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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-28
Petitions Out Asking for Spe-
cial County Election.
Vote Bonds for County Settle
ment of Public Welfare.
WOULD ABOLISH POOR FARM
All Charitable Organizations
Are Backing the Proposition.
County Commissioners Are for
the Institution.

Petitions to authorize the county
commissioners to call a special cleo
ton to submit to the voters the propo-
sitiop of issuing $4,000 in bonds for
the erection OF q county settlement Of
public welfare, were circulated in To-
peka today.
Practically every welfare and char
table organization in the city is back
ing the proposition. 1t has the ap-
prevail of the welfare committee of the
Commercial club. The committee was
instrumental in getting the bill
through the 1915 legislature which
authorizes the election.
The esta hlishment of such a settle
ment means the adjustment of the
county poor farm. The proposed
county welfare settlement will consist
of county home for the poor, a de-
teEtion home for juveniles, and hos
pital ward for the care of the desti-
tute poor. Later it is proposed that a
tuberculosis sanitarium and a deten-
ton hospital for contagious diseases
be erected. The latter propositions
have been endorsed by the state board
of health.
The county settlement will be To-
Gated in or near the city limits. Back
ers Of tie plan point out that in this
manner charity work will be more
practicable and cheaper. 1t is known
that the county commissioners have
expressed themselves in favor of it.
A. A. GODDARD, chairman of the well
fare committee of the Commercial
club, and Horace Hall are pushing the
petitions, and are assisted by other
welfare workers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-28
COMPANY TO EXPAND
Gas and Electric Company Wants to
Increase Stocks and Bonds.

Application for permission to issue
100000 worth of preferred stock, and
bonds in the amount of $325,000, was
filed with the public utilities commits
sion today by the Kansas Gas and
Electric company. The corporation
plans to increase its investments in
Kansas $1,SOO,O0o and the stock and
bond issue is the first of a series of
eXtentions in this state.
The Kansas Gas q Electric company
is a West Virginia corporation with
heavy holdings in Kansas. 1t is now
supplying power for the Wichita
Newton electric line, the light for
Wichita city and plans to extend its
operations to Arkansas City and Ell
Dorado. A portion of the new stock
and bond issue will be used for this
purpose, as we'll as the making of eX-
tensions and -betterments in the prop
erty now under control of the COM
pany.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-28
HEKILLS 'vAMPIRE'
Washington Irving Morley
Stays Woman and Self.
Kansas City Athlete Enacts
Tragedy in Chicago.

Chicago, Sept. 2S.-Mrs. May Whit
ney, piano player in a cafe, was shot
and killed today by Washington Irv-
ing Morley, formerly of the express
firm of Ryan & Morley, whose father
is said to he P. j. Morley, a wealthy
Kansas City contractor.
After shooting the woman, Morley
turned the pistol o his head and killed
himself. The police were told that
the two had been living together for
some time, but had recently quar-
relied and the woman refused to go
back to Morley, which angered him.
Mrs Whitney was said to have been
a native of Boston where she lived
until about a year ago, when she went
to Kansas City, there becoming ac-
quainted with Morley. According to
the police, Morley had told the woman
that he had passed worthless checks
and she Quarreled with him on that
account.
In Morley's clothing two letters were
found, one addressed to Anybody"
telling of the mistakes he had made
in his life, describing the woman
whom he killed as being ten thousand
times worse than the vampire of fic-
ton" warning young men to beware
of evil women, and concluding with,
Il am going to take the creature with
me that has caused me all this mis-
fortune. L cannot live with her, and
1 cannot live without her"
The other letter was a goodbye to
his father.
Morley Son of X. c. Contractor.
Kansas City, Sept. 2S.-Washington
Irving Morley was well known as an
athlete in Kansas City. Previous t.
leaving here two years ago for Chicago
he had taken an active part in field
events at the Kansas City Athletic
club. He was a member of the foot
ball and basketball team. His IA
Their, P. J. Morley, is a wealthy con-
tractor here. Two brothers and a sis
ter reside in Kansas City. Another
brother is a student at the University
of Missouri.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-28
new SCHOOL idea
Children Must Improve Bodies
as Well as Minds.
DIR. Lydia DeVilbiss Tells NJ, v.
Health Association.

