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WEDNESDAY EVENING-

TOP ft K A. KANSAS. MARCH, 3, 1915.

WEDNESDAY EVENING.

THIS EDITION 2 CENTS

"GERMAN DOOM THE AN m

7.JLV. IS MIGHTY MONEY HOW

BOMBARDMENT

IS RESUMED

TOPEKA NAMES MARCH 12

"AS SPRING CLEAN UR DAY"

Schools Will Be Dismissed That City

May Be Sanitary.

i a&iv mi Aitnrc

SUIT FOR $30,000 AGAINST

MERCHANTS NATIONAL BANK

PASS WOMEN

WELFARE BILL

Senate, With Few Amendments,

Favors House Measure.

IN CONGRESS

NUW SUUNUtU"

Kuropcan War Has Made New York

the World's Financial Center.

Frank M. Wiley Alleges Comiensa

tory and Exemplary Damages.

Embargo on Germany's Com-j

Mne Battleships Hurl Shells at

the Turkish Forts.

Personnel Will Undergo Much

Alteration After March 4.

npr -

Commissioners Will Donate Teams to

Aid in the Work.

Claims Bank Hurt Ileputation by Re

fusing Good Checks.

merce Is a Death Stroke

United States Currency Alone Has Not

Been Depreciated.

GOLD AT PREMIUM ABROAD

Declares Victor Angagneur,

French Minister of Marine.

ALLIES WILL STARVE HER OUT

Jiot Another Ship Shall Reach

Her Torts.

Says Fall of Constantinople

Sure to Come.

Is

(Bv William Philip Simras.)

(Copyright. 1 915, by United Press.)

Paris, March 3. "Germany's doom

has been sounded: the allies have an

swered her inhuman warfare with a

death stroke," Victor Angagneur, tne

Trench minister of marine, declared

in an exclusive interview to the United

Pr"Notanother ship shall reach Ger-1

rr.orw if wo can heln it and I think

we can," said the head of France's

navv. "We have observed from the

start all the rules of civilized warfare.

Germanv has broken all putting her-j

self on the nlane of the savage. Well,

we will starve her out.'

The interview took place in his of

fice in the ministry overlooking the

beautiful Place De La Concorde. The

French minister smiled a grim smile

of confidence as if he had no doubt

whatever of the ability of the French

and Knglish navies to meet the task

before them.

"But, Von Tirpitz says that Ger

many will starve out Kngland," it

was suggested.

Just a Bluff.

"Just a bluff," said Angagneur

scornfully. "Germany is utterly un

able to make good her threat. Peo

ple say that Germany has secretly

built many large submarines. I know

better. I know within two or three

exactly how many she has and neither

Kngland nor France is in the least

(Continued on Page Six.)

parkMngets it

State Fire Marshal Will

Be

Postmaster at Emporia.

Democrat Is Well Known

riditor and Politician.

as

Harrison Parkman. state fire mar-

shal, is to be the new postmaster at !

Kmporia. Congressman Doolittle has :

recommended the appointment of the

Kmporia man and his name has gone

to the senate for confirmation.

Parkman is well known in Kansas

politics and lias for several years been

prominent in the affairs of state Dem

ocracy. He was appointed state fire

mrshal by Governor Hodges when the

office was created by the legislature

in 1913. In this position, Parkman

has made an unusual record. Xot

only has the work of his department

shown a reduction in the fire loss of

the state, but a score of fire bugs op

crating in Kansas towns are now serv

ing time in the state penitentiary at

Lansing. At the meeting of the North

American Fire Marshals' association

last summer, Parkman was elected as

president of the association.

For more than seven years Park

man has been editor and publisher of

the Kmporia Times, the strongest

Democratic organ in the Fourth dis

mm m a 1 inn I in mis last route was cioseu eiiectiveiy.

FIGHT ILIRpAlD OHWATER

Russian Aviator Conveys Aus-j

trian Prisoner to Warsaw

After Overcoming: Attempt to

KnnP WIiph 3.000 Fppf I n. ;

' - I ' ' ' 7 I

Petrograd. March 3. For the first

time in history a prisoner of war has

been transported by aeroplane. War

saw dispatches today carried the no

tice to the war office with the recom

mendation that Terrenti Pasohaloff.

