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enterprises goes, has been written by
Senator T. A. Milton of Wyandotte
and presented to the senate. The
measure, which proviG for the ex-
emption from taxation of factory cap
ital, machinery and buildings tin cities
of the first class has been endorsed by
the commercial organization of Kan
sas City and will probably receive
similar endorsements from CONNER
cial clubs throughout the state.
The Milton measures provides: THAT
all manufacturing establishments here
after erected and operated by any resi-
dent individual, company or corpora
ton, in any city of the first class in
the state of Kansas, and all machinery
and other Improvements necessary for
the prosecution of the business, all cap
ital invested in and used for the oper-
alton of the same together with all i'm
provements erected on real property, all
machinery put into buildings already
erected but not now occupied where the
amount invested actually exceeds 81 900
shall be exempt from taxes, except state
taxes, for period of five years from
the time such manufacturing establish
ment may be put in operation"
Any city availing itself of this privi-
lege of extending this exemption shall
have power to vote on a proposition
to renew the exemption and extend il
for further period of ten years.
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Earthquake in the Toe of tho
Italian Boot.
People Flee From Homes and
Refuse to Return.

Rome. Jan. 19.-A strong earth-
quake has occurred in Calabria. espec-
tally around Cosenza. the capital OF
the Province. 1t is not yet known
whether there has been loss of life
or serious damage to property.
Coeenza, Calabria, Jan. 19.-The en-
tire population of Cosenza az well as
the inhabitants OF Paola, Amantea.
CastrOvillari and RossanO left their
houses when the earth shock occurred.
Fortunately there were no victims in
these towns. The people. however.
cannot be induced to return to their
dwellings as they fear a repetition of
the shock.
Calabria is in the southwestern ex-
tremity of Italy commonly called the
Toe" of the mainland OF the king
dom. 1t is q mountainous region and
disastrous earthquakes have been fire.
quent there.
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MORE Are NAMED
More House Committees An
nOunced by Speaker Today.
Members of Representative
Body Given Appointments.

Speaker Stone today named fourteen
new house committees. The commit
tees include fees and mileage, educa-
tional institutions, federal relations,
claims and accounts, mileage, cities
third class. public welfare, congress
sional apportionment, judiciary local.
gas and oil. fish and game, enrolled
bills and engrossed bills and county
lines and seats.
Members of the committees named
today are:
Fees and Salaries-Smith Of Gra-
ham, johnson of Brown. Campbell OF
Bourbon, Drummond Of Norton, Mel
son of Republic, Kelson of Scott, Car
son of Clay. Day of Cowley, burst OF
Mcpherson.
Educational Institution = Hugh
banks Of Harper. Wflmoth of Cloud
johnson of Wallace. Taylor of Wa
baunsee, Gibbons of Kingman. burst
Of Mcpherson. Kirby of Trego.
Federal relations-Hoskinson of Fin
ney, Gi1lum of Stanton. Derby. of Has
kell, Farr of Lincoln, Gray of Phillips
Showalter of Thomas. Jones of Meade
Gillian Of Rocks.
Thomas, johnson of Wallace. Neis-
wender of Shawnee, Endres of Leaven-
worth. Kincaid Of johnson, Shuey OF
Decatur, Tromble of Mitchell, Gillian
of Rocks.
Mileage-Caudill of Comanche
Noble of Labette. Lindley of Barber
Smith of Graham. Derby of Haskell
Shuey of Decatur. Joyce of Grant.
judiciary Local-Jones of Meade
Gillum of Stanton, Farr of Lincoln
Harris of ellsworth. Edwards OF
Reno, Brown of Greenwood, Neihart
of Usage, Tannahill Of WoodsOn, Kir-
by of Trego.
Gas and Oil-Ferrell of Chautau-
qua, Holderman of Butler, Worley OF
Elk, Wayman of Lyon. Tyson of Linn
Day OF Cow1ey, Mahurin of Coffey
Ossweiler of Sedgwick. Van Cleave OF
Wyandotte-
Fish and Game-Allmon of Pratt
Wells of Miami, P0meroy Of Jackson
Stone of Lyon. Samson OF Cove, eau
dill of Comanche, burst of Mcpherson
Enrolled bills-Hawkinson of POtta-
watomie, Bardwell Of Riley, Edwards OF
Reno, Caldwell of Ottawa. Carson OF
Clay, Doyle Of Clark, Tulloss OF Frank
lin.
Engrossed bills-LLonnberg Of Hodge
man, Goodier of Logan. Lindley of Bar
her, Brewer of Crawford. endricks oi
Rawlins. Jones OF Meade. Neihart OF
Usage.
Cities Third Glass oi
Kiowa, Wells of Miami, Sharp o1
Washington, Farr of Lincoln, Smith
Of Seward. Clark Of Sheridan, Stout
Of Stevens.
public we1fare-Drummond of Nor.
ton, Stauffer Of Douglas, Stone o1
Lyon. Endress of Leavenworth. Laml
fCondnnod on Pa0o ZWo.1
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Official Report for 1914 Shows
Balance Of 912,4eO.
Best Financial Showing IN -
Years Of Existence.
NOT 1 DEFICIT N ANY Fund
Every Figure Was on Right
Hand Side Of Ledger.
Economy and Efficiency Habit
Has Been Practiced.

