The Topeka state journal. [volume], December 18, 1912, LAST EDITION, Image 1

About The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980

Image provided by: Kansas State Historical Society; Topeka, KS

                
EVERYBODY
12 PAGES
READ IT
r
L
EVERYBODY
12 PAGES
NEEDS IT
t:
V
v "
V
LAST EDITION.
CONFESSION
Made Today by Mrs. Thomann
and II. C. Medlock.
Conspirators in Gillett Case on
Mercy of Court.
LETA FOSTER TOLD TRUTH
Girl Confessed at First Trial of
the Case.
Last Chapter of Conspiracy to
Blackmail Judge Gillett.
SENTENCE JS DEFERRED
Confession Implicates "Wilcox
and Ericsson.
Bold and Elaborate Scheme to
Save Wilcox.
Fearful of leaving their fate to a
jury Mrs. Charlotte Thomann and H.
C Medlock. charged with libel against
judge P. B. Gillett of Anthony. Kan.,
pleaded guilty at noon today in Judge
Dana's division of the district court.
Sentence was reserved upon request
of the attorneys for the defendants
and will lively be passed sometime
near the close of the year, the exact
date not yet being known.
In the confession a statement of fact
is made which cieais mo ucwi
Judge Gillett of the slightest shadow.
Attorneys say that the facts which be
came known only in this confession
would have convicted Wilcox at the
trial held here last summer.
The court room into which the wife
of the Kansas banker and her comrade
in crime were taken was little like the
one they sat in last Bummer. There
was little heat turned on and the room
was cold" and nearly empty. It pre
sented a desolate appearance, strongly
contrasting with the packed room
which greeted the man and woman
when they attended the hearing against
their co-conspirators in June.
There was but one bit of hesitation.
It was on part of Mrs. Thomann. Judge
Dana called the case and asked for
pleas. A plea of guilty was entered by
A. T. Crane, attorney for the defend
ants. The court Inquired if the defend- j
ants realized that they were pleading
guilty to a serious offense. Medlock
said that he did. Mrs. Thomann did
not' answer and the court repeated the
question, calling her name.
"I don't know about the crime," she
said. "But I told the truth."
It seemed at this time that the wo
man might yet withdraw her plea of
guilty.
"Do you wish to plead guilty?" asked
Judge Dana.
"I do," she answered. "I Just told
the truth."
The case was called at 25 minutes
until 12 o'clock and three minutes later
the attorneys were on their way to
the office of Charles Bower, clerk of
the court.
In the recorded order of the court is
a complete statement of fact entirely
exonerating Judge Gillett on the
charges which caused one of the most
bitterly contested legal battles in the
history of Shawnee county. It is the
statement which Is Bigned by the de
fendents and their attorneys. It con
nects Wilcox with the scheme to de
fame the character of the Anthony
judge. This statement, by order of the
court, bscomes a part of the court rec
ord. The principal statement is made by
H. C. Medlock. Ho tells of his con
nection with the case, his employment
by Ericcson, his dealings with the
Thomann woman and the Foster girl,
of Wilcox's promises to him if ha
would "stand pat" during the trial and
of the knowledge the entire party had
that the affidavits secured were untrue.
Mrs. Thoman declares she heard prac
tically all of the conversation with
Ericcson and that the testimony of
Leta Foster in the Wilcox, Ericcson,
Black cape was true.
Medlock's Statement.
Below Is the Medlock statement in
full:
"During the month of December,
1911 and January, 1912, I was working
for H. C. Ericcson, of Topeka, as a
detective. He informed me at that time
that he was employed by a lawyer to
get something on Judge P. B. Gillett,
of Kingman, saying that there was a
disbarment case against this lawyer
in that case. He said Judge Gillett
was a lady's man and might have a
lady with him, but that it would be
necessary for me to have a girl ready
in Topeka about January 29, I arranged
and had Leta Foster come to Topeka
Just before the 29th of January.
"On the night of January 29,
Ericcson pointed Judge Gillett out to
me and this was the first time I had
ever seen him. He was then at the
Kansas Day club banquet. On that
tame evening I introduced Ericcson
to Leta Foster who was at the Fifth
Avenue hotel. Ericcson had never
told me the name of the lawyer that
we were working for. He said it was
best that I not know the details. He
informed Miss Foster what we wanted j
of her and assured us all that he only ,
-wanted something to bluff the judge
with. j
"On the morning of January 30, I
went to the National hotel and saw j
Leta Foster and Ericcson in the lobby
and went upstairs with them. Judge
Gillett at that time was In the lobby
of the hotel. This is the only time I
over was upstairs in the National
-hotel and 1 never saw Judge Gillett
upstairs in that hotel. I left Ericcson
and the Foster girl at the hotel and
i went to the Rock Island depot. I
spent the day of January 30 in Holton.
