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'AND THE FORT SCOTT MONITOR CONBOLIDATED: Fort Scott Scott News, Tribune, 1839; 1884; Fort Fort Scott Scott Ropublican, Monitor, 1862; 1903. FORT SCOTT, KANSAS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 1925. VOLUME 43; NUMBER 50. EIGHT PAGES The Fort Scott Tribune WEEKLY EDITION One Section Published Every Thursday. S.

TO GET HER PAY ALL EUROPEAN POWERS ACCEDE TO OUR WAR DEMANDS. A LAST MINUTE VICTORY Interallied Proposal to Limit U. S. Payment, Stricken $350,000,000 Out. Was (By the Associated Press.) Paris.

Jan. by eleventh hour victory for the American delegation, the international financial conference closed today with the signing of the agreement for distribution among the various powers of reparation annuities received from Germany under the Dawes plan. At almost the last moment the Americans obtained the elimination from the text of the clause limiting to $350.000,00, the amount of the American war damage claims to be paid from the Dawes receipts. As the revised text stands the United States will receive its 2 1-4 per cent of the annuities until its entire claims are paid. The agreement as signed constitutes: mass of detail which gathers up the scattered ends of the back accounts among the allies, liquidates the Ruhr occupation, limits the future outlay for the military occupation of the Rhineland, fixes the running expouses of the reparation organization, including the Dawes plan commission, and determines the proportion of Germany's payments each and all are entitled to under the Dewes, arrangement, besides admitting the United States to participation and assuring the payment of its war damage claims as well as the cost of the occupation of the Coblenz bridgehead.

During the next two years the allies will be allowed a maximum of 160,000,000 gold marks 000,000) for the maintenance of their troops on the Rhine. The reparation commission which was allowed 9,250,000 gold marks (about $2,300,000) for 1925, will have to cut down its outlays to 7,500,000 gold marks ($1,875,000) in the foliowing your, at the same time providing from that total a sum running up as a maximum to 3 700,000 gold marks ($925,000) for the Dawes plan organizations. PAID $1,500 FOR PAROLE. AffidaVito That Wichita Merchant Paid That For Release of Son on File, Paper Says. Wichita, Jan.

14. -Amdavits are said to be on file in the office of Attorney General C. B. Griffith at Topeka charging that Er. nest Bartholomew, son of a wealthy Wichita furniture merchant, was offeted his freedom from the state penitentiary for the sum of $1,500, says the Wichita Beacon today.

Bartholomew was convicted and sentenced to prison on a charge of motor theft. C. H. Bartholomew, father of the ex-convict, is said to have turned over money to "a Democratic state official on the night of January 8," for the youth's liberty, the newspaper says. Police records show that young Bartholomew was paroled on the following day.

An investigation of the alleged pardon is to be made immediately, according to the newspaper. MILLIONS FOR SEAPLANES. Forty Planes Ordered by Bureau of Aeronautics, It Is Learned. -Work at Once. Washington, Jan.

million dollars worth of seaplanes has been ordered by the bureau of aernautics of the department, it was learned today with the granting of a contract to the Glen L. Martin company of Cleveland, for forty machines capaple of. performing the duties heretofore undertaken by torpedo, bombing and scout planes. Work on the new ships will begin immediately. On their completion the navy will have 75 of this type of planes, a contract for 35 having been let to the Martin company last June.

Convertible to either land or sea duty, the planes will be used aboard the Langley and future aircraft carriers or aboard battleships as seaplanes catapults now in possession of the navy capable shooting them into the air. The planes will supplant the types now used for bombing and scouting -the Douglas Torpedo plane and the FH-5-L plane. may have to justify a parole." BLUE, MOUND BANK CLOSED Old Institution in Linn County Had $190,000 Deposits- Frozen Assets the Cause. The Bank of Blue Mound was closed last Friday, it was learned here today, and is now in charge of, the Wm. state S.

banking Kennedy, representing department. been in operation forty or The Bank of Blue Mound, has longer. It had when it closed of around $190,000." W. H. I Baylees was president and his son W.

