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THURSDAY EVENING-

TOPE K A. KANJSAJS. MARCH, 4, 1915.

THURSDAY EVENING

THIS EDITION 2 CENTS

HOUSE MOVES TO

BREAKDEADLOCK

Administration Leaders Back

TJp on Their Determination.

Relent and Send Appropriation

Measure to a Conference.

IT MAY END 1915 SESSION

Fight OTer Budgets Is All That

Holds Legislature Here.

First Indication of a Compro

mise With the Senate.

The house today made its first move

to break the appropriation deadlock

when it adopted a resolution by Keene

of Bourbon asking for appointment of

a joint committee to settle the con

troversy. Action today may mean ad

journment next week.

Just before the noon recess. A. M.

Keene of Bourbon county, chairman

of the house ways and means com

mittee, offered his resolution. It is

substantially the same resolution upon

which an agreement was reached by

house leaders earlier in the week and

withdrawn when it was discovered

that the measure would place the

house committee in a box. The res

olution calls for the appointment of a

joint committee of four members of

the house including chairman of the

house ways and means committee

and three members from the senate.

Neither legislative body is bound to

the action of the committee and report

shall be made only on approval of a

majority of the members. It is be

lieved, however, that the action will

mean an early settlement of the sen

ate and house differences.

This morning administration mem

hers of both houses found the legisla

ture more securely deadlocked than

at any time during the session. Both

houses had passed their own bills and

neither showed a tendency to consid

er bills from the other body. It was

then that a conference was held and

the Keene-Doerr resolution of Tues

day was offered. An emergency was

declared, the resolution given immedi

ate consideration and passed.

For the first time in the history of

the state, the ways and means com

mittees of the house and senate have

gone through an entire session without

a joint session. Even with the adop

tion by the senate of the house reso

lution, there will be no meeting of the

full membership of the two commit

tees. Indication of Compromise.

Action by the house today is taken

by legislative members as the first in

dication of a compromise of the ap

propriation differences. The resolu

tion itself recites that an emergency

exists and virtually admits a deadlock.

As a solution of the question, it urges

a joint committee from the two houses

to. work over the appropriation items.

The real difference between the

house and senate concerns appropria

tions for new buildings at state insti

tutions. Tt is believed that the house

is now willing to make some conces

sions in its stand and will approve

certain building appropriation items,

(in the other hand it is believed that

the senate will consent to elimination

of certain items.

Karly Adjournment.

If the house and senate committees

can agree in the next few days, it is

believed both houses will endorse the

committee report. That will mean an

eariy adjournment. Hand clapping:

and applause from both sides of the

house marked the adoption of the

resolution in the house. Members

saw in the action a chance to adjourn

and go home. This is the fifty-second

day of the session, although Speaker

Stone" has contended that under the

constitution Sundays can not be count

ed. Still, by established precedent and

the fact that members and employees

were Tuesday paid for their full fifty

days, this reckons in the record as the

second day of free service on the part

of the legislative members.

Doerr of Pawnee county, minority

house leader, seconded the motion to

adopt the Keene resolution. . He said

that he had urged the passage of the

resolution two days earlier and that

had this action been taken, the legis

lature would now be two days nearer

an agreement and would have dodged

The bitter appropriation fight of Wed

nesday. There were but few votes

against the resolution on final pass

age. RAMS A SUBMARINE.

Merchantman Destroys One of the

(forma n War Craft.

London. March 4. The statement

of the captain of the Collier Thordis,

which arrived at Weymouth two days

ago, that his vessel had rammed and

destroyed a German submarine off

Beachy Head appears to have been

substantiated. The captain and crew of

the Thordis probably will receive in

consequence rewards amounting to

$5,800, which had been offered by

various agencies to the first mer

chantman which sank a submarine.

The Thordis went into dry dock at

Plymouth today. It was then learned

one of her propeller blades had been

torn off and her keel was damaged

badly, indicating the force with which

the craft struck the submarine.

AYoather Forecast for Kansas.

Probably snow tonght and Friday;

not much change in temperature;

brisk winds.

LETTERS IN HIS SHOES.

