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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-14
Raise BIC FUND
Methodist Conference Here
Supports Nation Drive.
Laymen and Churchmen in
Combination Meeting Today.

Both the ministers and the lay
brethren of the Methodist church of
eastern Kansas are in conferences to-
tend the annual conference of the
church and the laymen are here on a
conference of their own.
A joint meeting of the ministers of
the church and of the laymen was
held at the Methodist church this
morning in the interest of the cente-
nary movement. Both ministers and
laymen have pledged unstinted sup
port to the church campaign to raise
S5,000.000 in the United States to be
used in carrying out the home and
foreign missionary work. Every an
gle of the plan was discussed at the
meeting this morning and it was
thought that at the close of the meet
ing every attendant there was fully
conversant with the things which the
centenary stands for and with the
plans to raise the money.
The regular business session of the
ministers conference was continued
this morning, the time being occupied
with the various routine reports OF
church officers.
Annual Banquet Tonight.
This afternoon the executive session
of the conference is to be held in the
auditorium of the First Methodist
church. The hour set for the opening
of this meeting is . o'clock. AT the
same time the laymen's association
will convene in the auditorium of the
First Congregational church. o. G.
Karkham, president of the association
will call the meeting to order
At o'clock this afternoon the min
isters will attend the daily devotional
lecture. The lecture today is to be
delivered by DR.. Charles L. Mead OF
Trinity church of Denver. The lecture
meeting will be presided over by Fred
NJ. Bailey.
At $50 o'clock the annual banquet
for the Baker alumni will be served
After the dinner the anniversary of the
centenary movement will be cele-
brated in the auditorium of the FRS
Methodist church. Gov. Henry j. AL
! len will preside at the celebration
| Bishop Frank W. Warne, of Lucknow
India, and DR.. George Elliott, of De
| troit. Mich, will be the speakers o1
| the evening
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-14
Senate Clips $4,000 From $4,000
New York Reception Bill.

The $4,000 appropriated by the
house for the reception of Kansas
overseas soldiers on their return to
the United States was cut to $4,000
today by the senate, despite the fact
that the bill without amendment made
the sum to be expended optional to
the governor and committee in charge.
providing it did not exceed $4,000.
Other amendments were also tackled
on the bill providing for the reception
of the states soldiers. Metcalf OF
Douglas offered a change which would
permit spending a part of the money
in this state. His amendment was
accepted.
The bill carrying the money provides
that the reception shall be directed by
a secretary appointed by the governor
at a salary of $1,000 and a committee
of volunteer assistants who would
serve without pay and also would pay
their own expenses
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-14
MUST SEND ON FOODS
Information Comes From Allied Com
mittee in Russia.

Archangel, March 14.-Information
secured by the allied food committee
in North Russia and from persons
reaching Archangel from the interior
indicates that the American people
must deprive themselves of bread
stuff until the Russian question is
settled and the county is a.ain placed
on a sound agricultural basis. Be
cause of the disruption of transporta-
ton, the peasants are hesitating to
sow any more grain than they them
selves need, as they fear it's seizure
by the Bolsheviki
Owing to the shortage of seed grain,
which because of the famine. has been
used for food, Russia will be COM
paratively without crops in 1919 and
this condition will extend into 1920,
even If the country is restored to
peace. Unless the situation is re-
stored to normal it will grow worse
from year to wear
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-14
This Is Loaded Calendar Fac
ing Legislature Today.
Ten Hours for Both Houses to
Dispose of 200 Bills.
CONSIDERATION ENDS TONIGHT
Until Next Tuesday Other
Measures Are To Be Handled.
Days Casualty List Promises
To Be a Long One.

