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Agriculture is recognized as the
greatest of all industries and pres
porous, progressive and enlightened
agricultural population is the surest
safeguard of civilization.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-30
C0OD-BY, $4,000
Texas StOckman BiIked on
Fake Race Scheme.
Gets Tip on Tapped Wires and
Delivers His Roll.

Chicago, Dec. 3O.-Wire tappers al
legged to be operating in a suburb of
Chicago swindled Vincent Baer, a
wealthy stockman of Midland, Texas.
out of $4,000 on a fake horse race
scheme, according to reports to the
police today.
The swindlers, it was said, met
Baer in kansas City, where some
wagers were made on races, and later
their acquaintance was renewed in
Chicago. The men who got his money,
Baer charges, are Edward A Alexan-
der and Charles c. Miller. Baer and
his two companions came to Chicago
on Christmas day, it was reported.
The wires were tapped" and Baer
was told that every bet had been won.
He turned over $4,000 to the two men
and all three left for Cincinnati,
whence they were to go to Lexington,
to collect their winnings. Baer said
he missed his friends en- route and has
not seen either of them or his $4,000
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BOMB ON 4 SHIP
When Vessel Is $50
Miles From Port.
Fire Consumes Cotton Cargo:
Storm Races Deck.

New York. Dec. 3O.-The steamer
Bankdale arrived this morning from
Bordeaux after tempestUous voyage
ir which the cattle fittings and rails
were carried away and boats lifted
from their fastenings. On the out
ward passage to Bordeaux on Novem-
Der 19, when $50 miles from that
port, a bomb exploded in number !
hatch. The explosion was felt dis
tinctly throughout the steamer.
The cargo, consisting of cotton, was
set on fire and the blaze ragged until
reaching port when it was finally sub
dued. All the cotton in the number
compartment, consisting of 200 bales,
was destroyed. Gable dispatches re-
ceived here on November 26, from
Bordeaux, stated that the Bankdale
had arrived there with a fire in her
hold and that an inquiry was being in
No mention was made IN the
cable dispatches of a bomb explosion
on board.
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TO DEATH
Kansas Woman Saturates Her.
self First With Gasoline.
Wires Feet Together, Touches
Match and Dies.

Oakley. Kan, Dec. 30.-Mrs. w. D.
Miller, aged so years. committed sui
eide here Wednesday by burning her
self to death. Mrs. Miller went out
into the garden, stepped down into a
small hot-bed, wired her feet together
so she could not run, muffled her head
and mouth and then saturated her
self with gasoline to which she ap
piled match
Neighbors saw the flame leap up
in the garden and ran to ascertain the
cause and found the charred remains
of Mrs. Miller, death having been pre-
sumably instantaneous
Since an operation a few months
ago Mrs. Miller has been mentally un-
sound and required constant watching.
The family is one of the oldest in this
city, Mrs. Miller being the mother of
Mrs. Otis and Mrs. Herman Anderson,
wives of two business men of Oakley.
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Jump From $2,7OO,OOO in 1908
to $5,OOO,OOO in 1915.
BIG SHARE TO THE COLLEGES
X. S. A. c. and X. u. Come In
for Largest Appropriation.
On Other Hand Indebtedness
Decreases. Revenue Gains.

Expense of state government in
Kansas has increased virtually 100
per cent in ten years according to
report issued today by Frank organ.
assistant state auditor. The Organ
report shows state expenses of 50, 49,
S24.91 for the fiscal year ending June
so, 1905. For the fiscal year of 1915.
the expense for maintaining state in
stitutions and departments amounted
to $5,SO2, 53O.51.
From the increase of 2,562.7O5.6O.
the bulk went to the big state schools.
OF the increase as shown over 1905,
the state schools in 1915 received
81, $50, ,3S3.S1 more than ten years ago.
With the exception of the governors
office, every state department showed
an increased expense over ten years
ago. The last six months of the
Hodges term and the first six months
of the Capper term, however. show a
decrease of $1,596.S4 in cost OF main
tenance.
State expense. as paid from the gen
eral revenue fund. increased from
S24644152S to S4479942l7 1t is
which is provided by direct taxation.
The ten-year period shows an increase
in this direct expense of slightly more
than two million dollars. Expense of
the state departments and institutions
as paid from the fee funds increased
from s275,409.63 in 1905 to $s22,-
5SS.34 this year.
X. $. A. c. Benefits.
The state agricultural college at
Manhattan received the big benefits
from the increase in expense of state
government. In ten years that school
increased expenses from general reve-
nue. just s407. 7.S4S.26 and added S145.-
710.49 more in increased expenses
from fee funds Kansas university
came next with an expense increase of
S 36S. 1895, 80 from general revenue and
S79.214.50 from special fees.
Expense of nearly all of the big
state departments took tremendous
jumps during the ten year period COW
cred in the Organ report. Included in
department. with an in
crease of 200 per cent The public util-
tiles commission, created in 1911. piles
Continued on Page TwoO
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IN RACE?
EX-Kansas Governor May Head
Prohibition Ticket in 1915.
Bryan Will Not Be Considered
for Nomination.

