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The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-27
HUGE CRIME RECORD.
Is Divulged by a Youth on the Wit
ness Stand.

New York. Jan. 27.-Alfred Leh-
man, an under-sized youth scarcely
out of his teens, sat in the witness
chair today and confessed to having
taken part in sixteen bomb outrages.
revealed knowledge Of eighty, cleared
up the mystery of two murders and
furnished information concerning a
number of lesser crimes, including ar
son and burglary. Lehman was
called as a witness in the trial of An
gelo Sylvester, accused of one Of the
bomb outrages. Lehman told the
court of the burning of two Brooklyn
houses for the insurance and many
other crimes. He said the bomb out
RACES usually brought the man doing
the work $50.
One robbery in which a Chinese
was murdered he said netted, him 81,
while the two men with him who, he
said, killed the Chinese, got the same
amount. Lehman said he had per-
sonally planted sixteen or eighteen
bombs, causing much damage. THE
gang l worked for" he said, were
Black Handlers. The boss would write
to Italians demanding money under
threats of death. When they did not
come across, 1 was sent with a bomb.
They usually paid up after the explo-
sion of the bomb. If they did not we
went after 'em again"
The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-27
won FIGHT.
Western Roads Give Up Plan to In
crease Freight Rates.

Western produce and creamery men
won their fight against ten to twenty
per cent increases in freight rates to-
day when they were notified through
the public utilities commission that
the application for additional rates
had been withdrawn and tOday's hear
ing before the interstate commerce
commission was terminated. Forty
produce and creamery men from west
ern states came to Topeka today to at
tend the commerce commission hear
ing which was brought to sudden
and unexpected conclusion by the sur
render of the railroad companies.
cream, butter and cheese affected all
dealers west of the Mississippi river
and was one of the most important
freight rate controversies assigned to
Topeka in many months. When the
railroads last fall sent out the new
produce and creamery schedules, ef-
fective September 1, 1914. dealers i'm
mediately appealed to the interstate
commerce commission for relief. The
commission today sent Examiner Girt-
kin to Topeka to hear evidence in the
case. Dealers from Nebraska, Mis-
souri,, Iowa, Minnesota, North and
South Dakota and Colorado came to
Topeka to protest against the pro-
posed new schedules.
Under the new tariffs. effective in
all states west of the Mississippi river,
rates on car shipments of produce
were increased $50 to $50 a car and
meant an increase Of from ten to
twenty per cent in existing rates.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-27
ROCK ISLAND. CHANGE.
Time Card Meeting In Chicago Maj
Shift Schedules in Topeka

General afhners Of the second dis
trict of the Rock Island In Topeka are
in Chicago today comforting with the
department heads of the road in ref
erence to a proposed change in the
western time cards that will affect
schedules through Kansas and add
another chapter to the mail contract
fight with the Union Pacific west of
Omaha.
1t is possible that train No. 28, from
Colorado to Kansas City and through
this city shortly after O'Clock in the
evening, will be sent through here
two hours earlier. And train No. IL,
for the last fifteen years through To-
peka at 1910 p. m, will be changed
to 1 o'clock p. m. Other changes
may result from this manipulation
with the time card.
Time card changes on the Rock Is
land, the last few months have been
disturbing schedules. The fight for
the mail contracts to the coast and
west of Omaha between the Rock Is
land. Union Pacific and Santa Fe has
called for q constant shifting Of trains
in order to shorten the time to the
coast.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-27
MORE POWER FOR !. c. C,
Frisco Report May Bring Control Of
Railroad Securities.

Washington. Jan. 27.-The admins
tration program for the control of fl
nancia1 operations Of railroads will be
expedited by the interstate commerce
committees sensational report on the
Frisco system receivership, according
to many senators today, who pointed
out that the report disclosed, through
its exposition of syndicate operations
in which officials OF the Frisco took
part, conditions which legislation pro-
hibiting interlocking directorates
would prevent.
Senator Kenyon who introduced the
resolution that brought out the re-
port has bill pending to have the
Interstate commerce commission con-
troll issues of railroad securities.
The Frisco report certainly shows
the necessity for action by congress- ''
said he today, land I believe 1t will
reaIi1fn -
The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-27
HE STILL HAD FAITH.
After His Employee Had Robbed Hin
Of $4,000.

