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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-12
BAR WILL PROBE IT.
Shawnee Lawyers to Inyesti-
gate Dawson Charge.
President Waters Issues Call of
40 Members.

Capt. Joseph G. Waters, president,
and Otis L. Allen, secretary of the
Shawnee county bar association have
called special meeting of the t4O
members for Saturday morning to dis
cuss the John S. Dawson fees in the
Kansas Natural Gas company cases
The call for the special meeting wa
issued this afternoon, following re-
quests from a number of members of
the association for an investigations
of the charges.
The meeting was called in the face
of the decision today by S. NJ. Brew
ster, attorney general, in which il was
held that the state could not recover
from Dawson the fees which he had
collected as an attorney for the gas
company receivers. The call as sent
out today by President Waters anG
Secretary Allen is as follows:
THE graVest of charges have been
publicly made concerning and direct
ly involving a judge of the United
States district court for the district of
Kansas, the judge of judicial district
of the state of Kansas, an ex-attorney
general and his assistant attorneys
general, the receivers and employed
attorneys in the two gas cases. in the
allowance and reception of fees in
those cases. A number of the mem
berS of the Shawnee County Bar As
ISOLATION have appealed to the under
signed, president of such association,
to call a meeting of such association to
take action as to these charges, alleg-
ing that each practicing attorney in
the state is under the stigma of such
charges, and whether true or false,
that steps should be taken to investi-
gate and ascertain their truth or fall
Sity without delay.
THE undersigned deems this re-
quest as reasonable and calls meet
ing of the members of the Shawnee
County Bar association to be held Sat
urday Aug. 18th, 1915, at o'clock a.
m. in the court room of the first diVi-
sion of the district court, to consider
these matters. and with the utmost de-
sire that it should be a full meeting,
the undersigned seriously and urgent
ly requests every member to be pres
emit"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-12
Clio be Sights
BY THE ATCHISON GLOBE.

Every day seems like a crisis to
nervous person.
Useful friends are the only kind
some people care for.
The case-hardened criminal is also
a firm believer in Personal Liberty.
Many true sportsmen would like to
see an open season on practical jokers.
Every tax lcvying body can figure
out where it can reduce taxes next
year"
Sometimes man talks in his sleep
because that is about his only oppor
tunity.
A good story teller is so apt to let
the performance interfere with his
regular chores.
There is considerable useful work
to do, although someone finds time to
train the seals.
An heirloom is frequently something
which wouldn't be worth much for
any other reason.
1t is also possible for a girl to have
so blamed many admirers that none of
them think much of her.
In the average rural community,
the greatest offense is being a dude,
and next to that is sleeping late.
If there is a family skeleton, it is
hard to induce the children to refrain
from rafting it occasionally.
No man is such devil among the
women as a woman thinks her huS-
band might be if he got started
While the mosquito may not be as
deadly as the house fly, it is more dis
agreeable in its form of campaign
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-12

lis long road and a lone road,
And the returner passes
w here snow and sIeet cling to his feet
And winter wind harnesses;
And where the summer sunshine burns
The dead and dying grasses.
VINO would return stems. dark and stern,
The current of life's river;
The things he's learned he must unlearn
And give back to the giver;
And pack and forth, twfAt death and
birth,
Must go alone forever.
lis long road and lone road,
For no companion passes;
And all the old remembered way
Is lost in wild morasses
Where pale lights lead the feet astray
Amid the dank marsh gases.
lis long road and Il lone road.
And lights burn blue and culver,
W mere rosy flame, the way he came,
In vanished days shone ever,
lis long read and lone road
Ana road that joyeth never.
M. e. Butler, in the New York Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-12
EDUCATION's REPORT.

