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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-13
TAXI DRIVERS WIN
Granted Injunction Against
City in District Court Today.
Judge WhitcOmb Decides in
Favor of Independents.
HOLDS LAW NULL AND VOID
Court Claims 1t Lets Individuals
Create Monopoly.
QutgrOWth of Contract Between
Rock Island and Roy Payne.

Independent taxi drivers Won a
clear-cut victory in the second divi-
sion of the district court this morning,
when Judge George H. Whitcomb
granted the petition of ]. K. Schriver
and seventy-five independent taxi
drivers for a temporary injunction
against enforcement by the city of that
section of the ordinance pertaining to
taxi drivers. which gives property
owners the right to determine what
drivers shall park in front of their
property and to have the police expel
any driver to whom they object
Judge Whitcomb holds that the sec
ton of the ordinance in question is
null and void and claims that the city,
in relinquishing control of the streets,
has tended to make it possible for pri-
vate individuals to create a monopoly.
The controversy arose with the ar
rest of an independent driver at the
Rock Island station following grant
ing by that railroad of exclusive park
ing rights at its station here to the
Payne Taxicab & Baggage company
Points TO Flaw in Law.
In addition to pronouncing the ac-
tion of the mayor and city commits
sioners in passing such an ordinance
as an act permitting property owners
and individuals to create a monopoly,
Judge Whitcomb also points to the
fact that the title of the ordinance
reads:
IAN ordinance, regulating charges
for carrying passengers and baggage
in hackney carriages, taxicabs. trucks,
auto busses. baggage wagons and 9TH
er vehicles in the city of Topeka, pro-
viding rates to be charged therefor,
and penalty for the violation of this
ordinance and repeating ordinance No.
41eo, approved December 5, 1912"
This said Judge Whitcomb, "by
no possible construction, can be said
to include the standing of public vehi-
cles on the streets or the solicitation
of business therefor and violates a sec
ton of the Kansas statutes. which
provides:
" No ordinance shall contain more
than one subject. which shall be clear
ly expressed in its title"
Uncertain About an Appeal.
D. H Branaman. city attorney. who
represented the city,> stated today he
did not know if the case would be ap-
pealed to the supreme court.
Il will have TO take it up with the
commission first before any action is
taken,' said Branaman.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-13
EFFECT ON ALLIES

The revolution will bring the
allies face to face with these
problems:
Forcing the new government
to adhere to the treaty of Ver-
sailles.
Securing stronger guarantees
from Holland that the former
kaiser, now interned( in the
Dutch nation, will be so guarded
that there will be no opportunity
for his return to Germany.
Forcing the new government
to adhere to the allied decision to
make Germany punish her own
war guilty by trial before a Ger
man tribunal at Leipzig.
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That Is Never-Fading Express
sion of Millionaire Indian.
And 1t Radiates Alteration for
Pretty White Wife.
WON'T LEAVE Her big Chief
Mrs. Anna Barnett Says They
Will Fight Courts.
"NObOdy Cared" for Him When
He Was Poor" She Says.

Love defies courts and conventions.
Therein the romance of Jackson
Barnett and his bride has clear
course ahead. The courts may inter-
fere; a guardianship may arise in
righteous legal wrath, but the mil
lionaire Indian warrior and his bride
know just where they are going. They.
reassured each other-if reinsurance
were necessary-as they sat side by
side behind closed doors in the su-
preme court reporters room in the
state house today and awaited action
on their case.
Defiant her eyes swapping red fire
as she talked of the pending case,
Anna Laura Lowe Barnett, the bride.
said neither courts, nor conventions.
nor guardianships could drive her
from her big chief. Barnett. sit
ting in a big rocker beside his bride.
smiled and winked. 1t was that self
conscious, '1oVey- -dovey' smile of the
in the eyes-it was Jack Barnett s
eyes and smile that endorsed the
sharp. fiery words of the bride. They
spoke when Barnett's slow Indian
tongue was still.
Mrs. Barnett Is IronicaI.
''Yes. they want Jack awfully badly
now that he's a millionaire" said
the bride, as she wreathed contempt
and disdain into a gorgeous smile that
somehow come with the woman s
most bitter remarks. Maybe it is the
brides nature. Maybe it is a deep
sense of humor. But she is the type
that fights and smiles.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-13
GERMANY'S BIG ARMY
Military Forces Amount to 100000
Men-Navy No MoCe.

