The Topeka State Journal from Topeka, Kansas • 1

1 EVERYBODY 10 PAGES READ IT EVERYBODY 10 PAGES NEEDS IT HOME EDITION MONDAY EVENING. TOPEKA, KANSAS. JANUARY 11, 1915. MONDAY EVENING. THIS EDITION 2 CENTS ARTHUR CAPPER OF TOPEKA, A NATIVE WAN, INAUGURATED AS GOVERNOR OF HIS STATE TODAY WITH ENTIRE REPUBLICAN ADMINISTRATION Got.

Arthur Capper in His Inaugural Address Today Impressive Ceremonies Mark the Formal Oaths of Office. Swan Song of Geo. H. Hodges Review of Administration. Suggests No Radical Changes in State Government.

Large Crowd Witnesses Seating of the Twentieth Governor. Farewell Speech Tells of Ac complishments of Two Tears. Arthur Capper. First Native Kansan Was Inaugurated RUMANIA READY TO JOIN 1UES Has Been Held Back by Lark of War Munitions. These Necessities Now Have Been Supplied Fully.

CAN MUSTER ARMY OF 600,000 Arrangements for Financing Also Have Been Completed. Lord Kitchener Says War Will Begin Next May. London, Jan. 11. There are increasing indications of the early partic'pa-ttoit St'-kiimuita in the' War; tlfus bringing into play another party to the combination -against the Teutonic powers.

confronted the allies in the earlier stages of the war in furnishing munitions, equipment and other necessities beyond those required for their own immediate needs. These difficulties now have been surmounted and the obstacle which blocked full Rumanian mobilization has been removed with the arrival in that country of the requisite supplies for the equipment and provisioning of the 600,000 men she is able to put into the field. Arrangements have been completed also for the financing of these operations. Tile lack of stirring battles at the present stage is attributed by British commentators largely to the determi nation of the allied commanders to content themselves with holding their present positions until the projected ring of armies is considered sufficiently strong to strike a blow which they hope will prove decisive. The British idea that operations up to the present are only preparatory to big events fits in with a hit of gossip now heard here- It is to the effect that Lord Kitchener, when asked concerning the probable duration of the war said: "I do not knew when it will end.

hut I do know when it will begin, and that is in the month of May." The opinion is expressed in some quarters that the inauguration of more general movements will be on an earlier date than is generally expected although persons in close touch with the army believe that the real crisis will not ne reached until summer. rtussia is sun sending enormous masses of men to within easy reach of various points on her long fighting line. The levies of amounting to l.aMi.mm men, are Just leaving the train ing camps which will be occupied im mediately oy the levies now called out. Germany's newest lew. just announced, nmonnts to uno.nnn men of the age of 19 ami her masses of reserves already un'lT prms enable her to rush iifii i in iHiTifnis wnrever required without withdrawing troops a-ready at the front.

Wheat t.22 at Oskalnosa. Oskaloosa. Jan. 11. Wheat is row selling at $1.22 a bushel here.

This is the high water mark price for recent years. J. T. Rotkin. who Succeeds Charles sessions as secretary of State.

Elected to the Governorship, Who at Xoon Today. SENATE IN DOUDT Democratic Caucus Failed to Agree on Secretary. Other Officers Named by Upper House Today. Louis Hans. Great Bend Sergeant at arms.

Harold Falrchild, Jackson county Assistant sergeant at arms. I M. Patterson. Yates Center As sistant secretary. ice v.

S. is. AJdcrson of Toneka Chaplain. Overmyer, Topcka Postmis tress. II a rrv Adams.

Rooks count Door keeper. I he Democratic caucus of the state senate, the majority party in the upper house selected the above named officers at a meeting today. During the noon hour the name- of Henton Gordon of Kansas City was sprung as a possible compromise can- aiuue for the secretaryship of the a senate. t.araiU3. urjuncr bis selection were received from i Congressman Joseph Taggart by nearly every uemocrat in the senate.

Before the Democratic caucus waa resumed at 4 o'clock Gordon's strength was ex ceedingly uncertain, but was the occasion of deep unrest on the part of tne otner With the probability that a dark- horse candidate for the secretaryship of the senate would be sprung in the afternoon session, the Democratic caucus of that body recessed at 12 o'clock to attend the inauguration ex ercises in Representative hall. This morning's caucus spent two hours behind the closed doors of the utilities Continued on Page Two. ON TO MONTEREY Villa's Troops, Fresh From Their Victory at Saltillo Follow Up the Retreating Army of Carranza. Laredo, Jan. 11.

