scarfs, muffs and coats. We will break any set (except children's) and sell the muff or scarf separately. All furs are now on sale at off. Dresses reduced The most of them are off, a great many are 6 off and quite a few are Vz price. Included is every dress in stock; street, after noon and evening dresses and danc ing frocks of taffetas, messalines, serges, broadcloths, velvets, chif fons, etc. Please remember that every dress is reduced or more Girls' apparel The prices of all our girls dresses, coats and sweaters are re duced. On some of the lower pric ed dresses and coats the reductions amount to only a dollar or so. while on others the reductions are from to H of the regular prices. You can't pay the regular price for a single item all are reduced. (Apparel section 3rd floor) U liH WIJI HIUIIHM'TJI I H Wlp l l'. 1 I'-' iiwfj M "J Inventory is finished -small lots must be closed out w va All un-trimmed silk velvet and plush hats regularly priced $2.00 to $7.00 $1.00-$ 1.45--$ 1.95 There are sailors, back flares, tri-cornes, side rolls and a number of turban shapes our entire stock of un-trimmed velvet and plush hats will be on sale tomorrow in three lots, aa above. All trimmed hats in 4 lots Trimmed hats Trimmed hats Trimmed hats Trimmed hats worth up worth up worth up worth up to $6 to 8 to $10 to $15 $2.00 $3.00 $4.00 $5.00 (Millinery section 4th floor.) $1.00 kid gloves 50c 2-clasp Ftyle kid ploves; broken line of Hizes in white, black, browns and tans CAr regular $1.0U kid gloves on sale JJ, Handkerchiefs 2 lots All rpeiilar loo handkerchiefs that are in the least mussed or soiled will be 1 f c losed out at VJ- All rr-siilar handkerchiefs that are in the least mussed or soiled will be C closed out at 1,,t Up to $1 neckwear 25c All of the odd pieces, all of the small lots and all of the pieces of neckwear that are in the least mussed or soiled will lie closed out in one lot regular 50c, 7sc and J1.00 values; your choice (Cloves, llanirkfs, Xcrkwcar Slain floor) 25c 5 $1.00 and $1.25 handbags 89c A variety of newest style hand bags of genuine leather in seal, long and pebble grains with fancy linings and inside fittings a num ber of small lota of regular $1.00 and S1.2S handbags 89C on sale Last chance genuine leather traveling bags Style exactly as pictured 1 inch size of black, walrus grain, genuine leather with leather lin ing and sewed cornera just a small Jo; to be closed out J LLethcr goods main floor) i

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4 THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 3, 1916 1 tk 1 IHI'1.-Iltlflil M'H8mH:l Hy HUXK T. MAC LENSAN. I Entered JtilT 1. 1RT5. as second-class tunmr at tlie poatoffW-e nt Topeka. Kan., under the act of congreas.l VOLUME XXXVIII .No. 2 Official State Paper. Official Paper City of Topeka. TKKMS OK SUBSCRIPTION. llntlT edition, delivered by enrrler. 10 cento it week to any part of Topeka or anburha. or at the anme price In any Kan ana town where the pnpcr baa a carrier vtem. mnll. one year cA Bv mull. 1s months By t all. 1110 calendar daya 1.00 TF.LEPnONT.S. frlvate brnneh esohntifre. Tall 8530 and ask the State Journal operator for peraon ur department dealred. Topeko State Journal bulldlne son 802 and 04 Knnaaa nvemie. corner Llitntn. Nw York Office. 250 Fifth avenue. Pflnt Block, manager. Chicago Office. Mallera buildinn. Paul Block, manfiirer. n Iletrolt Office. Kreage building, raul Block, mannffer. Roaton Office. 501 Devonahlre Paul Ulocli. manager. atreet. FXXTj f.KASKO WTO RKPOKT OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. The State Journal i a member of the Aoclated Preaa and recelvea the full day teleorranh report of that prent news or aranlzatlon. for the exclualve afternoon publication In Topekn. The news la received In The State Jour nal building over wlrea for this ole pur pose MEMBER: Associated Press. -Audit Bureau of Circulations. American Newspaper Publishers' Association. Remembering its experience with one. Doc Cook, the University of Copenhagen will undoubtedly exercise considerable care in the matter of pinning medals or conferring degrees on ths remnants of the Ford peace party. Mr. Ford's former peace pals are having such a good time of it and showing such inclinations to stick to theit job of Joy-riding around the northern neutral states of Europe, that it is beginning to look as though the Junket would cost its promoter no less than a full million dollars. Fortu nately, he has the money, and the lit tle old Fords are running out of his factories as usual. One record was established in 1915 that was of exceedingly puui sire to this country. During its twelve months, fewer miles of new railroad lines were built than in any year since 1864. There are many ..arts of the United estates, too, that ire in sorry need of railroad develop ment. Maybe the railroad baiters will get wise some day. Probably a good deal of the merry making in the metropolitan centers that was incident to the advent of the New Tear was as unrefined as it was ..npfinfinpj. 11 of the imaginative American newspaper men are not assigned to covering the European war, either on the spot or In the secret recesses of home offices. One of them reports that in eating and drinking the Old Year out and the New Year in, Chi cagoans spent 'millions" for booze and suppers. In the matter of promptness, noth ing could have been more so than the arrival of the January thaw. .What has become of the old-fashioned man who used to fight when called a liar? At any rate, none of his species was on deck during the closing scenes of the high school sorority case trial in the local district court And the singing of "My Country 'Tis of Thee" bv the Swedes as the rem nants of the Ford peace party left their land might also be construed as a delicate hint that the peace doves would do well to beat it for home. Not only is the great Plate of Kansas out of debt, but she is also witnout good roads and other important pub- 4i0 improvements that would be dc--ekledly worth while. j Every community to its tastes, of course. In Early county, Georgia, they celebrated the exit of the Old Year with a race war which resulted, as usual, in a number of negroes losing their lives. And we hold up our hands in horror at the atrocities committed by the Turks on the Armenians. Orange trees laden with snow in southern California, twenty-four de grees below zero temperatures in Wy oming, a four-foot fall of snow in Ari zona, blizzards in the eastern section of the country and In Kansas the sun is shining with almost spring-like warmth. But there is no telling what the weather may be in Kansas fifteen minutes hence, and the worst as well as the best in the weather line is al ways around the corner. AN' ILLUSION' OF EFFICIENCY. A railroad operating official of one of the moct efficient railroads in the United States remarked recently, ac cording to The Annalist, that the countri, and congress in particular, might get erroneous Impressions from the series of good railroad reports which are being published from month to month. These reports feature very plainly that the operating ratio that is, the ratio of expenses to gross is steadily decreasing. It appears from the reports that the railroads are be ing more efficiently managed and that by means oi mis emciency tney are turning more dollars into the net earn- ngs column. "That impression Is wrong," said the railroad man. "The operating ratio does appear smaller. rmr r no i nm nu tiki in si i i ii i n nil r- -van rB are not fair. A railroad in normal timee has a construction program un der way. Such a program always callsj for increases to maintenance expenses, new rails, new bridges, new grading and the like. The new lines which are being constructed must be re paired and workmen must look after them all the time. But in the last two years these normal construction and development program have been eliminated. The railroads are not forced to spend money on mainte nance of additions. It is thus that savings have been made, and on the face this looks like efficient manage ment. It is true that necessity has created greater efficiency, but tt is misjudging the situation altogether to assume that the operating ratio has been decreasing solely because of in creased efficiency. When- the normal development work gets under way again I am sure you will see the operating ratio increase." A CTO M O H I LK F ATALIT IKS. Is the deadliness of the automobile increasing or decreasing? This ques tion aeems to be answered in a very- conclusive manner by the federal bu reau of census in making public some preliminary mortality statistics for the year 1914. which indicate that during the five years from 1909 to 1914 the number of automobiles in the United States increased more than twice as rapidly as the number of fatalities caused by them. At the close of 1909, according to figures compiled by the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce, of New York city, from state registration reports, due allow ance being made for duplicate regis trations, tne number of automobiles in use in the United States was ap proximately 200,000; by the close of 1913 it had risen to 1,270,000; and a year later, at the end of 1914, it was 1,750.000. In the meantime the num ber of deaths due to automobile ac cidents and injuries increased from 632 in the death registration area in 1909, containing 56 per cent of the population of the United States, to 2, 623 in the same area in 1914; and the increase from 1913 to 1914, for the registration area as constituted in 1913, then containing 65 per cent of the population of the country, was from 2,488 to 2,785. Thus a five year increase of 775 per cent accepting as reliable the figures compiled by the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce in number of machines has been accompanied by an increase of 315 per cent in automobile fatali ties; and a one-year increase of 38 per cent in number of machines has been accompanied by an increase of 12 per cent in fatalities. Perhaps a more reliable comparison, from the statistician's point of view, can be made between the increase in number of automobiles in use and the increase in the rate per 100,000 population for deaths caused by them. This is be cause, with a given number of ma chines In use in a given area, the fa talities due to them will tend to be proportional to the population of- that area. When the comparison is made on this basis, it appears that a five year increase oi 77 5 per cent in num ber of machines has been accompanied by an increase of 258 per cent from 1.2 to 4.3 per 100,000 population in the death rate resulting from auto mobile fatalities. Similarly, a one year Increase of 38 per cent in number of automobiles has taken place along with an increase of only 10 per cent from 3.9 to 4.3 per 100,000 in the death rate charged to them. One cause of this proportional decrease in the destructiveness of the automobile is undoubtedly to be found in a reduc tion in average annual mileage per machine; but, after some weight is given this factor, and a suitable mar gin is allowed for possible error re sulting from inaccuracy in the esti mated portion of the automobile sta tistics, the figures still appear to fur nish ample justification for the con clusion that the automobile today is being driven with more care and more regard for public safety than it was a few years ago. GERMANY'S STRATEGY. Everyone is sufficiently familiar now with the two great efforts of German military strategy, to recognize both their character and their failure, that is, their failure as means to end thft war by decisive victory, writes Frank H. Simonds, in the American Review of Reviews for December in an article entitled, "Diplomacy and Battle in the Balkans." The first blow, that at France, failed at the Marne and the Yser, but left all Bel gium and some 8,000 square miles of France, the great industrial and min ing regions, in German hands. The second blow, againtt Russia, finally galled at Vllna in August, when the Slavs evaded the last and most dan gerous enveloping movement, but this campaign left all- Poland, the Cour land, and a considerable portion of Old and White Russia in German hands above 125,000 square miles. Only England of the original foes had so far escaped any serious harm. The submarine campaign had failed. The Zeppelin raids hud proven useless as military operations. Safe in her isl ands, Groat Britain was following her ancient course and supplying the en emies of a continental foe with mon ey, with supplies, with growing land forces, while using her fleet to suf focate the economic life of the enemy and to help sweep up his outlying colonies. As England had so far es caped injury, there could be no peace with her on German terms until Brit ain had been seriously hurt. How could this be done? The only pos sible approach to Britain was through British colonies accessible by land. These were Egypt and India. If Serbia were conquered and Bulgaria enlisted, the road from Berlin to the Golden Horn would be open to Ger man munitions and officers, and th?se would meet the needs of thou sands of Turkish troops lacking in arms, ammunition, or trained leaders. Once this help were supplied, Turk ish attack under German direction might be directed against Egypt by Suez, against. 7ndia by the valleys of the Euphrates and the Tigris. One campaign would revive the strategy of Napoleon, the other the memories of Alexander the Great- For ten years Napoleon had striven to reach Great Britain in his fight for world empire. To England belongs the responsibility for his final destruction, because Brit ain alone, Immune from attack, could give financial and other supports to his enemies. England was playing the same role again with the same suc cess. The war had become a duel between Germany and Great Britain. If Great Britain were brought to terms Germany's other foes might be ex pected to seek peace, but unless Brit ain wero struck, or at least threatened and terrified into a peace, then num bers, wealth, and rea power would ultimately win against William II, as they had against Napoleon. Here is the foundation of German strategy The campaign through Serbia to the Golden Horn is a blow aimed at Great Britain, .in effort to strike at the foun daliona of the British Empire and compel per.ee by bringing to reason the one foe still free from any scars of German invasion or any wounds incident to German occupation. In going to Constantinople the Germans opened a new field and took on a fresh campaign, because it was the single avenue of approach to Britain and until Britain was reached, until the British Empire was threatened, it was clear to them peace was impos sible. It is necessary to recognize that German writers expected and expect that the threat will have the effect desired without a protracted cam paign, they expect to make peace at Cairo, not Bombay; on the Nile, not the Ganges, but to understand the campaign it must be accepted as a blew at Geat Britain, which is of small importance in the whole war. if it ends with the conquest of the Balkans or the temporary domination of Turkish Anatolia. Journal Entries It's easy to misplace things, includ ing blame. A girl with pretty ways doesn't need a pretty face. Even carrying a tune is too big a burden for some folk. Few humans are as happy as they try to make out they are. v If many human hearts were large enough they'd make excellent cold storage plants. Jayhawker Jots You can now put In your spare time, advises the Cuba Daylight, repairing the toys you bought for the little folks. Perhaps the biggest liar, thinkg the Holton Signal, is the fellow who says that he admires the man who says what he thinks. It requires a bigger person to over look a fault, points out the Newton Kansan-Republican, than it requires merely to locate one. The Phillips County Post points out that it meets very few men of real good judgment who are willing to put their money upon their judgment. Excellent advice from the Downs Times: Stop thinking about the big deed you will do some day long enough to do well the smaller one you can do today. Anybody know of an effective means of "preparedness." implores the Canto Pilot, against the business end of a broom when wielded by an irate and muscular wife? "Is he hizy?" was asked of a cer tain man, tells Mrs. Tom Thompson in the Howard Courant. "No, I don't know that he is exactl lazy. He won't work but he will walk all day ior a raDDit ana a squirrel. Related by the Troy Chief: A cer tain gentleman who. proposing mar riage to a certain lady, consulted her pastor as to the wisdom of his choice. "I fear," said the clergyman, who had more -than a passing knowledge of the lady's imperious temper and dominant disposition, "that it would not be har monious. I doubt if you would be happy." "Why, isn't she a Christian?" was the question. "Oh, yes, indeed, but the Lord puts up with people that vou and I can't," replied the minis ter. Observations by Oley Weaver in his Sedgwick Pantagraph: On their own merits, most men should keep silent. ....The calendar maker has a great deal more to do with numbering our days.... The longer we know a man the more things we find out about him