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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-07
RUNS FROM WRATH
BOniface of German Birth Fiees
Queens Hotel.
Quits London Under ScOurge OF
Sea Victims Friends.
FLOWERS FOR OCEAN GRAVE
Widow Scatters Blossoms
Where Mate Sank.
Pindell, Home. Says War Will
Last for Three Years.
FLOWERS FOR OCEAN GRAVE

New York. June Otto Hunbert.
owner of the Queens Hotel, at
Queenstown, v here many survivors of
the LuSite mia were sheltered. eached
New. York today. voluntary exile
from Great Britain. MIR. Hum bert, al
though a naturalized British citizen. is
of German birth. This fact aroused
SO much criticism from the friends of
the LuSitania'S survivors. il is said,
that he found it difficult remain
in Queenstown, Notwithstanding his
ScrupulOus care so to deport himself
as 10 be above suspicion. He left
home 20 avoid further unpleasantness
and possible trouble.
Flowers Where Ship sank.
Mrs. J. Harvey Page. passenger
on the St Louis. made the long trip
from Liverpool TO New York, so that
she might scatter roses on the sea
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-07
FRANK CASE IS DELAYED
Prison Board to Make Announcement
Tuesday or Wednesday,.

Atlanta, June members OF the
Georgia prison commission. at the
regular meeting OF that body here. to-
day. announced that Il decision on Leo
NJ Franks petition for communication
of his sentence 10 life ;inpris 1nElent
would not be reached before Tuesday.
or possibly Wednesday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-07

Caldwell Lawn Mowers at Forbes :
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-20
SAYS AT FRAUD TRIAL He
GOT TO WILSON'S EAR
Larkin. Accused by Woman,
Tells Of Aiding Men Who
Sought Office.

Ebert j. L1rkin. who said he had
acted AZ agent for a number OF men who
wanted President Wilson to appoint them
20 Federal offices. was on trial yester-
day IN General Sessions on charge OF
grand larceny. He Is accused of getting
$500 from Mrs. Louise Huiss of 1S5 West
Elghty-eighth street by selling her bogus
mining stock. other women appear az
witnesses against him, some asserting that
he had talked OF marriage to them when
getting them to part with their money.
Larkin told the jury that he had been
q publicity agent for Assistant Secretary
W the Navy Franklin n. Roosevelt when
he was a candidate for nomination AZ
United States Senator. but that he was
never paid Ho said that he got $40 for
boosting J. w sullivan, postmaster al
Middieburg, y. Y. He also said that he
got the names Of former Gov. Foss OF
Massachusetts and George Foster Pea
body to a petition for the appointment
OF r. II. Allen Of 90 Wall street as
Ambassador to France. For this work
he sad he collected s4OO.
Among tine women who accuse Larkin
1re Mrs. Alice VI. Swayne % West
Eighty-tlird street. vino is said to have
given him $1,000: Miss Loretta Coyle
OF al Amsterdam avenue, 20 whom Il
~ said he posed as the confidential adj
wiser to Howard Elliott OF the New
Haven railroad Josephine Failing. Ljbbie
Meyer and a Miss Ward OF Philadelpli ria.
Larl,in's case will be submitted 60 the
Jury to-day.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-20
KASS ASSETS PUT AT Sl,s0O,000
Examiner Estimates 90 Per Cent,
for Banks Dcpositors.

A statement Of Irving w Scott, State
bank examiner, or the condition Of the
private bank OF A. L. Kass. whose places
Of business were closed by the Superiu-
tendent Of Banks on November 30, 1913.
shows a total hook value OF assets OF
t2.247.OO0 and total liabilities S1,S96,0 600.
OF which si,295,0o is due depositors.
Deductions were made from the book
values of the assets by the department of
s447 900, leaving the estimated value o'
the assets about Sl.SOO.O00. Secured
liabilities and claims. probably preferred,
amount 10 about 100000, which wou's
leave a balance OF about Si.2O0, 0oO APP
plcable to claims OF depositors. or an
proAmately 90 per cent" says the state
ment, which continues, This Of course 8
largely dependent on receiving fair prices
for real estate"
The department points out that certain
items such as real estate. stocks, sc.
might realize more than the estimate o.
the department, and that II there should
be an improvement OF even % per cent. in
these Items the assets would equal or eX-
coed the liabilities.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-20
RECEIVER FOR HEAD
OF co.
Josiah Thompson. President OF
Failed UniOntOwn Bank. Put
Assets at S70.000.0OO.
CAME Up FROM POOR BOY

