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THURSDAY EVENING
TOPEKAf KANSAS FEBRUARY 12, 1914.
THURSDAY EVENING
Om sale by newsboys a TWO I'M 1
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KANSAS PROGRESSIVES
ARE HERE IU FORCE
RAYMOND ROOMS IVMRHI IS DEAD
cis fal:e Grows greater year oy year jfj ms LX.0UY
Fighting Progressive From
Chicago Delivers Message.
Veteran - Fire ' Chief - Died of
Pneumonia Today.
Ground Is Broken at Wasklx
ton for the Hemorial
About a Thousand Come From
Oyer the State
Chief. Speaker at Convention
Today Tenets of Faith.
Oldest Fire Chief In Point of
Service la U. S. -
To Be Erected in Honor of
Abraham Lincoln. .
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For the Lincoln Day Feast
s and Speeches.
7 THEY WILL WRITE PLATFORM
' Upon Which to Go Before
Voters at Primary.
Bank and File Offer Many Sug
gestions to Leaders.
fuURDOCK HOPES ARE HIGH
Look for Him to Win in JNo
vember Stubbs Is Sick.
Henry Allen or William Allen
White for Goyernor.
Henry Allen, who came to To
peka today determined not to run
for governor, was wavering this af
ternoon. The demonstration at the
National hotel at noon today fol
lowing the meeting was remark
able. Four hundred Progressives
from most of the counties of the
state thronged his room and the
corridors in a concerted effort to
make him enter the race. The ear
nestness of these men may be best
described when it is said that many
of them had tears, in their eyes
when they appealed to the Wichita
orator to lead the state ticket. Al
len told the State Journal man at
3 o'clock this afternoon that he
did not know what he would do. He
is thinking it over. He did not want
to make a statement today, he said.
He wanted to decide in calmness
and not in the heat of a party
rally.
In spite of a snowstorm and bitter
northwest wind that raged over Kan
sas today, nearly 1,000 Progressives,
representing more than one-half of
the counties of the state, are in To
peka today to assist in the drafting
of a 'tentative state platform and the
discussion of state and congressional
candidates.
It is estimated that the storm cut
the attendance from out of town one
fourth and that it will cut the attend
ance some at the banquet tonight.
Every one of the 900 seats for the
banquet at the Auditorium tonight
has been sold and when the galleries
are opened to the public, it is claimed
that 2,500 men and women will lisren
to the Bull Moose gospel for the com
ing campaign.
The meeting today is the second an
nual gathering of Kansas Progressives
and is largely in the form of a mass
convention. One of the principal feat
ures of the meeting this year is the
proposition to write a tentative state
platform. Tills platform will be of
fered to the voters of the state In lieu
of a formal platform to be rewritten or
ratified by the Progressive party coun
cil at its meeting following the state
qide primaries in August. Keen in
terest in the platform policies was man
ifest among the Progressive workers.
They demand a platform that was void
of straddle doctrine and adhered to the
general principles enunciated in the
Roosevelt platform of two years ago.
Many Women Here.
Mnnv women were amoris- the ar
rivals last night and today for the
banquet tonight. These women sat to
day in the mass convention In the
Grand opera house and displayed sin
cere interest in the policies to be out
lined by their party for the 1914 battle.
Tonight a Kansas woman, Mrs. Eva
Morley Murph of Goodland, a candi
date for the Progressive congressional
nomination in the Sixth district, will
tell the Third party voters of her views
of . needed progressive legislation. An
other widely known woman in the
councils of the Progressives is Miss
Helen Eacker of Lawrence, secretary of
the state committee.
Looks Good for Mordock.
"More strange things could happen
than the election of Murdock," de
clared U. 8. Sartin, state chairman,
"and I really believe Murdock will be
elected. The sentiment in his favor Is
surprising."
But the senatorial and gubernator-
THESE ARE BULL MOOSE ORATORS AND COUNSELORS
Congressman Victor Murdock, Wich
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ita, Progressive unitea states aena
the Banquet.
Senator Albert J. Beveridge ' of In
diana. He Will Deliver the Prin
cipal Speech at the Progressive
uanquet.
ial contests were not the only discus
sion. Scores of Progressives urged
the nomination of Third party county
tickets. In many counties. Bull
Moose workers vowed, plans had al
ready been laid for the nomination of
full local tickets. Some counties will
go so far as to put township tickets in
the field.
"We are In favor of fighting every
inch of the way," said J. L. Brady,
congressional candidate in the Second
district. "For that reason we will put
out full tickets in as many counties as'
possible. We will elect some people
to office, too." .