that we never should have suspected. .If you are your mother's pet and never in your father's confidence you won't make such a success in life as you anticipate. .If you are any mere remote kin than second-cousin to the bride, you have no right to cry at her wedding. Others can weep all they want. Globe Sights BY THE ATCHISON GIOBE. You know you mean money when you say success. If your condition Is normal is It rally satisfactory? When a man brags on his boss he has a pretty good boss. A fat woman may figure in a ro mance, but it doesn't sound right. Don't worry, but if you must worry don't devote it to something you can't help. So often it is hard to distinguish foolishment from artisitic tempera ment. A "white lie" is told when a man who is fifty years old says he feels like 21. Newspaper folks soon learn who are the people who specialize in asking favors and giving none. A little woman who is afraid of ft mouse can frequently handle a husky husband without any trouble. Three things can make a fool out of a man A woman, booze and an automobile. It used to be women, wine and race horses. Very few millionaires in large cities are snobs. The snobs are largely found in small towns, and are worth from $20,000 to $30,000. When President Wilson feels like swearing he says, "tut, tut." Link Preston tried it, and" says it is like drinking "two per cent." Ab Adkins says longevity runs in his family, so hat he has had a chance to know a number of his an cestors, which is why he never brags on them m"h On the Spur of the Moment BY ROY K. MOLLTON. A Remarkable Device. One of our anonymous friends has sent in the prospectus of a new ma chine that he has just invented. He calls it "the most ingenious contriv ance ever sprung upon an unsuspect ing public.' "By the simple twist of the wrist," according to the gentleman's claim, "it can be converted into any one of the following useful articles: .lack plane, monkey wrench, stove lifter, glass cutter, scroll saw, safety razor, battle ax, bottle washer, button hook, cherry pitter, ice tongs, belt buckle, horse clippers, lunch basket, handcuffs, bit stalk, flour sifter, auto crank, ink stand, nail file, corkscrew, vacuum cleaner, curry comb, boot jack, carpet stretcher, nutmeg grater, potato masher, screwdriver, meat chopper, rolling pin, tack hammer, electric bell, flatiron, can opener, key ring, fountain pen, pipe cleaner, pad lock, shoe last, music rack, flower pot, egg beater, cold chisel, catsup strainer, fish scaler, oil can, paper weight, rat trap, and cigar clipper, and its very presence in the house wards off flies, rats, mice and other vermin, including bill collectors and book agents." If this machine will do all that is claimed for it, our anonymous cor respondent has a fortune made. No home could possibly be without it, as it will apparently do everything but. secure a divorce. Uncle Abner. If there were more fellers workin and fewer fellers savin' the country, the country would be able to save itself, in time. A feller's opinion of the oatmobile depends a good deal on whether he is ridin' or walkin. No matter how much civilization progresses there will always be a lot of old-fashioned chumps who will wear stiff bosom shirts- And a lot of others who will cling to the derby hat. Evening Chat BY RLTTH CAMERON. Getting Better. "She's an awfully bright, nice girl, but I don't know that I'd exactly want her round all the time," some one said the other day. We were speaking of a girl who is very interesting and amusing, but who might be a bit tire some if you saw too much of her. "Gretchen is quieter," contributed some one else, "but I guess she'd make a better housemate." Gretchen is the first girl's cousin and we had been comparing the two. "Well, I don't know," said the first speaker, "as I'd want to live with Gretchen, either. You know she's ter ribly obstinate in that quiet way of hers." "All the world is a bit queer came suggestively from the corner of the room. The critic flared up. "That isn't fair," she defended herself. "They're both dandy girls in their own way and I didn't say they weren't. All I said was that I wouldn't want to live with either of them." The Lady-who-always-knows-some- how came to the critic's rescue. "It's i queer, isn't it," she said gently, "how few people there are that we'd like to have as housemates, even among those friends we love the best?" It is queer, isn't it? Even the nicest people, even the dearest friends, seldom quite fit when it comes to inserting them into the family circle on a permanent basis. For awhile, ail goes well, but there is apt to come a time when a sense of constraint arises. Of course there are cases when an arrangement of this sort has. worked perfectly, but I think they are the ex ception rather than the rule. We often wonder at the fact that we per mit ourselves to blow off our irrita tion to and find fault with our own home folks, whereas we maintain our politeness and self-control with out siders. It is indeed sad that we should permit ourselves to hurt those whom we really love the best, but I wonder if this does not explain why we cannot live with outsiders? We never speak our minds to them, we never blow off our irritation through the safety valve of a quickly repented burst of temper, and lacking this .safety valve, the wholo structure of our relationship goes to pieces some fine day. Of course, its rather a sad thought that we should need such a safety valve, and of course wo ought to con tinually fight the tendency to use it, but after all when you consider that every human being's most primitive and naturally dominant instinct is the desire for his own happiness, is it not wonderful that we get along with each other as well as we do? Why, just think, the altruistic in stinct, which in the primitive human being could scarcely have existed at all, has grown so common and so strong that again and again one finds people in whom it has outstripped the desire for personal happiness. In the face of that who can dare say that the old world is not growing better and in finitely better? As Beatrice Harraden puts it, per haps He who made us "will be aston ished not because we are not better, but because we are not worse." i Protected by the Adams Newspaper Service. POINTED PARAGRAPHS. From the Chicago News. Often the excuse is worse than the offense. Take the consequences if you are entitled to them. Responsibility that carries no weight is not responsible. How easy it is to acquire something you don't want. The youth who has to scratch for a living sows but few wild oats. The first settler in a new country may be the last to settle This bills. The future is what we hoped the pas;t might have been, but wasn't. A man's club membership is some times a club in the hands of his wife. It's easier to get people to take your advice than to make them use it. Too great a command of language sometimes lessens a woman's matri monial chances. As a rule the more a man has to say about women the more he doesn't really know about them. If horses could talk no doubt their voices would be heard through the land calling far an improved breed of hostlers. An old bachelor :-ays there is but one thing sweeter than love's young dream, and that is to wake up and find vourself still sine-le. VISION. PUOVKKBS 20:18. Behold, thy ieople perish. Lord Thy lauds are swept with fire aud sword. Men alay till slain themselves they lie. Nor know, nor care, nor questiou why. Famine and fear and shame are borne. While homes are wrecked and hearts are torn. The weak are victims of the strong How long, Lord? O Lord, how long? Then fo-11 the answer, clear and low "My nation knew, my nations know. That where no vision is comes death! For this a people perisheth I I breathed my spirit into men To give them prophet-sight and ken. Know ye. this great, nnshriven host Who dies, each soldier at his post. Who pays its toll of bitter cost, la witness of the vision lost There l-iust be famine, fire and sword L'ntil the vision is restored." Mrs. Edna G. H. Ivea, in The Christian Herald. The Evening Story The Needed Spur. (By Morris Graham.) Five dollars looks mighty big when a fellow's only earning eighteen a week. T?d figured it out after, lunch until even Uncle Chris commented on his abstraction at the office. Where upon Ted sat up and took notice for Uncle Caris was absolute judge and arbiter temporarily over his actions. He heard from Slgna Lawrence that Amy was back. Signa corresponded wit h her regularly and was well aware that Ted paid far more attention to her comings and gcings than he did to the sun, moon and stars all put together. "She'll be here for at least a month, so you'd better be making hay, Ted dy," Signa had advised. Mak hay when he only had a sure thing of eighteen per, What difference did it make that if he only could hold on and make good at the said eighteen per tnere was a golden chance of a junior partnership being held out to him? That might be next year or the year after. He wanted a good whack ing salary now, big enough so he could go to old J. C. Burnham and tell him he wanted to marry Amy and could take care of her. Deep in his own musings, Ted stared before him on his desk stool benind one of the bank windows and failed to notice Putney until he had spoken twice- Putaey. just at that minute, looked to Ted's troubled vi sion like, tru perfect pattern of the sort of a man he wanted to be him self. Putnty wis a partner in the best automobile concern in town. He had invented a new spark plug and was pulling out royalties on it besides his salary. He was looked upon as a rie-ing young man in Brookhaven. Sev eral times Uncle Chris had mentioned has name to Ted in a generously ap preciated fashion. "That boy's got good stuff in him," he'd say. "Delivers the goods every time. Wish you'd pick up a bit like him, Ted." It seemed as if even fate was in league with his uncle to impress fully on his mind the eligibility or Putney at that special moment. "Hello, Ted!" he called genially, laying down his bank book, deposit j slip and a nice, full pad of yellow backs. "Just slip those away for me, Will you? Going to the Dorrance dance tonight?" Maybe he was, Ted said rather gloomily. He wasn't sure. Then all the morning he meditated, finally de- 1 ciding to take the plunge and' go. 'When he went out to lunch, he took the five he had decided to squander, went over to the best florist s in town and ordered roses. Amy was slim and dark, with eyes of warmest, deepest brown and skin like jasmine flower. So he chose the little close, dark red "Jacks" for her, and had them sent with his card. And just as he watched them being placed in the box he heard Putney's voice behind him order orchids twenty-five dollars' worth of lavender orchids, with wonderful ruby hearts and flecks of gold on their petals. Ted had seen them and had priced them. It was seven dollars more than his whole week's salary, and he went out, after saying hello to Put, with a feel ing of hollow wretchedness. He didn't stand the ghost of a chance with Put. How could he? Yet that night he went to the Dorr ances dance. Polly Dorrance was spe cially nice to him, but he watched for Amy. She would wear orchids, and he would want to die on the spot, yet some deadly spell held him. And all at once he saw her. Some way she han entered without his seeing her, and Put was dancing with her. Just as they passed where he sat with Polly, she looked at him and smiled, find Ted sat up perfectly straight, staring after her. "Polly," he said hurriedly, "was she wearing red roses or orchids, did you see?" "Jacks," said Polly placidly. "Why?" But Ted had excused himself and was moving away in a dream. He found himself inexplicably beaming on people and getting ecstatically in everybody's way until he found her. Putney stood talking to her, and she asked him to go and dance with poor Polly, left all alone. "You wore them," Ted said under his breath. "Amy, you darling!" "Somebody'll hear you hush! Of course I wore them. I why, I'm very fond of 'Jack roses, you know." "He sent you orchids." "They were beautiful," she flushed ever so slightly "but I like roses best." Ted drew her away from the ball room. He knew the Dorrance house, knew there was a window seat under the big stained-glass window in the side hall, and he led her there out of sight. "You know and I know," he told her in his funny, frank, boyish way, "that I'm up against it with Uncle Chris. I've got to make good or I don't get a sou out of him. But I'm making good, he says, and I lust want to say this much: I've loved you ever since we went to High together, and it's the biggest hope of my life that some day maybe I'll be making enough to ask you to marry me. I can't now, Amy. I can't buy you orchids, dear, and I know Put's after you, too. But I just ask you to give me a chance, just a running chance. I'll make good for you yet." Amy's lashes hid her eyes. She fingered the close dusky petals of the little red roses. He looked at her adoringly, almost as if he were- seeing her for the first time, at the close, soft waves of her dark hair, gathered low in her neck, and the turn of her chin, sweet and yet mighty resolute. "I'm not asking you to promise even to wait for me," he began. "It's Put ney's race so far "Putney's race is over," Amy inter posed gently. "I I never did prefer orchids. He knows it now. Ted, you'll laugh, but who do you suppose came to see father today? Your uncle, and after he had gone father sent for me. What do you think they managed to fix up between them?" "Pass," said Ted. "What?" "He told father that every man needed feminine influence in his life in order to be a real success and he didn't Art -tf UVmf U. rV AWPt41 f y I v NftV -'fv W '7 wJJ'f) Mf -i see why you failed to fall in love. He thought it might be the needed spur." "You tell him to supply the needed cash and I'll supply the spur." said Ted firmly. "Poor old Put! I thought he looked pretty wan and blank to night. Where are the orchms? "Home. Mother put them down stairs, he loved them. I took these in my room." "Do you really care even that much, Amy?" "More," she whispered. "I guess I've found the needed spur." said Ted. "It's up to Undo Chris now." (Copyright, 1915, by Mc Clure Newspaper Syndicate.) Kansas Comment SMALLER ARMIES. The rational, imperative demand of advancing civilizctic n is that stand ing armies and bristling navies should be decreased. That the industries of nations be not wasted to such an enormous extent in the support of things that ter.d to destruction. That right, rot mighi.. Shall rule mankind And be acknowledged stronger. The United States of America Ehould lead the nations of the world in this good work. It is in position to do so- Failing or refusing to so do it forfeits the gloriot s position which under God it has been placed as the foremost nation of civilization. The demand for a mighty navy, larger army and deeper devotion to the sav age instincts of war is perversity, and should oe frowned upon by right thinking people. America should be advancing toward higher civilization and not be tcared and stampeded back into the borders of barbarity. Douglass Tribune. The motion-picture ribbon is the only unit that is standard in every country, according to a statement made recently before the University club in Washington by C. Francis Jenkins. He pointed out that railway gauges, for example, vary in differ ent countries; that units of value, vol ume, length, weight all differ, "but the motion-picture film is the same the world over." "What are your views on the subject of woman suffrage "I'm for it." replied Senator Sorghum. "And if women get the vote I hope they'll go a step further and take the privilege away from a lot of the men who have been misusing it." Washington Star. QUAKER MEDITATIONS. From the Philadelphia Record. The man who is under a cloud sel dom expects a storm of applause. Love may be a disease, but it isn't one of the kind you can only have once. Many a bachelor sews on his own buttons who makes no effort to mend his ways. If we could all be taken at our own valuation there wouldn't be room in heaven to hold us all. It seems as though where one man is pushed to the front, a thousand are pushed out of the way. Some people borrow trouble in spite of the theory that it is more blessed to give than to receive. Unfortunately the sort of wife a fellow admires is seldom the sort of girl he falls in love with. Don't despise the little things. A microbe isn't as big as an elephant, but it can make a lot more trouble. The average girl gets more happi ness from marryinff a mere mar. than she gets from cherishing an ideal all her life. "Riches don't always bring happi ness," quoted the Wise Guy. "Per haps not," agreed the Simple Mug, "but I am perfectly willing to take a chance." Harduppe "Hello! Wigwag. Lend me a tenner, will you?" Wigwag "Lend you a teror? Say, what do you take me for; a grand opera im presario Sillicu9 "So they are divorced, eh? I suppose they separated because of a misunderstanding." Cynicus "Either that, or because they understood each other too w:iL" BOILING Household Hints The Table. Baked Fish With Stuffing Clean a four-pound fish, sprinkle with salt inside and out, stuff and