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The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1915-02-13
FILIPINO LEADER OF
RAID PLEADS GUILTY

MANILA, P. l., Feb. 8.-Rufino vi
cente, one of the leaders accused OF
instigating the Filipino raid on the
governmental Offices at Navotas on
Christmas eve, pleaded guilty on trial
here on the charge of sedition. Other
Filipinos held on the same charge
pleaded not guilty.
The public prosecutor asserts that
the government will prove that the
movement was widely organized, and
that documentary evidence shows that
the rising was directed as much
against the Filipino politicians now
holding Office as it was against the
American officials.
The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1915-02-13
WARNS AMERICANS
TO AVOID MEXICO

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.-Secretary
Bryan issued a warning that Ameri-
cans who go to Mexico do so at their
own risk. He said that no provision
had been made for continuing to trans
port American citizens from Mexico
at this governments expense.
The warning followed a dispatch
from Vice Consul Stadden, at Mama
milo, saying that many destitute
Americans there had appealed to the
consulate for relief.
The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1915-02-13
$500. ooo.oo War Contracts

NEW YORK, Feb. 9.-Contracts val
ued at $4OO,OO0,0OO and calling for
guns, food, auto trucks, rails and am
munition, the richest ever awarded to
American manufacturers, have ar
rived here in the strong box on board
the White Star liner Adriatic. The
Worlds Star Knitting company of Bay
City, Mich, has received an order from
one of the warning nations for the
delivery of 100000 pairs of sox valued
at $250,00O.
The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1915-02-13
BILL TO DIVIDE TEXAS
FAVORABLY REPORTED

AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. "a reso1u-
ton to create out of the Panhandle of
West Texas a new state, named Jeffer-
son, was favorably reported to the
state senate. During committee de-
bate both sides announced they did
not expect adoption of the resolution.
The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1915-02-13
N. Y. SENATE PASSES
SUFFRAGE MEASURE

ALBANY, N. Y, Feb. 9-Whether
the women of the state shall be given
the ballot or not will be decided by
the voters at the fall election, as the
senate has adopted the woman suffrage
resolution possed by the legislature in
1918.
The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1915-02-13
HOUSE SUSTAINS
IMMIGRATION VETO

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.-By very
narrow margin the presidents veto of
the immigration bill was sustained in
a vote of the house of representatives.
Those in favor of the measure lacked
six votes of the necessary two-thirds
to force it into legislation over the
disapproval of the president.
The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1915-02-13
Greece Is MohiIizinn

LONDON, Feb. S.-A wireless dis
patch from Berlin says the Berliner,
Tageblatt reports from Constantinople
that Greece is industriously making
mobilization preparations and continu
ing the fortifcation of her frontiers.
The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1915-02-13
Long Beach Auditorium Safe

LONG BEACH, Feb. 9.-The Long
Beach auditorium, the approach to
which collapsed in May, 1912, killing
and injuring many, has been declared
safe for all kinds of uses. The report
was made to the Long Beach board of
public works by commission compris-
ing Albert C. Martin, Los Angeles
architect; w. H. Austin, Long Beach
architect, and John C. Beer, Long
Beach contractor.
The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1915-02-13
Airshin StahiIizer Tried

NEW YORK, Feb. "a Curtiss fly
ing boat equipped with the latest thing
in aeronautics, the Sperry gyroscope
.stabilizer, flew over the navy yard and
the East river while hundreds of per-
sons watched it's antics. The new in
vention permits the machine to main
tain an even keel continuously. The
government contemplates purchasing
the rights to the stabilizer.
The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1915-02-13
WEEKS NEWS FROM
NE|GHBOR|NC CITIES
BRIEF OUTLINE OF CURRENT EVENTS
ON THE PACIFIC SLOPE
Condensed Resume Of the Weeks Happenings
Covering Events Of Interest from Nearby
Places --Will Allow Rapid Scanning
Municipal Bus Line Proposed

SAN BERNARDINO, Feb. "a COM
mittee is at work endeavoring to form
plan whereby all auto bus lines may
be owned and operated by the city.
The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1915-02-13
War Relief Center Formed

NEW YORK, Feb. 9.-In order that
the distribution of relief of all kinds
throughout the territory affected by
war may be systematized, the war
relief clearing house for France and
it's allies was organized by prominent
business men of the country.
The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1915-02-13
Canal Traffic