I. Bayless, was cashier. The bank was capitalized at 000 and had surplus of $10,000. The young son Mr. and Mrs.

Dewey Brillhart, of near Mapleton wits operated on at the Fort Scott Hospital yesterday, ALL IN MEXICO JAIL PING CAPTAIN AND CREW OF SAIL. VESSEL "RUTH" HELD. "DR. LORENZ" A PRISONER Man Claiming to be Head of State Board of Control is One of the Prisoners. tain and -The capWashington, Jan.

the of the crew of members of "sailing vessel" Ruth, Pensacola, and a man chairman to be Dr. W. F. Lorenz, "claiming the Wisconsin state board of control" have been in jail at Progreso, placed by order of captain of the port of that place. the arrests today after The he state department announced receipt of a report from the consul at Progreso.

Representations were made at once to Mexican government thru the American embassy in Mexico City and the consul was instructed to make a thorough and report details of' the affair. investigation Aside from the report that the Ruth had been shipwrecked details were lacking. No mention was contained in the counsul's report that the ship might have been charged with filibustering. The counsel's dispatch was interpreted by officials here as indicating that some existed as to the identity of "Lorenz." A. "well-bred man claiming to be Dr.

Lorenz," was the wording of the dispatch. A total of copies of the "Fort Scott Booster," a trade extension paper gotten out by the newly formed organization of Fort Scott business men, was published last night by the Tribune, and today being distributed at many points, some of them as distant as 50 miles from Fort Scott. REFORMATORY FIRE STATE SUFFERS $100,000 LOSS AT HUTCHINSON. 500 INMATES HOMELESS Only One Prisoner Escaped and He Was Recaptured--Housed in Work Buildings. least Hutchinson, Jan.

to have $100,000 been damage is estimated done to the Kansas state reformatory here and nearly 500 homeless inmates rendered temporarily by a fire which last night swept the administration and central buildings. shortly before 8 o'clock Starting, unknown cause, the flames Spread rapidly in the vault-like structure and the two large buildings were SOOn hopelessly engulfed. The fire still burned this morning but was well under control. All city firemen and all reformatory officers joined in fighting the flames. The inmates were attending an entertainment in the chapel room when the fire was discovered, but were marched in an orderly manner to the manual trades building and placed under guard of a detail of militia.

Only one prisoner escaped, and he was nabbed by city police. id how soon the three big cell houses can be made habitable was known today. It was impossibie at 9 o'clock this morning get thru the smouldering ruins to the main, house guard opens. room off Water which is still the being poured onto the smoking debris. No one was seriously hurt in fighting the fire.

All walls are intact this morning the two three-story buildings thougle wholly gutted. The administration building contained all offices the superintendent residence and officers' recreation rooms. The main part of the building was occupied by a lofty guard room gymnasium and auditorium. Superintendent A. S.

Allpine said today 1 he is at a loss what to do with the inmates if the cell house cannot be made habitable at once. Only farm details were busy today and 2. cordon of national guardsmen patrolled the walls and traffic ways outside the walls. SAYS MONEY WAS STOLEN. Mrs.

Stanton, Former Officer of Missouri Women's Clubs, Denies Embezzlement Charge. Kansas City, Jan. Midred Stanton, former endowment secretary of the Missouri Federastion of Women's clubs, charged with embezlement of $1,200 from the federation, voluntarily reported with her attorney at the circuit court house here today. It was agreed that she should be arraigned this afternoon. Mrs.

Stanton denied that she embezzled the club funds, saying that they were stolen from her home here before she had an opportunity to send them to her successor. Mrs. Stanton was accompanied by her husband, Guy R. Stanton, and their son. She insisted on a tour of the court house while her attorney was arranging for the alraignment.

Mrs. Stanton formerly lived in Lebanon, Mo. She came to Kansas City about two years ago. She was prominent in women's club work. AID STOCK INDUSTRY AGRICULTURAL BOARD MAKES RECOMMENDATIONS.

