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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-10
DODGE THE Law
Coal Carrying Roads Evade
Ruling of Supreme Court.
The Attorney General Asks for
Additional Legislation.

Washington, Dec. 10.-Attorney Cen
eral Gregory made his first report to
congress today as head OF the depart
ment of Justice. He recommended sew
eral amendments to existing laws and
gave a comprehensive review of the
work Of the department for the fiscal
year. His principal recommendation
was for an amendment to the COM
mcdities clause of the interstate COM
merce act designed to block the way
Of any common carrier which seeks 10
transport products over It's lines IN
which it has any interest whatsoever.
In asking for such legislation the at
torney general referred to the difficulty
the department has encountered in at
tempting to break up what is known as
the hard coal combination" control
ing a large part of the anthracite fielus
In eastern Pennsylvania. He told con-
gress that railroads in that field have
met recent supreme court decisions. in
terpreting the commodities clause. by
the organization of corporations whose
stock is distributed ratably among
stockholders of the railroad. with its
management dominated by the railroad.
To such a corporation. he says the rail-
road in question sells coal at the mines
under a contract which puts the new
corporation Largely. il not completely.
within the power of the railroad" This
plan has been challenged by the gov
eminent.
Other recommendations include: An
amendment making 1t federal
crime" to kill an officer Of the United
ing process. and authority for the use
Of search warrants in advertising
fraud cases which rely on the mails
to attract victims.
Attorney General Gregory recon-
mends that the power of federal grand
1uries be enlarged so that they can
Investigate crimes committed in any
division of a federal district. He sug-
gests also that an amendment to exist
ing law IL needed whereby a federal
Judge in whose court an indictment is
returned. may consider testimony be-
fore the grand jury and enter an order
making the warrant run to all parts
OF the federal territory.
Amendments Of a minor nature are
suggested also to the food and drugs
act, the insecticide act. the twenty-eight
hour law and the bankruptcy law. Mr..
Gregory renewed the recommendations
of the former attorney general that
when q federal Judge of any court be-
low the supreme court reaches the age
Of seventy and after ten years service
refuses to retire, the president be
authorized to appoint another judge to
preside over the affairs of that court
and have precedence over the older
Judge.
The departments bureau of investiga-
ton investigated during the year, white
slave cases in which 435 indictments
were obtained, with 357 convictions, SO
acquittals and 46 discontinuances Dur
ing the preceding year there were 1872
indictments and 266 convictions. The
bureau Investigated on the average Al
complaints Of violation Of the anti
trust act each month. compared with
&c last year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-10
Good SHIP KANSAS
Belgian Relief Ship on Its VOy-
age December 20.
Pitfful Tale From Letter Sent
to American Minister.

Several carloads OF flour are being
shipped each day to New York from
Kansas points. and the central COM
mittee hopes that the good snip
kansas" will be ready to start on her
Atlantic voyage by December 20. But
there must be haste. The condition
Of the Belgians is pitiable. according
to all reports at hand.
In localities where there is plenty
of corn and no wheat corn meal Will
be accepted by the central committee
for shipment. Corn was shipped
from Bourbon county to Fort Scott
to be ground into meal. Hogs. cat
tie, chickens, milo and kafir may be
contributed, and they will be sold for
cash.
The following is an extract from a
letter received by Brand Whitlock,
American minister to Belgium. from
q Belgian woman in Brussels:
For more than three weeks the
people of Brussels have been eating
bread supplied by the American COM
mission relief in Belgium. Not
that the commission itself has turned
miller and baker, but, aside from the
wheat and flour which passes through
the hands of Captain Lucey at Rotter-
dam, the people of Brussels have
none. and were the commission to sus-
pend it's energies for a few weeks
famine, bread riots and uprisings
against the German garrison would al
most inevitably come. This charge,
which necessity has laid upon the gen.
crosby Of America, daily grows heav-
Ter.
A certain visitor from The Hague re-
fused to credit the tale told him Of
misery and war tension until I made
to him the alarming discovery that he
could not hire a taxicab. send a tele-
gram or post a letter. The population
tries hard to behave as usual. Howev-
er, few days in the city will serve to
divulge the Righteousness of this brave
front. Trade is dead and commerce
does not exist. Stores keep open as
much to give employment to a few
people as for any other reason, as there
are no buyers in town.
Economically speaking, the status Of
Brussels could not well be worse. Nine
ty per cent of the bread winning pOpu-
lation, more than 10000 people, depend
for their daily means of existence upon
soup kitchens. Normally $500 men find
employment in the printing trade; to-
day only sevepty-five men are at work
printing the warnings, notices and re-
quests with which the German COM
manders flood the town.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-10
CANNING FACTORY FIRE
Loss of $4,000 to Frame Building
Outside iCty Limits.