UNlosTowN. Pa, Jan. la.--Following
the Suspension yesterday OF the Uniontown
First National Bank. Josiah Thompson,
head Of the $1,000 900 Greene County
Coal Land Syndicate, and one OF the
largest independent coal land owners IN
the country and president OF the bank,
accepted voluntary receivershIp in the
Fayette County courts to-day. turned over
his affairs 20 three receivers and lief.
for New York His assets were given "a
$40 900 and his debts S22.O0o.00O,
with 100000 unsecured.
Probably 10000 persons are involved
In the failure The statement OF the
Comptroller Of the Currency In Washing
Ton that the affairs OF the bank have been
unsatisfactory since 1912, is followed by
the admission here that there has been
virtually run on the bank foi many
months
one " Thompsou's creditors, by his
own admission, is Republican state
Chairman William Grow, who said to-
day that he had sold coal lands 10 Mr.
Thompson and that h" held the latters
notes. lie maintains Thompsons affairs
will he righted. Thompeon was an aspIr-
ant for ;nc GubernRtorlai nomination in
1905
while the affairs OF the bank are
guarded. IL ~ said the withdrawal of
5000 OUO OF deposits since tho first Of the
year. coming on tor of 10" withdrawal
Of 81 100000 in the preceding fourteen
months precipltated the crisis.
Back Of the present disturbance. II Is
said. lies the story OF a gigantic battle
between Thompson as the head OF an in
dependent syndicate and powerful huan-
cial interests engaged in the coal and
coke business.
Thompsons rise in the world his prog
ress from a poor boy TO the dominating
head OF vast financial. holding corpora
ton. has been meteoriC. Starting with
an inheritance of 100000 from a relative
he Is accredited with having fought his
way up to SlOO.Ooo.O0o fortune. The
faith TO those who have invested with him
is SHOWN by the fact thAt directors OF
the First National Bank have voluntarily
pledged their private funds for rehabillta-
ton OF the affairs OF the bank and as a
guarantee 20 depositors that they will be
paid.
When the bank became a member OF the
Federal reserve system II is said to have
had a surplus Of Si10O. 600. and that the
500, 600 was distributed in a 200 per
cent dividend" This was paid on July
6. 1914.
Organized IN 1854 with capital OF
500 600 the bank came up 50 fast that
II has bccn paying dividends at the rate
II 80 per cent annually
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-20
Gives Instances in Point.

Isn't 1t the policy OF the coal com
panies not 10 let the miners acquire TILE
to the land on which their houses are
built"
Il shouldn't think any one would want
TO acquire ;itlc 20 land over a coal mine"
But don't they acquire title in some
instances
Yes. unfortunately"
"Dld you ever hear OF a safety device
OF programme coming into prominence
before woriInemen had forced through
legislation that made it economical for
the employer 20 install them"
Miss Tarbell gave several instances in
point. 70 which Mr.. Garretson replied that
wherever anything had been done with
out the interference Of union the case
was one Of the exceptional employer.
How do you reconcile your conclus on
that the union has a place under efficiency
methods with the declaration OF the scien-
tihc managers that the union is no, neces-
sary?"
81 don't have 10 reconcile their views
with mine. My views are my own"
Miss Tarbsll." said Commissioner Gar
retson. isn't the safety expert and the
efficiency agent form Of despotism that
is being established over the working
man"
NO. II he were then the school teacher
is tltc best known despot in this country
The worst despot ! ever met was the
woman VINO instructed me in calculus"
Wouldn't the general installation Of the
efficiency system restore to the employer
that despotism which he possessed before
the labor unions took it away from him o
Not for a moment" replied Miss Tar.
boil
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-20

What do YOU think Is the underiyinE
cause OF the present Industrial unrest 90
oucred Mr.. Walsh during the afternoon
session.
81 think those causes lie in the desire OF
men 10 better themselves, a desire that IL
inherent in every normal man. When he
sees that conditions arc hopeless. tha,
there is no opportunity for him to develop
himself. "a man becomes FESTIVE The pres
cnt Industrial unrest is n wonderful en-
preston of the desire Of men to have
more life They are going to get H. and
they should have the help OF the best
brains in getting H. and nothing that will
help them to IT should be kept from them.
What organization or what influence
has done most for him.
Popular education II the chief in
fiucnce. II you don't want men TO desire
a fuller life keep them ignorant"
But | mean what organization in their
Industrial life
Education Is what Is working there
Cnionism will do more when II has more
knowledge and breadth of view
do YOU believe that tho unions oppose
scientific management because they fear
an increase in production
Yes The fear OF abundant produc-
ton is very great. Union men have been
trained to that idea in order TO keep the
price OF labor high. Tho great trusts have
the same idea with respect 10 prices OF
/ their commodities. There Is an idea that
keeping down production means prosperity
ana Il is natural for the workman TO think
that he should keen down his product sc
as to Increase wages
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-20
SOLDIERS WILL PARADE TO-DAY
Thirtieth Infantry, Here From
Alaska, TO March Through city.