OPEN PUBLIC DOMAIN New Land Policy and Aid Thru Financial Agencies Recommend-A Committee on Grazing. Washington, Jan. for the livestock industry thru existing financial agencies and thru a new land policy to permit grazing on unappropriated public domain were recommended today to President Coolidge by his agricultural commission in a preliminary report. A later report will deal with possible additional relief thru revision on of transportation charges and protective tariff. One committee said it wished to emphasize that "the welfare of agriculture also demands an early and thoro revision of the freight rate structure." Declaring existing agencies can handle the livestock financing situation, the commission declared the federal intermediate credit banks "should assume the full responsibility by aggressively and sympathetically undertaking to cover the field and thus support and supplement the normal financing of livestock paper." The only legislation suggested was amendment of the agricultural credits act to eliminate the provision that prohibits rediscounting by federal intermediate credits banks of loans negotiated by federally chartered agricultural credit agencies.

In recommending use of the public domain for cattle grazing, the commission suggested that 2 uniform policy for grazing on national forests and public land be drawn up by a committee on which the livestock industry would be represented. Meantime the commission declared 110 increases should be made in grazing charges. HUFFMAN HEADS BOARD. Columbus Doctor Succeeds Mrs. Cable on Administration Board -Is On the Job.

(By the Associated Press.) Topeka, Jan. following the receipt of the resignation of Mrs. James A. Cable as a member the state board of administration this morning, Governor Paulen announced the appointment of Dr. C.

S. Huffman of Columbus as her successor, Dr. Huffman and the other two members of the board left at 11. o'clock for Hutchinson to investigate the fire which last night destroyed several buildings at the state reformatory. Mrs.

Cable was named as a member of the board on last December 29 by former Governor J. M. Davis. She succeeded W. P.

Lambertson, who was dismissed as a board member by the former governor because he disagreed with the executive over the removal of E. H. Lindley as chancellor of the state university. At the time the governorelect, Mr. Paulen was given the privilege of naming Lambertson's successor, but he declined, preferring to wait until he became governor.

It was mutually agreed that Mrs. Cable was to serve only for the balance of the Davis administration, which ended last Monday noon. Dr. Huffman is widely known in republican circles. He as adjutant general of served, out the period of the World war and was lieutenant governor from 1919 to 1921.

Topeka, Jan. making an inspection of the destruction caused by the fire at the Hutchinson Reformatory, the state board planned to draw up recommendations for an immediate emergency appropriation by the legislature to the damage. Superintendent A. S. Allpin of the reformatory reported this morning that the fire was discovered in officers quarters.

The hay barn, he said, was set afire by a prisoner. TO AID RAILROADS. Railway Counsel Urges Reduction of Interest to "Prevent Great Financial Disaster." Washington, Jan. 14-Reduction in interest rates on debts to the government by several railroad systems as a means of "keeping the country from a great financial disaster," was urged today before the senate interstate commerce committee by Alfred P. Thom, general counsel for the American Rail- way Executies' Association.

The systems mentioned were the New York. New Haven. and Hartford, the Boston and Maine, and the Chicago, Milwaukea and St. Paul. Secretary Mellon agreed with spokesmen for these roads, that the government should cut the interest rate by one per cent or more.

"All the government's interests would be benefitted by stabilization," the treasury secretary said. He disclosed that the three roads owe the government $194,000,000 and that other roads owe a total of $161,000,000. apour his duties at the sor- daughter Mrs. Guy Cousins And turned BE NO GAS TAX LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE REPORTS IT UNCONSTITUTIONAL, TAX CARS ON CAPACITY Committee Recommends Sweeping Changes in State Boards and Banking Laws. (By the Associated Press.) Topeka, Jan.

14. a -Abolition of several state boards, commissions or departments was recommended legislature today by the bi-partisan legislative investigating committee created by the 1923 session. The committee also calls the attention of the legislators to the proposal for a board of governors to take from the state board of administration the control of the University of Kansas, the Kansas state agricultural college and the three state teachers' colleges. The committee does not, however, recommend the creation of such a board 0. governors, merely suggesting that the legislature go into the proposal.

After a careful study of the pro posed gasoline tax, the committee expresses the "opinion that under the constitution of the state a tax can not be imposed on gasoline aS a license tax to be used for road building." The committee believes that a road toll tax might be enacted constitutionally. The road toll tax should be based, the legislature is informed on the amount of consumption of gasolene other motor fuel in internal combustion engines used on public highways. A tax not exceeding two cents a gallon is recommended. Every state bank should be required to have at $25,000 capital stock, bi-partisan group reports, saying "safe and sane banking requires this amendment the charter laws." Banks with small capitalization of $10,000, the report states, "are usually handicapped by inefficient management and operated by men with little experience in the banking Creation of a board four members is recommended to help tue bank commissioner in adminlistering the bank guaranty fund law. The board, members would be paid on a per diem basis, would have jurisdiction over only those banks coming under the guaranty fund.

