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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-06

BY JOstph 7, Day.
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100. 3 story brk dwls-Chas Iei;z ag;
Janpole n Werner Con co ct al. attys.
Davis a p. r + Moran. ref. due, 81
bOsN; taxes. &c. eg7S.0S
PROSPECT AN. 2O6?. . q cl7.& 3 isoth
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anteed Mtg Co sGt q Galiana e. al;
attys. Darlington 4 i. X X Eckley. ref.
due. l5.IIS.Al. tAxea. &C. 500.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-06
RAILROAD EARNINGS.
Canadisn

1915. Changes.
Fourth week Nov. i.iss,oo Inc. ilss. 900
FROM Oct. 1...... 1918. 700 1no s.taS. 400
Denver and Rio orande:
Fourth week Nov. Se5s,ooo Inc Sf3s. 400
Month -.......... 3.21l. TOO Inc. SOS. 200
From July 1..... li,3T2,0 900 Inc. sg2, 200
TaÌˆgliche Omaha tribuÌˆne. [volume] (Omaha, Nebr.) 1912-1926, 1915-03-11


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TaÌˆgliche Omaha tribuÌˆne. [volume] (Omaha, Nebr.) 1912-1926, 1915-03-11

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TaÌˆgliche Omaha tribuÌˆne. [volume] (Omaha, Nebr.) 1912-1926, 1915-03-11


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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-02
A SET OF CHUMPS
Reno County Member So Desig-
mates Kansas Representatives.
House Sat BewiIdered During
Workmen's Compensation Bill.

Frank L. Martin of Reno county
today told house members that they
were proving the William Allen
White assertion that the 1915 legisIa-
ture is a jitney body. Martins re-
marks to the house members came
today in the course of the lengthy de-
bate concerning provisions of the
workmen's compensation act.
The bill had been under considera-
tion more than six hours and 1t was
apparent that the members We're puz-
zIed and bewildered. Most of them
We're apparently hopelessly lost in the
flood of proposed amendments and
only the immediate friends and stub
born opponents of the bill were in
touch with the situation. Frank L.
Travis of Allen county had proposed
one of his numerous amendments to
the bill. Martin didn't understand the
amendment and the clerk read the
provision a second time.
Does anyone besides the maker of
this motion know what we are voting
on" asked Martin.
There was no answer.
Travis started to explain.
Il didn't ask you snapped Martin.
81 said that no one except the maker
of the motion knew what it was about
and I mean it Aren't we a set of
chumps to be working here and not
knowing what we are doing. We are
certainly verifying William Allen
Whites charge that We haven't sense
enough to blow up
The Travis amendment carried.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-02
DIE IN WATER MAIN
Two Hundred Mexican War
riOrs Drowned at Capital.
Attempting to Steal Behind
Lines When Water Rushed In.

Mexico City. March 1.-Two hun
dred men of General Obregon's COM
mand were drowned in the water
main leading out to the suburban
sources of Mexico City's water supply
in recent attempt to get to the rear
of the Zapatista forces.
When the Zapatistas were com
PEELED to evacuate the capital a few
weeks ago, they retired to the suburb
of XOchimilco and seized the sources
of the citys water supply, making the
capital dependent on artesian wells
and a small reservoir in a park near
Chapultepec Castle. The unfinished
sewers. due to the fact that a scarcity
of water made it unwiSe to use it for
anything than drinking purposes, ser
iously menaced the health of the city.
General ObregOn made many at
temptS to recapture the main sources
of the water supply in the old Indian
town of Xochimilco. but all of them
were repulsed by Zapatas men. A
daring raid was finally decided upon.
for which General Obregon detached
200 of his men. He ordered them to
been dry. and to attempt to travel
through them to an opening at the
rear of Zapata's main position. A
spy informed the latter general of the
ruse and after the men had been
allowed to travel some distance in the
mains the full force of the water was
turned on, drowning the invading
force to a man.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-02

