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SATURDAY EVENING:
TOPEKA, KANSAS. JANUARY 3, 1914.
SATURDAY EVENING.
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ALL READY FOR
ORYAjlOANQUET
Biggest Political Feast la His
tory of State Monday.
Limit Sale of Plates to an
Eren Thousand.
FILL TCPEKA'S AUDlTGi.'.UM
Galleries and Floor Will Be
Jammed for Event.
Four Speakers Bryan, Thomp
son, Hodges and Lewis.
With less than 100 tickets left at noon
today, the biggest political banquet In
the history of the state was Insured for
Monday nittht when Secretary of State
William Jennings Bryan will be the
guest of Kansas Democrats at a special
banquet in his honor at the Auditor
ium. Officers of the Democratic club
will try to hold the sale of plates to
the banquet at 1,000. Galleries will be
opened to the public at U a seat and
plans have been made for handling a
crowd of 3,000 men and women at the
big dinner.
When officers of the club checked
their books last night, they found that
the actual seat sale for the big Bryan
love feast called for nearly S00 plates.
Mail orders received this morning put
the banquet ticket sale above the 900
mark and it is probable that every
,w- V,o nnnct tnhlA Will be diS-
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posed of before Monday morning. Ev
ery mail brings new orders and many
towns have asked block reservations of
from 25 to 150 seats at the banquet.
Democratic club officials today con
sidered the plan of increasing the num
ber of seats at the feast to 1.200. This
may be done. But it will require the
use of every available foot of space on
the first floor of Topeka's big Auditor
ium and will mean that 300 more peo
ple will be accommodated at the din
ner than ever before sat at a political
banquet In Kansas. In addition to this
crowd, it Is believed that the galleries,
seating nearly 2,000 people, will be well
filled.
The banquet proper will be held at
iContmupd n P.K Two.
NEW CAR SERVICE
Topeka Railway Begins Later
Down Town Schedule.
Last Transfer Station Time on
All Lines, 11:45 P. M.
Beginning tonight the Topeka Rail
way company will inaugurate an addi
tional service for the benefit of the
theatergoers and belated downtown
passengers. From the transfer station
as a terminal, every last car on every
line with the exception of Oakland
and Cemetery will leave Eighth and
Kansas avenues at 11:45 p. m. This
will give a dependable and consistent
"owl" service from a given point on
the Topeka railway system.
The lines affected are: Country
club, Santa Fe depot, Lowman, Wash-burn-Huntoon,
South Topeka, West
Eighth, Asylum and Highland Park.
Cars on the Washburn-Douthitt and
North Topeka lines always have been
scheduled at 11:45 or a minute after.
The Oakland and Cemetery cars will
leave Sixth and Kansas avenue at
11:45 p. m.
"We are doing this to give our pa
trons a straight lineup on the depar
ture of the last cars from the down
town district," Howard Patten, super
intendent, said this afternoon. "WVmn
the people know that at 11:45 sharp
men tam win leave me transfer sta
tion, they will have no excuse for miss
ing the schedules. The plan is abso
lutely for the accommodation of the
public."
Beginning: Wedneadav nf no-wt v
the schedule will be carried out on the.
new Summit street extension on West
and West Eighth streets. This new
extension wiu De Known as the Mel-rose-West
Eighth line. The cars will
run on a 10-minute schedule and will
have terminals at Eighth and Clay
streets and at the end of the exten
sion. The cars now running to Pot
win station will be diverted to West
street, south, and on to Melrose. Ad
ditional service probably will be work
ed out to handle the "tripper" traffic
on the Asylum line.
Standard cars will be placed on the
Melrose-West Eighth line as soon as a
"wye is completed at Eighth avenue
way street- This work is under
The Melrose extension will offer
better street car service to hundreds
of residents in the west side
TIIITE CALLED HOME.
Efcnporlan Leaves Wife's Bedside to
Be With Injured Mother.
