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house of representatives shall con- Sist of 30 members. Twelve of the said senators and PA of the said representatives shall be elected from the legislative districts to be creat- cd as hereinafter provided, and thr .n of the said senators and six Of the said representatives shall be elected from the territory at large.
 See. G. That in addition to other qualifications all members of the legislature of the territory shall havn the qualifications of an elect0r in ire Territory of Alaska.
 Sec. z. Vacancies caused by death or bv a tie vote are to be filled by vote called for by the governor.
 Sec. S.. Senate and house shall be sole judges of elections of their memoers. I ..'''
 Sec. g. That the next election and t next session of the legislature shall De held as heretofore provided by law but that the next follow ing elections shall be on the first Tuesday in October 1920, and sub sequent elections biennially on the same day.
 Sec. 10. That when the legislature shall convene under the law the sen- ate and house of representative shall each select temporary presid' Ing officer and temporary clerk and they shall not do further business until the permanent presiding of ficerS shall have been chosen
 Sec. II. Exacting clause of all laws passed by the legislature oi Alaska shall Be it enacted by the Legislature of the Territory. of Alas ka." |. ..
 Sec. 12. That the legislative powe oF the territory shall extend tc
 (Continued on page 4.)
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BERLIN STRIKES ARE REPORTED
 ENDED

London, Feb. 4-With the eX- ception of a new strike reported at Jena by the Tageblatt newspaper, of Berlin, German strikes have vir- tually ended, and leaders have ad- v.sed that work was begun last night.
 The Cologne Gazette says at the Krupo works 400 out of 10000 men who went on strike were dis missed.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-02-05
RED GUARDS FIRE ON SWEDISH
 GUNBOAT

Stockholm, Feb. ,. - Swedish steamers accompanied by gun bI9t and several ice breakers, which crrssed the Gulf of Bothuia to take Swedish subjects desiring to leave Finland in order to return to their home country, were fired upon by Finnish Red Guards and Russian sailors of the same organization, which boarded the gunboat. In ex- blaming their actions they said they had thought the steamers were car rying troops and munitions.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-02-05
STUDENT IS ARRESTED
 AS ENEMY'S SPY

Seattle, Feb. 1-.Ernest Ev r. sos Agent, aged 95, special sci ence student at the University of Washington, was arrested in the chemical laboratory yesterday. He was questioned by federal officer -ud is suspected of being an agent e the enemy.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-02-05
D|TTNAN GETS , YEARS IN
 PRISON

Berlin, Feb. 5. - Wilhelm Ditt- man, socialist member of the Reichstag, has been sentenced to i've years imprisonment on charge cf melting others to high treason. D ttman was arrested Saturday when he attempted to address a crowd of strikers in the suburbs of Der lin. i
The daily Alaskan., 1918-02-05
AMERICANS FIRE BARRAGE

American Army in France, Feb. 3. Fifteen minutes concentrated fire yesterday from Americas accurately aimed 75's put down a heavy barrage which completely frustrated another raid on American trenches which had been planned by the Ger mans. T !. '.'
The daily Alaskan., 1918-02-05
AMERICANS ON BORDER

Washington, Feb. 5.-The army sector occupied by American troops is northwest of Foul, which is IA miles west of Nancy, and is a fortress of the first class.
 Germans are using gas shells free ly today. Two men have been wounded by enemy shells.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-02-05
OFFICERS MONT. BLANC CHARGED
 MURDER

Halifax. Feb. 5.-Pilot Mckay 2ud Captain Lamodec, of the Mont Blanc, have been arrested on a charge of manslaughter in connec- tiCn with the death of Pilot Wm. Hayes of the Belgian relief steamer lena, sunk by the Mont Blanc in Halifax harbor and the cause of the recent terrible catastrophe.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-02-05
1 200, 900 ALLIES FOR BALKANS

Washington, Feb. 5.-One mil lion two hundred thousand Allied troops will be Available by the 31st of March for the impending Allied drive to break Germany's backbone in the Balkans, it is learned off cially today. N
The daily Alaskan., 1918-02-05

The steamer Spokane of the Pa cific Steamship Co.,, passed WTangel this morning at S:3O o'clock and should arrive in Skagway tomorrow.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-02-05
PEACE NEGOTIATIONS

Winnipeg, Feb. a.-'I am in formed that Sir Rudolph Forget states that the Bank of Montreal re- ceived a cable today declaring that
The daily Alaskan., 1918-02-05
TWO OUNCES
 BREAD RATION

