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i 4 TH ''Of A DAILY CAP I A Sunday, March 9, 1919. France suggesting immediate resump- a (Sapttal THE RIOT OF THE BILLIONS I RAY KIENE IS DEAD Well-Known Valencia Man a Victim of Ray Kiene, of Valencia, died yesterday morning at 0 :30 a victim of which disease he had been suffering for a week. Mr. The BY ARTHUR CAPPER. The Only Morning Paper ana Only Sudsy Paper la Topeka; Only Kmmm Daily With a General Circulation Thruont the State.

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Kiene was a graduate of the K. S. A. at Manhattan ana at the time 01 his death was engaged in farming at Valencia. v.Mr.

Kiene Is survived by his wife. two, small daughters, his parents, eight brothers and two sisters. They are L. L. Kiene.

Topeka: Guy Kiene, Valencia; Carl Kiene, Shreveport Julian Chlllicothe, Albert Kiene, Berry.ton; Dr, Otto Kiene, Concordia Arthur Kiene, Hays City John Kiene, In overseas service Mrs. W. W. Harris, of Topeka, and Mrs. Longaker, of this city.

Funeral announcements will be made later. MERCER STAYS ON JOB Allen Will Reappoint livestock Sani tary Commissioner. J. H. Mercer, of Chase Ounty, will be reappointed as state livestock sanitary commissioner, by Governor Allen.

Mr. Mercer has served eight ytyrs under the Stubbs and Capper administrations. He has served in the legislature and is widely known In Kansas. His appointment will be sent to the senate early in the wees. The Oldest Trust Company in Kansas tion of ante-bellum relation.

The German bas no conception of where he stands. The of the French was to suggest tliatHhe German professors Ylsit northern France and then "inform us on sour return how long it would be before you would renew relations with a people committing similar deeds in your country." Fire great farm organizations last week telegraphed the President "the support of the organized farmers of America for a league of nations." Various large labor organizations hare likewise pledged labor's support The 'superintendents' branch of the National 1 a a a. 1 a Exmcanonai Association nas wirea us support. The General War Time Com mission of the Churches wired the President their "earnest desire" for the league. The publie is gradually making its sentiment felt.

Marshall Joffre on the League. Gen. J. J. Joff re, savior of Europe, hero of, the first Marne and marshal of France, voices what many are say ing in.

Paris and Europe regarding the necessity of Amerrcan backing of the league of nations: Fori this principle, to live America must give full measure of enthusiasm and Without America as an essential factor the league could have no result worth while. Let America be in full accord with, the league principles, and world will be such that war will become extraordinarily difficult and very rare, if not impos sible. We expect to see our political "realists" give up Marshal Joffre as a hopeless job, since he joins his to those of the 'pitiful visionaries," living, "in cloudland," with no conception of the realitiespf the world, in behalf of the empty dream-stuff of a super-national political system, that if adopted is manifestly destined to demolish all that ar practical, hard-headed, reasonable has built, up with so much toil for so many BRANCH OFFICES. rhlrag.s-lSOO Mailers Bull din. York: (01 Fifth avenue.

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5 JXhe once respecteddid not reach and pass, an approprl- Now Acting as Co-executor of the John R. Muivane Estate waaMB mmmmmmmimmmmm 'mmmmmmmmmtmmmtmmt Acting as Co-executor of the Scott Hopkins Estate As Executor of the 1 Mrs. J. Thomas Estate As Executor of the Mike Sutton Estate of Dodge City, Kansas and a hundred others in Topeka and all over Kansas. I Mexico's Emergence From "Revolution.

A i financial publication, Wollman's 1 Review, gives first place in Its issue of March 1 to an elaborate account of the Industrial and financial situation In Mexico, which is more favorable than has been hoped. "Leaving asida all says this account, "it must be admitted that Mexico In the last two or three years has done much to help herself and to Justify the confidence of the outside world In her future. mendable steps have been taken, for the abolition of peonage. Labor has been placed on, humane and self spectlng basis. Hours of work have.

been regulated and scales- of wages es-: tablished. In this task it has been nec- essary to combat old prejudices, and traditions, but the improvement has ,1 been marked and constant" -t Efforts to overcome Illiteracy are re 1 ported to be having good effect, sands of schools having been estab-r lished. Probably the most encouraging fea-: ture of the account is the improvement in the national currency. It is a remarkable achievement of the Mexican government that most of the paper money of the long revolutionary period has been withdrawn and destroyed and at presept the currency in circulation consists mainly of. gold and silver coin.