PANAMA, Feb. 9.-Governor Goe~
thals of the canal zone in reply to
query from England as to whether the
Culebra slide would stop traffic through
the canal has answered that contin-
uous thirty-foot channel is assured.
The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1915-02-13
81 100000 WORTH OF
LOCOMOTIVES ORDERED

CHICAGO, Feb. Am order for
$1,50O,O0O worth of locomotives for the
Illinois Central railroad has been an
nounced. The order was let to the
Lima Locomotive company, a compare
lively new competitor in the manufac-
ture of locomotives. The order calls
for fifty engines of the Mikado type.
The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1915-02-13
Pope's PROPOSAL Accented

ROME, Feb. SKIING George and
Kaiser Franz Josef have wired accept
ing new proposal of the Pope for an
exchange of civilian prisoners over ff-
ty-fve years of age.
The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1915-02-13
Napa Manager Appointed

SACRAMENTO, Feb. 9.-Charles E
Perry of Vallejo has been appointed
by Governor Johnson to fill the va
cancy on the board of managers OF
the Napa hospital left by John S.
Chambers, who is now state controller.
The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1915-02-13
Hen Lays Her 3oooth Egg

NEW YORK, Feb. 9.-Miss Elsie
Dobbins of Caldwell, N. j., owns hen
which she believes holds the worlds
championship for industry The hen,
a Plymouth Rock, IA years old, has laid
her three thousandth egg.
The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1915-02-13
Alaska Invaded by Jitney Buses

SEATTLE, Wash, Feb. 9.-The jit-
ney bus has invaded Alaska, and every
town of any size on the coast now has
a jitney service. The steamship com
panies are finding profitable bust
ness in freighting light cars north from
the assembling plants here.
The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1915-02-13
CONDENSATION OF
CURRENT EVENTS
CLEANED FROM NUMEROUS SECTIONS
OF BOTH HENISPHERES
Dispatches PCturing Developments From the Out
side World Stripped Of Unnecessary
Details and Presented in Brief
New. Job for GoethaIs

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.-It is under
stood that Colonel George w. Goethals
has been asked to take charge of engin-
eering work in the construction of the
Alaska railroad.
The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1915-02-13
FIRST SAILING SHIP
TO NAVIGATE CANAL

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 9.-The Nor
wegian ship Spring Bank, laden with
wheat for Denmark, will be the first
sailing vessel to traverse the Panama
canal from the Pacific to the Atlantic
The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1915-02-13
Bread Costs Extra in Cafes

BERLIN, Feb. S.-Hereafter diners
in restaurants in Berlin will have to
pay extra for bread served with meals.
In Dresden the bakers are compelled
to make their bread strictly according
to the standard set by the government
The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1915-02-13
Fasts Forty-seven Days

PALO ALTO, Cal, Feb. 81. C.
Roth, Palo Alto tailor, has passed
his forty-seventh day without partaking
of any food. He is fasting in an effort
to overcome stomach trouble of long
standing.
The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1915-02-13
"Four-Bit" Meals Denied

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 9-Affecting
hundreds of county employees, motion
was passed by the board of supervisors
which cuts off the 50-cent allowance
heretofore made for all workers for
their MONDAY lunch while on duty.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-06-09
A VOLUNTARY INCREASE

A VOLUNTARY INCREASE IN
WAGES.-BartiesViIIe, Okla. - With
the zinc smeIters rushed to fill war
orders, voluntary increase of IS per
cent in wages was announced by the
BartlesVille smefters. - News Dis
patch.
Now isn't that kind! The manufac-
turers of zinc, having lots of bust
ness, give the producers of the metal
an increase of Is per cent in wages.
But there's another side to the
story. Last July zinc was selling at
II cents a pound in Chicago. Guess
what it's selling at today. q:
Thirty-three cents pound!
Three hundred per cent increase
over last July, that's all! And the fell
lows who steam and boil and labor in
the making of the stuff are to get Is
per cent increase.
Zinc is mined in large quantities
in the southwest. 1t costs no more
to mine it now than last July. 1t
costs no more to smelt it, except that
voluntary (!!D little increase in
crease in wages.
If the manufacturers and mine
owners made three cents a pound
profit on zinc before the war, when
it sold at II cents a pound, their
profits are now 700 per cent greater
We presume demand has showed
the prices up. Demand-that is, the
consumers-alsop paid that ''volunta-
ny" Is per cent increase in wages. So
let's give the credit to the right party.
Perhaps the foregoing news dis
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-06-09
SHORT ONES