On my return I saw Leta Foster sev
eral times.
"I will not undertake to relate the
different conversations but she told
me she had been in Judge Gillett's
room and had had a time with him.
Ericcson, however, directed her what
to say to me, right in my presence, and
there was no attempt made to make
me believe that the charge was true.
Ericcson then as It id both myself and
Mrs. Thomann to sign certain state
ments and affidavits. I did not want
to do it, and neither did Mrs. Tho
mann, but he assured me it was all
right and that they would never be
used except by this lawyer to bluff the
judge, and under no circumstances
would they be used for any other pur
pose. I never met E. C. Wilcox until the
day I was arrested in this case. That
day Ericcsson introduced him to me
saying: 'This is the man we have been
working for.' Wilcox said: T am glad
to meet you." He said: 'I will stand
andlnany0eUxpaenndSeyayndUr wesrfgh?
siraignt through the light.'
tne never asked me if my affidavit
was true but said he wante'd me to
stand pat. After that and about the
time of their trial I told Ericcsson that
Wilcox looked to me like a quitter,
and that I knew that he, Ericcsson,.
was not able to pay wages right along.
Ericcsson said then that he had Wil
cox behind him with plenty of money.
mm iur me not to worry.
"Then after that Wilcox and Eric
sson came to my room one night at
midnight, got me up, and we went up
the street. Wilcox said to me:
"Do I look like a quitter?" and I said:
"You do not but I know human na
ture so wen ti,at when a man is
through with - man he generally lets
him down."
"He said:
"You stand hitched and I'll stand by
you. I cannot give you anv money,
but you will find a piece of money to
you and your attorneys, all
and wages! And besides that he would
make me a home for the rest of my
life.
"It was mentioned and understood
by us all at each time the statements
and affidavits concerning Judge Gillett
and Leta Foster were reat' or prepared
that they were false and were to be
used only as . bluff.
"I heard Leta Foster give her testi
mony in the case of Wilcox. Black and
Erricson, and as far as I know all of
her testimony given at the trial about
tne -rillett matter was true.
"H. C. MEDLOCK."
Mrs. Thomann's statement, which to
gether with the one made by Medlock,
becomes part of the court record, fol
lows: "I. Charlotte Thomann, hereby state
that I have read the foregoing state
ment of H. C. Medlock, that as far
I know all his statements are t T i
of course, was not present at any of
his conversations with Wilcox, but
heard practically all of the conversa
tions mentioned had with Ericsson. I
was also present and heard the testi
mony of Leta Foster in the Wilcox,
Ericsson and Black case and to the
best of my knowledge her testimony
referring to the Gillett matter was true.
"MRS. THOMANN."
Conjecture Regarding Sentence.
The pumsnment which will be imposeu
upon the Thomann woman and Medlock
Is still a matter of conjecture. Thty
hare thrown themselves upoj the mercv
of the court and it is customarv in suci1
cases to make the spnln,. i
. cunvicnon tnrouph trial. Sub
stantial fines or fines and jail sentences
are possible.
The one feature of the case which most
pleases Assistant County Attorney James
McClure. representing the state, is that
the entire proceedings will not cost the
county a nickel. The costs in tat
Ericsson, Wilcox. Black case wers
charged against Black and he is good tor
them. They amount to $2,800. This is in
addition to a fine of $1,000. It is the cus
tom, that the costs In such cases are
charged to the defendants. And the coun
ty will be richer because of the fines
that have been and may be Imposed.
Harry Bone. whose splendid work
helped in securing the conviction of twe
of the defendants last summer, was not in
the court when this case ended.
The attorneys present were J. N. Tinch
er, representing Judee Gillett. James
McClure, the state, and A. E. Crane, of
Holton.
History of the Case.
It was early in May. last year, when E.
C. Wilcox, county attorney of Harper.
H. C. Ericsson and H. C. Medlock. two
J opeKa detectives; ( orev Black of Coun
cil Grove, an old friend of Wilcox- and
Mrs. Charlotte Thoman of Summerfielil,
Kan., were arrested on state warrants
charging criminal libel against Jude
Preston B. Glilett of Kinsman. These ar
rests caused a state wide sensation be
cause of unusual circumstances of the
case and because of the prominence of
the parties connected with the transac
tion. The arrest of the five defendants oc
curred after Black and Ericsson had been
summoned to appear before the fedeial
grand Jury In Fort Scott. When thene
sumincnsfs came. Wilcox was notified by
Slack. The two men came to Topeka t
Kether and turned the sensational arfi
aavits over to County Attorney Simon,
urg-ing-that a criminal prosecution against
Judge Gillett be filed in the Shawnee
county district court. Simon maintained
possession of the affidavits of the Foster
girl, of Ericsson and Medlock.
