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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-13
HE TURNS IT DOWN.
Charles L. Mitchell Declines
Request of Topeka Men
That He Become a Candidate
for the Legislature.

Charles L. Mitchell will not be a
candidate for the Republican nominal
ton for representative from the Thir-
ty-fourth district, made up of the Sec
ond, Third and Fourth wards of To-
peka. He SO announced in telegram
received this morning by Robert
Pierce.
Immediately following the receipt
of the telegram Douglas d. Mote an
nounced his candidacy for the same
place. The same people who fostered
the candidacy of Mitchell are behind
Notes candidacy.
Il did not intend to be a candidate
if Mitchell agreed to rum" said Mr..
Mote. 1T was agreed that if he would
get in l would stay out. His telegram
put him out of the race definitely and
wish to make my announcement. L
am relying upon the same men who
would have supported Charley Mitch
ell had he become a candidate"
Both Mitchell and Mote were talked
over at a recent gathering of Shawnee
county Republican leaders Mitchell
was first choice because of his wide
acquaintance and his activity in nu-
merous civic organizations. Mote I'M
hesitatingly agreed to stand aside for
Mitchell if the latter would agree to
make the fight.
MitcheIl's Reply.
Mitchell wired from some point in
Arizona. His telegram is character
istic. It reads:
Robert Pierce, ST.. (and eleven 9TH
er Voters, maybe):
Topeka, Kansas.
Much behind on trip. Your wire
of fifth just forwarded here. 1 APP
preciate deeply the kindly considera-
ton and honor bestowed and the pre-
paid message. Gentlemen, 1 can't do
it, for 1 am chairman of the White
Way committee of the Commercial
club. besides working now and then
for Crane & Co. Am only a member
of the board of managers of State
fair. I am director of Golf club this
year. chairman of one of the largest
committees of the Internal Association
of Stationers and Manufacturers ne
cessitating my going to Atlanta in
October. And I drive an extra car
whenever Kelley or Penwell COM
mand. Gentlemen. I haven't enough
to do to command this honor much as
] would like to were circumstances
different. Please honor some real
busy Republican and I will gladly help
your selection.
| (Signed) "CHAS. L. MITCHELL"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-13
CUT LABOR CLAUSE
NJ. f. National Conference Eliminated
Conditional Support of Unions.

Saratoga Springs, May 1S.-By a
vote of 447 to ESQ the Methodist gen.
eral conference today eliminated that
part of the report of the commission
on social service which declared that
a preference should be given union
labor in all matters affecting employ
ment- In so far as it's methods are
just and in SO far as the rights of
unorganized men are not infringed
upon"
The partial report of the commit
tee on episcopacy concerning the EFF
fectiveness of the bishops recon-
mended the retirement of Bishops
Earl Cranston, of Washington, and
John W. Hamilton, of Boston, and
Joseph c. Hartzell, a missionary bish-
op of Africa, because they have
reached the retirement age. and Mis-
sionary Bishop Isaiah B. Scott, of
Liberia, and Merriman C. Harris, of
Korea, who applied for retirement.
When the labor union debate was
resumed, Wayne C. Williams of Dem
yer, and DR.. Samuel Plantz of Wis
consin, supported the principles of
collective bargaining and praised
union methods.
United States Judge J. NJ. Killits, of
Toledo, opposed the idea of prefer
entail employment.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-13
BLESSED HER STOCKING
Treatment Didn't Work Out So Divine
Healer Went to JAIL

New York, May 13.-The Rev"
Francis Schlatter, the divine healer"
who halls from the west and says that
his prayers have cured thousands,
faces trial here Monday on the charge
of practicing medicine without a Ii
cense. He was arrested at his office,
where he has been doing a land office
business, on the complaint of Mrs.
Adele Priess. a police matron, who
sought his help for what she said was
an injured knee.
She told the court that he first
blessed her handkerchief and then her
stocking and then told her she was
healed. Schlatter was released on his
own recognizence until Monday. He
came to New York from the west a
month ago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-13
NO C0RSETS OR SKIRTS
Hang Dresses From Shoulders, Adj
ViSeS Mrs. Hale.