Candidate for Every State Office.
Kvery office on the state ticket will
be filled, ' according to the present
plans of the party leaders in the state.
Already candidates have been an
nounced for practically all of the of
fices and In several instances there
will . be contests for nominations.
VV. It. Stubbs, Lawrence, Former Gov
ernor and Lentler in Councils of tbe
New Party, VVlio Is Sick in Bed and
Could Not Come to Topeka Today.
These contests, the leaders urge, will
' arouse interest in the primaries and
should result in a big Progressive vote
I in August.
Osage County Sent a Band.
This morning a band of 20 pieces
came to Topeka from Osage county
and will furnish music for the ban
quet and the Bull Moose business
meetings. A crowd of about 100 is
expected from Osage county and sim
ilar crowds will come from Wyan
dotte and Douglas counties. More
than 100 tickets have been sold In To
peka. This morning Chairman Sartin an
nounced that blocks of banquet tickets
had been reserved by county organ! za-
(Continued on Page Seven.)
William Allen White. Emporia. Kansas
Chlrf Bu I M6oer and National
Committeeman for Kansas.
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Raymond Robins, the fighting Pro
gress from-Chicago, told the Kansas
Progressives today why the old par
ties had failed and would continue to
fail and why the Progressive propa
ganda would win in the country.
"We must get away from personal
ities and partisanship and look at the
state of the country." said Mr. Rob
ins. "This Progressive program is not
effervescent, not the influence of a
great personality, or the result of a
stolen convention, and it is not going
to pass away. This country has been
undergoing great social and economic
changes in the last thirty years and
the Progressive movement is the re
sult of these changes and the need for
correction of abuses that have grown
up in this period.
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Raymond Robins, Chicago, Leader
Among . Illinois Bull .Moosers, With
a Message to Kansas Progressives.
"There are new conditions of living.
Now the father and mother have lit
tle control over the food, the air and
the morals of their child. The air the
child breathes is regulated by law in
the building codes, the food by the
(Continued on Page Seven.)
THE PLATFORM.
Progressive Platform Planks.
Tariff commission. . ...
National prohibition.
National suffrage.
Initiative and referendum.
Recall.
Recall judiciary.
Recall Judicial decisions.
Condemnation Democratic state
administration.
Minimum wage law.
Maximum hour law.
Widow's pension.
Revision tariff favoring farmer
and stock raiser.
Condemnation state administra
tion plan to place labor bureau in
politics.
Reaffirmation provisions of Pro
gressive national platform of 1912.
At 3:15 this afternoon the' resolu
tions committee appointed to draft a
tentative state platform for the Kan
sas Progressives had virtually com
pleted its work and voted for the re
affirmation of the provisions of the
national platform of two years ago,
which declared for the recall of judi
ciary and judicial decisions. The
platform as drafted by the commit
tee will be offered on the floor of the
mass convention late this afternoon.
There is little dispute or conten
tion among members of the commit
tee regarding platform policies and
the committee proceeded to draft a
Progressive program with teeth in it.
They condemned the 1913 legislature
for its failure to adopt effective initia
tive and referendum and recall
amendments and also Jolted the state
administration for its efforts to place
the state labor bureau under political
control.
On the tariff, the Progressives urged
a non-partisan tariff commission and a
revision of the tariff laws that would
favor or at least not work a hardship
on Kansas farmers and stock raisers.
National prohibition and national suf
frage were endorsed. At a late hour
no action had been taken by the com
mittee relative to government owner
ship of railroads and public service cor
porations. V. S. Sartin, Kansas City,
1 man Progressive State i
Kan Chair
TDFEKA'S KIT QRSIM.
For Forty-Four : Years He
Served the City WelL
Courageous, Loyal and Efficient
Official. '
Fighting aaainst death t. ha
fought for forty-four years against
rire, ueorge o. Wllmarth, the oldest
fire chief in point of service in the
United States, lost bis last beroic bat
tle today. Pneumonia, brought on by
exposure m a small blase at 113 To
peka evenue last Fridar lftenuwin.
claimed Topeka's veteran fire fighter
at s:4z o'clock this afternoon. In his
death. TniuV. 1am i. ,. , j
, . www. uv.v, m raucr,
a loyal citizen and a lovable, capable,
efficient friend. .
The smoke of 10,000 fires has been
reduced to vapor under tbe personal
charm nf tho hiAf M . ...
three years of service in Topeka. He
has been Topeka's only .fire marshal
and until a few days ago he answered
(Conf nued on Page Four.)
