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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-21
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cent in the duty on tea, coffee, chic
Dry, tobacco, dried fruits and other
articles was suggested and also an
crease of 100 per cent on patent
medicine.
Another source of revenue is to be
ar increase in postal rates, which is
expected to bring in S4,975,0G0. The
chancellor plans to abolish the half
penny postage and to impose addi-
tional charges on telephone and tele-
graph MESA geS-
Tax On Imported Cars.
A tax of g. 1-3 per cent ad va1orem
on all imported motor cars, bicycles,
moving picture films, clocks, watches,
musical instruments, plate glass and
hats, also was put forward by the
chancellor.
1t took Mr.. McKenna nearly two
hours to reveal the secrets of his bud
get and his proposed methods of
meeting the enormous commitments
arising from the war. His opening
sentence, however, left no doubt as to
the drastic chara cter of the measures
he was to recommend.
Il must ask the house." he said to
sanction great and unprecedented
burdens. L am confident that if the
proposed taxes are assented to by the
house they will be accepted by the
country.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-21
STRONG FOR LOAN
Investment Bankers Want Al
lies to Get u. S. Credit.
Favorable Resolution AdOpted
at Denver Convention.

Denver, Colo, Sept. PA resolu-
ton approving the extension of foreign
credit wholly as matter of business
and endorsing the neutrality policy of
the national administration was adoDt-
ed unanimously by the Investment
bankers Association of America in
conveQtion today. The resolution was
introduced by w. r. Compton of st.
Louis, chairman of the special com
mIttee on agricultural credits 1t de-
cIared tnat the opportunity for the
united states becoming a creditor in
stead OF debtor nation as a result
of the present international financial
situation should not be overlooked.
DR.. z. E. Pratt chief of the bureau
of foreign and domestic commerce.
questioned the economic wisdom of
making loans to European nations for
destructive purposes" pointing out
that after the European war the Unit
ed states would be in a position to
finance foreign investments now held
by the belligerent nations
DR.. Platt sal dthe flow of American
capital abroad had already begun and
that since the war began $257,O9O.OOO
of American capital had been invested
in foreign securities.
4 am not criticising nor Directing
to loans which are being made to the
European countries he said. II am
merely raising the query as to whether
or not it is a sound economic principle
Tor US as nation to loan our money
to our best customers to enable them
to destroy one another when we might
at least be using portion of that cap
ital to develop those countries which
although now not our best customers
are likely to become very good Gus
TONER'S
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-21
THE WEEKS FORECAST
Fair With Moderate Temperatures
Promised for Plains States.

Washington, Sept. 21.-The wealth
er bureaus forecast for the week be-
ginning tomorrow follows:
West Gulf states-Generally fair,
moderate temperatures throughout
the week.
"Ohio valley and Tennessee-F'air
and cool the first half of the week.
The latter half of the week warmer
and cloudy, probably local showers.
Region OF the Great Lakes air
and cool the first half of the week,
probably heavy frosts Wednesday and
Thursday. Latter half of the week
warmer and unsettled, with probably
occasional showers
plains states and upper MISSISSIPPI
valley-Fair moderate temperatures
the first half of the week, although
frosts are probable Wednesday in the
upper Mississippi valley. Warmer and
unsettled by the middle of the week
with scattered showers. The latter
part of the week generally fair.
Rocky mountain and plateau re-
fair, normal temper
ature except that showers are prob
able about the middle of the week in
the northern Rocky mountain region.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-21
TO LARNED HOSPITAL
Twenty Men Patients Will Be Taken
From Topeka Asylum.

