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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-14
he CAUGHT Thief
TOpekan, in His Pajamas, Cap
lures Man After Fight.
w. f. Barber, 1913 Lincoln ST.,
Wins in Fistic Combat.

Clad only in his night clothes, w.
f. Barber, 1913 Lincoln street, engag-
ed in a desperate hand-to-hand fight
in an alley with Walter Mcmillan,
who, it is alleged, stole an automobile
tire from BARRIERS barn this morn
ing. Two confederates engaged IN
the early morning robbery escaped IN
n one-horse wagon owned by theIh
and stationed in the rear OF the BARN
Late this afternoon they had not been
apprehended by the police.
Bleeding from a dozen wounds IN
flicted on his almost naked body by
Mcmillan, Barber after ten-mlnute
struggle attracted the attention OF w.
l.. Porch, special officer, VINO was
passing and Mcmillan was rushed TO
the city jail A burglary charge IS
lodged against him.
Barber awoke early and from a
bedroom window saw three men
standing near a barn window. One
of the trio reached thru the window
and pulled out an automobile tire
There's burglars at the barn." Bar
Der shouted. as he sprang from bed
and rushed into the cold morning air,
barefoot and in his night clothes.
Robbers Ran.
Frightened, the three men rushed to
the alley, two jumping in the wagon
and driving at breakneck speed to
safety on the public streets McMil-
Ian, auto tire in hand, rushed down
the alley toward Sixth street. He had
rot gone far until he dropped the tire
and turned to face the pursuing Bar
Der, who was rapidly gaining on him.
A desperate fight followed Almost
certain that capture spelled prison
term, Mcmillan, a well known police
character. did his utmost to get in a
knockout blow. knowing that such was
his only salvation and that the blow
would need to be delivered quickly as
help would soon reach Barber.
One blow after another fell in the
face and body of Barber, who chung
desperately to McMillans clothing.
McMillan's clothes were torn to bits
when Porch arrived on the scene.
With reinforcements, Mcmillan gave
up the fight.
Partners Make Get Away.
The capture of Mcmillan occurred
early in the morning. At noon moth
| ing excepting the bare details of the
robbery had been made part of the
official information of the police. Not
even the name of Barber was placed
on any record that the chief of police
could find. Sheriff Hugh Larimer
was called in, got in touch with Bar
, Der and Barber will swear to a COM
plant gainst Mcmillan this afternoon
! The identity of McMillan's two part
ners is known by police and county
officials.
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TO CHASE U-BOATS
$500 Scout Crafts Available for
" Coast Patrol.
e. s. to Turn Out 25 Fast De-
strOyers a Day If Needed.

Washington, Feb. 14.-Approxi
n,ately $500 power craft of various
types are available for duty as scout
patrols about American harbors, ac-
cording to navy department figures
CT these, $50 boats have been sur
veyed and formally enrolled in the
new scout patrol service, 1000 others
are known to meet the full require
ments of the service and the remain
der are designated as second rate, but
nearly all of them could perform some
war time duty.
The department expects to complete
plans this week for two new types of
boats to be used as submarine chasers
They will be big and fast enough to
form the outer line of patrol, main
tanning themselves at sea for two
weeks or more. They will be con-
structed of wood. 1t is estimated that
within two months after the work be-
gins vessels of this type can be turned
out completed at a rate of probably
z5 or 80 boats a day or faster.
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Kansas Cannot Engage in In
ternal Improvements.
Supreme Court Hands Down an
Important Decision.
HOLDS ACT UNCONSTITUTIONAL
1t Was First Law of This
Years Legislature.
Matter Must Be Submitted to
People for Vote in 1918.

