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FRIDAY EVENING.
TOPEKA, KANSAS. MARCH. 19, 1915.
FRIDAY EVENING.
THIS EDITION 2 CENTS
WE HAVE SALOON
UNDERJUR FEET
That's Sentiment of Delegates;
at Methodist Conference. 1
Interesting Feature From the
Retired Ministers Today. i
!
THIRD DAY "IbF CONFERENCE !
Br. Frank Lynch, Formerly of
Topeka. a Speaker Tonight.
AnnivorsarT nf Ttnnrn of Home makimr the Polnt of delivery of
Anniversary OI lioara OI ""'"ejqupr shipment identical with
Missions-Extension.
j
. ii n v. .v,, i-o
The answer to roll call by the re- j
tired or superannuated ministers was a i
feature of the morning session of the j
Kansas conference of the Methodist j
lr. Benjamin Young, Pastor First Methodist Church. Topeka, Who
Taken Active Part In C onference Arrangements.
Episcopal church. One of the most! prevent deliveries to persistent viola
interesting characters who responded j tors,. The bill carries no penalty
was the Rev. C. R. Rice, the story 0f ,cla"se- m . '
. .... . I Senator Troutman voted to advance
whose life was given in the A, ednes- ; the stone bi on the calendar over the
day issue of the State Journal. It was heads of other important measures
the fiftieth consecutive year that this but his proposal was turned down by
veteran Methodist preacher and pio-; tne senate.
neer has answered to roll call of Meth- T committee on temperance re
.... .. . I ported adversely upon the Caudill bill
odist ministers in Kansas. Among the, requiring the publication of the names
iiio.uj' iiiui Liira wiui.il lie Ulaill2eu
were the first Methodist churches in
Eureka. Wichita, Independence, Fort
.Scott, ElDorado, Augusta, Marion and
Chetopa.
Dr. Ward Piatt of Philadelphia, who .
will speak on home missions and ;
church extension at Methodist con-i
feronce tonight. i
At the place last named the cnurchi
was organized over a saloon. "We've
got the saloon under our feet and by!
Cfod's grace will keep it under our'
feet." said Rev. Mr. Rice on the night !
the eViurch was organized.
"For four years I rode over the !
prairies on horseback," he told the i
ministers today. "I slept with a i
7
blanket rolled around me and was as j March, 1906. The thirty-day period
snug as a bug in a rug." ending today has been the cloudiest
Father of Senator 'Bristow. 'similar period on record in the twenty-
Another interesting figure who re- eisrnt years that the government re
sponded to roll call was William Bris-i Iorts nave been made in Topeka.
tow of Baldwin City, who is the fath- But the atmospheric conditions
er of Senator Joseph Bristow. ! have been favorable for fruit and
The Rev. Jackson Brown of Topeka ' wheat. While the temperature has
who was retired in 1903, said: "I'd i averased below normal in the last six
rather he a humble and faithful Meth- : wceks there has been no severe
"" 'Cmtu... v.-.riir.-i-wi-- iweer - ....
SCHOOL, IN CAVES.
Rheims, March 19 V:th - the
continual bombardment of Rheims
by the Germans it has become ut
terly impossible to continue the
school sessions in the regular
school houses. Aside from the
danger of these being at any mo
ment struck by shells the frequency
of the latter also render it impossi
ble for the children to go on with
the regular school courses. M. For
sant. inspector of primary educa
cation. has just completed all ar
rangements for the continuation of
all classes in the caves in which
the inhabitants take refuge during
the bombardment.
I
SCARY "PUBLISH-THE-NAME"
LIQUOR BILL IS KILLED
Senate Committee Reports Adversely
on Caudill Measure.
No Necessity Now of Seeing
Name In Print.,
Your
FAVOR STONE MEASURE
Point of Delivery and Sale Identical
Under Irovislons.