Washington, Feb. ,. - Herbert Hoover, federal food administrator, has ordered two ounce bread ra- ton to be served on wheatless days il restaurants and dining cars.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-02-05
Us. CONTROLS
 FUEL AND O|L

Washington, Feb. 5-The Unit cd states government has taken the final steps necessary for govern ment administration of the fuel and cil industry.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-02-05

The Hague, Feb. 5. - Travellers from Germany say that 30 editors of leading periodicals in the empire called General yon Hindenburg to Berlin lately and told him there would be no food in Germany by May. |
 My reply is," said Hindenburg, That by April I shall be in Paris"
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THIRTY EDITORS 7ELL HIM THERE WILL BE NJ FOOD IN GERMANY NEXT MAY Kaiser Once Said He Would Be In Paris By Christmas---Allies Sending
 100000 Men To
 Balkans

peace negotiations would start in- formally within ten days" is the sub stance of 8 dispatch to the Free
 Press from it's Montreal correspond ent.. i'f
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Yesterday: Max. 26. Min. 20. Today: Cloudy, North wind.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-23
QUICK To LEARN
Funston Soldiers Soon Master
Machine Gun Problems.
British Officer, Their Teacher,
Praises the Men.
GIVES THEM MUCH PRACTICE
Deadly Stream of Lead Poured
Into Hillside Daily.
Men Learn To Assemble Ma
chimes BlindfOlded.
fBy U. P. News Bureau.)

Camp Funston, Kan, Feb. 23.-The
staccato bark of the machine guns
pouring their deadly streams of lead
into the hillside targets can be heard
above the other sounds of activity
about Camp Funston these days.
The machine gunners of the seth
division are learning all about the
most powerful and effective little
weapon of modern warfare from one
of the most efficient machine gun ex-
perts of the British army, Maj G. w.
tual warfare in France to enable him
to train others in the duties of the
machine gunner on the fighting line.
Makes Pupils Teachers.
Major Hall does more. He teaches
his pupils to teach others, and in that
manner, the machine gunners of the
division are all getting expert train
ing.
After only few days training I'M
der the British army expert, the men
are able to take a gun down and put
back the more than 100 parts. while
blindfolded. This will enable them
to do the same on the darkest night
on the battle front, where even the
striking of a match might mean in
slant death for the entire gun squad.
It's Important Weapon.
Major Hall considers the machine
gun the most important weapon of
| modern warfare, for, as he points out.
one machine gun can pour a fire into
the enemy which would equal the
rifle of at least 100 infantrymen. The
British machine gun expert is a stick
| Ter for discipline and the men who
learn under him develop many of his
| quick. snappy ways. In the weeks he
has worked with the men here he has
been particularly impressed with the
| high class of officers and men.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-23
ONE ON JOHN |.
Man Who Made Money Over
Bar Opened His Eyes.
He Bought Drinks for Crowd
With Brand New Bill.

Detroit, Mich, Feb. Z3.-The death
of John L. Sullivan has recalled a
number of vivid incidents to old-timers
among Detroit's sporting fraternity
for this city used to be one of John
LIS stamping grounds But of all the
stories of the great pugilist's doings
in Detroit, the favorite seems to be
the one which recounts his encounter
with a bantam"
More than two decades ago there
lived at Saginaw, Mich, mite of a
man who was popularity known as
Little Jake" He was president of
a bank and at one time was rcputed
to be wealthy, altho in later years he
was reduced almost to poverty.
Little Jake" was widely known as
a keen follower of sport events, a
lover of fair play and a student of
the art of spectacular self-advertising.
In Detroit one day he met Sullivan
in the bar room of the famous Russell
house since destroyed. Sullivan, with
a crowd around him, was roaring a
welcome to his friends. Little jake
stepped into the bar room unnoticed.
He Bought Drink, Too.
John L. threw a fifty dollar bill on
the bar and, in a booming, voice, urged
those about him to drink it up" 1t
did not take long for the supplies to
disappear and just when the party was
about to break up, a piping voice,
COIulHS seemingly ATOI1 the IlOOT,
squeaked:
Now everybody, including Sullivan,
must have drink on me-
Sullivan looked down at the midget
and smiled. Everybody drank. Then
Little Jake took sheet of currency
fror, his pocket. The money was
fresh from the mint and the sheet
contained four one hundred dollar
bills.
Little Jake" whipped out his foun-
tain pen, signed one of the bills, cut
it from the sheet and tossed it on the
bar.
Now, go as far as you like" he
said.
Sullivan seemed dazed The feat was
new to him. He picked Little Jake
up and deposited him on the bar.
Now, little fellow, tell me how you
can make money and why I can't?'
The Saginaw mite explained that it
was the privilege of a national bank
president to sign bank notes, thus put
ting the money into circulation, and
the fighter left the hotel in a thought
eul mood.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-23
KEEPING UP PACE
Averages of N. L. Stars Vary
Little, Table Shows.
Stars Bat About the Same
Year After Year.

