Western Kansas world., 1917-03-31
Politicians at Topeka ''Put One
Over" on Governor and
Newspaper Men.
FREE RIDES FOR PHONE MEN
Bill to Help Railroad Men Changed to
Include Employees of TeIe-
phone Companies.


Company, was talking with a group of
newspaper reporters about legislation.
You fellows think you are mighty
smart said Bear You think you
know what goes on. But there is
something that got by you that you
don't know anything about. It's all
over and the governor has signed the
bill
Ine newspaper reporters found the
other day what his great secret was.
In the amendments to the Anti-Pass
Law passed by the legislature there
IS a provision that allows the railroads
10 give passes to every telephone en-
ploye in the state of Kansas. Every
lneman, every operator, every official
and lawyer can have an annual pass
and not be violating the law.
The bill was drawn simply to per
NIT the railroads to give passes to the
families of pensioned employees. Some
one wrote the word telephone" into
the list of exemptions. Later it was
stricken out and after the legislature
| completed its work with the bill and
before the enrolled copy reached the
governor the word had been rein
serted.
Governor Capper did not discover
the opening of the Anti-Pass Law un-
til he was told about it by the re-
porters today. He at once began an
| investigation and announced that the
validity of the law would be attacked
promptly and that he would see to it
that the state was not flooded with
telephone employees riding free The
enrolled bill came to the governor in
the rush at the closing hours of the
ses sion and when there is little or no
time to examine it.
Against Woman Jurors-Richard Z.
Bird, elected last fall to a district
judgeship, does not desire woman on
his juries, for he said that Mrs Anne
liza Dickson of Wichita, who was
drawn, need not serve. She was the
first woman ever drawn on a Sedg-
wick county
Wind Damage at Atchison-The
smokestack of the street railway pow
eThouse at AtchisoP was blown down
by high wind which prevailed the
other day. The roof of a residence
was blown eff and other minor dam
age caused.
Aged Minister Dies-Martin Van
Buren Lovett, aged 81 years, sixty
years a Methodist minister and a
Mason, is dead at Neodesha He was
born in Kentucky and came to Kan
sas in 1884
Lost Fingers in Dough Mixer-Hazel
Putnam, IS years old, while scraping
dough from The mixer in a bakery
at Galena, had the fingers of his right
han
mixer. Before he was able to break
loose from the machine ligaments in
his shoulder were torn from the bone
The fingers of his right hand were
amputated later.
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Died From Broken Hip-James P.
Johnson, who came from Sweden and
settled in Saline County in 1869, is
dead as the result of broken hip.
He was 60 years old.
Falling Rock Kills Miner-Jack
Zagar, miner, was killed in a shaft
at Franklin the other day when large
rock fell upon him.
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Pioneer Groceryman Dead.-Edward
Livingston Bennett, said to have been
the first groceryman in Independence,
is dead at his home near there He
was IS years old.
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Exploding Oil Fatal. Oscar Nitscb.
years old. attempted to start a fire
in the stove in Bismarck Schoolhouse
near Lincoln with kerosene, when the
oil can exploded. With his clothing
ablaze, he started home, four miles
away, when he was met by the teacher.
Miss Clara Helfrick, a quarter of a
mile from the building. He had in
hailed the blaze, and died five hours
later
Banks to Help Farmers-The banks
of Douglas county will extend assist
ance to farmers in cases where help
is needed to get in a full acreage of
crops This will remove the possible
danger of a shortage of crops due to
the high cost of seed
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wellington Nurseryman Dies. II
Charles Worden, 50 years old. for
many years head of a large nursery
establishment at Wellington, died sud
denly at his suburban home of a
hemorrhage of the brain. Mr.. Worden
came to Kansas thirty years ago from
Bloomington, Ill
Wichita Has Bone Dry Law.-The
Wichita commissioners have passed a
bone dry ordinance for Wichita. The