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MONDAY EVKNLNG.
TOPKKA. KANSAS, DECEMBER, .23, 1912
MONDAY RVENENO.
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INDIA'S RULER
HITBYA BOMB
Baron Hardinge Is Wounded
and Attendant Is Killed.
Missile Is Hurled From House
top Into His Howdah.
IS NOT DANGEROUSLY HURT
'
Leading Procession Through
the Streets of Delhi.
On the Occasion of the Removal
of the Capital.
i leiru, mum .
viceroy of India, was wunflea
and an attendant of his was killed
bv a bomb hurled at the viceroy from
a housetop as he was entering the
new capital in state today. The bomb
struck the howdah or basket of the
viceroy s elephant, killing the atten
dant instantly.
The extent of the viceroy's wounds
were not known. He was hurriedly
removed to a hospital.
The bomb-thrower's attempt to kill
Lord Hardinge was almost success
ful. The viceroy was making entry
...,. roihi as the last of cer
emonies in connection with the trans- j
fer of the capital from aicuiu i
hi The transfer was made in Oc
tober last but Lord Hardinge was not
to take formal possesssion of his new
Quarters until today.
A large gathering of troops, offi
cials and Punjab chiefs was Present
to welcome the vice-regal party. Ita
splendid elephant procession had just
left the railway station passing
through Chandai Chowk when the
bomb was thrown. It was hurled by
a man standing on a house top and It
struck the howdah in which Lord and
Ladv Hardinge were riding. The at
tendant holding a large parasol over
the viceregal pair was killed instantly
as the bomb exploded.
Wounded In tlio Shoulder.
Lord Hardinge was wounded in the
shoulder but how seriously could not
i. jotrminfrl in the confusion which
followed. He was removed to a hos
pital Lady Hardinge was unhurt, but
was much shaken by the experience.
The bomb was a very powerful one.
On arrival at the hospital the sur
geons found that, the wound i" the
baron's shoulder was slight. Lady
Hardinge suffered severely from the
thock and it was found necessary to
apply soothing remedies. The v ce
roVss parasol bearer had been killed
outright and another attendant se
riously wounded by fragments of the
bomb. , ,
The ceremonies were interrupted
for only a short period while the vice
roy and vicereine were being conveyed
to the hospital and vice regal resid
dence respectively.
Sir Guy Fleetwood "Wilson, financial
member of the council of the governor
general of India, took ihe viceroy's
place in the procession which then
moved forward on its way through the
new imperial city to the Durbar camp
where a great number of rajahs and
other Indian chieftains were gathered.
Sir Guy took up his position in front
of the viceregal dais and read aloud
a dispatch from Baron Hardinge, say
in" that he was only slightly injured.
The reading of the message was re
ceived with prolonged cheering.
Is Popular in India.
The attempt on Baron Hardinge's life
roused feeling of intense indignation
both among the natives and the broth
er official present as he is one of the
most popular men who have ever ruled
in India. For a lcng period there had
been a lull In the native agitation
which had at various times led to as
sassination of higher officials. The at
tack on Baron Hardinge by a fanatic
therefore came with greater unexpect
edness. Only a short time ago the viceroy
himself wrote to the India office in
Kngland saying that the country was
quiet and the prospects for his official
entry into Delhi were most favorable.
The bomb was thrown as the great
procession was passing through the
Chandai Chowk which is a long nar
row typical oriental street containing
many merchandising places. The stores
are mostly one story Dut some or tnem
A '
rises to the height ol two stories
line of street cars runs the whole
length of the Chandai Chowk but ow
ing to the importance of the day's
event the service had been suspended.
The viceroy's elephant was an enor
mous anlmaL The driver sat between
his ears guiding him in the usual na
tive way by tapping him on the fore
head with a steel spike. Behind the
driver was the great howdah covered
with Imperial purple drapings, gold
lace and tassels. In it were seated the
viceroy and vicereine and at their
backs stood another native attendant
holding over their heads the great par
asol which indicates the royal dig
nity. Owing to the lowness of the houses
in the Chanda Chowk the assassin who
stood on the roof, was only a few feel
from the viceroy and vicereine.
With Terriric Force.
The bomb which was evidently in
tended to explode by concussion burst
with terrific force. The native hold
ing the umbrella was blown from his
position and Instantly killed while the
driver sitting in front of the howdah
was wounded in eight places.