sew. Cut five diagonal gashes on each side of backbone and insert narrow strips of fat pork (have gashes on one side come between gashes on the other). Shape with skewers in form of "S" and fasten skewers with small twine. Place on a greased fish sheet in drip ping pan. sprinkle with salt and pep per, brush over with melted butter, dredge with flour and place around fish small pieces of salt pork. Bake in hot oven one hour. As soon as fat is dried out continue basting every ten minutes. Stuffing for Fish One cup stale bread crumbs, one-fourth cup melted butter, one-fourth teaspoon salt, one eighth teaspoon pepper, one slice' onion (chopped), one-fourth cup hot water Drawn Butter Sauce (to be served wish fish) One-third cup butter, three tablespoons flour, 1 cups hot water, one-half teaspoon salt. Melt half of butter with flour and seasonings and pour on gradually the hot water. Boil five minutes and add remaining butter in small pieces. (All measurements i must be Kvel.) To Bone Fish After cleaning fish lay on table, place thumb under back i bone, run thumb on down to tail, and vour fish is boneless. Another way is to cut fish open in the back instead of stomach, place thumb under back bone and run it down, and backbone will come out nice and whole. Drop fish in seasoned corn meal, fry in TUB LEIT-OVKIt "I don't see why you fret about not being killed!" said puzzled Mrs. Hen, as the turkey beean apain on his daily complaint. "What difference does It make if you were not chosen for the Thanksgiving dinner? Arent you glad to be alive?" "Oh, I suppose I'm glad to be liv ing,'' replied the turkey, doubtfully: "but it does make me cross to remem ber that I was not chosen a3 the best creature in the barnyard! I don't be lieve that the turkey which was picked out for the feast that day was one bit better than I so there!" "Ail right, then, he wasn't," cackled Mrs. Hen; "but do stop fretting about it!" Now of course that was good ad vice, Mr. Turkey Gobbler knew that! But like most Rood advice, it was not used. Mr. Turkey still fretted and complained and generally made him self disagreeable, because his brother, who, as everybody knew, weighed Ave pounds more than he did. was hon ored by being killed for the Thanks giving dinner! Finally the barnynrd creatures could stand his complaining no longer. "We must do something about that turkey gobbler." said Mr. Urake one fine morning. "I can t endure his fret ting." "I was just thinking the same thing myself," said the biggest Mrs. Hen. "Do you think of anything the farmer might kill him for?" The barnyard was unusually silent for a few minutes whiie every creature (but the turkey who, of course, was out of sight and hearing) thought and thought. "Christmas will soon be here," sug gested the drake. "But the family will eat a little pig then," said everybody else in a chorus. "And then comes New Year's Day," added the drake. "You know that's my time," aid Mrs. Goose, proudly. "I know it," replied the drake: "but I'm just wondering if you really care so much about that day, after all. deep hot lard, cover fish and fry a nice brown. Hickory Nut Bread One egg, on "up ground nuts, one-half teaspoon salt, one cup sweet milk, two cups flour, 36 teaspoons baking powder. Mix ingredients in order named. Let stand in greased pan fifteen minutes, then bake forty-five minutes in mod erate oven. A little more flour may be required for very stiff batter, ac cording to kind of flour used. Creamed Chestnuts One quart Italian chestnuts boiled half hour in salted water. Peel and add to a rich cream dressing. Serve with chicken or turkey. Layer Cake. One and one-hair cups granulated sugar, three eggs, two cups sifted flour, two rounding teaspoons baking powder, flavoring, butter size of small egg melted slowly, one-half to two thirds cup cold water. Cream sugar with three egg yolks until light, add melted butter, then the flour sifted j again with the baking powder; add flavoring, and last, the three egg whites beaten stiff and dry. Put In i hot oven, then reduce the heat. If cake is baked in slow oven at first it rises too much and is not delicate, i Have your pans always greased before you begin baking. Put butter to melt .and do not forget your wooden spoon. I If you want to make a chocolate cake melt 1H ounces of chocolate j and add to cake dough before you add whites of eggs. Bake a little longer I than plain cake. j This recipe makes three layers. To have oven right five minutes be i fore you are ready to put cake in turn on both flames. When you put cake in turn one burner out. In five or isix minutes turn the other burner low, not out. Your cake will never burn. 1m Ill If mm TIKKKY. Wouldn't you like to live all th year?" "Whatever do you mean by that?" demanded Mrs. Goose. "Explain your self." "We must lo Mimcllihis about that turkey gobbler," said Mr. Drake one Une morning. "I will." replied the drake. "I was lust thinking that if you were not here the farmer might kill that boast ful turkey for New Year's, and then you could' come back and we would ail live in peace forever." "I'm-m!" said Mrs. Goose, thought fully, "that suggestion is worth con sidering. Where would I hide?" "Down by the river bank," said th drake, "and I'll promise to see that you have plenty of food." "All right." t,aid Mrs. Goose, mak ing up her mind at once, "I 11 do it!" And that U the reason why th farmer, though he hunted el! over the barnyard, failed to find the goose h had saved for New Year's dinner: why he killed the boastful turkey instead. (Copyright Clara Ingram Judson.) S1

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 3, 19lb WANT TOJOIN US Porto Kican Send Governor to Appeal to Congress. Declare Were Promised Citizen- j fchip 17 Years Ago. 1 TAXED BY U. S. EOT NO VOICE Bills Already Are Before House and Senate. Provide "Blanket Citizenship and Home Rule. governor of Porto Rico, arrived her today on the steamship Carolina from Pan Juan n his way to Washington J to ur-e cnngres to piss an orsanic act granting American citizenship to i Porto Kicans. Governor Y'tr stxul 1 he expects to spend three or four t weeks in Washington before returning j to Porto Rico. .San Juan. Porto Rico, Jan, 3. Whether Porto Ricans are to be suc cessful this year in "ottins: the Uiued State: congress to admit them to American citizenship i the question uppermost in tho minds of most Porte Kioans at present. Althnutrh citizen ship has been promised since th' days of the Spanish-American war and American occupation. senteen years ago, each consrres?. since that time has failed to pass the necswrv' laws. The islander.; are now hopeful chat the first Democratic administration since wih act favorably and give then; a definite political status. At present Porto Ricans are merely "citizens of Porto Rico." In th? hope that favorable legisla tion may be obtained. Governor Ar thur Yager will spead the month of January in a shin 2 1 ?i u reins con grrfss to act. Hilis providing" a new or ganic act to take the plae of the tem porary Foraker act. which went into force in lOoi establishing civil gov ernment and which his been in force ever since, have already been intro duced in congress by Chairman Jones of the house committee on insular af fairs, and by Senator Willard Sauls bury of Delaware. "The new crsanie act should grant the people of Porto Rico collective citizenship in the United States." said Governor Yager. "It is the necessary complement of sovereignty and should go with the flaj?. The people of Porto P-ico must obey all the laws of the United i?tatfs, pay taxes, are liable to military ervics, and yet ;hey are :ut citizens." Leading Party for Home Rule. The chief features of the bills to be consider? 1 by conirress, it is expected hTe, will provide both for blanket cit izenship and a greater decree of horn? rule. The most important home rule feature is the provision for an elective senate of nineteen members. The present lower hous of the legislature is already elected, while th1 present upper house or senate is composed if eleven members, all ot whom are ap pointed by the president of the United States, and six of whom are heads of executive departments of the nsular Soverii merit. Those most interested in the nassasre of a new oreanic act for Porto Ricj DEAD ON HIS FEET GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Cap sules will bring new life and quickly relieve t hat stopped-up congested feeling. They will thoroughly cleanse and wash out the kidneys and bladder an I gently carry off the 111 effects of excesses of all kinds. The healing, soothing oil soaks riht into the walls and lining of the kidneys and expels the poisons in your system. Keep your kidneys in rood shape by dailv use of GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules and you will have good health. Go to your druggist at once and secure a package of this time-honored, world wide remedy. It :s not a "patent med icine." It is passed upon by U. S. Gov ernment chemists and declared pure before coming into this country GOLD MEDAL is the pure, original Haarlem Oil. imported direct from the ancient laboratories in Holland-where it is the National Household Remedy of the sturdy Dutch. Look for the name GOLD MEDAL on every box. Accept no substitute. Your druggist will gladly refund your money if not as represented. Advertisement. BANK STATEMENT Condensed Official Statement Showing Condition of The German American State Bank TOPEKA, KANSAS At the close of business Dec. 31, 1915. RESOURCES Loans and Investments Furniture and Fixtures Cash and Exchange Total All Our Deposits are Protected by the Bank Depositors9 Guaranty Fund of the State of Kansas Safe as United States Bonds This bank is conducted on safe and conservative lines. Liberal courtesy and accommo dation consistent with safety, extended to its patrons. The bank for the individual, firm or corporation. Collections made in all parts of the world. Your account is solicited. We Receive Deposits as Small as One Dollar And Keep cpen on Saturdays until 3 c'clock p. m. have ben much encouraged by the prtHidenr's recent mesiaj?e to congress in which he rcommnJed new Iesri.3 iKtion fur both Porto Kieo and the I'hilippiuer. Hre in th island it s-aid that all difficulties' which htetof.re hae de- vf lopJ over lerrHlation by cong-fss in behalf of Porto Rico have been cleared avriy. The most important single step which hHs been taken r gently was the j adoption of a new platform by the Unionist party, the majority party in the island, renouncing its independ ence platform and confining itself to a policy of horn rule. Almost invaria- blv in the iajet when legislation for the island has been under consideration a; Washington and congress seemed ab"ut ready to grant American citizen ship to the people- of the island, long protests were forwarded to Washing ton sitting forth objects to any legis lation that did not provide for the ul timate independence of the island. It is admitted here that these protests) have.t a very larsf1 measure caused congress to delay any definite action. FOR CHURCH UNITY

Protestant Denominations Plan; lVorld Conference. lVouId Brine All Christian Re- Unions Into One Body. New York. Jan. 3. Plans for a world conference of churches to con sider the question of church unity -.viU be discussed at a meeting of repre senta i es of the Protestant churches f t North America to bejsin tomorrow m the Episcopal Cathedral of th-e Ii. carnaticn at Garden City. Lonz Island. About twenty-two million communi cants of Christian churches, including those of Canada, will be represented in the deliberations. The purpose of this conference is not to negotiate for the union, it is an nounced, but to consider how the Protestant churches of Xorth America may make united plans for a world conference on faith and order. To Outline Plans. The Rev. Dr. Junius B. Remen snyder of this city, formerly president of the Lutheran general synod, has ho en selected to deliver an address, outlining the basis on which the Carii tiai churches may be united. His statement will be follow? 1 by addresses by an Episcopalian, a Pres byterian, a Baptist and a Methodist. "What we want to do is to com pare notes and find precisely where we stand' said Dr. Remensnyder to day. The conference will be opened by the Rev. Dr. Newman Smyth of New Kr.ven, Among the Episcopal de Urates 1 to the meeting are Bishops Anderson I of Chicago; Wei ley of Fond du Lac: Rhineiander of Philadelphia: Dr. W. IT. Manning and Bishop Greer of this city. Catholics May Join. It was said today that a decision as to whether the Roman Catholic and Greek Catholic churches may send t-elearates to the proposed world con ference depends in a large part on th- j outcome of the visit to the pope at Kome and the Greek patriarchs at Moscow and Constantinople which cannot be made until after the war. DAILY WEATHFR REl'OHT. Furnished bv the United s tato Weaior Bureau, Topeka, Kansas, for tie 14 hours enuing 1 a. today. High Low Rain or Wea- Station. Bo-itoo, Mass. letnp. letup. Snow thr .-t .oh flou.lv -4 SO T. Cloudy .it; -jn .0 Clear .4r :u .0 ci-ar 4- .0 Clefir TO .0 Cloudy It; At 'ler 1" .0 rVar .4 20 .0 Clear .lfi -4 .ot dear" .tm rut .0 clear 4! .0 Cloudy -To G -V) Cloudy -t2 .0 Cloudy ..70 SH .0 Cloudy .44 .14 .0 Clear 40 .0 Cietir 4H .ft Clenr .0 CIe;ir ..7 rs .0 Pt.Chlv .40 .0 Pt.Cldy 10 .0 leur -5 -jn .0 Clear o .0 Clear 40 .0 clear .M ;u .11 '!ear I'O .0U Snow'g .44 Jii .0 Clear .4J :$4 .0 Clear .14 0 .0 "lear .42 as .0 Clenr t..S ri) 2.4 Kain'jr i.:v2 is .ort 1 londv .:J 2S .04 Snow'g 0 .0 Clear ..22 1 .OS Snow'g 5. 4 -24 .04 Clear ,7H rtO .0 Clear ..40 2H .0 Cloudy .40 20 .0 Clear .70 42 .0 Clear .45 2 .0 Clear ..8 -4 .02 Clear Buffalo. N. Y Caigary. Alb Chk-air... Ill Cincinnati, Concordia. Kan. Corpus Christi, T. I Denver. Colo j Ien M.ins, la rodge Ciry. Kan. I luilntb, Minn El Paso. Tex Ft. Worth. Tex TaIveattii. Tex. Hare. Mont Jacksonville. Fia.. Kansas City, Mo.. Little Ibvk. Ark. i Los Angl. Cal.. Louisville. Ky w Orleans. La.. New York, N. Y j -V. Platte, Neb i iklahoma. Okla. Omaha, Neb j Phoenix. Ariz Pittsburg, Pa i Portland. Ore. j St. Joseph. Mo j St. Louis, Mo St. Paul. Minn. j Salt Lake, t'tah. i San Fram'is'o. Ca Seattle. Wab Sheridan, Wyo... Spokane, Wash. Swift Current.. Sa: Ta Jipa. Fla Tolado, O Topeka. Kan Washington, D. C Wichita, Kan Winnipeg, Man.. S397.094.08 2,897.58 108,953.07 $508,944.73 LIABILITIES Capital 25,000,00 Surplus and Profits 18,744.14 Deposits 465,200.53 Total 508,944.73 The Above Statement is Correct. T. C. MUELLER, President DID CRABJNOW? He Bit One of Pretty Twin Girls on the Toe. Each of Them Claimed That It Was Her Toe. THEY EVUN THINK AS ONE Parents Alarmed Over Com plete Loss of Individuality. Their Ambitions, Tastes and Ideals Are Identical. Pan Francisco, Jan. 3.- A psycholog ical experiment in the development of individual personality in two 17-year-old twin sister who have for years looked, acted and grown to be very much like one another, is to be made by the parents of pretty Miss Betty Sherman and her sister, Gertrude, off Bisbee, Arize. Miss Betty has entered Miss Head's private school for girls at Berkeley. Her sister will leave this week for the LaJolla school for girls near San Diego. So completely had the individuality of the one sister merged into and be come a part of the other, that they could rarely separate the feelings and sensations of the other." When one of them said 4I think" she meant "we think." Separates Them. The parents, alarmed, decided to separate the girls. They want them each to have their own circle of friends, and by their separation, de velop their own personality, instead of relying on the composite character that has been built up from years and years of close association. An instance of how closely the live of the twins have grown into each other was told by Mrs. Gery Hyde Chick, of Piedmont, with whom the twins have been spending" their Christ mas vacation. Last summer the two girls were swimming. A crab bit one of them on the toe. They related their experience afterwards, and Miss Gertrude was narrating the incident. Whose Toe Was It? "The crab bit me on the toe," she said. "It was my toe," said Miss Betty. "No. it was me that the crab bit," insisted Gertrude, An argument of several minutes fol lowed before they could settle whose toe the crab had nibbled. Taste in clothes, ambitions, aims and ideais in the two girls are almost identical. At Berkeley, Miss Betty will study a course much unlike that which has been selected for her sister. Miss Gertrude in the southern school will study botany, zoology, geometry, Latin and ancient and medieval his tory. Bathroom Heaters at Forbes'. Adv. She was reanfnjr for the benefit of her spouse. "Junt se the frightful effects of rum. John; here's young man got drunk and walked right into a i-hur--U." John, trying to keep out of an argnmet, but half asleep: "'Yes. yes. m'dear, rum's liable to land a man most anywhere." Puck. PIMPLY? WELL, DON'T BE! People Notice It- Drive Them Off With Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets. A pimply face will not embarrass yon much longer 1 T -y"- a package of Or Edwards' Olive Tablets. The skin should begin to clear after you have taken the tablets a few nights. Cleanse the blood, the bowels and th liver with Olive Tablets, Pr Edwards Olive Ttablets are the suc cessful siibstlrnte for calomel there's n.'ver any sickness or pain after taking them. Tr Edward's Olive Tablets are the in'' calomel does, and just a effectively, bnt their action i gentle and safe instead of severe and irritating. n one who takes Olive Tablets Is ever rnrwfl with "a dark brown taste. a bad breath, a dull. Us'les. "no good" feeling, constipation, torpid liver, bad disposition or pimply fa'e. rr. Edwards Olive Tablets sre a purely vegetable compound mLed with olive oil: you will know them by their oMve color. Pr Edwjtrds stwnc years among patients afflicted with liver and bowel complaints, and Olive Tablets are tue immensely ef fective result. Take one or two nightly for a week. See how much better you feel and look. 10c and 25r per box. Alt druggists. The Olive Tablet Company. Columbua, O. Advertisement. SNAP SHOTS AT HOME KSWl One hundred or more Topeka high school students failed to return today, beins ill with grip. Mrs. Mortimer Gragg, 1406 East Tenth street, will entertain the Ves puccian club Tuesday. Miss Bertha Clay entertained a few friends at her home at 216 Huntoon street Saturday evening. Mr. a nd Mrs. Wm. Jacobs. 