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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-21
bikes HAVE HELD.

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NAL capacity of $500 gallons per min
ute, but in case of emergency can be
forced up to 1000 gallons per minute.
1t is connected with the North Topeka
sewer main at the foot of Fairchild
street and takes the water out of the
sewer and throws it over the dixie
there.
Should three-quarters of an inch of
rain fall in the area enclosed by the
North Topeka bikes, this pump can
lift all of the water and boost it over
the dixie and out of harms way in six
hours. 1t did this Saturday. AL
though the pumps were out of use
while n new belt was being placed, yet
in four hours after Saturdays heavy
rainfall all surface water haG been re-
moved, although water was still high
in the manholeS.
Working Under a Handicap.
Until Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock
the pump was working under a handi-
cap. Although it was throwing its
full capacity of water, yet not all the
water was drawn from the North To-
peka side of the dixie. There are TWO
valves connected with the sewer main
One is where it discharges into the
river and the other is located at the
pumping plant The one at the river
did not close ard the one at the pump
ing plant leaked. Were both valves
open the pump would merely draw
water from the river as long as the
water in the river was high enough to
back up. Sunday afternoon back
water from the river was complete
ly cut off. On account of the valves
failing to work, the desired result was
attained by putting bags of cement
in the sewer main.
The operation Of the pump was in
terfered with at midnight last night.
Brush which had been thrown into the
sewer was drawn into the pump and
the pump had to be taken apart to
remove the obstac] So long as North
Topeka must depend upon this pump
for relief from floods during high wa
ter. it would be well to use vigilance
as to what finds its way into the sew
er. During the time the pump was
out of commission last night, water
backed out of the manholes and flood
ed Jackson and other streets at low
points.
Silver Lake Helped.
The fact that the Kansas river Sun
day failed to reach as high stage
as had been predicted is probably par
TALLY accounted for in the river hav-
ing spread out over Silver Lake Sill
YER Lake for several years has not
been a lake. but a farm. A dixie had
cut it off from the Kansas river and
corn was grown where before there
had been boating and fishing. When
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-21

IConffpueO from I'aCH tJNe-I
drop in the stage of the Republican
river which has all the appearance OF
the Mississippi river near that point
Improving in the Northwest.
The flood situation at ConcordIa
which was the most serious In the ms
tory of the town Sunday, has improved
somewhat today. The stage of the
higher than in 1908. There was
drop in the river Sunday night Of
foot. The sun was shining this morn
ing and with the sunshine came hope.
No further serious raise is expected
unless heavy rains come soon.
The Republican river near Concor-
dia is between five and ten miles in
width. Houses and barns, and much
stock have washed away.
The only train service in the last day
or two has been over the Santa Fee
East of Concordia 400 yards each of
the Burlingame and Union Paclf1c
tracks have washed out, and 300 yards
of the Missouri Pacific track went out.
The Missouri Pacific bridge went out
Sunday morning.
Several families v.ere removed in
boats from the flooded area
Dam Goes Out.
The dam at Superior went out Sat
urday night and all the bikes along the
river at Concordia protecting the rail-
roads and bottom lands have broken.
flooding the lowlands. The emergency
plant of the city waterworks was start
ed as the city water plant proper is
flooded with several feet of water.
Barns and houses north of the river
have been washed away together with
much stock and farm machinery.
Many persons have moved out of the
north portion of Concordia. The old
channel of the river at the north edge
of town is now raging torrent.
Down the River.
The Santa Fe had its worries Sun
day between Topeka and Lawrence.
The situation is relieved to a crafty
still giving some trouble at Lake View
and Holiday.
Sunday the passenger trains crawled
through water that was over the
trucks and touched the sides of the
cars. Sand bags had been used to
prevent the water from undermining
the tracks, but at that many of the
women on the train were nervous to
say the least while the trains were
blowing through the water
There was two feet of water in the
Holiday station Sunday.
The little town of Tecumseh was hit
hard by the flood. Sunday two houses
were flooded with several feet of wa
ter This morning the situation was
partially relieved.
Several houses in North Lawrence
are surrounded by water, which was
within a few inches of being on level
with the main streets of that section
of the town Sunday. =
Sand bags were being hauled in
rapidly for use in case of necessity in
holding the water back. Several per-
sons moved out of their homes.
The water was tapping the tracks
between Topeka and Lawrence sun
day.
Thousands of acres of land along
the kaw river is under water. In
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-21
DRY ROT" IN LAW
Rousseau A. Burch Urges Sim
plificatiOn of Procedure.
Asks Elimination of Forms
Long Since Worn Out.
WITCHCRAFT RELIC OUTGROWN
Kansas Justice: Man Should
Danish Childish Things.
Pleads for "Living Force" at
L. of M. Law School.