New York, Feb. 23.-That the
fluctuation in batting and pitching
strength among the stars of the Ma
tional league, from year to year, is
not so great as generally supposed is
shown by a study of the averages of
recent seasons. A comparison of the
work of the leading twenty players
during the past five years develop
some interesting data along these lines.
Beginning with 1913 it is found that
the grand batting average of the
twenty hitters of the league during
that season was 1925. The following
year the percentage fell to 1903 and in
1915 dropped to .295. In 1916 it had
moved back to 1902 and last season
the average was .297 giving a five
year average of ,4o3-
Over the same stretch of years the
twenty leading pitchers. judged from
the standpoint of runs earned by OPP
ponents, improved in effectiveness
steadily until 1917, when their work
showed a slump. At the end of the
1913 pennant race the first twenty
hurlers of the National league showed
an average of 2.52 runs per nine-in-
ming game. These figures were gradu-
ally cut down to 2.01 in 1915 and
then rose to Psi at the close of the
pennant race of last year.
Pitching Is Improving?
Inc average l6dHl OdlllIS ABILITY
of the eight clubs in these same five
years dropped from season to season
until 1917, when it rose two points
above the lowest average of the period.
1t was highest in 1913 when the
figures stood at .2S9. In 1876 the
slump had carried the average down
to PAT and last year it stood at .249.
The league team fielding averages,
on the other hand, do not show the
same fluctuation, as the figures for
1913 are but one point higher than
those of 1917, and the high point was
touched again in 1916. The figures
range from .962 high to .959 low, with
a grand average of .961.
In base stealing the decline has been
steady with the exception of 1915,
when the average showed temporary
increase. In 1913 the average num-
Der of stolen bases per team was 1877.
Two years later the average was 149.
In 1916 it moved up to 1856. but last
season saw the base stealing at its
lowest ebb during the five-year period
as the average was but 143.
Table of Averages.
The following table shows the Ma
tional league averages in these de-
partments of play for the season of
1913-1917, inclusive.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-23
SPIT BALL DISGUSTING
President Toner Says It Will Soon Be
Put Under Ban.

New York, Feb. 23.-The end of the
spit ball' is coming. John K Tener,
president of the National league, has
issued a warning to young pitchers,
advising them not to cultivate the use
of the "spit ball." and indicating that
it is only the matter of a short time
when it will be abolished.
The spit BALI is a disgusting, I'M
sanitary delivery, not likely to endure
more than a few more seasons, at the
most" he said. "A1l the members of
the National league rules committee
Dreyfuss, Heydler and myself-are
strongly opposed to it and favor its
adjustment"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-23
DRAFT ALL SLACKERS
All Strikers Arrested To Be Put Into
Immediate Service.

Washington, Feb. 23.-Immediate
drafting into service of all slackers
under arrest will be begun under a
plan being prepared by the justice de-
partment, it was officially stated to-
day.
County jails, in many parts, it was
explains. have become crowded to
excess with the shirkers, and quick re-
lief is imperative.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-23

Joplin, Mo, Feb. 23.-Jack Dillon
of indianapolis and Hugh Walker of
Kansas City boxed twelve rounds to
= draw here. Walker lad the better
o. the early rounds, but Dillon easily
was winner in the latter part of the
fight
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-23
OPEN UP NEW LANDS
437 600 Acres in North Dakota and
$500 in New Mexico.

