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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-13
GO SOUTH, TOO
Street Railway Will Extend to
Twenty-First Street.
Also to Gage Park-City and
Company Get Together.

South Topeka is to have its street
railway extension. This was decided
at the conference between Albert Pat
ten and the city commission Monday
afternoon. The line will extend from
Eighteenth street to Twenty-first
street The petitions of the south
siders have been answered.
1.-The South Topeka line will be
built said Mayor Cofran this MORN
ing, 'the Cages park extension will
be rushed; work may e begun in June.
1t is probable that tracks in South To-
peka will be laid next fall The mat
ter between the street railway and the
city will not go to the district court.
The city considers itself fortunate in
securing the two extensions and in
keeping the matter out of the hands of
a judge
Superintendent Patten has not yet
estimated the cost of the four-blocks
extension on South Kansas avenue. 1t
will be necessary to build a steel
bridge from Twentieth to Beacon
street; the cost of the bridge recently
constructed on the Country club line
was $1,000.
CIeveIand-Toledo Trade.
Cleveland May 13.-The Clevelan nd
American league club today announced
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-13
DEATH IN MOTOR CAR.
Kansas Pastor Meets Death Under
Overturned Machine at Attica.

Attica, Kan, May 13.-Rev. Robert
Carlisle, pastor of the First Methodist
church at Atlanta, Kan, was killed
and his brother and sister, J. A. Car
lisle and Ethel Carlisle, both of Win
field, Kan, were seriously injured last
night when a motor car was oVerturn-
ed three miles west of this town.
The road was very sandy and the
steering gear was working badly, caus-
ing the car to upset. Rev. Carlisle
was crushed.
The other two were pinioned under
the car thirty minutes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-13
CLUBS AT CHANUTE.
National President Addresses Kansas
Women Today.

Chanute. Kan. May 13.-With the
largest attendance in years the
eighteenth annual convention of the
Kansas Federation of Women's Clubs
was formally opened here today. A
feature of the first days session will
be an address by Mrs Percy V. Pen
nypacker of Austin, Tex, president of
the General Federation of Women's
Clubs. Another distinguished guest
who will speak is Edith Hill Booker,
the temperance worker.
The election of officers will take
place tomorrow afternoon just before
the close of the convention.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-13
BODY IN A CREEK.
New Jersey Year Old Believed to
Have Been Kidnapped.

Burlington, N J., May 13.-The
body of Albert Smith, the year old
boy who disappeared from his home
here was found in a creek today. 1t
is believed he was accidentally
drowned.
The boy disappeared last Friday and
on the theory that he had been kid
naped, searching parties had been
looking for him day and night. The
authorities are convinced that the boy
fell from roWboat
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-13
CHARGES OF PEONAGE.
Congress May Investigate Conditions
in West Virginia Coal Fields.

Washington. May 13.-Charges of
peonage, medieval feudalism'' and
oppression of workers in the Paint
Creek and Cabin Creek coal fields of
West Virginia were laid before Sena-
tor Kern today by representatives of
the State Federation of Labor and
miners unions. The senator expected
to use the charges in support of his
resolution for a congressional investi-
CATION of the situation.
Copies of resolution adopted by the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-13
TODAY's GAMES,

Western.
Omaha at Wichita, clear.
Sioux City at Topeka, clear.
Des Moines at Denver. clear.
st. Joe at Lincoln, cloudy.
National.
Chicago at New York, clear.
Pittsburg at Philadelphia.
clear.
Cincinnati at Brooklyn. clear.
St. Louis at Boston, cloudy.
American.
Philadelphia at Chicago, clear.
New York at Cleveland, clear.
Washington at St. Louis, clear.
Boston at Detroit, clear.
Association
No games scheduled.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-13
STABBED is TIMES.
Two Men Mortally Injure and Rob
Brooklyn Woman.

New York, May 13.-Two men en-
tered the third floor apartment of Mrs.
Marie Tola in Brooklyn today and de-
manded her valuables- She screamed
They beat her. stabbed her sixteen
times, ransacked the place and made
their escape with $1,000 found under
mattress. Mrs. Tola will die.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-13
DEFENSE OF JOHNSON
Chauffeur Says Fighter and Girl
Lived at Separate Hotels.

