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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-01
POOR old HOUSE IS FACING
NO END OF TROUBLE NOW


bers are openly opposed to the bill
in its present form and it is proba BILE
that Il caucus of house Republicans
will be held to muster strength for the
measure.
Among legislative observers. the
present bill is regarded as a strictly
administration measure "A judicial re-
apportionment with a reduction in the
commended by Governor Capper in his
message to the legislature. The work
of separating a number of district
judges from their jobs was undertake
en- by the senate committee.
For several weeks, the work of the
committee was guarded with the utmost
secrecy. No news was given out con-
corning the districts which would be
affected by the committee bill. When
the measure was dumped on the floor
Saturday morning, Senator James "A.
Troutman of Topeka, as chairman OF
the committee, fought for an immed1-
ate consideration ana passage OF the
measure. Attempts to secure even a
few hours in which to consider pro-
visions of the BILL were voted down
and the new bill was passed without
amendment and with but four mega
tive votes
Along Came Constituents.
In two hours after the bill passed
the senate, legislative members be-
gan to hear from their fond and low
ing constituents. That bill created
more excitement in Kansas towns than
any measure which has slipped into
the legislative hopper at this session.
kilograms flooded the legislature and
the telephone wires were loaded with
calls for the law makers. Today the
lobby came. There are more lobby
lists coming.
AS passed by the senate, the judi
cial apportionment means the taking
over OF new and strange territory by
many districts-territory which is not
desired and associations which are
fact that a number of district judges
with an ambition to hold their present
jobs, will be legislated out of office.
The judges and their friends are
wroth. The change in the states
judicial map, has aroused the legal
fraternity of the state and the legis-
lators see black, threatening storm
clouds ahead.
With the failure of the legislature
to redeem the Republican platform
pledges, administration papers have
placed the blame on the state senate,
although several party measures have
been beaten on the floor of the Re
publican house. Now the senate, a
Democratic body, has passed the judi
clal apportionment bill. The matter
is checked square1y up to the house.
bling and lodging and ducking. 1t is
an unpleasant task before them. And
the responsibility is made doubly great
by virtue of the pledge of the COVER
nor to cut down the number OF judi
clal districts. So with it's RESPONSE
bility of Strengthening out the appro-
priation tangle, comes the added neces-
sity of facing judicial apportionmert
bill in the closing hours of the ses-
sion.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-01
STANDS ON HIS RIGHTS
Owner of the Dacia Confident She
Will Be Released.

New York, March 1.-Officia1 no.
tification of the seizure by the French
of the steamship Dacia, formerly of
the Hamburg American line, has not
been received by E. n. Breitung, new
owner of the vessel. In a statement
published today Mr.. Breitung said:
II know our government will If nee
essary ask for PREPARATION due to any
American citizen acting within his
rights"
Continuing the statement says:
II know of no correct statement of
international law that can be invoked
against the Dacia and I purpose to de-
mand my rights.
1.-The American government would
not have granted this vessel the right
to fly the stars and stripes if 1t had
not meant that it would be recognized
and respected by every foreign power.
The Dacia is as much an American
vessel our laws can make her and
I expect to sail from foreign ports
once more for our shores, flying the
American flag.
II have no interest in the cargo of
the Dacia. The vessel is insured in
England through private Insurance
companies. have recently pur-
chased an English vessel and I am
now in the market for two more. I
don't care whether they are French or
German"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-01
STREETS FREE
TO LIQUOR VANS
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was attorney general. 1t was charged
by the state that since intoxicating
liquor was contraband in Kansas, its
delivery by wagons doing an interstate
business was a violation of the state
law and that the state has jurisdiction
over it's highways to declare such traf-
fic illegal.
The Kirmeyer case was stubbornly
fought. The district court of Leaven-
worth county held for Kirmeyer and
the supreme court reversed the case.
Later the court enioined the delivery
of such liquor through the streets and
this decision was upheld by the state
supreme court.
Not only did the case affect Leav-
enworth, but Kansas City, Kan, Pitts
burg and other towns came under the
Interpretation of the law. The Kan
sas decision prohibited Missouri deal
ers from making delivery in Kansas
and the wagon traffic between the two
states was stopped-at least temper
arily.
Kirmeyer appealed to the supreme
court, alleging that he was engaged in
an interstate business in good faith
and that the decision of the Kansas
courts was an infringement of the
federal constitution and sought to in
terfere with interstate traffic. The
supreme court of the United States
decides in favor of Kirmeyer and per-
mits the resumption of the intestate
liquor business by use of brewery wa
CONS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-01

