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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-23
CLASS A
GAS A MAN THINKS"
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Eliuor clayton. ...........+.. Leah Baird
Frank Clayton. ............, Henry Give
Ben1amih De Lota Warburton Gamble
Or Heetig. Charles g. Brandt
V"dah seoliR ..s.,.....t... Betty Howe
One Of the most powerful dramas
Of the screen, AS a Man Thinks"
featuring Leah Baird, opens at the
Class A today. Directed by George
Irving. from the original stage play
by Augustus Thomas, this picture
tells the story OF n man who sees no
wrong In his Irritation. but harshly
censures his wife for Less offcnse.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-23
STRAND
"a SOCIETY EXILE"
tAvsernfO

Nora shard) t,t.t. r.r~,-o,.
Christine }
Sir Ralph Newell. WIN. r. Carlton
Lord Btssett ......- .Warburton Gamble
Lady Doris Furnivai ........ Julia Dean
SIR Howard Furnivsf. Henry Stephenson
Mrs Stanley Shelby. 1888. .Zeffie Tilbury
Lady Carnforth. ........ Bibou Fernandez
Lord canforth. -. Alexander Kyle
The policy OF taking the best plays
of the most distinguished American
and foreign authors and converting
them into motion picture dramas. in.
augurated by Famous Players-Lasky
corporation, has been followed In
THE Society Exile" the photopiay
in which Elsie Ferguson stars at the
Strand today. This picture was
adapted by ouida Bergere from the
well known stage play, we Can't
Be as Bad as All That" by Henry
Arthur Jones. the British playwright.
IL tells the dramatic story OF the
adventures Of Nora Shard, an Ameri.
can heiress. who goes TO England
Enraged because the American girl
will not consent to marry him,
worthless lord sets out to make her
a society exile" After many adven
lures Nora finds happiness most un
expectedly.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-23
LIBERTY
BILL HENRY"
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tfiton NoAEfss William Carroll
Uncle Chef Jenkins. .... Bert Woodruff
Aunt Martins jenkins ..............4...
.s..-...... Mrs. Iennic Lee Ccurtright
y J. burroughs ....s.., walter Perkins
s@tc<naaass.s.. ......... walter Hers
Those VINO understand cards, and
especially the national game OF POI
ker. are going TO get good laugh
out of the game in which Charles
Ray plays in his latest Thomas n.
lnce picture. "Bin Henry" opening
at the Liberty today.
Ray - seen as a country boy who
Is inveigied into the game by some
wise" travelling salesman. IL dcvei.
ops toward the end OF the game that
he isn't such boob. and when he
lays down the winning hand he rakes
in a jackpot bis enough 10 let him
do the thing he wants-buy the seem
ingly worthless piece OF land owned
BY the Girl he loves. who Is in des-
perate straits for want OF sale.
"A Romance OF Seattle" in
which every character is portrayed
by local talent. will be an added at.
traction to the Liberty program.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-23
REX
DADDY LONG LEGS"
tFtrst NntionnD

In Daddy Long Legs" In which
Mary Pickford viii be seen at the
Rex starting today. Miss Pickford
presents the first picture made by
the Mary Pickford company. Mar.
shall NeiIan directed the picture. tho
screen right for which Miss Pickford
purchased from Klaw & Erlanger for
$40, 900.
The first part of the picture Is laid
In an orphan asylum. and It is dur.
ing this time that some Of the fun.
nlcst Incidents occur with Mary and
little freckled faced Wesley Barry the
chief participants.
Daddy Long Legs" is considered
by far Miss Pickfords best release.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-15
BIG SCHOOL FUND
A ApportiOnment of $239,6SS
Made Today by Commission.
Amounts to 46 Cents for Each
Child in the State.

An apportionment of $239, 9,6SS.06 is
being made to the schools of Kansas
today by the state school fund COM
mission. The money is from interest
on bonds held by the commission and
is the semi-annua1 distribution to the
public schools of the state. Based on
a school population of 521, ,061 in Kan
sas, the fund equals 46 cents for every
boy and girl of school age. Last fall
the apportionment equalled so cents
per capita.
Based on the fund disbursed today,
Kansas public schools will this year
receive nearly a half million dollars
in benefits from the distribution
by the state commission. Miss Lor-
raine Wooster, state superintend-
ent of public instruction, today an
nounced the amounts apportioned to
each county in the state. She also
gave the official figures as to school
population in Kansas.
Under the apportionment Shawnee
county will receive $7,S44.S4. Her
school population is 17,O54 Wyandotte
with a school population of 33.245 re-
ceives S15,292.70. the largest amount
allowed any county in the state. Sedg-
wick is second with a school popula-
ton of 24,164. Her share of the fund
is $11,115.44. Shawnee ranks third.
Other counties with a school popula-
ton in excess of 10000 include: Mont
gomery, Reno, Crawford, Cherokee
and Butler.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-15
Agree to Economic Conditions
Imposed by the Allies.
Ration of $4,000 Tons of Food
Per Month Given.