Washington, March 13.-Assuming
that the royalists might be able to
gain complete control in Germany, Of
ficials turned their attention to the
possible effect on the carrying out of
the terms of the treaty of Versailles.
British and American military experts
have held that the military terms of
the pact have been sufficiently car
ried out to make Germany impotent
as a military power. But Marshal
Foch and other French officials have
not shared this view
Latest reports here show that the
organized military forces in Germany
consist of the reichwehr. of about
100000 The reichwehr. organized
under the terms of the peace treaty,
is to be reduced to 100000 men by
July 10, under the treaty stipulation.
1t is now organized on the basis of
twenty brigades distributed thruout
Germany. with a slight concentration
near Berlin and on the eastern from
tier 1t was recently equipped with
new arms and Uniforms. The home
guard was formed to maintain inter-
nal order and is subject to suppress
local uprisings near the home of the
members. The German navy is said
to be practically non-e existent.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-13
Curtains Hide
the --latest %
Spring Duds

Many windows of apparel shops are
curtained mysteriously today. giving
no intimatiof of the newest things in
spring attire that are inside the shops.
Great activity, however. is going on
behind those curtains. a fact which
will be proved on Monday evening
when the United Spring Fashion Ex-
position viii be unveiled before the
eyes of the Topeka public
The up-to-date Topeka woman who
would be dressed properly for the new
season will have to- wait only until 6
o'clock Monday evening to learn the
new constitution and bylaws of
spring fashions. Scarcely less inter
esting is the fashion show being pre-
pared for the inspection of Mere Man.
Firms that will participate in the
United Spring Fashion Exposition are
Crosby Brothers. Pelletier's, Warren
NJ Crosby's, Berkson's. Edwards Cloak
company. Payne's Shoe store, Felix
Clothing company. The Outlook. The
Parisi;iI, " w Mills. 'VoiIand & En-
gel, and John H. Harlin.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-13
NO DANGER IN 1T AMENDS HIS SUB
Senator Lodge MOdifies His
Article X Reservation.
Democrats Predict They Have
Enough Votes to Kill Treaty.