Russian aviator, be awarded a medal

for unprecedented daring.

Reconnoitering with his mechani

cian. Paschaloff was forced to descend

inside the enemy's lines in southwest

Poland, because of engine trouble. An

he was making repairs. Paschaloff I

turned his machine gun upon the i

enemv killing five. The sixth mem-j

hor rf thp oatrol was captured bv ihpi

mechanician. Paschaloff removed his

belt, forced the Austrian to seat him

self on the frame of the biplane and :

tied his hands around one of the wire

uprights. Then he started to return

to the Russian lines.

Crossing the Austrian line, the avia-

tor waf subjected to a heavy rifle fire.

The prisoner managed to loosen his

bonds. Paschaloff turned the lever j

over to his mechanician. Three j

thousand feet above ground. Austrian'

and Russian grappled behind the pilot!

seat. Paschaloff seized a wrench and;

dealt his opponent a heavy blow on j

the head, stunning him. The Austrian;

was again strapped to the machine ;

and brought safely into the Russian

camp.

WAR MOVIES FOR GKXEItALS.

Vienna. March 3. Moving pic

tures taken at the battle fronts are

being collected and shown before

generals and staff officers of the

Austrian and Hungarian armies.

The Austrian war ministry has set

apart quarters in the building

housing the ordinary war archives

for the films. These later will form

a part of the curriculum of the

War Academy.

And Commerce Is Greatly Handi

capped by Unnatural Conditions.

Policies of England and Germany May

Make Matters Worse.

(By B. C. Forbes.)

New York, March 3. New York is

today the only world financial center

The American dollar alone stands un

scathed. The currency of every country but

our own had depreciated ; that is, gold

everywhere else is at a premium.

Gold has been at a premium of al

most 15 per cent in Germany, and is

today even more in Italy. Traders

everywhere would rather have funds

j in New lorlt than in London, i'aris

. or Berlin. "Dollar exchange" already

j has become a reainy.

goods can be bought with a

i dollar than with the normal equiva-

lent of any foreign currency. This is j

I because the world wants to buy goods j

here and must needs, of course, pay

for them..

International bankers tell me that

! the supply of money in Xew York

! has been augmented by remittances

' from other countries on a scale never

j before experienced.

i In order to use Xew York as an in

i ternational clearing house, it is nec.es

' sary for world traders to either de-

posit funds here or obtain a credit.

Both are being done,

j Xew York Prestige High,

j Xew York's prestige financially

never before was so high. This is

flattering to our national pride. But

' the situation has its drawbacks.

Unless arrangements can be made

to enable foreign buyers to pay for

I their enormous purchases from us,

i these purchases must inevitably be

j curtailed.

I A world wide promium on gold is

i not conducive to active, healthy com

merce. If willing buyers -of American mer

chandise cannot see their way to send

gold to us which, in truth, we do not

need then it behooves us to make

r 'ontlnued on Paige Two.

TURKS GUT OFF

(Line of Communication With

j the 1'apHal Is Severed.

Last

Route Closed After

Three Days' Battle.

j Tiflis, Transcaucasia, March 3.

The Russian army of the Caucasus,

driving the Turkish forces before it.

has reached the River lrhopachas,

: the estuary of the Tchoruk, in Ar

menia. This advance by the Russians j

cuts the route of Turkish reinforce- ;

. ments and supplies from Constantino-

' pie to the Caucasian frontier through j

: Khopa, Turkish Armenia, and iso-

; lates a large section of Turkish terri- ,

; tory. The isolated section includes .

! the districts of Ardanuch, Ardahan, j

; Olti and Sari Kamysh. j

1 The Russian forces advanced from '

: Batum. on the Black sea, near the ;

' Turkish border, and were opposed by ;

the Turks at every step. They were

! assisted by Russian warships, which !

cleared the shore of Turkish forces

and cut off successively several ave-

j nues of Turkish communication by I

until only the Khopa route re

mained. After a battle of three days

this last route was closed effectively.