COLD m HIE EAST
Temperature of 38 Below Zero
in Northern New York.
Boston Experiences a Quick
Drop to 11 Degrees Below.
Washington, Feb. 12. The coldest
weather of the season in some locall-
me coraest in many years en
veloped the east todav and It la x
1 ' mn. wwwwv,ww JJ BUWI.
Hiorm irom -X'exas during the next 24
hnurct Roai urtnA . i .Li
the snow storm, the weather bureau
sa.ia uraay, ana it was predicted flakes
probably would be falling over the Mid
dle Atlantic and southern New England
states by tonight or tomorrow.
The weather bureau Issued a special
lurecasi neraiaing tne coming of the
storm. More drops in the already fall
ine mercurv will aHanrl xr.
England westward to the upper Ml-
BUKiijipi vauey. . : :. .
Down o"SS.
New Tork. Feb- 12. Extreme tem
peratures prevailed In central and
northern New York today. - Tupper
(Continued on Page Seven.)
RATE CASESDISMISSED
Nebraska and Railroads Stop Conten
tion by Agreement.
Lincoln,' Feb. 12. Judge. T...C.
Munger of the federal district court
today dismissed the six cases pending
involving as many Nebraska railroads,
to . test the constitutionality of the
Nebraska two-cent fare law and the
maximum freight rate law, passed in
1907 by the Nebraska legislature. The
motion to dismiss was made by the
state and assented to by the railroads.
The Kansas 2 -cent fare has rested
on the Nebraska case. This settle
ment of the case probably means the
permanency of the 2 -cent fare law in
Kansas.
IF ALLEN DOESIIT RUN
If Henry Allen finally and flatly re
fuses to run for governor, why not en
act the John Alden and Priscilla
classic over again? William Allen
White is trying to get Allen to run.
Why not thou, William? That is the
sentiment expressed in many quarters
here today, and it is not impossible
that Mr. White will make that step
for his party. Even not improbable.
Weather Forecast for Kansas.
Unsettled with snow flurries tonight
and Friday; colder in the north and
east portions of the state tonight.
Mrs. Eva Morier-Murpby, Goodland.
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Heard in Hotel
"We want a clean cut campaign)
with straight out Progressives and no
straddlers or trimmers for candidates
for office," said W. E. Payton, editor
of the Colony Free Press. Payton de
clared that he favored a strictly pro
gressive platform and urged that if
there was to be harmony in the cam
paign, that harmony should be on the
Bull Moose declaration of principles.
"Jefferson county Progressives are
just as strong in the faith as at any
time a year ago," declared Noel Dobbs,
chairman of the Jefferson county com
mittee. "Whether we will put a full
county ticket in the field is uncertain,
but the state ticket will poll a re
markably big vote."
"We will have a full ticket in Wil
son county and have organized and
begun active work," said John H.
Hubbell, a Fredonia merchant who
was accompanied to the banquet by
his wife. Wilson county sent a crowd
of 20 Bull Moosers to today's meet
ing. 4
"In 83 of the 105 counties we have
a solid, working organization, includ
ing precinct committeemen, and are
ready for the fight," said U. S. Sartin
of Kansas City, Progressive state
chairman. "There are less than ten
counties in which we have neither a
full county committee or a tentative
organization ready for tbe campaign."
C. C. Mack and wife came with an
early crowd from Newton last night.
Mack's friends have urged his candi
dacy for congress in the Eighth dis
trict and it is quite probable that 'the
Harvey county man will get in the
race. '
"The Progressives will make a real
fight in the Second strict this year,"
said J. L. Brady of Lawrence, former
state senator from Douglas county and
a Bull Moose congressional candidate.
"There will be no compromise in Doug
las county or in the counties of the
district. The Progressives stand just
Sheffield Inralbt. Atchison. rWaast
Governor and Possible Gaberna -
HodgenvUle, Ky in Which He Was
Lobbies Today
where they stood in the campaign of
1912. If our principles were right then
they are right now. There is no half
way ground, nor any place for strad
dlers or trimmings. Our platform this
year will enunciate real progressive
ideas and the men on the state ticket
will believe in. these principles and
fight for them. We are willing to go to
the voters on that program."
J. N. Atkinson of Wyandotte coun
tv and W. J. Burtis of Wilson county,
members of the 1913 legislature, were
among the early arrivals In Topeka
(Continued on Page Two.)
"THIS IS SERIOUS."
