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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-03
FISH CAR IN SHOPS
Legislature May Be Called Upon for
a New One.

The state fish car is ready for the
scrap heap and went to the shops for
repairs today. About 500 will be
spent for immediate repairs and it is
probable that the next legislature will
be asked for an appropriation for an
all steel fish car.
Recently the state fish car was con-
demned by the state car inspector.
Under his ruling the railroads would
not haul the car until repairs had
been made. An inspection showed
that new floors and sillS would be re-
quired at once, with a general over
hauling before the car could be used
by the state. The car is now in the
Santa Fe shops.
The fish car has been in use eight
or ten years and was purchased by
the state during the administration of
Dell Travis as fish and game warden.
Original cost of the car was $1,000.
Because of the general use of all steel
equipment and refusal to haul the car
on several fast trains through KAN
sas, it is believed probable that an ap-
preparation for a new car may be de-
manded of the 1917 legislature.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-03
SERMON IN HIS Will
"Al We Have Belongs to Lord Says
100000 Document.

st. Louis, Sept. "a sermon to his
heirs is a part of the will of James
H Allen, which, filed here today,
disposes of a 100000 estate. The
estate goes to the widow and five
children. The will contains these SEN
fences:
81 had intended to make some spe-
cial requests, but will not do so, as
have a promise from each one of
my children to use one-half of the
property, received from my estate for
charitable and Christian work; and
that with the remaining one-half they
promise to try to make, or earn, other
property to be used for good, Chris
tan purposes"
@'All that we have belongs to the
Lord 1t is the, Lords property and
He will hold us to a strict account
for the way we use it
1.-The devil is smarter than all man.
kind put together, and will always
lead us astray if left to our weak
selves
$50 our only hope is in the Lord"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-03
SAME OLD STUFF
Topeka Newspaper Advertising
Scheme Nipped by State Council.

The efforts of a Topeka newspaper
to stage a elf-advertising scheme by
making use of the capitol, owned by
the state of Kansas, was nipped in
the bud today when the executive
council refused permission for the use
of the dome to be devoted to vaude-
Vile purposes. The newspaper had
planned to induce a vaudeville per-
former from a local theater to stand
on his head on the dome. The several
hundred readers of the paper, led to
believe that the state capitol could be
used for such purposes, stood out in
the state house bayfield, for some time
waiting for the performance that did
not materialize-
The executive council had not con-
scented to the use of the building for
advertising and exhibition purposes.
When the mater was submitted to
them today, it was promptly rejected
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-03
TO FIGHT HIGHER RATE
Contempt Proceeding Against Wyan-
dotte Company Planned.

Contempt proceeding may be filed
against offices of the Wyandotte
county gas company if they attempt
to enforce their threat of thirty cent
gas rate in Kansas City, Kan Notice
of the establishment of the new rate,
effective October /, has been sent to
patrons of the Wyandotte Company.
Following a conference with the city
officials of Kansas City, Kansas, it
was announced today that the utilities
commission would take immediate ac-
ton if the gas company sought to
obey the order of Judge FIannelly
rather than the mandate of the utili-
ties commission. Recently Judge Elan
nelly set aside the commissions order
for lS cent gas and established a
80 cent rate ssNowl the Wyandotte
company proposes. to take advantage
of the higher gas rate, it is stated.
At the time contempt proceedings
are filed against the gas company Of
ficers, the utilities commission plans
also to enjoin the enforcement of the
new rate. They will seek a restrain
ing order holding in allegiance the new
rate, pending final action in the con-
tempt proceedings. 1t is the intention
of the gas commission to bring the
gas company officers before the court
on a contempt citation as soon as the
new rate becomes effective.
No other gas company in Kansas
has served formal notice of an in
crease in rates under the F'lannelly
order, although it is asserted that
action of the Wyandotte company
would be followed if the increase was
not blocked.
Under a franchise, the Wyandotte
company was permitted to charge
Is cent rate the first five years, %
cents the succeeding five years and
i9fU 1fC
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-03
MAY Sue The CITY
East Siders AlIege Damage by the
IsiddIe Creek Spillway.