The state supreme court this after
noon held the first act of the 1917
legislature unconstitutional. Under
the courts decision the state cannot
appropriate money for road building
and cannot in any manner engage IN
internal improvements.
Efforts of the Kansas legislature to
avoid a constitutional amendment to
engage in work of internal improve
ments so far as it affected work on
public highways, were unavall1ng I'M
der the action of the court. The legls-
lature must now submit to the voters
an amendment to the constitution to
be voted upon in 1918. Until such
measure shall have been approved by
the voters the state cannot in any
manner engage in highway building
Representative Bardwell of Riley
county offered the bill which received
the action of the court this afternoon.
His measure was known as House Bin
No and was emerged to second ana
third reading, mesSaged to the SEN
ate and passed by both legislative
bodies during the first week or the
present session
AS soon as the act was signed by
the governor. published and became
effective, a test suit was filed to de-
termine the constitutionality of the
new law The measure carried an ap-
preparation of $4,000 and mandamus
proceedings were filed against Fred w.
KNAPP, state auditor, to compel MN
to approve warrants for the expend1-
ture of the money.
In deciding the case this afternoon,
the supreme court held that the meas
ure was an evasion of the constitu-
tional provision prohibiting the state
engaging in work of internal improve
ment. The supreme court handed
down a special decision in the case
that the legislature might proceed
with the submission of a constitutional
amendment at the present session.
The house will take up constitu-
tional measures this week. 1t is prob
able that the internal improvement
amendment as applied to highway
building will be the first constitutional
provision offered to the voters for
ratification in 1918.
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U-BOATS TO CANAL
Germany Ready to Strike at Panama
to Cripple Commerce.
BY CARL w. ACKERMAN.

Berne, Feb. IA. (via Paris)-Ger-
many is prepared to send subma
rines into American waters. espec-
tally to the region of the Panama
canal
The possibility of America entering
the war has been carefully considered
by German officials-but nevertheless
they expect to have the entente at
their mrcy within six months regard
less of American developments.
They are confident their subma-
rines will paralyZe the war Industries
of the allies.
Meanwhile the Germans are pre-
pared to launch gigantic offensives on
land, in the air and with torpedo boat
fleets in addition to the sub-sea cam
rasign.
Germany Stronger Than Ever.
Germany is stronger today in a mill
itary sense than at any time since the
var began.
Because of thei ISOLATION of America,
Germany does not believe that Amer
ica's participation in the war would
have any real effect.
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wards and precincts where" 200 or
more votes are cast in an election
Efforts of house members to change
the rules concerning the reading OF
vote explanations went down TO defeat
in a fight on the floor. Moore of
Cowley led the fight for change in
the rules. He declared that members
at the head of the roll call sought TO
continue debate by long winded eX-
plantations and urged that eXplana-
lions in writing should not be read on
the floor. He sought also to limit eX-
plantations to 100 words. Both propo-
sitions were defeated.
Bank Bill Is Back.
Another banking bill must be dis
posed of by the house. a bill by eau
dill of Comanche providing for APP
peals from the state charter board to
the district court was today reported
for passage with committee recon-
rlenda tons for slight amendments
Caudill would provide that where the
charter board rejects an application
Ior bank charter, incorporators may
seek relief in court
Barber Board to Stay.
In spite of the governors recon-
mendations for fewer boards and
commissions, the Coffin bill for re-
peal of the barber board law was kill
ed by a house committee. Coffln
came to Topeka with the conviction
that the haircut, shave and shampoo
artists did not require regulation and
supervision. He introduced a bill to
repeal the barber board law, but the
committee killed his bill. A house
committee also killed Coffin's bill pro-
viding that physicians should not
charge more than 500 for appendi-
citis operations.
William Pigorsh, who wanted his
named changed by the state legisla-
ture, is denied relief A house COM
mittee has killed the bill to place
Pigorsh in the Jones, Smith or Davis
class
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MAY INTERVENE
L. 5. Notifies Cuban Rebels 1t
Won't Recognize Them.
Insurgent Leader AcOsta Re-
ported Killed in Battle.