Late in the week Wilcox and Black re
turned from Fort Scott and demanded the
return of the papers. Simon refused to
turn them over. Evidence secured bv At
torney J. N. Tlneher and by a Burns de
tective showed crooked dealing and or.
Saturday, May 11, the four men and the
Thomann woman were arrested on state
warrants charging criminal libel.
In the trial of Wilcox. Black and
. -lesson in June the hearing developed
into one of the most spectacular trials
ever aired in a Shawnee county court. A
net of circumstances was thrown around
the three defendants by the state. Only
in cne place was there a weak spot. That
was in directly connecting Wilcox with the
.libelous transaction of attempting to de
fame Judge Gillett. Subsequent testi
mony of Wilcox in his disbarment case,
it is clalmeo. would have heen sufficient
to have warranted a conviction of the
Harper county lawyer: but this testimory
was lacking at the time and Wilcox was
acquitted. Black ard Ericsson were both
convicted. Black was fined Sl.Ono anu
Ericsson sentenced to a term of one year
in the county jail. Notice of appeal was
served in the case and a stav of execu
tion granted by Judsre Whiteomb. In the
face of today's confession by Medlock
and the Thomann woman, however, it is
hard'-- believed that the appeal will be
prosecuted.
Fair and Warmer Promised.
Topeka has been experiencing today
what "Sunny" Flora of the local govern
ment bureau terms "pleasant winter
weather." The temperatures have been
about normal one degree below to be ex
act. There has been rain or snow in every
state of the union east of Kansas in the
last twenty-four hours. Today the wind
is blowing at the rate of twelve miles an
hour from the northwest.
The prediction Is that fair weather will
be the order of things tonignt and Thurs
day and the temperatures will be slightly
higher. The mercury will be close to the
freezing point early Thursday morning.
In the course of the day the wind will shift
to the south and the quicksilver will soar.
The hourly readings-
7 o'clock 27'11 o'clock 31
8 o'clock 2S12 o'clock 32
9 o'clock 2fli 1 o'clock 31
10 o'clock 30 2 o'clock S3
TOPKKA.
DO NOT DO IT
Gov. IVilson Issues a Warning
to the Financial Interests.
"Will Make It Unpleasant for
One That Starts a Panic.
HE HAS NO FEAR OF TROUBLE
, " leased Tempta-
tion to Profanity.
There Has Been Too Much
Manners in Politics.
jew York, Dec. 18. President-elect
Wilson held up a warning finger to any
man wno might deliberately start a
panic in the United States in order to
show that Intended legislative policies
were wrong. In a speech at the banauet
of the Southern society of New York
he declared that he had heard sinister
predictions of what would follow if the
Democratic party put into effect
changes in economic policy.
The president-elect first distinguished
in his speech between "natural" and
"unnatural" panics. He said that in
many cases panics had come naturally
because bf a mental disturbance of reo
ple with reference to loans and money
generally.
"But the machinery is in existence,"
he said, "by which the thing can be
deliberately done. Frankly, I don't
think there is any man living who dares
use the machinery for that purpose.
If he does, I promise him not for my
self but for my fellow countrymen, a
gibbet as high as Haman's."
The governor added that he meant no
"literal gibbet," for "that is not pain
ful." but he said it would be a gibbet
of public disgrace which would live "as
long as the members of that man's
family survive."
'"America with her eyes open isn't
Soini to let a panic happen,'" the gov
ernor continued, "but I speak as if
I expected as if I feared it. I do not.
I am afraid of nothing."
The president-elect's speech covered
a variety of subjects. He treated first
of sectionalism, declaring that it
ought not to-exist.
There is a vast deal to do," he said
"and it can best be done b- forgetting
that we are partisans of anything ex
cept' the honor and prosperity of the
nation itself.''
No Sectionalism in Thought.
Mr. Wilson then referred briefly to
provincialism and said that some people
had an idea that all the thinking of
the country was done in' New York
city. He said the Southern society rep
resented an impor itlon of thought
from the south into the great me
tropolis. :
"I am happy to feel that there no
longer is a serious consciousness of sec
tional differences in the United States.
There can be sectionalism about the
thinking of America from this time on,
because no hard headed man can prove
that there are such things ai sectional
interests."