Dissatisfaction over the Biddle creek
spillway has reached the point where
a suit against the city is now threat
ened A formal demand for payment
for damages was read at a meeting
of the city commission today. D. H.
Travis and Lydia Travis. his wife,
through attorneys demand that the
city reimburse them for alleged dam
ages by reason of the natural course
of Biddle creeks having been diverted
to a Spillway on Locust street.
The com plainants own property 10
Gated at 621 Liberty street which they
say was reasonably worth $4,000 be-
fore the spillway was constructed. Ac-
cording to their complaint this prop
erty has been very materially dam
aged, for they ask to be paid $500,
or the full valuation of the property.
The communication was referred to
w. G.. Tandy, city commissioner of
streets, and to George P. Hayden,
city attorney, to investigate and re
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-03
AMENDS The PLANS
state Will Make White Way Conform
to That of City.

The state executive council today
ordered the erection of four white way
posts in addition to those in the
original plans for the state house
lighting system. The new posts will
be installed to conform with the gem
eral lighting plan on Kansas avenue
and other streets.
A committee from the Commercial
club appeared before the council to-
day and urged a change in the plans
for the new white way. They ex-
planned that the, Kansas avenue plan
called for six pillars along the north
and south blocks with four pillars on
the east and west blocks The Eighth
and Tenth avenue plans conformed
with the city lighting plan, but the
jackson and Harrison street plans
called for but five posts for each
block. A sub-contract will be let pro-
viding for the carrying out of the
Sity's general lighting scheme and a
total of forty pillars carrying 200
lamps will be used around state house
square In addition to these lights,
number of lights will be Installed
along the walks and drives and at
each of the four state house entrances.
Under ruling by S. Nj. Hawkes., as
sistant attorney general, the executive
council held that it could not use the
white way appropriation for the di-
rect purpose of installing lights in
front of the state printing plant, heat
ing plant and Memorial hail.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-03
SHAWNEE co. W. C. T.U.
Eleventh Annual Convention Held in
North Topeka Today.

AT the eleventh annual convention
of the Shawnee County woman
Christian Temperance Union which
opened at the North Topeka Presby-
ter an church this morning, Mrs Clara.
Il Baker was reelected president CT
the, society. Mrs Nellie Ensigr WAS
elected vice president; Mrs. Emma
Blair, secretary, and Mrs Clara Cur
RE treasurer. With the exception of
Mrs. Flair who succeeds Mrs. Alrneda
Heller as secretary, all the officers
served last year.
A memorial service led by Mrs
Nellie Ell sign was held at noon today
for members of tho society who Gird
held for Mrs. Elizabeth Rickel, Mrs.
c. F.. Eldridga, Mrs. Katherin Zane,
Mrs. J. L. -Furniss and Mrs Elizabeth
Hut chinson. Mrs. Hutchinson was
president of the state organization Tor
nine years and served a term as treas
urer of the national society. She died
May -, 1915.
The convention will close tonight
with a gold medal contest under the
direction of Miss Ceora Lanham.
Contestants for the medal, which will
be presented by Judge c. W. Smith,
executive clerk in the governors Of
flee, are Miss Irene Oakley, Miss
Thelma Huston Miss Goldie Higgins,
Miss Blanch Starr and Miss Claribel
Banta-
The principal address of the after
noon session was delivered by DR..
Lydia DeVilbiss of the state board of
child hygiene. Other speakers this
afternoon were Mrs. A. B. Fisher, Mrs
Miss o. P. Bray, Miss Emma Holmes
and Mrs. Lottie Case Greetings from
the Good Government club were
brought by Mrs. r. F. DeArmond- A
praise service which opened the aft
ernoon session was led by Mrs j. E.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-03
PEACE IN AIR

