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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-03
UnsightIy Back Yards Will Be-
come Garden Spots.
Thousands of Topeka Riddles
VIII Farm on Small Scale.
PLANS FOR SCHOOL GARDENS
Spring Work VIII Be Super
vised by the Principals.
Enterprising Youngsters Made
Money Last Season.

Thousands of Topeka children will
again engage in back yard and vacant
lot gardening next spring and thus
transform unsightly places into fair
garden spots. H. B. Wilson, superin-
tendent of city schools, announced to-
day that agriculture will play an i'm
portant part in the school work in
Topeka next spring. There will be
demonstration gardens at all the
schools; out of doors where there is
garden space and IN window boxes
where the facilities are poor. The su-
perintendents of the respective
schools will supervise the work, and it
is hoped that it will be possible to Of
fer prizes for the best gardens as has
been the case the last two or three
seasons.
The special committee on nature
study and elementary agriculture is
composed of Miss Anna Kelley, prin-
cipal of Sumner school; Nathaniel
Sawyer, principal of Douglas school;
G. M. Morrow, principal of Quincy
school, and Miss Bertha Hyde. teach
er of Central Park school. This COM
mittee is working out the detail for
the work this year. The home garden
work will not be compulsory on the
them cannot find available garden
space.
No General Supervisor.
There will be no general supervisor
for the work this year 1t was impOs-
sible to find anyone to take the place
of G. H. Wilmington, who aside from
teaching several subjects in the high
school including agriculture, had gen
eral charge of the work among the
schools. superintendent Wilson hopes
to have a supervisor by next year; in
the meantime the principals are for
the most part familiar with the plan
in vogue last season.
Because of the failure of a Topeka
organization of business men to
come through with the pledge they
made last year number of the chill
dren who should have received prizes
last fall have not been given their re-
wards up to this time. 1t is hoped
raise the money.
Pupils Earned Money.
J. c. Mohler. chairman of the agri-
garden plan for children in the city
schools is fine thing. It is possible
that the committee will lend assist
ance by encouraging the youngsters in
their work. The question of home
gardens probably will be discussed at
the next committee meeting.
For several seasons the Topeka
Real Estate Dealers association
which seems to have gone out of ex-
istence provided money for prizes and
took an active interest in the work of
the youngsters.
Pupils in the Topeka schools have
made all the way from a few cents to
more than one hundred dollars in the
summer time selling vegetables from
their gardens.
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New York Stock Market.

Wall St, New York, March 3-STOCKS-
A further upward tendency was shown by
today's stock market on the more favor
able view of the foreign situation.
Stock prices rose during the morning ses-
sion today, but business became lighter aft
ter early demand had run its course.
Gains in active stocks like the Coalers,
Canadian Pacific, Northern Pacific, United
States Steel and American Smelling were
extended to a point or beyond. Shares of
the cotton roads were prominent. Southern
Railway preferred and Atlantic Coast Line
recovering part of their recent declines.
Motor shares American Can and more OBJ
scure specialties participated in the adj
vance to an appreciable extent General
Electric was among the few high class in
dustrials to show heaviness. Foreign
bond selling was increasingly extensive at
concession.
Overnight advances from abroad, particu-
larry Germany's reported acceptance of
favorabIy received in the financial district
today judging from the early course of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-03
blew OUT AN EYE
Chemical Explosion Nearly Fa.
tai to WaShburn Student.
Edwin Menninger Caused Re-
port That Shook College Hill.

Edwin Menninger, son of DR.. 9. F.
Menninger, 1851 Topeka avenue, is in
Christ hospital, suffering from numer-
Gus injuries resulting from an explo
sion of chemicals on the Washburn
explosion destroyed the right eye,
blew away one finger of the left hand
and blistered and lacerated one side of
his face. There are many small holes
in his face which it is believed were
caused by flying pieces of glass from
the test-tube which contained the ex-
ploSive.
Three heavy explosions caused Col
lege Hill residents to rush to the
streets last night to ascertain their
causes. A single explosion was fol-
lowed after a short interval by two
others in rapid succession.
After young Menninger had been
carried into the Alpha Delta frater-
nifty house at 1916 West Seventeenth
street and his father called, it was
learned that he and Marshall Sanders,
nephew of former President Frank
knight Sanders, had mixed a high eX-
ploSive, potassium chlorate, in some
test tubes in the chemical laboratory
in Rice Hall and had gone out on the
campus to test the mixture
Menninger upturned one of the tubes
in changing it from one hand to the
other. The slight conclusion was suf
hcient to produce an explosion.
Sanders, who was near, was unin-
jured. Both young men are juniors
Menninger is the second student to be
injured recently by the same kind of
mixture. Harold Evans, a student, is
still limping from having a foot torn
open when some of this explosive was
dropped near him as a Joke
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SENATE SAYS NO.

