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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-25
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS

villa has so many lives
He keeps us off his track,
When we think him dead and buried.
He like the cat-"comes back"
The Y. P B., which was to have
met Friday at the home of Mrs.
James. PIT Tyler street, has post
poned its meeting until June 9.
The city clerk was instructed to adj
vertise for bids for a comfort station
to be erected in Ripley park. all bids
to be in by June 1, at this mornings
meetings of the commissioners New
plans were presented.
G. A. Allen, 435 Lane street. return
ed this morning from Cienfuegos,
bring back three nephews who will
spend some time in America before
returning to their home in Cuba.
A meeting of all persons interested
in organizing a farm bureau for Shaw
nee county will be held at 1 o'clock
Saturday afternoon at the Commercial
club rooms The announcement was
made today by John F. Doane, of
Sunnyside, secretary of the committee
On recommendation of the commit
tee appointed to adjust the claim of
Andrew Vester, 222 Kendall avenue,
against the city for injuries received
at Sixth and Topeka avenues, January
IS, 1916, by being hit by the automo-
bile of the fire chief, the city. commits
sioners voted to allow him $3.50 in full
for all claims against the city.
The county board of equalization
dissolves automatically Friday, having
used up the ten days granted by law,
and it is doubtful if it will be able to
hear all the complaints on property
assessments in the time remaining.
The proba abilities are that the state tax
commission will be asked to grant it
an extension of three or four days in
which to complete its work.
The regular pastime for prisoners,
at Holton, IS breaking jail and early
this morning L. L. Kiene, sheriff, re-
ceived word from the sheriff of Jack
son county that three more prisoners
had made their escape. He was asked
that Rock Island train be watched.
Officers met the train and found no
one. The three men were wanted in n
northern state and the sheriff was to
reach Holton today to take them back.
Subscribers of the State Journal
away 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 a
month (by mail only. Address
changed as often as desired. While
out of town the State Journal will be
to you like daily letter from home.
Advance payment is requested on
these short time subscriptions, to save
bookkeeping expenses.
Summer heat in Kansas is no deter
rent of the activity of President
Womer of Washburn college. While
his faculty is enjoying the cool breezes
of the mountains and the great lakes,
DR.. Womer will be toiling in the in
terests of the endowment campaign.
At least that is his firmly expressed
Intention However some of his trus-
tees believe that a week or two will
turn his steps toward cooler chimes.
All of Washburn faculty expect to re-
turn next fall The resignation of DR..
Daniel Fisk, who proffered his resig-
nation on his SEVENTEEN birthday this
spring, has not been accepted by the
trustees and he will continue as head
of the sociology department of Wash
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-25
BONDS ABOVE PAR
The City Is Offered Premium
on Its Securities.
Banks and Brokers Offer to
Take $500, 900 Worth.

The credit of the city of Topeka is
above par. Three letters containing
bids from banks and a bond house,
with checks attached. were ordered re-
morning to the banks and bond house
which had bid on the paving bonds to
be issued in July. All of the bids
stated. THE bonds are worth more
than par"
The German-American bank of To-
bonds and offered $1,000 premium
for that amount.
The State Savings bank bid for
100000 worth of the short time
bonds. offering $3.50 premium, and
Splitter, Rorick & Co., Al Central Ma
worth, offering 1000 premium.
THE bonds have been -oversub-
scribed by the people," said Com
missioner WATSON, land 1 feel that as
they are the ones who must pay the
tax, which will retire the bonds. they
are the ones who are entitled to the
bonds, not the bond houses or the
banks"
Counting out these $4,000 worth
of bids which you are returning. are
the bonds oversubscribed he was
asked.
than we will issue but this should not
hinder anyone from bidding for them
who might want some. for will take
the list and apportion them out so that
all bidders will get a share of them, s.
was his reply.
will you keep your list open until
the time of delievery?"
Yes, I think that would be a fair
way to handle the matter, he said.
After June 10, the time limit for
those to pay their paving tax in order
to escape the interest charges that
will be in effect after this date, the
exact amount of bonds that will be
issued can be determined
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-25
WANTS HER FREEDOM
That and Restoration of Her Maiden
Name Is All Edna Funston Asks.

