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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-08

Of navy to build? We shall take
leave to be strong upon the seas. in
the future as in the past; and there
will be no thought of offense or of
provocation in that. Our ships are
our natural bulwarks When will the
experts tell us just what kind we
should construct-and when will they
be right for ten years together. If the
relative efficiency Of craft of different
Kinds and uses continues to change as
we have seen it change under our
very eyes in these last few months?
But turn away from the subject.
1t Is not new. There is no new need
to discuss it. We shall not alter our
attitude toward it because some
among us are nervous and excited.
we shall easily and sensibly agree
upon a policy of defense.
Will Be No Stampede.
The question has not changed it's
aspects because the times are not nor
NAL Our policy will not be for an
occasion. 1t will be conceived as a
permanent and settled thing, which
we will pur-ue at all seasons, without
haste and after a fashion perfectly
consistent with the peace Of the world,
the abiding friendship of states, and
the unhampered freedom of all with
whom We deal. Let there be no mis-
conception. The country has been
AiiSiHAoTuAcQ we nave not Deen
negligent of national defense. We
are not unmindful of the great re-
sponsibility resting upon us. We
shall learn and profit by the lesson Of
every experience and every new cir
cumstance; and what is needed will
be adequately done.'
To peace in Europe the president
referred briefly. I'VE are the cham
pions of peace and Of concord" he
said, land we should be very jealous
of this distinction which we have
sought to earn. Just now we should
be particularly jealous of it because
it Is our dearest present hope that
this charact-r and reputation may
presently, in Gods providence, bring
us an opportunity such as has seldom
been vouchsafed any nation, the op-
portunity to counsel and obtain peace
in the world and reconciliation, and a
healing settlement Of many a matter
that has cooled and interrupted the
friendship of nations. This is the
time above all others when we should
wish and resolve to keep our strength
by self-possession, our influence by
preserving our ancient principles of
action"
(The message appears in full on
page p
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-08
SANTAFE MEETING
Many System Officials in To-
peka for Conference.
s<Just q Little Gathering" Is
Way They Explain 1t.

A dozen or more Of the higher Of
dcials of the operating and passenger
departments of the Santa Fe Railway
company are having a conference in
Topeka today about things in general.
but nothing in particular, according
to a statement made by w. j. Black
Of Chicago, passenger traffic manager
of the system.
In the meeting, which is in prog
ress at. the Office of c. w. Kouns.
general manager, are F. c.. Fox OF
Amarillo. general manager of the
western lines: ]. J. Byrne of Los An
geles, assistant passenger traffic man.
ager; w. S. Keenan, of Galveston, gen.
eral passenger agent; J. NJ. Connell
of Topeka, general passenger agent;
]. Brinker of Amarillo, assistant gen.
eral PASSENGER agent; C. B. Strohm
Chicago, superintendent Of transpor-
tation, and six general superintend-
ents, T.. H. Sears. Amarillo; c., H
Bristol, Pueblo; w. E. Maxson, Gal
f. A. Lehman, Newton, and r. J
Parker of Topeka
I'VE have q little meeting toward
the close Of each year to review oul
Eactivities of the twelve months periot
/ and talk about the future" Mr.. Blacl
said this morning. "Our session i
informal, devoted to an exchange O.
fWffere it is possible to practice addf
tfonal economies. The conference ha.
no significance and we have no new
policies nor important changes to an
nounce."
Asked to say something about the
three cent fare case, Mr.. Black sait
that the articles which the railway.
Of Kansas are running in the news.
papers covered the situation thor.
OughIy
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-08