Appreciative of the true value of
their services to the people of the
state, the members of the senate have
declined to go on record as recon-
mending to the people of Kansas an
increase of pay to their successors. The
senate voted down the proposal to sub
nit an amendment of the constitution
to the general election of 1916, in
creasing pay of legislators from SO a
day to Sc and the length of the ses-
sion from so to 20 days.
The legislators of 1917 will there
fore arrange for extensions of credit
and the honoring of overdrafts at the
home bank before leaving home as
their predecessors have been doing
for the last twenty years and will re-
turn to their native heaths counting
the deficits left by the jitney salaries
which the state of Kansas pays for
what it has been pleased to call their
jitney services.
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Conference Soon to Propose
Training in High Schools.
Military Tactics May Be on
Regular Curriculum.
MAY DO MORE EVIL THAN GOOD
Must Be Carefully Supervised
and Directed, Says Garrison.
No "GOing Up Like a Rocket
and Down Like a Stick"

Washington, March 3.-High school
military training, unless carefully SUI
pervised and directed, will work evil
rather than good, in the opinion of
Secretary of War Garrison.
So to prevent the widespread agita-
ton for such training from becoming
a detriment to the nation, he intends
soon to inaugurate movement
whereby this may be correlated and
properly directed.
He announced today that he will
try soon to get together a group of
representative citizens from various
communities to confer with a body of
military experts from his department.
In this proposed conference plan
will be mapped out whereby military
training may be used in the schools
to the advantage of all concerned.
He decided on this measure only
after careful study of the situation.
and after hundreds of letters had sug-
edness discussions had produced
throughout the nation a movement
for military training everywhere.
The secretary today explained that,
in many respects he believed the pub
lie schools of today attempted too
wide a range. And to make any mill
itary training effective, he held, it
must not be too ambitious a program.
thrown in as a part of an undigested
whole.
And with respect to the matter of
military training, I feel that we should
not rush into it without careful con-
sideration,' he said. I'VE should not
have the idea that schools can accom-
plish the purpose of turning school
boys into trained soldiers. We must
see to it that the training is properly
supervised and properly apportioned."
He indicated that he is in hearty
accord with the general principle in
VOlVed but that he did not feel that it
should be like many popular move
mepts-"going up like a rocket and
coming down like a stick
1T is all very easy for the outsider
to say, Yes, that's great idea; let's
have it But it is another thing to
map It out, and make it efficient. For
thot reason 1 want to call in interested
citizens to confer with army experts.
L shall plan to do this as soon as pos
sible."
The secretary's idea would be to
make such training in schools an at
tractive part of the curriculum. in
stead of a burden or hardship which
students would avoid as they some
times do difficult studies.
incidentally, it was suggested today
that community military training
would be in line with President Will
sons expressed theories against con-
verting America into an army camp,
but in favor of equipping men with a
fundamental knowledge of military
training in their leisure moments,
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Still No Date for Adjournment
of the 1915 Session.
House Backed Up on Joint Con-
ference in Appropriations.
OUTCOME IS STILL In DOUBT
Educational Measure viii Be
Fought All Over Again.
Four Republicans Refuse To Be
Bound by Caucus Gag.