London, March 4. The close

watch on travelers from Germany

to prevent their bringing in uncen

sored letters, is illustrated by the

recent conviction at Folkestone of

an Italian for endeavoring to

smuggle in two business letters ad

dressed to a London firm. Secret

service men testified that they dis

covered the letters hidden in the

soles of his shoes. between the

layers of leather. Their suspicions

were aroused by the bulky appear

ance of the man's shoes.

MIDNIGHT FIRE DEVELOPS

BRAND NEW SET OF HEROES

McGinnis of "Pure Complexion" Fame

in Legislature Administered Aid.

Anotlier I-ogi.slator, Brice of Gray

County, Went to Itescue Him.

REAL HERO IS J. RHOADS

Colored Fireman Rescued Claude

Sherburne From Burning Store.

Fire Damage Was $25,000 at 821-3-5

Kansas Avenue Early Today.

H F.ROKS.

John Rhnnd. Fireman.

S. H. Mctainnls, State Representa

tive. Harry Brice. State Representative.

INJURED.

Claude Sherburne, fireman.

Kred I,iiraa. Fireman.

John Pettit, Fireman.

William Cunningham, Fireman.

.LOSS.

Robinson Brothers, Shoe $15,000

K. s. Clark, Building 8.O0O

Santa Fe Watch Co 8 3,000

J. C. Wolcott, Photographer $ 4O0

$20,400

John Rhoads, colored, fireman at

No. 3 fire station, is a hero today, and

Claude Sherburne, fireman of No. 2

station, who is now in Stormont hos

pital, owes his life to Rhoads. Sher

burne fell through a burning floor

into a basement of fire and smoke at

823 Kansas avenue early this morn

ing. He was lighting his way out

when he fell overcome by smoke, and

undoubtedly would have perished had

it not been for the bravery of Rhoads.

Rhoads plunged into the heavy

smudge and carried the prostrate

Sherburne to safety. The oxygen of

the firemen's safety helmets had al

ready been exhausted and Rhoads

took his chances without any safe

guard. Fred Lucas. John Pettit, Earl Chan

dler and William Cunningham, all of

No. 2 station, and several of the force

of No. 3 station had narrow escapes

from back-draughts" which scorched

their faces. Their jnjuries are slight.

(Continued on Hae Two.l

JAPS WOULD- GO

Yellow Skins Anxious to Send

Troops to Europe.

Mass Meetings to Plead With

Government for Action.

Yokohama, March 4. The project

of sending a Japanese army to Eu

rope is to be pushed still further by

those who have proposed the idea.

A mass meeting was held here on

February 4, and largely attended by

those who cheered the chauvinistic

speeches. The following resolution

was adopted:

"The Association Advocating the

I Dispatch of Japanese Troops to Eu

; rope pledges itself to do its best to

i induce the Imperial Government to

arrange with the governments of

Great Britain. Russia and France the

j terms on which Japanese troops are

to be dispatched to Europe, in com

1 pliance with their desire. With this

end in view, the present association

will try to create public opinion on

the subject."

Shuroku Kuroiwa, editor of the

i Torodzu. a newspaper which has

been active in support of the plan of

sending troops to Europe, declared in

ia speech at the meeting that if the

j present war should end in victory for

the Germans, the future of Japan

! would be in danger. He held it was

most important that Japan should

( do all in its power to avert such an

i issue. He also said if the Allies were

victorious their influence would nec

essarily extend to the East and an

'alliance with these powers would be

; necessary. Under these circumstances

he believed Japan would do well to

render assistance at the present

time.

He spoke of a third possibility,

namely, that if the war should be a

long one, to the exhaustion of the

belligerent powers, it would be inev

itable that the I'nited States would

gain the ascendency, in which event

he thought pressure would be brought

to bear upon Japan by the United

States.

Korshiro Kurahara, a member of

parliament, also spoke. He asked

why the Japanese people acted as if

the war were brought to an end with

the fall of Tsingtau. The present, he

said, was a most critical period for

Japan, and it was the duty of the

nation to give full play to the Yamato

Ispirit characteristic of the Japanese

i people and to dispatch troops to Eu-

rope without delay.

GOETHALS MOVES UP.

The t'anal Builder Is lade a .Major

General by Congress.