the state," said Professor L. L. Dyche,
state fish and game warden. Every
possible form of plant and animal life
to be found in the waters of the state
is already growing in the hatchery nat
urally and by the opening of spring ]
believe there will be sufficient quanti-
ties available to supply every high
school and college with material for
actual laboratory work in botany and
zoology.
Much material for laboratory work
in the minor schools of the state is not
available because of its scarcity in
many localities. While We have not
made a thorough test of the hatchery
grounds we believe that every water
plant known to exist in Kansas is al
ready growing there and every water
animal, fish and reptile can be found
there and by spring they will be in
sufficient quantities to supply everyone
interested in this work.
There are hundreds of varieties of
water plants growing in the ponds, the
the water from the river. And almost
every imaginable form of water life
fro mthe smallest mollusca and crusta-
ceans up to the big fish and reptiles
are there. There are many forms OF
vegetable and animal life in the hatch
cry that no high school and few col
lege students have ever seen. No one
thought of the possibilities of the
hatchery as furnishing a prapagatine
ground for natural history until now
when we have found that the speci-
nearly all useful and helpful in growing
fish and will be valuable to the botan-
ical and geological students of the state
as well''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-08
FELL DEAD IN SHOPS.
John Relish Stricken While Waiting in
Work Line Today.

John Reisch, a carpenter in the
Santa Fe car repair shops. fell dead
shortly after o'clock this morning
just before his days work began.
Relish had just ''rung up and was
standing in line waiting to enter the
repair shops when he fell over. He
was taken into the foreman's affice
and DR.. A. H. O'Connell and an am
bulance from the Santa Fe hospital
were called.
few minutes later, just before the
physician arrived, it was discovered
that Relish was dead 1t is believed
that his sudden death was caused by
heart trouble. He resided at 627 Lo.
Gust street and Is survived by q wife
and three children
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-08

by Frank ]. Hayes, vice president of
the union miners of Colorado in con-
ventiOn here today.
I'VE recognize no surrender and shall
continue to propagate the principles of
our humanitarian movement through
out the coal fields of Colorado" says
the communication in announcing the
determination of the executive board to
terminate the strike. After reviewing
the efforts Of the federal government
to effect settlement of the controversy
and quoting correspondence which pass
ed between President Wilson and the
United Mine Workers of America, the
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-08
TO AMERICA.

London, Dec. S.-William Watson
has written the following sonnet
dedicated ITO America; Concerning
England"
Art thou her child, born in the
proud midday
OF her large souls abundance and
excess?
Her daughter and her mightiest
heritress,
Dowered with her thoughts, and lit
on Thy great way
By her great lamps that shine and
fail not?
Yes!
And at this thunderous hour of
!. struggle and stress
Hither across the ocean wilderness
What word comes frozen on the
frozen spray?
Neutrality! The tiger from his den
Springs at thy mothers throat. And
canst thou now
Watch with strangers gaze? So
be it then.
Thy loss is more than hers; for,
bruised and torn,
She shall yet live without thine aid,
and thou,
Without the crown divine thou
might'st have worn.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-08
DEAD PILED HIGH
Germans Use Heaps OF Bodies
{fOr Entertainments.
Peffograd Claims That Lods Il
Still Unconquered.

Petrograd. Dec. S.-The war office
still refuses to admit the capture OF
LOdz by. the German forces. The en-
gagement Is still in progress in that
region, 1t is stated. The Russian loss-
es in this fighting have been heavy.
but some estimates place the German
casualties in the general fighting a.
high as 100000.
After the retreat Of the Germans
from Strykow, bodies were found in
heaps waist high. Survivors still en-
deavorfng to fight their way out Of the
Russian wedge closing in upon them,
In many instances entrenched them
selves behind piles of the bodies Of
their cOnrades
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-08
A GARDEN Of FISH
Kansas Hatchery VIII Be Used
for Botanical Study.
Geological Specimens Also Will
Abound at Pratt.
FOR GOOD OF STATE SCHOOLS
Professor Dyche Will Furnish
Plant and Animal Life.
Everything From Monusca te
Fish and Reptiles.