A California man is in court be-
cause a neighbor named pet dom
key after him, whereupon he waxed
violent, which proves that the donkey
was the party with kick coming.
Paterson, N. j., claims she got
great benefit from Billy Sunday be-
cause he made debtors pay up Old
time bills. Grocers and butchers
take notice.
Give 1t to Mr.. Hoist; he was ready
either to claim credit for smashing
the steel trust or a great beat in being
first to predict the government would
lose it's suit
Grand Lodge Freemasons of Ger
many repudiates the French and Ital-
ian grand lodge. Another fine de-
monstration of the miserable folly of
war.
Life is growing harder and harder
for us married men. Gov. Whitman
Of New York was in Sacramento and
heard the baby in Albany crying. No
escape.
Sometimes our brain is particular
ly dense. For instance, we cannot
understand why if the steel trust isn't
a trust Barnes is a boss
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-06-09

patch didn't tell the whole story.
Maybe the workers were beginning
to threaten strike unless they little
of that amazing zinc prosperity.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-22
ALL JUMP ON HAYES.
But CapitoPs Gardener Can Do Moth
ing About Dandelions.

When the state executive council
designated James Hayes as land
scape gardener they unwittlngly or
otherwise unloaded lot of grief upon
the shoulders of the owner of this new
title. Those citizens who own prop
erty adjacent to the beautiful yellow
lawns of the states big office building
are already going after Hayes as to
methods and means OF eliminating Its
famous and undesirable crop. Some
even think that the new official is al
ready derelict in his duty by not start
ing warfare on the dandelions the first
day.
But it seems that nothing can be
done about it. While the title sounds
imposing, and would lead one to be-
lieve that its holder would have COM
plete and unlimited supervision over
the whole of capitol square, the fact
remains that all Hayes contracted to
do is to plant flowers and shrubs in
some of the empty posy beds here and
there. And the dandeliOnS? Oh, well,
perhaps some future legislature will
donate a few thousand dollars to take
care of them. Who knows?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-22
Declares the Secretary of the
German Treasury.
LONGEST PURSE WILL WIN
And He Believes 1t Is Held by
Germany.
Prepared to Live Almost Who'll
Iy Within Herself.
(By Carl w. Ackerman.)

Copyright, 1915, by United Press)
Berlin, April 22--"If this is to be a
war of silver bullets, Germany is pre-
pared. Wall street is and can lie with
the allies, but Germany will remain
Iunfrightened. The German people have
oversubscrf5ed two war loans. In my
opinion they stand ready to oversub-
scribe a third, should a third be nee
essary.''
That is the opinion of financial
Germany as expressed to me today by
DR.. Karl Holfferich, secretary of the
imperial treasury. 1t reflects the Of
ficial view of the relation of finances
to the war.
1.-The fact that a German mark to-
day is worth % cents instead of the
normal "a" 1 said to him, lis being
quoted abroad as an indication that
Germany is already whipped. That is
one question not understood in the
United States. Can you explain it
from the German standpoint"
''The money already subscribed" he
continued, will last until October or
November. If the war is continued
loan will be floated. And it will be
also oversubscribed. Let me tell you
why, he said, leaning forward
through puffs of cigarette smoke,
money stays in Germany, as every
thing the army needs is made in Ger
many. When supplies are purchased
the money goes to German industries
lions available in April, which will be
spent by fall, will all go back to the
people who gave it. And then, sec
ondly, and this is important, the Ger
man people, their soldiers and their
workers, today have savings bank
deposits of five billion dollars.
What effect will the British block.
ade have on the situation in Ger
many?" l asked.
Germany cannot be starved We
have enough food now to comfortably
feed US until September or October.
The prospects are splendid for some
good crops through the fatherland
this year. If the harvest is not too
much below the normal, we will have
by the first of August enough supplies
to last another year.
This war has now developed into
an economic struggle. England, who
cannot fight US with iron and steel,
can find little hope in her silver bull,
lets or in the prospects of trying to
Starve women, children and noncOm-
batants. Normally, Germany imports
only per cent of the food it needs
AS result of conservation since the
war began the people are now able
to subsist well onetheir own resources.
If the harvest is what we expect, more.
bread will be allotted in the fall as
because of the success of the bread
cards, it has been decided to continue
the system until the end of the war;
Germany has raised more wheat
barley, potatoes, rye and oats per acre
than any country in the world, even /.
the United States"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-22
MARRIES MISSIONARY.
Samuel Piclen, of Hays, Kansas, WEEDS
in Far Off India