Brussels. March 15.-Economic
negotiations at Brussels have been
concluded and the Germans signed
the allies economic demands.
Dispatches received here said the
allied economic council had presented
it's program permitting the Germans
to make interrogations for classifica-
ton of it's provisions, but refusing to
discuss them with the enemy represen-
tatives. The allied program provides
for immediate food shipments into
Germany, continuing until the new
German crops are available in August.
In return. the Germans will surrender
their merchant fleet. the rental OF
which will be applied on payments for
the food.
A monthly ration for Germany of
$4,000 tons of foodstuffs was fixed
by the allied commission which has
been comforting with a German dele
CATION as to the turning over of Ger
man merchant shipping and German
owned securities in payment for food
shipments.
The Germans observed that this ra-
ton was smaller than they had re-
quested and were pessimistic as to the
arrangement of satisfactory financial
terms. After Vice Admiral Rosslyn
Weymss of Great Britain, chairman of
the allied delegation, had presented
the conditions decided upon by the
entente, the Germans asked to be al
lowed to withdraw for consultation.
They then formed three sub-commit-
tee to deal with questions of finance.
food supply and mercantile marine.
Food Until in August.
Berlin, March 15.-Germany ex-
poets that the allies will provide food
supplies until August Is, which is the
earliest possible date that flour from
this years harvest can be counted
upon, said Under Secretary of State
Won Braun today before leaving for
Brussels. where he will take part in
negotiations with an allied commits
sion relative to food shipments and
the turning over of German shipping
for the use of the entente nations.
During the war there has been a
system of paying premiums for early
threshing, but this, according to Herr
Won Braun, results in much grain be-
ing cut before it is ripe and being
threshed in a damp condition. In his
opinion the system throws the normal
course of agriculture out of gear be-
cause other harvest operations are
interrupted to rush grain to the
threshers. For this reason he said
the allies should agree to continue
sending food supplies until Septem-
ber.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-15
TRIAL NEXT WEEK
Crawford VS.. MacLennan Case
AdjOurns Until Monday.
Defense Scores Point in Privi-
legged Article Decision.

When Judge Carver adjourned
court in the first division of the Shaw
nee county district court Friday after
noon at o'clock the jury in the case
in which L. NJ. and Roy Crawford are
suing Frank P. MacLennan for $685.
900 alleged damages for the publica-
tiCn of an article containing state and
city inspectors reports on the condi-
ton of the Grand opera house was
discharged until Monday morning at
9 o'clock.
Indications are that the trial will
consume several days next week.
When adjournment was taken Fri
day afternoon the first witness called
by the defendant was still on the
stand under cross examination. This
witness was j. r. Woodruff, an cleo
trician with the Jordan Electric Co.,
who in the summer of 1916, was in
charge of the rewriting of the Grand
opera house. Woodruff testified that he
found much of the wiring in a bad
condition, that he found telephone
wires being used to carry light cur
rent which he said was very danger
GUS and that in the front of the audi
torium there was wooden switch
board box lined with asbestos which
he removed. He testified the asbestos
lining in this box was badly torn.
Attorneys conceded that the defend
ant scored an important point when
Judge Carver told McKeever it was
not necessary for him to present au-
thorities to show that the publication
of the article was privileged. The
court announced that he already so
| considered it. However, McKeever's s
demurrer to the evidence which would
have meant an end to the case if it
! had been sustained was not sustained
because the Judge stated that he
thought sufficient showing had been
| made to allow the jury to pass upon
| the matter of extrinsic malice.
The defense has a number of wit
nesses to call and it IS the general
| opinion that it will be impossible to
complete their examination before
late Tuesday afternoon or Wednesday
morning
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-15
TODAY's TEMPERATURES