The governor here told his hearers
of his strenuous day in New Jersey.
"We thought we straightened things
out in New Jersey." he said, "but
they won't stay straight. There are
some people in New Jersey who are
happy that they can count the days
when they can get rid of me. But they
are not going to get rid of me. A
man can live in Washington and
know what goes on in New Jersey and
a man can say from Washington what
he thinks about New Jersey and he
can say it in the most effectual way
by mentioning names.
"This anonymous assertion of
iniquity ought to be stopped. It's all
very well to make public who owns
the journals of the country, but it also
ought to be made public who owns
this or that idea. If it cannot be pro
duced by law it can be produced by
conversation.
"The only way to keep out of trou- j
ble in the future is to see that your
name is connected with the right thing.
"I Fay this not as a threat but to
convey this intimation that men have
got to stand up and be counted and
put their names down.
The Task Ahead.
"The task ahead of me so far as
making appointments to office is whol
ly hateful, but the task so far as it is
leadership of the United States, is full
of everything that is bright and
touched with confidence, because I
know that all jmu have to do is to
appeal to the people of the Lnited
States on the right ground and put
those who are wrong out of business
I am not a brave man because I don't
know anything to be afraid ot.
"Some people are making all sorts
of sinister predictions as to the trr uble
we are going to get into at Washing
ton. I don't think there should be
any concern because it is going to
be public trouble and a great jury is
always going to Know w nat tne evi
dence in the case is.
"I have been warned by some news
papers about keeping the open door
because they have said so many people
want to get into it. Perhaps I should
have said that the door will be open
only to people who come to transact
business. T want to say that I may
not be very popular by preferring
business to etiquette, but after I take
the oath I shall feel obliged to trans
act business, and will feel obliged to
cut out everything that does not touch
that business. But business has to be
supported and comprehensively pre
sented to the people, so I will not feel
it necessary to stay in Washington all
the time, but to find out by conversa
tion with my neighbors everywhere
what they think, for it is a great deal
more important to the country what
you think than what I think."
Taste in Politics.
The governor discoursed somewhat
vehemently on politics and said there
was "too much manners in politics"
and that "good taste often stands in
the way of public morals."
"It is not thought good taste in poli
tics, they say," the governor said, "to
say anything about a man unless it is
complimentary; but it may be very ser
viceable." Mr. Wilson smilingly declared that
since he had left "academic walks to
get into the high road." he had found
"an increased temitation to profan
ity." ' :
(Continued on Page Two.)
KANSAS, DECEMBER,
STATE'SPAY ROLL
The 2,064 Employees Draw
$1,753,242 in Salaries.
Figures Compiled by State Au
ditor Davis.
WHAT WILL HODGES DO?
New GoTernor's Hand Bests on
Many of These.
But Complete Honse Cleaning
Not Expected.
State Employees and Salaries.
No. Annual
Employ- Sal
aries
All state departments, state
house 256 $ 348,720
State penitentiary Lansing.. 96 80,440
Industrial reformatory
Hutchinson 45 37,900
Soldiers' home. Fort Dodge.. 25 14,400
Mother Blckerdyke home,
Ellsworth 3,064
Western university, Quln-
daro 35 27,864
Kansas university, Law
rence 340 385,080
Agricultural college, Man
hattan 192 242,215
State Normal Emporia 131 163,167
Fort Hayes Normal, Fort
Hayes 80 38.772
Pittsburg Normal, Pitts
burg SI 63,680
Osawatomle asylum, Osa-
watomie 806 68,076
School Feeble Minded. Win
field 74 25,668
Girls' Industrial School,
Beloit 39 15.948
Topeka asylum 226 78,648
Parsons asylum 103 34.2H0
School for Blind, Kansas
City 46 16,440
Boys' Industrial School,
Topeka 47 18.732
School for Deaf, Olathe 62 36,844
Orphans' Home, Atchison.... 64 16,776
Total ......2064 $1,753,242
In figures compiled today by State
Auditor E. Davis, is shown that
there are more than. 2,000 men and
women on the state's pay roll in Kan
sas, who receive in annual salaries more
than one and three-quarter million dol
lars. These figures are taken from the
state's November pay roll and give
some idea of the general shake up
which the new Democratic admin
istration might make in Kansas if it
decided to invade the educational, char
itable and renal institutions of the
state. But few cf the people included
in the list are elective officers or hold
appointment under officials elected by
popular vote of the people.
The figures compiled by Auditor
Davis show that the t-xte departments
and institutions maintained in Topeka,
employ a total of 529 men and women
who receive an annual wage of $446,100.
