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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-13
REST OF WEEK.
Gas Hearing VIII Occupy Utilities
Commission.

In the natural gas hearing before
the state public utilities commission
today, the final lineup of the cities of
Kansas on the rate problem was de-
termined when r. J. Higgins, city
counselor of Kansas City. Kan, argued
most of the day in favor of raising the
price of gas in order to retain the
supply and increase the pressure.
Here is the way the cities now are
arguing on the price of the natural
product.
For the ratification of the present
rate with no increase: Topeka, Atchi-
son, Parsons, Fort Scott, Independence
and Yates Center. For an increase:
Kansas City and Leavenworth.
The distributing companies have
completed their argument on the
rates and the cities are giving their
evidence. The municipalities are rep
resented by their attorneys and sew
eral interested persons who have
been keeping a close tab on the hear
ing.
1t is not anticipated by lawyers m
the case that decision will be rem
dered by the public utilities board be-
fore the last of the month and prob
a bIv not until later
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Reports Say Attacking Vessel
Sailed Under Austrian Flag.
Transports, Loaded With Ser
Wan Troops, Riddled.
TWO BOATS ARE SET ON FIRE
Feeling Against Austria Run
ming High.
Some Believe Vessel Was Turk
ish Cruiser Hamideih.

Cettinie, March 13.-News reached
here today that four transports load
ed with Servian troops yesterday
were riddled with shells fired by an
unidentified war vesseK Accounts of
the engagement from two different
sources declare that the attacking YES
sci flew the AuStro-Hungarian flag.
The transports were conveying strong
detachments of Servian troops to as
sist the Montenegrins in their siege or
the fortress of Scutari. The attack on
the four boats occurred off San Clio
vanni di Medua- Two of the trans
ports were set on fire. The number
of killed and injured had not been
received. No official account of the
engagement was availa BILE this morn
ing and the unofficial dispatches from
San Giovanni di Medua varied consid-
erably. According to one account the
attacking ship was the Turkish cruiser
Hamidieh which is alleged to have
been flying the ,colOrS of AuStro-Hun-
gary.
Another report doubts the war vessel
was the Hamidieh at all, and says the
cruiser resembled vessel of the Aus
trian Kaiserine class.
Feeling against Austria has been
high here since Tuesday when the Aus
trian minister to Servia announced his
government objected to Servian troops
assisting in the siege of Scutari.
Today's news of the attack on the
Servian transports, therefore, created
a tremendous sensation here. In Off
cial circles, however, no credence was
given to the part of the press dis
patches relating to the Austrian flag.
officials declared the attacking vessel
undoubtedly was the Hamadieh, which
was reported in the vicinity few
hours before, and added the Turkish
cruiser would have no reason for hoist
ing false colors.
Fifty Soldiers Killed
Belgrade, March 13.-An official re-
port says:
About fifty Servian soldiers were
killed on board the Servian transport
at San Giovanni di Medua, on the
Adriatic coast, yesterday by shells
from the Turkish cruiser Hamidieh.
News Is Meager.
London, March 13.-News from
Adrianople, the invested Turkish for
Constantinople say it is believed that
the end of the week will see either the
capitulation of the fortress or a des-
perate attempt by Shukri Pasha to
break through the lines of the enemy.
The allies reply to the powers re-
garding mediation again is delayed
and will not be delivered before Fri
day and there is little doubt that be-
fore European diplomacy can get to
work on the problem Adrianople will
be in possession of the allies.
The Turks, while seemingly prepar-
ing for another revolution, are utiliZ-
ing their fleet in an attempt to pre-
vent the Servian army from assisting
the MontenegrinS in their attack on
Scutari.
The Turkish cruiser Hamideih bonn
barded Durazzo and San Giovanni Di
Medua and probably is watching for
the Greek transports with several
thousand Servian troops aboard.
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States Witnesses Continue to
Testify.
City Detective Tells a GrueSOme
Story.
HIS HAKn I'M HER MnIIIH
Declared Preacher Admitted
This Fact.
State Brings Lawyer Black
From Ohio as Witness.