The Sardou Canning factory, a build
ing about one hundred feet long, and
fifty feet wide. of frame construction
and containing valuable machinery, was
destroyed by fire near midnight last
night. The loss is approximately SO, 0OO
A fire alarm was telephoned to the
Topeka fire department giving the To-
cation Of the fire ION East Gordon
street between Quincy and Monroe
streets The canning plant was To-
Gated near the south end of the Sar-
dou bridge over the Kaw river, and
a half-mile beyond the limits Of the
city. BY stretching a mile Of hose it
might have been possible for fire COM
panies to have turned one stream of
water on the fire. but the delay caused
by the incorrect location given the fire
department. made it useless to attempt
IL. The chemical engine from No. sta
ton, and the Oakland bucket brigade
fought the flames to no avail.
The building was thoroughly ablaze
when the fire was first reported, and
in a few minutes was beyond any posi-
bility of control. A red flare overcast
the sky and was SO noticeable that
telephone exchange girls were unable
to answer inquiries of persons whose
curiosities had been aroused.
The factory was built eight years
ago by Shawnee county truck farmers
and gardeners and failed to be a fl
nancial success. Freeman Sardou took
charge of 1t and operated it several
seasons. but shut 1t down three years
ago when it became plain that local
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-10
EDISON BURNS OUT
Fire Makes Almost Clean
Sweep Of His Plant.
The Property Destroyed Is VAL
ued at S7,OOOy0 900.

West Orange. N. J., Dec. 10.-Fire
destroyed virtually the entire main
plant Of the Edison company here last
night. causing damage estimated at
nearly 100000 with Insurance that
1t is expected will reduce the loss to
approximately $5,000,00O.
An entire square block of modern
reinforced concrete buildings. which
burned by the flames. Tho only
building saved was the laboratory
building. containing valuable scien-
tific machinery under the immediate
superintendent of the inventor.
Thomas A. Edison. Special efforts
were made to save this structure.
1t is estimated that about 1000 men
thrown out of work because of the
fire. About 1000 persons were en-
ployed at the plant but as the storage
battery building was saved. with other
buildings nearby, it will be possible to
keep more than half the force en-
ployed. =
! Four firemen were injured in fight
ing the blaze.
ALTHOUGH I am more than 81 years
old, I'll start all over again tomor-
row." said Mr.. Edison. IT am pretty
well burned out tonight but tomorrow
will &C right back to reconstruct the
plant
The inventor expressed himself .hus
as he stood watching the flames. The
fire started, it is believed. by an ex-
plosion in the inspection building. one
of the smaller frame structures.
No Shortage Here.
Owners Of Edison disc instruments
will encounter scarcely any difficulty
in securing records as q large supply
of records is now in the hands of the
distributors throughout the United
States" was the comment of A. s
Thomas, the Edison distributor in To-
peka. while there is certain to be q
shortage of machines and records after
Christmas, we are certain the large
stock Of records we have on hand will
hold out for the holiday trade"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-10
GIRLS WON'T STOP.
CONTINUED from Page one.l