CONTINUED from Page One.l
outside interests were being exerted to
this movement. Interna-
ional experts said they ''sensed' re-
turning sanity at the capitals of the
warning nations.
Some of the Fingerboards.
These were among the tangible
signs discerned of the new feeling:
Germanys concession in the
matter of submarine warfare.
The fatherland's open declara-
ton, unofficially, through its
Washington representative, that
the submarine memorandum
was in the interests of obtaining
American cooperation in an eff
fort to end hostilities.
The same diplomats informal
= outline of the terms on which the
kaiser would make Pea &c.
British Foreign Minister Sir
Edward Gray's admission that in
at least one detail-the matter OF
the freedom of the seas-this
proposition was a negotiable one.
Assurances from Gre at Britain
of a modification of the hard
~ule' Of the order in council.
The pope's tentative overture to
the White House with a view of
mediation between the belliger-
ents.
Rome's further intimation that
Hungary, from many indi-
cations, was willing to consider
overtures if they CO me either
from the allies or such powerful
neutral as the United States,
So, let it be stated again, peace is in
he air.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-03
DEATHS AND FUNERALS

Daniel T. TAYLOR, age 20. died
Thursday at his home, 423 East Sew
enteenth street. The funeral will be
held at 10 O'Clock Sunday morning at
the home. Interment will be in Eos
ter cemetery. Mr.. Taylor was a vet
eran of the Civil war, having been a
mem Der of the Thirty-third Indiana
regiment. He is survived by his wife,
seven children. Mrs. c. w. Morgan
Mrs. ]. R. Winters, Mrs. R. E. Will
hanson, w. P. Taylor, S. T. Taylor,
and T. NJ. Taylor, all of Topeka; Mrs.
Robert Orahood. of Arkansas City,
and two half-brothers, G. r. and r.
w. Taylor, both of Topeka.
Charles Quinche, aged IS. died at
$3.50 O'Clock this afternoon at his
home, 1888 West Sixteenth street. He
is survived by his wife and four chill
dren, Mrs. E. s. Emmett of Muskogee,
Okla. Mrs. J. c. Taupert. Charles H
Quinche and Miss Kitty n. Quinche,
all of Topeka Funeral ARRANGEMENTS
will be made later.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-03

When the Shawnee Golf clubs
course is completed, the greens ma
tured, and the club house built, To-
peka will have one of the best golf
courses west of Chicago. Donald
Ross, the golf expert, who came here
to lay out the eighteen-hole course
told members of the Shawnee club
and the Country club that if the links
were near Chicago it would be worth
100000 and that if it were near
Philadelphia it would be priceless.
Ross has been going over the
course, mapping out the places where
the permanent holes will lbe put. This
afternoon he stood at the first tee
and watched the couples dotted over
the links.
This is the finest place in the
a9ro;red +ba simb+ aarba -, e,,, as ne
ideal Those ravines are beautiful.
They are not too frequent or too COM
mon. They are just right to make
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-03

the course interesting. On the aver
age course there is just one or two
ravines and the people have to play
back and forth across them until they
get tired.
1.-The dog-leg hole which Mr.. Full
lerton laid out is an ideal one. The
topography of the. ground is such that
few bunkerS will have to be built
Most of the bunkers will be on the
new ground"
Mr.. Ross explained that the entire
course would be planted in trees, be-
tween the fair way, but that the trees
would not be considered hazards.
The club house which will be built
when the Country club takes the links
will be situated on the hill where the
ninth tee now is. The Country club
people plan to buy the land back of
the hedge to be used for a garage and
automobile ground.
No permanent greens will be estab-
liShed until next year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-03
ANOTHER TAGGART AIDE
OFFERS PLEA OF GUILTY
IN ELECTION SCANDAL

indianapolis, Ind, sept. 81
Ernest Roedcr. one of the more
than 100 rnen indicted along with
Thomas Taggart and Mayor Joseph
L. Bell, charged with conspiring to
commit feIonies in the primary and
election of 1914, pleaded guilty be-
fore Special Judge w. p Eichhorn
here today. Roeder, a saloonlSeep-
er. was a close associate of Bud
Gibson, who pleaded guilty last
week to the same charge.
Roeder. on arrangement day, had
entered u plea of not guilty. He
was released today on his own
recognizance without being SEN
fenced.
Roeder is the eighth man to
plead guilty to the conspiracy
charge.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-03
HOLD CORN FESTIVAL
Unusual Services at First Baptist
Church Sunday Evening.