Kansas University has the largest
number of employees of any single in
stitution maintained by the state out
side the state house, the November re
port showing 340 men and women, from
chancellor to janitors, who receive an
annual wage aggregating $385,080. The
Agricultural college is next with a pay
roll of $242,215, although it has but 192
employees. Osawatomle asylum has 206
employees who receive $68,076 annually,
while the Topeka asylum has 226 em
ployees who draw an annual pay check
of $78,648. The State Normal at Em-',
poria has 131 teachers and employees
who receive an annual wage or itj,iti.
Should Governor-elect Hodges de
clare for a general housecleaning in
Kansas this winter, he might cause
trouble for a large majority of the
men and women who are now receiving
monthly salaries from the state treas
urer's office. This policy, however, is
not considered probable. While there
may be a number of important changes
made in many of the state depart
ments and institutions, the penal and
charitable institutions will not likely
suffer great trouble, and the education
al institutions may not be seriously af
fected. But in these places there are
several hundred men and women who
look to the new Democratic governor
with fear and trembling and anxious
ly await assurance that they will hold
their places for the next two years.
While there will be slight changes
in the total amount given as the state's
payroll, yet the November figures are
considered a fair estimate of the num
ber of employees and the expense of
maintaining the 2.064 men and women
who are employed in the various de
partments of the state. It is on these
figures that the 1913 legislature will rely
largely in making their appropriations
for . maintenance of the several insti
tutions during 1914-15.
SETTLES WATER ROW
Will Build Municipal Plant to Take
Place of Private Concern.
Garden City, Kan.. Dec. 18. Gar
den City voted yesterday to issue $40,
000 bonds and build a municipal water
and light plant. The privately owned
light and power company told the city
it would submit to an adjustment of
rates by the Kansas state board of
public utilities, but after the board
fixed rates it got an injunction to pre
vent the new rates becoming effective.
The city expects to issue the bonds
and build at once.
RECEIPTS WERE LARGE
Minnesota-Wisconsin Game Brought
in About $.30,000.
Minneapolis, Dec. 18. Allen E. Mc
Bean, manager of athletics, today an
nounced receipts from the University
of Minnesota football games this sea
son. Receipts from the Wisconsin
game approximately were $30,000,
checking on this game not having
been entirely completed. Of this
amount Wisconsin 'received approxi
mately $13,000.
Receipts from other games were:
South Dakota, $1,638: Ames. $2,073;
Nebraska, $5,891; Iowa, $3,667; Illi
nois, $6,590; Chicago, $14,000.
. "atlier Forecast for Kansas.
Fair and warmer tonight and Thursday.
18, 1912
TRUST JEVEALED
The Money Octopus Is Located
by Honse Committee.
Eighteen Financial Institutions
Are Closely Affiliated.'
INTERLOCKING DIRECTORSHIPS
One Hundred "and Eighty Men
Hold 746 Directorships
In Corporations With Resources
Over 25 Billion Dollars.
Washington, Dec. 18. Klaborate
charts were presented to the house
money trust committee today giving
lists of "interlocking directors" in a
number of leading financial and indus
trial institutions; also a table "show
ing affiliations of J. P. Morgan and
company; Guaranty Trust company.
Bankers' Trust company, First Nation
al bank and National City bank and
other corporations through interlock
ing directorate."
This was in pursuance of that orancn
of the committee's inquiry bearing on
the so-called "concentration of money
and credits." The charts are very
voluminous and contain a mass of de
tails. A prepared summary, after giving the
names of eighteen selected institutions
said to be affiliated says:
The firm members and directors
whose affiliation are thus shown
number ISO. In the aggregate they hold
385 directorships in 41 banks and trust
companies, having total resources of
$3,832,000,000 and total deposits of L'.s4.-
000.00: fifty directorships in eleven in
surance companies having total assets
Of $2,646,000,000; 155 directorships in 31
railroad systems having a total capital
ization of $12,193,000,000 and a total mile
age of 163,200; six directorships in two
express companies: four directorships
in one steamship company with a com
bined canital of $245,000,000 and gross
Income of $97,000,000 ; 98 directorships in
28 producing and trading corporations
having a total capitalization of $3,583,
000,000 and total gross annual earnings
in-excess of $1,145,000,000 48 directorships
in 19 nubile utility corporations having
a total capita za tion of $2,826,000,000 and
total gross annual earnings in excess
of $428,000,000; in all 746 directorships in
134 corporations, having a total re
source of capitalization of $25,825,000,
000." The Morgan Interests.