Twenty men, insane patients at the
Topeka state hospital; are to be taken
in a special car to the Larned state
hospital Wednesday. That was the
announcement today from the board
of control which has made arrange
ments for the removal of the second
installment of insane patients to the
new hospital.
A year ago the state transferred
forty men to the Larned hospital At
that time twenty men were taken from
the Topeka hospital and an equal
plumber from the Osawatomie hos
pital. Provision is now made for the
care of sixty men and twenty men will
be taken from the Topeka institution.
The transfer of the men will relieve
in a degree the crowded condition at
the Topeka hospital. Men taken to
the Larned hospital are of sufficient
physical strength to be used on the
1,0O0-acre farm purchased by the state
as a site for the western institution.
No women will be taken to the Larned
hospital until a sufficient number of
men have been removed to care for
the farm and new building erected for
WOmen'S wards.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-21

and it is expeced that by October l.,
the total number of swims for the
season will be considerably more than
3,7O0.
While the season Will in fact close
October 1. it will officially close Oc-
tober s when a big fall rally will be
held At this rally awards will be made
to girls who have qualified for the
various grades of swimmers.
Girls who have learned to swim
during the last season will be pre-
sented with a green ribbon. A red
ribbon will be given TO girls who can
swim SO yards and demonstrate any
three standard strokes. a blue ribbon
marked life saver" will be given to
thase who pass the american Red
Cross life saving tests. Advanced
swimmers who can successfully do any
five of a list of twenty stunts will be
given a purple ribbon.
The swimming season for children
will close Saturday. September Is.
Special stunts have been prepared for
the younger swimmers who enter the
pool on the closing Gay. Following
the period in the water, they will be
entertained on the gym floor by the
Girls club.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-21
VOTES DIDN'T MATTER
Nomination Was Fixed, Says Fraud
WitnesS-Ta2gart Leader.

Indianapolis, Sept. 21.-"Ed Lyons
will be nominated-no matter who
gets the most votes''
DR.. Moses Leeth, deputy under for
mer Coroner Charles O. Durham,
Democrat, testified in the trial of
Mayor Joseph E. Bell, charged with
election conspiracy today that Fred
Barrett, Democratic county chairman,
one of the men indicted with Bell,
made the foregoing statement to him
shortly before the primary of May 5,
1914 Lyons was a candidate for the
Democratic nomination for county
treasurer. The witness said he also
had conversation with Lyons, whom
he asserted he supported for the
nomination and that Lyons had said:
ut seems everything is fixed for my
nomination, as the organization is for
me-"
who made up the organization, if
you knoW?''
81 have regarded Thomas Taggart,
Bernard Korbly, Dem ocratic state
chairman, and Mayor Bell as the
Democratic leaders in Marion county
for a number of years"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-21
TO A BROADER FIELD
Public Health Nursing Association
Plans to Increase Activities.

The Public Health Nursing associa-
ton is to widen it's field of endeavor.
Hereafter the association will give at
tention to all tuberculosis patients in
the county needing it's services. An
agreement has been reached between
the county commissioners and the di-
rectors of the association whereby the
county will pay $500 per month to-
ward the support of the work.
The association has been doing work
of this kind, but has been limited in
its endeavors on account of a lack of
funds. Under the new arrangement
both incepient and chronic cases will
be treated.
A meeting of the association was
held Monday at which a proposition
from the county commissioners was
accepted and plans for carrying out
the work were made.
Better Babies week also received
attention
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-21
YIN. C. A. OPENING
Physical Training Glasses Will
Be Resumed October 4.
Many New Features Being Add
ed to Curriculum.

The dormant state in which the Y.
NJ. c. A. has been during the summer
owing to tue absence of classes in
physical training will end October 4,
when the fall and winter term of the
association will commence. To mark
the beginning of the new term the
w home will be thrown open to the
general public. Plans are being de-
veIoped by George Hoyes, secretary of
the association, and Ralph Knapp,
physical director, to make the open
ing of the new term a big event
An innovation in physical work
will be introduced this year by the
organization of classes in water gym
nasium. 1t is planned to follow the
regular classes on the floor by classes
in the pool. Here instruction will be
given to the trembling youngster who
enters the pool for the first time, as
we'll as the advanced swimmer who
desires to improve his stroke or mas
ter new ones. Regular water games,
contests and stunts will be arranged
and a schedule worked out as definite
as that governing work on the floor.
Registration for all physical work
will commence September 81 and
continue until October 3. A record en-
rollment is expected and arrangements
are being made for at least twenty
four classes. Special classes will be
organized for business men, office
workers, high school students and
youngsters in the grades. In addition
to the regular gym work instruction
will be offered in boxing and wrest-
ling.
The equipment of the gymnasium
has been put in shape for the open
ing OF the new term and several
changes have been made on the gym
floor that will permit a wider va
riety of work. The hand ball court
which has heretofore been closed
during the winter has been moved to
the third floor and will now be open
all year.
All the pool and billiard tables have
been overhauled and the bowling al
legs are being remodeled. 1t is be-
lieved that work on the alleys will
be completed by the opening of the
,15axU term
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-21
TOO MUCH NIGHT owl
Sylvester Hincr Sued for Divorce in
District Court Today.

