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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-24
Insurance Rates Will Not Be
Changed Now.
Must Gather Expert InfOrma-
ton on Schedules.
START WORK ON RATES JULY |
Rates Ordered by State Set
Aside by Court.
Now Property Owners Send in
Complaints.

There may be no change in fire in
surance rates in Kansas for six months
possibly a year. At the office of
Carey Wilson, state superintendent of
insurance. it is admitted that no effort
will be made to raise or lower exist
ing rates until an investigation can
be made as to present conditions
Provision is made for a special inspec-
tor to be appointed July 1.
Following the supreme court deci-
sion of last December which set aside
the insurance departments arbitrary
reduction of rates, no effort has been
made to change the old schedules
Many complaints have been filed con-
corning the increase, but under the
decision of the court, it will be i'm
possible to lower the rates until the
insurance superintendent can base his
ruling on expert findings.
Reports filed with the insurance de-
partment show that the fire insurance
companies failed to pay dividends on
their Kansas business last year. They
operated on a narrow margin. the re-
ports showed; and their limited earn
ings strongly contrasted the fat divi-
dends piled up by the hail and tornado
insurance companies. The 1914 show
ing, however, was based on the lower
rates which were set aside by the rul-
ing of the supreme court. Basing fire
losses and risks on the report of last
year, the new rates should produce a
dividend paying revenue, it is claimed.
AS soon as extra assistants are en-
p1oyed by the insurance departmen ent,
an investigation of conditions will be
made by the state department. 1t is
believed by many men in touch with
insurance conditions in Kansas that
fcir oI acGJfI Ino Inf1 q 1Cvx N
der existing ratings, while other risks
are proportionately too high.
To remedy this condition and make
an equalization of rates, an expert in
quiry may be necessary. This investi-
cation may occupy the atGahtion of the
.ilssllrsSs ice depaI aItment the srsateas part
of the year and there is little chance
rates before 1916. .--..-..-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-24
is HE A CRATER?
Boasts Virgin Lips
to Get a Kiss.
Then He Gives 1t Back to Pret.
ty Lobbyist.

Sacramento, Cal, April 24.-Assem- :
blyman Maurice B. Browne, author of
a constitutional amendme ent to impose
a tax of $40 a year on bachelors over
80 years of age and advocate of strict
moral reform laws, boasted to fair
lobbyist in the house Friday that he
was 40 years old and had never been
kissed except by his mother
Without hesitation the lobbyist
threw her arms around the neck of
the assem- blyman and kissed him.
The incident occurred while the as
call of the house, and in an instant
Brownies desk was surrounded by a
shouting, cheering crowd of his col
leagues.
Order was thrown to the winds and
under urging, in which a sem b1ance
of force was used, Browne returned
the kiss. He is & bachelor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-24
THE BIGGEST REASON WHY.

After all, Mr. j. Willis Gleed. in
his brief but telling noon speech
at the Washburn daily rally. struck
the true note as to why Topeka
should worthily back its college.
The supreme motive is not finan-
ciaI. not that Washburn students
and professors families bring
100000 a year to Topeka trade;
children and still keep them at
home: not that three-fourths of
them would have to go without a
college life if Washburn were not
here. All these motives for giving
are weighty and worthy, but they
are lesser. The largest reason why
rich an poor should succor the
college need is that Washburn is
proving to he one of our most ef-
ficient civiliZing, SOcialiZing forces.
to create and to conserve the very
hest things in our city. We rightly
look to our schools. our churches,
to Christian homes, and assOcia-
dOnS to keep our city clean, and to
moTalize our youth. They all do
their part: but the college comes in
at a crisis moment, at plastic,
formative stage when it can do
more at once to sober and to set
on fire the 500 young people it has
than any other institution we have.
Note its record: it has not been
educating a lot of clever rascals,
self-devoted .worId-workers. The
college is teaching far less how Ito
get" than how Ito give most of
all how to give ones self. This
foundation has been and is one
great school of aItruism. Self
sacrifice is the very life blood of
the schools: it was SCIENTIFICALLY
born. sacrificially sustained, it is
manned by sacrificial men. If a
seif-secking lad comes under its
influence. he is likely to be taken
Off his feet by the noble tide of
heIpfulneSs which becomes his
daily environment. Who ever hears
of a Washburn boy in jail? or of
the "town and gown rows" so COM
mon in many university towns?
Vet Washburn is not lacking in
pep" or hustle. Witness the near
$4,000 rustled in two campaign
days by the volunteer solicitors,
largely by the girl teams. Topeka's
churches, schools, and all her good
causes find here their most hope
ful recruiting ground. Washburn
Is one of Topeka's very largest as
sets. 1t is yearly saving our money.
our home life. and conSecrating our
young people to great devotions.
And that is the great ''why'' that
every citizen loyal TO a greater To-
peka should go down into his
pockets to make WaShburn's exist
ence and further redemptive work
possible.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-24
FIFTY KNOWN DEAD
Flood Havoc at Austin Worse
Than First Reported.
Property Loss MilIiOn-1,OOO
Are Homeless.