Said Alien of Noon Demonstration to
Make Him Ron.
At 3:30 this afternoon Henry J. Al
len of Wichita was still considering
the demand' of Kansas Progressives
that he enter the gubernatorial con
test. It is probable that Allen will
make some definite statement regard
ing his candidacy before leaving To
peka tonight.
Allen came to Topeka declaring that
he would not run. This afternoon be
admitted that he was -wavering. His
friends believe there is a possibility,
even a stronger probability, that he
will run. By many Progressives. Al
len's Indecision is regarded as evidence
that the Wichita man will consent to
enter the race.
"Honestly, I don't know," said Al
len late this afternoon. "I didn't
come here with any intentions of mak
ing e race. But this thing is really
serious and you can't blame me. for
taking a little time to think It over.
Perhaps I will have something definite
to. say late this evening. But that is
not certain. . Right now, I am not in
the race, but I am still thinking about
It."
Henry i. Allen. Wichita. Toastnaster
i , at Tonight's .Banquet and Possible
ELFI3E TO COST S2.C23.CC3
Will Be of Marble and Stand
in Potomac Park.
Culmination of a Movement
Started in 1902 by CuDom.
'Washington, Feb. 12. Washington to
day joined In tbe national celebration
of the one. hundred and fifth anniver
sary or the birth of Abraham Lincoln.
The celebration here was marked by
the breaking of ground in West Po
tomac nark for tbe construction of a
$2,000,000 marble memorial to Lincoln.
Because of lack of time to make suit
able arrangements only Captain W. W.
Harts 01 tne engineer corps or tne
army, who will have supervision or the
work, contractors, laborers and a few)
others were present.
This Is tbe last Lincoln's birthday
which will see standing two landmark,
connected with his life and death. "
Ford's theater, where he was assassinat
ed and the "Lincoln toy shop," where
he and his little son Tad sought relief
from the cares of the Civil war in Play
with lead soldiers. The buildings are
to oe replace by modern office struc
tures. There was no formal ceremony con
nected with the beginning of the work
on the memorial for the reason that
there was not sufficient time between
the completion of the details of signing
the contracts and the birthday anni
versary of the martyred president to
arrange a program of sufficient ex
cellence to mark the opening of a
work of such magnitude and senti
mental importance. 80 it was decided
to let the ceremonies go over until tbe
laying of the cornerstone. Former
President Taft. chairman , of the Lin
coln memorial commission, did not
come to tne city to see tbe work start.
Site for the Memorial.
The site for the memorial is in Po
tomac Park on an "axis," planned
more than a century ago, at one end
of which is the capitoi, the monument
of the government; and at the other,
more than a mile to the west, the
Washington monument.
Still farther to the west will be the
Lincoln memorial, where It will have
a relation with the capitoi and the
Washington monument that would be
(Continued on Page Six.)
IT IS A RAW 7i"D.
And It Carries Know Forecast Is fbrf
Worse to Coma,
A light snowstorm, accompanied by
a brisk and penetrating northeast
wind, was the order of things at To
peka this morning. According to re
ports from the Santa Fe the snow was)
general east of Garden City and heav
iest near Dodge City. In the west a
light snow started falling in the night,
becoming . slightly more heavy this)
morning.
The temperature at Topeka at I
o'clock this morning was fifteen de
grees. This is four degrees below the
normal temperature for Feb. 12.
The forecast is not encouraging. It
calls for snow flurries tonight and
moderate to brisk northerly winds)
with a alight fall in temperature in
the south and east portions of the
state.
, Mercury Is Slowly Falling.
Snow continued falling throughout
the day. At 1:20 o'clock this after
noon the depth was one and one-half
inches. When melted this netted .IS
of an inch of water. Early this morn
ing the wind velocity was IS miles, but
it had dropped to 12 miles by after
noon.
The hourly readings:
7 o'clock .... .16
8 o'clock 16
9 o'clock 14
10 o'clock 14
11 o'clock
12 o'clock
1 o'clock
2 o'clock
14
14
14
S o'clock
Drops to is.
Hutchinson, Kan., Feb. 12. The
thermometer went to twelve degrees)
above zero this morning when tbe
storm of snow and wind reached here.
It followed a rain of sleet and the
snow is not blowing much, though
slippery rails have retarded the move
ment of trolley cars and the steam
trains somewhat.
Rain at Pittsburg.
Pittsburg, Kan.. Feb. 12. A light
rain Is falling here. It began early
this morning. The thermometer reg
isters 30 degrees. .
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