Troutman Attempts to Push Action j
to Third Heading.
i Senator I. M. Hinds, chairman of
'the committee on temperance and
! hygiene of the senate, this morning
, reported favorably upon the Stone bill
a li
the
j point of sale. The bill carried amend-
I ments approved by the attorney sren-
eral's office removing the application
of tne act from church wines and
from li(uor shipped legitimately for
prSvate se The purpose of the bm
is to give law enforcement officers
grounds for injunction proceedings to
Has
of consignees of liquor shipments, this
recommendation being approved by the
temperance workers lobbying at this
session in the belief that it might en
danger the operation of the Mahin
law now in force.
Yesterday the senate killed the
Jewett Mil authorizing the governor o
appoint a person to examine the rec
ords of the federal collector of inter
nal revenue and report the names of
I holders of liquor licenses to county
i officers. As that same information
i has been collected for several years by
representatives of the State Temper
lance union without public cost so that
the enactment of the bill meant only
i the creation of another superfluous
I office, the senate voted the measure
down.
"I am in favor of prohibition and
! stand for the prohibitory law," de
j clared Senator Francis Price of Clark
county, who voted against the Jewett
bill, "but such measures as this mere
! ly make the prohibitory cause top-
heavy. It means the creation of an
unnecessary office and such legisla
! tion as this can only operate to the
discredit of the prohibitory move
ment. 1. for one, am not disposed to
be deceived by a proposition intended
merely for the creation of a new po
litical job because it comes disguised
i behind the word "temperance.' "
WHY TALK ABOUT IT?
It's Fifteenth Day of Gloom, To Be
Sure, But Who Cares Now!
This was the fifteenth day of gloom
for this month. And it constitutes a.
record for March. The previous high
mark was fourteen cloudy days in
cjifrdsi cans ior parny ciouuv
weather tonight with a slight drop m
ivniiieraiure. i nere may De some
sunshine Saturday here's hoping.
ine otticial opening of spring wt.1,
take place at eight o'clock next Sun-
'ltV mr.r-nino, T.'v, ,V. .
been the order of things thus far this
i month.
An L'nusual Showing.
The temperature today was 32 de-
. r- . '
! tween
There was no variation be
6 o'clock this mornins and 2
o'clock this afternoon. A record of
this kind rarely is reported, bat it oc
curred once previously this season..
l ne nouny readings:
6 o'clock
32
10 o'clock. .
32
32
32
32
32
7 o'clock ....
8 o'clock ....
9 o'clock ....
32
32
32
1 1 o'clock . .
12 o'clock. .
1 o'clock . .
2 o'clock. .
THE LAST WORD
HAS BEEN SAID
3fo Hope Apparent for an Ad
justment of Differences
Between Italy and the Empire
of Austria-Hungary.
MUST PLEDGE HER NEUTRALITY
Vienna Says That Is Term
Promise From Rome.
of
Radical Changes in Europe's
Map Are Inevitable.
BlIXETIX.
Rome, March 19. Italy is prepar
ing to renounce the triple alliance
treaty linking her with Austria and
Germany, accord ing to reports from
various sources this afternoon. Minis
ter of Foreign Affairs Gonnino is mak
ing ready to take this drastic step to
force Austria to cede territory to Italy
or face Italy's participation in the war
on the side of the allies.
Rome newspapers today warned the
public that a crisis in the Austro-Ital-ian
relations Is at hand. The Massa
gero appeared with the flat announce
ment that Prince Von Buelow's ef
forts to obtain com-essions from Aus
tria have failed and that the foreign
minister is now actively engaged in
negotiations that may plunge Italy in
to war. -
Rome, March 19. What purports
to be an outline of Austria's attitude
with relation to the cession of terri
tory to Italy, is contained in a dis
patch to the Tribuna, dated Vienna,
but telegraphed from the frontier. The
statement is made that Austria, with
out reflecting upon Italian good faith
contends it is only natural that the
dual monarchy, if she is ready to
grant territorial compensation, should
wish to insure Italian neutrality. For
this reason, the dispatch says, Austria
feels she should carry out her part of
the proposed agreement only when an
Italian pledge of neutrality is fulfilled,
especially in view of the fact that the
cession of the province of Trent would
imply a weakening of Austrian mili
tary resources with regard to Italy.
