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JuDGE FRED s. suTTER:

JUDGE FRED s. SUFFER:
 "I am absolutely opposed to any thing over 60 day session of the leg lslature. Members of the legislature who cannot dispose of the states busi- ness in G0-days' time are absolutely unfit to hold office. Judging from the conduct of the last two legislatures aud their desire to spend the states money. l am in favor of the abolish ment of the legislature, altogether for the reason that the laws passed by the legislature can be repealed by a rferendum vote and tn people Of the state have the law-malting power in their hands. through the initiative measure. Either the legislature should should be abolished or the law pro- viding the iniative and referendum be repealed
 CT do not believe that an the blame for these extra sessions should be cas, on Gov. Hunt, for the reason that. if the members fthe legislature had the ability and desire to perform their uNANkNt ENAId rtHnl0lA WNhAA NN hAAAA'' essary. The only way in which Gov Hunt can be blamed for the extra sessions is because Of his factionaI supporters in the legislature who are always opposed to any measure pro posed by the anti-Hunt members" MOSES NEWMAN. of Frankenberp Bros. & Newman, proprietors Tho
 Fair Store:
 "I don't approve Of the extra call There has been too much expense al ready"
 JOSEPH GRAY. Secretary Warren
 District Commercial Club;
 Our experience with the preaen { legislature bears out the contention have always maintained that pei diem pay for legislators, as practisc' in Arizona, is in the end expensive and wrong in method. There should be- a fixed salary and the legislator compelled to work for that salary un
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TAFT PRAISES WILSON.

PHILADELPHIA. June 3-"lf we had a lingo in the White House" said former President Taft in his address at the commencement of Bryn Mawr College, this country would now be at war with Germany. Instead we have as our chief executive a man who appreciates his responsibility and realizes that. considering the temper Of the people, turn of his hand wiulr plunge us into information al conflict"
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3-(spec protes. against apPropratng
  cram HON. GEORGE W. p. HUNT, Arizona,
 Phoenix, Arizona
 unanimously protest against stxtdays days public fundo.
 o fu payers legislature.
 WARREN DISTRICT COMMERCIAL CLUB.
 By ]. H. GRAY, Secretary. of presiding O respective houses.
 TAXPAYERS INDIGNANT. moudng months, yesterday m aprropatug stray of legislature.
 FEELING CUMULATIVE. present otherwise seeking job S7 apiece Wednesday. which taxpayers of eraon business taxpayers and voters nots n expressing their
 DISTRICT desire their spoke publication the United spoke sincerely standpoint general in Phoenix
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APPLICATION MADE

PHOENIX. June 3.-The Tucson, Cornelia and Gila Bend railroad today applied to the corporation commiss- ion for authority to issue $675.OO0 in gold bonds and a like amount in cap- ital stock to cover the cost of con- strlction of the road from Gia Bend to Ajo, which tho application states will have a cost of S30O0O q mile when ready for operation.
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HOUSE ACTION BRINGS OUT NDGNAT PROTEST FROM DISTRICT

AMMUNITION BATTLEsHs
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rl the states legislative business IS completed
 Members Of the present legisla. ture will have received S105o each besides triple mileage. Had they known that. after 8 certain time, they must work without further compeusa- tlon. they would doubtless have a- chieved results at the regular session.
 "If gettogether policy cannot be speedily adopted the state win Tee ceive little or no benefit from this special session of the legislature which is only called to enact legislation which is only called to enac, legis- lat'on which should have been passed st Che regular session.
 "The Democratic party is bound 10 be weakened with the taxpayers be- cause or these prolonged and thus far futile but expensive, legislative struggles"
 CHARLES A. MCDONALD, Cashier
 Citizens Bank & Trust Co.,:
 "I certainly think it is an outrage on the taxpayers of the state to have the unnecessary extra session of the legislature. The call for the extra session was made for one special pur- pose and the members have been doing practically nothing when they could 1 have attended to the business at the first session The members of the leg islature should have laid aside their betty grievances and attended to husi- lness. There are too many laws on the statute books now ! think it is a grievance to the taxpayers and an in- justice to the Democratic party : ALEXANDER HURRY:
 "ITs some legislature. Gnd it rather hard 10 characterize thc action of its members. ! do think they are having a mighty hard time passing such small amount Of legislation" HARRY JENNINGS:
 "It would hardly do to print exact
 (Continued sn Page Fiye)
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NORWEGIAN STEAMSHIP
roRPFnOFD.