The Kansas fish hatchery at Pratt
will be made into a great botanical and
geological garden for Kansas students
next year. The state university pro-
fessors in those departments made
some use of the hatchery last summer
and they expect to make the botanical
and zoological study at the hatchery of
as much Importance to the students of
cation of fish is to the followers of
Isaac Walton
by next year we will be able to
furnish all the high 4chools and col
leges Of the state with the finest pos
sible specimens of water life found in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-08
NEARING A LIMIT
With q Million Men in Reserve
Germany Is Forced
To Transfer Troops From One
Border to the Other.
IBy J. w. T. Mason.l

New York, Dec. 8.-Oficial confir-
nation is now forthcoming of the
suggestion made in this column that
the Germans had withdrawn troops
from the western front for operations
against the Russians. Petrograd esti-
mates six army corps and five cavalry
divisions, about 100000, men now
added to the German strength in PO-
land within the past fortnight. Part
of this force is declared to have come
from France and Belgium, but Petro-
grad does not state the proportion.
The gains the allies are making in
Flanders and northern France, fol-
lowing the long weeks of slow retire.
ment, undoubtedly means a very con-
siderable change in German strength.
OF the 100000 reinforcement sent to
Won Hindenberg, probably one-half
and probably more have been with
drawn from the west. Whether the
seasoned veterans can be returned to
Belgium and France is a crucial mat
ter for Germany. That Germany has
had to divert troops from one frontier
for WORK on the other, means that
they have reached the end OF the sup
ply Of munitions.
The official French estimate Of Ger
many's present battle line strength, cou-
pied with Germany,s census figures,
show that there are probably a million
ing, apart from the unframed civilian
population who have not been sent to
the front. When, instead of drawing
on this force, the western trenches are
weakened to give Won Hindenberg the
reinforcements he needs. there can be
but one Interpretation. Four months of
devastating warfare have terminated
even the great preparedness of the
Germans.
Undoubtedly this limit would have
been reached before If Liege had not
fallen into German possession. Liege
is ore of the worlds greatest manufac-
turing centers Of war supplies. Not
only is it the Belgian Essen, but 1t is
also the munition factory for many Of
Europe's smaller countries. The Ger
mans undoubtedly have set all furnaces
and forges in Liege going at full speed.
The supplies thus turned over are
forming a splendid supplement to the
Krupp output.
1t appears now as If Germany were
fast approaching the critical time OF
her double campaign. Hitherto, the
tactics of Frederick the Great. who
held Europe at bay by quick concen-
trations against isolated divisions 81
the enemy, have been followed by the
German staff, but It is becoming more
and more dangerous to continue these
tactics because the enemyss strength
10 growing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-08
ADMITTED HER GUILT.
Rose Mossburg to County Jail for
Improper Conduct.

Rose Mossburg, arrested recently at
Grove, Kansas, on a charge of improper
relations with various persons. entered
a plea of guilty in the Court Of Topeka
this morning and was sentenced to W
days in the county Jail by Judge Carver.
Edward Friedrich and Lawrence Her
nandez. a Mexican. arrested in connec-
ton with the case have entered a plea
of not guilty. Their hearing has been
set for December IL. in the Court of To-
peka- Fredrick is charged with taking
the Mossburg girl from place to place
for illegal purposes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-08

ed success
Honest business men, the president
declared, need have nothing to fear in
treading the way outlined in the trust
and currency bills.
While the president dwelt briefly on
the subject his words were interpreted
as an assurance that no further i'm
portant business legislation was con-
templated.
The presidents remarks in full with
relations to business legislation were
as follows:
Our program of legislation with re-
gard to the regulation of business is
now virtually complete. 1t has been
put forth as We intended, as a whole,
and leaves no conjecture as to what is
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POSTPONE HEARING.
DIR. Moore Assault Case Held Over for
Ten Days.

Upon application of the defendant.
a ten days postponement of hearing
was granted in the court of Topeka
this morning in the case against DR..
o. o. Moore, a. local physician.
1t is alleged that Moore assaulted
Mamie A. BrOughton, 1245 Clay
street, when she went to his office for
medical consultation. The hearing
has been set for December l 8 before
Judge Carver in the court of Topeka
All witnesses for the state were pres
ent this morning.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-08
ISSUES A WARNING.