Statements of several persons as to
conversations had with the Rev. w. l.
Beers, on trial for the death or his
wife,. Laura Beers, last November,
were given in evidence in the case to-
day at the continuation of the hear
ing Some of this evidence was de-
cidedly damaging to the defendant, 1t
being shown by a number of witnesses
that Beers put his hand in his wife's
mouth to prevent her from scream
ing and thus "humiliating him in a
public place"
Perhaps some of the most damaging g
testimony yet given against the
preacher was that of J. E. Maze, city
detective, who responded to the call
to the Glenwood hotel the afternoon
of the tragedy. Maze detailed con-
versation he said he had with the
preacher when he reached the room
wherein he says the minister said, 81
can't lie about it. 1 put my hand in
her mouth"
Later, on cross examination, Maze
said the preacher put his hand on the
officers shoulder and cried, exclaim-
ing, MY God, it's awful, it's awful"
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MOOSE HOLD MEET
Big Progressive Party Gather
ing On in Philadelphia.
Colonel Roosevelt Will Deliver
Address Tonight.

Philadelphia, March 13.-The first an
nuaI Progressive convention of Penn
sylvania will be held in this city to-
day and tomorrow. Former President
Roosevelt, former Senator Albert j..
Beveridge of Indiana. Clifford Pinchot,
Miss Frances A. Keller, William Dra-
per Lewis, and others prominent in the
formation of the National Progressive
party at Chicago last summer, will ad-
dress the conference, which will be at
tended by more than 400 delegates from
various sections of this state and
about 500 from this city.
More than 1.500 seats have been sold
for tonight's meeting at the Metropoli-
tan opera house., which will be adj
dressed by Mr.. Roosevelt. The remain
ing seats have been held for sale at
the door.
Conservation" with clifford Pinchot
as the principal speaker, will be the
subject discussed at the meeting this
morning, while Miss Keller and Dean
Lewis will speak this afternoon on
Party Organization Social and In
dustrial Justice and Progressive leg
islation in Pennsylvania will be the
topics discussed at meeting tomorrow
morning and afternoon and the confer
ence will close with a banquet tomor-
row night at which former Senator
Beveridge will make the principal ad-
dress.
Colonel Roosevelt, who is making his
first visit to Pennsylvania since he re-
ceived majority here in the recent
presidential election, is scheduled to
address a meeting of negro Progress
sives tonight after he has spoken at
the opera house. He will remain here
over night, and attend the banquet to-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-13
COLD WAVE COMING.
A Drop of 80 Degrees in Temperature
Predicted.

The local weather department has
put out the cold wave flag. A drop of
from 20 to 80 degrees in temperature
is expected in the next "a hours, and
with it rain or snow. There was
trace of rain today.
The minimum temperature today was
80 degrees and the maximum temper
ature SO. The temperatures have av-
eraged Ii degrees above normal for this
date.
There is an unsettled condition of the
weather all over the country. An area
of low pressure over the Pan Handle
of Texas will cause the storm tonight.
The temperature is expected to be
between 20 and 25 degrees by morn
ing. The wind is blowing at the rate
of 20 miles an hour from the east.
The hourly readings.
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Wants Protection From Foul.

Chicago, March I3.-II W1IIle
Richie, lightweight champion of the
world gives former Champion Ad
Wolgast a return battle for the title,
il is more than likely that the contest
will not be decided on a foul Ritchie
said today that any promoter seeking
to match him with Wolgast will find
it necessary to insert in the articles of
a agreement a clause that the man COM
mitting a foul shall not receive a cent
of the gate money. Ritchie figures
that this proposition is as fair to VOL
gaSt as il is to himself.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-13
Gotch VIII Defend Title.

Chicago, March 13.-Frank- Gotch,
worlds wrestling champion, will de-
fend his title against George Zurich at
Kansas City as soon as he can put
himself in condition, according to his
manager. He also will wrestle Con-
stant LIE Marin, who gained a fall re-
Gently in a match with Zbyzco. He
has been challenged by foreigners re-
Gently and is said to have decided,
finally, to give them a chance at the
title
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Members Eiected.

Budapest, March 13.-Ten members
of the opposition in the lower house
of the Hungarian parliament were
elected by the police this morning and
the sitting was suspended owing to
turbulent Interruptions of the pro-
ceedings. Julius Justh. a former
speaker of the house, protested
against the use of force and declared
all the acts of the present parliament
were illegal. The whole of the mem
bers of the opposition then left the
house in body.
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Collision in NIidair.