Chicago, Dec. 3O.-If William Jen-
nings Bryan starts in the 1916 presi-
Dental race it will not be as a driver
of the Prohibition partys water wag-
on. The old cart was creased up for
the contest Wednesday at a meeting of
the Prohibition national committee in
it's Chicago headquarters. But when
Mr.. Bryan was mentioned as the pos
sible jehu.. the suggestion was tripped
at the threshold.
For the Prohibition party is off
Mr.. Bryan. He is not regular enough
to suit the national drys. His views
according to the Prohibitionist diary
have shifted expediently in the wake
of public opinion
When the Hobson resolution was
up in congress-" explained National
Chairman Virgil G. Hinshaw, of Ore
gorI. Mr.. Bryan wired the southern
representatives to oppose it, insisting
a national question. Later. however,
when it became apparent that a wave
of dry sentiment was sweeping across
the country. Mr.. Bryan turned COM
pletely around"
When the prohibition national con-
vention meets at Minneapolis July 19
it probably will pick a presidential
candidate from one of the old parties.
Among those mentioned are former
Governor Hodges. of Kansas; former
Governor Foss, of Massa chusetts; for
NOR Governor Hanley. of Indiana, and
Judge Ben B. Lindsey, of Denver.
Hopes Teddy Will Run.
Plans for extending Prohibition ter
ritOry were discussed today at a con-
ference of Prohibition party leaders
summoned here by the executive COM
mittee of the national committee of
the party
Virgil G. Hinshaw. chairman of the
national committee of the. Prohibition
party. presided. He said he believed
the Prohibition party to be stronger
now than the Progressive party
Efforts are to be made said Mr..
Hinshaw. ito have a Prohibition plank
incorporated in both the Democrat
and the Republican party platforms.
If these efforts fail and neither of
the platforms has such a plank there
will be many defections from the old
parties to the Prohibition banner"
At a preliminary meeting of the
conference last night Frank c. Cur
tbs of jamestown, n. Y, said that he
hoped Colonel Roosevelt would be the
candidate of the Republican party and
that he would run on a Prohibition
platform
The date of tho national convention
of the Prohibition party was tenta-
lively set by the national committee
for July 19 and 20 at the state fair
grounds at Minneapolis
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TSCRIPT
He ASKS $4,000
r. e. Darby Files Damage Suit
Against Fair Association.
Claims He viii Never Get Full
Use of Broken Leg.

r. Z. Darby, a school teacher who
received a broken leg and other in
juries when II. l.. Fitzpatrick smash
ed through the fence in his racing
car at the fair grounds during the big
free fair in September, filed suit this
afternoon in the district court for
$4,000 DANA ges against the Kansas
State Fair association. 5. f. Lux and
H. L. Fitzpatrick.
Darby alleges in his petition that
he will never be able to use his leg
as formally and that it will always be
two or three inches shorter than nor
NAL. He also claims unat the track
at the fair grounds never was meant
for auto racing and that the fair as
sociation was negligent in allowing
such races to be held.
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GETS AUSTRIA'S REPLY
Ambassador PenfieId Informs WASH
ington But Not Tenor of Note.

Washingto. Dec. 3O.-CBulletin)-
Ambassador Penfield, at Vienna, today
received Austria's reply to the second
American note regarding the sinking
of the liner Ancona. An official an
nouncement to that effect was made
by Secretary Lansing today.
Amba ssa dor Penfie1d reported that
the reply was about 5000 words and
that considerable time would be neces-
sary to place the communication in
code in the embassy in Vienna There
was nothing in his dispatch to indicate
the tenor of the reply. Officials of the
state department believed the note
would arrive some time before Satur-
day
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Arrests Equal One-Twentieth of
the Total Population.
Fewer in Topeka Than in the
Year 1914 at That.
TOTAL 2,14O PERSONS RUN IN
OF These 746 Were Charged
With Being Drunk.
Persons Charged With ViOlat-
ing Liquor Law Number 1O4.

