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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-03
NEWCASRATER0W
Utilities Commission Would
Block Federal Court.
Goes to Supreme Court for Re-
straining Order.
HOLD CASE IN STATE COURTS
Action Would Preserve Rate
Making Power.
Order Ties Hands of Kansas
Natural Receivers.
HOLD CASE IN STATE COURTS

The Kansas public utilities commits
SD today sought refuge under the
wing of the state supreme court in an
effort to dodge gas litigation in the
federal courts. New issues in the case
were drawn when the utilities com
mission asked the supreme court for
an order restraining the further prose-
cution of gas suits before the United
States supreme court.
Action by the utilities commission
was taken today following a confer
ence in Topeka last week. AT that
time the attorneys for the utilities com
mission decided to go to the supreme
court for relief and evade, if posi- BILE,
the trial of the gas cases in the fed
eral courts. Because the supreme
court recently decided that it had
jurisdiction in the gas rate case, the
commission today asked that the state
tribunal protect that Jurisdiction
through the granting of an injunction.
Judge John F. Flannelly of Inde-
pendence, and John M Landon and R.
TCoufinued l'Hye rwu.l
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Arn1ored Bodies
For Police Cars
Thru Oklahoma

Oklahoma City, Okla, Jan. 3.-Be p
cause of the large number of bank
robberies and postoffice robberies in
eastern Oklahoma in recent months.
armored bodies are being placed on
two motor cars here for use of coun-
ty officers in pursuing bandits This
Information was obtained today from
a local carriage builder, who asserted
he is constructing the bodies. He de-
clineed, however, to make public the
name of the officer who placed the or
der.
In numbers of recent bank robberies
in the eastern counties motor cars
have been used. The robbers have
come down from their hiding places
in the kiamichi mountains and the
Usage hills and because of their more
rapid method of transportation, Off
GERS have found pursuit on horseback
useless.
The motor car bodies. under con-
struction here, are of light steel. They
are being painted black and have a
somewhat box-like appearance. Be
hind the windshield is q plate of steel,
which can be raised or lowered by the
driver by touching pedal. 1t was as
serted the cost of the construction is
800 for each.
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The Suspension of Alleged
Sorority Members Stands.
CASE WILL NOT Be APPEALED
Attorney McKeever States That
Row Is at an End.
Controversy in Court Over
"WhO Were Called LIARS"

Holding that the Topeka board OF
education and the Topeka high school
officials did not act in bad faith when
it suspended for term the fourteen
high school girls during the early part
of December, 1915, Judges George H.
Whitcomb and A w. Dana this aft
ernoon denied the application for
temp orary injunction against the
school officials which was asked by
the girls. The requested temporary
restraining order was to enjoin the
officials from enforcing the order
pending hearing of application for
permanent injunction
The decision states in part:
THE statutes of this state place the
government of the public schools in
cities of the first class in boards OF
education, and give them the power
to make all necessary rules for the
government of such schools. They
provide for a superintendent who
shall have the charge and control of
the public schools of the city. sub
ject to the orders. rules, regulations
and bylaws of the board, and from
the OF ders of the board the law pro-
vides no appeal.
In 1907 the Legislature made it un-
lawful for high school pupils to be-
long to any secret fraternity or or
ganization whatsoever that is III any
degree a school organization. and em-
powered boards of education and
trustees of county high schools to deny
any student who shall violate the pro-
visions of said act all the privileges
of such high school, or to expel such
student for failure or refusal to COM
ply with its requirements.
No Question of Power.
There is no question involved in
this case of the right or power of the
school authorities to suppress sorori-
ties and fraternities. or substitutes
therefor. This is conceded. 1t is con-
ceded also, for the purposes of this
case. that the existence of such or
ganizations is harmful to the public
schools and that the law of the state
and rules of the school board relat-
ing thereto should be enforced. There
is. therefore in this case no question
open for consideration as to the pol
icy, or wisdom, or validity of the state
law, or the rules of the school board
TT should first be observed that
the law in this state makes no pro-
vision for an appeal to the courts from
Gny order made by the board Of edu-
cation. The order of suspension COM
planned of, being within the power of
the board of education to make, can
not be reviewed in this court as on
appeal or retired on the inertia
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Dispatch Squadron of Warships
to SueZ Canal.
Will Protect Marine Shipping
Against Central Powers.
TWO JAPANESE SHIPS SUNK
Yasaka Maru and KenkOku
Maru Submarine Victims.
Prompts MikadO to Send Flo
tilla Against Enemy.