This is anxious day for 165 Kansas
lawmakers. More than 200 bills are
today in the balance. Most of them
will die tonight on the calendars. To-
morrow tho committees will disgorge
their dead. Every original bill in the
house and senate must receive action
by 0 o'clock tonight or die.
Both houses must dispose of orig
inal bills and resolutions before quit
ting time tonight. Otherwise they will
die on the calendars. Original bills
which are today in the com: .ittees
are ready for crepe. There is no leg
islative / DIVISION whereby they can
be resurrected, placed on the calen-
dar and passed in time to be MESA ged
across tn hall. The mortuary list
will be mcd de up tonight and will in
clude all bills killed by committees,
as well as those stricken fl T. the
calendar and slaughtered on the floor.
On House Calendar, 1876 Bills.
In the house this morning there
were 1856 original bills on the calen-
dar. There is an outside chance that
the house may today and tonight dis
pose of twenty-five or thirty of these
bills. TT will be tn limit.
Senator members are less concerned
about the situation which will face the
legislature tonight than are lower
branch legislators. The smaller, more
smoothly running senate will work
under high pressure today.
Senate Calendar Nearly Clean.
There are less than fifty bills-orig-
inal measures-on the senate calendar
under general orders. 1t is barely pos
sible that the upper house may today
be able to clean up practically the en-
tire list of really important measures,
leaving only the minor and purely To-
cal original bills to die when the clock
strikes 10 tonight.
Beginning Saturday morning both
houses will take up bills originating at
the opposite end of the hall. The
house will work Saturday, Monday
and Tuesday on senate bills. The sem
ate will spend the time on house bills.
Final consideration of all bills under
the adopted rule must cease at 10
O'Clock Tuesday night. Three addi-
tional days are allowed the governor
in which to sign bills. Thus sine die
adjournment will come one week from
tonight.
Committees to Report Out.
1t is probable that committees in
both houses will today be directed to
| report original bills. This is a mere
| formal procedure. Such original
| bills as were this morning in commit
| tee rooms were as dead as kippered
| herring. 1t is customary. tho, to pro-
vide sort of prescribed ceremonial
wherein each bill will be recorded in
| the big book of dead and departed
| measures.
| Senate bills sent to house commit
tees and house ILLS in senate commit
tees will not be affected by the order
recalling original bills from commit
| tee rooms. The days casualty list
| including deaths on the calendars ant
| in committees-will probably range
| tn
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-14
MISSION is NARROWED
Red Cross Party Headed for Poland
Finds Vienna Starving.

London, March 1.-THE American
Red Cross mission to Poland is ma
rooned in Vienna, owing to an alterca-
ton between the CZechs and Austrians,
according to information received at
London headquarters of the orzaniza-
tion today. The information came in
a letter dated February 2S from Capt.
France America of Buffalo, a member
of the mission.
The Czechs have refused us per-
mission to cross the closed frontier"
America said. THE Austrians also re-
fused permission for us to proceed.
fearing the Czechs would confiscate
their engines.
"A Swiss captain, in charge of our
train. wants to run the blockade, put
ting up a couple of machine guns and
arming everybody.
Vienna is starving"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-14
War Minister NOske Says the
Revolt Is Put Down.
Berlin Uprising Failed, Is An
nOuncement at Assembly.
ONE SUBURB NOT CLEARED
He Blames Spartacan Papers
With PilIage and Murder.
They Have Been Inciting the
People for Months.

Basel, March 14.-The Berlin in
surrection may be considered as sup
pressed, Gustave Noske, the minister
of defense, announced in the national
assembly at Weimar. a German dis
patch reports. Only one suburb re-
manned to be cleared of the Sparta
cans, the minister stated. The dis
armament of the population must be
hastened, he said.
1T is especially the fault of certain
newspapers. notably the Freiheit and
the Red Flag" he continued, THAT
der have been committed in Berlin, as
they have been inciting the people for
months past The Independent So
cialists did all they could to support
these disgraceful, shameless actions.
The great mass of the workmen of
Berlin are honest men but, as in all
great movements, impure elements
seem to have crept in among the loyal,
thoughtful workers. The hyenaS of
the revolution began to intrigue be-
fore martial law was proclaimed and
before the troops had been ordered to
advance upon Berlin"
Resistance by the insurgents is les
sening everywhere in the city. More
than 1900 Spartacans have been
rounded up.
atrocity charges against them were
deliberate propaganda by the govern
ment to justify Noske's harshness in
the eyes of the public, the government
press office has issued official denial
of the .'frightfulness'' stories given
out by it earlier.
The American mission so far has
not been molested. Machine gun
guards were removed from the Hotel
Adlon when the battle shifted further
| northward The German command
ant, however, has asked that Ameri-
cans in uniform refrain from entering
/ the fighting zones because of the dan.
| ger from irresponsible snipers
| Berlins spirit is rising as the re-
suit Of reports of early peace and foot
relief.
Reds Hold Part of Suburb.
l. London, March 14.-SpartacaI
forces still retain part of the Berlin
suburb of Lichtenberg and are stub
borrly resisting the government force
an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from
Copenhagen says. Fighting is contin
uing in Lichentberg and also in th'
! Karlshorst.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-14
USED MACHINE GUNS
More Than One Hundred Reds Are
Executed in Berlin by Government.