Austin. April 24.-Fifty persons
were known definitely to have per-
ished in the flood that swept Austin
early yesterday morning. Forty-five
bodies have been recovered, and
some of them are still unidentified.
More than 20 are still missing and
several of them are believed to have
perished
Searching parties are still engaged
today in pulling apart huge piles of
drift in the hunt for victims.
More than one million dollars is the
revised estimate of damage to prop
erty in the city, with S15O,OOO of this
to bridges and streets alone
Over 1000 people are destitute and
homeless and a relief fund is being
raised for them
The big new Colorado dam is ex-
periencing the supreme test of flood
waters.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-24
Many Prominent Jayhawkers to
Frisco Exposition.
Special Train Will Leave To-
peka July IA.
CAPPER AND MORGAN TO GO
Governor and Lieutenant Cover.
nor Will Head Party.
Seventy-Five Pledges Needed to
Guarantee Trip.

Plans for a special train to take
prominent Kansans and their wives
to the San Francisco fair for the cele-
bration of Kansas Day, July 19. will be
considered at a meeting next week of
the Panama-Pacific Exposition COM
mission in Topeka. A number of state
officials and men prominent in the af-
fairs of the state have expressed a de-
sire to accompany Governor Capper
on his trip to the exposition and a
kansas Special may be the result.
To assure the chartering of spe-
cial train, pledges must be secured
from not less than rs persons. The
train would be composed of solid stan
dard Pullman sleepers, either with
diner attached or Harvey service en-
route. The trip would be made to San
Francisco by special train, but the re-
turn trip would be on regular trains
and at the convenience of the Kansas
pilgrims.
Recently July 19 was officially des-
ignated as Kansas Day at the expo
sition. Governor Capper and w. Y.
Morgan, lieutenant governor, will both
attend the exposition on that date.
Members of the Kansas commission
will also be in attendance. A number
of state house officials are now plan
ming to attend the exposition in July
and inquiries have come from promi-
nent men and women in the state con-
cerning reservations on the trip.
Should a special train be chartered,
it would probably leave Topeka July
IA, arriving in San Francisco July 1 s,
a day in advance of the Kansas cele-
bration. On the return trip, provision
would be made for stops at Salt Lake
City and other points. A trip to the
San Diego fair would be included in
the itinerary.
Hundreds of Kansans will attend
their state celebration in San Fran
CISCO. The week preceding the Kansas
celebration, the Shriners' meeting will
be held in Seattle, while at the same
time the International Association of
Rotary Clubs will meet in San Fran
4.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-24
Colonel Roosevelt Will Remain
on the Battlefield.
PLAINTIFF GOES TO ALBANY
Trial Probably Will Last at
Least Another Week.
Cross of L. r.. to
Continue Next Week.

Syracuse. April 24.-An armed truce
was observed today in the political
camps of William Barnes and Colonel
Roosevelt.
Adjournment of the libel suit until
Monday was a welcome respite to both
sides. Both needed recuperation-
except possibly the colonel, who
showed no signs of fatigue after four
strenuous days on the witness stand.
Roosevelt remained here over the
weekend with his host, Horace s.
Wilkinson. Barnes was in Albany to
look after his business and to observe
the windup of the state legislature.
Lawyers of both principals are house
guests over today and Sunday at the
country home of Justice Andrews.
Long auto rides today and attend
ance at church tomorrow was the col
onels program. Although his wife is
recuperating from a minor operation
in a Now York hospital, the former
executive decided to get all possible
rest here for renewal of the fateful
political struggle next week.
That the trial will extend at least
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-24
ASKS new TRIAL.
Motion for Rehearing in Van Sickle
Case Argued Today.

of William H. Van Sickle, mayor of
O1pe, found guilty of having immoral
relations with Alma Stephenson.
pretty 17-year-old country girl of Olpe,
Kan, was argued late today in the
first division of the district court be-
fore Judge Dana The motion was
taken under advisement.
Owen Samuels of Emporia repre-
sented Van Sickle, who sat in the court
room during the argument. Samuels
argued defective evidence as to the
age of the girl on the part of the
state. He also argued that the evil
dence introduced by the state to prove
that the two were not married was
defective
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-24
MRS. F.S. THOMAS DEAD
Topeka Woman Ill Two
Years, Died This Morning.