An attack by Villa troops upon Monterey is believed to have begun about noon today. At eleven o'clock the operators at Monterey deserted the telegraph office there. Since the defeat of the constitutionalists, numbering 15,000, under General Villareal before Saitillo early yesterady. Villa troops have been reported to be making a rapid advance toward Monterey. Tampico is reported here to be still ii the hands of General Pablo Gonzales, a Carranza supporter, but is said to be seriously threatened.

Railroad passengers repeat the report of last night that Victoria, the capital of Tamaulipas and one of the important points on the line to Tampico, was captured by Villa troops early Sunday after three days' siege. Details of the battle of which ended yesterday with the defeat of 15,000 Carranza. troops who were at eking about 10,000 Villa troops, indicate the trick of one man was largely responsible for the Carranza (Continued on Pact ijwoT) S. M. Brewster, Inaugurated Today Attorney General.

TIGHTEN UP THE PURSE STRING General Business Conditions 'Necessitate Economy. He Champions State and Nation-Wide Prohibition. Xo radical changes In state govern-men were urged today by Arthur Capper in his inaugural address. He pointed to the record of Kansas as a progressive state which had written more than its share of progressive legislation, but asked for no new legislation or material change. In 'his speech the new executive pleaded for a tightening of thi state's purse string in view of general business conditions.

He urged the enactment of laws which would provide for greater efficiency in public office and for the fullest service for every dollar of pay. The new governor championed the canse of state wide and national prohibition and urged immediate amendment to the federal constitution providing for stamping out of the liquor traffic. The nfew governor said: Fellow Citizens: In compliance with the will of the sovereign people of Kansas: in accordance with the constitution of the state. I have appeared here today to take the oath of office as your chief state executive, and with deep and solemn realization of the responsibilities imposed, to pledge and promise yon before God, the Almighty Ruler, to consecrate to the people of my native state all my energies and my utmost ability. God help me to be faithful to the trust given me this day.

To my associates In every depart ment of the state administration, I i'pr congratulations upon the opportunity we together have to serve the people of Kansas; I promise them my whole-hearted co-operation in their work. To my 'the "Office of governor, who has given this state his best service for the last two years, I Join with all Kansas In wishing happiness and success in whatever he undertakes. -y Xo Pet Measures. My friends, I am to be your executive for the next two years the first governor chosen by the suffrage of both the men and the women of the state. I shall earnestly endeavor to be the faithful and conscientious steward of the state which has honored me; to be in every official act Just and fair; to avoid favoritism and partisanship and to serve faithfully the whole state.

I have no pet schemes nor fads to Introduce; no political panacea to propose; no revolutionary methods to try. I shall simply endeavor to do my duty thoroughly and to administer the affairs of the state in a businesslike manner. I shall have need of your patience and forbearance. Above all, I ask the broadminded, patriotic men and women of Kansas of all political parties, to co-operate with me in working out the many problems with which our state government is concerned. Your responsibility for good government does not cease when you cast your ballot; no governor alone can accomplish what you in your hearts want done for Kansas.

He must have back of him the sympathetic support and the hearty, active co-operation of all good people. We are realizing in Kansas that there is much to do. I invite all who would speed the progress of good government, of decency and Justice, and peace and brotherhood among men. to join hands with me in combating the social and political evils, and- the ec mic wrongs from which we suffer. Looking for Better Ways.

We live In a day of readjustments. This second decade of the Twentieth Century is a time of unrest, of change. Mankind is examining the old ways and is asking with a ew Insistence if there be better ways. Science and invention, by a series of marvelous and bewildering discoveries, in a single generation, have completely revolutionized our material life and the business methods of the civilized world. New utilities have changed our methods of work and our manner of living.

And along with these wonderful inventions, Continued on" Page Three.l XV. d. Rosa, Re-elected Superintendent of Public Instruction. '-'V 1 Member Irrigation Board, B. F.

Walker, Refused His Office. FIRED A SAEJiF 17 GUNS Battery A Boomed News of Acceptance' of Capper Oath. George H. Hodges Retires After a Successful Administration. Reception for New Officers and State Legislators.

THE PROGRAM. Today: 3:00 p. Speakership caucuses. 3:30 p. Caucuses officers house and senate.

7:30 p. Inaugural reception, state bouse. Tuesday: 13 noon. Admniistration oaths members house. Formal organization both branches legislature.