CONTINUED from Page One.1
can art a disgrace to the nation and
one of it's most dangerous evils.
I'm trying to induce the young peo-
pie to go back to the old fashioned
Dances" the doctor continued, Il have
found that the young men were willing,
but in almost every case the young
women are the ones who refuse.
Had Wide Experience.
DR.. Martin has worked in the public
schools of 81 states. including the
schools of Chicago and Oklahoma City
and she says that the growth of the
tobacco habit among both boys and
girls is absolutely astonishing. Girls
have gone wild over cigarette smoking"
DR.. Martin says, ''and the extensive use
of this narcotic is running the mental,
moral and physical condition of hum
dreds of thousands of young persons"
Children, Too.
The immortality of children has
greatly increased in the past few years,
the doctor says, and with every gener-
alton weakened and with educated
women refusing to marry, refusing to
bring children into the world after
they are married or getting. divorces
because OF unhappy homes, the prob
lem of saving the nation from the
weaker races Is up to the men and the
young men Of the country.
DR.. Martin believes that the churches
of the country should be made the
clean life'' centers of their communi-
ties. and that only in this manner is
the end striven for to be accomplished.
The schools are doing their part, the
speaker said, "also the press, but there
is room for great improvement in both
the homes and the churches" The doc
tor says that sex hygiene when taught
in the schools by competent experts
does a great deal of good, but that
when 1t is not taught by experts more
harm than good is the result.
DR.. Martin will address the Anti
White Slave congress tonight at the
First Christian church on the subject
of sex hygiene.
She is devotng her entire time to
clean life work now and expects to
affiliate her work with the National
Purity federation.
At present the state of Missouri has
the only "Clean Life organization
which was established last February
at Jefferson City. The object of the
organization is to establish bands in
connection with the various churches
and to lead the boys and girls to
cleaner living and to show them the
evils of immortality in it's every phase
Every uplift movement" DR.. Mar
tin says. has been a woman's or a
kids movement. The clean life is to
appeal to men and the organizers be-
lieve there are enough clean men and
clean young men in the land to ac-
complish great amount of good"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-10

Gle Two Of the Constitution would
have to be overhauled to conform to
the changed form and name OF the
single-house body the most tmpor-
tant revisions would occur in sections
12O. 121 and 12z as they now stand
place these has been drawn up by
Senator Howe as follows:
Section 40. The number OF the
commissioners shall be sixteen. There
shall be two members elected from
each congressional district. and the
number shall increase or decrease &C
cording to the increase or decrease OF
that should there be created a con-
gressional district or districts at large
there shall be elected two commits
sioners from the state at large.
Section 121. The members of the
commission shall receive for their
services the sum of three thousand
dollars per year. and such actual
travelling expenses as they may incur.
when visiting state institutions for the
purposes Of Investigation or in the
transaction of emergency acts per-
tanning to any state institution.
/. Section 127. All vacancies shall be
for the unexpired term filled by cleo
ton unless a majority of the mem
bers should resign or be disqualified;
SACA lAAC 6OVCIaOIs may @PPOAAAS S~S
commissioners to serve until a special
election can be held. unless me shall
be within sixty days of a general cleo
ton, when such appointiye members
may hold until the regular members
are elected and qualified.
Not Before 1917.
The proposed change in the legisla-
ture could not. in any event. become
effective before 1917 or 1918. Should
the 1915 leRieI. ture pass the current
resolution and submit the amendment
to the voters at the election OF the
following year 1915, there would still
be required sufficient time in which to
hold a subsequent election OF mem
bers Of the new assembly. 1t is prob
able that provision will be made fol
the calling OF a special election early
in 1917 instead of waiting until the
general election of the following veal
as in the latter event the new body
could not actually be put to work un-
til the end of 1918.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-10
GARDNE RIPS
WILSON ADDRESS
rcontinued from page one.J

(COnt1nucO from faBo One.J
cials have told us that we lack men
for our navy. men for our coast de-
Tense. and men for our army; that we
lack artillery and the ammunition with
which to charge that artillery; that we
lack great warships to sail the seas and
little scouts 20 act as their messengers
and their eyes; that we have sadly
deficient under-sea navy, and practical
ly no overhead fleet at all.
II have proposed that an Independent
commission be appointed to investigate
all these things, to recommend to US
definite policy for our future guild
ance.
Refused q Hearing.
For the first time in the history OF
this country so far as I know, COM
mittee of this house has refused a
hearing to one of the house members
Arbitration, what grand word! All
that Carnegie has to show for his
unprepared Belgium. Possibly / ought
to accord him one other scalp to his
tomahawk, although that scalp is made
Of imitation hair. The. pacificists boast
that their efforts have at least made
every nation disclaim the Tesponsibii-
Switzerland, put more confidence in her
troops and less in arbitration and
scraps Of paper she might today be free
from the agony OF invasion.
yet, every scrap OF paper to which
America puts her sign manual must be
scrupulously redeemed. Come what
may. we must fulfill our treaty obliga-
tons, even If every other nation on
earth is false. But suppose at some fu-
ture time we find our path beset by
nations with smaller conscfences ana
larger howitzers-what then, shall we
defend ourselves with; mammoth rolls
Of Sunday school signatures, or shall
we place our dependence in Chautauqua
lectures?
pending that day, should like a
few more dogs of war and promise
not to sic them on to the passerspy:
I can dream of A day when society will
be so well organized there will be no
more burglars
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-10