Asbury Park, N J., May 13.-Advo-
eating the Immediate abandonment of
corsets and the general RELOCATION of
skirts for women, Mrs. Beatrice
Forbes Robertson Hale informed the
Federation of Women's Clubs of New
Jersey Friday night that skirts are not
necessary to indicate sex.
Mrs Hale has devised new dresses
to insure comfort, health and ease of
movement. The dress model, as Mrs.
Hale terms it, does not include a cor
set. While skirts must continue as a
necessary evil they can be discarded
without causing a riot, Mrs. Hale be-
heves they should be very short and
very loose and suspended from the
shoulders by broad and easy bands or
straps. Over them loose fitting tunics
may be worn.
Mrs. Hale exhibited several gowns
made up after that design and the
women in the audience said they were
beautiful and just as stylish as any of
the dresses with pinched waists.
Mrs Hale said she wears harem
skirts, but only in her home.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-13
MOVE ARMY BASE
Forces in Mexico Are Prepar-
ing for Rainy Season.
Accumulate Stores at Columbus
for Advance Troops.

Columbus, N. NJ, May 13.-Two
hundred motor trucks, all there are in
service along the line of communica-
ton today, are engaged in moving
back the advance base to Colonia
Dublan. Men and equipment will be
concentrated at the new base and a
portion of the force is expected to be
distributed along the permanent line
to give added strength.
The trucp trains will find plenty of
heavy work when their present task
is completed and they return to their
scheduled runs along the line.
Large stores of rations and other
supplies are piling up in Columbus for
transportation into Mexico for prep
aration against the rainy season when
transportation will become uncertain.
Officials have been informed that the
roads are likely to become impossible
when the rains set in.
The New Mexico militia was on
hand today, 1900 infantry and field
artillery battery, ready to be thrown
into government service.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-13
YOUTH KILLS OFFICER
After Creating Night of Terror for
Police, Trio Are Jailed.

Detroit, Mich, May 13.-One po-
liceman was shot to death, another
was severely wounded and several
other persons figured in a pistol duel
with bandits which began late last
night and eliminated with the arrest
of three young men this morning.
Patrolman Leland Alexander was
killed while pursuing suspected gum
men in an alley on the east side last
night. Patrolman Cornelius Ryan
was wounded early today after he had
come to the rescue of a candy store
keeper who was exchanging shots
with would-be holdup men.
Shortly after Ryan was shot fly
ing squadron of policemen arrested
Frank Krupa, Is years of age, Ed
ward Wartner, 10. and Frank dig
schlager. The prisoners were heavily
armed. the police said. Later it was
announced at police headquarters that
Wartner had made a confession, adj
hitting that he shot Ryan and shot at
Alexander. The confession, it was
said, named Oligschlager as an ac-
cOmplice
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-13
Creditor Can Take All a Labor
ing Man Earns.
Nothing Is Exempt for Support
of His Family.
TEN PER CENT LAW REPEALED
When 1918 Legislature Enacted
New Garnishment Law.
Decision Handed Down by
Judge WhitcOmb Today.

In a garnishment proceeding heard
today. in the second division of the
district court, Judge G. H. Whitcomb
.held that the ten per cent feature of
@tfle garnishment law does not apply
after judgment is secured.
y In other words, he held that after
the creditor has secured judgment he
can take all of the earnings of the
debtor The decision is directly in line
with the law as laid down by Judge
. Hugh Fisher of the court of Topeka a
few days ago, but in the former case
sJuCae Fisher held that it was the in
tent of the Legislature to make the ten
per cent feature apply after as well as
before judgment. He held that the
legislature repealed more than it in
tended to when the 1913 garnishmen'
law ~vas passed.
e. Judge Whitcomb does not attempt
70 interpret the intent of the legis-
iature He bases his decision upon the
law as 1t now stands. There is already
talk of efforts to have the present law
amended at the coming session of the
Legislature.
Under Judge Whitcomb's decision
the creditor may go ito court and Sc
cure Judgment against a workingnar
and following that satisfy his claim
Hcompletely or insofar as the working
sn1an's earnings will go towards salts
faction. Under it there is no exemp-
non. TO the WOrklnS1ndn IOT the sup
port of a family, after Judgment is rem
dered.
Attorneys say the decision is one Of
the most important rendered in e
Shawnee county court in years. To-
peka has more salaried people ant
more wage earners than any other city
in the state and the decision will cover
the dozens of garnishment suits started
nm local courts every month. Under it
d~Santa Fe shopman, for instance, car
hold nothing for the support of hi:
family if a creditor decides he want:
all his wages
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-13
FOUND IN LAWRENCE
Alvin Wallace. Again Is Returned to
the Detention Home.

