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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-02-16

The businessmen's Bible class at
the Y. M. G. A., meets tonightpat s
o'clock. The. subject of the hcture
by Rev A. A. Ebersole will be The
Campaign Of Teaching and Healing"
There will be no meeting of the class
next week on account of the Carnival.
An appeal to the board of supervis.
3ors to draft an entirely new traffic
ordinance will be made shortly by the
Automobile club. The club also may
iendeavor to secure territorial legisla.
ton more adequately to regulate traf-
fie in other parts Of the islands.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-27
BILL m HOUSE TODAY TO
REGULATE CITY JITnEYS
Legislature Would Require Bond for
Protection of Passengers.
Also May Be Required to Employ
Expert Drivers.
LICENSE OF SO A YEAR
Sliding Scale To BE Based ON CAPACITY
OF the Machine.
Jitney Companies Now Regulated
Only by Auto Operation.

The Kansas legislature may enact
a law to regulate the jitneys. A COM
mittee is under consideration which
provides a state license for public mo-
tor conveyances and regulates it's op-
Grafton.
1t Is regarded as probable that the
legislature will demand payment of a
state license of $40 year for each
Jitney car and may go SO far as to
establish a sliding scale for all motor
conveyances. license being based on
capacity of the car. But the annual
license fee is not the only provision
considered in the drafting of the jit-
ney bill. If bill which Is being con-
sidered by several house committees
is reported for passage, jitney car
owners will be compelled to provide
a bond to insure the safety of passen-
gers. 1t is also probable that the jit-
ney owners may be required to en-
ploy only expert drivers and it has
been rumored that special Qualifica-
tions may be required of these drivers.
At the present time jitney COM
panies are regulated only by the gen.
eral statutes governing the operation
of automobiles and motor cars. With
the advent of the new public convey
ance system, a special law has been
considered which will not only bring
new revenue to the state, but will add
to the safety of patrons of the jitney
lines
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-27

In ~ days Of the 1916 legislative
session, Just 46 bills have passed both
houses and been signed by the gover-
nor. But two working days Of the
regular fifty day session remain. Not
one party pledge has been enacted
into law and not one important appro-
priation bill has been adopted.
That is the record today as the law
makers face the close Of the present
session-perhaps the most uneventful
in a score of years Hammering away
day and night, the two houses have
deluged the Legislative halls with ora
tory and transacted but little business
of state wide importance. Five bills
were signed this week by the gover-
nor. But one Of these bills issof more
than local or minor concern.
The regular fifty day session viii
end Tuesday night. AS yet the date
for final adjournment has not been
determined. Neither house has taken
definite action concerning the time
when they will stop consideration OF
bills on the calendar and go home to
their families and q multitude of af-
fectionate constituents.
Democrats Two Years Ago.
Two years ago on this date, the
| Democratic legislature had redeemed
thirteen OF their fourteen platform
pledges Governor Hodges had signed
| bills.
Many of the big bills before the
CContinCsd on Page TWo.l
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-27

100 Kansas men and women died OF
the white plague. In a month, $50
cattle infested with the foot and
mouth disease were slaughtered. In
less than 48 hours the legislature in
troduced. considered and passed an
appropriation bill calling for the ex-
penditure of 100000 with which to
fight this disease.
That Is one of the records Of legis-
lative accomplishments during the
present session. For two months the
opening of the new state tuberculosis
sanitarium at Norton was held up be-
cause the legislature had failed <ts
make appropriation for needed <15ur-
poses. In that time at least 100 Kan
sas men and women died of the dread
white plague and perhaps hundreds Of
others became infected.
While the legislature was qufbblinG
concerning a question of a few hun
dred dollars for Norton. evidence OF
CContinue0 on PaGo TWnI
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In Divorce Petition Wife Places
Charges Against Husband.
He Even Had Photographs Oi
the sParty," She Alleges.

Because, the plaintiff claims, the de-
fendant has always treated her as II
he was ashamed of her and that he
has gone as much as a month without
speaking to her. suit for divorce was
today filed in the district court by
Elsie Harrison against Frank Har-
rison. The Harrisons live near Auburn.
Elsie Harrison also says that her
husband has cursed her and that he
has forbidden her to have anything to
do with her own mother. She also al
leges that Harrison has gone to par
ties and picnics, leaving her at home
with her three children and that in
the summer of 1912, Harrison went on
fishing trip with a party of young
people.
She alleges that he conducted him
self in a shameful manner with the
female mem bers of the party and had
their pictures taken while engaged in
this conduct
According to the petition. the Har-
risons are the parents of three minor
children, WILDER, age Z; William. age
and Harold, age 8.
Mrs. Harrison asks a divorce, that
the children be placed in proper Gus
tody and that she be awarded half
the personal property which she says
Harrison owns.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-27
DEFY GERMAN MINES.
Hundreds of Passengers Sail From
New York for Europe.