The court of industrial relations the state tax commission and the public utilities commission would be merged into a body to be known public service commission. Five persons would serve on this commission, no more than three of the dominant political party. Abolition of the board of review, popularly known as the movie censor board, is suggested by the committee. Theaters showing degrading or immoral films would be punished for a misdemeanor. The body known as the legislative reference library commission would be abolished and its work turned over to one person, attached to the state library department.

The traveling library also would become a part of the state, library department, with one person in cuarge of it. Duties of the hotel commission would be turned over to the fire marshal's department. Administration of the soldiers bonus law would be turned over to the adjutant general and the office of bonus director abolished. Inspection and supervision of barber departments shops in would first fail and on second health class cities and on county health officers in smaller towns. The state division of irrigation would be abolished.

A literal cleaning up of certain parts of the state house is imposthe committee points out, because the custodian of the building is unable to dismiss stubborn janitors. State officials theretore should refrain from recommending persons, for employment as janigive the custodian a free hand in hiring and firing. Three lawyers who received fees of $2,500 each from the state bonus board have received sufficient remuneration, the committee points out inasmuch as two lawgave their service free. Senator James W. Finley of Chanute, as chairman of the investigating committee, presented the report.

and that there was several thouand dollars collected in cash that was not reported in his statement to the secretary of state, which under the law should show all such collections and the expenditures." BIG TRADE BALANCE. United States Shows Favorable Trade Balance of $977.285,000 During the Year 1924. Washington, Jan. trade balance favorable the ULited States of $977,285,000 for the calendar year shown today in commerce department on the foreign trade of the nation for the twelve months: Charles Willims, of Uniontown, who is at the Fort Scott Hospital suffering from a broken neck, was reported not so well today, having past bad nights last night and the night previous HITS AT FEDERAL AID KANSAS AUDITOR SAYS IT CAUSES HIGH TAXES. PEOPLE KIDDING SELVES They Pay Federal id and Match Their Own Dollars--Makes Other Recommendations.

(By The Associated Press.) Topeka, Jan. 14. -A state budget system is recommended in the report of Norton A. Turner, state auditor, to the legislature. Mr.

Turner will submit the report tomorrow. Federal aid is one of the principal as, high attacked, taxes. 'You cannot match dollars with the government without prYing up the dollars." the auditor warns. In theory, Mr. Turner explains, there are two main objects of such aid- -equalization of opportunity and the burden of payment and stimulation to progressive action of the lagging states.

"In fact, it is too often an effort to deceive ourselves into thinking we are getting something for nothins. Tax spenders urge that as a condition precedent to securing federal aid, the state must raise and spend a specified amount. However meritorious the projects the people pay--they pay federal taxes, state taxes and local taxes Such a system of subsidies is bound to increase the 'tax burden, and is device evolved in recent years to secure from the tax paying public indirectly sums which they would refuse to assess themselves directly." Creation of a budget system, the auditor contends, will result in the boards, elimination commissions of numerous. thus reducing the cost of government. "Government is a business." the report states, "and the state should be run on business principles." Mr.

Turner urges -enactment of the 1919 refunding bond law, requiring serial payment of state bonds. The law was wiped out by the 1923 legislature. RAILROADS TO AID FRISCO AND MISSOURI PACIFIC HELP DRIVE WITH $3,800. THE TOTAL NOW IS $16,842 Division Again Brings in Most Money With $855-Five New Gimpers on Honor Role. A great impetus was given to the Y.

M. C. A. financial drive today when W. K.

Calhoun, head of the executive committee, announced that the two railroads- -the Frisco and Missouri Pacific- practically arranged to give $3,800 to the association. Each railroad will give $1.900. This amount is in addition to the $900 given by the two railroads every year. The gift of the two railroads is contingent on the sanction of the higher officers of the two railroads at St. Louis, but as the move has been strongly recommended by both H.

