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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-28
TO MOVE FACTORY.
Carey Wants. Broom Factory Sent to
Kansas City.

q A movement to transfer to the state
school for the blind at Kansas City
the broom factory which Is now in
stalled at the Hutchinson reforma-
tory has been introduced in the sen
ate by Senator Carey of Reno. This
plan follows the determination by the
state penal board that the plan to
teach inmates of the reformatory the
trade of making brooms is NOT practi-
cable owing to the fact that the aver
age prison term is not long emo Ugh to
permit prisoner to learn the trade In
a practicable way. In addition to this
fact, the broom factory has been OBJ
jected to by the broom makers of the
state-mAny of whom are blind per-
sons. The installation Of the broom
making plant at the blind school will
not be subject to either criticism.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-28

gave courage to weak friends and made
new converts.
Representatives Petit, Lamb of Dick
inson, Gray of Phillips, McDougal OF
Summer, Hopper of Ness and a half
dozen others fought the Stone bill az
though their lives depended on it. They
carried assorted brandssof argument to
the autho. of the bill and persisted In
asking a hu bred leading questions.
But it was. of no avail. The deluge Of
oratory packed the lobby and attracted
a crowd to the galleries. 1t was a
pretty fight. When the o'clock whistle
blew, the house in committee of the
whole, recommended the bill for pas
sage by a vote Of ~ to AZ. But the
fight was not yet over. The bill was
at once called up for final passage and
another half hour Of Oratory preceded
the roll CALL. Long after the regular
hour of adjournment, the bill was
passed and today was messaged to the
senate. rfs~
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-28
HAMMER SALE Law.
Senator Kinkel Introduces Bill to
Change Mortgage Law.

An important change in the prac-
tice of conducting the sale of land
which is put under the hammer Dy
county sheriffs for the satisfaction of
mortgages which have been fore
closed is provided in a bill just intro
duced by Senator Arthur r. Kinkel of
Council Grove. Briefly, the Kinkel
bill provides that the exemption per-
iod on foreclosure shall be put Before
the sale instead Of afterward. as is
the present practice.
1.-The objection to our present ar
rangement," said Senator Kinkel to-
day, lis the speculative elemer.
which enters into the purchase of
foreclOsed lands under sheriff's sales
This bill, if enacted, would bring
out many buyers for foreclosures who
would pay up to the real value Of the
property and crowd out the purely
speculative buyer. In the long run it
should preserve the equities of mort
gagors and enable them to preserve
such interest as they might have in
the property in excess Of the amount
OF the loan made upon it,"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-28
HAVE AIDED



That the railroads have been prime
promoters of immigration to the
farming country Of the middle west
was brought out at noon today In an
able address on Immigration and
Western Development Work." by c. B.
Schmidt of Chicago. for many years
immigration agent for the Rock Island
system.
The immigration expert spoke be-
fore the members Of the agricultural
and immigration committees of the
Commercial club and representatives
from similar committees Of the state
legislature. The address was timely
as the agricultural committee of the
Commercial club has launched q
movement looking towards the enact
ment of q law that will make it posi-
BILE to direct the right kind Of Iegisla-
ton to Kansas farms.
THE railroads Of the United States
have ever been the chief promoters of
the agricultural. commercial and in
ddstrial development Of the country
said the speaker. During the early
periods of our history when the
waterways marked the routes and
constituted the means OF westward
progress. it required a century to ac-
cOmpliSh what. since the advent of the
railroad, has been done in decades. In
fact the railroads 'builded better than
they knew
"A thoroughly equipped immigra-
ton bureau Is a veritable beehive OF
workers, with drones left out. It is
backed by q bureau of publicity, and
both are important branches of the
traffic departments of the road
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-28
PASS BULK SALES.
House Gave Good Majority to Stone
Measure Today.

BY a vote of Is to %. the house passed
the Stone bulk sales bill. The measure
was adopted late Wednesday evening
after an all afternoon debate 1t was
the first real open season on debate in
the house since the session opened and
party lines were lost in the battle over
the merits Of the bill.
Stones measure was adopted after
an uphill fight. His bill was in bad
standing with members of all parties
when 1t was read and for a time it
looked like a battle between the law
yers and the members representing a
dozen other avocations. But the speak
er marshaled his forces well. He
dragged out the records to show that
the retail dealers association really
wanted the bill and that the measure
was on the statute books in most of
the states Of the land. His oratory
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-28
DUKE IS LEFT OUT.
Manchester Is Not Mentioned In Eu-
gene Zimmerman's VIII.