Washington. March 4. Colonel

George W. Goethals was nominated

to be a major general today in recog

nition of his services in building the

Panama canal.

i Four other nominations for pro

I motions of officers associated with

j Colonel Goethals were presented at

the same time and all were immedi

! ately confirmed, in an open session of

the senate, an unusual proceeding.

! The other nominations were:

! Brigadier General William C.

Gorgas, to be major general, medical

department.

Colonel H. F. Hodges and Lieuten

ant Colonel William L. Sibert, to be

I brigadier generals of the line.

! Commander H. H. Rousseau, U. S.

! X., to be rear admiral.

: The bill providing for the promo-

tions extends the thanks of congress

to the officers.

A lodge Haiseball League.

I Fort Scott, Kan.. March 4. The

, Elks, Eagles. Moose and Homebuild

: ers lodges here have organized a

; baseball league to be known as the

Fraternal league. A schedule of 2 5

. games will be played, beginning

April 21.

TODAY IS END OF

63RD CONGRESS

i

First Under Control of the

Democrats Since 1895.

It Has Worked a Total of 637

Days in Two Years.

BEGAN WITH EXTRA SESSION

Enacted Important Legislation

Under Whip of President.

Much Is Left Undone for Lack

of Time, Is Explanation.

Washington, March 4. The Sixty

third congress, first under complete

domination of the Democratic - party

since 1895, ended today at noon.

CONSTANTINOPLE IS

View of Constantinople. Galata bridge, over the Bosporus, in foreground.

The French and English fleets which have been seeking to force a passage through the Dardanelles have

Constantinople as their goal. The city has hitherto been regarded as almost impregnable. Its capture prob

ably would end Turkey's effectiTe participation in the war. If the allies are successful in the present war it is

agreed that the city will become a part of Russia.

It had been in almost contii -us

session since President Wilson's inau

guration two years ago. Beginning

with an extra session called by the

president April 7. 1813. the congress

has worked actually 637 days.

Much important legislation was ac

complished, but much contemplated,

some of it hard pressed by the presi

dent and party leaders, was left un

done. It is the present intention of

the president and his advisers to give

congress a rest. Bather than force

an extra session, they would leave the

remainder of the administration's con

structive aspirations to a new congress

next winter, which, although under

Democratic control, will have a great

ly reduced majority in the house.

Foremost in the enactment of the

Sixty-third congress were:

The Underwood-Simmons tariff act,

Continued on Page Three.

BURN THEIR DEAD

; Charred Remains of Turkish

Soldiers Found in Forts.

Ten Battleships Resume Bom

bardment of Dardanelles.

London, March 4. The allied fleet

this (Thursday) morning resumed

their bombardment of the inner forts

of the Dardanelles, according to a dis

patch received by Reuters Telegram

company from its correspondent at

Athens.

The text of the dispatch follows:

"The bombardment of the inner I

forts of the Dardanelles was resumed !

Thursday morning. Ten big warships j

took part in the operations. Accord- j

ing to a British officer only two of the j

Turkish forts remain intact. Allies' I

landing parties found the charred re- j

mains of soldiers in the damaged forts,

showing the Turks had burned their I

dead before evacuating these posi

tions." j

loolittle"s Grandmother Dead.

Cottonwood Falls. Kan.. March 4.

Mrs. Sylvia Doolittle of Elmdale. '

'the grandmother of Congressman ;

Dudley Doolittle of the Fourth dis- j

trict. died suddenly at her home in

Elmdale as' the result of injuries sus

' tained in a fall last week. j

TERIUBI.47 COST OF WAR.

London. March 4.N The financial

editor of the Daily Telegraph points

out that the ten billion dollar ex

penditure by the allies for carry

ing on the war from now until the

end of this year, as estimated by

the chancellor of the exchequer,

exceeds the total national debts of

both France and Russia. It even

exceeds the entire revenue pro

ducing capacity of all Europe, in

cluding belligerents and neutrals,

by over three billion dollars.

STILL ITJNOWS!

State Is Covered With Wet

Blanket of White Today.

And It Will Keep Right on

Coming, Is Forecast.

And still it snows!

The snow that started in western

Kansas Tuesday night and Wednesday

morning at Topeka continued in all

sections of the state today.

ALLIES' GOAL; MAY BECOME RUSSIAN TOWN

The forecast: "Probably snow to

night and Friday; not much change in

temperature; brisk winds."