In Year 1913' Sa5s Lauck,

Western Railroads

Ten

. .

DlVl-ihave

Disbursed $11,276,495 in

dends on Fictitious Paper. i

I

Chicago. March 3. Testimony deal

ing with the financial management of

western railroads was given by W. .1.

Lauck. a statistician, at today's ses

sion of the board of arbitration in

the western railroad wage hearing.

Takin

systems.

ten representative western j

Mr. Lauck stated that in j

1913 these railroads paid $11,276,495

in dividends on so-cauea iimumis i urns irauns n n- j-mr-i ...j?.-i.-stock.

He pointed out that $9.4"0.755 sions are said to have arisen among

of this would have been sufficient' to : the Turkish leaders."

,f ,hls would have been sufficient to

have paid an increase of 2 per cent

to the engineers and firemen of these

hmh.s

The railroads mentioned were the

Atchison. Topeka and Santa Fe. the

Chicago and Northwestern, the Chi

cago. Burlington and Quincy. the

Chicago. Milwaukee and St. Paul, the

Great Northern, the Illinois Central,

the Northern Pacific, the Oregon

Short Line, the Southern Pacific and

the Union Pacific.

In the period 1900-1910. the wit

ness stated, these railroads issued fic

titious securities to the aggregate of

$173,122,796. Commissions to under

writers of the securities amounted to

$1,120,204, he said.

One wav in which capitalization

inflated. Mr. I-auck said, was by the

issue of stock dividends, or the sale of

stock issues to stockholders at less;

than market value.

The stock thus issued does not in

crease the productivity of the road

issuing it but inflates the amount of

securities on which dividends are ex

pected to be paid. James M. Sheehan.

attorney for the railroad, asked if

Mr. Lauck had investigated to aseer-ibut

tain to what extent public utilities

i commissions had governed the issue

' of these securities. Lauck replied

! that, it could be assumed that where

such commissions existed they had ap

! proved the issues. He attributed the

.financial difficulties of the Rock Is

land road, the Wabash, the Frisco sys-

jtem and others to overcapitalization.

Are Within Two Miles of the

Narrowest Point.

BATTERIES ARE DESTROYED

Funds of Constantinople Banks

Are Moved Away.

Fleet of Austro-German Sub

marines to the Rescue.

Athens, March 3. Nine battleships

took part in yesterday's bombardment

of .the forts in the Dardanelles. Six

of them were British and three

VON DER GOLTZ DIRECTS TURK CONSTANTINOPLE DEFENSE

Ty-aa- ' - I -i

British dreadnought Agamemnon, which is taking active part in Dardanelles fighting; high wall defending Con

stantinople; General von der Colts.

Field Marshal von der Goltz, one of the ablest generals in the German army, is in Constantinople direct

ing the defense of the city. The Turkish people, ignorant of present-day methods of warfare, think that th

massive wall around the capital, built in the fourth century, will afford some protection in case the allied fleet

break through Dardanelles. Von der Goltz knows better. One of the most powerful ships of the allied fleet

now in the Dardanelles is the British dreadnought Agamemnon. According to dispatches it played an import

ant part in the shelling of Dardanelles forts.

French. The squadron advanced to

within two miles of Chanak Kalesi. at

the narrowest point in the straits. De- :

tachments of the allies" troops which

were landed at Kum Kaleh, on the '

Asiatic side, met the Turkish garrison, i

which was scattered easily. j

The telegraph station of Besika j

island, near the entrance to straits, !

has been demolished. A dispatch i

from Athens received Tuesday said

the allied fleet had destroyed the bat

teries at Chanak Kalesi (Fort Sul-

j vyl

ilanle' -

Banks Move Out.

Paris. March 3. The bombardment

of the Dardanelles forts was resumed

vesterday, says an Athens dispatch to

the Matin, when an allied fleet steamed

into the straits. Four battleships are

reported to have bombarded positions

of the Turkish army along the Gulf of

j Saros, which is separated from the

Dardanelles by the Gallipoli peninsula.