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Kansas City. Jan. 3 William Allen
White of Emporia, Kan., was sum
moned to his home this morning b
a message stating that his mother,
Mrs. Mary A. White, who was 83 years
old today had suffered severe injuries
from a fall early today. Her shoulder
was fractured and she-was otherwise
injured. Mr. White was at the bed
aide of his wife, who Is 111 In Kansas
City.-an.. when he received the mes
sage
UP FilDIIIBITIOII.
Ohio Bull Moose Will Ask Other
States to Join Tbem.
- Columbus. O., Jan. J. Prohibition
and woman's suffrage were two of the
Important .subjects to be considered
by a conference of Ohio members of
the" Progressive party today:
It was the plan of some of the party
leaders to take the initiative on the
prohibition question and urge the
Progressive party in other - states to
follow. At an informal conference,
which lasted until early today, a mo
tion favoring a federal constitutional
amendment to prohibit the liquor
traffic, was endorsed for presentation
to the meeting tooay.
LEAPEDJO DEATH
Spectacular Suicide of Former
Topeka Actress.
Mabel Cullen Dons Beautiful
Gown and Dies in Street.
Having twice attempted to commit
suicide, and been addicted to melan
cholia, Mabel Cullen. who played leads
the greater part of last season at the
Majestic theater, leaped to her death
this week in Chicago. -
Mabel Culien, former leading lady at
the Majestic theater, who twice at
tempted to commit suicide and leap
ed to her death this week in Chi
cago.
The suicide was spectacular in the
extreme. Miss Cullen donned one of
her most beautiful gowns, shook her
long brown hair about her shoulders,
opened her window, climbed to the sill,
gave a piercing shriek, and dashed her
self to the crowded curb on Michigan
avenue. She and her husband, George
P. Secord, also a former member of
the Majestic players, were rooming on
the sixth floor of the Revere house.
The actress' death occurred at' a mo
ment when the- streets Were full - of
traffic. The criminal court is opposite
the hotel. A woman on the steps faint
ed. Several others screamed. Two
criminal judges were the first to reach
the body of the woman. Life had been
instantly crushed out. An empty bottle
of strychnine, which it is believed Miss
Cullen drained, was found in her- apart
ment. After the resignation of . Ann Bro
naugh, and before the engagement of
the Lee Musical Comedy company, Ma
bel Cullen acted as leading lady in To
peka stock productions. She had many
friends in Topeka. Her small daughter,
who enjoyed watching the - plays, at
tracted some attention. Miss Cullen
played the Girl in the Majestic's pre
sentation of "The Girl of the Golden
West."
PRICE OF HARMONY
Swallowing of the Elephant by
the Bull Moose
Is the Demand Made by Ohio
Progressives.
Columbus, O., Jan. 3. No amalga
mation of the Progressive and Re
publican parties, under any terms oth
er than absorption of the Republican
party by the Progressives, was the ten
or of addresses by speakers today at a
state wide conference of Progressive
leaders. The speakers include Walter
F. Brown of Toledo, and former Judge
W. F. Littleford of Cincinnati, the pre
siding officer.
Former U. S. Senator Albert J. Bev
eridge, of Indiana, who was to deliver
an address this afternoon, arrived this
morning and was In frequent com
munication with James R. Garfield
and A. R. Gardord. who it is expected
ultimately will be the Progressive can
didates for governor and United States
senator respectively.
COLD AHD BRIGHT TOD AY
Snow or Rain Is on Weather Slate for
Tomorrow.
The sky is as "clear as a bell" today,
but more gloom is scheduled for Sun
day with the probability of snow or
rain. v ,
The forecast: "Unsettled weather to
night and Sunday with probably rain
or snow; warmer tonight." Shippers
forecast: "Protect 36 hour shipments
north against temperature of IS to 20
degrees; cast. 20 to 25 degrees; west,
25 degrees: south, 25 to 30."
The temperature today has been
somewhat above normal for this date.
After an unprecedented period of
gloom the sunshine today comes as a
relief. It is of interest to note that
the minimum temperature two years
ago to day was 10 degrees below zero
we may get some real winter weather
here any day.