This is the thirty-third day on

which snow has fallen at Topeka since

the opening of the 1914-1915 season.

There have been seventeen days on

which snow has fallen in measurable

quantities. LTp to date the snow is the

heaviest on record for a correspond

ing period in the 28-year experience

of the local weather bureau, the total

depth being 33.4 inches as against 2S

inches in 1892-'93. The average

depth for the entire winter season is

but 21.1 inches. The greatest depth

for a season was in 1911-'12 47.9

inches. Of this amount 26.2 inch.?-?

came in March. Snow may be ex

pected in March at almost "any old

time."

The Santa Fe reported that between

four and six inches of snow had fallen

in western Kansas up to this morning

and that the "white stuff" was still

coming down. There was two inches

of snow on the ground at Topeka at 8

o'clock this morning, all but a frac

tion of an inch of which fell after 2

o'clock Wednesday afternoon. When

melted the snow netted .4 4 of an inch

or .5 5 from the time the storm began

Wednesday morning. It was a wet

and clinging snow, but no wire trou

ble was reported by the railroads this

morning.

The temperature at 9 o'clock this

morning was 2 7 degrees. The wind

was 23 miles an hour from the north

east. The lowest temperature on this

date in 2S years that the local records

have been kept was one below zero in

1S90; the highest 81 in 1910.

"The snow is a great thing for the

wheat," commented "Sunny" Flora,

the local weather observer today.

"You can't get It too wet, and the

snow is a good protection."

Storm Covers Wide Territory.

Snow, rain and sleet fell over most

of Missouri, Kansas. Nebraska, Okla

homa and Iowa and parts of Texas,

Arkansas and Louisiana, according to

the local United States weather bu

reau. The snow ranged in depth from

two inches in Kansas City to nine

inches in central Kansas and 11 inches

at Xorth Platte, Neb.

Springfield. Mo., reported heavy

sleet, which froze as it fell, while Fort

Smith, Ark., and Dallas, Tex., each got

about two Inches of rain. One and

three-tenths inches rain was reported

in Shreveport, An inch of rain

was recorded at Oklahoma City.

A driving wind from the northeast

accompanied the storm in most sec-

(ConUuueU iiu Pago '1WO.J

TURKISH FLEET

HASRETIRED

i mi cat. i iir dpjfivain ui i i

Allies' Warships.

jXot a Single Vessel Remains in

the Dardanelles.

READY TO ENTER BLACK SEA

In

Case of the Capture

Constantinople.

of

Three 3Iore of the Inner Forts

Have Been Reduced.

By Ed. L. Keen.

London, March 4. The Turkish

fleet assigned to give battle to the

Anglo-French warships inside the

j Dardanelles has fled at the approach

j of the allied war squadron, according

to Athens dispatches today,

i While a heavy fog hung over the

; strait, the Turkish war craft lifted

; anchor and steamed silently out of

Niagara Road and into the Sea of

Marmora. With the lifting of the

mist, allied aviators reported not a

single Turkish warship in the strait,

and reconnoitering flights far up

Marmora sea failed to reveal their

whereabouts.

Admiralty officials today admitted

they were puzzled at the mysterious

disappearance of the Turkish fleet.

When the bombardment of the Dar

danelles began, nearly the entire naval

forces of the sultan were concentrat

ed in the narrows of Niagara Road

to block the progress of the allied

fleet toward Constantinople. The

fonunuHj on Pue Two.l

MAKE THEIR PLANS

Officers of Masonic Grand

Lodge Coming to Topeka.

Arrange Details of New $.0,000

Office Building Here.

The board of administration of the

Grand lodge of the State of Kansas,

A. F.' & A. M., will meet in Topeka

next Wednesday. This will be the first

j meeting of the new board and at that

I time consideration will be given to

the proposition of erecting a new of

fice building on the site of the pres

ent building at the northeast corner

of Eighth and Harrison streets.

At the last meeting of the Grand

lodge, held in Wichita recently $50,

000 was voted for the purpose of a

new building. Detail plans of the

buildings have not yet been consid-

i ered.