H. Brown of the Frisco and Agent A. L. Tester of the Missouri Pacific, there is little possibility of it not going thru. The budget for coming year called for repairs thine building in the amount of $5,000.

Superintendent Brown sent Mr. Spafford, one of the company employees, to the building this morning, and he estimated that the repairs could be made for $5,700. It was then that Mr. Brown stated that the Frisco would pay one-third of this amount if the Missouri Pacific would do the same, This big contribution from the railroad company, together other contributions, gave the executive committee $4,470 to turn in at noon today, which, with a total of $2,453 from the four divisions, made the dav's total $6,923. This amount represented 142 subscriptions and swelled the grand total thus far inthe campaign to $16,842.

Dee Filizola's Division continues to lead the divisions. This division brought in $885 today for grand total of $3.808. They retain the broom. Dave Davidson, captain of team No. 10, brought in the most money today and Brudder Konantz was forced to give up the sack of money to Mr.

Davidson. H. E. Miller, captain of team No. 2, brought in the most subscriptions with 19 and was awarded the sole which was previously held leather by Murray Weathers.

Five new gimpers were added to the honor They are Ernest Blinrole today. coe. D. A. Davidson, Murray Derby Sharpe, and C.

Weathers, Gordon. workers will meet at the The time tomorrow and the Rousual club will meet with them. There is hope of closing the campaign Friday noon, but no made. definite, following is the standing of announcement has been The the divisions up to noon today: Team New Am't. Total Total Sub.

Sub, Am't. 42 $690 111 $3,146 84 855 117 3,808 39 663 108 3,053 A 19 245 72 1,410 Executive 9 4,470 28 5,425 Totals 142 $6,923 346 $16,842 LOCAL MEN CHOSEN Gov. Paulen's Program TAXATION--Be cautious in classification of property under new tax amendment to constitution. Name joint legislative committee to study whole tax question. BUDGET SYSTEM--Enact laws creating budget system in state government.

STATE BOARDS -Consolidate the multiplied state boards. STATE INSTITUTIONS--Encourage educational institutions, but do it economicaliy. All penal and charitable institutions should be under one board and state educational institutions under a board of regents, without salaries to serve seven to nine years, the terms overlapping. Remove schools entirely from political control. GOOD ROAD -Enact law state system.

Repeal benefit district law and enact new road laws providing cost of building from four sources, namely: automobile license money; tax on gasoline; limited tax on adjacent property; special tax on passenger and freight traffic. guaranty law to withdraw interest from Interest on guaranty certificates now IsBANKING--Amend exceeds certificatesome of the guaranty fund under assessments guaranty sued to make against guarantecom banks. Limit the it is possible banks to the needs community. Authorize number of banking board to assist bank commissioner. PAROLES AND PARDONS- -The abuse of this power encourEnact law removing possibility of graft or suspicion ages crime.

in pardoning. -Build it larger--it's too small. shorter ballot. Hold primaries earlier PRIMARY LAW--Adopt candidates for conNominate all county officers, in the year. by primary and elect delegates gress, U.

S. senators name delegates to state conand governor by primary to county nominate all state officers. conventions to ventions to adopt platform and AGRICULTURE--Improve market conditions for the farmer. Do not increase farm land assessments on strength of seeming restoration of farm land values. STATE TEXT BOOKS--State publication is wise.

It will soon develop into free text books. is interested in it beWATER TRANSPORTATION--Kansas would be benefited by it. Open up the St. Lawrence cause she vessels. Improve the Missouri and Kansas rivers for for traffic.

going the proposed amendment to the fedCHILD LABOR--Submit eral constitution to the voters of Kansas. American Legion suggestion of setting CITIZENSHIP--Adopt high schools to study of American apart one day each year in constitution. ESTATES--Reduce period of adminisADMINISTRATION OF tration from two years to Kansas Wheat Girl A Typical Country Lass Miss Vada of Turon, elected Kansas Wheat Girl day night at the inaugural reception of Governor Ben Paulen, will travel to Washington, on January 29, Kansas' birthday, to present a sack of wheat harvested by President Harding in 1923, to President Coolidge, with the message, "Kansas Grows the Best Wheat in the World." Miss Watson, who is 19 years old, is a typical Kansas farm girl. She was born and reared on a Kansas farm. She is the daughter of M.