All the econOmizing which was car
ried on during the year 1914 was not
don't by individuals. Topekans as Q city
economized. There was no wasting OF
money. An investigation Of Miss Tope-
ka's business ledger for the year. shows
her finances to be in better shape than
ever before in her fifty years Of ex-
istence.
Because Topeka got the economy
habit she spent q thousand dollars less
each month last year than she had in
tended to spend. To be exact, 81. 2.459.03
remains to her credit which she had
expected to spend when the budget al
lowance was made for the year.
That is the amount which remains
unspent in the general revenue fund.
While there has been a cash balance
left over each year since the commis-
sion form Of government was adopted.
this is the first time the balance has
been much more than nominal.
But this $12.459.O3 is not all the city
has saved during the year. In each Of
the other funds there is a balance on
the right side of the ledger running
from a few cents to several hundred
dollars except in those funds where
the exact amount needed could BE- CONF
muted to certainty. In no fund il
there deficit.
That there is the large sum of $12 45s.08
in the general revenue fund 10 even
more remarkable when the fact is taken
into consideration that the amount
which it was expected would be raised
by the tax levy for this fund fell more
than 5000 short of expectations. The
total amount received by taxation for
the general revenue fund was sos O64. 78
From other sources such as the sale Of
dirt. receipts from licenses and police
court fines. $52. .165 50 was received, maxi
ing a total Of $2eO. .2sD.e0. The total APP
preparations from this fund w6re @zA7,-
771.57. leaving balincs of $11N5e03.
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Representative Samson of Cove
County Introduces Measure.
Distribution of Texts Free to
the Children of Kansas.
PRINT BOOKS IN STATE PLANT
School District May Purchase
Property Direct From Topeka.
Distributing Agent May Make
Profit of 10 Per Cent.

Free school text books with the
opening of the next school term is
made possible today in a bill intro
duced in the house by Representative
Samson of Cove county. The Cove
county man makes an optional pro-
vision which permits school district
ownership Of books and their distri-
button free to the patrons of the dis
trict.
In the bill which Samson intro
duced. he makes amendment to sever
al existing sections Of the school text
book law and the act relating to the
publication of school books by the
state. The bill does not provide COM
pulsory ownership of school books,
but leaves the ownership discretion
ary with the voters Of the various
cities and school districts of the state.
Under the terms of the law, a
school district may vote to purchase
it's own school books from the state
printing plant. These books then be-
come the property of the district and
tional cost to the individual parent.
The expense of the books will be met
in the regular school tax levy.
Another provision in the Samson
amendment permits school boards in
districts here local ownership does
not prevail, to designate distributing
agent who may provide books to
school patrons at a profit of ten per
cent. Under the present law, it is
necessary to buy the new texts direct
from the state.
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1t is in the ways and means commit
tee room that sorrow and sadness
prevail and the woe and anguish of
administration members are most in
evidence. It is the fight to cut down
appropriations that threatens to keep
the ways and means committee mem
bers busy most of the winter and
threatens trouble for the officials who
carry the responsibility for an in
creased tax levy
Just at this time, with the legisla-
tive session but seven days old, the
outlook for keeping appropriations
within the record of the 1913 session
are not especially promising. Two
years ago when the legislative appro-
priations jumped something like a half
million dollars over the appropria-
tions of the previous session, the
Democrats tried to explain. But the
craft and cunning of all the available
Democratic campaign orators failed to
wipe away the facts. There was q
half million dollars in excess bills to
pay and the dear voter looked at the
dollar marks and forgot the campaign
arguments and the statements that
the funds were spent for laudable
DurDOSeS.
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RIOTlNC IN MEXICO
State Of General Disorder Pre-
walls in the Capital.
Gen. villa Is Expected to Quell
the Disturbance.