Chicago, May Differentiation of
evidence in defense of Jack Johnson,
charged with violation of the Mann
act, began today. Charles Lupkin,
chauffeur for the hegro prize fight
er in 1910, testified as to trip
which johnson and Belle Schrieber
took to Milwaukee in 1910, during
which Johnson was ill.
They lived at separate hotels, said
Lupkin.
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have been among their teachings. Pau
len said Larkey told him he had become
convinced that it was his duty to sell
his property and give the proceeds to
the poor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-13

it had traded Pitcher Jim Baskette
to the Toledo American association
club for Pitcher Dave Gregg. brother
of Vean Gregg, the Cleveland pitcher
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-13
ROCK ISLAND WRECK.
Chanute 4dan Killed in Rear End Col
Iision of Freight Trains.

Ottawa, Ill. May 13.-Harry Fry. 55
years old, of Chanute. Kansas, and
Elmer B. Jennings, were killed today
in a rear-end collision of two Rock
Island freight trains at Seneca. The
victims were sleep in the caboose. A
heavy fog caused the accident.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-13

miners, declaring "a Baptist church
could not be organized without con-
sent of the mine managers were left
with the senator.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-13

Weather Forecast for Kansas.
Fair tonight and Wednesday; coole
tonight.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-13
PULITZER, THE THIRD.
Latest Member of Newspaper Family
Is Born.

III, son of Joseph Pulitzer, jr-, pub
Usher of the ST. Louis Post-Dispatch,
and grandson of the late Joseph Pulit-
zer, editor of the New York World,
was born today
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C1eveIand-Toledo Trade.
Cleveland. May 13.-The Cleveland
American league club today announced
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whose keel has not yet been laid. Will
cost S1i. J00.Nn.
1T is a many-sided problem. Naval
officers are In favor OF greatly in
creased navy. The United States is now
we'll able TO take care of any power In
the world Its men are the best trained.
They shoot the straightest. They arc not
lacking I'm any phase OF naval warfare.
After the building programs of various
powers have been completed she Will not
be able to boast of so firm a foothold-
AS the United States builds but one ship
year and other nations are building
two three and four. this can readily be
seen.
Then. instead of relying on fourteen
inch projectiles and the best smokeless
powder known. Uncle Sam will have tn
rely on the balance of power and The
Hague tribunal.
The United states is too great ma
ton TO risk humiliation at the hands Of
a power which is now ranked as second
class.
Not only do We need dreadnoughts We
need torpedo desfroyers. ammunition
ships. GOLFERS and repair ships. Four de
stroyers are indispensable TO a battle
ship. In the daytime the destroyers
shield a battieship by scouting the sea
for seventy five miles on each side Also
i'm battle formation the destroyer shields
the battleship by sending aloft huge
clouds Of dense smoke. At night torpedo
attacks will have the effect OF not only
terrifying the enemy. but will often put
the enemy to rOut.
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tary strategists that the navy would
play the leading role in time of war.
We now have navy and a good navy.
We are increasing our navy at the
rate of one battleship per year. Other
nations are increasing their navies at
the rate Of two. three and four bat
tleships per year. Is our navy large
enough? If not, how large should it
be? What shall determine the size of
this country's navy? An attempt to
answer these questions would throw
Il layman into commissions. 1T is up
to the democrats; they are responsible.
President Wilson. the Secretary of the
Navy. Josephus Daniels, and Congress
have recognized the necessity. and be-
fore Congress passes another appro-
priation bill democratic naval policy
will have been announced.
The eight powers rank In sea strength
as follows: England Germany, United
States France, Japan. Russia. Italy
and Austria. The relative strength of
the great powers has been determined
by naval officers in the office Of naval
estimated by the number of dread
noughts that it owns Smaller bat
tleships and other vessels are added
together to equal dreadnought In
strength. For instance, it would take
two and a half battleshipe like the
Connecticut to equal one dreadnought
like the Florida or the Utah. The
Connecticut has four 12-inch guns
while the Florida and the Utah have
ten 12-inch guns each.
In compiling the actual strength of a
navy, the number of torpedo destroyers.
feet auxiliaries, GOLFERS supply and re-
pair ships are important considerations.
1t is the most important duty of the
naval intelligence office to gather Stats
tics and data for determining the accurate
strength Of various nations. The arma-
ment and armor OF every foreign battle
ship is known in Washington. Also are
known the number Of men which each
vessel carries, the condition of its am
munition, the accuracy with which the
crew can shoot and the probable tactics
to be followed in time of war.
Every foreign newspaper and periodical
is read and translated by skilled naval Of
ficers. Items pertaining to military at
fairs are clipped and catalogued. Naval
attaches of foreign courts gather drill
books. copies of instructions. naval regu-
lations and countless scraps of informa-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-06