Mrs. Frank S. Thomas, wife of a
we'll known insurance man died early
this morning at her home, 1110 Tyler
street after an illness of about two
years. She is survived by her hus-
band, and two sons, Chester and
Frank Thomas. The funeral will
be held at 10 o'clock Monday morning
from the home.
Mrs. Thomas was formerly Miss
Florence Hollister, a Topeka girl. She
was prominent in social affairs here
up to the time of her illness. She was
well known in musical circles and was
one of the best soprano singers in the
city She studied music under Pro-
fessor Cravens. She was a member of
the Ladies' Music club here.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-24
PROTECTION FROM BULLETS.

London, April 24.-Bags of light
cotton cloth roughly stitched to-
gether with fine thread have been
received in great numbers by relief
committees from women who think
these flimsy contrivances will an
swer the purpose of sandbag pro-
lection for the soldiers at the
front. Miss NJ. L. Tyler, head of a
committee collecting these sacks,
has disclosed the extent of this
wasted effort in a warning to wom-
en- that the sandbags the soldiers
need must be made of jute or some
heavy material and that the sew
ing must be done by string instead
of thread. Sandbags are not only
the best bullet shoppers, but the
easiest and quickest way of making
protection
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-24
To Meet in Kansas City, Kan,
Next Monday.
THEY WILL PLAN CAMPAIGN
Public Utilities Commission to
Open Hearing May 13
On COmpany's Request for an
Increase i'm Rates.

Representatives of practically all
cities in Kansas supplied by the Kan
sas Natural Gas company will meet in
Kansas City, Kan, Monday to plan
their campaign of opposition to the re-
quest of the company for an increase
in rates. The public utilities commits
sion will begin a hearing on the appli-
cation in Topeka May 13.
Mayor Green of Kansas City, KAN
Fred Harris of Ottawa and R. J. Hig-
gins, city attorney for Kansas City, is
sued the call for the meeting. 1t is
probable that Topeka, Ottawa, Law
renee, Coffeyville, Independence,
Chanute, lola, Garnett, Thayer and
other towns will send representatives
to the meeting.
''All matters pertaining to the nat
ural gas situation in Kansas will be
gone over at the meeting said Hig-
gins today in discussing the purpose
of the meeting. I'VE want to get all
those interested in the company'S ap-
plication for an increase in rates to-
gether and counsel about the matter
Higgins has been through all of the
big gas company fights. He will
doubtless attend the hearing in To-
peka next month and it is believed
that several towns affected by the util-
tiles commissions order will he repre-
sented by counsel. An attempt will
be made to show that there is a suffi-
cient gas supply to make existing rates
remunerative.
In a petition presented to the utili-
ties commission this month, the gas
company alleged that the present rates
are confiScatory. To continue busi-
ness under these rates, receivers for
the Kansas Natural asserted, means a
loss. They claimed that refusal to
grant an increase meant shutting
down of the big gas plant
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-24
SHOWERS IN KANSAS.
Topeka Had an Early Morning Rain
Weather Is Warm.

Scattered showers in Kansas have
been the order Of things in the last
twenty-four hours. There was a
shower at Topeka late Friday which
netted 10 of an inch, and another
tenth of an inch fell between 2:40 and
9:45 o'clock this morning.
The government reports showed
that the sky had cleared in the ex-
treme northwest section of the state
by seven o'clock this morning, and
with the exception of two stations the
rain had ceased.
The forecast calls for unsettled but
generally fair weather. This indi-
Gates the possibility of showers.
The minimum temperature this
morntng-60 degrees-was 3 degrees
above normal.
The rainfall for the "a hours ending
at 2 p. m. today amounted to 80 inch.
Ho1,rIx raa ding
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-24
WAsHBURN NEVER QUITS.