H. s. Spencer Of the scale depart
ment and Mrs. Spencer are spending
a few days with relatives and friends
in Wichita and Newton.
Mrs. Anna Carroll and daughter of
Kansas City are visiting this week
with Miss Della Hughes of the freight
claim department and other relatives
and friends.
The regular monthly business meet
ing Of the Ladies' Society to the
Brotherhood Of Locomotive Firemen
and Enginemen, was held Wednesday
afternoon with Mrs. w. c. Keiser in
West Eighth street. The officers
elected for the ensuing year are az
follows: President, Mrs. C. w. Kei-
secretary, Mrs. c. E. Hampstead: col
lector, Mrs. James Sumey: treasurer.
Mrs James Bostic; chaplain, Mrs.
Chas. Laird; warden, Mrs. George
Mabray: conductor, Mrs. Sarah Hart
ley; inner guard, Mrs. George Nc
Kee, and outer guard. Mrs. Mary
Mitchell. New member of the board
were discussed concerning the official
visit Of the grand president, Mrs.
Maude E. Moore of Stafford. Ont. A
social hour was thoroughly enjoyed
and the next meeting will be he'd with
Mrs Chas. Laird in Branner street.
MRS. Berrynlll ana son OA CuSHiHSs
Okla, will arrive here the week of
December 20 to spend the holidays
with relatives. Mr.. Otis Berryhill.
formerly cashier at the freight depot
here is now cashier at the passenger
depot at Gushing.
Mrs. VIM. Eckert, wife of Fireman
Eckert. who has been seriously i'll the
past few days. is reported improving.
Mrs. Anna Hughes and little daugh-
ter of Kansas City are guests today
of Engineer Amos Beeler and family.
Engineer Jerry Shaw Is visiting his
daughter and. family in Kansas City
this week.
The annual election of officers OF
Division No. SO G. I. A. to B. of L. E
will be held Friday afternoon at the
X and L. Of S. hail.
! Engineer George Mckee Is in At
Gibson on company business for a
short time
Miss Florence Feldner, daughter OF
Switchman and Mrs. Feldner, re-
! turned today from wichita where she
| spent a few days with friends.
! The switchmen's seventh annual
| ball given last night was attended by
more than 100 couples and was q
i complete success
! Mr.. and Mrs. Da- returned from
Chicago, where Mr.. Dake has been on
company business for several month";
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-10
New york. Stock Market

Wall St.. New York. Dec. 1o.-Out of ten
different bond issues traded during the
opening ten minutes of today's market the
only showing any change whatever were
st. Paul convertibles and American Tele-
phone convertible As which gained slight
fractions All the early transactions were
in small lots, with the exception OF United
States Steel IS. in VIII CHI a block of ST.
face value changed hands.
The forenoon's trad ng was much below
yesterdays. bot as to volume and num-
Der Of issues traded in. The trend was
again reactionary. Declines included 5
points in Erie convertible Is, Series A: 81
in Denver and Rio Grande refunding 5s;
2A in Atchison adjustment As, and 2z in
Cuba IS. Rock Island collateral IS showed
further heaviness and Consolidated Gas
IS were lower. Missouri, Kansas and
Texas seconds gained IL and c. and o
convertible AS gained u.
One O'Clock prices as issued by the stock
exchange committee included the follow
ing: Last sale: Amalgamated Copper,
1911; American Smelling. SPY: American
T. and T., III: Atchison. 81; st. Paul. $50:
Harvester. 91K; Kansas City Southern.
20A; Missouri Pacific, 81; New York
Central, soss; New Haven, 51A: Pennsyl-
vania 1857; Rock Island, ~; Union Pa
cific, lis.
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consumers would not patronize his
products. although the quality OF the
products was said to be excellent. When
the plant was running 1t gave employ
menl to about fifty men and women.
The plant was owned by Freeman
Sardou and insured for 5000.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-10
LADY DECIES hurt.
Struck by Piece of Shell While Doing
Red Cross Work.