The hourly readings:
7 o'clock 2111 o'clock 25
8 o'clock 19 12 o'clock 28
o'clock 21 1 o'clock 29
10 o'clock ..... 23 2 o'clock 31
,. 3 o'clock .....33
Returns His Salary.
Providence, R. I., Jan. 3. Because he
thinks he is not entitled to the money,
George C. Cranston, representative from
North Kingston since 1903. has returned
to the state treasurer his 31.208 salary
for the last session of the legislature.
Owing to Illness which necessitated an
o Deration latw vt -
1 - -ufliuu .ILCUUCU
the session only a few times.
LO GOES BACK
Came 800 Miles to Talk to
President Wilson.
No Change in Administration
Policy Is Contemplated.
FH1SO. CSTD, CEOD
Because More Satisfactory Than
Communication by Wire.
Chief Executive Has Not
Changed Mind About Mexico.
Gulfport. Miss.. Jan. 8. President
Wilson announced today that his con-
xerence witn jonn Lina naa developed
no chance in the policy of the Wash
ington administration toward Mexico.
The president referred to the con
ference as a "get-together-talk" for
information. He explained that al
though Mr. Llnd constantly had been
sending full dispatches, a conversation
of a few hours had been deemed worth
more than weeks of telegraphing.
President Wilson added there had
been no special occasion for Mr. Llnd's
visit no advices, excitement nor new
questions. The president said bis con
versation with Mr. Llnd had covered
the whole field of conditions in Mexi
co, but that no particular measure or
plan had been dwelt upon.
When asked if he was more hope
ful for a speedy settlement - of the
trouble, Mr. Wilson made it clear that
his personal view of the situation had
not changed. The president has held
that the Huerta government is slowly
being crushed, not only by the con
stitutionalist forces, but through inces
sant isolation and that inevitably It
must fall. He smiled when told of re
ports that Provisional President
Huerta or some high officials of the
Huerta government, was on board the
Chester, and said:
"Well. I did not -see them. If they
were there."
The president said that while Mr.
Llnd was not exactly enjoying his long
stay In Mexico, he was perfectly will
ing to stay there and was deeply in
terested in the situation.
The Meeting.
Pass Christian, Jan. 3. President
Wilson's mysterious - conference on
board the cruiser Chester, with John
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LOPEZ JIAS GONE
No Trace of the Outlaw - Has
Been Found
In - the Mine Where He : Was
Thought to Be Hidden.
Bingham, Utah. Jan. S. That Ralph
Lopez-has escaped from the Utah Apex
mine was the growing belief of those
who continued the search for him to
day. Nothing has been found to indi
cate whether the -slayer of six men is
dead or alive, in the workings where
he took . refuge on November 27. A
frewh posse that took up the hunt in the
network of passageways early today
had nothing to report. .
Wages Are Reduced.
New Haven, Conn., Jan. 3. Notice
posted in the car shops of the New
York, New Haven & Hartford railway
here, make effective today, a reduc
tion of 10 per cent in the wages of
several hundred employees. Machin
ists, boilermakers, steam fitters and
car workers are included.
DltlSTO'J IS XM
United States Senator in Con
ference With Capper.
Sh-h-h! Not a Word of It Must
Get Out!
"A rii vitot a or
But Sallna Publisher May Say
Something Later.
"Pardon Me, Not Just Now,
Constitutes His Statement.
" Some time '" tonight ' United States
Senator Joseph L. Bristow will prob
ably announce his candidacy as a.
itepuDiican candidate for re-election.
But not one word would- the senior
senator let leak today for fear it
might complicate state affairs and
sidetrack the agreement which he
hoped to make with Arthur Capper
today regarding publicity and the
manner in which the Bristow-Capper
for senator and governor program
would be worked out this fall.
With the same mysterious air that
marked Senator Bristow's visit to To
peka last spring when he confidential
ly whispered in the ears of the repor
ters that he hadn't decided as to the
party With which he affiliated, the
senator returned to town this morning
and proceeded to put padlocks on his
escape valves until after he had made
an ironclad agreement with Mr. Cap
IContlnued on Page Two.)
WAUHEREJOO
Sudden Appearance of Hutch
inson Man In Topeka.
