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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-01-24
FOR A MONARCHY
New Government Is Proclaimed
in Lisbon, Portugal, Now.
Word Comes From Valencia of
Success of the Revolution.

Madrid Jan. e4.-The monarchy
has been proclaimed in Lisbon, the
Portuguese capital. according to a tel
egram received here from Valencia, on
the Portuguese border.
Garrison Goes Over.
Nigo, Spain, Jan 24.-The greater
part of the Lisbon garrison has gone
over to the monarchists, according to
reports on the progress of the Portu-
guese revolution received here from
Coimbra, in northern Portugal and
other localities. The wireless station
near Lisbon is said to be in royalist
hands.
Navy Remains True.
Paris Jan 24.-The Portuguese
navy has remained loyal to the gov
ernment according to all accounts re-
ceived in Madrid The Madrid news
papers. however. have advices saying
that the army is on the side of the
revolutionists.
Have Bloody Clash.
Vigo. Spain. Jan 24.-Portuguese
monarchist and republican troops
clashed between Oporto and Tonafiel
with heavy casualties on both sides.
according to advices received here to-
daN
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-01-24

The program this year Is one of
the most intere sting in the history of
the association. The officers, Presi-
dent Click Fockele Of Leroy. Vice
President VIII Townsiey of Great
Bend and secretary Ollie Little of
Alma have laid out one of the famous
original menus that becomes that
clever triumvirate.
Come. Eat. Drink and Be Merry
ffor next week newsprlnf and ink may
be higher)'' is the ollie Little slogan
for the Topeka coDyention--and the
boys are taking IL literally.
Major Browne for Vice President
Their. II move in among the edi-
tors this afternoon to draft for vice
president at the election tomorrow
afternoon Maj Charles II. Browne.
editor Of the Horton Headiight-Com-
nerciaL This means virtually that he
would be president in 1920. VIII
Tow Dsley OF Great Bend is vice presi-
dent now and undoubtedly will be
named president at the Saturday cleo
ton
Mayor J. l.. House made the official
address Of welcome 20 the editors IN
behalf OF the city The mayors speech
was purely extempofaneoUs-be called
attention 10 the fact.
There are no KEYS 10 the city" he
said Il threw them away tour years
tContiuued or Psse Two.D
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-01-24
ROAD MAKERS GUESTS
Contractors and Material Men Enter
tained by Chamber of Commerce.

Forty visiting contractors and road
material men were entertained Thurs
day evening by the members of the
Chamber of Commerce. The men are
in Topeka for the opening of bids on
the Shawnee county section of the
Topeka Lawrence hard surface road.
The visitors were taken to Hamilton
hail to review the Ninth battalion of
the Kansas State guard and listened
10 speeches by Gov. Henry J. Allen.
Arthur Capper. senator-e1ect. and Adj
Gen. Charles I. Martin
Following this program the visitors
were entertained at the Chamber of
Commerce with speeches by Charles
L. Mitchell A A. Rodgers. coEnty
commissioner: J. Frank Smith. mana
ger of the Kansas Good Roads aSso-
citation and James Stanton. a cCntrac-
tor from Leavenworth.
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TOPEKANS ON WAY HOME.
Shakeshaft. Alexander. Pctro. Haynes
and Dunton in New York.

New York. Jan 24--Five Topeka
men arrived here from Europe late
yesterday aboard the transport L S S.
Manchuria. which carried more than
1000 returning troops They are
Arthur T. Shakeshaft. Kenneth NJ
Alexander. Kelsey H Petro, Joseph
Haynes and Berner J. DuHton. all at
tached to the headquarters company
of the 312th sanitary train, 67th di-
vision
After twelve days on the ocean. the
men were sent first to Camp Merritt,
y J.. but expect to be moved to Camp
Dix. y. J.. Soon It is probable they
will be sent to Camp Funston for de-
mobilization
The Topekans report that the saith
ambulance company with which they
were associated. is still engaged in
hospital service at Limoges. southwest
of Paris
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-01-24
House Recommends Bill for
Levy on Fraternity Buildings.
"kicking College Men When
They Are DOwn"-Hegler.
FARMERS PUSH MEASURE THRU
SOlOns Sit for First Time as
Committee of Whole.
Samson of Cove Would Abolish
Irrigation Commission.