The funds and books of the Ottoman

; bank and the German bank, it is said.

been taken from Constaninople

i to Knnich. a citv in Asia Minor.

An Athens dispatch to the Figaro

says: "Information from reliable

sources is to tne eriect tnat xurney

now realizes the situation is becoming

critical. Defenses are being thrown

up hastily at different points along

the coasts of Asia Minor. Troops

from the Vilayets of Smyrna are be

j ing rushed to the Dardanelles region.

Desertions are numerous. t-iacaros

are said to have been posted in Con

stantinople proclaiming tne loung

Submarines to the Rescue.

Geneva, March 3. -A fleet consist

ing of six Austro-German submarines

accompanied by several torpedo boats

and torpedo boat destroyers left Pola,

the Austrian naval base, at dawn yes

terday for the Mediterranean bound

for the Dardanelles, according to the

J Telegraaf, which bases its report upon

! wnat jt characterizes as information

received from a

Triest. by way

reliable source

of Innsbruck.

from

The

fleet fleet is said to have been last

reportea on Loriu.

MAY FIGHT ON MULES

.

i London

lTedicts "Hard Tails" Will

Carry Cavalrymen to Battle.

London. Mrch 3. According to re

ports in circulation here among

American contractors the firm of J.

P. Morgan and company is alleged to

have 80.000 American horses for sale.

is asking a high price for them.

Manv of these horses are said to be

in Texas. Missouri and the middle

western states.

Horses have advanced greatly in

price in recent weeks, and mules are

being obtained in large numbers. Re

cent reports here are to the effect

that before the war is over mules will

be used for cavalry purposes.

TO BURN ALE THE TRASH

Smoky Haze of Cleanliness Will Hang

Over Capital City.

Parents and Chilcla-cii Urged to Take '

Part in the Campaign.

Topeka's annual, municipal, spring

clean-up is to be launched Friday,

March 12, and to start things off with

a whoop, H. B. Wilson, superintendent

of the city schools, will dismiss the

schools early on that afternoon so the

school children can give vent to their

civic pride and participate in the

clean-up. They will be expected to

go to their respective homes and give

their parents a demonstration of how

to make a city clean, and incidentally

reverse the usual order of things, and

stir the parents to activity. When

Topeka daddies go home from their

work Friday, March 12, many of them

will be met in the front yard and re

ceive orders from their sons to "get

busy."

The school children were of great

assistance in the annual clean-up last

year, although no holiday was granted

then. Printed slips, bearing instruc

tions on how to proceed with the work,

were distributed among the school

children. Similar instructions will be

issued in a few days.

All trash which will burn is to be

gathered up and destroyed by lire.

The only regulation concerning the

burning of trash during clean-up week

is that fires must not be started with

in 25 feet of a building, nor on a pav

ed street. Caution should be used in

case a stiff wind is blowing.

Tin cans and every other kind of

trash which will not burn should be

gathered up and placed in neat piles,

either on the rear of lots where they

will be readily accessible from the al

ley, or they may be placed in the alley.

Twelve teams and men accompanying

them will be set to work by the city

gathering up the trash. The wagons,

instead of covering the city by wards,

as was done last year, will go over the

entire city at one time. Xo part of the

city will have to wait until some other

part hai? been cleaned.

japOITkTgain

Orientals Object to Bill in Mon

tana Leirislatur.

It Forbids Them Employing

White Women in Restaurants.

Helena. Mont.. March 3.

-A

tele

to a

gram urcins caution in regard

! bill bending in the Montana legisla-

j ture to prevent white women work

ing in restaurants conducted by Ori-

i entals, was received here last night

by Governor S. V. Stewart from Sen

ator Walsh in Washington. Senator

Walsh's telegram said:

j . "At the, request of Secretary Bryan

I am advising you that the Japanese

! ambassador finds some objections to

the bill pending before the legisla

i ture forbidding employment of wo

men in restaurants conducted by

Orientals. On suggestion from the

: same source I beg to urge caution

: about the measure referred to in view

1 of the critical state of affairs interna-

tionallv."

