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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-12
IchabOds Hoped to WallOp Old
Rivals This Afternoon.
FarmervilIe School in Topeka,
a TrainIOad Strong.
IT'S THE LAST AT Home GAME
Washburn Team in Tip-TOp
Shape, Coach Gray Says.
Neither Team Scored in First
Quarter This Afternoon.

In the first period neither
WaShburn or the AggieS were
able to scores The IchabOdS
played a great defensive game
and on the offense used open
plays for gains.
The play during the period was
in Aggie territory a greater part
of the time.
Both teams displayed a lack of
punch and were forced to punt
several times on the fourth down.
A gala crowd of ,500-teachers
Aggie and Washburn rooters and To
peka visitors-witnessed the sixteenth
annual gridiron clash between the
Ichabods and Kansas Aggies this aft
ernoon on Washburn field
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-12

the Central Congregational church,
read the resolution which was supple
mentary to the report of the resolu-
ions committee. When President Lii
CONTINUED Page p,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-12

WEATHER forecast for Kansas:
Fair and warmer tonight;
Saturday partly cloudy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-12

II YOUR town doesn't grow
don't blame the town-assume
a littls responsibility yourself.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-12

Continued on Page 81
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-08
Pacifism in the Public Schools.

The principal of Brooklyn public
school has an exhibition Of anti-war
pictures In its main hall and his pupils
are made to sing II Didn't Raise My
BOY 10 Re a Soldier" and other dittics
Of the dove Of paclhsm. This lover
Of national splnelessness says:
II have had letters from President
CHURCHILL and school superintendents
commencing what am doing. They
have seen my work and have approved
It,"
1t would be too much to expect the
public schools to teach such outworn
follies az the three Rs; and the pub
lie has to put up with many sciolisms
and sillinesscs nurtured IN those ex-
pensive proving grounds Of superfiu.
ity and nubd,lb. but that a public
school should deliberately force upon
youth at It's most ductile and impress
sionable time hostility to what may
become at any moment the impera We
duty Of patriotism, that 1t should be.
little and insult soldiers; this is a
little too foolish even for a nursery
Of fantas sizes.
According 10 Major GRANT Of the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-08
swANNs DECISION CRITICISED.
No Evidence 70 support RuJ,rs.
Says Appellate Division,

In reversing Judgment Of General
Sessions yesterday the Appellat. Division
Of the Supreme Court criticised .Iuds.
Swami for his language In declaring re
defendant common crook. although
there Was no evidence 20 support tho fac,
The appeal was taken by Lawrence Fogs'
who was found guilty nv Magistrate lew
and by Judge Swami OF dsorderly con.
duct Tor abusive and insulting be.
havior In attempting to induce cues
of the Hotel McAlpin to match coin.
When the case came before Judge Swami
he said
great number ~ professional crook.
pass before the Magistrate daily and by
heir conduct. manner and demeSnor
they are an exhibit In the csse which Is
Of value TO him In constituting the Avi.
dence in reference to them, He become.
an expert from daily contact and ohservs.
ion. his court being psychological
laboratory for qualitative analysis
The Appellate Division SAYS tina: .vi-
dence must still be produced showing
that the defendant Ia guilty and dis.
charges Fogel.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-08
THE VAIN SEX.
Has Man Usurped woman's Looking
Glass Privilege?

To THE FnrroR OF THE SrN-Str; one
morning. some time ago. 7 remarked 10
nv wife that the vanity OF all women.
chamhermads particularly. was TO me
thing at which 20 marvel. MY lady
wanted to know Just what had happened
10 prompt the remark.
I EXPLAINED that every morning when
look in the glass OF my ch!fonier 10
brush my few remaining hairs--I have
no use for n comb find II tilted so
have TO TIT IL upward TO see the top OF
my head ] said that OF course the
chambermaid when she was before u
tilted Il so she could admire herself in
It. Then said my lady IN a tone which
I recognize as one she uses when 7 am
TO he sQuelched:
MY dear. the chanhcrma,d dus's
your glass daily and has TO turn It down
70 reach II. She Is too busy 10 think
about herself just then She leaves Il
down because IL looks better, And.
speaking Of vanity. men are more vain
than women. They take every oppor-
turIty that Is offered 70 prink
Now. n YOU think.l am wrong Just
notice when you are waiting for sub
way train how many men 60 20 the mir
rors in the gum slot machines and
straighten their ties and twirl their
mustaches and reset their hats. and how
many women stop before those mirrors
Cor look over, You will ind about ten
men who do II 70 about three women"
| have found by observation that my
wife is right GIN
BROOKLYN Nav T.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-08