Chicago, Jan. 27.-Tne story OF an en-
ployer's faith In a too-tempted em-
ployee, who robbed him Of $4,000 was
revealed today at an inquest held over
the body OF w. e. Curry. of Cleveland.
who died suddenly last night. probably
OF self-administered poison.
In 1903 Curry was employed by Vim
cent-Barstow company of Cleveland
He stole $4,000 of the company funds
but was arrested q. Pueblo. Col, and
brought back. Despite this act and the
assertions by the police that it was
not his first offense. against the law
s. K. Barstow forgave him. He made
himself surety to the police that Curry
would offend no more.
Curry's position was restored to him
and in the succeeding years Curry JUS
titled his employers faith in him. Re-
Gently Barstow died and Curry. said
to fear that the old charge would be
ranked up against him. is said to have
left the city under an assumed name.
and come to Chicago where he regis
tered as W. E. Jackson, Bunalo. N. Z.
Curry is said to have been a brother
in-law of Charles Orr. former director
Of schools Of Cleveland. In his effects
The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-27
lUPEKA. KANSAS JANUARY 81. 1914.

was found letter from the late Mayor
Tom johnson. of Cleveland, praising
his work as a decorator.
Curry met Barstow in 1902 and was
employed by the Barst0w firm. Even
after Curry disappeared with the $10,-
900, Barstow's faith was unShaken.
Curry later rose from one position
to another, until he was chief of de-
partment. Business political and So
cipally after he had: bought q home
and installed as mistress OF it, the sis
ter of the director of schools.
Barstow looked upon his work and
was proud. Three months ago he died,
and then something went wrong in
Curry's brain. In Chicago he drank
heavily. A clerk of the hotel went to
his room to question him as to his
finances and found that Curry had
followed his benefact0- to the grave
was suicide by poisoning.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-27
SAVED THE COUNTRY.


Chicago Jan. N.-The acquisition Of
the Tennessee Coal. Iron and Railroad
company by the United States Steel
corporation figured today in the tes-
timony at the hearing Of the govern
ment suit to dissolve the corporation.
John D. Shedd. president OF Marshall
Field & Company Of Chicago. called as
purchase Of the Tennessee company,
which was sanctioned by President
Roosevelt. prevented. in his opinion, a
$30. .000, 900 failure of Moore & Schley,
from whom it was bought, which in
turn saved the country from financial
panic. in the opinion Of the witness
John J. Mitchell. president OF the Illi-
nois Trust and Savings bank. and
George M. Reynolds. president Of the
Continental and Commercial bank. also
were present as witnesses for the de-
fendant
The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-27
TIES ON THE TRACK.
Attempt Is Made to Wreck an Iron
Mountain Train.

ST. Louis Jan. 27.-An attempt was
made today to wreck the southbound fast
mail on the ST. Louis, Iron Mountain and
Southern railway which left here at 2:25
a. m, according to information tele-
phoned to police headquarters. The
person telephoning said he was an offic. al
of the Missouri Pacific railway and later
in the morning a special agent for the
Missouri Pacific asked that detectives be
assigned to the case.
According to the Information received
by the police a pile of ties was placed
Carondolet park, which is in the extreme
southern part Of St. Louis. AS the train
swung around a curve the headli ght
showed the ties on the track and the en-
gineer stopped the train within a few
feet of the obstruction.
1t required seventeen minutes to clear
the track
The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-27
FOR A RECEIVER
Badders and His Creditor,
Agree to Appointment.
q. s. Court of Appeals to Pass
ON Badders for Contempt.

Judge Pollock will tomorrow name a
receiver for the Badders Clothing COM
pany, according to an agreement today
between attorneys for George S. Bad
ders, president of the company. and
his creditors. The receiver will have
charge of the affairs OF the clothing
company until the pending involuntary
suit in bankruptcy il settled.
No further testimony in the bank
ruptcy case will be taken until the
United States circuit court Of appeals
settles the question of testimony of
Badders and his associates before the
special master. Attorney D. r. Hite,
court in st. Louis for an order re-
straining the enforcement of the Pol
lock degree to compel Badders to tes-
tify, succeeded in securing a tempor-
ary writ which will keep Badders on
the witness stand for at least another
week. The final hearing on the order
to compel Badders to tell of his fnan-
cial affairs will be heard in st. Louis
February 4. Until that case is disposed
of Special Master SlOnecker will take
no further testimony In the case.
Following a conference Of attorneys
representing the creditors and the Bad
ders company today, an agreement was
made for the appointment tomorrow
of a receiver for the clothing COM
an admission on thespart OF Badders'
attorney that the company II insolvent
and no rights are surrendered by vir-
tue of the agreement. Hite made that
point clear In discussing the receiver
ship with attorneys for creditors.
Business conditions, however. demand
that immediate action be taken, it ID
said, and both sides consented to the
receivership plan. It was stated. before
Judge Sloneckar today that the Bad.
ders company owes about $1,000 leases
on it's store building and that notice
has been served to terminate the lease
in a few days. There are also some Ii
or 20 clerks in the store and business
according to statements before the
special master, is at a stRndstill
For that reason Judge Pollock will be
asked to name q receiver to conserve
the assets and protect the present
building lease.
Attorneys Hite and McClintock Will
go to Kansas City tomorrow to ASK
for the appointment of q receiver.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-27
new EXPRESS RATES,
Reductions of Nearly One-Half in
Effect February 1.