New York, Feb. 27.-Five passenger
liners bound for ports in the war zone
set by Germany around the British
Isles were included in today's sail
ings from this port. Hundreds of pas
sengers were aboard.
The Lusitania, now the largest as
we'll as the fastest passenger ship trav-
ing the Atlantic, had many cabin pas
sengers booked for Liverpool The
American liner st. Paul. r Liver
pool: the HoIland-American steamer
Rotterdam. for Rotterdam: the Tou-
raine, for Havre, and the Krinstiania
Fjord for Bergen, were the other SAIL
ings.
American flags and the words
american line. in letters fou- feet
high were -ainted on both sides of
the st. Paul hull. Two more Amert-
can flags were painted in her bow
The Rotterdam was marked for identi-
fication by lettering on her hun Civ
ing her name and destination.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-27

sorry inspection was now had under
the state law for optional inspection.
Stones speech for repair of the bill
by. removing the salient features.
aroused Neihart. of Usage county, who
told of a. dinner-party. given by grain
dealers to Legislative members
In his speech, Neihart said that rep
resentatives of the Grain Dealers as
sociatfOn gave dinner party for sew
eral members of the legislature.
After the dinner. we were taken to
a room where we were provided with
CIGARS said Neihart. Then we
heard some speeches about this bill.
Mr. McDermott, law partner of Mr.
Stone, our speaker, was one OF the
principal speakers at that meeting"
After Neihart had exploded his lit
tie bomb. Farr of Lincoln county came
to the defense Of the bill. He declar-
ed that two-thirds of the elevator men
in western Kansas were opposed to the
bill. After Farr had returned to his
seat, Resler Of Neosho walked on the
Grain Dealers association with mud
dy feet.
Millions From Farmers.
''The grain dealers and spectators
on the boards of trade have extracted
of the farmers of this state every
year." said Resler. Except for the
war, they would have scooped us on
| our crop this year"
That expression aroused Farr.
ct demand that the gentleman from
Neosho be compelled to apologize to
| this house." shouted Farr.
'Why should I apologize? I have
| told the TRUTH said the somewhat
startled Resler.
"You haven't told the truth. No
| sir you haven't" persisted Farr.
| For just a. few seconds it seemed
that the member from Neosho and
the member from Lincoln might in
dulge in a few personalities. Then
Doerr of Pawnee settled the con-
troversy.
IT move that the gentleman from
Lincoln be fined a barrel of apples for
/ his conduct" said Doerr.
! Farr rubbed his eyes and looked
puzzled. He arose to his feet and
started to speak. Then he changed
his mind.
do you want the apples right
now?" he asked
Sure thing" shouted the mem
bers.
! Then Farr went to order the apples
and the war over the passage of the
grain bill started all over again-with
Mr. Farr comforting with the 1egis-
lative employees regarding the price
of home grown apples.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-27
HURL LIQUID FIRE
Germans Have Invented q New
Method Of Warfare.
French Soldiers Ablaxe Run
Screaming From Trenches.

Paris. Feb. 27.-German troops
threw liquid fire into the advance
French trenches. between the Argonne
and the Meuse, with terrible effect. It
was announced in dispatches from the
front today.
Several hundred French soldiers
were burned by the flaming liquid
sprinkled by the German bombe-
Their clothing was set afire and they
ran screaming from the trenches In
agony. The French second line inn
mediately advanced to a counter at-
tack and forced the Germans to aban-
don the ground they had taken by the
bomb attack.
French gunners have again Cemon-
strated their superiority over the Ger.
man artillerymen. Near st. Hubeos
in the Argonne, a German ammuni-
ton depot was blow up. Along the
heights Of the Meuse, French heavy
artillery demolished a German bat
terry, blew up twenty German am
munition wagons and annihilated .
detachment of the enemy, concentrate
ing for an infantry charge.
A French aviator flew over the
German fortified city of Metx, drop
ping bombs upon the barracks and in
flfcting severe damage.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-27
LEAGUE IS ANGRY
Anti Commission Supporters
Probing Alleged Forgeries.
Secretary Graham Believes
Prosecution May Be Result.