Toxic, Jan. Announcement is
made by the Jill Shimpo that a SQUAD
ron of Japanese warships will sail for
the Suez canal presumably to protect
Japanese shipping. 1t is said the ar
mored cruisers Kasuga Tolxiwa and
Chitose have been assigned for this
service.
The reported decision of the jap
ane Sc government tC send a squadron
to the Suez canal follows the sinking
of two Japanese steamships in the
Mediterranean. The passenger liner
Yasaka Maru was torpedced off Port
Said December 81 The freighter.
Kenkoku Maru was sunk by a sub
marine on December %. Those on
board both vessels were rescued.
The Japan mail stea mship company
which controls the bulk of Japanese
shipping has abandoned the Suez
route
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-03
ASKS STATE help
Topeka Will Refuse Payment of
Royalties to Luten
If the Commonwealth Will Pay
Expense of Fight.

Resolutions asking Governor Cap
per and the office of the attorney gem
eral to back Topeka and stand all eX-
penses of litigation m case of a break
with Daniel Luten. holder of numer-
Gus bridge patents, was brought before
the city commission today. 1t was
read the first time, but in good time it
will reach the state Officials and it will
be up to them to say just how far they
are willing to back up their arra1gn-
ment of Luten and his royalties
Luten holds the patents on all of the
more pactical concrete bridge designs.
He requires the payment of a royalty
of ten per cent wherever bridge con
forming to his designs is constructed.
Topeka has been paying the royalty
year after year, finding it cheaper to
do so than to enter into litigation with
the patent holder. The payment of
the ten per cent not only permits the
city to build a bridge of the Luten de-
sign but it provides also for the fur
nishing of complete plans and speci
fications of the bridge.
The resolution offered today came
from the department of w. G. Tandy
commissioner. 1t is full of whereases
but stripped of it's legal verbiage, 1t
simply provides that if the state Of
ficials will do all the fighting and pay
the bills Topeka will stand pat and re-
fuse to pay the Luten royalty. 1t
states that Topeka doesn't want to pay
! the ten per cent royalty unless 1t has
! to, but that it has found it to be
cheaper in the past than taking a
chance of paying a big bill sor litiga-
ton.
There has been great deal of dis
| cussion in relation to the Luten pat
| ents and the payment of the royalties
The patent office at Washington
granted Luten his patents and he
| claims to have been universally sue
cessful in suing on them. That is the
reason the officials of Topeka DO "
care to risk any city money fighting a
1 case through the courts. But most OF
the talking has been done by state Of
ficials and Topeka officials are per-
fectly willing to have the former spend
| the states money.
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MOVIES WILL SHOW
MEN JUST HOW TO
DON THEIR CLOTHES

Kansas City, Mo-, JAN 3.--Men
will have an opportunity in the
future to determine the style of
their next suit of clothing at the
family motion picture theater as
"A result of plans which have been
worked out by the Custom Cut
ters' Association of America,
which holds its thirty sixth annual
convention here during the first
four days of next month.
1t has been announced that n
score of young men. whose figures
will display the spring and au-
tumn 1916 styles to best advan-
tage, have been engaged to serve
as visual examples for the arbi-
ters of fashion and that motion
pictures will be taken of these
models.
A committee has been at work
for several months determining
what properly groomed men shall
wear this year. While results of
this will not be announced Off
cially until the opening of the
convention. there were given out
today a few preliminary indica-
tions. These point to coats which
will display shoulders about as
wide as n piece of toast.
Trousers are to be cut so that
sCCAii
indiscretion ard to give the wear
er the appearance of being mostly
legs. The curves of the coat are
to follow the lines of the figure
with cOrsetlike effect and no
padding will be considered proper
OvercOats. to be proper. must be
chopped at the knee and either be
very tight or very loose. no belts
being placed on dress or day
coats. this distinction being re-
served for heavy weather uIsters.
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TWO MORE
BIG SHIPS
SUNK RY
GERMANS
Largest Steamship in Mediter-
ranean Warfare to Bottom.
One Hundred Survivors of Brit
ish Ship "GIengyle."
WILL PARALYzE SHIPPING
All Crew Probably Perished
With Steamship st. Oswald.
Also a British Owned Vessel;
Last Reported Oct. 13.
One Hundred Survivors of Brit
ish Ship "Glengyle."
WILL PARALYzE SHIPPING
All Crew Probably Perished
With Steamship st. Oswald.
Also a British Owned Vessel;
Last Reported Oct. 13.