Edna Funston says in her divorce
petition filed today, that when she
married Richard Funston in Kansas
City last August, she thought she was
going to have a home of her own.
She went to Leavenworth with him
and they established household
They bought furniture and she
worked to make it a real home. She
ordered groceries and other house
hold necessities She wasn't able to
buy any clothes for herself but she
stayed at home and secured her hap
piness fixing up her house and cook
ing for her husband.
Then the bills began to come in and
when they were unpaid she began to
worry They continued to pile up.
She began to hesitate about ordering
any more groceries. Then, she says,
she discovered that her husband was
making no effort to pay any of the
bills; that he paid none of the INSTALL
ments on the furniture and none Of
the household bills. She discovered
too, she says, that her husband was
a habitual drinker and was spending
his money that way.
After standing that sort of thing as
long as she could, she says, she packed
up her few personal belongings and
came back to her relatives in Topeka
and she has remained here since. All
she asks for is the restoration of her
maiden name and a divorce.
Another divorce petition filed in the
Shawnee county district court today is
that of saba Bunnell against Wallace
w. Bunnell. They were married in
Wichita October IL, 1904, the petition
states. and Bunnell deserted her in
1914. There are no children.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-25
SLEEPS IN THE HOUSE
C. C. Jones enies That He Slumbers
in His Garage.

C. C. Jones of 1922 Tyler street who,
it was reported to the police, attempt
ed to commit suicide in a garage at
his home yesterday afternoon entered
denial today.
II did not flourish a revolver and 1
did not threaten to commit suicide"
said Mr.. Jones. Il went to the house
and got revolver my daughter had
taken from the garage, took it out
to the garage and put it in my tool
chest The colored washerwoman APP
parently heard the lid on the chest
fall down, and after seeing me go
past her with a gun, thought I had
shot myself. 1 was asleep when the
officers arrived. Another thing. 1
don't sleep in the garage. Yes. my
wife has a restraining order to keep
me away from the house pending her
divorce action, but neither she nor l
have paid any attention to it. 1 sleep
in the house"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-25
STATE IS WEALTHY
In Eleven Months Million Has
Been Spent for Bonds.
In Same Time Districts Have
Paid OF Ss66,0O0.

In less than eleven months the
state has purchased virtually mil
lion dollars worth of bonds with
money from the permanent school
fund During the same period coun-
ties, cities and districts have paid on
bonds in the amount of $S6,02S-4S.
The showing is greatly in excess OF
the report for the same period year
ago and is a near record for the state
The showing of the million dollar
bond purchase is contained in re-
port made public today by Frank
Organ, assistant state treasurer. The
report also shows the deposit of
coupons to the amount of $44O,49S-3 80
and the payment of coupons in the
amount of s426,306.7s. Unmatured
coupons in the amount of $124.792-s2
were Cancelled by the state during
the II months period, while the
amount of accrued interest from
overdue bond payments was 81, ACT 4S.
Organs report covers the period
from July 1, 1915, tc the present date.
The purchase of $994,79S.67 worth OF
bonds during the II months just end
ing is against a purchase of $91o;-
1871 for the same period last year
against the payment of 1855, 629.4S
this year was a payment of $780,
$3.50 a year ago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-25
NO MORE JITNEYS
They Will Be Called Auto
Buses in Future.
Drivers Union Meets in Star
Chamber Session.