1 0 2 S Garfield street, are the parents of a daughter, born December 31. An invitation has been extended to all the pastors and churches in Topeka to join in the Bob Johnson revival. The regular monthly meeting of the Topeka board of education will be held this evening at the high sciuol. Work is to be resumed this evening by the night school classes of the Rail road Y. M. C. A. after a two weeks' vacation. Contrary to rule, when the city commission adjourned thi3 morning it adjourned to meet Wednesday instead of Thursday morning. The committee of management of the Railroad Y. M. C. A. will hold a business meeting at the building Wednesday at 6:30 o'clock. A meeting of the sub senior class of the Topeka hifh school was held this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock tu plan on the reception for the seniors. Principal A. J. Stout of the Topeka hisrh school is just recovering from a bad attack of the grip, wnich has clung to nim throughout the holidays. Mrs. E. J. Callahan, assistant secre tary of the Provident association, re turned to work this morning after an illni-'s o two weeks with the grip. A petition calling for the vacation of tho alley between Tyler and Polk streets from Eighth to Ninth was ap proved by the city commission today- Mr. and Mrs. Oley Weaver of Sedg wick, Kan., spent a few hours in To peka Sunday visiting newspaper friends. Mr. Weaver is editor of the Sedgwick Pantagraph. Early adjournment of the Railroad Y. M. C. A. membership committee Tuesday evening will permit the mem bers to attend the dedication of the Bob Johnson tabernaci?. Mrs. J. M. McCarty and daughter Arline have returned to their home in Kansas City, Mo after a visit with Mrs. McCarty's parents. Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Herring. 404 Orchard avenue. The final straw was added to the pocketbook of the Topeka high school seniors at their meeting this afternoon to collect for invitations. The prox imity of Christmas and graduation constitutes a white man's burden for them. At the Ministerial association meet ing this morning at tho First Presby terian church, the Rev. E. H. Emmet, organizer for the evangelist, Bob John son, spoke. The revival is to be made an all-Topeta affair instead of for the East side. Miss Hannah Abrahamson, for twenty yearg missionary to India, will speak Tuesday evening. January 4. at the Swedish Bethel church. Meeting will be held at the Seventh Day Ad ventist church. Western avenue and Fifth street. The company of nine people accom panying Bob Johnson, the evangelist,, will arrive tomorrow to take part in the dedication exercises in the new tabernacle on Fourth street. Bob Johnson will not arrive until Wednes day morning. Robert E. Cunningham and wife left today for Washington, where Mr Cunningham will become assistant secretary to Charles Curtis, United States senator. Cunningham was for merly stenographer for Chief Justice W. A. JohnstGn. Miss Louise Fleming and Miss Marv K. Murphy, Topeka high school teach ers were unable to resume their du ties this morning on account of sick ness. Miss Nellie M. Ansel, who was out of school for some time with the grip returned today. January directories are being deliv ered today by the BvIl Telephone com pany. There were 10.02s copies print ed, practically all of wnich go to res idents of Shawns county. Fourteen hundred were mailed. The book ha..s Increased by 200 names. The holiday exodus of students from home commenced Sunday and will continue until the middle of the week, when the last will get back to school. From 40 to 50 boys and girls left To peka for Kansas State Agricultural college and Kansas university. Intense suffering was undergone by patients in a Topeka hospital durin,-, the holidays. Mistletoe decorations were left hanging after Christmas in convenient places, but in spite of its presence and that of handsome nurses most of the patients could not move. Organized charity was victimized re cently when Louis Floyd loaned a masculine trained nurse $5 on a fine gold watch. The trained nurse need ed money to get to Kansas City and applied at the Provident association. The watch looks like a $100 timepiece and is worth probably 50 cents. A combination reflectoscope and stereopticon which will illustrate lec tures and sermons has been planned by the Rev. A. S. Henderson, pastor or the First Congregational church. Mr. Henderson figures on illustrating many talks that he ctmild ne-er get the slides for from his private library. He strongly believes ;n illustration as an aid in a lecture. Offices for Bob Johnson, the evan gelist, have been furnished by the Railroad Y. M. C. A., who will mipply a room and private telephone. The company of nine will live at the home of Mrs. Ida A. Ransom, 414 West Sev enth street, Mrs. Ransom giving up her entire house to the visitors. A housekeeper and chambermaid w iU look after rJheir needs. The city commission today turned down the claim of the Topeka Street Railway for asphalt paving on Sec ond street. The amount of the claim is $43.20 and is for 48 square yards of paving at 90 cents a yard. A part of the claim covers paving on East Sec ond street from Vuincy to the Rock Island switch and the rest is for pav ing along the old street car tracks from Kansas avenue to the alley. Although "Don, the little fox ter rier that followed "Dad" Weir of the city hall for eight years was killed by an automobile last fall "Dad" Weir took out dog license No. 1 this morn ing, just as usual. For years "Don' was decorated the first of each yar with license No. 1. He was proud of of it and so was "Dad" Weir. Before th first of 1916 "Dad Weir found another fancy fox terrier pup. He thinks the pup will be as smart as the original "Don." Students in many of the schools in Kansas today were resuming their studies after the holidays. Trains through Topeka v Manhattan and Lawrence and other coflege towns last night and today were crowded with members of the student bodies and faculties. Because of crop conditions j no Christmas recess was observed in some of the rural schools of the statt this year, the term being shortened a few weeks at both its beginning anu i close. The classbook of the January, 1916, class of the high school will open at the end instead of at the side, as has I heen the custom. It will be off tfee j S TCansas Farmer press January 28 and I i contain 115 pages. There will be indi- j f vidual pictures of the seniors and i?ev- I eral other new features. On the staff getting out the book are: James' Lindsay, editcR-; Hazel Rucker. assist ant editor: William Schick, manager; Wayland Dunham, assistant manager Natalie Romans, John Ferris. Dorothy j j Wahle. Willard Brown and Lillian i 1 Gleissner. associate editors: Maym 1 Parsons and Ralph Oman, artists. t On account of the grin onlv 3.000 i people attended the Railroad Y. M. C. A. reception Saturday, a smaller crowd than was out last year. Two hundred cakes were eaten by the vis itors and immense quantities of punch and coffee consumed. Several -of the entertainers could not be present on account of the grip. Persons not on the program, who helped entertain, were little Miss Whittlesey. 8 years old, who whistled; Mrs. Maude Ca tran read, whistled and sang. Miss Ruby Long recited, and Dr. F. A. Koester gave a sleight of hand per- formance. The Rev. E. H. Emmet spoke. A FERTILIZER FAMINE Scarcity of Potash May Work Hard- j ship on American Farmers. Washington, Jan. 3. An alarming scarcity of fertUizer material due I principally to the German embargo against the exportation of potash, has caused Secretary of Agriculture Hous j ton to take a personal interest in the situation. He has announced that government experts are working to i meet tha "serious situation" by the development of American resources, j "The department is investigating all I aspects of the situation and is plan ning to send experts to California to I study the situation and especially to i consider possibilities of production on i a commercial scale," said the secre- i tary- According to Mr. Houston there is practically no potash in this country at the present time for fertilizer use. He says that the small Quantities f which were held over from former years are now priced at from eight to twelve times their firmer value. The nitrogen situation is of less pressing concern. EVERYBODY IS SAFE The Mayor Says No Changes in Police Department Are Contemplated. There is going to be no "shake-up" in the police department; that is, un less the appointment of a motorcycle cop, a new patrolman and a successor to Jack Johnson, who went to the fire department, can be called a shake-up. Mayor J. K. House stated today that he had not, at any time, had in mind any changes of moment in the police department. A. C. Bartell. assistant city attorney who handles the police court cases, will stick. So says the mayor. Sergeant Walker, about whom t rumors were sent out. is also in a safe j harbor. No one, according to the mayor, has anything to tear unless there are brand new developments. "As stated several days aeo," said the mayor. "I have appointed one new motorcycle policeman. We added one new patrolman and we made an ap pointment to fill the place of Jack Johnson who went to the fire depart t ment. Otherwise. I am not contem plating any changes whatever." YES-IT IS POSSIBLE TO STOP RHEUMATISM Rheumatism is a tormenting and stubborn malady. In some cases it yields to treatment which is without avail in other cases. The darting pains, lame muscles or stiffened joints only disappear by grad ually expelling the uric acid, and so many thousands have been relieved by the blood-enriching oil-food in Scott's i Emulsion that you should give it a faithful trial. Scott's Emulsion acts as a powerful blood-purifierby increasing j the red corpuscles and it strengthens i the orsrar.3 to carry off the acids which j cause the trouble. j Try Scott's Emulsion. Itcannotharm. i It has helped thousands ajul may be ex- i actly what you need. o Alcouoi. Scott Bowne. Blocmjieid. N. J. I Advertisement. 1 0RPHEUM Thrt liny 8tR.rry Monday Willard Mack With Brilliant Supporting Compear in "Aloha Oer Farewell.) Trtanyle-Inr Production. "The Village Scandal" Trmnle-Key stone With Raymond Hitrhwk KoKoe Arburkie nd Flora Zubelle Fifteen Minntes of Vaadetille Home t the Trta-agrie Films, on Stb t. West of Kaoaa Ave. Matinee S:0. XiRht 7:15-:19 CRYSTAL Today Tomorrow J. Warren Kerrigan as "Terrence O'Rourke" Eddie Lyons Lee Mcran CreTorest Producers of Clean Comedy in Picture, in "Where the Heather Blooms' 2 Reels and Another Drama A Clean Show No Sex Stuff (r Shrewd il Boye a Hart Schaf f ner Marx Suit or Overcoat at Because you save $3, $5.50 and more we're selling Hart Schaff ner ilarx suits and overcoats at Jld.50 that are worth $22.50, $25 and a great deal more we're able to do this through having purchase! the maker's surpluses i t a concession. We've outlined the facts briefly the styles in both suits and over coats are as wonderful as the values but they should prova sufficient reasons for brinring you to the Palace 1 Q ff A tomorrow $XV.OV 315 $15 For Fine Silk Lined Blue Serg-e S u its wo nd erf ul quality all sizes. For $20 Fine Overcoats all etyfces, new goods but great values. 3.90 For Odd Trousers 5 and $6 values in H. S. M. kinds all sizes. TV the Basement Store tomor row most wonderful clothes you ever saw for the money no one wili believe you paid as lit tle as $10 for them. Strong wearing fabrics, splendid tailor ing, as good style as you can buy u can ouy $10 at any price, all sizes, striking patterns that are popular at double tomorrow's price Auerbach Guettel

ICLOTHIKG COJ Today and Tonight PAULINE FREDERICK in "LYDIA GILLMORE" Paramount Tomorrow VALLI VALLI "THE WOMAN PAYS" CiKRALIHNE FARRAR Wednesday y Someone wants tiiat which you do not- A small iti la the State Joarn.il -a ant columns satisfies boib- CLAROCE WHITeULL To Hear THREE of the Buyei Tir-ti I A?- :J APPre- i -if' V.A ciate i 1 This I fT- (T Chance Li f T F t M v- Buy $193 j IS I It' r. I.WTMCHOMFK I LOUISE KOMER (Thursday, Jan. 20th) Contralto CLARENCE WHITEHILL (February 7th). Baritone MISCHA ELM AN (March 6th) Violinist A Small Ad in the Want .-.3 HIP Phone 536 TONIGHT Wbmt Wsnld Hrm 1 if Ya Foaa4 ioar nii L'ntr. SEE TODAY Act 4th Is Most Sensational $cee Ever Pat an the Mage. lOr-tar-Mc Pew at 50r. NOVELTY 1085 SAN TUCCI TRIO Mastcal Wizards 4 Other Acts I Paramount Truvrlgu S p. m. lOr. ?:45-:13 10--3(V v o D V I L &&x GRAND C TONIGHT i i? in With H it KKTT Prim t5c to l.4 TUESDAY, JAN. 4 Kibble and Martin Production of UNCLE TOM'S CABIN M TiWM fit f I iwa An m tilt and 2.V-: Xight, 10-20-3O-5Or GRAND, WED. Jan. 5th Matinee N i gh t The Fnnnfes Show ia he World HENPECKED HENRY Broadway Chora mt Baatffal Girls PRICKS Mtlnr. An. Seat. SSe MEht. 25-S3-30C Thursday, January 6 Selwyn Co. Present The Laugh Festival "TWIN BEDS" By Salisbury Field and Marsaret Mayo Direct From Its Fteconl-Mak-Ing Hun of 52 Weeks In New York. Prices: 2--5-73c-Sl-l.30 SAT. nicSft Jan. 8th HELP SATE THE CIKLS. HELP FIU THE LOST ONES. VIRGINIA BROOKS' WHITE SLAVE PLAY Little Lost Sister Matt. SSc. Night 23e-S3er-7Sc.

IAXVXS Pay out in a definite number of payments and in the end you are out of debt. Money to .Loan repayable monthly, quarterly or semi-annually. No Fines. No Commissions. Capitol Building; Loan Association 534 Kansas Ave. Read the State Journal. HERE IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY GREATEST ARTISTS the FOR "Tf Columns of State Journal Brings Large Returns Our Sales for 1915 Were Half a Million Help Us Make 1916 $750,000.00 To show to the people of To peka our appreciation In maklnc 1915 our banner year, we will start the new year with a record breaking cut price sale. Yon can benefit. OUVX-cVl. ulated. 1 Aft Tts. for. IVliHon. Minre MMt'tb.. Frp.ti Made o. 1 I'eautit Butter, lb I! .lte Uhby's .srtetl I'leklefl. larjre Mason Jura. 30e faille, par Jar JS Fancy Seeded K;l isLrt 3 pfcga for Breakfast Cwoa. in balk, lb ttu Eiwllent Pastry Flour, 10-lb. -bags 5c Coffee, our fiimon Topeka Co?. fluent ill the world, lb..... Je A. t Percolating Coffee, l ib. tall cans Pure Pork Breakfast Sausage, lb tee FLOUR T"J world; 4S-R sack $1.55 A-l Family Flour. 4S-lb. M-k t.7 Tnnn t'inh Fln)t q:iHty, fill Wbiti Meat. No. 1 J-jc W.U fur..!5r No. 1.x- can. te Thii pri- is considerably le thiiu wholesale. Pure Food Pre-mred Mustard, large jars ite Mii'-aroni and Spajrhftrt. Faat. Prima and K. C. It ram da. -10c pkjjjs. for -13 Sji'lnl Inf roduftory fritr on r T.imoiis country mo .avarm, fig p a g d e t i. oruiif-riti ana up eitra tjujUity 3 I-- ffl or 16c B To redarp nnr stx-ks Snldfra To ni't t Sui a ;i d all vrr.f ti-a Kudymaid soaps. 4-loc cdb for Onw Pure Frwit JpI larpe Klasa ,ic Grl ff on Pn r Fruit PrewrYes. all kinds, laxtf j.irs. .3e SOAP Pearl White, w 1 world s firrt laundry, five 5c bars for. 17c 100-bar box Laundry Qafrn. Wfv re Laundry p. -A' bars for tie 100-bar box 2-3 Lnir Ca.hin Syrup for twiddle aks l'i lit. U.V tan. for I9e tuart, caii, Vjt 31tf 1 Gallon can for SI.19 Haw yoa ated oar Peroxld or Roe iivraulnui Soapo"? Try tne of ti! two at lot: bars for..... FlavojeTl O-Iaflne, all flavors, 2 lot: iks. for w.l5 Extra heavy durable brass Washboards, ea 'Me Pet Brand Evaporated Milk 7 3c cans for 23e: dozen 44 2 10c cans for lie; doien Cottage Cereals You can buy them only Dibbles'. Try Cottage Goods and be o. Tinccd. Cottaare Wheat. snterUr to Cream of wbeai, 2 v.?. for 25e Cottage Uolled Oaut;j.V pkgs. fi.r t3 Cottage Whent Graham, pkpr SSe Cottage Ster!izel Table Bran. pkg tSe Cottage (?olden Cornmeal, pk?...fte Cnttag-e White Cornmeal. pkr.....aa K:isyUht Matches, 1U dt: lkga. lor .33 L.tRGE8T CBOCERT BISIE?1 I.V SiSMS. THERE'S A BEASO Tiie Dibb! M1SCHA EI-M AJC World Has Ever Produced S-rnrc job? mcan tlffcrts mm- frfi m 3 rt i Had 1 1 f f e hoi lane St riatnie Lite X. B. Single ticket firh fr fAmc seats for 3 toiiorrt! S7.