in the legislature of 1876, having been
elected after one of the spectacular
campaigns of early days over Andrew
Wilson. MIR. Campbell made his home
in North Topeka until the flood of
1903, when he removed to his Lane
street residence.
ana, having been born in Bloomington,
May 2, 1916. Relatives living here,
besides Mrs. Campbell, include two
daughters. Mrs. j. S. Griest and Miss
Florence Campbell; sons, George
Campbell, an electrical engineer, Don
Campbell, who was associated with his
father in the practice of law, and E. c..
Arnold, president of the Arnold Drug
company, nephew. Eugene Camp
bell of New York is connected with
the BerlitZ School of Languag es.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-01
"YOUR TURN NEXT"
DR.. Roy B. Guild Spoke to Ex-High
School Students on Subject.

DR.. Roy B. Guild emphasized the
necessity of stick-to-itiveness as a
means to success in the course of the
baccalaureate sermon which he de-
livered before the members of the
high school class of January IS"
Sunday morning at. the Central Con-
gregational church. His subject was,
your Turn Next"
DR.. Guild advised the class MEM
bers to attempt to do what others
consider impossible. The students
and members of the faculty met at
the church at 1890 o'clock. The SER
vice started at IL. The graduation
exercises for the class will be held in
the auditorium March II.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-01
TO REPAY HODGES.
Legislature Favors Paying Ex-Gov-
ernor's LueIla West Suit Expense.

The joint claims and accounts COM
nittee of the two houses has agreed
to allow a claim for S141.70 to Gov
ernor George H. Hodges as reimburse
ment for his expenses in defending
himself against the suit brought by
Mrs. Luella West of Wichita for an
alleged attack upon her in his office
in the state house last summer. The
Hodges suit was one of the hot
weather sensations of last year, it be-
ing the outgrowth of an episode in the
executive office when Mrs. West tried
to carry off some official papers rela-
tive to a pardon case in which she was
interested. The governor prevented
her from doing so and she brought a
damage suit alleging a physical as
sault.
The claim before the legislature
was for $500 attorneys fees and $41.7O
costs incurred by the governor. Aft
er once turning down the claim it was
revived and after further considera-
ton pared down to the extent of 500.
The governor was defended by two
Topeka attorneys whose claim was
for only time actually employed in
preparation and trial of their case.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-01


Topeka, Kan, March 1.
NAVEL ORANGES-Per box, $G15I2.6a
FLORIDA GRAPEFRUIT - Per box,
50. 30m2 65.
RANANAS-Per ID. 2H~.
.LMERTA GRAPES-Per bbl., s5OO9
LEMONS-.'er box. S3O0G4OO.
APPLES-Jonathan. per box. SIZE,
Mammoth Black Twig,s per box, s1.GO;
$125; Ben Davis, per box, SIPS; Roman
Beauties. per box. $15O.
CRANBERRIES-Per bbI, IS. %; per h..
SWEET POTATOES-Per bu., S1.10.
SEED SWEET POTATOES-Yellow Jer-
seys, per bu., s1.25; yellow Nansemonds.
LETTUCE-Per 5-Ib. basket, soc.
HOLLAND AGE-Crated. per III
RtTTABAGAS-Per h.. 11kc
BEETS-Per bu., Toe.
PARSNIPS-Per Du., 7Jc.
CARROTS-Per bu., S5c.
SPANISH ONIONS Per crate. s16O
RED GLOBE oNIONs-Per bu;, S125
low, per bu.. 81 50: white. per bu.. $500
RADISHES-Per doz, 40c.
GREEN ONIONS-Per doz., 40c.
CAULIELoWER-Per crate s321; per
II crate, SIT
u MINNESOTA BURBANK POTATOES
I WEsTiiERN SLOPE PoTAToEs-Per
SEED POTATOES River, per bu.
CELERY-Per bunch, SIC.
OYSTERS-35Q50c per can, s1.59g2oO per
gal.
CHEEsE-Per lb.. 1s@191ac-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-01
{. C. DIBBLE DEAD.
Member of We'll Known Grocery Firm
Dies Following Long Illness.