Ann Arbor, Mich. June 21.-Sim-
plification of American legal proceed
ure and the elimination of forms and
observances that are worn out, were
urged by Rousseau q. BUrch. justice
of the Kansas supreme court, in deliv-
ering the commencement address at
the School of Law of the University of
Michigan here today.
Justice Burch pointed out that there
is a constant need of modifica tion
readjuStment, improvement and pro-
gress in the administration of Justice"
"A law does not become va living
force in society until it is applied in
the solution of some controversy" he
said. mo more difficult task con-
fronts a court than that of determin-
ing what the Legislature intended
should be DONE But the courts
charged with the administration of the
law, must apply the statute, however
general, lame, ambiguous or obscure.
Reading the Constitution.
"a few years ago two high coLstitu-
the governor and the attorney general
disagreed in their interpretations
of the constitution and the governor
instituted an action of mandamus in
the supreme court against the attor-
ney general to compel MIN to do a GER
tain act. The court could not perform
it's duty and either grant or refuse the
writ, without Interpreting the consti-
tuition.
I'VE will have Interpretation. with
differences of opinion, as long as we
have written or printed words to COM
prehend. Courts and judges are no
more responsible for the existence of
this need than physicians and sur
geOnS and hospitals and nurses are
responsible for the existence of disease
and death in the world"
Technically a Fetish.
The speaker asserted that while
there is now a growing disposition on
the part of courts generally to disre-
gard the unSubStantial, the sad con-
fession must be made that verdicts
have been set aside in this country for
breaches of orderly procedure quite as
technical and unprejudicial.
I'm a case recently argued before
the Kansas court, it was seriously
commended, on the basis of authority"
he continued, that a verdict of guilty
of murder should be nullified because
the warrant on which the defendant
was arrested and on which the. prelim-
mary examination was held did not
sufficiently charge malice.
Men invent forms and observances
which are instinct with life and are the
safeguards of liberty under existing
social and political conditions. But
there comes time in the progress of
civilization when = outworn customs
and forms should be- put away like
childish things by him who has be-
come a man.
so it is with legal procedure. Why
should procedura1 forms. invented
when people were punished for her.
esy and witchcraft, be suffered to rule
society today with rods of iron %
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MAKE IT HARD FOR HER
County Prosecutors After Mrs. Briggs
With a Sharp Stick.