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THE TOPEKA D4.ILY STATE JOURNAL MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 3, 191b rpPEKAirSORE" Rock Island Departure Has Stirred Up Business Men. Capital City May Be Given Other Offices Soon. FREIGHT CLAIM AGENT HERE? Rumored W. O. Hunger Will Move From Chicago. Gtjprge Hetherington Still Re- mains Eating House J Jot withstanding the fact that the Kojck Island offices have moved away, Korifcip still percolates throueh the ruJh of clearing up department work an! the latest piece of news is that O. Bunker, of Chicago, freight cl m anent, will move here with his e office force. This report cannot erified and the crmnge is not con be! sidered likely to occur, according to thfew Rock Island men who are still left here. a Bunker couid he brought to To peti it would mean that the Kock Island office: oald be filled to over flowing, hecau:;e tho freight claim de pa ment employs more people than general manager's office, which moved away ?n ha nother rumor which was denied to'liy is that the offices of the di vision freight agent and city ticket auirt are he ri'moved from the fir, to th? third floor ami that a his eatlrif room will he established on the j first floor. It in thou; h form Cirior lunch pv (alar here. fir floor. It in thought by some that room would he Id posiiion has ret been named for 1r-m kc 1 i. Ilet hermit on, formerly chit-f clerk to A. K. Sweet, the de patlcil general manner who is now in I)eaver. As a whole, the Hock Island situa tif fi seems to be just what it was vln the Commercial club delegation calfod on T. H Hencotn last Friday. Chfe'affo officials now have the word th;ft Topeka is "sore' and it may mean a fJianRe for the better and the Kan sas capital city seems to be in a fair veiijf to pet a few Kooa offices- But all is ague at present, except for the numerous turners. Avhifh have been crtffrpin out Vl It few days. OHIO ON A RAMPAGE Rifer Still Rising at 20.5 Foot Flood M;iy Bo Averted. Kitt-qburg, Jan. 3. While the Ohio rivr had reached 20.5 feet in the channel here this morning and was risfeig slowly the local office of the weither bureau said the cold snap had intfcrvencMl to prevent a flood time people were driven from their hoie in lower Allegheney and a nuftiber of mills were flooded. f he gasoitrre packet Grantsville ru an in if betAJrten Pittsburg and Mo nt' Bahf la rivr points, broke away f r'flu her moorings early today arid Itiit-ied 1 in -.midstream with a loss of $700. h'hwe were no casualties. Waters Kooodiiig;. Columbus, Jan., 3 With clear co weather pre ailing river and sn feller streams throughout central iw nort hern Ohio began to recede thJ afternoon. Cincinnati", Jan. 3. After rising to wifliln one tenth of an inch of the floEd stage, of fifty feet, the Ohio rivr at thU point began falling early to-ttJ y and at i a. m- was 43.8. feet. A fcovei lment weather bulletin said prent indications were that the dan gelt mark would not bo reached. Hi IS PRIZE DAIRYMAN w II. Maxwell Makes Highest Score for the Year. w. H. Maxwell is the prize dairy nvjti of Topeka, according to the scopes for the year 1 y 1 5 worked out byd... W .Rowles, city milk inspector. Hi average score for the year is 85. S pe cent 100 per cent being the per fee score. His monthly score did not fail below 75 per cent during the tw ve months while one month it r?:lthed. 95 per cent. 'jfwo other dairymen who made ex cellent scores and who ran neck and ne$k the whole year are H. C. Obrecht of JJ-'airlea fiirm. and Ano Saueressig. Ob&'Cht's iveragt fcr butterfal tests forEthe year wis 4.1. Siuoessig's was 4; fobrec t's average count for bac teria, wa 7 410. Saueressig's was 7.1 40. o-- cc t's score for the year V'sxjf 78.6. whily Pauoressig's was 77.6. Jhere we Irnlf a dozen other dairy men who wore not far behind the scores made by Obrecht and Saueres MigE The Wood lawn dairy made a scje of 78. But the four mentioned herjf are in advance of most of the dairies, according to the table worked up .by Dr. Bowles. lUie average score for all the dairy mett for thu year is 62.47 and that is sai& to be higher than in any other city in the United States with one ex ception. Consequently the high scores made by the dairvmen mentioned above are booked us excep tional. Frequently a dairyman makes extremely high scores for two or three months but he gets bumped by something or other and falls down fori two or three months. But appa rently the Maxwell dairy had a good steady run of luck all through the j Waufei tittle Rock. Lamar's Job. Ark.. Jan. 3. Senator James B. Clarke, of Arkansas, will pre sent to President Wilson the name of K. ?A. MoCulloch. of kittle Hock chief lust ice of the Arkansas supreme court, to f-ieceed Joseph It. Lamar, who died yutidav. McCulloch has been chief justice of the state suureme court since IsOth and a member of the court since llt4. J Greek King: Recovering. Athens, Jan. 3. .Professor Fried rfcfi Kraus of Berlin, and Professor Kisjelberg of Vienna, attending Ing Coastantine, announced today his con dition was most satisfactory. CASTOR. A For Iniants and Children In Use For Over SO Years Always bears the Signature of TABLE TALK AT THE COMMERGAL CLUB The balloting for the new hoard of directors of the club ended today. To morrow at noon the nominating com mittee will count the ballots and an nounce the new directors for 1916. Out of this list of men the officers of the year will be chosen at the an nual meeting oi the club, which will be held January 14. Until the direc tors are known there can be little speculation as to the club's new presi dent. At a meeting of the publicity com mittee of the club held this noon it was decided to give the next "Know our Town LMnner" on January 27. G. C. Stuckey was elected chairman of the program committee for the din ner, and he chose V. O. Kigby and Charles Dillon as his assistants. It is planned to give these dinners once a month at the club. The first affair given on December 2 was such a suc cess that the publicity committee is making arrangements for a scries of dinners to culminate in one grand af fair at the end of the year. The New Year's resolution, "Let's All Pull Togther for a Bigger and Bet ter Topeka,'' which hangs in the as sembly' room of the club is a gift of H. K. Hinkson to the club. Bert Woodward, who has had charge of the talking machine depart ment of the Santa Fe Watch company, will leave Wednesday for Kansas City, Mo., where he will become connected with the Kansas City branch of the L'dison Phonograph company. Mr. Woodward will m;tke his home in Kansas City. The cgular meeting of the Rotary club will be held at the Commercial club next Thursday noon. The next special luncheon that will be held at the club will be that for t 'arl Vrooman. assistant secretary of the United States departmnet of ag riculture, which will he held January 12. n the next day D. Ward King, of Missouri, father of the split-log road drag and Mrs. (Jr. 11. Math is, of Alabama, will speak at a special luncheon. Mrs. Mathis is the farm genius of Alabama and she has a won derful story to tell of the development of farm land in her state, according to those who know about her work. DEATHS AND FUNERALS. Engineer F. B. Wahl, who was in jured in the Argentine yards last Thursday, died at 9 o'clock this morn ing at a hospital in Kansas City. The body will be brought to Topeka and arrangements for the funeral will be made later. Mr. Wahl is survived by a hister, Mrs. F. J. Addie of Topeka; three brothers, August Wahl of Tope kaa and Charles and Albert Wahl of Kansas City. The interment will be in Topeka cemetery. Carrie Woodwarth, age 54, died Sat urday in Colorado. The body arrived in Topeka today and the funeral will be held at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning at Bethel church. Interment in Beth el cemetery. Mrs. Addie liutchins. wife of Charles I. Hutching, 1226 North Mad ison street, died at 12:50 o'clock this morning at a local hospital. The fun eral will be held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Conwell's chapel. Inter ment in Rochester cemete ry. The funeral of Mrs. Maggie Page, who died Saturday, will be held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at C. M. E. church. Fourteenth and Lane streets. Interment in Mount Auburn ceme tery. Berenice, thn infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Thompson, died Sun day night at the home of her parents, HOD North Van Buren street. Ar rangements for the funeral will be made later. B. F- Dawson, age 87, a pioneer of Shawnee county, died Sunday morning at his home, Seward avenue and Strait street. He is survived by his wife, six children. Miss Carrie N. Daw son. Miss Mary E. Dawson, Mrs. Julia Gill, W. T. Dawson, h rank v. Dawson all of Topeka. and Mrs. Emma Lan ham of Chicago. The funeral will be held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the home. Interment in Topeka cem etery. Joseph S. Morrison, formerly of To peka, a pioneer of Kansas, died De cember 24 in Washington, D. C. One daughter, Mrs. C. J. W eber, lives in Topeka. Mr. Morrison was a member of a Pensylvania regiment m the Civil war. He came to Kansas in 1864. first settling at Osage City. Later he came to Topeka. where he was a member of Topeka Post No. 71, O. A. R. The body was laid to rest in Arlington na tional cemetery. Andrew Woodall. colored, janitor of the Office Block, was found dead Sat urday at his place of employment. His death was caused by heart disease. The funeral was held this afternoon at the Central Baptist church. Interment in Mount Auburn cemetery. Charles W. Ackley, age 62. died Sat urday at his home, lo Elliott street. The funeral was held this afternoon at Penwell's chapel. Interment in To peka cemetery. The funeral of James P. Massey, who was killed in the Rock Island yards Friday, was held Sunday at the home. 607 Grant street. Interment In Rochester cemetery. Mrs. Nancy Law died Sunday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. F. A. Mc Vicar, 417 Kansas avenue. The body will be taken to Abilene, Kan., for in terment. Mark Stanford, colored, died Friday at his home, 115 North Madison street. The funeral was held Sunday at Con well's chapel. Interment in 'Mount Auburn cemetery. Mrs. Cyntha Ann Chambers, colored, arge 75, died Friday at her home, 1020 Washington street. The funeral was held this afternoon at the home. In terment in Mount Auburn cemetery. At the Cozy. Audrey Munson appears at the Cozy today and Tuesday in "Inspiration." a feature picture which has attracted world wide attention. It was passed by State Censor W. D. Ross this morn ing with few eliminations. A few cigarette scenes were taken out, as well as a few feet of too festive im bibing: of shellac or something of that sort. As a whole i stood the test well and is now being shown at the Cozy. Electric Washer at Forbes'. Adv. ITWO MORE JAILED Bulgaria Gets Even, Arresting French Diplomat, Athens Report Says Norwegian Consul Also Seized. Merlin. Jan. 3. (By Wireless to Sayville. The Bulgarian g-jvernment has arrested the French vice consul at Sofia in retaliation for the arrest of the Bulgarian consul at Salcmiki, ac cording to the Overseas News agency, which adds that the vice consul had remained at Sofia with trie- permission f the Bulgarian government, in order to assist the Dutch minister, charged with the affairs of French interests. Arrest Norwegian Consul, Too. London. Jan. 3. Router's Athens correspondent says the Norwegian consul at Saioniki waa arrested at the time the Austrian, German, Bulgarian and Turkish consuls were taken into custody on the order of the French command! r. General Sarrail. The arrest of the Norwegian olncial is said to have resulted from the dis covery at the A usi riur. and German consulates of documents implicating him in connection with espionage. The reek government, the message says. hu prolesied against his detention, as well a against the arrest of Greeks suspected of espionage. t'. S. Consul in Charge. Saioniki, Jan. 1. (via Paris, Jan. 3. At the request ot General Sar rail, commander of the French forces here, John E. Kehl, American consul at Salonilii, has taken charge of the Turkish a m German interests. The consulates will be delivered to him to- moi row. The German, A ustro- Hungarian. Turkish and Bulgarian consuls at Sa- onikl were arrested last Thursday by order of General Sarrail as a reply to a bombardment by Teutonic aero planes. A dispatch Saturday said that the American consul had taken over the Austro-Hungarian interests. London, Jan. 3. It is stated that in case the measures taken by Greece do not lead to their release, the porte will make reprisals against the sub jects at the entente powers. Greece has made a protest to the entente powers in connection with the arrest of the consuls of the central al lies at Saioniki. Protest by Ottoman. London, Jan. 3. The Amsterdam correspondent of Reuter's Telegram sends the following: According to a Constantinople tele gram the porte, through the inter mediary of the American embassy, has protested energetically against the arbitrary arrest of the Ottoman consul and officials' at Saioniki. GIRLS LOSE CASE IContlnuftd from 1'age One.J The only method of reviewing tho action of the school board, or of testing ;ts validity, is by a suit such as this wherein it is al leged that the board acted in bad faiih and that its conduct was arbi trary and oppressive,. Will Not Dictate. "The courts will not attempt to dictate the policy of the board of edu cation in regard to the government of the schools, hut will leave that to the judgment of the board, where tho law has placed it; nor will the court attempt to regulate, sororities or fra ternities in the Topeka high school, all this must be left to the discretion of the board of education, which dis cretion, under the law, is wide and necessarily so. It is only when bad fa?th on the part of the board is shown that the court will interfere, and then only for the purpose of de termining whether ihe board has ex ceeded its power or acted in bad faith. It is not for the court to question the correctness of the findings made by the board in any giv?n case, or to criticize the wisdem of its conclusions: provided, it has acted in good faith and upon facts tending to support its determination. "The court cannot step in and sub stitute its judgment for that of the school officials. The harm tnat would result to the school from such action is too apparent to need comment. Therefore, in this case, in the absence of some showing that there is bad faith on the part of the school board, its order as to the plaintiffs in thi case must stand. "The application for the temporary injunction is denied." Will Be No Appeal. Following the decision Judge T. F. Carver, attorney for tho school board, made a personal statement to tho court wherein he spoke of the trou ble which occurred in the court room Friday evening. Following the argu ment on that evening parents of the girls insisted that the beard's attor neys had called their daughters "liars' during their argument. The assertion resulted in a stormy session between the board's attorreyb and the girls' parents. Judge Carver ftates today that he did not make any personal attack upon the girls and that he did not step out side the lines of argument in his argu ment. Judge Carver offered to leave the affair to the court for decision. Whereupon Ed MeKeever arose and stated that both the board's attorney had called the girls liars. Then J. B. Larimer nrnsp V o rr -nt.t rrll tho I girls liars or use the word liars," he said, "therefore we have no apology or explanation." MeKeever was in clined to take up the argument. How ever. Judge Dana interfered and ter minated an attorneys' row. The court reminded MeKeever that words of the opposing attorneys