Alvin Wallace, the 9 year old boy
wanderer. disappeared again Friday
but his disappearance was not noted
until he was discovered by chance in
Lawrence. Wallace was supposed to
b. at the county detention home
where he has been held-at times
since his last escapade when he ap-
peared for school at Granville
L. L. Kiene. sheriff, went to Law
renee and visited the police STATIC
Out in front of the station, comfort
ably occupying a big chair, sat Alvin
Wallace, talking with a negro boy.
Wallace was persuaded to come back
to Topeka and was again placed in the
detention home. Alvin is a puzzle to
local officers. He doesn't commit any
crimes but he can't be kept in any one
place. He has a constant laundering
for new scenery and different sleep
ing place each night.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-13
TO ARRANGE PROGRAM
Executive Committee OF State Teach
ers' Association Meets.

The executive committee of the
Kansas State Teachers association
met today at the office of the superin-
tendent of public instruction to ar
range a program for the next teachers
annual convention The work, an
nounced L. W. Mayberry, president,
probably would not be completed to-
day.
]. Will Kelley, secretary of the To-
peka Commercial club, which fur
nishes part of the entertainment for
the teachers, announced that nothing
definites had beenarranged by the club.
The organization, said Mr.. Kelley, is
trying to get a Shakespearian play
for the occasion and if possible Eddie
F'oy will be brought here at that time.
Roundtables on sociology, economics
and geography will be added to the
convention program, it was announced.
Those who attended the meeting are
L. W. Mayberry president; H. T.
Stopper, Leavenworth, Annabelle SUIT
ton, HAYS: Euna Arrasmith, Belleville;
F. L. Pinet, Topeka, and S. E. Price of
Ottawa
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-13
GRINS DO NOT COUNT
Judge WIhtcomb OverruIes Motion
for New Trial.

The fact that a court grins, that he
intimates that he is going to grin, or
that there is something in the evidence
to Justify a grin. does not constitute
grounds for a new trial, according to
Judge G. H. Whitcomb of the second
division of the district court
He denied the motion of Tinkham
Veale. attorney for Alfred Taylor, for
= new trial. Veale moved for a new
trial for Taylor on the ground that
Judge Whitcomb's face displayed a
flicker of amusement over the method
employed by Veale N arriving at the
value of Il plate glass mirror.
Taylor was charged with stealing
a plate glass mirror from the wreck
age of the old Foster home. Veale
was trying to keep Taylor out of the
penitentiary by fixing the value of the
property stolen under the twenty-dol-
lar limit. He placed a glass expert on
the stand to show how the price of a
secondhand glass was fixed. The ex-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-13
THEY SEE Topeka
Thirty st. Louis Business Men
on Trade Trip.
Spend Two Hours in the Capt.
tai TO Kansas.

Promptly at 1880 O'Clock thirty St.
Louis business men stepped off a spe-
cial train at the Union Pacific depot.
jumped into automobiles supplied by
the Topeka Commercial club and pro-
ceeded to get acquainted with Topeka
business men. They left for Lawrence
at $3.50 o'clock, scheduled to arrive in
the university town at 4:10. Leaving
Lawrence at $3.50 they will arrive in
Kansas City at $50, leaving Their, at
1910 and reaching st. Louis at 1925
o'clock tomorrow morning. That will
end a seven days trade extension trip
through Kansas and Nebraska.
Accompanying the business men
Seymour's Military band of fifteen
pieces which supplied Topekans on
Kansas avenue with music during the
stay here. Many of ost making the
trip were heads of wholesale firms
and many of the firms are known, ma
tionally. Robert E. Lee, secretary OF
the st. Louis Sales Managers bureau
has been in charge of the train. One
brewery was represented.
The towns which have been visited
in Kansas include Hanover, Washing
ton, Concordia, Beloit, Delphos, Min
neapolis, solomon, Salina, Abilene
Junction City, Manhattan, Wamego
ST. Marys, Topeka and Lawrence.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-13