E. Watson and lives on her father's farm two miles southwest of Turon in Pratt county. Vadas mother died several years ago and since that time she has managed the home farm, acted as mother to the little family and cooked for the harvetsers and threshers. Light brown bobbed hair, blue gray eyes, dimples and an attractivo personality are Miss Watson's. She is about five feet two inches tall and weighs 115 pounds.

Miss Vada was the winner of the Hutchinson News contest for the seventh district. She was supported staunchly after entering the contest by the Commercial club Turon, the Turoit High School of which he is a SUE FOR $10,000 BELT, NEW WRESTLING CHAMPION DEMANDS DIAMOND BELT. LEWIS TO CONTEST BOUT Asks That Champion Bout Be Arbitrated to Determine Who Lawfully Won. Kansas City, Jan. 14--Gabe Kaufman, manager of Wayne (Big) Munn, recently crowned heavyweight wrestling champion, in a letter to Billy Sandow, manager of Ed (Strangler) Lewis, former champion, demands that the $10,000 diamond studded belt, which was awarded Lewis when he became champion, be turned over to the new champion.

The letter, mailed last night before Kaufman and Munn departed for Chicago, gives Sandow ten days in which to deliver the belt to Kaufman. If this is not done, the letter warns Sandow "to be prepared for action which will be both annoying and expensive to you." The belt, amblematic of the world's championship, was awarded Lewis by the Central Athletic Club of Kansas City, when he became champion three years ago. Munn defeated Lewis here last Thursday night in a match in which Lewis was either thrown or fell from the ring. A foul was called on Munn, giving Lewis the second fall of the match. The match continued and Munn won the next fall.

Sandow declared the referee was in error in awarding the match to Munn and has demanded that the matter be placed before a board of (Continued on page tour) and Sterling college, where she now is attending school. graduate, Election day in Hutchinson the mercury registered 12 degrees but this did not prevent 48 people, supporters of Miss young Watson, from: driving nearly 50 miles to Hutchinson from Turon where they made a house-to-house for editions of the News canvass and Herald from which to cut votes for Miss Watson. The returns of their work so completely discouraged Hutchinson candithat they withdrew. Miss Watson's supporters themselves suffered many frozen toes, hands and ears but they decided the contest for their candidate. The wheat Miss Watson as Kansas Wheat Girl will deliver to President Coolidge is not like ordinary wheat.

It was harvested by President Harding four and one-half miles west of Hutchinson on the Chester O'Neal farm in the summer of 1923 when the president stopped a few hours on his presidential tour to harvest a few acres of whet on a real Kansas farm. This wheat was brought to Topeka yesterday by W. Y. gan, of the Hutchinson News Herald, and according to him is truly the best wheat in the world aside from having been harvested by the late president. ACCUSES C.

W. BRYAN CHARGES MADE AGAINST EXGOVERNOR OF NEBRASKA. ST ISSUES A CHALLENGE Former State Engineer Challenges Bryan to Prove Charges of Irregularities Against Him. (By the Associated Press.) Lincoln, Jan. W.

Bryan, democrat, who last week governor, was challenged today as, George E. Johnson, republican, former state engineer, to prove his charges of irregularities in the road department under the McKelvie administration and was himself charged with serious improprieties before and during his tenure of office. In a letter to the legislature read to the house this morning, Mr. Johnson called upon the former governor and erstwhile democratic vice presidential nominee, to appear. before a legislative committee with his evidence.

He then alleged Mr. Bryan had violated the state corrupt practices act in connection with the gubernatorial campaign in 1922 and accused him of making "a great many thousands ol dollars prifit" the sale of coal by the state to consumers. "There are a great many other done during his administration things that ex Bryan has that should be investigated," Mr. Johnson's communication concluded. "However, I believe I have already you a sufficient amount of information to warrant an investigation." Mr.

Johnson recited he had seen "affidavits showing that Mr. Bryan violated the corrupt practices act the coal WAR zone There Lonerated on Satirday afternoon at HUDSON AND BRYAN ON JUDI. CIARY COMMITTEES. HUDSON MADE CHAIRMAN He's Head of House Judiciary Committee-House Adjourns Until Tomorrow--The Committees, (By the Associated Press.) Topeka, Jan. -The personnel of two more senate committees was announced by D.