Under the leadership of Frank
B. Brown, organizer for the Indus
trial Council. the Jitney Drivers, union
this morning met in star chamber
session. Behind closed doors drivers
they will insist he made in the ordi-
sion last week to regulate "jitney''
service A campaign to secure the
adoption of changes which they will
demand also was considered in the
secret session.
= The only important information
that sifted through the closed door
indicates that drivers of cars plan to
take time off to put the plain "jitney
car" out of existence and substitute
for it auto buses" The original
name is not conducive to prestige, the
union. decided today.
Following the secret session this
morning the drivers completed ar
engagements for the Inauguration OF
the transfer system which becomes
effective tomorrow morning. Trans
fers have been printed and will be
distributed among members of the
organization today.
With the beginning of the transfer
system, regular routes will be handled
by every auto bus driver who ha.
joined the movement to exchang,
transfers. Drivers will be permitted
to vary slightly from their routes
however, to accommodate their pa
irons, they decided this morning.
Seven routes have been mapped on
by auto drivers. They will be known
as West SIXTH West Third "Eas
Sixth, % West Tenth" ''Douthitt.
South Topeka" and North Topeka
Sixth and Kansas avenues was agreed
upon this morning as a common trans
fer point although cars from pract
cally every route will carry passen
gers several blocks beyond that point
Pending definite assurance that tn,
transfer system will prove successful
drivers decided this morning not t,
open a permanent clearing house 70
adjustment of claims for transfers
The first temporary clearing hous
committee will meet in Labor hal
Sunday morning.
Auto cars offering transfers will b.
designated by a uniform sign to b,
adopted tomorrow morning. The sign
will announce the routes over which
the cars operate.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-25
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CAN'T MARRY 'EM
NJ. e. Pastors Must Not Officiate
for Divorces.
Reports Urge Stringent Re-
forms ON Church Members.
WOULD ABOLISH TOBACCO
Segregation, Fines Fail to Sup
press Social Evil.
Cautions Parents on Proper
Rearing of Child.
WOULD ABOLISH TOBACCO

Saratoga Springs, May 25.--More
stringent regulations regarding the re-
marriage by Methodist ministers of
divorced persons are provided in a re-
port submitted today by the commit
tee on the state of the church at the
general conference of the Methodist
Episcopal church. The church has
never recognized any cause for di-
vorce except adultery and has always
where divorced wife or husband is
living. BY the proposed change a
minister who performs such a mar
rage is guilty of maladminstration
and is to be held answerable to his
conference.
The total abstinence by Methodist
church members from the use of to-
bacco is urged in another report
Polygamy and the social evil are con-
demned by the committee on temper
ance and public morals. The enact
ment of laws prohibiting the former
is urged. Regarding the social evil
the committee asserts that neither Sc
gregation nor punishment by fines IS
a remedy.
Vice Segregation Fails.
The community should officially
expel and disperse vice, it continues
and the state should provide indus
trial settlement for the mentally de-
ficient an honest place in society for
those mentally capable.
Parents and others charged with
care OF the young ought to give care
full consideration to the proper cduca-
there may be health of body, purity
of mind and Righteousness of life
the report concluded. Action will be
taken later.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-25
GREAT GRIDIRON SHOW
Saturday Night Club Promises UNIQUE
Stunts at Banquet

One of the old time gridiron shows
of the Saturday Night club is being
prepared and will be staged at Ma
sonic Temple Saturday night at the
annual banquet of the bath night
crowd. Several hundred guests are
expected this year and many of the
men prominent in business and public
affairs in the state will sit at the ban
Quet tables.
Reports from officers of the club
today indicated a heavy advance
ticket sale. Political leaders and
workers from all sections of the state
will attend the dinner and gridiron
stunts to be staged. between speeches,
are regarded as far above the stand
ard even as established by the well
known Topeka organization
Unique stunts will be staged during
the interval between speeches and dur
ing the diner hour Speeches will be
delivered by Henry J. Waters, presi-
dent of the State Agricultural college
Hugh P. Farrelly, Chanute; Fred Du-
mont Smith, Hutchinson; Colonel e. c.
Little Kansas City; John Macdonald,
Topeka, and Congressman D. r. An
thony, jr., Leavenworth
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-25
ARMY BOARD MEETS
Dcvising Ways and Means for Annual
K n. G. Encampment

Members of the state military board
IN session this afternoon in the offices
of Charles 1. Martin, adjutant general,
will discus financial questions sur
rounding the holding of the annual
encampment and maneuvers at Fort
Riley Appropriation bills before con-
gress have made uncertain the amount
of funds available for camp purposes
this year and the board was called
together to consider methods for the
hanc:Sng of the annual meet of state
troops.
Certain funds are now available for
the encampment. Additional funds,
however. have not been provided by
the appropriations in congress and the
financial question is causing concern
General Martin. however, stated that
the financial problem was not of suf-
ficient concern to block the holding
of the annual outing for the national
guardsmen- I'VE could merely use
more funds if we had them" he stated.
The board was called together to
check matters over and make plans
for the summer work"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-25
GARDNER is CHOSEN
Reelected President of Typographical
Union No. 121.