LONDON. June 3-The Cubano, a Norwegian steamship was torpedoed and sunk of the Flannap Islands. The crew was landed on the Hebrides Is- lands off Scotland.
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oILA IoAN APPRovEn

The Gila County loan for Winkel- man bridge was approved by the board of control today
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-14

Carranza Cut on Great
Britain's OH Supply
And Serious Trouble Is Likely
to Follow at Once.

Washington. Jan. A-Great Britain
has protested direct to Carranxa against
his decree suspending British oil oper-
atoms in Mexico as an act that inter-
feres seriously with Great Britain's oil
supply for the war and as being other
wise indefensible.
So far as could be learned today the
state department has not taken up the
question with Carranza and IN waiting
on events. 1t is known that the atti-
tude Of the British government Is one
Of angry protest and communications
to Carranza demand an immediate an
swer. Great Britain will not stand for
the suspension of the oil industry nor
does she acknowledge the right of Car
rama to pass such a decree.
One Of the British officials said today
that he could not foreshadow what his
country would do If it did not get p
satisfactory answer from Carranza.
The constitutionaiist agency reports
today that General Cesario Castro is on
the way from Tampico with 5000 men
to operate against the Villa forces in
the Saltillo district The constitution
alist agency also has dispatches stating
that the Zapatistas are about to evac-
uate the national capital and that Gen.
eral Obregon will soon have control fol
carranza of the government there.
Dispatches to the agency from Car
rama in Vera Cruz say that Carranza
will have in the field in a few days
25.0 600 men in the northeastern section
of the state to hold General Villa In
check while Obregon conducts his CAM
paign against the Zapatista army
around Mexico City.
According to advices at the state de-
partment General Villa, who has beer
concentrating his troops at Chihua-
hua, has gone to Aguas Calientes. He
is said to be at the head Of about 30.
900 troops and ready to meet Car.
ranza's $4,000 in the Saltillo district
General Villas detectives are the two
ports Of Tampico and Vera Cruz.
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HARD ON "SNITCH''
HOdges-Luella West Case
Brings About Legislation.
Plaintiff in Wild Cases Must
Pay Defendants Lawyer.

Senator Stavely Of Usage county
has introduced in the senate a
bill that will make lot of
''snitch'' lawyers stop and think and
some people think at least twice before
they start suits for damages. The bill
is the result Of the suit brought against
Governor Hodges last year by Mrs.
Luella West Of Wichita. 1t provides
that when a verdict for the defendant
is given in a trial OF civil suit that
the court may order the plaintiff to
pay a reasonable attorney fee to the
lawyers for the-defendant. s.ss
In the suit of Mrs. West the governor
had to pay his own attorneys Some
Of them offered to conduct the case
free but the governor insisted on pay
ing them. Senator Stavely has incor-
porated in his bill a provision Of an
old law by which the money can be
collected. For many years Kansas
has had a statute which provided that
the plaintiff in an action may be forced
to give security for costs. This law
was either not known to the lawyers
for the governor. or was not invoked
at the time of the trial and as a re-
suit the seven hundred dollars in court
costs. not including the attorney fee
still stands in Shawnee county as a
dead loss to the county. The witnesses
never got their money for mileage or
their per diem. The jurors were paid.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-14
PEACE FOR EVERMORE.
Governor Clarke Looks for War to
End Militarism.