The Thirtieth Infantry, seasoned vet
Grams Of Uncle Sam, who arrived from san
Francisco on Sunday by way OF The Pam
ANA Canal. will parade to-day for tho
benefit OF their fellow Americans and
other residents hereabout who never have
seen rugged regulars who have spent two
years AZ cheerless Alaskan posts. There
are 1000 Of them IN command % Col
Frank r. Mccoy and they will march in
field uniform Of olive drab preceded by
tho regimental band
The line Of parade will be from the Bat
terry, whence the soldiers will start AZ >
o'clock, 10 Broad street. to Wall. 10 Broad
way, TO Fourth street. 10 Washington
Square, 10 Firm avenue, to Fifty-nlnth
stree: and west along Fifty-ninth street
to the Hudson. where the regiment will
board ferries to Weehawken and thence by
three special trains 10 Plattsburg.
MaJor-Gen. Leonard Wood, command
ing the Department OF the East, arranged
for the parade and viii review Il from a
stand in front OF the Public Library at
Fifth avenue and Forty-frst street lie
has invited Mayor Mitchell and other city
officials to seats in the reviewing stand.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-20
HEBREW CONGREGATIONS MEET
Rabbi Hirsch Calls Non-sectsrian-
Ism Fouy-wiIson Praised.

CHICAGO Jan. 10. -- Non-sectarianisn
was branded as folly by Or, Emil q,
Hrsch, rabbi OF Sinai Temple, who spoke
this afternoon before the delegates to the
Union Of American Hebrew Congregations
AT the Congress Hotel,
DR.. Hirsch declared that the need of
carrying on Jewish activities in rural dis
trcts was great, but no greater than the
need for syuagogues In the downtown dis
trcts Of the metropolitan cities,
In the morning two important resolu-
tions-one commencing President Wilson's
peace policy and the other stating the at
titude OF the union on the literacy test
were referred 10 the resolutions commit.
tee. The resolutions were not discussed
IN the open meeting.
The report OF Mrs, Abram Simon OF
Washington, q. C., president OF the Ma
tionM Federation OF Temple Sisterhoods,
showed that 1906 womens clubs are now
included Ia The federation Is ssatTls.
forty-pibt two years aso
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-20
BURLESON APPROVES
MAIDEN U. s. A. PLAN
But Quality. Warns Postmaster
General. Must Challenge
the World.
OPPORTUNITY NOW RIPE

wAsHfNoToS. n. G. Jan ia--Pos.
master-0cneral Burleson to-day expressed
his warm approval Of the Made in U. s.
A." movement. He emphasizes the i'm
portance Of having the purchaser insist
on getting quality equal to that Of i'm
ported articles II is his belief that the
campaign in favor Of American goods that
s sweeping the country can be used to
inspire American manufacturers to 90
much better work than they are doing
The preser. movement. rather IN the
nature OF Il crusade, TO awaken the Ameri-
can public to demand American made
goods when making their purchases" said
M Burleson, "is timely and las good
motive behind Is. I have no doubt that
the demand can he created both among
our own citizens ana among tho citizens
OF other countries We should take pride
both In our country itself and its prod
ucts. We must labor. however. 20 male
the products such that We shall be amply
justified in preferring them above ;hs
products OF other peoples.
There Is no doubt that We have row
a splendid opportunity to lntrcnch Amer j.
can made goods In tho favor both OF ou-
OWL people ana o lllliuOls OF the neOnle
Of other lands who have been accustomed
20 purchasing many articles of necessary
wear and use from tho great European
nations now at war. In our own mar
Sets. undoubtedly, the range Of choice L.
between domestic and foreign goods has
oeen considerably reduced by the war.
Many Americans who normally have been
accustomed to calling for foreign goods
are nov. whether they know it or not,
compelled TO use American made subst,-
:utes.
1T would be decidedly good thing
IN now the American public were to de-
mand Information at the stores as To- the
place OF manufacture of every article
bought. Every time the American pur-
chaser fnds that the American article
serves his needs as we'll or better than
the foreign one he certainly should tel
his friends and adhere loyalty hereafter
to the American brand
After all II IL quality that tells he
tale. Products OF certain small sections
81 this country and goods manufactured
In very small cities, in some instances,
are known the land over by tho name Of
tho small section or OF the small city"
Speaker Champ Clarl, made the same
point In a recent statement on the sub
ject. TIE Women's National Made IN
L. s 4. League, which has headquarters
in Washington and which Is organizing a
committee In every State. also insists tia.
quality and price be equal to the forei IN
article
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-20