Thunder, lightning, beating rains
from every direction, cl ids, darkness.
sunshine-all combined to make this
a most unsettled day. Topeka under
went the first thunder storm. of the
season.
The next twenty-four hours saws s.
d. Flora. state meteorologist, will be
unsettled, regular spring showers will
prevail today and tomorrow.
Reptrts of precipitations received
were sent in from all parts of the
country this morning. The rain here
amounted to .01 during the night
and today up until 3 O'Clock this
AFTERNOON it amounted to 80. Wich-
lta reported trace; Cohcordia.
w; ST. Joseph. .32, and Kansas City,
.O4. Rain was also reported from the
states of Missouri, Nebraska, Iowa,
Illinois. Indiana and Ohio. Rain was
general from Mexico to Canada along
the Pacific coast and also up and down
the Atlantic coast. Snow was reported
from North and South Dakota, Mon
tana and Wyoming.
Generally temperatures were low
thruout the entire country with the
exception of a spot in the northwest
HaVre, Mont. reported the lowest tenn
perature, above zero. The edge OF
this cold weather will reach here about
tomorrow night. Flora predicts No
severe weather is expected altho tenn
peratures Will go close to freezing
Ine temperature during the night
was normal night temperature for
Continued ON Page TWoI
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-15
TAKE GERMANY FIRST
British Program Is for Peace With
- Central Allies Then.

Paris. March 15.-The British pro-
gram at the peace conference is un-
derstood to contemplate the signing of
separate preliminary treaties with the
central allies as soon as possible after
Germany is disposed of. Next would
come the consideration of any amend
ments to the present constitution of
the league of nations, and then the
league would be whipped into perma-
nent shape. The final peace treaty
would follow and would include the
league of nations plan.
The leading thought among the
British at the present moment seems
to be to strip the preliminary peace
terms of all unnecessary membranes
and secure the signatures to that docu-
ment so that the world may begin to
settle back to normal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-15

Kansas legislative records today
look like the reports of early day
fighting in front of Verdun. Casualty
lists are the feature of all returns.
The house and senate have enacted
16S laws, to which the governor has
attached his signature to lat. Yet
when the house and senate ceased con-
sideration of original bills late Friday
night, there was nothing of vital i'm
portance for the 1919 Session Laws.
This is the tag end of the session.
Tuesday night the legisl;- -ure closes
it's books. the orators will cease de-
bate and the record of the year will
have been made. Until the session
closes, the senate will consider only
house bills and the house will work on
nottng except measures which have
ben approved by the senate. The
final three days will probably see the
enactment of as many laws as havc
been passed during the entire session
up to this time. Yet with few excep-
tions there is nothing of real impor-
tance befc e either house.
Killed Many Bills.
When the legislature finally ad-
journod Friday night, it automatically
killed more bills than have beer
slaughtered at any one time during
the session. All original bills On thu
calendars which had not ben disposed
of, died when the house and mate
went LONE for the night The same
motion to adjourn pu- to death 124
m
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-15
The Kansas Hotel Company
Given Charter Today.
Work to Be Resumed in the
Next Few Days.
TOPEKA'S GREATEST NEED
Will Be Soon Gratified In Big
Structure.
Foundations to Go In at
Springs First Opening.

The Kansas Hotel company was
granted a charter this morning by the
unanimous action of the charter
board. Richard ]. Hopkins, attorney
general; L. ]. Pettijohn, secretary of
state, and Walter E. Wilson, bank
commissioner.
The capital stock of the company is
$75O,000, which may be increased as
the building approaches completion.
The following named Topeka men
are the incorporators, and directors for
the first year. as named in the charter:
Frank p. MacLennan, c. S. Elliott.
H. A. Auerbach. E. II. Crosby, George
Godfrey Moore. L. NJ. Penwell, H. d.
Yoder. George W. Mcintyre and II. H.
Welty.
This is. the local company formed
to Immediately continue the work on
the new, modern, fireproof. ten-story
hotel at the northeast corner of Ninth
and Kansas avenue. and prosecute the
construction vigorously to completion.
Work on the site will be renewed
to Immediately complete the excava-
tions and put in the foundations and
superstructure. The work was sus-
pended by government and state au-
tnorltleS last year on account OF the
war.
The hotel will be pushed to early
completion. giving Topeka as fine a
hotel for its size as exists in the coun-
try.
1t is planned to have the hotel COM
pleted and in operation within a year
from this date.
The hotel business all over the
country, where a good, modern fire.
proof hotel is maintained, is exceed
| ingly prosperous.
1t is believed that all the stock
| holders. of which there are a large
number in Topeka among our best
citizens, have made a good invest
/ ment, as we'll as having made it pos
sible for Topeka to satisfy its greatest
need: real hotel. to which our peo-
pie may point with pride and with
] which the traveller and visitor to the
capital city of Kansas may tarry with
| full satisfaction and safety
/ The hotel will be a thoroly Kansas
as well as Topeka institution.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-15
country abroad.