An explanation of the chart relating
to Morgan & Co., the First National
bank, the NatioruJ City bank, the
Guaranty Trust company and the
Bankers' Trust company says:
"1. The table shows that J. P. Mor
iran & Co.. the First National bank.
the National City bank, the Guaranty
Trust company and the Bankers' Trust
company together have 118-directors in
34 banks and trust companies having
total resources of $2,679,000,000 and to
tal deposits of $1,983,000,000.
"Thirty directors in ten insurance
companies having total assets of $2,
293,000,000. "One hundred and five directors in 32
transportation systems having a total
capitalization of $11,784,000,000 and a
total mileage (excluding express com
panies and steamship lines) of 150,200.
Sixty-three directors in 24 producing
and trading corporations having a total
capitalization of $3,339,000,000.
"Twenty-five directors in 12 public
utility corporations having a total
capitalization of $2,150,000,000.
"In all 341 directors in 112 corpora
tions having aggregate resources or
capitalization of $2,245,000 000.
The Banking Combine.
"2. That J. P. Morgan & Co., the
Guaranty Trust company, the Bankers'
Trust company and the First National
bank together have:
"Eighty-nine directors in such banks
and trust companies.
, "Twenty-nine directors in such in
surance companies.
"Seventy-eight directors in such pro
ducing and trading corporations and
16 directors in such public utility cor
porations. In all 261 directors.
"3. That J. P. Morgan & Co., the
Guaranty Trust and the Bankers Trust
company together have:
"Seventy-eight directors in such
banks and trust companies.
"Twenty-nine directors in such in
surance companies.
"Sixty-four directors in such trans
portation systems.
"Forty-four directors in such produc
ing and trading corporations, and 14
directors in such public utility corpor
ations. In all 229 directors."
Under the head of "J. P. Morgan
& Company" the explanation of the
general table says:
"The table shows further that J. P.
Morgan & Company and the Guaran
ty Trust company have three firm
members or directors in common,
Henry P. Davidson. William H. Porter
and Thomas W. Lamont. and the two
first named, together with George F.
Baker, a director of the First National
bank, are voting trustees of the stock
of such trust company.
Directors in Common.
"That J. P. Morgan & Company and
the Bankers' Trust company have
three firm directors in common, Henry
P. Davidson, Wm. H. Porter and
Thomas W. Lamont, and the first
named and Daniel G. Reid are two
of the three voting trustees of the
stock of such trust companies, George
W. Perkins having also been one of
such voting trustees until he retired
from the firm of J. P. Morgan & Com
pany. "That J. P. Morgan & Company and
the First National bank have three
firm members or directors in common,
namely. J. P. Morgan, Henry P. Dav
ison and Thomas L. Lamont.
"That the First National bank and
the Guaranty Trust company have
three directors in common, namely,
George V. Barker, Henry P. Davison
and Thomas W. Lamont, two of whom.
George F. Baker, Henry P. Davison
son. are voting trustees of stock of
such trust company.
"That the First National bank and
the Bankers' Trust company have five
directors in common, namely, Menry
P. Davison, A. B. Hepburn, F. L. Hina,
WEDNESDAY EVENING.
Thomas W. Lamont and C. D. Norton,
and the first named is a voting trustee
of the stock of such trust company.
"That the Guaranty Trust company
and the Bankers' Trust company have
nine directors in common, namely. L.
C. Converse, T. Dew Cuyler, H. P.
Davison, Thomas W. Lamont, Edgar
xj. maraion, u. w. McGarrah, William
i. Porter, Daniel G. Reid and A. H
vviggin and Henry P. Davison is
voting trustee of the stock of each.
"That of the nine directors of the
t-nase National bank five are also di
rectors of the First National bank.
"That two members of J. P. Morgan
& Company three directors of the
nrst National bank, 12 directors of
me guaranty Trust company, four di
rectors of the Bankers' Trust com
pany and three directors of the Na
tional City bank are also directors of
me national City Bank of Commerce
or isew York."
Affiliations in Detail.
The tables also show In detail the f
filiations of each of the large financial
Institutions with other institutions, in
cluding banks, trust companies, rail
way, steamship, industrial companies,
etc., the explanatory details of these
affiliations exte ding over 25 printed
pages.
The 18 Institutions cited are:
J. P. Morgan and company. New
York; First National bank. New York
Guaranty Trust company, New York;
Bankers Trust company. New York;
National City bank. New York; Kuhn
Loeb and company, New York; Nation
al Hank of Commerce, New York; Han
over National bank. New York; Chase
National bank. New York; Astor Trust
company, New York; New York Trust
company, New York; Balir and com
pany. New York; Speyer and. company,
New York; Continental and Commer
cial National bank, Chicago; First Na
tional bank. Chicago; Illinois Trust and
Savings bank, Chicago; Kidder, Peabody
and company. Boston and New York;
Lee Hlgginson and company, Boston
and New York.