Commenting on this report, the
Tribuna says the condition which Aus
tria demands is absolutely inaccepta
ble and if maintained would make im
possible any friendly agreement. No
ministry would accept as a satisfaction
of national aspirations, a simple prom
ise to be carried out at the ena of a
war, the results of which n tine can
foresee, the newspaper argues.
"The Austro-German point of
view," the Tribuna says, "is wrong
because they think Italy is asking for
compensation for neutrality. The
problem is totally different. Austria
provoked the war through aggression
against Serbia, partly against repeated
Italian warnings and partly without
Italy's knowledge. This action was
entirly contrary to mutual Italio
Austrian pledges and conflicted with
the fundamental interests of Italy.
Thus the European equilibrium was
upset and radical changes in the map
of Europe are inevitable.
"Italy sacrificed her national as
piration by adhering to the triple alli
ance for the sake of preserving that
European equilibrium. Since Austria
shattered it Italy can no longer post
pone the realization of those aspira
tions." BOUVET IS SUNK
French Battleship Sent to Bot
tom by Turkish Gnns.
Several Ships of the Allies Are
Reported Damaged.
Constantinople, March 19. The
French battleship Bouvet, bombard
ing the Dardanelles forts, has been
sunk by the guns of the Turkish forts,
the war office announced in an offi
cial statement today.
The Bouvet is one of the older
French battleships, having been built
in 1898. Several times she was men
tioned in the French and English
statements for efficient work in the
bombardment of the Dardanelles.
The Bouvet displaced 12,205 tons
and carried a crew of 605. The Con
stantinople official statement carried
no mention of the fate of the crew.
The battleship's length was 397 feet.
She carried 2 twelve inch guns, 2 ten
inch guns and several smaller pieces.
She was completed in 1898 at a cost
of about six million dollars.
The Turkish warships, the war of
fice announced, have bombarded the
Russian torpedo boat base west of
Theodosia, in Crimea, setting fire to
many buildings and damaging Russian
war craft. This was the first official
communication of reports circulated
two weeks ago that the Turkish fleet
has withdrawn from the Dardanelles
strait and is operating in the Black
sea.
The official statement indicated that
the Bouvet was sunk inside the strait.
, The allied fleet, the war office stated,
j opened a heavy fire upon the Darda
nelles forts, swinging in at close range
and hurling shells at intervals of less
than a minute.
The forts returned the fire and
shelled the Anglo-French warships
with great effectiveness. Official re-
rt " , , th .
P0
1T1 y S W 3 rsn 1 pS, W ll
several of the ene
hdrew from the bat
tle line badly damaged before the
Bouvet suddenly tilted over and besan
to go down.
Following the disaster to the Bou
vet, the aliied fleet withdrew, steam
ing out of sight oft" Tenedos island.
Rumors were circulated here that
the attempt to force the Dardanelles
may be abandoned.
Only part of the Turkish fleet par
ticipated in the bombardment of the
Russian torpedo boat base, accord
ing to the official announcement. The
bombardment lasted but a few min
utes but the Turkish fire was unusual-
RAZORS FOR TROOPS.
Paris, March -19: An order for
500,000 razors has just been placed
by the British government with
the French- cutlery factories at
Thiers. They are for part of the
personal equipment - of the new
troops now being1 organized in
England. When the war broke
England discovered that in spite
of her own immense cutlery fac
tories there was hardly a razor to
be had in all England that did not
bear the mark "Made in Ger
many." The soldiers themselves
refused to carry these and the gov
ernment called on the French fac
tories to help it out of the predica-.
ment '
TORPEDO 2 SHIPS
German Submarines Are Busy
With British Steamers.