Washington. Feb. 23.-Secretary of
the Interior Lane today announced
the opening to public entry of $500
acres of public domain in New Mexico,
distributed as-f follows:
Quay county. 32.100 acres; Roose-
welt, 1900; Union, 5000; Curry.
1900 and Chaves, 400.
In North Dakota, 1870 acres, it
was announced, are also now available
for settlement.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-23
Warning to Holdoufs

Chicago, Feb 23.-CharIes H.
Weeghman. president of the Chicago
Nationals. has served notice on PLAY
ers regarded as holdouts He said
that unless they came to terms before
the departure of the club for the
spring training camp they will be
obliged to remain at home and seek
other employment. The club will leave
for the training camp at Pasadena,
Cal. early next month
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-23
~ Up to the Minute
~ SPORTING NEWS
n FROM EVERYWHERE.
RATHER GET EDUCATION
THAN Be BIG Lacquer!

New York, Feb. ga young
ball player has been found who
does not care a whoop about the
gIamor of the big league ball play
ers life.
Shocks Dowd. a highly touted
PLAYER with the Springfield, Mass.
high school team, refused to sign
a contract with Miller Higgins,
manager of the Yankees. He wants
to finish his education, he says.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-23
TINKER TAKES HAND
Columbus Manager Wants Central
League to Start This Season.


Peoria. Ill, Feb. 23.-Joe Tinker.
manager of the Columbus club and
partner in the Peoria Baseball Fans
association, is here in the interests OF
the New Central league. Well devel-
oped plans place Peoria, Bloomington,
Decatur and Rockford in the organi-
cation, along with Springfield, Ohio,
Evansville, Richmond, Ind, with
number of other cities in the east to
draw from as the eighth club.
Such a league would be a most COM
pact one except for Rockford, and
the army cantonment there is expect
ed to aid enough to make up the
mileage difference under a club pro-
rata plan.
If the Central league starts it will
probably interfere with the plans of
some of the Western league clubs as a
number of them have been planning
to draw largely on the talent of old
Central.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-23
MAY COME BACK
Dodgers Have Some Good Tai
ent on Their Roster.
Placing Them in Cellar Is a
Dangerous Pastime.
BY JACK VEIOCK.

New York, Feb. 23.-Seldom, II
ever, has a club which won a cham
picnship fallen to pieces within the
short space of one year.
But this is what happened to the
Dodgers, champions of the National
league in 1916.
They simply withered up. They
lost the punch that carried them to
the top of the heap, during the off
season, and last summer found them
dragging along like a team of broken
down truck horses.
Some folks have whispered that
wholesale salary reductions as a re-
ward for winning the flag took.the pep
out of the Dodgers, and it is a certain
the payroll did not lend any fire to
the ambitions of the 1917 team.
Pitchers Went Bad.
But that wasn't all. by a long shot,
for the Dodgers just sort of cola psed,
and the pitching staff that had done
such good work in 1916 was like a
bird with a broken wing last year.
However, Uncle Wilbert Robinson is
still with the Dodgers He is still sit
ting tight in the pilots seat. and that
means something.
Robinson's ability to handle his
players is a big asset to the club. and
Robby is no SLOUGH as a tactician if he
mas the material to carry out his cam
palsn plans. So Robby'll bear watch
ing when you start awarding berths in
the National league or making bets on
now the lii ole rumpus is going to end
Don't class those Dodgers too low
RoDby and Prexy Ebbets got rid of
Two dissatisfied ball players when thew
let loose OF Stengel and Cutshaw. The
trade with Pittsburg brought some
young blood to the team, and Young
blood is needed badly in BROOKLYN
Robby will not be the best fixed man
ager in the big show by anv means
but he won't be the worst off bv a
long shot.
Have Good Batters.
Look over the reserve list and you'll
note that Robby is hanging on to
some batting power; that he has a
pitching staff which may do a big
comeback, particularly with AL Ma
maux as an Inspiration And tho the
Dodger infield and it's catching staff
Is mediocre, the team as a whole will
probably hit hard, and if the pitchers
should come thru Robby should be a
strong first division candidate.
The Dodgers in reserve are: Pitch
ers-Aprleton. Cheney, Coombs. Gri-
ne-, Grimes. Marquard Mamaux. Mil
jus, Mitchell.
Catchers-Snyder, Wheat, Miller
and Kruger.
OutfielderS = Hickman Johnston
Myers. Wheat
nfielders-Daubert, burning Eitz-
simmons, Olson, O'Mara. O'Rourke
Ward and Pitt.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-23

Many golf players who work in offices
and stores are becoming advocates of the
daylight saving plan and hope the gov
eminent will pass law moving up the
clock. By getting away from their jobs
an hour earlier each day they can easily
play every afternoon if they desire. Now
many of them never get chance to slice
and pull and top except on Saturday af-
ternoons and SUNDAYS,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-23
BURY McGOVERN MONDAY
Former Manager VIII Pay Funeral
of Fighter.