"Banking reports Wollman's Review, "have been placed in the hands of competent advisors, among whom are onie of the leading United States authorities on the subject A modern fiscal system is being worked out" PROVIDE YE A HOME! "If any provide not for his own and especially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith and is worse than Yani was wise in his advice to Timothy, likewise your new friends, the Kansas Reserve Building: and Loan Ass'n Would advise YOU to plan with them. 'To buy, build or Improve your home, we are domiciled with the Kansas Reserve State Bank, 824 Kansas Ave. Americans often are accused of being dollar worshippers, but their adminis trators at Washington appear to hate the sight of money judging from the manner with which they throw It away and try to get rid of It It Is due to this not or indiscrimi nate 'and unexampled spending that the American people at the present time are the most heavily taxed nation on the globe. The Treasurer of the United States estimates It will cost American tax payers 1,200 million dollars a year for the next Quarter 01 a century to pay off our net war debt, less the amounts lent to the Allies. This means we must be taxed every year for twenty-five years to raise 7G3 million dollars annual interest to be paid to bondholders.

Also for an additional 417 millions a year to go into a sinking fund in order to pay off the principal. In other words, to lift this debt on the Installment plan--and we now can lift it in no other way we must pay 30 billions of dollars to square a debt of 18 billion dollars. It is estimated that our total expen ditures for the war Itself will aggregate 30 billions, or 10 billions more than the combined resources of the twelve Federal Reserve, Banks. For a standing army of 175,000 men $1,070,000,000 would have been appropriated bad congress been able to reach the bill. That ought to give, us an army of 175,000 major generals instead of soldiers.

Before the war our apprK priations for the army ranged around $100,000,000 a year, and for an army not very much smaller than the 175,000 for which it now proposes to spend a thousand millions. No country in the world ever spent so much money on its military arm in time of as these appropriations for our army and navy. The naval appropriation alone exceeds the combined annual naval budgets of the world's three greatest maritime pow ers preceding the war. Added to this, 62G millions more are appropriated and turned over to the shipping board and the Emergency Fleet Corporation possibly for Hog Island beneficiaries and others. The new warships will be obsolete before there can be another great war.

They will be rotting hulks long before half our war debt can be paid. In my humble judgment we are In much more danger of going into national bankruptcy than of going to war between now and the time this dearly bought war junk would have to be sent to the scrap heap even if the world fails to achieve a permanent peace. One of the first things the new Congress should do Is to establish a budget for the Government" State and na tional budgets mean scientific, judicious, careful expenditure of the people's money, instead of the "everything goes" profligacy of the spoils system. They reduce expenses. They cut graft and "pork" to the minimum.

Here Is a reform THAT IS COMPULSORY. feeling that at least three or four out of the 50,000 were unnecessarily slain, and if 'such be the case, any "holler" is justifiable. The Western Kansas Journal wants enlightenment. Will someone kindly hold the lantern? "The fuel administration has employed a historian. What for? We could not forget the days without light hand heat and the high price of coal, no matter how much we tried." The city editor was busily engaged in scratching and rewriting.

"Some reporters spell execrably," he observed, and then added thoughtfully: "But darned few of them can spell It correctly and still fewer know what the word means." Kaunas City coppers have discovered that many of the hold-up artists who have been practicing In that burg are taxi drivers. Cass Carruthers, who rode up town with one during the street car strike, says there Is no excuse for even a policeman to be so long arriving at an obvious conclusion. AFTER 1,000 MEMBERS Churches Unite to Hold Weekly Prayer Services. The Ministerial union of Topeka has made arrangements for a campaign for 1,000 members, to be added to the church rolls of the Topeka churches by Easter. Prayer meetings are held every Tuesday night in different localities.

The people in the neighborhood of a meeting are asked to attend regardless of church affiliations. Two weeks before Easter, the churches or communities will arrange services In the Individual churches. The churches of the southwest part of the city will hold prayer meetings in the" following places and homes Tuesday evening: No. 1 Captain. Oscar Booth; home, J.

A. Worcester. I32J Clay street. No. 3 Captain.

Re. A. Breck; home, T. Robinson, next corner west of Sea-brook No. Captain.

Oore K. DeMunn; home. No. No. No.

No. No. No. A m. wy-iirii and Redden.

Captain Mrr R. H. Pnnlngtoui home, M. F. Kanode.

