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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-27
WHAT'S THE USE
OF LOvIN' ANY
MORE, ANYWAY!
Now Topeka POstOffice Issues
Order Against Cupid.
Ban on General Delivery"
Love Affairs Is Ordered.
HIDE NOTES IN HOLLOW TREES
Primitive Methods for Those
Who Would Act Secretly.
You Must Explain Your sc. D."
Mail Hereafter.
HIDE NOTES IN HOLLOW TREES
You Must Explain Your sc. d."
Mail Hereafter.

Sweethearts, swindlers, pirates in
the fields of love and finance-have
a care. The pOstoffice authorities
have put the lid On the friendly
refuge. otherwise known as the gen
eral delivery
No longer may such individuals
hide their clandestire love affairs or
confidence games behind the cover of
those two words Postmaster w. o.
Rigby has an order from the post
office department which makes it nee
eSsary for him to extract a good rea-
son from the individual who wants to
receive his mail through the general
delivery window.
OF course there are people in To-
peka whose use of The general deliv-
cry window is perfectly legitimate and
they may continue to use it. They are
people who are transients, who have
no permanent address. 1t would be
impossible for them to get their mail
otherwise They are not the people
the postoffice authorities are after.
Too Bad, Lovers!
Youths and maidens who wish to
deceive their parents and carry on
/ clandestine love affairs, use fictitious
names and get their mail at the gem
eral delivery window. Young girls
carry on such correspondence with
older men in this and other towns in
that manner. The postoffice authori-
/ ties want TO put da1npenef on tnat
kind of lOVe-making and incidentally
are forcing the young people back to
! the primitive. They will have to re-
turn to the use of hollow trees and
holes in the ground. The government
/ declines to be a party to nefarious de-
/ signs Cupid may have.
Hereafter when an applicant ap-
pears at the general delivery window,
said applicant will be required to
state reasons for receiving mail that
I way and will be compelled to leave
the full name and address. If it is
I some young girl or young boy who APP
pears to have no good excuse, there
will be nothing doing unless the re-
quest is accompanied by a written
communication from parents or guar
dian. That rule will apply to minors
Experimenters in high finance will
also have some trouble operating
through the general delivery window
if they remain in town for any length
of time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-27
LOOK OUT FOR THEM
Members of Industrial Council Will
March to Meeting Tonight

The cold weather and icy streets
will not prevent the Topeka Industrial
Council from carrying out it's plans for
the meeting at Representative hall this
evening and members are urging
everyone to attend. The meeting will
be free to all.
Providing the weather will permit
the knights and Ladies band will pa
rade up Kansas avenue this evening
and members of the Industrial Council
with megaphones will announce the
meeting, which will begin at s
o'clock. Vernon ]. Rose of Kansas
City will discuss the Manly report
of the Commission on Industrial Rela-
tions. The commission. headed by
Frank P. Walsh of Kansas City, made
an investigation into industrial rela-
tions months ago and the report has
never been given general publicity.
Meetings of this character are being
held all over the country. AT the
meeting tonight Mr.. Rose will be in
troduced by George Hughes. Cover
nor Arthur Capper and Mayor J. E.
House have been invited to attend and
probably will be called upon for talks.
There will be music by the band and
by the Y. NJ. c. a. quartet.
The committee in charge of the ar
rangements has done a lot of hard
work and but for extremely bad
weather the members would expect a
big crowd. The members of the COM
mite are O. L. RAIN, J. o. Stevic and
F w COurSey.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-27
5000 Slain, 20, 900 Wounded at
Alden, s. Arabia.
Large Tract of Territory Lost
by English Defenders.
HEAVY FIGHTING IN FLANDERS
British Fire 5000 Shells in
Days BOmbardment.
Serbian HerOineS Assist Re-
treating Soldiers.

Berlin, Jan. 81 (By wireless to Say
ville) e).-The Cologne Volks Zeitung
publishes a dispatch from Cairo stat
ing the British in South Arabia are in
danger of determination by fierce at
tacks by Arabs and Turks. It is stat
ed the British casualties up to Decem-
Der 80 amounted to $1,000 killed and
10000 wounded, and many thousands
have fallen since that date
The number of British troops now
at Alden is given as 10000. Quoting
from the Volks Zeitung, the Overseas
News agency says "a wounded British
major declared at the beginning of the
war, the British were in possession of
25O, 600 square kilometers in southern
and southwestern Arabia, all of which
has been lost. All the Arab chiefs
Joined the Turks and are now using
successfully against the British, the
arms supplied by them.
Alden is in southwestern Arabia near
the entrance to the Red sea. 1t has
been strongly fortified by the British
and is referred to as the Gibraltar Of
the east. Several times since the be
ginning of the war, Turkish forces
have threatened the city. but there
have been no previous reports of heavy
fighting and London has professed
Continued on Page 81
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.ROUT REBEL ARMY
Federal Troops Victorious in
China Revolution.
Dispatching Troops to Suppress
Many Uprisings.