Conference of Capper and Bris
tow Attracts Onlookers.
"Billy" Morgan of Hutchinson, who
Just "happened" to be in Topeka to
day during the Bristow-Capper con
ference, sees no reason why Kansas
Progressives cannot enthuse over
Bristow for United States senator on
the harmonized Republican ticket. If
Progressives are really sincere, Mor
gan declares, they can support advo
cates of progressive measures on any
political ticket. .
It just -happened that W. T. Mor
gan and L. J. Fitzgerald, former lieu
tenant governor, came to Topeka the
same day that. Bristow came to hold
his conference with Arthur Capper.
Senator Bristow was "most agreeably
surprised''- when a State Journal re
porter' told him today that both of
the well-known Seventh district poli
ticians were registered in the same
hotel in which the senior senator was
stopping. - (
Morgan is strongly' in favor of the
Bristow candidacy on the Republican
ticket. Six years ago it was W. T.
Morgan who wrote the Chester I. Long
defense for a Kansas City publication
when William Allen White was writ
ing: "The Strange Case of Senator
Long," in his effort to defeat Long for
the senate. Now White Is wroth be
cause Bristow is said to be on the
verge of deserting the. Progressive
cause and Morgan who fought Bristow
six years ago is one of his ardent sup
porters. "I don't see," said Morgan today,
"why the Progressives should hesitate
to support Bristow on the Republican
(Continued on Page Six.)
ALL ABOARD!
i ffj
RUSH OUZR MER
Mexican Refugees to the Num
ber of 889 Cross
Seeking Protection From the
Battle at OJIaaga.
OF STL7ED O
Women, Children and Federal
Deserters Included..
Washington Orders the Soldiers
Held as Prisoners.
Presidio, Tex., Jan. 8. Two thousand
Mexican refugees,' Including half starv
ed women and children and some fed
eral deserters, rushed across the river
to the United States today, to seek pro
tection from the battle at OJinaga, Mex
ico, opposite here.
The refugees were scattered without
shelter, along the river bank for two
miles while the heavy artillery Bring
between the 4.000 federals In the trench
es at Ojlnaga and General Ortega's
attacking rebel forces continued less
than a mile back from the American
border. '
The arrival of the many unfed and
ragged people imposed an arduous task
on the United States border patrol and
the few Red Cross officials, who are
here. As many as could be induced to
make the attempt, set out to walk to
Marfa, Tex., 67 miles distant. Mean
time the little mission church of Pre
sidio was crowded with wounded.
Hold as Prisoners.
Instructions came from Washington
today to hold as prisoners, all desert
ers who cross the river. Heretofore
the border patrol has disarmed and
sent back unwounded deserters. Major
Gustave H. Schoof of the ' Canadian
mounted rangers, who is one of the
military observers here, returned from
an inspection of conditions in OJinaga,
which he saw through a telescope. He
reported .that the federals outer for
tifications were in a regulation ditch
which partly encircled the village.
From this they were firing 12 and 20
pound guns. W. H. Cleveland, com
missioner of this county, who crossed
the river to confer with General Orte-
(Continued on Page Six.)
ti::e ldt is up
No More Claims Can Be Filed
Against the Iron Mountain.
Total Amount Up to Date Is
Orer $1,000,000.
' Fort Smith; Ark.,- Jan. 3. The time
for filing claims' for excess charges on
passenger and freight traffic, against
the Iron Mountain and Cotton Belt
railroads expired at midnight. The
total claims filed exceed $1,000,000, it
is announced.
' The roads enjoined the state's rates
five years ago. The U. S. supreme
court upheld the rates last July.
Weather Forecast for Kansas.
Unsettled with probably rain or snow
tonight and Sunday; warmer tonight.
- Pays Biggest Personal Tax.
.Chicago. Jan. I. --With an assess
ment of $44,626 placed by the city
board . of review, ' Julius Rosenwald,
head of one of the city's largest mall
order houses, this year will pay the
largest personal property tax evar col
lected from an individual In this city.