Both Crews Escape With Ex
ception of One Man.
Glasgow. March 19. The British
steamer Hyndford was torpedoed to
day in the English channel by a Ger
man submarine. ' It is reported that
one member of her crew was killed.
London, March 19. The British
steamer Bluejacket, with wheat, from
Liverpool, has been torpedoed by a
German submarine off Beachy Head.
The crew took to the boats. The
steamer, although badly damaged,
remained afloat.
The steamer Hyndford was of 2,775
tons net burden. She was 376 feet
long and was built at Port Glasgow in
190 5. She was owned by the Scottish
Ship Owners' company of Glasgow.
The Bluejacket was of 2,271 tons.
She was 336 feet long and belonged
to J. L. Thompson & Sons Limited.
She was built at Sunderland in 1904
Beachy Head is a promontory on
the south coast of England, projecting
into the English channel, about 20
miles east of Brighton.
ON FIRST READING
Ordinance Reducing Electric
Light Rates Up Today.
Provides for Seven and Forty
Cents Edison Schedule.
At a special meeting of ' the city
commission today an ordinance re
ducing the rates to be charged by the
Topeka Edison company for electric
light current was given first reading.
The ordinance as read provides for a
reductiorpto 7 cents per JtriQwatt-hour.
It also provides, that' tfce company
must extend- its, service to any. point in
the city wken-ordered so to dv-by the
city commission.
The ordinance reads:
Section 1. It shall be unlawful for
any person, company or corporation.
furnishing electric light to the city of
Topeka or its inhabitants, to charge
any user of electric light in excess of
7 cents per thousand watt hours for
residence or commercial lighting; pro
vided, however, that if any electric
light bill of any user is not paid on or
before the 10th day of the month im
mediately following the month for
which such bill is rendered, an
amount equal to ten per cent (10 per
cent) or sucn bill shall be added
thereto and collected from such user;
provided, however, that in no case
shall the amount so added be less than
twenty-five (25) cents for any such
bill.
Sec. 2. It shall be unlawful for any
person, company or corporation, fur
nishing electric light to the City of
Topeka or its inhabitants, to fail, neg
lect or refuse to make any extension
of its electric light wire lines when
ordered so to do by a majority vote
of the board of commissioners of the
city of Topeka.
Sec. 3. Any person, company or
corporation, or any officer, agent or
employee of any person, company or
corporation, violating any of the pro
visions of this ordinance, shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and,
upon conviction thereof, shall be fined
in any sum not less than one hundred
($100) nor more than one thousand
dollars ($1,000) for each offense.
FOR PUBLIC PENSIONS
Kansas Statute Books Carrying Xew
State Sentiment.
Public pension measures are grad
ually creeping into the Kansas stat
ute books in a way that would indi
cate that the sentiment of this
state ' has been largely remodeled in
recent years.
Last night the senate adopted the
Zutavern idea passing the bill by the
representative from Barton county
under which Kansas counties will be
permitted to pay pensions not to ex
ceed $50 a month to persons totally
disabled by the loss of limbs or
vision. Such a pension may be grant
ed only on unanimous vote of the
board of county commissioners, a pro
vision inserted by the senate.
This legislature has passed a moth
ers' pension bill which will be of
farther reaching effect than the pres
ent bill. Both will materially increase
the expenditures in this state for the
public support of dependent citizens.
VICTORY FOR WETS.
National Prohibition Has Been
feated in New Zealand.
De- !
Wellington. Xew Zealand. March
19. National prohibition was defeat
ed in the voting on the liquor ques
tion last December, according to com
plete returns which have been an
nounced by the government. Sup
porters of local no-license also lost
their fight. The vote on both ques
tions, which was close, follows:
For national prohibition, 247,217;
for continuance, 257.442.
For local no-license, 229,474; for
continuance. 274,405.
