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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-08
Trayers Bailey Gets $500
as Second Prize-Reeves
Breaks Spring; Retires

Tucson. Ariz., Nov. S.-A MarmOn car
driven and owned by c. a. Bennett, Of
silver City. won the first prize Of $1,000
in the big automobile race over "A
course Of I05 1900 miles here on sat
urday afternoon. The velie. owned and
driven by Travers Bailey, OF FL Paso,
took. second place and $500 OF the prize
money. while the third went to the
Pope-H Hartford, driven by Tom Brewer
OF Globe Benefits time was l-5S:z4i
Bailey's 1851. and Brewers 2:O4-OS-
Bailey was the only Fl Paso entrant
to finish. Walter Smiths Fiat went
ont in the 18th lap with a broken radi-
ator. while Carl Reeves and his Nation
al dropped out soon afterward with a
broken spring The Pierce-ArroW, drlN-
en- by Hines. OF Douglas. also went out
with a broken spring The Clyde Spe-
ciaI broke a cylinder and Clark's Fiat
had trouble with the gasoline feed,
dropped out but resumed the race
Delno's National the pick of the Tue
son fans. was forced out early IN the
race with engine trouble
The Buda-ElmOre, driven by Garfield,
OF Globe. appeared 10 have the race
won until the goth lap. when tire trou-
bic forced the car out of the race None
OF the Fl Paso cars had tire trouble
The course was both rough and
heavy Rain during the morning made
the thick surfacing Of dust into mud
and the time hung up was eNceptlonalllN
good under the interference II was
the rough roads that played havoc
with Reeves and Smith, OF Fl EGso-
CIark's Fiat made the fastest lap at the
rate Of 66-69 miles per hour
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-08
POTTER BOOSTS
ANOTHER ROAD
Arizona Man Is Here With
Party From San Diego
Going Eastward.

Four automobile touring members Of
the Southern National Highway asso-
cations special coast TO coast recon
Nuisance trip reached FL Paso from the
west Sunday and went out east Monday.
Starting from san Diego, Cal. in a big
Cadillac eight headed for the Allan
tie and then to a final terminus at
Washington, D. c.. the better roads
boosters struck the Pass CITY at 4-45 in
the afternoon. declaring that Texas
promised well for county highway i'm
provement.
Dell NJ Potter. president Of the
Southern National Highway association
headed the tourists. who are backed by
the citizens Of San Diego from start to
finish financially, even to the outright
purchase of a car for the Journey so as
to be free Of all encumbering Obliga-
tiOns. B. "A Burrell, United States en-
Slneer. appointed by the public roads
ofIice 10 accompany the trip from San
Diego through TO its conclusion at the
capital. is taking notes all along the
route for a reconnaissance survey to be
reported 10 the department Of agricul-
rure on arrival in Washington.
Wilbur Hail. magazine writer. is
travelling with the party, bearing COM
missions from several periodicals for
articles on the proposed southern high
way from coast 10 coast William 3.
Gross. official representative Of the san
Diego exposition, is in charge of the
publicity end Of the trip. The driver is
II. B. Taylor.
I'VE leave Fl Paso for Roswell. y
NJ said Mr. Potter. Thence we shall
make Snyder Abilene. TT Worth. Dali
las Texarkana, Hot Springs, Little
Rock. Memphis. Nashville Chattanooga
Knoxville. Asheville. Salisbury. y. c..
Durham, n c., Richmond and Washing
ton.
The. California state highway from
san Diego TO Yuma will be finished in
4
wide. running from the Pacific ocean to
the Arizona California state line. Yuma
is planning roads from that city to
Phoenix and when they are completed
she viii have done her share towards a
fine highway running to the NIaricopa
county line in Arizona. Then the only
bad stretch will be between Phoenix
and the Yuma line"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-08