The escape of Baron and Lady
Hardinge was well nigh miraculous.
The missile fell only a foot or two
from its target. The great procession
immediately stopped. A crowd of of
ficials rushed up and found the vice
roy bleeding and pale while the vice
reine was terribly shaken.
The police immediately surrounded
the house from which the bomb was
thrown, and made several arrests All
the outlets from the city were placed
under strict guard.
Today's celebration marked the
carrying out of the announcement
that the king had made during the
coronation Durbar of the transfer of
the imperial capital of India to Delhi.
Since that announcement was made
the viceroy who had been created
&ron Hardinge on his appointment
to office has been busy visiting va
rious parts of tbe country and has
been able to pay only a few flying vis
its to Delhi to Inspect the preparations
for the advent of the government Into
the new imperial city.
Baron Harding was appointed last
summer to succeed the Karl of Minto.
who was formerly governor-general
of Canada, as viceroy of India. Short
ly after his appointment he was ele
vated to the peerage. He is 5 2 years
old and a graduate of Cambridge. He
entered the diplomatic service in 1881,
and has remained in it continuously
until now. He served successively at
Constantinople, Berlin, Washington,
Bucharest, Teheran and St. Peters
burg in diplomatic positions. In 1904
he was appointed ambasador to Rus-
sia and two years later was made un-
der secretary of state for foreign af
fairs. TURNSWRONGWAY
Woman's Hatpin Is Driven
Through Man's Tose.
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uunu uii vtir nciys Jvxirati
Pin as Farmer Yells.
Wooster, Ohio, Dec. 23. "Ouch!" yelled
Alfred Canancamp, farmer, when in a
crowded car. he crabbed at bin nose.
which had become entangled with a wo-
K"r .. . ..
ine crowoin tne car soon graspea tne
situation. Canancamp had placed his
nose in the way of the woman's hat pin
as she turned her head and the sharp
point made a clean hole through it.
The hat pin was extracted with diffi
culty. FAT FOR JOHNSON
Negro Fighter's Purchase Ex
cites Lake Geneva Men.
Johnson May Be Offered Big
Price for Property.
Chicago, Dec. 23. Tar and feathers
and a horsewhip were suggested today
as a remedy for an offensive situation
when members of the exclusive Lake
Geneva colony learned that Jack John
son, the negro pugilist, has bought a
house and lot there and proposes to re
side in close proximity of some of the
splendid residences of Chicago million
aires.
"Yes, I have bought a place there."
said Johnson today, "and Lucile and
I are going to go there to live next
summer. I am negotiating for the pur
chase of a stock farm near there too."
Though the former owner of the pro
perty in question could not be- located,
It is admitted that either-directly or
indirectly Johnson has obtained pos
session of the house formerly owned
by Judson E. Sherman, now a resident
of Chicago but formerly in the grain
business at Lake Geneva.
That drastic measures, will, if neces
sary, be utilized to oust the negro and
his white wife the former Lucile Cam
eron was indicated today by irate
white residents among the summer col
ony. 'Tt is an outrage," said Mrs. John
J. Mitchell, wife of the president of
the Illinois Trust & Savings bank. "I
am astonished. astounded that Mr.
Sherman should have sold his property
to a negro," added Mrs. Mitchell.
"Johnson should be tarred and feath
ered if he deliberately intrudes himself
in a place where he is not wanted and
where his presence would be most of
fensive," said Edward F. Bosley, who
owns one of the lake front villas.
Homer A. Stillwell, former president I
of the National Chamber of Commerce, !
was another who was far from pleased
at the news, and intimated that there
may be an ulterior purpose in the deal.
"It is quite possible that some one
expects to make a lot of money out
of the sale of this property," said he.
"Johnson has probably made a very
wise investment, and I don't doubt for
a mwiute that he will be offered a good
sum to move out."
FIND FOUR SLAVE GIRLS
Officers
Fear War Among
Cliinese.
Frisco
San
Francisco, Dec. 23. After
threading a labyrinth of dark passage-
and finding themselves blocked by an
impassable steel barrier, Captain
Frank Ainsworth and a squad of Unit
ed States immigration Inspectors found
four Chinese slave girls yesterday im
mured in an improvised prison, form
erly used for a gambling house.