trat1on by making failure to pay the
registration fee a defense for the bor-
rover against foreclosure proceed
ings.
Senators Troutman, Mahin, Kinds
and Wilson of Washington went on
record as strongly opposed to the bill
declaring against its principle of put
ting the mortgage tax directly on the
borrower, the feature of exemption
for the largest borrowers and the
heavy reduction it will make in gen
eral revenues for the state.
This bill is a palpable subterfuge
for the benefit of the mortgage loan
ing interests operating in the state of
Kansas" declared Senator Troutman.
1T is full of inequitable and iniquitous
provisions. / entertain no doubts of
its unconstitutionality. but / want to
predict that if it does run the gauntlet
of the supreme court it will impose an
unfair burden upon the poorest tax
payers of the state of Kansas which
will call forth universal demand for
it's repeal
Mahin declared that he would not
support any measure which takes the
tax off the money lender and puts it
on the borrower while al the same time
it removes the burden from the rail-
road borrower and still levies the full
tax upon the small owner of real
estate who wants a loan
You can't vote for bill that takes
S675,000 of taxes off the shoulders of
the money lenders of Kansas and puts
back $780, 600 upon the men who can't
afford to assume it, said Senator
Walter Wilson of Washington.
Senator Kinds registered his objec-
ton to the railroad exemption feat
ure of the bill and also to that ex-
empting loans by building and loan
aSSOcia atiOnS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-02
Mine EXPLOSION
WOrkmen to the Number of III
Are Shut In.
Rescuers Have the Hope of Saw
ing Some of Them.

Hinton. w. Va. March 2.-An ex-
plOsion occurred in the mine of the
New River and Pocahontas ConsoIi-
dated Coal company, three miles from
Thurmond. w. Va. today. The mine
connects with another mine each en-
ploying so men. all of whom are be
lieved to have been in the pits when
the explosion occurred. Rescue par
ties were at once organized. and the
fans were set going within fifteen
minutes after the explosion.
The explosion occurred in mine
number 8. great volumes of smoke
pouring out of the openings. As it
is directly connected with mine num-
Der it was feared the men there had
also felt the force of the blast
Throngs of excited people hurried
from nearby mining towns and rescue
parties were formed to penetrate the
workings.
Latest reports reaching here this
afternoon state that III men were at
work in mine No. 3 when the explo-
sion occurred. Searchers have gotten
into the workings and report that
there is hope of saving some lives
The fan was found to be little dam
aged and has been repaired and
placed in operation. 1t is now circu-
1ating fresh air through the shaft and
diggings. The cause of the explosion
is a mystery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-02
Lawmakers Receive No More
Pay After Vouchers Tonight.
WOUNDED PARTY PLATFORMS
Six Administration Measures
TrampIed Under Foot.
Record of so Days of Work as
1T Now Stands.

Today ends the regular fifty-day
session of the state legislature and
there is nothing ready for the statute
books that resembles a platform
promise redeemed. In fact, some six
or eight measures recommended in
the Republican platform and in Gov
ernor Capper's message have been
rather heartlessly trampled under
foot. The responsibility is quite even
ly divided between the Democratic
senate and the Republican house.
Not in the last ten years has there
been a longer open season on plat
form pledges. In former sessions it
was quite customary for a select num-
Der Of Legislators to come to Topeka
and grun1 BILE about some one or two
provisions in the platform. Usually
at the end of the second week the
grumbling ceased and the administra-
ton strung a bunch of party prom
CONTINUED on Page Three.1
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-02
Owner Savage Announces His
Plans for Kaws Today.
PROMISES NEW PLAYERS
Two Pitchers and InfieIder
From Kansas City Blues.
Contracts Received From 10 of
the IA Players.

Jimmy jackson, former manager of
the Wilmington club of the Tri-State
league. will be the manager of the
Topeka team of the Western league
for the 1915 season. according to an
announcement made today by John
Savage of Kansas City, owner of the
local franchise. who is in the city pre-
pairing for the opening of the baseball
campaign in the KaW camp.
jackson won the pennant in 1913
for Wilmington, finished fifth in 1914.
the club disbanding before the season
ended. Jackson is a veteran ballplay-
er and will act in the capacity of play
er-manager as well as having absolute
charge of the club for the season.
The basel ball bug came to life in
Topeka this morning when John Saw
age of Kansas City, the new owner
o fthe club, arrived to begin the work
of getting things into shape for the
Continued on Page Six)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-02
PASSED |. And R.
Senate Checks Up Constitu-
tionaI Amendment to House.
"GOOd News to Socialists"
Comments Price of Clark.

The senate this morning passed the
initiative and referendum resolution
written by Senator A. B. Carney by a
vote of 20 to 6, passing along to the
house of representatives the proposal
to submit to the voters of Kansas in
1915 the question of amending the
constitution. The senate gave the
proposal the required two-thirds ma
jorfty of the whole mem bership. SEN
ator Francis c. Price of Clark county
was the only member speaking
against it He said:
"I want to register my protest
against wasting the time of this legis-
1ature in discussing and balloting
upon dead issues whose only purpose
can be that of political buncome. If
the initiative and referendum is ever
written into our constitution it will
be glad tidings to every Socialist camp
in the country. The one provision in
our constitution prohibiting the state
from enga ging in business has been
worth more to the state of Kansas
than the initiative and referendum
will ever be.
you will remember that the weak
recall provision of our constitution
was put there by less than 40 per cent
of the voters who voted at the general
election when it was submitted. If
our government is to be preserved at
all it must be preserved in its repre-
sentative form and beyond the reach
of so per cent of the people at time
when they are i'm passioned by tenn
stand up here and vote no on a propo-
sition which is an assault upon the
fundamental principles which our
government is established
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-02
FIRED ON TRAINS
Warships of Allies Bombard
Turkish ReinfOrcementS.
Are Planning to Send a Land
ing Party Ashore.