Rheims, March 1.-two SER
geants of the army aviation corps
were fatally injured today in a col
lision between two machines in mid
air The accident occurred in the
course of maneuvers by a flotilla of
five aeroplanes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-13
DEMOCRAT ELECTED.

Concord, n. H, March 13.-Henry
r. Hollis, Democrat. was elected
United States senator by the legisIa-
tlIre TODAY.
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Were 314 Got Through Both
Houses.
AS Against 335 Passed by Ses-
sion Two Years Ago.

Original bills passed in house, 33S.
Original bills passed in senate, 230.
Senate bills passed in house, 1852.
House bills passed in senate ISL
New laws for 1913 session, 343.
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Weather Forecast for Kansas.
Rain or snow and colder tonight
and Friday.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-20

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that is recommended by beauty
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irFallinq?|
TAsa stop nj Stop 4 n0wi Yoa
eaA Do Il VIII Ars1,s Nofv Hleos.
Does not eojog IL hAig.
~ Vosr Dexter.

81 .0"0. .oo". The prison association
takcr u different view.
We believe that We arc now at
significant period in prison reform.
Ne believe that the most siRnifi-
cant single characteristic OF that
period Is the Development Of the
honor systcm and of outdoor work
for convicfs. This has been tried
In tho wcst aud In this st,tc at
Great Meadow prison at Comstock.
Wc believe that the chief clements
In the reformation of u criminal are
health and honor-tryinE to make
him more normal rather than more
abnormal.
To accomplish this our prisons
must combine industrial woork and
agricultural work. That requires a
large area. a prison like Sing Sing
does not lend itself to the develop
r.nt OF this idea. The results n,
Great Meadow speak for themselves.
The state ought to put Sing Sing
prison somewhere In the the com
try where the land In $40 to $50 per
acre and the state ought to buy 1000
acres. The prison today has IL
4 acres.
As for the industrial work. there
is no use condemning the results
obtained now until we can have. n
thorough study made of the whole
problem by experts. The commits.
sion asked for $4,000 to make such
study last year. but the legisla-
turc refused the request
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Kind Of water they choose gc, +; from
other concerns. M result these
.conr,inS hgy. been forbidden ia. nee
OF the elevators. hence all the water
they sell to tenants In the building
has 10 be carried up hy the employ
ccH. while the one holding the mo-
noroly gocs up On the elevators. Ac-
cordins To the couT, complaint. q"
tenants buy from other concerns aud
c.cry d-up Of the water has To be
carried ur from two To ihirty-scvca
flights Of h,niis. The longest tIIp
Of the water carriers. tina; TO tho
floor. ~ is alleged.
takes one hour. Anyone who con
sihcrs this nm easy task has only To
provide himself with n fivc-gallon
bottle Of water and carry u mp and
down his own front Etalrs thirty
seven Times to b. convinced OF hi
error. The question rs to whether
or not New Workers have the riEh; II
decide what kind of water they
chouRr viii he watched with consiL-
rrrllc Interest when 4, comca up for
trial
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TALE OF HORROR
FROM SING SING

