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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-18
FAVOR DOPE Bill
House Committee Would Pro.
hibit Sale Of Certain Drugs.


A dope bill that will really accom-
plish something win be recommended
as committee substitute Tor all bills
introduced on the subject in the house
by the committee ON hygiene and
public health. according to members
Of that committee. All the details of
the measure have not yet been work
ed out, and it may be tomorrow be-
fore the report is made. The tmpor-
tant changes proposed include the re-
peal of the former exemption as ap-
piled to veterinarians and dentists and
repeating the exemption as applied to
physicians insofar as it permits such
physicians to issue prescriptions at
random for habit forming drugs.
The new bill makes 1t q felony for
druggists to sell habit forming drugs
except on the prescription of physi-
clans, and prohibits Veterinarians and
dentists from issuing such prescrip-
tions. 1t also prohibits physicians
from giving such prescriptions. or
using such drugs except in case OF
necessity, and prohibits them from
furnishing either drugs or prescrip-
tons to habitual users of drugs. 1t is
the most drastic antelope legislation
ever offered. and the committee be-
lieves strikes at the root OF the pres
ent evil. The penalty for violation is
severe, the new bill making all viola
lions felOnies.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-18
WANTS TO COME BACK
Jack johnson inquiries What o. S.
Government Would Do With Him.

Chicago. ILL.,. Feb. 1S.-United States
District Attorney Charles F. Clyne
Wednesday received information from
an emissary of Jack johnson, worlds
champion heavyweight pugilisf, that
johnson, who left America while UNI
der sentence for violation Of the Mann
act, desired to know the attitude Of
the government regarding his return.
Mr.. Ciyne refused to say what tho
government would do if johnson re-
turned voluntarily or If he were
brought back. He could be tried on
two pending charges or resentenced
under the former conviction. it was
said.
On Lookout for Him.
Galveston, Tex, Feb. 18.-Immigra-
ton authorities here were notified
Wednesday by the department of JUS
tice to be on the lookout for Jack
johnson. They were instructed to
scan closely members of the crews
and passengers on all steamships arr
irving from the south. Similar in
structions have been received by OFF,
Gals at other gulf ports
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-18

trated by the unconditional release Of
Tommy Leach, outfielder for the Chi
-cago Cubs 1t is almost a cinch that
Leach will not be taken up by a ma
jor league club and Federal league
magnates declare positively that the
league will have none of him.
Leach. prior to the 1914 strife.
dickered with the Federals and made
few bones about it. But instead of ac-
cepting their offers he used them
merely as a jimmy with which to pry
an extra thousand dollars out of the
Cub management for 1914. The black
listing of Leach by both majors and
Federals seems to leave him beyond
the pale of the big shows.
The ball player who gets as much
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-18
SPORT WHEEZES
Being Purloined Dog Meat, PFune
Pies. Lemon Sandwiches, Etc.
(By Clug)