The total number of arrests made
by the Topeka police department dur
ing the year of 1915 was equal to one
Two thousand, one hundred and forty
two arrests We're made. However, the
total number of arrests during the
last year was less than in 1914 and an
increase over the numb ber of 1913.
In 1914, 1900 arrests were made.
The number in 1913 was 2,134. The
total arrests for drunkenness this year
took a big jump. In 1914 and 1913 the
number of persons picked up for be-
ing intoxicated was 66S and 661. This
year 746 drunkS were booked at head
quarters. Considering the fact that
the Topeka standard has not been
ton took the reinS of government, the
number is unusually large for one
year.
However, since Chief Parsons be-
came head of the police department
arrests made have been for more i'm
portant offenses than during the old
regime. During the first of the year
one minor was picked up for smoking
cigarettes and another was arrested
for smoking a pipe.
But few freak arrests have been
booked in the last nine months.
Banner Year for Murders.
The year of 1915 was a banner year
for murders. Nine arrests were made
for this crime. OF the several muir
ders committed in Topeka during 1915
only one perpetrator, a Mexican, es-
capped. One murderer was arrested in
1914 and one in 1913.
sifications of prohibitory law violators
Do
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FIREMEN ARE ASSIGNED
Double Platoon Schedule as Outlined
Today by Chief HanlOn.

Fire Marshal Joseph Hanlon today
made the assignments of all the fire
men under the double platoon system
which becomes effective Saturday
morning at 7 o'clock. The assign
ments are as follows:
Hose company No. 1: First shift
Thomas Checkfield, George Clark. d.
w. Alden, Chester Fl. Dey, Wiley F..
Steele. Second shift-E. H. Davis,
Milton Pond, E. H. Wideau. A. T.
fowler. Frank Langston.
Hose company No. 2: First shift
Claude Sherburne, John Petit, ]. S.
Blankenship, Frank Brozieck. Arthur
Dangerfield Second shift. o.
Lucas. j. NJ. Bicknall w. H Sanders.
Frank Howe. D. H. Wilder.
Hose company No. 3: First shift
Louis Knott, Samuel McComb, E. z.
Hickerson. r. H. Thompson. Second
shift. w. Washington. Todd Forte.
A. S. Clark. c. f. Bledsoe.
Hose company No. 4: First shift
Thomas Higbee, Charles Clare. John
Darling, Alva Mitchell. Second shift
Paul Little. Frank Cunningham.
Bert Swink. Joseph Weinkauf.
Hose company No. 5: First shift
VIM. Downie, Geo. Housh. r. L. Sage.
Second shift-A. NJ. Robinson, Joseph
Quinlon, Earl Chandler.
Hose company No. s First shift
Thomas Steele, A. b. Bland. l. E.
Berger. Second shift-H. n. Gilman,
VIM. Fargo, Frank Davis.
Engine No. /: First shift-Albert
Aetzer, Ed Beard. Second shift
Chas. Boltinghouse, John Anweiler.
Truck company No. l: First shift
Joseph Thompson. VIM. Hatcher.
J. T. johnson, VIM. Frazier. Second
shift-John Rhodes. Silas Brown, u.
S. Grant, VIM. +. Gentry.
Truck company No. 2: G.. n. Good
rich. VIM. Petit, d. ID. Weidlich. A.
w. Dawson. ]. J. Mansager. Second
shift-H. A Haney, Walter Land
wehr. Joseph Byrne. w. ]. Cunning.
ham, ]. c. White.
Chiefs driver: First shift. S.
Stephenson Second shift-H. A.
Hopper.
Fire alarm electrician Chas
Lynn.
Deputy building inspector VIM
Cawker.
Night watchman-Ralph Weaver.
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1T COST MILLION
Henry FOrd's Peace Junket Ex-
pense Runs High.
Delegates Uneasy Over Break
With Austria.
HUNGARIAN LADY UNPOPULAR
However, Party VIII Follow
Nine. SchWimmer.
Add Norwegian and Swedish
Members to Corps.
HUNGARIAN LADY UNPOPULAR
(BY CHARLES p. STEWART }
Written for State Journal.)