shop After talking with him Few
minutes l saw that he might become a
leader of men in politics and law as well
as in journalism, and | SO advised him.
He followed my advice. and rapidly rose
to become one of the most successful
politicians and lawyers in the common
wealth. His name is the Hon. William
Holman At the time i left Australia he
was the leader of the opposition in New
South Wales.
1.-The late Sir Horace Tozer, former
prime minister of Queensland, and later
agent general for that state in London.
indirectly owes his illustrious career to
me. for it was upon my advice, given
him in 1857, when he was an undis-
tinguished lawyer, that he went into
politics At that time he had his whole
family analysed. and the forecast | made
proved so true that when ] visited the
ToZer family again i'm 1908 Sir Horace
son. Vivian, told me his father had had
all the documents engrossed and locked
UP in his safe with his most valuable
papers.
mot the least interesting part of a
vocational analysts work is that of up
lifting human faiures-people who really
aren't failures al ALL but only vocational
misfits. For instance, l remember a con-
sultatlon j gave man of fifty-tWo a
bank clerk earning $1,000 a year. The
clerk came to me in the deepest discon-
tent. Clerical work had always been his
fate and he had always detested it. He
felt that his life was wasted. Nothing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-06
NOW BUILDING WHICH WILL BE ADDED

these, battle cruisers cruisers and small
err vessels will be built.
Britain's navy at present is not quite
equal to the combined navies of the
United States and Germany.
Germany has continuing building pro-
gram. governed by fleet law authorized
by the reichstag There will be two bat
tleships, one battle cruiser and two cruis-
ers started this year. Germany completed
three dreadnoughts and one battle cruiser
this year. She has now under construc-
ton seven dreadnoughts and three battle
cruisers.
According to a dispatch from the naval
attache at the American legation in Paris,
France laid down the keels of two huge
dreadnoughts on October 1 at Lorient.
This action surprised the naval world
because it was not contemplated to be-
gin work on the ships until January J..
The minister of marine has recommended
that two more ships be authorized, and
work on their construction be begun this
year.
Japan has been hampered by the lack
of money. She has but one dreadnought
under construction. 1t has been reported
to Washington that two ships per year
will be begun until the fleet has reached
a total of seven dreadnoughts and six
"
the Kawachi type.
Italy's estimates have not yet been
made public Two battleships are to be
begun Immediately. The keels of two
more will be laid down in the fall. They
are to be Of the Dante Alighieri type, but
larger. Russia and Austria have each ex-
tended programs, but no decision as to
the number Of ships to be built has yet
been reached. Both nations have shown.
however. that nothing but the largest
will do
1t was the scheme of George Won l..
Meyer former Secretary of the Navy.
that Americas feet should consist of
twenty battleships on the active list and
twenty on the reserve list. No ship was
to be retained after twenty years service.
To make the fleet effective four torpedo
destroyers for each battleship was con-
templated.
1t is easy to see that the United States
ranks seventh in the number. of ships I'M
der construction. When all ships now
under construction are completed in 191.
Uncle Sam will still be somewhat ahead.
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hands of the Senate committee on
foreign relations. will, il ratified give
the United States a naval base in the
Gulf of Fonseca in Nicaragua. This is
absolutely necessary because it is soc
miles nearer than our nearest naval
base to the western entrance of the
giant ditch.
Another problem which will confront
the democrats before this administration
is half over is to what size the construc-
ton of dreadnoughts will go. Former
Naval Constructor r. III. N. Robinson
who has designed every ship in the
American navy since the South Carolina,
in 1908. including the new Pennsylvania,
prepared a statement for the Naval Wan
College He said:
Within ten years battieships will have
reached their maximum size. Their char
acteristics will be limited by the dimen-
sions of the locks of the Panama canal
Before 1922 huge dreadnoughts will he