State Says Insurance Firm Is WoF1kime
without q License.
The department of insurance has
issued a warning to Kansas engaged
in the insurance business against
transacting any business for a new
concern which has recently begun
soliciting risks on warehouses in this
state without the formality of obtain
ing state permit.
The company in question IL the
Warehousemen's Fire Insurance. Asgo-
citation of San Antonio, Texas A pen-
atty is provided by state law against
solicitation of business by agents in
the interest Of insurance Companies
now authorized by the insurance de-
partment to do business here
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-08
BUSINESS CAN
NOW REST EASY
The President in His Annual
Address to Congress
Declares That His Program of
Regulation Is Finished.
10 M0TlllAl0 lR0nc IN EHln
IS NOTHING MORE TO FEAR
Road Is Open to UnclOuded
Success, He Says.
Utterance on MilitariSm Well
Received by Both Sides.

Washington, Dec. 8.-President Will
son departed from the prepared text OF
his annual address to congress today.
which was devoted principally to an
swering those who contend the United
States is unprepared for national de-
fense, to give notice to the business
world that the legislative program OF
his administration as it affects regula-
ton of business was practically COM
pleted.
He said it had resulted in a clear
road for business to travel to "uncloud-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-08
MINERS STRIKE
FORMALLY ENDS
1t Has Been in Existence Since
April, 1910.
International Executive Board
Issues q Statement.
NOT 4 SURRENDER. IT ASSERTS
Action Is Taken in Difference to
President Wilson.
All the Men Are Advised tn Seek
Former Places.

Denver. Colo, Dec. "a recommen-
datlon to terminate the Colorado
Miners strike which had its incep-
ton in the northern Colorado
fields in April. 1910, and which
for more than fourteen months
involved practically the entire coal min
ing industry Of Colorado was contained
in communication from the Interna-
tfonal executive board of the United
Mine Workers Of America, presented
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-08
may SNOW TONIGHT.
Light Rain Today Will Turn Into
White Flakes Is Prediction.

light rain which is expected to
turn to snow before morning began
falling this morning at 1920 o'clock.
The precipitation up to O'Clock this
afternoon was .O1 Of an inch. Damp,
drizzling weather extends all the way
from the Rocky Mountains to the
Atlantic coast today. There was three
inches of snow on the ground at Den
yer. In fact there is snow on the
ground along the eastern slope of the
Rockies all the way from Texas to
Montana.
At o'clock this afternoon the wfrd
was six miles an hour from the north.
Tho h.oaxxlsr x5ix,exa.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-08
ALL BUT Two PERISH.
Steamer Vedra Burns and "a OF Her
Crew Are Lost.

London, Dec. S.-Thirty-four mem
bers of the oil steamer. Vedra, en-
route from Port Arthur to Barrow.
perished today when the vessel took
fire and burned. The Vedra was
sighted ablaze off Walney Island. Two
members Of the crew were rescued,
badly burned, and taken to Barrow.
The remainder were lost.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-08

New York. Dec S.-Julian Hawthorne.
the author. who is So years old was
struck and injured by an automobile
Monday while crossing Vanderbilt ave-
nue. at 44th street He was removed to
his home where it was found that he
had sustained several cuts and bruises.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-08
Place for General Wotherspoon.

New York, Dec. 8.-Major General
VIM. W. Wotherspoon retired as chief
Of staff of the United States army last
month, was notified today by Gov.-
elect Whitman he would be appointed
state superintendent of public works.
Mr.. Whitman said that General Woth-
erspoon had accepted the appointment.
The office runs concurrently with the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-08

Unsettled with probably snow to-
night and Wednesday; colder tonight.
United labor bulletin., 1914-04-04
DENVER, COLORADO SATURDAY,
/. T. u. EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
RULES HA WKES OFF BALLOT
Marden Scott of Nelo York Will Be the Unopposed Can
didate for President; Ruling Made Under
Article of the Constitution

of
the council has ruled that Charles Hawkes. New York
the fourth Wednesday May 1t held said the records
1918 while secretary Employing
of New York
This also
J. U. president
The under which ruling is a follows;
The qualifications o in
follows in
of
the o subordinate
of New
York Union
q9 in The section above quoted meeting held and
G. a
9 = U president and Secretary James s oconl statement Of
In order be able authoritative
Bulletin teaPhed
b.
de
and his ballot forfeited. w.
Treasurer j. w Hays
United labor bulletin., 1914-04-04
ALLIED PRINTERS
NARROW ESCAPE
Antitrust Law Hangs Menac.
ingly Overhead
U. S. Department Of Justice Rules
on Investigation being Made of
New York Allied Trades