London, Jan. 3.-TwO more vic
Tins of submarine warfare in the
Mediterranean sea were reported
today. One is the big Glasgow
steamer GIengyIe, excepting the
Lusitania and Arabic, the largest
British merchantman torpedo vic
tim of the war. The other is
British steamer, st. Oswald, $50
tons gross.
F'ragmentary reports make ac-
C.urate estimate of loss of life I'M
possible. Probably not more than
ten lives were lost on the Glen
gyle. The st. OswaId's movements
have not been reported since
October 13. 1t is probable all
members of her crew perished.
The first dispatches received
here said that about 100 sur
vivors had been picked up. The
Glengyle was sunk in the Mediter-
ranean while on the way to Italy
from the far east.
The Glengyle displaces 5000
tons and presumably carried a
large crew. 1t is believed that
lives have been lost.
News of the sinking of the big
Glasgow steamer reached here
while the admiralty was bending
every e1IOfL 10 ItdfIl ll1OEt UCtdliS
of the sinking of the liner Per-
sia with "A loss of about $50 lives.
\ moment later word came that
the Japanese steamer kenkon
NIaru. owned by the Inuni haisha
Shipping company, had been tor
pedOed
The crew. it was stated, was
saved.
There are six steamers owned /
he Japanese company of the Kenko
Maru class. each numbered kenkC
Maru I. Kenkon Maru II. etc. and
5 not known which has been sun
They range in size from 1857 to Al
ions.
The Glengyle was a new steam
built in 1914 at Newcastle and W;
owned by McGregor, Cow & c.
Glasgow. She was 500 feet long al
had a 62-foot beam.
1t is not believed that she carrie
any passengers. The same firm owl
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1S men KILLED
Many of Crew Also Injured
When Tanker Blows Up.
Three Slain by Blackhanders'
Bomb Through Window.

New York, Jan. 3.-Eighteen men
are reported to have been killed ana
many were injured when the tank
steamer Aztec blew up at her dock IN
Brooklyn this afternoon.
Seven members of the crew and
eleven men employed in loading the
boat are missing. Rescuers who were
able to penetrate to the hold of the
tanker declared more mangled bodies
were visible.
Black Handlers Kill Three.
Sacramento, Jan. "a. Grande and
A. Argoni were killed instantly ano
Peter Apostolic died this morning from
injuries received by the explosion OF
a dynamite bomb thrown through the
window Of the Apostolic home at mid
night. The dyramiting was the result
of feud among garbagemen.
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Ford Party Obtains Permission
to Pass Through Germany.
Kaiser'S Minister Complied Aft
er e. S. Refused to Aid.
WILL TRAVEL As PRISONERS
Rigid Requirement Exacted and
No Baggage Allowed.
Whisker Pulling Threatened in
Peace Gents Tilt.
WILL TRAVEL AS PRISONERS
(By Charles p. Stewart.)
written for the state JOuFnaI.)

Copenhagen, Jan. S.-Germany has
granted permission for the Ford peace
party to cross German soil on the way
to The Hague from Copenhagen, it
was announced today. The German
consulate will give passports to the
delegates, the American state depart
ment having refused to act. The party
will leave Copenhagen next Friday.
No opportunity will be offered for
spreading peace propaganda on Teu-
tonic soil 1t is understood that none
of the members of the party will be
permitted to leave the train while
within the borders of Germany.
The neutral peace conference at
The Hague will last only a few days.
Under present arrangements the eX-
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Kaiser's Illness
GrolUs Critical
Had Operation,

Paris, Jan. 3.-Press dispatches
from Switzerland and Italy con-
Iinue to affirm that the illness of
Emperor William is serious. 1t is
stated he was operated on last
Wednesday, successfully, but the
nature of the operation is not
specified. 1t is stated that the
emperor is suffering from a deep
seated affection of which the cut
aneous eruption is only an Incl
dental symptom and that the mall
ady is complicated by the reap
pearance of his old throat trouble
which has extended to the mouth
1t is even asserted that it will be
necessary to provide him with an
artificial palate made of silver.
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Reform Mayor
of Philadelphia
Out of a Job