Washington, March 13.-Senator
Lodge today presented in the senate
another modification of the reserva-
tion on Article x of the League of
Nations under pressure from the Re-
publican bitter enders.'
The new change provides that the
United States not only will not inter
fere in controversies between other
nations under the provisions of Article
x but will not interfere in any con-
troversies whether they are covered
by Article x or not.
Washington, March 1S.-The vote
on the Lodge substitute for the re-
servation on Article X Of the League
of Nations covenant is expected to
draw clearly the lines which will
stand thru the final ratification vote.
A Democratic poll of the senate today
forecast adoption of the Lodge SUBJ
stitute by safe ma jority and the re-
lection of the treaty on the final roll
call.
Democratic senators favoring the
Lodge substitute said forty votes
would be cast against ratification
or seven more than enough to
kill the treaty. It was still uncertain
today how many Democrats would
vote to substitute Lodges new re-
servation for his original reservation.
Washington. March 13.-Introduc-
ton in the senate of a. modified reser-
walton to Article X of the League OF
Nations covenant caused speculation
today as to whether President Wilson
would inform Democratic leaders OF
his attitude toward the new qualifica- :
ton. In the past he has usually taken
steps to let his party know whether
pending reservations to the treaty
were acceptable to him.
The modified reservation did not
serve to clarity the befuddled situa-
ton. Instead it caused postponement
of the expected vote on Article X.
which probably will not come until
Monday or Tuesday.
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when Jack Barnett didn't have
any oil wells there wasn't so much
concern about his well-being," con-
tinued the woman in sharp. snappy
and burn with the softness of
smile. They let him go to Washing
ton to try to give million and a half
dollars to his government for new
hospitals. And his careful and watch
full guardian gave him a s35 suit of
clothes. I think they paid too much.
Everything above SIS for that suit
was probably profit.
He was sick when I came to him"
she went on with an expression of
feeling in her look and tones. But
when 1 care for him. they tried to
kidnap him. oh, they are awfully
anxious to care for Jack now"
VIII Keep on Fighting.
And the big Creek sitting beside his
white BRIDE rolled his hands in an
expression of comfort and smiled at
the woman of his dreams.
What if the courts say your mar
riage is illegal?" asked visitor
"Just keep right on fighting. Do
you think courts and guardianships
can keep us apart when we are legally
married and know what we want to
do"
land you. Jack?" inquired the Wis
itor.
There were no real words from the
old warrior. It was only an affirmative
smile and nod of the head as he look
ed at his bride. But nothing the
young woman said was a stronger
me. too" then Jackson Barnett's
look of approval.
Many times the young woman was
evasive in her answers. She denied
prisoner since their marriage in Cof-
feyville. She admitted they had
eloped-
I'VE would have been married be-
fore" she reflected, only they
wouldn't let u.s.
|. Her Second Marriage
Most of the courtship was on the
Indians farm near Henryetta, Okla,
the bride admitted. altho she claims
to have met B EFT for the first time
when she was in Henryetta on a busi-
ness trip. That was nearly a year
ago. Since that time, she admitted.
she had on several OCCASIONS driven to
the Barnett farm to see her 70-year-
old lover. At that time Mrs. Barnett
was engaged in oil lease promotion
enterprises.
Mrs Barnett admitted she was a
widow prior to her marriage to Bar
nett. She refused However. to discuss
her former marriage or to state wheth-
er her husband was dead or living.
w mere was SOuE SHe was
asked.
"Out yonder." she laconicalIy re-
piled. laziiy pointing over her shoul-
der to the southwest.
Description of the Bride.
1t is reported that the bride is 35
years old Both she and the BRIDE
groom appeared in court today wear
ing leather motor coats. The bride
also wore a sealskin cap and her mo-
tor coat was trimmed in fur. while
under the coat was a blue travelling
suit Coal black hair that struggled
below the cap, pair of eyes that in
terinitteniy sparkled- joy and flashed
fire. were even more expressive than
the lips that smiled as the woman
talked of love and hate and her rights.
she replied TO a question "ProbabIy
that is what caused me to first love
Jack. But do love him And he
iioyes NEEDN'T you, Jack? ?-and we
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Working in a Restaurantand
Dressing a la Mary Pickford
Brings Girl, IS, to CriefHere
Runaway Child Confesses Buying $50 Worth of Fine
Clothes and Charging Them to Friends-Aspred
to Be Queen of Pots and Pans"

The desire of Florence Jacobs. 13,
to look like Mary Pickford prompted
her to run away from home. work in
restaurants and purchase $50 worth
of fine clothes at. the Warren NJ.
Crosby and the Pelletier stores. ac-
cording to a confession made by the
girl today before Probate Judge Ralph
H. Cav in Juvenile court.
With Mary Pickford curls bobbing
under a Mary Pickford poke bonnet,
the Jacobs girl told of her hatred of
school and paternal authority. her love
of she movies. especially Mary Pick
ford, and her determination to star
among the pots and pans of Topeka
restaurant as Mary Pickford does on
the screen.
"I ran away from my mother in
Kansas City" she said. ''and came to
Topeka, where we used to live. I got
a room at the Y. W. C. A. and found
work in a restaurant.
Charged Clothes to Acquaintance.
II wanted a new pair of slippers
and went to the Warren NJ. Crosby
store, took a s12 pair and had them
charged to some people 1 knew who
used to live here. Then 1 went to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-13
Black Lingerie Is
To Be All the Rage
in Chicago Society