Berlin, March 14.-More than a
hundred Spartacans, chained together
in the pri son court yard, were shot
down by machine guns Wednesday
afternoon. War Minister Noske has
ordered that all Spartacan prisoners
shall be executed similarly.
Government troops completed the
capture of the suburJ of Lichtenberg
today. Tie railway station, where the
insurgents had made their final stand,
was taken by storm. The Spartac cans
suffered 200 casualties in the attack
A meeting of workmen's soviets was
surround d by soldiers this afternoon.
No attem.J was made to interfere with
the proceedings but the delegates were
under constant menace of rifles and
machine guns. They protested to
the government but Noske refused to
withdraw the troops.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-14
MAY CUT ALLOWANCES
Funds Available for March and April
Congress Held Them Up.

Washington, March IA. With
funds available for payment of March
and April allowances, the war risk
insurance bureau faces the prospect
of suspending operations after that
time unless special provision for
money is made to remedy the failure
of congress to provide for the bu
reau's continuance. The treasury was
engaged today in an Xamination of
the various funds available for diff
ferent government agencies and the
legal provisions surrounding them,
with view to borrowing until con-
gresS provides an appropria ton. Of
ficials expressed confidence that this
could be done.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-14
A DEAD ONE
Suit Brought Last Week in Name
Man Dead In 1918.

The Omaha Bee of Wednesday has
an item of interest to scores of Tope-
kans who have put their money into
the North American hotel here, now
under construction at Ninth and Kan
sas avenue:
Solomon Hublitz. one of three
plaintiffs named in a suit filed against
the Bankers Realty Investment Co.
last week, asking a receiver, has been
dead since June 20, 1918.
This is the second involuntary
plaintiff discovered in three suits filed
in the last two weeks against the
above company and an allied corpor-
alton, the North American Hotel Co.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-14
YANkS HOME TODAY
Record of Ships Bearing Soldiers
From Overseas.

New York. March 14.-With 147
officers and men, virtually all casuals.
the steamship Suwanee arrived here
today from St. Nazaire.
Washington, Mar. 14.-Sailing of the
transport Susquehanna from ST. Ma
zaire, due in New York March "a, was
announced by the war department to-
day. Among the units aboard are
casual Companies 1SS, New Jersey;
1S9, Iowa: 9th regiment railway en-
gineers complete. for Camps Gordon,
Mcclellan, Grant, Pike. Hancock,
Greenleaf, Sherman, Custer. Devens.
Lee, Upton, Dix and Sheridan: st. Ma
zaire convalescent detachments Nos
5S and III to ia, inclusive.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-14
LudenOrff Is Angry.

Berlin, March 14.-General Luden-
dorff former comma nder-in- chief of
the German armies, has repudia ted
the alleged summary Of his book re-
Gently published in the New York
American. THE New York Ameri-
cans statement is entirely untrue and
misleading" said Ludendorff- THE
New York American has no knowl-
edge of my book. l protest energeti-
oally against the statement that | hold
is M iesty. the kaiser. was solely re-
sponsible for unrestricted submarine
warfare
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-14
NEW MAP READY SOON
Germany As 1t Will Be in Future Is
About Decided On.

Paris March 1.-THE new map of
Germany will be completed by the end
of next week. according to Capt Andre
Tardieu, official spokesman of the
French government. He said the
western as well as the eastern boun-
daries will then be fixed.
Tardieu expressed the belief that the
leag que of nations will not be part of
the preliminary treaties. of which
there are four-one each of Germany
Austria. Turkey and Bulgaria. All will
be signed within a few days of each
other, ne said
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-14
VOTING ON A CHARTER
German Austria Future Is Up TO the
People Today.