2080 West -S Captain. J. D. Marr; home. A.

Dooley. 17sl Clay. J-Captain. U. W.

Wilson; home. W. A. Neiawant-er, 101 MulvaneT. "Captain.

R. J. Loomla; home. J' 8- Todd. II Ji Garfield.

Captain. C. H. Morrison; H. L.

Quail. 1 tit Collets. Captain. Mrs. C.

E. Ra.h- kmi $50 $100 $500 LIBERTY BONDS BOUGHT AND SOLD High Grade Non-Taxable Kansas Municipal Bonds yielding attractive interest rate The Congress, just closed, made such lavish appropriations during and after the war that the job of spending the nearly 80 billions appropriated was too big for the spenders. Consequently about 20 millions will saved. The ultimate cost of the war will, be about 60 billions. These figures are based on an estimate made in Washington.

No true American begrudged the amplest expenditures for the war we had pledged our all If need be but dumping our resources in a heap and "going it blind" is not to make efficient use of them. Yet, with the war at an end, no enemy in the nations discussing peace and deduction of armament this prodigal administra tion is urging the appropriation ofl nearly 2 billion dollars for, a standing army and a record-breaking big naval program, the biggest naval program In history. The symbolic device on the seal of the United States Treasury should be a sieve. The great pity is that the millions and billions which now pass thru this great vacuum at Washington must bef dug out of the earth by pur workers and producers and then taken from the earnings of the common people and the pockets of the great consuming class, while at their source they represent natural wealth which can never be re-created for us. One-fifth of every American's income will be taken from him this year for taxes direct and indirect.

This is a result of the world's greatest financial drunk which has been going on for months at Washington. No orgy of spending in all history compares with it One-tenth of this country's estimated wealth has been appropriated at a single term of Congress. On top of this, with a 7 billion issue of Vic tory Loan notes coming in April the Treasury meanwhile borrowing money from the banks to meet running ex nenses with the war an event of the past, this Congress O. though it ation of 720 million dollars for the navy, the greatest naval appropriation bill in the history of the world; provides for spending 1,070 million dollars on the regular army; and then, like a drunken sailor strewing the -street with his pay, throws away nearly 100 million dollars In "small change" von public-Duildlng and river-and-harbor pork. An appropriation for the Fed eral Employment Service, which might have been the means of saving us from something worse than a war Iff Europe Bolshevism in" America' for Instance was ruled out of order The drunken sailor even then, has the best of it-overs this spehd-thrlf administration, for it Is his own money he is throwing away, not millions and billions for which he is trustee, and his largeness of view, recklessness of consequences and princely contempt for money or its uses Is born of an alcohol-crazed.

brain. Bat no drunken sailor, however prodigal, has ever flung money broadcast with the reckless abandon with which billions have been and still are being spent by Jhe pres ent trustees 01 tne nation. BY THE WAY Harve Parsons. Friend Jay If there's anything In the ball player's belief in the mental pull, you will make it-in from third. Ve are all pulling for you.

About the only absolute monarchy left in the world belongs to King Voliva, of Zion. Bulletin on George who Is swinging 'round the circle George Roddy, a traveling printer. spent a couple of weeks at this of' fice, helping to, catch up with the work. He left for Wichita on No. 11.

Whitewater Independent. The extended sphere of woman, who is rapidly assuming man's "place and responsibilities In nearly line, is duly noted by the editor Of the Baxter Citizen, who observes: "One of our southside housewives was seen to hide a bottle of suspicious size and'appearance In the trash pile In the back yard, just after the men folks had left the house. Coming" to a pretty pass when men won't let their wives enjoy a. few simple luxuries." They gave Champ Clark a solid silver punch bowl. Hondo Murphy classifies the courtesy shown the speaker as more useless i extravagance.

"A lightly plated one: would have lasted as long as It WIU be useful," says Mr. Murphy. 9, "There really -Isn't any need to earl the editor's attention to typographical errors in any particular issue of this paper," says E. E. Kelley, of the Toronto Republican; "We always hear about those errors when the family at home looks over the paper on press day evening." Editor Burroughs, of the Burlin-game Chronicle has, far as we are concerned, the winning end of this debate.