Date for adjournment of the state
legislature is today more uncertain
than at any time in the last two weeks
and the breach between the house and
senate is widened by failure of house
Republicans to keep their promise and
send appropriation bills to joint
committee Late Tuesday afternoon
administration leaders in the house
discovered they had struck new snag
and refused to leave settlement OF the
appropriation dispute to committee
from the two houses.
The haSty back-up of the house
leaders was the chief subject of dis
cussion in the hotel Hobbies and res
taurants by persons in touch with leg
islative affairs. The action of the ad-
ministration crowd was the chief joke
of the session and failure to make
good their promise, placed house lead
ers in the attitude of playing clumsy
politics.
With the educational appropriation
bills on the house calendar as a special
order a count of noses showed that
four of the "a Republican members
had joined the insurgents and refused
to be bound by the caucus gag. So
compromise was sought A. a. DOerr,
minority leader, was called into con-
ference with A. NJ. Keene, chairman
of the ways and means committee, and
Governor Capper. Later Speaker Stone
participated. It was agreed that the
fight which was certain to come on the
floor should be submitted to a joint
committee from the house and senate.
This committee would have power to
work over all of the big appropria-
ton bills.
Another Blow Up.
Following the conference, the
agreement was recited to the newspa-
per reporters While a stenOgra pher
was preparing copies of a resolution
to be oppered, newspaper reports of
the agreement reached the legislative
halls and Immediately there was an
other blow up. There was another
hastY conference. This time the re-
porters were told that the matter had
been reconsidered and the resolution
would not be offered. At the same
time Chairman Keene moved to place
the educational appropriations on spe-
cial order for today.
That was the situation which con-
fronted the legislative members Real
izing that they had conceded defeat of
their measures, house leaders had
changed front and decided to make a
fight. Speaker Stone declared that
the administration controlled enough
votes to put through the house bills
and that the lower branch of the leg
islature would not bulge.
With the agreement to submit the
appropriations to joint committee,
came new hope of an early adjourn
ment. 1t meant that in two days, per-
haps. the committee could work out
a compromise and that the legislature
might wind up its work by Saturday
night or not later than the first of
next week. But sudden realization of
a bad political move in the house, up
set thse plans. The house had merely
jockeyed another half day and the
ultimate outcome of the appropria-
ton fight was as much in doubt as
when the first bills were sent to con-
ference
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customers. 1t is not a. very large per-
centage as yet, about one cent on the
dollar, but with trade balances piling
up as they have been in the last three
months it will be larger soon unless
some means are found to effect set
Elements.
1.-The exchange situation may be
handled temporarily by means of
short loans in this market, but the
final settlement, apparently must be
made by the transfer of securities"
A magnanimous course is the poll
tic one for American financiers to
pursue, for anything savoring of ra-
pacity or Shylockism would act as a
boomerang.
We are strong enough to be merci-
full. Especially as this will likewise
prove good business.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-03
SENATE PASSES "a.
Measures of Mostly Local Interest Fa-
vored by Upper House.

Getting under a full head of steam
the state senate Tuesday passed full
two dozen bills, chiefly of local ma
ture. For the second time this ses-
sion it killed a bill by Senator Sutton
authorizing Kansas towns to engage in
the manufacture OF ice. Bills were
passed as follows:
BY committee on roads and bridges
Bridge bill.
BY Carney-Protecting fruit and
shade trees in public highways.
BY Carney-To locate old state road
between Concordia and Beloit.
BY Price of Greenwood-Disqua
flying foreign corporations and nom
resident individuals from acting as
trustees in deeds of trust and under
wills.
BY Nixon-City white way bill.
BY Shouse-Granting free tuition in
K. U. to three minor children Of late
Prof. L. L. Dyche.
By Carney-Allowing cities of sec
ond class to purchase and conduct
high school experimental farms.
By Kinke1-To provide 100000 re-
serve in bank guaranty fund.
BY Malone-Disposing of school
land money.
BY Pauley-For county repeal of
Barnes high school law.
By Observation-Disclosures state
printer to file annual report.
BY Price of wood-Making
state treasurer's office state fiscal
y
township and school bonds.
BY Notwithstanding cities of the
second class to refund bonded indebt-
ednesS.
By Trott-Enabling cities to utilize
expert and technical services at dis
posal Of public utilities commission.
BY MISUNDERSTANDING co-opera-
tive associations to own not more than
8 per cent in stock of other co-opera-
tive associations.
BY Stavely-Requiring county at
torney to prosecute or defend on be-
half of townships Of his county.
By Howe-For publication of all
bids upon county contracts.
By Sutton-To allow corporations to
renew lapsed charters.
By Wolf-Requiring city commits
sioner of finance to act also as city
treasurer
By Troutman-To change names of
Frederick William Badger and others.
BY notwithstanding special act
affecting Kansas City, Kan.
By Representatives Jocelyn-Relat-
ing to corporations.
By Representative Waggoner-Au-
thorizing counties holding court in
two cities to employ two clerks of the
court
By Representative Pierce-Allowing
Kansas City, Kan, to improve a high
way outside the city.
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.fODAY'S MARKET REPORT.