There were 216,493 students in col
leges, universities and chronological
schools in 1914, according to the an
nuaI report of the United States COM
missioner of education, just issued.
This is an increase of IA, 1862 over 1913.
The bureaus list for 1914 includes 561
institutions, a decrease of 20 over the
preceding year. States or municipal
tiles control SO of the colleges; private
corporations control 474. Men still
outnumber women in higher educa-
ton: there were 130,3I3 men in 1914
and 77,120 women, as compared with
I12S,644 men and 1887 women in
1918 Despite rising standards of ad-
ministrations and graduation, college
enrollment has more than tripled
since 1890. Receipts during the year
totaled $12O,579,257, of which $751;
422S56 was for endowment. Bene-
factions to colleges and universities
totaled S26,67O,017, something over
100000 more than in the year pre-
Vious. Six institutions received bene-
factions in excess of a million dollars
apiece, and As universities, colleges
and chronological schools reported
gifts amounting to more than $780,
600. In the past seven years the larg-
est increase in income mas come
through state and municipal appro-
priations, and the smallest from tut
ton and other fees. State and mu-
niciDaI appropriations grew from So
|649,549 in 1908 to $23, 400 $40 in 1914,
while fees for tuition and other edu-
cational services increased from $15,-
39O.S47 to S22,504,529. The dominant
note Of the year in higher education,
according to the report, was concen-
tration, both in internal organization
and in relation to state authority. The
movement in the direction of aurhori-
tatiVe classification gained momen-
tum during the year, chiefly through
the activities of several voluntary as
sociations. The junior-college move
ment has reached the point where sew
era! states-notably Wisconsin, Mis-
souri,, Virginia and IdahO-have gene
on record as definitely recognizing
junior colleges in the educational sys-
tenn of the state. The Municipal uni
Versity of Akron, Ohio, was added to
the list of city universities, and the
new Association of Urban Universe
lends emphasis to this municipal uni
versity development. Degrees con-
ferred by colleges and universities in
Guided 26,533 baccalaureate, 5,24S
graduate, and 749 honorary. The de-
gree of doctor of philosophy was con-
ferred as the result of examination by
IS institutions on 446 men and 73
women
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-12

The next morning, Tommy and Mr..
Garden Toad sat in front of the old log
and talked together as was their habit.
That was very interesting, yester-
day." said Tommy. Il liked to talk to
the hornet, but L did wish he had not
things L wished to ask him.
He is a restless creature and new
er stays for long in one place" said
Mr.. Garden Toad wisely; but 1 know
have lived long in the garden and have
observed much. Perhaps l can tell
you something"
Maybe you cam" said Tommy. II
want to know where the hornet lives
and all about him.
Mr.. Garden Toad laughed. That's
a large ORDER he replied, but I'll tell
you all L know He hoped up closer
and began.
The hornet lives in a hollow tree
self nest made of tiny gray cells
which he spins and molds Industrious
". He
Talking about me?" asked a gay
little voice
Tommy and the toad jumped and
There on a tall grass blade close =
the log sat a dainty little bee drying
his wings in the sunshine.
NO, we were talking of hornets
just InSH, SdlO lliS LOdu. DuI we
ike to talk of you. Friend Hornet
spoke of you only yesterday. He was
so sorry you had to work SO hard for
nothingi"
For nothing exclaimed the bee,
SO angrily that surely the wet wings
must have dried in the heat. He
should keep such opinions to himself,
Great meddling fellow that he Isl We
work because we love to work. He is
lazy and stores UP no honey Do not
h ] fxsr. leyFs
Tommy and the toad fastened to
assure the bee that they would not,
and then Tommy said, While you
are here. would you please tell me
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-12
BOY SCOUT CANT. :.
Will Be Opened at the Old Stone
Bridge Tuesday.

A Boy Scout camp will be opened
near the "Old Stone Bridge" on the
John Carter farm next Tuesday morn
ing At least thirty Topeka scouts
are expected to attend.
Prof. H. I. Woods and Leigh Carver
will have charge of the camp. Carl
Guild, who is a medical student in an
Oklahoma medical school, will be the
health and sanitation officer of the
camp. Miss Willets of Manhattan
will have charge of the 'eats'' depart
ment and will give the boys lessons
in cooking.
The scouts will be given special
training in several subjects, including
scoutcraft, astronomy, first aid, and
swimming.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-12
CARRANZA IN DENIAL.
Chief Says Foreigners i'm Vera Cruz
Are Not Endangered.