First introduction and reference of bills. Arthur Capper of Topeka, the first native Kansan elected to the executive-ship of the state, was inaugurated as the twentieth governor of Kansas at noon today in the presence of a crowd that packed every foot of space on the floor and in the galleries of Representative hall. The oath was administered to the new governor and state officials by W. A. Johnston, chjefjustice of the W.

Y. Morgan of Hutchinson, New Lieutenant Governor and Presiding Officer senate. Traditional simplicity, forgotten for the first time in many years in the spectacular inaugural for Governor George H. Hodges two years ago, characterized the placing of the reins of state government in the hands of Governor Capper. At noon, as the new governor stepped to the speaker's stand to take the oath of office, the customary military salute of seventeen guns was fired by Battery A of the Kansas National Guards.

Hundreds of men and women of state wide prominence in public affairs wit nessed the inaugural ceremonies. Jus tices of the supreme court, members of both branches of the state legislature and scores of men who have been prominent In the political affairs of Kansas almost since her birth all were in Topeka today to witness the official deliverance of the state into the hands of the Republicans after two fContinued on Pag Two. W. E. Davis.

Who Took Oath for Third Term as State Auditor. URGES IMPORTANT REFORMS One House Legislature and Short Ballot Main Policies. Cordial Good Wishes to Governor Capper and His Officers. In his farewell speech today, Gover nor reviewed i vnrb an an complishments of his administration ana urged the adoption of new re- lorms in tne form of a one house leg islature and the short ballot. He also urged prison reforms and pointed proudly to the fact that more than COD paroles have been issued by himself and the state board of corrections during his two years as governor The retiring governor's sneech pan i cerned largely the work of the various I aepanments under Democratic con-I trol and pointed to improvements in I conditions at Kiat.

roi. I 1 1 I Xllli teen of the fourteen platform pledges imucrauc party in were redeemed by the legislature in 1913, he said. The retiring governor closed his speech with cordial good wishes incoming auministratlon. He said: Work of the Administration. We close our administration tniiav with the consciousness that every uuiisauon, pieaged or implied, has been complied with.

Of the fourteen platform pledges possible to fulfill, thirteen have been written into the statute books of this state. We have given Kansas the full measure of our limited ability. The public has but scant concern for the retiring public official. His efforts are ended. But they view new officials with an honest measure of expectation.

I do not believe it is in bad taste to recount a few of the records of Democratic accomplishment. "We believed; and the public in general, thought that this state was upon a cash basis. We found one-fourth of the 1918 taxes, ameuntiner Uo S832.0Q0, drawn In. advance, and fpTactieaHy ali -spent, the liquida tion or bills contracted in 1912. "A penitentiary burned to the ground, was committed to our keeping encumbered with an indebtedness of $19,000.

We leave it rebuild-ed, and in the best physical condition and the best moral condition known in its history. "The finest penal twine plant in the world has been built, and for the first time in the history of the state an adequate supply of filtered water is now furnished the prison. We leave the beautiful Memorial hall finished, while it was bequeathed to us an enclosed building with a $10,400 indebtedness against it. "We have a state textbook plant that solves the school book question for all time to come. "Both the tuberculosis sanitorium at Norton and the insane asylum at Larned are completed.

Sewers, power plants, water supplies, are provided, that will be adequate for the growth of that institution for twenty years to come. The orphans home at Atchison, the institution for the feebleminded at Winfield, the state hospital at Osawatomie, have all been provided with adequate water supplies. Silos of 3,000 tons capacity have been builded during the past two years, at the state institutions. "Wonderful improvements have been made at the Osawatomie hospital. Food and supplies were being stored in rat infested, vermin ridden rooms.

They are now taken care of in a magnificent fireproof building. A cold storage plant of more than adequate size has been built. Splinter floors and roach infested wainscoting have been replaced fith tiled floors and tiled wainscotings, and the institution is now In splendid physical condition, which should be a pride to the people of the state. Improve Educational Facilities. "Our great educational institutions instead of pulling against each other, are now articulating and working har moniously one with the other, under a single board.

The wonderful improvement made in these institutions is the result of the one board experiment, socalled, and it proved beyond the perad venture of a doubt, that in limited numbers- accountability and responsibility is defined. "The change in the oil inspection duariment has netted the state an additional revenue of $35,500 more a year than ever before Continued on Page Eight. Carey Wilson of Topeka, ew Superintendent of Insurance. George II. Hodges of Olatbe, First Retired Today After STONE IS SPEAKER Topekan Wins Caucus as Head of 1915 House.