LA 1Otths nov o. II MY
n red hair that got me into the
- fighting game" asserted Frank
Moran, the Irish husky VINO yearns 70
Try conclusions with Jess Willard
You see. it was this way" Nora
explained. when j got up TO the az
OF ten wears my hair was a flaming rec
That gave the kids a chance to yell:
'Red-head. ginger bread at me, al OF
which peeved me considerably 1hSIs
was only one way to stop Ihat trich
Of the other bOys-and that was 10
whale 'em into silence.
Well il took me about two years
TO finish the job-but I did IT. Ihere
were a lot Of boys in my nelshDoiI
hood and I had 10 beat them up IN
rotation Some Of them were bigger
than I was and 1 had 10 tackle those
fellows three or four times before
could blacken their eyes or bloody their
noses. in my kid days, f1ght wash
settled with a Knockout u was SET
tied with a black eye or bloody nose.
The kid who scored the flrst black eye
or landed the first gore producing
FFallop on the beezer Of the other KID
Practice makes perfect, and, as
said, constant battling to save my req
hair from insult won me all my KID
fights in time
Fought for Five-Cent Purse.
NY first prize fight was for five
cent purse It was staged IN q ca
boose- on my way to school 1 had to
cross a railroad track in one OF the
Pittsburg suburbs. a caboose always
Law at that point and was used as a
loafting room for the trainmen be-
tween runs.
zone day a trainman hailed me he
said he'd heard I was quite q scrappeE
but he said he knew a kid who coula
beat me up. told the tralnInah tllaie
I didn't care what the kid though
that ] only fought fellows VINO calleo
me .red-head-' 80
oh. then you've gotta fight tins
fellow said the trainman, because ne
keeps on saying that you're Just
.red-headed ginger bread false alarm
well. right there I said I'd tight
The trainman said he'd have the other
kid in the cabOose the next day after
school and that I should be around
-" The winner OF the fight said the
trainman, win get a nickel
II won the fight smashed the
other kid right on the bridge OF the
nose with the second punch ana not
only did his eyes get black Dut ms
nose started to bleed. too
Trainmnn FIeeced Him Of HROIl-'
After that ] used 10 scrap any KIDS
that came to the caboose- Pretty
soon I had IS nickels that ID won
7 was saving them ali until GOT q
dollar and then I was going TO put
IL IN the bank But / never got the
dollar together because ] was trimmed
by substitute trainman-
cone day the sub called me and tod
me about a kid who wanted to ughr
mhe for a side bet of 81. I told the
trainmau / had only so cents. The SUP
said That's all right kid; you give
me the so cents and I'll put 20 more
TO it TO make the dollar III act as
your stakeholder.
Never saw Stakeholder.
"The scrap was pulled off the next
DAY I beat that kid up cOnsidera Diy
and after we'd been smuggling away for
five minutes he yelled he had enough,
jumped from the caboose and ran
away.
Il then looked among the train
men for the stakeholder. but 1 couldn't
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-08
THREE FOOTBALL
TEAMS IN LEAD
Cornell, Colgate and Pitts
burg Are Left as Chief
Contenders for Honors

New York. Nov. S.-CornelI. Colgate
and PittsburE We're left as the chief
contenders for the premier gridirOn
nonors OF the east as a result OF Satur-
DAYS games.
other teams. formerly factors in the
anu struggle for football glory. failed
TO show any 18th hour Improvement
winning or losing by small scores in
mediocre exhibitions.
Chief Interest in the weekend con-
tests naturally conferred in that be-
tween Harvard and Princeton Harvard
won because it PLAYED better football.
both from an individual and team
standpoint.
Defeat Of Yale.
Although Yale played a better all
around game against Brown than the
Blue has developed in previous contests
this fan. it was not equal TO defeating
The Providence team
The forward pass that Washington
and jefferson used so successfully to
beWilder and defear-Yale failed to mys-
tify Pittsburg and Glenn Warmers pu-
pills eliminated their opponents from
the race for first place gridirOn honors.
Pennsylvania and Dartmouth played
nip and tuck game IN which hOnOrs
were about even, although the Green
finally emerged victor
Navy Defeats Buckneu.
Much the same situation prevailed at
Annapolis, where the Navy defeated
BucknelL The Middies gave their
coaches some slight encouragement by
playing stronger football, but the
weakness Of their opponents made it
doubtful if this Improvement was as
marked as il appeared.
The east and west broke even on the
intersectional games of the day. for
Cornell defeated Michigan and Notre
Dame won from the Army.
In the other contests on eastern
fields. the results We're on a par with
the play of the big EridirOns. LaFay-
D 50
easily defeated Mount Union; Tufts and
Trinity fought TO a scOreless tie;
Springfield's clever all around game
was too much for the Massachusetts
Aggies. Union won from Rensselaer,
Poly; Frank and Marshall whitewashed
Haverford; the Carlisle indians over
came Holy Cross and Amherst easily
defeated Middleburg.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-08
. SATURDAY FOOTBALL SCORES
$~~~~~>~>>> >~~~~S