House members took q free and
generous kick at the college frat boys
today when the solons-sitting for the
first time during the session in COM
mittee of the whole-recommend
passage of the Brown bill repeating
the law exempting fraternity buildings
from taxation. The bill aroused
grand offering of free and unre-
strained oratory, but a motion to strike
out the enacting clause lost when but
thirty-seven members came to the res
cue of the yah rah lads.
Lawrence. which exists largely by
virtue OF student support. is seriously
crippled because s150.00O worth of
frat property is not on the tax rolls
Brown told house members. He want
ed the old law repealed and this prop
erty listed for taxation. Foster of
Ness, chairman of the assessment and
taxation committee, was one of
Browns strong supporters.
Simpson of Mcpherson, head of the
ways and means committee, and Heg-
Ter of SedgWick, chairman of the jul
dietary committee, led the fight on the
bill. They pleaded for the college stu
dents-but the house howled and the
frat houses were started on their way
to the tax lists. Hegler told house
members lney were klcklnS the STU
dents when they were down.
Il visited a fraternity house in Law
renee last summer" Hegler said. "Of
the thirty-three boys enrolled in the
house, all except four of them were in
the war. The remaining four had
sought to enlist and had been rejected
because they could not pass the ply
sical test. If you pass this bill at this
time you are kicking the boys when
they are down-when many of them
are yet overseas"
Samson of Cove and Lamb of Dick
inson attacked the enacting clause
But the college line didn't hold. The
farmer attack was too strong. The
enacting clause was retained and the
bill recommended for passage.
Abolish Irrigation Work.
| Samson of Cove today introduced :
| bill to abolish the office of state irri
cation commissioner and to dispose o
! thousands of dollars'-rw worth of ma
chinery and property owned by tn,
state in Wallace, Wichita and Scot
counties The Samson measure pro
vides that the irrigation commission
er's job be wiped out and that th'
executive council be directed to dis
pose of the pumps and other propert.
owned by the state. In 1913, the legis
| Gsantipno6 On PAGE Two
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EmpOria Lawyer To Succeed
Sessions on Kansas p. Z. C.
Appointment Is Announced To-
day by Governor Allen.
is AN ACTIVE REPUBLICAN
Rated as One of Most Able At
tOrneys in His District.
viii Begin Work on the Com
mission Next Monday.

Governor Henry j. Allen today an
nounced the appointment of W. L.
HugginS, of Emporia, as member of
the state public utilities commission
to succeed Charles H. Sessions, of To-
peka, resigned. The Higgins appoint
ment went to the senate for confir-
nation this afternoon.
Huggins has accepted the appoint
ment and will come to Topeka al once
to qualify for the place on the COM
mission. Sessions announced his plan
% leave the commission nearly two
months ago. He goes to the Capper
publications as managing editor of the
Daily Capital.
For a number of years Higgins has
been active in Republican politics in
the state and in the Fourth district. He
was for several years a law partner of
the late l. +. Lambert, who lost his
life in the Copeland hotel fire. Not
only is Higgins well known in political
circles. but he is rated as one of the
most able lawyers in his district. He
has been interested in the trial of
many of the most important cases in
Lyon county and has made an excel
lent record at the bar. 1t is proba BILE
he will come to Topeka Saturday and
will begin work on the commission
Monday.
Price Turned Job Down.
Recently Governor Allen offered
PIice. of Ashland, the dean of the Kan
sas state senate and one of the most
able and fearless legislators the state
h Us known. Price considered the ap-
pointment ten days and twice declined
t. accept place on the commission.
Governor Allen then conferred with
Higgins and his appointment was an
nounced today.
Charles H. Sessions, who leaves the
commission, is one of the states most
widely known newspaper men. He was
for a number of years Topeka cores
pondent for the Kansas City Journal.
He served as secretary of state from
1911 to 1915 and from 1915 until the
spring of 1918 was private secretary
to Governor Capper. When Jo-
seph l.. Bristow, of Salina, left
the commission to become can
didate for the Republican nom-
ination for United States Senator,
Sessions was appointed to fill the va
cancy. -
The places on the public utilities
commission are among the best ap-
pointments at the disposal of the gov
! ernor. Members of the commission
receive salaries of $4,000 a year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-01-24
300 TROOPS BACK
Several Ships in Port-Others Are
Sailing From France Now

Several Ships in Port-Others Are
Sailing From France Now.
New York, Jan. 24.-More than
300 American troops arrived here
today on five vessels-the battleships
Louisiana and New Hampshire, in
service as transports; the French line
steamship Chicago, the American
transport Goentoer and the American
steamship Accomac.
The steamship General Goethals ar
rived later in the day with skeleton
orga nization of the S4th division, a
casual company and thirty-seven cas-
uaI officers.
Mongolia Leaves France.
Washington, Jan. 24.-The trans
port Mongolia has sailed from France
for New York and will arrive there
January 80, with 100 officers and
5000 men. including about 1000 sick
and wounded.
Casual ccmpa anies from Oklahoma
and Missouri are included in it's list.
The battleship Connecticut, which
sailed from France January 20 with
1000 troops, reported today that she
had changed her course and was pro-
ceeding to New York instead of New
port News as announced. The vessel
is expected to reach New York Feb
rIarV .
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after HUGE sum
Railroad Administration Seeks
7G0 Millions for Work.
500 Millions Is the Minimum
Under Government Control.