The raiders were brought to a
standstill by the steel door, but found
a passageway, entering through two
secret panels, which led them to the
room where the girls were concealed.
Loy Yee, a Chinese of local promi
nence, was arrested on a charge of
having harbored the women.
Loy Yee is a leader of the Lui Don
tong, which recently has had trouble
with the Hop Sings, and the police be
lieve the girls were being concealed
not only from the inspectors, but
from the watchmen of the rival tong.
To prevent a threatened tong out
break, the Chinese district is being
policed with unusual vigilance.
HEAT KILLED "SANTA"
Alderman Dies Soon After Making
Children Happy.
Ottawa, Ont., Dec. 23. Alderman
James Mackay. manager of one of the
biggest business concerns in Hamilton.
Canada, died today after playing Santa
Claus at a children's entertainment at
St. Joseph church. Hamilton. Becom
ing overheated after wearing a large
fur coat, he took sick suddenly. As
he reached his home in a cab he said:
"I feel sick and think I am dying,"
and in a few minutes he was dead.
Notice to Knishts of Pythias.
All members of Amity lodge 231
are requested to be present at to
night's meeting. Work in- the third
rank.
GAIN A MILLION
State Banks Make That Show
ing Since September.
Total Deposits Now Given at
$105,570,314.
OVERDRAFTS ARE GUT DOWN
Business Conditions Excellent.
1 y
Says Commissioner.
In His Summary of Bank State
ments for Dec. 4.
In a summary of the showing of the
903 state banks of Kansas in their re
port of December 4, State Bank Com
missioner J. N. Dolley today shows that
financial conditions in this state are
excellent, and that the gain in surplus
and profits of state banking institu
tions has grown nearly $1,000,000 since
the September report. Total deposits
in these banks is given at $105,570,314.66,
with loans and discounts at 192.425.-
The overdrafts Dollev shows.
have been cut down more than $100,000
since tne September record.
Resifo nf th. ar f. tw
cember 4, are regarded as very satis
factory by officials in the bank com
missioner's office. There was a de
crease of $475,000 In deposits from Sep
tember to December, but this is a com
paratively small loss. On the other
hand overdrafts have decreased over
$100,000, the bonds and warrants ac
count has increased $500,000, surplus
and profits are given at $888,000 in ex
cess of the September report and the
December reserv is given at. thirty
three and one-fourth per cent.
"General business conditions in Kan
sas are excellent," says Commissioner
Dolley in his report. "Much incon
venience is being caused on account of
the car shortage and inability of the
railroads to move the wheat and agri
cultural crops. Winter wheat is going
Into the winter season in excellent
condition in the most of the counties
and promises at this time to yield an
immense crop in 1913. There is a strong
legitimate demnnd for money."
Those are the financial conditions in
Kansas just as Dolley sees them. And
his calculations seem to be quite well
borne out in the tabulated report of
the state banking conditions on Decem
ber 4. This is the condition of the state
banks as shown by the report:
Resources.
Loans and discounts $ 92,425.082.08
Overdrafts 681,863.31
Other real estate owned 615,000.56
Bankincr house furniture and
fixtures S, 713,361. 21
Bonds and warrants 3,625,887.47
Guaranty fund 343.5.01
Cnsh items and clearing house
items 601,750.15
Cash and eight exchange 33,985,645.69
Other resources 438,461.70
Total resources $136,430,947.18
Liabilities.
Capital stock $ 18,076,800.00
Surplus 7,158,549.27
Undivided profits (net) 3,241,490.76
Dividends declared, but not
paid 18,838.44
Total deposits 105,570,314.91
Bills rediscounted and bills
payable 1,750,404.66
Stockholders' reserve 611,711.01
Other liabilities.... 102,838.13
Total liabilities. ... $136,430,947.18
OBJECTS TO BEING KING
Prince Regent of Bavaria Puts Veto
on Movement.
Munich, Dec. 23. Prince Ludwig,
the new prince regent of Bavaria, sent
an autograph letter to the Bavarian
premier today vetoing the movement
to place him on the throne as king.
He declares he desires merely to ad
minister the inheritance bequeathed
him by his father. Therefore, in view
of the popular movement in regard to
the regency, he expresses categorically
his desire that nothing should be done
for the present in the matter.
Weather Forecast for Kansas.
Fair tonight and Tuesday. Moder
ate temperature.