The members of the board of ad-

ministration are William L. Burdick,

! grand master; G. H. Lamb, deputy

! grand master, of Yates Center; Charlee

E. Lobdeil, grand senior warden,

; Great Bend; William K. Stewart,

; grand junior warden, Wichita; Frank

; T. Marsh, grand treasurer, Lawrence;

: A. K. Wilson, grand secretary, Topeka.

: A reception will be tendered the

1 visitors Wednesday evening by Siloam

i lodge, Topeka.

PROHIBITION SENDS BANK

TO THE WALL IN PITTSBURG

The German National Found It Nec

essary to Close Its Doors.

Officers and Directors Identified With

Brewing Company.

BARLEYCORN TO BLAME

Tributary Territory Recently Has

Been Made Dry.

Had Been Paying Annual Dividend of

12 Per Cent. .

Pittsburg. Fa.. March 4. The Ger

man National bank of Pittsburg did

not open its doors for business at 9

o'clock this morning. A notice on

the door said it had been closed by

order of the controller of the cur

rency. Officers and directors of the Ger

man National are prominently identi

fied with the Pittsburg Brewing com

pany, whose securities recently have

suffered heavily because, It was said.

of the enactment of prohibition laws

in West Virginia and the extension of

local option in Eastern Ohio, terri

tory in which the brewing company

formerly did a large business.

The German National was organ

ized in 1904 with a capital of $500,

000 and December 31, last, reported

deposits of $5,024,923. Its surplus

and undivided profits on that date

were $a94,26o. Its dividend rate was

12 percent annually. The German

National was one of the member

banks of the Pittsburg clearing house

association. Little excitement at

tended the closing of the bank al

though a crowd gathered in front of

the banking house soon after the

notice was posted.

J. F. W. Eversmann, cashier, ex

pressed the hope that depositors

would be paid in full, but said he

could make no promises.

The German National had a Pitts

burg municipal deposit of $40,000.

Harrisburg, Pa., March 4. The

state of Pennsylvania has $140,000 of

its general funds in the German Na

tional bank of Pittsburg. This is pro

tected by corporate bonds for $200,-

AHEAD OF TIME

Congress Finished- Work Two

Hours Before Noon.

Two of the Supply Bills Fail of

- Passage.

Washington. March 4. Congress

adjourned today sine die. The senate

adjourned at '12:04 p. m. and the

house, after turning back the hands of

the clock, adjourned at 12:18 p. m.

The total appropriations of the session

were approximately $1,120,484,324.

several millions under the record of

previous congresses.

Two appropriation bills failed. Cur

rent appropriations for the postal

service and the Indian service were

extended for another year.

In the closing hours. President Wil

son signed the seaman's bill, the neu

trality resolution empowering him to

prevent ships leaving American ports

with supplies for belligerent warships:

promoted Colonel Goethals to be a

major general for his services as

builder of the Panama canal and gave

promotions to other officers associat

ed with the work.

The administration ship bill, the

Philippine bill, the conservation bills,

the rural credits provision of the agri

cultural bill and the ratification of

the treaties with Colombia and Nicar

agua all hard pressed administration

fContinuecJ on Page Two.l

NO THREE-FOURTH JURY

Senate Judiciary Committee Kills

Amendment Passed by House.

The three-fourths jury amendment

resolution adopted by the house of

representatives has been unfavorably

reported by the committee on judi

ciary in the senate, to which it was

referred on being messaged over from

the lower house. The senate has

adopted the committee report and the

three-fourths jury idea is a dead is

sue for another two years.

The proposal embodied in the house

resolution involved the amendment of

the state constitution to make it pos

sible to obtain a verdict in civil eases

by a vote of three-fourths of the

members of a jury to which a case is

submitted, instead of requiring a

unanimous vote as at present.

LOSES HER BIG GUNS.

Austria Deprived of Twenty-Three

Batteries by the Kussians.

Geneva, March 4. That Austria

lost much of her best new artillery in

the recent fighting in East Prussia

and in Northern Poland is the in

formation received here from what

are considered reliable sources. The

guns lost are said to include twenty

three batteries of 305 millmeters and

a number of 135 milimeters. In the

regions surrounding Plock. Kutno and

Zglerz alone nine complete batteries

are said to have been captured by the

Russians while nine others were de

stroyed. HIS WIFE FLEW, TOO.

