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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-01-03
WANTS TO KEEP
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and 500, 100000 to the pay rolls, Mr..
bill was sI4o,0OO.0Oo higher for the
ten months of 1913 ending November
1 than the same period of 1917, and
the cost of cross ties and lumber in
creased s65,00O.000.
MANY of the changes in railroad
operation inaugurated during last
year." the director general testified.
should prove of permanent value and
should continue. If possible, regardless
of what form of control is decided
upon for the railroads. Such reforms
include:
What Government Wants.
maintenance of the permit system
so as to control the traffic at it's
source; maintenance of heavy loading
for cars; pooling of repair shops;
elimination of circuitous routes; unfit
cation of terminals; maintenance of the
sailing day plan; consolidation to ticket
offices; utilization of universal mileage
tickets; Standardization of equipment;
maintenance of the uniform freight
classification introduced by the rail-
road administration; maintenance of
common time tables between important
points; maintenance of high demurrage
rates and uniform rules; establishment
of thru waybilling freight from points
of origin to destination; elimination
OF the old practice of paying in
mileage or per diem rental for the use
of freight or passenger cars of one
carrier by another; simplification of
the old practice of apportioning inter-
line passenger revenue and utilization
Of, water routes for the relief of
crowded rail lines"
Competition and self interest of in
diyidual roads would prevent the car
rying out of many of these reforms
under the old system of private man
agement, declared Mr.. McAdoo.
The Accomplishment.
The retiring director general told
the senators how the government TAX
ing over the railroads the first of
last year, at a time when they were
threatened with physical and financial
breakdown had righted conditions
gradually. moved 6.496.000 troops,
hauled great quantities of food at a
critical time in February when the
very success of the war depended on
the food situation and had hauled
37,0S3,000 more tons of bituminous
coal during the ten months ending
october 81, than in the same period
OF the year before
t"What ever Inconvenience may
have resulted to civilian Travellers" he
asserted, ARE due entirely to war con-
dftions and are in no way relative
to- the fact that the railroads were
under government control"
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erintendent, an elementary teacher in
approved 4-year high school.
Eighth-Compulsor education up
to 18th birthday anniversary. claw
now provides up to 18th birthday
Look To Pupils Health.
Ninth-City and county boards be
permitted to use school money for
health work in schools; secretaries of
state board of education and state
board of health and the state archi-
tect constitute a state commission to
approve and enforce school building
PLAN
Tenth-Ceunty boards of education
of three members, elected at large.
acknowledgements assistant of
county superintendent, to be paid by
county.
Twelfth-Amendme to state con-
stitution to permit selection of state
superintendent of schools by board
on basis of professional ability.
Thirteenth-County as the unit OF
rural school taxation.
Fourteenth-A teachers annuity
and retirement fund; maintenance OF
fund to be maintained equally be-
tween state and teachers; retirement
optional after thirty years, at the age
of SIS; retirement automatic at SO
years, after teaching forty years; an
nuity to be $500 year each; teachers
to pay annual dues to fund; in case
of death before retirement, payment
to be made to beneficiaries of all fees
paid in and interest.
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10 BELOW AGAIN
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Flora, slid over into Indiana and lii
nois this morning. Chicago got into
the ime-light with a temperature of
8 degrees below zero. Toledo, Ohio,
registered in with G degrees above,
Zero weather has not travelled any
farther east than Indiana during the
entire winter SO far Clear skies were
reported in Kansas, Oklahoma, Mis-
souri,, Nebraska and Colorado this
morning.
From Florida to Maine, along the
entire range of the Atlantic coast
rains were reported this morning.
Mercury Rises Slowly i
Temperatures were not rising very
rapidly this morning. Flora predicts
only about or 10 degrees above zero
for this afternoon Tonight there will
be another drop to about degrees
below zero. But here is the good
word. late tonight or early tomorrow
morning Flora says that the wind
will shift to the south and the warmth
of the southlands will dispeI the ex-
IRENE cold. Enough so, at any rate,
to encourage Flora into predicting a
temperature of rs or perhaps. 80 de-
grees above zero for tomorrow after
noon.
AS temperatures are all moderating
in the northwest and there are no
indications of the brewing of another
storm warmer weather may be ex-
pected here s
The extremes on record for. this date
are SO in 1903 and Is degrees below
zero contributed this morning. At 10
o'clock this morning the temperature
stood at IL degrees below zero. AT
the same hour the wind was blowing
at the rate of 10 miles an hour from
the west. -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-01-03
Chairman Dent Refuses T.
Handle War Dept Measure.
Is Head Of the House Military
Committee and a Democrat.
REPUBLICANS WILL GET Il
Dents Action Means That Peace
Time Policy VIII Be Left Open.
Rep. Kahn Will Go to Europe,
Then Frame Up a Measure.