typographical union. No. 121 at an
election held Wednesday evening,
chose NJ. H. Gardner, president, over
Rush L. McConn and w. E. Bush.
The vote stood. Gardner, Sc: McConn
AZ; Bush, 80. other officers elected
were:
ton: George Hoimgren and Ernest A.
Wright; alternates, Chef Henderson
and A. F. Seiber; recording secretary
Franklin Phinney; treasurer, Franklin
Barnes; financial and corresponding
secretary, Edward ]. Gribbin; SER
geant at arms, I. N. Grandon: door
keeper, Elmer W. Wagner; members
executive committee, W. T. Luce B.
F. Nelson, Otto L. G. Rain; auditing
committee, Walter Fox, C. G. Schriv-
err, w. M Amos
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-25
HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL
Clever Book Issued by Amateur
Editors in Local Institution.

With one hundred and fifty pages of
clever write-ups, well arranged pic
lures and original designs, the High
School Annual. The Aloha o." was
put on sale today. 1t is the largest
and best annual the high school has
ever gotten out and would do credit
to many a college.
The growth of the high school an
nual is proportionate to the growth
and better quality of the school. Ten
years ago the annual was a slim little
pamphlet of about so pages. The high
school had an enrolment of about 700
students.
Today the high school has an enroll
ment of 1,4oO and the annual numbers
1S3 pages.
The Aloha De is dedicated to Miss
Gertrude Boughton, one of the oldest
teachers, in point of service, on the
high school faculty. A special trib-
ute is also paid to H. H. Beneke, track
coach. who will be away next year on
leave of absence.
John TroxeH is the editor of the
Aloha Oe and Miss Marian Dana as
sistant editor; Homer n. Davis and
Ralph Wilson. managers. Other mem
bers of the staff are Miss Helen Rut-
ledge, Miss Lucille Mcguire. Miss Ed
it'll Young, Miss Helen Hollar. Miss
Maym Parsons. Miss Esther Lindell,
Miss Blanch Botham, Charles Hoyt
Paul Young, Gale Morgan. Kenneth
McCandless. Curtis Nettels, George
Rourke and Roland McCord
Pictures and snappy write-ups of
high school clubs are included in the
annual. Az idea of the varied actfvi-
ties of Topeka High is gathered
from the names of some of the diff
ferent organizations They are: En-
cheering club, Corn club. Boys club.
Classical club, Radio Wireless club.
The Student council. The Story Tell
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-25
WILL DIVIDE NO. s
Santa Fe Will Make Special Arrange
ments for Bull Moose.

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe train
No. will be divided into two sections
at Kansas City, June 4, to accommmo-
date delegates to the Bull Moose con-
vention which opens in Chicago three
days later. A special train also will
be arranged by the Santa Fe to ac-
commodate delegates to the Demo-
cratic national convention which
opens in st. Louis, June IA. The Dem
ocratic special will originate at Wich-
ita and delegates from all parts of the
state will join it at Florence. Strong
City. Emporia, Topeka, Lawrence and
Kansas City. From Kansas City the
special will move over the Missouri
Pacific
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-25
NAVAL FUND i.
al MILLION
INADEQUATE
Minority Report by Repubii-
cans on Committee.
Democrats Ignored Opinions OF
Navy Experts.
lPACIFlST SENTIMENT PREVAILS
Sum Doesn't Assure q. 5. Sec
0ond Largest Navy.
Republican Members Tell Need
of Two Dreadnaughfs.
1
|PACIFIST SENTIMENT PREVAILS
Sum Doesn't Assure q. s. Sec
0nd Largest Navy.
Republican Members Tell Need
of Two Dreadnaughfs.