Are NOT Endangered.
Galveston, Aug. 1.-THE state
ment that foreigners in Vera Cruz
are in danger is false. The consti-
nationalist government guarantees life
and property to individuals of what
ever nationality.
The foregoing is the text of a cable
gram signed by General Carranza and
received here this morning by Juan
7. Burns. his consular agent.
Another cablegram from Jesus
Acuna, constitutionalist minister OF
foreign relations, denies that there
have been any anti-foreign demon
STATIONS in Vera Cruz. but admits
that a Suburbanite official made
speech the other day in which the
peace conference participated in by
the United States and Latin-American
countries was sharply criticised. This
speech was denounced by higher Of
ficials and was made without sanction
of the constitutionalist government,
the dispatch says. This message also
states that there have been no anti
foreign demonstrations in Vera Cruz.
Regarding the expulsion of Juan
Ortega, the Guatemalan minister, the
report says:
1.-The constitutionalists have never
recognized any diplomats accredited
to former governments. Ortega was
expelled under article thirty-three as
fically charged that he. as an indi-
vidual, took sides with the Zapatistas.
and also that President Cabrera Of
Guatemala, encouraged revolts in
Mexico on his border
Discussing the departure of the
Brazilian minister the report merely
says:
He had previously announced his
intention of returning to Rio de
Janeiro because of i'll health
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-12

course, from financial standpoint
for purchasers and owners of cars III
tended for such use to give attention
to this question, and to see to 1t that
when they are being used on the pub
lie highway they are at least in charge
of persons competent to operate and
manage them. There are two theories
upon which it has been sought to mold
owners responsible for injuries re-
sulting while their cars are BENG
operated or used by members of their
families; first, upon the theory OF re-
spondeat superior, and, second, upon
the doctrine of dangerous agency or
instrumentaIity
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-12
NOAH is NOW THE GOAT.

In addition to permitting fleas'
flies, chiggers ct al to take passage
in the ark, old man Noah must now
shoulder the blame for causing the
fall of man by eating of the for
hidden fruit. Or, at least, such is the
contention of the Assyriologists who
claim to have unearthed and trans
lated a tablet. that gives Adam and
Eve a clean bill Of health in this i'm
portant particular. Still, If God put
the curse of early death" on Noah,
how does it happen that God also
imbued Noah with the sense and fore
sight to build the ark and survive the
flood.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-12
CREDITORS BRING SUIT
Two Cases Filed Against Mrs. Ruth
LungstrMm, 3I3 Tyler.

Furniture bills and alleged auto
rides to Kansas City are causing trou-
BILE for Mrs. Ruth Lungstrum. of 313
Tyler street. This morning the C. a.
HARLAN Furniture company filed suit
in the court of Topeka against her for
$71.26, the balance on an account
which it is claimed she ran at the
furniture store between July II ard
July %. The A. B. c. Transfer COM
pany of Kansas City. Mo, is made a
party to the suit. 1t is charged that
Mrs. Lungstrum ''conspired to trans
port the property out of the state"
Mrs. Lungstrum is the widow Of
John Lungstrum, who was killed
about four years ago in the Santa Fe
yards when he was caught between
two engines. AT the death of her hus-
band Mrs. Lungstrum received $1,000
insurance and $4,000 from the rail-
road company. Sheha s four children
and before her marriage was Miss
Ruth Knight, daughter of J. Lee
Knight, former citizen of Shawnee
county, who died recently
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-12