Washington, Feb. 14.-Secretary
Lansing sent to the Cuban people to-
day a warning that any government
that might be esta blished by revolt
could not be recognized by the United
States.
Confronted by what appears to be
carefully prepared liberal rebellion,
the administration had been forced to
consider what steps could be taken.
Intervention by the United States is
contemplated with reluctance but the
intimation has been conveyed to Pres
ident Menocal and to the leaders of
the uprising that such a step may be
taken II it becomes necessary. The
message to the Cuban people was
sent to Minister Gonzales and to all
American consuls with instructions
that it be given widest publicity. II is
carefully worded, but calculated to
impress upon the public the serious
ness of the situation and the profound
disfavor that such a revolution would
find in Washington. President Men
ocal has assured the diplomats at his
capital that he has no doubt of his
ability to confine the rebellion to a
small area and that it can last but a
few days. He also has expressed to
them the conviction that the special
! election being held today in Santa
Clara province Will be accepted by the
people as the solution of the electoral
deadlock which brought about the re-
volt.
The character of the message sent
to the Cuban people was practically
the same as that enunciated by Presi-
dent Wilson at the overthrow of the
Madero government in Mexico 1t was
pointed out that the policy of the
American government announced then
not to recognize as legal any govern
ment that came into power by violence
was unchanged.
Revolt Leader Killed.
Havana, Feb. 14.-It is reported
that Col Baldomero Acosta, mayor of
Mariana. who is said to have led the
rebels which engaged in a fight with
rural guards forty miles from Havana
yesterday, has been killed, and that
Maj. Gen. Enrique Loynaz del Cas-
tillo has been wounded. This report
has not been confirmed. Major Cen
eral Del Castillo represented Cuba at
the San Francisco exposition.
The latest official communication
says government troops are closely
pursuing Colonel AcostaS forces
Small disturbances have occurred IN
Matanzas and Santa Clara provinces.
According to official information
the reflections in Santa Clara are
proceeding peacefully.
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CAVALRY MAY CROSS
L. S. Troops in Pursuit of Bandits
Who Kidnapped 8 Cowboys.

Hachita. n. M, Feb. 14.-American
cavalry troops may cross the interna-
tional line today in an effort to rescue
the three American Mormon cowboys
a. p. Peterson, Hugh Accord and Bur-
ton Jensen. who were carried off
Monday afternoon by the band of
armed Mexicans in command of Pru-
dencio Miranda, said to be com
mander in Jose Ynez Salazar's Villa
force.
Lieut. Col J. C. Waterman, COM
handing squadron F, Twelfth U. s.
cavalry on this sector of the border.
has dispatched two troops of cavalry
to the border from Hachita to make a
search for the missing Americans
Asked if he would follow a hot trail''
across the border, Lieutenant Colonel
Waterman said he was under orders
from his superiors and would await
developments before acting
However. it was believed here today
that in the event it became known for
certain that the Mexicans had the three
American prisoners on the Mexican
side of the border cavalry troops will
cross in an effort to rescue them.
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keep LOOKING YOUNG
It's Easy-H You Know DR..
Edwards Olive Tablets

The secret of keeping young is to
feel young-to do this you must watch
your liver and bowels-there's no need
of having sallow complexion-dark
rings under your eyes-pimples-a bill
ious look in your face-dull eyes with
no sparkle. Your doctor will tell you
ninety per cent of all sickness comes
from inactive bowels and liver.
DR.. Edwards, well-known physician
in Ohio, perfected a vegetable COM
pound mixed with olive oil to act on
the liver and bowels, which he gave to
his patients for years.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets, the sub
stitute for calomel, are gentle in their
action, yet always effective. They bring
about that exuberance of spirit, that
natural buoyancy which should be en-
ioyed by everyone, by toning up the liver
and clearing the system of impurities.
You will know DIR. Edwards Olive
ablets by their olive color. 10c and
Sc per box. All druggists.
(AdvertisementD --
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-14
The MESSIAH

The annual concert at which Han
deTs oratorio 1.-The Messiah" is pre-
scented, was given Tuesday night at
the auditorium, under the direction of
Dean Horace Whitehouse. The sing
ing was done by the Topeka Musical
Art society, with number of soloists,
all of whom were chosen from among
local musicians.
An orchestra of thirty-eight pieces
contributed to the concert, and the
organist for the evening was D. A
Hirschler. The solo parts were taken
by Mrs. B. B. Smyth and Mrs. George
w. Parkhurst, sopranos; Mrs. E. G.
Brown and Miss Allison Shaver altos:
Mr.. Glenwood Jones and Mr.. Waldo
Haywood, tenors, and Mr.. Hugh Dick
erson, bass.
The chorus was somewhat smaller
than in previous years. but it was
better trained, many of the older
members keeping their membership
and profiting by previous drilling.
The ensemble was unuuestionablv
good, and Mr.. Whitehouse trains and
directs his choruses with the methods
of scholarly musicianship.
The great chorus For Unto Us a
Child Is Born continues to be, aside
from the Hallelujah chorus perhaps.
the best liked music of the entire
piece. 1t is appealing both in the
sentiment of the text and in the musi-
cal setting and is one of the MASTER
pieces in oratoriO writing that makes
a profound impression on the must
cally learned and unlearned alike
Most of the great solos from the Mes
siah are familiar to those who take
any interest in religious music, and all
singers of any versatility have them
in their repertoires
In the first part of the program
there is an orchestra number. Pastoral
symphony, played by the violins and
pipe organ 1t was well given last
night and was a pleasing feature of
the performance
A disappointingly small audience at
tended the concert. 1t was evidently
the purpose of the conductor to make
the oratoriO a regular feature of the
musical life of the town For those
who find more in a great work of art
than the satisfaction of a curiosity to
know what it is like, the annual at
tendance upon such a performance is
a privilege. but the ma jority of the
patrons of classic concerts are content
with one hearing. Of course there
were doubtless many reasons why the
audience was small, but a repeated
performance, IN this town. has never
been found to be as successful, finan-
cially at least, as the first one.
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GREEN SCARES' EN-
Barber County Representative
&Starts Political Panic.
Equal Suffrage Resolution Stirs
s UplThis Trouble.
STATE MANAGER BILL is Ut
General Manager at $4,000 on
SDeck in House Today.
Other Actions of Lower Body OF
the Legislature.