He says: "We are enfphatically opposed to sinking the captured German warships in the deep sea unless they are first fully loaded with Hun murderers. Including Bill Hohenxollern, formerly of, Berlin. The ships can do no harm nnder allied control, so why destroy them unless for a purpose?" Spring fever overtakes Clarence Grlnnell, of the Americas Greeting just like this: "The crying need of the times Is to devise some way that everybody can make a living without working." Ho-hum. So say we all, so say we au. The Swelling That Defies Arnica, uvru a uiau 1.1 a uie ruxroiuaj for councilman, he Immediately makes up his mind that the mistake he made was in not being a candidate far presi dent.

Atcmson uiooesignts. Statisticians offer us the soothing news that the United States lost "only" 50.000 men killed la battle, while the other belligerents lost more, However, there seems to be a BONDS and 6 Write or As Good As You Glasses If you are dependent upon glasse for good vision, then you are aa rood as Tour alaxsea no better. -That being- the case. Importance attache to the way they are Tou need no less service than, we will rive you. No more, because that is superfluous.

We will rive your eyes a scientific prescribe and make the' classes you need, all at a moderate coat. W.J.LEWIS The nisTbelaae) Byesxlaa If aat SOS Kansas Avenue BUY A HOME and become a eitisen of Topeka. A Squatter is a renter. MMey te Less. CAPITOL, BUILDING at LOA.

534 Kansas Ave. out for our friends OF INVESTMENTS to 8 call for list Teveka, Kaaaaa 3QI 1C These people arranged for this while living why should you not do the same? If vou would like to know the ad- a vantages we have to offer, as they saw them, come in and let us write your will. The Shawnee ivestment Company 534 Kansas Ave. Phone 5050 marshal of France, who was realist enough for the Hun. at the first Marne, must now be checked off along with the Wilsons, Lloyd-Georges, Tafts, Sir Edward Greys, Asquiths, and.

other amateur idealists far removed from the "actualities of life." "Now that civilization has been says, Marshal Joffre, "mankind most be amply protected. This can best be done by bringing the league of nations Into life and making it strong. There has been no project so wisely devised toward that end as the league of nations. In- the advocacy of which President Wilson had so important a part the compact ton-tains nothing Incompatible with the safety, the sovereignty or the honor of the participating nations." When the league of nations is fully organized and in operation the realists will look on it differently, and necessarily so, since then it will not be a dream, but a-reality. "Practical Education." A Kansas University professor is said to have discovered and Isolated the-Influenza germ, from which big achievement it Is no very long step to' find how to destroy It A Kansas University professor discovered non- illuminating gas in certain kinds of Kansas petroleum, which proved enormously valuable to Uncle Sam and his allies In the war.

A Kansas professor a week or two ago wrote the Chancellor that hejwould not be back. He was engaged in government service and when his work ended would accept an attractive offer from a private corporation. He wroteX that he accepted reluctantly, but could not any longer subject his family to the inconveniences of living on a salary too small to afford the comforts of modern life. Another Kansas Uni versity professor, whose writings had become a feature of several of the Important economic publications of the country, and who had written exten sively -on the growth of farm tenancy in Kansas, and methods that should be considered for checking it, received so attractive an offer from another and older university that recently he gave up his job. If the "flu" germ has been discovered and isolated at the University it would hardly be saying, too much to say that that triumph alone will almost pay for what the University has cost this state for the last 50 years.

Meantime these professors at Lawrencare receiving less pay than some railroad engineers, not to speak of railroad presidents. Reconstituted Germany, unrepent ant, wiU contain about, 80 million peo ple, nearly twice the population of England. France or Italy. Then there Is uncertain Russia, with Germany's weather eye peeled in that direction. With a.

league of nations the situation Is not 'anything to brag of. Without a league of nations," the "next war' would seem to be "aa sure as shoot ing." a FOUR VACANCIES THIS YEAR M. C. Holmaiv School Board Clerk, Explains Situation. There will be four vacancies on the school board this spring, according to a statement from M.

C. Holman, clerk of the board of education, received last night by Miss Etta Covell, city clerk. The terms of L. M. Penweli; Mrs.

C. J. Evans, and W. E. Atchison will expire this year, leaving three 4-year vacancies to be filled.

John Sargent was appointed during the winter to complete the term of L. M. Jones, resigned. According to the law, the appointment is. good only until the next election, at which time some one must be elected to fill out the unexpired term.

This requirement will cause a fourth which ordi narily would not occur, to which the present incumbent of the position, or some one must be elected by the voters, for the remaining two years. I I THE LOST WILL In worse than none. The hidden will la often aa good as lost. Safeguard your will Instead of hiding It. Our Trust Company, In a separate sealed envelope, protects your will In our vaults.