The governor referred the measure

to the house committee having the

' measure in charge.

Weather Forecast for Kansas,

rinow tonight and Thursday.

Two Southern Congressmen

! Move Up Into Senate.

i

CHARLES CURTIS COMES BACK

Several Old Timers Return to

the National House.

Prominent Among These Are

Uncle Joe and McKinley.

Washington. D. P., March 3. Many

changes in the personnel of both

house and senate, in all parties1, fol

low the expiration of this congress

and the coming in of the Sixty-fourth

congress. Representatives Under

wood of Alabama and Broussard of

Louisiana move up into the senate.

Charles Curtis of Kansas comes

back to the senate after a campaign

which retires from conprress Repre

sentatives Murdock of Kansas, the

Progressive leader of the house, and

Xeeley, Kansas Democrat.

Representative Cannon of Illinois,

for many years speaker of the house;

McKinley of Illin is, former "chair

man of the Republican congressional

campaign committee, and the Repub

lican national committee: Foss of Illi

nois, who used to head the naval com

mittee: Iongworth of Ohio: Sulloway

of Xew Hampshire: Rodenberg, Wil

son and Sterling, all of Illinois, are

among the more conspicuous repre

sentatives who again enter the lists

of the house.

Among others prominent in national

legislation who retire from congress

now are Representatives Bartholdt of

Missouri; Stevens and Manahan,

Minnesota : ' Burke and Martin. South

Dakota: Palmer and Temple of Penn

sylvania: Bulkeley of Ohio: Bartlett

of Georgia: Korhly of Indiana; Floyd

of Arkansas: McGuire of Oklahoma;

Reed of New Hampshire; Samuel W.

Smith of Michigan.

Previously retired from the house

to accept federal appointments during

this congress are Clayton, Alabama;

Covington. Maryland McCoy. New

! Jersey, and Ansberry. Ohio, to become

! judges, and Kinkead and Townsend,

: New Jersey, and Murray, Massachu-

setts, to become postmasters.

BACK AT KANSAS!

Liquor Dealers Declare They

Won't Argue With Legislature.

Rest on Their Statements From

I. S. and State Records.

Cincinnati, March 3. The execu

tive committee of the National Whole

sale Liquor Dealers' association at its

quarterly session here adopted resolu

tions declining to engage in an ex

change of charges with the Kansas

legislature as to the moral and econ

omic benefit of prohibition in. that

state. This action followed the recent

adoption of a resolution by the Kan

sas legislature declaring that the

"greater part of the information dis

tributed by the liquor interests is fab

rication." The executive committee went on

record as saying that all statement

made on authority of the association

j showing that Kansas stood below the

t principal license states of the l.'nion

i as regards moral, health and ecanom-

i ic standards had been based on Umt-

Ied States statistics and the public rec

ords of the state of Kansas.

COULDVT ESTER LODGE

Klks Threatened "Black Ball" on Ac

count of Hank's Action, Is Charge.

Bud" Check Used Against Him by

Hotels Over the State, He Says.

Because, the petition alleges, the

bank did not cash checks drawn by

the plaintiff when the plaintiff had a

deposit in the defendant's concern

sufficient to cover them, the Mer

chants' National bank of Topeka was

today made defendant in a $30,000

compensatory and exemplary damage

suit filed in the Shawnee county dis

trict court. The action for damages

is brought by Frank M. Wiley, a trav

eling salesman of Galena, Kan., and

formerly a resident of Topeka. where

he was, according to the petition, em

ployed at the Hall Lithographing

company.

Wiley, who brings his suit through

Waters and Waters, a Topeka law

firm, alleges that the bank's action

was negligent and unlawful, and says

as a result he was injured in his repu

tation, as a man and citizen and in

his business.

The petition filed today states that

on December 14. 1914. the plaintiff

opened an account with the defend

ant by depositing the sum of $150 in

the barik and he checked out $96.85,

leaving the amount of $53.15. Then,

I Wiley alleges, that January 16, 1915,

! he drew two checks on the bank

against his deposit, one for $i.4o and

the other for $5.60, both in favor of

his employers, Sol. H. Colin and Co.,

and that upon the presentation of the

checks at the bank for payment the

bank refused to pay them and re

turned them with a slip marked "not

sufficient funds."