IDEAL XMAS, AS HAL
POLITICAL GOSSIP
Otis Benton of Oberlin Gets
Good Job.
Appointed Supervisor of In
dian Lands.
THE VICE-PRESIDENT ELECT
He Takes Strong Stand for
Thompson.
Bryan In Commoner Calls It
"Lorimprlsm.'
Otis L. Benton, of Oberlin, has been
appointed as a supervisor of Indian
lands and will leave in a few days for
Washington to begin - his new work.
The duties of his position are to in
vestigate and make recommendations
as to the handling of certain trust
funds belonging to the wards of the
nation.
Benton is a native Kansan and has
fn- - . , i
lZ',wUry been n fH
Sixth TdTRtr.;r wrr", " L"JC
Sixth district. He is a successful bank
er in Oberlin, and in addition to his
DanKing Interests, operates a large
rarm ana cattle ranch. People who
know Benton have every confidence in
his ability to make good in the new
position to which he has been ap
pointed; and It is believed that he will
handle the funds entrusted to his care
in a manner that will place the depart
ment on a sound and effective business
basis. The appointment of Benton was
brought about through the efforts of
United States Senator Charles Curtis,
who has always manifested a great In
terest in the welfare of the Indian
tribes. Benton Is well known In north
western Kansas and has for several
years been a leader in the political af
fairs of his district.
Thomas R. Marshall, governor, of In
diana and vice president-elect, has
written to Judge William H. Thomp
son and declares that the failure of the
Kansas legislature to confirm the Gar
den City man's election to the United
States senate, would be an act which
would call for the serious consideration
of the United States senate In con
firming the credentials of that member
from Kansas. Governor Marshall not
only hopes for the Immediate confirma
tion of Tho pson's election by the
(Continued on Page Two.)
HAKEBERLIN QUIET
Swinging CancT'Laughing or
Shouting Is Prohibited.
Women Must Not Wear Long
Skirts on Street.
New York, Dec. 23. Police regu
lations which are to be put into effect
in Berlin, Germany, on April 13, will
bar whistling and cane swinging, and
prohibit persons walking more tnan
three abreast on the streets. Copies
of the regulations as received here in
clude these and other unusual restric
tions, as follows:
Persons may not walk more than
three abeast or stop or congregate for
any extended period of time.
Persons with umbrellas or walking
sticks must not carry or swing them
in any manner likely to imperil the
safety of passersby.
No windows or doors of houses, flats,
shops or restaurants in which music is
being played, may be kept open.
No whistling, singing, shrieking,
shouting or loud talking of any kind
likely to endanger the quiet of the
streets, is to be permitted.
Teamsters in charge of wagons,
trams, or trucks loaded with resound
ing metal of any kind, are forbidden
to drive in a manner calculated to
cuase nerve shattering noises.
No paper, remains of fruit, cigars,
or cigarettes may be thrown into the
streets.
The dragging of clothes of any kind
women's dresses or anything else
capable of producing dust is pro
hibited.
COFFMAN SEES IT.
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MELLEN INDICTED
Head of the New York, New
Haven & Hartford
Is Charged With Violating the
Sherman Anti-Trust Law.
TWO GRAND TRUNK OFFICERS
Are . Included in Findings of
Federal Grand Jury.
Monopoly Agreement Between
the Two Roads Is Alleged.
New York, Dec. 23. Charles S. Mel
len. president of the New York, New
Haven & Hartford railroad; E. J.
Chamberlin, president of the Grand
Trunk railway of Canada, and Alfred
W. Smithers, chairman of the Grand
Trunk board of directors were indicted
by the federal grand jury here this
miernuun cnargea wiin violating mc
Sherman .anti-trust law in the alleged
afternoon charged with violating the
"Ply agreement between the two
roads.
The second overt alleged embraces
a charge that Chamberlain wrote to
Vice President' J. E. Daleymple, of the
Grand Trunk, saying he and Smlthere
had had a satisfactory interview with
Mellen ,and it was agreed that Daleym
ple and BenJ. Campbell, of the New
Haven, should meet quietly in Mellen's
office and discuss new divisions of New
England business.