had no reflection upon him whatever they were. "The affair is closed." said the judge. Following court adjournment, Ed MeKeever stated that there would be no appeal or continuance of the legal controversy over the suspension. Origin of Trouble. Although high school authorities have bo;n fighting alleged secret or ders ever since the stringent Kansas law. abolishing them from public schools, was passed, the r.ow famous high school case is the first of its kind to attract much attention. The war waged on frats by Superintendent II. B. .Wilson and Principal A. J. Stout has attract? d wide attention. Expul sion of boys alleged to have belonged to frats have been frequent. Some times the boys were reinstated after promising to "be good" and sometimes the suspension stood as ordered. Testimony all through the "soror ity" case was watched last week with much intet est Outsiders have pro fessed ax much concern in the out come of the case as have the prin cipals themselves Last week the first division court room was jammed every day. Girls in fashionable dresses, mothers in just as fashionable apparel fathers and members of the school board and interested friends, includ- f ins some of the best known resi-. dents of the city sat through hours' f of testimony and legal quibble hoping to hear something thac would throw just a little light on the situation. Sometimes tha monotony wis broken i bv clashes of attorneva and a titter ran around the court room once in a while as a "fr?ak" answer or question was heard. Picked Able Lawyers. The litigants picked from among the most, prominent lawyers in the city to fight their cause. All last week, Ed McKeever, attor ney for the plaintiffs, sometimes sit ting on the-righ. of the table, some times pacing back and forth before the judges railing or often silting at the railing, objected, argued cross questioned, conducted direct examina tion or consulted with the crowd of frirJs, friends or relatives. Always at McKeever's side was A. O. Rosser, father of one of the girls. Rosser is not a lawyer but was at McKeever's elbow every day of the trial C M Hill, father of another of the girls'. was also ar McKeever's :ide most of tho time. On the other side of the counsel table J. B. Larimer and Judge T. F. Carver, veterans of the Topeka bar, defended tho school board. Quiet, and standing only for argument, the two attorneys fought their cause with great detail but never wasting a ques tion. Behind them grouped the school board and tho high school officials. History of the Case. The case was tho outgrowth of a dance given December 3 at Kella m hall. The girls claimed that the affair wss y iven under supervision and by their mothers. The school officials claim that the dance was given by the girls and the presence of the mothers at the affair "was just an ex cuse." Th.3 school board and school officials also attempted to show that tho group of girls at the dance were in reality connected with the Lambda Alpha LambJa society. The girls claim that they were just a "bunch;" a set grouped together for a good time. They introduced testimony to show that the charter of the L. A. L., Topeka chapter, had been surrendered several months ago. They also claimed that the dance was given with the knowledge of Mr. Wilson and under his direction or as he directed it to be given- Wilson admitted on the stand that Miss Jessie Burnett came to the office some time before the affair and asked if the "girls" could give a dance. Ho stated he told them that if an af frir was given it must be given by the mothers. No more was said about it, he testified, and the girls did not con sult him further. The next day after the dance Miss Burnett was summoned to the prin cipal's and superintendent's offices. A few days later the fourteen girls were suspended for the term. Following tho action of the board which backed up the action of Wilson and Stout the girls took their troubles to court j anu filed suit for injunction against the board. Last week's hearing was on the question of a temporary in junction to be in effect pending the hearing for permanent injunction. BREWERY GASES UP Supreme Court Listens to Argument on Pollock's Motion. The supreme court today heard the first chapter in the brewery contempt cases from Wyandotte county. Or ders in the actions involving the brew ers' rights to sue a state receiver and also to recover property seized in a raid, will probably be made by the court late today. T. A. Pollock, a Kansas City lawyer, appeared before the court to argue his recent motion for a permit to bring suits against Winfield Freeman, re ceiver for the state in the ouster suits against Missouri side brewery inter ests. Pollock also argued for the re turn of wagons, teams and liquors seized by Freeman in his recent raids. S. M. Brewster, attorney general, op posed the application by the Kansas City lawyer. No action was taken immediately following the presentation of argu ments. Supreme court justices, however, indicated that an order might be issued late todav. FATHER DOESN'T WORK Mrs. Ella B. Travis Asks Court for Di vorce Because Husband "Sits by the Fire." Everybody works but father around the Leland hotel and rooming house, 332 Kansas avenue, according to suit for divorce filed with Charles Bow ers, clerk of the Shawnee county dis trict court, this afternoon by Ella B. Travis against her husband, Lawrence E. Travis. The petition states that the couple wore married at Yates Center in 190S. Tho plaintiff claims thit her husband is able bodied but refuses to work and repeatedly tells the plaintiff that ho does not have to work but can live without it. Mrs. Travis says she is compelled to do all kinds of drudg ery around the rooming house, which she says she runs, including the work of a laundress, chambermaid and por ter. Yet in spite of all this the defen dant "sits by the stove all day," she alleges and brings undesirable per sons int3 the rooming house to help him. Mrs. Travis also says that in the presence of roomers he calls her vile names and assaults and injure her minor son, Arthur. In her petition the plaintiff claim to own, besides the Leland house, considerable property at Burlingame. She asks a divorce and temporary or der restraining the defendant from molesting her. SIGNS BOOST TOPEKA Hi nk son-Crawford Company Docs Good Work for City. A novel and artistic New Year's resolution 3ign is adorning many bill boards in Topeka today. The Hink-son-Crawford Sign company put these signs up to boost Topeka. This is the first time in the history of the city tha t municipal advertising has been shown on billboards. The new signs read as follows: "A New Year's Resolution Let Us Spend Our Money With Our Home Merchants and Boott Topeka." All the signs were painted in the sign shop of R. K. Hinkson. No Americans Lost. Washington, Jan. 3. Secretary Lan sing indicated today that the United States probably will take no steps in the case of the Japanese liner Yasaka Maru torpedoed in the Mediterranean because W. J. Leigh, the only lost pas senger who was supposed to have been an American, never established his American citizenship. Leigh was born of American parents in China. Coal Oil Heaters at Forbe3. Adv. 0I! .i:Tq A big dinner helped celebrate the forty-fifth anniversary of the First United Presbyterian church Saturday noon. It was followed by a historical and reminiscent program. The financial and social sides of the church were discussed in several papers read by members. A session of the Topeka W. C. T- U. was held this afternoon at 3 o'clock at the Y. W. C. A. A card party will be give by Topeka Lodge No. 2, Fraternal Aid Union, Tuesday evening. Painless dental work at moderate prices at the hlte Dental Parlors 809 Kansas Ave.. Phone 714. Adv. Twenty-eight men were initiated into the Knights of Columbus at a meeting held at the Knights and ladies or becunty hali Saturday oy Topeka Council 534. Following are the men who were taken into the lodge: R. R. Boley, Topeka; W. W. Brewer. Topeka; T. C. Coakley, To peka; P. Devitt, Topeka; V. O. Fleisch, Topeka; James Freddy, Topeka; George Fritton, Tecumseh; L. J- Gan non. Topeka; J. M. Hackett, Topeka; B. Hammer. Topeka; R. M. Hunt, To peka;; F. L. Johnston. Topeka; J. L. Lannan. Topeka; N. J. Lux, jr., To peka; John McAndrew, Topeka; Louis Mathiasmier, Topeka; J. P. JVloore, To peka; J. E. Morrisey, Topeka; P. J. Murphv. Topeka; J. V. Otis, Topeka; John O'Keefe, Topeka; F. P. Ruff. To pka; G. L. Streeby, Topeka; O. J. Thornburg, Topeka; Joseph Wein kauf, Topeka; Francis M. Hines, Atchison; F. G. Gettler, Valley Falls; Frank Ruff, Topeka. Dr. Charles Lyngar, dentist, 809 Kansas Ave., phone 714. Adv. ,ionn ieeiy nas reiurnea 10 me w i i University of Illinois, Champaign, 111, after spending the holidays with his paients m Topeka. The Ladies society of the First Methodist church, will meet in the church parlors Wednesday, Januarv 6. The executive board will meet at 2 o'clock at the church. Glass and glazing, call 949. J. K Jones Paint Co. Adv. Signs of preparedness reached To peka this week when a branch re cruiting office was opened up at the Oxford hotel with Sergeant William Sandusky, of Kansas City, Mo-, in charge. The office will be open until Saturday, when it will be decided whether to open a permanent recruit ing station in Topeka. The increase in the army from 85.000 to 144,000 is opening unlimited opportunities for young fallows from IS to 35 to got quick promotions and positions, says Mr. Sandusky. Every man that goes into Uncle Sam's service today must weigh 120 pounds and be five feet four inches tall, he says. The S. O. S. call came into the of fice of J. A. Ramsey, city sanitary sergeant, this morning about nine o'clock. The report was that a mad dog was on a rampage down on East Fourth street. Mr. Ramsey snatched his rifle from behind the door and hurried down to the scene but by the time he got there the dog had disap peared and he was unable to trace it. Suits and overcoats dry cleaned 75c Topeka Laundry Co. Phone 365. Adv. Mr. John Wilton entertained at a dinner party New Year's Day at his home in Harrison street. On the ta ble were bronze baskets holding Kil larney roses. The guests were: Mr. Elmer Strain, Mr. Harry Blanchard, Mr. Ellsworth B. Sewall Mr. Frank L. Stevens. Mr. Evan Davis, Mr. Allen Free, Mr. Edgar May, Dr. Chester D. Joss, Mr. S. D. Flora, Mr. Fred Crouch Fuller, Mr. Matthew Carle, Mr. W. J. Bond, Mr. John Shaw, Mr. Charles E. Abbott, Mr. Joseph C. Hoover and Mr. Arthur Tucker. Glass. Glazing and Paint. Miller A Gillespie. S33 K. A. Phone 955. Adv. The Child Conservation league will meet tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the home of Mrs. F. E. Hale, 1601 Clay street. Frank Newland, waterworks com missioner, has signed a contract for a new sprinkling system for the water plant west of the city. However, it Is no cinch that he will get the sprinkling system. The concern man ufacturing it sent a contract for him to sign and it was lop-sided. George Hayden, city attorney, said it made the city a goat if the officials signed it. He and Newland amended it, signed it and sent it back to Omaha. Mavbe the amendments will be ac cepted and maybe they will not. The sprinkling system is wanted to cut down the fire hazard at the pumping plant. Dr. J. W. Howard. Dentist. R09 Kan sas Ave.. Phone 714. Adv. A combination of blue overalls and a hot flue was responsible for a fire alarm from 305 East Eighth street Sunday afternoon. That's the expla nation given by F. D. Elbe, who con ducts the rooming house at that num ber. Someone hung the overalls too close to the flue, they caught fire, sent up a cloud of smoke, an alarm was turned in and the fire department an swered. Then someone el?e took down keeps skins fair in spite of wintry winds The soothing, healing medi cation in Resinol Soapwhich is so helpful in clearing pourcumplex ions, is equally dependable for prot ectingdelicates kins from the havoc of winter's wind and cold. Touse Resinol Soap rrgularty for the toilet is usually to make sure that one's complexion will come through the cold weather unharmed, and that the hands will be kept free from redness, roughness and chapping. I f yon already suffer from pain ful and unsightly chapping, a little Resinol Ointment will usu ally afford complete relief. Resinol Soap and Ointment are old by H druggists, samples, free, write to Dept. 17-P, Resinol, fcaiumore. Resinoi Shaznne Stick soothsnd refreshes J sHpypiyimg m rick, creaity, nen-dryzng GENERAL DQDGE DIES Distinguished Soldier and Railroad Builder Succumbs. Council Bluffs, la., Jan. 3. Gen. Grenville Dodge, distinguished soldier and railroad builder, died at his home j here at 3 o'clock this afternoon. OLVES THE PROBLEM Hupp Mail Snatching Device Is Being Shown in Topeka. The Chicago and Alton railroad has closed a contract with the Hupp Automatic Mail Exchange company for the installation of a system of automatic mail exchange between fast trains and stations. W. E. Houston of St. Louis, representing the company, is in Topeka today showing several Topeka friends the new system. Quite early in the handling of mails on railway trains the necessity for such exchanges became apparent and in ISfiS the present primitive device, known as the Ward Hook, was tried out at Lemont, 111., on the C. A. It was inadequate and inefficient but in the absence of anything better it was placed in general service, and while the railways and the postoffice de partment have been constantly on the alert for some sys'em with which to replace it. up to this time no satis factory solution of the problem has been found. The new device, invented by Albert Munn. meets everv recuirement and condition of service, exchanging at all SDCHMh. UIclULlLilllV till. M ucwii-ii J v,.,,iiJh in mail of any kind, handled in mail bags, lragile, perishable or otherwise, with absolute certainty and safety. Egss packed for parcel post ship ment may be handled without break age at sixty miles an hour. Mr. Houston is showing a letter from the minister of commerce, in dustry and posts and telegraphs, the director of department of posts for the French republic. The government of France is contemplating looking into the system as soon as war condi tions will permit. England is also in vestigating the automatic device. If the Hupp mail exchange system Is adopted generally it will mean that the small town will get the same mail service as the larger cities. In ad dition to that it will serve to cut down the time now used at stations where trains are forced to stop to take on mail. Several Kansas peonle are heavy stockholders in the Hupp company. Among them are J. L. Brady, former ly of Lawrence, Kan., ex-state senator and widely known Kansas newspaper man; Mrs. W. A. Harris of Lawrence, wife of the former United States sen ator, and many others. Another Raise In Oil. Lima, Ohio, Jan. 3. Another in crease of ten cents was recorded in all Lima and Findlay grades of crude oil h?re today. New quotations were announced to day as follows: "North and South Lima, $1.43; Indiana, $1.28; Wooster, $1.60; Findlay, Princeton and Illinois, $1.67; Plymouth, $1.33." BAXK STATEMENTS. Published in The Topeka State Journal January IS. l'Jlti. 1 OFFICIAL STATEMENT OF THE FI NANCIAL CONDITION of the CITIZENS STATE BANK at Topeka. State of Kansas, at the close of business on the 31st day of December, V.tio. RESOURCES. Loans and discounts $L"!t.r(.4ri Loans on real estate 123.74!0 Overdrafts 7jo.53 Guaranty funi! with State treas urer, bond 2.000.00 Cash items and clearing-house items 1,141.10 Cash and sight exchange, legal reserve l"l.ri-1.71 Total LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid in Surplus fund j,U5.l '.o.non.oo ;o,uoo.uo l mnviueu pronis..o".i.