II is Illegal for members OF the Allied
Printing Trades Council TO notify book
sellers that they will not deal with
them If they handle books printed under
non-union conditions.
1t is lawful for the Allied Printing
Trades Council TO notify publishing
houses that they will appeal to state
boards of education If non-union books
are handled by them.
The above rulings are included in
letter from Assistant Attorney General
Todd at Washington TO District Attor-
pey Marshall of New York City in the
case OF the New York Allied Printing
Trades Council, which the federal grand
jury has been investigating because of
its opposition 10 the non-union publish
ing house of Doubleday, Page & Co. In
effect. Mr.. Todd rules that il is vio-
lation of the Sherman antitrust law
and an interference with trade if the
printers and their allies notify book
seller handling non-union goods that
they Will no longer patronize him.
These workers, however, may appeal
TO fellow unionists TO urge state boards
of education throughout the country to
cease buying this union product for
"s' ~ the punhc SCHOOLS, because TINS
act docs not constitute a direct re-
straint of interstate commerce within
the principle of any case decided by the
Supreme Court" says Mr.. Todd, who, it
will be noted, relies on court interpre-
tations of the Sherman antitrust law.
against which the American Federation
OF Labor so strongly protests. and which
interpretations may some time outlaw
the petitioning of public officials on the
ground that such action is can interfer-
ence with interstate commerce"
The federal attorney plainly states
that II the Allied Printing Trades Coun.
ell approaches booksellers with threats
not TO buy books of them If they carry
in stock the books of publishers who
employ non-union printers" this would
United labor bulletin., 1914-04-04
FACTORY EMPLOYE WINS
$4,000 DAMAGE LAWSUIT
JUDGE DENNISoN UPHoLDS I'M
PoRTANT LABOR LAW.
Independence Spice Company Failed to
Install Safety Appliances When Fac
tory Inspector So Directed.

\ ruling OF great Importance TO labor
was last week handed down by Judge
Dennison of the Denver District Court
IN decision given in the case of Kauf-
man ". The Independence Spice Com
pany.
This was a suit brought by Fred Kauf-
man against the company for damages
for personal injury by reason of the
eompany's failure to obey orders for
safety appliance given by state fac,
tory inspector under the factory inspec-
tion law. The company set up plea
of contributory negligence. but this was
disallowed by Judge Dennison when it
was shown by records of the labor de.
partment that this company had been
ordered TO guard this machinery and had
failed TO obey these orders, and yer.
dict of $4,000 damages was assessed
against the company by the jury after
being out but a few minutes.
Ii has always been eonteuded by La
Dor Commissioned Edwin V. Brake, who
drafted this law, that Sec. of this act
does away with the doctrine of assump-
tion of risks and contributory negli-
gence when an employer fails to pro-
vide the safety appliances around ma
chinery that has been ordered by him or
the first occasion in which it has been
tested in court, is fully upheld by Judge
Dennison, thus forming a precedent for
future cases and also greatly strength
ening the labor department in its en-.
forcement of this law, as employers will
be more ready to install the safety ap-
pliances ordered around dangerous ma
ehinery by reason of this decision.
Sec. of the factory act is as follows:
factions for Damages-Sec. .. In all
actions brought to recover damages for
personal injuries or death caused by
reason of the violation of any of the
provisions of this act is shall be suffi-
cient for the plaintiff to prove in the
first instance, in order to establish the
liability of the defendant, that the death
or injury complained of resulted in con-
sequence of the failure of the person
owning or operating the manufacturing
establishment where such death or in
jury occurred to provide such establish.
ment with safeguards as required by
this act, or that the failure to provide
such safeguards directly contributed to
such death or injury"