Washington, Jan. 3.-Representa-
tive Dent, chairman of the house mill
tary committee, has refused to handle
the war departments reorganization
bill, it became known today. Dents
insurgency on this measure practi-
cally makes it certain that the peace
time military policy of this nation
will not be decided by the present
Democratic congress.
Representative Kahn. who will be-
come chairman of the committee when
the Republicans assume control of
congress after March T. will go to Eur
ope this spring to confer with General
Pershing and allied military leaders.
Upon data thus gathered. Kahn will
Kahn and his Republican colleagues
already have the general staffs plan
slated for the waste basket.
The situation is believed largely re-
sponsible for delay in presenting the
bill to congress. The war college has
been working on the measures for some
time. General March, cHief of staff
told members of the senate military
committee they said today. that the
bill would be presented in December.
March outlined certain features of the
reorganization to these senators in
confidence. But December went by
and the bilswas not presented. Wheth-
err it was withheld because of Presi-
dent Wilcon's absence, because of the
congressional situation, or because Of
both, it not clearly established.
Told 1t To Baker.
Dent, however, told Baker in so
many words, he said today, that he
will not handle the bill.
81 have told Secretary of War
Baker that I will not handle an army
congress- Dent said. 1T would be
silly to try to put such measure
thru in the fifty working days re-
naming at this session of congress"
Kahn's statement was an indication
of the dissatisfaction many committee
members feel with the attitude of the
general staff.
Kahn Will See Pershing.
Before I enter into the considera-
ton of an army bill, / want to hear
from General Pershing and General
Liggett and others who have seen ac-
tuaI fighting on the other side" Kahn
said. OBVIOUSLY we can not get them
here for this session of congress.
Furthermore, I am going to Eu-
rope Immediately after this session OF
congress to find out what l can of the
English. French and Belgian army
who may still be on the other side
at that time.
AN army reorganization bill can
not pass this session If congress, but
an army appropriation bill will have
to be passed"
For Peace Policy.
AS members of the house and senate
military committees view it, fixing of
peace military policy involves,
among others, decision concerning the
following:
Future of the national guard.
Size of the standing army, both
mobile and reserve.
/ Universal military training.
|. Disposition of army cantonments.
Upon all these questions there is a
wide variance of opinion.
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NEED NOT WORRY
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NCOHtfnueu IRON rage One.D
food administration is operating, the
Guaranteed price for the 1919 wheat
crop stands.
''The presidents proclamation of
Sep 7mber 2. 1918, stated that the
producers of wheat produced within
the United States for the crop
Of 1919 are guaranteed the prices
therein set forth. s2.25 per bushel at
Chicago, and the end of the war or
the proclamation of peace does not in
amy way affect this guarantee
nSectien "a of the Lever act pro-
vides, That the provisions Of this act
shall cease to be in effect when the
existing state of war between the
United States and Germany shall have
terminated. and the fact and date of
such termination shall be ascertained
and proclaimed by the president: but
the termination of this act shall not
affect any act done, or any right or
obligation accruing or accrued. etc.
1t further states that All rights or liza
bilities under this act arising before
its termination shall continue and may
be- enforced in the same manner as If
the act had not terminated
1.-THE guarantee for the 1919 wheat
crop expires June 1, 1920"
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NO MORE FOOD PRICES
Retailers VIII Not Be Restricted OF
Profits Now.