Now 1t is rumOred that Mr.. Savage.
the new owner of the Topeka baseball
club, Is having trouble in retaining the
lease on the grounds. This is another
skeleton Of an unsuccessful past COM
ing to light. However, it is to be sup
posed that Mr.. Savage realized he
would have a number of skeletons to
contend with when he took over the
team. Skeletons are among the things
that are always unlisted on the in
voice sheets. but they are among the
most permanent and longest lived Of
all the assets.
Sailor Carroll. the California heavy
weight who trained here before
Christmas for a bout with Carl Nor
riS in ST. Joe and who lost the bout
on a foul after he had out-fought the
Oklahoman, is back in Topeka train
ing under Topeka Jack Johnson for
his match with AL Norton in Kansas
City on Washington's birthday.
Carroll is made out of the kind OF
stuff that produces big men. and a
few favorable breaks should give him
a good send-off. His disappointment
over losing the st. Joe bout on a
technicality naturally took some of
the pep out of his punch because he
had worked hard for it and had built
up lot Of self confidence. But. he is
still working hard. and now his hope
of getting another claclk at Morris de-
ponds upon his ability to lick Norton.
Carroll works out each afternoon at
Johnson's gymnasium and extends an
| invitation to everyone to call and
watch him.
! Every little chicken has a craw of
| it's own, but the craw doesn't count
near as much as the sand inside it.
The fact that the football rules
| committee unanimously urged and
recommended the numbering of play
ers at it's meeting last week is caus-
ing gridiron enthusiasts genuine sat
| isfaction. Last season Percy Haugh-
| ton, the Harvard coach, was opposed
| to this measure, claiming that 1t
| would lend a commercial effect to the
game. It is believed that this rec
OmmendatiOn was made possible by
the acquiescence of the rest of the
| committeeman to the rule which
states that a forward pass will here
after be incomplete when it goes out
| of bounds, a rule to which Haughton
had favorably committed himself be-
fore the committee went into session.
There was a play made during the
1914 Federal League season that
| ought to live in history of freak plays
in baseball; one that got caught in
Cliff Carroll's shirt pocket and lost a
game, with Isbell's drive that struck
on wire nail at the top of a fence
and decided a game; with the ball
that rolled into a tomato can on the
Boston grounds and almost cost BOS-
| ton pennant.
The freak play happened at Buffalo
in the ninth inning of game between
Indianapolis and Buffalo. The score
was tied, each team having made four
runs. when Hanford drove a fly to
left. Kaiser sprinted over and, while
running at full speed, got both hands
on the ball. Just as he was making
the catch he bumped the fence, the
ball bounded out of his hands and
went over the fence turning the catch
into a home run that gave Buffalo q
S to victory.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-18
ENCOURAGE BASEBALL.
Kansas Legislature Would Pass Bill
Permitting Support of Clubs.

II the state can appropriate money
for the benefit of state or other fairs,
why not either appropriate money, or
permit cities of the first class to APP
propriate money, for the support of
baseball clubs in such cities. is q
question a number of members Of the
legislature discussed at a luncheon
Wednesday. And at its close the MEM
bers agreed that. ii it can be done, a
bill at least permitting cities to APP
propriate money for the support OF
baseball clubs, will be presented
through some committee before the
session closes.
1t was the consensus OF opinion
that baseball should be encouraged,
and that it Is the finest, cleanest sport
Of general interest there is. The
measure will. at least. receive the
hearty support Of baseball fans.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-18
HE IS NOT GUILTY
Jury Acquits John Collins Of
Black Hand Charges.
Verdict at 8 O'clock Wednesday
Night-S.Day Trial.

After a little more than an hours
deliberation. a jury composed OF eleven
men and one woman returned q YER
dict of not guilty at 3 o'clock Wednes-
ant in the Hammatt-Collins case.
which for the last eight days was
heard in the second division of the
Shawnee county district court.
Collins was tried on a charge of at
tempting to obtain $4,000 from Theo-
dore Hammatt, a Topeka miller, with
the use of black hand letters. When
the jury returned to the court room
to hand down their verdict Collins was
surrounded by friends and relatives
who more than half filed the court
room.
The members of the jury were smil-
ing when they took their seats in the
court room. Don WeHman, court
stenographer, read the verdict. and
Collins and his pretty wife, who. dur
ing the eight days Of the trial, sat on
the right side of her husband in the
court room, and their friends and rel
atives thanked the jurors.
The Hammatt black hand letters
were received by Hammatt on Sep
September % county officials and city
officials attempted to capture q man
thought to be waiting for the money
on the Topeka avenue road. A KAN
sas City detective named West, who
failed to appear at the trial. jimmed
the works Collins was arrested Oc-
tober 1. The verdict by the jurors
clears the defendant of all charges
placed against him by officials. The
jurors who returned the verdict of
not guilty: s. C. Coblentx, Mrs E.. ".
Eden, s. w. Rice, John Kesler, w. F.
Denison, HI. NJ. Zirkle, w. A. Hamp-
shire, George Dickhut, 8. J. Rice. w.
L. Retter, g. w. Case and J. N. Will
Lard.
w. E. Atchison and Robert Gar
yer were attorneys for the state J. J.
Schenck and ]. C. Ensminger were at
torneys for the defense.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-18
CASCARETS CURE
HEADACHE, COLDS,
CONSTIPATION
TONIGHT! Clean Your Bowels and
Stop Headache, Colds, Sour
Stomach.
Get n 1o-cent box.