Acknowledged Error.

According to the petition, the bank

wrote Wiley a letter January 25,

1915, and acknowledged the error.

The plaintiff. Wiley, says that when

the checks were returned his employ

ers came near discharging him and

believing "Wiley at fault criticised him

for commencing such a course of con

duct. Wiley alleges that the fact that the

checks had been refused at the bank

Continued on Page Two.

HE DIDN'T SHOW UP

Senate Ways and Means Cjoio

inittee" Waited Until Late.

But Governor Capper Had An

other Engagement."

While Rome burned N'ero played

his violin.

While the great issue of the state

educational appropriations hung in

the balance, waiting for word from

executive headquarters: while thir

teen members of the senate ways and

means committee and two reporters

sat in a committee room and waited

for him to come and tell them where

to trim the big school budget so it

I might fit the state's ability to pay,

j Governor Arthur Capper filled "an

! other engagement."

Last night the senate ways and

means committee expected to receive

the governor and hear his words of

wisdom on the school appropriations.

The governor had sent word he would

be glad to meet with the committee at

its first meeting. Iast night the sen

ate adjourned to give the committee a

chance to meet With the state's exec

utive. But when the committee met

it found that Governor Cappt r had

another engagement which prevented

his being there. The committee dis

persed at bed time without discussing

anything more important than the

purchase of a piece of an island in the

Missouri river for the state penitenti

ary. And this morning the legislature j

was not any nearer a settlement of the

edvicational finance deadlock than i

when it adjourned last evening.

SNOW AND RAIN.

) General IKmnfall l-Yom Gulf of Me

j k-o and North Dakota.

j Snow and rain was general today

I all the way from the Gulf of Mexico

; to North Dakota and from the Mis-

sissippi river to the Rockies. Snow

! began falling at Topeka at 10:15

I o'clock this morning a wet snow that

melted almost as soon as it reached

the ground. The total precipitation

up to 2 o'clock this afternoon was .11

of an inch.

Rain turning to snow fell in the

western portion of the fiate- Tuesday

night and this mornint.'. The Santa Fe

reported three inches of snow in west

ern Kansas up to 8 o'clock this morn

ing, and that rain was falling between

Newton and Kmporia. The rain had

turned to snow at Newton, however.

The wind velocity at Topeka this

morning was 18 miles an hour.

Shippers' forecast: "Protect 36

hour shipments north and west

against temperature of 26 degrees;

east. 32; south, above freezing."

i

The hourly temperatures:

i o clock . .

1 S o'clock . .

I 9 o'clock . .

I 10 o'clock . .

. . 34 11 o'clock . .

. . 34 12 o'clock . .

. . 35' 1 o'clock . .

. . 35 2 o'clock . .

.34

.32

.32

.32

Snow in Hutchinson.

Hutchinson, March 3. Rain

and

snow has been falling here most of

the night and morning with the tem

perature just above freezing. Western

Kansas crop chances are much im

proved. Four Inches in Central Kan-as.

Salina, March 3. Snow was falling

over all central Kansas today. At 10

o'clock four inches of snow had fallen

here.

Kngland Buys Argentine Crop.

London. March Z. A Central News

j dispatch from Rome today said it had .

I been learned there that Kngland had i

1 purchased the entire Argentine crop j

surplus fur 1916. 1

Provides for Creation of Com

mission in Kansas.

"DISAPPOINTED JOB HUNTERS"

This Was Senator Trice's Dec

laration for Bill's Origin.

Opposition Insisted Measure

Was Xot M ceded in State.

Lacking only concurrence by the

house of representatives in a few un

important amendments put in the

Stone bill by the senate this morning.