The friends of Washburn college
are determined to stand behind the
slogan, "Washburn never quits"
They intend to raise at least $780,
900 in Topeka. Here are a few OF
the comments made:
E. III. Crosby, field marshal Divi-
sion 'tA': / endorse the sentiment
of every one who has an interest
in the city of Topeka. The east
used to furnish money for WASH
burn college, but now that Kansas
is prosperous we must do 1t our
selves.
A. r.. Rodgers: The Santa Fc
railroad is the greatest asset to
Topeka. But following 1t and
close second is Washburn college
We must and will have the $780,
w. w. whitney: This campaign
interests me particularly because L
am looking forward to the time
when my three grandchildren will
go to Washburn college.
Washburn students: Who'll be
the next man; who'll be the next
man, rah, rah, rah?
DIR. r. y. Ernest: The campaign
is now moving In an encouraging
manner. 1t did not show the speed
the first few days that the friends
of Washburn college desired, but
the raising of $4,000 is no small
proposition and requires an i'm
mense amount of hard work. Now
is the time to double up on the
effort and bring the campaign to
a quick close. 1t should be a prop
osition of "everybody-on-th
Mrs. A. p. Wolff: 1t means a
great deal to Topeka to have the
college here, an educational insti-
tuition is a benefit to all classes of
a city. Every one should be will
ing to support the endowment pol
icy.
Mrs. w. f. Bowen: Why
shouldn't Topeka have IA college to
take care of the 1,5OO high school
students? That is our character
building institution. There is no
reason why our city shouldn't have
a big Washburn.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-24
ULTIMATUM TO CHINA.
Japan Demands Satisfactory Answer
Within Three Days.

Honolulu, April 24.-An ultimatum.
demanding a satisfactory reply within
three days, to the demands of Japan
on China has been sent by the Japa-
nese cabinet to Eki Hioki, the Japa-
nese minister at Peking, for delivery
to the representatives of China, at the
negotiations according to a dispatch
from Toxic to the Hawaii Shinpo, a
Japanese newspaper here.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-24
Topeka GIRL IS MARRIED
Topeka Farmer Weds Former Santa
Fe Watch Co. Bookkeepcr.

Selden, Kan, April "a. = Alice
Pearl CLAIR, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
E. H. -Claar, of this city, was married
Wednesday at the home of her par
ents to Karl Kasermann, of Topeka.
Among the guests were Mr.. kaser-
mann's mother and his two sisters,
Grace and Nettie, of Topeka, and Mr..
and Mrs Claar, grandparents of the
bride, also of Topeka.
Both of the young people are we'll
known in Topeka. Miss Claar was
bookkeeper at the Santa Fe Watch
company here for more than three
years, leaving that position last July
Mr. Kasermann has lived on a farm
south of Topeka for the last three
years. Mr.. and Mrs. Kasermann will
make their home on a farm near
here
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-24
MUST SERVE SENTENCE
w. NJ. Stuckey in Pen for Abduction
Denied Habeas Corpus Writ.

Leavenworth, Kan. April PA
writ of habeas corpus was denied w.
NJ. Stuckey, a former minister at Will
liamsburg, Kan, in the district court
here today. Stuckey is serving a SEN
tence in the state prison for abduction.
Pending an appeal of his case to
the supreme court Stuckey jumped
tended that the time since the sentence
was pronounced should apply upon his
prison sentence.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-24
EAT PLENTY OF ONIONS.

Eaton, o., April 24.-John Mat
Tx, who will be SO years old in
June 16 next, expects to do a mans
work on that day.
How do l do it?" queried Mat
Tx today. Listen: Eat plenty of
onions, do plenty of work, get
plenty of rest chew and smoke
plenty of tobacco and don't worry"
Mattix frequently walks 6 miles
in a day
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-24
Squeezing Out Water.

New Haven, Conn, April 24.-Di-
rectors of the New Haven railroad
met here at noon today to consider
reducing the roads capital stock from
100000 shares to 1,571,O00 and can
ceiling 22S,00o shares in the company's s
treasury.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-24

This is a new plant-wfth an old
root-that Topeka is growing in her
prided greenhouse. Its name is
"Helianthus Clematis Ichabodis."
Every time the Washburn college
endowment fund is increased $4,000
the plant grows one section and
puts forth another leaf. Let To-
peka tip the sprinkling can: Every
donation-Iarge or Small-is like
moisture TO the roots of this valu-
able plant.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-24
yivien Gould Has Son.