New York Feb. ga requiem
mass will be said Monday for Terry
McGoyern at the Church of St John
the Evangelist, Brooklyn. Interment
will be in Holy Cross cemetery.
Sam Harris, former manager of the
boxer, will pay funeral expenses and
will act as a pail bearer, in company
with George NJ. Conan and Joe
Humphreys, both of whom were asso-
ciated with McGovern in his palmy
days.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-23

Topekans who make golf their hobby
are already pushing the season. In spite
OF the near zero weather last Wednesday
there were a number OF them out and
many more plan to pillow their way over
the Country club and Shawnee courses to-
morrow If the weather has any of the ear
marks of spring sticking out. At present
there is no indication that enthusiasm for
gardening will hurt the game of golf here
to any extent
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-23

Frank Zehrung, of Lincoln, who was
president of the Western league before
the Dickerson administration, has retired
from the theatrical business. But he has
not yet said anything about trying to do
a baseball come back
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-23

big Year for Highway" No, Kind
reader, it does not refer to Chicago's chief
industry. 1t merely means that the LIN
coin Highway Association has had
proSperOus year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-23
Food for Fans
News Value.
BY GEO. z. PHAIR.
(Copyright.D

News Value.
A baseball player stubs his toe
In Spring.
It's worth thousand words or SO
In Spring.
The ball scribes in training camp
Go wild If some one gets cramp,
Or stops a grounder with his lamp,
In Spring.
But when the baseball writer's boil
In Summer.
And swelter at their daily toll.
In Summer.
An ath-a -lete may get the Group
Or strange on bowl of soup
The ball scribes do not care a whoop,
In Summer.
I'VE eat too much" writes a university
professor. who, evidently, had just finished
comparing his salary with his butcher
bill.
r Reports from Austria indicate that there
is a serious shortage of ammunition Only
per cent of the breweries are working.
Official statistics show that Heine zim
drove in 100 runs for the Giants last sea-
son. And one for the White Sox.
Augie Kieckhefer is more than a cham
pion-he's a monopoly.
There is no truth in the rumor that the
Pills and Athletics will play city series
this year.
in athletic events evidently has taken root
in our prep schools. Every time there
is track meet or a basketball game the
studies start a free for-all rough house.
The Modern Scholar.
Time was when a student in high school
Was considered ladylike guy.
But do not be rude to the up-to date stude
Or he'll hit you clout on the eye
Dick Rudolph, who runs chicken farm
as side line, protests against cut In
salary. 1t costs a lot of money to run
a, chicken farm as a side line
John Evers looks forward to a success
full season. He is said to be in exceptional
ly good voice.
Jack Dempsey is so called because his
first name is William. Besides, Jack Is
popular among pugilists.
The principal exports of Norway are
fish and women tennis stars.
Looking over the official standings, one
learns that Michigan has the most con-
sistent basketball team in the Big Ten.
Old Reliable.
f.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-23
FRIDAY BASKETBALL RESULTS.

ST. Mary's 90, washburn IS.
K. S. A C. 81, Drake Is.
Washington U. AZ, K Z. "a.
Nebraska Is. Nebraska Wesleyan 10.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-23

Spencer Arthur Abbott announces that
Western league players will have to sleep
two-in a berth this season. They will
have to double up in hotel beds and they
Will probably have as few as q dozen
bats per man before the season closes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-23

Alexander protests against being peddled
like a chunk of merchandise, and yet CobD
is bought, sold and exchanged half a
dozen times a week and never raises a
hOler.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-23

In all probability the next draft will
hit the minor leagues much harder than
it will the majors. The big league club
owners are taking precautions against be-
ing caught with string of men who will
be taken for service. But the minors will
naturally take the best men they can get
and Will run the chances of having to
give them up. There is little likelihood
that the draft will spoil the pennant
chances Of any big league club after tire
season starts
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-23
Old Reliable,

When baseball dope is hard to get
And nothings stirring on the job,
The expert rolls a cigaret
And sells Ty Cobb.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-23
Sport Wheezes
by CTUG-

Will the Topekans who are buying base
ball books with the idea of selling the
tickets next summer be classified as
scalperB?