Ernest c. Dibble, of the Dibble Gro
Gerry company, died Sunday morning
at his residence, 623 West Ninth
street. His death followed an illness
of four years, the past two years con-
filming him to his bed. Mr.. Dibble was
a member of the grocery firm and was
"a years of age.
He is survived by his wife and three
children, Albert, Mona and Willis, his
mother, Mrs. r. A. Dibble, and two
brothers with whom he was asso-
ciated in business, D. M. Dibble and
Ivan w. Dibble.
and a knight Templar. The latter
body will conduct the funeral services
at the residence Tuesday afternoon at
? o'clock. Interment in Mount Hope
cemetery. Topeka lodge No. IT, A. F.
& A. M, will have charge of the serv-
ices at the grave.
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MRS. ANNETTE STEGLER is
CHARGED WITH AN ASSAULT
CONTINUED from Page one.l


Grenoble. Mateiket. who is said by
the police to be a reporter on a Ger
man newspaper, charged that the
woman attacked him with a setter
water bottle and also beat him with a
cane.
Mrs. Annette Stegler has appeared
prominently in the passport fraud
charges, in the defense of her hus-
band, Richard P. Stegler. 1t was
through her influence, she said, that
StegIer gave up the idea of being a
German spy and made a confession
in which he alleged that Captain
Boy-Ed, the German naval attache,
was behind his activity for the Ger
man cause.
At the Grenoble hotel it was learned
that the woman, who describes her
self as Mrs Stegler, and Mateiket
came to the hotel about o'clock
Sunday night. They arrived in an au-
tomobile and were accompanied by
another young man and woman. Both
men carried suit cases which, accord
ing to the hotel people, they guarded
carefully, even refusing to allow bell
boys to carry them to adjoining rooms
which were assigned to the two
couples after they had registered at
the hotel desk.
About 1 o'clock this morning call
for police came from the room which
Mateiket had been assigned and when
they arrived he was asked by the man
to arrest his companion. He charged
LndI the woman naQ thrown a SeICZer
bottle at him but that he had lodged
it and that the woman had then beat
en- him over the head with a cane. Ac-
cording to the police Mateiket showed
no signs of the encounter but the po-
lice had to entertain the complaint and
they locked up the woman in the West
Forty street precinct, in care
of the matron. Detective Burgess says
the woman was fully clothed when he
entered the room to make the arrest.
Says She Was Trapped.
The young woman who claims to be
Mrs. Annette Stegler, according to the
police, told the matron that she con-
sidered she had been trapped
She said that woman friend of
hers, Anna Hoffman by name, had
called her up on the telephone and
made an appointment to meet her in
the evening as she had something i'm
portant to communicate. When they
met, her woman friend was accom-
panied by two well dressed young men
who invited her into their automobile
and later she said they went to the
hotel for dinner. 1t was later, when
Mateiket, it is stated, began question
ing her regarding the passport fraud
case that the row occurred. The
young woman requested that Charles
Griffith, who is counsel for Richard
P. Stegler, be sent for and it is be-
lieved he will appear in court later to-
day when the young woman is ar
raigned.
The police, when they heard the
story of the carefully guarded suit
cases, were inclined to believe that
they sheltered telephone devices for
recording conversations. The men
carried the grips with them when they
left the police station. The police
learned that during the night Mateiket
paper on the telephone and held con-
versation with some person in German.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-01
PAGEANT A feature.
One of the Attractions for Mammoth
Sunday School Convention

H. Augustine Smith, chorus direc-
tor for the new First Congregational
church of Chicago, who will have
charge of the music in connection
with the big pageant that will be
given as a feature of the jubilee con-
vention of the State Sunday School
association, May As. will meet with
J. H. Engle's class this evening in the
Topeka training school for Sunday
school workers. He will confer with
all persons interested in arrange
ments for the pageant at a noon meet
ing at the Commercial club quarters
Tuesday noon.
The convention in question is eX-
pected to bring between 5000 and
1000 persons to Topeka, and the pa
geant in question will bring vocalists
from various sections of the state. 1t
will be a novel feature.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-01
WILL FOR K|DDIES
Bale Waggener Plans EndOW-
ment Fund for Orphans.
ChiIdren'S True Friend Will Re-
member Their Struggles.