Profits Now.
wichita. Kan, Jan. 3.-The publi-
cation of fair food prices by price in
an end, Federal Food Administrator
Innes announced today.
All fair price board chairmen were
notified today that their work is done
and retailers VIII not be restricted in
margins of profits by volunteer work
ers. Laws against boarding and
profiteering will remain in force until
the treaty of peace is signed with Ger
many. but the enforcement of that law
remains with the United States dis
trict attorneys and the federal courts.
The fair price lists, which weres an
snounced in practically every county of
the state by local boards, every Tues
day and Friday, were published in the
newspapers without charge, as Serv-
ice to the public.
The men who made up the various
boards served without pay. The maxi
mum fair prices which they announc-
ed were based on margins of profits
and the boards took into considera-
ton the price the dealer had to pay
for the food he sold. The boards did
not name minimum prices EXCEPT in
sugar and flour. They had no au-
thority to limit prices paid to farmers
and other producers.
Control over wholesalers and food
manufacturers will continue to be
maintained for the present.
The fair price boards were the fire.
quent object of attack during their
year of operation, but the food ad-
ministration officials are of the opin-
ion that without fair price boards
prices would have gone much higher
because of the universal shortage. Mr..
Innes has sent out a letter to every
fair price board chairman thanking
him and hts board for the service
given
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TODAY'S MARKET REPORTS

Chicago, Jan. 3.-CORN = Excellent
weather conditions for Smelling and haul
ing corn had bearish effect today on
prices for that cereal. Consignment
notices from the country were said to be
somewhat more liberal. Pit trading. how
ever, was of only fair volume. Opening
prices which varied from the same as
yesterdays finish to &c lower, with jan
uary $1.41 and May $135%, were followed
by a moderate general sag, and by some
thing of a rally.
advance. The gains were said to be due
to recognition TINT despite Bile
weather January receipts were not coming
up to the volume which mostt raiders had
looked for. Prices closed unsettled, NC
to 2&c net higher, with January $1.43&
to $1.431a and May $1.37A to $1.37%.
OATS-Oats duplicated the action of
corn. Notice of an embargo on all ship
ments to Sew York appeared to have but
little IL any influence on prices. After
opening &c eff to a shade advance, with
May G9Ac to Toe the market. showed q
tendency to recover. :
and irregular. Lard and ribs were weak
but pork developed strength.
Later the whole market became firmer
owing to bulge in corn. Relative weak
ness of lard was ascribed to an increase of
the stock on hand here.
Chicago Grain and Provision Market.
(The range of prices on grain futures on
Chicago Board of Trade reported by
Thos. j. Myers, 306 N. +. Bldg)
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Teachers To Present Fourteea
Measures to the Legislature.
Committee Has Made a Draft of
Their Program.
EXTEND SCHOOL AGE TO is
That Is One of Bills They
Would Have Passed.
Put Teachers on State Text
Book Commission.

Fourteen specific legislative enact
ments, including one amendment to
the state constitution, comprise the
recommendations for new school laws
to be submitted to the coming legisla-
ture- by the State Teachers associa-
ton. A draft of the legislative pro-
gram has been, made by a committee
appointed for that purpose by the as
ISOLATION, the members of which are:
Elizabeth Spencer, Yates Center; j.
W. Gowans. Winfield; H. M. Cutler,
Emporia; l.. w. Mayberry. Wichita
and Raymond A Kent, Lawrence
Some of these proposed laws are
similar to those recommended by State
Superintendent w. D. Ross in his
report to the legislature, but the pro-
gram was perfected without conjunc-
ton with the state educational Of
x1efais and is the result of Hls ny ses-
sions of the directors and suggestions
from various members of the teachers
association. The list of recommends
tons, considerably abbreviated from
the original text which will be pre-
scented to the legislators, follows:
The Proposed Measures.
First--State textbook list to include
each school district obliged to provide
first grade pupils with one set of each,
free. e
Second-Instructio in all eIemen-
tary schools to be in English
Third-Boards of education of first
and second class cities to be permitted
to contract with superintendent and
high school principals for terms of
four years each.
Fourth-Al1 schools recognized I'M
der the compulsory education law to
be under the legal direction and sup
eryision of the state department of
education.
Fifth-Superintend of first and
second class cities be required to hold
special administration certificates-in
addition to present requirements, a
semester of graduate work.
sSixth-Estab lishment of state teach
ers' employment bureau under the
state board of education.
Seventh-Put educators on state
text book commission. making its
membership comprise, state printer,
state superintendent, a county super
intendent, a rural teacher, a city sup
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WILSON AT ROME