Washing ,on. Jan. 1s.-Rioting, sus-
pension of business and disorder
again prevails in Mexico City. accord
ing to state department advices today.
Officials believe Villa will be able to
Quell the trouble. He was reported
today tc be already in the capital
The erstwhile Provisional President
Gutierrez has collected 5000 men for
battle. Authorities here believe he will
line up with Carranza. 1t is admitted
that he may establish another revolu-
tion Of his own.
AS far as the state department
knows, General GarzaS still rules in
Mexico. with Villas aid, but his re-
tirement from that position is momen-
tarily expected.
No definite reason for the sudden
flight of Gutierrez has been received
early today, but agents In touch with
the situation declare he had been the
center of q plot against Villa to Join
with Obregon. and his sudden leave
taking was tie result of mature de-
liberation
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FIGHT FOR YPRES
Germans Open Another Offen-
sive Movement With Artillery.
British Move in Fresh Troops
to Defend the Town.

London. Jan. 19.-The Germans
have begun another offensive move
ment according to unofficial advices
today from Holland. 1t is said that
the German heavy artillery went into
in progress for possession Of Ypres.
The British are moving in fresh
troops to defend this town. around
which occurred some of the heaviest
fighting of the war at the time the
Germans were attempting to force
their way to the English channel. The
assault on Ypres, following the vic
tory of tn Germans at Scissors and
their attack at Albert marks the thiro
movement of the kind within a week
Petrograd dispatches say that Rus
sian forces are moving rapidly west
ward through Pennsylvania, which
forms the eastern portion of Hungary
adjoining Rumania- The Russians
now have possession of mountain
pass which gives them easy access to
Hungary according to these advices,
which state the Austro- -Hungarians
were not prepared for victories said to
have been won recently by the Rus
slams.
The plight ! Z the Turkish army
corps. which gave battle to Russians
near kara-Urgan, in the Caucasus re-
gion. is described in Petrograd reports
as pitiable. Those who escaped alive
from the battle are said to be fleeing
toward Erzerum, but owing to cap
ture by Russians of their food sup
plies are confronted with the alterna-
tive of starvation or surrender. 1t is
stated that in one place 900 soldiers
were found frozen to death. and doubt
is expressed that any of the Turks
will be able to reach Erzerum.
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Seen From the Gallery
By HARVEY PARSONS.

1t is the desire of Senator Lambert
son that other senators of that august
body introduce bills with comprehen-
sive titles. A few days ago. one of
the senate lawyers put across a bill
to repeal the section exempting fra
ternitieS from taxation. Senator
Lambertson. who is a frat man and q
lawyer, let 1t get by without recosni-
tion. The title of the bill, as offered
at first reading, merely named the
sc -tion and chapter of the act. 1t
didn't recite the ambition to put fra
ternity houses on the fritz Hence the
peeve of Senator Lambertson. His
resolution will make It necessary for
the legal sharps of t-le senate to write
a title something like this: IAN ACT
to jab the harpoon into all fraternity
houses, turn it around twice and pull
1t out crosgWise."
His resolution was offered, also, al
a help to poor but more or less honest
newspaper men who stagger along
Continued on Page Three.1
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Representatives Test OratOri.
cal Abilities for First Time.
Railroad Bill Stirred Up HOr-
nets Nest Of House Ideas.
PRETTY BATTLE. At THAT
'Tis Sad to Relate-NO Moving
Picture Privileges Given.
Fight Was Renewed at Open
ing Of Afternoon Session.