Since 1911 the percentage of no-li-
icerse votes has fallen from nearly 50
GERMAN BACK
TO THE WALL
All the Kaiser's Forces Needed
on Both Fronts
To Prevent Enemy's Advance
Into Teutonic Territory.
RUSHES BACK AND FORTH
Are Stopped by Increasing
Strength of Allied Armies.
French Battleship Sunk in At
tack on Dardanelles.
London, March 19. Apparent fail
ure of Field Marshal von Hinden-
burg's attempts to reach Warsaw, re
appearance of Russians over the East
ITALY ASKS MUCH
"SHOWS TEfmTORY
ITALY ASKS OF
AVSXKiA. ?
Italy's demands upon Austria-Hungary as the price of peace include
a sweep of territory to the north and east which would extend her
boundary around the northern end of the Adriatic sea as far south
as Fiume on the eastern coast. This would include the Austrian naval
base at Pola, as well as the provinces of Trent and Trieste, acquisition of
which has been Italy's long cherished aspiration. The concessions which
Austria is believed to be willing to make are insignificant as compared
with the demands.
Prussian frontier near Tilsit, and the
aliied offensive ia the west,-has, ao-.
cording to British observers, put Ger
many in a position where sho dare
not shift any substantial force- from
either east or west. Although there
are rumors of reinforcements being
hurried from Poland to France or
Belgium to meet the French and Brit
ish thrusts, military writers in London
declare Germany must maintain her
present armies in both areas of fight
ing intact. This will necessitate the
finding of new forces for both the
east and west, if she would effectual
ly meet the increasing strength of her
enemies.
It is pointed out that the plan to
deliver a crushing blow in one theater
and then to rush across the country
to the other has miscarried on both
fronts. This was seen first in the dash
to Paris; second, in the rush to Calais;
third, in the battle of Ypres, and then
repeatedly in the east as Field Mar
shal von Hindenburg sought to break
through the Russian lines to the pol
ish capital.
The next movement or tne ier-
mans. according to tne prevailing oe-
lief here, will be a big offensive in i
the west, probably against the British
front.
Great Britain has made no official
reply to the German allegations that
a British squadron fired on the Ger-
iContmt.
m r'Mtf 'l"-l
IT IS CLEANUP DAY
Despite Weather, Topeka
Washing Her Face.
Is
. . g 4. a i,
Municipal agOnS UUt earcn-
ing for Rubbish.
Today is official cleanup day regard-
les of the weather. It is the time for
attics and cellars to be explored in
search of rubbish and for yards to be
raked. Everything which will burn j the house passed it and sent it to the
should be piled either close to or at ! senate .......
. ,, . , . i For the second time the matter was
one side of alley at a place convenient j in the hands of a senate committee
for the city garbage wagons. where, mindful of their previous ex-
An extra force of men and wagons perience, the insurance lobby admit
will start Monday noon and will cover ; ted that only about $2,500 of the
the entire city in search of th- heaps. claim represented money covered by
of rubbish which should be awaiting
them.
COL. BRYAN IS 55.
He Celebrates Birthday Anniversary
by Itatifying a Peace Treaty.
Washington. March 1 9. Secretary
Bryan celebrated his 55th birthday
anniversary today by exchanging rat
ifications of the peace treaty with
I Italy, with the Italian
i Count Di Cellere.
Later at his home Secretary Bryan
entertained all the employees of his
department at his birthday party. He
also entertained the cabinet at lunch
eon. On his way to the cabinet meet
ing, wearing a cluster of lilies of the
valley in his lapel. Secretary Bryan
smilingly announced:
"I have just celebrated my birthday
by ratifying the peace treaty with
Italy."
On Monday, ratifications' of the
treaty with Russia will be exchanged
and 15 of these conventions will ac-
tually be in effect.
Thirty have been
negotiated and 20 ratified by the sea- :
SENATE, IRRITATED, TAKES
$8,000 FROM INSURANCE
Ppper House Turns Down- Present
From the lower Body.