TTasIse members are playing the
safefv first game They do not pro-
Mosaic tinker with the equal suffrage
amendment and today promptly got
from under an embarrassing resolu-
tion3by laying the document on the
tabl& for a prolonged and most indef-
inites period.
Green of Barber county, earlier in
the <week Mortified administration
houM members by the Introduction
of a5resolution which virtually resub-
mitted the suffrage question. Under
the Resolution by the member from
Barber county, the elections commit
tee would have drafted a resolution
submitting the question of suffrage 10
the &omen in the 1920 election.
on the floor of the house Green, a
Republican, declared that in his
Judgment the women of Kansas
did1t want to vote, never wanted TO
vote and didn't desire to avail them
SELVES of the right of suffrage. All
of Which occasioned unrest among the
adnlinistration members, especially
in yzew of the fact that the resolution
originated on theif side of the house
The Resolution was today called up for
final consideration.
The member from Barber county
wanted the resolution adopted, but he
made only a $2.25 speech in its be-
half Gilman of Leavenworth spent
$3.75 of the states money in reply. He
reminded the gentleman from Barber
that III the women didn't want to vote,
there was nothingvin the law compell-
ing Them to go to the polls. But a
resiibmission of the suffrage question
was. a matter to be approached in
sack cloth and ashes and with fear
and trembling. Then Travis of Allen
soaped the track that the house mem
berss might evade a roll call and fur
ther trouble when he moved to lay
the resolution on the table.
State Manager Bill Up.
flank L. Martins state manager bill
is occupying the attention of house
mem bers this afternoon. The Mar
tin bill provides for the appointment
of g general manager of the state in
stitEtions at a salary of $4,000 a year
While the Martin ibll is not an APP
proved administrat ton document. il
was. Offered in conformity with recon-
Negotiations by the governor. 1t is
probable the house will spend the
greater portion of the afternoon debat-
ing sprovisions of the bill.
Fextend Double Election Boards
The Carson bill providing for an
extension of the provisions of the state
lewffor double election boards was to-
recommended for passage by the
house elections committee. Carson's
A bill provides that double election
boards m be used in townships
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JAPAN WOULD AID u. S

Dallas, Texas, Feb. 14.-"In case
the United States and Germany should
go to war, Japan would use all her
naval and military power to help the
United States.''
This was the declaration today of
Y. Nagashima, head of Mitsui & Co.,
known as the House of Morgan of
Japan" and the biggest financial in
stitution in the Orient.
I'VE may be a foolish people, as
some nations believe" continued Ma
Cashima, but we are not SO foolish
as to think the friendship of Ger
many more valuable to US as a nation
than the friendship of the United
States.
"Eighty-five per cent of the export
trade of the United States last year
went to Japan
Il believe the United States would
be wise to go to war with Germany
we have found it most profitable"
Nagashima is he e with his wife on
tour of the United States, investi-
eating financial conditions. He was
recently in New York and Washing
ton and heard the congressional de-
bate over the immigration bill
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BIG STUNTS PLANNED
Ake-Pots All Ready to Take In
Members of Legislature.