Peking, Jan. 27.-Three thousand
government troops from the province
of Kang-Si. nave entered Yunnan
province and defeated a force of 900
revolutionists there, capturing the city
of Looping.
The government is rushing troops to
Luchow, SZe-Chuen province where
fighting is reported in progress. The
Yunnan rebels effected their recent
capture of Sui-F'u, Sze-Chuen prov
ince. without a hard battle, susta in
ing altogether only 300 casualties
battle is expected shortly at
Chung-King towards which the rebels
were recently reported advancing. Tho
government forces are moving against
Yunnan from the north and east. how
ever. with the expectation of outflank-
ing the rebels.
Foreigners are not being molested.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-27
200 Suffragists Corner Presi-
dent Today in New York.
Want to Line Him Up for Susan
b. Amendment.
BUT HE TURNS THEM DOWN
Arrives in Gotham at 6 A. NJ
Many Addresses Scheduled.
Opening Gun of Preparedness
Fired in Speech Tonight.

New York, Jan. 27.-President
Wilson refused today to support the
movement for an amendment TO the
constitution in favor of woman suf-
frage. He spoke briefly to 200 MEM
bers of the Congressional Union for
Woman Suffrage and told them that
he felt the suffrage question should be
dealt with by individual states.
The president received the suffra-
gettes after they had sent him a series
of notes and had waited for him for
more than an hour at the Waldorf
Astoria hotel, where he made his
headquarters on his arrival here this
morning from Washington prepared
to make three addresses during the
day.
Efforts made by Mrs. Mary Beard,
wife of Columbia university profess
sor to cross examine the president on
his position met with failure. He re-
fused courteously TO reply to he-
queries.
Favors State Action.
The president apologized to the wo-
men for not seeing them earlier but
told them he had been at work since
arriving in New York He added that
lit may be that my mind works slow
ly. but 1 always have thought that
there were things which should be
built slowly, and, therefore, made
more lasting. I may be a little old
fashioned in my view that the suf-
frage question should oe handled by
the states
The president admitted to the suf-
fragettes he had promised several
months ago to discuss with leaders ol
cor gress the suffrage question but
that other matters of Importance had
come UP which he thought should
take preference over everything else
Mr.. Wilson promised again that he
would address the members of con-
gress OH the subject as soon as posi-
BILE. He declared. however, that he
was still convinced that the suffrage
lCnntinned on PaOe
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HOCH DER KAISER! !
Berlin Gay, Celebrating En-
perOr's 57th Birthday.
President Wilson Wires Con-
gratuIatiOns to "War Lord"

Berlin. Jan. 27.-Flags were out
everywhere in Berlin today in celebra-
ton of the fifty-seventh birthday of
Emperor William The only formal
observance consisted of religious serV-
ices. The emperor granted amnesty
in several cases.
The principal celebration was held
at the general headquarters yesterday.
Congratulations were extended to the
emperor by Archduke Charles Francis,
heir to the Austrian throne, on behalf
of Emperor Francis Joseph; by FIELD
Marshal Baron Conrad Won Hoetzen-
dorf Austrian chief of staff; Prince
Henry of Prussia Lieut.. Gen. Zekki
Pasha head of the special Turkish
military mission to Germany and by
Colonel Santshev, representing Bull
garia Emperor William thanked
them for their Fluctuations and eX-
pressed conviction that final victory
in the war would rest with the central
powers.
All the newspapers of Berlin publish
eulogistic articles concerning the EN-
peror, recalling the fact that he was
able to maintain peace for 25 years.
Washington. Jan. 27.-A message to
Emperor William of Germany con-
graduating him upon his fifty-seventh
birthday anniversary was sent to Ber-
lin today by President Wilson.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-27
OKLAHOMA is HIT
Many Homeless in McAIester
Due to High Water.
Broken Gas Mains Cause Suffer.
ing in Oklahoma City.