The third act alleged that the de
fendants held further meetings in New
York city on September 20 of this year;
the fourth that they held another meet
ing in New York on October 1, the fifth
that at this mentioned meeting Mellen
initiated and gave to the defendants a
memorandum of the agreement provid
ing among other things the Grand
Trunk is "to retain the Central "Ver
mont and existing controlled lines and
continue its existing business as at
present."
Extensions Were Stopped.
The sixth overt act alleged is that
Mellen caused the withdrawal of a
petition previously filed by his direc
tors with the public service commis
sion of New Hampshire, asking
authority to extend one of the New
Haven lines paralleling and competing
with a portion of the Central Vermont
railway. The seventh overt act as set
forth is November 19, 1912, Cham
berlin caused the work of construct
ing a line from Palmer, Mass., to
Providence to be abandoned.
The railroad situation in New Eng
land was brought to the attention of
the federal department of justice first
by the state officers of Massachusetts
and Hhode Island who decided the
abandonment of certain extension
projects then indicated was due to a
secret traffic and ' mileage agreement
between the two roads. On Novem
ber 19, representatives of the states
called on President Taft and Attorney
General Wickersham and pointed out
that the individual states were unable
to cope with the situation and asked
the government to take action. The
state officials asserted that the alleged
agreement between the New Haven
and the Grand Trunk road meant the
abandonment of projects for the ex
tension of the Grand Trunk line
through territory now monopolized by
the New Haven.
In its investigation during the past
month the grand jury examined offi
cers of both roads and their sub
sidiaries and also experts representing
New England states and cities most
interested.
FAVOR ROBINSON
Railway Circles Talk of To
pekan for Utilities Board.
His Name Will Be Submitted to
Governor-Elect Hodges.
It is learned in Topeka railroad cir
cles today that A. A. Robinson, former
president of the Mexican central rail
way and for many years connected
with the Atchison, Topeka & Santa
Fe, is being pushed by Topekans for a
position on the state public utilities
board. An effort will be made, it is
said, to petition Governor-elect Hodges
in favor of Mr. Robinson. Mr. Robin
son has not been consulted in the
matter and Topekans are not promis
ing that he would serve if asked but
he is being supported by a large num
ber of admirers and friends in this
city.
It is believed in Topeka that Hodges
will consider seriously the appoint
ment of A. A- Robinson as the Repub
lican member of the utilities commis
sion. As a man experienced in railway
affairs, a man who is acquainted with
the ups and' downs of the railway
game in Kansas and the west and as a
man who can give the commission the
fruits of his years of toiling in the
ranks and officiating in the executive
offices of a railway, Mr. Robinson un
doubtedly is the best qualified in the
state.
Began Career as an Axeman.
A. A. Robinson started his railway
work in May, 1869. He was an axe
man in the engineering corps of the
St. Joseph & Denver City railroad. In
two years with this road he rose from
axeman to levelman, transitman, office
engineer and assistant engineer. In
these two years he was out continually
in the engineering work of the road
and acquired valuable insight into this
feature of railway construction.
It was in April, ' 1871, that Mr. Rob
inson took a position as assistant en
gineer on the Santa Fe. His work had
been watched by Santa Fe officers and
they took him from the St. Joseph &
Denver engineering corps. It took only
two years for him to make good with
the Santa Fe. In 1873 he was made
chief engineer in charge of the entire
early construction work of the road in
this part of the country.
In 1S80 he was made division super
intendent on the district between Las
Vegas and Santa Fe, Deming and El
Paso. From 1881 until 1883 he was
superintendent of buildings and water
service. Then he was appointed as
sistant general superintendent, a year
after, general superintendent and in
1884, general manager.
He was second vice president and
general manager 1888 to 1893. Then he
left the Santa Fe to become president
of the Mexican Central railway. He
resigned from this work a few yean
ago.
MAIL PILED HIGH
Christmas Presents From the
West Will Be Late.
In Dodge City There Is No Pro
Tislon to Handle It.
Dodge City, Kan., Dec. 23. There will
be a lot of disappointed persons Christ
mas morning if postal conditions are
the same other places as in Dodge. Six
hundred sacks of Christmas mail are
piled on the Santa Fe platform here.
It is mail from the west transferred
here, that could not be Jammed into
the mall coaches.
The postal department runs full
length mail cars as far as Dodge east
bound. Here the mail is transferred to
the combination mail and baggage cars
which cost the department less. Until
this time it has-been possible to crowd
the mail pouches into the half length
mail cars, but the Christmas rush to
day overtaxed their capacity, although
the cars went out filled to the roof.