Result of Claims of Improper Appli
cation Marshal Fund.
DIDN'T ACT IN GOOD FAITH
Senator Shouse Criticises Methods of
Insurance Agents.
Money Due Companies From Fight
With the State.
The state senate this morning pre
vented the house of representatives
from presenting to a lot -of the big fire
insurance companies a neat package
of eight one-thousand dollar bills, as
provided for in House Bill No. 772 by
Representative Williams of Sedgwick.
The proposition was to hand back
to certain fire insurance companies
some money claimed to have been
paid to the state by them under an
improper application of the fire mar
shal fund law. The senate looked
AS PRICE OF PEACE
CARrrfTftiA
carefully at the chip which the house
of representatives slid alone JtO it.amVf;
iounti a bug under it. Tne bug
consisted in an increase of what ap
peared to be a legitimate claim for
$2,500 up to J8.000. t Irritated, the
senate killed the whole bill.
Last summer the St. Paul Fire and
Marine Insurance company and a
number of other insurance companies
which carry fire, hail and tornado I
risks in Kansas, brought an injunc
tion suit to prevent the Kansas insur
ance department from collecting fees
on the hail and tornado branches of
their business for the benefit of the
state fire marshal fund. Some of the
companies paid money to the state
under protest. Some of them, it is
claimed, paid but did not protest. The
insurance companies were represent
ed by their attorney, Robert Stone,
who is now speaker of the house.
They won their case by a decision of
the supreme court which held that
the state could not collect contribu
tions to the fire marshal fund on any
but fire insurance business.
l'or Other Companies, Too.
rJ X IVALfMIItn'-V I
That left the insurance companies the money to be expended through the
which had paid under protest with aj department of journalism at the State
claim against the state amounting to ! university.
about 12.500. Representatives of the Under the Keene bill money may be
insurance people who appeared before ! given by railroads, land or other com
the claims and accounts committee of , panies or individuals for use In ob
the senate during the present session taining favorable publicity for the
put in claims amounting to about j state and Its resources. The young
t8,000, evidently intending to reim-! men and women of the university
burse the companies which forgot to ! journalism department will conduct
file notice of protest as well as the ) this work and the money will be de
expenses of their litigation. The sen-, voted to the distribution of booster
ate claims and accounts committee news for publication in papers and
sifted the matter down and found taht magazines of general circulation. The
the insurance companies had over- j plan involves no expense to the state,
stated their case, and the claim for; Appropriation bills passed by the
$8,000 was turned down. senate today were the following house
Better I.iick In the House. i measures:
nut tney naa oeiter ionune in me:
I house of representatives. The lower I
P.ut they had better fortune in the
house, having its eyes glued on the
! educational budget, was not paying so
I much attention to other matters. The!
I ways and means committee of that I
i body got hold of the Williams bill, I
j carrying "$8,000 or so much thereof." j
i ana so iorin, anu lis cnairman, Air.!
Keene of Bourbon, reported favorably
, UDOn the claim in its entirety. Then
; their protests, and watched the bill
whittled down to that amount without
saying anything about having been be
fore the claims and accounts commit
tee. The bill reached the floor of the
senate today with a recommendation
for the lower amount. Senator Wal
ter Wilson of Washington. Klein of
Allen and others who had been on
the claims and accounts committee
recognized it as an old acquaintance
and called attention to the peculiar
j conduct of the insurance companies
. interested.
' Xine senators voted for the reduced
' reimbursement appropriation on the
ambassador, theory that the insurance companies Daraea Az"a- auring tne recent upris
'.iwere legally entitled to the money un- lng
ider the supreme court s decision
but
27 others, including Chairman Shouse '
i of the ways and means committee i
which had made the reduction, voted i
against it.