Philadelphia, Jan. 3. -Four
years of reform administration in
Philadelphia came to an end to-
day with the retirement as mayor
of Rudolph Bltnkenburg and the
inauguration of Thomas r.
Smith. thus giving the regular
Republicans control again of an
municipal officers. Blankenburg.
the only mayor the reformers
have succeeded in putting into Of
flee in many years. will take a
long vacation in California.
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SMILE, CIGAR, GLASS
OF BEER and | DOLLAR
FOR $4,000 IN LAND

Indianapolis. Jan. 3-How q
beautiful woman = alleged to
have received property worth
$4,000 I'm exchange for a smile. a
cigar. n glass of beer and 81 was
TO be told in circuit court here to-
day when the civil action of Hugh
+. Hogan VS.. Mrs. James Rhode
opened.
Mrs. Rhode. of social cDnse-
quencc In Newcastle. Iud.. was q
sister TO Hogan's wife. When Mrs
Hogan died Hogan decided the
property to Mrs. Rhode and Doys
Hogan wants the property back In
preliminary testimony given by
Mrs. Rhode she tells of many
years spent as trapeze performs
cr and contortionist with various
CfrcuseS.
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School for Child Labor.

Beaver Fails, Pa. Jan. 3.-Beaver
Fails today opens a new kind of pub
lie school, with an enrolment of near
tinuation school" started under the
new Pennsylvania child labor law
which makes it compulsory for en-
ployed minors, to receive at least eight
hours educational instruction weekly.
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EXPORTS INCREASE BUT
CUSTOMS RECEIPTS LESS

New York, Jan. 3.-A total gain of
$3.50, 0,836.253 in merchandise exports
with a decrease of s24.S32.74s in Gus
toms receipts for the year 1915 as
compared with 1914, is shown in the
report of tbe collector of the port of
New YORK There was an increase of
1888, ,66O,072 in domestic merchandise
exports alone The increase in i'm
ports of gold and silver during 1915
amounted to S145,790.S47. Merchan-
disc imports showed an increase of
$5,246.022.
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Hal chase Won,t BE Barred.

Chicago, H., Jan. 3.-Hal Chase.
first baseman who left the Chicago
Americans in midseason to join the
Buffalo Federals. will find no bar
raised against him by owner Comiskey
of the White Sox, who today said that
Manager Rowland was free to sign any
player from the Federal League whom
he could get
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TWO more JAILED
Bulgaria Gets Even, Arresting
French Diplomat.
Athens Report Says Norwegian
Consul Also Seized.

Berlin, Jan. 3.-CBy Wireless to
Sayvi1le. 1.-The Bulgarian government
has arrested the French vice consul at
Sofia in retaliation for the arrest of
the Bulgarian consul at Saloniki, ac-
cording to the Overseas News agency.
which adds that the vice consul had
remained al Sofia with the permission
of the Bulgarian government, in order
to assist the Dutch minister. charged
with the affairs of French interests.
Arrest Norwegian Consul, Too.
London, Jan. 3.-Reuter's Athens
correspondent says the Norwegian
consul at Saloniki was arrested at the
time the Austrian, German, Bulgarian
and Turkish consuls were taken into
custody on the order of the French
commander General Sarrail.
The arrest of the Norwegian official
is said to have resulted from the dis
covery at the Austrian and German
consulates of documents duplicating
him in connection with espionage. The
Greek government, the message says,
has protested against his detention, as
well az against the arrest of Greeks
suspected of espionage.
U. S. Consul in Charge.
Saloniki, Jan. 1.-(via Paris, Jan.
3.)-At the request of General Sar-
rail, commander of the French forces
here, John L. Kehl, American consul
at Saloniki, has taken charge of the
Turkish and German interests The
consulates will be delivered to him to-
morrow
The German. Austro- Hun garian
Turkish and Bulgarian consuls at Sa-
Ioniki were arrested last Thursday by
order of General Sarrail as a reply to
bombardment by Teutonic aero
planes. A dispatch Saturday said that
the American consul had taken over
the Austro- Hungarian interests.
London, Jan. St is stated that in
case the measures taken by Greece do
not lead to their release. the porte
will make reprisals against the sub
jects of the entente powers.
Greece has made a protest to the
entente powers in connection with the
arrest of the consuls of the central al
lies at Saloniki.
Protest by Ottoman.
London, Jan. 3.-The Amsterdam
correspondent of Reuters Telegram
sends the following:
According to a Constantinople tele-
gram the porte, through the. inter
mediary of the American embassy, has
protested energetically against the
arbitrary arrest of the Ottoman consul
and officials at Saloniki.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-03