New York, Jan. T.-On February /. the
express companies will put into operation
the new rates ordered by the interstate
commerce commission
Under the present tariff it costs 65 cents
to send five-pound package from New
York to st. Louis. Under the new rates
the cost will be 80 cents. Now it costs 81
cents to ship ten-pound package to st.
Louis. The new charge will be "A cents.
Express business will be divided into
two general classes. the first ordinary
articles of foo, and drink. Second class
rates are but 75 per cent of the rate on
merchandise. Among the foods excepted
are candy. liquor. terrapin, turtles and
some other Things ~
The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-27
THEY Are COMING
All the Democratic Congress.
men Will Be Here Feb. p.
They Will Be Loaded and
Primed With New Speeches.

Washington. Jan. 27.-The big
Kansas Democratic pow-wow is get
ting around to full swing for Feb. 3
in Topeka and the faithful from the
state here in Washington are begin
ming to figure out what they are 60
ing to have to say when the table,
cloth is spread.
Although many of the boys feel
that after the high priest of the Dem
ocratic party has already trodden
down the paths of eloquent speech in
Kansas that they will be just little
eclipSed, but many of them are nev-
ertheless tuning their pipes and get
ting ready to laud Wilson. low tariff,
currency and antitrust legislation.
John Connolly from the Sixth, who
has been acting as spokesman for the
rest, to use his own words, feels that
it's quite a good thing that he and
the worlds greatest orator and peace
promoter did not appear on the same
platform.
The speeches will all be made ex-
temporaneously, and no one need
fear that any set speech will be
wrung in, but will come ready to tell
their best stories.
The order in which the speakers
are to be heard is: Representative
Helvering first, then Doolittle, Con-
nelly, Taggart and Neeley.
Arrangements for the big affair are
in the hands of State Chairman Pep
perell and he has been in communica-
ton for some time with the different
members who will grace the occasion
and is practically assured that each
and every member of the Kansas del
egation will be present to contribute
his share in making the occasion a
success.
Henry G. Willie, Jr., has been ap-
pointed postmaster at PiQua, Kan.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-27
EARNED over $4,000.


Chicago. Jan. 27-Ranging in age 6
to 1b years. ga pupils of one Chicago
public school, last year, earned more
than 5000. according to a report made
today by w. L. Bodire, superintendent
Mr.. Bodine the report proves that q
boy or girl need not give up an edu-
cation In order to make little money.
The report shows the money was
earned by working on farms during
vacation, selling newspapers. peddling,
running errands. taking care of gardens
and lawns, housework, acting as
church janitors and working in stores
and on golf links.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-27

ity. The jailer was alone and soon
as overpowered.
Fifty men rode into PURCELL In au-
omobiles shortly before o'clock this
morning. About half the men scat
cred about town to prevent interfer-
nee, the other half went to the jail.
No other citizens were within call and
.. w. Morgan, the jailer. made no
cesistance. The mob worked so quiet
iy that none save the jailer. knew Of
he lynching until 1t was all over.
Dickerson is said to have confessed
to having slain Chaffin before the
mob hanged him. The body full of
bullets was left hanging to tree on
he highway near Noble.
DickersOn was arrested in Okla
homa City and hurried out of the city
to avoid trouble. He had Chaffin' 8
overcoat and diamond pin when ar
rested He told the officers that the
coat and pin had been given him by
a negro on the street.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-27

peka is still operated by the Santa Fe
and as far a. know. always will be
operated by the road that can manage
it with the most economy. It ts
owned jointly by the Santa Fe and
Union Pacific but is operated by our
road because we have the connections
and can run trains with the least pos
sfble expense"
e. L. Copeland. secretary and
treasurer Of the Santa Fe, also denied
the change.
1T Il news to me- he said. Moth
ing coming through this ofiice would
denote q change.
The officers Of the Leavenworth &
Topeka in Topeka all place little
faith in the rumor. They are: =. L.
Copeland, treasurer; w. r. Smith.
solicitor; J. r.. Koontz, general freight
agent: J. N. Connell, general passen-
ger agent, and p. Walsh. general bag
gage agent
The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-27
MUST TELL Their AGE,
The Only Way Women Can Vote in
Illinois.