1t was a closed meeting the Anti
Commission league held at the ThroOp
hotel to consider the forgeries Of dead
persons discovered on the petitions
which have been filed with the city
clerk. A A. Graham, attorney inter-
ested in the league, stated that one
man who circulated the petitions on
which the names of dead persons ap-
pear. had been seated for several
hours, but whether or not a confess
sion had been secured. he was not able
to report.
This man did not sign the affidavit
accompanying the petition, and SO can
not be prosecuted for forgery.
"But he was paid by US to secure
valid signatures. and believe he can
be prosecuted for obtaining money un-
der false pretenses, said Graham
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-27
Bin Passes Senate - Rearrange An
Territory Here
TWcnty-Six Sections Would Replace
Thkty-Fouf in This Act.
|sTIR UP LOCAL POLITICS
Introduced by Troutnnan 70 Save
500, 900 . Year Here.
Shawnee and Wabaunsee County In
c1nded In New Third.

Twenty-six Kansas judicial dis
tricts. replacing the thirty-four now
on the map. are provided for in the
senate's reapportionment bill intro
duced today by James A. Troutman
of Shawnee, chairman Of the commit
tee which has been working for three
weeks on the readjustment measure.
The bill was passed Immediately by
the senate by q vote of - to 4.
The new bill wipes out eight Kansas
judicial districts and, If it passes both
houses in it's present form. Will
stir up local Kansas politics more
thoroughly than any measure OF re-
cent years. Its object Is the saving
Of an expense to the state estimated
at upwards Of 100000 q year.
At the same time with the reappor-
|tionment bill the committee presented
to the senate q measure providing
for the assignment of judges by the
supreme court to try cases In districts
other than their own for the purpose
of relieving overloaded dockets. Under
such . law q judge would go from
his own district into any other to
which he was sent by order OF the
.r1,finIte1l nm PAGE TWn1
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-27
T0PEkAN GOES UP
j. E. JOhanSOn Made General
Freight Agent Rock Island.
Entered Service With Santa Fe
in This City in 1898.

Joseph E. Johanson, formerly OF
Topeka, has been appointed general
freight agent of the Rock Island Lines
with headquarters in Little Rock.
Mr. Johanson is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. S. j. Johanson of 329 Western
avenue He entered railway service
in 1893 with the Santa Fe in Topeka
and was employed in the freight aud
;ting department.
Not long after that, he entered the
service of the c.. o. & G. railway in
the freight traffic department. That
is now a part of the Rock Island sys-
tenn.
His appointment as general freight
agent came as a surprise when an
nounced in railway circles today. JO-
hanson is an able and popular official
He will have charge of the freight bus
mess of the Rock Island throughout
the south.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-27
ANOTHER SHIP HIT
Another British Mefchantman
Disabled by the Germans.
France Opposes Proposal Of
United States to Belligerents.

London, Feb. 27.-Another British
merchantmen is reported to have been
torpedoed by a submarine in the Eng
lish- channel. A French warship had
gone to the assistance of the vessel.
The identity has not been established.
A Paris dispatch says that the French
press is unanimous in it's opposition to
the informal proposals of the United
States to Great Britain and Germany
concerning the admission of food sup
plies to belligerent nations for the civil
population and the cessation of sub
marine attacks on merchantmen.
Great Britain's allies also are said
to have advised her that they favor
the policy of cutting off supplies from
Germany.
Clashes between the factions favor
ing the opposing war continue to
create disturbances in italy and the
TContfnued on Page TWo.l
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FIRED HIM OUT.
State Journal Reporter Chased
From q Republican Caucus.
And Speaker Stone Had Prom.
ised Public Admission.