Des Moines. Ia. Jan. 1.-THE fed
Grafton of the world. practical dis
armament of the great powers and a
long step forward for the "brOther-
hood of man" are among the probable
results of the present European war,
according to Governor George w.
Clarke in his inaugural address here
today. The governor, who is entering
on his second term, spoke before the
two houses of the legislature. Despite
the European war. the governor pre-
dicted mankind would be better for
it in the end.
"It is an appalling price to pay" he
said. but beyond this world war lies,
in all probability. the death of mill
tarism. the practical disarmament of
the great powers of the earth. the re-
moval from the people of the crush
ing burdens of great armies and
navies. the disappearance of heredi-
tary rulers and the entrance of more
perfect democracy"
The governor spoke hopefully OF the
growing observance of the humanities
in all walks OF life, and particularly
in public office. He urged greater
coordination in industries and agri-
cultural pursuits, and particularly the
conservation Of Iowa soil.
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C. C. BAKER DEAD.
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past two years has lived in st. Louis.
The only members of the Baker FAM
lily, which for many years was one of
the most prominent in Topeka, now
living here are the Floyd p. Bakers
From 1853 when Floyd p. Baker. the
elder. father Of C. C. Baker. brought
his family to Topeka, the Bakers were
prominently identified with local af-
fairs.
F.. p. Baker. publisher of the To-
peka Record and the Topeka Common
wealth. was a leading Kansas news
paper man. c. c. Baker was born May
81. 1855 in Douglas Cepter. Wis. and
was five years old when his father
came to Kansas. He was a member of
one Of the early classes Of Washburn
college. then Lincoln college, but he
left school to go into a newspaper office.
When Noble L. Prentfss was editor of
the Commonwealth. Baker became as
ISOLATED with the paper and was city
editor of 1t for seven years in. the los
and sos. From 1885 to 1887 he served
as secretary of the state senate and
in the latter year was elected state
printer. Those were in the days when
the state printers office W. the most
desirable. financially. in the gift OF the
state and was always the object of keen
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Early Introduction of Bills In
dicates 1915 Policies.
Veteran Members Believe Meas
ures VIII Be Fewer.
THIRD DAY OF LEGISLATURE
House Mixup Only Delay to
Smooth Running Machinery.
Taboo on Freak Legislation Is
General Understanding.

Opening of the third day of the 1915
legislative session. Indicated a general
tendency to settle down to business
and start on the serious work OF law
making in both houses. During the
second days session. 102 bills were
dropped in the hopper-69 in the
senate and 3S in the house. Among
members of both parties there is
seemingly a tendency to hasten iegis-
1ation by early introduction of bills
Not until early next week, perhaps.
will the house and senate committees
get down to real hard. earnest work.
In the house the committee assign
ments will not be announced in full
will block the reference of house bills
for a few days and temporarily hold
back legislation in the lower house.
Committees in both branches Of the
legislature will be working overtime
next week.
There is a belief among the old
members that there will be fewer bills
introduced at this session Of the leg
tslature than at any session in recent
years. The governors inaugural
to discourage the wholesale introduce
ton Of bills. He advised the law
makers that the state needed fewer,
II any, new laws, but laws that were
easily understood and did not require
(. constitutional lawyer to interpret
With the growing tendency to reduce
the number of bills introduced, old
members are inclined to put the taboo
on freak legislation
Both houses convened this morning
at 10 O'Clock. 1t is the third day of the
new legislative session. Both houses
show the effect of the new organizat ton
and it will be couple of days before
both law making bodies are running
smoothly. In the house. especially
progress is delayed through the or
o a N - inv nf
In the senate, there were fewer changes
and the smaller body was more quick
1y organized.
T. When the legislature convened this
morning 1t had not been determined
whether Saturday sessions would be
held this week
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MAkINNEY AT HEAD.
Columbus Man President State Bot.
tiers Association.