McAlester. Okla. Jan. 27.-FoIlow-
ing rainfall of more than seven
inches in less than eight hours. sew
eral hundred families in this section
were forced to seek higher ground late
last night and today. AS far as can be
learned, there is no loss of life in this
section, although three casualties
were reported enormously last night.
Much damage has been done to rail-
road property and traffic is tempo
rarily crippled. The city's light plant
was submerged by the flood and the
city was in darkness all night.
Several Towns without Gas.
Oklahoma City. Okla, Jan. a.
The natural gas main supplying ok
lahoma City, Chandler and interme-
diate points between here and Keller
Vile. was reported broken at the lat
ter place at 9 o'clock this morning
The temperature in Oklahoma City az
that hour was Is degrees above zero
drop of 8 degrees since ! a m.
Gas has been cut off from factories
and office buildings. the scant supply
being diverted to domestic consump-
ton. Should the break remain unre-
paired for any considerable length of
time much suffering will result.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-27
Emmett Posse Runs Down
Lone Armed Onaga Man.
He Attempted to Hold Up the
Bank Cashier.
CLAIMED HE HAD GRUDGE ONLY
William Randall Says He "Held
Up" for Spite.
Attempt at 10 O'clock Bandit
Caught at Noon.

Emmett, Kan, Jan. 27.-An at
tempt to hold up the Emmett State
bank was foiled here this morning by
the cashier, Frank Zerma, and the
robber was caught after a two-hour
chase by a posse of 35 armed citizens.
The bandit, who engineered the job
alone. gave the name of william Ran
dali, claiming TO have lived at Onaga,
Kan, for 25 years. He was frighten-
ed away by the cashier of the bank
before he had secured anything.
At 10 o'clock a lone man, masked
and armed with a revolver. entered the
bank and ordered E. NJ. Seaton, assist
ant cashier. to hold up his hands.
Seaton complied. but Zerma, who was
in the back room, fooled the robber
into believing he was armed. The man
ran out of the bank and fled in a
northwesterly direction, travelling on
foot A posse was quickly formed and
Immediately started IN pursuit of the
bandit.
When arrested Randall told mem
bers of the posse that he did not in
tended to rob the bank but commit
ted the act because of a grudge
against a former official of the insti-
tuition. He was given a hearing in
Justice Garrety's court this afternoon
and will probably be bound over to
the district court this evening.
The capture was effected by Tom
Riley, John Sievcr, Jr., John Cosgrove
and Burt Ross. members of the posse
The robber was caught about five
miles northwest Of Gown at Loon.
Man of Good Character.
Onaga, Kan. Jan. 27.-Willia Ran
dali. the man who was arrested for at
tempting to hold up the State bank
at Emmett, Kan, is well known here
where he has been a resident for aboui
25 years. He is about SO years old and
has a son and daughter in this city
He is a man of good character and il
| is thought that he must be temper
arily deranged.
Mr.. Randall was i'll during the fal
and it is thought that his condition
affected his mind He has always
been well thouht of here said E. F
Moody, postmaster at Onaa, today
1T is the consensus of opinion tina
somethin must have one wron will
his minds"
RandalTs wife is dead. but two chill
dren and several randchildren liv'
! here.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-27
HARD ROAD TO K. C.
Plan to Build Highway From
Topeka to Kaw'S Mouth.
Estimated Cost of $3O0,OOO To
Be Raised by Taxation.

a plan 1or a permanent hard sur
race road between Kansas City and
Topeka is being worked out by Good
Road boosters in Topeka. Lawrence
and the two Kansas Citys. It is hoped
to raise 100000 for this purpose by
taxing a benefit district mile on each
slde of the proposed road and by col
lecting for various private individuals
and companies in the cities benefited
More complete details will be, worked
out at a meeting of all persons inter-
ested to be held soon either in Kansas
City or Topeka. Earl Akers H. S. Put
ney, George Godfrey Moore, E L
oVerton and w P. Montgomery are
among those interested in the project.
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KNOW YOUR TOWN.
Topeka Should Turn Out to Com
mcrciaI Club Feature Tonight

Beginning at $50 o'clock the sec
ond Know Your Town dinner will be
served at the Commercial club this
evening.
Three business firms will be the
subject of illustrated lectures. Charles
P. Adams will tell of the Adams
Brothers printing plant; E. L. Reh-
kopf will lecture on the Rehkopf car
riage works and G. ?. Buck will de-
scribe the Perfection Metal Silo com
pany.
The illustrated talks are being Civ
en- for the purpose of educating the
business men of Topeka into realizing
to give the Topeka men a chance to
| buy at home
"A complaint was made to me that
the big wholesalers were buying in the
east contraverting their slogan of buy
tary of the Commercial club. "The
dinners will counteract this. 1 believe .
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Gas WILL Be Low
A Break in the Oklahoma Line
Is Announced.
Can Be No Improvement While
Cold Weather Lasts.