pert had completed his dissertation
when Judge Whitccmb. smiling,
asked if that was not a rather hu-
morous method of arriving at a valua-
ton.
The jury went out and brought in a
verdict of guilty. 1t also found the
mirror was worth more than twenty
dollars. Then Veale remembered the
grin and decided it had influenced the
jury; that because of it the jury had
not seriously considered the testi-
mony of the glass expert.
Judge Whitcomb heard the motion
this morning but he failed to see how
he had influenced the jury and de-
MED the motion. He was ready to sem
tence Taylor then and there but Veale
asked that action be deferred.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-13
MAYOR HOUSE CAN VOTE
He Registered His Name With the
City Clerk Today.

Mayor j. E. House registered this
morning in order that he might vote
at the coming bond election. 1t is
necessary for the registration clerks
to ask seven questions to all appli-
cants among which the age occupa-
mayor gave his occupation as a re-
porter but when it came to the age
question he hesitated.
Your age, please" said the clerk.
Must 1 be eXact?" pleaded tie
mayor.
You must-about," was the an
swer.
Make it 80 then" was the answer.
Thirty, plus" wrote the clerk.
Add 49, was the order of the city
clerk.
An adding machine revealed the
fact that the mayor was 46 years of
age and the records in the city hall so
stand
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-13
SEND IN THEIR NAMES
Senator Reed Among Candidates Filed
in Missouri.

Jefferson City. Mo-, May 1s.-Sen-
ator Reed today filed his declaration
with the secretary of state for re-
election. He has no opposition in his
own party. These two Democratic
candidates for congress filed for re-
nomination: William L. Igoe. Elev-
enth, est. Louis) district, and Pearl
D. Decker, Joplin. Fifteenth district.
In the Thirteenth congressional dis
trict these two Republican candidates
filed: Marion E. Rhodes, of Potosi,
and Ootto w. Ramsey, of Bismark.
Other filings were: aJmeS w. Sud-
oath, Warrensburg, Democratic can
didate for the Kansas City court of
appeals; Thomas b. Buckner, Kansas
City, Democratic candidate for circuit
judge of the Sixteenth circuit; Ben F.
Klene, St Louis, Republican, for judge
of the ST. Louis circuit court.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-13
AT Topeka next YEAR
Kansas State Bankers Association
Chooses a Meeting Place.

Topeka will be the next meeting
place of the Kansas State Bankers
association which closed its annual
convention at Salina Friday. Louis H
Wulfekuhler of the Wulfekuhler State
bank at Leavenworth was elected
president; C. E. Kennedy, Junction
City, vice president; w. w. Bowman,
PLANE, treasurer; George T. Guern-
sey, jr., Independence. Kan, vice presi-
dent of the American Bankers asso-
citation.
The vice presidents of the Kansas
groups are: Group 1, o. o. Clarke,
Nortonville; group 2, F. F. Fockeie,
Waverly; group 8, f. H. Foster, Fort
Scott; group 4, ]. B. Lower, Haddam
group 5, F. H. Meyer, Hutchinson;
group 6, C. W. Carey, Wichita. All
officers of the Building and Loan asso-
citation were reelected, A. H. Plumb,
Emporia, president; S. c. Hartough,
Leavenworth, vice president; c. j.
Bryant, Independence, secretary.
Rain ruined a barbecue planned and
an improvised vaudeville show was
given in Convention hall. Alexander
d. Moves, financial editor of the New
York Evening Post, reported a great
wave of prosperity apparent through
out the country and declared that the
United States had achieved financial
greatness in the European war.
c. ]. Bryant, secretary of the Kan
sas building section of the bankers
association reported that the member
ship of the section had doubled in the
last five years. Miss Emma Rhein-
heimer, secretary of a building and
loan association at Kansas City, spoke
on my Idea of an Ideal Secretary
James M. Mckay of Youngstown
o.. spoke on the Importance of an ideal
rural life in the social welfare of the
country
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-13
FAMILIES ARE SMALL
Those i'm Kansas Below the Average
Except in Two Counties.