w. C. Mckinney of Columbus. was
elected president of the Kansas State
Bottlers' association at the closing ses-
sion of the annual meeting late We'd
nesday. Other officers: Vice president,
G. H. Pyle of Horton: secretary-treas-
urer, M. Culbertsen. Sterling. The next
meeting will be held in Pittsburg
The new trustees: Archie Fletcher of
Pittsburg, and C. H. Weiser. Mr..
Weiser was elected as delegate to the
convention of the national organization
at Dallas next winter.
A smoker at the Fifth avenue hotel
Wednesday was the final feature of the
meeting. The members of the associa-
ton expressed themselves as having
had successful meeting ir every re-
spect. They were pleased with the
manner in which they were entertained.
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ed to send $500 additional troops to
the aid of the those sent into the de-
partment of Abruzzi and Polenza
province yesterday. They will take
tents and provisions for the use Of the
sufferers. In the meanwhile, the mill
tary engineers are endeavOring to re-
store communication and all OF the
been ordered into the stricken district
to aid the private physicians already
on the scene.
Places Affected.
: While details are still lacking. the
reports of the various officials in
charge of the relief work show the
following cities and towns affected:
Averzanno. thousands of the 10000
inhabitants either killed or injured;
town completely destroyed: death list
of adjoining territory very large.
Aielli 1000 reported dead. 500
hurt, many fatally.
Arpino. $50 known dead; many
hurt.
Albano, some dead, number I'M
known, town badly damaged.
AFRICA, 40 reported dead.
Campo Passo. partly wrecked, 20
known dead, rumored that many are
buried in the ruins.
Ciprano. many houses destroyed. no
loss of life yet reported.
Corr. partially demolished. no loss
Of life yet reported
Cervetri, reported dead.
Filliccano, 3 reported dead.
Jaliano. several dead in ruins of
noted cathedral here and others re-
ported buried in ruins of their homes:
no details as yet obtainable.
Entire City Demolished.
Megleano, entire city reported de-
molished. fear death list will be large.
M dota flo ohta iva b1o
Monte ROlondo. three known dead.
Naples. none dead. many injured.
Potenza, 80 miles east of Naples,
entire city reported very badly dam
aged. Population 10000. None re-
ported dead.
Pof1. 500 out Of population Of 1000
reported killed; town practically de-
molished.
Poppi. reported death list heavy: no
details as yet obtainable.
PALESTINE, dead: many hurt.
Rome. none dead in city but many
hurt.
Ripi. 10 reported deads many in
jure6-
Sora. 100 reported dead: town reported
completely wrecked.
| Sarno. Sonnina. Subiacco and San.
vito report many injured in these towns
but none dead.
Torres Cajenti. death list $50: many
injured. Tso
Tfvoli. one dead: many injured.
| Terra-Chino. 10 dead: many hurt.
Trevi Antorrica- many reported in
jured; none dead.
Viro1i. 9 killed; 40 injured.
vicovaro. many injured: none known
dead.
The first injured to arrive in Rome
were brought in on a special train
TODAY.
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competition He was defeated for .
third term by r. H. Snow. in 1891
when the Popultst party was in con-
troll. - =.
At his retirement he became inter-
ested In the street railway situation,
being member ofSthe Topeka Rail-
way company which bought and con-
solfdAted the old horse car company.
known Al thef Topeka City railway.
with the then new electric line called
the Topeka Rapid Transit company.
He became president Of the new COM
pany and remained closely connected
with its affairs until it was finally sold
In i sos. @szsss asssFsa
For many years Mr.. Baker was an
active Mason, being 32d degree
member of the Scottish Rite and past
master Of Topeka lodge No. II, A. F.
& A. M. 1t is likely that his burial will
be in charge of that order.
In 1883 he was married to Miss
Hattie Eager Of Kansas City and is
survived by her and one daughter.
Mrs. Frank N. Merwin. of St. Louis.
A sister OF Mr.. Baker, Mrs. H. w.
Sharp. resides at Newton. N. r.
Baker, brother. lives at Los Angeles.
while another brother. 1. N. Baker. Is
a resident of Bay City, Michigan.
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soil. Ed Hackney, OF wellington. follow
ed and made several remarks about Mr..
Hubbard and red hogs.

soil. Ed Hackney, OF wellington. follow
ed and made several remarks about MT
Hubbard and red hogs.
Live stock Tests.
Clarence White, new vice president OF
the Stock Breeders association. spoke al
length Of the tuberculin test employed ~
the state live stock commission ana toIu
some of his experiences with tnaa ,n ToHg
against the present system OF testing cot
tie for tuberculosis in the state OF kansas;
Albert r. Reid was called upon 70 tei 81
the Kansas exhibit at the San FrancisSo
exposition. Mr.. Reid declared tnat tne
Kansas exhibit alone would be worth e.,
in to see. He called upon PROFESSOR W "a,
70: an explanation about the Kansas i've
stock exhibit which is to be given ihoe-
pendent of the other Kansas exhiplt.
transportation of all the live stock to be
sent from this state. 1t was sussIiI,e ~
that a board Of judges from the coHese
should pass upon all cattle sent 10 'ie
position by the ass ociation.
UNANIMOUS vote of thanks was -
ed to the Kansas .'armer people .Or ~
banquet. T. A. Borman, editor lespV.u-
ed with short speech and the "ee'i"s
adjourned.
Tonight's Program.
The program for tonight snoulo ula Nv
a large attendance as the actresses ss
Of a popular nature. The paper Sy
try department Young Womens Cnr1s..an
Associations Of America. will be OF par,
ticular interest to women Albert =; Re :,
will give a talk on why Good Roads
paw Illustrated with stereopticon and
impromptu cartoons.
The meeting of the state board viii close
Friday night. The papers Frloay HoI nn M
and Crops for Western Kansas" Georse
e. Putnam, State university. Farm
Credit in Kansas S. G. Trent , Hla,
watha. How Shall We Increase the 1leio
of Corn?"
Friday afternoon program: Election OF
OFFICERS: G. w. Hervey. Omaha, Nep.'
..Some Suggestions on the Organization
and Management OF the Agricultural
Fair"
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SCHOOL Men MEET
Educational Council win Be in
Session Friday.
Kansas Teachers Will Urge
Legislative Action.