Unique services in the form of a
corn festival will be conducted Sunday
evening at the First Baptist church,
Ninth and dickson streets. The church
will be decorated on the interior with
the tallest corn obtainable to create
a fitting atmosphere.
A special musical and literary pro-
gram will be given. DR.. Robert Cor
don, pastor, will speak on What Corn
Means to Kansas
The church will be open for decor
alton all day Saturday and DR.. Cor
don has asked members and friends
to bring in stalks of their tallest corn.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-03
BACK ON The RENT
Gazette Globe Made Defendant in
Bankruptcy Proceedings.

Involuntary bankruptcy proceedings
have been filed by creditors of the
Gazette Globe Publishing and Print
ing company. arkansas City, Kan, in
the United States district court Barn
hart Brothers & Spindler, a Kansas
City. Mo-. firm and Mollie Hay, owner
of the Globe building, filed the petit
ton The company owes rent to the
ton. The company owes rent to the
firm of S144.35.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-03
sew york Moner Market.

New York. Sept. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
paper. 3A3A per cent. Sterling. 60. day
bills, AGO: demand. 46i; cables, 4.65.
Francs. demand. 5-06; cables. 800. Marks
demand. soy cables. sos Lires. demand.
6.s7: cables, GIG. Rubles. demand. :sSA !:
cables. 35A- Bar silver. 1880; Mexican
dollars. CSC Government bonds steady !:
railroad bonds irregular. Time loans
steady. 90 days, ~ M2s4 30 days, ~ u3 !;
six months, g..
Call money. steady; high, 2; lower, Ia ;
ruling rate *; last loan, q closing, IA );
offered at 2.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-03

Dick Cooley, former manager of
the Topeka baseball team in the
Western League and Western Asso-
citation, who was recently injured in
an automobile accident in which
Grant McRae was killed, is the only
one of the injured men now in the
hospital. It was reported at st.
Francis hospital this afternoon that
Cooley is resting well and improving
steadily
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-03
LOCAL MENTION.

Morton Albaugh, clerk of the
United States district court, is i'll at
his home on Harrison street.
Plans for the booster trip to juno
ton City Sunday by a delegation of
Topeka business men, are progress
ing. Among those who have signed
up with j. Will Kelley to make the
B. B. Eitelman, George Godfrey
Moore, ]. E. Wilson, H. H. South
wick, L. NJ. Penwell and J. r. John
son. Luncheon will be obtained at
hotel at Junction City During, the
afternoon polo game the Topekans
will be guests of the Junction City
and Fort Riley Polo clubs. The two
clubs will stage games during two
days of the fair at Topeka
Have your suit and overcoat made
to measure, $500, at Olof Ekberg,
70S Kansas ave-. second floor.-Adv.
The condition or Kenneth Rich
ardson, the Santa Fe agent at Wilder
who was slugged, presumably by
MeKicanS, last night, was reported to
be much better today. He is at the
Santa Fe hospital in Topeka and his
injuries ae not serious. Richardson
ordered several Mexicans out of the
station and they objected. He was
struck over the right eye, probably
with a stone 1t was not until his ar
gained consciousness.
Because Monday is Labor day the
Gage Park school will not open rs
was announced. c. Burning, clerk Of
the school board, stated today that the
school would be opened Tuesday
morning instead of Monday.
High school or college girl can earn
board and room in good modern home
IN exchange for light duties, principal
ly caring for a five-year-old evenings.
References exchanged. Address 1913
care Journal-Adv.
In order to allow the kitchen force
of the National hotel to get back to
work so that lunch could be served
this noon the case against Kelton
Jackson, colored, who cut off a piece
of Fred Smiths nose in a fight in the
hotel kitchen on August 8, was con-
tinued in the court of Topeka this
morning until late today Judge Hugh
T. Fisher thought that since the
whole kitchen force of the hotel had
been called as witnesses they should
not be held unless the case could be
settled Immediately. With the heavy
business before the court it was i'm
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-03

possible to dispose of the case this
morning.
At a meeting of the city commits
sion today a communication was read
from DIR. G. c. Lull, calling attention
to the need of a physician to attend
persons taken to the city Jail and
pointing out the absence of any such
provision by the city. and also stat
ing that should tie city decide to en-
ploy a physician for such services, he
would like to be considered an appli-
cant. DR.. Lull has been doing much
of this work for some time without re-
ceiving any compensation. No formal
action was taken.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-03