81 believe that work makes work. that
you should get out as much as you can.
The fear OF abundance Is a most per
nicous thing. The worker must revise
his ideas"
Can you give the names OF unions that
are inspired with that idea
mo. That's my impression gained from
testimony before this commission"
Well said Commissioner Ciarretson,
Suppose the workman should Increase his
production and the employer should throw
Il away rather than take less for IT,.
Would Il DO any good for the workman
to increase his Production
"Of course It would do no good at all,
said Miss Tarbell.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-20
WIFE SUES BECAUSE OF DOGS.
Husband Wanted Animal. Bsthed
Instead Of Baby, she says.

\ wife who says her husband loves his
two dogs more than he loves her and her
fifteen morths-old baby filed sui. In the
supreme Court yesterday for 4 separa-
ton. She Is Mrs. Anna Kacck wife Of
Robert \. kaect. a plumbing contractor.
Mrs Kac"'; says she lived happily with
her husband un.ll after nc got dachshund
ma a lroIcE bulldog. and then he turned
his affection to the dogs
Ms. kueclS says the birth OF her ba ~
only increased her husbands interest in
the dogs and that he uuarrelled with her
because she refused to battle and comb
the dogs when her baby required all OF
her attention.
Kaec< alleges that his wife aggravated
him by abusing the dogs and said the
climax TO the family troubles came when
nis wife's sister ordered the dogs done
away with
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-20
McCHoRD TO SUCCEED HARLAN.
WIN he Elected Chairman OF Inter-
stntc Commerce board.

WASHINGTON, Jan. le.-Charles c Nc
CHORD will he tho rcNt chairman OF the
Interstate Commerce Comm ssion. lie
viii be elected the genera! conference
% succeed Chairman J. S. Harlan
Mr.. McChord IL a Democrat and was
appointed to the commission on January
~. 1910. 20 succeed Martin S Knapp.
who resigned TO become a member OF the
United states Commerce Court, which
was later abolished.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-20
WEST VIRGINIA BANK CLOSES.
Run. Due to Money Market, Hits
Grafton Institution.

GRAFTON, W. Va, Jan. l9.--Folow!ng
a run. said TO have been due TO conditions
in tho money market. tho Grafton state
Bank was closed to-day. Col John T
McCiraw IL one of the principal stock
holders.
The banks CAPITAL was 100000 and IL
had deposits Of 100000. Charles Il.
Durbn Is president.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-20
URGES NEW SCHOOL KITCHENS.
Curran wants city 10 spend s20,5Oo
ON Equipment for 80.

\ resolution asking the Board OF Es-
innate to appropriate S2G.j0O to provide
sixty public schools with equipment for
serving penny luuyheoue" without fur
ther cost to the city was introduced N
the Board Of Aldermen Yesterday by the
majority Ieaser, Henry H. Curran.
The Estimate Board has already appro.
priated $4,000 Tor this purpose Tho Cur
ran resolution was referred to the Wei
fare Committee FOR q report next week
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-20
EFFICIENCY LABOR'S GREAT
NEED, SAYS MISS TARBELL
AS Federal Commission Witness She Refuses to Admit
Union Predominance in Betterment-Remedy in
Scientific Management Not Suffrage.