Alleging habitual drunkenness on
the part of the defendant, Tillie Hiner,
226 Van Buren, street, filed a petition
for divorce in the Shawnee district
court this morning against Sylvester
Hiner, a horseshoer at 1121 Kansas
avenue.
Among other things, Mrs. Hiner al
leges that her husband stays cut too
late nights. The couple was married
at Alma in 1900. The plaintiff asks
custody of their child, Hazel Florence.
Petition for divorce was also filed
this morning by Jessie Walton, 900
West Railroad street, against Fred
Walton, whom she married in June,
1907. The petitioner alleges non-sup-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-21
WRECK INJURIES 20
Burlington Train Crashes Into De-
rallied Freight Car.

Chicago, Sept. 21.-The twenty per-
sons injured in the wreck of the Mis-
souri, Limited of the Chicago, Bur-
lington & Quincy railroad at Wesern
Springs. a suburb, last night were re-
ported today as being in a favorable
condition.
w. w. Eastin, of Kearney, Neb.,
whose legs were broken; Henry Fox, of
Galesburg, ILL.,, fireman, and r. J.
Keefe, also of Galesburg, engineer of
the train were the most seriously in
jured. Fox was severely scalded and
Keefe suffered a broken leg and prob
able internal injuries. All, however,
are expected to recover.
The train, bound for Kansas City,
crashed into a derailed car of a freight
train while speeding at the rate of
fifty miles an hour. The engine of the
passenger train and three cars-the
mail, baggage and smoking car-were
thrown off the track
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-21
JAP HAS new 7. B. CURE
DIR. Koga Sends Samples of Con-
sumption Medicine to U. S.

San Francisco, Sept. 21.-Bringing
to the United States the first sam
pies of the new tubercular treatment
announced two months ago by DR.. Il.
Koga of the Japanese government
laboratories, DR.. r. B. Teusler, head
of st. Luke'S International hospital in
Toxic, arrived on the steamer Chiyo
Maru. The -'ev compound, of four
different strengths for the treatment
of different stages of the disease, will
be turned over to American physi-
clans for private experiment.
Two hundred cases have been
treated at our hospital by DR.. Koga,'
said DR.. Teusler, land Improvement
was shown in more than sixty per
cent"
The medicine is a Synthetic COM
pound of cyanide of copper. 1t is
Administered hypodernnicallY
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-21
COTTON TAKES JUMP
October and January Contracts $13
Over Last Year.

New Yok. Sept. 21.-Cotton was
extremely active and excited today,
selling soon after the market opened
at from 20 to SO points above last
nights closing figures.
The advance was the result of q
general buying movement probably
based on continued firmnesS of Liver
pool, bulliSh private crop reports and
the appearance of somewhat unsettled
weather in the south.
Many recent sellers were credited
with covering on the advance, which
carried October contracts up to 1.01
and January to 11.67 or nearly $13
per bale, above the low level of last
season.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-21

regular session of the grand lodge at
auditorium.
1000 p. m.-Exercises by children
from the 1. %. o. F. home at audi
forum.
500 p. m.-Conferring first, sec
ond and third degrees at auditorium,
meeting in charge of Eugene lodge
No. 10. First degree, Shawnee lodge
No. 1; second degree, Excelsior lodge
No. $40; third degree, Topeka lodge
No. 40.
Thursday, October II.
800 a. Irregular session of the
grand lodge.
100 D. Irregular session of the
grand lodge.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-21
OUTSIDE OF COLONIES
Raised 100000 Men i'm United King
dom Alone.