Kansas City. Sept. 2S.-School hy-
giene was discussed by DIR. Lydia A
DeVilbiss, head of the bureau of child
hygiene in Kansas, at the convention
of the Missouri Valley Public Health
association today.
THE old theory that children were
sent to school merely to improve their
minds is passing" DR.. DeVilbiss said.
Under the new system the improve
ment of the body goes hand in hand
with the improvement of the mind.
All schools teach physiology. The
pupils learn the names of a lot of
bones and then proceed to forget them.
The wider application of the prin-
ciples of school hygiene will see the
pupils in the elementary grades taught
the fundamentals of personal health; as
they progress to the algebra and Latin
stage they will get instruction in the
matter of general public health.
I'm this always will be uppermost
the improving of the individual child's
health. What good is it for the diplo-
ma to be all nicely framed in gold if
the body is a wreck. 1 don't for a
moment discourage higher education,
but I do say that with it should go a
hygienic education.
What good does it do the young
wife to know how to parse French
sentence if her first baby lies dead
from eating bananas or something
like that-because she did not know
how to feed it property"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-28
RUMANIA DROPS GREECE
Premier VenizeIOs Fails in Attempt to
Open Negotiations.

Berlin, Sept. 2S.-(By wireless to
Sayville)-The Overseas News agency
says:
1.-The Athens correspondent of the
Lokal AnZeiger reports that he is able
to confirm the rumor that Premier
Venizelos of Greece failed in the nego-
tiations which he attempted recently
to open with the Rumanian govern
ment. This is considered as a definite
indication of Rumania'S attitude.
1.-The correspondent adds that public
opinion in Greece is being manifested
more strongly against a literal inter-
probation of the Serbo-Greek compact
(obliging Greece to support Serbia in
case of attack by another Balkan
state), as Greece has been released
from this arrangement by the action
of Serbia.
THE Athens correspondent of the
Vossisch Zeitung says that King Con-
stantine of Greece consulted NJ. Gou-
naris, former premier, who is an ad-
vOcate of strict neutrality, before
signing the mobilization order"
The Overseas News agency also avs
that the Greek embassy in Berlin has
issued orders that all Greeks liable to
military service shall call at the en-
bassy for instructions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-28
new YORK PRIMARIES
All Parties Nominate Candidates for
State and County Offices.

New York, Sept. 2S.-Primaries
were held throughout the state today
for the selection of candidates of all
parties for state and county offices
to be voted for in the fall election. AS
there will be no gubernatOrial election
this year, the highest offices for which
nominees will be chosen today were
those for justices of the supreme court.
Candidates for the state assembly
were on the tickets voted in all pri-
maries throughout the state. In New
York county, nominees for six justices
of the supreme court, a representative
in congress from the Twenty third dis
aldermen and judges of minor courts
were included in the primary lists.
The contest between Charles A. Per-
kins, the present district attorney, and
Frank Moss, for the Republican nomi-
nation for district attorney of New
York county, aroused the greatest in
terest in this city
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-28
A BETTER DAY TO DAWN.

1t may seem to some as if under the
shadow of a war characterized as
never before by the destruction of life,
efforts for its conservation through
hygiene and sanitation must be of lit
tie moment. But it is not so, writes
w. T. Sedgwick in Science. After
the clouds the sum-" and we believe
that after the present bloody conflicts
are ended-and may that time quick
" come-the races of mankind will
turn, as never before. and with new
longing, to the nobler pursuits of life,
liberty, health and happiness When
that better day dawns the eternal
principles underlying the conservation
and promotion of normal life and
health will once. more move and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-28
II u NUDGE. A BIG MAN.