London, April 24.-Lady Decies,
formerly Miss Vivien Gould of New
York, gave birth to a son this morn
ing. Lord and Lady Decies already
have two daughters. Lady Decies.
who IS the second daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. George ]. Gould, was mar
ried on February IL, 1911, at the age
of 19, to John Graham Hope Horsley
Beresford the fifth Baron Decies-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-24

Weather Forecast for Kansas.
Unsettled but generally fair.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-24

CONTINUED On Page Two.l
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-19
HUGE SEABOARD ENGINES
ATTRACT NATIONAL NOTICE

The monster mountain type pas
senger engines recently put into use
on the Seaboard main line between
Richmond and Columbia. s. c.. are
truly wonderful pieces Of machinery.
and they are attracting nation wide
attention
The weight Of the engines. inclui-
ing the tender. Is nearly a halt mil
lion pounds-s9s,990 pounds--and
they take the place OF ten Pacific type
locomotives. With an increase in
weight of ass per cent over the old
equipment. an increase of 3s,S per
cent in tracfive power is obtained,
thus by the addition of we'll placed
weight an increase I'm efficiency of IA
per cent Is obtained.
The engines are assigned to run
from Richmond to Raleigh, distance
of 100 miles and from Raleigh to
Columbia, a distance of GOT miles.
They have pulled a solid steel train
of twelve cars up the heaviest gra les
on the line at a speed of thirty-five
miles an hour.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-19
16,500,000 CARRIED;
AND BUT ONE KILLED
Southern Railway Makes Excellen,
Record For Safety During the
Year.
ONE KILLED VIOLATED RULE.
Saaboard's Big Locomotives ATTRACT
-Washington-So { h o I'm
Discontinues Employees Special.
Mount Mitchell Railway Opens.

More than sixteen and a half mill
lion passengers--a number greater
than the combined population of vir-
GINA. North Carolina, South Carolina.
Georgia, Alabama. Tennessee and
K n tuck were transported by
Southern Railway during the year
ended June 30, with only one fatal in
jury to a passenger while on a train,
and that one was stand ng on a Gar
platform in direct violation OF the
company's rules
OF this great number OF passengers,
not one was killed in a train accident
This excellent record was shown In
the official figures given out today. in
dicating the high degree of safety
that has been attained in the hand
ling of Southern Railway passenger
trains.
In marked contrast are igures re-
Gently given out by President Fairfax
Harrison, of Southern Railway. show
ing that during the same period
twelve persons riding In automobiles
were killed in accidents at public
highway crossings. every one OF which
accidents coi'li have been prevented
had the driver OF the car observed
the familiar warning. Stop. Look and
Listen"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-19
OVERCOME BY HEAT
PORTSMOUTH MAN DIES

Portsmouth. Va, July IA J.
Nettias. q middle-aged white man.
employed as a helper In the kitchen
of Browns restaurant. 81 Campbelrs
Wharf. died yesterday afternoon at
1880 O'Clock after having been over
come by the heat In the kitchen Of the
restaurant About 1880 he complain
ed of the intense heat and went up
stairs TO his room and laid down on
a bed. His condition was not thought
serious at FIRST. An ambulance sur
geon off the Protestant Hospital am
bulance. which was waiting for the
Portsmouth ferry boat. was called in
to see the man. He ordered crushed
ice placed on his forehead. He died
a little later,
The dead man had lived at the res
taurant where he was employed for
The past two months. He is survived
by a wife and several children, who
live at Prentice Place. In Portsmouth.
The body was viewed by Acting Coro-
ner DR. l.. Old. who pronounced death
due 10 natural causes. The body was
turned over to an undertaken TO be
prepared for burial.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-19
MERCHANTS
PROTEST OMITTED TAX

Alexandria, Va. July is.--The sec
ond meeting of the merchants of Alex
andria will be held at 1880 O'Clock
Monday night In the rooms of the
Chamber Of Commerce for the purpose
Of receiving the report OF their COM
mittee relative to whether or not they
will take legal action to test the con-
stitutionafity OF the tax law. as passed
by the Legislature at it's session in
1914.
Alexandria merchants are protest
ing against the payment of omitted
taxes and this is the feature of the
law they desire tested.
There was a meeting of the mer-
chants held Thursday afternoon in the
rooms Of the Chamber OF Commerce,
ut which the matter was thoroughly
thrashed out and committee of 1--WE
was appointed for the purpose OF OH
tanning the opinion OF legal counsel
for the Retail Merchants Association
as to the chances of winning out In
such a suit which would OF course,
eventually be decided by the Appeals
Court.