London, Sept 21.-Premier AS
quith informed the house today that
the figures he recently gave that
nearly 100000 recruits had Joined
the British army since the beginning
of the war, did net include any forces
raised outside the united kingdom.
The British forces since the COM
mencement of the European war have
been swelled not only by the recruit
ing in the United Kingdom, but by
important detachments from Canada,
Australia, New Zealand, and India.
No figures are available however,
showing the total contributions in men
of these various British nossessons
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-21
Topeka GIRLS SWIM
More Than $500 at Y. w. C. A. in
Summer season.

With the closing OF the pool at the
Y. w. c. A. October 1, the most sue
cessful swimming season in the his
tor of the local institution will close.
Since the season opened, May 1, more
than $500 swims have been taken in
the pool by members and their friends
This record is considered a remarkable
one in view of the unusually cool
weather during a large part of August
Girls holding tickets good for swims
are still crowding the pool in an effort
to use them before the closing date
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-21
PROBE TRUST CHARGE
Missouri Case Before Special Com
missioner Today.

st Louis, Sept 21-The inquiry to
determine whether there is spelter
trust in Missouri, which opened at
Joplin last week, was resumed here
TO-DAY before Senator +. w. McAllis-
ter, special commissioner appointed
by the supreme court to take testi-
mOny.
William simon, assistant manager
of the st. Louis branch of the Ameri-
can Metal company testified as to the
increase of amount of smelted ore.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-21
MOBILES IN SMASHUPS
Queen Wilhelmina in Collision; Prince
Joachim Injured i'll Auto Wreck.

The Hague, Sept. 21.-An automo-
bile in which Queen Wilhelmina and
her daughter, Princess Juliana, were
riding yesterday coIlided in a woods
near the Hague with another motor
car. The queens automobile was dam
aged, but no one was injured.
Prince of Prussia Hurt.
Berlin, Sept. 21.-Prince Joachim
Albrecht of Prussia, was slightly in
Jured when an automobile in which
he was riding with a companion met
with an accident and both were
thrown out of the car. The princes
companion was more severely injured.
The prince is a cousin of Emperor
William.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-21
A BLOW AT SALOONS
st. Louis DraElslIors Cannot BE LO.
Gated Near Churches.

ST. Louis, Mo, Sept. 21.-Saloons
Will not he licensed to operate near
churches and schools that large num-
bers of persons must pass the dram
shops in going to church or school, it
was announced today by Excise Com
missioner RumSey.
The rule he said, would not apply
in cases where the petition for a sa-
loon license is signed by a nearby
church. He had not received such a
petition, he said.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-21
ARREST BANK Men
Dubuque and Pueblo Officers Caught
in Government Net.

Denver, Sept. 21.-W. S. Slaughter
of Dallas, Tex. president of the closed
Mercantile National bank of Pueblo,
was arrested here today by federal Of
Ulcers on warrant sworn out by gov
eminent officers in connection with
the bank failure here last March.
Dubuque Teller Caught.
Dubuque, Sept. z1.-George J. Ho-
man, cashier; Joseph f. Hara gan,
teller, ard Charles R. Siege, the sec
ond teller, of the Dubuque National
bank, were arrested today by United
States marshal. They are charged
with embezzlement misa pplication of
funds and making wrong entries in
the banks books.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-21
Kansas City Bank Case to Jury.

Kansas City, Sept. 21.-The case of
]. w. Berry, George L. Davis and w.
L. Meyer, former directors of the de-
funct American Union Trust company
of Kansas City, will go to the jury in
the United States district court late
today. The men are charged with
misuse Of the mails in connection with
the operation of the trust company.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-21
APPLES AT A LOSS
As 900 Bushels Piled Up on Levees
at St. Louis.

st. Louis, Sept. 21.-Forty-five
thousand bushels of apples. shipped
to ST. Louis by steamboat were piled
along the 1evee today awaiting buy
ers.
me storage houses will not be open
for apples until October 1.
The apples were sold on the levee
today in some instances at a price
lower than the cost of shipment to
St. Louis.
Practically all the apples on the
levee came from Calhoun county, I'LL
no;S.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-21
Thomas Atkins Dead.