instance, in most of the countries, ex-
cept Great Britain, jSavingS-bank de-
posts have been largely drawn on for
subscriptions to war loans. Taking
the figures quoted on the cost of the
war to the different belligerents we
find that this cost has exceeded total
savings in trustee and postal savings
banks by these sums: Great Britain.
$500. 100000; France, $500, 000,-
600; Russia, $4,000, 900, and Italy,
$3.50, 100000, BASED on full year OF
war. Austria-Hungary' savings COW
er the cost, while Germany shows a
surplus of $1.SOO.0OO,OO0 available in
her two loans is subtracted. The fl
nancial resources of Great Britain,
however. are not represented in her
savings banks. At the end of 1914 the
deposits in the joint-stock banks of
the United Kingdom and in the Bank
of England together amounted to
$3.50, 200. Obviously these repre-
scented the business of the country.
or the funds on which commerce de-
pended. But. when the July loan
came to be analysed, it was found that
S2,S5O,OOO,OOO of it had been sub
scribed through the Bank of England,
the average subscription being over
$4,000, while the response through the
postoffice was 100000, with an av-
erage subscription of about $3.50. No
such amount has ever been put into
national loan at one time before, and
in this operation another evidence of
the record breaking proportions of all
aspects of the war has been given.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-12
wHEREwAR MONEY CAME FROM.

tries at war to be 100000, 100000. we
find that the cost of war for a year.
relative to national wealth, is as fol-
lows: For Great Britain, per cent:
Germany, 3.75 per cent; France, $50
per cent; Russia, per cent; Austria.
per cent, and Italy, after a year from
May %, per cent. So figures
Charles F. Speare in his article in the
American Review of Reviews for Au-
gust, on The Cost of a Year of
War" Mr.. Speare continues: 1t has
been said that a considerable part OF
the first years cost of the war has
been financed from liquid funds or
reserves Immediately available. For
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-12
GREECE SOON in WAR?
Former Premier Venizclos's Return to
Athens Causes Speculation.

Athens, Aug. 12.-(Via London)-
Elevtherios Venizelos, former premier
of Greece, who resigned in March on
account of King Constantines disap
prevail of his policy in favor of the
entente allies, returned to Athens to-
day. The pronouncement of his policy
is awaited with greatest ca gerness, but
this may not be made until the kings
speech has been delivered at the open
ing of Parliament on August is.
NJ Venizelos announced his retire
ment from public life shortly after his
resignation owing to his disa greement
with the king. His party was victor
ious in the general elections of June,
however, and last month he was quot
ed as saying he would accept the call
of the people" and resume the leader
shin of the Liberals.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-12

Il must work while the honey is
IN the flowers. Bees have little time
Tor Vlsltlngi" and he flew away
Now isn't that too badi" said Tom
my Tittle-mouse disappointedly. That
seemed like such a good chance to talk
to him,"
But he is right" said the toad
bees have no time for talk. But /
can tell you where he lives. His home
IS In the bee box in the third yard
from here have often seen him com
ing and going
Them said Tommy perhaps some
ousy, and Will tell me more" And he
toad, not wishing to disappoiat Tom
my by disagreeing. simply hopped
away copyright. Clara ingram
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-12
Journal Entries

How does it happen that eggs are
not good if they can't be beat?
- - IL
A man generally needs something
more than Sureness he is right before
going ahead.
j. sS i
Folk who can't decide where to go
on their vacations probably never in
tended to go any place.
i. j j
A girl is seldom in a hurry to select
a man if she does not know of some
other girl who wants him.
= i j.
The average married woman'S most
earnest and futile wish is that she
hadn't married the man she did.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-12
BATTALION TO BROWNSVILLE
Funston May Send All Troops Not on
Border to Texas.

Washington, Aug. II. - General
Funston reported today that he had
sent a battalion of rne Ninth infan-
try from Laredo to Brownsville, Tex
He made no request, however, for ad-
ditional troops in response to Secre-
tary Garrison's message of yesterday,
saying all the mobile forces not now
on the border would be sent to Texas,
if needed.
discuss reports that secret organizers
in Texas We're aligning Mexicans IN
der the ''Plan of San Diego"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-12
IT IS UP TO FUNSTON

Continued from Page one.l
battleShips - the louisiana New
Hampshire and the Connecticut-have
been designated by Secretary Daniels
to proceed Ito southern waters for any
duty that may be required"
The first two warships sailed from
Newport, r. l., Tuesday night, and
the latter now is in Haitien waters.
Whether they will be ordered to Vera
Cruz or be kept ready for action in the
South Atlantic or in Mexican waters
will depend upon developments of the
next few dayS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-12
SOuashY.