Washington. Jan. 24.-The sum
which congress will be asked soon to
appropriate as an addition to the rail-
road administrat ton revolving fund
may be as much as 500. 100000 it was
learned today. Director General Hines
had indicated that S50O,000.000 would
he the minimum. but investigation of
budget needs for immediate improve
ments this year now show that half
billion dollars probably will not be
enough for all purposes.
The railroad administration tenta-
tive plan calls for expenditure of about
A billion dollars this year for extern
sions. improvements and new equip
ment of the railroads under govern
ment control.
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Shawnee County in Action,
FOrt-tO-FOrt Highway.
Will Cost Taxpayers About
$32,95O Mile.
TOTAL EXPENSE is S439, ,333
Government, However, Will
Pay One-FOurth of Figure.
Contract To Be Awarded at
Meeting Late Today.

Bids for the construction of Shaw
nee county's ten-nile share of the
Fort Leavenworth-FortR Riley highway
were opened shortly before noon today
b. the county commissioners. The
lowest combination of bids opened
shows that the road to be built by this
county-between Topeka and Doug
las county-will cost the taxpayers
about S32,950 a mile, or a total of
1929, 800, after the 25 per cent Of the
total expense which is borne by the
government is deducted. This included
the construction of four bridges. The
total cost will be about $439,333, in
elusive of bridges.
Following the reading of the bids.
the meeting was adjourned until 4
o'clock this afternoon to decide what
contractors will get the job. The
commissioners will sit again in the
second division court rooms.
The bids offered are slightly above
the estimates of the county engineer,
and would figure about S2.52 per
square yard.
The road is theoretically divide i
into three sections. Section A is that
portion from Topeka to Tecumseh;
section B from Tecumseh to the
Douglas county line, and section is
the four bridges to be built along the
other two sections. Bidding on section
c was heavy and that of Fred Little
john, of Topeka, fell under the esti-
mates. The county engineers estimate
for the four bridges. was about s44,-
1896. Littlejohns bid was S42,-
060.05. Other bids ran as high as
$50. 800.
Over Engineers Estimate.
The engineers estimate on sections
and B combined is s337,169.S5. The
only bid submitted for the mbined
sections-that of the ]. o. Patterson
company, of Kansas City, was s397,-
273.32- The engineers estimates on
section A is $119,016.S4 and section B
S21S,26S.09- The Patterson company
| submitted bids of s147,45O.S2 on sec
| ton A and s25O,330.72 on section B.
| Bids on section A were submitted by
| the Cook-O'Brien Construction COM
| pany of Kansas City of S137, 7,291.51 and
| by the Kaw Paving company of To
| peka, of $147, ,676.1S.
| The four bridges are to be built ovel
Deer, Stintson, Tecumseh and Whet.
stone creeks Bids were submitted or
this part of the work by the J. o. Pat
terson company. the Topeka Iron &
| Bridge company, Fred Littlejohn ant
Clark & Rohrer of Leavenworth.
The road is to be of two-cours'
cement, eighteen feet wide, with five
| foot earth shoulders. The estimate o
$4,000 a mile. based on the bids, in
| cludes bridges and the cost of exca
waiting. This latter work. it is said
Will be unusually hard on account o
a large quantity of solid rock that viii
be encountered.
Government Pays % Per Cent.
The government is to pay for 25 pc
cent of the total cost of the road. o
the balance, SO per cent will be pail
by the county at large; 25 per cen
by the benefit districts and 25 per cen
by the township thru which the roa'
passes. The government will also pa,
25 per cent of the cost of the bridge
and the balance will be paid by tn
county at large.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-01-24
WOMEN ARE ATTACKED
Maniac Shoots Two and Chokes a
Third in Washington.

Washington. Jan. 24-Three wom-
en-. two of them war workers, were
attacked by maniac early today
while they lay in their beds, at vari-
Gus homes
Two were shot. one probably fatally
The third was choked. The demented
terrorist is still at liberty. A man hunt
is on. Police believe the lunatic they
seek escaped from an insane hospital
here Or in a nearby state. His VIC
TINS are: Miss Lillian Hood. shot in
the abdomen, condition critical; Miss
Martha Geagan. shot in left side; Miss
Florence Fowler, choked unconscious
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-01-24
NORWEGIAN CABINET CRISIS.
Resignation of the Ministry May Como
at Any Time Now.