Houston, Sept. 21.-Thomas Atkins,
pioneer newspaper man and founder
and first president of tie Southwest
Texas Press association, died at Bee
Vile early today, aged IA years. For
many years he was editor of the bee
villa Pipay1IDo
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-21

Clark PEBBLES and Hurley won,
up and L. -sttr-
Bell, Hurley and PEBBLES made the
Shawnee course in 43, the best score
to be made on the course during the
day. Clark took a As. At the Coun-
try club Hurley was low medal with
81, Clark took SO, PEBBLES Al and
Bell As,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-21
URGE CARRANzA CAUSE
Federation of Labor Asks Recognition
of Mexican Leader.

Washington, Sept. 21.-The execu-
tive council of TIE American Fedora
ton of Labor authorized President
Gompers to draft a statement in its
behalf urging recognition of the Car
rama government as the authorita-
tative expression of the best ideals of
the Mexican people for self govern
ment.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-21
FIRE IN BIG mine
Several Hundred Miners Were En-.
tOmbed in England.

Nuneaton, England, Sept. 21.-Sev-
eral hundred miners were entombed in
EXhall colliery as the result of a fire.
The cage employed to bring work.
men to the surface was destroyed by
the flames.
Rescuers have already sent up ten
bodies.
Out of about $50 miners in the col
liery at the time of the fire 200 were
rescued by means of an emergency
shaft
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-21
FOUR POPULAR PRICES

Fer fall and winter suitings and over
coats. Prices ranging from $3.50,
$500, $4,000 and $500. L am show
ing the latest shades and most up to
date in all styles of suitings. Olof
El5berg, 70S Kansas avenue, second
flOOr-AdV
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-21
Soldiers to Border.

Washington, Sept. 21.-A regiment
of infantry and q regiment of field
artillery have been ordered from CAL
weston to Ell Paso Tex, according to
an announcement tc the war depart
ment late today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-21
NIacedonians Join BuIgarians.

Sofia, Sept. 21.-It is learned that
the number of Macedonians who join
ed the Bulgarian colors on Friday IS
about $4,000. From reliable sources
it is reported that traffic on Bulgarian
railroads has been suspended tenn
nOrarilY.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-21
Frost at Atchison.

Atchison, Kan, Sept. 21.-A light
frost occurred here last night but
caused no damage to crops. The
eemuerature this morning was 40.
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Woods May Come.

Melbourne, Sept. 21-The common
wealth granted permission today for
the expectation of crossbred woods to
the United States, Canada and the al
lied countries
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-21

Governor Capper IS today assisting
in the laying of the cornerstone for a
new Masonic temple at w keeney.
Trego county. The governor left
Monday night for Wakeeney and will
return to Topeka Wednesday morn
ing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-21
LOCAL MENTION.

1t will pay you - s T ur estimate
on that lumber bill. Phone ]. Il.
Whelan & Co., I'll E. 4th.-Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-21

A half dozen Missouri Pacific rail-
way employees at HoisingtCn have
complained to the state bureau of
labor because a stipulated sum is re-
tanned from their pay check for hos
pital benefits. The complaint was
submitted 20 the attorney generals
office today and contracts under
gated
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-21

Safety razor blades sharpened better than
new, 25c-35c doz. Brunt Drug Co--Adv
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-21
DEATHS and FUNERALS

Moses Rucker, colored, age SO. died
this morning at his home, $50 Peters
street. Arrangements for the funeral
will be made later.
The funeral of James Fitzgibbons,
the boy who was drowned in Soldier
creek, was held this morning at the
Church of the Assumption. Inter
ment in Mount Calvary cemetery.
The funeral of Marie, infant daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Maurice Common,
422 Lime street, was held this after
noon at the residence. Interment in
Topeka cemetery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-21
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY.

LOST-Red backed pocket memo. book,
with bills of lading and other papers.
Return to Capital office.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-21

F. A. Rooster, D. D. s., 10 Mills
Bldg. Special attention wen to pyor-
rhea and oral prophylaX. ADV.