The necessity of raising a bond of
$4,000 which the county will be at
liberty to forfeit in the event she again
violates the prohibitory law, stands
between Mrs. William Briggs and lib
ertY. Mrs. Briggs must also raise an
appeal bond of $500 to enable her to
carry to the supreme court her cause
in the matter of a $500 fine imposed
by Judge A. W. Dana in the first di-
vision of the district court on a charge
of contempt of court. Mrs. Briggs VIC
lated an Injunction laid by the court
to prevent her from engaging in the
sale of liquor. Now the county
authorities are exercising their privi-
lege of making it hard for Mrs. Briggs
again to offend.
Her husband goes also by the name
of William Sides. recently lost an APP
peal to the supreme court in just such
a case as that which his wife is now
appealing. Judge Dana, after SEN
fencing Mrs. Briggs for contempt fixed
an unprecedentedly stiff bond which
she today is trying to furnish.
Members of the county prosecutors
staff declare Mrs. Briggs to be one
of the most persistent liquor sellers
they have ever dealt with.
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Silver Lake was lake it was a horse
shoe-shaped body of water about two
and one-half miles in length and a
quarter of mile in width. When the
OF water which otherwise would have
found it's way to Topeka in jig time
found opportunity to daily on the way.
Rescue Party Dispersed
North Topeka business men sum-
moned the police Sunday afternoon to
help round up squad of Kansas Ma
tionaI Guardsmen, who under the
leadership of volunteer, alarmist.
were engaged in offering their services
to help residents of the North side
move their household goods to places
of safety. The leader of the expedi-
ton is connected with local newspa-
per and has quite a reputation for
basking in the limelight. While not
connected with the militia himself, he
obtained the cooperation of a dozen
members of the organization and
started out to rescue North Topeka.
The result of their activities was to
spread considerable alarm among
houSeholders north of the Kaw, and
it was as a result of this alarm that
the proprietor of one of the largest
if the situation had really gotten be-
yond the control of the local authori-
ties. The militiamen fastened to ex-
plain that they had responded to a
Call LOT nelp anu ndQ supposed Iney
were engaged in useful service. They
We're disbanded.
Origin of Scare a Mystery.
The origin of a telegram purported
to be from Manhattan and telling of a
tornado and heavy cloudburSt at that
place with the warning to North To-
pekans to move to safety, is furnish
ing North Topeka with a brand new
mystery. The telegram was circulated
in North Topeka about midnight Sat-
urday and caused resIdents-scores of
them-in the southern part of North
Topeka to scurry across the bridge.
According to Ralph Baer, manager
and one of the owners of the Topeka
Packing company on East Laurent
street, who made an investigation of
the source of the false wire, the night
clerk at the Union Pacific received a
similar telephone call about the same
time. The telephone message also pur-
ported to be from Manhattan. Baer
called the long distance station and
found that no calls had come through
from Manhattan.
AS the result of numerous false re-
ports circulated on the North side Fri
day night and Saturday morning a
number of North side business men
have been getting authentic reports
over long distance telephone and post
of Kansas avenue and Laurent street.
Ralph Baer is in charge of these re-
ports.
Business men of the North side have
already taken steps to have weak
places in the North side bikes and
flood gates in the sewers repaired as
soon the water falls.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-21
GARFIELD
Skating Tonight

ment of the Wolff building the wa
was relieved today
The houses on the north side OF
Crane street for two blocks. beginning
al the rear of the Seymour packing
plant and extending east to Madison
street, were surrounded by water. Oc
cupants of those dwellings got little
sleep Saturday and Sunday nights.
Boats were tied at their doOrsteps for
use in case of sharp rise.
Many wild rumors were in circula
ton all day Sunday to the effect that
the bikes had broken, but they held in
fine shape
Thousands of Topekans went to the
Melan bridge and other points Sunday
to look at the river
The water rushing over the dam at
I1wrence is sight worth seeing. The
bridge was lined with spectators all
day sunday. Fishermen are reaping
a harvest below the dam at Lawrence.
Some exceptionally large catfish are
being caught in the comparatively
calm water just north and east of the
bridge
The Rise at junction City.
The following telegram was received
TODAY from H. E. Montgomery of
Junction City:
THE Republican river came up
steadily during the night and this
morning measures IA feet, or within
nine-rentils of foot of the high mark
registered Saturday night The
Smoky Hill. which has been rising one
inch an hour for the last two days.
this morning is eight feet and six
inches above normal, or within foot
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-21
Listen !!

When you realize that we have cut
the price on almost every article You
use in the grocery line to bed rock,
You cannot afford to go Oh squander-
ing your income. at LONG PRICE
credit stores. and where they always
try and sell you a lot more goods than
YOU really need! Take the saving here,
put ii i'm the bank (where you can't
spend iD at interest and you will be
aStOnished in a few years. Try it,.
Start it at once.
PHONE ORDERS 419S
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-21
METAL HERE
Washington Receives Bag of Erag-
ments from Nebraskan.

New York, June 21.-Fra gments of
the torpedo or mine which damaged
the American steamship Nebraskan off
the southern coast of Ireland May &c,
were in possession of the state depart
ment at Washington today.
They arrived mere yesterday in a
mail pouch from the American en-
basSy at London, brought over by the
American steamship New York.
The pieces of metal were sent to be
be examined by experts in hope they
would determine definitely whether
the Nebraskan was blown up by a
mine or a torpedo.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-21
Savings Bank
Figures
Will Surprise You!

1t is astounding to note
what S1.OO per week will
amount to if put in the Saw
ings Bank at interest for 20
years. SOC even will amount
to quite a large sum. We
have customers who are
saving as much as $1,000
per month on the cash plan J
You should start today
Sailing down some part of
your mcconnell
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trains Several Hours Late.