against vice are in the States where they
don't have woman suffrage but you
must remember that vice laws are "a
matter o: local condition. They should
grow out OF the particular situation IN the
state where they are passed or course
where you have woman suffrage you
always. or nearly always. get certain laws.
as for example liquor laws"
One Cause of Opposition.
Commissioner Lennon wanted to know
why the labor unions are opposed to
scientific management.
THE testimony before this commits
mission said Miss Tarbel. would indi-
cate thai one Of the reasons rs that
they know SO li,tle about it and don't
want to Learn OF course that Is very
bad policy on the part OF the unions
II the Steel Corporation Is such a leader
in welfare work and scientific manage
ment why does II no: abolish Sunday
work. was Mr.. Lemons next query. To
this Miss Tarbell replied that certain
amount OF work must be done on sunday
as. for example. one must keep ones fur
mace going on Sunday. Her own cook
must get dinner on Sunday as well as OF
other days other instances cxis; in the
steel industry. she said. where, for eN-
ample. the coke ovens must not be al
lowed TO cool
Miss Tarbell also said that she agreed
absolutely with Louis Brandeis IN his
assertion tina; scientific management will
prevail whether the unions want Il or
not. and that II Is foolish FOR them TO
oppose H.
is your Information on the attitude
OF labor unions toward efficiency as broad
a that OF Nj. BraIdeis"' asked Commits
sioner GARRISON, going on 10 say that Mr..
Brandeis didn't know anything at all.
" don't know how much Mr. Rrandeis
knows" replied Miss Tarbel. ~ know
only those things which have seen and
studied and feel very humble In coming
before this body"
Hasn't the union a right 20 be shown
that this scientific management is a good
thing Tor the workingman7"
Certainly. The trouble is tina: the
unions are not trying hard enough to be
- own
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-20
spanish Novelist IIonored.

Ruben Dar!o. the Spanish novelist and
poet, who Is now IN this city. has been
awarded the silver medal OF the IIspauic
Society OF America, given only for dis
tinction In arts or letters This medal
has been presented to only fourteen.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-20
"Coni Mining Sociology"

In his remarks on what he styled coal
mining sociology" Mr. l. is said he had
nassed fourteen years In mining and that
he had come 10 the conclusion that our
Whole theory OF private property az an
piled to coal mining. under certain con
ditions. had broken down" In developing
this theor-, he outlined the establishment
of = coal mining camp In a new district.
The mine owner" he said. first gets
employees. he takes them TO the district.
lie builds homes for them. he sells hem
supplies, he provides doctors he provides
saloons. he provides everything. II Is
essential that he establish these relations
because no one else will do /
"Trouble arises between the operator
and his men and the righ; OF the contro-
versy may be on one side or the other.
But when all these relations have sud
denly been broken of the employer keeps
his property the home Of the miner, the
place where he gets his supplies. the
doctor. the saloon and what not: they are
his and he can withhold their ser' Ice
from his employee. y" matter " the
employer is right there is bound 10 De
violence in such a situation. Then society
faces two theories OF right--the right TO
be employed and the right to do as one
desires with his own property.
Now We can do two things in such
circumstances We can modify the right
OF private property or we can socialize
that property I do not believe we are
ready FOR the latter alternative but !
think II is worth while for this commits
sion 10 INQUIRE whether or not the public
utilities commissions OF the various states
might in such circumstances be called In
10 determine the merits of -he contro-
versy, and 20 make known with that
viGo which public opinion has what
the voice OF society on that subject is
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-20

Miss IJa NJ Tarbell, we'll known for her
exhaustive Investigations into Industrial
conditions and for her writings, in testi-
mony given before the United states Com
mission on Industrial Relations yester-
day, refused to admit that labor unions
have brought about all OF the betterment
that has come to the nottingham.
She then volunteered full Enforcement
OF scientific management. OF industrial
oratlons--management seeking the
greatest degree of ehiclency--as a direct
and lasting benefit to both employer and
employee
Replying TO questions put by Mrs. J..
Borden Hartman. the only woman menu
Der of the commission, Miss Tarbell gave
a rather lean approval TO woman suffrage
as psuacea for human Ills, asserting
that most men favor IL and that Il II the
women themselves who are responsible
for its somewhat hating progress.
Potential Power for Good.
Miss Tarben is not opposed to labor
unions. She believes they have great
potential power for improving industrial
conditions In her opinion they have
already done a great deal. and she sup
ports the union stand for shorter hours
because shorter hours mean more oppor-
tullty lot ptTbOUdl improvement hii' W.
joyment
II is her observation that where men
work a reasonable length OF time they
drink less. In her opinion most Of the
drinking among lahoring men results
from the necessity for stirnulants under
the exhaustion Of long hours.
The other witness OF the day was Con
gresham David J. Lewis OF Maryland.
chairman OF the House Committee on
Labor lie suggested such modification
OF tho right OF property az will permit
public utility commissions in the various
states 20 step in when coal operators and
their employees fall out to the end that
the peculiar conditions established he
tween them may not result In the total
disability Of the employee TO get Justice.
During the greater part OF the after
noon Mr. Lewis delivered his Grafton In
support Of Government ownership OF tele-
phone aud telegraph lines, a very de-
tailed argument who. has already been
printed at length in the Congressional
Record and IN the minutes OF the National
Civic Federation.