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| the second were the king and the pres
| ident while the third contained the
| queen, Mrs. Wilson, and the Duchess
D'Aeosta. The latter two vehicles
were surrounded by the kings body
guard of mounted cuirassiers. A
number of other carriages and auto
mobiles followed bearing members of
| the suites and cabinet members.
The Cheers Unceasing.
| The procession made its way slowly
| thru the streets to the accompaniment
of uncea sing cheers When it reached
| Ezdra square, a dazzling sight met the
! eyes of those in the cortege.
In addition to flags and bunting,
there were countless venetian masts,
| topped with winged victories, allied
| flags, and the coat of arms of every
| redeemed city. In the reviewing stand
/ sat the mayors of Rome, Trent, Triest,
Fiume and Spalato.
| The demonstration continued long
after the presidential party had reach
ed the Quirinal.
, Pisa, Jan. 3.-When Pisa was reach
| ed by the presidential special train
| Thursday night Mr.. Wilson and his
| party had retired. Count Di Cellere,
Italian ambassador at Washington
and Thomas Nelson Page, American
ambassad dor to Italy descended to the
i station platform and conversed with
| officials The people had been asked
/
| ing when the train passed thru towns
and cities. Bonfires lighted in honor
| of Mr.. Wilson have been seen at many
places.
Rome, Jan. 3.-Newspapers here
unite in their welcome of President
| Wilson. The Giornale d. Italia says:
Rome, which has known every
form of greatness. will welcome Mr..
Wilson tomorrow as it never well
coined any sovereign. We entered the
fnT Ia a
/ States and with the same ideals we
propose to work with her for last
ing peace"
snThe visit of President Wilson, 81
says the Corriere d Italia must sig
nifty that outside and above the Of
fetal ceremonies, Italy as regards
peace problems is with Mr.. Wilson,
who will understand the pre- occupa-
tions of Italy as he has understood
/ those of France and England"
The Days Program.
The program arranged for President
Wilson's entertainment today included
a luncheon with Queen Mother Mar
| gherita, reception by the parliament
and a. state dinner with King Victor
Emmanuel following the visit to the
| president of deputation from the
Quirinal.
| In the evening the citizenship of
| Rome will be conferred upon the
| American executive.
| On saturday there Will De luncneon
at the American embassy in honor of
| the president. This also is the day set
| for his visit to Pope Benedict and for
! his reception to Protestant bodies at
| the American church. He will take
| dinner with the court.
| The president expects to leave for
| Genoa Sunday and possibly will go to
Milan. On Monday he will arrive at
| Turin, where he will make a short
| visit, leaving for Paris on Monday
night.
Tho KinO Aooorfa
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-01-03
THE DRAFTLAW -
CAUSED A "BOY"
TO BE FOUND OUT

Chicago, Jan. 3.-Technicalities of
the draft laws were responsible today
for the exposure of Jack Kriegner''
now Miss Anna BAIL.
Posing as a boy for two years in
Dixon. Ottawa, and Serene, Ill, and
finally In Chicago. and known as "a
regular guy" who could shoot a
wicked cue'' and turn an occasional
swear word, she met her Waterloo
when, as a bellhop at a hotel here.
she was forced to register for the
draft.
Judge Mary Bartelme told Jack
she would have to leave the court as
girl.
Honest, just can't wear EN-" she
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SUNSET" is COMING
Nearly All OF 41st Division win Re-
turn From France Soon.

Washington, JAM, a. Practically
the entire 41st division tSunset) was
included in list of units announced
today by the war department as as
signed for early convoy from France.
The list shows the headquarters and
headquarters troop Of the 41st, the
161st regiment complete, 163rd COM
plete. 164th complete and 162nd. less
second battalion.
In all, more than 500 officers and
10000 men of the Sunset division,
comprising troops from Washington.
Oregon, Montana, Idaho, Wyoming
were ordered home. Other units of
the division are 181st and 182nd in
fantry brigade headquarters. 146th,
147th and 148th machine gun bat
talions, 116th ammunition train, 10th
supply train, 116th sanitary train and
164th ambulance train. Today's list
also includes the 9Th, 101st, 104th,
304th, 306th trenh mortar batteries,
301st water tank train and 142nd aero
squadron.
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FIRST FREE NEW
YEAR FOR FOUR S
CENTURIES KEPT

Prague. Jan. 1 (delayedl.-Today
the Czecho- Slovaks celebrated their
first free new year in four centuries.
The city was. gay with flags; the
stars and stripes being seen every
where in anticipation of the arrival of
Americans
Scarce food and exorbitant prices
failed to dampen the aEdor of the peo-
Plies jubilation.
Automobile trucks, coming from
Italy are bringing relief supplies and
food.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-01-03
ALL SHIVERING TODAY
thermometer in Mid-America Down
to 20 Below In Some Places Today.