University Of Washington, -; Cali
fornia, 0.
Harvard. 10: Princeton, cat Prince
Brown. so; Yale. 0.
Washington and jefferson, o; Pitts
burgh, T.
pennsylvania, ,; Dartmouth, :.
NOtre Dame, Z; Army, O.
Bucknell, 3; Navy. 13.
William. 6; Wesleyan, IL
Amherst, :; Springfield Training
school. 20.
Carlisle. %: Holy Cross. q.
Swarthmore, o. Lafayette, L.
Mount Union. O: Syracuse, IS.
Columbia. L; Connecticut ASSies, G.
Boston, 8; Fordham. o.
Franklin and Marshall 10; Haver-
ford, o.
Bowdoin. 3: Names. 8
Bates, o. Colby. &c.
Johns Hopkins, %; Gettysburg. :.
Worcester Tech, s. Norwich. O.
Phillips Exeter, p; Harvard Fresh
men. 10.
Princeton Freshmen. q; Yale Fresh
men, 16.
Union, 2; Rensselaer,. 0.
Tufts, 0: Trinity. O.
AIuhlenberg, 10; Lebanon Valley, 9.
Cornell. "a: Michigan. Z.
Haskell Indians, 0: Chicago. s..
University Of Missouri, 8; Northwest
ern. "a.
Iowa. I3: Purdue. 1s.
Nebraska, so; Nebraska Wesleyan. o.
Michigan Aggies, IS; Marquette, g.
Kansas, Il: WashbuTn, 0.
GrinneIl, IS; Drake. 0.
Western Reserve. 90; Oberlin. Z
Carnegie, 27; Case. 6.
Ohio wesleyan. 6; Cincinnati, Il.
Kentucky. Is; Louisville. 0.
Henry Kendall. 10: Oklahoma. H.
University Of Texas, p. University
of the South. G.
Missouri Normal. 15; Kansas Nor
NAL 16.
Ohio State, 10: Indiana. Q.
Creighton. p; St Thomas. Z
Louisiana State University, Is; Ar
Utah :; Colorado Springs. p.
Colorado Mines, IS; Denver Univer-
Oregon Aggies. 40; University Of Ida
Virginia. IS; Vanderbilt, 10.
At Newark-Delaware College. "a;
Dickinson. 70.
At Neutrality-suspicious.. 90; But
At Terrs Haute-winona, Z; Rose
Poly, S.
Kansas State Normal, &c; Warrens-
burg CMo.) Normal, Is.
William Jewel, 30; Westminster. O.
Z Illinois Wesleyan, 20; Bradley. T.
Normal University, q; Lincoln Col
St, Ambrose College. 3; Dubuque Col
Lombard College. 10; St Louis Uni
versity. Z.
Prosperitys first rule Buy home
products.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-08
Many Kinds of Rheumatism
One Sure Mode of Treatment
Authorities Say Don't Use Lniments Treat
It Through the Blood. You Can't Rub It Quit

originated, viii relieve you OF Rheu-
matism. Take S. S. S. today. The
complete recovery Of thousands of suf-
ferers by the use Of S. S. S. Is positive
proof that you can be relieved. S. S. S.
is a blood tonie-a purifier that restores
the blood, revitalizes it, eleanses it,
makes It pure as it was before It be-
came poisoned with impurities. S. S. S.
gives it strength to drive out these
impurities uric acid and organic
poison and with 1t the Rheumatism.
Get S. S. S. at your druggists. If
you need special advice, write to S. S.
S. Co., Atlanta, Ga.-Advertisement.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-08
SAYS HANLON IS HEAD
OF THE WESTERN LEAGUE