Chicago, Jan. 27.-Chicago women
who wish to take advantage Of the
new Illinois equal suffrage law and
vote at the spring elections will have
to tell their ages, under instructions
issued today by the board Of elections.
Attorneys and friends had advised
the women that in all probability they
could evade the age question by max
ing a statement that they were of legal
voting age. However, the order of the
board probably will be taken as final
and no appeal from 1t Is expected. The
legal voting age for women IL q years
not IS as some supposed. Eighteen
years - the common law marriage age,
which has no bearing on the election
law. 49,
The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-27
THE DAY IN CONGRESS
House Committee Arranges for Hear
ings on the Trust Bills.

Washington, Jan. N-Senate met at
noon Continued consideration of the Blair
Lee Maryland senatorial case. Postoffice
committee favorably reported Senator
Norris resolution asking the postmaster
general to disclose the result of his in
vestigation into government ownership OF
telephone and telegraph lines.
House met at noon. Commerce commit
tee arranged to begin hearings on some of
the administration trust bills. Debated
resolution for seating Of Representative
Whaley of South Carolina over the con-
test Of Mayor Grace Of Charleston.
Foreign affairs committee postponed un-
til February further hearing on Niagara
Falls power regulation.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-27
ATTORNEYS HERE
State Bar Association Gathers
In Annual Convention.
Justice Burch's Address Fea-
ture Of Today.
laa0nw nP oaeenPnnP a0ssnr
WORK OF SUPREME COURT
Wisconsin Jurist on Program
for Tonight.
Wednesday Program q Busy
One-Banquet' at Night.

The thirty-first annual meeting of
the Bar Association of the state of
Kansas opened this morning in the
supreme court room at the state house
with so members present from all parts
of the state. The morning session was
devoted '-rgely to the reading of COM
mtttee reports. OF special interest this
afternoon was the address OF the pres
ident, Justice Rousseau A. BuTch, 1.-TWO
Years Work Of the Kansas Supreme
Court
The supreme court makes no claim
to infallibility. said Justice Burch. but
exercises its best judgment. He stated
that the men and women of Kansas
who have the right and power to mould
their system of Jurisprudence into any
form they may desire are not familiar
with the methods employed by the
court. He went on to explain some of
the things with which he considered
the general public should be familiar.
He said in part:
Justice Burch's Speech.
The entire code of civil procedure
was revised in 1909. By this revision
the old cumbersome proceeding in error
Was abolished and appellate procedure
was reduced to very simple terms.
There must be rules for the guidance
of appellate practice. but. those pre-
scribed by statute and by the court it.
self are few in number, are easily COM
piled with by any one having a dis
position to do SO, and are promulgated
and enforced with the single aim OF
getting at the heart Of the controversy
with certainty and celerity. At almost
every session of the court it refuses to
allow some 1itigant to be defeated by
The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-27
HELD UP THREE TIMES.
Man Is Robbed Twice and Has Moth.
ing Left at Third Attempt.

searching for six highwaymen who held
up William Benn, three times within
an hour last night. Benn was on his
way home when three highwaymen
stopped him and robbed him Of 800 and
a gold watch. The victim reported
the holdup to the Maxwell street
police station and started home again.
He had gone but few blocks when
two more highwaymen robbed him of q
SIS stfckpin which the other men had
overlooked.
Benn started for the Des PLANES
street police station to report the sec
ond robbery when a man put a revolver
under his nose. The last man got moth
ing.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-27
FROM ROOF TO ROOF.
when Woman Could No Longer Jump
She Rolled.