Albany. n. Y, Jan. 3.=LegisIa tive
leaders are here today Cor the launch
ing of the 1916 legislature Wednesday
The Republicans will control both
houses. TIE senate roll shows "a Re
publicans and II Democrats; in the
assembly, SO Republicans. 81 Derno-
Gratis, l Progressive and l Socialist
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-03
VETERAN USES KNIFE, AXE
GUN; STAYS WIFE AND SELF

Ivof. Va. Jan. 3.-W. E. johnson.
once postmaster here and a Confed-
crate veteran, cut his wife's throat and
Drained her with an axe. then blew
his own head off with shotgun, at
their home here Sunday Mr. John
son was 20 years old and his wife was
10 years younger.
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KANSAS PIONEER DIES
Basil Hardisty of OverbrOok a Victim
of Stomach Trouble.

Basil Hardisty, 80 years of age,
president of the First National bank
of Overlook, and wealthy Usage
county land owner, died at o'clock
this morning at his home in Over
brook, Kansas. Mr.. Hardisty's death
resulted from stomach trouble.
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Monroe, N c.. jan 3.-Mrs. w. R
McNeely mother of Consul McNeeiy,
is critically i'll as the result of paraly-
sis sustained last week. She has not
been told that her son is reported
among the missing passengers of the
Persia.
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Cleveland, Jan. 3-More than 500
Cleveland boys will start the new year
right by cooking their own meals.
They are boy scouts who will go to the
scout cabin at Gates Mill. for the
annual winter outing starting today.
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Mr. Hardisty was also one of the
early Kansas settlers. Born in 1888 in
Ohio. Mr.. Hardisty came to Kansas in
the early sixties and settled at Over
brook where he has lived ever since.
- Mr. Hardisty is survived by his wife
and one son. Frank Hardistv
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SINKS JAP FREIGHTER.
Grew of German Submarines Victim
Lands at Cannes, France

Toxic, Jan. 3.-The owner of the
Japanese freighter Kenkoku Maru has
been advised that the vessel was sunk
by a German submarine in the Med
iterranean on December %. The
Kenkoku Maru was under charter by
a foreigner. She was loaded with
hemp at Manila and sailed for Italy
and England.
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RUSSIAN SINKS TWO
TEUTON SUBMARINES

Amsterdam. Jan. 3.-Russian
WaTships have sunk two German
submarines off the Bulgarian
Black sea port of Narna. accord
ing to reports reaching here to-
day.
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The Kenkoku Maru was a steamer
of 2,109 tons She sailed from Manila.
November 6.
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Pay Up Week in GaIcsburg.
Galesburg, Ill, Jan. 3.-Hundreds of
Gaiesburgers started out today to pay
their bills. Those who can't finish UP
the task today. can do SO any time be-
fore January 8. PAY Up Week is
being observed here.
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WEATHER forecast for Kansas:
Fair tonight; warmer in west
Tuesday unsettled. with rain or snow
i'm the northern part of Kansas.
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THE first sign: New spring fashions
are appearing in the monthly
magazines.
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London, Jan. 3.-It is stated that in
case the measures taken by Greece do
not lead to their release. the porte
will make reprisals against the sub
jects of the entente powers.
Evening journal., 1916-07-22

this afternoon to take part In the
fremen's carnival there.
Evening journal., 1916-07-22
BY wILLIAM PHILIP snrIs

Omitted Press Staff Correspondent
PETROGRAD. July %. - It was
learned here today that Russia. Eng
land and France may soon issue a
Joint statement clearly outlining the
Allies position regarding Polsnd's
autonomy. This would be done at
Russia's invitation.
The Poles believe the Allies have
made themselves the champions Cf
right against might, weak against
strong. Of small nation against large
one
An article about this matter
Gaspardine Menshikov has just been
published here in the "Novoe
Vremia." II is significant because
the writer has been unsylnpathetiC
towards the Poles" aspirations. be-
cause he frequently reflects opinion
in the higher bureaucratic circles o
Russia.
Recently. in Switzerland, a groul
Of Poles drew up a memorial urgin'
Russia to take the initiative with thi
Entente Powers and conclude al
agreement whereby upon the conclu
sion of victorious war the Kingdom
of Poland should be reunited, auto