LEAVESTVOWILLS
Son of Denyer Spiritualist May
Choose Between Them.
May "Brace Up" and Inherit
Fortune: Otherwise Get $5.
Denver, Colo., Dec. 18. Two wills
have been prepared by Alonzo Thomp
son, octogenarian millionaire and spir
itualist of Denver. In the first will his
son, Alonzo, Jr., is to be given the en
tire fortune "if he can brace up and
be a man." Tha young r- -n's conduct
is to decide whether he becomes bene
ficiary under the first will or another
one by which he is bequeathed $5.
Both wills were signed by Thompson
yesterday afternoon and placed in the
hands, of his attorney. If young
Thompson's conduct meets with his
father's approval before the will . be
comes effective, the old man himself
will tear up the will leaving the son
only $5, but ff he should die before the
change in conduct has come about, the
j lawyer is to determine which will shall
be probated.
Thompson a short time ago declared
that his wife and son were attempting
to send him to an insane asylum in
order to obtain :iis estate. Later Mrs.
Thompson filed petition for divorce, al
leging non-support. Sie was granted
her petition and $125,000 r.limony.
MILK FOR THE BABY.
Cost the Dairyman $20 to Deliver One
Quart.
vhe most expensive quart of milk ever
sold in Topeka was furnished . a monch
old infant living on West Eighth avenue
Monday. It cost just $20.00 to give this
baby its supper last evening and O. E.
Walker, the man who spent the money,
does not regret the expenditure.
Here is the story:
Aionciay the regular delivery man for
the Walker dairy farm was sick. Mr.
Walker hired another man to take has
place. The new man. not accustomed to
the route, missed an important customer
on West Eighth avenue. This customei,
by the way, takes milk that is fed this in
fant. The mother of the baby, waiting
frantically for the appearance of the de
liveryman, finally called up the Walker
home and Inquired. Mr. Walker investi
gated and found that the new delivery
man had made a mistake and left "he
quart of milk at another house.
Calling up James Williamson, a high
school boy, Mr. Walker hired him to ride
his bicycle at once to the excited house
hold on West Eighth and deliver the milk.
The boy, tearing at a rate of twenty
rnlles an hour, skidded on a hill near Gage
park and fell to the macadam road. He
was knocked unconscious, his bicycle was
broken and the milk spilled all over the
highway.
Still the ho.usehold near the governor's
mansion waited for the milk man.
A team was found and late In the even
ing two perspiring, horses drew up before
the home of the crying, hungry InfaiU
and the milk was delivered safely.
It cost Mr. Walker $20 to pay the cost
of delivering that milk including the re
pair of the bicycle and the extra hire..
"But it was worth It," he said.
And that West Eighth, avenue baby
agreed with him.
WHOSE STEW IS BEST.
Contest Between Old Timer and
Judge E. E. Sapp of Galena,
Galena, Kan., Dec. 18. Big Bill
Brown, the boss fisherman of Galena,
is known far and. wide for the deli
cious mulligan stews he makes. Three
or four years ago he taught Judge Ed
Sapp how to make these stews and
now the judge claims his mulligans
are better than Brown's. A contest
will be pulled off in the near future
by these two men and forty well
known epicures will pass on and de
cide the merit." of the mulligan pre
pared by these experts. Tom Botkin,
sssistant secretary of state, is to be
tne of the judges. Tom has eaten
often of the stews prepared by each
of the experts and is to be permitted
to vote by mail. Both men claim Bot
kin's vote. Botkin is noncommittal,
but states that the true test of mulli
gans is in the multiplicity of ingredi
ents used in the making and that
Sapp's danger lies in the fact that he
is too dadblamed lazy to hunt tor
things to put in it.
Om by Mwsboya t TWO CENT
On trains u4 Mmtudi FIVE CENTS
FIRST JIRTHDAY
Bull Moose Party Born in
Kansas Dec. 17, 1912.
Feast to Celebrate the Brent
on Lincoln's Birthday.
WOMEN HAD A PART
Significant Feature of Meeting
Their Fledged Support.
At Large Meeting Divorce Was
Decided On.
Amid the shouts of 250 enthusiastic
Bull Moos.rs, the Progressive party in
Kansas was launched Tn.sday after
noon at a meeting in representative
hall. Men and women both on an equxl
footing in Kansas politics since the No
vember election cheered the birth of
the new party and testified concern,
lng their fealty to the cause. U. 8.
