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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-07
THE FARMERS EIGHT.

A farmers life is one incessant fight,
writes Arthur M. Judy, in the May
Atlantic. and he continues: Think
what he dares, He dares to try to
control the face of this planet. In
order to raise his crops he pits him.
self against the weather and seasons;
he forces the soil to his wishes; he
wars against the plant world,
the animal world, the insect world,
the bacterial world. Is not that a
fight, looked at philosophically, to
make one stand aghast? After 1 had
been on the farm seven years the
tremendousness of the fight that my
fellow farmers were waging disclosed
itself to me with a force no figure of
speech can convey. Until one can be
brought to some realization of this
aspect of the farmers life, he has no
adequate grounds for comprehending
the discipline and development which
in the very nature of the case that life
must receive. / often contrast the lot
Of the clerk at his books. or the me-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-07
SCHOOLS AND EPIDEMICs.

Doubt as to the wisdom of closing
schools in epidemics of contagious dis
ease is expressed by DR.. Francis
George Curtis of Newton. Mass, in a
bulletin on the Health of School
Children" Just issued by the federal
bureau of education He says: II
the schools are closed when an out
break occurs, the children are turned
loose from supervision; they mingle
freely with one another in the streets,
on the Fairgrounds, and in each 9TH
er's houses. They are having an extra
vacation and enjoying themselves
thoroughly and are unwilling to adj
init that they feel ill. lest they be kept
at home and prevented from having a
good time. For this reason they VIII
not say they feel i'll until the disease
is we'll advanced, and they may be
active sources of infection for some
time before it is discovered that they
are ill. If the schools are kept open
and the children continue in the class
room as usual, they are under strict
observation and examined daily by the
school, physician, suspicious and In
fected cases being sent home for OBJ
many children are sent home before
they have had an opportunity to infect
others, thus reducing the probability
of spreading infection. Further than
this. the attention of the parents is
called to the fact that the child is feel
ing i'll and he is brought under treat
ment earlier. 1t seems, therefore,
that keeping the schools open offers
hf
pills, both collectively and individual
ly. Instead of closing the schools and
allowing the children to be scattered
and removed from supervision, when
an outbreak appears the schools
should be kept open as usual and the
children urged to attend. The school
physician and nurse should be detailed
to the school where the outbreak has,
appeared and instructed to examine
every child daily, excluding such as
appear ill or suspicious. This can be
done with very little disturbance OF
the school work. A note must be sent
to the parent stating that the child
seems, or is, i'll and must be seen by
the family physician. Suspicious
cases must be ordered to remain at
home until further notice., and II nec-
essary, must be visited in order to set
tie the diagnosis. Absentees must be
rounded up and examined in order to
find out why they have been kept at
home. If they are ill. they must be
isolated, and, if well, urged to return
to school" This, of course, applies TO
schools in cities in which school ply
sicians. or nurses, or both are en-
ployed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-07
DOLL. WIVES MEAN TROUBLE

Oakland, Calf, May If all
wives were as well developed as
Jess willard there would be no
need of courts to punish desert
ing husbands, William J. Hennessy.
city prosecutor, who handles all
desertion cases, declared today
From his observations, Hennessy
said, it is only the doll women who
are given the shake" When the
woman has muscles which are, in
the words of the poet LOngfellow,
strong as iron bands" hubby
stands in wholesome fear of the
flying flat ironeand drops his pay
envelope unopened in wifie's apron
every Saturday night. Hennessy
also opines that children are a
guarantee of marital permanence.
that poverty causes most deser-
tions, that Italians seldom leave
their wives, while Americans fire.
quently do
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-07
is OPEN TO ALL
Supreme Court Invites Law
yers to Submit Briefs
On COnstitutiOnality of the
Mortgage Tax Law.