Cincinnati, Jan. 2S.-The Duke of
Manchester is not mentioned in the
will Of the late Eugene Zimmerman,
railroad magnate and capitalist,
which was filed for probate here to-
day. The value of the estate is rot
given but the will provides that the
entire property must be held in trust
following the death of the Duchess of
Manchester, Mr.. Zimmerman's daugh-
ter, for 81 years.
The income from the entire estate
must be paid to the duchess as long
as she lives but a paragraph in this
section Of the will reads in part:
But under no circumstances are
the trustees to pay to my daughter
any sum to satisfy the claims of any
creditor of my daughter
Attorney John E. Bruce, who filed
the will. applied to be named execu-
tor and trustee.
The Duchess of Manchester was
named trustee but owing to the fact
that she is a citizen Of Great Britain
she was informed several days ago
that she could not serve in this coun-
try.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-28
LOOKS GOOD TO him.
George Damerel Deals Out Nice
Things About Topeka Today.

There is one thing I can always say
about Topeka said George Damerel
of Merry Widow fame. this after
noon. land that is that the city has al
ways struck me as being prosperous.
noticed it when I played here at the
Grand and the same condition seemed
to exist as I walked UP Kansas avenue
this morning.
Mr.. Damerel and his company in "Or-
dered Home" is playing the Orpheum
circuit. Having weeks rest between
Kansas City and Memphis, he decid-
ed to come to St. Joseph and Topeka.
This afternoon he opened at the Nov
city for three day engagement.
Damerel played here in THE Merry
Widow and 1.-The Heart Breakers"
He is one of the most successful big
time vaudeville actors this season.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-28
SENATE PASSES BILLS
Seven Measures Approved by Upper
House This Morning.

The senate this morning passed the
following bills:
Senate bill No. 9S-Licensing peddlers;
by Wilson of Washington.
Senate DILL No. 2O4-Providing a pen
atty for the offense OF drawing fraudu-
lent bank checks and making 1t fell
ony: by Klein.
Senate bill No. 1s-same object as
No. 204; by Raulen. $50 ~ ss ssss1..:.:ss
Senate bill No. 155-An act fixing the
terms OF mayors and commissioners in
cities of the second class; by Wilson
of Jefferson.
Senate bill No. 13S-Making the pos
session of firearms while on another's
property without consent evidence Of
intention to violate hunting laws and
penalties; by Waggener.
Senate bill No. 43-Permitting banks
to purchase stock in the federal re-
serve banks; by Joseph.
Senate bill No. 128-Relating to the
time when the statute Of limitations
in civil cases shall apply: by Mahin.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-28
OLSON BEFORE HOUSE
Chicago Jnriss Suggests Study q
Crime. Causes In Kansas.

Kansas should enact legislation to
provide for a study of the mental con-
dition of all men and women charged
with crime. Justice Henry Olson of
Chicago municipal court, told MEM
bers of the house in q speech before
that body at the close of the morning
session. Ten years of study of the
criminal elements of Chicago has
shown that So percent Of the persons
charged with crime are mentally defi-
cient, the jurist said.
Judge Olson Is a former Kansan
and graduate of Washburn college.
At suggestion of Speaker Stone, Judge
Olson was today invited to speak be-
fore members of the house. His 20
minute speech dealt mainly with the
need of scientific study of the men,
tality of persons charged with crime.
He urged that the work be extended
to q study in the schools and a segre-
cation of the mentally derel!ct.
|, At the close Of his speech, Judge
Olson urged increased pay for Kan
sas jurists. He declared that district
court judges and justices of the SUI
preme court in Kansas receive less
pay than similar officials in almost all
other states. To secure high grade.
competent officials, he said, it lie
necessary to pay them. =
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-28
TAKE IN A. A. CIRCUIT.
American Association Has Won Its
Fight for Recognition.