Race suicide has a grip on nearly
every county in Kansas, according to
figures compiled by ]. c. Mohler, sec
rotary of the state board of health.
His report shows that just two coun-
ties-Ellis and Trego-have families
averaging more than five persons to
each family.
The government establishes five
an average family. The average for
Kansas is Al. Ellis and Trego coun-'
ties alone pass the five mark-Ellis
with an average of ISL persons and
Trego with an average of COL persons
to each household Rush, Russell and
Scott counties are the only other
counties with averages in excess of As
persons to each family. Morton
county reports the smallest average
families-the average for that county
being "a.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-13
CARRANzA IN NO HURRY
Gives No Indication of Wanting Bor.
der Situation Discussed.

Washington, May 13.-General Car.
rama has given no indication. Spe-
cial Agent Rodgers at Mexico City
reported today, of renewing imme-
diately through diplomatic channels
his suggestion that American troops
be withdrawn from Mexico. Eliseo
Arredondo. his ambassador here, tele-
graphed yesterday for instructions to
guide him in informal conversations
he expects to have with Secretary
Lansing.
Consular dispatches today said the
only Mexican troop movements of i'm
portance in the border region were the
dispatch of forces from Sonora into
the Yaqui valley, where Indians are
threatening new outbreaks, and the
movements of parts of the Saltillo gar
rison into the Big Bend vicinity to
check bandit raids
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-13
DR.. CRANNELL'S BOOK
1.-THE Survival of the Unfit by Former
Topeka Pastor.

1.-THE Survival of the Unfit is the
title of the latest book by Philip Wen
dell Crannell, D. D., who from 1900
to 1904, was pastor of the First Bap-
tist church of this city. DIR. Crannell
is the author of several religious
works. He 10 president of the Kansas
City Baptist Theological seminary
The book is in effect a protest
against the Survival of the fittest"
doctrine of many modern materialist.-
philosophers. 1t asserts the all suffi-
cheney of the gospel for human needs
and shows its necessity in the truly
moral life. The chcapters in the
book were originally editorials publish
ed in the Sunday School Times,
brought together and arranged to
present a defininte program of ethics
and theology.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-13
USE MORE BOOZE
whisky Increases in o. s. 71s
Million Gallons in 8 Months.
Beer Consumption Falls OH
Mere Tobacco Used.

Washington. May 13.-Notwith-
standing the fact that prohibition
laws have become effective in seven
states since July 1. 1915. approxi-
mately 100000 gallons more whisky
have been used in the United States
so far during this fiscal year ending
June 80, than ever before Returns
to the internal revenue bureau ap-
proximate the total increase for the
year at 10, 100000 gallons. During the
same period the use of beer has fallen
more than 100000 barrels, or 49,
100000 gallons from last years fig
ures. The total use of beer for the
year ending June so, it is estimated.
will be about 60.000,0OO less than II
was in the last fiscal year.
An extraordinary increase in the
amount of cigars cigarettes and tobac-
co is reported for the current year
The tax collected during the nine
months ended March 81 shows an IN
crease of approximately S5,OOo.ooe
over the last fiscal year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-13
SMALLPOX AT DOWNS
Existence of Nearly so Cases Reported
to State Board of Health.

Nearly fifty cases of smallpox have
been reported from Downs, according
to a statement today from the state
board of health. All of the cases are
quarantined and no deaths have &C.
Cured.
The Downs epidemic has existed
nearly a month. The April report
showed So cases, a number of the pa
tients having since been released. Re-
ports sent to the state board last week
showed seven new cases. No effort
has been made to quarantine the town
and a general order will not be issued
provided the individual guarantees
are enforced.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-13
SIMPSON IN FORM
Tiger Star Breaks Records in
MiSsOuri-KanSaS Meet.
Missouri Won, Taking All of
Important Events.

Columbia, Mo-, May 13.-Robert
Simpson of the University of Missouri
tied the worlds record in the 12O
yard high hurdles in the Missouri
Kansas dual meet today and broke
the Missouri valley record in the
broad jump, setting a new mark of
% feet 6A inches. Missouri won,
68 to Al.
Simpson took five first places, scor-
ing rs points for Missouri, individu-
ally. Kansas won five firsts and tied
for one, and Missouri took eight f1rstS
and tied for one.
In the mile relay Missouri won by
rs Yards