The Kansas supreme court today
asked for arguments both Tor and
against the mortgage registration tax
law as enacted by the 1915 legislature.
Briefs on the case may be submitted
by lawyers of the state, under a broad
and general statement today by SUI
preme court justices. The case In
chief was submitted today in oral
arguments by attorneys of record in
the case.
In tho case before the supreme
court, the constitutionality of the law
is tested. The suit was brought when
Matt Weightman, as treasurer of
Shawnee county, refused to accept
registration fee on a mortgage. Man
damus proceedings were filed in the
supreme court and a decision in the
suit may be handed down at the June
session.
Bennett r. Wheeler and John Swift
ger, of Topeka, and Chester L. Long.
of Wichita, argued the application Ip,nes, 10.
torney, and John Hunt, assistant at
torney general. represented the state.
The thirty-minute rule as applied to
oral argument in the supreme court
was waived and counsel was given
free rein in presenting the case.
1t was admitted that state authori-
ties were limited as affecting the case
in point. Once, away back in 1878,
the state enacted law similar to the
one now. being tested. Enforcement
of the law was held up under an opin-
ion by Archie l.. Williams, then attor-
ney general. In 1875, the law was
repealed and the constitutionality of
the act was never decided by the
courts.
When the case was presented today,
the supreme court laid down the bars
to the lawyers of the state and con-
sented to receive briefs both for and
against the new law.
The registration tax measure is the
first of the 1915 legislative enactments
to be tested in the courts
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-07
AIR BOMBS FALL
|. ON TURK CAPITAL
Russians Reported to Have
Bombarded City From Sky.
Petards Believed to Have
Caused Much Damage.
FLEET SHELLS IN 10 MILES.
MOsIems Declare Allies Cut Up
on Peninsula.
Germany Claims Utter Galician
ROut.
FLEET SHELLS IN 10 MILES.

The first attack of the war on Con-
stantinople is reported, in an unofficial
| dispatch from Athens. It is said three
Russian aviators flew over the city.
dropping several bombs which are be-
lieved to have caused extensive
damage.
The messag says also that the
Russian Black sea fleet bombarded
the Turkish forts on the left bank
of the Bosphorus on Wednesday. Sew
eral Russian shells fell within ten
| miles Of Constantinople.
Official announcement is made in
a dispatch from Constantinople that
severe losses have been inflicted on the
French and British troops which land
ed on GallipoH peninsula. 1t is said
one entire battalion was annihilated in
an attack on the allied left wing, and
that il another engagement the Brit
ish lost heavily, both in men and mum
itions.
Gain at Dardanelles.
Reports reaching London from the
Dardanelles, while containing no new
details of the land fighting, say that
the bombardment by the allied fleet of
the Turkish Notifications is proceed
Chanak and Kilid Bahr, and prob
ably others on both sides of the straits
up to the narrows, are said to have
been silenced.
The exact status of affairs in the
great battle of Western Ga1icia re-
mains in doubt. German and Aus
trian reports of a spectacular victory
are increasingly optimistic. They say
the resistance of the Russians is being
broken down steadily and that the
whole Carpathian army of the Rus
slams has been placed in a precarious
situation Petrograd advices, how
ever, while conceding a measure of
success to the Teutonic allies, says
these claims are greatly exaggerated.
Russ Victory at Stry.
The Russian war office announces a
victory. in battle near Stry in the
Carpath1anS farther east than the
scene of the present main battle.
4 Hopes that Italy would settle peace
fully her differences with Austria ap-
parently are fading as speedily they
were revived few days ago. The
Austrian government is reported to
have informed Italy of the extreme
concessions it is willing to make, and
AuStrians and Germans in Rome are
represented as having lost confidence
in a favorable outcome. A German
OF a telegram from Berlin and the
exodus of Germans from Italy is con-
t1nuing In increasing numbers Aus
tria is making energetic military
preparations for possible attack by
Italy.
Paris Reports German Failure.
Paris. May THE French war Of
ice this afternoon gave out the fol-
lowing statement:
The Germans delivered an attack
yesterday at the close of day at Baga-
telle in the Argonne. 1t resulted in a
complete failure.
''On the remainder of the front,
particularly to the north of Ypres and
in the region of Vauquois there have
been. violent artillery engagements"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-07