just under ZOO feet long, nearly 10 feet
broad and will draw about thirty eight
feet of water. The largest contemplated
warship in the world. at this time. the
Pennsylvania. will be but Coz feet long
and ninety-eight feet beam. IT would be
folly to build ship which could not get
through the Panama canal
Every year there is an increase i'm the
dimensions of a battleship. Two years
from now the Pennsylvania will be the
largest warship afioat. -Four years later
she will be holding fourth or fifth place.
Ships building today have a displacement
OF about 5000 tons. In 1920 dread
nought will have a displacement of more
than 10000 tons.
Every nation except the United States
is apparently using this time Of peace to
frantically prepare for war. Those ma
tons which for more than century have
been classed as secondary powers are
rapidly passing the United States. Soon.
at the present rate of hattleship con-
struction the world over. Uncle Sam will
be playing second fiddle.
"A big navy costs money The battle
ship Indiana. one of the oldest. was
launched in 1895. She cost S5,9S3.311
The dreadnought Florida. commissioned
September Is. 1911. cost $40. 190235. 1t is
estimated that the new Pennsylvania.
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The United States will still be in third
place. AS many nations aresbuilding two
and three ships per year, against this
nations one 1t is not hard to deduce that
some time before 1920 the United States
will find itself in sixth place. Then the
ruler of the western hemisphere Will De
ranked by Italy, France. Russia and per-
haps Austria.
x !
The life of the United States as ma
ton depends on how we'll the coasts
are guarded, and whether invading
armies can be prevented from landing.
The question is whether We need
larger navy and. il so. how much
larger AS long as the American fleet
controls the sea no great army can be
landed on our shores. Once the navy
loses in battle. hordes of infantrymen
and cavalrymen Of warning nation
could be landed at hundreds Of unpro-
tected points on either the Atlantic or
Pacific coasts. Ocean liners subsidized
by foreign nations could land 25O.00O
men here within twelve days after the
order to mobilize had been given. This
could not happen ii the navy of the
United States was victorious on the
sea. One battleship would be like cat
in nest of mice il she came upon a
fleet of the enemy's, transports.
before the new Secretary of the Navy.
Mr.. Daniels. With his aids he will map
out recommendations to be submitted
first TO President Wilson and then to
Congress. The question of Well how
many battleships do we want to au-
fai n The question is-"How many
do we need?" Mr. Daniels will attempt
to solve the question.
The strongest naval base in the
world is under construction at Pearl
Harbor Hawaiian Islands. Another
naval base is to be built at Guam
tanamo, Cuba. The Pearl Harbor base
will effectively prevent invasion Of our
western coast-if we have powerful
enough navy to back it UP. Guam
tanamo will guard the eastern en-
trance of the Panama canal Two
islands near Panama will guard the
western entrance A treaty, now in the
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sion as to whether this country should
adopt building policy to run for num-
her of years and to be faithfully carried
out In every annual report for eight
wears the Secretary of the Navy has
urged that a definite policy be adopted by
Congress The general board of the navy.
of which Admiral George Dewey is presi-
dent has also urged the adoption or a
building policy or program Repeated at
tempts have been made to institute a
council of national defense to consist OF
members of the cabinet. members of Con-
gress and army and navy officers
X
Great Britain has building policy,
King Georges strategists have decided
that to prevent the G'battle OF the North
sea- it will be necessary to maintain a
navy 60 per cent more powerful than
that of Germany.
Regarding the naval situation today, the
office of naval intelligence prepared
statement for Congress. In part it said:
THE shipbuilding programs of the prin-
cipal powers indicate an increase IN war
ship construction. The Russian and Ger
man shipyards are working to their tull
cana CITY, and a general activity is mani
fest. The all big-gun battleship has be-
come definite standard, and is now the
only type of battleship under construc-
United States in mounting all turrets on
a center line has been almost universally