To THE EDITOR oP THE SuN-Str. II
mo Kaiser has a sense OF humnr and
condescended 70 read our State Depart
ment's paper wherein II was proposed
to holi Germany 20 strict account
ability II any Of our ships were de-
stroyed or any citizens Of the United
States were killed by submarines. he
must have been convulsed with mirth-
How could We hold Germany account
able' What WITH We have no army
and not murh Of navy. 40 far as
efficiency goes
Imagine a colossus ~ A man with am
putatcd arms standing before Jess VII
lard and threatening to hold him per-
sonally responsible for something or
other: that is about The position We
occupy to-day,
Such hold language from our state
Department must have force behind Il
to he needed. There was never before
50 much need as now to provide for an
immediate increase IN our army 10 At
least $50, 900 men. and 20 arrange a
symmetrical programme for building up
our lopsided navy. NJ v r.
NEW YORK. May 7.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-08
NEW YORK'S PLIGHT.
An Appeal to Governor whitman to
Help Real Estate Owners.

To THE EDITOR or THE SrN-ST: I
wrote Governor whitman 20 call an eN-
ira session for the relief NJ real estate.
Hundreds OF city freeholders have asked
him 10 veto the direct tax bill for sl9.-
500, 900 We also need an extra session
to pass the Lockwood Ellenbogen build
Ing inspection bill with the Tenement
House Department omitted, which would,
am confident. meet the approval OF Act
Ing Mayor McAneny. We must also
pass the Smith Assembly bill TO amend
the tax law for the equal taxation Of
the Catskill aqueduct lands belonging to
the city
The Mayor. 20 the surprise Of many
purchasing agent bill. Such a bill should
have passed twenty years ago. and II
can be amended 10 meet the Mayors
views.
There are Other bills for the relief
~ real estate which should he passed,
and the Governor should give New York
its day In court, az II were. hv calling
an extra session. which need not last
more than one week
We cannot 1--we another year under
the laws which now practically kill the
real estate business.
suggest that the taxpayers associa-
tons throughout Greater New York meet
~ once and petition the Governor to
'all an extra session OF the Legislature
on the above mentioned grounds
ALFRED r. CoSKLrSo
Nrw YORK. May g.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-08

for the enterprise. Through English
publications he instructed and direct
ed British opinion in the way II
should 60. even as he is now instruct
ing and directing public opinion for
the benefit of American citizens and
the American press.
Thus It happened that only eight
short years ago the excellent Dr.
DERNRuRa was writing such things as
this in the Contemporary Rcric,r::
The most enduring and decisive in
fuence upon the rena issance OF Germany
In philosophy. literature and govern
ment proceeded from England. KANT
grounds himself on LOCKE and HUME, as
do GOETHE and SCHILLER on SHAKE
sPEARr, and In the organisation Of the
empire II was English self-sovernment
a. imported by GNRrsr and TwrsrEN
which served as model. For our mu-
nicipal constitutions and our whole man.
ner Of life We have copied England. No
educated German will forget the thanks
he owes England for these things"
And vet in the signed statement Of
the corps Of learned German pro-
fessors issued some months ago we
do not seem to recall any perfervid
expression Of these thanks to Eng
land which Or. DERNBuRa Is 80 conf
dent the educated men Of Germany
will never forget to bestow.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-08
WEST INDIES IN WAR TRIM.
DIR. r.. q. Hovry Found Natives
Getting Military Training.

pr Edmund Otis Hovey. curator o.
geology at the American Museum q
Natural History. has Just returned from
three months trip of exploration, s''s'
visiting The Graude Soufficra ~ GsUse'
.upe. Mont Felee, Of Martinique The
Souiriere of ST. Vincent and the no!irs
Lake OF Dominica. noting many change.
which have occurred there since 1908
The expedition was conducted hy pr
Hovey under the auspices Of the Angel
Hriprin Exploration Fund established nv
Mr. and Mrs Pau j Sachs
Il found increased activity a' MARTINIQUE
and st Vincent. he said. although 'h"-'
il no indication there at prescH' a. az
preaching eruption.
Every one manifested vita! Interest
In the European war, said nr Hov'y
AT one port | saw troops depart for A.
giers At Guadalupe the natives eefe
already IN training The planters IN many
places were expecting to go % the front 90
call
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-08
FROM FORTY-FIVE TO SIXTY.
Il There No Rest Home for Elderly
Exhausted Business Womeu7