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situation Admittedly Serious.
Officials admit that the situation is
most serious, but they say they are
can be arranged. 1t is accepted here
as necessary that President Yuan Shi
Kai defer until the last possible mo-
ment making the concessions that will
prevent war.
The entire Japanese party in China
is very large and influential. Num-
bered in its ranks are the leaders of
all the anti-governmental parties in
China. They havegopenly declared
that the president was pro-Japanese
and had threatened revolution. 1t is
necessary, therefore, that the Chinese
government take an apparently firm
stand in opposition to the. japanese
demands. But everywhere 1T is recog-
nized that China is in no position sue
cessfully to oppose the Japanese arm
ed strength and in the last analysis
acceptance of the conditions is looked
for.
Japan Stands Firm.
The position of the government is
emphasized in the latest official an
nouncement, which says:
q. Whatever action Japan is forced
to take, she feels the possible rupture
creates a new situation. She desires
scrupulously to adhere to the pro-
visions of treaties with friendly pow
ers regarding the integrity of China,
but When the national dignity and
conscience is involved, she must fol-
low the course the situation justifies.' -
Only one Interpretation is placed on
this declaration. 1t is that the gov
eminent is determined, no matter
what may come, to insist on her posi-
ton as the dominant power in the
Orient.
China must accept Japanese domi-
nance in her affairs and give Japanese
capital her chief financial plums and
no interference by other nations will
be tolerated.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-07
JAPAN Is UNAITERABIE
China Must Choose Whether She
Wants Friend or Foe,

Toxic, May THE Japanese gov
eminent is quietly awaiting the next
move by China Its position is as
sured. There will be no change, Off
Gals say. China must choose whether
she wants Japan as friendly, potent
factor in her development or whether
Japan will have to use force to en-
force her claim to the right of de-
velDpment and expansion along nat
ural geogra phical lines. The japanese
position has been emphasized to the
Chinese government There is Moth
ing now to do but await the decision
of the latter.
China, has received his instructions.
He will remain at his post uuntil the
time limit set for China to accede TO
Japan. Then if the result is unsatis-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-07
TO GO DRY
Bill to Prohibit Manufacture
and Sale of Liquor.
Not Even a Slight Proportion
of Alcohol Allowed.

Paris, May THE Petit Parisien
says it has been informed the govern
ment will introduce a bill prohibiting
absolutely the manufacture, sale and
transportation of all alcoholic drinks
during the war. Even beverages con-
tanning a slight proportion of alcohol.
it is understood, will be prohibited.
Liquor Agreement In England.
London, May IAN agreement has
been reached between Chancellor of
the Exchequer Lloyd-George and rep
resentatives of the liquor trade in the
matter of the proposed taxes on beer
and spirits.
The statement is made that the
chancellor has agreed to drop all the
new taxes in the form originally pro-
posed by him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-07
KANSAS ROADS COME BACK.

Only a little while ago and some of
the calamity Eowlers that ply their
trade in Kansas were insisting that
the state had practically lost its roads,
that they oozed away in the mud and
slime that made them well-nigh i'm
passable for a. time. But the Pixies
Peak boosters found it possible to
automobile over them at an average
speed of % miles an hour All of
which is pretty good evidence that the
roads of Kansas are blessed with the
same fine reeuperative powers that
everything else in the state is pos
sessed of including the people. You
can knock Kansas down but she never
takes the count.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-07
GUILTY OF MURDER.
Mission Worker Who Killed 12-Year-
Old Girl Is Convicted

st. Louis. Mo-, May 7.--Robert Bail
ey has been found guilty of the MUIR
der of twelve-year-old Nancy Strick-
lin by jury here and was sentenced
to- the penitentiary for life.
Bailey, who is 35 years old and
claims to be a mission worker, shot
and killed the girl in the front yard
of her home here last fall and then
tried to kill himself. He said he was
in love with the girl and that he had
shot her accidentally while trying to
persuade herewith the aid of a re-
volver-to reciprocate his love for her.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-07
Charles II. Bowring. head of the