Trains Several Hours Late.
On account of high water and wash
outs trains from the west today were
running several hours late. No Gefi-
mite schedule could be kept on the
Rock Island and Union Pacific. Soft
tracks and long detours were respon-
sible.
Between Clifton and Morganville on
the Rock Island, the track is under
water This was caused by the Re-
publican river flood. The track was
washed out at Scandia. but local Off
ceI.; are unable to say how serious this
is, except that it will probably not be
repaired before Wednesday. G.. w.
Rourke, assistant general manager, is
in the flood district and spent the
morning in the vicinity of Scandal
The Rock Island is using Union Pa
cific tracks from Manhattan to Limon,
Colo. The Union Pacific is using the
Rock Island tracks between Topeka
and Manhattan. BY this method,
through service has been maintained
during the high water period.
The Union Pacific reported no fur,
Their trouble today. The line is still
broken in many places but on account
of the falling of the river. officials
are hopeful for a speedy restoration
of the regular service.
The Santa Fe report that the kaw
fell this morning at Lecompton, re-
manned stationary at Lawrence and
rose a few inches at Holiday. At
the latter point, the water is % inches
recede today and alleviate further an
noyance.
On the Strong City bI1nch, the Re
publican river washed out the track
badly at several places 1t will be
several days before trains will be able
to get through to the terminal at SUI
periOr, Neb.
North of Concordia. on the Santa
Fe, there is a mile of track under wa
ter near kackley.
No more rains were reported on the
Santa Fe last night or today and Of
ficials are confident that a solution of
the problem is near at hand The
high water has been inconvenient to
passengers and the depots today were
crowded with people waiting for trains
several hours late
Wolff Packing Plant Marooned.
Water practically surrounded the
Wolff plant Sunday and this morning.
The backwater reached a depth of one
foot in the rear of the Wolff plant
Everything was taken out OF the base
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-21
RIVERS GOING DOWN.

continued from Page ore.l
drop in the stage of the Republican
river which has all the appearance OF
the Mississippi river near that point
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-21
Bradstreet's Weekly Bank Clearings.

New York. June 21-Bank clearings in
the United States for the week ended June
IL, reported to Bradstreet's Journal.
New York. aggregate So, 1884, 1861. 900, against
So. 1872. 1853, 444 the preceding week and S.
15O.333. 900 last week year ago Canadian
clearings for the week ended June L.. ag
gregate S136. S91 900. against S143, 961 900
the preceding week and $16O4 600 last
week a year ago. Following are the returns
for last week and the week preceding. with
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-21
New Atchison school Head.

Atchison, Kan. June 21.-Miss D.
Anna Speer, sister of Chairman An
drew Speer of the board of county
commissioners, has been appointed
superintendent of the county schools
to fill the vacancy caused by the res
ignation of J. A. Shoemaker. by the
commissioners. Miss Speer takes Of
flee July 1.
Copper Fly Screen at Forbes.--Ady.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-21

many instances fields Of corn and
wheat have been transformed into
lakes In fields that are not well
drained the surface water has been
forming lakes.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-08
BROWNS0N HALL TO
MEET HOLY NAME
Hot Basket Ball Game Expected
With NOtre Dame
Boys.

Brownson hall of Notre Dame will
furnish the attraction this evening
at St. Patrick's gym. on st. Scott st,
for the Holy Name society five. The
game promises TO be a hot one for
in last seasons trio of games the
local society FIVE won all three. For
the society lads the lineup viii be
% follows: Hardebeck and Ander-
son. forwards; Cunningham. center.
and Capt. Lower and Mickey Nc
Carthy. guards The hall boys will
probably lineup as follows: Fritch.
center; Ryan and Mcnamara.
forwards; Lockard and Flynn.
guards.
Manager Butler OF the Holy Name
quintet has scheduled several games
with a Cleveland. o.. quintet the
Ohio boys coming here the 27th OF
January. when ON their way 10 Chi
cago. while. the Holy Name war
riors viii journey to Cleveland some
time in February.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-08
E7OOL BASKET BALL QUINTET TO HAVE STRENUOUS SEASON
SIXTEEN TEAMS ARE
LEFT IN BIKE RACE
Thirteen Are Tied For First Place
i'm SiN-Day Hard
Grind