H u Mudge's resignation as one or
tho receivers of the Rock Island sys-
tenn is typical of the man, OF MS nom
esty and sense of right ana redsoli'
AS he has concluded, there Is aDso-
1utelv no excuse for two receivers LOT
such a property, and the DIVISION oL
authority that goes with such re-
ownership. Not only is double or
triple reccivership a barrier 10 ell
Gent management, but it is also mex
cusably expensive. Mr. Nudge con-
timed as a receiver of the Rock IS
land on the salary he received when
he was president of the road, $oO,ooV
a vear And his resignation Will mean
q considerable saving to the company,
provided the court does not deem 1t
necessary to continue the double re-
oaivarsbin- Indeed, the courts seem
to be to blame, primarily. for most OF
the receivership evils. They appeal ~
load an insolvent corporation with as
MANY receivers as the income OF the
company can support in comfort
and a luxury to which they were never
before familiar. Mr.. Nudge coulo
have gone on in the recelvershlp OF
the Rock Island and until its end at
the big salary he was drawing NOT IS
he a rich man. But he preferred 10
sacrifice this large yearly stipend IN
order to promote the best interests Oh
the company that he has serVeu So
we'll during the past few years 10
his mind two receivers were unneces-
gary. So he retired. 1t is too much 20
hone that the other innumerable un-
necessary receivers throughout the
country. including some of those who
have their feet in the financial trough
of the Kansas Natural Gas company,
will follow the fine example set by
Mr.. Nudge. Unfortunately, though
there are not many men of his moral
caliber and courage. Most men who
get into the receivership business cor
tinue in it, and by the grace OF the
courts, for the money they can get out
of it for themselves.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-28
He Gets SIX MONTHS
Father Who Wouldn't Support Fam
lily Given a Heavy Sentence.

Delinquent parents will do well tic
stay clear of the probate court. This
morning Frank BrOWnsfield, who has
been giving the court considerable
trouble in the last two years, was
fined $500 and given a sentence of six
months in jail by Probate Judge Hugh
Mcfarland. Since last December
Brownsfield has contributed but SIS
to the support of his three children,
Raymond, Florence and Clarence
BrOwnsfield has been away from
Topeka for some time but he came
here last week with $40 in mis- pOck
cts. He went into the bottoms"
where he was caught by EG Rooney,
probation officer, after long chase
through back yards and over back
fences.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-28
They WANTED NUDGE
Receiver Dickinson Says Rock Island
Needed Former President.

Chicago Sept. 28.-r'resident H U.
Nudge, who yesterday rendered his
resignation as co-receiver of the Chi
cago, Rock Island d Pacific Railway
company, is to continue in charge of
the operation of the road by author
ity of the federal court and the APP
pointment of the receiver. His title
will be chief executive officer of the
receiver.
LAS soon as I heard of the resigna-
ton of Mr.. Nudge" said Mr.. Dickin-
SON. Il went TO Judge Carpenter and
stated that 1 would regard it as a mis-
fortune to those Interested in the Rock
Island for MI. Nudge to resign un-
less he would consent to remain in
charge of the operation of the road
under the receiver. Judge Carpenter
expressed the hope that his services
could be retained, and Mr.. Nudge
agreed to continue MS services "
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-28
NOVEL LOAN LIBRARY.

The United States public health SER
vice believes that education is the
road to sanitary progress. To TINS
end it has established a stereoptlcon
loan library. probably the first of its
kind. which is daily sending cut slides
uDon the request of sanitarians, edu-
Gators and other persons interested in
the pronunciation of the doctrine OF
personal hygiene and public SANTA
ton. The officials of the Nebraska
State fair desired to stage a series of
popular lectures on hygiene and san
itation. They applied to the surgeon
general of the United States public
health service for slides. Catalogues
containing photographs of the slides,
and descriptive matter thereon, were
immediately forwarded to the Off
Gals of the fair, together with a blank
on which to make request fer various
slides The fair officials filled out
the requisition ard returned the cat
alogues to the surgeon general. Inc
slides were packed and shipped, anu
when the lectures We're given they
were repacked and returned to the
surgeon general. In this way large
number of people received this 1mpor-
tart information N a pleasing manner
The sterc opticon loan library covers a
wide range of subjects, from sanitary
conditions in Alaska, to yellow fever.
There are special collections on the
diseases of childt en-, hookwornl, lep-
rosy. malaria. milk production, mouth
hygiene, pellagra, plague, rural
schools, smallpox. tropical diseases,
tuberculosis. and typhoid fever. Each
of the sets is in duplicate and in the
case of the more frequently used
slides there are several sets. SO that
the applicant will net be disappointed
in his selections. Not only are the
services of the stereopticon loan Ii
brary utilized by many private 1nd1-
viduals, but the officers of the public
health service and state and local
health officials throughout the coun-
| try are making use of this logical sys-
tenn of public health education.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-28
SEEKS RATE INCREASE
Santa Fe Begins on Cider and Vinegar
in General Advance Plan.