San Francisco, Calf, Nov. $40
meeting of Western League magnates
is scheduled in san Francisco, accord
ing to ". A. Rourke, owner Of the
Omaha club, who is here with Z. j.
Hanlon of Sioux City Mr.. Rourke
made the following statement Sunday
night.
$50 far as 1 know. Mr. Hanlon and I
are the only Western league owners
in san Francisco. No meeting has been
held and none is contemplated to the
best Of my belief. Relative to the cleo
ton Of a new president. 1 can say just
this: We ousted Tip O'Neill last Sep
TENDER and put Mr.. Hanlon in his place
THE majority Of Western league
owners win be guided entirely by Alr.
HanlOn's orders"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-08
AUTO OVERTURNS; SEVEN
GIRLS PINNED BENEATH

Maria. Texas Nov S-When an auto
driven BY Miss Alice Mahon overturned, she
and six other young women OF Maria were
thrown out and bruised and all believe they
had remarkable escape from serious injury
and possible death. The most seriously IN
fured was Miss Laura smith. whose arm was
disiocated. In the auto were Miss Mahon.
and Misses Laura Smith. Myrtle Harnett.
Ethel Kerr. Esther Vale Secrest, Lovey Neill
and Gladys Duty
In going down a hill near the cemetery.
as the afternoon limited train was passing.
road and apparently lost control Of the car.
which turned over and pinned the young
women beneath The car was badly dam
aged
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-08

Whether your trouble IS Sciatica,
Iumbago or the dreaded Artieular
rheumatism, the answer Is the same.
You must treat It through the blood.
That Is the only way to rid the sys-
TEN Of uric acid, purify the blood and
revftalize the nerves. II the blood IS
freed from impurities, Rheumatism
must 90. This in short Is the exact
knowledge gained by the research lab
oratories of the S. S. S. Co., in Atlanta.
These tests have been made for fifty
years. They know what Rheumatism
is. They know that S. S. S. the re-
marBable blood tonic, which they
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-08
RED HAIR MADE MORAN FIGHT;
FIRST PURSE VAST 5CENT5
Moran Says Taunts Of Boysh PlayfeOws Concerning His
Flaming Mop Caused Him to Whip One After An
other and Then Keep Right Until He
Old Enough to Enter the Prize Arena.
RY FRANK G. sIENkE.

see him. Where's Jim 2-Cthe stake
HOLDER asked. one of the trainmen
said he'd been transferred TO another
run that morning. ] never saw Jim
asain-and L never got the 81.
since I've been in the fighting game
I've been fleeced pretty often and
lOr thousands Of dollars at a crack
but no loss ever hurt me like that
lirst one did
Some folks have the idea that I gOi
big bunch Of money Tor my fight
against johnson. 1 ought to have got
a nice roll. but the truth is ]
didn't get a cent In several other OF
my big fights I didn't get a penny.
I've been shOrn closer than any lamb,
but from now on frankie Moran won't
let any managers get about 100 per
cent Of MS money"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-08
PHOENIX TEAM WINS AFTER
BEING GENERALLY OUTPLAYED

Phoenix, Ariz-, Nov. S.-After being
outplayed generally till near the end
of the second quarter, the Phoenix high
school football team bucked up and
won from the Flagstaff Normal by a
score of 40 to 0.
The visitors were superior at line
bucking and forward passing and also
seemed to have quite an edge in defen-
siye work But Teal, the Phoenix left
end. hid out on the side line took a
forward pass from Luke, lodged four
Normalites and carried the ball As
yards for a touchdown. Six toucEdowns
were made altogether and Marlar, the
Phoenix captain, kicked goal four
times.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-08
HOLLAND AND ISBELL
ARE STANDING BY ONE