New York, April 22.-News of the
marriage at Mahableshwar, India, of
her daughter, Miss M. Eleanor
Stephenson, to Samuel Picken, of
Hays. Kan, was received today by
Mrs. Mary Stephenson. of Brooklyn.
Both are missionaries
Nine years ago the bride left her
beautiful home to go to India as a
member of the American Board of
congregational missionaries. Her par
ents were wealthy, her father being
the late Colonel William Wilson
Stephenson, a member of the New
York assembly
Miss Stephenson took charge of the
mission hospital at Abmegnar. She is
a graduate of the Woman's Medical
college, Philadelphia, and of Wellesley
college Mr.. Picken met Miss Stephen
son some years ago at a mission con-
ference.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-22
Roads Showing Best Before
Rate Hearing.
Paid Small Dividend on Two
Departments.
TOOK A SLUMP LAST YEAR
This Argument Brought Out to
Commissioners.
Grand Total Freight Revenue in
1914, $5,121,OOO.

The best showing before the public
utilities commission in the three
was made today by officials of the
Union Pacific, when they testified that
their road had paid a small dividend
on both freight and passenger bust
In 1913, the Union Pacific earned 90
per cent on its intrastate business
Last year the amount was reduced to
1.31 per cent.
Records from the auditing depart
ment of the Union Pacific were used
to show the expense and earnings of
the company in Kansas. Its earnings
were in excess of any road yet appear
ing before the cOmmiSSiOn-nOt eX-
cepting the Santa Fe. F. w. Charske
of Omaha, auditor of freight accounts,
explained earnings and expenses for
the Union Pacific
The Union Pacific did not apply the
Oklahoma formula in making up it's
figures. In the absence of this basis
of computing earnings and operating
expenses, the road showed revenues
both state and interstate receipts and
expenses.
In 1913, the company paid divi-
dend of 2.1S per cent on it's freight
business in Kansas and earned 2.45
per cent on it's passenger business, or
a grand total of PSI per cent on all
state business In the fiscal year end
ing June 80, 1914, the revenue took a
slump, though. Freight earning drop
receipts showing an earning of 2.43
per cent met a portion of the freight
loss and provided an earning on the
aggregate state business of 1.31 per
cent.
Slack in Revenue.
The grand total of all freight reve-
nues in Kansas in 1914 We're $5,121,-
$50. or drop from $5,6S6,396 in 1913.
The state freight business last year
was $1,161,934 against S1,04O,944
in 1913. Still the 1913 receipts paid
the biggest dividend.
Passenger receipts in 1914 totaled
$2,517,920 from all sources, with ST.
013,7S6 credited as intrastate business.
This was against a showing of So
514,343 for state and interstate in
1913 and a record of $1,063, sos state
earnings.
Total operating expenses charged to
freight in 1914 were $3,25S,423, of
which $1,0SS,63 was charged to state
business. Operating expenses for pas
Senger service by the Union Pacific
in Kansas in 1914 totaled $1,454,S7S,
of which $651,49 was charged to in
trastate-
In 1913, the freight expenses were
$3,2e5,456, with $S22.199 charged to
state Passenger expenses were ST.
31S,093, of which expense state bust
ness was charged $500 2oS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-22
HAD TO ASK PAPA.
y. Nj. c. A. Couldn't Use Firecrackers
Without City Fathers Permission.

Because the city of Topeka has a
sane Fourth of July ordinance,
which prohibits the sale of firecrack-
ers, permission from the city commits
sion is necessary for the Central Y.
M. c. A. before it can stage clown
stunt at an entertainment to be given
Friday and Saturday nights.
A written request for permission to
buy few small firecrackers'' was re-
ce1ved from j. F. Risner today. Com
missioner Newland thought the matter
should be referred to the, chief of the
fire department. but after careful con-
sideration the request was granted
without delay
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-22

gress has appropriated almost $4,000
900 in payment of that courts find
ings- There remains to. be paid about
$1,000, 900 more.
These cases arose after congress
passed an act authorizing American
citizens having valid claims for in
demnity against the French govern
ment prior to the treaty of 1900 to
bring suit to recover.
The claims grew out of reprisals on
American. commerce made after the
United States had failed to keep the
terms of an early treaty with France
when that nation was, at war with
Englan
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-22

A pig with wattles is curiosity
which o. E. Walker has presented to
Gage park. The animal was captured
in Florida, a Florida Cracker" and a
pack of hounds being necessary to
catch the pig, which weighs twenty
five pounds Pigs of this kind run
wild in Florida. While they are a
curiosity to most persons, old settlers
of Kansas recall that the Indians OF
the early days of Kansas kept the
same kind of swine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-22
MAY DISMISS CASE.
Evidence Against Topeka Horseshoer
Is .Dwindling.