Republican house members clamped
the lid on their caucus today when
they chased" newspaper reporters
from a whisper meeting on appropri-
alton bills in the supreme court cham
ber. Whip Travis, who tenderly led a
State journal reporter to the door.
explained that it was none of the pub
lies blankety dashed business as to
the action the caucus members took.
Early in the session the admins
tration members in the house held q
caucus. They took early precaution
to Danish the newspaper reporters.
The newspapers printed q story about
the caucus. Speaker stone and some
of the house members declared that
the reports of the caucus were false
and misleading. That there might be
no erroneous reports of the whisper
meetings in the future. Stone pledged
that house Republicans would open
their doors to the reporters.
This afternoon the house steering
committee called the Republican
members together to talk over the
appropriation bills and meet with the
board of strategy concerning plans fol
the future. Right in the midst of 9
discussion of the appropriation bill:
by A. NJ. Keene, chairman of the
ways and means committee, a State
journal reporter entered the supreme
court chamber. Chances from a doxes
members indicated that the reportel
was about as welcome as a blizzard II
cherry picking time. But the repOr
ter had been personally assured b!
the speaker that press representative
could attend the Republican caucuse
without fear or hesitation. So h,
stayed-five minutes.
Whip Travis whispered somethin,
in the ear Of Robert Stone. speaker
The speaker said something in reply
Travis invited the reporter to leave
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-27
LEGEND OF AsPHYxIATTON.

Paris, Feb. 27.-'The legend of
the asphyxiation properties Of the
three-inch projectile," says an ar
tillery officer, has been accounted
for. We often found in the trenches
bodies of soldiers who appeared to
have been struck by a thunderbo1t
mo trace of wound, no blood to
be found on their bodies. 1t was
finally decided to clear up the mat
ter and autopsies were made Of
such cases. Each time there was
found somewhere in the body a
small fragment Of our three-inch
shell. having made an impercepti-
BILE wound but having penetrated
to a vital spot. causing mortal in
ternal hemorrhages. This is due
to the marvellous shell which
breaks on the average into 1000
pieces, about half the length of a
lead pencil and the thickness OF a
visiting card"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-27
TO WAIT A week.
Topeka POstoffice will Not BE Moved
Until Next Saturday.

The moving of the Topeka post
office from the Kellam building. Fifth
and Jackson street. to the federal
building will be postponed one week.
The move was to have been made
tonight and Sunday for the opening
in the new office next Monday, March
i. Owing to several minor matters
which have not yet been settled. Post
master Rigby announced this morning
that the office will not be moved until
Saturday, March s..
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-27
SOOTHING LITTLE LOVE PATS
EXCHANGED N HOUSE TODAY
Nedhart Said Speaker stones Law
Partner Was Grain Dealers Attorney.
Neat Bomb Dropped by Representa-
tive in Inspection BILL
FARR-RESLER IN A ROW
Ono Charged Other With Telling n
Untruth ON the Floor.
Then He Was Fined a Barrel o
Apples and Storm Blew Over.

All Of the weekend supply of ora
tory is being used in the house today
in q discussion of the compulsory
grain inspection bill. 1t is the biennial
consideration of the bill and is all
ways good for a lively fight. In to-
days discussion. both the merits of
the bill and personal integrity of mem
bers were brought into question.
Speaker Stone personally led the
fight to kill the bill. He declared for
federal inspection, but declared that
all Of the protection under cOmpul-
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checked. Petrograd states that the
German drive at Warsaw from the
north has been countered. The Off
cial report from Berlin says that new
Russian forces have appeared In
Northern Poland and begun attacks.
Near Kolno the statement announces
11OO Russians were captured:
In Eastern Galicia, at the other end
of the front, the Russians are report
ed to have recaptured Stanislau.
On the western front there has been
no change. German aeroplanes made
a raid on positions of the allies near
Nieuport and a French aeronaut drop
ned bombs on Metz.
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STILL MORE SNOW FISH WITH GIRLS.
And Kansas Will Receive Ad-
ditiOnal Supply Tonight.
For IL Hours Today Tempera-
ture Stood at Freezing Point.

Snow instead Of rain today, and
more OF it scheduled for tonight. Tne
previous gloom record for February
has been eclipsed by a wide margin;
in fact, this has been the most dismal
month of any name in the last 2S
years in Topeka with three exceptions
January. 1909; December, 1913, and
December 1914. This is the sixteenth
cloudy day this month.
The precipitation is general over the
entire state. There was rain late Fri
day and this morning, turning to snow.
The snow is the heaviest in the ex-
treme northern and western portions
of the state, according to the Santa
Fe reports.
Rain began at Topeka at o'clock
this morning. BY 5 O'Clock it had
turned to sleet: at o'clock snow be-
gan to fall. Up to 10 o'clock this
morning the precipitation was IA OF
an inch The total for the month up
to that time was 2:21 inches; normal
for February is 1.3S. This month has
been one of the wettest correspond
ing periods on record. Because OF the
slight drop in temperature that is ex-
pected tonight the month will take a
second place in respect to moderate
The mercury was at the freezing
point at Z, s and o'clock this morn
ing.
Shippers forecast: Protect SO hour
shipments north and west against
temperature of 20 degrees: south and
east, "a and upwards"
Temperature 81 Degrees.
The temperature was 80 degrees to-
day; there was no variation between
O'Clock this morning and O'Clock
this afternoon. The precipitation UP
TO O'Clock this afternoon was rs OF
an inch. The snow melted almost
as rapidly as it fell on the streets.
The hourly readings:
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SNOW and Roin at HutchfnsOn.