A. M. Keene of Fort Scott Withdraws From Fight. Robert Stone of Topeka was today assured the speakership of the house when A. M.

Keene of Fort Scott withdrew from the fight. In the Republican lb caucus this afternoon. Keene moved to make the election of Stone unanimous, following the nomination of the Topeka lawyer. The sudden termination of the speakership contest today took most of the interest out of the formal organization oS the legislature. The Stone-Keene fight was a matter of chief concern to legislators.

Keene's withdrawal followed a conference with friends today, following which the Fort Scott lawyer sent for Stone and advised him of his withdrawal. It is probable that Keene will be recognized floor leader for the administration forces in the house. Judge) raatk. Maxtiix of Hutchinson, wiitf presided; -at today lican caucus, is elated or chairmanship ot the judiciary committee when assignments- are announced this week by Speaker, Stone, The nine 'Progressive members did not participate in the Republican caucus. A recognized Progressive authority, however, has stated that the Third party members will likely work with the Republicans in the house.

The new harmony plan will mean the seating of the Progressives on the Republican side and their recognition in committee assignments. Re-enforced with Progressive strength, Republicans in the house expect to increase their majority from three to twelve. Frank Travis of Iola and I. N. Williams of Wichita went before the Republican caucus as candidates for speaker protem.

SMASH THE FORTS Allies' Warships Are Hammering at the Dardanelles. Turks Fear That Constantinople Will Be Taken. Rome, Jan. 11. Advices from Constant nople indicate that the bombardment of the allied fleet of the Dardanelles forts has already greatly damaged some of the outer forts.

The fear is said to growing that the fleet will eventually force a passage and that the allies will be able to capture Constantinople. If that happens, grav'e fears are expressed by officials fully acquainted with the sit uation that a massacre of foreigners will be hard to prevent. Up to this time all information that Turkish army has been defeated in the Caucasus has been withheld from the Turkish paople. The official announcement merely deals with the -hting in Northern Persia where the Turks, have gained some minor successes, and declare that the campaign against Russia is developing. Weather Forecast for Kansas.

Clear tonight and Tuesday: not much change in temperature. Earl Akers, Who Succeeds Himself State Treasurer. emorratic Governor in Thirty Yean, wo Years' Service. RUSSIA'S HAND LIES EXPOSED Calls Fewer Recruits to Colors Than in Peace Times. Petrograd Says This Is Due to Official Confidence.

A LACK OF WAR KIOTO Is the Real Reason for This Surprising Course. She Can Obtain Supplies Only From Japan. By J. W. T.

Mason. 1 New v.York, Jan. 11. Petrograd makes the curious announcement that lesrs Russian recruits are to be called to the in iSlTTthan if the empire were not at war. About men reach the conscription age yearly in Russia.

Normally, 700.000 of these are accepted for three-year service, the rest being retired to civilian life. This year the czar has issued an order summoning only 585,000 of the 1915 recruits to the ranks. Petrograd explains that this decrease in conscription indicates the confidence of -the Russian governr in the out. come of the war. Not even in Petrograd, however, cr it true that any responsible of.

ficials believe Russia warranted by military conditions in discarding mora than fifteen per cent of the normal increase in the army. A large part of Russian territory is in 'the hands of tho enemy: the initial Russian campaign, which had the occupation of Berlin as its objective, has been abandoned as impracticable. The Turks still hold possessic- of part of the Ca casus and there is a long stretch of difficult territory between the Rus- sian armies in Bukovina and the Car' pathians and Budapest. Under these circumstances, At is un- just to the czar's advisers to attribute to them the belief that the lost offensive against Germany can be recovered with less than the usual number of annual recruits. Whatever mav be the.

optimism of Petrograd's civilian population, the government is not likely to underestimate so seriously the difficulties confronting the Grand Duke Nicholas and his strategy 1 board. The Real Reason. The reason why the czar has called); less than the usual number of conscripts to the colors for the now year is not the favorable condition of the military situation, but the difficulty of obtaining equipment and munitions. This is the most serious problem of the war facing all belligerents alike. Nona of the hostile powers is able to utilise all the men at its disposal, because the factories of the world cannot turn out the necessary number of weapons.

Russia is more seriously handicapped than any other of the allies in this respect, not only because her geographical Iso-not only because her own factories are of limited capacity but 'also be- YContlnufcd on Page Two.J W. It. hmiih it Columbus. Who Heroines cw Slate Printer. I.