Sartin, of Wyandotte county, the new
provisional chairman of the Progressive
party, presided at the meeting follow
ing the preliminary organization.
Formal organization of the new party
will be completed February 12, when
the Progressive leaders will hr.i! tt-tm
first annual banquet in Topeka In
the adoption of a resolution by Will
lam Allen White, the provisional offi
cers of the new party will urtnn for
an organisation in every county and
every township in the state. County
chairmen, secretaries and precinct com
mitteemen will be selected and at the
time the meeting Is held In February,
It is believed the party will present a
solid state wide organization. Such
county chairman as do not withdraw
from the Tegular Republican commit
tee. White declared, will have their
places at the heads of the county com
mittees fillel fcy true Progressives.
White expects 46 chairmen of Rnnh-
Hean county central committees to re
sign and unite with the new party.
More than 150 Progressives came to
Topeka from all sections of th xtat
to assist in the launching of the new
party. They came from Wyandotte,
from Edwards, from Doniphan, from
Cherokee, from Crawford, from Reno
and a score of other counties. Such
opposition as existed concerning the
baptism of the new party into Kansas
political affairs, were quelled in the
flood of oratory favoring the new pause.
And so, for thrco hours, the Progres
sive leaders talked and laughed and
yelled. The women were given a prom
inent place in the councils of the new
party and Mrs. Lilla Day Monroe and
Miss Hele Ecker promiseo, the Kan
sas Progressives that they would have
no cause to forget the honor conferred
on the new voters. For the first time
in the history of the state, a woman
landed a place as an officer on a state
committee when the Bull Moose leaders
placed Miss EcKer in the secretary's
chair of the new Progressive state
committee. And Mrs. Monroe won the
distinction of being the first woman to
receive the privileges of the floor In a
state convention.
' Will to Started Enthusiasm.
William Allen White was at the
helm for the Kansas Bull Moose. His
plan was clearly defined and nothing
slipped. From the minute that White
began to preach his gospel of a Third
party, and from the minute that he
declared that the Progressive and the
Stand Patter could no longer feast at
the same banquet table from that
minute the Progressive chieftains were
calling for the new party.
Two women Mrs. Eugene Pull lam
of Atchison and Miss Helen Ecker of
Lawrence -were among the ten mem
bers of the committee which spent
20 minutes In selecting nominees for
officers of the provisional state com
mittee. While the eight men and two
women were debating as to the per
sonnel of the new state committee, the
Progressive orators were busily culti
vating enthusiasm. Governor Stubbs
flayed the Republican Regulars. Ar
thur Capper testified for the new party
and Mrs. Monroe thanked the men
voters that Kansas women had been
placed on an equal political footing
with the men. And Mrs. Monroe went
further. She hoped the Progressive
practice would be all that its platform
policies Implied and that Kansas wom
en would, have no cause to regret their
allegiance with the new cause.
Governor"8tnbbs perhaps, aroused
more enthusiasm than any one speaker
on the day's program. He was bit
ter in his denunciation of the Regu
lar Republicans and urged the need
of the Progressive party in Kansas
politics.
X o Apologies From Stnbbo.
"The Stand Patters have no use for
the Progressives except to help them
to elect their men to office," declared
Stubbs In his discussion of the political
situation. "But now, after the eleo
tlon. they are holding out the olive
branch. That is pretty cheap bait and
it will not appeal to the man sincere
ly and honestly trying to work out the
problems of our great commonwealth.
For four years I have been boss. I
never went Into office with a political
promise to give a man a Job tied to
my neck and I never named thq bank
commissioner to get votes. I am right
well pleased with the campaign. I
told the naked truth. And I didn't
promise any Stand Patters any Jobs,
either. And now. I will tell you hon
estly I would rather be a private citi
zen in the ranks of the Progressives
In Kansas than a Stand Patter 'n the
United States senate."
Stubbs' remarks were often inter
rupted by applause. Progressive en
thusiasm waa at Its height when Tom
McNeal went to the speaker's plat
form and began to read the commit
tee's selection for places at the head
of the provisional committee of the
new party.
Sartin, concerning whose truly Pro
gressive spirit. White offered personal
testimony, was called to the speaker's
table to accept the nomination as the
chairman of the new state committee.
The Kansas City man reaffirmed his
allegiance to the Progressive cause and
declared that the Wyandotte Progres
sives were in the fight to win not for
office alone, but for a principle.
Kansas Women Are Progressive.
Then Miss Ecker. who had been nom-
(Coatiaued on Pace Twa