When Senator B. P. Waggener dies,
and he believes that time is not far
away, the institution for which he has
worked for nearly thirty years, and
for the inmates of which he has a
big warm spot in his heart, will not
be forgotten. He has left by his will,
he told friends around the capitol re-
Gently, a sort of endowment the in
come of which is to be used for the
benefit of the little folks who inhabit
the State Orphans Home at Atchison.
Children are a passion with the vet
eran senator from Atchison. His an
nual picnic has for years been one of
the big events of his county And his
attitude toward the home of children
who have no parents, and no home
ties, maintained by the state in the
city from which the senator comes, is
well known.
1t is far more than hobby. To its
welfare he has devoted many hours
of time and no end of expense. He
has fought the battles of the home on
the floor af the state senate, and has
worked untiringly for appropriations
children what they ought to be-to
give them a chance to make good,
self respecting men and women. He
can not stay much longer to fight for
will leave a nest egg in the way of
endowment-a sum that will help to
take care of the little homeless chill
dren, and it will be big enough at that
to amount to something.
my work is practically ended. My
few days ago. But want to live long
enough to see the orphans of the
home, the states wards, the states
children, get a square deal-given a
chance to make the kind of men and
women we can be proud of when they
a
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came suddenly after brief asthmatic
attack of a sort to which Mr.. Camp
bell had been subject. He had suf-
fered recently from grip. During the
evening before his death he had at
tended services at the First Congre-
gational church and had complained
at that time, of trouble with his heart.
Unless present plans are altered, the
funeral service will be held at the
home at 10 o'clock Wednesday morn
ing. Friends are requested not to send
flowers.
Matt Campbell had practiced law in
Topeka since the days when the bust
ness of the city conferred around Fifth
street and Kansas avenue, having come
here in 1872, after practicing for a
couple of years at WaterVille. He
came to Kansas first in 1860 as a boy
but spent several subsequent years in
eastern states at school, returning in
1869 after graduation from the Uni
versity of Indiana. He was married
in 1871 to Louise Adams. daughter of
the late Henry J. Adams, a Kansas
pioneer of the sos Mr.. Campbell was
active in early Topeka politics and
represented the North Topeka district
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-01

such that in some cases 512e of break
took place the moment trading began
Opening quotations whole varied
from 212c to 512c under Saturday night
with the market steadying afterward about
SIC lower than Saturdays final figures
Later, the acute weakness of the market
returned, owing to word that one of the
strongest forts defending the most diff
cult part of the Straits had been siIenced.
Premier Asquith's statement of the British
measure for retaliating against the German
effort at a submarine blockade tended also
to count against the bulls. The close was
excited at sac to 53sc under Saturday
night.
CORN-Corn went sharply lower. affect
ed by the weakness of wheat. Selling,
however, was not of unusual volume. The
market, which opened nc to T@1c lower,
suffered a material further setback and
then made good rally
Subsequently, meagerness of rural offer
ings to arrive failed to prevent fresh
down turn when wheat began a new de-
cline. The close was heavy, 23s @21ac to 29s
@2Ac net lower.
OATS-Action in the oats market paral-
leled that in corn. Important support de-
veloped after prices had sagged something
more than one cent.
OVISIONS-Provisions tumbled with
grain For the time being higher prices
for hogs seemed to cut no figure.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-01
Grain GOsSin.


Furnished by special wire to T J. Myers1
Elevator stocks of wheat at Kansas City
decreased 1876 231 bushels last week and
corn stocks Increased 81. oe9 bushels.
Minneapolis wheat stocks decreased 140,-
900 bushels Friday. Total stocks are 49,
49,, 900 bushels, compared with 19,17S,0O0
bushels year ago.
Exports from the United States and Can
ada Saturday were 649OOO bushels of wheat.
n 900 barrels of flour, SOC, 900 bushels of
corn and !, O32 900 bushels of oats.
A cable from Argentina says the esti-
mate of the exportable wheat surplus has
been reduced to 100 million bushels to to
104 million bushels; also says that the
weather is still unsettled. Export bids for
wheat are lower and the freight situation
is easier.
The Indian government has issued an
order prohibiting private exports of wheat
and flour for nine months after March 81.
The purpose is to enable the government
to control exports and prevent extreme
high prices for bread.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-01
KANSAS AUTHORS CLUB
Department of Fiction With Mrs
Morehouse Wednesday Evening.

The department of fiction with
Judge J. G. Wood as leader will fur
nish the program for the March meet
ing of the Kansas Authors club at
the home of Mrs. George P. More
house Wednesday evening, March 3.
Since the society was organized two
years ago it has become a state wide
society. A large number of the mem
bers live at Kansas City and in south
ern and western Kansas Arrange
ments are being made by the club for
a permanent bureau of literary criti-
cism and a busy summer session of
several daYs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-01
KANSAS civ Live stock NIarLet

Kansas city, March 1.-HOGS-Recefpts
5000. Market &c to Zoe higher; Bulk Of
sales. $660@670; heavy, $6.67@6.7O; pack
ers and butchers, $6.60M6.75; light sd con
81: pigs S6.25(Q660.
CATTLE-Receipts 1000. Market steady
to Toe lower. Prime fed steers, IS. OO07S so.
dressed beef steers, $6.756l775: western
steers. S660@7.90 southern steers. $4,000
7.25: cows, S4.25@6.T5; heifers, Sc OO6I s - 3.
stockers and feeders. S6.0007.S0; bulls
$5.256I675; calves $6.0@10.50
SHEEP-Receipts IL 900 Market steadv
to Toe lower Lambs, $S.5069. 80 :yeariings
S7.2561S25; wethers, $650@7.5O; ewes SG -
0700; stockers and feeders, $4.75MS25
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TODAY'S MARKET REPORT.