Railway officials believe the surplus
mall will continue to accumulate here
until the Christmas rush is over and
that much eastern ma'l will not be
delivered on time.
BOY BLOWN TO SEA
Willie Gee, St. Lucia Island
Boy, Found on Tree.
Floats 20 Hours on Ocean Be
fore Rescued.
New York, Dec. 23. Willie Gee, ten
years old, snatched from the waters
of the Caribbean sea, after a 20 hour
float on a cocoanut palm, arrived
here on the steamship Foxton Hall
with a thrilling tale of the Jamaica
hurricane and a providential rescue.
Willie, a colored resident of the
Island, was blown to sea while disport
ing in the Caribbean on the morning
of November 14. At about the same
time the Foxton Hall was leaving the
Island of St. Lucia, bound from Calloa
for New York. Willie spied a cocoa
nut tree which had been uprooted by
the terrific gust a short distance away
and after a short swim, pulled himself
astride of it. Twenty hours later the
Foxton Hall passed through the Wind
ward Passage and at the direction of
Chief Officer Donnelley, was headed
for a derelict tree that seemed to be
carrviner a lifeless boy. A boat was
put over and Willie, in a state of coma,
was taken aboard.
Willie explained that he esconced
himself in the crotch of the tree, said
his prayers and resolved to wait. Sev
eral hours later, he said, he fell asleep
to awaken on the Foxton Hall.
Willie became a great favorite with
the crew and the with the immigra
tion authorities in Savannah, where
he saw a street car for the first time.
Under the laws the ship must take him
back to the place from whence he
came and he will therefore remain on
board the Foxton Hall for another six
months and make a trip half way
around the world before he reaches
home.
CASTRO IS COMING.
He Has Sailed From Paris for New
York.
Washington. Dec. 23. Whether
Cipriano Castro, former president of
Venezuela, will be permitted to land
in the United States is being consider
ed by government officials. It is re
ported that he has started from Paris
to New York, Officials confess they
have not yet reached a decision.
Technically there is no charge against
Castro, though the treatment he
meted out to the members of the
diplomatic corps in Caracas, while he
was the practical dictator of Vene
zuela and his disregard for every rep
resentation made by the American
minister in the interest of Americans
who held valuable concessions, in
censed the state department against
him.
Furthermore, there has been a tacit
understanding that American influ
ence should be used to prevent Castro
from returning to Venezuela and de
stroying the peaceful conditions and
relations with foreign countries which
the government of President Gomez
now enjoys.
Officials of the ii.imigTation service.
who it has been suggested might pre
vent the landing of the ex-president
as an undeserable alien, have so far
no request from the state department
to act in that manner.
THIEVES GET $2 000.
Wichita Pawn Broker, Gagged, Bound
and Robbed.
Wichita, Dec. 23. Max Wolkow,
pawnbroker and jeweler, was gagged
and bound by two men this morning
and his store robbed of Jewelry and
diamonds valued at J2.000. The rob
bers were dressed as working men and
entered the store to pawn a revolver
and buy an overcoat. While Wolkow
was helping one of the men put on an
overcoat the other man grabbed Wol
kow from behind and stuffed a hand
kerchief into his mouth.
They then tied the pawn broker's
arms and legs and buried him under a
pile of clothing.
when Wolkow heard them leave the
, .u i "In -T X , rr.C e "Molting of an ambulance put them back
tiumco .T -1 itj i v,i ii, it-,, .me ruu-
oers escaped wixn ineir pooty.
Two Shot With Empty Gun.
Marion,. I1L, Dec. 23. In playing wild
west, Eugene Goodall, 6 years old, waa
shot and killed, and Clarence Tates 7
years old, was seriously wounded by a
charge from a gun fired by Chester Yate
9 years old, who did not know the gun
was loade-
GETS HERRE17ARD
Got. Hodges Will Keep One
Stubbs Employee In Capitol.
Gets Good Job for Defiance of
Chairman Dolley.
REFUSED TO PAY ASSESSMENT
Now Tirglnia A. Davis Has
. Been Promoted.
Will Be Private Stenographer
to the Governor.
As a reward for her defiant stand
against the assessment orders of the
Republican state central committee.