To THE EDITOR OF THE srN-S<y: What
Is 10 become OF the women between as
and go who are broken down. nervous
wrecks from continued application TO
business since they were rs or is?
Tho Young Women's Christian Asso-
citation provides for the young woman
while she is getting her star, IN bust
ness; tho aged women's homes take
them when they are so or SIS, but FOR
the most trying time Of womans life
there is no public provision.
Women's clubs are too busy with set
Element work. immigration. duties OF
mothers, civics and 40 forth 10 give a
thought 10 their sisters who suffer a.
lently. whose duty 10 business has made
attendance at afternoon club meetings
impossible. Yet there are scores OF
these women whose salary has gone TO
the support OF their family. generally a
parent or invalid member. who fnd
themselves at SO with n few. very few
hundred dollars, no home but a board
ing house. no relative able 10 offer a
home. and utterly UNIT TO remain in
business longer. They dare not take -he
needed rest for their place will be filled
by younger life. and they have reached
the point where two weeks or four
weeks vacation Is Just an opportunity
allow the nerves TO assert themselves.
have known many such cases and
have failed 20 fnd any home for them.
When by no possible chance they can
retain the position longer worry and
anxiety do their work. The fact that
women who have home. 10 which they
can go AT such time OF nervous break
down do recuperate and enjoy lives OF
usefulness for many years proves that
II women could have relief extended
when nervous energy fails. could hrd a
temporary home whore they could feel
free to rest until able 10 take up the
burden again, many lives might he
spared That period Of rest might he
six or twelve month";.
Would that some philanthropic person
who knows from experience tho true
meaning OF tho words nervous pros
tration" might make such a home pos
sible for genuinely deserving women.
MoNrtrAIR N j.. May & H. II.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-08
YELLOW TAXI DRIVERS FINED,
su m N onscs Issu~d for Prestde"
and Tr~nsur~r Of Company.

At thu rcqurst Of Assistant corr 'r''
ton Counsel Cowie summons"s "eF'
issued In lorkville court yesterday 'N
w II, Barnard. president, and Re-, SEA
man. treasurer, OF the Mason seaman
TRANSPORTATION Company, ND'rI - "
he yellow taSirahs Tho "'H~s' - 'TN-
ing "A public hnck without . .'""n-4 'N
a public highway.
Fourteen drivers have been Rrr~'tA'
since tho decision Of the Appellate ~
vision Of the Supreme Court against ms
Mason Seaman company last w"eS On
similar charge Three were found y'iNV
and nned $50 each by Magistrate NIrNn'
Yesterday and the cases VI ~" o'N'~
were'post poned until MAY >,
Since the decision. II wss tes''''' N
tho three cascs YESTERDAY, tRrmt'"N
have been removed from the cabs
Wing, counsel for the Msson-Se 'nSn
company, said the cases would b" carrier
to the higher courts
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-08
Japan's Attitude Toward China.

1t was significant that Japan pre-
sented her demands to China soon af-
ter the Pekin Government abolished
rhe military zone, including LUNG
kow, Laichow and the district lmme-
diately adjoining Kiao.Chau Bay"
The zone was estabiShe as soon as
the japanese expeditionary force In
vaded Lungkow, an act that violated
China's neutrality; the Pekin Gov.
ernment's announcement was notice to
the world that China would not un.
dertake "tho full responsibilities of
neutrality" in the war area marked
ont ny Japan.
When Tsing-tao fell on November
7, 1914, those operations came to an
end-the campaign was over. there
being no enemy to deal with either
on the Shantung Peninsula or in the
China Sea or elsewhere in the Far
Fast. Japan protesting peremptorily
the Pekin Government deferred aboli,
ton Of the military zone for two
months, which was a rema rka BILE dis
play Of patience, to say the least, fol-
a sovereign Power. The japanese view
was that China should have waited
for the word from Toxic to rea ssert
authority over her own territory. I,
was while the japanese press was ex,
claiming against the action Of China
an an insult that the twenty.one de-
mands were presented. The motive
protested was the maintenance OF
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-08
OUIGG WOULD STOP
ALLPRIZEFIGH7ING
Brutal. Degrading and Breeds
Gangsters, He Tells
Charter Makers.
"BOX1NG BOUTS" A FARCE