Copenha gen. Jan. 24.-The resigna-
ton of the Norwegian cabinet is i'm
minent according to reports received
here from apparently trustworthy
sources.
The present Norwegian cabinet is
headed by Cunnar Knudsen as pre-
mier and minister of agriculture It
was formed on January 90 1913 but
has undergone numerous changes
among its personnel The minister for
foreign affairs. NJ Ihlen. however. has
retained his portfolio thruout the per-
iod of II. knudsen's premiership.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-01-24
KANSAS EDITORS
HELD home Line
IN THE TRENCHES
State Newspaper Men Review
Their War Work Here.
f. A. Briles Tells How Writers
Aided i'm Conflict.
.15O PUBLISHERS ATTENDING
Major Chas. Brown of Horton
May Be Vice President.
Banquet at the Chamber OF
Commerce This Evening.
$50 PUBLISHERS ATTENDING
Major ChaS. Brown of Horton
May Be Vice President.
EDITORIAL PROGRAM
This Afternoon.


"A Weekly in a Daily Town" Harrison
Parkman, Emroria Times.
personal "reminiscences of the World
War" Major Chas- II. Browne. Horton
Headlight Commercial.
Adjournment for visit to state legisla-
ture.
6:30-Banquet rendered by Topeka
Chamber of Commerce and Topeka Press
club to visiting editors and wives.
Round-table by solder-editors.
Saturday.
9:O0-"The Interned American" Lieut..
VIM. r. Payton, Colony Free Press.
the Politicians" L. w. Brinkerhoff, Pitts
burg Headlight.
'0lden Days" ]. NJ. Cavaness. Chanute
Liberty Loan and Other Government
Advertising" Jess NJ Worley. publicity
director for Tenth federal reserve dis
trict.
:S0-"A Forgotten Land, Mack Gretchen.
Sedgwick Pantagraph.
What the National Press Association Is
Doing" George L. Hosmer.
Reports OF committees.
Election of officers.
Adjournment.
The merchants in the small towns
of Kansas who owe the towns editor
two dollars this week for twenty
inches of advertising are enjoying
their annual two-day relief from
Fourth E. ate collectors. The editors
of the state-about 100 of them-ars
in Topeka attending the annual con-
vention of the Kansas Editorial asso-
citation.
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Defeat Near kovno-ViIna.
HUNS LOSE. GOODS
Purchased War Materials-Now Must
Give Them Up to Yanks.

American Headquarters in GERMANY
Jan. 24.-German civilians who pur-
chased millions of dollars worth of
war materials from their army after
the armis:ice was signed, are turning
these supplies over to the Americans
under protest, it WIS announced to-
day.
The materials include horses
wagons. motor tru ks. clothing and
foodstuffs. The buyers will lose the
purchase price which in many cases
Was ridiculouslV low
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-01-24
KILLS FIVE CHILDREN
Then the Mother Turns Gun on Sell
Will Live.

Sioux Falls, s. D. Jan 24-Mrs-
Clara Hanson, 35. shot and killed her
five children at their home in Sher-
man, near here early today and fired
bullet into her own head in an at
tempt at suicide.
Overwork in caring for the children
who were sick. is believed to have
unbalanced her mind. Authorities said
she will live TIE children ranged in
ages from Is mo: ths to Is years.
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JUMPS FROM BIG BRIDGE.
Sailor Leaps from Manhattan Span
Then Rcpents-Is Saved.

New York. Jan 24.-Joseph Petrin.
Philadelphia, a sailor. today was in a
hospital recovering from the effects OF
a jump from Mania ttan bridge into
the East river. He admitted he tired
to commit suicide and repentc1 on
the way down from the bridge. HIS
cries brought help and he was pulled
out
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28 STATES REPORTING
That Many Have Told L. :. They
Have Voted Dry.

Washington. Jan. 2s--Twenty eight
states have formally notified the stat"
departme~t of action of their legisls
lures in ratifyinG the prohibition
to the federal constitution.
Included in the list is California. in
which an attempt was made thru court
action to preye IT the governor serving
notice to the state department.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-01-24
is TAKEN
Russian BOIsheyist Leader Is
Captured When Narva Falls.
Is in the Hands of ESthOnian
Troops, Say the Dispatches.