The house got down to real earnest.
hard work today and for the first
time worked in committee of the whole
on bills under general orders. A forty
minute session in committee of the
whole just before the noon recess, de-
velOped much Oratory and no results.
When the committee arose at 1920 to
hunt something to eat, the fight had
gone eight rounds with no blood shed
and no decision.
House bill No. was the first meas
ure to be considered by members of
the 1915 house in the regular course.
This particular bill! was offered by
Representative Laing. 1t was an in
nocent looking little railroad measure
that gave stock shippers the option of
riding on freight trains and protecting
their stock or relinQuishing their
rights in a certain degree and riding
on passenger trains. For such an in
offensive looking measure, 1t stirred
the souls of about a dozen members in
a most surprising manner.
No Peace There.
Newspaper writer's have observed
that the new legislature looks like pill
grfms of peace and cOntentment- These
sentiments, though, were written be-
fore the Laing bill came up in the COM
mittee of the whole. Warrior Lafng, a
veteran of one or two previous ses-
sions, found much OF his time occupied
explaining why his bill should pass
When his lung facilities were impaired
and he retired for want of breath
Brown of Greenwood and Wayman OF
Lyon took up the fight where the Rus
sell man fell. Hopper of Ness and
some four or five other members insist
| ed that the Laing measure was as full
of holes as Swiss cheese. For just
a legislative curtain raiser. it was 9
beautiful little fight. When the CLOCK
had slipped twenty nin0tes past tht
luncheon hour. RefetSe Doerr. whit
had been called upon to S4ciate at thu
first host:lities, called time
II Both the I4aing and H3pperA forces
were getting well into the tight t.hel
lthe gong rang with honOrs even. Tn
54eternoon the fight will be renewed
1fhere are no picture privileges Bn
1.-THE crowd of legislative attendants whs
have loafed around the state house fo
a week waiting for something to hap
ipen missed a real battle when the.
failed to gather in the galleries for thu
initial sitting of the house committe'
of the whole.
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LIGHT SNOW TODAY.
One-Tenth of an Inch Fell In Topeka
This Morning.

There were light snow flurries early
this morning measuring One-tenth OF
an inch, but the sky cleared by ~
o'clock. There was a sharp northwest
wind raging between 20 and rs miles
an hour.
The minimum temperature, which
occurred at o'clock this morning.
was %, or eight degrees above normal
for this date. The temperature at 3
o'clock was 33.
The forecast: Fair tonight and
Wednesday with fresh Winds
Shippers forecast: Protect thirty
six hour shipments north against tenn
perature of between Is and 20 de-
grees; south. east and west, 20 to 26."
The lowest January temperature ON
record at Topeka was % below zero
on this date in 1892.
The wind increased in velocity this
afternoon to 25 miles an hour from
the northwest. The temperature for
the day averaged four degrees above
normal
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between $50 striking laborers and fifty
deputy sheriffs, at the plant of the
American Agricultural Chemical COM
pany here today.
The fight occurred when the strik-
ers stopped a Central railroad of New
Jersey train from Elizabethport to see
If it had brought strike breakers to
the plant. There were no strike
breakers aboard but a few Office en-
ployees who were passengers started
an outcry, apparently believing that
the strikers intended to harm them.
In answer to the call, fifty deputy
sheriffs armed with rifles and revol-
vers ran to the scene from the COM
pany's plant, where they had been
stationed r the last two weeks. A
general encounter followed.
At first only stones were used. Then
some one. fired a slot. This was the
signal for fisillade which came ap-
parent1y from both sides. None Of
the deputies was injured. but many
of the strikers fell. Most of the
wounded men were shot through the
legs, as the deputies fired low. The
strikers dispersed, some of them car
rying the wounded men away.
4
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Halted. by Solid Shot Fired
Across Her Bow.
STARS, STRIPES HAULED DOWN
The Ensign of Great Britain
Run Up Instead.
Captain Refused to Handle HIS
Ship Any Further.
(By Karl H. Won Wiegand.)