London, Dec. 10.-A dispatch from
Dunkirk to the Westminster Gazette
reveals the wounding by a German
aeroplane of Lady Decies, formerly
Miss Vivian Gould. of New York.
It says:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-10

Chicago. Dec. 10.-HOGSReceipts3 s. ooo.
Market slow. Bulk of Sales $69o07 80:
light. $6DG750; mixed. $6.00G7sO; heavy.
- s0G7. 40; rough, $6S098.60: pigs, $5667 %.
CATTLE-Receipts 1000. Market steady
Christmas beeves. $11.00Q13OO: native
steers. $7o061o.3o: western, $5.zsQS 50; cows
and heifeTs, g 25G650: calves, S. 506s Is.
SHEEP-Receipts 1900. Market firm.
Sheep. $5.2oG6.2s; yearlings, 81 4067. IS:
lambs. $6.3C9850
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Chicago Grain Mark.

Chicago, Dec. 1O-WHEAT@Close: De-
cembcr, 81. 16; May, $1.20X.
CORN-December, 62Nc: May, eSX@69c.
OATsDecember, 46Xc: May. 51z@51zc
PORK-January. 81 9o@17s2; May. $1s-s7
LARD-January, $9-67; May, 1872.
SHORT RIBsLjanuary, ss72Gs.N; May.
$1O02G1OM.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-10

Kansas City Grain Market.
1.-THE range of prices for grain futures on
the Kansas City Board Of Trade a. re-
ported by Thos Myers. Broker Co
lumbar Bldg.l
Kansas City. Dec 10.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-10

To Cure a Cold In One Day
Take LAXATIVE BROMO QI-TNINE
Tablets Druggists refund money If 1t
feils to cure. E. w. GROVES signature
is on each box 25c.-Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-10
Kansaa CITY 1--we stock sale..

K0nAaA CITY Live Stock S01e0
The following sales were made this
morning al the Stock sA-ds Kaneas
City and reported over eng distance
Telephone direct TO the .5tAfs ournsl o..
Gay Robinson 4 Co, i've stock CON.
mission mercnAntA win -0ices ~ ~
marketa.l
Kansas City. Dec. 1O.-CATTLE-Re-
ceipts 5000 head Market steady
HOGS-Recoipts 1000 head. Market open
steady; now weak Bulk Of sales. H.eo0
TO: top. SIS.
steady.
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Lady Decies, formerly Vivian Gould,
who was wounded in the shoulder
recently, by the fragment of an
aerOplane bomb. while on Red Cross
duty ut Dunkirk.
ION the occasion of the last visit Of
a Taube one of the bombs killed a
woman and wounded a young girl so
her arm had to be amputated.
Lady Decies, who has been doing
Red Cross work here for the past two
months. happened to be passing.
"She was struck on the shoulder by
a splinter of iron and as long as she
lives will carry the mark
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TOOAY'S MARKET REPORT

Chicago. Dec. O.-WHEAT-Wheat suf-
fered a material decline in price today
largely as a result of the British victory
In the South Atlantic, removing most, II
not all danger of German Interference
with expected big Argentine shipments to
Liverpool. Comparatively steady cable
quotations. however and reports that frost
had caused serious crop damage in Argen-
tina LED to some hesitatancy here at the
start. There were also advices that En-
peror Williams condition had improved.
After opening hQAc lower to Nc higher,
the market rallied a little but then slid
down grade.
The market became over sold on base
less rumors that Emperor William was
dead. A rebound followed that wiped out
all the decline. The close was unsettled.
sa6QAc to above last night.
: CORNeCorn developed strength owing
to rough weather that dimin- shed receipts.
Demand, though. was not OF an urgent
character. The opening. which varied
from shade of to a like advance. was
followed by a moderate general advance.
Inquiry from exporters tended later to
harden quotations. The close was steady
at NO to sc net advance.
OATS-Shorts and exporters buying
steadied the oats market Trade as a
whole. however, lacked volume.
PROVISIONS-Lower prices for hogs
weakened provisions. Buyers were scarce.
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New York Cotton Market.

New York, DeDc. 10.-COTTON-Spot,
quiet: middling upland. 40; gulf, 7.65. No
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Butter afsd Ezra.
FURNISHED by The Continental Creamery
Co. Topeka. Kan.1
Topeka, Kan. Dec. 10
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FURNISHED by t.has No n PACT pw s'a1
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