London. March ?. - Turkish troop
trains, moving southwark from Con-
stantinople, to reinforce the Darda-
ne1Ies forts on the European side. have
been heavily damaged by a British
battleship in the Gulf of Saros, ac-
cording to dispatches received here
today from Athens.
The warship's guns were also
trained on the Turkish Notifications
on the north shore of Gallipoli penin-
suIa. near Bulais. The Athens dis
patches confirm previous reports that
the allied fleet planned to send a
landing party ashore above Bulais and
seize the iSthmuS.
Above BulaiS, GallipoH peninsula
narrows to a width of but four miles.
The allies. according to reports re-
ceived here. will attempt to seize the
isthmus at this point, mount heavy
guns and cut the lines of communica-
ton between Constantinople and the
European forts of the Dardanelles.
The admiralty was without infor-
nation today regarding the progress
of the bombardment inside the Dar-
danelIes. The last official report says
that a heavy gale continues to hinder
operations
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-02
THEY HAVE LOST!
Admits Defeat
in Appropriation Bills.
of Joint Commit
tee to Meet Senate.

The administration late this after
noon virtually admitted defeat of their
appropriation bills in the house and
consented to the appointment of a
joint committee to work out new dp-
preparation bills for state charitable
and educational institutions. Con-
sideration of educational apropria-
tons, IN the house this afternoon un-
der a special order, was deferred for
two days.
Action in the house followed the
bolting of the Republican caucus by
four Republicans, leaving but so votes
for the house bills-three short of a
constitutional majority. Following n
conference between Governor Capper.
A. M. keene and A. A. Doerr, a reso-
luton was offered calling for consid-
Grafton of the bills by n joint commit
tee. The action means the brea king
of the administration ranks and
concession. at least in part, to the
demands of the senate.
The hasty conference was called
this afternoon, following the decision
of the Democrats TO fight for a mo-
tion to refer the bills back to the ways
and means committee. If this fight
mad been lost. the Democrats aided
by several Republicans and Progress
sives, planned to fight to substitute
the senate bills for the house bills.
Outcome of the caucus may entirely
change the appropriation situation. It
is believed that some definite decision
will be reached which will settle the
fight between the two houses.
Should the house finally bolt its
committee report. it is rumored that
the bills will be passed as recon-
mended by the senate and checked up
to the governor for his veto of build
ing items. The governor has stated
that he will not sign the appropriation
bills with the building items passed
by the senate. The conference this
afternoon was called to decide the
course of the house majority and mi
nOrity members
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-02
LABOR UNIONS WIN
FIGHT In The HOUSE
Workmen's Compensation Bill Is
Passed by Big Majority.
Ii Has the Approval of Both EN-
ployces and Employers.
1T INCLUDES ARBITRATION
Fixes Scale of Damages in Case
of Injury.
Also Makes Provisions Concerning
Safety Appliances.

After almost an entire days debate,
the house today passed the workmen s
compensation bill virtually as recon-
mended bV the committee on labor.
But six votes were cast against the
measure on final roll call, while 1O6
members voted for the passage of the
act Several members declared that
the bill contained defects which would
require attention of future legisla-
lures.
AS passed, the bill is generally sat
isfactory to the labor organizations of
the state and does not displease cor
porations which are large employers
of labor. The measure provides a
scale of damages to be allowed in case
of injury and stipulates that compen-
sation shall be paid beginning one
week after injury. Provisions con-
cerning safety appliances and labil-
ity of employers in various cases. are
made in the bill. The measure also
calls for arbitration of any claim be-
fore the filing of a claim for damages
in court of record.
Several house members explained
that the bill was not entirely satisfac-
tory in it's present form, but that they
hoped for remedial action by future
legislature.
Broadening of the provisions of the
existing compensation act was urged
in the platforms of both Republican
and Democratic platforms in the re-
cent campaign. For this reason party
lines were not drawn in the vote on
the bill, although opposition votes
came entirely from the Democratic
side of the house.
Members voting against the meas
ure on final passage were: Caudill
Clark. Gillian, Moorehead, Moxcey
Pierce and Timken