Chicago, Sept. 2S.-Testimony TO
justify an advance in freight rates on
cider and vinegar hauled over western
railroads was presented today before
A. G. Hagerty, examiner of the inter
state commerce commission.
Various Nebraska, Iowa and Arkan-
sas points of origin were mentioned in
the testimony of r. D. Merrick, freight
agent of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa
Fe, at Topeka, who commended that the
proposed increase in the freight rates
on the products named was only
part of an advance sought on all COM
modify rates. and was made necessary
because of cost of the carriers.
He told also of attempts to equalize
the transportation costs between Kan
sas jobbers and Missouri river jobbers
of cider and vinegar.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-28
.SCHMITz TRIES AGAIN
Frisco Deposcd Chief Asks for May
oral Nomination.

San Francisco. Sept. 2S.-Eugene
E. SchnitZ, who was deposed from
the office of mayor as a result of the
graft prosecution IN 1906-'07, went
before the voters OF San Francisco
again at toGays primary election as a
candidate for head of city government
and was second choice in the betting
in a field OF eight candidates.
Odds of ten to seven were offered
that Mayor James ROlph Jr- would
poll a larger vote than Schmitz.
Smith was deposed after being con-
victed or a charge of eXtortion.
The conviction was set aside by the
state supreme court. Candidates for
eighteen other municipal and county
offices were to be voted on today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-28

tor of st. Johns church on Seventh
street in Topeka many years ago.
Bishop Parks is one of the noted
leaders of the. negro race, being best
known for his urgency of the cause Of
education.
In his Cody judgment, Bishop
Parks saw fit to remove the Rev. Mr..
Brown from the pastorate of st. Johns
church in Topeka and he has sent the
Rev. DR.. Peck of Los Angeles to take
charge. DR.. Peck is an able man and
will, it is said, be equal to the tasks
before him.
Rev Mr.. Martin, who is rebuilding
the old church in North Topeka, was
returned and the A NJ. E. members
of Topeka look for d big year for
their church.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-28
FROST AGAIN IN THE AIR
Sections Visited Last Night Due for
Another Nip Tonight.

Washington, Sept. 2S.-Frosts in
New England, the interior of the mid
die Atlantic states and the great lakes
region, were reported today to the
weather bureau, which predicted they
would be felt again tonight in the
same territory.
The West Indian hurricane was
central this morning in the Gulf of
Mexico, along the shipping lanes be-
tween New Orleans, Central American
ports and the Panama canal. 1t was
moving nOrthward toward the mouth
of the Mississippi river, and weather
officials predicted its influence would
be felt tonight and Wednesday on the
middle gulf coast
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-28
MEMBER:
Associated Press.
/ Audit Bureau of Calculations.
American Newspaper PubdshcrT
Association.

There are sure to be sympathetic
responses from many a heart to the
protests of ]. Z. Botllin, the secretary
of state, because of the efforts of the
state to regulate ana order the lives
of its people from the cradle to the
grave. But the flaw in Mr.. BOtllin's
plea for a return to the good old-fash-
toned mothers ways of doing things
is to be found in the fact that old
fashioned mothers are scarcer nova
days than hens teeth
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-28

Now that activities have been re-
sumed in the western arena of the
war. the official reports of them from
London and Paris on the one side and
from Berlin on the other will prob
ably disagree as materially as they
did during the earlier stages of the
war and when the fighting was brisk
in that section. At any rate, they
have started off in that fashion What
England and France claim to be sub
sIantial successes are characterized
by Germany as efforts that made mo
imnreSSion.'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-28

program arranged covers many sub
jectS of interest to farl erS, though
the two subjects which are expected to
hold the attention of the congress are
foreign relations as affected by the
European war and r lral credits.
The morning session today was de-
voted to welcoming addresses and the
appointment of committees The fea-
lures of the afternoon program were
the annual address of President w. L.
A-les of Oregon, Wis, and addresses
by w. P. Young of Blossom Tex. (;
Congressman Lobeck of Nebraska and
Charles Dillon of Topeka Kan
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-28