New York, Jam. N.-Homesiclkness Inn.
PEELED Mary Lucas, g years old. em-
ployed as an operator in shirt waist
factory, to make three desperate leaps for
death. Just before quitting time yester-
day she went to the roof Of 2 sfx-story
factory building, in the Wt1liamsbufgh
80 feet to the roof Of = fire engine house.
Miss Lucas Jumped from the fire house
roof to another roof; distance Of ten
feet. eis
She was unable to get up and rolled t.
the edge and fell fifteen feet more to the
hospital II was found that her legs ana
arms were broken. The physicians say
she cannot i've. a., = -ss4s<
The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-27
WON'T LET FITz FIGHT
New York Supreme Court Refuses tn
Overrule Athletic Board.

New York, Jan. 27.-The New York
supreme court today denied the an
plication of Robert Fitzsimmons one
time heavy weight champion of the
world, for an injunction against the
New York Athletic commission which
has refused to sanction his participa-
The commission decided that Eitzsi,,e-
mons, who is 81 years of age. is TOO
old to re-enter the ring and Justice
Seabury held the commission within
its rights in so ruling.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-27

Nar0bi, Jan. z7.-(British East
African Protectorate.) AN encounter
with q lion caused the death here to-
day of Fritz SchindleE. q member Of
an American moving picture expedi-
ton engaged in taking pictures OF wild
animals In their natural SURROUNDINGS.
SCHNEIDER with others belonging to the
expedition. was attempting to photo
graph a Hon In the jungle when the
animal aprang ON him
The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-27
GOSSIP
Kansas Day Club VIII Consider
Pre-Primary Convention
To Iron Out Differences ON
State Platform.
MURDOCH OPENS CAMPAIGN
Spoke ut Fort Scott-On Te-
peka Program Feb. IL.
Women Who Are Talked of for
State Offices.

Policies, principles and candidates
will be discussed by Kansas Repub-
licans who are coming to Topeka
Thursday for the annual Kansas Day
club banquet. One Of the most impor-
tant matters to be considered by the
party leaders at this time is the calling
Of pre-prfmary convention to write a
tentative state platform. If a conven-
ton Is called before the primaries. lead
ers at this time fear 1t will precipitate
row that will perhaps affect primary
results and make the getting together
of regular and progressive Republicans
less easy than at first predicted.
Among many leaders there Is an in
sistent demand for a state wide pre-
primary convention to be held in To-
peka some time this spring. Charles F.
Scott of lola is the originator Of the
pre-primary platform plan and It is
his plan approved at the Kansas Day
club banquet and will later ask the
state committee to call a state conven-
ton. Recently William Allen White.
Progressive national committeeman for
Kansas. has approved the tentative
platform policy and Indicated that the
Bull Moosers would write a platform
at their annual banquet in Topeka Feb
ruary IL. Taylor Riddle and other well
known Democrats have also endorsed
the early writing Of platforms and now
Scott will fight to see the Republicans
stay in line
Fight Over Platform Planks.
If the Scott plan is adopted. party
leaders who have worked the soft pedal
in the harmony movement, fear the
worst. Scott's ideas about a state plat
form are quite well known to the lead
ers. The lola publisher does not be-
lieve in q large amount Of the so-called
The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-27
WARM WIND PREVAILS


The weather is Of the April kind
today with the temperature twenty
four degrees above normal for this
date. The mercury had almost
reached the previous high mark for
Jan. 27 by two o'clock. That was
ffty-eight degrees in 1903. Mostly
cloudy weather IS the prediction for
tonight and Wednesday, with slight
drop in temperature tonight.
Shippers forecast: Protect thir-
ty-six hour shipments north against
temperature Of twenty-six degrees;
east and west thirty degrees: south
above freezing"
The hourly readings:
The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-27
MOB IN AUTOMOBILES
Takes Negro Nine Miles to Ivnct
Him.

Muskogee, Jan. 27.-Beniamin
Dtckerson, a negro was lynched here
today. He was charged with robbins
and killing w. A. Chaffin, a traveline Q
salesman at Oklahoma City. Sunday
night. mob took him from the
Purcell jail early today and conveyed
him to Noble, nine miles north of Pur-
cell, hanged him and then shot him
many times. Members of the mob are
said to have come from Oklahoma
The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-27
JOY RIDERS TAKEN IN.
A. III. r. A. Includes Them I'm Its LAST
at Council Bluffs.

Council Bluffs, Jan. N.-The increase In
the use Of automobiles by the farmers
was never more clearly illustrated than
here today when an Anti-Horse Thief as
ISOLATION composed Of farmers and which
has been In existence for forty years.
voted unanimously to hereafter include
automobiles in the list of farm property
coming under its protection.
Joy riders are to be classed as auto
thieves and horse thieves.