Stockholm, Dec. 30.-Henry Ford s
than a million dollars, if the confer
ence at The Hague is long drawn out.
Business Manager Plaintiff estimated
today before the delegates left for
Copenhagen.
About $4,000 of Ford's money was
spent here. 1t was reported before
sailing that the Ford managers were
considering giving $4,000 to the poor
of Stockholm.
Reports from English sources thai
the United States is drawing near d
break with Austria have caused dele
gates the greatest anxiety. Many dele
gates who wanted to cross Germany
on the way to The Hague to avoi6
the North sea winter storms have
reception in Germany might not be
cordial, if the United States broke
with Germany's ally.
The pilgrimage will be continued
regardless of developments in the Aus
tro-Americ3n controversy FOrd'S sec
retary, Louis p. Lochner, secuted the
idea that the delegates might not be
willing to follow Madam Schwinmer,
the Hungarian peace leader, in the
event of a break between Austria and
America. The delegates, however, are
becoming increasingly hostile to her.
Both the Norwegian and Swedish
delegations to the peace conference
have been completed. Their identities
stood they include few persons of
Drf nipRnPe
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SHIP BURNS AT DOCK
Lake Passenger Vessel Valued at
S15O.OOO a Total Loss.

Muskeson, Mich, Dec 30-The
steamer Nyack owned by the Crosby
Transportation company and one of
the cldest vessels in the passenger
business on the great lakes burned at
ner dock here today and sank to the
bottom. Her engineer. Lafayette Den
mis-, was missing after the fire. The
Nyack built in Buffalo IN 1873 was
valued az $4,000 and is said to have
been fully insured. The origin of the
fire, which was not discovered until
the steame was in flames, could not
be learned. The vessel was 231 feet
long: 32 feet beam; gross tonnage l.
1SS
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St. Paul, Mimi, Dec. 30.-Governor
Hammond departed from s.. Paul for
the. South just a week ago today, to
inspect some farm lands which he
owns in the vicinity of Clinton. At his
offices at the state house it was said
that he had expected to return tomor
row and that no intimation that the
governor was i'll had been received
here or at St. James, Mimi, where
Milton Hammond, the governors bro
ther, resides.
Lieut.. Gov. ]. A. a. Burnquist, who
becomes governor of Minnesota as
result of the death of Governor Ham
mond at Clinton. La, was ill abed
when told of his predecessors fate.
Mr.. Burnquist received the news at
his residence, where he had remained
today because of a cold.
Winfield Scott Hammond, eisn-
teenth governor of Minnesota was in
augurated a year ago, following his
election on the Democratic ticket.
Previously he had served six terms in
the national house of representatives,
being sent to Washington from the
Second Minnesota district. He was
unmarried. He was born November
II, 1853. at Southboro, Worcester
county, Mass. He was educated at
Dartmouth college, where he gradu-
to Minnesota as a young man, was ad-
rnitted to the bar and began the prac-
tice of law at St. James.
Mr.. Burnquist is a Republican, hav-
ing been reelected lieutenant gov
ernor after serving in that position
during the administration of former
Gov A O. Eberhart
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Last Outstanding Bonds Will
Be Burned Publicly.
CELEBRATION FOR BIG EVENT
The Ceremony Will Take Place
at the Capitol.
Past State Officers and General
Public Invited.

Plans for the public burning of the
last dollar of state bonds were an
nounced today by the state executive
council. The last of the state bonds
an issue of S159, 9,O0O-will be burned
Saturday morning at a public recep-
ton in the office of Earl Akers, state
treasurer. State officials will partici-
pate i'll the celebration of the cancella :
ton of the last state debt.
The program surrounding the cele-
bration was discussed today at meet
ing of state officials. offices in the
state house will be thrown open to the
public and an informal reception will
be held AT II o'clock Saturday
morning. the bonds will be burned IN
the office of Earl Akers, state treas
urer. and Kansas will be free from
bonded Indebtedness. Former state
officials. who signed the bonds, will
be invited to participate. The bonds
10 be burned were issued in 1903 dur
ing the administration of Willis J.
Bailey Of Atchison as governor.
Work Will Stop
Work in all state departments will
cease during the celebration and tbs
public Will be invited to witness the
burning Of the bonds Governor Cap
per will deliver the principal speech
and other state officers will tell of the
freedom of Kansas from bonded in
debtedness. An invitation will be eX-
tended to former Governor Bailey and
the AJchison banker will also be asked
to speak. j. r. Burrow, wealthy To-
peSa banker. was secretary OF state at
the time the bonds were issued and
signed the bonds to be burned. He
was today asked to participate in the
celebration.
Bonds to be burned Saturday are the
last of an issue of s625.000 made by
the state twelve years ago At that
time the state departments made
computation of the states outstanding
Indebtedness and bonds were issued for
the full amount. Since the issue was
fIoated. the state has cancelled $685.
600 of the outstanding Indebtedness.
A sinking fund was provided and
there are now sufficient funds avail
able to pay the last dollar of the out
standing issue
The bonds to be burned Saturday
were issued under an act of the 1903
legislature. The $159.0O0 issue prov 4
ed funds for the building of the twine
plant at the Lansing state prison. This
plant was burned in 1913 and was re-
built with funds from the twine plant
revolving fund.
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PRESS CLUB DINNER
W. Y. Morgan Will Be Guest of the
Newspaper Men Tonight.