Chicago. March 1.-WHEAT - Wheat
prices made a sensational downward
plunge today as result of news that
fifteen miles of the Dardanelles had al
ready been forced, and that apparently
the release of vast stores of Russian grain
only question of a short time pos
sibly not more than a fortnight. No atten
ton was given to the fact that the Liver
pool market showed an advance instead
of a decline. The rush to sell here
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Chicago Live Stock Market.

Chicago. March 1.-HOGS-Receipts a..
900. Market strong, DC above Saturdays
average. Bulk of sales, $6.60d75O; lights
SO 25G7 so; rough, $6.25@6.35; pigs, S55oai
600
CATTLE-Receipts IL. 900. Market weak
Native steers, $G.O0@9.00: western, So OO0D
80: cows and heifers, $3.5O@7.7O; calves
Sc 75d1O.25.
SHEEP-Receipts $4,000. Market strong.
Sheep, $690@T.S5; yearlings, $7.7Ods IS;
lambs, $7.90Q9.T5.
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CITY Has Self Denial Day.

St. Paul, Mimi, March 1.-Society
women and shop girls, business men
and labOrers-eSery resident of St.
Paul, in fact-were asked to deny
themselves something today, and to
give the money thus saved, to the Bel
gian relief fund, of which Mrs. C. w.
Ames is local head. Men were asked
not to smoke or drink today, and If a
friend offered a treat, the faithful man
was supposed to ask that friend to
give the money to the Belgian relief
fund
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-01
Kansas City Live stock Sales.

1.-THE following sales were made this morn
ing at the Stock Yards. Kansas City. AMI
reported over long distance telephone di-
rect to the State Journal by Clay, Robin
son & Co., live stock commission mer-
chants, with offices at all markets.
Kansas City, March LEATHER
ceipts 1000 head. Market: Killers weak
and 10c lower. Stockers and feeders. duh.
HOGS-Receipts 5000 head. Market 56l
10c lower. Stockers steady. Bulk of sales,
$660@6;!0; top, $6.75.
SHEEP-Receipts 1000 head. Market
1o@15c higher. Lambs, $3.50; ewes, 81 20.
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Kansas City Produce Market.

Kansas City. March 1.-WHEAT-Cash :
Market lie to &c lower. No. hard, $1.4401
LIT; No. 3, 81 1901. 40; No. ? red, $144@
1.45: No. 3. 81. 421a@ al. 1872. e.
CORN-Market lie to &c lower. No. mix
ed, 67@6Sc; No. 3, 66@67c; No. 2 white. 7O6l
7019c; No. 3, 69@6913c; No. yellow, 69c;
No. ,. 67M6Sc.
OATS-Market 15c to 1c lower. No. .
white, 55@5514c; No. mixed, 514@@5212c.
RYE-$1. 90
HAY-Market steady. Choice timothy,
$15.oo@15:5o; choice prairie. $11o0@12.0o;
WHEAT-Receipts 113 cars.
BUTTER-C Creamery, 29c; firsts, &c;
seconds, 25c; packing, 17c.
POULTRY-Hens, 13c; BOOSTERS, 101ac;
turkeys. 15c.
CLOSE: wHEAT-May, s13s; July,
1.1G34 gill; September, $1.031b.
CORN-May, Csc; July, 701ac; September,
711aM71Ac.
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More Democratic Postmasters.

Washington, March President
Wilson Saturday nominated the fol-
lowing Kansas poStrnasters: R. G.
Hapworth. Burlingame: T. P. Man
Mon, ElDorado; c. K. Simmon, Golf;
Merida Castleberry, McCune; Ernest
Bray, NeodeSha; James H. Cosgrove,
O1athe; Mary A Travers, Osborne;
Rodney Torrey, Lacrosse; Catherine
E. Simmons, Wellsville.
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Wheat Prices Smashed.

Chicago, March Rapid progress
of the Anglo-French fleet up the Oar
danelles smashed the price of wheat
today as much as 5 II cents a bushel
right at the start May delivery,
which closed Saturday at S1.531h
opened this morning with sales down
to s1.4s. simultaneously July dropped
3A to s1.21.