adopted
The Pinch gun so long the standard
for battleships has been discarded in Ia
vor of the l4-inch gun for ships now un-
der construction The 1j-inch gun is be-
ing considered
italy has taken the lead in dreadnaught
building. In a large measure the battle
ship Pennsylvania, the pride of the Amer
lean nation. which is to be built at New
port News. Va. will be copy OF Italy
new dreadnought which has already been
launched, the Dante Aighieri. Not only
has the United States adopted Italy $
scheme. but so has France. Russia and
England. Italy's scheme is the three-gun
turret. France is contemplating one step
further, that of four guns in a turret.
The Office of naval intelligence has IN
formation that the British government
has been committed by a statement of the
first lord of the admiralty that during the
year at least five new dreadnoughts viii
be started. This number will be aug
mented by the proposed gift of three
dreadnaughts by the Canadian govern
ment and the gift of one dreadnought b!
the Federated Malay States Besides
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ton which in case of armed trouble
would serve Uncle Sam in good stead. In
this way material for extensive maps OF
land fortifications and naval prepara-
lions is gathered. 1t is comparatively
easy to estimate the efficiency of a navy
in time of war.
Uncle Sam is now close upon the kais-
er's heels for second place in the naval
standing of the world Germany has two
more dreadnoughts afloat than the United
States. She has three battle cruisers.
The Unied States has none. These war
ships are nearly equal to dreadnought
have the same number and size of guns.
but have sacrificed heavy protective
armor for great speed.
Great Britain with sixteen dread
noughts and seven battle cruisers Is 1ar
in the lead.
glance at the table will show the addi-
tons which the eight nations will have
made to their navies before 1915. Every
nation will have retained it's relative
position in the scale, but the race will
have frightened up somewhat. Russia.
France and Italy will have forged ahead
so that they will be foes with which to
reckon in time of war. Each is now
building seven dr-eadnoughts. The United
States Is building but five. Before Congress
again passes naval appropriation Dill
France and Italy will have laid keels for
three more dreadnoughts which will
equal the new Pennsylvania in strength.
Russia is to build four more.
Considering ships now af1oat. France.
Russia. Japan. Italy and Austria appear
to be hopelessly behind the United States
in naval construction 1t would seem All
easy matter for the United States to keep
her grip on third place and perhaps in
time nose ahead of Germany and grab
second place This is, however, a fall
lacy.
It takes no great stretch of the imag
ination to see where the United States.
will stand in the list Of the first navies
of the world in 1920. The last Congress
authorized one battleship. France, Ger
many, Russia and Italy each authorized
three or more. England authorized five.
Supposing that the United States decides
on authorizing one next year and the year
following and then the two years after
that, this nation will be in sixth place for
years to come Ranking lower will be
only Japan and Austria.
1t has been the subject of long discus
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A T Present Rate of Bat

A T Present Rate of Bat
= tleship Construction
United States Navy Will
Have Low Place in 1920.
The General Unrest in Eu-
rope Results in Building by
European Powers-Rate of
Battleship Construction by
This Government-Plans for
the Future-The New Penn
sylvania to Be Largest Of
American Ships-What Eng
land and Germany Are Doing.
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We're Not Like That.

DROF ETCKEN. tho Nobel prize win
ner. who is now German exchange
professor at Harvard, praised Amcri-
can democracy at a dinner in New York.
You have equality here. he said. and
the gods. I am sure. look down you
with grave mods Of approval.
But how the gods must laugh at the
silly social distinctions which prevail
abroad. know. for example. Of a cahi-
net minister who on electioneering
tour was invited to dine with two viii
lage political lights-a garbage man and
an ash man.
The minister accepted the invitation
with pleasure. and the garbage man
also said he would be there, but the ash
man spoiled everything by refusing to
sit at table with a garbage man."