Chicago. Ill. Nov. S.-Norris L
O'Neill who holds a contract to be
president of the Western league until
the end Of 1915. called the annual meet
ing Of the league in Chicago several
days ago, before departing for Cali
fornia TO spend the winter The only
club owner to respond was John Hol-
land OF St. Joseph. but Mr.. O'Neiu held
the proxy of Frank Isbell, owner Of the
Des Moines club.
Mr.. O'Neiu announced after the meet
ing. which was adjourned for lack Of
a quorum that he was willing 10 sur
render his contract, which is a part Of
the constitution and by laws. provided
the league paid him the salary called
for by the fun contract time He and
Mr. Holland declared that Mr.. HanlOn
could not legally be named president,
as the call was not legal, failing to give
the specific object OF the meeting as
prescribed by the rules.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-08

Correct that eye trouble. and enjoy
the comfort and pleasure Of perfect
eyesight For satisfaction in eyeglass-
fitting see Geo. D. Kendall. Optometrist
and Optician. 20S Mesa Ave.-Adv,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-08

The ordinary cosc Or a Want Ad in
The e. Paso Herald is % cents. II
reaches an average OF about 100000
readers each issue
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-08

The housewives daily problem is.
What shall I give them to eate" An
swer; Sulzberger's Majestic Ham and
BacOn.-Adv.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-08
RAILROAD AND AUTOMOBILE TIME TABLES

All trains arrive and depart from Union
station. foot Of san Francisco street All
arrivals and departures given in FL Paso OF
mountain standard time
SANTA Re.
For Albuquerque. Denver, Chicago. Los
Angeles-Lv. $3.50 a. m and $500 p IN.
From Albuquerque. Denver. Chicago. Los
Angeles-Ar. 10 a. m and 6-55 D. m
FL PASO & SOUTHWESTERN
tWcste-n Division-l
For Arizona and SonOra-Lv. z-55 p m
and 5-45 p. IN
From Arizona and sonora-Ar. 900 a m.
and 1.f0 p m
eastern Diyision.l
For Kansas City. ST Louis and Chicago
Lv. 1855 p m and f;45 D. m
For Tucumcari-Lv. 1850 a. m
From Chicago. st. Louis and Kansas City
Ar ESQ a. m and ESQ p. m
From Tucumcuri-Ar. f:20 p.
c. H. & :. A. AND = =. TRAINS.
For san Antonio. New Orleans and Wash
ingtou-Lv. S;45 a. m and 1850 p m
From Washington. New Orleans and san
Antonio-Ar. $50 p m and 10 D. m
For Arizona and Caltornia-Lv- SIS a
n. p m and lo-l5 p m
From Arizona and California;. S:5o
a. m. $3.50 p m and 10 p.
TENAS & PACIFIC.
For Dallas and St LCuis-Lv- $3.50 a. m,
200 .. m
From S. Louis and Dallas-Ar- s:45 a.
MEXICAN CENTRAL.
For Aguascauentes and intermediate
points-Lv- Juarez az D. M
From Aguoscalieutes and intermediate
pOints-Ar- Juarez 1880 a. IN
MEXICO AND NORTH WESTERN.
For Pearson and intermediate poiuts-Lv-
Juarez Mondays and Thursdays AZ s a m
From PearSon-Ar JuareE p. m We'd
nesdays and Fridays
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-08

Be it ever so humble there's no place
like home comfortably warmed with
coal from p c. Semple. successor to
Southwestern Fuel Co. Phone 531.-Adv-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-08
ROSWELL-ALAMOGO PASSENGER
AND EMPRESS line

Automobiles leave Alamogordo for Ros-
well at $3.50 a. m. arrive at Roswell at 5-Se
D. m Westbound automobile leave Ros-
well for Alamosordo at $500 a. m Arrive
at Alamogordo at ass p M stops are
made at the following points:
Picacho. Tinuie HOndo. san Patricio. Glen
Coe. White Nj Inn. Mescalero. Bent, Tula-
rosa. La Luz
Through fare one way $1,000 Interme-
date points Sc per mile twenty-five pounds
baggage carried free Excess 1c per pound.
Telephone 40. % or No 564. Roswell: ~
or 43 Alamogordo-
Bert Browning Geni Mgr.
Roswell Nau. lIarLcn-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-08
BENNETT TAKES TUCSON CONTEST
BOWLING
Big League.