Get lucent DOX.
Take a Cascaret tonight to cleans
your Liver. Stomach and Bowels, and
you will surely feel great by morning.
You men and women who have head
ache, coated tongue. bad cold. are
bilious, nervous, upset. bothered with
a sick. gassy. disordered stomach. or
have backache and feel all worn out.
Are you keeping your bowels clean
with Cascarets-or merely forcing a
passageyay every few days with salts.
cathartic pills or castor oil?
Cascarets Immediately cleanse and
regulate the stomach, remove the sour,
undigested and fermenting food and
foul gases; take the excess bile from
the liver and carry of the constipated
waste matter and poison from the bow
els.
Remember, a Cascaret tonight will
straighten you out by morning. A
Decent box from ,ur druggist means
healthy bowel action; a clear head and
lcheerfulness for months. Don't forgei
{ the children.-Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-18

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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-18

as $4,000 in a minor league club will
be lucky person this year. There
fore Tommy's alleged holdup or hold
year, $1,000 being what he is under
stood to have drawn from the Cubs
last year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-18
Stay Vigorous
at Seventy
KellOgg's Sanitone Waters Re-
vive Vitality in Men and
Women When Life's Sun
Begins to Set.


What you ARE. not what you WE'RE
is what counts in the game of life.
It's up to men and women to be live
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kellOgg's Sanitone Waters keep
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-18
Another Star Quits Baseball.

New York, Feb. 1S.-Arthur Shafer,
former third baseman of the New
York National League team, Wednes-
day informed President Hempstead
he was through with professional
baseball for all time. He said the
rumors that he would manage a Fed
eral league team were unfounded.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-18
Money to Loan

THE SHAWNEE BUILDING
md LOAN ASSOCIATION
OFFERS IN easy way to buy Q piece
Of property or build . house
and pay for IL monthly. just IKE
paying rent. When you are
down town call 1T lis West
sixth Street and ask them to
explain their plan. 1t b simple
~ q one-vord primer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-18

Missouri University Fl: X. S. A. C. ~.
Manhattan, Kan, Feb. 1S.-The
Missouri university won it's fourth
consecutive Missouri valley confer
ence game at basketball here We'd
nesday night by defeating K. s. A. @.
81 to 10. The game was close
throughout, being won only by a free
throw in the last two minutes of play.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-18

Every little chicken has a craw of
it's own, but the craw doesn't count
near as much as the sand inside it.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-10-22
IS SLAIN BESIDE
SLEEPING BABIES
PETE FEATHERsToNE OF FINLEY
RETURNS HOME TO FIND HIS
WIFE's HEAD SEVERED.
SLAIN BY MAN He ARRESTED
Bad Feeling Against Campbell County
Deputy Ends In Pistol Battle and
Officers Death--News From
Over state.

Dyersburg.-one of the most brutal
murders ever known in this section
was committed at Finley, Z miles from
here, when Mrs. Belle Featherstone
was slain with an ak as she lay in bed
between her two children. The crime
was discovered when her husband,
Pete Featherstone, engineer at the
Farmers Cotton Oil Company, return
ed home at l o'clock on the morning
of Oct. 10. The head OF the woman
had been severed from the body.
The two children lying in the bed
with their mother were still asleep,
hut were covered with the blood of
their slain percent. hasty examina-
tion of the room and the house by the
husband showed no signs of robbery,
and the motive for the brutal crime is
unknown.
The husband aroused neighbors, and
q telephone message was sent to the
sheriff here, who secured a pack of
bloodhounds and started Immediately
for the scene
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-10-22
Second Custer Against crump.

Memphis. with the knowl.
edge and consent Of Gov Tom C. Rye.
Frank NJ Thompson, attorney general
for the state has filed a second custer
bill in the Shelby County Chancery
Court against Mayor e. H. Crump of
Memphis and other city officials. The
second bill supplants the first bill,
which was brought some time ago in
the namo OF ten REALTORS by P. w. La
nier, attorney. Upon motion of Mr..
Lanier the bill filed by the ten re-
lators has been withdrawn, thus shift
inc tho burden of the expense of the
suit from toe shoulders Of the rela-
tors to the state treasury.
Besides R. A. Utley. commissioner
OF police. and o. H. Perry, inspector
of police. who we're joined with Mayor
Crump as defendants In the first
custer suit, the name Of City Judge
W. NJ. Stanton is added in the new
bill. A separate custer bill has also
been filed by General Thompson
against ]. A. Riechman, sheriff Of
Shelby county.
The new bills are practically the
same as the original REALTORS bill.
with the exception that the charges
Of financial irregularity alleged In
the REALTORS bill is dropped. They
aver that the defendant officials have
been wilfully negligent in the enforce
ment of the prohibition laws.
Both bills are brought IN the chan
Gerry court and 1t is probable that they
will be heard by Chancellors Fentress
and Heiskell sitting jointly at an ear
W date.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-10-22
Campbell County Deputy Killed.