Last month George Hoyes returned
to Topeka He had been hut secre-
tary of the 137th regiment of the
Thirty-fifth division in France. He
had been business manager of the
Thirty -fifth's Y. NJ. c.. A. He had
been in the front lines. He was
gassed in the battle of the Argonne
forest.
Last night the board of directors of
the Y. M. c. A. met for the annual
election of officers. Disregarding the
leave of absence to Hoyes, repudiat-
ing the uniform that he had worn in
France, the directors selected n. w
Benning as general secretary and re-
fused even to allow Hoyes to attend
their meeting.
Letter of ''Resignation."
1t is understood that the directors
based their action on the acceptance
of a letter of resignation given by
Hoyes before he left. Here is the
way Hoyes explains this so-called
resignation when interviewed by
the State Journal today:
"A year ago at this time 1 decided
to go to France. There was a crying
need for Y. NJ. C. A. men and 1 was
willing to give up everything to go
At meeting of the board of direc-
tors L told them of my intentions and
rendered my resignation. They re-
jected it and before their eyes I de-
stroyed it. Later in the meeting il
was suggested that the resignation be
rewritten as t expressed such a cor
dial relationship existing between us
No expression was made of any
thought of its being used.
Granted Leave of Absence.
"At this same meeting by unani-
nous vote l was granted a years
leave of Absence"
1t was recorded in the newspapers
that on Friday, March 90, the mem
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-15
NJ. {. TO ATCHISON
0ut-Of.TOWn Chamber of Com
merce Was On the Job.
Annual Banquet for Ministers
Wives Tonight.

Business sessions of the annual con-
ference of the Methodist Episcopal
churches of eastern Kansas will end
today. The conference began in To-
peka Tuesday morning, and except for
a few announcements including the
assignments of pastorates for the year,
the business sessions are finished to-
day.
At the meeting this morning it was
decided that the next meeting of the
conference will be held at Atchison.
The final vote on the question of what
town should get the next conference
was taken this morning. The decision
lay between Topeka, Olathe and Atch-
ison. The selection of Atchison as the
site for the next conference is easily
understandab1e-th Atchison Cham
Der of Commerce was alive to the need
of bringing big conventions to that
city and saw, to it that the Atchison
delegates were well provided with
the qualities OF Atchison as a conven-
ton city 1t is thought that these
folders were a powerful influence in
the winning of the victory.
The business session of the laymen's
convention reconvened at the First
Congregational church at 9 O'Clock
this morning. Routine reports were
session of the Iayr1en is to adjourn a
II o'clock and will reconvene at
o'clock
The feature of the conference this
afternoon will be the celebration ot
the anniversary of the Woman's Home
Missionary society which will be held
in the auditorium of the First Meth.
odist church. Mrs. J. Luther Taylor
will preside at the meeting. Rev
Joseph n. Gray of Kansas City. viii
be the speaker.
At O'Clock this afternoon a re
ception will be given for the wives OF
the ministers at the home of Mrs. B
NJ. Davies, 800 West Sixth street.
The annual banquet of the Minis
ters' wives association will be held thi.
evening at $50 o'clock at the church
After the banquet the anniversary O.
the Preedmen's Aid society and th'
board of Sunday schools will be helC
in the church. Speakers at the ami
versary will be P. J.Maveety, secre
tary of the Freedmen's Aid society
Dr. w. S. Bovard, superintendent o
the adult department board of tn
Sunday school. and DR.. Wilson c
Panson of the Sunday school boart
department of finance. II. K. Ebrigh
will preside at this meeting.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-15
YANKS HOME TODAY
Record of Ships Bearing Soldiers
From Overseas.