Chicago, Jan. 3.-Mid-America.
shivered today. 1t was cold. Tenn
peratures ranged from zero to 26 be-
low.
Trains turnout the middle west were
running on tardy schedules. Shows
covered many parts of Nebraska, Kan
sas, Illinois, Iowa. the Dakotas,' Min
nesota, and Wisconsin.
Heavy frosts were reported on the
Pacific coast, while in the Rocky
Mountain region, temperatures were
recorded far below normal at this
season of the year. Zero weather was
reported in Texas.
Coal IN abundance was reported in
every city.
is Below IN Nebraska.
Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 3.-Nebraska to-
day remained in the grip of the cold
wave. Temperatures ranged from %
degrees below zero at Valentine to 16
and Is below at Omaha and Lincoln.
respectively. Mitchell, S. D., reported
rs below zero.
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HONOR TO CRAWFORD
X. S. A. C. Professors Poems Selected
by Braithwaite.

Manhattan. Kan, Jan. 3.-Two
poems by N. "A. Crawford. head of
the journalism and printing depart
ment, Kansas State Agricultural col
lege, are reprinted by William STAN
ley Braithwaite, of the Boston Tran
script, in his Anthology of Magazine
Verse for 1918"
Mr.. Braithwaite selects for his book
each year 100 to $50 from the nearly
1000 poems published annually by
American magazines.
The poems by Mr.. Crawford fnclud-
ed this year are "Glories," from the
Nation, and 1.-THE Mathematician -
from the New Republic.
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MAY BUY CAMP SITES
War Department Would Acquire
$12,OOO,OOO in Real Estate.

Washington Jan. 3.-Secretary Ba-
ker said Thursday he intended to seek
the views of congress on the question
of the purchasing of the land n
which army environments are located.
He said the war department thought
some of these camps could be made
permanent and it would cost about
$4,000 900 to acquire the sites already
approved for this purpose. The mat
ter will be brought up by the secre-
tary when he appears tomorrow be-
fore the house military committee,
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is REAL DICTATOR NOW
Carranza Given Absolute Power ir
Controlling Export Duties.

Washington, Jan. 3.-The Mexican
congress, it was reported here to the
state department, has granted special
powers to President CarranZa to raise
or lower import and export duties at
his discretion.
1t was noted by officials here that
additional power given to the Mexican
president by this action apparently is
practically unlimited and that by a
mere announcement the chief execu-
tive may virtually control expectation
of such commodities as petroleum and
conner
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A GERMAN FEDERATION
Wilson, CIemenceau and Lloyd George
Said To Have Agreed on One.

Vienna, Jan. 3.-President Wilson.
Premier Lloyd George and Premier
Clemenceau have agreed on Creation
of a new German confederation under
Bavaria's direction" according to an
announcement made by President
Masaryk of the CBecho-Slovaks, a
Prague dispatch reported today.
Masaryk was said to have stated
that this scheme included destruction
of Prussian supremacy separating the
provinces of Posen, Silesia and the
Rhine, destruction of Hungarian SUI
premacy by separation of all lands in
which the Hungarian tongue is not
spoken, and establishment of a Danube
Czecho-Slovak confederation, includ-
ing German-Austria.
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Wall st. New York Jan 3.-STOCKS-
Confusion of speculative sentiment was
again suggested by the uncertain course
of prices Mt the o.ening of today-s stock
market Brooklyn Transit made new
low record on Its decline of point to 2Ok4.
Anaconda Copper also yiel.ed a point
probably in connection with its new bond
offering and Mexican Petroleum and Unit
ed Fruit fell about 2 points MesiraH hosT-
ever Immediately rsbounding almost 10