Topeka is due for low gas pressure
until the present cold weather moder-
ates. A telegram received this morn
ing from the Kansas Natural Gas
company by L. G.. Treleaven. receiver
of the local distributing company,
reads as follows:
Break in the Oklahoma line Pres
sure will be short today and probably
until the present cold weather is over
The break in the Oklahoma line,
however does not mean that the gas
supply will be totally shut off, accord
ing to officials of the company. How
ever, the pressure will be lower than
usual which, figuratively speaking, is
going some.
A bypass has been constructed ID
around the break, according to re-
ports. thereby eliminating the danger
of the entire supply's being cut off.
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TROOPERS
Carranzistas Safely Return Two
Kidnapped U. S. Soldiers.
Border Fracas Results i'm the
Drowning of U. S. Men.

Brownsville. Tex. jan 27.-Privates
William c. Wheeler and Viggo Peder-
sen of Battery ID, Fourth Field artiI-
lery, who were kidnapped late yester-
day by Mexican bandits and taken
south from the border, were rescued
by CarranZa soldiers and brought to
Matamoros today. crossing the Interna-
tiOnal bridge into the United States at
II O'Clock. They were dressed in Mex
ican clothes when turned over to
American authorities
Led ii Across Border.
Lieutenants Mort, Payton and Wal
dron late last night were ordered ar
rested by Major General Funston for
leading a party of l 4 American troop
Continued on PAGE SKI
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SMITH WILL BE
ELECTED HEAD
OF KANSAS BAR
Topeka Attorney Slated for
President of Association.
Other TOpekanS VIII Be Named
on New Staff.
MANY PRESENT At OPENING
ID. A. Valentine Points to Rec
ord Crowd at 33d Meeting.
Annual Address This Evening
by E. j. White, st. Louis.

Charles Blood Smith, a Topeka at
torney and vice president of the State
Bar association, will be elected presi-
dent of the organization tomorrow
afternoon, according to opinions ex-
pressed by members at the opening
session this morning. In doing this
the association Will be following prec-
edents established years ago and at
the same time put man at the head
well known throughoutthe state.
William Osmond, of Great Bend,
cha irman of the executive council, is
Slated to succeed Mr. Smith as vice
president of the organization. Other
officers of the association are: D. A.
Valentine, Topeka, secretary; J. G.
Slonecker, Topeka, treasurer; w. G..
Holt, Kansas City; Thomas c. Wilson,
Wichita; John c. Hogin, Belleville; A.
S. FoulkS, Ness City, executive cOun-
ell.
A Plea for Justice to Poor.
A plea for a more economical, more
expeditions administration of justice
was made today by c. L. Kagey OF
Beloit, president of the State Bar asso-
citation, in his opening address on the
High Cost of Justice, in the supreme
court rooms at the thirty-third annua
session of that body. Mr.. Kagey
urged elimination or the clumsy, ex-
pensive legal machinery of the pas
and the clearing away of "a large
amount of rubbish that has accumu-
lated in the centuries of administra
tion of the law"
Numerous faults and shortcoming.
of legal procedure which can bt
remedied by legislative enactment
were indicated by Mr. Kagey H,
pointed out that it still is necessary, il
! personally to a defendant and serv,
{COntinued on PaUa
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SHOT AT KANSAN
Miners Convention "AdviSeSy
Accused Union Leader.
Tells President HOwat to Lay
Low Until He Is indicated.

Indianapolis, Jan. 27.-The United
Mine Workers in America in conven-
ton today advised" Alexander
Howat of Pittsburg. Kan, who has
been reelected president of the Kan
sas Miners and who is accused of TAX
ing money from coal operators in ne
gotiation of a wage scale in the South
western bftuminous fields, that he re-
frain from assuming his official duties
and from participating in scale confer
ences in his Jurisdiction until he is vim
dieated in the suits now pending in
Kansas courts
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Daylight Bank Robbery Yields
Bandits $4,000.
Twenty DepOsitOrs Lined Up by
Wall Not MOlested.
SPEED FROM SCENE IN AUTO
Banker Gives Chase but Soon
Is OutdiStanced,
Occurs in Fashionable Wash
ingtOn Park District.