Final touches upon the elaborate
program for the initiation and enter
tainment of the legislators tomorrow
night were applied by the Ake-Pot
Sterboos in a noon meeting today at
the Chamber of Commerce.
Friday night at Hamilton hall, Sixth
and Quincy streets. some two hundred
legislators will be initiated into the
big Topeka organization. incidentally
they will be shown the times of their
lives, or as some of them may think,
an entertainment such as they may
never again expect in their lives.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-14

New York Feb. 14-MONEY-Me
paper. per cent Sterling. GO day bills,
4.72A commercial, 60 day bills on banks,
472A commercial, GO day bills. 4.72; de-
mand 4.75A cables, 4.76 ZIG. Francs, de-
mand, 5.S4H cables. 5S3A Marks. de-
mand, 67% cables, 6s. Kronen, demand,
1890; cables, HOO. Guilders, demand, 4O3s !;
cables. 40a4. Lires, demand. 100: cables.
7.29. Rubles. demand, %: cables. 294. Bar
silver, 755sc; Mexican dollars, 601sc. Gov
ernment bonds, irregular: railroad bonds.
irregular. Time, loans, firm; 60 days, ::
90 days, 4; months. A.
Call money, firm; high. 21a low. ?; rul-
ing rate, "a : last loan, pa closing bid 2;
Offered at "a.
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NAMES 100 LEADERS
Follow Investigation of
Indiana Election Fraud.

Indianapolis, Feb. 14.-Five indict-
ments, naming approximately $50 po-
litical leaders and supporters in four
cities in Indiana, were returned here
this afternoon by the federal grand
jury, which has been investigating al
legged election frauds in the state since
November IS. Federal Judge A B.
Anderson did not discharge the grand
jury after it's report.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-14

When everybody lived outdoors kid
ney diseases were unknown Lungs,
skin and kidneys worked together to
keep the blood fresh and pure. Now
adays the thinkers, the writer's, the
store and office employees the
housewives and other indoor workers
get too little fresh air, exercise, rest
and sleep. The kidneys weaken
Backache, headache, nervousness,
rheumatism and urinary disorders be-
come daily trials. Neglect causes
many a fatal case of Bright's disease.
Don't delay. Use Doan's Kidney Pills.
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GIVE S. OF v. PLAY OVER
Owing to Many Requests Play Will Be
Repeated. February Is.

The amateur play given February 4
by the Sons of Veterans Dramatic club
will be repeated by request, February
Is, at Lincoln Post hall.-Adv.
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A Topeka Experience:

]. w. Berrett. carpenter. $40 Lake
St, says: AT times, my kidneys be-
came congested and then the kidney
secretions passed too often and were
highly colored. Sometimes, my back
ached a good deal and it bothered me
in STOPPING or lifting Doan's Kidney
Pills always relieved these ailments.
regulating the action of my kidneys
and easing the pain in my back"
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L0CALMENFloN

Manhattan Cleaners. Phone 1863.
ADV.
DIR. Gilman has moved his office
to 701 Mills Building.-Adv.
Comic Valentine dance tonight at
Kirkpatrick hall by the Fraternal
Brotherhood. Admission 35 cents
Advertisement.
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New Orleans Cotton Market
New Orleans, Feb. 11-COTTON-SDot.
nominal and unchanged. Middling, 17.19.
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New York stool N,rLe,

New York Stock Market
CLOSING prices for the leading stocks on
The New York Stock Exchange as re-
ported by Thos. ] Myers Broker New
England Bidgo
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DEATHS AND FUNERALS

MARIE NJ. HIGGINS. age 20. died today
at her home, 915 West Fifteenth street. The
funeral will be held at . 30 o'clock Thurs
day afternoon in Penwe1l-s chapel. Inter
ment in Topeka cemetery.
MARY BOWERS, three year old daugh
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver Bowt RS. died
of scarlet fever last night at the home
of her parents. 412 Ash street. The funeral
viii be held tomorrow morning in the home
and will be private. Interment in f'ount
Calvary cemetery
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SNAPSHOTS
NEWS uA

Valentine Day.
When all my Christmas bills are paid,
I'd get along just fine.
If it wasn't that | have to save
To buy valentine.
wouldn't kick at valentines,
You may depend upon it,
If it wasn't that | have to save
To buy an Ester bonnet.
And so it goes along thru life,
Until death comes to end it,
But there's no use havin' money,
If you amt a goin' to spend it.
-Nels Yingle.
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