NEW YORK. Dec s. - Sixteen
teams are left in the six-day bicycle
grind in Madison Square garden and
Is Of them are tied for first place.
The leading teams are IA miles
ahead OF the mark made in Chicago
last month.
The team OF Kopsky- Wohlrab
was forced 10 retire from the race
early today because Kopsky was
suffering with saddle soreness and
boils.
Some of the riders are pedalling
on their nerve. Grenda is suffering
with a wounded ankle while Nc
Namara is suffering with acute in
digestion and has not partaken OF
food for many hours.
The score at a M. the 56th
hour. was lib miles and five laps
for the following teams:
Grenda-HiH; McNamara-Sp eers;
FOgle Carman. Lawrence Magin,
Egg Oupuy: Drobach-C Cory; Mitten-
Hansen; Ryan-ThOmas; Moran, Wal
thour: Piercey- Walker: Eaton-Mad-
den; Seres-Linart; Hanley- Halstead
Sullivan-Anderson and Suter- Ma
donna scored 1.173 miles laps and
Russi-V anderstuyft 1.173 miles and
l lap.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-08
.GRIDIRON STARS
OUT FOR PLACES
ON n. D. QUINT
Fitzgerald, Keefe, RydzeWSkl
and Baujan Report for
Duty to Coach
Harper.

Four new men reported for the
Notre Dame basket ball team yester-
day afternoon.
CAPT Fitzgerald of this years
football team. who is a monogram
basket ball man. Keefe. Rydzewski
and Baujan. all football players,
were the new men TO report. Fitz-
gerald is one Of the most promising
candidates for "A forward position.
Rydzewsk will be given a try at the
center job. and Keefe and Baujan
AT guards. Despite the fact that it
was their first night out. the new
Corners handled themselves nicely.
Center Position Worries.
Coach Harper put his basket ball
men through another scrimmage OF
some duration yesterday. He is still
worried over the center position, and
lis working Meyers, ROnchetti, Muir
ply. Ward and Rydzewski at the
place. From these five men Will be
selected the player TO take the job
left vacant by the graduation of
Rupe Mills last June, and all of the
candidates are putting up hard
scraps.
There are no classes at the uni
versity today and the basket ball
men will be sent through a hard
workout this morning.
The track candidates were given
another session in the apparatus
room of the gym by Coach Rockne
yesterday, and several new men re-
ported for practice. Rockne is max
ing plans to have those track men
who remain at Notre Dame over the
holidays do cross country work dur
ing the vacation.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-08
SIX HORSEMEN EXPELLED
y. Il. \. Also Suspends Two for TrOt-
ting Horses Out of Glass.

NEW YORK, Dec. Six horse
men were expelled and two were
suspended by the board of review
Tuesday. The meeting was held at
the Murray Hill hotel and lasted all
day. Those expelled are:
Henry Hall of Millsboro, Del. for
starting Marandes Boy out Of his
class as Clifford H. (2:17 Ia eight
years ago In Maryland.
S. II. Taylor. c. T. Scranton and
George Wininger, all of Madison.
Conn. for starting Lawton C2:11)
out of his class under the name Of
+. A NJ. at Brooklyn, Conn, and
Amherst, Mass, in 1914. The horse
which has changed hands, is sus-
pended until the return of the small
winnings
Albert Delay and William +. Rus
sell of Waterbury, Conn, for start
ing Edna l.. (2:09 IA as Lady Sin
clair at Youngstown. Ohio, McAfee.
y. J., and Belle Vernon. Pa.
Those suspended are:
b. l.. Roberts of Worcester, Mass,
until the unlawful winnings of
Carrie r., formerly Pauline Girl
(2:21 1-4) are returned for distribu-
ton. He said the mare raced out
Of her class five years ago at Brock
ton, Mass.
J. 3. Jones Of Chicago and the
mare Caroline. until the unlawful
winnings for starting the mare out
of her class at Cranwood, Ohio. are
returned.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-08
DILLON is AGGRESSIVE
Gives Flynn % Pounds and Then
OutboXCs Him.

NEW YORK, Dec. SACK Dill
lon of Indianapolis fought Dan
Porky) Flynn of Boston TO a stand
still last night Despite the fact that
the western fighter was giving away
p pounds in weight he carried the
fight To his opponent and in the
seventh round almost had the Bos-
tonian out. The fight was full of
action from the tap of the gong in
the first round. Flynns superiority
as a boxer evened up for Dillon's
aggressiveness.