Vienna. March 1.-THE constitu-
ton Of German-Austria, to be voted
on today. provides for chancellor of
state and ten departmental secretaries.
The departments of foreign affairs.
the army. food and traffic, according
to the program. will continue to func-
ton "only until union with Germany
is accomplished" The cabinet will be
formed by the Social Democrats and
Christian Socialists the German Ma
tfonalists having declined places in
ministry
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-14
TELL HUNS OF PLANS
Allies Acqua:nt Them of Necessity OF
Giving Up Merchant Ships.

Brussels. March 13.-The decisions
of the allied powers providing for the
turning over by Germany of merchant
ships and securities in exchange for
food was presented to a German dele
cation here today by an allied COM
mission headed by Vice Admiral Sir
Rosslyn Wemyss of Great Britain.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-14
GLASS WILL COME WEST
Secretary of Treasury TO Speak on
Liberty Loan Campaign.

Washington, March 14.-Secretary
of the Treasury Glass will leave here
next Tuesday for a series of talks
with victory loan workers in the mid
die west
He will speak in both Minneapolis
and St Paul, March 20. and in Chi
cago March 21, the treasury an
nounced today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-14

"April showers and April temper
atures." says S. D. y "a, state me-
teorologist, this morning. There is an
area low pressure loc~ ted over Col
orado this Il rning but it is moving
east. 1t will cause unsettled weather
here durin; the night. 1t will be ac-
conf ! some rain perhaps ana
high wind.
rain during the night. Wichita also
lI,nntinned IN Page Two.D
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-14
TURKS STILL AT WAR
Tcrrorize Greeks in Asia Minor-Asl1
Allied Force for Protection.

Saloriki. March 14.-Turkish troops
in southern Asia Minor are ignoring
the fact that an armistice has been
signed and are terrorizins the Greeks
in that region. according to the Metro
pOlitan of Sivas. Asiatic Turkey. who
says that allied forces should be sent
to protect the population from the
young Turks.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-14
FOR A new STRIKE
German Radicals Arc Working for
Orc All Over Country

Copenhagen. March 14.-Agitation
for q new general strike thruout Ger
many. to be called March 25. is going
on. according to dispatches received
from Berlin today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-14
POLES WIN OUT NOW
Paris Correspondent Says Their Claim
to Danzig Is To Be Granted.

London March 1.-THE Paris cor
respondent of the London Telegraph
said today he understands the SUI
preme war council 'as decided to
grant Poland's claim to Danzig.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-14
20 DIRIGIBLES WILL FLY
From Rome to Naples They Will
Curry Passengers.

Rome. March 14-Twenty dirigibles
with a passenger capacity of thirty
each will be engaged in daily service
between Rome and Naples beginning
March 20.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-14
Ncw Jersey Tied Tn.

Newark, n. J.. March 14.-North
New Jersey today continued to be
completely tied up by striking trolley
men. with no prospects of immediate
resumption of traffic.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-14
APRIL SHOWERS HERE
Sunshine and Clouds Chase Each
Other Over Kansas.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR KANSAS:
Rain tonight followed by clearing tomor
row; colder Saturday west anu central por-
tions. The shippers forecast calls for pro-
lection against a temperature of so degrees
for Sc hour shipments west: north, south
and east, above freezing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-14
IN ANOTHER REPUBLIC
Rhenish Provinces Ask for Then
Freedom From the German.

Basle, March 1.-THE Frankfurter
Zeitung says a committee representing
the Rhenish provinces has asked the
allies to recognize the Republic of
Western Germany" which "is neces-
sary to secure pacific relations be-
tween the east and west"
Creation of a "buffer state" thru
granting the Rhenish provinces inde-
pendence is contemplated as part of
the preliminary peace treaty The
dispatch would indicate the inha bit
ants are favorable to the plan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-14

TODAY'S TEMPERATURES.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-14

CTATEMENTS like Jack Johnson's
are what disgust people with So
called sports"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-14
''HOWDY" FUND is CUT

0,ontinned m Page Two.J
The mirror., 1919-03-20
Items Of Interest About the Automobile