Chicago, March 3.-WHEAT-Whea
prices took upward swim today in
fluenced by the failure of the Liverpool
market to reflect the declines which took
place yesterday in America. The bulls
were also encouraged by reports tending
to disprove assertions that domestic grow
ers had been boarding reserves. Besides
there were advices of unfavorable weather
in Argentina. The opening, which varied
from 1c to 21ac higher, was followed by
some further gains and then a moderate
setback.
The reaction wiped out later all the adj
vance, but the market soon hardened again.
Export sales in the United States today
were said to amount to one million bush
els. Assertions, though that England had
purchased the entire Argentine crop sur
plus for 1916 had a bearish effect at the
end of the session. The close was weak
but 11sc to &c above last night.
CORN-General commission buying put
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PASS A WOMEN
WELFARE BILL
Continued From Page One)

the original measures of which the
present bill is a development Miss
Bresette has been constantly on the
alert for the interest of the bill and it
PLANTATION of its purposes before the
house of representatives, on invitation
by that body, that the Stone bill pass
ed the lower house pra ctically without
opposition.
The senate vote the welfare
commission bill today stood:
Ayes: Carey, Davis, Gray, Kinds,
Howe, Huffman, Joseph, King. Lam
bertson, Logan, Mahin, Malone, Nc
MILAN, Milton, Nighswonger, Over
field, Porter, Price of Greenwood,
Shouse, Simpson, Stavely, Stillings,
Sutton, Trott, Troutman, Wilson of
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Wholesale Fruit and Produce
FURNISHED by S. K. Lux-l

Topeka, Kan, March B.
NAVEL ORANGES-Per box, $115a2 IS.
FLORIDA GRAPEFRUIT = Per box
BANANAS-Per h., 3H~
LMERIA GRAPES-Per bbl. 5000
LEMoNs-7er box. s3.Oo@4.Oo
Mammoth Black Twig, per box, 81 go;
Winesaps, per box, SLIGO; Gano, per box,
81 %; Ben Davis, per box. SIPS; Roman
Beauties. per box, 81 so
CRANBERRIES-Pe Dbl, $525; per h..
SWEET POTAToEs-Per bu., s11o
SEED SWEET POTATOES-Yellow Jer-
seys., per b1, $1-25; Yellow Nansemonds,
LETTUCE-Per 5-lb. basket, Soc
HOLLAND CABBAGE-Crated. per 10 Z.
RTTTARAGAS-Per h.. 1kc.
BEETS-Per bu., 75c.
PARSNIPS-Per bu., Toe.
CARROTS-Per bu-. Soc
RED GLOBE ONIONs-Per bu., S125
ONION SETS-Red, per bu., $1.S5; yell
low, per hu. 81 s.; white per bu., $500
RADISHES-Per doz., 40c.
GREEN ONIONS-Per doz., 40c.
CAULIFLOWER-Per crate, 1928; per
~ MIINNEsoTA BURBANK POTATOES
f WE 3Sii SLOPE PorAToEs-Per
SEED PoTAToEs-Red River. per bu..
GELERY-Per bunch, SIC.
OYSTERS-354 50c per can, $1-50a2oo per
CHEEsE-Per h.. 1s@1915c.
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REAP RICH HARVEST.
Detroit Manufacture Get War Or
ders Amounting to 100000

Detroit, Mich. March 3.-War or
ders in Detroit totaled S4O,00O,000 up
to ten days ago
One motor car company sold 1900
trucks TO foreign countries. Another
sold several hundred and a third has
orders for its output for the rest of
the year. Large orders of Shrapnel
were filled and large numbers of
eight inch shells were made.
A knitting factory was kept busy
for three months and Saddlery orders
amounting to 100000 were filled. An
order for 5000 tons of copper was
filled.
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SUIT FOR $40, 600 AGAINST
MERCHANTS NATIONAL BANK