ALBANY. May TT believe that N.
Constitution should prohibit pr,zerrh,.
Ing, II for nothing more than 10 susrsn.
tee 10 those who have certnin standards
OF morals that they Will not h. n.
,urbed," declared Lcmuel I'll, OUR,
to-day after introducing in the consfi.
tional convention n proposed amendnsn,
which would prohibit prizengh,. and
the sale of tickets to fights and EXHIBIT.
lions OF boxing"
"Prlzefighting Ia brutal and derrsa.
ing, and II bout Ia not brutal ana
degrading then those who paid 70 ..s
It are cheated said Mr.. Quigg flight
Ing tends to develop tho gunner and
ganrsters OF our cities II tends IN
disorders and the development Of a had
spirit 1t inculcates bad ideas and Lad.
TO the commission of crime. |, Should
be stopped.
The only lighting 10 be condonad IN
that which the Government can control
II In that where the Government cab
tell the man when to put his r,rs 70
his shoulder and when 10 pull IN. ,-,s.
ger. Congress should have m. nov.-
to order fighting. no one else IN Gar.
many they leave II 10 Mr. Hohsnzoll.r,
in Russia to Mr.. Romanofr. and her. W.
rHpulu IedNe III MI Tor Congress
II reported the John l.. Sullivan cham.
pionship fight IN New Orleans for or.
or the New York newspapers" rom
tnued Mr.. Quige. ''and that was brutal
and degrading. | have seen som. bout,
since then, and they were brutal ava
degrading II the fighters really rgb,
and do not stall. the result Is bound "a
be repulsive"
There was q little debats a. N
whether Mr., Qu'sgs resolution should
go TO the Bill Of Rights commi,.e. or
the judiciary Committee. and IN. "a.
suit was that President Root re,.rr.s
II 10 the Committee on Legislative.
Powers. of which William Barnes I,
chairman. Mr.. Qulgg also introduced
a resolution providing that civil service
appointments and promotions shall h.
made only after competitive examina-
tfon, excepting such State otricer. AZ
are named by the Governor ana nm.
firmed by the Senate
Women would be allowed 10 yyr. NJ,
the proposal TO enfranchise them under
the amendment proposed by Watson
Dunmore OF Utica
seth Low In a proposed amart-,~r,
provides that members Of the L..e,.n.
ture shall be elected in nropor,!on n
tho population Of their districts r.Arch
would give New York city the -en-..
sentation II seeks in order - s7u,r,.
taxation between the city and n. I'm.
State districts.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-08
Cookery and the Classics.

According % the dean ~ Barnard Col
logo a knowledge OF Greek improves
cook.
when Myrtle ! began to court
Protrusiv~ awe my throat would osSg,
Her treatise on the Greek aortA
All OF the dons had set aroE.
She had a string OF learned degrees
An alphabet could not arpesse.
Despite the reverence | fslt
screwed courage up TO beg the boon.
And although she was sof; and nelly.
II quite survived tho honeymoon,
Rut vanished when she undertook.
ON our r~turn, the meals to cook!
Il may ho that tho postula'um
Pronounced hv the dean IS true
And Myrtle cooks, her Greek as datum,
Much better than without she'd do,
Then what We Eods-I knowledg SEEK
Would be her biscuits, minus creek
AAuaics MolsA
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-08
the general peace Of eastern Asia