(By Kari n. NOH N'lCSdAN'(
Berlin. via wireless. Jan. 19.-Charges
Of insults to the American flag and OF
improper interference with his vesse'
have been transmitted to washington
by Captain Farley of the American
steamer Greenbrier. now In Bremen
harbor The Greenbrier sailed from
New Orleans for Bremen with, cargo
of cotton on December 10. a..rer the
state department had assured her own
ers that she would not be interfereo
with.
The story Of the hOldup on the hlgn
seas as recorded in the lOgbOOk OF the
Greenbrier, has been sent to Secretary
of State Bryan by Captain Farley, un-
der instructions from owners OF tne
steamer The record declares than on
December so. while proceeding toward
the German coast, the vessel, which
was flying the American flag, was
halted by solid shot across her bow,
fired by British cruiser.
A cutters crew, in charge Of an Of
ficer, boarded the steamer and the Of
ficer demanded the ships papers. AS
soon as they were shown the British
officer signaled for more men. A
prize crew was sent aboard and then
he ordered the American flag hauled
down and the British ensign raised
over the steamer.
Captain Farley says he refused to
comply and alleged he was ordered
from his bridge while the prize crew
took over the steamer. They hoisted
. the British flag and headed the liner
toward the British coast. Captain
Farley alleges that through incom-
petent navigation by the British officer
and incapable handling by the prize
crew. his vessel was damaged.
Three bOOms were swept away
when she was needlessly brought
about in a heavy sea, he alleges. and
the vessel was finally brought into
Kirkwall. Here Captain Farley de-
elaies he was ordered to resume COM
mand of his vessel aNd to take her to
Leith for examina tion,, carrying the
prize crew. whose responsibility end
ed at Kirkwall. as passengers.
Captain Farley declares he refused
to have anything more to do with his
ship SO long as the British flag flew
over it. Finally. after three days, he
claims he was allowed to replace his
own colors and then he took the ves-
sci to Leith, finally being permitted to
complete his journey to German wa
terS.
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WhAIIhf5TRAphAhetR
1HtAKp

The Lowman Hill
car heaved westward
last night as the hour
was nearing bed time.
The car was crowded.
A fiat wheel made it
creak and groan. But
the following CONVEX
sation was heard:
do you know why
a Topeka policeman is
as valuable as an
ounce of radium %
asked a pretty miss OF
her escort, who, as
usual. answered in the
negative.
II will tell you.". the
young lady continued.
both are rarely
found"
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PREPARING FOR RAIDS.

London, Jan. 1.-THE action of
the Duchess of Marlborough in
having the roof of Sunderland
house fortified against aerial at
tacks. has started a fashion that
has spread far from Mayfair.
Guests in q private hotel in Ken
sington recently appealed to the
proprietor to keep the cellars Of
the hotel permanently warmed. so
they would find things comf0rtA-
Bile in event of a Zeppelin raid.
It il reported that thrifty Lon
don househOlders with extra cellar
space have sublet It ut 20 much per
lated by the ws4rnink of the war
office that in event Of q German
bombardment people should get
underground.
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New York, Jan. 1s.-One hundred and
ninety-nine persons lost their lives in
grade crossing accidents in New York
state in 1914, according to the annual
report Of the National Highways
Protective association made public here
today. This is an increase of nearly
so per cent over the number in 1913
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''FRIAR TUCK" IS DEAD

Burlington. VT, Jan. 19.-George
rockingham. the original '-Friar
Tuck of the old Bostonians, died
suddenly here today of heart failure.
He was as years old. Frothingham ap-
peared here last night in a revival of
the comic opera robin Hood He had
played the part of the jolly friar more
than six thousand times in the last %
years.
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REAL CHOCOLATE SOLDIERS,

London, Jan. 1--we call the
Germans the Chocolate Soldiers"
writes a soldier from the front,
because they appear to be always
eating chocolate. When they at
tack or are attacked, when they
are wounded or sick: by night and
day, it's all the same. We have
found some of their dead with
cakes of chocolate between their
fingers.
During one of our Christmas
armistices, one of the German SOL
diers told me that the chocolate
ration had been recommended by
scientists as a convenient and ex-
ceedingly nutritious food, and had
sustained them very well in some
of their long marches where other
foods were not available"
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ENDORSED By hl BUSTERS
Effort to Make Kansas q Large
Manufacturing Center.
First Glass Cities Would Have
Power to Vote ON 1t.

A bill that would help put Kansas
right in the middle of the map as a
manufacturing state SO far as the ia
of it's attitude toward new
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Deputy Sheriffs Fire Into Z
Crowd of Strikers.
They Had Held Up a Central
New Jersey Train.
NOT AN OFFICER WAS HURT
Four of the Wounded Men
Probably Will Die.
Previous Clashes Have Taken
Place Without Serious Harm.

n were. shot. four OF them being
mortaliy y 1unded in a pitched battle
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Weather Forecast for Kansas.
Fair and colder tonight and Wed.
nesday; with fresh winds.
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new SOURCES FOR MONEY
Inheritance Tax Will Help Out
q Few Appropriations.
Every State Institution Clam
oring for improvements.

The real troubles of the Kansas leg
islature are not witnessed by the gal
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l;rndc Crossing Victims.

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