Chicago, ILL.,, Jan. 2S-The American
Association has won it's fight for rec
ognition as the third major league in
organized baseball, President Chiving-
ton said today. The National commits
sion finally has acceded to the desires
of the double A. organization and has
granted it territory in cities not occu-
pied by the National or American
Leagues and a large number Of players.
Arrangements for the elevations of the
association will be made in a short
time. according to ChivingtOn.
First news of the plan came in the
form of q statement from James C.
McGill. the Indianapolis cub president.
who announced the draft had been
lifted SO far as the association was
concerned.
Secrecy surrounds the details, and
while Chivington admitted the move
was revolutionary, he declined to say
what cities would be included and
which of those now in the circuit would
be left out. Whether or not an eastern
town would be taken in, he would not
say.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-28
Beautiful Young Woman II
Topeka Hunting Mother.
Parents Of Her Sweetheart
Would Know Her Parentage.
BORN IN Topeka IN OCT, 1891
Mothers Name Was Robinson
She Disappeared. .
She Must Find q Clue to Garry
Out q Romance.

For one to lose mother is sad
enough. For girl never to have ex-
perienced the sweet associations OF nav
ing a real mother is pathetic But Tor
that mother to still be alive and TOT
her loss to mean also that the daughter
will be robbed Of a sweetheart, may be
romantic, but it is also intensely tragic.
There is young woman whose search
for her mother has brought her to To-
peka. She is stopping with Mrs. III. H.
Hunter, 1892 Western avenue. Having
exhausted every other source. she now
il appealing to the newspapers to assist
her. .--..
All this young woman knows about
her parentage is that she was born in
Topeka Oct "a, 1891, and that her moth
er's name was May Robinson. The
young woman was born in an orphans
home here and shortly thereafter was
adopted. With the exception of her
mothers name and the date OF her birth,
all records of her parentage were de-
stroyed in the flood Of 1903.
Now the young woman is engaged to
marry a young man OF prominent lam
lily. But the young mans parents OBJ
ject. They insist they must know some
thing of the parentage of the woman
who becomes his wife.
And so the young woman has gone
forth in search of her parentage, and
If anyone in Topeka can remember a
woman named May Robinson and can
give any clew as to her present where
abouts the information should be given
to Mrs. H. H. Hunter, 1882 Western
avenue, and a certain young woman.
whose identity for plain reasons she
does not care to disclose, will be the
happiest girl in the world.
Incidentally and quite in keeping with
the romance, the young woman is pos
sessed Of beauty which causes one to
feel ga fo in haZardinQ a hef that the
young man in the case will marry her
willy-nilly,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-28
FOR HARVEST REPORTS
Senator McMillen Would License
Threshing Outfits.

A measure for the purpose of bring
ing out absolutely authentic reports of
grain harvested In Kansas was intro
Ottawa at the request of the Farmers
unions of the state. The Mcmillan bill
calls for the licensing of all operators
of threshing machines in this state and
the requirement of reports from
licensed threshers covering character Of
grain, quantity of yield and acreage
from which it was taken. The bill pro-
vides penalties for failure to make
these reports which would be received
by the county clerk and transmitted
by him to the secretary of the state
board of agriculture.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-28
KILLS SICK WIFE.
Husband Is Found Dazed Beside Mu-
tilated Body.

Houston, Jan. 28.-Ward S. Snyder,
said to be we'll known oil man of
Pittsburg, Pa, was found in a coma
tose state today from poisoning. beside
the mutilated body of his wife. who
had been q patient in a san!tarium
here. Physicians say Snyder will die.
On Snyder's arrival he was shown
to his wife's room and the nurse re-
tired. Ten minutes later, noting
blood trickling from beneath the door.
the nurse hurried in, to find Mrs. Sny-
der dead with her arms almost sew
gashed in numerous places. A wound
in her throat alone would have caused
death.
No motive for the killing is known
here. SNYDER is about 35 years old.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-28
IN A FREE FOR ALL.
Topeka Cubs Were Defeated at Bur-
lingame Wednesday Night.