Mrs. Virginia A. Davis was today ap
pointed confidential stenographer and
assistant executive clerk under Governor-elect
George H. Hodges. Mrs.
Davis is a stenographer In the- offices
of the public utilities commission. She
refused to pay the assessment of the
Republican state committee m the re
cent campaign. It was largely because
of her stand against Chairman J. N.
Dolley and his committee, that Hodges
today rewarded the young woman with
one of the most important appoint
ments in his office.
In the recent campaign, the Repub
lican state committee was called to
task by the Democrats for its assess
ments against the employee in the
various state departments. It was
charged that the Republicans thus se
cured from the state employees suffl
cien funds to conduct their campaign;
and that in instances wherein em
ployees refused to pay, that they were
given to understand that they might
seek employment elsewhere. This con
tention, however, followed a series of
interviews by Henderson S. Martin,
chairman of the Democratic state com
mittee. And now, it has been claimed,
Mrs. Davis supplied many of the de
tails for the campaign charges against
Chairman Dolley and his committee.
It was when the state campaign was
beginning to get well under way, that
a notice was one day sent to state em
ployees notifying them that they had
been assessed two and one-half per
cent of their annual salary. There was
no dispute that this money was to ba
used in the state campaign. The same
system had been followed before. So
there were really but few protests.
Then Mrs. Davis Cried.
And so that same bright autumn
morning, an envelope was laid on tbe
desk of Mrs. Davis in the utilities com- -mission.
Now Mrs. Davis had planned
to buy furs and she had hoped that
this winter she might be able to save
some money from her pay check as
a saenographer for the board. Those
were some of the thoughts that were
in the young woman's mind that morn
ing as she entered the oftlce, hung her
coat and hat on a nail and walked to
her machine. No one was looking as
Mrs Davis opened the envelope and
read the letter of assessment. But Just
30 seconds later the oflice force saw
the woman bite her lips, they heard her
stamp two tiny fee,t on the tile floor
and declare that she would never, nev
er do it. And the nexi minutes Mrs.
Davis sat down in her chair and Just
cried.
Out on the street that day a clerk
told the story. It floated from offics
to office and from store to store. By
night, Mrs. Davis had been urged from
a dozen sources to hold tight to refuse
to pay her assessment. Still no one
knew Just what might happen. The
position which the woman held in the
office of the utilities commission, was
of some importance and value. She
didn't want to leave. And she didn't
want to pay that two and one-half per
cent assessment.
Then Henderson Martin, as chairman of
the Democratic committee, charged thac
the Republican committee was holding a
club over state employees and would dis
charge all who refused to pay their as
sessment. Dolley denied these charges.
At the same time Earl Akers and others
urged Mrs. Davis to pay the assessment.
But she declared that never, never, never
would she pay toll from her earnings fir
the election of the Republican state
ticket.
Friends to Her Rescue.
It was after the election was over an
Capper was beaten for governor, that
Mrs. Davis began to look about for a new
position. She knew that Hodges would
probably clean house from cellar to gar
ret. And Mrs. Davis really wanted a Job.
She knew some influential Democrats and
she told them of her wants.
Next the story was told to Governor
elect Hodges. At the close of the story.
Hodees smiled and remarked that ha b
lleved be had a place for just such 9
woman.
And so, when George H. Hodges takes
over the governorship at noon Tuesday,
January 13, Virginia A. Davis will be
lifted from an ordinary stenographer' 4
position in the utilities commission and
established in the Important position of
private stenographer and assistant execu
tive clerk to the next governor of Kan
sas. The position to which Governor-elect
Hodges has appointed Mrs. Davis pays
J1.600 a year and is one of the bent steno
graphic positions in the state house.
JOLTS SAVE LIFE
Neck Broken, Hand Riding Am
bulance Reduces Dislocation.
Most Remarkable Cure Follows
Leap for Death.
San Francisco, Dee. 23. An unidentified
man- on the steamer Sima, coaling here,
dislocated the vertebrae of his neck yes
terday by hanging nimseir ana then tne
m place again.
The man leaped from a yardarm with
a rope around his neck. He was cut
down and a surgeon discovered the dislo
cation. When he reached the hospital, the
bones were In place.
Dr. Alfred Roncovlerl said the ease was
one of the most remarkable In medical an
nals. There was no doubt, he said, that
the joltins ambulanoa bad set the bones
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