An attendance of at least 200 Kansas
teachers is expected. for the meeting of
the state educational council which will
be held in Topeka Friday and Satur-
day. Educational measures will be dis
cussed with special reference to de-
sirable legislation.
A dinner at the First BAPTIST church
Friday evening at six o'clock will be a
allure of the meeting. Arthur Capper.
governor OF Kansas. and Mrs. Capper
will be present ". Y. Morgan. lieu
tenant governor. and w. D. Ross. state
superintendent CT public instruction.
Will be there as speakers. The chair
men Of the educational committees of
both house and senate will be asked to
attend. Robert Stone will be there.
The morning and afternoon sessions
Friday will be held at the wv. c. A.
building at Seventh and Van Buren,
streets A session will be held sub
sequent to the dinner Friday evening
in the supreme court room. The Sat-
urday morning session will be held in
the same place.
Program Outlined.
The following Is an outline Of the
program as submitted by L. A. Low
Their of Emporia, president State Teach
ers association:
Friday Morning.
Friday. a. m, January 15.-Reaf-
firmation. or reconsideration or modifi-
cation of the i've planks adopted last
year. relating to ~ supplementary
texts: (2) county unit: (3) non-par-
tisan ballot; a. standard high schools
and free tuition; (5) professional stand
ards. s,s..
Friday. 2 p. nj. January 15.-The re-
port of the c0thmittee on resolutions.
or such .partsFof it as wenednot dis
posed OF in the morning session, for
illustratton: SD free textbooks; (2) a
strongeEftne department.; (3)s the ad-
visa bilit r. cha nge in the personnel
FHa94r1ak Morning..
Friday, 8 p. NJ. Januaf 16.-Unfin-
ished business. 9liminations of matters
not considered Vital or advisable at
this time, reports of committees and the
formulation of a working platform.
Whether or not there shall be a Sat
urday afternoon session will be a mat
ter for the council to determine.
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MUST CUT Down
House Orders Reduction in
Number of Employees.
Too Many Topeka Men and
Women ON Books.

There is a shake-up coming to the
house employees. In a signed statement
sent to the house employees committee
today by Speaker Stone and Represent
atives Stone and Neiswanger, the COM
mittee is notified that the list of en-
ployees in the house must be weeded
out and that every appointee from To-
peka or Shawnee must have the per-
sonal endorsement of one or all Shaw
nee county members.
At this time, 1t seems, the list OF
EN- ployees is top heavy with Topeka
men and women. Some of them have
been appointed without the cOnfirma-
ton of any of the Shawnee county
members. Now the three local repre-
sentatives have filed a protest. They
want a personal inspection of the list
and demand that such employees as
do not carry an endorsement from one
or all of the three Shawnee members
be displaced.
It is q sad day for the Shawnee coun-
ty delegation on the pay rolE-Or at
least a portion Of it-and the wedding
out process may mean the removal Of
some of a number of the men and
women now on the pay roll.
In formal statement to the en-
ployees' committee today, the Shawnee
county members said:
1T has come to our attention that
quite a number of employees are be-
ing put on the pay roll from Shawnee
ment of any member of our delegation.
This is not fair because we do not
wish Shawnee county to be charged
with an unreasonable proportion OF en-
ployees and We consider it a discourtesy
to the members Of the delegation to
have persons employed from this coun-
ty who do not have the personal en-
dorsement Of some member from our
delegation"
The statement to the employees COM
mittee was signed by all of the Shaw
nee county delegation.
In swearing in new employees today,
| Speaker Stone lectured employees on
morality.
IF there is any person here whose
conduct Is not exemplary" said the
speaker, "if there 10 any flirting on the
part of employees or members, that
employee will at once be discharged.
We want the very best service you can
give and il you are unable to give good
service or maintain a high standard
of morals. you cannot hope to stay On
| the pay roll God bless you"