Chicago. March 13.-Black lingerie
made its appearance along Chicago S
fashion row today. A wtnoow display
of the latest mode in women's 'un-
dies proved a ma gnet to the window
shoppers. Men elboVsed women to get
a look"
Here's what greeted their eyes: A
black chemise, consisting of accordion
pleated Georgette with silver band
top.
A camisole, made of the flirnsiest
black gauze with gold stars embroi-
cred on il, and.
Black bloomers. knee length panta-
looms, and a-kle length bloomers-
They're for travel and to wear IN
der dark evening gowns" said Miss
Florence Fowler, in charge of the dis
play.
A black two-piece suit of pa jamas is
included in the new mode. The jacket
is of a MILDLY style. slipping on over
the head.
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Pelletiers and bought a s35 dress and
50 silk petticoat, charging it to the
same persons"
Sobbing in the court room while
the hearing was in progress. was Mrs.
Florence House of Kansas City, the
girls mother. When her daughter
was a baby she turned her over to
friends to keep. When the woman in
whose charge the girl had been placed
died, the mother took the daughter.
+She didn't want to mind and didn't
want to go to school," said Mrs.
House. 'and finally ran away"
Queer actions by the Jacobs girl at
the Y. w. c. A. resulted in an inves-
tigation by Miss Eva Corning. proba-
ton officer, and the finding of the
Warren NJ. Crosby charge ticket for
the slippers. Miss Corning immediate
ly placed the girl in the detention
home and swore to delinquency
complaint in juvenile court. Judge
Cav today took the case under ad-
visement In the meantime, officers
stated, the girl will be provided with
a good place in which to live
At the Y. w. c. A. the girl told Of
ficials she was II years of age
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the Ebert government are retaining
their offices altho they have left the
capital. according to the Lokal
An2eiger in a special edition just is
sued. The newspaper says the old
government refused to comply with an
ultimatum by General Erhardt of the
naval brigade. which expired at z
o'clock this morning. The government
officials leaving Berlin by motor car
without resigning their posts.
Unfoxtunnte for Europe.
Paris, March 13.-The opinion ex-
pressed in official circles at the mo-
ment is that the allied governments
will take an attitude of aloofness and
detachment toward The civil strife in
Germany and pernic the German peo-
pie themselves 10 determine the form
OF their governmer. The arme1 dis
orGers in GERMANY aie booked upon as
n ost unfortunate DO To- that country
and the remainder Of '3urore et the
tinlr when reconstruction had been be-
gun.
No Monarchy?
Cologne, March 1S.-The new gov
ernment established in Berlin is not
intended to promote the aims Of the
monarchists or the reactionaries It is
declared in a dispatch to the Cologne
Gazette from Berlin today.
Military Dictatorship.
Basle, March ia Berlin dispatch
reports that the new government OF
Germany aims at a military dictator
ship with cabinet of specialists.
Altho Doctor Kapp. the new chan
cellor. is known as a reactionary, the
Continued on Page ThreeJ
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EXCITEMENT IN PARIS!
Many Believe They'll Have to Don
Uniform Again.

Paris, March 13.-The German mon
archists' coup in Berlin created intense
excitement here. the people evincing
the greatest interest since the series
of war declarations in August, 1914.
Many expressed the belief that they
would have to don uniforms again.
Officials refused to comment, await
ing official confirmation.
Extra editions of afternoon news
papers were taken from the hands of
news boys by anxious citizens who
crowded about the newspaper offices.
Marshal Foch today summoned a
special meeting of the. supreme coun-
ell to consider the German revolution.
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are going to fight this thing thru to
the finish-'
Barnett's real Understanding. of
course. his new bride-is his herd of
hcrses- He owns eight horses now
ard wants more
been sick year.
And then the aged bridegroom set
lied pack in his chair. seemingly 70
study the smile of his bride and occa-
sionally to smile back real honest
to goodness honeymoon-iand message.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-13
Huns Fear Statue
ofHndenburg to
BeBrought to IT, S.

Berlin, March 12.-There is much
perturb bation in Berlin over the rumor
that spectators are negotiating for
the purchase from the government of
the colossal wooden statue of Field
Marshal Won Hindenburg, into which
nails were driven by the people dur
ing the war at so much per nail The
government is to be asked to take
steps to prevent the sale. It is said
that-the would be purchasers are
Americans who desire to exhibit the
statue in the United States.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-13
NAVAL PROGRAM REJECTED
Funds To Be Provided For 1915 Bald.
ing Plans Only.

Washington, March 13.-'In the in
terest Of economy" the three naval
construction programs recommended
by Secretary Daniels. depending on
disposition of the peace treaty. were
disapproved today by a house naval
sub b-committee.
An appropriation of $4,000. 900 for
continuing the unfinished 1915 pro-
gram was decided upon by the sub
committee as the only ship construc-
ton funds to be provided for the next
fiscal year
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-13

Chicago. March 13.-Chicago women
may vote at the presidential primaries
whether the federal amendment be-
comes operatiyeor not. according to
the Chicago election board. Its at
torney ruled the primary is more a
public policy election than a choosing
of candidates.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-13
BOMB IN SOFIA THEATER
Four Killed in Explosion During
Course of a Conference.