Washington, May 25-Republican
members of the house naval affairs
committee in minority report sub
mitted to the house today denounced
the $241, 100000 naval appropriation
bill reported by the majority as wholly
inadequate and urged more liberal al
lowances to give the United States
second greatest navy in the world
The minority charged that the ma
jority report ignored opinions of naval
experts and recommendations of Sec
rotary Daniels and was based on
compromise between interests which
wanted no additional naval protection
and those which wanted only slight
| increase The Republicans recon-
mended that the bill provide for two
dreadnaughts omitted by the commit
| tee report, six battle cruisers instead
| of five, fifty coast defense subma-
rines instead of twenty. $500. 900 for
aircraft instead of s2.000,000. still
greater increase in personnel. creation
of a national defense council and
means for, rushing the building pro-
gram by using more than one shift OF
workmen daily.
| Many Plans Eliminated.
The report suggested that the two
dreadnau lights be built according to
plans now ready for the California and
/ Tennessee, so that all might be finish
ed simultaneously. The bill should
provide. the report declared. for the
full NUM- Der of men required on a
peace basis and should authorize the
president to order at his discretion
enlistment of such additional men as
the navy might need not to exceed the
sS,762 recommended by the general
board.
I'VE have ~ submarines built and
! building says the report. THE low
est estimate of our requirements by
any authority is 150.''
| The general board advised expedi-
ture of 100000 on the aeronauticaI
service, the report pointed out. Com
menting on the proposal for a defense
council, it said:
Experience in modern wars has led
all other great nations to establish
lsuch a council to insure unity, con-
tinuity and cooperation in all branch
es of national defense" =
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-25

ers' club, The Art club, The Mathe-
matics club. The Tennis club. The
Golfers club, The Dramatic club, The
Chess and Checker club, the German
club. the Girls Glee club, The Boys
club the orchestra, the colored jubi-
lee singers, Normal Training club and
the Athletic association.
Among the humorous features are
the Nursery Rhymes Brought Up to
Date" Songs and Their Reminders
and Pictorial Humor."
The making up of the annual re-
quired months of work on the part
of the staff and a large amount of
tact and discretion Particularly diff
ficult in the latter respect were the
individual write-ups of each of the
176 members of the graduating class.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-25
SMALL BOY SCALDED
Grating of Skin May Be Necessary TO
Save James Alden.

Grating of skin may be necessary
for the recovery of James Alden, sew
en-year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs. N. G.
Alden, of Potwin Place. Topeka, who
was seriously scalded at the home
Tuesday. DR.. l. H. Mum is attend
ing the boy and he is uncertain yet
whether or not the operation will be
necessary.
A teapot filled with boiling tea was
accidentally knocked over and the lit
tie boy was badly scaided by the flood
of hot liquid. He has improved only
very slightly since the accident and 1t
is feared that he can not recover un.
less skin is placed over the burned
place. He is in bed at the home of
his parents
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-25
Meat in Government Hands.

Berlin, May 25.-The appropriation
of all supplies of meat in Germany is
foreshadowed by the issuance by the
Bunderath of an ordinance placing all
meat supplies on hand on May IS, at
the disposal of the imperial meat bu-
reau. which has just been created.
This bureau alone will be competent
to authorize the sale or further dis
posal of meat at reasonable prices"
presumably only to communal organ
izations or meat dealers operating un-
der communal control If it is impos-
sible to establish prices by mutual
agreement the authorities will pre-
scribe them. A census of all meat
supplies including smoked and picked,
as well as fresh meats, will be taken
throughout the empire on May rs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-25
BILLIARDS STRAIGHT
Kansas Association Oppose Any Com
bination With a Joint

Kansas Association Oppose Any Conn
bination With a Joint
Billiard halls with joints are not
looked upon with any favor by these
operating bona fide billiard halls and
the Kansas Billiard association which
recently concluded a meeting at Kan
sas City, Kan, will draft and present
e bill to the next legislature asking
that the license of any billiard hall
owner, convicted of selling intoxicat-
ing liquors or running a disreputable
house be revoked.
Representatives from all parts of
the state were il attendance at the
Kansas City meeting Officers of the
association are: President, o. NJ. Will
hite, Emporia: secretary, Frank Cur
ry, Topeka: treasurer, Paul Bradford,
Kansas City, Kan; state organizer. w.
A Gardner, Chicago; first vice presi-
dent, Park Smith, Hutchinson; second
vice president, r. F. Cherry, Pitts
burg: third vice president, D. F. Klose.
Pratt: fourth vice president. c. Me-
gre0y Independence.