Members of the Topeka press club
will dine in the Cremerie banquet
rooms at 80 this evening. Final de-
tails for the organization of the club
will be worked out at tonight's meet
ing and plans for a permanent home
will be discussed.
Since the press club plan was
launched. it has met general support
among the newspaper workers of the
town and announcement from out
side publishers. Plans for a perman-
ent club house will be discussed at to-
nights meeting. Dinner will be served
promptly at $50 a special feature
program has been arranged. w. Y.
Morgan. lieutenant governor and
publisher of the Hutchinson News,
will be a guest of the club at tonight's
meeting
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-30
Kansas Snou
Is Predicted

Kansas City. Dec. 30.-Rising
temperatures with prospects of
snow in Kansas, Nebraska and
this section of Missouri prevailed
today. In Arkansas, also, the
mercury had risen from its low
point of yesterday. Trains en-
tering Kansas City, from all di-
rections were running close to
their norma; schedules. At Kan
sas City, the mercury stood at %
degrees this morning, an ascent
of ten degrees in the last twenty
four hours.
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IS WATER LOGGED
Greek steamer on Way to New York
With Boiler Room Flooded.

New York, Dec. 3O.-Another radio
message was received today from the
Greek steamer TheSSa loniki which is
making for this port with her boiler
room partly flooded.
"On account of small damage" read
the message, we come with lessened
speed. Engineers assure no cause for
alarm. Account of strong winds speed
four miles. When weather improves
speed will be six or seven miles"
Officials of the Greek line said that
at the rate of speed she is now max
ing the Thessaloniki. should reach
New York Saturday morning.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-30
FAIRBANKS MAY ENTER
Former Vice President Mentioned as
Candidate of Republicans.

Indianapolis. Ind. Dec. 30.-'Fair-
banks for president" signs were posted
in all hoIels and throughout the busi-
ness district today, and it was under
stood the name of former vice presi-
dent, Charles w. Fairbanks, would be
placed formally before the nation as
a candidate for the Republican nomi-
nation for president at the party love
feast here this afternoon.
Each arriving train and interurban
car brought delegations. some with
bands, and the crowd was said to be
the largest that ever attended a Re
publican gathering in the state
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Kids Epidemic
Puzzles MD's.

Boston. Dec 3O.-A mysterious
maIady, which has baffled physi-
clans, had claimed seven victims
among infants in Boston last
night. An increasing number of
children were reported suffering
from the same disease. Medical
Examiner George B. Magrath said
he believed the illness to be a new
form of influenza He was inclin-
ed to disagree with early medical
opinions that the deaths were due
to poisoned candy.
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ment circles one of the best known
entertainers of the past six decades
He was also a prominent figure In
Grants army during the Civil war,
getting his oloneley in the volunteers.
Colonel Hallett was a charter mem
ber of lodge No. 1, B. p. o. E., New
York city.
Among the personal effects of Colo
mel Hallet, found in a hotel room in
Dallas, which he occupied. was q pass
book of n New York bank, in which
ne had to his credit. $9.100. When
taken i'll last week he had S934 in
cash.
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STORM PASSED US BY
Temperature Rises Above Normal and
Little Change Is Forecast.

The weather was mild this morning
although a heavy bank of slaty clouds
and mist hung in the air. Only
slight breeze was blowing, registering
two miles an hour from the north
Temperatures are above normal. The
minimum last night was % degrees
the warmest night for several days.
This reading is 6 degrees above nor
NAL.
The foreca st indicates that the snow
and cold weather have been side
tracked. Unsettled weather tonight.
Friday probably fair; not much
change in temperature is the forecast.
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