A. N. Chase, president, at a brief session of the upper body this morning. AT. the close of the meeting the senators filed into the hall of representatives to hear the message of Governor Paulen at a joint session.

The two committees as announced, follow: Elections--Senator Parker, Emporia, chairman; Senators Bennett, Washington; Davis, Greensburg; Smyth, Great Bend; Thorne, Olathe. Judiciary--Senator Fiuley, Chanute, chairman: Senators Davis, Greensburg; Geddes, Eldorado: Hegler, Wichita: Van de Mark, Concordia: Getty, Kansas City; Knapp, Coffeyville; O'Brien, Fort Parker, Emporia; Topeka; Thorne, Olathe, Spencer, Sedan; Bennett, Washington; Apt, Iola. After bearing Governor Paulen's message, house adopted the report of the committee on employees, transacted other minor routtine business and adjourned until 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. Speaker Hope announced the following committees: Rules and Journal--Representative Endress, Leavenworth, chairman; Representatives Jackson, Coldwater, vice chairman; Eurer, Goodland; Mann, Osborne and Bennett, Marysville. Judiciary--Hudson, Fort Scott, chairman; Sloan, Holton, vice chairman! Archer, Illawatha; Bennett, Marysville; Broadie, Konsley; Dedrick, Wichita; Endres, Leavenworth; Eurer, Goodiand; Finigan, Kansas City; Hamilton, Topeka; Holem, Monrovia; Knight, Arkansas City; Martin, Hutchinson; Pleasant, Ottawa: Scates, Dodge City; Tillotson, Lenora: Tucker, Liberal; Weede, Fisher, Cedarvale, and Walter, Syracuse.

The speaker said late today that will head a a a a the urilities comRepresentative Millar of Kiowa mittee; Jackson of Comanche county the state affairs committee. Walter of Hamilton the ways and means. After hearing the governor's message read, the senators returned to their chamber and adjourned until 2 o'clock. Additional com mittee chairmanship appointmen will be made later. Presigel Chase of the senate indicated the selections will include K.

these Geddes of Eldorado to head the of. committee; James F. Getand gas ty Kansas City, Smith cities L. of Jackson the first or class and Garnett, claims and accounts. B.

F. LANDERS DEAD. Kansas Resident of 46 Hepler, Years, Died at Pomonca, Calif. Funeral at Hepler Sunday. Word has been received of the death of B.

F. Landers. a promi retired Hepler Kansas. which occurred yesterday at tho home of his daughter ir where he and his Pomona. three weeks ago tr wife went spent the winter.

Mr. Landers was about 70 yearn had lived at Hepler for old and He was a member the years. W. Lodge and a lender 11 A. 0.

U. the Methodist church. The body will arrive in For Saturday at 11:30 over the Scott Frisco. The funeral will be held Sunda: 2:00 p. m.

at the Hepler M. at church, conducted by the Rev Matthael. Besides hie wife, Mr. Lander is survived by the following chil dren: T. L.

Edwards. Ponca City. Mrs. H. H.

Hobart Webster Grove, Mrs. J. Tanner, and Mra. L. H.

Reibe 0 Henler. Mrs. Everett Ma: of Pomona, Mrs. Lyle Shoe maker. San Diego, Mre Louisa Bagby, Pomona, Calif Mrs.

Arnold Hager, Wichita, Kas TAGGART TAKES IT. Will Draw Down the $500 Depo: ited for Sansewich: Pardonclaimed It Yesterday. Kansas City, Jan. The $500 check held escrow at a national bank her will be accepted by Joseph Ta gart, member of the Kansas Indu trial court, Mr. Taggart said her today.

He explained that his fusal to accept the fee in the fire instance, on release of Paul Sa sewich of this city from the Ka sas prison was because he feare the money might have come fro some mysterious source in an fort to compromise him in pos tion which might challenge his tegrity. "I earned the fee," said Taggar "I am entitled to the fee, but I wal it known that it is a fee and not ing else. There is nothing unetl cal to represent a prisoner confi en in a penitentiary, in matters presenting evidence.