New York. June IL StEg Sinr
cell conditions are every hit ax baf
~ depleted In the sensational rcrori
made to Governor Sul.rr by George
". Blake. according to q. =. Lewis
ol New York. t..
I THE horrors OF i.fa IN these cciis
are indcscrihnhlc.' -an Mr.. Lewis
No n.lf-rcspcciipr man would kccp
ha animals there. There Is no, II
man In the state today who viii de-
i'nd thcs. conditions
a, the same time Lewis was care
iul io direct his criticism simply nj
conditions IN Sing sing. lie had no
word oi comment either on the Blake
report itself. or on the so-caiicd
Shortcomings, OF the prison adminis-
tration.
''fcs. conditions IN these cells are
IN abombiua;ion. he went on. But
II is only fair to Colonel Scott to sly
at the outset that he had plan
drawn by the state architect for the
rebuilding OF the east block.
THAT cell block contains 1900
cells. When ! was up there last.
two weccks ago. the prison nopula-
'ion WIS 1909. That meant that
$40 prisoners. had to double up or
get quarters IN the chapel. which Is
used as a dormitory. There were
100 or 80 men sleeping In the chap
81 when I wan there.
The cells are over as years old.
Each one has 1,5 cubir feet of air
space. That is less than onc-half
the amount required by the board
of health for Bowcry lodging houses.
The cells arc so narrow that yCu
can't stretch your arms out across
thcm. What makes II worse is tho
fact that the doors are not on the
grill pattern. but ~ the checker
board pattern, which lets in a mini
mum of light. The windows do not
come down as far as the lower tie.
of cells and hence no sunlight ever
arceps into them.
Il tell you that II is the most hor.
rible block I have over seen When
was M these last Warden Kennedy
said to me:
You can't say anything too hor-
rihlc about those cells. or too cruel,
to be anything but absolutely true.
When the weather is damp. can
M: my hand on the walls and rub
the moisture off. i.a.
Two Years ago. when the prison
population was 1900. Dthey had to
double up the men by the hundreds,
1t is wrong to put two men in n
cell. The resulting moral conditions
arc unspoakable. but must be spoken
OF. In England 1t is sufficient cause
for the discharge OF Il governor Of
prison II it can he proved that he
was guilty of phtting two men in a
single cell. Here we do II in our
older prisons. In our more modern
prisons wnen thcy are congestcd and
in many of the county jails when
the Wnrdcns are Ignorant or inIif-
iercnt.
Two problems face us In the fu-
ture--.hc housing Of the men and
the Industrial question. The bulk
OF the members OF the stae prison
commission at present favor rebuild
ing Sing Sing whore it is todny, rem
ovating the cell block at a cost of
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That Father knickcrbockor is Njust
about the casi.s,s victim ON record
when 1t comes to real estate deal.
airil that the condemnation proceed
iucs by which the old gcntlcman ac-
qnires land for public improvements
are n very expensive luxury for the
two most important items brought
forth by investigation now soin, on
ct; the requirement of the land
necessary to the great new water
supply system in brief they show
that the city has paid IN this con
neCtion $iI I,o0O.00O to acquire land
wortl at u liberal estimate $4,000.
O0D For the land itself the city pnid
sS.500,000 or only about three times
its worth. But other items it now
appears brought the cost up to nearly
five times the real value. An addi-
ti0nal S3.O00,OO0 has been paid out
I'M fees to special counsel, commits
sioncrs of-appraisal and real estate
experts. Another s2,500,0OO repre-
septs the amount paid out in interest
On awards, for properly taken by con-
tract without condemnation proceed
i,.I.s, and for incidental expenses.
ralafics and the like, the cost OF
cot,nscl and engineering experts has
bern greatly increased for the city by
THE provision OF the law recurring
tic city to pay not only its own law
yers and engineers in the procecdin7
intidental to condemning property
FOR tie waterway. but the lawyers
aitl en- ;inecrs of the property owners
also. The city has thus been placed
intthe grotesque position of financing
the suits against itself as we'll rs
putting up the money to defend those
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New York, June ij.-Th- bigsost
rest since the days al Jonah. has Just
come 20 light here with the arrival
of Il twcnty-ipn inhahitani Of the
iouthcfn waters which Will shortly
be- placed on cahIi l,ion. II iS In
~.i-.eAl -ns il,ias: sSGsar fish. for II lis I'M
known to science and followers Of
Isaac Walton who visit this city VIII
soon have an opportunity 10 attempt
to identify th.u twenty ton monster.
the classification of which has 80 fai
bHflcd science, hii other ft"rics "i
big catches shrink into insisnificancc
when compared to that of this a.
unU pound monster. which did net
so; away. and arrived from the South
on - c1astwisc steamer. The par
tIruluTs of the catch. which aE.;
thoroughly ,ouchcd for. state tha; Il;
was captured after n tlIirty-nine hour
II ;ht in which five harpocns and I'l
bullets were used. It required five
days to Kill II. II towcd = thirty
tru yacht sometimes as ins, as forty
ucc miles an hour. 1t is forty-iivc
feet long. II has several thousand
teeth. II has no scales, bu; has hid,
three inches thick. Other riscatprial
exhibits shortly 10 be put ON view
INCLUDE many rare sspecimcnt. which
have Just arrived. By far the most
IMPORTANT are the r.a elephants and
sea lcopards. the latter being an cx-
tremcIy gamry iilh and particularly
visious when attacked. or course
these two Will have To take eccond
place 10 the naiucl.ss leviathan. Al
together the crop of fish stories this
year promises to break all rccordg.
Anyone who is able TO identity this
new iigh will he joyfully hailed by
local scientists.
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NEW YORK'S RECORD
BREAKING FISH STORY .