-f. Interest N.cm:i.47 Exchange INj.Jo $10.'J52.15 Less current expenses, in terest and taxes paid. 4.900.23 5.2S5.92 Individual deposits sub ject to check 2io.::n!.or, Certified checks 22U.00 ltanks' and bankers de posits 2i.resi.04 Certificates of deposit. .'JlS.MU.o'J t81.40n.fiO Total saan.!!tr.oi State of Kansas, County of Shawnee, ss. I. E. S. Gresser, cashier of said bank, do solemnly swear that the above state ment is true; that said bank has no lia bilities, and is not indorser on any note ur obligation, other than shown on the above statement, to the best of my knowledge and belief. So help me God. E. S. GKE.SSEK. Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me. this 3rd dav of January, l'.tlO. Seal. ii. c Mckinley, Notary I'uMic. (Commission expires on the 20th day of August, 1916.) Correct Attest: M. R SOrTHWICK, E. c. a k noli S. S. (ITT. J. N. STEWART, F. O. MORNS. 1 ii rectors. To YV. F. Benson. Bank Commissioner, f-"--iK' ri. ?W Tuesday $5.00 Buys a $10.00 Cravenette coat, just the coat for these chilly days, one that vt-iil keep out the cold, shed water and protect fou from s 1 e c t or snow for Good Careful selection of the UKST MEATS the market affords, and at prices as low as good meat can be sold, insures you good, wholesome, satisfactory meats. Try buying a Ham or a Strip of Bacon or a Good Big Quantity of Fresh Meat, That meat order, while priced low, will go a long way toward a $5.00 order which In cludes 21 I.BS. St CJAIl FOR $1.00. with $4.00 worth other groceries OR B?gf Four" Flour $1.30 Kaiiqut't f Wliitc Ixaf J 48-lb. SacU (WUh S4 00 Order of Other Groceries or Meats.) MEATS Rabbits, fresh dressed, 2 for. .25c Pork Sausage, (our own make.) We use the highest quality season ing, pork, etc., lb lie Breakfast Bacon, good value, lb.20c Spare Ilibs. lb 10c Compound, !b 11c BI.FF KOASTS Primo shoul der cuts from fancy beef, lb. .J2t- Chuck Steak, lb 15c Codfish, 1-lb. bricks 15c Hams, fine cure, half or whole ham, lb 15 Jc Eutterine, Majestic or Swift's pre mium, 25c quality, lb 22c Butterine, 20c value, 2-lb. brick 35c Hutterine of good reliable quality, lb 15c Celery, extra fancy, well bleacher, stalk 10c Fresh Oysters, nice ones pint. 25c Quart 45c GROCERIES Corn Meal in bulk, fresh, lb. .2c Dried Peas, fresh stock, 3 lbs. 25c Kaisins, seeded, good quality, three pkgs. 25c Canned Peaches, Xo. 10 cans called gallon t .30c Corn Syrup. 10 lb. cans, cane flavor S;te Baking Ponders, your choice Cal umet or K. C. 25c cans .20c Matches, 5 pkgs. for 15e Cabbage, nice crisp heads, lb. lc Canned Corn. Turnstile, 12 He quality can lie; dozen ...$1.25 Standard Corn or Peas 3 cans 25c Dozen 90c Hour 'The Regal" our own brand 48-lb. sack $1.48 Oranges, large 40c size, dozen.. 30c Swet Corn, dried, fine quality, lb 15c Sorghum, pure, very fine eating, Xo. 5 pail 35c; Xo. 10 pail.. 65c Turnstile Coffee. (th extra val ue is in the coffee, lb. can. ,30c Navy Beans, fancy, 5 lbs. for ..40c Canned Pumpkin, good quality. large cans 24c Mince Moot. Kaw valley, 15c quality, lb 10c Mixed Xuts, fancy all new nuts, 2 lbs. for 35c Popcorn fine on the ear, 8 lb.. -25c iRASERDROS Pbone 660 omheast Corner Sixth mid Jn kou Read State Journal Wants. I $5.00 f I Read Here ISrv, How You AMK A Vn Can Buy C'W J 'Jgf 1 l Men's 1JK 'SM 2&,f 1' iio rH Swell's! 8 "UlI and $15 VyJ I Odds and Ends Men's Mackinaw j Coats, Values up to $5.00, choice 3.)U li HnFtloirCLbTmN'G I 1 AA Buys Men's $3 ipL.XJV Corduroy Pants, Tuesday. Odds and Ends Men's Flannel Shirts Odds and l'jirts Men's and 2."c Xeckwear 2 for 25 Men's $1.50 I'nion Suits, tomorrow OiNls and Kiuls Men's 51. 30 lress Shirts 50- Factory damaged Kid loves, $1.50 values 25? Men's 75c Sweat er Coats, button to the neck 45? Al! Kelts, values up to SI. 00, now 25C lllKli Orario Sweater 'oats extreme value, $1.75 Boys and ilrls All Wool $1.50 Sweater Coats 50c- Men and Boys' Crushed IMush 7.ic Caps 25f Ul.OO Buys Men's $3 Fur Caps $8.50 Buys Men's Fur I Over- coats NEW YEAR should see you looking carefully into your house hold expenditures! Same things, same brands and goods exactly, we are so much lower on, it seems Sjust like throwing- good money away. JUST FOR INSTANCE While House Flour 48 lbs (Compare this in quality with the best Jty brands, 17 lls. Fine C-ranulated Sugar Ijarge Jar Queen Olives (between pint and quart) Iarge Bottle of Very Iarge Olives Pure Leaf Iard, very best quality lb Co m pound lb. .$1.49 and price $1.00 20c 20c 13c He Fancy Grimes olden Appli 40c Peck A Big Line of Pineapple Best grades In the market, med ium grades, all size cans, at ridiculously low prices. Finest Full Cream V 'hilc 23c Try a 25c quality 14c 17c 17c Cheese lb (This is not ordinary cheese pound.) 8 Bars Quick Wash Soap (Wliitc Laundry) (This is one of the best while soap sold.) Libbys Chinook Salman (a very fine article). Can Ourkecs Salad Dressing 25c bottle Snlder's Salid Dressing 25c bottle Snidcr's Fine Tomato O for Soup, large, new can. Chile Powder In Bulk, very fine lb Finest Stoneware, Crocks, Jars, Churns, etc. inl 15c 25c 8c (Full stock kept at our warehouse up to 20 gal. jars.) Our Fine Bread 4 and 8c 3 for 10c. lied Belt Xmas Jars Topeka, 75c Pkg Tuxedo Xmas Pound Jars Tobacco 00c Jars 40c Graham Flour 25c Sack Aunt Jemima Pancake Flour 50c 65c 30c 20c Aunt Jemima Pancake O for 15c i lour Old Folks Coffee, Tery fine. 25c 15c 25c 11c 30c can Comb Honey, very fine- Hack Finest .Strained Honey 3 lbs. bulk Volfrs Bulk or IJnk Sausage lb Phone Orders 4198. 200 K. 4th. 1111 KniiKits Are. 7 -Big Busy stores 1004 N. Kansas Ave. west lOtli. 101: West 6th St. 1414 West 1 5lli. ZOO Wabash. Journal Ads Get Result n

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL MONDAY EVENING. JANUARY 3, 1916 I 1 i it t i- X v. H r EVERY QUALITY OF HUMAN EMOTION DEPICTED IN KARSAVINA'S DANCING BRYAN MAY BOLT icy and preparedness program of the he has characterized as "hideous in it draw all thosw opposed to prepared- nrwriHTif Th t&ar ia Trirpsil thaf miIiariati tnnHonfv" u n H Viae I in VmW nafti naa on-ktirirt hi Kcie Marriage announcements have beer, received in Tipcka as follows: Mr. Joeiah McCoy has the hon r of an nouncing the marrh.go of hi.- tl.mirh ter, Margaret, to Mr. i;rock Prm bar ton, on Thursday, the thirtictn nf rx cembtT, 1915. at Kawt Orar.v. New Jersey. At home after Monday. Jan uary 17. 123 Kast Fifty-Third street. 1 reen New lork- Mr. and Mrj. H. F. I'ejipmeyer will have eueta at dnrer tonight, in com pliment to Ir. and Mrs. T. J. Kim brcuah, of Jackson. T-nn. The tahl decorations wilt b in red. arid the flowers used will be poinsettia. The jfuests will include ten f Di. and Mrs. K:mbrou.h's cl;so friend?. Mrs. Kimhro'igh will be honor srrest at a lunciiim which Mrs- Frank Campbell will pive Wednesday at Boon. The Topf ka Aven-ie club will have thir first meeting of the New Year Fridav yf this we-k, at th hme of Mrs. K. C. Foster, in West tixth avenue. Uohtke, Miss Kdelaide Seeds Miss Lil lian CJuthrie. Miss Lillian Martin, Miss Hoss M urphy. Miss Ferris Close, Miss Helen Foley, Miss Myrtle Kellar. Miss KU,r?nca Coper, Mls Nellie Hughes, M:?s Kill Eaton. Miss Nell Montgom ery. Mis3 Ola House, Mi:s Ann Fos ter, Miss Alice fc.tnyre and Miss Mau- ilcKernan. Mr- and Mrs. Holmes Meade will move from Topc-ki to St. Louis. Mo., where thoy will make their home. Mr. Meade left for St. Louis Sur.dav, and Mrs. Aleade will spend the rest of this month with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Soott, Mrs. Meade, before her marriage, was Miss Dorothy Scott. The Golden Rule club will meet Fri day afternoon at the home of Mrs. T J. Ferg-uson, 1417 Buchanan street, with Mrs. Ira Jones assisting. Miss Cecra Lanham has returned I from Manhattan where she super i vised the presenting of her Kansas Historical Pageant. The affair was given during the Home and Farm J week at the State Agricultural col lege, and was attended by about 900 The Cjrrnv Literature viur- win t,e,(Di fr0m other towns besides Man- Mrs. mkt Tu.-sday :ftrr.o C- ivttit. witr riU Taylor street. New York f ,rnw to place a hisrh raring on its Kansas people. Mrs. (Intrude Hill Springer, a Kansiis unman, is a nu mber of the National Board of Movi censors of New York, at.tl Mr. Charles Kdwards. of Kins lev, iL;ii a new member of that hou rrl. The K ntas colon v i'.x New Y one tf he interesting ones in citv. Th olony includes I'ana lin. literary editor f the New Sun. and a regular contributor t of t h mazazinos; Brock I rrk is that i nat- Y'ork j some f Emberton j ind Mur lock 1'ernberton, Charles Kd- son. Margaret Mason, who was Mar garet It'jhe. sc. id to b the cleverest fashi- n wr.tcr in tho world; Alice Hoh Jerome Oeaty. Or Corbln. Dor othy Car.field. Mr. and Mrs. Springer. Tr. H lt of "The Iudependent." and Frances Garside, and a good many others. The C.iancel Chapter, of 15 race Ca tht0n.l v-'ili have a social afternoon Tuesday ir. the guild parlors. The members of the committee in charge of the meeting are: Miss Hcln Mc Clintock. chairman Mrs. Forrest LoveLand, Mm. Walter Hayes. Mrs. Albert Patten, Mrs. Roland Perkins, Miss Helen Spiel m:n. Miss Brnlce Iumahizer and Miss Emma Belmar. b The state board of nurses examin- Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Eavis have re ners held examinations at Newton, turned from a short visit to friends in Kan., December 28 and 2tf. Thirty-j Kansas City. even nurses took the examination. Miss Minnie Spohr. who is a teacher and all passed but one. Four were re- j of domestic art at Columbia univer examined in subjects in which they I Mty. has left for her home, after a visit had tailed in July. 1915. Fourteen to ner sister. Airs. v. ti, smith. 131 i hattan. In addition to supervising the page ant. Miss Lanham gave addresses at 1 the college of "The Art of Telling Bible Stories,' and on "The Educa tional Value of Story Telling." She also assisted the Aggie Male quartet in j giving a concert. i Miss Julia Stone, one of the school j supervisors, attended the affairs at Manhattan, and was one of the speak- ers. Dr. Lydia LeVilbiss, of Topeka, made an address on Child Hygiene, I and Mr. Wheeler, of the Kansas Farm j er. was one of the speakers at the meetings. Notes and Pen-on al Mention. Mis Josephine Perry has left for Deerfield. Mass., where she is teach ing this year. She came to Topeka for a holidav visit to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Perry. Miss Margaret Pettyjohn and Mr. Wallace Pettyjohn have left to return to school, after a holiday visit to their parents. Dr. ar.d Mrs. E. S. Pettyjohn. Mr. Petryjo'n is attending Yale uni versity and Miss Pettyjohn Is taking a teacher's training in the National Kin dergarten school, Chicag-o. Mr. and Mrs. Alexander of Wichita have left for their home. They have been visiting their granddaughter, Mrs. Edwin Kistler. and her family. Miss Josephine; McKee is recovering irom an attacK or grip. r 5Ti r fm if: I president. The fear is expressed that militaristic tendency" and has declared he will head a third ticket. I that under no circumstances will he At his winter home in Florida with- cease his opposition to it. in the past ten days Mr. Bryan has On the other hand. It was pointed Pommnnpr'a tttitndo nn P. talked with a number of Democrats out that Colonel Roosevelt has con fw paredness Worries Democrats. Some Fear He May Try to Start 'ew Party. Washington. Jan. 3. Administra tion leader? have almost reached the conclusion that it is the intention of W. J. Bryan to bolt the St. Louis con vention, unless he can nrevent that body trgm endorsing the military pol- j itself. ner. I One of Mr. Bryan's friends points J out that four million women will cast their votes for president in 191$. If ho have dropped in on him to obtain I demned the policy of the president as Mr. Bryan comes out as an in depend-. "pitiful in it- inadequacy. The Re- ent candidate on a platrorm tnat will publican convention is expected to ap- j condemn socalled militarism, that ad prove of a program of preparedness vocates universal woman suffrage and and that approval may take the shape demand? prohibition through amend of a demand for even more than j ment of the federal constitution. hi President Wilson asks of congress, i followers say he will draw a vote thaUi Against 'En Both. may elect him. Mr. Bryan, therefore, will be fight-1 ing directly against both parties. Those From Lynching to Third las t uy. his viewsi One of these in Washing ton on his way west made known some of the information he gathered. He declared Mr. Bryan talked plainly of what he intends to do up to the time of the convention, but beyond that maintains silence. To Be Delegate Mr. Bryan expects to be a delegate to St. Louis from Nebraska. He has told some of his visitors that he is unalterably opposed to the military policy of the administration and will carry his fight into the convention ho know him intimately say that he has the courage of his convictions. whether right or wrong. The only thing he can do and be consistent, is to head a new party. He would then The program of the president i go before the country in an effort to Philadelphia. Pa., Jan. S. Coabs- Title, the borough west of here which., achieved national notoriety five year ago by being the scene of the first lvnching in Pennsylvania, became a i city of the third class today. Thamar Karsavina. Thamar Karsavina, the famous Russian dancer who is soon to appeal to the United States, evokes with equal skilj the still beauty of the old Greek legend and wild orgy in "Narcisse"; the shy and tender farcies in PapUlona"; the barbaric fury of the beautiful, cruel queen in Thamar"; the exotic and oriental glamour of the Sultan's favorite in "Schehor&zado"; the wild grace and delicate Bre in "Giseau de Feu," in the title role of which she is here displayed. were registered by reciprocity. A reunion of the Hill fanlly was held New Year's in I-iwrence at the home of Mr. and Mrs,. Russell W. Sec tion. There are about silty member of the various branches of the Hill family in Shawnee and Dousias coun ties. Those who vent from Tnpoka to att-ml th- reunion were: Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Smith. Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Hill. Mr. P. Kberhard and his daugh ter and Miss Lillian Holmes. Mr. Paul Stubhs and Mr. Rocoe Stubs, of Lawrence, have gone to Law renceville. New Jersey, wher they will attend school the rest of this year, preparatory to entering Princeton uni versity. Th young men' are sons of former Governor and Mrs. W. R. Tyler treet. Miss Edith Vpdegraff has returned to Manhattan, where she is a student in the State Agricultural college. She hfs been visiting her parents. Mr. and Mrs. O. P. Updegraff during the holi days. Sirs. V. B. Kistler Is ill at her home with grip. A. C. Markley. an attorney of Mc Alester. Okla., w;v in the city today visiting his brother-in-law, K. IS Whitted. Miss Winifred Burch is visiting friends in Wichita. Ti-iM k'sithorina IptTa rlan1 n-hn Viae been visiting her parents. Judge and I training school. Mrs. Mulroy will join him later in January. Mrs. Mulroy is the daughter of Mrs. A. B. Jetmore. Mrs. Will Benton and her sons, who have been visiting friends in Wichita, have gone to Hutchinson to be the guests of Mrs. Benton's sister, Mrs. Harry Wey. The Gies Non Bridge club will meet Tuesday with Mrs. S. S. Rice, 423 Tay lor street. FROM TOM MOORE To Editor State Journal: In selecting men to lead the Re publican party to victory in 1916, giv- I ing peace and prosperity to our na i tion. and meeting the emerarencv. with Qualification to the best interest Mr. and Mrs. Walter "Haves npct cf RpnnhlifflTtim T Golprf fnr- r-sti f to leave soon for Chicago, to remain 1 dent E. Root of New York, and for the rest of the winter. j vice president L. Y. Sherman of Illi- Mrs. A. A. Godard is ill at her home t nois. They are statesmen in every re- with grip. i spect, holding to the best interest of Miss fc.mihe r-eery left fcunday for the people. I advise delegates to be; Chicago. Mr. and taking after a visit to her parents, j Mrs. Harry Seery. She is i course in. the kindergarten Mrs. J. D. McFarland. has returned to Manhattan, where she is a student in the State Agricultural college. She has recently been initiated into the Miss Beatrice Shakeshaft Is recov ering from an illness with grip. Mr. Arch McKeever left today for Culver. Indiana, to continue his work as a cadet in Culver Military school. He has been visiting his parents, Mr. careful. I am only a soldier once in blue. TOM MOORE. I MAKE TOPEKA HIS HOME Stubbs. and attended school in To- i Delta sorority. .