aFollette.-Harvey Murray, a dep.
putty sheriff Of Campbell county, was
shot twice by Wilburn Leach, and
death resulted within five minutes
Leach was shot by Deputy Murray
one bullet from his revolver penetrat-
ing the intestines and the second one
of his hips 1t is thought the wound
will result fatally. The tragedy oc-
CURED near the passenger station at
Caryville.
According 70 rumor, bad feeling had
existed between the men for some time,
It is elaine! to date back to about
1896, when there was some labor trou-
bic at a mine near here.
Deputy Sheriff Murray recently
placed Leaci In arrest and put him in
the Campbell county Jail at Jacksboro
on the charge of public drunkenness.
Later Leach was released from Jail
and he returned to Caryville, where
the deadly encounter occurred. Both
men are married. Deputy Sheriff Muir.
ray is about 10 years of age and Leach
lie probably 20.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-10-22
TRAIN PLUNGEs IN CREEK
10 Killed and 81 Injured When Union
Pacific Motor Train smashes
Through Bridge.

Randolph.-Eighteen persons are be-
lieved to have lost their lives when a
passenger car Of a Union Pacific mo-
tor train plunged through bridge into
Fancy Creek near here Oct Is. Ten
bodies had been recovered up to the
night Of Oct. 16, and at least eight
more were believed to be in the mud
and water which almost filled the car.
OF the SIS passengers in the car only
four escaped unhurt. Most of the dead
were drowned A revised list of the
recovered dead: Dr. Louis Atwood,
Topeka; Mary Giles. Manhattan, Kan;
Miss Alma ]. Jellin, Garrison, Kan;
Mrs. Steele Chapman. Manhattan,
Kan; Miss Ethel Retzer, Stockdale,
Kan; A. o. Shaw, Tecumseh, Neb.;
Theodore Smith, Stockdale, Kan; Carl
Stonebeig, Randolph, Kan; Miss Della
Peterson, Stockdale, Kan.
Many of the passengers were young
women school teachers. All went into
heap when the car struck the bridge,
which, weakened by three inches Of
rain, fell into the swollen creek, car
rying the car with 1t.
The rescue of the passengers was
extremely difficult, and many were
badly injured before they were extri-
Gated. 1t was necessary for the sur
yivors to crawl up the sides of the
car, using the window lodges and seats
as the rungs of a ladder, and many
fell repeatedly after almost achieving
success. Nearly all became uncon-
scious from loss of blood or shock on
finally reaching safety.
The train left Manhattan north
bound shortly before 7 o'clock and ar
rived at the Fancy Creek bridge at
1850. 1t was travelling at high speed
when, according to the passengers, the
forward end of the car suddenly pitch
ed down, hurting the passengers from
their seats. Several sustained broken
bones from the first impact.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-10-22
TEN MEX|CANS PAY
LIVES FOR WRECK
KILLING OF THREE AMERICANS
AND WouNplNc OF OTHERS
AVENGED BY POSSE.
BANDITS HELD UP TRAIN
Twenty Mexicans Mix Race Hatred
With Robbery As They Shoot
Passengers.-Possemen Still
in Pursuit.