Upon the death ot testator we deliver the will to the Pro-N bate Court unopened. Invest Your Savings Interest paid on Time Deposits, 6 first mortsTag-e participation certificates. Money to loan on improved real estate. The Farm Mortgage Trust Co. OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS S.

E. F. D. COBURN Vice-President W. W.

D. W. MULVANE Vice-President JOAB MULVANE ARTHUR CAPPER W. II. DAVIS J.B.LARIMER A.

D. KENDALL DAVID BOWIE LEE MONROE M. A. LOW E. ARNOLD L.

M. PENWELL CL. MITCHELL AID-IP CAPITAL, S350.000JM Trade of Mexico and the United N'nfes last year aggregated 247 million dollars, a considerable improvement over figures of Diaz, before the rev-- olutlon. Much progress in the last year ha been made in the rehabilitation of Mexico's railroads. The national is estimated at only about three-quarters of a billion In these times, and for a country of Mexico's vast resources, is small.

"When an excited sentiment was aroused, partly by a sense of national pride and patriotism but in no small measure by the designing efforts' of interested parties, for forcible intervention and conquest of Mexico, this paper supported the policy of toleration or "watchful waiting" in preference to invasion, with its incalculable costs in blood, money andtime. It is too soon to say that the tolerant and waiting policy has been successful and that Mexico, given the full opportunity, has demonstrated capacity to govern itself. But it can at least be said that such a chance bas been given, so that if Mexico-falls this. nation will go In and administer Its' affairs with a universal feeling such a costly step is unavoidable and that Mexico has definitely proven Incapable of self rule. Nothing of the kind as yet appears, but oil the contrary some evidences that p'ractice in self government with no outside interference is working out a to stand on Its own feet that Mexico has not generally been credited with.

Meantime a far better feeling has been given time to develop In Mexico towards the United States. "Mexico's attitude towards says the Wollman account, "Is changing. This may be due partly to self interest, for Mexico beea that It is to us she must look for help. "Part of It will come from a better understanding from closer trade relations from the realization that we intend no territorial aggression from the countless mutual advantagesthat must accrue to two nations living in peace side by side. Much of it will' come.

from seeing the rise of a new- Mexico, republic in fact as well as name, a respected member of ftae family of nations." This may seem a prematurely optl- falstic conclusion. the situation Is iifinitely better than if this nation had Jura (led Mexico, engaging In a long campaign of subjugation and discipline. at enormous cost of. money and no small cost in blood and lasting ani niositics. Common sense is always the best quality, even" In a Supreme Court decision, which applies to the.

decision of the S. Supreme court that as free speech does hot imply the right of an individual to cry. "Fire" In crowded opera house, so it does not Imply or include the Tight to decry the government in time, of war. 1,, 1 Germany has' learned nothing, for jrotten nothing and repented nothing of her Last week the univer sities, of Heidelberg and Leipsic sent a letter- -to -all -the universities of Fifth aad Jackaa-B Streets OE lOZ The 'Prudential TheBankWith a Heart 0 A Weil Aa "The Bank Where You Fed at Home." We're real human folks at this bank, striving to do our part for the upbuilding of Topeka, and to do our best for every citizen of the city and county in that connection we can proudly state our serr-. rice stars have all been replaced by men, who have served their country.

HUGH A. SMITH, S. Nary. G. W.

SHDLALL, U. 8. Marines GLEN ERNST, S. A. T.

The Rank TOPCKA KANSAS "The Bank Where You Feel et Home." 11 OE rest Go TOPEKA. KANSAS Shutt. Kit Central Park. Na. ia Captain.

home, R. H. Cam- mlnaa. 1411 Western. No.

11 Captain. J. Wolcott; home. Will J. Graves.

1181 Oarfteld Na. Captain. J. o. Barnett; home I No.

1J D. Harbaegh: home. n. Har- baugh. 170 West Tenth! No.

14 Mrs. Ada Hosier; home if m. Langhlin. West Ttn'thr" MRS. A.

D. GRAY SPEAKER. Mrs. A. D.

Gray, president of the board of directors of the Y. A. wiU speak at the Vesper service Sunday afternoon at 4:15. Mrs. Gray will talk on the life and work of John Greenleaf WhittJer and'wu read some selections from his poems.

Miss Marguerite Daugherty will pive vocal solo, and Misa Helen Fair will play a piano selection. v-. Phone 614 Affiliated With the Bank of Topeka iMajptaMssM.