Zurich, Switzerland, March H.
Four persons were killed and twelve
injured by the explosion of an Internal
machine in a theater at Sofia during
the course of a conference, according
to advices from the Bulgarian capital.
1t is believed other victims are under
the ruins. Police authorities have
made a number of arrests in connec-
ton with the outrage -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-13

Fair weather with rising tenpera-
lures should be the chief characters
tics of the weather in the next twenty
four hours, according to the forecast
of B. r. Laskowski. local observer.
He does not believe there will be rain.
Clouds were centralized over north
east Kansas this morning. Clear skies
were reported in western Kansas.
Fair weather was general this morn
ing west of the Mississippi river.
All precipitation reported this morn
ing occurred east of the Mississippi.
Rains were general thruout the east.
Snow was reported from Tennessee.
Kentucky, Ohio and Pennsylvania.
The coldest weather in the United
States occurred at Sault Ste Marie.
Mich, 2 degrees above zero. The low
mark during the night in Topeka was
,(.onfinued ON Iban THn
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-13
Y. w. C. A. is NEAR GOAL
Moro Than Three Fourtns of Fund
Raiscd-Reach $4,000 by Night f.

Moro Than Ihrce-F OUTFITS OF T unu
More than three-fourths of the
$4,000 asked by the Y. w. c. A in
the drive being conducted this week
for 1920 finances has been raised. ac-
cording to an announcement today of
Mrs Ethel Fisk Moore, general secre
tary of the association. AT least $11,-
900 has been contributed since the
drive began on Tuesday. Gifts of
working girls reported on Friday had
increased the amount to $9,235.50. No
official reports have been made today,
but scattering contributions brought
the total to $1,000
II is hoped the entire $4,000 will
have been subscribed by tonight at s
O'Clock when workers will make
renorts.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-13
EXCHANGE NOT AFFECTED.
Overthrow of Hun Govt Title Felt in
New York Market.

New York. March l3.-The foreign
exchange market today reflected only
in minor degree advices from abroad
reporting the overthrow of the Ger
man government. Demand sterling
reacted l 4 cents to 3.68h. but francs
were firm at the rate of 1912 for the
American dollar. The German mark
was nominally quoted at 1.20 to 1.25
cents against yesterdays closing price
of 1.39 cents
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-13
MAY BECOME Z. S. LINE.
Senate Approves Proposal to Take
Over Hamburg

Washington, March 13.-ApproTal
of a proposal that If consistent with
the general interests of the United
States.'h American steamship COM
panies take over the trade routes and
business of the Hamburg-American
line. was voted today by the senate
commerce committee. 10 to 4.
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WON'T CHANGE F. b. RULES.
No Action Taken by Committee In
Animal Meeting

New York, March 13.-The football
rules committee convened this morn
ing after five hours session last
night. at which various proposed
changes in he sport were considered.
but no action taken
Members of the committee indicated
that there would be no radical changes
in the rules this year
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Cottonwood Falls Store Robbed.

More than $1,000 worth of mems
suits and clothing were stolen from
the Gregory Bros. store in this city
last evening by robbers who gained
entrance to the store by tearing off a
screen from a rear window and then
prying the sash up with an iron bar
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WAR GUILTY LIST TO BERLIN
Contains Forty-Six Nanfes-Death
Sentence Demanded for Each.

Paris, March 13.-The allied test
list of war guilty has been sent to the
Berlin government, it was learned to-
day. The list totals forty-six names.
A death sentence is demanded for
each of the accused.
The allies reserve the right to take
"other measures" in each case If they
consider the finding of the German
tribunal at Leipzig. before which the
accused will be tried. as unequitable.
The list, it was understood. includes
the names of Enver Pasha, former
leader of the young Turk party and
now understood to be in league with
the Turkish rebels. and Talaat Pasha.
former grand wiser. Both the accused
Turks are said to be in Berlin.
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CLEAR, SUNNY SUNDAY.
Fair Weather Tonight and Tomorrow
Is Today's Forecast.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR KANSAS !:
Fair tonight and Sunday; warmer tonight.
Shippers forecast predicts temperatures
above freezing for 36-hour shipments in all
directions.
FORECAST FOR NEXT WEEK: Prob
ably rain by Tuesday generally fair there
after; generally normal temperatures.