quits. Moreover there arc damage
sr.. pcni.nE aEains, tho city for
m'lilons of dollars flied by SwncrE
who suddenly discovered unsuspcctcd
water power Development possibi'l-
tea OF ;h.li property. Altogether
the whole matter Ia likely to place
Father knickcrbockcr on rurord a.
being almost as easy u victim rs thu
o.i of town visitors who are uun-
posed 10 purchase gold bricks.
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N.tcr many rcports tha, New York.
claiming the most M to date tranE-
portaiion EyTtcm In Tho world "a
claim Mt which Thousands pf STRAP
hangers have sCoflcdb was finally ,C
see the Las, of its antigunted hcrs
cars. the statement Is now author5
'iN''y made iha; the last Of these
prehistoric vehicles Is soon to vanish
Thus will vanish the last vcstire Of
the first evidence Of the city's raii
transportation service. To many
people who frequent only tho heart OF
the city the fact that horse ears are
s'ill running here will come as
surprise. As u matter of fact whit
New York has n considerable horse
car system II is operated only on Il
few cross streets and on belt line
running along both water fronts
which are seldom visited nv the ma
jority of the city's residents. Nov.
however. the most modern storage
battery cars are 10 suppiant the an
cicRt vehicles. and with their comm :
will vanish a number of character
we'll known along the water fronts.
since some of the drivers have been
humping around the city behind their
horses for more than 4 generation.
and. one has been u car driver on the
same run for no less than forty-two
years. He has seen n good many
noted people step on and off his car
There was Horace Greeley. for in
stance. who rode every day on the
Belt Line, and had his arms always
full of II fat. bu!girg pillow with
which to make softer his seat. For
the cars of those days had no wicker
or springs in their seats. but sheer
Stats of wood. which bounced an'
clattercd with each bump Oh the
tracks.
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SOME YARN
From Farm Machinery.

From Farm Machinery.
Joc: That mare. when she was
young. could beat the local train be-
tween here and town, which is eight
miles away.
Henry: That's nothing. On my
ranch In the west. I was five miles
from the house one day when I no.
diced = heavy thunder shower almos,
upon mo. Jumping upon my pony
VIC started at a breakneck speed for
the house. and do you know. that
pony during the last two miles raced
tho storm so closely that ! didn't feel
drop Of rain. while my dog, who
was only 20 yards behind. had to
win I'll the way.
FRESH POTATO CHIPS, THf.
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Patchoguc, l.. IA thief entered
the little store owned by Mrs Sam
uel Gordon while she was taking u
bath behind screen and escaped
with SIS. Mrs. Gordon said she
wouldn't have chased him for mil
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0rrine for Drink Habit
TRY IT AT OUR EXPENsE

We are in earnest when We nsk you to
give ORRINE trial. Yon have nothing
to risk and everything to gain, for yoiir
money will Ike returned, If after n trial,
you fnil to get results from ORRINE.
This offer gives the wives and mo.hcrD
of those who drink 20 excess an oppor-
tunity to try the ORRINE treatment.
1t is very simple treatment, can DO
given in the home without publicity or
loss of time from business, and at a
small price.
ORRfNE is prepared in two forms:
No. l. fecret treatment, a powder; Or
RiNE No. 2, in pill form, for those who
desire TO take voluntary treatment. Costs
only &l.00 box. Come in and talk over
the matter with ms. Ask for booklet.
Hausman Drug Co. Three stores.
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Monopoly in it's most horrible form
has Just been discovered here. and
the question of its right to force y
nan daily to climb and descent 81
flights of stairs carrying Il five gal
Ion water bottle is soon to be fought
out in the courts. For years II has
been the custom of owners or agents
of large office buildings TO dispose of
10 some one company the monopoly
.of the right to supply tenants with
obttlod drinking water Any otlf'r
bottled w9tor concern attcmptin. to
get its product into the Building has
beer rcbuffcd in no uncertain way
Competitors, nevertheless, have no.
infrcqucntlv managed to supply their
Gus toners THE opening of the Wool
worth Building, however. the highest
office building in the world. has mt
a new aspect on the question. The
company operating the building has
given the exclusive right of supply
in : water to its tenants to ore cer-
tain company. Some of the tenants,
however, believing that they have A
right to provide themselves with any