Russia has also found it necessary
to go into the income tax business on
such an elaborate scale that incomes
of only $3.50 a year will have to pay
their share. And the war taxes in
Europe will likely continue for gen
Grafton or more after the war is over
For the bulk of the war bills are be-
ing paid on borrowed money, funds
derived from bond issues.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-28

Carranza's head evidently must be
composed chiefly of bone. Else he
would have been particular to see to
it that his troops along the border
did not fire on American soldiers
under any circumstances. How can he
expect to obtain the recognition from
this country that he so much desires
with some of his agents transcending
the properties in any such fashion.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-28
CROWN PRINCE QUITS
Frederick Relieved of Command on
Account of Physical Condition.

London, Sept. 2S.-A German officer
brought prisoner to England says that
the German crown prince will be re
lieved of his command of the western
front. The recent nervous condition of
the crown prince, the officer says, was
result of his remaining constantly
on duty
A dispatch from Amsterdam says
Emperor William intends t. remove
his headquarters to Luxembourg, close
to the line
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-28
MAY LOSE HIS LEG
Boy Hurt by Racing Auto in Serious
Condition.

Albert Scott, the 10 year old son of
H. c. Scott, 335 Taylor street, who
was seriously injured when a racing
auto crashed through the fence at the
state fair September II, may be forced
to have one of his legs amputated.
The Scott boy was the most severely
injured. Both of his legs were broken
and his neck and back were badly
wrenched. He is now at st. Francis
hospital. Physicians and surgeons
were today undecided whether or not
they will have to amputate the leg to
save the boys life.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-28
New York Moner MarLe,.

New York, Sept. 2s:-MoNEY--Mereantile
paper, 3AG3A per cent Sterling. go day
Francs. demand. 5-S6: cables 5.s5. Marks.
demand. s834 cables, 81. Lires. demand.
G27: cables 6.26. Rubles, demand. :4H !;
cables. BIZ. Bar silver, 1910: Mexican
dollars :SS1ac. Government bonds, steady ::
railroad bonds. strong. Time loans steady !:
co days, 2AM2h; 60 days, 2A@3; six
months 3
Call money. steady; high. 2: low. Ia !:
ruling rate. IA last loan, ?; closing bid
Ia offered at 2.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-28
MANY BANK MEETINGS
get Together Dates for Members
of State Association Announced.

A general get together meeting
of the six subdivisions of the Kansas
State Bankers association will be
held early in November
Group one will meet at Leaven-
worth, November IS; group two at
Olathe, November II; group three at
Pittsburg, November 16; group four
at Ellsworth, November 9; group five
at Hutchinson. November 10. and
group s at Winfield, Move mber II.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-28

Vice President Marshall says he
doesn't want u special session of the
senate, as he prefers to stay in In
diana. But all of the summer that he
had a chance to frisk with his fellow
Hoosiers he's been devoting to chau-
tauqua lecturing throughout the coun-
try
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-28
FORMER TOPEKAN DIES
Rev. Theodore BundenthaI, Now of
Atchison, German Lutheran Pastor.

Atchison, Kan, Sept. 2S.-The Rev.
Theodore Bundenthal, pastor of Trim
ity German Lutheran church here for
eight years died today following an
operation for appendicitis. He was
80 years old and before coming here
filled pastorates at Topeka, Sedalia,
Mo, and Sayville, L. 1.
He had written extensively for
church publications.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-28
Rig Herd slaughtered.

Peoria, Ill. Sept. 2S.-Ninety-three
head of cattle valued at $4,000, the
property of James Wynrant. a farmer
at Colmar, fifteen miles west of Ma
comb, ILL.,, were slaughtered yester-
day afternoon by federal inspectors.
The herd was affected with the hoof
and mouth disease.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-28

quicken the nation as sunshine warns
and quickens the earth after storm
Meantime we must make ready for
active ard intelligent dealing with the
thousand new and pressing problems
which the present conflicts are certain
to bring before us. And to this task
we turn with cheerful courage.