The assessment was on personal prop
erty - appraised at $2.516.16. - Until
the 114 assessments were announced,
the late Marshall Field had been the
largest personal tax payer. - Be paid
taxes on personal property valued at
IZ.SQO.SB0. .
r;o:.iin race
Mrs. Era i Morier-Murphr
of
Goeiland for Congress.
First Female Candidate for
Washington Honors.
Goodland. Kan.. Jan. 8. The new
voters of the state will probably not
overlook a chance to name candidates
for many public offices in, the coming
campaign and the Sixth district will be
right up in the front ranks. Already
Mrs. Eva Morley-Murphy of Goodland
has been mentioned as a candidate for
congress from this district.
Mrs. Eva Morley Murphy of Goodland,
who may be Kansas' First Woman
candidate for congress, representing
the Sixth district.
Mrs. Murphy is not a stranger to the
public, especially in the Sixth district.
She was an active worker for the
cause of equal suffrage during the last
campaign and made several speeches
in the western part of the state. In
addition to that, she has been active
in literary work and is the author of
a number of short stories. She also
is active in club circles.
The women of the Sixth district be
gan looking for a female congressional
candidate, as soon as the suffrage
amendment was adopted and Mrs.
Murphy has been picked as. the can
didate. '
ON THE JEFENSIVE
No More Talk of Aggresslre
War Against the Rebels.
Old Families, Hard Up, Are
Selling Their Jewels. 1
Mexico City, Jan. 3. The' Huerta
administration has lately come to be 1
frankly on the defensive. A month j
ago all the talk was of .successful ex
peditions against the rebels, and al- i
most daily glory won by Huerta'a
arms. It was almost treasonable to
hint that the rebels were making
headway, but lately even friends of
the government, and it has some yet,
talk more of the president's chances
for holding back the rebels than of
making any progress against them. I
Those who have-followed develop-f
menta will not be surprised, however,
if the swinging forward movement of
the rebels slo ,.s down to a dogged de
termination to hold their hard earned
positions, and if Huerta is able to
hold out for many months.
The impecunious state into which
many of the old wealthy families of
Mexico have fallen is responsible for a
new line of business among many
small Spanish merchants. "We buy
Jewelry" Is a sign to be seen in many
stores, and the growth of this busi
ness indicates that many persons are
realizing cash on their family Jewels.
Pawnshops throughout the land
also are reaping a rich harvest in In
terest for money loaned on Jewelry
and other articles sent in by the aged
servants of families who never until
now have known what It meant to be
in want of money. Not all these fam
ilies are poor as reckoned by the finan
cial agencies. - Some yet are million
aires. Some retain enormous holdings
of land and houses, but there is none
to buy.
One man, an American, recently of
fered for sale 18,000 acres of unim
proved but rich tropical land for ie
000 pesos. He could not sell it. Two
years ago he refused three pesos an
acre. .
cuiir.::3iECDSY.
Have Established a Campaign Head-
In
Washington, Jan. - 8. The Progres
sive party in line with the action of
the Democratic national committee and
Republican congressional committee
has established here campaign head'
queraters which win be continued un
til July and then transferred to Mew
Tork and Chicago.
Representative Hmebaugh of Illinois,
chairman of the Progressive eongree
""-Monal committee, said today that so
ar no plans had been diseusstd reeard
og the participation of former. Prest
sat BeeeeveH, now in South Astrrjuty
i the coming eampeiB hw that t
E3jFG7J3T0::'
State InsKiutioK Hj Jclj (l
, FearsJ Eeserre. -
Attorney Cixl Ei;
Hani Do wa EI Crisis.
nI7tc3 IVCTID .CIClll
State Banks on Same Foet
as the National. - ;
Case of OW Topela Cs:
Finances Is Cited. '
Attorney General John s. TkK'
today held that w.., state baal t .
can become members af tK. w
Reserve ' association under the xmk '
federal reserve act. The opinion wr 1
ent to State Bank Cnmntarin .
Charles M. Sawyer, who several oUr j
ago feared that the state banks of tfcU
state would be denied admission si
members of the Federal assodai' V
under provisions of a state law wnk i
prohibited state banks from IniestU t
in the capitalization of other -nfrB a
corporations.