Basel. Jan. 24.-Leon Trotzky, the
Bolshevist minister of war and ma
rine, did not escape from Narva after
the defeat of the Bolshevists by the
Esthonians but was taken prisoner, ac-
cording to dispatches received here
from Libau. Advices from the same
sources state that, owing to the inter-
vention of Finnish troops in northern
Esthonia and Livonia, the country has
been completely cleared of Bolshevist
forces.
Join tie Esthonians.
Stockholm, Jan. 24.-The entire
Bolshevist army on the Narva front,
numbering $4,000, has joined the Es-
thoniaas. according to dispatches from
Helsingfors today.
BOlshcvists Leave Petrograd.
London. Jan. PA Central News
dispatch from Copenhagen today quot
ing advices from Helsingfors said the
Bolshevik army is evacuating Petro-
grad and that War Minister Trotzky
had moved his headquarters to Mini
Novgorod.
Defeat Near kovEo-Vilna.
Paris. Jan. 24-Lithuanian troops
have inflicted a defeat upon the Boil
sheviki near koszedary. about mid
way between KOvno and Wilma. accord
ing to reports from kovno received
today. The casualties of the Bolshe-
Wiki were heavy and they are reported
to have lost $500 men in prisoners
The Lithuanians are said to be ad-
vancing toward Wilma.
The losses of the Lithuanians are
declared to have been slight.
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HE is NOT so WELL
DIR. Freeman Better This Morning, but
Verse This Afternoon

DR. John d. Freeman. head surgeon
of the Santa Fe hospital. who is crit
ically ill with pneumonia at Stormont
hospital rallied and gave his physi-
clans renewed hope this morning, but
late this afternoon it was stated that
he suffered a setback and his condi-
tiCu is most serious
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A MILLION IN ARMY
Hun Force Now Totals That Many
Including Sick. Wounded.

Berlin. Jan 24-"The German
army including sick and wounded.
now numbers approximately a mil
lion" War Minister Reinhardt de-
clared in an interview here.
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FIND BODY OF LUXEMBURG.
Woman Leader of Spartacan Revolu
ton Thrown Into Canal.

Amsterdam. Jan 24--The body OF
Rosa Luxembourg. the Spartacan lead
er killed by a mob recently. was found
yesterday in the landwehr canal terri
bly, mutila ted. according to a report
from Berlin The news. it is said. is
being kept secret
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Train in Florida.

New York. Jan. 24.-The Giants Will
train this year in Gainesville. Fla it
was announced today by John Me
Graw. manager. The club deserts
Marlin. Tex. for the first time in
eleven years.
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OFFER WILSON PRESIDENCY

He May Be HOnorcd With Leader
ship of League Commission.
Paris. Jan. 24-President Wilson
is likely to be offered the presi-
dency of the commission of the
league of nations, the Echo de
Paris today says.
BY the commission OF the league
of nations probably is meant the
permanent executive body for the
conduct of the proposed leagues
affairs.
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DAVIES TO PLACE?
RumOr That He Will Succeed
State Printer Smith.
Officers Resigns To Enter Cap
per Publications Here.

After serving slightly more than four
years as state printer and having been
elected to succeed himself for another
two years. w. r. Smith has resigned.
The announcement of the state print
er's resignation was made by Cover
nor Allen. Smith goes to the Capper
publications as business manager to
succeed the late George NJ. Crawford.
Mentioned for Place.
1t is rumored among the Kansas edi-
tors in convention here today that Co
mer Davies. editor and publisher of
the Concordia Kansan, has been Of
fored the state printership by Gov
ernor Allen 1t is understood that
Davies will take the place if he can
make satisfactory disposition of his
newspaper.
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KICK BOLSHEWST OUT
Sweden Sends Ultimntum Demanding
That Reds Leave Land.

Stockholm. Jan. 24.-The Swedish
government has sent an ultimatum TO
the Bolshevik legation here demand
ing its departure from Sweden by jan
uary 25 at the latest according to the
Politiken.
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Mild, sp. ing-like weather is still the
prevalent weather note thruout the en-
tire United States No cold weather
was reported this morning from any OF
tie weather stations, says s. d Flora,
state meteoroIogist The lowest tenn
perature on the weather map. IL de-
Erees below zero. was reported from
lConrinned on Page Two.l
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NO COLD IN SIGHT
Mild Temperatures Due for Few More
DAYS at Least.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR KANSAS
Fair tonight and Saturday: slightly
cooler Saturday: west and north portions
tonight The shippers forecast warns to
protect 36-hour shipments in all directions
against a temperature of 80 degrees.