the general peace Of eastern Asia
and further strengthening Of the
friendly relations existing between
the two nations. As LANG CHI
CHAo. ex-Chief Justice Of China.
has said. the peace OF eastern Asia
was in no danger from any Of the
European belligerents or from the
United States-Japan alone could dis
turb 1t by making intolerable demands
upon China. lie declares that Japan
Is taking advantage Of time when
they the Powers with commercial In
terests In China and pledged to pre-
serve her integrity are unable to de-
vote their attention to the East, by
forcibly seizing privileges 70 that
they 1.-THE Powersl will not be able
to dispute fat accompli." when
this was written the conference at
Pekin had not opened.
II was not until May q that the
text Of the original japanese demands
was published in America in an srti:
Gle contributed to The Sun by Presi-
dent II. II. LOWRY Of Pekin Univer-
sity. They indicated the design OF
Japan to define her sphere Of infiu-
ence In China to suit herself without
consulting Europe or America; and,
further, they disclosed me purpose Of
Japan to assert a guardianship over
China equivalent to a protectorate.
Some Of the demand have since been
modified, and the new text will not be
published oflcially until Japan as
sents. The latest report from Pekin
Ia that Article ". the most obnoxious
TO China. because some Of It's provi-
sions threatened her sovereignty. has
been withdrawn. II this be true the
prospect Of q peaceful settlement Is
brighter.
Certainly 40 long as Japan insisted
upon imposing political. financial and
military advisers upon China. selling
her 30 per cent. Of war materials ac-
quired, and regulating her nee Of for
eign capital In Fukien. II would be
dinicult to credit Count OKuMA with
sincerity when he says that "Japan's
proposals are in complete accordance
with the Anglo-Japanese Alliance and
with all treaties a nd ngagements with
other countries guaranteeing equal
opportunity in China and her In
tegrity."
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-08
THE PENALTY OF WEAKNESS
China Shows the Fatal Result Of Mill
tary Unpreparedness.

To THE EDITOR OF TIE suN-str: I
ask Mr.. Nicholas Murray Butler and
other opponents OF American adequate
military and naval strength to watch
the pitiful spectacle OF China with her
vast territory and her population Of
400, 900. 900 confronted with the alterna-
tive OF the eternal national disgrace Of
meek submission to a country insignif-
cant In size and population or hope
less massacre Of her helpless defend
ers" China. ruled for centuries by n
small minority Of alien Manchus, now
after a brief period OF self-government
70 he ruled by Japanese. No doubt
all Intelligent Chinese are wailing 20
for a war Lord O for a paranoiac' a!
q that we had the milltarism Of Ger
many"
The difference between us and China
IN that regard Is not so great as people
think,
our peace at any price advocates have
asked us to show tho world that great
armies and navies are unnecessary.
China has already set that example and
she IL about to get her reward,
CHARLES VrzIN.
New YoRK, May T.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-08

tered. was forced to yield all OF her
rich province Of Alsace. nearly all OF
her rich province ~ Lorraine, to her
ruthless conqueror. and out OF her
poverty to pay 81 900, 0oO.o 900 to Prus-
STA, Any one who says that Japan's
demands are greater than these terms,
he he n divine or a dishwasher, can
only be answered so far as know by
the single word that Colonel Roosevelt
has made famous. Some German may
have suggested me thought to DR..
Lowry. for Bismarck, when he found
that the French after all could pay
on time. and the Prussian bayonet
would have finally to be removed from
the vicinity Of the throat Of France
years earlier than he expected, II re-
ported to have remarked: Next time
we shall bleed them white" When
DR.. Lowry goes on to say the Japa-
nese demands ARE many times greater
Than the causes that deluged Europe
in the present war" he gets into the
region OF the buricsuue OF rhetoric
and sentential incoherence.
on one point II IL easier to under
stand Dr. Lowry. namely, in his praise
OF \ udn NHll-h al, lIlt uuIN Hih'
veIlous man Of China. although why
his greatest service to his country,
the suppression OF the degrading
opium trade. IL omitted from the ros-
ter OF his services II would he hard
to state. II IL. to be sure a ticklish
question in Shanghai and Hongkong.
where so many rich opium dealers
find a comfortable haven. and where
they have lately been putting of the
day Of ending opium licenses to 1911
But Yuan has not been building lib
eral nation He IL first thinking Of n
strong nation with himself as its lead
ing governmental and leading religious
figure. He would be less frightened
OF Japan n he was less frightened
of the revolutionists whom he de-
throned As II Ia. like a lawyer with
n losing case. ne ohstructs. objects,
takes an exception, hoping for re
versal on appeal" the refuge OF all
poor lawyers Yuan's progressveness
is not real or well balanced. He does
not believe that China can digest
much Of II at a time.
Whether, therefore. China remains
obstructive and Japan proceeds to
demonstrate her insistence in a mill
tary way, Il will / think. he clear
that the Or. Lowrys and the seven
missionary brothers OF Pekin have
done nothing to help China's case by
their NEEDING. JosrPH I. c. CLARKE
New YORK, May 8.