In a game reported to have been a free
for all, with lots of rough "stuff' mixed
in all parts Of it, the Topeka Cubs basket
ball team was defeated by the Burlin-
game Athletic association team at Burlin-
game Wednesday night, the final score
being 80 to g.
The game started rough, and as 1t pro-
crossed, the roughness increased in pro-
portion. Smith Bishop; one of the most
valuable and best players on the Cub
team, was presented with black eye in
mix-up, and several other players OF
both teams also reported bruises Of q
minor nature.
A return game is to be played on the
Washburn court some time in the near
they will be able to turn the trick on
the Burlingame boys.
Also, the Cubs will play the Washburn
freshmen tomorrow night as q curtain
raiser to the big Washburn-Baker game.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-28
CHARGES CRUELTY.
Divorce Petition Against Henry Hay
den, Married in 1911.

guilty of extreme cruelty; that he has
cursed and abused the plaintiff. petition
for divorce was today filed in the Shaw
nee county district court by Laura Lock-
wood Hayden against Henry Hayden.
The petition also states that the defend
ant has threatened to use extreme violence
toward the plaintiff.
The plaintiff asks for a divorce and the
restoration of her maiden name, Laura
Lockwood. She also asked that a restrain
ing order be issued to keep the defendant
from seeing her pending final action. The
order was issued by Judge Dana.
The Haydens were married in the fall
Of 1911
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-28
HAMS BATH IDEAS
q. 8. Senator J. Hamilton Lewis
Praises the Tub.
He Writes Eloquent Article for
Plumbers Magazine.

Chicago, ILL.,, Jan. 28.-What Unit
ed States Senator James Hamilton
Lewis thinks about bath tubs. with
what Roman delight he enjoys the
soft caress of tepid lavender water
when he steps, undraped for the cere-
mony into the limpid porcelain pool
which is the shrine of his matutinal
sanctuary. what he thinks; of the eff
feet of the bath on the body polite.
all this might have remained a secret
from the world but for q plumber who
waited upon the senator and asked for
an depreciation"
Little did that plumber know that
an exhauStless f0unt OF bathing lore
he had tapped. The senator's response
was spontaneous and eager. Then and
there CARRIED in his pale violet robe
de ehambre, he wrote an article for
the plumbers journal, Domestic En-
cheering" This is the way be began.
Peering down the historic vista of
the ages, beyond the mystic Chaldean
epoch, one is Constrained to pause,
and contemplate the important role
which the sanitary engineer has play
ed in the progressive and consecutive
evolution of the race
This is only a starter. The inspired
senator continued:
Contemplate, if you will, the ro-
mantle and classic splendOr OF the
Roman baths built of richest and rar-
est marble. Here the proud emperOrs
of Rome and the nobility, gathered to
cleanse themselves. Here bathing
and cleanliness developed into a. fine
art. Verify, it became the luxury of
the great during that ultra historic
and romantic age"
And More to Come.
Here is another sample of the SAN
itary harmony which the senator has
written for the plumbers:
AS the centuries rolled slowly on
ward. the conversation and preserva-
ton of the health of entire commune
ties through sanitary plumbing, pure
water and scientific sewage disposal,
became an accomplished fact. The
daily bath. once the exclusive luxury
Of kings, became in time the house
hold necessity of the commonwealth"
The senator wrote in a sadly SYM
pathetic way about primal man" who
had no running hot and cold water
and yet did possess the germ of the
bathing art which was to be develop
ed to its flower in centuries to come.
So he wrote:
primal man, almost instinctively
began to indulge in additions in the
surging ocean waters which Tapped the
shores Of his cave abode
But that was before the day of
purpose to let all the world know just
how dearly he loves a plumber. So
in conclusion he wrote:
1.-The sanitary engineer or master
plumber. by virtue of his hygienic
services to society, has been as great
or perhaps a greater benefactor to
civilized mankind. than has the ply
stefan. 1t has been and Is the provi-
dence of the former to prevent con-
tamfnation and disease. while it has
been and is the mission of the latter
to cure illness and Infection.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-28

Senate bill No. I. which gives citiee
the right to establish and maintain
welfare boards, was endorsed by the
Topeka city commission today. A pro-
vision creating board Of censors for
theaters and places of amusement espe-
cially pleases the commissioners.
Safety razos. blades sharpened better than
new. 25c-SSc doz. Brunt Drug Co.-Adv.
Two hundred dollars per month for
the months of January, February and
March. for both the Provident associa-
ton and the Public Health Nursing as
ISOLATION. were appropriated by the
city commission today.
F. A. Rooster. u. d. s., s1s Kansas ave-
Special attention given to pyorrhea and
oral prophylaxis.-Adv.
The Gospel team Of the First Bap-
fist church will conduct a special SER
vice at the Salvation Army headquar-
tiers tonight at eight O'Clock. A gen.
eral invitation is extended to attend
the meeting.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-28
.ENJ0IN Their RATES.
Commerce Commission Stops Com
modify Rates on Meats.