Brownsville, Texas.-Ten Mexieans
paid with their lives for alleged COM
plicity in the wrecking of st. Louis,
Brownsville & Mexico passenger train
on the outskirts OF Brownsville, the
killing of three Americans and the
wounding of four others on the night
of Oct. Is. Peace officers said they
had clews to other Mexicans connect
ed with the robbery. No secret was
made that more would be killed IL
civilian posses catch them. The death
from bandits bullet OF DR.. E. s.
Mccain, deputy state health officer
here, aggravated the feeling of Amer
cans more than any previous incident
in the three months of border raids.
He was one of the best known men in
the lower Rio Grande valley.
DR.. McCains death was the third to
result from the robbery. The four in
jured, three of them suffering from
bullet wounds and one from scalds, are
on the way to recovery. DR.. Mccain,
in addition to other official duties, was
quarantine officer here, this position
bringing him a large acquaintance on
both sides of the river.
Twenty Mexicans, who claimed to
be followers of Luis de la Rosa, leader
OF the self-styled Texas revolution, and
who were believed to have come from
the Mexican side of the river, staged
the robbery at olmito, seven miles
north Of here. They mixed race hatred
with robbery.
Bullets caused all except two OF the
casualties. The Mexicans, as they
shot and robbed, cried, viva Piano
viva Carranza" Piano was De la
Rosa's co-leader in the Texas outbreak
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-10-22
Charge Stokes Made Threats.

Futher confederation of the charge
by Commissioner Tankard that At.
torney Harry S. Stokes attempted to
coerce certain members of the city
commission by threats of custer II
they did not withdraw the bill relat-
ing to the office of tax assessor, has
been brought out before the city com
mission.
After a statement by Mr.. Stokes
had been read, In which he specifical-
ly denied ever having made such a
threat. Attorney William Hume de-
clared that he was in position to
bear out the charges of Commissioner
Tankard, having been present at the
time Of the conversation with Mr..
Stokes, and also stated that Mayor
Robert Ewing had declared in his
presence that substantially the same
threats were made to him by Stokes
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-10-22
ALLIES ATTACK BULGARs
The Serb-Anglc-Freneh Troops Begin
Fighting by Penetrating Into Bull
garia-Weather Helps Serbs.

London.-Although there is very
heavy fighting at some points along
the eastern front, as we'll as In the
west, the Austro- German and Bulgar-
ian invasions of Servia and the efforts
of British and French officers to bring
help to their little ally before it is too
late continue to occupy the chief az
tention of the belligerent countries.
The Servians are being helped by
the weather, which is cold and winter
like. The rains have set in and are
impeding the movement of troops and
guns, which at the best must be slow
over what answers for roads in the
Balkan states.
The Germans, however, claim to
have taken the heights south Of Bel
grade, while along the Danube the
army OF Gen. Won Gallwitz is pushing
the Servians back.
The allied forces from Saloniki have
begun operations against the Bulgar-
isus with unexpected zeal. and already
the Serbo-Anglo-French forces have
penetrated into Bulgarian territory
just north of the Greek boundary and
are attacking the Bulgarian strong
hold of Strumnitza.
French troops in Macedonia have re-
ceived their baptism of fire near the
railway bridge at Hudovo vilandovo,
where they were attacked by 10000
Bulgarians. The fighting continues.
The Bulgarian artillery is lombard
ing the Vilandodo garrison, which IL
offering stout resistance.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-10-22
CARSON QUITS THE CABINET
Disagreement on Balkan Policy Be.
lleved to Be Cause Of British At
torney-GeneraI's Resignation.

torney-GeneraPs Resignation.
London.-Sir Edward Carson, attor-
ney-general, has resigned from the
British cabinet.
His resignation came upon the heels
of a whirlwind of speculation and ru-
mors conjured up by his absence at a
cabinet meeting. It was the fourth
time he had failed to appear at the
cabinets session.
No reason for Sir Edwards resig-
nation has been given, but full ex-
PLANTATION of the differences between
him and the rest of the cabinet is now
looked for as inevitable. Moreover,
there are few optimists left in Lon
don who hope any longer that the cab
inet crisis which has been imminent
ever since the Balkan developments
were added to the question Of con-
scription as seemingly insurmountable
obstacles to harmony among the min
listers can be Gaved off many more
days.
The immediate cause of Sir Ed
wards resignation is generally believ.
ed to be a disagreement between him
and others IN the cabinet over the
conscription issue.
The near future is fraught with the
gravest difficulties. In the British
cabinet the important question con-
jured up by the Balkan developments
may cause sensational changes, and
the life or death of the present al.
ministration may be determined by
the events Of the next few days.
II is no secret that differences Of
opinion arc constantly occurring
among the ministers on the grayest
matters at issue both in the national
and the foreign policy. There is suf'
fcient ground for the impression in
political circles abroad that the more
resolute minded ministers will demand
certain action or resign.