Official standings OF she various leagues
trundling on the Cactus alleys have been
announced as follows.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-08

MARFA-FORT DAVIS AUTO MAIL LINE.
Leaves Fort Davis daily and Sundays a. m.
Leaves Maria. -.....-.........---...3 p m.
One way. So so. round trip sfo 90.
O. W Davis. Prop.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-08
BLACK RANGE AUTO STAGE AND
EXPRESS LINE

Passeneer service. leaving EneIe and
Chloride daily except Sunday. at a. m for
Elephant Butte Cuchillo. Willow Sprinss
and Fairvlew. Through fare one way. Sc
intermediate points. 1oc per mile. Bag
gage carried SO pounds free. excess 2
cents Der pound.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-08

Big League.

the various leagues to be as follows:
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-08

Prosperity's first rule Buy home
products.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-08

Bert Browning. GenL Mgr.
Roswell. New Mexico.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-08

Car leaves La Mesa Tor III Paso ct a. m
iaily. Telephone $40. ia Mesa. n "
X T. Hewitt.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-08

-EW YORK. Nov. SITS my
n red hair that got me into the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-04
OASIS IN DESERT.
EIlinwood, Barton County. Has Long
List of Booze Convictions.

Ellinwood, Barton county, was to-
day PLACID on the map as an oasis
in the Kansas booze desert when
w. p. Montgomery, an assistant at
torney general, returned to Topeka
with a long list of Ellinwood liquor
convictions. Eight Ellinwood liquor
dispensers this week drew sentences
aggregating Sc months and fines
amounting to $4,000 as result of
Montg visit to the Barton coun-
ty district court. A ninth jointist was
sick and unable to appear for SEN
tence.
For some weeks news has come out
of Barton county to the effect that
Ellinwood is not as observant of the
provisions of the prohibitory liquor
law as it might be. Recently a num-
Der of arrests were made. Montgom-
cry went to Great Bend to appear in
the trial of the cases. But there were
no trials. All of the defendants plead
ed guilty and fines amounting to $4,-
500 were assessed against the defend
ants, who also drew a total Jail SEN
tence of Sc months. A ninth violator
served notice through his attorney
that he would plead guilty. AS he was
unable to appear in court, sentence
was suspended.
AS a further result of the Ellinwood
clean up, Montgomery secured court
orders for the destruction of eight
barrels of bottled beer, IT kegs of
beer, two barrels of whiskey, two
cases of whiskey, three ice boxes, one
slot machine and an installment of
joint fixtures
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-04
KILL UTILITIES BILL.
Senate ArOuses Wrath of Members by
Action of Measure.

The lstless inattention of members
of the state senate to the consideration
of amendments which he declared had
turned the utilities commission bill
into wise and beneficent measure
which, while preserving the interests
of the people of the state would have
relieved them of the present great ex-
pense OF its operation, called down the
wrath of Senator j. H Stavely upon
the heads of his fellow senators as
they voted to send their bill into OBJ
livion last night. The lobby came in
for a flaying by Senator Francis Price,
who declared, as he explained his vote
to save the bill:
ITO express my endorsement of
what L regard as a useful measure
and my contempt for the lobby which
for the past two weeks has hung about
the sessions of this body for the ex-
press purpose of killing this bill, I
vote aye
Senate bill SIS was a revision of the
public utilities law which reached the
calendar of the upper house too late
to get squarely before that body for
consideration. Important changes
made in the bill in committee removed
features against which the strongest
fight had been made on behalf of
cities of Kansas and in the form in
which the bill reached the upper
house on final passage it was pro-
nounced a genuine improvement on
the existing public utilities commits
sion law. 1t would have extended the
powers of the commission over tele-
phone companies and have thrown the
cost of hearings now conducted at
public expense upon the shoulders of
those corporations with which the
contentious originated.
Senator J. H. Stavely of Usage coun-
ty author of the original public utili-
ties commission law of 1911, was one
of the strongest endorsers of the new
measure: Others who fought for it
beside Price of Clark were Senators
Carey, Joseph, KinkeI, Logan, Shouse
and Waggener.
Before finally killing the bill the
senate cut out the heart of section 9
which was intended to prevent the
duplication of utilities in any city.
This was regarded as one of the strong
features of the bill