The following births were reported
at the office of the city clerk today:
Louis A. Lux and wife, 901 Madison
street, September 2, boy; D. r. Banta
and wife, R. R. 16. September 1, boy;
Oliver Vernon Wilson and wife, 1S4
Twiss avenue. August %. boy; Claude
Mcneil and wife, SIG West Sixth
street, September 2. boy: Claybourne
Schoonover and wife, 430 Lafayette
street. September 2, boy; Harry
nue., August %, girl.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-03
KingTnan County Attorney Dies.

Kingman, Kan, Sept. 3.-Lawrence
F. Walter, aged SO years, county at
torney of Kingman county, died this
morning of quinsy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-03

It will payyou to get our estimate OF
that lumber bill Phone j. B. WhelaI
& Co., III E. 4th.-Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-03

Bids to supply the city with coal 70
one year beginning November l. viii
be received by the city commission
Thursday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-03

Joseph Hanlon, chief of the fire
was unable to report for
duty today on account of illness.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-03

meeting of the board of director.
of the Provident association was helt
at the Commercial club this after
noon. Routine business was trans
acted.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-03

Suits dry cleaned 75c. Topeka
Laundry Co. Phone 3653--Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-03

Remember the day
Saturday, Sept. A. Sam
pie Suit Sale. Be among
the first. They will go
quick.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-03

Morton Albaugh, clerk of the
United States district court, is i'll at
his home on Harrison street.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-03

Have your suit and overcoat made
to measure, $500, at Olof Ekberg,
70S Kansas ave-. second floor-Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-03

possible to dispose of the case this
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-10

10 realize the old conception OF a common
basis for all matter which was formulated
by Greek thinkers $500 years ago.
Let US for moment consider another
series OF experiments carried on nv tho
mathematician Lawrence and Larmor.
Maxwell's works had shown long ago that
hsht was to be regarded as series OF cleo
tromagnetic waves. 1t follows that waves
must be started by the oscillation of minute
electric charges and that every substance
capable OF emitting light when raised to
incandescence must contain electric charges
ready 20 be set in oscillation. But then.
moving electric charges carry electric.mae.
neuc energy and momentum with them in
the surrounding space and thus themselves
possess mass.
Now. these properties are sufficient to
ehuo~ matter with It's known character
lstlcs, and thus matter itself maybe ex-
pialncd as an electrical phenomenon, while
the ultimate electric charges or electrons
may be Identified with the corpuscles of the
cathode rays We may therefore, without
rear or scientific contradiction, resolve the
conception OF electricity into that OF matter,
or vice versa
1t is impossible to say that one of these
conceptions is more fundamental than the
other. See. then. where we are led! In
thinking Of this idea, proved as Il Ia beyond
TO some form of matter with which we are
both interested and we'll acquainted; let us
then apply these facts to ourselves and see
what may be done through them for man
kind Of the future.
In the phenomenon Of radio activity, in
winch corpuscles are found moving at speeds
which In some cases approach to within 5
per cent Of the velocity of light. the mass of
these particles can be measured In the same
way as the others, and it is of great interest
to find that once more our scheme of science
corresponds with observed phenomena: the
measured mass of the corpuscles shows the
calculated increase; thus at speeds such as
these the consistency Of mass, the funda.
mental axiom OF Newton's law fails u.s.
Admitting, then, that matter NAV be re-
solved into electricity, and that all matter has
mass and the property Of being able under
proper conditions to liberate into energy,
viz. motion, heat or light. etc., these trans
formations are in q way identical with and
are properties OF all matter, whether acting
individually in the form Of single atom or
co.ordinating IN the form Of complex con.
dition which we call plants. animals, min.
erals.
In human beings. therefore. as IN radio.