Snow and Rain at Hutchinson.
Hutchinson. Kan, Feb. 27--Nearly
an inch of rain and some snow have
fallen here during last night and to-
day 1t extends all over western KAN
Sas.
Heavy Snow at Pittsburg.
Pittsburg. Kan, Feb. pa heavy
sncw is falling here
Atchison-SnOw and Colder.
Atchison, Kan, Feb. PA heavy
snow began falling here early this
morning. 1t is accompanied by tenn
perature slightly above freezing and
melts almost as fast as it falls but the
mercury is slowly dropping.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-27
H. j. MUDCE'S 0. K.
I He Tells the /. C. G.. of the Rock
Islands Condition.
Denies the Reports to Contrary
Already Filed.

WASHINGTON Feb. 27.- James
Speyer, head Of the New York bank
ing house of Speyer & Company.
made a voluntary statement before
the interstate commerce commission
today of his firms dealings with the
Rock Island system during the period
of it's history under investigation.
The firm never had occupied the
position of fiscal agent for the rail-
road, he said. but acting as a princt-
pal had bought and sold between
1904 and 1912, securities of the Rock
Island Railway company itself OF
some $17O, ,4O9, 900 face value. The to-
tai profit on these transactions for his
firm. Mr.. Speyer said, was $1.4Ss,-
TAB, or eight-tenths of one per cent.
Not all of the firms transactions in
Rock Island securities had resulted In
profit, Mr.. Speyer added.
Mr.. Speyer was preceded by Ogden
Mills. a director of the Rock Island
Railway company, and OF the New
Jersey holding company.
Mr.. Mills said he had no personal
knowledge of the various payments in
stock or bonds, in addition to the sal
ary, made to various officers of the
Rock Island system. In several in
stances he did not know Of them until
they were mentioned during the pres
ent hearing. He had no personal
knowledge as to the actual value or
securities carried on the company's
DOCKS as 6SSctS, SdylhS TIC OA CCeOA .
took the word of our officers" on all
these matters.
DO you think the other members
of the board not on the executive COM
mittee knew as little about the affairs
of the road as you did," he was
asked.
They only knew what was brought
before the board" the witness said.
George p. Johnson, who examined
/ I, 200 miles of the Rock Island system
for KouDtze Brothers of New York,
declared he had found the line in az
good physical condiIon as any of its
Immediate competitors. He was fol-
lowed by Henry U. Nudge. president
of the Rock Island. who also dis
cussed at length the physical condi-
| ton of the system, disagreeing with
reports of poor condition already filed
in the hearing.
fridays Evidence.
| Washington, Feb. 27.-L- F. L0ree,
chairman OF the executive committee
| of the Chicago, Rock Island 4 Pacific
Railway company and Of the Frisco
/ system for ten months in 1904, testi-
| fled before the interstate commerce.
commission Friday In the inve9tiga-
ton of the financial AffafFB OF the
Rock Island during the regime Of the
Reid-Leeds- Moore group, in control
Mr.. Loree said he had been gsiatan-
lteed $500, 900 by Mr. Leeds when he
left the presidency OF the Baltimore &
Ohio to take the new position Thil
was in addition to the annual salary
Of $37,500 he received from the R0c1
Island and = similar sum from ths
Frisco.
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RUSSIAN BEAR
HAS TURNED
He Turns ON His Pursuers in
Northern Poland.
German Drive ON Warsaw Has
Been Checked.
NEW SLAV FORCES APPEAR
Stanislau Has Been Recaptured
From Kaiser's Forces.
War in the West Carried On
by Aeroplanes.

London, Feb. 27.-The efforts o1
the German and Austrian armies te
crumple both ends of the long Russian
front are reported today to have beer