Washington, Jan. 2S-The interstate COM
merce commission today ordered the San
ia Fee the Union Pacific and other roads
to cease charging commodity rates for
transportation of packing house products
in mixed carloads. or in mix carloads
with fresh meat. from Wichita and Kan
sas City, Kan. South Omaha. Neb. and
South st. Joseph, Mo to Salt Lake, Ogden
and Provo Utah, that are higher than the
fifth class rates contemporaneously main
tanned. Complainants in the case, the
Cudahy Packing company and Swift and
company, the commission declares, upon
proper showing, will be granted repara-
ton for shipments where the commodity
rates exceed the fifth class rate.
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MORE BAD CHECKS.
Flood Of Worthless Paper Stdn Ac'
cepted by Business Men.

Although a FLOOD OF bad checks have
been. passed iR Topeka during the last two
months and in nearly every case the
-forger arrested and. IN some cases con-
v1cted, the practice still flourishes. accord
ing to records In the clerks OF the court
of Topeka Office.
Complaint charging John Brown, colored.
with attempting to pass a check for $15bO.
signed with the name of ]. c. Clark, has
been sworn out in the court of Topeka
Brown was arrested this morning by
George Frost marshal of the court OF
Topeka. The check was drawn on the
Central National bank Of this city, Brown
claims that he did not sign the check.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-28
COUNTY CLERKS HERE
legislative Committee OF State Organ.
izati0n in Topeka Today.

For the purpose of considering legis-
lative problems concerning the Offices
of county clerks meeting Of the coun-
ty clerks legislative committee was
held this morning in the office of o. x.
Swayze, clerk of Shawnee county
The committee includes: o. Holford.
Butler county: j.. F. Preshaw, Franklin
county; H. o. Osborn, Lyons county;
John Doane, Osborne county, and o. K.
Swayze, Shawnee county.
General legislation affecting their Of
fees was discussed by the clerks at to-
days meeting.
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GIVE IT TO STATE.
Goss Collection Would Go to Memoir
fal Hall, According to Bill Today.

Turning of the Goss collection over
to the State Historical society is pro-
posed today in a bill introduced in the
house by Gray of Phillips county. The
bill is one of series which have for
their purpose the assembling Of state
exhibits in the new half million dol
lar Memorial hall.
With the passage of the bill it is
probable that Mrs. B. b. Smythe, cur
ator, would. be Iegislated out of her
present position. 1t is understood,
however. that she would still be re-
tanned in one Of the state depart
ments.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-28
AT M'kINLEY SCHOOL.
GRADUATING Exercises Of Eighth Grade
Tomorrow.

The graduating exercises of the
eighth grade Of the Mckinley school
will be held tomorrow at the Second
Missionary Baptist church, corner of
Laurent street and Topeka avenue.
The class grafton will be delivered by
Vashti Haynes and the presentation
of. diplomas will be made by w. p.
MacLean.
There also will be class play, and
a class poem will be read be read by
Mary Anna Haynes. Tie invocation
will be by the Rev. G. d. Olden. Ten
will receive diplomas.
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@fe9rHI5ENAtp

The Inauguration expenses incurred
by the Topeka Commercial club on the
occasion of the installation of Governor
Arthur Capper and the other new state
officers on January II. amounted to
$500. A special appropriation bill COW
ering that amount was today intro
duced by Senator Troutman of Shaw
nee.
Senator James A. Troutman this
morning introduced a resolution for the
purpose of expressing to members of
the Kansas delegation in congress the
approval Of the upper house of the leg
islature of the Hobson bill for national
prohibition. The resolution will go
over until tomorrow for action.
Senator Joseph of Butler today intro
duced a bill expressing the idea which
originated with the Kansas State
Teachers association that state
commission should be appointed for
the revision Of the educational system
of the state. The bill calls for the ap-
pointment of a special commission of 9
to investigate and report upon the ed
ucational system of the state with spe-
cial reference to the courses of studies
given In rural grade and high schools.