Our idea of solid luxury is to have
a nice little cottage and sit with your
family on the door step in the evening
sun with squash vine growing on IL
trellis and dropping gracefully in fes-
ICONS above your head.-Macon
News.
But supposing it should drop a
squash Boston Globe.
Then probably the dropping squash
would squash a squash. He says:
"Our idea to sit with your
family" Why doesn't he sit with his
own family Houston Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-12
AUTO OWNER,s LIARuITY.

Probably few prospective pur-
chasers of automobiles for general
family use. observes Joseph T. Wins
low in the August Case and Comment,
reflect upon the legal liability which
may attach to them by reason of dam
age or injuries resulting from the use
of the machine by members of their
family. In view of the present state
of the law and its apparent trend
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-12
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HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY.

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from home during the summer may have
the paper mailed regularly each day to any
address at the rate of ten cents a week or
thirty cents month (by mail onIy). Ad-
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you like q daily letter from home.
Advance payment is requested on these
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-12

Attention is called by an insurance
expert to the fact thas no less than
$4,000 lives are sacrificed in these
United States each year to preventable
diseases. He places the economic loss
of this foolishness at $500, 100000,
which is six times the size of the an
nuaI fire loss of the nation And, in
cidentally, a considerable portion or
the latter is also preventable.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-12

And the activities of the Mexican
bandists along the American border is
probably an expression of their fury
over the prospects that the United
States and the A B. C--B. L. G. DOW
ers will soon do something in Mexico
and thereby shut off the opportunities
of loot and plumber that have made
living easy for such long time for
the Mexican patriots
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-12

Such fighting as is going on in
Haiti wouldn't even be a skirmish in
the European war game. One of
Haitis many generals led a following
of two hundred men in an attack of
the town of st. Marc, and this force
was repulsed and routed by the towns
committee of safety.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-12

Rumors are circulating in Holland
that the time is ripe for opening dis
cussion between the belligerents on
peace terms. But the chances are that
Germany is the only nation engaged
in the war that is ready to talk peace,
and for the very good reason that
Germany has now gone about as far as
she can in the conquest of territory in
all directions
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-12

Wichita, Kan, Aug. 12.--Daniel
Roseberry, % years old, agent of the
Wells Fargo Express company at
Kingman, Kan, was found dead in the
freight room at the depot there this
morning a few minutes after he had
said goodbye to a brother who had
been visiting him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-12

Maybe monkeys We're the origina-
tors of the cantilever bridge idea, as
the geological researches of an assist
ant attorney general of Kansas would
seem to indicate, but they seem to
have overlooked the important point
OF taking out patents on it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-12

In all proba bility, the players in the
Federal league who have contracts for
salaries of the fancy variety are not
at all enthusiastic over the move of
the leagues magnates IN reducing
some of the admission prices to a cou-
pie of jitneys
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-12

Texas must be losing her reputation
below the Rio Grande. Divers of the
Mexican gentry are said to be pian-
ming the annexation of a portion of
the Lone Star state
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-12

When waging war, what cruel and
inhuman monsters the Germans are.
The first thing they do when they
capture Russian is to give him a bath
and disinfect him. And what torture
this must be for the' Russ, whose
body, ordinarily, is bathed but twice
in his entire lifetime, once when he is
born and again when he is prepared
fn burial
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-12

Good and sufficient reasons seem
to exist why meat prices should soar
in England, but the same is hardly
true of meat prices in this country.
They may not be soaring here, like
they are in England, but they are pref
ty fancy, nevertheless.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-12

Jess Wizards wife says the pugi-
listic champion is making $1,000 Il
day, and she ought to know. It's only
q genius of Il husband here and there
who can hold OUT on his Better
Half
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-12

Another question being debated
these days is as to whether or not
the motorcycle is a pleasure vehicle.
There is no disposition here to pass
judgment in the premises, but it does
mt sound like one, at any rate.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-12

1t will be perfectly appropriate in
Kansas these days for any body so
disposed to sing, I'm the good old
summer time" provided, of course, he
or she happens to be a good singer.