New York. March 15.-The steam
ship Hollandia arrived here today
from Brest with 1,025 troops. Units
included the 102nd field battalion sig
nal corps complete: mobile hospital
No. 101, eight officers and forty-three
men for Camps Grant and Dodge.
There are also $50 nurses. 10 civilians
and "a casual officers of various
branches of the service and casual
company No. 992 of Illinois
Washington, March 15.-The war
department today announced that the
following organizations have been as
signed to early convoy: Ambulance
service sections SIS, 523, 539. 551,
55s, 592, 593. 62s. $50, and Sal; 409th
telegraph battalion; base hospitals IA,
A, so, and 70; aero squadrons 9S.
1O2, 496. 497. and 11Q5; Hath field
signal battalion; 18th engineers field
hospital 42: bakery companies sos,
327, and 394; base hospitals 46, 116
and 81; photo section Is.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-15
HUNS SIGN TERMS PLACE LEAGUE IN
Wilson Cables Tumulty of the
Action Taken.
Plan Is to Be Part of the Peace
Treaty.

New York, March 15.-Joseph p
Tumulty, secretary to President Will
son, announced today that he was in
receipt of a cablegram from the pres
ident stating that THE plenary coun-
Gil has positively decided that the
league of nations is to be part of the
peace treaty"
This cablegram was sent in re-
sponse to one sent by Mr.. Tumulty
inquiring whether there was any
truth in certain newspa per stories that
the league was not to be incorporated
in the peace treaty.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-15
Secretary Topeka Y. M. c. A.
Back From France Minus Job.
Give Him Years Leave of Alb
sence But Repudiate Uniform.
HE WAS GASSED IN ARGONNE
Not Notified Until His Return
of Action of Board.
Refused to Give Him
a Hearing Last Night.

One year ago George H. Hoyes, gen
eraI secretary of the Y. NJ. A. in
Topeka, left on aleave of absence from
his duties here to enter overseas serv-
ice for the national Y NJ. organiza-
ton. Risking the danger of ocean
travel, giving up home associations
and family ties he abandoned a COM
Portable position in safe Topeka to
enter a hazardous service for his
country abroad.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-15
INFLUENZA IN STATE
Total of 1859 New Cases i'm Kansas
for Week Ended March o.

During tie week ending March 8.
the number of new cases of influenza
thru the state was about 1000 more
than the number the week previous
total of 3,759. the state board OF
agriculture reports. Mitchell county
led with 282 new cases. followed by
Rice, 155; Pratt. 1873: Smith. 12e:
Marshall and Crawford. 123 each:
Ford. 1872; these being the only coun-
ties with more than 100 new cases
each. The only cities reporting more
than 100 new cases for the week were:
Wichita 167. and Topeka 1913. The
showing. however. is considered nom
inal by the health department.
"Flare-ups of the epidemic occur
here. and there" said DIR. ]. ]. Sippy.
of the health department, but at no
place in the state have these been
serious during recent weeks"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-15
REMEMBER YOUR TAXES
Midnight Tonight Is the Dcadline
for Return on Incomes.

Washington, March 15.-Stop!
Look, Listeni
Midnight's the Geadlinc on your
income AK returns.
If yot DON'T get under the wire
by that time with your innermost
financial secrets and make pay
ment number one of a series of
four antes. then the penalties start
to pile on
And they pile on fast-at the
rate of 1 per cent per month Of
procrastination-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-15
HAIL FALLS AT SALINA
Ground Is Covered Two or Three
Inches by the Stones.

Salina. March 15.-A heavy ter
minute hail storm visited this vicin-
ity this morning between s and 9
o'clock. leaving the ground covered to
a depth of two to three inches with
hail stones half an inch in diameter.
During the storm a score of runaways
enlivened the scene in the downtown
streets. the horses being stampeded
by the hail stones.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-15
!. S. HART TO GRAIN JOB
Governor Allen Appoints State Senator
as Inspector.

as Inspector.
Senator ]. S. Hart of Randall,
Jewell county, is to be the new state
grain inspector. His appointment went
to the senate for confirmation today.
Senator Hart is named to succeed
George B. Ross of Rice county, a
Democrat appointed by Governor
Hodges in 1913 and reappointed by
Governor Capper in 1915 and 1917.
Hundreds of endorsements of Senator
Hart were sent to Governor Allen.
The new grain inspector is engaged
in the grain business in his home
town. He is we'll known in north
western Kansas and in four sessions
of the state legislature had made an
excellent record. Hart served in the
house as representative from Jewell
| county in the sessions of 1913-15 and
came to the senate from his district
IN 1917. AS a result of his appoint
ment today Senator Hart will be
placed in charge of the state grain in
spection department at Kansas City.