-i.lon in f.w""rnr' nf firinl I tnrnAri fr.rr. YioIMmv vit t I and MrS. Ed McKeever. numo dMiia-h rer. Mrs ("1 VAnrhom a nH Mrs. Dorothv Hall, of St. Joser.h. Mo, OH business. Miss Elizabeth Hart entertained the j Miss Jane McCabe and Miss Mae following 5'iests at an informal party j McCabe. of Onaga. have been spending! Saturday afternoon: M;s Lncile a -few days with Miss Jeie Jones. j irote. Miss Frances Orote. Miss Mr. and Mr H. C. Mulroy expect to Frances M rrow. Miss Kathryn All"), I make their home in El Reno, Okla. Mis-s Myra Wood. 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Army and Navy and physicians In all parts of the world now recommend it in stead of advisin? operation. It has completely cured hundreds and hundreds of people whose cases aeemed almost hopeless. The Things We Ten in Onr Book There are so many mistaken ideas about rupture that we have taken the time to sum up in a book all we have learned dur ing forty years of experience This remarkable book cloth-bound, 96 pagus. Ji) chapters, and 23 photographic illustrations-is fuil of facts never before put in print- It deals with rupture ana stages. It shows ll exposes the humhno- "aMnlinu "methods." "plasters," etc. It shows why wearing elastic or spring trusses is almost sure to shorten vour life And It tells about the famous Cluthe how simple It is how It ends -0115111111 expense how you .an try it sixty davs wit.iout haiiup to risk a !euny. au.l how Ilit.e it ...sts if you keep it. Also gives you S.iX-u voluntary endorse ments from benefited and cured people. jer.d for this book tndav don't put It oft the minute it takes to write for it may fres you from troui.le for the rest of your l.te. s:mply use the coupon or just say In a letter. "Send me your book.." Mr. Byron Davis is in New York city Mr. and Mrs. Will Curtis have re turned from Bridgeport. Conn., where they visited Mrs. Curtis's sister, Mrs. John Pullman. Miss Virginia Meade has gone to Manhattan, where she will do substi W. H. Richards, formerly of Balti more, Md.. advertising specialist, lec turer and author of several books for the instruction of advertisers, who has been traveling in Kansas nineteen months selling sellinir books and giv ing an instructive lecture to business i men. has come to Topeka with a view I to making this city his permanent i heme. Mr. Richards intends to establish a tute work as teacher, in tne state 1 u'-i.-iness nre managing me aave;-t:s-Agricultural college. ,nS f a number of small advertisers. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Kern of 1132 He has twenty-four years experience Polk street entertained the following this line. His books are recognized people at dinner New Year's dav. Mr. as among the best on the subject that and Mrs. O. R. Molz, Mr. and Mrs. L. have been published in recent years. J. Molz and daughter Lola, Mr. and Adv. Mrs. F. E. Firner, Mr. Harold Molz. Miss Beatrice Varner. Mr. Rudy Molz. I Sott Coal Heaters at Forbes' .Adv. Miss Bertha Rush of Idano. Mr. Kalpn Molz, Miss Nellie Kern and Mr. Wil liam Kern. WHO CAN TELL HIM? Man in the Short Grass Country Aks for Information. Xinety-nin out of ev-ry" hundrtvl fZoilars PT'fnt for elastic and ppr.ner iru-nes might about aa well be thrown awy, 'li.s to ten million dolla r3 a year in this country alone ia practically watted on such contraptions. 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Following is a part of his letter: "Will you kindly explain, through the columns of the State Journal, these two thiners: The state has can celled all its bonds and is out of debt yet the state taxes are higher t-n ever before in the history of Kansas, havtnsr increased 100 per cent in the past ten years. "Second: Was the increase in Pres ident Ripley's salary the cause of the interstate commerce commission's rul ing increasing the pasengrer rate one half cent a mile? There can be no other reason as I see it. "U. T. TAPSCOTT, "Countv Attorney. Syracuse, Kan." SHE WANTED T0"SPUT Prominent Scientist Dies. i Columbus. Ohio, Jan. 3. Francis j Marion Webster, scientist of the fed t eral bureau of er.tomolosry, Washingr- toii. died here today, following an at j tack of pneumonia. He was 66 years old. Mr. Wf btf r was bom at Leb- anon, N". H.. and had served as presi der.t of a number of national scien tific societies. RID STOMACH OF ACIDS, SOURNESS, GAS, INDIGESTION Tape's Diapcpsm" makes upset stomachs feel fine at once. Acidity, heartburn, belching, pain and dyspepsia just vanish. Girl Who Would Bribe Federal Offl cors on Trial Today. THIS BHFXGS IT Box 769 Cr,tTHF. COMPANY 125 Fast 23d St., XKH YOIIK CITY Pend me your Free Boob and Trial Offer. Name Address ChicaKo, Jan. 3.- Miss Jessie Eliz abeth Cope of Los Angela. Cal.. the Kirl who figured in the sensational r rest and indictment of Charles Alex ander. Providence. R. I., millionaire banker and steel magnate, on a white slave charge, waa to be placed on trial in federal court here today on a charee of attempting to bribe federal officials. Mi sts Cope i3 charged with offering to split $So,000 with federal officials to push the charges against Alexan der providinsr ?he succeeded in getting that amount from the Providence man. The indictment against Alexan der charges him with transporting Miss Cope from Los Angeles to Chi cago and New Orleans, La. It is still i pending. Time it! In five minutes all stomach distress will go. No indigestion, heartburn, sounusa or belching of gas, acid, or eructations of undigested food, no dizziness, bloatinrr. foul breath or t headache. Pape's Diapepsin is noted for it speed in regulating upset stomachs, j It ia the surest, quickest and m.ist j certain indigestion remedy in the whole world, and besides it is harra- less. Millions of men and women now eat i their favorite foods without fear they know Pape's Diapepsin will save them from any stomach misery. Please, for your sake, get a large fifty-cent case of Pape's Diapepsin i from any drug store and put your stomach right. Don't kerp on being misei-anl iife is too siioi t you are not nere long, so mame your stay agreeable. Lat what you like and digest it; enjoy it, without dread of rebellion in the stomach. Pape's Diapepsin belongs in your i home anyway. Should one of" the family eat so-nething which don't agree with them, or in cs.se of an at- tack of indigestion, dyspepsia, gas- i j tritis or stomach derangement at day- J time or during the night, it is handy to give the quickest, surest relief; known. Advertisement Railroad Fares Refunded We always rpfund railroad fares to our out-of-town custom era according to the amount of their purxause. Parcel Post Charges Paid to any iolnt In KunMi n Hny article ilverti"tl. Only book, glassware. hina, statuary and pictures excepted. Our January Clearance Sale Neckwear, Laces, Kerchiefs Embroidery, Etc Women's Sample Neckwear, a nice clean assort ment of all the late stytes. Up to Ot J1.00 pieces for Women's Scarfs, both wool and mercerized. OQ 60c values for 7V. Wool Skating Caps -will be popular this Evft winter; We have priced the $1.00 ones at UvC Silk Handkerchiefs, colored ones for boys. 1 CJ, 25c ones for XtlV Men's Sets consisting of silk tie and handker chief or silk tie and pair of hose. 50c sets for Men's Silk Ties, four-in-hand styles, stun- 1 Km nine; line of colors, lac ties for XJv Lace Remnants, a great quantity of various kinds all at greatly reduced prices. One Lot of Dress Trimmings that must be. 1 A, closed out during this sale at, yard J.UC Fur Trimmings, brown, marten, beaver, Hudson a!f ''go V.ex.c.ept.?one HALF-PRICE Ostrich Feather Trimmings are all marked in this Xa'cuy HALF PRICE Fancy Colored Flouncings worth $2.00 a el fA yard and up. In this sale, yard tpA.WV Slen's Handkerchiefs, all linen ones with 1 (g, initial in corner. 15c ones for AUv Women's Handkerchiefs, three in fancy 1 n. folder. 15c values for Avv Plain and Embroidered Handkerchiefs that have been slightly soiled in O frr handling. Aor Oriental Lace Edges in cream and white. fjg. Worth 15c a yard; in this sale Ecru Lace Edges suitable for fancy work. 1 A One lot specially priced at, yard ivC LINES DRAWN Charles Maion and and Jeremiah Ilx on, two celebrated engineers, ran the lin between Tenn ylvania and Mary land by which the dispute between the heirs of Lord Balti more and William Penn was settled. Ttiia w-ia between t ti e yea rs IT 13 a n i l7rT. Later, this line me to be the dividing line be tween slave terri tory and free terri tory as understood daring the Missouri Compromise dii cussion by Congress. The fixing of lines has ever ben the ra u se of di sp utes. Lines iliriding es tates, lines describ ing "bounds" at school, lines limit ing freedom of the highways, aud lines curtailing the rights of labor and captial are sometimes at tempted to be drawn with abso lute difinlty. But, with us. no llnea are drawn here to distinguish one class of custom ers from another. Our lines are all well settied. Justly fixd. and strictly followed. We're "on the square," oar only lines being; d r a w d at right angles. SILKS in the January Clearance IN THE ANNEX 75c and 85c Silks at 50c 26-inch Striped Taffetas 26-inch Plain Serge Silks 26-inch Stripe Serge Silks 26-inch Plain Mescalines 22-inoh Figured Satins 24-inch Brocade Sfitins 22-inch Black and White Stripe Satins.. Chok-e 50c Yard $1.00 and $1.25 Silks at 69c 24-inch Shower-Proof Foulards 27-inch "heck Serge Silks 27-inch Needlepoint Taffetas 27-inch Striped Messallnes 27-inch Self Color Stripe. 27-inch Striped yieree 27-inch Strioed Taffeta 27-inch Figured Oros de Choice s""":::::::f69c I Yard de Londres Silk..J 3-inch Striped Serge Silks 35- inch Striped Taffetas 36- inch Figured Jap Silks 36-inch Plain Color Taffetas 36-inch Black Chiffon Taffetas 36-inch Black Peau de Cygne $1.25 and $1.50 Silks at 89c Choice 89c Yard $2.00 and $2.50 Silks at $1.43 Choice J48 J Yard 40-inch Pu?yy Willow Silks 40-inch Satin Charmeuse 40-inch Radium Silks 40-inch Heavy Crepe de Chines 36-inrh Satin Striped Taftetas 36-inch Striped Satins Black Silks Marked Low $1.75 40-inch Black Crepe de Chines jj.OO 40-inch Black Crepe cle Chines J2.50 36-inch Klack Crepe de Chines J3.50 52-inch Black Crepe de Chines $1.75 40-Inch Black Kengalines $2.00 40-inch Black Satin Charmeuse $2.50- iO-lnch Black Satin Charmeuse $2.25 36-inch Black Moire Silks $2.50 36-tnch Black Moire Silks 75c 36-Inch Black Spot Proof Jap Silks. $1.00 36-inch Black Spot Proof Jap Silks. 13 1.48 1.7S 1.4 I 5 1.7. 59c Buy Two or Three Shirts at These Prices See them in the north window. Men's coat style percale dress shirts in a wide range of fast color stripe patterns. All siies from 14 to 17. They are easily worth $1.50 each, but the. manner Qq in which they were bought permits ns to sell them at Savings in Hosiery Really Worth While Men's Silk and Wool Hoe in natural color and combinations Oft of various intermixed colors. Warm, soft 50c qualtly at, pair. Women's Stockings, odds and ends from our regular stocks of regular and outsize 35c cotton hose. Nearly all sizes S'lC from 84 to 10. 35c stockings for I 3.00 Lamp 4.50 Lamp 5. SO Lamp 6.00 Lamp 6.50 Lamp 10.00 Lamp 12.00 Lamp 12.00 Lamp 13.00 Lamp 15.00 Lamp January Clearance on Our Third Floor A Few Examples Free Orona Offer Gas and Electric Portables 4 to V2 Off 2.25 2.23 4.12 4.50 3 25 t.OO 8.00 t.m K.75 10.OO AH Framed Pictures, regular prices lac up to $5.00 to close out at one half price. Dolls, 10c up to S5.00 at 4 off iyc lioiis m-- nr.11. 2c noils 25c Dolls and so on up to a $5 10c ISc 19c 00 Doll for. 83.75 With a purchase of three 10c boxes Orona Household Cleaner, we will give one 15c tube of Lily Cream Soap free, or or 4 5c worth of merchandise for All Books, to Close Out, at Yt Price This offer Is made In anticipation of clos ing -ur Botk Department for the season one more week only for The Books. Note These Wool Dress Goods Prices Just a few of the many attractive offerings on fashionable dress fabrics. Where can you duplicate these prices? $2.50 and $3.00 Broadcloths, $1.95 Women are giving preference to broadcloths this season and we have been very fortunate to secure for the fall and winter good assort ments of this popular dress fabric. We are now offering these 54-inch $2.50 and $3.00 qualities at $1.95 a yard. They are all sponged, shrunk and ready for the needle. $1.00 Silk and Wool Poplins, 89c A good assortment of all the wanted colors in a 40-inch width. $2.00 and $2.50 Mannish Suitings $1.00 Plain and fancy weaves, hairline stripes and mixtures. All (4 inches wide and are excellent qualities. $2.00 and $2.50 Plaids and Stripes $1.50 The season's choicest fabrics for separate skirts and complete suits. They are 54 inches wide. Clearance of AH Heavy Cloakings Kerseys, zibelines and chinchillas in 62 and 54-inch widths. $2.50 and $3.00 cloakings to close them out we have made a special price of- ard S1.SO VICTROLAS AND RECORDS xitia Let us put a Victrola in your home. It will prove the wisest household investment you ever made. It adds to domestic happi ness, harmony, contentment. Our stock is so complete you are bound to find exactly what you want. We sell complete Victrola outfits on easy terms. Largest record play ing rooms in Topeka and the very best record service. &:B.GwtoMu&ic Co; 7E.Kan3.Ave.TopBKaKan3 AboutfcmFolb Mr. X. W. Grijtr haw realirnd bla position as ateoojrrapBer with the El Paso and ioato western. Railroad, at Tnoomcart. New Mexico, to accept a similar position Id the offh-e of the Chief Engineer of the Snnta Fe In Topeka. Mr. and Mrs. Grftrg are both iKmirhertvites. Robert Crist, sow of Ienrer. who took a stenographic ronrse at Dougherty's- wbeit he was about 12 years old, was In the city the other day and called at the school ss soon as possible after reach In e; town. Mr. Crist Is bow taklnjr a coarse In the Den re r Law gchool. be in a; In the third year of the conrse. W. E. Keller has taken a position wttta the Harrts-Uoar Jewelry Com pany in Topeka. Frank Myers, who bas stenographer with the 8aota Fe Store Department for tbe past fire years, has accepted a position with tbe V. M. C. A. as assistant physical director, working also part of the time as stenographer In tbe office of Secretary Copeland of the Santa Fc. Leslk Anderson Is now stenog rapher with the Rock Inland In the Master MH-bnntcs office st Hrtoa. Two other Dooarhertylcs. Joe V -ter and t. II. Haw ley, are employed in this department. Mr. Katrene Welter, who Is taking the stenojrrniihli- course at Dough erty', has been blplng the Tofteka toff ice department daring tbe boliiiar rush. Amocje the risftnrs at Dnrhertya dnrinjr tbe past weK wns lir. "Kdwtn Ktniter. who Is attending Iennion 1 nirerslty nt drmnville. Ohio. Mr. Kinney is making much nae of his stenrra y In (afferent ways, in cluding the teaching 't a -Jass ia Dougherty s .Shorthand on the side. Other Dovrhertylte who are at tend) n- college and who Tlslted Iwuigbe-rty's darfna; tbe holiday weli were Jaue Smith, who is attending- Kansas AgrV-nltaral college st Manhattan. iu'I W. L. Ran ten, who ia attending Baker L'nlrersity.

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