Charles Il. Bowring. head of the
firm of BOwring Brothers, and
president of the st. Georges society,
was one of those who sailed on the
Lusitania. He commented on the
warming advertisement appearing
in the morning papers, character
izing 1t as silly performance and
below the dignity of a diplomatic
representative OF any foreign gov
ernment. Alexander Campbell,
general manager for John Dewar
& Sons, London, who sailed, refer
red to the advertisement as tommy
rot" N
Other passengers Included Gilbert
Hubbard, publisher of the Philis-
tine; D. A. Thomas, the wealthy
Welsh coal operator, and his
daughter. Lady Mackworth, the
English suffragctte. All these took
occasion to say that they saw moth
ing to worry about In the adver-
tiSement.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-07
KILLING Frost Zone.

Kansas City. Mo, May All of
Nebraska except the extreme eastern
portion, Colorado. north central and
western Kansas and the Texas Pan
handle experienced killing frosts last
night, according to reports to the To-
cal weather bureau.
Heavy rains prevailed in Oklahoma
and over a greater part of Kansas.
Low temperatures generally below
freezing were reported at many points
in the affected district this morning.
Kansas and northwest Missouri re the
danger zones for frost tonight, accord
ing to Observer Conner.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-07
DEATHS AND FUNERALS.

Charles w. Lee. age %, died Thursday
at his home 230 Michigan avenue, Oakland.
The funeral will be held at II o'clock to-
morrow from the residence. Interment in
Topeka cemetery.
The funeral of Mrs Margaret Stevens
O'Clock tomorrow afternoon from the
home Interment in Topeka cemetery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-07

Just why Japan should think she
has a right to gobble up China, simply
because the necessities of the Euro
pean war to which she became a
party necessitated her assault on the
portion of China held by the Germans,
is another machination of a national
mind of the inexplicable variety
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-07
Another steamer Blown Up.

London, May THE British steam
er Centurion was torpedoed by a Ger
man submarine off the Irish coast
yesterday. Her crew were saved. The
Centurion was attacked about the
same time that the British steamer
Candidate, owned by the same COM
pany was torpedoed off Waterford,
Ireland The Centurion was bound for
South Africa and the Candidate for
Jamaica
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-07

Peace hath her disasters no less de-
structive than those of war. And
among the unnecessary ones in this
country are the periodical floods that
do such damage. The recent one in
Texas levied a toll of no less than Al
lives and s2,5OO,0O0 worth of prop
arfu
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-07

In the south, explains the New Or
leans States military titles are given
to men according to age. Between 2o
and 35 he is a captain, and at 40 he
becomes a major. When he is so or
more he is promoted to the rank of
colonel and carries it to the grave.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-07

Unemployment in Great Britain is
not nearly so extensive as it was a year
ago But getting mixed up in a colos-
sal war would not seem to be the
most desirable way to solve even such
a serious p oblem.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-07

Those three dollar boxes of food, or
their equivalent, for the relief of the
Belgians, and 10000 of which it is
hoped to assemble in Kansas, have
begun to make their way to the head
quarters of the Kansas Belgian Re
lief fund at Topeka. Have you sent
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-07

Is Topeka growing? Just contem-
plate her smoke. The building per-
Inits for the month of April show an
increase of full one hundred per cent
over what they were during the same
month of last year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-07

This is good news for the Demo-
Gratis. and also for several possibili-
ties in the Republican presidential
candidatorial arena. Justice Hughes
of the United States supreme court
makes an emphatic and definite an
nouncement that he will not partici-
pate therein
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-07
New York Money Market.

New York, May ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS tile
paper, 35a@3A per cent Sterling exchange.
4.8O; for demand. 40. Bar silver, SOC /:
Mexican dollars, 3SAc. Government bonds,
steady; railroad bonds, weak. Time loans
easy; 90 and 30 days, 21a@2A months,
81.
ruling rate, =; last loan, 2: closing BID
1A !; offered at q
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-07

Once in u while a legislative enact
frient works out as its trainers intend
ed. The law passed at the recent ses-
sion of the Kansas legislature to open
the way for A. A. Truskett to get out
of the states penitentiary has deliv-
cred the goods
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-07
ITALY STOPS 40 TRAINS
Passengers Suspended to Facilitate
Troop Movement.