1t was understood at the court
house today that the case of the state
against Jack McGivern, local horse
sheer, charged in a complaint sworn
out several weeks ago with cruelty to
animals, will be dismissed by Judge
Hugh Fisher in the Court of Topeka.
A preliminary hearing of the case
was held March "a. The jury disa-
greed. Sensational charges were made
IN the case by witnesses for the
state. The nature of much of the
evidence introduced against the horse
sheer aroused considerable sympathy
for the defendant
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-22

of health, and A. w. Freeman, gov
eminent epiaemio1ogist.
About $4,000 will be spent by the
government in making the survey
Owing to the fact that the board of
health appropriations were cut by the
legislature, only limited state funds
are available for the work. Nearly
the entire summer will be required to
complete the Wilson county tVst and
every resident of the county will be
visited by the men in charge of the
campaign. A half dozen men will be
used by the state and government in
conducting the survey
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-22
SOLDIER ON TRIAL.
Captain at Leavenworth Post Charged
With Illegal Shipping.

Leavenworth, Kan, April 2o.--Trial
of Captain w. L. Luhn, Tenth United
States cavalry on charge of ship
ming personal baggage on another Of
ficer's baggage allowance was begun
by courtmartial at Fort Leavenworth
today. Captain Luhn was quarter
master at Fort Ethan Allen, VI at
the time of the alleged offense. 1t
was asserted that the practice is a
frequent one and that war department
officials have determined to break
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-22

poration, having a capital stock of
100000, was declared bankrupt by
Judge Frank A. Youmans in the Unit
ed States district court here today
The corporation had canneries at St
Joseph. Mo-; Louisville, KY; Sugar
land, Tex; Rogers, Ark, and Spring
dale, Ark, business associates of Sam
uel p Jones of Sugarlake, Tex. presi-
dent of the company, testified they
did not know his whereabouts.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-22
PAYS TO ADVERTISE.
Immense Crowd at Berl1son Brothers
Store Today.

The sale at the Berkson Brothers
store, .707 Kansas avenue, where the
stock was damaged by the Palace
fire, was held this morning. large
crowd assembled on the street before
the doors opened.
1t took two men to keep back the
crowd of bargain hunters who at
tempted to go in the store. The store
and sidewalk were damned
1t was another case of value de-
rived from newspaper advertising.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-22
Fraternal Day at Exposition.

San Francisco, April 22.-This is
Fraternal Day at the Panama-Pac1flc
exposition The celebration, held in
connection with Insurance Week, was
expected to be one of the big events
of the period given over to fraternal
and insurance organizations. A big
parade in which uniformed ranks OF
various fraterna1 orders participated
was one of the features.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-22
WINDS UP OLD CLAIM
Last of Old French SpoIiation Claims
Has Been Argued and Submitted.

Washington, April 22.-the last of
the so-called French spoliation cases
arising out of difficulties between this
country and France more than a CEN
fury ago have just been argued and
submitted to the court of claims
In all, 1859 cases have been adj
Jud1cated before this court and con-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-22
MASONIC FUNERAL NOTICE,

There will be a special communica-
ton of Topeka lodge No. II, A F. and
A. NJ, Friday, April %, at 1:3c p. m,
to attend the funeral of w. James
Ramsey, master of Topeka lodge in
1884 All master Masons are invited
to meet with u.s.
RALPH w SQUIRES
Master.
CARL w NELLIS
Secretary.
advertisement
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-22
PLAN SANITARY SURVEY
Government EpidemioIogist in Tope-
ka in Conference.

Plans for the joint government
state sanitary survey in Wilson coun-
ty, are being considered today at a
meeting in the offices of the state
board of health. Details of the sur
vey will be worked out by DR.. S. ].
Crumbine, secretary of the state board