Chicago. Jan. 27.-Four robbers
armed with revolvers entered the
Washington Park National bank in
East Sixty-third street today threat
ened the lives of the cashier clerks
and twenty depositors and escaped
with between $4,000 and $4,000.
None of the depositors whe We're
ordered to stand facting a wall, was
searched by the bandits, who gave
their sole attention to the money in
the teller's cage.
After grabbing the money, the -four
hastily backed to the door and es-
capped in an automobile. Policemen
and detectives were quickly sum-
moned and search for the bandits
was begun.
J. Garland Stahl manager of the
Boston Americans when that ball club
won the worlds championship in 1912,
is vice president Of the Washington
Park National bank. Stahl became
connected with the bank after leaving
the Boston team.
Were in an Auto.
Every detail of the robbery seemed
carefully planned, according to Mr.
Stahl. who was forced to remain at
of the robbers entered the tellers
cage and took the money from a
drawer
4 was sitting at my desk" said Mr.
Stahl, shortly before 9 o'clock when
four men, their faces masked in
black, and each ca arrying two revol-
vers. entered. There were about ten
persons in line at the cashiers wicket.
Ten clerks the banks officers and
two stenograp pliers were in the room.
Three of the men threatened us with
A.1eir weapons while the fourth enter
ed the cage and took the money They
then backed to the door and ran to
their automobile.
The engine of the car, a small
four-passenger automobile with Ii
cense applied for sign on it, had not
been stopped and they went down the
street at about 40 miles an hour
They go. more than $4,000
Municipal Judge Sheridan J.. Fry
was among the depositors who was
forced t. witness the robbery.
Covered President.
The bandits paid special attention
to Mr. Stahl. who was singled cut by
one Of the men. Two revoIvers were
poked within an inch Of his face and
he was ordered to hold up his hands
4 obeyeG without any hesitation,
said 5tahl. and the fellow kept his
eurs pointed at me and the cashier
while his companion got the money
The same command was given tc
all the others in the bank. and not a
hand was dropped until the last rob
ber backed out of the door. Thei
there was a rush for the telephones tC
notify the police.
y. w. McAulley, assistant cashier
ran quickly to the street and jumped
into an automobile standing at tn,
curb. He attempted to follow III,
robbers but they quickly outdstance,
him, and turning several corners. dis
appeared.
Officials of the bank said that non,
of the robbers appeared to be NOR,
than 20 years old
The bank is situated i'll one of tn.
busiest sections of Chicago outside o
the downtown district
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WON'T PROSECUTE
Father in Alleged Murder Plot Forgiv-
ing-Puts Up 100000 Bonds.

Chicago. Jan. 27.-Irving and Her
bert Updike, recently indi cted for con-
spiracy to n urder their father, mother
and sister We're released from the
county Jail in bonds of $4,000 each
today.
Furman d. Updike, the father of the
defendants, and Henry c. Hanson
were sureties on the bond. The father
has asked States Attorney Hoyne to
quash the indictments as he does not
wish to prosecute his sons.
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500 FAMILIES FLEE
FROM ARK. FLOOD
Governor Receives Message to Hasten
Aid to Homeless Refugees
Near Watson.

Little Rock, Ark. Jan. 27.-
Five hundred families at and near
Watson. Ark, have been driven
from their homes by floods, ac-
cording to a message received by
Governor George W. Hays today.
requesting aid.
Watson is i'm the southeastern
part of the state ON bayou that
cmpties into the Mississippi.
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Enlist Ferrets
to Fight NelO
Allies Enemy

London, Jan. 27.-Ferrets are
the latest to be enlisted on the
side of the entente powers. The
British government has just
closed a contract for 500 ferrets
to be sent to Flanders to kill the
enormous numbers of rats infest-
ing the British trenches. Rat
squads" are being organized.
The demand for ferrets is be-
coming so great the price has
risen from 25 cents to S125.
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Don't Feed 'En1!
Boy Didn't See
Bear Cage Sigr,

New York. Jan. 27.-There is
a sign. Don't feed the animals
on the rock and iron cage for the
polar bears in Central park, but
12 year old Edwin Wallace
climbed over the railing to get in
close touch with the bears. As
he thrust his arm between the
bars one of the bears snapped at
him. E,dwin's right forefinger
was missing and his arm badly
torn.
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AUSTRIAN EMPEROR
IS RAPIDLY FAILING

Rome. Jan. 2z-via London,
3:05 p. NIT is reported in Vat
lean circles that the condition of
Emperor Franz Joseph of Aus
tria. who has been ill for several
days, is rapidly getting worse. He
is SAID to have suffered a severe
stroke of paralysis.