"Xothing was said before the ways
and means committee," declared
Shouse, "about this ever having been
in the hands of the claims and ac
counts. I do not believe that the in
surance representatives seeking this
appropriation have acted in good faith
with this committee and I vote 'no.' "
Weather Forecast for Kansas.
Partly cloudy and colder tonight;
Saturday fair and not much change in
BIG BILL RECORD
IN LEGISLATURE
Final Report on Cleanup of
Important Legislation.
It Has Been a Bad Season for
Platform Pledges.
NO AMENDMENTS ARE UP
House and Senate Killed Every
Constitutional Attempt.
aiany Legislators VTIU Leave
for Their Homes Tonight.
With the state legislature almost on
the eve of final adjournment, the rec
ord of the house and senate shows an
almost even distribution between th
two houses in the matter of Important
bills slaughtered and records show a.
score of bills of state wide importance
that are ready for the statute books.
It has been a bad season for platform
pledges and even the bills dear to the
heart of the administration have trav.
eled a rough sea. Not one constitu
tional amendment has found its way
through the legislature and it is quite
probable that in 191 Kansans wilt
vote only for candidates and will find,
no opportunity to express a desire oa
proposed constitutional repairs.
Early in the session a dozen consti
tutional measures were proposed. They
included the measures of long stand
ins the initiative and referendum,
the three-fourths Jury verdict, a new
tax amendment, internal improvement
for state highway building and even
an increase in the pay of legislative
members. Added to these were prop
ositions for municipal homo rule and
for the submission of a half dozen
amendments at a single election In
stead of three as under the existing
plan. But they have all fallen by the
wayside.
Swat at Platform Pledges.
In the platforms of all parties were
provisions for presidential preference
primaries. Rut both legislative bodies
paid their respects to the reform by
voting it down.
Then the legislature took a free and
generous swat at Governor Capper's
promise to return the election of state
labor commissioner to the labor or
ganizations. The much agitated new
prison plant was voted down, al
though it was urged in the governor's
message. The plan for a judicial re
apportionment also fell by the way
side, if. too. was an administration
policy.
Important Bills Passed.
Yet with it all. the legislature has
passed a number of bills that are of
5 Continued on Page "Eight. j
TO TELL WORLD
Senate Passes BUI, to Adver
tise Kansas.
Work in Charge of K. U. De
partment of Journalism.
Five of the minor appropriation
bills still before the legislature were
passed by the senate this morning and
one other bill was passed which will
create in Kansas a public information
department for the purpose of adver
tising Kansas to the world. It is the
Keene bill which has already passed
the house creating a fund to be main
tained by the voluntary contributions
of Kansas commercial institutions in
terested in attractlns new nnmilmlnn
i For the maintenance of the live
r or ine maintenance o
stock sanitary department.
for the support of the state fire
(marshal department.
for the support of the Mother Hick-
erdyke home and the Old Soldiers'
home.
For the running expense of the state
priming piani.
j For the expenses of the state ento
mological commission.
IN OFFICE TWO DAYS.
Governor Zajan at San IKmtingo Then.
Was Assassinated.
Xew York, March 18. The steamer
Iroquois broueht to this port today
news of the assassination of Governor
Cay as of San Domingo, and two of
his children at Azua. a small town
about 55 miles southwest of Santo
Domingo.
Governor Zayas. it was said, went
from Santo Domingo to Azua, as a
passenger aboard the Iroquois to be
gin his duties as governor of the
province. He was in office two days
when adherents of a rival political
party shot and killed him and his
two children. Zayas was formerly In
command of the forces which bom-
LOVELY UIKLS!
Santa Monica, Cal.. March 1 9.
The four sisters of John Wen
dell, said to be the richest man in
New York, who died here recently,
inherited $60,000,000. They have
never ridden in an automobile,
yacht or elevator.
Never used a telephone.
Never entered a theater.
Never received callers.
Have not been inside of a
church in 20 years.
Nor made a public gift to
charity.
ly well directed Jto 45. I ate. temperature.