But Aviator Hew in Aeroplane Wlule

Wife Hew With Stranger.

Chicago, 111.. March 4. "She flew

while I was flying, only she flew with

another man while I was flying in an

aeroplane." William H. Hill, aviator,

thus set forth his domestic troubles

to Judge Walker in the circuit court.

He was referring to his wife, Mrs.

Stella Hill. Once when flying above

the Pacific he worried so he fell into

the ocean. Judge Walker Indicated he

would grajat the decree.

STEAM ROLLER

AGAIN ROLLING

Russians Win a Notable Victory

on Southern Front.

Germans Are Forced to Retire

Hastily From Przasnysz.

LEAYING WOUNDED BEHIND

Berlin Says Retreat Was Made

in Good Order.

French Are Holding Their Own

In Champagne District.

London, March 4. The Interest of

British readers in the Russian cam

paign has again shifted to the extreme

southern portion of the line of battl.

where Petrograd reports General

Brussiloff has won a noteworthy vic

tory south of Ballgrod, Inflicting

heavy losses on the Austrians who

were again pressing north to the re

life of Przemysl. At the same time

an unofficial dispatch from Bucharest

credits the Russian forces with the re

occupation of Stanislaus in Gallcla,

about 60 miles from Tarnopol.

On the other hand Vienna reports

the repulse of desperate Russian coun

ter attacks In the Carpathians with

comparative inactivity along: the re

mainder of the line. Berlin admits

officially the German retirement from

Przasnysz, north of Wax saw, which

was made in good order in spite of

haste that necessitated the abandon

ment of wounded.

On the western battle front, in

France and Belgium the French now

appear to be content to hold the po

sitions they claim to have won in the

Champagne district.

While British battleships are bat

tering fort No. 8 and fort No. 8 In

the narrows of the Dardanelles, from

a point ten miles within the entrance

to the straits. French warships from

the Gulf of Saros, are bombarding the

Turkish positions at Bulair. A report

has been current in London that cer

tain big Krupp guns, recently sent to

the Dardanelles, are still unmounted

and an aerial reconnaissance made

over the straits last evening Beerns to

have confirmed this report.

The battleships of the allies, which

now show all the colors of the triple

entente by the addition of the Russian

cruiser Askold, undoubtedly have

turned the straits of the Dardanelles

into an inferno which according to

British and French claims has spelled

destruction to the Turkish defense.

Met With IKTislon.

On the other hand reports from

Constantinople deride this activity as

ineffective. The Turks, however, do

admit the destruction of the outer

forts which they say they expected,

(Continued on Page Six.)

HE IS VERY LOW

Edwin .Wenninger 3Iay 'ot I,iTe

Through the Night.

Ferer Has Developed and He Is

in Critical Condition.

At 2 o'clock this afternoon the rela

tives of Edwin Menninger, son of Dr.

and Mrs. C. F. Menninger. were called

to his bedside in Christ hospital. Th

young man. who was a victim of an

explosion of chemicals on Washburn

campus Tuesday night, was not ex

pected to live through the day.

Edwin Menninger.

The left hand, which was badly lac

erated by the explosion, was ampu

tated last night in an attempt to sav.

the young man's life. Poison in the

wound had spread rapidly and a high

fever had developed.

There was no indication of an im

provement in the right eye, which also

was torn by the explosion, probably

destroying the sight.

Edwin Menninger is a, member f

the junior class at Washburn, and of

the Alpha Delta fraternity, and a grad

uate of the Topeka high school. He

has always been active in student af

fairs and was associate editor of the

Washburn Review,

At 3 o'clock this afternoon he was

still alive, and it was believed there had

been a slight change for the better.

ENGLAND'S PENSION COST.

London, March 4. The new

British pension plan will cost the

government nearly 1, 725. 000, 000

before the last pensioner dies, ac

cording to actuaries employed by

the nonpartisan committee which

prepared the plan at the order of

the house of commons. The maxi

mum expenditure the first year,

the committee reports, will be

about $280.000,000, , and the cost

during the fltst year after the war

will reach $65,000,000. These

figures are based on an army of

three million men, a two years'

war, and 10 per cent of deaths

with 12 per cent of disablement.