Rome, May THE railway admin
istration has announced the suspen-
sion of 40 passenger trains on the
main line.
While no information is forthcom-
ing. it is understood this action was
taken to facilitate the movement of
troops and munitions of war to the
concentration bases.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-07
CONCLUDE PURCHASE
Country Club Buys 12O Acres-Don-
aid Ross to Lay Course.

/ sThcs Topeka Country club direetors
a announced their decision to purchase
the 100 acres under consideration
south of Highland Park, options on
which the club has held. The grounds
are to be used for some years by the
Shawnee Golf club. Donald Ross, the
most noted golf course expert in
America, will lay out the links e.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-07

Another war between China and
Japan appears to be in prospect, as
O. side line to the major European
struggle. If the dove of peace hasn't
resigned its Job, it should do so
fort hwith
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-07

While we are rhapsodizing over the
fact that Kansas is the Wheat Queen of
the world, it would be unfair to forget
the corn that has played such large
part in making Kansas SO rich. And
alfalfa is also worthy of its need of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-07

the following minimum temperatures
at z q. M: Abilene, Tex, AZ degrees;
Oklahoma City, A; Fort Worth, AS,
and Dallas, 81. The weather report
from Galveston showed temperature
of IL degrees at z. a. M, with rain
falling generally throughout the south
Texas region.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-07

Kansas is strong for peace, but it
wouldn't mind a-war- to the. death be-
ing declared with the chinch bugs on
one side and the potato bugs on the
other
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-07
Temperature Low in Texas.

Panhandle of Texas, with a tempera-
turc of 80 degrees at O'Clock today
at Amarillo. were reported by the To-
cal weather bureau here today Low.
Temperatures were recorded through
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-07
TELEPHONES.
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
s. OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State Journal is a member of the
Associated Press and receives the full day
telegraph report of that great news or
ganization. for the exclusive afternoon
publication in Topeka
The news Ia received in The State Jour
nal building over wires for This sole pur-
pose
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-07

Kansas seldom fails to play true
to her climatic form. An inch of snow
fell in the northwest section of the
state on May s.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-07

Neither is it often that Kansas
farmers find reason to complain OF
too much moisture, or rain. Some OF
them are doing it now.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-07
Jeanette VS.. Jim johnson Fight.

Montreal, Canada, May Joe
jeanette is scheduled to fight Battling
Jim Johnson, the burly cO1ored heavy
weight, for ten rounds tonight at the
Canadian A. c. Dan McKetrick.
Jeanette's manager, predicts his man
will win over Johnson.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-07
MEMBER:
Associated Press.
Audit Bureau of Calculations.
American Newspaper Publishers
Association.

Euphonious, at any rate. Colonel
George Harvey of the North American
Review smirks: Why not Penrose for
preSident2
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-07

1t is beginning to look as though
most OF the May flowers will be
drowned by. the April showers that
were evidently delayed in transmits
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-07
SHELLS five TOWNS

Maidos, on Gulf of Saros, Hit by In
fiammatory Shots.
Dardanelles, Thursday. May g.
(Via London, May 1.-THE artillery
exchanges between the warships of the
allies and the shore positions of the
Turks continue. Some ships are firing
from the Gulf of Saros, making use
of inflammatory shells. The town of
Maidos was set on fire yesterday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-07

ards, 513 New England Bldg. Phone
I1524.-Adv.
Petition for a special election for
a high school at Berryton, Williams
port township was filed with the coun-
ty commissioners today. The county
high school law, passed by the last
legislature makes the erection of a
high school in every township posi-
BILE. The Berryton school will take
in district of about six square miles
The Mothers Aid commission today
reported four applications for pensions
under the new mothers pension law
Two of the cases were continued and
two applicants were granted pensions.
One woman gets So per month and
the other who has four children gets
SIG. The commission, composed of
Mrs. Charles B. Thomas, Mrs. Kate
Pearson and Miss Guen Goddard have
taken care of about ten applications.