Continued from Page One.l
became known to many people, who
considered the plaintiff dishonest by
that reason.
In his petition the plaintiff claims
three causes of action. AS the second
cause Wiley alleges that on January
IS, 1915, he gave his check for $6.75
to the Pacific hotel, Wichita, and
when the check was sent to the bank
it was returned unpaid and dishon-
ored with a slip attached marked mot
sufficient funds
Hotel "Blacklist.'
Then Wiley says that when the no.
tel received the returned check it sent
to many hotels in the association to
which it belonged caution to the hotels
to be on the watch for him and giving
a description of the plaintiff. The
plaintiff further claims that it be-
many people that he had drawn a
check on a bank in which he had no
funds.
Tried Lodge Check.
For his third cause of action.
Wiley alleges that when he applied for
d membership in the Ellls lodge in
his home town, Galena, where he has
lived for a long time, he gave a check
dated January p, 1915, in payment
for initiation fees into the order. The
bank again returned mis- check
marked mot sufficient funds says
Wiley who claims that he had money
IN the bank to pay the check.
Wiley claims that upon the receipt
of the news at Galena that the bank
had turned down the check the sec
rotary of the lodge, in a public place
at Galena, brandished the protest no
tice and shouted the dishonor of the
check to the nearby crowd.
Wiley claims that his application for
membership in the lodge had been
withdrawn and he has been notified
by a member of the order that he
would be black balled if he attempted
to join.
Points Out Jones.
The plaintiff through the petition
alleges that at all times since he first
opened an account with the bank up
to the time of bringing this action he
has had sufficient funds in the bank
to cover the checks. and also states
that when he worked in this city for
the Hall Lithographing company he
was personally known to J. c. Jones.
assistant cashier of the bank, and says
that Jones is one of the employees of
the bank who returned the checks.
That the bank has written no letter
of explanation to his employers. to the
hotel people or the Elks lodge, are
also claims made by Wiley.
The Merchants National bank was
called on for a statement. Mr.. Bone
brake, the cashier. said:
"On January IS. 1915, Frank NJ.
Wiley had balance with us of
$53-15. Through oversight or error
payment of three checklist. so, ST45
and S15-waS refused. This was
brought to my attention by Waters &
Waters, attorneys for Mr. Wiley.
March 1. and Immediately I mailed
to the several payees our acknowledg-
ment of mistake and complete exon
Grafton of the drawer, Mr. Frank NJ.
Wiley
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Kansas civ Live stocIs Market.

Kansas City, March pts
II 900. Market steady to &c lower; Bulk
ers and butchers, $6.65@6.75; light, S6.6O6
6.75; pigs, $6.O0@650.
CATTLE-Receipts 5000 Market steady
to strong. Prime fed steers, $S.006S. 20 /;
dressed beef, S65O@SO0; western steers,
So 50@S 90; southern steers, $5.S0@7.25 I;
cows S4.1566 10; heifers, $6.00dS 25; stock
ers and feeders S6O0@7S0; bulls, $5.5Op
$50; calves, $6.50010.75.
SHEEP-Receipts 5000. Market steady.
Lambs, $9.O0@965: yearlings, $175QS50 /;
wethers, S6.7567.75; ewes, $6.50017 so I;
stockers and feeders, $5.00@S.50.
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Kan.a. CITY Live stock Salon.

1.-THE following sales were made this morn
ing at the Stock Yards, Kansas City. and
reported long distance telephone d.
rect to the State Journal by Clay. Robin
son & Co., live stock commission mer-
chants. with offices at all markets
Kansas City March 3.-CATTLE-Re
ceipts 5000 head. Market steady.
HOGS-Receipts IL 900 head. Market 501
1Oc lower. Bulk of sales, $6.6O@6.65 top,
S6.T0.
SHEEP-Receipts 5000. Market steady.
Lambs, $9.55; yearlings, $3.50; wethers,
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strength into corn. Offerings were rather
scarce apparently, owing in part at least
to unsettled weather. After starting &c
to sc higher prices continued to ascend.
Corn ensued when wheat had a temper
airy drop; Seaboard demand, however, led
to rally. The close was unsettled at
11sc to 11sQ1Ac above last night.
OATS-Oats climbed with other grain
exports houses were buyers.
PROVISIONS-Free selling. presumably
by packers, weakened provisions. Most
of the unloading was of pork.
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the market, leading shares made further
fractional gains and some. of the special
ties increased their recent advantage
with indications of moderate invest
ment demand Among the few features of
weakness were Harvester CORPORATION Dre-
ferred which sold at 90, compared with
ia at is previous sale some weeks ago.
Distillers' bonds also were heavy
Investment stocks were, in demand
toward the end of the session, Hill issues
showing particular strength. The close
WAS strong.
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New York Produce Market.

New York March 3-BUTTER-Market
weaker. Creamery extras (92 score), 31@
81 1ac.
EGGS-Market steady. Fresh gathered
extras. 22c; extra firsts, pic.
CHEESE-Market steady. State, whole
milk held specials, 16a4 ale.
POULTRY-Alive firm; western chick
ems 1515c; fowls, 1sc turkeys, 15@17c.
Dressed, steady; western roasting chick
171ac turkeys, 13@211ac.