The Dawson opinion la lengthy air 1
cites court antfnr4ia -ir T. :
constitutional provisions, which he
wiu pwnui roe state banks tv
wuia in limner we terms or the) fed
eral reserve mr IZT-
with national banks. Under -
opinion no amendments to the pass
ent state law will be required teT re
move legal stumbling blocks for the
state banks. - -
Much of the Dawson opinion hi
baaed on tha i,u A zl . .
ou oi xopega, zgtb Kai
iwsa . wmcn construed the
euasre of Arttal i w-
titution. Seetlait 1 v-T-Tr"?
reads: "No bank shall be estabUshej
vw. iw miu unaer a general bank
IWV. S0- further provident
"No banking law shall be in foroeltn
tll the same shall have been submtt
ted to a vote of the electors of the
state at some general election, an
(Continued on Page Two.)'
it stops ti;e pi::;
More
Radium Cancer
Are Discovered.
Curei
A Child and Two Women e-
llered of Anguish. . ,
New Tork, Jan. 3. A tube containing
radium, the existence of which, was ub-
known to the public as well as many
members of the medical profession, has
been used successfully by Dr. Charlee'
three patients in the last three weeks.
Dr. Hancock last night told of his nan
of the tube which he said belonged to
Dr. George M. Earp-Thomas, a ban
teiiologist of Bloomfleld. N. J.
The tube was purchased by Dr.
Earp-Thomas from Mm. Curie wbe
the Curies had discovered radium api
had only four tubes of it. Dr. Hsneoe
recalled having heard Dr. Barp-Thom-as
tell of his purchase from Mme. Curia
when Dr, Howard A. Kelly, the Balti
more surgeon, recently lectured bora
on his experiments with radhun. Dr.
Hancock Immediately communicate 1
with Dr. Earp-Thomas. who nopsoaled"
to loan the tube for treatment of psv.
tients. - -
The first ease treated by Dr. Han
cock was that of a young girl, one of
whose eyes had been removed fionsji
of cancer, only to have the cancer re- -cur.
despite the operation, t hree ra
dium treatments removed the tnffcuu
mation from the cancer and most of tag
pain. . ,r
h iimu wmm mat m m sw
an on ; whom an operation had bn
perfoimed for neater of the breaU.
cancer had ' decreased in sise and in
pain had lessened.
A crying child, the ' thir-f pet.
went peacefully to sleep an.tr te ra
dium treatment and has net stnee ex
perienced pain from the tisntieie t
.,,1, . TT f ii - .ft. ,k. . . . . .
known relief from pain for a long ttme.
nor is .gfuDj
Topeka Fattier Is Dented
His Own Child.
One-year-old - Bva May MoCardle
captured the hearts of a large num
ber of spectators. m the second di
vision of the district court today. E te
cuddled peacefully In her grandfath- .
ers arms. And she will stay there.
Her father's application for his baKr
was denied. Eva May will live wit
her grandma at Silver Lake. Her
daddy will live In Topeka.
Floyd C. MeCardie. 1844 Lane street. '
filed application for a writ of hsbsee z
corpus. The court refused to grant It.
MeCardie declared his baby was un- -lawfully
held said he demanded her
a few days after Christmas, and was
ordered from his father-in-law's place. ;
Eva May's mother died last July.-.
She was given to the care of her ve- J
ternal grandparents. Mr. and 1 .
Jerome Mowers, of Silver Lake, kse- -Cardie
wanted his baby.
"Ton can't have her unless tfc,hn
gives her to you." Mowers asserted. '
- And McCardlo found it was troe. '
Judge George H. Vhttcomb hell tv
baby was in good hands, sd saotu-i
remain with her r mddaddy.
Oilckaanav Orj,' - Jan. : IW:
Rock Island g - W f ' " r
closed down to - jU - - :
out of en4oy . A
Seers setj ;Cey wt.1 ' j rtv.
lr-l several maBtiv las l .
a t, c - t ui n
Togresstves eect 1 wU take part.
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