Auoe" the rather advanced by early
enthusiast q suitable appellaton for The
In April 1900 large automobile announced that they
manufacturing automobiles the Of almost day.
About the time automobiles coming into
Newark N j. officials decided that automobile subject the
preceded by wachman
eighth af a mile ahead.
1T horses the antimotoriss in 1895
Suppose doe" that time defense
of the so do locomotives bicycles Twenty
Fourth of May celebrations and dozen other things Horses
get used to it,"
The first public this continent of record where
could be stored repaired rented opened Boston, Mass
early in the spring of 1899
Jacob German the first arrested New York City for
exceeding the speed limit vehicle On bright
May S99
speed twelve miles hour cool
police station.
King George placed his approval the
1900, when he took motoring for the first time.
The council of Rochester N Y passed ordinance
1901 which required automobiles that
be lighted within undown
bell with which o pedestrians.
Paris, Cycle Automobile 1901. large
The mirror., 1919-03-20
Hun Helmets as Prizes in Victory Loan

Reports from American headquarters
warehouses and barracks the Coben with millions
dollars worth materials abandoned the
the United States by default The supplies
by and be allied
misice
hundred the salvage completed
months work in checking these
of only of the warehouses
80 In addition Investigators continually
huge locomotives shells The shipping
the best of them France including anload of
ammunition and Army officials held the opinion that much
of the stuff worth shipping the United States
of goods that usab and valuable
the Atlantic Possibly they will be
terials that cannot be sold will be destroyed.
From 10000 10000 helmets being loaded on
in connection with the Victory loan campaign.
The shipment officers helmets
Prusan guard helmets all of fancy design spiked
These have been in great demand by souvenir hunters
This spoil large, judging con-
of the trophies
preferred but trophies kind nothing
Has Menshevk Also
There sociasc party
the Worlds Work. and these Menheyik,
aud the Bohevik In Russian nothing more start
ling than the Minority and the Majority MenshevH n moder
velotonis Boshevk whole hoege determined to
obtain the earthly paradise instantaneously.
The mirror., 1919-03-20

Bits Of interesting Reading and Information
Gathered From Many Sources

Gathered From Many Sources
By Scissors
Man but little herebe below,
He's hard o pease
But woman-bless her little heart
Wants everything she
Wrongly ticketed New York, William Smith reported
relatives Sreator deserter He recently returned
home disclosing the Smith had citations for
them the Croix de Guerre.
steel long supposed by
Indians melting lead for bullets mbedde
the heart of red oak fewood Altoona
Canada Rings dcatet
Old The lade made of the charcoal
been driven into the tree when it sapiug
Being hurled from the thirty high by~a
gust of wind and landing was the
va laboer the farm of Dennis Hoffman, Curre
Gerva climbed the of the machinery
the caught him carried him his
in q big snowbank.
pathetic tale absolutely print Cemen-
who his 18th Some asked him he
ieued by his tired" he REPLIED that
only activity complete public
could die without single regre This from the Tiger who
tended half Monmare nothing everybody
of his mind.
Ages poison gas tiny beetle
brachnus creptans
enemies When by bigger beetles this little
buegreen fame following kind of SMOKE intensely
ng and poisonous The of this poison
the bombader beetle and plentiful about Gavesend
England.
War figures show that of than 900 wound
American expedtonay hospitals
1918 than IS recovered
duly Death occurred SS of the More than 16s6oo of
listed this 10monh period and these than 90
and returned duy died and little
more than two per cent were inva!ded home
Foch has acquired British habit. The French do
generally pipes Day by day Marshal
other British Generals the of the calmly doing
good pipes. Hae
what like smoke pipe He bought English He
careful British military He began the
purposefu determination but first smoked
he has thoroughly
good bar which he has bought from English firm
received the few days
stated that there were 63 American flying corps
war who has downed five
machn Capt E. " Rckenbcker of Columbus o. held first
planes his credit First Lieut. Frank Luke of
Phoenix killed stood second with 8 victories and Maj
" R. Lubery Waingo Conn., also killed in action, third
with II victories.
Manuel Gondra Paraguayan States
clared his had accepted President Wilson's
solidarity because
hands of the United States the has been
lust and fair specifically
with reference wrested from Paraguay with three
other favorable 1857 by
an in dispute and the
United States
cast-iron bridge in England after standing for IS had
cracks developed the
long the encased reinforced
without with traffic
of the BRIDGE yet rendered than
originally The be used for renewing another
cast bridge that has whole century of
In experiment conducted by the General Electric
time iron anneed hydrogen three
of 1900 f. After this the
metal ordinary
readily q knife.
By means OF running Washington D. c.