Kansas has a welfare commission law

for women. Twenty-seven senators

voted for the bill and 11 against it on

final passage at noon today. With

the moral certainly that the house will

concur promptly in the changes which

the senate has made in the draft of

.the bill sent over by the house, the

commission bill goes back to that body

before it is to be sent to Governor

Capper for his signature. He has al

ready endorsed it.

Two women and the labor commis

sioner will constitute a body ff thrc

parsons empowered to investigato

wages, hours of labor, sanitary condi

tions in working places and condition

affecting women and minors in indus

trial occupations. Its powers shall ex

tend to making orders for the creat

ing of a. special arbitration board

with full authority to settle the. sub

ject of complaint. This board shall

be paid per diem and (raveling ex

penses on the same scale as Jurors ill

civil cases. A board of this charac

ter shall be composed of three repre

sentatives of the employers, three for

the laborers engaged in the industry

and one disinterested person. It shall

have power to summon witnesses and

the board's final judgment shall fix

the wages, working hours or other

conditions involved for the entire class

of occupation affected.

The commissioners shall serve with

out pay but shall have traveling and

other necessary expenses incident to

discharge of duty.

Access to lny Rolls.

In obtaining evidence bearing upon

working conditions the members of

the commission shall have access to

the pay-rolls and other records of

any business giving employment to

women, apprentices and. minor bear

ing Upon wages, hours or laboring

conditions. At its discretion the com

mission may investigate any Industry

or occupation in the state and upon

the request of not less than 25 persons

engaged in the same occupation it

shall be the duty of rhe commission

to institute an invest ination. If the

commission is dissatisfied with the

report of any subordinate board it

may appoint another or direct it to

make a new investigation.

Appeals from decisions by the commission-

may be had to the district

court in the county in which the com

plainant resides and in such actions

the attorney general shall appear on

behalf of the commission. Such ap

pealed cases shall take precedence

over any other cases which may be

pending and subsequent appeals shall

be taken to the supreme court as in

other cases. Unless stayed by th

court the decisions of the commission

shall be effective while an appeal is

pending. Fines are provided ill

amounts from $J5 to $100 for viola

tions of the welfare commission act.

Objections to the Bill.

The welfare commission bill was

not passed by the senate without

strenuous opposition by senators who

take the stand that legislation re

strictive upon the operation of capital

is not demanded in an agricultural

state like Kansas. The membership

of the commission was reduced from

five members to three by an amend

ment offered by .Senator Francis C.

Price, one of the ablest members of

the upper house. who steadfastly

fought the commission bill. In sub

mitting his reduction amendment

Price explained grimly that he of

fered it for the purpose of "disap

pointing a couple of job hunters."

Many of the senators who voted

for the bill admitted their uncertainty

as to the value of it to Kansas. Most

of them agreed that it was an experi

ment attempted in deference to a sen

timent that has developed in Kansas

for the promotion of the general wel

fare of women and children. This in

fluence was characterized by Senator

Nixon of Sumner county as aggra

vated into "a sickly sentiment which

is developing masculine women and

feminine men in this state, and Is

ruinous to sober and constructive leg

islation." The doubts regarding the utility of

the present welfare commission plan

are based on the possibility that the

powers conferred upon such a com

mission may be too easjly used for the

embarrassment of legitimately con

ducted business in a state where busi

ness of an industrial character is al

ready handicapped by the competition

of more favorably located and older

industrial centers.

The Stone bill whic h passed today

was accepted as a substitute by Sena

tor Harry McMillan for a bill of simi

lar purpose drafted by himself and ad

vanced to the head of the calendar.

Success of the measure thuj far, how

ever, is chiefly duo to the constant ef

forts of Miss LInna K. Bresette, state

factory inspector who drafted one of

fCooLlnjeu on Puk Two.

MELT STATUES FOR METAU

Geneva, March 3. Swiss news

paper reports of a meeting of iron

manufacturers at Dueseldorf Febru

ary 4 say that a Dr. Shuster stated

to the meeting that the lack of

metal was becoming a grave ques

tion in Germany, and suggested, the

reports add. that it might be eas

jly solved if Jll the bronze mon

uments raised to the honor of the

emperor and other members of the

royal family were melted down.